Archive for July 24th, 2023
CAL adds Barbados to connect to region and Europe
(CNS): Cayman Airways Ltd is set to add two midweek flights from Grand Cayman to Barbados from 18 October. In what Tourism Minister Kenneth Bryan said was an unusual move for the government-owned airline, the goal is to expand connections across the Caribbean for both countries, as well as offer Barbados a connection to the […]
Co-pilot, in jail more than 1,550 days, fights extradition
(CNS): A man who arrived in the Cayman Islands as the co-pilot of a private jet more than four years ago has been in jail since then, despite being found not guilty of gold smuggling here in 2020, as he fights extradition to the United States. Juan Carlos Gonzales Infante (60), a Venezuelan national who […]
Inflation boosts government’s tourism revenue
(CNS): The number of overnight guests visiting the Cayman Islands this year is now close to pre-pandemic levels, providing a welcome increase in government revenue, which has been boosted by inflation that has led to an increase in hotel room rates. Tourism Accommodation Taxes and Fees have already surpassed the annual budget forecast in the […]
Men arrested after cops seize forged $100 bills
(CNS): A 33-year-old man from West Bay and a 34-year-old man from North Side were arrested after police officers recovered a number of forged US$100 bills. The RCIPS said that several forged bills were found on the West Bay man who was searched at the West Bay Public Beach following a report of possible illegal […]
Driver pleads not guilty to murder in road-rage killing
(CNS): Bryan Welcome (41) pleaded not guilty to murder when he appeared in Grand Court on a Zoom link from HMP Northward Friday. The local grocery shop owner denied deliberately killing Omar Ryan when he ran over him in a car on 8 July along David Foster Road, close to the airport. Just before Ryan […]
Swimmer dies two days after being pulled from sea
(CNS): A 55-year-old man who was pulled out of the sea last Wednesday afternoon in West Bay and given CPR by a member of the public has died after two days in hospital. The man, who was a visitor to the Cayman Islands, was pulled out of the sea somewhere off Seven Mile Beach at […]
