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Panton, Saunders emerge as viable leaders

Panton, Saunders emerge as viable leaders

| 13/04/2021 | 18 Comments

(CNS): On the eve of the 2021 General Elections, the independent challengers to the PPM-Alliance with the most realistic hope of retaining or winning a seat are coalescing around Wayne Panton and Chris Saunders as potential unifying leaders among the non-Alliance candidates.

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Elections boss urges everyone to vote

Elections boss urges everyone to vote

| 13/04/2021 | 4 Comments

(CNS): Supervisor of Elections Wesley Howell is urging all registered voters to exercise their democratic right on Wednesday and go to the polls. The Elections Office has re-issued all of the details relating to all of the ‘hows’ and ‘whats’ to help the voting public and to ensure that the process is a smooth exercise […]

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11th hour rule change protects ballot secrecy

11th hour rule change protects ballot secrecy

| 13/04/2021 | 5 Comments

(CNS): A small but important amendment was made to the rules governing elections in the Cayman Islands this week in order to protect the secrecy of the ballot at the count on Wednesday night. The Election Act Rules were changed by Cabinet at the eleventh hour to allow postal and mobile station ballots to be […]

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PPM big guns on Brac but ‘ganja man’ fires back

PPM big guns on Brac but ‘ganja man’ fires back

| 12/04/2021 | 26 Comments

(CNS): Elvis McKeever urged the people of Cayman Brac to pray for his opponent on Sunday morning after three Cabinet ministers travelled to the island on Saturday to help shore up Juliana O’Connor-Connolly’s increasingly challenging race in Cayman Brac East against the self styled ‘ganja man’.

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Anti-corruption pledge becomes secret

Anti-corruption pledge becomes secret

| 12/04/2021 | 22 Comments

(CNS): Following the launch of the awareness campaign to highlight election corruption, aimed at keeping the 2021 elections clean and transparent, a key element of it has now become a secret. The General Election Against Corruption Today (ACT) Education Campaign included invitations to the 50 candidates to publicly sign a pledge to uphold standards while […]

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Masks not mandatory for voters on Election Day

Masks not mandatory for voters on Election Day

| 12/04/2021 | 2 Comments

(CNS): The Elections Office has said that due to the high turnout expected on Election Day, Wednesday 14 April, people are being encouraged to wear masks but this is not a mandatory requirement. A supply of face masks will be available at all polling stations for any voter who wants one, as officials do what […]

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Financial services neglected by candidates

Financial services neglected by candidates

| 08/04/2021 | 43 Comments

(CNS): The importance of the financial service sector in keeping the Cayman Islands economy afloat over the past year has been highlighted in the latest reports from the Economics and Statistics Office. No other private sector employs as many Caymanians as finance, and the revenue the next government will need to navigate its way through […]

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Roy accepts climate change as looming crisis

Roy accepts climate change as looming crisis

| 07/04/2021 | 14 Comments

(CNS): Roy McTaggart, who is positioned to become the next premier of the Cayman Islands if the PPM-Alliance returns the largest group of candidates after the general elections next week, has accepted that the biggest environmental challenge facing the country is climate change.

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CPA observers to review previous reports

CPA observers to review previous reports

| 07/04/2021 | 0 Comments

(CNS): The independent team of international experts who are scheduled to conduct a virtual expert mission for 14 April General Election will also be reviewing how Cayman has implemented the recommendations previous teams made after the missions in 2013 and 2017. However, it is unlikely to take them very long to find out that almost […]

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Alden pushing pandemic panic to win votes

Alden pushing pandemic panic to win votes

| 06/04/2021 | 27 Comments

(CNS): The idea that a PPM-led coalition is the only group of people experienced enough to deal with the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic is now forming a major plank in the Progressives’ campaign platform, even though there is no evidence to suggest that any of the other candidates who might form an alternative government would not […]

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