Government Administration
No women on new Cayman Turtle Centre board
(CNS): Cabinet has appointed three new directors to the board of the Cayman Turtle Conservation and Education Centre, but despite indications from the premier that the PACT Government was going to diversify the boards, there are no women, young people or even new faces among the appointed directors. Kenneth Hydes, who has served on the […]
Register of Interests online but not public
(CNS): Public officials who are obligated to declared their interest, such as politicians, senior civil servants and members of statutory boards, are being offered an option to file their information for the register online. However, the public must still make an appointment with the Commission for Standards in Public Life (CSPL) to view the dozens […]
Panton promises board diversity
(CNS): As the country waits on government to change the line-up of several public boards, authorities, councils, commissions and tribunals, the premier has signaled that when PACT begins appointing new members, there will be a change to the old recycled politically connected faces who have dominated these institutions for decades. Making a commitment to gender […]
DVDL offer more services online
(CNS): The Department of Vehicle and Drivers’ Licensing (DVDL) has updated and relaunched its website to improve and increase the services it offers customers online. DVDL Director David Dixon said that modernising the website is one of the steps the department is taking to ensure customers receive quality service. “The redesign of our website is […]
Census to ask questions on food security
(CNS): What should have been Census 2020 was launched last week as Census 2021 after the national count last year was postponed because of the pandemic. It will now begin on 10 October and is expected to take around three months. The goal is to count every person in every household to enable government to […]
Bush back in driving seat for new parliament
(CNS): Speaker of the House McKeeva Bush is heading up the new independent Parliament Management Council, putting him back at the centre of Cayman politics, despite his conviction late last year for a violent assault, the controversy that surrounded it and his very narrow victory in West Bay West. Bush held the first meeting of […]
New acting boss takes turn at WORC
(CNS): Laura Watler has been appointed as the new Acting Interim Director of Workforce Opportunities and Residency Cayman (WORC), as Jeremy Scott, the previous holder of the post, resumes his duties as deputy director of compliance, leading the effort to enforce the laws. Watler is on secondment to the beleaguered agency from the Portfolio of […]
Delayed census confirmed for October
(CNS): The national census, which was postponed last year because of the COVID-19 pandemic, has been confirmed for October of this year and is due to begin on 10 October. The Economics and Statistics Office is organising the official count of households in the Cayman Islands in cooperation with the multi-sectoral Census Advisory Committee. The official […]
Minister rushes to meet fire service commitments
(CNS): With just three weeks left in office, Home Affairs Minister Tara Rivers, who is not running in the elections next month to retain her seat in West Bay South, is rushing to ensure that the Cayman Islands fire service, especially on the Sister Islands, gets the equipment and station upgrades promised at the beginning […]
Young Caymanian gets job inside governor’s office
(CNS): A local civil servant has become the first young Caymanian to start a new employment initiative inside the Governor’s Office. Renita Barnes recently began a six-month to one-year secondment working with the UK representative’s team here as the corporate services and media officer. Barnes secured the special job following a competitive internal recruitment process. […]
Turtle Centre staff challenge COO recruitment
(CNS): Almost two thirds of the staff at the Cayman Turtle Centre are angry over what they say is the failure of the senior management team and the board to deal with succession planning. More than 60 members of staff have petitioned the premier alleging breaches of the immigration law with the re-appointment of a […]
