Archive for September, 2022
Former National Trust GM returns as exec director
(CNS): Frank Roulstone, a former general manager at the National Trust for the Cayman Islands, will be taking over from outgoing Executive Director Annick Jackman this month. Roulstone takes the helm as Cayman’s dwindling built heritage is under significant pressure and the Trust’s protected land is being squeezed from all sides by development. He will […]
CPA sticks by NCC order over turtle lights
(CNS): The Central Planning Authority has said it is obligated to follow a National Conservation Council direction to find that a condition of planning approval for turtle-friendly lighting at a proposed luxury beachfront house in Rum Point had not been met. During its meeting last week, the CPA said the recent court ruling meant they […]
Beauty queen in limbo ahead of assault trial
(CNS): Tiffany Conolly, from West Bay, who was crowned Miss Cayman Islands Universe last month despite facing criminal charges for assault, will retain the title at least until the outcome of the trial in October, placing the beauty queen in limbo. However, the pageant committee has however said that she will not make any public […]
Panton asks Bush to vacate speaker’s chair
(CNS): Premier Wayne Panton wrote to McKeeva Bush (WBW) on Thursday, before flying to the UK for the Queen’s State Funeral, asking him to resign from his position as speaker following allegations that last Tuesday he sexually harassed at least two women at an official cocktail party while intoxicated. Panton said Bush had indicated his […]
Civil servants encouraged to report misconduct, says DG
(CNS): Deputy Governor Franz Manderson has issued a release to stress that recent allegations that civil servants’ contracts restrict them from reporting “wrongdoing” are incorrect and public servants are allowed and encouraged to report concerns. The DG’s statement comes in the wake of allegations that Speaker McKeeva Bush sexually harassed at least two female civil […]
Court rejects claim man found gun in porta-potty
(CNS): Adwen Anthony Simpson (37) is facing at least seven years behind bars after the court rejected his argument that there were exceptional circumstance relating to his admitted possession of a loaded .38 revolver found in his car when he was stopped by police last October on Shedden Road. Simpson had claimed that he had […]
Bosses reminded of law over public holiday
(CNS): The Department of Labour and Pensions is reminding employers that they must follow the law in relation to Monday’s public holiday to honour the State Funeral of Queen Elizabeth II. Depending on the conditions of employment, staff should either be given a paid day off or paid double time to work, as required by […]
Cop and girlfriend face jail for sexual assault
(CNS): Antonio O’Neal Marshall, a former officer with the RCIPS and his girlfriend, Ericka McFarlane Lynch, who were convicted earlier this year of indecent assault, are both facing jail time after appearing in court on Thursday for sentencing. The prosecution argued that their offending fell into the highest category. Marshall and Lynch were found guilty […]
Man seriously injured in early morning assault
(CNS): A man was seriously wounded with potentially life-changing injuries early Tuesday morning after he was struck in the face with an object, police said. The serious assault took place between 2am and 2:30am on Tuesday, 14 September, on Sound Way, George Town. No other details of the incident have been revealed, including what weapon, […]
Bryan plans shake-up for regional tourism
(CNS): Tourism Minister Kenneth Bryan said Thursday that now he has taken on the chairmanship of the Caribbean Tourism Organization, the issues on his agenda include the possible reduction of tourism taxes, the removal of travel visas and multi-destination tourism through better air connections across the Caribbean region. Bryan said that while the Cayman Islands’ […]
Bryan voted in as CTO chairman unopposed
(CNS): Cayman Islands Tourism Minister Kenneth Bryan has been voted in as chair of the Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO). The local minister was elected unopposed on Tuesday evening during the CTO Council of Ministers meeting at the regional tourism conference currently being hosted at the Ritz-Carlton. Bryan is the first CTO chairman from the Cayman […]
