Election News
(CNS): Romellia Welcome, a well-known grassroots community activist, has declared her candidacy for George Town North as an independent, taking on PPM Leader Joey Hew. Welcome, who announced her candidacy on Nomination Day, has ensured that Hew will not be automatically elected to GTN. She said that if elected, her priorities would be the environment, […]
(CNS): Well-known radio host Sterling Dwayne Ebanks, who has been hosting the lunchtime phone-in show, Talk Today, on Radio Cayman for many years, has thrown his hat into the political ring to go up against André Ebanks in a head-to-head race for the Cayman Islands constituency with the largest number of voters. Sterling Ebanks announced […]
(CNS): Patricia Bryan, who had announced that she intended to run for office in the constituency of George Town West, pulled out of the race on Sunday ahead of Nomination Day. Bryan, whose brother, Kenneth, is the incumbent PPM candidate for George Town Central, had planned to run as an independent. However, she said she […]
(CNS): Shakeina Sade Bush has declared as an independent candidate for West Bay North in next month’s general election. The daughter of Bernie Bush announced her intention to fight for her dad’s seat on social media at the weekend. In a press release issued Monday, the former public servant, who served on the Central Planning […]
(CNS): Juliana O’Connor-Connolly, the premier in the outgoing government, has finally confirmed that she is not retiring and has answered the “call of her people” to run for office yet again, having rejoined the PPM fold. Party Chair Sir Alden McLaughlin announced her return to the hustings at the Progressives’ conference Saturday night, saying that […]
(CNS): Dan Scott, the leader of the CINP and candidate for Cayman Brac East, has said it is very important to protect free speech. As he left the courthouse on Friday after another hearing in his lawsuit against local vlogger Kerry Tibbetts-Whittaker, he told CNS that people can be insulting or mean about him but […]
(CNS): Raul Gonzalez Jr has announced his intention to make another bid for elected office as an independent candidate in the constituency of Newlands, where he will be going up against the incumbent, Wayne Panton (TCCP), and Alva Suckoo (PPM). This will be Gonzalez’ third time campaigning for the seat. In both of his previous […]
(CNS): Anthony Ramoon, a former national footballer, is stepping down from his job at the Cayman Islands Monetary Authority, where he has worked for almost two decades, to campaign for office in George Town Central with The Cayman Community Party (TCCP). Ramoon, a native of the capital, will be going up against incumbent Kenneth Bryan, […]
(CNS): Dwayne “John-John” Seymour has joined the call for Premier Juliana O’Connor-Connolly not to retire from politics but to contest her Cayman Brac East seat one more time. Appearing on Radio Cayman on Wednesday, he said that her experience was needed – echoing the same sentiment that Kenneth Bryan expressed a few days ago.
(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 […]
The case for a national vote for Cabinet leaders
James E. Whittaker writes: One of the most common complaints among the voting populace in the Cayman Islands is the continual lack of positive outcomes on the key issues facing the country: the cost of living, affordable housing, energy, healthcare, education and more. Many of us believe the root cause of this is because our […]
Haven’t we had a referendum on cruise berthing before?
Michelle Lockwood, CPR Cayman, writes: You may be wondering: Why are we having a referendum now? Wasn’t this already decided? The short answer is no. CPR Cayman began a petition for a people-initiated referendum in the summer of 2018. Our petition asked: “Should the cruise berthing facility, a matter of national importance, be decided solely […]
To anyone bashing their MP for going AWOL the past four years
Change writes: Every constituency has the same issue when their MP becomes a minister. It is not that they stop caring about their area, but Cabinet members have no choice but to tackle issues at national level, and that takes budget, meetings, reports, travel, conference calls, sitting with lawyers to streamline bills and laws — all […]
Experienced incumbents vs. patriotic candidates
Cayman Sentinel writes: For decades, Caymanian politics has been dominated by the idea that experience is the most valuable asset a candidate can have. Career politicians tell us that because they have been in office before, they are the only ones qualified to lead. They argue that without their knowledge of government operations, the country […]
Repackaged political convenience
Michael Myles writes: As a citizen of my beloved Cayman Islands, I write this with a deep sense of frustration and disgust at how low and dishonest our political landscape has become. On 1 March, I witnessed politics at its worst — a spectacle of hypocrisy disguised as leadership. The chairman of the PPM stood […]
Cascabel 73 writes: There are a few realities that escape voters in our beloved islands. One: No candidate, even if they become a minister, can “change” anything by simply dictating it. In reality, ministers are very limited in what they can do. Even the bills (future laws) they bring are put together by lawyers who do […]
Frankenstein’s monster of Caymanian politics
Unbought Caymanian writes: It’s official — Cayman’s political merry-go-round has taken yet another spin, and we’re right back where we started. The Progressives (PPM), once seen as a somewhat steady hand, have now thrown caution, credibility, and any remaining standards out the window.
Independents, parties and campaign donors
Political Watchdog writes: Yesterday we watched a political telenovela unfold with the second premier and fourth deputy premier walking into parliament. And some people want to blame this on “independents”. Keen observers of Caymanian politics will know this isn’t about being independent or with a party. It’s about the character of the people running and […]
Ideas and oratory versus ‘fridgocracy’
Lite Poll: About 2,500 years ago, the Ancient Greeks developed a radical system of government in which all male citizens voted on the important decisions for their city state. (Slaves and women were not invited.) As democracy progressed, persuasive public speaking became an intrinsic part of politics as men learned, studied and practised the art […]
Same election cliche but new reasons
Charles Clifford writes: Voters are rightly concerned about our 2025 general election. Every four years, we repeat the cliche that “this is the most important election in our history”. That cliche was true for specific reasons in the past, for example, during our post-Hurricane Ivan recovery and again during the COVID-19 pandemic recovery. Read the […]
