Panton maintains vaccination push; puts education, environment top of agenda
Plans reform of work permits, increase in minimum wage
From ensuring local school children are fed, to plans to reform work-permit fees, Premier Wayne Panton outlined his administration’s road map for the Cayman Islands Wednesday in his Strategic Policy Statement.
Panton, however, also used the opportunity to remind people that none of the government’s plans can be implemented if they do not hit the vaccination target of 80% of the population and get the economy rolling again.
“I am begging everyone in this country who has not taken the vaccine – not from a position of weakness but from a position of concern for the health of this country – to help us reach our goal. We cannot remain closed to the outside world forever. We have to let people come back into our country to help us rebuild,” Panton said as he delivered the 2022-2024 Strategic Policy Statement in Parliament.