Topic: Strategic Policy Statement
The NCFC administration’s first year: Education made a priority
With just a handful of the 15 government schools across the Cayman Islands receiving a ‘Good’ OES rating and none rated ‘Excellent’ in the...
Strategic Policy Statement sets out government’s economic vision
The administration's Strategic Policy Statement plans to build infrastructure and implement concepts that will diversify the economy.
Government’s plans include $209M in new revenue measures
Finance Minster Rolston Anglin presented government’s much-anticipated Strategic Policy Statement (SPS) to Parliament on Wednesday 16 Oct., saying it was built on a “solid foundation of common sense and pragmatism”.
Parliament passes civil service term limits for non-Caymanians
Government and opposition members both clashed and cooperated in a fiery final day in Parliament on Friday before breaking for the summer recess.
Government seeks to extend deadline to present pre-budget statement
The government plans to amend legislation to double the three-month post-election timeframe to bring a Strategic Policy Statement in election years.
Government spending to top $1 billion
Government spending is expected to top $1 billion-a-year by 2026, Premier Wayne Panton revealed Wednesday.
Ten key promises: New schools, landfill transformation and public transport among government goals
Government's policy plan for the next three years outlined some key objectives, including sorting out the landfill, and omitted other flagship policies, such as the development plan. Here we look at some of the key commitments.
One year on, checking the PACT’s progress on education goals
One year after the PACT government's publication of the 2022-2024 Strategic Policy Statement (SPS), 29 of the 34 education-related goals remain on the ‘To-Do’ list.
Panton: ‘PACT is intact’
Premier Wayne Panton fired back in response to claims of division within his administration levelled by Opposition Leader Roy McTaggart during Thursday's debate in Parliament on government's Strategic Policy Statement.
Free healthcare for kids and elderly among government goals
Following the release of the Strategic Policy Statement this week, here is a look at what the PACT government hopes to achieve in 10 key areas.
Government to borrow $330 million to fund capital investments
Government intends to borrow $230 million in 2021 and another $100 million in 2022, to fund capital projects.
Panton to deliver inaugural SPS under PACT
Premier Wayne Panton is set to deliver, on Wednesday in Parliament, his government's maiden Strategic Policy Statement which is expected to outline PACT's fiscal and policy agenda.
Decade-old disabilities study still not public
Premier Alden McLaughlin said during his Strategic Policy Statement this month that a new Sunrise Adult Training Centre will be built by early 2021, but government still has not released a study commissioned nearly 10 years ago on the special-needs facilities.
Governor: ‘We are stronger together’
The governor has called for everyone to show tolerance and respect amid an increasingly fractious debate over same-sex marriage rights in the Cayman Islands.
Strategic Policy Statement: Highway expansion among government promises
Major investment in Grand Cayman’s road network and reforms of the education system to put more power in the hands of principals, teachers and parents are among the key policy initiatives proposed by government for the coming years.
Strategic Policy Statement: Budget surpluses, no new taxes, finance minister says
Cayman’s economy will fare well, unemployment will be below 4%, there will be significant budget surpluses and no new fees or taxes for consumers and businesses from 2020 to 2022. At least, that is the view of government’s Strategic Policy Statement.
Strategic Policy Statement: A detailed look at premier’s long-term plans
In a lengthy speech Friday, Premier Alden McLaughlin outlined the broad strokes of government’s policy agenda through to the end of 2021.
Government plans to shed half of public debt in 3 years
The Cayman Islands government plans to pay off more than half of its existing $500 million public debt within the next three years, according to budget documents released last week.
