Bush wants CI defence force
Posted on Fri, 03/09/2012 - 06:28 in Crime
(CNS): Premier McKeeva Bush says he wants to create a Cayman Islands ‘disaster defence force’ once the country is in a position to afford it. Speaking at the official inauguration of the customs new crime fighting equipment this week, Bush revealed his wish list for when the country is better off financially for further crime fighting and security measures. He said it was a long standing goal to create Cayman’s own special cadre of personnel that would work alongside the RCIPS in special circumstances, such as in the wake of a hurricane or other emergency situations, to protect the public.
“In this day and age when you are developing and moving forward, trying to build a nation, we have to build services and I hope that I can see a disaster defence force before long,” Bush said. “It’s not on the front burner but it is moving up and I have spoken to several people about it. Funds are not available now and I don’t know when they will be available but I consider the protection of borders, especially in natural disasters ... where we ought to have our own, so we don’t have to reach abroad as we did for Ivan.”
He said one day, when government had the finances, Caymanians would be trained and recruited into the country’s own defence unit that could be there when needed in the wake of disasters and emergencies. “I consider that we ought to have our own cadre of defence force personnel that would work with the police when needed,” he said.
Talking about how much money the government has already invested in crime fighting, he said there were many more things that he wanted to see that would help to keep the islands safe, not just from the threat of crime but natural disasters.
He spoke about getting even better and more sophisticated protection for the borders with a national radar system so the emergency services would know “what was coming down on us” and be able to have the helicopter, boats and other emergency resources available in the right place.
“These are costly things,” he said but he added that his government wanted to move forward with them. “But we need these services and one of these days we ought to have the funds to … supplement the police with these services,” he added.
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I was one of the few people
I was one of the few people that first suggested that we needed a Military unit or base down here. I suggested it during the Christmas party that was held at John A Cummber school in december 2011. I my self planning to join the british Royal Marines Commando in the later half of summer 2012, also being in the Cayman Island Cadet Corps. Plus having Family in infantry and special forces in both US and UK militarys, I can for sure say the Cayman Island needs one or two military units or bases wheather army, navy and/or Coast Guard , marines or Air force
McDoom
Good luck with that literacy
Good luck with that literacy test...
They'll all wear black shits
They'll all wear black shits and have belt buckles engraved with "Got Mit Uns."
Will Mac then get to wear a
Will Mac then get to wear a military uniform like Chavez and Castro do? That would be cool.
I told you so!
Have you ever watched Dads
Have you ever watched Dads Army on the BBC.
If Cayman's people can't see
If Cayman's people can't see through McKeeva Bush yet, they never will....and that doesn't say much on behalf of Cayman because a blind man can see through this one.
With all the smart, intelligent people in Cayman, both Caymanian and foreigners, how did this man ever become the Premiere of Cayman ?
I truly hope that Cayman's voters have learned something by now and understand that letting McKeeva Bush into power is like putting an unruly, misbehaving child in a toy store, saying "have some fun !"
If left to his own devices the toystore will look like a paradise in comparison to what Cayman will look like once McKeeva Bush is done with it.
A more idiotic, threatening idea, I have never heard in all my life.
This sounds like a McKeeva Bush 'hit squad' if you ask me and England would certainly have a thing or two to say about this if it ever surfaces while Cayman is still a British territory.
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Cayman Islands Defence Force,
Cayman Islands Defence Force, way? to be a another Bashar al-Assad of Syria? I think NOT!!!!
WE DO NEED A DEFENCE FORCE TO
WE DO NEED A DEFENCE FORCE TO KEEP THOSE EAST END UDP SUPPORTERS FROM GETTING THOSE GROUPERS DURING CLOSE SEASON AND TAKING THEM TO A GOVERMENT OFFICAL IN WEST BAY, Now i wonder who that can be. There one eastender who live in west and one that live in town that is always coming to east end to collect them and taking them to west bay. After the last funeraL we had up here a goverment was call one side and told that he had THREE GROUPERS AT HIS HOUSE FOR HIM. THIS SAME OFFICAL WENT AND COLLECTED THEM. Now mr premier we the EAST END PEOPLE would like you call a probe into this IT do not look good for any offical to assist those guys in breaching the laws of this that is in place. The nezt time i see this i will contact the marine police and see what come out of it
EEEEK! Now he wants his own
EEEEK! Now he wants his own private army???
"Nation building" =
"Nation building" = "preparation for independence" = "death of the financial services industry and threat to tourism because of increased crime (see Nassau for details"
mckeeva can u bring the
mckeeva can u bring the FLORIDA LOTTERY here two?
Its too Sherlock
Its too Sherlock
He wants to be the Fidel of
He wants to be the Fidel of Cayman.
He IS the Fidel of Cayman!
He IS the Fidel of Cayman!
If we dont get our own
If we dont get our own defence force, then what will we do if Cayman Brac invades Cayman?
Simply stop giving them the
Simply stop giving them the money to do so!
That's right. Ju Ju is
That's right. Ju Ju is getting her army of soldier crabs ready in case Mac tells her to stop paving them private driveways and parking lots. Don't worry Ju, Mac would NEVER do that to you.
As long as she keeps washing
As long as she keeps washing his feet!!!
Fools are supposed to keep
Fools are supposed to keep thier mouths shut!!!!!
The bible says Christian
The bible says Christian folks shouldn't call other people fools.
Not sure why you insist on
Not sure why you insist on opening yours!!!!!
"...help to keep the islands
"...help to keep the islands safe, not just from the threat of crime, but natural disasters".
Good Idea... 'cause I see the Premeir himself as a Natural Disaster that has been brewing up for quite some time, and getting ready to wreak real havoc on our tiny little nation.
We just can't have this basket run our Cayman Islands any longer... not one more day.
Maybe if we had our own DF in
Maybe if we had our own DF in place after Ivan, we wouldn't have to depend on other Caribbean islands such as Bermuda, Jamaica and Belize DF to assist us.
"getting ready" ??
"getting ready" ??
True... I know, it should be
True... I know, it should be "has been". My point was though that after getting his Defense Force, it would be the REAL HAVOC... and the nasty end of Democracy/Cayman Island as we know it.
Cant wrong ya there Bushy
Cant wrong ya there Bushy cause the bobbies on the beat ain't cutting it out deh on dem streets. However crime is the archilles heal of the Cayman Islands Economic and Social structure and prosperous way of life. This is something our financial rivals and governing powers are well aware of and their lack of performance and indifference cant be made to look too obvious so their FCO uses fancy wording and whispers of sweet nothings in our loyal fools to reassured them erry lickle ting is going to be all right. How sad for Caymanians that our children future is so uncertain.
JAMAICA JAMAICA
JAMAICA JAMAICA
You are a little late anon
You are a little late anon 15:15 been that way for sometime Prison Police and Judiciary now branching out and returning to UK UK and Phillipines moving now to India and soon be China China.
So true, no wonder this place
So true, no wonder this place is going to hell. Loved coming there, no any more. Crime out of control, cost of living killing the people & your politicians living high on th hock.
Reminds me of Jamaica in the 70's, on the way down. From what I read and hear, your Premier is more intersted in the welfare of everyone else other than the locals, not a good idea. I'm sorry to see this once "Pearl of the Caribbean" come to what it is today.
We need a defense force
Sorry, Mr. SKEPTICAL but they
Sorry, Mr. SKEPTICAL but they would not be called "MAC'S MILITIA". The name has already been decided upon - they will be know as the Rapid Action Task Service!
Rapid Action Task Service or
Rapid Action Task Service or RATS for short...
DOES ANYONE EVER THINK
DOES ANYONE EVER THINK POSITIVE ROUND HERE???????? I do not have a strong opinion on this issue, but every blog is nasty / negative. I wonder why?
Perhaps we are more than a
Perhaps we are more than a little jaded by all of Macs big ideas and who actually benefits from all of them.
Maybe if you did not listen
Maybe if you did not listen to your "premeir" and got a decent education you could figure out the answer yourself?
"We don't need education" is
"We don't need education" is what our fearless leader has said about Cayman and he proves the point almost every time he opens his mouth or comes up with another idea. Dredge the North Sound for mega yachts, destroy our Mangroves, cut into our island to build a dock making us more likely to not survive a storm and build a refinery. All of this out of the big brain of our leader. If I did not live it I would never believe this from anyone.
Reminds me, I haven't read
Reminds me, I haven't read 'Animal Farm' for a long time!
Definition of McKeeva- always
Definition of McKeeva- always sure to give you comic relief at the end of a long hard work day or work week.
Zee idea iz a verry gut one.
Zee idea iz a verry gut one. Zee first ting vee vill do iz to exterminate oll zee foreiners and Alden, Kurt, dat old Bodden Town guy, and zee few tousands oders hoo standz ins our way. Zee second ting vee must do iz to organize in zee brigades, hold zee bonfire, and burn all zee books an all zee music dat do not praize Me Big Mac as zee saviour of diez izlands. And zee last ting vie shall do iz to build zee nuclear power plant in zee East End so dat vie can be zee firs Caraibean country to have zee nuclear weapons - I hear der are zee many countriez hoo vill pay good money for zem. Zee Beaver
Verrrrrrrry interestink. But
Verrrrrrrry interestink. But you missed out ein important step, namely ze Vest Bay troopers must firstly annex der Sudetensound.
Jawohl, zie ist right Herr
Jawohl, zie ist right Herr Kommandant. Firzt zie Sudentensound, then zie Bodden Town, and then zie East End...but maybe not in dies particular oRder. Maybe, jus maybe vie tek ober die Five and a half mile Beach firzt and give some of die Land away! Zee Beaver
Papa Doc Mac, Premier for
Papa Doc Mac, Premier for Life............
Did you mean Northward?
Did you mean Northward?
He is talking like a real
He is talking like a real dictator! We are a democratic society and we want to remain democratic. We don't need independence now. Everyone in the world is fighting for freedom and this man wants us to go the communist way. You know I am a West Bayer and I have come to realize that this man is a Dictator to the core. That Premiership has gone to his head, BIG TIME!
Mac's in Honduras. Maybe all
Mac's in Honduras. Maybe all if he stopped with the excessive trips he'd have some money for it eh!
And, I dare ask, would they
And, I dare ask, would they also be at YOUR beck and call and reporting to you? Would there be any phone-tapping / spying privileges granted to them in the near future? Would there be any plans to have them on hand at certain times, like when people exercise their democratic right to protest what their government is doing, to discourage people from getting too boisterous and vociferous in their protests? And by the way, when is the Bill of Rights going to come in effect?
I think what he means is
I think what he means is 'Civil Defence' or 'Civil Defense' - unarmed uniformed volunteers trained to deal with emergencies.
It was disbanded in the UK in 1968 and replaced by a combination of the three emergency services acting together in the event of a major incident.
I have a better idea - if there's a repeat of Hurricane Ivan just get boots on the ground (US Marines, British Paras, Royal Marines, whatever you need) ASAP to deal with looters.
When the people of Syria
When the people of Syria protested they were met by the Militia, because Hassad does not want to give up power. Would a militia be a good idea for Cayman
I wonder if the Chinese
I wonder if the Chinese buddies will be helping with this too. After all they are said to have the largest army in the world. Any plans to have them send over their military people to help train this "defence" force, militia-style? Now wouldn't that be a comforting thought?
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