The Editor Speaks: Health waste
When it comes to HEALTH government is a past master at wasting our funds. Whether it is the real, hard, natural waste or the medical health both manage to waste our funds. We have just learnt that Richard Simms, the…
The Editor Speaks: Animals need better protection
“I chopped these two wild dogs in the head because they attacked me!” Case closed. Animals cannot dispute the claim. The Department of Agriculture concluded that two dogs that had got loose and attacked someone, who did not have one…
The Editor Speaks: Leave Smith Cove alone!
“Leave Smith Cove (also known as Smith Barcadere) ALONE!” That is the strong view from our Publisher Caymanian Joan (Watler) Wilson. “The beach on South Church Street has the most natural beauty unsurpassed anywhere on Grand Cayman that MUST NOT…
The Editor Speaks: Hunger strikes
Hunger strikes are not new. They have been going on for centuries. It’s one of the few ways prisoners can draw attention to themselves and their plight. It’s normally an act of desperation. Occasionally, here in the Cayman Islands, we…
The Editor Speaks: When offensive swear words become acceptable
Maren Morris – “Rich” “Is money falling from the sky…(ka-ching, ka-ching) s**t I’d be rich FACEBOOK: Country singer Maren Morris fantasizes about living large in the new song “Rich,” off her upcoming debut album ‘Hero.’ She also tosses a few…
The Editor Speaks: When we bring Big Brother on ourselves
I have an instant hate of the ‘Big Brother Is Watching You’ that governments around the world have been installing. From cameras placed outside watching our every movement and cameras house owners/business owners actually themselves install inside their dwellings/places of…
The Editor Speaks: Help
We read continually about the destruction, rape, murder, violence, war, etc that humans inflict upon one another. It makes one wonder is there any goodness left in this world. There is and far more than the bad news that makes…
The Editor Speaks: What remedies are being taken to try and stop teenagers continually absconding?
On July 5th, 15 year old teenager Motesha Mothen absconded for the umpteenth time. From RCIPS Jul6 2018 “Motesha Mothen, age 15 of Bodden Town, absconded yesterday, 5 July, and has not returned home or been located since. “She was…
The Editor Speaks: Meagre pensions
The number of Cayman Islands elderly persons who receive meagre pensions and are losing their homes for mortgage defaults are rising. Premier Alden McLaughlin confirmed this in the LA saying more and more people at present need support from government….
The Editor Speaks: Happy Independence Day (July 4th) to the USA
Being British, I laughingly tell my American friends that July 4th is an equally big celebration in Great Britain. With extra emphasis on the ‘Great’! They look amazed and normally say “Really. Why?” I answer back. “It’s the day we…
