SECTION | PAGE ## TITLE FOR THE SPORT/ BUSINESS SKYBOX FRIDAY APRIL 21, 2017 • CAYMAN COMPASS Sports legends coming to Cayman Rugby All Black Zinzan Brooke joins NFL stars at the Grand Cayman Marriott B5 Deputy Governor 5K Franz Manderson encourages public to get out and exercise B7 Events Events Events Cayman HospiceCare Big Bash Gala Bring the dancing shoes, leave the black tie behind B2 ■ SPORTS NORCECA 2017 International competitors prepare to do battle on the sand. B3 Jump up for J’Ouvert The early morning parade and breakfast fete is back! 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ESTABLISHED 1965 www.caymancompass.com – 75 CENTS – FRIDAY APRIL 21, 2017 Also Available RED BAY SEVEN MILE BEACH WATERFRONT WALKERS ROAD TOWN CENTRE PLAZA GEORGE TOWN LAWYER SURVIVES ELECTION CHALLENGE Alric Lindsay cleared to run in GT South JAMES WHITTAKER jwhittaker@pinnaclemedialtd.com George Town South independent candidate Alric Lindsay has been cleared to stand in the general election after Chief Justice Anthony Smellie ruled his absences from the island over the past seven years were not sufficient to disqualify him from holding office. Mr. Lindsay, a lawyer, accountant and di- rector of various investment funds, had made numerous trips to the Dominican Republic, Belize and Honduras to hone his Spanish lan- guage skills, the court heard. His candidacy was challenged by the Su- pervisor of Elections on the basis that he had been out of the country for longer than 400 days in the seven-year period before the election. Lawyers for Mr. Lindsay argued that his trips were simply an extensive “travel history” connected to his desire to learn Spanish and expand his business reach into Latin America. Anthony Akiwumi, acting for Mr. Lindsay, said his client had maintained a business and a legal practice in the Cayman Islands and had been resident in the territory at all times, despite spending significant periods in other countries. Chief Justice Anthony Smellie said there was not sufficient evidence to justify the su- pervisor’s decision to challenge his candidacy. He cleared Mr. Lindsay to stand and ordered the elections’ office to cover his legal costs. Immediately after the decision, Mr. Lindsay CUC set to announce new billing program by end of April TAD STONER tstoner@pinnaclemedialtd.com The Caribbean Utilities Com- pany this month will announce a new system of costs called “demand billing,” charging customers ac- cording to their highest electricity consumption every month. The new system will initially target CUC’s 135 largest commercial customers, but potentially expand to include residential clients after a phased introduction starting later this year and lasting three years. As of Dec. 31, 2016, the com- pany boasted 24,429 residen- tial customers and 4,249 com- mercial clients. More immediately, however, de- mand billing is expected to boost CUC’s Consumer Owned Renewable Energy program, promoting private, individually owned solar- and wind- generation systems, and boosting use of battery storage to smooth out sudden jumps in consumption. “There is a Demand Rate pro- gram under discussion with OfReg [the Utility Regulation and Compe- tition Office] that will be applicable to large commercial customers and could also be used for new CORE-type customers,” Sacha Tib- betts, CUC manager for engineering services, said. CUC has not announced a date to introduce the scheme, although rate changes have traditionally been implemented on June 1. To date, CUC has limited resi- dential CORE systems to 20 kilo- watts and commercial installa- tions to 100KW. Once the new rates have been de- termined, they “will be introduced to large commercial customers and will be offered as an optional rate for customers wishing to have re- newable-energy systems on their premises,” Mr. Tibbetts said. “If a CORE customer can use their system to reduce their de- mand on the system reliably, they could get a further reduction in their bill over and above the offset of fuel costs.” He said “there is not a plan at this time” for the utility to make demand billing obligatory for resi- dential clients. The company says the new system will be “revenue neutral,” leaving CUC coffers unaffected, Police open ballistics lab SPENCER FORDIN sfordin@pinnaclemedialtd.com The Royal Cayman Islands Police Ser- vice unveiled a new ballistics hub Thursday at the George Town Police Station that will greatly reduce the time associated with an- alyzing and matching bullets and guns. Previously, when local police had a gun crime, they had to send the bullet over- seas for analysis, a process that could take a couple of weeks. But now, thanks to new equipment and a new database, the RCIPS can analyze a pristine bullet in half an hour and a severely damaged projectile in the span of an hour. The new developments in crime fighting can be traced to new technology. RCIPS will be using the Integrated Ballistic Iden- tification System, known as IBIS, created by Ultra Electronics Forensic Technology in order to enable the automated identification of matching bullets and cartridge cases. The system consists of three machines – BrassTrax, BulletTrax and MatchPoint – that collectively map and display the char- acteristics of bullets and cartridge cases. Every fired projectile bears the markings of the weapon that fired it, and Matchpoint can conclusively match gun to bullet. “IBIS TRAX HD 3-D is the latest tech- nology that has been created by Ultra Elec- tronics Forensic Technology,” said Stacy Stern, regional sales director for Ultra Electronics. “Its high-performance 3-D PLEASE TURN TO PAGE 8 » PLEASE TURN TO PAGE 8 » Tiffany Rankine, a scenes of crime officer trainee, holds a bullet in front of an enlarged image of a projectile. - PHOTO: SPENCER FORDIN PLEASE TURN TO PAGE 9 »2 LOCAL&REGIONAL FRIDAY APRIL 21, 2017 • CAYMAN COMPASS Dine in!Take Out! Purchase any Niman Ranch menu item from Cimboco or any Feast from Chicken! Chicken! Family Feast & Easter Weekend Feast on the Beach Niman Ranch menu items or Easter Ham FROM CIMBOCO & CHICKEN! CHICKEN! ENTER TO WIN CONTEST STARTS 1st APRIL In conjunction with Progressive Distributors. GRAND PRIZE 49' TV Get double entry with purchase of a Feast on the Beach or Easter Ham. Last Weekend New offices, usual high quality legal representation 4th Floor, Harbour Centre, 42 North Church Street Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands Lloyd Samson Prathna Bodden Jonathon Hughes 949-0123 info@samsonlaw.ky www.samsonlaw.ky OLYMPIC ATHLETE GERMAINE MASON KILLED IN CRASH IN JAMAICA KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) – Olympic medal-win- ning track and field ath- lete Germaine Mason died Thursday in a mo- torcycle crash outside the capital of his native Ja- maica, police in the Carib- bean island said. Mason apparently lost control of his Honda mo- torcycle before dawn in St. Andrew Parish, the Ja- maica Constabulary Force said in a statement. The 34-year-old athlete was taken to a local hospital but did not survive. Authorities did not dis- close a possible cause of the accident. The Gleaner newspaper in Jamaica reported on its website that several other ath- letes, including sprinter Usain Bolt, turned up at the accident scene imme- diately after crash, which occurred around 4:30 a.m. Mason was born in Jamaica but represented Britain in the 2008 summer Olympics in Beijing. He won a silver medal in the high jump. The news stunned Ja- maica, a country that takes particular pride in its rel- atively large number of standout athletes in track and field. Prime Minister Andrew Holness expressed “sincere condolences to the entire sporting fraternity” in a message on Twitter. Irish Jog raises $15,000 for charity The 25th annual St. Pat- rick’s Day Irish Jog raised $15,000 for the Special Needs Foundation Cayman. The 5K, hosted by Butter- field Bank (Cayman) Ltd. and Dart, was the largest and most successful St. Patrick’s Day race to date, organizers said in a press release. “We’re thrilled that the community embraces the Jog every year, helping us bring much needed funds to the community,” said But- terfield’s Managing Director Michael McWatt. “The team at Dart and Butterfield work tirelessly to make the event a success, and, of course, we are grateful for all of the time and enthusiasm given by all of the volunteers.” The money raised will help the families who benefit from the Special Needs Foun- dation of Cayman. Susie Bodden, the foun- dation’s executive leader, thanked the sponsors and the participants for their sup- port, and said the organiza- tion is “extremely grateful” for the donations. “The money will be very wisely spent on behalf of our families. We will be using the funds in two ways: Firstly it allows us to fund our Family Support Worker for the dura- tion of 2017, a much valued service by our families most in need. Secondly, we will spend the money on pro- viding sports and leisure ac- tivities that are accessible to our special needs chil- dren,” she said. Chris Duggan, vice pres- ident of Dart Enterprises, said, “We are delighted to be joining Butterfield in handing over $15,000 to the Special Needs Foundation Cayman, and we would like to say a huge thank you to everyone who came out and partici- pated in this year’s St. Pat- rick’s Day Jog that made this donation possible. The SNFC does fantastic work in our community and we are thrilled to be able to support them with this donation.” Over the past 25 years, the Jog has raised more than $220,000 for local charities, the press release states. Cayman poets look to build literary scene KAYLA YOUNG kyoung@pinnaclemedialtd.com Poet Michel Powery is working to reinvigorate the local poetry scene through a series of workshops aimed at novice and estab- lished writers. Within the next five years, Mr. Powery envisions a bur- geoning literary arts scene in Cayman that harnesses the creativity of young writers. He hopes to use a small business, Bridges, to get the community moving and build connections. Among initial efforts will be free teen poetry workshops. The details are pending but Mr. Powery ex- pects the classes to start in May. He is looking for teachers to contribute to the classes and to pro- vide extra support for be- ginning writers. “The teen years are a complicated age. We’d like to help them express their emotions through literature,” Mr. Powery said. The first adult work- shop will be at 10:30 a.m. on April 29 at the George Town public library. Instructor Peter Westin said the meeting will pro- vide an introduction to po- etry and gauge interest in fu- ture workshops. “What I hope to do that weekend is to try to get an understanding among those present on the intent and purpose of poetry, and en- gage writers to explore one or two poetic forms,” Mr. Westin said. Mr. Westin and Mr. Powery are collaborating with other local writers in the hope of starting regular poetry meet- ups that promote dialogue on writing styles and editing. The workshops are free. Interested writers can contact Michel Powery at cayman.literature@gmail.com. CORRECTIONS In an article titled “Conyers welcomes new corporate associate” in the Business in Brief section in the Cayman Compass on April 12, new associate Ryan McConvey’s name was misspelled. In a story on page 15 of Thursday’s Compass on the re- cent sailing regatta, the Cayman Islands Sailing Club would like to clarify that the winner of this year’s Cayman Islands Round the Island Cruiser Race was Blue Runner. Calima was the winner of the J22 class. Britain’s Germaine Mason celebrates winning the silver medal in the men’s high jump at the Beijing 2008 Olympics. - PHOTO: AP/MARK J. TERRILL From left, Chris Duggan, vice president of Dart Enterprises, Susie Bodden, executive leader of Special Needs Foundation of Cayman and Michael McWatt, managing director, Butterfield Bank (Cayman) Ltd.3 LOCAL NEWS CAYMAN COMPASS • FRIDAY APRIL 21, 2017 THE PROGRESSIVES MCLAUGHLIN, ALDEN RED BAY X ARCHER, MARCO GEORGE TOWN CENTRAL X BODDEN ROBINSON, MAXINE BODDEN TOWN WEST XKIRKCONNELL, MOSES CAYMAN BRAC WEST / LITTLE CAYMAN X PANTON, WAYNE NEWLANDS X A.L. THOMPSON HOME DEPOT SATURDAY, 22 APRIL @ 7 PM Speakers: TEAM PROGRESSIVES MEET THE CANDIDATES Prospect election candidates face off in Chamber debate Prospect candidates debate election issues JAMES WHITTAKER jwhittaker@pinnaclemedialtd.com Petty crime, traffic and jobs for Caymanians were among the big talking points as the three Prospect candi- dates faced off in the latest pre-election debate. Independents Austin Harris and Matthew Leslie and the Progressives’ Lucille Seymour were quizzed on everything from the landfill plan to Cayman Airways by Chamber of Commerce Vice President Chris Kirkconnell. Former radio talkshow host Mr. Harris called for the introduction of a neigh- borhood community secu- rity service to help deal with petty crime, which he said was a priority for people in the district. He said neighbor- hood recruits, with “lim- ited powers of arrest” could be used to supplement the Royal Cayman Islands Police Service. He added, “Who better to protect our neighborhoods than those who live in them?” Ms. Seymour proposed a similar concept of local se- curity wardens governed by the district council. She said one of her goals as MLA for Prospect would be to revive the district council to deal with local issues, including traffic, which she highlighted as a key concern. “Prospect is just about 10 minutes away from George Town but sometimes it takes an hour to get there,” she said, to nods of affirmation from many in the audience at Prospect Primary School. She said wardens could be used to manage the flow of traffic from the many side streets that feed on to the main highway to help deal with the issue. Mr. Leslie highlighted the high cost of living as his number one concern. “Caymanians don’t want to be rich,” he said, “They just want to be able to live in their own country.” He said prices had gone up while salaries had stayed stagnant and now many Cay- manians, even those with a good education, were strug- gling to keep the lights and water on and put food on the table. On the perennial issue of unemployment and under- employment, there was con- sensus among the candidates that a “moratorium on work permits,” suggested by other candidates, would be a step too far. Mr. Harris said Cayman already had strong legisla- tion to protect Caymanians in the workplace – “govern- ment just needs to enforce it.” He said, “The political answer is ‘yeah, send them home,’ but it is not a prac- tical idea when you consider we are in a global business and we have to be able to at- tract top talent.” He said building up tech- nical and vocational pro- grams and tailoring training and education opportuni- ties specifically to Cayman’s job market would help re- duce the dependence on work permits and move un- employed people into po- sitions currently occupied by expatriates. Mr. Leslie said Cay- manians were being dis- criminated against in the workplace and suggested businesses should make their staffing plans public and be held accountable for following it. He said too many Cayma- nians were “stuck at ground level” while others prospered. He suggested merging the work permit process with the work of the Needs As- sessment Unit and the Na- tional Workforce Devel- opment Agency to ensure Caymanians advanced. Mr. Leslie repeat- edly highlighted social is- sues, including poverty, as his number one concern, linking this to unemploy- ment and crime. “If we forget about those people hurting, people in need, they are going to re- mind us down the road and it may not be in a way that we want to be re- minded,” he said. On another recurring pre-election issue – the re- vitalization of George Town – both Mr. Harris and Ms. Seymour said the town center should become a pe- destrian-only zone. Mr. Harris said he be- lieved the mistake of pre- vious administrations was to link the revival of the capital to a cruise port. Ms. Seymour suggested bringing arts, musicians and crafts to the town and pos- sibly introducing a mayor to make George Town a priority. “We killed our own city by going to Camana Bay,” she said. “We took our busi- ness from there and here it is now, dead as nails. “My priority is to make sure the sea port of George Town lives, that you have vendors, small coffee shops; a real walking city.” Prospect candidates Lucille Seymour, Austin Harris and Matthew Leslie went under the spotlight Wednesday night for a pre-election debate. - PHOTO: JAMES WHITTAKERThe 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” WASHINGTON POST EDITORIAL BOARD Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s ugly win in Sunday’s refer- endum on a new, authoritarian constitution for Turkey creates big problems for the coun- try’s secular democratic forces and for Turkey’s Western allies – but also for Erdogan him- self. His victory was not con- vincing, as he had hoped, but narrow, contested and tainted by the finding of a European observer mission that the pre- election campaign was not free or fair. Turkey’s three biggest cities voted against the would- be strongman. The country is not united behind him, but polarized – a political reality that even an empowered ruler will ignore at his peril. To be sure, the Turkish president sounded defiant in the wake of his victory, dis- missing Western critics for their “crusader mentality” and hinting that he would embrace harsh new measures, such as reinstituting the death pen- alty – something that would surely rupture Turkey’s rela- tions with European Union leaders. As it is, Erdogan’s government has purged some 130,000 people from their jobs and jailed more than 45,000 since a failed military coup last summer. The new con- stitution, which will take full effect in 2019, could allow him to remain president until at least 2029, with only weak parliamentary checks and a judiciary he could shape with his own appointments. Turkey, however, has not yet reached the state of Egypt or Russia, where elections are grossly rigged and most oppo- sition has been crushed. Even Kurdish towns that have been assaulted by the military in the name of defeating terror- ists turned out to vote against Erdogan, as did the large sec- ular populations of Istanbul, Ankara and Izmir. Preliminary results showed 48.7 percent of the country voted against the constitution despite a one-sided campaign in which opposition voices were sup- pressed. A controversial deci- sion by election authorities to accept ballots that lacked of- ficial stamps may have saved Erdogan from defeat, but at the price of further under- mining his legitimacy. Erdogan would be wise to try to defuse some of the op- position by reaching out to opponents, as Western gov- ernments urged him to do. Until 2015 he pursued a peace settlement with the militant Kurdistan Workers’ Party; some observers think he may return to it. But Erdogan’s history over 14 years in office has reflected an increasing hunger for power, matched by a growing intolerance of criticism. If that trend con- tinues, Turkey will face re- lentless domestic strife. All of this poses a dilemma for the United States and other NATO nations, which badly need Turkey as an an- chor of the alliance on the borders of the Middle East but cannot easily countenance its drift toward dictatorship. The Trump administra- tion awkwardly reflected this tension Monday as President Donald Trump called Erdogan to offer congratulations and dis- cuss Syria even as the State Department gingerly ad- dressed the election irregu- larities and urged the gov- ernment to “protect the fundamental rights and freedoms of all its citizens.” In the near term, Western leaders cannot afford to break with Erdogan, but they must do their best to push him to- ward ending his domestic repression. The millions of Turks who still seek to pre- serve democracy and civil lib- erties will need allies, too. © 2017, The Washington Post FRIDAY APRIL 21, 2017 • CAYMAN COMPASS “Postal Service clients are reminded that, on Tuesday, 25 April, all post offices on all three Cayman Islands will be closed all day, to facilitate staff development.” – Media Bulletin, Cayman Islands Government Information Services How can a country shut down its entire postal system for an entire day? We’d understand if it were a public holiday, but there’s nothing particularly special about next Tuesday, as far as we can tell, that would lessen the country’s need for post offices to be open. The Cayman Islands Postal Service is far from being the only government entity to hang up the “Sorry, we’re closed” sign in order “to facilitate staff development,” “training,” “workshops,” etc. A quick search of our email inboxes reveals similar messages from GIS in relation to the Department of Immigration, Department of Vehicle and Drivers’ Licensing, etc. On the door of the Family Resource Centre (located in the Compass Centre), we regularly observe notices advising their clients that the office is closed for the day. The practice of shuttering offices to assist with staff training appears to be a practice well established in the public sector. It’s another story in the private sector, which depends on revenue and reputation for customer service. Accordingly, we single out the closing of the Postal Service not because the activity is unusual, but because the service itself is so vital to the proper functioning of our country’s economy … at least, in theory, it should be. In the absence of detailed statistics, the near-universal perception in Cayman is that when you drop a letter in the local mail, you do so without the expectation that it will be delivered successfully within any standard amount of time. This issue negatively impacts residents on a daily basis, particularly when government agencies (such as immigration or planning) or private entities communi- cate on time-sensitive matters through the local Postal Service. How many of you readers have sifted through the contents of your PO Box to find requests for informa- tion, notices of permit applications or “service discon- nection warnings” whose due dates for response have expired long before you received the letter? A mini-industry of private couriers has sprung up in Cayman, whose business niche is to hand-deliver invita- tions to social events so that people have the opportunity to RSVP before the party takes place. Our neighbor to the north, the United States, has the world’s most impressive postal service (despite formidable obstacles in the “age of email” and public pension liabilities). Cayman’s Postal Service claims it will deliver local mail in Grand Cayman “on the second working day after posting,” but we’d venture to bet that the U.S. Postal Service can, on average, deliver a letter faster from New York City to Los Angeles (a distance of 2,445 miles) than Cayman’s Postal Service can deliver a letter from West Bay to East End (a distance of 22 miles). That comparison, of course, wouldn’t be “apples-to- apples” because the U.S. Postal Service delivers door- to-door to 155 million addresses, while Cayman’s Postal Service delivers to PO Boxes at nine locations in Grand Cayman, one in Little Cayman and five(!) on the Brac. (And as for packages … We hope you like making sec- ondary trips to centralized locations and standing in lines for pickup and customs payment.) It doesn’t have to be this way. Cayman is small enough that we could be on the cutting edge of mail services. Using conventional methods like trucks, a rea- sonable aim would be for guaranteed same- or next-day service anywhere within Grand Cayman. If, like Amazon, Google and others, our postal service embraced drone technology (or found ways to entice those tech companies to innovate here under friendly regulations), we could pare delivery times down to a matter of minutes or hours. We hope that when our postal service is closed next Tuesday for “development,” the first item on the agenda is the importance of innovation and speed. Putting ‘posthaste’ into Cayman’s Postal Service LETTER TO THE EDITOR Where’s my birth certificate? Please allow me space in your newspaper to print this letter. I, the undersigned, would like to publicly state my opinion and to complain about our elected members to our Legislative Assembly and some of our other gov- ernment officials. For many, many years now, I have been trying to obtain a copy of my orig- inal birth certificate but without success. I have been to our MLAs in my district and other government offi- cials including the previous governor and asked for their assistance, but up until now they have done absolutely nothing to help me. Also, the personnel in the General Registry, the de- partment responsible for birth certificates, have re- peatedly refused to issue me a copy of it. I am a Caymanian, born on June 15, 1956, to James Derwin Whitaker and Grace L. Smith. I was later re-regis- tered by my mother as being born on June 1, 1957, and my father named as Kivi Al- bert Ebanks. My name was then changed to Turly Albert Ebanks. This should never been allowed to happen. My “original” birth certificate has the correct details and I need my true identity back. It is not right for me to be living like this. Even though our MLAs have the authority to recall this very important document for me, they have not reached out to help me. Once I retrieve my “orig- inal” birth certificate, I will be able to proceed with the quest of obtaining other im- portant documents which are related to me. As I am very much in need of my “original” birth certificate, I would ap- preciate any assistance that will help me obtain it. Lastly, I would like to state that our present and past politicians are/were not worthy of their positions in office. Any other future poli- ticians, I pray, for the people and these islands will be dif- ferent for the betterment of us Caymanians. If not one politician can help me then they are not worthy of their seats in the House. Turly Albert Ebanks Turkey’s ugly election5 CAYMAN COMPASS • FRIDAY APRIL 21, 2017 ADVERTORIAL NATIONAL ARTS & CULTURE A W ARDS CONGRATULATIONS TO THE 2017 NATIONAL ARTS AND CULTURE AWARDS RECIPIENTS THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS AND A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO OUR VOLUNTEERS! 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HENRY MUTTOO THANK YOU TO OUR PARTICIPATING ORGANISATIONS CAYMAN ISLANDS CATBOAT CLUB CAYMAN ISLANDS NATIONAL MUSEUM NATIONAL GALLERY OF THE CAYMAN ISLANDS NATIONAL TRUST FOR THE CAYMAN ISLANDS THANK YOU TO ALL OF OUR GENEROUS PARTICIPANTS BOULD FOUNDATION | FANTINEL CAYMAN LIFE TV | NORMA EBANKS FASHION & DESIGN THE WORK OF CNCF IS MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY A GRANT FROM THE GOVERNMENT OF THE CAYMAN ISLANDS VIA THE MINISTRY OF CULTURE THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS ALEJANDRO ANGEL I NANCY BARNARD I JOHN BROAD CHRIS CHRISTIAN I REBA DILBERT I SHEREE EBANKS SASKIA EDWARDS I JOSH ‘JOSH PEARL’ HYDES I CHRIS MANN SARAH MCDOUGALL I BEULAH LURLENE MCLEAN I DOREN MILLER JANELLE TIBBETTS I AVRIL WARD LORNA REID (CHAIRMAN’S AWARD) BUTTERFIELD (SPONSOR OF THE YEAR) WINSTON SALMON (VOLUNTEER OF THE YEAR) HORACIO ESTEBAN (VISIONARY AWARD) AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY | CARIBBEAN UTILITIES COMPANY CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR DRESS FOR CULTURE DAY PHOTO COMPETITION WINNERS BEST STUDENT SPIRIT AWARD: ELIJAH ESTEBAN - ESTEVANOVICH BEST SCHOOL SPIRIT: THE ACHIEVEMENT CENTRE BEST BUSINESS/ORGANISATION SPIRIT: PHILIPPINE TENNIS CLUB The Cayman National Cultural Foundation (CNCF) has presented another successful Cayfest, the Cayman Islands National Festival of the Arts, which kicked o in February and came to a close at the end of March with a Dress for Culture Day online photo competition. Among the highlights of the festival were the National Arts & Culture Awards, Dress for Culture Day and Competition, and Red Sky at Night, National Arts Fair. National Arts & Culture Awards _____________________________________________________________________________________ On 16 February the CNCF revealed the winners of the 23rd National Arts & Culture Awards Gala at the Harquail Theatre, televised live on Cayman Life TV (Channel 33). 2016/17 National Arts and Culture Award winners: _____________________________________________________________________________________ Gold Heritage Cross Nancy Jean Barnard, nee Kirkaldy Reba Dilbert Doren Miller (posthumously) Silver Heritage Cross Chris Christian Beulah Lurlene McLean Bronze Heritage Cross Saskia Edwards, nee Tatum Gold Star for Creativity John Broad Sheree Ebanks Chris Mann Avril Ward Silver Star for Creativity Sarah McDougall Janelle Tibbetts Bronze Star for Creativity Alejandro Angel Josh ‘Josh Pearl’ Hydes Visionary Award Horacio Esteban Other Special Awards Chairman’s Award – Lorna Reid Sponsor of the Year – Butter eld Volunteer of the Year – Winston Salmon The awards are presented to those who attain a level of merit in their artistic discipline, and /or who have contributed over a number of years to the preservation of the arts, culture and heritage of the Cayman Islands. Each year there is a call for nominations from cultural and heritage organisations and the public. Some past winners include traditional music icons Radley Gourzong and Aunt Julia Hydes; Dave Martins, the creator of Rundown; Leslie Bigelman, founding director of the National Gallery; visual artists Bendel Hydes, Ed Oliver and Joanne Sibley; architect John Doak; and broadcasters Loxley Banks and John Watler. Nominations for the 24th National Arts and Culture Awards are already open and CNCF invites the general public to complete their nominations early, before the deadline on 15 September 2017. The awards will be presented in early 2018. Dress for Culture Day _____________________________________________________________________________________ Dress down day took on new meaning when participants from local businesses, organisations and schools dressed up on Dress for Culture Day, 24 February. Businesses and schools across Cayman were encouraged to don cultural wear of their choice such as their country’s colours or a sports jersey. CNCF looks to promote harmony among the more than 130 nationalities represented here. Dress for Culture Day provides an opportunity to celebrate both similarities and di erences, and appreciate how each individual is woven into the fabric of the Cayman Islands. This year’s Dress for Culture Day ended with a Facebook Photo Competition with four categories including Best School Spirit, Best Student Spirit, Best Business/Organisation Spirit and Best Individual Spirit. The photo submission in each category with the most votes (Facebook ‘likes’) won. This year’s winners were: Best Student Spirit Award: _____________________________________________________________________________________ Elijah Esteban–Estevanovich, who won a $50 Gift Certi cate to Book Nook Best School Spirit Award: _____________________________________________________________________________________ The Achievement Centre, the winners of a $250 Gift Certi cate to O ce Supply Best Business/Organisation Spirit Award: _____________________________________________________________________________________ Philippine Tennis Club that won a Tortuga Rum Company basket valued at $150. Best Individual Spirit Award: _____________________________________________________________________________________ Shilpa Tagalpallewar, who received a Sunset Sail for Two with Red Sail Sports. Dress for Culture Day continues to grow each year. Donations for the dress down day are collected to support CNCF youth and cultural programming, including Young at Arts Intensive, Summer Arts Camp and Young Image Makers. If you missed the opportunity to participate, CNCF is pleased to accept donations towards their youth programming throughout the year. For more information on how to get your school or organisation involved, please contact the CNCF O ce at (345) 949 5477. Red Sky at Night, National Arts Fair _____________________________________________________________________________________ This year’s Red Sky at Night took place on 25th February at the F.J. Harquail Cultural Centre and featured 5 unique stages with dance, music, live demonstrations, a culture panel discussion and much more. From the Cayman Islands Folk Singers, to Christian Rap Artists INEXENIM, to Grammy Award-winning producer, Jason Gilbert, the night was lled with live performance both indoors and outdoors. There were some brief scattered showers but nothing that could dampen the creative spirit and comradery on display throughout the evening. The Arts Fair, now in its 5th year, was a tremendous success with over 2,000 attendees, 155 performers, 50 talented ne arts and craft vendors, a dozen food vendors with their culinary creations of all types, children’s game and craft areas, and so much more. The Cayman National Cultural Foundation is already hard at work planning next year’s Cayfest festivities. You may want to save the dates: 22 February to 21 March 2018. Cayfest 2017, a Smash Success! Back Row, left to right: Josh ‘Josh Pearl’ Hydes, Janelle Tibbetts, Chris Mann, Sheree Ebanks, Saskia Edwards, Chantele Miller, Alejandro Angel, Avril Ward, Chris Christian, Nancy Barnard, John Broad, Sarah McDougall, Horacio Esteban. Front Row, left to right: Lorna Reid, Reba Dilbert, Beulah Lurlene McLean6 LOCAL NEWS FRIDAY APRIL 21, 2017 • CAYMAN COMPASS BEACH VENDOR CHARGES ADJOURNED TILL JUNE Discussions ongoing, Raul Gonzalez’s attorney tells court CAROL WINKER cwinker@pinnaclemedialtd.com Four people charged with carrying on a business on a public beach without a license appeared in Sum- mary Court on Thursday, when their matters were adjourned again until Tuesday, June 27. Among the four was Raul Gonzalez Jr., an in- dependent candidate con- testing the Newlands seat in the General Elec- tions on May 24. Mr. Gonzalez previ- ously pleaded not guilty to the charge of carrying on the business of Blue Water Island Adventure Tours at Seven Mile Beach on Sept. 15, 2016. The charge relates to a ticket issued by an en- forcement officer from the Cayman Islands De- partment of Commerce and Investment. Defense attorney Phillip Ebanks stated at an earlier Summary Court appearance that his client had a valid trade and business license. This week, he told Mag- istrate Grace Donalds that he was appearing for both Mr. Gonzalez and Eric Ebanks concerning vending on the beach. No resolution yet Attorney Mr. Ebanks in- dicated he had spoken with the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions. There had been discussions, he said, “but we don’t yet have a resolution.” He asked for the matters to be brought back on June 27. He pointed out that both his clients had received a ticket alleging the offense. Two other defendants, whom he did not formally represent, had been issued similar tickets, he noted. Seymour Silburn pleaded guilty to selling jerk chicken on the beach on Sept. 15. Sheila Bodden has not yet entered a plea. She is charged with selling handcrafts and jewelry on the beach near the West Bay public dock on Sept. 22. Crown counsel Neil Kumar agreed it made sense to keep the four cases together. Campers help rescue free diver in East End KAYLA YOUNG kyoung@pinnaclemedialtd.com Campers in East End helped prevent a tragedy over the Easter weekend when they assisted in the rescue of a free diver. Ryan McGee and Steve Thomas did not know each other before Saturday, but when the men noticed a call for help from the water, they came together and re- acted quickly. The two spotted a white flag waving from a boat on the water around 3 p.m. “While we were [on the beach], I was watching a boat out there and realized that I saw them waving a white shirt on a stick, so I obvi- ously knew they were in dis- tress,” Mr. McGee said. He said he and Mr. Thomas rushed to the scene in Mr. McGee’s 14-foot boat, while another camper con- tacted emergency services. “When I reached the [boat in distress], I realized a guy was free diving and on his way back up, he blacked out,” Mr. McGee said. He said he recognized the man as a fellow East Ender. He said the unconscious diver had been pulled aboard the other boat, but the vessel became stuck on the reef in choppy waters. Mr. McGee and Mr. Thomas pulled the man onto their boat and were able to bring him back to shore, where they were met by police officers. By this time, the diver began to regain consciousness. The men then returned to the reef on their boat and were able to pull the stricken vessel off the reef and back to land. Witness Jane Kelly said, despite the anxiety felt by onlookers, Mr. McGee and Mr. Thomas handled the sit- uation calmly. “Thanks to Ryan and Steve’s courageous actions, a tragic event was avoided. They only hope the man they brought ashore has recov- ered,” Ms. Kelly said. Ryan McGee and Steve Thomas assisted in the rescue of a diver over Easter weekend.7 LOCAL NEWS CAYMAN COMPASS • FRIDAY APRIL 21, 2017 Son’s illness reduces mother’s sentence Woman convicted of theft gets prison term partly suspended CAROL WINKER cwinker@pinnaclemedialtd.com Magistrate Kirsty-Ann Gunn initially sentenced a woman on Wednesday to 12 months immediate imprison- ment for theft from her em- ployer, but reduced the sen- tence after hearing about the seriousness of the defen- dant’s son’s illness. Louveenia Bonilla Mar- tinez, 43, was ultimately sentenced to serve six months in prison, with the remaining six months of the sentence suspended for two years. Martinez had pleaded not guilty to five charges of theft from Roper’s En- terprises Ltd. between May 22 and June 30 2014 by writing checks to herself to- talling $12,500. The magistrate found her guilty of all charges. This week, defense attorney Jon- athon Hughes spoke in miti- gation, telling the court Mar- tinez had medical bills of about $18,000, because of her own health issues and those of her son, who has sickle cell disease. At the time of the of- fenses, her financial prob- lems were leading to fore- closure on her home and causing a great deal of dis- tress, he said. He emphasized the defen- dant’s previous good char- acter, her remorse, her wish to pay the money back, her medical condition for which she required spinal surgery, and her two dependents. “Her reputation is a high price to pay,” Mr. Hughes commented. “I think it’s clear from her demeanor the im- pact this has had on her,” he observed as Martinez sat wringing her hands and wiping tears from her face. Handing down her ini- tial sentence, the magistrate accepted that someone with Martinez’s medical condi- tion was likely to feel the physical effects of incarcera- tion and her son might need to reach out to someone else for help. She said Martinez’s medical condition did not amount to an exceptional circumstance and the sen- tence had to be immediate imprisonment. The appropriate term, she determined, was 12 months in prison, with no com- pensation order. Martinez stood crying and asked if she could do com- munity service. “What hap- pened is not who I am,” she told the magistrate. She men- tioned that she was sup- posed to have surgery last year but couldn’t go through it because she was “all stressed out.” “But, most of all, I’m just asking if you could con- sider my son. I’m the sole provider for my family. My son deserves a life. He can’t do activities, he can hardly keep a job. I’m seeking bone marrow [for a transplant for him],” she said. She added that when her son, now 23, was affected, he could not walk or talk or do anything for himself. She was the one who helped him. ‘Unusual situation’ The magistrate said this was an unusual situation in that after she had deter- mined the sentence, a factor was brought to her attention that was more weighty than was first suggested. The magistrate said she was not without sympathy in a situation where the defen- dant’s offending had an ex- ceptional effect on someone other than herself. Families were often affected finan- cially or by embarrassment, she pointed out, but in this case the son’s situation was quite serious. Given the new informa- tion, she still believed that immediate imprisonment was necessary, she con- cluded, but there was an exceptional reason to reduce the time. It would be wrong in principle to suspend the whole sentence, she stated, but she would suspend six months of it for two years, leaving Martinez six months to serve immediately. The defendant had al- ways admitted writing the checks, which her employer had left blank for her to use for business purposes when he was off island. However, after admitting in an inter- view what she had done, in her trial she said she had written the checks be- cause another employee had told her to and she had then handed the money over to another member of staff. She also blamed her employer for lack of proper supervision. The magistrate found this “unpleasant allegation” to be an aggravating feature. She said the employer had put a high degree of trust in her and the court found it “stag- gering” that Martinez began her course of offending soon after she was hired. Customs intercepts illegal drugs, firearm at airport Two people were detained at the Owen Roberts Interna- tional Airport Monday for im- porting an unlicensed firearm and ammunition. The couple, a 29-year- old Caymanian man and a 25-year-old woman, was also found with a large value of undeclared house- hold goods, according to cus- toms officials. On the same day, a 45-year-old American man was arrested for ganja pos- session at the airport. The arrests are among 18 made by the Cayman Islands Customs Department in the past three months. On March 24, customs officers discovered drugs hidden in a toy boat sent by air mail, resulting in the ar- rest of two people. Customs collector Charles Clifford said the depart- ment’s top priorities include detecting drug and firearm smuggling, and intercepting fraud and revenue evasion. “At every level and every customs control point, our officers are rededicating themselves to a tough cam- paign against illicit activi- ties, and I sincerely thank them for their efforts and dil- igence,” Mr. Clifford said in a press release. Given this new situation, the magistrate said she still believed that immediate imprisonment was necessary, but there was an exceptional reason to reduce the time.The islands’ most-trusted news source 8 FRIDAY APRIL 21, 2017 • CAYMAN COMPASS We have been asked to announce the passing of Ms. Asher Debra-Joy Chin of George Town, Grand Cayman who passed away on Tuesday, April 4, 2017. A Thanksgiving Service will be held on Saturday April 22, 2017 at Elmslie United Memorial Church at 2:00 pm Viewing at 1:00 -1:45pm Interment to follow at Prospect cemetery We have been asked to announce the passing of Ms. Asher Debra-Joy Chin of George Town, Grand Cayman who passed away on Tuesday, April 4, 2017. A Thanksgiving Service will be held on Saturday April 22, 2017 at Elmslie United Memorial Church at 2:00 pm Viewing at 1:00 -1:45pm Interment to follow at Prospect cemetery We have been asked to announce the passing of who passed away on Tuesday, April 4, 2017. Elmslie United Memorial Church at 2:00 pm Condolences can be registered at: www.churchillsfuneralhome.com We have been asked to announce the passing of who passed away on Tuesday, April 4, 2017. Elmslie United Memorial Church at 2:00 pm Condolences can be registered at: www.churchillsfuneralhome.com We have been asked to announce the passing of Mr. Errol Evelyn Mellad of George Town, Grand Cayman who passed away on Wednesday April 5, 2017. A Thanksgiving Service will be held on Sunday, April 23, 2017 at Church of God Universal, Walkers Road, George Town at 2:00pm, Viewing at 1:00 – 1:45pm Interment to follow at Prospect Cemetery We have been asked to announce the passing of Mr. Goerge Edward Mc eld Affectionately known as Nosey of George Town, Grand Cayman, who passed away on Wednesday, April 5, 2017. A Thanksgiving Service will be held on Saturday, April 29, 2017 at 2:00p.m. at Elmslie Memorial United Church, George Town, Grand Cayman. Viewing will be from 1:00-1:45p.m. Interment follows at Dixie Cemetery North Church Street. We have been asked to announce the passing of Mr. Goerge Edward Mc eld Affectionately known as Nosey of George Town, Grand Cayman, who passed away on Wednesday, April 5, 2017. A Thanksgiving Service will be held on Saturday, April 29, 2017 at 2:00p.m. at Elmslie Memorial United Church, George Town, Grand Cayman. Viewing will be from 1:00-1:45p.m. Interment follows at Dixie Cemetery North Church Street. Interment follows at Dixie Cemetery North Church Street. Condolences can be registered at: www.churchillsfuneralhome.com We have been asked to announce the passing of Mr. Algon Edderson Nixon Affectionately known as “John” of George Town, Grand Cayman, who passed away on Friday, April 7, 2017. A Thanksgiving Service will be held on Saturday April 22, 2017 at 11:00 am at New Testament Church of God Sound Road. Viewing will be from 10:00 – 10:45 am. Interment follows at Prospect Cemetery. We have been asked to announce the passing of Mr. Algon Edderson Nixon Affectionately known as “John” of George Town, Grand Cayman, who passed away on Friday, April 7, 2017. A Thanksgiving Service will be held on Saturday April 22, 2017 at 11:00 am at New Testament Church of God Sound Road. Viewing will be from 10:00 – 10:45 am. Interment follows at Prospect Cemetery. Condolences can be registered at: www.churchillsfuneralhome.com In Memory of David L. Parchment 3rd Jan 1948- 22nd Apr 2013 Beloved husband, father and grandfatherBeloved husband, father and grandfatherBeloved husband, father and grandfatherBeloved husband, father and grandfather We Miss You Our hearts still ache with sadness. And many tears still fl ow. What it meant to lose you. No one will ever know. We hold you close within our hearts. And there you will remain. To walk with us throughout our lives. Until we meet again. Missed with love by wife: Cherry; sons: Dwayne, Ernest, Nigel, Sean, Roderick and Ian; daughters-in-law, grandchildren and the rest of the family although OfReg has not agreed to the utility’s rate proposals, and private-in- dustry representative the Cayman Renewable Energy Association says viability of the new system depends on the charges. “Whether or not they are viable depends totally upon the rates which the regulator approves,” said Cayman Renewable Energy Association founder and chairman James Whittaker, also owner of solar designer and installer Greentech. “Based on CREA’s anal- ysis, it will only be possible to achieve economic finan- cial returns with the de- mand rates program using renewable energy,” he said. Charles Farrington, OfReg executive director for energy and utilities, said, “CUC is discussing the topic of demand rates with CREA, and eventually CUC may propose some alterna- tive-rate structures that in- volve demand charges, to OfReg for approval.” The discussions, he said, “are part of the pro- cess, but we are not there yet. If OfReg [were] to ap- prove alternative rates for some consumers, it would be subject to consumer- education efforts on the part of CUC and so … con- sumers would learn about them in advance.” CUC acknowledged that charges were still under discussion, but sought to minimize concerns: “The rates are still being final- ized. However, they are de- signed such that CUC is revenue neutral, i.e., the rates will not result in any new revenue or reduce any existing revenue,” Mr. Tibbetts said. Demand billing is widely employed elsewhere, jus- tified on the grounds that a power company must maintain the equip- ment and infrastructure to supply customers’ peak requirements. CUC meets peak de- mand of 103.4 megawatts, and retains a generating ca- pacity of 161 MW. Mr. Tibbetts said the new “demand” charges will ape “standard rate struc- tures for large commer- cial customers in many other markets.” “Demand rate struc- tures allow the customer to be billed on all the costs of their service so that they can make decisions on how they can save costs for themselves with re- spect to their peak-power demand and their energy usage,” he added. Reliance on renewable energy and privately oper- ated CORE systems – with storage batteries – is the chief method of managing energy consumption. Mr. Whittaker said demand billing could boost renew- ables, but only if the pri- vate systems achieved “economies of scale,” gen- erating several hun- dred kilowatts. “Over time,” he said, however, the scale would diminish, ultimately ending CORE, “but this will take a few years still.” “In my view,” he said, “we are moving to demand billing to more fairly allo- cate the need for capacity for certain customers, typi- cally large commercial enti- ties, as well as to facilitate programs that can utilize renewable energy and en- ergy storage outside of the CORE program.” said he was relieved and ready to begin campaigning. He called for changes to the Constitution and Elections Law to ensure eligible Cayma- nians are not disenfranchised. “In my view, today’s vic- tory is not about a court judgment. It is about being Caymanian. Knowing that I have always stood for what is right and for what is true – in particular, what bene- fits my family, strangers in need and people who have proven to be friends. This is Caymankind. This is what being Caymanian has al- ways been about. “I now encourage all Cay- manians who have issues with being hired for jobs, promotion, better pay to now stand up for what is right and ensure that they stick with the fight until a victory is achieved for Caymanians on the one hand and the country as a whole.” He said he hoped to be a candidate that would stand not just for the Fairbanks area, where he grew up, and the South Sound area, where he played squash as a boy, but for the country as a whole. Chief Justice Smellie, out- lining the reasons for his de- cision, said it was not suf- ficient to show that the candidate had been out of the island for more than 400 days. Mr. Lindsay had been away from Cayman for 797 days in the relevant period. “There needs to be real concern about the effect of those absences on his con- nection and commitment to the islands,” he said. He said the candidate’s travel history showed a pat- tern of traveling from the Cayman Islands, but always returning home. He said the evidence was far from demon- strating a pattern of pro- longed absence that brought his commitment to the country into doubt. “There was not sufficient evidence to justify the en- gagement of the process of this court,” he said. Chief Justice Smellie said the clause, which applies only to candidates born out- side the Cayman Islands, had to be read in its context, suggesting the intent was to prevent people with divided loyalties from running for of- fice, not to hamper the am- bitions of Caymanians who traveled extensively. Mr. Akiwumi had ar- gued that his client’s trips overseas were analogous with a corporate lawyer or businessman who trav- eled frequently overseas for work purposes. He said it would be un- fair to punish people who were resident in the Cayman Islands and whose work took them overseas for long periods. “It is established that he was clearly resident here, his home was here, his business was here, he was emotionally connected and committed to the islands.” Mr. Akiwumi also argued that the 400-day absence re- ferred to in the Constitution was meant to apply to contin- uous absences, not an assort- ment of trips added together. The chief justice, in his verbal ruling – a summary of his yet-to-be-published written judgment – did not cover this point. He said that the circum- stances of this case did not meet the threshold for in- voking the 400-day clause as a possible reason for dis- qualification. He said the clause was designed for circumstances where there were reasonable grounds to doubt someone’s connection or commitment to the island. A second challenge leveled against Mr. Lindsay, who was legally adopted as a baby, that he was born outside the islands and did not have a parent or grandparent from the Cayman Islands, was dropped by the Elections Su- pervisor after it was shown to be untrue. Two other candidates were excluded from standing in the election after sim- ilar challenges. Cayman Brac West and Little Cayman candidate Nickolas DaCosta was not allowed to stand because he has U.S. citizenship, obtained by descent, and another can- didate, who the chief justice ruled can only be referred to as “Candidate X” was blocked from running be- cause of a past criminal con- viction for dishonesty. George Town lawyer survives election challenge CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 His candidacy was challenged by the Supervisor of Elections on the basis that he had been out of the country for longer than 400 days in the seven-year period before the election. CUC set to announce new billing program by end of April CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 “It will only be possible to achieve economic financial returns with the demand rates program using renewable energy.” JAMES WHITTAKER, CREA chairman, Greentech founder Alric LindsayThe islands’ most-trusted news source 9 CAYMAN COMPASS • FRIDAY APRIL 21, 2017 Sadly missed along life’s way, quietly remembered every day... No Ionger in our life to share, But in our hearts, you’re always there. With love and deep appreciation always, Cheryl, Harwell, Kerith, and grand children In Loving Memory Loving Parents, Grandparents, Community Icons Harry M. McCoy Theoline L. McCoy Feb 23,1919-Jan 19, 2008 Apr 23,1919-Feb 18, 2001 In Loving MemoryIn Loving Memory Sadly missed along life’s way,Sadly missed along life’s way, quietly remembered every day...quietly remembered every day...quietly remembered every day... No Ionger in our life to share,No Ionger in our life to share, But in our hearts, you’re always there.But in our hearts, you’re always there. With love and deep appreciation always, Cheryl, Harwell, Kerith, and grand children I thought of you with love today, but that is nothing new I thought about you yesterday and days before that too I think of you in silence and often speak your name All I have is memories and your picture in a frame Your memory is a keep sake from which I will never part. God has you in his arms I have you in my heart R.I.P. Loving wife Bev Your memory is a keep sake from which I will never part. Vincent DuhaneyVincent Duhaney The Family Of The Late Condolences can be registered at boddenfuneralservices.com & Bodden Funeral Service Facebook page. Martha Carolyn Milburn Johnson nee Bodden regret to announce her passing on Thursday, 13 April 2017. A funeral service will be held at 3:00 PM Sunday, 23 April 2017 at Community of Christ. Interment will follow in South Sound Cemetery. The Family Of The Late Condolences can be registered at boddenfuneralservices.com Michael Nash regret to announce his passing on Monday, 3 April, 2017. A private memorial will be held at a later date. In lieu of flowers, please make donations to The Pines Retirement Home or Cayman Hospice Care. The Family Of The Late Condolences can be registered at boddenfuneralservices.com & Bodden Funeral Service Facebook page. Jose Puron regret to announce his passing on Thursday, 13 April 2017. Mr. Puron will be repatriated to Mexico. Sanam Hafi z of The Woodlands, TX, passed away on Thursday April 13th at Memorial Hermann Hospital surrounded by family. She will be remembered as a caring and compassionate person who deeply loved her family. Born in Whittier, California, Sanam was the eldest of 3 children. She was a graduate of Triple C School, and was valedictorian of the class of 1999. Sanam attended the University of California at Davis, graduating in 2003. She was a lover of fashion, literature, and travel with a passion for Chanel, Leo Tolstoy, and the city of Paris. Sanam is survived by her parents, Saad and Samina, and her brothers, Faisal and Shehzad. The fi rst born of a new generation of the Siddiqi clan, Sanam was a role model for her smart and talented siblings and cousins who will miss her deeply. Her attention to detail, listening ear, and warm laugh will be missed by all who knew her. Sanam Hafi z of The Woodlands, TX, Sanam Hafi z of The Woodlands, TX, passed away on Thursday April 13th at passed away on Thursday April 13th at Memorial Hermann Hospital surrounded by family. Memorial Hermann Hospital surrounded by family. She will be remembered as a caring and She will be remembered as a caring and compassionate person who deeply loved her family.compassionate person who deeply loved her family. Sanam Hafi z of The Woodlands, TX, Sanam Hafi z of The Woodlands, TX, passed away on Thursday April 13th at passed away on Thursday April 13th at Memorial Hermann Hospital surrounded by family. Memorial Hermann Hospital surrounded by family. She will be remembered as a caring and She will be remembered as a caring and compassionate person who deeply loved her family.compassionate person who deeply loved her family. The fi rst born of a new generation of the Siddiqi clan, The fi rst born of a new generation of the Siddiqi clan, Sanam was a role model for her smart and talented Sanam was a role model for her smart and talented siblings and cousins who will miss her deeply. siblings and cousins who will miss her deeply. Her attention to detail, listening ear, and warm laugh Her attention to detail, listening ear, and warm laugh will be missed by all who knew her.will be missed by all who knew her. The fi rst born of a new generation of the Siddiqi clan, The fi rst born of a new generation of the Siddiqi clan, Sanam was a role model for her smart and talented Sanam was a role model for her smart and talented siblings and cousins who will miss her deeply. siblings and cousins who will miss her deeply. Her attention to detail, listening ear, and warm laugh Her attention to detail, listening ear, and warm laugh will be missed by all who knew her.will be missed by all who knew her. technology [has] been de- signed to acquire all different range of caliber from bullets and cartridge casings. It has the capability to match any type of firearm that’s been entered into the system.” RCIPS had been hoping to get use of that technology for at least five years, and the op- portunity presented itself as a result of funding from the U.K. Foreign and Common- wealth Office’s Conflict Secu- rity and Stabilization Fund. The hub will also allow RCIPS to keep a database of information that can be ac- cessed by several other coun- tries. The ballistic matches of Anguilla, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Montserrat and Turks and Caicos will all be analyzed on Grand Cayman, and they can be shared and cross-referenced with the Interpol Ballistic In- formation System. Heather McEntire, project coordinator for the Con- flict Security and Stabiliza- tion Fund, said the new tech- nology will mean a quantum leap for RCIPS in being able to fight serious gun crime. “As part of the overseas territories directorate with the Foreign and Common- wealth Office, part of our re- sponsibility to the overseas territories is to assist police services in developing compe- tency and capability to fight serious organized crime,” said Ms. McEntire. “We recognize gun crime is a very high risk issue, so with this wonderful technology, we now have the opportunity to fight back. “The Cayman Islands hub not only helps the Cayman Islands investigate gun crime, it’s acting as a hub to assist our other territories, specifi- cally Anguilla, the British Virgin Islands, Bermuda, Turks and Caicos and Mont- serrat in investigating serious organized crime and specifi- cally gun-related violence.” Over time, the plan is for the Association of Caribbean Commissioners of Police to form a regional integrated ballistics network within the greater framework of the Interpol Ballistic Informa- tion System that will allow for more efficient searching and sharing between Carib- bean territories. Ms. McEntire said the Conflict Security and Stabi- lization Fund handled the funding for the equipment and for four years’ worth of training expenses, and Cayman will not bear any ex- pense related to the program until March 31, 2021. Several law enforce- ment representatives from across the Caribbean met in George Town on Wednesday to discuss cooperating and forming their regional infor- mation network, and Ultra Electronics staged a pro bono workshop, titled “The 13 Critical Tasks,” designed to streamline the process. “That was a compilation of what we as a company be- lieve are the best practices that we’ve adopted from all around the world,” said Ms. Stern. “We give workshops to educate new users on dif- ferent best practices that, if they follow and they re- spect, they’ll be able to have more success in solving their gun crime. “Not everything will work for everybody, but we’re in 71 countries around the world with this technology, so we’re able to learn from them and we try to give it back to the community.” Police open ballistics lab CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 Tiffany Rankine, a scenes of crime officer trainee, prepares a bullet for analysis. - PHOTO: SPENCER FORDIN ATTACKER SHOOTS TWO OFFICERS IN PARIS’S CHAMPS-ELYSEES DISTRICT PARIS (AP) – An attacker opened fire on police in Paris’s iconic Champs-El- ysees shopping district Thursday night, killing one officer and wounding an- other before police shot and killed him. Paris police spokes- woman Johanna Prime- vert told The Associated Press that the attacker tar- geted officers guarding the area near the Franklin Roo- sevelt subway station at the center of the avenue popular with tourists. She said he appeared to be acting alone. Police and soldiers sealed off the area, or- dering tourists back into their hotels and blocking people from approaching the scene. The Paris prose- cutor’s office said counter- terrorism investigators are involved in the probe. French Interior Ministry spokesman Pierre-Henry Brandet said on BFM tele- vision that a man came out of a car and opened fire on a police vehicle. He said officers were “deliber- ately” targeted. Speaking in Washington during a news conference with Italian Prime Min- ister Paolo Gentiloni, U.S. President Donald Trump said the shooting in Paris “looks like another terrorist attack” and sent condo- lences to France. Emergency vehicles blocked the wide avenue that cuts across central Paris between the Arc de Triomphe and the Tuile- ries Gardens, normally packed with cars and tourists. Subway stations were closed off. Security forces are more widespread in Paris since deadly Islamic extremist attacks in recent years, and France remains under a state of emergency. Thursday’s attack came three days before the first round of balloting in France’s tense presidential election. Security is high preceding the vote after po- lice said they arrested two men Tuesday in what they described as a thwarted terror attack. French President Fran- cois Hollande scheduled an emergency meeting Thursday night.Next >