Politics
CEO: OfReg blocked additional CUC rate hike request
(CNS): Following backlash about the CUC base rate hike this summer, OfReg CEO Sonji Myles has said the utilities regulator had no choice but to approve the annual rate hike because it complied with the conditions of the licence. However, he said that OfReg had blocked a proposal by the power provider that would have […]
UPM entirely rejects election boundary report
(CNS): Cabinet has rejected the Electoral Boundary Commission’s report and recommendations on how to address the imbalances in the Cayman Islands’ democratic landscape. According to a Cabinet note regarding a 27 June meeting, which was released by the government on Wednesday, the UPM supports a motion by Premier Juliana O’Connor-Connolly to establish a new boundary […]
Premier offers mixed message on changes to NCA
(CNS): Premier Juliana O’Connor-Connolly stated at a press briefing on Friday that the UPM Government is not going to remove the scientists from the National Conservation Council and will not weaken the National Conservation Act in any way. However, she also said that changes will be made to the legislation, and an amendment bill is […]
Starmer leads Labour to landslide victory in UK
(CNS): Sir Keir Starmer has been formally appointed by King Charles at Buckingham Palace as Britain’s new prime minister following a landslide general election victory. Labour won 412 of the 650 seats after support for the Conservatives, who have been in office for the last 14 years, collapsed. Rishi Sunak, the outgoing prime minister, has […]
Parliament may not approve boundary report before elections
(CNS): It has been almost eleven months since the Electoral Boundary Commission finished its report and made recommendations to the Cayman Islands Government about how to address the significant disparity between constituencies across Grand Cayman, but in that time, the UPM government has failed to tell the people what it plans to do.
PPM calls for full duty cut on fuel as COL bites
(CNS): Opposition Leader Roy McTaggart is calling on the government to remove all duty on fuel for twelve months to help people navigate the crippling cost of living in the Cayman Islands. Although the rate of inflation is slowing down, prices remain very high as the cost of most imported goods has increased due to […]
Bush wants 100% local ownership in range of businesses
(CNS): McKeeva Bush MP is filing a private member’s motion ahead of the anticipated parliamentary meeting on 5 July calling for a moratorium on Local Companies (Control) Licences (LCCLs), which are companies operating in the Cayman Islands that are not majority-owned by a local person. The motion seeks to limit the growing number of LCCLs […]
PPM seeks answers on long list of UPM policies
(CNS): The Progressive opposition members of parliament have submitted 15 questions ahead of the meeting of lawmakers next week seeking answers on a number of major public interest issues. Topics include the government’s slow progress on the design and implementation of a new public transport system, the number of road fatalities, the status of plans […]
Mac spreads misinformation about conservation law
(CNS): Last week, McKeeva Bush MP (WBW) became the first person in the UPM government to admit that it is trying to amend the National Conservation Act to make development easier, but the veteran MP was peddling misinformation and a false narrative as he did so. Appearing on Radio Cayman’s lunchtime talk show, Talk-Today, Bush […]
National Trust issues warning about gutting NCA
(CNS): The National Trust for the Cayman Islands is the latest organisation to issue a warning about the government’s plans to gut the National Conservation Act to essentially make development of all kinds even easier than it already is. In a statement issued on behalf of the Trust board and staff in response to the […]
CIG throwing party in Singapore for new office
(CNS): Deputy Premier and Financial Services Minister André Ebanks will be overseas next week, leaving on Wednesday to head a delegation travelling to Singapore to open a Cayman Islands office there. The decision to follow through on the office first proposed under the previous PPM-led administration was to “establish and deepen strong public- and private-sector […]
