Archive for December, 2020
Woman’s arm slashed in altercation at WB home
(CNS): A 36-year-old man from West Bay has been arrested on suspicion of wounding following what appears to be a case of domestic violence at a home on North West Point Road. At around 7:00 on Tuesday evening, during what police called an altercation, a woman’s arm was slashed with a large knife by a […]
CIG spends nearly $3M on new fire trucks
(CNS): The Cayman Islands Fire Service (CIFS) has received seven new fire fighting trucks, which cost US$3 million, to replace its existing domestic fleet. The new trucks have arrived just a few months after the Ministry of Home Affairs spent almost $3.5 million on new trucks for CIFS aerodrome service. The new trucks were picked […]
Minister claims success in perception battle
(CNS): In a long address to parliament Monday, Minister Tara Rivers outlined what she sees as her achievements during her tenure at the helm of the Ministry of Financial Services, from the reams of legislation passed to investment in the sector. Rivers also claimed credit for taking on Cayman’s “perception problem”. She said the ministry […]
688 people to get extra NiCE work
(CNS): Over the last week and a half 688 people have been out in the community cleaning up Cayman ahead of the Christmas holidays as part of the National Community Enhancement (NiCE) Project. Over 430 new recruits joined more than 250 former NiCE workers for this year’s beautification project, who all began work last week. […]
Governor’s role is to support, not interfere
(CNS): The governor’s role in the Cayman Islands is to support institutions and ensure a system of good governance but not to interfere directly with devolved issues. With public confusion over why he stepped in to impose the Civil Partnership Law but hasn’t said anything about other topical and significant issues, Governor Martyn Roper told […]
MPs back ‘imperfect’ lawyers law
(CNS): The Legal Services bill passed unanimously in parliament on Friday, even though both sides of the House pointed to imperfections in the legislation, which is expected to go through dozens of committee stage amendments, today. Formerly the Legal Practitioners Bill, this lawyers law has had a long and controversial history. Steering this latest version […]
COVID-19 daily tests all clear
(CNS): There were no positive cases of COVID-19 reported on Tuesday from a batch of 489 test results processed over the last day. Five people among the 22 active cases of the virus still have symptoms, according to officials, but no one has been hospitalised as a result of coronavirus. Meanwhile, Cayman witnessed two people […]
Protestors angered by MPs’ inaction against speaker
(CNS): As Speaker McKeeva Bush presided over proceedings inside Parliament on Friday, protesters outside called on him to resign, even though they were sure he would not “do the right thing”. The activists said it was clear that Bush would not leave voluntarily, despite pleading guilty to a violent attack on a female bar manager. […]
Tour operators knocked back from grants
(CNS): A grant programme set up to help tourism and watersports operators struggling to keep their businesses afloat while there are no visitors is rejecting many of them, stakeholders in the sector have said. While several non-related or indirectly-related tourism companies that are less impacted by the lockdown have succeeded in securing grants, the small […]
AG: Suicide is a medical issue, not a crime
(CNS): Attorney General Samuel Bulgin told his parliamentary colleagues on Monday that suicide is a mental health issue and not a crime, as he presented an amendment to the Penal Code to decriminalise it. The law was passed unanimously by members on both sides. No one in modern times who has tried to take their […]
CMR owner fined $3k in ICT bullying case
(CNS): A Grand Court judge told Sandra Hill he was not going to shut down her Cayman Marl Road website as he handed her a $3,000 fine for her conviction in an ICT bullying case, where she had accused Matthew Leslie of being a sex-offender. Justice Roger Chapple said he believed her site “served a […]
