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Chairmen appointed to NRA and OfReg boards
(CNS): Mark Parchment, a local financial and development consultant, has been appointed as the National Roads Authority chairperson, and attorney Samuel Jackson is the new chairperson of the OfReg board. The NRA seat has been vacant since Gilbert McLean was appointed but declined to take up the job in February. Rudy Ebanks, the former OfReg […]
Primary school closes after gas leak
(CNS): Prospect Primary School closed Friday as a result of a gas leak, according to a press release from the education ministry and Department of Education Services. Classes were suspended for the day “out of an abundance of caution” after the emergency services attended the school to deal with the leak. All students were said […]
‘Local icon’ Captain Kirkconnell dies at 96
(CNS): Captain Eldon Kirkconnell, the founder of Kirk Freeport, a seafarer and former legislator, died Thursday, 8 June, just a few weeks short of his 97th birthday. The death of the “local icon”‘”, as he was described by several members of parliament, was announced Friday by the House Speaker Katherine Ebanks-Wilks, paving the way for […]
Police seek witnesses to gunfire at Red Bay bar
(CNS): Police are investigating reports of gunshots being fired by armed men outside Da Station bar on Shamrock Road, Red Bay, at about 10pm on Sunday, 4 June. The police did not say whether or not any shell casings or bullets had been recovered at the scene but noted that no injuries had been reported.
Robbers hold up Breakers liquor store
(CNS): Two tall slim men wearing dark jackets, pants and face masks, armed with a machete, made off with an undisclosed sum of cash Wednesday night after robbing the liquor store in South Coast Plaza in Breakers. Police are now appealing for information about the armed robbery and the culprits.
Police rule out crime in house blast
(CNS): The RCIPS has said that initial investigations into the house explosion on Bayfield Crescent in Newlands on Monday indicate that the incident was not due to suspicious circumstances. One man remains in hospital in a serious but stable condition. Police, fire, emergency services and other partner agencies remain on the scene as work on […]
Activist: Biggest problem we have is the MPs
(CNS): Long-time advocate and champion of the natural world, Billy Adam, had the residents of West Bay all in agreement Tuesday evening at the first public meeting on Grand Cayman about the Climate Change Policy. Adam said that Cayman’s biggest problem in protecting its environment was all of the elected officials, a sentiment that appeared […]
Woman convicted in beauty salon brawl bailed
(CNS): Aisha Jamilah English (32), who was sentenced to 21 months in jail last year for stabbing her co-worker during a fight at a George Town beauty salon, has been released on bail. English has filed an appeal against her conviction based largely on an accusation of incompetent counsel. But the hearing has been delayed, […]
Airport road first phase to finish by September
(CNS): The minister responsible for roads said the first section of the Airport Connector Road (BP 588) is now due to be finished in September, nine months later than the original completion date estimate. Answering questions in parliament as MPs met Wednesday, Infrastructure Minister Jay Ebanks said that work on section one was progressing and […]
CBC continues deportation of Cuban migrants
(CNS): The Cayman Islands Customs and Border Control Service (CBC) took three more Cuban migrants back to Havana on a Cayman Airways flight last Thursday evening. The three men bring the total of migrants repatriated so far this year to 74, as CBC speeds up the immigration process by refusing access to the asylum process for […]
MRCU issues warning despite larvicide efforts
(CNS): The Mosquito Research and Control Unit (MRCU) has just completed its largest-ever pre-season larvicide treatment, which covered almost 15,000 acres. Despite this, MRCU Director Dr Alan Wheeler warned that a large emergence of mosquitoes is expected over the coming days as the wet weather continues.
