Archive for September, 2024
Ed ministry makes acting deputy chief job official
(CNS) Jerome McCoy, who has been acting as the deputy chief officer with responsibility for adult education and public libraries at the Ministry of Education for more than a year, has been officially appointed after an open recruitment process. The Caymanian civil servant has been with the ministry for over a decade, working as a […]
Drug council promotes acting director to top job
(CNS): Brenda Watson has been appointed as the new director of the National Drug Council following an open recruitment process, marking a new chapter in the organisation’s ongoing efforts to enhance its impact on public health and education around substance misuse, officials said. Watson, who has been with the NDC for ten years and has […]
Baby turtles don’t need help to make it to sea
(CNS): The Department of Environment is urging the public not to try to help or interfere with baby turtles as they hatch from their nests. The experts explained that the little creatures don’t need help, and attempting to dig them out of the sand can cause more harm than good. Only DoE teams are authorized […]
Men wounded in violent altercation, one arrested
(CNS): Two men involved in a fight at a residential address off Northward Road in Bodden Town both ended up in hospital with head injuries on Sunday evening. One of the men, a 34-year-old resident of George Town, was armed with a machete and a hammer when he started the altercation.
Machete-wielding robber strikes at Al La Kebab
(CNS): Police are on the hunt for a man who held up the Al La Kebab restaurant at Marquee Plaza on Lawrence Boulevard in George Town on Sunday night. At around 10:15pm, a tall, slim man wearing a mask and wielding a machete approached the food hut and demanded money. He made off from the […]
Bellafonte found guilty of 2021 double murder
(CNS): Wayne Alphanso Bellafonte Jr (33) was found guilty on Monday of murdering Mark Andre Ebanks (36) and Eldon Charles Walton (55) outside the Globe Bar on Martin Drive, George Town, over three years ago. Bellafonte was also convicted of the attempted murder of a third man and possession of an unlicensed firearm. This was the […]
Suspect gunman bailed, victim remains critical
(CNS): The 39-year-old George Town man who was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder relating to a shooting in the parking lot of Banana’s Bar off Eastern Avenue in George Town early Saturday morning has been bailed. The victim, a George Town man who was shot multiple times, remains in hospital in a critical but […]
Dart NPO gives cash to police and border control
(CNS): R3 Cayman Foundation, a non-profit organisation established by Ken Dart in 2020 with $1 million seed money during the COVID-19 pandemic to focus on navigating disasters and emergencies, has given over US$76,000 to the RCIPS and almost US$252,000 to Customs and Border Control. In a departure from the NPO’s founding purpose, the money is […]
Minister appeals for more land for George Town park
(CNS): Tourism Minister Kenneth Bryan has appealed to landowners who may be considering selling property adjacent or close to land the Cayman Islands Government has acquired in George Town Central to come to his ministry before putting their land on the market so that Scranton Park can be expanded. At the official groundbreaking for the […]
Gov’t motion for cruise vote filed with parliament
(CNS): A government motion dated 26 August has been filed with the parliament, which sets the groundwork for the proposed referendum on cruise facilities. According to the motion, the government wants to ask Caymanians a very broad question: “Should the Cayman Islands develop cruise berthing infrastructure?” The motion, which is expected to be debated when […]
OfReg admits Maya-1 Cable had been damaged
(CNS): OfReg has said that an outage on a section of the Maya-1 undersea cable, which provides the Cayman Islands with international internet connections, has been resolved. An offshore repair was carried out in Mexico last week by the cable ship Wave Sentinel and a cable repair team, which restored full traffic service, officials stated. […]
