Archive for October, 2022
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 […]
Two arrests follow two violent robberies in one day
(CNS): One man was assaulted and robbed of his jewellery by three masked men outside an undisclosed George Town bar early Saturday morning. In a separate incident later that day a man was robbed of a bag with cash in it by two men with a gun in broad daylight on a street in the Swamp […]
Cayman still on FATF grey list over AML issues
(CNS): The Cayman Islands remains on the Financial Action Task Force grey list while Nicaragua and Pakistan were removed following this week’s meeting in Paris to review the political commitment made by countries to meet the requirements needed to combat global financial crime. In a statement issued Friday, the FATF said that Cayman, which has […]
OAG finds pre-election abuse of public cash
(CNS): The Office of the Auditor General noted an “unusual spike” in spending by the National Roads Authority during the two months before the 2021 General Election. More than $11 million was spent between the announcement of the early election and the day of the vote, Auditor General Sue Winspear and her team found during […]
Driver killed in crash on Queen’s Highway
(CNS): Police are currently investigating a fatal single-vehicle collision shortly after 6:00 Friday morning on the Queen’s Highway in East End. Unconfirmed reports indicate that the silver Honda Fit was being driven by a woman who was alone in the car when it was involved in a crash and caught fire near to Sunnyfield Road. […]
Entangled nurse shark in need of help
(CNS): The Department of Environment is asking the diving and snorkelling community to look out for a nurse shark that became entangled in a thick mesh bag which found its way into the sea. The DoE team said they are already doing their best to locate and assist the shark but so far they have […]
Labour minister denies formal freeze on PR grants
(CNS): The minister responsible for labour has denied allegations by a local law firm that a moratorium on permanent residency grants is in place, even though no applications for residency appear to have been approved by the Caymanian Status and Permanent Residency Board based on points for more than a year. Chris Saunders told CNS […]
