Archive for February, 2024
Trust backs NCA as development outpaces conservation
(CNS): The National Trust for the Cayman Islands has hit out at those claiming development is being fettered by conservation legislation. The long-established non-profit organisation, which has a permanent seat on the National Conservation Council, has said that it is difficult, if not impossible, to see how the National Conservation Act is stopping development, given […]
CAL’s 2023 passenger load bigger than pre-COVID
(CNS): The national flag carrier of the Cayman Islands, Cayman Airways Limited (CAL), carried more passengers last year than it did in 2019, the last full year before the borders were closed in 202 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In a press release this week, CAL said it transported 422,189 passengers in 2023 compared with […]
UPM failure to appoint member stalls PAC’s work
(CNS): The Public Accounts Committee was supposed to review the latest report by the Office of the Auditor General on Thursday. However, the meeting was adjourned until March because the five-member committee did not have a quorum (three members plus the chairman), not least because it is currently one member short. The OAG report to […]
GT woman arrested on suspicion of Brac stabbing
(CNS): A 46-year-old woman has been arrested at her home address in George Town on suspicion of stabbing a man during a fight at La Esperanza bar on Watering Place Road, Cayman Brac, on 28 January. Police said the woman, who was arrested for assault GBH, was taken into custody on Grand Cayman at 6pm […]
CBC cargo office set to re-open after plumbing trouble
(CNS): The Customs and Border Control (CBC) Cargo Processing Office on Owen Roberts Drive in George Town, which was forced to close early on Wednesday due to a plumbing problem, was expected to re-open Thursday morning at 8:30am. According to a CBC release, Public Works was enlisted to remedy the situation and pave the way for […]
Men charged with burglary appear in court
(CNS): Two men appeared in court Wednesday in connection with two different burglaries. Police said they had charged a 48-year-old man from North Side with burglary following his arrest on Monday in connection with a West Bay break-in. The man is accused of stealing a number of undisclosed items from a residential storage area on […]
Soil scandal trial to open against former NHDT chair
(CNS): A jury of six women and one man has been selected to hear the crown’s case against Geoffry William Ebanks (47), the former chairperson of the National Housing and Development Trust (NHDT), who has been charged with two counts of corruption in relation to a ‘soil scandal’ at the North Side affordable housing site. […]
