The Cayman Islands Government and the Florida Caribbean Cruise Association (FCCA) are fine-tuning an agreement, which will see the Spotts
dock being developed into a second string cruise ship facility shortly. Tourism Minister Hon Charles Clifford said that lawyers for the Port Authority and the FCCA
have been working on the agreement, which would virtually derail the previous
Government’s plan ... read
more...
Security companies to be investigated
The
Labour Tribunal has refused to accept any more applications to waive overtime
pay for security companies. And the Employment Relations Department said it
will be investigating dozens of security companies, which have received
waivers from paying overtime to security guards, some making as little as
$3.33 per hour. The Director of Employment Relations, Walling Whittaker,
explained... read more...
More confusion over Immigration Law
Assisting illegal migrants to leave the country is an offence, according to the Chief Immigration Officer, Franz Manderson. However, this law has apparently been flouted on numerous occasions in the past under a policy directed by the previous Administration, and its enforcement appears to be outside the ambit of the Royal Cayman Islands Police Service
(RCIPS) ... read
more...
Weekend escape of Cubans solved
The 15 Cubans that escaped from a holding facility near the Fairbanks prison last Friday night on 7 January, did so through a boarded area on the compound according to Chief Immigration Officer Franz Manderson.
Sections of the compound were boarded up to house what were described as
“immigrants who were not given leave to land.” All 15 were placed back
into custody in a more secure facility...
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Mandarin Oriental coming on stream
THE
Ministry of Tourism’s “Go East” initiative, which intends to create more
business opportunities in East End and North Side, is bearing fruit with the
proposed construction of Mandarin Oriental Hotel in the eastern districts.
The Mandarin Oriental group, which has 23 luxury hotels, has earmarked a
beachfront area along the Queen Elizabeth Highway in East End, Grand Cayman, for
one of its seven new hotels...
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more...
Person of the Day - Shelly-Ann Jones
It was four years ago that she left her home in the Sunshine City of Portmore,
in St Catherine, Jamaica, to pursue her dream as a nail technician in Cayman. Although there are some long days, 25-year-old Ms Jones said, “This is what I like to do and one day I hope to own my own salon.”
Ms Jones comes from a large family with two brothers and four sisters
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more...
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The Cayman Islands Government and the Florida Caribbean Cruise Association (FCCA) are fine-tuning an agreement, which will see the Spotts
dock being developed into a second string cruise ship facility shortly. Tourism Minister Hon Charles Clifford said that lawyers for the Port Authority and the FCCA
have been working on the agreement, which would virtually derail the previous
Government’s plan ...
The
Labour Tribunal has refused to accept any more applications to waive overtime
pay for security companies. And the Employment Relations Department said it
will be investigating dozens of security companies, which have received
waivers from paying overtime to security guards, some making as little as
$3.33 per hour. The Director of Employment Relations, Walling Whittaker,
explained...
Assisting illegal migrants to leave the country is an offence, according to the Chief Immigration Officer, Franz Manderson. However, this law has apparently been flouted on numerous occasions in the past under a policy directed by the previous Administration, and its enforcement appears to be outside the ambit of the Royal Cayman Islands Police Service
(RCIPS) ...
The 15 Cubans that escaped from a holding facility near the Fairbanks prison last Friday night on 7 January, did so through a boarded area on the compound according to Chief Immigration Officer Franz Manderson. 
THE
Ministry of Tourism’s “Go East” initiative, which intends to create more
business opportunities in East End and North Side, is bearing fruit with the
proposed construction of Mandarin Oriental Hotel in the eastern districts.
The Mandarin Oriental group, which has 23 luxury hotels, has earmarked a
beachfront area along the Queen Elizabeth Highway in East End, Grand Cayman, for
one of its seven new hotels...
It was four years ago that she left her home in the Sunshine City of Portmore,
in St Catherine, Jamaica, to pursue her dream as a nail technician in Cayman. Although there are some long days, 25-year-old Ms Jones said, “This is what I like to do and one day I hope to own my own salon.”
Ms Jones comes from a large family with two brothers and four sisters
...
