26 September 2023 FOI going strong as Cayman marks 15th annual Right to Know Day Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests in the Cayman Islands went well above pre-pandemic levels during 2022, as the Office of the Ombudsman (OMB) recorded 452 public requests for information made across government. That’s the highest number of FOI requests […]
News organizations sue FBI to find out who & how much It paid to unlock t
September 18, 2016 by Leave a Comment
By Chris Morran In the months following the tragic Dec. 2, 2015 terrorist attack in San Bernardino, the FBI and Apple engaged in a heated legal (and publicity) battle over whether or not the tech giant could be compelled to unlock an iPhone belonging to one of the attackers. Then in March 2016, the FBI […]
The Editor Speaks: Peter Polack highlights slowness to FOI requests in the very place it should not happen – the Judiciary.
October 21, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Cayman lawyer Peter Polack has been making a number of Freedom of Information Requests with some success but it has largely been a battle. I must commend his perseverance. The main area Polack has met resistance and incredible slowness is from the Clerk of the Court office regarding Justice of the Peace regulations. He first […]
Some folks do have all the luck
August 14, 2014 by Leave a Comment
By David Walker From Caribbean360 SCARBOROUGH, Tobago, Thursday August 14, 2014 – In my early days of work, I had a colleague who was fond of saying “if it wasn’t for bad luck, I would have no luck at all”. Most of us have experienced times when my colleague’s words appear to have more than […]
Operation Tempura UK Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) disclosure
May 12, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Freedom of Information Request I note you seek access to the following information: It was revealed that MPS had written off £19,492.66 in expenses incurred by officers involved in Operation Tempura in the Cayman Islands because the officers concerned had failed to keep proper records of their expenditure. I am requesting further information about this […]
