The Editor Speaks: Do planning board members have to have a blind eye to be appointed?
I am not going to get into the rights and wrongs and any political issues surrounding the proposal for a ticket office/restroom/store/tour operator sales area/mobile food truck staging area on the waterfront in George Town. The application was at first…
The Editor Speaks: You can’t hide from a birthday
I used to watch a television detective show on ITV back in England in the 1960’s called “No Hiding Place”. The title and show came to my mind today when I was startled to find over 30 ‘Happy Birthday Colin”…
The Editor Speaks: Are the changes to the Pensions Law good or bad?
The answer to that question is what side of the fence you are on. If you read our story from Silver Thatch Pensions published May 30 2016 you will probably agree it is good for you. “Increasing the retirement age…
The Editor Speaks: Budget – is it good enough?
The last budget before a general election has to be good. It has to give something to the people. It is no good telling us what the government has done, showing percentages of what they have promised but not completed…
The Editor Speaks: A new broom but is it enough?
Lee Ramoon has been elected as the new Cayman Islands Football Association (CIFA) President and Wendy Fisher is the new deputy general secretary. The utter arrogance of Bruce Blake, the acting former President whom the clubs kept in the top…
The Editor Speaks: Are law firms press releases “Rubbish”?
One of our readers sent an email to us under the headline “Rubbish”. “Much of the media is devoted to ‘ New Partners admitted to bar’. Whilst we recognize this does not refer to Fidel’s [a drinking and food establishment…
The Editor Speaks: What investigation?
It would seem from Radio Cayman’s “For the Record” Talk Show that there was NO Investigation into the conduct of Operation Tempura’s lead officer, Martin Bridger. It was just an excuse given out by the Governor’s Office with help from…
The Editor Speaks: Dodgy parking tickets
An article appeared recently on the website engadget: Open data reveals dodgy NYPD parking ticket practices New York City police were taking $1.7 million a year from drivers obeying parking laws. By Jon Fingas From engadget Open data policies in…
The Editor Speaks: It was you
One of our overseas readers sent me this and I found it interesting and thought you would to. I haven’t been able to verify all of the claims but there were some that were correct and I wasn’t able to…
The Editor Speaks: Government departments are masters of stalling
Back in 2009 Iain Franklin from the Director of Lands & Survey wrote a Memo to the Financial Secretary, Director Budget Management Unit re Stamp Duty on Residential Leases. See attachment. Franklin was pursuing the “lack of enforcement of Stamp…
