Archive for February 12th, 2024
PPM leader attacks minister over tourism figures
(CNS): Opposition Leader Roy McTaggart has taken aim at Tourism Minister Kenneth Bryan over the final tally of visitors in 2023 and what he said was a lack of ambition for the 2024 target. McTaggart said that most of this destination’s regional competitors had already reached their pre-pandemic arrival numbers, while at the end of […]
Visiting judge sworn and jury selected for Bush trial
(CNS): Justice Stanley John has been sworn in by Governor Jane Owen so that he can sit on the Cayman bench to preside over the trial of former premier and former speaker McKeeva Bush. Following a survey of prospective jurors, a panel of seven members and four alternates were selected Monday ahead of the trial, […]
Plane hits and knocks over airport stairs truck at ORIA
(CNS): The Cayman Islands Airports Authority (CIAA) has begun an investigation into how a Delta 737-900 aircraft from Atlanta managed to hit and knock over a stairs truck on the apron at Owen Roberts International Airport on Friday and damage the wing as the plane pulled up to park. Video circulating on social media taken […]
Local driver jailed for 57 months for killing nurse
(CNS): Kesley Arnoldo Martinez-Ebanks (28) was sentenced to four years and nine months in prison last week in relation to a head-on collision in South Sound almost three years ago in which Kiarah Perkins Williams (32) was killed and three other people were injured. Ebank initially denied the charges but then pleaded guilty in August […]
Guns imported through legal ‘loophole’, court finds
(CNS): The crown’s case against Anton Parygin (45), a Russian national with both Canadian and Israeli citizenship, hit shaky ground this week ahead of his scheduled trial. Parygin, who brought three unlicensed guns with him when he moved to the Cayman Islands for work, faces several charges relating to importing and possessing illegal weapons, but […]
DoE stresses problems with current coastal setbacks
(CNS): The Department of Environment has undertaken a review of properties damaged by last week’s powerful Nor’wester, which brought high seas and near galeforce winds. The damage to these coastal structures caused environmental, financial and personal loss, and the DoE has received footage and inquiries about the vulnerability of these properties. In many cases, when […]
