Archive for November, 2016
Ebanks found guilty in status grant scam
(CNS): Paul Hume Ebanks (50) from Bodden Town was remanded in custody Tuesday after a jury took less than three hours to unanimously find him guilty of 27 charges of obtaining property by deception and theft in a status grant con. He was convicted of taking more than $167,000 from at least two dozen people […]
Fishing canoe taken from South Sound dock
(CNS) Updated Thursday: Police said that a boat which disappeared from South Sound dock at the weekend has been found and they are no longer investigating the suspected theft. Police also said the small boat was not a canoe as first stated but a South Sea type vessel.
Driver arrested for indecent assault on passenger
(CNS): A 52-year-old George Town man is currently in police custody following his arrest in connection with an indecent assault last week. Police said the man was arrested Monday, 7 November, following reports of an assault in Prospect last Thursday. A woman had reported that as she was walking on Marina Drive in George Town […]
West Bay faces day long power cut in wake of crash
(CNS): UPDATED 6pm – CUC restored power to most of West Bay by around 4pm Tuesday. A major single-vehicle smash in the early hours of the morning not far from Cemetary Beach destroyed at least one CUC pole. The collision caused a major power outage in the area, as the power provider worked to repair and […]
Use of turtle shells after meat removed
What happens to the turtle shells after the Turtle Farm butchers the turtle for meat? Auntie’s answer: I went to the source for this one, asking the Cayman Turtle Centre (the name was changed from Turtle Farm this past September) to respond to your question, and I received a very detailed explanation of the procedure […]
DoE app to help with research and enforcement
(CNS) The Department of Environment has launched a new ‘app’ that combines information from its marine enforcement officers with that from the public. SIREN Cayman enables both the public and officials to input information relating to sightings of important species and to report what may be infractions of the conservation law. The smart phone application […]
Customs clamp down on bounced cheques
(CNS): The Cayman Islands Customs Department has announced a change in policy and has plans to stop accepting personal cheques at all of its collection points from next Monday, 14 November. The department will take cash, bank drafts, or credit and debit cards in either CI or US dollars but the number of bounced cheques […]
Aspinall’s jail term sticks as crown appeal fails
(CNS): The appeal court has upheld the three-and-a-half-year prison term given to former Deloitte director Robert Aspinall (38) after attempts by the crown to see the white-collar criminal serve more time failed. The three-judge panel confirmed his sentence after hearing submissions Monday from Simon Russel Flint QC, who had argued that the sentence given to […]
Cyclist seriously injured in hit-and-run
(CNS): A cyclist remains in hospital receiving treatment for serious injuries following a hit and run late Friday night in George Town, Police said Monday. They believe the man was hit by a silver Honda Accord that had crashed into a concrete wall sometime after knocking the victim off his bike. Police said they received […]
Laser interferes with cop chopper flight
(CNS): The RCIPS issued a warning that endangering aircraft is an offence after the police helicopter was targeted with a laser while on patrol Friday night, 3 November. Police said that while it was deployed on operations in the West Bay area, the chopper “was struck twice in quick succession by a high-intensity green laser […]
PPM deny conducting latest poll
(CNS): The Progressives have said that they are not behind yet another political opinion poll currently being conducted on Grand Cayman. As Cayman gears up for the political campaigning to begin in earnest in the coming months, the ruling party issued a short statement Monday denying that they were behind the latest survey.
