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Cayman Islands News, Articles and InformationBring back the Caymanian DiasporaOne of the main reasons why this publication will continue to criticize the seven-year rollover policy is because of the detrimental impact we believe the policy will have on our overall future economic growth.As a very small country, in order to develop our economy further we need our population to grow because if it does not, local businesses will suffer. With only 55,000 people across the three Cayman Islands, it is impossible to continue expanding our local economy without adding more people. If the Government is bent on ensuring that foreigners are restricted from settling here and ultimately becoming Caymanians, perhaps we should look further a field and make a concerted effort to bring home the Cayman Diaspora. Many Caymanians left here in days gone by and settled in other countries. Holidaymaker dies snorkelingThe Royal Cayman Islands Police Service, (RCIPS) confirmed on Friday 23 June that an American holiday maker died on the Islands on Wednesday while snorkeling.Police said that at 5:47 on Wednesday evening, 20 June the 911 Emergency Communications Centre received information that a tourist who had been snorkeling with his family was found unconscious on a Bodden Town Beach. The man was 49-year-old Tom Demarco who was visiting Grand Cayman from Atlanta, Georgia, in the United States. He was on vacation with his wife and son. The RCIPS said that officers have launched an investigation but they are not treating the death as suspicious at this time. Back... Send us your comments! Send us your comments on this article for publication in our Readers' Forum. All fields are required and in the interest of openness and transparency we will no longer accept anonymous submissions. We therefore request that all submissions include a name for publication, regardless of content.If not Caymanians then what about deserving residency?It was interesting to see that this publication's recent editorial on Wednesday 21 June, What is the problem with new Caymanians ? initiated a number of responses from readers both for and against the idea that the country should not be afraid of creating Caymanians.Here at Cayman Net News we take the position that this country will need to increase its population in the future in order for the economy to grow and therefore it makes sense to offer people who are making their lives here security of tenure. Yet, it is not the only solution. We are not headed in the right directionCayman has paid a $376 million price for the PPM and UDP parties in four short years. Political parties have wrecked the other Caribbean Islands because of their near absolute power and Cayman will be the same if the parties are left unchecked.And political parties will continue to do so because of non-governmental knowledge. We believe it is harsh and not very conscionable to inflict taxes especially on the poorer Caymanians indirectly who are now trying to recover from Hurricane Ivan to justify a $32.5 million surplus, but again that is only our opinion. Where do we get off passing our opinions in the running of a non-sense Government in these days? Well, not very far, do we? There are few independents views mainly the partys view which may be heavily influenced by party members who are not elected legislators and who the public never voted in and apparently has a lot of influence in the running of the government. PPM and UDP join forces on waste and waterHonourable Arden McLean, Minister of Communications, Works and Infrastructure, has invited Opposition Party Members Cline Glidden and Rolston Anglin, to work with him on a fact-finding overseas trip regarding waste management and electricity generation.Speaking with Cayman Net News on Wednesday 14 June 2006 Mr McLean confirmed the upcoming research exercise - scheduled to start on 18 June 2006. Mr McLean confirmed that a team would be headed to Boston, Massachusetts, in the United States, to look at "waste-to-energy plants, because we have not seen these things in operation." News of this trip is one indication that the Minister is already settling down to work on the $1.2 million capital project expenditure for the purchase of equipment to improve the collection and disposal of solid waste in Cayman. Travel Briefs: Food fuels three Pa. Dutch toursVisitors looking to tour the tastes of Pennsylvania Dutch Country can now do so with one of three guided tours that demonstrate the many culinary flavors of Lancaster County.Visitors will have a choice of three guided FlavorFest tours: A Chef's Tour, A Farm to Fork Tour: A Taste of the Amish Countryside or Chocolate Covered Sundays. FlavorFest tours depart from the Hershey Farm Restaurant and Inn in Strasburg. Half-day tours are $32 for adults and $24 for children under 12. Full-day tours are $49, adults; $39, children under 12. These tours will be available through October only. Tickets can be purchased by calling 1-800-723-8824 or by visiting www.padutchcountry.com. continued below . |
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