Archive for April 29th, 2025
Activists make final bid for ‘no’ to cruise pier
(CNS): After six years campaigning against a cruise dock in George Town, CPR Cayman and other activists are making an all-out final push to persuade voters that cruise berthing facilities will be a disaster for the country and there are many more ways of improving the cruise sector. At the weekend, activists held a solidarity […]
The trees are counting on you. Vote wisely
Theresa Green writes: If the trees could vote tomorrow, we all know which party they won’t be voting for. And given that they don’t have the advantage of opposable thumbs, the more than 25,000 registered voters who do must use them wisely. Cayman’s environment is under the greatest threat it has ever faced, and the […]
UK court rejects CICA PR point system declaration
(CNS): The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council in London has found that the Cayman Islands Court of Appeal (CICA) was wrong when it made an “entirely abstract and theoretical” declaration that the point system used to determine permanent residency applications here is incompatible with the Bill of Rights. In an unusual theoretical case, Attorney […]
UPM Cabinet OKs destruction of critical marine habitat
(CNS) UPDATED: At a special meeting of the minority UPM Cabinet on 28 February, the five remaining ministers approved a coastal works permit to dredge 8,000 square feet of seagrass (turtle grass) on the edge of a marine protected area off Public Beach in East End, championed by Minister Isaac Rankine. The approval was given despite […]
Poll: Premier John John and other possibilities
(CNS): Tomorrow, voters go to the polls to elect their constituency representatives, but once that’s done, they must then sit back and wait to see what kind of government emerges from the horsetrading that follows. The only thing that most people agree on is that it’s unlikely that a single party will emerge with enough […]
