Archive for January, 2017
Missing teenage girl found
(CNS): Police say they have located missing teenager Roseanna Redden in Bodden Town and she has been returned to her caregivers. The RCIPS sent out a request Tuesday for the public to help them locate Roseanna, who was previously missing for a week last July. They said that the 15-year-old girl was visiting the Cayman […]
Qualification for a ‘state’ funeral
What are the criteria for someone in the Cayman Islands to be given a state funeral and who makes the decision? I have heard all sorts of frightening suggestions, such as all those ex-speakers and ministers with honourable before their name in perpetuity. Surely that can’t be so in such a small community?
Police name West Bay man killed in boating accident
(CNS): The RCIPS has now released the identity of the man who died following a boating accident on New Year’s Day. He was Dale Gerald Ebanks (49) of West Bay. According to the police, Ebanks was one of two people testing a vessel in the North Sound at around 6:15pm when there was a steering […]
Armed men try to rob bank cash van
(CNS): Police are on the hunt for two armed men who tried to rob a cash transfer van at Cayman National Bank on New Year’s Eve. The robbers failed in their attempt, though police have not stated what happened to make the robbers run off before taking any cash. No shots were fired and no […]
Bush to run in West Bay West
(CNS): The opposition leader has confirmed that he will be running in his own home district of West Bay West in the 2017 election under the new electoral system. McKeeva Bush revealed in his New Year message that he will be launching his election bid with a constituency council meeting on Monday night. He said he […]
