Archive for June 17th, 2025
Basic wage increase for tourism workers on hold
(CNS): Labour Minister Michael Myles has said that a planned increase in the minimum wage for those employed in the tourism industry is on hold. Shortly after the previous administration rejected a 2023 report which advised increasing the basic wage to $8.75 per hour across the board, it announced that the minimum wage for people […]
Appeal court cuts jail time for shutter-fitter scammer
(CNS): Garfield Antonio Robb, who was jailed last year for five years and ordered to pay compensation to the victims he conned out of cash, has had his sentence reduced and the compensation order quashed. Robb was paid to install shutters and patios but never did the work. He stole over $15,000 from at least […]
WB local shop hit in fourth weekend robbery
(CNS): Police are now investigating the fourth robbery that took place last weekend. This one targeted a local grocery store on Stadium Drive around 3:30pm on Sunday. A man described by witnesses as chubby entered the shop brandishing what appeared to be a steel pipe and demanded cash.
Candidates spent almost $2M on election campaign
(CNS): Cayman’s three registered political parties spent well over CI$1.5 million on the 2025 election, according to the expenses returns published Friday by the Elections Office, with independents adding almost half a million more to the tab. The Progressives spent about $700,000, the most of all the parties, on twelve of its 13 candidates and […]
TCCP raised $200k for elections in just three months
(CNS): The Cayman Community Party raised more than $200,000 to fund its election campaign in just a few months after the new political group was formed, according to Premier André Ebanks, the leader of the TCCP. Ebanks said the party had ended the campaign with a deficit of around CI$170,000, a debt that would be […]
