Archive for January 16th, 2015
Auditor defends report release
(CNS): The auditor general has defended the need for the timely release of his reports into the public domain following talk, once again, that their release to the public should be delayed. The process of how the office releases the reports has constantly been under threat but calls from the opposition leader Wednesday to delay […]
Appeal court delays undermining justice
(CNS): Colin McKie QC has criticised the Cayman Island Appeal Court over the ongoing lengthy delays in judgements. The editor of the Law Reports said some important judgements had been delayed for years, even though the appeal hearings were short. He warned that public confidence in the justice system was at risk because of the length […]
Speaker and ex-CO escape PAC scrutiny
(CNS): Neither the former minister for District Administration, Works, Lands and Agriculture (DAWLA), Juliana O’Conor-Connolly, nor the former chief officer, Kearney Gomez, were called by the Public Accounts Committee Wednesday as it examined a critical audit report. And few questions were asked of the current chief officer or the former chief financial about some of the damning revelations in […]
Immigration law needs to allow same-sex dependents
(CNS): The local government will have to start addressing legislation that discriminates against the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community, a leading professor of law has warned. The need to reform the immigration law to allow same-sex dependent partners on work-permits and anomalies in the decriminalization of homosexual acts are some of the things that […]
Acting boss confirmed for vehicle department
(CNS): After a year acting in the position, veteran civil servant Richard Simms has finally been confirmed as the director of the Department of Vehicle and Equipment Services (DVES). Simms is responsible for managing almost 900 government vehicles, from mosquito foggers and surveying vehicles, to police cars and commercial heavy equipment.
