The Editor Speaks: Why are we not looking over our shoulder?
I was somewhat surprised when I learnt that in all the evaluations and statistics plus forecasting for our cruise ship berthing facility we didn’t look over our shoulder. If we had we would have seen not just one island but…
The Editor Speaks: Should medical ganga be made legal?
A Jamaican doctor and MP says “No! ”Local Architect Burns Conolly has launched a Facebook page “Cannabis Cayman” (https://www.facebook.com/pages/Cannabis-Cayman/387431518026551) “To bring awareness of the medicinal benefits of Cannabis to the Cayman Islands and to promote its legalization for medicinal uses.”…
The Editor Speaks: When ageing isn’t really too OLD for good use
We are all ageing, from the very day we are born. I am 70 years old and I am aged. Am I too old therefore to have any useful service? I am well over the retirement age so should I…
The Editor Speaks: Disappointed in Miller’s stance against conservation bill
North Side’s Independent Member of the Legislative Assembly, Ezzard Miller, is on the attack again. Whilst I have supported him in nearly all his previous tirades against government shenanigans (my word) and bringing to light corruption that would have probably…
The Editor Speaks: “Disappointing” is actually “appalling”
In a disclosure reported on Monday (2) by the Caymanian Compass under the title “Lawmakers’ financial disclosures ‘disappointing’” it says Karin Thompson, chairwoman of the Commission for Standards in Public Life, used the word “disappointing”. The story was about the…
The Editor Speaks: Cayman is squeaky clean
No more will the Cayman Islands be called names like “notorious”, “crooked”, “secretive”, “nefarious”, etc. No longer can we be called “A tax haven”. Almost overnight Cayman has become squeaky clean. Every door in all those buildings in Cayman’s capital…
The Editor Speaks: Why were the alleged bank robbers even brought to court?
Was the Royal Cayman Islands Police Service (RCIPS) too eager to prosecute because of the high profile nature of the robbery? The robbery of a premier bank right in the heart of George Town, the capital of the Cayman Islands…
The Editor Speaks: Thanksgiving Day in the USA
iNews Cayman wishes every American a very happy and blessed Thanksgiving Day this Thursday November 28th. It is an historic American CHRISTIAN tradition and goes right back to the year 1623 when after the harvest crops were gathered in November…
The Editor Speaks: When a Compass has its arrow pointing at the wrong poles
I was surprised when I read Cayman’s oldest and only daily print newspaper, the Caymanian Compass, produce an editorial that seemed to be attacking government’s National Conservation Law. It was not for me to comment as it is an unspoken…
The Editor Speaks: Wiretapping
iNews Cayman has published a number of stories and editorials on the subject of wiretapping. Cayman’s public is not happy with what seems to be the total disregard of our rights and the secrecy that is attached to it. Everybody…
