The Editor Speaks: Sadness: Teenager in jail. Mustn’t use “Christians” in headlines
A very sad day today when I learnt that three men I knew here in Cayman had died: Kent “Biggie” Rankin who started Paramount Carpet Sales & Service Ltd, accountant Ryall Gallagher, and electrician David Phipps. My condolences to friends…
The Editor speaks: A disaster in PR
Every business needs good Public Relations (PR). In fact individuals often use PR. Governments need god PR but seldom employ it. The exception is election time but even then it is often amateur but the political parties are now moving…
The Editor Speaks: Blessed Easter and the words I love you
A very Blessed Easter to all our readers in these times of hate and terror. The bombings in Paris and now Brussels, and the atrocities going on in the name of God. The commandment “Thou shalt not take the name…
The Editor Speaks: 5 years and over – OUT!
The huge backlog of cases in our legal system that have been sitting there for 5 years and over are doing nothing but clogging up the system. What should be done about it? What can be done about it? Nearly…
The Editor Speaks: Does a uniform change the wearer’s personality?
From “When Police Wear Military Uniforms, It Changes Their Psychology” “Over the past decade, many police forces have taken to wearing paramilitary uniforms on the job. Over at The New Yorker, psychologist Maria Konnikova describes how this change affects citizens…
The Editor Speaks: Banking frauds: Why isn’t any PERSON(S) held responsible and prosecuted?
It has puzzled and angered me why not one person or persons who have been involved in the illegal activities of money laundering and tax evasion by the banks have never been prosecuted? In fact there has never been an…
The Editor Speaks: Cayman Islands battle ground – “our schools”
Just recently we reported on the assault of a teacher by a pupil at the Clifton Hunter high school. In one of our stories today we have featured a story on school bullying. CITN/Cayman27, after their own Freedom of Information…
The Editor Speaks: It was not my intention
How many times throughout our lives have we done something that produces outcomes we did not intend? I am ashamed to say many. And too many for me to remember them all. I wrote a recent Editorial on the Cayman…
The Editor Speaks: Ignorance is bliss
It is better if you don’t know all the facts and being blissfully ignorant of them makes an excellent Chairman of the Cayman Islands Planning Authority (CPA). If you do have all the facts presented to you and ignore them…
The Editor Speaks: Clean up was costly but money well spent
The government must be applauded for the success of the Christmas cleanup that cost us nearly $450,000. A staggering 752 persons, who were unemployed at the time, took part and were the recipients of this money. I must not forget…
