Tourism cash payment scheme reopens
(CNS): Tourism workers furloughed or without work because of the COVID-19 pandemic and the closure of the borders who have not yet registered for the government’s stipend programme are being offered a new window of opportunity to access the regular monthly payments. Registration is being re-opened to Caymanians next week, and those who qualify will receive at least $1,000 per month until June. Talk of an increase in the payment to $1,500 per month has not yet been confirmed.
The online registration for new applicants will be available at stipend.ourcayman.ky from 9:00am on Tuesday, 26 January, until 5:00pm Friday, 29 January.
To qualify for the stipend, applicants must be Caymanian, married to a Caymanian with Residency and Employment Rights Certificate (RERC), or be a permanent resident. They must also have worked in the tourism sector before the pandemic and are no longer working full-time, and have not applied already.
People who already receive the stipend should not reapply as their stipend payments will be automatically extended through to June.
Once the deadline has passed the verification process will begin. Applicants are encouraged to respond to missed calls, voicemails and emails because representatives from the ministry and Department of Tourism may be in contact for further information.
For anyone with questions about the programme, the call centre will be open from 9:00am – 5:00pm throughout the registration period.
Call centre numbers are as follows:
526-1252
526-1254
526-1276
526-1290
526-1291
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The thugs in Cayman power obviously received the same memo as the rest of the world – tank the fiat currency. USD, GBP, KYD, AUD, NZD, EUR, etc, etc.
People, use your money now to buy things that you will need in an emergency.
Things are happening now that are beyond our control. Do not delay.
Our politicians have sold us out for their personal gain.
No shit, Sherlock!
I think its time for the government to step in and start a training program for these individuals. Or grants to get an education of some sort. Proper tourism may be a while off. It’s best to be properly prepared for the worst.
Cash for votes scheme.
Why give the tourism out of work people (some working other jobs) 1,000 $ and expect to raise it to 1,500 and only give the Seamen two old to work 950 $ ?
Seamen who deserve any handouts are all long since dead and gone. Those receiving now are scam artists at best. Time to end this farcical waste of public funds.
8:53 am, plenty seamen is still alive that went to sea working on ships from the late forties until the early eighties (the rules is from 1947 to 1983) with 5 years sea service . I agree there are some that only went to sea a few weeks and some never went at all, Should be weeded out from the benefits. But others are longtime seamen should and deserve to continue to get the benefits
I am not against giving true Caymanians something, but SHOULD NOT give to expats,if they don’t have jobs to support themselves then they should go home,
Well then how will government/local business owners take advantage of paying a smaller salary to the expats if they leave?
There are Plenty of jobs available for able bodied persons in construction and related industries. I really hope that this “stipend” is only being paid to older individuals who are unable to do other work. It would really piss me off if young men who could be working construction are collecting this payment.
Plenty of wuk but not plenty of money. In fact not enough for livable wage.
I think you’ll find a lot of RERC and PR holders have, and are subsidizing a lot of the caymanians who are less inclined to seek work.
Without them this place would be a wasteland.
Why are we subdidising RERC & PR persons, should be Caymanians only. They can’t get this in their own contries but can here? We already have around 20,000 with Status who can’t support themselves No government can keep this up.
The C.I dollar has a living monarch printed on it so it definitely holds value, not like the U.S dollar which has a bunch of dead presidents.
Hahahah thats the funniest thing all week
Exactly. Any non Caymanian that needs and receives ongoing help has to report that to immigration in their annual declaration. The law confirms that to be grounds for revocation of PR, which is not supposed to be given to or held by persons who are or will become a burden on the community.
You need to look at the points allocation on the PR test. Entirely possible to qualify without adequate financial means – originally it wasn’t, but Alden added points for all sorts of things under pressure from people who didn’t want to see helpers, employers and livers rolled.
You are right but the law still says that PR holders get their PR revoked if they need sustained or formal government assistance.
Except the reason PR even exists is because international law suggests that once people have been resident for 10 years or more they are entitled to a path to citizenship or at least residence because of human rights; local and family links etc. Try taking that right away based on economics and see how far you get. If the UK cannot deport people who are not even in the country legally because they have established ties, or strip British citizens of their citizenship wen they are members of terrorist organizations, think Caymans chances of successfully resist a ECHR challenge to PR removal based purely on income are zero.
10.34am That’s why rollover should be reinstated. Far too many here getting PR who are a drain on society and causing numerous problems in many areas.
And yet it has been taken away from people purely for selling their house.
It’s not your money going to those people, where in the hell all of those people must find a job, why don’t you give them yours
It is our money…
6:43 pm, you are a foolish stupid person if u think it’s not the tax/duties paying people money
Tourism workers should have been looking for different jobs from last March! We’re at almost a year since borders closed and still a long way to go before tourists can/will return.
Stipend program is like putting a bandaid on a ruptured jugular artery….a waste of effort.
Are we “tax payers” going to fund this BS for the next few years. Bulk tourism is at least two years away. Park the cab or boat and get a construction kon
Taters gon’ tate!
Get an education.
From JuJu? Lol.
Why did we only have one number to call regarding overseas travel which was always busy,, yet any Caymanian who worked as a barman 30 years ago and retired after 10 years has five separate numbers to call to claim his monthly $1000/$1500 stipend?.
Election soon come!