Criminal background checks: A necessity now in Cayman?
Everyday the news from the USA tells of violence, murder and sex offenders on the prowl. The scary thing is, it’s now happening here in Cayman. You usually never know who these people might be until it’s too late. How…
We all make mistakes
“An apology makes us a better person” We all make mistakes. Howsoever intelligent we may be, or wealthy, or experienced, because we are human. Only God doesn’t make any mistakes. Some of our mistakes hurt our interest. They don’t hurt…
Forty-eight easy ways to lose weight
“Oh no. Thanksgiving has just gone and now Christmas is coming. I’ve eaten too much and I’m overweight. What do I do?” I have said it and I expect you have, too. But don’t despair. The following are old but…
The Editor speaks: When is bad press really bad?
I have read a lot of bad press concerning the Cayman Islands. I have read many a blog painting a terrible picture of these Islands. However, nothing has made me angrier than Steven Knipp’s piece of garbage he wrote for…
Cricket: The basics and rules
I love cricket and find it amazing how many people don’t understand the game saying it is too difficult to understand. I have to say this to our USA friends, cricket is a much easier game to understand than American…
Damaging article about Grand Cayman
“The Story of the Rise and Fall of the Cayman Islands” Full article see http://highbrowmagazine.com/story-rise-and-fall-cayman-islands Highbrow Magazine (to quote from them) “is a liberal, general-interest online magazine, focusing on the arts, entertainment, food, travel, news and politics.” The magazine is…
The Editor speaks: Should we ban jet skis?
Jet skis are banned on Tobago’s south west peninsula, no jet skis are allowed in Anguilla, and they cannot be used in the British Virgin Islands. I have to ask the question, “Should jet skis/wave runners be banned here?” In…
Do you use your time well or waste it?
“Time is precious. Life is precious.” “When you were born you had a clock over your head slowly ticking down” Do you wish there were 48 hours in a day instead of just 24? For me, there never seems to…
British Bobbies leave
It was no surprise to me to hear the negative feedback regarding the announcement by RCIPS Commissioner, David Baines, that twelve members of the UK officers who came to assist our police here have left. I even had a respected…
The Editor speaks: Christmas cracker crackdown by RCIPS
If any one has any complaining to do about the RCIPS’s seasonal police road safety crackdown this year, codenamed Operation Christmas Cracker, beginning on Monday 28th Nov., we have only ourselves to blame. “Last year we were so disappointed by…
