Archive for February, 2023
Webb’s FIFA case sentence re-set for 13th time
(CNS): The sentencing hearing for disgraced local football hero Jefferey Webb has been rescheduled for what appears to be at least the thirteenth time. Webb was convicted of various offences in relation to the infamous FIFA scandal in 2015. According to documents filed with the courts in the Eastern District of New York, an order […]
Premier taking ‘hard look’ at PACT progress
(CNS): Ahead of the midway point of this administration, Premier Wayne Panton has admitted that PACT may not be getting everything right and said he would be taking a hard look at the situation to meet the promises to be a “different kind of government”. Addressing Chamber of Commerce members last week, the premier said […]
Local suspect smugglers ram CICG boat during chase
(CNS): Police have charged three local men and recovered several packages of ganja following a pursuit off the south coast of Grand Cayman on Sunday when a Cayman Islands Coast Guard boat was rammed by the suspect smugglers. The coastguard was on patrol when the crew was alerted to a suspicious boat travelling towards the […]
DJ jailed for over 16 years for raping woman twice
(CNS): DJ Renato Renaldo Harris (40) has been jailed for sixteen and a half years following his conviction last year for two counts of rape of the same woman in July 2018. Harris’ victim, who was from Canada, became pregnant after the sexual attack and returned to that country to get an abortion. Harris has […]
More Cuban migrants deported back to Havana
(CNS): The Cayman Islands Customs and Border Control Service repatriated another fifteen migrants to the Republic of Cuba on Tuesday. The twelve men and three women departed on a chartered Cayman Airways 737-8 from Grand Cayman at 8:39am and arrived in Cuba at 9:23am. Acting CBC Director Bruce Smith said that more repatriation flights are being coordinated […]
Burglar jailed for over 5 years for stealing safe
(CNS): Romario Desmond Brown (22) has been sentenced to five years and four months in prison for making off with a safe during an aggravated burglary in South Sound last year as well as a number of other burglaries. Brown was one of three men who, armed with a crowbar, broke into a home in […]
Case for new cargo port argues in favour of Breakers
(CNS): The starting point for the tourism ministry’s plans for either redeveloping or moving the cargo port facility, detailed in the Strategic Outline Case, has singled out the quarries at Breakers as the best potential location for a replacement, which is likely to prove extremely controversial. The document was written by Joseph Woods, who is […]
Consultants sought for sustainable goals policy
(CNS): The Cayman Islands Government recently began a search for consultants to help PACT set out a policy around the UN Sustainable Development Goals. The Ministry of Sustainability and Climate Resiliency is looking for experts to conduct a twelve-week project to facilitate discussions around sustainability both in individual ministries and across the entire government.
Driver killed in Brac crash with off-duty cop
(CNS): The police on Cayman Brac are currently investigating a fatal collision which occurred shortly after 1pm on Valentine’s Day, 14 February, on the Bluff near Banksville. The driver of one of the vehicles was pronounced dead at the scene by medical personnel. His passenger was uninjured and the driver of the second vehicle, an […]
Police tackle drinking and driving over weekend
(CNS): Police officers arrested eight people for DUI on Friday night and just one more person over the weekend. However, the RCIPS press release indicates that two of the men arrested were in the same vehicle and it was apparently unclear which was the driver. In an effort to evade a checkpoint on the West […]
CUC opens grid for another 3MW of renewables
(CNS): As Cayman continues its painstakingly slow adoption of renewable energy, OfReg has cleared the release of three more megawatts of power for CUC’s CORE and DER Programmes, which allow customers to connect their solar and wind-generated power to CUC’s grid. While it is only a fraction of the power consumed each day, it was […]
