Archive for September, 2024
Police begin another crackdown on rogue drivers
(CNS): The RCIPS has launched its third road safety campaign for the year as police and other government agencies continue efforts to improve the poor standard of driving on local roads. More than 60 collisions are reported each week, and the aim is to reduce serious injuries and fatalities and encourage safer driving behaviour.
MRCU deploys Buffalo Turbine to combat mozzie surge
(CNS): With the increase in mosquito numbers due to heavy rain last week, the Mosquito Research and Control Unit (MRCU) is deploying its Buffalo Turbine on Monday night from 8pm around the centre of George Town. In the early hours of Tuesday morning, it will be using the equipment to spray around the industrial area. […]
Suspected dealer arrested in routine traffic stop
(CNS): A 38-year-old woman from East End was arrested for possession of ganja with intent to supply after a routine traffic check on Shamrock Road on Sunday afternoon. Shortly before 4.30pm on 29 September, a police officer conducting traffic checks in the vicinity of Ocean Club observed an expired number plate on an approaching Silver […]
Fairness of cruise vote questioned in absence of law
(CNS): The Cayman Islands Government’s failure to draft legislation for the regulation of referendums initiated by the CIG or the people means the proposed national vote on cruise berthing facilities, a legalised lottery, and the decriminalisation of ganja use may not be fairly conducted. Activists from Cruise Port Referendum Cayman (CPR) have called on the […]
Appeal court upholds DJ’s rape conviction
(CNS): Local DJ Renato Rolando Harris (41) has failed in his bid to get his 2022 conviction for rape overturned after the Cayman Islands Court of Appeal found “no proper ground to disturb the finding of fact made by the trial judge” in this case. According to the findings of the court, Harris raped the […]
Missing teens found safe and well after appeal
(CNS) UPDATED: The police have now confirmed that both teenagers who went missing last week have been found safe and well and returned to their current place of residence. Naima Calita Tatum (14) and Aaliyah Carter Wright (16) were located shortly after the police issued an appeal to the public to help track the runaways […]
Cayman faces more heavy rain as another storm brews
(CNS): The Cayman Islands could be facing more heavy rain throughout this week as a large and disorganized area of low pressure located over the western and southwestern Caribbean Sea could form into a storm as it passes our area. The weather service has issued an advisory for the system that the National Hurricane Centre […]
Masked men rob WB grocery shop at knifepoint
(CNS): Police are on the lookout for two tall, slim men who robbed the McRuss grocery store on Mount Pleasant Road in West Bay shortly before 4:00am Saturday. It was reported that two masked men entered the shop armed with bladed weapons and demanded money from the staff. After taking an undisclosed quantity of cash, […]
Deadline looms for voters to make New Year register
(CNS): The proposed referendum on cruise berthing facilities and two other questions will be held on the same day as the 2025 General Election, the government has now confirmed. Those eligible to vote who want to have a say on all or any of the questions, as well as who will represent them in parliament, […]
Two more questions to be added to 2025 referendum
(CNS): Officials have confirmed that the government will hold a referendum on the same day as the General Election, and there will be two more questions in addition to the one asking if Cayman should build a cruise pier. According to the Ministry of Tourism and Ports, Cabinet has approved the change of date, revealed […]
Living through Ivan, remembering the storm
(CNS): As Hurricane Helene, which passed the Cayman Islands as a tropical storm, slams Florida with Category 4 winds and up to 20-foot storm surge, we can reflect on how we have once again dodged a major bullet. We weren’t always so lucky. In September 2004, Grand Cayman was hit by Hurricane Ivan, and four […]
