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Compass News – 12 August 2025
Premier André Ebanks breaks down the country’s deficit and how his government is dealing with the numbers.
Plus, the community on Cayman Brac is calling on the public for donations to help build the island’s first ever oncology and dialysis centre.
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Cayman on alert as US escalates Caribbean drug operations
A US military strike on 2 Sept. that destroyed a small vessel that US officials said departed Venezuela and was carrying illegal narcotics, killing 11 aboard, has prompted questions from Caribbean governments while Cayman authorities say they are monitoring any knock-on effects for local waters.
Commander Robert Scotland, head of the Cayman Islands Coast Guard, said that the action, while not directed at the western Caribbean, “sends a very clear message to those entities who have been designated as narco-terrorists, and should serve as a strong deterrent to anyone who seeks to engage in the illicit trafficking of drugs and firearms within our region”.
He added that Cayman’s location for maritime traffic, “be it legitimate or illegitimate, into or out of the ‘Gulf,’ brings with it significant challenges, especially during times when maritime law enforcement actions may focus more heavily on any single known trafficking route”, within the Caribbean.
