The Editor Speaks: Butterflies
I have missed seeing butterflies over the past few years so it has been a joy to suddenly see so many white ones these last couple of months. There have been swarms of them particularly on my way to and…
The Editor Speaks: Education
In iNews Cayman today we have published a story where the President of the Trinidad and Tobago Unified Teachers’ Association (TTUTA), Lynsley Doodhai, has said “Asking teachers to mark School Based Assessment (SBA) projects and not pay them is modern…
The Editor Speaks: Biggest trial ever heard in the Cayman Islands gets world wide attention. Insane.
It was like a John Grisham novel after reading the summaries provided to the media and published here on iNews Cayman on May 31 2018 (http://www.ieyenews.com/wordpress/cayman-islands-hon-chief-justices-jugement-on-the-ahab-v-sicl-and-others/). It was a landmark case and followed a 10-year dispute played out in international…
The Editor Speaks: Firearms amnesty
Tomorrow (Fri June 1) the RCIPS is launching a firearms amnesty. It will run until the end of the month. The last RCIPS amnesty was in 2011. It was not a giant success. However, one gun off the streets is…
The Editor Speaks: Cayman’s growth is rising – fact, but are economic projections crystal ball gazing?
In yesterday’s iNews Cayman we published the whole of Minister of Finance & Economic Development, Roy McTaggart’s address to the Chamber of Commerce’s Economic Forum. The address came complete with fourteen impressive charts and tables that showed the overall unemployment…
The Editor Speaks: US Memorial Day
Yesterday (Mon 28) was Memorial Day in the US. We have a similar event here in November (Sun 11th Nov). We have a public holiday on the following Monday. In the US Memorial Day is widely celebrated with weekend ‘bargain’…
The Editor Speaks: How media slants a story because of bias
The media, a name tag I have to admit to, knows how to slant a story and slanting a story to the way the Editor in Chief, columnist, media owner, etc, wants is now the norm. One only has to…
The Editor Speaks: Constitutional changes instigates unified fighting talk
Full marks to Cayman’s Premier Alden McLaughlin for going ahead with dialogue with UK’s Prime Minister, Teresa May, to clarify and amend parts of the Cayman Islands Constitution. Speaking at a Press Conference, yesterday (23), McLaughlin said this was to…
The Editor Speaks: Where were you and where are ‘they’ going?
The ‘they’ is the new Royal couple. I suppose more correct, I should have queried what TV channel were you watching the Royal Wedding last Saturday? However, I know of a number of private breakfast parties and brunches that took…
The Editor Speaks: Seventh water related death
It was with much astonishment and sadness to learn of another water related death in our waters today. Only last Thursday, Doris Ann Sarauer, 64, who was visiting the Cayman Islands from Minnesota in the United States, was snorkelling off…
