Tag: Alden McLaughlin
Premier says no serious challengers to PPM
(CNS Election): The premier asked voters to consider, when they go to the polls Wednesday, if anyone else on the ballot paper had the track record of the Progressives team, claiming there had been no real serious challenge to his party during the campaign. In an address to the country on the eve of Election […]
Mac pushes hard for Bryan in GTC
(CNS Election): The opposition and Cayman Democratic Party leader published a political video on Monday urging people to vote for independent candidate Kenneth Bryan. McKeeva Bush had already declared his support for Bryan, one of Dr Steve Tomlinson’s stable of candidates who is in a head-to-head fight with Finance Minister Marco Archer in George Town […]
PPM roadshow attracts hundreds of cars
(CNS Election): Close to three hundred cars joined the Progressives’ political motorcade Saturday in a massive show of support for the ruling party on the last weekend before polling day. Possibly the longest ever political roadshow in an election campaign culminated in a rally at Savannah Meadows after winding its way through George Town and […]
Leaders are no-shows at TV debate
(CNS Election): What was expected to be a national TV debate between Opposition Leader McKeeva Bush and Premier Alden McLaughlin failed to materialise Thursday after Bush pulled out, and as a result the premier following suit. Although the Cayman Democratic Party advertised the appearance of their leader supported by Jonathan Piercy in the final of […]
McLaughlin confident of victory
(CNS): With less than two weeks to go before Cayman goes to the polls, the premier said that over the last few weeks he had become increasingly confident of victory for his party. As he presented the PPM manifesto to the press Thursday, still buoyed by what the Progressives saw as a very successful public […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
PPM releases report on last four years
(CNS Elections): The PPM government has released a new report outlining what it says it has achieved in this administration since coming to office in 2013. Along with the expected boasts about the big-ticket items, such stabilizing public finances, improving economic confidence and rebuilding relations with the UK, the document details some of the things that the […]
Premier begins own campaign
(CNS Elections): The premier and leader of the Progressives, Alden McLaughlin, will be launching his own constituency campaign at the weekend alongside his PPM colleagues who are standing in the neighboring constituencies of Prospect, George Town East and George Town Central. Kurt Tibbetts, McLaughlin’s long time political colleague and the PPM’s ‘vote magnet’, will be […]
