Archive for 2021
CI$75M phase finished at JGHS
(CNS): The phased construction of the new John Gray High School saw the developers hand over three new parts of the campus to the Department of Education Services (DES) at the end of last month. As well as the administrative block, the buildings providing a home for the technology, vocational and and home economics classes […]
WB man charged over child porn was not a teacher
(CNS): Freddy Diaz (33) appeared in court last week charged with possession of child pornography. However, although he worked at the University College of the Cayman Islands in both 2018 and again earlier this year, he did not teach any of the students. UCCI has said that Diaz was employed as a staff member in […]
Two badly injured after driver hits light pole
(CNS): The driver of a white SUV and his male passenger were admitted to hospital with serious but non-life-threatening injuries late Friday night after crashing into a light pole in North Side. The single-vehicle collision happened on Old Robin Road in North Side just before 11:15pm and the crash brought down the pole, which fell […]
Former C&W employee is new OfReg board chair
(CNS): Rudy Ebanks has taken over the chairmanship of the Board of Directors for Utility Regulation and Competition (OfReg). The former chair of the beleaguered watchdog, Linford Pierson, resigned following the election. Although OfReg is widely considered a costly but failing watchdog that is not fit for purpose, Pierson blamed everyone but the regulator at […]
Gov’t opening on basis of risk-reward balance
(CNS): Tourism Minister Kenneth Bryan has said that government might not hold fast to opening next month but will be making an assessment about lifting quarantine requirements based on a risk-reward basis because the future of the COVID-19 pandemic remains unpredictable. But he noted that government cannot sustain an endless closure of the tourism sector […]
Appeal stalled as Lobo seeks new lawyer
(CNS): David Lobo (35), a former customs officer who was convicted in January 2019 and is now serving a 16-year sentence for drug smuggling, is seeking a new lawyer to argue his appeal. Lobo’s challenge to his conviction was due to be heard by the Cayman Islands Court of Appeal on Friday, but the case […]
Just 61 people added to vaccine tally
(CNS): The needle on the COVID-19 national vaccination rate remained stuck Friday, when just 61 people were added to the tally of those who have had at least one dose and only 33 people rolled up their sleeve for a second dose over the last day. Government is due to lift travel restrictions in less […]
Student assaults senior teacher on bus at CHHS
(CNS) UPDATED: Just days into the new school term, police were called to the Clifton Hunter High School on Thursday because a student had reportedly hit a teacher several times. Police said they were called to the school at around 3:30pm and learned that a school bus had returned to the campus because the student […]
Carter denies Vic’s bar killing
(CNS): Ezekiel Carter (36) from George Town pleaded not guilty to one charge of murder, five charges of attempted murder and the possession of an unlicensed gun when he appeared in Grand Court Friday via video link from HMP Northward. Carter is accused of being one of two men involved in a mass shooting at […]
Neon lights at FIN fuel social media backlash
(CNS): A luxury condo development on South Church Street that has been controversial since it started, given the size and scale of the development, environmental issues, the impact of the development work, fee and duty waivers and what residents in the area feel is an inappropriate project for the neighbourhood, has stirred up more public […]
Road smashes average 225 per month
(CNS): The RCIPS is raising the alarm once again about the significant number of crashes happening on Cayman’s roads, many of which are due to mobile phone use. So far this year, around 225 motor vehicle collisions are being reported to the police each month. The vast majority of them were categorized as ‘damage only’, […]
