The Editor Speaks – Discipline, dismissal, silence
Operation Tempura and Operation Cealt made the headlines again today. Operation Tempura that began in 2007 will always be remembered as a fiasco that cost this country millions of dollars. It was a London Metropolitan Police investigation according to the…
The Editor Speaks: The bad side of party politics. Immigration changes
What an injustice was done last Tuesday evening (24) when two members of the UDP (United Democratic Party) were missing WOL! What did they miss? A meeting called by the Coalition to Keep BT Dump Free at the Bodden Town…
The Editor Speaks: “Is this really Cayman? Is this the country where I was born?”
I have lived here thirty years. 44% of my life. If I am appalled that a serving policeman’s house in West Bay was shot up in the early hours of last Sunday (22) this must be absolutely shocking and beyond…
The Editor Speaks: Anglin gets life. Heroes are honoured.
At last. Lightning struck twice and this time its victim did not escape. Devon Anglin was found guilty by Chief Justice Anthony Smellie on Friday (20) for the murder of Carlo Webster. He was sentenced to life at the pleasure…
The Editor Speaks: Suspicious shooting, another loss for the Crown and police take too much time
It was just another day “in paradise” on Thursday (20). We had a mugging on Eden Road, just off South Church Street, and the RCIPS took an inexplicably long time to get there. In a press statement the RCIPS said…
The Editor Speaks: Where are our heroes? If you want a joint go to Northward prison
Our National Heroes Day is this Monday 23rd January at 9am and is the islands’ largest national celebration. The theme of this year’s celebration is education. Traditional elements include uniform parades, choirs, live music and laying of wreaths in remembrance….
The Editor Speaks: Spate of home robberies, time, blindness
We are suddenly experiencing a series of robberies immediately outside or at people’s homes. We have had three in just a few days. The latest was Tuesday (17) in Webster Estates as a woman arrived at her home. The robbers…
The Editor Speaks: David Marchant
It is amazing how an editorial comment I made in Friday (13) publication has sparked another two editorials on the subject. I made the point that, to me, Cayman Finance had missed the boat by turning down an invitation by…
The Editor Speaks: Cayman Finance rebuttal
We received a copy of a statement from Cayman Finance dated 13th January (headed Cayman Finance refutes conference snub) sent via Tower Marketing their media contact in response to my editorial last Friday (13). My editorial centred on David Marchant,…
The Editor Speaks: Strange? Paraquat. Code. Service
It would seem on the one sided version (the husband’s) I have seen and read, the decision by the Cayman Islands Immigration Department to expel Jamaican National Gary Evans, husband of the still missing Anna Ebanks Evans (she disappeared nearly…
