ESTABLISHED 1965 www.caymancompass.com – 50 CENTS – TUESDAY JUNE 20, 2017 High of 88 Low of 77 Seas: Rough with wave heights of 5 to 7 feet. Small craft should exercise caution over open waters. EDITORIAL | PAGE 4 THE EMPTY EXECUTIVE SUITE AT IMMIGRATION SPORTS | PAGE 12 KIDS GAELIC CLUB LEAGUE IN ACTION 185309-Ad-Strip-SandCastles.indd 16/8/17 3:27 PM THREE ARRESTED AFTER COUPLE TIED UP AND ROBBED Police cancel rest days amid crime spree JAMES WHITTAKER jwhittaker@pinnaclemedialtd.com Three people, including a juvenile, have been arrested in connection with an armed home invasion in Patrick’s Island. A couple was tied up with duct tape and robbed during the raid early Sat- urday morning. Three masked men, two with guns and one carrying a hammer, broke into the home just after 4:30 a.m., terrorizing the occupants and making off with jewelry, cash, electronics and other valuables, police said. The man was struck with a hammer during the robbery but was not seriously injured. One of the victims was able to free them- selves and call police, after the intruders left. The victims were traumatized but did not require medical attention, according to a statement from the Royal Cayman Islands Police Service. The home invasion comes amid a crime spree that saw four robberies at gas stations and convenience stores last week and an armed police raid on a suspected drug oper- ation in North Side over the weekend. Police made numerous arrests late last week and during the weekend in connection with the se- ries of crimes. “There should be no safe sanctuary for those determined to cause harm to the peace and safety of our communi- ties either from within or outside,” a police spokesman said Sunday. New home for HospiceCare Stakeholders break ground on nation’s first hospice facility KAYLA YOUNG kyoung@pinnaclemedialtd.com Cayman HospiceCare cel- ebrated a long-awaited mile- stone Thursday evening with the groundbreaking of the is- lands’ first dedicated home for end-of-life care. The four-bed respite fa- cility and administrative offices, planned for completion next year, are the result of extensive community support and one of the most successful private fun- draising efforts in Cayman Is- lands history. Over drinks at a pub in 2014, local marathon runner Derek Haines accepted a challenge to raise more than $1 million to build the facility. Through six marathons across Europe, North America and the Caribbean, he far surpassed campaign expec- tations and raised $1.4 million. The extensive donation pool will allow Cayman HospiceCare to offer its services for free at the facility. Housed adjacent to Coconut Joe’s on land donated by Dart Enterprises, the home will also operate rent free. Pomp and pageantry for Queen’s official birthday MBE for businessman Charles Watler JAMES WHITTAKER jwhittaker@pinnaclemedialtd.com The Cayman Islands celebrated the offi- cial birthday of Queen Elizabeth II on Sat- urday in traditional British fashion, with a parade, an awards ceremony and a garden party at Government House. Members of the Royal Cayman Islands Police Service, in their ceremonial uniforms, led the parade along the waterfront before the official ceremony inside Elmslie Memo- rial United Church. Charles Watler, dubbed the “father of the Immigration Board,” received the prestigious Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire medal. Philip Rankin was honored with the Cayman Islands Certificate and Badge of Honour for his service to the financial ser- vices industry and as chairman of the board of Cayman Airways. Keith Parker Tibbetts Jr. also received the Badge of Honour for his work to establish a Disabilities Law in Cayman, while John Gray High School music teacher Frances McCo- nvey was granted the same award for her contributions to music and the arts. The rain, which forced a change of venue PLEASE TURN TO PAGE 8 » Breaking ground at the new Cayman HospiceCare facility on West Bay Road on Thursday were, from left, Building Committee Chairwoman Nancy Lewis, Cayman HospiceCare Board Chairman Chris Duggan, fundraiser Derek Haines, Governor Helen Kilpatrick, Minister Dwayne Seymour, HospiceCare Operations Director Felicia McLean and architect John Doak. - PHOTO: ALVARO SEREY PLEASE TURN TO PAGE 7 » Charles Watler, center, stands in front of Governor Helen Kilpatrick before being awarded the MBE as Anthony Eden and Heber Arch look on. - PHOTO: JAMES WHITTAKER PLEASE TURN TO PAGE 9 »2 LOCAL NEWS TUESDAY JUNE 20, 2017 • CAYMAN COMPASS Daily Matinees Every Day $8.00 Seniors, Mon-Fri Before 6pm Cayman Cinema@cbcinema6cbcinema6 CARS 3 3D (G) 1:15 2D VIP I 1:25 I 3:05 I 4:40 2D 7:00 2D VIP ROUGH NIGHT (R) 3:20 I 5:30 I 8:00 I 10:10 THE MUMMY 3D (PG13) 12:30 2D I 3:55 I 6:35 2D 10:00 2D VIP ALL EYEZ ON ME (R) 1:00 I 4:00 VIP I 7:30 WONDER WOMAN 3D (PG13) 12:50 I 5:20 2D I 8:30 2D I 9:15 PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN DEAD MEN TELL NO TALES (PG13) 12:25 I 4:00 I 7:00 I 9:50 - TUESDAY - SATURDAY NIGHT: For your viewing pleasure, minors under the age of 18 will not be admitted to any film starting after 6pm, unless accompanied by their parent. *Additional charges will apply per 3D ticket requested. 640-FILM (640-3456) LESF GYM AND SAUNA IS FOR YOU! INFOLIFEEXT@GMAIL.COM You have to lose to know how to win. Weep Not For Me Weep not for me though I have gone Into that gentle night Grieve if you will, but not for long Upon my soul’s sweet fl ight I am at peace my soul’s at rest There is no need for tears For with your love I was so blessed For all those many years There is no pain, I suff er not The fear is now all gone Put now these things out of your thoughts In your memory I live on Remember not my fi ght for breath Remember not the strife Please do not dwell upon my death But celebrate my life. Sunrise: 17th June 1934 ~Sunset: 22 October 2016 Bunyan L. Whittaker Snr. From Your Loving Wife, Children, Grandchildren, and Great-Grandchil d Man charged with indecent assault not told of right to free attorney CAROL WINKER cwinker@pinnaclemedialtd.com A man accused of indecent assault was found not guilty last week after Grand Court Justice Michael Wood learned that the defendant had not been told that he had the right to an attorney without having to pay. The man, who required an interpreter, was charged with indecently assaulting a female in February 2016. He pleaded not guilty and elected to be tried by judge alone. When his trial began last week, defense attorney Laura Larner applied to have the de- fendant’s statement excluded from evidence. Crown counsel Toying Salako did not oppose the application. In finding the man not guilty, Justice Wood said he had read the defendant’s in- terview but had put it out of his mind, considering the facts of the case. He continued, “I find it quite extraordinary in the year 2017 that a number of police officers in Cayman still do not under- stand the concept that if a de- fendant does not have funds to pay for an attorney, he can still have an attorney present. “There has been legal aid on this island from my certain knowledge for over 20 years and I really do find it abso- lutely extraordinary that such basic errors which could have a very severe [effect] on serious charges are not complied with, and I would very much hope that an urgent memo be sent by the commissioner reminding all officers, not just detectives, but all officers, of not just the cau- tion but the availability of legal aid for anyone without funds to pay for their own attorney.” This was not the first time a defendant has been found not guilty because of police failure to inform the person of a right to a free lawyer. In June 2014, Justice Alex- ander Henderson instructed a jury to find a woman not guilty of obstructing justice. The alle- gation was that she had tried to conceal packets of cocaine by placing them in a gar- bage container. Defense attorney Nicholas Dixey argued that the woman was told by police that she had the right to speak to an attorney before being inter- viewed, but she was not told she could have free legal repre- sentation. The woman knew she could not afford a lawyer and she agreed to be interviewed without legal advice. Mr. Dixey submitted that criminal suspects must be in- formed of their right to free legal representation before being interviewed by police offi- cers. Justice Henderson agreed and ruled that her interview was inadmissible. The Crown then advised that the evidence the prosecu- tion was left with was insuffi- cient to proceed with the case and therefore offered no evi- dence. It was on this basis that the judge directed the jury to re- turn a not guilty verdict. “I find it quite extraordinary in the year 2017 that a number of police officers in Cayman still do not understand the concept that if a defendant does not have funds to pay for an attorney, he can still have an attorney present.” JUSTICE MICHAEL WOOD Judge chastises police over interview without lawyer Webster attorney says alleged victim wanted money CAROL WINKER cwinker@pinnaclemedialtd.com Errington Webster’s de- fense attorney, Steve Mc- Field, on Friday questioned in court whether the alleged as- saults on a 13-year-old girl ever took place, and he ex- plained the defense of automa- tism in regard to the charge of gross indecency. Mr. McField addressed the jury in the trial of Web- ster, 55, who has pleaded not guilty to three counts of inde- cent assault and one count of gross indecency. Mr. McField described the complainant – a girl who was 13 at the time – as “not a truthful person. She concocted this whole story.” He pointed to the Crown’s exhibit of 1,149 text messages between Webster and the girl: 877 were from the girl to Web- ster, and 272 were from Web- ster to the girl. Going through the first 22 pages of printed messages, he counted 42 times that the girl had asked Webster for money. “A man has violated you – taken your privacy from you and you are still contacting him? Taking money?” Mr. McField asked. He agreed that Webster’s family was better off than the girl’s family. Webster, in his own evidence, agreed that he had given the girl money. He said it was part of his counseling strategy, to build the girl’s self- esteem and to motivate her. The Crown’s case was that Webster was “grooming” the girl, but Mr. McField pointed out that the girl herself had said Webster was counseling her, and so had two other Crown witnesses. He noted that the girl’s mother told the court that she had asked the girl if there was anything sexual in the rela- tionship with Webster and the girl had said no. “If the girl would lie to her own mother, I’m asking you to infer that she was dishonest also in these al- legations,” Mr. McField urged. He reminded jurors that Crown counsel Darlene Oko had received permission from Justice Charles Quin to amend the indictment by broadening the time period in which the alleged indecent assaults took place. The girl did not re- member when those things happened, Mr. McField pointed out. “You can’t be sure when they happened or if they hap- pened at all,” he said. The attorney referred to CCTV evidence from the bank at which Webster withdrew $300 from an ATM. The time shown on that video was in- consistent with the times of text messages exchanged be- fore the girl said she had gone with Webster to the ATM. What she told police was “a complete lie and fabrication,” Mr. Mc- Field charged. Justice Quin interrupted briefly to point out that the bank employee who brought the CCTV evidence had been unable to vouch for the ac- curacy of the time shown on that tape. She did vouch for the sum of $300 being with- drawn that day. The charge of gross inde- cency is based on a video the girl took when she was with Webster in a vehicle and he was touching himself vigor- ously. “We say he has a defense of automatism. That means he doesn’t remember what he did and was not conscious of what he was doing,” Mr. McField said. The attorney asked jurors to accept the evidence of Dr. Marc Lockhart, who spoke with Web- ster multiple times, spoke with Mrs. Webster, and researched possible interaction between Webster’s prescription medi- cations and grapefruit juice along with other ingredients of a “belly fat flush” Webster said he had been drinking the day the video was taken. Dr. Lock- hart had concluded that Web- ster was in a state of delirium at the time the video was taken. Ms. Oko, who addressed ju- rors before Mr. McField, asked them not to forget that the com- plainant was a child who had neither the life experience nor the maturity to see through the manipulativeness of Web- ster, who knew she was partic- ularly vulnerable. She said the girl had been honest in admit- ting that she wanted the money, clothes and food that Webster promised her and she could not resist their allure. That is why the law pro- tects children from being used and abused, Ms. Oko said, be- cause children are particu- larly susceptible to this kind of manipulation. She agreed that Dr. Lockhart had said he believed Webster was suffering from a substance- induced state of delirium at the time the girl took a video of him. But he had based his opinion partially on what Web- ster told him. If Webster did not tell him the truth, that was not Dr. Lockhart’s fault, she said. Ms. Oko reminded jurors that Dr. Lockhart had said, based on tests he had per- formed, that Webster had fea- tures of psychopathology, including dishonesty, egocen- tricity, manipulativeness, defi- ance, poor impulse control, a positive attitude toward crim- inal behavior and an unwilling- ness to accept responsibility. In his address later, Mr. Mc- Field pointed out that these traits were not part of Dr. Lock- hart’s report. They had been mentioned after Ms. Oko asked the psychiatrist about his notes, but Dr. Lockhart himself had re- ferred to the testing as just one factor – that a diagnosis could not be made on the basis of one criteria; that all the information had to be taken together. Justice Quin is scheduled to sum up the evidence for ju- rors on Tuesday and instruct them in the law as it pertains to this case.The islands’ most-trusted news source 3 CAYMAN COMPASS • TUESDAY JUNE 20, 2017 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” TUESDAY JUNE 20, 2017 • CAYMAN COMPASS Premier Alden McLaughlin appears to be following through on his commitment to “sort out immigration,” and we applaud him for addressing it at the outset of his second term as premier of these islands. Our economic health depends on fixing this interminably broken system. Whenever we see long lines outside of any agency, it is a sure sign that something is not working inside. At the Department of Immigration, the flaws can be traced to the top, literally to a lack of leadership: The department has been operating without a permanent chief since late 2014, when then-Chief Immigration Officer Linda Evans was suspended – with pay – for reasons that never have been publicly disclosed. (We have written elsewhere and often about the inanity – less of a “waffle-word” would be “insanity” – of allowing civil servants to collect public paychecks, sometimes for years, without the burden of actually having to perform their duties. We simply do not understand why this practice is allowed to continue.) But back to immigration: Assistant Chief Immigra- tion Officer Jeannie Lewis also is on leave while she faces charges of knowingly assisting a person to land in the Cayman Islands. And Senior Immigration Officer Garfield “Gary” Wong continues to operate under a cloud as he faces charges of careless driving, leaving the scene of an accident and driving under the influence of alcohol. The case is currently being heard in Summary Court, three-and-a-half years since the underlying incident took place in December 2013. Mr. Wong has pleaded not guilty to those charges. Immigration is one of government’s busiest and most important departments, with responsibilities ranging from border control to visas, work permits, residency and status, as well as passports for Cayma- nians who wish to travel abroad. Deputy Governor Franz Manderson surely under- stands the need for highly performing leadership in this critical department. The “Linda Evans matter” has been allowed to linger far too long. It’s unfair to her, it’s unfair to the department, and it’s unfair to the Cayman Islands. Friday of this week would not be an unrealistic deadline to resolve this matter, once and for all. In the longer term, something must be done to streamline and simplify immigration policies and pro- cedures – many of which fall under the purview of volunteer boards. As we have seen with permanent residency applications and the ever-lengthening wait times for approval of work permit applications and routine renewals, the existing infrastructure simply is not able to keep up with immense workloads and Byz- antine regulations. On the positive side, help may finally be on the horizon for the roughly 1,000 people whose perma- nent residence applications have been gathering dust (growing mold?), sometimes for years, in some musty corner of the Immigration Department. Ministry Chief Officer Wesley Howell has announced that the Department of Immigration “has reassigned staff members and has recruited Caymanian university graduates to advance the processing of applications.” These workers, he said, will review the applications ini- tially and prepare them for the board’s review. This, however, raises, a huge red flag. Many of these permanent residence applications contain hundreds of pages of extremely sensitive, personal and even intimate details about every aspect of an applicant’s life, including their education back- grounds, their medical records, salary history, loans and mortgage information, bank account balances, and on and on. With so many new employees coming on board to process the backlog of permanent residence applica- tions, how will the privacy and confidentiality of this sensitive information be assured? Our concern goes beyond who will be vetting these applications and their accompanying documentation, to an overriding issue: Who will be vetting the vetters? The empty executive suite at Immigration Europe kicks solution to Greek debt down the road DAVID FRANCIS Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is set to get the cash he needs to meet some urgent payments next month to his creditors. But Athens’ financial crisis will live to see another day. European finance minis- ters met in Luxembourg on Thursday, where they were poised to approve a $9.5 bil- lion injection of cash that will allow Athens to keep up to date on its bond pay- ments; Greece owes Euro- pean creditors $7.8 billion early in July. But the issue of some form of debt relief still hangs over the talks, now in their seventh year. IMF chief Christine La- garde is in Luxembourg as well. To appease Germany, which said it could not con- tinue to bail out Greece without IMF participation, Lagarde recently agreed to support the bailout – though without contributing any money to it. She insists that without debt relief for Athens, con- tinuing with bailouts will only repeat the past cycles, which saw Greece run up $355 billion in debt. Since 2010, Greece has received three bailouts from Eu- rope in exchange for pen- sion reforms and tax and spending cuts implemented over the years. France and Italy also have urged some debt for- giveness; Greece has gotten to a point where it has little prospect of ever paying back what it owes, which essen- tially shuts it out from cap- ital markets. And the Greeks, who earned their prior bail- outs by promising to cut budgets, trim govern- ment payrolls, and make painful economic reforms, are now insisting that they should be rewarded. “Greece has fulfilled its commitments and adopted the required reforms. Now it is time for the Europeans to comply with their com- mitments on debt relief,” Greek President Prokopis Pavlopoulos said in an in- terview with German daily Handelsblatt. The Greek people are once again growing impa- tient with spending cuts. On Thursday, some 1,500 pen- sioners protested in Athens against more than a dozen rounds of pension cuts since austerity was enforced seven years ago. But Greece’s plight doesn’t concern Europe quite as much it did just a few years ago. European di- visions are rife and the Eu- ropean Union itself is under fire. And with President Donald Trump espousing an “America First” foreign policy, Europe has plenty of major challenges to deal with. “European leaders now have bigger fish to fry, with Trump and Brexit,” said Mu- jtaba Rahman, head of the European practice at the Eurasia Group. He said the best Greece could hope for is some sort of limited debt relief deal in 2018, which will likely be ag- onizing to extract from Eu- rope but still won’t solve Athens’ woes. European leaders, Rahman said, “want to spend their limited polit- ical capital addressing these challenges and the future of the EU, not yesterday’s problems, which is how they see Greece.” © 2017, The Washington Post LETTER TO THE EDITOR Gas stations and alcohol As we approach the third sitting of the Liquor Li- censing Board since applica- tions were approved for gas stations to sell alcohol, my Freedom of Information re- quest is still being investi- gated as to the Cabinet order prohibiting gas stations from selling alcohol. The Cabinet order has not been repealed. During the Dec. 5, 2016 meeting of the Liquor Li- censing Board, Prentice Panton (Liquor For Less), David Khouri (Bottle Stop liquors) and Robert Ha- maty (Tortuga Fine Wine and Spirits) objected to a package license application for a Rubis gas station op- erated by Gary Rutty/Peanut Limited. We advised the Acting Chairman Mr. Woody DaCosta that our research showed that from 2002 to the date of the meeting, the Cab- inet order prohibiting gas stations from selling alcohol had not been repealed. We requested the chairman to check with the attorney general before even considering the grant as we felt the board had no legal rights to grant it. We were ignored and the acting chairman granted the li- cense relying on arguments submitted by Cline Glidden, attorney for Garry Rutty/ the gas station, that lifting the moratorium automati- cally repealed that order. We provided proof to the board and submitted copies of Section 27 (a) and Sec- tion 29 (1) and (2) of the In- terpretation Law (1995 Re- vision) which provides that a Cabinet order can only be repealed in the manner it was made and that no ga- zette order existed which showed that the prohibition had been repealed. At the second quarterly session of the Liquor Li- censing Board, the acting chairman granted four more liquor licenses to gas sta- tions. My personal FOI re- quest had by this time been filed, the initial response being that the Cabinet order had not been repealed. This was quickly followed by a subsequent reversal in an email stating that the Cab- inet order had been repealed and this was an “administra- tive error.” I again submitted another FOI and copied the attorney general who re- sponded. This needs further investigation. This is where we are today. Personally, my views are that the board erred and that all liquor licenses granted to gas stations are ultra vires and therefore null and void. Robert Hamaty5 LOCAL NEWS CAYMAN COMPASS • TUESDAY JUNE 20, 2017 New US-Cuba limits lead to uncertainty in some business sectors TAD STONER tstoner@pinnaclemedialtd.com U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday thrust the U.S. and Cuba back on a path toward open hostility with a blistering denunciation of the island’s communist gov- ernment, clamping down on some commerce and travel but left intact many new avenues President Barack Obama had opened, the Asso- ciated Press reported. Some of the changes – which will not go into effect until new documents laying out details are issued – could have an impact on some Cayman-related businesses. In his message delivered in Miami’s Little Havana, Mr. Trump challenged Cuba to negotiate better agreements for Americans, Cubans and those whose identities lie somewhere in between. Dip- lomatic relations, restored only two years ago, will re- main intact. But, in a shift from Obama’s approach, Mr. Trump said trade and other penalties would stay in place until a long list of prerequi- sites was met. Declaring former Pres- ident Obama’s pact with Castro a “completely one- sided deal,” Mr. Trump said he was canceling it. In prac- tice, however, many recent changes to boost ties to Cuba will stay as they are. Embassies in Havana and Washington will remain open. U.S. airlines and cruise ships will still be allowed to serve the island. The “wet- foot, dry-foot” policy, which once let most Cuban mi- grants stay if they made it to U.S. soil but was terminated under Obama, will remain terminated. Remittances from people in America to Cubans won’t be cut off. But individual “people-to- people” trips by Americans to Cuba, allowed by Mr. Obama for the first time in decades, will again be prohibited. And the U.S. government will po- lice other trips to ensure travelers are pursuing a “full- time schedule of educational exchange activities.” The policy bans most fi- nancial transactions with a yet-unreleased list of entities associated with Cuba’s mili- tary and state security, in- cluding a conglomerate that dominates much of Cuba’s economy, such as many ho- tels, state-run restaurants and tour buses. John Kavulich, president of the New York-based U.S.- Cuba Trade and Economic Council, told the Cayman Compass that the announce- ment is likely to trigger a race by U.S. investors to expand their Cuba operations as rap- idly as possible before the changes go into effect. Mr. Kavulich said the pro- posed restriction “were more than companies would have liked to see, but less than they were afraid of.” Cayman entrepreneur John Felder said Friday that Mr. Trump’s proposed policy changes are unlikely to affect his Florida-based Premier Au- tomotive Export subsidiary, which in March shipped the first U.S.-built car to Havana since 1959 under the terms of a four-year U.S. Department of Commerce license. Mr. Felder said his U.S. li- cense would likely remain un- affected, enabling shipments to embassies and to private enterprises on the island. Starwood-Marriott, which operates the Grand Cayman Marriott Beach Resort and The Ritz-Carlton Grand Cayman, last year acquired three Havana properties, the first venture by an Amer- ican hospitality company in Cuba in 58 years. The deals include the Hotel Inglaterra, built in 1875, the Hotel Quinta Avenida, now a Four Points by Sheraton, and the Hotel Santa Isabel. The Sheraton property is managed by the Starwood chain and owned by Grupo Hotelero Gaviota, part of the Cuban military conglomerate known as GAESA. “If you’re a U.S. traveler in Cuba and you buy a bottle of water in the supermarket or a souvenir in a store, or you rent a car or a hotel room, it’s very likely that you’re put- ting money into the pockets of the military-run GAESA, which experts say controls nearly 60 percent of the Cuban economy,” The Miami Herald reported. Marriott International Global Communications and Public Affairs spokes- woman Felicia McLemore said, “We are still analyzing the policy directive issued by the president … its full effect on our current and planned operations in Cuba may depend on related forth- coming regulations. “We have invested sig- nificant resources estab- lishing a presence in Cuba. As Cuba moves to reform its economy in the post-Castro era, American businesses should be present to lead by example. We will continue to urge the Trump adminis- tration and Congress to rec- ognize and utilize travel as a strategic tool in efforts to improve relations with Cuba, allowing us to be part of a promising future, as opposed to reverting to the policies of the past.” Mr. Kavulich could not say how U.S. visitors might know which hotels are operated by the Cuban military. The U.S. State Department on Friday promised to publish within 90 days “a list of enti- ties with which direct trans- actions generally will not be permitted.” President Trump shows his executive order on Cuba policy on Friday in Miami. From left are Florida Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart, Florida Gov. Rick Scott, Cary Roque, a Cuban dissident, and Vice President Mike Pence. - PHOTO: APDISTRICT DAYS 6 District Days George Town TUESDAY JUNE 20, 2017 • CAYMAN COMPASS 50 years: Summer travel includes Florida and Jamaica In the June 14, 1967 edi- tion of the Caymanian Weekly, a precursor of the Cayman Compass, “George Town Notebook” correspon- dent Frances Bodden wrote: “Mr. and Mrs. Derek Wight spent the weekend in Miami returning on the 5th after a business and pleasure trip. “Among the departures northbound on the 5th were Mr. Royal B. Bodden, Jr. of Miami who was on a brief visit with his parents Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Bodden, Sr. Mrs. Carol Watler left on a 17-day vacation in Miami. “Mr. and Mrs. Karl Brandon, Mrs. Frank Cox of St. Louis, Missouri, returned after a few weeks in her house near to the Grimmers. “Returning to Kingston on the 7th, were Mrs. Leila Webster after an enjoyable visit. She hopes to return again in the near future. “Mr. Anninos, Mrs. Lomas and Mr. Adams who spent a busy two days in the island. “Arriving from Jamaica on the 7th, to spend a week as guests of Mr. and Mrs. B. St. Aubyn at Windsor house were Mr. and Mrs. Earle Maynier. Mr. Maynier was for many years a perma- nent secretary in the govern- ment of Jamaica, and was also a permanent secretary in the federal government in Trinidad. “On Independence in 1962, he was appointed as Jamaica’s first High Com- missioner to Canada. He re- tired from this post in 1965 and is now living in Jamaica. “He is now a member and chairman of many statutory boards and committees. “Mrs. Maynier is a bar- rister-at-law and practised her profession in Trinidad. She is also resident tutor in Trinidad of the University of the West Indies and is now part time assistant registrar at the University of W.I. in Kingston. She has for many years taken a deep interest in educational matters. “Mr. and Mrs. Darwin Bush and family of South Sound returned to Fort Lau- derdale for a few months.” Triple C students celebrate graduation Thirty-four students cele- brated their graduation from Triple C School this month, with a Baccalaureate Service on the night of June 4, when the seniors were inducted into the Alumni Association. Among the graduates, several of their parents are also Triple C School alumni, so the parents were invited to pin their children during the induction. At the Baccalaureate Service, Edlyn Ruiz, Class of 2007, was the keynote speaker. She shared four les- sons that she has learned since her own high school graduation: First, she en- couraged the seniors to ask questions to seek under- standing. Second, never stop learning. Third, speak the truth, and fourth, make your journey your own. At the commencement on June 5, Suahil Householder (Scott), Class of 1993, handed out the diplomas. During the commencement, James Watler, welcomed all the family mem- bers, friends and well-wishers at the Family Life Centre. As part of the school’s tradition, the service began as robed faculty, with candles symboli- cally lighting the way, formed a receiving line. Jacie Mascarenhas, grad- uating with a 4.24 average, delivered the valedictory ad- dress. She emphasized that sitting within her class are future actors, entrepreneurs and leaders, and she encour- aged her class that no matter what, “reach out and grab your opportunity, stay strong till you reach your finish line.” Salutatorian Frank Noguera Villarroel gave a lighthearted speech, encour- aging his classmates to not let fear influence the choices they make for the future. Jacie Mascarenhas was the subject awards recipient for English, Mathematics, So- cial Studies and Christian Education. She also received the Chamber of Commerce Outstanding Leader award, and the Kiwanis Grant and the Ernst & Young award for outstanding academic achievement. Lilav Lee re- ceived the subject award for Business and was also the re- cipient of the CICSA Credit Union Scholarship award for Business, presented by CEO Corinne Glasgow. Frank Noguera Villar- roel received the subject award for Science. Subject awards are given in six disci- plines to students who have the highest average over a four-year period. Creative Christian Character awards recipients David Brown, Jada Connor, Jacie Mascarenhas and Patricia ThompsonValedictorian Jacie Mascarenhas Commencement speaker and alumna Suahil Housholder (Scott)Save Our Youth awards recipients Grace Ruby, Jonathan Key, Isaiah Ebanks, Patrisia Thompson, Zion Coe and Nike RiversThe islands’ most-trusted news source 7 CAYMAN COMPASS • TUESDAY JUNE 20, 2017 from the steps outside the Legislative Assembly, held off long enough for Gov- ernor Helen Kilpatrick to of- ficially inspect the parade, which also included contin- gents from the Fire Service, Her Majesty’s Prison Ser- vice, the Girls Brigade, the Scouts and Cub Scouts, the Veterans Association and the Cadet Corps. Inside the church, the governor led three cheers for the queen on her 91st birthday before handing out the awards. The winners and their families then adjourned to the governor’s home for a garden party. Mr. Watler, who worked for years on the Immigra- tion Board and also set up the prison computer club and helped establish vocational programs at HMP North- ward, said it was an honor to receive the MBE. “I’m very excited and happy, especially to be here with all my friends and family and well-wishers. This award is really for the com- munity,” he added. “The community gave me the opportunity to do all these things.” Mr. Tibbetts said his work on the disabilities policy and law was a “labor of love” and he was most pleased to see the strides that had been made on the issue in Cayman. “I only found out about a month ago that the governor would be giving me this award. I very much appre- ciate it, but my real interest is in what I can help do for the disabled people. That is all the reward I need.” He said there was still a lot of work to be done. “There are ramps that need to be built, elevators, ac- cess buttons. I’m humbled by the opportunity to work to- wards the end,” he said. Ms. McConvey said she was happy to see the differ- ence in the amount of music programs and opportunities available to children in the Cayman Islands compared to when she first arrived on the island in 1984. “I feel very humbled be- cause I am only part of a much bigger picture. It feels very special to have an award in the Cayman Islands.” Pomp and pageantry for Queen’s official birthday CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 Governor Helen Kilpatrick, Red Bay Primary Cub Scouts Christian Campbell and Dominik Griffith, and Inspector Ian Yearwood Charles Watler, Keith Parker Tibbetts and Philip Rankin, pictured at the garden party at Government House, were honored at an earlier ceremony at Elmslie Memorial Church. - PHOTOS: TANEOS RAMSAY Matthew Forbes, head of the Governor’s Office, and Inspector Leo Anglin Governor Helen Kilpatrick poses with Cadet Corps members at Government House.The islands’ most-trusted news source 8 TUESDAY JUNE 20, 2017 • CAYMAN COMPASS SMALL BUSINESS CENTRE Proudly organised by the Chamber of Commerce in partnership with the Ministry of Financial Services and Home Aairs. Visit our website at www.caymanchamber.ky for the schedule of upcoming free micro and small business workshops. Thursday, 22 June, 5:30 - 7:30 p.m. New Cayman Islands Trade Marks and Design Laws explained Chamber of Commerce, Governors Square FREE SMALL AND MICRO BUSINESS WORKSHOP This workshop is the latest in a series of SME Workshops to be held at the Chamber’s Small Business Centre, and is run in partnership with the Ministry of Financial Services and Home Aairs. Does your small business use a trade mark? How about a custom logo design? If so, the practice of re-registering UK and EU trade mark registrations to the Cayman Islands will end on 31 July 2017. The Trade Marks Law 2016, the Design Rights Registration Law 2016 and the Patents and Trade Marks (Amendment) Law 2016, which were passed late 2016 will become effective in the Cayman Islands on August 1, 2017. On Thursday, 22 June Sophie Davies will be facilitating a free workshop to cover all of the changes to the Laws and what their impact will be. Ms. Davies is a qualified attorney and expert in the field of Intellectual Property (IP). Sophie worked on the Committee responsible for drafting the new IP legislation in the Cayman Islands and is also a member of the Intellectual Property Caribbean Association (IPCA), AIPLA and MARQUES. She currently works for HSM Chambers where she manages a team of highly skilled and professional IP Paralegals. FINANCIAL SERVICES, COMMERCE & ENVIRONMENT “Everybody in Cayman is going to be touched by death at some stage. A lot of people have had people go through hospice, and hospice is a very popular organization,” Mr. Haines, who worked with Ro- tary Club of Grand Cayman for the fundrasing, said during the groundbreaking on West Bay Road. “When the opportunity came for people to get to- gether, it just gathered mo- mentum. It was like a snow- ball gathering down the hill and it became an ava- lanche. It was pretty emo- tional actually.” HospiceCare staff hope the unit will facilitate digni- fied palliative care in a home setting for terminally ill pa- tients, explained operations director Felicia McLean. “The facility offers inpa- tient care for people who just don’t have the facilities to be able to pass peacefully at home,” she said. “So the fa- cility offers a place where families can come and the care is going to be covered completely free of charge. They can just be the loved one. They don’t have to be the caregiver if they can’t manage in the home.” Project construction will be directed by BCQS, which is expected to put out bids for builders. HospiceCare board chairman Chris Duggan said the facility will replicate a home environment to pro- mote patient comfort. “It’s to prevent patients from having to go to the hos- pital. It’s to keep patients comfortable and pain free in their final days,” he said. “This isn’t a hospital. … This is a home. Their families are welcome and they will spend their final days in a home en- vironment with their friends and family surrounding them at all hours of the day. There aren’t any restrictions on visiting hours.” Mr. Duggan’s mother, Jeannette Duggan, a longtime nurse, assisted in the burial of a memorial box filled with the names of former hospice patients. The box contained names of patients she per- sonally cared for. The names will remain in the building’s foundation as a reminder of Cayman’s past. Two storms developing in region Heavy rain and strong winds that battered the Cayman Islands over the holiday weekend are ex- pected to recede this week as a tropical weather system advances north- ward, threatening the Gulf Coast of the U.S. A broad area of low pres- sure brought high winds and heavy rains to the is- lands over the last few days and a marine warning was still in place Monday. Forecasters expect con- ditions to improve over the next few days, although rough seas are expected to continue on Wednesday and Thursday, with wave heights reaching 5 to 7 feet. Another weather system, currently threatening Trin- idad, could bring more showers later in the week. A U.S. Air Force Reserve Hurricane Hunter aircraft was dispatched Monday to investigate the weather system in the Gulf of Mexico. The National Hurricane Center in Florida warned there was a high chance it could develop into a tropical cyclone within 48 hours. Forecasters in Cayman said the islands were still experiencing windy condi- tions associated with that weather system, but they expect that to recede as it moves north. The second system, la- beled potential Tropical Cyclone 2, is expected to weaken to a tropical wave by the time it reaches the Cayman Islands later this week. The National Weather Service expects it to bring scattered showers by Thursday evening. New home for HospiceCare Marathon runner Derek Haines raised $1.4 million for a dedicated hospice care facility. - PHOTO: ALVARO SEREY A photographer shoots pictures of rough seas at Smith Barcadere on Saturday. - PHOTO: TANEOS RAMSAY CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1The islands’ most-trusted news source 9 CAYMAN COMPASS • TUESDAY JUNE 20, 2017 Notice Changes in Prime Rates on KYD and USD Effective Tuesday, 20 June 2017, Fidelity Bank (Cayman) Limited will increase the KYD and USD prime rates by 0.25% to 4.25%. The increase in the Prime rates follows a decision by the US Federal Reserve Bank to raise its Fed Funds rate by 0.25% on Wednesday, 14 June 2017. “Police have redeployed sev- eral resources, including can- cellation of rest days to ensure heightened police presence and to staff up operations to target criminal elements.” Three people were arrested over the weekend in connection with the home invasion. A 22-year-old man was ar- rested shortly after the inci- dent on suspicion of aiding and abetting a crime after police discovered items believed to have been taken from the home at a separate location in George Town. A male, described as a ju- venile, was arrested Saturday morning after a vehicle accident on School Road, George Town. “During a search of the vehicle he was driving, cer- tain items were found that led to his arrest,” police said in a statement. A 39-year-old man was also arrested just after 1 a.m. Sunday. Two vehicles have also been recovered by police, including a Honda Civic reported stolen from the Marriott resort shortly before the home invasion. One of the males who en- tered the Patrick Island resi- dence is described as 5 feet, 9-10 inches tall, of slim build; the other two are described as 5 feet, 10-11 inches tall and also of slim build. The weekend home invasion follows four separate armed robberies last week. A man was arrested Wednesday in connec- tion with robberies at Mr. Ar- thur’s store in George Town and the Lookout Grocery Store in Bodden Town. A 32-year-old man was arrested late Thursday in connection with the robbery of Brown’s Esso in Industrial Park early Tuesday. Police were also out in force in North Side over the weekend, targeting a suspected drug operation. During predawn hours in the Hutland area on Sunday, of- ficers recovered a “large quan- tity” of ganja from a shed. The police helicopter, armed officers, the K-9 unit and officers from the Drugs and Serious Crime Task Force were involved in the operation. Two men, one slim with dreadlocks and wearing a yellow T-shirt, the other around 5 feet, 10 inches tall and wearing dark clothing, fled. “The Royal Cayman Islands Police Service is maintaining a high police presence, including armed officers in the area, and are asking the North Side com- munity to contact 911 immedi- ately if they have any sightings of these individuals,” a police spokesman said. “We would also like to remind the public that it is a serious criminal of- fense to provide assistance or support for these individuals.” Other arrests Meanwhile, a man who fled a police drug raid in May after he allegedly assaulted a cus- toms officer and a police detec- tive was arrested last week. Troy Pearson, 35, turned himself in at the Fairbanks jail on Thursday. Police said Pearson was one of the suspects rounded up during a drug raid in George Town on May 22, when a large quantity of drugs was recov- ered. He has been formally charged with seven offenses, including importing ganja, as- saulting a police and customs officer and escaping lawful custody. He is to appear in court on Tuesday. A 47-year-old man was ar- rested Sunday on suspicion of burglary and handling stolen goods in connection with a re- port from June 12, when TVs, laptops, iPads and other elec- tronics were stolen from a George Town home. A 26-year-old man was ar- rested Saturday night after a se- curity guard spotted him trying to break into a gas station on Dorcy Drive in George Town. A police spokesperson said officers were encouraged by the cooperation from members of the public who have “refused to cower in fear and taken a stand against crime by pro- viding information to the police or other assistance.” Investigations into the home invasion are being led by Detec- tive Inspector Joseph Wright and by detectives from the Criminal Investigations Depart- ment, and other key personnel. Anyone with information on any of the incidents are asked to call the George Town police station on 949- 4222, the confidential tip line on 949-777 or Crime Stoppers on 8400- 8477, or online at www.tipsubmit. com/WebTips.aspx?AgencyID=681. Three arrested after couple tied up and robbed CayFilm encourages students’ participation Thirty students at the Cayman Islands Further Ed- ucation Centre were given the opportunity on Friday to advance their interest in filmmaking. Thanks to a donation from The Security Centre and CayFilm, Year 12 students re- ceived free passes for the Cayman International Film Festival June 30 to July 3. Students were also en- couraged to attend the asso- ciated Cayman National Cul- tural Foundation workshops. Leading up to the festival, the Foundation is sponsoring two free workshops for as- piring filmmakers and actors. “CayFilm is an exciting event for everyone on the is- land, but it provides a re- ally unique opportunity for students who are thinking about exploring a career in the film industry,” said Keith Jernigan, The Security Cen- tre’s country manager. He said there is much talent among local students and without exposure to events like CayFilm, it risks going unnoticed. CayFilm Director Tony Mark said everyone is welcome to attend the workshops. “One of the things we are really big on is educa- tion … the next stage is to try and build a film school in Cayman,” said Mr. Mark. “We have reached out to the high schools to find the kids that think they do want a future in filmmaking, and by providing them passes, we are hoping that they can get to explore, witness and see a little bit more of what the world entails and see if it’s for them,” he added. Some 200 films from 50 countries and 20 local films will be shown at the film fes- tival, organizers said. Oscar and Grammy win- ners are scheduled to take part, teaching filmmaking, acting and photography. Local and international film- makers will also attend. “Not only will you get to see films but you can also ask questions, talk and interact with them. We find that it does make the event really special … you are not just sitting in a theater watching a movie, but actually get- ting to be part of the expe- rience with the film maker,” Mr. Mark said. “We are really trying to showcase to the world that Cayman is a good filming destination and we are also exposing Cayman filmmakers to the world,” he added. Cay- Film has also created the Cayman Media Academy, a program designed to educate interested students all about the realm of cinema and how to create their own films. During the festival, films will be shown in var- ious venues around Grand Cayman, including The Ritz- Carlton, Grand Cayman, the Harquail Theatre and the Na- tional Gallery. CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 Keith Jernigan, The Security Centre’s country manager, along with CayFilm founder Tony Mark, far right, hands film tickets for students to arts teacher Claire Cox. - PHOTO: JEWEL LEVYNext >