Dart deal is going ahead
Premier Juliana O’Connor-Connolly said Thursday (7) at the Government Press Briefing that the deal signed between the former United Democratic Party (UDP) Government, the National Roads Authority (NRA) and the Dart Group in December 2011 to close 615 feet of…
Bush & the Captain start election campaign alone
Former Cayman Islands Premier Bush will be holding his first public election meeting on Tuesday, February 12 at 7:30pm at the Four Way Stop, West Bay. Only his United Democratic Party colleague MLA Captain Eugene Ebanks will be joining him…
Cayman Islands Directors Vote For FATCA IGA Model 1
by Amanda Banks, Tax-News.com, London Members of the Cayman Islands Directors Association (CIDA) have been surveyed on the reporting methods that could be used under the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) and have voted in favor of Intergovernmental Agreement…
Tourists handling captive sea turtles face health risks [from WSPA]
Tourists encountering captive sea turtles while on holiday face health risks, according to new research published this week by the London-based Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine. While interacting with wild sea turtles in their natural habitat is quite…
Turtle Farm does not pose risk to human health says CTF
CTF counters latest WSPA smear tactic Contrary to recent allegations made by the World Society for the Protection of Animals (WSPA), the Cayman Turtle Farm (CTF) says that handling of captive turtles at the facility is not a threat to…
Bush re-bailed
Further to all our previous articles concerning the December 2012 arrest of the former Premier of the Cayman Islands, McKeeva Bush MLA, and another local man in connection with corruption allegations, the Royal Cayman Islands Police Service (RCIPS) issued the…
Concerns and recommendations in latest Report on Inspection of HM Cayman Islands Prison Service
The following are extracts with the concerns and the complete list of recommendations contained in the HM Cayman Islands Prison Service Report 22-27 July 2012 executed by HM Chief Inspector of Prisons “Any reader of this report should be troubled…
HM Cayman Islands Prison Service, Police Custody And Court Cells: performing poorly
Custodial facilities on the Cayman Islands were in poor condition and required significant investment, said Nick Hardwick, Chief Inspector of Prisons, publishing a report on an inspection of the two island jails, police custody cells and court cells. The Cayman…
Prison security at Northward and Fairbanks deficient says latest report
In the latest Report on an announced inspection of HM Cayman Islands Prison Service 22-27 July 2012 by HM Chief Inspector of Prisons it says the expected outcomes on security are: Security and good order are maintained through an attention…
No new confirmed cases reported for dengue but 15 new cases under investigation
From Cayman Islands Health Department Dengue Update as of 26 January 2013 Total cases investigated for dengue in 2012 is 94 and 23 for 2013. Since the last update as of 19 January 2013, there had been 15 new cases…
