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CIG asks public to review $8.75/hour basic pay
(CNS): The Cayman Islands Government is seeking public comment on the Minimum Wage Advisory Committee’s long-awaited report, made public this week, and the recommendation to implement a new basic national minimum wage of just CI$8.75. No one from the elected arm of government has indicated whether or not the MWAC’s recommendations will be accepted and […]
Emancipation Day becomes an additional holiday
(CNS): The Cayman Islands Government has had a change of heart and decided to retain the long-standing Discovery Day holiday in May and, starting this year, to add Emancipation Day as an additional public holiday. As a result, employees will be entitled to a day off on the first Monday in May for the new […]
Top Dart exec takes over Chamber presidency
(CNS): Chamber of Commerce members elected Joanne Lawson as the new president of the business organisation at its 58th AGM held last week. Lawson, who is the fifth woman to hold the position, is chief of staff at Dart Enterprises Ltd, one of the largest and most influential companies in the Cayman Islands. As she […]
Labour versus wages
MDR writes: The current minimum wage in the Cayman Islands stands at CI$6.00 per hour, which is significantly lower than in many other developed countries. The Minimum Wage Advisory Committee recently proposed a new minimum wage of $8.75 per hour, which would bring lower wages in line with living costs in the country. However, this […]
Boat crews and tourists fight fire at Starfish Point
(CNS): Crew members and tourists from Captain Marvin’s and Sweet Spot Watersports were heralded as heroes across social media after they all worked to put out a brush fire at Starfish Point on Tuesday evening. At about 6:30pm, as one tour boat was leaving and another arriving at the popular beach spot, a significant blaze […]
Climate policy in limbo as more heat records broken
(CNS): The data for global temperatures is expected to show that last month was the warmest February on record after spring-like conditions across the Northern Hemisphere caused flowers to bloom early from Japan to Mexico, left Europe’s ski slopes bereft of snow and Texas sizzling at 100°F. The Cayman Islands may have enjoyed cooler weather […]
NAU offers more resources under new policies
(CNS): As the Needs Assessment Unit (NAU) prepares to morph into the Financial Assistance Department and new legislation providing for Cayman’s future welfare needs is rolled out, the Ministry of Social Development has implemented a series of enhancements to financial assistance programmes to provide better support.
Seven people injured in two-vehicle East End crash
(CNS): Traffic police are investigating the cause of a collision in East End yesterday evening between an SUV and a pick-up truck that saw seven people taken to hospital. At around 6:40pm on Monday, the police were called to the scene on Sea View Road, where a red Kia Sorento and a grey Nissan Frontier […]
Flow’s service troubles continue with BT outage
(CNS): Local telecommunications provider Flow struggled with its internet service Tuesday and was forced to apologise to its customers for a broadband outage across the Bodden Town district, just days after the company apologised for problems with its phone and voice services last Thursday. The utilities regulator, OfReg, said that it had met with Flow […]
Resident dies during trip to Stingray City
(CNS): A 51-year-old resident was pronounced dead on Sunday evening after he was pulled from the water at the Stingray City Sandbar and taken to shore by the coastguard and transported to the George Town Hospital. According to a press release, Cayman Islands Coast Guard officers responded to the report of a man in distress […]
PPM: Officials ‘cannot turn blind eye’ to abuse in trial
(CNS): Opposition Leader Roy McTaggart has called for action to address the “deliberate and disquieting abuse of process” by the crown last month in the case against McKeeva Bush, who had been charged with the indecent assault of two female civil servants. The PPM leader pointed out that the abuse was “of such gravity” that […]
