Tag: Winston Connolly

MLA prioritises energy over taskforce

MLA prioritises energy over taskforce

| 18/01/2016 | 9 Comments

(CNS): Winston Connolly said that the premier had asked him on 3 January to consider leading the unemployment taskforce to tackle what has been labelled as the Achilles heel of the current administration but he opted to prioritise the offer to chair the National Energy Policy Review Committee instead. Connolly, who serves as the councillor […]

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Premier names Connolly to chair work task force

Premier names Connolly to chair work task force

| 12/01/2016 | 53 Comments

(CNS): Premier Alden McLaughlin has announced the creation of a new programme and task force to tackle Caymanian unemployment, which he has described as his government’s Achilles heel. With 8% of the local workforce unemployed and around 21,000 work permit holders, government is launching ‘ReadytoWork.ky’, a project that will encourage employers to take on locals with […]

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Connolly sticking with government

Connolly sticking with government

| 07/01/2016 | 56 Comments

(CNS): The only remaining independent member of the government backbench has confirmed that he plans to remain in his seat for the foreseeable future and will not be crossing the floor of the Legislative Assembly anytime soon. With the departure of Anthony Eden and Alva Suckoo over the last few weeks from the ruling PPM, […]

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Premier ‘scared’ by rhetoric

Premier ‘scared’ by rhetoric

| 02/12/2015 | 71 Comments

(CNS): Rhetoric in the Legislative Assembly last week during a debate about the lack of advancement by locals, particularly in the offshore sector, has concerned and even “scared” the country’s leader. But much of what Premier Alden McLaughlin described as “anti-foreign and anti-business” sentiment was coming not just from government opponents but his own backbenchers […]

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Former PA now charged with robbery

Former PA now charged with robbery

| 22/10/2015 | 0 Comments

(CNS): The office administrator who was sacked by the George Town MLAs, Roy McTaggart and Winston Connolly, from her constituency office job following her arrest this summer in connection with an armed robbery has been charged. Christine Rae-Smith was expected to appear in court on Thursday morning to face three counts of robbery and one count […]

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GT MLAs embroiled in labour row

GT MLAs embroiled in labour row

| 21/10/2015 | 16 Comments

(CNS): The former personal assistant to George Town MLAs Roy McTaggart and Winston Connolly, who worked in their constituency office, has filed a complaint with the Department of Labour and Pensions about her political employers, claiming that when they made her redundant, they did not settle her severance in accordance with the law. Christine Rae Smith believes […]

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MLAs’ secretary arrested for armed robbery

MLAs’ secretary arrested for armed robbery

| 10/08/2015 | 0 Comments

(CNS): A woman who works as a personal assistant to the two Coalition for Cayman George Town MLAs in their constituency office has been arrested by police on suspicion of two robberies. Police said the woman is a suspect in both an armed home invasion in Raleigh Quay in June and a hold-up at a George […]

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Education bill paves way for private sector involvement

Education bill paves way for private sector involvement

| 09/06/2015 | 32 Comments

(CNS): The revamped version of the 2009 Education Bill will be coming to the Legislative Assembly in September, paving the way for the existence of many different types of schools but it will not allow complete privatization of government-managed schools. The new law, when it is passed, will enshrine much of the current national education […]

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Boards to blame over advert infractions

Boards to blame over advert infractions

| 02/06/2015 | 45 Comments

(CNS): Premier Alden McLaughlin has pointed the finger at the immigration boards as the ones who should be asking the questions of employers who run recruitment advertisements that disenfranchise locals as they aim to recruit or retain specific work-permit holders. When George Town MLA and backbench C4C member Winston Connolly asked about the enforcement and […]

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Connolly takes up torch for energy debate

Connolly takes up torch for energy debate

| 14/05/2015 | 23 Comments

(CNS): In the absence of any formal public debate regarding the development of a national energy policy, reducing costs and adopting more sustainable and alternative energy measures, government backbencher Winston Connolly is organizing a public summit on the matter for next month. While the responsibility for energy policy lies with cabinet minister for planning, Kurt […]

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Officials tight lipped over JGHS gang fight

Officials tight lipped over JGHS gang fight

| 11/03/2015 | 20 Comments

(CNS): The new acting chief education officer and former principal of John Gray High School has confirmed that the fight at the school Monday, for which two teenage boys were arrested, was a continuation of another brawl that had happened in Camana Bay at the weekend. But Lyneth Monteith has said little else about what was understood […]

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