We have to applaud East End MLA, Arden McLean, for revealing the note the financial secretary, Kenneth Jefferson, gave the PPM Cabinet, who were in power on the eve of the election, stating that as of 31 March 2009 the country had a deficit of $18 million.  The document is dated 30th April, 2009 and [...]

Our lead story highlighting Cayman’s Auditor General’s latest report contains the phrase Government has “lack of sound financial practices”. That phrase sounds familiar doesn’t it? The words “sound financial practice” has been hammered home time and again not only by the present Auditor General, Alastair Swarbrick, but also by his predecessor, the much maligned Dan [...]

One must hand it to Independent MLA for North Side, Ezzard Miller. Whether one agrees with him or not, he is doing his job as a duly appointed representative of the people. He gives 100% of his time and energies and it is much to be admired. Nothing gets past him. He is like a [...]

Last Monday (2) was Constitution Day and I hope all of us celebrated the public holiday in style and/or relaxation. I also hope all of us have actually read our Constitution. If you haven’t, one of the best web sites that I have found is www.knowyourconstitution.ky/learning-centre. There you will find everything you want to know.
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I hope you all read The Honourable McKeeva Bush, OBE, JP Premier and Minister of Finance Tourism and Development’s complete and unabridged Reply To Budget Motion Debate 2012, we featured on the iNews Cayman front page over the weekend. If you haven’t, please do. There is nothing boring anywhere. Unfortunately, not all for the right [...]

The Chamber of Commerce’s response to Premier Hon. McKeeva’s message to the liquor licence holders that he was going to increase their government fees for doing business in the Cayman Islands met with a typical response.
“While it is acknowledged that these fees have not been increased for several years,” the Chamber said in a prepared [...]

“FOR HE HATH FOUNDED IT UPON THE SEAS AND ESTABLISHED IT UPON THE WATERS”
What a beautiful and fitting motto for us to adopt –
Living in Cayman up to the present has meant that God has given me the opportunity to live in a little 27 x 3.1/2 miles of pure paradise.
I was brought up in [...]

Despite being three years into his four year term of leader of government business, Cayman Islands Premier and Minister of Finance, Hon. McKeeva Bush, laid most of the blame for HIS failure of not being able to present a balanced budget to the Legislative Assembly (LA), “ABOVE ALL” to the previous government, the People’s Progressive [...]

Yes I know there is a new language out there eg. “LOL” (I used to think that meant ‘lots of love’) and BTW and even at my old age I have adapted to it.
iNews Cayman abbreviates  a lot in our news items but we at least state what the original means and most are really [...]