Tag: Cayman Brac

Wanted man calls into talk show from Jamaica

Wanted man calls into talk show from Jamaica

| 27/08/2024

(CNS): A man claiming to be Shavan Claude Brown (28), who is wanted by the RCIPS in connection with a drug boat found last week on Cayman Brac, called into a local talk show on Monday from Jamaica, claiming that he was not on the island at the time the boat was seized. On Sunday, […]

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Fugitive from drug boat on Cayman Brac identified

Fugitive from drug boat on Cayman Brac identified

| 25/08/2024

(CNS) UPDATED 7:00pm Sunday: The RCIPS say that Shavan Claude Brown, who is wanted in connection with the drug boat found on the south side of Cayman Brac on Thursday, is still on the run. However, as a result of reports made to the police and other operational activity related to finding Brown, two people […]

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Fugitive on Cayman Brac believed to be armed

Fugitive on Cayman Brac believed to be armed

| 23/08/2024

(CNS): Police are still actively looking for a man wanted in relation to the drug boat seized on Cayman Brac on Thursday and say they now have reason to believe that he may be armed. Members of the public are advised not to approach the fugitive, described as short and slim, with a dark complexion and […]

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Drug boat found on Brac, two arrested, one on the run

Drug boat found on Brac, two arrested, one on the run

| 22/08/2024

(CNS) UPDATED: Police say a second man has been arrested in relation to the drug boat seizure on Cayman Brac this morning. The third man is still on the run. The boat and drugs were found on a beach on the south side of the island this morning, Thursday, 22 August, and the first man […]

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Victim stabbed on Cayman Brac Public Beach

Victim stabbed on Cayman Brac Public Beach

| 15/07/2024

(CNS): A man is in hospital recovering from multiple stab wounds while another is in police custody after a stabbing in the early hours of Sunday morning at the public beach on South Side West Road on Cayman Brac. Police said they were called to the scene at about 1:30am where they learned a man […]

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Oil tanker under inspection before it returns to sea

Oil tanker under inspection before it returns to sea

| 15/07/2024 | 3 Comments

(CNS): The oil tanker that ran aground while delivering diesel to Cayman Brac on Saturday, 6 July, is now anchored off the coast of Grand Cayman, the Department of Environment and Cayman Islands Coast Guard have said. After temporary repairs were made to its damaged hull, the Sea Elephant left the Brac on Thursday afternoon […]

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Port Zeus developers to consult Brackers on proposed marina

Port Zeus developers to consult Brackers on proposed marina

| 09/07/2024 | 81 Comments

(CNS): Frank Schilling and the developers planning a multi-million dollar marina and residential village on Cayman Brac, known as Port Zeus, are holding a public meeting on Thursday evening so that residents can have their say on the terms of reference for the environmental impact assessment for the project proposal. Members of the public can […]

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Fuel tanker runs aground on Cayman Brac’s reef

Fuel tanker runs aground on Cayman Brac’s reef

| 08/07/2024 | 31 Comments

(CNS): An oil tanker called the Sea Elephant ran aground off the eastern shore of Cayman Brac on Saturday afternoon, damaging both the ship and the reef. Officials said the maritime incident happened while the ship was delivering diesel to the island. On Sunday night, it was reported that there had been no fuel leakage […]

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CIAA U-turns on night-flight restrictions at Brac airport

CIAA U-turns on night-flight restrictions at Brac airport

| 03/06/2024 | 28 Comments

(CNS): A shortage of air traffic controllers at the Charles Kirkconnell International Airport on Cayman Brac led to the cancellation of Cayman Airways’ weekend direct flights from Denver, Tamp and Miami and to Grand Cayman. The Cayman Islands Airports Authority had allowed CKIA to remain operating beyond its 7:00pm closure time to accommodate these flights […]

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$8.5M building will house workers on Brac Bluff

$8.5M building will house workers on Brac Bluff

| 27/05/2024 | 102 Comments

.. (CNS): The Cayman Islands Government is footing the bill for a 38-suite block on Cayman Brac to house the construction workers who will build the proposed $50 million high school on the Bluff. The CIG announced the start of this CI$8.5 million project last week, which is being paid for by the public purse. […]

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PAT backs DCB’s refusal for ‘offshore’  columbarium

PAT backs DCB’s refusal for ‘offshore’ columbarium

| 23/05/2024 | 59 Comments

(CNS): Plans by landowners to create a columbarium on Cayman Brac with three 12-foot walls to store the ashes of dead foreign rich people have been thwarted by the Planning Appeals Tribunal on the Sister Islands after it upheld the decision by the Cayman Brac and Little Cayman Development Control Board (DCB) to refuse planning […]

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