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Guns, robberies, murders

The headline is a teaser advertising the latest action movie. We are shown the trailer. A young man and a woman are sitting in a car. It is night. They kiss. All is bliss. Soft music plays. The music changes….

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Rollover rolls away

As we reported some weeks ago, and therefore it was no surprise to iNews, premier Hon. McKeeva Bush announced in the L.A. last Wednesday (14) that the controversial rollover policy will be suspended. The real news in his statement to…

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Alternatives To Television

It is quite easy to spend several hours a day glued to the screen of a television set. It is estimated that on average an individual watches approximately two full months worth of television over the course of a year….

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Bad breath

Most people experience bad breath at some time. It may simply be ‘morning breath’ but can be a persistent chronic condition that affects a person’s everyday life and confidence. The clinical name for bad breath is halitosis and affects 50%…

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Unity in the House and disunity in Gangland

It was wonderfully refreshing to find a normally divided House unanimously supporting Friday’s (9) motion by Premier Hon. McKeeva Bush, calling for Governor H.E. Duncan Taylor and RCIPS Commissioner David Baines to provide a lead on permanent enhancements in the…

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Yes, a very sad day

I have to agree with RCIPS Commissioner David Baines when he said recently after the verdict of the Devon Anglin murder trial that:  “It was a sad day…”. It was a very sad day, indeed. The saddest thing about it…

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I’m mad ‘cause I’m one. I’m sane ‘cause I‘m one (but only when playing the game).

I’m alone. I’m standing on a soapbox in the middle of George Town. I’m shouting, “I, Georgina Wilcox, should be the Premier of the Cayman Islands.” If a psychiatrist passed by he would diagnose me as suffering from this or…

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Justice Cooke is entitled to an apology, says QC.

Dear iNews, On the 31st August 2011, after a trial lasting 15 days, Mr. Justice Cooke delivered a reserved judgment consisting of 35 pages in which he found Devon Anglin not guilty of the murder of your year old Jeremiah…

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Quit your day job now

Most of us would stop working if we could. Quit immediately and here’s why. 1.         You’ll have more time to devote to reading my articles and columns. This will enable me to become a household name at our unemployment office….

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Tourism and the blame game

With cruise ship arrivals down for July (in a decade) and hotel occupancy rates not improving over last year’s dismal figures, the Cayman Island Government is celebrating the improvements in stay over tourism and air arrivals. Any crumbs that fall…