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2 weeks ago | 
syncron.com | James Whittaker
Our team flew to sunny Palm Springs for the annual Field Service USA conference, where service leaders and solution providers mingled and shared ideas on the future of the industry. As always, the content and conversations reflected what’s top of mind for service organizations. This year, one theme stood out clearly: AI is no longer a buzzword or experiment—it’s becoming a practical tool that service teams want to use to solve real business problems.
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2 weeks ago | 
caymancompass.com | James Whittaker
André Ebanks is in line to be the next premier of the Cayman Islands at the head of a grand coalition bringing together two new political parties and three independent MPs, the Cayman Compass understands. The deal was confirmed by sources close to the negotiations just after 7pm Thursday. The line-up as we understand it is for The Caymanian Community Party leader Ebanks, 48, to be premier.
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2 weeks ago | 
caymancompass.com | James Whittaker
Cayman’s three political parties are making a final push to rally the faithful and persuade undecided voters ahead of Wednesday’s general election. The Cayman Islands National Party and The Caymanian Community Party staged campaign rallies in George Town Monday night. The Progressives will host their own rally Tuesday night in the final hours of the campaign period. All election banners and posters must come down before the polls open on Wednesday morning.
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2 weeks ago | 
caymancompass.com | James Whittaker
A cruise-berthing project, similar to the one proposed in 2019, would likely cost in excess of $300 million in up-front capital costs, according to analysis for the Compass. The actual cost, over 25 years, could be far higher if you include interest on any bank financing, associated infrastructure and the budget-blowing tendency of major projects, with some analysts predicting an overall expenditure closer to $700 million.
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3 weeks ago | 
caymancompass.com | James Whittaker
It’s before 6am on a weekday morning and the traffic is already backed up as far as Bodden Town. Parents squint at the blurred taillights blinking in the pre-dawn dark as sleepy-eyed school children doze in the back seat. At the side of the road, uniformed workers wait in hope, rather than expectation, for a mini-bus.
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3 weeks ago | 
caymancompass.com | James Whittaker
Former finance minister Roy McTaggart has dismissed suggestions that the People’s Progressive Movement is to blame for the state of the country’s finances and urged his rivals to accept responsibility and “take the heat”. Speaking to the Compass following a sobering pre-election financial forecast, McTaggart fired back at his political opponents, saying it defied logic to blame the opposition for the decisions of the government.
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3 weeks ago | 
caymancompass.com | James Whittaker
A cyclist was killed in an apparent hit-and-run collision in Bodden Town in the early hours of Easter Monday. The 39-year-old cyclist was struck by a blue Subaru Forrester just after 6am, close to Lake Destiny Drive. Police say the driver fled the scene before colliding with a parked car and crashing into the concrete wall of a neighbouring residence. “The driver then exited his vehicle and fled the second collision on foot,” according to a police press release.
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3 weeks ago | 
caymancompass.com | James Whittaker
Election day might be just over a week away, but for some Caymanians voting will be under way Tuesday. Anyone who registered for mobile voting will cast their ballots this week. The Elections Office is setting up mobile polling stations at districts across the islands over the next few days. For those confined to their homes through illness or disability, elections officials will visit them at their residence.
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1 month ago | 
caymancompass.com | James Whittaker
You can see it in the private jets lined up at the airport, in the adverts for multi-million-dollar penthouses and the stylish sailboats moored up at the yacht club. If you didn’t know it already, Cayman’s status as a hot spot for the super rich has been highlighted in a new report on global wealth migration. Henley and Partners indicates Cayman is currently home to 12 billionaires and 102 centi-millionaires – people with more than $100 million in personal wealth.
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1 month ago | 
caymancompass.com | James Whittaker
A landowner fighting government’s attempts to forcibly acquire his waterfront property in order to preserve a local fish market will have his day in court. Chris Johnson and his family company Shireoak Ltd have been granted leave to apply for judicial review of government’s compulsory purchase of the George Town property. That means a Grand Court judge has decided his case has enough merit to proceed and a civil hearing will be held to determine if government can compel him to sell the land.
