The Editor Speaks: Mothers
I have known intimately three mothers. The first was my real mother, Ethel. She nourished me in her womb, she nursed me and she raised me up until I left home when I was twenty-three. She also raised my sister…
The Editor Speaks: Things are serious Mr. Bush
Errol Bush, The Port Authority of the Cayman Islands (PACI) Board Director has reportedly sent around emails to staff stating that things were not serious against the rumours of significant irregularities at the authority. We, and that includes the Office…
The Editor Speaks: Stiff penalties but we will be the poorer
Yesterday (7) we published the Press Release sent to us via General Registry, the registrar for Non-Profit Organisations (NPOs). The Registry’s Head of Compliance is Paul Inniss. There are at least 300 NPOs, such as sports associations, churches, community organisations,…
The Editor Speaks: Never!
Following on from yesterday’s Editorial “Strange Timing” re the beneficial ownership disclosure order by the Uk Tory government and a suggestion the tourist industry might fill the gap if the financial sector would collapses, I asked one of our leading…
The Editor Speaks: Strange timing
Last Friday whilst Premier Alden McLaughlin was threatening to oppose the UK’s order to disclose beneficial ownership, Registrar of Companies Cindy Jefferson-Bulgin, was sending out this missive: From: CIGENREG Friday, May 04, 2018 2:03 PM [https://www.filepicker.io/api/file/ewEXNrLlTneFGtlB5ryy] Beneficial Ownership Information Filing…
The Editor Speaks: Colonialism
Wikipedia’s definition of “Colonialism’ is: “the policy of a polity seeking to extend or retain its authority over other people or territories, generally with the aim of developing or exploiting them to the benefit of the colonizing country and of…
The Editor Speaks: Did you forget St George’s Day?
Last Monday 23rd April was St. George’s Day. Did I mention it in an Editorial? No. Did I forget it? No. Did I celebrate it? No. However, I did visit a St George’s Day event held on that day. Where…
The Editor Speaks: Gloom
I was going to write an Editorial today on the Gloom Promo Ads that Rooster101 continually run to promote their fading talk show “Crosstalk”. The latest is Leader of the Opposition, Ezzard Miller’s pronouncements re the Cruise Ship terminal, where…
The Editor Speaks: Interesting but unlikely
We have two colleges here in the Cayman Islands – the University College of the Cayman Islands (UCCI) and the International College of the Cayman Islands (ICCI). It is obvious to everyone the two colleges must work together. “Collaboration between…
The Editor Speaks: An apology?
One of our main stories published today is headlined “Cayman Islands Ombudsman recommends Government Ministry to apologize”. Excuse me? A government department to apologize? That’s asking for the moon. The article centres around someone (a woman) who “ was not…
