Archive for April, 2019
Over 90 derelict cars removed from streets
(CNS): The Department of Environmental Health (DEH) has removed 93 derelict vehicles from Grand Cayman over the last month as part of ongoing efforts to address some of the long-standing nuisances on the island, officials said. But given the equipment challenges the department is facing, it temporarily procured the services of private firm Bodden’s Heavy […]
Minister unaware of Kaaboo’s ‘satanic connection’
(CNS): Tourism Minister Moses Kirkconnell told Anthony Eden, the independent member for Savannah, he was “unaware” of the claim that the music festival Kaaboo, held in Cayman earlier this year, had a satanic connection. But in a strange exchange during parliamentary questions, Kirkconnell, who is also the deputy premier, thanked the member for the information. […]
What dive sites are affected by enhanced marine areas?
It’s great that the Cayman government and the Department of the Environment plan to significantly expand and enforce the protected marine areas and increase the no-fishing and no-diving zones. But I am finding it difficult to read and interpret the maps released by the DoE with the overlapping protected zones. Can you provide a list […]
LGBTI community comes out of its shell
(CNS): Hundreds of people came out on Sunday to support the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex community for the first ever ‘Out of Our Shells’ march in Cayman. In a very peaceful and colourful event after several days of unpleasant attacks from lawmakers aimed at them, the LGBTI community demonstrated they were undeterred in […]
Miller urges CIG to address social ills
(CNS): The opposition leader has identified eight priority areas that he wants government to address in the upcoming Strategic Policy Statement that will set out the goals for the final two years of the current PPM-led coalition. At a press briefing last week Ezzard Miller accused the government of not funding welfare, education and other […]
Mac calls for HRC chair to be sacked
(CNS): The fallout from the chief justice’s ruling legalising same-sex marriage continued in the Legislative Assembly Friday, when Speaker McKeeva Bush accused the chair of the Human Rights Commission of contempt regarding a press release from the HRC released Thursday. Bush said James Austin-Smith should be fired because he is an atheist. Following on from […]
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 […]
