Archive for February 5th, 2025
Revised immigration law must be ‘grounded in realities’
(CNS): The public consultation on the draft discussion paper outlining the changes the UPM minority administration wants to make to the current immigration law is open. However, the document is already being criticised for its significant inadequacies and the obvious problems some of the proposed changes will create without solving the existing fundamental flaws in […]
US military choppers fly into ORIA for fuel stop
(CNS): Video of three American military helicopters coming into land at Owen Roberts International Airport on Monday was circulated on social media, raising the question of what they were doing here. According to local government officials, the three choppers are from the Joint Task Force-Bravo and stayed on the island overnight to refuel.
WORC officials issued law enforcement uniforms
(CNS): Workforce Opportunities and Residency Cayman has issued its compliance officers with law enforcement uniforms “to improve officer identification and reinforce its status as a recognised law enforcement department”, according to a press release. The uniforms will establish “a clear rank structure” and enhance transparency as well as strengthen community relations.
Suckoo returns to PPM for another bid in Newlands
(CNS): Alva Suckoo, the deputy leader of the opposition during the 2017-2021 parliament, has returned to the PPM team as a full member as he makes another bid for the Newlands seat he lost to Wayne Panton in the 2021 election while running on the PPM’s Alliance platform as an independent. This time, Suckoo, who […]
No Caymanians deported from US in Trump crackdown
(CNS): Two Caymanians are on the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s non-detained docket as of November 2024. ICE’s non-detained docket is a list of every person in the United States who is there illegally and not currently held in ICE detention. However, Cayman Islands Customs and Border Control has said that no Caymanians have been […]
