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Hundreds of people gathered outside the Government House, along West Bay Road on Saturday 2 Oct., to demonstrate against a proposed bill that would amend the Immigration (Transition) Act to make the COVID-19 vaccines mandatory for work permit holders.
Building supply shortage fuels cost-of-living concerns House prices expected to rise A global shortage of building supplies is driving up the cost of construction, leading to delays in new developments and fuelling predictions of even higher house prices in the Cayman Islands. The cost of materials – including copper, lumber, PVC and concrete – has escalated across the globe because of depleted production during the worst of the pandemic in 2020 and surging demand from economies coming out of lockdown this year. The same factors are the cause of rising food prices, reported in the Cayman...
Cayman Compass Used cars sit parked at the customs storage yard. Photo Taneos Ramsay Several hundred car buyers in Cayman can now look forward to receiving their vehicles, following the clearing of a logjam of used vehicles in the port of Kingston, Jamaica. “I am happy to report that the backlog has been cleared and there are currently no cars in Jamaica for Cayman,” said Acting Port Authority Director Joseph Woods, who attributed the successful clearing to a collaboration between his department, Customs and Border Control and shipping agency Seaboard Marine. To clear the backlog, Woods...
Cayman Compass Country re-elected six Cabinet ministers, says Progressives leader Speaking with the Cayman Compass Sunday evening, McTaggart said, with discussions continuing, neither side could claim, at this point, to have the 10 representatives needed for a majority. He appealed for calm and an end to the “online bullying” and “intimidation” of representatives as they negotiate. “Following a general election, every elected member is free to decide who to support for government and their preference for premier,” McTaggart said in his statement issued earlier on Sunday. “Tha...
Cayman Compass Exporters to halt service here until car backlog is cleared. Several hundred used vehicles destined for buyers in Cayman are sitting at a port in Kingston, Jamaica. The majority of the vehicles were purchased online from Asian suppliers, such as Japan-based Beforward, which has now suspended exports to Cayman. A Beforward spokesperson, in a letter to partnering businesses, confirmed service to the Cayman Islands is being suspended for April and May. “It is due to cargo congestion at [George Town] port in [the] Cayman Islands, because of undelivered vehicles at the port. Car...