The newly developed Workforce Opportunities and Residency Cayman (WORC), the Government agency that took over responsibility for work permits from the old Department of Immigration, has advised that it will no longer be conducting English Language Tests as of 14th October.
This is the third and final part of our Then and Now series on tourism, bringing you from the 1980s up-to-date with Cayman’s present-day tourism industry
Our own Dr. Steve McField has offered a sobering observation, “More is not better than enough.” Maybe we should apply this aphorism as the guiding principle for the development of our islands’ economy; else we may have to haul a very large coffin in our collective trunk.
In a statement, Government advised that the referendum day will be a public holiday, but that licensed bars and similar establishments will be permitted to remain open to minimise disruption during the holiday season.
Officials from various sectors of the community gathered last Thursday to witness the unveiling of the Chamber of Commerce’s latest arm to their Cayman Clean initiative, the placing of the first specially designed trash receptacle at Smith Cove.
Joe, Caymanian, 35:
“I think that the government will cooperate and let the referendum happen. They believe it won’t pass anyway.”
General Registry has made the names of directors and their alternates of any company incorporated in the Cayman Islands available for inspection as of 1 October.
Tobacco licence holders are reminded to avoid late fees. The deadline for the submission of applications for renewal of the Certificate of Registration is 1st November 2019. Annual registration renewal fees are CI$500 for a retailer, CI$750 for a cigar bar and CI$5,000 for a wholesale distributor.
We read with interest the Compass’ move to collaborate with Government and its new stance as a more community-focused newspaper. In its six years of operation, The Caymanian Times (formerly Cayman Weekly) has striven to be just that, and more,
His Excellency The Governor, Martyn Roper OBE confirmed today that the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA - UK) had been invited and has agreed to send an observer mission to the Cayman Islands for the forthcoming People’s Initiated Referendum on the cruise berthing facility.