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Elections 2025
Update 1am: Mixed feelings for Wayne Panton
In Newlands, Wayne Panton told reporter Shanda Gallego that he had slightly mixed feelings. While he had not been declared the Newlands winner yet, he said he was elated to be reelected but “obviously there are colleagues that I have that have lost their races”.
He said he was really glad that the country had responded well to the TCCP party and positions.
“We still have some [candidates] that are really outstanding and fingers crossed that they come in successfully as well,” he said.
He referred to the pre-election financial update for the balance of this year and 2026.
“There are lots of projects and infrastructure issues that we have to address,” he said. “But we first have to be in a position to ensure we are fiscally stable, that we are in control of our finances.”
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Cayman Compass
Cabinet approves $11.1M in extra spending in two meetings
Minutes just released by the Cabinet Office reveal that an extra $11.1 million in spending was approved by Cabinet in two separate meetings over the last few months before the general election.
At a special meeting of the Cabinet on Friday, 28 Feb., extra payments totalling $4,719,397.18 were approved in government spending across several departments including sports, communications and education, while a Cabinet meeting on Tuesday, 8 April approved an extra $6.4 million for education and Home Affairs.
This is in addition to the extra $7.7 million in government spending approved by Cabinet in its 20 March meeting, the minutes of which were released several weeks before the minutes of the 28 Feb. meeting.
