Archive for November, 2015
CIG warned of legal action over cruise port
(CNS): Ahead of a likely application for judicial review, a group calling themselves “Concerned Caymanians” has written to government through a lawyer seeking clarification on the point at which government agrees it has taken action to move forward with the cruise berthing facility. A similar case regarding the West Bay Road was rejected because of technical arguments […]
Appeal court upholds robbery sentences
(CNS): Appeals by three men serving time in HMP Northward for two different armed daylight robberies were all dismissed Tuesday, as the Court of Appeal pressed on with the long list of Grand Court criminal cases awaiting review. Upholding the vast majority convictions and jail terms during this session, the judges were not persuaded to […]
OCC to manage whistleblower reports
(CNS): The Office of the Complaints Commissioner (OCC) will have oversight for receiving and clearing reports from whistleblowers under new legislation, once it comes into force. The law, which is designed to protect people who report wrongdoing, not just in government but in the private sector as well, will be implemented by Cabinet following a comprehensive education […]
Daylight armed robbery at 7MB jewellery shop
(CNS): Police have arrested one man and seized a vehicle following a daylight lunchtime heist at Mitzi’s Fine Jewelry on the West Bay Road in the heart of the Seven Mile Beach tourist area. Police are investigating the armed robbery, which happened just before 1pm Wednesday (18 November) and say they are pursuing several lines […]
Eden denies ‘hate speech’ and asks for removal of HRC chair
(CNS): Veteran backbench MLA Anthony Eden has called for the Human Rights Commission chair to be replaced with a Christian who believes in the Bible, as he defended comments he made about the evils of homosexuality. In the wake of the public fallout following his August parliamentary presentation on a motion about preserving ‘traditional marriage’ […]
High school teacher charged with sexual assault
(CNS): The police have revealed that another teacher in the government school system has been under investigation for some nine months for sexually abusing students at John Gray High School. The 41-year-old man was suspended in February, police revealed Wednesday, and arrested in March but he had been bailed until last week when he was […]
Trial preparation begins for hospital corruption case
(CNS): Local businessman and former Health Services Authority board chair, Canover Watson, as well as his former personal assistant, Miriam Rodriquez, are schedule to go to trial Monday to answer corruption and money laundering charges in connection with a hospital contract for a payment system. Former FIFA vice president Jeffrey Webb, who is also charged […]
End solution for rubbish 4 years away
(CNS): As government continues to follow the process to identify how it will deal with waste-management across the Cayman Islands in future, an open house session in George Town Tuesday evening revealed that it will be October 2019 before any new system will be fully operational. In the meantime, over those next four years the […]
Premier to reveal plans for PPM’s remaining term
(CNS): The premier will be delivering the annual Strategic Policy Statement in the Legislative Assembly during the meeting which opened Wednesday. With the recent changes to the Public Management and Finance Law, government will deliver an 18-month budget next spring to cover the PPM-led government’s remaining time in office. This extended budget will pave the […]
Ex-security guard’s moving pleas fail to cut jail time
(CNS): A Jamaican man who is serving six years in jail for wounding with intent earlier this year, after he stabbed a customer with a flick knife while working at a George Town bar, has failed in his bid to cut his jail term. In an emotional plea to the appeal court panel, in which Kenroy […]
Teacher’s sex crime sentence cut
(CNS): The three-year sentence given to a teacher who was convicted of several sex offences in relation to teenage boys in his drama class at a government school has been reduced to two years by the appeal court. Delroy James, who admitted several acts of indecent assault and gross indecency on three 15-year-old students, was sentenced in […]
