The Editor Speaks: The cost of time wasting
The four West Bay women, Alice Mae Coe, Betty Ebanks, Annie Multon and Ezmie Smith lost not unsurprisingly their case when they challenged the closure of the West Bay Road. What was surprising to me was why Justice Alex Henderson…
The Editor Speaks: A road to somewhere but the route no one knows where
How is it possible to have a major arterial road gazetted without “any assessment to inform the optimal alignment of the road corridor with respect to transportation needs, impacts on established protected areas and the natural environment, or any other…
The Editor Speaks: Even with a ‘good spin’ the crime statistics are dreadful
The spin was working overtime in the latest commentary from the Royal Cayman Islands Police Service (RCIPS) that was included with the 2013 crime statistics to produce statements like “a dip sample of burglary reports has revealed that during the…
CEC: To show Caymanians a path to flag and advance their interest in STEM
Part 3 This is Part 3 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). STEM – study of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics…
The Editor Speaks: Appalling 7 years is more than an “itch”!
I am referring to the appalling seven years delay in a dozen property owners receiving compensation for land compulsory purchased, or in this case ‘stolen’ would be a better word, by government during the first phase of the East-West Arterial…
The Editor Speaks: UK’s ‘beneficial ownership’ plan attacked
It is not surprising that the Cayman Islands Law Society and the Chamber of Commerce have both made public their opposition to the United Kingdom’s proposals to make public the list of individuals or companies that benefit from registered financial…
The Editor Speaks: Political correctness now comes to Cayman
With the announcement by Danielle Coleman, the Cayman Islands Red Cross Disaster Manager that because the Red Cross and Red Crescent emblems for the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) can be identified with religious groups, the Red Cross…
Bridger and Polaine are now booked for conference featuring Cayman’s “Tempura”
At the OffshoreAlert Conference May 4-6 2014 Miami The Ritz-Carlton, South Beach, Florida, USA, Cayman Islands costliest and most reported topic, the ‘notorious’ “Operation Tempura” is on the agenda. With Dan Duguay and John Evans already being booked, they are…
The Editor Speaks: Premier had better do a U-turn back as he starts to commit political suicide
If Premier Alden McLaughlin doesn’t do another U-turn back to the original concept of One Man, One Vote, the one he campaigned on and the one 65% of the voters voted for in the Referendum, he is going to lose…
Red Cross in Cayman to adopt the Red Crystal
Because the Red Cross and Red Crescent emblems for the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) can be identified with religious groups, the Red Cross have introduced a new emblem the Red Crystal (also called the Red Diamond). Danielle…
