Local News
Jobless locals asked to sign on for NiCE clean-up
(CNS): The infrastructure ministry will be funding a shorter than usual National Community Enhancement Winter (NiCE) Project this Christmas. The clean-up will offer jobless Caymanians just ten days work between 4 and 15 December, and unemployed locals can sign up now.
Police say missing woman has been located
(CNS) UPDATED FRIDAY: Marilen Reyes-Gil (49), who was reported missing to police on Thursday, 9 November, has been located and appears to be in good health, the RCIPS said, following a public appeal for help tracking her down. No details about how or where the woman was located have been released but the police thanked […]
Witnesses wanted to fatal and serious crashes
(CNS): Following another bad holiday weekend on local roads, the police are appealing for witnesses as they now investigate the serious collision between a silver Chevrolet Colorado and a silver Honda Fit at Grand Harbour, as well as a crash in Bodden Town where the driver was killed after he smashed into a concrete CUC […]
CICG rescues seven migrants from raft
(CNS): The Cayman Islands Coast Guard rescued a group of migrants at sea last night after its Operations Rescue Coordination Centre (ORCC) was notified of a raft adrift some 20 nautical miles northeast of Grand Cayman. According to a social media post, the coastguard set off in one of its patrol vessels, found the raft […]
Appeal court knocks back CPA’s Privy Council bid
(CNS): The Cayman Islands Court of Appeal has rejected an application by the Central Planning Authority to take the controversial ‘Boggy Sand Cabana’ case to the Privy Council. But the government v. government courtroom battle that pitched the CPA and the National Conservation Council against each other on the public purse’s dime is probably not […]
Woman gang raped at gunpoint
(CNS): Police have said that a woman was raped by several men at gunpoint on Monday morning. The woman was offered a ride by a group of three men, one of whom she knew, while she waited at a bus stop in Savannah. But when she got into the small car, the men drove her […]
OfReg shuts down sales at North Side gas station
(CNS): The utility regulator has shut down the sales of fuel at Jack’s Esso II in North Side over its failure to comply with an environmental data request. The suspension of fuel operations came into effect Monday, OfReg officials said, because of the absence of essential data to allow the regulator to assess conditions at […]
No confidence debate gets off to slow start
(CNS): The opposition leader called on members of the PACT bench to start the process of forming a new government by voting theirs down Tuesday in parliament. Roy McTaggart said there were two ways that could happen, one was for some PACT members to cross the floor and join a Progressives led coalition and the […]
11-year-old runaway found, teens still missing
(CNS): Kiara Watson (11) who was missing for almost two weeks has been found safe and well. The RCIPS said Kiara was located and found to be in good health with the assistance of the public on 12 November and has since been returned home. Meanwhile, police said Jahsmine Ebanks (16) and Joshua Whittaker (15) […]
BT man charged with catalog of crimes
(CNS): A 33-year-old-man from Bodden Town has been charged with eight offences after he was arrested last week following the abduction of a woman from her George Town home. According to the RCIPS the crimes all relate to an incident with a woman he knew in October.
Storm brewing in southwestern Caribbean
(CNS): A broad area of low pressure expected to form over the southwestern Caribbean Sea in a few days may impact the Cayman Islands towards the end of this week. The National Hurricane Centre in Miami said the gradual development of this system could see a tropical depression forming as it moves northeastward across western […]
