The Editor Speaks: Charity begins at home
The rest of the quotation goes “and justice begins next door”. It was written by Charles Dickens in 1844 in his novel “Martin Chuzzlewit”. The relevance is as true today as it was then. One doesn’t have to look far…
The Editor Speaks: Bridger still makes news here
iNews Cayman has published a number of stories on Martin Bridger, the lead investigator of the notorious Tempura investigation into alleged corruption within the Royal Cayman Islands Police Service (RCIPS). Bridger was sent out here although he was already one…
The Editor Speaks: The lion sleeps tonight
“In the jungle the mighty jungle, the lion sleeps tonight” The famous song is about a sleeping king called Shaka Zulu who heroically resisted the armies of European colonizers and will one day awaken from his sleep and return to…
The Editor Speaks: Baffling but predictable response from the Port Authority to the Information Commissioner
Once upon a time as all good children’s stories start … things were nice and cosy in the Cayman Islands. Government got on with their job, the media obeyed the unwritten rule “don’t rock the boat” meaning don’t ask questions…
The Editor Speaks: Police lock up is a top priority
To many of us, the appalling conditions of the police holding facilities at George Town and West Bay Police Stations is a low priority problem to right. Even more so with the state of the country’s finances and the cost…
The Editor Speaks: Political appointments
In the wake of the Central Planning Authority (CPA) coming under much fire recently over their extraordinary decision to disregard the objections of the Department of Environment and the Cayman Islands Planning Department to grant approval to the filling of…
The Editor Speaks: Be thankful for Guilty plea
It is not often I thank a self confessed rapist who can only be described as the worst of all human beings but I do. In our lead story, Jeffery Barnes, pleaded “Guilty” to abducting and raping a 49 year…
The Editor Speaks: Act quickly or nip it in the bud
The expression “nip in the bud” says it all. Put a stop to something while it is still in its early development. It’s not a new expression. It derives from the de-budding of plants. The earlier form of the phrase…
The Editor Speaks: Is sea turtle farming any different than cattle farming?
Two farming stories have made headlines in the world press this week and both have been disturbing. The one that has affected us most is the World Society for the Protection of Animals (WSPA) undercover revelations and petitioning to stop…
The Editor Speaks: Conservation crimes and punishment
We commit the crimes and the generations that follow us pay for them. A history lesson no one learns from. What one man fights for and preserves another two or three will destroy. Such are two of our stories today….
