Archive for June, 2016
Bank foots bill for cash stolen from customers
(CNS): One of Grand Cayman’s high street banks has had to cover the cost of cash stolen from some of its customer accounts. Scotiabank has confirmed that recent fraudulent activity affected some local customers, who have been reimbursed, but it is not clear if the RCIPS Financial Crimes Unit is investigating the security breaches on […]
CIFA-Webb cash connection on FBI radar
(CNS): US authorities involved in the FIFA corruption scandal may also be looking into the Cayman Islands Football Association (CIFA) and the movement and disappearance of cash, at a time when Jeffrey Webb was president and Canover Watson was treasurer, that came from the Zürich-based football HQ to the local association. CNS has learned that […]
Local musician to share stage with heavy metal legends
(CNS): A local heavy metal rock star will be performing alongside Ozzy Osbourne of Black Sabbath, Corey Taylor of SlipKnot and other heavy metal superstar acts later this year. Jake Oni from East End has been asked to perform at OzzFest Meets KnotFest, which will take place in the San Manuel Amphitheater in San Bernardino, […]
Project Future not short term fix
(CNS): The premier has defended what he believes is the progress to date on public sector reform under the umbrella of Project Future, saying it was not designed as a short-term, quick-fix programme. Alden McLaughlin rejected calls for the blanket privatisation of government and said the private sector doesn’t have all of the solutions for […]
JPs call for full review of SAR ops
(CNS): The two justices of the peace, who were supposed to work with UK Coastguard Commander Andrew Jenkins on the search and rescue report into an incident in which five people lost their lives in March, have called for a full review of local search and rescue operations because of weaknesses identified in his work. […]
Police to clamp down on weapons and crowds
(CNS): The RCIPS has issued a reminder to the public and bar owners that it is illegal to carry weapons at night in bars, clubs and places of entertainment and stressed that officers would be enforcing the law. Following a weekend in which police officers encountered hostile crowds, police also said they would be tackling […]
Corporate lawyer in dock over tourist hit and run
(CNS): Simon Courtney (50), a corporate layer with an offshore legal firm, appeared on a different side of the legal Bar on Wednesday, standing in the Grand Court dock as the crown opened its case against him for seriously injuring two tourists in a collision last year. The jury of three women and four men […]
Back doctor arrested over secret pictures
(CNS): A chiropractor based at a George Town medical centre has been arrested as a result of allegations that he secretly took pictures of at least two of his female patients. Police did not release the 47-year-old doctor’s name but CNS has learned that he is a licensed chiropractor working out of a centre in […]
Zika alert was case of sexual transmission
(CNS): The Cayman Islands remains free of the Zika virus, public health officials said, after a recent suspected case appears to be due to sexual transmission. Dr Samuel Williams-Rodriguez, the acting medical health officer, has explained that a tourist from Amsterdam, in the Netherlands, who had visited Cayman and then later tested positive for the […]
Premier accuses Bridger of extortion
(CNS): Premier Alden McLaughlin has accused the former head of the corruption probe into the Royal Cayman Islands Police Service of blackmail. Following two letters sent to McLaughlin by Martin Bridger, who continues to be engaged in various legal issues relating to the fallout of Operation Tempura, the premier said the former Scotland Yard officer […]
Reefs need more protection, says Panton
(CNS): The environment minister has warned that Cayman’s reefs are still under threat and are in need of further legal protection to halt the decline. Wayne Panton has said he is committed to steering through proposed enhancements to the marine parks in the face of the mounting threats. “The threats are real and growing and we […]
