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11 posts published by Cayman News during May 2023

4 posts published by Cayman News on May 30, 2023

ReGen work in progress on the landfill (file photo) (CNS): Five years, seven months and 18 days after it was selected as the preferred bidder in October 2017 by the PPM government, the Dart Group has still not signed the deal that will see it roll out the long-awaited waste-management project, known as ReGen. Premier…

Premier Wayne Panton (CNS): Premier Wayne Panton is disappointed that the local high street banks have refused to delay implementing the latest interest rate hike, even though there is no need for them to keep pace with the US Federal Reserve. Interest rates have increased in the Cayman Islands ten times in just over a…

Fifteen athletes will represent the Cayman Islands in the 2023 Special Olympics World Games, which will be held in Berlin, Germany, from 12-27 June. The athlet

2023 Cayman Islands Special Olympics team with Governor Jane Owen, Premier Wayne Panton and Sports Minister Bernie BushGovernor Jane Owen with Special Olympian Kanza BoddenTeam captain Lewin Solomon presents Minister Bernie Bush with token of appreciation (CNS): Fifteen local athletes will represent the Cayman Islands in the 2023 Special Olympics World Games in Germany next…

At a JMC event, (L-R) Premier Wayne Panton, Minister André Ebanks, Prince Edward and UKOT Minister Lord Goldsmith (CNS): Later this year, the British Virgin Islands will host the inaugural annual meeting between the United Kingdom and its overseas territories to discuss tackling illicit finance. This new "ministerial-level annual dialogue" emerged from this year's UKOT…

Alicia Kearns MP in the House of Commons (CNS): The UK Overseas Territories are not foreign but are part of the British family and should have their own secretary of state rather than being part of the foreign office, UK MPs argued during a debate in the House of Commons on Thursday. But David Rutley…

Minister Sabrina Turner responds to Chris Saunders' motion (CNS): The Cayman Islands Government has committed to introducing free healthcare provision for both children and the elderly as soon as it can afford to do so, though it has not given a timeline for when this will happen. In parliament last month, during a debate on…

Minister André Ebanks (CNS): Financial Services Minister André Ebanks, Attorney General Samuel Bulgin and other government officials were in Mexico last week continuing efforts to get the Cayman Islands off the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) grey list of jurisdictions when it comes to money laundering. Cayman is still on the 'watch' list, as concerns…