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Trust backs NCA as development outpaces conservation
(CNS): The National Trust for the Cayman Islands has hit out at those claiming development is being fettered by conservation legislation. The long-established non-profit organisation, which has a permanent seat on the National Conservation Council, has said that it is difficult, if not impossible, to see how the National Conservation Act is stopping development, given […]
DoE warns CIG and developers to stop building on beach
(CNS): The Cayman Islands Government wants to spend CI$250,000 installing parking and toilet facilities as well as cabanas and a concrete wall on a turtle nesting beach in East End that it acquired for public use. But the Department of Environment is warning all developers, especially the CIG, what will happen if they alter the […]
Minister warns minimum wage increase at risk
(CNS): Increasing the minimum wage will not help many Caymanians, and so the long-awaited uplift from the current inadequate rate has been delayed and may not happen at all across some sectors, Labour Minister Dwayne Seymour has implied. Given that 77% of workers on the basic rate of just $6 per hour are permit holders […]
Activists propose cheaper, greener route for EWA
(CNS): The route chosen by the government and the National Roads Authority for the controversial East-West Arterial Road from Newlands to North Side is not the only one available. Local environmental campaigners, Sustainable Cayman, have in partnership with the UK’s Royal Society for the Protection of Birds issued an assessment of route options for the […]
Premier admits Cayman’s economic success gap widening
(CNS): The Cayman Islands economy is doing well with GDP growth at 3.7% and estimated at US$70,790 per capita, the creation of over 8,900 jobs post-pandemic, an unemployment rate down to 3.6% among local people, a human development index of 0.877 and a $40million surplus for public finances. Nevertheless, there are a number of significant […]
EWA plan benefits from scrutiny, says road expert
(CNS): The author of a report about the potential impact of the East-West Arterial extension on traffic congestion has stated that he has no vested interest in whether the road progresses. He also said that he did the work pro bono and was not directed to find any specific conclusions but to take an independent […]
Jobs for temp permits must now be advertised
(CNS): The Cayman Islands Government is introducing new rules under immigration legislation that will require employers to advertise vacancies when they apply for a temporary work permit. Of the more than 34,000 foreign nationals on permits or government contracts, over 6,500 of them hold temporary work permits, for which bosses were not required to advertise […]
Volunteers wanted to oversee welfare appeals
(CNS): The social development ministry is looking for five volunteers with experience and qualifications to sit on the Financial Assistance Appeals Tribunal, a new public body that will hear and determine appeals against decisions made by the Department of Financial Assistance under the new law. Officials said the tribunal will comprise a qualified lawyer as […]
Ministers must agree with policy or resign
(CNS): A minister who is not able to support a Cabinet decision has only one option, which is to resign, according to the Cabinet Manual made public for the first time Friday. The document was released just hours after news broke that the Central Planning Authority will appeal a court decision stemming from an internal government […]
CIG should review duty deal with HCCI, court says
(CNS): A Grand Court judge has found that the Cayman Islands Government “acted inappropriately when it awarded fee waivers and concessions” to Health City Cayman Islands for “extremely lengthy periods” without putting the deal before Parliament. The court also said the CIG should publish the criteria for tax and duty giveaways or other concessions in […]
New bill to overhaul future of welfare support
(CNS): Less than sixteen months after taking office, the minister responsible for social welfare has presented a new bill to overhaul the public assistance regime and create a new system to help the most vulnerable in the community. The Financial Assistance Bill, which repeals the existing Poor Persons (Relief) Law, is now open for public […]
