Port boss officially fired
Port Director Clement Reid (Photo courtesy Cayman 27)
(CNS): Clement Reid has been formally fired as director of the Port Authority of the Cayman Islands, officials from PACI have confirmed. In a brief e-mail statement, Acting Director Joseph Woods said that “by mutual consent, the employment of the port director, Clement Reid, was terminated on 23 November”. Reid had been on paid required leave since May. “The board extends its appreciation to Mr Reid for his many years of service at the Port Authority. No further statement will be made in relation to this matter,” Woods added.
Reid’s termination comes in the wake of a catalog of scandals surrounding mismanagement and misuse of public funds at the authority. The issues came to light with the publication of a report by the auditor general earlier this year. Reid was accused of breaching recruitment practices, spending over $130,000 decorating the port offices without approval, allowing staff to go on paid leave to work for the former opposition leader, and of turning a blind eye to the theft of boat engines, among other allegations.
Initially, it appeared the board was willing to give Reid another chance, despite stating that the auditor’s findings appeared to amount to gross misconduct. However, when the details became public, he was suspended from his job while further inquiries were made.
No details have been revealed about what the internal investigation into the director revealed or on what terms he has been fired. A recruitment process for the post of PACI director is expected to begin soon but in the meantime Woods is expected to remain acting as director as well as continuing in his own job as head of port security and cruise operations.
With four other senior managers sacked in August and another, who was accused and cleared of sexual misconduct, now on extended sick leave, the management team is spread thin as government continues negotiations for the proposed cruise berthing and extended cargo facility in George Town. If the project goes ahead, PACI would be at the heart of the Cayman Islands’ largest and most controversial capital project in history.
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very sad. A very decent family with good and Godly up bringing. But the higher a monkey goes the more he shows his ass.
One voice if it’s not a nationality thing as you claim can you explain to the Caymanian people exactly why the same action is not taken in the ministry of Health and infact I will go further and say why certain high official are so eager to defend others for their misconduct in office???No such support was certainly afforded to those subordinates under them.
join NAU line…
All they are doing is clearing all UDP appointments to make way for a PPM appointment to control the purse on the port project. This is how the real pirates of the Caribbean operate.
The pirates were appointed by the UDP
When the UDP supported the port. All parties are pirates and want to control the money to siffen it off
12.47 you write a load of bull poop.
The Port Authority has nothing to do with the decision to build or not build the cruise piers.
So when the port gets approval who will have oversight of the project? Whose budget will the money be allocated to?
Complete BS, look at who are on the boards and their after-work affiliations.
Why is this a nationality thing? it is simple, if you are corrupted or unable to do your job effectively and efficiently, you should be FIRED regardless who you are, where you come from, what colour you are etc. He did not do his job or got caught so he is out . Yes it hurts more when it one of our own, and I would say the same for any Country where their own nationals disgrace them and their Country, it not only here.
Welcome to cayman, where it’s hard to fire caymanians for cause.
Who are the directors and what are they paid?
Very little; only $150 per meeting.
And all the free jobs you want in the future when you fail at your current post for attending. Sounds like a good deal to me.
Yep. Horizontal moves, golden parachutes, and being “protected” is what you get for being on a board…even if you are a major f&*%up.
king tut taken down?
So now please tell us what is the justification to also NOT FIRE MAC THE LA SPEAKER?
MAC was the cause of some of Mr. Reid’s problems.
To not fire MAC is a violation of the Constitution section 16 1nd 19!
His employment was “terminated by mutual consent”?? What does that mean?
Is that the new terminology for a settlement? Was he was paid off to leave? Was he paid off to “retire”?
Errol you have muddled this one up again.
Golden handshake and the fixed term contract paid in full.
This is not apart of the topic but hey when ya’ll going to give port staff the 5% geez health authority got back pay from january and port cant get a dollar extra?
That is so wrong by all means.
The Health Authority just received a 5% Cola increase in November not January and the one before that was 2015. HSA salaries are way below par where off loading a container at the Port can fetch you $5k a month. Foolishness talk what you know.
It generally means a great deal of public money saved in not having to go through long and very expensive court battles.
Not every case is related to any misdeeds of the civil servants. Some Boards are corrupt and if a Director chooses to challenge them, he/she is history! Lodge expectations are rife throughout statutory authorities!
What is your problem with “Lodge”? Somebody blackballed you?
“Fired”? Only in Absurdistan, Mutual consent and a cheque cannot be described as “fired”.
Yes that is so true. A far better description should have been given for the separation of employment. Example: It was mutually agreed that Mr. Reid’s contract would not be renewed at this time, and the parties also agreed that he would separate from the Port Authority going forward to allow the process for a change of leadership to take effect.
Nice guy from a good family but something went seriously wrong along the way. Not sure if it was the work environment or if a sense of entitlement developed.
Maybe he was challenging decisions and asking too many questions? None of that will be tolerated by any government in Cayman.
Why is it that Caymanians in position, always letting us down
Caymanians please make your people proud, we are counting on you, remember we are
now the minority in this struggle.
Lol! Struggle! Caymanians, just by being Caymanian, are afforded unique advantages and opportunities in this country that other nationalities in their own country are not given gratis. It’s just a case of being too stupid or bone idle to take advantage of them. And if you’re stupid, blame the local schools run by…wait, that doesn’t fit the narrative.
Like I have said before we gripe and complain about Caymanian not getting the high jobs and we give them it only to here few short years down the road they fired..How much is this now???? TOO MUCH IN MY OPINION …..
This is Cayman and we are Caymanian . how many others from different country do the same thing and getaway with it ,under the table. .
You admit it, give your name if your so supportive…coward.
Does it really matter?
There are other government heads/directors that need to go too
If their literacy levels match your’s, it is not surprising that they can’t get a top role.
You need to learn who to use possessive pronouns, sweetie-pie. “Your’s”? Tsk, tsk. Don’t sign up to the grammar police unless you have the basic tools.
Who or how?
Huh?
Unemployment is at at an all time high.
Proof?
Yes, it has moved from non-existent to diddly-squat.
Why dont we see this type of accountability in the private sector. Customer service in the private sector is awful and we are always being ripped off.
Also why do we want to know people personal business. Why people get fired is not our business.
You have obviously never dealt with customs, immigration or the licencing department.
Riiiight…. get a clue. Maybe you are the problem, I never have issues with the private sector unless it’s an entitled Caymanian at the desk or on the phone.
Bang. On.
9:33…….. Are you joking? You don’t want to know about it when your representatives are stealing from you?
It is when we pay their wages – and for th severance deal. Private sector – someone else’s money, and no publicity because it’s not a taxpayer issue. But you just go on using the “someone else is worse” excuse for justifying public sector incompetence or corruption.
It’s just the same old, same old we’ve been having for years………. and it isn’t over, unfortunately. It’s real CAYMANKIND!
It gets much better, Bobo. Rumor has it that Clem Clem was handed a walk-away cheque equivalent to two years salary. A FOI request and publish should be forthcoming… Here we go again!
Why is everything a secret when it’s our money? Wasn’t this government suppose to be transparent? They won’t answer any of the public’s questions. This, the port project, the cost of the new planes…….just a joke at our expense. Wake up Cayman. Meanwhile our youth are suffering…..sadtimes .
A lot of employers end up paying out their employment contract obligations as it ends up cheaper than going through court proceedings for wrongful dismissal (breach of contract) where the damages are virtually limitless. The employer does the math and cuts the cheque which is cheaper and less messy than public court battles.
I am happy to see that unethical civil servants can be fired , but then again , wasn’t he appointed by the Speaker ? I hope that all other unethical civil servants that are on pay leave for years can be fired too . Then I will say that the government is ethical .
Ron he was not a civil servant. Why can’t you understand this.
11:18 . What was he then troll .
‘However, when the details became public’ = a cover up that got righteously and royally blown. This is why having a free and unfettered media is so important.
So every week or two it would appear someone is fired or put on leave, or being investigated for corruption within the CIG
and the public is left completely in the dark every time
Shameful
Ah boy, these ol’ greedy ass Caymanians, spoil it for the rest of us. Some of us would do an exemplary job given the opportunity to shine in these high-level position, but after these type of unethical performances, we’ll never get the chance. Sick of unna.
Who’s Unna?
if you have to ask…
Oh my darlin’