Cayman
Airways’ inaugural flight to Boston made its first southbound return flight back
to Grand Cayman on Monday evening. The aircraft was greeted by the Cayman
Islands Fire Service with a spectacular water salute, when it touched down at
Owen Roberts’ International Airport as scheduled. Dignitaries including Mike Adam, the National Flag Carrier’s CEO, Leader of Government Business Hon McKeeva
Bush... read
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RCIP investigating financial forgeries
An investigation is now underway by the Royal Cayman Islands Police, (RCIP)
after forged documents using the signature of Chief Secretary, Hon George A
McCarthy, were used to get international banks to transfer money to a bogus
account last week. The forged documents requested wire transfer payments to the “Foreign Exchange Allocation Commission” and used the Cayman Islands Monetary Authority (CIMA)
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Seismograph to record earthquakes
Now
that a temporary seismograph unit is located in the Cayman Islands, scale
readings and other details such as the time of earthquakes are now available
locally. The temporary seismograph was recently brought to the Island and installed in Grand Cayman at the Mosquito Research and Control Unit (MRCU) by University of the West Indies seismologist, Dr Margaret Wiggins-Grandison... read more...
Cash, car, child went missing
On the night of 19 December, a father and son were
separated in a short-lived but frightening ordeal involving the theft of the
man’s car from a location on Maple Road. Though their ordeal lasted only
a few minutes, the night will certainly not be forgotten for a long time by
this man and his four-year old son... read more...
Fidelity Insurance settles post-Ivan claims
Out of 1,600
insurance claims post-Ivan, Fidelity has settled 95 percent of motor insurance
and 80 percent of homeowner claims, beating the industry average. “We were fully operational within 72 hours of Ivan,” said Tom Gammage,
Regional Marketing Manager of Fidelity Insurance. “Our staff worked long
hours, over and above what you would expect in normal circumstances."...
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Person of the Day - Angelique Crowther
Originally from Vancouver, Canada, Angelique Crowther
has been working as an Information Officer for the Government Information
Services since May. Before that, Ms Crowther worked as a graphic artist, first for CITN
and then for Vision Marketing. Ms Crowther says that she enjoys playing,
as well as teaching rugby, and is a member of Cayman Islands Women’s Rugby team... read
more...
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Cayman
Airways’ inaugural flight to Boston made its first southbound return flight back
to Grand Cayman on Monday evening. The aircraft was greeted by the Cayman
Islands Fire Service with a spectacular water salute, when it touched down at
Owen Roberts’ International Airport as scheduled. Dignitaries including Mike Adam, the National Flag Carrier’s CEO, Leader of Government Business Hon McKeeva
Bush...
An investigation is now underway by the Royal Cayman Islands Police, (RCIP)
after forged documents using the signature of Chief Secretary, Hon George A
McCarthy, were used to get international banks to transfer money to a bogus
account last week. The forged documents requested wire transfer payments to the “Foreign Exchange Allocation Commission” and used the Cayman Islands Monetary Authority (CIMA)
logo...
Now
that a temporary seismograph unit is located in the Cayman Islands, scale
readings and other details such as the time of earthquakes are now available
locally. The temporary seismograph was recently brought to the Island and installed in Grand Cayman at the Mosquito Research and Control Unit (MRCU) by University of the West Indies seismologist, Dr Margaret Wiggins-Grandison...
Out of 1,600
insurance claims post-Ivan, Fidelity has settled 95 percent of motor insurance
and 80 percent of homeowner claims, beating the industry average. “We were fully operational within 72 hours of Ivan,” said Tom Gammage,
Regional Marketing Manager of Fidelity Insurance. “Our staff worked long
hours, over and above what you would expect in normal circumstances."...
