Archive for January 31st, 2025
Voter register leaps to over 25,000 ahead of election
(CNS): The Cayman Islands revised election register now stands at 25,687 voters after 1,858 new people registered to vote between the beginning of October and 15 January. The 7.8% increase from 23,829 on 1 January is one of the largest leaps in the election roll for many years, which Governor Jane Owen described as a […]
UPM backs down on attempt to gut conservation law
(CNS): After the parliament met amid significant controversy on Friday, Sustainability Minister Dwayne Seymour withdrew the contentious National Conservation Act (Amendment) Bill, 2024, citing, though not explaining, the cooperation that the UPM had enjoyed from the official opposition. After delivering a short speech in which he suggested (incorrectly, given the wide opposition to the legislation) […]
UPM adds four new names to national heroes list
(CNS): The Cayman Islands has four new national heroes after the government recognised them during the Heroes Day celebrations on Monday. The UPM Cabinet bestowed the national award posthumously to Captain Keith Tibbetts, Ernest Craddock Ebanks and Frank Hugh George Scotland. Francine Eldona Jackson, who was also named at the ceremony, is now Cayman’s only living […]
Crises, corruption and constitutional reform
Aristophanes Duckpond writes: Cayman is at a critical juncture. Caymanians face daily crises that our political processes have created or made worse. Change is needed. This Viewpoint sets out some of the linkages between and among the crises the majority of the electorate faces on a daily basis, political corruption and abuse, and defects in […]
