High of 88 Low of 76 Seas: Rough with wave heights of 4 to 6 feet. Small craft should exercise caution over open waters. EDITORIAL | PAGE 4 OUT OF BOUNDS: COMPETITION IN CAYMAN SPORTS BUSINESS | PAGE 10 CAYMAN HEDGE FUND FILES FOR US BANKRUPTCY PROTECTION ESTABLISHED 1965 www.caymancompass.com – 50 CENTS – WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 26, 2016 Gov’t allocates $5 million for Smith Cove Approves funding from environmental fund JAMES WHITTAKER jwhittaker@pinnaclemedialtd.com Government agreed Monday to take $5 million from the Environmental Protection Fund to buy part of Smith Cove to protect it from development. Local developer Bronte had submitted a planning application to build two blocks of condos on the northern part of the property. Though the developer said the buildings would be set well back from the beach and public areas, the application caused signifi- cant public outcry. A Save the Cove group was established and a petition gathered 3,000 signatures in four days, while the National Trust joined calls to protect “a beloved area of great historic and cultural significance.” Government stepped in and negotiated a deal to buy the property from owner TFG Cayman, who paid US$4.25 million for it, ac- cording to Lands and Survey records, and the application was withdrawn. The developer will also be refunded the stamp duty and other costs associated with buying the property and bringing it to the point of development. Premier Alden McLaughlin has said the agreement will be vetted by Lands and Survey staff and will not exceed the costs to the developer. Legislators unanimously voted Monday night for an appropriation of $5 million to cover the cost of buying the property “for the conservation of the natural environment and to benefit the people of the Cayman Islands.” DUTY SLASHED ON FIREARMS IMPORTS FOR GUN CLUB MEMBERS CHARLES DUNCAN cduncan@pinnaclemedialtd.com Custom duties on gun imports have been cut by about 80 percent for members of the Cayman Islands Sport Shooting Association. The association, better known as the gun club, will also be able to import ammuni- tion and targets duty free. The club, with a shooting range near the airport on Grand Cayman, will be able to import up to four guns a year duty free. Cabinet signed off on the tariff amendments on Oct. 14, and they were published in the gov- ernment’s Gazette on Oct. 24. The amendments reduce the duty on gun imports for club mem- bers from 102 percent to 22 percent. The cuts bring the tax rate for club members to the same level as for registered farmers. The 22-percent rate applies to handguns, shotguns, rifles and air guns. The lower rate will also apply to gun parts and accessories for club members. Gun club President Eddie McLean declined to comment on the new duty changes, but said he knew some changes were in the works. The club has a number of guns that members can use, or they can bring their own firearms. The club also sells ammuni- tion to members. The gun club is the only legal place to fire a gun in the Cayman Islands, except for farmers who have special permits to use fire- arms on farmland to protect crops from ani- mals. The range is only open to members, their guests and the Royal Cayman Islands Police Service for target shooting. The 35-year-old nonprofit club has ranges for handguns, rifles and skeet and trap shooting. Deputy governor gives evidence in status scam trial CAROL WINKER cwinker@pinnaclemedialtd.com Franz Manderson, deputy governor of the Cayman Is- lands, gave evidence Tuesday in the trial of Paul Anthony Hume Ebanks, who is accused of run- ning an immigration scam. Mr. Manderson was ques- tioned by Crown counsel Toyin Salako and most of his answers began with the words no, never, or absolutely not. He said he and Ebanks are not friends; he is not godfather to Ebanks’s son; and Ebanks is absolutely not godfather to any of his children. He said he was aware that Ebanks previously went to prison for purportedly selling status to members of the public. Mr. Manderson said he was in Cabinet when an application came for special permission for Ebanks to remain in Cayman after his release from prison. Mr. Manderson explained that he sits in both Cabinet and the Leg- islative Assembly, but does not vote in either. Ebanks has pleaded not guilty to 27 charges of ob- taining property by deception. Rough weather ahead Ominous clouds gather above the George Town Yacht Club on Tuesday. National Weather Service forecasters say the Cayman Islands should expect stormy weather over the next several days, with high winds and rough seas anticipated. For more, see page 5. - PHOTO: TANEOS RAMSAY PLEASE TURN TO PAGE 9 » PLEASE TURN TO PAGE 9 » PLEASE TURN TO PAGE 8 »2 LOCAL&REGIONAL WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 26, 2016 • CAYMAN COMPASS Daily Matinees Every Day $8.00 Seniors, Mon-Fri Before 6pm Cayman Cinema@cbcinema6cbcinema6 640-FILM (640-3456) *Additional charges will apply per 3D ticket requested. 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. JACK REACHER: (PG13) NEVER GO BACK 1:00 | 4:00 | 7:00 | 9:45 KEEPING UP WITH (PG13) THE JONESES 12:45 | 4:15 | 7:15 | 10:00 THE ACCOUNTANT (R) 12:30 | 3:30 | 6:50 | 9:50 MISS PEREGRINE’S HOME (PG13) FOR PECULIAR CHILDREN 3D 12:45 2D | 3:45 | 6:40 2D | 9:30 BEFORE I WAKE (PG13) 1:10 | 3:50 | 7:10 | 9:35 THE DISAPPOINTMENTS ROOM (R) 1:20 | 4:10 | 7:20 | 9:40 - WEDNESDAY - Gov’t to require jobs to be registered with NWDA Of 62 affected by MEPCO closure, 20 were Caymanian, records show CHARLES DUNCAN cduncan@pinnaclemedialtd.com Employers will have to register job vacancies with the National Workforce De- velopment Agency at least two weeks before applying for a work permit to hire a non-Caymanian following a vote last week in the Legisla- tive Assembly. Lawmakers spent the better part of a day debating the motion to require regis- tering job vacancies and pro- posed new rules for giving Caymanians priority when companies have to make lay- offs. The debate came days after contracting company MEPCO went into liquida- tion, surprising employees with sudden layoffs. MEPCO had 62 employees, 20 of whom were Cayma- nian, according to data re- leased by the Immigration Department Tuesday. Lawmakers approved a private-member’s mo- tion Thursday after hours of debate and criticism of employers for hiring over- seas workers instead of local applicants. The amend- ment changes part of the Immigration Law, making it mandatory for employers to register job openings with government. The motion passed unan- imously with vocal sup- port from government and the opposition. Employment Minister Tara Rivers and Premier Alden McLaughlin both ex- pressed concerns over not having enough staff at the NWDA to cross-check job applications with work permit approvals. “I don’t know if the NWDA has the capacity,” the premier said, adding that the agency would likely need “signifi- cant increases.” Members of the Legisla- tive Assembly did not act on proposals to give Caymanian workers priority when com- panies have to make layoffs. Ms. Rivers told legislators that new rules on compa- nies that lay off Caymanians will be included in the La- bour Relations Bill, currently in the public review stage and expected before the As- sembly next year. Opposition and indepen- dent members in the Leg- islative Assembly peppered the employment minister with questions about pro- tections for Caymanian em- ployees and requirements for employers when they make layoffs. Under the current rules, employers do not have to notify government before making layoffs, as in the case of MEPCO last week. MEPCO told employees on Monday that that was their last day and the company went into voluntary liquida- tion on Tuesday. Liquidator Kenneth Krys told the Cayman Compass last week that approximately 50 people were laid off. Data from the Immigration Department shows that MEPCO had 42 work permit holders and 20 local employees. Minister Rivers told the Legislative Assembly last week that the Na- tional Workforce Develop- ment Agency and the De- partment of Labour and Pensions request employers notify them before any lay- offs of Caymanians, but it is not mandatory. She said the two depart- ments in her ministry “ar- range to meet with the em- ployer jointly to ensure that Caymanians are retained where possible.” That meeting is also not mandatory. Ms. Rivers said the new Labour Relations Bill will tackle some of those thorny questions. She said the bill as written includes require- ments for employers making layoffs to report who their employees are, their nation- alities, qualifications and other data points to judge if Caymanians were laid off improperly. The Labour Relations Bill also gives people with Cay- manian status or permanent residency priority over work permit holders when a com- pany has to make layoffs. Cancer walk/run donates to charities JEWEL LEVY jlevy@pinnaclemedialtd.com The Cayman Islands Cancer Society and Cayman Islands HospiceCare each received $15,000 from the Lions Club of Grand Cayman as part of the proceeds raised by walkers and run- ners during the club’s Pros- tate and Colon Cancer Event three-day walk and run campaign, known as PACCE. Carmin Godfrey, chair- woman of the PACCE com- mittee, said this year’s total of $51,000 was raised by the 160 participants. Ms. Godfrey said the cam- paign, now in its fifth year, has educated people in the Cayman Islands, primarily men, on the effects and pre- vention of prostate, colon and testicular cancer, she said. “We have seen the aware- ness level grow from year to year, and the myths that have prevented many men from getting checked are becoming less,” said Ms. Godfrey. Faith Ebanks won the grand prize, a cruise or vaca- tion package compliments of Bodden Shipping Agency. She raised $4,200 and for her ef- forts she received the prize valued at $5,000. The walk/run campaign is held each year in memory of past Lion President Delano Hislop, who died from colon cancer in January 2011. Ms. Godfrey said free screenings will be available during the meeting. The club’s next awareness meeting is in conjunction with the Movember event at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 17 at the Lions Community Centre. UN expert calls UN response to cholera in Haiti ‘a disgrace’ UNITED NATIONS (AP) – A U.N. human rights expert is calling the United Na- tions’ denial of legal re- sponsibility for the cholera outbreak in Haiti in 2010 caused by U.N. peace- keepers “a disgrace.” Philip Alston said in a report Tuesday that flawed and unfounded legal ad- vice provided by U.N. law- yers is preventing the or- ganization from accepting responsibility for the out- break, which has sickened nearly 800,000 Haitians and killed some 9,300. Alston says the U.N.’s existing legal approach “of simply abdicating re- sponsibility is morally unconscionable, legally in- defensible and politically self-defeating.” He says the good news is that Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has estab- lished a trust fund aimed at raising at least $400 mil- lion to eradicate cholera and help victims. The bad news, Alston says, “is that the U.N. has still not admitted factual or legal responsibility.” Researchers say there is ample scientific evidence the disease was introduced to Haiti’s biggest river by inadequately treated sewage from a base set up by U.N. peacekeepers from Nepal in 2010. Lions Colleen Burke, Carmin Godfrey, Tannya Mortimer and John Ebanks present checks to grand prize winner Faith Ebanks, third from left, Jennifer Weber of the Cayman Islands Cancer Society, center, and Kerrie McMillan of Cayman HospiceCare. - PHOTO: JEWEL LEVY CHINESE-MEXICAN BUSINESSMAN AWAITS TRIAL MEXICO CITY (AP) – Mexi- co’s federal judicial council says that a Chinese-Mex- ican businessman extra- dited here from the United States last week will face a dozen charges including for drug trafficking and weapons possession. Zhenli Ye Gon had fought extradition for nine years be- fore being returned to Mexico on Tuesday. He had been jailed in the U.S. since July 2007, after authorities seized more than $205 million from his Mexico City mansion. The businessman claimed chemicals he im- ported were for use in manufacturing legitimate prescription drugs, but a statement from the judi- cial council on Saturday said he would remain im- prisoned while awaiting trial on 12 charges. They in- clude importing and pro- ducing drugs, as well as weapons possession and organized crime. He is being held at the maximum-security Altiplano prison west of Mexico City. The amendment changes part of the Immigration Law, making it mandatory for employers to register job openings with government.3 LOCAL NEWS CAYMAN COMPASS • WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 26, 2016 Police officers argue age, nationality discrimination Lawyers claim Bill of Rights challenge filed too late JAMES WHITTAKER jwhittaker@pinnaclemedialtd.com A human rights case of 10 Caymanian police offi- cers who claim they were discriminated against on the grounds of age and na- tionality when they were forced to retire or accept a demotion at age 55 stalled in Grand Court on Tuesday. Government lawyers are seeking to have nine of the officers “time barred” from the case, arguing that they did not bring the chal- lenge within the 12-month time frame required by the Constitution. Justice Robin McMillan adjourned the case until Wednesday afternoon to hear arguments on the timing issue. In a court filing in Jan- uary, the officers argued they were treated differ- ently than officers from the U.K., who were not being re- tired or demoted at age 55. They also argue that offi- cers who joined the force after 2010, when the retire- ment age was raised to 60, are being treated differently on grounds of age. Jeffrey Jupp, repre- senting the officers who are bringing the suit in co- ordination with the Royal Cayman Islands Police As- sociation, said one of the 10 police officers listed in the case had retired within the 12 months be- fore the suit being filed and was within the time constraints for this type of legal challenge. He said the other nine had accepted new employ- ment contracts at reduced ranks. For those officers, he said the 12-month limit should not apply, since the discrimination continued be- yond their retirement date. “Our primary position is that there isn’t a time lim- itation,” he said. “They are being discriminated against on the basis of nationality and age because they are being forced to work at a reduced rank …. That is a continuing infringement of their rights. “The time limits would only apply to them when their employment ceased. As long as they remain em- ployed at a reduced rank, their rights are being in- terfered with.” He added, “It is a con- tinuing infringement. They are being treated differ- ently to other people in the same position. If you are a younger officer who joined more recently, you can work until you are 60.” Justice McMillan requested both parties to prepare de- tailed arguments on the issue of time limits and adjourned the hearing until Wednesday at 2:30 p.m. He said he needed to deal with the issue of “who has the right to be here” under the constitution before the substantive arguments could be heard. “Until that’s done, I don’t think we can go any fur- ther,” he added. According to the petition filed on behalf of the police officer, the retirement age of 55, set under the previous version of the Cayman Is- lands Police Law, no longer applies to officers hired fol- lowing the current Police Law’s effective date, Nov. 11, 2010. The retirement age for all police officers who joined the force after that date is 60. However, anyone hired before that date who is below the rank of police chief inspector must still retire at 55 or, if given the option, can be re-engaged as a police constable or senior constable, the lowest ranks in the police service. NEW CAPTIVE FORMATIONS AHEAD OF 2015 Continued strength of industry cited The Cayman Islands has seen 33 new captive licensees in the first three quarters of 2016, well ahead of the 22 and 24 new captives licensed in the full years 2015 and 2014, respectively. In the third quarter ending in September, 10 new captives were formed. The total number of li- censees domiciled in Cayman was 711 as of Sept. 30, the same as at the end of the third quarter last year. This included 361 pure captives and 146 segregated port- folio companies. Total premiums written for the sector were US$13.9 billion with total assets held of US$59.0 billion, the Insur- ance Managers Association of Cayman reported. IMAC said increasing competition from more than 80 captive domiciles world- wide as well as the enduring soft market has required in- novation, persistence and in- genuity on behalf of the in- dustry to continue to attract new captives. IMAC Chairman Kieran O’Mahony is nevertheless confident about Cayman’s leading position in the captive market. “The acceleration in the number of new captive for- mations over recent years is evidence of the continued strength of our industry and the attractiveness of Cayman as the captive domicile of choice,” he said. “What is even more re- markable is the fact that our segregated portfolio com- panies and our group cap- tives, for which we are also the leading domicile, are seeing steady organic growth, as well as new incorpo- rations, and both of these models tend to suppress new captive formation num- bers,” he added. Cayman is the leading ju- risdiction for medical profes- sional liability captives, with 34 percent of the captives in this category. Workers’ compensation is the second largest, with approximately 21 percent of captives as- suming this risk. Cayman captives are increasingly being used for more innova- tive uses, such as employee medical stop loss, equipment maintenance, and unrelated party risks, IMAC noted.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” “Vernon Jackson: A lifetime of learning and love,” Oct. 25 This is a day of sadness and remembrance of a man I called “Teacher” as I attended the Bodden Town School which was held at the Town Hall, now the Bodden Town Public Library. As I sit here, I remember those days, and can still imagine how the school was divided into six classes with just a chalkboard separating; and upper division which was set up on the platform. A few names from our little group of classmates were Marshall Levy, Derrick Ebanks, Marvin Barnes, Rita Levy, Spencer Bodden, Charles McField, Mary Bodden, Charlene Minzet, Francine Minzet, Carrol Edwards, Galsey Bodden, Wilfred Myles, Joy Jackson Basdeo, and Tina Eden. We loved Teacher, as we al- ways called him, and it was because of his good teaching and his leather strap we have all become strong ambitious men and women of today. He ruled that school with an iron fist and an eagle eye; however, that did not stop us from hiding the strap every Monday morning. I remember that same group listed above had discovered a Bombay mango tree in back of the school and when mango time came, it was a joy to strip it before they could ripen. We would sit in class and watch the red seed almond, or the blossoms on the tamarind tree, just longing for the bell to soon ring. When we walked home for lunch and decided to come back a few minutes late, we would go to the post office and ask for Teacher’s mail, and that would sometimes soften his heart that we never got strapped for returning late. Each of us has a story to tell, and right now we will let our hearts reminisce of the good times being taught by Teacher (Vernon Jackson). The good thing is that he lived to see all of us, his schoolchildren, grow up and become good men and women that he was proud of. Teacher, we will all miss you. RIP. Twyla Vargas WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 26, 2016 • CAYMAN COMPASS It is a widely accepted observation that the Cayman Islands is home to no major sporting endeavors. That is a myth. In fact, Cayman is a world-class contender in “no holds barred” cage fighting – albeit behind closed doors. The real action in Cayman athletics tends to take place within the boardroom, not on the playing field. Case in point: On the front page of Tuesday’s Cayman Compass, we published a story about the former presi- dent of the Cayman Islands Athletic Association (the body overseeing local track and field) successfully winning a temporary injunction to halt elections to the organization’s executive committee, pending an investiga- tion into alleged “voter fraud.” In brief, Delroy Murray alleges that scores of new members have been recruited to the association within the past 12 months in order to skew the vote in favor of incum- bents on the executive committee, and that runs contrary to the association’s rules saying that members can only vote after being in the association for one year or more. (That sort of scheme is a classic political tactic, hear- kening back to U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt’s threat to “pack” the U.S. Supreme Court with additional justices if the court persisted in ruling against his New Deal leg- islation, or, perhaps more directly, to the strategy of granting citizenship, and thus voting rights, to as many immigrants as possible right up to the eve of elections.) Although Mr. Murray’s legal action has thrust the association’s conflicts into the spotlight, the organiza- tion has been roiled by problems that have been docu- mented in the media. As we reported in Tuesday’s story, “The association is currently leaderless following the resignation of president Dalton Watler after he accepted responsibility for an administrative mix-up that prevented Cayman’s champion hurdler Ronald Forbes from com- peting in the World Indoor Championships. His successor, Cayman track star Cydonie Mothersill, also resigned after just a few months in office.” Likewise, it is in the executive boardrooms of the world where, long after the athletes have shaken hands and gone home, that the gloves and pads come off and the real blood sport begins. In the U.S., proposed labor stoppages, lucrative TV deals and multibillion-dollar bond packages have a much greater impact on ordinary citizens’ lives than the outcome of any particular game. In the U.K. and Europe, complex ownership structures of football clubs and legal wrangling over players’ rights can be far more sophisticated than plays drawn up for execu- tion during a match. Naturally, Cayman’s sports scene does not tend to involve the massive amounts of money that are gener- ated by major sports in large nations (unless, of course, we’re talking about Cayman’s key role in the global FIFA corruption scandal). However, it is important to note that the money used to fuel Cayman’s athletics machine often stems from (or at least is commingled with) taxpayer funds. Just how much our government spends on events, promoting sports leagues or assisting individual athletes per year is a question whose answer is buried within the budget some place, or more accurately, in many different places. In other words, it’s not clear – but the Compass is working to dig it up. Suffice to say, if you are a Cayman resident, even if you have no recreational interest in local sports, you most certainly have a financial one. Out of bounds: Competition in Cayman sports Time Warner’s boss wants out of cable. Should you? JUSTIN FOX He is the least senti- mental of the media moguls, known for being a dispas- sionate judge of a business’s worth. And now he wants to sell Time Warner. Maybe we should be listening to what Jeff Bewkes is telling us. Sure, there are lots of other things one can dis- cuss regarding the AT&T- Time Warner deal: AT&T’s plan for a 5G-wireless world; the chances that antitrust regulators will decide that enough is enough; AT&T’s giant debt load; Dallas’s pros- pects of becoming a glittering media capital. But there’s a lot to be said for just keeping it simple. Be- wkes is the guy who at Home Box Office in the 1990s pio- neered the business model that every big media company has since been trying to follow: make original programming so compelling that you can get millions of people to pay for subscriptions to watch. If Bewkes wants out, it’s only reasonable to wonder whether the cable networks – and the media giants that have become increasingly re- liant on them for their profits – have seen their best days. This pessimistic take gains resonance when you think about what happened the last time Time Warner did a big merger. Remember that? The AOL-Time Warner deal of 2000 has gone down in business history as possibly the worst merger ever, with the combined company posting a US$99 billion loss just two years later. But it wasn’t all that bad a deal for AOL execu- tives and shareholders. AOL and other Internet stocks were trading at insane valuations in 1999 and early 2000. If you could take that bubble currency and use it to buy into a company with durable earnings power, that was a smart thing to do. This time around there’s little evidence of a stock bubble. Cable networks make lots of money. Time Warner’s price-to-earnings ratio – even with the merger-talk-induced run-up in the stock price – was still under 18 this morning. In 1999, AOL’s PE ratio was 700. The issue this time is whether cable networks can keep making so much money. The past decade or so has been the best of times for them, as rising subscription fees and steadyish subscriber numbers drove profits ever higher. The stock prices of the U.S.- based entertainment giants reflected that, hitting all-time high after all-time high. Something changed in 2015. As the entertainment companies reported their earnings early that August, investors suddenly began ob- sessing over the threat of cord- cutting – customers aban- doning cable subscriptions for over-the-top streaming services such as Netflix. Cable TV businesses aren’t falling apart, but in a world inhabited by such rapacious beasts as Netflix and Amazon, investors aren’t crazy to worry that they may never again be quite the cash cows they were. Which brings us back to Jeff Bewkes. Again, there are lots of other ways to look at the merger. But the simplest one seems to be: Smart guy wants to sell. Fox is a Bloomberg View columnist. © 2016, Bloomberg View FROM CAYMANCOMPASS.COM5 LOCAL NEWS CAYMAN COMPASS • WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 26, 2016 Congratulations to Ethan Slocock of Cayman Prep and High School and Cristin Jackson of Grace Christian Academy, whose outstanding academic records and varied extracurricular activities earned them the 2016 Minds Inspired scholarship. Dart is proud to support these ambassadors of academic excellence among Cayman’s youth and we look forward to mentoring them throughout their education. Congratulations are also in order for this year’s three exceptional finalists: Jonathan Bedasse of Cayman Prep and High School, Ethan Cronier of St. Ignatius Catholic High School and Elana Sinclair of Cayman Prep and High School. Dart congratulates the 2016 Minds Inspired High School Scholars Cristin Jackson Grace Christian Academy Ethan Slocock Cayman Prep and High School Congratulations! Congratulations to Ethan Slocock of Cayman Prep and High School and Cristin Jackson of Grace Christian Academy, whose outstanding academic records and varied extracurricular activities earned them the 2016 Minds Inspired scholarship. Dart is proud to support these ambassadors of academic excellence among Cayman’s youth and we look forward to mentoring them throughout their education. Congratulations are also in order for this year’s three exceptional finalists: Jonathan Bedasse of Cayman Prep and High School, Ethan Cronier of St. Ignatius Catholic High School and Elana Sinclair of Cayman Prep and High School. Dart congratulates the 2016 Minds Inspired High School Scholars Ethan Slocock Cayman Prep and High School Congratulations! mindsinspired.ky Museum makes plea for missing maritime trail signs JEWEL LEVY jlevy@pinnaclemedialtd.com Cayman has lost some of its Maritime Heri- tage Trail signs. The signs, painted white and bordered in cobalt blue, sport the image of a schooner and read “Maritime Heri- tage Trail” with the loca- tion of the site. Cayman Islands National Museum Director Peggy Le- shikar-Denton said several of the signs have disappeared. “If anyone has one of the maritime signs, they should repatriate it to the museum. It would be easier for us than to completely redo the signs,” she said. In 2003, the Cayman Is- lands National Museum teamed up with the Depart- ment of Environment, the Na- tional Archive and the Na- tional Trust to develop and launch the Maritime Heritage Trail. Signs outlining points along the trail were placed on all three islands. Made up of 36 archaeo- logical maritime sites across Grand Cayman, Cayman Brac, and Little Cayman, the Maritime Heritage Trail is a driving tour that takes heri- tage buffs to important mar- itime locales including light- houses, shipwrecks and historic anchorages. All of Grand Cayman’s 20 signs were either se- verely damaged by Hur- ricane Ivan in 2004, rid- dled with bullet holes, stolen or simply rooted up, according to museum volun- teer Hank Powell. Mr. Powell, with his daughters Zahra, 11, and Shardaye, 7, are helping the museum repair, repaint and replace all the signs. According to Mr. Powell, maritime signs have disap- peared from a number of lo- cations, including Barkers, Morgan’s Harbour, Public Beach, Lobster Pot, Newlands and Old Man Bay. “People should also be aware of the [maritime] sign by the Elmslie Me- morial Church when they are reversing because they are damaging that sign also,” he said. Another maritime sign that is being targeted by van- dals is the one on Harbour Drive by the museum, when the blue knobs at the top keep disappearing. “Every time I put a knob there, someone takes it off. I glued it down about four times and still people keep removing it,” he said. Ms. Leshikar-Denton said, “Mr. Powell has been an ally of the museum since the early ‘90s. He has shown us important archeological sites on the island and has worked with the museum on rescue land that’s going to be developed, and he’s now coaching his young daugh- ters, who seem delighted to take the signs and bring them back to life.” She said that after Hur- ricane Ivan the museum had the signs redone in Caribbean cedar, but even those are showing their age and require refurbishing.. Mr. Powell said he sug- gested to the museum that inmates at Northward Prison could assist by re- making the signs. “Out of the 20 sites on Grand Cayman, maybe 12 or more are still surviving, but the others will have to be re- made, which we want to get done in this fiscal year,” Ms. Leshikar-Denton said. She also said brochures that go along with the trail tour are available at the Na- tional Museum and Na- tional Trust. The museum is also looking into mod- ernizing the information on the trail by going digital in the near future. WIND, ROUGH SEAS AHEAD THIS WEEK CHARLES DUNCAN cduncan@pinnaclemedialtd.com Forecasters with the National Weather Ser- vice are warning boaters to use caution this week as seas will likely be 4 to 6 feet with winds up to 15 or 20 knots until the weekend. Gilbert Miller, with the Weather Service, said seas will be rough, es- pecially offshore, at least until Friday, and heavy rain showers and wind will likely continue throughout the week. A combination of rains off Central America and a cold front coming down from the United States also means cooler temperatures. “It’s going to stick around for a couple of days,” he said. High temperatures through the week will be in the upper 80s, according to the Weather Service, with the low Wednesday and Thursday around 76. The seas should be calmer on the west side of Grand Cayman this week, but high wind gusts, especially around rainstorms, can still make conditions haz- ardous for boaters. Mr. Miller said Cayman forecasters are keeping an eye on a trop- ical wave in the eastern Caribbean, but expect the system to “stall out” as it moves west. Signs highlight important maritime heritage locations. Hank Powell and daughters daughters Zahra, 11, and Shardaye, 7, helped repair the signs.DISTRICT DAYS 6 District Days Sister Islands In the Oct. 26, 1966 edition of the Caymanian Weekly, a precursor of the Cayman Compass, Cayman Brac corre- spondent Lilian Ritch wrote: “We welcome these little strangers home to Watering Place: “Oct. 9 – Olivene Petrona – a 5 pound daughter and the seventh child born to Mr. and Mrs. George Scott at home (Nurse Petrona Bodden). “Oct. 11 – a son, 10 pounds, and their first (the fourth child) born to Mr. and Mrs. Clemins O’Connor at Nurse Petrona Bodden’s home. “Mr. and Mrs. Horatio Chantiloupe of the Creek wel- comed home their daughter Winnifred from a very re- freshing year in the USA on the 2nd. Winnifred was greatly impressed with the beauty of the places she visited and the kindness of everyone. She was with her uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Martin Connolly of the Bronx, and her brother Ashton and his wife in Phil- adelphia. She enjoyed seeing the Empire State Building, Brooklyn Museum, Coney Is- land and Far Rockaway, a lovely bathing beach near Staten Island. “Sunday 16th was a day for ships in the Creek road- stead. In the morning the Motor Vessel Kirksons passed by to change articles for the Master, Captain Dillon Kirk- connell, to be relieved in Kingston. The Motor Vessel Baretta came in from Cu- racao, Captain Connor, passing through en route to Puerto Cortez. Captain Mabry Kirkconnell returned on her and she took on engineer, Mr. Irvin Brown. In the evening as she was sailing out the Cayman Pilot, Capt. Bob Soto arrived from Grand Cayman with men and material for the Cable & Wireless installation. “On Wednesday last, the DC-3 bearing the emblems of the Southern Cross Club and the Buccaneer’s Inn flew in the afternoon from Miami via Port-au-Prince and Cap Haitien, Haiti. Alighting here Mr. and Mrs. Anton Foster of Buccaneer’s Inn, Dr. and Mrs. Logan Robertson and Thomas and friends after lunching continued on Little Cayman. The Robertsons and the Fos- ters were returning from Wil- helmina Day in North Car- olina which is the annual get-together of the directors of Southern Cross and with the Fosters enjoyed being guests. “On Saturday last, the Aztec six-seater plane owned by Cayman Clubs called. Coming from Miami, she left her party of four at Buc- caneer’s Inn and Southern Cross. Headquarters of the Aztec is Miami. “We have been happy to have in our midst Captain Ashton A. Reid of Kingston, who is native of Little Cayman. WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 26, 2016 • CAYMAN COMPASS 50 YEARS AGO: Numerous arrivals by stork, sea and air Renovations at CCMI making room for more visitors It might be the off-season for the Central Caribbean Ma- rine Institute, but things are far from quiet. The sounds of hammers, saws and grinders have replaced the laughter, lectures and sounds of chil- dren and researchers at the Marine Institute. The Institute notes that for the past two years the number of students and visitors to CCMI has been steadily increasing, and at times, even exceeded the ca- pacity of the station. To address the increasing demand for space, earlier this year, via an National Sci- ence Foundation capacity ex- pansion grant, CCMI was able to conduct some long- overdue renovations to the 10-year-old station. “We have finally been able to add a walk-in fridge freezer unit to our kitchen that will replace numerous donated fridges and freezers we have been using for the past years,” said Director of Operations Peter Quilliam. “We can retire about five energy draining fridges and freezers and operate far more efficiently now.” Efficiency and sustain- ability play a large role at CCMI as is demonstrated with another part of the sta- tion that is being upgraded. “Something we are really proud of is our bath-house which is totally off the grid,” said Mr. Quilliam. “We have solar power that operates the workshop, a waterless com- posting toilet system and a passive hot water system. “The renovation grant allows us to double our solar and passive hot water ca- pacity which is much needed while we have the large group bookings stay with us.” As well as the addition of more bedrooms, CCMI is en- suring they are prepared for more busy years to come. Mr. Quilliam says the steadily rising increase in visitors has been the result of a combina- tion of factors. “Firstly, the team we have here is the best I have ever worked with. They are given freedom to create the best experien- tial learning environment for students of all ages,” he said. “This is combined with our research department and working together we have created a truly unique product. As a result, CCMI is firmly securing the reputation of being the premier research facility in the Caribbean.” For more information on CCMI visit www.reefresearch.org. Glen Cloe of Southside Contractors works on the CCMI expansion. Mark Fearon and Jhon Jones of Southside contractors at work on the CCMI station. - PHOTOS: PETER QUILLIAM Spooktacular fun run on Saturday All residents, visitors and ghosts are invited to the 2016 edition of the Spooktacular Fun Run in Little Cayman. The walk/run takes place at 5 p.m. at the Southern Cross Club on Saturday, Oct. 29. Or- ganizers predict lots of spooky costumes, treats for the children and plenty of fun. Sign-up locations and registration forms for the 5K walk/run are at Iguana Crossing Liquor Store and Village Square; partici- pants are asked to reg- ister by Oct. 26. Entry is $25 per adult and $5 for children under 12. Registration fee in- cludes T-shirt. All proceeds go to the Little Cayman Primary School. Young participants at the 2015 Spooktacular event.DISTRICT DAYS 7 District Days Sister Islands CAYMAN COMPASS • WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 26, 2016 Brac Autumn Festival offers cultural cornucopia The second Brac Autumn Festival brought a variety of arts and cultural events celebrating Cayman’s cre- ative community. The festival took place over the Oct. 14 weekend, kicking off on Friday with a Cultural Arts Fair at the home of Dan and Lisa Scott in the Creek, formerly known as the historic Spellman McLaughlin house. Saturday night featured an open mic and canvas night at the Cayman Brac Beach Re- sort, and the weekend culmi- nated with a special old-time church service. “We received funding from Sister Islands MLA Moses Kirkconnell’s ministry to bring over the visiting art- ists, poets and musicians, and the events were made possible with an art grant from Cayman National Cul- tural Foundation,” said fes- tival co-founder and organizer Simone Scott, who was on the organizing committee that launched the festival in 2015 with Michel Powery and Tisa Dixon, with assistance from other volunteers. “I want to thank Dan and Lisa for the generous use of their traditional Caymanian home, along with decor and assistants for Friday night’s events, and thank Cayman Brac Beach Resort for the use of the conference room on Saturday night,” she said, giving special mention to all the Brackers who helped put on the event. “We could not have pulled it off without the volun- teers and the talent of all artists, poets, musicians in- volved,” she said. As part of the entertain- ment, a scene from the play “An Old Time Turtling Voyage” by Allimae Ebanks was per- formed by Lyndon Martin, Marquita Douglas and Laurel Martin. “Big thanks also to Ms. Laurel for organizing the folk songs and skit play. All were well received by the audience,” said Ms. Scott. “In addition, two artists gave us pieces to be auc- tioned off at Christmas. One called ‘The Bluff’ from Yonier Powery is to raise money for a Brac Meet to Paint art group that is starting back up soon. The other painting, called ‘Watering Place Sunset,’ do- nated by artist Zenia Woods, is to raise funds for a family in need on the Brac.” Food was provided by Night Owl and Star- rie’s Desserts. Saturday’s open mic and Canvas night at Cayman Brac Beach Resort featured perfor- mances of poems and music by visiting and local artists, award-winning author Kath- leen Bodden-Harris, and an art exhibit. Performances were given by visiting poets Michel Powery, Kevin Creary, Joseph Betty, Alta Solomon, Alyson Medeiros and Sophie McKenzie, and works by vis- iting artists Kerwin Ebanks, Gordon Solomon, Joseph Betty and Yonier Powery were on display. Local Brac artists Simone Scott, Theingi Tin Oung and Zenia Woods also had their work on display. Rounding out the weekend, the Cotton Tree Bay Church of God Chapel-by-the- Sea was the setting for the third annual Old-Fashioned Evangelistic Service held on Sunday evening. This year’s event was or- ganized by the Cayman Brac Heritage Committee, headed by Liz Walton-Thompson, Marcia Rankin, Debbie Rankin and Nola Bodden, to- gether with the Cayman Brac Ministers’ Association. Orga- nizers partnered this year, for the first time, with the Brac Autumn Festival Committee. “The quaint little sanc- tuary was packed to over- flowing with congregants from the participating churches – Church of God, Hillside Chapel, Crossroads Baptist and Ebenezer Bap- tist Church, as well as from other churches, all praising and worshipping in the good ole-fashioned way,” said Ms. Scott. According to a press re- lease, the service was con- ducted as a re-enactment of a typical Cayman Brac Sunday night and what it would have looked like in the early 1930s. Many who at- tended donned fashions of that era, and there was no electricity at the service, only oil lamps for lighting, and the musical instruments were acoustic guitar, piano, accor- dion and tambourine. Sea- grape leaves were provided as hand fans, and conch shells, freshly picked flowers and other memorabilia made up the décor. A time of reflection and a walk down memory lane was presented by Yvette Dil- bert, and the sermon charge was brought by Pastor Tom French. A collection was made to help victims of Hurricane Matthew in Haiti and Cuba. At the end of the service, a time of fellowship took place with everyone treated to homemade swanky by Starrie Scott, cassava stretcher baked in the caboose by Ann Walton and “good ole” corn-beef sand- wiches made by Rosie Moxam. “It indeed was a pleasure to host the service [at the chapel] and I agree … it was a great time of fellowship and worship,” said Pastor Thomas French. “It is good when the people of God flow together under the leadership of the Holy Spirit. Thanks to ev- eryone that helped make this event happen … especially the committee that worked so hard to organize and dec- orate. I pray we can continue to work together in unity to expand the Kingdom Of God here in our community.” Audley Scott and Pastor Joel Scott agreed that the ser- vice was a blessing to all. “As always, it was a plea- sure for me to be in service for our Lord. Also, special thanks to the committee for doing such a good job,” said Pastor Scott. Visiting poets, artists and musicians at the Autumn Festival, from left, Michel Powery (poet), Dr. Christopher Williams (poet), Joseph Betty (visual artist), Alyson Medeiros (poet), Kerwin Ebanks (visual artist), Antonio Sanchez (musician), Doug Ross (MC), Yoan Garcia (musician), Sophie McKenzie (poet) and Yonier Powery (visual artist). – PHOTOS: PHOEBE SMITH Coleen Gibson makes a sale of her silver thatch hats and baskets to Debbie Rankin. Brac musicians Vernon Smith and Raymond Scott carried the night through, joined by local folk singers, singing songs of ole time days written by Allimae Ebanks. Leila Hurlstone was the proud winner of digital artwork by Simone Scott.The islands’ most-trusted news source 8 WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 26, 2016 • CAYMAN COMPASS The Family Of The Late Condolences can be registered at boddenfuneralservices.com & Bodden Funeral Service Facebook page. Martin Winston Bodden Sr. regret to announce his passing on Monday, 17 October 2016. Funeral services to celebrate the life of Martin Winston Bodden Sr. will be held at 2:30pm Sunday, 30 October 2016 at the George Town Seventh Day Adventist Church on Smith Road,viewing and last respects will be from 1:30pm. Interment will follow in Prospect Cemetery. The property was cash in sums totaling over $164,000; the deception was that the money was payment for le- gitimate grants of status or permanent residence. Justice Michael Wood asked how long Mr. Man- derson had known Ebanks. “Since high school,” the wit- ness replied. He did not re- member if they went to school together, but he would have known him from around that time. Earlier Mr. Manderson said he had not spoken to Ebanks in years. Asked about that by the judge, he ex- plained, “I investigated him for immigration offenses.” Deputy governor since February 2012, Mr. Man- derson was chief officer in the Portfolio of Internal and External Affairs before that. He was previously chief im- migration officer. Asked what post he held in 2003, he said he was an articled clerk at a local law firm. Asked about the government-sponsored scheme for grants of status in 2003, Mr. Manderson said it was part of the Quincen- tennial Celebrations. It had been decided to give status to 500 outstanding citizens. He described public interest as significant. After the initial 500 were granted, he said, a number of people came forward and said they were deserving also. At the end, 2,000 people were granted status by the Cabinet of the day. There was a fee of $400 for each. Asked if there was a change in the Immigration Law after 2003, Mr. Man- derson said yes – in 2005, the new government put in the law a change called “Right to be Caymanian” to ensure there was transpar- ency in the grants of status. Since that change in the legislation, all applications for status must go through a status and permanent res- idence board. If someone wants status approved by Cabinet, it still must go through the board, which will review the application and make recommendations, Mr. Manderson said. If the application is approved by Cabinet, it must then be ta- bled in parliament, where it would be open for debate, he explained. To his recol- lection, there had been only four or five Cabinet grants. Cabinet no longer re- ceives applications directly and is able to grant only four per calendar year, he said. Responding to questions from Ms. Salako, Mr. Man- derson said Ebanks was never employed on his be- half. He never had any con- versation with Ebanks about grants of status or permanent residence. He never asked Ebanks to con- ceal his (Manderson’s) iden- tity. He never received cash from Ebanks. Ms. Salako asked if Mr. Manderson had awaited the departure of Gov- ernor Duncan Taylor be- fore giving status to Ebanks or anyone else. “Never,” he replied. “The thought never came into my mind.” He said he did not sign certificates for status. The only letter he recalled ever signing was last year when someone who was granted status by Cabinet in 2003 wanted a replacement letter. Asked if he was present at a meeting with McKeeva Bush and his attorney to dis- cuss granting of status, Mr. Manderson said he never had such a meeting. He said he never en- tered into any arrangement with Mr. Bush for grant of status, nor with Ellio Sol- omon, a former member of parliament. He identified Peter Gough, who was mentioned by an earlier witness in the trial, as his strategic adviser, who had worked with him for about five years. He said he never directed Mr. Gough to call members of the public to tell them they had re- ceived status. He never asked Ebanks to collect peo- ple’s passports. Ms. Salako asked if he were aware that his name had been used to “validate the grant of status.” Mr. Manderson said yes. He also agreed that members of the public had come to him di- rectly to make complaints. On every occasion, he had advised them to go to the police, he said. He himself had made complaints to the police, he told the court. He was asked if there has ever been a government “lotto.” Mr. Manderson said he had never heard of it, “and I think I would know.” Questioned by Jus- tice Wood, Mr. Manderson detailed the process by which people may apply for permanent residence and then status. Defense attorney Lau- rence Aiolfi did not ask any questions. Prime Minister Theresa May’s government gave the green light to an expan- sion of London’s Heathrow airport, leaving open ques- tions about how it would be funded and how long it will take to get built. The announcement Tuesday endorsed the con- clusions last year of a state- sponsored commission that said Heathrow, and not its rival Gatwick, is the best can- didate for growth amid a crunch in U.K. flight capacity. The 16 billion-pound (US$20 billion) construc- tion of a third landing strip at Heathrow – the first full- length runway in southeast England since World War II – will allow the 70-year-old airport to handle 135 million passengers a year. A public consultation will now be held before final gov- ernment proposals are put to Parliament in the winter of 2017-2018. Despite high-pro- file protests from members of her Conservative Party and the opposition, May probably has enough support to get it through Parliament. Still to hash out are the details of how it will be financed: The private sector will pay, but the government has urged the air- port not to increase landing charges to fund the expansion. Transport Secretary Chris Grayling told lawmakers that the runway would open in around nine years “on the cur- rent timetable.” May’s spokes- woman, Helen Bower, said the target is to complete the work “as quickly as possible” and that the project is “deliver- able by 2030.” Tony Travers, professor of politics at the London School of Economics, said he gives the runway a 70-75 percent chance of being built. “It’s more likely to happen now than ever before,” he said in an interview. “Which is not the same as saying it will ac- tually happen. The big change is Brexit, and the need to send out comprehensible signals to the rest of the world. This is a comprehen- sible signal. It shows that Britain is functioning, and London is functioning.” Keen to show the U.K. is open for business after June’s vote to leave the Eu- ropean Union, May pushed through a decision that has divided opinion for decades, with unanimity in the com- mittee of ministers that ap- proved the plan. Ministers with “strongly held views” against expanding Heathrow will be free to speak out against it, in a break from normal practice, though not in Parliament. Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson, who has been the most prominent of those critics, said he doesn’t expect the runway to be built. John- son’s successor as London Mayor Sadiq Khan of the op- position Labour Party said the expansion will be “devas- tating for air quality.” Heathrow, once on the western edge of London, is now surrounded by suburbs whose residents complain about life under the flight path. Opponents of the plan include politicians whose constituencies will be affected by expansion. © 2016, Bloomberg UK government approves third Heathrow runway Deputy governor gives evidence in status scam trial CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 Jets prepare to take off from the north runway at London’s Heathrow Airport. - PHOTO: BLOOMBERG/MATTHEW LLOYD ANGER STILL FLARES AFTER JUDGE OKS VOLKSWAGEN EMISSIONS DEAL SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – A federal judge approved the largest auto-scandal settlement in U.S. history Tuesday, giving nearly a half-million Volkswagen owners and leaseholders the choice between selling their cars back or having them repaired so they do not cheat on emis- sions tests and spew ex- cess pollution. U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer said the nearly $15 billion deal “ad- equately and fairly” com- pensates consumers and gets the polluting ve- hicles off the road as soon as possible. The German automaker acknowledged last year that about 475,000 Volk- swagens and Audis with 2-liter, four-cylinder diesel engines were programmed to cheat on emissions tests. Under the agree- ment, owners can choose to have Volkswagen buy back the vehicle regard- less of its condition for the full trade-in price on Sept. 18, 2015, when the scandal broke, or pay for repairs. In either case, Volkswagen also will pay owners $5,100 to $10,000, depending on the age of the car and whether the owner owned it prior to Sept. 18 of last year. Volkswagen has agreed to spend up to $10 billion compensating consumers and could start buying back the cars as early as next month. Regulators have not approved any fixes. The settlement also in- cludes $2.7 billion for un- specified environmental mitigation and $2 bil- lion to promote zero-emis- sions vehicles. The owner of a 2015 Volkswagen Golf TDI protests in April outside of the federal building in San Francisco. A federal judge is facing a deadline on whether to approve a nearly $15 billion deal over Volkswagen’s emissions cheating scandal. - PHOTO: AP Deputy Governor Franz MandersonThe islands’ most-trusted news source 9 CAYMAN COMPASS • WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 26, 2016 TOURISM SHOWCASE CAYMAN ISLANDS Are you interested in working directly with North American Travel Wholesalers? For more information contact: events@caymanislands.ky Space is limited so you must register online at www.caymanislands.ky/tourismshowcase The deadline for registration is Tuesday, 1 November Venue: To Be Announced Tuesday, 8 November 2016 9:00AM - 12:00PM The Department of Tourism is hosting a panel of leading wholesalers who will answer your questions on how to do business with them. You can also sign up to meet with wholesalers for one on one meetings. GALLERIA PLAZA943-7847 SALE HOURS Now - Sat 10am - 5pm Environment Minister Wayne Panton told the Cayman Compass that figure could also include up- grades to the area. He said the spe- cific purchase price was still to be determined. Meanwhile, cam- paigners who fought the develop- ment are planning a celebratory event at Smith Cove on Saturday. Taura Ebanks, a vocal advocate for protecting Smith Cove, said, “I am excited that a deal is being worked on and the information is being shared publicly.” She added, “Although we would love to see the contract signed and the ink dry, we are having a little bit of a celebration at the beach. We are asking people to come to- gether and enjoy and appreciate what we have here and what every- body fought for. “I think people showed you can stand up for something you believe in and you can do it the right way and the right thing can happen.” She said the event would be a low-key affair, from 3:30 to 6:30 p.m., where people could bring their own coolers, jump off the rocks, swim and enjoy the sunset. A beach cleanup is also planned for Sunday from 6 a.m. with com- munity groups including Academy Sports Club and Purple Dragon Martial Arts Club involved. Morne Botes, who helped found the Save the Cove group, said, “We invite all to come and enjoy the beautiful Smith Cove on Saturday and see what we fought for. We are so glad the developer and gov- ernment could come to an ami- cable agreement.” He said a family in Webster’s Estate had also gifted four picnic benches and tables to the beach. The cuts to import duties do not mean the strict regulations around gun ownership and pos- session will change. The Royal Cayman Islands Police Service maintains tight controls on who is permitted to own a firearm, and only members of the gun club, farmers registered with the Department of Agriculture, or people who can prove that they will hunt on their own land or someone else’s can apply for per- mission to own a gun. Previously, anyone except farmers importing a firearm or air gun would have had to pay 102 percent duty. Farmers will still pay a 22 percent duty on am- munition and everyone else will pay 42 percent. A break for musicians Musicians get a break, too, under the amendments. Included in the tariff amendments is a sep- arate section giving a duty-free exemption for musicians. Caymanians who record music overseas can now import their own music to the islands without paying a tariff. The tariff exemption applies only to Caymanians who live in the islands. Government allocates $5 million for Smith Cove Duty slashed on firearms imports for gun club members CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 The National Trust describes Smith Cove as ‘a beloved area of great historic and cultural significance.’ - PHOTO: TANEOS RAMSAYNext >