Topic: Linford Pierson

The Public Accounts Committee has recommended that the chairman of utility regulator OfReg, Linford Pierson, should be replaced.

The Public Accounts Committee has voted to resubmit to the Legislative Assembly its findings on an Auditor General’s report into the operations of telecoms regulator OfReg, after Attorney General Samuel Bulgin found Speaker of the House McKeeva Bush had no grounds to block the information

OfReg chairman Linford Pierson went on the offensive Wednesday, taking aim at the auditor general’s performance audit into the local regulator and questioning the report’s validity and its objectivity.

The local Adventist Church is celebrating its 125th anniversary in the Cayman Islands this year.

From the port boss who receives just $150 per meeting to the utilities director who is paid more than $50,000-a-year, an auditor general’s investigation found vast disparity in the pay handed out to the men and women appointed to the boards of some of the Cayman Islands’ most important institutions.

At least five top public officials left their posts during 2018, with government providing little to no explanation for their removals.

A heated dispute between Linford Pierson, the chair of OfReg, and his deputy Ronnie Dunn has been “amicably and responsibly resolved,” according to a press statement from the regulator’s public relations firm.

Never let it be doubted: Mr. Pierson is a loyal patriot who deeply loves his country. It is for that very reason – love of country – that he must resign.

OfReg chair Linford Pierson threatened to “box” his deputy during a heated board meeting after it was suggested Mr. Pierson may have broken the Anti-Corruption Law, according to minutes of the utilities regulator’s board.

Kirkland Nixon, Cayman’s first fire chief, was remembered Sunday as a family man, a voracious reader and a consummate public servant during a solemn memorial service held at the Lions Centre.

The government has appointed former telecommunications and works minister and Speaker of the House Linford Pierson as the first chairman of the newly formed Utility Regulation and Competition Office, known as OfReg.

Nearly 30 Caymanian accountants who have recently received either their bachelor’s or master’s degrees, or who have attained a professional qualification, were honored at the annual Cayman Islands Institute of Professional Accountants gala at The Ritz-Carlton, Grand Cayman on Saturday night.