Archive for October 24th, 2022
CIG still working on automation of work permits
(CNS): The Cayman Islands Government is still working on developing a secure online automated system that will speed up the process of work permit applications, through WORC, and allow officials to focus on fraudulent or unnecessary applications, as well as cutting mistakes and bias in the decision-making process. Over the last twelve months, despite delays […]
Privy Council to sit in Cayman as new courts open
(CNS): The first of several new much-needed courtrooms unofficially opened last week in time to host the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, which will be sitting in Grand Cayman to hear three local cases next month, the first time it has ever sat in any British Overseas Territory. It will deal with a dispute […]
RCIPS apologises for identifying road crash victim
(CNS): The RCIPS has apologised to the family of the victim in the fatal crash on the Queen’s Highway on 24 October for the premature identification of her. There is no doubt that the woman killed in the collision was Amber Bianca Martinez (29), a doctor at the Health Services Authority, as she had been identified […]
Over-water resort kicked back to DCB after appeal
(CNS): The Planning Appeals Tribunal has quashed a decision by the Cayman Brac and Little Cayman Development Control Board (DCB) to grant planning permission for the land element of a resort in Little Cayman following a successful appeal by objectors. The tribunal found the lack of details to support the decision meant it couldn’t be […]
Cruise lines still refuse to tender mega-ships
(CNS): The number of cruise passengers expected to visit the Cayman Islands in future years is predicted to drop significantly, Tourism Minister Kenneth Bryan said following recent meetings with the cruise lines. Without a cruise berthing facility in George Town, Carnival and Royal Caribbean are still refusing to tender their larger ships, and as they […]
Two more boats bring Cubans to Cayman Brac
(CNS): Another fifteen Cuban migrants entered Cayman waters last week in two separate boats, according to the Cayman Islands Customs and Border Control Service (CBC). Eight men arrived in an undisclosed area of the Brac at around 2:15pm on Thursday and another five men and two women arrived in the North East Bay area of Cayman Brac […]
