The Editor Speaks: Churches under fire; Should they be audited?
Cayman’s churches are under fire again because the Auditor General quite rightly wants to know where our public funds are going or have gone. Most of the churches have responded to his request whilst others have not. This has been…
The Editor Speaks: Disturbing trend: police having to deal with social needs
It was revealed at a public meeting last week in West Bay that police officers from the Royal Cayman Islands Police Service are being called out to deal with persons who are in real mental distress and others who are…
The Editor Speaks: Jobs for life?
I can support North Side independent Member of the Legislative Assembly, Ezzard Miller’s call for the government to change the constitution and put an end to top public sector life-long appointments, most of the way. Miller says those holding top…
The Editor Speaks: Everyone needs Hope
In an Editorial I wrote on January 2nd 2014 “HOPE. A new year and a new beginning” at: http://www.ieyenews.com/wordpress/the-editor-speaks-hope-a-new-year-and-a-new-beginning/, I wrote about Cayman Premier Alden McLaughlin’s New Year message in which he said he truly believed “the future of these…
The Editor Speaks: Another embarrassment to our financial reputation
With all the recent revelations of money laundering from prominent members of our society, their denials and then guilty pleas, the ‘astonishment and horror’ of Cayman being placed on the UK financial regulator’s (UK Financial Conduct Authority) list of high-risk…
Former Cayman Health Services chairman and YCLA winner arrested
Canover Watson, the former chairman of the Cayman Islands Health Services Authority (HSA) board and the 2007 recipient of the Young Caymanian Leadership Award was arrested at his home on Thursday (28) and released on bail until next month. According…
The Editor Speaks: Cuban migrant problem
The migrant Cubans who regularly visit our shores are back again – the same ones that were here earlier this week in Cayman Brac – and it would appear two of them are past stay-overs as, according to an Immigration…
The Editor Speaks: Very disappointing but not unexpected
It was with disappointment but definitely not unexpected when I received the release yesterday that Cayman Islands Governor Helen Kilpatrick says NO – she will not release the Tempura report (see iNews Cayman story under Breaking News “Cayman Islands Governor…
The Editor Speaks: Love
With all the hate filling our news with unspeakable horrors down to random shootings of innocent bystanders – just read some of iNews Cayman’s stories recently including today, from every region of the world including here, I wanted to share…
This is what happens when you start using a government credit card for personal use in Australia
The revelation of Cayman Islands government-issued credit card expenses and their use to buy personal items has made our local headlines and the subject of editorials. My Editorial yesterday (“Government credit card use could help Bush” at: http://www.ieyenews.com/wordpress/the-editor-speaks-government-credit-card-use-could-help-bush/) on it…
