The Editor Speaks: Is it right to post an unofficial sex-offenders list?
Local activist Sandra Catron has come under fire by the Royal Cayman Islands Police Service (RCIPS) for her unofficial sex-offenders list. Catron has created a Facebook page to name those who are convicted of abusing children or other sex-related crimes….
The Editor Speaks: Experience no one wants and no one wants inexperience
When you reach 60 years of age no matter what experience you possess rarely does an employer want you. Why? I remember the late media mogul Desmond Seales telling me that the only way he can get employed now he…
The Editor Speaks: Do we need to prosecute trivial cases?
A crime is a crime no matter how trivial. It is not the amount, it is the intent. Thou shalt not kill! One cannot argue with that but ……. Our court system is so overloaded we have prisoners awaiting trial…
The Editor Speaks: Our election rules have caused the election challenge
Mario Galea, the Malta Member of Parliament who headed the six person Commonwealth Parliamentary Association observer team who visited Cayman during the week of the May general elections, said that the requirements under our Constitution for what qualifies a person…
The Editor Speaks: Open air concerts should be prepared for rain
It would seem to have escaped the promoters, Music Republic, of The First Rock and Reggae Concert, that holding a concert outside during Cayman’s rainy season, it might rain. The weather forecast for last Friday (12) was not good. iNews…
The Editor Speaks: Why so many water related deaths?
It was with some shock I learnt of yet another death in our waters last Friday. It was the tenth this year and the eighth involving swimming, snorkeling or diving. Most have involved tourists who were over the age of…
The Editor Speaks: Innocent until proven guilty but you stay in jail until trial
Brian Borden is accused of killing Robert Mackford Bush in September 2011 in a West Bay gang-related shooting. Borden will not go to trial until January next year. This will mean he will have been imprisoned without trial for more…
The Editor Speaks: Immigration changes imminent
Premier Alden McLaughlin has announced that an immigration reform proposal is being tendered for next week and will be going to the Legislative Assembly prior to the 28th October deadline when thousands of non-Caymanian workers are due to be sent…
The Editor Speaks: Abuse of company/government credit cards
We have highlighted a story in iNews Cayman today re a Virginian Governor, Bob McDonnell who has been accused of misuse of a state credit card. Sounds familiar doesn’t it? Our ex-premier McKeeva Bush is also facing similar charges except…
The Editor Speaks: Speeding police cars cause accidents
It is a very difficult decision for a policeman to make when he decides to chase a car at great speed. The policy of the Royal Cayman Islands Police Service (RCIPS) is to immediately notify a senior police supervisor that…
