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High Rock Agro Park – Building cayman’s food future
The Cayman Islands takes a historic step in agriculture with the launch of the High Rock Agro Park and the announcement of its first seven awardees.
Minister Jay Ebanks joined us to discuss how this initiative supports Cayman’s food security, empowers local farmers, and sets the stage for a more sustainable future.
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Cayman Compass
Jefferson: Government needs to build up reserves to protect country
The government needs to build up a “war chest of dollars” to protect the Cayman Islands from future economic shocks, a senior civil servant told MPs.
Financial Secretary and Chief Officer for the Ministry of Finance and Economic Development Kenneth Jefferson was addressing members of the Public Accounts Committee who met on 4 Sept. to scrutinise the auditor general’s performance report, ‘Improving Financial Accountability and Transparency: Long-term Financial Sustainability’.
The report, which was published in February, warned that the Cayman Islands was at risk of not being able to meet its financial commitments unless it got to grips with its spending strategy.
