Tag: Disabilities (Solomon Webster) Bill
PAC queries value of social affairs OBC
(CNS): The chair of the Public Accounts Committee and Auditor General Sue Winspear both raised concerns Wednesday that the $180,000 that government spent on an outline business case (OBC) to look at social assistance provided to the elderly, disabled and indigent was a waste of time. Ezzard Miller said he was very worried government had […]
Council aims to ensure inclusion of disabled
(CNS): Volunteers on the National Council for Persons with Disabilities have begun working on the goal of ensuring that disabled people can participate fully in society and enforcing the provisions of the Solomon Webster Disability Law, 2016. Magda Embury, the chairperson, explained that the primary objective was “to ensure that people with disabilities in the […]
Solomon Webster disabilities bill passes unanimously
(CNS): Premier Alden McLaughlin steered an important bill through the Legislative Assembly this week with the support of all of the members of the parliament. The disabilities bill, which has been named for the late Solomon (Solly) Webster, a Special Olympian who was tragically murdered in what was believed to be West Bay gang crossfire, […]
Murdered local man named in new disabilities bill
(CNS): The government has published its new disabilities bill based on the current administration’s policy to protect people with disabilities in Cayman from having their civil and political rights infringed across the community and not just by government. The Disabilities (Solomon Webster) Bill, 2016 has been named in remembrance of a local special Olympian who […]
