Tag: James Watler
Two Caymanians get MBEs for King’s birthday
(CNS): Garth Alexander Arch, the chairman of the Children and Youth Services Foundation, and James Truman Watler, a retired public servant and former president of the Civil Service Association, have been awarded royal gongs in King Charles III’s first birthday honours list. Both men received MBEs, according to an announcement by Governor Jane Owen.
More change ahead for CS, says new leader
(CNS): After ten years at the helm of the Cayman Islands Civil Service Association President, James Watler has stepped down and John Bothwell, senior research officer at the Department of Environment, has taken over the reins after he was selected by the membership last month to become the 22nd president. The closest thing Cayman has […]
CICSA not accepting co-pay on health
(CNS): Claims by Finance Minister Marco Archer that a decision has been made to have public servants pay part of their healthcare insurance by 2018 were refuted Tuesday by the Cayman Islands Civil Service Association. CICSA President James Watler said that his members had not been consulted or informed about any decision regarding co-pay and the […]
Civil service body wants in on talks over change
(CNS): Public servants need to be consulted on plans to cut benefits for government workers, the president of the Cayman Islands Civil Service Association has said in a letter to the deputy governor. James Watler warned that the membership had to be involved in the creation of any proposals to change benefits or health cover […]
Civil servants call for equity in pay
(CNS): Public sector workers are calling on government to address the frozen pay for long term, mostly local, civil servants whose pay packets have been the same for more than a decade after the cost of living allowances (COLA) is returned to them this July. In a statement released Thursday, the Cayman Islands Civil Service […]