Patrick McKenzie (CNS): Patrick McKenzie (49) from West Bay has been charged with a list of offences in relation to a violent assault. He is accused of entering a woman’s home Monday morning and stabbing her multiple times. McKenzie appeared in court Thursday facing charges of aggravated burglary, wounding with intent, common assault and criminal trespass. He was remanded in custody and was expected to return to court on 24 May. Tags: aggravated burglary, assault, criminal trespass, Patrick McKenzie, wounding with intent Category: Crime, Police

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(CNS): Four men who reached Cayman Brac aboard a small wooden boat at around 5:30am on Tuesday were detained by customs officers after they opted not to continue their journey. Officials said the migrants are being processed in accordance with established CBC protocols. This is the second vessel carrying Cuban migrants to enter local waters in the last week after seven men aboard a makeshift boat passed through Grand Cayman on 9 May. That group chose to press on. This group of Cuban migrants is unrelated to the as yet unidentified group of irregular migrants that arrived in Cayman Brac on Tuesday in a sailboat and who are also in CBC detention.

The Dream’s Kayah Clarke went on a scoring blitz during the first of two basketball games against Infinity in the Women’s National Basketball League on 5 May. Kayah Clarke sets Cayman Islands basketball record Facebook

CAYS GM Keith Boyle at the reopening of the Bonaventure Boys Home (CNS): The Bonaventure Boys Home in West Bay, which is run by the CAYS Foundation, reopened this week after a multipurpose revamp, including making it wheelchair-accessible. The Cayman Islands Government donated $100,000 to the project from the Ministry of Social Development’s 2023 budget savings. The non-profit organisation was then able to generate additional financial and physical assistance from the community and the private sector. Officials said donations of time, money, and supplies were crucial to the revamp. Social Development Minister André Ebanks, who is acting premier while Julianna O’Connor-Connolly is on annual leave, said the CIG donated funds because of the CAYS board’s new long-term vision to help overcome current challenges and provide a fresh outlook for the future. “The remodelled multipurpose residential unit is part of the initial phase of this vision for which we felt duty...

Courthouse in George Town (CNS): A judge handed down what she described as “a short, sharp shock” to a woman found guilty of trying to prevent a friend from giving evidence against her in relation to an assault. Janelle Lavern Greenwood (48) ultimately pleaded guilty to stabbing her husband in the neck while drinking at home with friends one evening and was given a suspended sentence for that violent assault. However, she was sent to prison for eight months for her efforts to tamper with a witness. Greenwood and Roger Patrick McLaughlin, who helped in the attempt to prevent the witnesses from testifying, were convicted of attempting to obstruct the course of justice and conspiracy to obstruct the course of justice following a trial in December last year. Greenwood pleaded guilty to the assault charge on the morning the trial was due to start, so the witness had not, in...

Bleaching at Spotts Reef taken in October 2023 (photo credit: DoE) (CNS): The Cayman Islands is facing the possibility of further degradation of its reefs as another coral bleaching event is impacting reefs around the world this year. According to experts at the Department of Environment, our coral reefs are slowly dying, and every year we can expect fewer of them to bounce back for another season. Like many countries in this region, The Cayman Islands is under a NOAA bleach watch as the reefs become evermore vulnerable to a warming planet. “As sea temperatures have steadily risen over the past several decades, our reefs have undergone repeated stressors, making them increasingly vulnerable to diseases like stoney coral tissue loss disease,” DoE Deputy Director Tim Austin told CNS. “The bleaching event last year and the one expected this summer are evidence we have likely moved into a more consistent pattern...

The Westin family rugby dynasty in the Cayman Islands has been well documented, but now their prowess in the sport has led to tying a Guinness world record. https://www.caymancompass.com/2024/05/14/cayman-brothers-tie-guinness-record-for-most-siblings-in-a-rugby-match/ Facebook