Politics
Government claims cost of living is falling
(CNS): With electricity, gas and fuel still falling in price, inflation in Cayman continues to decline, according to the Economics and Statistics Office. Finance Minister Marco Archer says that this means Caymanians now have more spending power. In the latest Consumer Price Index report, which me [...]
PPM starts campaign against Mac’s claims
(CNS): The People’s Progresssive Movement, a.k.a. the Progressives, has begun an online campaign disputing the claims that have been consistently made by Opposition Leader McKeeva Bush in various public forums about their track record. With six months to go before Nomination Day and the officia [...]
CIG seeks more control over hospital with board change
(CNS): One of the many pieces of legislation that government plans to steer through the Legislative Assembly next month is a small but nevertheless significant change that government hopes will help it keep a tighter rein on the hospital. The Health Services Authority Law (2016) Revision, which w [...]
MLAs lament long list of laws
(CNS): With close to 30 pieces of legislation on the agenda for the next meeting of the Legislative Assembly, the independent members claim to have been burning the midnight oil in order to scrutinize the upcoming bills. Criticising government for the number of laws coming before the parliament i [...]
Jobless total falls to new low of 3.9%
(CNS): A new Labour Force Survey has found that the total number of people out of work in the Cayman Islands this spring had fallen to 3.9%, the lowest jobless figure since 2007. The latest report from the Economics and Statistics Office indicates that the rate of unemployment among locals has al [...]
Baroness picks Cayman for first OT trip
(CNS): The UK’s new overseas territories minister will be visiting the Cayman Islands next month for a short visit, government officials confirmed Tuesday. Joyce Anne Anelay, Baroness Anelay of St Johns, who has picked the Cayman Islands for her first port of call of any British territory will [...]
Expertise needed to make procurement bill work
(CNS): Government’s new procurement bill, which is expected to be debated in the Legislative Assembly next month will depend on the development of expertise in the civil service to make it work, Deputy Governor Franz Manderson has stated. The draft legislation introduces what has been describ [...]
Waste solution still more than 4 years away
(CNS): Even if the Cayman Islands Government begins the procurement process to find a specialist partner that can deliver its garbage policy, it will be at least four years before a waste-to-energy facility and the full reuse and recycle system would be in place. Although government published a d [...]
Independents join forces against PPM policies
(CNS): The five independent members of the Legislative Assembly are joining forces to host a series of public meetings across Grand Cayman, starting this evening in East End, to challenge some of the PPM government’s policies and laws that it is bringing to the Legislative Assembly, though ther [...]
LA to deal with over two dozen laws
(CNS): The government has confirmed that the Legislative Assembly will meet on Tuesday 4 October and it will be dealing with a massive lists of bills, as well as reports and motions. In addition to the misuse of drugs law amendments to pave the way for the legal medicinal use of cannabis oil, am [...]
New law removes old convictions
(CNS): The arrival of the Criminal Records (Spent Convictions) Bill, 2016 will be a welcome move for many people in Cayman who have found it difficult to find work, get loans or travel overseas because of old or minor convictions that are blighting their record and preventing them from getting a [...]
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