The Editor Speaks: Easter greeting and story
On behalf of all of us at iNews Cayman we hope all of you have had a very Blessed Easter. A witness to Jesus’ Crucifixion tells the Easter story. It is just as real today as it was then 2,000…
The Editor Speaks: I went almost mad today
I know some people think I am already certifiable but I almost agreed with them today At 6AM – yes I do mean 6AM I was awakened by the dreadful, annoying, nerve wrenching [I am being polite] racket of a…
The Editor Speaks: Clean financial reports is the order of the day
Minister Marco Archer continues his impressive role as Government’s Financial Chief when he gave his report at last week’s Legislative Assembly Meeting in Cayman Brac. The Minister said the Progressives (PPM) is eliminating many of the obstacles, calling them ‘roadblocks’…
The Editor Speaks: Jobs for Caymanians first and foremost
Cayman’s Minister of Education, Hon. Tara Rivers, said in the Legislative Assembly in Cayman Brac last Thursday (10), the “Government is working to prepare and protect Caymanians so they can partake in the economic opportunities that exist today” in the…
The Editor Speaks: Incredibly informative trip to dump
Am I the only person in Cayman who is not satisfied with the speeches made by both Minister Osbourne Bodden and Premier Alden McLaughlin in Cayman Brac’s Legislative Assembly last Thursday (10) regarding THE DUMP? All talk and no action…
The Editor Speaks: Cemetery sea walls higher priority than UCCI needs
After reading the President of the University College of the Cayman Islands (UCCI), Roy Bodden’s Annual Report I can understand North Side MLA Ezzard Miller’s comment that the protective sea walls proposed for all coastal cemeteries on Grand Cayman are…
The Editor Speaks: the pendulum is swinging against local television
As most of you are aware I, with my wife Joan, was one of the pioneers of local broadcast television. We started CITN- Cayman International Television (International) Network – known as Cayman27 in 1992. The first over the air broadcast…
The Editor Speaks: statistics – are they really useful?
“U.K. Economy size may be revised upward on EU Statistics changes” is one of our stories in today’s iNews Cayman from Bloomberg, showing the importance of statistics. Important but is their usefulness exaggerated and figures capable of misinterpretation? Yesterday I was helping…
The Editor Speaks: Banks transaction fees continue to rise
*An excellent article from the Jamaica Gleaner has been published in iNews Cayman today. Entitled “Fixing fees for profit”, Arthur Hall, Gleaner’s Senior News Editor shows from a just-concluded study by the local think tank, Caribbean Policy Research Institute (CaPRI),…
The Editor Speaks: The Grand Old Duke of York
The Grand Old Duke of York Oh, The grand old Duke of York, He had ten thousand men; He marched them up to the top of the hill, And he marched them down again. And when they were up,…
