Archive for July, 2023
Police round up robbery suspects
(CNS): The RCIPS has arrested four men believed to have been involved in the recent spike of armed robberies on Grand Cayman. In addition, the second suspect in the Scotiabank stick-up has been remanded in custody after being charged with robbery, attempted robbery and possession of an imitation gun.
Election maps change within districts
(CNS): The 2023 Electoral Boundary Commission has unveiled its proposed new election maps impacting 15 constituencies, including the Sister Islands, where the dividing line on Cayman Brac has been moved slightly. But the commissioners have not crossed district boundary lines or merged East End and North Side, leaving Bodden Town with four supersized constituencies.
Mental health facility project delayed again
(CNS): The opening of the much anticipated long-term residential mental health facility in East End has been delayed by another three months. Despite stating less than two months ago the project would be finished in June, Health Minister Sabrina Turner has now said the facility will not be open until September.
Weekend burglars take booze, tools and a leaf blower
(CNS): Two bars and a warehouse were burgled over the weekend, police said Tuesday, but did not indicate if they thought the same criminals were involved. Burglars broke into a small storage room at a waterfront bar on South Church Street and took several cases of beverages and a leaf blower. And at a beach […]
Governor had power to pass civil partnership act
(CNS): The Cayman Islands Court of Appeal has dismissed an appeal brought by a local Christian group challenging the governor’s power to enact the Civil Partnership Act in 2020 after parliament voted down a government bill. The appeal court, which had already directed the government to deal with the lack of legislation to uphold LGBT […]
Home-school numbers climb with lack of school spaces
(CNS): At the end of this academic year, 141 students were registered in home-school programmes, according to the Department of Education Services, but numerous social media posts suggest that one of the main reasons is that parents are struggling to find places for their children in local schools, both public and private. Over 100 of […]
Mac hits back at ‘ineffective’ opposition leader
(CNS): McKeeva Bush is threatening to expose politicians that he claims have beaten women, as he berated the opposition leader and accused the women he has allegedly assaulted of exaggerating. After Roy McTaggart’s call for the West Bay MP to be removed from the Public Accounts Committee, Bush said McTaggart was an “ineffective, unreliable” leader […]
Armed men rob Savannah gas station
(CNS): Armed robbers struck again on Friday, this time holding up the Rubis gas station in Savannah at around 10pm. Two men entered the store, one of them carrying a gun. The armed man stood guard at the door while his partner in crime jumped the counter and took an undisclosed sum of cash from […]
