Archive for February, 2025
Two back-to-back shootings reported in West Bay
(CNS): Police have arrested three men for attempted murder in connection with two shootings that occurred within half an hour of each other early Saturday morning in West Bay. A security guard was shot in the foot at a construction site on Birth Tree Hill Road at around 1:30am. Thirty minutes later, vehicles in the […]
Public help cops net two drivers on suspicion of DUI
(CNS): The police arrested two drivers over the weekend who were more than two times over the legal limit for alcohol after members of the public called 911 to report erratic and dangerous drivers on the roads in George Town. On Saturday afternoon, a call was made about a seemingly intoxicated driver travelling on Crewe […]
Ombudsman confirms increasing complaints against CIG
(CNS): Sharon Roulstone, the first ombudsman in the Cayman Islands who is a Caymanian, told MPs on Wednesday about the many challenges her office is dealing with as the workload is growing due in no small part to the increasing complaints about the government. Roustone was appearing before the first ever public meeting of the […]
Road rage results in teen’s arrest but video shows he wasn’t aggressor
(CNS): A road rage incident on Rex Creighton Blvd during Wednesday evening’s rush hour traffic may have resulted in the police arresting the wrong man. A 17-year-old boy was arrested, and a 72-year-old man from North Side was warned for intended prosecution for the offence of common assault. However, the incident was caught on camera […]
PPM loses candidate as clock ticks on Nomination Day
(CNS): The Progressives party has lost one of the new candidates it was hoping to field on Election Day. With just eleven days to go before Nomination Day, when all candidates must declare their intention to run, Josh Parsons is stepping away from the political fray, leaving the party with just seven candidates. Parsons was […]
One man chopped during Brac barroom brawl
(CNS): A fight at La Esperanza bar on Watering Place Road, Cayman Brac, on Saturday evening left one man in hospital with machete wounds. Two men, aged 28 and 31, both residents of the Brac, were arrested on suspicion of assault GBH. They have both been granted bail with conditions pending further investigation.
New parliamentary rules introduce Question Time
(CNS): After almost 50 years, members of parliament have passed a new set of Standing Orders, the rules that govern the proceedings in the House, which are expected to modernise and streamline its business. The new orders introduce fixed days and new hours for parliament to sit, a two-month recess in the summer and a […]
Poll: Who should be the next premier?
(CNS): There are three political parties competing for power in the upcoming elections, and each party wants to see their leader as the next premier. But unless one of the parties ends up with a strong majority of ten, consisting of their own MPs and close associates, a coalition government at the end of the […]
Police urge owners to lock up vehicles as thefts spike
(CNS): Since December 2024, there has been an increase in the number of reports about stolen vehicles, mostly cars, including some rentals, but also motorbikes, scooters and jet skis, the RCIPS said in a press release. Most of the thefts are in George Town and West Bay, but other areas are also affected. Police are urging […]
Ministry plants 710 trees as 100s more lost to development
(CNS): The sustainability ministry has planted 710 native and endemic trees on the grounds of government primary schools and public spaces across the islands since the National Tree Planting Programme started three years ago. But over the same period, hundreds more trees have been lost to development, including mature trees that have been cleared from […]
Tour bus grounded for lack of air-conditioning
(CNS): A Public Transport Unit (PTU) inspector grounded a tour bus in George Town on Monday because there was no air-conditioning in the bus. Footage circulating on social media showed an angry driver confronting the PTU officer after the inspector had removed passengers from his bus. According to planning ministry officials, the main role of […]
