The Publisher Speaks: My Christmas message
Christmas Greetings to all family and friends, also to visitors to these beautiful Cayman Islands. What a year 2011 has been. For some it has been a very difficult year. A lot of us are going through one of the…
Letter to the Editor – Letter from the Police Commissioner
Your editorial quite rightly pours scorn on the failings of the RCIPS in its handling of the case against Phillip Rose, and the manner in which a crime victim was treated. The victim did not receive the care, help and…
The Christmas spirit
While for so many people this holiday season is about rampant commercialism, keeping up with the Joneses and rushing to keep up with a hectic schedule, we should all jump off the speed train and take time to not only…
Home DNA Testing
DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) testing became popular due to high-profile criminal investigations as well as in paternity cases. DNA is most commonly used in trying to prove the relationship of an individual to another person, that linking is aimed at trying…
Punctuation is everything
This was sent to me by a friend and it made me smile. I hope it does you. An English professor wrote the words: “A woman without her man is nothing” on the chalkboard and asked his students to punctuate…
What love means to a child
I was present when this question was posed to a group of 4 to 8 year-olds: “What does love mean?” The answers were broader and deeper than anyone could have imagined. See what you think… “When my grandmother got arthritis,…
The Editor Speaks: Cellphones in cars, DART, the premier is amused – the editor is not, lost NOT found
In an Associated Press article by Joan Lowy published on 15th Dec., the writer suggests, “When someone is talking to you, your brain is listening, processing and thinking about what’s being said — even if you’re in the driver’s seat…
Children at Pocahontas
I went to see ‘Pocahontas’ the other night, I sat alone and enjoyed the sight Of beautiful children with their Dads and Mommies All carrying drinks, and popcorn and candies. So happy they all were to be getting out They…
The Editor Speaks: A winning streak but the same problems
I breathed a sigh of relief after Chief Justice Anthony Smellie found Philip Rose guilty of rape, assault and abduction last Monday (19). The RCIPS are on a winning streak. This case was particularly nasty as Rose had emotionally and…
Choose Cold Duck this Christmas
Christmas is almost here as we speak. I have many pleasant memories of past Christmases and New Years Eves, too. Some of those memories are of a certain sparkling wine, called Cold Duck. As the old familiar songs play in…
