Archive for July, 2024
$500k contract signed for work on George Town park
(CNS) UPDATED – 23 July: The tourism ministry has now responded to CNS questions about the cost of the Scranton Park project. Earlier this month a contract as signed with Robson Construction to build the first part of Phase 1 of the new government-owned park located behind the Government Administration Building and officials have now […]
Royal Navy ship offers back-up for storm season
(CNS): The Royal Navy vessel HMS Trent arrived in Cayman waters on Friday after Governor Jane Owen, on behalf of the National Hazard Management Executive, made an official request for assistance in the face of Hurricane Beryl’s projected arrival. While the support was not needed this time, the vessel has been deployed in the region […]
Victim stabbed on Cayman Brac Public Beach
(CNS): A man is in hospital recovering from multiple stab wounds while another is in police custody after a stabbing in the early hours of Sunday morning at the public beach on South Side West Road on Cayman Brac. Police said they were called to the scene at about 1:30am where they learned a man […]
Armed robber flees on bicycle after restaurant stick-up
(CNS): The RCIPS has begun an investigation into an armed robbery at a restaurant on Eastern Avenue, George Town, which took place early Monday. Just after 1am, the police received a report that a member of staff at the restaurant was preparing to close for the night when a masked robber appeared through the food […]
Bush found not guilty in historic rape case
(CNS): It took the jury of four women and three men little more than one hour on Monday afternoon to find McKeeva Bush (MP) not guilty of rape and sexual assault. As the foreman delivered the verdict at around 3:20pm, he said that it was unanimous. Bush then told the court he intended to call […]
Bush not immune from prosecution, says crown
(CNS): As Eloise Marshall KC summed up the crown’s case against McKeeva Bush for rape and sexual assault, she told the jury that the former premier of the Cayman Islands is not immune from prosecution. In court on Friday, the prosecutor asked the jury to consider not just the content of the evidence given by […]
One man stabbed and killed, suspect arrested
(CNS): The RCIPS has opened a murder investigation following a fatal stabbing in the Windsor Park area of George Town on Sunday morning. At around 9:30am, officers were called to the scene where a man had been fatally wounded. One man has been arrested on suspicion of murder in relation to the incident and remains […]
Oil tanker under inspection before it returns to sea
(CNS): The oil tanker that ran aground while delivering diesel to Cayman Brac on Saturday, 6 July, is now anchored off the coast of Grand Cayman, the Department of Environment and Cayman Islands Coast Guard have said. After temporary repairs were made to its damaged hull, the Sea Elephant left the Brac on Thursday afternoon […]
DEH worker injured after falling into container
(CNS): A woman working at the George Town landfill was injured on Friday morning when she slipped and fell into one of the containers at the 24-hour landfill drop-off facility. The Department of Environmental Health said the worker sustained minor injuries. The emergency services were immediately contacted, and she was taken to the hospital for […]
Cabinet OKs ‘damaging’ East End shoreline project
(CNS): Cabinet has granted a coastal works licence for a groyne and the excavation of swim areas along the beachfront of the Wyndham Reef Resort in East End despite clear recommendations from the Department of Environment several years ago that the application should be denied because of the potential damage to the marine environment and […]
‘A bunch of you put her up to this’ Bush tells prosecutor
(CNS): As his trial continued Thursday, McKeeva Bush MP emphatically and persistently denied a historical sexual assault allegation when he took the stand to give evidence in his own defence. In an often combative and angry exchange with prosecutor Eloise Marshall KC during cross-examination, Bush repeatedly said that the incident, as described by the woman, […]
