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Lame-duck Cabinet keeps spending public cash
(CNS): The minority UPM government has shown no signs of letting up on critical decision-making, such as spending and policy, including the drafting of various amendment bills that may not pass, given that the administration lost its mandate to govern back in October. The lame-duck Cabinet, comprising just five ministers, had two meetings in January, […]
CCMI alarmed by UPM attack on conservation
(CNS): The Central Caribbean Marine Institute, a non-profit conservation and research facility on Little Cayman, has said the proposed changes to the National Conservation Act could have “catastrophic and destructive implications for the environment”. CCMI said in a release that the amendment bill paves the way for Cabinet “to make irresponsible decisions regarding environmental health […]
Absence of data undermines proposal for cruise vote
(CNS): All relevant information and data on the plans, location, costs and environmental impacts relating to any proposed cruise berthing facility should be released to the public before the country is asked to vote on such a project, according to local activist group Cruise Port Referendum (CPR) Cayman, which disputes the need for such facilities. […]
Drunk driver hits pedestrian after crash on Hirst Road
(CNS): A 41-year-old man from George Town was arrested on suspicion of DUI on Wednesday evening after he knocked down a pedestrian following a crash with another vehicle on Hirst Road in Newlands near the intersection of Rex Crighton Boulevard. The other driver, who fled the scene, was later located and arrested.
File sent to prosecutors over murder of toddler
(CNS): Three people who were arrested in December in connection with the death of two-year-old Alissady Powell on Cayman Brac in July 2022 and remain on bail have not been charged, but a file has been sent to prosecutors, the police have confirmed. The three individuals were the last people to see the little girl […]
Bryan hints at a return to Progressives’ platform
(CNS): Few of the remaining members of the UPM government have confirmed they will be seeking re-election in the upcoming campaign or which of their colleagues, if any, they will be aligning themselves with. However, Deputy Premier Kenneth Bryan has dropped the heaviest hints yet that he may throw his lot in with the Progressives, […]
NCC fights efforts to gut conservation law
(CNS): There are no cogent, compelling or factual justifications for the government to change the National Conservation Act, according to National Conservation Council Chair Stuart Mailer. Members of the NCC were not consulted or told about the draft amendment bill published by the minority UPM government on New Year’s Eve.
PPM to confirm candidate slate at national meeting
(CNS): The People’s Progressive Movement (PPM) will hold its annual conference on 1 March, just two days before the official start of the 2025 General Election campaign on Nomination Day. The party plans to field a candidate in most of the 19 constituencies, which means there will be a number of new faces on the […]
Dive shop social media insult stirs up viral outrage
(CNS): A thoughtless insult made on social media by the owners of a West Bay dive shop on Tuesday has stirred up a viral firestorm across the community, focusing on the growing divide and distrust between residents who are new (or ‘paper’) Caymanians or expat and the generational locals who live there. Indigo Divers recently […]
Hastings claims LAAC golf championship title for Cayman
(CNS): Caymanian golfer Justin Hastings claimed the title of the 10th annual Latin American Amateur Championship on Saturday at the Pilar Golf Club in Buenos Aires, giving the Cayman Islands its second champion in four editions following Aaron Jarvis’s win in 2022.
Finance leader laments lack of investment in sector
(CNS): Around 58% of people who took part in a local survey in 2023 said that they had a negative or neutral view of the financial services sector. Yet the industry employs thousands of Caymanians in well-paying jobs and contributes half of all government revenue. Cayman Finance CEO Steve McIntosh recently said that even though […]
