Archive for August 21st, 2018
DoE brings in abandoned dangerous fishing device
(CNS): Department of Environment researchers managed to bring in a fish aggregation device (FAD) on Friday, which was found off the coast of East End and could have posed a threat to the reef, marine life and sea vessels had it not been retrieved. Officials from the department explained that FADs, which require a permit […]
Ministry to enforce national school dress code
(CNS): All children attending government schools must follow a strict national dress code at the start of the next academic year, which includes short hair for all boys and modest skirts for girls. While most schools already have their own uniform and dress policies, the Ministry of Education, in consultation with the Education Council, has […]
Miller: Less is more for cruise sector
(CNS): As criticism of the proposed costly and controversial cruise berthing project in George Town intensifies, Opposition Leader Ezzard Miller has said it’s not just the environment and the economics of the project or even the way that the procurement is being handled that gives cause for concern but the problems regarding numbers. Miller has […]
Murder case stalled over suspect’s ability to answer charge
(CNS): The ability of Waylon Timothy Rivers (19), who is accused of killing his father, to answer the murder charge against him was in question on Friday. The case against the teenager has stalled as lawyers seek legal aid to finance the necessary neurological and fitness-to-plead examinations. Rivers, who suffers from mental health problems, is alleged […]
Teenager charged over stabbing outside CAL
(CNS): A 17-year-old boy from George Town has been charged with wounding in connection with a stabbing that happened last month outside the Cayman Airways Headquarters on Owen Roberts Drive. At around 5:10pm on 3 July a boy was involved in an altercation with two other young men whom he knew and was stabbed in the leg. […]
