Archive for November 28th, 2022
Tanker rescues Cubans, brings them to Grand Cayman
(CNS): Another eleven Cubans joined the growing group of migrants who have arrived in Cayman this year after they were rescued Saturday evening by a motor tanker 170 nautical miles WNW of Grand Cayman. At around 5:00pm the tanker crew notified the Cayman Islands Coast Guard (CICG) that they had come across nine men and […]
Top posts at Lands and Survey filled internally
(CNS): The Ministry for District Administration and Lands (MDAL) has appointed Uche Obi as the new director of the Department of Lands and Survey and Michael Whiteman as deputy director. The two Caymanians were recruited from within the department as both had held long-standing senior roles. Having been identified as potential successors to the outgoing […]
Ex-NHDT chair denies corruption charges
(CNS): Geoffry William Ebanks, the former chair of the National Housing and Development Trust, will face trial next year for charges of corruption in relation to the removal of some 72 truckloads of fill and soil from the housing trust site in North Side to his father’s farm in January. Ebanks pleaded not guilty to […]
Woman raped and kidnapped, man arrested
(CNS) UPDATED: A 24 year old man Bodden Town man arrested on Friday has now been charged with Aggravated Burglary, Wrongful Confinement, Indecent Assault, and three counts of Rape, in relation to a sexual assault on a woman he knew in Crewe Road. THe man appeared in court yesterday.
Airports growth plans ignoring climate crisis
(CNS): Local activists are raising concerns that proposals for the long-term redevelopment of the airports on all three Cayman Islands are being conducted without an overall master plan for the country that would explain how to expand tourism and increase visitor numbers in the face of climate change. Sustainable Cayman has said that, given the […]
Police looking for rogue school bus driver
(CNS): The driver of a school bus who was caught on camera driving on the wrong side of the road in order to beat the morning traffic in Red Bay last week has not only angered commuters and worried parents but has also caught the attention of the police. (See video below.) A spokesperson for […]
