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…
Opposition Leader says Premier must be removed
From Hon. Alden McLaughlin, MBE, Leader of Opposition, Leader of People’s Progressive Movement On Tuesday morning the Premier, Mr. McKeeva Bush, was arrested by the Royal Cayman Islands Police on suspicion of: 1) Theft in connection with financial irregularities relating…
Cayman Turtle Farm review team labeled as already compromised by WSPA
Even though an independent review of the Cayman Turtle Farm (CTF) began Monday (10), following revelations by the World Society for the Protection of Animals (WSPA) of shocking farm conditions with turtles “trapped in prison like tanks, barely surviving in…
Police Commissioner is not amused
Statement from Police Commissioner David Baines “It has come to my attention over the past 24 hours that there have been two very separate but distinct attempts to undermine the credibility of both the RCIPS and me personally. “It is…
Bush arrested for theft, breach of trust, abuse of office and conflict of interest
The Premier of the Cayman Islands, McKeeva Bush (57), was arrested and detained by the Royal Cayman Island Police Service (RCIPS) on Tuesday (11) morning in connection with a number of ongoing police investigations. Officers from the RCIPS Financial Crime…
Statement from the Chief of Staff Office of the Premier
11th December 2012 Received by iNews at 5:36pm (corrected version) – see our note at end of Statement The people of the Cayman Islands will be aware of the arrest this morning of the Hon Premier of the Cayman Islands….
Chief Justice says complexity of insolvency litigation has increased considerably
Chief Justice Anthony Smellie gave the keynote address Friday (30 November) at the Recovery and Insolvency Specialists’ Association’s (RISA) inaugural training event. He welcomed RISA’s formation further to Cayman’s position “front and centre” in the global response to the worldwide…
