Topic: Alden McLaughlin
Riders cycle for sight
Cyclists took to the road on Sunday to raise funds to buy equipment to check children's sight.
Premier: No civil service layoffs
Cayman Islands Premier Alden McLaughlin said Thursday that his
administration would not support layoffs within the civil service.
Cayman government commits to multilateral tax convention
The Cayman Islands Government confirmed Friday, 7 June, that it is prepared to join the Convention on Mutual Administrative Assistance in Tax Matters.
Editorial for 10 June: Gov’t appears to be on track
The Cayman Islands government appears to be on the right track with the appointment of Roy McTaggart as financial councillor.
Most civil service chiefs keep jobs
Not too many changes ahead for the Cayman Islands civil service top management.
Government headed to UK tax meeting
The meeting is likely to address tax information exchange, company secrecy and other financial transparency issues raised by the UK government in recent months.
Last C4C lawmaker joins ruling government
Indepenent legislator Roy McTaggart is crossing the Legislative Assembly floor to join the People's Progressive Movement's government benches.
McTaggart joins government
Independent legislator Roy McTaggart has joined the People’s Progressive
Movement’s government after being appointed a councillor for the
ministries of finance and financial services.
CIMA inks deals with European securities market regulator
Agreements will facilitate the marketing of Cayman hedge funds in the EU.
Coalition for Cayman group will continue
The Coalition for Cayman looks to stay in local politics for the long haul.
No landfill for Bodden Town
The landfill project in Bodden Town appears to be officially dead.
Premier gets police, immigration, fire budgets
Government ministry assignments are reworked in a major way, putting a new person in charge of the police budget.
Premier urges preparedness
Premier urges everyone in the Cayman Islands to be prepared for hurricane season.
Farewell, Madam Speaker
The Cayman Islands bids farewell to Madam Speaker Edna Moyle.
PAC ‘majority’ gov’t members
Even the first day of the new Legislative Assembly was not without a bit of controversy.
Term limit exemption major issue for new gov’t
The clock is ticking on Term Limit Exemption Permits. What's the government to do?
Premier urges public-private teamwork
New premier Alden McLaughlin vowed to help protect the local financial services sector from growing international pressure for tighter regulations as one of his government's priorities as the PPM took office Wednesday.
Editorial for 31 May: Sensible OMOV debate required
Sensible debate is needed on one man one vote issue.
Steep learning curve ahead for new lawmakers
New legislators will undergo a series of seminars and briefings to familiarise themselves with the workings of government.
Last respects paid to former speaker
Many in the community pay their last respects to former House Speaker Edna Moyle lying-in-state at the Legislative Assembly Building on Thursday.
Editorial for 30 May: True leaders put 'Country First'
The Compass hopes other coalition candidates will take Tara Rivers' lead.
Former premier eases successor’s path to power
The defection of former Premier Juliana O’Connor-Connolly to the Progressives paved the way for Alden McLaughlin to be officially confirmed as Premier in time for yesterday’s swearing-in ceremony.
New government ready to roll
Cayman's new government looks to get down to brass 'tax'.
West Bayers will be Progressive
As the People’s Progressive Movement leads Cayman’s government, the future of West Bay remains in doubt.
Coalition government proposal confirmed
Coalition government talks got serious on Tuesday.
Observers: Cayman needs ‘equality of votes’
Election observers put a new spin on the 'one man, one vote' debate.
All 18 MLAs sworn in
The Cayman Islands new government and opposition benches took their
final shape Wednesday morning, as all 18 Members of the Legislative
Assembly took the oath of office on the steps of the LA building in
downtown George Town with Governor Duncan Taylor standing by.
Looking at a 'one man, one vote' government
Who would have won under a one man, one vote system?
George Town’s amazing race
The 2013 Election in George Town will probably go down as the closest in Cayman Islands' history.
The rises, falls of political fortunes
The biggest names in Cayman politics, and how they've fared in 25 years.
Coalition gov't in the offing
There may be a coalition government for the Cayman Islands on the cards after all.
Swearing in of Premier closes roads
The Royal Cayman Islands Police Service has advised that the following
junctions will be closed from 7.00pm today (Tuesday 28 May) in
connection with swearing in of Alden McLaughlin as the new Premier.
Juliana joins PPM
Former Premier Juliana O’Connor-Connolly has joined the People’s
Progressive Movement, the third party in which she has served in six
months.
New Premier confirms his government
Premier elect Alden McLaughlin confirmed Tuesday night that he had formed a
government with the final cards falling into place on the eve of
Wednesday’s official swearing-in ceremony.
Bush boosts UDP future, doubts McLaughlin as premier
Former Premier McKeeva Bush on Friday said he harboured great hopes for the United Democratic Party, forecasting a strong future for the group.
Alternative government plan fails
As the Progressives took strides towards forming a government this weekend, independent members were meeting in an effort to negotiate a more inclusive coalition.
West Bay tells Rivers to take Cabinet post
Buoyed by overwhelming support of those who attended a town hall meeting in West Bay Monday night, independent legislator Tara Rivers looks set to accept a ministerial position in Alden McLaughlin's government.
PPM forms new government
Update 11am: Cayman Islands Premier-elect Alden McLaughlin is set to reveal who will hold which ministerial post in his new Cabinet tomorrow, Tuesday, 28 May.
Editorial for 27 May: Government begins to form
The new government of the Cayman Islands is beginning to take form.
McLaughlin: ‘Austerity has not worked’
Rather than focus on just the next budget, Mr McLaughlin said he wants to look at a period of at least four years.
Progressives look to form government
Update 5:30pm Saturday: The Progressives have announced part of the ministerial composition for the new government..
Kurt leads Progressives home in GT
Veteran legislator Kurt Tibbetts proved to be Mr. Popular in George Town once again taking the most votes in the capital.
Editorial for 24 May: Vote was a call for change
The voters of the Cayman Islands have called for change.
All eyes on GT
As of 2:30am, the results of the George Town balloting started to shift ever so slightly toward candidates supported by the Coalition for Cayman, as Election 2013 dragged into Thursday morning.
PPM wins GT, maintains strong majority
It's looking like a 'red' government in Cayman for the next four years.
Long, tense night ahead for GT candidates
Across George Town candidates were settling in for a long, tense night
of waiting and watching as the vote count got under way this evening.
Who will be premier?
As the polls close on Wednesday evening following the Cayman Islands general election, the real race for power could be just about to begin.
Politicos don’t want to play with UDP
More anti-UDP statements from the other political groups, but the party says they're only attacking because they're behind.
Candidates on crime, unemployment
Candidates discuss the link between crime and unemployment.
PPM: Alden is our guy
Following an attempt to poach members of the People’s Progressive
Movement away from the party, all 14 Progressives candidates signed a
statement Thursday agreeing their continued support for party leader
Alden McLaughlin.
Independents seek C4C-Progressives ties
The two established political parties fire back at the C4C, which says it won’t back either party leader in a coalition government.
Murky political alliances loom
Local political hopefuls start testing the waters on a coalition government agreement.
OMOV was grassroots movement in Cayman
The success of the one man one vote campaign lay in a groundswell of grassroots support, its ultimate failure was down to political interference, say some of the original petitioners behind the movement.
One man, one vote referendum failed, but passed
How the 2012 referendum on 'one man, one vote' broke down.
McLaughlin: Re-open WB Road
Four George Town candidates participated in a Chamber forum Tuesday.
MLAs left out on top cop’s contract
Cayman's top cop has a new contract, without the benefit of the job being advertised or MLAs being advised.
Ministries release travel costs since 2005
Government releases expenses on globe-trotting ministers.
Many candidates support referendum on casinos
There is almost unanimous political support for a national referendum on casino gambling in the Cayman Islands.
No ‘Kool-Aid’ for BT Progressives
Party affiliations will not lead two of Bodden Town's People's Progressive Movement candidates to allow themselves to be "thrown under the bus", the would-be legislators declared this week.
To lotto or not to lotto
Ask many Cayman Islands politicians the question: Do you support gambling? And the response is likely to be returned as a question.
Cabinet: We didn’t OK CHEC agreement
A major step in the port development project apparently didn't make it to Cabinet.
Nomination Day brings a few surprises
Some surprising news on Cayman's Nomination Day as the 2013 general election officially kicks off.
Nomination Day brings in the candidates
A record number of candidates will contest Cayman's 2013 general election.
Rollover system not working for anyone
Immigration reform is one of the key issues in the upcoming election, not only because about 1,300 term limit exemption permit holders would have to leave the Islands by the time the exemption expires at the end of October but also because, according to many, the current system of the rollover is not working.
Legislation moves to create 'Caymanian only' jobs
Some job categories could be reserved for Caymanians only under new legislation allowing political leaders to set quotas limiting work permits for certain professions.
Late last night for lawmakers as assembly adjourns
A marathon sitting of the Legislative Assembly was held on its final day before the May general election, with legislators and assembly staff wrapping up in the early morning hours on Tuesday.
Political parties hold general assemblies
Both the United Democratic Party and the People’s Progressive Movement held their general assemblies in George Town Saturday.
Mac calls foul on charges
Former Premier McKeeva Bush's United Democratic Party vowed to stand behind its leader this week after police charged him on 11 counts, including corruption-related and theft offences.
Progressives scent blood in West Bay
The People’s Progressive Movement will run a full slate of candidates in the West Bay district for the first time at the May election.
At home with a property tax
An annual property tax keeps rearing its head in discussions of direct taxation in Cayman.
Bank transaction tax motion defeated
A debate over a new taxation idea in Cayman just prior to the election?
Move to shut out general election observers fails
A move to block international observers from overseeing the Cayman Islands’ general election in May has been turned down by lawmakers.
