Archive for November, 2023
Public transport overhaul could cost CI$50M
(CNS): The long-awaited report from Deloitte reviewing the local transport network indicates that replacing the current mismatched private transport system with an electric government-owned and managed fleet, with depots, community routes and bus lanes, could cost at least $50 million. However, this will cut traffic by more than 20%, reduce emissions and create a reliable, […]
Emancipation Day reinstated as May holiday
(CNS): Cabinet has approved the formal recognition of Emancipation Day and reinstated it as a public holiday starting May 2024. The day was previously observed in the Cayman Islands but was replaced with the Constitution Day holiday by the Legislative Assembly in the 1960s. The reinstatement of this day as a national day of observance […]
Drunk driver crashes into armed cop vehicle
(CNS): A drunk driver damaged an RCIPS Firearms Response Unit vehicle early Monday morning while it was on patrol in West Bay in connection with the numerous violent crimes this past weekend. At about 1:15am, the police vehicle was rear-ended by a driver, who was arrested on suspicion of DUI after a roadside breath test […]
Crown: CCTV and DNA tie men to bank robbery
(CNS): CCTV footage of Richard Andre Scott and Mark Alexander Beckett and DNA on the seats and handlebars of the bikes they used will leave the jury in no doubt that the pair are guilty of robbing customers at the Scotiabank branch in South Sound last June, the prosecution has said. As crown counsel Kenneth […]
Man missing after jumping bail
(CNS): The police are asking for the public’s help in locating Daviat Howard Pringle (46) of Bodden Town, who has jumped bail. The RCIPS said that Pringle failed to return on police bail as required by his bail conditions and officers have been unable to locate him. He is of dark complexion and stout build, […]
North Side bar held up at gunpoint
(CNS): Police are investigating yet another armed robbery, this time at an unnamed bar on Frank Side Road, North Side, on Monday evening. The RCIPS said a report was made to 911 at about 9:30pm that a man, armed with a handgun, had made off on foot with an undisclosed quantity of cash after threatening […]
Population, infrastructure and disappointment
Michelle Clark writes: Sometime over the last year, our population hit 85,000, and it seemed to come without much effort. Only a few years ago, we were disgusted that the government of the time was considering actively pursuing a population of 100,000 people. At the end of October, the Prospect Playhouse put tickets on sale […]
Elliott’s family say he was murdered
(CNS): Family members of Harry Elliott Jr, who was gunned down and killed during a robbery gone wrong at a gambling shop in George Town last year, say the verdict of manslaughter was not what they had hoped for. They believe their loved one was a victim of murder. In a statement sent to CNS, […]
Armed muggers rob man at 7MB car park
(CNS): Two men, one armed with a gun and the other a knife, mugged a man in the Seven Mile Public Beach car park on Sunday night, the police have now confirmed. The street robbery topped a weekend of violent crime in which a couple were mugged and badly beaten on a street in West […]
Dredging of North Sound for cheap fill refused
(CNS): A controversial application to dredge the North Sound for a speculative project has been turned down by the Cabinet. Pierce Holdings had applied for a Coastal Works Permit to dredge an access channel offshore of Block 20C Parcel 176 in George Town to generate fill for a proposed private retirement home in West Bay. […]
Over 1,000 turtle nest recorded this season
(CNS): The Department of Environment and its team of volunteers have recorded over 1,000 turtle nests on beaches across Grand Cayman this season, the first time since official monitoring began some 25 years ago. With at least 1,003 nests documented and more unrecorded ‘surprise’ nests turning up after they have hatched, the final count for […]
