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Brits in Cayman exempt from Honduras visa regime

Brits in Cayman exempt from Honduras visa regime

| 15/08/2024 | 40 Comments

(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 […]

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RCIPS warns WhatsApp users of take-over scam

RCIPS warns WhatsApp users of take-over scam

| 13/08/2024 | 7 Comments

(CNS): The police and the Cayman Islands Government Information Security Office are warning WhatsApp users of a scam that enables the perpetrators to take over the victim’s account. The scammer can then send messages to any of their contacts, purporting to be the victim, until the account can be recovered.

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CINICO moves into property insurance

CINICO moves into property insurance

| 13/08/2024 | 47 Comments

(CNS): The government-owned Cayman Islands National Insurance Company, which in March announced that it had extended its offerings to include motor insurance, has now moved into the home insurance business. CINICO is offering parametric insurance to homeowners, either as part of its basic package or as a separate policy.

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Two boys arrested in relation to minister’s crash

Two boys arrested in relation to minister’s crash

| 12/08/2024

(CNS): Two boys have been arrested on suspicion of moving an excavator and placing the arm into the roadway at Anton Bodden Drive, Bodden Town, sometime before Labour Minister Dwayne Seymour collided with the arm 30 minutes past midnight on Thursday, 8 August, while he was driving a government-owned black Chevy Tahoe. The police did […]

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Bogus CAL email is phishing scam

Bogus CAL email is phishing scam

| 09/08/2024 | 0 Comments

(CNS): Cayman Airways Ltd says the airline has received reports of a phishing email being sent to customers claiming that their “account” has been “temporarily suspended”. CAL stated that this email was not sent by Cayman Airways, and anyone receiving it should not click on any links nor provide any information to the senders.

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CAL jet makes emergency landing

CAL jet makes emergency landing

| 08/08/2024 | 40 Comments

(CNS) Updated: Cayman Airways 481 from Los Angeles landed safely at Owen Roberts International Airport at 4:56pm after an emergency situation was called. According to the airline, the plane landed with minimal flaps after encountering a flap asymmetry issue during its approach. Although the aircraft was capable of landing safely with minimal flaps, Captain Joey […]

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Suspect arrested for 1997 Brac murder

Suspect arrested for 1997 Brac murder

| 08/08/2024

(CNS): Police say they have arrested a 76-year-old man on suspicion of murder in relation to the death of Eva Glee Ebanks on 16 October 1997 on the south side of Cayman Brac. Ebanks was 35 years old at the time of her death. CNS understands that the suspect is Eddylee Martin, a well-known businessman […]

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CIG says John-John injured in early morning crash

CIG says John-John injured in early morning crash

| 08/08/2024 | 130 Comments

(CNS) Updated 4:55pm Thursday: The Cayman Islands Government has now confirmed that the senior politician involved in a collision in Bodden Town early this morning, 8 August, was Labour Minister Dwayne “John-John” Seymour. The Cabinet minister was injured when his vehicle collided with an excavator arm that was in the road. The CIG said that […]

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The common theme: Incentivise the rich, force the poor

The common theme: Incentivise the rich, force the poor

| 08/08/2024 | 86 Comments

I’m a millennial and I’m in this non-stop grind because in the 90s we saw light at the end of the tunnel. I’m running off of that stupid hope that there is something at the end of all this suffering because I used to see it. The next generation didn’t see any of that. They […]

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Two arrested for drug offences in West Bay

Two arrested for drug offences in West Bay

| 06/08/2024

(CNS): Police officers on patrol along Marie Mollie Hydes Road in West Bay on Monday came across a vehicle partially blocking the roadway and saw two people inside behaving suspiciously. They searched the vehicle and its occupants under the Misuse of Drugs Act and recovered suspected cocaine, ganja, drug utensils, and a small quantity of […]

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Boys shooting pellet guns at random people in GT

Boys shooting pellet guns at random people in GT

| 06/08/2024 | 14 Comments

(CNS): The police said that last weekend, they received several reports of a group of between two and ten boys, believed to be between twelve and 15 years old, approaching members of the public and firing shots at them with what appears to be a pellet gun or gel blaster. While no one has been […]

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