Archive for May, 2016
CIG set to deliver 2016/17 budget before month end
(CNS): The Cayman Islands Government will be delivering its first ever 18-month budget on 30 May. The premier’s office has confirmed that the final spending plan for this PPM administration will be brought to the Legislative Assembly a week on Monday, just one month ahead of the end of the current financial year. The spending […]
NCC approves GM mosquito release
(CNS): The National Conservation Council has found that the proposed release of millions of genetically engineered mosquitoes in West Bay does not pose a threat to the bio-diversity of Cayman and has approved the application by the Mosquito Research and Control Unit to undertake a population control project with Oxitec. NCC Chair Christine Rose-Smyth said […]
Uncertain about rules of the roundabout
Can you settle an argument in our house, please? Is it OK to change lanes while you’re going round a roundabout? Auntie’s answer: The answer is a definite no. Once you are in the roundabout, you should stay in your lane until exiting. However, based on what I have seen from drivers in Cayman, there […]
Airport battles to fill key position
(CNS): The airport is struggling to fill a vacancy in its HR department and has resorted to local recruitment agencies to fill the key position with a temporary ex-pat worker as it tries to find a suitably qualified local. But news that a Canadian had been recruited as a human resources officer at the government-owned […]
Nineteen returning officers gen up on election job
(CNS): In the runup to Cayman’s first ever election under the system of ‘one man, one vote’ in single member constituencies, nineteen returning officers and their deputies began training with the Elections Office this month. From registering the candidates that are nominated in each of the new constituencies to announcing the single winner in each district […]
Bolt injured after race in Cayman
(CNS): Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt is being treated in Germany for an injury he incurred in the Cayman Islands in his first race of the season this past weekend. Glen Mills, the coach of the two-time Olympic 100m and 200m champion, told the media that Bolt had damaged the hamstring during Saturday’s Cayman Islands Invitational. […]
Visiting academic jailed over room dispute
(CNS): The RCIPS has defended a decision to put a leading international academic, who was visiting Cayman with her son for the recent invitational football tournament, in jail following an accommodation dispute. Dr Fuambai Ahmadu, a former consultant with UNICEF and a world expert on female genital mutilation, was locked-up after she was arrested at the […]
Holland closes jails, Northward packed to capacity
(CNS): As the Cayman Islands director of prisons battles with serious overcrowding at HMP Northward and the highest number of female inmates at Fairbanks prison for many years, the Dutch government is planning to close empty jails and the UK has announced a series of reforms that will see inmates tagged and sent home during […]
Fly tipping plagues Bodden Town
(CNS): A local subdivision in the district of Bodden Town is quickly turning into a new dump and residents say that while government may have committed to keeping the landfill out of their community, it is almost happening by default. Kerry Tibbetts, one of a number of residents who have raised concerns about the problem, […]
Travel agent denies intending to deceive customers
(CNS): A woman facing a list of deception charges after several customers who purchased flights from her travel agency were unable to fly has denied any intention to deceive them but admitted that her business was struggling. Ingrid Scott (44) told a jury that Sea2Sky Travel had cash flow problems but she had always planned […]
Premier’s comments met with summit hostility
(CNS): Premier Alden McLaughlin has said that his comments about the hypocrisy of the United States were not greeted very well during last week’s anti-corruption summit in London. Speaking at a press conference Tuesday, he said the “temperature in the room fell about 10 degrees” when he pointed out the fight against corruption would not […]
