The Editor Speaks: Will Cayman be forced to enact the NCL?
The Draft National Conservation Law (NCL) for the Cayman Islands has been gathering dust for a long time and has been “watered” down at every review by successive governments. The present government, especially with the Minister of Environment Mark Scotland…
The Editor Speaks: Why remember the Sunday of Remembrance?
I have noticed with a feeling of sadness that over the years Cayman Islands Day of Remembrance is not as important as it should be. Notable absentee over the last few years has been the premier. I have to ask…
The Editor Speaks: Were the cavalry about to ride in?
After Cayman Islands premier, Hon. McKeeva Bush’s defiant mood over the weekend and last Monday (5) saying he was not going to back down on his amended version of the Framework for Fiscal Responsibility (FFR) and he was going ahead…
The Editor Speaks: “No legal obligations ……. for the outstanding duty…..”
In the press release from RC Cayman Holdings LLC lawyers, Conyers Dill & Pearman, they say: “There is no legal obligation for the property’s new owner to bear responsibility for the outstanding duty, nor is there any agreement with the…
The Editor Speaks: Rights to the people
The people of the Cayman Islands now have some rights that are now law. From Tuesday (6) any Caymanian who believes their rights are not being upheld can seek legal redress through Cayman’s courts. In some cases ex-pats are covered,…
The Editor Speaks: Bush whacked
In the wake of the UK’s Overseas Territories Minister, Hon. Mark Simmonds to Cayman Islands Premier, Hon. McKeeva Bush failure to honour his commitment to put the Framework for Fiscal Responsibility into law, his disregard for good governance, and his…
Known gang member found guilty of gun possession
By Georgina Wilcox Robert Aaron Crawford (20) was found guilty on Wednesday 31st October by Justice Charles Quin for possession of an unlicensed firearm, a Luger handgun, following a judge alone trial. A police officer said two persons had given…
The Editor Speaks: Well I warned ya’!
I have “preached” many a sermon recently about Premier Hon. McKeeva Bush’s continual attacks at the UK’s Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) and his intention to argue that because he signed an agreement “under duress” it doesn’t mean anything. Plus,…
The Editor Speaks: Water and sewage goes up 10% but PR touts removal of MMF
If you were to read only the headline from the Water Authority – Cayman press release on Thursday (1) – see story in today’s iNews Cayman – you would think you were getting some good news. When you read the…
The Editor Speaks: Charity begins at home
The rest of the quotation goes “and justice begins next door”. It was written by Charles Dickens in 1844 in his novel “Martin Chuzzlewit”. The relevance is as true today as it was then. One doesn’t have to look far…
