Archive for November, 2023
MPs to meet but no-confidence vote may fail
(CNS): On Friday, the PPM secured enough signatures from MPs now sitting on the opposition benches to call a special parliamentary meeting for Tuesday in order to hold a no-confidence vote in the government. However, the vote could still fail. On Saturday, there were indications that they still had not locked in the necessary tenth […]
Driver in ICU after major crash
(CNS): The driver of a silver Honda Fit is in critical condition after an early morning collision on Saturday with a truck on Shamrock Road, by the Grand Harbour Roundabout. Police have not released many details about the crash but said they closed the road immediately afterwards to begin investigations. It has since been re-opened.
Burglar armed with machete kicks in door
(CNS): The RCIPS is investigating a home invasion in the early morning hours of Thursday at a residence in East End. Police said that a burglar, armed with a machete, broke into a house on Seaview Road at around 1:30am, wearing a dirty white marina and shorts. He kicked down an interior door, which hit […]
Ten Cuban migrants returned to Havana
(CNS): Customs and Border Control has deported ten Cuban migrants over the last two weeks on separate trips back to Havana. The ten men were accompanied by CBC officers on two Cayman Airways flights. CBC Director Charles Clifford thanked the officers and the migration management team who processed the Cubans and organised the flights, which, […]
Three young runaways all still missing
(CNS): Police are asking the public to help them find Kiara Watson, who is just 11 years old and has been missing for ten days from a children’s home where she is currently staying. She went missing with Jahsmine Ebanks (16), who has also not been located. Since then, Joshua Whittaker (15) was reported missing […]
PACT looking for ‘sensible’ way forward
(CNS): In an extremely brief statement on Friday, Wayne Panton said the remaining members of PACT were looking for a sensible way forward. He said almost nothing about the turmoil surrounding his government in the wake of the resignation of McKeeva Bush MP yesterday. Despite leading a hung parliament, at 3pm Panton remained as premier.
PPM calls on Panton to go as PACT crumbles
(CNS): The resignation of McKeeva Bush MP (WBW) from the PACT Government on Thursday has left Premier Wayne Panton without a viable government, and he should step down, Opposition Leader Roy McTaggart has said. He added that Panton cannot secure a quorum without opposition support with a hung parliament. As a result, the opposition wants […]
Dengue cases mount due to regional outbreak
(CNS): Local public health officials have confirmed that as of 7 November there have been 18 laboratory confirmed cases of Dengue in the Cayman Islands. Of those, nine were imported cases with the patients having a recent travel history, but the other nine were infected locally. Since the start of the year 97 cases have […]
Mac resigns, leaving PACT in a tight spot
(CNS): McKeeva Bush MP (WBW) has resigned from the PACT Government. Bush sent a letter about his resignation to Governor Jane Owen on Thursday, just before he was due to appear in court for a case management hearing relating to his sexual assault case next month. No official announcements have been made, and CNS has […]
Jamaican murder suspect rounded up in Cayman
(CNS): The RCIPS has deported an unnamed Jamaican man back to the neighbouring island after they were alerted by their law enforcement partners there that a murder suspect had travelled to the Cayman Islands. The RCIPS said that officers worked in collaboration with Customs and Border Control to locate the man, who was detained on […]
CoP worried by ‘insatiable appetite’ for guns
(CNS): Over the last seven years, the RCIPS, with support from Customs and Border Control, has taken 126 illegal guns off the street, including 19 so far this year, countering what Police Commissioner Kurt Walton said was an “insatiable appetite” here for firearms. Concerned about the impact of gun crime, he told a large group […]
