The people of the Cayman Islands will be the winners in the 2022-2023 budget, Premier Wayne Panton advised in Friday’s budget address in Parliament.
Laila Small, aged 10, of Red Bay Primary School, won the big trophy and the big first prize in the 24th Annual Department of Education Services (DES) Primary Spelling Bee on Tuesday 23 November.
Cabinet has approved the Holland America Nieuw Statendam cruise ship to call on Grand Cayman on Tuesday, 28 December 2021. This is a change from the original Phase 4 of the Government’s reopening plan, which bans entry of cruise passengers to the Cayman Islands.
Going through Deputy Premier and Finance Minister Chris Saunders’ budget address from Friday, Opposition Leader Roy McTaggart said that very little, if any, time had been devoted to discussing the government's overall financial strategy.
The cost of the Cayman government’s response to the Covid pandemic has seen its expenses grow greater than that anticipated in the 2019 Budget, and, as a result, as at the end of 2021, the Cayman Islands will now not be compliant with the Principles of Responsible Financial Management.
The world’s attention is now focused on Omicron, the newest and most worrying variant of the COVID-19 virus, as scientists scramble to learn more about it in the hope of stopping it in its tracks.
Public Health has announced new criteria for the release of individuals from isolation on confirmation of positive PCR tests at the end of isolation period. The new criteria stipulate mandatory requirements in three areas
At 8 a.m. on Friday, 26 November Chief Medical Officer Dr. John Lee reported that 991 PCR tests had been conducted since 8 a.m. on Thursday, 25 November.
In his Throne speech on Friday, Premier Wayne Panton said it had always been the average Caymanian’s expectation to leave their children some kind of legacy through land or cash, but this dream was not so attainable now.
The University College of the Cayman Islands’ Board Chairman, Gilbert McLean, issued a press release today advising that the university’s President and CEO, Dr Stacy McAfee, had resigned and would be leaving the post as of 31 December, 2021