Tag: incident in the sea
Three men unscathed after boat capsizes in rough seas
(CNS): The RCIPS Joint Marine Unit was called out to a boating incident on Wednesday evening, in which three men avoided any serious consequences after their boat overturned in the waters off Seven Mile Beach. But the police noted that the men had no life jackets and they had not alerted the Port Authority that […]
US agencies decline request to review search & rescue
(CNS): The United States Coast Guard and the US National Transport Safety Board have turned down requests from the Cayman Islands governor to undertake the review of the RCIPS handling of the recent search and rescue operation in which five people, including two young children, lost their lives. The governor’s office has said that it […]
Texas tourist dies in ocean off 7MB
(CNS): The ocean has claimed another victim after a 78-year-old American man was pulled from the water yesterday, 7 April. Just before 11am Thursday police and emergency personnel responded to a report of an unresponsive man in the water on Seven Mile Beach near Royal Palms. The man, who was identified as Cuong Trinh from […]
American visitor dies off Public Beach
(CNS) Updated Friday: Police officers and emergency services were called to Public Beach in West Bay Thursday afternoon regarding a report of an unconscious man in the water. The man, who has now been named as Yanbin Liu, a visitor from the state of North Carolina, was transported to the Cayman Islands Hospital in George […]
Police end search and recovery operation
(CNS): RCIPS management has confirmed that the search and recovery operation for five people lost at sea has come to an end. Edsell Haylock, Gary Mullings and his three nephews, Nicholas Watler, Kamron (11) and his brother Kanyi Brown (9), went missing on Sunday, 6 March, some time after leaving 12 Mile Banks that afternoon […]
US visitor dies snorkeling in GT
(CNS): Delmer Nelson, from Illinois has been identified by local police as the 79-year-old American visitor who died following a snorkelling trip in George Town harbour last Thursday, 24 March. Police said a call was made to the emergency services just before 1pm regarding a water-related incident near Harbour Drive. Nelson appeared to have got into difficulties […]
Diver dies on Cayman Brac
(CNS): Police have said that a 65-year-old visitor from the United States, James B. Campbell from Kentucky, died yesterday morning after scuba diving off the Sister Islands. According to the RCIPS, at around 10:00am on Wednesday, 16 March, officers responded to a report that an unconscious man being taken to the Cayman Brac Beach Resort dock. […]
Governor to investigate search operation
(CNS): As criticisms of the police over the search and rescue operation for two children and three men missing at sea continued, the Cayman Islands governor announced Thursday that she was carrying out an independent review at the request of the police commissioner. Her announcement came just hours after the opposition leader filed a private member’s motion calling on government […]
Marine cops injured, rough seas suspend search
(CNS) Updated: Three officers with the RCIPS Joint Marine Unit received injuries Tuesday, during their efforts to bring in the boat that the missing three men and two boys were on when they left to go fishing Sunday, and a fourth officer also received medical attention Wednesday. The search and rescue operation, which covers a 350 […]
Burglars target missing man’s home
(CNS) Updated Wednesday 12:53pm: The home and cars of one of the men missing at sea was targeted by burglars some time between Monday morning and Tuesday morning, the RCIPS has confirmed. The police were at the newly built home of Gary Mullings on Tuesday after a break-in at the property in the Prospect area. Mullings, […]
Search continues in rough seas
(CNS): Police conducting a search for two boys and three men missing at sea since Sunday evening said that they relocated the missing Panga boat on Tuesday. It was first spotted by police yesterday morning, overturned in the ocean some 20 miles off the coast of Grand Cayman, but there was still no sign of […]
