Archive for May, 2015
Webb remains in Swiss jail, bail unlikely
(CNS): The Swiss authorities have confirmed that Jeffrey Webb and his co-defendants held in Zürich are unlikely to get bail, though some of the older members of the group arrested this week have requested their release on health grounds. The law enforcement officials have also stated that the men will not receive any special treatment […]
Harris canned from radio talk show
(CNS): The long-standing host of a local radio breakfast time talk show, Austin Harris, has been canned and will be replaced in the short-term by former PPM West Bay political candidate Woody DaCosta. Officials from Rooster confirmed Friday that on Monday morning Harris will no longer be on air as DaCosta takes over the phone-in […]
Three locals busted at sea over drugs
(CNS): Three men intercepted at sea 45 miles southeast of Grand Cayman have been arrested on suspicion of drugs and customs offences, police said Friday. The men were busted on Thursday 28 May following a routine patrol by the police chopper. The Air Operations Unit helicopter crew spotted a suspicious Panga-type vessel and, in conjunction […]
Rivers wants mandatory training to protect kids
(CNS): Following the revelations in a recent PAHO report about the sexual health of young people in the Cayman Islands that many are facing significant abuse, the education minister is calling for mandatory training for people in all professions connected to children. Tara Rivers said the incidence of sexual activity and abuse of Cayman’s children […]
Webb fighting US extradition
(CNS): The Swiss authorities have confirmed that Jeffrey Webb and his fellow accused are fighting the extradition to the United States and have been granted a hearing. The Federal Office of Justice (FOJ) said it has granted Zürich Cantonal Police hearings on the US arrest request, according to a press release, in which officials said […]
Prison strained by staff suspensions
(CNS Video): Cayman Islands Prison Director Neil Lavis says challenges at the prisons are putting a strain on the service after two officers were dismissed from HMP Fairbanks while three are on suspension from HMP Northward over an internal scandal, at a time when the facility is already short staffed and straining at the seams. In a candid and exclusive […]
Alden: Bush is a destabilizing force
(CNS): Premier Alden McLaughlin said the opposition leader possessed a magnetic ability to “attract scandals” and described McKeeva Bush as a destabilizing force on most of the governments he had served in during his more than 30 years in politics. As McLaughlin wound up the week-long budget debate Thursday, ahead of a unanimous vote, he […]
Grand Cayman power bills face new hike
(CNS): The local regulator has cleared a new base rate hike for CUC, pushing up the cost of electricity again for consumers on Grand Cayman. The Electricity Regulatory Authority (ERA) confirmed that it had approved a 0.9% increase in the rate the monopoly power provider is allowed to charge. Customers will see the increase immediately […]
Teenager arrested over grocery shop break-in
(CNS): A 15-year-old boy from Bodden Town was arrested Thursday by police in connection with a burglary this week at a local convenience store. An RCIPS spokesperson said the teenager is currently in police custody as officers in Bodden Town investigate the break in at ‘Look Out Mini Mart’ on Anton Bodden Road in the […]
CONCACAF sacks Webb in face of scandal
(CNS): The region’s football body has dismissed Cayman’s Jeffrey Webb from the CONCACAF top job and put Senior Vice President Alfredo Hawit in his place in the wake of yesterday’s shocking news of the arrest of Webb and several other football officials and marketing executives in relation to corruption charges. Eduardo Li, an executive member of CONCACAF […]
Webb’s $1m Atlanta home revealed
(CNS): As the international media continues its round-the-clock coverage of the shocking FIFA scandal that has seen Cayman’s own football boss at the very heart of the corruption allegations, the British media has arrived in the Cayman Islands and the press has published a picture of one of Jeffery Webb’s palatial properties. According to the […]
