The Editor Speaks: Taxation looms
The announcement by Cayman’s premier, Hon McKeeva Bush to place a payroll tax on work permit holders has caused a wave of discussion today. The word “tax” strikes such an arrow into the heart of everyone living in the Cayman…
The Editor Speaks:The premier’s budget statement
Whilst our lead story headline states that Premier Hon. McKeeva Bush is bringing in taxation he will argue that it is no such thing. However, whatever you call something, it doesn’t change what it is. A rose is a flower…
The Editor Speaks: Why does McKeeva like opening cans of worms?
If you open a “can of worms”, you do something that will cause a lot of problems, and quite frankly, is going to cause more problems than it’s worth. Our premier, and you can’t keep him out of the news,…
The Editor Speaks: OMOV will not go away Mr. Bush
I am afraid I lost “my cool” last Thursday and Friday over the One Man, One Vote (OMOV) Referendum. It was not because the OMOV lost, I could not see how it could succeed by the way the Government had…
The Editor Speaks: Hope of Cayman’s healing vanishes in moments
My call for the premier to hold out an olive branch and instigate a “healing” ministry was dashed in the early hours of Thursday (19) morning immediately after the referendum result was announced. Even though the One Man, One Vote…
The Editor Speaks: The referendum the government didn’t win
I hope the premier does not think that the result of the One Man, One Vote (OMOV) referendum last Wednesday that failed to get the 50% plus one of registered voters is a victory. It was not. It was an…
The Editor Speaks: Referendum result is over; now the healing can begin
One cannot say that the Cayman Islands public has had a dose of voter apathy with a voting turnout of 57% compared to 80% at the general elections. The reason is simple. Only the people who wanted to vote “Yes”…
The Editor Speaks: Why You MUST vote YES
Dante is looking at us with a cynical grin. These are no longer the islands that time forgot. Everyone in the USA must have heard of us by now as you cannot hear or see Republican Presidential Contender, Mitt Romney’s,…
The Editor Speaks: Police going “great guns”
It’s about time we gave some kudos to the Cayman islands RCIPS. We are quick to malign them but not so quick to congratulate them. Have you noticed what has been happening recently? Arrests and more arrests followed by charges…
The Editor Speaks: Deputy Governor’s Minutes
We have published the Minutes of the Deputy Governor and Chief Officer’s Meeting from 25th June 2012 and we must compliment Franz Manderson for sending them to the media each month. One of the main items on the Agenda was…
