Archive for October 25th, 2016
Immigration status and deporting criminals
A friend of mine was a victim of a crime and she has since left Cayman. I understand the offender is a foreign national but it is unclear if he is a permanent resident or perhaps has Caymanian status. Does his immigration status affect whether he can continue to live in Cayman once he gets […]
Independent member objects to status grants
(CNS): The member for East End, Arden McLean, voted on Monday against two Cabinet status grants after an acrimonious exchange with the premier, who brought the motion to give Caymanian status to developer Fraser Whellan and Monique Hamaty-Simmonds, general manager of well-known local firm Tortuga Rum Cakes. McLean said he objected in principle to anyone […]
$5m taken from EPF to buy Smith Cove
(CNS): With a deal between the government and the owners of the land by Smith Cove agreed and the process to acquire the land for public use underway, both sides of the Legislative Assembly supported a government motion Monday to take $5 million from the Environmental Protection Fund. Premier Alden McLaughlin told the parliament that […]
Cruise dock: economic and environmental questions
‘I don’t want to be a politician’ writes: The truth about the port is that no one can truly assess the environmental damage impact that dredging will have on 7 Mile Beach. A review of sea current action and wind patterns over the past 20+ years indicate a strong probability that silt sediment (and there […]
