Archive for November 13th, 2018
Rogue rider charged with list of offences
(CNS): A 21-year-old-man found himself in police lock-up for most of the holiday weekend following his arrest on Saturday afternoon for a catalog of crimes, from stealing a motorbike to resisting arrest, after officers in the Royal Cayman Islands Police Service chopper spotted him and another rider performing stunts on the Esterley Tibbetts Highway. Police […]
Police catch teenage suspect car thieves
(CNS): The Royal Cayman Islands Police Service dealt with several break-ins to cars parked in downtown George Town this weekend during the Pirates Week festivities but also managed to round up two teenage suspects and seize a substantial amount of property. The teens were arrested for going equipped for stealing, theft, and possession and consumption […]
CIG launches NiCE Christmas project
(CNS): Local unemployed workers will have another chance to join the seasonal clean-up programme next week. But this year the National Community Enhancement (NiCE) Project for Christmas 2018 will run for three weeks ahead of the holiday, starting on Monday, 26 November, and ending on Friday, 14 December. Caymanians can register at the Lions Centre […]
Hawksbill turtle nest hatches on Cayman Brac
(CNS): As the last of the turtle nests on Cayman Brac hatched this weekend, volunteers with Turtle Watch revealed on their Facebook page that the nest contained Hawksbills — particularly good news after the recent unfortunate drowning of a juvenile Hawksbill in the North Sound. Cayman Brac is the only place where hawksbills have nested […]
Jamaican allegedly smuggled cocaine in food
(CNS): A 30-year-old Jamaican man has been arrested on suspicion of possession and importation of around five pounds of cocaine, customs officials have said. The man was taken into custody at Owen Roberts International Airport on Friday night during a joint customs and police intelligence-led operation following his arrival on a Cayman Airways flight from Kingston. The narcotics […]
Nine Cubans land in Brac as 18 return to sea
(CNS): A boat carrying 27 Cuban migrants arrived in waters around Cayman Brac at the weekend. However, it has since left the island with 18 people still aboard returning to its perilous voyage, the Department of Immigration (DoI) has confirmed. Before the boat left, eight men and one woman opted to disembark here and those […]
BT man charged with beating woman
(CNS): A 28-year-old Bodden Town man was expected in court Tuesday, having been charged with GBH following a weekend in custody. The man was arrested last Thursday by police after a woman who had been badly beaten arrived at the hospital early that morning. Staff in emergency services called the police when the woman turned up […]
