Topic: Alden McLaughlin
New liquor licenses could be up for grabs
Cayman may open the application process for liquor licenses later this year.
Governor: Budget will lower cost of living
A national apprenticeship scheme to get young people into work, a road building program in George Town and a cut in duty on fuel imports, were among the highlights of government’s policy agenda outlined in Governor Helen Kilpatrick's Throne Speech on Monday.
Landfill report: The stark facts
A few sentences in the government's 40-page report tell the whole truth, and it has to do with money (or lack thereof).
Annual budget provides pomp and ceremony
The 2014-2015 budget of the Cayman Islands government may have provided some of the most up-to-date financial information, but its delivery was not without some age-old customs.
Budget seeks CUC rate cut
The Cayman Islands government is proposing some tax cuts for the private sector, a cut in diesel import duty and a modest one-time bonus for civil servants.
Community welcomes Caymanian priest
Joseph Derek Kirkconnell, who was ordained on Saturday, is the first Caymanian to become a Catholic priest.
Journalists’ disclosures still required at LA – for now
Changes are coming to the public standards law, but for now the old "register of interests" law regarding public figure disclosures remains in effect.
One year progress report (not just Tara)
Some Cabinet ministers seem to confuse the issuance of guidelines, reviews, frameworks and policies with real action or meaningful results.
Security alert at detention center
A group of Cuban migrants threatened to burn down the Immigration detention center amid a disturbance at the facility on Thursday.
UK approves budget plan
The UK says Cayman's 2014/15 budget plan is good to go.
Spend surplus to cut CUC bill, opposition leader says
Cayman's opposition leader has some ideas about what to do with government's extra cash.
Ebanks sparkles on soggy night
The Elite Marble & Granite Carnival of Boxing lived up to its billing at the Mango Tree on Saturday and despite the rain, all five bouts went ahead with Cayman beating visitors Trinidad and Tobago 4-1.
Personnel costs ‘blew budget’
Issues surrounding personnel costs were the reason for Cayman's delayed government budget this time around.
Meals on Wheels fundraising success
Many of Cayman’s most caring gathered Saturday evening at Luca restaurant to support an inaugural fundraiser for Meals on Wheels Cayman Islands.
A fine evening to honor Cayman’s finest
In what has become one of Grand Cayman’s most anticipated events on the social calendar, guests gathered Friday evening for the annual Royal Cayman Islands Police Service Awards gala at the Ritz-Carlton, Grand Cayman.
New offices for law firm
Law firm Bodden & Bodden held a grand opening of its new office last week.
Dart committed to Beach improvements
Despite delays, developer Dart Realty says it is still committed to making US$3 million worth of improvements to public beach as part of its bargain with government.
Wedding bells: Do they toll for Cayman tourism?
The implications of the wedding dress situation are of such consequence to our country's economy that our leaders need to step in and speak up.
Dart presses government to honor deal
Dart Realty has requested that government “confirms its commitment” to fulfill its “outstanding obligations” to close a second section of West Bay Road and give a 50 per cent rebate on hotel room taxes.
Child Month kicks off
A month-long celebration of children and family-focused events is being planned for Child Month in May.
Private eyes on Cayman’s public sector
The example of a small town in Georgia may be instructive to the Cayman government's cost-cutting consultants.
Pay raise proposal a political football
The oft-discussed civil servants' 3.2 percent pay increase has been put forward again ahead of the government’s 2014/15 budget, but the premier states it won’t happen in time for the next budget.
Minimum wage report in October
A minimum wage for the Cayman Islands could be recommended within six months.
Premier: Dozens of ‘front line’ positions vacant
Vacancies in key Cayman Islands government jobs are reaching critical mass.
Road compromise reached
A controversial plan to build a $40 million highway extension through part of the Mastic Trail nature reserve has been revised following negotiations between government and the National Trust.
Private sector to help shrink government
The local office of ‘big four’ accounting firm Ernst and Young has been tapped by the Cayman Islands government as it seeks to reduce the size and improve the effectiveness of the civil service.
Bush: ‘I have not connived’ with independents
Opposition Leader McKeeva Bush says he is aggrieved by allegations about a “campaign of destabilization” being waged against the Progressives-led government.
‘Leadership’ cited in airport drug busts
Cayman's premier says leadership has been restored at HM Customs.
Gov’t pushes back budget due date
Cayman's budget is set for a mid-May presentation to the Legislative Assembly.
Lobbying listed in London office duties
The new head of the Cayman Islands London office will be a lobbyist as well as an administrator.
Move to create Brac environment board
Officials at the Department of Environment are still trying to unravel the implications of a move in the Legislative Assembly that appears to cut them out of the loop on development in the Sister Islands.
Premier rings in Oxbridge on NASDAQ
Premier Alden McLaughlin rings in the Cayman Islands' fifth publicly traded company on the NASDAQ this week.
Police recruit granted Caymanian status
While a young police recruit was granted Caymanian status on Friday, other young people are caught up in the intricacies of local immigration laws that could end with their being sent to their country of origin, where they have no family ties.
Minister: Cayman needs waste management plan
Taking out the trash may not seem like a complex subject - until government has to deal with it on a national level, health minister says.
Premier explains Kernohan settlement
The burgeoning costs of fighting a wrongful termination lawsuit filed by its former police commissioner eventually forced a settlement in the case, Cayman Islands Premier Alden McLaughlin admitted Thursday.
Cayman Brac ‘dying on its feet’
The premier and the opposition leader pushed separate agendas for the development and economic diversification of Cayman Brac amid fears that the local population would eventually just drift away following a prolonged economic downturn.
Government finances disclaimed
For the first time since 2004, the Cayman Islands government has managed to report a full-year set of financial statements encompassing all public sector entities.
Miller: ‘Draw line in sand’ on authorities
The Cayman Islands Maritime Authority was made an atypical example of government authorities losing money at the public's expense at the opening session of the Legislative Assembly.
West Bay MLAs want nannies exempted from rollover
Opposition lawmakers want to exempt specialist nurses and caregivers from the rollover policy.
Premier reports London travel costs
A trip to London for three government officials for a week costs about $19,000.
Straight talk needed on immigration policy
If it is the Progressives' official policy is to strike a hard-line stance against foreigners, then they should just come out and say so.
British Lord loses Cayman contract
The Cayman Islands needs a new U.K. lobbyist after terminating Lord Blencathra's contract.
Cayman keeps one-year budget, for now
Cayman will keep its current budgeting system for at least one more year.
George Town landfill: Lessons from Guam
While Cayman doesn't want to follow Guam's lead on solid waste management, we suggest copying a page from their recent history.
Premier to tour Florida waste facilities
The latest efforts to find a solution to Cayman’s ongoing landfill problem will see a government delegation head to Florida next week to tour waste management facilities in the sunshine state.
Students gather under the big top
Law students raised more than $7,000 to refurbish their computer lab by hosting a circus themed gala.
Lord Blencathra denies ethics breach
Cayman's London-based lobbyist can't seem to get himself out of hot water in the U.K.
Capital projects: The proper role of politicians
Elected lawmakers should not be negotiating, agreeing to and supervising the execution of major projects.
Premier to attend Islamic finance meeting in London
Premier Alden McLaughlin is in London this week to attend a meeting of the Global Islamic Finance and Investment Group.
Family disclosures urged for politicians
An internationally renowned corruption fighter pushes some of Cayman's hot button issues.
UCCI anti-corruption conference kicks off
A UCCI conference sets its sights on combating corruption over the next three days.
Governor delegates some responsibility
Governer Helen Kilpatrick hands over some external affairs responsibilities.
Ironwood road 'tweaks' touted
Government may look at alternate paths for the extension of the East-West Arterial Road.
New law requires land disclosures
Lawmakers will have to make public all family land holdings, as well as their own, under a new public standards regime.
PR test results are in: F-minus
Can anyone deny the unjustness in assessing the worthiness of hopeful Cayman immigrants by their awareness of the National Museum's "animatronic doll" and other miscellany?
Runner Haines gears up for epic marathon fundraiser
Champion fundraiser Derek Haines officially launches his bid to raise $1 million to build a new facility for Cayman HospiceCare at a reception at Governor Helen Kilpatrick’s residence.
Politicians' families own land near Ironwood road extension
Two politicians' families own land along a proposed road extension that is to be the site of a pricey new resort development.
Absent ministers opposed 'one man' motion
Government ministers absent from a key Legislative Assembly vote say they would have opposed the"'one man, one vote" motion.
Gov't spent $17,437 on 'HARDtalk' trip
Government outlines travel costs for the premier's recent trip to London.
Bush: I’ll back 'one man' before PPM plan
Opposition Leader McKeeva Bush says he'll back"'one man, one vote" before an at-large, island-wide election system.
Government incentives aim to attract shipping industry
Government is preparing a set of incentives to entice shipping industry companies to set up a physical presence in the Cayman Islands.
Calls for 'culling team' to fight lionfish threat
A government funded team of lionfish cullers could be required to fight the threat posed by the invasive predators to Cayman’s dive and fishing industries.
Trust, government on collision course
Plans for a ten mile extension to the East West Arterial Highway could run into a roadblock in the form of a statute that provides an additional layer of legal protection to National Trust land.
Are our roads driving us nuts?
Successive government's neglect of transportation infrastructure has led to the traffic jams of today.
Road seizures still unresolved
Up to a dozen property owners whose land was taken by government during the first phase of construction of the East-West Arterial highway have still not been paid more than seven years later.
UK, Cayman in talks over landfill
The Cayman Islands is in discussions with the United Kingdom foreign office over potential solutions for the George Town landfill..
Chamber seeks small business tax breaks
The Chamber jumps at a potential legislative opening for small business tax breaks.
Premier has two-day Brac, LC trip
Premier McLaughlin is off to Cayman Brac and Little Cayman for the latter part of this week.
Anyone home in the House?
Of more interest to us than the 13 lawmakers who chose sides in the debate were the five members who were conspicuously absent from the vote.
Boundary lines must be redrawn, minister says
Cayman may be looking at another redistricting prior to the next general election.
Premier: 'One man' motion an 'assault'
Premier Alden McLaughlin says a recent one man, one vote motion was a political "assault" on him.
Bridge a possibility for Mastic Trail
There is little chance of altering the proposed route of the East-West Arterial road to avoid going through the Mastic Trail, Premier Alden McLaughlin acknowledged on Monday.
