Archive for June, 2015
Judge throws out murder case
(CNS): Jose “Pito” Sanchez walked away from court a free man on Thursday after Justice Charles Quin threw out the case against him for the murder of Solomon “Solly” Webster in September last year. The judge said it would have been impossible for him to find beyond reasonable doubt that Sanchez was the killer because there […]
Missing teen turns up in Lower Valley
(CNS): Sixteen-year-old Meggan Rankine, who was reported missing Monday evening, has turned up safe and well close to where she was last seen. Rankine, who is a resident of the Francis Boden Girls Home, was seen Monday morning when she left home for work at a Savannah restaurant but was not there at pick-up time around 4pm. Police […]
Criminal tourist scams supermarket ATM machines
(CNS): An Eastern European national visiting the Cayman Islands has been jailed for 16 months after he was caught attempting to steal cash, having skimmed hundreds of Cayman National Bank customers cards. Using a swipe machine and mini-cameras at CNB’s well-used ATMs at the Strand and Airport branches of Foster’s, Andon Smilyanov (32) was caught […]
FBI hopes FIFA officials will give up Blatter
(CNS): The president of the international football body, FIFA, is reportedly in the sights of the FBI as they continue their investigation into a $150 million bribery probe at the top of the sport. The US media has reported that law enforcement agencies are hoping football officials already arrested and indicted will help nail Sepp […]
Uniformed staff salaries on the up
(CNS): Firefighters, police, customs and immigration officers and other uniformed service branches will soon see a pay rise in addition to the 4% cost of living allowance (COLA) next month as their pay scales are being reevaluated to introduce fairness and take account of the risks involved in their work, the premier said. Since the start […]
More flooding expected as rain continues
(CNS Video) Update Thursday 6:30am: All government schools will be open today, operating under normal working hours, the Department of Education Services announced early Thursday. The National Weather Service issued another severe weather warning on Wednesday evening as more rain was forecast for the remainder of the week, putting more homes at risk of flooding. With many […]
Alden won’t ‘endorse’ foreign fire chief
(CNS): The Cayman Islands premier has said that he will not endorse the recruitment of an overseas fire chief when the current recruitment process is over if a Caymanian is not found. Alden McLaughlin said that politicians were not involved in the recruitment of civil servants but after almost 60 years of locals heading up […]
BT break-ins spike with commuting burglars
(CNS): Police Commissioner David Baines said a burglary spike in the district of Bodden Town was being caused by two separate gangs of crooks. Baines said that a group of young teens in the district were believed to be behind some of the burglaries while a group of George Town based villains were also literally […]
Severe weather alert issued as rain pounds Cayman
(CNS): The National Weather Service has issued a severe weather alert in the face of flooding in North Side, George Town and Bodden Town due to a localized weather system that has dumped what the premier said was more than ten inches of rain on Cayman since yesterday. Alden McLaughlin told Finance Committee that government resources […]
Premier defends Cayman in wake of Webb arrest
(CNS): As Cayman finds itself at the heart of what may be the world’s biggest ever corruption scandal, following the arrest of local football boss, Jeffrey Webb, the premier has defended the jurisdiction in a statement from his office about the FIFA probe. Alden McLaughlin said that local law enforcement agencies were cooperating with international […]
CoP blames staff shortages, not cash
(CNS): The police commissioner has stated that while he has a $35 million budget, his problem now is staff numbers. David Baines said the full RCIPS complement should be 487 officers but there are currently 450, and that was why the cover was still “stuttered”, especially in the eastern districts. As he answered questions in Finance Committee […]
