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US tightens student visa applications
US State Department directive could impact local students heading to university.
All US overseas missions have been ordered to stop scheduling new appointments for student and exchange visa applications.
It comes as the State Department moves to expand social media vetting of applicants.
The Trump administration’s hardline immigration approach has led to an increase in deportations and student visas being revoked.
According to the Associated Press, the halt is temporary and does not impact those who already have interviews scheduled.
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Cayman Compass
Runway safety areas proposed for Brac airport
The Cayman Islands Airports Authority is planning to build runway safety areas at either end of the runway at the Charles Kirkconnell International Airport on Cayman Brac.
The proposed work is part of an Airports Master Plan that explores the development of all three of Cayman’s airports in the coming years and is subject to an environmental impact assessment.
A draft Environmental Impact Assessment Terms of Reference document, which is currently subject to a public consultation, notes that runway end safety areas, or RESAs, must be constructed and a part of the runway widened to meet international aviation standards.
RESAs are designed to protect aircraft and passengers from runway overruns.
