Topic: George Town
Cancer run and walk is now in all islands
The Cayman Islands Stride Against Cancer’s first nationwide run and walk is on this weekend.
Heroes Day to mark national pride
A group of local people will be wearing their commitment to Cayman on their chests from next week.
Island All Stars burn up Roti crew, Mystical Youth still magical
Local dominoes is marching ahead this year.
Moncrieffe pitching sluggers to take swings at fast throws
Locals can soon take aim for the fences.
Harvey will reel in fish lovers
Guy Harvey hopes to get anglers hooked on marine conservation efforts.
Online Poll: The smell of an environmental menace
It may be cutely nicknamed, but the George Town Landfill is far from beautiful to Cayman senses.
Heroes Day road closures
A number of roads will be closed for Heroes Day events in downtown George Town over the long weekend.
Burglars hit GT businesses
Burglars broke into three commercial properties in the Eastern Avenue and Shedden Road area of George Town in the early hours of Wednesday.
Cops arrest three for burglary after chase
Police make quick arrests after three burglars flee a Red Bay home.
CUC helps footballers light up
Academy Sports Club is busy on the pitch.
Giving a hand to the Auditor General
The stars may finally be starting to align in Auditor General Alastair Swarbrick's favor.
Little League cleanup
It’s almost time to play ball and the Young Men’s Christian Association is assisting the Cayman Islands Little League Association by recruiting volunteers to complete a few facility projects just in time for the upcoming season.
St. Ignatius to take on Cayman Prep in primary finals
Supporters of the beautiful game were treated to a youth football spectacle on Saturday as the semi-finals in the CUC Primary Football League took centre stage at the TE McField Annex Field.
Referendum costs not accounted for
A review of spending on the 2012 “One man, one vote” referendum has revealed that a number of expenses could not be verified or documented.
Cuban man escapes detention center
Update: A Cuban national who escaped from the Immigration Detention Centre near
Fairbanks Prison is back in custody after turning himself in Monday
night.
A reminder of a national challenge
In today’s Caymanian Compass, we are distributing a poster of the George
Town landfill fire that ignited on Dec. 20, 2013. The fire sent plumes
of noxious black smoke across much of our downtown capital on a busy
holiday tourism day.
Remembrance service for missing woman
A remembrance service will be held on Friday to mark three years since missing mother-of-five Anna Evans was last seen by colleagues and family.
Cayman learns CONCACAF lessons
At a glance, it is easy to brush off Cayman’s performance at the 2014 CONCACAF Women’s Under-20 championship as disappointing.
Waste to energy: An overdue reality check
Waste to energy may be a technological marvel, but it's not a miracle cure for the George Town landfill.
Little League pitches 25th year
Cayman’s young sluggers can now storm the diamond.
Arrest in ATM mugging
Police arrested a suspect Thursday in connection with an armed robbery of an ATM customer in George Town.
Racers plot course
Local racers are gearing up for 2014.
Injured workman sues power company
A former Caribbean Utilities Company worker who suffered severe injuries in an explosion at the company’s George Town power plant is suing for damages.
East End slams on
Dominoes makes its return for the New Year.
Consider waste management sites in each district
Writer suggests creating multiple facilities after shutting down the George Town dump.
Companies get racy to eradicate polio
Companies got creative with their bed designs, one of which featured a James Bond theme.
Courts to tackle case backlog
The number and variety of cases dealt with by Cayman's courts require more court space and personnel.
Trash talk from Bodden Town
The George Town dump is an island-wide problem requiring an island-wide solution that does not favor one district, including Bodden Town, over another.
Lawyer seeks suicide verdict in wife’s death
A lawyer whose estranged wife was found hanged is bringing legal proceedings against the Cayman Islands coroner for implying that he killed her and is seeking a new order declaring the death a suicide.
Stride Against Cancer goes nationwide
Walkers and runners taking to the roads of the Cayman Islands for Stride Against Cancer’s first nationwide run next week can dedicate their efforts to someone special this year.
Coalition responds to Compass editorial
We take issue with several assertions made in the Jan. 10 Compass
editorial. The editor again peddles the Dart plan as a “modern, lined
landfill” — and offered for “free” — while insisting on a “new facility
that eliminates the possibility of a new Mount Trashmore emerging in the
future.”
Driver in fatal crash charged
Police on Tuesday charged the driver of a vehicle involved in a two-car crash in which 21-year-old Zak Quappe was killed in May last year.
Developer seeks road extension
Developers behind a proposed $360 million golf course and vacation home development have offered to partner with government to build a 10-mile extension to the East-West Arterial road as part of the project.
Injured robbery suspect in court
A suspect arrested in connection with the New Year's Day robbery of Diamonds International jewelry store was brought to court in an ambulance Tuesday to face firearm and robbery charges.
Primary kids are in semis now
With the fourth round of the 2013/14 CUC Primary Football League playoffs completed over the weekend, several schools sealed a place in the semi-finals scheduled for this Saturday.
Carnival interested in dock partnership
One of Carnival’s top executives has dismissed a floating pier concept for Grand Cayman as “pie in the sky” and urged government to move ahead with a long term solution by building two permanent cruise piers in George Town harbor.
Officer in blackmail probe found dead
A man whose body was found in a secluded spot in East End on Sunday was a police officer who had been arrested for blackmail.
The poisoning of North Sound
The single greatest threat to Cayman's natural environment isn't development. It's the dump.
Commissioner welcomes probe into his actions
Police commissioner David Baines’ daring intervention in a New Year’s Day diamond heist is the subject of an internal investigation.
Car slams into truck
A motorist was injured when he lost control of his car on a wet road surface in Bodden Town Thursday morning.
It takes a country to raze a landfill
Fixing the George Town landfill necessitates a coordinated effort that includes all elected members, not just those who occupy Cabinet seats.
Online Poll Cayman gears up for New Year’s resolutions
The majority of people who participated in the latest online poll agreed that, on the whole, New Year's resolutions are a good thing.
Swindon Town and Houston Dynamo set for action here
Youth football is reaching unprecedented levels in the Cayman Islands and a new tournament next month will ensure that standards are raised by the visit of two professional teams.
Firm sought for environmental assessment of cruise berthing
The government is seeking to hire a firm to conduct an environmental assessment in relation to a proposed cruise ship berthing facility in George Town.
Government: Cayman tires must hit the road
Government has issued a tender to get rid of used tires at landfills in the Cayman Islands.
Positive signs for Cayman real estate in New Year
Broker foresees sales, especially in the two-bedroom, under US$1 million segment, taking off this year.
Weather frustrates local vendors
The weather front affecting the Cayman Islands has kept cruise ships at bay and impacted tourist-related businesses.
As the poisons continue to spew…
When we talk about the dump, we're talking first about the health of Grand Cayman's human population.
Seven vehicles damaged in high-speed chase
A high-speed chase on the roads of George Town led to multiple vehicles being damaged before the suspect was apprehended.
Floating dock offers eco-friendly pier solution
A newly developed floating pier, pioneered in Norway, has been put forward as a potential solution to the economic and environmental challenges of building cruise berthing facilities in Grand Cayman.
Delayed bulk waste pickups continuing through January
The Department of Environmental Health's annual bulk waste pickup has been delayed due to mechanical issues with its trucks.
Christmas tree recycling available
If you bought a natural Christmas tree last year, you can drop it off to have it recycled into free mulch.
Driver smashes airport fence
A local driver smashed into the airport perimeter fence of Owen Roberts International Airport over the weekend.
Government’s audit advice often ignored
Government could be taking unneccesary risks by ignoring its internal auditors.
Jewelry heist suspects in court
Christopher Julian Myles, 32, and James Herbert McLean, 22, appeared in Summary Court on Monday afternoon charged with robbing the Diamonds International jewelry store on New Year's Day.
Uninsured driver damaged five cars
An unqualified, uninsured teenager pleaded guilty Friday to dangerous driving after an incident at The Strand shopping center on Dec. 28 left five cars damaged.
Mortgage defaults remain high
Demand notices published by banks in the Cayman Islands Gazettes show that more people are finding it harder to make their mortgage payments.
New detention center scheduled to open in February
The holding cells in the West Bay and George Town police stations will soon be replaced by a brand new 24-bed detention center.
Food vendors sought for Heroes Day
Vendors have until Friday, Jan. 10, to bid for supplying food and beverages at this year’s National Heroes Day celebration.
Deaths cause dip in voter numbers
There are fewer registered voters in the Cayman Islands today than seven and a half months ago when these islands held a general election.
Fisher is reaching her ref goals
Football refereeing standards in the Cayman Islands are respected around the Caribbean and that was confirmed with the appointment of a local female to officiate at the Algarve Cup in Portugal in a couple of months.
Police baffled by lack of evidence in search for missing man
Marine Police met late Thursday to plan how to proceed in their search for a 65-year-old Canadian cruise-ship passenger, reported missing on Tuesday morning from the Independence of the Seas.
Robbery suspects in court ‘early next week’
Two of four robbery suspects were charged Friday in relation to the New Year's Day armed holdup at the Diamonds International jewelry store in George Town.
Two injured in new year accidents
Two people are in hospital following two separate serious motor vehicle accidents in the early hours of New Year’s Day.
Dogs poisoned on Christmas Day
At least four dogs were poisoned over the festive period, including two which had to be put down on Christmas day.
Our trio change English fortunes
Three Caymanians will be storming English courts in 2014 on a high.
Diamonds International Store robbed at gunpoint; Baines intercepts suspects
With the personal intervention of Police Commissioner David Baines at 8 a.m. on New Year’s Day, police halted a three-man armed robbery at North Church Street’s Diamond’s International Watch and Design.
Where we stand on taking a stand
We at the Caymanian Compass are especially buoyed by the New Year’s messages of our Premier, the Hon. Alden McLaughlin, and our Opposition Leader, the Hon. McKeeva Bush, both striking a note of comity and willingness to work together for the good of the country.
Cayman welcomes 2014 baby
The first baby born on New Year's Day was a boy. Baby Smith arrived at 10 a.m. Wednesday to parents Vanda and Mark Smith.
Premier, opposition agree on need for unity
The Cayman Islands political parties start off the year at least partly in agreement.
As the calendar turns to a Cayman New Year
As the year 2013 winds down, we look forward to our country's ambitions and actions in 2014.
Immigration tribunal appeals crowd courts
A number of immigration-related appeals are starting to show up in the Cayman Islands Grand Court.
