Tag: UK
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 temp minister to make snap Cayman visit
(CNS) Grant Shapps MP, who is currently acting as the UK’s minister for the overseas territories, will make a short visit to the Cayman Islands on Thursday. The junior minister, who is standing in for James Dudderidge who is unwell, will be visiting Jamaica tomorrow and has tagged Cayman onto the trip.
UK ethics lord resigns over drug-prostitute scandal
(CNS): A British peer who oversees ethics and standards for members of the UK’s House of Lords has resigned from the committee after he was caught on camera allegedly taking cocaine with two prostitutes. In a scandal that is now in the hands of Scotland Yard, Baron Sewel of Gilcomstoun, the deputy speaker of the […]
Premier heads to Bermuda for OT meeting
(CNS) Updated: Cayman Islands Premier Alden McLaughlin will be heading to Bermuda this week for a meeting of overseas territories leaders. The premier’s office confirmed the trip, Tuesday, to this year’s host territory for the annual pre meeting ahead of the Joint Ministerial Council in London later this year. The leaders will be discussing economic development, security matters and the territories relationships […]
Temp UK minister takes on overseas territories
(CNS): The UK’s junior foreign office minister with responsibility for the overseas territories has been temporarily replaced after being admitted to hospital. James Duddridge’s portfolio has been taken over by Grant Shapps, who is currently a junior minister with responsibility for international development. Duddridge (43) has fallen ill again following a gall bladder operation last year.
Local passport production moves to UK
(CNS): Cayman Islands passports will no longer be produced on-island and applications for new or renewals of local passports will now be sent to the UK. Officials said that from Friday 8 May the local Passport and Corporate Services Office in George Town will no longer accept C1 and C2 application forms.
Election ‘not fair’, Bush claims
(CNS): The opposition leader has suggested that there are serious question marks over the outcome of the 2013 election. McKeeva Bush has implied that the “powers that be” may have undermined the integrity of the democratic process in their efforts to ensure that not only did he lose the leadership contest but that he also lost […]
Mac seeks to expose conspiracy in LA
(CNS) Updated with video: The leader of the opposition is calling for a public enquiry into what he says was a conspiracy to oust him from office and change the political landscape of Cayman with false criminal allegations. But McKeeva Bush is planning to use the theatre of the LA to expose what he claims […]
UK requires Caymanian long-term visitors to carry new ID
(CNS): Cayman nationals who are long term visitors or residents for six months or more in the UK will need to get a new Biometric Residence Permits (BRPs) starting at the end of next month. According to the governor’s office the BRP is a credit card sized ID showing a person’s status in the UK. […]
Premier heads to London with 5 person team
(CNS): Premier Alden McLaughlin leaves for a week-long trip to London on Friday and he will be taking four members of staff and a Cabinet minister with him for what officials said would be a number of “meetings and appearances”. The premier will be delivering an address at the Caribbean Council reception, meeting communication experts […]
UK monarch directs protocol of Saudi royal’s death
(CNS): Government buildings across the Cayman Islands will be flying the Union Jack at half-mast for a full day Tuesday following the death of King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia. Local government officials said this was based on instructions “from Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II that the Union flag should be flown at half-mast on Government […]
