Archive for August 8th, 2017

Number of PR deferrals growing

Number of PR deferrals growing

| 08/08/2017 | 63 Comments

(CNS): Government officials have now considered over 100 permanent residency applications from the backlog of paperwork after specially trained administrators were brought in last month to assist the members of the Caymanian Status and Permanent Residency Board. But despite the acceleration in reviewing applications, more than one-third of them have been deferred, which means the […]

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Property broker duped client out of $51K

Property broker duped client out of $51K

| 08/08/2017 | 0 Comments

(CNS): A local real estate broker who took CI$51,600 from a woman who wanted to buy a piece of land on Grand Cayman used the cash to try to prop up his own business and duped the woman into converting the payment into a loan which was never paid back. Prosecutor Toyin Salako told a […]

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Man accuses ex-girlfriend of misusing credit card

Man accuses ex-girlfriend of misusing credit card

| 08/08/2017 | 0 Comments

(CNS): A West Bay woman is facing 13 charges for fraud-related offences after her former, estranged partner said she ran up a bill of almost $2,000 on a credit card he claimed she had stolen from him, and attempted to spend about another $1,200. The 29-year-old woman is accused of taking the card and fraudulently […]

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Motorcyclist lands in hospital after rush hour smash

Motorcyclist lands in hospital after rush hour smash

| 08/08/2017 | 18 Comments

(CNS): A motorbike that hit a wall on Crewe Road, George Town, at 8am Tuesday morning, blocked the road for commuters and landed the rider in hospital with serious injuries. In the latest major smash on local roads, police said the George Town man who was riding the motorcycle lost control of the machine and […]

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Beggar stabs victim who refused cash request

| 08/08/2017 | 56 Comments

(CNS): Police are on the lookout for a beggar who stabbed a man in the chest early on Tuesday morning after his requests for money were knocked back by his victim. Officers on the case said that they are now looking for witnesses, but no description of the alleged assailant has been given. The incident […]

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