The Editor Speaks: Taylor’s Tempura struggles
iNews Cayman has given more time to the scandal of Operation Tempura including Editorials on the topic than anything else we have published. What is even more astonishing is that Tempura commenced in 2007 and iNews did not publish until…
The Editor Speaks: Immigration making headlines again
Cayman Islands’ looming immigration problem has made headlines again. The Bloomberg story we ran last week under the title “Paradise Lost” is the subject of an article in Bermuda’s Royal Gazette we have published today, “Cayman Islands could eject 2,000…
The Editor Speaks: Disappointing and why now?
It is most disappointing to have to report that a last minute challenge to the election of Minister Tara Rivers has been filed in the Grand Court by Mr. Gordon Hewitt, husband of Mrs. Velma Hewitt, a candidate in the…
The Editor Speaks: Against all odds Crown ignores blunders
Why pursue a case when the odds of winning are poor and the odds of an expensive lawsuit when you lose are great? I am not privy to the inner workings or minds of the Crown Prosecution team and I…
The Editor Speaks: Why don’t service companies use texting when it really matters?
Were you, like me, annoyed at the seemingly relentless texting during the elections? My telephone was constantly beeping informing me of every meeting C4C, Progressives and most candidates were having. Texting is used by LIME and Digicel informing us of…
The Editor Speaks: Complacent or prepared?
Are you complacent or prepared? I am referring to the 2013 Hurricane Season that started June 1st and already we have had a named storm, Andrea. It formed in the Gulf on June 5th and caused flooding and tornadoes across…
The Editor Speaks: Webb makes critics eat their words
In only just over a year since taking office as CONCACAF’s (Confederation of North Central, Central America and the Caribbean) president, Jeffery Webb, a banker from our own country the Cayman Islands, has made the many critics of his appointment…
The Editor Speaks: Minimum wage is the hot topic
Do we really need a minimum wage? There is much talk of the exploitation of some of our workforce, especially foreign workers, and the Progressives (PPM) campaigned heavily on introducing a minimum wage. The PPM is now the government but…
The Editor Speaks: Rollunder NOT rollover
I hope the number one priority for the new Cayman Islands Government is to scrap the 7 year term limit – the ROLLOVER! There are approximately 1,400 persons currently working here who are past their time. I am not referring…
The Editor Speaks: Can Tempura make Cayman even poorer?
YES!! The Tempura/Operation Cealt disaster is back in the headlines and we have another foreign story on it again from the Jamaica Observer – see iNews Cayman’s story today “Corruption allegations in the Cayman Islands”. If you type the word…
