Archive for October, 2015
Local man admits nail salon stick-up
(CNS): A 38-year-old man from George Town has pleaded guilty to robbery and possession of an imitation firearm in connection with a hold-up at a nail salon in July. Paul Myles admitted the crimes during a mention in the Grand Court last week just before police charged the former secretary to the capital’s Coalition for […]
Passenger pressure too great to make dock work
(CNS): A local businessman working in the tourist sector has warned that the passenger numbers required to finance the cruise dock will put the remaining attractions under immense pressure. The General Manager of Atlantis Submarines, Bud Johnson, said that Grand Cayman had a limited capacity to cope with passenger numbers from cruise ships on a daily […]
Miller calls for affirmative action for locals
(CNS): The independent member for North Side has revealed his intention to being a private member’s motion to the next meeting of the Legislative Assembly calling for quotas and affirmative action in the workplace to secure jobs for locals. Ezzard Miller said that with the persistent failure of government to address the problem of local […]
Homes being lost for want of $3,000
(CNS): Politicians wrestled with the very real problem of poverty in Cayman during a debate in the Legislative Assembly Thursday brought by the opposition leader. McKeeva Bush called on government to establish an emergency fund to prevent social deprivation and help the worst cases in the community where people have lost their jobs and are […]
Former governor will fight lawsuit
(CNS): Former Cayman Islands governor, Duncan Taylor, has confirmed he will be fighting the lawsuit filed by Opposition Leader McKeeva Bush alleging he conspired with the commissioner of police (CoP) to oust him from office. Taylor, who is now the British Ambassador to Mexico, told CNS, ‘These allegations are unfounded and will be rebutted robustly. It […]
Gunman fires shots in restaurant robbery
(CNS): Police are on the hunt for three armed robbers who made off with an undisclosed amount of cash Friday night after firing two shots during a hold-up in Prospect. No one was injured during the stick-up at De Kitchen, on Shamrock Road, just before 11.30pm on 23 October. An RCIPS spokesperson said that just before closing […]
Local shark numbers declining warns, DoE
(CNS): Marine researchers have found that the number of sharks found in local waters are lower than expected when compared to research conducted just a few years ago. Sharks have a key role to play in keeping reefs healthy with strong fish numbers and work is underway by a team from the Department of the […]
Historic public building too costly to save
(CNS): The planning minister has said that it would be too costly to preserve the Glass House, and the former government headquarters will be torn down. Answering a question from the opposition leader about the iconic 1970s building, Kurt Tibbetts told members of the Legislative Assembly that several reports and reviews of the Glass House had […]
CIG crawls toward dump solution
(CNS): The government will begin a public consultation process Monday on the draft National Solid Waste Management Strategy, which was presented to the Legislative Assembly by the premier on Friday. Alden McLaughlin, who is also the minister for environmental health, said the strategy contains future waste management options that will be considered to develop an […]
Mexico in firing line of strongest ever hurricane
(CNS): Mexico’s Pacific coast was bracing itself on Friday for the landfall of Hurricane Patricia, which has strengthened into the strongest storm on record. The potentially catastrophic category 5 hurricane is headed toward Mexico’s Pacific coast, including the tourist hot spots of Puerto Vallarta and Acapulco. Patricia is expected to hit land this afternoon or early evening, […]
Elections office starts work on electoral reform
(CNS): Following the historic debate on the Legislative Assembly last week on the government motion adopting the introduction of ‘one man, one vote’ in single member constituencies in time for the 2017 General Election, officials at the Elections Office are preparing the ground for the electoral reform. Government’s next step is to amend the existing […]
