2025 General Elections
Two more questions to be added to 2025 referendum
(CNS): Officials have confirmed that the government will hold a referendum on the same day as the General Election, and there will be two more questions in addition to the one asking if Cayman should build a cruise pier. According to the Ministry of Tourism and Ports, Cabinet has approved the change of date, revealed […]
Ideas and oratory versus ‘fridgocracy’
Lite Poll: About 2,500 years ago, the Ancient Greeks developed a radical system of government in which all male citizens voted on the important decisions for their city state. (Slaves and women were not invited.) As democracy progressed, persuasive public speaking became an intrinsic part of politics as men learned, studied and practised the art […]
Same election cliche but new reasons
Charles Clifford writes: Voters are rightly concerned about our 2025 general election. Every four years, we repeat the cliche that “this is the most important election in our history”. That cliche was true for specific reasons in the past, for example, during our post-Hurricane Ivan recovery and again during the COVID-19 pandemic recovery.
More UPM cracks emerge into full public view
(CNS): The continued disunity and disagreements among the UPM caucus and its inner circle came into public view again this week when MPs and ministers played out their differences on the government-owned radio station. Premier Juliana O’Connor-Connolly made it clear she didn’t support the fee hike proposed on the Credit Union, and McKeeva Bush called […]
Hew: Voters need to know more about politics
(CNS): Joey Hew, the Progressives leader-in-waiting, has said that he and his party will make a concerted effort in the coming weeks to raise voters’ awareness of how government and politics work in the Cayman Islands. Hew said that a poll and round-table discussions commissioned by the party had revealed a lack of knowledge of […]
Hew eyes premier’s job as he takes on PPM leadership
(CNS): Joey Hew told a crowd of the party faithful at the Progressive National Council Meeting at the weekend that he didn’t plan to “get too attached” to the job of opposition leader as he believes his party will be returned to government after next year’s election. Although Hew, who represents George Town North, was […]
MPs vote against EBC report for lack of public engagement
(CNS): Acting Premier André Ebanks explained to MPs on Friday why the premier’s office and Cabinet have suggested that they should reject the Electoral Boundary Commission’s 2023 report, which recommended altering most of the constituency boundaries within the districts and renaming them with numbers or adding a new seat in Bodden Town. Ebanks made it […]
