Cayman Islands Attorney General answers FOI requests
A Summary of FOI responses by the Cayman Islands Attorney-General to local lawyer Peter Polack 1. The Attorney General has 19 employees 2. The Attorney General Earns over CI$150,000 per annum 3. 3 employees of the Attorney General earn over…
The Editor Speaks: Why don’t we have an Independent Police Complaints Commission?
One of our stories today features a report from the United Kingdom’s Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) that said a better system for recording the use of force by police in England and Wales is needed to improve public perception….
Dispatch from F&W’s Cayman Cookout
By Ray Isle From Food & Wine F&W’s Ray Isle reports from the 8th annual, F&W-sponsored Cayman Cookout in Grand Cayman. Plus, a recipe for Caymanian Rum Punch. This weekend brings either (a) winter, if you are most places in…
The Editor Speaks: Suspended and/or on leave with full pay forever?
This is not the first editorial I have written concerning the number of government employees who draw salaries for years whilst doing absolutely nothing. Some are suspended whilst inquires are being conducted, some by the police because of criminal allegations,…
The Editor Speaks: 372 Persons are out in the Cayman Islands on Court bail – is this too many?
In a Freedom of Information request by Cayman lawyer Peter Polack it has revealed 372 persons are walking Cayman Islands streets out on court bail. At first sight this seems a large number of persons – it actually is if…
The Editor Speaks: Nothing
Local Cayman lawyer highlights length of time taken to answer FOI requests Under the Freedom of Information (FOI) Law, agencies have 30 working days to answer a request. What happens if they don’t? Nothing. Local Cayman Islands lawyer, Peter Polack,…
The Editor Speaks: Peter Polack highlights slowness to FOI requests in the very place it should not happen – the Judiciary.
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…
The Editor Speaks: Should police randomly check persons from their roadblocks?
Cayman Islands lawyer Peter Polack has made a very important point when he asks the question are officers from the Royal Cayman Islands Police Service breaking the law when they temporarily detain drivers during police roadblocks and checks? Polack has…
