Archive for September, 2020
CoP: Knife crime linked to boozy nightlife
(CNS): Police will be making greater use of stop and search powers and encouraging the authorities to tighten liquor licence regulations to tackle an increase in knife crime around bars and clubs, RCIPS Commissioner Derek Byrne has said. So far this year there have been 169 crimes involving bladed weapons. Over the past week or […]
Over 400 people now in quarantine
(CNS): Medical Officer of Health Dr Samuel Williams-Rodriguez reported Thursday that all of the 172 COVID-19 tests carried out over the last day were all negative. Cayman retained its negative status for another day with no active cases of the virus present on island. But there are now over 400 people in government quarantine or […]
Towels were main casualty in Ritz-Carlton fire
(CNS): The management of the Ritz-Carlton, Grand Cayman was breathing a sigh of relief Thursday following a small fire at the resort’s Bar Jack on Wednesday night, as towels appeared to be the main casualty. The blaze was quickly extinguished by the Cayman Islands Fire Service and no one was hurt. The fire comes as […]
New bill aims to slow down home foreclosures
(CNS): The Law Reform Commission has issued the draft Registered Land (Amendment) Bill, 2020 for comment after consultations led to a bill that will slow down the foreclosure process and require lenders to engage with borrowers before taking people’s homes. The legislation, which had input from both the public and stakeholders, is the product of […]
Cayman Airways rolls out new flight schedule
(CNS): Cayman Airways Ltd (CAL) has updated its schedule for repatriation flights over the next two months from Grand Cayman to the US, Jamaica and Honduras. During September, while the borders remain closed, the national airline will run just three more flights to Miami and one to Kingston. But in October, after the expected opening […]
George Town man charged with Pars murder
(CNS) UPDATED: Mason Bryan (27) from George Town has been charged with the murder of Recardo Lionel Pars in a car park at the weekend. Bryan was arrested shortly after Pars was stabbed multiple times in a major altercation at The Strand Shopping Centre, which police are still trying to piece together. Bryan is due […]
CPR activist joins call for cruise overhaul
(CNS): A leading member of the Cruise Port Referendum campaign and local environmental activist, Linda Clark, has joined a new global organisation which is calling for major change in the cruise sector. With growing concerns here about the negative impact of mass cruise tourism, Clark hopes this new group will help Cayman benefit more from […]
94 negative COVID-19 tests reported
(CNS): Two weeks after two travellers in quarantine interrupted Cayman’s COVID-free status last month, the country is back on a negative trend. There are no active cases at present and on Wednesday Medical Officer of Health Dr Samuel Williams-Rodriguez reported on 94 COVID-19 tests carried out over the last day, which were all negative. Cayman’s […]
Police reveal second stabbing at murder scene
(CNS): A 28-year-old man has been charged with wounding in connection with an assault that the RCIPS has now revealed took place on Saturday morning at The Strand Shopping Centre car park shortly before Recardo Lionel Pars (27) was killed as a result of multiple stab wounds at the same location. The unnamed man appeared […]
Artist maintains Miss Lassie’s visions
(CNS): Local artist Sue Howe is touching up images at the historic home of Caymanian visionary artist Gladwyn Bush, aka Miss Lassie, to help protect the paintings from the weather. In 2013 Howe made copies of the paintings on the doors and windows on the house after Miss Lassie’s originals were placed in storage to […]
DoE battles threat posed by developments
(CNS): The Department of Environment has made several submissions for the Central Planning Authority to consider when it hears applications today, in a bid to save critical habitat and encourage developers to mitigate the environmental threats their projects pose. DoE concerns about some of these applications include swimming pools that will erode beaches and unnecessary […]
