Ian Paget-Brown blasts Law Society and major law firms
Ian Paget-Brown, chairman of the Law Reform Commission’s (LRC) committee dealing with the Legal Practitioners’ Bill, blasted the Law Society and the major firms accusing them of being populated by lawyers who no longer had any loyalty to the jurisdiction…
Public Health advising on Cholera outbreak in Cuba
As of 15 January, following international media reports concerning a renewed cholera outbreak in the Cuban capital,the Public Health Department says that it is presently waiting for confirmation of the situation from the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO). Recent news…
Cayman Turtle Farm celebrates last nesting by a tagged turtle
The discovery of a turtle nest earlier this month, the last of the 2012 nesting season, at the Grand View apartments on Grand Cayman’s Seven Mile Beach, has delighted staff at the Cayman Turtle Farm because the nesting turtle was…
C4C wants a UK Town Council type government for Cayman
Over sandwiches, sodas and water, the Coalition For Cayman (C4C) met members of Cayman’s media on Tuesday (15) to present their picture of what the C4C is about and to answer questions. James Bergstrom, chairman of the C4C, gave a…
Immediate and Interim Improvements to the Cruise Visitor Experience
Cruise Visitors to the Cayman Islands will see immediate and interim improvements to their experience once they arrive on land in George Town, the Ministry of Tourism announced today. Having announced that the cruise berthing project will now follow a…
Governor Extends Voter Registration Period until 22 January
Following representations made by the Honourable Premier and a Motion being passed at the Legislative Assembly last week calling for the voter registration period in respect of the May 2013 general election to be extended until 31 January, the Governor…
Police officer denies bribe charge – to be tried by jury
A 28 year old police officer, Elvis Ebanks, has denied taking a bribe from a Filipino national in exchange for not pursuing an investigation into a possible theft. Jury will try the George Town Royal Cayman Islands Police Service Officer…
Bush’s Nation Building Fund pays out over $3M
A document released by the Ministry of Finance Tourism and Development (MFTD) under a Freedom of Information request submitted by Independent MLA for North Side, Ezzard Miller, revealed the Nation Building Fund (NBF) [Promotion of National Building and Church] paid…
Mac is back to attack
After an unusual quiet period from former Cayman Islands premier, McKeeva Bush, he was back to his usual confrontational attacking self. Last Thursday (10) he spoke for the first time in the Legislative Assembly (LA) since his removal from office…
Row over ‘Factory Farming’ of Sea Turtles
Blights tourists favourite Cayman Islands The tropical Cayman Islands are at the centre of a dispute over the ‘factory farming’ of green sea turtles after activists launched a campaign calling for the global end of commercial turtle farming. Now the…
