The Editor Speaks: One question but a lot of “education”
So now we know the question that will go on the Referendum Ballot paper on 18th July, “Do you support an electoral system of single member constituencies with each elector being entitled to cast only one vote?” I am not…
Letter to the editor: REFERENDUM DAY SHOULD BE A HOLIDAY
As the Petition for referendum for One Man One Vote continues, Caymanians now know that they will go to the polls in July to decide if the three Islands will adopt single member constituencies. In contrast, Premier Bush and his…
The Editor Speaks: One man, one vote
I am pleased to see that independent member for North Side, Ezzard Miller, says that the goal to secure equality and real democracy in Cayman politics is a long way from over. I was worried that everyone campaigning for the…
Creative Brush Strokes
Most aspiring artists will learn to use colour sparingly on some parts of the brush if they want to achieve the texture of certain brush strokes. Some brush strokes will require the painter to bend the paintbrush bristles slightly to…
The Editor Speaks: Untreated sewage discharged into ground every day
15,000 gallons of untreated sewage has been discharging onto the ground each day according to the Water Authority for over a year. Government issued a cheque for $40,000 to the Water Authority-Cayman in October 2011 for the emergency repair of…
Is your neighbourhood retailer disappearing?
Even though, here in Cayman we still have the specialist retailers, the booksellers, audio, jewellery and art shops come to mind, they seem to be dying out in the UK and US where I have visited over the last year….
The Editor Speaks: Bush capitulates on one man, one vote referendum
Although our premier, Hon McKeeva Bush, claims he has never seen the petition currently circulating asking for a people initiated referendum on the subject of “one man, one vote” and only “heard lots about the petition” he has capitulated to…
Brain Tumours From Dental X-Rays: Should I be Worried?
By Katie Waldeck Researchers have discovered an alarming link — regular x-rays at the dentist’s office could double a patient’s risk for developing a brain tumour. In a study published Tuesday (10) in the journal Cancer, scientists and doctors asked…
What’s the value when it’s free
By Paul Gowan (www.pstracks.com/pauls-posts/free-2/5922/) Free advice is worth exactly what you paid for it: nothing. But is that true? If I recommend a technique to help your high-end system sound better and it works for you, what was that worth?…
Letter to the Editor 7 April 2012
INEQUALITY again. The Peoples-initiated Referendum needs a majority of all registered voters to pass but the political party government’s referendum on the constitution needed only a majority of the voters who actually vote! So, in a politicians’ referendum in which…
