Archive for November, 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 […]
Ebanks-Wilks voted speaker, Seymour as deputy
(CNS): Katherine Ebanks-Wilks (WBC) is the new speaker following a vote by MPs in parliament on Friday. Although she has been an MP for just 19 months, she beat the only other person nominated, opposition member Sir Alden McLaughlin (RED), who has served in the legislature for more than 20 years, by ten votes to […]
Mother reveals anguish after father murdered son
(CNS): The court heard emotional testimony on Wednesday directly from the mother of Shaquille Demario Bush (24) who was gunned down and killed in a hail of bullets by his own father in their West Bay family yard in November 2019. Janet Ebanks said that Shaquille’s father, Roger Deward Bush, was not present at his […]
Bush won’t run to keep his seat in 2025
(CNS): McKeeva Bush has announced that after almost four decades as a political representative, he will not run in the next general election in 2025. Bush said this was the first time he had confirmed that he would not stand for election and that 40 years was enough. His announcement followed the news that he […]
Social media video lands GT man gun charge
(CNS): A 38-year-old man is facing the prospect of a decade behind bars because he posted a video of himself on social media holding a shotgun that did not belong to him. The man was charged on 16 November with possession of an unlicensed firearm, which carries a mandatory minimum sentence of ten years if […]
Two men arrested for stealing from cars
(CNS): A 26-year-old man from Bodden Town and a man believed to be from West Bay were arrested recently in relation to two separate incidents of theft. The men are both accused of stealing items from unlocked cars and trying to sell them on the street at a lot less than their true value. Police […]
