Football association insists process ‘perfectly open’ James Whittaker jwhittaker@pinnaclemedialtd.com Government is pulling its funding from the Cayman Islands Football Association amid concerns about the handling of lead- ership elections. The association currently gets an annual government grant of around $130,000. Sports Minister Osbourne Bodden said he understood “the technicality” the association was using to “block bids” from those seeking election. But, he said, in light of the in- creased scrutiny facing world and local foot- ball authorities, following widespread cor- ruption allegations and the arrest of former CIFA leader Jeffrey Webb, the association could have found a way to allow possible changes to the executive. CIFA, in a statement published in full on page 4 of today’s Cayman Compass, seeks to defend its decision, suggesting nominations relating to bids by Renard Moxam and Sharon Roulstone to run for office were “defective.” In its statement, CIFA suggests that its election process is “perfectly open” and claims there is no “lawful basis” for the two candidates to run. The statement gives a detailed explana- tion of why the nominations were not ac- cepted and suggests it is “regrettable” that Mr. Bodden commented publicly on the issue, to the media last week, without waiting for its written explanation. In a statement issued Tuesday afternoon, Mr. Bodden suggested CIFA’s statement had SportS | page 23 lightning mUst strike earlY Toughest opponent yet for Lewison High of 91 Low of 81 Smooth to slight with wave heights less than 2 feet. editorial | page 4 CiFa reJeCtion a kiCk in the shins ESTABLISHED 1965 www.caymancompass.com – 50 CENTS – WednesdaY aUgUst 26, 2015 Brent FUller bfuller@pinnaclemedialtd.com Two decomposing bodies were found on board a small boat southwest of Little Cayman on Tuesday. The craft was located just before noon, drifting about 13 miles from the small is- land’s coast, by a police marine vessel that was heading to Cayman Brac on a routine patrol. The police marine unit towed the boat to Scott’s Dock on Cayman Brac’s West End about 2 p.m. Tuesday. The craft was described by witnesses as a wooden fishing boat with a small en- gine attached to the back end. A police statement identified the boat as a canoe, about 28 feet in length, and confirmed that the two bodies on board were both males. However, police were un- able to state the age or nationality of the two by press time. Witnesses said at least a dozen po- lice officers and other emergency re- sponse personnel were at the dock by Tuesday afternoon. News of the police discovery spread like wildfire among the Brac’s 2,000 resi- dents, according to Bernard Tibbetts, who was among the dozens of people gathered near the dock attempting to find out what was going on. “It appears to have been a fishing boat because they found some fishing gear [on board],” Mr. Tibbetts said, adding that it seemed one of the boat’s occupants was partially underneath a seat on the craft. Mr. Tibbetts also observed that people examining the boat by Scott’s Dock were covering their faces with masks. It was not immediately known how long the boat had been adrift. Police said that officers from the Scenes of Crime Office were transported to Cayman Brac by the Air Operations Unit and are investigating with officers from the Criminal Investigations Department. It was not immediately known how long the boat had been adrift. government to pull football funding amid election row Police find bodies on drifting boat Fast Funds suspends service, others accepting only U.S. cash Charles dUnCan cduncan@pinnaclemedialtd.com With no new bank stepping forward by Tuesday’s deadline, cash transfer services that are still operating on island announced they would no longer accept Cayman Islands currency. Jamaica National, which handles transac- tions for several cash transfer company brands in the Cayman Islands, said its operations will continue but the companies will accept only U.S. dollars as of this week. Meanwhile, the Cayman Islands Monetary Authority and the Ministry of Financial Services confirmed that JN Money Services, MoneyGram and Quik Cash will remain open. Fast Funds sus- pended its cash transfer services as of Monday, according to a joint statement from the ministry and CIMA. Cayman National Bank was the only bank in Cayman to offer services to the remittance com- panies since Fidelity Bank closed its Western Union franchises last month. Cayman National gave JN and the others until Aug. 25 to find a new bank. Despite talks facili- tated by the Financial Services Ministry and CIMA, Cayman National adhered to this week’s deadline to get out of the increasingly risky busi- ness of helping transfer cash around the world. JN Money Services General Manager Leesa Kow told the Cayman Compass that the company’s account with Cayman National closed Tuesday. Cash transfer firms no longer aCCepting Cayman dollars PLEASE TURN TO PAGE 8 » PLEASE TURN TO PAGE 8 » An RCIPS marine vessel docks in Cayman Brac Tuesday alongside a boat police found adrift with two decomposing bodies on board and towed to shore.2 LOCAL&REGIONAL Wednesday august 26, 2015 • Cayman Compass Boost your TV & Internet experience by signing up for any Logic Fibre Bundle starting at $99 and get one month free service including the HBO premium pack. Contact a Customer Care Representative today or visit logic.ky for promotion details. www. 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Randy Dale Connor said he had given the jacket to Andrew Lopez, who, along with Connor and Bron Webb, is also accused of the rob- bery of the Grand Harbour store and possession of an unlicensed firearm. All three have pleaded not guilty. Lopez and Webb pre- sented their defense last week. Connor concluded his evi- dence on Monday afternoon. The jury began hearing closing speeches on Tuesday, with Director of Public Prosecutions Cheryll Richards summing up the case for the Crown. Lead counsel Bernard Tetlow ex- pected to conclude his ad- dress on behalf of Lopez shortly after the lunch ad- journment Tuesday. He was to be followed by lead counsel Brendan Kelly for Webb and then counsel for Connor. The final address will come when Justice Francis Belle instructs the 11-member jury on the law pertaining to the case and sums up the evidence be- fore jurors retire to consider their verdicts. Connor, who is repre- sented by attorneys John Furniss and Crister Brady, said Lopez asked him for the jacket around the last two weeks of October 2014. He said he did not tell this to po- lice when he was interviewed after the robbery because he was sick and upset at the time and “It was never asked of me.” He had denied owner- ship because the jacket police showed him was torn, but the jacket he gave Lopez was not torn. He did not deny that his DNA was on the jacket, but said he did not know why Lopez’s DNA would not be on the jacket. On the evening of the rob- bery, Connor told the court, he was working on a car with a friend at a house three or four houses away from Lopez’s residence in Prospect. They did not finish, but when they stopped, he cleaned up and then walked to the main road to hitch a ride back to George Town. He met a girl there who was also trying to catch a ride; he introduced himself and they talked. Connor said he saw Lopez drive by and he asked for a ride. He said Lopez told him he could not give him a ride but could let him use his phone. For that reason, Connor walked back to Lopez’s house. He said he had never been in the house, but he had been to the house twice with a cousin. Ms. Richards asked why he had gone to the back of the house, since he had said when he went there with his cousin, the person they came to see had come out the front door. Connor said he knew Lopez’s bedroom was in the back of the house because he had been told. He denied being in a storeroom at the back of the premises, where a police of- ficer gave evidence of seeing Connor. He pointed to a map to show where in the yard he was walking when police stopped him. He disagreed with the suggestion that his account of walking to the main road and walking back again was a deliberate lie. Wrapped packages of what appeared to be ganja were found last weekend near 12 Mile Bank by boaters traveling in the area. Royal Cayman Islands Police Marine Unit officers received a call from the boaters around 10 a.m. Saturday. Officers discovered 10 packages floating in the sea near 12 Mile Bank, which is due west of Grand Cayman. The packages weighed a total of 77.6 pounds, according to police – making the estimated street value of the drugs around $280,000. Marine police transported the pack- ages to the George Town Police Station and shortly afterward they were destroyed at the landfill, police said. MIAMI (AP) – Tropical Storm Erika on Tuesday morning was approaching the Leeward Islands from the Atlantic, and forecasters said it may gain strength. The storm’s maximum sustained winds Tuesday were 45 mph. Tropical storm watches were issued for portions of the Leeward Islands in- cluding Montserrat, Antigua, Barbuda, St. Kitts and Nevis, Anguilla, Saba, St. Eustatius, St. Maarten, Guadeloupe, St. Martin, and St. Barthelemy. A tropical storm watch means tropical storm conditions are possible within 48 hours. Erika was centered about 730 miles east of the Leeward Islands and was moving west near 20 mph on Tuesday. Meanwhile, Tropical Storm Danny brought rain and strong winds Monday to the islands of the eastern edge of the Caribbean and then quickly dissipated as it headed west. The system weakened into a tropical depression and then degenerated to a trough of low pressure, with max- imum sustained winds of 30 mph as it passed through the Leeward Islands and crossed into the Caribbean Sea. The storm and its rem- nants produced 2 inches to 4 inches of rain in the Leeward Islands and the U.S. and British Virgin Islands, as well as in drought- stricken Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic. Dominica received just over 2 inches of rain and fallen rocks blocked roads but there were no reports of injuries or flooding, said Don Coriette, di- saster preparedness coordi- nator. Antigua saw about 1.5 inches of rain, not enough to extinguish a landfill fire that was visible throughout the is- land since Sunday. Antigua-based air- line LIAT, which had can- celed nearly 40 flights from Sunday to Tuesday, reinstated six of them shortly after the storm passed. 77 pounds of ganja found at 12 Mile Bank Tropical STorm Erika approachES lEEward iSlandS The wrapped packages of suspected ganja found at 12 Mile Bank Saturday. - phoTo: rcipSThe islands’ most-trusted news source 3 Cayman Compass • Wednesday august 26, 2015 It brings together leading thinkers and practitioners from different segments of the global alternatives industry to explore the challenges and opportunities their industry faces and design responses that will take it to its next level of success. 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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. Box 1365 Grand Cayman KY1-1108, Cayman Islands Telephone: (345) 815-0095 Email: newsdesk@pinnaclemedialtd.com adVertise With us: Telephone: (345) 949-5111 Email: sales@pinnaclemedialtd.com Website: www.caymancompass.com PUBLISHERS daVid r. legge and Vicki l. legge EdITOR-In-CHIEf daVid r. legge A MEMBER OF THE INTER-AMERICAN PRESS ASSOCIATION “Give light and the people will findtheirownway” Wednesday augusT 26, 2015 • Cayman COmpass The upcoming elections for the Cayman Islands Football Association could have constituted a fresh start for a troubled organization that is ground zero for the international FIFA corruption scandal. Instead, the elections — or, since no challengers are being allowed to run for leadership positions, “re-elections” — appear to reinforce the worst possible suspicions about CIFA’s lack of transparency and accountability. Let us review: In late May, local and regional football head Jeffrey Webb was arrested in Switzerland after being indicted in U.S. federal court on multiple counts related to bribery and money laundering. Webb was then replaced as CIFA president “on a provisional basis” by First Vice President Bruce Blake. In early July, Webb was charged in connection with a separate Cayman investigation into the awarding of a public health services contract, along with former Health Services Authority board chairman Canover Watson, who is a former CIFA treasurer. In mid-July, following extradition to the U.S., Webb pleaded not guilty in U.S. federal court and was released on US$10 million bond. His next court date is set for October. In early August, Renard Moxam, a longtime figure in local football and current Cayman national teams director, announced his intention to challenge Mr. Blake for leader- ship of CIFA. At the same time, local attorney Sharon Roul- stone submitted her nomination form to run for assistant general secretary against incumbent Mark Campbell. Immediately after Mr. Moxam submitted his nomina- tion form, he received email correspondence from CIFA Acting General Secretary Paul Macey saying that “it would appear that the requirements of the nomination process have been met.” On Aug. 12, well after the final deadline for nomina- tions had passed, Mr. Macey wrote again to Mr. Moxam, saying that upon further consideration, his nomination did not comply with CIFA’s requirements, and would not be accepted. Similar notice was given to Ms. Roulstone. On Aug. 18, a story was published in the Cayman Compass detailing the rejection of Mr. Moxam’s nomination, based on the email correspondence between Mr. Moxam and Mr. Macey, backup information cited by Mr. Macey, and a letter from CIFA to local clubs. On Aug. 21, the Compass published a follow-up story wherein Sports Minister Osbourne Bodden questioned CIFA’s decision and called on the group to hold “free and fair elections.” On Aug. 24, CIFA issued a statement criticizing news reports and purporting “to put the relevant facts before the public so that the statements in the media can be read against an accurate factual background.” CIFA’s statement, unfortunately, begins with an untruth. According to CIFA’s statement, “Regrettably neither CIFA nor its attorney have been given an opportunity to put CIFA’s views prior to these articles being published …” On the contrary. On Monday, Aug. 17, soon after learning of Mr. Moxam’s rejection, a Compass reporter called Mr. Macey multiple times throughout the day, with no success. Eight days later, the reporter is still awaiting a return call. The week prior, the same reporter had been told by Mr. Blake that he would not comment on the CIFA election until after the arrival of Cayman’s U-15 national squad, which occurred Tuesday, Aug. 18. (We note that a reporter for another news outlet claims to have approached Mr. Blake for comment at the airport that day, an opportunity he did not take.) The remainder of CIFA’s statement, which appears in full on the right-hand side of this page, contains little in the way of illuminating information — indeed, it confirms most of what the Compass has reported. Frankly, it reads as a list of lawyerly justifications for not accepting Mr. Moxam’s and Ms. Roulstone’s nominations, or not notifying them immediately that their submissions were deficient, to allow them to remediate any problems before the deadline expired. Minister Bodden seems to be as unimpressed with CIFA’s explanation as we are. His response to their response? Striking the organization’s public funding, amounting to some $128,000 in the budget year. That demonstrates a concept we have opined time and again: Appearances are paramount. When something, such as CIFA’s electoral activity, looks this bad — it doesn’t just look bad; it is bad. CIFA rejection a kick in the shins Statement from CIFA Over the course of last week reports have appeared in the media regarding the Cayman Island Football Association (CIFA) Annual General Meeting and the election of certain officers of CIFA’s Executive Committee pursuant to the terms of CIFA’s Articles of Association. Regrettably neither CIFA nor its attorney have been given an opportunity to put CIFA’s views prior to these articles being published in the [Cayman] Compass on August 18th and 21st, 2015 and Cayman News Service on August 20, 2015. The purpose of this state- ment is to put the relevant facts before the public so that the statements in the media can be read against an accurate factual background. CIFA’s Articles of Association call for the officers of CIFA to be elected for four- year terms. The officers’ elec- tion is to be staggered in order to ensure continuity within CIFA. Those Articles further provide clearly defined re- quirements in respect of nomi- nations of officers to CIFA. The relevant requirements are that nominations must reach the General Secretary at least 21 days before the general meeting at which the officers are to be elected. The General Secretary is required to advise the members of CIFA at least 14 days prior to the general meeting of those nominations. The Articles clearly state that nominations must have two (2) proposers and two (2) seconders and be agreed upon by the nominee. Each proposer and each seconder must be a member of the Company [CIFA] in good standing. The Articles preclude nominations “from the floor” at the general meeting where nominations have been received in accor- dance with the Articles. There is no power in the Articles that allow either the members in general meeting or any official or body of CIFA to vary the provisions in the Articles so far as they relate to the appoint- ment of officers and the nomi- nations for those positions. CIFA’s annual general meeting will be held on 29th August 2015. The cut-off date for nominations under the Articles was therefore 8th August 2015. The first nomi- nation was received on 29th July 2015, and following that a number of other nomina- tions were received. On 5 August 2015 a nom- ination was received from the Academy Sports Club (“Academy”) seeking to nomi- nate Mr. Moxam for First Vice President. Two days later (7th August) Academy send fur- ther letters, among them a letter seconding Mr. Moxam’s nomination by Savannah Tigers (“Tigers”). (The Tigers nomination had not then been received and therefore it was impossible for Academy to second the Tigers’ nomina- tion as they purported to do). Late in the afternoon on 7th August the Tigers’ nom- ination seeking to nomi- nate Mr. Moxam as First Vice President was received. Tigers at the same time sent a letter seconding Mr. Moxam’s nomination i.e. Tigers both proposed and seconded his nomination. Under cover of these nom- inations Mr. Moxam emailed the Acting General Secretary of CIFA advising he was en- closing the nomination and seconds letters from Tigers and enquired whether the nominations were in order. The Acting General Secretary replied in the evening of 7th August 2015 stating “it would appear that the re- quirements of the nomina- tion process have been met.” 7th August was a Friday. No further nominations were received after those of Tigers. On 10th August 2015 (the first business day after nom- inations closed) the nomina- tions received were scrutinised prior to being circulated by the Acting General Secretary. It will be appreciated in light of the foregoing de- tails regarding the nomina- tions that the documents were not straightforward as they did not comply with the Articles. It was only then noted that the nominations in respect of Mr. Moxam and Ms. Roulstone might be irregular. The matter was circulated be- fore the Executive Committee which is empowered under the Articles to take decisions on all matters which are not exclusive to the Congress and/or general meeting. The unanimous view was that the nominations in respect of Mr. Moxam and Ms. Roulstone were irregular and did not comply with the Articles. No precedent for submitting nominations in this form, par- ticularly where a nomination was sought to be seconded when the nomination had not been made, could be found. It was decided to obtain a legal opinion on the matter. That opinion confirmed the views of the Executive Committee members. Mr. Moxam and Ms. Roulstone were advised as soon as the Committee’s con- cerns had been confirmed by legal advice on 12th August that their nominations were defective. Mr. Moxam was subsequently advised on 14th August of the contact de- tails of CIFA’s attorney. Mr. Moxam was also advised that he should take the matter up with CIFA’s attorney. CIFA heard nothing further on the matter until the article appeared in the [Cayman] Compass on August 18th. The first contact the Honourable Minister for Sport had with CIFA was an email sent to CIFA’s First Vice President at 12:02 on August 19th. The substantive part of the email is extracted below. Good day Bruce – I read with interest the debate on the upcoming elections and I must say I was a bit taken back by the pronouncements from CIFA. At a time when FIFA, and by extension CIFA, is under fire and scrutiny. I don’t think it is wise for the latter to be making it diffi- cult for an entrenched admin- istration to be challenged and possibly changed. Instead it would be wise to welcome all and sundry to put themselves forward to contest whatever seat they see fit, and thereby show to the public that there is nothing to hide and you guys are willing to contest fairly for all Executive seats. If this stance continues it will be detrimental to the ef- forts of CIFA and myself as Minister, and the Government, will have to no doubt rethink the support it offers to the or- ganization as it stands. I trust that you all will have a rethink on this and I will hear and see a different approach being taken before next week’s AGM. Mr. Blake being a nom- inee for election as an officer of CIFA referred the matter to the Acting General Secretary in light of his inherent con- flict. On the same day Cayman News Service published the ar- ticle entitled, CIFA Nomination Trouble Worries Sports Minister. A similar article was published in the Cayman Compass on 21st August. It is most regrettable that the Minister did not await a response from CIFA to his email sent in the afternoon of August 19th. Had he done so he would have under- stood that Mr. Moxam and Ms. Roulstone’s nominations were defective. He would be aware that CIFA was, and re- mains, bound by its Articles of Association. There is no lawful basis upon which CIFA may depart from those Articles in order to accommo- date a nominee whose nomi- nation is defective. Much comment has been made regarding a need to change the leadership of CIFA. There is a perfectly open election process in CIFA’s Articles (a process approved by Cabinet at the time CIFA was granted “not for profit” status under Section 80 of the Companies Law when the provisions of its Articles were approved by Cabinet). If the CIFA membership feel change is required it is of course open to the members to effect that change by nominating new officers. It does not require, and is inappropriate, to seek to enlist public opinion and government intervention par- ticularly in an organisation subject to other international obligations which include re- maining politically neutral. The situation is no different from a voter submitting a spoiled ballot in a general elec- tion. The voter’s polling sta- tion is not open the following day to allow him to complete a proper ballot neither is an- other general election held be- cause a candidate failed to meet the requirements to run. Cayman Islands Football associationThe islands’ most-trusted news source 5 Cayman Compass • Wednesday august 26, 2015 JUL. 20TH - AUG. 28TH Get your card stamped for every $25 in Fuel Purchased Complete your contest card with 6 stamps, drop your card into the Ballot Box at an Rubis Service Station for a chance to win in the weekly and Grand Prize Drawings. Grand Prize drawing on August 28th at the Rubis Maedac Service Station. Visit www.rubiscaymanislands.com for special terms & conditions! JETAWAY SUMMER ENTER TO WIN $30,000 IN PRIZES! *Entry Cards must be submitted by August 27th at 10:00PM y6 LOCAL NEWS Wednesday august 26, 2015 • Cayman Compass LIM ITE D-T IM E OFF ER! 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WIN 2 x $250 KIA Vouchers 2 x $500 Gas Vouchers $600 BMW Lifestyle Package Plus much more... Anniversary surprise a big success AshAni FrAncis-collins afrancis-collins@pinnaclemedialtd.com An anniversary surprise arranged by a husband in- volving a tribute in the Cayman Compass, delivered to his wife via social media was, by the couple’s account, a huge success. Richard Mold con- tacted the Compass last month from their home in the U.K. to ask if the paper could help commemorate the couple’s one-year wed- ding anniversary, known as a “paper anniversary,” by running a short ar- ticle with an anniversary greeting for his wife and a photo of them on their Aug. 14, 2014 wedding day. He then enlisted friends and family in Cayman and elsewhere to present the article as a surprise to Ms. Critchley through social media. “I woke to the first post, which our friend Harriet set up to show first thing that morning,” Mr. Mold said. “I burst out laughing in bed, which took some explaining, but managed to contain the surprise. I wanted Gemma to see the pictures on her Instagram feed.” Ms. Critchley said when her husband handed her phone to her and said “Here is my paper gift to you,” she didn’t know why he was showing her a photo of her friends reading the paper. “And then I noticed the ar- ticle and was totally blown away. Not only was it so ro- mantic of Rich to arrange this …, but to see my friends having so much fun with the concept was incredible. So perfect and such a clever paper surprise,” she said. Among the photos that showed up on Ms. Critchley’s Instagram were of a group of friends reading the article on board a boat at Starfish Point, other friends wearing full-face snorkel masks while reading the paper and other pals on beaches around Cayman with the paper. The couple met at univer- sity in Birmingham, England, where they bonded over their adventurous spirits and love of the ocean. Ms. Critchley was born and raised in Grand Cayman, so connecting their wedding and this mile- stone with her heritage was important for the couple, Mr. Mold said. “The first picture that day was a fun surprise which made me laugh,” Ms. Critchley said. “I was shocked and so happy. To see all the others that followed was overwhelming as I realized the love and thought that had gone into the pictures.” Gemma Critchley shows off a photo sent by her friends in Cayman, showing them reading her husband’s anniversary message to her in the Compass.One of the couple’s friends reads his paper through a full-face snorkel mask. A couple in their snorkel masks read Richard Mold’s anniversary greetings to his wife Gemma Critchley in the Compass. Richard Mold and Gemma Critchley on their wedding day last year.7 LOCAL NEWS Brent Fuller bfuller@pinnaclemedialtd.com Three months after 14 ar- rests in an international rack- eteering and bribery investi- gation shook world football, just three criminal defen- dants – including Cayman’s Jeffrey Webb – are currently before the U.S. court system. The other 11 suspects still face extradition, either from Switzerland or their home countries, in connec- tion with the investigation by a number of U.S. federal agencies. They allege that FIFA officials accepted bribes in exchange for the award of commercialization rights for certain football tournaments to certain sports marketing companies in the U.S. and in South America. Webb, 50, is due to appear in U.S. district court again in October. He faces 15 counts, including racketeering, bribery and money laundering. He has pleaded not guilty after de- ciding not to fight extradi- tion from Switzerland fol- lowing his May 27 arrest there and has been released on US$10 million bond. Two other defendants, high-ranking officials of the sports marketing compa- nies U.S. investigators allege paid the bribes, have also ap- peared in court in Brooklyn, New York, to answer charges. Aaron Davidson, president of Traffic USA, and Alejandro Burzaco, the principal of Argentina-based Torneos y Competencias S.A., have been released on multimillion- dollar bond arrangements that involve electronic moni- toring and home confinement. Six defendants charged in the FIFA bribery scandal re- mained in separate confine- ment in Canton of Zurich, Switzerland as of press time Tuesday. They were all ar- rested on May 27, just prior to FIFA’s annual meeting. The Swiss justice min- istry is expected to rule in September on the various ex- tradition requests filed for those defendants, including former Cayman Islands resi- dent and U.K. national Costas Takkas. He is believed to have acted as Webb’s attaché and intermediary in some of the alleged bribe payments. At least one other de- fendant, Julio Rocha of Nicaragua, has asked to be returned to his home country where he is also facing sepa- rate criminal charges of using his public office to solicit bribes. Swiss authorities have said they will weigh the U.S. extradition request against the Nicaraguan case before determining Rocha’s destination. The remaining four de- fendants being held in Switzerland are Eduardo Li of Costa Rica, Eugenio Figueredo of Uruguay, Rafael Esquivel of Venezuela and Jose Maria Marin of Brazil. In addition, Trinidad and Tobago’s Jack Warner, who is also facing charges in the U.S. probe, has received an extradition request which he has said he intends to fight. Nicholas Leoz of Paraguay is also facing extradition from his home country in connec- tion with the case. Assistant U.S. Attorney Evan Norris said earlier this month that there are ongoing extradition requests being handled via the lawyers for the other FIFA defendants. He did not go into specifics regarding what stages those requests had reached during a court appearance in the case on Aug. 14. Prosecutors allege the de- fendants plotted to arrange bribes of more than US$150 million – tied to the awarding of broadcasting and hosting rights for the World Cup and other tournaments – over a 24-year period. Cayman Compass • Wednesday august 26, 2015 three months later, three FIFA defendants before uS court ChArleS DunCAn cduncan@pinnaclemedialtd.com An amendment to the Land Holding Companies Share Transfer Tax Law in- creases the tax on land transfers to 7.5 percent from a 4 percent tax for Caymanians and 6 percent for non-Caymanians. Finance Minister Marco Archer told the Legislative Assembly in June that the land holding companies’ transfer tax was supposed to change in 2012 when the in- dividual and business land transfer tax rates were in- creased to 7.5 percent. “With respect to the transfer of shares within a company that owns land, The Land Holding Companies Share Transfer Tax (Amendment) Bill, 2013, was approved by Cabinet in Feb. 2013, but was not passed in the Legislative Assembly to amend the law,” Mr. Archer said in June. The tax applies to any transfers of equity capital from a land holding corpo- ration. Legislative Assembly members passed the amend- ment on June 19 and it came into effect last month. “As a result of the Land Holding Companies Share Transfer Tax Law (2007 Revision) not being amended, the Lands and Survey Department has been charging the rates of 4 percent and 6 percent, when it was the govern- ment’s intention back in 2012 to charge 7.5 percent,” the minister said. Tax increase for land holding company transfers Mr. DavidsonMr. WebbThe islands’ most-trusted news source 8 not changed his opinion on the matter, and he confirmed government would be pulling its funding. “As the largest local finan- cial donor and stakeholder, the government has a vested interest in ensuring public funds are spent properly for the good of football develop- ment in these islands,” Mr. Bodden said. “As a government, we have therefore decided that regret- tably we cannot financially support CIFA any further under the current circum- stances. With a new season just around the corner, it is hoped that the current exec- utive of CIFA will do what is right in the public interest.” CIFA is scheduled to re- ceive the second of four an- nual payments of $31,944 from government in October. Mr. Bodden indicated that this money could be redi- rected elsewhere through a Cabinet order. He went on to question the election nomination pro- cess apparently required by CIFA to stand for unpaid po- sitions on its executive, com- menting that it appeared to require some 20 percent of voters to nominate a candi- date before they could stand. “Quite frankly, it appears that it’s easier to run for po- litical office in the country than to seek office in CIFA,” he added. As it stands, Bruce Blake, first vice president and acting president of CIFA since the arrest of Webb, will run unopposed in the vote at the association’s annual gen- eral meeting on Saturday. Mark Campbell, whom Ms. Roulstone had sought to challenge for the role of as- sistant general secretary, will also run unopposed. CIFA in its statement said it could not accept defective nomination forms. “The situation is no dif- ferent from a voter submit- ting a spoiled ballot in a gen- eral election. “The voter’s polling sta- tion is not open the following day to allow him to complete a proper ballot, neither is an- other general election held be- cause a candidate failed to meet the requirements to run.” According to CIFA, both Mr. Moxam and Ms. Roulstone had not sub- mitted their nomination forms in accordance with the organization’s rule book. The details center on the process of member clubs nominating and seconding an application to run for elected office and the order in which they were received. The statement from CIFA acknowledges that Mr. Moxam was initially told in an email from CIFA General Secretary Paul Macey that “it would appear the require- ments of the nomination pro- cess have been met.” According to CIFA, the irregularities with Mr. Moxam’s and Ms. Roulstone’s nominations, sent on the deadline day, were not no- ticed until they were properly reviewed on the Monday after the deadline had passed. CIFA’s executive unani- mously agreed the nomi- nations were defective and sought legal advice to con- firm this before advising the would-be candidates of the decision, the association said. In its statement, CIFA also reprints an email from Minister Bodden sent to acting president Mr. Blake, saying he was taken aback by the pronouncements from CIFA about the election. The email from Mr. Bodden states, “It would be wise to welcome all and sundry to put themselves forward to contest whatever seat they see fit, and thereby show to the public that there is nothing to hide and you guys are willing to contest fairly for all executive seats.” The CIFA statement sug- gests the minister should have waited for a written response before repeating these concerns to the media last week. It continued, “Had he done so he would have un- derstood that Mr. Moxam and Ms. Roulstone’s nomi- nations were defective. He would be aware that CIFA was, and remains, bound by its Articles of Association. “There is no lawful basis upon which CIFA may de- part from those Articles in order to accommodate a nominee whose nomination is defective.” The CIFA statement adds, “Much comment has been made regarding a need to change the leadership of CIFA. There is a perfectly open election process in CIFA’s Articles. “If the CIFA membership feel change is required it is, of course, open to the mem- bers to effect that change by nominating new officers. It does not require, and is in- appropriate, to seek to enlist public opinion and govern- ment intervention particu- larly in an organization sub- ject to other international obligations which include re- maining politically neutral.” Wednesday august 26, 2015 • Cayman Compass Cash transfer firms no longer accepting Cayman dollars “Negotiations with other banks in Cayman continue,” she said by email. JN handles transactions for MoneyGram and Quik Cash. Many expatriates rely on services like MoneyGram and Western Union to send cash remittances home to sup- port their families. Last year, people in Cayman sent more than $180 million overseas, according to CIMA data, with $110 million of that going to Jamaica. Workers here sent about $23 million to the Philippines in 2014 and more than $12 million each to Honduras and the U.S. over the year, according to CIMA. The joint statement noted that the remaining com- panies “have established new arrangements that will allow them to continue pro- viding remittance services for Cayman Islands customers; and Western Union remains in fruitful discussions with in- terested parties, with the view of re-establishing operations as soon as possible.” Neither JN nor regula- tors said what those alterna- tive arrangements are. Money transfer companies need a local bank to deposit the cash and transfer funds. Cayman National has de- clined to comment on the ne- gotiations or why it decided to close the accounts for the re- mittance companies. Fidelity Group, which owns the local Fidelity Bank, closed its popular Western Union counters last month, along with its Western Union op- erations in the Bahamas and Turks and Caicos. Fidelity Group’s board voted on July 17 to close the remittance ser- vices and the next day shut- tered the eight counters in Cayman, which were mainly in grocery stores. Fidelity’s Cayman CEO, Brett Hill, said at the time that increasing regulation on cash transfer services was becoming more expensive to deal with while fees the bank collected were getting lower. “Banks are trying to de- risk,” he said. “It’s getting harder and harder to bank this business.” In a July interview, Ms. Kow of JN said the due dil- igence for banks can be onerous, but the ability to send cash back home is essen- tial for countries that rely on expat labor. “There are serious implications for this country if immigrant workers can’t send money home,” she said. Financial Services Minister Wayne Panton said in a state- ment last month, “While any commercial decisions regarding money-services businesses are a matter for the businesses and the banks to make them- selves, Government and CIMA are arranging these discussions in order to address concerns on both sides, with the aim of ensuring that options remain open to consumers.” The minister said that Cayman National initially gave the remittance companies until the end of July to find a new correspondent bank, but then pushed the deadline back until Aug. 25. Bail granted on wounding charge CAROL WINKER cwinker@pinnaclemedialtd.com After hearing details of a situation that led to a charge of wounding with intent, Magistrate Valdis Foldats granted bail on Tuesday to Jameil Livingston Rankine. Rankine was charged fol- lowing an incident in the early hours of Friday, Aug. 21, on Seven Mile Beach in the vicinity of Snooze Lane. In that incident, Crown counsel Kenneth Ferguson said the wounded man sustained a cut on his left cheek that required four stitches, and two wounds to his head. The injuries were said to have been in- flicted with a machete. The defendant is also charged with possession of an offensive weapon (the machete) and causing alarm or distress to a fe- male who was at the scene. The magistrate asked questions about the rela- tionships between the in- dividuals before satisfying himself that bail could be granted with conditions. Defense attorney Martha Rankine noted that the 22-year-old defendant is self-employed and has no previous convictions. The magistrate granted bail with a recognizance and surety, both in the sum of $1,500. Conditions included a specified resi- dence, curfew between 7 p.m. and 6 a.m., wearing an electronic monitor, and no contact with the victim and witness. The wounding with in- tent charge was sent to Grand Court, where it is to be mentioned again on Friday, Sept. 4. CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 MEXICO CITY (AP) – Illegal logging has almost tripled in the monarch butterfly’s wintering grounds In cen- tral Mexico, reversing sev- eral years of steady im- provements, investigators announced Tuesday. Almost all of the loss occurred in just one rural hamlet in the state of Michoacan. Loggers cut down 47 acres of trees in San Felipe de los Alzati since last year’s gathering of but- terflies, while little was lost in 31 other communities. A total of 52 acres of forest were lost overall. That’s the highest figure since 2011, well above the 20 acres (8 hect- ares) lost a year earlier, ac- cording to the announce- ment by the World Wildlife fund and the Institute of Biology of Mexico’s National Autonomous University. The forest canopy is a sort of blanket against cold for the masses of or- ange-and-black butterflies that form huge clumps on tree branches during their winter stay in Mexico. Loss of that habitat is just one of the threats to the butterflies’ amazing mi- gration across Canada and the United States to Mexico. The migration is an inher- ited trait: No butterfly lives to make the full round trip, and it is unclear how they find the route back to the same patch of pine forest each year. Some scientists suggest the butterflies may release chemicals marking the migratory path and fear that if their numbers fall too low, the chemical traces will not be strong enough for others to follow. This year butterflies that reached the wintering grounds covered 2.79 acres, a 69 percent rebound from last February’s 1.65 acres, which was the lowest since record- keeping began in 1993. At their peak in 1996, the monarchs covered more than 44.5 acres in the mountains west of Mexico City. But the overall tendency since then has been a steep, progres- sive decline. Each time the Monarchs rebound, they do so at lower levels. The spe- cies is found in many coun- tries and is not in danger of extinction, but experts fear the migration could be dis- rupted if very few butterflies make the 3,400-mile trip. Largely Indian farm com- munities in the mountain re- serve have received govern- ment development funds in return for preserving the 139,000-acre reserve in the mountains west of Mexico City that UNESCO has de- clared a World Heritage site. Some of the commu- nities earn income from tourist operations or refor- estation nurseries to grow and plant saplings. The fact that most of last year’s loss also oc- curred in San Felipe indi- cates a growing problem there, said Omar Vidal, head of the World Wildlife Fund in Mexico. “The government has to step up enforcement and start talking more seriously with this community, to find out the causes” behind the logging, Vidal said. Some communities have com- plained that outside loggers – sometimes armed – invade local forests without the consent of the community. Other logging, however, has been the work of locals who few other job opportunities. After illegal logging felled hundreds of acres of trees in the reserve be- tween 2003 and 2006 au- thorities, cracked down on illegal sawmills and stepped up incentives to encourage communities to preserve the woods. “The main problem in Mexico is the lack of pro- tection,” said writer and activist Homero Aridjis, who noted that some offi- cials at the reserve were re- placed and that President Enrique Pena Nieto re- cently appointed his cousin, Alejandro del Mazo, to head the agency that oversees Mexico’s nature reserves. Deforestation in Mexico butterfly reserve nearly triples Government to pull football funding amid election row Mr. Bodden The association currently gets an annual government grant of around $130,000.SUBOTICA, Serbia (AP) – Thousands of migrants, many from Syria, poured into Hungary on Tuesday as sol- diers frantically tried to finish a border fence to keep them out – the latest flashpoint as Europe struggles to handle a torrent of asylum seekers. The rush over the border by migrants fleeing war and pov- erty in the Middle East, Africa and Asia followed Macedonia’s decision to lift a three-day blockade of its border with Greece after thousands of mi- grants simply stormed past the Macedonian police who tried to stop them with force. Nearly 10,000 migrants, including many women with babies and small children, have crossed into Serbia over the past few days and then headed up north to- ward European Union- member Hungary. Once in- side the 28-nation EU, they seek to reach more pros- perous Western European na- tions such as Germany, The Netherlands or Sweden. The so-called Balkan cor- ridor for migrants is be- coming increasingly popular as migrants seek to avoid the dangerous boat crossings in the Mediterranean from North Africa to Italy. About 140,000 migrants have reached Hungary al- ready this year, over three times as many as in all of 2014. According to Hungarian police data, 2,093 migrants were detained while crossing illegally Monday, the highest figure so far this year. Over the past week, the average was nearly 1,500 people a day. So far the Hungarian border fence consists of three layers of razor wire, which the government says will be com- pleted this month along its 109-mile border with Serbia. But there’s no wire over rail- road lines and roads and there are doors on the fence where the migrants can enter and formally seek asylum. Once they do, they can easily slip from Hungarian asylum centers and head fur- ther west and north. Hungary, beleaguered by the influx and facing a right-wing backlash, has been rushing to build the fence both as a phys- ical barrier and a symbol of its tough anti-foreigner stance. The government’s anti-migrant bill- board campaign and efforts to link migration with terrorism have drawn sharp criticism from the U.N. and others, who say it vilifies refugees and pro- motes xenophobia. Hundreds of migrants, in- cluding a pregnant woman holding the hand of a small boy, children, and one man pushing another man in a wheelchair, walked along the railway tracks Tuesday leading into Hungary. About a dozen migrants from Syria, including men, women and a child, were seen by AP journalists as they walked with their backpacks through a cornfield to the border fence. An elderly woman managed to cross over the wire fence, then two Hungarian policemen showed up and stopped the rest, telling them to go to an open gate instead. The group hesitantly walked into Hungary one by one, escorted by the police. After entering, the mi- grants are taken to processing stations where they are regis- tered and then sent by train to refugee centers around the country. The majority request asylum, but most quickly leave for other EU countries before their claims are settled. Hungarian government spokesman Zoltan Kovacs said Tuesday that the migrant flow needs to be better con- trolled. Besides the border fence and the increased po- lice presence, Hungary is pre- paring laws to make it a crime to cut through the fence or to enter Hungary illegally and is increasing the penalties for human traffickers. 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Molins said El-Khazzani notably watched the online video on his phone minutes before he walked through the Amsterdam-to-Paris train car- rying an assault rifle and other weapons. Authorities say that they found the suspect’s phone in a bag left in the train. The gunman was tackled and tied up by a group of three American friends and a British businessman. Another man who tried to stop him – a French-American named Mark Moogalian – remained hospi- talized with a gunshot wound. Now that the formal in- vestigation is opened, in- vestigating magistrates are expected to file numerous preliminary charges against El-Khazzani, including mul- tiple attempted murders in connection with terrorism, possession of weapons in connection with terrorism, and participation in a ter- rorist conspiracy. According to French law, authorities must file prelimi- nary charges against the sus- pect by Tuesday night or seek a special extension to his temporary custody. The next step will be de- termining where his weapons came from, how he financed them and whether he had any accomplices, Molins said. El-Khazzani was found to have an AKM assault rifle with 270 rounds of ammuni- tion, a 9mm handgun, a box- cutter and a bottle of gaso- line, the prosecutor said. The suspect had travelled through several European countries and had been re- peatedly incarcerated in Spain and flagged for surveillance in France, Molins said. He may have tried to go to Syria. In questioning, El-Khazzani said he had no terrorism plans and had found a bag of weapons the night before in a Brussels park and planned to use them to rob passen- gers, according to Molins. But his explanation grew less and less lucid, the prosecutor said, and the suspect eventually stopped speaking to investiga- tors at all. El-Khazzani boarded the train on Friday at a Brussels station. One reason investigators suspect a planned attack was that El-Khazzani, who claimed to live in a Brussels park, took a first-class ticket and refused to take an earlier train though there were seats available. In Brussels, investigators searched two buildings where the gunman may have stayed in the Molenbeek-Saint-Jean neighborhood, the Federal Prosecutor’s Office said in a statement Tuesday. No one was detained or taken in for questioning, though investiga- tors seized “some objects” for further examination, it said. The prosecutor’s of- fice refused to provide further details. Two people were in- jured in Friday’s attack: U.S. Airman 1st Class Spencer Stone and French-American citizen Mark Moogalian. Moogalian is hospitalized in northern France with a bullet wound. U.S. military authori- ties in Germany say Stone is doing well at an American military hospital where he is being treated. Landstuhl Regional Medical Center spokesman Chuck Roberts said Tuesday that Stone arrived at the fa- cility in southern Germany the day before and seemed in good spirits, smiling and shaking hands with leaders of the U.S. military hospital. He says Stone is being treated for a laceration to his thumb, for which a full re- covery is expected with on- going therapy, as well as a “non-critical” eye injury and more minor wounds. It’s not yet clear when Stone will be transferred back to the U.S. Police officers investigate on a platform next to a train at Arras train station, northern France, where a gunman opened fire Friday with an automatic weapon. - Photo: AP Surge of migrants walking through Balkans hits HungaryNext >