Tag: Cabinet Post Meeting Summary
Payments to CPA members increased by Cabinet
(CNS): The Central Planning Authority members will now be getting more money for attending their fortnightly meetings, according to a summary of the Cabinet meeting held on Tuesday, 12 April. There was no indication as to what the members were receiving before this increase but the ministers agreed to up the stipend so that the […]
Gov’t establishes task force to tackle housing crisis
(CNS): The government has created an inter-ministerial task force to access and address the housing crisis in the Cayman Islands. Premier Wayne Panton, Finance Minister Chris Saunders, Social Affairs Minister André Ebanks, Housing Minister Jay Ebanks, Education Minister Juliana O’Connor-Connolly and Tourism Minister Kenneth Bryan will be working together on the issue, according to a […]
No environmentalists on planning law review team
(CNS): Cabinet has appointed a new committee to review the Development and Planning Act that doesn’t include a single expert on climate resilience or sustainability. The lack of any environmentalists on this board is likely to raise considerable public concern, given the PACT Government’s stated policy objectives and the need to address fundamental problems in […]
Cabinet shuffles CI$3M of education cash
(CNS): Government has cut the education ministry’s planned equity investment on capital works across schools for this year by over $3.1 million to increase spending in other areas of the education budget, largely for facilities maintenance and operational school support services. According to the notes of last week’s Cabinet meeting, CI$1.85 million is going on […]
Cabinet makes home COVID-19 tests duty free
(CNS): The government has waived the import duty on all approved COVID-19 home testing kits. According to the notes released from the Cabinet meeting held on Tuesday, 12 October, this applies to the brands of lateral flow tests that have been approved by the Health Service Authority or the chief medical officer. This means that […]
PACT pursuing PPM’s ID card project
(CNS): The PACT government has approved the design of the Cayman Islands’ first national identity card, according to the summary notes released by officials from the Cabinet meeting held on Wednesday, 6 October. The notes say that testing of the “digital identity solution” by the ministers, parliamentary secretaries and civil servants has also been approved. […]
Cruise ship ban extended to year-end
(CNS): Cabinet has officially approved the extension of the ban on all cruise ships coming to the Cayman Islands until 31 December, according to notes from the government’s front bench meeting on 28 September. The vote will see the formal regulations updated, leaving the possibility of their return on 1 January, but given the current […]
Cabinet approves bonuses for CIMA and CSX
(CNS): Performance award payments to the Cayman Islands Monetary Authority staff for 2020 and bonus payments to all employees at the Cayman Islands Stock Exchange (CSX) for last year have been approved by the Cabinet. According to the summary of the Cabinet meeting held on 10 August, the cash payments for the employees are covered […]
