When things are bad, I look for good

Dwayne Caines is well known as a media relations officer for the Bermuda Police Service. He is also twin brother to the equally well-known Digicel CEO Wayne Caines. Dwayne is married to Roshanda and he has three children: Deshay, 24, Desha, 14 and Dori, 13. He lives in Paget with his family. 

Recently, Dwayne and Wayne launched an initiative where more than 200 boys returning to school were given free haircuts at Five Star Barbershop. The boys were also given backpacks filled with goodies. 

Dwayne loves to play sports including basketball, football and volleyball and is very active in his church community. He teaches a GED programme and is a member of the Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity. 

Dwayne is working on a book with his brother Wayne on their childhood experiences and raising children. He is also creating a lecture series on fathers raising daughters.Interview: Mikaela Ian Pearman Photo: Nicola Muirhead

What were you like in school? 

A hell cat/comedian/athlete/philosopher  

Your hero/heroine?

My parents. They have always been there through good and bad. They believed in me when I did not believe in myself. They instilled discipline, hard work, provided love and a stable environment to grow and develop. They made all of their children feel special and taught us it is okay to fail as long as you learn from your mistakes and do better

Which film character would you be?

Kevin Costner in the Untouchables. He was confident and self assured, or Denzel in Training Day or Denzel in Glory

Your greatest fear?

The death of a loved-one

Your most unappealing habit?

Shouting and touching people when I’m in conversation

 Describe yourself in three words

Caring, intense, funny

Worst job you’ve ever done?

Construction (I didn’t realize it was so hard)

Biggest disappointment?

Not having a son

Biggest regret?

Not pursuing a career in medicine 

Your desert island song?

Fred Hammond’s No Weapon and Buju Bonton’s Walk Like a Champion

If you had a travel machine, where would you go?

I would go back in time and meet with Marcus Garvey; one of my favourite leaders, then travel to England to chat with Winston Churchill, a phenomenal leader and speech-writer, then on to Chicago and have tea with Ida B. Wells, one of my favourite journalists of the 19th Century. I would also like to meet the religious reformist, Martin Luther. Finally ending with a sit down talk, with my grand father Arnold Caines who died before I was born  

Most unpleasant exchange you’ve have had with a person?

At immigration coming back into the United States many years ago painful experience case of profiling but a valuable learning experience for me

Best advice you have ever taken?

From my Mother: be yourself, put God first, be true to family, work hard and don’t forget where you come from

 What do you most dislike about your appearance?

I have developed somewhat of a belly and I want it to go at once! I spent my whole life being skinny eating anything and everything. A few years ago I started to gain weight, but all in my stomach. Grrr! I purchased an ab-rocket — it is now an expensive coat rack

 What do you like best about your appearance?

My crooked smile

Guilty pleasure?

Cheesecake, Captain Crunch, and Ice Queen’s fries and cheeseburger

Proudest achievement?

The birth of my daughters and watching them grow and develop

 If you were a pigeon, who would you poop on?

Small-minded people and Liverpool and Arsenal fans. (Go Man U!)

Most daring thing you’ve ever done? 

White water rafting, abseiling, motorcycle racing in the US

How often do you get mistaken for Wayne? 

Every day, all day, this is how everyone greets me: “Are you de police twin or Digicel? ...We still play tricks on people, I have gone into his job several times and acted like him and I cannot say (for legal reasons) if Wayne has ever come to my job or not...We have played tricks on teachers, from primary school right up until college we would switch classes and take each other’s tests

Tell us about the most difficult press conference you’ve had to put together

I have had to do press conferences about friends who have died in shootings, about colleagues who have died [Hurricane Fabian]... Recently, a dear friend’s son was murdered... Many of us are trained to deal with it but it never gets easy.

I have a personal philosophy; in my job sometimes I see people at their worst but it is my responsibility to be at my best. My faith, family, friends, and good old fun help me to keep a mental balance with all the death, doom and gloom.

...If I go to a scene where someone dies, when I get home, I go into my girls’ room and simply kiss them and I am reminded how blessed I truly am.