50 years ago: ‘UFO’ sighting, planned march to protest taxes, petrol prices
The main article on the front page of the Caymanian Compass on 19 Feb. 1976 was about protesters. The people who marched back on 22 Dec., in protest of raised taxes among other grievances, stated their intention of marching again, particularly because they were dissatisfied with the reply to their demands that they received from the governor on 21 Jan.
In a hand-delivered written release to the Compass on 18 Feb., Buddy Wood and Esther Ebanks, who were speaking on behalf of the organisers of the march, stated their intention of taking the matter to the Legislative Assembly.
The next march was scheduled for 27 Feb. For a more complete summary of the story, please see the below link:
Published on: Feb 22, 2026 07:39 PM