Tag: George R. Ebanks
Ebanks quits OfReg council, refusing to be ‘seat warmer’
(CNS): Just a few months after George Ebanks was appointed as chair of the Consumer Council, created to advise the Utility Regulation and Competition Office (OfReg) and feed in consumer concerns, the local businessman has resigned, saying he refuses to be a seat warmer and describing the council as a “cheap employee” of the regulator. […]
CUC rolls out 5.8% delayed base rate hike
(CNS): Residents across Grand Cayman can expect to see a significant increase in their electricity bills next month when CUC’s base rate hike, deferred from the summer, and the fuel increase, which was also delayed, are rolled out and the power provider starts to recoup the missing earnings since the deferrals. The 5.4% increase to […]
Consumer Council chair commits to representing people
(CNS): George Ebanks, the chair of the newly established Consumer Council, has told CNS that he is committed to consulting with the public and ensuring their concerns are conveyed to the Utility Regulation and Competition Office (OfReg), which created this new body to protect the rights of consumers. Ebanks said he would not allow the […]
Resetting the clock and realigning our priorities
George Ebanks writes: I wish to write on a few issues that I think are pertinent to where we as a people and a country find ourselves in in the face of the onslaught throughout the world relative to the COVID-19 pandemic. I am especially thinking how we could and should move forward in what […]
Controlling the cost of health insurance
George R. Ebanks writes: One of the areas that we face here in the Cayman Islands that is costly and is a real contributing factor in regards to our far too high cost of living is our mandatory health insurance cost. We need to urgently explore some common sense changes and start to think outside […]
Collective bargaining by workers
George R. Ebanks writes: Collective bargaining is an important mechanism for regulating effective employment relationships and, based on the continued and persistent exploitation of the Caymanian worker, the time has now arrived for the establishment of a duly recognised and functioning trade union in the Cayman Islands.
Caymanians are wise, smart but can do better
George R. Ebanks writes: I had the pleasure of going to Cayman Brac recently, which gave me the chance to slow down a bit as the pace of life there is as it was in Grand Cayman in years gone by. I sensed more “togetherness” amongst the people of Cayman Brac than I do here […]
Activists plan picket at bulk fuel depots
(CNS): Members of a local activist group, frustrated with government’s inaction over fuel prices, are taking to the streets again to voice their concerns. ‘Cayman Is Fed Up With High Gas Prices’ has scheduled a picket at the fuel importers’ main depots, a gas station boycott, a carpool/bus week and another public march to bring […]
The need for pro-active police action
George R. Ebanks writes: Recently there have been repeated incidents of female joggers being sexually assaulted along our roads as they took time out for their personal leisure and exercise. This must not be left un-noticed and without proactive police action. I have written numerous times of the pervasive and creeping nature of crime and the position […]
No need for an early general election
George R. Ebanks writes: Once again we are faced with an elected government which, through perhaps lack of clear leadership or no fault of their own, now find themselves in a true coalition-type governance model. Should one listen to the recent utterances from the leader of the country, Premier Alden McLaughlin, the incumbent government sounds surprised, […]
Clock ticking on OMOV
George R. Ebanks writes: From the time that our legislature accepted the recommendations of the Electoral Boundaries Commission in October 2015 to introduce 19 single-member electoral districts, government should have also rolled out their action plan to see it to fruition. As it stands now, the clock is busy ticking away precious seconds of time and […]
