The Editor Speaks: What passes for culture and art form? What is lewd?
I have to ask these questions after watching the Batabano Parade last Saturday (2) along with thousands of others that comprised a great many young children. Batabano is bacchanal and is very much East Caribbean culture adopted by Jamaica and…
Batabano gets better and worse
Cayman Islands Batabano gets better and worse This year’s Batabano parade was bigger and as far as persons taking part and persons actually watching – better. Yes, a lot better than most years. However, it also was a…
The Editor Speaks: Merging Commissioner’s Office and Complaints Commissioner’s Office makes no sense
When the three most qualified persons say publicly any proposed merger of the Commissioner’s Office and Complaints Commissioner’s Office should not happen one would think the powers who finally make the decision would listen favourably. One would think so. How…
The Editor Speaks: Safety at work
Tuesday (28) when I wrote this Editorial is World Safety Day with emphasis on Safety and Health at Work. The Cayman Islands Minister of Education, Employment & Gender Affairs, Tara Rivers, has made a statement on the importance of safety…
The Editor Speaks: Gas talk gets nowhere so gas companies will have commission
It was only a matter of time before the gas companies in the Cayman Islands gassed themselves out. The general public has been really fed up with the Rubis and Sol gas monopoly (formerly Chevron-Texaco and Esso) and the high…
The Editor Speaks: This Pope got found out
Despite Chris Pope’s ‘sad day’ and the ‘very upsetting’ comments in the Legislative Assembly (LA), his 30 years in the Cayman Islands and his wife’s family’s six generations in Cayman “with wide connections in East End, he got found out!…
The Editor Speaks: New Justice of the Peace regulations to be introduced
I am sure local attorney Peter Polack is going to applaud the tabling by Cayman Islands Deputy Governor, Franz Manderson, for revised regulations for the appointment and training of Justices of the Peace. Manderson made the announcement last Friday (17)…
The Editor Speaks: Could, best and some
After three meetings and over a year the best the Cayman Islands has managed to achieve in the new Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signed between Cayman and Cuba over the returning of migrants is a ‘could’, a ‘best scenario’ and…
The Editor Speaks: What on earth is STEM?
I have been hearing a lot about STEM over the last few years and not wanting to appear ignorant I have nodded as the person using the ‘word’ has stared at me itching for my querying look. I would not…
The Editor Speaks: Oh dear. Just as I was going to commend McKeeva
THIS EDITORIAL HAS BEEN AMENDED UPON ADVICE FROM LEGAL AND REQUEST FROM PREMIER’S LAWYERS I was just about to write an Editorial saying how I have been impressed by McKeeva Bush’s performance as leader of the Opposition. In fact, if…
