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Prisoners face housing challenges post-release
(CNS): The lack of appropriate residential facilities for prisoners being released on licence is causing concern for the Conditional Release Board (formerly the Parole Board), which has called for the government to focus on improving rehabilitation services rather than tougher sentences. The board said those being released need support to help them stay out of […]
Football match shooting hits headlines around the world
(CNS): The Cayman Islands’ reputation as a safe place to live and work or take a vacation took a serious battering on Monday when, within a matter of hours, news of the shooting at the Ed Bush Stadium during a premier league football match Sunday night began hitting the headlines. All of the major US […]
Gang tensions behind football stadium shooting
(CNS): Police are working on the theory that heightened gang tensions are behind the shocking but targeted shooting last night at the Ed Bush football field in West Bay, where seven people were hit. Two George Town gangs are believed to have joined up with one of two long-standing gangs in West Bay in a […]
Premier to hold ‘presser’ in wake of ‘horrific’ shooting
(CNS): MPs and RCIPS representatives are meeting behind closed doors this afternoon to discuss the shocking shooting at the Ed Bush stadium in West Bay last night in which at least seven people were wounded. After that meeting, scheduled to begin at 1:30pm, Premier Juliana O’Connor-Connolly and senior police officers are expected to host a […]
Cayman takes its turn to hold presidency of UKOTA
(CNS): The Cayman Islands was elected to assume the presidency of the United Kingdom Overseas Territories Association at the annual general meeting last week, taking over from the Falkland Islands. As president of the UKOTA Political Council, Premier Juliana O’Connor-Connolly will convene the annual meeting of all the political leaders of the territories in London later […]
Seven shot as gunman opens fire at WB football game
(CNS): At least seven people were shot on Sunday night when a gunman opened fire at the Ed Bush Stadium in West Bay during a football match, in a shocking escalation of the troubling gun violence. Police said that all of the injured people arrived at the hospital in private cars. All were said to […]
Two women arrested for DUI after serious smash
(CNS): Two women who were pulled out of the same car, one of them badly injured, along with a man who was also seriously injured, were both arrested for DUI after a collision in East End very early Friday morning. The Honda Fit they were in was travelling west along Seaview Road when it left […]
Bush didn’t ‘intend to cause me harm’ says witness
(CNS): One of the women who was, according to the crown, indecently assaulted by McKeeva Bush MP at a cocktail party in September 2022 told the court Friday she didn’t believe he had intended to cause her any harm. When he bit and sucked on her hand giving her what she termed a ‘hickey’ he […]
Ex Pirates Week boss heads Commissions Secretariat
(CNS): Melanie McField has taken over as manager of the Commissions Secretariat, which is responsible for the provision of strategic and operational support to the six independent commissions established under the Cayman Islands Constitution. McField is a Caymanian with over 20 years of experience in marketing, communications and event management and ten years at senior […]
CIG denies cyber breach but engages consultants
(CNS): The Cayman Islands Government has finally issued an explanation about a cyber attack on its online systems that took place on 9 February, having issued a statement just three lines long last week following press inquiries. Officials have claimed there has been no successful compromise, but, like other governments around the world, the CIG […]
Speaker of the House bit me, says complainant
(CNS): A civil servant allegedly indecently assaulted by then speaker of parliament McKeeva Bush (MP) told the police that he bit and sucked her hand, leaving a mark, at a cocktail party in September 2022. The complainant was one of two women whose evidence was presented to the court on Thursday via police video interviews […]
