Tag: Dan Scott
Hew targeted by both opponents in leaders debate
(CNS): André Ebanks (TCCP) and Dan Scott (CINP) did not waste time on attacking each other at the Chamber Party Leaders Debate on Thursday but aimed their political ammunition at Joey Hew (PPM) when they met on a public stage for the first time in this election campaign. During a historic head-to-head between the three […]
Premier a no-show for election forum
(CNS): Juliana O’Connor-Connolly was a no-show for the Cayman Brac East Chamber of Commerce Candidate Chamber Forum on Tuesday. No explanation was offered by the hosts, and none of the other candidates even mentioned the premier’s name during the entire Q&A session. Maxine McCoy-Moore was also absent. There was no indication that the two missing […]
CINP slate increases to 12 as Red Bay candidate unveiled
(CNS): Dan Scott has revealed the twelfth candidate who will be running for office on the Cayman Islands National Party ticket in April. Dawn Thomas is another corporate executive and entrepreneur, as Scott sticks with recruiting individuals to his team who have never before served as MPs. Thomas will be contending the Red Bay seat […]
Scott: Real disaster will be following same old path
(CNS): Dan Scott, the leader of the Cayman Islands National Party who is hoping to be the Cayman Islands’ next premier, has hit back at former premier Sir Alden McLaughlin, who issued a warning last Thursday that electing politically inexperienced leaders and MPs in April would spell disaster for Cayman. Scott told CNS that the […]
Scott: PPPs can tackle school issues
(CNS): Education Council Chairman Dan Scott has pointed to the private sector as a source of resolving the ever-increasing pressure on space in Cayman schools that he said could also reverse the divisions that have been created in the education system between local and expatriate children.
School curriculum facing future changes
(CNS): By 2021, the Cayman Islands education curriculum will be changed, teachers will have an increase in salary and the John Gray High School will be built, Education Minister Juliana O’Connor-Connolly promised teachers during the annual education professionals welcome last week. It will be another year before teachers see the much touted pay rise to a minimum […]
College scholarships to be means tested
(CNS): Recommendations that the Cayman Islands Education Council made to the Ministry of Education to introduce means testing for scholarships have been adopted, paving the way for resources to be concentrated where they are really needed, according to the council’s chairman, Dan Scott. The test will be for high income families only, but having free […]
Dan Scott takes helm of new education board
(CNS): Dan Scott, managing partner at Ernst and Young, has been appointed to lead the new Cayman Islands Education Council, according to the latest edition of the government’s Gazette. Scott, who has served, and continues to serve, on numerous other government boards, is the first private sector chairperson of an education board after the law […]
Royal gongs for marathon man and auditor
(CNS): Derek Haines has been recognised in the latest list of royal gong recipients for the Queen’s birthday honours list. The former police officer and veteran runner has received an MBE for his contributions to the community in general but also for his incredible six marathons last year, in which he raised more than $1.1 million […]
