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Search on for missing West Bay man
(CNS): Jude Theobalds (36) has been reported missing and police are asking the community to help in the search for the West Bay man, who has not been seen since Saturday. He did not turn up for work on Monday, 10 December, as expected and efforts to contact him via phone after he failed to [… [...]
West Bay begs bar owner not to dredge Barkers
(CNS): Emotions ran high at a public meeting in West Bay on Tuesday, when district residents met with the owner of Calico Jack’s beach bar and begged him to pull his application to dredge an area in Barkers that would remove more than four acres of turtle grass. Many of the people who attended [...]
UK government to co-chair LGBT rights coalition
(CNS): The governments of Britain and Argentina have been chosen to co-chair the Equal Rights Coalition, an international body created to protect the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex people around the world. Lord Ahmad, who is the UK’s minister for human rights, said [...]
Fishermen rescue sailors in distress
(CNS): Police have commended the actions of a fishing crew who helped rescue a sailboat and three people on board at the weekend following a report that the vessel was in trouble. Officers from the RCIPS Air Support Unit pointed to the importance of the assistance boaters in Cayman offer other vesse [...]
Smugglers swallowed over 60 drug pellets
(CNS): A jury heard Tuesday how two drug mules involved in a conspiracy to bring uncut liquid cocaine from Colombia into Cayman last year swallowed more than sixty pellets, wrapped in condoms, to get the contraband past the authorities. As the prosecution finished presenting the opening of its case [...]
Man arrives at police station with multiple stab wounds
(CNS): The police arrested a 20-year-old man from West Bay after another man, whom officers suspect he had stabbed, turned up at the district police station on Saturday afternoon with multiple stab wounds. When the injured man arrived at the station around 2:40pm, officers called an ambulance and he [...]
Brexit chaos rolls on in wake of cancelled vote
(CNS): The former British prime minister, David Cameron, said he had no regrets about calling the referendum asking British voters if they wanted to remain or leave the European Union, even as the political chaos created by the result mounted Tuesday. The current PM, Theresa May, cancelled the parli [...]
Barnes wins boxing gold in Guyana
(CNS Local Life): Cayman Islands amateur boxer Brandy Barnes took the gold at the recent Caribbean Championships in Guyana, successfully defending her title from last year’s competition, which was held in St Lucia. On Sunday, 9 December, she defeated Joanne Williams of Guyana in front of that boxe [...]
Bid to save Barkers from development intensifies
(CNS): Activists fighting the latest environmental battle to save the dwindling natural resources on the Cayman Islands are hosting another meeting in West Bay on Tuesday. The Save Barkers Beach campaign has been intensifying as organisers collect signatures for a petition and urge people to contact [...]
RCIPS seek witnesses to cop hit-and-run
(CNS): Police are appealing to the community for help in tracking down a driver who remains at large after hitting an on-duty police officer when he drove through a police road block last month. Officers from the West Bay Police Station are conducting the investigation into the incident, which they [...]
