Archive for April 5th, 2017

Court clears Kildag to go home

Court clears Kildag to go home

| 05/04/2017 | 23 Comments

(CNS): Celal Kildag and his wife told the media Wednesday that they were immensely relieved after Magistrate Grace Donalds delivered her ruling stopping his extradition to Turkey, having found that the delay of 29 years was a barrier to the process. Magistrate Donalds said the Turkish authorities had not given “an adequate explanation” for the […]

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Governor’s chief opens asylum training for immigration

Governor’s chief opens asylum training for immigration

| 05/04/2017 | 12 Comments

(CNS): Matthew Forbes, the head of the governor’s office, opened a two-week intensive training course on asylum and immigration, Monday, for 20 immigration officers, officials said in a release. The course was developed by UK Visas and Immigration, working in partnership with the local home affairs ministry to make it relevant to Cayman, said Acting […]

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Driver critically injured in single car crash

Driver critically injured in single car crash

| 05/04/2017 | 11 Comments

(CNS): The driver of a Nissan Skyline sustained serious injuries in the early hours of Wednesday morning when the car crashed into a CUC light-pole on Prince Charles Quay. Just before 12:45am on 5 April, the police, fire and emergency services responded to the single-vehicle smash near Peninsula Avenue, which runs parallel to the Easterly Tibbetts […]

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Local jobless rate rises as labour force grows

Local jobless rate rises as labour force grows

| 05/04/2017 | 73 Comments

(CNS): The percentage of unemployed Caymanians in October 2016 increased by nearly 1% over the previous year as a result of a 3.3% increase in the size of the overall workforce across the islands. But according to the 2016 autumn Labour Force Survey, 159 more local people had jobs than in October 2015 because the […]

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