Archive for July 22nd, 2024
US men jailed for 1½ years for credit-card fraud
CNS: Three American men, Dave Obaseki, Michael Capers and Sean Luke, who recently pleaded guilty to using stolen credit card details to fraudulently purchase 73 items on Grand Cayman have each been sentenced to 18 months in jail. The affected businesses have either had seized items returned or compensation orders granted, the RCIPS said.
Police on hunt for Brazilian men accused of theft
(CNS): The RCIPS and Customs and Border Control are asking the public to help them track down Vitor Domingo Valentini Dos Reis (33), who also goes by the name Marcio Vicente Rod Novaes, and Brenno Neves Florencio (25). The men, who are known to associate together, are both Brazilian nationals here on Grand Cayman as […]
Sea Elephant saga rolls on as ship docks in GT
(CNS): The Cayman Islands Government has confirmed that the Sea Elephant, an oil tanker that ran aground on Cayman Brac earlier this month, is now docked at George Town. The vessel was anchored offshore last week, but on Friday, it docked at the Jackson Point Terminal to offload its fuel products. It was then expected […]
COVID keeps premier from parliament meeting
(CNS): Premier Juliana O’Connor-Connolly was not in parliament on Monday and will be absent for the rest of this week’s Fourth Meeting of the 2023/2024 session because she has COVID-19, officials have said. In her absence, Deputy Premier Andre Ebanks will act in her stead, and Tourism Minister Kenneth Bryan will act as the deputy […]
Conflicted minister seeks minimum wage do-over
(CNS): Labour Minister Dwayne Seymour has effectively rejected the findings of the Minimum Wage Advisory Committee and wants a do-over of the report they submitted last year. Speaking in parliament on Monday, the minister, who employs minimum wage workers in his airport services business, said the UPM wants the committee to look at the minimum […]
JOCC takes $1M in aid and cash to islands hit by Beryl
(CNS): Premier Juliana O’Connor-Connolly led a sizeable delegation around the region last week to take aid to islands hit by Hurricane Beryl earlier this month. On Tuesday they delivered bout 17,500lbs of aid cargo, worth $100,000, to Grenada and to St Vincent and the Grenadines as well as cheques for $700,000. On Thursday the delegation […]
Ex-DCO sues cops, DPP for malicious prosecution
(CNS): Dalton Errald Watler-Lyons (Dalton Watler), a former deputy chief officer in the tourism ministry, has filed suit against the police commissioner, the director of public prosecutions and the attorney general, as well as a named RCIPS officer and a prosecutor, claiming he was unlawfully investigated, arrested, charged and then prosecuted over allegations that US$30,000 which police […]
Cabinet has selected but not revealed EWA route
(CNS): Based on a draft environmental impact assessment, Cabinet has approved one of at least three route options for the controversial East-West Arterial Road extension considered by the consultants who conducted the EIA. According to a summary of the 9 July Cabinet meeting, the Cayman Islands Government has selected a route from Newlands to Frank […]
