The Editor Speaks: Cayman banks don’t care about their retail customers
That message has been thrown around ever since the bad days following Hurricane Ivan when the banks opened for a short time and allowed their customers little of their savings that belonged to them and not the banks. Do you…
The Editor Speaks: He could have been the crown prince of football but for GREED
The amount of money Jeff Webb stole with bribes, lies and money laundering is nothing to what he would have earned if he had been honest. It is easy to join the circus when his fellow football elite is taking…
The Editor speaks: Disability
Thursday (3) was International day of persons with disabilities”. In the address from Cayman Islands premier, Alden McLaughlin, on this Day he said, “It is important to note that all of us either are or will become disabled to one…
The Editor Speaks: Premier is right to wait before amending district council law
Premier Alden McLaughlin has announced whilst his government plans to amend the district councils’ law to make the process more democratic it will not happen soon but later. Much later. In fact, after the 2017 elections. And then there is…
The Editor Speaks: Suicide
Suicide is a tragic event with strong emotional repercussions for its survivors and for families of its victims. More than 36,000 people in the U.S. kill themselves every year, according to a 2010 study from the Centers for Disease Control…
The Editor Speaks: A man of principle
It was with much sadness to learn founding member of the Progressives (People’s Progressive Movement – PPM), Anthony Eden, has left the party. PPM leader, Premier Alden McLaughlin said the 70 year old MLA for Bodden Town’s departure left him…
The Editor Speaks: I was moved
I was moved recently when I saw the large number of people who came to the Prospect Playhouse on Remembrance Day Monday (9) to see the encore production of my last play “The 13th Apostle & the Disciple of Demons”…
The Editor Speaks: Fuel petition may finally fuel Cayman’s gas suppliers to take notice
George Ebanks’ fuel petition that backs government’s proposal to make our bulk fuel importers accountable is growing by the thousands. I am one of the very last persons who want to increase legislation as in most cases it produces more…
The Editor Speaks: Why has so much publicity been given to the views of a Caymanian actress?
“I will continue to stand with so many people on this issue,” Empire actress Grace Gealey said. “The Cayman Islands; my home, my heart, my love.” It is almost enough to bring tears to your eyes and it should as…
The Editor Speaks: Cayman’s capital needs revitalizing but is money the real answer?
The Cayman islands government have just announce a $20M investment into revitalizing our capital, George Town. It certainly needs something as it is dubbed Ghost Town. When I drove through last Friday, and it was the middle of the day,…
