The Editor Speaks: Rollover and our website
iNews Cayman’s publisher, Joan (Watler) Wilson and I have always been against the Rollover Policy. Joan spoke out against it with a letter to the Caymanian Compass when the PPM under its then leader Kurt Tibbetts implemented it after it…
The Editor Speaks: One Man, One Vote (OMOV) – is the campaign working?
It is no secret I am a huge supporter of the OMOV campaign and so is our Publisher, Joan (Watler) Wilson. I deliberately included Joan’s maiden name in brackets, because when I spoke to one of the OMOV organisers expressing…
The Editor Speaks: It is a welcome change to actually applaud something coming out of the government these days.
In a new report the Term Limit Review Committee (TLRC) has recommended that government abolish the key employee policy and allow everyone who wants to stay the right to apply for permanent residency once they reach their eighth year. (See…
The Editor Speaks:l Why don’t we ban Paraquat?
In the Cayman Islands we normally follow many of the regulations that are in place and ones that come in force. We are a British Overseas Territory after all. We are very close to the USA and we also follow…
Lost! The budget!
The financial year is almost here and government is out of time. Government’s earning and spending plans must go to the UK three weeks before they are presented to the public and the Legislative Assembly (LA) but the 2012/13 budget…
Not one man one vote – Ellio wants one man 18 votes!
George Town United Democratic Party Member of the Legislative Assembly (LA) Back-bencher Ellio Solomon came forward with a novel idea on CITN/Cayman 27’s “27 Tonight” show. With the Referendum on the One Man, One Vote (OMOV) getting ever nearer, (July…
The Editor Speaks: PAC will meet to discuss Aud.G’s reports
I was gratified to hear that the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) will be meeting today (13) to examine the three latest reports from the Auditor General (Aud.G), Alistair Swarbrick. Moses Kirkconnell, chairman of PAC, said he has called a meeting…
The Editor Speaks: If I can see the flaws in the legal aid bill, why can’t the government?
I am not a lawyer nor have I had any inclinations to be nor ever wanted to be a member of that profession. I have no legal training, except in the field of building contract and landlord and tenant law…
The Editor Speaks: Will all the glue in the premier’s pot be enough to put CHEC back together again?
With even more revelations concerning bribery (see our lead story today “More serious allegations made about CHEC”) that was sent to us by Jamaica’s Office of the Contractor General (OCG), and the mounting questions concerning the suitability of China Harbour…
The Editor Speaks: Is rape really on the increase?
With eight cases already reported here between January and March compared to only one last year this would seem to show a rise of 700%. However, this is one statistic that could be horribly wrong. I say “horribly” because very…
