By Alric Lindsay Adrian Gordon, a Jamaican national employed as a construction worker at a West Bay Road site, appeared via video link in Summary Court today, October 14, 2024, to request bail for an incident where it is...
Honduran National Police reported yesterday, October 12, 2024, that they seized 45,000 bushels of alleged coca leaves, 1,000 seedlings of alleged coca leaves and a long shotgun-type weapon. Regarding the coca leaves, these are typically harvested to make cocaine. ...
Miss World Organization to Host First Miss Teen World Cayman Islands Pageant: Empowering Caymanian Youth and Women
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Miss World Organization Cayman Islands Press Release For the first time ever, the Miss World Organization is bringing the Miss Teen World pageant to the Cayman Islands. The event, set to take place on Saturday, October 26, 2024, at...
Financial Secretary Says The Government Will Not Get Through 2025 Without Borrowing. Explains Government’s Proposed $150 Million Loan Facility.
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By Alric Lindsay On the Cayman Islands Government’s “Bonfire” website, the Government published an invitation to prospective bidders to submit a proposal for the provision of a 15-year CI$150,000,000 (US$182,926,829.27) loan facility to the Government. However, in last week’s...
By Alric Lindsay As members of the public are aware, the Cayman Islands Government is considering the introduction of a third submarine cable to connect networks in the Cayman Islands to the rest of the world (the two existing...
NRA’s Managing Director Provides Update On Environmental Impact Assessment For East-West Highway
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By Alric Lindsay During a Finance Committee meeting on October 11, 2024, Edward Howard, the managing director of the National Roads Authority (NRA), provided an update on the progress made on the environmental impact assessment for the East-West Arterial....
By Alric Lindsay At a Finance Committee hearing on October 11, 2024, Deputy Premier and Minister for Social Development André Ebanks received approvals of $4.6 million in financial assistance and $2.2 million for ex gratia benefit payments to seafarers...
RCIPS Press Release On Monday, 7 October the RCIPS reported a case of two juveniles who were rushed to hospital, due to medical issues experienced after ingestion of a drug. Investigations have revealed that the drug consumed comes in...
Ericka J. Lynch, The Woman Who Facilitated Her Boyfriend Performing Unwanted Oral Sex On Her Female Friend Loses Appeal In Court Of Appeal
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By Alric Lindsay Ericka J. Lynch, a woman who was sentenced to 4 ½ years imprisonment for indecent assault against her friend and facilitated her boyfriend’s act of unwanted oral sex on her friend, appealed to the Court of...
By Alric Lindsay In response to questions raised by MP Barbara Conolly in Parliament yesterday, October 10, 2024, MP Sabrina Tuner, the Honourable Minister of Health and Wellness and Home Affairs, confirmed that $22 million had been spent to...