The Editor Speaks: Robbie makes some interesting points even if I don’t entirely agree
A letter from a reader named as “Robbie” appeared on the CNS website last Sunday (5) under the heading “EY report not a fix-all”. I agree with him. Robbie begins: “The Ernst & Young report (on the rationalisation of the…
Mary Slessor: Great White Ma/CDS’ Jekyll & Hyde is a (Je)kyller production – THE VERY BEST EVER!
Mary Slessor: Great White Ma St. George’s Anglican Church is staging a production of Mary Slessor: Great White Ma, a play written by local playwright, Colin Wilson, who is also a member of the church. The play tells the compelling…
The Editor Speaks: Education – who needs educating?
Education has become a very hot potato and the secrecy that government ministers and education senior officers try to place around it only puts more fire under the vegetable. It’s like a frying pan full of hot fat and you…
The Editor Speaks: Gambling is a fever
Gambling is a fever and millions are hooked on it. Many suffer grievously from the habit. When the trial of Cayman’s ex-Premier McKeeva Bush is over, whatever the outcome, I hope he gets counseling on what would seem to be…
The Editor Speaks: I am surprised Chamber seems to support EY report but agree with bi-partisan support with private sector
In one of our lead stories today, “Cayman Islands Chamber says CS team to implement EY Report will have conflicts of interest”, the Cayman Islands Chamber of Commerce is calling on government for bi-partisan support with private sector experts to…
The Editor Speaks: A most moving letter
Chelsea Rivers has written a letter titled “Living the differently abled life”. She starts with: “Most don’t get it … and I hope they never will … because the only way someone will ever “get it” is to LIVE IT….
The Editor Speaks: How about this for the police winning over the public for co-operation?
In a report on CITN/Cayman 27 last Wednesday (24) the television station’s news announced and showed officers from the Royal Cayman Islands Police Service (RCIPS) out on the road in George Town looking “to snare motorists”. This morning iNews Cayman…
The Editor Speaks: Shocking revelations during Bush trial
I was astounded to learn of the contents of emails from former Cayman Islands Governor Duncan Taylor read to the Grand Court at the ongoing trial of ex-premier McKeeva Bush who is accused of 11 counts of abusing his government…
The Editor Speaks: Data protection – a lot to read and digest
The Cayman public has two months to digest the Data Protection Bill 2014. It seems a long time but with the draft bill being over 50 pages with legalistic writing you will need all that time. And you need to…
The Editor Speaks: Impatience and negative press releases don’t help their cause
World Animal Protection, formerly known as World Society for the Protection of Animals, the change in name possibly due to its length although WAP is only one letter more than WSPA, is impatient. This is the Caribbean. Patience is the…
