Archive for October, 2022
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 […]
Jury deliberates complex Watson-Blake case
(CNS): Ten men and women who have spent the last twelve weeks poring over mountains of documents and listening to witness evidence, in person and via video link, arguments from three lawyers and a detailed direction from the judge finally began their deliberations Thursday over the fate of Canover Watson and Bruce Blake. The two […]
Cops urge murder witness to come forward
(CNS): Detectives with the RCIPS are urging a driver who witnessed the murder of Ian Duffell in West Bay on Friday, 15 October, to come forward. Duffell (51) was stabbed to death in a yard on Birch Tree Hill Road, near the junction of Capt Joe and Osborn Road, just before 11pm that night. Police […]
Conch season ahead but restrictions remain
(CNS): The local conch season opens next Tuesday but officials from the Department of Environment are reminding people that restrictions remain in place limiting the catch and where conch can be taken. Marine Park rules and boundaries remain in full effect at all times and no conch may be taken from within the Marine Reserve […]
Former national footballer now assistant sports director
(CNS): The Ministry of Sports has appointed Emily Kelly, a former Cayman National U20 footballer, as the Assistant Director of Sports – Programmes at the Department of Sports. This is the first job back at home for the young Caymanian, who was previously working as the director of Student-Athlete Development at the University of Massachusetts, […]
