Archive for June, 2018
Teenager faces sexual assault and robbery charges
(CNS): A 17-year-old boy from George Town has been charged with attempted rape, indecent assault, and robbery in connection to an attack on a tourist almost two years ago, when the accused was just 15 years old. The assault took place on South Church Street, George Town, on the night of Friday, 26 August 2016, […]
UCCI urges silent victims to come forward
(CNS): Following the conviction of maths professor Pavlov Rameau on multiple counts of possessing indecent images of children, his former employer, the University College of the Cayman Islands (UCCI), released a statement Friday announcing a zero tolerance policy toward sexual harassment and any other sexual impropriety. The college is also appealing to current and former students […]
Cops receive first illegal gun as amnesty gets underway
(CNS): As the Royal Cayman Islands Police Service launched a firearms amnesty on Friday, police immediately received the first illegal weapon. They said a gun and a significant amount of ammunition was surrendered and, thanking the public for that first step in making the community safer, they encouraged others to follow the example. The amnesty […]
One person critical after single-car smash
(CNS): Police said that one person was in the hospital in a critical condition Saturday after an early morning single-vehicle crash on the Esterley Tibbetts Highway. All four people who were in the car at the time of the smash were hurt and taken to the George Town hospital. While two of them have since been […]
Latest forecast predicts ‘average’ season
(CNS): As the Atlantic hurricane season officially begins, experts are predicting an “average” number of storms this year, which means around 14 in total, with the recent Sub-tropical Storm Alberto thrown into the mix. In the update from Colorado State University, the forecasters have dropped their earlier forecast to six hurricanes and two major hurricanes. Below-average sea-surface […]
Premier holds Unity team together to 1st anniversary
(CNS): Premier Alden McLaughlin offered his thanks to the members of the Government of National Unity Thursday as he marked the coalition’s first birthday. Following the horsetrading after the 2017 indecisive election result, many people predicted the early demise of this particular administration given the historical animosity between McLaughlin and his former arch political rival, […]
Public purse gets US$1M from stock exchange
(CNS): The Cayman Islands Stock Exchange has handed over a special dividend of US$1,000,000 to the public purse as a result of a profitable period over the last 18 months. CSX Chairman Anthony Travers said the government company had enjoyed a period of strong sustained growth, which was “encouraging and entirely attributable to the hard […]
Ombudsman urges preparation for data protection law
(CNS): The Cayman Islands Ombudsman has published a Data Protection Fact Sheet to help guide the community on complying with the legislation, which comes into effect here in January. The law is compatible with rules in the European Union (EU), and shares many of the same provisions with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which came into force […]
Cops arrest ‘numbers’ suspect at GT restaurant
(CNS): A 36-year-old woman from George Town was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of illegal gambling by beat officers who were on patrol in the centre of the capital. Community police officers in Beat 8 were visiting a restaurant on Eastern Avenue as part of their neighbourhood patrol around noon when they spotted the woman they suspected to […]
