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Compass News – 22 April 2026
Commissioner of Police, Kurt Walton, says public disorder and low-level crimes contributed to the 13% increase in crime from 2024 to 2025. This data is highlighted in the most recent RCIPS statistics report.
Four firefighters remain on site as authorities work to fully extinguish the George Town landfill fire, while two colleagues remain hospitalised. Health Minister Katherine Ebanks-Wilks says the cause is still under investigation, and a dedicated landfill meeting is planned.
Alfredo Whittaker, president of the Cayman Islands Football Association, is in talks with the Cayman Islands government to donate the current turf at the association’s Centre of Excellence.
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Government is preparing legislation that would give Cabinet the power to make recycling mandatory as it continues to grapple with the fire and environmental threat from the dump.
Speaking at a West Bay community meeting on Monday 20 April, Sustainability Minister Katherine Ebanks-Wilks acknowledged that better infrastructure was needed around recycling, both to manage the fire threat and reduce the amount of waste going into landfill.
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