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The Editor speaks: Drops and pops
I hate drop and pop downs and drop/pop ups when I am trying to read something, especially an article, on an Internet website. They are as unwelcome as an uninvited guest at a party. And to get these drops/pops to…
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The Editor speaks: Your Christmas tree could be home to up to 25,000 insects
“But don’t worry about those little things” The Cayman Islands Department of Agriculture (DOA) is quite right to warn importers of Christmas trees concerning the steady increase in interceptions of pests of quarantine importance in tree shipments since 2015. Last…
The Editor Speaks: Another ‘FIND’
My wife, Joan, wrote a poem some years ago called “What a Find”. She had found an envelope full of a large amount of cash outside a local bank. She placed an ad on the local radio station, Radio Cayman,…
The Editor Speaks: Is ‘satisfactory’ good enough?
Normally the word ‘satisfactory’ means ‘good enough’. Satisfies all standards. However, when it comes to education a ‘satisfactory’ grade in inverted commas is not the same meaning without them. When a school gets a ‘satisfactory’ grade it actually means “Well,…
The Editor Speaks: Latest GIS Press release re Bodden Town fire
First of all full marks to the Cayman Islands Fire Service for finally extinguishing the fires at the Bodden Town Quarry. It took a long time as it was a very difficult job to do. With every fire there is…
The Editor Speaks: What is misrepresentation?
Misrepresentation according to the Cayman Islands Ministry of Commerce, Planning and Infrastructure is the article published by one of Cayman Islands media outlets concerning the NRA’s Road Safety Conference by the team leading the George Town Revitalization Project, According to…
The Editor Speaks: Corruption and who you know
The word ‘corruption’ has been mooted that it is at our doors, in our society, and Cayman’s big players have their hands in the cookie jar. MLA and Leader of the Opposition said this week there is corruption and it…
The Editor Speaks: Men are happier people
Most of my Editorials last week were a rant about something so I thought it was time to lighten up a bit. By chance one of our readers sent the following to me and I thought I would share it…
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The Editor Speaks: Harvest Festival
The two churches I attend regularly, St.George’s Anglican and Elmslie Memorial, both have Harvest Festivals. The accompanying images are from Elmslie Memorial Church last Sunday (14). It was a lovely service with an almost full church that was beautifully decorated…
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The Editor Speaks: Grilled but not over cooked
I was very thankful I wasn’t in Cayman Islands representative in London, Eric Bush’s shoes, yesterday (16). Bush faced a real grilling when he appeared before the House of Commons Foreign Affairs Select Committee that is reviewing Britain’s relationship with…
