UPM leaves next government a CI$26.2m deficit
(CNS): The departing UPM administration is leaving behind a public finance crisis for the next government. After an increase in core operational spending and a drop in expected revenue for 2025 and 2026, the minority government managed to turn what should have been a surplus of almost CI$55 million this year into a $26.2 million deficit, representing a whopping negative shift of $80.9 million.
It is also now forecast that the minority government will leave a hole of more than $50 million in the public’s bank account for 2025 compared to the original forecast, an increase in the debt and what will be a breach of the Framework for Fiscal Responsibility. And things are looking even worse for 2026. For the 12-month period ending 31 December 2026, core government’s operating deficit is now forecast to be $44 million.
These worrying numbers were released through the government’s Gazette by the Ministry of Finance on 2 April, as per the legal requirement before an election under the Public Management and Finance Act, though the publication of the document was not publicised.
According to the ministry’s report, one of the reasons for the projected decrease in revenue by some CI$15.3 million was the non-implementation of planned legislation that was expected to generate additional revenue. “This shortfall highlights the fiscal risks associated with delays in policy execution,” the report said.
Government expenditure has increased significantly because of the COLA allowances to civil servants, the uplift in benefits for the elderly seafarers, veterans and those in need, as well as the failure of the government, again, to properly budget for rising demand and increased costs of medical services to financially vulnerable individuals and overseas tertiary healthcare expenses.
So far this year, the UPM minority Cabinet is responsible for a large chunk of the extra expenditure, after it steered through an increase of $32 million in supplementary spending to the budget.
The report is not just bad news for the public but for the candidates running in the election as well, both challengers and incumbents. While several of the incumbents can expect to take the blame for the terrible turnaround in the state of public finances, those who will be taking office next month will have to tackle the projected problem.
The forecast breach in the Public Management and Finance Act means the next administration will not only have to deal with the financial implications of a deficit but also risk losing control of the finances to the United Kingdom. The new government will have no spare money over the next two years for spending to fulfill election promises and will likely have to cut existing spending commitments or increase revenue.
In order to regain compliance with the six principles of responsible financial management, the next government will need to undertake deliberate action to avert the projected operating deficits for the next two years, officials stated in the report.
“Such deliberate actions could entail implementing revenue enhancement measures and re-examining the current operating and capital expenditure plans with a view to achieving expenditure reductions,” the authors said, adding that a critical examination of the current fiscal trajectory should be of “paramount importance” to the next government as it needs to present both the Strategic Policy Statement and the budget for 2026-2027 before the end of this year.
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So where the $500million coming from for the port…. and the $100million for the Julianna O’connor-Connolly High School?
Don’t worry 12.53.
Mac and Kenneth’s Chinese friends will come to the rescue , and they’ll add another $200Million for the new Northward resort.
Details such as commissions, loan repayment, interest rate etc will be agreed behind closed doors so that we, the public will not be troubled by such foibles.
Vote PPM and you’ll see.
I would not hire the PPM to run an out house much less run the government.
12.53 , ask the pro cruise pier screamers, they have all the answers, with YOUR money.
People don’t forget that the UPM government are now part and parcel of PPM. Same party plans to spend spend spend and to tax the crap out of the people by raising taxes to offset the deficit.
It does not surprise me that we are facing a deficit. The same individuals that are pledging to take us out of the current mess, are the same ones that put us there.
I understand that the PPM could have held the UPM to task by voting against the reckless spending but they went along with them. We don’t need them another day much less four more years!
All currently running on the PPM ticket. LOL! To think people would actually vote for more of the current Cayman just confuses and depresses the lot with brains and common sense.
These folks shouldn’t even be able to get 20% of the vote, that would lift my spirits and give me hope for the future of Cayman.
Problem Solved!
Check the February 2025 cabinet minutes here. ↴
https://www.gov.ky/content/published/api/v1.1/assets/CONTC87F4E70F8254559AD5BCEA8C3DCFD28/native/Cabinet+Post+Meeting+Summary+No+43.25+-+2025-02-25.pdf?channelToken=c915417e96ad49e2bcda2e4d22158c40
André was no longer in Cabinet, but guess who was? The four people the PPM took back into its fold. I hope their relevant constituencies wake up and vote them out.
PPM took 3 not 4. You forget Jay and Isaac part of that too. There were 5 Ministers.
To 1:35pm: True. My bad. Not a fan of the other two either.
That’s a LOT of our money being thrown about on useless projects!
And the PPM signed this lunatic we call a premier onto their roster? Along with Kenny to be their deputy leader?!?
You absolute IDIOTS just guaranteed you will not get back into power. Rather than work with Dan Scott, or put someone reasonable to compete against him, you go for this clown show of a woman?
Christ. She makes more money than the President of the United States (for whatever that comparison is worth) and does an absolute crap job of everything. She can’t even sign paperwork correctly.
She is an absolute embarrassment to our country.
Jujudas has a Bible in one hand and OUR check book in the other.
She uses both whenever it suits her personal agenda.
No thanks Juju and no votes PPM.
We are in April so the new government will simply cut funding so that a deficit doesn’t occur. Question is what will they scale back on. Roy McTaggart is qualified and competent and PPM reduced govt debt after McKeeva ran debt up.
I cringe when I listen to Gary Rutty speaking on minimum wage and putting taxes on unhealthy foods as he benefitted on this business model from Burger King. Hypocritical and running in an area he doesn’t even reside in.
I worry that Dan Scott’s team cannot appreciate the average Joe’s struggles.
I don’t feel that TCCP is the answer either with Wayne and Andre at the helm. They were part of the problem forming PACT and proved they can’t lead. They had their chance.
PPM have 3 of the main clowns from UDP on their team now, are we suppose to overlook that? just accept the reality that PPM in not going to win this election.
What about the other clowns Isaac and Jay? Just because JuJu, Kenneth and Dwayne are with PPM you all only hate on them.
Anyone and Anything would be a better alternative to a leadership of Kenneth Juju ReallyveryDumd Mac and scary Saunders.
PPM are now the same greedy incompetents we’re hoping to vote out.
The PPM reduced the deficit they were left with before and they will have to do it again. No matter how you twist and turn it , it is the UPM fault. Those of you who think that Dan Scott will be your savior will be as disappointed as the Magas up north. Dan and his crew of kindergarteners does not have a clue how to run a government, perhaps after awhile some will learn something. Running a government includes a balance sheet but it entails a whole lot more.
And everyone else over the past 20, 30 plus years have done such a fine job of running the Government? Sometimes change is needed from the norm, that is a decision that people have to make.
The PPM you speak of is no longer the PPM we are being offered.
PPM are now UDP/UPM ..specifically
Mac, Juju, Kenneth, Dumbdum, Saunders, Isaac, Jay..as their core.
Is that the PPM you want .? to take us to bankruptcy.?
Roy Mctaggart should leave for the sake of his sanity and integrity.
gt revitalisation – estimated $8m
Scranton park- estimated 15m
Cruise referendum – 2.5m?
so, KB is solely responsible for the deficit? SAY IT AINT So!
get the clown out of office or be prepared to join the circus.
The cost of trips to Jamaica and other places to learn how “they do it”. … public transportation, agriculture etc.
He made so many promises, fulfilled none. Why isn’t he held accountable?
He should not be allowed within a cannon shot to the country’s leadership.
Perhaps the Personal assistants who went on these trips failed to properly document everything.
They were otherwise engaged.
And some might even be married.
This has to be fake news because a great group of leaders like we have could never over spend like this. Must be sleepy Wayne Patton who messed this up. Jon Jon & the PPM will get it all resolved so no worries.
To 6:28am. Fake news? Check this out.
https://www.gov.ky/content/published/api/v1.1/assets/CONTC87F4E70F8254559AD5BCEA8C3DCFD28/native/Cabinet+Post+Meeting+Summary+No+43.25+-+2025-02-25.pdf?channelToken=c915417e96ad49e2bcda2e4d22158c40
I suspect the four that are now part of PPM wanted Wayne and André out of Cabinet so they could do this kind of thing without either of them trying to talk them into reason!
To 6:26pm: In fairness, the GT Revitalization was a PPM (Hew) initiative. They were discussing it in parliament long before 2021. You can do a search in the Compass and CNS. The PACT inherited it and carried it through because they felt too much had already been invested into it to kill it off. I wish they had, though. Same with the Regen and a couple other PPM projects.
Just the beginning of the end of Caymania in these islands. Forecasted a long time ago and CIG has never disappointed.
Unfettered Greed plus poor financial intelligence is a guaranteed program to utter defeat via bankruptcy. Plan accordingly.
>”Unfettered Greed plus poor financial intelligence…”
It’s just:
“Unfettered Greed plus no intelligence.”
Elect monkeys EVERY TIME, at EVERY SINGLE ELECTION, get a zoo.
Think we can blame total financial
mismanagement of public funds by our current incumbents for this deficit. Four years of ‘Air miles Kenny’ travelling with his entourage, inflation busting Cola pay rises to underperforming CIG staff, the never ending Mt. Trashmore debacle, ludicrous spending by the tourism representative, money thrown at the Port Referendum that nobody wants. The list is endless!
So called ‘Premier’ carrying money to give away to ‘friends’.
How in the hell can PPM justify going to someone’s door asking for their vote, at the same time welcoming Kenneth, JuJu, and JonJon, the three people most responsible for this despicable act, into their fold to form the next Government?
Also, with the UPM’s recent acts attempting to gut any environmental protections, PPM must know that they cannot embrace these individuals without accepting responsibility for their past actions. We have to assume that this is also the PPM’s position.
I specifically called out the PPM because their candidate came to my door and cannot get my vote under the aforementioned circumstances. However, Dan’s Party, whatever they call themselves, sent a “representative” to my door. It was not their candidate, just someone who was doing a “survey” and wanted to ask me questions to ascertain my feelings on certain subjects. My response to her was that I would ask the questions, and she replied that she did not know the party’s position on cruise piers and the National Conservation law. This was six weeks before the election!
Andre’s party is no better than the other two. You assemble a team consisting of a few good people, and then pad out the rest with a bunch of crazies. This applies to each of the three supposed parties. How in the hell do you welcome crazy stupid people into your party and then express surprise when they say/do something stupid or crazy?
who are the crazies in tccp?
If you are unable to spot them I envy you.
Their defacto leader Catron for one. Nothing further your honor
Julianna has no business running this country. She will put us in so much debt we won’t be able to climb out of! Please Caymanians vote these people OUT! They will DESTROY this country!!!!
Juliana is the worst Minister for Finance this country has ever had! And even worst Premier! She takes months to sign letters, can’t make time to speak with people who want to speak with her, doesn’t know how to use e-mail only converse through Whats App, flies CIG documents to Cayman Brac for signature – majority still come back unsigned, can’t control her Caucus, her staff tells Civil servants to lower their expectations when it comes to getting anything back from her, wants dates changed on Cabinet Papers and letters to be updated despite being in her possession for weeks if not month’s, she is so incompetent. .All of these so called Ministers in her Cabinet don’t have a clue of what they were doing, just lusting on their own power from their prestigious title. Having daily meetings, with expensive catered food on the people’s dime. Vote them all out on 30 April Cayman. The worst government in Cayman Islands history. What a lasting legacy they will leave behind.
this is theft. seriously if this was the U.K or U.S.A people would be up in atms but we just suck it up
PEOPLE ARE UP IN ARMS IN THE USA. They are actually spilling out all over the streets!
Say what you want about Sleepy Roy but it wouldn’t have happened on his watch.
mate… it did happen on his watch. ppm called early elections remember? and now he’s brought the very people responsible into ppm. how on earth can you try to paint him as being sensible?
Pal, go back and check the books at the time.
Shame on Wayne Panton for assembling that government. He was warned.
Time for Caymanians to step up…. Time for action….. We can protest a little private dock in WB over a stupid word but mum, NADA, on the fact that the exiting Government MLA’s freely gave away money to their friends, through any means they could, inclusive of all of the paving of voters roads, like Julianna in Cayman Brac is feverishly doing now. These same roads needed it years ago, when the Gov’t had money…..She using our money to buy votes in order to get voted back in, money she could have used years ago to pave these roads that needed it so bad already…
This debt will now mean more duties rising, fees, licensing fees, fuel cost increases, medical bill increases, school fees…… and much more to raise more money for Gov’t…
Time to protests this crap, they just gave $750,000.00 ci (seven hundred and fifty THOUSAND) to a group that in reality does not exist but IS seven day adventists….
The poor people of Cayman are going to have to work harder to put food on the table, to own a home….we gonna FEEL it. These ex MLA’s wont. They get $10,000.00 ci (Ten Thousand) a month in Gov’t Pension. They can afford to buy stuff.
So its time to stand up…. Protest…. Hold them accountable.. . Demand that they personally and finacially are held accountable for this crap…
Time to PROTEST, or are we ok with OUR money getting blown out to friends…
Under Ozzie’s stewardship, the HSA alone lost $11.24 million in 2024, now he wants us to put him in charge of the full government, make it make sense!
Best reason for voting in Ozzie, is that we would get rid of Saunders the most dangerous man in Cayman politics.
why not Haymond Rankin? I swear this country has zero desire for change and reform of the political landscape and representation for us younger generations of Caymanians. This is why NOTHING changes.
Exactly. We bitch and whine for years about why we can’t get new choices and good people who actually care about Cayman. But then, as soon as they come forward, we go back to voting for the “devil you know”. We are our own worst enemy.
I completely agree, it shouldn’t be a decision between the bad and the ugly. I am happy there is at least a third credible option, Chris won the last time because the alternative was unfathomable.
Thankfully Ozzie isn’t the only alternative this election. His tag line of putting the Boddens back in Bodden town is an extension of his xenophobic rhetoric in making voters feel less than if they can’t trace their ancestry at least five generations back.
New Caymanians should send a message to the candidates spouting this narrative through their votes. The Cayman Islands have changed, if you don’t like us new Caymanians, then you don’t deserve to be our representative.
CIG has a billion dollar income and they are leaving a deficit? I’ll vote for the candidate (WBS) who promises to have this government investigated for malfeasance and fraud by UK counsel.
It takes a village to keep these idiots in line.
You’re not voting for AE then.
Agreed, we don’t have a revenue problem we have a spending problem. God forbid there is a recession and revenue drops, we will be toast.
Hey you Politrikians, your days are done, get your walker out Bushy, arranged your bill payments.. Get your druggies back in line you might need them…Stock up on your Vaseline and drunken props, they are now protected species, Stock up on your drapery, blinds…
And if it wasn’t for Cayman News Service, people would not be able to have a voice! Thank you and no, I do not have any affiliation with Cayman News Service, except to be able to voice.
free money making solutions:
allow sunday trading
bring in weed tourism(to protect the fine caymanian christian ‘heritage’, only tourists and expats are allowed purchase)
bring in casinos at top hotels (to protect the fine caymanian christian ‘heritage’. only tourists and expats are allowed)
treble all traffic fines
treble duty on cigarettes
implement any recommendation of miller-shaw or e&y reports.
sell loss making cayman airways
sell loss making turtle farm
sell goab
double stamp duty for non-resident property purchasers
Re traffic fines, 3×0=0
“Say NO to weed tourism”
Worked well for Amsterdam attracting every low life scum.
We want that here..? Our drug dealers and look the other way politicians would like that.
direct rule for 2 years while a new raft of political candidates are selected/vetted based on qualifications, experience and integrity. then we have new elections.
time for class action lawsuit against the incompetence of the civil service and cig.
What would be in in for the Crown? People talk about direct rule, but there has to be some bling for the UK. As it stands, they benefit by investments here that aren’t taxed. What would you expect them to extradite from us in exchange for overseeing our mess?
There should be criminal prosecutions. Several of them. But we are now corrupt. To the core.
Direct rule would only fuel Saunders hatred of white folks..he will use it as a reason for independence.
Juju already said she didn’t want control over government spending, so vote PPM and be damned.
You do not need direct rule to make Saunders any more spiteful than he already is.
caymanians elect these people so you have no-one else to blame but yourselves.
and to make things worse, you also prevent the most qualified and successful people on island from being elected…
welcome to wonderland.
Define Caymanian. These politicians were elected by Jamaicans.
yeah but you and the likes of you will never sit in our parliament. THAT IS A PROMISE.
Another glorious day for the civil service……time for more awards franz!
Keep asking….
How many recommendations of the miller-shaw or ernst & young reports have been implemented?
I’m convinced theres is not one group of locals capable of running a raffle never mind a country. What a shambles they all are. Is it one day ppl wake up and say you know what? I’ll try run the Cayman Islands . Hilarious if it was t such a mess
Julianna and co. needed Wayne and André gone from Cabinet, so they could just mash the dolly house up with no crickets on their shoulder.
any comment Mrs governor?
any comment chamber of commerce?
any comment ppm???
Last time this happened was Mac’s doing, and Governor Taylor stepped in to stop Mac’s $300Million award to CHEC.
Hope UK watching these goings on .
The Governor has no responsibility for this mess, Cayman is supposed to run it’s own internal affairs.
But the Governor is responsible for keeping the FCO informed and alert them to spending inconsistent with the Framework for Fiscal responsibility.
Someone needs to come down Hard on these uneducated self serving thieves in our Bank vault.
we have a governor?
The Constitution was amended in 2020. Everything but matters that fall under international treaties or national security was left with the local government — and yes, it was negotiated with the UK.
Order In Council.
great stuff!…especially when now faced with impending trump-led recession/depression….zzzz
in the last 5 years cayman has never had more money but now has nothing to show for it…
you got scammed!…and ppm are welcoming in the scammers
welcome to wonderland!
What makes you think the PPM are not the scammers?
Wayne Payton was the minister of finance for the majority of the term. Let that sink in.
No, buddy. Those decisions were taken since Wayne left. Just look at the Cabinet minutes of the last 12 months. They are public records (thanks to Wayne, btw).
If you are really that stupid, it goes a long way to explaining how we got in this mess in the first place.
Don’t forget Minister of Financial Services between 2013-2017.
The 2024/25 Budget which is the 2-year budget that we are now projecting deficits for was passed following the resignation of Panton as Premier – how is Panton responsible for a budget that was passed after he left the Government and was pushed through by another Premier and Finance Minister?
No you are delusional. Chris Saunders was Minister of Finance for almost 2 years, then he got fired by Wayne.
Wayne was the Minister for Finance for less than a year, before he got ousted.
Then Juliana was Minister of Finance – who caused all of this mess. The budgets were all in excessive surpluses until she took over. She is a dunce. She should spend less time reading her bible and more time listening to her staff in the Ministry when they were warning her about the effects of all the overspending. She was warned multiple times, but she choose not to listen from time they said the coffers would suffer after the COLA to civil servants, seamen, NAU clients.
What they need to do is reverse the salary increase for MPs, DG, Chief Officers, Deputy Chief Officers and the other heads of departments on salary scale A-D. The bottom workers deserved a substantial increase as they carry out the heavy work, with these same A-D employees taking all the credit. Shameful a d Disgusting.
Shocking irresponsible spending by Jujudas and Kenneth to bolster their re-election chances.
Apart from the $60Million Brac school, which could be said to have some long term benefit, we have
$10Million on Kenny crack park
$10Million on Kenny beach.
$8Million to consultants for a $200Million prison.
$10Million buying civil servants votes.
Fleet of Tahoe$
They’re now PPM and we can’t afford ‘em.
Cruise pier cost to follow..
Don’t vote PPM…PPM can’t afford’em.
They spent money like it was goingnon trees. Especially in the last 6 months. Millions to churches. $2.5 million to Evans family. Nearly 3/4 million for SUVs they are spreeing in. Mr. Bush is not a member of Cabinet but is driving one. Took money from funds for school to give to a church. We watched a complete lack of fiscal control and it is still going on. I was watching a new Turks and Caicos debacle.
Just wait until we find out how many tens of millions of dollars CAL will dip into it’s honey pot for.
I support, and will always support, CAL and Turtle Center. CAL keeps the other airlines from fleecing us on airfares and Turtle Center supports our heritage and employs over 100 Caymanians directly and indirectly.
Remember the $18 million handed over to Mise-en-Place etc for the free school breakfast/snack/lunch for ALL in gov schools. Healthcare could be supported by this amount. They should consider the retirement of this post-covid freebie.
Don’t forget we’re paying through the noseever every month for JuJudas’ drapery and travel .. for the money she travelled around giving away ..
What about the millions wasted on repaving all the roads and driveways in North Side? Waste of public funds. The minister can’t get the houses complete in North Side as it is rumored there are massive cost overruns. He refuses to release a Housing Policy that cost six digits. At his campaign rallies he talks about all the policies he wrote. What a joke. Where are they Jay? Why aren’t they implemented?
You think this is bad? Wait till they push for “free” healthcare. This will be quadrupled or worse
Is anyone else just getting ridiculously aggravated when hearing past MPs/MLAs and INCUMBENTS pretending they have the slightest interest in fixing any of the problems we have while distancing themselves from the reality that they HELPED create this absolute ShiTshow??!?
KABOOM!!!
Surprised? Surprised? SURPRISED?! NOT I said the blind man! NOT I!
SHAME ON US FOR NOT FORCING ACCOUNTABILITY ON OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS!
SHAME ME ONCE, SHAME ON THEM. SHAME ME UMPTEEN TIMES, SHAME ON ME.
ACCOUNTABILITY, TRANSPARENCY, FISCAL, RESPONSIBLE, FOR THE BENEFIT OF ALL PEOPLE,are words we should never hear uttered from our elected officials again.
Instead what we MUST HOPE to
never see is POWER HUNGRY, CONTROLLING, CORRUPT AND CREEDY ELECTED OFFICIALS AT THE HELM OF OUR GOVERNMENT ever again!
CAYMAN VOTERS please use your heads and hearts this election cycle to vote in persons that will be true representatives first and foremost and put CAYMANIANS FIRST going forward.
Any chance of canceling any of Kenny’s projects..?
Those would cover some of the $26Million hole.
As Cabinet are still driving around in Tahoes, they can meet and make decisions for the sake of all of us.
#cancelkenny
Kiss goodbye to any hopes of borrowing for the cruise piers.. and good bye to the cruise piers.
Perhaps Mac Kenneth and the Chinese will come up with an “ it won’t cost you anything “ scheme with “we’ll screw you later” in the fine print.
Ask anyone in Jamaica how the Falmouth cruise port was a FAILURE!
A massive coral-relocation effort for Royal Caribbean’s new cruise port at Falmouth, Jamaica, was deemed a failure by an environmental group that monitored the project. The Falmouth project is considered one of the biggest coral-relocation efforts ever conducted.18 Nov
And just “google” why three major cruise lines pulled out of Jamaica? I guess building a superport is not the answer and the Cruise lines still ditched Jamaica!
We don’t have the money we don’t have the environment and we don’t have the will of the people so Kenny stop trying to ruin the Cayman Islands!!
https://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/news/20170709/tourism-officials-seek-downplay-pullout-cruise-lines-falmouth-port
Our leadership has imported so many status granted Jamaicans who are now the tail that is wagging Cayman.
Get rid of Mac, Kenneth, Dumbdum and Jamaican voter dependent Saunders as a start to reclaim Cayman for Caymanians.
Don’t vote PPM , stop the borrowing , stop the irrational spending.
What happen to quiet Wayne ???
Ask the Baha Mar investors in the Bahamas how they were screwed by the Chinese and learn some lessons when the Chinese come knocking on our door offering “help”.
All former members of PACT are complicit.
And if PPM get back in power the spending will increase. Wait they can give boss Dart and the other fat cats more concessions to get development going. Then we can import more people to work so look at the great revenue from work permits. May as well raise taxes while they are at it.
Aint not taxes, Bud.
But, but JOCC was literally giving cash away…
“We are truly blessed as a nation and people to be able to assist our brothers and sisters.…”
https://caymannewsservice.com/2024/07/jocc-takes-1m-in-aid-and-cash-to-islands-hit-by-beryl/
CNS – Our lame duck Cabinet were once UPM but they are all PPM members now – the $100 million dollar vote buying spree they have been on in the last couple of months is a PPM election scheme.
Please don’t forget the others who walked a short 6 months ago that are ALL TCCP members now!
To 11:13am: they walked because they did not agree with what was going on.
No, they walked away because they thought it would help their reelection chances. Miscalculation.
Our leadership has imported so many status granted Jamaicans who are now the tail that is wagging Cayman.
Get rid of Mac, Kenneth, Dumbdum and Jamaican voter dependent Saunders as a start to reclaim Cayman for Caymanians.
Don’t vote PPM , stop the borrowing , stop the irrational spending.
Time for a number of Caymanian voters to get together, and sue this set of mediocre scarecrows for malfeasance and mismanagement of public funds. If a single one of them gets re-elected, a segment of our voters’ pool is seriously mentally challenged and should have their voters’ rights revoked, because these bunch of vultures are clearly a menace to the present and future of the Cayman Islands.
Wonder why Attorney General is quiet..
The one that opined that his status grant from Mac was legal?
Mac hasn’t told him what say .
Stop talking about it and do it!
Still wondering why TCCP refused to be complicit and resigned?
I’ve heard from too many reliable sources that they didn’t resign till after they were complicit in approving all this funding
They are all very much complicit. Rome didn’t burn in a day.
Blame Juju & Kenneth.
+++++…
But yeah sure, vote for Andre and Wayne. Asshats.
Fattened up the Civil Service for elections though.
Without proper accounts required by law,,the next government should trigger some arrests, and jail sentences.
They have been published.
Good job Juliana…you absolute piece of human garbage.
Step one, cancel the school in the brac.
Step two reverse the COLA…and the one before it.
Step three CIG hiring and promotion freeze.
Step four: fire a couple hundred of the bottom feeders at cig.
Step four cut the salaries of all MPs to $50,000 per year, no district admin allowances or travel budgets. Sell all the damn Tahoes and they can drive their own cars or ride the friggin bus.
Asshats.
The UPM government — a failure in almost every way, including leaving a debt as they walk out the door. Disgusting. To make matters worse, a bunch of them have the gall to slink back to PPM, touting their “experience”. They have “experience” all right — in doing little of benefit to Cayman. Vote AGAINST PPM candidates !
Not to mention all of those in PACT government before UPM. We need new faces.
Are you reading this, Cayman Brac? If that is not a wake up call I don’t know hat it is.
All 17 MPs backed this budget in 2023. They better remember that before TCCP members start using this for their campaign as they were part of it.
Yes the BUDGET was backed. But certain ministers then overspent, that is how you get a deficit.
The budget was for a small surplus.
Did you actually read the article like at all?
‘So far this year the UPM minority Cabinet is responsible for a large chunk of the extra expenditure, after it steered through an increase of $32million in supplementary spending to the budget.’
30 million dollars in supplemental expenditures which is the majority of the deficit has nothing to do with the TCCP
PPM Gov left PACT with a surplus and an unused credit line. They rinsed through that and dipped into the open credit line as soon as they took office putting the country in debt before UPM had to take over because PACT abandoned the country.
You forgetting all those little extras? Or the comment about how faikure to pass beeded legislation resulted in budgeted revenue being achieved? Its not as tho the government or parliament were exactly overworked now, is it? If they actually met regularly and dealt with business in the house things would get done, but too busy working on side hustles with vested interests and trying to push through vanity projects. Incidentally, that deficit is less than half the cost of that planned Brac school, and not far off the cost of Kennys park.
You are so stupid.
THIS EXCESS SPENDING came AFTER or SUPPLEMENTAL to the Budget that was previously passed.
Just think, that approved budget had a surplus. After it was approved, these eeidots say I want this and I want that as election coming, we need to use Government money to help our re-election chances.
That’s the 5 eeidots fault, not the other MPs.
W
W another damming report for us to face and deal with. UPM/ UDP/ PPM/ TCCP THEY ALL GOT TO GO…
…..and idiots will again vote in JCO’C, Kenny B., John John, and the rest of that cabal of clowns …..
…they very definition of madness……
And … what about PACT members like Wayne and Saunders ???
And miss out Panton’s government ??