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An inconclusive election result has left the major political groups scrambling to form a coalition that can lead the country. caymancompass.com/2025/05/01…

Independents will be kingmakers after inconclusive election result

An inconclusive election result has left the major political groups scrambling to form a coalition that can lead the country.

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Loud screams and cheers of ‘Jordan, Jordan, Jordan’ echoed through the halls of the Youth Services Unit Intergenerational Hub in George Town on Sunday as Caymanian swimmer Jordan Crooks cemented his name in the history books. caymancompass.com/2024/12/15…

Cayman celebrates as Crooks dominates World Championships

Loud screams and cheers of 'Jordan, Jordan, Jordan' echoed through the halls as Caymanian swimmer Jordan Crooks cemented his name in the history books.

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Dart’s footprint in the wider Caribbean got bigger on Friday, with the announcement the group has purchased a second luxury resort in Anguilla. caymancompass.com/2024/12/06…

Dart acquires second hotel in Anguilla

Dart’s footprint in the wider Caribbean got bigger, with the announcement the group has purchased a second luxury resort in Anguilla.

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New Deputy Premier Kenneth Bryan said that “the government remains stable and there is no cause for alarm” in his keynote speech at the Cayman Islands Chambers of Commerce Annual Parliamentary Luncheon on Thursday. caymancompass.com/2024/11/15…

New Deputy Premier Bryan says 'no cause for alarm' in Chamber speech

New Deputy Premier Kenneth Bryan said that "the government remains stable and there is no cause for alarm" in his keynote speech at the Cayman Islands Chambers of Commerce Annual Parliamentary...

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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. caymancompass.com/2024/11/14…

'Toxic' environment forced rebel MPs out, packed meeting told

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. 

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Boatswain’s Bay connects to Cayman’s pirate past, and a vast treasure could still be out there, perhaps buried somewhere in West Bay. caymancompass.com/2024/11/14…

Pillage, murder and treasure: The story of pirate Captain John Evans

Boatswain’s Bay connects to Cayman’s pirate past, and a vast treasure could still be out there, perhaps buried somewhere in West Bay.

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From tariffs to crypto and climate, the incoming Trump administration could bring fresh challenges and opportunities to Cayman’s shores. caymancompass.com/2024/11/14…

What could the new Trump administration mean for the Cayman Islands?

From tariffs to crypto and climate, the incoming Trump administration could bring fresh challenges and opportunities to Cayman’s shores.

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Government has announced a proposed means of financing the cost of beach renourishment, as the urgency, scale and ramifications of the beach erosion crisis were centre stage on Wednesday at the Cayman Islands Tourism Association AGM. caymancompass.com/2024/11/14…

Tourism minister calls beach erosion an 'environmental and economic emergency'

Government has announced a proposed means of financing the cost of beach renourishment, as the urgency, scale and ramifications of the beach erosion crisis were centre stage on Wednesday at the...

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Cayman’s public spending is out of control and failing to deliver value for money, according to an analysis by Compass contributor Simon Cawdery. caymancompass.com/2024/11/13…

Analysis: Is public spending in Cayman out of control?

Cayman’s public spending is out of control and failing to deliver value for money, according to an analysis by Compass contributor Simon Cawdery.

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Evacuation flights under way from Little Cayman caymancompass.com/2024/11/07…

Evacuation flights under way from Little Cayman

With the reopening of the Edward Bodden Airfield on Little Cayman, visitors on the island are being evacuated via Cayman Brac.

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Little Cayman was left reeling after the passage of Hurricane Rafael, which sank boats, downed power lines and trees, and left the roads of the island covered in sand and debris. caymancompass.com/2024/11/06…

Little Cayman faces clean up and recovery after Rafael's destructive passage

Little Cayman was left reeling after the passage of Hurricane Rafael, which sank boats, downed power lines and trees, and left the roads of the island covered in sand and debris.

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Little Cayman and Cayman Brac are both without power as Rafael has strengthened into a hurricane. Torrential downpours and rough seas fuelled by the hurricane are battering both Sister Islands, as the hurricane makes landfall. caymancompass.com/2024/11/05…

Damage and debris but no casualties after Rafael hits Little Cayman

Damage assessments by emergency responders started early on Wednesday morning in the Sister Islands, following a direct hit on Little Cayman by Hurricane Rafael Tuesday night.

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A spring 2025 general election now seems likely after four breakaway MPs backed a move to ensure the diminished UPM coalition can continue as a minority government on a temporary basis. caymancompass.com/2024/11/05…

MPs back 'minority government' decision, call for early 2025 election

A spring 2025 general election seems likely after four breakaway MPs backed a move for the diminished UPM coalition to continue temporarily as a minority government.

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Tropical Storm Rafael is strengthening and its latest projected path puts it closer to the Sister Islands on Tuesday, forecasters have said. caymancompass.com/2024/11/05…

Tropical Storm Rafael shifts closer to Cayman Brac, Little Cayman

Tropical Storm Rafael is strengthening and its latest projected path puts it closer to the Sister Islands on Tuesday, forecasters have said.

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Cayman’s beleaguered coalition government can struggle on to the next general election after the opposition agreed not to stand in the way of a minority government running the territory on a short-term basis. caymancompass.com/2024/11/04…

Cayman headed for minority government until next election

The opposition has agreed to provide temporary, conditional support to allow the beleaguered coalition to continue as a minority government.

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With Tropical Storm Rafael expected to strengthen to a hurricane and bring 7-foot waves to the west side of Grand Cayman, condo owners along eroded sections of Seven Mile Beach were scrambling to fill sand bags and put up shutters on Monday. caymancompass.com/2024/11/04…

Seven Mile Beach residents begin to bag sand and secure shutters

Property owners put up shutters and filled sand bags to protect Seven Mile properties, where the sand has already eroded.

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Tropical Storm Rafael forms southeast of Grand Cayman caymancompass.com/2024/11/04…

Tropical Storm Rafael forms southeast of Grand Cayman

Tropical storm Rafael has formed about 395 miles south east of Grand Cayman and is expected to intensify into a hurricane on Tuesday.

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The future of Cayman’s government remained in limbo on Friday, even as Premier Juliana O’Connor-Connolly sought to reassure Cayman that “a constitutionally viable elected Government remains in place”. caymancompass.com/2024/11/01…

Premier insists government functioning as talks remain ongoing

The future of Cayman's government remained in limbo on Friday, even as Premier Juliana O'Connor-Connolly sought to give reassurances.

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The resignations of four government members leaves the Cayman Islands’ Parliament hopelessly divided. No individual or group now commands the loyalty of the majority, making it impossible to pass legislation or to govern effectively. So what happens now? caymancompass.com/2024/10/31…

After latest government collapse, what happens now?

The resignations of four key government members Thursday leaves the Cayman Islands' Parliament hopelessly divided.

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The Cayman Islands government is on the brink of collapse today after three Cabinet ministers and a parliamentary secretary quit, plunging Parliament into new chaos and leaving the ruling coalition without a working majority. caymancompass.com/2024/10/31…

Government in crisis as deputy premier and three MPs quit

The Cayman Islands government is on the brink of collapse today after three Cabinet ministers and a parliamentary secretary quit, plunging Parliament into new chaos and leaving the ruling coalition...

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