Tag: Kenneth Bryan
Referendum bill passes 13-5 after PPM backs minority UPM
(CNS): Tourism Minister Kenneth Bryan successfully steered through the bill for a government referendum to take place on Election Day, 30 April, after he secured the support of the official opposition. All five members of the Progressives and independent opposition MP Chris Saunders voted ‘yes’, while all five members of TCCP gave the bill a […]
PPM back UPM’s controversial referendum bill
(CNS): Opposition Leader Joey Hew offered his backing to the controversial Referendum Bill on Monday, making it almost certain that on Election Day, voters will be asked whether or not they support the concept of a cruise pier without any details of what type of berthing facilities the next government should develop, how much it […]
Visitor numbers in 2024 edged closer to 2019 record
(CNS): Almost 438,000 people visited the Cayman Islands in 2024 as overnight guests, even though the airport was closed on several occasions because of bad weather and storm warnings. While this fell short of 2019’s record-breaking number of stayover tourists, the figure was the third-highest since records began and 2% more than in 2023.
Lame-duck Cabinet keeps spending public cash
(CNS): The minority UPM government has shown no signs of letting up on critical decision-making, such as spending and policy, including the drafting of various amendment bills that may not pass, given that the administration lost its mandate to govern back in October. The lame-duck Cabinet, comprising just five ministers, had two meetings in January, […]
Absence of data undermines proposal for cruise vote
(CNS): All relevant information and data on the plans, location, costs and environmental impacts relating to any proposed cruise berthing facility should be released to the public before the country is asked to vote on such a project, according to local activist group Cruise Port Referendum (CPR) Cayman, which disputes the need for such facilities. […]
Bryan hints at a return to Progressives’ platform
(CNS): Few of the remaining members of the UPM government have confirmed they will be seeking re-election in the upcoming campaign or which of their colleagues, if any, they will be aligning themselves with. However, Deputy Premier Kenneth Bryan has dropped the heaviest hints yet that he may throw his lot in with the Progressives, […]
Referendum bill to come to parliament in New Year
(CNS): Deputy Premier Kenneth Bryan, who is spearheading the government’s planned referendum next year, has said the legislation has been drafted, and a bill paving the way for the national poll on General Election Day will go before parliament when it meets on 31 January. At a public meeting on Monday organised by the Association […]
Bryan: Homeless families to be housed immediately
(CNS): The UPM government has made a policy commitment to house all homeless Caymanian families with children, ensuring that no kids are sleeping on the street, in tents or in cars. Addressing parliament on Wednesday, Minister Kenneth Bryan, who took over responsibility for social development last month, said the policy directions to the Department of […]
McAlpine wins latest CI$4.4M Scranton Park contract
(CNS): The tourism ministry has signed a deal with McAlpine Ltd for Phase 2 of the Scranton Central Park project in George Town Central, spearheaded by Tourism Minister Kenneth Bryan, the constituency MP. The contract is worth $4.4 million and will include the construction of a single-story community centre, a multi-sport court, fencing, seating, equipment, […]
Bryan continues to criticise conservation battle
(CNS): The tourism minister’s criticism of efforts by public and private sector entities to protect Cayman’s environment and dismissal of the hard battle to preserve our dwindling natural resources were on display again last week at the Chamber of Commerce Legislative Luncheon, where he implied that the balance is tipped too much in favour of […]
7MB erosion now a priority for UPM, says minister
(CNS): Tourism Minister Kenneth Bryan has revealed that the minority UPM government is working on a public-private partnership of some kind to undertake an undefined replenishment project to address what he said was the national emergency of erosion on Seven Mile Beach.
