ESTABLISHED 1965 www.caymancompass.com – 50 CENTS – WEDNESDAY JUNE 29, 2016 Cayman Turtle Farm: Island Wildlife Encounter Discover the adventure at the Join us with our resident rates CI $10 Adults CI $ 4 Children 786 Northwest Point Road, West Bay, Grand Cayman info@turtle.ky | www.turtle.ky | +1 345 949 2894 +1 345 949 2894 / Cayman Turtle Actress Zoe Saldana promotes bone marrow donations ALMA CHOLLETTE achollette@pinnaclemedialtd.com Movie actress Zoe Saldana, who is in Cayman for this weekend’s CayFilm fes- tival, visited staff and contractors at a South Sound construction site on Tuesday to pro- mote bone marrow donation registration. At Vela, a Davenport Development project in South Sound, the “Star Trek” and “Avatar” actress was joined by her husband Marco Perego, her sister Cisley Saldana Nazario, and members of the Flowers family. They at- tended an informational meeting hosted by Davenport and the Cayman Islands Cancer Society to outline details of the campaign to encourage people to register for the Carib- bean Bone Marrow Registry. Ms. Saldana, who heard about the Cancer Society’s outreach through the Flowers family, decided to help promote the cam- paign by making an appearance. The actress has remained close to the family since star- ring in director and screenwriter Frank E. Flowers’s film “Haven.” “Just to know that as a Caribbean woman Cayman’s great green iguana hunt JAMES WHITTAKER jwhittaker@pinnaclemedialtd.com In the shade of a pair of ironwood trees on a long abandoned farmer’s lot, Herman Myrie shoulders his Benjamin .22 caliber air rifle and fires into the foliage. There’s a hiss of air and then a “plop” as the bullet hits its target high in the tree above. “That’s a head shot,” he announces, matter of factly. He takes another shot, just to be sure, and hits the target again. It takes a few moments for the inert green iguana to dislodge from its perch and come crashing through the lower branches, landing in a puff of dust in the dirt at our feet. He drops the body into a bucket with five or six others, a tangled mess of claws, tails and blotchy lizard skin. It’s not exactly pleasant, but amid an unprecedented explosion of the green iguana popu- lation that threatens to do lasting damage to Grand Cayman’s ecosystem, it is im- portant and neces- sary work. Retired fire de- partment worker and trained marksman Mr. Myrie and his assistants Hank Bodden and Menard Myles are among 18 crews licensed, in a week-long trial, to find and kill as many of the invasive lizards as they can, for a $5-a-head bounty. In a morning’s work, they have cleared 90 green iguanas from a three-quarter-acre lot that used to be home to grazing cows and pigs. Amid the aban- doned pens, the tufts of rosemary and maiden plum bushes and in the branches of the ironwood, mango and tamarind trees, the iguanas are thriving. As quickly as he culls, the trees and bushes are repopulated. Mr. Myrie has re- turned, day after day, to the same lot, and found abundant new prey every time. There are an estimated 500,000 green iguanas in Grand Cayman. Unchecked, num- bers could reach 2 million within three years. At the Department of Environment’s headquarters on North Sound Road, Fred Burton, who is directing the eradication efforts, presides over the daily count as hunters return from the field. It’s a grim scene as rubber-gloved en- vironment officers heap wheelbarrows of dead iguanas into a large trash bin. It’s not a job that any environmentalist relishes, but as Mr. Burton analyses the numbers, his real concern is that the pile of dead iguanas, which will be disposed of at the George Town Landfill, is not big enough. Over the seven-day trial, 14,409 iguanas were culled, a rate of more than 2,000 a day. It’s an impressive count, but he calculates cullers would need to maintain that kind of effort for at least a year in order to keep Hank Bodden climbs a tree to retrieve a shot iguana as Herman Myrie sizes up another target. – PHOTOS: MATT LAMERS Zoe Saldana – PHOTO: TANEOS RAMSAY PLEASE TURN TO PAGE 9 » PLEASE TURN TO PAGE 9 »2 LOCAL&REGIONAL CHARLES DUNCAN cduncan@pinnaclemedialtd.com Cline Glidden Sr., a mer- chant marine and a boat cap- tain for more than 40 years and who served as Serjeant at Arms of the Legislative As- sembly for 15 years, passed away Monday at his home in West Bay. He was 91. Friends and family re- member Mr. Glidden as a humble man, dedicated to the Seventh-day Adventist Church in West Bay where he was an elder. He was the longest serving Serjeant at Arms for the Legislative Assembly, su- pervising security, order and ceremony in the House from 1987 to 2002. “This man is truly, per- sonally, a man of impec- cable character,” said long- time family friend Opposition Leader McKeeva Bush. Mr. Bush was present when Mr. Glidden led his son, former Deputy Speaker for the Legislative Assembly Cline Glidden Jr., to take his seat as Speaker. “It was a unique event in the life of the family and the life of the leg- islature,” Mr. Bush said. Mr. Glidden Jr. remembered that day. “It gave him an extra sense of pride,” he said of the time he spent as a Member of the Legisla- tive Assembly while his fa- ther was Serjeant at Arms. He was Serjeant at Arms for another unique event at the House, the ceremony for the visit of Queen Elizabeth II in 1994. “He lived and died in a very respectful, quiet, humble manner,” Mr. Glidden said of his father. The senior Mr. Glidden was married to Eula Glidden for 62 years. She cared for him in their West Bay home until he passed away, as he suffered from Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease for several years. Mrs. Glidden said her husband loved his work at the Legislative Assembly. “He took great pride in giving tours and telling schoolchildren about the Leg- islative Assembly,” she said. She said he was also proud of his time as a mer- chant marine and captain. She said he kept his master mariner certificate over the head of his bed, licensing him to captain ships of any tonnage. He spent 42 years as a merchant marine. The couple married in New York City in 1954. Most of their courtship, Mrs. Glidden said, was by post and phone calls when her fu- ture husband was in port. From the time of that courtship until he lost the ability to speak, Mrs. Glidden said, “He had this little saying he used to tell me: ‘I love you more today than I did yes- terday, but not half as much as I will tomorrow.’” In addition to his wife and son, Mr. Glidden is survived by six grandchildren and three greatgrandchildren. Ser- vices are planned for July 10. 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Judge Darrin Gayles’s ruling said the 136-year-old American Shoal lighthouse does not count as dry land under the U.S.’s “wet-foot, dry-foot” policy. Lawyers for the mi- grants had argued the lighthouse is U.S. territory, and their clients should get to stay. They had previously asked for an injunction to keep the U.S. Coast Guard from repatriating the mi- grants, but Tuesday’s order denied that request. Attorneys for the federal government acknowledged the lighthouse is U.S. prop- erty but argued it was not equal to dry land. The lighthouse is about seven miles from Sugarloaf Key. At issue was whether the lighthouse, a historic 109-foot iron structure that was in use from 1880 until 2015, qualified as U.S. ter- ritory under the “wet-foot, dry-foot” policy. Under that policy, Cubans who reach U.S. shores are usually al- lowed to stay, while those intercepted at sea are gen- erally returned home. The ruling comes amid a surge of migration from the communist island to the U.S., partly out of fear the favorable policy might change as relations warm between the two Cold War foes. The Coast Guard has said attempts by Cubans to reach the U.S. by sea increased 155 percent in May compared to the same month last year. The 21 Cuban mi- grants who reached the lighthouse May 20 stayed there for several hours be- fore they agreed to board a Coast Guard cutter, where they have remained since. The lighthouse has a large, eight-room living area once occupied by a keeper and other workers and sits on a submerged reef. In 2006, a different Miami federal judge ruled that Cubans who reached a portion of the abandoned Seven Mile Bridge in the Keys that was no longer connected to land still quali- fied as “dry foot” because the structure was U.S. territory. JURY NOTICE Grand Court jurors who are in the April 6 to July 5 session should now report for jury duty on Tuesday, July 5, at 2 p.m. The Jury Information line, 945-5072, has the most up-to-date information. NICARAGUA EXPELS 6 FOREIGN ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVISTS MANAGUA, Nicaragua (AP) – Nicaragua has expelled six foreign environmental ac- tivists after they were de- tained on allegations of han- dling explosive substances without authorization. Monica Lopez Baltodano is an environmental attorney who has been in contact with authorities since the activists were taken into custody. She says four Mexican nationals were deported to Honduras on Monday night, and an Ar- gentine and a Costa Rican were sent to Costa Rica. Mexican Foreign Rela- tions Department official Ja- cobo Prado also confirmed the deportation of the four Mexicans in comments to MVS Radio on Tuesday. The six were part of a car- avan that was holding work- shops on ecological proj- ects in poor communities. They were detained Saturday after there was an explo- sion during a workshop on making low-fuel ovens. Nicaraguan authorities have not commented on the reason for the expulsions. The six were part of a caravan that was holding workshops on ecological projects in poor communities. Cline Glidden Sr. remembered for service and faith Cline Glidden Sr., center, oversees order in the House during Queen Elizabeth’s visit to the Cayman Islands Legislative Assembly in 1994. Cline Glidden Sr.3 LOCAL NEWS CAYMAN COMPASS • WEDNESDAY JUNE 29, 2016 At Honda We Care About YOUR SAFETY ATTENTION HONDA DRIVERS: Please be aware that we have a recall under way to repair airbag inflators, at no cost to you, in certain Honda vehicles. If you have a Honda vehicle that is within the year range listed below, please contact us to see if your vehicle needs immediate attention. Thank you from the Honda Family. 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Auditors found that some people received public assistance “on the basis of political direction.” “The PAC is particularly concerned that the emphasis by the ministry seems to be concentrating on the per- ceived need for substantial, (almost double) additions to staff compliment as a way to deliver services more ef- ficiently and effectively,” Mr. Miller told the Legislative As- sembly, tabling the commit- tee’s report Friday. “The PAC would like to suggest that a major over- haul of the procedures and policies, to devolve authority and reduce the bureaucratic duplication that was clearly demonstrated in the public hearings may be a better use of government resources,” Mr. Miller said, reading from the report to the House. The May 2015 au- ditor general’s report had a number of recommenda- tions. Mr. Miller said he and the committee hope to draw government’s attention spe- cifically to three of those rec- ommendations. First is that government should give the Needs Assessment Unit pri- orities and develop a strategy to better deliver social assis- tance and monitor results. Second, government should assess the staffing in light of a coordinated strategy. And third, “government should set clear, realistic and measur- able objectives for each so- cial assistance programme to provide a basis for assessing its performance.” Mr. Miller said the committee was also con- cerned about the “absence of any deadline by man- agement to address these recommendations.” The Needs Assessment Unit is responsible for a range of social welfare pro- grams, including benefits to seamen and veterans, poor relief payments, free school lunches, rental assistance, paying for indigent medical care and other programs. Then-Auditor General Alastair Swarbrick wrote, “The audit found that there is no overall strategy that sets out the results being sought and the priorities to be pur- sued with the more than $50 million of public funds ap- propriated to social assis- tance programmes.” He continued, “These pro- grammes are not coordinated to ensure an appropriate as- signment of responsibili- ties and a coherent ap- proach to addressing current and emerging social needs. Further, in the absence of any measurement of re- sults achieved, there is no effective accountability to the Legislative Assembly for this major portion of government expenditures.” Speaking with reporters shortly after the release of the report, Mr. Swarbrick said, “Government has not taken the necessary steps over the years to ensure it is pro- viding assistance in the right amount to the right people at the right time, and thus [is] ultimately failing the people they are supposed to serve.” The audit also found that the unit, in many cases, did not keep any records on why it gives assistance to people through some of the dozen programs. CUBAN MIGRANT CHARGED WITH ASSAULTING GUARD Defendant’s immigration status uncertain, court told CAROL WINKER cwinker@pinnaclemedialtd.com A Cuban migrant detained at the Bodden Town Civic Centre was brought to Sum- mary Court on Tuesday, charged with assaulting a guard. Darvis Manuel Ramos Mendoza, 37, is accused of committing common assault against the guard on June 25. The second charge alleges he held a knife with a five-inch blade at the guard’s neck, causing him harassment, alarm or distress. Through an interpreter, Mendoza told Magistrate Valdis Foldats, “He had a steel pipe against me.” The magis- trate asked what the defen- dant’s situation was – how long he had been in Grand Cayman and whether he was being sent back to Cuba. Crown counsel Greg Wal- colm said Mendoza had no status on the island. Since the file had been brought to court with no notice, he could not say specifically what Mendoza’s situation was. Mendoza, again through the interpreter, said, “I think they’re going to send me back Wednesday or Friday.” The magistrate explained that in Cayman, anyone who gets charged gets papers so that they can understand what they are accused of and what the evidence is. The magistrate said he would try to find out from immigration authorities what their plans were for Men- doza. The magistrate said that if authorities intended to send Mendoza back to Cuba, a decision would have to be made. The matter was set for mention again on July 5. Auditors found that some people received public assistance “on the basis of political direction.”The islands’ most-trusted news source 4 – EDITORIAL – Opinion&Letters The Cayman Compass welcomes comments, opinions and viewpoints from readers. Letters to the editor can be emailed to editor@pinnaclemedialtd.com, submitted via www.caymancompass.com, sent by post or hand-delivered to the Compass office. WEDNESDAY JUNE 29, 2016 • CAYMAN COMPASS Imagine the following: It is 4:43 in the morning, Dec. 25. A little boy’s eyelids flutter open. It’s here! He leaps out of bed. His pajamaed feet scarcely graze the steps as he flies down the staircase. And there, under the twinkling lights of the Christmas tree, is — No! Not the shiny red bicycle of his dreams … but a picture of a bicycle, with a note, saying that, if all goes to plan, he might get that bike someday. A few months later, it is the boy’s birthday. Next to the cake is an envelope. In it is a card, with another picture of the red bicycle, and another note saying, “Just wait until Christmas.” The next Christmas, he gets another picture of the bicycle, with another note. And so on. Pardon us if we find it difficult to muster much enthusiasm over the latest announcement from the Cayman Islands government in relation to the coun- try’s “National Solid Waste Management Strategy.” We don’t want another report. We want a new landfill. The government’s breathless plans for marginal measures such as recycling, composting and tire pro- cessing aren’t solutions. They’re diversions. (To return to the bicycle analogy once more, they are accessories — helmets, kneepads and handlebar streamers. Sorry, it’s not a bicycle.) There are two key issues as to why Cayman does not have a solution to the odious and odorous George Town Landfill: 1) Politics, which prevented the Progres- sives from accepting the Dart Group’s offer to fix the existing landfill and open a new one in the district of Bodden Town; and, 2) Money, which our government does not have. Any serious discussion on finding a solution for Grand Cayman’s dump has got to start with a dollar sign, followed by about nine numerals. There is a simple reason why developers like Dart, Brian Butler and Fraser Wellon are able to see their projects through to completion: They have the money. There is an equally simple reason why others only manage to leave giant craters in the ground (or, in the case of the government and the landfill, can’t get to the hole-digging phase): They don’t have the money. The notion that this government will be able to solve the catastrophe of the George Town Landfill (or construct a cruise port downtown, or create any new major project) without having any money belongs in the realm of fantasy and right at home with the works of fiction being screened at this weekend’s Cayman International Film Festival. The dump is far more than an 80-foot-high mound of garbage. Over the years, it has grown to be many things. It’s an eyesore for cruise passengers, an olfac- tory offense for residents and an unknown health hazard for anyone who approaches its vicinity. It’s a breeding ground for vermin, a burgeoning burial ground for green iguanas, and an aviary for flocks of birds that threaten planes landing and leaving the nearby Owen Roberts International Airport. To feral dogs, the landfill is the canine equivalent of Blue by Eric Ripert at The Ritz-Carlton, Grand Cayman. As much as the Department of Tourism is trying to encourage the upscaling of Grand Cayman’s tourism product, there is one thing standing in the path of our stayover visitors, between the airport and their sumptuous Seven Mile Beach resorts — a hulking, ugly dump. Unfortunately, our government doesn’t have the money to fix that dump because, over the years and decades when the garbage problem was becoming apparent, officials instead chose to commit taxpayers’ funds to endeavors such as Cayman Airways, the Turtle Farm, the palatial Clifton Hunter High School, not to mention, salaries and benefits for our over- grown civil service. If we’re mistaken, and there actually is money for a new landfill, then tell us, and show us — please — before we rush down the stairs again to the Christmas tree, only to discover, wrapped up in pretty paper, another set of empty promises. George Town Landfill: Another report … another editorial LETTER TO THE EDITOR ‘Make Caymanians great again’ I would like to make a few points about real issues that are effectively weakening the landscape, culture, heritage and moral makeup of who we were and what we repre- sented as Caymanians. The Cayman Islands and its people have always been known for their resilience and creative ability to adapt to almost any hardship. Yet we see our self-value and identity disappear overnight. Fifty years is not a long time. We were once viewed as not only a hard-working people, but great innova- tive seaman and engineers who worked on some of the largest shipping vessels in the world. Yet we systemat- ically failed at capitalizing and building on that prestige and professionalism, which placed us amongst the best. Failing to carry for- ward that level of greatness throughout our generational growth over the years has come at a grave cost. If we had done so, we could have demanded respect, reserved our place in today’s society and more importantly paved the way in setting good exam- ples for future generations. Instead, we have allowed other cultures and influences to dictate to us as to who we are, what we should be, where we are going and how we should get there. That is not the traditional Caymanian way. We must first create and rebuild the reputation we once had and enjoyed, while ensuring we have a sustainable environ- ment for our own people be- fore considering doing any- thing else. We now have a rare and unique situation where there are more highly educated Caymanians than ever be- fore. If history has done any- thing at all, it has taught us we can be great contributors who demand a higher level of acceptance within today’s advanced and competitive en- vironment. This in turn will place us back where we once were, at the beginning of a robust and thriving economy created on the backs of our hard-working forefathers. So, I ask for us all to come together, unite and reclaim our glory. Carve out our own individual identities within the Cayman Islands land- scape and inspire future gen- erations to carry forward the torch of success, allowing us to enjoy all the benefits avail- able, ultimately the fruits of the hard-working Caymanians past and present. Let’s invest back in our people and make Caymanians great again. Mario Rankin The Brexit antidote is a strong NATO WASHINGTON POST EDITORIAL BOARD Under David Camer- on’s leadership, Britain’s im- portance as a U.S. ally has steadily diminished. His gov- ernment was slow in joining the campaign against the Is- lamic State and has played no significant role in re- sisting Russian aggression in Ukraine. Following a rebuff by Parliament, Cameron re- treated from airstrikes against Syria in 2013. Cameron’s most notable foreign policy initia- tive was his craven courtship of Chinese dictator Xi Jinping in the hope of reaping com- mercial advantage. Consequently, the re- sult of Cameron’s last and most calamitous misstep, the promotion of an unneces- sary referendum on Britain’s membership in the European Union, should logically lead to an acceleration of an ex- isting trend in U.S. foreign re- lations, rather than an abrupt shift. As it already has, the Obama administration will look more to Germany for help and leadership on trans- Atlantic security issues, while cultivating stronger strategic relations with Asian partners such as India and Japan. How much further the “special relationship” between the United States and Britain will be devalued will de- pend on what now looks like a very unpredictable course of events in London. The gov- ernment that succeeds that of Cameron in the coming months will almost certainly have to choose between sat- isfying promises of restricted immigration and curtailed payments to the EU and keeping Britain’s current ac- cess to the unified European market. If it chooses the latter, Britain’s role in Europe and its economic clout may not ul- timately diminish that much. Some of the pro-Brexit camp have talked of arranging a separate free-trade agree- ment with the United States, outside the U.S.-EU trade pact now under negotiation, or even joining NAFTA. But any consideration of such deals should await Britain’s final settlement with the EU, which will take up to two years from the time it provides notice of its departure. In the meantime, the United States can best sup- port Britain, and Europe, by becoming a more active and vocal leader of the NATO alli- ance, which will retain Britain as a member. If the European Union is weakening or even in danger of crumbling, to the delight of Vladimir Putin, Xi and other adversaries, then one antidote is a reinforced trans-Atlantic military part- nership that bridges the in- cipient gap between London and the continent. © 2016, The Washington Post 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 EXECUTIVE EDITOR PATRICK BRENDEL A MEMBER OF THE INTER-AMERICAN PRESS ASSOCIATION “Give light and the people will find their own way”5 LOCAL&REGIONAL CAYMAN COMPASS • WEDNESDAY JUNE 29, 2016 You cannot keep disasters from happening. 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Deloitte & Touche is an affiliate of DCB Holding Ltd., a member firm of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited. © 2016 DCB Holding Ltd. and its affiliates. ‘Thanks for the memories’ Couple’s farewell tribute to Beach Suites staff JAMES WHITTAKER jwhittaker@pinnaclemedialtd.com A couple who have been spending their vacations on Grand Cayman for 25 years were so saddened to hear of the upcoming closure of their favorite hotel that they threw a farewell party for all the staff. When Jim and Cindy Smith, from Des Moines, Iowa, first visited the island in 1992, they fell in love with the place and its people. They have been coming back every year, sometimes twice a year, ever since, and have stayed at either the old Hyatt hotel or its sister hotel the Beach Suites, which in- herited most of the Hyatt’s staff when it closed after Hurricane Ivan. Mr. Smith said, “They have been so good to us and our family over the years, we thought the least we could do is tell them ‘thank you.’” The Smiths hosted a ca- tered party for all of the hotel’s housekeepers, bar- tenders, waiters, reception- ists and managers at the resort last week, giving each one a personal postcard telling them, “Thanks for the memories.” Mr. Smith gave a toast to the workers telling them, “We have seen developers create beautiful buildings, but it is great people like you that create beautiful memories. You people aren’t great be- cause you work at the Hyatt/ Beach Suites. They are great because you work there.” After their first trip to the Hyatt, with their children, the Smiths said they did not see any reason to stay any- where else. “We fell in love with the place,” said Mrs. Smith. It was the people, not the majestic buildings, that made it special, she said. And when the Hyatt closed, they fol- lowed its staff over the road to the Beach Suites. “When we first came here, our boys were 7 and 6, they now come back with their own wives,” said Mrs. Smith. “One of my sons had his honeymoon here and the housekeeper was the same as when he was a boy.” The Smiths sometimes stay for as long as two months and say the staff have begun to feel like family. The feeling is mutual. Marva Ebanks, a house- keeper at the hotel, said she was grateful to the couple for the gesture. “They are a beautiful couple, I can’t find words to express it,” she said. “They showed how much they appreciate us and we are certainly going to miss them.” Bill Powers, general man- ager at the Beach Suites, said it was a bittersweet mo- ment for the hotel to get such recognition as it prepares for closure. “I think it is a testament to how friendly our staff is,” he said. “We invite guests into our house and we treat them like family. “It is an honor. We are re- ceiving emails from guests all over the world, disap- pointed that the hotel will be closing its doors.” The hotel has been bought by the Dart group, which has yet to announce its long-term plans for the venue. Many of the staff have been hired to work at the new Kimpton Seafire Resort on Seven Mile Beach. Mr. Smith said he was glad to know that the staff would have the opportunity to continue working. He said he and his wife had organized the party be- cause they wanted to ac- knowledge the role they had played. “We know a great vaca- tion doesn’t just happen, there’s a lot of people behind the scenes that sometimes get taken for granted,” he said. “This is just our way of saying we have noticed and we are grateful.” “We have seen developers create beautiful buildings, but it is great people like you that create beautiful memories.” JIM SMITH Jim and Cindy Smith have been coming to Grand Cayman every year for 25 years. - PHOTOS: JAMES WHITTAKER Regular visitors Jim and Cindy Smith threw a party for staff at the Beach Suites Hotel to thank them for their work.WEDNESDAY JUNE 29, 2016 • CAYMAN COMPASS 6 DISTRICT DAYS District Days Sister Islands 50 years ago: Windows arrive for Brac’s new high school In the June 29, 1966 edition of the Caymanian Weekly, a pre- cursor of the Cayman Compass, Cayman Brac correspondent Lilian Ritch wrote: “The motor vessel Kirkco landed 22 packages of windows for the Secondary Modern School on Wednesday the 15th. “The two sites for the Cable & Wireless buildings are being pre- pared. Mr. Peter Forestal and clerk of works Bill Dorward were here last week. Mr. Burnard Tibbetts, his wife and son have returned from Barbados, Mr. Tibbetts having completed the training course in telephone engineering and special radio familiarization. Mr. Tibbetts will presently be in Grand Cayman during the instal- lation. He is the technician for the Cayman Brac plant. “Following our report last week of the passing of Mrs. Blanche Christian, we give further par- ticulars which pay tribute to a fine woman. “For 30 years, Mrs. Blanche was the faithful help and friend of Mr. and Mrs. Kirkconnell and family of Stake Bay, who cared for her as their own. Mrs. Kirkconnell speaks of her loss as irreplaceable. “Mrs. Blanche lived in great love and affection with her family at Spot Bay. She cared for her aged mother, Mrs. Ethline Dixon and her mother-in-law, Mrs. Ellet Christian. She leaves a loving daughter, Erna, and son- in-law, Daris Dilbert, and their six children, a son, Basilio at sea, three sisters Mrs. Rosenell Euidio of Phoenix, Arizona, Miss Phyliss and Marguerite Jervis of Cayman Brac, and three brothers, Vincent of New York, Anthony at sea, and Gustavus of Kingston. Also left to mourn are many other rela- tives and friends. She was born Nov. 15, 1913 and married Basil Linbourn Christian who was drowned many years ago. “Mr. James Ryan of Cayman Brac, who has been on the staff of West Bay Primary School is now on a course in the USA. “Mr. Ryan left on June 11 for the Stout State University, Wisconsin, to attend the eight-week course in vocational teacher training. “Arrangements for this were made through the American consul in Belize.” Out and about: At the Queen’s Birthday tea party Guests took the opportunity to dress up, sip fine teas and indulge in some sophisticated finger foods, fancy sandwiches and sweets, all for a good cause, at the National Trust’s Queen’s Birthday tea party held at the Brac Heritage House on Monday, June 13. Guests select from an elegant array of edibles. - PHOTOS: PHOEBE SMITH Diana Scott Driscoll, Debbi Truchan and Nina Banks sample some of the exotic teas.Karishma Seeram and Amelia Dyck enjoy the fancy sweets.CAYMAN COMPASS • WEDNESDAY JUNE 29, 2016 7 DISTRICT DAYS District Days Sister Islands Little Cayman police meeting nets interest Members of the Little Cayman community re- cently had the chance to meet with their Royal Cayman Is- lands Police Service area commander. Inspector Wendy Parch- ment, area commander for the Sister Islands, held a community meeting on Little Cayman on Wednesday, June 15. Before the community meeting Inspector Parchment also met with the National Trust. According to the RCIPS, the meeting was well at- tended, and community members and police dis- cussed how best to move for- ward on a number of issues. Concerns raised by the community included the need for more marine enforcement on the island, speeding and its threat to cyclists and pe- destrians, and needed repairs to the roads. The community was also concerned with im- pacts on the environment around the island. Community members ex- pressed satisfaction with policing on Little Cayman overall. Inspector Parch- ment remarked that the po- lice could work along with the district officer to address breaches of the Marine Law, and that she would relay their concerns about road conditions to the National Roads Authority. Since the meeting, she has also requested that radar be equipped in a mobile unit that would enable better law enforcement throughout the island. A follow-up meeting be- tween the police and the community on Little Cayman is tentatively scheduled be- fore the end of the year. Brac high school graduates celebrated The Layman E. Scott Sr. High School graduation cer- emony drew a large crowd to celebrate the accom- plishments of the 23 mem- bers of the school’s gradu- ating class. Held on June 18 at the Aston Rutty Centre, the cere- mony featured remarks from a number of speakers and presentation of numerous awards, and was attended by dignitaries and elected officials including Educa- tion Minister Tara Rivers and Deputy Premier Moses Kirkconnell. The keynote speaker was Myfanwy Leggatt, a member of the school’s graduating class of 2008. This year’s class distinguished itself aca- demically, as 17 of the 23 stu- dents achieved the status of honors graduates by gaining seven or more level 2 passes in external examinations. The class valedictorian was Kimberly Tatum-Aguirre and class salutatorian was John Tomlinson. Members of the Little Cayman community attended the police meeting on June 15. Salutatorian John Tomlinson delivers the salutatory address.Valedictorian Kimberly Tatum-Aguirre delivering the valedictory address. Graduates receive the Lions Club of Cayman Brac Honours Graduate Award. - PHOTOS: KEVIN ROBERTS8 LOCAL NEWS WEDNESDAY JUNE 29, 2016 • CAYMAN COMPASS Dr. Douglas Van Putten Ophthalmologist Please call 945-7588 for appointment will visit Tropical Optical July 5th - July 8th, 2016 Visiting Sports Medicine Physician specializing in non-operative musculoskeletal & joint conditions. Dr. Melissa Mascaro MD Cayman Clinic @ 439 Crewe Road, GT Is available for consultation on Thursday June 30th to Tuesday July 5th, 2016 Call: 949-7400 between 8:30am to 5:pm to make an appointment Six years after critical report, minister says pension system finally in compliance CHARLES DUNCAN cduncan@pinnaclemedialtd.com A 2010 report from the Office of the Complaints Commissioner criticized gov- ernment and the National Pensions Office, calling Cay- man’s pension system a “ticking time-bomb,” ignored by many employers and ne- glected by politicians. Employment Minister Tara Rivers last week told the Legislative Assembly that the pension system, thanks to a number of legal and regulatory changes, now complies with the recommendations. The Legislative Assembly this year passed the Na- tional Pensions (Amend- ment) Bill, addressing many of the concerns from the Of- fice of the Complaints Com- missioner, and making major structural changes to the way pensions work in the Cayman Islands. Ms. Rivers, speaking to members of the House, quoted from the re- port by then-Complaints Commissioner Nicola Wil- liams, in which she wrote: “This Own Motion Investi- gation was undertaken be- cause it was one of the most pressing and obvious exam- ples of systemic failure of a government entity – the Na- tional Pensions Office, and the National Pensions Law that underpins it.” The employment min- ister, six years after the re- port’s release, told the Legis- lative Assembly, “I therefore would like to assure the Members of this Honour- able House that the National Pensions (Amendment) Bill, 2016 that was unanimously passed on May 4, 2016 ad- dressed all of the legislative recommendations contained within the Complaints Com- missioner’s report.” Changes to the pension law increase fines, introduces possible imprisonment for employers who do not give employees pensions and in- troduces new administrative fines to help enforce pension rules. The new law makes it illegal to discriminate against an employee who makes a complaint to the De- partment of Labour and Pen- sions when employers do not comply with the law, and the new pension rules increase public education about pen- sion requirements. Ms. Rivers told fellow legislators that her ministry wrote to the Office of the Complaints Commissioner in April with an update on the pensions law. Last month, Acting Com- plaints Commissioner Bridgette von Gerhardt replied to the ministry, saying the ministry had complied with the 2010 recommendations. “The Ministry and the Department of Labour and Pensions met with and re- ported to the Office of the Complaints Commissioner over the years to demon- strate that it had complied with 10 recommendations of the report. However, it was agreed by all parties that the vast majority of the out- standing recommendations were tied to revising the pensions legislation,” Ms. Rivers said. She continued, “I am there- fore proud … that with the passage of the National Pen- sions (Amendment) Bill, 2016, the Office of the Complaints Commissioner has deemed that the Ministry and Depart- ment have now successfully complied with the OCC and this report is now officially closed by their office.” Health scares prompt several food recalls A variety of food prod- ucts available in Cayman are subject to recalls, including four types of Nature Valley bars, Kellogg Company snacks and cookies, Bolt- house Farm protein drinks and a Great Grain cereal. General Mills is volun- tarily recalling four flavors of its Nature Valley Pro- tein Chewy Bars and Na- ture Valley Simple Nut Bars because of fears of Lis- teria monocytogenes. The recall was issued as part of sunflower kernel sup- plier SunOpta’s ongoing re- call in the United States, as was a recall of some Great Grains Protein Blend Honey, Oats and Seeds cereal. There have been no con- firmed reports of illnesses related to the potentially contaminated kernels. According to Foster’s Food Fair IGA, some of its stores carried both products and have pulled them from the shelves. The recalled Great Grains cereal items can be identified by a “Best when used by” code printed on the top of the box. Only the following codes are affected by this recall: Aug1416, Nov1016, Aug1516, Nov1116, Aug1616, Nov1216, Aug1716, Feb1817, Nov0916, and Feb1917. Fosters issued a state- ment about the recalls this week, asking its customers to check the best before dates and to return any af- fected products purchased at its stores to receive a refund. Bolthouse Farms Also subject to a re- call is a selection of Bolt- house Farms protein drinks due to possible spoilage that may cause the bev- erages to appear lumpy, taste unpleasant and have an off odor, according to the company. Consumers are ad- vised not to consume the products. The issue was identified after the company received consumer com- plaints, including reports of illness. The cause of this issue is under investigation. According to a statement from Foster’s Food Fair, the products have been removed from its shelves. Kellogg Company The Kellogg Company is also voluntarily recalling certain varieties and lim- ited dates of production of Mother’s, Keebler, Kellogg’s Special K brownies and Murray and Famous Amos snacks and cookies, because they may contain unde- clared peanut residue. Kellogg initiated the recall after its supplier, Grain Craft, recalled wheat flour that has the potential to contain low levels of peanut residue. While consumers with se- vere peanut allergies should avoid the recalled products, the U.S. Food and Drug Ad- ministration has stated that the amount of peanut expo- sure from the flour is low and not expected to cause adverse health effects in the vast majority of peanut al- lergic consumers. The com- pany has received no reports of related illness to date. To find more details of the affected products, visit the FDA website at www.fda.gov. Four flavors of Nature Valley bars are being recalled. Employment Minister Tara Rivers – PHOTO: MATT LAMERS Last month, Acting Complaints Commissioner Bridgette von Gerhardt replied to the ministry, saying the ministry had complied with the 2010 recommendations. BOATERS STILL MISSING Police advised Tuesday that boaters who were believed to have left Cayman a week ago are still missing. Carl Demmie Ebanks, 59, from West Bay, and Migeal Aedran Palmer, 40, from Ja- maica, have been missing since Wednesday, June 22. There may also have been two other unidentified Jamaican men on board Mr. Ebanks’s boat, police said. They are believed to have left from Ronald Martin’s Dock on North West Point Road in West Bay, for an unknown des- tination, according to police. The vessel has been de- scribed as a Wellcraft boat of approximately 20ft in length with a black 200hp engine and a 15hp Yamaha outboard en- gine. It has been described as white in color, however, it may also be painted blue and white. The men were reported missing on Saturday. Police said they did not file any re- port with the Port Authority before setting out. Police said before the men’s disappearance, the he- licopter had flown over large areas offshore, including to the Sister Islands, as part of its schedule, and had seen no sign of the boaters. “Given the time that had elapsed since the believed de- parture time of the boat, as well as the fact that the destination was unknown, no search area could be defined by the time of the report on Saturday,” police said in a statement. A police spokeswoman said the RCIPS notified all local agencies and regional law enforcement of the missing boaters. “In the past six days the po- lice helicopter has continued to monitor large areas offshore around Grand Cayman and be- tween Grand Cayman and the Sister Islands. During these multiple flights nothing has been heard on the marine emer- gency channel nor have any dis- tress flares been seen.” Anyone with information regarding the whereabouts of these missing persons is asked to call 949-4222. Anonymous tips can be provided via the Miami-based call centre of Crime Stoppers at 800-8477(TIPS). Police released this image of the boat the missing men are believed to have left Cayman in. They are believed to have left from Ronald Martin’s Dock on North West Point Road in West Bay, for an unknown destination, according to police.The islands’ most-trusted news source 9 CAYMAN COMPASS • WEDNESDAY JUNE 29, 2016 pace with the rate of repro- duction and make a mean- ingful impact on numbers. Some of the cullers use snares, others hunt with dogs, but by far the most common and effective way is to use air rifles. Among the most suc- cessful cullers is Cayman Islands Sport Shooting As- sociation President Eddie McLean. The head of the gun club is pulling in more than 500 iguanas a day. He already runs a business, McLean’s Culling Services, offering his skills to private land owners, a niche ripe for expansion as farmers and condo stratas seek to rid their properties of the reptilian pests. Mr. McLean believes gov- ernment and private land- owners will have to come together to finance a more sustained effort. “I think a team of expe- rienced cullers needs to be contracted full time. You can’t do it just some of the time and expect to get results. It has to be full-time and it has to be consistent,” he said. Quite how that would be implemented and financed is still to be determined, but the alternative of doing nothing as the population continues to explode, for Mr. Burton, is too devastating to contemplate. “We would be talking about massive ecosystem change. They would colonize all the remaining forests of East End, they would wipe out a large part of the red birch population and other trees too, you would see a massive impact on wildlife that depends on those trees.” Farmers and backyard growers are already seeing the consequences. Mr. Myrie and Mr. Myles both have fruit trees and vegetable plots that they say provide more food to the iguanas than they do to their families. “I couldn’t save a melon or a pumpkin,” says Mr. Myles. Not everyone is going to like it, they acknowledge. “Some people have a feeling towards things being killed, but I don’t think anyone should think of cru- elty right now unless you have them as a pet,” said Mr. Myrie. “Nobody can actually grow anything about the place. They eat the plants, the mango trees, they eat the blossom, they destroy every- thing. These fellas we are trying to take out in here, this is just one part of it.” As a marksman, Mr. Myrie is calm and method- ical. Dressed in full camou- flage, he moves from target to target as his spotters point out the iguanas, dropping each one with a precise shot on a cent-sized target at the back of the head. The rifle’s report is not a signal, as you might expect, for the other iguanas to run for cover. The response is more subtle; changing color to blend more closely with the rust-colored bark, ro- tating slowly around the branches, shifting position, imperceptibly, out of the ri- fle’s scope. It takes a trained eye to pick them out. Hank Bodden climbs amid the lower branches of the trees and scrambles through the rocky undergrowth to retrieve the dead iguanas and spot new prey. In a thicket of logwood and wild strawberry bushes, he sees another iguana, some 150 yards away. Mr. Myrie raises his rifle again, lines up the red target dot with the prey, releases the safety catch and pulls the trigger. One more down. Hundreds of thousands more to go. I can come and lend myself and spread out information and knowledge of how impor- tant it is for us to join a reg- istry like the Caribbean Bone Marrow Registry, it gives our people a bigger chance of survival if they were to need it,” she said. At the site, workers heard from Tash Macfayden, who told of her experience with bone marrow disease, and from Jennifer Weber of the Cancer Society, who ex- plained the simple procedure to become a bone marrow donor and its importance. Dara Flowers Burke and her brother Frank E. Flowers took to the mic to speak about their mother, Eve Flowers, who passed away this year after a year-long battle with leukemia. Mr. Flowers donated bone marrow for his mother. “You think about that in this day and age, with all the technology we have, all the resources we have, and you still can’t find donor matches because we are from the Ca- ribbean,” said Ms. Flowers Burke. “I am imploring each one of you to come out and get registered. The life you might save might be your very daughters or your own sons, or who you work with.” Ms. Saldana told the Cayman Compass, “We knew their mom very well and we were super supportive throughout the process and her struggle with leukemia. “We’re very close friends with the family.” Ms. Saldana will be at- tending this weekend’s film festival, which will feature a 10th anniversary celebra- tion of the release of “Haven” at the Cayman International Film Festival on Friday. “We also came because my husband is an artist, he’s a painter, and he has been speaking very closely with a lot of the Caymanian local artists through the National Gallery,” she said, “so as art- ists, we want to give much as possible, and knowing that we are Caribbean people, it is our duty to do so.” Ms. Saldana frequently visits Cayman. “Ever since I did ‘Haven,’ I met the Flowers family through Frankie, we became best friends and now [we’re] here anytime we can,” she said. “Not only me – my mother, my sisters, our kids, our grandparents – we are island people, and kind of neigh- bors, because I still have 80 percent of my family in the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico and any chance I get to come to the Caribbean, I take it.” The actress said she is not yet a registered bone marrow donor, but she is now motivated to register. Wayne McKarkle of Cayman Drywallers, who at- tended the meeting Tuesday, said he would also register. “I’m interested because I’m a father, so it would be nice if I could help to save a life. Who’s to tell? It could be my own child,” he said. Paul Pearson of Daven- port, one of the first orga- nizations to host a Cancer Society informational event for its staff on the sub- ject of bone marrow dona- tions, said, “Very simply, it’s the right thing to do be- cause there aren’t enough registered people for bone marrow transplants in the Caribbean. “So, if it’s a simple case of having a swab in the mouth, and the Flowers are [covering costs], why not? If it could save a life, why wouldn’t we do it?” A private donation and the proceeds of the recent Flowers Sea Swim raised US$75,000 for the Cancer Society’s Eve Flowers Bone Marrow Donation Fund. The Cancer Society hopes to triple the number of people who are registered as bone marrow donors. The Caribbean Bone Marrow Registry was estab- lished in 2014 with the goal of getting more people of Ca- ribbean heritage registered as potential donors. Actress Zoe Saldana with the Flowers family, members of the Cancer Society and staff of Davenport Development. - PHOTO: TANEOS RAMSAY CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 Actress Zoe Saldana promotes bone marrow donations Cayman’s great green iguana hunt CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 Deputy Director of the Department of Environment Tim Austin assists with the counting and disposal of the dead iguanas. – PHOTO: JAMES WHITTAKERNext >