Archive for November, 2015
Calling all swashbucklers: Pirates Week is landing
(CNS): The 38th annual Pirates Week festival kicks off tonight (Thursday, 12 November) with the CUC Pan in de City steel pan competition and a launch party with live music. A full calendar of events follows, but things begin at 7pm today with steel pan performances on the harbour front. The first party of the 10-day […]
Appeal court upholds rape conviction
(CNS): A local man who was convicted in 2012 of raping his ex-lover multiple times has had his appeal against the conviction dismissed. Philip Rose (49) was found guilty of rape by the chief justice after he stalked, harassed, abused, assaulted, abducted and raped his former girlfriend, a Swiss national, who claimed at trial she […]
Premier’s ex-assistant’s case drags on
(CNS): The case against the former political assistant to the premier, Kenneth Bryan, was adjourned Wednesday until next February after the crown’s final witness failed to show up at court. Bryan, who is now a host on the popular morning radio show, Crosstalk, is facing charges of disorderly conduct and assaulting police in connection with […]
Norwegian billionaire was boating accident victim
(CNS): The RCIPS is still investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of 58-year-old Erik Henriksen, who was pulled from the North Sound Monday and pronounced dead later at the George Town hospital. Police believe that he and a second Canadian man were thrown from a speed boat. The Norwegian billionaire, who was the former chairman of the […]
Fraud suspects charged in ATM scam
(CNS): Five suspected fraudsters who were arrested by the Financial Crimes Unit last week have been charged with a number of criminal offences, including money laundering, and after a court appearance Tuesday they have all been remanded in custody. The gang of alleged ATM scammers arrived in Cayman as visitors and were arrested on 3 […]
CUC blames ‘spurious fault’ for power cut
(CNS): A power outage which lasted for just under an hour in and around George Town on Wednesday was caused by what CUC said was a “spurious fault” on the local electricity provider’s transmission line. A spokesperson for the company said that the outage occurred at 3:37pm but power was restored to all customers by […]
Sinkhole opens at Camana Bay
(CNS): A private broken sewer main has caused a sinkhole to form at the junction of Solaris Avenue and Esterley Tibbetts Highway, undermining the integrity of the road. Police said that a security officer and signs are at the scene where the dangerous hole has opened up. “Appropriate signs are in place and a security […]
Caledonian’s demise was SEC blunder
(CNS Business): A federal judge has said that the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) got it very wrong when it issued an order earlier this year that froze more than $88 million in assets belonging to two financial institutions suspected of securities fraud that led to the collapse of Caledonian Bank in Grand Cayman. Although […]
Anti-crime charity at end of road
(CNS): After ten years of focusing on youngsters before, rather than after, they become involved in the criminal justice system, YouthACT is folding its operations as the charity is down to its last $600. The chair of the non-governmental organisation that provides proven crime prevention programmes for kids said that despite her best efforts, she […]
Woman admits web of lies in gun case
(CNS): A local woman who says she found herself in possession of her former lover’s pistol, through no fault of her own, said that she had originally told a web of lies in an effort to avoid getting in trouble and because she was afraid of telling the police the truth. The woman, who is […]
Visitor dies after East End morning dive
(CNS): A 54-year-old woman visiting the Cayman Islands on vacation from Canada died Tuesday morning following a dive in East End. Police and paramedics were called to the scene on at around 8:45am. The woman was diving with Tortuga Divers but surfaced soon after the dive began and indicated to the boat crew that she was having […]
