Archive for May, 2021
Nine travellers test positive for COVID-19
(CNS): Nine travellers tested positive for COVID-19 over the holiday weekend, illustrating the risk still posed to Cayman’s community-free pandemic status until more people are fully vaccinated. There are no details about where the travellers came from, which variants they were infected with or whether they had been vaccinated, since public health does not routinely […]
Developers pose major AML risks
(CNS): As property development and construction continues to surge across the Cayman Islands, it’s not just the natural environment that is at risk. The large number of developments for commercial purposes, especially beach and waterfront condo and apartment projects, are posing a risk to the jurisdiction because of their vulnerability to money laundering.
Ministers press tourism sector over local jobs
(CNS): The new tourism minister, Kenneth Bryan, and his Cabinet colleague Chris Saunders, the new minister for labour, are publicly pressing leaders of the tourism industry to use the pandemic as an opportunity to change the low numbers of locals employed in the sector and reintegrate Caymanians into an industry that was once a popular […]
Business community pushes public to get COVID vaccine
(CNS): Business owners and association leaders such as the Cayman Contractors Association, Dart, Heath City and the Royal Bank are urging the public to get vaccinated before local supplies expire. Members of the Chamber of Commerce and other commercial entities are all clamouring for the border to open sooner rather than later. But the new […]
Bush back in driving seat for new parliament
(CNS): Speaker of the House McKeeva Bush is heading up the new independent Parliament Management Council, putting him back at the centre of Cayman politics, despite his conviction late last year for a violent assault, the controversy that surrounded it and his very narrow victory in West Bay West. Bush held the first meeting of […]
New acting boss takes turn at WORC
(CNS): Laura Watler has been appointed as the new Acting Interim Director of Workforce Opportunities and Residency Cayman (WORC), as Jeremy Scott, the previous holder of the post, resumes his duties as deputy director of compliance, leading the effort to enforce the laws. Watler is on secondment to the beleaguered agency from the Portfolio of […]
Environment fund lost $$$ on Beach Bay coastal works
(CNS): The Environmental Protection Fund is missing tens of thousands of dollars because the relevant coastal works fees for a proposed hotel were waived due to a concession deal between the developers and the Cayman Islands Government. The controversial Beach Bay project in the Lower Valley area, which has advanced very little over the six […]
Ministry name change points to new ethos
(CNS): The ministry area previously named community affairs is now known as social development, which reflects the goal to “assist, enhance and socially develop the lives of the clients” at the Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS), according to Minister Andre Ebanks, who visited the department last week at Apollo House East on Mary […]
Credit agency keeps Cayman’s high rating
(CNS): Moody’s, the international credit rating agency, has maintained Cayman’s Aa3 rating for government’s bonds issued in foreign and local currency, and an Aaa rating as a country ceiling, according to a press release from the Ministry of Finance and Economic Development. Minister Chris Saunders noted the significance of retaining the rating, given the health […]
Delayed census confirmed for October
(CNS): The national census, which was postponed last year because of the COVID-19 pandemic, has been confirmed for October of this year and is due to begin on 10 October. The Economics and Statistics Office is organising the official count of households in the Cayman Islands in cooperation with the multi-sectoral Census Advisory Committee. The official […]
Government reshuffle focused on people’s priorities
(CNS): Premier Wayne Panton said the reshuffling and restructuring of government ministries has been done to help his new Cabinet meet the commitments they made to the people during the election campaign and manage the breadth of subject areas for which each minister is responsible more effectively. The new organisational chart shows the subject areas […]
