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Month: September 2018

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Cayman Islands: Robbery on Shedden Road

From RCIPS Shortly after 7:15PM on Sunday, 16 September, officers responded to a report of a robbery on Shedden Road in George Town. A bus driver reported that he was robbed by a passenger who he had picked up in…

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Cayman Islands: Man charged with Attempted Theft and Common Assault/Man charged for Birch Tree Hill Burglary,

From RCIPS Man Charged with Attempted Theft and Common Assault, 17 September A man, age 28 of George Town, has been formally charged with Theft and Common Assault in relation to an incident on the morning of 25 August on…

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Light 4.6 magnitude earthquake shakes Jamaica

From Jamaica Observer   KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Earthquake Unit at the University of the West Indies is reporting that a “light earthquake” with a magnitude of 4.6 was felt in the Corporate Area and St Catherine at 1:47 this…

17 Sep Weather in Cayman & Tropical Report, 2 TD, 1 Dist

17 Sep Mon 2018 Tropical Report   Tropical Weather Outlook NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL 800 AM EDT Mon Sep 17 2018 For the North Atlantic…Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico: The National Hurricane Center is issuing advisories…

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Statement by the Cayman Islands Government on Support for the UK’s National Crime Agency

From The Office of the Premier of the Cayman Islands GRAND CAYMAN, Cayman Islands – In reference to articles reporting the United Kingdom’s National Crime Agency’s (NCA’s) comment that it “struggles” to get data from the Cayman Islands, there is…

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UK frustrated by Cayman Islands silence on money laundering

By Steve Swann from BBC British law enforcement officers fighting money laundering are being frustrated by a lack of co-operation by the authorities in the Cayman Islands. The National Crime Agency said it was “asking for information we don’t get”….

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Cayman Islands DOE issue statement on grounding of the ‘Jolly Roger’

The Cayman Islands Department of Environment [DoE] has completed its initial review at the site where the Jolly Roger pirate ship ran aground in George Town Harbour on 10 September. According to DoE researchers who inspected the site this week,…

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Plans for Cayman Islands’ Bodden Town Hurricane Shelter moving ahead

Newlands MLA Alva Suckoo, the deputy leader of the Opposition, (Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2018) thanked Government for moving ahead on long-advocated arrangements for the completion of the Bodden Town Church of God building for purposes of adding to the quota…

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The Editor Speaks: The worst storms makes even worse reporting

Listening and watching the reporting of the latest Atlantic and Pacific storms I was shocked at some of the reporting. It was with almost glee in the voices of some of the reporters on US television channels as they foretold…

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OPINION: Cause for concern – Turks and Caicos Islands

By Courtenay Barnett Mental illness and prison (An analysis in three parts: – historical – international – domestic – on the TCI’s approach to mental illness) Part 1 – Historical: The Turks and Caicos Islands is subject to the customs…