NRA Chairman denies compulsory layoffs
National Roads Authority (NRA) Chairman Colford Scott and Members of the Board invited Deputy Premier and Minister of District Administration, Works, Lands and Agriculture (DAWLA) Hon Juliana O’Connor-Connolly and her staff, including Chief Officer Alan Jones, to a meeting with…
40 Traffic tickets issued since new law came into effect
Since the new Cayman Islands Traffic Law and Regulations came into effect on Friday, 21st September 2012, officers of the RCIPS issued 40 traffic tickets for various traffic offences (over the weekend 22/23) 1 Speeding Ticket 1 Cell phone…
HSA continues strong support for Healthcare Conference
As organisers gear up in preparation for the third annual national 20/20 Healthcare Conference, set to take place from 18 to 20 October at The Ritz-Carlton, Cayman’s largest provider of healthcare services, the Health Services Authority, is once again pleased…
Grand Cayman Customs Advisory
Seafreight Line advises that a Port Container Inspection Fee for all cargo moving from the United States to the Cayman Islands, was implemented by the Cayman Islands Customs Department on September 17, 2012. This local Grand Cayman Customs fee is…
First Dengue Case Confirmed in Cayman Islands
As a regional outbreak persists, Cayman Islands public health officials have confirmed the first local case of imported dengue fever by a returning resident. There have been no locally transmitted dengue cases reported in the Cayman Islands so far for…
New mammography centre at Chrissie Tomlinson
The Chrissie Tomlinson Memorial Hospital (CTMH) has just recently installed a three-dimensional “pain free” mammography centre and the Minister of Health, Hon Mark Scotland, was on hand to officially open it. CTMH has upgraded its mammography equipment and integrated an…
Immigration Supports a Good Cause
Staff of the Department of Immigration gave monetary contributions and dressed in purple on Friday, 21 September, as a show of support for the local Alzheimer’s and Dementia Association (ADA). ADA Founder/Chairperson Dorothy Davis thanked the immigration staff for their…
Little Cayman Emergency Command Centre to be opened
Deputy Premier and Minister of District Administration, Works, Lands and Agriculture Hon. Juliana O’Connor-Connolly will be opening the Little Cayman Emergency Command Centre at the Public Works Department Compound on Wednesday, 26 September at 11am. An invitation is extended by…
West Bay man convicted of rape of 14 year old girl
Tyrone Roswell Ebanks, a 45-year-old man from West bay, was found guilty of having unlawful sexual intercourse with a young girl who was only 14 when the offence occurred. In a judge alone trial, Justice Michael Mettyear, sentenced Ebanks to…
Discovery of tagged captive stingrays sparks DOE call for legislation
Gina Ebanks-Petrie, Director of the Cayman Islands Department of Environment (DOE), has called for amending the marine conservation law or passing the national conservation law and adding stingrays as a protected species to prevent people from taking these marine creatures,…
