Bodden, Heather

Incumbent MP Heather Bodden went head-to-head with veteran broadcaster Donna Bush on Tuesday night, as both candidates made their pitch to constituents for the Savannah seat.

Former deputy premier André Ebanks will lead a new political group – the Caymanian Community Party – into the next general election.

Four MPs who resigned from government launched a blistering attack on the administration on Wednesday night, blasting a “toxic” and “sexist” Cabinet that failed to act as a cohesive entity. 

Division over the handling of a number of key policy priorities including the National Conservation Act, beach erosion, the Cayman Brac high school project and the landfill deal contributed to the collapse of the UPM coalition this week, the Compass understands.

Cabinet has granted permission for a channel to be cut through part of a protected marine reserve in the North Sound to create a marine access route for a canal-front subdivision owned by the family of Newlands MP Heather Bodden.

McKeeva Bush is back in an official government role and formally part of Juliana O'Connor-Connolly's new United People's Movement administration after being appointed as one of three new parliamentary secretaries this week.