It has been an interesting, albeit staggering, few days with news that the Cayman Islands Premier Hon. McKeeva Bush is being investigated on three matters by the Royal Cayman Islands Police Service (RCIPS).

On Thursday (19) Mr. Bush announced on Radio Cayman he knew of no investigation against him. This was his answer to the opposition member for East End, Arden McLean to come clean about the police probe into ‘financial irregularities’ relating to Texan developer Stan Thomas asking for $350,000 in relation to re-zoning of land.

The following day at a press briefing at Government House with the visiting British Overseas Territories Minister Henry Bellingham, who is on his first visit to the Cayman Islands, and H.E. Governor Duncan Taylor, it was revealed that Premier McKeeva Bush is the subject of a second police investigation. Mr.  Bellingham said he was confident of the independence of the police and that they were handling the investigations properly.

Then, on Saturday, after iNews Cayman made an inquiry to the RICPS Commissioner about this revelation, a police spokesman made the almost incredible announcement that McKeeva Bush was the subject of three police probes.

The announcement said:

“The RCIPS can confirm that there are a number of investigations currently ongoing involving the premier of the Cayman Islands, the Hon. McKeeva Bush,” the RCIPS spokesperson stated in an official statement. “One involves allegations of financial irregularities in relation to a land deal. In addition, a further allegation of financial irregularities has been made which is entirely separate from the first investigation.

“Finally, allegations have been made in relation to the involvement of the premier in the periphery of a recent incident where a quantity of explosives were imported to the Cayman Islands without the necessary permit. All three of these investigations are actively ongoing. The governor and the FCO are being kept fully updated.

“It would be inappropriate for the RCIPS to make any further comment in relation to any of the allegations made, or the status of the investigations, at this time,” the RCIPS said.

What the second investigation is about is not known and so far there has been little tangible speculation.

Now on Monday (23) the premier issued a press statement via his press secretary, Charles Glidden, saying he had done nothing illegal and he had no intention of resigning.

“A key part of my job is to keep us on the course of financial responsibility, and to take back full sovereignty over all our financial affairs. That is what I was elected to do and what I will continue working towards.”

In the statement he said he was taking legal advice against the “baseless allegations” being made against him. He then made his own allegation that he believed it had originated from civil servants in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.

No one in any of the offices associated with the serious matter would make any further statements.

Whilst the opposition party are calling for Mr. Bush’s immediate resignation that now seems unlikely.