Archive for February 7th, 2025
CPR calls for full transparency ahead of cruise vote
(CNS): The leading campaign group advocating for a ‘no’ vote in the upcoming referendum on cruise berthing facilities is calling for full transparency on the issue ahead of the referendum so voters have access to the critical data needed to make an informed decision. To date, the government has failed to disclose any details of […]
Bryan increases welfare payments on last day in House
(CNS): People receiving long-term financial assistance from the Cayman Islands Government, ex gratia pensions or seafarers and veterans benefits will see an increase of CI$250 per month, as the CIG has upped the monthly payments to CI$1,500. Kenneth Bryan, who took on the social development ministry last October, said it was the subject of a […]
Sir Alden exits parliament with a warning
(CNS): After 25 years representing the people of George Town and Red Bay, Speaker Sir Alden McLaughlin said Thursday that he was leaving politics satisfied he had finally achieved the last element of Cayman’s constitutional reform, referring to a motion to modernise Standing Orders (the rule book governing parliamentary procedures and conventions) that was supported […]
Poinciana could be adapted to house criminally insane
(CNS): The government is considering how it can adapt the recently opened Poinciana Rehabilitation Centre to house the criminally insane. The centre was not designed to detain individuals who are a danger to society because of their illness. But with nowhere else to house people found not guilty of violent crimes by reason of insanity […]
Supermarket drops plastic bags but no sign of wider ban
(CNS): More than seven months after the government’s last indication that it was still working on a single-use plastic ban, first raised by the then PPM coalition some seven years ago, Foster’s Supermarket has made a decision to get rid of plastic bags from all its stores and is selling reusable bags at 25¢ instead. […]
