Archive for January, 2018
Customs officer to face trial for drug smuggling
(CNS): David Lobo (32), from Bodden Town, has pleaded not guilty to charges relating to a drug smuggling conspiracy in which around 1.8kg of cocaine were smuggled into Cayman using Colombian artefacts. Lobo, who is currently suspended from his job as a customs officer on paid required leave, has denied being involved in the drug […]
Marine cops net two drug boats
(CNS): The RCIPS Joint Marine Unit (JMU) has seized two boats and an undisclosed quantity of ganja and arrested five men in an operation which began in the early hours of Thursday morning. At about 4:30am on 25 January, the marine officers came across two boats acting suspiciously near the Big Channel entrance to North Sound. […]
Ships calling on Cayman have failed heath inspections
(CNS): In 2017 a record number of cruise ships failed health and safety inspections, including ships that make regular calls in Grand Cayman. The data was collected by the US Centers for Disease Control, which was then analysed by financial marketing and media firm MarketWatch, which concluded that the cruise industry needs to clean up […]
Victim lost almost $2M in PR scam
(CNS): Judith Douglas (52) pleaded not guilty on Friday to a charge of obtaining property by deception in an alleged massive permanent residency scam on one victim. Douglas has denied conning an overseas worker out of $1,946,437 after falsely representing that it was for permanent residency, Caymanian status and a Cayman passport over a five […]
Teenage runaway still missing
(CNS): Police have repeated their appeal to help them locate a 13-year-old girl who has been missing for more than a week. Hayleigh Sciamonte left John Gray High School during morning lessons on Friday, 19 January, and she has still not returned to the care home where she is currently resident. Despite further attempts over the last […]
Ex-radio show host given job as Unity whip
(CNS): Former radio talk-show host and the MLA for Prospect, Austin Harris, has been appointed as the whip for the National Unity government, officials have now revealed. The independent member of the government’s back-benches and a councillor in the premier’s ministry will be responsible for ‘whipping’ into line the members of this coalition government in […]
New airport arrival hall opens
(CNS): The new arrivals hall has opened at Owen Roberts International Airport. The key part of the $55 million renovation of the facility includes a new customs, immigration, and baggage claim area. The first of five new carousels are already in operation and another four will be opened over the next few weeks, which officials said […]
PAC pats CFOs on back for ‘job well done’
(CNS): Chief financial officers from government departments were congratulated by the chair of the Public Accounts Committee this week for a “job well done” after achieving clean audits for the first time since government changed its accounting system more than 12 years ago. Although appearing before PAC is not often a pleasant experience for senior […]
Activists urge CIG to deal with beach access
(CNS): Activists from the Concerned Citizens group are raising the alarm that the beaches around Grand Cayman are becoming battlegrounds because government is still not protecting access for local people. Since 2001, the group has been campaigning for the authorities to have a number of beach accesses points registered where they have been used by members of […]
Musician angered by release of suspect shooter
(CNS): Dexter Bodden has said he is angry and disappointed that the man he believes shot him has not been charged after he made it clear to the police that he is willing to give evidence in court about what happened and who his attacker was. The popular local musician said that he knows the […]
CIG missed chance to help jobless, says MLA
(CNS): Alva Suckoo, the opposition member for Newlands, has said that the government missed the opportunity to help unemployed Caymanians take advantage of the vacancies created at the end of last year and employers have turned to permits to replace lost staff. Suckoo told CNS that recent press coverage claiming the pension exodus never happened […]
