Raymond Hainey

Bermuda

Assistant News Editor at The Royal Gazette

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Cayman's Catholics welcome first American pope

6 days ago | caymancompass.com | Raymond Hainey

Cayman’s Catholics on Thursday joined the faithful around the world to welcome the first American pope — the 267th occupant of the throne of St. Peter. Cardinal Robert Prevost, 69, originally from Chicago, was announced as the new leader of 1.4 billion Catholics worldwide from a balcony overlooking a packed St. Peter’s Square at 12:15pm Cayman time. He will take the name Leo XIV — the 14th pontiff to bear the name.
Cayman best Overseas Territory on beneficial ownership register

6 days ago | caymancompass.com | Raymond Hainey

Cayman is the only major UK Overseas Territory offshore financial centre to have an open register of beneficial ownership up and running by the April deadline, a UK watchdog has reported. Transparency International UK said Bermuda, the British Virgin Islands, Turks and Caicos and Anguilla had all failed to keep a promise made last year to have legislation on their books to provide better access to ownership information by last month.
Cayman contribution to VE Day to be marked with beacon

1 week ago | caymancompass.com | Raymond Hainey

Cayman and the British West Indies’ contribution to victory in Europe in World War II will be remembered at Thursday’s commemoration of Victory in Europe Day. The country will light a beacon, one of more than 200 around the world, to mark the 80th anniversary of the 8 May celebration of the surrender of Nazi Germany in 1945, at a ceremony organised by the Cayman Islands Veterans Association and Celebrate Cayman.
Cayman Westminster parliamentary group up and running again

1 week ago | caymancompass.com | Raymond Hainey

Westminster’s cross-party group for the Cayman Islands has restarted after a gap of a year, the government’s London office confirmed on Wednesday. The All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG), designed to foster good relations between the UK Parliament and Cayman, was dissolved when a UK general election was called last May, but did not restart when the new Labour government took office in July.
Election candidate rules 'arguably unreasonable', observers say

1 week ago | caymancompass.com | Raymond Hainey

The restrictions on who can stand for Parliament are “significant and arguably unreasonable”, a Commonwealth Parliamentary Association observer mission said on Friday. The election observer team, from the association’s British Islands and Mediterranean Region section, highlighted the requirement for candidates to be resident in Cayman for at least seven years before nomination day, with no absence longer than 400 days during that time.
George Town cafe reopens doors with fresh approach

1 week ago | caymancompass.com | Raymond Hainey

A new restaurant in Cayman hopes to have the recipe for success with a menu based on simple and fresh ingredients. Mohan Manivannan, who runs downtown George Town’s Fresh Up Cafe, said he had trained as a chemical engineer, but had always loved mixing it up in the kitchen. He worked for several years at the Paperman’s chain of coffee houses, recently as a team leader, before he struck out on his own. Indian-born Manivannan said, “It was always my ambition to have my own business.
Dockworkers sue Port Authority for millions of dollars in unpaid wages

1 week ago | caymancompass.com | Raymond Hainey

More than 50 dockworkers have joined forces to sue the Port Authority of the Cayman Islands over what they say is at least $4.5 million in unpaid wages dating back eight years. The disgruntled workers, who all work, or worked, on the nightshift at the islands’ ports, lodged a writ with the courts on 24 April – with a deadline of 14 days for the authority to settle or declare an intention to contest the claim.
Ebanks unveils roadmap at rally - and signals group's new name

1 week ago | caymancompass.com | Raymond Hainey

Soon-to-be premier André Ebanks said his first priority is to get “a handle on the country’s finances” so his new government can prepare for its first budget. He added the mix of his The Caymanian Community Party (TCCP), the Cayman Islands National Party (CINP) and a clutch of independents had taken “significant steps” in forming a government in a short time. And he insisted the ruling group – to be known as the National Coalition for Caymanians (NCFC) – would stay the course.
Domestic election observers: No 'systematic' vote buying

1 week ago | caymancompass.com | Raymond Hainey

A team of domestic election observers said on Friday they found no evidence of “systematic” vote buying – but said that incidents of “treating” were logged.
Scott retains major role in CINP as Rutty leads parliamentary party

1 week ago | caymancompass.com | Raymond Hainey

Dan Scott will remain chairman of the Cayman Islands National Party despite his loss to Juliana O’Connor-Connolly in Cayman Brac East. Scott will continue to form an integral part of the party as Gary ‘Peanut’ Rutty, CINP’s winning-candidate in George Town South, becomes deputy premier under André Ebanks, the leader of The Caymanian Community Party. Scott sent a clear signal he would still play a major role in the direction of the party he founded a few months ago.