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For more information about our weekly specials and events follow us on Facebook facebook.com/TortugaFine WinesandSpirits ‘Like Minds’ - Nickola McCoy-Snell CAYMAN WEEKENDER Native Sons EDITORIAL | PAGE 4 FUNDING MEALS ON WHEELS: A MATTER OF CONSCIENCE FOR OUR COUNTRY ESTABLISHED 1965 www.caymancompass.com – 75 CENTS – FRIDAY APRIL 8, 2016 Offer for a limited time only.Terms and Conditions apply. Fidelity Insurance is now offering: 345.949.7822 1st Month Health Premium FREE FREE Insurance Advice Discount on Insurance Running a business is HARD Single-handed sailor stops by Cayman When Keith White says he sailed across the Atlantic single-handed, he really means it. In 2008, on his own – and without the use of his left hand – Mr. White became the first disabled person to sail across the Atlantic and back solo. Mr. White lost the use of his left arm in a serious road accident in 1991. The accident took his memory, too, and he had to relearn how to talk and write. While he did not remember the names of the different parts of the sailboat, sailing was just in his blood. Sailing with the use of only one hand has its challenges, but Mr. White has not let his disability slow him down. In a few weeks, the yachtsman will try for another “first,” traversing the longest distance across the At- lantic Ocean that any disabled sailor has ever attempted, from Grand Cayman to Great Britain. For more, see page 14. OFFSHORE CENTERS: PANAMA A HOLDOUT TO TRANSPARENCY MICHAEL KLEIN mklein@pinnaclemedialtd.com As the pressure on the U.K. grows to rein in offshore centers in its overseas territories and Crown dependencies, financial service pro- viders there are saying they have implemented the global transparency standards that are lacking in Panama and elsewhere. The IFC Forum, an organization repre- senting a group of offshore law and finan- cial services firms in British overseas territo- ries and dependencies, noted in a statement that the publication of the Panama Papers has raised serious questions about global compli- ance with international regulatory standards. According to the group, some jurisdictions have fallen markedly behind in the global efforts to combat money laundering and tax evasion. But “it is wrong to bracket all small finan- cial centers together as so-called secrecy ju- risdictions,” said Richard Hay, counsel to the PLEASE TURN TO PAGE 9 » PLEASE TURN TO PAGE 9 » Mr. White describes his yacht as ‘a bit long in the tooth’ but sturdy. Sailor Keith White says putting the sails up and reefing are challenges of single-handed sailing, but he has not had to make many modifications to his boat on account of his disability. - PHOTOS: TANEOS RAMSAY NEW COPYRIGHT LAW SEEN AS ATTRACTION FOR TECH COMPANIES CHARLES DUNCAN cduncan@pinnaclemedialtd.com New copyright laws will be coming into force this summer and new trademark legis- lation is expected in the fall, said Financial Services Ministry chief officer Dax Basdeo, speaking on a panel at the Impact16 confer- ence this week. Those new protections could help attract new tech companies to Cayman, according to several speakers at the Internet Marketing Association conference. Cayman adopted new copyright laws from the United Kingdom last year, updating intellectual property protections that were written before the Internet even existed. 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Kick the Habit Today!!! The first E-liquid Manufacturer in The Cayman Islands. We have the lowest prices on E-liquids & Vaping Equipment. Stop by our shop today!! Located at Glazier House on Eastern Ave., next to Mandy’s (In front of Cayman Glass in the vicinity of Uncle Bills / Saxon) Residential • Commercial • Industrial 936.5625 (LOCK) r.deadbolt@hotmail.com Residential • Commercial • Industrial 936.5625 (LOCK) Rob Ward Certifi ed Locksmith FAST, RELIABLE ONSITE SERVICE CAROL WINKER cwinker@pinnaclemedialtd.com Forensic document exam- iner Frank Norwich told ju- rors in the trial of Michelle Bouchard Thursday that a signature he was asked to ex- amine was not genuine. His evidence related to one of 26 counts of dishon- esty against Bouchard, 54, who has pleaded not guilty to all of them. One of the charges is forgery – that on or before June 13, 2012, she forged a docu- ment, namely a Kirk Freeport credit card authorization form, purporting to be written and signed by James B. Handford. Mr. Handford, now 87 and living in his native Aus- tralia, is the man in whose condominium Bouchard re- sided for a period that in- cluded 2010 to 2012. Fifteen charges of theft during that time allege that she stole a total of CI$1.59 million and US$805,806.25. Bouchard also faces three charges of transferring crim- inal property and six charges of attempting to transfer criminal property. Mr. Norwich’s evidence was only about the forgery charge. He said he compared four known specimens of Mr. Handford’s signature with the questioned signature. His pur- pose was to determine if the questioned signature was gen- uine. The process was a simple one of side-by-side compar- ison, he explained – each letter or even a piece of a letter. Mr. Norwich said there were a number of “patently observable dissimilarities” between the questioned and the known signatures. He said it was his opinion that they were the result of someone attempting to make the signature look like the known signature. Mr. Norwich said the questioned signature was “a pretty fair simulation” but, he added, “the ques- tioned signature is not Mr. Handford’s signature.” Questioned by defense counsel Peter Carter, Mr. Norwich said it would have taken him two to three hours to make his observations and two to three hours to tran- scribe his report. His report had not been peer-reviewed. Mr. Carter asked if sig- natures could be affected by such circumstances as being written under the influ- ence of alcohol and whether medication could make a dif- ference. Mr. Norwich agreed. The attorney asked if the onset of senility could make a difference. “I wouldn’t pre- clude that possibility,” the witness replied. Signatures that were known to be Mr. Handford’s came from documents signed around October 2012. Mr. Carter noted that the questioned signature was dated June 2012. Without knowing the range of Mr. Handford’s signatures at the time of the questioned signatures, it was not a com- parison of like with like, he suggested. Mr. Norwich agreed. The witness also agreed that if he did have Mr. Hand- ford’s signatures from the same time as the questioned signature, it would be a com- parison of like with like. Lead prosecutor Simon Russell Flint asked Mr. Nor- wich whether he would have asked for more signatures if he required them. “Certainly,” Mr. Norwich replied, adding that what he had was sufficient. Mr. Russell Flint also asked if he had been re- quested to consider any re- port provided by any other expert. Mr. Norwich said no. Elderly theft case: Signature not genuine, expert says The Chamber of Com- merce is looking for vol- unteers to participate it in its annual Earth Day beach cleanup and to help cel- ebrate the 20th anniver- sary of this initiative on Saturday, April 16. The cleanup will take place from 7-10 a.m., an will be followed by a free brunch and family fun day at Public Beach. The first 1,000 vol- unteers will receive free T-shirts, caps, bottles and re- usable bags. A complimentary brunch, courtesy of FLOW, will begin at 10 a.m., and Red Sail sports will provide water sports equipment, such as kayaks, paddleboards and raft floats. Water sports and other activities will run from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. To register a cleanup team and participate in the family fun day, contact Nikita Durrant at 743-9121 or email reception@caymanchamber.ky. Chamber of Commerce to host Earth Day cleanup Chamber of Commerce Chief Executive Officer Wil Pineau, center, with representatives of some of the Earth Day events major sponsors, including, from left, Melanie Hulse from British Caymanian Insurance Co. Ltd., Kara Rankine from Ogier, Warren Harding from Flow, and Shari Welcome from Cayman National Bank Ltd.The islands’ most-trusted news source 3 CAYMAN COMPASS • FRIDAY APRIL 8, 2016 if you like you’ll love the saving Switch on to all your favourite HBO shows on Flow TV Plus with HBO On Demand included you can catch up on the latest episodes and movies. save 50% discoverflow.ky/tv Flow terms and conditions apply. ©2016 HBO Ole Partners. All rights reserved.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. FRIDAY APRIL 8, 2016 • CAYMAN COMPASS This is one of those moments – a moment that we must not let pass – that summons the conscience of our country. Readers may recall, perhaps with some pain, that last week, we wrote on this page about the plight of our elderly, our most senior of citizens in the most dire of straits. Those words may have been difficult or uncom- fortable to read, but they were even more so to write. The theme of the editorial ostensibly was that Meals on Wheels itself is in need, in need of funds that enable it to prepare and deliver hot and nutritious lunches to about 180 of our elderly. They do this with a staff of two and more than 100 volunteers, all under the direction and, importantly, inspiration of the organization’s execu- tive director Beulah McField, who has been doing this vital work for more than 19 years. Cayman would not be far wrong if it thought of Ms. McField as its own Mother Teresa. If God sent Beulah McField to our elderly, He also most likely sent her the father/son team of Joe and Rob Imparato, who have been both tireless, and generous, in their support. Rob now serves as chairman of the Meals on Wheels Board of Direc- tors, and Joe (one of Cayman’s most accomplished and highly regarded businessmen) donates, advises and prose- lytizes on behalf of Meals on Wheels at every opportunity. The purpose of this editorial is not to reiterate that Meals on Wheels itself is in need – of funds. Nor is it to sell tickets (although some are still available) to its annual fundraiser, dubbed the “Orange You Glad Gala,” which will take place tomorrow evening at the Grand Cayman Marriott Beach Resort. No, this editorial is offered with a higher purpose of encouraging, imploring, and, if necessary, even shaming our government into ensuring that no senior citizen, often the most lonely and the most frail among us, EVER goes to bed with hunger pangs. The stories that Ms. McField can relate about what she and her volunteers have encountered in providing food for the elderly would shame this island. We cannot – and our readers should not – ever erase from our minds the association between a missed meal and dog food. It’s not an exaggeration. It’s a fact. We cannot avert our eyes – and our government should not divert our dollars – to lesser priorities when, in fact, there are no greater priorities. Consider this: Last year, Meals on Wheels asked government for an additional $88,000 in funding (it currently gets $52,000 annually) to expand its services across all of the districts in Grand Cayman. Government gave them $8,000. That’s not a typo. $8,000. This year, Meals on Wheels again submitted its request. Government gave them nothing. That’s not a typo either. Nothing. We would remind this government that we are talking here almost exclusively about Cayman’s indigenous elderly – not expatriates, “paper Caymanians,” or holders of permanent residence. Those in the greatest need are literally the sons and daughters of Cayman sand and soil. Of all of the various iterations of “Caymanians” that exist today, none is more purely “Caymanian” than those who Meals on Wheels is feeding every day, or the many more it is not feeding (at least 160 needy have been iden- tified in North Side and West Bay) because it has neither the funds nor the food preparation facilities. This is simply not tolerable in a country where government revenues each year approach $1 billion. We’re talking the financial equivalent of “table scraps” here. If ever the “lion were to lay down with the lamb,” that is if ever Premier Alden McLaughlin were to work coop- eratively with Opposition Leader McKeeva Bush, it ought to be on this issue. Not only should government fund fully the needs of Meals on Wheels, it should do so generously (no $8,000; no crumbs, please). A government that willingly and callously ignores its own people, especially its hungry elderly, may well be pre- paring for a meal of its own. Appropriately, it would be called “The Last Supper.” FUNDING MEALS ON WHEELS A matter of conscience for our country The coming train wreck WASHINGTON – Yes, the big Wisconsin story is Ted Cruz’s crushing 13-point victory. And yes, it greatly improves his chances of denying Donald Trump a first-ballot convention victory, which may turn out to be Trump’s only path to the nomination. Nonetheless, the most stunning result of Wisconsin is the solidity of Trump’s core constituency. Fundamentalist Trumpism remains resistant to every cosmic disturbance. He managed to get a full 35 percent in a state in which: ■■ He was opposed by a very popular GOP governor (80 percent approval among Republicans) with a powerful state organi- zation honed by winning three campaigns within four years (two guber- natorial, one recall) ■■ He was opposed by pop- ular, local, well-informed radio talk show hosts whose tough interviews left him in shambles ■■ Tons of money was dumped into negative ads not just from the Cruz campaign and the pro-Cruz super PACs but from two anti-Trump super PACs as well. And if that does not leave a candidate flattened, consider that Trump was coming off two weeks of grievous self- inflicted wounds – and still got more than a third of the vote. Which definitively vin- dicated Trump’s boast that if he ever went out in the middle of Fifth Avenue and shot someone (most likely be- cause his Twitter went down – he’d be apprehended in his pajamas), he would not lose any voters. The question for Trump has always been how far he could reach beyond his solid core. His problem is that those who reject him are equally immovable. In Wis- consin, 58 percent of Repub- lican voters said that the prospect of a Trump presi- dency left them concerned or even scared. Cruz scares a lot of people, too. But his fear number was 21 points lower. Moreover, 36 percent of Wisconsin Repub- licans, facing a general-elec- tion choice between Hillary Clinton and Trump, would either vote Clinton, go third party or stay home. Trump did not exactly ad- vance his needed outreach with his reaction to the Wisconsin result: a nuclear strike on “Lyin’ Ted,” as “a puppet” and “a Trojan horse” illegally coordinating with his super PACs (evidence?) “who totally control him.” Not quite the kind of thing that gets you from 35 per- cent to 50 percent. Not needed, say the Trumpites. If we come to Cleveland with a mere plu- rality of delegates, fair- ness demands that our man be nominated. This is nonsense. If you cannot command or cobble to- gether a majority, you haven’t earned the party leadership. John Kasich makes the opposite case. He’s hanging on in case a deadlocked con- vention eventually turns to him, possessor of the best polling numbers against Clinton. After all, did not Lin- coln come to the 1860 con- vention trailing? Yes, and so what? The post-1968 reforms abolished the system whereby gover- nors, bosses and other party poo-bahs decided things. In the modern era, to reach down to the No. 3 candidate – a distant third who loses 55 of 56 contests – or to para- chute in a party unicorn who never entered the race in the first place would be a rad- ical affront to the democratic spirit of the contemporary nominating process. A parachute maneuver might be legal, but it would be perceived as illegitimate and, coming amid the most intense anti-establishment sentiment in memory, impru- dent to the point of suicide. Yet even without this eventuality, party suicide is a very real possibility. The nominee will be either Trump or Cruz. How do they recon- cile in the end? It’s no longer business; it’s personal. Cruz has es- sentially declared that he could not support someone who did what Trump did to Heidi Cruz. He might try to patch relations with some Trump supporters – is Chris Christie’s soul still for sale? – but how many could he peel away? Remember: Wisconsin has just demon- strated Trump’s unbreak- able core. And if Trump loses out, a split is guaranteed. In Trump’s mind, he is a winner. Always. If he loses, it can only be because he was cheated. He constantly con- tends that he’s being treated unfairly. He is certain to de- clare any convention process that leaves him without the nomination irredeemably unfair. No need to go third party. A simple walkout with perhaps a thousand fol- lowers behind will doom the party in November. In a country where only 25 percent feel we’re on the right track and where the leading Democrat cannot shake the challenge of a once- obscure dairy-state socialist, you’d think the Republicans cannot lose. You’d be underestimating how hard they are trying. © 2016, The Washington Post Writers Group Charles KrauthammerKrauthammer 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 find their own way” The question for Trump has always been how far he could reach beyond his solid core. His problem is that those who reject him are equally immovable. The islands’ most-trusted news source 5 CAYMAN COMPASS • FRIDAY APRIL 8, 2016 The islands’ most-trusted news source 6 FRIDAY APRIL 8, 2016 • CAYMAN COMPASS The Rotary Central Board and the membership wish to publicly recognise his numerous contributions and honour his memory by sharing details of his nearly 30 years of Rotary service. We also wish to thank his wife, Ilene, and daughters Courtney and Chelsea for sharing this incredible man with us for so many years. We will always remember, but truly miss him! PP Dave’s Rotary journey began in October 1986 when he joined a group of 24 business leaders to establish Rotary Central as a charter member. For the next 30 years, PP Dave, an electrician by trade and owner of Electra-Tech Services, never wavered from his commitment to the club and achieved a perfect attendance record even when he was undergoing treatment for the pancreatic cancer that ultimately claimed his life on Tuesday, 29th March. When he returned home after his final treatment on Sunday, 27th March, he was aptly garbed in a Rotary Central t-shirt that read “Rotarian at Work”. PP Dave actively participated in the club’s signature fundraisers - the Music Extravaganza and Bus Shelters. He motivated hundreds of people to contribute their time and money by signing up dozens of persons to assist him to sell tickets annually and helped to raise tens of thousands of dollars for club projects. For many years he maintained the wishing well coin dispensers at the airport; even volunteering his daughters to gather and count the coins so that the club could use the money to fund community projects. He knew that the only way Rotary Central could achieve lasting results was to establish and maintain solid fundraising initiatives. He worked with other Rotarians to bring a traveling carnival to Grand Cayman in the 1990s, and he obtained hundreds of donated prizes over the years from the corporate community in support of Rotary events and programmes. He loved the theatre and supported the Cayman Drama Society by regularly organising theatre nights at the Prospect Playhouse for Rotarians and their families to celebrate the opening of new plays or musicals. He worked to help school children through his support of the Junior Achievement (serving on the Board for several years), the annual Science Fair and the Take-a-Kid Fishing initiatives. He donated his time to install the electrical wiring at Rotary Central’s T.E. McField Community Centre and other construction projects sponsored by the club in the districts. If you needed a tool, extension cord or a piece of equipment, you could call PP Dave; he probably had it in his warehouse which was frequently used as a Rotary storage facility. He was a man of action and believed that true service comes from the heart. “Cayman is not a big place. There are problems out there that we can fix with a simple solution. Where people have fallen through the cracks, that’s where we come in. With 68 people who are motivated you can get a lot done,” he said during an interview to mark Rotary Central’s 25th anniversary in 2011. “Because we are volunteers, we have virtually no administration costs, so the money goes much further. It is our responsibility to make sure that funds are spent properly.” Each year he entered a team in Rotary Central’s Bed Race to raise money for the Rotary Foundation’s Polio Plus initiative to eradicate the disease from the planet. He was himself also a major donor to the Rotary Foundation. There are four guiding principles that underpin the object of Rotary. First is the development of acquaintance as an opportunity for service. PP Dave helped to organise numerous fellowship opportunities before, during and after work parties and community events. He donated food and drink. He opened his home, his business and his family to Rotary’s work. He truly believed that by connecting persons from different nationalities and professions for the common good we all can help to achieve good works in the community and around the world. He distributed jokes regularly via email and believed in the power of laughter as a way to establish long lasting relationships. Members enjoyed his jokes (most of the time!) and his keen sense of humour when he served as club sergeant on many occasions. He recognised the worthiness of all useful occupations and dignifying each Rotarian’s occupation as an opportunity to serve society. He was never bashful to approach anyone who he believed could assist Rotary Central with one its projects. He applied the ideal of service in his personal, business and community life. There was no separation for him; Rotary service translated into his life’s mission. He believed and supported the advancement of international understanding, goodwill and peace through a world fellowship of business and professional persons united in the ideal of service. He regularly attended Rotary District and International Conferences and embraced Rotary’s motto “Service Above Self” in all that he did. It is often said that the true measure of our time on earth is the impact that our lives have had on others. PP Dave impacted many lives and each Rotarian who interacted with him has a story to share. Rotary Central will always remember his contributions to our club and to the greater good of the Cayman Islands. May his soul rest in peace. David Phipps, a charter member and Past President (PP) of Rotary Central, will be remembered as a club stalwart who fully embraced the guiding principles of Rotary and for his passionate and selfless service to the community. His boundless energy, enthusiasm and deep-rooted belief in the power of the Rotary movement to bring about positive change in society was an inspiration to members of the club and the entire Rotary family in the Cayman Islands and across Rotary District 7020. Central Cayman IslandsThe islands’ most-trusted news source 7 CAYMAN COMPASS • FRIDAY APRIL 8, 2016 MESSAGES FROM ROTARIANS: “Not every Rotarian is cut from the same jib. Some Rotarians are hands on and they will come and work on projects, some will work behind the scenes, some will give money. But Dave was always hands on. His philosophy was, if you live and work in a society and you’re making money you should put something back. You can do it with time or money or both. PP Dave contributed both and then some. He surely will be missed but never forgotten.” Charter Member and Past President Al Thompson Jr. “Charter Member and PP Dave was truly a passionate, dedicated and exemplary Rotarian. His contributions to our community and Rotary Central are colossal, admirable and inspirational. It is important that we continue to respect his legacy and go beyond his vision to employ Service Above Self into action each and every day.” President Sandy Cram “PP Dave was an outstanding Rotarian who always gave his time and talent to our club and the community at large. He worked tirelessly to raise money in order to support the club’s many community service projects. He motivated and inspired me and others to give more to help the community and those less fortunate than us. He truly lived a life of service to help others. I will miss but always appreciate his friendship.” Past President Wil Pineau “My interaction with PP Dave left the indelible mark of service above self. He did not only preach it but he lived it in his own quirky way with his unique sense of humour. He stood in for PP Fiona as my sponsor when I was inducted, and he ensured that I was furnished with a pair of working gloves. His message - get involved. It is a cliché to say a small man with a giant stature, but that was Dave Phipps.” Director of Community Service Brendan Lee “Dave was not only one of the fi nest people I have known, but he was a fully dedicated and focused 24/7 Rotarian I have had the honour to know. There probably will never be another person in my life like Dave, as he was so many things all wrapped up in a small package, but yet a giant of a man. Dave accomplished in his short life what probably at least 10 men united and collectively try to achieve in a lifetime, and always said” of course I can do that” with his professional ability and easy going personality, a most marvellous combination.” Rotary Central Member Kent Eldemire “Founding member, Past President, Paul Harris Fellow, Perfect Attendee from inception of Rotary Central: all of these command the respect in which Rotarians held PP Dave. I would add that PP Dave’s broad-mindedness underpinned all of these attributes, resulting in his remarkable and unfailing tolerance and humour which on many occasions steered the Club through diffi cult times. Ilene and the family may fi nd comfort in recalling the high esteem in which Central members held for PP Dave.” Past President Dr. George Meggs “PP Dave exemplifi ed the Rotary motto of “Service Above Self” as he gave so selfl essly to Rotary and the wider community. He was a giant of a man in character and compassion. He has left some very big shoes to be fi lled. Greatly missed!” Immediate Past President Larry Tibbetts “I was privileged to have a wonderful mentor in Dave who encouraged and fostered my growth during my presidency. Dave’s sense of humour and cheerful spirit was a constant uplifting of spirits during challenging times. He was a wonderful example to us all.” Past President Sandy McFarlane “Past President David was truly the ideal refl ection of the ideals of Rotary. Hard working, persistent, strong wit & humour, caring and never accepting that something could not be done. He encouraged others to do as he did. A friend who will truly be missed” Past President Ravee Kapoor “To the best of my knowledge there are not many Rotary projects over the past 30 years that PP David was not involved with. From the carnival of the early years to assisting PP Larry with the monthly club report to District and re-wiring homes during the aftermath of Hurricane Ivan… to mention a few. But my thoughts return to the building of the gravel bridge through the swamp on the Mastic Trail. The National Trust refused to allow us to use mechanical equipment to shift the many truckloads of gravel needed to form the path through the swamp – wheelbarrows only! PP Dave would push load after loan down the path and back for more.” Past President John Elliott “Past President David was an ever-present Rotarian; he was Rotary Central’s ‘nuclear-powered’ volunteer. I will always remember his zeal for the community and his sense of humour. I enjoyed his counsel, advice and friendship as he showed us how to follow our Rotary dream and share Rotary with the world.” Past President Mario Ebanks “PP Dave was great to be around. He somehow always found the lighter side of everything. I will cherish the memories of our chats and his legacy as a Rotarian will live with me forever.” Past President Paul Byles “PP Dave was a true inspiration to me as I strived to balance work, home and rotary; his ‘energizer bunny’ spirit of never giving up was remarkable. You will be missed, but never forgotten.” Past President Fiona Moseley “Dave was my go to man with any problem big or small. He answered and ended every call with ‘Yah man!’ and got the job done with a wicked sense of humour. A loss the depth of which we cannot fathom...” Past President Naude Dreyer “The epitome of a Rotarian. Whether he was teetering at the top of a ladder putting the roof on a bus shelter, stopping in the middle of the road to sell an Extravaganza ticket or charging up to Yorkshire in the U.K. to enjoy Friday Night Fish and Chips, no holds barred with Dave. Star of the Rotary Central pantomimes. Past President Neville Smith8 LOCAL NEWS FRIDAY APRIL 8, 2016 • CAYMAN COMPASS Condolences can be registered at churchillsfuneralhome.comchurchillsfuneralhome.com Condolences can be registered at churchillsfuneralhome.comchurchillsfuneralhome.com We have been asked to announce the passing of Capt. Robert McLearn Ebanks who passed away after a long illness on Monday, March 28, 2016. A Service of Thanksgiving will be held on Saturday, April 9, 2016 at the Veteran’s & Seaman’s Centre, Ashton Reid Drive, Cayman Brac at 3:00p.m. Interment to follow at the West End Cemetery. Donations can be made to the Veteran’s & Seaman’s Society or Kirkconnell Community Care Centre: Tibbetts Annex an Yu e family of the late Ethel Vinola Ebanks Wishes, through this medium, to express eir sincere thanks to all those Who visited, called, sent cards, owers, Prayed for the family, and prayer with the family. Your kind words and thoughts have helped To ease the sadness of our mother’s sad and sudden passing, and made the pain of our loss easier to bear. May God bless you all. e family of the late Ethel Vinola Ebanks We regret to announce the passing of Delmer Nelson Who departed this life on Thursday March 24, 2016. Condolences can be registered at boddenfuneralservices.com & Bodden Funeral Service Facebook page. Mr. Nelson will be repatriated to the United States of America. We regret to announce the passing of Dewey Hudson Ebanks Who departed this life on Sunday, 27th March 2016. Condolences can be registered at boddenfuneralservices.com & Bodden Funeral Service Facebook page. A funeral service will be held 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, 9th April, 2016, at Bodden Funeral Home, Walkers Rd. Interment will follow in West Bay Cemetery. We regret to announce the passing of Claudia L. Ryan Who departed this life on Monday, 4th April 2016. Condolences can be registered at boddenfuneralservices.com & Bodden Funeral Service Facebook page. A funeral service will be held 3:00 p.m. on Saturday, 16th April, 2016, at the Stake Bay Baptist Church, Cayman Brac. Interment will follow in Ryan Family Cemetery Cemetery, Stake Bay. Flowers are appreciated or in memory donations, to her home churches of Stake Bay Baptist Church or Little Cayman Baptist Church. P.O Box 75 Cayman Brac 2-2101 We regret to announce the passing of Yanbin Liu Who departed this life on Thursday, March 31, 2016. Condolences can be registered at boddenfuneralservices.com & Bodden Funeral Service Facebook page. Mr. Liu will be repatriated to the United States of America. UCCI hails new partnership with US university Joint venture between Cayman and West Chester universities JAMES WHITTAKER jwhittaker@pinnaclemedialtd.com When a small group of Cayman students sits down for a lecture in linear algebra next month, it will be a milestone in the his- tory of higher education in the Cayman Islands. The students will be in a classroom at the Univer- sity College of the Cayman Islands, while their class- mates and the lecturer will be in Pennsylvania. The course is the first joint venture in a new partnership between UCCI and West Chester Uni- versity which will ulti- mately enable students in Cayman to take virtually any course offered at the U.S. institution. UCCI president Roy Bodden said the partner- ship could lead to joint de- grees being issued in cer- tain courses, as well as student exchanges. He said it would mas- sively expand the number of degree programs and post-graduate pro- grams that could be of- fered in Cayman. Ini- tially, the partnership will focus on courses in math- ematical finance, actu- arial science, social work and hospitality. As a result of the part- nership, it will eventually be possible for students to train to become high school teachers on island – something that has not been possible before. “This is really a coup,” said Mr. Bodden. “This is the model for the future of higher education interna- tionally and it is good that we are in at the start of it.” The university currently has two “polycam” rooms, which enable video confer- encing, and plans to add at least two more across its campuses. “Students will be able to sit in classrooms in Cayman Brac and Grand Cayman and participate in Police and fire investi- gators say a fire that de- stroyed a home on Seaview Road in East End in March was caused by arson. A press release from the Royal Cayman Islands Po- lice Service say the 911 call center received a report just after 1:30 a.m. on Tuesday, March 29. There was no one in the house at the time and nobody got hurt in the blaze. The Fire Service was able to extinguish the fire, but not before it destroyed the house. Police ask anyone with information about the fire to call the Bodden Town police station at 949-2220 or call the Miami-based anonymous Crime Stoppers tip line at 800-8477. Police: Arson caused East End house fire lectures at West Chester,” Mr. Bodden said. He said the partnership also bolstered the academic credibility of the organization. “Certainly, it puts UCCI in a favorable position. If UCCI didn’t bring anything to the table, then West Chester would not have been so quick to partner with us,” he added. West Chester students will also have the opportunity to take courses offered at UCCI as part of their degree pro- grams. Mr. Bodden said hos- pitality and financial services courses with work experience components were likely to be an attraction for exchange students. He said Cayman’s students would have the op- tion to take part in work ex- perience-based programs in Pennsylvania as well. He added that it was a significant financial advan- tage for Caymanian students to pay UCCI’s lower fees but have access to courses at West Chester. Tracey Hargrave, a mathe- matics lecturer at UCCI, said the immediate effect would be to enhance the options for the most advanced students. UCCI typically needs 10 stu- dents to enroll to make a course financially viable. Ac- cessing West Chester courses through video conferencing removes that impediment. “We have a small number of students interested in higher level math courses and it has been cost prohibitive to offer them until now,” she said. Kwabena Asamoah, de- partment chair for computer science and engineering, said students could have the op- tion of accessing West Ches- ter’s IT security certification, which is accredited by the NSA, from next term. A large delegation of lec- turers and administrators from UCCI, including Presi- dent Bodden and Chief Fi- nancial Officer Ansel Tem- pral, visited the West Chester campus last month to discuss exchange initiatives. Mr. Bodden said the part- nership extended to adminis- trative support and guidance on fundraising. A delegation of lecturers and administrators from UCCI visited West Chester University in the U.S. last month to finalize the details of the partnership. UCCI President Roy Bodden hailed the partnership as the ‘way forward’ for the institution. – PHOTOS: JAMES WHITTAKERThe islands’ most-trusted news source 9 CAYMAN COMPASS • FRIDAY APRIL 8, 2016 David George Phipps 5 December 1948 - 29 March 2016 David is survived by his wife Ilene, daughters Courtney and Chelsea, and his mother Joan. A Celebration of Life will be held on Saturday 9 April at Pedro St. James from 4 to 7pm. In accordance with David’s wishes, the family invites attendees to wear casual, colou rful attire. All are welcome. In lieu of fl owers, we ask donations be made in David’s name to Rotary Central or Cayman HospiceCare. David is survived by his wife Ilene, daughters The conference, orga- nized by the association and Cayman Enterprise City, brought marketing leaders down from the U.S., including speakers from top-tier tech companies such as Google, Mi- crosoft and Evite. “Being able to protect their property in this juris- diction is a serious concern,” said Cayman Enterprise City CEO Charlie Kirkconnell. He said technology com- panies that are already set up in Cayman will develop the actual products in other ju- risdictions to enjoy the strong protections given to compa- nies in the U.S. or Europe that develop, for example, soft- ware or the newest craze in wearable technology. “As companies here be- come more sophisticated, they have to have absolute confi- dence in their ability to pro- tect their property,” Mr. Kirk- connell said in an interview with the Cayman Compass. The new copyright laws, he said, will “improve on an already great platform” that Enterprise City uses to attract new companies to Cayman. The new law mirrors the U.K.’s Copyright, Designs and Patents Act of 1988, which has been continuously up- dated to keep pace with modern technology. Cay- man’s previous copyright law was from 1956, when people could not imagine things like streaming television and bootleg DVDs. As for trademarks, com- panies currently have to reg- ister their trademark words and symbols in the U.K. and then extend them to the Cayman Islands. The new law will allow trademarks to be registered locally without having to go through the U.K. first. The conference gave people visiting from overseas a window into doing business in Cayman, with speakers from local recruiting agen- cies and banks, and lawyers who specialize in setting up branches here for businesses based overseas. Mr. Kirkconnell said plan- ning has already started for next year’s Impact17. He said Enterprise City and the In- ternet Marketing Associa- tion plan to keep growing the event and continuing to host the conference in Cayman. New copyright law seen as attraction for tech companies IFC Forum. Regulatory stan- dards in British territories in- clude the tracking of ben- eficial ownership. They are judged by peer re- views and their information exchange regimes are “at the leading edge of global stan- dards,” he said. Financial centers in the British territories automati- cally exchange tax informa- tion with the U.K. and U.S. governments and are among the first adopters of the Or- ganisation for Economic Co- operation and Development’s Common Reporting Standard, which extends tax information exchange to most other coun- tries. They were also early sig- natories to the OECD’s Conven- tion on Mutual Administrative Assistance in Tax Matters, a multilateral agreement pro- viding for tax cooperation be- tween participants. As a result, they are ranked highly in reviews by the OECD, the main driver of in- ternational tax reform and tax transparency through its Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information, and the Financial Action Task Force, the major anti-money laundering body. “British [financial centers] are consequently amongst the hardest places in the world to evade taxes or launder money. These financial centers have laws and courts based on those of the U.K. and many lawyers and professionals educated, trained and qual- ified in the U.K.,” the IFC Forum said. It called on all finan- cial centers to adopt the in- formation collection and ex- change protocols endorsed by the international com- munity and already used in British territories. The notion that Panama does not have the same regu- latory standards as other off- shore centers is supported by the OECD, which described Panama “as the last major holdout that continues to allow funds to be hidden off- shore from tax and law en- forcement authorities.” The OECD said it had con- stantly warned of the risks of countries like Panama failing to comply with international tax transparency standards. “Just a few weeks ago, we told G-20 Finance Minis- ters that Panama was back- tracking on its commitment to automatic exchange of fi- nancial account information. The consequences of Panama’s failure to meet the interna- tional tax transparency stan- dards are now out there in full public view,” said OECD Sec- retary-General Angel Gurria. “Panama must put its house in order, by immediately imple- menting these standards.” The Panama Papers showed a decline in the use of offshore companies and bearer share companies. According to Mr. Gurria, this is the direct re- sult of the new standards of tax transparency, instituted through bilateral and multilat- eral tax information exchange mechanisms developed and promoted by the OECD. Effective implementation of these standards is “the key to lifting the veil of secrecy once and for all and eradi- cating tax evasion,” he said. “The time has come to make sure that no jurisdiction can benefit from failing to meet their commitments.” The next G-20 Finance Min- isters meetings and the Global Anti-Corruption summit in London in May will be critical, Mr. Gurria added. The U.S. has also attracted criticism in the wake of the Panama Papers revelations. The Wall Street Journal, Finan- cial Times and The Guardian all reported that the U.S. is at- tracting more “dirty money” in part because several U.S. states do not collect beneficial own- ership data, something that has long been argued by prac- titioners in Cayman. In a letter to the Finan- cial Times, Anthony Travers, chairman of the Cayman Is- lands Stock Exchange, called on Prime Minister David Cam- eron to seek to raise the trans- parency standards in U.S. ju- risdictions such as Delaware, Wyoming and Nevada in his next meeting with U.S. Presi- dent Barack Obama. “It is not for no reason that the Panama Papers reveal the increasing use of U.S. corpora- tions,” he wrote. Offshore centers: Panama a holdout to transparency Brac Informatics Centre’s Nancy Ewing looks on while Dax Basdeo, with the Ministry of Financial Services, speaks at Impact16. – PHOTO: CHARLES DUNCAN CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 Driver flees scene CHARLES DUNCAN cduncan@pinnaclemedialtd.com Two passengers were injured after the car they were traveling in crashed into an abandoned house on North Church Street Wednesday night. The driver of the car fled from the scene, police said. The single-vehicle crash occurred shortly before 10 p.m. Police believe the driver may also have been injured in the collision. Police said the white Honda Civic had been heading into central George Town when it veered across the street and ran into an abandoned house at 127 North Church Street, next to the Da Fish Shack restaurant. The car crashed through the wall of the house, where it remained Thursday after- noon. The driver left the ve- hicle and the scene before police arrived. The two passengers, both male juveniles, sustained se- rious but not life threatening injuries, and were taken to Cayman Islands Hospital by ambulance. Police said both were in stable condition Thursday, awaiting surgery. Shayneika Brown-Levy, who was working at Da Fish Shack when the accident happened, said the car was speeding and slammed on its brakes just before the car hit the house. “The three were all kids,” she said, between 15 and 16 years old. Ms. Brown-Levy said one of the passengers appeared to have a broken or dislocated leg and the other had a serious cut to his arm. “We are asking that the driver of the vehicle, who we suspect is also injured, to obtain necessary med- ical treatment immediately, and turn himself in to po- lice,” RCIPS spokeswoman Jacqueline Carpenter said in a statement. Police are appealing for anyone with information about the accident or the whereabouts of the driver to call the Traffic Management Unit at 946-6254. Anonymous tips can also be provided via the Miami-based Crime Stoppers at 800-8477(TIPS). CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 Two passengers hurt when car smashes into house The driver fled the scene after crashing into an abandoned house next to Da Fish Shack on North Church Street. – PHOTO: CHARLES DUNCANNext >