The Editor Speaks: Conservation crimes and punishment
We commit the crimes and the generations that follow us pay for them. A history lesson no one learns from. What one man fights for and preserves another two or three will destroy. Such are two of our stories today….
New Elections Manual Available
In advance of the May 2013 general elections, political hopefuls will have the benefit of new elections manuals, which were recently completed by the Elections Office. The first “Candidate’s Kit” was presented today (Thursday, 18 October) to His Excellency the…
Maples and Calder Breaks Own Record for Number of Summer Students Recruited
Maples and Calder (“Maples”) welcomed 23 summer student interns to its Cayman Islands office this year, breaking last year’s record number of 19. Each year, Maples invites applications from young adults who are in the last years of their secondary…
Cayman’s blue iguanas moves to “endangered” from “critically endangered”
In the updated International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species, Cayman Islands blue iguanas have taken a step back from the brink of extinction through the efforts of Fred Burton and his team of hard…
The Editor Speaks:
….. I’m leavin’ on a jet plane Don’t know when I’ll be back again John Denver’s classic song has kept ringing in my ears today after receiving the People’s Progressive Movement’s (PPM) press release about the Cayman Islands Premier seemingly…
China Harbour named in more scandal
Awarding of JDIP to CHEC is cause of concern to all Jamaicans says OCG in the following release from their Office. CHEC is the company that Cayman Islands premier, Hon. McKeeva Bush, is almost hell bent on employing to build…
RCIPS says GSR evidence is used to support other evidence
Royal Cayman Islands Police Service’s (RCIPS) Detective Superintendent Marlon Bodden said on Tuesday (16), the August memo written by former RCIPS Scientific Support Manager Martin Gaule concerning Gun Shot Residue (GSR), was simply a reminder for officers to comply with…
New Flora book of the Cayman Islands announced
The Ministry and Department of Environment are pleased to announce the recent publication, by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, of the ‘Flora of the Cayman Islands’ by Dr George R Proctor, former head of the Natural History Division of the…
The Editor Speaks: Bush touts San Miguel Corporation of the Philippines but I see only red flags
In a news release last week it has been reported that our premier, McKeeva Bush, is touting Southeast Asia’s largest publicly listed food, beverage, and packaging company San Miguel Corporation (SMC) of the Philippines for business opportunities. Mr. Bush met…
Anti-corruption Commission “Focus” newsletter
On 3rd July, 2012, David Baines, Commissioner of Royal Cayman Islands Police Service, and as Chairman of the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC), issued a Memo (see attached) to all Public Officials informing them of an ACC newsletter called “Focus”. The Memo…
