Archive for June, 2015
Drug dogs and gun seizures at local school
(CNS Video): John Gray High School is dealing with yet another incident involving an imitation firearm after security guards seized a toy gun from students traveling on a school bus from West Bay last week. The recovery of what was said to be close replica of a weapon is the second in just two weeks. […]
One teen found, second still missing
(CNS): One of two girls reported missing from different parts of Grand Cayman Monday has turned up safe and well. Fifteen year-old Jadee Eccleston from the Esterly Tibbetts Highway area of George Town was with another family member, police said. But 16-year-old Meggan Rankine (left) from the Francis Bodden Girls’ Home who went missing in Savanna has […]
Bank reviews transaction, Blake takes over at CIFA
(CNS): The vice president of CIFA and local attorney, Bruce Blake, has been appointed as acting president of the local football body after an emergency executive meeting last night just short of a week after the arrest of Jeffrey Webb in the FIFA corruption probe. Meanwhile, Fidelity Bank has said it is “conducting an internal […]
Cops Taser violent mental health patient
(CNS): A West Bay man was Tasered by police from the Uniform Support Group on Sunday night after he came at the armed cops with a machete. The 25-year-old man was shot, the police said, when he refused to put down his weapon and continued advancing on the officers at around 11:00pm (31 May) at […]
Getting past denial, dealing with CIFA
101 writes: From a global perspective, Jeff Webb is easily the most famous Caymanian in this country’s modern history. He rose to the pinnacle of one of the world’s most influential bodies. His position and global reach was to serve as a catalyst for further enhancement of Cayman’s football, and possibly an improvement in our efforts […]
Weather impossible to predict, warns premier
(CNS): As the skies opened on Tuesday morning, dumping a deluge of rain on Grand Cayman and with more to come, the premier urged the public not to be too relaxed about the predictions of a very quiet hurricane season. Alden McLaughlin said he did not care for “hurricane predictions, especially when they tell us […]
Boards to blame over advert infractions
(CNS): Premier Alden McLaughlin has pointed the finger at the immigration boards as the ones who should be asking the questions of employers who run recruitment advertisements that disenfranchise locals as they aim to recruit or retain specific work-permit holders. When George Town MLA and backbench C4C member Winston Connolly asked about the enforcement and […]
Blatter to quit as FIFA president
(CNS): Sepp Blatter, the president of the world football governing body, has announced that he will resign, just days after he was re-elected by football executives from around the world. Amid the bribery and corruption scandal that has sucked in dozens of football bosses, including CONCACAF president, Cayman’s Jeffrey Webb, the 79-year-old Swiss national has […]
FOI deputy confirmed as top job remains in limbo
(CNS): Jan Liebaers, who is currently acting as the information commissioner, has had his government contract renewed for another two years in his substantive post as deputy in the office that oversees the compliance of the open records law. But the recruitment of a new commissioner seems to have stalled as government continues to explore […]
CIFA executive to meet as scandal rolls on
(CNS): The first vice president of the Cayman Islands Football Association (CIFA), Bruce Blake, has confirmed that the executive committee of the local football body will be meeting Monday night and plans to issue a press release Tuesday in relation to the FIFA investigation and CIFA President Jeffrey Webb’s arrest in Switzerland. Meanwhile, the Cayman Islands Monetary Authority […]
Teen charged with Bodden Town burglary
(CNS): A 15-year-old boy appeared in court Monday charged with a break-in at a Bodden Town grocery store. The boy, who is a resident of Bodden Town, was arrested last Thursday on suspicion of two counts of burglary at the Look-Out Mini Mart on Anton Bodden Drive on 26 and 27 May. Police said the boy […]
