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Candidate recruits business sector to help East End
(CNS Election): Isaac Douglas Rankine, who is running as an independent candidate in East End, has enlisted the help of the business community to address some of the needs of his would-be constituents ahead of polling day. He said that companies have agreed to make a sizable contribution towards developing ICT access in the district after he identified this […]
Panton calls for careful consideration of cruise port
(CNS Election): The environment minister has said that government will need to ensure that there are clear ongoing benefits before it makes a decision to go ahead with the cruise port project. Wayne Panton said careful consideration needs to be given to the project to ensure that if it goes ahead, it is right for […]
Premier sticks by arrest allegations against Bryan
(CNS Election): Kenneth Bryan has refuted allegations made by the premier on the campaign trail that he was arrested twice while he worked as his political assistant earlier in this administration, but the PPM leader is sticking by his accusations. Alden McLaughlin told CNS he had heard that Bryan had been arrested weeks before a […]
Election signs damage brings wide condemnation
(CNS Election) UPDATED: As the election campaign heats up and the candidates sling mud at opponents as well as trying to press home a mixed and confusing bag of policies, it’s hard to find much agreement on anything, even in some case among the rank and file of party supporters. But one thing that seems […]
Immigration law a problem, premier admits
(CNS Election): The leader of the Progressives is increasingly indicating that resolving the problems surrounding immigration legislation will form a central part of his government’s agenda if he gets a second chance to lead a PPM administration. Premier Alden McLaughlin, who has headed up the home affairs ministry over the last four years that includes immigration, […]
Warren calls for MLA recall system
(CNS Election): Dennie Warren believes that Cayman needs to introduce a recall mechanism to allow voters to sack their political representatives before their four-year term is up if they fail them after being returned to office. Warren, who is running as an independent candidate in George Town West, told CNS that in order to give […]
Crime being directed by prison inmates, says Dr Frank
(CNS Election): Frank McField, who is running as an independent candidate for Red Bay, has blamed the failures of the local prison system and the lack of genuine rehabilitation of offenders for the increase in local crime, which he says comes from inside the jail. “Most of the crime, the serious crime, on the outside […]
CDP candidate questions purpose of forums
(CNS Election): Denniston Tibbetts asked what the Chamber of Commerce candidate forums have accomplished, after he struggled at times to answer questions and to understand elements of government during the forum in Red Bay last week. He said he felt like a “cornered cat”, as he criticised the forum in his closing remarks. Tibbetts did […]
Education minister opposes dividing kids
(CNS Election): The incumbent West Bay MLA and education minister, Tara Rivers, has made it clear that she opposes suggestions that young students should be labeled, divided or pigeon-holed before they are ready to make their own decisions about their futures. As candidates appear to be falling over each other on the campaign trail to […]
Voters begin picking up ID cards
(CNS Elections): The Elections Office was distributing voter ID cards at AL Thompson’s retail store Friday afternoon, as well as its own location at Smith Road. Voters can get their new registration cards until Friday, 19 May, and staff will be attending numerous locations over the next three weeks to make it as easy as possible for […]
