Archive for November, 2016
Driver trapped following light pole collision
(CNS): Emergency service personnel had to rescue a badly injured driver from his car Friday night after the vehicle collided with a light pole. The single car smash happened just before 10pm in the Spotts area of Shamrock Road near to Soto Lane. A man driving alone in a white KIA pickup crashed into the […]
Local woman admits stealing CI$420k
(CNS): A local woman who worked as a financial controller at The Security Centre has admitted stealing more than half a million US dollars from the firm over a three-year period. Following talks between her defence attorney and public prosecutors, Patti Jane Ebanks pleaded guilty Monday when she appeared in Grand Court for what would […]
Golden Spoons Review: Star Island
(CNS Foodie): Star Island on Cayman Brac is not a dinner venue. If you arrive for dinner you will likely find yourself at the only occupied table watching a series of customers collect take-away orders in an otherwise empty restaurant, which doesn’t make for the best ambience. Arrive at lunch time on a weekend and […]
Discarded shopping carts a nuisance
Foster’s Food Fair shopping carts (including the new ones) are along the roadside all over the island. This is unsightly and very concerning to me. I am certain the loss and destruction of these carts are costing FFF not to mention the customers! Can something be put in place? When I travel abroad I am not […]
DoE urges conservation of dwindling fish stocks
(CNS): With a number of changes at this time of year over what people can and cannot take from the sea, the Department of Environment (DoE) is urging everyone not to poach and help protect the country’s dwindling fish stocks. Restrictions on take have been put in place as a means of ensuring the long-term […]
Suspect gunman jailed following raid
(CNS): A 33-year-old man from George Town who surrendered to police following a raid in Windsor Park last week has been charged with possession of an unlicensed firearm, possession of ganja, possession of ganja with intent to supply and failing to provide a specimen. He appeared in court Friday, 18 November, and was remanded to […]
Medical cannabis oil officially legal
(CNS): The governor has assented to an amended drug law to facilitate the prescription of medical cannabis oil. The step by government to legalise the medical use of ganja in the form of an oil or tinctures to treat cancer, epilepsy, or as a pain reliever for osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis, among a list of other […]
Robber gets second jail term for stealing safe
(CNS): A West Bay man is facing a dozen years in jail after a receiving five years on Friday for stealing a safe in a brazen break-in at Treasure Island resort four and a half years ago. Bandon Liberal (30) is already serving a seven-year jail term for his part in the armed robbery of […]
Hit & run driver ‘unaware’ he killed cyclist
(CNS): The man who killed Donnie Ray Connor on the Linford Pierson Highway in the early morning hours of 23 April 2015 claims he did not know he had hit anyone because he may have fallen asleep after taking allergy medicine. Nicholas Tibbetts, who left the scene after mowing Conner down, appeared in court Friday […]
Scammed victim gets cash back from US probe
(CNS): A local woman who bought a Toyota RAV for a few thousand dollars on the local classified website Ecay was conned out of her cash but two years after the crime a US court refunded the woman following a successful criminal investigation. The case, which involved the RCIPS, the FBI, Immigration and Customs Enforcement […]
Officials confirm 20th local Zika case in GT
(CNS): A woman in George Town who tested positive for the Zika virus who has no relevant travel history became the twentieth person in Cayman to pick-up the mosquito-bourne virus this week. Public health officials confirmed that the total number of laboratory tested cases of Zika is now 30, which includes those who were infected […]
