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$21m top up keeps CAL flying
(CNS Business): Despite an increase in the output funding from government to Cayman Airways Limited (CAL) to ensure the national flag carrier can support tourism related and domestic routes, as well as a growth in general revenue in 2012, the airline still ended the year with a more than $4.3 million loss. Government boosted its […]
Sister Islands ‘safe’ from mega-resorts
(CNS Business): Deputy Premier Moses Kirkconnell, who has responsibility for the Sister Islands, says the Cayman Islands’ new National Conservation Law adds significant protection from unsuitable or inappropriate developments. The DP also said he supports the establishment of a strategic development plan for Cayman Brac and Little Cayman to ensure that future developments on the […]
Local movie may show Cayman in new spotlight
(CNS Business): A short film written, directed and produced by an entirely local team which opened in Grand Cayman last weekend shows that movies shot here don’t have to be about money laundering or pirates. Although The Devil you Know film is shot almost entirely in Cayman, the location is unrelated to the story and […]
Bimini cruise dock putting reefs in peril
(CNS Business): The traditional livelihoods of fishing, diving and snokelling on the tiny island of North Bimini in The Bahamas are under threat from the construction of a thousand-foot cruise dock built to accommodate day trip passengers from Florida. Phase one is complete but residents and environmental activists say the silt produced during the dredging […]
PPM announces electoral reform for 2017
(CNS Business): When voters in the Cayman Islands go to the polls in 2017 all of them will have just one vote, as the ruling Progressives party has now committed to ‘one man, one vote’Â in single member constituencies, as was promised in their 2013 election campaign. Currently voters in four of the six districts […]
Architects to be registered under proposed legislation
(CNS Business): Proposal legislation would require architects and engineers in the Cayman Islands to be registered, and they would also then be required, for the first time in this jurisdiction, to have professional indemnity insurance. Currently this is not mandatory as it is in other places, such as the UK and the US. This would […]
Former turtle farm provides example for CTF
(CNS Business): A former sea turtle farm in the Reunion Islands in the Indian Ocean has successfully transitioned into a respected research centre where groundbreaking science is conducted but remains one of the islands’ top tourist attractions. It also maintains the cultural heritage of the islands and their involvement with turtling, while continuing to employ […]
Registered valuers not necessarily qualified
(CNS Business) Updated: The Cayman Islands is the first county in the Americas where all valuations undertaken by chartered surveyors must be registered valuers, a scheme that was introduced by the local chapter of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors. However, while the Valuer Registration scheme regulates valuation reporting standards, clients should be aware that […]
Chamber wants to partner with government
(CNS Business): The Cayman Islands Chamber of Commerce wants the same thing that the government does, according to its president, Johann Moxam, who says that there seems to be some reluctance on the part of the government, including the National Workforce Development Agency, “to really sit down at the table and have a candid and […]
Turtle Farm not the sole focus of animal charity
(CNS Business): World Animal Protection (WAP), the international animal charity that has been critical of the Cayman Turtle Farm, doesn’t just focus on issues surrounding the CTF but deals with a range of different animal welfare issues around the world, ranging from the inhumane culling of dogs, the terrible conditions of farm animals in the UK […]
NWDA must send suitable candidates for jobs
(CNS Business): There have been too many instances where candidates who are ill-equipped for the position are sent to the local businesses by the National Workforce Development Agency (NWDA), according to Chamber of Commerce President Johann Moxam. It’s important to ensure that suitably qualified are identified and then sent out to the job market, he […]
Ritz-Carlton having busiest summer ever
(CNS Business): Last minute bookings and an increase in guests travelling from the southern states have plumped up the summer bookings at the Ritz-Carlton, Grand Cayman, so much so that it looks as if 2014 will be the busiest year the resort has ever had. “We did not see it coming,†General Manager Marc Langevin […]
WAP has animal welfare concerns at the Turtle Farm
(CNS Business): Green sea turtles are wild animals and time after time attempts to farm then have proven that it just can’t be done in a humane way, according to Neil D’Cruse, head of Wildlife Policy and Research at World Animal Protection. Addressing the charity’s animal welfare concerns associated with the farming of green sea […]
Dialogue before minimum wage, Moxam urges
(CNS Business): The Chamber of Commerce supports the concept of a minimum wage, Johann Moxam, the Chamber president told CNS Business. But he said it was important that there was a detailed and comprehensive discussion with all relevant stakeholders on the way forward and on the impacts of the introduction of minimum wage legislation in […]
Turtle Farm hiding behind ‘conservation curtain’
(CNS Business): The Cayman Turtle Farm claims to be a conservation facility. But World Animal Protection (WAP) representative Neil D’Cruze says those claims may not be true and there may be an element of a “conservation curtain that is being hidden behindâ€. He told CNS Business, “If you look at Cayman turtles nesting on the […]
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