Archive for May 30th, 2022
One man arrested over gunshots, another on the run
(CNS): A 25-year-old man from West Bay was arrested Monday on suspicion of possession of an unlicensed firearm, but police are on the lookout for a second man who fled when they arrived at an address in West Bay. The arrest was part of an investigation into reports made around 1:00 Monday morning that someone […]
Burglar admits spree of George Town break-ins
(CNS): Romario Desmond Brown appeared in court Friday and admitted breaking into three different homes in George Town and stealing a variety of loot and cash over a two-day period earlier this year. Brown, who is already in custody, is expected to be sentenced in July after social inquiry reports were ordered. On 31 January […]
HSA starts training eight Caymanian EMTs
(CNS): Eight Caymanians with various backgrounds are training to help save lives by becoming emergency medical technicians (EMTs) through the Health Services Authority’s fully funded EMT Training Programme. The trainees were chosen from the 73 applicants who registered during a competitive admission process that included a written exam, a physical assessment, and a panel interview.
Students can defer exams missed due to COVID-19
(CNS): Education officials at the Department of Education Services (DES) say that students who cannot sit scheduled Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) examinations due to COVID-19 may defer them until the next sitting in January or in June 2023 without having to re-register but will not be able to take them in this exam cycle. […]
Social media exec in line-up for Economic Outlook conference
(CNS): The 19th annual RF Economic Outlook Conference will take place on Wednesday, 8 June, under the theme “Future Forces: World-Changing Ideas”. The international guest speakers for the long-running local business forum include a blockchain entrepreneur, a geopolitical strategist, a global disruption expert, as well as an executive for Facebook and Google.
Cayman may be treated to spectacular meteor storm
(CNS): Stargazers in the Cayman Islands might, or might not, be treated to the greatest meteor storm of our lifetimes on Monday night, 30 May, the Cayman Islands Astronomical Society (CIAS) has said. If it happens it will be around midnight, when we could see as many as 1,000 meteors within half an hour, as […]
PACT preparing new policy on duty waivers
(CNS) The Cayman Islands Government is working on a new policy that is likely to upend the traditional approach to duty waivers and other concessions. Premier Wayne Panton told CNS that past administrations had given up revenue in exchange for jobs or to boost economic activity. But Cayman’s priorities have changed, he said, and PACT […]
Jamaica to supply more food in new deal with Cayman
(CNS): The Cayman Islands will be importing more plantain, breadfruit, soursop and ackee from Jamaica as part of a new import-export arrangement. Following a recent visit to the neighbouring island, Agriculture Minister Jay Ebanks approved a broadened list of agricultural produce from Jamaica to improve Cayman’s food security, saying that the new arrangement would give […]
Cops seize gun after stabbing in Prospect
(CNS): Police seized a firearm and arrested two people after responding to an assault at a home on Domino Street, Prospect, early Sunday morning in which one man was stabbed. The RCIPS said that two men and a woman, all known to each other, were involved in an altercation during which the woman brandished a […]
