The Editor Speaks: Premier is right to wait before amending district council law
Premier Alden McLaughlin has announced whilst his government plans to amend the district councils’ law to make the process more democratic it will not happen soon but later. Much later. In fact, after the 2017 elections. And then there is…
Cayman Islands: Firearm arrest and RCIPS to provide mutual assistance
From RCIPS Mon, Jun 8, 2015 at 12:46 PM Firearm arrest On Friday 5 June 2015 during a proactive investigation, RCIPS police officers recovered a hand gun and one live round of ammunition from an address in North Side. A 35…
Robbery and a death on Friday
From RCIPS Fri, Apr 17, 2015 at 2:50 PM Robbery Approximately 12:52am Friday 17 April 2015, officers from George Town Police Station received a report of a robbery on West Bay Road in the vicinity of Cayman Reef Resort. A lone…
The Editor Speaks: OMOV goes a step forward
Even though a snail would move more quickly the One Man One Vote (OMOV) has taken a step forward. Of course it is not going to be an easy road especially with ex-premier McKeeva Bush nominating his friend and lawyer…
5 arrested in GT for ganja/North Side male charged for burglary
5 arrested in George Town for ganja From RCIPS Fri, Nov 28, 2014 at 2:32 PM Just after 1:00pm, Thursday 27th November 2014, uniform officers from George Town Police Station conducted a raid behind Burger King Restaurant on Walker’s Road, George…
The Editor Speaks: Why I dislike abstaining
It was with some irritation on my part with our two independent MLAs, East End’s Arden McLean and North Side’s Ezzard Miller, when they both abstained on the government motion to introduce ‘one man, one vote’ (OMOV)in single member constituencies…
Cayman Islands LA passes One Man, One Vote
After all the shouting, the McKeeva Bush government’s manoeuverings to make sure a referendum would not succeed, a private member’s motion by the two Independent members from North Side and East End that was unsuccessful due to a casting vote…
The Editor Speaks: Jobs for life?
I can support North Side independent Member of the Legislative Assembly, Ezzard Miller’s call for the government to change the constitution and put an end to top public sector life-long appointments, most of the way. Miller says those holding top…
UPDATE Power outage across Grand Cayman/Eastern Districts back to school
Power outage – UPDATE Outage Update at: 3:15pm. CUC customers in the Savannah area, parts of George Town, West Bay Road and North Side were affected by rotating power outages which occurred between 11:38 am and 2:05 pm today. Just…
The Editor Speaks: Police hear complaints even when major crimes are declining
It must have been disheartening for officers of the Royal Cayman Islands Police Service who were at the East End Community Meeting on Thursday (8) that they had organised. Even with statistics showing major crime is actually down, the general…
