Archive for January 28th, 2022
Ex-Dart exec gets top job in premier’s office
(CNS): Pilar Bush has been appointed by Premier Wayne Panton as chief of strategy, heading up his office in a new political post that will see the former Dart executive pull together government strategic policy. Bush will attend Caucus meetings and support the work of all ministers and parliamentary secretaries to promote the strategic alignment […]
Men badly wounded in knife fight
(CNS): Two men are currently in hospital recovering from serious knife wounds after a fight in the early hours of Friday morning on Hirst Road, Bodden Town, in the Butterfly Circle area of Savannah. The two men both received multiple stab wounds during an altercation. When officers and emergency services arrived at the scene, they […]
Two prison officers in court over drug smuggling
(CNS): One prison officer is awaiting sentence and a second has been charged as police wrap up two separate investigations into ganja smuggling at HMP Northward. Rudolph Rambaran (39), a Jamaican officer who resides in West Bay, was arrested in June last year after he was caught with ganja as he arrived at work. He […]
Customs to shut down IT system for transfer
(CNS): Importers are likely to experience more disruptions with customs over the weekend as the Customs and Border Control Service will be shutting down its customs online system (COLs) this evening to allow for it to be redirected to the Cayman Islands Government (CIG) eServices sign-in page. The change is being made as part of […]
CPA urged to wait on court before hearing Baer application
(CNS): A canal-front project that is currently the subject of a legal challenge because the developers constructed a sea wall without a coastal works licence has made its way onto the agenda of next week’s Central Planning Authority meeting, just two months before the case will next be heard in court, as the developers are […]
COVID-19 spike continues and prison battles spread
(CNS): More than four months after the SARS-CoV-2 virus returned to these shores in September last year, the number of people testing positive each day continues to climb, and there are at least 20 people currently in the hospital. The prison service is also battling another peak of infections, with 16 staff and 31 inmates […]
