Archive for January 30th, 2018
Lawyers agree deal to collect hospital debt
(CNS): The Health Services Authority has appointed the local law firm HSM Chambers to collect cash from patients that have not paid their hospital bills. HSA officials said the firm won an open tender process last year and it has since entered into an agreement on how the debt, which has plagued the hospital for many years, […]
Illegal gun earns WB man 9 years in jail
(CNS): Kylan Hunter (34) was handed a nine-year jail sentence Tuesday when he appeared in Grand Court for a sentencing hearing, having pled guilty on the morning of his trial last year to having an illegal gun near a beach front bar. This is the second time that Hunter has received a lengthy term of […]
Cops find illegal loaded gun in bedside drawer
(CNS): Police officers told the court Tuesday how they found a loaded unlicensed handgun in a bedside drawer when they executed a search warrant at a home in Windsor Park in November 2016. Reuben Hydes, who was later charged with possessing the illegal gun, was not home when officers burst into his bedroom at his […]
NAU clients need review as benefits increase
(CNS): Payments to those on social assistance are due to increase by $100 this month, from $550 to $650, following a government commitment in the 2018/19 budget. But some clients of the Needs Assessment Unit receiving monthly poor relief must be reassessed before they can get the increased allowance if they have not been assessed […]
Driver injured in Brac smash in stolen car
(CNS): A man has been airlifted to hospital in Grand Cayman from Cayman Brac with serious injuries following a single vehicle crash on the Sister Island yesterday evening involving a stolen car. Police said that the collision happened on Monday at around 5:30pm near Rebecca’s Cave Road. A green Toyota Avalon that had been reported stolen […]
