Month to celebrate the older person: C-H-S REUNION
To celebrate Older Persons Month C-H-S REUNION By Joan (Watler) Wilson The C-H-S as it was known in 1949 Came about at a very crucial time When the Island was full of children galore Yearning for knowledge and ways to explore….
Month to celebrate the older person: “The Goldfield”
Introduction to The Goldfield From the turn of the last century to the start of the Second World War, shipbuilding was a major source of income for the Cayman Islands. Between 1903 and 1950, more than 283 vessels were built in…
Month to celebrate the older person: Debby or Debbie
I wrote this to celebrate the event when Hurricane Debby on August 24 2000 took a different turn and missed our Islands. As a result we benefited from the ships that were to visit, Barbuda, Saint Martin, and Trinidad and Tobago,…
Month to celebrate the older person: Why I write poems for you…..
By Joan Watler Wilson I find writing poems good for one’s ego Once I get started I just can’t let go Even though sometimes it’s really tough going Most of the time my thoughts are flowing. * But if I…
Month to celebrate the older person: “Idle Thoughts of Yesteryear”
To celebrate Older Persons Month Idle Thoughts of Yesteryear By Joan Wilson (from her book “Buried Treasures”) Sometimes I let my thoughts run wild when I’m sitting idleMy mind just wanders and wanders going back in timeAnd in the middle of my…
The Publisher speaks: Buy Caymanian
By Joan Wilson I am 100 percent behind the initiative to Buy Caymanian since the ravages of the coronaviris that has changed our lifestyle all over the world. I have always been for buying Caymanian and in 2012 iNews Cayman…
The Editor speaks: Insanity!
So, we have a petition of “No Confidence in The Leader of Government, Alden McLaughlin” circulating and a supposed coup attempt to bring down the government called “UNITY”. LOL. Leader of the Opposition, Arden McLean is the man named by…
The Editor speaks: When is a Christian NOT a Christian?
Answer: If he or she supports a Bill giving Christian rights to persons who belong to the LGBTQ+ community. This was the astonishing decision from the majority of our MLA’s who voted against the Domestic Partnership Bill.that did not give…
The Editor speaks: A four year tourism plan to …….?
It was with some excitement when I downloaded the “Cayman Islands NTP – National Tourism Plan 2019-2023. I was going to learn how and when our government was going to get us all back on track to the recovery of…
The Editor speaks: Turning signals that are rarely used and never ticketed
Turning signals are rarely used by motorists here in the Cayman Islands. Failure to use turning signals. even if it is witnessed by the Cayman Island Police Traffic Unit, the offending motorists are never ticketed. Failure to use turning signals…