The Editor speaks: Auditor General implies Report on Summary Courts was difficult
Cayman Islands Auditor General, Sue Winspear, appears to have had some difficulty in coming to positive conclusions in her recent report that centred mainly on the lower Summary Courts. We published the summary of her Report on iNews two days…
The Editor speaks: My RANT!!
I have been told before I should not use this platform for a personal RANT! I am ignoring this well intentioned advice. I’m going to RANT. It’s not a long RANT. But it is a RANT. Unfortunately it’s directed at…
The Editor speaks: You MUST come forward
Dinesh Asanka Fernando Wannukawatta-Waduge, age 36, a Sri-Lankan national working in Cayman, died from injuries he had received during an incident at Bananas Bar in Dolphin Plaza on Eastern Avenue early Saturday morning, 30 November. The RCIPS are appealing for…
The Editor speaks: Heads need banging together
I applaud our Police Commissioner, Derek Byrne, for his stand to not grant road-closure permission to CayMAS nor Batabano Committee for their proposed 2020 carnival events. He said his approach “was it is not that we could not manage it…
The Editor speaks: Christmas tree uprooted and bees dying – Government blamed, madness prevails.
Words don’t often fail me but today was almost one of those rare occasions. However, I have pulled myself up from those depths all of us face at some time in our lives. This missive today is from a man…
The Editor speaks: Love and marriage – where is love?
My stance to same-sex marriage is an emphatic NO!!! My stance to the statements by a number of our MLA;s in the LA to deport Dr Leo Raznovich, who is a legal resident here, is an emphatic NO!!! I find…
The Editor speaks: A dear ‘friend’ I met 36 years ago, who wasn’t a friend
It is with much, much sadness to learn today of the passing yesterday (Monday) of veteran journalist, Carol Winker. I first met Carol over thirty-six years ago when I was starting my extra-marital hobby – dramatics. When I wasn’t in…
The Editor speaks: Men’s Day – are you laughing?
Did you know that Tuesday November 19th is International Men’s Day? I didn’t? I haven’t received a Press Release from one of our government ministers applauding the day, unlike the female version. Yes men. It is us that have become…
The Editor speaks: There are more questions than answers
Do some of you remember the popular Johnny Nash song of yesteryear, “There are more questions than answers”? The Chorus goes: “Pictures in my mind I will not show There are more questions than answers And the more I find…
The Editor speaks: Now the red poppy we wear is controversial
There is something very wrong in this world when a single red artificial poppy that has stood as a mark of respect for all those who have lost their lives fighting on behalf of their country, and to raise money…