The Editor speaks: Lack of information
Why is it successive government provide the public with lack of information? It is not just limited to government of tiny Caribbean islands like ourselves. It is everywhere. It’s like a disease that permeates everyone that is appointed by the…
The Editor speaks: Cancer
Monday February 4th is World Cancer Day. It is not a day for celebration but a day we should all think about as many of us living here have at some time in our lives been diagnosed with cancer. It…
The Editor speaks: Stray dogs
At last something is being done to round up the stray dogs that walk around our neighborhood both day and night. Most of these strays are vicious, and have plagued communities here all over Grand Cayman, from East End to…
The Editor speaks: Fired or not fired he is leaving
It was with no announcement by government that we learned Chief Fire Officer David Hails will be leaving us tomorrow (Thu 31). We only learnt of his departure after seeing his post advertised in the print media. We also learnt…
Educating not only Rita
The Cayman Drama Society’s (CDS) latest production is the very well known Willy Russell’s “Educating Rita”. In the CDS’s synopsis of the play it says “Frank is a tutor of English in his fifties whose disillusioned outlook on life drives…
The Editor speaks: Corruption
It would seem corruption is everywhere. The Auditor General, Sue Winspear spoke about it in great detail in her recent report “Fighting Corruption in the Cayman Islands”. Last Saturday (19) Opposition Leader, Ezzard Miller, also spoke on the same subject…
The Editor speaks: Outstanding indictments
I commence my Editorial today with the following statement from Chief justice Anthony Smellie’s Report to the Opening of the Courts last January 16th: “On the subject of case disposal, I begin by reference to the alarmingly high number of…
The Editor speaks: Recycle
We have an article in iNews Cayman today illustrating the number of things we would never think of recycling.. It’s published on our top slider under the title “Recycle”. The article, written by Barri Segal, is actually titled “Shocking Things…
The Editor Speaks: Should we encourage youth activists?
We carry a story today (14) in iNews Cayman titled “Youth activists are key focus of Caribbean Violence Prevention Summit”. The article announces “The Caribbean Summit on Youth Violence Prevention”, that will be held in Georgetown, Guyana on January 15-16,…
The Editor speaks: Dengue fever is the Caribbean curse and Zika is back in Cuba
The Cayman Islands government have issued a press release we have published today warning Cayman Islands’ residents to be aware of the symptoms of dengue as a precaution following increased activity in the region. Please make sure you read the…