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Environment placed on back burner

Environment placed on back burner

| 12/03/2021 | 11 Comments

Alric Lindsay writes: Although a dollar figure is not often placed on the environment, it does have a value. The Dasgupta Report describes this as natural capital for which a natural capital accounting method should be employed. This is a departure from the normal way we measure economic progress, which is produced capital (goods and […]

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Harris advocates advantages of alignments

Harris advocates advantages of alignments

| 11/03/2021 | 12 Comments

(CNS): Austin Harris, the first candidate formally allied with the PPM to appear at one of the Chamber of Commerce Candidates Forums, advocated for political alignments in order to get things done and explained the problems facing independent candidates, as the incumbent answered questions at Wednesday’s forum for Prospect. Over the last four years, Harris […]

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Hew drags governor into his election campaign

Hew drags governor into his election campaign

| 10/03/2021 | 26 Comments

(CNS): Joey Hew has been using pictures of himself on social media in such a way as to make it look as if Governor Martyn Roper was campaigning with and endorsing him, which has sparked an election scandal for the George Town North incumbent. The commerce and infrastructure minister is already in a tight head-to-head […]

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Addressing corruption a priority for Miller

Addressing corruption a priority for Miller

| 10/03/2021 | 34 Comments

(CNS): The most serious national issue for the Cayman Islands right now is corruption, Ezzard Miller said at the Chamber of Commerce Candidates Forum in North Side on Tuesday. The candidates were asked about the priorities the next government must address, and, bucking the trend of answers from his challengers in the district that traffic […]

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First postal ballots dispatched

First postal ballots dispatched

| 09/03/2021 | 3 Comments

(CNS): Caymanians who are currently overseas will be the first to vote for the 2021 General election when they will begin casting their votes this week. The Elections Office dispatched the first batch of postal ballots on Monday and these 90 ballots should be received by the voters within a day or two, in keeping […]

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EE candidates let down LGBT community

EE candidates let down LGBT community

| 09/03/2021 | 36 Comments

(CNS): Not one of the candidates running for office in East End gave even the slightest hint of support to members of the LGBT community on Monday during the first of the Chamber of Commerce Candidates Forums. When asked about the Civil Partnership Law, the candidates gave answers implying that gay people were evil and […]

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UK says Bush case is not their issue

UK says Bush case is not their issue

| 08/03/2021 | 24 Comments

(CNS): On the eve of International Women’s Day, a local activists received a letter from the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office stating that the position of Speaker McKeeva Bush was a matter for the local criminal justice system and it “would be inappropriate” for the UK to become involved. Linda Clark wrote to London in […]

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Ethics board urges integrity in political race

Ethics board urges integrity in political race

| 08/03/2021 | 5 Comments

(CNS): With 50 candidates battling it out for the 19 seats in Parliament, the Commission for Standards in Public Life is urging all of them to “uphold high ethical standards of integrity throughout the election process and once appointed to office”. And they are asked to start by honestly updating and declaring their interests, assets, […]

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Miller says North Side is envy of many voters

Miller says North Side is envy of many voters

| 08/03/2021 | 14 Comments

(CNS): Ezzard Miller said his work and style of representative democracy has made North Side “the envy” of many voters in other constituencies. Launching his re-election campaign last week on the new Cayman Islands People’s Party (CIPP) platform, the political veteran outlined what he has done over the last term despite being opposition. Miller is […]

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Tara’s allies back André in WB South

Tara’s allies back André in WB South

| 05/03/2021 | 43 Comments

(CNS): At the official launch of his campaign to represent West Bay South on Thursday evening, André Ebanks was introduced and endorsed by two former West Bay political allies of the incumbent, Tara Rivers, a PPM/Coalition member who is not running for re-election. Paul Rivers and Mervin Smith are not appearing on their own hustings […]

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