Seafarers enjoy social
Cayman Islands Seafarers enjoy social and give more Colin Wilson The Cayman Islands Seafarers Association recently held their 3 monthly social with plenty to eat and wonderful music to dance to but above all the comradeship between everyone was superb….
The Editor Speaks: Is this a UDP mandate?
It would appear that if anyone that was a member of the United Democratic Party and held a ministerial role and has been criticised by an Auditor General (all with the highest qualifications) the AG is “incompetent”. The former education…
The Editor Speaks: All is not peace and tranquility at Turtle Farm
The Cayman Islands Turtle Farm is a red hot potato “The Cayman Turtle Farm is the last sea turtle farm on earth that breeds sea turtles for human consumption. But there is no humane way to farm sea turtles. “The…
The Editor Speaks: Why do we have so many observance days?
I have noticed that nearly every week we have “today is XXXXXXX day”. And some are obscure. Is it my imagination or are they increasing? I tried to find some statistics on this and interestingly I found ……. “Today is…
The Editor Speaks: How could this happen? RCIPS cannot have watched “Dixon of Dock Green”.
When a person or persons rob someone or a business and there are witnesses to it, notably the person who is robbed, an eyewitness report is taken. Then normally. and we see this on television cop shows all the time,…
The Editor Speaks: Why do we need outside help to resolve our legal problems?
It has always been a surprise to me that it seems every time we have a legal problem, both the Attorney General and the Solicitor General seek outside help. Between 2010 and 2013 over $1.5M was spent paying outside legal…
The Editor Speaks: The end of secrecy?
On November 24th 2014 The Tax Justice Network issued a 64 page “Final Report” – “The end of bank secrecy”? Bridging the gap to effective automatic information exchange. An Evaluation of OECD’s Common Reporting Standard (CRS) and its alternatives. It…
The Editor Speaks: Do you remember “The Marl Road?”
Rumours in the Cayman Islands were never heard “through the grapevine”. Instead they were heard “along the marl road”. A popular newspaper once had a column devoted to “The Marl Road”. It was read by most because rumours are often…
The Editor Speaks: OMOV hypocrisy
I cannot believe the rhetoric coming from the One Man, One Vote (OMOV) petitioners trying to force a referendum against the One Man One Vote electoral reform. I especially listened to the interview former UDP candidate Jonathan Piercy gave to CITN/Cayman27…
The Editor Speaks: Coral cannot be moved. Coral can be moved.
Who can we believe? With the opposing groups ready for battle both have produced scientific evidence in support of their cause. And the cause is …. Of course you have guessed. Whether we go ahead with a cruise berthing port…
