Tag: Economics and Statistics Office
New director of the Economics and Statistics Office
(CNS Local Life): Adolphus Laidlow has been named the new director of the Economics and Statistics Office (ESO) as of 1 June. Maria Zingapan, the previous director, held the post from 2007 until April this year. Laidlow served as the deputy director from June 2015 but has been with the Cayman Islands Government since February […]
Answering ESO surveys is compulsory
This April the Economics and Statistics Office (ESO) began conducting two surveys: a spring Labour Force survey and a business survey. I understand that answering the questions in the business survey is mandatory, which implies that participating in the spring Labour Force survey is not. However, when a stranger turned up unexpectedly at my door […]
Students learn by the numbers
(CNS Local Life): Staff from the Economics and Statistics Office (ESO) gave 34 high school students at Wesleyan Christian Academy hands-on experience in how to conduct a random survey and a quick census Monday, 17 October, as part of Statistics Week activities. ESO director Maria Zingapan led the group of grade 9-12 students, who also […]
Deputy Governor awards two civil servants
(CNS): Temar Clarke and Travis Walters have been named the two latest employees of the month for the civil service. Clarke, payments and payroll officer with the Treasury Department, was honoured for September; and Walters, a statistician with the Economics and Statistics Office (ESO) took home the award for October.
