The Editor Speaks: Referendum result is over; now the healing can begin
One cannot say that the Cayman Islands public has had a dose of voter apathy with a voting turnout of 57% compared to 80% at the general elections. The reason is simple. Only the people who wanted to vote “Yes”…
The Editor Speaks: Why You MUST vote YES
Dante is looking at us with a cynical grin. These are no longer the islands that time forgot. Everyone in the USA must have heard of us by now as you cannot hear or see Republican Presidential Contender, Mitt Romney’s,…
The Editor Speaks: Police going “great guns”
It’s about time we gave some kudos to the Cayman islands RCIPS. We are quick to malign them but not so quick to congratulate them. Have you noticed what has been happening recently? Arrests and more arrests followed by charges…
The Editor Speaks: Deputy Governor’s Minutes
We have published the Minutes of the Deputy Governor and Chief Officer’s Meeting from 25th June 2012 and we must compliment Franz Manderson for sending them to the media each month. One of the main items on the Agenda was…
Vote YES for One Man One Vote
Despite iNews Cayman being given the “cold shoulder” by the One Man, One Vote (OMOV) because we criticised their advertising campaign we still urge EVERYONE to come out and vote ‘YES” to the OMOV on Wednesday 18th July. Listening, with…
The Editor Speaks: Stunned again
I was stunned again on Tuesday (10) when I received a comment to my Editorial that appeared in iNews Cayman on the same day sub-titled “Stunned”. I was writing about documents that had been “discovered” by North Side MLA, Ezzard…
The Editor Speaks: Stunned
The documents’ release by Independent MLA for North Side, Ezzard Miller, to CNS which appear on their website, have me stunned. If you haven’t read the story there, the bare bones is that, “Dart Realty (Cayman) Ltd will be taking…
The Editor Speaks: Questions and where are the answers?
We have to applaud East End MLA, Arden McLean, for revealing the note the financial secretary, Kenneth Jefferson, gave the PPM Cabinet, who were in power on the eve of the election, stating that as of 31 March 2009 the…
One Man, One Vote: Why does nearly ALL the world embrace it? WHY?
The One Man, One Vote (OMOV) referendum looms nearer. Wednesday, 18th. What will a “Yes” vote mean to Cayman? What will a “NO” vote mean? There is one indisputable fact. “Democracies the world over have always embraced the universal principle…
The Editor Speaks: Are both Auditor Generals wrong?
Our lead story highlighting Cayman’s Auditor General’s latest report contains the phrase Government has “lack of sound financial practices”. That phrase sounds familiar doesn’t it? The words “sound financial practice” has been hammered home time and again not only by…
