5 New Dengue cases under investigation
Dengue Update as of 22 December 2012 Total cases under investigation for dengue since the beginning of the year: 91 Since the last update on 16 December 2012, there have been 5 new cases under investigation. Of the 5,…
UDP District Chairman arrested for immigration violations
Mario Rankin, businessman and Bodden Town District Chairman of the United Democratic Party was arrested Thursday (20) on suspicion of immigration violations. It was reported that Rankin was initially picked up during a traffic stop by two officers from…
Ellio attacks the police. Bush gives details of his arrest warrant. Missing $10,000.
Report & commentary by Colin Wilson I had thought I could hang up my pen for Christmas and breathe in the Christmas air of glad tidings and goodwill to all. I had thought…. I wasn’t going to comment on McKeeva…
Frank McField says “yes” to drug decriminalization
Former George Town MLA and cabinet minister, playwright, social commentator, former nightclub owner, television personality and shooting victim, Dr. Frank McField has thrown his hat into next year’s election. With six seats in George Town up for grabs he feels…
Mac will still be a political force
With former premier of the Cayman Islands, McKeeva Bush, announcing he was to hold a meeting in George Town Thursday night and his move on Tuesday (18) with his United Democratic Party loyalists to remove Juliana O’Connor-Connolly, MLA Cline Glidden…
New Cabinet Members Sworn In
His Excellency the Governor, Mr Duncan Taylor, CBE, swore in the Cayman Islands second Premier, Hon. Juliana O’Connor-Connolly, JP, this afternoon (Wednesday December 19). Ms O’Connor Connolly is the first woman to hold the post of Premier since it was…
Governor appoints new Cayman Islands premier and announces cabinet
Two statements made by H.E. Governor Duncan Taylor on Wednesday (19) confirmed the appointment of Juliana O’Connor-Connolly, as Premier of the Cayman Islands, and the members of her cabinet. Statements by H.E. the Governor His Excellency the Governor of the…
Tax evasion protest in the Cayman Islands
From Tax Justice Network This has just appeared in our email inbox, via Nicole Tichon, TJN-USA “In the first protest against Cayman Island tax shelters the island has seen, on Thursday, December 13, over 100 Americans marched to the Ugland…
Vote of No Confidence carried 11-3 plus 1 Abstention. Bush ousted
Echoing the words of Opposition Leader, Hon. Alden McLaughlin, it was an historic but sad day in the history of the Cayman Islands, when 20 minutes after 3pm on Tuesday 18th December, the Cayman Islands Legislative Assembly heard and passed…
Missing man is still missing
Despite a number of public appeals and extensive searches, 31-year-old Guyanese national Hemerson Gonzalez has not been traced. Mr. Gonzalez was last seen leaving his friend’s house in Spotts Newlands around 5.30pm on Tuesday, 11 December 2012. As the days…
