Premier brings in taxation – but only for work permit holders
CITN-Cayman27 seems the favourite place for Cayman Islands premier to make major announcements these days. However, it took place during a nation wide power outage so few, if any, watched it. Mr. Bush said on the local television “Daybreak”…
CUC power failure causes Island wide blackout and at what cost?
From around 6:30 am Wednesday (25) I was awoken with the strange noise of silence. Yes silence does wake you up and it did me immediately Perfect stillness inside my house. No air conditioning brrr and no swish from the…
Cost savings initiatives in ERC Report for Budget
In the latest Minutes from the Deputy Governor and Chief Officer’s Meeting on 16th July, 2012, Dep. Governor Franz Manderson, provided an update of the Budget and discussed some of the options provided in the Expenditure Review Committee’s (ERC) Report….
Tiny Cayman Islands nation looks to make big Olympic splash
By Allan Maki, The Globe and Mail, Calgary Theirs is an Island tale with a Canadian twist. A story where improbability met opportunity and rewarded them both, with more than they dreamed. Shaune Fraser is telling that story, his brother’s,…
Half million dollar boat stolen from Governor’s Harbour
A 55 ft. Sea Ray luxury boat worth half a million dollars was stolen from Governor’s Harbour at approximately 10:30pm last Wednesday 18th July. The boat named “Hana” was reported as missing by the owners on Thursday 19th July, and…
OMOV press statement says “thank you”
PRESS STATEMENT- July 19, 2012 The One Man One Vote Group would like to sincerely thank all who came out to vote in the referendum and in particular, the 5,631 persons (65%) who voted in favour of single member constituencies featuring “One Man, One Vote”. The people can earnestly claim a strong…
9 Districts and an entirely different voting system proposed
It was with some amazement that I listened to Cayman’s Premier, Hon. McKeeva Bush speaking on Radio Cayman last Thursday (19) evening. Mr. Bush announced he would be setting up a bipartisan committee to examine the idea of creating eight…
US Coast Guard Ships Visit
Two US Coast Guard ships are to visit Grand Cayman on routine calls over this weekend into next week. USCGC Tampa, a 270 ft. vessel with 107 crew on board and headed by Commander Susan Polizzotto, will be in George…
Bush says, “The results are binding, the referendum has failed”.
Referendum 2012 on adopting a system of single member constituencies concluded with neither ‘Yes’ nor ‘No’ votes achieving a binding result. Official results from the Elections Office Referendum Command Centre indicate 8,677 of the 15,161 registered voters, or 57.23 per…
Young Brac scientist steeped in mosquito research and control
Danielle Ryan, a graduate research officer at the Mosquito Research and Control Unit in Cayman Brac has set her sights high. The twenty-four year-old budding scientist has been employed with the MRCU on the Brac since 1 December 2011 and…
