The Editor Speaks: The beach is mine and beach access for all
The Mighty Gabby, whom I have had the pleasure of meeting and appearing on stage with wrote a song called “Jack, the beach is mine!” I grow up bathin, in sea water But nowadays, that is bare horror If I…
The Editor Speaks: Conservation to become more conservative?
Now that former Minister of the Environment Wayne Panton is ‘out of the way’ the door has opened or shut, depending upon what side you are on, for a more conservative approach to Cayman’s conservation. It has long been known…
The Editor Speaks: 25 Years ago
25 Years ago CITN, as Cayman27 was known then, televised the very first NCVO Telethon. In those days the NCVO Radiothon was broadcast separately from the Radio Cayman studios and finished one hour earlier at 11pm. It had different presenters…
The Editor Speaks: Sex toys
What constitutes a sex toy? When the Cayman Islands Customs Department seized a number of massagers from Reflections because officers were concerned that they were sex toys it immediately opened a can of worms. Every massager can be used as…
The Editor Speaks: Senior citizens
I was invited to MC a Senior Citizen’s function held at Elizabethan Square last Saturday evening and I thought I would share my introductory monologue with you: Welcome SENIORS. Senior. Hmmm Not sure if I actually acquaint with that term….
The Editor Speaks: Is our Civil Service value for money?
In the 12 month period between years 2012/2013 the total number of civil servants employed was 3,601. At the lowest end of the scale – under $30.000 nearly 850 persons were employed and at the highest $200,000 and above only…
The Editor Speaks: HSA debt is over $100M
One of the practices in place at the Cayman Islands Hospital when you go to the Clinic to see a doctor or get a prescription refilled is to charge you $75 BEFORE you get to see a doctor, or in…
The Editor Speaks: Multiple sclerosis
The MS Foundation of the Cayman Islands are inviting all Multiple Sclerosis (MS) patients and their families to meet Dr. Romnesh de Souza on Oct. 18th at 6 p.m. Dr. de Souza is a consultant in the Neurology Department at…
The Editor Speaks: Upbeat response to Kittiwake after storm snaps its anchors but DOE not so happy
Although Hurricane Nate was 300 miles away from Grand Cayman when it thankfully passed us by, it still managed to snap the anchors of our shipwreck dive site, the USS Kittiwake. The ship tilted over on to its side and…
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The Editor speaks: Teaching
The 5th October is World Teacher’s Day where all the persons in this “most honourable” of all professions are recognised. Our Minister of Education Juliana O’Connor Connolly so described the teaching profession as most honourable and she is right. It…
