ESTABLISHED 1965 www.caymancompass.com – 50 CENTS – WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 7, 2016 High of 91 Low of 80 THIS ISSUE: SPECIAL REPORT CORPORATE DISASTER RECOVERY >>PAGE 13 INVESTMEN TEmerging market debt - Long-term trend or ash in the pan? >>PAGE 2 HEALTH Saving impoverished children - Health City’s cooperative effort >>PAGE 4 SPORTS REVENUE Record transfer fees - Football’s nances not out of control >>PAGE 5 PAGE 13 SPECIAL REPORT September 2016 Journal Special Repo rt Corpora te Disaster RECOVER Y Corporate Disaster RECOVER Y S EPTEMBER 2 0 1 6 • W W W .C A Y JOU RN AL.C OM 1 6 7 For hackers, humans are easiest targets Cayman, Florida square off against Zika CHARLES DUNCAN At the annual gathering in Las Vegas for hackers and cybersecurity experts, people got a look at the newest hacks and vulnerable technolo- gies, from breaking into Tesla cars to holding hostage a fancy new home thermostat until a homeowner pays a ransom. Despite the digital skills hackers showed off for taking control of computer systems, humans remain the single easiest way to break into any computer network. The back-to-back Black Hat and DEFCON confer- ences are annual events in the glittering desert city, bringing together researchers, government, big private fi rms and digital scoffl aws to showcase the latest in how to break – and fi x – computer networks. Cayman’s Micho Schumann, a principal with KPMG and a computer security expert, made his annual pil- grimage to the week of conferences. Schumann de- scribed the fi rst conference, Black Hat, as always “more buttoned-down and corporate.” The second, DEFCON, is not so formal, and “is disorganized in a good way,” he said, more a refl ection of the freewheeling hacker cul- ture in the popular imagination. These conferences, especially DEFCON, always make a splash in the world media, with research- ers from academia and private labs showing how to hack into everything from phones to cars.“There’s alwa ys lots of forward-looking stuff – what’s going on and where are the risks,” he said.The demonstrations during the week show just what’s possible as people try to poke security holes in anything that is connected to the Internet. Even the routine boarding pass to get on an airplane is open to attack, Schumann said. Based on a demonstration from the week, he explained, “all I need is your boarding pass number and I can probably cancel your ticket.”A cancelled boarding pass would be annoying, but could probably be fi xed after a couple of hours in line or on the phone. One of the hacks Schumann highlighted in an interview after the conference was on a new state- of-the-art electronic safe. He said researchers demon- strated how they could pick up the frequencies of the electronic signals in an expensive new safe and fi gure out the combination to break in. “This ties back to physical security,” Schumann said, which is something he preaches to clients who hire him to make sure their networks are locked down as tightly as possible. He said this is why companies need to train staff to think, what is this guy doing in my server room? Or, why is this person calling to ask about my operating system? People are the weakest link in any cybersecurity pro- gram, he said. They can steal data like Edward Snowden took from the U.S. National Security Agency, or they can unwittingly give away key security details to a caller pretending to be from the company’s IT department. Evidence of human error is all around the conference. Schumann said that for a week at the conference hotel – this year it was Paris on the Las Vegas Strip – FRANK BENTAYOU Both the Cayman Islands and its neighbor to the north, Florida, are fi ghting the Ae-des aegypti mosquitoes that can infect people with the Zika virus, in similar ways – up to a point. The Cayman Islands Mosquito Re-search and Control Unit, which has long instituted measures to eradicate the Aedes aegypti mosquitoes, im- mediately stepped up its efforts once it learned of the emergence of the vi-rus in other countries this year – now numbering around 70. After a pub-lic education campaign, aerial and ground-level fogging and a trial run of releasing genetically modifi ed mos-quitoes, Cayman to date reports just fi ve locally transmitted cases.Meanwhile, the most recent fi g-ures for the state of Florida indicate a total of 46 locally transmitted cases statewide, with at least 29 linked to Miami’s artsy Wynwood neighbor-hood, the Miami Herald reports. Since then, the newspaper states, additional locally transmitted cases have been reported in the Miami Beach area, across the bay from Wynwood. In each case, leaders in those juris-dictions, working with state and na-tional public health leaders, including from the Florida Department of Health and the U.S. Centers for Disease Con-trol and Prevention, have positioned their communities on a kind of sudden war footing against an emergent epi- demic of Zika virus cases. “Controlling this epidemic abso-lutely depends on our determining These conferences, especially DEFCON, always make a splash in the world media, with researchers from academia and private labs showing how to hack into everything from phones to cars. A DEFCON badge holds secrets too. Dr. Renaud Lacroix, Oxitec’s on-island project manager for the GM mosquito- release effort. - PHOTO: TANEOS RAMSAY PLEASE TURN TO PAGE 8 » PLEASE TURN TO PAGE 9 » THE CAYMAN ISLANDS JOURNAL For hackers, humans are easiest targets Moderate to rough with wave heights of 3 to 5 feet. EDITORIAL | PAGE 4 WHEN SHOWING UP ISN’T OPTIONAL Mosquito Unit works overtime in Zika fight Public Health says the five local cases are only a fraction of those infected CHARLES DUNCAN cduncan@pinnaclemedialtd.com The staff at Cayman’s Mosquito Research and Control Unit has been putting in long days as they fight to stop Zika transmission in Grand Cayman. MRCU Director Bill Petrie said Tuesday that his staff have been working through eve- nings and weekends to kill the Aedes aegypti mosquitoes responsible for carrying the virus, and creating chemical barriers to keep the mosquitoes away from preschools and homes of pregnant women. Zika, which has swept across the Americas from Argentina to Florida, was found in Cayman in July. As of Sept. 6, Cayman has confirmed five cases contracted locally and another six from overseas, according to the Public Health Department. All of the local cases involve people living in George Town. Dr. Samuel Williams-Rodriguez, Cayman’s leading public health official, said 80 percent of infected people do not show symptoms. “The number of people [infected] is expected to be much higher,” he said. For people who do experience symptoms, they tend to be mild with a rash, fever and conjunctivitis, or pink eye. The major concern of the virus is for pregnant women, as Zika is linked to severe birth defects in babies born to infected mothers. Babies born with tiny heads and underdeveloped brains, a condition called microcephaly, have characterized the CAYMAN AIRWAYS UNCONCERNED BY CUBA COMPETITION JAMES WHITTAKER jwhittaker@pinnaclemedialtd.com The introduction of scheduled flights be- tween the U.S. and Cuba for the first time in more than 50 years is not expected to have a negative impact on Cayman Airways in the short term, according to the airline’s chief ex- ecutive officer, Fabian Whorms. Mr. Whorms said the airline, which does steady business transiting passengers be- tween Miami and Havana through the Cayman Islands, is monitoring the situation carefully. He said the limited introduction of sched- uled flights from U.S. cities, which began last week with the inaugural JetBlue flight from Fort Lauderdale to Santa Clara, is unlikely to affect the airline immediately. He said there would likely be a reduction in charter flights from south Florida to Ha- vana, which currently account for around 14 daily flights, as carriers such as American Air- lines and JetBlue, which typically supply the aircraft for charter routes, put their resources into scheduled routes. The U.S. Department of Transportation has put a cap of 20 on the number of flights per day between Havana and all American cities, granting only 10 flights out of south Florida. Mr. Whorms said the net impact of the changes could actually be a reduction in total flights between south Florida and Havana if the charter flights cease to operate. “The charter market and schedule market generally don’t coexist very well in the same arena,” he said. “In essence, very little has changed. The ca- pacity has now diminished and the demand is now growing. We continue to watch what is going on, but it may not necessarily mean that North Siders wonder what happened at police station Community makes cleanup effort BRENT FULLER bfuller@pinnaclemedialtd.com Lifelong North Side resident Alex Johnson started noticing the local police station property looking a bit run down a few weeks ago. Ms. Johnson, whose mother lives behind the police station on Hutland Road, stops by there at least once every day to check on her ailing mom. Last month, she said, she noticed the grass on the station lawn reaching up to knee-high and the undergrowth climbing to about 5 feet on the fence surrounding the property. She also noticed the Cayman Islands flag above the building had not been taken down in at least a few days. “The grass was between my shin and my knee, and it hadn’t been cut in two to three months. Normally it’s done on a regular basis,” Ms. Johnson said. “And I don’t want to get anybody in trouble for it, but a pet peeve that I have is that when you put up the flag of the country …. I called the police station because the flag would stay up there for days and nobody would take it down [at night].” Instead of just complaining about it, Ms. Johnson put a message on Facebook and gath- ered a group of about 10 resi- dents to go cut the lawn and chop back the bush. She said a government worker donated work gloves and trash bags and the residents spent Saturday The magic of reading Education Minister Tara Rivers reads a passage from ‘Charlie and the Chocolate Factory’ to a group of George Town Primary School students Tuesday morning. It is one of 120 Roald Dahl books being donated to all 15 public primary and secondary schools in Cayman, courtesy of Camana Bay and Books & Books. 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Dale had pleaded not guilty to wounding with in- tent to cause grievous bodily harm; a jury was selected and trial was to have started on Monday. But the in- jured inmate, whose wound to his side required 12 su- tures to close, refused to give evidence. Trial could have pro- ceeded with the testimony of the guards who wit- nessed the incident and with physical evidence. How- ever, Dale then asked to plead again so that he could admit to the less serious of- fense of wounding. Crown counsel Scott Wainwright said Dale and the other inmate were in the “high risk” unit at the prison. The other inmate was re- leased from his cell to take a shower and, in order to reach the shower, he had to pass Dale’s cell. As he passed, he felt something sharp sticking into his side. He looked and saw Dale holding something white in his hand and saying words to the effect, “I’ll kill everyone up in here.” The injured man was taken to hospital and treated, but he refused to cooperate with the investigation. In Dale’s cell, officers found a broken fluorescent light tube with bloodstains on the end of it. The blood was deter- mined to be a match with the injured man. Dale told investigators he had little memory of that day, but he accepted that he had mashed up his cell and the broken light tube was in his cell. He also acknowl- edged some disputes with the other man. Defense attorney Crister Brady asked the court to consider the various chal- lenges Dale had, including the fact that at the time he was on 23-hour lockdown. This apparently had brought early childhood mental prob- lems to the surface. Dale was described as “going off” at times and guards knew that he was mentally unstable “more often than not.” Mr. Brady noted that Dale and his victim had in some respects mended cer- tain bridges between them. He agreed with the judge that the injured man’s un- willingness to give evidence against Dale meant that he did not want to cause him any further trouble. Justice Mettyear said the offense was serious because it was committed in prison and with a weapon. The in- jury was not trivial, but had turned out to have no lasting consequences except for a scar. The injured man seemed uninterested in pur- suing the matter. “It seems therefore likely that he does have a degree of sympathy for you and a degree of forgiveness,” the judge told Dale. “That and your plea of guilty and the fact that the injury is not as bad as it might have been al- lows me to be more mer- ciful than what would other- wise be the case.” With a discount for the guilty plea, even though it was late, and the mitiga- tion urged by Mr. Brady, the judge said two years was the least sentence he could im- pose “for this nasty offense.” Inmate admits to stabbing in prison BRENT FULLER bfuller@pinnaclemedialtd.com Two mobile homes that police said had been abandoned for at least two years burned in a fire in North Side district late last week. At press time Tuesday, police and fire service of- ficers were at a loss to explain how the homes – which generally are not allowed to be built in the Cayman Islands – came to be there. “It appeared no one was living there for years,” Royal Cayman Is- lands Police Chief In- spector Harlan Powery said over the weekend. Assistant Chief Fire Officer Randy Rankin said it appeared the two mo- bile homes were “stored” on the property at Rossini Street where they caught fire. No one was injured. Mobile homes are typi- cally not allowed for hab- itation in the Cayman Islands. In 2012, the Central Planning Au- thority turned down a re- quest from the nonprofit Bridge Foundation to set up trailer homes in West Bay as a halfway house for drug addicts and re- covering criminal of- fenders. The government’s building control unit said at the time that the trailers did “not meet the basic code requirements” for occupation. The trailers referenced in that case had been shipped in from the U.S. nearly a decade earlier. In January 2005, more than 80 trailer homes were brought in from the U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency to assist with temporary housing in the wake of Hurricane Ivan in Sep- tember 2004. By early 2007, most of those trailers were not in use, although some had been shifted over to the Immigration De- tention Centre in Fair- banks to house Cuban mi- grants who land illegally in Cayman from time to time. Some of those trailers are still being used at that site. Other FEMA trailers were shipped to Cuba in 2008 to assist during its recovery from hurricanes Ike and Gustav that year. Police and fire of- ficials were unable to say whether the mobile homes that burned last Friday were the same FEMA trailers brought in from early 2005. Assistant Chief Fire Officer Randy Rankin said it appeared the two mobile homes were “stored” on the property at Rossini Street where they caught fire. Police: Mobile homes abandoned ‘for years’ The Law Courts building in George Town. CABO SAN LUCAS, Mexico (AP) – Hurricane Newton slammed into the twin re- sorts of Los Cabos on the southern tip of Mexico’s Baja California peninsula Tuesday morning, knocking out power in some places as stranded tourists huddled in their hotels. Newton made landfall as a Category 1 storm with winds of 90 mph, pelting the area near Cabo San Lucas with heavy rain and blowing down at least half a dozen palm trees along the coastal boulevard. Some win- dows were also shattered, but there was calm in the city as firefighters cleaned the streets of refuse. Los Cabos suffered heavy damage to homes, shops and hotels two years ago when it was hammered by Hurricane Odile, which hit land as a Category 3 storm. After making landfall Newton moved inland and its center was located about 50 miles west of La Paz, the capital of Baja California state. It was moving north- east at around 17 mph. Max- imum sustained winds had decreased to 80 mph. Mexico extended hurricane warn- ings for the peninsula and also a stretch of the main- land coast across the Gulf of California, also called the Sea of Cortez. The U.S. Na- tional Hurricane Center pre- dicted Newton could cross the peninsula as a hurricane and re-enter the Gulf. Newton was forecast to dump 8 to 12 inches of rain on Baja California Sur state with isolated maximums up to 18 inches, and heavy rains were also expected for five other states. Newton could even reach the U.S. border at Ari- zona as a tropical storm, ac- cording to the latest forecasts. About 14,000 tourists had remained in Los Cabos as of Monday night as air- lines canceled flights out as the storm approached, said Genaro Ruiz, the state tourism secretary. Ruiz said tourists had been advised to remain in their hotels. “The most important thing is to stay at home,” said Carlos Godinez, a civil defense official for Baja California Sur. “If there is nothing that requires you to be outside, take shelter with your family.” Hurricane Newton slams into resorts near Cabo San Lucas Firemen remove a palm tree felled by Hurricane Newton in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, on Tuesday. – PHOTO: APThe islands’ most-trusted news source 3 CAYMAN COMPASS • WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 7, 2016 Thanks to You...our loyal clients and employees We are very proud to win this award two years in a row. It reflects our employees’ commitment to our clients and to the communities we serve. This award is ultimately about our clients, who put their trust in us to help them create the future they want.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. Having worked in the field of maternal and child health in Africa for many years, I am greatly concerned as to the general response by the gov- ernment to Zika. I also be- lieve that the Cayman Com- pass needs to give a daily (or minimum weekly) update on Zika as a matter of priority, which includes what the gov- ernment is doing, next steps, education etc. There is not nearly enough information being circulated on the island. I am shocked that I haven’t seen groups of health officials out on the streets talking to people, educating, and asking people to get rid of pools of water on their properties. My friend lives on Seven Mile Beach and every single flat has a small pool of warm fes- tering water outside to wash their feet in. These are ideal breeding grounds for the Zika mosquito. Those people/proper- ties who ignore warnings should be held accountable. Government health officials should also be visiting neigh- borhoods on a regular basis, disseminating information and educating families. The Cayman Compass needs to give out more in- formation but also lobby the government to do more about Zika than it is already doing. I was with friends on Saturday night and not one person knew when Oxitec are plan- ning to release more GM mos- quitos or even if this is the plan. Cayman Compass had a great article on Cuba’s epic response to Zika, yet with no relation to Cayman. I ask the question: What are the gov- ernment here in Cayman doing to combat it? There is a huge lack of in- formation on Cayman’s plan to tackle Zika. Is this because there isn’t one? We need clear, concise, and regular informa- tion and it should be seen as a matter of priority. Philippa Richards “It seems that there are people who regard an invitation to attend the Public Accounts Committee as a witness as a rather trivial invitation and we get reasons, excuses that they have other appointments scheduled for that time. “The expectation … is that anyone invited to appear before this committee as a witness will clear their calendar and show up as and when invited.” — PAC Chairman Ezzard Miller When Mr. Miller insists that witnesses show up when invited to appear before his legislative com- mittee, he is absolutely right. Admittedly, it is not clear whether the elected representative from North Side issued an official “summons” (as he claims) or simply an “invitation” to the chairman of Cayman Airways’ board of directors to attend a recent meeting. For our narrative, however, it makes little difference. What is of importance, however, is that Mr. Miller does have the authority to compel testimony before his committee and he should exercise it without hesi- tation if he feels it is necessary. As Mr. Miller said: When the PAC invites you to attend a meeting — you make sure you’re there. No excuses. (Barring, of course, matters of life, death or flat-out impossibility.) The problem of people “not showing up” is not exclusive to the PAC. It is a concern for the whole of the Cayman Islands. Too often, for example, people fail to appear in court when their presence is required. (Defendants, witnesses — and if you throw in the prerequisite of “preparedness,” attorneys as well.) Drawing from our experience at Pinnacle Media as an employer, we regularly set aside blocks of time for job interviews — and then wait in vain as the sched- uled candidates never appear. (Not that long ago, we were hiring for a position at the Compass. After sifting through dozens of applications and conducting initial interviews, we narrowed the field down to three final- ists. Of the three — two didn’t show up for their final interview. No telephone calls, no excuses, no apologies, no nothing. We haven’t heard from them since.) Outside the business realm and into the social realm, too often top officials and prominent individ- uals RSVP “yes” to formal events, and then never show up. On a slightly different matter, in Cayman’s public sector, the practice of not returning phone calls, messages, emails or hard-copy correspondence is all too prevalent. Are department heads aware of this? Are they OK with it? “Mr. Manners,” the etiquette columnist for Pin- nacle’s Grand Cayman magazine, offers the following rule of thumb: If a person is to be five minutes late or more, a telephone call is required. More broadly, consider how habitual non-atten- dance or unpunctuality reflects on Cayman as a financial services center, in contrast with, for example, our competitors in Switzerland. The phrase “runs like a Swiss watch” could well be the country’s marketing slogan. If you have a meeting with 10 people at 10 a.m., and a critical invitee shows up 15 minutes late, the tardi- ness is multiplied by a factor of 10. That self-centered behavior is not just costly and coarse. It’s rude. Exhibiting a casual attitude toward tardiness or being a “no-show” is a telling predictor of an individu- al’s future performance. It suggests a lack of self-dis- cipline, an essential trait that is highly correlated with success in nearly any field. As Woody Allen once said, “Showing up is 80 percent of life.” … And that means showing up on time, too. When showing up isn’t optional WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 7, 2016 • CAYMAN COMPASS PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY: Caymanian Compass Limited (a subsidiary of Pinnacle Media Ltd) Compass Centre Shedden Road, George Town SEND US YOUR VIEWS OR NEWS: P.O. Box 1365 Grand Cayman KY1-1108, Cayman Islands Telephone: (345) 815-0095 Email: newsdesk@pinnaclemedialtd.com ADVERTISE WITH US: Telephone: (345) 949-5111 Email: sales@pinnaclemedialtd.com Website: www.caymancompass.com PUBLISHERS DAVID R. LEGGE AND VICKI L. LEGGE EDITOR-IN-CHIEF DAVID R. LEGGE EXECUTIVE EDITOR PATRICK BRENDEL A MEMBER OF THE INTER-AMERICAN PRESS ASSOCIATION “Give light and the people will find their own way” LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Hunter: Not all CAL board members take free flights I refer to the article in your issue of Friday, Sept. 2, under the caption, “Cayman Airways board members fly for free,” as well as to your editorial on the same subject in the issue of Monday, Sept. 5. To be fair it should be clarified that not all former board members have taken advantage of this benefit. I was chairman of Cayman Airways during the period 1985-88 and at the same time was Senior/Man- aging Partner of Hunter & Hunter, now Appleby. During my tenure as chairman I only accepted free travel when flying on the airline’s business – in order to avoid any sugges- tion that I was using the airline to benefit my per- sonal business. Since my departure as Chairman, my wife and I have continued to be very frequent flyers but have re- frained from accepting free tickets – a fact that can easily be verified through the airline’s own records or from a local reputable travel agency through whom the majority of my bookings are made. By opting to do so, I con- sider that I have contrib- uted many thousands of dollars to the coffers of the national airline. I shall be grateful if you will give this letter equal prominence to your articles. Arthur B. Hunter Cayman needs more info on Zika During my tenure as chairman I only accepted free travel when flying on the airline’s business – in order to avoid any suggestion that I was using the airline to benefit my personal business. My friend lives on Seven Mile Beach and every single flat has a small pool of warm festering water outside to wash their feet in. This is ideal breeding ground for the Zika mosquito.The islands’ most-trusted news source 5 CAYMAN COMPASS • WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 7, 2016 6 LOCAL NEWS WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 7, 2016 • CAYMAN COMPASS Donation helps kids ‘find magic in reading’ The first delivery of Roald Dahl books arrived at George Town Primary School on Tuesday morning, courtesy of Camana Bay and Books & Books. In all, 120 Dahl books are being donated to all 15 public primary and sec- ondary schools in Cayman. Jackie Doak, president of Dart Realty (Cayman) Ltd., addressed a group of excited Year 4, 5, and 6 students in the school’s library. “It’s important to find time to play, but remember to find the magic in reading,” she said. Tara Rivers, min- ister of Education, Em- ployment and Gender Af- fairs, read a passage from “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” to the students. Camana Bay is cele- brating Literacy Month throughout September in partnership with Books & Books and local non- profit LIFE (Literacy Is For Everyone) with a range of activities, many cele- brating children’s author Dahl, who would have been 100 this month. Students hold up their new Roald Dahl books. Also present are, from back left, Marie Martin, principal; Marilyn Conolly, executive director, LIFE; Education Minister Tara Rivers; Jackie Doak, president of Dart Realty (Cayman); Susan Cummer, librarian; and reading volunteer Deborah Gallego. Year 5 George Town Primary School students Israel Ebanks, 9, and Dale Osgood, 9, read their favorite Roald Dahl books Tuesday morning. – PHOTOS: MATT LAMERS Students selected for Chevening Scholarship Two young Caymanians were honored for their suc- cess as 2016 Chevening Scholarship recipients at a private ceremony. Hosted by Governor Helen Kilpatrick, recipi- ents and civil servants Richard Tyson and Chris- tina Ross received their award letters before an au- dience of family members, government leaders and former scholarship recipi- ents on Aug. 30. Mr. Tyson is heading to university this week to pursue his master’s in en- vironmental engineering at the University of Leeds. Having worked as an of- fice support assistant in the Department of Environ- mental Health’s engineering department, he began his career in government as an intern with the Ministry of Health and Culture. “I believe the knowledge gained and my ability to network within the Cayman Islands Government was in- valuable,” Mr. Tyson said in a press release. “I believe my position as both an in- tern and civil servant has prepared me to handle a variety of tasks, and I feel more confident in my ability to be flexible and adapt to any situation that I am placed in.” Upon completion of his studies “my plan is to re- turn to the engineering de- partment of DEH and work closely with the engineering managers towards be- coming a Chartered Engi- neer,” he said. According to DEH Di- rector Roydell Carter, also a former Chevening scholar, “Richard is a keen, ded- icated and committed person with a strong work ethic, who has shown a significant desire to suc- ceed. I anticipate him doing well in his endeavour and I look forward to his return when he will make invalu- able contributions to the Cayman Islands.” Ms. Ross, who will be attending the University of Edinburgh this week for her master’s degree in policy studies, has worked with the Ministry of Health as a human resources as- sistant since August 2013. On completion of her de- gree next year, Ms. Ross will return to her current posi- tion within the ministry. “I was delighted to be able to hold a reception to honour Richard and Chris- tina and to be able to meet them and their families be- fore they travel to the U.K. to take up their studies,” said Governor Kilpatrick. “I wish them every success and look forward to welcoming them back next year.” Chevening Scholarships are granted to individuals demonstrating leadership and academic ability. A total of 27 Cayma- nians have been recipients to date. “It’s important to find time to play, but remember to find the magic in reading.” JACKIE DOAK, president of Dart Realty “I believe the knowledge gained and my ability to network within the Cayman Islands Government was invaluable.” RICHARD TYSON, Chevening Scholarship recipient From left, Ministry of Health and Culture Deputy Chief Officer Nancy Barnard and Governor Helen Kilpatrick with Chevening Scholarship recipients Richard Tyson and Christina Ross and Ministry of Health and Culture Chief Officer Jennifer Ahearn.DISTRICT DAYS 7 District Days Sister Islands CAYMAN COMPASS • WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 7, 2016 Brac seniors enjoy social night Good times, good friends and plenty of reminiscing were all on the agenda at a recent seniors event on the Brac. Sixty-eight seniors enjoyed a happy and uplifting time at a social held in their honor at the Aston Rutty Civic Centre on Aug. 31. Brackers Raymond Scott, Quincy Brown, Leila Hurlston and Temple Tatum offered up musical enter- tainment, while Carley Ebanks and Annie Rose Scott rang in the laughs with jokes and trivia tidbits about Cayman Brac. Organizers encouraged seniors to keep the monthly socials alive and to their liking, and a committee was then formed among the seniors to help with organizing future events. Appreciation went out to the De- partment of Children and Family Services, the Public Works Depart- ment, musician Raymond Scott, Pastor Joel Scott and entertainers Quincy Brown, Temple Tatum, Leila Hurlston, Arlene Williams and Carley Ebanks. Also mentioned were Remardo Ebanks, Sharon Connolly, Ivan Whit- taker, Bouvia Ferguson, Norma Scott. The community care workers of the Kirkconnell Community Care Centre also pitched in. Mexi-Ann Grant said she missed the previous seniors’ bash, but was glad to be on island for this one and she enjoyed herself immensely. “I love to get together with all the other senior citizens and people that I haven’t seen in a while and get to talk about what is happening,” she said. “It is a very good thing that is hap- pening on the Brac, and I just love going there and seeing all my friends.” 50 YEARS AGO: Ryan, Scott wedding draws a large crowd In the Sept. 7, 1966 edi- tion of the Caymanian Weekly, a precursor of the Cayman Compass, Cayman Brac correspondent Lilian Ritch wrote: “Perhaps the largest crowd ever gathered at the West End Baptist Church on Aug. 27 to witness the marriage of two popular young people, James Mont- gomery Ryan and Shirley Olee Scott. “Jimmy is the second son of Mr. and Mrs. J.A. Ryan of Stake Bay and Shirley the youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Olney Scott of the West End. “The small Union Tab- ernacle was tastefully decorated … Mrs. Au- drey Ryan played wedding airs at the piano and Rev. Lee King sang ‘O Per- fect Love’ as the nuptial parents entered. “The attendants were Sharon Ryan in rose pink, Robert Hurlston, Patsy Ann Scott in lime green, Geral Scott, Gay Grant in turquoise blue, Kenny Ryan, Pansy Kay Bodden in melon pink and Durl Grant. Mrs. Mary Lou Foster in lemon was Ma- tron of Honour and Trevor Foster, Best Man. Little Terry Foster in Rose Pink and Steven Scott the ring bearer entering together made a very cute pair. “The bride entered quiet and graceful leaning on the arm of her father. Her dress of French lace was gorgeously beautiful, made in bouffant style of close fitting blouse with scalloped neckline fin- ishing in a V at the back, long, close fitting sleeves and full three tiered skirt and a train. Her elbow- length veil was held by a silver coronet and she car- ried a bouquet of white roses and lilies of the valley. During the signing of the register Mrs. Au- drey Ryan sang ‘God Bless this Hour.’ “The ceremony was per- formed by Mr. W. Taylor Foster. The little church was filled. As the newly married couple stepped out some 200 friends and well-wishers gathered out- side showered the radiant bride and groom with happy felicitations. “The reception was held at the home of Capt. and Mrs. Curwin Foster where Mrs. Foster and an- other sister of the bride, Mrs. Scott, were the charming hostesses. “Mr. and Mrs. Shirley Dilbert received the happy gift of a daughter, a sister for Denny, on Aug. 6 at the North Shore Hospital, Miami, Florida. “Mrs. Lily Mae Scott of the West End died on the 2nd of September and was buried the same day. Not in the best of health for many years, she was confined to bed at the residence of her daughter Elda, Mrs. Vannie Dacres, for the previous few days. She was born Oct. 14, 1891. She was the widow of John Henley Scott. She is sur- vived by her daughter and a son, Henley, who is away at sea. “We welcome these little strangers born at Nurse Petrona Bodden’s home: “On the June 25 Kathy Romaine who was born to Clibborn and Josephine McLaughlin of Spot Bay. “A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. Harrison Myrie of the Creek on Tuesday, Aug. 30, weighing 9 pounds. “Their first son was born to Mr. and Mrs. Solomon Rankine of Spot Bay on Sept. 1, weighing 8 pounds.” Ethlyn Barnes Mexi-Ann GrantShirley Mae O’Connor Lorna Eden Temple Tatum Meredith DilbertMavelyn Bodden Andrea MooreThe islands’ most-trusted news source 8 WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 7, 2016 • CAYMAN COMPASS #1 Alexander Place • Dorcy Drive, GT caymankarateacademy@gmail.com www.caymankarateacademy.com Telephone: 926-5425 Back to School SPECIAL 2 Week Trial Program Including Uniform $49 for morning doing yard work. “Mr. [Glenn] Chisholm showed up in his ride-on lawnmower; that made it a lot easier,” she said. While work was going on, a bemused police patrol showed up with officers won- dering why all these people were behind the fence on the complex, which is not staffed by police around-the-clock. “The two police officers were surprised at what we were doing, but they were very nice,” Ms. Johnson said. “They chatted with us.” It’s not a task commu- nity members would relish doing every month, but Ms. Johnson said she wished someone from the po- lice service could have let North Siders know what was happening. “I would hope that we don’t have to [keep cutting the bush], but if you can’t get something done … call us … let us know,” she said. “We want to see our com- munity kept up beautiful and clean.” In mid-2014, the Royal Cayman Islands Police Ser- vice budgeted to place one full-time police officer at the North Side and East End district police stations. Be- fore that, the facilities were not staffed and were used only intermittently when of- ficers stopped by – mainly to fill out reports. The officers, positioned mainly for community po- licing duties, were once pro- posed to live at the stations, but those plans were never implemented. In East End and in North Side, residents said an officer does not seem to be present each day. Police Superintendent Adrian Seales explained in 2014 that budget restrictions prevented the Royal Cayman Islands Police Service from opening the two smaller district stations full time. “We can’t open the po- lice station 24/7, but at least we’ll have a constable in the smaller communities,” Mr. Seales said. “The officer will be doing, on occasion, eight- hour shifts, some days, some evenings,” he said. Typically, police officers stationed in Bodden Town are assigned to patrol du- ties in East End and North Side during each shift, but they do not routinely staff the stations, Mr. Seales said. Legislative Assembly members for the less pop- ulous districts of Grand Cayman have complained in recent years about a per- ceived lack of police pres- ence in East End, North Side and Bodden Town. Police statistics have consistently shown that those districts do not re- ceive nearly as many calls for service as George Town and West Bay. there is going to be any sub- stantial reduction in demand which could have a negative effect on us.” He said introductory pricing on the new sched- uled flights from the U.S. could have an impact on the market, affecting Cayman Airways yields. He said the situation is more complex and fluid than people imagine, and the air- line needs to be flexible over the coming years to re- spond to changes in supply and demand. The Havana route is con- sidered a “core route” for Cayman Airways, meaning it is one of its moneymakers as opposed to a route it runs for government for the ben- efit of tourism. If it ceases to be profit- able in the long term, Mr. Whorms said the airline would drop it. “If it starts to be a situation where we would lose money, we are not in a position to apply government output payments to support those losses. It would mean a contraction or discontinu- ation of that service to avoid losing money,” he told legisla- tors at last week’s Public Ac- counts Committee hearing. Cayman Airways unconcerned by Cuba competition CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 North Siders wonder what happened at police station virus spread through South and Central America and the Caribbean. Zika testing through the HSA has been available only to people who show symp- toms of the virus and have not traveled to other Zika countries. Only pregnant women who show symp- toms are given the free test. Dr. Williams-Rodri- guez announced Tuesday that the Health Services Au- thority will offer Zika testing for $100 to anyone who wants to be tested. Zika is also known to be transmitted sexually. In an effort to pro- tect pregnant women and growing families, Cayman’s MRCU is treating every pre- school on Grand Cayman. Its staff are also inspecting and treating the homes of preg- nant women who request the free service. (The mos- quitoes that carry the Zika virus are not found on the Sister Islands.) The MRCU director called the strategy “barrier treatments” where the unit sprays a liquid insecticide to coat walls and plants and create an area essen- tially surrounded by in- sect repellent to keep out the mosquitoes. “It’s designed to create a perimeter,” he said. Crews treating schools and the homes of pregnant women will also inspect the prop- erty to make sure there is no standing fresh water caught in rain gutters, old tires, potted plant dishes, and any- where else Aedes aegypti like to breed. Mr. Petrie said 77 pregnant women over the last week had requested the inspec- tions and home treatments. As of Tuesday, he said, 61 of the homes had been inspected and treated. “This is the first time we’re separating out a set of re- quests,” Mr. Petrie said, noting the serious health concerns for pregnant women. He said the MRCU is using everything it can to stop the mosquitoes from spreading the disease. From new research with genetically modified mosquitoes, to the MRCU airplane daily drop- ping insecticides around the island and crews fog- ging areas with trucks and by hand, Mr. Petrie said they are using all the tools at their disposal to stop the Zika out- break from worsening. “Everybody is working flat out,” he said, with MRCU staff even working over the weekend to treat preschools while the children are not there. He said his staff is dealing with the outbreak as they did with the chikun- gunya and dengue viruses. CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 Mosquito Unit works overtime in Zika fight CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 North Side residents rake the police station parking lot Saturday.The cleanup kept North Side residents busy most of the morning. Mosquito Research and Control Unit Director Bill Petrie Dr. Samuel Williams-Rodriguez, acting medical officer of health Cayman has confirmed five cases contracted locally and another six from overseas, according to the Public Health Department. All of the local cases involve people living in George Town.The islands’ most-trusted news source 9 CAYMAN COMPASS • WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 7, 2016 Rebels forced children to carry arms A Yemeni minister in the internationally recognized government on Tuesday accused the country’s Shiite rebels of forcing children to fight in Yemen’s civil war, saying the rebels have recruited as many as 4,800 boys over the past six months. 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U.S. interests in the re- gion were “not a passing fad,” Obama said Tuesday during a speech in Laos, pledging that “in good times and bad, you count on the United States.” The trip to a small, land- locked Southeast Asian na- tion that the U.S. had largely forgotten since the end of the Vietnam War was the first by an American president. It was intended as the cap- stone on his administration’s foreign policy rebalancing in the region. “The United States is more deeply engaged across the Asia-Pacific than we have been in decades,” Obama said in Vientiane. “We’ve sent a message that we’re here to stay.” Obama’s attendance at a regional summit lacked the fanfare and drama of pre- vious Asian trips – including a Vietnam visit earlier this year that drew huge crowds – and came amid new chal- lenges to American influence in the area. China’s military has been more active in the disputed South China Sea and the country has prom- ised hundreds of millions of dollars for infrastructure and other investment. Still, the White House was hopeful that new en- gagement with Laos would symbolize the ways America could increase its role in the Asia-Pacific region. Obama announced that he was doubling funding for to help Laos remove unexploded Cold War-era ordnance, with the U.S. providing $90 mil- lion over the next three years. “Today I stand with you acknowledging the suffering and sacrifices from all sides of that conflict,” Obama said, adding that, “from the an- guish of war there came an unlikely bond between our two peoples.” The president also said the U.S. would bring the first lady’s girls education initia- tive to the country, expand teacher exchanges, and im- prove Internet access in a na- tion where only 16 percent were connected. U.S. compa- nies including Microsoft and General Electric will pro- vide increased training in emerging technology and en- gineering fields. Obama’s trip to Laos “sends a message about where the U.S. is gaining in- fluence in the region,” said Brett Bruen, president of the Global Situation Room consulting firm. “While it may be a small country, it also can be an indicator of how the U.S. is hopefully on a trajectory to strengthen its relations not only with Laos but with the region more broadly.” Rather than being the ar- chitect of a lasting trade agreement covering 40 per- cent of the world’s economy, the legacy of Obama’s pivot to Asia may be a warmer re- ception and more open re- lationship with Southeast Asian nations such as Laos that in recent decades have been more likely to cozy up with China than the U.S. Under Obama’s watch the U.S. has secured greater access to Vietnam, both stra- tegically and economically. It has renegotiated access for its military in the Phil- ippines, and built a regular calendar of joint naval ex- ercises with Southeast Asian nations. © 2016, Bloomberg President Barack Obama, during a press conference, Tuesday, following the G-20 summit in Hangzhou, China. - PHOTO: BLOOMBERG/QILAI SHEN POLICE FIND EXPLOSIVES IN NORTHERN IRELAND LONDON (AP) – Police say they have found large quan- tities of explosives after searching 12 properties in Northern Ireland. The head of the Po- lice Service of Northern Ire- land’s crime operation unit said Tuesday that “a signifi- cant amount of terrorist ma- terial” had been uncovered in searches that began two weeks ago in the Larne area north of Belfast. Assistant Chief Constable Will Kerr said the material included “explosive devices, chemicals for use of bomb making, ammunition, and a firearm.” A royal marine with con- nections to Larne was ar- rested last week and charged with terror-related offenses involving Northern Ireland. Officials have warned that dissident republicans who reject the peace process pose a substantial threat of ter- rorist attacks.Next >