The Editor Speaks: Protecting our children MUST be the priority
This statement was emphasized by Felicia Robinson, the director of the Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) when she appeared before the Public Accounts Committee. Since the introduction of the legislation to protect children, which requires everyone in the…
The Editor Speaks: There is an exception to every rule
A rule I have made and is universally normally followed, rarely do other media houses comment on another’s Editorial. I normally avoid our local media houses editorials like the plague. I do NOT read them. However, there are exceptions. I…
The Editor Speaks: Waide has gone but not quietly
For just over eight years Waide DaCosta has been Chairman of the Caymanian Status and Permanent Residency Board. Now DaCosta has gone and according to him it was his decision to resign. In a Press Release issued on 8th September…
The Editor Speaks: Ashamed
I am ashamed to say that I agree with the condemnation of the British press to the United Kingdom’s handling of the Hurricane Irma crises in the Caribbean hitting their own territories. It is not as if they didn’t have…
The Editor Speaks: A hurricane crystal ball is needed
When you are dealing with nature only God knows what it is going to do. Jesus is the only person I know who has been able to calm storms and as far as I know there is no one that…
The Editor Speaks: Mandatory cancer register
I cannot believe the new health minister, Dwayne Seymour, has hinted the proposed mandatory register for cancer patients in the Cayman Islands may be resurrected. And as for the disgraceful and disgusting comment from Opposition Leader Ezzard Miller asking Seymour…
CDS latest production is “Sistahs”
Colin Wilson I was invited along with other members of the media last Thursday to a rehearsal of the Caribbean play “Sistahs” at The Prospect Playhouse. Billed by the Cayman Drama Society as a comedy ,“You’ll laugh until you cry”,…
The Editor Speaks: Angry Irma
Something has definitely upset Lady Irma. She is storming towards us. As I write this Hurricane Irma has sustained winds of a staggering 180 miles an hour! That’s 30 more than we experienced here when Ivan The terrible hit. As…
The Editor Speaks: Family support unit is a disaster
The RCIPS Family Support Unit over the last five years is a disaster. Three U.K. officers who looked at investigative delays and issues at the RCIPS Family Support Unit said police officers at the Unit were stressed out, overworked, and…
The Editor Speaks: Can our National Gallery ever be profitable?
No. I don’t know of any National Gallery that doesn’t rely on a government/local authority/national funding agreement/etc for the bulk of its funds. In Scotland, the National Gallery there gets a National Lottery grant. It therefore comes as no surprise…
