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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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Saunders won’t join but willing to work with PPM

Saunders won’t join but willing to work with PPM

| 14/02/2025 | 26 Comments

(CNS): Chris Saunders (BTW) has said he will not be joining the PPM, but out of the three political parties running in the upcoming general election, they are the group he is most inclined to back. He claimed the party has a “social conscience”, despite his past criticisms of the Progressives for the excessive concessions […]

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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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Sir Alden warns ‘inexperience invites disaster’

Sir Alden warns ‘inexperience invites disaster’

| 07/02/2025 | 22 Comments

(CNS): After 25 years representing the people of George Town and Red Bay, Speaker Sir Alden McLaughlin said Thursday that he was leaving politics satisfied he had finally achieved the last element of Cayman’s constitutional reform, referring to a motion to modernise Standing Orders (the rule book governing parliamentary procedures and conventions) that was supported […]

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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 unveils proposed candidate for Prospect

PPM unveils proposed candidate for Prospect

| 30/01/2025 | 1 Comment

(CNS): Crystal Gomez Wilson has been earmarked by the People’s Progressive Movement (PPM) to contest the seat in Prospect currently held by former health minister Sabrina Turner, who will be running for re-election with The Cayman Community Party. Michael Myles, a local trades educator, has also declared he will be running for the Prospect constituency […]

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