Archive for July 8th, 2017

Airport security beefed up to meet US demands

Airport security beefed up to meet US demands

| 08/07/2017 | 51 Comments

(CNS): The airport has begun implementing new security measures and is urging passengers to check in more than two hours before their flights to ensure they have time to go through the new system. The Cayman Islands Airports Authority said the procedures are in compliance with the Transportation Security Administration’s (TSA) recent changes to aviation security […]

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Security firm thief to serve over 4 years in jail

Security firm thief to serve over 4 years in jail

| 08/07/2017 | 33 Comments

(CNS): Patti Jane Ebanks (51), the former financial controller at The Security Centre Ltd, was given a six-year sentence for stealing more than CI$420,000 from her employers over a three and half year period, but her sentence was reduced by 30% for her eventual admission, giving her a term of four years and two months […]

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Board presses on with residency backlog

Board presses on with residency backlog

| 08/07/2017 | 70 Comments

(CNS): Another six applicants have been granted permanent residency over the past three weeks, as the Caymanian Status and Residency Board presses on with examining around 1,000 outstanding applications that need to be considered after the process was stalled in late 2013. The board has now considered 33 applications since it restarted the consideration process […]

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Cop chopper to get night vision

Cop chopper to get night vision

| 08/07/2017 | 20 Comments

(CNS): The RCIPS has been given an undisclosed windfall from the UK’s Conflict Stability and Security Fund towards “state-of-the-art night vision equipment” for the police helicopter that will allow the crew to see in the dark, officials said Friday. The upgrade will involve modifications to the chopper and the provision of night vision goggles for […]

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