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Concern was also raised around the need for “social interventions” for stu- dents who suffer violence in the home, the number of youngsters arriving at school without breakfast or lunch and relax- ation of the uniform policy, which some believe is leading to “thug” fashions. The meeting – dubbed the National Parent Forum – was held in January, though specific details of the issues raised were not made public at the time. The Ministry of Education, in a press release in February, quoted Min- ister of Education Tara Rivers highlighting the forum as a “great way to facilitate dialogue with and among parent representatives from each school and key decision makers in the education system.” The press release, which indicated that the forum had been established by Minister Rivers in 2013, contained a two-sentence sum- mary of some of the issues raised by PTA rep- resentatives, along with some commentary from education officials on measures being taken to improve the school system. The Cayman Compass filed a Freedom of Information request in February for the min- utes of that meeting and any other parent ILLEGAL VENDORS REMAIN ON BEACHFRONT Vendors get a 45-day extension BRENT FULLER bfuller@pinnaclemedialtd.com Tuesday’s scene on Public Beach at Seven Mile Beach this week was a familiar one, with unlicensed vendors setting up at the water- front, beach chairs stacked up dozens high and Waverunners and banana boats gliding past swimmers in shallow waters next to shore. The situation at Cayman’s main tourism at- traction has been under review by government officials for a number of months with an eye toward better regulating and controlling the numbers of vendors who operate on the beach. On Tuesday, Ministry of Tourism Deputy Chief Officer Dalton Watler visited the beach, only to see that government’s plan for the area has yet to be implemented. Mr. Watler said another extension, for 45 days, has been granted to the vendors, taking them through mid-September “at the latest” to comply with local laws and gain per- mission from Cabinet to operate their busi- nesses on public land. At the center of the difficulty for the ven- dors, most of whom are self-employed or who run small “mom-and-pop” operations, are li- censing requirements to provide pensions and healthcare for themselves and any employees they might have, Mr. Watler said. “Some of them still need to provide health [coverage], pension and insurance, in the case of the Jet Skis [operators],” Mr. Watler said. “They have already complied with the courses we put in place, the ‘know your Cayman Is- lands,’ the customer service. Some have done ‘Familymoon’ for longtime fans of Cayman JEWEL LEVY jlevy@pinnaclemedialtd.com A family of 58 from the United States de- scended on Grand Cayman this week, partly to celebrate a newly married couple and partly to acknowledge a long-standing love affair with the Cayman Islands. Members of the Rojas family have been coming to Cayman for more than 50 years, ever since Rodrigo Rojas, now 80, a Costa Rican national, discovered Cayman on a trip from his home country to the United States. After he married Barbara Kleppinger, now 79, in 1959, they came to the sunny Cayman Islands for their honeymoon. The couple stayed at the old Sea View Hotel on South Church Street and have been making friends on island ever since. Now, 56 years later, the Rojases’ grand- daughter, Carly, newly married to Taylor Cunningham, headed to Cayman after the wedding, but decided to have a “family- moon” rather than a honeymoon. Four generations of the family are spending this week in Cayman, along with 10 other guests. The family has grown so fond of the is- lands that one grandchild has even been named “Cayman.” “There is nothing that smells the way Cayman does. I don’t know how to ex- plain it – clean, healthy, romantic and fresh smelling, all rolled in one – it just smells so real – the water and the beef patties. Oh, it’s so nice,” said Carly. Dressed in 1980s outfits, the four gen- erations gathered on Seven Mile Beach for a family photograph Tuesday to record yet another island memory. All four Rojas children were there – Albert, Robert, Kavonne and Mary Ellen – as well as grandchildren and great-grandchildren. The family members came from throughout the U.S., flying in from Pennsyl- vania, Florida and California. “It’s just a very special place for our family,” said Mary Ellen. PLEASE TURN TO PAGE 7 » Decked out in 1980s costumes, members of the Rojas family enjoy the beach. - PHOTO: JEWEL LEVY PLEASE TURN TO PAGE 7 » PLEASE TURN TO PAGE 7 »2 LOCAL&REGIONAL THURSDAY AUGUST 11, 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. - THURSDAY - SUICIDE SQUAD 3D (PG13) 1:00 I 1:30 2D I 3:45 I 4:15 2D I 6:30 7:00 2D I 9:15 I 9:45 2D JASON BOURNE (PG13) 1:20 I 4:15 I 7:15 I 10:00 THE INFILTRATOR (R) 12:45 I 4:00 I 6:50 I 9:50 THE SECRET LIFE OF PETS 3D (PG) 1:10 2D I 3:30 I 7:10 2D I 9:30 ICE AGE: COLLISION COURSE 3D (PG) 2:00 I 4:20 2D I 7:20 I 9:40 2D Daily Matinees Every Day $8.00 Seniors, Mon-Fri Before 6pm Cayman Cinema@cbcinema6cbcinema6 640-FILM (640-3456) Crown alleges rape of young boy Charges sent to Grand Court CAROL WINKER cwinker@pinnaclemedialtd.com A man facing two counts each of rape and indecent assault on a young boy had the charges against him transmitted to Grand Court after he ap- peared in Summary Court earlier this week. The alleged victim in all four charges was between 4 and 6 years old at the time of the offenses, when the defendant was aged be- tween 14 and 16. The defen- dant is now an adult. Defense attorney Prathna Bodden asked that the defendant not be named in any media re- ports because the rela- tionship between the par- ties would make the young boy’s identity obvious. Magistrate Valdis Fol- dats issued an order pro- hibiting the publication of any information that would lead to the identity of the complainant. The charges arose from incidents that were said to have occurred over a 22- month period. The defendant was bailed to appear in Grand Court next month. Con- ditions of his bail in- clude surrender of pass- port, residence at a specified address and no unaccompanied access to young people. Drug dispute led to prison assault CAROL WINKER cwinker@pinnaclemedialtd.com An apparent dispute over drugs at Northward Prison led to an assault that re- sulted in six more months of custody for inmate Ryan Alijah Ebanks. Ebanks pleaded guilty earlier this week to as- sault causing actual bodily harm to fellow inmate Jef- frey Barnes on the morning of July 8, 2013. In a letter ad- dressed to the judge, Justice Michael Mettyear, Ebanks made it clear he was taking drugs in prison that day and the violence that occurred be- tween him and Barnes was caused by a drug dispute be- tween them. The judge said he was not sure the letter helped Ebanks very much. Crown counsel Scott Wainwright advised the court that Barnes had little memory of the incident. How- ever, after Barnes was found on the ground outside his cell, a prison officer viewed CCTV for the area and iden- tified Ebanks as being the person who attacked Barnes. The CCTV was played in court. Defense attorney Martha Rankine pointed out that the assault was spontaneous, no weapon was involved, there was no evidence of premedi- tation and there was no per- manent damage to the com- plainant. There was some evidence of provocation, she noted. Most importantly, Ms. Rankine said, Barnes had written a letter stating quite clearly that he did not wish to pursue his com- plaint and that “there were issues between the parties, there was an altercation, the matter has been resolved.” Ebanks was origi- nally charged with causing grievous bodily harm, a more serious offense that attracts a lengthier sentence. Mr. Wainwright ex- plained that an examination of Barnes initially suggested that he had sustained a frac- ture to his left eye socket, “but it appears that it may very well be that was pre-ex- isting.” The charge of causing actual bodily harm cov- ered the injuries that could be proved – swelling and bruising to the face, espe- cially the eye and nose area. Justice Mettyear told Ebanks there might well have been some degree of provo- cation directed toward him. “But provocation is part of prison life and you have got to bear it and not resort to your own summary judgment of justice,” he said. “Prisons can be frightening, intimi- dating places. Violence has no place within prison walls.” The judge accepted that all that could be proved was one punch, relatively minor injuries and some immediate lack of orientation. He said he regarded it as a serious aggravating feature that Ebanks committed this of- fense while he was a serving prisoner with a bad record of previous convictions. At the time of the assault, Ebanks was serving a sen- tence of 15 years after being found guilty of robbing a West Bay grocery store of $522 in 2011 and possession of an imitation firearm at the time. The Court of Appeal later reduced that sentence to 10 years. US deports former Guatemalan soldier wanted in 1982 massacre GUATEMALA CITY (AP) – A former Guatemalan soldier suspected of helping carry out a massacre of more than 160 people in 1982 during the country’s civil war was de- ported from the United States on Wednesday after a court refused his plea to stay be- cause he fears for his life. Santos Lopez Alonzo, 64, was flown back and turned over to Guatemalan author- ities, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said. Lopez served with an elite unit of the Guatemalan army and is one of four suspects in the massacre who were ar- rested after coming to the United States years later. Two are serving time in Amer- ican prisons for related im- migration crimes and one was deported home and sen- tenced to more than 6,000 years in prison. In an interview with The Associated Press last week, Lopez said he stood guard over women and children during the slayings in the village of Las Dos Erres but killed no one. He said he fears retribution from Guatemalan authorities or other inmates for helping American inves- tigators prosecute one of his former comrades. “I’m afraid I’m going to be tortured and they’re going to kill me in my country, be- cause I gave testimony to a grand jury,” Lopez told the AP. “Because I talked about them and everything they did.” More than a dozen former soldiers have faced arrest warrants in Guatemala on al- legations of participating in the massacre. It took place at the height of the more than three-decade civil war, which claimed at least 200,000 lives before ending in 1996. The country’s U.S.-backed army was responsible for most of the deaths, according to the findings of an indepen- dent truth commission set up to investigate the bloodshed. In December 1982, a group of soldiers was sent to search for missing weapons in Las Dos Erres and rounded up men, women and children, raping girls and bludgeoning the villagers with a sledge- hammer before throwing their bodies into a well. Lopez said he was a baker in the army and was assigned to stand guard while others carried out the massacre. Soldiers escorted people out and returned empty- handed, he said, telling him only then that the villagers were being killed. “He who owes nothing, fears nothing. If I had done something, if I had killed, I would be afraid, but I feel clean,” he said. More than a decade later, Guatemala’s government opened an investigation and unearthed 162 skeletons. Au- thorities issued arrest war- rants for 17 soldiers, in- cluding Lopez, but the cases languished. After leaving the army, Lopez became a farmer in Guatemala and then went to the United States illegally, working construction jobs in Texas. In 2010, Lopez was ar- rested and charged with ille- gally re-entering the U.S. after a prior deportation order. Authorities detained him as a material witness in the prosecution of a fellow former soldier who lied about the massacre on his U.S. nat- uralization forms. Afterward, Lopez tried to fend off depor- tation, but the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals refused last month to block it. “The United States is not going to serve as a safe haven for individuals who have committed atrocities overseas,” ICE spokeswoman Jennifer Elzea said. “They may live quiet lives, but they must be held accountable for the activities in which they participated.” Lopez has acknowledged taking a 5-year-old boy from the village, claiming he saved him and raised him as a son. Ramiro Osorio Cristales has grown up to become a key voice for victims. He re- ceived asylum in Canada, tes- tified against some of the sol- diers about his memories of the killings and cut ties with Lopez, who Osorio says mis- treated him for years. Efforts to reach Os- orio, who previously testi- fied in Guatemala about the abuse allegations, were un- successful. Lopez has denied mistreating him. In U.S. court filings, the Justice Department argued that Lopez kidnapped the boy and prevented villagers from escaping the massacre. While Guatemalan prison conditions can be harsh, de- partment lawyers wrote that Lopez did not prove he would be tortured by officials if he returned home. His lawyer, Sarah Vanessa Perez, said Lopez is vulner- able because he cooperated with the U.S. government as a witness. Santos Lopez Alonzo is escorted by Interpol agents after landing at the Air Force base in Guatemala City on Wednesday. - PHOTO: AP ECUADOR DEMANDS APOLOGY FROM JOURNALIST QUITO, Ecuador (AP) – Ec- uador’s media authorities have ruled that a promi- nent journalist committed a “media lynching” of a government agency with investigative reports and ordered her TV station to broadcast a series of public apologies. The sanction against Teleamazonas for muck- raking by Janet Hi- nostroza was condemned Wednesday by the New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists. Hinostroza reported that practices of the National Public Con- tracting Service could lead to the distribution of substandard medicines. The state media au- thority used a 2013 law to rule that Hinostroza’s re- ports damaged the prestige and credibility of the con- tracting service. The Committee to Pro- tect Journalists called the ruling a “ridiculous and clear” attempt to censor in- formation of public interest. Hinostroza won a 2013 CPJ press freedom award.3 LOCAL NEWS CAYMAN COMPASS • THURSDAY AUGUST 11, 2016 FIND YOUR BEST DEALS DREAM CAR AT AN AFFORDABLE PRICE OVER 10,000 CARS IN STOCK Tel : +81 42 440 3440 | Email : top@beforward.jp www.beforward.jp Shipped to George Town Cayman Islands DREAM CAR AT AN AFFORDABLE PRICE DREAM CAR AT AN AFFORDABLE PRICE Police dispute case delayed “We need to get on with it,” judge warns JAMES WHITTAKER jwhittaker@pinnaclemedialtd.com The opening of a civil case brought by a po- lice constable who claims he was assaulted by his chief inspector was delayed Wednesday after an 11th- hour application from the of- ficer for time to track down additional evidence. Dennis Brady, repre- senting constable Cardiff Robinson, said more time was needed to get docu- ments from the Police Pro- fessional Standards Unit, which he said his client had been told would help his case. Robinson claims he was assaulted on two oc- casions by Chief Inspector Frank Owens. Mr. Brady said his client had only re- cently learned of documents held by the PSU that would help his case, though he was unclear about what the documents contain. According to a statement of claim filed in the case, Mr. Robinson alleges that Mr. Owens threw a “reason- ably heavy” log book at him through the open door of a police car in June 2011. The constable also claims that Mr. Owens acted aggres- sively toward him, shouting and pointing his finger in his face, in a separate argument in February 2012. In civil cases, assault is defined as an action that puts a person in threat of im- minent bodily harm. Actual physical harm, which is not alleged in this case, is defined as battery. Justice Richard Williams allowed a 24-hour delay in the case, saying Mr. Robin- son’s lawyer would need to present a compelling case on Thursday morning to be al- lowed a longer adjournment. He questioned why the application had not been made sooner and admon- ished the attorney for not providing his skeleton ar- gument, as requested, in advance of Wednesday’s hearing. He instructed Mr. Brady to be ready to proceed Thursday, should his request for adjournment be refused. “Not a free for all” “This is not Magistrates Court. It is not a free for all,” he said. “It has been fixed for four months and the Friday before the hearing is the first indi- cation of an application to break the fixture.” He said any further de- lays in the case would af- fect both Mr. Robinson and Mr. Owens, whose integrity was questioned. “They are both in posi- tions that demand and re- quire respect. It undermines both of their positions, par- ticularly if people [in the community] are talking about it without full knowledge of the case. “They need to get on with their professional lives without it hanging over them.” He said vacating the three-day trial slot would likely mean an adjournment of at least four months. “There is prejudice on the defendant’s side this has been hanging over his head for years now. The statement of claim has been out there for three years – we have got to get on with it.” He said Mr. Brady would need to prove the documents he sought were relevant. “You can’t just say there is someone in a darkened al- leyway somewhere who told me there are some docu- ments. We have to know what they are and if they would af- fect the case.” He said the details of the PSU’s investigation were largely irrelevant to the case before him, which he de- scribed as simple allegations of assault. “I want to hear from the people who were there and saw what happened – it is a straightforward matter – one person’s word against the other, and whatever ev- idence they can bring. If it was a criminal case it would hardly be the case of the century.” New director takes helm at Children and Family Services Minister expects department to ‘grow from strength-to-strength’ Felicia Robinson, former director of human services and family af- fairs for the St. Lucia government, has as- sumed her new post as director of Cayman’s De- partment of Children and Family Services. Ms. Robinson takes the lead at Children and Family Services following criticism about some as- pects of the department from the Legislative As- sembly and a report from the Office of the Auditor General about how so- cial services are delivered in Cayman. She started her new role as director on Aug. 4. In a press release, Community Affairs Min- ister Osbourne Bodden said of Ms. Robinson, “She brings a wealth of knowledge and experi- ence to what is the most important work of this Government; that is, the protection of chil- dren and strengthening of families.” He continued, “With her expertise, I have no doubt that the depart- ment will grow from strength-to-strength and ultimately realise my goal of becoming the bench- mark in the region when it comes to services for children and families.” Dorine Whittaker, chief officer for the ministry, said “We are delighted to welcome Mrs. Rob- inson and look forward to the further strength- ening of the Department under her expert guid- ance and leadership.” The ministry said Ms. Robinson has 20 years of experience in social work, public policy, financial oversight and working with communities. She has a master’s de- gree in social and public policy from the Univer- sity of Leeds, a certificate in social work, a diploma in legislative drafting and a bachelor’s degree, all from the University of the West Indies, Cave Hill, Barbados. She also re- ceived a Bachelor of Laws degree from the Univer- sity of Leeds program at the Truman Bodden Law School. In the press release, the Ministry of Commu- nity Affairs notes, “Her substantial expertise and qualifications equip her to successfully fulfil the role of the Director at the Department of Children and Family Services. “As part of her people management responsi- bilities, Mrs. Robinson will also be collaborating with the Ministry to fur- ther develop the Depart- ment’s succession plan to ensure that her team is effectively equipped for career progression.” Felicia Robinson, director of the Department of Children and Family Services Talent show raises money for foster kids The annual “Talent Xposi- tion of the Arts” raised $1,500 for the National Council of Voluntary Organisations’ Children’s Home. The talent show was or- ganized by the New Self- Help Community Foundation in June. Alta Bodden-Solomon, NCVO coordinator, said, “What a fantastic event to aid the children at the NCVO foster home.” She thanked the spon- sors, organizers and per- formers. “Not only was the night showcasing amazing entertainment, but a dona- tion from the proceeds raised was given to the foster home. “It is only through con- tinued support of our com- munity, individuals and business that we are able to continue assisting those in need within our islands.” JC Connor of the New Self-Help Community Foundation said, “It is our moral obligation to help the less fortunate in our so- ciety who are struggling to stand on their feet, for improvements in their lives.” For information about the NVCO, visit www.ncvo.org.ky or email ncvocoordinator@ncvo.org.ky. From left, Jason DaCosta, Talent Xposition of the Arts executive member; JC Connor of the New Self-Help Foundation; Alta Bodden-Solomon, NCVO coordinator; and performer Lloyd Barker at the check presentation.The islands’ most-trusted news source 4 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. – EDITORIAL – MEGAN MCARDLE The Rio Olympics have not yet proved to be the di- saster that some had feared. Zika still lurks about, of course, but we haven’t heard the kind of humiliating tales of catastrophes small and large that dogged the Sochi Winter Olympics in 2014. The best case, however, is still a disaster – for the host. Brazil has spent an estimated $12 billion on the games, and while much of it has gone to upgrading infrastructure, much of it has gone to the sort of infrastructure that does not have great long-term payoffs, like arenas in which to stage little-watched events. This by a country whose economy has been recently rocked by the bursting of the global commodity bubble. “Disaster” is not hyper- bole. When I was in Greece last year to report on the elections and the refugee crisis, virtually everyone I spoke to agreed that the 2004 Athens Olympics had been the apex of modern Greece. Virtually everyone I spoke to also agreed that the Olympics had dealt a painful blow to Greece’s economic condition. The government borrowed a great deal of money to spend on facilities that couldn’t be used for anything after the games had passed. Nor is this unusual. Local boosters frequently argue that the Olympics will pro- duce a wave – a veritable tsu- nami – of economic benefits. The reality, as The Economist says, is that “prudent city governments should avoid the contests at all costs.” This does not really capture it. Prudent city governments should run screaming from any proposals to host the Olympics, and napalm the spot where the proposals were found, just to be safe. Start with all those custom facilities, which have to be built quickly and to an absolutely hard dead- line. (Hello, cost overruns!) Add in the need to transport people between the venues, requiring costly infrastruc- ture upgrades. Toss in the fact that after the Olympics has passed on to the next population center, all those sites will need to be main- tained, or turned into some- thing else. You can see how this might be bad news for prudent fiscal types. And the economic ben- efits? Cities that host the Olympics do not even neces- sarily see a burst of tourism. Although the Olympics cer- tainly attracts a lot of sports fans, it scares off a lot of other tourists who want to avoid the traffic and other associated headaches. Ac- cording to The Economist, “Beijing and London both at- tracted fewer visitors during their summer Olympics in 2008 and 2012 respectively than they had in the same period a year earlier.” And while some of the fa- cilities can later be repur- posed for revenue-gener- ating sports, that was less comfort than you’d think, because publicly financed stadiums in general have a lousy record at boosting local economic activity. And while some of the infrastruc- ture improvements, like in- vestment in roads, may pay off, the fact that these in- vestments are concentrated on moving people between Olympic venues, rather than moving people to places they go during the 99 per- cent of their lives when the Olympics is not in town, makes even this potential upside dubious. The debt to finance these “investments,” on the other hand, is permanent and can be a heavy burden to coun- tries in financial trouble. The long planning cycle nec- essary to stage an Olym- pics – Rio’s bid was ac- cepted in 2008 – means that a country like Brazil can take on the obligations during boom times, then be forced to cough up billions later on, when the economy is going through a rough patch. This is no way to run a sporting event. We could, as Megan Greenwell recently suggested in Wired, hold the Olympics in multiple cities, so that the pain will not fall too heavily on any one place. Allow var- ious cities to invest in per- manent venues for one sport they do particularly well, which would both minimize the cost and allow countries to get really, really good at hosting their one sport. But this sort of gives up on the idea of the Olympics, which is supposed to be a great coming together of ath- letes from every country and many sports. There’s another alter- native: We have a tradi- tional Olympics. Really tra- ditional. As in, we hold it in the same spot every time. Somewhere like … Greece, where the original Olympics were invented. That is the suggestion of Paul Glastris, editor of the Washington Monthly. Olympic Games, after all, do not just involve a lot of in- vestment in physical cap- ital; they also involve devel- oping human capital, which is completely wasted when the Olympics leaves town. (I should disclose that Glas- tris is, himself, of Greek ex- traction (and was invaluable to me when I made my re- porting trip to Athens). But that does not make his pro- posal any less sensible.) Picking a single city side- steps this problem. And making it Athens sidesteps a lot of the problems of choosing a city, which will inevitably be fraught with political bitterness between north and south, east and west. Greece, unlike the rest of the international com- munity, really does have a uniquely strong claim to be- come the permanent host of the Games. Granting that claim would let the rest of us off the hook for quadrennial white-elephant exhibitions. That’s a bargain, any way you look at it. McArdle is a Bloomberg View columnist. © 2016, Bloomberg View The world has never been more prosperous. And yet, dissatisfaction with economic and social inequalities in a fast-changing global economy are engendering increasing division and social disruption throughout the world. “Country first” has been the rallying cry over the past few years as populist move- ments all over the globe have gained ground. Brexit, the decision of the U.K. to leave the European Union, was only the latest but certainly most prominent expression of the populist movement. Brexit was borne out of frustration with economic stagna- tion, the dissolution of national boundaries, and the dissatisfaction with a bloated Brussels-based bureau- cracy, all of which put into question the benefits of the free exchange of goods, services, capital and labor – all known collectively as globalism or globalization. For many, if not most, economists, globalization is the main driver for economic growth, higher produc- tivity, and the opening of new markets and opportuni- ties. Populism as a movement is viewed as retrograde and retrogressive. However, economists too often conveniently forget that, even if beneficial for an economy as a whole, the forces of globalization create unpalatable dislocations among their own people. That explains Brexit. In times like these, populists always have greater appeal. In a debate between a populist and a “nation- alist” on one side vs. an economist and a “globalist” on the other, bet on the populist side. In politics, unlike economics, simplicity trumps (the word is chosen deliberately) complexity every time. Building a wall on the border of Mexico or suspending trade with China may not make macroeconomic sense, but such positions have propelled Donald Trump to one step away from the White House. Cayman itself is not immune to the appeal of populist ideas, but having resisted them historically has been one of the reasons for its success. Without sustaining deep divisions to its social fabric, Cayman is one of the few places in the world that is truly built on globalization, both through the financial services it offers and because its economy is founded on the combination of local infrastructure, skill and foreign workers, which itself requires an open labor market. Because the benefits of the Cayman economy have been shared (if not equally, certainly substantially) throughout most of the population, disharmony and discord have not interrupted the forward progress of the country. Indeed, Cayman continues to enjoy the highest standard of living in the region, and one of the highest in the world. Having said that, tensions do exist between the local population and foreign workforce (which now exceeds 24,000 for the first time since the financial crisis). Even so, unemployment among locals remains low. Finding the right balance between local and foreign labor is an ongoing challenge, and it is one that is not always met successfully. The rollover policy, espe- cially when combined with an immigration system that refuses to grant permanent residency, continues to cause businesses to lose their most valuable people to the detriment of everyone. Just because there are some who arguably will not benefit directly, putting up barriers and restrictions for foreign labor needed by local businesses does not mean more opportunities for Caymanians. It is the openness of the economy that creates opportunities for Caymanians. Whither Cayman: Globalism or populism? THURSDAY AUGUST 11, 2016 • CAYMAN COMPASS The Olympics do not have to be a fiscal disaster Although the Olympics certainly attracts a lot of sports fans, it scares off a lot of other tourists who want to avoid the traffic and other associated headaches. 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. 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BACK-TO-SCHOOL BOOK EXCHANGE: DHL Express Cayman is holding a school book trade-in at the DHL offices on Mary Street, 9-11 a.m., or until supplies last. Trade a used composition book and/or children’s story book for a new 100-page composition book. Limit of five books per adult. All used composition books will be recycled and the children’s story books will be donated to the Ministry of Education. SUNDAY, AUG. 14 TIME ATTACK: 11 a.m. behind Progressive. Event organized by Cayman Motorsports Association. Register Friday, Aug. 12, at Parker’s, 7 p.m. THURSDAY, AUG. 18 PROVIDING OPTIMUM CUSTOMER SERVICE: Chamber of Commerce course, 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Chamber of Commerce offices, Governors Square. $150 for members, $225 for future members. Register at www.caymanchamber.ky. HUMANE SOCIETY QUIZ NIGHT: 7 p.m. Fidel Murphy’s. $10 per person, teams of up to six people. All proceeds go toward transferring dogs to their new homes in the U.S. Contact sarah.dyer.81@gmail.com. FRIDAY, AUG. 19 LIQUOR LICENSE RENEWALS DEADLINE: Liquor license holders, including those with music and dancing licenses, are reminded of the deadline to apply for license renewals. Only complete renewal applications, with either inspection certificates or proof of inspection requests, that are submitted by the deadline will be heard at the Liquor Licensing Board’s annual session on Sept. 30. Applications can be downloaded from the Department of Commerce and Investment’s website, www.dci.gov.ky. For more information, contact Acting Secretary Gavin Dixon on 244-3167 or DCI’s Shelise Jeffery on 244-2202. SATURDAY, AUG. 20 CAR BOOT SALE: 6–9 a.m. Regatta Parking Lot, along Esterley Tibbetts Highway. The DMS Gives Back Committee is organizing a car boot sale to support the Humane Society. Register for a spot to sell goods or attend as a customer and browse the items for sale. Registration cost is $50 per car. This fee goes to the Humane Society; sellers keep whatever money they take in. The Humane Society will be on hand to accept any clothes or household items. Call or email Cara Hennessy at 749-2414 or chennessy@dmsgovernance. com to reserve a spot. Also contact Cara to volunteer or to donate any items for the sale. WEDNESDAY, AUG. 24 CERAMIC OPEN STUDIO: Offered by Visual Arts Society today and Aug. 31 to adults who want to work independently in an inspiring atmosphere, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Watler House Studio, Pedro Castle grounds. $15 pp/$25 pp non-members. Clay, materials, glazes and firing facilities are available. More information at info@visualartcayman.com. THURSDAY, AUG. 25 BRAC COURT: Summary Court in Cayman Brac, Aston Rutty Centre. Today and tomorrow from 10 a.m. A WALK THROUGH WATERCOLORS: Join art critic Emé Paschalides for a special discussion and walkthrough of the National Gallery’s watercolor exhibition, “A Legacy of Light.” This program is free. Refreshments will be available. Doors open at 5 p.m. Discussions begin at 5:30 p.m. For additional details or to RSVP, email education@nationalgallery. org.ky or call 945-8111. SME WORKSHOP: “Getting the Most Out of Media Solutions, IT and Telephony,” a Chamber of Commerce course. 5:30- 7:30 p.m. Chamber of Commerce, Governors Square. Free. Register at www.caymanchamber.ky. SATURDAY, AUG. 27 WATERCOLOR PLAY: Family Day at the National Gallery, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Free family fun art activities based on the watercolor exhibition, “A Legacy of Light.” Activity sheets and art activities will be available for children of all ages in the National Gallery. Self-guided tour packs can be collected at reception for families to use as they explore the temporary exhibition. Beverages and snacks will be available for purchase in the Art Café. Admission is free and open to all ages. For more information, email education@nationalgallery. org.ky or call 945-8111. WATERCOLOR WORKSHOP: 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. at the National Gallery. Have fun with all kinds of water-based paints. Unlock creativity and discover new ways to apply paint to paper. Explore pattern, shape and color. All materials are provided and the event is open to children of all ages. Children must be accompanied by an adult. This is a free drop-in event, but the workshop is limited to 20 students, so pre-registration is a must. Email education@ nationalgallery.org.ky or call 945-8111. SUMMER CAMPS SHUTTERBUGS: Sessions 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. WATERCOLOR KIDS CLUB: Saturdays, 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 or 640-2878. KIDS SUMMER ART & CRAFT CAMP: Visual Arts Society. Watler House Studio, Pedro Castle grounds. Wednesday and Thursday mornings until Aug. 18. For ages 5 to 12. $45 pp; fee includes materials and snack. Contact vascayman@gmail.com. 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 or call 926-7915. BRAC YMCA CULTURE CAMP: Aug. 8-12, 8:30 a.m. to noon. Brac Heritage House. Cost $50. Contact simones@candw.ky. ADVENTURES IN ART: Presented by the National Trust and Art Nest Creative Studio. Held at Dart Family Park Aug. 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. CNCF SUMMER ARTS CAMP: Aug. 11-19, open to students ages 7–16. Children 6 years old are accepted if an older sibling is enrolled in the Cayman National Cultural Foundation camp. Students will engage in activities that focus on the visual, traditional and performing arts, with classes in drama, storytelling, dance and more. Students will also get to take part in field trips that highlight Cayman’s cultural and maritime heritage. Forms are online at www. artscayman.org/creative- kids. Cost is $150 per child for seven days. Snacks and lunch are included. For more information, email cncf@artscayman.org or call 949-5477. RETHINK TEEN LEADERSHIP CAMP: Aug. 15-19, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Family Resource Centre. Participants will be engaged in fun, interactive, project-based learning, will learn about leadership, and will be introduced to the campaigns and select committees on various initiatives and 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 VOLUNTEER TEACHERS SOUGHT: The CXC Education Programme, offering all interested adults a second chance at an education, invites volunteer teachers to apply. A variety of courses are offered at basic, intermediate and CXC exam levels. Also offered are skills- oriented subjects such as QuickBooks, cosmetology and dressmaking. Registration is Sunday, Sept. 11, at 2 p.m. at the John Gray High School Auditorium; classes begin on Sunday, Sept. 18. Students may register for as many courses as they can manage; registration fee is $100 to cover books and other supplies for the year. For more information, visit www. education.adventisteducation. org or call Dr. L. Smith, 325- 6462, or Mrs. L. Wynter- Young, 938-3701. PIRATES WEEK FESTIVAL CALLS FOR VOLUNTEERS: The Pirates Week Office is seeking volunteers to assist in the planning in its upcoming events. The Festival staff acknowledges the value of volunteers and what they have to offer as this will help make the Islands’ National Festival a success. For more information or to receive a volunteer application from, contact the Pirates Week Office via email at info@piratesweekfestival.com or 949-5859. 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. For more Community Calendar events, visit www.caymancompass.com/events. ‘Boats at Morgans’ by artist Janet Walker is one of the watercolors on display at the National Gallery’s ‘Legacy of Light’ exhibition. A number of free events involving the exhibition are scheduled this month.The islands’ most-trusted news source 7 CAYMAN COMPASS • THURSDAY AUGUST 11, 2016 forums held in 2015 and 2016. After a five-month pro- cess and following an appeal to the Information Commis- sioner, 13 pages of meeting notes containing some details of the issues raised and min- istry responses were released last month. The response in- dicated that the January meeting was the only such forum held in the 18 months covered by the request. The notes give a snap- shot of some of the key issues raised by representatives of Parent Teacher Associations at Cayman Islands schools. One note indicates, “A con- cern was raised about a policy that seems to be in place that restricts teachers from asking parents for resources, specifi- cally to solve a recurring issue of a lack of paper at schools.” The ministry’s response suggests that paper short- ages are often linked to school staff not following “proper procedure for requesting paper and other resources ahead of time.” It indicates that there is no policy against teachers asking parents for help, but the prac- tice is discouraged in the hopes that staff will instead follow the proper process in a timely manner. Several teachers have pre- viously told the Compass that lack of paper is an ongoing issue, which they attributed to budget issues, saying they often brought their own paper to school to fill the gap. Another representative suggested reinstating “book fees” for parents who could afford to pay to help alleviate some of the costs associated with acquiring resources for schools, which the ministry said it would consider. Other issues were raised around a perceived lack of resources for children who speak English as a second language, though officials said new funding had been al- located for this. PTA representatives also suggested schools need to be involved in a multi-agency approach to identify and as- sist children who are being abused at home. The ministry responded that all teachers are trained and equipped to identify such issues, and that there are counselors in all schools as well as behavioral support teams, though it ac- knowledged “interventions for families are still an area for development.” The link between home life and bad behavior was a recurring theme, with some parents raising fresh con- cerns about the number of students coming to school without breakfast or lunch. According to the summary document, the issue is han- dled by schools individually, with support from charities and from the Department of Children and Family Services. Ministry officials said they would continue to work with partners to address the need, but stated in its meeting notes, “While parents con- tinue to send their children to school without sufficient meals, this will continue to be an issue.” Some parents felt relax- ation in the uniform policy was also fueling bad behavior. “With the recent allow- ances in the uniform policy that boys are allowed to wear their hair long and also wear earrings, the feeling is that thug behavior is being con- doned,” the document noted. The ministry indicated it has agreed to review this deci- sion, which it said was taken by school principals because of the amount of resources being diverted to dealing with uniform policy. It also noted that “equal rights for all is consistent with Human Rights initiatives.” Ms. Rivers raised similar concerns on uniforms in a re- cent Finance Committee dis- cussion, saying it would be discriminatory to allow girls to wear earrings and not boys. Issues around student be- havior in schools, long iden- tified as a problem, were also highlighted. One parent ques- tioned what was being done to address high school stu- dents with drug abuse prob- lems, which were said to be impacting the learning envi- ronment for other students. The ministry said it was working with the National Drug Council on education, using behavioral specialists to combat drug use among students and using sniffer dogs to deter students from bringing drugs to campus. Other PTA representatives said they were concerned that behavioral issues were prompting some teachers to leave the system. “Concern was raised about teacher re- tention,” the notes state. “The overall feeling is that the good teachers in the system are leaving because of the environment they teach in, specifically behavioral prob- lems, parents not taking re- sponsibility for the education and behavior of the children and good teachers are not being paid enough.” In its initial press release about the forum, the Min- istry of Education indicated it was already aware of many of the issues highlighted and was working to address them. It said the Education Plan of Action, drawn up in response to issues raised in a series of critical school inspections, focused on im- proving leadership and man- agement and student progress and achievement. Minister Rivers also indi- cated that non-teaching Spe- cial Education Needs Coordi- nators have been employed to provide support for all gov- ernment schools. Chief Officer Christen Suckoo said the coordinators, known as SENCOs, previously had to balance that role with responsibilities in the main- stream classrooms. “Taking them out of the classroom and having them focus on these students will allow them to give students with special needs and dis- abilities the full attention that they require, and we are excited about the prog- ress we expect to see in this area,” he said. The February press re- lease indicates that the parent forums are expected to be- come a regular occurrence, though none has been held since the meeting in January, which was the first since at least 2014. CPR courses as well.” Mr. Watler said the Trade and Business Licensing Board has agreed to give the vendors – now numbering between 38 and 45 – another 45 days to get their opera- tions in order. The vendors were granted a 30-day ex- tension in July, with govern- ment officials hoping they could become licensed by the end of the month and begin operating in a specifi- cally defined area away from the waterfront. Garth Arch, chairman of the Trade and Business Li- censing Board, said the 45- day extension is the final one the board intends to approve for the vendors. Mr. Watler said Wednesday that the initial 30-day extension was not enough time and that govern- ment did not want to force the Public Beach operators to shut down. “That doesn’t help,” he said. “The idea for them is to be self-sustaining. It might sound like we are trying to just put red tape out there, but the government is doing what they require for [the vendors] to operate busi- nesses that can comply with social norms and comply with the law.” “We ask people to be pa- tient,” he added. The government has iden- tified a specific location be- hind the public bathroom in the Public Beach area, where Mr. Watler said it was pro- posed to put 16 government- funded kiosks for vendors to operate from. The vendors cannot be moved there now, he said, because the kiosks have not been set up and the vendors are not licensed – essentially they are continuing to op- erate illegally. The extension period serves to prevent them from facing fines issued by the Department of Commerce and Investment while the situation is resolved. He acknowledged that not all of the vendors will be able to fit into the 16 ki- osks government has pro- posed to set up, but he said some of the vendors could share the stalls. “The idea is to have a min- imum presence [of vendors] on the beach so that people can walk and do things on it,” he said. Residents and businesses along Seven Mile Beach have put significant pressure on gov- ernment since the start of this year, complaining that unli- censed vendors, discarded trash and dangerous watercraft oper- ations have created a “lawless mentality” on the beach. “The very symbol of this beautiful island and the magnet that draws both Cay- manians and multitudes of tourists is being destroyed before our very eyes,” read the residents’ eight-page letter sent to Tourism Min- istry Councilor Joey Hew. Over the years, plenty of significant events have oc- curred on Cayman for the Rojas family. Albert met his wife while on vacation in Cayman. He honeymooned here and named his first born “Cayman.” It was a race be- tween the siblings to see who would be the first to name their child after their favorite place in the world, said Mary Ellen. Robert honeymooned here and says he was awarded “honorary Caymanian Fish and Game Warden.” Mary Ellen’s son An- drew Williams proposed, got married and honeymooned in Cayman and worked at Durty Reid’s for six months. “It’s the family happy place … the place where I learned to swim and scuba dive and was dying to take my son for him to experience the same thing,” said Carly. As Carly’s son Brody grew older, she showed him pictures of Cayman. “Ten days before the trip, he kept counting the days and each day he would say ‘one more day mommy, just one more day,’” she said. Seeing the water for the first time, Brody said, “Oh, Mum, this is so beautiful.” “We jumped in the water and didn’t come out until 8 p.m.,” Carly said, who reckons 50 percent of her own childhood memories are from Cayman. “I love this place, I just can’t get enough of it, it’s the perfect definition of par- adise,” said her husband Taylor. “When I wake in the morning and see the crystal blue water, it’s almost over- whelming – it’s like [I’m] in a dream state when I wake up.” Andrew Williams, now 30, said he has been coming to the islands since he was a baby. After leaving school, he called up friend Reid Dennis of Durty Reid’s and got a job at his restaurant at Pedro Castle. “Lots of people travel thousands of miles for hol- idays to their mum’s and dad’s place – and smelling Thanksgiving dinner – that’s me when I come to the is- land, I smell just being home, and it’s such a com- forting feeling,” he said. Mary Ellen recalls having to run indoors at night in 1968 because the mosquitoes were so bad. There were no televisions and no phones, but they picked mangoes from trees on the roadside and when they wanted the fresh catch of the day, Mary Ellen’s boyfriend would go in the sea right off Seven Mile Beach and come back with a dinner of lobster, conch and fresh fish. She said the island has remained beautiful over the years, despite being far more developed than when she first came here. “There are many tourists and traffic, but the Caymanian people are still beautiful, which I think is amazing,” she said. She said she loves coming here with her kids and en- joying the great outdoors, not watching television, or playing on iPads or iPhones. Beef patties are still a treat for the family. Since they have arrived, 50 beef patties have been delivered daily to their condos on Seven Mile Beach. PTAs cite lack of school resources CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 Illegal vendors remain on beachfront CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 The scene at Public Beach on Tuesday. – PHOTO: BRENT FULLER ‘Familymoon’ for longtime fans of Cayman Four generations: Rodrigo and Barbara Rojas with great-grandson Brody, seated, daughter Mary Ellen in back row on right, granddaughter Carly and her husband Taylor. CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1The islands’ most-trusted news source 8 Dubai crash-landing survivor wins $1M A man who survived the crash-landing of an Emirates airplane has won $1 million in an airport duty-free sweepstakes. Mohamed Basheer, 62, from India, says he’ll continue working at an auto body shop in Dubai and will also set up a charity in his hometown in India. THURSDAY AUGUST 11, 2016 • CAYMAN COMPASS In setback for Brazil’s Rousseff, Senate puts her on trial President closer to being removed from office RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) – Bra- zil’s Senate on Wednesday voted overwhelmingly to put suspended President Dilma Rousseff on trial, bringing the nation’s first female pres- ident a step closer to being permanently removed and underscoring her failure to change lawmakers’ minds the last several months. After some 15 hours of debate, senators voted 59-21 to put her on trial for breaking fiscal rules in her managing of the fed- eral budget. It was the final step before a trial and vote on whether to definitively remove her from office, ex- pected later this month. The political drama is playing out while Rio de Janeiro is hosting the Olympic Games, which run through Aug. 21. The outcome was widely expected: The Senate already voted in May to impeach and remove Rousseff from office for up to 180 days while the trial was prepared. Wednesday’s vote under- scored that efforts to remove her may have actually gained steam despite her attempts to woo senators who have expressed doubt about the governing ability of interim President Michel Temer. Senators pushing for her removal only needed a simple majority to call for the trial. Not only did they get much more than that, they also gar- nered an ample margin over the super-majority – at least 54 – they will need to perma- nently remove her. “This is not an easy situa- tion,” Jose Eduardo Cardozo, who was attorney general in Rousseff’s administration and is leading her defense, told Brazilian news portal G1 after the vote in the cap- ital of Brasilia. Cardozo said that he would look at appeals to the nation’s top court and that several senators who voted in favor of this move may be reluctant to take the heavier step of removing her from office. “In that way, the final vote isn’t tethered to today’s re- sult,” he said. Still, the situation does not look hopeful for Rousseff, the first female president in Latin America’s largest na- tion. Previous appeals to the Supreme Federal Tri- bunal, the nation’s top court, have failed. And Rousseff’s attempts to woo senators and rebuild her own brand with voters have apparently fallen short. Brazil’s economy, the largest in Latin America, is mired in its worst depres- sion in decades. Layoffs and late payments to some state workers have spurned deep anger. The country has also been struggling to con- front the Zika virus, which causes birth defects in in- fants born to infected women and has ravaged thousands of families in poor, north- eastern states. Temer, who was Rous- seff’s vice president-turned- nemesis, took over after Rousseff’s May impeach- ment. He has been sharply criticized for appointing a Cabinet of all white men in a country where more than 50 percent are non-white. Three of his ministers have been forced to resign for al- legations related to cor- ruption, and despite prom- ises to get Congress moving after months of paralysis, he has struggled to push through reforms. Rousseff has repeatedly said she did nothing wrong and argued that other former presidents did similar things in their handling of the fed- eral budget. She has argued that behind her removal are attempts to tamp down a wide-ranging corruption probe into billions of dollars in alleged kickbacks in state oil company Petrobras. Dozens of top busi- nessmen and politicians have been jailed in the two- year investigation. While much of the graft happened during the 13 years her Workers’ Party was in power, Rousseff repeatedly declined to do anything to squelch the investigation. She argued that the probe was badly needed in Brazil, where graft in politics is endemic. In- vestigators in the Petrobras case have said the company even had a department to handle bribes. Over the last several months, Rousseff and her aides have heavily courted several senators who they thought might change their minds. Rousseff, who has remained in the presiden- tial palace, has also floated the possibility of calling new elections. In several in- terviews, she has said she would be open to a plebiscite. While those comments were widely seen as an at- tempt to convince wavering senators to put her back in office, new elections before 2018 would be difficult. For that to happen, both Rousseff and Temer would have to be removed, or decide to resign from office. While Rousseff’s fate looks to be all but de- cided, it’s unlikely that Temer would stand down. The 75-year-old career politician has said he would not run again in 2018, and in fact has little choice in the matter: The country’s elec- toral court has banned him from running for another of- fice because of campaign fi- nance violations. Suspended Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff Report offers details about Guantanamo detainee WASHINGTON (AP) – Fol- lowing a lengthy tug-of-war with Capitol Hill, the Pen- tagon has given a senator the first, unclassified report de- tailing the suspected militant backgrounds of more than 100 detainees at or recently released from the U.S. mili- tary prison at Guantanamo Bay – a report that will likely spur more debate over shut- ting it down. The report, given to Sen. Kelly Ayotte, R-New Hamp- shire, who shared it with The Associated Press, tells the story of detainees like Karim Bostan, who once ran a flower shop and later was ac- cused of running an al-Qaida affiliated explosives cell be- lieved to have targeted U.S.- led coalition forces in eastern Afghanistan. He’s been at Guantanamo for more than 13 years, but has been cleared for transfer to a country willing to accept him. “While the Department of Defense watered down in- formation and failed to pro- vide key details regarding some detainees, the report still provides Americans with a consolidated, unclassified source of information re- garding the dangerous ter- rorists at Guantanamo who the administration has re- cently released or plans to re- lease soon,” Ayotte said in an email response to questions. She has pushed the Obama administration for years to be more transparent about who is being transferred out. The remaining de- tainees “will no doubt” re- turn to the fight once re- leased, she said, noting that the Defense Depart- ment told her that 93 per- cent of the detainees still at Guantanamo as of late last year were high risk for re-engagement in terrorism. The report, however, also tells the stories of low-level militants released after being detained for more than a dozen years without charge – cases that support those who have long argued that indefinite detention runs counter to U.S. values. In that category, there’s Muhammad Said Salim Bin Salman, a Yemeni who traveled to Afghanistan to train at an al-Qaida camp. He says he became a cook and never fought because he suffers from back pain. Deemed a me- dium intelligence risk, he was cleared for release and transferred to Oman in January following 14 years of detention. David Remes, a human rights lawyer who repre- sents several detainees, says dangerous men are not being released. “Holding the men at all was a deep injustice and a lasting stain on the U.S. These men shouldn’t have been in Guantanamo in the first place,” Remes said. “It’s one thing to prosecute detainees for attacks on the U.S …. It is quite another thing – and contrary to the values the U.S. says it is committed to – to hold men for many years, who are ac- cused of no crime.” The Office of the Di- rector of National Intelli- gence reports that 5 percent of Guantanamo prisoners released since President Barack Obama took office have re-engaged in mili- tant activities and another 8 percent are suspected of it. That compares to 21 per- cent confirmed and 14 per- cent suspected during the Bush administration. The U.S. military prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, held about 240 detainees in 2009. So far, the Obama administration has transferred 162 detainees to other countries. – PHOTO: AP9 WORLD&REGIONAL CAYMAN COMPASS • THURSDAY AUGUST 11, 2016 Emails by Clinton aides show State-family foundation links Newly released emails from a top aide to Hillary Clinton show evidence of contacts between Clinton’s State Department and donors to her family foundation and political campaigns. The emails released Tuesday by the conserva- tive group Judicial Watch included a 2009 exchange in which Doug Band, a se- nior staff member at the Clinton Foundation, told a top Clinton aide at the State Department that it was “im- portant to take care of” an individual, whose name was redacted. Huma Abedin, the State Department aide, replied that “personnel has been sending him options.” The evident effort at job placement may add to criti- cism that the State Depart- ment was too close to the foundation during Clinton’s tenure as secretary of state from 2009-2013, despite her pledge not to take actions benefiting her family’s char- itable organization. The Re- publican Party has said that Clinton, the Democratic pres- idential nominee, sought to help contributors to the foundation in a “pay-for- play” scheme. In 2011, Band became co-founder of Teneo Hold- ings, a consulting firm with international clients. Abedin at times held overlapping jobs with the State Depart- ment, Teneo, and the Clinton Foundation, an arrange- ment that Judicial Watch has questioned through a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit. In another 2009 exchange released Tuesday, Band asked Abedin and Cheryl Mills, Clinton’s chief of staff, to put Lebanese-Nigerian bil- lionaire Gilbert Chagoury in touch with a State Depart- ment “substance person” on Lebanon. The Chagoury Group co-founder has given between $1 million and $5 million to the Clinton Foun- dation, according to a list of donors posted online. Asked about the emails from Band, State Department spokeswoman Elizabeth Trudeau said in a state- ment that “it’s not unusual for candidates to be recom- mended to the department through a variety of avenues” and that department officials “are regularly in touch with a range of outside individuals and organizations.” The Clinton campaign sought in an email to clarify the nature of the contacts. “Neither of these emails in- volve the Secretary or relate to the Foundation’s work. They are communications be- tween her aides and the Pres- ident’s personal aide, and in- deed the recommendation was for one of the Secretary’s former staffers who was not employed by the Foundation,” Clinton national spokesman Josh Schwerin said. Band long served as a personal aide to former President Bill Clinton. A lawyer for Abedin de- clined to comment. The Republican Na- tional Committee had a dif- ferent take. “That the Clinton Foun- dation was calling in favors barely 3 months into Hillary Clinton’s tenure at the State Department is deeply trou- bling and it is yet another re- minder of the conflicts of in- terest and unethical wheeling and dealing she’d bring to the White House,” RNC spokesman Michael Short said in an email. Judicial Watch released 296 emails Tuesday, most sent to or from Abedin but not necessarily Clinton, whose use of a private email system has caused an up- roar. The cache did include 44 previously unreleased ex- changes sent or received by Clinton. The newly released emails included a mix of State Department and per- sonal emails. Judicial Watch said it has now found 171 mes- sages that were not included in the 30,000 emails Clinton turned over to the State De- partment. FBI Director James Comey has said that his agency found “several thou- sand” work-related emails that weren’t turned over by Clinton’s lawyers. Clinton has told the State Department she believes she submitted all work-related emails she had in her possession, the de- partment’s Trudeau said in a statement. The latest group of mes- sages “show the Clinton Foundation, Clinton donors, and operatives worked with Hillary Clinton in potential violation of the law,” Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton said in a statement from the group, which also said the interactions “seem in viola- tion of the ethics agreements that Hillary Clinton agreed to in order to be appointed and confirmed as Secretary of State.” Previously disclosed Clinton emails showed the secretary interacting with donors to her campaign and foundation, particularly if they seemed to have exper- tise on some matter of inter- national relations or diplo- macy. Clinton and her team also hired political associates for State Department jobs, and the emails showed her considering others, common practices in the department and diplomatic posts. More than half of likely voters say they are bothered a lot by the Clinton foundation accepting money from foreign governments when she was secretary of state, according to a Bloomberg Politics poll re- leased Wednesday. A quarter of likely voters said the issue did not bother them at all. © 2016, Bloomberg News Democratic presidential candidate Hillary ClintonClinton aide Huma Abedin Trump, on defense, blames media for Second Amendment flap BRISTOL, Va. (AP) – On the defensive once again, Donald Trump is blaming faulty inter- pretations and media bias for an uproar over his comments about the Second Amendment. He’s insisting he never advo- cated violence against Hillary Clinton, even as undeterred Democrats pile on. The latest controversy to strike Trump’s campaign arose, as they often do, out of an offhand quip at a boisterous campaign rally. Claiming falsely that Clinton wants to revoke the right to gun ownership guaran- teed in the Constitution’s Second Amendment, Trump said there would be “nothing you can do,” if she’s elected, to stop her from stacking the Supreme Court with anti-gun justices. Then he added ambigu- ously: “Although the Second Amendment people, maybe there is – I don’t know. But I’ll tell you what: that will be a horrible day.” Was Trump suggesting gun owners take matters into their own hands if Clinton wins the White House? Or was he merely musing about the indisputably powerful in- fluence of the gun lobby? Like so many times be- fore, Trump’s supporters and opponents construed his comments in entirely dif- ferent ways. “Give me a break,” Trump said hours later, insisting he was referring to the power that voters hold. He told Fox News that “there can be no other interpretation.” But Democrats saw – and seized – an opportunity to re- inforce the perception that Trump cannot moderate the things that come out of his mouth, much less the deci- sions he’d make as president. “I really, frankly couldn’t believe he said it,” said Tim Kaine, the Democratic vice presidential nominee. “No- body who is seeking a lead- ership position, especially the presidency, the leader- ship of the country, should do anything to countenance violence, and that’s what he was saying.” By Tuesday evening, Clin- ton’s campaign was fun- draising off the firestorm, asking supporters by email to chip in $1 to “show that we don’t tolerate this kind of politics in America.” Trump’s team, too, was using the con- troversy to reinforce a theme it’s been pitching to voters: that an underdog Trump is being unfairly treated by the media. “They will buy any line, any distortion, and spin that the Clintons put out,” said former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, an ardent Trump supporter. But House Speaker Paul Ryan, who was celebrating a primary victory in Wis- consin Tuesday night, said: “It sounds like just a joke gone bad. I hope they clear this up very quickly. You never joke about something like that.” The controversy immedi- ately overwhelmed Trump’s intended campaign-trail focus: the economic plan he unveiled just a day earlier and was promoting during rallies in the most competi- tive election states. It also underscored the concern, voiced by many worried Re- publicans, that he cannot stay disciplined and avoid inflammatory remarks that imperil not only his White House prospects but the re- election chances of many Re- publican lawmakers. For Trump, the next op- portunity to shift themes was to come Wednesday when he holds a pair of ral- lies in Abington, Virginia, and in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Clinton, fresh off her own campaign swing in Florida, planned to spend the day in the battleground state of Iowa, where she will tour a Des Moines T-shirt shop and hold a rally. It was not immediately clear whether Trump’s latest stumble would continue to dog him or whether, like many in the past, it would quickly fade away. In Ohio, a competi- tive state coveted by both can- didates, Trump’s comments struck some of those ques- tioned in a focus group of voters the wrong way. “Maybe I’m hearing it wrong, but sounds like he’s basically saying take her out,” said Julie B, an office administrator and married mother of two. Trump’s perceived viola- tion of political norms – can- didates do not typically call for physically hurting op- ponents – was all the more striking because the posi- tion he was criticizing is not one that Clinton holds. Con- trary to Trump’s remarks, Clinton has made support for the Second Amendment a key piece of her usual campaign speech, though she supports stricter gun control measures. “I’m not here to take away your guns,” she said in her Democratic National Conven- tion speech. “I just don’t want you to be shot by someone who shouldn’t have a gun in the first place.” Trump did try to put one other simmering dispute to rest – at least temporarily. A day after Clinton com- mitted to participating in all three scheduled debates, Trump said he, too, would do three debates, though he seemed to leave himself an out. Trump has complained previously that two debates are scheduled during NFL football games. Republican presidential candidate Donald TrumpNext >