The Editor Speaks: Ash Wednesday still being used for a party
I am NOT a party pooper. I love a good party. However, Ash Wednesday, one of the Holiest Days in the Christian Calendar is NOT the day to celebrate Mardis Gras. I have spoken about this before, however as it…
The Editor Speaks: Trying not to put a personal slant on news
Whilst it’s acceptable to place your personal opinions in an editorial, because that is exactly what it is – an opinion (the editor’s), this is not the case with news reporting. News reporting should be unbiased and as an old…
The Editor Speaks: OffshoreAlert Conference Miami 2014 – speakers and sponsors
The following appeared in my mailbox on Friday (31): “Meet The Real Star of ‘The Wolf of Wall Street’ Story “Want to meet the former U. S. federal prosecutor who brought self-styled ‘Wolf of Wall Street’ fraudster Jordan Belfort to…
The Editor Speaks: HARDtalk for Premier in London but no potshots here in Cayman
It struck me as very strange that Cayman’s Premier, Alden McLaughlin won’t participate in anymore press briefings in his own country but is willing to appear on the BBC television programme “HARDtalk” that takes no prisoners. I well remember an…
The Editor Speaks: Dan Duguay adds his spice to the Tempura mix and what exactly is the Judge saying?
Further to my Editorial in yesterday’s iNews Cayman titled “Just what ‘game’ is Bridger playing?” we now have Cayman’s former auditor general saying “he would like to see government take another look into the funding for the ill-fated Operation Tempura…
The Editor Speaks: Just what ‘game’ is Bridger playing?
Martin Bridger was the ‘scapegoat’ for the Operation Tempura fiasco that has already cost the Cayman public millions of dollars. Estimates vary from $15M to $30M!! However, as the man in charge, who made a very handsome salary and produced…
The Editor Speaks: Unfortunate response to OMOV from premier
I have to say I was very disappointed in Premier Alden McLaughlin’s response to the query regarding when the One Man One Vote (OMOV) would be tabled. He answered that it is not a current priority and this was the…
The Editor Speaks: How much longer will we put up with the damning reports from Aud. Gen.?
Cayman Islands Auditor General, Alastair Swarbrick, has produced five more reports (see iNews Cayman story published January 22 2014 “Aud Gen announces five reports on Cayman governance” at: http://www.ieyenews.com/wordpress/aud-gen-announces-five-reports-on-cayman-governance/) saying “our audit work found, however, that the implementation of the…
The Editor Speaks: Compromise and diplomacy do work
When one is confrontational it rarely succeeds. This has been the biggest problem with ex-premier McKeeva Bush and surprisingly he doesn’t seem to have ever owned up that confrontation is even part of his persona. Quite the contrary. He often…
The Editor Speaks: Accidents happen when we don’t follow the rules
“All rules are there for breaking” That statement is true, but rules are there for a reason even if the reason might appear to be silly. It is because of the silly rules that the serious rules tend to be…
