The Editor Speaks: Carib-bean or Car-ribean?
I must admit to being irritated when I hear the noun Caribbean pronounced Car-ribean. One only has to look at how Caribbean is spelt to see that pronouncing it Car-ribean is wrong. Unfortunately, even persons born in the Caribbean, today…
The Editor Speaks: The threat of direct rule
When the United Kingdom’s Opposition Leader, Labour Party head Jeremy Corbyn, made his startling statement in Parliament in the wake of the Panama Papers leak, that the government should now impose “direct rule” on its Overseas Territories, it sent shock…
The Editor Speaks: Premier is right but is he wrong?
The Panama Papers is the burning issue at the moment and there is intense pressure upon him from the United Kingdom to disclose more of beneficial ownership than he is prepared to do. The opposition wants him to appear at…
The Editor Speaks: World Health Day
April 7th is celebrated throughout the world as Health Day. In iNews Cayman we have deliberately featured a number of articles on health. The most alarming one is obesity. Followed by diabetes and both are linked. Premier Alden McLaughlin highlighted…
The Editor Speaks: Travers got it 100% right. We need EXPERT PR!!
I watched Anthony Travers, our local lawyer and financial expert who is not afraid to speak out, say it exactly right. He was being interviewed on CITN/Cayman27’s 6pm News on Tuesday (5) on the fallout from the Panama Papers. Even…
The Editor Speaks: The leaky walls of secrecy
The exposé of the Panama Papers that has made headlines all over the world and has made many companies very nervous here should not have been a surprise. The advocacy group Global Financial Integrity has brought hearts beating and palms…
The Editor Speaks: Is this the reason why the FCO did not want the Tempura Report made public?
I must admit I have been puzzled why the Governor’s Office/FCO went to extraordinary lengths to stop the Report on Operation Tempura from being made public. Then an email was sent to me that had a plausible theory – I…
The Editor Speaks: Tempura revelations can be likened to damp fireworks
So now we know – or the majority of it – the Tempura equivalent of Pandora’s Box has finally been released. Parts of it have been redacted because of the supposed investigation by the Royal Cayman Islands Police Service into…
The Editor Speaks: A staggering lawyers’ bill we have to pay. Why?
We revealed on Wednesday (30) following a FOI request that the Cayman Islands government have had to fork out nearly $1.5 million on legal advice and/or services from attorneys not employed by the local public sector in three budget years…
The Editor Speaks: Baines bows out
I was shocked and left slightly sad at the announcement our Police Commissioner David Baines had resigned. When you read the two statements from our Governor, Helen Kilpatrick (especially the Governor) and our Premier, Alden McLaughlin, one gets the impression…
