Tag: Chris Saunders
CBC pay inequities addressed, says minister
(CNS): Four years after the immigration department and customs merged into the Customs and Border Control Service (CBC), some officers will be getting a pay rise to regularise all staff salaries, which is part of a commitment management had made to resolve the pre-merger salary inequities within the services. Officials said in a press release […]
Seven years on, key parts of pensions law rolled out
(CNS): Cabinet has approved a new commencement order that will bring most of the outstanding parts of the National Pensions (Amendment) Act into force this year, some seven years after the law was passed. The provisions pave the way for more transparency and accountability on the part of the pension providers, naming and shaming of […]
Home equity loans may help elderly living in poverty
(CNS): Some elderly people in the Cayman Islands are living in poverty because of inadequate pensions but are sitting on significant equity in their homes. The government has therefore accepted a private member’s motion to consider introducing reverse mortgages to enable seniors to access that capital. Finance Minister Chris Saunders (BTW) told parliament last month […]
CIG collects full year’s revenue in 11 months
(CNS): The Cayman Islands Government had already collected all of the revenue it had budgeted for this year by the end of November, Finance Minister Chris Saunders revealed during a brief meeting of Finance Committee, held to tidy up and settle movements of money for the current budget cycle. He told MPs that, according to […]
Changes coming to make asylum claims more difficult
(CNS): The Cayman Islands Government has steered legislation through parliament, without opposition, to make asylum claims more difficult for irregular migrants and speed up the process. As Border Control Minister Chris Saunders brought an amendment bill to parliament Monday, he said the number of Cubans now arriving was creating a crisis, and changes to the […]
Saunders points finger at locals over sham marriages
(CNS): Border Control Minister Chris Saunders has said that Caymanians should recognise the value of their birthright and stop entering into marriages of convenience, as they are not only criminal but an immoral practice. He said this practice is making a mockery of marriage, which is the traditional foundation of family life in Cayman. According […]
Housing Trust starts work on 19 West Bay homes
(CNS): Phase 3 of the Lighthouse Gardens affordable housing development in the Boatswain Bay area of West Bay is getting underway after an official groundbreaking of the project this week. The subdivision includes nineteen housing lots and completes the 9.5-acre property, delivering a total of 55 homes at the location. National Housing Development Trust (NHDT) […]
Opposition to question minister on potential recession
(CNS): When legislators meet in parliament next week, among the 21 parliamentary questions that members of the opposition intend to put to the government, Opposition Leader Roy McTaggart will be asking Finance Minister Chris Saunders what the chances are that the Cayman Islands will face a recession next year. McTaggart wants to know the “government’s […]
18 more Cuban migrants arrive over two days
(CNS): On Monday and Tuesday an additional 18 migrants arrived in local waters in two separate vessels. All of the men and women are now in the custody of Customs and Border Control as they begin the immigration process. In what is turning out to be one of the busiest years here for Cuban migrants […]
WORC rounds up illegal workers on 7MB
(CNS): Four people were arrested for immigration-related offences last Wednesday, 23 November, after a raid at Seven Mile Public Beach by the Compliance Unit of Workforce Opportunities and Residency Cayman (WORC), the Department of Commerce and Investment (DCI) and the RCIPS. Three people were arrested for working without work permits and one was handed over to […]
Deputy Premier: PR is a privilege not a right
(CNS): Chris Saunders, the deputy premier and minister for labour, has again refuted the idea that the PACT Government has imposed any kind of moratorium on the granting of permanent residency rights. But the minister has made it clear that government is not only taking the time to scrutinise all applications, it also has plans […]
