(CNS): The leader of the People’s Progressive Movement, Joey Hew, has said that if his party wins the election, it will fix the fiscal problems revealed in the Pre-Election Economic and Financial Update (PREFU), which was published recently. However, his party now includes three of the five current Cabinet members who voted for additional spending […]
(CNS): André Ebanks (TCCP) and Dan Scott (CINP) did not waste time on attacking each other at the Chamber Party Leaders Debate on Thursday but aimed their political ammunition at Joey Hew (PPM) when they met on a public stage for the first time in this election campaign. During a historic head-to-head between the three […]
(CNS): The PPM will introduce a $9 minimum wage, linked to inflation for future rises, if the party forms the government on 1 May, according to the party’s manifesto. The commitment is 25 cents higher than what was recommended by the Minimum Wage Advisory Committee over a year ago. However, the MWAC’s recommendation was rejected […]
(CNS): Romellia Welcome, who is challenging PPM leader and would-be premier Joey Hew, pointed out that as the representative of George Town North, he’s had twelve years to put things right. But the empty promises made were all forgotten after the election, she said at the Chamber of Commerce Candidate Forum on Monday.
(CNS): Romellia Welcome, who is challenging PPM leader and would-be premier Joey Hew in George Town North, has accused the government of waiting until the month before the elections to fix roads in the constituency that are “in a deplorable condition”. Welcome said she has been lobbying for this work for “months and months”, and […]
(CNS): At The Cayman Community Party’s official campaign launch on Saturday night, party leader André Ebanks hit out at the special interest groups that he says have been influencing governments over the last few decades. He warned that the new lineup of Progressives, which includes three members of the UPM Cabinet, are under the influence […]
(CNS): Progressives (PPM) Leader Joey Hew, The Cayman Community Party (TCCP) Leader André Ebanks, and Cayman Islands National Party (CINP) Leader Dan Scott have swung into battle to try to secure ten seats on 30 April and become the Cayman Islands’ next premier. Any party with ten MPs would be a majority in the House […]
(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): 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): 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.
Buzzwords aren’t budgets: it’s time for truth in Cayman politics
Caymanian for Accountability writes: As a concerned Caymanian, I write not in anger but in deep frustration. We are being sold dreams without price tags, promises without plans, and slogans without accountability. In April 2025, the Cayman Islands Government is forecast to run a CI$26.2 million deficit. Next year, the deficit climbs to CI$44 million. […]
Weaker candidates should step aside for a clearer victory
Cayman Sentinel writes: In democratic elections, competition is healthy. It fosters debate, challenges the status quo, and offers voters a diverse array of choices. However, when an election is cluttered with too many candidates in a single constituency, the result is often not a fairer fight but a fractured electorate. The simple reality is that the […]
Why younger candidates deserve a seat at the table
Cayman Sentinel writes: In every election cycle, the call for fresh leadership echoes across the political landscape. Voters express frustration with stagnation, with decisions that seem out of touch with modern realities, and with representatives whose tenure spans decades. Yet, when young candidates step forward — eager, passionate, and determined to make a difference — their […]
Creating a better future through better politics in Cayman
Michael Myles writes: Caymanians deserve honest, solutions-driven leadership, not more of the same political games. I understand that in politics, criticism is inevitable. I expected the usual personal attacks, dishonesty, exaggerations, and political interference, especially from paid social media pages and their surrogates, some of whom hide behind anonymous accounts while profiting from the division […]
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 […]
