Archive for November 1st, 2022
Robber flees with cash after sandwich shop stick-up
(CNS): Police are on the lookout for yet another armed robber after a stick-up at the Subway sandwich shop at The Reef Resort on the Queen’s Highway in East End around 7pm Monday. A masked man entered the shop wielding a firearm and demanded cash from the staff. He then fled the scene with an […]
Laws revised to deal with custody of mentally ill
(CNS): Two pieces of legislation aimed at improving local mental health services have recently been gazetted. The Mental Health (Amendment) Act, 2022 clarifies the procedure relating to emergency detention orders, provides for orders for protective custody, and for restrictions to post and electronic networks by patients, among other things. The Mental Health Commission (Amendment) Act, […]
Convicted man avoids jail to pay victim’s medical bill
(CNS): Joshua Allan Bush (22) from George Town avoided going to jail last month when his sentence for assault causing actual bodily harm was suspended for two years and a strict curfew was imposed to give him a chance at rehabilitation and allow him to work and pay off the CI$6,000 medical bill of his […]
Hew denies ‘abuse’ over pre-election spending
(CNS): PPM Deputy Leader Joey Hew has denied any abuse relating to pre-election spending on roads last year, despite the red flags raised by the Office of the Auditor General in a report, Financial Reporting of the CIG – General Report 2021, which found that almost 88% of the National Roads Authority’s budget had been […]
