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The Editor Speaks: Should civil servants have outside employment?

The Caymanian Compass reported recently they had now received answers to a Freedom of Information Law request they made “to ministries and portfolios seeking information about public servants who declared having private gainful employment or business interests, how many public…

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The Editor Speaks: Accidents do happen and stop vandalizing/stealing election posters

It is extremely unfortunate that an elector was accidentally struck off from the register of voters. Mistakes do happen and it always pays to check. The Elections Office admitted it was a mistake on the part of its staff.  However,…

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The Editor Speaks: Sometimes it is not a good thing to ‘hedge your bets’

With a seemingly wave of public discontent with the past United Democratic Party (UDP) Government but claiming the mess our country is in is mainly due to the party system and not its leadership, the Coalition for Cayman (C4C) candidates…

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The Editor Speaks: ICTA’s reluctance to get involved

It is not strange the Information Communication Technology Authority (ICTA), who is responsible for managing content on radio and television broadcasts in Cayman, have declined to act over Ezzard Miller’s formal complaint to them. The North Side MLA, Ezzard Miller,…

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The Editor Speaks: Glidden tells all

Not surprising, when election time comes around a candidate will want to distance himself from someone who by association will not help his cause. West Bay MLA, and Cayman’s Tourism Minister, Cline Glidden, who had been elected over his last…

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The Editor Speaks: Is it right to bash Cayman’s churches?

Over the past weeks some of Cayman’s media have led with stories brandishing Churches receive X$, Premier’s church receives X$, Church gives back X$, Another church gives back X$ and finally “Churches get $600K in 2013”. Then the Progressives get…

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The Editor Speaks: A dilemma for voters wanting a change

With so many voter candidate options and the seemingly wave of opinion opting towards change, the Cayman voters are in a dilemma. The People’s Progressive Party Movement’s (PPM/Progressives) leader Alden McLaughlin pointed this out at the Party’s rally last Thursday…

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The Editor Speaks: We shout, we cry, we want answers but we won’t listen and we won’t show up

The Coalition to Keep Bodden Town Dump Free has an impressive amount of backers. Public opinion seems to be swinging their way.  The two previous United Democratic Party MLA’s, Mark Scotland and Cline Glidden, who had supported the Dart Group’s…