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The Editor Speaks: Violent games torturing and killing women allowed – image of nude women not

In an article in iNews Cayman [posted September 22 2015] under the headline “Kagan reveals ‘Killer Instinct’ in violent video game case” it highlights the ridiculousness of the law [US} regarding this issue. In the Cayman Islands we have many ‘girlie’…

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The Editor Speaks: Local lawyer wants new minister to know Cayman Islands “pressing problems”

Catherine West is new Labour Shadow Minister for Foreign Affairs. And it hasn’t taken long for Cayman Islands lawyer, Peter Polack to write to M/s West in regard to what he describes as” pressing problems in the Cayman Islands”. And…

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The Editor Speaks: Inequality? People pining for justice! Prosecutors make statement.

The strange case of The Pines. Sue Nicholson was the manager of The Pines Retirement Home and was fired in 2013 when it was discovered around $300,000 was missing. Nicholson quickly disappeared and was thought to have returned to the…

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The Editor Speaks: Are some criminals hopeless cases?

I was wondering what on earth to write about this morning when I received a news flash from the RCIPS that is published on Breaking News: “Man charged with several serious offences, in GT court Wed (16)”. The man is…

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The Editor Speaks: You don’t put the cart before the horse

It has always puzzled me why we spend millions and millions of dollars on police, prison and other security and enforcement measures every year and almost nothing on crime prevention. Surely if a crime is prevented we don’t need the…

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The Editor Speaks: Cayman Islands teachers get a very low grade. But is it all due to them?

It is staggering for me to read the reports on our education system that despite significant progress in schools over the last few years most Caymanian schools would be in ‘special measures’ if they were in the United Kingdom! So…

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Rent The Musical is NOT Rogers and Hammerstein! But it’s Brilliant!!

Colin Wilson It was a packed Friday (11), mainly young audience, at The Prospect Playhouse, to view the second night performance of the latest Cayman Drama Society (CDS) Production “Rent: The Musical”. I must say I felt very old sitting…

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The Editor Speaks: Local Liquidator asks the real questions in a letter to CNS

After wondering why Cayman Islands Inquisitor and Liquidator Chris Johnson has been silent with me regarding the accounts of the battered Cayman islands Football Association (CIFA) I find he has been able to get a letter published on the Cayman…

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The Editor Speaks: Food poisoning at schools is very serious

The food poisoning of over 100 children and teachers at the Red Bay Primary School last week is very serious. Just supposing someone, especially a child, had died? Quite rightly the Department of Environmental Health (DoEH) has recommended the Mary…

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The Editor Speaks: Why are our fuel prices so high?

I don’t know. Of course if you ask the two fuel companies here, Rubis and Sol who replaced recently Chevron/Texaco and Esso respectively, they will give you all sorts of reasons why we cannot compare our prices with the ones…