Chamber forum highlights

The Cayman Islands Chamber of Commerce hosted its flagship economic forum last week. With focuses on progressing the business community.

Among the attendees were senior government leaders, industry experts and Compass journalist James McKeigue who joined Kayal Karim at the newsdesk to recap the highlights from the event.

27 January 2026 | 00:03:11

Cayman Compass

Government to proceed with feral chicken cull

The Cayman Islands government is moving toward the launch of a feral chicken culling programme, following the country’s first-ever outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza late last year and growing concern about the role free-roaming birds could play in future disease transmission.

The move comes after the World Organisation for Animal Health declared Cayman free of avian flu, clearing the way for longer-term measures aimed at reducing risk rather than responding to an active outbreak.