The Editor Speaks: Settlement at Clifton Hunter High School … but more to come
Following a Caymanian Compass open record request it has been revealed the Cayman Islands Government spent $1.3 million to find out it owed another $3.5 million to its former high schools construction project subcontractor, Caribbean Mechanical (High Schools) Ltd. 2008!…
The Editor Speaks: What is truth?
“Yeah, the ones that you’re calling wild Are going to be the leaders in a little while This old world’s wakin’ to a new born day And I solemnly swear that it’ll be their way You better help the voice…
The Editor Speaks: Why the need for a government TV station?
In response to a Compass Editorial that inferred the new government television station named Cayman Islands Government Television (CIGTV) – I hope government didn’t pay big bucks for someone to come up with that – could be used for propaganda…
The Editor Speaks: Are we wasting our breath?
There has been much highlighting over the past few years that has risen to almost an explosion here in the Cayman media sites on the grave need for environmental protection. Indeed, iNews Cayman, has been one of the front runners…
The Editor Speaks: It is everyone’s right to plead “Not Guilty”
A lot of people in the Cayman Islands may have been shocked at the plea of “Not Guilty” by Hon. Rolston Anglin, the Cayman Islands Minster for Education, to three charges in connection with an incident that occurred near the…
The Editor Speaks: How urgent is it for our National Conservation Law to be passed?
“We are not environmental policemen and we are far more effective by buying up the land that is under threat,” said Carla Reid recently to CNS. Carla Reid is chair of the Cayman Islands National Trust (NT) and she was…
Cayman says goodbye to Pat Tibbetts
“Our Beloved Patrick T. Tibbetts” Aug 10, 1952 – Sept. 18, 2012 was on the front cover of the programme that all Pat’s family and friends were given at Elmslie Memorial Church on Thursday (27). The church on Harbour Drive,…
The Editor Speaks: The power disease
Information is power. When government officials share information with their subjects – the people they represent and have placed them in their positions of power – they rely on it to be true. The people’s way of life and their…
The Editor Speaks: Has Bush snubbed the FCO, again?
Has once again the Cayman Islands Premier, Hon. McKeeva Bush, snubbed the UK’s Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) in failing to deliver on another of his promises? It has been confirmed by the Governor’s Office the Premier has told Mark…
The Editor Speaks: Freedom of speech or news from the bush
In a recent poll appearing on the Rasmussen Reports Internet site it states 72% put freedom of speech ahead of not offending other cultures “Voters overwhelmingly rate protecting freedom of speech as more important than not offending other nations and…
