The Editor Speaks: Not quite the feeding of the five thousand
With estimates ranging from 700 to 3,500 there was beyond a shadow of a doubt a huge crowd at the Rally to Promote Christian Values at The Lions Centre last Sunday night. The nearer estimate was the higher and the…
The Editor Speaks: Spell checkers – boon or bane?
I think most people will agree the spell checks like the one built in MS Word are a boon. However they do like to change spellings that are correct when they come across words they have not seen before. Then…
The Editor Speaks: Misunderstanding, miscommunication but missed.
According to MLA Ezzard Miller, Chair of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC), Phillip Rankin Chair of Cayman Airways, missed last Thursday’s meeting even though the date and time had been moved to accommodate him. According to Fabian Whorms, Chief Executive…
The Editor Speaks: Have gun will travel (or rent a gun)
How many of you remember a television show of that name? Because of my age I do and it appeared on British television in the late 1950’s/60’s. It was a US show and it starred Richard Boone as a man…
The Editor Speaks: Will there ever be peace?
Can you ever remember a time when there was total peace on earth? There were no wars happening anywhere. Actually I can and I was a schoolboy. I don’t believe it lasted longer than a week but it was proudly…
The Editor Speaks: Conservation according to Fred
The well respected local conservationist Fred Burton, who headed up the successful Blue Iguana Recovery Programme, is now with the Department of Environment’s terrestrial programme to pick the best land for conservation. Burton has come up with a novel way…
The Editor Speaks: Flow was slow
The strange marketing name of Flow that their customers immediately started calling it Slow was apt yesterday (30). Not only was the Flow telecommunication network slow to non-existence but so was their information about it. It was only after the…
The Editor speaks: You have to shout to be ……..
“Heard” is the obvious word to end the above sentence. Just as common now is the word “successful”. Have you noticed the sudden rise of noise in our commercials, whether on video or audio. Especially audio. Not only do these…
The Editor speaks: You MUST come forward
There are persons in this community who know, or suspect, who the perpetrators are of the heinous sexual attack on two horses at the Equestrian Centre off Linford Pierson Highway. Ten days ago a person or persons broke into the…
The Editor Speaks: Just because it’s a machine doesn’t mean it’s more efficient
“We moved away from manual collection years ago in order to facilitate a more efficient operation” – Cayman Islands Airports Authority (CIAA). The CIAA also said (three years ago) they would still be using the manual collection in addition to…
