The Editor speaks: Mercury
We have published in today’s iNews two articles concerning mercury, and this mercury is not the planet. The mercury I am talking about is the element that looks so pretty in its shiny, fast-moving liquid form. But don’t touch it….
The Editor speaks: HEALTH
I make no apologies for publishing many articles this week concerning health. You see, this Sunday April 7th is World Health Day. Yesterday (3) we published our Minister of Health, Dwayne Seymour’s, World Health Day Message. The Minister started off…
The Editor speaks: Cayman’s Premier acts under pressure
After Cayman Islands Chief Justice, Anthony Smellie, last Friday (29 March) handed down his judgment that same-sex marriages would now be legal in the Cayman Islands, it made news all over the world. I was not surprised at the Chief…
The Editor speaks: Trouble in paradise
The resignation of Newlands MLA Alva Suckoo as Deputy Leader of the Opposition that I spoke about in an earlier Editorial, has now started to make some early volcano like rumblings on our Islands of Paradise. I knew it wouldn’t…
The Editor speaks: Which one is an April Fool’s joke?
The official publication date of today’s iNews Cayman is Monday April 1st, although it went live yesterday evening (Sunday March 31). And, as most of us know, April 1st is known around the world as April Fool’s Day or All…
The Editor speaks: Welcome to our Royals
It is wonderful to have Prince Charles and Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall, visit our shores. I also believe it is a great honour to be the last Caribbean country they have visited on their twelve days and six countries…
The Editor speaks: Our first garden mango of 2019
It was a big event at our house this morning. I found our very first mango of the season lying by my car. Yes, we have had lots of tiny fallen mango fruits about the size of a ping pong…
The Editor speaks: What happened to the Opposition shadows?
I was not surprised when I learnt Newlands MLA Alva Suckoo had resigned as Deputy Leader of Cayman Islands Opposition. Suckoo made the announcement last Friday (22). When the Opposition Party was formed it was said then that Ezzard Miller…
The Editor speaks: Planning board is open to corruption
It has been perceived over many years that it is “who you know” that will get your application for planning approved. It has been seen over the years approvals have been given by the Central Planning Authority (CPA) that has…
The Editor speaks: 274 Page Mutual Evaluation Report
If I was to tell you I have read the very recently published Mutual Evaluation Report on “Anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing measures” you would know I was lying. It is 274 pages to wade through. It went live yesterday…