Premier Wayne Panton has vowed to bring legislation dealing with sexual harassment to parliament within the next year.

Over the past month, the Cayman Compass has shone a light on the issue of sexual harassment in these islands.

Cayman has a responsibility to create a safer society for young people coming into the working world, argues Compass guest columnist Aleigha General.

A review of some of the key conclusions and ideas coming out of the Compass' Issues series on education and opportunity in Cayman, from the perspective of those it impacts most – the students themselves.

More than a decade after high-school graduation, we tracked down the Class of 2008 to find out where they are now and what the struggles and successes of one class can tell us about how the system works - or doesn't - for young people trying to make their way in modern Cayman.

As part of our feature series on education and opportunity we spoke to several graduates of the Class of 2008 to find out where they are now and the struggles and successes they had experienced in the years since high-school. These are their stories.

From the cargo port and the landfill to the airport and the energy grid, Cayman has outgrown its infrastructure and is facing a bill that could run to billions of dollars to catch up.

In the first of our six-part series on key election issues, we look at what the main contenders for government are promising on traffic and transport.

The Compass takes an in-depth look at some of the issues surrounding the planned extension of the East-West Arterial Highway and its likely impact on traffic, the environment and development.

Times are changing Not satisfied with a background role, women in today’s maritime industry are stepping forward and upward. Their impact - in shore-based and seagoing roles including female seafarers, captains of mega-ships, CEOs of shipping companies, and maritime lawyers, to name but a few - is thankfully becoming increasingly hard to ignore.

To those Caymanians who are dismayed by the possibility of a dying heritage, recognise, without apology, that you are already emotionally attached to your ancestors, and so you do not need to live as they did to safeguard your past – your past has already been lived and thus felt on your behalf.

Off island, Cayman maintains a strong reputation in the shipbuilding business. In particular, Cayman has risen as a recognised and reliable jurisdiction for managing yacht construction, overseeing 43% of new builds in the superyacht business

An occasional menace in summers past, sargassum swamped Cayman’s beaches in such volumes this year, the problem became impossible to ignore.

The large floating mats of algae provide shelter for juvenile fish, eels and sea turtles. Flying fish lay their eggs amid this tangled mass. A vast cast of eclectic critters, like the thumbnail-sized sargassum frog fish, live their entire lives within the weed.

At sea, sargassum provides vital shelter for a variety of species. Young turtle hatchlings even hitch rides on these floating mats, as they venture into the open ocean. But when the algae comes ashore in significant quantities, this beneficial relationship is betrayed.

Under six months out from the general election a handful of key issues, including population growth, cruise tourism and rising rents, are emerging as hot-button topics for the nascent political parties and teams. 

Cayman is facing a brain drain of some of its brightest young talent because of lack of opportunities and the high cost of living on the islands.

Cayman’s government has decided it is sensible to research something called ‘Gross Domestic Happiness’, but they don't do the very basics of statistical reporting well enough right now.

As global leaders gather in Belém, Brazil, for COP30, the Cayman Islands is asserting its role as a regional environmental leader.

The Compass takes a look at some of the most pressing issues a development plan - and a co-ordinated package of policies to support it - could help resolve.

Newly published data predicts that the Cayman Islands will lose 32 square kilometres of coastal land due to climate change-induced sea-level rise before the end of the century.

Handel Whittaker is one of the most recognisable faces on Seven Mile Beach. After nearly two decades as the proprietor of Calico Jack’s and...

As the manager of the Cayman Islands’ most luxurious resort, Marc Langevin has a vested interest in the future of the island’s tourism product. Amid an ongoing debate about tourism growth, the general manager of The Ritz-Carlton, Grand Cayman is keen to see the island retain its reputation as a safe, high-quality destination.

Cayman's tourism industry is thriving. But amid the debate over if and how to develop the island's port facilities, some are wondering, if the growth in visitors is sustainable and what the impact of rising visitation might mean for the island over the coming decades.

What started as an informal dump site in the 1960s has now become a protagonist in day-to-day life in Cayman. The Compass compiled a short history of waste management in Grand Cayman to explain how the island got to this point.

Bahamas Prime Minister Hubert Minnis describes Hurricane Dorian as a watershed moment for the Commonwealth nation. There is The Bahamas that existed before September 2019, and the nation now, fully aware of its vulnerability to climate change as a developing island state.

During the Caribbean Travel Marketplace in Nassau, Bahamas, the Cayman Compass caught up with Minister of Tourism Moses Kirkconnell to discuss climate-resilient tourism in the Caribbean region, cruise tourism and the benefits of regional collaboration.