Archive for March, 2023
Case adjourned as Bush mulls jury trial
(CNS): McKeeva Bush MP (WBW) did not answer charges against him when he appeared in court on Tuesday as his attorney, Dennis Brady, asked for one more adjournment to allow the former speaker time to consider where he wanted to stand trial. While Brady implied that his client was likely to plead not guilty to […]
Teenage runaways located, say police
(CNS) UPDATE: Missing teenagers Shania Beckford (15) and Jahsmine Ebanks (15) have been located and returned safely to their home in West Bay, the RCIPS has reported. The teenagers ran away again from the residence where they are staying just days after they were found, having been reported missing last week. Both appear to be […]
Cabinet reshuffled as Saunders crosses the floor
(CNS): Premier Wayne Panton has reshuffled his Cabinet after Chris Saunders, the deputy premier and finance minister, resigned from PACT following a meeting between the two men Tuesday. Neither Panton nor Saunders have detailed the reasons for his departure, but Saunders said he was crossing the floor to sit as an independent opposition member as […]
Cayman producing 5 x average global trash rate
(CNS): The Cayman Islands must do better at reducing the amount of rubbish it generates even as the country awaits a deal with Dart to take over the waste-management programme. A new report from the Office of the Auditor General found that the government has made no progress on targets set more than seven years […]
OAG reveals Cayman’s lack of sustainability
(CNS): As the Cayman Islands Government embarks on an independent initiative to help it link policy with the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals, the Office of the Auditor General has revealed the existing lack of sustainability and some major challenges ahead in dealing with climate-related issues in Cayman. The country is generating five times as much […]
Woman mugged by robber on a bicycle in GT
(CNS): A 40-year-old woman was robbed by a suspect on a bicycle armed with a knife in broad daylight, Friday. As the woman walked along Seymour Road in George Town, close to the cement factory, at about 11:30am the man rode up and grabbed her hand bag from her shoulder as he brandished a knife. On […]
Police employee denies firearms charges
(CNS): Courtney Bush Myles Jr (30), who is suspended from his job with the RCIPS as a civilian support administrator, pleaded not guilty to firearms charges when he appeared in court on Friday. He is charged with having an unlicensed Springfield Armory semi-automatic pistol and eight rounds of ammunition at a house in George Town […]
GT mini-mart robbed by two armed men
(CNS): UPDATED: Police have arrested one of two suspects who robbed a George Town mini-mart at gunpoint around 1am on Friday morning, 17 March, after a stop and search of a car they believed was involved in the stick-up. The robbers had fled the store on Eastern Avenue, just north of Godfrey Nixon Way, with […]
Man apologises after admitting GBH charge
(CNS): Antonio Alejandro Stewart (22) from Bodden town apologised for his actions when he appeared in Grand Court on Friday via video link from HMP Northward and admitted causing GBH with intent during a fight that involved several other men outside a George Town bar last month. Stewart pleaded guilty to inflicting a serious head injury on […]
Project aims to focus civil service on sustainability
(CNS): Premier Wayne Panton has said his government’s goal is for the Cayman Islands to be held up as one of the most sustainable countries in the world. However, two years into the PACT administration, very limited progress has been made on the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) that he wants to be the […]
Man guilty of gas station stick-up with toy gun
(CNS): Alvin Shaquille Ebanks (25) from West Bay was found guilty on Friday of holding up the Hell Esso Gas Station last December with a toy gun while on bail for another offence and wearing an electronic tag. He was convicted by a jury of one count of robbery and the possession of an imitation […]
