Archive for April 12th, 2021
Driver crashes after gunman opens fire
(CNS: Police dealt with yet another serious firearms case Monday after a driver crashed his car when a gunman shot at him in the very early hours of the morning. According to a brief police report, the man was driving along Martin Road in central George Town at around 12:45am on 12 April when an […]
Seven COVID-19 cases among weekend arrivals
(CNS): Seven travellers tested positive for the coronavirus over the weekend, despite the ongoing requirement for pre-arrival testing and the inducement for people to be vaccinated against COVID-19 before they come home or visit these islands. There are now 23 active cases among the 623 people in isolation and quarantine, with two people showing symptoms […]
Anti-corruption pledge becomes secret
(CNS): Following the launch of the awareness campaign to highlight election corruption, aimed at keeping the 2021 elections clean and transparent, a key element of it has now become a secret. The General Election Against Corruption Today (ACT) Education Campaign included the 50 candidates publicly signing a pledge to uphold standards while competing for a […]
Cuban migrant arrested, baby taken into care
(CNS): Javier Freites, the man who appears to have led the standoff between the Cuban migrants and local authorities last week, has been arrested, officials have confirmed. The Cubans were removed from the MV Bulk Freedom, the ship that had rescued them out at sea, late Thursday night. However, Customs and Border Control stated that […]
Troubles still stewing after turtle farm strike
(CNS): Staff at the Cayman Turtle Centre have a list of grievances that have still not been resolved, even after a significant number of workers walked off the job Friday and carried out a day-long protest. Despite their public declarations about many issues and a workplace that they describe as a “toxic environment”, which were […]
New gov’t will inherit CI$100M deficit
(CNS): The Government of National Unity will be leaving the next government with a hole in the operating budget for 2021, despite continued claims that the members of the outgoing administration have been a good stewards of public finances. While COVID-19 spending explains part of the deficit, government’s revenue is not anticipated to be as […]
Men arrested after two violent assaults in BT
(CNS): Police have arrested three Bodden Town men after reports of two violent incidents in the district in a matter of minutes of each other on Friday. At around 5pm police were called to an address off Cumber Avenue, where two men were fighting and one had been chopped with a machete. Twenty minutes later […]
What Cayman needs but won’t get from the PPM Alliance
Donovan Ebanks writes: After four years of pure PPM and then four more years of the PPM-led Government of National Unity, we should all know what to expect from the rebranded version, the PPM Alliance. While the new flavour is ‘McKeeva-free’, no one should be surprised if he’s an add-on after the election, as Alden […]
School bus catches fire after morning crash
(CNS) Updated: Police have now confirmed that four people were taken to the Cayman Islands Hospital after a collision in Frank Sound, Monday morning. One person remains in the hospital with serious but non-life threatening injuries while the other three were treated and discharged. Readers had reported that a school bus caught fire at the […]
Police investigate fights between gunmen
(CNS): Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding reports of at least two fights involving at least two men armed with guns on Saturday night, that the RCIPS believes are linked. At about 7:10 that evening officers were called to Welly’s Cool Spot, on Sound Road in George Town, where two men were reported to have […]
