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Cayman Islands: Push for people’s port referendum
From Facebook Opponents of plans for new cruise piers in George Town harbor will begin collecting signatures Saturday in the hope of triggering a referendum on the controversial project. Cayman’s constitution allows for a “people initiated referendum” on any topic…
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The Editor Speaks: It only takes only one bad apple
I mentioned in passing in my Editorial yesterday concerning the petty crimes executed by teens that targeted the tourists on our beautiful beaches. Our tourism industry is booming and the CaymanKind advertising campaign has proved to be a winner. We…
Clamor for Independence grows in British Caribbean Territories as UK advances restrictive sanctions, Anti-Money Laundering Bill
From teleSUR “People realize the days of being dictated to by England need to come to an end,” said Thomas Christopher Famous, an MP from Bermuda. Discontent is growing across a number of British overseas territories in the Caribbean, with…
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Hundreds of sharks and fish discovered tangled in ‘ghost net’ drifting across Caribbean Sea
By Tom Embury-Dennis From Independent UK ‘I jumped in the water first and was shocked at what I saw. It took my breath away’ Hundreds of dead fish and sharks have been discovered by divers tangled in a huge, abandoned…
Cayman Islands Court result in burglar case – quote from Supt.
From RCIPS As you know, we do not usually put out releases on court results, however, I wanted to just drop you a note regarding a good result in court yesterday in the case of John Schirn, the man who…
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Futile attempts to cull green iguanas in Grand Cayman, population surpasses one million
From Jamaica Observer GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands (CMC) — Environmental officials have warned that efforts to curb the population of invasive green iguanas on Grand Cayman have been futile. According to environmentalists, there are now more than a million invasive…
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Cayman Islands sculptor detained, later charged with obscenity
From FREEMUSE Defending Artistic Freedom Sculptor Ronald “Foots” Kynes, based on Cayman Brac, was charged on 16 October 2017 under section 157 of the Penal Code for “displaying an obscene object for public exhibition and intending to corrupt morals”, related…
Statement by Cayman Islands Deputy Governor [re Compass story]
From The Office of the Cayman Islands Deputy Governor Overnight, an erroneous story concerning Chief Officer Gloria McField-Nixon appeared online and in print in the Cayman Compass. Whilst efforts have been made to remove this misinformation from public circulation, murmurs…
Director of Cayman Islands Public Prosecutions hits back at Cayman Compass Editorial
Re: Editorial in Cayman Compass 11th September 2017* We write with reference to the editorial in the Cayman Compass of 11th September 2017. We do not appear to have received a single inquiry from the Cayman Compass in relation to…
The Editor Speaks: Waide has gone but not quietly
For just over eight years Waide DaCosta has been Chairman of the Caymanian Status and Permanent Residency Board. Now DaCosta has gone and according to him it was his decision to resign. In a Press Release issued on 8th September…
