Archive for June 7th, 2016
Jury acquits local man in shotgun case
(CNS): A jury deliberated for just two hours Tuesday before acquitting a 46-year-old man from West Bay of possessing an unlicensed shotgun, despite what the crown had said was overwhelming evidence. Tonie Elford Bush, who defended himself, was arrested last November following a police raid at his home in Daisy Lane, where he lived with […]
Booze hours extended for bars and nightclubs
(CNS): Owners of bars and nightclubs will be able to open for an hour longer week nights following a decision by the Liquor Licensing Board to allow licence holders a blanket extension. From 1 July, retail bar licence holders can remain open until 2:00am, Mondays to Fridays, and until 12:00am on Saturdays and Sundays. This […]
LGBT rights are human rights
A CNS reader writes: The foreigner who makes the noise is acting like a voice for the LGBT Caymanian community who are intimidated by the bigotry shown here and have no (or little) voice themselves. There is a thriving LGBT community on Cayman which consists of both expats and plenty of Caymanians, who just get […]
McLean calls for end to status grants
(CNS): The member for East End has called on government to end Caymanian status grants for foreigners living and working here with the exception of spouses and those entitled to status due to their heritage. During his contribution to the budget debate Monday, Arden McLean said too many people had already been given Caymanian status […]
Romanian fugitive loses extradition fight
(CNS): A Romanian national convicted of corruption in his homeland in 2011 has lost an appeal in the Grand Court against extradition. Mihai Tanjala (58), who was the founder of the former secret police in the country, has been on the run from the Romanian authorities for several years and was arrested in Grand Cayman […]
Tropical storm hits coast of Florida
(CNS): As Cayman began to dry out from the deluge over the weekend, when more than two inches of rain fell across the islands, the tropical wave that caused it had moved up towards Florida by Monday afternoon and become a tropical storm. Tropical Storm Colin, the first storm to fall in the season time […]
