Cayman Islands Elections: Alva Suckoo, MLA and Gilbert Mclean declare
Today [Wed Jan 5] Mr. Alva Suckoo, MLA and Mr. Gilbert Mclean, former MLA announced that they have agreed to form an alliance and will stand as candidates in the May 2017 general elections for the district of Bodden Town….
Tara Rivers: Extension of the convention on the elimination of all forms of discrimination against women to the Cayman Islands
Statement to the Legislative Assembly Second Meeting of 2016/2017 Session By the Honourable Tara Rivers, JP, MLA Minister of Education, Employment and Gender Affairs Extension of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women to the…
Cayman Islands family sends open letter to MLA’s re Damages Claim against CIG
To MLA”s Bullet Points – New Cayman Trademark Law – Damages Claim against CIG – Expropriation of Private Property n 2006 Commercial Services td, the ,Polack family company, registered the Cayman trademark for three classes of foodstuffs as part of…
The Editor Speaks: Stats show improvements but backbench MLA’s doubt
When there is an election on the horizon and the government of the day, hoping to be re-elected, produce good news, you are not to give them any congratulations. In fact you are going to cast as much doubt as…
Remarks for Cayman Islands Constitution Day By Premier Hon. Alden McLaughlin, MBE, JP, MLA
Today [Mon Jul 4], on this Constitution Day, we reflect on the document that is the supreme law of our Islands and sets the ground rules for the way we are governed in the Cayman Islands. Today we celebrate our…
Cayman Islands library in Bodden Town gets new name
Bodden Town Library Gets New Name Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands – The Bodden Town Library has been renamed the Vernon L. Jackson Library and Learning Centre following a ceremony honouring the man who his family describes as “an enigma…a man…
The Editor speaks: Alden is right about novice MLA’s who crossed sides
As I have said before in one of my Editorials the motives of the two novice MLA’s who crossed over the Legislative Assembly floor is motivated by politics not by the nonsense that flows from their mouths: Their conscious. They…
The Editor Speaks: When I shouldn’t publish my assumptions
I am not always right. In fact, I am wrong probably as many times I am right. When I am wrong I am not afraid to say I am sorry. There is no point ploughing on ahead on a false…
Cayman Islands MLA requests integrity test for Commissioner of Police
By Georgina Wilcox The embattled Cayman Islands Commissioner of Police, David Baines, whose resignation announcement has just been made is the subject of an integrity test request. West Bay Member of the Legislative Assembly, who is also Deputy Leader of…
The Editor Speaks: Baines bows out
I was shocked and left slightly sad at the announcement our Police Commissioner David Baines had resigned. When you read the two statements from our Governor, Helen Kilpatrick (especially the Governor) and our Premier, Alden McLaughlin, one gets the impression…