An inconclusive election result has left the major political groups scrambling to form a coalition that can lead the country.

Loud screams and cheers of ‘Jordan, Jordan, Jordan’ echoed through the halls of the Youth Services Unit Intergenerational Hub in George Town on Sunday as Caymanian swimmer Jordan Crooks cemented his name in the history books.

Dart’s footprint in the wider Caribbean got bigger on Friday, with the announcement the group has purchased a second luxury resort in Anguilla.

New Deputy Premier Kenneth Bryan said that “the government remains stable and there is no cause for alarm” in his keynote speech at the Cayman Islands Chambers of Commerce Annual Parliamentary Luncheon on Thursday.

Four MPs who resigned from government launched a blistering attack on the administration on Wednesday night, blasting a “toxic” and “sexist” Cabinet that failed to act as a cohesive entity.

Boatswain’s Bay connects to Cayman’s pirate past, and a vast treasure could still be out there, perhaps buried somewhere in West Bay.

From tariffs to crypto and climate, the incoming Trump administration could bring fresh challenges and opportunities to Cayman’s shores.

Government has announced a proposed means of financing the cost of beach renourishment, as the urgency, scale and ramifications of the beach erosion crisis were centre stage on Wednesday at the Cayman Islands Tourism Association AGM.

Cayman’s public spending is out of control and failing to deliver value for money, according to an analysis by Compass contributor Simon Cawdery.

Evacuation flights under way from Little Cayman

Little Cayman was left reeling after the passage of Hurricane Rafael, which sank boats, downed power lines and trees, and left the roads of the island covered in sand and debris.

Little Cayman and Cayman Brac are both without power as Rafael has strengthened into a hurricane. Torrential downpours and rough seas fuelled by the hurricane are battering both Sister Islands, as the hurricane makes landfall.

A spring 2025 general election now seems likely after four breakaway MPs backed a move to ensure the diminished UPM coalition can continue as a minority government on a temporary basis.

Tropical Storm Rafael is strengthening and its latest projected path puts it closer to the Sister Islands on Tuesday, forecasters have said.

Cayman’s beleaguered coalition government can struggle on to the next general election after the opposition agreed not to stand in the way of a minority government running the territory on a short-term basis.

With Tropical Storm Rafael expected to strengthen to a hurricane and bring 7-foot waves to the west side of Grand Cayman, condo owners along eroded sections of Seven Mile Beach were scrambling to fill sand bags and put up shutters on Monday.

Tropical Storm Rafael forms southeast of Grand Cayman

The future of Cayman’s government remained in limbo on Friday, even as Premier Juliana O’Connor-Connolly sought to reassure Cayman that “a constitutionally viable elected Government remains in place”.

The resignations of four government members leaves the Cayman Islands’ Parliament hopelessly divided. No individual or group now commands the loyalty of the majority, making it impossible to pass legislation or to govern effectively. So what happens now?.

The Cayman Islands government is on the brink of collapse today after three Cabinet ministers and a parliamentary secretary quit, plunging Parliament into new chaos and leaving the ruling coalition without a working majority.