Archive for May, 2017
Teen charged as cops clamp down on BT crime spree
(CNS): A 16-year-old Bodden Town boy has been charged with burglary and attempted burglary in connection with two recent break-ins among several in the district over the last few weeks. As the RCIPS moves more officers into the district to clamp down on the recent crime spree, they also arrested a 48-year-old man who was wanted […]
Leaders are no-shows at TV debate
(CNS Election): What was expected to be a national TV debate between Opposition Leader McKeeva Bush and Premier Alden McLaughlin failed to materialise Thursday after Bush pulled out, and as a result the premier following suit. Although the Cayman Democratic Party advertised the appearance of their leader supported by Jonathan Piercy in the final of […]
Who will win on Wednesday?
(CNS Election): On 24 May, voters in the Cayman Islands will go to the polls to elect nineteen MLAs for the next four years. To have a majority in the House and therefore form the next government, a group or party will need to win ten of those 19 seats. The Progressives (PPM), the party […]
Dive operator takes on first ever local divemaster
(CNS): After thirty years of teaching over a hundred young locals to dive, Red Sail Sports has finally seen one young Caymanian go all the way through to become a divemaster. Lej Batiste (18) is the first Caymanian to complete his divemaster certification through the company’s dive programme since it started in Grand Cayman three […]
Driver facing DUI charge after morning smash
(CNS): A woman who wrapped her car around a light pole on the Esterley Tibbetts Highway at 10:00 Thursday morning has been taken into custody after she was arrested on suspicion of DUI. Despite flipping her vehicle after colliding with the CUC pole close to Nelson Quay, she was uninjured but the car and pole were […]
Public bus travels by the airport
I understand there is a bus service now for US$2.50 from the airport to SMB. Is this true? I hear it runs every 20 minutes between 7am and 7pm Monday to Friday.
The battle of the incumbents
Theresa Green writes: Political geeks out there will have already spotted the rather unusual situation that has emerged in one of the 19 electoral districts in Cayman’s first election under the system of one person, one vote in single-member constituencies, but for those who haven’t noticed, there is just one race between incumbents. Newlands is […]
E-gov makes a small advance with police clearance
(CNS): The government has launched a new online application process for police clearance certificates which joins a slowly emerging suite of public services being provided online. Although officials have been talking about expanding e-government for almost a decade, it is still moving very slowly and only a small number of fees or payments to government departments can be made via […]
Vape pens being used to smuggle ganja
(CNS): Customs officers have arrested two suspect drug smugglers this week following separate incidents at Owen Roberts International Airport where vape pens were used to smuggle in ganja or hash oil. While the oil and extracts have been legalised for medical use when prescribed by a doctor, it is still illegal for people to try to import ganja […]
Bodden Town sees serious burglary spike
(CNS): Over half of the burglary reports made to the RCIPS across Grand Cayman this month have occurred in Bodden Town, senior police said Wednesday, as they raised concerns about the crime spike in the district and the continuing increase in the crime in general. Police management said the burglaries were mostly daytime break-ins when residents […]
Mystery boat washes up in Bodden Town
(CNS): The police are asking the public to help them with an investigation into the origins of a mystery vessel that washed ashore in Bodden Town early this morning. At around 6:00am Wednesday, the Joint Marine Unit responded to a report that an empty boat with no engines had washed ashore on the beach near Manse Road. […]
