Archive for April 7th, 2016
House fire in East End was arson
(CNS): Police and fire officers investigating a fire that destroyed a house on Seaview Road in East End last week have determined that it was started deliberately. No one was inside the house and no one was injured in the blaze, police said. Just after 1:30am on Tuesday morning, 29 March, fire, police and EMS were dispatched […]
Cops urge injured missing driver to get help
(CNS): The police are urging the driver of a white Honda Civic involved in a serious, single-vehicle crash last night to seek medical attention and turn himself in to the authorities. The man, who is believed to have been hurt in the crash on North Church Street in George Town at about 10pm last night, […]
Cubans have engine trouble near Little Cayman
(CNS): Thirteen more Cuban migrants have landed in the Cayman Islands, just as officials had managed to reduce the overflow from the Immigration Detention Centre. The latest group of four women and nine men arrived in Little Cayman waters on Saturday, 2 April, saying they wanted to disembark after their vessel developed engine problems. The group, which boosts […]
MLA: Premier’s boycott ‘disrespectful’
(CNS): The representative for North Side has described the premier’s decision to boycott the Legislative Assembly meeting requested by the opposition, set for next week, as disingenuous and disrespectful to all of members of parliament, including the speaker. But Ezzard Miller, one of the five independent members who joined forces with the opposition members, said […]
Lifestyle change needed to cut diabetes
(CNS): Over 422 million people, more than 8.5% of the global population, are suffering from diabetes, according to the latest figures from the World Health Organisation. The global epidemic of what is largely a preventable lifestyle disease is the focus of this year’s World Health Day and the Cayman Islands is no stranger to the consequences […]
Change to definition of marriage not needed for appeal
(CNS): Although there are apparently no grounds to reject the appeal, the Immigration Appeals Tribunal has still made no decision in the case of Dr Leonardo Raznovich and his husband, a lawyer with Maples and Calder, six months after the couple appealed an immigration decision not to allow Dr Raznovich to be listed a dependent […]
Golden Spoons for Cayman’s eateries
(CNS): Up until now, restaurant reviews in Cayman Island publications tend to be tied to advertising, which is why they also tend to be glowing, whether it’s deserved or not. But today, Cayman News Service launched the first of what will be a weekly column on CNS Business that will give honest, as-you-find-it reviews of […]
