The Editor Speaks: Thanksgiving Day in the USA
iNews Cayman wishes every American a very happy and blessed Thanksgiving Day this Thursday November 28th. It is an historic American CHRISTIAN tradition and goes right back to the year 1623 when after the harvest crops were gathered in November…
Grand Cayman Suites to grow taller
The Grand Cayman Beach Suites (formerly Hyatt Regency Grand Cayman) will soon be a little taller. Planning Permission has been granted to allow the owners of the West Bay Road hotel to build two additional stories and a new rooftop…
The Editor Speaks: When a Compass has its arrow pointing at the wrong poles
I was surprised when I read Cayman’s oldest and only daily print newspaper, the Caymanian Compass, produce an editorial that seemed to be attacking government’s National Conservation Law. It was not for me to comment as it is an unspoken…
The Editor Speaks: Wiretapping
iNews Cayman has published a number of stories and editorials on the subject of wiretapping. Cayman’s public is not happy with what seems to be the total disregard of our rights and the secrecy that is attached to it. Everybody…
The Editor Speaks: The NBF row
The NBF – the National Bush Fund – whoops! The National BUILDING Fund was set up by ex-Premier McKeeva Bush with no favourtism and a council was appointed to decide how the grants would be awarded. His only involvement was…
Local author launches book for Christmas
Timali Ebanks has just published her first in a series of children’s books on Caymanian Heritage Series. The book is called “Christmastime” and is about how families and communities celebrated special traditions and activities that took place around Christmastime in…
The Editor Speaks: Balloon payments really are like a bullet in the chest
Balloon payments are an agreed inflated final payment of a loan that is paid in full at the end of the loan agreement. Right up until the final amount due, the payments are relatively small, but then arrives the bullet…
The Editor Speaks: Did you men celebrate November 19th?
“Too often we think of the males in our societies as the protectors, the providers; those who would provide safety and security. “How often do we step back and truly look at the needs of boys and men when it…
The strange case of a student robber
Why did Aaron McLaughlin (21) a top student at George Hicks High School suddenly turn to crime? That is the unanswered question posed at McLaughlin’s trial on Tuesday (19) before Justice Charles Quin. McLaughlin in May 2012 entered Cashwiz, a…
The Editor Speaks: Why hasn’t Bridger been ordered to return Tempura’s documents?
I could even ask a supplementary question, “Will Bridger be prosecuted for what could reasonably be surmised as theft of Tempura documents that belong to the RCIPS?” I am referring to the records including legal advice, emails and memorandums (280…
