Topic: Osbourne Bodden
New Pines officially opens
The new Pines Retirement Home officially opened its doors Friday.
Cayman asked to assist neighbors
As the Cayman Islands prepares for a summer youth basketball tournament, facilities have re-emerged as an issue.
Heart Smart events to help arrest cardiovascular disease
The Cayman Heart Fund is getting ready to start a week-long attack on Cayman's number one killer - cardiovascular disease.
Anyone home in the House?
Of more interest to us than the 13 lawmakers who chose sides in the debate were the five members who were conspicuously absent from the vote.
'One man, one vote' divides coalition gov't
A wild finish to the 'one man, one vote' debate shows up a few splits in the coalition government.
Health City awaits patients
The doors of Health City Cayman Islands will open to its first patients next month.
Blake: US market is the future
A top local football figure believes the United States can enhance Cayman’s national sport.
Bodden Town hoping to knock out bad health among youth
The Cayman Islands Government and the CI Boxing Association are taking aim at Bodden Town residents.
Politics of rubbish: Where are the George Town MLAs?
As vocal, aggressive and effective as the Bodden Town
MLAs have been in defending their territory, the George Town MLAs have been
silent, passive and wholly ineffective in protecting their district.
Premier: 'We do not have a choice' on landfill
Premier Alden McLaughlin says government couldn't move any faster on the landfill issue if it wanted to.
Junked cars case goes to court
Piled up junked cars lined along dump road in George Town are a public nuisance, environmental health officials say.
The landfill: Why the smoke and mirrors?
Despite increasing calls for immediate action, government's response has been anything but urgent.
Chamber slams gov't landfill plan
The Cayman Islands Chamber of Commerce urges government to forego the committee stage and find a landfill solution now.
Chamber Council to Minister: Find GT dump fix by Sept. 30
Chamber president says fix Cayman's solid waste problem now, not later.
Blake welcomes others as hosts
One of Cayman’s top football figures wants more local entities involved at an organizational level.
Response to dump fire under review
The response to last week's inferno at the George Town landfill will come under review.
Gov't kicks $10K to Grasspiece
The Cayman Islands government continues to show its support for the national sport.
Dump burns for second day
Updated: Some closures were still in effect Friday as the fire at the George Town landfill raged on.
Again! Firefighters battle dump blaze
A plethora of failures revealed after the latest fire at the George Town landfill.
Dump review committee packed with civil servants
Government workers and political appointees pack the landfill project steering committee.
A committee? How about a SWAT team?
Hours before the dump burst into flames again, the government announced it was approaching the solid waste problem by, what else?, forming a committee.
Dump ignites again
The second large landfill fire within the past two months hits central George Town.
Sick and tired of tire talk
Instead of solving the problem, government is still wasting time trying to make money off the dump.
Surfers to take flight on kites
Kitesurfing is coming to the fore in local sports.
Murder-suicide in Bodden Town
A grim scene discovered at a remote home in Bodden Town Sunday morning.
Travers leads Cayman at Olympics
Cayman
residents watched the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics in Sochi,
Russia, on Friday with one specific interest: to see Dow Travers, the
country’s sole representative, flying the national flag with pride.
Cayman's other dumps
The George Town landfill isn't our country's only trash problem.
In Focus Cayman Arts Festival opens at Governor’s House
10th annual Cayman Arts Festival - Opening Night - at the Governor’s House
. Tag yourself in our photos!
On the landfill (And we quote): ‘@#%!’
A hallmark of well-planned cities is a grand entryway, an esplanade, that presents the best the community has to offer. Grand Cayman offers tourists the dump.
Tire tax not used for disposal
Government collects more than $1 million a year in environmental fees charged for importation of vehicles, tires and lead-acid batteries, but the money is not spent on disposal.
Government buys BT land for burials
Government starts work on new cemetery in Bodden Town.
Promises unkept: When politicians cross their fingers
Lately we've been hearing a lot about political promises, maybe too much.
Minister: Landfill will stay in GT
Government sets an outline for its George Town landfill remediation plans.
Junk metal shipped overseas
Thousands of tons of scrap metal from the George Town landfill site are being loaded on to barges to be shipped out of the Cayman Islands and sold overseas.
Landfill solutions: Is Cayman buyin’ — or just lookin’?
Cayman can not be considered a serious customer for a waste management solution until the government can show it has the means to pay.
Millions for communications — And ‘no comment’?
The government goes silent on the George Town Landfill.
Heroes Day celebrates cultural pioneers
More than 100 Caymanians were honored for their contributions to the Cayman Islands' cultural heritage at Monday's Heroes Day celebrations.
Remembrance service honors Anna Evans
A remembrance service was held Friday in honor of Anna Evans, who has been missing for three years.
Heroes Day to mark national pride
A group of local people will be wearing their commitment to Cayman on their chests from next week.
USA worked Mexico out easily
It all went according to script with the two best teams reaching the 2014 CONCACAF Women’s Under-20 final with defending champions USA retaining their crown against Mexico on Sunday.
Companies get racy to eradicate polio
Companies got creative with their bed designs, one of which featured a James Bond theme.
Bodden wants High Rock on track
Osbourne Bodden hopes to fuel a positive release for Cayman’s need for speed.
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.
Drivers closing in on grandiose race track at High Rock
After years of stalling, a racing authority will soon shift into gear.
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.
Government: Cayman tires must hit the road
Government has issued a tender to get rid of used tires at landfills in the Cayman Islands.
Garden party ushers culture into New Year
Webster's United Memorial Church welcomed in the New Year by celebrating Caymanian cultural traditions.
Court bans US businesswoman from Cayman trip
An American businesswoman charged with tax fraud has been told she cannot travel to the Cayman Islands to discuss a potential “waste to energy” business deal with politicians in the territory.
2013 Cayman news roundup
As 2014 draws to a close, the Compass reviews some of the key events and news stories of the Cayman Islands over the past 12 months.
Firefighters battled landfill blaze for nearly 20 hours
Putting out Friday's landfill blaze took serious efforts from the Cayman Islands Fire Service.
Gov’t: No change, no dump in BT
Government sticks to its original plan on the George Town landfill.
Bodden to Webb: We gave you plenty
Funding for an upcoming football tournament remains a lingering issue.
Stop feeding Cayman’s fire-breathing environmental monster
We despise the smell of irony in the morning. We suspect everyone else treated to lungsful of burning rubber Friday would agree.
Fiery nightmare at landfill
A huge landfill fire exposes a number of problems, both environmental and operational, at the George Town dump.
More have health insurance, but costs rise
More Cayman residents have improved health care coverage, but it has come at a cost.
Amended conservation bill passes with unanimous support
After 10 years of discussion under four separate governments, the National Conservation Bill finally passed into law on Friday, with unanimous support from politicians on all sides.
Lighthouse kids had a ball again
The Lighthouse School caters for students with special needs and FC International held its annual football camp for them in Prospect on Saturday.
Questions raised over Olympic ‘scholarships’
Two students were given ‘sports contracts’ of $28,000-a-year to train independently for the 2016 Olympics without any input from the Cayman Islands Olympic Committee or Ministry of Sports, an internal government investigation into the Young Nation Builder’s Scholarship Fund has revealed.
Little change in veteran MLA interests
We take a look at some interests of the elder statesmen in the Cayman Islands Legislative Assembly.
HIV cases creeping back up
There have been 15 new cases of HIV since January 2012.
Museum celebrates cultural memories
The Cayman Islands National Museum, celebrating its 22nd anniversary on Saturday, brought to life a host of cultural and historical memories.
Alden deserves props for trying
The local sports tourism industry got another boost from the staging of the SteppingStones North America and Caribbean Rugby Association sevens over the weekend.
Questions raised over work permit health exams
Controversy over a decision to limit the number of health care facilities that can provide HIV tests for work permit holders.
Rankin’s funds cut
Sports Minister Osbourne Bodden says it was a mistake that middle distance runner Jon Rankin’s name appeared in the 2013/14 Purchase Agreement as part of the Elite Athlete Program.
John Gray will court US stars
John Gray High School will have a key role in local basketball’s future.
Cayman’s goal is top three and World Cup qualifiers
Cayman’s best women footballers have been preparing for the biggest test of their young lives since the female program was initiated by Bernie Bush soon after Hurricane Ivan hit.
‘Killa’ goes on despite no elite funds
Charles “Killa” Whittaker steps into the ring again this weekend.
Weekend tradition by the sea
Bodden Town fish fry is growing in popularity.
Deep political divides on immigration bill
Fundamental changes to Cayman's immigration policies are approved in a split vote by lawmakers.
Baraud gets bold for Olympians
Funds for Olympic athletes will be raised with another fun-filled event this weekend.
Legislators hold line on police funding
Despite the efforts of some Members of the Legislative Assembly, the police budget is not increased.
