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…
The Publisher Speaks: The ‘Eight Just Men’ or are they just ‘men’?
Editorial by Joan Evangeline (Watler) Wilson When I was living in England in 1959 a popular British television series was running called “The Four Just Men” based on a novel by crime novelist Edgar Wallace. The opening voiceover ran like…
Cayman Islands’ premier claims explosives and fraud charges against him are the work of his ‘enemy’
By Nikhil Kumar, The Independent McKeeva Bush investigated over allegations he misused government credit card The embattled premier of the Cayman Islands has sounded a note of defiance in the face of theft and corruption allegations, refusing to step down and…
I will not resign and I have done nothing wrong says Cayman Premier
A defiant McKeeva Bush, Premier of the Cayman Islands, despite being arrested last Tuesday on corruption charges and misuse of a Government credit card, issued a statement to the media saying he will not be resigning as he has done…
