Archive for September, 2019
CUC gets greenlight for battery storage
(CNS): The utility regulator, OfReg, has approved a 20-megawatt utility-scale battery installation for Grand Cayman’s power provider, CUC, paving the way for the company to store renewable energy for back-up power at its North Sound Road plant. CUC said it could save customers a collective $5 million per year. Its primary function will be to […]
Gunman fires on George Town house
(CNS): Police are investigating a report of gunshots that were fired at a house off Selkirk Drive in the Red Bay area of George Town on Sunday night around 11pm. The Royal Cayman Islands Police Service said that no one was hurt when the unknown gunman shot at the house before fleeing the scene in […]
ACC charges two HSA public servants
(CNS) UPDATED: Nick Smith (57) from George Town and Dominic Dacres (41) from Spotts, who both work at the Health Services Authority, have been charged with various criminal offences relating to an Anti-Corruption Commission investigation. The two public officials were charged last week, the ACC said on Monday in a brief statement about the case.
National Trust dismisses chair’s ‘conflict’
(CNS): The National Trust for the Cayman Islands has said that the involvement of Andrew Gibb, the chair of its elected council, in the controversial plan for a massive resort development in Beach Bay does not pose a problem for the NGO. At a recent Central Planning Authority meeting, Gibb spoke for the developers of […]
Cayman Airways sticking with Max 8’s
(CNS): Cayman Airways Ltd intends to stick with the currently grounded Boeing 737 Max 8 aircraft, officials have said, despite ongoing concerns about the model in the wake of two fatal crashes now largely attributed to faulty software. CAL told CNS that after making the necessary arrangements to operate its schedule with its fleet of […]
Minister paints false picture on coral relocation
(CNS): Tourism Minister Moses Kirkconnell has said that CI$10 million has been earmarked for coral relocation from the $200 million budget for the proposed cruise and cargo facility in George Town, despite warnings from the Department of Environment and the Central Caribbean Marine Institute (CCMI) that such a venture is doomed to fail. Kirkconnell has […]
Tech deal still not public a year after signing
(CNS): More than a year after the Ministry of Commerce entered into a deal with TechCayman, a business platform with the goal of attracting information technology entrepreneurs to the Cayman Islands, government has released another, but still redacted, version of the agreement under the Freedom of Information Law. TechCayman is a partnership between Health City’s […]
Man critically injured in 3-vehicle crash
(CNS) UPDATED MONDAY: Police are appealing for witnesses to the serious smash in Bodden Town on Saturday night in which one man was seriously injured. Officers said he remains in hospital in a critical condition as they urged anyone with information to contact the traffic unit. A 31-year-old man has already been arrested on suspicion […]
Cops find 400lbs ganja on boat off Grand Cayman
(CNS) UPDATED MONDAY: The 34-year-old man from West Bay and 35-year-old man from George Town arrested early Saturday morning have both been charged with importing and possessing ganja with intent to supply. The men were netted by the RCIPS Joint Marine Unit which found around 400lbs ganja, with an estimated street value of CI$400,000, aboard […]
One injured after shooting in George Town
(CNS): The RCIPS has reported that one man was injured and is currently receiving medical treatment for what is believed to be a gunshot wound following an incident in George Town Friday night. Police said they were informed of a shooting incident near Sound Way just after 9pm tonight, 13 September. Police are currently on […]
Fraudsters try to scam local booze stores
(CNS): A local liquor store suspicious of a large order placed by someone claiming to represent an oil and gas company in California alerted the RCIPS Financial Crime Unit to the scam, which police believe relates to stolen credit cards. Following the report from the store, police learned that other stores had been caught out […]
