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Life’s storybook cover

We are approaching some very memorable days on ‘life’s storybook cover’ as Scottish singer Isla Grant’s beautiful song puts it. Unfortunately for many of us there is nothing beautiful about the first two on the cover. It will be ten…

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Secrets, theories and gossip

How hard is it to keep a secret? Are you one of these people who simply have to tell a friend you have a secret; that you will only divulge this secret to them if they promise on the Holy…

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The Editor speaks: Miami advice

My recent trip to Miami exposed the differences in police presence compared to here in the Cayman Islands. Whether the method the Dade County Police Dept. adopts produces better statistics than the RCIPS I do not know, as I am…

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It is time to act!

It was only a matter of time until the scum of our society would brazenly go into one of the popular restaurants here frequented by residents and, more alarmingly, tourists. Now they have gotten away with it, we can expect…

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Crime problem escalates to new level

The robbery at Casanova by the Sea takes the current crime problem to a whole new level. Stick-ups at jerk chicken stands, gas stations and shops late at night are bad enough but the impact on the economy as a…

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Another Acquittal

This is a very sad day for the RCIPS, the family of the late 4-year-old Jeremiah Barnes and the Cayman Islands. The record of the RCIPS for finding and bringing suspects of high profile crimes to the Court has not…

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Teen crime

It was with some relief when I received the news; the RCIPS had made an arrest in connection with the attempted murder of Kemar Golding on 29th June at the Jerk Stand by the Prospect Playhouse, Red Bay. It was…

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The Editor Speaks : “No” to everything?

There comes a time when saying “No” to everything is a formula for disaster. If one says “No, because we have a better plan” then I am ready to listen. We are in a recession. The country is broke. If…

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Robberies, stabbings, shootings over the weekend

With my headline it could be New York or Chicago. Sadly, it was here in the beautiful Cayman Islands. Fortunately, no lives were lost but they could have been. They were all terrifying events for the hapless victims. Congratulations to…

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Can both the Auditor Generals be wrong?

Colin Wilson When I first arrived on these Islands thirty years ago the office of the Auditor General of the Cayman Islands was rarely, if at all, in the news. On the official Government website the office is described as:…