Archive for March, 2016
Survey seeks public opinion on CoP
(CNS): Local activist Kent McTaggart has created an online public opinion survey about the performance of Police Commissioner David Baines and is urging people to take part and express their feelings about the job he is doing. The survey opened on Sunday night and by Monday lunchtime it had been completed by around 60 respondents, the […]
Cops ignore home invasion report
(CNS): It took police more than 14 hours to respond to a home invasion in progress in North Side during the early hours of Friday 18 March. Two men broke into the holiday home in Rum Point Drive at around 2:30am, and when the owner, who is a regular visitor to the island, awoke to […]
CAL makes inadequate search over FOI request
(CNS): Cayman Airways Limited (CAL) failed to respond adequately to a freedom of information request, Acting Information Commissioner Jan Liebaers found in his latest appeal decision. However, because the airline eventually made good on the request and during the process of the hearing released more documents, he ultimately dismissed the appeal by a former employee seeking records relating to his […]
Weekend smash lands four in hospital
(CNS): Four people escaped serious injury in the early hours of Saturday morning (19 March) in a two-car smash in George Town. Police are appealing for witnesses to the collision on Bobby Thompson Way near the junction of John Greer Blvd at around 2:45am. A red Hyundai Santa Fe, driven by a 28-year-old man with two […]
Caymanians are wise, smart but can do better
George R. Ebanks writes: I had the pleasure of going to Cayman Brac recently, which gave me the chance to slow down a bit as the pace of life there is as it was in Grand Cayman in years gone by. I sensed more “togetherness” amongst the people of Cayman Brac than I do here […]
Ministry ‘challenged’ by stamp duty collection
(CNS): The planning ministry has admitted that it is struggling to collect stamp duty due on rental properties, describing enforcement as a “key issue”, and that most of the fees they collect come from lawyers acting on behalf of client companies who are under a fiduciary duty to comply with the law. Following concerns raised by […]
How secret is the local Masonic Lodge?
I have one question about one organisation on the list (Group needed for single moms) — The Lodge! When you press on their link it comes up blank. Secret Society they are! Why is their link not working? (Or is it me doing something wrong trying to get it to work?)
Missing NS teen found safe
(CNS): Renaldo Keanua Taylor (14) has been found safe and we’ll and returned to his family, police have said. He had been missing from his North Side home since Thursday evening, police said Saturday, as they called on the public to help them find the youngster.
Judge doesn’t ‘buy’ fraudsters stories
(CNS): Attempts by a gang of five foreign nationals to minimise their individual parts in a conspiracy to defraud local bank ATMs using cloned credit cards fell on deaf ears and a Grand Court judge found that all four men and one woman played an equal part in the criminal conspiracy. Justice Alastair Malcolm sentenced […]
Health insurance law changed to cover Lawrence
(CNS): The government is making a minor amendment to the health insurance law in order to provide medical cover for the former Legislative Assembly speaker, Mary Lawrence. Sitting in the chair for the duration of the previous UDP term and the subsequent temporary minority government, between 2009 and 2013, Lawrence was never a member of […]
DoE calls for help tracking key predators
(CNS): A local research project tracking important local marine predators that are endangered needs the help of the public who catch or see tagged fish. The Department of Environment (DoE) is working with Marine Conservation International (MCI) to track threatened species in local waters. The project will provide information for the local management efforts for threatened […]
