The Editor Speaks: No power. No work.
Our reliance on power is almost 100%. That was brought home today when we lost power this morning just after 10:30 and were without the unseen but magical substance called electricity until around 2pm. It did remind me briefly of…
The Editor Speaks: Tempura won’t go away – yet
Stuart Kernohan, former Royal Cayman Islands Police Service Commissioner, has announced he has dropped his legal case relating to the infamous and woefully expensive Operation Tempura debacle, against the lead detective Martin Bridger. Just in case you are living on…
The Editor Speaks: Don’t be fooled – Cayman is not embracing renewable energy
“Additional capacity for consumer owned renewable energy announced by Cayman Islands regulatory authority” was one of our headlines on March 31st. The story was a press release issued jointly by the Caribbean Utilities Company, Ltd. (CUC) and The Electricity Regulatory…
The Editor Speaks: If you are rich, Cayman Islands wants you
“We want to make Cayman even more attractive to wealthier people who already have or want to buy property here to enjoy it and even live here without working.” These were the words of Cayman Islands Premier Alden McLaughlin when…
The Editor Speaks: Do you love our roadblocks by the traffic police?
Even though we don’t have a separate traffic unit we do have roadblocks that have been placed there and manned by RCIPS officers acting as traffic police. Apparently every police officer in the Cayman Islands is a traffic policeman. So…
The Editor Speaks: Incredible state of affairs and successive governments don’t care
Arsenic has contaminated 14 acres of land from the post Hurricane Ivan cleanup and still no compensation has been awarded after ten years! In 2004, Charles Powell, a chief fire officer, offered up his Frank Sound land as a temporary…
The Editor Speaks: A very Happy Easter to all our readers and much LOVE
Easter is a glorious time and a very sad time. There are many loved ones in our family who are sick at this time and are in our prayers. Only this morning at 5AM Joan and I received a call…
The Editor Speaks: Is Cayman’s Deputy Governor right that our Cuban migrant policy saves lives?
According to Cayman Islands Deputy Governor, Franz Manderson, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the international protection agency for refugees, has advised our government that approx. 3,000 migrants died in the Caribbean in 2014. Manderson poses these questions:…
The Editor speaks: 10 months goes by and Cayman Islands police do not even acknowledge lawyer’s complaint
On the 29th May 2013 Cayman Islands lawyer Peter Polack notified the Summary Court he had made a complaint to the Royal Cayman Islands Police Service on behalf of his client, Andre Woodman. The Complaint concerned what Polack claims was…
The Editor Speaks: The spying game
“We all want to know what’s really going on. Starts when we’re kids. What’s inside this box? Behind that closed door? “By the time we’re teenagers, we’re pretty sure there’s a ‘real world’ somewhere beyond our high school halls, a…
