The Editor Speaks: Why we withheld the name
We published the story today about a 78 year old man who pleaded guilty to stealing $180 from his employer after having had a clean criminal record. The man, a seafarer, had retired from the company he stole from but…
The Editor Speaks: Television: – seeing is believing
I was on CITN-Cayman27 television’s show “Daybreak’ yesterday (10) as it was their 20th anniversary and I was asked what was the single most significant moment in my fifteen years there that I thought had made the most impact on…
The Editor Speaks: September 10th 2012 is World Suicide Prevention Day.
World Suicide Prevention Day, September 10th, is an opportunity for all sectors of the community – the public, charitable organizations, communities, researchers, clinicians, practitioners, politicians and policy makers, volunteers, those bereaved by suicide, other interested groups and individuals – to…
The Editor Speaks: Incredible and incomprehensible
Yesterday (6) our exclusive lead story “More red tape for all Cayman companies” has caused a stir in the financial world but it should have caused a stir in everyone who has a business. It should have caused a stir…
The Editor Speaks: The rubber stamp of approval
Why should we be surprised that Premier McKeeva’s Bush’s $4.5M Nation Building Fund (NBF) passed through without any opposition? It’s an excellent idea. Opposition leader, Alden McLaughlin, said, “We are not opposed to the concept of nation building. We are…
The Editor Speaks: When will they ever learn?
Pete Seeger’s song “Where Have All the Flowers Gone?” contains the lines “When will they ever learn? When will they ever learn?” To make the question even more demanding it is repeated. The song would become a highly emotional protest…
The Editor Speaks: Why are THEY waiting?
There is something very wrong with a judicial system when two defendants have to wait in custody for nearly six month for their trial. IN CUSTODY!! And the defendants have already been in custody for months. And where is this…
The Editor Speaks: Is bad publicity good?
Although we might like to think that when someone mentions the Cayman Islands it conjures up a picture of beauty, sunshine, clear skies, crystal blue seas, white sand, soft cool breezes and palm trees. This is precisely what our Islands…
Wool is versatile
Wool is a natural fibre obtained primarily from sheep with a composition primarily of keratin, a protein found also in hair, fingernails and animal hooves. Sheep serve as the primary source of wool and limited supply also comes from goats,…
The Editor Speaks: CID Super reports carelessness contributes to burglaries
It was sobering words from CID Detective Superintendent Marlon Bodden on Wednesday (29) when he said there were 293 burglaries committed in the Cayman Islands over the first seven months of 2012. And this figure was actually decreasing! But he…
