Archive for March 22nd, 2022

RCIPS reshuffle puts new face in charge of traffic

RCIPS reshuffle puts new face in charge of traffic

| 22/03/2022 | 44 Comments

(CNS): All eyes will be on Inspector Andre Tahal over the coming months as the Royal Cayman Islands Police Service has revealed that he took over as head of the Traffic and Roads Policing Unit (TRPU) on 1 February. His predecessor, Inspector Dwayne Jones, has moved to uniform operations, the RCIPS said in a release. […]

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Panton: Work permit imbalance will be addressed

Panton: Work permit imbalance will be addressed

| 22/03/2022 | 180 Comments

(CNS): Premier Wayne Panton appeared to be singing from a different song sheet than his deputy and labour minister on Friday when he said that the PACT Government might have got the balance between encouraging employers in tourism to recruit Caymanians and allowing those employers to access work permits wrong.

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Mask mandate to remain until end of April

Mask mandate to remain until end of April

| 22/03/2022 | 156 Comments

(CNS): The government is not yet ready to lift any of its COVID-19 protocols and the health minister has indicated that even school children will need to continue wearing masks until at least the end of April. Sabrina Turner has said that Cabinet is still discussing the mask mandate for indoors, and with the return […]

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Campaign starts to get public behind habitat protection

Campaign starts to get public behind habitat protection

| 22/03/2022 | 8 Comments

(CNS): Local environmental activist group Sustainable Cayman has started a social media campaign to spread awareness about the National Conservation Council’s recent call for nominations for Protected Areas across the Cayman Islands. In a press release, the group said that they wanted to ensure that everyone knows about this opportunity and to encourage people to […]

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Elderly COVID-positive patient dies

Elderly COVID-positive patient dies

| 22/03/2022 | 36 Comments

(CNS): Public Health officials have revealed that another unvaccinated elderly patient has died from COVID-19 related causes, bringing the death toll of infected people in the Cayman Islands since the pandemic reached here to 24. Another two infected patients remain in hospital, both of whom are unvaccinated.

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Nine people arrested in gambling, ganja and gun bust

Nine people arrested in gambling, ganja and gun bust

| 22/03/2022

(CNS): Police and customs officers rounded up nine people on Friday afternoon following an operation at a bar and other establishments near the junction of Shedden Road and Eastern Avenue. Among those arrested was a 26-year-old man who was found in possession of a loaded gun.

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Video sex-offender arrested under Mental Health Act

Video sex-offender arrested under Mental Health Act

| 22/03/2022

(CNS): A very troubled 24-year-old man, who was already facing potential charges for exposing himself in an indecent video posted online at the weekend, was arrested Monday lunchtime in North Side in the Old Man Bay area under the Mental Health Act. The man had also been under investigation regarding a video he posted on […]

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Leading law firm in dispute with CIG over BO rules

Leading law firm in dispute with CIG over BO rules

| 22/03/2022 | 78 Comments

(CNS): Walkers is suing the Ministry of Financial Services and the Registrar of Companies over information that law firms must provide on their clients to the authorities under the Companies Act. Walkers, one of the biggest law firms in the Cayman Islands catering to the offshore financial sector, filed a consent order on Friday to […]

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