The Editor Speaks: Bullying
It is three years since I wrote an Editorial on bullying where I highlighted the new form called Cyberbullying. It hasn’t waned. October is Bullying Prevention Month in the Cayman Islands and a government press release highlighted this form of…
The Editor Speaks: Monster Matthew defies the experts
Hurricanes are unpredictable and although we have come a long way in tracking them and forecasting where they go they are untamed beasts and have a will of their own. Listening to the experts pronounce for days including on Friday…
The Editor Speaks: Stats show improvements but backbench MLA’s doubt
When there is an election on the horizon and the government of the day, hoping to be re-elected, produce good news, you are not to give them any congratulations. In fact you are going to cast as much doubt as…
The Editor Speaks: Falsehoods vs Truth according to McKeeva and McLaughlin
It was about time the Progressives answered the continual truth bending by UDP leader McKeeva Bush. His claims are so incredible he sounds like Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, except Hillary is a master (mistress?) and Trump is well –…
The Editor Speaks: I had thought it had gone away but it hasn’t
I really had thought common sense had seen the pitfalls of bringing in a charitable organisations bill but I am wrong. This government tried to bring in legislation a few years ago that would have meant the death of many…
The Editor Speaks: Online petitions
I am not a lover of online petitions as they are scientifically useful as a grade 1 out of 10 and open to abuse. In other words I want no part of them. They often do more damage than good…
The Editor Speaks: Suffer little children
“Suffer the little children to come unto me, and forbid them not: for of such is the kingdom of God.” – Jesus Christ The utterly appalling mishandling by the Royal Cayman Islands Police Service of the recent child abuse case…
The Editor Speaks: New Criminal Records Bill welcome
The new Cayman Islands Criminal Records (Spent Convictions) Bill, 2016 has just been gazetted and is very welcome. A criminal pays for his crime and goes to jail. He comes out and starts a new life, his debt to society…
The Editor Speaks: Road works ahead
I have lived here in the Cayman Islands for 35 years and never have I seen so much work being undertaken to our roads. And it is not just the major work being undertaken on the Esterly Tibbetts Highway leading…
The Editor Speaks: Remembering Hurricane Ivan
Hurricane Ivan was a “classical” long lived Cape Verde hurricane. It has been categorized as one of the most powerful hurricanes to hit the Caribbean in recorded history. On September 2 [2004] Ivan developed into a tropical depression, it became…
