Archive for July, 2022
Dart pledges to conserve land as it develops
(CNS): Cayman’s largest landowner has made a pledge to conserve one acre of natural habitat for every acre it develops in the future. The Dart Group, which is responsible for a significant amount of development on Grand Cayman, has also said it will not begin any new projects until the government completes the revised National […]
Cayman freezes US$8.7 billion in Russian assets
(CNS): Over US$8.4 billion and €297.8 million in assets have been frozen in the Cayman Islands since Russia sanctions were imposed at the beginning of March. The Financial Reporting Authority has received 801 Compliance Reporting Forms (CRFs) related to the sanctions and 144 suspicious activity reports. This represents over US$1 billion more than initially reported […]
Revamped Pirates Festival stretched to three months
(CNS): The annual Pirates Festival is undergoing another change and instead of a condensed version as was the case in 2021, the plan this year is to bring back the Heritage Days where each district hosts its own event at two-week intervals, beginning in September. The new three-month festival starts on 3 September with a […]
Motorbike rider badly injured in East End smash
(CNS): A local man, who CNS understands works at Customs and Border Control, has been very badly injured following a crash at around 7:30pm Sunday in East End. He was riding a blue and black Suzuki motorcycle on Seaview Road travelling west when he was thrown from the bike after it left the roadway. No […]
ACC refers North Side ‘soil scandal’ to prosecutors
(CNS): The Anti-Corruption Commission has referred a file to the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions in relation to the National Housing Development Trust, the ACC said in a release. The ACC became involved in the ‘soil scandal’ when residents in North Side raised concerns that topsoil and fill cleared from crown land earmarked […]
Cops recover casings after two reports of gunfire
(CNS) Police have recovered two lots of spent shell casings following two separate reports of guns being fired at different locations in George Town on Saturday morning. No one was shot in either case but a house was shot at in the second incident. The first report was around 4:20am on 9 July in the […]
Cayman police officer shot dead on holiday in Honduras
(CNS): RCIPS Police Constable Antonio Lopez Jackson (64) was shot and killed on Saturday, 9 July, while vacationing in Honduras with his family. No one else was injured during the incident. The RCIPS has not said what happened or where exactly he was killed, but according to posts on social media, Jackson was the victim […]
Police searching for missing George Town man
(CNS): Police are requesting public assistance to locate Adrian Williamson (26) from George Town, who was reported missing on Thursday. He was last seen at his home on Wednesday, 6 July, and has not returned there or been seen since. Williamson has a dark complexion, with short black hair and a beard. He also has […]
Ganja haul seized at CBC warehouse
(CNS): Four men have been arrested on suspicion of importing ganja following an operation by Customs and Border Control (CBC), assisted by the RCIPS, carried out last Thursday at the CBC warehouse on Owen Roberts Drive, George Town. Three of the men, aged 23, 30 and 52, are from George Town and the fourth man, […]
McTaggart accuses Bryan of breaching ministers’ code
(CNS): Tourism Minister Kenneth Bryan’s appearance in a social media video promoting his wife’s real estate business is a breach of the Ministerial Code of Conduct, Opposition Leader Roy McTaggart said in a statement released Monday. The PPM leader said he was greatly troubled by the “shocking video”, which he said was a flagrant breach […]
Government communications have weekend outage
(CNS): Government services were mostly all back on line by the time the working day started Monday after an outage that lasted for most of Sunday. Officials said that a range of services went down, including phone lines, websites and e-services operated by multiple agencies, though the 911 centre remained unaffected throughout. The outage began […]
