Brac ship visit called off by bad weather

The MS Delphin, a cruise ship that was scheduled to make a rare stop at Cayman Brac, sailed past the Sister Island without stopping last Tuesday (5).

A spokesperson for District Administration said the captain of the MS Delphin decided the anchorage site was not safe for getting the passengers off and back on the ship.

This would have been the first cruise ship for five years to make a port of call at Cayman Brac.

Schoolgirl found safe

March 8, 2013 3:07:51 PM EST

Further to the story below, concerning missing teenager Ashley McLaughlin, please note:

The RCIPS can confirm that Ashley was traced safe and well this afternoon. She was located in the George Town area.

The media and the public are thanked for their assistance in relation to this matter.

Schoolgirl still missing (See above – FOUND)

Officers are becoming increasingly concerned for the well-being of a diabetic teenager who has been missing from her Bodden Town home since Friday, 1 March 2013.

Ashley McLaughlin, who is 15 years of age, left her home in Bodden Town around 7.00am on Friday to attend the Clifton Hunter High School. She did not return home after school and has not been in contact with members of her family since. Ashley has been reported missing on a number of previous occasions and is known to frequent the George Town area.

Officers have received a report that Ashley was seen with two young females around 5.00pm on Saturday, 2 March. At this time she was in the vicinity of the Emslie Memorial Church on the George Town waterfront. She was wearing a long pink, yellow and blue tube top dress.

Despite extensive enquiries with Ashley’s friends and family no further sighting have been reported.

It is not known at this stage if Ashley is in possession of insulin to appropriately medicate her diabetes. As stated previously she has been reported missing a number of times before. On each of these occasions, when she was located, she was taken to hospital to receive treatment for her condition.

Ashley is described as being about 5’5” in height, brown complexion, shoulder length dark hair, big eyes, and has a dark spot/mole on the left side of her nose.

Anyone who has any information about Ashley’s movements since Friday, or who knows of her current whereabouts, is asked to contact Bodden Town Police Station at 947-2220.

Second Repatriation of Cuban Migrants

Immigration officials have carried out the second repatriation of Cuban migrants for 2013.

Three men and two women were escorted home last Friday, (1 March) by the Department of Immigration’s Enforcement Section.

This group had arrived in the Cayman Islands on 26 December, 2012, and was housed at the Immigration Detention Centre (IDC), where migrants await processing and possible repatriation.

There are currently 22 Cuban migrants remaining at IDC.