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Law firm fined $8k for passing over Caymanians
(CNS): A well-established local law firm was recently found guilty and fined CI$8,000 for violating immigration laws, officials from Workforce Opportunities and Residency Cayman have said. According to a press release, the firm failed to disclose Caymanian applicants during a recruitment process earlier this year. A WORC spokesperson told CNS that the firm was Maples […]
Woman injured in Bodden Town house explosion
(CNS): Police, fire and the EMS crews responded to a 911 call around 7:00pm Friday after a house in Look Out Gardens, Bodden Town, exploded, injuring a 52-year-old woman, who has been treated in hospital for serious but non-life-threatening injuries. The home sustained significant structural damage, and fire investigators have begun the work to determine […]
CoP: No evidence of third party in Myles’ death
(CNS): The mysterious death of the deputy director of CIMA, Judiann Myles (47), will be determined by a coroner’s court, Police Commissioner Kurt Walton revealed at a press conference on Thursday. He said that after an investigation involving numerous international forensic professionals and layers of evidence, and based on all the information at hand and […]
Coalition sets out details of portfolio responsibilities
(CNS): Premier André Ebanks said the changes the National Coalition for Caymanians has made to the ministerial areas of responsibility for Cabinet members will help it deliver “meaningful and measurable outcomes”. The Cayman Islands Government published its final organisational chart on Wednesday, showing all the portfolios each minister will manage, as well as the boards, […]
NCFC will address impact of decreasing cruise calls
(CNS): Premier André Ebanks told parliament that when the new administration took up office after the election, they found no plans in place to address issues relating to a decline in cruise ship passengers in the event of a ‘no’ vote — which was the emphatic result. Answering questions from opposition MPs last week about […]
LRC working to deliver on referendum results
(CNS): The Law Reform Commission is examining how the Cayman Islands Government can deliver on the results of the referendum in relation to the ‘yes’ votes for a national lottery and the decriminalisation of consumption and possession of small amounts of ganja. Meanwhile, the Ministry of Tourism and other ministries are exploring ways to assist […]
Man charged with murder of toddler on Cayman Brac
(CNS): Devon Emmanuel Wright Jr (33), who currently lives in Bodden Town, has been charged with the abduction and murder of two-year-old Alissady Powell, whose body was found on the ironshore in Cayman Brac in 2022. Wright is currently in police custody and is due to appear in Summary Court on Thursday morning. Wright was […]
Driver arrested after smashing into light pole
(CNS): A 24-year-old man from George Town who sustained serious but non-life-threatening injuries after he collided with a light pole on Shamrock Road in Prospect Wednesday morning has been arrested on suspicion of DUI. Police said the driver was pulled from the single-vehicle wreckage after an off-duty police officer came across the crash at around […]
‘Affirmative action’ could get women on ballot
(CNS): Women make up just 26% of Cayman’s MPs, and just 19 of the 58 candidates who ran for office in April were female. The election mission from the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association that watched over the 2025 General Election has suggested introducing affirmative action measures to encourage more women to run for office.
CAL passengers get a ‘serving’ of Cayman dialect
(CNS): Cayman Airways is teaching its passengers a little Caymanian vernacular with the introduction of napkins featuring select authentic Caymanian sayings and phrases. The additional serving of in-flight entertainment has been developed with the help of The Cayman Islands Dictionary by Kevin Goring, giving passengers a fun introduction to the unique linguistic heritage of the […]
Little Cayman reefs decimated by bleaching
(CNS): The coral cover on Little Cayman’s reefs has dropped to the lowest since monitoring began more than half a century ago, according to the recently published 2024 Healthy Reefs Report Card, compiled by the Central Caribbean Marine Institute. As a result of a global bleaching event in 2023, one of the worst ever recorded, […]
