Archive for September, 2023
Prisoner escapes during medical visit
(CNS): An unidentified HMP Northward inmate escaped the custody of prison officers last Friday evening after he was taken to the George Town hospital for medical treatment. Police said they soon apprehended and arrested the prisoner for escaping lawful custody and took him to the detention centre. But they did not say how long the […]
Bryan calls for full immigration reform
(CNS): Tourism Minister Kenneth Bryan MP (GTC) is calling for immigration reform and for his colleagues in Cabinet to agree on a policy to tackle what he has said are the significant problems the current situation is causing. Following the attention his new billboard poster with this message has attracted, Bryan told CNS that there […]
Local man denies homophobic attack
(CNS): Derrick Osney Bush (35) has pleaded not guilty to two counts of inflicting GBH in relation to a homophobic attack on two men at The Strand Shopping Centre parking lot in January of last year. Prosecutors say Bush was one of two men who beat up a same-sex couple in an unprovoked attack during […]
Opposition asking ministers key policy questions
(CNS): Members of the PPM have filed eleven parliamentary questions for ministers to answer during next week’s meeting on a number of key policy issues that the government has failed to address for many months. Many of the questions reflect topics regularly queried by the public, such as the outcome of the consultant’s report on […]
Man in custody for bike theft and drug charges
(CNS): A 52-year-old man from West Bay was remanded in custody after he appeared in court Monday charged with theft, criminal trespass, interfering with a vehicle and possession of cocaine in relation to a number of incidents. According to the RCIPS, on 7 September police officers found a stolen bicycle at an abandoned address in […]
Solid foundation to becoming Caymanian
Nick Joseph writes: A recent article extolling the real problems faced by many in demonstrating that they are in fact (and remain) Caymanian — and emphasising that the law as written created some truly mind-bending scenarios — seems to have elicited significant comment and discussion. Some of the commentary acknowledged what was said, and then […]
PACT presses ahead with Asia office
(CNS): The establishment of a Cayman Islands Government office in Singapore has been approved by Cabinet. The office, which will be headed by Gene DaCosta as the CIG’s overseas representative to Asia, is expected to be open for business well before the end of the year after the administrative details have been completed.
JGHS students arrested for attack on peer
(CNS) UPDATED: Police have now confirmed that the two students who were arrested Wednesday morning on suspicion of assault ABH have been bailed as the investigation continues. The boys were arrested and temporarily excluded from John Gray High School after an attack on another boy in the school just two weeks into the new school […]
Tribunal ‘volunteers’ get major pay hike
(CNS): Cabinet has granted a significant increase in the money paid to members of the Labour Tribunal (LT) and the Labour Appeals Tribunal (LAT) for attending meetings, effective from the beginning of this month. While the members of these boards are volunteers, they are paid a fee for attending each meeting. This has been increased […]
Parliament to meet for the third time in 2023
(CNS): Members of Parliament will be meeting next Tuesday for only the third time in 2023. This will be the first meeting of the 2023/24 session and is not expected to last more than a week. The government is expected to present two amendment bills, two new pieces of legislation, one motion and various reports, […]
PPM motions would hike spending if adopted
(CNS): At least three of six private members’ motions filed with the parliament by the opposition ahead of the meeting next Tuesday would increase public spending significantly if the government accepted and implemented them. Despite Opposition Leader Roy McTaggart’s criticism of PACT’s management of public finances, his team is calling on the administration to spend […]
