The Editor Speaks: Outrage continues at sex offender’s paltry sentence
When the Cayman Islands’ Chief Magistrate, Nova hall, handed down a six months jail sentence to a 44 year old local man who admitted molesting his 8-year-old daughter and making her watch pornography including a movie of himself having sex…
The Editor Speaks: It will be interesting to see CIG’s announcement of CNCF appointees
The Cayman National Cultural Foundation (CNCF) will no longer be able to appoint its own board of directors. A new law will take effect on September 1st 2013 that will give more control directly to the Cayman Islands Government (CIG)….
The Editor Speaks: Dementia
On iNews Cayman’s front page today is the sad, and oh so terrible story, of a brilliant statistics sports columnist and blogger who committed suicide on Thursday August 15th 2013, because he was terrified of succumbing to dementia. Martin Manley…
The Editor Speaks: Prison escape and officials were silent
CITN/Cayman27 first broke the story of three prisoners escaping from HM Northward Prison at around 9:45pm on Wednesday (14) and received confirmation after they had contacted officials. The Royal Cayman Islands Police Service (RCIPS) confirmed to CITN that it was…
The Editor Speaks: Yes Caymanians first
My editorial claiming the continuation of the rollover policy was wrong provoked some angry retorts. (See “The Editor Speaks: Rollover to stay” published Aug 12 2013 at: http://www.ieyenews.com/2013/08/the-editor-speaks-rollover-to-stay/) Whilst I don’t mind, and in fact encourage a lively exchange of…
The Editor Speaks: Why is there no sex education in our government schools?
Currently, no school in the Cayman Islands delivers a consistent, age appropriate comprehensive sexual education curriculum, which is aimed at empowering youth with knowledge, skills and information equipping them to make responsible choices throughout their lives. Those are not my…
The Editor Speaks: Rollover to stay
Despite campaigning that the Progressives (PPM) would take a ‘hard’ look and re-think on the rollover policy if they got elected (they have) and admitting the rollover had been a mistake, Eric Bush, Cayman’s Home Affairs Chief Officer, has confirmed…
The Editor Speaks: The Rivers run smoothly again
Tara Rivers’ introduction to her political career in Cayman’s waters can be likened to a lazy river water ride found in many amusement parks or water parks. The slow current that normally starts with new young candidates who get elected…
The Editor Speaks: Why is protecting our environment a constant battle?
Whilst I applaud our South Sound activists who raised $1,000 last Sunday (4) with a special yoga session (called “Bliss Yoga”) in their campaign against two developments that will affect the coastal environment in their area, it should not have…
Letter to The Editor
Letter to Jamaica Gleaner re Jamaica’s Independence Day This letter published on Thursday August 8th in The Gleaner gives an opposing view to Jamaica’s Independence. Jamaica’s Sad Reality THE EDITOR, Sir: I have a strange feeling that Jamaica would’ve been…
