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Public works filling gaps in workforce training

Public works filling gaps in workforce training

| 01/06/2023 | 9 Comments

(CNS): With a very limited number of local companies offering any kind of apprenticeships for young people to learn vocational skills, the Public Works Department (PWD) is continuing with its own publicly funded programme and has opened an application portal for its popular Construction Trades Apprenticeship Programme.

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Owners warned of spike in construction gear theft

Owners warned of spike in construction gear theft

| 08/06/2022 | 8 Comments

 (CNS): Police are urging owners to protect construction tools and equipment after a string of thefts of such items from construction sites, vehicles and private residencies since the beginning of the year. Police believe that the tools are being stolen and immediately sold to other entities or individuals in the construction sector.

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Lacovia 10-storey revamp delayed over costs

Lacovia 10-storey revamp delayed over costs

| 05/05/2022 | 150 Comments

(CNS): The first strata-backed redevelopment of an existing Seven Mile Beach condo community has been delayed. Construction on the Lacovia revamp, converting it into three 10-storey towers, was due to start this month, but although the start date has been rescheduled, “the project will be proceeding”, Kim Lund, the realtor and agent on the project, […]

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Contractors at liberty to drive neighbours crazy

Contractors at liberty to drive neighbours crazy

| 03/03/2022 | 113 Comments

(CNS): Developers and contractors have been working through the weekends, including Sundays, while during the week work goes on late into the night and in the early hours of the morning, disturbing people living in these neighbourhoods.

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Labour minister pushes bosses to take on locals

Labour minister pushes bosses to take on locals

| 21/02/2022 | 185 Comments

(CNS): Employers will not find it as easy to get work permits approved as they did in the past, Labour Minister Chris Saunders said Thursday, revealing that applications for permits are being increasingly scrutinized. Saying that the PACT Government is committed to a ‘Cayman first’ policy and enforcing this part of the immigration law, the […]

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Import regs changed to address cement shortage

Import regs changed to address cement shortage

| 21/07/2021 | 57 Comments

(CNS): Government has amended the regulations surrounding the limits on cement importation to address an acute shortage, which is fuelled by the continued commercial construction in Cayman as well as global supply chain problems. Colombia, Cuba and Panama have now been cleared as authorised countries where the cement can be sourced. Customs and Border Control […]

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Developers, realtors offered AML seminar

Developers, realtors offered AML seminar

| 21/06/2021 | 18 Comments

(CNS): A number of financial service experts have created an anti-money laundering (AML) seminar designed for people in real estate and development to help them understand the risks and vulnerabilities of their sector and the need for them, just like financial institutions, to know their clients. The question of the property sector’s vulnerability to financial […]

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Business begins to emerge as restrictions relax

Business begins to emerge as restrictions relax

| 15/05/2020 | 41 Comments

(CNS): As the HSA and local hospitals continue to ramp up testing for COVID-19 with very few positive results, the CIG is allowing some businesses to emerge from lockdown. From next Tuesday, the Cayman Islands Government is allowing the reopening of hardware stores and home depots, car dealerships and other businesses that sell parts and […]

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Construction to lead local economic recovery

Construction to lead local economic recovery

| 13/05/2020 | 156 Comments

(CNS): The rebuilding of Cayman’s economy will start with the return of the construction industry, and on Tuesday the first workers will return to the job sites that were already operating when the COVID-19 shelter-in-place order was first issued. Premier Alden McLaughlin explained Wednesday that the whole sector can’t return as there are around 1,900 […]

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CIG tackling rising rent and house prices

CIG tackling rising rent and house prices

| 27/02/2020 | 184 Comments

(CNS): The explosion in the cost of rent on Grand Cayman, which many believe is exacerbated by the growth locally in the use of short-term rental platforms like Airbnb, plus the rising property prices, often blamed on foreign investment, is having a huge effect on the cost of living. In response, Housing Minister Dwayne Seymour […]

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WB homeowner moves landscaping

WB homeowner moves landscaping

| 03/02/2020 | 17 Comments

(CNS): The owner of a significant sized property on a beachfront plot in West Bay has complied with a planning notice to remove landscaping that had encroached onto the public road at a small and already congested junction. The trees, boulders and other features placed around the entrance to the new home had caused concern […]

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