Archive for November, 2022
Fire service finally completes induction of new recruits
(CNS): Months after it began a recruitment process to train a new group of firefighters, the Cayman Islands Fire Service has finally seen 12 Caymanians graduate through basic training and take the oath to save lives and protect property throughout the Cayman Islands. The process began back in 2021, but the first effort to train […]
Cayman chairs CFATF as it awaits de-listing
(CNS): The Cayman Islands is preparing to host the 55th Plenary and Working Group Meetings of the Caribbean Financial Action Task Force (CFATF) this weekend, during which Attorney General Sam Bulgin will assume the chair on behalf of Cayman, taking over from Bermuda. Over 200 overseas delegates will be attending the five-day event alongside 130 local […]
Poor prison security deprives inmates of rights
(CNS): A lawyer representing Justin Ramoon told the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (JCPC) on Friday that his Caymanian client, who was moved to the UK to serve a life sentence with a minimum term of 35 years for the murder of Jason Powery, hadn’t seen his son for five years because of the […]
Critically endangered plant protection approved
(CNS): Cabinet has approved a species protection plan for the critically endangered Aegiphila caymanensis, an endemic plant that is unique to Grand Cayman, now only found in three known locations across the island with just fourteen confirmed surviving specimens. Also known as the spirit vine, it is a woody, clambering shrub with soft, downy leaves […]
Deterring abuse of public office
Aristophanes Duckpond writes: The PACT Government has published proposals for a number of very welcome legislative changes in recent weeks. There is however one proposal for legislative change that is not welcome, specifically, the government has published a proposed amendment to s.17 of the Anti-Corruption Act that should not be enacted in its current form.
Driver arrested, accused of hitting cyclist on ETH
(CNS): A 58-year-old man from George Town has been arrested on suspicion of leaving the scene of an accident after a hit-and-run involving a cyclist earlier this month on the Esterley Tibbetts Highway near Tanager Way. On Wednesday, 9 November, the woman was struck by the mirror of a passing vehicle that then left the […]
Man arrested for harbouring teenage runaway
(CNS): Police have arrested a 20-year-old man from George Town on suspicion of harbouring a young person, resisting arrest and outstanding warrants after police found him with teenage runaway Jahsmine Ebanks (14), who had been missing from the home where she was staying in Bodden Town for almost two weeks. The girl was found at […]
Axe-wielding robbers strike at GT restaurant
(CNS): Police opened an investigation into the tenth robbery since the end of October after two men, one armed with an axe, struck a restaurant in George Town during the Pirates Fest activities on Friday night. The two masked men burst into the restaurant on North Church Street at around 10pm and tried to open […]
NiCE project opens to jobless Caymanians
(CNS): The Ministry of Planning, Agriculture, Housing and Infrastructure (PAHI) will begin accepting applications for this year’s pre-Christmas National Community Enhancement Project (NiCE) on Monday. The NiCE winter clean-up project includes the beautification and maintenance of roadsides, parks, cemeteries and beaches. Jobless Caymanians can sign up for the work at a single registration event at […]
Premier accepts responsibility for traffic chaos
(CNS): Premier Wayne Panton has issued an apology to the country after traffic ground to a complete halt across George Town on Friday evening when the roads along the harbour front were closed for Pirates Fest events. Thousands of people were gridlocked for hours, unable to move in any direction due to what appears to […]
OfReg and CUC to define ‘fair price’ on solar
(CNS): Both the Utility Regulation and Competition Office (OfReg) and Caribbean Utilities Company have begun separate and independent studies to gather evidence on a price that is fair for solar providers and for customers as the Cayman Islands inches towards a much-needed expansion of alternative, renewable fuel supplies. But in the face of the current […]
