Archive for August 15th, 2024
Two men arrested in ACC investigation
(CNS): Two men have been arrested by Anti-Corruption Commission investigators. Douglas Anthony Smith (48) of North Sound Estates and Shaun Michael Abshire Scott (24) of George Town have each been charged with three offences: conspiracy to commit fraud on the government, contrary to the Anti-Corruption Act, obtaining property by deception, contrary to the Penal Code, […]
Rapist jailed for 13½ years after grooming child
(CNS): A 34-year-old man who groomed and raped a child when she was just eleven and twelve years old was jailed for 13 years and six months, having been convicted in September last year. Travis Arlington Ebanks was sentenced in April, but the ruling was only recently released by the court. Ebanks was found guilty […]
Brits in Cayman exempt from Honduras visa regime
(CNS) Updated Friday: Following the news that Cayman Airways Ltd had been informed by the Government of Honduras that, as of yesterday, people with a British passport needed a visa to enter that country, the Honduran government had now advised CAL that UK passport holders who are domiciled in the Cayman Islands are exempt from […]
Financial sector continues to fill government coffers
(CNS): At the end of June, the Cayman Islands Government, including all its public authorities, was running a massive surplus of over CI$216 million, according to the unaudited accounts at this year’s halfway point. This has been fuelled largely by much higher revenue than forecast from the financial sector. The surplus is expected to decline […]
CIG healthcare bill still soaring with no plan in sight
(CNS): The public purse is still picking up a gigantic tab for soaring healthcare costs, but with only six months left before a general election, the UPM administration will become the latest in a long line of governments that have failed to address the healthcare insurance system that sees the taxpayer pick up the tab […]
