The Editor Speaks: It’s the season of graduations
This Editorial is aimed mainly at graduates but I have tried to add some other ingredients to appeal to the masses of our iNews readers. It is the beginning of Summer and school is out. For some pupils it is…
The Editor Speaks: Aren’t you tired of trashed tyres?
I am using the proper English spelling of tyres against the American “tires” although that would have been better for my half-hearted attempt at a pun. At long last we might be on track to getting rid of the tiresome,…
The Editor Speaks: Open but prefer shut
Everyone now preaches openness when they actually would prefer SHUT! Being open and not secretive, especially when you are in government, is the ideal concept all governments like the public to believe. It has, to some degree, been forced on…
The Editor Speaks: A study in mental health
Another report issued by consultancy firm KPMG to the Cayman Islands Government was released last week. This one is a study on the need for a mental health facility here. It must come as no surprise, during a week of…
The Editor Speaks: Where were you when the UK left Europe?
I have to admit to being stunned, shaken and stirred when I watched the United Kingdom’s Referendum’s results coming in last Thursday evening. I still cannot believe it even though the warnings were plain to see. I was watching the…
The Editor Speaks: Expats/Paper Caymanians and an “eyesore”
My wife, Joan, has got into the soup bowl regarding the Kel Thompson development on the waterfront in George Town. I have written about this as well. However she was outraged by a letter written to the Cayman Compass by…
The Editor Speaks: Why the seemingly victimization of Catron?
I actually changed the wording of my question from “obvious”. Sandra Catron is an activist and she gets right up people’s noses. She is praised in some quarters and hated by others. When she sees something she thinks is as…
The Editor Speaks: The Cayman Male Voice Choir
Over 40 years ago the Cayman Male Voice Choir started singing and they are still going strong. They are mostly unheralded. Not supported by the community as they should be. And in the 30 plus years I have been living…
The Editor Speaks: It needed to be whiter than white but not whitewashed
I am speaking about the Review by U.K. Coastguard Commander Andrew Jenkins on the RCIPS response to the search for five missing Caymanian boaters that included two children. Even before Commander Jenkins arrived here there was a strong conviction by…
The Editor Speaks: I am mystified
Many of the Cayman Islands petitions that are started in good faith, as in the majority of cases, the person or persons who start them believe they are right. They are led to believe the majority of Cayman’s public agrees…
