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Veteran news broadcaster hits hustings with PPM

Veteran news broadcaster hits hustings with PPM

| 27/02/2025 | 41 Comments

(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 […]

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Frankenstein’s monster of Caymanian politics

Frankenstein’s monster of Caymanian politics

| 26/02/2025 | 32 Comments

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.

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Tenth PPM candidate will run in George Town West

Tenth PPM candidate will run in George Town West

| 26/02/2025 | 17 Comments

(CNS): Pearlina McGaw-Lumsden has been unveiled as the Progressives’ tenth candidate as the clock counts down to the party conference this week. Another newcomer to the party but no stranger to the campaign trail, she will be battling it out for the PPM in George Town West, the seat held by David Wight, a long-time […]

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Seymour officially joins PPM on election hustings

Seymour officially joins PPM on election hustings

| 25/02/2025 | 42 Comments

(CNS): Cayman’s worst kept political secret was finally confirmed on Tuesday when the People’s Progressive Movement (PPM) officially announced that Dwayne “John-John” Seymour has joined the party and will contest the upcoming election under the PPM banner. Seymour campaigned on the same platform as the PPM in 2021 but did not sign up for the […]

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Lindsay seeking team committed to environment

Lindsay seeking team committed to environment

| 25/02/2025 | 49 Comments

(CNS): Alric Lindsay, a financial services executive, has thrown his hat in the political ring again in a third attempt to take the seat of George Town South, which is now open. Once again, Lindsay is campaigning as an independent but is open to aligning with a party or group if he can be convinced […]

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Scott sues Cayman Brac vlogger for defamation

Scott sues Cayman Brac vlogger for defamation

| 24/02/2025 | 31 Comments

(CNS): Dan Scott, the leader of the Cayman Islands National Party and candidate for Cayman Brac East, has filed a suit against Brac resident and local vlogger Kerry Tibbetts-Whittaker over at least seven social media posts and vlogs about him that the would-be premier claims were defamatory. In an affidavit, Scott outlined allegations that Tibbetts-Whittaker […]

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Bryan confirms he will run on Progressives ticket

Bryan confirms he will run on Progressives ticket

| 24/02/2025 | 79 Comments

(CNS): After several weeks courting Deputy Premier Kenneth Bryan, the incumbent for George Town Central, the Progressives have announced that he has returned to the party where he started his political career but then successfully ran for office twice as an independent candidate. The PPM made the announcement on social media as Bryan appeared on […]

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PPM loses candidate as clock ticks on Nomination Day

PPM loses candidate as clock ticks on Nomination Day

| 20/02/2025 | 17 Comments

(CNS): The Progressives party has lost one of the new candidates it was hoping to field on Election Day. With just eleven days to go before Nomination Day, when all candidates must declare their intention to run, Josh Parsons is stepping away from the political fray, leaving the party with just seven candidates.

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Poll: Who should be the next premier?

Poll: Who should be the next premier?

| 19/02/2025 | 91 Comments

(CNS): There are three political parties competing for power in the upcoming elections, and each party wants to see their leader as the next premier. But unless one of the parties ends up with a strong majority of ten, consisting of their own MPs and close associates, a coalition government at the end of the […]

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TCCP carries flag for women in politics with new candidate

TCCP carries flag for women in politics with new candidate

| 18/02/2025 | 36 Comments

(CNS): With two new candidates on their platform, The Cayman Community Party is now fielding five women from a slate of nine candidates, the most of any political party at this point. Natasha Whitelocke and Robert Bodden have announced their intention to run for office on the TCCP ticket in Red Bay and Bodden Town […]

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