Commonwealth to send Election Observer Mission to the Cayman Islands
From The Cayman Islands Governor’s Office The Governor’s Office and Elections Office can confirm that a team of Commonwealth election observers will be present in the Cayman Islands for the forthcoming election. The Mission, which is being arranged by the…
UPDATED: The Editor Speaks: Outrageous!
UPDATED: New image showing kiosk Outrageous is probably an understatement to be used on the contempt shown by the developer of the Purple Box on North Church Street, for the law and the people of the Cayman Islands. Whilst the…
The Editor Speaks:An accident waiting to happen
The farce of the Kel Thompson car park continues. Just take a look at the attached photograph. The car park, in my opinion, is being operated illegally, as the Appeals Tribunal vetoed it several weeks ago. Why the Central Planning…
Cayman Islands church honours achievements of young member
Twenty-two-year-old Vanessa Williams, believed to be the youngest Caymanian to have achieved the CPA (Certified Public Accounting) qualification, was honoured at the West Bay Adventist Church on Saturday, 10 December 2016. Church Pastor Reinaldo Dracket said that his church felt…
The Editor Speaks: Why hasn’t the CPA acted on the removal of the ‘eyesore?
The controversial Ticket Office with Trellis, Restroom Facility, Storage Building, Tour Operator Sales Area and Mobile Food Truck Staging Area on Block OPY Parcel 190 (F14-0221) (P14-1007 (CS) has been turned down by the Cayman Islands Appeals Board. The planning…
Proposed Amendments to the Cayman Islands Development and Planning Law (2015 Revision) and the Planning Regulations (2015 Revision)
At the next sitting of the Legislative Assembly in October amendments will be considered for the Development and Planning Law (2015), the Development and Planning Regulations (2015), and the Building Code Regulations (2013). The law and regulations bring into effect…
Proposed amendments to the Cayman Islands Development and Planning Law (2015 Revision) and the Planning Regulations (2015 Revision)
The Ministry of Planning, Lands, Agriculture, Housing & Infrastructure (PLAHI) will be amended on 12 September, 2016, the Development and Planning Law (2015), the Development and Planning Regulations (2015), and the Building Code Regulations (2013). The amended law and regulations…
The Editor Speaks: Do planning board members have to have a blind eye to be appointed?
I am not going to get into the rights and wrongs and any political issues surrounding the proposal for a ticket office/restroom/store/tour operator sales area/mobile food truck staging area on the waterfront in George Town. The application was at first…
For the love of the ocean
Andrea Stetson, Special to Grandeur From news-press Southwest Florida scuba diving expert teaches people all over the world the beauty of our underwater treasures Wayne Hasson often spends more time underwater than above it. When he sheds his scuba tank…
The Editor Speaks: Ignorance is bliss
It is better if you don’t know all the facts and being blissfully ignorant of them makes an excellent Chairman of the Cayman Islands Planning Authority (CPA). If you do have all the facts presented to you and ignore them…