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7 weeks from election, still no party manifestos

7 weeks from election, still no party manifestos

| 14/03/2025 | 7 Comments

(CNS): It’s less than seven weeks until the 2025 General Election, but none of the three parties hoping to secure a majority government on 30 April have produced a manifesto. Despite calls from the voting public for these documents, the CINP, the TCCP and the PPM have all failed to produce details of their policies […]

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EE challengers fail to seize chance to call out minister

EE challengers fail to seize chance to call out minister

| 14/03/2025 | 21 Comments

(CNS): The four candidates challenging incumbent MP Isaac Rankine for his East End seat failed to capitalise on the opportunity to call him out during the first of the Chamber of Commerce’s candidate forums. The candidates all said they planned to solve an array of problems, but Rankine, the current home affairs minister who has […]

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Local observers needed to watch over election

Local observers needed to watch over election

| 14/03/2025 | 1 Comment

(CNS): Governor Jane Owen has issued a call for anyone interested in serving as a domestic observer for the 2025 General Election and Referendum to apply to her office as soon as possible. The Cayman Islands began the practice of deploying local teams to observe the national votes in 2009. These domestic teams work separately from […]

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Candidate forum debates kick off in East End

Candidate forum debates kick off in East End

| 13/03/2025 | 6 Comments

(CNS): The five candidates contesting the geographically largest constituency in the Cayman Islands but with the fewest registered voters on Grand Cayman will be kicking off the Chamber of Commerce’s series of candidate election forums tonight. Incumbent Isaac Rankine (IND), Delmira Bodden (PPM), Roydell Carter (IND), John McLean Jr (IND) and Gueva Richards (CINP) are […]

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CINP switches focus to tough West Bay battles

CINP switches focus to tough West Bay battles

| 12/03/2025 | 19 Comments

(CNS): Following the Cayman Islands National Party’s early focus on the Sister Islands, where party leader Dan Scott is hoping to oust the premier from her CBE seat, the CINP has switched its focus to West Bay as the campaign gets underway in earnest. On Tuesday night, following a successful meeting at the weekend for […]

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PPM wins just one seat in ‘dream’ gov’t straw poll

PPM wins just one seat in ‘dream’ gov’t straw poll

| 12/03/2025 | 42 Comments

(CNS): One week and more than 30,000 votes later, CNS readers have chosen a dream government that includes only one member of the Progressives. In our latest online straw poll, which offered readers the opportunity to choose their favourite candidates in all 19 constituencies, Roy McTaggart was the only member of the PPM who found […]

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‘I’ll give it my best shot’ premier tells PPM supporters

‘I’ll give it my best shot’ premier tells PPM supporters

| 11/03/2025 | 50 Comments

(CNS): The outgoing premier of the Cayman Islands, who had previously said she would not contest this upcoming election, promised the Progressives party faithful on Saturday night that she would “give it my best shot” after reconsidering her retirement last week. Crediting God’s plan and securing her mother’s blessing to run one more time, Juliana […]

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82 ballots dispatched overseas ahead of election

82 ballots dispatched overseas ahead of election

| 11/03/2025 | 4 Comments

(CNS): The Elections Office issued 121 ballots yesterday for the upcoming 2025 General Election and Referendum. Of those, 82 postal ballots were dispatched overseas via DHL, ensuring that Caymanians currently working or studying abroad have the opportunity to participate in the vote on 30 April as well as the referendum on cruise berthing, a national […]

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Election officials confirm CPA observer mission

Election officials confirm CPA observer mission

| 11/03/2025 | 6 Comments

(CNS): The Commonwealth Parliamentary Association will be sending a group of election observers to the Cayman Islands to join our local teams to observe both the referendum and the general election on 30 April. The Elections Office told CNS that there will be both international and domestic observers watching the vote again this cycle.

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First postal ballots dispatched as campaign gets underway

First postal ballots dispatched as campaign gets underway

| 10/03/2025 | 1 Comment

(CNS): With Nomination Day done and dusted and 58 candidates lining up to fight for a seat in parliament next month, the Elections Office is going full steam ahead and has begun sending out postal ballots to voters who are already registered on the Official Register of Electors and are living off-island.

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