Topic: Editorial
EDITORIAL – The iguana battle: Is Cayman facing a ‘cull-de-sac’?
Cayman has a serious problem that, frankly, it is not taking seriously at all.
EDITORIAL – Boxing Day: Sorry, not this year
The Bodden Town boxing gym has been KO’d without a single punch being thrown or a competitor entering the ring … which, of course, raises a serious question: Has anyone yet notified Manny?
EDITORIAL – A NiCE idea to keep Cayman beautiful all year
Although the putting of extra money in Caymanians’ pockets tends to get top billing in government materials, the NiCE program has at least two other objectives that are even more important to the individuals and the island
EDITORIAL – Work permit stats reflect Cayman’s changing face
New immigration figures confirm that the Cayman Islands population is not just changing; it has already changed.
EDITORIAL – Internet shaming and our addiction to outrage
People may grow and standards may change, but – as we all know by now (primarily because intrepid scandalmongers continually remind us) – the internet is forever.
EDITORIAL – Hurricane Corbyn? Brexit tempest could become a Cat 5 storm
Because of continuing delays over the United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the European Union, U.K. foreign secretary Boris Johnson and Brexit secretary David Davis have conducted an exit of their own – from U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May’s foundering government.
EDITORIAL – A splendid day for a royal wedding
What is it about a royal wedding that so enthralls so many people?
EDITORIAL – An island-wide ‘Thank You’ to the HospiceCare donor
The US$1 million gift is the largest anonymous donation HospiceCare has ever received.
EDITORIAL – Reversing our disturbing increase in traffic accidents
It’s time to hit the brakes and seek answers as to why our roadways are so dangerous and deadly.
EDITORIAL – Mount Trashmore: Good news, goodbye and good riddance!
After years of anxiety (and for this newspaper, reporting and editorializing) over what the Cayman Islands is going to do about the hulking health hazard known as the George Town landfill, residents can finally rest easy: The government has reached an agreement with the Dart Group.
MAIL CALL: Naming crime suspects
When it comes to crime suspects, how does the Compass balance expectations of personal privacy with the public's right to know? Editorial writer Jennifer Hemmingsen explains the Compass’ policies on naming suspects of crime.
EDITORIAL – The Peanuts ‘shell game’ continues
If you’re one of those Johnny-come-latelies who don’t follow baseball until the World Series or football until the World Cup, we can assure you it’s not too late to get up to speed on the Peanuts fiasco. It’s about to get very interesting.
EDITORIAL – Hurricane watch: Keeping our eyes on ‘Ms. Irma’
At the Compass, we will continue to monitor closely the path of Irma and keep our readers updated both in our print editions and, for even more timely information, on our website (caymancompass.com).
EDITORIAL – Liquor Licensing Board: Unfinished business after Mr. DaCosta’s departure
The departure of acting chairman Woody DaCosta from Grand Cayman’s Liquor Licensing Board was inevitable, considering the drama of mismatched minutes and conflicting statements that has been playing out in the public spotlight for the past several weeks.
EDITORIAL – A strong start for Cayman’s new ‘schoolmarm’
We usually associate standing ovations with rock stars, Broadway musical performers, and superstar athletes – not with newly minted education ministers. And yet, that is exactly the reception that the Hon. Juliana O’Connor-Connolly received when she addressed 700 schoolteachers and educators on Tuesday.
EDITORIAL – The societal danger of uncivil behavior
Respect for police authority, and for one’s fellow man, is a cornerstone of a civil society. These anti-social behaviors are increasingly being displayed by young and old, from every walk of life.
EDITORIAL – Fire service review: Shouldn’t Chief Hails be the ‘first responder?’
If the Ministry of Home Affairs has concerns about the fire service, the first call should be to Chief Hails. Ask what resources he needs to do his job, and then provide them.
EDITORIAL – Liquor Board needs to come clean on mismatched minutes
The draft minutes appear to have been either edited or altered to “rewrite” the narrative of what actually took place at the March meeting. The changes are so extensive that we can draw no conclusion other than they were purposeful.
EDITORIAL – Work Permits: Pick your category, pick your price
The absurdities might be comical if they did not engender such serious consequences. Consider the costs to companies to comply with the system, or the costs to taxpayers as government attempts to administer and enforce it.
EDITORIAL-The Zika virus and other ‘listless’ threats
The hyperbolic reaction to Zika was only the latest in a series of “sky-is-falling” crises propagated and amplified by media outlets in search of compelling content.
EDITORIAL – Royal Gazette: When a free press attacks free speech
On the global stage, where Bermuda – and Cayman – play important roles as international financial centers, there are no closed doors, there are no walls, and there are no borders.
EDITORIAL – What should Cayman do about Jackson Point?
We don’t know (but rest assured, we are looking into) the magnitude of the disaster that could have occurred if firefighters had not been able to control Sunday’s blaze.
Editorial – Road rally: Revving up our justice system
As far as we know, not a single case resulting from the crackdown has been carried through to conviction or exoneration before judge or jury. Why not?
EDITORIAL-Bermuda: An island in troubled waters
We do not hope, but we fear, that the results of Bermuda’s election may be the final mis-steerage that drives the country’s economy off the proverbial cliff … or into a coral reef.
EDITORIAL — Cayman’s latest roadway tragedy
Nothing we do can go back to prevent the horrible accident that cut short a life, or any past accident that has resulted in death or serious injury, but we can resolve to do better moving forward.
EDITORIAL: PR backlog: The line is getting longer!
This isn’t working, and unless major changes are made, it can never work.
EDITORIAL — Mother, keep your purse shut tight!
Living within one’s means should not be a radical concept – for individuals, households or nations. Rather than listening to bureaucrats looking for second helpings, ministers should familiarize themselves with the benefits of fiscal fitness.
EDITORIAL — A post-election assessment of our electoral process
In a report released this week, election observers from the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association British Islands and Mediterranean Region made 21 recommendations to improve the voting process in the Cayman Islands. Their observations, especially those concerning suffrage and campaign finance, deserve serious consideration.
EDITORIAL: Airport screening: It may be time to try ‘smarter’
In the early days of air travel, passengers would wear their finest clothes.
Today, just to clear airport security, they must practically undress.
We line up...
EDITORIAL: The power of Cayman and Brexit: Who knew?
There is much about the Cayman Islands we consider “world-class” – our beautiful beaches, peerless hospitality, our many contributions to the global economy …...
EDITORIAL – More than money: Thieves steal sense of community
Just how low can an individual sink? To that primordial question, some local criminals have provided an ugly answer. (Hint: Paramecia exhibit more evolved behavior.)
EDITORIAL – Accounting for the lack of accountability in Cayman’s schools
Despite pledges and platitudes that emanate from the campaign trail every fourth year or so (the most tired cliché being “the children are our future”), there is no real evidence that Cayman Islands officials – and, by extension, Cayman voters – value education as much as they need to, or ought to.
EDITORIAL – On Health City: BritCay’s PR strategy requires first aid
Whoever’s in charge of public relations and communications for the British Caymanian Insurance Agencies – better known here in the Cayman Islands as “BritCay” – is in need of an emergency refresher course. On Wednesday, March 29, amid the political spectacle of Nomination Day, we at the Cayman Compass and many other businesses received a notice from BritCay .
EDITORIAL – Four years of landfill promises are worth less than nothing
The foregoing statement sums up the “progress” made by the Progressives government on the country’s solid waste problem. Four years after campaigning on the pledge of “No dump in Bodden Town” and the promise of having an alternative solution, the Progressives were never able to figure out how much an “on-site” remediation project would cost … much less where the money to execute the project would come from.
Ministry responds to Compass editorial
I would be grateful if you could publish this letter to clarify and correct two key points made in your editorial of March 8.
EDITORIAL – The Progressives meet in the LA for a ‘cram session’
You know the scenario: It’s 4 o’clock in the morning, and there’s one lonely student in the school library, his furrowed brow visible in the faint glow of his computer monitor. He is concentrating furiously, surrounded by stacks of flash cards, towers of textbooks and reams of scribbled-on note pads.
EDITORIAL – Required reading for landfill neighbors (i.e. most of us)
The Cayman Islands government might prefer that voters forget about the existence of the George Town Landfill and the latent health threats it poses. We doubt that will happen.
EDITORIAL — Usain Bolt: On the fast track this weekend
For a few seconds on Saturday night, the eyes of the world will be on the Cayman Islands as sprint superstar Usain Bolt lines up for the 100m dash, the showpiece race of the Cayman Invitational track meet.
EDITORIAL – Happy Mother’s Day, Ms. Thompson!
Mae Thompson was all smiles when she found out she was receiving the Mother’s Day special award from The Westin Grand Cayman Seven Mile Beach Resort & Spa.
‘Hillary-Speak’ on the campaign trail
"There's no such thing as bad publicity" — but when U.S. presidential candidate Hillary Clinton named the Cayman Islands (in the context of tax abuses, of course) it certainly wasn't good publicity for our country.
American guns, Jamaican violence, Cayman crime
Blaming other countries for local crime is a rhetorical diversion, not a practical solution.
The shifting sands beneath the government’s feet
With about a year-and-a-half to go until the 2017 elections, the ground is once again trembling beneath Cayman’s elected government.
Cayman’s combat with climate change: A bunch of hot air
Any second that Cayman spends on attempting to combat climate change will constitute a waste of time, energy and money.
A month-by-month roundup of Cayman’s 2015 news stories
Top stories of 2015 in the Cayman Islands
At year’s end: Future paths, old obstacles
As 2015 draws to a close, the Compass Editorial Board looks at some of the obstacles facing Cayman, a number of which can be turned into opportunities for advancement and improvement.
Editorial Year in Review: FIFA, corruption
editorials on fifa, corruption
Editorial Year in Review Economic prosperity, education
Compass editorials in 2015 on economic prosperity and education.
Editorial year in review: Immigration and employment
A look back at editorials on immigration unemployment in 2015.
Christmas spirit: Peace, joy and goodwill to all
It’s Christmas Eve in the Cayman Islands. How things have changed.
From the National Conservation Council
National Conservation Council responds to Compass editorial.
Letter to the Editor: Public burial spaces
Opposition Leader McKeeva Bush says government has an obligation to provide public cemeteries.
The Council: Conservation consternation
It's difficult (but not impossible) to give the protection of the environment a bad name, but the National Conservation Council is making some headway.
Cayman business in brief
Cable and Wireless and Manchester United team up; Travers Thorp Alberga merges with Orion Law; The Banker names Butterfield ‘Bank of the Year’; PwC moves to Camana Bay
FIFA scandal: Cayman football in Webb’s shadow
In the United States, the trial of Jeffrey Webb is over before it began. Here in the Cayman Islands, however, the stain of Webb's legacy is only beginning to become apparent.
Landfill conundrum: ‘Location, location, location’
In irony almost beyond words (but not quite), the government's "solution" to the George Town dump site is to make it permanent.
Handouts to voters: Charity or vote buying?
When it comes to standing up in the Legislative Assembly against the practice of “vote buying,” George Town MLA Winston Connolly stands alone.
How a wealthy country can be so broke
Q: Why can’t our emergency responders have nice things? A: Because our public officials keep spending the money on other stuff.
At the Compass, we don't practice 'gotcha' journalism
It is never our intent to misrepresent the statements or positions of the people we cover. We don't engage in, and won't stand for, "gotcha" journalism.
When limited infrastructure limits growth
Cayman's Internet issues comprise one facet of an overarching quandary that calls into question the very economic future of our islands.
Clifton Hunter: How low can it go?
When faced with a poor valuation report, the Ministry of Education resorted to government's usual modus operandi — "rewrite and revise."
Unpaid debts: Our 'collective' responsibility
As our government continues to grapple with the Cayman Islands’ solid waste management conundrum, another dimension to the problem has surfaced — dealing not with the cost of getting rid of Mount Trashmore, but of building it in the first place.
Premier McLaughlin, Publisher Legge issue joint statement
Cayman Islands Premier Alden McLaughlin and Cayman Compass Publisher David R. Legge are pleased to announce they have come to an accommodation regarding the recent difficulties between the government and the newspaper.
Keep an eye on lawmakers this week
Legislators are expected to tackle several significant pieces of legislation that could potentially alter the political and economic fabric of our country.
To kill a green iguana
Human beings are notorious for — and notoriously bad at — manipulating Nature to suit their temporal whims. In other words, playing God. Hubris has brought down greater and wiser men than we ...
Missing links: New airport needs jetways
Last week, the premier announced that the government will forge ahead with the cruise dock project. Today, we’d like our readers to turn their attention to Grand Cayman’s “other” port project – the expansion of the Owen Roberts International Airport.
Cayman’s small businesses: A very big deal
Creation is the business of individual businessmen. And, too often, the cost of government regulation is decreased innovation.
'e-Government,' efficiencies, and Estonia
Cayman Islands civil servants are being given a glimpse of a more efficient, more customer-friendly, future … We’ll call it the “Estonia Age.”
Heroes for Hannah: Cayman is full of them
Three cheers for everyone who pitched in to support childhood cancer research at the Heroes for Hannah event last Friday. Heck, make that 320,000 cheers.
Public education: Cayman's most important test
The general tenor of the inspection reports on Cayman Islands government schools is not surprising — but it is scathing.
We support the George Town dock
The proposed George Town cruise berthing facility constitutes the largest public works project in the history of the Cayman Islands. The consequences of pursuing, or not pursuing, the dock will be with us for generations.
One year later: Anyone remember the EY report?
Twelve months after the release of the EY report, we look up to see that the public sector has been downsized neither in size nor scope.
Congratulations to Cayman's young scholars
Let us devote a moment to recognizing excellence among the young people of the Cayman Islands.
