Tag: Joey Hew

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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PPM veteran member standing in Sir Alden’s seat

PPM veteran member standing in Sir Alden’s seat

| 12/02/2025 | 10 Comments

(CNS): The PPM has finally confirmed that Roy Tatum will be the party’s candidate for Red Bay in April, succeeding six-term MP and former premier Sir Alden McLaughlin. Tatum, a long-time member of the Progressives who has been working behind the scenes for many years to help shape party policy, will be stepping into the […]

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Hew urges Bryan to join Progressives in 2025 campaign

Hew urges Bryan to join Progressives in 2025 campaign

| 10/02/2025 | 37 Comments

(CNS): PPM Leader Joey Hew made an unequivocal entreaty to Kenneth Bryan on Friday to join the Progressives team. Bryan, who began his political career with the party, has been very complimentary about its members in recent weeks, dropping heavy hints about joining forces, but he has not confirmed either way his intentions for 2025. […]

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Former 2x NS ‘indie’ candidate takes up team PPM jersey

Former 2x NS ‘indie’ candidate takes up team PPM jersey

| 09/02/2025 | 5 Comments

(CNS): The Progressives have formally announced that Justin Ebanks will be wearing their team colours when he makes his third bid for election in his home district of North Side in April. Ebanks ran as an independent candidate in the constituency in 2017, when he received 12.63% of the vote, and in 2021, when he […]

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Referendum bill passes 13-5 after PPM backs UPM

Referendum bill passes 13-5 after PPM backs UPM

| 06/02/2025 | 35 Comments

(CNS): Tourism Minister Kenneth Bryan successfully steered through the bill for a government referendum to take place on Election Day, 30 April, after he secured the support of the official opposition. All five members of the Progressives and independent opposition MP Chris Saunders voted ‘yes’, while all five members of TCCP gave the bill a […]

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Suckoo returns to PPM for another bid for Newlands

Suckoo returns to PPM for another bid for Newlands

| 05/02/2025 | 29 Comments

(CNS): Alva Suckoo, the deputy leader of the opposition during the 2017-2021 parliament, has returned to the PPM team as a full member as he makes another bid for the Newlands seat he lost to Wayne Panton in the 2021 election while running on the PPM’s Alliance platform as an independent. This time, Suckoo, who […]

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Conolly retires from GTS seat, passes torch to ‘Festa’

Conolly retires from GTS seat, passes torch to ‘Festa’

| 31/01/2025 | 5 Comments

(CNS): Barbara Conolly, the deputy leader of the opposition and long-time member of the People’s Progressive Movement (PPM), has confirmed she will not run for re-election in April and is retiring from frontline politics after two terms as the representative for George Town South. Conolly has endorsed Craig “Festa” Frederick, one of the Progressives’ new […]

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PPM to confirm candidate slate at national meeting

PPM to confirm candidate slate at national meeting

| 30/01/2025 | 0 Comments

(CNS): The People’s Progressive Movement (PPM) will hold its annual conference on 1 March, just two days before the official start of the 2025 General Election campaign on Nomination Day. The party plans to field a candidate in most of the 19 constituencies, which means there will be a number of new faces on the […]

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Hew: Voters need to know more about politics

Hew: Voters need to know more about politics

| 30/01/2025 | 0 Comments

(CNS): Joey Hew, the Progressives leader-in-waiting, has said that he and his party will make a concerted effort in the coming weeks to raise voters’ awareness of how government and politics work in the Cayman Islands. Hew said that a poll and round-table discussions commissioned by the party had revealed a lack of knowledge of […]

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