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Lawyer’s ‘sexts’ lead to client’s successful appeal
(CNS): A Jamaican woman who was convicted of wounding in 2022 following a brawl at the beauty parlour where she worked was acquitted by the Cayman Islands Court of Appeal on Friday as a result of the behaviour of her defence lawyer. Aisha Jamilah English (33), who was found guilty of stabbing a colleague, appealed […]
GT roadworks spill over into Monday traffic chaos
(CNS): A late concrete delivery created challenges for drivers around Central George Town on Monday morning after roadworks on the capital’s revamp spilled over from the weekend until noon. The road closures, including the junction of Edward Street and Fort Street, were scheduled to end on Sunday, but the necessary concrete did not arrive until […]
Turner begins work on health plan 3 years into the job
(CNS): The Ministry of Health and Wellness will launch a one-month consultation period on 1 May to help determine a national health strategy, some three years after Sabrina Turner took up the portfolio in April 2021. The consultation will help develop an overarching guiding document for the Cayman Islands that defines the ten-year strategic directions […]
RCIPS warns owners of continuing car break-ins
(CNS): The police are seeing an increase in the number of reports of thefts from vehicles, either because they have been left insecure or because thieves smash vehicle windows and steal items left inside. Commonly stolen items include tools, jewellery, electronics and money. Chief Superintendent Brad Ebanks said such crimes were opportunistic, where unlocked vehicles […]
ESO prepares to begin labour and quality of life surveys
(CNS): The Spring Labour Force Survey (LFS) and the Quality of Life Survey (QLS) conducted by the Economics and Statistics Office will begin on Sunday, 28 April, and the ESO is urging people to take part as the Cayman Islands continues the quest to improve data collection. The LFS seeks information on employed and unemployed […]
Violence plagues East End over the weekend
(CNS): Police officers in East End dealt with a stabbing and attempted arson in two separate incidences on Saturday evening, 20 April. Shortly before 8:20pm, a 52-year-old man from the district was arrested after the police received a report of attempted arson at a residence on John McLean Drive. The RCIPS said that officers on […]
UPM green-lights new 2045 target in energy policy
(CNS): Cabinet has finally approved an updated National Energy Policy more than seven months after the draft was published. In a press release about the decision to accept the revised and more ambitious plan, drafted under Wayne Panton as the sustainability minister, the Cayman Islands Government acknowledged that the process needs to move more quickly, […]
Numbers shop killers get 10 and 14 years jail time
(CNS): Justin Kyle Jackson (24) will serve 14 years and one month in prison while Eric Williams Soto (23) will serve ten years for the manslaughter of retired prison officer Harry Elliott and the possession of a loaded illegal gun during a botched robbery at a numbers shop, run by an ex-cop, on School Road […]
Gunman claimed he was in fear for his life
(CNS): Justin Kyle Jackson, who alongside Eric Soto is expected to be sentenced on Friday for the manslaughter of retired prison officer Harry Elliott, told the police that days after that fatal shooting, he was armed with a different gun to the one that killed Elliott because he was in fear for his life. Caine […]
Local unemployment up to 5% even as workforce grows
(CNS): Unemployment statistics appear to be going in the wrong direction, according to the latest numbers from the Economics and Statistics office. The Labour Force Survey (LFS) Fall 2023 Report shows that the overall unemployment rate was 3.3% in October last year, but the number of Caymanians out of work had increased to 5% (357 more people) […]
Crown says man used Snapchat to groom teenage girl
(CNS): A 24-year-old man used the social media platform Snapchat, which deletes messages, pictures and videos within 24 hrs of them being viewed, to groom a 13-year-old girl whom he later raped in a hotel bathroom, according to the crown. As prosecutor Sarah Lewis opened the case against the man on Thursday, she told the […]
