Archive for January, 2016
Clock ticking on OMOV
George R. Ebanks writes: From the time that our legislature accepted the recommendations of the Electoral Boundaries Commission in October 2015 to introduce 19 single-member electoral districts, government should have also rolled out their action plan to see it to fruition. As it stands now, the clock is busy ticking away precious seconds of time and […]
Sir John Goldring to lead local appeal court
(CNS): Following a recruitment process last year by the Judicial and Legal Services Commission for the position of president of the Cayman Islands Court of Appeal, Sir John Goldring, a new member of the panel, has been appointed by the governor based on the commission’s recommendation. Sir John Chadwick retired from the position this month and the new […]
Watson denies helping Webb launder cash
(CNS): Canover Watson accepted under cross-examination in the CarePay corruption trial that he helped Jeffrey Webb, his friend and business partner, to create false documents to send to a US bank but denied helping him to launder money. Going through more documents recovered from Watson’s computers and flash drives, prosecutor Patrick Moran pressed him repeatedly to reveal […]
Connolly could not count on PPM
(CNS): George Town backbench MLA Winston Connolly has said that he could not depend on the members of the PPM to support his private member’s motions. The novice politician said he believed that remaining on the government benches for the rest of this administration would prevent him from brining motions dealing with the issues he […]
Daylight saving time plans shelved
(CNS): The premier has confirmed that plans to introduce daylight saving time in the Cayman Islands have been shelved. The government had indicated it would introduce the change to local clocks in March in order to keep in-step with Miami and New York throughout the year but Alden McLaughlin said Friday that as a result […]
WB speed limit cut delayed again
(CNS): The reduction in the speed limit on the West Bay Road is being delayed ministry officials have confirmed as a result of other pending changes to the traffic law. Plans to cut the speed limit from 40mph to 30mph, not least because of the numerous accidents on the road which runs parallel to Seven […]
Staggered time is a cost effective short term remedy
Mario E. Ebanks writes: One idea/solution that would assist with the chronic “rush hour” traffic congestion on Grand Cayman is staggered time, basically a “shift” system which sets the arrival and departure time of employees (and maybe school children as well) from their workplaces. Is it necessary for every administrative or “white collar” worker to arrive […]
Cops silent over armed raid in Newlands
(CNS): A police operation in Newlands yesterday remains a mystery, as RCIPS officials have given away very little about the incident. Witnesses watched a group of armed officers from George Town’s Uniform Support Group besiege a house on Milton Drive on Wednesday afternoon, but police said no arrests were made. According to reports from residents, police surrounded […]
Diversity is economic advantage, says Rivers
(CNS): Minister of Education, Employment and Gender Affairs, Tara Rivers, has said that gender diversity gives companies an economic advantage. Speaking at the Fidelity CEO conference Tuesday as a panel discussion guest, she said that women in the workplace have traditionally had to be “twice as good as men to be seen as half as competent”. However, as […]
CEC added US$70M to local economy
(CNS Business): Cayman Enterprise City officials say that the special economic zone (SEZ) has attracted 60 new companies over the past year, that its impact to the local economy since its creation is nearly US$70 million and that there are now around 300 zone-based employees. Almost five years after former premier McKeeva Bush announced plans for a deal […]
Accounts ‘doodling’ incriminates Watson
(CNS): Former Health Services Authority Board chair Canover Watson has been asked about a catalogue of apparently incriminating documents over the last few days, as the crown questioned him on the evidence it says shows he is guilty of corruption. But Watson claimed that a set of spreadsheets allegedly showing earnings for AIS Cayman Ltd, the company that won […]
