ESTABLISHED 1965 www.caymancompass.com – 50 CENTS – Wednesday May 13, 2015 SportS | page 16 nFL suspends Brady New England Patriots’ Tom Brady suspended over ‘Deflategate’ High of 89 Low of 76 Moderate with wave heights of 3 to 5 feet. editorial | page 4 ‘Lost’ poLice data: does not coMpute RepoRt: 1 in 5 giRls sexually abused JaMes Whittaker jwhittaker@pinnaclemedialtd.com Nearly one in five adolescent girls in the Cayman Islands reported that they had been sexually abused, in a comprehensive survey of young people in the territory. The Adolescent Health and Sexuality Survey, which will be officially released Wednesday, May 13, raises concerns about high levels of physical and sexual abuse as well as mental ill-health among teenagers. “The picture that emerges from these re- sults is of adolescents vulnerable to ill-health and even suicide attempts as a result of a combination of factors including violence and lack of emotional support from key institu- tions, namely the family, school and health care services,” according to an advance copy of the report, seen by the Cayman Compass. A series of surveys with 955 young people, aged 15 to 19, were conducted in 2012 by health officials in collaboration with the Pan American Health Organization as part of its regional work on risk factors and social issues affecting young people in relation to HIV and sexually transmitted infections. “A cluster of risk factors is of great concern, namely violence, mental ill-health and drug use,” according to the report, which officials say was not finalized until January of this year. Key findings include ■■ Nearly one in five girls (18.6 per- cent) said they had been sexu- ally abused in childhood ■■ One in 20 respondents said they had been raped the first time they had sex ■■ Of those who were sexually ac- tive, one in eight had gotten preg- nant or caused a pregnancy, and one in 12 girls had an abortion Maritime services zone for cayman MichaeL kLein mklein@pinnaclemedialtd.com Government has approved a designated special economic zone for maritime ser- vices companies with the aim of bringing shipping companies and maritime service providers to Cayman. Government passed an order in Cabinet setting out the types of companies that are permitted to establish a physical presence in the newly created Cayman Maritime Services Park of Cayman Enterprise City. The special economic zone allows zone companies to benefit from Cayman’s tax- neutral environment in combination with re- duced red tape, lower registration fees and no work permit fees. The types of companies that can estab- lish a presence in the Maritime Services Park include ship owners, brokers and financiers, freight trading, operations, logistics, vessel management, consulting and research compa- nies operating in the shipping industry. The idea was first touted at last year’s Cayman Islands Shipping Summit by Premier Alden McLaughlin, who called the Cayman Islands “an ideal hub” for the shipping and maritime industry. “Our sights are firmly set on the Cayman Islands being a world-class, full-service, in- ternational maritime center,” Mr. McLaughlin said at the time. Cayman already has a renowned shipping registry, sophisticated services providers and superior infrastructure in close proximity to North America, South America and the Panama Canal to make a viable base for mari- time services companies, he said. Amid Nepal’s destruction, a glimmer of hope JaMes Whittaker jwhittaker@pinnaclemedialtd.com Cayman’s Nepalese community is helping to provide some of the first convoys delivering aid to remote villages in their disaster-hit homeland. A second major earthquake hit the Himalayan nation Tuesday, two weeks after a devastating quake killed more than 8,000 people and reduced entire towns to rubble. Amid the debris, volunteers and aid agencies are working to provide food, medi- cine and shelter for the survivors. Members of the Nepalese commu- nity in Cayman are coordinating with the Lions Club in their home country to get aid directly to remote villages, including those where family members and friends have been affected. Puspa Rumba, a stylist at Eclipze Hair Design in Grand Cayman, whose home was flattened in the April 25 quake, said just over $5,000 in donations collected by the Nepalese community in Cayman has been sent to provide support. The money paid for aid to two re- mote areas, including her home vil- lage of Khukhure, where every building was flattened. Images sent by her brother Sabin Rumba show volunteers handing out bags of rice, soap and other provisions to vil- lagers, with the remnants of their homes in the background. Suresh Budhathoki, who works at The Ritz-Carlton, Grand Cayman, helped estab- lish a link with the Lions Club through his sister, who is president of the Kathmandu chapter of the association. He said the vol- unteers, funded by contributions from PLEASE TURN TO PAGE 6 » PLEASE TURN TO PAGE 7 » Suresh Budhathoki looks at images of food aid, funded by donations from Cayman, arriving at the devastated village of Khukhure in Nepal. - pHoto: taneos RaMsay PLEASE TURN TO PAGE 6 »2 LOCAL&REGIONAL Wednesday May 13, 2015 • Cayman Compass www. 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Call 927-8565 Cash For Gold • Shedden Road Court upholds firearm conviction, sentence Appellant did not give evidence at his trial CAROL WINKER cwinker@pinnaclemedialtd.com Ray Kennedy Smith lost his appeal against conviction and a 10-year sentence for posses- sion of an unlicensed firearm, as the Court of Appeal rejected arguments against the judge- alone verdict. The firearm was a 9-mm Smith and Wesson handgun loaded with five live rounds. Smith elected to be tried without a jury, and chose not to give evidence during his trial. Justice Charles Quin found him guilty in February 2014 and imposed the man- datory minimum sentence of 10 years. The appeal tribunal heard the matter during its sitting that ended on Friday. Smith was 18 when he was arrested outside a West Bay nightclub in July 2011. Police officers on patrol had seen three males outside the bar and, after they drove into the parking lot, Smith walked off to the side of the building and then returned to join the other two. Since one of the of- ficers smelled ganja, a search of the men was requested. One of the officers went to the area where Smith had briefly gone and did a ground search, using his flashlight, because he suspected illegal drugs. He saw a pistol grip of a firearm under a ski mask and gloves, behind an air- conditioning unit. Examination by a DNA ex- pert showed a partial DNA profile on the interior of one of the gloves. The expert gave evidence that Smith could not be excluded as a contributor to that partial profile. The chance that an unrelated person from the general population could be included as a contributor to the profile was one in 1.4 billion individuals. Other par- tial DNA profiles on the gloves were inconclusive. There was no identifiable DNA on the gun nor any fingerprints. Attorney Amelia Fosuhene argued the appeal. Crown counsel Candia James, who had conducted the case for the prosecution at trial, responded. Court president Sir John Chadwick delivered the court’s decision. He first referred to Ms. Fosuhene’s submission that Justice Quin was wrong when he referred to Smith not giving evidence and not availing himself of the oppor- tunity to present any reason for the DNA match. She ar- gued that the judge had fallen into the trap of thinking that the match pointed neces- sarily to Smith handling or wearing the glove. Ms. James had replied that the judge did clearly un- derstand the DNA evidence: it did not show that Smith had worn the glove, only that he could not be excluded. Justice Quin had reminded himself that Smith could not be con- victed on the basis of that par- tial profile match. What was needed was to evaluate all of the evidence, of which the DNA was only a part. Justice Chadwick pointed out that in addition to not using the opportunity to ex- plain his movements before his arrest, Smith also did not avail himself of the opportu- nity to present any reason for the DNA match. There was no suggestion that there could have been involvement by a close relative as a reason for the DNA partial pro- file, “and the judge was enti- tled to take the view that this was not a suggestion the de- fense was advancing.” All of the facts and Smith’s failure to give evidence led to the inescapable conclu- sion that Smith put the gloves, mask and gun behind the A/C unit at the side of the building when he saw police coming. The judge was entitled to come to that conclusion on the basis of all of the evidence before him. Justice Chadwick said the appeal court rejected the ar- gument that the judge had fallen into the trap of thinking that the DNA evidence was sufficient of itself to convict. Justice Quin had weighed that evidence along with all the other factors in coming to his verdict. US and Cuba to name ambassadors soon HAVANA (AP) — Cuba and the U.S. will name ambassa- dors to each other’s countries after the island is removed from the U.S. list of state sponsors of terrorism later this month, Cuban President Raul Castro said Tuesday. Castro spoke to journal- ists at Havana’s interna- tional airport after seeing off visiting French President Francois Hollande. The United States and Cuba have not had full dip- lomatic relations since 1961. Currently they have lower- level missions called Interests Sections in each other’s coun- tries, under the protection of the Swiss government. President Barack Obama in April announced his deci- sion to remove Cuba from the terror list, which was seen as a major obstacle for the opening of full embassies. A 45-day waiting period that would give Congress time to take action on Obama’s deci- sion ends on May 29. Havana long has resented the terror designation as false and unfair. “This sort of unjust accu- sation is about to be lifted and we’ll be able to name ambassadors,” Castro said. Castro and Obama an- nounced in December they would work toward a res- toration of diplomatic re- lations after more than a half-century. The Cuban president also said Tuesday he had expressed his concerns to Obama about the activities of some American diplomats at the U.S. Interests Section in Havana, which he character- ized as “illegal.” French president makes rare visit to haiti PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Francois Hollande on Tuesday became only the second sitting president of France to ever visit the once prized possession of Haiti, where bountiful resources and brutal plantation slavery made it the European na- tion’s most profitable colony some 250 years ago. For Haiti’s government and business community, the visit is a welcome op- portunity to encourage more investment and highlight progress made since a dev- astating 2010 earthquake obliterated much of Port- au-Prince and surrounding areas. Over the last week, the French leader has been touring the region, stopping in French Caribbean islands and Cuba, where he said his country would be a “faithful ally” as Havana reforms its centrally planned economy. But for some citizens of impoverished Haiti, Hollande’s visit is reminding them of the debilitating costs of the country’s suc- cessful slave revolt for inde- pendence. In 1825, crippled by an international embargo enforced by French warships, Haiti agreed to pay France an “independence debt” of 150 million gold francs to com- pensate colonists for their losses of land and slaves. It later was reduced to 90 mil- lion gold coins.The islands’ most-trusted news source 3 Cayman Compass • Wednesday May 13, 2015 The islands’ most-trusted news source 4 – EDITORIAL – Opinion&Letters The Cayman Compass welcomes comments, opinions and viewpoints from readers. Letters to the editor can be emailed to editor@pinnaclemedialtd.com, submitted via www.caymancompass.com, sent by post or hand-delivered to the Compass office. Wednesday May 13, 2015 • Cayman COmpass ‘Lost’ police data: Does not compute Where is the data? We ask because the Cayman Islands police records that were “lost” in a computer hard-drive failure more than a year ago don’t seem to be anywhere near the surface of the Earth. What makes the already-conspicuous information gap doubly peculiar is that government’s Computer Services Department thought they had successfully restored those files more than six months ago. But now police are saying, in effect, “That ain’t so.” Lodged by a Cayman Compass reporter in February 2014, the open records request that kicked off the entire affair — including the first public disclosure that government hard drives had crashed multiple times — sought information about the police’s Joint Marine Unit patrol boats. The issue at hand, however, goes beyond any concern about watercraft maintenance. The amount of information that government “lost” — 1.2 terabytes in all, we’ve been told — is huge. There’s no way that all of that data only pertained to Marine Unit patrol boats, which most likely comprised only the slimmest sliver of what was lost. So another, more basic, question arises. Not only do we ask, “Where is the data?” but also, “What is the data?” To that we’ll add, “How, exactly, was the data lost in the first place?” and “Why hasn’t it been definitively ‘found’ yet?” We shudder when we ponder the possibility that some of the lost data might involve matters of extreme significance and sensitivity, particularly when Cayman officials are embroiled in several high-profile legal imbroglios that pivot on specific sets of govern- ment records — for example, the Freedom of Infor- mation battle for Operation Tempura documents; or the private members’ motion by former Premier McKeeva Bush, which alleges that local and U.K. offi- cials, including current Premier Alden McLaughlin (who responded by suing Mr. Bush for defamation), engaged in a “conspiracy” to topple him from power. What would happen if any records of that magni- tude of importance were ever lost? Would government find out before it’s too late? Would the public? UK expat voters: ‘One man, one ballot’? Hundreds of British expatriates woke up grumbling Saturday morning, following the historic U.K. general election won handily by the Conservative Party. They weren’t upset that the candidates they voted for didn’t win. They’re upset they didn’t get to vote at all. On Monday, the Cayman Compass published a campaign photo of London Mayor Boris Johnson holding a sign that said, “Expats! Your vote is important.” Mr. Johnson (who went on to secure a seat in Par- liament and a position in the new Tory Cabinet) evi- dently hadn’t double-checked that message with U.K. electoral authorities. With the responsibility for sending out postal ballots devolved to each of the 650 British electoral constitu- encies, it’s easy to forgive local U.K. officials for being individually unaware that a span of 18 days (from the deadline for ballot applications to election day) was an unrealistically insufficient amount of time for a mailed document to make it halfway around the world, much less back, particularly considering the substandard performance of other countries’ postal systems, including, historically, that of the Cayman Islands. It’s less easy to understand how the national elec- toral authority could fail to take those practicalities into account when designing the scheme for Britons to vote from overseas. In recent months, much has been said in Cayman about “one man, one vote” and “voter equality” — and if our admittedly idiosyncratic electoral system passes muster under those principles. We may be a tiny, far-flung colony, but even we can see that the first step in giving everyone an equal vote, is to give everyone an equal ballot. ‘Little Englandism’ finally goes big Pankaj Mishra Bloomberg View The victory of the Conservative Party in British elections last week has brought two possibilities closer to fulfillment: with- drawal from the European Union, and, more drastically, the secession of Scotland. Buoyed by his unexpected triumph, Prime Minister David Cameron may well find himself presiding over the final disintegration of post- imperial Britain. Seventy years after the end of World War II, when an exhausted Britain began to give up its far-flung possessions, the country con- fronts its grimmest post-im- perial fate: division, isolation, and irrelevance. This is hardly the fault of the Conservative, or the Labour party. Analysts have been quick to credit English nationalism, stoked by the Tories after the Scottish referendum last year, for Cameron’s victory. In actu- ality, angry English reactions to meddling European Union bureaucrats have been gath- ering political momentum at least since the 1990s. And the unraveling of British identity has even deeper roots. During those centuries when the sun never set on the British Empire, the broad category of “British” sub- sumed other ideas of national belonging. “Little Englandism” came to be scorned because it didn’t comport with Britain’s ambitions and achievements in the larger world. But “Britishness” was bound to reveal its artificial nature once Britain lost its em- pire, a global venture in which the Scots were keen partners. Scotland and Wales were des- tined to advance their political aspirations once the imperial program of collective expan- sion came to a halt. In his recent book “Empire: What Ruling the World Did to the British,” the distinguished BBC broadcaster Jeremy Paxman laments that Great Britain today suffers from “a vanishing sense of national purpose.” Paxman, a self-pro- claimed “one-nation Tory,” is wary of Little Englandism. But many signs have pointed to its eventual triumph, such as nos- talgia for the imperial past. For outsiders in England, no spectacle of cultural and political life is more arresting than the periodic attempts to shore up a disintegrating sense of identity: from James Bond channeling his inven- tor’s casual xenophobia (“All foreigners are pestilential,” Ian Fleming claimed), to periodic Raj-revival movies and tele- vision dramas (“Jewel in the Crown,” “Indian Summer”), to attempts during the run-up to the Iraq war by Britain’s poli- ticians, historians and journal- ists to play wise counselors to the Beltway’s neo-imperialists. Long-term historical pro- cesses, however, have their own momentum; actors or in- tellectuals in period costume cannot reverse them. As Britain slowly contracts into England, just one nation among many, the historical ironies accumulate. Britain’s unique success as an industri- alized nation-state prompted strong imitative endeavors not only across Europe but also in Asia. Now many peoples, who were once humiliated into a sense of nationality by British rule, loom larger than their former masters. In “A Passage to India,” E.M. Forster wrote of India’s claims to nationhood: “What an apotheosis! Last comer to the drab nineteenth-cen- tury sisterhood! Waddling in at this hour of the world to take her seat! She, whose only peer was the Holy Roman Empire, she shall rank with Guatemala and Belgium perhaps!” For at least half a cen- tury Forster’s mordant words have applied more aptly to Britain, whose only prece- dent once was the Roman Empire. The so-called “special relationship” with the United States, which gave Britain an oversized presence within the world and advantage over France and Germany, is in- creasingly confined to murky counter-terrorism and sur- veillance operations. Britain under a Conservative govern- ment has never been more eager for Chinese attention. Those who grew up in a more confident country will continue to deplore the widespread feeling that, as Paxman writes, “because the nation is not what it was, it can never be anything again.” But the national shrinking triggered by loss of empire is unavoidable, and can only further reshape Britain’s do- mestic politics as well as in- ternational posture. Post-imperial Britain did have a chance to secure some significance for itself within the European Union. But that moment has also gone. In an- other ironical twist of history, it is Britain’s former rival Germany that is now Europe’s preeminent country. The com- memorations of British valor during VE Day last week dis- guised the melancholy reality that a German chancellor now has the power to set the terms of Britain’s relationship with Europe. In the months to come, the populist Euro-skeptics within the Tory party, memorably described as “bastards” by former Prime Minister John Major, may be counted upon to deepen England’s isolation from Scotland and Europe. Certainly, it will be increas- ingly hard to avoid the clear message from the elections last week: Little Englandism has finally gone big. Pankaj Mishra is a Bloomberg View columnist, author and commentator. © 2015, Bloomberg News Printed and Published by: Caymanian Compass Limited (a subsidiary of Pinnacle Media Ltd) Compass Centre Shedden Road, George Town send us yOur VieWs Or neWs: P.O. 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Distributing content without a license is already illegal here, but the new copyright regime modernizes the law and puts enforce- ment mechanisms in place to make it easier for copyright holders to stop infringement and ask for damages. LIME and C3 told the Cayman Compass that they have distribution agreements for the content on their net- works. Logic, which bought WestStar last year, would not comment on content licenses but did say the company fully complies with copyright protection laws. Bill McCabe, CEO of LIME, said his company en- couraged the copyright up- date. The Information and Communication Technology Authority, he said, “has the opportunity to use this copy- right law so that all TV pro- viders, both local and interna- tional, are subject to the same laws to ensure both a fair and competitive playing field.” “There are satellite com- panies broadcasting TV con- tent to the Cayman Islands and it is a significant but important change to ensure that they are appropriately li- censed,” Mr. McCabe said. ICTA general counsel Russell Richardson, who serves on the advisory com- mittee to update Cayman’s copyright laws, said the au- thority “strongly supports” the new rules. He said, “When the application of the U.K. Copyright Law is brought into force, there will be clear obligations on people to en- sure that they have the rights to broadcast the content they broadcast, whether it be via the radio, television or, in- deed, the Internet.” Mr. Richardson added, “As to how this may affect our licensees, if any of our licensees haven’t yet done so, they should ensure that they are compliant with the U.K. Copyright Law before it comes into force.” WestStar, now part of Logic, got in trouble several years ago when the HBO net- work accused the company publicly and in a complaint with the ICTA of intercepting its satellite signal and selling the channel to customers without paying licensing fees. The dispute did not come to an end until Logic bought WestStar, bringing WestStar customers under the license Logic already had with the premium cable channel that produces popular shows such as “Game of Thrones.” Last month, according to The Gleaner newspaper in Jamaica, the Jamaican Broadcasting Commission or- dered television providers to pull 19 cable channels. The commission said the compa- nies did not have licenses to broadcast the channels, in- cluding Encore, Showtime and Starz. Jamaican TV viewers will lose the stations at the end of the month. Jewel levy jlevy@pinnaclemedialtd.com Prospect Primary School’s Mighty Meerkats and John Gray High School’s Jeopardizing Jaguars teams are this year’s champions in the Lera Parchment Battle of the Books. Twenty-two teams from eight schools island-wide entered the competition, which was hosted by the Cayman Islands Information Professionals and LIFE (Literacy is for Everyone), on Saturday at Sir John A. Cumber Primary School’s multipurpose hall. The children were given 20 books to read over the last five months. During the com- petition, judges quizzed them on their knowledge of what they had read. John Gray won the High School category of the compe- tition. Wendy Cumberbatch, literacy coordinator at John Gray, said it was the first time that a public high school had participated in the Battle of the Books. “There are so many other activities that vie for the at- tention of teens today that they can become too busy to enjoy a good book,” she said. She added that the stu- dents had found the compe- tition a lot of fun and an ex- hilarating experience. According to Ms. Cumberbatch, win or lose, the event had many positive out- comes for the students. “This is what I saw emerging over the several months of prep- aration: leadership quali- ties, team spirit, cooperative learning, a sense of respon- sibility, creativity, and a re- newed enthusiasm for reading, and learning for some. We are getting closer to the real- ization of one of our literacy goals, to build a JGHS com- munity of readers,” she said. Prospect Primary was the winner of the primary school category, making Giselle Elias, Prospect Primary’s lit- eracy coach very proud. The team of seven students, led by captain Resan Foster, im- pressed the judges with their in-depth knowledge of the books they had read. The young readers are also members of the Prospect Primary Book Club, part of Year 5’s weekly guided reading program. In the club, students work with team members to enhance their critical thinking skills by an- alyzing and reporting on dif- ferent genres of books. The competition is named for the late Rachel Lera Parchment, an avid reader and advocate of edu- cation. During her lifetime, she shared and donated her books to other readers and the small library of books she left has been donated to the Cayman Islands Public Library. SchoolS take part in Battle of the BookS Prospect Primary School’s Mighty Meerkats, from left, Everton Spence, Ashanti Mellaneo, Lamar Dixon, Ruby Pileta, Brianna Ebanks, Resan Foster (captain) and Thomas Palmer, with Julie Hunter, daughter of Lera Parchment, at the back.The islands’ most-trusted news source 6 Wednesday May 13, 2015 • Cayman Compass So many happy memories, Come flooding back today, Of birthday celebrations Before you went away. Those wonderful occasions Never changed throughout the years, But now your smile is missing Replaced with birthday tears. You may not be here with us But the day means just as much, And we can feel your presence And the comfort of your touch. Jacqueline Ann Watler Thinking of You On Your 1st Birthday in Heaven Loving and missing you always, your husband Charlie, Children Judy, Peter, David, Chris, Stephen, their spouses and your grandchildren We’ll celebrate your birthday, The way we always do, For the precious love between us And all we owe to you. ■■ Nearly a quarter of respondents, male and female, had sui- cidal thoughts in the past year. One in six of those had tried to kill themselves ■■ One in six had suf- fered physical inju- ries from being as- saulted by an adult ■■ Around a third of girls and a quarter of boys reported drinking, mental health problems, drug use or violence among their parents or other adults at home. The report warns of sub- stantial levels of mental ill- health, including loneliness, anxiety, depression and sui- cidal thoughts, particularly among teenage girls. Those who had been sexually abused were 7.5 times more likely to attempt suicide, ac- cording to the survey. “Results on suicide con- firm the critical importance of abuse and violence in af- fecting the wellbeing of ado- lescents,” the report notes. Health officials sug- gest the findings show that the prevalence of physical and sexual abuse, while alarming, are similar to and in some cases lower than global statistics. “This indicates that the Cayman Islands, like the rest of the world, needs to con- tinue to take the issue of child abuse very seriously,” said Nancy Barnard, deputy chief officer in the Ministry of Health. The report is dated 2013, but health officials say they did not receive the final draft until January this year. Premier and Health Minister Alden McLaughlin said enacting recommenda- tions based on the report is a key priority for the ministry. The report recommends a targeted approach to dealing with young people identified as being at risk. “These vulnerabilities do not affect all young people equally, and it is important to focus attention on those who are more exposed to violence and have less support. The study also showed the highly gendered nature of violence and mental health. “Young women and girls generally had poorer mental health and this is at least partially associated with sexual abuse and violence against them, especially in the domestic space.” Dr. Marc Lockhart, chair of the Cayman Islands Mental Health Commission, said the results were alarming, but not surprising. He said more needs to be done to identify and support victims of phys- ical and sexual abuse. Cayman, worked with local authorities and village dis- trict committees to bring the first trucks of aid to the remote Nuwakot district. “There was no aid from gov- ernment or the Red Cross at that time. They were the first ones to get there. They brought blankets and noodles and rice for 158 families,” he said. Fundraising is continuing among the Nepalese commu- nity in Cayman. Another $5,500 is being sent this week, which will go toward aid for the dis- trict of Sindhupalchowk. Mr. Budhathoki said it was important to see that the money was being spent imme- diately on essentials. Shiva Baniya, who also works at The Ritz-Carlton, said the aim is for the funds to go toward direct imme- diate aid for villages that need it the most. “We can’t reach each and every place, but we can try to get some food and shelter to people we know need help. It is not much, but it makes them happy and it gives us satisfac- tion to see that,” he said. Mr. Baniya’s wife, who lives with him in Grand Cayman, is currently in Kathmandu and felt the im- pact of the second quake, which killed 48 people and injured more than 1,000. “She went out to visit and to see what she could do to help,” Mr. Baniya said. “Now I am worried for her safety. We knew there would be af- tershocks but not a 7.4 mag- nitude earthquake. Right now everyone is scared and won- dering what is going on.” Meanwhile, Cayman’s climbing community raised some $8,000 during an auc- tion event at XQ’s restaurant last week. The money will go to the American Himalayan Foundation, which is doing aid work in Nepal. Amid Nepal’s destruction, a glimmer of hope CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 Simba Rumba, whose sister Puspa works in Cayman, surveys the remnants of her home in Khukhure, Nepal. Two students chosen as UWC scholars Gabriella Castillo and Haley Willkom are the latest Caymanian students to be se- lected by the Global United World Colleges. After completing their O-Level examinations lo- cally this summer, the two young women will en- roll in a two-year pre-uni- versity program. Ms. Castillo, who attends Clifton Hunter High School, will head to Santa Ana, Costa Rica. Ms. Willkom, who attends Cayman Prep, will go to Duino, Italy. Both will study alongside stu- dents from all over the world for the International Baccalaureate diploma. Congratulating this year’s recipients, United World Colleges Cayman Islands Chairperson Aubrey Bodden said, “Gabriella and Haley will be excellent ambassa- dors of the Cayman Islands and make their own mean- ingful contributions to their colleges and distinctive im- pact on the world. “I wish them all the best as they embark on this new adventure and know they will also take advantage of the many opportunities they will have over the next two years and beyond.” “A merit-based selection process is at the core of our values, and donations and sponsorship of our events allow us to promote the United World Colleges mis- sion locally and provide scholarships to ensure our young people reach their full potential,” she added. In recognizing those who make the charitable organi- zation’s work possible, Ms. Bodden thanked volunteers for their dedication, major donors Maples and Calder and the Aall Foundation for their consistent finan- cial support, and Dart Enterprises and Cayman National Bank. UWC is a global educa- tional movement with the aim of bringing together young people from many different backgrounds and using values-based edu- cation as a force to unite them for peace and a sus- tainable future. Students at UWC colleges take part in a mix of com- munity engagement, inter- national affairs, physical activities, service commit- ments and creative pursuits. Report: 1 in 5 girls sexually abused CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 Around a third of girls and a quarter of the boys reported drinking, mental health problems, drug use or violence among their parents or other adults at home. Gabriella Castillo and Haley Willkom with Vice Chairperson Ridhiima Kapoor 2015 UWC Cayman Islands scholarsThe islands’ most-trusted news source 7 Cayman Compass • Wednesday May 13, 2015 Does effi ciency matter to you? It will when you see what’s coming! Charlie Kirkconnell, CEO of Cayman Enterprise City, said the creation of the park is good news for the special economic zone. “We are actively in discus- sion with a number of cli- ents that are interested in setting up a presence in the Maritime Services Park,” he said. These include firms that attended last week’s third Cayman Islands Shipping Summit at the Marriott re- sort. There is “significant appetite” among shipping companies and maritime services providers to do- micile their head office in the Cayman Islands, Mr. Kirkconnell said. So far, Cayman Enterprise City has seen interest from a variety of businesses, including ship owners and financiers, as well as ship management companies. The Cabinet order pro- vides that “in respect of Islands flagged vessels, di- rect transactions with the Maritime Authority of the Cayman Islands shall not be permitted.” The rule re- quires zone companies to use the services of existing local service providers in their dealings, such as vessel registration, with the Maritime Authority. The idea is not to un- intentionally or indirectly undermine existing mari- time services companies with the creation of the maritime services park, Mr. Kirkconnell explained. With the addition of the Maritime Services Park, Cayman Enterprise City now comprises six parks with 154 zone companies. Sherice Arman, Maples and Calder lawyer and president of the Women’s International Shipping and Trading Association in Cayman, said, “The Cayman Maritime Services Park is a welcome addi- tion to the menu of choices available to shipping in- terests worldwide. It un- derscores the importance of the Cayman Islands in the world of shipping and demonstrates the flexibility and innovative thinking which will persuade those interests that the Cayman Islands remains at the fore- front of jurisdictions pro- viding solutions to their business needs.” Ms. Arman added, “Businesses which are set up in the Cayman Maritime Services Park will benefit from the spe- cial concessions provided to participants in Cayman Enterprise City’s special economic zone, and it is al- ready generating consider- able interest in this space.” Together with the Special Economic Zone (Amendment) Order, gov- ernment gazetted on May 8 the amended special eco- nomic zone regulations. The regulations codify the existing practice of the Special Economic Zone Authority, but also pro- vide clarity in some areas where unanticipated cir- cumstances have arisen, Mr. Kirkconnell said. Maritime services zone for Cayman No conviction in health insurance case Employer charged costs instead of fine CAROL WINKER cwinker@pinnaclemedialtd.com After hearing the cir- cumstances of an employ- er’s failure to maintain health insurance for two em- ployees, Magistrate Philippa McFarlane said she was going to take the exceptional course of ordering no conviction to be entered against his name. Instead of a fine, she or- dered employer Arnold Berry to pay costs of $2,300. The defendant had pleaded guilty to failing to continue insurance coverage for the two men between May 2010 and April 2012. Defense attorney Steve McField told the court that his client had at- tempted to settle the matter administratively. Crown counsel Kenneth Ferguson confirmed that, during a previous court ap- pearance, another repre- sentative from the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions indicated no objection to no conviction being recorded. Mr. Ferguson noted that the defendant’s business, Berisons Development Co. Ltd., had also been charged, but those charges were left on file. He advised that nei- ther employee had ever sought to use the insurance and neither had suffered any financial loss. Mr. McField set out his client’s career, which cul- minated with his decision to start his own business drafting plans for homes. He then saw the opportu- nity for construction and started his company in 2004, hiring people to do building and repair work. There was no difficulty making insur- ance premium payments. The world economy began to slow down in 2008 and many small businesses expe- rienced money flow problems, Mr. McField said. Mr. Berry tried to keep his employees. He paid them and made no deductions from their pay for their share of the insurance premium, but asked them to pay it on their own. They did not pay it and eventually went to work for someone else. Mr. Berry continued his drafting work on his own. The magistrate said the of- fense had been a serious error in judgment. “If you can’t af- ford to have insurance for em- ployees, you shouldn’t have them,” she commented. A fine would typically be the equivalent of the amount of insurance that had not been paid – in this case, $3,450. Fines are not imposed when no conviction is recorded, so Mr. Ferguson asked for costs. The magistrate gave one-third credit for the guilty pleas and assessed costs of $2,300. CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 Mr. Kirkconnell So far, Cayman Enterprise City has seen interest from a variety of businesses ...8 WORLD&REGIONAL Wednesday May 13, 2015 • Cayman Compass Another deadly earthquake strikes Nepal KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — A new earthquake killed dozens of people Tuesday and spread more fear and misery in Nepal, which is still strug- gling to recover from a dev- astating quake nearly three weeks ago that left more than 8,000 dead. The magnitude-7.3 quake, centered midway between Kathmandu and Mount Everest, struck hardest in the foothills of the Himalayas, triggering some landslides, but it also shook the cap- ital badly, sending thou- sands of terrified people into the streets. Nepal’s Parliament was in session when the quake hit, and frightened lawmakers ran for the exits as the building shook and the lights flickered out. At least 37 people were killed in the quake and more than 1,100 were injured, ac- cording to the Home Ministry. But that toll was expected to rise as reports began reaching Kathmandu of people in iso- lated Himalayan towns and villages being buried under rubble, according to the U.N.’s Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Tremors radiated across parts of Asia. In neighboring India, at least 16 people were confirmed dead after rooftops or walls collapsed onto them, according to India’s Home Ministry. Chinese media re- ported one death in Tibet. The magnitude-7.8 earth- quake that hit April 25 killed more than 8,150 and flattened entire villages, leaving hun- dreds of thousands homeless in the country’s worst-re- corded quake since 1934. The U.S. Geological Survey said Tuesday’s earthquake was the largest aftershock to date of that destructive quake. Tuesday’s temblor was deeper, however, coming from a depth of 11.5 miles versus the earlier one at 9.3 miles. Shallow earthquakes tend to cause more damage. At least three people were rescued Tuesday in Kathmandu, while another nine were pulled to safety in the district of Dolkha, the government said. Rescue helicopters were sent to mountain districts where landslides and col- lapsed buildings may have buried people, the govern- ment said. Home Ministry of- ficial Laxmi Dhakal said the Sindhupalchowk and Dolkha districts were the worst hit. Search parties fanned out to look for survivors in the wreckage of collapsed build- ings in Sindhupalchowk’s town of Chautara, which had be- come a hub for humanitarian aid after last month’s quake. Impoverished Nepal ap- pealed for billions of dollars in aid from foreign nations, as well as medical experts to treat the wounded and heli- copters to ferry food and tem- porary shelters to hundreds of thousands left homeless amid unseasonal rains. Tuesday’s quake was fol- lowed closely by at least 10 strong aftershocks, according to the USGS. Early reports indicated at least two buildings had col- lapsed in Kathmandu, though at least one had been unoc- cupied due to damage it sus- tained on April 25. Experts say the earlier quake caused extensive structural damage even in buildings that did not topple, and that many could be in danger of collapse. Frightened residents in the capital, who had returned to their homes only a few days ago, once again set up tents Tuesday night with plans to sleep in empty fields, parking lots and on sidewalks. “Everyone was saying the earthquakes are over. … Now I don’t want to believe anyone,” said 40-year-old pro- duce vendor Ram Hari Sah as he searched for a spot to pitch the orange tarpaulin to shelter his family. “We are all scared, we are terrified. I would rather deal with mos- quitoes and the rain than sleep in the house.” Extra police were sent to patrol ad-hoc camping areas, while drinking water and extra tents were being provided, ac- cording to Kathmandu admin- istrator Ek Narayan Aryal. “I thought I was going to die this time,” said Sulav Singh, who rushed with his daughter into a street in the suburban neighborhood of Thapathali. “Things were just getting back to normal, and we get this one.” Paul Dillon, a spokesman with the International Organization for Migration, said he saw a man in Kathmandu who had appar- ently run from the shower with shampoo covering his head. “He was sitting on the ground, crying,” Dillon said. Meanwhile, new landslides blocked mountain roads in the district of Gorkha, one of the regions hit hardest on April 25, while previously damaged buildings collapsed with the latest quake. Residents of the small town of Namche Bazaar, about 50 kilometers (35 miles) from the epicenter of Tuesday’s quake and a well- known spot for high-alti- tude trekkers, said a couple of buildings damaged earlier had collapsed there as well. However, there were no re- ports of deaths or injuries in the town. The earth also shook strongly across the border in Tibet, unleashing a land- slide that killed one person and injured three, according to China Central Television. Two houses also collapsed, the state broadcaster said, quoting disaster relief head- quarters of the regional Tibetan government. US Marine helicopter missing U.S. officials say a U.S. Marine Corps helicopter pro- viding assistance in the wake of the Nepal earthquake is missing. Navy Capt. Chris Sims says the Huey was con- ducting disaster relief oper- ations near Charikot, Nepal, on Tuesday. The aircraft is part of Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 469. U.S. officials would not say how many people were on board the helicopter. The incident is under investigation. A rescue worker from USAID along with a sniffer dog looks for survivors at the site of a building that collapsed in Tuesday’s earthquake in Kathmandu, Nepal. - PHOTO: AP Russian launch failure delays landing for space station crew MOSCOW (AP) — The launch failure of an un- manned Russian cargo spaceship has prompted the nation’s space agency to delay both the landing of some of the International Space Station’s crew and the launch of their succes- sors, officials said Tuesday. The chief of the Roscosmos space agency, Igor Komarov, said the April 28 launch mishap was caused by a leak of fuel tanks in the Soyuz rock- et’s third stage. Left in low orbit, the Progress cargo spaceship fell to Earth over the Pacific on May 8. The need to pinpoint the cause of the flaw and work out steps to prevent it from happening again has required changes in the schedule of following launches, officials said. Vladimir Solovyov, the head of the station’s Russian segment, said three of the orbiting out- posts’ six-person crew, who had been scheduled to return this week, were asked to stay in orbit until early June. “They have accepted it with understanding and agreed to work an extra month or so in orbit,” Solovyov said at a briefing. He said the launch of a replacement crew will be pushed back from late May to late July. It will be pre- ceded by the launch of a Progress cargo spaceship in early July to ensure crew safety, Solovyov said. “In accordance with space and aviation reg- imen, we can’t immediately make a manned launch,” Solovyov said. Both the Soyuz space- craft that delivers crews to the station and the Progress cargo spaceship are put into orbit by the Soyuz booster rocket, a work- horse of the Soviet and then Russian space program for more than four decades. Russia’s space program has seen a string of launch failures in recent years, which have been linked to defects in workmanship and other human errors. A manufacturing flaw caused the loss of a Progress cargo spaceship in August 2011. Solovyov said that space officials foresee no fur- ther delays beyond the summer. He said that the flight of British soprano Sarah Brightman set for September should go ahead as planned. Left in low orbit, the Progress cargo spaceship fell to Earth over the Pacific on May 8. NASA and the Russian Space Agency announced last month the loss of an unmanned Progress capsule, carrying 3 tons of goods to the International Space Station. - PHOTO: APThe islands’ most-trusted news source 9 Greece completes IMF debt payment Officials say Greece has completed a 757 million euro (US$844 million) debt payment to the International Monetary Fund, despite an acute cash shortage that could come to a head within the next two weeks. Business Cayman Compass • Wednesday May 13, 2015 New retail building opens in GT Digicel anchor tenant in North Church Street development JaMes WhITTaker jwhittaker@pinnaclemedialtd.com A new retail building has opened in downtown George Town – one of the first new developments in the capital for several years. The 9,000-square-foot building, with room for nine businesses, on North Church Street has Digicel as its an- chor tenant. Architect Robert Johnson said discussions were on- going for a café and clothing store in the other units. “There is a lot of uncer- tainty about George Town at the moment,” he said, “but there is still demand for high-end retail space on the waterfront.” Mr. Johnson, of Johnson Design and Architecture, said the building adds something new to the capital. “There is not a lot of well-designed purpose- built retail space in George Town,” he said. Digicel, which has also opened a new store in Camana Bay, plans to open several new retail “experience” stores across the island, ac- cording to CEO Martin Bould. Mr. Johnson said the building on North Church Street was 18 months in the making. He said it was designed to be stylish but functional. “The more visible a store- front is, the more window shopping it gets and the more you’ll get people walking in- side for a purchase,” he said of the design. The Digicel store is ex- pected to open this summer. Jeremy Hurst of real es- tate firm IRG said negotia- tions with other prospec- tive tenants are ongoing, and the building is likely to be 60 percent full within the next six weeks. “This is the first building of its type in George Town since the Bayshore mall went up. There is still a lot of de- mand for this type of space,” he said. “I think this is an ex- ample of the type of develop- ment that sits well with the revitalization project.” Mr. Johnson said he is happy to see renewed in- terest in the revitalization of George Town and believes town planners should em- brace a mix of building styles for the capital. “I think the town needs a variety of different-style buildings and different types of use to create a more interesting built environ- ment,” he added. Digicel is opening a store in the new building on North Church Street in George Town this summer. Marsh sees growth in nontraditional captive coverage MIchael kleIN mklein@pinnaclemedialtd.com Coverage of crime, polit- ical risk, trade credit or cyber risk in captive insurers grew by 11 percent last year, ac- cording to Marsh’s annual captive benchmarking report. The report “The World of Captives: Growth and Opportunities Without Borders,” which analyzes 1,100 captives managed glob- ally by Marsh, found that the steady growth of nontradi- tional coverages in the cap- tive market is propelled by both the growing sophis- tication of captive owners and the need to manage new emerging risks through self- insurance, quota share par- ticipation or reinsurance. Crime coverage is leading the nontraditional ranking, with 44 Marsh-managed cap- tives writing this line of busi- ness. The biggest increase, however, came from political risk, where the number of cap- tives that include political risk rose 83 percent in 2014. The number of captives writing cyber liability grew 18 percent. Marsh anticipates that this growth will continue, “as captives develop within the middle market, due to the large catastrophic lines of cov- erage underwritten by small captives and the need for mid- size clients to self-insure cer- tain risks, all making them natural fits for a captive.” For instance, the number of U.S. captive owners taking ad- vantage of the newly extended Terrorism Risk Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2015 (TRIPRA) is expected to rise in 2015. Currently 83 – or 22 per- cent – of the 374 U.S. cap- tives under Marsh man- agement access TRIPRA by writing either conventional terrorism coverage for prop- erty damage or the excluded nuclear, biological, chemical, and radiological perils. “One of the surprising findings from this year’s re- port is that more captive owners are not taking advan- tage of the U.S. government program, which essentially gives companies a backstop to their property and/or gen- eral liability exposures for ter- rorism risk,” said Christopher Lay, president of Marsh Captive Solutions. “Now that concerns over TRIPRA’s reau- thorization have been resolved, we believe growth will resume and more captive owners will investigate the value of adding TRIPRA coverage to their ex- isting captives.” The report noted that tra- ditional captives are keen to expand their business by in- cluding previously unin- sured business lines to pro- tect their parent company against future losses and en- sure budget stability. Coverages of political risk and trade credit have seen growth for the past five years. Political risk or foreign in- vestment risk coverage is es- pecially popular among cap- tives in the communications, media and technology in- dustry, where 9 percent of the companies included some political risk coverage in their captives. The programs are mainly used to protect exporters and companies with operations in emerging market countries from the volatility in these markets. Trade credit coverage, in turn, increases the certainty surrounding accounts receiv- able, by retaining the risk in captive or by providing a mechanism to access the commercial insurance market to cover the excess over the self-retained risk coverage.Next >