Issue 89 iCommunity A golfing ‘September to Remember’ Page 3
iFaith Bush backs female Red Bay pastor Page 11
iLocal Suicide is so preventable Page 12
FOR THE LATEST JOBS AND HOT PROPERTIES iClassifieds Page 31
CAYMAN Mexicans face 30 years for tweeting Page 6
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SPENDING TO BE REVEALED Financial chief says to expect audit overview
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Earthquake prediction still stymies scientists
Tad Stoner tad.stoner@ieyenews.com
Financial Secretary Kenneth Jefferson said yesterday that the 31 October consolidation of government financial statements would offer the first full, audited overview of official performance in years. The overview is made possible by the submission for the first time in at least eight years of all the annual financial reports from every government entity – ministries, portfolios, offices authorities and government companies – by the Auditor General’s 31 August deadline. The achievement marks the first time in nearly a decade that the 39-agency “entire public sector” -13 ministries, portfolios and offices, and 26 statutory authorities and government-owned companies -- has complied with that due date. The statements, detailing expenditures and outputs, account for the disbursement of public funds, enabling the Auditor General – and the Cayman Islands at large -- to monitor government’s financial position. Continued on page 5
New facility adopts ‘The Missouri Model’
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Cayman suffers defeat on road to Brazil
Police reveal amnesty arsenal Detective Superintendent Marlon Bodden holds a powerful shotgun that if it was in the wrong hands could kill in seconds. Thankfully this weapon is clearly in the right hands after it was handed in to the Royal Cayman Islands Police Service as part of
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their gun amnesty. Mr Bodden yesterday said that although the amnesty was a success – with a number of bullets and firearms handed in to officers – he would have been a happier if they had been given more. Full story on page 7
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