Government & Policy

Government Wants Full Caymanian Employment

Local Caymanian employment is a hot button issue in the Cayman Islands. (more…)

Government Coffers Filling Up

The Cayman Islands Government is getting filth, stinking rich. Money is flowing into the island nation’s coffers via a multitude of revenue streams and it appears that the assembly members could be happier. (more…)

Public’s Right To Access Beaches, A Point of Contention in Cayman

There’s a storm brewing in the Cayman Islands, but not one comprised of wind, rain or seasonal squalls. (more…)

Cayman Customs Aims to Go Paperless in Modernization Effort

The Cayman Islands Customs office is drowning. Not in water, but in mountains and mountains of paperwork. (more…)

Cayman Islands To Lobby Lawmakers in the United States

Politicians in the United States areset to debate the President ‘s recommended reworking of that nation’s federal tax system. (more…)

Cayman’s DMV Failing at Most Basic Tasks

The Department of Vehicle and Driver’s Licensing here in Grand Cayman has time and again failed to perform one of its most basic functions properly - maintaining a register of motor vehicles and drivers. (more…)

North Side District Council Executive Committee Gets Down To Business

Residents of the North Side district of Grand Cayman will surely be happy with the recent news that the Executive Committee of the North Side District Council have revealed that the creation of a newly constructed public beach is one of their top priority projects. (more…)

Cayman Islands Government Owed Millions of Dollars

The Cayman Islands Government has a huge amount of red in its ledger and those figures are increasing rapidly. (more…)

Cayman Islands Government Budget Takes Multi-Million Dollar Blow

The Cayman Islands Government recently announced that it has taken a nearly $11 Million Dollar hit to the tiny nation’s annual government budget. (more…)

Planning vs. Progress: Government and Developer Disagree

The Cayman Islands Department of Planning and a long-time local developer have conflicting views over recent shoreline modifications at the job site of what is to be a luxury condo development in the Rum Point area. (more…)

Cayman Islands Premier McLaughlin: Policies and Capital Expenditures

Cayman Islands Premier Alden McLaughlin, speaking recently in the Legislative Assembly, said that he “will be leaving everyone on the field” to guarantee that his administration delivers on its campaign promises to the people of the Cayman Islands.This current cycle will be his last term as the Premier of the Cayman Islands Government. (more…)

Company Formations Increase This Year In The Cayman Islands

The number of new companies choosing to officially register in the Cayman Islands has increased in the year 2017, marking improvements after a dip in the year 2016. (more…)

Cayman Islands Government Beginning to Offer Long-Awaited E-Services

The Cayman Islands Government has recently rolled out a newly created online application process for the issuance of police clearance certificates to citizens. (more…)

The Cayman Islands Unaffected By Global Ransomware Cyber Attack

The Royal Cayman Islands Police Service stated recently that their Financial Crimes Unit did not see any report or indication that anyone in the Cayman Islands was targeted by the global Ransomware cyber attack that hit so many other nations. (more…)

Another Costly & Unnecessary Civic Project Draws Sharp Criticism

Adding to the already outlandish expenses of the exceptionally overbuilt John Gray High School, the government of the Cayman Islands recently confirmed that the construction of the new school gymnasium cost the nation CI$8.8 million dollars. (more…)

Local goverment polled public and private sectors regarding beneficial ownership platform

The Cayman Islands government has consulted the public and private sectors of the nation on the enactment of a centralized program to support the exchange of beneficial ownership information with foreign law enforcement and taxation establishments. (more…)

Government entity paying for roads for developer Neighbors Ask: Why Are Public Monies Being Used For Private Project?

Local area residents in the Beach Bay neighborhood of Bodden Town are worried that the Cayman Islands government is making changes to thoroughfares around their homes to assist a property developer. (more…)

In Absence of action: Consult, Consult, Consult! Yet Another Consulting Firm Will Tell Cayman How to Build a Cruise Ship Port

The Cayman Islands tourism minister Moses Kirkconnell has awarded a contract to local consulting firm KPMG to strategize how the nation can finance a new, state of the art cruise ship port. (more…)

What Should The Caribbean Do Now That Trump Is The US President?

There has been much speculation and posturing since Donald J. Trump ascended to the presidency of the Caribbean’s most powerful northerly regional neighbor the United States of America. Many have asked what the Caribbean region, as a whole, should do in response to this. What is best for the tropics? Let’s examine a bit further… A good starting point for...

American Billionaire And CI Government Reach Agreement

Well-known American billionaire and Microsoft founding member Paul Allen has reached a tentative agreement with the Cayman Islands government wherein he will make a compensation payment for the damages done to a coral reef in the islands’ waters in an incident involving his mega yacht. (more…)