The Editor Speaks: In your hands
“In your hands” is a beautiful hymn sung to the tune of “Eres Tu”. “In your hands” was also sung in the Legislative Assembly last Thursday to the tune of Leader of the Opposition McKeeva Bush. You see, Bush has…
The Editor Speaks: How many more civil servants do we pay to work but aren’t?
It now seems to be the norm for civil servants to continue on full pay but don’t do any work at all for government. We have had many instances of top civil servants who get removed from their posts when…
Take a Lionfish to lunch and eat it!
Lionfish University Environmental Public Service Ad says: “Fresh from the sea to your plate! Take a Lionfish to lunch and Eat It” The Lionfish University have just produced an environmental public service ad aimed at increasing awareness about the lionfish…
The Editor Speaks: What leaks like a tap?
The answer is government emails and reports We have had government emails and reports leaking everywhere. Most seem to have leaked a long way from the source, George Town and turned up the other end of the island – some…
The Editor Speaks: Will there be another outcry at another gay cruise liner coming into our port?
Gay cruise banned from the Cayman Islands From BBC The government of the British-territory of the Cayman Islands in the Caribbean has refused permission for a cruise liner carrying hundreds of homosexual holidaymakers to dock there. The authorities claimed there…
The Editor Speaks: Damage control
Civil service in any country is not known for being very civil, nor especially very fast. In fact, if there were a race between a civil servant and a turtle to see who was quickest the turtle would win most…
The Editor Speaks: Is our new anti-corruption law adequate?
In March 2014 Cayman’s Premier Hon. Alden McLaughlin made a speech at the University College of the Cayman Islands Anti-Corruption Conference. In this speech he said, “A key piece of legislation was passed in 2010, the Anti-Corruption law, supported by…
The Editor Speaks: Paradise lost – when the paradise is in London
Cayman is often associated with paradise and it is an adjective that is often used to describe it. However, after reading the article in the Cayman Compass (“Ex-chief: Cayman’s London office ‘totally dysfunctional’” at: http://www.compasscayman.com/caycompass/2014/06/23/Ex-chief–Cayman-s-London-office–totally-dysfunctional-/) the Cayman London office is…
Why has Cayman Airport employee being investigated for watching porn on government computer been reinstated?, queries Minister
Cayman Islands Opposition Leader, McKeeva Bush, said he was incredulous at the findings of an internal investigation into an employee at the Cayman Islands Airports Authority (CIAA) who allegedly watched pornography on a government computer. Bush said the employee was…
The Editor Speaks: Is much attention given to the actual expertise and qualifications of persons appointed to government committees?
I am somewhat surprised when I read the names of persons selected to government committees. It is incredulous to me, who know some of these persons reasonably well, why they would even accept the nomination. Perhaps they do not appreciate the…
