Archive for February, 2016
500lbs of ganja recovered from drug bust
(CNS): Ricky Manderson (59) has been remanded in custody until Thursday after a brief court appearance today over charges of conspiracy to import more than 500lbs of ganja, after he was busted by police on Tuesday night in North Side. The West Bay man was arrested after the police chopper and marine unit intercepted a suspicious […]
Pole fire causes another GT power cut
(CNS): Parts of the capital are without power again this morning after a pole fire in the industrial area of George Town caused an electricity outage, CUC have said. Customers on Red Gate Road, Dorcy Drive, Industrial Park, the airport and other areas, as well as along Sparky Drive where the fire occurred, have had […]
Jamaica Labour Party to take power after election upset
(CNS): Andrew Holness will be retaking the reins of power in the neighbouring country of Jamaica after his party claimed victory following Thursday’s general election and in light of the early results. In a close race, the Jamaica Labour Party took 33 of the 63 seats contested, booting Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller and her People’s […]
Duty waiver grants ripe for corruption
(CNS): More than six months after the Office of the Auditor General (OAG) raised the alarm over the failures in government’s management of fee and duty waivers, the situation is now worse, according to Martin Ruben, the audit performance director. Following a change in the law so that waivers of $20,000 or more are only […]
Jefferson to lead on government books
(CNS): Financial Secretary Kenneth Jefferson has been formally identified as the person to take charge of core government’s overall financial reporting, the deputy governor has confirmed. After years of warnings from the Office of the Auditor General that a leader had to be appointed to deal with the ongoing weaknesses in government accounting, Franz Manderson told […]
DoE and Vulcan agree deal over coral damage
(CNS): After several weeks of wrangling, the Department of Environment has been able to secure an agreement with Vulcan Inc. on behalf of billionaire Paul Allen, the co-founder of Microsoft and owner of a luxury yacht that damaged a large area of coral reef off the coast of Seven Mile Beach on 14 January. Coral restoration […]
Scammer took $20k in PR con
(CNS): Judith Douglas, who pleaded guilty to nine counts of obtaining property by deception in connection with a permanent residency scam in 2009 and 2010, took more than $20,000 from her victims, the court heard Thursday. Douglas, who appeared in the dock alongside Marcia Hamilton, was one of three women involved in the PR con, in […]
Suspected smuggler netted off NS coast
(CNS): A 59-year-old man from West Bay has been arrested and police are looking for at least two other men who fled after police intercepted a suspected drug boat on Tuesday night. The vessel, which appeared to be engaged in smuggling activities, was spotted two miles off the north coast at about 9pm on 23 February […]
Police restore dedicated officers to Traffic Unit
(CNS): A dozen people were killed on the roads in the Cayman Islands last year, three times the number in 2014, despite a whopping 79% increase in the number of tickets issued to drivers for speeding, which police said was due to increased enforcement. With more than 2,000 road accidents in 2015, the RCIPS management has shifted staff around […]
Home repossession up by over 34%
(CNS): Local banks repossessed 22 homes, amounting to $4.2 million, in the third quarter of 2015, which the Economics and Statistics Office said was “significantly higher” than just three foreclosures in the same quarter of 2014, amounting to just $338,000. According to the latest official economics report, at the end of October last year, 148 properties, amounting to US$35.1 million, were […]
Mac and JOCC escape PAC grilling
(CNS): Neither of the country’s two former premiers will be called to answer allegations that public cash was mishandled in their respective ministries during the previous UDP administration. Public Accounts Committee Chair Ezzard Miller said he and the members had decided that playing the “blame game” would not help them ensure that the fiscal abuse revealed […]
