Tag: Osbourne Bodden
Ozziegate was ‘unfortunate’, says governor
(CNS): Cayman Islands Governor Helen Kilpatrick has become the first person in authority to offer any disapproval regarding a verbal attack on a chief officer last month by a minister. Speaking about gender equality in Cayman on Thursday evening at a law school event, Kilpatrick said that the “unfortunate incident” that no one would condone was […]
Special Olympians need funds for LA Games
(CNS): This year the Cayman Islands is sending its biggest team ever to the Special Olympic Games, which will take place in Los Angeles in July and August. However, the team is facing a hefty bill, needing around $170,000 to send the 37 athletes and support personnel to the Games. At a press briefing last week Andrew […]
Emails show tensions in ‘Ozziegate’
(CNS) Updated: The email exchange which led to the controversial verbal assault by cabinet minister Osbourne Bodden on his chief officer, Jennifer Ahearn, last month reveals that he was seeking a reimbursement for the use of his phone for government business, despite being unable to properly account for it. Meanwhile, the opposition leader has raised […]
2014 in Review: Heroes and Villains
(CNS): Derek Haines remarkable six marathons in one year to raise money for the local hospice made him undoubtedly the Hero of the Year, but there were many others in the news this year whose heroic efforts made the Cayman Islands a better place. Minister Osbourne Bodden’s foul-mouthed verbal abuse surpassed even McKeeva Bush’s gambling […]
2014 in Review: Island health
(CNS): After a Cabinet reshuffle mid-December, the health and environmental health portfolio is now under Premier Alden McLaughlin in his expanded ministry. Disgraced minister, Osbourne Bodden, has kept his seat in Cabinet with a greatly reduced ministry but it seems unlikely that the policies will change. The need to tackle the huge problem of waste […]
