His Excellency the Governor Mr. Martyn Roper, OBE, chaired the meeting of the Cabinet held on Tuesday, 14th September, 2021 in the Cabinet Conference Room, Government Administration Building.
The public only has a few days to give their input to a Bill proposed by Government to require various categories of ex-patriates provide a vaccine certificate “of any notifiable disease” (which includes Covid-19) when they make their applications to remain on island.
The Speaker of the Parliament, Hon. McKeeva Bush has sent congratulations to the newly installed Prime Minister of the Bahamas, Hon. Philip Davis, QC.
The Port Authority Cayman Islands (PACI) has announced that Acting Port Director, Mr Joseph Woods has taken the decision to return to his substantive position of Manager of Cruise operations and Security with effect from Thursday 24 September.
The debate surrounding the decision to pause its border reopening schedule dominated a government press conference on Friday which was called to update the community on COVID-19 in Cayman.
The Ministry of Investment, Innovation and Social Development is pleased to announce the launch of a new department: InvestCayman
The Hon. Leader of the Opposition, Roy McTaggart, has again appealed to the government to keep the 10-day quarantine requirement for travellers in place instead of reducing it to 5 days.
Some 400 commercial farmers across the Cayman Islands will continue to receive grants under phase two of the Cayman Islands Farmers’ Assistance and Relief Measures (CI FARM) programme, starting this month until the end of November.
At the meeting of Finance Committee recently, support for business initiatives increased by $4 million, helping businesses impacted by Covid border closures.
The continued border closure since the end of March 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic has significantly affected the Cayman Islands' water sports and land tour activity businesses.