Archive for January 8th, 2015

Complaints boss slams pace of change

Complaints boss slams pace of change

| 08/01/2015 | 7 Comments

(CNS): Nicola Williams, who steps down as complaints commissioner on Friday, has said she is “extremely disappointed in the glacial pace” that the local government is moving at when it comes to implementing the recommendations she has made in a number of her Own Motion Reports. Williams said that four years after her report on […]

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People urged to cooperate with budget survey

People urged to cooperate with budget survey

| 08/01/2015 | 5 Comments

(CNS): The Economics & Statistics Office (ESO) will begin conducting the year-long Household Budget Survey on Sunday and all the households which will be randomly selected are being urged to cooperate with the interviewers. Finance Minister Marco Archer explained the importance of the survey for a number of reasons, as he encourage those selected to […]

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New faces to appear on Grand Court bench

New faces to appear on Grand Court bench

| 08/01/2015 | 0 Comments

(CNS): With the departure of Justice Alex Henderson from the courts this month, the appointment of two new judges, who begin presiding today (Thursday 8 January), will be welcomed by an already stretched bench. Justice Ingrid Mangatal joins the Cayman judiciary from Jamaica full time, while local attorney Justice Robin McMillan has assumed an acting […]

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Answers needed in cop gun case

Answers needed in cop gun case

| 08/01/2015 | 22 Comments

(CNS): Government needs to offer an explanation to the public over why a police officer who carried a firearm through airport security was not arrested and treated as any other person would have been. MLA Ezzard Miller has said that the authorities need to answer questions over why Detective Inspector Lauriston Burton was given special […]

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