Norma Connolly

Cayman Islands

Managing Editor at Cayman Compass

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New MPs get straight to work in Parliament

1 week ago | caymancompass.com | Norma Connolly

A day after being sworn into office, Cayman’s new MPs on Wednesday got down to business by selecting members for parliamentary committees and delivering their post-election speeches of thanks. At that meeting, it was determined that opposition MPs will make up the majority of members of the Public Accounts Committee, the body that holds government accountable for how it spends its money.
André Ebanks elected premier following parliamentary ballot

1 week ago | caymancompass.com | Norma Connolly

In a surprise move, the head of Cayman’s new National Coalition For Caymanians coalition, André Ebanks, found himself being challenged Tuesday for the job of premier, when the People’s Progressive Movement nominated its own leader, Joey Hew, for the role. In a less surprising outcome, Ebanks was the victor after a secret ballot by the newly sworn-in members of government and opposition, which ended in a 11-8 vote.
As it happened: André Ebanks sworn in as premier after Parliament ballot

1 week ago | caymancompass.com | Norma Connolly

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Freedom declared: Emancipation Proclamation echoes through the ages

1 week ago | caymancompass.com | Norma Connolly

One hundred and ninety years ago, at Fort George on the harbourfront of George Town, British West India Regiment’s Captain Anthony Pack, with Lord Sligo standing nearby, read out the Emancipation Proclamation that declared Cayman’s slaves free. On Monday this week, at Fort George, to mark Emancipation Day in the Cayman Islands, on the very spot where Pack made that proclamation, with the help of the modern technologies of speakers and microphones, that same declaration was again read aloud.
Government to be sworn in today, with Miller nominated as speaker

1 week ago | caymancompass.com | Norma Connolly

Cayman’s National Coalition For Caymanians government-elect will be sworn in this afternoon, with former North Side MP Ezzard Miller being nominated as speaker. Led by André Ebanks, the 11 politicians will officially take their seats for the first time as NCFC government members in the House of Parliament, and will be sworn in by Governor Jane Owen in a ceremony that is slated to start at 2pm.
Emancipation Proclamation to be enacted at Fort George

2 weeks ago | caymancompass.com | Norma Connolly

On 3 May 1834, the Emancipation Proclamation, announcing that all slaves in Cayman were free, was read out by Captain Anthony Pack of the British West Indian Regiment. On Monday – 190 years later – that moment will be reenacted at the historical fort. Actors from the Cayman Drama Society at Prospect Playhouse will stage the reenactment as part of Emancipation Day celebration on Monday, which is public holiday.
Suspended sentence for 911 caller who threatened to hurt partner with machete

2 weeks ago | caymancompass.com | Norma Connolly

A man who called 911 threatening to hurt his partner with a machete was sentenced on Friday to a one-year prison term, which was suspended partly because the woman insisted she did not believe he intended to carry out his threat. Mark Kennedy Bush, 51, called a 911 operator on 10 Sept. last year, saying he planned to injure the woman, who is the mother of his children, with a machete, at their home in West Bay.
PPM's Hew calls new coalition government 'marriage of convenience'

2 weeks ago | caymancompass.com | Norma Connolly

The People’s Progressive Movement leader Joey Hew says the formation of a new coalition government consisting of two rival parties and independents does not reflect “the will of the people”.
International observers visit polling stations

2 weeks ago | caymancompass.com | Norma Connolly

International observers from the UK’s Commonwealth Parliamentary Association made their way to polling stations across Cayman Wednesday to monitor the islands’ voting process. The nine-strong team, sent on behalf of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association British Islands and Mediterranean Region, were invited by Governor Jane Owen.
The dos and don'ts on Election Day

2 weeks ago | caymancompass.com | Norma Connolly

If you’re hoping to grab a selfie of yourself while casting your ballot today, you’ll have to wait till you’re back outside the polling station. No cellphones — or any other device capable of recording or taking photographs — inside polling stations is one of a number of rules that the Elections Office staff will be enforcing on 30 April.