The Editor Speaks: Blackmail rerun
To blackmail someone is one of the lowest crimes in my book. Last August 4th I published the beginning of this email whilst awaiting legal advice. Those of you who read it (http://www.ieyenews.com/wordpress/the-editor-speaks-criminal-blackmail/) will know I was warned by the…
The Editor Speaks: The first crack in the CIFA wall
It seemed the wall of armour surrounding the executive committee members of the Cayman Islands Football Association (CIFA) was impenetrable. However, the first crack appeared last Monday (Aug 31) when I heard Paul Macey, CIFA’s General Secretary, had resigned. This…
The Editor Speaks: Schools not up to recognised standards. What about the parents?
At the Annual Education Professionals’ Welcome on Wednesday 26th August 2015, Hon. Tara Rivers, Minister for Education, revealed the overall findings of the inspections. She said, “The overall finding of the inspections is that most government schools have had improvement…
The Editor Speaks: Is government concerned by the landfill report?
Although there was nothing knew in the latest environmental report on the Cayman Islands landfill sites it should make government concerned to speed up the action from all the talk. George Town MLA Roy McTaggart the Councillor who is now…
The Editor Speaks: The Men with the Golden Gun
“The Man with the Golden Gun” was a James Bond thriller that was made into a movie with the same name and starred Roger Moore as James Bond and the late Christopher Lee as the man with the golden gun….
The Editor Speaks: The words “I Love You”
On Sunday (30) Elmslie United Church are celebrating a musical evening of praise and worship called “Summer Praise” starting at 7pm. With all the seeming “hate” that is going on in the world and even here in Cayman I urge…
The Editor Speaks: Hogwash
When a barrel of good apples has a bad apple thrown in the result is all the apples will soon go bad. When apples begin to decay, they emit gases. If the rotting apple is mixed in with a group…
The Editor Speaks: Was it a “hate speech”?
James Austen- Smith Chairman of the Cayman Islands Human Rights Commission called the “debate” on the definition of marriage in the Cayman Islands Legislative Assembly Discrimination, homophobia, privilege and (I suspect referring to the one by MLA Anthony Eden) HATE…
The Editor Speaks: PC – Politically Correct?
‘Politically Correct’ was originally a phrase on the Leninist left to denote someone who steadfastly toed the party line. Then it evolved into ‘PC’, an ironic phrase among wised up leftists to denote someone whose line-toeing fervour was too much…
The Editor Speaks: I perceive (I may be wrong but it may be better for me than the truth)
It was with some surprise and pleasure when I learnt yesterday (19) that crime was down almost 10% from last year. You see, I had perceived the opposite. However, I perceive the last six months this year may unfortunately be…
