Archive for October 9th, 2017
DoE confirms coral damage from Kittiwake
(CNS) UPDATED: The Department of Environment completed a preliminary assessment Monday of the damage that the sunken wreck, USS Kittiwake, has caused to coral in the area after the artificial reef shifted during the recent high seas from Tropical Storm Nate. Officials said the wreck’s movement impacted some of the adjacent living coral reefs and early […]
Cops face weekend of violence
(CNS): Police arrested 34 people over the weekend for various offences, from violent assaults to outstanding warrants. A teenage girl and a 49-year-old man are two of the suspects who remain in police custody after two particularly violent but separate incidents on Friday and Saturday night in West Bay. At around 10:30pm Friday police were […]
Drivers hospitalised after major West Bay crash
(CNS): Two drivers were rushed to hospital Monday morning after a major collision on Town Hall Road in West Bay at around 9am. Although police have not yet released details, it appears the two vehicles crashed between Farrington Lane and Boltin’s Avenue causing major damage to both cars. The road was closed for the best part […]
Cyclist‘s death to be heard by coroner’s court
(CNS): More than two years after Rhonda Marie Ebanks-Azan (61) was killed as she rode her bicycle near Savannah Primary School, the coroner will examine the case this week. Although the 54-year-old driver of the F250 truck that hit Ebanks-Azan was arrested on suspicion of causing death by careless driving in the immediate wake of […]
Kittiwake toppled onto natural reef
(CNS): A famous sunken wreck off Grand Cayman suffered major damage and toppled over as the seas were churned up during the passage of Tropical Storm Nate. On Sunday local and international divers broke the news about the USS Kittiwake, which has fallen onto its port side and drifted towards the reef, where divers believe parts […]
