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TV to broadcast six debates on national issues
(CNS Elections): The local television station will be broadcasting a series of six live pre-election debates over the next five weeks that will see groups of selected candidates debate national issues. Hurely’s Media said the debates would be in the form of a Q&A and topics will include employment, education, development, environment and crime. They will […]
Candidates must reveal government work
(CNS Elections): All candidates running for office in the 24 May General Election must reveal any work they or a business they own or have some financial stake in are doing with government. The law requires all government contracts held by or connected to candidates to be published in a government gazette before 24 April, […]
East End candidates conflict on GT port views
(CNS Elections): John McLean Jr, who is running against the incumbent in East End and newcomer Isaac Rankine, was emphatic about his support for cruise berthing facilities, as he answered questions in the first Chamber of Commerce Forum Monday, but not for the current government plan. The independent candidate, who is trying to oust Arden […]
Election office under pressure as challenges delayed
(CNS): The chief justice will begin hearing challenges by the Elections Office to the nomination of Mario Rankin to stand as a candidate in Newlands on Thursday, while those relating to Alric Lindsay and Nickolas DaCosta will now take place on Tuesday after the senior judge granted an adjournment to allow attorneys representing the would-be […]
Local business leader backs PPM and party politics
(CNS Elections): One of Cayman’s leading homegrown businessmen who has enjoyed success in the offshore sector threw his backing behind the principle of the party system as well as the PPM when he gave the keynote address at the party conference Saturday. Don Seymour said he believed that the party system was the best way […]
Election queries to be heard behind closed doors
(CNS Elections): Chief Justice Anthony Smellie will hear challenges this week to candidates nominated last month who may not be qualified, but the hearings will be behind closed doors. Supervisor of Elections Wesley Howell has raised questions about the eligibility of three candidates that he wants the courts to decide on. According to the court […]
Political parties in national conference clash
(CNS Elections): Undecided voters who had planned to attend the conferences of both the Cayman Democratic Party and People’s Progressive Movement to help them decide will find themselves in a tangle this weekend as the party events. where they will be introducing their election teams and manifestos, are happening at the same time. The PPM’s […]
Almost 39% of voters know who they want
(CNS Election): One week after Nomination Day revealed who will be running in which seat and on which ticket, 38.7% of the CNS readers who have so far taken part in a straw poll said that there was one candidate standing in the constituency where they lived that they could fully support. Less than 18% felt […]
Leslie refuses to leave political race
(CNS Elections): Embroiled in a very public and embarrassing marital scandal that has raised questions for many voters about his integrity, Prospect independent candidate Matthew Leslie has told CNS that he will not step aside in the political race. He has said the magnifying glass that is on him means he needs to work harder […]
Four candidates’ qualifications in question
(CNS Elections): The election authorities are understood to be examining questions surrounding at least four candidates in several constituencies who were nominated to run as independent candidates in the May General Election. Supervisor of Elections Wesley Howell said that he could not “reveal the specifics of any challenges at this time” but explained that where […]
