Parliament: Order Paper for 5th Sitting of 1st Meeting
OP – Fifth Sitting – Tuesday, 26 September 2023 Order Paper – First Meeting of the 2023-2024 Session – Parliament of the Cayman Islands – 26th September, 2023 OP – Fifth Sitting – Tuesday, 26 September 2023 i) Oaths of…
Prospect brightens for reducing gap in Cayman Islands District’s shelter provisions
Following the posting of an advertisement in connection with the completion of the long-delayed Bodden Town Church of God multipurpose hall, Deputy Leader of the Opposition, Newlands MLA Alva Suckoo, this week thanked Government for activating the project designed to…
The Editor Speaks: Courthouse MUST not be left in limbo
A new courthouse is not going to happen anytime soon. Maybe not during this administration. At the moment there is not even an interim solution to the problem that has plagued the judiciary for years – not enough room. This…
The Editor Speaks: How much for a new courthouse?
At the Finance Committee this week we learnt that the government has spent over $1M on reports exploring the “where, what and when?” on a new courthouse. It has taken ten years to come to no conclusion whatsoever, except we…
The Editor Speaks: It is no surprise private sector pension and health insurers are failing Cayman and so is CINICO
In the Legislative Assembly last Tuesday (14) the Finance Committee were discussing the thorny subject of insurance – pensions and especially health. With the burden of the uninsured Cayman Islands citizens falling on government to address when they reach retirement…
Cayman Islands Chief Education Officer on 2012 Behavioural Report
From the Ministry of Education Statement by the Ministry of Education Chief Officer, Mary Rodrigues, on the 2012 Behavioural Report During the recent sitting of Finance Committee, questions were raised about an unpublished report on Behaviour, following a review in…
The Editor Speaks: Damage control
Civil service in any country is not known for being very civil, nor especially very fast. In fact, if there were a race between a civil servant and a turtle to see who was quickest the turtle would win most…