Archive for April 25th, 2022
Weekend armed robberies linked, police say
(CNS): The police are investigating another two armed robberies that took place on Sunday, which follow a spate of gun-related crimes over the last month, from street muggings to gas station stick-ups. A woman was robbed of her bag on a street in George Town at around 9:45pm. About an hour later at least one […]
Rescue mission turns to recovery for ganja crew
(CNS): Three men who were said to be aboard a ganja boat that capsized somewhere in the North Sound on Friday are now presumed lost at sea after a weekend of searching by the police, fire service and coastguard without success. The one crew member who was rescued on Friday, a 35-year-old man from Jamaica, […]
Data exposé uncovers tourism stipend fraud
(CNS): An embarrassing error for the Ministry of Labour last month, when around 3,000 names and email addresses of tourism stipend recipients were accidentally made public by staff at the ministry for border control, exposed a number of fraudulent claims, Labour Minister Chris Saunders has said. The data breach will lead to several people being […]
Deputy premier among 900 people with COVID-19
(CNS): Many workplaces were missing employees again when the work-week started Monday, including Deputy Premier Chris Saunders. Public Health officials confirmed that almost 900 people are currently isolating as a result of the continued and steady increase in the numbers infected by the virus. The seven-day rolling average has increased to 68, and 186 new […]
Expert to advise on merging nature into economy
(CNS): Economist Ralph Chami, the assistant director at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and co-founder of Rebalance Earth, which advocates for integrating natural capital into economies, will be visiting the Cayman Islands for five days, arriving on Sunday, Premier Wayne Panton has announced. While here Chami will be participating in various events and engagements, sharing […]
Over two dozen Cuban migrants held by CBC
(CNS): Over the weekend two separate makeshift vessels carrying migrants from Cuba arrived in the waters around Cayman Brac. All fourteen men and women have come ashore and are being held in quarantine and are awaiting process. They join another group of twelve people who ran aground earlier this month. The number of migrants being […]
Search still on for missing ganja boat crew
(CNS): The Cayman Islands Coast Guard, police and fire service continued searching Saturday for missing crew members after a ganja boat capsized in local waters Friday and one man was rescued. The first report received by the CICG was of packages floating in the general area of Governor’s Harbour Channel. The coastguard and fire service […]
