Veteran news broadcaster hits hustings with PPM
(CNS): Longtime broadcaster and CIGTV news anchor Donna Bush was making instead of reading the headlines on Thursday when the Progressives announced she would be running for office in Savannah on their platform. Rumours that had circulated for more than a week that Bush would be replacing Josh Parsons, who recently dropped out of the running, were confirmed in a press release. She is the second former news reporter to hit the campaign trail with the PPM, joining her former colleague at Cayman 27, Kenneth Bryan.
Bush, who is making her first run for office, will be taking on Heather Bodden, the incumbent who is running with The Cayman Community Party (TCCP). However, PPM Leader Joey Hew
Joey Hew (GTN incumbent) is the leader of the PPM (aka Progressives). He served as opposition leader from October 2024 until the dissolution of parliament. More said the party was confident that Bush would beat Bodden in what is currently a head-to-head race in one of Cayman’s larger constituencies.
The PPM said she was a trailblazer in local broadcasting who has shaped how Caymanians stay informed, and has earned the trust of the people after some thirty years in broadcasting by holding leaders accountable and ensuring transparency in public affairs. Beyond the newsroom, she has dedicated herself to mentoring young Caymanians, creating opportunities, and building confidence in the next generation.
“My commitment is to ensure that our community has the resources and opportunities needed to thrive. I will work tirelessly, both in Parliament and within our neighborhoods, to advocate for real solutions that improve the lives of our residents. I am excited about what we can accomplish together with the proven, stable leadership of the PPM, and I look forward to building a brighter future for Savannah,” she said.
Hew said Bush was a powerhouse. “Her ability to connect with people, her deep understanding of the challenges faced by the Cayman Islands, and her unwavering integrity make her an exceptional candidate for Savannah,” he said.
“We are confident she will defeat her opponent and provide the highest level of representation for the people. What the people of Savannah are calling out for is ‘Action’. They need representation that actually gets things done. Donna has always stood for truth, fairness, and delivery — values that align perfectly with the People’s Progressive Movement. She is exactly the kind of leader Savannah needs.”
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Donna is a nice lady but she is not a servant of the people the way Ms Heather is.
you mean she wont be dredging canals for her families projects like Heather?
This bird brain couldn’t follow the COVID briefing Q&A. Good luck Savannah.
Another talking head who thinks she should help run the country, following Foolio, Austin and Kenny. Can we please stop electing these glib lightweights just because they can string a couple of sentences together? It hasn’t worked well in the past and it won’t work with her.
Hit the road girl cause they selling smoothies to sugar and dumb down voters at Coffee Shops but that sounds about right when people are going without food. She Giving out smoothies to the affluent at some high society place that regular people folks can neither go nor afford. Talk about out touch with people . Times up Heather Diane Bodden you wasted enough of tax payers money on your whim and wishes for you and your high society crowd . Give someone else the opportunity to help all constituents not just the chosen Few who you believe worship you!
Donna is a huge improvement over Heather. Wayne is trying to create another version of PACT. Look at the bunch of candidates with him. Not one can be an effective minister.
And PPM has become the new UDP!
The 20 something votes that I control in Savannah are going to her!
Hear Hear she got my votes not wasting my votes on a self serving grinch who smiles in your face and talks behind your back one of if not the biggest gerrymanderer in cayman politics who loves mind conditioning the elderly.
She couldn’t even run a beauty pageant and now thinks she can run the country?! Cha! Go sit down girl.
You can’t even get 20 thumbs up😂😂😂
That means you will help inflict on Cayman a Kenneth Mac disease that will destroy us.
Donna is a nice woman, but a vote for PPM now means a government of the most unsavory bunch.
Your votes are not going to her, they are going to make Kenneth, Juju, Seymour Saunders and of course Mac , the people who run our lives and further enrich themselves.
People like Donna are merely election fodder used by illiterate unprincipled unemployables to get into power and raid the country’s finances.
Another Bryan Bush not needed…pass!
So true. More Talking Heads, but without substance.
Only grinning Yes men and women.
Popular tho .lol
Saw her at quite a few of the public meetings the PPM held prior to the 2021 election – She did always seem very comfortable being spin doctor for the PPM despite nominally being a civil servant not a political appointee,
At least now she will never credibly be able to hold a job in journalism again which is a silver lining
She never was a journalist. Just a news reader or presenter.
Couldn’t write a Thank You note!
You thank!
Regards,
DB
Being an MP is not easy. You have people waylaying out everywhere, believing you can shake a stick and solve their particular problem. They come to your house at all hours asking for your money or to help them get a job. If a bill is up for consultation, MPs need to spend the time and read it backward and forward and discuss it with their constituents to make sure they understand it and/or can voice their concerns. If they rush to get a Ministry, then very little gets done in their constituency and because district councils have not been created (which is in the constitution!) they do not have a group of people that cand get things done at neighborhood level. If they manage to get a motion passed in the house, there is a 50/50 chance nothing will be done about it anyway, so before rushing to say they are running, people should think long and hard about what they are getting into.
Being a member of parliament is not easy unless you are Heather Diane Bodden.Playing busy all day doing personal chores sorting out family business .must be very stressful right aye ?
So where the ‘experience’ they were screaming about? Another Kenneth Bryan.
Being somewhat eloquent does not a good political candidate make.
Just saying….
who is “Eloquent”?
Anyone can read from a teleprompter what the real journalists have written.
She cant even rewrite for TV or edit!
Some folks thought they were going get a free ride this election season and would not have to get out there and fight and campaign like the rest us. But all is not well in LALALA land
Finally someone who can speak and advocate on behalf of all the people of Savannah and newlands and is not a Political Karen looking out for their family members personal and business interest . Please tell us who your Campaign manager is YaYa ?
I am the candidate police and I approve this candidate ✅
Everybody and their granny running.
Lets go Ms D. lets get some outdoor work out facilities at the park. and provide a walking track
Which park? The one on private land? Do you know who happens to own it?
Heather
Lol yeah Heather you’re cooked now, the people of Savannah finally have someone who is not mute or afraid to speak up. Wayne, Andre & co.. take notice.
Yes she will stand up for all that’s wrong and embarrassing like she does in the pageants. Get a life.
André, Dan: Gentlemen, please discuss the many pros (and few cons) of forming a synergy. Nothing against Ms. Heather, but we need candidates for the 21st Century. We need candidates who will pay attention to civil servants and use their common sense. Enough egos. Enough wasting public funds. Do we really need a $100 high school? What happened to the many motions that have been approved over the years? What happened to the Yolande Forde report and Vision 2008?
Well done Donna Mae you can’t possible be as bad as this false pretender we got up here sitting on her family legacy throne.
Well done? Miss Cayman fiascos? You can’t trust your daughters to her supervision and you going trust Cayman to her???? How arrogant.
What are her thoughts on an alliance with Mac?
McBeater is smiling all the way to the bank!!!
Sounds a bit touchy feely.
Kiss mi neck back.
At this stage, would it not be easier to run profiles on those who are not running?
Its about time we get rid of the most two faced most scornful crump cake doing absolutely nothing for Savannah Newlands we badly need a change of nepotism politics You got my vote!