Archive for March 7th, 2016
CIG one step away from regaining budget control
(CNS): The Cayman Islands Government is within reach of finally regaining control of the public purse and budget process after the cash reserves ratio required under the Framework for Fiscal Responsibility was met this fiscal year. Finance and Economic Development Minister Marco Archer said he had written to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) about […]
Lawyer queries Cayman’s stamp duty collection
(CNS): Questions have been asked as to how the Cayman Islands Government collects stamp duty on unregistered leases and whether some people, including civil servants, are getting away with not paying while others are being squeezed by ruthless landlords in the absence of protections and rights for local renters. Peter Polack has submitted a request […]
Volunteer boat owners needed as search continues
(CNS): The RCIPS is issuing a call for volunteers as the search and rescue operation for five people missing at sea continues. The Joint Marine Unit is asking for experienced boaters with vessels of 50 feet or more in length to join the operation tomorrow (Tuesday 7 March), which will begin around 8am.
Boat found, men and boys still missing
(CNS): The 28-foot fishing boat that was lost at sea Sunday evening has been found capsized by search and rescue teams but there is no sign of the two boys and three men who were on board. The Panga boat, which police said was not carrying life vests, was located about 11am Monday about 20 miles southwest of […]
Crisis Centre urges neighbours to act in abuse cases
(CNS): The Cayman Islands Crisis Centre is urging people in the community not to give up on trying to help women who are in abusive situations, offering “sincere gratitude” to the neighbours of the late Nichelle Thomas “who repeated called 911 in response to what they heard going on in the house next door”, even […]
Mac and Alden court new Jamaican premier
(CNS): Premier Alden McLaughlin led an official delegation, including Cabinet Secretary Samuel Rose and political adviser Roy Tatum, on a trip to Jamaica last week for the swearing in of the newly elected prime minister, Andrew Holness. But according to the Jamaican press, it was Opposition Leader McKeeva Bush who was one of the most popular […]
Search underway for boat, 2 kids 3 adults aboard
(CNS): The police are carrying out a search and rescue operation for a 28-ft boat carrying five passengers: two boys, aged 9 and 11, and three men. The RCIPS said the vessel left on a fishing trip Sunday morning at around 11am but they were not informed that it was missing until after midnight Monday morning. […]
Cause of fatal crash disputed
(CNS): The reason why Fitzroy Roach (32) veered into the path of a bus driver in the early hours of 15 October 2012 on the Esterley Tibbetts Highway, Grand Cayman, was disputed in court Friday when he appeared for sentencing for the road collision case in which Beverly Elaine Ramsey (58) was killed. Prosecutors claimed Roach fell asleep at the […]
Miss Cayman Islands critique
Theresa Cole, a contestant in the 2016 Miss Cayman Islands pageant, writes: The contestants of 2016 Miss Cayman Islands pageant were placed at a disadvantage by the Miss Cayman Islands Committee. We were placed at a disadvantage because we weren’t given the scoring or judging criteria when we first signed up and we were never given any […]
