Archive for July, 2021
Veteran chief officer retires from planning ministry
(CNS): Alan Jones, a career civil servant of more than 31 years, will retire at the end of this month from the planning ministry, where he has been in the top job for almost a decade. While the portfolios have changed over the years, Jones has served in this ministry for most of his career, […]
CPA directs ‘beach’ to stay in North Side
(CNS): The controversial request by Joe Imparato, the developer behind the Rum Point Club in North Side, to move a large pile of sand excavated from that site to his new development in West Bay has been partially declined. However, the original requirement that excavated sand be returned to the North Side site has been […]
Child molester convicted of breach of trust
(CNS): A 44-year-old man from George Town has been found guilty of touching a 12-year-old child’s genitalia while he was taking care of her and her younger sisters after school in November last year, as he was “almost caught red-handed”. The child’s uncle, who cannot be named for legal reasons, had collected the children from […]
First dose vaccine rate crawls up to 69%
(CNS): With an additional 55 people getting the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine over the last day the rate inched up slightly to 69%, according to the latest figure from public health officials. The national rate for both doses remains stalled at 64%, with 46,483 people having completed the full vaccination course. Meanwhile, the […]
Panton: Assassination of Haiti’s president ‘shocking’
(CNS): The assassination of Haiti’s President Jovenel Moïse during an armed attack at his home Wednesday morning is “shocking”, Premier Wayne Panton said in a statement expressing dismay at the news. Moïse was shot dead at the presidential residence in Port-au-Prince during the early morning hours and his wife was badly wounded by unidentified gunmen […]
Scientists predict record year for sargassum
(CNS): Large quantities of sargassum washed up on the shores of the Cayman Islands this weekend, just days after scientists from the USF College of Marine Science published their work tracking this year’s blooms using NASA satellite imagery. The researchers said they are detecting record-high amounts in the Caribbean, central west Atlantic and the Gulf […]
Boggy Sand cabana owner makes new application
(CNS): The owner of a controversial concrete cabana that is structurally unsound because it was allowed to be built far too close to the water has made a new application for another cabana on the same spot. The latest owner of this piece of beach, whose recent application to build a house at the location […]
Murder suspect arrested in GT shooting
(CNS): The RCIPS has taken almost a week to update the country on the latest murder on the streets of the capital, but they have now confirmed that the man gunned down and killed on Martin Drive last Thursday night was Mark Andre Ebanks (36) and that an unidentified 31-year-old man from George Town has […]
Post-election voter list inches upward
(CNS): The first list of registered voters published by the Elections Office since the early April general elections has 23,664 voters, which is 55 more than at the time of elections. The changes to the list support the issue raised by the international election observers in their report last month that the boundaries of the […]
National vaccine rate stalls at 64%
(CNS): Just 232 people had their first COVID-19 vaccination over the weekend, according to the latest figures from public health officials, which has barely moved the national coverage rate since Friday. The rate for first doses remained at 68% on Tuesday, with still only 64% having completed the two-dose course. Cayman remains several thousand doses […]
Cops seek witnesses to holiday stabbing
(CNS): The RCIPS is urging anyone who witnessed an altercation between two men in the vicinity of the South Sound Community Centre early Monday morning to come forward. Police say the men were walking together when they started arguing, which turned into a fight. A 37-year-old man from George Town was assaulted and the other […]
