The Editor Speaks: Bikers are winning, police are running, call in the Keystone Cops.
I expect most of you have seen the video circulating on social media of two police officers trying to stop 200 bikers at a roadblock in Bodden Town. The copy I received was titled “Keystone Cops”. It was an apt…
The Editor Speaks: Day the rains came down
Yesterday (Sun 26), was one of the worst days I have ever driven in the rain. It was dark and getting darker, just before 6PM and as my wife and I got into the car the heavens opened and the…
The Editor Speaks: A good man leaves
I have to confess, when Neil Lavis arrived here from the UK to take up his job as Director of Her Majesty’s Cayman Islands Prison Service, I didn’t think he would last twelve months. He not only had to battle…
The Editor Speaks: How much for a new courthouse?
At the Finance Committee this week we learnt that the government has spent over $1M on reports exploring the “where, what and when?” on a new courthouse. It has taken ten years to come to no conclusion whatsoever, except we…
The Editor Speaks: Black Friday and Thanksgiving
Thursday (23) is the American Thanksgiving. Over the years I have lived here (35+), I have watched Thanksgiving celebrations grow, especially the Restaurants, primarily because of the large number of American tourists and now with the increase of American workers…
The Editor Speaks: Men
How many of you celebrated International Men’s Day last Sunday (19)? The Government sponsored Cayman Islands “celebrations” comprised a Men and Boys church service at Savannah United Church on Sunday. Rooster 101 had a roundtable at 7:30am last Friday and…
The Editor Speaks: CarePay and does anyone really care?
I came down heavy on Bodden Town MLA Chris Saunders in a recent editorial and likened him to the late British Actor Sir Christopher Lee’s performance playing the notorious “hanging judge” Judge Jeffries. Today, I am somewhat on his side,…
The Editor Speaks: The law was not followed but……
Jobs for Caymanians! That is the trumpet call. Laws were put into place to protect Caymanians. Transparency. Caymanians must have the opportunity to take the top jobs. This applies, especially when the jobs are Government bodies. When our most proven…
The Editor Speaks: It is no surprise private sector pension and health insurers are failing Cayman and so is CINICO
In the Legislative Assembly last Tuesday (14) the Finance Committee were discussing the thorny subject of insurance – pensions and especially health. With the burden of the uninsured Cayman Islands citizens falling on government to address when they reach retirement…
The Editor Speaks: World Prematurity Day and World Orphans Day. Linked by children.
Two stories celebrating special days may have escaped your notice or about too. The first, World Prematurity Day, you can read today as the Cayman Islands Health Services Authority are celebrating it. See today’s story “Cayman Islands Health Services Authority…
