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.
During his parliamentary address last Friday, outlining the 2022-2023 Budget, Deputy Premier and Finance Minister Chris Saunders advised where the government expected its finances to be in 2021.
Nicola Anderson-Wildman, Charles Brown and Neyka Webster have all been given the chance to further their careers by taking on the role of Acting Deputy Chief Officer in the Ministry for District Administration and Lands (MDAL).
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....