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$9.8m contract inked for air traffic control upgrades
Cayman’s aviation infrastructure is set for a major upgrade, and the global firm Thales has been contracted to make it happen.
The CI Airports Authority announced the US$9.8 million partnership, saying it supports the airport’s long-term master plan.
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Venezuelan pilot petitions for freedom after six years in Cayman prison
A Venezuelan pilot who has spent more than six years in jail without charge in the Cayman Islands is mounting a fresh legal bid for freedom.
Juan Carlos Infante, 64, has filed a habeas corpus application after studying human rights law in the prison library and working with another inmate to prepare a 10-page petition.
He argues that his prolonged imprisonment is unlawful and the extradition process against him has been riddled with “systemic failures, procedural irregularities and constitutional violations.”
Infante was acquitted in Cayman on gold-smuggling and money-laundering charges after arriving on a private plane in 2019.
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