Archive for April, 2024
Cabinet seeks FOI extension for housing report request
(CNS): As the current government’s poor transparency record continues to worsen, the Cabinet Office has asked for another 30 days before releasing any part of a key report and other related documents on the issue of housing. After the government refused to respond to a media request for a copy of the report generated by […]
NRA predicts 57% more traffic at Grand Harbour by 2036
(CNS): The National Roads Authority is predicting that within the next eight years, the traffic at the Grand Harbour Roundabout will have increased by more than 28,000 cars every day, which is a 57% hike in volume. In a proposed road improvement plan examining the corridor between the CUC Roundabout by Kings Sports Centre to […]
Man sustains serious stab wound in George Town bar
(CNS): An unidentified man sustained a serious but non-life-threatening stab wound in the early hours of Friday morning, police have said. The RCIPS is now investigating what happened before the wounded man turned up at an undisclosed business establishment on Eastern Avenue, injured and looking for help, at around 3am. The man was said to […]
Man charged over gun while on early release
(CNS): A 32-year-old man from Bodden Town was remanded in custody after being charged with a catalogue of offences, including possession of an illegal gun, following a police chase last Tuesday, 23 April, in South Sound. The man, who was on licensed early release, had attempted to avoid a police vehicle checkpoint along South Sound […]
PPM: Gov’t lacks plan to tackle local unemployment
(CNS): Opposition Leader Roy McTaggart has questioned why the government has no strategy to address the notable increase in local unemployment figures revealed in a report by the Economic and Statistics Office earlier this month. In a video statement posted on social media, he said there were “things to be concerned about” regarding the number […]
RCIPS to present crime clean-up rates by 2024
(CNS): The 2023 crime report could be the last time that the RCIPS presents its annual statistics without offering some form of detection or crime clean-up rate. Despite the public interest in and the importance of solving crime and bringing perpetrators to justice, the RCIPS has so far been unable to answer questions about how […]
2024 stay-over visitors still below 2019 record numbers
(CNS): Over 137,000 stay-over visitors arrived in the Cayman Islands between January and March of this year, which is the second-highest figure for the first quarter of any year since records began and a 13.4% increase over the 2023 figure. The numbers were boosted because Easter was in March this year, leading to a standout […]
One woman among 21 new fire service recruits
(CNS): After several years of recruitment problems and staff shortages at the Cayman Islands Fire Service, 21 Caymanian recruits have completed 26 weeks of basic training. Officials said the increase in the number of fire officers was long-awaited and necessary. Last year, Cabinet approved a budget allocation to cover the cost of training a new […]
CUC and CREA welcome revised energy policy
(CNS): The Cayman Renewable Energy Association (CREA) and CUC have welcomed the recent publication and Cabinet’s acceptance of the new National Energy Policy and its target of getting Cayman to a 100% renewable energy supply by 2045. After years of disputes, both parties have offered their support to the policy, which requires each of them […]
US fisherman dies after collapsing on boat in port
(CNS): An American citizen travelling from Panama through the Cayman Islands on a fishing boat died at the hospital in George Town on Tuesday night after he collapsed aboard the vessel when it was in port here. Gregg Sowder (64) was reportedly given first aid by a member of the Port Authority staff when the […]
Ex-customs officer’s appeal on drug conviction fails
(CNS): Former customs officer David Lobo (39) must continue to serve a 16-year prison sentence after his appeal against a 2019 conviction for importing almost two kilos of cocaine was rejected on Thursday. In January 2019, Lobo was found guilty of smuggling the drug into the Cayman Islands in liquid form, in condoms and swallowed […]
