Tag: Dwayne Seymour

CBC arrests 26 at ORIA with drugs and guns

CBC arrests 26 at ORIA with drugs and guns

| 15/03/2024 | 19 Comments

(CNS): In the two-month period between 15 December and 15 February, Customs and Border Control arrested 26 people at the Owen Roberts International Airport entering or exiting the Cayman Islands carrying drugs or weapons, plus one person for smoking on a plane. Officials said the interceptions, which included ganja, ecstasy, ammunition and guns, were based […]

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CIG asks public to review $8.75/hour basic pay

CIG asks public to review $8.75/hour basic pay

| 08/03/2024 | 33 Comments

(CNS): The Cayman Islands Government is seeking public comment on the Minimum Wage Advisory Committee’s long-awaited report, made public this week, and the recommendation to implement a new basic national minimum wage of just CI$8.75. No one from the elected arm of government has indicated whether or not the MWAC’s recommendations will be accepted and […]

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Committee advises minimum wage should be $8.75/hour

Committee advises minimum wage should be $8.75/hour

| 05/03/2024 | 40 Comments

(CNS): Almost six months after the Minimum Wage Advisory Committee finished its work and handed its report over to the government, the document has finally been made public ahead of a press briefing scheduled for Wednesday. The report reveals a recommended new rate of CI$8.75 per hour — a 46% increase on the current CI$6. […]

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MPs mislead the country about conservation law

MPs mislead the country about conservation law

| 19/12/2023 | 123 Comments

(CNS): The National Conservation Act was targeted by several MPs in parliament over the course of the Finance Committee hearings last week, some of whom misled the public and other members of the House by suggesting, incorrectly, that it has hampered development. Some MPs, including McKeeva Bush (WBW) and Chris Saunders (BTW), as well as […]

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Minister warns minimum wage increase at risk

Minister warns minimum wage increase at risk

| 13/12/2023 | 108 Comments

(CNS): Increasing the minimum wage will not help many Caymanians, and so the long-awaited uplift from the current inadequate rate has been delayed and may not happen at all across some sectors, Labour Minister Dwayne Seymour has implied. Given that 77% of workers on the basic rate of just $6 per hour are permit holders […]

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Conservation law marks 10yrs as MPs attack environmentalists

Conservation law marks 10yrs as MPs attack environmentalists

| 13/12/2023 | 44 Comments

(CNS): Wednesday was the tenth anniversary of the National Conservation Act passing into law, despite the continuing opposition to the legislation and the misrepresentation of how it has impacted development. With former premier Wayne Panton, the architect of the law, laid up after breaking his ribs, there has been no one in parliament this week […]

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New line-ups for immigration boards and tribunal

New line-ups for immigration boards and tribunal

| 11/12/2023 | 54 Comments

(CNS): Cabinet has approved the appointment of numerous new members to the Caymanian Status and Permanent Residency Board (CSPR), the Business Staffing Plan Board (BSP), and the Immigration Appeals Tribunal (IAT). The processing of PR and status applications, in particular, has been delayed significantly because these boards barely met this year, and then their terms […]

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Seymour paints dim picture of PACT

Seymour paints dim picture of PACT

| 13/10/2023 | 139 Comments

(CNS): Dwayne Seymour MP (BTE) said the PACT coalition was going down the wrong road and that he was concerned about the future of the Cayman Islands when he resigned from Cabinet last month. He described the atmosphere in the current caucus as “cantankerous”, even suggesting that he had “parted fights” and that he wasn’t […]

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Surplus expectations fall to low of CI$3.3M

Surplus expectations fall to low of CI$3.3M

| 27/09/2023 | 119 Comments

(CNS): Financial Secretary Ken Jefferson admitted to parliament on Tuesday that the government might be sailing very close to the wind with the revised expectations on this year’s budget. Spending by the end of this year is expected to reach over CI$1.03 billion, an unprecedented amount, leaving the government with a surplus of just $3.3 […]

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Rankine replaces Seymour as labour minister

Rankine replaces Seymour as labour minister

| 27/09/2023 | 61 Comments

(CNS): Isaac Rankine MP (EE) resigned from his role in parliament as deputy speaker on Tuesday afternoon, signalling that he might be the next minister for labour. But it was not until 6:30pm yesterday, five days after Dwayne Seymour resigned from PACT and crossed the floor back to the opposition benches, that the premier’s office […]

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Donkeys, developers and deaf ears

Donkeys, developers and deaf ears

| 25/09/2023 | 113 Comments

Wendy Ledger writes: Dwayne “John-john” Seymour MP owes Wayne Panton an apology after his unfounded public attack during his resignation speech Friday. The ex-minister chose to cross the floor and join the government in 2021 when he knew what Panton’s agenda was. But as someone who is still waiting for an apology from that minister […]

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