Letter to the Editor
Support for Caribbean children Dear Sir: My name is Kim Jean. I am a proud donor to and ambassador for the Foundation for the Development of Caribbean Children (FDCC). This letter is to gain your support and that of your…
The Editor Speaks: Just what ‘game’ is Bridger playing?
Martin Bridger was the ‘scapegoat’ for the Operation Tempura fiasco that has already cost the Cayman public millions of dollars. Estimates vary from $15M to $30M!! However, as the man in charge, who made a very handsome salary and produced…
The Editor Speaks: Unfortunate response to OMOV from premier
I have to say I was very disappointed in Premier Alden McLaughlin’s response to the query regarding when the One Man One Vote (OMOV) would be tabled. He answered that it is not a current priority and this was the…
The Editor Speaks: How much longer will we put up with the damning reports from Aud. Gen.?
Cayman Islands Auditor General, Alastair Swarbrick, has produced five more reports (see iNews Cayman story published January 22 2014 “Aud Gen announces five reports on Cayman governance” at: http://www.ieyenews.com/wordpress/aud-gen-announces-five-reports-on-cayman-governance/) saying “our audit work found, however, that the implementation of the…
Latin leaders to applaud Cuba’s dictatorship
By Andres Oppenheimer [email protected] From Miami Herald What’s most shameful about Latin American presidents’ scheduled visit to Cuba for a regional summit Tuesday is not that they will visit one of the world’s last family dictatorships, but that they most…
The Editor Speaks: Compromise and diplomacy do work
When one is confrontational it rarely succeeds. This has been the biggest problem with ex-premier McKeeva Bush and surprisingly he doesn’t seem to have ever owned up that confrontation is even part of his persona. Quite the contrary. He often…
The Editor Speaks: Accidents happen when we don’t follow the rules
“All rules are there for breaking” That statement is true, but rules are there for a reason even if the reason might appear to be silly. It is because of the silly rules that the serious rules tend to be…
The Editor Speaks: Medical Tourism
With Health City Cayman (known locally as The Shetty Hospital) due to have its first phase building completion at the end of February questions have been raised how viable is it? Many have wondered why the renowned health surgeon Dr….
The Editor Speaks: Forget the Florida Lottery – the UK Lottery might be easier
How many Cayman residents play the Florida Lottery? No one knows the actual figures, as it is illegal for Cayman’s residents to return here with lottery tickets. It’s a form of gambling and gambling is a crime here. So no…
The Editor Speaks: A new court house is urgently needed
When I was a practicing Quantity Surveyor here in the late 1980’s to early 1990’s I remember one of our projects was to do a cost exercise on an extension to the existing Court House in George Town. It was…
