ESTABLISHED 1965 www.caymancompass.com – 50 CENTS – Wednesday december 9, 2015 sports | page 23 Volleyball finals a smashing success Teams Chemistry, Ladybugs are champs High of 87 Low of 75 Slight with wave heights of 1 to 3 feet. editorial | page 4 fifa scandal: cayman football in Webb’s shadoW Webb fired from Cayman football association CIFA clashes with Sports Minister James Whittaker jwhittaker@pinnaclemedialtd.com Jeffrey Webb has been officially terminated as president of the Cayman Islands Football Association after pleading guilty to involve- ment in racketeering and bribery schemes at world football’s governing body, FIFA. CIFA’s executive committee, in a statement following an emergency meeting Monday night, said it would hold elections for the role “at its first congress in 2016,” though it has not set a date for the meeting. “Following his guilty plea it has been de- termined that he is not fit for office of presi- dent of CIFA and as such his position as pres- ident of CIFA is officially vacated,” said the statement, released to the media by Bruce Blake, first vice president and acting president of the association. The executive committee’s statement had no further comment on the admissions made by Mr. Webb or allegations in the new indict- ment that he embezzled funds allocated by FIFA for youth development programs. The executive did take issue with Sports Minister Osbourne Bodden’s calls for new leadership at the organization and for a full audit of its finances. In its statement, the committee said it has consistently provided annual audited financial statements to government and would re-de- liver copies of all its annual reports from 2001 to his office this week, saying it was “appalled” by the implication that it had not done so. It also suggested government’s decision to pull funding from the organization, announced in August, was hurting youth programs. Mr. Bodden clarified that he had been re- ferring to the 2013/14 accounts, which were not signed off by auditors, and the need for a “forensic audit” to show exactly where the US$2.2m received from FIFA through the GOAL program for a Center of Excellence, which currently comprises an office building and a field, has been spent. CIFA did not say whether the cache of documents it would deliver to Mr. Bodden would include its 2013/14 accounts, which were turned over to the Anti-Corruption Commission just prior to its August annual general meeting. Asked if those accounts had now been signed off by auditors, Mr. Blake did CarePay TriaL Minister Archer rAised questions About swipe-cArd coMpAny Ex-CINICO director refused to sign deal brent fuller bfuller@pinnaclemedialtd.com The former head of the Cayman Islands National Insurance Company said she was contacted last year by Finance Minister Marco Archer about the CarePay swipe-card contract for the local public hospital system. Former CINICO Managing Director Carole Appleyard testified Tuesday that shortly after that contact with Mr. Archer, she was inter- viewed by the Royal Cayman Islands Police Service, which was looking into the CarePay deal. According to police statements, Ms. Appleyard had expressed some concern that she was going to be arrested in connection with the case. She denied those concerns in trial tes- timony Tuesday, stating that she would simply rather “not have been involved” in the CarePay investigation. The police investigation has culminated in the criminal trial of former Health Services Authority board chairman Canover Watson and his personal assistant Miriam Rodriguez on charges that Watson defrauded the govern- ment and committed various offenses under the local Anti-Corruption Law. Watson and Rodriguez are also charged with transferring criminal property from the CarePay contract to Watson’s business partner Jeffrey Webb. Highway widening project begins alan markoff amarkoff@pinnaclemedialtd.com The project to widen the southernmost portion of the Esterley Tibbetts Highway to four lanes, which was announced on Nov. 25, is already under way. Morning commuters this week were greeted with the sight of two excavators working on the side of the road clearing out bush and trees. The government and Dart announced last month that as part of the third amend- ment to the National Roads Authority agreement, the Esterley Tibbetts Highway between Lawrence Boulevard and the Butterfield roundabout would be widened to four lanes. When completed, the entire length of the Esterley Tibbetts Highway all the way to Batabano Road in West Bay will be a four-lane, dual-carriage road. Earlier this year, Dart announced it would relocate and widen to four lanes the portion of the Esterley Tibbetts Highway to the north – between Lawrence Boulevard and the Galleria/Century 21 roundabout. All of the work will be done in consultation with Cayman’s National Road Authority. As is the case with all of the Esterley Tibbetts Highway north of the Galleria Roundabout, the new widened portions will be divided by a median. In addition to the widening of the Esterley Tibbetts Highway, the project will also include closing the current Work on widening the southern portion of the esterley Tibbetts Highway to four lanes started Monday. - photo: tAneos rAMsAy PLEASE TURN TO PAGE 9 » PLEASE TURN TO PAGE 8 » PLEASE TURN TO PAGE 9 »2 LOCAL&REGIONAL Wednesday december 9, 2015 • Cayman Compass www. REGmovies.com SATURDAY NIGHT: For your viewing pleasure, minors under the age of 18 will not be admitted to any lm starting after 6pm, unless accompanied by their parent. © y x *Additional charges will apply per 3D ticket requested. - WEDNESDAY - $8.00 THE GOOD DINOSAUR 3D (PG) 12:30 | 1:30 2D | 3:00 | 4:00 2D | 5:30 | 7:00 2D | 8:00 | 9:30 2D HUNGER GAMES: MOCKINGJAY PART 2 (PG13) 12:20 | 3:25 | 6:30 | 9:40 CREED (PG13) 1:10 | 4:10 | 7:05 | 10:00 LOVE THE COOPERS (PG13) 1:00 | 3:30 | 7:10 | 9:50 SPECTRE (PG13) 12:45 I 4:15 I 7:30 We Buy Gold!We Buy Gold! Cash For Gold Silver, Coins and Broken Jewelry Cash Paid on the Spot! Call 927-8565 Cash For Gold • Shedden Road FIFA bribery suspect Napout agrees to extradition to US GENEVA (AP) – FIFA vice president Juan Angel Napout has agreed to be ex- tradited to the United States to face charges in the soccer bribery case. Napout, who is from Paraguay, consented to his ex- tradition at a police hearing on Tuesday, Switzerland’s justice ministry said in a statement. Of the nine soccer offi- cials arrested by Swiss au- thorities since May at the U.S. Department of Justice’s re- quest, Napout is the quickest to accept extradition. Cayman Islands busi- nessman and former FIFA vice-president Jeffrey Webb was extradited to the U.S. in July following his arrest in Switzerland, after six weeks of detention. Napout, president of the South American soccer confederation, had fought ex- tradition at a hearing last Thursday, hours after he was arrested in a pre-dawn police raid at the luxury Baur au Lac hotel in Zurich. Napout is said to have re- ceived bribes worth millions of dollars from broadcasting rights to the Copa America and Copa Libertadores tour- naments. The 57-year-old of- ficial must be collected by American authorities within 10 days. “No details concerning when he will be handed over are to be disclosed for rea- sons of security and privacy,” the Swiss ministry said. Napout was suspended from all soccer duty for 90 days by the FIFA ethics com- mittee last Friday pending a full investigation. Napout, who was elected in March, became the third straight head of the South American confederation – following Nicolas Leoz of Paraguay and Eugenio Figueredo of Uruguay – to be indicted. Leoz is fighting extradi- tion from his native country and Figueredo has been de- tained in a Zurich-area jail since May. Napout was arrested Thursday ahead of at- tending a FIFA executive committee session which was to agree on anti-corrup- tion reforms at the scandal- hit governing body. He faces a range of charges relating to racketeering, wire fraud and money laundering, and faces a 20-year sentence if convicted. The multilingual Napout had seemed a part of FIFA’s future as it seeks to emerge from a corruption crisis. “[Napout] sought to por- tray himself as an agent of reform, notwithstanding his own long-standing in- volvement in the solicita- tion and receipt of bribe and kickback payments in ex- change for his influence as a CONMEBOL and FIFA of- ficial,” the U.S. indictment stated last Thursday. Since May, Napout had become a key FIFA power- broker and strong supporter of Michel Platini’s presiden- tial bid before and immedi- ately after his legal problems. Napout then urged South America to switch support to another European candi- date, Platini’s right-hand man at UEFA, general secretary Gianni Infantino. CONMEBOL President Juan Angel Napout has agreed to be extradited to the United States. He was arrested on Dec. 3 in Switzerland as part of the U.S. Department of Justice’s widening FIFA bribery case. - PHOTO: AP Puerto Rican with 300 Twitter accounts accused of harassment SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) – A Puerto Rico man accused of creating 300 Twitter accounts to harass people online has been arrested in the first case of its kind for the U.S. terri- tory, authorities said Tuesday. The island’s Justice Department said 27-year-old Omar Falcon Torres is sus- pected of operating under the name “MedeaBot” for two years. He faces charges that include stalking, misappropri- ation of identity and intimi- dating witnesses in part by sending people “violent sexual imagery” and using violent language, authorities said. A judge in September is- sued a warrant for Falcon, who was arrested late Monday at a relative’s house in the central mountain town of Comerio. Officials said they be- lieve he targeted dozens of people although only eight of them filed formal complaints against him. It was not clear if Falcon has an attorney. He is being held on $180,000 bond until a Dec. 21 preliminary hearing. The Justice Department began investigating after people contacted police to complain about Falcon’s on- line behavior, judicial spokes- woman Gingger Correa told The Associated Press. Authorities declined to provide any other details in- cluding a possible motive or whether the victims knew Falcon. Correa said officials are barred from talking about the case because the evidence will be presented Dec. 21 in court before a judge expected to decide whether Falcon will face trial. ImmIgrATIOn cOunTers TO clOse Over HOlIdAys The Department of Immigration has an- nounced it will close its headquarters at 11:30 a.m. on Christmas Eve and reopen at 8:30 a.m. on Dec. 29. The closure affects the public counters and the passport and visa offices. The offices will close again for the New Year holidays at 11:30 a.m. on Thursday, Dec. 31 and resume at 8:30 a.m. on Monday, Jan. 4. The department also announced the meeting dates for the Immigration Boards. The Work Permit Board’s final meeting date was on Dec. 7 and it will resume on Jan. 11. The Business Staffing Plan Board’s final meeting date will be Thursday, Dec. 10, and resumes Jan. 6. The Cayman Status and Permanent Residents Board’s final meeting will also be on Dec. 10. Its next meeting after that will be on Jan. 14. The administration, border control and en- forcement sections of Immigration will con- tinue functioning as usual while the boards are on leave, the de- partment stated in a press release. TOP fInIsHer In HAITI vOTe cOmPlAIns AbOuT frAud clAIms PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) – The banana exporter who is the leading candidate in the disputed first round of Haiti’s presidential vote said Monday that critics aren’t providing ev- idence to back up their allega- tions of “massive fraud.” Haiti’s Provisional Electoral Council says Jovenel Moise re- ceived 33 percent of the Oct. 25 vote to clear the packed field of 54 presidential candidates. Contested officials results have the government-backed candi- date with 117,602 more votes than second-place finisher Jude Celestin, a former state construction chief. The disputed results have brought a renewed surge of paralyzing street protests and so many broad accusations of electoral fraud from civil so- ciety and opposition groups it is not clear whether a Dec. 27 presidential runoff between the top two finishers can take place as scheduled. At a Monday press con- ference, Moise asserted that Haiti’s National Human Rights Defense Network and other organizations have been making baseless accu- sations of widespread fraud including ballot-box stuffing and political-party represen- tatives voting multiple times. He said there were various problems with the first round and he has made recommen- dations to the much-criticized Provisional Electoral Council, “but you can’t discredit the whole process.”3 LOCAL NEWS Cayman Compass • Wednesday december 9, 2015 The Kirk Freeport $40,000 sweepstakes is back! 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TIME TO GET YOUR EXCITED FACE READY Dolphin Discovery takes over Dolphin Cove Michael Klein mklein@pinnaclemedialtd.com Dolphin Discovery Group, which maintains 24 dolphi- nariums around the world in- cluding in Cayman, announced it has acquired Dolphin Cove Cayman as part of its expan- sion plans. “We are really proud to add Dolphin Cove Cayman to our parks and dolphinariums, which will allow us to con- solidate our service in one of the most beautiful and vis- ited places in the Caribbean,” said Eduardo Albor, Dolphin Discovery president and CEO. In November, Dolphin Discovery Group purchased a majority stake in Dolphin Cove Jamaica. Dolphin Cove Cayman founder Stafford Burrowes said, “Last month, we sold to Dolphin Discovery a majority stake of Dolphin Cove Jamaica and we de- cided to sell to this same company, Dolphin Cove Cayman, in order to consol- idate this dolphinarium as part of the leading company in swimming with dolphins programs worldwide.” As in Jamaica, where both companies previously man- aged competing marine parks, both Dolphin Discovery and Dolphin Cove will continue to operate in the Cayman Islands. “Both parks will re- main open,” confirmed Gene Thompson, who co-owns Dolphin Discovery Cayman with Dale Crighton and Dolphin Discovery Group. Consolidation of the dolph- inariums will affect all parts of the business, from general management and staffing to dolphin training. Dolphin Cove Cayman opened in 2008 and has since attracted more than 300,000 visitors. In addition to the ex- perience of swimming with its six dolphins, Dolphin Cove’s attractions include a “Nature Trail” featuring such birds as macaws, cockatoos and par- akeets, as well as a visit to Stingray City available as a boat trip departing from the dock of the dolphinarium. Dolphin Cove has more than 40 employees. “Dolphin Cove started oper- ations in Ocho Rios, Jamaica, in 2001, and we started in Cayman in 2008 because we knew that this destination has a great touristic potential and that the dolphinarium would be a key attraction for their visitors,” Mr. Burrowes said. Dolphin Discovery Group maintains 24 dolphinariums in Mexico, Anguilla, Tortola, Grand Cayman, Dominican Republic, Saint Kitts, USA, Italy and Jamaica. Dolphin Discovery Group has agreed to buy Dolphin Cove Cayman, above, following its acquisition of Dolphin Cove Jamaica last month. Police holiday crackdown begins The Royal Cayman Islands Police Service has launched “Operation Magpie” to catch traffic offenders during the holiday season. In the first week of December, police carried out several traffic operations and issued 57 traffic tickets, 17 speeding prosecutions, 8 DUI prosecutions, 29 ex- pired registration tickets, and an assortment of tickets for parking in disabled spaces, not wearing seat belts and talking on mobile phones while driving. Police said the holiday safety initiative is an effort to reduce the number of ac- cidents on Cayman’s roads. December is often a par- ticularly dangerous time on the roads, and there are usually more accidents during this month. “People are in a hurry at this time of year,” said Chief Inspector Frank Owens. “When the fact is that good, defensive driving – the type of driving that prevents ac- cidents – requires patience. No matter where you are rushing to, it is not worth risking an accident.” Despite the high number of traffic citations given last week, police said the number of traffic accidents still re- mained “stubbornly high.” There were 51 traffic ac- cidents during the first week of December. “The RCIPS will continue our efforts to bring about a safe holiday season by taking a zero tolerance approach to traffic violations,” said Superintendent of District Operations Angelique Howell. “We are also extending our safety messages to include personal safety, of which we will be focusing on this week. We encourage everyone to consider their safety and that of other road users.” Operation Magpie will continue through Jan. 4. Like in Jamaica, where both companies previously managed competing marine parks, both Dolphin Discovery and Dolphin Cove will also continue to operate in the Cayman Islands.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. In the United States, the trial of Jeffrey Webb is over before it began — as he pleaded guilty to seven charges stemming from a U.S. investigation into corruption in world football’s governing body, FIFA. Here in the Cayman Islands, however, the stain of Webb’s legacy is only beginning to become apparent. Last Thursday, on the same day that former CONCACAF president Webb’s guilty plea was announced, U.S. prosecutors released a new indict- ment with updated charges in relation to the FIFA scandal. Among the revelations in the new court document is the mention of “a Caymanian attorney” — whose name prosecutors are withholding from the public, but which is known to the relevant U.S. grand jury — accused of holding a bank account, on behalf of Webb intermediary Costas Takkas, to which $80,000 in alleged bribe money was sent. The new indictment also accuses Webb, along with his CONCACAF predecessor Trinidadian Jack Warner, of embezzling money from FIFA develop- ment programs intended to fund youth football. The existence, or extent, of any fraud occurring in local Cayman football remains, at this point, unclear. That uncertainty is a major problem. It is a poi- sonous cloud enveloping youth sports, which should be the purest of endeavors. We applaud Sports Minister Osborne Bodden and local football figure Renard Moxam for standing up and making known publicly their opposition to the status quo at CIFA. In August, Minister Bodden announced govern- ment was discontinuing its $130,000 annual grant to CIFA because “the government has a vested interest in ensuring public funds are spent properly for the good of football development in these islands.” As a Compass reporter wrote in a front-page story in Monday’s newspaper, Minister Bodden is holding firm on that divestment until CIFA can demonstrate “it had cleaned up its act and elected new leadership.” Minister Bodden wants to see a full forensic audit of CIFA’s books to determine how the association has been spending the money it has received. A press release from CIFA sent Monday indicated the group would provide Minister Bodden with audited financial statement dating back to 2001. For his part, Mr. Moxam wants the CIFA leadership from the “Webb era” to step down and is calling for the election of an entirely new administrative regime. If it turns out to be true that money was “misap- propriated” from Cayman football, it would not con- stitute “a victimless crime.” The people being robbed would be the coaches volunteering their time and their own resources, a generation of local children who were not allowed to reach their full athletic potential, and, if government money was involved, every single taxpayer in this country. In the deal struck with American authorities, Webb admitted guilt to racketeering, money laundering con- spiracy and wire fraud conspiracy, not embezzlement from FIFA programs. As part of his plea, he agreed to forfeit more than US$6.7 million, and he could also face up to 20 years in prison. Webb’s sentencing date is set for June 3, 2016. That, incidentally, falls on the anniversary of the publication of a Compass editorial that took a strong stance against corruption in Cayman and called for a complete investigation into all FIFA-related matters — and which was the subject of some controversy after its publication. Minister Bodden fears that more local figures will be implicated in the FIFA scandal before U.S. authorities conclude their inquiry. We fear his fear may be warranted. FIFA scandal: Cayman football in Webb’s shadow Wednesday deCember 9, 2015 • Cayman COmpass Knowledge that isn’t When you hear politicians speak (the president or mem- bers of Congress) and they tell you that the science or facts are settled, do you tend to be- lieve them or treat their com- ments with skepticism? Those who survey such things show that faith in government and politicians has fallen to re- cord lows. But many other professions have also seen a decline in public trust. The government produces a “food pyramid” and dietary guidelines telling us what is good for us to eat and what is not. But it keeps changing – eggs and whole milk were bad, and now they are good. The “settled science” that eating foods high in choles- terol would increase an in- dividual’s cholesterol turned out to be not necessarily true. The global warming alarmists keep telling us the science is settled – but doomsday keeps being pushed back. Not one of the major global warming models predicted the recent 18-year pause in global warming. We were supposed to have more intense storms, floods and droughts. It didn’t happen. In fact, Florida has just set a re- cord for the amount of time without a hurricane hitting. The Arctic Ocean was sup- posed to be largely free of ice by 2009, as I recall Al Gore saying, making it open to shipping. Didn’t happen, the Arctic ice is still there. And the Antarctic sea ice has in- creased in area, and the land- based ice is increasing, ac- cording to a new NASA study. The president, we are told, is frustrated because fewer and fewer believe him when he says global warming is the world’s greatest threat – but he has been telling us for years that it may be too late to take action – and, if so, why should we saddle our- selves with massive energy costs and other expenses? (Wasn’t it Michael Mann, the author of the famous “hockey stick” environmental scenario back in the 1990s, who told us if we did not act by 2003, it would be too late?) The president argues that it is those stupid Republicans who fail to see the crisis the way he does – so why is it that rich liberals keep buying low-lying waterfront prop- erty if it is all going to soon disappear? Clearly, they do not expect sea levels to rise at a much more rapid rate then they have in recent centuries. The eminent biochemist, Bruce Ames, who developed an inexpensive way of deter- mining potential carcinogens – the Ames test for cancer- causing agents – was a hero of the environmentalists. But Mr. Ames soon became a critic of the misuse of his test in that too few were looking at rela- tive risks, and overestimating the real likelihood that many pesticides and other chemi- cals would cause cancer, while ignoring the great benefits to overall nutrition by using such chemicals. For example, the chemical Alar enables apple growers to produce better and cheaper apples that are good for you. After ill-informed at- tacks on Alar, it was banned, even though subsequent tests showed one would have to drink about 5,000 gallons of apple juice per day to be at significant risk. Many blame gun violence and terrorist acts on the availability of guns. It seems logical – no guns, no gun vi- olence. The number of guns in the United States has been growing rapidly. Various es- timates put the number of guns to well over 300 mil- lion, or more than one gun per person. Yet despite all of the news hype, the number of gun deaths has been falling, not rising. Economist John Lott has done consid- erable serious work on gun crime and violence, and is the author of “More Guns, Less Crime” and other books and academic articles on crime and guns. Mr. Lott ar- gues that some of the safest places in America are places where legal gun ownership is very high and vice versa. The “science” of the value of gun restriction is certainly not settled. There is also the inconvenient fact that guns can be easily obtained almost anywhere on the planet, de- spite gun bans – Paris, for in- stance. Crude guns are easy to make, and now they can even be made on 3-D printers. A couple of days ago, a trusted colleague informed me about an interesting web- site, retractionwatch.com, which reports on all recalled scientific papers that were found to be incorrect. The percentage of recalled pa- pers, even in the major sci- ence journals, is uncomfort- ably high. There is always the big press release about the new blockbuster scientific or medical breakthrough, but the later retractions tend to get buried. Politicians have always been prone to whoppers: “You can keep your doctor”; “there were no classified emails on my server”; “I did not have sex with that woman.” But the apparent rise of those in public life, including scien- tists and economists, making “settled science” statements, (which they may actually be- lieve) when the science is far from settled, is doing as much as the “whoppers” to undermine public confidence. The great economist-philoso- pher, F.A. Hayek, in his essay on the limits to knowledge, warned us to be modest in what we claim to know for certain. That’s good advice. Richard W. 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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 find their own way”5 LOCAL NEWS Cayman Compass • Wednesday december 9, 2015 180619-B_PRINT-TellerSign-AUTO-DPage 1 12/7/15 10:49:01 AM Bodies found on boat remain at morgue Brent Fuller bfuller@pinnaclemedialtd.com More than three months after they were found floating off the coast of Little Cayman, two bodies found on board a Jamaican boat are still at the Grand Cayman morgue. The Royal Cayman Islands Police has tentative identifi- cations for both men but is no closer to releasing formal IDs or determining what killed the men. “The formal identifica- tion of the bodies discov- ered on Aug. 25 in Cayman Islands waters has been de- layed by the failure to ob- tain confirming evidence from other jurisdictions,” ac- cording to a police statement issued Tuesday. “The RCIPS has under- taken extensive efforts to fa- cilitate this identification, including travel to other ju- risdictions, but formal identi- fication is still pending.” The small fishing boat, found with two decomposing bodies inside, was registered in Jamaica. A post-mortem was completed on the two bodies, which were discovered by the Royal Cayman Islands Police Marine Unit in the boat floating 13 miles southwest of Little Cayman. One of the men was estimated to be between 35 and 40 years old. The other was thought to be over 50. The bodies had decom- posed to the extent that a coroner who was brought to Cayman to perform the au- topsies could not determine the cause of death. Police did not state whether they believed the circumstances of the deaths were suspicious. Hours after the 28-foot boat was found drifting off Little Cayman, it was towed by the Marine Unit craft Guardian to neighboring Cayman Brac. The bodies were initially examined there by local doctors. Two face deportation after burglary investigation CArOl WInKer cwinker@pinnaclemedialtd.com Two men in custody on a burglary charge were rec- ommended for deportation after they pleaded guilty to other offenses. Johan Manuel Acosta- Sierra and Trinidad Bienvenido, both Dominican nationals, appeared before Magistrate Valdis Foldats on Thursday. They were arrested in June and initially charged with conspiracy to commit burglary, together with an- other unidentified person, in the South Sound area. They were later charged with burglary. Both men also faced charges of going equipped for stealing and taking and driving away a conveyance without the owner’s con- sent. On Thursday, Crown counsel Eleanor Fargin told the court that these charges, along with the bur- glary, were being left on file (not proceeded with at this time). Acosta-Sierra pleaded guilty to handling stolen goods. Bienvenido pleaded guilty to criminal trespass and giving a false name to a police officer. Both men were on work permits: Acosta-Sierra, 25, as a chef and Bienvenido, 31, as an employee in a hair- dressing salon. Ms. Fargin advised that the permits had expired since the men’s arrest. With convictions, they would not be able to apply for a re- newal and she asked that they be deported. She explained that Bienvenido was charged after he and an unidentified man were seen by police entering a compound in South Sound. When sighted, Bienvenido ran back to a parked car. Questioned by the officers, he gave a false name. He subsequently pleaded guilty to criminal trespass and giving the false name. Defense attorney John Furniss said Bienvenido went to the premises “to meet certain young ladies and he was looking around, but the only young ladies around were police officers and he ran.” The name he gave was the name he was known by at work. Bienvenido had moved in with Acosta-Sierra at the suggestion of his employer to cut down expenses. This occurred shortly before po- lice searched Acosta-Sierra’s room, Mr. Furniss said. Acosta-Sierra pleaded guilty to two charges of handling stolen goods: a Rolex watch, which matched the description of a watch stolen in May; a TV, flashlight and table lamps with a total value of US$2,650, taken during a burglary on June 9. Defense attorney Amelia Fosuhene pointed out that the goods were recovered during one search of her client’s room and asked the court to consider the matter as one count. She said Acosta-Sierra had made early admissions, saying he thought the goods might not be legitimate. The magistrate sentenced Acosta-Sierra to six months in prison for handling stolen goods, with credit for time served, and sentenced Bienvenido to four months in prison for criminal trespass, with a term of two months concurrent for giving a false name to police. The magistrate noted that he did not have the power to order deportation, but he did have the power to rec- ommend it, which he pro- ceeded to do. The scene at a dock in Cayman Brac on Aug. 25 after police found a boat with two unidentified bodies on board.Wednesday december 9, 2015 • Cayman Compass DISTRICT DAYS 6 District Days Sister Islands In the Dec. 8, 1965, edition of The Caymanian Weekly, a precursor to the Cayman Compass, Cayman Brac correspondent Lilian Ritch wrote about a recent visitor to Cayman Brac: “Visiting the island for five short days were Jerry and Sandi Farnell of Mobile, Alabama, who arrived on Thursday, Nov. 25th. Jerry is half Caymanian and came to see his mother’s birthplace. “His mother is Mrs. Mae Hunter Farnell, second youngest daughter of the late Capt. and Mrs. J.D. Hunter of Stake Bay, and sister of Mrs. Elsie Tibbetts of Tampa, formerly of Cotton Tree Bay. Jerry is cousin of Capt. Keith Tibbetts, Elected Member of the Legislative Assembly. “Jerry and Sandi describe their holiday as ‘just wonderful – Mrs. Eldemire and Violet were just precious. George and Benny made our trip, as they took us out in the boat night fishing. K.P. took the day off and showed us around the island.’ “Jerry says Cayman Brac has been the place he has always wanted to go to.” 50 years ago Us man visits his roots Linton Tibbetts, pictured in Little Cayman. GeorGe Nowak Linton Tibbetts left his Brac home at age 16. Not long after he landed in Tampa, Florida, with $16 in his pocket, he went to work for Tampa busi- nessman TT Cox at his lumber yard in 1949. Working after hours on construction jobs, Mr. Tibbetts saved $1,500, which he used to purchase a half interest in Cox Lumber. Later he bought out his partner, but kept the Cox name. In 2006, Mr. Tibbetts’s 26 lumber stores and other hardware outlets, which all proudly flew U.S. and Cayman flags, had revenue of $396 million. At that time, he sold the business to Home Depot for an undisclosed amount. He was a humble man. If one did not person- ally know Mr. Tibbetts, one would never imagine that he was such a mogul. He spent much of his time with his wife, Pauline, in their small seaside home on Little Cayman near the maritime museum he built for the community. With a taste for the simple things in life, he loved to go bottom fishing in his 16-foot fiberglass boat with a 25 hp engine. Mr. Tibbetts passed away in 2011. This image is from the book “The People Time Forgot” by george Nowak, available at the National Museum. all proceeds from the sales of the book go toward museum projects. National Trust focuses on coming year Basia McGuire bmcguire@pinnaclemedialtd.com Over the past year, the Little Cayman district committee for the National Trust has been hard at work focusing its efforts on the newly launched green iguana erad- ication program, Green Iguana B’Gonna. Now that the project is up and running, the group is brain- storming for the coming year, with topics to be discussed at the com- mittee meeting on Dec. 14. Also on the agenda is planning for the an- nual Easter Auction in March. Members and residents are in- vited to attend the meeting, which will be at the Trust House at 4 p.m. Attendees will also hear a recap of the Christmas Bazaar held at Trust House on Dec. 3, which raised more than $2,000. Committee Chair Betty Bua was pleased with how the sale went. “We had discounts on a number of items at the shop, including leather belts, handbags and shawls, and the many other items we have on sale at the Trust House were very popular as well,” she said. “All the resorts furnished re- freshments and sent their staff down to check out the bazaar, which was so nice,” she added. Ms. Bua noted that with more than 80 people dropping by, the turnout was, in her words, “won- derful. Being such a small place, it was a great way for the island to get together and do some Christmas shopping, particularly for those who really can’t get away,” she said. “It was a great opportunity for some seasonal camaraderie.” The group is well known for its enthusiastic commitment to the Little Cayman community. As far as the goals for the Little Cayman committee’s fundraising efforts for the coming year, which in the past has been significantly boosted by the popular Easter auction, Ms. Bua is hopeful that this year’s fundraising efforts will match last year’s. Last year, a large portion of the funds raised went toward the green iguana eradication program. “In terms of our fundraising focus this year, we do know we need to be doing some building improvements, but there are other areas we also need to focus on, so hopefully that will be settled on at next Monday’s meeting,” she said. Ms. Bua noted that a memo- rial for Little Cayman district com- mittee supporter and environ- mental advocate Gladys B. Howard, who passed away earlier this year, will be held Dec. 17 at the Little Cayman Baptist Church. There are also plans for a cos- tume parade in Ms. Howard’s honor for Dec. 18, which will go from the Southern Cross Club to Pirates Point resort. The gladys B. Howard Little Cayman National Trust Visitors Centre - Photo: AlAn MArkoffCayman Compass • Wednesday december 9, 2015 DISTRICT DAYS 7 District Days Sister Islands Brac Christmas tree lighting ceremony a community affair Cayman Brac was alight with music and festive cheer on Monday at the District Administration Building for the Annual Rotary Club of Cayman Brac Christmas tree lighting ceremony. The evening kicked off with the singing of the national song, followed by remarks from Rotary President Lauriese Ashman, a devotional from pastor Shakier Khan of the Crossroad Baptist Church, and official greet- ings from District Commissioner Ernie Scott. Spirits were lifted with numerous musical per- formances, with the sound of young voices raised in Christmas songs and carols drifting through the evening air. Santa’s imminent arrival elicited much ex- citement and heralded time for the official tree lighting. The night was capped off with a visit from Santa and his helpers handing out gifts to all the children, a true celebration of community spirit and resulting in happy faces all around. The Layman E. Scott High School choir spreads some Christmas cheer. The Layman E. Scott High School steel pan band wows the crowd. The combined primary schools singing ‘Angels we have heard on high.’ The tree glows at the Brac Christmas Tree Lighting celebration. The Cayman Brac Daycare pre-kindergarden class performs a musical number. - PHOTOs: ED BEATYThe islands’ most-trusted news source 8 Wednesday december 9, 2015 • Cayman Compass 949-5250 www.crightonproperties.com Welcome Neil. Neil M. Rooney Neil was born and raised in England, Ireland and Canada, but is proud to say that he has lived in Cayman for the majority of his working life and has been proud to call Cayman home for the past 25 years. A member of The Design-Build Institute of America since 2002 and The National Association of Homebuilders since 2010, Neil has extensive background in the custom homebuilding industry, having been the Director of Sales and Marketing for the very successful Phoenix Group for the past 15 years. If you are looking for accurate information on Cayman land, building options and costs, or a concise evaluation of an existing build, Neil will help you decide how to move forward. He has an extensive background in commercial development, property management and can assist in preparing feasibility studies and financial analyses. Contact Neil at 326-3322 or neilr@crightonproperties.com. Devon Anglin triAl Experts give evidence on gunshot residue Carol Winker cwinker@pinnaclemedialtd.com Gunshot residue was found on the clothing of Devon Anglin, accused of killing 4-year-old Jeremiah Barnes, a court heard this week. However, the presence of gunshot residue on a per- son’s clothing or in a car can be explained in various ways, including innocent contami- nation, according to forensic experts testifying at the murder trial. Anglin chose trial by judge alone after pleading not guilty to the murder of Jeremiah on Feb. 15, 2010; the attempted murder of the boy’s father, Andy Barnes; and possession of an unli- censed firearm. After his ac- quittal in 2011, the Court of Appeal overturned that ver- dict on a point of law and or- dered a retrial. Justice Charles Quin heard on Monday from two scientists via video link with the U.K. Christopher Moynehan was called by Crown prose- cutors Andrew Radcliffe and Elisabeth Lees. Angela Shaw, called by the defense team of David Fisher and Lucy Organ, was present with Mr. Moynehan. She spoke occa- sionally to confirm or elabo- rate on what he said. Gunshot residue, which is invisible to the naked eye, can be depos- ited on the skin and clothing of the person who fires the gun, and can be deposited on people and surfaces near the gun when it is fired, typically within 3 meters, depending on the firearm, Mr. Moynehan said. It can also be trans- ferred, like dust, when there is contact between a surface with the residue and another surface that previously did not have it. Mr. Moynehan said he would not expect to find gun- shot residue on a person picked at random. One to three particles of residue would be consid- ered a low amount; four to 12 particles would be a mod- erate amount; 13 to 49 parti- cles would be high and 50 or more would be very high. Clothing taken from Anglin the night of the shooting had a total of six particles of gunshot residue on it. There were three parti- cles on his jeans – one on the front, one inside the waist- band and one inside the front left pocket. There was one particle of residue on his belt, and one particle on each of his shoes. Mr. Moynehan said his view was that clothing must be looked at in total, not one item in isolation. There was no residue on Anglin’s shirt, or the boxer shorts and briefs that were taken from him 18 hours later than other items. The passage of time meant there was more op- portunity for particles to be disturbed and lost, but Mr. Moynehan pointed out that underwear is gen- erally less exposed than outer clothing. The court has already heard that Anglin took a shower before he was ar- rested and borrowed a shirt from his cousin. Mr. Moynehan said he could not exclude the pos- sibility that gunshot res- idue may have been trans- ferred to Anglin’s clothing when he was arrested and handcuffed by armed offi- cers, even though none of the officers had fired a gun within two months. It was possible that officers in the armed unit might still have residue on their holsters, uniforms, handcuffs and inside their vehicles. Police officers have given evidence that a regular patrol car was called to transport Anglin from West Bay to the police station in George Town; armed officers are not al- lowed to transport suspects. Mr. Fisher asked about the “Gaule Report” – a 2012 survey of the presence of gunshot residue at the George Town Police Station. Mr. Moynehan read from a summary which stated that residue was found out- side one of the cells, on the counter of the custody suite, on the clothing and weapon of an armed officer and the belt of another officer, among other places. Mr. Moynehan agreed that “You can never exclude innocent contamination. You can give an opinion based on other circumstances.” Further, he agreed that it is a matter of common sense how much weight to give to a finding of gunshot residue. The court also heard about the presence of res- idue in a vehicle allegedly driven by Anglin the night of the shooting. Mr. Radcliffe was expected to close the case for the pros- ecution on Wednesday. Watson and Rodriguez have denied all charges. The Crown alleges that Watson and Webb formed a local company, AIS (Advanced Integrated Systems) Ltd., which was run by “sham” di- rectors put in place by the two men in order to hide their personal interests in the business. Watson is alleged to have personally benefited by more than US$348,000 from healthcare contract awards he helped direct as HSA chairman. Potential concerns re- garding the contract in- volving AIS Cayman Ltd. were brought to the public’s atten- tion in June 2014 during a Legislative Assembly Finance Committee meeting in which Minister Archer demanded to know who the beneficial owners of AIS were and how much money the government was paying the company for its services. Watson’s attorney Trevor Burke, QC, asked Ms. Appleyard whether Mr. Archer had contacted her directly after those ques- tions were raised in the House in June 2014. She said he had, asking her gener- ally about “this AIS that was in the news.” Mr. Burke asked whether, during the course of this conversation, former Health Minister Mark Scotland’s name emerged. Ms. Appleyard said it had not. Mr. Burke asked whether Ms. Appleyard, after speaking to Mr. Archer, was later “sum- moned” to meet some po- lice officers. She said that was correct. Mr. Burke, reading from a police report, stated: “The first comment you made when you were seen by the prosecuting authorities was ‘I could be prosecuted. I’m worried. I do not want to be prosecuted. I would rather not be involved.’” On the witness stand, Ms. Appleyard denied that she was afraid of prosecu- tion “because I have spoken the truth.” She said she told police she would rather not have been involved in the case. AIS who? Ms. Appleyard raised questions early on about the first payment for the contract the Cayman Islands govern- ment awarded for the im- plementation of the CarePay swipe-card system, which was to provide real-time healthcare claims data for hospital patients. The veteran healthcare consultant said she sup- ported real-time adjudica- tion of patient claims as something long needed by local hospitals and health clinics. However, she noted that all negotiations on the CarePay deal she was aware of had been with a company called AIS Jamaica. When the contract came before local healthcare of- ficials on Dec. 21, 2010, the companies named as the swipe-card system providers were Health Adjudication Systems of St. Lucia and a new entity called AIS Cayman Ltd. “I did not know who these companies were,” Ms. Appleyard said. The first payment of the CarePay contract, US$686,000, was paid en- tirely by the Health Services Authority after Ms. Appleyard refused to pay the contract. She left CINICO on Dec. 31, 2010, and other witnesses have tes- tified that CINICO eventu- ally reimbursed the HSA for the payment. The Crown has alleged that US$425,000 from the initial payment went to Jamaican businessman Douglas Halsall, who owned both AIS Jamaica and the St. Lucian company. Another US$200,000 went directly to Watson and Webb, pros- ecutors alleged. An addi- tional US$50,000 in cash was withdrawn from the AIS Cayman Ltd. bank account, the Crown alleged, but it was not possible to deter- mine who eventually ended up with that money. Two rescued near Pedro Bluff Emergency responders rescued two men in distress in the water near Pedro Bluff on Sunday morning. The two men had been swept out to sea by large waves while collecting whelks on the ironshore, po- lice said. A couple who were kite fishing saw the men struggling in the water and called 911 at around 8:30 a.m. Uniformed police and a rapid response team of two police officers trained in emergency medical re- sponse and search-and- rescue diving responded, along with fire department units which provided flota- tion equipment and ropes. The emergency re- sponders tried to get the flo- tation devices to the men, who were treading water about 100 yards offshore. Due to the choppiness of the water, the men were quickly fatigued, so the rescue divers attached ropes to them- selves and swam out to the men. The divers were in the water for several minutes fighting a strong current and wave action, but were able to bring the men ashore, po- lice public relations officer Jacqueline Carpenter said. Both men, in their 40s, were treated by emergency medical crews and chose not to go to the hospital. “We commend the excel- lent coordination of all first responders to the scene, in- cluding the 911 dispatchers, uniform police, police search-and-rescue divers, Fire Department personnel and EMS personnel, who demonstrated in this in- stance the coordination and training needed to make the right decisions at the right moment to save lives,” Ms. Carpenter said. CArePAy triAl Minister Archer raised questions about swipe-card company CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1The islands’ most-trusted news source 9 Cayman Compass • Wednesday december 9, 2015 MURIEL ELIZABETH JACKSON AKA MU MU DECEMBER 9, 1929 – MAY 16, 2012 Mom you mean the world to me It’s hard to live without you You were always by my side Through thick and thin you helped me Now that you’re gone my life is hard to live It’s hard to breathe, it’s hard to see And its hard to think about anything but you Even though your love will shine in me Even though you are not here with me in the esh I still have you in my heart and my memories. I miss you so much and will love you forever mom Your daughter Kareen IN LOVING MEMORY OF MY DEAR MOTHER We regret to announce the passing of Alma Altona Ebanks Who departed this life On Friday, 27th November, 2015 Condolences can be registered at boddenfuneralservices.com & Bodden Funeral Service Facebook page The Service of Thanksgiving will be held on Saturday, 12th December, 2015, at the Craddock Ebanks Civic Centre,at 3:00 p.m. Viewing will take place from 5:00-6:30 PM Friday 11 December at Bodden Funeral Service, 117 Walkers Rd. Georgetown. Interment will follow at the Chisholm’s Cemetery, North Side . Condolences can be registered at boddenfuneralservices.com at the Craddock Ebanks Civic Centre,at 3:00 p.m. Viewing will take place from 5:00-6:30 PM Friday not respond by press time. The Anti-Corruption Commission confirmed its ini- tial comment that it was re- viewing a matter involving CIFA, but had no further up- date Tuesday. Almost $1 million in loans from two unnamed private companies were reassigned as sponsorship income in the as- sociation’s 2013/14 accounts, according to an unsigned ver- sion of the accounts given to attendees at the AGM. CIFA’s press statement also indicates that it has complied with a requirement, over the years, to submit separate fi- nancial statements for the money it received from gov- ernment. It said youth pro- grams are now in jeopardy be- cause of government’s decision to pull funding. “We are still awaiting the remainder of the agreed funding for the 2014/2015 pe- riod despite having expended the funds towards our na- tional team programs, do- mestic leagues and youth programs and provided an ac- counting to the minister. These youth programs are now in jeopardy and the future is un- sure,” the statement said. Mr. Bodden said Tuesday that CIFA had the power to get funding back from government. “Our funding to CIFA has always been in large part for staffing and other administra- tive purposes, with a portion being used towards programs. It is disingenuous for CIFA to blame their alleged problems with their youth programs on government’s lack of funding. CIFA has the power to start to regain the Government’s sup- port by providing the audited financials for up to at least December 2014 and embarking on a forensic audit of its oper- ations,” Mr. Bodden said. The committee’s state- ment said it was also “very concerned” about Mr. Bodden’s calls for new leader- ship at CIFA. “Any interference with a democratic election process demonstrates a lack of un- derstanding of constitutional law and is unwarranted. The minister cannot dictate to any national association who should or should not serve on its executive committee by interfering in an elec- tion process which is deter- mined by its membership.” Mr. Bodden said govern- ment was not seeking to in- terfere with how national sporting associations ran their everyday operations, but had to be accountable for the way government funds were spent. “When we see circum- stances at play such as has been alleged with CIFA in rela- tion to FIFA funding and other entities, information being re- ported on from the HSA trial (in relation to) AIS and the CarePay contract and the in- ability of auditors to sign off on the 2014 financials, I have every right to call for an ex- planation and to withhold public funds until answers and transparency of activities are forthcoming.” Renard Moxam, who chal- lenged for a CIFA leadership role in August but was pre- vented from standing, said he would bid for the president’s role in 2016, now that the post had been officially vacated, provided the election process is open and democratic. He believes he was not treated fairly last time. CIFA’s statement also appeared to criticize Mr. Moxam, without naming him personally. “CIFA is guided by its constitution, and individ- uals who have expressed strong opinions in the press who somehow feel aggrieved should accept that they did not have the constitutional support to run for office and are only damaging football in our country by their con- tinued negative remarks of Cayman football.” Mr. Moxam attempted to run for the first vice presi- dent’s role, currently held by Mr. Blake, in August. He was initially told his nomination appeared to be in order, but was informed after the dead- line that he had not correctly interpreted the requirements of the constitution and needed four clubs to nominate him, rather than two. Mr. Blake re- assumed the role of first vice president without a ballot at the AGM. Mr. Moxam still dis- putes that interpretation of the constitution. He denied that his public calls for the long- standing members of the exec- utive committee to step down were damaging football. He said the damage to the game came from years of ne- glect and insisted it was time for new leadership. “We need people who will speak the truth consistently and be very clear in their ob- jectives of what needs to be done for the sport and not use CIFA for their personal agendas,” he said. Mr. Bodden, at the time of the AGM in August, described CIFA’s action in blocking Mr. Moxam’s bid for office as a “technicality” and called for free and fair elections. He an- nounced at that time that he was pulling government’s funding of CIFA. In its statement on Monday, the CIFA executive com- mittee said it had requested a meeting with the sports min- ister to address his concerns and to outline reforms to ad- dress the requirements to get the grant back, but had not yet received a response. The re- forms include forming an in- dependent internal audit and compliance committee, as well as a finance committee and outsourcing its accounting and financial statement pro- duction process. “Whilst CIFA has experi- enced many challenges re- sulting from recent events and from limited funding from local government and the pri- vate sector, we continue our ef- forts to develop youth football in the Cayman Islands due to our strong commitment to the youth of our country,” the statement said. roundabout at Lawrence Boulevard; the creation of a new four-lane roundabout between Camana Bay’s Town Centre and beach- front property; the con- struction of a new mini- roundabout on Lawrence Boulevard in the vicinity of the Islander Complex; and a new roundabout be- tween the National Gallery of the Cayman Islands and Lakeside Apartments, which will serve as the in- tersection for the planned Airport Connector Road. That roundabout will also provide new ac- cess for the Cayman International School. Dart has agreed to fund the three new roundabouts and the widening of the Esterley Tibbetts Highway south to the Airport Connector Road round- about. The government has agreed to reimburse Dart for the cost of the road construction between the Airport Connector Road roundabout and the Butterfield roundabout. The latest project in- volves the addition of two lanes to the section of the Esterley Tibbetts Highway, sometimes referred to as the Harquail Bypass, which was the first portion of the highway to open in December 1997. The widening of the road will involve only the land adjoining to the east, to- ward Cayman International School and the George Town landfill properties. Part of the current phase of the project involves a geo- technical survey to deter- mine the condition of the ground that will serve as the foundation for the road. That survey will determine whether the ground needs further excavation – known as “demucking” – before it is filled to grade. Dart Realty Chief Operating Officer Jackie Doak said the clearing work east of the Esterley Tibbetts Highway and the construc- tion of the vehicular un- derpass would not impact traffic flow in and around Camana Bay. “There will be a time a few months from now where the highway expan- sion will require temporary diversions to accommodate new road construction,” she said. “Dart Realty, in con- sultation with the National Roads Authority and the Royal Cayman Islands Police Service, will provide the public with advance notice of any short-term changes to the road network.” A map outlining the planned changes to the road network between the Galleria roundabout and the Butterfield roundabout. Highway widening project begins As is the case with all of the Esterley Tibbetts Highway north of the Galleria Roundabout, the new widened portions will be divided by a median. CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 Webb fired from Cayman football association CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 CIFA’s executive committee, in a statement following an emergency meeting Monday night, said it would hold elections for the role “at its first congress in 2016,” though it has not set a date for the meeting.Next >