Archive for December 2nd, 2015
Urgency increases to address same-sex discrimination
(CNS): Premier Alden McLaughlin has revealed an urgency by the government to address discrimination in immigration legislation impacting same-sex couples but he said the goal was to stave off the need to recognise same-sex unions rather than a step towards them. He said that the British government has been approached by Argentina’s ambassador to the […]
In support of the Turtle Farm
David Miller writes: We constantly hear that the Cayman Turtle Farm is barbaric, against the environment, evil, stupid, costs too much, etc, etc, but one would agree that in the past people near the coast caught turtles and ate them all over the world. Turtles have existed for hundreds of millions of years. They existed […]
Baby hospitalised in major road smash
(CNS): Six people, including an infant, were all taken to hospital on Tuesday night after a crash in West Bay involving a car, a motorbike and a pedestrian family. The collision happened around 8pm close to Super C’s Restaurant on Watercourse Road. One man, who was the pillion passenger on the motorbike, is currently in […]
Premier ‘scared’ by rhetoric
(CNS): Rhetoric in the Legislative Assembly last week during a debate about the lack of advancement by locals, particularly in the offshore sector, has concerned and even “scared” the country’s leader. But much of what Premier Alden McLaughlin described as “anti-foreign and anti-business” sentiment was coming not just from government opponents but his own backbenchers […]
JMC opens but no word on sideline discussions
(CNS): During this year’s Joint Ministerial Council with the UK and the British overseas territories, leaders have been discussing climate change and energy, education and skills, health and sports. But there is no news yet from London regarding Premier Alden McLaughlin’s discussions with the British government over beneficial ownership and the pressure for Cayman and other […]
