The Global Citizen Concierge Programme has been extended for an additional year following Cabinet approval to amend the Immigration (Transition) (Global Citizen Exemption) (Amendment) Regulations, 2021 accordingly.
At a press conference held Thursday, government announced a series of measures to try and slow down the spread of the Omicron variant of Covid-19 that is currently rapidly taking off around the world.
Calling it a budget that “delivers on many of the promises made during the campaign to invest in our people and their wellbeing”, Hon. Min. of Finance and Economic Development Chris Saunders piloted his first budget through the Cayman Islands Parliament last week
In Parliament on Thursday, 2 December, Lands Minister Juliana O’Connor Connolly announced the roll out in 2022 of a new affordable residential land lot programme, created in response to major concerns raised by Caymanians across all three islands.
Staff and visitors to the Government Administration Building in George Town are in for a rare treat from now until the first week of the New Year.
The Government, through the Ministry of Planning, Agriculture, Housing and Infrastructure, has signed a contract with the Cayman Islands Agriculture Society (CAIS) to fund the importation of livestock to the Cayman Islands.
In his contribution to the Budget debate, Opposition member and former Premier, Alden McLaughlin, praised government’s handling of the pandemic only as far as its success with the vaccination programme
In his response to the budget speech, Opposition Leader Roy McTaggart said the Opposition felt Cayman’s pensions systems needed to be updated, if not overhauled.
Deputy Premier and Finance Minister Chris Saunders announced last week in his Budget address in Parliament that Cayman’s domestic economy was expected to recover partly, with an estimated growth of 1.2% in 2021.