Tag: Hurricane Irma

CUC sends new team to help BVI

CUC sends new team to help BVI

| 08/11/2017 | 0 Comments

(CNS Busines): A second group of linepersons from CUC’s transmission and distribution (T&D) operations department was sent to assist the British Virgin Islands Electricity Corporation (BVIEC) with the restoration of power following the passing of Hurricane Irma and Hurricane Maria in September. Andrew Wood, supervisor line services, is heading up the team, which arrived in […]

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Radio Cayman assists Turks and Caicos broadcaster

Radio Cayman assists Turks and Caicos broadcaster

| 18/10/2017 | 0 Comments

(CNS Business): Radio Cayman recently stepped in to help the Turks and Caicos Islands, after Hurricane Irma destroyed the majority of the jurisdiction’s broadcast network. Following high-level talks between the Cabinet Office and the government-owned radio station, Radio Turks and Caicos (RTC), Radio Cayman’s senior technician flew into Providenciales (locally known as Provo) on Wednesday, […]

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CUC staff help BVI restore power

CUC staff help BVI restore power

| 11/10/2017 | 0 Comments

(CNS Local Life): Seven members of CUC’s transmission and distribution (T&D) operations department left Grand Cayman Monday, 9 October to assist the British Virgin Islands Electricity Corporation (BVIEC) with the restoration of power following the passing of Hurricane Irma and Hurricane Maria in September. The linepersons are expected to be in the British Virgin Islands […]

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CUC speeds power restoration in TCI

CUC speeds power restoration in TCI

| 03/10/2017 | 0 Comments

(CNS Business): Caribbean Utilities Company (CUC) has sent two more staff members to hurricane-hit Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI). Right after Irma ripped though the islands, CUC sent a crew of seven linepersons to help with restoration efforts. But with conditions there still very difficult, Joshua Ebanks, supervisor for transmission and distribution planning and estimating, […]

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Emergency measures grant evacuees the right to work

Emergency measures grant evacuees the right to work

| 25/09/2017 | 10 Comments

(CNS Business): The Cayman Islands Government is waiving normal procedures for temporary work permits for workers in the financial services industry who have evacuated to this jurisdiction from islands devastated by hurricanes Irma or Maria. “For those who say we should not be doing this, last week it’s them, next week it may be us,” […]

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