Archive for January 20th, 2025

Officials out in force to handover church shelter in BT

Officials out in force to handover church shelter in BT

| 20/01/2025 | 55 Comments

(CNS): What began as a church hurricane shelter project decades ago, which has since been largely funded by the public purse, was handed back to the congregation last week with a ceremony that attracted a huddle of MPs and government officials. Planning Minister Jay Ebanks made the official handover of the newly constructed Bodden Town […]

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Driving in Cayman

Driving in Cayman

| 20/01/2025 | 74 Comments

Road Safety Advocate writes: Being a road user in the Cayman Islands is becoming an increasingly dangerous activity. When I say “road user”, I am not just referring to drivers — I mean pedestrians, cyclists, motorcyclists, scooter riders and electric bike users too.

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Anonymous witness points finger at Rankine as killer

Anonymous witness points finger at Rankine as killer

| 20/01/2025

(CNS): An anonymous witness in the trial of Antascio Rankine (30) and Roland Welcome (30), who are accused of murdering Sven Connor, insisted that they were not mistaken when they saw Rankine involved in a serious altercation with the victim minutes before he was shot dead. Only the judge and the jury could see the […]

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ReGen exit talks to drag on as Cabinet grants extension

ReGen exit talks to drag on as Cabinet grants extension

| 20/01/2025 | 49 Comments

(CNS): The minority UPM government has extended the deadline to end the failed deal that the PPM administration entered into ahead of the 2021 elections with a Dart-led consortium to develop a waste-to-energy facility and manage the Cayman Islands’ rubbish. Last summer, Katherine Ebanks-Wilks, the sustainability minister at the time, announced that the government was […]

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Police net 40 speeders in one day across eastern districts

Police net 40 speeders in one day across eastern districts

| 20/01/2025 | 31 Comments

(CNS): RCIPS officers issued 40 tickets to speeders in a one-day operation last week focused on drivers between Bodden Town and North Side. Following the regular holiday seasonal crackdown on rogue drivers, the traffic unit said they would continue targeted traffic enforcement initiatives into the new year.

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