Archive for July, 2022
Boris resigns, Tories begin leadership fight
(CNS): After a series of scandals, lies and tumbling personal approval ratings, Boris Johnson finally, but unwillingly, gave in to the inevitable and resigned as Conservative Party leader. He blamed his departure on the “herd mentality” in Westminster after more than 50 government ministers and aides resigned over the last 48 hours, including the overseas […]
Cops seize 35lbs of ganja after routine traffic stop
(CNS): Officers conducting traffic checks on the Esterley Tibbetts Highway by the Camana Bay Roundabout on Saturday night discovered a bag of ganja when they searched a car that passed through the road block. Police said that the officers had reason to stop the car around 10:40pm, and as they spoke to the female driver, […]
US visitor dies after swimming off 7MB
(CNS): A 50-year-old visitor from the United States was pulled out of the sea off Seven Mile Beach west of Marsh Road on Tuesday evening after he lost consciousness. Police said that at around 5:30pm people nearby saw that he was in distress and pulled him out of the water. They conducted CPR until emergency […]
Bodden Town man missing for over ten days
(CNS): The police are asking the public to help them find Noel Paul Manning (53), who has been missing for nearly two weeks. Better known as ‘“Indian” and sometimes “Doc”, Manning had been living in Bodden Town when he was reported missing by family members on Sunday, 26 June, who had last seen him on […]
UK peer’s bill seeks gay marriage law for BOTs
(CNS): Lord Michael Cashman has introduced a private member’s bill in the UK House of Lords to make same-sex marriage lawful in all British Overseas Territories that don’t have marriage equality, including the Cayman Islands. If it passes, it would require the Caribbean territories to legalise same-sex marriage and empower the governors to roll out […]
Burglars steal legal shotgun from North Side home
(CNS): Police are appealing for information about a break-in at a home on North Side Road that took place sometime between 7:30pm on Monday, 4 July, and 1:30pm on Tuesday, 5 July, in which a licensed brown and black Remington 870 12-gauge shotgun was stolen.
Website launched to open up police commission
(CNS): Governor Martyn Roper said the launch of the new Police Service Commission (PSC) website will offer accessibility and transparency for the public on the new commission, which was established last year to manage the hiring and firing of senior police officers, as well as the good governance of the RCIPS. The commission had its first […]
OfReg still working on fuel price transparency
(CNS): More than five years after it was created, the Utility Regulation and Competition Office (OfReg) is still working on some of the key aims and objectives that it was supposed to address. One of the main goals was to determine how the pump price for gas is calculated and whether it is fair, an […]
Intruder touches sleeping child in early hours
(CNS): Police are investigating a report that a man entered a condo in the early hours of Sunday morning and inappropriately touched a child who was asleep in a bedroom with a parent. The incident happened around 2:30am at a condo located north of Earth Close off the West Bay Road. The intruder startled both […]
Cops seize gun in GT raid, two arrested
(CNS): A drug enforcement team comprising police, customs and border control officers conducted a series of searches under the Firearms Act on Friday, 1 July. At a residence on Crewe Road, George Town, an illegal gun was recovered and a 41-year-old man and a 36-year-old woman, both from George Town, were arrested. The woman was […]
Premier isolating after catching COVID-19
(CNS): Premier Wayne Panton is in isolation after testing positive for COVID-19 following a routine morning lateral flow test ahead of his working day. As Panton awaited the results of a PCR test, his office issued a release stating that he is mildly symptomatic and will remain at home for the next seven days, attending […]
