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Intent key to murder charge against grocer
(CNS): Bryan Roy Welcome (42) intended to kill or cause his business associate, Omar Ryan (34), serious harm when the car he was driving ran over him in a parking lot off David Foster Road last July, according to the crown case against him. The incident followed an altercation between the two men over a […]
Cyclist mugs another cyclist on George Town street
(CNS): Police are investigating a mugging in which one cyclist robbed another on South Church Street in George Town in the early hours of Thursday morning. A man was riding a bicycle along South Church Street in the vicinity of Thompson Drive about 12:30am yesterday when he was rammed by another male cyclist, which knocked him […]
3 ministers and MP hand-deliver $80k of aid to Roatan
(CNS): Three Cabinet ministers, an MP, a number of public servants and private sector delegates were all sent to deliver around CI$80,000 worth of medical supplies this week on a Cayman Airways flight to Honduras. A devastating fire burned down the only public hospital in Roatan on 19 April and four days later, the Bay […]
Suspicion is not evidence, say lawyers in bank burglary
(CNS): After a two-month-long trial, all four lawyers representing the defendants accused of being part of a burglary at a George Town bank almost eight years ago urged the jury not to convict on suspicion because that is not evidence. As the attorneys delivered closing arguments on Monday and Tuesday, they all said the crown […]
Man charged and remanded over serious assault
(CNS): Patrick McKenzie (49) from West Bay has been charged with a list of offences in relation to a violent assault. He is accused of entering a woman’s home Monday morning and stabbing her multiple times. McKenzie appeared in court Thursday facing charges of aggravated burglary, wounding with intent, common assault and criminal trespass. He […]
Four Cubans detained by CBC in Cayman Brac
(CNS): Four men who reached Cayman Brac aboard a small wooden boat at around 5:30am on Tuesday were detained by customs officers after they opted not to continue their journey. Officials said the migrants are being processed in accordance with established CBC protocols. This is the second vessel carrying Cuban migrants to enter local waters […]
PPM accuses gov’t of ‘abandoning’ cruise tourism ship
(CNS): Opposition Leader Roy McTaggart has accused the government of a “catastrophic failure” in managing the cruise tourism sector. He said the UPM had adopted an “abandon ships” strategy, doing nothing as bigger cruise ships now plying the Caribbean are diverted to other ports. The PPM leader did not say whether or not his party […]
Handel cuts new deal with Dart to take on Royal Palms
(CNS): Handel Whittaker has cut a new deal with Dart to take over the derelict Royal Palms site that the corporation bought over six years ago but then allowed it to fall into a state of disrepair. Whittaker operated Calico Jack’s until it closed when Dart ended his lease there in 2020 at the start […]
Children’s home revamped with help of community
(CNS): The Bonaventure Boys Home in West Bay, which is run by the CAYS Foundation, reopened this week after a multipurpose revamp, including making it wheelchair-accessible. The Cayman Islands Government donated $100,000 to the project from the Ministry of Social Development’s 2023 budget savings. The non-profit organisation was then able to generate additional financial and […]
CBC investigates arrival of uncleared migrants on Brac
(CNS): Customs and Border Control Director Charles Clifford has confirmed that all five individuals who arrived on Cayman Brac yesterday aboard an undeclared sailing vessel are currently in the custody of his officers. Appearing on Radio Cayman on Wednesday, Clifford said the five people, including a baby girl, appear to be from different countries and […]
April 2024 continues global record-busting streak
(CNS): Last month was the warmest April on record and the eleventh month in a row of record global temperatures, according to Europe’s Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S). April was also the thirteenth month in a row to topple sea surface temperature records as the world’s oceans, including the Caribbean Sea, heat up to unprecedented […]
