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They still get the benefit for the duration of their service on the board and for the equivalent length of time after they retire. Quizzed about the flight benefits pro- gram during the committee’s examination of the airline’s 2013/14 audited accounts, Mr. Tibbetts said he believed around 100 people had been granted unlimited free flights under the old policy. He said fewer than 30 people got free flights under the terms of the 2009 amendment. On average, 250 free tickets each year are taken by board members, retired board mem- bers and their dependents, Mr. Tibbetts said. “Board members get no monetary compen- sation,” he said. “In exchange for their serving they get flight benefits.” There are no limits on how many flights Britannia, Dart in dispute over golf course CHARLES DUNCAN cduncan@pinnaclemedialtd.com The Dart-owned Britannia Golf Club closed Thursday, leaving many of the home- owners around the course unhappy. The dispute is headed to Grand Court to inter- pret clauses in the land titles for the golf course and Grand Cayman Beach Suites. Dart, through one of its companies, Cayman Shores Development, bought the golf club and Beach Suites earlier this year. In letters to owners and the strata in July, Dart told the homeowners that it planned to close the Beach Suites and the course on Sept. 1. In a written statement to the press, Paul Simon, attorney for the home owners, said, “The home owners at Britannia have over the course of the last 30 years, bought their properties in good faith with the knowl- edge that there are certain rights regis- tered in their favour to use the facilities at the Britannia Golf Club and Grand Cayman Beach Suites. “The existence of those rights has long PLEASE TURN TO PAGE 15 » PLEASE TURN TO PAGE 14 » PLEASE TURN TO PAGE 15 » The Britannia Golf Club was closed Thursday. – PHOTO: TANEOS RAMSAY2 LOCAL NEWS a victim impact statement, the girl reported being angry and feeling betrayed because she knew him and had trusted him. The judge emphasized that she had nothing to be ashamed of. Ms. Halliday-Davis re- ferred to the social inquiry re- port into Garcia’s background. It showed that he had been abused by his father, who had introduced him to pornog- raphy because he thought the boy might be gay. On learning that his son was inexperi- enced at age 17, he forced him to have sex with a prostitute. In his sentencing re- marks, the judge said Garcia appeared to have had a mis- erable and unhealthy up- bringing, “but nothing can jus- tify his behavior.” It seemed Garcia had be- haved himself when he first came to Cayman, but he was now assessed as being at a high risk of re-offending, the judge noted. When there are multiple serious offenses, the principle of totality should be taken into account, he said in ar- riving at his final sentence. For rape, the maximum sentence is life imprison- ment, with the tariff 10 to 12 years after trial. In this case, he considered that there were two rapes, aggravated by the victim’s vulnerability and Gar- cia’s recording of his conduct. The sentence would have been 14 years after trial. For the gross indecency with the child, the sentence would have been four years if the charges had been con- tested, the judge continued. For possession of inde- cent photographs of chil- dren, the sentence would have been three years if these charges had been contested. On the principle of totality, he made this sentence to run concurrent. The total sentences would have been 18 years, but the Crown had accepted that the guilty pleas were early. On that basis, the judge reduced the rape sentences to nine years six months, with con- current sentences for the inde- cent assaults Garcia had com- mitted against the teen. For the offenses of gross indecency with the child, the judge reduced the four years to two years six months, con- secutive to the rape sentences. The total was therefore 12 years. Ms. Halliday-Davis said the defendant wanted to reassure the victims and their families that he had not distributed any photos of either victim. He hoped that they could someday forgive him. FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 2, 2016 • CAYMAN COMPASS Award-Winning Caribbean Chicken! Fresh, Healthy & Delicious! 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Describing Garcia’s be- havior as vile and de- praved, Justice Michael Mettyear reduced the total sentence of 18 years to 12 years because of the defen- dant’s early guilty pleas. Defense attorney Lee Halliday-Davis had pointed out that the early admis- sions of guilt saved the vic- tims and their families the anxiety of waiting to come to court for trials. “I hope the conclusion of these cases today will start the healing process for all,” the judge said. Crown counsel Eleanor Fargin told the court that Garcia, now 26, had come to Cayman from Colombia in 2008 to work for an air conditioning repair and in- stallation company. He had no previous convictions. His offenses occurred in the latter part of 2015. The gross indecency occurred at the child’s home when she walked into a bedroom where he was working. He invited her to play a game with him. When an adult ap- proached the room, he stopped what he was doing and climbed a ladder as if he were working. He told the girl not to tell. Justice Mettyear said that the girl had shown bravery and good sense; she immediately did tell what the man had done to her. Her mother called po- lice and her husband; she then showed courage by driving her car to block Garcia’s vehicle so he could not get away. “What happened in that incident was every parent’s nightmare,” the judge said. A swab from the child pro- duced a DNA sample that matched the defendant. As part of the investiga- tion, police recovered Gar- cia’s phones and memory cards with numerous in- decent photographs of children. One of the girls in the photos was apparently un- conscious as Garcia is seen performing indecent acts on her. Police officers spoke to the teen, who had been unaware that anything had happened. The two rapes occurred about three weeks apart, with dates shown on the recording devices. Justice Mettyear said the victim had been drunk or drugged into oblivion. In In his sentencing remarks, the judge said Garcia appeared to have had a miserable and unhealthy upbringing, “but nothing can justify his behavior.” CAROL WINKER cwinker@pinnaclemedialtd.com A man who admitted overstaying four times was sentenced this week to serve 30 days in prison. Craig Samuel Carra- dice, 32, pleaded guilty in Summary Court on Tuesday. He asked Magistrate Valdis Foldats for a fine. “You were already fined twice,” the magistrate re- plied. “The message didn’t get through.” Crown counsel Candia James explained that Carradice pleaded guilty in 2009 to overstaying and he was fined $440. He overstayed again in 2010 by seven months and 20 days. At the time, how- ever, there was an amnesty, so there was no penalty. In 2015, Carradice pleaded guilty to overstaying again and the fine was $500. The latest charge was for the period Nov. 4, 2015 to June 20, 2016. When asked if he wanted to enter his plea, Carradice at first told the court he did not know what to do. He explained that he had put in for a work permit but it had been turned down. The magistrate asked how long he had been in Cayman. Carradice said he first came in 2005, mainly working construction. He married a Caymanian and had a right to reside and work, but it was re- voked because he and his wife separated. He explained that he did not want to leave because he has three children whom he loves and wants to support. The magistrate pointed out that remaining in Cayman without autho- rization was serious be- cause it undermined the basis on which this country determines who has the right to be here. Man jailed for overstaying 4 times The Law Courts Building in George Town. - PHOTO: FILEThe islands’ most-trusted news source 3 CAYMAN COMPASS • FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 2, 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” TOM FRIEDEN AND ANTHONY S. FAUCI The Zika virus presents an unprecedented threat to the people of our nation, es- pecially pregnant women. Thus far, there have been more than 16,800 cases of Zika infection reported to the Centers for Disease Con- trol and Prevention in the United States and its terri- tories, including more than 2,700 on the mainland. Lab- oratory tests have confirmed that 1,595 pregnant women have been infected with the virus, and tragically, 17 ba- bies have been born in the United States with birth de- fects related to Zika. Zika has become a major out- break in Puerto Rico and es- tablished active transmis- sion in two neighborhoods in southern Florida. Other areas of the United States, particularly along the Gulf Coast, are especially vulner- able because of the weather this time of year and large numbers of mosquitoes. It is extremely disturbing to think that, as we write this, somewhere in this country a single mosquito bite may be changing the course of peo- ple’s lives. We have an obligation to meet the Zika threat and protect this country. Re- searchers at the National In- stitutes of Health have moved fullspeed ahead to find and develop a Zika vaccine and start clinical trials. The CDC has created diagnostic tests for Zika and helped state and local health departments track cases and control mos- quitoes, and has deployed large numbers of doctors, lab experts, mosquito spe- cialists and others to areas where local transmission of the virus is occurring. Pending a supplemental appropriation to meet this emerging crisis, the Obama administration has twice repurposed or transferred funding away from other pressing health priorities – more than $670 million in total. This has exacted its own cost. The most re- cently transferred funds sup- ported the CDC’s work to im- munize children, fight HIV/ AIDS, and stop other out- breaks. NIH had to take more than $7 million out of its re- search into fighting cancer and more than $4 million from our work to turn the tide on the illness that claims more American lives than any other: heart disease. This “robbing Peter to pay Paul” approach to an emerging public health threat is detrimental to both the Zika response and to the important non-Zika ac- tivities being tapped. Fur- thermore, the redirected funding runs out at the end of September. Without ad- ditional funds, the path for- ward is unclear. Our prog- ress against Zika will slow considerably. The CDC will have to reduce emergency response staff and support to communities fighting this virus. NIH may have to delay or halt its work on a vaccine. And it may even be necessary to cut off funding to pharmaceutical compa- nies that have partnered with government to ensure that a vaccine will be widely available once we have com- pleted the clinical trials and the licensing process. The potential cost of a funding shortfall will be measured in human misery and even death. Every child born with microcephaly as a result of the Zika infection of the mother during pregnancy could require care that costs the family and our health- care system anywhere be- tween $1 million and $10 million over the lifetime of the child. Every child born with microcephaly faces a difficult future, filled with in- tensive therapy and support. It is a price that no child – no mother, no father, no family – should have to pay, especially given that it can be avoided. With the right resources, we can develop better ways to combat the mosquito that spreads Zika and other dis- eases. We can prevent fam- ilies from having to go through the heartache of having a baby born with se- vere birth defects. We can find a vaccine that will pro- tect those most at risk. Congress returns next week. In the past, it has shown that it understands the importance of safeguarding Americans’ health and has supported biomedical re- search and vital public health priorities. It has proved that it can act in moments of crisis and in our nation’s hours of need. We’re asking Congress to do so again. Tom Frieden is director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Anthony S. Fauci is director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases at the National Institutes of Health. © 2016, Special to The Washington Post At government’s behest, KPMG consultants issued a report in September 2015 containing two key rec- ommendations to turn around the poor-performing Cayman Islands public school system: First, remove schools from the direct control of government officials and second, end the long-running practice of “social promotion.” A year later, education officials have announced they will, upon reflection, do neither. The message from Education Minister Tara Rivers and her education chieftains is this: Govern- ment schools will not be subject to accountability in the form of potential closure or competition from academy- or charter-style schools. Students will not be subject to accountability in the form of standards that mean anything. Ministry officials will not be subject to accountability in the form of alternative models of school governance and administration. Put another way: • Failing schools get a pass • Failing students get a pass • Failing civil servants get a pass. Although Minister Rivers said the government won’t be pursuing the idea of so-called “partnership schools,” funded by government but controlled by independent boards (a concept also supported by EY’s “Project Future” report) — she did try to pivot to other, far more marginal, aspects of the KPMG report that officials deem to be of value. Minister Rivers appears to be missing, or willfully overlooking, the central point of the report her own government commissioned. That point, of course, is that Cayman’s government should get out of the business of running schools altogether. Minister Rivers says that the concept of partner- ship schools will not be pursued, at least until the next election in May 2017. Question from the back of the class — If partner- ship schools are off the table … then what, exactly, is on the table? It appears, to us, that officials’ only proposal is to throw additional resources into the existing system. They propose, in effect, to serve up to Caymanian students even “more of the same” nutrient-deficient fare that has been on government’s menu for decades. There will be no difference in quality — just quantity. It is not without sorrow … or even a bit of anger … that we describe the public education paradigm that Cayman’s elected lawmakers are so loath to challenge. In brief, successive administrations have watched as a relative handful of career civil servants have presided over an inadequate school system, in effect sacrificing the future of Caymanian children — and, by proxy, the country — in order to preserve the positions of a few adults in power. The deadline that Minister Rivers has set for the further possible consideration of fundamental school reform — the next election in May — is quite telling. What does next year’s election have to do with transforming Cayman’s educational system in the long term? That date — next May — has practical meaning only for Minister Rivers. It is around that time that far too many of Cayman’s underserved students will be passed on to the next grade level, without having reached the desired targets for the previous year. It is also at this time that the following question will present itself: Will Cayman’s voters “socially promote” Minister Rivers to another four years in office? Minister Rivers takes a ‘pass’ on schools report FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 2, 2016 • CAYMAN COMPASS How not to fight the Zika virus A Miami-Dade County mosquito control worker sprays around a home in Miami in August. – PHOTO: APThe islands’ most-trusted news source 5 CAYMAN COMPASS • FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 2, 2016 At Honda We Care About YOUR SAFETY ATTENTION HONDA DRIVERS: Please be aware that we have a recall under way to repair airbag inflators, at no cost to you, in certain Honda vehicles. If you have a Honda vehicle that is within the year range listed below, please contact us to see if your vehicle needs immediate attention. Thank you from the Honda Family. 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George Town to his North Side home. “One of the first Amer- icans to discover Grand Cayman, back in 1939, when the only means of trans- portation was by sailing ship from Tampa, Mr. Fuller waited 10 years before de- ciding to move here per- manently, at which time he built his present residence in Old Man Bay on the north side of the island. “Bob Fuller’s meticulously catalogued collection con- sists of over 250 different species of mollusks all found here in the Caymans. “He became interested in the island’s shells when, during his very first visit, he found several of the beautiful Pyramidella do- labrata while bathing at Smith Barcadere. In the past 17 years of his life here he has assembled what he believes to be a pretty complete collection of the islands’ aquatic and land shells which includes a live Cerion martinianum, a land snail found in no other place in the world according to Harold A. Re- hder, curator for the di- vision of mollusks of the Smithsonian Institution.” In the same issue, North Side correspondent Nettie McCoy wrote: “Leaving on the 20th was Miss Alex Ebanks, who has gone to Hawthorne, California and Mrs. Clinton Whittaker and her daughter Shirley Ann for two weeks’ vacation in Miami with her cousin, Mrs. Joyce Ebanks. “Mr. Paul Ebanks, youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. Bertram Ebanks, left on the 27th to take up work with National Bulk Carriers. This is Paul’s first trip. “Leaving on Sunday 28th was Mrs. Rose Chisholm and her little son Harvey. She has taken him to Ja- maica for an eye operation. “Rev. Betty Skates and Janet Shafer, who had been conducting a series of re- vival services in the dis- trict, left on Thursday to re- turn to their homes in the USA. These meetings were conducted at the Pilgrim Holiness Church. “On Aug. 20 Mr. and Mrs. John Douglas became the happy parents of a fine little baby girl at the hos- pital in George Town. This is their second child and first daughter. “On the 25th at 11:45 a.m. Mr. Ricardo Ebanks was united in marriage to Miss Iva Connolly. “The ceremony was per- formed by the minister of Seventh-day Adven- tist Church, at his home in South Church St. in George Town. Miss Kath- leen Ebanks and Mr. Libby were the witnesses present at the ceremony.” In the same issue, East End correspondent Charles Dixon wrote: “Mr. Leslie Forbes left on the 27th to work for National Bulk Carriers. “Messrs. Vernon Dixon and Evans Connor re- turned on the 27th to spend their vacation. They were employed by National Bulk Carriers. “Miss Marge Gourzong returned on the 27th to spend her vacation. She at- tends school in Jamaica. “Arriving from var- ious parts of the U.S. over the weekend 27th – 28th to attend the fu- neral of their father, Mr. Ennis McLaughlin, were daughters Mrs. Evange- line Rankine and Mrs. Enid Banks, sons Mr. Jim McLaughlin and Mr. Ev- elyn McLaughlin. “Mrs. Claire McLean and Debbie Rankine returned to the U.S. on the 28th after an enjoyable holiday.” New North Side farm roads in the works Details aired at Aug. 25 public meeting CAROL WINKER cwinker@pinnaclemedialtd.com Land owners in North Side have signed petitions for two farm roads to be built in the district. MLA Ezzard Miller told constit- uents last week that he ex- pected to deliver the pe- titions to the appropriate ministry by Sept. 2, asking for the roads to be gazetted. He said he was “fairly confident” that the gazetting process should be finished this calendar year. The signers of the peti- tion agreed to waive any right to financial compen- sation for 15 feet of their land along the boundaries where the proposed roads would run. In requesting the Na- tional Roads Authority to construct the roads, they offer for free the rock re- moved. However, they ask that jackhammers be used to remove the rock instead of dynamite. They further request that topsoil be left on the owners’ properties. Both new roads could begin near the bottom end of Hutland Road, in the vicinity of Mister Wil- lie’s Farm (also known as Whistling Duck Farm), which is run by Willie and Zelmalee Ebanks. The first priority is a road that would go south into the area known as Forest Glen. Twenty-one land owners signed this petition. The second priority is for a road that would go west to Round Caye and then turn north toward Drift- wood Village, Mr. Miller ex- plained. This petition was signed by 53 land owners. The gathering at the Craddock Ebanks Civic Centre last week Thursday heard that Dart Properties owned some of the parcels involved and had agreed to sign the petitions. Some people did not agree to give up 15 feet, Mr. Miller noted. As a result, with the way the roads are recommended, not every land owner will get access to their property. However, there will be a framework for “off shoots.” It should be easier to approach one or two land owners for access once the main farm road is in place, he suggested. Mr. Miller was to present the petitions to the Min- istry for Planning, Lands, Agriculture, Housing and Infrastructure. George Smith, president of the Agricultural Society, emphasized the importance of opening up farm roads so that Cayman could become a little more self-sufficient in providing foodstuffs. The meeting was also attended by staff members of the Agriculture Depart- ment and Kerry Forbes, ad- ministrative coordinator for the Agricultural Society and ministry. MLA Ezzard Miller explains a feature of the proposed farm roads to Patricia Ebanks, while Nicholas Ebanks photographs a section of the map. - PHOTO: CAROL WINKERDISTRICT DAYS 7 District Days East End North Side CAYMAN COMPASS • FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 2, 2016 Modern-day angel recognized JEWEL LEVY jlevy@pinnaclemedialtd.com A woman in East End district has received recognition for her dedi- cated service to helping children and seniors in the community. Martena Villalobos, 54, was given a certificate of appreciation by the East End Seventh-day Adventist con- gregation in June. “It was really nice of them and I appreciate it,” said Ms. Villalobos, as she is known by people in East End. Cynthia Scott, the church’s sec- retary, said the church honored Ms. Villalobos because of her dedi- cation to the church, children, and the elderly. Ms. Villalobos does this chari- table work while taking care of her four children, Ethel, Erina, Ethan and Ethana. A fifth child Earl is deceased. ‘“E’ was the letter of the alphabet I liked best for naming the children, and it just kept going from there,” she said. On a recent morning while at home with her children at her resi- dence on John McLean Drive, Ms. Villalobos said she loved children and the elderly from the time she was a little girl. “All the children would attach to me,” she said. “We grew up as a very close family with my parents, Thomas and Loraine Carter, who had 10 children. Maybe that’s why I love children today,” she said. When her mother passed away, Ms. Villalobos stepped into her mother’s shoes and helped raise her nine brothers and sisters. She has volunteered at the after- school program at East End Primary School for the past four years, and as a Sunday School teacher for more than two decades. She says she loves spending time with family, and is a Christian who loves to read the Bible and do her craft work. The rest of her time she said is spent helping the se- niors at the church. “The children and elderly are my weakness. I will protect them in whichever way I can,” she said. Over the years Ms. Villalobos held many different jobs, but retired from her position as manager of the West Bay Post Office after her son was killed in a car accident. For this woman so dedicated to children, it was a cruel twist of fate that her son was to be snatched away so violently and quickly. “It’s very hard to lose a child. It is like a piece of you that been gone and not replaced. You never get that back. But because I am a child of God I held on to him, and that’s what keeps me going, just trusting in God … maybe if I didn’t trust in Him I would be ‘cuckoo’ today,” she said. “That morning in the bathroom I knew a child of mine was going to die and I started praying, ‘Lord please don’t let it be one of my chil- dren, please don’t,’” she said. Inspired by the words of John 3:16: “For God so loved the world he gave his one and only son, that who- ever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life,” Ms. Villalobos said she put her trust in God. Today she is thankful her son was also a child of God. “I made sure to bring all my chil- dren in the church and taught them to love God and not to stray far from him. I also learned never to question God. He gave me John 3:16 to hold on to that day and when in doubt I cry out to him,” she said. God has also blessed her with many talents. Ms. Villalobos can bake, cook, clean, sew, paint, thatch, crochet, draw and sing. Her paintings reflect her love for children. One painting shows a girl who, though confused and lost in a field, is looking down at a big red rose with a smile on her face and holding a Bible. “No matter how you feel, lean on God’s word and you will stand strong,” she said, explaining the meaning of the painting. Another painting is of a couple walking and holding hands. “Be with me until I grow old. I just want you by my side so we can grow old together. This was painted for my husband, Jose Villalobos,” she said. She says sometimes the Holy Spirit tells her she needs to go to a certain person. “I just stop what I am doing and go. Most times that person needs my help. Whatever is going on in your life, just listen and trust God a little more,” she said. Ms. Villalobos was given a certificate of appreciation by the East End Seventh-day Adventist congregation.Martena Villalobos shows off one of her creative pieces. New blue iguana twins a rarity The Blue Iguana Recovery Programme has had a suc- cessful breeding year thus far, with close to 50 new baby blues hatched, topped off with the ar- rival of a set of twins now set- tling in at the program’s North Side breeding facility. The program’s resident breeders, Forrest and Elizabeth, had 15 successful egg hatches, from which emerged 16 babies, a truly rare occurrence as the last set of recorded blue iguana twins was born in 2013. The pair’s clutch of eggs was laid on May 29. Program staff placed the eggs inside an incubator set at 32 de- grees Celsius at the National Trust Office, where they were closely monitored. Blue Iguana warden Karen Ford said the eggs began hatching around Aug. 8, and fin- ished hatching Aug. 12. “Each hatchling was mea- sured and weighed,” said Ms. Ford. “We found that while the ma- jority of hatchlings measured ap- proximately 30 centimeters from the tip of the nose to the tip of the tail, the twins measured ap- proximately 24 centimeters.” She added that while the majority of hatchlings weighed approximately 50 grams, one twin weighed 20 grams and the other twin weighed only 15 grams. Despite their small size, they are doing well. “All hatchlings have been placed inside their own indi- vidual cages at the breeding fa- cility,” said Ms. Ford. The hatchlings will reside there until they are two years old, when they will be released into the wild. The twins will be shown off during tour times when facility tours are resumed. The blue iguana hatchlings will reside at a North Side breeding facility until they are 2 years old.8 LOCAL&REGIONAL FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 2, 2016 • CAYMAN COMPASS LUNCH SPECIAL EVERYDAY MON-SAT 11.30 TO 4PM DIM SUM SUNDAY 11-3PM Plaza Venezia, North Sound Road, George Town 945-3490 OPEN FOR DINNER DELIVERY AFTER 5PM Cayman Karate Academy Introduces FAST PACE & FUN 1 Alexander Place, Dorcy Drive, GT caymankarateacademy@gmail.com www.caymankarateacademy.com Burn up to 800 Calories per class!!! 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Service for thousands of FLOW cellphone and land-line subscribers – including police, hospitals and local businesses – was affected starting at 6 a.m. 911 services were not affected. After the 4 p.m. restoration, FLOW issued a statement saying, “We ex- perienced a degradation of service today between the hours of 6 a.m. and 4 p.m. This affected some long distance calls and inter-connection to local operators … Customers were updated through our social media pages and we’d like to thank them for their patience as we worked to resolve the issues.” Alee Fa’amoe, managing director of the Information and Communi- cations Technology Authority, said, “C&W [Cable & Wireless, FLOW’s parent company] failed to report anything to us. It’s standard prac- tice around the world to report, but they felt under no obligation to re- port anything to the regulator. “It seems, then,” he said, that ICTA “will have to start drafting outage-re- porting regulations” and “fining them hundreds of thousands of dollars if they ignore them.” Guy Thornton, managing director at rival Digicel, said the outage had affected his network and “im- pacted our customers” because calls could not be transferred between the two systems. Mr. Fa’amoe was unable to pinpoint the source of Tuesday’s outage, but said problems routing calls through Jamaica have happened before. “We are not happy, and will make known concerns about the system in other countries that may be without good reliability. They need to explain what is going on.” When the interruption began, Mr. Fa’amoe said, ICTA had made “test calls, to make sure we could get through and that 911 services still worked.” “They need parental guidance to do what is necessary. I am fed up with these guys. You should priori- tize all emergency services – police and hospitals – and now we are going to have to put rules in place to make sure this is done, just as it is all over the world.” FLOW declined to respond to Mr. Fa’amoe’s comments, saying, “We don’t have any further info at this point.” The Cayman Reporter is cutting its print news- paper schedule back to two days a week, 14 months after moving to print five days a week. In an editorial on the Re- porter’s website Thursday, the newspaper said it will go back to publishing on Wednesdays and Fridays starting next week. The free paper has seen a number of staff depar- tures in recent weeks, and now, according to the edi- torial, will shift focus to its website and away from the print edition. Reporter/owner Deon Ebanks did not return re- quests for comment, but the editorial quoted him as saying, “We have seen an ever-growing demand for on-line advertising, and have also seen that more and more readers are ac- cessing our news stories on-line – especially for new and breaking stories. With this increased focus on dig- ital media, The Cayman Re- porter will be in line with international media trends – which are seeing tra- ditional print becoming a supplement to on-line news media.” There has been some speculation in recent months about management at the Reporter. The news- paper in March confirmed that Bob Taylor, former chief executive officer of West- Star TV, would take over as general manager and Mr. Ebanks would become a consultant. Mr. Ebanks is still cited as owner of the Reporter. It’s unclear whether Mr. Taylor ever began working for the company. Two of the reporters with regular bylines in the newspaper have left. CAYMAN REPORTER ROLLS BACK TO TWO DAYS A WEEK Honduras president to visit Cayman Friday NEW YORK (AP) – A woman in New York says she has not stopped crying since an airline mistook her 5-year- old for another child and flew him to the wrong city. Maribel Martinez tells New York’s Daily News she was shocked when JetBlue staffers presented her with another little boy on Aug. 17 at Kennedy Airport. “No, this is not my child,” she recalled telling JetBlue employees. “I was freaking out.” Her lawyer, Sanford Rubenstein, said that child was supposed to be in Boston. Instead, Martinez’s son, Andy, was sent there and it took hours for the airline to figure out where he was and return him home safely. “I thought he was kid- napped,” said Martinez. “I thought I would never see him again.” Both unaccom- panied 5-year-old boys had boarded in the Dominican Republic. Martinez said her son was wearing a wrist- band with his name on it. But the other child was car- rying Andy’s passport. The boy who was mis- takenly flown to New York was safely returned to Boston, the airline said. Jet- Blue is reviewing how the mix-up occurred. “Upon learning of the error, our teams in JFK and Boston immediately took steps to assist the children in reaching their correct destinations,” the airline said in a statement. Martinez flew with her son July 28 for the family vacation; she returned home to Manhattan a week later, leaving Andy with relatives. In buying his return ticket, she paid an extra $100 fee for a JetBlue representative to escort him onto the plane. Airline mixes up 5-year-olds, flies them to wrong cities Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez will be paying Cayman a brief visit on Friday. President Hernandez will be meeting with Pre- mier Alden McLaughlin, Deputy Premier Moses Kirk- connell and other govern- ment ministers, according to a press release. In addition to meeting with Governor Helen Kilpatrick, the president is expected to talk on furthering opportunities for trade and commerce as well as mutu- ally beneficial initiatives, fol- lowing a recent visit by the premier and deputy premier to Honduras. “The visit reinforces the friendship between our two countries and affirms the importance accorded by the Cayman Islands and Honduras to strengthening bilateral opportunities for cooperation,” said Premier McLaughlin in the release. In the release, Deputy Premier Moses Kirkconnell said that the Cayman Is- lands Government was de- lighted to welcome President Hernandez and greatly ap- preciated that the meeting is taking place shortly after the Cayman Islands’ initial visit to Honduras. “Though this visit will be brief we look forward to ex- tending our unique brand of Caymankindness to the Presi- dent and his delegation.”The islands’ most-trusted news source 9 CAYMAN COMPASS • FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 2, 2016 Grow your own way Antonia Aguayo Newcastle University Class of 2017 Ryan Barnett Edinburgh University Class of 2020 Simon Butler Edinburgh University Class of 2020 US$200,000 annual budget with over $1M invested in 28 students who have studied in the United States, Canada, the UK and Cayman in the past 5 years. Our scholarship program starts with a University degree. Then we’ll provide you with a variety of work experiences, we’ll coach you so you can develop your skills and build relationships to grow your career. 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