Archive for September 6th, 2018
Customs warehouse workers accused of theft
(CNS): UPDATED The two civilian employees of the Customs Department who work in the warehouse arrested on suspicion of theft on Wednesday have now been charged are expected in court next Tuesday. The men were arrested following a joint RCIPS-led operation of customs and police officers. Collector of Customs Charles Clifford said that, as a result of […]
Port crane picks up truck as well as container
(CNS): Officials from the Port Authority of the Cayman Islands have confirmed that they are looking into the cause of an unusual incident at PACI’s container yard in North Sound Road, George Town, earlier this week. A truck operator escaped with just minor injuries after a crane picked up his truck as well as the container. […]
CAL sees delays over software crash
(CNS): The Cayman Airways flight operations team at the airline’s headquarters resorted to manually-producing flight plans for its scheduled aircraft Thursday morning as a result of an outage at its US-based flight planning software provider, Jeppesen. CAL officials said the Jeppesen servers were down from around 7am until 10:30, directly delaying Cayman Airways flights operating between Grand […]
OfReg opens consultation on water sector regs
(CNS): The utilities regulator is asking the public to participate in a public consultation this month on the regulations being drafted to support the Water Sector Regulation Law. The Utility Regulation and Competition Office (OfReg) says the aim is to regulate operators and service providers to protect the health, safety and economic well-being of consumers, […]
Cargo cited as key part of port project
(CNS): The government’s proposal to build a cruise ship berthing facility in the George Town Harbour is about more than developing piers for the mega ships but also about enlarging the cargo dock to get off the “small ship merry-go round” and reduce the cost of imports, Premier Alden McLaughlin told his legislative colleagues on Wednesday. He […]
Waste management project still months away
(CNS): The Integrated Solid Waste Management System for the Cayman Islands is still many months away from being implemented, as talks roll on between government and the Dart-led consortium that was selected as the preferred bidder, the premier revealed Wednesday. Addressing the Legislative Assembly, which is meeting on Cayman Brac, Alden McLaughlin said that the […]
