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CITA and NWDA back on track over tourism jobs

CITA and NWDA back on track over tourism jobs

| 09/03/2015 | 3 Comments

(CNS): Cayman’s tourism association, government’s job agency and a local MLA appear to have patched up their differences over the recruitment of locals into the sector. Government’s back bench MLA Alva Suckoo had raised a number of concerns about a recent job drive but a meeting with CITA last week has left him “encouraged” that […]

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CITA threatens to quit working with NWDA

CITA threatens to quit working with NWDA

| 23/02/2015 | 32 Comments

(CNS): The local tourism association has threatened to pull out of its partnership with the government’s job agency following negative publicity surrounding its most recent job drive. Bodden Town MLA Alva Suckoo raised significant concerns about the potential manipulation of the exercise by employers trying to justify permits. But CITA has hit back at both the […]

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CITA job drive manipulated, says MLA

CITA job drive manipulated, says MLA

| 12/02/2015 | 56 Comments

(CNS): A recent job drive by the Cayman Islands Tourism Association (CITA) appeared to be a “deliberate attempt to discredit Caymanians and justify using cheap labour”, a government MLA has told CNS. Alva Suckoo, who followed up on the drive, discovered a catalogue of issues and a lack of transparency and believes it was manipulated […]

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