Local News
Little Cayman reefs devastated by marine heatwave
(CNS): A survey of reefs around Little Cayman has revealed a shocking decline in coral cover from 26% at the start of 2023 down to less than ten percent by this summer. The devastating loss of coral is down largely to the global bleaching event fuelled by last year’s marine heatwave. The survey by the […]
Escapee who buried child alive tracked down, arrested
(CNS) UPDATED: Travis Webb (left) who escaped from a mental health ward, Monday has been tracked down. Police said he was located and arrested at about 9pm, Tuesday and is currently in police custody. Webb (32) has been held at the George Town Hospital Mental Ward for several years on an open ended court order. […]
Work-permit numbers continue relentless climb
(CNS): The number of work-permit holders in the Cayman Islands reached another record last month when the figure climbed to a new high of 37,678 permits in effect. The news comes as the minority UPM government still hopes to bring amendments to immigration legislation before the end of this parliament. Whether the proposed bill makes […]
Charity farm needs help to keep feeding elderly
(CNS): Police Constable Fabian O’Çonnor who has with the help of major donor Chris Johnson been running a community charity farm in Bodden Town since 2021 said that the non-profit is in need of support to keep giving fresh vegetables and fruit to the elderly and others residents in need. Following a recent donation of […]
Motorbike rider seriously hurt in ‘dangerous’ crash
(CNS): A motorbike rider was taken to hospital on Sunday night with life threatening injuries after he collided with a car on Shedden Road, George Town at around 10pm and the driver of the car has been arrested for DUI.
CS still dodging process to award costly contracts
(CNS): Public servants tasked with finding contractors, consultants and vendors to deliver on government policy and projects are still awarding costly public contracts without going through the proper process set down in the law according to the latest report from the office of the auditor general. Millions of dollars of public cash was spent in […]
East End ‘affordable lots’ project well behind schedule
(CNS): Work is underway, officials have said, on a government project to create over 50 affordable lots on crown land in East End which was supposed to have been finished before the end of last year. The work on 20 acres of government owned land off Austin Connolly Drive close to the Light House Park […]
Man in critical condition after Sunday lunchtime smash
(CNS): A local man is in hospital with serious, life-threatening injuries following a crash in George Town around noon on Sunday between two vehicles. Police said members of the public alerted officers on foot patrol about the collision, which happened at the junction of Goring Avenue and Walkers Road. The officers called 911 and, with […]
Auditor warns of continued failure of public accounting
(CNS): The auditor general has issued some severe criticisms in this year’s annual general report on the state of financial reporting on how public cash is being collected, spent and managed. Sue Winspear and her team found a catalog of issues relating to the 2023 books and government’s accounting practices on the more than $1billion […]
Police arrest burglary suspect during traffic stop
(CNS): Five people have been arrested after a large, undisclosed quantity of cash, a bag containing suspected ganja, drug paraphernalia and a machete were seized by police during a traffic stop in the early hours of Thursday morning. One of the five people, a 22-year-old man from George Town, has also been charged with burglary […]
Cayman sees first imported case of Oropouche
(CNS): The Cayman Islands does not yet have community transmission of Oropouche but officials recently recorded the first imported case here as well as several imported cases of Dengue this year. Public health is warning travellers and residents alike about the increasing transmission of disease through biting insects, especially mosquitoes.
