Archive for February, 2017

Bodden Town delivers biggest constituencies on new voter list

Bodden Town delivers biggest constituencies on new voter list

| 05/02/2017 | 6 Comments

(CNS Elections): Election officials have now finished the voters’ enumeration exercise and published the revised electors list, which has 21,465 registered voters and is now available for public scrutiny and checking. The new register clearly demonstrates the rapid growth in Bodden Town: the constituency of BT East has the highest number of voters (1,531) and […]

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Officials warn 194 voters may miss out on election

Officials warn 194 voters may miss out on election

| 03/02/2017 | 1 Comment

(CNS Elections): Almost 200 voters have less than three weeks to contact the elections office and supply their correct information otherwise they will not be able to vote in the May General Election. According to the Elections Office, during the registration and list verification processes, they were unable to contact, by telephone, email or during […]

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Politics of fear can’t be ignored, says McLaughlin

Politics of fear can’t be ignored, says McLaughlin

| 03/02/2017 | 3 Comments

(CNS Elections): The Cayman Islands premier and leader of the Progressives remains confident that under his leadership the people of Cayman are going to give his party a second term. Alden McLaughlin’s confidence comes from the improvements to the economy and fall in unemployment. But yesterday he also signaled his concerns over the politics of […]

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Suspect drunk driver ploughs into political board

Suspect drunk driver ploughs into political board

| 01/02/2017 | 4 Comments

(CNS): Just days after political hopeful Kenneth Bryan erected his new campaign billboards in the George Town area, one of them was found in pieces Wednesday. But it was soon revealed that there was no foul play or political vandalism, which has been a factor in previous campaigns, and that the billboard may have even […]

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McTaggart tries again after 2013 forced withdrawl

McTaggart tries again after 2013 forced withdrawl

| 01/02/2017 | 8 Comments

(CNS Elections): Local businessman and community activist, Kent McTaggart, will be entering the political fray in the 2017 election campaign as an independent in Savannah. McTaggart was a casualty of the Election Law in 2013, when he stepped down from the campaign after declaring his intention to run because he had not been resident in Cayman […]

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Ellio deserts CDP to go it alone

Ellio deserts CDP to go it alone

| 01/02/2017 | 43 Comments

(CNS Election): Ellio Solomon, a former radio talk show host and one-time backbench MLA in the 2009 to 2013 United Democratic Party administration, launched his 2017 election bid as an independent on Tuesday night at a public meeting in the heart of George Town West. Solomon told CNS that he had decided to part company with […]

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