The Editor Speaks: Against all odds Crown ignores blunders
Why pursue a case when the odds of winning are poor and the odds of an expensive lawsuit when you lose are great? I am not privy to the inner workings or minds of the Crown Prosecution team and I…
The Editor Speaks: Why don’t service companies use texting when it really matters?
Were you, like me, annoyed at the seemingly relentless texting during the elections? My telephone was constantly beeping informing me of every meeting C4C, Progressives and most candidates were having. Texting is used by LIME and Digicel informing us of…
The Editor Speaks: Complacent or prepared?
Are you complacent or prepared? I am referring to the 2013 Hurricane Season that started June 1st and already we have had a named storm, Andrea. It formed in the Gulf on June 5th and caused flooding and tornadoes across…
The Editor Speaks: Webb makes critics eat their words
In only just over a year since taking office as CONCACAF’s (Confederation of North Central, Central America and the Caribbean) president, Jeffery Webb, a banker from our own country the Cayman Islands, has made the many critics of his appointment…
The Editor Speaks: Minimum wage is the hot topic
Do we really need a minimum wage? There is much talk of the exploitation of some of our workforce, especially foreign workers, and the Progressives (PPM) campaigned heavily on introducing a minimum wage. The PPM is now the government but…
The Editor Speaks: Rollunder NOT rollover
I hope the number one priority for the new Cayman Islands Government is to scrap the 7 year term limit – the ROLLOVER! There are approximately 1,400 persons currently working here who are past their time. I am not referring…
The Editor Speaks: Can Tempura make Cayman even poorer?
YES!! The Tempura/Operation Cealt disaster is back in the headlines and we have another foreign story on it again from the Jamaica Observer – see iNews Cayman’s story today “Corruption allegations in the Cayman Islands”. If you type the word…
The Editor Speaks: It rained but the golden sun still shone
As I listened to Cayman’s new Premier, Hon. Alden McLaughlin’s speech on Wednesday (29) at the long Swearing In Ceremony, I marveled at the rain pouring down from the dark clouds but it wasn’t stopping the sun shining on the…
The Editor Speaks: How did this law squeak through without a whimper?
With all the emphasis on the elections and the closure of the West Bay Road a piece of legislature was passed in the Legislative Assembly that had much significance on our islands planning regulations without a whimper. There wasn’t even…
The Editor Speaks: Rivers sings with no strings
Tara Rivers first impression on winning a seat in the Legislative Assembly in Cayman’s Election and breaking the West Bay Bush cartel was one of delight and a lot of people were singing. Unfortunately in a matter of a few…
