Issue No. 578 Friday, 23 January 2004
More Status Time
Cayman Net News has learned from reliable sources that the Cayman Islands Government may be considering extending the deadline for people to submit applications to the Caymanian Status and Permanent Residency Board for the grant of Status...
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Business Staffing Plans save time and money
 Even though it represents another legal requirement business must adopt, one aspect of the new Immigration Law that should bring smiles to the faces of employers is the Business Staffing Plan.
Now mandatory for companies doing business in the Cayman Islands with 15 or more work permit holders, the Business Staffing Plan has actually been in place for two years, and 25 companies are already using the system, according to the Chairman of the Business Staffing Plan Board...
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Lord Calls For Tighter Regulation
Liberal Democrat Peer, Lord William Wallace of Saltaire, has called upon the British Government to tighten its regulation of offshore financial centres under British sovereignty, in light of the recent Enron and Parmalat scandals...
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National Insurance Company To Be Formed
 Minister for Health Services, Hon Gilbert McLean has announced that the government is to form The Cayman Islands National Insurance Company (CINICO) to benefit those who cannot afford insurance or those excluded by insurance companies.
CINICO will provide and manage the health insurance scheme on behalf of the government... read
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STEP Appoints New Delegate
 The Council of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners
Cayman has been forced to appoint a new representative on the Private Sector Consultative Committee
(PSCC). It is the latest twist in an ongoing wrangle after the Leader of Government Business said he would only chair a PSCC meeting if Anton Duckworth, chairman of the opposition People's Progressive Movement, was not
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Caymanian of the Week
- Launa Batten
 Dealing with a multitude questions from hundreds of visitors every day, National Museum shop manager Launa Batten from West Bay considers herself a bit of an authority on the Cayman Islands. "I answer so many questions, I'm like an ambassador for the island," says
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