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Escaping the crossroads

Escaping the crossroads

| 07/04/2021 | 28 Comments

Mr Smartvote writes: Every four years we are told by political candidates that we are at a crossroads in this country, that we need to make some important choices about where to go and what issues to fix to finally deal with several ‘crucial’ issues’ at hand. And that they are the ones to choose.

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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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Elections Office refers complaints to cops

Elections Office refers complaints to cops

| 06/04/2021 | 6 Comments

(CNS): The supervisor of elections has confirmed that he has referred a number of complaints relating to the campaign to the police, explaining that they are the agency tasked with investigating public concerns about the election. Wesley Howell told CNS that he is not able to comment on the specifics of any investigations but that […]

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Mac the only gov’t MP to face young voters

Mac the only gov’t MP to face young voters

| 06/04/2021 | 14 Comments

(CNS): McKeeva Bush and Kenneth Bryan were the only two incumbent MPs who turned up to face some of Cayman’s youngest voters. Not a single candidate who is currently sitting on the government benches or those in the PPM Alliance camp hoping to sit there after 14 April turned up to talk to the country’s […]

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Wight joins long-line of ‘no shows’

Wight joins long-line of ‘no shows’

| 05/04/2021 | 21 Comments

(CNS): Sharing the same platform as their challengers appears to be an increasing problem for many incumbents on the government benches. On Wednesday evening David Wight became the most recent in a long line of PPM-Alliance candidates who have avoided facing their opponents in this election on public forums. This is depriving voters from the […]

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DeCou challenging new PPM leader in GTE

DeCou challenging new PPM leader in GTE

| 05/04/2021 | 4 Comments

(Press release): Independent George Town East candidate Emily DeCou, has announced The 3 E’s platform for a holistic national overhaul, vowing to begin the formation of a Holistic Sustainable Development Plan in her first 100 days.

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Voters list confirmed at 23,609

Voters list confirmed at 23,609

| 01/04/2021 | 13 Comments

(CNS): With less than two weeks to go, the Official List of Electors for the 2021 General Election came into effect on Thursday. Following the Claims and Objections hearings, the number has dropped by 39 names to 23,609 from the draft list of 23,648 published in February. So far, 587 eligible voters have already cast […]

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Alric: Without bio-diversity ‘we will die’

Alric: Without bio-diversity ‘we will die’

| 01/04/2021 | 16 Comments

(CNS): Alric Lindsay, who is campaigning on an environmental platform to take the George Town South seat from incumbent Barbara Conolly, has made it clear what is at stake for Cayman, as over-development undermines its diverse natural resources. Speaking at the Chamber of Commerce Candidates Forum Tuesday evening, he said, “We must have biodiversity… if […]

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