Archive for June, 2024
DoT defends $12.3M PR and ad agency deals
(CNS): The Department of Tourism has defended the decision to sign contracts, collectively worth $12.3 million, with a public relations firm and an advertising agency, a move that led to considerable public comment. The two deals cover a five-year period and will promote the destination in North America and around the world. The DoT noted […]
National Trust issues warning about gutting NCA
(CNS): The National Trust for the Cayman Islands is the latest organisation to issue a warning about the government’s plans to gut the National Conservation Act to essentially make development of all kinds even easier than it already is. In a statement issued on behalf of the Trust board and staff in response to the […]
‘Road rage’ killer walks free after jury acquits
(CNS): Bryan Roy Welcome (42) was found not guilty of murdering his grocery business associate, Omar Ryan (34), last summer when he ran over him in a warehouse parking lot following an altercation. After less than four hours of deliberation, the jury returned the unanimous not guilty verdict to murder and confirmed they had also […]
Cayman to bid formal final farewell to first DG
(CNS): The government has released the details of the official proceedings relating to the death of the country’s first deputy governor, Donovan Ebanks. The former head of the civil service died on Sunday, 2 June, at the age of 72, twelve years after he retired from the top job in administrative government. The formal national […]
Gutting the NCC is gutting the NCA through the backdoor
#DontPaveParadise writes: For the past month or so, there have been numerous news articles, social posts and widely circulated electronic messages that suggest that the UPM Government is going to bring amendments to the National Conservation Act (NCA) or, without bringing the matter to Parliament, summarily alter Schedule 2 of that Act, which deals with […]
Tropical wave may bring more local flooding
(CNS) UPDATED FRIDAY MORNING: Officials said that Cayman can expect up to one inch of rain over the next 24hrs in a weather bulletin issued at around 10am Friday. Higher than normal tides are causing saltwater intrusion in some areas and increasing the risk of flooding in other low-lying areas across the Islands. Conditions are […]
NCC chair has ‘grave concerns’ about NCA changes
(CNS): Stuart Mailer, chairperson of the National Conservation Council, has said that members have “grave concerns” about possible changes to the National Conservation Act and the misinformation campaign designed to discredit the law and the work of both the NCC and the scientists it depends on at the Department of Environment. As he opened the […]
Midwife and former CoP receive royal gongs
(CNS): Susan Doak, a local midwife of many years who retired last year after 45 years of service with the hospital, delivering over 1,270 babies, was awarded an MBE in the King’s Birthday Honours list this weekend. Meanwhile, Derek Byrne, who served as the Commissioner of Police in the Cayman Islands for nearly seven years, […]
Masked man robs restaurant armed with machete
(CNS): The police have opened an investigation after an early morning armed robbery at a restaurant in George Town early Wednesday morning. Shortly after 4:00am, officers responded to the report of the incident on Eastern Avenue, south of the intersection with Godfrey Nixon Way. It was said that a masked man entered the restaurant carrying […]
CIG throwing party in Singapore for new office
(CNS): Deputy Premier and Financial Services Minister André Ebanks will be overseas next week, leaving on Wednesday to head a delegation travelling to Singapore to open a Cayman Islands office there. The decision to follow through on the office first proposed under the previous PPM-led administration was to “establish and deepen strong public- and private-sector […]
Concerns unlawful land clearance may be quarry
(CNS): The Department of the Environment and the Department of Planning have both raised concerns about an application for after-the-fact land clearing and the excavation of what was partially pristine shrubland and forest off the Queen’s Highway in East End that may actually be for quarrying and not just for farming purposes as claimed.
