Archive for March 18th, 2024
Victim attacked and mugged on George Town street
(CNS): A man was mugged by a group of three people in the early hours of Sunday morning in George Town. The man told police officers who responded to the report around 1:00am that he had been attacked by two men and a woman, who stole his wallet containing both Cayman and American dollars as […]
CINICO offers car insurance, home cover soon come
(CNS): Almost two years after the government-owned Cayman Islands National Insurance Company (CINICO) announced that it would begin offering more than just health coverage to civil servants and locals who cannot get coverage in the private sector, it has begun offering motor insurance to all Cayman residents. This expansion of services will be followed shortly […]
Expat walks free despite importing 3 unlicensed guns
(CNS): Prosecutors have dropped the case against Anton Parygin (45), a Canadian-Israeli-Russian citizen who arrived in the Cayman Islands in early 2022 with three unlicensed guns, despite being told by the police that he could not lawfully bring the weapons here until he had secured licences. In court on Friday, the crown officially stopped the […]
Seriously injured man taken to hospital by passing car
(CNS) Police have opened an investigation into a serious assault that happened on Linwood Street in the centre of George Town around 6:00am on Saturday. The RCIPS said that the victim “fled the location on foot and sought assistance from a passing vehicle on Shedden Road, who transported him to the hospital immediately”. The man, […]
School cancelled over leaking chiller system
(CNS): The Clifton Hunter High School in Frank Sound has been closed today, Monday, due to a major underground leak in the pipes carrying chilled water to the air conditioning system, the Ministry of Education and the Department of Education Services said in a joint release. While all in-person classes have been cancelled because all […]