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André and Peanut to lead new coalition gov’t
(CNS): They say politics makes strange bedfellows, and once again, the post-election horsetrading has thrown up another coalition government. The line-up includes all of the CINP and the TCCP, as well as three of the four independent candidates elected to office on Wednesday. With André Ebanks at the helm as premier and Gary “Peanut” Rutty […]
Rollie reveals CINP-TCCP-IND new government
(CNS): André Ebanks (WBS) will be the Cayman Islands’ next premier. After a day of rumour and speculation, Rolston “Rollie” Anglin (WBN) has said that the four newly elected CINP MPs, the four TCCP MPs, plus Jay Ebanks, Isaac Rankine and himself have agreed to inform the governor that they have come to an agreement. […]
We were the real experiments
Stefanie Ebanks writes: Over the past few months, the people of Cayman rallied, cheered, and called for change… or so it seemed. But last night’s election results tell a more sobering story. While six new faces have entered parliament, let’s be honest, four of them were elected by default. And based on many of the […]
Pro-port lobby not giving up despite clear result
(CNS): Despite an overwhelming vote against building cruise infrastructure in yesterday’s referendum, the result is non-binding and pro-cruise port dock activists have already vowed across social media platforms that they will not give up the fight for cruise piers. The result was emphatic, with around 65% of the electorate making it clear they don’t support […]
Shocks and Shakes of election night results
(CNS): When the results of the Cayman Islands 2025 General Election were confirmed in the early hours of Thursday morning, the standout result was the close battle between Julie Hunter (CINP) and McKeeva Bush (IND), with Hunter taking Cayman’s biggest political scalp by just nine votes. But there were a number of other surprisingly close […]
Conflicts emerge as horsetrading begins
(CNS): More than 18,500 Caymanian voters have had their say, but once again, the electorate won’t be deciding the next government. As the dust settles on election night, the results, while not entirely surprising, have failed to deliver a clear majority for any party. CNS understand that the 19 candidates were all in closed-door talks […]
PPM wins most seats but fails to secure a majority
(CNS): 3:00am. With the votes now counted and the results in, the only thing that is certain is that there are several new faces heading to parliament following the 2025 General Election. But still to be decided is who will be the next premier and which candidates will be sitting on the government front benches. […]
Polls close with lower than expected voter turn out
(CNS): The polling stations across the Cayman Islands closed promptly at 6pm on Wednesday after 18,836 voters (73.56% of the electorate) cast their ballots in the 2025 General Election and Referendum. This was a lower than expected turnout, despite an increase in postal and mobile ballots, the attraction of the referendum and an early morning […]
Vote trickles in after postal-mobile votes counted
(CNS): People who took advantage of postal and mobile voting have kicked off the national referendum results with an early spike for the ‘no’ vote on the cruise question but a thumbs up for decriminalising ganja and introducing a lottery. It was well after 9pm before the first results appeared on the election site, indicating […]
Polls open as voters head out to cast early vote
(CNS): The polls opened at 7am on Wednesday, the General Election and Referendum Day, and by 10:30am, more than 8,400 people, almost a third of all voters, had already cast their ballots, including postal and mobile votes. The Elections Office is expecting a good turnout for the election and referendum before the polls close at […]
Activists make final bid for ‘no’ to cruise pier
(CNS): After six years campaigning against a cruise dock in George Town, CPR Cayman and other activists are making an all-out final push to persuade voters that cruise berthing facilities will be a disaster for the country and there are many more ways of improving the cruise sector. At the weekend, activists held a solidarity […]
