The Editor Speaks: Firearms, civil rights
iNews Cayman received a copy of a bill a local man, Dennis Warren Jr., has just received for the amount of $29,000 in connection with a legal case over whether the RCIPS had the rights to enter his home. Mr….
Don’t Panic!!!
Now we have a fuel strike. Don’t we? What’s that you say? “No we don’t”? But people are joining huge queues at the gas stations, or petrol stations or whatever you prefer to call them. There have been stories of…
Perfectly legal?
Paul McGowan (PS Audio) If you own a CD it is perfectly legal to sell that CD. It’s your property. It is also perfectly legal for you to make a copy of that CD for your own use on…
The Editor Speaks: Cayman Airways ‘crash’ and corruption law
Thankfully, it is a rare occurrence for Cayman Airways to be involved in accidents, especially hitting an obstacle. Last Friday (30) I received a message around lunchtime that a Cayman Airways plane had ‘crashed’ into a building at the Montego…
Immigration
Lamar Smith, the chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, is currently presiding over a hearing on new guidelines for immigration detention in the USA that were issued last month and are now beginning to go into effect. If you think…
Pie are squared
A magnificent piece of political hokum was announced in the UK yesterday. VAT is going to be charged on hot food. This means that if you go and buy a hot pie or sausage roll you have to pay an…
Reading palms
Palmistry is the practice of telling fortunes from the lines, marks, and patterns on the palms of the hands. Palmistry is also called chiromancy, palm-reading, chirology, or hand-analysis. Palmistry originated in ancient India. It was said to be practiced by…
Mustard has many uses
My friends at Care2 ( www.care2.com) sent me this interesting article by Katie Waldeck on some interesting uses for mustard. Katie is a freelance writer focused on pets, food and women’s issues. A Chicago native and longtime resident of…
Moissanite
In 1893, Dr. Henri Moissan, a Nobel Prize-winning scientist began studying fragments of a 50,000-year-old meteorite in Canyon Dianlo, Arizona, USA. In these fragments, Moissan believed he discovered diamonds from space possessing superior fire and brilliance. After extensive research, it…
If you love what you are doing, you will be successful
Albert Schweitzer (1875 – 1965) said, “Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.” Doing what you love is complicated. When I was a…
