The Editor Speaks: Why is everything left to the last minute and when is a political party not a political party?
Two questions I ask today and I would love to hear some feedback from you on it. With great expectations (sounds like a title from Dickens) we await to hear (today?) what our premier, Hon. McKeeva Bush, will do with…
The Editor Speaks: When is investigating a complaint harassment?
There has been a lot of talk recently both in the Cayman Islands media and in the Legislative Assembly (LA) concerning the Royal Cayman Islands Police Service (RCIPS) investigating the leak of documents that concern government activity and public owned…
The Editor Speaks: What an exhibition and all on television
You didn’t have to be in the Legislative Assembly (LA) on Wednesday to witness an exhibition unbecoming of children let alone the leaders of our country. You could watch it yourselves on the Government’s own television channel CIGTV. Why the…
The Editor Speaks: 3 different stories and a mysterious woman
In my much younger days my favourite crime author was Edgar Wallace.He was already dead by the time I was born – I am not THAT old! His most famous book series was The Three and the Four Just Men…
The Editor Speaks: Will Cayman be forced to enact the NCL?
The Draft National Conservation Law (NCL) for the Cayman Islands has been gathering dust for a long time and has been “watered” down at every review by successive governments. The present government, especially with the Minister of Environment Mark Scotland…
The Editor Speaks: Why remember the Sunday of Remembrance?
I have noticed with a feeling of sadness that over the years Cayman Islands Day of Remembrance is not as important as it should be. Notable absentee over the last few years has been the premier. I have to ask…
Chief Justice waits on Privy Council
Cayman Islands Chief Justice, Hon. Anthony Smellie, is at odds with the Islands’ Governor, HE Duncan Taylor and the local Judicial and Legal Services Commission. The Chief Justice last May presented a petition in May of this year about section…
The Editor Speaks: Were the cavalry about to ride in?
After Cayman Islands premier, Hon. McKeeva Bush’s defiant mood over the weekend and last Monday (5) saying he was not going to back down on his amended version of the Framework for Fiscal Responsibility (FFR) and he was going ahead…
The Editor Speaks: “No legal obligations ……. for the outstanding duty…..”
In the press release from RC Cayman Holdings LLC lawyers, Conyers Dill & Pearman, they say: “There is no legal obligation for the property’s new owner to bear responsibility for the outstanding duty, nor is there any agreement with the…
The Editor Speaks: Rights to the people
The people of the Cayman Islands now have some rights that are now law. From Tuesday (6) any Caymanian who believes their rights are not being upheld can seek legal redress through Cayman’s courts. In some cases ex-pats are covered,…
