Archive for October, 2016
Driver jailed for two years for killing jogger
(CNS): Donovan Kellyman (26) was jailed Thursday after he received a two-year sentence for causing the death of Marcia Donaldson in April 2015 following an early morning collision in South Sound. The George Town man, who pleaded guilty in July to causing death while driving under the influence and careless driving, was taken into custody […]
Defendant points finger at CIG leaders in status con
(CNS): Prosecutors say Paul Anthony Hume Ebanks, who is accused of stealing over $167,000 from around two dozen people over a three-year period, told his alleged victims that he was working for former premier McKeeva Bush, former MLA Cline Glidden and Deputy Governor Franz Manderson when he conned them out of $2,000 per person in […]
Police chopper spots stolen car in West Bay
(CNS): The RCIPS Air Operations Unit has found the blue Toyota Highlander stolen in South Sound last week. The RCIPS said the helicopter was on patrol Wednesday afternoon, 12 October, when it spotted the SUV in West Bay. The vehicle appeared to have been abandoned at an isolated location in the district but no arrests […]
Cops plan flare demo to help public ID distress signals
(CNS): The police are hoping that a flare demonstration off the coast of Seven Mile Beach tomorrow evening will help the public to distinguish between distress flares and other lights that may be seen out on the open water, such as fireworks. The RCIPS Joint Marine Unit will fire two distress flares at around 7:30pm […]
Registering officers ready to help new and old voters
(CNS): The deadline for registering to vote in the May 2017 General Election is 31 December, so there are only a few months left for people who are or will be eligible to vote by the time of the election to sign up to join in the democratic process in Cayman’s first ever ballot carried […]
Local transmission of Zika holds steady
(CNS): Public health officials have confirmed that there have been no further confirmed cases of local transmission of the Zika virus over the last two weeks. In the most recent results that the local health authorities have received from the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) in Trinidad, only one blood sample tested positive and that was […]
Gender minister denies brief for LGBT issues
(CNS): Tara Rivers, the minister with responsibility for gender affairs, has denied that issues relating to the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community, including the controversial question of same-sex marriage or civil unions, fall under her area of responsibility. In a statement to the Legislative Assembly, she said that the gender affairs part of her […]
Cabinet approves business case on dump
(CNS): The outline business case setting out proposals for how government should move from dumping all of its garbage into a landfill to an integrated waste-management system has been approved by Cabinet, paving the way for the request for the procurement process to begin. Premier Alden McLaughlin, who has responsibility for the dump (a.k.a. Mount […]
Minister to make case for lawyers’ law tonight
(CNS Business): Financial Services Minister Wayne Panton is hosting a public meeting Thursday night to argue that a bill to regulate the legal profession that he is hoping to steer through the Legislative Assembly protects Caymanian lawyers and addresses international compliance standards. Despite backing from the Cayman Islands Law Society and the Caymanian Bar Association, […]
Holes remain in FOI tracking for public authorities
(CNS): Ten public entities out of ninety (11%) are not using the central government tracking system for freedom of information requests because they cannot access it or because of insufficient training for their information managers, which means the government is still not able to keep track of all the FOI requests being made. But there have […]
Police appeal for witnesses to nightclub violence
(CNS): With the victim of an assault in the early hours of Saturday morning still in hospital with serious injuries, the police are appealing for witnesses to what they believe was a fight between three men, which happened outside the Cotton Club on Shedden Road, George Town, around 4am. A 19-year-old man from Bodden Town […]
