Topic: Commonwealth Parliamentary Association
Women in Cayman’s politics
Following the 2025 Cayman Islands general election, there was a call to increase the number of women in Parliament.
Ex-cons should be allowed to stand for Parliament, election observers say
The Commonwealth Parliamentary Association team said that time in jail affected the ability to contest elections as well as voting rights.
Election observers call for action to increase number of women in Parliament
Representation of women in Parliament still lags behind, despite Cayman's international commitment to combat gender discrimination.
Reduced voting hours recommended by domestic election observers
General election scrutineers from Cayman have called for a standing election observation mission to be set up to ensure polling is above board.
Election candidate rules ‘arguably unreasonable’, observers say
The restrictions on who can stand for Parliament are "significant and arguably unreasonable", a Commonwealth Parliamentary Association observer mission said on Friday.
International observers visit polling stations
International observers from the UK's Commonwealth Parliamentary Association made their way to polling stations across Cayman Wednesday to monitor the islands' voting process.
Election observer team chief denies group lacks bite
The head of a team of general election observers from the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association on Tuesday denied the team was a toothless tiger.
Report on Cayman’s Parliament finds gaps in transparency, independence
A new report looking into Cayman's Parliamentary effectiveness has found several challenges to its success as a legislature ranging from transparency issues to the absence of a code for members' conduct and perceived hinderances to its independence.
Parliament undergoing assessment to see if it meets democratic standards
Assessors from the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association are this week carrying out an exercise to determine if the Cayman Islands Parliament meets the recommended standards for democratic legislatures.
Bush calls for ‘better balance’ on population growth
The Cayman Islands needs to find a ‘better balance’ between economic success fuelled by population growth and the values and wellbeing of its people, former Premier McKeeva Bush told global political leaders at the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association in Ghana this week.
Cayman’s ‘opaque’ election campaign financing rules flagged
The 'Election Expert Mission' from the British Islands and the Mediterranean Region has identified the lack of transparency in election campaign financing as one of the key areas for growth highlighted by their report, made public on Friday.
Miller to speak at Jamaica’s post-election seminar
North Side lawmaker Ezzard Miller is set to speak on Wednesday to new and veteran Jamaican legislators as part of that country's post-election seminar.
Speaker Bush addresses youth roadshow in Trinidad
Cayman’s Speaker of the House McKeeva Bush last week was the guest speaker at a roadshow to highlight parliamentary issues with young people in Trinidad.
Opposition members attend Commonwealth conference
Opposition Leader Arden McLean and MLAs Christopher Saunders and Kenneth Bryan will be attending the 44th annual conference of the Caribbean Americas and Atlantic region of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association, which begins 15 July in Trinidad.
Clerk from Isle of Man seconded to Cayman
The Cayman Islands Public Accounts Committee has a new clerk from the Isle of Man on a 10-day secondment which started this week.
Speaker Bush attends meeting in London for Royal Commonwealth Society
Speaker of the House McKeeva Bush is representing the Cayman Islands branch of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association this week during the 150th meeting of The Royal Commonwealth Society in London.
As tensions with UK mount, Commonwealth mulls tighter alliance
With constant threats of blacklists, gray lists and other financial sanctions, the Cayman Islands and other British Overseas Territories have a long-standing contentious relationship with international bodies such as the European Union and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
Discontent grows in overseas territories over British rule
Voices of discontent over British rule are growing louder across the U.K.’s overseas territories in the wake of the controversial decision to mandate public beneficial ownership registries.
Caribbean community discovers Cayman’s heritage
Delegates from the Caribbean community discovered Cayman’s cultural heritage on display at Nurse Josie’s Heritage House in Bodden Town Thursday.
EDITORIAL – Cayman’s success depends on growth and diversity
It is good that Premier McLaughlin has correctly recognized the increasingly cosmopolitan makeup of our growing society, and the growing diversity among the Caymanian half of our population.
Premier: Caymanian population grows by 70% in 20 years
The number of Caymanians living here has increased by 70 percent within the past two decades, with the majority of those being “new” Caymanians, Premier Alden McLaughlin told a Commonwealth Parliamentary Association conference Tuesday.
