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Thieves make off with local restaurant tip jar
(CNS): Police are on the lookout for a couple who stole a tip jar from the Heritage Kitchen on Boggy Sand Road on Tuesday afternoon. Officers were called out to the local restaurant, which is also a tourist favourite, at about 2:30pm and were told that a man had taken the jar from the restaurant […]
CPA begins 2024 with packed development agenda
(CNS): The Central Planning Authority will review almost three dozen applications during its first meeting of the year, including a hotel with a rooftop pool along the Queen’s Highway, a mixed-use development at Grand Harbour, a more than 54-lot subdivision in Bodden Town, and nine National Housing and Development Trust homes in East End. Several […]
A ‘reberth’ of the cruise debate
Michelle Clark writes: It seems that the debate regarding cruise piers has opened once again. This is an emotive issue; there are many varied and nuanced sides to this, and I hope that any referendum question, and inevitably campaigning, addresses this. As a founding member of the Cruise Port Referendum movement, my intention was only […]
Vehicle involved in hit-and-run on the Brac located
(CNS): Police have now found the white Honda Fit that was involved in a hit and run on Cayman Brac on Boxing Day and say the owner of the car has not been located but is believed to be currently off-island. The vehicle was discovered at a commercial premises in the West End on Saturday. […]
McTaggart warns of decline, division and debt in 2024
(CNS): Opposition Leader Roy McTaggart took aim at the UPM Government in his New Year’s message, accusing the new administration of poor fiscal management, spending more than it earns, and even after raising new taxes, creating a budget that will add to the Cayman Islands’ debt burden this year. With CI$120 million in new taxes […]
JOCC says UPM has much work to do in 2024
(CNS): The United People’s Movement “cannot and will not slow our pace, as much yet remains to be done”, Premier Julianna O’Connor-Connolly said in her New Year’s message to the country. Promising affordable, high-quality healthcare, a world-class education system and ample job opportunities, and ensuring “a sustainable path to hope and prosperity”, the new premier […]
DoE director among Caymanians receiving royal gongs
(CNS): After 40 years of relentless work, often criticised and targeted for her efforts, Gina Ebanks-Petrie, the director of the Department of Environment, has been recognised in the King’s New Year Honours List with an MBE for services to the environment and to the community in the Cayman Islands in recognition of her efforts to […]
Shoplifting suspect arrested
(CNS): A 31-year-old woman from Bodden Town was arrested on Friday afternoon, 29 December, on suspicion of shoplifting at a store on Cardinal Avenue. The woman was reported to have “accosted” staff at the shop when she was confronted about trying to steal goods from the shop. When officers on foot patrol arrived at the […]
Cyclist injured in collision at GT traffic light junction
(CNS): Police are investigating a collision between a car and a bicycle on the evening of 27 December near the traffic lights at the junction of Shedden Road and Thomas Russell Avenue. The driver remained on the scene, and when police arrived, members of the public were helping the injured rider. He was taken to […]
Police and prison round up Christmas smugglers
(CNS): Multiple packages of drugs being smuggled into HMP Northward were intercepted by prison security over the Christmas break and three people were arrested, according to the RCIPS. Another two people have been formally charged with drug smuggling offences from earlier operations. The police said they have been working closely with both the prison and […]
Guest numbers climb toward pre-pandemic levels
(CNS): Overnight guest arrivals in November 2023 reached 93% of the numbers for the same month in 2019, the last year before the Cayman Islands Government shut the borders to protect the country from COVID-19, according to Department of Tourism statistics. However, the pace of return was impacted by the borders here remaining closed longer […]
