The Editor Speaks: Cayman Islands health coverage inadequate
North Side MLA, Ezzard Miller, is absolutely correct. The basic cover the insurance companies provide is totally inadequate and the “cherry pick” of customers they will insure should not be allowed. Even the government’s own CINICO does not provide adequate…
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The Editor speaks: Why is there silence from Cayman’s Football authorities?
Even though many of the top brass of the Cayman Islands Football Association (CIFA) are away this is no excuse from not issuing any statement at all concerning their president Jeffery Webb. There is such a thing called “the Internet”….
The Editor Speaks: Webb, Watson & Takkas
It was with shock and disbelief when I heard the news Jeffery Webb, President of the Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association (CONCACAF) and FIFA (the Fédération Internationale de Football Association) Vice President has been indicted by a…
The Editor Speaks: A new legal aid director is not going to solve anything
The Cayman Islands Attorney General (AG), Samuel Bulgin, announced on Monday (25) in the Legislative Assembly there was now being drafted new legislation to address the mounting problems regarding legal aid. Because of the Bill of Rights and Children’s Law…
The Editor Speaks: Should MLA’s receive pensions when they have not retired?
Elected officials in the Cayman Islands Legislative Assembly are allowed to receive pensions after serving only one four year term. They are also allowed to receive this pension after the retirement age of 55. Do they? Oh yes. However, they…
The Editor Speaks: Teens face violence, sexual abuse and mental health problems
“Awful” we all will say. And where is this? You may not believe this or want to believe this but it is here in the Cayman Islands. Yes, it is a very sad fact but it is true. Last week…
The Editor Speaks: If you think $6 is too low or too high – look at Seattle and LA
With our historic setting up of a minimum wage there has been much debate on whether our rate of $6 is too low or too high. How about US$15 (CI$12)? From BBC By Howard Mustoe Business reporter, New York Los…
The Editor Speaks: We are losing our pioneers.
Following the death of Dr Edlin Merren, one of Cayman’s pioneers in dentistry, three more of our pioneers have also sadly passed away. James Ashnead “Sonny Boy” Bodden died last week (Tue 12) at the age of 85. Sonny Boy was…
The Editor Speaks: Mental health at last of some concern. It is being “addressed”!
Whilst talk is cheap and action speaks louder than words at least there is much talk now about the mental health problem we have here in the Cayman Islands. Not so long ago we didn’t even talk about it. Well…
The Editor Speaks: The curious case of a hit and run driver
Anyone who mows down a pedestrian in his car and leaves the scene is despicable. The cold-blooded nature of abandoning someone you’ve injured galls! Chuck Sparks, a chief deputy district attorney for Multnomah County who oversees prosecutions of crimes involving…
