Archive for January, 2017
Education should be #1 priority
MM writes (after submitting an answer to the CNS Elections Poll Which issues are the most critical?): I ranked mine as follows: 1. Education, 2. Unemployment, 3. Health, 4. Landfills, 5. Economy, 6. Cruise Ship Dock. Why?
Progressives take aim at criticism from would-be candidate
(CNS Elections): The ruling party has been quick to defend its record on the economy and denied that foreclosures have increased since they took office. Accusing at least one potential candidate of using “alternative facts” regarding repossessions, the PPM has said that the percentage of people losing their homes is now very low. Chris Saunders, […]
CNS begins full election coverage with Election Section
(CNS Elections): As the campaign for the May General Election gets underway in earnest, Cayman News Service has created a new website dedicated entirely to the historic election where, for the first time, voters will elect just one candidate in nineteen different constituencies. Featuring an interactive map showing which candidates are running where, the site […]
Poll: Which issues are the most critical?
(CNS Elections): Over the next few months, an as yet unknown number of parties and candidates will be telling voters about their plans and ideas for the Cayman Islands. Here on CNS, we will be asking you what you think about the issues, starting with the order of importance that you give them. Our polls […]
Applicants for the job of MLA
MM writes: Our MLAs like to come forward with all sorts of ideas that they say they want to implement, especially during election season. What they do not come forward to tell their people is how the process within the Legislative Assembly works in order for any of their proposals to actually come in to […]
Facebook emerges as launch pad for candidates
(CNS Elections): The use of social media is likely to play a major part of the 2017 election campaign. While there are huge changes in the voting system in 2017, campaigning is also likely to take a different turn. Already, a number of candidates have used Facebook to launch their initial campaigns, creating spruced up […]
Suckoo teams up with McLean in BT race
(CNS): Alva Suckoo has revealed that he will be joining forces with Gilbert McLean, a former health minister in the first UDP administration, in the Bodden Town race. Suckoo started his political career with the UDP, opted to run for office in his first election with the PPM, but then crossed the floor to become an […]
Former top cop to hit the campaign trail
(CNS): Rudolph Dixon, a former deputy commissioner at the RCIPS whose career was derailed when he was caught up in the controversial internal police corruption probe, Operation Tempura, has thrown his hat into the political ring. Dixon has confirmed that he will be running as an independent candidate in the constituency of Cayman Brac East, the […]
