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The Editor speaks: The pigeons are now redundant
It is FINALLY a sign of progress that the six Cayman Islands retail banks has announced they have signed a contract making pigeons that have been used up until now, redundant. Brian Esau, President of the Cayman Islands Bankers’ Association,…
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The Editor speaks: Teaching
The 5th October is World Teacher’s Day where all the persons in this “most honourable” of all professions are recognised. Our Minister of Education Juliana O’Connor Connolly so described the teaching profession as most honourable and she is right. It…
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The Editor speaks: Red tape will strangle our non-profit organizations
Red tape will strangle our non-profit organizations It is very unusual for me to disagree with Michael Myles but there is always exceptions. Myles is with Youth Anti-Crime Trusts and I am surprised government authorities have not listened to him…
The Editor speaks: Is the teeth real or false?
The Older Persons Law 2017 came into effect today (Monday 17) but is it really going to make a cent of difference? Has the law real teeth or is it just false? The law was passed in the Legislative Assembly…
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The Editor speaks: Immigration reform
Although the government have engaged local consultants Deloitte on a Process Improvement Project (the “Project”) to support its role in delivering strategic and policy direction to the Department of Immigration (DoI) they are still relying on the public’s input. Immigration…
The Editor speaks: Why do we ignore warnings?
In one of our stories today under the heading “Woman dead after being hit by jet blast at Caribbean beach” it shows the complete disregard to a sign that stated very clearly “Jet blast of departing and arriving aircraft can…
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The Editor speaks: This bird is not singing
Please see my last two Editorials on The Three Little Birds One of our three birds is not singing. Cayman Islands Football Association (CIFA) vice president Bruce Blake, the first of two local men arrested by anti-corruption investigators last week…
The Editor speaks: The three birds have finally sung
Following on from my Editorial yesterday “Three Little Birds” re the Cayman Islands Football Association’s seemingly deaf and dumbness to their former President and current VP Bruce Blake’s arrest FINALLY we have a song from them: “Cayman Islands Football Association…
Work experience for Lighthouse students
Cayman Islands Govt. gives work experience to Lighthouse Students The six students of the Lighthouse School’s graduating class took part in a day’s work experience at the Government Administration Building on Friday, 12 May 2017. The initiative, organised by Lauren…
The Editor speaks: Our election is quiet – compare to the French one – but is balloting really secret anymore
The French election is an example of how divided opinions run completely out of control. There they are down to just two candidates whilst here we have 61! The last debate between Marine Le Pen and Emmanuel Macron was a…
