Archive for October, 2023
Tattoo artists acquitted in sex assault case
(CNS): Yeng Chang Guerra, a tattoo artist accused of sexually assaulting a woman he knew at the Savage Ink Studios on the West Bay Road last year, was found not guilty of all three counts against him Friday. The jury returned the not guilty verdicts after deliberating for about an hour following a four-day trial. […]
New law tightens protection for local flora
(CNS): The Cayman Islands Government has successfully steered the Plant Protection Act, 2023 through parliament in order to tighten the rules around importing plants that may harbour pests and threaten the local flora. Cayman’s native plants and trees are at risk from a range of new plant pests, such as the ever-present mealybug to the […]
New WORC system shows huge client numbers
(CNS): The rollout of a new ticketing system at Workforce Opportunities and Residency Cayman revealed that WORC dealt with almost 7,000 customers during the three-week soft launch last month. The new system, called Qlogik, will track service delivery times and give an overview of the customer numbers at one of the government’s busiest departments, given […]
TS Tammy heading north, says NHC
(CNS): Tropical Storm Tammy, which emerged in the centre of the Atlantic yesterday afternoon, poses no threat to the Cayman Islands. The US National Hurricane Center predicts that the storm will head north as it approaches the Leeward Islands on Friday, when it is expected to become a hurricane. The nineteenth named storm of the […]
PACT may increase gun crime penalties
(CNS): Premier Wayne Panton has said that the Cayman Islands Government is considering increasing the penalties relating to the possession of unlicensed firearms in light of the persistent reports of gun violence across the islands. Following a National Security Council meeting on Tuesday, he said that they had agreed to review the Firearms Act (2008 […]
Wanted man is third person arrested for murder
(CNS): George Orlando Senior (35) became the third person to be arrested for the murder of Divonte Alejandro Hernandez on Wednesday. Police said the wanted man was taken into custody after an operation in East End. Senior, who is from West Bay, appears to have been assisted in avoiding capture as a 32-year-old woman, also […]
CPA queries climate ministry’s role in national plan
(CNS): The Central Planning Authority held a meeting last month about the review of the National Development Plan, though no details about what people can expect to see once this long-awaited plan is complete have been released. The minutes reveal that the CPA chairman had concerns that the proposed timetable “seemed quite aggressive” and that […]
Over 500 reef and nurse sharks in local waters
(CNS): Scientists from the Department of Environment have published the first estimates of population sizes and home ranges for Caribbean reef sharks and nurse sharks in Cayman Islands waters and the first estimate of the reef shark population globally. Footage from baited underwater video systems (BRUVS) and photo ID, used as a non-invasive alternative to […]
CAL launches new weekly Barbados flight
(CNS): The first flight of Cayman Airways’ new route took off Wednesday morning bound for Grantley Adams International Airport in Barbados. The weekly scheduled service was launched after the national flag carrier received a request from Barbados Tourism Marketing Inc. The details of the deal have not been made public, though it is understood that […]
Police urge businesses to tighten email security
(CNS): The RCIPS is increasingly concerned at the level of sophistication used by international fraudsters targeting businesses in the Cayman Islands through the use of business email compromise (BEC) frauds. The police are urging everyone to tighten up email account security and set up multi-factor authentication where possible. They are also warned that victims of […]
Potential storm rolling across Atlantic
(CNS): Showers and thunderstorms associated with a broad area of low pressure located about 850 miles east of the Windward Islands continue to show signs of organisation, the National Hurricane Center in Miami has said. While forecasters are not clear if the system has a well-defined surface circulation yet, conditions suggest a tropical depression is […]
