Local News
Gangster brother ‘assassins’ to remain in UK jails
(CNS): Caymanian gangster, brothers Osbourne Douglas(38) and Justin Ramoon(34) will remain in British jails for the foreseeable future after losing the latest leg of a long and winding legal fight to serve their life-sentences for murder back in Cayman. The brothers are serving minimum terms of over thirty years for what was described as the […]
Man arrives at hospital with multiple chop wounds
(CNS): police have opened an investigation into how a man who arrived at the hospital in George Town on Saturday evening at about 6:10 sustained multiple serious wounds to his body. The man had several severe lacerations and his last known location was believed to be a restaurant off Eastern Avenue in George Town. The […]
North Side man due in court over loaded gun
(CNS): Police have charged a 30-year-old unnamed man from North Side after he was arrested on Friday 13 December at the Dolphin’s Plaza on Eastern Avenue when police found a loaded gun and what was suspected to be cocaine was connected to him after a stop and search. At around 3:30AM the Firearm Response Unit was […]
Crooks blows his own world record out of water!
(CNS) UPDATED SUNDAY: Jordan Crooks (22) bagged the gold medal in the men’s 50 metre freestyle final at the 2024 World short-course championships, Sunday. But the Caymanian champ had already swam his way into the history books on Saturday when broke the world record in the freestyle heats in Budapest and then blew that record […]
2025 public holidays released including Election Day
(CNS): The government has revealed the dates for the 13 official public holidays in the Cayman Islands next year, including Wednesday, 30 April, which is anticipated as the date for the general election, and the newly confirmed annual Emancipation Day holiday, which was introduced this year. The King’s Birthday is earmarked for Monday, 23 June, […]
Driver dies in hospital 17 days after crash
(CNS): Police have confirmed that the man involved in a serious two-vehicle collision at the junction of Goring Avenue and Walkers Road in George Town on 24 November died in hospital yesterday, 11 December, over two weeks after the crash took place. The victim was Caymanian Harry Swaby (47), who was admitted to the George […]
Road safety committee repeats appeal to drivers
(CNS): Although repeated calls by the National Road Safety Committee for better driving have apparently fallen on deaf ears, the NRSC has made another urgent appeal to the motoring public to take more care following a sharp increase in traffic collisions. Police recently revealed that crashes spiked to an average of 94 per week over […]
Police seek man accused of sexual assault on bus
(CNS): Police are asking the public to help them find an unidentified man accused of indecently assaulting a woman aboard a public bus on Saturday morning. The man was described as about 6ft tall, with a dark brown complexion and wearing construction clothes. He was travelling on a bus headed to West Bay from George […]
Foster’s embarks on major clean-up after store fire
(CNS): Customers and staff were evacuated from Foster’s Airport supermarket Tuesday lunchtime after an electrical fire in one of the store’s chillers. While the small blaze was quickly extinguished and no one was hurt, the smoke caused damage. Food and exposed plates and cutlery have been removed from counters impacted by the fire, including the […]
Overstayer waiting deportation after raid in ‘Swamp’
(CNS): A 24-year-old Jamaican national found to be living in the Cayman Islands on an expired work permit was arrested last week following a raid in the Swamp area of George Town and is currently in CBC custody awaiting deportation. The police and CBC conducted a raid just off Cypros Road on Thursday in response […]
Cuban migrants rescued from sinking boat by tanker
(CNS): Eight Cuban migrants were rescued by a tanker 18 nautical miles northeast of Grand Cayman last month, Customs and Border Control revealed in a press release Monday. The men were said to be on a vessel that was sinking when they were spotted at around 1:45pm on 28 November. They were taken on board […]
