Recent Articles
Discovery Point Club responds to accusations
Rebuttal to ‘Neighbour furious over vegetation destruction’: Mr Johnson, this is the Strata Executive Committee’s reply to your email and your grossly inaccurate article in CNS. 1) There was no “wanton destruction” of your vegetation. After confirmation of the boundary lines, it ap [...]
Five cruise port ‘debate’ lessons
101 writes: The debate surrounding the proposed new cruise berthing facility is far from over but the experience thus far has taught us more than a few lessons. Most of these lessons suggests the country is not getting the debate it deserves. Here are a few examples: [...]
FCO: Current balance of power is right
(CNS): The FCO stated in submissions to the House of Commons Foreign Affairs Select Committee that it believes the current balance of power between Britain and its territories is broadly the right one. The document, submitted ahead of this week’s hearings by the committee reviewing the relati [...]
Sunshine Suites and Westin sold to Japanese investors
(CNS): Two of Grand Cayman’s leading hotels have been sold to a Japanese investment company for more than $340 million. Invincible Investment Corporation has bought the 343-room Westin resort on Seven Mile Beach, which caters to the high-end tourism market, and the more budget line, but very p [...]
Driver charged 7 months on for fatal Brac crash
(CNS): A 37-year-old man from Cayman Brac has been charged with causing death by dangerous driving and refusing to provide a specimen of blood in connection with a crash on Cayman Brac at around 11pm on 27 February, in which Sharon Gayle-Clarke (51), a Jamaican nurse resident on the Brac, was kille [...]
Airport business goes to usual traders
(CNS): The Cayman Islands Airports Authority (CIAA) has finally revealed the winning bidders that have secured the lucrative retail, duty-free and food and beverage concessions in the departure hall at the renovated Owen Roberts International Airport. [...]
Son accused of trying to sell elderly father’s property
(CNS): A George Town man appeared in Grand Court on Wednesday, accused of trying to sell his elderly father’s land and property without permission. Admiral ‘Andy’ Anderson Jr is facing 13 forgery charges relating to his alleged attempts to dispose of the family’s assets and p [...]
Resident dies at 7 Mile public beach
(CNS): A 68-year-old-resident died this morning after getting into difficulty on Seven Mile Beach. Police said emergency services were called to the beach location shortly after 8:30am following a report that the man was in distress. CNS understands that the man was in the water when he was found un [...]
Former Cayman banker cleared by top Swiss court
(CNS): Rudolf Elmer (62), who leaked documents to WikiLeaks after he was fired from the Cayman branch of a Swiss bank, has been cleared of breaking Switzerland’s bank secrecy laws by the country’s supreme court. Swiss prosecutors had appealed the acquittal of the former employee of the Zür [...]
Cayman National sells off 54% of stock
(CNS): The Republic Bank of Trinidad and Tobago (Barbados) Ltd has bought a majority share in Cayman National Corporation just over two months after it made an unsolicited offer. An announcement from Republic said that at the end of business on Friday it had received notice from Cayman National th [...]
