The Editor Speaks: Is the National Conservation Bill going to the dump?
After the Progressives (PPM) government getting a 10 out of 10 assessment for being the first Cayman government to recognise the need for a National Conservation Bill and passing one, even though a very much watered down version from the…
The Editor Speaks: Sickening increases to CINICO’s members who actually pay for health insurance
We all know costs have increased and one can expect everyone has to pay more. It is by just how much more. When the Cayman Islands government, without any warning, can shove an increase of over 120% to some of…
The Editor Speaks: Cuban migrants not winning any friends with escape ploy
The 30 or so Cuban migrants who are here detained at the Immigration Detention Centre have said their break out was a ploy to bring attention to their grievances at their incarceration. All they have done is to make me…
The Editor Speaks: When is a whistleblower a snitch?
I have already done an Editorial on “The persecution of whistleblowers” see iNews Cayman November 14 2013 at: http://www.ieyenews.com/wordpress/the-editor-speaks-the-persecution-of-whistleblowers/ In that Editorial I stated: “Here in Cayman we don’t have too many Whistleblowers but we do have our activists who…
The Editor Speaks: It is not unfair, it is stupid
When one takes a test there is always somewhere to study from. There is always a list of prescribed reading that a student has to ‘swat’ up from. Where can you find the answer to these questions? Which institution in…
The Editor Speaks: It happens……..
It happens in a lot of families. I suspect most of us have had a family member – distant or close – that has fallen foul of the law. It is terribly sad when it happens and I feel particularly…
CEC: “We initially thought we would close companies in three months”
Part 4 This is the concluding part of the interview I had last month with Charlie Kirkconnell, Chief Executive Officer, and Hilary McKenzie-Cahill, Vice President of Marketing at Cayman Enterprise City (CEC). Hilary McKenzie-Cahill took over most of the final…
The Editor Speaks: Is Miller leaving it too late….?
“Strike while the iron is hot” is a well-known saying and means, “act while you have the chance to”. In other words do something immediately while there is time. The British Prime Minister, Harold Wilson (no relation), back in 1960…
The Editor Speaks: Why is St Patrick the most popular of Saints?
If you ask someone to name a Saint and his day of celebration, if anyone can answer correctly that is, persons will probably say St. Patrick (or St Paddy) and name correctly March 17th. If that person you ask happens…
Joshua project says only 140 British living in Cayman!!
According to the website Joshua Project there are only 140 “British” persons living in the Cayman Islands – see attachment. Joshua Project is a non-profit Christian ministry focused on gathering and distributing information about the world’s least-reached ethnic people groups….
