ESTABLISHED 1965 www.caymancompass.com – 50 CENTS – MONDAY FEBRUARY 13, 2017 High of 84 Low of 74 Slight to moderate with wave heights of 2 to 4 feet. EDITORIAL | PAGE 4 ASSAULTS ON POLICE OFFICERS MUST CEASE – NOW SPORTS | PAGE 17 SPURS THE LATEST EPL TITLE CHALLENGER TO TRIP UP IN LEAGUE 6 WINGS12 WINGS 24 WINGS36 WINGS $ 499 $ 959 $ 1899 $ 2799 PR legal challenge granted court hearing Two cases put pressure on government administration BRENT FULLER bfuller@pinnaclemedialtd.com A legal challenge to Cayman’s perma- nent residence grant system has been al- lowed to proceed to a full hearing before the Grand Court. A hearing date had not been set as of Friday afternoon. Financial services company trust man- ager Mark Edmunds’s case becomes the second matter involving the length of time it is taking the government to hear permanent residence applications to come before the court. The first issue involves a separate legal challenge filed last year by local accountant Bradley Carpenter. Mr. Edmunds’s permanent residence appli- cation was filed in June 2014 and has never been heard. Mr. Carpenter’s permanent resi- dence application was filed in October 2013 and was approved shortly before the matter was due to proceed to court. However, a judge ruled that Mr. Carpenter’s claims of damages due to the three-year delay in hearing his case should still be considered by the court. In his application for judicial review, Mr. Edmunds alleges the government’s failure to hear his residency application for two-and-a- half years is irrational, unlawful and “can be seen as applying a moratorium to the pro- cessing of permanent residence applications.” Mr. Edmunds further alleges that the gov- ernment-appointed Caymanian Status and Permanent Residency Board, as well as the government’s chief immigration officer, have ignored both Caymanian and European human rights protections in deciding to delay Mr. Edmunds’s application, as well as hun- dreds of others. PRISONS DEPUTY BACK TO WORK AFTER ‘HIDDEN CAMERA’ INVESTIGATION Government agrees to settle case BRENT FULLER bfuller@pinnaclemedialtd.com After a nearly two-year process during which she was suspended, fired, reinstated, then suspended again, Cayman Islands Deputy Prisons Director Aduke Joseph-Caesar is going back to work. Ms. Joseph-Caesar’s attorney Clyde Allen said Friday that a settlement had been reached with government following a review in which “no findings of misconduct” had been made against his client in relation to an April 2015 incident at Her Majesty’s Prison, Northward. That incident, according to multiple docu- ments seen by the Cayman Compass, related to Ms. Joseph-Caesar giving instructions to a junior prisons officer to install a camera in the office of then-prisons custodial man- ager, Nina White. A separate document reviewed by the Com- pass indicated that Ms. Joseph-Caesar would face no further disciplinary action as a result of that incident. Ms. Joseph-Caesar, contacted by the Com- pass on Friday, declined to comment on the settlement. Mr. Allen said the terms include the prison deputy’s return to work on Feb. 20 and an agreement that she would take no legal action against the prisons service or the government in relation to the matter. Ms. Joseph-Caesar was fired in November 2015 over the hidden camera investigation, about six months after she was placed on re- quired leave [suspended with pay]. She was re- instated by a June 22, 2016 Grand Court order, which stated she had never been officially Cayman Heart Fund founder Suzy Soto and Cayman Islands Governor Helen Kilpatrick, center, join organizers and guests at the annual Red Dress Gala, which was held at the Kimpton Seafire resort on Friday night. The event celebrated the 10th anniversary of the heart health charity. For more, see page 2. – PHOTO: MAGGIE JACKSON Red Dress Gala raises money for heart health West Bay women fight back BRENT FULLER bfuller@pinnaclemedialtd.com About 40 women, from teen- agers to retirees, participated in a free self-defense class Sat- urday in the wake of a string of indecent assaults, purse snatch- ings and other attacks in West Bay district since October. The West Bay women have decided it’s time to fight back. “People feel like they can’t walk from their home,” said Ezi- ethamae Bodden. “We’re sup- posed to be ‘fit Cayman’ and women can’t walk outside.” Five attacks on women in the district have been reported since Oct. 1, 2016: an indecent assault on Feb. 1 on Conch Point Road; a knife attack on Jan. 10 in the Batabano area; a purse snatching on Powery Road on Jan. 12 following a struggle; and two indecent assaults reported on Oct. 1 and Oct. 15 – allegedly committed by the same suspect. West Bay district council member Jeana Ebanks said she learned of other incidents through a local internet chat group “that were unreported” to the police. She said there were at least three other inci- dents during the November-De- cember period. “People just weren’t talking about it,” she said. On Saturday afternoon, Shihan [master instructor] Floyd Bap- tiste instructed the group of women gathered at the Sir John A. PLEASE TURN TO PAGE 8 » PLEASE TURN TO PAGE 8 » PLEASE TURN TO PAGE 8 »2 LOCAL NEWS MONDAY FEBRUARY 13, 2017 • 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. 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Among the auction items were an Audi A1, a vaca- tion package to Utila, Hon- duras, and a private cata- maran charter. One live auction item came with a very personal story. A pair of boxing shorts signed by Manny Pacquiao were donated by James Burch, who had worn them in the “white collar” boxing match on the night of the Island Rumble in January. Mr. Burch, whose son had a heart operation when he was 9-months-old, gave the shorts to Ben Hart on behalf of chil- dren’s charity Hart for Hearts to raise money in the auction. They went to winning bidder Tabitha Crowley for $2,000. The Cayman Heart Fund aims to reduce the incidents of heart and circulatory dis- ease, which is the number one health problem in Cayman. David Dinner, Jennifer Ahearn, Nuvia Manderson and Deputy Govenror Franz Manderson From left, Cayman Heart Fund founder Suzy Soto, Governor Helen Kilpatrick, and the charity’s medical director Dr. Sook Yin get together at Friday night’s gala. 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THE PANDORA STORE AT ISLAND PLAZA George Town Under Margaritaville Town Centre Camana Bay Beside the Cinema College administrator signed blank checks for Syed JAMES WHITTAKER jwhittaker@pinnaclemedialtd.com The provost of the Univer- sity College of the Cayman Is- lands signed blank checks for former president Hassan Syed, trusting that it was for col- lege business, Grand Court heard Friday. Robert Geoffroy, in a police statement read to the court in Syed’s trial, acknowledged he had co-signed three college checks for the president. “He did not tell me what the purpose was,” Mr. Geoffroy said in the statement. “I did sign blank checks on trust. At that time, I had no reason to believe they were being used for anything other than college business.” One of the checks was for $20,000, the court heard. In his opening statement at the start of the case, pros- ecutor Patrick Moran said Syed had misappropriated cash from the college by con- vincing Mr. Geoffroy to co- sign a number of checks and then used the money for per- sonal expenses. The provost, the senior administrator at the college, also gave evidence of Syed’s work at the college, saying he was well liked on the campus. In the aftermath of Hurricane Ivan, he said, Syed, who was a lecturer at the time, had been at the forefront of efforts to get the college up and run- ning, crawling through the ceiling and helping to fix dam- aged buildings. “People really liked him and really supported him for president,” he said. Once Syed became presi- dent, he said, their relationship changed, and he was “hardly at the college, always on trips, this way or that way.” Mr. Geoffroy acknowledged that he had not raised any concerns about Syed with the UCCI board of governors until after Syed had left the island, saying he did not know he had the right to do so. Syed’s executive assistant, Leigh Smellie, giving evidence later on Friday, testified that staff had been worried when Syed left the college, citing medical reasons. “At one stage, I do re- member staff being concerned and taking up collections to send money to him for his medical treatment,” she said. Ms. Smellie gave evidence that she had made travel ar- rangements for Syed fre- quently for both business and personal trips. She confirmed that she had booked a ticket for him to leave the Cayman Islands for Toronto, via Kingston, on April 22, 2008, believing it was for a trip to receive med- ical treatment. Syed did not return to the Cayman Islands after that trip, resigning as presi- dent, citing medical reasons shortly afterward. Civil Service College Earlier on Friday, senior civil servant Mary Rodrigues was called to the witness box to explain some of the back- ground of the Civil Service Col- lege project, a collaboration be- tween government and UCCI. Ms. Rodrigues said the Portfolio of the Civil Service has signed a contract with UCCI to help set up and run the college, which was de- signed to help civil servants advance their careers. Syed is facing multiple charges of dishonestly ob- taining cash in connection with the project, including by falsely representing that he was entitled to around $100,000 in consultancy fees. Ms. Rodrigues said gov- ernment had signed contracts to share costs on the project with UCCI. She said some of the contracts did include hourly payments for senior UCCI staff, but there was no direct contract with any spe- cific individuals. “All agreements were with UCCI as a corporate body and not with any individuals at the college,” she said. She acknowledged that she had received an email from Syed in May 2007, indi- cating various payments due to UCCI for the work done on the project to that point. She agreed that this in- cluded a claim that Syed had, at that point, personally done 240 hours of work at $400-an- hour for a total cost of $96,000. It included claims for work done by other members of staff at different rates for a total bill to government of $231,000. She confirmed that Port- folio of Civil Service finan- cial records showed a pay- ment of $231,000 being made to the college shortly after, but said she had no personal in- volvement in authorizing this payment or any other pay- ments, which were the remit of the department’s chief fi- nancial officer. Asked about a later doc- ument, dated March 2008, which she signed at Syed’s re- quest, indicating 700 hours of work completed on the project, she said she understood this was a net total for the dura- tion of the project. Based on Syed’s email, she said she be- lieved it was something the college required, after the fact, for its own internal ac- counting procedures. “My understanding is that I was signing to certify the total hours worked; 700 hours worked was reason- able over the life of the project – over a period of almost two years,” she said. The Crown has alleged that Syed used this docu- ment to claim “consultancy fees” from UCCI that he was not entitled to. The laptop In evidence read to the court on Thursday afternoon, UCCI’s IT manager testified that he had been asked by Syed, after his departure, to erase everything on his laptop and delete his files from the college’s computer server. Greg Fiedler said Syed told him he was away on medical leave. He said he had agreed to clear some files from Syed’s computer so that his personal information was not acces- sible to the acting president. But he said he had refused a later request from Syed to de- lete files completely from the college server. “I didn’t like what he was asking me to do,” he said in his police statement, read to the court. He said Syed had called from Canada with the instruc- tions, but he had not con- sented to the request and re- tained the data, later providing it to police on hard drives. The case con- tinues on Monday.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” MONDAY FEBRUARY 13, 2017 • CAYMAN COMPASS WASHINGTON – Stupid but legal. Such is the Trump ad- ministration’s travel ban for people from seven Muslim countries. Of course, as with almost everything in Amer- ican life, what should be a policy or even a moral issue becomes a legal one. The judicial challenge should have been given short shrift, since the presidential grant of authority to exclude the entry of aliens is ex- tremely wide and statutorily clear. The judge who issued the temporary restraining order never even made a case for its illegality. The Ninth Circuit has in- deed ruled against the immi- gration ban, but even if the ban is ultimately vindicated in the courts (as is likely), that does not change the fact that it makes for lousy policy. It began life as a bar- stool eruption after the San Bernardino massacre when Donald Trump proposed a total ban on Muslims en- tering the country “until our country’s representatives can figure out what the hell is going on.” Rudy Giuliani says he was tasked with cleaning up this idea. Hence the ex- ecutive order suspending entry of citizens from the seven countries while the vetting process is reviewed and tightened. The core idea makes sense. These are failed, essentially ungovernable states (except for Iran) where reliable data is hard to find. But the mora- torium was unnecessary and damaging. Its only purpose was to fulfill an ill-consid- ered campaign promise. It caused enormous dis- ruption without making us any safer. What was the emer- gency that compelled us to turn away people already in the air with already approved visas for entry to the U.S.? President Trump said he did not want to give any warning. Otherwise, he tweeted, “the ‘bad’ would rush into our country …. A lot of bad ‘dudes’ out there!” Rush? Not a single Amer- ican has ever been killed in a terror attack in this country by a citizen from the noto- rious seven. The killers have come from precisely those countries not listed – Egypt, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Leb- anon, Pakistan and Kyrgyz- stan (the Tsarnaev brothers). The notion that we had to act immediately because hordes of jihadists in these seven countries were about to board airplanes to blow up Americans is absurd. Vetting standards could easily have been revised and tightened without the moratorium and its atten- dant disruptions, stupidities, random cruelties and well- deserved bad press. The moratorium turned into a distillation of the worst aspects of our cur- rent airport-security system, which everyone knows to be 95 percent pantomime. The pat-down of the 80-year-old grandmother does nothing to make us safer. Its pur- pose is to give the illusion of doing something. Simi- larly, during the brief Trump moratorium, a cavalcade of innocent and indeed sym- pathetic characters – grad- uate students, separated family members, returning doctors and scientists – were denied entry. You saw this and said to your- self: We are protecting our- selves from these? If anything, the spec- tacle served to undermine Trump’s case for extreme vigilance and wariness of foreigners entering the United States. There is al- ready empirical evidence. A Nov. 23 Quinnipiac poll found a 6-point majority in favor of “suspending immi- gration from ‘terror prone’ regions”; a Feb. 7 poll found a 6-point majority against. The same poll found a whopping 44-point majority opposed to “suspending all immigration of Syrian refu- gees to the U.S. indefinitely.” Then there is the oppor- tunity cost of the whole de- bacle. It risks alienating the leaders of even nonaf- fected Muslim countries – the 57-member Organiza- tion of Islamic Cooperation expressed “grave concern” – which may deter us from taking far more real and effective anti-terror mea- sures. The administration was intent on declaring the Muslim Brotherhood a ter- rorist organization, a con- crete measure that would hamper the operations of a global Islamist force. In the current atmosphere, how- ever, that declaration is re- portedly being delayed and rethought. Add to that the costs of the ill-prepared, unvetted, sloppy rollout. Consider the discordant, hostile message sent to loyal law-abiding Muslim-Americans by the initial denial of entry to green card holders. And the ripple effect of the initial de- nial of entry to those Iraqis who risked everything to help us in our war effort. In future conflicts, this will in- evitably weigh upon local Muslims deciding whether to join and help our side. Ac- tions have consequences. In the end, what was meant to be a piece of promise- keeping, tough-on-terror sym- bolism has become an ox- ygen-consuming distraction. This is a young administration with a transformative agenda to enact. At a time when it should be pushing and pro- moting deregulation, tax re- form and healthcare transfor- mation, it has steered itself into a pointless cul-de-sac – where even winning is losing. Charles Krauthammer’s email address is letters@charleskrauthammer.com. © 2017, The Washington Post Writers Group Police officers are, as a rule, a tough group of men and women. They regularly put themselves in harm’s way – whether it means facing down armed suspects, conducting rescue operations in dangerous conditions, standing in busy roadways while diverting traffic from accident scenes, or a litany of other sce- narios that definitely aren’t part of the job descrip- tion for ordinary citizens. And everything they do is for the purpose of making life safer for everyone else. Our police are rewarded for their efforts with relatively meager pay, long irregular hours and, too often, verbal calumny from prominent figures with personal or political motives. That is also, in a way, part of the job. But while the members of the Royal Cayman Islands Police Service are certainly able to withstand more than their fair share of abuse (as we said, they are a tough bunch), they certainly should not have to. Through their actions and accomplishments over decades, our police officers have earned the commu- nity’s trust and admiration, and they deserve to be treated with respect and regard. It’s a point worth reiterating in light of recent reports of officers being assaulted by suspects during encounters that seem as if they should have been rel- atively routine, yet somehow escalated into violence. Anytime a person punches, kicks, hits, slaps, bites, threatens or spits at an officer who is attempting to discharge his or her duty, it must be treated as a serious criminal matter. Our laws may need to be examined and, if necessary, fortified in this regard. Similarly, it must be considered critical and criminal for suspects to run from police, either on foot or in a vehicle. Attempting to evade police puts lives at risk, including those of the suspects, the officers and members of the public who happen to be innocently standing by. But more importantly, assaulting or fleeing from police demonstrates, to us, prima facie evidence of guilt. It shows utter contempt for the authority of law enforcement, and by extension, the legitimacy of Cayman’s societal and governmental structures. (This is a primary reason why we have editorial- ized so strongly against “menacing motorbikers” who openly flout the law with their behavior: The hordes of obnoxious, illegal and unsafe motorbikers represent a massive contempt for public order and societal norms.) Similarly, leaving the scene of a vehicular accident (“hit and run” in common parlance) should be elevated to the category of serious crime. It doesn’t take much of an imagination to associate these getaways with “sobering up time.” It is more important than ever to support our police, when they are doing their jobs as uniformed officers of the law, considering the increasing hazards they seem to be facing as they confront and attempt to arrest suspects toting firearms. Our police put themselves in harm’s way for the benefit of the greater community. As members of the community, we should be expected to do our part to assist – that means being cooperative, being courteous and, if the situation calls for it, being willing to share reliable information, or to testify to the truth as wit- nesses in court. 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A 20-year-old man from Jamaica was also arrested at the residence on suspi- cion of possession of an un- licensed firearm. Police did not report a connection be- tween the man and the Feb. 4 shooting. Friday’s announcement brought the number of ar- rests in the Feb. 4 case to four. On Thursday, police arrested a 35-year-old man on suspicion of unlicensed firearm possession, as- sault causing grievous bodily harm and attempted murder, and a 29-year-old woman on suspicion of as- sault causing actual bodily harm. The Royal Cayman Islands Police Service said it will increase its presence this weekend around liquor- licensed establishments during peak hours. “People should feel com- fortable to go out and enjoy themselves,” Mr. Walton said. “We are doing every- thing within our power to ensure a safe and secure en- vironment for nighttime en- tertainment and activities on weekends. We always need the public to work with us in this effort. If you see something we need to know, call us.” The Feb. 4 incident is among a series of shoot- ings outside Fete and Super C in recent months. Mark “Hubba” Seymour was fa- tally shot outside Super C on Jan. 28. Two shootings took place on Dec. 26, one out- side of Fete nightclub in the early hours of the morning and another outside of Super C later that day. Plumbers required to have license, court case highlights Water Authority has list of certified plumbers CAROL WINKER cwinker@pinnaclemedialtd.com A man without a valid plumber’s license was fined $600 last week after pleading guilty to two charges of ob- taining a pecuniary advan- tage by deception. The advantage was pe- cuniary because it re- lated to money. The deception was a false representation that he was licensed to do plumbing work. Michael Augustus West, 51, admitted that in De- cember 2014 he obtained wages of $775 by falsely representing that he was a fit and proper person to be hired for the task, with a certified journeyman plumber’s license granted by the Water Authority. He further admitted that in March 2015, by false dec- laration, he obtained em- ployment at a work site. The supervisor, a certi- fied journeyman plumber, recognized that the li- cense West presented was not genuine and he con- tacted authorities. The matter was investi- gated and West said he pre- viously had an apprentice plumber’s license but it had expired in 2013. Crown counsel Claire Wetton told Magistrate Grace Donalds that West had worked for an air-con- ditioning company. She said he took the journeyman plumber’s exam twice and failed both times. He de- nied forging the license he had presented. The 2014 offense had to do with West’s involve- ment in the installation of a pipeline. Defense attorney Crister Brady said West maintained he had no idea the license he presented was not gen- uine, but he admitted work was done and payment re- ceived under that license. The matter had been set for trial on at least two pre- vious occasions. Ms. Wetton said two witnesses had come to court on the last trial date, when West en- tered guilty pleas. The magistrate im- posed a fine of $300 on each charge and gave the defen- dant two months to pay be- cause he was not working at this time. After the matter con- cluded, a charge of ut- tering a false document was left on file. The website for Water Authority – Cayman states that plumbers in the Cayman Islands are re- quired to be licensed by the Authority. There are three categories: apprentice, jour- neyman and master. There is a link on the website to a register of names of li- censed plumbers. A 19-year-old man and a 24-year-old woman, both from West Bay, were detained on suspicion of possession of an unlicensed firearm and attempted murder. SON PLEADS GUILTY TO GUN CHARGES, FATHER BAILED CAROL WINKER cwinker@pinnaclemedialtd.com Jordan Bryson Powell pleaded guilty in Grand Court Friday to two charges of pos- sessing an unlicensed firearm. He entered his pleas in open court, after which Jus- tice Robin McMillan con- ducted a bail hearing in chambers for George Lu- nard Powell, Jordan’s father. Bail was granted. The charges to which the younger defendant pleaded guilty were possession of an unlicensed .45 Taurus semi- automatic pistol on Jan. 21 at Sound Way, George Town, and possession of 10 rounds of .45 ammunition without a license, on the same date and at the same location. Defense attorney Alice Carver told the court that Jordan Powell, 24, took full responsibility for the firearm – that his father was in the vehicle with him but had no knowledge of the firearm. The father and son were arrested after the truck they were traveling in crashed into a utility pole, following an at- tempt to evade police. George Powell, 47, was the driver. George Powell has not en- tered any pleas. He faces the same charges of possessing the pistol and ammunition without a license. He was granted bail with several conditions, including that he must reside at a spec- ified address in George Town; provide a $5,000 cash surety; observe a curfew between 8 p.m. and 6 a.m.; and report once per week to the George Town Police Station. Justice McMillan set Jordan Powell’s sentencing hearing for Feb. 22 at 2:30 p.m. George Powell’s next mention is on Feb. 16 in Summary Court.DISTRICT DAYS 6 District Days George Town MONDAY FEBRUARY 13, 2017 • CAYMAN COMPASS Cayman Academy delivers health message to community Students and staff from Cayman Academy were out on the streets of George Town on Feb. 3, doing their part for the community. During the school’s an- nual health week, students and staff marched to the Cayman Islands Cancer So- ciety to deliver a donation and then made their way through George Town to the Annex playing field for a session on drug-abuse prevention. According to a press re- lease, the two events were the culmination of this year’s health week theme, focused on reinforcing anti-drug and anti–alcohol use and abuse messages, the same week the National Drug Council rolled out its new healthy life- style, healthy choices curric- ulum aimed at students at the primary level. “The National Drug Council was delighted to partner with Cayman Academy during its health week that coin- cided with the NDC’s na- tional drugs and alcohol facts week,” said the council’s pre- vention and education officer, Dr. Susan Young. “We commend Cayman Academy for taking such a proactive role in promoting a drug-free lifestyle among its students and for organizing this drug-free march through George Town.” Decked in “I Want to Live Heathy” T-shirts, the marchers, including Savannah’s Gideon Marching Band, made their way from the school on Walkers Road to the Cancer Society’s headquarters, where the school’s charities coor- dinator Sophia Hamilton presented a donation of $3,148 to the Cancer Society’s Victoria Gray, the press release states. Ms. Hamilton said the dona- tion represented the school’s effort to carry out its mandate of caring for its neighbors, ac- knowledging top student fun- draisers Roxzandy Giscombe, James Munroe Jr. and Roger Alex Johnson, Jr. The students then marched through the School Road, Mary Street, Shedden Road and Eastern Avenue communities, distributing drug education pamphlets to homes and passing vehicles, chanting slogans like “Think before you drink,” and “Say no to drugs/yes to hugs,” and dis- tributing bottles of water. According to the release, the students assembled at the Annex playing field next, where they heard talks on drug-abuse prevention by the high school’s principal, Dr. O’Neil Duncan, and school di- rector Alicia Castillo-Timothy, along with George Town Primary School Principal Marie Martin. “The feedback was very positive and the eagerness of the students at such a young age to learn all they can about making wise choices was very encouraging,” said Dr. Young. Among National Drug Council-initiated activities during the week were poster, photo and video competitions, and an exhibition on the dan- gers of drug use. “The goal of the NDC is to have a population free from drugs, alcohol and substance abuse within the Cayman Is- lands,” said Dr. Young. “Partnerships with schools such as Cayman Academy is vital to the NDC achieving this goal. It is not enough to just tell students to say no to drugs, a continuing pro- gramme of dialogue and strategies need to be put in place for students to make smart choices.” 50 years ago: Thousands flock to Agriculture Show In the Feb. 15, 1967 edi- tion of the Caymanian Weekly, a precursor of the Cayman Compass, news from George Town included: “A record crowd of about 2,500 attended the 1967 Ag- ricultural Show held at the Grammar School Grounds on Ash Wednesday. “The float parade was a gay and lively opening to the proceedings and many ad- mired the excellent efforts of the Garden Club, which took first prize, the Agricul- tural Society (2nd prize), En- tomological Unit [featuring a gigantic ‘locally grown’ mosquito], H.O. Merren and Co., thatch rope making by Graham Thompson, Home Supplies, Cayman Drug with its Holstein cow and, of course, the band on the truck which led the way. “At the official opening, Mr. Clarence Thompson, president of the Society for 1967, welcomed all to the 5th annual show which was being held at a new site. “He expressed thanks to all those who contributed in any way to the stage it had reached at that time and trusted that at the end of the day everyone would be able to say that it was a ‘grand and enjoyable day’ as indeed it proved to be … “His Honour the Admin- istrator, before officially de- claring the show open, out- lined the efforts which have been made by Government in recent years to get expert advice which farmers can draw upon when they need it to improve their farming methods etc. …. “The fine display in the main hall of the school in- deed showed a wealth of talent and the ability to produce first-class spec- imens despite the re- cent drought …. “A group of young lads entertained a large crowd with their four boxing bouts … Mrs. Theo Bodden, Mrs. Fields-Richards, Nurse Beulah McLaughlin, Mrs. R.W. Willcocks and Nurse E. Wood had a diffi- cult task judging the baby show which resulted in the following being de- clared ‘Prize Babies’; 6-12 months 1st Tania Ebanks, 2nd Mark Steven Ebanks, 12-18 months 12-18 months Mervilee Parsons, 2nd Diane Elaine Ebanks and 3rd Lorilyn Jackson and 18-24 months 1st Monica Chamashuck, 2nd Dena Par- sons. Prizes here were dis- tributed by Mrs. McHayle. “The finale was the beauty contest which only attracted six entrants this year. Judges Mrs. B. St. Aubyn, Mrs. Lester Johnson, Mr. N.R. Miller, Mr. Val Far- rell and Rev. J. Lord selected Ella Kay Hislop as Miss Cayman 1967 with Aloma Ebanks 2nd and Jane Ellen Thompson 3rd which, by the ovation appeared to be a popular choice.” In the same issue, other George Town news included: “Congratulations to Cayman Brac Airways on their special inaugural flight of the newly introduced DC-3 aircraft to Kingston on Friday last. “Included in the in- vited guests were Mr. D.V. Watler, Assistant Adminis- trator, Mr. Chadwick, Dir. of Civil Aviation, Mr. Eric Bergstrom, Chairman of the Tourist Board, Mr. Bob Brenton, President of the Hotel Association, Capt. Eldon Kirkconnell, Hon. T.M. Farrington and Mr. W.W. Conolly, MLAs, Mrs. I. Conolly, acting Director of Education and press rep- resentatives Mrs. A. Smith and Mrs. O.H. Miller. From Cayman Brac Mr. Dennis Foster, District Commis- sioner and his wife, Mrs. Anton Foster, and Mr. Kendal Ryan of Buccaneer’s Inn and Mr. K. Parker Tib- betts whose father is the Agent in Cayman Brac. “The DC-3 gave an ex- cellent performance and the part were able to enjoy all the amenities offered by a modern airline, not forgetting that chewing gum much needed to keep the ears comfortable, and drinks etc. were served by charming stewardess Ce- cile Bodden assisted by Mr. Norman Bodden, As- sistant Managing Director of C.B.A. who was host for the flight ….” In her George Town Notebook, correspondent Frances Bodden also noted: “Congratulations to Truman Bodden who has been successful in passing all the subjects prescribed for the Banking Diploma Examination and has thus been elected as an Associate of the Institute of Bankers. He is now entitled to use the descriptive letters AIB for so long as his name remains on the institute’s registers. “We believe this is the first Caymanian to achieve this honour in the banking world and would also con- gratulate Mr. and Mrs. Ar- thur D. Bodden who must be very proud of their son.” Cayman Academy students and staff march through George Town on Feb. 3 with a message of healthy living.District Days George Town DISTRICT DAYS 7 CAYMAN COMPASS • MONDAY FEBRUARY 13, 2017 Students visit medical school for clinical science lessons JEWEL LEVY jlevy@pinnaclemedia Forty-three students from Cayman International School now have a better idea of what the human body is all about. A field trip to St. Mat- thew’s University School of Medicine on Feb. 10\ was part of the CIS Year 5 students’ lesson plan on learning about body systems. At the university, the stu- dents heard a lecture on mi- croorganisms by course director of histology Dr. Ge- rardo Ochoa-Vargas in the anatomy laboratory, and they participated in patient examinations with Dr. Ma- ribel Aurelio in the clinic skills laboratory. St. Matthew’s, founded in Belize in 1997 by North Da- kota native Jeffrey S. Sersland and named for his friend Matthew Uhrich, moved to the Cayman Islands in 2002. In Cayman, more than 109 students, including, seven Caymanians, currently attend the university. According to the St. Mat- thew’s website, the curric- ulum integrates basic and clinical science to give stu- dents an understanding of the human body in health and disease. This approach enables students to use their knowledge to treat patients and also to prevent disease and promote good health. The St. Matthew’s profes- sors leading the CIS school visit were joined by Dr. Anup Rao, who answered questions on the many plastinated body parts on exhibit in the anatomy room. The students were fasci- nated to see what was being highlighted under the micro- scope during a presentation by Dr. Ochoa-Vargas, which focused on identifying cells. Getting the opportunity to observe human skin under magnification brought about some quick questions about human cells for Dr. Ochoa- Vargas, along with others, ranging from how cancer re- produces in the human body to what his favorite part of being a doctor was. At the end of the lec- ture, Dr. Ochoa-Vargas offered some motiva- tional tips, telling the stu- dents to never believe they cannot do anything. “Open the mind and never allow anyone to tell you that you cannot learn, because you can; just analyze the thing. Don’t allow anybody to stop you,” he said. At the clinical skills lab, the children were instructed by Dr. Aurelio on the im- portance of cleanliness and hand-washing in preventing the spread of germs and other diseases. From Dr. Aurelio, the chil- dren also learned about var- ious clinical instruments such as the stethoscope, a special tuning fork which is used to check hearing, the otoscope for the ears and ophthalmoscope for the eyes. One Grade 5 student said he liked how the people there showed them what was going on inside the human body. “I liked the digestive system best, and I thought their presentation style was very interesting,” he said. Cayman International School instructional coach Leanne Wright said she was grateful for the profession- alism at St. Matthew’s and for taking their time out of their busy day to show their students something they do not ordinarily get to see. “The students were very impressed by the complexity and simplicity of the human body,” she said. Ms. Wright said that af- terward students could not keep quiet about the trip on the way back to school, and spoke highly of their visit as they discussed the day’s outing with their peers. St. Ignatius musicians heading to Scotland Music students from the St. Ignatius Catholic School Music Department will head overseas next week on an ex- change aimed at expanding their cultural horizons. Students in the school’s concert and jazz bands will travel to the United Kingdom from Feb. 21 to March 5, taking in sights, as well as musical performances ranging from musical the- ater to opera, in London, Glasgow, the Scottish High- lands and Edinburgh, a press release states. The students will also visit Dollar Academy, one of Scotland’s leading indepen- dent schools, in its namesake town between Edinburgh and St. Andrew’s. “I am always so proud of the musical talent and achievement of our students, but alarmed by the fact that very few have seen a live performance by professional musicians,” said St. Ignatius head of music Simon Dono- ghue, who has taught at the school for close to 20 years. He noted that the trip will also allow the students to experience life at a dif- ferent school. “They will spend a full day in school with Dollar Academy students, shad- owing them in classes and experiencing a wide range of subjects delivered in a dif- ferent country, like Latin, German, woodwork and home economics.” Mr. Donoghue said the St. Ignatius students will meet and perform with their Dollar Academy peers. “We have been invited by this prestigious school to develop musical and per- sonal relationships, through our experiences together, and we will host these stu- dents [at] St. Ignatius during the 2017-18 academic year,” he said. According to the release, the St. Ignatius students will also meet musicians of the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, attend master classes led by top musicians, perform alongside students from the Royal Conserva- toire of Scotland, experience London’s West End theater productions and attend a John Williams Tribute con- cert, during which the stu- dents will have the oppor- tunity to discuss possible careers in the music in- dustry with performers. “Above all, we will be rep- resenting Cayman, show- casing the homegrown tal- ents of our wonderful children, allowing them the opportunity to share these talents and to learn from children from a dif- ferent culture – an experi- ence which will remain with them for many years,” said Mr. Donoghue. For more information, call 949-9250 or email simon. donoghue@st-ignatius.com. St. Ignatius band members with head of music Simon Donoghue. Dr. Maribel Aurelio performs a hearing test on Janie Gosselin. Dr. Anup Rao answers students’ questions about the plastinated body parts on display in the anatomy lab. - PHOTOS: JEWEL LEVY8 LOCAL NEWS MONDAY FEBRUARY 13, 2017 • CAYMAN COMPASS As of Friday, somewhere between 900 and 1,000 permanent residence ap- plications had been filed under the current Immigra- tion Law, which was last amended in October 2013 by the Legislative Assembly. As previously reported by the Cayman Compass, no pending applications have been heard since at least the start of 2015 due to legal uncertainty over how to process them. Mr. Edmunds’s chal- lenge is believed to be the first case filed over the cur- rent iteration of the Immi- gration Law. Mr. Carpen- ter’s application was filed under the previous immi- gration legislation. Both court cases have served to ramp up the pres- sure on the ruling Progres- sives-led administration, which has been reviewing the permanent residence issue since August 2015. Cayman Islands Chief Jus- tice Anthony Smellie has pointed out several fail- ings and potential injus- tices created by the gov- ernment’s system of granting residence. According to Premier Alden McLaughlin, Cab- inet will soon consider amending regulations to the Immigration Law that deal with permanent res- idence. Once those regu- lations, which have not been made public, are ap- proved, Mr. McLaughlin said the various immi- gration-related boards could resume pro- cessing residency applica- tions and appeals. “There is no easy fix for this,” Mr. McLaughlin said. “The root of the issue goes back to systems and processes that have been in place from the intro- duction of the [residency] points system in 2004.” There was no word Friday regarding when the premier expected to an- nounce further changes to the PR system, but Cabinet sources indicated it would be “soon.” The Legislative Assembly is due to resume meeting on Feb. 22. PR legal challenge granted court hearing CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 Cumber Primary School foot- ball field on the proper way to deal initially with a would- be assailant. “Stand and face him, but don’t clench your fists – that says ‘bring it on,’” Mr. Bap- tiste said. “Put your hands up, palms open and shout ‘stop’ as loud as you can.” Shihan Baptiste from the Purple Dragon School of Mar- tial Arts demonstrated a number of techniques to deflect and divert would-be attackers, but cautioned the women that no method would prepare them for every situation. “I don’t have a crystal ball to tell you ‘this is what the attacker will do and this is what you do,’” he said. “That’s not how it works in real life. You’re going to have to react to what he does.” Among Shihan Baptiste’s audience on Saturday, a few had taken the self-defense education class before, in- cluding Gilda Moxam-Murray, who said she signed up for it after Estella Scott-Roberts was murdered in 2008. “I go to Safehaven to walk where there’s a lot of people, so I do feel safe,” Ms. Moxam- Murray said. “But it is impor- tant to be educated [about self-defense] so you can be empowered.” Continuing problem The more recent attacks in West Bay mirror a series of in- cidents that occurred between mid-2015 and early 2016 in both West Bay and George Town, where a suspect set upon female joggers during the early morning hours. At least nine separate attacks on female joggers reported to po- lice between May 2015 and February 2016. All of the attacks have oc- curred either shortly before dawn or just after dawn, the Royal Cayman Islands Police Service said. The perpetrators are not always described as violent, but are typically ag- gressive, groping and grab- bing the women. One of the attacks in West Bay involved serious phys- ical violence. terminated from her post and that she “remains engaged in the position of deputy director of prisons until such time as she resigns or her employment is lawfully terminated.” The court ordered the gov- ernment to make back pay- ments of salary, as well as pay for Ms. Joseph-Caesar’s attor- neys, a total of $24,000. On July 1, 2016, an email sent to prison staff managers by Director Neil Lavis indi- cated that the Grand Court ruling did not mean Ms. Jo- seph-Caesar was returning to work. She was placed on re- quired leave again on July 25, 2016 until the new investiga- tion was completed. Neither Mr. Lavis nor Min- istry of Home Affairs Chief Officer Wesley Howell com- mented on the reasons for the second suspension. When news of the hidden camera investigation became public, Mr. Lavis said it was “regrettable” that the prison employee’s privacy had been invaded. Two other prison of- ficers were suspended in con- nection with the incident. It is understood that one of the officers was reinstated and the other, Ms. White, left the prisons service following the expiry of her contract. In a written ruling of the local Gender Affairs Tribunal, obtained by the Compass in November 2016, it was re- vealed that Ms. White was a family friend of Prisons Director Lavis. The four-member tribunal ruled Nov. 3, 2016 that four male custodial managers at Her Majesty’s Prison, North- ward were paid about 2 per- cent less in annual salary than the female prison super- visor, Ms. White, and were not given a motor vehicle upkeep allowance as she was. The tri- bunal ruling also stated that the female supervisor, Ms. White, was a family friend of Mr. Lavis and that she had been a member of Mr. Lav- is’s staff in the U.K. between 2000 and 2004. According to the tribunal records, Mr. Lavis informed the government hiring interview panel of his relationship with Ms. White before she was hired and that the other members “did not see this as a conflict of interest which would prevent him from sitting on a panel to interview her.” “[Ministry of Home Affairs Deputy Chief Officer Kathryn] Dinspel-Powell also confirmed that [Mr. Lavis] had informed the ministry of his friendship with Ms. White prior to the interview,” the tribunal docu- ments stated. “She stated that the ministry wasn’t concerned with a material conflict be- cause it was a panel of four persons and given the expe- rience of the persons on the panel, any possible conflicts would be balanced out because they would know who would be a good fit for the positions.” The tribunal was incredu- lous about these claims: “The tribunal found it difficult to understand why, if these var- ious disclosures of the direc- tor’s prior relationship with Ms. White had been made, this had not been noted in the [job] interview notes or else- where …. In fact, it appears that the relationship was not disclosed in these proceedings until a letter from the Attorney General’s Chambers dated Aug. 4, 2016 [responded] to a query by the counsel for the complainants [the four male prison managers].” West Bay women shout ‘stop’ as instructors from the Purple Dragon school rush at them during a self-defense training exercise Saturday at Sir John A. Cumber Primary School. - PHOTOS: BRENT FULLER West Bay women fight back CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 Prisons deputy back to work after ‘hidden camera’ investigation Ruby Ebanks-Dominguez readies to strike her would-be assailant during the training exercise under the watchful eye of Master Instructor Floyd Baptiste. CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 Aduke Joseph-Caesar Mr. Edmunds’s permanent residence application was filed in June 2014 and has never been heard.The islands’ most-trusted news source 9 CAYMAN COMPASS • MONDAY FEBRUARY 13, 2017 Hamburg airport halts flights German firefighters on Sunday evacuated hundreds of passengers at Hamburg Airport after about 50 people were injured by an unknown hazardous material that likely spread through the airport’s air conditioning system, and all flights were halted for several hours. Canada trying to capitalize on Trump’s immigration executive order SAN FRANCISCO – Vancouver long has sought a share of Silicon Valley’s magic. With President Trump moving to curb immigration and the U.S. tech industry in open re- volt, the friendly, functional Canadian city may finally get its wish. Tech companies that keep satellite offices in Vancouver, just a two-hour flight from San Francisco, are exploring whether to move more jobs over the border. Immigration lawyers are reporting a steep uptick in inquiries. And a new start-up is offering to smooth the way, for $6,000 a person, for foreign-born tech workers worried their U.S. visas may disappear. “The global implications are dire,” said Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson of the un- rest in the United States. “But it may result in more workers coming to Vancouver to be part of the boom here in a city that welcomes immigrants with open arms.” Vancouver is not the only foreign city part of these con- versations. Portuguese officials in Lisbon created a fast track for Indian entrepreneurs last month. Intercom, an Irish tech- nology start-up, offered to pay the legal costs of developers who had been impacted by Trump’s immigration policies if they would move to Ireland. Tech executives say their first choice remains over- turning or softening Trump’s temporary ban on travelers from seven majority-Muslim countries as well as a reported plan to cut back the numbers of new work visas. But there is an open search for other op- tions as companies long reliant on highly skilled foreigners move to protect their access to those workers. In interviews, entrepre- neurs and venture capitalists said it was ironic that a busi- ness-friendly president would inflict damage on one of the na- tion’s most lucrative industries. “If you’re a technologist, then San Francisco right now is Florence in the Renais- sance,” said Matthew Prince, chief executive of Cloudflare, a tech company with 400 em- ployees, mostly in San Fran- cisco. “Unfortunately, if we make it harder to bring the best employees here, that runs the risk of changing the center of gravity. And I don’t think that’s in the best interests of this country.” For the talent-obsessed Sil- icon Valley, where an estimated one-third of the workforce is foreign-born and people are acutely aware of the fleeting nature of the success, these are much-feared outcomes. In a coordinated move op- posing the ban, about 100 tech- nology companies, including Google, Facebook, Netflix and Apple, argued in a legal filing Sunday night that restricting immigration damages U.S. competitiveness. “Instability and uncertainty” caused by the executive or- ders “will make it far more dif- ficult and expensive for U.S. companies to hire some of the world’s best talent – and im- pede them from competing in the global marketplace,” the companies wrote. Yan-David Erlich, chief executive of Parsable, a 30-person startup, was on a trip to Mexico with several colleagues last month when Trump announced his travel ban, which has since been tied up in legal challenges. Erlich – an immigrant from France, where his par- ents moved after fleeing the Holocaust – said he felt like the United States had changed during the few days he was away. One-third of his work- force is comprised of immi- grants, and to make matters worse, two workers were care- fully questioned at the air- port upon their return from Mexico. One of the few bright spots, Erlich said, was that Parsable already had an of- fice in Vancouver and could easily expand it. © 2017, The Washington Post Hundreds of police back on duty in paralyzed Brazil state SAO PAULO (AP) – Several hundred military police re- turned to duty in Espirito Santo on Saturday, but au- thorities said a weeklong strike that has paralyzed the southeastern Brazilian state and led to a wave of homi- cides was not over. Earlier in the day, the de- fense minister appealed to “all of the good police offi- cers” to return to the streets, even as he said that life was beginning to return to normal now that more than 3,000 federal troops are on patrol. Late Saturday, 600 officers began doing just that, mus- tering in the state capital of Vitoria and four other towns, according to the Espirito Santo Public Safety Depart- ment. In a symbolic blow to the protest movement, heli- copters landed on the roof of the barracks of the military police command and ferried away 70 officers who were inside and could not leave through the doors because of the barricade. In photos handed out by the department, police, in uniform and not, could be seen lining up in formation in public squares. At least some of them then went out on patrol, according to Gus- tavo Tenorio, a spokesman for the department. The Folha de S.Paulo newspaper also reported seeing five police vehicles cir- culating in Vitoria. But Tenorio said the strike was not over, and that friends and relatives of the police officers are continuing to block their barracks, as they have for the last week, to demand higher pay for their loved ones. Those pro- tests have prevented vehi- cles from exiting, thus para- lyzing the force. Earlier in the day, the government said the rela- tives had rejected an agree- ment, announced Friday, to end the standoff. Because members of the military po- lice, who patrol Brazilian cities, are forbidden to strike, relatives of the offi- cers took the lead, but state authorities have accused the officers themselves of being behind the movement. Union leaders have denied this, but said they support the pro- testers’ goals. The state has seen an ex- traordinary wave of violence since the standoff began. Shops have been looted and buses burned, and the union representing civil police of- ficers says 137 people have been killed since military po- lice stopped patrolling. The state government has not re- leased a death toll. To stem the violence, the state called in federal troops, including both members of the military and the national guard, who have been pa- trolling the streets of several cities. Defense Minister Raul Jungmann said 3,130 troops were now in the state. Jungmann told reporters that, since the troops arrived, looting and break-ins have stopped. He also said there had been a reduction in ho- micides, though the rate re- mains higher than normal. Amid the insecurity, most state services ground to a halt, with schools and health centers closing and city buses sitting idle. Bus service partially re- sumed in Vitoria on Sat- urday, and hospitals were open, according to Tenorio. But smaller health centers re- mained closed. “On Monday, this was a ghost town,” Jungmann told reporters. “Today, we see a city that is getting back to normal: People are on the beach, people are in the streets, people are moving about.” The government, which is experiencing an economic and fiscal crisis like many Brazilian states, has re- jected demands for higher pay, though it said Friday it would analyze the system of promotions. A police officer walks next to uniforms painted with red ink to symbolize blood, during a protest in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Friday. Members of Brazil’s military police force, who have been patroling the nation’s cities, are barred by law from going on strike. - PHOTO: AP/SILVIA IZQUIERDO Downtown Vancouver is pictured through a crane’s wires at the Port of Vancouver, British Columbia. - PHOTO: BLOOMBERG/BEN NELMSNext >