ESTABLISHED 1965 www.caymancompass.com – 50 CENTS – TUESDAY JULY 19, 2016 SPORTS | PAGE 14 ISLAND HERITAGE PREDATORS TAME KENSINGTON HELLCATS High of 89 Low of 78 Slight with wave heights of 1 to 3 feet. EDITORIAL | PAGE 4 THE POLICE NEED BACKUP FROM THE COMMUNITY 180913_PRINT-Ad-Strip-BOTY-6colxPage 1 11/30/15 12:30:30 PM Commissioner: We do not need more police BRENT FULLER bfuller@pinnaclemedialtd.com The Royal Cayman Islands Police Service does not need any more officers to be effective, Acting Police Commissioner Anthony Ennis said last week. However, the organization does need to stop using police officers on what should be non-law enforcement tasks, the acting com- missioner said. “I think we have sufficient personnel to get the job done if we can … get rid of a lot of the things that do not require a police officer to do,” Mr. Ennis said. As of June 30, there were 366 uniformed officers, including auxiliary constables but not including special [volunteer] consta- bles and civilian support staff in the RCIPS. Mr. Ennis said the department has been given the budget to hire 24 officers, some of whom will be recruited through a police cadet class starting in January. RCIPS officers currently do everything from serving witness summons for court cases, to licensing private firearms owners and inspecting their weapons, to licensing private security companies, to responding to non-injury traffic accidents. Chief Superintendent Kurt Walton said Thursday that the public may look at re- cently released crime statistics and see that 1,700 crimes had been reported and recorded by the RCIPS over the past six months. “In re- ality, that’s only a percentage of what we do daily,” he said. “We respond to 2,300 calls for service a month.” Police respond to calls that include civil disputes between landlords and tenants, family issues and false alarms. Mr. Walton and Mr. Ennis said government could cut down on the “extra” work officers have in a significant number of areas in order to free up more of FORMER BT CANDIDATE SUSPECTED OF INDECENT ASSAULT ON A MINOR CHARLES DUNCAN, BRENT FULLER cduncan@pinnaclemedialtd.com, bfuller@pinnaclemedialtd.com Errington Albert Webster, 54, was arrested Sunday on suspicion of indecent assault and gross indecency with a minor in connection with a videotaped incident that was distrib- uted last week on social media. Police did not name Webster, but Cayman Compass sources confirmed that the former Bodden Town political candidate and 30-year fire service veteran was the man arrested. A Compass reporter saw police lead Web- ster out of the Cayman Islands Hospital late Sunday night. He was in police custody as of Monday afternoon. On Friday, a police spokeswoman, re- sponding to several media inquiries about the “sexually explicit clip involving a minor,” said, “Distributing [forwarding, sharing, sending in any way electronically or otherwise] any sex- ually explicit material involving a minor is a criminal offence.” Assault Webster’s arrest follows an assault on the former political candidate in the yard of his house last Thursday. Later that day, police ar- rested a 32-year-old man in connection with the assault. The man had not been charged as of press time Monday. Following the assault, Webster was taken to the hospital, where he was treated for minor injuries and released. Attempts to contact Webster over the weekend were unsuccessful. Webster’s wife, Millicent, said the family “didn’t have any- thing to say.” Sir Alan Duncan named OT minister CHARLES DUNCAN cduncan@pinnaclemedialtd.com U.K. Prime Minister Teresa May has named Sir Alan Duncan as a Minister of State at the For- eign and Commonwealth Office to handle, among other things, relations with Cayman and the other overseas territories. Mr. Duncan, 59, replaces James Duddridge. Prime Minister May an- nounced Mr. Duncan’s appoint- ment along with almost 70 other appointments to top gov- ernment positions. A veteran Tory MP, Mr. Duncan supported the re- main campaign, opposing his new boss Boris Johnson in the Brexit debate. Mr. Duncan mocked Mr. Johnson a month ago, calling him “Silvio Boris- coni” during a speech at the House of Commons, likening him to the former leader of Italy who was convicted of fraud. The British papers describe Mr. Duncan a loyal supporter of Prime Minister May. Mr. Duncan’s biography on the Conservatives roster states that he is the first Conserva- tive MP to enter into a civil PLEASE TURN TO PAGE 9 » PLEASE TURN TO PAGE 9 » Teen sailor trains for Olympics Laser Radial sailor Florence Allan, 18, who will represent the Cayman Islands in the Summer Olympic Games, was back training in the North Sound last week after returning from a trip to Brazil. The sailor, along with her coach Raph Harvey of the Cayman Islands Sailing Club, spent two weeks training in Rio de Janeiro last month in preparation for the Games. For more, see page 2. - PHOTO: MATT LAMERS PLEASE TURN TO PAGE 9 »2 LOCAL&REGIONAL TUESDAY JULY 19, 2016 • CAYMAN COMPASS SATURDAY NIGHT: For your viewing pleasure, minors under the age of 18 will not be admitted to any film starting after 6pm, unless accompanied by their parent. y x *Additional charges will apply per 3D ticket requested. - TUESDAY - THE SECRET LIFE OF PETS 3D (PG) 1:00 I 3:15 2D I 7:00 I 9:30 2D THE BFG (PG) 12:15 I 3:00 I 6:30 I 9:20 THE SHALLOWS (PG13) 1:30 I 3:50 I 6:55 I 10:00 GHOSTBUSTERS 3D (PG13) 12:30 I 3:30 2D I 6:45 I 9:45 2D THE LEGEND OF TARZAN 3D (PG13) 12:50 2D I 3:45 I 6:50 2D I 9:50 FINDING DORY (PG) 1:15 I 4:00 I 7:15 I 9:55 Daily Matinees Every Day $8.00 Seniors, Mon-Fri Before 6pm Cayman Cinema@cbcinema6cbcinema6 640-FILM (640-3456) Teen Olympic sailor checks out Rio ALMA CHOLLETTE achollette@pinnaclemedialtd.com For 18-year-old Florence Allan, the dream of com- peting at the Olympics is two weeks away from becoming a reality. Ms. Allan will travel to Rio de Janeiro on July 24 for the Summer Olympic Games, where she will rep- resent Cayman in Laser Radial sailing. This is not her first trip to the Brazilian capital. Along with her coach Raph Harvey, Ms. Allan went to Brazil in June for two weeks of training in Rio’s Guanabara Bay. While there, she said she tried to put media reports about the Zika virus, crime and water hazards that sur- round the Olympic host city out of her mind and concen- trate on her training. “Well before we went to the training trip, reading all of that can be kind of scary because you think ‘I’ve worked this hard and it’s the pinnacle of my athletic ca- reer and I’m going to get sick from the water or get Zika,’” she said. “There’s been a lot of sto- ries … about sailors getting held up at gunpoint with the yacht club we were sailing with recently, and there was supposed to have been two shootings on the road,” Ms. Allan said. “It was scary [but], honestly, when I was there I do think that the media has taken it and ran with it a little. “You just have to be more careful than you usu- ally would be, and with the violence, I think it’s there, it’s present. You just have to [acknowledge] it. I never felt unsafe.” While fear of Zika has led to some athletes pulling out of the Rio Olympics, Ms. Allan is not convinced it will be a major issue. The Olym- pics are Aug. 5-21, during Brazil’s winter. “I wouldn’t have thought Zika was a problem [in that season],” she said, adding that she didn’t notice many mosquitoes when she was there. She had equipped her- self with everything she thought she would need to protect against mosquitoes, and she was not bitten once. “I would say that it’s been blown out of proportion,” Ms. Allan said. Brazil is suffering from an outbreak of Zika virus, but the Rio 2016 local organizing committee has stressed that because the summer games are during Brazil’s dry season, the mosquito popula- tion will be smaller. Zika aside, the polluted water in Guanabara Bay has been a contentious issue for sailors preparing to take part in the Olympics. It has been reported that hundreds of tons of unprocessed waste flow into Guanabara Bay every year. Despite the amount of garbage in the water, which Ms. Allen said she found off-putting, being able to sail there “wasn’t as bad as I thought,” she said, noting that sailors would have to be cautious of their dagger- boards in the water. “Apart from that, I didn’t think it was a big deal be- cause I took the extra pre- caution of washing my stuff with antibacterial soap,” said Ms. Allan. The Associated Press last year reported on two inves- tigations based on indepen- dent water-quality testing with water from the bay. Both basically concluded that the Olympic waterways teem with viruses and bacteria, even far from land. During their training ses- sions, Ms. Allan and coach Harvey got to sail in all of the venues she is sched- uled to compete in during the Olympics. “Inside the [Guanabara] Bay,” said Allan, “it’s quite similar to North Sound, which is good for the waves, but the only difference is the current. They have a lot of current or tidal range and we don’t really have that here and that’s going to take a lot of adjusting to. The wind was pretty similar as well. It’s pretty constant here as well.” Ms. Allan said the waves are “massive” sailing outside Guanabara Bay. “I only train in the North Sound and I’ve only been out- side the reef once, so that was a big adjustment to make ….” In efforts to simulate the waves outside the bay in Rio, Ms. Allan hopes to do some training outside Cayman’s reef in the coming weeks. Overall, she said, “The trip was good; we got to sail against literally the world’s best and champions and past Olympic medalists. “Obviously, it got chal- lenging, it was quite tough to keep up with the people that were there, especially since I literally just fin- ished my exams and hadn’t been training as heavily as I would’ve done,” she said. “It was kind of like getting back into the groove and trying to keep up with the very fast athletes.” The trip was hard, she said, but definitely worthwhile. EL SALVADOR JOURNALIST RECEIVES PRESS FREEDOM AWARD (AP) – A journalist from El Salvador is among four in- ternational journalists who faced imprisonment, ar- rest and threats for their re- porting and have been named winners of the International Press Freedom Awards. Oscar Martinez, an in- vestigative reporter for the online newsmaga- zine El Faro, has received death threats for his re- porting on gang violence and extrajudicial killings by po- lice in El Salvador. The Committee to Protect Journalists announced the 2016 recipients on Monday. The awards will be pre- sented to Martinez, Egypt’s Mahmoud Abou Zeid, India’s Malini Subramaniam and Tur- key’s Can Dundar on Nov. 22 at a ceremony in New York. The organization said CNN correspondent and an- chor Christiane Amanpour will receive its Burton Ben- jamin Memorial Award for lifetime achievement in the cause of press freedom. Zeid is a freelance photog- rapher who has been impris- oned since 2013. He was ar- rested while covering clashes between Egyptian secu- rity forces and supporters of ousted President Mohamed Morsi during a Cairo protest in which hundreds of people were killed. Subramaniam was inter- rogated over her coverage of human rights abuses and the conflict between Maoist and state forces. She has been forced to leave her home state due to threats and harassment. Dundar, editor of the Turkish daily Cumhuriyet, was sentenced in May to nearly six years in prison on charges of revealing state se- crets, espionage and aiding a terrorist group. Florence Allan training on the North Sound. - PHOTO: MATT LAMERS MAN DIES DIVING OFF SUNSET HOUSE An 81-year-old man from the United States died Sunday morning after getting into trouble while scuba diving off Sunset House on South Church Street, po- lice reported. A press release states that police and EMS responded to a report of an unconscious man at about 9:45 a.m. Police said the man “was reported to have gotten into difficulties while underwater.” Emergency responders took the man to the hos- pital where he was pro- nounced dead at 10:25 a.m. Haitians make pilgrimage to Voodoo festival SAUT D’EAU, Haiti (AP) – Some carrying candles or cala- bash bowls with offerings of goat meat, thousands of Hai- tians made a Saturday pil- grimage to bathe in sacred waterfalls and pray for every- thing from a good harvest to an end to Haiti’s chronic po- litical dysfunction. A mix of Voodoo and Christian faithful along with a cohort of young, hard-par- tying revelers gathered in the rushing waters of Saut d’Eau, where they scrubbed their bodies with aromatic leaves and soap. It was the final day of this year’s annual three- day festival. A number of impoverished Haitians made long treks by foot, motorbike or crammed into the back of pickup trucks to reach the 100-tall foot falls, surrounded by white candles placed in moss and tree stumps. A group of subsistence farmers from the coastal town of Arcahaie spent their meager savings to travel to the falls clad in their best clothes for Voodoo rituals: purple dresses with a red collar for the women and white shirts and pants for the men. There was no shortage of younger Haitians who came mostly for a good time, drinking shots of homemade moonshine and flirting in the waters. But many took their prayers seriously, tossing their soaked clothing into the water in a symbolic shedding of their old self. Some shook spastically when the spirits overtook them. Haitian-American so- cial worker Andrea Bellevue was lured from Boston to seek help from Erzulie, a spirit god of love in Voodoo, or Vodou. “Whenever you come to her and ask her for some- thing, you shall receive,” said the Boston resident as she and many others stripped to their underwear and scrubbed their bodies with leaves. In the nearby town of Saut d’Eau, pilgrims con- verged on the local church to pray to the Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel, closely asso- ciated with the Voodoo god- dess of Erzulie. Saut d’Eau’s mystique owes to a 19th cen- tury legend that an image of the virgin appeared in the waterfalls. Voodoo evolved in the 17th century from Af- rican slaves. French colo- nizers forced them to prac- tice Roman Catholicism, but many remained loyal to their African religions in secret by adopting Catholic saints to coincide with African spirits. The Voodoo religion has long been central to Haitian life. 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Speaking as the trial got off to a false start Monday, Simon Charlton, the acting CEO of Ahmad Hamad Algo- saibi and Brothers, said the company, which claims it was the victim of a multi-billion dollar fraud, was attempting to recover substantial funds to repay its creditors. “It has always been our case that money was misap- propriated and we want to re- cover that money,” he said. The case, which is ex- pected to last seven months, was adjourned for 24 hours on Monday to allow the legal teams involved to sort out some final “housekeeping is- sues.” Around 60 lawyers had gathered in a substantially remodeled courtroom at Kirk House in anticipation of the opening. The courtroom has been fitted out with scores of computer monitors and lined with shelves to accom- modate an unprecedented number of documents to be used as exhibits. The case revolves around claims from Ahmad Hamad Algosaibi and Brothers that Maan Al Sanea, who mar- ried into the family and man- aged its financial services businesses, engaged in mas- sive unauthorized borrowing, siphoning off proceeds to his own companies, many of them registered in the Cayman Islands. AHAB is seeking dam- ages from Al Sanea and his companies, which it says were unjustly enriched as a result of his fraudulent schemes. The claims are contested by Al Sanea, as well as by the liquidators of the Cayman Is- lands-registered companies. Brett Walter, general counsel for AHAB, said, “We filed this case in 2009. Seven years later, there has been an immense amount of preparation, dozens of law- yers and tens of millions of dollars just to get where we are today. “There has been a lot of lit- igation already, just none of it on the merits. This is the point at which we will start hearing about who is right and who is wrong on the facts.” He said AHAB had chosen to bring the case in the Cayman Islands, be- cause it has a “transparent legal system.” Mr. Charlton said the trial was a huge lo- gistical challenge. “There are a lot of people involved, a lot of interest, a lot of money has been spent and there is a lot at stake,” he said. “It is a big trial, pos- sibly one of the largest in Cayman. It was a bit of a false start today but hope- fully tomorrow we will kick off and get the chance to put our case forward. “Both sides have their ar- guments. There is a lot of technology in the courtroom. I am interested to see how it works. It is a unique trial. We have got video evidence coming in from Saudi Arabia, we’ve got multiple witnesses, we’ve got different languages, millions of documents; just the logistics of managing this are huge and I give credit to the chief justice and the court system for taking it on. It is going to be a long process.” Mr. Charlton said the con- glomerate, which operates nu- merous businesses across all sectors of the Saudi economy, from financial services to ho- tels, food and beverage dis- tribution and oil and gas, was still in the midst of ne- gotiations about repayments to its creditors. “I am hopeful later this week we will be making an announcement about the bank settlement process on our side,” he said. “We’ve worked hard and diligently for the past two-and-a-quarter years to negotiate a settlement with 100 plus banks on our side. “The money we are seeking to recover here is not for the Algosaibi family, it is for the benefit of our claimants and creditors. It is important we recover that money so we can fulfil our obligations under the settlements we propose for the banks.” Police arrest 35 in ‘extremely busy weekend’ Police say they made 35 arrests between Friday and Monday morning for a va- riety of criminal activity, from drunk driving to as- sault. Twenty of those arrests were on Friday, according to a press release. “Of these arrests, six were drug-related, three were for burglary, three for assault, and six were for driving under the influence (DUI) re- sulting from traffic operations executed around the island,” a police spokeswoman wrote. Domestic violence Police say a 24-year-old man, armed with a knife and a machete, attacked a woman around 9 a.m. Saturday in West Bay. The woman “was bleeding profusely from her injuries” when officers ar- rived, according to police. A police press re- lease said, “Officers quickly defused the situation after arriving, restrained the man and provided first aid to the woman, who was taken to the hospital.” Police said they arrested the man, charging him with two counts of possession of an offensive weapon and wounding. He was scheduled to appear in court Monday. Burglary arrests Bodden Town investiga- tors arrested a 16-year-old boy on Friday on suspicion of six burglaries. Police said the burglaries had all oc- curred in Bodden Town in re- cent weeks. The teenager re- mained in police custody Monday, according to the po- lice press release. In a separate case, police say they arrested a 38-year- old West Bay man on suspi- cion of burglary and handling stolen goods in connection with a burglary on July 11 in Snug Harbour. The man was scheduled to appear in court Monday. Drug arrests Police arrested two people Friday around 8 p.m. during a drug operation in Savannah that included a K-9 and the Uniform Support Group. The operation recovered “a quan- tity of ganja,” police said. Of- ficers arrested a 22-year-old woman from George Town and a 25-year-old man from Bodden Town. Both are on police bail. At 2 a.m. Saturday morning police say they ar- rested three people suspected of importing ganja. Police say a canoe carrying drugs had come ashore in Prospect. The three are a West Bay woman, 33, a Bodden Town man, 22, and a West Bay man, 22. All are now on police bail. An entire wall of the courtroom has been commandeered to hold the thousands of pages of documents that will be considered in the Algosaibi case. - PHOTOS: TANEOS RAMSAY Lawyers carry papers from the court Monday morning as they prepare for the beginning of the case, which is expected to last seven months.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. Lack of support for law enforcement jeopardizes the maintenance of law and order in a society. The recent mass murders of police officers in Dallas, Texas, and Baton Rouge, Louisiana, are illustra- tive of that truism and should serve as warnings to people here in the Cayman Islands who encourage (or even tolerate) the anti-police mentality that festers among certain segments of our population. In Dallas, a man shot and killed five police officers (wounding nine more officers and two civilians in the process) at the end of an otherwise-peaceful protest against unjustified killings of black people by police. In Baton Rouge, a man shot and killed three police officers (wounding three other officers) less than a mile from police headquarters, about two weeks after a high-profile fatal shooting of a black man by Baton Rouge police. The two mass murderers did not belong to the same defined organization or “movement,” and they did not profess identical reasons for their evil actions. The Dallas shooter wanted to kill white people, particu- larly white police officers. The Baton Rouge shooter was an anti-government extremist who had attempted to declare himself a “sovereign” and “indigenous” citizen, separate from the United States. However, they did possess certain similarities — for example, both were young (under 30 years old), black U.S. military veterans who had served in war zones. And though there were distinctions, at root their moti- vation was the same: Hatred. For authority in general, and for the police in particular. Their rationale does contain a twisted strand of logic. You see, the police are an obvious symbol of government, but not just a symbol. More than that, the police are the active means by which “the law” (which ultimately derives from the people, via the elected leg- islators) has any practical force. That is why it is so dangerous — even if it is in reaction to individual police officers having committed profound acts of wrongdoing — to engage in coordi- nated attacks, even verbal ones, against the police as an institution. Among some members of Cayman society, there is an attitude of disrespect and disregard for local police. This anti-law and, by proxy, anti–law enforcement mindset presents itself whenever a crime occurs in public, but no witnesses are willing to speak up. An erosion of support for police leads to deterio- rating conditions within a community, whether it’s on the scale of a neighborhood, city or country. In such a situation, words do matter. Here in Cayman, we lost our last police commis- sioner, David Baines, after he became the target of unfounded criticisms and unwarranted venom, including from some elected members. A primary goal of Mr. Baines’s critics was to replace him with a Cay- manian police chief. As we published in Monday’s Compass, the search is indeed on for ex-Commissioner Baines’s replace- ment, but the two Caymanians most qualified for that position — Acting Commissioner Anthony Ennis and soon-to-be Deputy Commissioner Kurt Walton — didn’t even apply for the top job. Being police commissioner of the Cayman Islands should not be a thankless position, a target of scorn and derision from those who should know better. As a country, we need to respect our police and align our- selves with their goal of keeping these islands tranquil, safe and secure. The police need backup from the community TUESDAY JULY 19, 2016 • CAYMAN COMPASS 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 findtheirownway” Judge not your neighbor’s love for Mac n’ Cheetos MEGAN MCARDLE If I have one regret in my current life, it’s that I have not yet managed to get my hands on the new Burger King Mac n’ Cheetos sticks. I keep meaning to, but the Burger King near my house has closed down. Given that this is a limited-time item, there is a good chance that I will go to my grave without ever experiencing delicious deep-fried mac and cheese crusted in Cheetos powder. This is a poignant thought indeed. I’m aware as I write this that some of you are judging me. The offspring of two foodstuffs processed beyond all recognition, bearing the same resemblance to real food as a plastic Lego tree does to a stately elm – what sort of leaden palate and fla- grant disregard for one’s ar- teries could possibly produce such a longing? It’s all right if you’re judging me, for I must con- fess that as you are judging me, I am also judging you. And the verdict reads, in its entirety: “Incurable food snob.” I, myself, love food. I spend a lot of time thinking about food: how to prepare it, how to eat it, how to make it better. I like talking about it to other people who also love food. And yet, I also end up hating most food conversa- tions. Virtually every time the subject comes up at a party, I quickly realize that I’m embedded in a competitive enterprise, the object of which is to prove that you have been to more unknown restaurants, mastered more exotic cuisines, memorized more passages from “On Food and Cooking.” That’s always struck me as a distraction from the most important thing about food, which is to enjoy it. I don’t mean enjoy the idea of yourself enjoying it, but to ac- tually revel in the food itself, the crackling of your syn- apses as the flavors and tex- tures play along your tongue. This sort of enjoyment can be had at a three-star restau- rant where a party of eight can easily drop the price of a pretty good car. But it also can be had in the parking lot of a 7-Eleven with a container of nachos in your lap and a summer breeze blowing through the window over the melted processed cheese, nice and hot, and a pile of reason- ably crisp tortilla chips. I’m not interested in whether I’m eating the right kind of food. I am interested in whether it is good food, of its kind. That’s not to say I like all food. Far from it. I do not like: Olive Garden, store- bought pie crust, Hostess cakes, McDonald’s break- fast sandwiches, Domino’s pizza, anything preceded by the words “honey mustard,” Cool Whip, dishes based around condensed or evapo- rated milk, cake mixes, Mar- mite, hard little pellets of store-bought cookies, bacon cheeseburgers, fennel, break- fast sausage, tripe, cooked fish, liver or caviar. But that list doesn’t represent a wider commentary on the modern food processing industry, nor on my own moral and culi- nary development. It’s just an index of things I don’t care for. Other people love them. That doesn’t mean we can’t be friends. The moralization of what we put in our bodies goes back at least to Deuteronomy, and probably long before. And if God came down and gave your people stone tab- lets telling you not to eat something, then I’m comfort- able saying you shouldn’t eat it. If, however, you do not have a missive from the Almighty, then stop judging what other people put in their mouths. Their preference for Cheez Whiz over cave-aged cheddar has no more moral or intel- lectual content than the color of their socks. It seems hard enough to hold our fractured republic together in the face of deep differences in religion, sexual morality and politics. We have enough on our hands without adding arbitrary criteria, such as one’s taste in Friday-night dining or televi- sion shows. But in these days of widening class and polit- ical divides, we seem aston- ishingly eager to find new subjects to fight about. Al- most no one is content to say, “I don’t like that.” No, it must be, “That is bad.” We mistake the things we like for the person we are. We imagine that food tells us all sorts of things that it has no right to be speaking about. Miss Manners once re- marked that she didn’t like prominent logos on clothes, because she didn’t want her wardrobe conducting an in- dependent social life. I feel the same way about my food: Its job is to keep me nour- ished and entertained, not to go around talking about me behind my back. There’s no particular reason that your taste in foodstuffs should be corre- lated with your opinions on abortion rights activism, your education level, your prefer- ences in matters of philos- ophy or split-level homes. But somehow we have set- tled on packages of arbitrary tastes which define both us and the groups we choose to belong to. Just witness the fuss that was made about Donald Trump’s fondness for Filet- O-Fish sandwiches, which somehow became a telling avatar of everything his critics disliked about him. I mean, I dislike Filet-O-Fish with a stark passion, and I’m not overly fond of Donald Trump either. But if I sud- denly learned tomorrow that Trump had sworn off Filet- O-Fish for life, that wouldn’t change my opinion of either of them. I’m against food snobbery in every form – the snobs who think that there must be something wrong with you if you love McDonald’s hamburgers, and the reverse snobs who think that there must be something wrong with you if you don’t. Food is wonderful. But it should never be that important. Making it into an outward sign of inward grace is glut- tony in its broadest sense: elevating food to a status it was never meant to enjoy. So go ahead, eat those Mac n’ Cheetos sticks. Or that caviar. I’m not judging. Megan McArdle is a Bloomberg View columnist writing on economics, business and public policy. © 2016, Bloomberg View The moralization of what we put in our bodies goes back at least to Deuteronomy, and probably long before.5 LOCAL NEWS CAYMAN COMPASS • TUESDAY JULY 19, 2016 NOTICE OF SALE OF PRIVATE SECURITIES Notice is hereby given that the private company securities herein described will be offered for sale to the highest bidder at public sale to be conducted by Queensgate Bank and Trust Company Ltd. (“Queensgate”). Bids may be submitted during the period commencing at 1 p.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST) on the 13th day of July, 2016, and ending at 5 pm EST on the 27th day of July 2016, at the Queensgate offices, at Harbour Place, 103 S Church St, George Town KY1-1202, Cayman Islands by person, mail or email (asmith@queensgate.com.ky). The potential buyer must complete the transaction within five (5) days following the closing of the bid period. Securities sold will constitute the full ownership interest of Alien Holdings, Ltd., an Exempted Company incorporated in the Cayman Islands with Limited Liability with effect from the 2nd day of April 2014, filed as No. 00286669, with registered office at Maples Corporate Services Limited, PO Box 309, Ugland House, George Town KY1-1104, Cayman Islands. All persons interested are invited to attend said sale and bid for the securities intended to be sold. Additional information about the securities to be sold may be reviewed and inspected in advance at the Queensgate offices, subject to the inspecting party signing Seller’s non-disclosure agreement. Seller will make no representations or warranties regarding the securities sold, and it is the bidder’s responsibility to ensure compliance with any applicable securities laws. Any and all bids may be rejected or the securities withdrawn from sale by the Seller, or said sale may be postponed or continued until such time as the sale is confirmed by the Seller. The successful bidder shall pay for all recording fees, transfer fees and taxes connected with the transaction, if any. If you have further questions on the above, please contact Arin Smith, Legal Counsel, Queensgate Bank and Trust Company Ltd. (asmith@queensgate.com.ky; phone: 345-945-2187). ADVERTISEMENT OT ministers gather in Turks and Caicos Concerns from Brexit to beneficial ownership will be discussed CHARLES DUNCAN cduncan@pinnaclemedialtd.com Ministers from the Cayman Islands and seven other overseas territories will meet in Turks and Caicos this week to address issues ahead of the Joint Ministerial Council meeting in London this fall. “We meet each year ahead of the Joint Ministe- rial Council to discuss the many areas in which we can work together,” Premier Alden McLaughlin said in a press re- lease. “This year we will also explore the implications on the OTs and their relation- ship with the European Union, as it will be our first meeting since the United Kingdom ref- erendum to leave the EU. “Through this meeting we will come to a con- sensus on the way forward to strengthen our collec- tive position at the full JMC meeting,” the premier said. The full meeting in London is scheduled for Oct. 31 to Nov. 4. Senior political adviser Roy Tatum, who is part of the Cayman delegation, said im- pacts from the United King- dom’s decision to leave the EU will be a key issue for the meeting. The main purpose of the meeting, he said in an email, “is to allow the OT leaders to have frank discussions on matters of mutual con- cern and to ensure that the London JMC agenda includes matters that the OTs want addressed. It also allows OT leaders to agree on a single united voice on key issues.” He said the overseas ter- ritories each have their own concerns over Brexit. “Some are impacted more than others – Gibraltar, for instance, has a major con- cern given the dispute with Spain. Other OTs receive EU funding of various sorts and may be impacted. “In terms of Cayman, the main potential impact in- cludes travel and finan- cial services – concerns also faced by London. But, like London, this impact will not be known until the landscape is clearer as to what kind of deal the U.K. will get from the EU,” Mr. Tatum said. “What we and the other OTs can seek is to have our collective voices heard as a deal is being made. There is more strength in unity,” he added. Other topics of concern for Cayman, Mr. Tatum said, include the Zika virus, the en- vironment, economic devel- opment and the financial ser- vices industry. In addition to the premier and Mr. Tatum, the Cayman delegation includes Finan- cial Services Minister Wayne Panton, Cabinet Secretary Samuel Rose and policy ana- lyst Jason Webster. Mr. Tatum said the pre- mier and Mr. Panton will “lead a session on addressing the ‘Offshore stigma’ and counteracting it.” Turks and Caicos Premier Rufus Ewing will chair the two-day meeting on July 20 and 21. In addition to the Turks and Caicos and Cayman del- egations, representatives from the British Virgin Is- lands, Bermuda, Montserrat, Gibraltar, Anguilla and the Falkland Islands will partic- ipate. The secretary general for CARICOM, the regional federation, will attend the first day. Youth empowerment officer named A new youth empower- ment officer at the Cayman Islands government’s Youth Services Unit will next school year be teaching high school students about managing finances. Camille Angel, 26, who began working with the unit in early June, will teach the “Financial Awareness Now” program at Clifton Hunter High School. The program focuses on financial tips and other life skills. According to a press release, the program will not only focus on mon- etary wealth, but also on the value of giving back to the community. Ms. Angel will also serve as the main liaison be- tween community youth programs, the Youth Ser- vices Unit and overseas so- cial media accounts. Earlier this month, Ms. Angel helped to host the Youth Summit, and she has begun to acquaint herself with various local youth groups and organizations to learn how the unit can better assist them. Ms. Angel, who has a professional background in marketing and communi- cations, said, “I like that in this role, I can give back.” Civil service retirement age raised to 65 CHARLES DUNCAN cduncan@pinnaclemedialtd.com Government formally en- acted new changes Friday to the Public Service Pension Plan, most notably raising the retirement age from 60 to 65. Government published amendments to three laws on Friday, raising the age of retirement in the civil ser- vice and setting a path for retirees to accept reappoint- ments. The changes to the Public Service Management Law also set up a structure to transfer civil servants to other ministries for succes- sion planning. Pension law changes Along with amendments to the civil service pen- sions, government published changes to the Parliamen- tary Pensions Law to give pensions to any members of the Legislative Assembly who served one full term between October 1959 and Aug. 23, 2004. Government financial advisers have described the parliamentary pension as “se- verely underfunded.” Before August 2004, mem- bers and Speakers of the Legislative Assembly did not have a pension plan. The amendment makes the retirement system for lawmakers retroactive. Amendments to the Public Service Management Law and the Public Service Pen- sions Law move the retire- ment age for civil servants from 60 to 65. The Progres- sives-led government has planned for the retirement age increase for several years in an effort to shore up the underfunded public pension plan. The new changes set a path for pensioners to con- tinue working for lower pay or part-time while receiving retirement payments, or to continue contributing to a pension while working at the same pay grade or higher. Caymanian transfers The new changes give the head of the civil service the power to transfer Cay- manian employees to re- place non-Caymanians in top-level positions in gov- ernment, the law states, “in order to promote the ad- vancement of a Caymanian to a key managerial or tech- nical position in any part of the civil service.” The non-Caymanian staff member bring replaced can be transferred to a position in the same pay grade or de- moted to a lower-paying job. The transfers can happen within ministries and depart- ments or between units. Government published amendments to three laws on Friday, raising the age of retirement in the civil service and setting a path for retirees to accept re-appointments. “This year we will also explore the implications on the OTs and their relationship with the European Union as it will be our first meeting since the United Kingdom referendum to leave the EU.” PREMIER ALDEN MCLAUGHLIN Premier Alden McLaughlin Camille AngelDISTRICT DAYS 6 District Days West Bay TUESDAY JULY 19, 2016 • CAYMAN COMPASS Divetech in West Bay joined with the Cayman Is- lands Crisis Centre on Wom- en’s Day on Sunday for a fund- raising dive trip. The dives, at Orange Canyon and Chain Reef, both off the coast of West Bay, raised $525, with Divetech donating $255 of that total. Among the divers was Ania Milanowska, executive director of the Crisis Centre, who ven- tured back underwater after a hiatus from diving, and declared she would definitely be donning a tank again soon. Between dives, she provided the divers with information about the shelter. Last year, the center shel- tered 56 women and 54 chil- dren. Since its inception, it has housed more than 1,000 women and their children. Ms. Milanowska told the divers that the Crisis Centre is constantly in need of clothing, toiletries and a host of other items for the women and chil- dren who seek shelter from do- mestic abuse at the center. She explained that many arrive with simply the clothes on their backs. “We need just about everything,” she said. The Crisis Centre has a “Wish List” on its website, www.cicc. ky, with details of what is most needed and how to donate. Emma Nicholsby from Di- vetech, who organized the dives, presented the donation to Ms. Milanowska at the end of the af- ternoon of diving. International dive organiza- tion PADI launched Women’s Dive Day last year to celebrate the con- tributions of women to diving. For this Women’s Dive Day dive in West Bay, Divetech de- cided to use the event to raise money for a local charity, choosing the Crisis Centre as a worthy and apt cause. The Crisis Centre operates a 24/7 crisis line on 943-CICC (2422). 50 years ago: Emmie Bush visits from Bonacco In the July 20, 1966 edition of the Caymanian Weekly, a precursor of the Cayman Compass, West Bay corre- spondent Leila Yates wrote: “Mrs. Emmie Bush (nee Powell) arrived on the 11th on the Motor Vessel Day Dream from Bonacco [Guanaja] where she has lived for many years. She will remain here for about two weeks, then go on to Miami to visit her son Kenneth and his family. “Mr. Hussey Rivers left on the 16th for his home in New York, after spending two weeks with relatives here. “Rev. C.C. Carlman and daughters Judy and Peggy arrived on the 14th to visit relatives and friends. Ar- riving on the same plane were Mr. George Hydes and little son Gary, whom he took to the doctor in Miami for a throat condition, which is very much better. “Mr. Elnathan Bothwell left for Jamaica on Thursday, where he obtained his sea- man’s visa, and returned on Saturday the 16th. “The Church of God bible school was closed on the 16th. The children re- sponded very encouragingly and enjoyed it immensely. We in West Bay are grateful to the teachers for their kind thoughts toward the children in their holidays. There were 108 children on the roll. The Pilgrim Holi- ness Church will be starting a bible school on the 25th. We hope they will have a good response as the biblical admonition is “Remember the Creator in the days of thy Youth.” “Mrs. Joseph Welds re- turned on the 17th from Ja- maica after having surgery. Arriving on the same plane, having received medical atten- tion, was Mrs. Ramon Welds. “Mr. McLure Bothwell re- turned on the 17th to his job with the Sabean Co. after ten days of vacation home. “Mrs. Dorothy Snape left the island on the 17th to visit her children in Jamaica.” The divers take a quick rest on a lounger on the seabed at the Chain Reef dive site. West Bay dives raise money for Crisis Centre The group effort raised money for the Crisis Centre.DISTRICT DAYS 7 District Days West Bay CAYMAN COMPASS • TUESDAY JULY 19, 2016 Alumni dance the night away at Cayman Islands High School reunion Reminiscing about school days gone by, enjoying great food and reconnecting with long lost friends all made for a memorable reunion for former students of the Cayman Islands High School. The Cayman Turtle Farm was abuzz on Saturday, July 9, as Ivan and Mabel Far- rington hosted “Ivan’s Can- teen Reunion” for Cayman Is- lands High School students who attended from September 1973 to June 1987. Starting in 1973, the Farringtons pro- vided meals for students at the Cayman Islands High School, cooking in the school’s cafe- teria and via a food truck op- erated by Mr. Farrington. In a nod to the old school days, everyone was treated to Mr. Farrington’s traditional canteen meals, with a choice of either white rice, chili, mac and cheese and potato salad, or barbecue chicken and rice ‘n’ beans, mac and cheese and potato salad. “It was a wonderful eve- ning that took you down memory lane,” said former stu- dent and reunion committee member Eziethamae Bodden, who helped put together the event along with fellow or- ganizing committee mem- bers Crafton Ebanks, Tommy Ebanks, Melodie, Lana and Laurie Farrington, Joelle Mc- Crae and Sabrina Powell. First opened in 1949 by gov- ernment school inspector and Church of Scotland missionary Rev. George Hicks, the Cayman Islands High School was oper- ated by the church until 1964. In that year the Cayman Is- lands government took it over, operating it as a grammar school, as a companion school to the Secondary Modern tech- nical school. In 1970, the two schools were combined. Due to in- creasing enrollment, an ad- ditional school, the Cayman Islands Middle School, was opened in 1979. In 1992, the Cayman Islands High School was renamed John Gray High School, and the Cayman Is- lands Middle School became George Hicks High School. The evening featured a packed program that elicited laughs and maybe even a few nostalgic tears on occasion. As guests entered, they were greeted with decora- tions in the school colors of white, yellow and blue, and many eagerly queued up for the chance to sign the guest book that, over the evening, filled up with more than 550 names. “From the photos taken over the course of the eve- ning, we see many people there that are not on the sign- in register books, and Cayman Turtle Farm confirmed about 700 had passed through the gates,” said Ms. Bodden. Catherine Tyson and Laura Young served as the evening’s emcees, and the ceremonial elements kicked off with the presentation of a plaque of appreciation to the Farringtons on behalf of all the students. Along with a prize drawing, special presenta- tions, as well as remarks from the Farringtons, the gathered alumni enjoyed watching a slideshow chron- icling the characters and events of their former school days. “In attendance we had persons who have chosen many fields as careers, in- cluding the head of the Civil Service, Deputy Governor Franz Manderson, and politi- cians like the Deputy Leader of the Opposition Bernie Bush, MLA Wayne Panton and Minister Tara Rivers,” said Ms. Bodden. “Other careers repre- sented included doctors, law- yers, civil servants, CEO’s, teachers, managers, bankers, entrepreneurs, businessmen and women, administrators, executives, environmental- ists, law enforcement officers, journalists, tourism profes- sionals, auto mechanics, and boating, construction and landscaping professionals.” The party continued into the night with entertainment from the Back Beat Band fea- turing Chuck Haylock, Astor Ebanks, Blake Hurlston and Henry Leslie. Ms. Bodden noted that going by the sign-in regis- ters and photos, the classes with the most representatives were the Class of 1977 top- ping the list, followed by the Class of 1984 and the Class of 1982. Each year group donated desserts, with the classes coming up with imag- inatively decorated cakes for the occasion. ‘Mr. Ivan’s CIHS Canteen Reunion’ drew about 700 past students to the party at the Turtle Farm. Members of the Class of 1977 present Mr. Farrington with an Appreciation Certificate and a hand crafted catboat made of caymanite and thatch. The Class of 1982’s cake. Chuck Haylock with fellow Back Beat band members Astor Ebanks, Blake Hurlston on drums and Henry Leslie on keyboard kept the crowd dancing all night.The islands’ most-trusted news source 8 Community CALENDAR ■ COMMUNITY CALENDAR is published TUESDAYS and THURSDAYS. It is available to charitable or nonprofit organizations. Items should be submitted at least three working days before publication. Information must include name of sender, signature and contact number. ■ Items may be faxed to 949-2662, brought to the Cayman Compass office on Shedden Rd. or emailed to cwinker@pinnaclemedialtd.com at least three days in advance of publication. TUESDAY JULY 19, 2016 • CAYMAN COMPASS WEDNESDAY, JULY 20 FLOETRY: Books & Books, 6:30-7:30 p.m. Poets and performers share their work during this open mic session. Members of the public are encouraged to listen in or join in. THURSDAY, JULY 21 HUMANE SOCIETY PUB QUIZ: Fidel Murphy’s, 7 p.m. featuring quiz master Dhara Levers. $10 per person, for teams of six people maximum each. All proceeds go toward transferring dogs to their new homes in the U.S. Call Fidel Murphy’s on 949-5189 to reserve your table or email sarah.dyer@gmail.com. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE WORKSHOPS: Basic Writing and Grammar Skills Part 1; Chamber of Commerce, Governors Square; 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. $150 for members, $225 for future members. Sign up at www.caymanchamber.ky. POLICE COMMUNITY MEETING ON CAYMAN BRAC: Veterans’ and Seamen’s Centre, Ashton Reed Drive. 7 p.m. Acting Police Commissioner Anthony Ennis and Chief Superintendent Kurt Walton will join Inspector Wendy Parchment, area commander for the Sister Islands, to hold an open meeting with the community of Cayman Brac. Call the Cayman Brac Police Station at 948-0331 with any questions. SATURDAY, JULY 23 SUMMER SPLASH PARTY: The Crescent, Camana Bay. 2-7 p.m. SUNDAY, JULY 24 VETERANS TO HONOR GOVERNOR RUSSELL: The Cayman Islands Veterans Association will hold a ceremony at the Cenotaph at Elmslie Church in George Town on Sunday, July 24, to honor Governor Thomas Russell who died earlier this month. The ceremony will take place at 10 a.m., and will be followed by the 10:30 a.m. Sunday morning service. The association said members of the public from all walks of life are welcome to attend. THURSDAY JULY 28 CHAMBER OF COMMERCE WORKSHOPS: Basic Writing and Grammar Skills Part 2. Chamber of Commerce, Governors Square, 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. $150 for members, $225 for future members, sign up at www.caymanchamber.ky SUMMER CAMPS SHUTTERBUGS: For young photographers. Picture This Studios, Camana Bay. Ages 8 to 11, Mondays. Ages 11 to 16, Fridays. Each session is 9 a.m. till noon; $35. Contact bouke@picturethis.ky or 943-3686. STARFISH VILLAGE: Camana Bay. Enrichment activities for ages 3 to 12, divided by age groups. 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. $80 per day, with other rates by the week or half day. Contact info@starfish.ky. WATERCOLOUR KIDS CLUB: Saturday mornings 10 a.m. to noon. National Gallery, until Aug. 13. Free watercolor art activities for kids. These creative drop-in sessions will inspire families of all levels and abilities. Children must be accompanied by an adult. Bookings are not required. For more information, contact education@ nationalgallery.org.ky. SPORTS CAMP: Camana Bay Sports Complex. Weekly, from 8 a.m. to noon for ages 6 to 14. Week starting July 25 is $150. Contact cbsc@camanabay.com. BASKETBALL CAMP: July 18-22 at the Arts and Recreation Centre (ARC). $150 per person. 8:30 a.m. till noon for ages 7 to 12; 12:30-4 p.m. for ages 12 to 17. Contact cbsc@camanabay.com or 640-2878. VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL: “Cow a-bunga farm, growin’ with our faithful God.” Calvary Baptist Church, 191 Walkers Road, George Town. July 18-22, 8:30 a.m. to noon, ages 4-17. Call 949-0629. KIDS SUMMER ART & CRAFT CAMP: Visual Arts Society: Watler House Studio, Pedro St. James. Wednesdays and Thursdays, July 20 to Aug. 18. Open to kids ages 5 to 12. $45 pp; fee includes materials and snack. For more information, visit visualartcayman@yahoo.com. BRAC SPORTS CAMP: Basketball, July 25-29, 8:30 a.m. to noon, Layman E. Scott High School, ages 7-17. KARATE KAMP: Purple Dragon Karate at Mirco Centre offers karate, crafts, field trips, indoor and outdoor activities 8:30 a.m. till 5:30 p.m. Mondays to Fridays until Aug. 19. $75 per day; $40 half-day; $300 per week; $280 per week for two weeks; $250 per week for four weeks. Call 946-1241 or email purple@candw.ky. SAILING CAMP: Cayman Islands Sailing Club. Children ages 6 to 16 and beginners welcome. Each camp is two weeks, Monday to Friday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Games, field trips and lots of sailing in North Sound. All safety equipment is provided. $650 for non-members; $550 for CISC members. Lunch option for two weeks is $80. One- week option available by request. To register, contact sailingcentre@sailing.ky. Call 926-7915. BRAC YMCA CULTURE CAMP: Aug. 1-5. 8:30 a.m. to noon. Brac Heritage House. Cost $50. Contact simones@candw.ky. BRAC SPORTS CAMP: Football, Aug. 1-5, 8:30 a.m. to noon, Brac Sports Complex (Bluff Field). Ages 7–17. BIBLE SCHOOL: Aug. 1–6. Creek SDA Church Vacation Bible School. 5:30–8:30 p.m. Contact Marva Crew at 924-0429. VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL: “Cave Quest – Following Jesus. ‘The Light of the World.’” Boatswain Bay Presbyterian Church, August 1–5 Ages 4 years to teen. 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. ADVENTURES IN ART: Presented by the National Trust and Art Nest Creative Studio. Held at Dart Family Park Aug. 1-5 and 8-12 for ages 4 to 10. Runs 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. $300 per week includes snack, lunch and materials. After-care till 5:30 p.m. is additional $25. Register at www.nationaltrust.org.ky. SUPERHEROES: Cayman Theraplay and Chatterbox present a camp targeting social communication and motor skills for ages 4 to 7. Aug. 8-12, 9-10:30 a.m. $285 per week. At Cayman Theraplay, Plaza Venezia. Email admin@ caymantheraplay.com. RETHINK TEEN LEADERSHIP CAMP: Aug. 15-19, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. at the Family Resource Centre. Are you a teenager interested in developing skills that will help to foster social change? Are you passionate about various social issues impacting our community? Do you want to be a leader? Participants will engage in opportunities to help develop internationally recognized public awareness initiatives that are facilitated locally through the Family Resource Centre. Through fun, interactive, project- based learning, teenagers will be introduced to the campaigns, and select committees to tackle each one on how to present these initiatives to the Cayman community. Free. For more information contact 949-0006 or frc@gov.ky or facebook. com/familyresourcecentre. GENERAL INTEREST NCVO PRESCHOOL: Miss Nadine’s, the NCVO preschool, and Jack & Jill Nursery now have spaces for children 3 months to 5 years. They are on a first-come, first-served basis, so parents are encouraged to register as soon as possible. Contact Miss Nadine’s Preschool at 945-1078 or email ncvopreschool@ncvo.org.ky. COMMUNITY CHESS: Tuesdays 5-8 p.m., West Indies Wine Company. Join the Cayman Chess Club for a complimentary chess class and open challenges weekly. Anyone can learn to play and enjoy chess, even beginners. BETHESDA COUNSELLING CENTRE: Caters to all who seek help. Open Monday to Friday 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. at 68 Mary St. Appointments available Saturdays and late evenings. Center is owned and operated by the United Church in Jamaica and the Cayman Islands. Call 946-6575. PINK LADIES: Coffee Shop at Cayman Islands Hospital is open Monday- Friday 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturday 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. for breakfast, lunch, drinks, snacks. Call 244-2661. Money is donated back to the community. Contact pinkladiescayman@gmail.com. STUDENT HEALTH SCREENING: All students entering government or private schools in Cayman for the first time are required to have health screenings, including students entering reception programs. Public Health Department staff will conduct the screenings, which are free. For those entering schools in West Bay and the Eastern districts, screenings ended June 30. For all others, screenings will be at the Cayman Islands Further Education Centre Campus until Aug. 22. Appointments can be made at the school the child will be attending. HUMANE SOCIETY BOOK LOFT: North Sound Road. Open Monday 12:30-4 p.m.; Tuesday through Friday 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Saturday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Thursday 5:30-7:30 p.m. Volunteers needed for front desk a few hours per week. Contact humanesocietybookloft@ candw.ky or 946-8053. Donations of books, games, CDs, stationery, DVDs, cards, etc., in good condition always needed. ARTISANS MARKET: Camana Bay Artisans Market every Wednesday. Visual Arts Society artists display arts, crafts, paintings, prints, hand-crafted jewelry and ceramics for sale between noon and 8 p.m. near KARoo restaurant. For more information on displaying work, visit www.visualartcayman.com. OPEN CANVAS: KARoo restaurant, from 7 p.m. to closing. Easels provided. No fee. Contact www.visualartcayman.com or jar.was@gmail.com SPECIAL OLYMPICS: Volunteers are needed. Tuesdays at the Truman Bodden Complex at 5:30 p.m. for track/field, football and bocce. No experience necessary, just a smile and patience. Wednesdays at Lions Pool 10:15–11 a.m. You do not have to swim, just be able to walk in water chest-deep. Thursdays at First Baptist Church for basketball, 5:30–7 p.m. Saturdays, volunteers needed for Adult Special Olympic swim conditioning at CIS pool 9:30–10:30 a.m. Deck support and in-water swimming assistance needed. For more information, contact Penny McDowall at 516-2578 or pjmcdowall@gmail.com. LOST DOGS: The Department of Agriculture and veterinary students of St. Matthew’s University provide an online list of dogs housed at the Department of Agriculture Animal Rescue Shelter in Lower Valley. Anyone missing a dog can check www.smustudents.webs.com. RED CROSS THRIFT SHOP: Tuesday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. and 5–7 p.m. Saturday, 7:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at Red Cross headquarters. Book bargain every Thursday and Friday, a bagful for $5. MUSEUM TOURS: The National Museum provides guided tours for students and school groups free of cost. Students will gain an understanding of Cayman’s geological formation, flora and fauna, seafaring and rope-making heritage, political history and more. Contact the museum to book a tour in advance at 949-8368 or email info@museum.ky. CLUBS, ORGANIZATIONS ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS: Meets daily to help with drinking problems. For more information, call 926-9044 or visit www.caymanaa.org. NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS: Is available for substance abuse help. Call the info line at 929–NANA (6262). AL-ANON GROUP MEETING: Are you troubled by someone’s drinking? Al-Anon Family Groups can help. Call 928-8843 or email caymanalanon@gmail. com for meeting times. OVERCOMERS OUTREACH: A Christ-centered 12-Step Recovery Group addresses addictions and those affected by them. Meetings at Cayman Islands Baptist Church, Pedro Castle Road, Mondays, 7 p.m. For details, contact Virginia Castillo at 946-2422, or visit www. overcomersoutreach.org. For more Community Calendar events, visit www.caymancompass.com/events. Join the Humane Society Pub Quiz at Fidel Murphy’s, 7 p.m. Thursday, July 21. All proceeds go toward transferring dogs to new homes in the U.S.The islands’ most-trusted news source 9 CAYMAN COMPASS • TUESDAY JULY 19, 2016 We regret to announce the passing of Edmund C. “Jack” Bodden Who departed this life on Tuesday, 12 June 2016. Condolences can be registered at boddenfuneralservices.com & Bodden Funeral Service Facebook page. A funeral service will be held 3:00 p.m. on Wednesday, 20 July, 2016, at George Town Seventh Day Adventist Church Interment will follow in Dixie Town Cemetery. them for patrols and commu- nity policing. Courts The RCIPS receives about 9,000 court witness summons each year – 173 per week – which, by law, uniformed po- lice officers must serve. The witness summons are not warrants, which are dealt with separately and in many cases would have to be handled by police officers for safety reasons, Mr. Walton said. The witness summons are to get individuals who are providing testimony to court on the correct date. “Every witness summons the director of public pros- ecutions needs … we serve those summons,” he said. “Every customs case, every marine case. Immigration needs witnesses? We serve those summons.” The requirement under the criminal procedure code dates from 1975 when Cayman had “maybe 20 witnesses a year,” Mr. Walton said. There are now four officers in RCIPS focused on serving the sum- monses for court. “There’s no reason why that particular service cannot be outsourced,” he said. Criminal, traffic warrants There are about 1,000 out- standing criminal court war- rants and 370 unpaid traffic fines, some of which date back a number of years. Some of the warrants are issued for individuals who are no longer resident in the islands, but they remain on the books, police commanders said. Mr. Walton said warrants issued for violent offenders must be served by police for obvious reasons. However, warrants issued for non-ap- pearances for parking vio- lations or speeding tickets probably do not require a po- lice officer’s presence. “{The process] is not as efficient as it should be,” he said, “but it’s our job to execute [the warrants]. That’s unavoidable.” While he said he did not wish to be seen as criticizing the courts, Mr. Ennis said po- lice officers often feel dis- heartened when they pursue and arrest someone who has failed to show up for crim- inal court and that person is released again. “Very rarely do you see any consequences or actions for failing to appear in court,” Mr. Ennis said. “So people play fast and loose with the law. You have to respect the judiciary.” Car wrecks By the chief superinten- dent’s estimate, half of the vehicle crashes that occur in the Cayman Islands do not need to be attended by police. In instances where ve- hicles have collided, even if there is significant damage and no one is hurt, Mr. Walton said the matter can be cleared off the road and dealt with by insurance ad- justers. Currently, the law does not require police to re- spond to minor-damage ac- cidents, though they some- times do. Police traffic statistics re- leased last week showed 551 vehicle crashes reported to police during the first six months of this year, a rate of about three accidents per day. “How often are you trav- eling down the street and a fender-bender is blocking up traffic and they’re waiting for the police to come?” Mr. Ennis said. “Most of the time, it’s just for insurance purposes. Get the car out of the way.” While police have re- vamped the old Traffic Man- agement Unit to respond to and investigate more serious accidents, both senior com- manders said reducing the need for officers to attend non-injury collisions would assist police with staffing. Schools and security In recent years, the Cayman Islands public school system has installed a full-time police officer to monitor the halls of each of Grand Cayman’s two public high schools – John Gray and Clifton Hunter. Mr. Walton said those of- ficers are stationed in the schools five days a week. “Is it really for the police to be policing the schools?” he said. “My suggestion would be no.” The Cayman Islands li- censes about 600 private security officers, who, Mr. Walton suggested, could be used for security duties at the high schools and in other areas. The licensing of security guards and the companies that employ them is also a responsibility of the RCIPS. Three police officers and two civilian support staff are currently assigned to the task, he said. “That’s another added demand,” he said. Commissioner: We do not need more police CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 partnership. Speaking to the Daily Telegraph in 2008, just before his civil partnership ceremony with longtime partner James Dunseath, Mr. Duncan said he made his sexual preference public in 2002. He told the Telegraph, “I knew that one day I would have to say some- thing because I believed honesty to be the best policy. But I wanted to do it when I was sufficiently well-established as an MP for it not to be my only label thereafter. “I didn’t want to be known just as ‘the gay MP Alan Duncan.’ To me, I’m an MP who happens to be gay.” He was at the forefront of the Conservative Party’s efforts to enact the U.K.’s Civil Partnership Bill. Mr. Duncan has rep- resented the constituency of Rutland and Melton, about 100 miles north of London, since 1992. His last role in gov- ernment was as Min- ister of State for Inter- national Development, which he held from 2010 to 2014. He served in a number of roles in the Shadow Cabinet before his 2010 appointment. Mr. Duncan gradu- ated from St. John’s Col- lege, Oxford, in 1979. While at university, he served as president of the Oxford Union. He won a Kennedy Scholarship to study at Harvard University from 1981 to 1982. He worked as an oil trader and con- sultant before being elected as MP in 1992. Mr. Duncan awarded a diplomatic knighthood in July 2014, becoming a Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George, known as a KCMG. Webster ran unsuccess- fully to represent Bodden Town in the Legislative Assembly in 2013. His name came up this year as a potential candidate with the Cayman Islands Democratic Party for next year’s election. At a meeting late Friday, the CDP accepted Webster’s resignation from the party. CDP chair Tessa Bodden said Sat- urday that Webster was “never” a candidate on the party’s ticket for the 2017 general election. She declined to com- ment on the reasons for Webster’s resignation. CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 Errington Webster Former BT candidate suspected of indecent assault on a minor Sir Alan Duncan named OT minister CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 Sir Alan Duncan will take the reins at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. Acting Police Commissioner Anthony Ennis Coca’s comeback forces Colombia to rethink drug war ESPINAL, Colombia (AP) – Ex- plosives experts wearing heavy body armor light a fuse and take cover behind a con- crete-reinforced trench. “Fire in the area!” a commando shouts before a deafening blast rico- chets across the Andean foot- hills and sends a plume of brown smoke 100 feet high. Such drills have intensi- fied for Colombia’s military, one of the most battle-tested in the world, as it tries to control skyrocketing cocaine production that has fueled a half-century of war with leftist guerrillas. After six straight years of declining or steady production, the amount of land under coca cultivation in Colombia began rising in 2014 and jumped 42 percent last year to 393,000 acres, according to the U.S. gov- ernment. That’s an area twice the size of New York City, and after much production shifted to Peru over the past decade, the United Nations said re- cently that Colombia is once again the world’s largest sup- plier of the drug. The military training ex- ercises simulate the charges that troops typically use to blow up land mines protecting coca crops in areas domi- nated by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, the rebel group known as the FARC. Once the mines are de- stroyed, civilians move in to dig up the plants. Troops have had to wipe out coca plants manually since last year when Presi- dent Juan Manuel Santos ended a two-decade-old aerial eradication program over health concerns signaled in a World Health Organization- sponsored report reclassi- fying the chemical herbicide glyphosate as a carcinogen. But amid rising cocaine production, Colombia is being forced to rethink its anti-drug strategy again, taking into ac- count the possibility of a more stable future now that the gov- ernment has reached a cease- fire deal with rebels that will take effect once a final ac- cord is signed, probably in the coming weeks. If and when that hap- pens, the military is hopeful it will be able to shift its en- ergy and resources from fighting rebels to pursuing top drug traffickers. A police officers picks coca leaves as he gives a tour of an experimental coca field at Los Pijaos police training base in San Luis, Colombia, where procedures and equipment are tested against coca growers’ ever-changing techniques. – PHOTO: APNext >