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Hurricane Melissa Aftermath – Picking Up the Pieces
Melissa — the monstrous and deadly storm that ripped through Jamaica — continues its path through the Caribbean.
At least 40 people in Haiti have died as a result of flooding, and that death toll is continuing to rise.
Jamaicans were picking up the pieces of their lives on Wednesday after the storm made landfall with 185-mile-per-hour winds. Similar destruction has been reported in Cuba and the Turks and Caicos Islands.
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Cayman Compass
Moonlighting MPs under spotlight at seminar
Many Cayman MPs need second jobs because of the country’s high cost of living and need to keep up appearances, a former deputy premier has said.
Kenneth Bryan, number two in the last government and now deputy leader of the Opposition People’s Progressive Movement, said it was routine in other jurisdictions, including the UK, for MPs to have outside employment, but not in Cayman.
He said, “It’s common for members of Parliament to have other jobs, a lawyer or doctor or whatever.
“Unfortunately, it’s frowned upon here for an MP to have any kind of work.”
Bryan was speaking at last week’s Post-Election Seminar, organised by the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association and the Cayman parliament at the ‘Behaviour, Ethics and Standards’ session.
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