Archive for July, 2017
Airport security beefed up to meet US demands
(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 […]
Security firm thief to serve over 4 years in jail
(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 […]
Board presses on with residency backlog
(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 […]
Cop chopper to get night vision
(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 […]
Four guns and ammo found at one WB home
(CNS): A 40-year-old man was arrested after police found two air-pistols, one revolver handgun, one semi-automatic handgun and several rounds of ammunition at his home in West Bay during a police raid at around 7:30 Thursday evening. The officers also found a large amount of ganja and a large amount of cash in both Cayman Islands […]
Man stabs woman at workplace
(CNS): A woman was seriously injured yesterday evening when she received multiple stab wounds during an attack at her workplace. At around 6:20pm on 6 July, the 911 call centre dispatched police and emergency services to a report of a stabbing in which a man known to the victim turned up at a dive shop […]
Premier heads to UK for ‘Brexit’ JMC
(CNS): Premier Alden McLaughlin is heading to London this weekend with two Cabinet ministers, his assistant and three civil servants for a round of meetings with Foreign Office, Brexit and other UK government officials. The priority event is a special meeting of the Overseas Territories Joint Ministerial Council on the talks so far on the […]
2½ hour power cut hit 25% of CUC customers
(CNS): An outage in the power supply to all of West Bay and parts of the Seven Mile Beach area on Friday evening left a quarter of CUC’s customers without any electricity for more than two and a half hours. A spokesperson for the company said Thursday that last week’s outage was caused by “a […]
Police plan summer traffic clampdown
(CNS): Police are urging the community to use the new RCIPS ‘Bridge’ app to alert officers to any traffic infraction concerns they have, as they are planning a number of traffic operations this summer to clamp down on rogue drivers. The RCIPS issued 16 tickets Wednesday when they conducted an operation in the South Sound/Prospect […]
Crown argues against ‘time served’ for Syed
(CNS): Deputy Director of Public Prosecutions Patrick Moran urged the court not to order ‘time served’ for Hassan Syed (51), which could amount to more than two years credit against his sentence, because of his attempts to dodge justice and his manipulation of the system. The former UCCI president appeared in court for sentencing Thursday, […]
CayFilm organisers focus on media academy
(CNS Local Life): The four days of movies, seminars, glitz and celebrity sightings may be over for another year, but the work started with the Cayman International Film Festival, held 30 June-3 July, will continue as organisers try to make some Hollywood magic of their own here. Calling CayFilm the first part of the plan, […]
