Tag: George R. Ebanks
Local pump prices stick as oil costs tumble
(CNS): As the price of a barrel of oil fell below $28 Monday before making a fractional recovery in trading, and the price of gas dropped to just 47 cents per gallon at one station in Michigan on Sunday, prices in Cayman were still in many places over $4 per gallon. The issue of fuel costs […]
Gas price fall not enough, says activist
(CNS): The cut in the pump price of fuel to just under $4 at some local gas stations is not enough, local activists said as they announced plans to pump up the pressure on government to in turn press the two bulk fuel importers to cut prices by much more. George Ebanks, the spokesperson for […]
Fuel price activists back new terminal
(CNS): The group of activists campaigning for reduced gas prices have switched their attention from the allegations of inflated pump prices to backing a new larger fuel storage and transshipment terminal on Grand Cayman as a solution to the overly high prices, which they say are still not falling to a fair rate. The committee, known […]
Rain dampens demo but petition exceeds 14,000
(CNS): The crowd marching on the Legislative Assembly Wednesday to show support for effective legislation on gas price transparency was considerably smaller than organisers had expected, as the weather dampened the occasion. Around 50 people waited outside the Legislative Assembly to hand over to lawmakers a petition with more than 14,000 signatures, which is believed to be the […]
Fuel petition expected to be longest for many years
(CNS): Thousands of people have put their name to a petition backing government’s plans to hold the bulk fuel importers accountable for the prices at the gas pumps, and George Ebanks, the chair of the organisation behind it, is hoping to hand over a petition with a record-breaking number of signatures when he leads a march to the Legislative Assembly […]
Gas price demo organisers urge public to join in
(CNS): More than 8,000 signatures have already been collected by the organisers of the planned people’s march next Wednesday against high gas prices. With the green light from the deputy governor to collect more from civil servants at the Government Administration Building Friday and early next week, they hope to reach the target of 15,000 […]
Public backs gas price petition
(CNS): Organisers of a campaign pressing for a cut in gas prices and more government control of the bulk fuel importers’ pricing mechanisms have gathered well over 5,200 signatures in support of their action. At the weekend volunteers from the ‘Cayman Is Fed Up With High Gas Prices’ committee took to the streets across the […]
Cayman needs to exercise ‘people power’
George R. Ebanks writes: Throughout history, we have excellent examples of where “people power” was used effectively and by so doing the actions of a few benefitted many. Consider India’s Mahatma Gandhi. Because of Gandhi’s leadership and his actions in awakening the minds of the people of his country, India won independence from Britain in 1947, thanks […]
Gas prices trigger public action
(CNS): With Cayman drivers still paying close to CI$5 per gallon for fuel, despite the massive fall in oil prices on the world market, a group of local people have come together to organize a public show of support to government and its plans to regulate the importers and do something about the “unreasonable” local gas […]
Summit for a better understanding of our future wellbeing
George R. Ebanks writes: I am not sure if it should be hosted by our government or the Cayman Islands Chamber of Commerce, but a “Summit” needs to be called and held, preferably in an open arena, where our financial institutions and service providers can be called together with our government hierarchy to openly discuss, […]
