Cayman: Thirteen more Coast Guard recruits Graduate
His Excellency the Acting Governor, Mr. Franz Manderson, MBE, inspects the guard of honour presented by the 13 graduating recruits at the CI Coast Guard headquarters, Friday, 31 March Proving their tenacity, resiliency and consistent performance, 13 recruits of the…
Cayman: National Security Council visits Coast Guard compound
Grand Cayman, 23 December 2021 (GIS)- Members of the National Security Council (NSC) got an inside look at the work of the Cayman Islands Coast Guard (CICG), during a tour of the organisation’s compound last week. Commander Robert Scotland, who hosted the…
Coast Guard needed to airlift cruise passenger
By Rich Thomaselli From Travel Pulse A dramatic airlift at sea took place on Thursday when the United States Coast Guard was called to assist a passenger who suffered a stroke aboard a cruise. Royal Caribbean’s ‘Adventure of the Seas’…
4 Jamaican fishermen detained on Coast Guard ships
The Associated Press | By COLLEEN LONG From Military.Com WASHINGTON — Four Jamaican fishermen were detained for nearly a month aboard U.S. Coast Guard vessels in the Caribbean Sea, spending much of their time chained to the deck in the blistering sun while their families…
Cruise ship rescues two survivors of small plane crash in the Caribbean Sea
By Sabrina Lolo From CBS 12 News CBS12 News — A Princess cruise ship rescued two survivors of a small plane crash at sea on Tuesday. Called the Regal Princess, the ship was heading to St. Thomas when it got a notification from…
Coast Guard suspends search for Royal Caribbean cruise ship employee who went overboard
By Michael Bartiromo From FOX NEWS The United States Coast Guard has suspended its search for a Royal Caribbean crew member who went overboard off the coast of Florida early on Thursday. The 26-year-old employee, whose name was not released, was…
Fisherman risks his life to save a humpback whale
By: Laura Goldman From Care2 As they headed back toward the central California coast after fishing for slime eel in the Pacific Ocean, Sam Synstelien and Nicholas Taron made a troubling discovery: a humpback whale was entangled in a buoy’s…
US Coast Guard detains dozens of Caribbean migrants in unseaworthy vessels
By Carl Prine From Navy Times The Coast Guard cutter Thetis detained 84 undocumented Haitian migrants approximately 30 miles southwest of Turks and Caicos Islands and repatriated them to the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince. (Coast Guard) While debate rages over…
US Coast Guard offloads more than 3,516 pounds of cocaine, 50 pounds of marijuana seized in Caribbean interdictions
From Caribbean News Now MIAMI, USA — The crew of the US Coast Guard Cutter Bernard C. Webber offloaded approximately 3,516 pounds of cocaine and 50 pounds of marijuana worth an estimated wholesale value of over $47 million seized in…
Cayman Islands Opposition congratulates new appointees
On behalf of his colleagues, the Leader of the Opposition the Hon. Ezzard Miller, has congratulated the new appointees who will be heading the recently announced Customs and Border Control Agency and the Cayman Islands Coast Guard. The new appointees…