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The Editor Speaks: CIAA’s incredible statement
It was with some dismay and incredulity I suffered upon reading the full statement from the Chairman, Richard (Dick) Arch, on behalf of the Board of Directors of the Cayman Islands Airports Authority (CIAA). Mr. Arch was replying to the…
The Editor Speaks: When we are too quick to judge
A Cayman Islands judge has been criticised almost universally on the local media websites and on the radio talk shows for his sentencing of a man with psychiatric problems for defiling a teenager. Please see iNews Cayman story 27 Feb…
The Editor Speaks: CIAS cash removal gets put back but where did the money come from?
It is all very nice that the Cayman Islands Agricultural Society (CIAS) has now received its regular $20,000 donation from the government to help with the costs of staging the Annual Agricultural Show, but where did the money come from?…
The Editor Speaks: Church and political endorsements
Should churches endorse political candidates in general elections? Should churches endorse candidates who give them money? These questions have been particularly raised now with an election looming in May and our country’s former premier, McKeeva Bush, dipping his hands into…
The Editor Speaks: Four ‘shocking’ disclosures at government press briefing
Disclosure 1 Three announcements were made at the Thursday Government Press briefing last Thursday (21). Mark Simmonds, the United Kingdom’s (UK) Overseas Territories (OT) Minister has asked the Cayman Islands government to allow official observers to cover our general election….
The Editor Speaks: More leaks pour on Miller
One of the companies we used to report our home water leaks to was a local company called Miller’s Plumbing. In no time, Mr Miller and his plumber’s mate were there to stop the fault and everything was water leak…
The Editor Speaks: Thank you Mac for the laugh of the week
I am still laughing. Lots. I have to thank our ex-premier (and as he likes to be now known, Cayman’s First Premier), McKeeva Bush, for making it happen. I was with the cheerful Eastern Avenue “boys” and Mac supporters on…
The Editor Speaks: I told you so…….
On February 11th I wrote: “After a quiet few weeks a storm is brewing” I started off my Editorial, “With Government announcing that the Dart Deal was a Done Deal as it relates to the closure of the West Bay…
The Editor Speaks: Will Cayman ever get an environmental minster who actually cares?
Seemingly, every Cayman Islands Minister for the Environment taking that responsible position for a long time now has been dragging their feet on every proposal put forward by the Department of the Environment (DoE). What is worse, the present minister,…
