Cayman Islands: Second Private Member’s Motion amended, unanimously approved
GEORGE TOWN, Grand Cayman – Government and members of the Opposition gave unanimous support in the Legislative Assembly to approve a second Private Member’s Motion Monday [25] night following an amendment that removed a controversial reference to a lack of…
Cayman Islands Governor’s Statement on the Independent Review of the RCIPS Search and Rescue Operation
From the Governor’s Office The Governor is aware of the Private Member’s motion debated in the Legislative Assembly on 25 April 2016 which called on the Governor to appoint an independent inquiry with a chairman appointed by the Governor and…
The Editor Speaks: The review of the RCIPS has already been executed
A very confidential review of the RCIPS “fell” into my hands and I have been given the go ahead to publish it. This review was carried out by Peter Polack using the preambles and subtitles. A full report can quickly…
Cayman Islands DoE Conservation Officers complete safety training
Conservation officers from the Department of Environment (DoE) recently completed a series of courses in order to implement new provisions of the National Conservation Law, which expand their powers to protect the marine and terrestrial environment. The officers now have…
Two Cayman Islands police officers win prestigious regional policing awards
By Jacqueline Carpenter From RCIPS On Wednesday (20) the RCIPS was delighted to learn that two of its officers, Inspector Leo Anglin and PC Odale Mulgrave, have won top policing awards within the Regional Recognition Awards Programme sponsored by Amalgamated Security Services,…
The Editor Speaks: All MLA’s should be ashamed
It was no laughing matter at the ridiculous antics being played out in the Legislative Assembly yesterday (13). The political pronouncing that went on after the House was adjourned because there was no quorum was enough to sicken a fully…
Caymanian studying in the UK spends her Spring Break with the RCIPS
A few weeks ago, Inspector Kevin Ashworth, head of the RCIPS Training and Development Unit, was pleasantly surprised by an email he received from Emma Lang, age 21, a Caymanian attending university in the UK. Ms. Lang expressed her interest…
Cayman Islands: Independent review of the RCIPS Search and Rescue Operation [won’t ‘soon come’]
From The Cayman Islands Governor’s Office Immediately after agreeing the need for an independent investigation into the RCIPS response to the missing persons at sea the Governor made a formal approach to the United States Coast Guard, and on their…
The Editor Speaks: Is this the reason why the FCO did not want the Tempura Report made public?
I must admit I have been puzzled why the Governor’s Office/FCO went to extraordinary lengths to stop the Report on Operation Tempura from being made public. Then an email was sent to me that had a plausible theory – I…
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…
