As Cayman takes a break for the Christmas holidays, amidst the mix of relaxation and celebration lurks the politics.
On Thursday, 4 December 2024, at a ceremony held at the Elections Office, Her Excellency the Governor, Mrs Jane Owen, formally issued the Writs of Election to the Returning Officers responsible for overseeing and conducting the 2025 General Election.
With a campaign slogan of ‘A New Direction for West Bay West’, former banker Julie Hunter has launched her candidacy for next year’s general election.
A common theme emerging from the two different accounts of life inside the governing United People’s Movement coalition, suggests that it was not united and in many instances ‘movement’ was in opposite directions.
The Elections Office is pleased to announce an extension of the voter registration deadline for the 2025 general election to 15 January 2025.
By the time of the next general election, Cayman could very well have a new political party contesting the polls - that’s if new plans outlined by veteran parliamentarian McKeeva Bush come to fruition.
Believe it or not, but believe it because it is so; Cayman is on the road to Election Campaign 2025.
“Yeah, absolutely!” That’s how Joey Hew the new leader-designate of the People’s Progressive Party (Progressives) frames his preparedness to take over the party after current leader Roy McTaggart recently announced that he was handing over the reins to his deputy.
The Commission for Standards in Public Life (CSPL) reminds all Persons in Public Life to submit their 2024 declarations to the Register of Interests by Tuesday, 30 July.
In an unexpected turn of events in an already eventful US presidential campaign, President Joe Biden suddenly announced on Sunday that he was pulling out of the race and won’t be seeking a second term.