Archive for February 1st, 2023
Twenty more Cubans deported to Havana
(CNS): Another group of Cuban migrants whose asylum claims were denied were repatriated Tuesday to Havana on a Cayman Airways charter flight. The 15 men and five women, including two minors and a former prisoner from HMP Northward, left Grand Cayman at 8:15am on 31 January and were back in Cuba just half an hour […]
Another acting civil servant secures senior role
(CNS): Troy Whorms has been confirmed as director of the Public Works Department (PWD) after acting in the role for around two years. He is responsible for planning and directing the operations of the PWD’s divisions, sections and units to provide comprehensive, high-quality, timely and cost-effective services. Whorms has extensive experience managing both the administrative […]
Community service for animal cruelty conviction
(CNS): Rohan Omar Webster was ordered to undertake 80 hours of community service during the next twelve months when he appeared in Summary Court on Monday for sentencing following a conviction in December for animal cruelty. Webster was in possession of 15 roosters whose wattles and combs had been removed and their spurs filed.
Old Trolley Rodger trailers go up in flames
(CNS): Cayman Islands Fire Service crews took quick action Tuesday lunchtime to douse a fire in the bush area off Wahoo Close in downtown George Town, where several derelict vehicles have been abandoned. It appears that the trailers once used for sightseeing trips on the ‘Trolley Roger’ had been abandoned there some time ago and […]
Customs officer admits having two illegal guns and ammo
(CNS): Timothy Earle McKenzie (45), a customs officer for more than two decades, has admitted to the illegal possession of two handguns and over 50 rounds of ammunition. The veteran civil servant, who has no previous convictions, appeared in court Wednesday and entered guilty pleas to two counts of possession of an illegal firearm and […]
Caymanian secures key job at Lands and Survey
(CNS): Darren Kelly has been appointed as the new chief surveyor as part of an internal succession plan at the Department of Lands and Survey. Kelly is now responsible for managing the surveying section and its outputs, including the Cadastral Quality Assurance Unit and the Land Survey Office in Cayman Brac. He also has the […]
Cops found gun in backpack during home search
(CNS): A jury heard how police conducting a search of Adam Marvick Llewellyn’s home in the Rock Hole area of George Town last May found a .38 revolver and five rounds of ammunition in a pouch inside a backpack in his bedroom. Llewellyn (54) has denied that the weapon was his. As Orrett Brown opened […]
