Archive for December, 2022
Outgoing ombudsman said offices should be separate
(CNS): Sandy Hermiston’s parting recommendation for the government is that the areas within the remit of the Office of the Ombudsman (OMB) should be separated. The outgoing ombudsman, who left the Cayman Islands in February this year, said in the 2021 Ombudsman Annual Report that the merger of the complaints and freedom of information commissioners […]
Changes coming to make asylum claims more difficult
(CNS): The Cayman Islands Government has steered legislation through parliament, without opposition, to make asylum claims more difficult for irregular migrants and speed up the process. As Border Control Minister Chris Saunders brought an amendment bill to parliament Monday, he said the number of Cubans now arriving was creating a crisis, and changes to the […]
Turtle nests in Cayman reach decade high
(CNS): The Department of Environment recorded more turtle nests in 2022 than any single year over the last decade. A total of 858 nest were counted, 169 more than the previous high in 2017, when there were 689 nests. The increase resulted from a steep rise in the number of green turtle nests, which topped […]
Man denies allegations of attempted murder
(CNS): Luisto Eusebio Hernandez (27), from East End, has denied trying to kill another man during a shooting in Windsor Park in April this year. Hernandez, who is currently in custody after going on the run, pleaded not guilty to possession of an unlicensed firearm and attempted murder when he appeared in court Friday via […]
DEH to prosecute repeated illegal dumping
(CNS): More than a month after the Department of Environmental Health (DEH) did the rounds in West Bay for the annual bulk waste clean-up, illegal dumping is continuing at the Ed Bush Stadium in the district and officials said that these people will be prosecuted. DEH Director Richard Simms said there was zero tolerance for […]
Gambling bill sent to select committee, ID bills pass
(CNS): As Premier Wayne Panton wrapped up the debate on the Gambling (Amendment) Bill, 2022 on Monday, he told MPs that it would go to a select committee of the House, where changes to address some of the concerns raised could be made. During the same sitting, both bills paving the way for a national […]
Mac’s role in ministry trade trips unexplained
(CNS): The reason why McKeeva Bush (WBW) was part of the Cayman Islands delegation on several overseas trips in relation to agricultural policy when he was serving as speaker of the House remains a mystery. According to records released in response to a freedom of information request, at least one trip where Bush was invited […]
Cop remains at work after testing positive for ganja
(CNS): A serving police officer who tested positive for cannabis in a mandatory drug screening test on 21 October remains on the job and has not been arrested as an inquiry is underway, officials from the RCIPS have confirmed. While he was “removed from front-line duties” and stopped from driving police vehicles, he remains in […]
Dart duty waiver relates to ‘inherited obligation’
(CNS): A refund to the Dart Consortium of over CI$1 million for stamp duty and land registry fees is related to the purchase of land for the planned ReGen facilities, which was an “inherited obligation”, according to Jennifer Ahearn, the chief officer of the Ministry of Sustainability and Climate Resiliency. Ahearn said that because the […]
Local man admits double stabbing at 7M shops
(CN): Nicholas Romano Forbes (31), from Bodden Town, pleaded guilty on Friday to two charges of GBH, admitting that he stabbed one man in the stomach and another in the eye at the parking lot at Seven Mile Shops in June. No details of what led to the violent stabbing were revealed in court, but […]
Bush secures WIZ freeze for boats at Stingray City
(CNS): McKeeva Bush MP (WBW) has successfully steered through a proposed new moratorium on Wildlife Interaction Zone licences at the Sandbar and Stingray City while the government creates a task force to review all watersports operations in the North Sound. In his first private member’s motion since returning to the back benches, Bush said Caymanian […]
