Archive for February, 2016
Online fundraiser to save challengers from bankruptcy
(CNS): A West Bay couple who have been ordered by the court to pay the education minister $140,000 to cover her costs to defend a challenge to her election have turned to an online funding platform to try and raise the cash and avoid destitution. John Hewitt, the husband of Velma Powery-Hewitt, an unsuccessful West Bay […]
Misick plans return to political fray
(CNS): The former Turks and Caicos (TCI) premier, Michael Misick, who is currently on trial on a number of serious corruption and money laundering charges, has announced his intention to run for office at the next general elections, regardless his current circumstances. The national poll is expected to take place in February next year. Misick’s […]
Motorbike rider killed in Savannah crash
(CNS): A 40-year-old man from West Bay has been killed in a road crash and a 53-year-old North Side man has been arrested on suspicion of drinking and driving, police have confirmed. Denvil Roy Mitchell, who worked at the NRA, died following a collision on Shamrock Road in Savannah Sunday evening when his motorcycle was hit […]
RCIPS keeps lid on new probe by Bermuda cops
(CNS): An investigation by Bermuda police into allegations about local officers supplying drugs is being kept under wraps by the RCIPS, CNS has learned. A small group of police officers from the UK territory were in the Cayman Islands recently investigating allegations about the conduct of officers here, reliable sources have told CNS. However, the […]
Runaway Cubans jailed for three months
(CNS): Two Cuban migrants who landed in Grand Cayman illegally in the Beach Bay area were sentenced to three months in jail on Friday after being on the run for 16 days. Liodanis Sanchez Barrio (26) and Ennier Guillermo Puig (27) both pleaded guilty after they were rounded up by the authorities when they were […]
Bridger has new evidence about Tempura saga
(CNS): The former senior investigating officer of the discredited Operation Tempura has told CNS that he has “new and incriminating” evidence about that investigation. Martin Bridger also said he was never interviewed by the RCIPS regarding complaints he made about senior officials, which the governor has told him are not in the public interest to investigate. She has, however, allowed an […]
LA has no say on election date, says DG
(CNS): Members of the Legislative Assembly do not have any say in decisions regarding early general elections, according to the letter from Franz Manderson, writing as acting governor, to the five independent MLAs, in which he also assured them that the next elections would be conducted in single member constituencies with each person having just one vote. […]
Price hike fuels CUC profits in 2015
(CNS Business): Grand Cayman’s power provider, CUC, cleared a $2 million profit last year as a result of a 3% growth in sales and a hike in the base rate last June, according to its latest financial report. In the last quarter of the year the electricity company saw a an 8% growth in sales, […]
Our own worst enemy
MM writes: More than 80% of the recent burglaries, female assaults, local murders and other community disrupting crimes have been performed by Caymanians — and as a Caymanian I am keen to point this out. It is unfortunate that as a community and a native people our only defence for our own faults is to blame […]
Ex-supermarket boss not allowed to leave
(CNS): In Summary Court Thursday, Magistrate Grace Donalds found that a former manager of a local supermarket charged with theft and deception offences was a flight risk and denied the return of his passport. Craig Gaskill (45), who is an American citizen, has been charged with stealing around $35,000 and lying to his employers about his professional credentials. […]
Allen’s company quibbles over reef damage
(CNS): Marine experts have begun salvage work to repair the extensive damage to corals off Seven Mile Beach by the anchor chain of billionaire Paul Allen’s yacht, MV Tatoosh, last month. While Allen’s company, Vulcan Inc., is disputing their level of culpability and the course of action for the repair, the Department of Environment has received a comprehensive assessment […]
