Archive for February 5th, 2021
Roper: Isolation breaches complex but system works
(CNS): Some of the quarantine and isolation breaches that are being investigated by the RCIPS “are quite complex” as people’s situations are very different, Governor Martyn Roper said during Thursday’s press briefing. He asked for people to be patient and have faith in the system, and that where there is evidence of a breach, people […]
Cuban migrants placed in quarantine
(CNS): Six Cuban refugees aboard a small vessel that was taking on water and out of fuel were picked up by Cayman Islands Customs and Border Control in Cayman Brac waters on Friday afternoon. The four men and two women were in good health, officials said, but were unable to continue their journey.
At least four cop cars damaged in three days
(CNS): With yet another collision involving a police car on Friday lunchtime, at least four RCIPS vehicles, including SUVs from the Firearms Response Unit, are under repair. The latest prang took place at the mini-roundabout on Smith Road and Anthony Drive, where a police patrol vehicle and a Chevrolet Aveo collided causing minor damage to […]
Minister reveals plans to extend NiCE work
(CNS): With the pandemic hitting tourism workers especially hard, the government-funded seasonal clean-up, the National Community Enhancement (NiCE) Project, attracted 742 people, considerably more than the last time it was held. Commerce Minister Joey Hew has now revealed plans to expand the programme into a longer more permanent job creation and training scheme.
Paroled lifer back in jail
(CNS): Kurt Fabian Ebanks (44), who was released early on licence from his life sentence for murder, is back in jail. Ebanks had breached his conditional release and last week police put out a public appeal to help them find him and two other men who had breached the conditions of their early release as […]
Legal gap threatens Cuban refugee family
(CNS): Government has accepted that a gap in the law is causing problems for a family of Cuban refugees who have been protesting outside the government building this week. Javier Freites has been granted asylum in the Cayman Islands, but while his 10-month-old baby daughter also has the right to reside here with him, the […]
Opposition pursuing ‘special’ meeting of Parliament
(CNS): After Premier Alden McLaughlin said he did not intend calling a meeting of the Parliament before the body is dissolved in March, opposition members are seeking the seven signatures necessary to force a special meeting to debate the no confidence motion in Speaker McKeeva Bush. Answering questions from CNS at Thursday’s press briefing, McLaughlin […]
Cops crash chasing stolen car
(CNS): Officers on patrol in George Town were involved in a collision on Thursday at around 1pm while they were in pursuit of another car that had been reported stolen. The police vehicle began the pursuit of the stolen car as it pulled out of the gas station on Godfrey Nixon Way, but the officer […]
CI$75M deficit for 2020 well below forecast
(CNS): Contrary to predictions by government that it would end 2020 in the red to the tune of CI$168 million, the finance minister has revealed an expected deficit of around $75 million once the numbers from all the public sector entities as well as core government are finalised. Roy McTaggart said there was also $449 […]
