Government

The UK Privy Council has approved the new Cayman Islands Constitution. [more]

The United Democratic Party (UDP) has won the Cayman Islands General Election, 4 years after losing to the People’s Progressive Movement (PPM). [more]

Voting got underway this morning for 2009 General Election.

Polling stations across the Cayman Islands opened at 7 am and will close at 6 pm.

The country’s 15,361 registered voters are also voting… [more]

Coe Wood Public Beach was reopened by Charles Clifford yesterday. [more]

Members of Cayman’s Legislative Assembly have voted unanimously to hold a referendum that would see a draft constitution become law.

The referendum will take place on May 20 2009 and requires the approval… [more]

The Cayman Island Government is to slash recruitment in a bid to minimise the effect of the global economic slowdown on the economy.

The government has asked its chief officers to refrain from… [more]

Kurt Tibbetts, Leader of Government Business, stated last week that the Government of the Cayman Islands remains committed to term limits for foreign workers. Speaking in the Legislative Assembly he said ‘The Government, after… [more]

The Cayman Islands Department of Immigration have a new website and logo. The site offers comprehensive information about visas, work permits, permanent residence and Caymanian status… [more]

Acting Chief Secretary Donovan Ebanks revealed last week that in the last 17 months the government has issued over 41,000 work permits. The breakdown for the period between April 2006 and August 2007 was 10,367… [more]

The Legislative Assembly passed the Freedom of Information Bill last Friday, giving the public the right of access to most government records. The law will come into effect on January 1 2009, to give… [more]