Archive for November 8th, 2022
Minister urges support for revamped Pirates Fest
(CNS): Culture Minister Bernie Bush is hoping that the community will embrace this year’s Pirates Festival, the first full-scale event since 2019. With a slate of new events as well as several traditional capers, the festival will include plenty of pirate skullduggery as well as local heritage events, competitions, dances, races, food festivals and family days.
Local bars to get green light for ‘quiet’ Sunday music
(CNS): Cabinet has approved a change to the Music and Dancing Act to level the commercial playing field for local bars and trip boats, giving them the same opportunities as restaurants and hotels on Sundays by allowing background music. The bill, which is now open for public consultation, will equalise the situation for owners of […]
500lbs of ganja seized, 4 charged after chase at sea
(CNS): One local man from West Bay and three Jamaican men appeared in court Monday facing drug smuggling charges following a chase at sea on Saturday, when the Cayman Islands Coast Guard seized over 500lbs of ganja. The chase happened around noon while the coastguard boat was on patrol and the crew spotted a suspect […]
Intertrust to pay $5M CIMA fine for AML failings
(CNS): Intertrust has agreed to pay $5 million to the Cayman Islands Monetary Authority after the courts dismissed its appeal against an administrative fine of over $4.23 million for its failure to meet anti-money laundering regulations. According to a document posted on the Grand Court website last week, the offshore legal and financial services firm […]
Pageant 2nd runner-up stands in for troubled queen
(CNS): The Miss Cayman Islands Universe pageant’s second runner-up, Hayley Grizzel, was at the launch of the Cayman Airways Los Angeles route this weekend because the actual holder of the beauty contest’s crown remains away from the public eye as a result of a criminal trial.
Bill paves way for immunity deals for crown witnesses
(CNS): The government is expected to pass a piece of legislation next month that will enable the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP) to cut deals with important witnesses who are implicated in a crime and provide immunity from prosecution or a commitment to a reduced sentence on a guilty plea. Currently, the […]
Diabetes most common factor in local COVID deaths
(CNS): Of the three dozen deaths in Cayman meeting the local definition for a COVID-19 death, one-third of the victims suffered from diabetes while eight had chronic kidney disease, according to the Public Health Department. Although 23 patients had hypertension at the time of their deaths, officials said in the latest edition of Public Health […]
