Archive for November, 2023
Gun pulled in nightclub during fight
(CNS): Police are investigating a report of a gun being pulled out during a fight at a nightclub over the holiday weekend. According to an RCIPS press release, officers were called to the Strand Entertainment Complex at about 1:30am on Monday about the altercation and the sighting of a firearm.
OfReg shuts down sales at North Side gas station
(CNS): The utility regulator has shut down the sales of fuel at Jack’s Esso II in North Side over its failure to comply with an environmental data request. The suspension of fuel operations came into effect Monday, OfReg officials said, because of the absence of essential data to allow the regulator to assess conditions at […]
No confidence debate gets off to slow start
(CNS): The opposition leader called on members of the PACT bench to start the process of forming a new government by voting theirs down Tuesday in parliament. Roy McTaggart said there were two ways that could happen, one was for some PACT members to cross the floor and join a Progressives led coalition and the […]
11-year-old runaway found, teens still missing
(CNS): Kiara Watson (11) who was missing for almost two weeks has been found safe and well. The RCIPS said Kiara was located and found to be in good health with the assistance of the public on 12 November and has since been returned home. Meanwhile, police said Jahsmine Ebanks (16) and Joshua Whittaker (15) […]
BT man charged with catalog of crimes
(CNS): A 33-year-old-man from Bodden Town has been charged with eight offences after he was arrested last week following the abduction of a woman from her George Town home. According to the RCIPS the crimes all relate to an incident with a woman he knew in October.
Civil servants learning to detect fraud
(CNS): Civil servants from four government ministries — the Ministry of Border Control and Labour; Ministry of Planning, Agriculture, Housing and Infrastructure; the Ministry of Home Affairs; and the Ministry of Investment, Innovation and Social Development — are currently in intense training workshops focused on detecting and preventing fraud, corruption and bribery.
Storm brewing in southwestern Caribbean
(CNS): A broad area of low pressure expected to form over the southwestern Caribbean Sea in a few days may impact the Cayman Islands towards the end of this week. The National Hurricane Centre in Miami said the gradual development of this system could see a tropical depression forming as it moves northeastward across western […]
Robbery suspect arrested in stolen car
(CNS): Police have arrested a 43-year-old man from George Town after he was found driving a Honda Fit that police suspect was used in a recent robbery. The car had been stolen in September and the licence plates it was displaying were not registered to that vehicle, a common practice by those using cars to […]
Visitor dies while swimming at Rum Point
(CNS): A 52-year-old man who was visiting the Cayman Islands from Canada died while in the water in Rum Point on Friday afternoon, police have said. The man was reportedly found unconscious in the water and was brought to the boat he had been on by members of the public, who then administered CPR.
Van driver killed after crashing into pole
(CNS): The driver of an Island Supply van died Saturday afternoon after he crashed into a concrete CUC pole on Bodden Town Road between Bronte Way and Longfellow Circle in Midland Acres. The man was taken to hospital following the single-vehicle crash and was pronounced dead later in the evening.
King at all costs?
101 writes: Wayne Panton’s reign as Cayman Islands premier faces an inevitable early end unless a miracle surfaces over the next week or so. His PACT Government, ironically, doesn’t seem to have been kept together by any sort of ‘pact’ at all or anything remotely close to a consistent, agreed set of policies or principles.
