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Visitors rescued by CICG from sinking boat
(CNS): The Cayman Islands Coast Guard (CICG) saved a group of visitors from a sinking boat on Wednesday after they received a report of a vessel in distress off the coast of Grand Cayman. The team on duty responded and was on the scene in a matter of minutes. The officers pulled several people from […]
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1.3kg of cocaine recovered from East End coastline
(CNS): Police are asking anyone who comes across any packages on the shoreline around East End to call 911 after officers recovered what they believe is over 1.3 kilograms of cocaine around 5pm on Tuesday. The RCIPS said that after it was found, further checks of the area were made both by the RCIPS Air […]
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Prison officer arrested for smuggling ganja into jail
(CNS): A senior prison officer who was caught smuggling contraband into HMP Northward was arrested on Wednesday, 28 February, during a joint operation by HM Cayman Islands Prison Service, the Department of Public Safety Communications and the police. The RCIPS did not specify what the contraband was or the name of the officer involved. However, […]
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Select committee created to examine fuel sector
(CNS): Planning Minister Jay Ebanks will be chairing a new committee that was established in parliament this week to look at the cost of fuel in the Cayman Islands as a result of years of erratic and, more often than not, increasing fuel costs at the sockets at home and at the pumps. Successive governments […]
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Bush discharged as judge stops assault trial
(CNS) UPDATED WITH FULL STORY: Mckeeva Bush was discharged by the court Thursday after the judge presiding over the case against him for indecent assault stayed the proceedings as a result of a successful application by the defence accusing the crown of an abuse of process. Justice Stanley John discharged the jury, released Bush from […]
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Guns fired in GT as gang troubles roll on
(CNS): Police are investigating yet another incident where shots have been fired on the streets of Grand Cayman. Firearms officers recovered an undisclosed number of spent casings as well as one live round of ammunition near the Eastern Avenue and Godfrey Nixon Way junction in George Town at about 3:40am Wednesday. According to police, no […]
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Serial scammer faces 80 months in jail for latest con
(CNS): Judith Douglas (58) has been jailed for six years and eight months for obtaining property by deception. Douglas sobbed quietly from the dock as Justice Cheryll Richards delivered her ruling on Wednesday in the George Town woman’s third scamming conviction. Since 2015, Douglas has conned over 40 people out of around $2 million in […]
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Legal wrangling pushes Bush case behind closed doors
(CNS): The jury was sent home for the third day running on Wednesday, as lawyers involved in the case against McKeeva Bush MP for indecent assault continued their legal wrangling in private. Although some of today’s proceedings took place in court in the absence of the jury, the judge issued a gag order to the […]
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Legal issues pause Bush trial as crown wraps up case
(CNS): The crown is close to finishing its presentation of the case against McKeeva Bush for the alleged indecent assault of two civil servants at a cocktail party at the Ritz Hotel in September 2022. However, the jury was sent away for the second day on Tuesday as lawyers in the case engaged in a […]
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MPs back law restricting evidence access over security
(CNS): None of the Cayman Islands’ political representatives objected to a new piece of legislation presented to parliament by Attorney General Sam Bulgin on Monday that restricts access to important evidence or information in civil or human rights proceedings as well as judicial reviews if the authorities say it cannot be disclosed for security or […]