Archive for October, 2015
Cayman Turtle Farm boosts hatch rate with better diet
(CNS): More than 38,200 eggs were laid by the Cayman Turtle Farm’s breeding turtles this season as a result of improvements in the food and hatchling process. In years gone by, the CTF had serious problems with the numbers of eggs being laid and the survival rate but this season, from the first nest of 100 […]
Novice captains to take pleasure boat tests
(CNS): A private member’s motion to introduce a safety test for owners of pleasure boats over 21 feet and with over 150HP engines has been accepted by government. The motion was brought to the Legislative Assembly by Ezzard Miller, who said the law does not currently require owners to have any knowledge of the Port Authority […]
FIFA boss admits backroom World Cup deal
(CNS): The beleaguered president of world football’s governing body has admitted that backroom deals had been made among the FIFA executive over the 2018 and 2022 World Cups. In an interview with the Russian news agency TASS, Sepp Blatter revealed that football bosses had agreed before the vote to give the 2018 and 2022 games […]
Minister denies family connections behind push for port
(CNS): Deputy Premier Moses Kirkconnell has denied that his family connections have anything to do with the decision to press on with the port project, even though there are still many concerns and unanswered questions about the controversial proposal. Answering questions at a press conference about Cabinet’s approval for the cruise port to move forward, Kirkconnell, who […]
Port design proposal to be reviewed
(CNS): The government is taking another look at the proposed design for a cruise berthing facility, which has been at the centre of the work that has taken place so far, to move the controversial project forward. Speaking at a press conference on Wednesday, Tourism Minister Moses Kirkconnell spoke about the possibility of moving the […]
Leadership remains weak point for CIG accounts
(CNS): The adverse opinion issued by the auditor general on the government’s full set of annual accounts for the year-ending June 2014 is mostly down to a lack of leadership in the financial function at the centre of public accounting in the economics and finance ministry. Falling short of describing government’s problem as a skills […]
Victim pistol-whipped in GT mugging
(CNS): A 52-year-old man was hit in the head by a masked armed robber in the early hours of this morning during a violent street mugging. The victim, who lives in George Town, was robbed of his wallet at 2:00 Wednesday morning in Middle Road in the Walkers Road area of town by four men, […]
Cabinet approves cruise port
(CNS): The government’s inner circle has approved the next step in the cruise berthing project, Premier Alden McLaughlin stated Wednesday. He and Tourism Minister Moses Kirkconnell said that their Cabinet colleagues and the Progressive and C4C joint caucus had given the nod to moving the controversial project on to the next stage. McLaughlin said all […]
First EPS in a decade gets failing grade
(CNS): After ten years of trying, the first auditable set of consolidated government accounts have been given a failing grade by the auditor general. The entire public sector financials were given an adverse opinion for a catalogue of reasons, Alastair Swarbrick said in the report he completed before he departed. Despite the efforts and focus […]
Drivers face licence loss over school zone speeding
(CNS): The penalties for speeding in a 15mph school zone when the lights are flashing will soon cost motorists their driver’s licence. Government has agreed to up the ante on the punishment, which is currently a fine of $200. The decision came following a private member’s motion brought by East End MLA Arden McLean in the […]
LA adjourned until mid-November for SPS
(CNS): The Legislative Assembly was adjourned on Monday following a meeting that lasted just under two weeks and dealt with a number of bills and motions, including the historic adoption of ‘one man, one vote’. The members will return in three weeks, when the government will present its Strategic Policy Statement, which will cover the […]
