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CAYMAN WEEKENDER Rio 2016 EDITORIAL | PAGE 4 THE HEART OF A NATION AT THE OLYMPICS ESTABLISHED 1965 www.caymancompass.com – 75 CENTS – FRIDAY AUGUST 5, 2016 More than 24,000 hold work permits Permit numbers reach pre-crisis levels BRENT FULLER bfuller@pinnaclemedialtd.com The number of work permits held by non- Caymanians rose in July to their highest level since before the global financial crisis of 2008- 2009, data produced by the Immigration De- partment revealed. As of July 6, there were 24,077 work per- mits held in the Cayman Islands by individ- uals of more than 120 nationalities. Those figures include all of the non-Caymanian workers in the territory who hold government contracts, as well as those who are given per- mission to continue working as they await a decision on permanent residence applications. The figures represent a 4 percent increase in permitted workers since the Cayman Compass last measured work permits, in February. At that time, there were just more than 23,000 work permit and government contract holders in the Cayman Islands. The numbers reportedly increased in July, typically when businesses are starting to scale down for the tourism “low season,” as opposed to February, which is the peak of the tourism season in Cayman. The figures for each month represent a snapshot of the current situation in Cayman, and may fluctuate to some extent monthly or even weekly as workers come and go. However, work permit numbers measured over the last several years have shown a clear, steady increase since 2010. According to data compiled by the Compass, work permits and government contracts increased from a low of about 18,500 in fall 2010 to about 20,360 in July 2014. The numbers increased again in January 2015 to a total of 21,400 and then again to 22,232 in July 2015. Cayman’s Olympians ready for world spotlight JAMES WHITTAKER jwhittaker@pinnaclemedialtd.com Cayman’s Olympic athletes, led by flag- bearer Ronald Forbes, will don traditional thatch hats as they join the parade of na- tions through Brazil’s famous Maracana Stadium Friday night for the opening cer- emony of the Rio Games. The five athletes – sprinter Kemar Hyman, hurdler Forbes, sailor Florence Allan and swimmers Geoff and Lara Butler – and six officials will get their moment in the spotlight during the ceremony, which involves all 206 countries represented at the Olympics. The lavish multimillion-dollar event, featuring Brazilian stars like supermodel Gisele and football legend Pele, will be viewed by a capacity crowd of around 78,000 inside the stadium and an estimated 3 billion people worldwide on television. Cayman will be the 41st country to enter the stadium during the parade of athletes at an estimated time of 7:06 p.m. Cayman time, 9:06 p.m. in Brazil. Forbes, 31, who also carried the flag at the Beijing Olympics in 2008, said, “It’s an honor to carry the nation’s flag, not only JUDGE ‘ASTONISHED’ BY DELAYS IN SEXUAL ABUSE INVESTIGATION JAMES WHITTAKER jwhittaker@pinnaclemedialtd.com A judge has condemned “inexcusable de- lays” by police in investigating allegations of sustained serious sexual abuse made by an 11-year-old girl against older male relatives. Justice Timothy Owen said the 18-month delay in pursuing inquiries following an ini- tial report the girl made to police in November 2012 had clearly impacted the quality of evi- dence in the case. The two men, now ages 21 and 38, have denied charges of attempted rape and indecent assault. As the Crown and defense counsel made their closing submissions on the final day of a trial in Grand Court on Thursday, Justice Owen interjected on numerous occasions to express concern. He said it was “astonishing” that even after the investigation resumed following the unex- plained 18-month hiatus, it took another two years for the matter to be brought to trial. “We can be sure if this case had been in- vestigated promptly and brought to trial promptly, the quality of the material evidence and the ability of the court to decide on where the truth lies would have been better,” he said. “That seems to be obvious. Delay is [the] enemy of justice.” Justice Owen, who presided over the judge- alone trial and will now deliberate before de- livering a verdict, likely some time in Sep- tember, repeatedly expressed concern over the way the allegations had been handled. In another interjection, he said, “I cannot understand how a case as serious as this could not be treated very seriously and given PLEASE TURN TO PAGE 9 » PLEASE TURN TO PAGE 9 » Cayman’s Olympic team were greeted at a welcome event Sunday by a troupe of Brazilian dancers. Pictured, far right, back row, in white shirts, are sailor Florence Allan and swimmers Geoff and Lara Butler. Ronald Forbes and Kemar Hyman had yet to arrive in Rio at that time. PLEASE TURN TO PAGE 8 »2 LOCAL&REGIONAL FRIDAY AUGUST 5, 2016 • CAYMAN COMPASS Open daily 10am-10pm • West Shore Center, SMB Whole Jerk Chicken Feast $29.99 CELEBRATE JAMAICAN INDEPENDENCE WITH CHICKEN! CHICKEN! $29.99 RICE & BEAN STEAMED VEGE TABLES JAMAIC AN STYLE COLE SLAW FESTIV ALS HOME BREAD PUDDING JAMAIC AN STYLE COLE SLAW FESTIV ALS HOME BREAD PUDDING $29.99 AUGUST 5TH, 6TH & 7T H Harpist Extraordinaire Eugenio Leon Serenades Tableside TONIGHT Friday and EVERY Friday! Tarpon Fish Feeding 7:30pm & 9:00pm Nightly Fish FeedingFish Feeding TONIGHT! Friday Happy Hour 5pm-7pm with DJ Flex Free lessons with Kirk starting 9.30pm Every Tuesday Salsa Tuesdays with DJ Flex Free lessons with Kirk Tuesdays with DJ Flex TONIGHT! Call 949-2231 or email: thewharf@candw.ky The government is funding $1.6 million in schol- arships for Caymanian stu- dents to study overseas in the coming school year. At least 170 students will receive the schol- arships, according to a press release from the Ministry of Education. The Ministry of Edu- cation’s Scholarship Sec- retariat held a meeting on Saturday, July 23, to ap- prise almost 100 of the stu- dents who will be receiving scholarships of what will be expected of them and the conditions of their grants. Secretariat Manager Deirdre Carmola told stu- dents at the meeting how to submit receipts and grades, as well as details such as the time lines for re- ceiving scholarship funds, the required GPA in order to retain the scholarships, changing majors and/or uni- versities, pursuing post- graduate studies, summer funding, graduating on time, and budgeting. “The members of the Scholarship Secretariat felt it was necessary to hold these meetings for our new scholars and their parents because the transition to living and studying overseas can be quite overwhelming for the entire family, and we wanted to make the fi- nancial aspect of this pro- cess as easy as possible,” Mrs. Carmola said in the press release. “In the past, students have struggled to meet the requirements of their schol- arship bond because of not fully understanding the rules that govern their re- ceiving money from the Sec- retariat or just poor plan- ning, and have ended up being in danger of, or losing their funding. This is not what we want. We are here to support them through their tertiary career and ensure that they take full advan- tage of their study overseas and return to be successful, productive citizens.” Students who are re- ceiving the scholarship funds will be pursuing an array of undergraduate de- gree programs, including accounting, actuarial sci- ence, computer science, eco- nomics, criminal justice, dental hygiene, diesel engi- neering, English, education, political science, pre-med, sports management and vet- erinary studies, according to the ministry. All students receiving scholarships are required to attend one of the Scholarship Secretariat’s meetings. The final meeting for the new scholarship students is scheduled for Saturday, Aug. 6, at the Mary Miller Hall from 5-7 p.m. For more information, contact the Scholarship Secretariat on 244-2482 or scholarships@gov.ky. At least 170 students will receive the scholarships. $1.6M for overseas scholarships Counterfeit $50 and $100 bills were collected in the Cayman Islands during mid-July, the Cayman Is- lands Monetary Authority reported Thursday. The bank notes, collected between July 12-16, all carry the same serial number. CIMA did not state how many fake bills had been col- lected, but noted the Royal Cayman Islands Police Finan- cial Crime Unit was investi- gating the matter. Financial Crime Unit detectives asked anyone re- ceiving a fake bill to note the description of the person giving them the money. Po- lice ask not to return the fake note to the holder, but rather initial and date the white border of the bill and call the police. “Obtain as much infor- mation as possible from the person passing the note and write it on the [police report] form,” the Financial Crime Unit advisory said. CIMA does not compensate individuals who inadvertently come into pos- session of counterfeit bills. All Cayman Islands bank notes were redesigned in 2010. The redesign includes security features that CIMA officials said “make it rel- atively easy” to differen- tiate between real money and counterfeit bills. The se- curity features include a color shifting holographic stripe, see-through images, a turtle watermark and an iridescent band. The RCIPS form for re- porting counterfeit money can be found on the CIMA web- site www.cimoney.com.ky, under “Currency.” Anyone who wants fur- ther information about how to identify counterfeit cur- rency, or how to spot the real notes from the fake ones is asked to contact CIMA at 244-1694 or 244- 1520, or the RCIPS Finan- cial Crime Unit at 949-8797, to arrange a workshop for their frontline staff. Counterfeit $50, $100 bills in circulation, CIMA warns Cardinall Avenue in George Town will be closed from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 5, while Ja- maican Independence Day celebrations are under way. Police advise that the road, from the junc- tion with Edward Street and Harbour Drive, will be closed to traffic for the event, which will feature food stalls and lunchtime music entertainment. GT ROAD CLOSURE FOR JAMAICAN INDEPENDENCE DAY (AP) – Three experi- mental Zika vaccines pro- tected monkeys against infection from the virus, an encouraging sign as research moves into studies in people. The success in mon- keys, which involved a traditional vaccine and two more cutting-edge ones, “brings us one step closer to a safe and effec- tive Zika vaccine,” said Dr. Dan Barouch of Beth Is- rael Deaconess Medical Center in Boston. “But of course, there’s a lot more work to do.” Barouch and others re- ported the results in a paper released Thursday by the journal Science. One of the vaccines is ex- pected to enter preliminary human studies this year. At least two other vac- cines have reached that point already. Inovio Phar- maceuticals announced last week that it had in- jected its first participant. The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases gave its first vaccine Tuesday. Both studies focus on assessing vaccine safety. Efforts to develop a vac- cine began after a mas- sive Zika outbreak last year in Brazil, which showed that infection of pregnant women can harm fetal brain development. In the monkey study, one vaccine followed the tra- ditional approach, using a dead Zika virus to train the body for fighting off in- fection. It was injected into eight rhesus monkeys and followed by a booster shot a month later. A month after the booster, the monkeys got a dose of Zika virus. None showed any sign of the virus in their blood for the week they were followed. One of the vaccines is expected to enter preliminary human studies this year. Zika vaccines work in monkeys Education Minister Tara Rivers addresses undergraduate scholarship recipients at the July 23 meeting hosted by the Ministry of Education’s Scholarship Secretariat.The islands’ most-trusted news source 3 CAYMAN COMPASS • FRIDAY AUGUST 5, 2016 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. 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” Dr. Binoy Chattuparambil, the esteemed cardiac surgeon currently practicing at Health City Cayman Islands, tells us that the human heart is distinguish- able neither by race nor gender nor country of origin. Through the eyes of a skilled physician, all hearts look similar and function exactly the same. The heart of a nation, of course, is very different. A national heart beats collectively as one, fueled not by blood but by pride, which we will experience in full force tonight as our five Cayman athletes carry high our national colors at the opening ceremonies at the summer Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Representing Cayman will be Ronald Forbes in the 110 meter hurdles; Kemar Hyman in the 100- meter sprint; Florence Allan in the women’s “Laser Radial” sailing; Geoff Butler in the 400 meter free- style swimming; and his sister Lara Butler in the 100 meter backstroke. In many ways we flatter ourselves with the thought that “peak performers,” such as our Olympic athletes, are “just like us,” and in many ways they are. Where they differ, however, is what makes all of the difference – and that is why they’ll be competing in Rio and we’ll be cheering them on from the homeland. Top athletes share common traits, mindsets and behaviors that lead almost inevitably to success, not only in sports but, indeed, in most fields of endeavor. Primary among them is self-discipline and the will- ingness to delay gratification. Put another way, this is doing what needs to be done – especially when we would prefer to be doing something more pleasant. What is invisible to the viewers of the Olympics but is a shared experience of all 11,385 athletes who will be competing in the XXXI Olympiad are the thousands of hours they spent in preparing for these games – in the pool, on the track, or on the myriad of other playing fields. Another quality, shared by almost all successful athletes, is described by an obscure word (although it sounds familiar) called “conation.” Conation is the mindset that encompasses “will,” “drive,” “persever- ance,” and, most important, “unstoppability.” You can be certain our Cayman athletes rank inordinately high on the conation scale. In Rio, they will be challenged not only by the world’s best competitors in their respective sports but by the conditions of the Olympic venue itself. Nearly every social and political plague imaginable has converged recently on the host country, including a Zika epidemic (which resulted in some top athletes withdrawing from the games), crime and security issues (elevated now to terrorism concerns), traffic and transportation woes (a new rail line is so problematic that a member of the security forces precedes each tram on a motorcycle in case of accidents or mishaps), polluted water, impeachment of the president, of course corruption, and the list goes on. Nevertheless, from their ancient Greek origins through modern times, the Olympics have gone through nearly unimaginable trials and travails – from the ignominious 1936 Berlin games presided over by Nazi leader Adolf Hitler to the 1972 Munich games where 11 Israeli athletes were murdered to the bombing at the 1996 games in Atlanta. And yet the torch continues to be passed, and the Olympic flame continues to burn reassuringly on. We expect a marvelous XXXI Olympiad, and we congratulate our athletes, the Cayman Islands Olympic Committee, our Minister of Sports Osbourne Bodden and all of the volunteers who helped put our national team on the international stage. The heart of a nation at the Olympics FRIDAY AUGUST 5, 2016 • CAYMAN COMPASS FAYE FLAM If scientists were free to use the world as their lab- oratory, unbound by pesky ethics committees and insti- tutional review boards, some would inject sulfur com- pounds into the upper atmo- sphere to see if they fought global warming. Others would spread modified genes through populations of wild animals with the aim of al- tering them (or, in the case of mosquitoes, driving them extinct). Some would res- urrect species that have al- ready disappeared, such as the woolly mammoth and the passenger pigeon. These were among the ideas touted earlier this summer at an invitation-only conference on “Forbidden Re- search” at the MIT Media Lab, which drew upwards of 500 scientists, engineers and other technology-ori- ented types. Attendees car- ried programs bearing the slogan “You Don’t Change the World by Following the Rules” and attended sessions on hacking culture; exiled information leaker Edward Snowden spoke via video link. A “disobedience prize,” which conference organizers said would reward “pro-so- cial” acts of defiance, is in the works. To be fair, disobedience is not always a good thing. Rules that rein in science were not created to forbid knowledge, but to prevent scientists from harming people in the process of ac- quiring it. And the confer- ence’s forward-thinking lineup lacked historians or others who might offer a look back at the important topic of regrettable research. I sent the program to medical ethi- cist Art Caplan, who had not been invited. He said con- temporary scientific ethics are based on the guiding principle that it’s wrong to harm or kill for the alleged good of the many. This is generally regarded as the product of enlightenment. But while ethical stan- dards are critically impor- tant to contemporary science, they are also, by definition, limiting – and sometimes, on specific points, worth chal- lenging. And for scientists, it can be dangerous to go up against established norms, given that most researchers depend on public funding and cannot afford to be seen as reckless or, worse, “mad scientists.” The conference organizers suggested some self-censor, afraid to talk about their ideas. They prom- ised we’d hear from some of them. To their credit, the par- ticipants were trying to get taboo topics out in the open, so members of the public could consider their risks and benefits. At the conference, some of the speakers were grouped under the umbrella theme “messing with nature” – a sentiment which reflects the fact that some technological feats are unnerving, even if no humans or animals are harmed. Many people were disturbed by the cloning of Dolly the sheep, and, more recently, by a proposal to synthesize a human ge- nome from laboratory chem- icals. Genetic engineering makes many people uncom- fortable. Opponents refer to GMO crops as “frankenfoods” and a newly approved ge- netically modified salmon as a “frankenfish.” All of those frankenfoods have been extensively tested and deemed safe to eat. But releasing modified organisms to spread through the wild is another thing altogether, with opportunities for un- known unknowns to spring up. There, getting consent is critical. MIT biologist Kevin Esvelt said he’s done just that – convincing residents of Martha’s Vineyard to allow him and his colleagues to re- lease a mouse that was been genetically modified to resist Lyme disease, with the hope that resistance genes would spread through the island’s natural population. This is old-fashioned technology compared with so-called gene drive – a sort of GMO technology on ste- roids in which genes carry instructions to hasten their own spread. Gene drive, said Esvelt, is powerful enough to quickly drive a targeted spe- cies to extinction, whether it’s an invasive plant or dis- ease-carrying mosquito. Biotech may also grant humanity the power of “de- extinction.” Scientists can read the sequences of ge- netic code from old DNA, and then make a clean copy from scratch. One of the panelists, Harvard biologist George Church, has said in his writings and many public talks that the tech- nology is here now. They could start experimenting with eggs and synthetic extinct animal DNA at any time – just as soon as there’s a demand, approval, funding, and perhaps a plan for where to put the previously ex- tinct animals (since it didn’t go well for them the first time around). Caplan said this kind of talk calls to mind the ex- pression, “playing God.” The problem isn’t the percep- tion that scientists are god- like, he said, but that they are playing. Continuing the “messing with nature” theme, a panel of scientists explained how they could inject aerosol particles into the upper at- mosphere in an attempt to cool the globe by causing the atmosphere to reflect more sunlight. The moder- ator, Stuart Brand of Whole Earth Catalog fame, labelled it “hacking the entire planet.” The panelists, Harvard phys- icist David Keith and Har- vard economist Gernot Wagner, said what they saw as the biggest objec- tion is what they call “moral hazard” – the fear that people would see this form of so-called geoengineering as a safety net and consider it a license to continue to emit greenhouse gases. There are other reasons to be concerned. On the plus side, getting the aerosol par- ticles up there can be done relatively inexpensively. On the minus side, the scientists do not know the full effect they would have on winds, humidity or extreme weather events. The particles might damage the ozone layer without some additional mit- igating factor. Keith said such questions could be answered with a se- ries of small-scale, reversible experiments. But so far the topic has been taboo. “We’re talking about whether this is something that’s OK to talk about,” he said. With such enormous risks and payoffs at stake, it’s not OK to keep quiet. Scientists should not fear for their jobs if they talk about ambi- tious, risky research. But they owe us all the right to in- formed consent. If they want to change the world, they’d better find ways to do it – and talk about it – while still playing by the rules. Faye Flam writes about science, mathematics and medicine. She has been a staff writer for Science magazine and a columnist for the Philadelphia Inquirer. © Bloomberg View The ‘forbidden research’ that tantalizes scientistsThe islands’ most-trusted news source 5 CAYMAN COMPASS • FRIDAY AUGUST 5, 2016 #FlowToRio visit discoverflow.ky don’t miss a moment of the magic dial to activate activate or higher 1GB prepaid data plan extra free get 50% and watch every minute of every event of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games Flow Rio 2016 Extra App Fl Extr OFFICIAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS PARTNER6 LOCAL NEWS FRIDAY AUGUST 5, 2016 • CAYMAN COMPASS Effective varicose vein treatment is now available Treat varicose veins with minimally-invasive Endovenous Laser Ablation. Using laser and ultrasound technology this treatment dramatically improves the appearance of skin surface. 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Sources close to the Nor- wegian-born shipping mag- nate said the museum had shut as he replaced and re- plenished some of the facili- ty’s 65-car inventory. “We will be making some changes and putting new [vehicles] in,” said property manager Braden Howe in a recent telephone interview. “Mr. Ugland, in fact, just bought seven new vehicles last week,” he said. The founder of the Cayman Motor Museum left Cayman for the summer, and is scheduled to return during the first week of September. Mr. Howe said Mr. Ug- land had sold a number of the museum exhibits, making room for replacements, al- though he was unable to say why the sales had occurred or to name the vehicles, when they were sold or to whom. “He’s doing a lot more now than I really know,” Mr. Howe said, “but I expect he would want to reopen the museum in November, or at least before Christmas for the tourist high season.” RE/MAX real estate chief Kim Lund, who has handled a series of property transac- tions for the owner, said he was “thinking of reopening,” and that “he was selling some of his cars because the world market got really hot” for vin- tage vehicles. “He sold them at auc- tion and was getting some new cars. He would re- open probably in the winter season, as long as he can get the inventory.” Exhibits at the 2010 opening of the West Bay facility numbered 55 classic cars, including 11 Ferraris, and 18 motorbikes, shipped from Norway, England, Canada, the U.S. and elsewhere. At one point, Mr. Ug- land and his brother op- erated an antique car mu- seum in Norway, but sold the building. On the Cayman Motor Museum website, Mr. Ugland writes “before as- sembling our collection in Cayman, our motorcars were scattered throughout the world …. My wife Natalie and I conceived the notion of bringing them all to Cayman. “Ten years ago,” he con- tinues, writing in 2010, “we acquired the land for the mu- seum and began moving for- ward with our designs and working with government to secure planning approvals. We were all set to break ground in 2004 when Hurricane Ivan paid us an unexpected visit, and we were forced to put our plans on hold. “About three years ago, we revived the project and began the process of cataloging the collection, starting con- struction, and, more recently, packaging and transporting the cars to Grand Cayman,” he writes. Most famous among the original museum exhibits was the 1965 Batmobile from the U.S.-produced Adam West TV series. The vehicle sold at an April 2015 Broward County Convention Center auction in Ft. Lauderdale for US$143,000. A replica of the Batcycle sold at the same auction for US$23,100, as did 40 other vehicles, including four Fer- raris that went for a total of $1.4 million. At the time, as he brought in 10 new exhibits – including classic Ferraris, British-made Bentleys and high-pow- ered racing boats – Mr. Ug- land vowed to reopen the museum after the interim springtime closing. Elsewhere on the floor orig- inally was a 1952 Rolls-Royce Silver Wraith, the first post- WWII model; a British-made 1952 Morgan +4; a 1973 U.S.- made Excalibur Phaeton III; a 1970 Ferrari Dino 246 GT; a 1939 Mercedes 230s, which Mr. Ugland described as a predecessor to the “Nazi War Wagon” vehicles employed by Berlin’s high command; an el- egant 1955 Ford Thunderbird; and a beautifully restored 1962 MGB Roadster. According to one source, however, a number of the Ferraris have been sold, and the hiatus for the museum has worried managers at Cayman Automotive, who re- cently installed an electric vehicle charging station on the premises. “We had heard rumors of the closing, but were not sure,” said Sales Manager Jon Harvey. “The charging station got stuck, and we were working on it, while putting another one into Hell, but we were told the [museum] doors had closed. It’s a shame and we are trying to get to the bottom of it,” he said. During the April 2015 auc- tion, however, Mr. Ugland de- clared: “Every year, I sell at least 10 cars. This year, I am selling a few more. Like most collectors, I am constantly buying and selling cars.” On Wednesday, word at last arrived in an email from Mr. Ugland, addressed to Mr. Lund for the Cayman Com- pass: “The plan is to open for American Thanksgiving … Kind regards, Andreas.” The Motor Museum in West Bay has been closed since late spring this year. - PHOTO: TANEOS RAMSAY7 LOCAL NEWS CAYMAN COMPASS • FRIDAY AUGUST 5, 2016 Gov. Russell remembered Gov’t pays homage to Cayman’s longest- serving governor BRENT FULLER bfuller@pinnaclemedialtd.com Simultaneous memorial services were held in George Town, Grand Cayman, and Melrose, Scotland, at 8 a.m. Cayman time Thursday for former Governor Thomas Rus- sell, who died last month at age 96. The list of honorees at- tending the service in Cayman included Governor Helen Kilpatrick, Premier Alden McLaughlin, Opposition Leader McKeeva Bush, former Chief Secretary James Ryan, former Chief Secretary Le- muel Hurlston and Deputy Governor Franz Manderson. About 80 people turned up for the service. “I remember him as a proud Caymanian,” Mr. Man- derson said during the cere- mony on the lawn of the Glass House Thursday morning. “He was a great chef who loved my mom’s lemon pies. He was a brave soldier and the fastest walker I have ever met.” Premier McLaughlin and Mr. Ryan remembered Mr. Russell’s tenure as governor, between 1974 and 1981, as a key transitional period for the Cayman Islands, when Gov- ernor Russell helped guide the development of the territory’s growing financial services and tourism industries. “Mr. Russell was a steadying influence and a source of sage advice … to set the stage for the thriving economy that we enjoy today,” Mr. Manderson said, reading from a letter his mother, Jenny, had written for the ser- vice. “He was very proud to be one of us.” Governor Kilpatrick said Mr. Russell, Cayman’s third appointed governor, was a “model statesman” and set the standard, in many ways, for his successors. “He was proof that em- pathy is no impediment to ex- cellence,” Ms. Kilpatrick said. “The example Tom Russell set us illustrates the importance of kindness to our fellow men.” “He was a good governor and a true friend and while we mourn his loss, we can also celebrate an extraordi- nary life well-lived,” Mr. Ryan said. “This country has lost a great friend.” In Scotland, a military fu- neral for Mr. Russell, whose casket was draped in the U.K. flag, was held at 2 p.m. Scot- tish time. Among the 100 or so attendees there were Cayman Islands London Of- fice director Eric Bush and local veteran Graham Walker on behalf of the Cayman Is- lands Veterans Association, which Mr. Russell helped found in 1978. Mr. Russell served in the British military during World War II and was cap- tured in street-fighting in Italy during 1944. He was awarded the Order of the British Empire (1963), Commander of the British Em- pire (1970) and the Most Dis- tinguished Order of St. Mi- chael and St. George (1980). In 2012, Prince Philip appointed Mr. Russell as “vice president for life” of the Royal Common- wealth Ex-Services League. Cayman Islands Veterans Association representative Graham Walker, left, with London Office Director Eric Bush, center, and Scottish Legion Standard Bearer Tom Jones in Melrose, Scotland, at the military funeral held Thursday for former Governor Thomas Russell. – PHOTO: SIMON BARWICK Deputy Governor Franz Manderson eulogizes former Governor Thomas Russell during Thursday’s remembrance ceremony at the Glass House. – PHOTO: MATT LAMERS “Mr. Russell was a steadying influence and a source of sage advice … to set the stage for the thriving economy that we enjoy today.” DEPUTY GOVERNOR FRANZ MANDERSONThe islands’ most-trusted news source 8 FRIDAY AUGUST 5, 2016 • CAYMAN COMPASS Campaign to increase number of Caymanians on police force JAMES WHITTAKER jwhittaker@pinnaclemedialtd.com A new recruitment cam- paign began Friday to find the next generation of Cay- manian police constables as senior officers acknowledged the number of locals on the force had fallen to less than 50 percent. Acting Chief Constable Anthony Ennis said the Royal Cayman Islands Po- lice Service now aims to run training camps for new Cay- manian officers on an annual basis, in an effort to reverse that trend. Candidates will be put through a series of physical and written tests and inter- views before qualifying for the 16-week training pro- gram beginning in January. Those who complete the pro- gram will go on to a two-year probationary period before being signed off as compe- tent police officers. Mr. Ennis said the pro- cess was necessarily tough, the standards uncompro- mising and only those who were truly committed would make it. ‘Stringent training program’ Of the 283 applicants at last year’s intake, 166 met the entry criteria. Following testing and interviews, eight were accepted into the training program and seven completed it and are now working as constables on their probationary period. “It is a very stringent, very exacting program,” said Mr. Ennis. “You have to meet the standards and if you don’t, you won’t be signed on as a police officer. “My advice to appli- cants is to get themselves prepared. The tests are uncompromising.” He said the police of- fered a tough but exciting and rewarding career with an opportunity to specialize in different areas, from K9 units to financial crime investigation. Seventeen new officers emerged from recruitment drives and training pro- grams, exclusively for Cay- manians and residents with unrestricted permanent residence status, over the past two years. But, prior to that, police had not held a recruitment drive for five years, Mr. Ennis said. He said the ratio of homegrown officers had tra- ditionally hovered around 55 percent, compared with 45 percent from overseas. But those numbers have flipped in recent years. “We should be having a proportionate represen- tation of the community,” he said. “We want a diverse police service, we also want a po- lice service the Caymanian community can recognize. “If the numbers are down to 45 percent and you don’t replenish the stock, in five years it is going to be fur- ther down.” Despite ruling himself out for the commission- er’s job following the de- parture of Police Commis- sioner David Baines in late May, Mr. Ennis believes the rise through the ranks of people like himself and Kurt Walton, who will be the next deputy commissioner, and Inspector Leo Anglin, who runs the marine unit, can serve as inspiration and proof that Caymanians can make it to the highest levels in the service. “Hopefully, one day, one of these guys we are re- cruiting might be the com- missioner. Hopefully, they can see a future where they can be commis- sioner one day.” He said potential police officers should have strong personal ethics and a “moral compass,” as well as a desire to serve their community. ‘At a crossroads’ “We are at a crossroads now where Cayman might be looking at the next surge of prosperity,” Mr. Ennis said. “There are reasons to be very optimistic about the future of Cayman. If there is anything that will threaten the pros- perity of these islands, it is going to be crime. Cayman is known as a safe place to live work and invest. “So if crime is going to threaten that prosperity and you are a Caymanian, this is … an opportunity to come and serve your country and help keep it a safe and pros- perous place.” Applicants for the 2017 recruit class must be aged between 18 and 40, be Cay- manian or have permanent residence status with unre- stricted rights to work. Deputy Governor Franz Manderson added, “I com- mend the acting commis- sioner for his commitment to increasing the number of Caymanians in the RCIPS. This is the third local re- cruitment exercise con- ducted in three years and past exercises have yielded excellent results. I encourage Caymanians to take this opportunity to be part of the solution and to serve your community in a unique and special way.” The 2015 recruit class is put through its paces at parade drills. for what it represents, but for who it represents, and that’s something I take with great responsibility and great pride.” The teams tradition- ally wear their national cos- tume for the opening parade, and the Cayman team will be wearing custom-designed “turtle ranger” outfits – khaki pants, light-blue shirts and boat shoes for the men, and navy dresses with white floral detailing and espa- drilles for the women, topped with the famous thatch hats. The theme was developed by local artist Wray Banker to bring elements of Cay- man’s history and culture to the occasion. The Caymanian ath- letes have been arriving at the Olympic Village in Rio all week. Sprinter Kemar Hyman was expected to be the last to join up with the team, flying into Brazil Friday morning ahead of the opening ceremony. Speaking to the Cayman Compass from his U.S. training base this week, he said he was excited for the Games to begin and hopeful of bettering his semi- final performance at the Beijing Olympics. “If I can go one further and make the final, that would be huge. I made the top 16 last time. To be in the top eight in the world would be a major accomplishment.” The athlete, competing in perhaps the most competitive event in the Games, acknowl- edged he would have to run a personal best to make the final. But Hyman, who has broken the 10-second barrier in the past, said training had gone well and he is hopeful of lining up alongside Ja- maican sprint king Usain Bolt, the undisputed favorite for gold in the 100m, at what will be his last Olympics. “If he breaks the world record, hopefully, I’m right there alongside him,” said Hyman. The heats for the sprints do not start until Aug. 13, giving Hyman more than a week to acclimatize. Swimmers Geoff and Lara Butler will be in ac- tion straight away, with the swimming heats beginning this weekend. The siblings have been preparing in Rio for the past week. Speaking from the Olympic Village this week, Geoff Butler, who will be first to compete on Saturday, said it has already been an incred- ible experience. “We’ve had our heads down as we are still in full-time training, but the atmosphere has been awesome,” he said, “and seeing stars like Novak Djokovic walking around the village really makes you re- alize that the best athletes in the world are here. “The village is really nice as well, which was a great surprise. The newspapers had made it seem really bad, but the accommodation is decent, with everything we could need.” Lara Butler said the ath- letes and coaches received an “incredible welcome” from a troupe of Brazilian dancers at an event Sunday. Cayman was one of the first countries to be welcomed and participate in the event that included the raising of the Cayman Islands flag and the playing of Brazil’s national anthem. All coun- tries will take part in the tradition before the start of the Games. Geoff Butler competes in the 400m freestyle on Sat- urday, Lara Butler com- petes in the 100m backstroke on Sunday. Florence Allan takes on five days of sailing, starting on Aug. 8 and ending on Aug. 13. Kemar Hyman begins his prelims on Aug. 13, and if he qualifies to the semifi- nals for the 100m sprint, he will race on Aug. 14. Ronald Forbes, 110m hurdler, com- petes on Aug. 15, and if he qualifies to the semis, he will run on Aug. 16. Candidates will be put through a series of physical and written tests and interviews before qualifying for the 16-week training program beginning in January. Cayman’s Olympians ready for world spotlight CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 Ronald Forbes will be the Cayman Islands flagbearer at Friday night’s opening ceremony.The islands’ most-trusted news source 9 CAYMAN COMPASS • FRIDAY AUGUST 5, 2016 Edris Almeria Ebanks 6th August 1924 - 26th June 2016 Happy 1st Birthday in Heaven. ough we miss you always Each and every day It seems to hit us even more Beacuse it is your birthday We send wishes to Heaven Carried to you, upon a prayer To the place where you are now With sweet, tender love and care Sadly miss by your sons, grand children and great grand children Loving you always Condolences can be registered at: www.churchillsfuneralhome.com We have been asked to announce the passing of Mr. Cecil James Ennett who passed away on Saturday July 23, 2016. A Thanksgiving Service will be held on Saturday, August 6, 2016 at Church of God Universal, Walkers Rd. George Town at 10:00a.m. Viewing will be from 9:00-9:45a.m. Interment follows at Prospect Cemetery. We regret to announce the passing of Betty Lou Hendrickson Who departed this life on Friday, 29 July 2016. Condolences can be registered at boddenfuneralservices.com & Bodden Funeral Service Facebook page. A funeral service will be held 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, 6 August, 2016, at John Gray United Memorial Church, West Bay. We have been asked to announce the passing of Mr. Dominic Daniel McField who passed away on Sunday, July 31, 2016. Details for a Thanksgiving Service will be announced at a later date. Condolences can be registered at churchillsfuneralhome.com We have been asked to announce the passing of Ms. Goldie May Prendergast of George Town, who passed away on Monday, July 25, 2016. A Thanksgiving Service will be held on Saturday, August 6, 2016 at Church of God Universal, Walker’s Rd, George Town at 2:30p.m. Viewing will be from 1:00-2:00p.m. Interment follows at Prospect Cemetery. Condolences can be registered at churchillsfuneralhome.com As of February 2016, there were 23,097 permits and con- tracts held by non-Cayma- nians working in the islands, which was again eclipsed by last month’s figure, stated at 24,077. The figures suggest an 18 percent increase in work per- mits in Cayman in the past two years. The last time the number of work permits and gov- ernment contracts held in Cayman was measured above the 24,000 mark by the news- paper was in mid-2009, when the Immigration Department reported 24,594 permits. That is still far from the number of work permits and contracts held by non-Caymanians in November 2008: 26,659. Permits breakdown The vast majority of the work permit holders, about 17,500, are full-time, one-year or multiyear permit holders who have either received their first working contract or have renewed their permit after finishing their initial work permit. Another roughly 4,300 people – as of July – had temporary work permit contracts, meaning either three-month, six-month or nine-month permissions. Those permits are often used for short-term jobs or seasonal permits for the tourism industry. A total of 906 non-Cayma- nians held government con- tracts as of July 6, according to the report. Another 728 people had been granted “permission to continue working.” Those are mostly individuals who are awaiting decisions by the Immigration Depart- ment or boards on applica- tions to remain in Cayman for the rest of their lives. None of those applications has been decided upon since last year. The special economic zone at Cayman Enterprise City now employs more than 300 people on work permits, according to the immigration data. The five most populous immigrant worker nation- alities in the Cayman Is- lands have not changed in the past decade. Jamaicans held nearly 10,000 work per- mits as of last month. They were followed by Filipinos (3,066 permits), Britons (1,957), Americans (1,388) and Canadians (1,233). the resources and energy to make a charging deci- sion and bring it to trial. I just don’t know why that happened.” A police officer who gave evidence earlier in the trial was unable to ex- plain the delay between the first interview with the girl in November 2012 and the follow-up interview in May 2014. Justice Owen suggested further inquiries and ev- idence would have been necessary to determine pre- cisely who was to blame for the delays, though he said that inquiry did not fall within the ambit of the criminal trial. The sensitive trial, in which neither of the de- fendants can be named in order to protect the iden- tity of the child, centers on allegations, first made to a volunteer at an after-school club, that the girl was re- peatedly sexually abused by the two men over a sus- tained period of time. Prosecutor Scott Wain- wright, summing up the Crown’s case Thursday, ac- knowledged there had been “unacceptable delays” in the investigation. But, he said, the court could still be sure of the reliability of the girl’s ac- count in the first video- taped interview with po- lice in 2012, which he said was consistent with what she had told a school counselor around the same time. “Of course, there has been inappropriate delays in this case but please con- sider the best evidence of the complainant, the con- sistency in terms of what she said in interviews and her credibility vis-a-vis the defendants.” He argued the delay in following up on the alle- gations had not impacted the defense of the two men, who were making a blanket denial that would not have been assisted by a more precise memory of events. He claimed they were both “caught out” under cross-examination during the trial, not because they couldn’t remember times and events but be- cause they were telling “barefaced lies.” “A lie in 2012 is a lie in 2016,” Mr. Wain- wright said. Dennis Brady, repre- senting one of the defen- dants, said the girl had been the victim of physi- cally violent abuse from her mother, had lived in close quarters with her parents, and had at times witnessed sexual activity between them. He said she had de- scribed herself as a “Cin- derella” figure who was beaten for not doing chores and suggested she was looking for a way to escape her home environment. He said she was an avid viewer of the TV show “Law and Order” and would have seen, through that show, how victims of sexual abuse were quickly removed from their homes. That, he said, could ex- plain why she had cre- ated a “contrived story of abuse” to escape the home environment, rather than simply reporting her moth- er’s alleged physical abuse. Justice Owen ad- journed the case to con- sider his verdict. Judge ‘astonished’ by delays in sexual abuse investigation CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 More than 24,000 hold work permits Government inspectors looking into Savannah fire BRENT FULLER bfuller@pinnaclemedialtd.com Cayman Islands Chief Pe- troleum Inspector Duke Munroe confirmed Thursday that his agency would be re- viewing a large container fire in the Savannah Meadows area. The blaze, which started some time before 4 p.m. Wednesday, sent plumes of black smoke hundreds of feet into the air which could be seen from Savannah-Newlands to central George Town. No in- juries were reported. According to the Cayman Islands Fire Service, two storage containers on an un- developed site off Raven Road, near Mockingbird Crescent just north of Shamrock Road, were destroyed in the blaze. One of the containers held unidenti- fied petroleum products and the other had construction tools, firefighters said. Acting Deputy Chief Fire Of- ficer Randy Rankin said it ap- peared a propane tank located between the containers exploded and the resulting fire spread to both. Mr. Rankin said fire crews have not determined what caused the initial explosion. Mr. Munroe said his inspec- tors would be looking into pe- troleum storage on the Sa- vannah site, but said he could not provide further details as of press time Thursday. The Wednesday afternoon fire in Savannah Meadows destroyed two containers and sent black smoke hundreds of feet into the air. - PHOTO: JEWEL LEVY The line outside Immigration Department headquarters early Thursday morning. – PHOTO: MATT LAMERSNext >