Archive for January 21st, 2016
WB speed limit cut delayed again
(CNS): The reduction in the speed limit on the West Bay Road is being delayed ministry officials have confirmed as a result of other pending changes to the traffic law. Plans to cut the speed limit from 40mph to 30mph, not least because of the numerous accidents on the road which runs parallel to Seven […]
Staggered time is a cost effective short term remedy
Mario E. Ebanks writes: One idea/solution that would assist with the chronic “rush hour” traffic congestion on Grand Cayman is staggered time, basically a “shift” system which sets the arrival and departure time of employees (and maybe school children as well) from their workplaces. Is it necessary for every administrative or “white collar” worker to arrive […]
Cops silent over armed raid in Newlands
(CNS): A police operation in Newlands yesterday remains a mystery, as RCIPS officials have given away very little about the incident. Witnesses watched a group of armed officers from George Town’s Uniform Support Group besiege a house on Milton Drive on Wednesday afternoon, but police said no arrests were made. According to reports from residents, police surrounded […]
Diversity is economic advantage, says Rivers
(CNS): Minister of Education, Employment and Gender Affairs, Tara Rivers, has said that gender diversity gives companies an economic advantage. Speaking at the Fidelity CEO conference Tuesday as a panel discussion guest, she said that women in the workplace have traditionally had to be “twice as good as men to be seen as half as competent”. However, as […]
CEC added US$70M to local economy
(CNS Business): Cayman Enterprise City officials say that the special economic zone (SEZ) has attracted 60 new companies over the past year, that its impact to the local economy since its creation is nearly US$70 million and that there are now around 300 zone-based employees. Almost five years after former premier McKeeva Bush announced plans for a deal […]
Accounts ‘doodling’ incriminates Watson
(CNS): Former Health Services Authority Board chair Canover Watson has been asked about a catalogue of apparently incriminating documents over the last few days, as the crown questioned him on the evidence it says shows he is guilty of corruption. But Watson claimed that a set of spreadsheets allegedly showing earnings for AIS Cayman Ltd, the company that won […]
Warning issued as Zika virus spreads through region
(CNS): With 18 countries in the Caribbean and Latin American now reporting cases of the Zika virus, local medical personnel remain on high alert. Although no cases have been reported in the Cayman Islands so far, officials have issued a travel advisory due to the transient nature of the population and access to endemic areas currently experiencing […]
Supergrass challenges removal of residency right
(CNS): The man coined as a “supergrass” by his own lawyers after giving evidence for the crown in three major trials against a dangerous gang of robbers as well as the gunman in a murder case is challenging the removal of his permanent residency and employment rights following his own conviction. Marlon Dillon, who was […]
