The Editor Speaks: Why do countries bid to stage the Olympics? Welcome The Olympic Computer Games
The 2016 Rio de Janeiro Summer Olympics are over. And I enjoyed watching every moment of it. I can hardly wait another four years. Thank goodness we have the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea. Not the same but…
The Editor Speaks: “This athlete came here to win”
I penned an editorial the other day on how bad I thought the NBC coverage of the 2016 Olympics were but generally stuck with them until the 100m race in which Bolt won because they did not even give the…
The Editor Speaks: How important and accurate are surveys?
Last Monday (15) the Cayman Islands government released the results of their Oxitec Opinion Survey. It showed a pretty staggering 69% of residents supported the Friendly Aedes aegypti Project that was launched in West Bay. If one was to read…
The Editor Speaks: When kindness is rewarded with jail
The incident I am about to describe happened in the USA but could equally apply here. A good friend of mine in the USA has a daughter who is, to use her words, too kind for her own sake. The…
The Editor Speaks: Cybercrime bills
On the surface cybercrime bills sound good. They nearly always contain legislation to punish criminals who gain unauthorised access and interference to your computer with the intention of committing an offence. Unauthorised disclosure of password or access code, child pornography,…
The Editor Speaks: Zika and our premier
Zika is dangerous even if you’re not pregnant. This statement comes from Dr. Lee Norman who spoke recently to Newsmax. The following is part of the article that was published soon after the recent 17 confirmed locally transmitted cases in…
The Editor Speaks: Right to know
All of Cayman Islands media houses, journalists, and editors should have received an email today (9) inviting them to a 1 hour lunch time workshop. It is in tune with the Right To Know Week that runs from 26th September…
The Editor Speaks: What is sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander
However, what is sauce for the tourist is not sauce for the RCIPS. I am referring to the case of the police officer who was found to have his weapon and magazines (ammunition) in his luggage when he went to…
The Editor Speaks: Child abuse goes mainly unpunished
Over twelve months ago an article appeared in the Cayman Compass saying there were no statistics available at that time (May 27 2015) on the number of police convictions for child abuse. The article went on to say: “Despite recent…
The Editor Speaks: Abbreviations
PDQ GOT FIN You might have understood the above. It is the now the accepted abbreviated sentence, “Pretty damned quick Games of Thrones finishes”. Have you noticed on the television and media reports everything is abbreviated. Advertisers on TV use…
