Archive for June 16th, 2022
CIG buys bonds with loan to manage interest rates
(CNS): Finance Minister Chris Saunders has announced a decision by the Cayman Islands Government to draw out all of the remaining loan secured by the previous administration to invest in US bonds to manage the CIG’s borrowing for capital projects over the life of this budget. Saunders said that with the 3.25% fixed interest rate […]
DoE nabs suspected repeat poachers
(CNS): Three men are facing poaching charges after Department of Environment conservation officers caught them with an illegal haul of marine life in Governor’s Harbour. The officers were responding to a report of suspected poachers unloading a large catch from their boat. When they arrived, they found it was the same group of men they […]
Witness accused of ‘malicious’ false allegations
(CNS): Defence lawyer Oliver Blunt QC accused the crown’s key witness of “quite maliciously” making up an allegation against a police officer, claiming he had conveyed a threatening message from his client, Roger Deward Bush. He also argued that because Nikkieta Ebanks hated Bush, she had made up a false narrative that he had confessed […]
