Archive for November, 2023
PPM will be watching UPM gov’t, says McTaggart
(CNS): Opposition Leader Roy McTaggart has said that while the Progressives will give the new government a chance to pull together a budget, they will hold the premier and her colleagues in the United People’s Movement accountable, “just like we have the previous premier”. Welcoming the group’s decision to take his advice and drop Panton, […]
Bernie moves to backbench in new UPM line-up
(CNS): Bernie Bush MP (WBN), the former culture minister, has sacrificed his Cabinet post in the new government line-up and will be moving to the back-benches. According to a press release about the new government that was both formed and sworn in behind closed doors on Wednesday, Bush volunteered to give up his ministry to […]
Panton bows out, saying the ‘people need help’
(CNS): Premier Wayne Panton has issued a statement explaining his decision to pass on the mantle of leadership following what he said was a gruelling day of parliamentary debates, followed by a meeting with the other PACT members last night. The former premier said nothing Wednesday night about taking on the speaker’s role, which the […]
Panton ousted in favour of JOCC
(CNS): Premier Wayne Panton has been pushed out as premier and replaced by Juliana O’Connor-Connolly MP (CBE), according to a social media message circulated on Wednesday by McKeeva Bush MP (WBW). After rumour and speculation about the future of PACT mounted in the wake of Tuesday’s no-confidence debate, MPs spent the day horse-trading over a […]
Witnesses wanted to fatal and serious crashes
(CNS): Following another bad holiday weekend on local roads, the police are appealing for witnesses as they now investigate the serious collision between a silver Chevrolet Colorado and a silver Honda Fit at Grand Harbour, as well as a crash in Bodden Town where the driver was killed after he smashed into a concrete CUC […]
CICG rescues seven migrants from raft
(CNS): The Cayman Islands Coast Guard rescued a group of migrants at sea last night after its Operations Rescue Coordination Centre (ORCC) was notified of a raft adrift some 20 nautical miles northeast of Grand Cayman. According to a social media post, the coastguard set off in one of its patrol vessels, found the raft […]
Appeal court knocks back CPA’s Privy Council bid
(CNS): The Cayman Islands Court of Appeal has rejected an application by the Central Planning Authority to take the controversial ‘Boggy Sand Cabana’ case to the Privy Council. But the government v. government courtroom battle that pitched the CPA and the National Conservation Council against each other on the public purse’s dime is probably not […]
Ex-Miss Cayman dodges jail in assault case
(CNS): Tiffany LeAnn Conolly (25) from West Bay was handed a six-month jail sentence on Tuesday in relation to an assault at her ex-lover’s family home in West Bay more than two years ago. However, that jail time has been suspended for two years. The former pageant queen lost her Miss Cayman Islands title following […]
André lays out PACT doubts, warns of resignation
(CNS): André Ebanks MP (WBS) fell short of a public resignation from PACT on Tuesday night in the parliament, but he made it clear he had concerns about the PACT group’s conduct and culture that could see him resign in the near future. Riding high on his success as the financial services minister that got […]
Panton fails to explain PACT’s numbers problem
(CNS): The opposition’s no-confidence motion in the government narrowly failed to pass Tuesday night after two members of the PACT front bench and an opposition member abstained. But Premier Wayne Panton also missed the opportunity to explain how he will deal with the hung parliament he still faces, which is increasingly untenable.
Woman gang raped at gunpoint
(CNS): Police have said that a woman was raped by several men at gunpoint on Monday morning. The woman was offered a ride by a group of three men, one of whom she knew, while she waited at a bus stop in Savannah. But when she got into the small car, the men drove her […]
