Tag: Alden McLaughlin
CIG vows to act on auditors’ NBF findings
(CNS): Cayman Islands Government leaders have agreed to “fully implement” the recommendations made by the auditor general in his latest damning report regarding the potential misuse and mismanagement of taxpayers’ money. Following the release of Alastair Swarbrick’s findings in an audit of the controversial Nation Building Fund,the premier and the deputy governor said in a joint […]
RFP seeks consultants to create case for mental health facility
(CNS): Government has issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) to find a consultant to do the outline business case for a local mental health facility, the premier has said. With more than 4,000 mental health patients treated by the Health Services Authority last year, the strategic outline case for the much-needed specialist hospital has already been […]
False documents directly involve CoP
(CNS): Commissioner of Police David Baines has confirmed that the RCIPS is looking into allegations that documents related to a lawsuit between the premier and the opposition leader are forged and that some of the correspondence involves him. As a result, the senior cop said he is not involved in the probe but has handed […]
Alden reveals ‘false document’ enquiry
(CNS): The police are allegedly investigating allegations of forged and false documents that have emerged as a result of the legal battle between opposition leader McKeeva Bush and the premier. As Bush debated his private member’s motion Wednesday morning requesting a revision to the make-up of the Anti-Corruption Committee, he attempted to read out some […]
Cops accuse Bryan of anger and aggression
(CNS): Four police officers have described the premier’s former political assistant, Kenneth Bryan, as angry and aggressive during an incident at a West Bay Road nightclub last year. As the case against him for disorderly conduct and assaulting police opened in Summary Court Wednesday, Bryan denied the charges stemming from an altercation in October 2014. […]
Developer’s power raises concerns
(CNS) With no fair trade legislation, the acquisition by a single investor in Cayman of so much land and business influence should be a concern for the government and the wider business community, an MLA has said. The purchase of Barefoot Beach on the north-eastern coast of Grand Cayman by one of Dart’s web of […]
OT leaders wrap up pre-JMC meeting with vague statement
(CNS): A short, vague statement was released by the leaders of the British overseas territories Wednesday after they wrapped up their meeting in Bermuda ahead of this year’s Joint Ministerial Council Meeting (JMC) in the UK. The three day get-together was to provide the BOTs with an opportunity to arrive at some common ground over issues […]
CIG retaining local newspaper ad ban
(CNS): Premier Alden McLaughlin has stated that the government is continuing with the policy, as adopted in Finance Committee last month, not to spend public cash advertising with the islands’ oldest daily newspaper and that he was still looking for an apology from its publisher. Despite a letter that has been sent by David Legge’s lawyers to […]
Integrity slips from government’s agenda
(CNS): With the Standards in Public Life legislation stalled and the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) missing three members, the issue of integrity in government, a central platform of the PPM campaign, appears to no longer be a focus of its agenda. Auditor General Alastair Swarbrick, a permanent member of the corruption watchdog, confirmed last week that the commission […]
Poisoned land triggers major public health probe
(CNS): After a decade-long saga to get government to take the situation seriously, a major public health investigation is finally underway on land that was poisoned with arsenic and other dangerous substances when it was used as a debris site during the post Hurricane Ivan recovery. Government officials revealed yesterday that testing by local and international […]
Featured comment: The premier and the cruise dock
WaYaSay writes: To: Hon Alden McLaughlin, MBE, JP, MLA, Premier, Minister of Home Affairs, Health and Culture, Member of the Legislative Assembly. Let me be the first to say to you publicly: Be a premier. Stand up and stop this stupid mega-dock now, before Moses spends any more of the public millions on “consultants’ reports”, fishing […]
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