The Editor Speaks: Pigeon post and telephone landlines is the safest
We have published today two articles concerning security and malware. All, of course, involving the Internet. Add to that the story we published over the weekend, “Scamming Emails from Fake Cayman Islands Government Email Address”. This one warns: “The RCIPS…
The Editor Speaks: World Oceans Day
Last Saturday (9) the Cayman Islands celebrated HM The Queen’s Birthday. We had two special honourees, marching parades, pomp and bands. The day before, Friday 8th, passed by with barely a murmur. However, it was justifiably important enough for our…
The Editor Speaks: Loud noise
Have you noticed we are bombarded every day with noise? Loud noise! Even louder noise!! It seems every ad that comes on the radio has someone shouting at the top of his voice over the most horrible noise that’s supposed…
The Editor Speaks: Butterflies
I have missed seeing butterflies over the past few years so it has been a joy to suddenly see so many white ones these last couple of months. There have been swarms of them particularly on my way to and…
The Editor Speaks: Why we should be proud of our Coat of Arms
Yesterday (Mon 4), saw the beginning of the “Celebrate Cayman” 60 years celebration of the Cayman Islands Coat of Arms. Captain Owen Farrington, a Vestryman who was serving in office when the Cayman Islands was granted its own coat of…
The Editor Speaks: Education
In iNews Cayman today we have published a story where the President of the Trinidad and Tobago Unified Teachers’ Association (TTUTA), Lynsley Doodhai, has said “Asking teachers to mark School Based Assessment (SBA) projects and not pay them is modern…
The Editor Speaks: Biggest trial ever heard in the Cayman Islands gets world wide attention. Insane.
It was like a John Grisham novel after reading the summaries provided to the media and published here on iNews Cayman on May 31 2018 (http://www.ieyenews.com/wordpress/cayman-islands-hon-chief-justices-jugement-on-the-ahab-v-sicl-and-others/). It was a landmark case and followed a 10-year dispute played out in international…
The Editor Speaks: Firearms amnesty
Tomorrow (Fri June 1) the RCIPS is launching a firearms amnesty. It will run until the end of the month. The last RCIPS amnesty was in 2011. It was not a giant success. However, one gun off the streets is…
The Editor Speaks: Cayman’s growth is rising – fact, but are economic projections crystal ball gazing?
In yesterday’s iNews Cayman we published the whole of Minister of Finance & Economic Development, Roy McTaggart’s address to the Chamber of Commerce’s Economic Forum. The address came complete with fourteen impressive charts and tables that showed the overall unemployment…
The Editor Speaks: US Memorial Day
Yesterday (Mon 28) was Memorial Day in the US. We have a similar event here in November (Sun 11th Nov). We have a public holiday on the following Monday. In the US Memorial Day is widely celebrated with weekend ‘bargain’…
