His Excellency The Governor, Martyn Roper OBE has issued the following statement on the ruling given by the Court on Friday in relation to same sex marriage:
The Human Rights Commission congratulates Chantelle Day and Vickie Bodden Bush on their successful legal challenge to the discriminatory provisions of the Marriage Law.
Premier McLaughlin again stated at last week’s Chamber of Commerce luncheon that no public money will be used to build the proposed cruise berthing facilities. This statement may be technically correct, however it is misleading.
We, an independent group of concerned Cubans as well as people with Cuban ties, have come together to help as many families affected by Sunday’s deadly tornado in Havana City, Cuba.
It seems like it was only yesterday that there was a huge public outcry demanding that Governor Choudhury be brought back as Governor of the Cayman Islands.
I am not convinced of this latter fact, nor of any great change or spike in the way Numbers are negatively affecting our society.
I write with great concern on behalf of the people of the 3 eastern districts and as a concerned Citizen, Community Leader, Businessman and former Minister of Government.
Standing back now and taking it all into account and realizing we have again expanded our cargo processing abilities at our Port Authority facility to manage up to four times the cargo I am now wondering when we will ever address improving the port’s docking facilities.
The Deputy Governor, Hon. Franz Manderson, on Thursday confirmed that public servants are permitted to sign the current petition for a people's initiated referendum regarding the proposed cruise berthing facility.
The aim of the petition is to satisfy section 70 of the Cayman Islands Constitution (2009) to start a people-initiated referendum, via petition, on whether the country should move forward with the proposed Cruise Berthing Facility in George Town Harbour.