Tag: Foreign & Commonwealth Office
Archer targets red tape and debt
(CNS): The finance minister is hoping discussions he had with UK officials during the government’s trip to London last week will help him pay down more of the public debt and reduce bureaucracy on capital projects. Marco Archer told a small branch meeting of the PPM Wednesday that there were some issues with the Framework […]
Cayman presses UK officials for changes to FFR
(CNS): Cayman’s finance and economic development minister has been pressing UK officials to make changes to the Framework for Fiscal Responsibility, which is now part of the Public Management and Finance Law. Marco Archer, along with Financial Secretary Kenneth Jefferson and Premier Alden McLaughlin, began the discussions with Foreign and Commonwealth officials in London Tuesday […]
Cayman has obligation to LGBT equality, says OT minister
(CNS): The UK’s overseas territories minister, Baroness Anelay, told the Legislative Assembly Tuesday that the continued discrimination against the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community placed the Cayman Islands Government in breach of its legal obligations. Addressing MLAs at the opening of parliament this morning, she said that the UK had no plans to impose […]
Baroness picks Cayman for first OT trip
(CNS): The UK’s new overseas territories minister will be visiting the Cayman Islands next month for a short visit, government officials confirmed Tuesday. Joyce Anne Anelay, Baroness Anelay of St Johns, who has picked the Cayman Islands for her first port of call of any British territory will be visiting all three islands during the […]
90’s governor berates UK bosses in final dispatch
(CNS): A dispatch sent to London 24 years ago from the outgoing governor of the Cayman Islands, which was released by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office this month, berates the colonial rulers for ignoring the overseas territories and not managing them properly. Alan Scott, who served as the governor here from 1987 until 1992, used […]
UK sends senior diplomat to head up governor’s office
(CNS): In the midst of huge political changes in the UK and its Foreign Office, and with British territories facing an uncertain future, a new face has arrived in Cayman to head up the governor’s office. But Matthew Forbes is a considerably more senior civil servant than those who are usually sent to fill what […]
UK Cabinet selected but BOT minister still not set
(CNS): Following the surprise appointment of Boris Johnson as foreign secretary by the new UK prime minister, Theresa May, three other new faces have been moved to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. Sir Alan Duncan who was the first openly gay Tory MP, has been appointed minister of state at the FCO. Tobias Ellwood and […]
Minister says no more debt despite fiscal compliance
(CNS): With the Cayman Islands on track to meet all of the requirements of the Public Management and Finance Law and the Framework for Fiscal Responsibility by the end of this financial year, government could start borrowing again but Finance Minister Marco Archer said there would be no more debt in the next financial year. […]
CIG one step away from regaining budget control
(CNS): The Cayman Islands Government is within reach of finally regaining control of the public purse and budget process after the cash reserves ratio required under the Framework for Fiscal Responsibility was met this fiscal year. Finance and Economic Development Minister Marco Archer said he had written to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) about […]
UK minister has no issue with $200m cruise port
(CNS): The UK acting overseas territories minister seemed entirely unfazed by the Cayman government’s plans to build a cruise berthing facility that could cost more than $200 million, despite still having control of the public purse. Grant Shapps, who made a flying morning visit to Grand Cayman Thursday on his route from Jamaica back to […]
OT minister keeps job in new UK Cabinet
(CNS): James Duddridge, the Conservative MP for Rochford and Southend East, has retained his job as the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, which means he also stays put as the overseas territories minister. Duddridge was first appointed to the junior ministerial position in August last year during the coalition administration.
