The Editor Speaks: Our election rules have caused the election challenge
Mario Galea, the Malta Member of Parliament who headed the six person Commonwealth Parliamentary Association observer team who visited Cayman during the week of the May general elections, said that the requirements under our Constitution for what qualifies a person…
The Editor Speaks: Open air concerts should be prepared for rain
It would seem to have escaped the promoters, Music Republic, of The First Rock and Reggae Concert, that holding a concert outside during Cayman’s rainy season, it might rain. The weather forecast for last Friday (12) was not good. iNews…
The Editor Speaks: Why so many water related deaths?
It was with some shock I learnt of yet another death in our waters last Friday. It was the tenth this year and the eighth involving swimming, snorkeling or diving. Most have involved tourists who were over the age of…
The Editor Speaks: Innocent until proven guilty but you stay in jail until trial
Brian Borden is accused of killing Robert Mackford Bush in September 2011 in a West Bay gang-related shooting. Borden will not go to trial until January next year. This will mean he will have been imprisoned without trial for more…
The Editor Speaks: Immigration changes imminent
Premier Alden McLaughlin has announced that an immigration reform proposal is being tendered for next week and will be going to the Legislative Assembly prior to the 28th October deadline when thousands of non-Caymanian workers are due to be sent…
The Editor Speaks: Abuse of company/government credit cards
We have highlighted a story in iNews Cayman today re a Virginian Governor, Bob McDonnell who has been accused of misuse of a state credit card. Sounds familiar doesn’t it? Our ex-premier McKeeva Bush is also facing similar charges except…
The Editor Speaks: Speeding police cars cause accidents
It is a very difficult decision for a policeman to make when he decides to chase a car at great speed. The policy of the Royal Cayman Islands Police Service (RCIPS) is to immediately notify a senior police supervisor that…
The Editor Speaks: Mental health is law but not enacted
In March this year government published the Mental Health Law 2013 that gave the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands power to remand prisoners who are unfit to stand trial and also provided many additional provisions. Legislators repealed the old…
The Editor Speaks: Independence
With Thursday July 4th being United States Independence Day commemorating the day the country declared independence from Great Britain there is a huge debate now as Scotland considers to part ways. And Cayman’s independence has been simmering beneath the surface…
The Editor Speaks: Times are [a] changing
It was a very interesting first speech by Cayman Islands’ new Minister for Financial Services, Wayne Panton, in the Legislative Assembly last week. After intimating that attitudes towards the Cayman Islands may be changing based on “anecdotal evidence” of this…
