The Publisher’s Xmas: I’m a bent Christmas tree
By Joan Wilson I wrote this when, for every year Rotary would put lights on a tree that was bent near the top, but decided they would import a metal wired tree that came complete with lights. The live Pine…
The Publisher’s Xmas: Christmas Frustrations
From Joan Wilson I was standing in the checkout line My attitude was getting worse I had no more patience left nor mind And less and less money in my purse * People were pushing and shoving With aching arms…
The Publisher’s Xmas: Christmas in the Air
By Joan Wilson Oh, but it’s beautiful this time of year, There’s singing and a lot of parties everywhere. Happy shoppers are buying gifts galore As the shops keep stocking up, more and more. * The lights are hung and…
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…
Oliver Mills: The thinking citizen: a standard-bearer of democracy
By Oliver Mills Our world today seems to be undergoing transformations at an accelerated pace. We read of and view street demonstrations happening on almost every continent at levels never before witnessed. Even in countries with previously some semblance of…
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 Publisher speaks: My Tribute
MY TRIBUTE – TO MY SON, NIGEL By Joan (Phillips) Evangeline Wilson STEPHEN NIGEL PHILLIPS, my second child, born in England, 25th August, 1958. Died 24th Nov 2019. Top Artist, Musician, Electrician (the tidiest one on Earth), Swimmer, Tennis Player,…
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: Miracles DO happen Mr. Premier
Premier, Alden McLaughlin, must be very upset with himself for saying out loud how confident he was in the Referendum on Government’s proposed cruise berthing and cargo port project would be found in his favor on December on 19th December….