Archive for December, 2023
UPM not prioritising economic decline, says McTaggart
(CNS): In his response to the United People’s Movement budget, delivered on Friday, Opposition Leader Roy McTaggart accused Premier Juliana O’Connor-Connolly and her new team of continuing to ignore the Cayman Islands’ broader economic decline and growing inequality gap, which he implied had emerged during the past two years. He accused the premier of failing […]
Sir Alden warns MPs to be brief in budget debate
(CNS): As the new speaker of the House, Sir Alden McLaughlin, got the budget debate proceedings underway in parliament on Monday, he made it clear that he would be running a tight ship over the coming weeks in order to ensure that the debate and then Finance Committee proceedings would be completed before Christmas morning. […]
Owen promises hostile environment for criminals
(CNS): As Cayman faces a surge of gun-related violence and the police opened their fourth murder investigation of the year, the second in which the victim was shot multiple times, Governor Jane Owen told parliament Friday that she would work with the police to make Cayman a “hostile environment forcriminal activity”. In her Throne Speech […]
Police arrest suspect in East End murder
(CNS): A 27-year-old man from East End has been arrested on suspicion of murdering Sven Brett Connor (42) at his home last week. Connor was shot multiple times at his residence just off Sea View Road at around 10pm on Thursday night. According to an RCIPS release, the suspect was arrested on Saturday, but police […]
Police begin Christmas crime and traffic crackdown
(CNS): The RCIPS began its annual holiday crime and traffic crackdown Friday morning, just as CID began a new murder inquiry in East End. The operation will see an increase in police visibility on the roads and throughout the community in order to keep people safe over the festive season. Even before the launch of […]
More gunshots reported in George Town
(CNS): Police have recovered shell casings in George Town following reports of shots being fired early Friday morning at an address off Anthony Drive. The RCIPS report indicates that the report was not made until Friday afternoon, after which the Armed Response Unit searched the area and found several spent shell casings. The scene was […]
Police confirm identity of body found in East End
(CNS): The police have confirmed that the body found deep in the interior mangrove wetlands of East End last week is Adrian Williamson (26), a Jamaican national who was living in Cayman and reported missing on 6 July 2022. Police had said this week that the remains were clad in a black top and jeans […]
UPM increasing range of fees in 2024/25 budget
(CNS): Premier and Finance Minister Juliana O’Connor-Connolly said her government would increase some taxes or fees over the 2024-25 budget period, such as a rise in duty on electric cars, stamp duty in high-end locations, work permit applications and some General Registry fees. In the Budget Address delivered on Friday afternoon, she outlined an increase […]
East End man gunned down inside his home
(CNS): The RCIPS has opened a murder inquiry after a local man was shot several times at his East End home off Sea View Road on Thursday night. Police have not yet confirmed the identity of the dead man, but CNS has learned from unconfirmed sources that the man is Sven Connor (43), who was […]
Panton injured in an undisclosed accident
(CNS): Former premier Wayne Panton has been involved in an accident, according to a message delivered by Speaker Sir Alden McLaughlin this morning ahead of the Throne Speech and Budget Address in parliament. McLaughlin told members of the House at the very beginning of proceedings that he had received a message indicating that Panton had […]
CCTV shows K9 dog left all day in sun with no water
(CNS): In Summary Court on Wednesday, CCTV footage was shown of how on 9 July 2022, RCIPS canine Baron died after being left out all day in the hot summer sun without access to shade, water or food after the young officer looking after him forgot to open his kennel gate. Timothy Alexander Munroe has […]
