The Editor Speaks: Our local cheques and clearing them
At my local bank, they have a sign that says cheques drawn on a different local bank will take four business days to clear. Cheques drawn on a foreign bank will take AT LEAST fifteen business days. When I have…
Cayman Christian Heritage
If you were passing by Elmslie Memorial United Church on the waterfront around 10:30am last Sunday (20) you may have thought you had fallen into a time warp and had gone back a few years. It was Elmslie’s Caymanian Christian…
The Editor Speaks: Legal aid proposals
The Cayman Islands government is pushing to require all private attorneys to provide at least 25 hours of pro bono services a year or pay an annual fee if they want to opt out. The proposed bill comes as the…
Spiritually Speaking
Did Christ commit suicide? If Christ hadn’t died the way he did would there be Christianity? Christ was never a Christian. He was a Jew and died a Jew. He had been given enough ‘outs’ to being crucified and according…
The Editor Speaks: What does the word “fair” mean?
The premier said in the LA when he was speaking about the referendum on the One Man, One Vote (OMOV) issue that he was being as fair as possible. Even knowing Mr. Bush as I do I gasped at that….
The Editor Speaks: What a waste
The government’s Water Authority has once again advertised for tenders to be submitted for the acquisition and ownership of “the public wastewater infrastructure on Grand Cayman, and to operate and maintain the sewerage system and to provide wastewater services under…
The Editor Speaks: Kenneth Bryan
I read with some surprise that news journalist Kenneth Bryan of CITN/Cayman 27 fame has resigned from the television station because he is considering trying his hand at politics. Reading one of the usual less informed blogs on Cayman’s favorite…
The Editor Speaks: More questions than answers
Two stories have appeared over the last few days in the “Caymanian Compass” and on “Cayman News Service” (CNS) site concerning the infamous Stan Thomas letter and part of the three investigations the premier is under investigation from the RCIPS….
One Man One Vote is virtually impossible to receive a “yes” vote says Alden
The referendum bill was passed on Thursday (10) in the Legislative Assembly without the change proposed by the People Progressive Movement’s (PPM) to lower the threshold for the question to carry. The referendum bill was ‘high jacked’ by the United…
The Editor Speaks: All is well, so we won’t beat about the bush – not today
It would seem on face value that our Premier has done nothing wrong. We have heard his explanations to two of the charges against him and he is Lily white and we can all go on with our sails trimmed,…
