Archive for March, 2024
Killers ‘deeply remorseful’ as they await sentence
(CNS): Lawyers representing Justin Kyle Jackson (25) and Eric Brian Williams Soto (23) told the court their clients were “deeply remorseful” about the death of Harry Elliott (63), who was shot and killed by Jackson during an attempted robbery at an illegal numbers shop on School Road in April 2022. In November last year, Jackson […]
Police name woman killed in Cayman Brac crash
(CNS) UPDATED FRIDAY: The RCIPS has confirmed the identity of the woman who died in the fatal collision on Cayman Brac on 20 March. Dulce Elizabeth Rodriguez Rojas (30), a Mexican national living on Cayman Brac, died after a single-vehicle collision on South Side Road, west of the Bluff Road and close to Beach Club, […]
$1M set aside to start low-cost homes on the Bluff
(CNS): Four years since the Sister Islands Affordable Housing Development Corporation last built an affordable home on Cayman Brac, it will soon begin building two new housing developments on Bluff land purchased by the Cayman Islands Government. Over CI$1 million has been allocated over the next two years to build the developments, named The Highlands […]
Survey launched to help UPM with housing challenge
(CNS): Almost two years after the government established a cross-ministerial task force to examine the housing crisis in the Cayman Islands and develop a policy, it is now seeking ideas from the public. Fuelled by competing demands and exceptionally high prices, the housing market in Cayman has become unaffordable for almost all but the very […]
GT traffic light upgrade fails during morning commute
(CNS): Upgrade work to traffic signals carried out at the weekend by the National Roads Authority (NRA) caused some delays during Monday’s morning commute at the intersection of Bobby Thomas Way and Smith Road after the new system failed. However, it was quickly rectified, and officials said the “significant upgrades” to the traffic light infrastructure, […]
Four accused of sophisticated $500k+ bank burglary
(CNS): Almost eight years after burglars made off with over CI$500,000 from the Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) in George Town in a sophisticated inside job, prosecutors opened their case against four people on Tuesday after a long and complex police inquiry involving “cutting edge investigatory techniques”. David Samuel Bodden Jr, who worked at the […]
Suspect flees after chopping man in Camana Bay
(CNS): The RCIPS has reported three violent incidents over the weekend. A man was chopped with a machete during a fight on Market Street in Camana Bay, George Town, around 7:40pm on Saturday night. The police were told that the men, who were known to each other, engaged in an altercation, during which one of […]
Choice of national dish leaves bad taste for some
(CNS): Since CNS published an article last week about the additions to the list of national symbols, readers have been debating the Cayman Islands Government’s decision to make Turtle Stew the official national dish, and most of the 200+ comments on the story were about this choice. Many were surprised that an endangered species was […]
Number of work permit holders reaches new record
(CNS): After a slight decline at the end of last year, the number of work permit holders in the Cayman Islands, as of 11 March, reached a new record high of 36,972. According to a freedom of information request made by local attorneys HSM, this is an increase of 1,529 new permit holders since the […]
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 […]
