Archive for April 5th, 2019
Brac driver arrested after hit and run
(CNS): A 33-year-old man from Cayman Brac has been arrested on suspicion of causing death by careless driving in connection with a hit and run on Watering Place Road last month. Police said the man, who lives on Ivory Lane, was arrested just before midnight on 4 April over the death of Mitchell Marvin Ryan […]
CAL ‘looking at all options’ over Max 8 problem
(CNS): Tourism Minister Moses Kirkconnell has not ruled out a change in the plan to replace the Cayman Airways fleet with the new Boeing 737 Max 8 aircraft, given the grounding of that model in the wake of two fatal crashes and problems the manufacturer has not yet solved. Answering questions in the Legislative Assembly […]
LA unanimously supports appeal motion
(CNS): The private member’s motion calling for government to appeal the chief justice’s ruling legalising same-sex marriage and reassert what members believe was the usurping of its powers by the judgment was passed unanimously Thursday evening. All 18 members were present for the vote and backed the motion tabled by the member for East End, […]
‘Inaction’ on climate greatest threat, says OT minister
(CNS): Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon, the Foreign Office minister with responsibility for the overseas territories, has issued a warning that the greatest threat to the world is not climate change itself but “inaction in the face of that threat”. In an address to the UN General Assembly’s climate change meeting, the UK minister said the […]
‘I’ve never received a dollar from prostitution’ claims Myles
(CNS): Wayne Carlos Myles (38), who is facing several charges of pimping, emphatically denied the allegations against him on Thursday, when he took the stand to give evidence. “I have never received a dollar from any individual in respect to aiding prostitution,” he said, adding that he had no knowledge of any prostitution in the […]
Love trumps hate
Dominic Dyer writes: Love trumps hate. This double entendre that rose to prominence during President Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign is something that many people of the Cayman Islands need to be reminded of.
