Archive for August 23rd, 2022
Court confirms NCC powers in Boggy Sand case
(CNS): The National Conservation Council does have the power to direct government bodies when their actions could have an adverse effect on protected areas or species, the Grand Court found in the long-awaited ruling in the ‘Boggy Sand’ judicial review, which was released Tuesday. The judge also found that the NCC can delegate that power […]
Six more Cuban migrants arrive on Cayman Brac
(CNS): The second boat in two days carrying Cuban migrants has arrived in Cayman Islands waters. The boat carrying six men arrived in Cayman Brac at about 10:45am today (Tuesday), the Customs and Border Control Service (CBC) reported. The migrants have disembarked and are being processed in accordance with the usual protocols. Another boat arrived […]
Police urge repeat teen runaway to return home
(CNS): Fourteen-year-old Brianna Ebanks was reported missing on Friday, 19 August, and has not returned home since. Police are urging Brianna to return home or contact them or go to a police station immediately. She was last seen at a business on Eastern Avenue in George town on Friday morning but did not attend an […]
Forged CI$100 bank notes still in circulation
(CNS): The RCIPS Financial Crime Investigation Unit has received five reports since June of people attempting to use counterfeit CI$100 notes across the islands. One report was made in Cayman Brac and the other four in Grand Cayman. The police are urging the public to remain on the lookout for forged notes that remain in […]
Burglar who handed himself in jailed for three years
(CNS): A man who called 911 to report his own crime immediately after he broke into a Bodden Town home earlier this year was sentenced on Friday to three years and one month in jail, even though he had left the scene empty-handed. When he made the emergency call to hand himself in, Shimarona Anthony […]
Minister walks back plan to cut cruise numbers
(CNS): The focus of the PACT Government’s cruise policy may have shifted away from cutting back on the number of cruise visitors that were coming to the Cayman Islands by the end of 2019, before the COVID-19 pandemic closed the borders. Tourism Minister Kenneth Bryan said Friday that he wants to spread guests around the […]
