Tag: Alden McLaughlin
CIG steps up recycling efforts with $140k of kit
(CNS): The government has bought around $90,000 worth of new recycling equipment and $50,000 of specialist bins to boost the recycling efforts now being made by the Department of Environmental Health. The kit was described by officials as an interim measure to divert recyclable materials from the landfill until government completes what has been the […]
Every vote will count in 2017, says Alden
(CNS): Talking to the party faithful in George Town Wednesday, the premier said that the PPM will be checking the legitimacy and accuracy of the voter list when the Elections Office publishes the register of electors ahead of the 2017 vote. Alden McLaughlin told a Progressive party meeting in Prospect that with the move to […]
Premier releases very short message on Trump
(CNS): The Cayman Islands premier’s office released a 56-word statement Wednesday congratulating US President Elect Donald Trump. As Cayman and countries all over the world were considering the implications of Trump’s unexpected election win, Premier Alden McLaughlin joined international leaders in releasing public comment. But in possibly the shortest statement from him on any topic […]
Cayman presses UK officials for changes to FFR
(CNS): Cayman’s finance and economic development minister has been pressing UK officials to make changes to the Framework for Fiscal Responsibility, which is now part of the Public Management and Finance Law. Marco Archer, along with Financial Secretary Kenneth Jefferson and Premier Alden McLaughlin, began the discussions with Foreign and Commonwealth officials in London Tuesday […]
Premier plies UK MPs with free beer
(CNS): British MPs were given a taste of the Cayman Islands this week as officials handed out free beer, courtesy of Caybrew, at the Strangers’ Bar in the House of Commons in London. Premier Alden McLaughlin served up the booze to the UK politicians during a meet and greet aimed at promoting the jurisdiction. “Each […]
BOT leaders to form Brexit group to engage UK
(CNS): Concerned about how the UK’s departure from the European Union over the next two years will impact their communities, leaders from the British Overseas Territories have agreed to form a group to focus on the whole question of Brexit. Cayman Islands Premier Alden McLaughlin, together with Finance Minister Marco Archer and Financial Services Minister […]
Road poses flooding risks
(CNS): One of the main reasons why the Department of Environment recommended the need for an environmental impact assessment for the proposed extension of the east-west arterial road through the central mangrove wetlands was the very real risk of flooding. The chair of the National Conservation Council has confirmed that among the many environmental issues […]
Premier & Co head to London for post-Brexit JMC
(CNS): The future of Great Britain and its dependent territories in a post-Brexit landscape will be high on the agenda next week when the UK meets with the leaders of its remaining colonies in London. Cayman Islands Premier Alden McLaughlin is travelling to the British capital today with a substantial delegation for the Overseas Territories […]
Independent member objects to status grants
(CNS): The member for East End, Arden McLean, voted on Monday against two Cabinet status grants after an acrimonious exchange with the premier, who brought the motion to give Caymanian status to developer Fraser Whellan and Monique Hamaty-Simmonds, general manager of well-known local firm Tortuga Rum Cakes. McLean said he objected in principle to anyone […]
$5m taken from EPF to buy Smith Cove
(CNS): With a deal between the government and the owners of the land by Smith Cove agreed and the process to acquire the land for public use underway, both sides of the Legislative Assembly supported a government motion Monday to take $5 million from the Environmental Protection Fund. Premier Alden McLaughlin told the parliament that […]
Election spending limited to $40k for all
(CNS): Amendments to the Elections Law passed in the Legislative Assembly Monday saw the government benches accept a suggested change from the independent member for East End on campaign financing. The new law paves the way for every candidate to be allowed to spend $40,000 each, regardless of whether or not they are members of […]
