Archive for March 6th, 2025
Armed, masked man robs George Town mini-mart
(CNS): Police have opened yet another robbery investigation after a masked man, armed with a machete, made off with an undisclosed quantity of cash after threatening a shop clerk at a convenience store on Mary Street on Tuesday evening. The robber was tall with a medium build and a dark complexion, and wore a hat, […]
DoE promotes need for science in managing environment
(CNS): The three Cayman Islands have the largest remaining active Nassau grouper spawning aggregation site in the region. They also have an increasing nesting population of wild sea turtles and have brought the iconic blue iguana back from the brink of extinction. All of this and more has been achieved because of science-based decisions.
Soaring healthcare costs pose major risk to public purse
(CNS): Whichever group of candidates forms the next government, they will be faced with significant pressure from the public to reduce the cost of living, tackle the immigration conundrum, improve education standards and address the housing and over-development crises. But the biggest headache of all might prove to be the government’s growing healthcare tab for […]
Welcome gets ten years for home invasion
(CNS): Roland Welcome (33) was sentenced Tuesday to a decade behind bars, having been found guilty of a violent home-invasion last year. However, his time in HMP Northward is likely to be much longer as he is also awaiting sentence for a more recent conviction for conspiracy to murder Sven Connor. Welcome failed to appear […]
Tipped garbage may have caused Brac dump blaze
(CNS): Government officials said Tuesday evening that the fire at the Cayman Brac landfill that afternoon had been brought under control without causing injury to anyone or damage to property. When Department of Environmental Health (DEH) staff saw the smoke and open flames, they called the Cayman Islands Fire Service, and crews arrived to begin […]
