In what amounts to a case of ‘some you win some you lose’ the vexatious Section 81 stays, but the Cayman Islands has won several significant constitutional concessions from the British government.
The Cayman Islands government has finalised the emergency standby line of credit it has been negotiating with a consortium of local banks.
Hon. Premier Alden McLaughlin, leader of the People’s Progressive Movement-led coalition government, has thrown down the gauntlet to political aspirants for the 2021 general election, especially anyone seeking the leadership role.
Despite the setbacks caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the finances of the government and the economy of the Cayman Islands have so far withstood impact relatively well.
Premier Hon. Alden McLaughlin congratulates Prime Minister Andrew Holness and the Jamaica Labour Party on their landslide victory in the general election in Jamaica yesterday.
The Governor is facing a legal challenge over his decision to invoke Section 81 of the constitution to override the Legislative Assembly and pass the Civil Partnership Law.
Saying he understood the “extremely sensitive” nature of the controversy surrounding the Domestic Partnership Bill, HE Governor Martyn Roper is this weekend wrapping a series of public consultations ahead of his decision to unilaterally enact the bill
About Lifting Restrictions, Border, British Airways, Build back better, Domestic Partnership Bill and more...
With plans now being fine-tuned for a phased re-opening of Cayman’s borders to international visitors, the broader economic implications and other underlying issues are creeping to the surface.
Head of the Governor’s Office, Matthew Forbes OBE, his wife Lydia and son Will, will leave the Cayman Islands on 28 August, at the end of a 4 year tour of duty on our Islands. Matthew will be returning to London on a home posting.