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14 OCT 2011 | www.ieyenews.com
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Governor assents to Gender Equality Bill His Excellency the Governor Duncan Taylor has formally assented to the Gender Equality Bill. The groundbreaking legislation seeks to ensure equal opportunity and reward for equal effort in the workplace, as well as freedom from sexual harassment. It will become formally enshrined in local law when it is published in the Cayman Islands Gazette on Monday October 24, 2011. Solicitor General for England and Ireland Edward Garnier, Community Affairs, Gender and Housing Minister Mike Adam, Chief Officer Dorine Whittaker and Senior Policy Advisor Tammy Ebanks attended the brief signing. (Mr Garnier is in the Cayman Islands to attend the annual conference of attorneys general of the British Overseas Territories, and meet with local human rights officials.) Governor Taylor welcomed the enactment of the Law and thanked those who had helped make it a reality. He said, “This is an important piece of legislation. Equality of opportunity, treatment and reward is a fundamental human right for all and I am delighted
Governor Duncan Taylor congratulates Community Affairs Gender and Housing Minister Mike Adam after signing the Gender Equality Bill. L-R Minister Adam, Senior Policy Advisor for Gender Affairs Tammy Ebanks, Governor Taylor, Solicitor General for England and Ireland Edward Garnier, as well as Chief Officer Dorine Whittaker.
that is now enshrined in our law.” The Governor’s Office has agreed to match the Cayman Islands Government contribution to the public education campaign which the ministry will launch in early November. Meanwhile Minister Adam paid tribute to the hard work by his staff and those from the Attorney General’s Chambers, whom he said were
integral to the successful passage of the legislation through the Legislative Assembly on 14 September 2011, and would play a key part in the implementation phase. The Gender Equality Law will take effect on 31 January 2012. Details of the upcoming public education campaign will be made available to the public over the next few weeks.
Cabinet Office launches White Paper consult The Cabinet Office has set up a webpage to invite public comment on the Cayman Islands’ relationship as an Overseas Territory (OT) with the UK, as part of an ongoing public consultation exercise launched by the UK. Following up on the last White Paper in 1999, the UK Government is reviewing its relationship with Overseas Territories and framing a new strategy to guide this relationship in the future. The outcome will be a new White Paper in 2012 outlining
this strategy. The input now invited from the Cayman public will form part of the position paper that the Premier, the Hon. W. McKeeva Bush, OBE, JP, will present at the Overseas Territories Consultative Council meeting in London in late November. To get the widest possible public input on six main questions for which the UK is seeking responses, the Cabinet office has set up the webpage www.cabinetoffice.gov.ky .
Each question and a corresponding box to post your response can be accessed by clicking on the subject lines on the right side of the page. “I urge every member of the public to take this opportunity the UK has provided and speak up. Do visit the webpage and learn for yourselves what the UK is proposing with the new White Paper 2012. It will define the relationship with each of the Overseas Territories since one size cannot fit all,” the Premier said.
Fire at Cheeky Monkey Firefighters were called to a blaze at a fashion store in George Town. The fire started around 6pm on Wednesday night at Cheeky Monkey on the waterfront. Four members of staff inside the store evacuated the premises and called the emergency services.
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It is understood the blaze started in the rear of the ground floor. No one was injured and damage was minimal. Security Officer Barry Dougall said: “The problem was in the rear. All the staff did the right thing by calling 911 and getting out. No one was injured.” to blog visit www.ieyenews.com
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