Archive for August, 2018
Police appeal for witnesses to Saturday night stabbing
(CNS): The police have begun an investigation into a violent incident on Friday-Saturday night in downtown George Town where at least two men received stab wounds. They are appealing for witnesses to the fight, which they believe happened during an event on Harbour Drive in the early hours of Saturday in the capital. Police said that […]
Drunken crash lands visitor in jail
(CNS): A 32-year-old Honduran national appeared in court Monday after spending the weekend in jail as a result of a crash in the early hours of Saturday morning in West Bay, in which he was suspected of drinking and driving. Omar Banegas has been charged with a list of offences that began when he ran […]
CIMA signs deal with American insurers group
(CNS): The Cayman Islands Monetary Authority has signed a memorandum of understanding with the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) to help insurance supervisors in the United States and Cayman Islands coordinate on regulatory issues with the goal of efficient, fair, safe and stable insurance markets, a release from CIMA stated. The agreement encourages a […]
Community affairs CFO moving to WORC
(CNS): Joel Burke, the chief financial officer at the Community Affairs Ministry, has become the first person identified to take a permanent job at the government’s new department, Workforce Opportunities and Residency Cayman (WORC), which is expected to be up and running in January. Burke has been appointed as the deputy director of finance, administration […]
Manderson backs CoP’s move to recruit residents
(CNS): Acting Governor Franz Manderson has backed a move by Police Commissioner Derek Byrne to recruit foreign residents for entry-level positions to the RCIPS after the opposition called on him to prevent the change in policy. Manderson said that locals would still be given priority, even though the criteria have been broadened. CoP Byrne revealed […]
Changes are cutting bureaucracy, claims CIG
(CNS): Officials from the elected and administrative arm of the Government of National Unity have claimed that a number of measures being introduced to the public sector are cutting red-tape, improving efficiency and helping implement the 5-Year Strategic Plan. They include the Department of Immigration extending its hours and the elimination of a customs declaration […]
Public purse bulging as surplus grows
(CNS): With earnings up more than 8% and spending down by 5%, the government coffers are overflowing at the year’s halfway mark, with the surplus running at more than $201 million, about 50% higher than the budget forecast. Finance and Economics Minister Roy McTaggart released the unaudited financial report for 1 January to 30 June […]
Dog poop and leash laws
I will be moving to Grand Cayman and bringing my dog. Is there anywhere I can walk my dog or let him off the leash?
$7.1M mile-long stretch of LPH opens
(CNS): Phase one of the Linford Pierson Highway project was officially opened Friday morning, completing an important part of government’s plans to improve and expand the road network in and around George Town. Justifying the stretch of widened road, which is just over one-mile long and cost CI$7.1 million, the acting director of the National Roads […]
‘Days of our Lives’, Cayman-style
With everything going on about women being sexual assaulted by various civil servants, can you advise if there is a policy for office romances? My boss is married but having an office affair with a subordinate. They have been together for years and caught kissing, and rumour has it that last year two colleagues caught […]
Petition started to keep CNB Caymanian
(CNS): The announcement this week that a regional bank has made an unsolicited potential offer to buy up a ruling share of Cayman National Bank has spawned a local backlash, with people taking to social media to voice their concerns. A petition has now been started to urge the bank not to sell. More than […]
