The Editor Speaks: Hunger strikes
Hunger strikes are not new. They have been going on for centuries. It’s one of the few ways prisoners can draw attention to themselves and their plight. It’s normally an act of desperation. Occasionally, here in the Cayman Islands, we…
The Editor Speaks: When offensive swear words become acceptable
Maren Morris – “Rich” “Is money falling from the sky…(ka-ching, ka-ching) s**t I’d be rich FACEBOOK: Country singer Maren Morris fantasizes about living large in the new song “Rich,” off her upcoming debut album ‘Hero.’ She also tosses a few…
The Editor Speaks: When we bring Big Brother on ourselves
I have an instant hate of the ‘Big Brother Is Watching You’ that governments around the world have been installing. From cameras placed outside watching our every movement and cameras house owners/business owners actually themselves install inside their dwellings/places of…
The Editor Speaks: Help
We read continually about the destruction, rape, murder, violence, war, etc that humans inflict upon one another. It makes one wonder is there any goodness left in this world. There is and far more than the bad news that makes…
The Editor Speaks: What remedies are being taken to try and stop teenagers continually absconding?
On July 5th, 15 year old teenager Motesha Mothen absconded for the umpteenth time. From RCIPS Jul6 2018 “Motesha Mothen, age 15 of Bodden Town, absconded yesterday, 5 July, and has not returned home or been located since. “She was…
The Editor Speaks: Meagre pensions
The number of Cayman Islands elderly persons who receive meagre pensions and are losing their homes for mortgage defaults are rising. Premier Alden McLaughlin confirmed this in the LA saying more and more people at present need support from government….
The Editor Speaks: Happy Independence Day (July 4th) to the USA
Being British, I laughingly tell my American friends that July 4th is an equally big celebration in Great Britain. With extra emphasis on the ‘Great’! They look amazed and normally say “Really. Why?” I answer back. “It’s the day we…
The Editor Speaks: Cannabis – myths, truths, studies and research
We have published two articles today about cannabis/ganja/marijuana/weed Whatever you want to call cannabis there are even more questions whether it is good for you or bad. One article pronounces that a four year Australian study of 1,500 people found…
The Editor Speaks: “Witch hunt” ends in acquittal
The whole case has been a “witch hunt” and it has “taken its toll on me”. This is what Cayman Brac artist Ronald Gregory Kynes, known as “Foots”, said after he was was acquitted of the charge of being in…
The Editor Speaks: Foul, smelly, brown, weed on our beaches is an unsolved problem
We have published today another article on the foul-smelling brown plant that has invaded beaches all across the Caribbean, including here in the Cayman Islands, and along the Atlantic coast of Florida. The article from The Weather Channel claims it…
