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Conflicts emerge as horsetrading begins
(CNS): More than 18,500 Caymanian voters have had their say, but once again, the electorate won’t be deciding the next government. As the dust settles on election night, the results, while not entirely surprising, have failed to deliver a clear majority for any party. CNS understand that the 19 candidates were all in closed-door talks […]
PPM wins most seats but fails to secure a majority
(CNS): 3:00am. With the votes now counted and the results in, the only thing that is certain is that there are several new faces heading to parliament following the 2025 General Election. But still to be decided is who will be the next premier and which candidates will be sitting on the government front benches. […]
Polls close with lower than expected voter turn out
(CNS): The polling stations across the Cayman Islands closed promptly at 6pm on Wednesday after 18,836 voters (73.56% of the electorate) cast their ballots in the 2025 General Election and Referendum. This was a lower than expected turnout, despite an increase in postal and mobile ballots, the attraction of the referendum and an early morning […]
Vote trickles in after postal-mobile votes counted
(CNS): People who took advantage of postal and mobile voting have kicked off the national referendum results with an early spike for the ‘no’ vote on the cruise question but a thumbs up for decriminalising ganja and introducing a lottery. It was well after 9pm before the first results appeared on the election site, indicating […]
Polls open as voters head out to cast early vote
(CNS): The polls opened at 7am on Wednesday, the General Election and Referendum Day, and by 10:30am, more than 8,400 people, almost a third of all voters, had already cast their ballots, including postal and mobile votes. The Elections Office is expecting a good turnout for the election and referendum before the polls close at […]
Activists make final bid for ‘no’ to cruise pier
(CNS): After six years campaigning against a cruise dock in George Town, CPR Cayman and other activists are making an all-out final push to persuade voters that cruise berthing facilities will be a disaster for the country and there are many more ways of improving the cruise sector. At the weekend, activists held a solidarity […]
UPM Cabinet OKs destruction of critical marine habitat
(CNS) UPDATED: At a special meeting of the minority UPM Cabinet on 28 February, the five remaining ministers approved a coastal works permit to dredge 8,000 square feet of seagrass (turtle grass) on the edge of a marine protected area off Public Beach in East End, championed by Minister Isaac Rankine. The approval was given despite […]
OfReg rejects solar storage answer to firm power need
(CNS): In another blow for the future of green energy in Cayman, due to CUC’s licensing deal and its obligations to supply ‘firm’ rather than renewable energy, OfReg’s position on the power provider’s Certificate of Need will mean that it will be generating more, not less, electricity through fossil fuels over the coming years. With […]
Cyclist critical, driver arrested after another hit-and-run
(CNS): A 20-year-old woman from West Bay was arrested on Saturday evening in relation to a serious collision on Friday night in which a cyclist riding along South Church Street was struck by a vehicle that left the scene. The police said the cyclist was struck by a car at around 8:40pm near to Smith […]
Dozens of workers sue port for CI$2.9M missing pay
(CNS): The Port Authority of the Cayman Islands is being sued for almost $2.9 million by 55 former and current workers who say the government-owned facility has shortchanged them on past leave, vacation and overtime in breach of the labour law. According to court documents filed last week and published on the public register yesterday, […]
Worker’s CI$8.5M+ housing block opens on Brac
(CNS): The outgoing UPM government has opened an accommodation block on Cayman Brac to house construction workers, including expatriates. What started as a CI$8.5 million project but is understood to have cost more, was officially opened last month by Premier and District Administration Minister Juliana O’Connor-Connolly.
