The Editor speaks: A boxing gym…. but what has happened to our football?
It was good that Manny Pacquiao attended the groundbreaking event for the Bodden Town Boxing Gym last Saturday(7). I hope the actual building of the Gym doesn’t take another four years to actually get built and opened just before an…
The Editor speaks: The Great Manny will be in town
Actually two towns to be precise. – Bodden Town and George Town. One of the greatest boxers of all time, the Hon. Manny Pacquiao will be making his first visit here as guest of Sports Minister Osbourne Bodden to be…
The Editor speaks: Culture
The government has unveiled its National Culture and Heritage Policy & Strategic Plan 2017-2026. Our premier, Alden McLauglin in his Foreword said “This document has been drawn from and put together through existing instruments, strategies and policies, which comprise culture…
Peter Binose: Julian Bodge and his merry band of bodgers
By Peter Binose Before we start on this story I would like to say I hold no grudge against Julian. There are a few things I would like to ask. One being how he got to head a ministry of…
It’s time for African and Caribbean leaders to grow up
By Raynard Jackson (NNPA Newswire Columnist) From Black Press USA During the holidays, I had several frantic conversations with diplomats from Africa and the Caribbean. They all knew that I was active in the Republican Party and was a vocal…
The Editor speaks: New Year’s resolutions
A very happy New Year to all our readers and please pass it on from all of us here to those you know who don’t read iNews Cayman. Do you make New Year’s resolutions? I don’t and I cannot remember…
PETER WICKHAM: Political 2017
By Peter Wickham From Nation News Barbados 2017 IS LIKELY to be a relatively quiet year politically in this region as there is only one scheduled election in the Cayman Islands. Politicos in the southern and eastern Caribbean tend not…
President Obama and the War On Terror
By Ewin James. William Tecumseh Sherman, a General in the Union Army in the American Civil war said that war is hell. This means that no war is good. A war may be inevitable and in the end serve some…
David Jessop: Moment for careful reflection
By David Jessop From Trinidad Express The coming year is likely to be among the most strategically challenging that Caribbean leaders and senior ministers responsible for more than domestic policy will have faced since independence or the US intervention/invasion of…
Bone conduction
By Paul McGowan From PS Audio In my ongoing search for the perfect wireless headphones, I have made several observations. I can’t and won’t tolerate anything sticking inside my ear I don’t want over-ear headphones for outdoor use They have…