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PRESELL + INSERT PRESELL + INSERT PRESELL + INSERT Immigration faces five legal challenges Two new permanent residence challenges filed BRENT FULLER bfuller@pinnaclemedialtd.com Two new judicial review applications seeking damages over delays in the Cayman Islands government’s processing of permanent residence applications are among at least five legal challenges against the Immigration De- partment and/or immigration-related boards in the past month. Other writs filed between May 26 and June 26 involve disputes over a work permit for a hotel industry manager, a revocation of Cay- manian status for a 45-year-old man who has lived here since he was 3 months old and a challenge against a deportation order made by the governor. Both permanent residence matters in- volved applicants who applied more than a year ago for the right to remain in Cayman for the rest of their life. One of the applicants, Nicola Hacking, is an attorney who applied for residence in April 2014. The other is Jarladth Travers, a manager in the local financial services industry who applied for residence in August 2015. Both judicial review applications were made following Premier Alden McLaughlin’s announcement on June 15 that the Caymanian Status and Permanent Residency Board would resume hearing permanent residence applica- tions after a two-and-a-half-year delay. Attorneys for HSM Chambers, which rep- resents Mr. Travers and Ms. Hacking, have previously opined that resuming hearings for permanent residence applications cannot IMMIGRATION OFFICER TO APPEAR IN COURT JULY 13 Assistant chief immigration officer faces drug, immigration charges KAYLA YOUNG kyoung@pinnaclemedialtd.com An assistant chief immigration officer charged with drug and immigration offenses was ordered to reappear in court next month. Magistrate Valdis Foldats on Thursday re- scheduled Jeannie Lewis’s court appearance for July 13, enabling the Crown to further re- view outstanding concerns about disclosure issues in the case. Magistrate Foldats said concerns still exist about the Crown’s ability to prove its knowl- edge in the case. He said another question re- garding the search warrant in the case has al- ready been resolved in the Grand Court. Ms. Lewis is charged with knowingly as- sisting a person to land in the Cayman Islands and with permitting premises to be used for consumption of a controlled drug, following an August 2016 police raid of her home. The operation netted four other arrests, in- cluding Antonio Bullard of the Bahamas, since deported, two men arrested on suspicion of attempted murder, and a woman arrested on suspicion of drugs possession. Attorney Richard Barton described the charges against Ms. Lewis as “abusive” and “op- pressive.” He questioned whether the Crown “plans to go against every grandmother in West Bay with someone smoking ganja in the yard.” Mr. Foldats said by removing emotion from the matter, the case presents a straightfor- ward issue, reviewable by the Crown. Ms. Lewis’s bail has been extended until the July 13 hearing. Deadline nears for airport concessions contracts BRENT FULLER bfuller@pinnaclemedialtd.com A nearly three-month bid process for concessionaires in- side the revamped Owen Rob- erts Airport terminal is due to end Friday. Airport officials said this week that the concessions com- panies hired will help create a “memorable shopping and dining experience” for air trav- elers at the new terminal, which, in turn, will increase revenue for the Cayman Is- lands Airports Authority. “To ensure we meet these ob- jectives, it is incumbent upon the authority to make the proper selection of future vendors who will have the highest pos- sibility for successfully oper- ating in a unique business envi- ronment,” a statement from the authority read. The airports authority statement was made following public complaints by Cayman’s Small Business Association, which alleged that smaller A warm welcome from CayFilm CayFilm International Film Festival organizers and volunteers set up a greeting station outside Owen Roberts International Airport on Thursday. Festival director and co-founder Tony Mark, third from right, with Nigel Tenneson and Shaniah Kelly, welcomes actor and comedian Greg Benson, third from left, who will be one of the moderators at CayFilm, along with his wife, actress Kim Evey, and son Charlie Benson. The festival runs Friday night through Monday at The Ritz-Carlton, Grand Cayman. For more about CayFilm, see the Weekender section. - PHOTO: TANEOS RAMSAY PLEASE TURN TO PAGE 9 » PLEASE TURN TO PAGE 9 »2 REGIONAL NEWS FRIDAY JUNE 30, 2017 • CAYMAN COMPASS PRE-ORDER NOW Whole BBQ Turkey Call 945-2290 HONEY RUM BEANS MAC & CHEESE POTATO SAL AD COLESL AW CORN BREAD BBQ TURKEY FEAST Celebrate 4th July Open daily 10am-10pm • West Shore Center, SMB JULY 2nd, 3rd & 4th $105 Also available BBQ Turkey Dinner Dine In or Take Out $17.50 RESTAURANT Lauren’s is now open for Dinner Friday & Saturday from 6-9 pm Offering Our Locals Buy One Dinner Entrée Get One Half Off for the Month of July! 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American Airlines and JetBlue Airways previously trimmed their service to Cuba, while Spirit Airlines, Frontier Airlines Holdings and Silver Airways pulled out completely. Southwest will drop ser- vice to Varadero and Santa Clara on Sept. 4, and continue flying to Havana twice daily from Fort Lauderdale-Holly- wood and Tampa airports in Florida, the carrier said in a statement Wednesday. “Our decision to discon- tinue the other Cuba flights comes after an in-depth anal- ysis of our performance over several months which con- firmed that there is not a clear path to sustainability serving these markets, par- ticularly with the continuing prohibition in U.S. law on tourism to Cuba for Amer- ican citizens,” Steve Gold- berg, senior vice president of ground operations, said in the statement. Southwest Chief Execu- tive Officer Gary Kelly previ- ously had said he would give the Cuba markets a year be- fore deciding on continuing service. The Dallas-based car- rier began flights to Varadero in November and to Santa Clara in December. The airline is contacting customers holding travel reservations for those cities on Sept. 5 and beyond to offer refunds. Southwest is seeking U.S. approval for a third daily Ha- vana-Fort Lauderdale flight from among those given up by airlines that have left the island. American, Delta Air Lines Inc., United Conti- nental Holdings Inc. and Jet- Blue also are trying to secure those routes. © 2017, Bloomberg CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) – Venezuela’s renegade chief prosecutor charged the former head of the country’s national guard Thursday with systemically violating human rights during three months of anti-govern- ment protests that have left nearly 80 people dead. Luisa Ortega Diaz’s of- fice announced the charges against Antonio Benavides Torres a day after the na- tion’s Supreme Court de- clared it was barring her from leaving Venezuela and ordering her bank accounts frozen. Ortega Diaz, a long- time loyalist of the socialist government who recently broke ranks with President Nicolas Maduro, said po- lice and military officials are responsible for 23 pro- test deaths to date as well as 853 injuries. “In a great number of these incidents, there is ev- idence of excessive use of force in repressing pro- tests,” Venezuela’s Public Ministry said in a state- ment, citing the use of un- authorized firearms and tor- ture of those apprehended. The charges are likely to further escalate ten- sions between Maduro and Ortega Diaz, who has be- come one the president’s most vocal critics. She has filed numerous motions to the government-packed Su- preme Court challenging Maduro’s call for a special assembly to rewrite Vene- zuela’s constitution, all of which have been rejected. Meanwhile, the Supreme Court is proceeding with a complaint filed against her by socialist party lawmaker Pedro Carreno. Maduro announced he was replacing Benavides Torres last week and in- stead assigning him as gov- ernment head of the cap- ital district. Opposition protests de- manding new elections and decrying Venezuela’s triple- digit inflation, food short- ages and worsening crime are continuing to rock the nation as Maduro pushes forward with his plan to draft a new constitution. On a near daily basis, na- tional guardsmen and police have launched tear gas and rubber bullets at demonstra- tors, some of whom have re- sponded with rocks and fire- bombs. The United States, European Union, Canada and others have urged the government refrain from using force against pro- testers. But protests deaths and injuries have steadily risen, nearly doubling the number of people killed during Venezuela’s last wave of political unrest in 2014. VENEZUELA PROSECUTOR CHARGES FORMER CHIEF OF NATIONAL GUARD American Airlines and JetBlue Airways previously trimmed their service to Cuba, while Spirit Airlines, Frontier Airlines Holdings and Silver Airways pulled out completely. Southwest will drop service to Varadero and Santa Clara in Cuba on Sept. 4, and continue flying to Havana twice daily from Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood and Tampa airports in Florida.The islands’ most-trusted news source 3 CAYMAN COMPASS • FRIDAY JUNE 30, 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. “The people of the Cayman Islands, recalling the events that have shaped their history and made them what they are, and acknowledging their distinct history, culture and Christian heritage and its enduring influence and contribution in shaping the spiritual, moral and social values that have guided their development and brought peace, prosperity and stability to those islands, through the vision, forbearance, and leadership of their people, who are loyal to Her Majesty the Queen;” — The Constitution of the Cayman Islands On this three-day weekend, amid family visits, barbecues and trips to the beach, we hope readers will make time for a few “higher-order” thoughts in honor of Constitution Day. It has been eight years since the people of the Cayman Islands voted to adopt our modernized consti- tution. What does that have to do with you? Absolutely everything. A constitution is a blueprint. It outlines, from floor to ceiling (from foundation to aspiration) a country’s values and its laws. It lays out the mechanics of gov- ernment and enshrines the rights of its people. It is a declaration: This is how we want to function as a nation. This is what we stand for. This is who we are. If you haven’t read Cayman’s constitution, give it a perusal this weekend. It is a description of “our house,” after all — the one we are building together. It pays homage to culture and history and reaffirms the values that brought us here. It sets out a vision for an even more prosperous future. It is at times expan- sive and far reaching — a broad attempt to describe the “ideal state” for the Caymanian people, our govern- ment and our relations with each other and the world. At other times, it can be overly specific, even “lawyerly.” We balk at some of the many subsections that attempt to anticipate legal scenarios that are unlikely or obscure. Then again, for every subsection’s subsection we find overly precise, there is another so vague as to lose nearly all meaning. (Who would have guessed, for example, that an overseas law firm could come to be defined as an “educational establishment”?) Imperfect at best, our constitution and the rights enumerated therein do not fully apply to half the islands’ population (the growing, non-Caymanian half). Like democracy itself, our constitution is sometimes lofty, sometimes grindingly specific. At times, it can be difficult to understand, reading more like a contract full of cautions than a roadmap for the future. Perhaps without intending to, the document makes a com- pelling case for drafting legislation in “plain English,” as many people, including local consultant legislative counsel Bilika H. Simamba, have urged. After all, we demand clarity in instruction manuals and insurance policies, so why not constitutions — which, in their way, offer both instruction and insurance? Even the Holy Bible has been through several revi- sions (remember King James?) to ensure congrega- tions easily understand The Word. But we digress. For all its flaws, our constitution establishes our country as a viable, singular political entity. It is an assertion of our limited sovereignty and ultimate alle- giance to Her Majesty the Queen. By design, it is dif- ficult to change and amend, so it’s up to us to study and make sense of it. Even though Monday’s Constitution Day is uniquely Caymanian, it is fitting in such a multi-cultural territory — where residents hail from more than 100 countries — that the holiday happens to fall so near to Canada Day and American Independence Day. During this long weekend, everyone in the Cayman Islands has something in common to celebrate: Our venerable constitution. Let us contemplate – and celebrate – our Constitution FRIDAY JUNE 30, 2017 • CAYMAN COMPASS Why do pro athletes even play the game? CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER WASHINGTON – In math- ematics, when you’re con- vinced of some eternal truth but can’t quite prove it, you offer it as a hypothesis (with a portentous capital H) and invite the world, future gen- erations if need be, to prove you right or wrong. Often, a cash prize is attached. In that spirit, but without the cash, I offer the Krau- thammer Conjecture: In sports, the pleasure of win- ning is less than the pain of losing. By any Benthamite pleasure/pain calculation, the sum is less than zero. A net negative of suffering. Which makes you wonder why any- body plays at all. Winning is great. You get to hoot and holler, hoist the trophy, shower in cham- pagne, ride the open parade car and boycott the White House victory ceremony (choose your cause). But, as most who have engaged in competitive sports know, there’s nothing to match the amplitude of emotion brought by losing. When the Cleveland Cava- liers lost the 2015 NBA Fi- nals to Golden State, LeBron James sat motionless in the locker room, staring straight ahead, still wearing his game jersey, for 45 minutes after the final buzzer. Here was a guy im- mensely wealthy, widely ad- mired, at the peak of his powers – yet stricken, incon- solable. So it was for Ralph Branca, who gave up Bobby Thomson’s shot heard ‘round the world in 1951. So too for Royals shortstop Freddie Patek, a (literal) picture of dejection sitting alone in the dugout with his head down after his team lost the 1977 pennant to the New York Yankees. In 1986, the “Today Show” commemorated the 30th an- niversary of Don Larsen pitching the only perfect game in World Series his- tory. They invited Larsen and his battery mate, Yogi Berra. And Dale Mitchell, the man who made the last out. Mitchell was not amused. “I ain’t flying 2,000 miles to talk about striking out,” he fumed. And anyway, the called third strike was high and out- side. It had been 30 years and Mitchell was still mad. (Justly so. Even the Yankee fielders acknowledged that the final pitch was outside the strike zone.) For every moment of tri- umph, there is an unequal and opposite feeling of de- spair. Take that iconic pho- tograph of Muhammad Ali standing triumphantly over the prostrate, semiconscious wreckage of Sonny Liston. Great photo. Now think of Liston. Do the pleasure/ pain calculus. And we are talking here about professional athletes – not even the legions of Little Leaguers, freshly eliminated from the playoffs, sobbing and sniffling their way home, assuaged only by gallons of Baskin-Robbins. Any parent can attest to the Krauthammer Conjec- ture. What surprises is how often it applies to battle- hardened professionals making millions. I don’t feel sorry for them. They can drown their sor- rows in the Olympic-sized in- finity pool that graces their Florida estate. (No state in- come tax.) I am merely fas- cinated that, despite their other substantial compensa- tions, some of them really do care. Most interestingly, often the very best. Max Scherzer, ace pitcher for the Washington Na- tionals, makes $30 million a year. On the mound, forget the money. His will to win is scary. Every time he reg- isters a strikeout, he stalks off the mound, circling, head down, as if he’s just brought down a mastodon. On June 6, tiring as he ap- proached victory, he began growling – yes, like a hungry tiger – at Chase Utley as he came to the plate. “It was beautiful,” was the head- line of the blog entry by The Washington Post’s Scott Allen. When Scherzer gets like that, managers are actually afraid to go out and tell him he’s done. He goes Mad Max. In one such instance last year, as Scherzer labored, manager Dusty Baker came out to the mound. Scherzer glared. “He asked me how I was feeling,” Scherzer re- counted, “and I said I still feel strong ... I still got one more hitter in me.” Asked Baker, demanding visual confirmation: “Which eye should I look at?” Scherzer, who famously has one blue and one brown eye, shot back: “Look in the [expletive] brown eye!” “That’s the pitching one,” he jokingly told reporters after the game. Baker left him in. After losing her first ever UFC match, mixed mar- tial artist Ronda Rousey confessed that she was in the corner of the medical room, “literally sitting there thinking about killing myself. In that exact second, I’m like, ‘I’m nothing.’” It doesn’t get lower than that. Said Vince Lombardi, “Winning isn’t everything. It’s the only thing.” To which I add – conjecture – yes, but losing is worse. Charles Krauthammer’s email address is letters@charleskrauthammer.com. © 2017, The Washington Post Writers Group PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY: Caymanian Compass Limited (a subsidiary of Pinnacle Media Ltd) Compass Centre Shedden Road, George Town SEND US YOUR VIEWS OR NEWS: P.O. Box 1365 Grand Cayman KY1-1108, Cayman Islands Telephone: (345) 815-0095 Email: newsdesk@pinnaclemedialtd.com ADVERTISE WITH US: Telephone: (345) 949-5111 Email: sales@pinnaclemedialtd.com Website: www.caymancompass.com PUBLISHERS DAVID R. LEGGE AND VICKI L. LEGGE EDITOR-IN-CHIEF DAVID R. LEGGE EXECUTIVE EDITOR PATRICK BRENDEL A MEMBER OF THE INTER-AMERICAN PRESS ASSOCIATION “Give light and the people will find their own way”5 LOCAL NEWS CAYMAN COMPASS • FRIDAY JUNE 30, 2017 Celebrate Constitution Day with a fabulous fireworks display over the Camana Bay Harbour. Enjoy carnival-themed food and games for all. CAMANABAY.COM ALSO ON THIS SUMMER Kids’ Camps Moonlight & Movies Summer Series Summer Splash Saturdays Hello Dance Lessons monDAY 3 JULY 5-8pm the crescent fireworks at 8pm Haines to climb two volcanoes Marathon fundraiser to ascend new heights in the name of ocean preservation KAYLA YOUNG kyoung@pinnaclemedialtd.com Cayman’s star marathon runner Derek Haines jetted off to Guatemala Thursday to take on his next athletic feat for charity, after a proper send-off from the Central Ca- ribbean Marine Institute and Governor Helen Kilpatrick at Government House. Mr. Haines, 68, has taken on five challenges, including running three marathons and climbing two volcanoes, to raise $50,000 for CCMI’s ed- ucation initiative, Reefs-Go- Live. The program will en- able scientists to broadcast live from Little Cayman’s ocean floor to classrooms across the islands. “It’s fantastic because it really involves youngsters in what is really impor- tant in the Cayman Islands,” Mr. Haines said during Wednesday evening’s recep- tion. “The ocean is so impor- tant to the Cayman Islands, from the fisheries to the tourism. It’s all about preser- vation, learning and making sure what we have that makes the Cayman Islands great is maintained.” The Rotarian has already completed one of the five fun- draising challenges, Guate- mala’s Lake Atitlan mara- thon, which is considered one of the most difficult races in the world. With a time of 5 hours, 10 minutes, he took second place in his age group in the April 30 race. His next two challenges in Guatemala will take him to the top of the ac- tive Fuego volcano, where he hopes to steal a view of its molten lava, and the Acat- enango volcano. Reefs-Go-Live CCMI Director Carrie Manfrino said the Reefs-Go- Live program aims to ex- pand the institute’s experi- ential education capabilities by transporting students to a virtual, interactive classroom. “We think that by having virtual learning where stu- dents can see underneath the sea and see people working and talking under the sea, they might be more interested in going into the ocean them- selves,” Ms. Manfrino said. “So the Reefs-Go-Live pro- gram will allow us to bring the ocean to them in their classroom. The interaction that comes with the scien- tist is really positive and re- inforcing, and helps them feel like they can do it as well.” Despite Cayman’s prox- imity to the ocean, Ms. Manfrino said many local children have not had the op- portunity to get out into the water and snorkel. CCMI tries to bridge the gap by bringing students to explore the ocean at its fa- cility in Little Cayman. Lim- ited capacity means not all Caymanian students are able to visit the facility, however. “What we’ve found is it’s very difficult to reach all of the children across the islands. So we’re going to launch a pro- gram where we can broadcast live from the ocean to class- rooms across Cayman and also into museums, the gal- lery and many other places,” Ms. Manfrino said. Governor Kilpatrick said the program should ben- efit both public educa- tion and tourism. “Being able to show chil- dren what it’s like under the ocean and what scien- tists really do in terms of researching, it is going to be great for the children of Cayman,” Ms. Kilpatrick said. “But the idea that they are going to be able to broadcast it all around the world as well is just fantastic. Not only will it educate children all around the world about the ocean, but probably get some more tourists here as well.” So far Mr. Haines has raised $20,000 for the project. Derek Haines describes his latest challenges to raise funds for the Central Caribbean Marine Institute, as Governor Helen Kilpatrick, left, and CCMI’s Carrie Manfrino look on. - PHOTO: ALVARO SEREY The Royal Cayman Islands Police Service is seeking to build a virtual “community bridge” between its neighbor- hood policing officers and the residents they serve. A mobile app called “Com- munity Bridge” is free to download on any mobile de- vice through www.rcips.ky. A link to the service, after it is downloaded to a user’s home screen, allows people to send information to neighborhood police regarding crime-related issues in the area or anything they think officers should know about. The RCIPS cau- tions that the app should not be used to report emer- gencies or crimes. It is also not anonymous. Information about mat- ters relating to the safety or health of the local community is what the app is set up to receive. This can include such things as dogs on the loose, junked vehicles and haz- ards in the road. “The point of the bridge app is to open up a channel of communication between the police and the community, and to build a relationship based in two-way information and problem-solving,” said RCIPS Sgt. Sean Lloyd-Hickey. “In order to do that we need to have a way to reach those who reach out to us.” Police pledge a 72-hour response to all queries via the app. CAN’T FIND YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD OFFICER? THERE’S AN APP FOR THAT6 LOCAL NEWS FRIDAY JUNE 30, 2017 • CAYMAN COMPASS Students raise thousands for wells in Africa Sir John A. Cumber Pri- mary School students raised more than US$6,000 to go to- ward the completion of two water wells at schools in Si- erra Leone, Africa. This is the fourth year the school has been involved with the project. The Reception students had been learning about the importance of water before deciding to embark on the fundraising initiative. “As the children devel- oped their lines of inquiry, they quickly came to realize that not all people in the world have access to clean water and that in fact, many people, including very young children, die every day from diseases caused by drinking dirty water,” the school said in a press release. “Our children were very saddened to learn this and so we thought about ways to help make things better for the people we saw, and many others like them. Some children eagerly sug- gested sending bottles of clean water to the people in Africa. One suggested tying bottles to a kite with a very long cord and flying them over to Africa.” With a goal of raising US$2,000 for World Hope In- ternational, they embarked upon a bake sale and walk- a-thon, coming home with more than US$6,000. To date, the school has helped to complete five water wells, impacting the lives of 3,107 people in communities and schools in Sierra Leone and Mozambique. “Our students have learned a valuable lesson of service to others, and what it means to be internation- ally minded, reaching out to others in need and trying to make a difference in their lives,” the school stated. Students Naomi and Akira sell cupcakes to help raise money for the wells projects in Sierra Leone. Sir John A. Cumber students take part in a fundraising walk-a-thon at the school’s field. The Cayman Islands courts will begin of- fering a new judicial clerk- ship program for articled clerks with local law firms from next week. The program will count toward the clerks’ legal training requirements, ac- cording to Chief Justice An- thony Smellie. Mr. Smellie said in a press release that the program had been developed by the Judi- cial Education Committee, the Caymanian Bar Associa- tion and local law firms. It was approved by the Legal Advisory Council, the stat- utory body that has over- sight of legal professional education, following an amendment to Legal Prac- titioners (Students) Regula- tions by Cabinet. The program coordinators are Neil Timms, QC, Justice Ingrid Mangatal and Justice Richard Williams, the chief justice said. “I am delighted that we are able to provide a con- centrated educational pro- gramme within the courts system for our locally ar- ticled, newly qualified law- yers. They will get a good grasp of the complex func- tions our courts and judges perform and will addition- ally be able to participate in them,” Chief Justice Smellie said in the release. “This Judicial Clerkship will count towards legal training requirements and the 18 months of Articles, so long as the supervising Judge and/or Magistrate certifies that the training was com- pleted satisfactorily.” The judicial clerks will sit with judges and magistrates for a total of one month, in weekly rotation among them, Mr. Timms said. This way, each clerk will learn from four different judges and magistrates, he explained. During this time, the clerk will sit on cases in the Sum- mary Court and various divi- sions of the Grand Court. Mr. Timms called for ap- plications for places to be sent to the Caymanian Bar Association for the program, which starts on Tuesday, July 4. Justice Mangatal noted that the program aims to pro- vide an in-depth look at the courts’ work during a partici- pant’s articles. Areas covered will include opportunities for applying and improving legal skills, case presentation and judicial decision-making pro- cesses, she added. For more information, visit the Caymanian Bar Association website at www.caymanbar.org.ky. “Our students have learned a valuable lesson of service to others, and what it means to be internationally minded, reaching out to others in need and trying to make a difference in their lives.” SIR JOHN A. CUMBER PRIMARY SCHOOL JUDICIAL CLERKSHIPS FOR ARTICLED CLERKSThe islands’ most-trusted news source 7 CAYMAN COMPASS • FRIDAY JUNE 30, 2017 at the Lions Centre starting at 6:30pm. There will be food, refreshments and live entertainment. The Progressives and the National Unity Government Invite you to attend a special Evening Of GRATITUDE on Monday July 3rd Join the Progressives and the National Unity Government MLAs 8 LOCAL NEWS FRIDAY JUNE 30, 2017 • CAYMAN COMPASS In loving Memory of Kenroy D. Solomon February 14, 1961 – July 2, 2015 God saw you getti ng ti red And a cure was not to be So He put his arms around you And whispered, “Come to Me”. With tearful eyes we watched you And saw you pass away And although we love you dearly We could not make you stay. God looked around His garden And found an empty space Then He looked down upon this earth And saw your ti red face He put His arms around you And lift ed you to rest God’s garden must be beauti ful He only takes the best Lovingly remembered by Mother, Brothers and Aunts “Your life was a Blessing Your memory a Treasure” Forever in our hearts’. Always remembered: Your broken hearted parents, sister, niece, nephew, aunts, uncles, cousins, other relatives, coworkers and friends. In Loving Memory of Michael Albert Rollin Gourzong ‘Mikey G’ February 20, 1992- June 30, 2016 Condolences can be registered at: www.churchillsfuneralhome.com We have been asked to announce the passing of Ms. Yris M. Glasgow of West Bay and George Town, who passed away on Sunday, May 14, 2017. A Memorial Service will be held on Sunday, July 2, 2017 at 11:00 a.m. at George Town Seventh-day Adventist Church, Smith Road, George Town. In lieu of owers donations can be made to the George Town Seventh-day Adventist Church. In loving Memory of Kenroy D. Solomon Febr uar y 14, 1961 – July 2, 2015 We sat beside your bedside, Our hearts were crushed and sore, We did our duty to the end ‘Til we could do no more. In tears we watched you sinking, We watched you fade away, And though our hearts were breaking, We knew you could not stay. A golden heart stopped beati ng, Hard working hands at rest, It broke our hearts to see you go, God only takes the best Rest in Peace Bro ….. Melford Solomon The Family Of The Late Condolences can be registered at boddenfuneralservices.com & Bodden Funeral Service Facebook page. Leila Mae Bush regret to announce her passing on Sunday 25 June 2017. Funeral arrangements will be announced at a later date. Percy Gray Jr., Grammy Award nominee and music director of Chicago Mass Choir, presented a gospel music workshop and con- cert in Cayman last week. Mr. Gray, a Stellar Awards winner, worked with church choir members from and Jubilate children’s choir and orchestra students. Teaching from his catalog of more than 300 songs, Mr. Gray presented traditional gospel with songs from Chi- cago Mass Choir, including “God is My Everything,” and the contemporary “Every- body Clap Your Hands.” The Jubilate choir and orchestra, comprised of primary school students, sang “We Sing Holy” with the workshop choir and “Every Praise is to our God,” “Celebrate Jesus,” and “We Believe.” The Music and Beats Kids’ Band and singers, tu- tored by Cranston Forbes, performed “Ten Thou- sand Reasons,” with Gama- liel Hutchinson on drums, D’Andre Drummond on clar- inet, Jordan Cummings on keyboard and Gabrielle Best on violin. Renee Taylor sang “Jesus is the Answer” and Witney Nathan-Davis sang “The Battle is the Lord’s.” GRAMMY NOMINEE LEADS GOSPEL MUSIC WORKSHOP Four Waverunners were set on fire in the yard of a George Town home early Thursday morning, the Royal Cayman Islands Po- lice Service reported. Fire and emergency ser- vices personnel were sent to the residence on Wahoo Close, off North Church Street, around 3:15 a.m. Fire officers extinguished the blaze and no one was hurt. Police and fire officials have classified the fire as an “apparent arson.” POLICE INVESTIGATE WAVERUNNERS FIRE Law enforcement, youth teams compete Separate football compe- titions will get under way this weekend, hosted by the Royal Cayman Island Po- lice Welfare Fund at the George Town Annex field and the Cayman Islands Foot- ball Association’s “Field of Dreams” in Prospect. Cayman teenage teams will take on the Jamaica National Under-15 team in 11-a-side matches on Sat- urday, Sunday and Monday. The Cayman Islands se- lect U-17 football squad will play the Jamaican team Sat- urday at the George Town Annex, starting at 7 p.m. The next day, the same Jamaican side will play the Cayman select U-15s, this time at the CIFA pitch at 4:45 p.m. On Monday, the Jamaican U-15s will play the Cayman national U-15s in a 4:45 p.m. match at the CIFA pitch. Also on Monday, from 10 a.m. at the CIFA field, a number of football matches will be played in competi- tion for the Commissioner’s Cup and Law Enforcement Cup trophies. RCIPS Sgt. Cornelius Pompey said the highlight of the finals from 6-a-side local tournaments will pit officers from the Bodden Town Police Station against the Cayman Islands Legal Department on Monday evening. A third cup, the Challenge Cup, will be handed out to the non-law enforcement sides on Monday. Sgt. Pompey said the Monday matches will take place in a carnival- type atmosphere that in- cludes food and beverages, a bouncy castle and other entertainment for children and families. “It’s a family fun day-type event,” Mr. Pompey said. “Ev- eryone can come down for the whole day.” “The main goal of the competition is to continue to build camaraderie and fel- lowship within the organiza- tion [RCIPS] and outside of it, with the wider community,” an RCIPS statement noted. “The main goal of the competition is to continue to build camaraderie and fellowship within the organization [RCIPS] and outside of it, with the wider community.” RCIPS Police to host football matches Mr. Gray presented traditional gospel with songs from Chicago Mass Choir. A George Town man was arrested Thursday morning by Cayman Islands Anti-Corruption Commission investiga- tors and Royal Cayman Islands Police Service officers. The 47-year-old was arrested on sus- picion of “secret commissions” – an of- fense under the Anti-Corruption Law – and on suspicion of money laundering contrary to the Proceeds of Crime Law. A brief statement on the arrest from the Anti-Corruption Commis- sion did not reveal what case the man was arrested in connection with, or his identify. According to the section 21 of the Anti-Corruption Law, the offense of “secret commissions” includes an indi- vidual who gives or offers to give any advantage in return for a person doing another act in return. The charge is akin to a bribery of- fense, involving a person who has au- thority to make a decision dishonestly receiving a benefit from someone who profits from their decision. The suspect was detained Thursday at the Fairbanks jail in George Town, according to the Anti-Corrup- tion Commission. George Town man arrested on suspicion of corruptionThe islands’ most-trusted news source 9 CAYMAN COMPASS • FRIDAY JUNE 30, 2017 absolve government from re- sponsibility for any damages incurred by delays. The firm is also representing three other applicants who filed for permanent residence be- tween two-and-a-half and three-and-a-half years ago and are seeking claims, even though their residence appli- cations were approved. A similar claim is made in all five cases filed on behalf of the applicants: “The failure to reach a decision in respect to the [applicant’s] permanent residence application within a reasonable period of time is unlawful.” Some of the legal chal- lenges involving permanent residence application delays have claimed that Cayman’s government implemented an informal moratorium against the applicants by delaying matters for so long. Premier McLaughlin has said that his government in- tended to get the residency process moving as soon as legal questions were decided over how points should be awarded to applicants. The first round of resi- dence hearings was com- pleted last week by the Caymanian Status and Per- manent Residency Board. One out of the 10 applica- tions heard by the board was approved. “The early number should serve to assure the public that permanent residence ap- plications are being carefully considered and that there will be no mass grants,” Pre- mier McLaughlin said. “Only those applications that meet the requirements in legisla- tion are being approved.” Permit dispute A separate legal chal- lenge filed on June 9 in- volved a hotel group and one of its sales employees, In- grid Herrera Zelaya De Her- nandez, disputing the Busi- ness Staffing Plan Board’s rejection of Ms. Zelaya’s work permit application. A work permit is re- quired for non-Caymanians to be employed in the islands. The employer usually ap- plies for the permit on behalf of the worker. In this case, the Busi- ness Staffing Plan Board de- termined: “At least one of the Caymanian applicants is able to fill the post being applied for.” The board did not iden- tify which Caymanian ap- plicant was qualified, ac- cording to court records, but the hotel company stated it was aware of the applicant the board was referring to. It gave a number of reasons in the writ filed on behalf of Ms. Zelaya as to why the Cay- manian would not have been suited for the position. Attorneys for the hotel group argued that the deci- sion to deny the work permit was “irrational, unreasonable and procedurally unfair and/ or amounts to a breach of natural justice.” Other challenges A man who moved to Cayman from Jamaica when he was 3 months old filed an application for judicial re- view on May 26 after he was informed of the revocation of his Caymanian status. Rowan Anthony Mull- ings, now 45, states in the judicial review filing that he was granted Caymanian status (akin to citizenship in the Cayman Islands) on Sept. 11, 1991, but that his status was never stamped on his Cayman Islands passport. He states in court records that when he went to get the passport renewed, he was in- formed that he “had no Cay- manian status.” The court records state that Mr. Mullings’s mother found his old status letter, but when this was presented to immigration officials, he was accused of “uttering a false document.” On June 1, Henricho Swaby also sought judicial re- view against Governor Helen Kilpatrick’s decision to de- port him from Cayman after he was convicted of a crime. Mr. Swaby argued that he was given no right to ap- peal the decision, despite close family ties to the juris- diction and other mitigating matters than should have been considered. Immigration faces five legal challenges CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 local companies were ef- fectively being cut out of the bid process. “Confusing paperwork, possible costly consultancy fees to prepare the request for proposal and onerous bid re- quirements all point to elimi- nating the small businesses in the Cayman Islands Airports Authority bid process,” the Small Business Association noted in an unsigned state- ment last Friday. Consultants to submit the bid in order to have a “viable shot” cost $3,000 at a min- imum, according to the as- sociation. Additional costs for architectural design of the concessions space would price out small operations, the association claimed. “As a small business owner, the question is ‘how likely am I to be successful in this pro- cess?’ up against large busi- nesses that are stalwarts in food and beverage service and retail giants in jewelry, luggage, etc., with significant invest- ments across the Cayman Is- lands,” the statement continued. The airports authority said items like revenue projections and concept designs would be important to the overall con- cept in the concessions area. “The airport is the front door to our country and the last impression for our visi- tors returning home,” the au- thority noted. Long-running dispute The fight over airport concessions space under the new Owen Roberts terminal has been brewing since at least October 2014, when the Cayman Compass first reported that airport retail stores would have to com- pete for current, existing space they maintain. The airport retailers were notified of the decision in memos sent in late Sep- tember 2014 that also indi- cated the Cayman Islands Airports Authority will not approve standard five-year contract extensions for con- cessions businesses until it is finished with an upgrade of the terminal. “We will be renewing all concessions leases for one year,” a letter sent from Bi- anca Moore-Downey, the air- ports authority’s acting chief of customer and commer- cial services, indicated in the memo. “Upon expiration, the renewal term will be re- viewed again. This will allow us to position ourselves to implement our new business strategy to coincide with the completion of the [new] de- parture hall.“ Currently, businesses that sell food, gifts, al- cohol, tobacco and other retail items in the depar- ture lounge of Owen Rob- erts International Airport usually have five-year op- tions for lease renewal and pay a monthly flat fee to rent the space. According to the memo, that practice will change to a “revenue-based busi- ness model” to include a minimum annual guarantee from the concessionaires, likely to be expressed as a percentage of profits. “This model provides mu- tual benefits to both land- lord and tenant, such as a direct economic relationship between sales and rent and shared financial risk,” the airports memo stated. Cur- rent concessions tenants would be invited to partici- pate in the bidding process once it gets under way, air- ports officials said. The switch to a revenue- based model is not a big deal, according to Airport Tenants Association vice president Robert Hamaty, who is president of the Tor- tuga Rum Company, one of the airport concessions busi- nesses. Mr. Hamaty said similar agreements exist with Tortuga’s operations at Bahamas, Jamaica and Bar- bados airports. However, he said his com- pany has concerns about a competitive bid process if it is opened up to major mul- tinational companies that could significantly underbid smaller local and Caribbean- based operators. CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 Deadline nears for airport concessions contracts Margaritaville sued over $640,000 KAYLA YOUNG kyoung@pinnaclemedialtd.com A local construction company has filed a law- suit against Seven Mile Beach’s latest resort ad- dition, claiming $640,000 in unpaid invoices dating back to February. The 285-room Margarita- ville Beach Resort on West Bay Road opened in Feb- ruary, after Miami-affiliated Howard Hospitality Group (HHG) renovated the former Treasure Island resort. In a writ of summons filed June 12, Kee’s Construction & Management contends Grand Cayman’s HHG Advisory Ser- vices failed to pay four in- voices for renovation and construction work completed between February and May. The total cost of the project has not been stated publicly, but in May 2015, HHG said it aimed to in- vest US$70 million in the renovation. The Jimmy Buffett-in- spired resort was devel- oped through a trademark agreement with Margarita- ville Enterprises. HHG is planning two other projects on Seven Mile Beach – a five-star, 450-suite resort on the long-vacant Pageant Beach site, and a 42-room boutique hotel near Lawrence Boulevard. HHG Advisory Ser- vices did not return a call for comment.The developer of the new Margaritaville resort on Seven Mile Beach is facing a lawsuit alleging unpaid construction bills. - PHOTO: TANEOS RAMSAY Among five legal challenges filed against the Immigration Department and immigration boards in the past month are two from permanent residence applicants. - PHOTO: CHRIS COURTNext >