Archive for March 17th, 2025
Cruise vote illogical without details, CPR founder argues
(CNS): One of the founders of the non-profit group Cruise Port Referendum Cayman (CPR), which is campaigning for a ‘no’ vote in the upcoming referendum on the development of cruise berthing facilities in the Cayman Islands, said the government’s decision to put the question to voters without giving them any idea of what those facilities […]
Vandals take aim at anti-littering road-side signs
(CNS): The tourism ministry said that four signs erected along the West Bay Road to promote an anti-littering campaign have been vandalised. Officials condemned the “criminal destruction of public signage” and warned the vandals that anyone caught engaging in such illegal activity will face the fullest extent of the law. These signs were erected by […]
CINP, PPM, TCCP or a Box of Frozen Squid
(CNS): In October 2011, CNS conducted a straw poll about which political group its readers would vote for at the next elections: the PPM, the UDP or a Box of Frozen Squid. The UDP is no more, but we still have the PPM plus two fresh new parties. So we thought we’d try this again […]
Minister fails to give full backing to minimum wage
(CNS): Jay Ebanks, who is still part of the outgoing UDP minority administration while campaigning to keep his parliamentary seat in North Side as an independent candidate, has backed away from a commitment to supporting an increase in Cayman’s woefully inadequate minimum wage. Answering a question at the Chamber of Commerce Candidate Forum on Friday, […]
