Tag: Moses Kirkconnell
Golden shovels start airport project
(CNS): The airport renovations at Owen Roberts International Airport will be completed by early 2018, the tourism minister said on Wednesday before he and airport officials turned over the first earth at the ceremonial groundbreaking for the project. Describing it as a “long and challenging journey” spanning several administrations, Moses Kirkconnell said he was proud to […]
Kirk Freeport dominates limited pier support
(CNS): Responses from the public consultation process on the proposal for cruise berthing facilities in George Town have revealed that almost three-quarters of the respondents do not want the dock. But the limited support for the project comes mostly from people associated with just one downtown retailer. The Department of Environment received 473 direct responses […]
Ministry seeks to ‘safeguard’ cruise project
(CNS): The tourism ministry has said that following due process and collecting as much information as possible about the proposed cruise berthing facility in George Town is to “safeguard the project from unintended consequences in the future”. The comment comes in response to the position taken by the Cayman Islands Tourism Association not to support […]
Tourist sector says ‘No’ to port
(CNS): The private sector body which represents the country’s tourism industry has stated clearly that its members do not support government’s proposed cruise berthing plans. The Cayman Islands Tourism Association (CITA), which has a broad and diverse membership, from major hoteliers and dive operators to retailers and excursion firms, said ‘no’ on Thursday to the […]
Mac backs off port idea
(CNS): The opposition leader has said government needs to re-think its position on the George Town cruise berthing facility after the recently published environmental impact assessment (EIA) revealed the extent of the damage and disruption the project would cause to marine life in the George Town harbour and business in the capital. After many years […]
Government agrees to juggle cash for North Side school
(CNS): The government has committed to finding some $300,000 for additional classrooms and a staff room at the Edna Moyle Primary School in North Side after desperate pleadings from the district’s MLA, Ezzard Miller. In Finance Committee Wednesday Miller received support from the opposition and government benches following his bid for cash during proceedings on Friday, […]
Brac flight losses remain secret
(CNS): The tourism minister refused to reveal how much it costs to operate CAL Express when questioned in the Legislative Assembly recently, as he said it was commercially sensitive information. MLA Ezzard Miller asked Deputy Premier Moses Kirkconnell about the 30-seat Embraer EMB 120 Brasilia, which flies between the Brac and Grand Cayman, and how many […]
Cuban migrants drank sea water
(CNS): Thirty-nine uniformed officers, including 21 prison officers and staff from the Cayman Islands police, customs and immigration, arrived from Grand Cayman Friday afternoon to transport 37 Cuban migrants, who landed at Cayman Brac Thursday evening, to Grand Cayman as a first step to repatriation.
Cruise line coughs up $100k for reef damage
(CNS): Government officials have now confirmed that talks with Carnival Cruise Line has resulted in a payment of $100,000 to the Cayman Islands National Trust towards the Magic Reef Restoration Project. Carnival has not, however, admitted any liability regarding the damage that one of its cruise ships caused when it dropped anchor in the wrong […]
US-Brac-Cuba flights to start this summer
(CNS): The upgrades to the airport on Cayman Brac enables it to handle international flights and Cayman Airways is already in the process of securing the necessary certification to introduce new flights to and from the US and Holguin in Eastern Cuba, Deputy Premier Moses Kirkconnell told his constituents yesterday at the official opening of […]
Featured comment: The premier and the cruise dock
WaYaSay writes: To: Hon Alden McLaughlin, MBE, JP, MLA, Premier, Minister of Home Affairs, Health and Culture, Member of the Legislative Assembly. Let me be the first to say to you publicly: Be a premier. Stand up and stop this stupid mega-dock now, before Moses spends any more of the public millions on “consultants’ reports”, fishing […]
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