Tag: Helen Kilpatrick
Medical cannabis oil officially legal
(CNS): The governor has assented to an amended drug law to facilitate the prescription of medical cannabis oil. The step by government to legalise the medical use of ganja in the form of an oil or tinctures to treat cancer, epilepsy, or as a pain reliever for osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis, among a list of other […]
Governor won’t release CoP short list
(CNS): The recruitment process for the next commissioner of police has ended and a candidate has been selected, but the governor’s office will not be releasing details of the shortlist of candidates for the post to allow the public to see the field from which the next police boss emerged. An official from Governor Helen […]
MLAs call for gay rights referendum
(CNS): Once again, some of Cayman’s longest serving politicians have attacked the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community. During the budget debate in the Legislative Assembly last week, both Anthony Eden and Opposition Leader McKeeva Bush took aim at plans for a conference on issues impacting the group and criticised Cayman Islands Governor Helen Kilpatrick for […]
Governor pats CIG on back over budget
(CNS): Cayman Islands Governor Helen Kilpatrick praised the Cayman government Monday as she delivered what is likely to be her last throne speech. In the relatively short address ahead of the delivery of the budget, Helen Kilpatrick congratulated the PPM led government on its “careful stewardship and adherence to the principles of good governance”. She […]
Governor agrees to JPs supporting MCA expert
(CNS): Following the debate in the Legislative Assembly Monday at the special meeting called to deal with two private members’ motions dealing with police issues, the governor has taken on board the call from members for two local JPs to support Andrew Jenkins, the expert from the UK’s Maritime & Coastguard Agency. However, Helen Kilpatrick […]
Governor releases Tempura documents
(CNS): Having spent thousands of dollars fighting orders from the Information Commissioner’s Office to do so, the governor’s office has finally released the Aina Report on Operation Tempura, written on behalf of then Governor Duncan Taylor in response to a lengthy complaint made by Martin Polaine, the legal advisor to the probe into the RCIPS […]
Baines to quit one year early
(CNS): Police Commissioner David Baines is to quit his post one year before his contract expires but the governor’s office has confirmed that the beleaguered RCIPS boss will still be paid until the end of his contract next June. In a statement released Tuesday afternoon, the governor offered her continued support to Baines as she […]
Governor to investigate search operation
(CNS): As criticisms of the police over the search and rescue operation for two children and three men missing at sea continued, the Cayman Islands governor announced Thursday that she was carrying out an independent review at the request of the police commissioner. Her announcement came just hours after the opposition leader filed a private member’s motion calling on government […]
Governor struggles to explain offshore sector to BBC
(CNS Business): Quizzed over what the Cayman Islands and its offshore sector means to the people of Britain, the governor struggled to answer Jacques Peretti in the documentary aired on the BBC in the UK on Friday evening. “Britain’s Trillion Pound Island”, in which the producer and filmmaker tried to understand how the financial services industry […]
Governor urges public to remain charitable through Christmas
(CNS): Recognizing the kindness and benevolence of the Cayman Islands community and the huge scale of charitable efforts by the public, the governor is urging people to remain charitable throughout the festive period and look out for those in need, especially the elderly. In her Christmas New Year Message, Helen Kilpatrick, who will be staying […]
Governor has faith in CIG’s cruise plans
(CNS): The significant environmental threat to local coral reefs posed by the government’s plans for cruise berthing facilities in the George Town Harbour do not appear to be of concern to the governor, who has expressed her confidence in the process. When she arrived in the Cayman Islands in September 2013, in her first public […]
