Archive for July, 2023
Charity hopes to stretch $500k to fix 20 homes
(CNS): Using a grant of just $500,000 from the R3 Foundation, a charity founded by Dart, Resilience Cayman is hoping to repair up to 20 homes of elderly and vulnerable people. As poverty grows across the Cayman Islands, many people are unable to fix up old or storm-damaged homes because of escalating costs, low incomes […]
Climate Clock ticks down on ‘Keeping 1.5°C Alive’
(CNS): On 22 July, the Climate Clock will tick down below the six-year mark for humanity to drastically reduce fossil fuel emissions to keep global warming below 1.5ºC, despite a pledge made by governments at COP26 in 2021 to ‘Keep 1.5°C Alive‘. This weekend, people across the world will mark this moment with synchronized action […]
Corrupt ex-cop guilty of helping killer
(CNS): A former auxiliary police officer has been found guilty of perverting, obstructing and defeating justice, as well as breach of trust, after he tried to help a murderer dodge justice for killing his own son. In court Wednesday, Justice Roger Chapple found that Courtney Alphanso Levy (46) had been “in league with Roger Bush […]
CBC sees increase in ‘personal’ drug imports
(CNS): Customs and Border Control officers are seeing a significant increase in the number of passengers arriving at Owen Roberts International Airport with drugs in their pockets and in their bags. As the legalisation of ganja spreads across North America, travellers, including the rich and famous, seem unaware of the strict rules here on non-medicinal […]
NCC chairman dies snorkelling
(CNS): McFarlane “Mac” Conolly (70), the chairman and original member of the National Conservation Council, died yesterday afternoon after getting into difficulties while snorkelling off Colliers Beach. The RCIPS said that officers were dispatched around 3:10pm following a report that someone was in distress on the shore off Austin Conolly Drive in East End.
Robbery spike fuels 100% crime increase
(CNS): George Town residents expressed their frustrations last week at an RCIPS meeting where Chief Superintendent Brad Ebanks revealed the year-to-date statistics on gun crime, which has doubled from last year. While some expressed fear about the escalating violent crime, others saw anti-social behaviour as the most significant problem in their communities.
Police seize loaded gun during weekend bust
(CNS): A 44-year-old Bodden Town man has been charged with the possession of an unlicensed, loaded gun and ammunition after a house on Pedro Castle Road in Savannah was searched Saturday morning. Police officers also recovered several packages of ganja and arrested a 26-year-old man and a 27-year-old man at the house.
80-year-old US visitor dies after West Bay swim
(CNS): An 80-year-old woman who was visiting Cayman from the United States was pronounced dead at the hospital last Thursday after swimming in West Bay. At around 10:00am, Emergency Medical Services received a call that the woman was in distress on the beach at Boggy Sands, where she had been swimming before getting into difficulty […]
CBC boss says changes have reduced Cuban migrants
(CNS): After a post-Covid surge of Cuban migrants arriving in Cayman waters last year, a change in legislation to allow Customs and Border Control to speed up asylum applications appears to have had an impact. No irregular migrants from the neighbouring island have arrived here since January, as word has spread about the new approach.
Public cash pays for failed health insurance system
(CNS): With many local people still either uninsured or under-insured, the government’s healthcare bill is climbing while the local health insurance sector continues to make a profit as companies cherrypick their customers. Earlier this month, Cabinet approved another CI$13.5 million of public cash to cover healthcare costs this year for indigents and for those with […]
Driver jailed for 55 months for fatal text while driving
(CNS): Jordan Telford (40) was handed a prison term of four years and five months on Friday after killing Shemiah Grant on North West Point Road in May 2021. Telford admitted to causing Grant’s death due to dangerous driving, as he was texting while navigating a bend. Telford swerved across the centre line and smashed […]
