The Editor Speaks: It is your right and duty to vote
The register of Cayman Islands electors has now reached 16,000 with only one month to go before it closes for new voters to be included ahead of the 2013 General Elections. The deadline and cut-off point for people to register…
The Editor Speaks: Less civil servants and it’s not my fault
With $24M cuts to the civil service in next year’s budget beginning July 1st 2013 this should mean fewer civil servants. Most of the general public, excluding the ones affected, will be pleased, as this is something they have been…
St. George’s says “goodbye” to their quiet “dragon”
It was an emotional evening on Monday (26) when St. George’s Anglican Church said “Goodbye” to their faithful servant of fourteen years, Jamaica National, Reginald Griffiths. Known to nearly everyone at the church as “MR GRIFFITHS” to show the high…
The Editor Speaks: Was it right for government to keep China Harbour contract secret?
With Alastair Paterson’s revelation during the Chamber of Commerce Forum last Friday (23) that the final agreement with China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC) was negotiated in secret and he had deliberately kept the discussion “below the radar”, I have to…
The Editor Speaks: WSPA still insist CTF end sea turtle farming
It was unfortunate the turtle release of 150 turtles on Sunday 18th November had ONE turtle that was injured. I noticed it. The turtle looked as if it had damage to one of its back flippers and it struggled to…
ICO overturns Governor’s decision on Operation Tempura
In a decision made public on November 22 2012 the Information Commissioner (ICO), Jennifer Dilbert, overturned a decision by the Cayman Islands Governor, HE Duncan Taylor. On 8 February 2012 an Applicant made a request to the Governor’s Office under…
The Editor Speaks: Not all glitz at the Ritz
James Glasgow and David Lattimer, executives of US-based Five Mile Capital Partners held a press meeting last Wednesday (21) to answer statements made in the Legislative Assembly by Cayman Islands Premier, Hon. McKeeva Bush. Bush last week claimed the auction…
The Editor Speaks: Hope: Can the C4C market their brand?
I hope the persons behind the new political group, that isn’t a party but a consortium of independent candidates set to run in Cayman Islands 2013, do not listen to the majority of the blogs running on Cayman’s media websites….
The Editor Speaks: Are we getting value for money from our top minister’s trips abroad?
With our premier, Hon. McKeeva Bush having to defend his position of excessive travelling overseas in times of austerity we now have the revelation of his deputy, Hon. Juliana O’Connor-Connolly who has accumulated a bill to the public purse of…
Huge crowd for Coalition4Cayman inaugural meeting
Was it the free food and drink, was it just being curious at what it was all about, or was it the Cayman public’s genuine very anxiousness to find a real alternative to the present two party system dominating the…
