Archive for October 28th, 2022
COVID patient with other health problems dies
(CNS): The Health Services Authority has reported that a COVID-19 patient who was suffering from severe comorbidities died on Thursday. The patient had received two doses of the vaccine but had not had a booster shot. Chief Medical Officer Dr Nick Gent stressed the importance of the vaccination and the booster doses for the elderly […]
Suspect killer charged in GT 2021 double murder
(CNS): Police have charged an unidentified 31-year-old man from North Side with two counts of murder, one of attempted murder and the possession of an unlicensed gun in relation to the murder in George Town last summer of Mark Andre Ebanks (36), who died at the scene, and Eldon Charles Walton (55), who died in hospital […]
Three cars set on fire in George Town street
(CNS): Police have begun an arson investigation after Cayman Islands Fire Service and RCIPS officers were called to Greenwood Drive in George Town shortly after 4:30 Friday morning. Three vehicles parked along the street were on fire when they arrived. CIFS crews extinguished the blaze and no one was injured. Anyone who may have witnessed […]
Football execs found guilty in fraud case
(CNS): Canover Watson has been found guilty of all charges against him in the football fraud case, while his colleague and friend, Bruce Blake, has been found guilty of two of the four charges against him for his part in the scam against CONCACAF. After a twelve-week trial, the jury returned their unanimous verdict on […]
Traffic police seek witnesses to EE deadly crash
(CNS): Police are appealing for witnesses to the fatal crash on the Queen’s Highway in East End last Friday morning involving a silver Honda Fit. Amber Bianca Martinez (29), a doctor at the Health Services Authority, was killed in the single-car collision. Anyone who witnessed the crash or saw the car in the vicinity of […]
Man stabbed and injured woman arrested
(CNS): Police have arrested a 29-year-old woman from Bodden Town for stabbing her partner in an altercation on Wednesday at around 7pm. During the fight between the couple, which took place at the Belford Estates, the man received several stab wounds and was taken by ambulance to hospital, where he was treated for serious but […]
Housing Trust chair charged with corruption
(CNS): The Anti-Corruption Commission has charged Geoffry Ebanks, the former chairman of the Cayman Islands National Housing Development Trust, with conflict of interest and breach of trust, contrary to the Anti-Corruption Act. Officials said Ebanks is due to appear in court on 8 November but made no further comment about the case. However, CNS understand […]
Forecasters watching thundery Caribbean system
(CNS): Forecasters at the National Hurricane Center in Miami are keeping an eye on a broad area of low pressure over the southeastern Caribbean Sea which is producing a large area of disorganized showers and thunderstorms. And here in Cayman the national weather service issued an Active Tropical wave Alert, on Thursday evening. By Friday […]
Housing crisis leaves workers in costly, cramped conditions
(CNS): The housing crisis in the Cayman Islands is leading to overseas low-paid workers living in costly but nevertheless unacceptable slum conditions, with some paying as much as $400 per month for a bunkbed in tiny apartments where even kitchens have been converted into bedrooms. CNS has received several reports about the cramped conditions some […]
Crown: RCIPS staffer’s ‘road rage’ fuelled data misuse
(CNS): A police support staff member found herself in the dock this week accused of misusing the RCIPS database to access information to track down and confront a driver who made her angry on the way to work after a near miss due to a broken brake light. Veronica Victoria Cole from East End pleaded […]
