7 ½ Years jail for financial controller at law firm
Visiting Judge Malcolm Swift handed down a seven and a half year sentence last Friday (6) to Michael Levitt (57), a South African national who stole over US$846,000 from local legal firm Solomon Harris. Levitt had been employed there as…
8,000 persons are NOT receiving welfare
The Department of Child and Family Services (DCFS) Director, Jennifer Dixon, said people had misunderstood the department’s report and 8,000 persons are not receiving welfare from the government. Dixon revealed to the Legislative Assembly’s Finance Committee on Wednesday (4) the…
Teenage mugger gets lenient sentence
A teenage boy went on a wild ride of crime over a four-month period comprising a robbery, an attempted street mugging, stealing a bicycle and handling stolen goods – all separate incidents. Prior to the first offence committed last January,…
Juvenile prison ‘soon come’
Eric Bush, Home Affairs Ministry Chief Officer, said a temporary new stand-alone facility at HMP Northward to house young offenders is being constructed. Bush was speaking to legislators during a special sitting of Finance Committee on Wednesday (4). The deadline…
Red Cross announces move
The Cayman Islands Red Cross has announced that it is moving its offices to the Cayman Corporate Centre on Hospital Road, George Town. A spokesperson for the Red Cross said, The director, the deputy director, the first aid training manager…
No new revenue measures says Panton
Wayne Panton, Minister for Financial Services, Commerce and Environment, has confirmed government has no plans to introduce new revenue measures in the current year. Any policy decisions on the previous measures, once determined by Cabinet, would be made in the…
Cayman receives Austrian diplomat
Sigurd Pacher, Deputy Head of Mission of the Austrian Embassy in Washington, D.C. visited the Cayman Islands from July 30 to Aug. 3. It was his first visit to Cayman and he inspected the Austrian Consulate in Grand Cayman and…
Service of Thanksgiving for Helen Harquail
A Service of Thanksgiving for the Life of the Late Helen Harquail who died Monday 12th August 2013 at the age of 100 years was held at the Harquail Theatre, George Town, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands on Saturday 24th August…
13 year prison sentence to gunman
Leighton Griffin Rankine Jr (37) was sentenced last Friday (23) to 13 years imprisonment by acting Judge Marva MacDonald-Bishop. Rankine was found guilty after his trial in June for assault, wounding with intent, unlawful use of a firearm and the…
ERA, ICTA & WA appointments made
The Cayman Islands Government has gazetted the appointment boards of three authorities, the Electricity Regulatory Authority (ERA), the Information and Communications Technology Authority (ITCA) and the Water Authority (WA). The ERA Sherri Bodden-Cowan, Chair (existing member), Derrick Tibbetts (existing member),…
