Archive for July 9th, 2015
Data, policies and laws missing on poverty
(CNS): No research analysis or information gathering on who and how many people in the Cayman Islands are living in poverty or at risk of falling into it has been conducted since well before the 2009 economic crisis hit. Government does not have any defined policies or goals about how its social assistance programmes should […]
Elections Office will guide on new constituencies
(CNS): If the PPM-led administration agrees to accept the recommendations of the Electoral Boundary Commission when the final report is submitted later this month, it will be the Cayman Islands Elections Office that will direct voters on their new constituencies. Although the commissioners used the 2010 boundary report as a starting point for the single member constituencies, […]
Anglin: I did best to manage disaster
(CNS): The former education minister, Rolston Anglin, has denied inappropriately interfering with the schools projects that he undertook as a member of the UDP Cabinet. Following the release of an audit report relating to government’s capital projects, Anglin said he had done his best to “to manage a situation that was a disaster” and delivered the primary school […]
Ministry plans roadshow for new laws
(CNS): Following the recent publication of both the draft labour bill and extensive amendments to the pensions law, the employment minister and her ministry team are hitting the road next week to begin the task of presenting the proposed new legislation to the public. Starting with the Labour Law, which is a complete overhaul of […]
Audit watchdog aims to set example
(CNS): As the public sector landscape in Cayman develops and grows and new ways of delivering services are implemented, the changes can put management and financial control environments at increased risk. However, the Office of the Auditor General (OAG) has published a strategic plan about its aims and objectives and how the team intends to improve […]
Water authority finishes BT pipe work
(CNS): The first phase of the Bodden Town pipeline project is finished. Around 1,900 feet of new pipe along Bodden Town Road, from the Cemetery to Gun Square Road, has been installed since work began in early May, and all customers along the stretch of new pipe were hooked up to the new line by […]
