Letter to the Editor: A Word Of Advice To Mr. Ezzard Miller
Before you make a complete fool of yourself; Remember expats on work permits CAN NOT VOTE FOR YOU!!!!??? Political postering and playing footsie will only hurt you politically and expose you for who you really are. How can you Ezzard…
Richard Murphy agrees with the premier’s tax
Richard Murphy on his Tax Research UK website heralds the Cayman Islands Premier McKeeva Bush’s announcement of implementing a ‘Community Enhancement Fee’. With a bold headline saying, “Tax is the answer – even in the Cayman Islands” he quotes from…
The Editor Speaks: Is the Budget done or not done?
The Governor of the Cayman Islands, H.E. Duncan Taylor, says the Budget is not done but the Cayman Islands premier, Hon. McKeeva Bush, says the Budget is done. If Taylor says, “not done,” and Bush says, “is done,” is done,…
The Editor Speaks: Travers and Miller
Two excellent statements from two diverse personalities and both respected even if you may not agree with them. Anthony Travers, former Chairman of the Board of Cayman Finance and current Chairman of the Cayman Islands Stock Exchange made this poignant…
Letter to the Editor: Don’t Let South Korea Kill Whales for Research
From Care2 Hi iNews, When will humans learn that whales are mammals too: capable of thoughts and emotions, including fear? When will we stop trying to find excuses to massacre these beautiful, intelligent animals? Now, South Koreans want to begin…
The Editor Speaks: Taxation looms
The announcement by Cayman’s premier, Hon McKeeva Bush to place a payroll tax on work permit holders has caused a wave of discussion today. The word “tax” strikes such an arrow into the heart of everyone living in the Cayman…
The Editor Speaks:The premier’s budget statement
Whilst our lead story headline states that Premier Hon. McKeeva Bush is bringing in taxation he will argue that it is no such thing. However, whatever you call something, it doesn’t change what it is. A rose is a flower…
The Editor Speaks: Why does McKeeva like opening cans of worms?
If you open a “can of worms”, you do something that will cause a lot of problems, and quite frankly, is going to cause more problems than it’s worth. Our premier, and you can’t keep him out of the news,…
Letter to the Editor: Anon
OPEN LETTER TO THE UK ECONOMIST EXPERT NOW IN THE CAYMAN ISLANDS It is a gross injustice for the government of the Cayman Islands to disenfranchise its people by freely granting work permits to every Tom, Dick and Harry collecting…
The Editor Speaks: OMOV will not go away Mr. Bush
I am afraid I lost “my cool” last Thursday and Friday over the One Man, One Vote (OMOV) Referendum. It was not because the OMOV lost, I could not see how it could succeed by the way the Government had…
