Archive for August 28th, 2023
Acting chief lands top post at MIISD
(CNS): Fourteen months after she began acting as chief officer for the Ministry of Investment, Innovation and Social Development, Tamara Ebanks has been appointed to the actual role. Officials said she secured the post following a “rigorous open recruitment process”, including a panel interview.
WORC investigates HR complaints at hotel
(CNS): The Palm Heights hotel, which has become popular with celebrities visiting the Cayman Islands, is under investigation by Workforce Opportunities and Residency Cayman (WORC) after the government agency received information “about possible infractions of the Immigration Transition Act” at the Seven Mile Beach resort. Officials at WORC told CNS they were looking at allegations […]
POF students plan climate action demo
(CNS): Several local environmental activist groups are inviting everyone to join them next month in a climate demonstration spearheaded by Protect Our Future. The organisers are also urging young people especially to take part in a global letter-writing campaign to government leaders here and around the world, sharing their concerns about climate change and the […]
Thieves make off with 76 a/c units
(CNS): Police are urging the public to contact them if they have any information about the theft of 76 white Comfort Star split air-conditioning units from a vacant lot in West Bay last week. The units were stolen sometime after midday on Thursday, 17 August, and 12.30pm the following Thursday, 24 August. The units were […]
Victim assaulted in power-washer robbery
(CNS): Two men, dressed in full black clothing, wearing masks and brandishing a firearm, assaulted a man in the early hours of Thursday morning after stealing a power washer and generator from him at a car wash near the corner of Rock Hole Road and Mary Street in George Town. Police said the robbery was […]
Douglas comes clean in latest criminal scam
(CNS): Judith Douglas (58) entered more than 30 guilty pleas in Grand Court Friday after the serial con artist admitted she had scammed almost three dozen people into giving her a deposit or rent advances for an apartment in Diaz Lane in George Town. Douglas took over $30,000 from people who believed they had secured […]