GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands, CMC – The Legislative Assembly in this British Overseas Territory has been prorogued paving the way for the May 22 general elections.
Governor Duncan Taylor signed the necessary proclamation ahead of Nomination day Wednesday.
At least 40 candidates are expected to contest the elections, but Political observers say the election will be a straight fight between the ruling United Democratic Party (UDP) and the People’s Progressive Movement (PPM).
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GRAND TURK, Turks and Caicos Islands, CMC– Immigration authorities here say they are investigating the escape of at least a dozen Cubans, who mysteriously arrived in Miami in what is believed to be a human trafficking ring. lara Gardiner, of the Turks and Caicos’ Ministry of Immigration and Border Control, confirmed that authorities are conducting the probe but did not know when the inquiry would be completed.
CHARLOTTE AMALIE, US Virgin Islands—The United States Virgin Islands have now turned to moral suasion in an attempt to get fellow rum producing nations in the Caribbean Forum nation to back down from plans to take their ongoing dispute before the World Trade Organisation (WTO).
GEORGETOWN, Cayman Islands, Mar. 21, CMC – Former Premier of the Cayman Islands, McKeeva Bush has reiterated his innocence after being formally charged with two counts of misconduct on Wednesday.
GEORGETOWN, Cayman Islands, CMC – Former premier William McKeeva Bush has been formally charged with two counts of misconduct after he was arrested late last year.
Bush, 57, who will appear in court next month, is also facing four counts of Breach of Trust by a member of the Legislative Assembly, contrary to Section13 of the Anti-Corruption Law 2008, and five counts of theft, contrary to Section .241 of the Penal Code 2007 Revision.
Bush will appear in Grand Court on April 12. The charges were laid on Wednesday as the former premier answered his bail.
PROVIDENCIALES, Turks and Caicos Islands, CMC - Britain’s Foreign Secretary, William Hague has taken Dr.Rufus Ewing - the Premier of the Turks and Caicos Islands to task following a recent speech to Caribbean Community (CARICOM) heads of government.
THE VALLEY, Anguilla, CMC – The Europe Union Ambassador to Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean Mikael Barfod has held talks with Chief Minister Hubert Hughes and Governor William A. Harrison ahead of the disbursement of EC$13.3 million (One EC dollar = US$0.37 cents) under the island’s Medium Term Economic Strategy (MTES).
The EU is providing an overall aid package of EC$38.5 million to Anguilla to help boost economic growth and development on the British Overseas Territory.
THE VALLEY, Anguilla, CMC – Former home affairs minister Walcott Richardson is due to re-appear in court on May 10 on two charges of indecent assault.
Richardson, who resigned from the Hubert Hughes administration last month, has been granted EC$110,000 (One EC dollar = US$0.37 cents) bail.
In announcing his resignation last month, Richardson said he felt “in the current circumstances it is right for me to tender my resignation as Minister of Home Affairs at this time” while he defended his reputation against the allegations.
HAMILTON, Bermuda, CMC - Bermuda's MPs have passed a resolution giving cabinet ministers a 10 per cent pay cut effective April 1.
“It’s more symbolic than substantive,” Premier Craig Cannonier said, noting that the overall saving was relatively small. “But in our present economic and fiscal circumstances, it’s the right thing moving forward.”
The Premier’s salary will decrease from US$168,069 to US$151,262 a year, while the Deputy Premier’s pay goes from US$125,491 to US$112,942.
HAMILTON, Bermuda, CMC - The 25-year-old son of a Bermuda cabinet minister has been jailed for 18 years in Florida for a string of violent offences. Tyler Abbott, son of the Minister Without Portfolio Leah Scott, received the sentence after a plea bargain. US law enforcement authorities said that Abbott had threatened an 87-year-old woman and stole her purse and led police on a high-speed chase that ended in a car crash last March.