Archive for September, 2020
Guns found in bust over sex crime
(CNS): Police recovered a pistol, an adapted flare gun and ammunition during a search of a North Side home on Friday, which followed a man’s arrested for indecent assault. Officers also found 12lbs of suspected ganja, drug paraphernalia and some $2,000 in cash at the home of the 29-year-old man, who was first arrested on […]
Holness to be sworn in for 3rd time
(CNS): The leader of the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP), Andrew Holness, will be sworn in for the third time as the country’s prime minister on Monday afternoon following his party’s landslide victory last week. Holness is expected to deliver an address outlining his government’s plans for the next term at the ceremony, which will be […]
Atlantic hurricane season ‘heating’ up
(CNS): The hurricane experts at Colorado State University have warned that the second half of the Atlantic hurricane season is going to make 2020 a very busy and well-above average. In their latest forecast the weather watchers said they now expect a total of 24 named storms. “We have increased our forecast and now call […]
Miller: Time to focus on real problems
(CNS): The independent member for North Side, Ezzard Miller, is urging Caymanians to put the now implemented Civil Partnership Law behind them and come together to address the real problems undermining society. Miller said sexual orientation was never a source of widespread contention but there are real threats to the community, such as social and […]
Public to pay for JR of Civil Partnership Law
(CNS): Kattina Anglin, a member of the conservative group, the Christian Association for Civics (CAC), has secured public cash for a proposed challenge to the governor’s use of his reserved powers to legalise same-sex unions. According to a social media post, Anglin has been granted legal aid for a proposed judicial review because of what […]
FCDO rejects insufficient consultation claim
(CNS): Baroness Sugg, the UK minister for overseas territories at the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO), has said she does not agree with the Cayman Islands’ opposition leader, Arden McLean, that there hadn’t been enough time to discuss the Domestic Partnership Bill before it was passed into law by Governor Martyn Roper on Friday. […]
Cayman remains COVID-free
(CNS): Cayman has ended another week retaining its COVID-free status. On Friday Medical Officer of Health Dr Samuel Williams-Rodriguez said all of the 160 PCR tests carried out over the last day were negative. The last people to test positive for the coronavirus were cleared on 1 September and there have been no further positive […]
Premier ‘humiliated’ by fellow MLAs
(CNS): Premier Alden McLaughlin said he was “utterly humiliated” by the failure of legislators to uphold the law, after the UK government was forced to legislate for the Cayman Islands on Friday with the Civil Partnership Law. In a statement about the governor’s assent of the new legislation, which paves the way for same-sex unions, […]
Civil partnerships now legal in the Cayman Islands
(CNS): Governor Martyn Roper assented to what is now called the Civil Partnership Law on Friday, paving the way for same-sex couples in the Cayman Islands to register their relationships and enter into a legally recognised union. The law, along with eleven supporting amendment bills, will provide access to family and other related rights afford […]
DoE ‘quarantining’ diseased coral
(CNS): Scientists at the Department of Environment have begun a delicate operation to prevent the spread of Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease (SCTLD) found off the north coast of Grand Cayman. In an effort to stop the disease infecting any more reefs, experts are removing the affected coral and ‘quarantining’ it on land for potential […]
Education minister calls for prayer to stop DP Law
(CNS): The education minister issued a voice message to a pastoral group on Friday, asking them to “petition heaven” and pray for the people, including the governor, who are supporting the Domestic Partnership Law, describing it as “this evil that is being forced upon us”. Juliana O’Connor-Connolly said she expected the legislation would be implemented […]
