The Editor Speaks: Has Bush snubbed the FCO, again?
Has once again the Cayman Islands Premier, Hon. McKeeva Bush, snubbed the UK’s Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) in failing to deliver on another of his promises? It has been confirmed by the Governor’s Office the Premier has told Mark…
The Editor Speaks: Freedom of speech or news from the bush
In a recent poll appearing on the Rasmussen Reports Internet site it states 72% put freedom of speech ahead of not offending other cultures “Voters overwhelmingly rate protecting freedom of speech as more important than not offending other nations and…
The Editor Speaks: More gas less sense
I was astonished to hear some of the answers to questions that were asked at the recent meeting of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) concerning the abuse by a number of civil servants of the gas card (Gasboy) system. The…
The Editor Speaks: Brac paving disgrace
There has been much in Cayman’s media since a public interest report by the Auditor General on the expenditure of almost $3.5 million on paving in Cayman Brac, including more than $500,000 on private parking lots. What at first looked…
The Editor Speaks: Love: our main story
I expect there will many of our readers who will be puzzled that the article headlined “Love” and written by our “Special Correspondent” Paul, is our top story. Actually, it should have been our top story yesterday (19) as the…
The Editor Speaks: FCO and our new overseer.
The UK’s Foreign and Commonwealth Office is headed by Foreign Secretary, William Hague, who once upon a time was leader of the Conservative Party for a short time during the years it was in opposition to the governing Labour Party….
The Editor Speaks: Does anyone do background checks …
Does anyone do background checks on personnel that are hired to head up sensitive investigations? Why do we have to pay the piper [we didn’t engage] for disclosing to us nothing? The “anyone” I am referring to in the first…
The Editor Speaks: Government television and telecom interception
I have written recently on the power of television and how it can be abused. I also wrote in August last year about my reservations regarding the broad powers the RCIPS obtained for themselves regarding the passing of the Information…
The Editor Speaks: Operation Tempura will not go away
The civil dispute between Martin Bridger, the former senior investigating officer of Operation Tempura, over the use of documents from the infamous police investigation is proceeding in secret. The doors are locked and bolted against the public and especially the…
Another good story about the Cayman Islands
By Mike Cosey, chartered surveyor and building consultant of Coseyhomes. Published in St. Helens The Reporter The potential of the Cayman Islands It may be a refreshing change for this week to write about something more uplifting than the state…
