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Cabinet retains the power to exempt key workers in the public sector from term limits in new legislation enacted Friday. The post New civil service term limits could exempt key foreign workers appeared first on Cayman Compass.

The Caribbean Public Health Agency has expanded its regional laboratory network with the opening of an Antimicrobial Resistance Regional Reference Laboratory in Jamaica, a development the agency says will strengthen disease surveillance and diagnostic capacity across its 26 member states, including the Cayman Islands. The laboratory, officially launched on 22 July in Kingston, completes CARPHA’s […] The post Lab in Jamaica to boost response to drug-resistant infections appeared first on Cayman Compass.

Cayman’s national art gallery has bucked a trend as visitor figures bounce back from COVID-19 restrictions – unlike some prestigious overseas institutions. Natalie Urquhart, the director of the National Gallery of the Cayman Islands, said the showcase for the country’s arts had weathered the storm of COVID-19 and was planning for a future to take […] The post National Gallery exceeding global visitation trends appeared first on Cayman Compass.