The Editor Speaks: Old persons
I am one of the old people that one of our media houses has dubbed us “old folks”. To whoever came up with dubbing us “folks” probably thinks that makes us feel younger. We are folk not persons. Sorry it…
The Editor Speaks: Education
“Education is to be able to reason, to use your ability to read and write to your benefit and to be able to gain your spectrum of knowledge by trying to surge deeper into the literate knowledge imparted to you.”…
The Editor Speaks: Do you believe in statistics?
If you are a politician with an election brewing and statistics show the cost of living is improving you believe them if you are the government and tout them for all your are worth. If on the other hand you…
The Editor Speaks: Utterly senseless, appalling and more gobbledegook!
One of our Front Page stories today doesn’t have any connection with the Cayman Islands except it is our Mother Country ENGLAND that has made headlines all around the world for the wrong reason. The article is headlined, “UK: Leukaemia…
The Editor Speaks: How to destroy someone
You only have to accuse someone of committing a sex crime and even if he (or she?) is found Not Guilty the accusation will in 9 out of 10 cases stick. The local teacher who was acquitted of three sexual…
The Editor Speaks: No more coffee from Cayman’s Pink Ladies
For as long as I have lived in the Cayman Islands the Pink Ladies Coffee Shop at the George Town Hospital has been in existence. Sadly it will be there no more. On December 16th the Coffee Shop will close…
The Editor Speaks: Permanent residency is a blot on the landscape
I spoke yesterday on life being full of disappointments and I am afraid I have to continue today on the same theme. This again is a subject I have raised before. Permanent residency. It is a disgrace. When you see…
The Editor Speaks: When the wheels of government actually do turn fast
I have always been a firm believer that a snail crawls faster than the wheels of government turn. I am mistaken. When the Cayman Compass published their editorial last week under the title “Smith Cove: Alden Pond” it spurred our…
The Editor Speaks: The Power of the Real Caymanian (and I am Cross)
The “Power of the Cross” is a beautiful modern day Christian song and I shouldn’t play around with the title except I am very cross and there is no doubt there is power being played out as the attached pictures…
The Editor Speaks: Why do Caribbean airlines struggle?
That is an excellent question? And it was asked not by me but by someone on a forum on the website www.airlinews.net. With the millions of dollars the Cayman Islands government have pored into keeping Cayman Airways afloat (sorry I…
