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The Editor speaks: Is the job fair a “foul”?

There is a saying that “all is fair in love and war”. The concept behind the phrase is that some areas of life are so important and overwhelming that you cannot blame someone for acting in their own best interest….

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The Editor speaks: Halloween and horror is thrilling. Really?

The 31st October is approaching. It is less than a week away. This day is celebrated as “Halloween” and is also known as All Hallows’ Eve, or All Saints’ Eve. This is because it is the day before the Western…

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The Editor speaks: Gambling, same-sex unions, pot – or not

Whilst I applaud MLA Kenneth Bryan for his initiative in trying to execute a national survey to gauge the public’s opinion on gambling, same-sex unions and marijuana laws, his venue for it is absolutely ridiculous. He made the announcement at…

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The Editor speaks: Statistics

Caribbean Statistics Day passed us by here in the Cayman Islands without even a whimper. If there were any government press releases they failed to meet my desk. I was only aware of it today (16) that is was yesterday…

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The Editor speaks: Do we really need a military unit here?

I haven’t, as yet, got my teeth chopping at the bit, but I can’t get my mind set on the need here in the Cayman islands for our very first military unit. The scheme has the support of our premier,…

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The Editor speaks: Miracles do happen Mr. Premier

Like the rest of Cayman’s media houses I have had to go to the Cayman Compass to read our premier, Alden McLaughlin’s, discourse on the Cruise berthing Facility/Referendum. He gave the interview to the newspaper he raged about not so…

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The Editor speaks: A Radio/Telethon without a Telethon

The 40th NCVO Radio/Telethon is going ahead on Saturday October 19th at The Prospect Playhouse without the Telethon. With only two weeks of being on air CITN, as it was known then, (the for-runner of the marketing name Cayman27) televised…

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The Editor speaks: Government, Compass and TV Community Based News

With government, or rather our premier, forcing the closing down of the only free over the air television broadcast station and the only one with local televised news, CITN/Cayman27, we are ‘happy’ to be able to report that once again…

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The Editor speaks: World Tourism Day – that was

Last Friday (27) was World Tourism Day. Strange it wasn’t celebrated much here in the Cayman Islands. We receive many glowing figures of the big increases in tourists arrivals here I would have thought last Friday would have been full…

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The Editor speaks: Tipping

We have published an article today under the title of “A New Guide to Tipping in the Gig Economy” The story relates “the history of rewarding good service with additional money is murky, but it most likely originated in Europe,…