Focused regional action recommended for small-scale fisheries, and climate change and disaster risk management
From CARIBBEAN REGIONAL FISHERIES MECHANISM (CRFM) SECRETARIAT Belize City, Belize, Friday, December 14, 2012 A series of milestone, regional meetings—which spanned 8 days and which brought together nearly 100 participants from 36 countries to discuss topics such as international guidelines…
The Publisher Speaks: The ‘Eight Just Men’ or are they just ‘men’?
Editorial by Joan Evangeline (Watler) Wilson When I was living in England in 1959 a popular British television series was running called “The Four Just Men” based on a novel by crime novelist Edgar Wallace. The opening voiceover ran like…
Cayman Islands Premier McKeeva Bush ‘will not resign’
From BBC Cayman Islands Premier McKeeva Bush says he will not resign despite his arrest on suspicion of corruption. After being released on bail Mr Bush said he had done nothing wrong and that he was the subject of a…
Cayman Islands’ premier claims explosives and fraud charges against him are the work of his ‘enemy’
By Nikhil Kumar, The Independent McKeeva Bush investigated over allegations he misused government credit card The embattled premier of the Cayman Islands has sounded a note of defiance in the face of theft and corruption allegations, refusing to step down and…
Pirates Week District Day Competition results
Every year during the Pirates Week Festival, the Districts strive to be the winner of the District Day Heritage competition. They are judged on a range of activities: Culinary, Children’s Activities, Heritage/Craft, Public Facilities, Hospitality, Overall Management and Entertainment. Prizes…
Cayman Islands leader dismisses corruption allegations as witchhunt
From The Telegraph Cayman Islands premier rejected calls to resign over his arrest on suspicion of corruption, calling the investigation a plot by political enemies who are trying to weaken him and smear his reputation. McKeeva Bush shrugged off the…
The Cayman Islands: A place that has sold its soul to finance, but where nothing much tends to happen
By Simon English, The Independent The Cayman Islands is a curious place. More than most islands it is insular and inward looking. Proud, but a little defensively so. And a little prone to paranoia, perhaps, that it is being got…
