Archive for February, 2021
The education crisis in Cayman
Sammy Jackson writes: Education holds the key for the prosperity and success of future generations, it is the centre of building human capital. This is true worldwide. Without education opportunities, future generations have little hope at prosperity. Cayman is in the midst of a silent crises, an education crisis. The recent publication of the Office […]
Alden reveals plan for ‘coalition campaign’
(CNS): The Progressives will be campaigning on a coalition platform, Premier Alden McLaughlin revealed during a press briefing Thursday. Answering questions from CNS about health cover following the announcement that Health City Cayman Islands will be opening a second hospital in Camana Bay, McLaughlin said he would be speaking about this during the campaign and […]
Shetty plans $100M hospital in Camana Bay
(CNS): Health City Cayman Islands is expanding and will be opening a 50+ bed “super specialist” hospital at the edge of Camana Bay on land owned by Dart between the Cayman International School and the dump. This new facility will be designed to mostly cater to the local market rather than medical tourists, which was […]
Fired NRA boss gets seat on NCC
(CNS): Cabinet has now gazetted the new National Conservation Council after the situation came to a head this week when there was no NCC in place to submit comment on a major Dart hotel project before the Central Planning Authority. McFarlane Connolly has been reappointed as chairman and new members include Paul Parchment, who was […]
Mount Trashmore and recycled politicians
(CNS): The George Town dump has been a national crisis through the past six administrations, starting with the UDP government in power when Grand Cayman was hit by Hurricane Ivan in 2004, followed by the first PPM government, which took over in 2005, in which Arden McLean, who has since left the party and currently […]
Six new COVID cases in travellers
(CNS): Another six people tested positive for the coronavirus in a batch of 461 results carried out since Tuesday afternoon, according to Chief Medical Officer Dr John Lee. There are now 29 active cases of COVID-19 among the 785 people in quarantine and isolation, two of whom are suffering symptoms. Cayman has now recorded 425 […]
Dart gets waivers on decade old Ryan deal
(CNS): Fujigmo, a company once owned by Michael Ryan, the developer of the Ritz-Carlton, Grand Cayman, was still receiving duty concessions on golf carts and materials for the North Sound Golf Club a decade after the deal was signed with government relating to the SafeHaven development. Dart now owns the club, and although the original […]
Early election stalls bill for refugee rights
(CNS): The Cayman Islands government was expected to bring amendments to immigration legislation to Parliament in the first quarter of this year that would fix the conflict between the law and the country’s Bill of Rights as well the UN Convention relating to the Status of Refugees. But the decision by Premier Alden McLaughlin to […]
Gov’t scrambles to form NCC
(CNS): After dragging its heels on appointing the private sector members of the National Conservation Council, public pressure appears to have led government to a last minute scramble. An application by Dart for a ten-storey hotel went before the Central Planning Authority on Tuesday with no input from the Department of Environment because there was […]
Salary grabs and who gets the shaft
Alric Lindsay writes: It is not unusual for salary grabs to take place close to election dates. But to blatantly do so while poor people are suffering takes things to another level. This is particularly the case during COVID-19. Specifically, I would like to point out two salary grabs, who may get left behind and who […]
CI Fire Service trains coastguard recruits
(CNS): The new Cayman Islands Coast Guard (CICG) will be working with various other agencies in the course of its responsibilities to protect the shoreline and Cayman waters. To this end, 16 recruits to the government’s newest uniform agency have therefore been given training on how to put out fires. During the three-day course in […]
