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Daybreak – 2 May 2025
Get your morning started with us as we dive into the top stories making headlines in this week’s Compass during our Paper Preview.
I’ll be highlighting what’s hot and happening for the weekend — events you won’t want to miss! Plus, Mina is stepping behind the bar to shake up some easy Cinco de Mayo cocktails.
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Cayman Compass
Caymanian women make historic election gains
With women winning 26% of the seats in Wednesday’s general elections, the Cayman Islands has surged past the Anglophone Caribbean average of 22% female political representation, according to data from the Inter-Parliamentary Union.
While it’s not the first time women have secured more than a quarter of Cayman’s 19 constituency seats, this election marks a significant moment for women in the nation’s political history.
Here’s why.
Five female candidates — Katherine Ebanks-Wilks, Heather Bodden, Juliana O’Connor-Connolly, Pearlina McGaw-Lumsden, and Julie Hunter — captured 30% of the popular vote, earning 5,481 of the 18,539 ballots cast in this year’s election.
