Archive for June, 2018
CIMA appoints three new chiefs
(CNS): The Cayman Islands Monetary Authority has promoted three members of its team into senior posts covering statistics and inspections. Kenton Tibbetts, Jackie Powell Marsden and Yoshneck Mutomba, who have all worked at the authority for several years, have been appointed to head up various specialist areas relating to the regulator’s work. Tibbetts has been promoted […]
Suspected killer may not be fit to plead
(CNS): William Ian Rivers (39), who was charged with the murder of Mark Travis “Hubba” Seymour (39) following a shooting at Super C’s on Watercourse Road in January last year, may not be fit to enter a plea to the charges against him. Rivers reportedly shot Seymour after arriving at the West Bay restaurant on a […]
Constitutional reform focus of premier’s UK trip
(CNS): Premier Alden McLaughlin is currently heading a delegation on a trip to London, where he and his officials will be meeting with fellow overseas territory leaders and British government representatives to discuss a number of issues, with constitutional reform at the top of the agenda. McLaughlin said the territory leaders always meet ahead of the […]
Third man denies EE drug robbery charges
(CNS): Al Elford McLaughlin (47) became the third person to plead not guilty to conspiracy charges relating to the robbery of cocaine from staff at an East End resort who had discovered the drug haul on the beach on Christmas Eve last year and were keeping guard until police arrived. Marvin Grant (35) and Fred Allon McLaughlin […]
Six people land in hospital in latest major smash
(CNS): Police were on the scene of yet another major smash on Cayman’s roads on Sunday, when two cars collided in Bodden Town. Six people were taken to hospital, although police said they had all sustained only minor injuries in the crash, which involved two cars on Shamrock Road in the Lower Valley area of […]
Deputy governor awarded royal gong
(CNS): Cayman’s top public servant and career government leader, Franz Manderson, has been awarded in the Queen’s 2018 Birthday Honours with a Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (MBE) for “his sterling services to the Cayman Islands,” according to a government release. The latest royal gong to be bestowed on a Caymanian […]
Scammers using CIG email to con people out of cash
(CNS): The RCIPS has issued a public alert on the latest phishing email scam circulating in the Cayman Islands that is using a government address to defraud money from people. The email address is being used to send scam emails requesting payments from properties and business owners which they claim are taxes due to the […]
Six guns and pile of ammo handed in to cops
(CNS): Senior police officers said they are really pleased with the results of the firearms amnesty so far, as after just one week two handguns, four rifles and over 290 rounds of ammunition have been handed in to the police. “We are pleased to see that these members of the public have taken advantage of this […]
Volunteers shocked by abuse of tiny dog
(CNS): Volunteers from a local animal welfare organisation, One Dog at a Time, say they were shocked by the abuse that a small dog rescued by their group had suffered. A tiny Yorkie-mix named Virtue, rescued earlier this week and now under the care of the charity, was found by an ODAAT supporter last week. Severely […]
Police track down suspected arsonist and burglar
(CNS): A 37-year-old man from East End was arrested last Wednesday on suspicion of burglary and arson in connection with a break-in last month at a home in North Side, where the furniture had been set on fire and the residence ransacked, though nothing was taken. The break-in happened on Old Robin Road, some time before […]
Security guard robbed outside GT bank
(CNS): Armed robbers made off with two bags of cash in the very early morning hours Saturday, after robbing a security guard outside Cayman National bank on Elgin Avenue in George Town. Just before 12:30am (9 June), the two masked robbers, armed with guns, reportedly fired a single gunshot and smashed the windscreen of the vehicle […]
