Archive for October 24th, 2016
Election spending limited to $40k for all
(CNS): Amendments to the Elections Law passed in the Legislative Assembly Monday saw the government benches accept a suggested change from the independent member for East End on campaign financing. The new law paves the way for every candidate to be allowed to spend $40,000 each, regardless of whether or not they are members of […]
Industry analysts find Flow fastest local provider
(CNS Business): Independent telecoms analyst Ookla, which operates speedtest.net, an online portal that measures internet speeds, has found that Flow has the fastest broadband and mobile services in the Cayman Islands, based on raw data records for the past six months. Regardless of ongoing complaints that internet service in the Cayman Islands from all of […]
LA rolls on as legislators struggle to complete agenda
(CNS): Legislators threw in the towel Friday night after a mammoth day’s work dealing with a significant amount of amendments to the bills brought to the parliament during this meeting but before key legislation was completed. The premier had hoped to end this current Legislative Assembly meeting Friday, even though the agenda was jam-packed, including […]
Elections matter, premier tells voters
(CNS): Premier Alden McLaughlin has said that elections matter because whoever forms the government influences the fortunes of the country for “better or worse”. Speaking at the Chamber of Commerce Legislative Lunch last week, the premier made the case for politicians to have a common plan to make government work. With less than six months to […]
Another sex crime case sent to court
(CNS): The RCIPS has revealed that a 29-year-old unidentified man from West Bay appeared in court Friday charged with a list of serious sex crimes that took place earlier this month. Police said the man had been charged in relation to offences on two different women two weeks apart. The RCIPS sent out a press […]
Athletics association in leadership turmoil
(CNS): A successful legal challenge has put the Cayman Islands Athletics Association leadership into turmoil after the elections were stayed by the courts by an injunction that was granted until administrative and financial records have been handed to the executive. Local attorney and member of the association, Harold Delroy Murray, filed the legal action to […]
