The Editor Speaks: National Anthems and Songs
Here, in the Cayman Islands we have the National Anthem – “God Save the Queen” and the National Song – “Beloved Isle Cayman”, At national events, including sporting events where one of the teams playing is representing our country, our…
The Editor Speaks: Joke! Lady readers the following is a JOKE!
Ladies do not read this Editorial. [This will mean you will!] Sent in by one of our readers. As I will not be in the office very much today (Wed) I thought all of us males needed a laugh instead…
The Editor Speaks: Water and NEWSTART
Last Friday, my wife, Joan, came home with a free bottle of water and a pamphlet informing us how precious water is. The free bottles of water and the pamphlet hand out was an initiative of the fifteen Seventh-day Adventist…
The Editor Speaks: Corruption
Is corruption everywhere? Even here in the Cayman Islands? If you are tuned in to the daily radio talk shows and listen to the promotional ads for these programmes you would answer ‘Yes’ there is corruption here. However, where is…
The Editor Speaks: The clampdown on window tinting may cause more accidents
The vigorous current clampdown on what the RCIPS call illegal automobile window tinting may cause more accidents. It is now worrisome to all motor vehicle users who have had tint applied to their windscreens that it may be illegal. Without…
The Editor Speaks: A GOOD survey. Not a BAD survey.
We have published today a Press Release that carries the headline: “Cayman Islands Schools Survey: “Students are satisfied with their school”’. Excellent. This is a quite different outcome from what I was expecting. The consensus feeling I was getting from…
The Editor Speaks: Iggie hunters.
I must admit I am surprised there was as many as forty-four responses to the Cayman Islands Department of Environment’s call for Iggie Hunters. The need for the culling of our green iguanas has been recognized for a number of…
The Editor Speaks: Baffling and shocking
When will governments wake up and pour the funds required to deal with crime at the source and not after the horse has bolted? It is constantly baffling to me why there is always reluctance to commit monies and other…
The Editor Speaks: What the future holds for UK OT’s
Our government is going to try and renegotiate parts of our country’s 2009 Constitution after the shocking vote in the House of Commons making us more transparent than our competitors that are Crown colonies. A level playing field it is…
The Editor Speaks: Tired and tyres
At the weekend we published four reports from the Economics and Statistics Office (ESO) that will take many, many hours to plough through them all. If I am at a loss to find something to write about I can delve…
