Archive for June, 2023
Climate policy wins public backing
(CNS): Caymanians are demonstrating that they are very concerned about the impact climate change is going to have on these islands in the coming years. Government officials report receiving very positive feedback about the draft Climate Change Policy during the current public consultation period, which ends Friday.
Suspect bailed after arrest in ATM stick-up
(CNS): Police have arrested and bailed a second man in connection with an armed robbery at the Scotiabank ATM on Crew Road, by Grand Harbour, earlier this month. The 47-year-old suspect from George Town was arrested on Sunday, 25 June. But he was released without charge and is on police bail under strict conditions as […]
Mystery projectile fired at Brac home
(CNS): UPDATED 4pm Wednesday: A 37-year-old man from Cayman Brac has been arrested on suspicion of possession of an unlicensed firearm after a mystery projectile was fired through the window of a home in Watering Place yesterday. Despite the arrest, police said the object found at the home did not appear to have been discharged […]
Bush charged with rape in historic allegation
(CNS): McKeeva Bush MP (WBW), a former speaker of the House and a former premier of the Cayman Islands, has been charged with rape. Police have been investigating at least one historic allegation against him in relation to sexual offences for more than six months. Bush was charged early Wednesday and appeared in court via […]
Ministry picks priciest option for private terminal
(CNS): The Outline Business Case for the next phase of development for the airports on all three Cayman Islands has revealed that the government has picked the priciest option for redeveloping the General Aviation (GA) Terminal that caters to private jets at Owen Roberts International Airport on Grand Cayman. But there is very little in […]
Vehicle hit by bullets in latest shooting
(CNS): Amid concerns about the rising level of gun violence on Grand Cayman, a vehicle was apparently hit in the crossfire of a shoot-out in the parking lot of an unnamed bar on Shedden Road early Monday morning. Police said they received reports of an altercation at the bar just east of North Sound Road […]
McTaggart calls for 58% rise in payments to seniors
(CNS): Opposition Leader Roy McTaggart has called on the Cayman Islands Government to use the surplus it expects to have at the end of this budget cycle to fund a 58% increase in the ex gratia benefits paid to seafarers, veterans, their spouses and retired civil servants on inadequate pensions. The PPM leader said society […]
68kg of cocaine washes ashore in one month
(CNS): Between 22 May and 21 June, RCIPS officers responded to six reports of people finding packages, each filled with about 1kg of cocaine, that washed ashore on all three Cayman Islands and recovered 68kg in total. Two single packages were found on Little Cayman on 22 and 25 May, and another package washed up […]
Cuban deportees reach 79 for year so far
(CNS): After years of delays in the repatriation of Cuban migrants, Customs and Border Control (CBS) has picked up the pace following changes to the rules that allow for a speedy deportation process. While the number of migrants arriving in Cayman has fallen significantly, 79 have been repatriated so far this year. CBC repatriated four […]
Fish return to Little Cayman but reefs still at risk
(CNS): The number of fish on the reefs off Little Cayman has nearly doubled since 1999, when the first marine protections were rolled out, according to the Annual Reef Report Card by the Central Caribbean Marine Institute. Research scientists at CCMI also found that the waters now contain roughly three times the total biomass of […]
Men accused of killing Robinson to go to trial
(CNS): Jonathan Alexander Woodhouse (28) from West Bay, Shaun Antonio Jackson (22) and Matthew Glasgow (26), both from Bodden Town, who are accused of murdering Randy Kelsey Robinson (37), will stand trial later this year. The three men have not yet formally pleaded guilty because of outstanding legal issues, but it was confirmed Friday that […]
