After months of campaigning, it all comes down to the wire next Wednesday, Election Day. It marks the end of a season when voters have had to sort out the wheat from the chaff, propaganda from heartfelt convictions and calculated malevolence from sincere opinion based on empirical evidence and experiential precedent. ...

For over a decade now, there has been a movement among Caribbean media, and in particular, the Association of Caribbean Media Workers (ACM) to repeal criminal defamation laws in the Caribbean. ...

Fifty-six candidates are running in the upcoming general elections and with only 18 seats available, it means that 38 stand no chance of holding elected office this time around. ...

The churches in the Cayman Islands have recently come under harsh criticism for accepting monies under the government’s Nation Building Fund. ...

Police Commissioner David Baines got his hands into electoral politics on Friday, 5 April, when he said that he will rely on opposing political camps to file complaints of voter bribery and then investigate and prosecute. ...

The freedom to express one’s opinions and ideas, regardless of any medium used, is a recognised human right under Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. ...

On 27 March, 58 candidates were nominated to contest the 18 seats up for grabs Legislative Assembly. We are now officially in campaign season and the next several weeks up to 22 May will see how the various races unfold. Already this week, one candidate has been disqualified from running by virtue of holding the passport of another country. So the race continues with 57, at least for the time being and shou ...

Every candidate is promising some kind of utopia that will be miraculously attained once he or she gets into office. ...

The Coalition for Cayman has published results of a survey, which indicates that voters are favouring independent candidates endorsed by the group. ...

The Information Commissioner, Mrs Jennifer Dilbert and her staff, have been generally conscientious in their efforts to ensure that the Freedom of Information Law is carried out in an effective manner and that the public’s access to information is rightfully upheld. ...