SECTION | PAGE ## TITLE FOR THE SPORT/ BUSINESS SKYBOX FRIDAY AUGUST 11, 2017 • CAYMAN COMPASS ‘Chasing Coral’ documentary Award-winning film gives local audiences food for thought B2 Brainy pursuits Flex your mental muscle at the Humane Society pub quiz B4 Art & Cu lture Lifestyle Events ■ TRAVEL Well, ‘Hello, Dolly!’ An extraordinary weekend becoming reacquainted with Broadway. B6 Culture at the Cinema Gemma Arterton is Joan of Arc in the 21st century production ‘Saint Joan’ B3 Smart phones, silly users Could you accept the challenge to ‘switch off’ for a week? B5 CALLING ALL COWGIRLS! REGISTER NOW! CALLING ALL CALLING ALL COWGIRLS!COWGIRLS! REGISTER NOW! REGISTER NOW! REGISTER NOW! REGISTER NOW! $1000 KYD CASH GRAND PRIZE! CASH GRAND CASH GRAND 11th ANNUAL BAR TOP DANCE COMPETITION COWGIRL DANCE-OFF Friday 11 August • 9PM ‘til the Cows Come Home! SPONSORED BY PHOTO: JULIETA CERVANTES CAYMAN WEEKENDER Well, ‘Hello, Dolly!’ EDITORIAL | PAGE 4 ACCOUNTING FOR THE LIQUOR BOARD’S AUDIT High of 92 Low of 84 Slight to moderate with wave heights of 2 to 4 feet. ESTABLISHED 1965 www.caymancompass.com – 75 CENTS – FRIDAY AUGUST 11, 2017 Court eases election disqualification rules BRENT FULLER bfuller@pinnaclemedialtd.com A Grand Court ruling issued this week will likely make it easier for political candidates who are born outside the Cayman Islands to stand for election, regardless of the number of days they have been absent from the jurisdic- tion before candidate nomination day. The Cayman Islands Constitution Order, 2009, requires a Caymanian candidate who was not born in Cayman to be resident for at least seven years preceding the nom- ination day date, only allowing them to be absent for up to 400 days during that seven-year period. The judgment issued Aug. 8 applied to an election challenge filed against the eligibility of George Town South candidate Alric Lindsay. Mr. Lindsay, who had spent about 797 days away from Cayman in the past seven years, was allowed by Chief Justice Anthony Smell- ie’s ruling to run in the May 24 general elec- tion. Mr. Lindsay subsequently ran in George Town South where he finished third out of five candidates. The chief justice noted in his judgment that the objection from the elections supervisor to Mr. Lindsay’s candidacy was the lone issue brought against him after questions about his Caymanian parentage were settled. Justice Smellie indicated that in Mr. Lindsay’s case, it would have been “unduly rigid” and “un- reasonable,” given the intent of the territory’s constitution, to disqualify him. “It is a matter of common knowledge that Caymanians regularly travel to and from the islands for work, business or leisure such that many days or even weeks or months of absences for such reasons will often occur without any discontinuity of one’s ties or com- mitment to the islands,” Justice Smellie wrote. The chief justice said it would be “absurd” to consider the 400-day period an automatic disqualification in every case. “An unduly rigid approach which would involve the supervisor of elections calling for GOV’T OWED $9M IN UNPAID GARBAGE FEES BRENT FULLER bfuller@pinnaclemedialtd.com The Cayman Islands has piled up $8.9 mil- lion in unpaid garbage fees and the vast ma- jority of that amount is likely uncollectable. Of the current outstanding balance, about $6.1 million relates to garbage collection charges owed before July 2010 when the gov- ernment agreed to exempt house owners from paying for trash collection, according to fig- ures provided by the Ministry of Health. Trash fees are still collected from businesses and condominium complexes. The remaining unpaid balance, just under $2.8 million, has been amassed between mid- 2011 and this year. That means the government is, on average, not collecting more than $460,000 in garbage fees owed each year – about 18 percent of the full amount it is typically due. Department of Environmental Health officials sent out a warning notice Aug. 1 urging businesses and condo strata to pay their outstanding fees or lose their oper- ating licenses. “Businesses or properties with accounts still in arrears, or that do not otherwise meet the department’s requirements, will not be recommended … for approval to either the Trade and Businesses Licensing Board, the Hotel Licensing Board, or the Liquor Li- censing Board, during the upcoming sched- uled board meetings, unless all fees and other department requirements are in compliance,” the notice read. The Cayman Islands Auditor General’s Of- fice has previously criticized government for not including large deficits in trash collection fees on its books, leaving auditors to disavow Robber steals school fees, attacks woman JEWEL LEVY jlevy@pinnaclemedialtd.com A school staffer was taken to hospital after being shoved to the ground and robbed at the Truth For Youth School in George Town Thursday morning. The 68-year-old woman, who works at the Truth for Youth pri- vate elementary Christian school on the corner of Goring Avenue and Walkers Road, was attacked by a man posing as a parent asking if there was space to reg- ister his child in the upcoming school year, which begins Aug. 28, according to other staff at the school. Police said the robbery oc- curred around 8:30 a.m. After entering the school’s main office, the robber knocked the woman to the floor, be- fore making off with a quantity of cash from her purse, which contained money collected in registration fees and school uniform sales. The man departed the prem- ises in the direction of Boilers Road, police said. According to police, the robber is described as brown- skinned, wearing a purple shirt PLEASE TURN TO PAGE 8 » PLEASE TURN TO PAGE 8 » Football campers learn about positive choices Football camp is not always just about football, as the young players at the FC International Football Camp at the George Town Annex found out this week. The kids took a break from the pitch to talk with the club’s president Kennedy Ebanks, front row, left, and Police Deputy Commissioner Anthony Ennis, second from left, who were among the speakers who turned up to talk to the campers about how the choices they make can impact their lives. For more, see page 6. – PHOTO: JEWEL LEVY SEVEN MILE BEACH WATERFRONT WALKERS ROAD TOWN CENTRE PLAZA RED BAY PLEASE TURN TO PAGE 10 »2 LOCAL NEWS FRIDAY AUGUST 11, 2017 • CAYMAN COMPASS Beat the heat with a Cool & Refreshing summer treat! Enjoy a Glass or a Pitcher 947-2782 Everyday 9:00am -10pm Sunday 11am ~ 10pm Join our Facebook Page! Cimboco ~ A Caribbean Cafe Caymanian man dead in domestic shooting in Florida Police investigating apparent murder-suicide JAMES WHITTAKER jwhittaker@pinnaclemedialtd.com A 38-year-old Caymanian man was reported dead in an apparent murder-suicide in Pembroke Pines, Florida, Thursday morning. Ronald and Shani Ben- nette were both found dead inside a vehicle from ap- parent gunshot wounds in the early hours Thursday. From the initial police report, which describes Mr. Bennette as the suspect and Mrs. Bennette as the victim, it appears that he is believed to have shot his wife and then turned the gun on himself. According to the report, Pembroke Pines Police re- ceived a 911 call reporting the incident at approxi- mately 12:35 a.m. “Pembroke Pines detec- tives are working to gather additional information sur- rounding the circumstances in the case. This is an ongoing in- vestigation in its pre- liminary stages, and at present appears to be do- mestic related,” according to a statement from the po- lice department. Kenneth Bryan, repre- sentative for Central George Town, said he knew Mr. Bennette and his family from the district. He said Mr. Bennette had been in the year above him at school and he was shocked to hear of his death. “I remember he was one of the fastest kids in school,” he said. “He was a central guy. Everybody knew him. It’s sad to hear what happened.” Mr. Bryan recalled that Mr. Bennette had some is- sues with the law and had served time in jail before moving to Florida. He said he had returned to Cayman on numerous occasions and still had friends and family on the island. Chris Wight, co-owner of the Walkers Road Rubis station, said he knew Mr. Bennette and his family and was shocked to hear the news of his death. He said he believed he had moved to Florida around 2010 but had often returned to Cayman. “He was back earlier this year,” he said. “We know his family better than we know him, but he would al- ways stop in for a coffee and say hello. “I heard about it this morning. We’re very shocked and sad for his family.” CBS Miami reported that Bennette worked for Spirit Airlines and that he and his wife had a young child. Ronald and Shani Bennette were both found dead inside a vehicle from apparent gunshot wounds in the early hours Thursday. Ronald Bennette KEN SILVA ksilva@pinnaclemedialtd.com A Cuban migrant who es- caped the Immigration De- tention Centre to bring what he called human rights vio- lations there to the public’s attention was sentenced to three months imprisonment by Magistrate Valdis Fol- dats on Thursday. “Even though you’re frustrated, you must use legal means [to address your grievances],” Mr. Fol- dats said before sentencing the man, who will serve his term at Northward Prison. According to Crown Counsel Eleanor Fargin, the Cuban came to Cayman on a boat with fellow mi- grants headed to Hon- duras last December. When the boat “had difficulties” reaching its final destina- tion, said Ms. Fargin, the man jumped overboard near Little Cayman. From there, he paid cash to buy a ticket to Grand Cayman on Cayman Air- ways, and turned himself in to immigration authori- ties on Dec. 21. For the next roughly seven months, the Cuban was held at the Immigration Detention Centre while he awaited his application for asylum to be processed. On July 26, after a con- versation with Immigra- tion officers that left him “unhappy with the an- swers given” to him, the man fled the facilities, said Ms. Fargin. Officers immediately pursued him as he fled into nearby mangroves, and soon found him running in swamp water. The man tried running away from them but was sinking, and so the officers caught up with him, said Ms. Fargin. The Cuban did not resist when officers took him back into custody. At court on Thursday, the man, who did not have legal representation, was given a chance to make a statement before his sen- tencing. He had pleaded guilty at an earlier appear- ance to the charge of es- caping lawful custody. “I know I ran and that’s a mistake, but I couldn’t do anything else,” he said via a court-appointed interpreter, adding that he considers it a rights violation to hold him and other refugees for such a long period of time. “I was searching for freedom from Cuba, and now they keep us captive here.” Mr. Foldats said the starting point for sentencing escapees is six months, but that the man’s cooperation led him to reduce that pun- ishment to three months. Other escapes from the detention facility have been given sentences as short as one day, according to Cayman Compass archives. Days before his escape, the Cuban man had con- tacted the Compass and ex- pressed frustration over his extended detention time. He said he has not been given updates about his case and has not been provided an opportunity to appear be- fore the court. “I have already spoken on various occasions with immigration officials at the center that I want to present myself before the court. They haven’t given me a re- sponse. Their excuse is that there are people that have been here for more time than me and that I have to wait,” he said at the time. “I don’t know how to make them understand how much I want to go be- fore the court to find a so- lution to my case.… There are people that were pre- sented at court and they’ve already been waiting six months for a response. They won’t give them a response and they were told in court that they would get a re- sponse in 15 days.” The man previously held a hunger strike and wrote an open letter to Gov- ernor Helen Kilpatrick to attract government atten- tion to his case. Immigration Chief Of- ficer Wesley Howell said last month that 97 Cuban migrants have been repa- triated from the Cayman Islands this year. Forty- four remain in detention and are awaiting decisions on their cases. “These matters are dealt with on a case-by-case basis and can be legally com- plex. Improvements to the system have been made fol- lowing recent training by specialists from the United Kingdom. I am also ap- pointing a senior member of my ministry to carry out an immediate review of outstanding cases to en- sure that they are resolved as quickly as possible,” Mr. Howell said. “I know I ran and that’s a mistake, but I couldn’t do anything else... I was searching for freedom from Cuba, and now they keep us captive here.” IMMIGRATION DETENTION CENTER ESCAPEE Cuban migrant escapee sentenced to 3 months imprisonment REAL ESTATE BROKER GUILTY OF THEFT CAROL WINKER cwinker@pinnaclemedialtd.com A jury found former real estate broker Antonio Paolini guilty on Thursday of stealing from a client. The jury of four women and three men deliberated for just over an hour and a half before finding Paolini guilty of theft of $51,600 from a woman who wanted to purchase a parcel of land near one owned by her sister. Paolini had pleaded not guilty to the charge, but ad- mitting using the client’s money without her permis- sion. He agreed that she never got her money back, nor did she acquire the land. He told the court this week that he still had the hope of paying her back. The prosecution’s case, conducted by Crown counsel Toyin Salako, was that Paolini took the money and assumed the rights of the owner, using the money without regard to the rights of the lawful owner. The prosecution had to make jurors sure he was acting dishonestly, Justice Marva McDonald-Bishop said in her summing up Thursday. She said it was ac- cepted that the defen- dant had taken his client’s money, and she summa- rized the defense’s position as “Dishonest I was not – stupid I was.” Paolini, who gave evi- dence on Wednesday, said the client had paid cash for a piece of land, but the purchase could not go through immediately be- cause there was a restric- tion on the title. He put the money he received from her into a savings account that his business – Cayman Real Estate Company – had for client funds. He then used some of that money to pay rent on his business office, telling the jury that the landlord had been about to change the locks at the office. He said he had been expecting money to come in from an- other deal in a few days and believed he could pay the rent from that money and pay the client back. Paolini told the court,”I borrowed it for a few days and everything went sour. I made a mistake and I’m being treated like a thief.” In her summing up, Judge McDonald-Bishop said jurors had to con- sider whether the defen- dant realized what he was doing would be regarded as dishonest according to the standards of ordi- nary honest people. Jury members had to consider Paolini’s own state of mind. Ms. Salako said his state of mind could be seen from the fact that he did not ask the client’s permis- sion to use her money to pay rent and other busi- ness expenses. He did not immediately tell her he had done so. When cor- responding with the land seller’s agent, he lied and said his client was asking for more time to complete the deal, when in fact he had spent the money. After the verdict was de- livered, the judge ordered a social inquiry report and continued Paolini’s bail until Friday, Aug. 25. “I made a mistake and I’m being treated like a thief.” ANTONIO PAOLINIThe islands’ most-trusted news source 3 CAYMAN COMPASS • FRIDAY AUGUST 11, 2017 SUMMER WORK EXPERIENCE, LIFETIME IMPACT MINDSINSPIRED.KY Dart is proud to offer young Caymanians meaningful, hands-on experience in a diverse range of industries. Our Minds Inspired Work Experience programme gives students real projects that help meet our business objectives. For the past decade, we have welcomed bright young people to work with us each summer and are honoured to be their workplace of choice. To learn about Dart’s Minds Inspired education initiativesThe islands’ most-trusted news source 4 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. When tourists first arrive in the Cayman Islands, the uppermost thought in many of their minds is: “Where and when can I drink? Where and when can I dance?” The answer ought to be simple. In Cayman, however, it’s often anything but – as demonstrated by the confusion surrounding liquor permits for the Peanuts convenience store in Red Bay. For the record, and “on the record,” the Cayman Compass is not taking any position on whether the Liquor Licensing Board should, or should not, grant Peanuts a “retail license” that would allow the store (attached to the Red Bay Rubis gas station) to sell alcohol on Sundays. Peanuts already has a separate “package license,” enabling it to sell alcohol Monday through Saturday. What troubles us – and also, apparently, Deputy Governor Franz Manderson and Minister of Commerce Joey Hew – is the manner in which the liquor board has handled (mishandled?) Peanuts’ application for the retail license. On Wednesday, Messrs. Manderson and Hew issued a joint statement announcing they were ordering gov- ernment’s Internal Audit Unit to investigate the liquor board’s actions in regard to this application. As simply as we can describe it, here is what is causing all of the current uproar: At its quarterly meeting in March (held on March 24 and extended to a follow-up session on March 28), the liquor board considered Peanuts’ application for the retail license. • On March 29, board secretary Marva Scott sent written notification to the media, to Peanuts’ attor- neys and to the Department of Commerce and Investment (DCI) that Peanuts’ retail license had been granted. • On March 31, the Compass published a Page One story on the approval. Other media published similar stories as well. • More importantly, for the following three months (April, May and June), the website of the liquor board’s “parent department,” the DCI, confirmed that Peanuts had been granted the retail license on March 28. • With no indication from anyone that anything was amiss, Peanuts began openly to sell alcohol on Sundays. • In late June, the board reconvened for its next regular quarterly meeting and approved the minutes from the March meeting, indicating that Peanuts’ retail license application had, in fact, been “denied.” In August, the board’s Acting Chairman Woody DaCosta told a Compass editor the board had never approved Peanuts’ retail license application, that the initial notifications were erroneous, and – pay atten- tion – in mid-June the board had held an “electronic meeting” (which he called a continuance of the March session) and voted to deny Peanuts’ application. Nowhere, in either the “draft” or “official” minutes is there any reference to any “electronic meeting” in June. In recent days, Mr. DaCosta has not responded to multiple inquiries from the Compass on these matters. Wading into the ensuing frenzy of confusion and consternation, Deputy Governor Manderson and Minister Hew did the proper thing: They summoned the auditors to investigate. If we may assist: The first item on the auditors’ agenda should be to establish the facts surrounding the “electronic meeting” at which the board suppos- edly made the decision to turn down Peanuts’ applica- tion. Remember, there is no public record that there ever was such a meeting (which Mr. DaCosta told the Compass took place in “mid-June.”) Further, why do the “official” minutes say the Peanuts decision was made on March 28 – not in mid-June? Why do the minutes indicate the session “ended” on March 28? Where are the records from the June “electronic meeting?” When, exactly, did it take place? What was the format? (Conference call? Skype session? GoToMeeting video conference?) Who participated? What did they discuss? In their search for answers, auditors need not delve into file cabinets or sift through emails; first, they can simply pose questions to the nine members of the Liquor Licensing Board, who in addition to Mr. DaCosta, are: • Noel Williams • Magalyn Robinson-Clarke • Ralph Lewis • Phillip Tatum • Wayne Kirkconnell • Ryan Rajkumarsingh (Director of Commerce and Investment) • Haroon Pandohie (Director of Planning) • Roydell Carter (Director of Environmental Health) – EDITORIAL – Accounting for the liquor board’s audit FRIDAY AUGUST 11, 2017 • CAYMAN COMPASS Why central bankers are so confused by low prices Central bankers are cap- tive to conventional eco- nomics – faced by low infla- tion and low unemployment they are flummoxed about pulling back on mone- tary stimulus. Their dilemma lies in an incorrect reading of statistics and taking modern macroeco- nomic theory too seriously. Unemployment in the Eu- ropean Union is at its lowest level since 2009, yet infla- tion across the pond drags along at about 1.3 percent. U.S. unemployment is at a similar trough, while head- line and core inflation re- main well below the Fed’s 2 percent target. According to the text- books, unemployment and in- flation are supposed to move in opposite directions, not in tandem as they have. As sum- marized by the Phillips curve, falling unemployment should coincide with tightening labor markets and rising wages and prices, and the inverse should be true as unem- ployment rises. For one thing, headline unemployment rates are proving an increasingly poor measure of what is going on in many labor markets. In the United States and Europe, large numbers of adults are on the dole and opting out of work altogether, and on both continents many university graduates are underutilized in low-paying jobs – serving coffee at Starbucks, chaper- oning tours of historic venues, and the like. For another, macroeco- nomic models deal poorly with the fact that entitlement programs have created large pools of contingent workers – folks who may only again participate in the labor force if wages rise very sharply. More generally, those models paper over other demand- and supply-side structural changes that are holding down prices and subverting the historically expected in- verse relationship between unemployment and inflation. Central bankers point to low oil prices, instigated by the U.S. shale revolution, but those fell last year to about to US$44 a barrel in 2016 and generally have been a bit higher in 2017. Janet Yellen is fond of pointing to falling cell-phone subscription rates – thanks to more intense competition among the four principal car- riers. However, even after pulling cell-phone services out of the core deflator for per- sonal consumption – the Fed’s preferred measure of inflation – price increases have been slowing through 2017 and were only 1.6 percent in June. The cell-phone alibi looks even weaker after consid- ering recent weakness in in- flation for apartments, air fares, autos, and apparel. All are items that should exhibit more robust price increases this late in the business cycle but in varying measure, their prices have been dampened by swelling capacity and in- novation that push down costs and retail prices. Perhaps the most compel- ling phenomena have been the intersection of over- building in the retail sector – everything from grocery to department stores – and the revolution in supply-chain management and increased competition associated with the Amazon effect. Internet aggregators are driving down supply-chain management costs and prices for many household items and business necessities. With their share of retail at only 8.5 percent but growing, that downward pressure on infla- tion is not likely to abate soon. Wal-Mart and Amazon are in unique positions owing to the former’s mass and the latter’s unique ac- cess to consumers’ atten- tion – most online product and price checks begin at the Amazon site these days – to drive down suppliers’ mar- gins. In turn, suppliers push back on workers’ wages and producers of basic materials or in the case of manufac- turers in China, they can rely on generous credit conditions and subsidies that permit selling at or near a loss. Simi- larly, shifts in consumer pref- erences are diminishing the pricing power of major con- sumer- product companies like Kraft Heinz, Procter and Gamble and colleges. Con- sumers are getting smarter about the false monopoly pre- miums once demanded by many consumer brands and educational institutions. These kinds of struc- tural changes – all occur- ring with increasing perforce – simply shift the param- eters of the Phillips curve in ways conventional mac- roeconomic models and the bubble think at central banks cannot accommodate. In many ways, the latter mirrors the obsession cen- tral bankers have with trying to inflict inflation on house- holds. Having observed that inflation in the past has ac- companied economic growth (and lower unemployment), in a fit of ill-logic they have con- cluded that at least 2 percent inflation is necessary to ac- complish steady growth. The steady growth in the United States and recent up- tick in Europe indicate that simply isn’t so, and central bankers should normalize monetary policy now. Peter Morici is an economist and business professor at the University of Maryland, and a national columnist. © 2017, The Washington Times. PETER MORICI 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 AUGUST 11, 2017 For full event details and more Town Centre happenings, visit CAMANABAY.COM Saturdays until August 26, 3-5 p.m. Splash, play and stay cool while grooving to family-friendly tunes. Tuesdays, July-August, 7 p.m. Enjoy free, family-friendly movies on our giant outdoor screen. MOONLIGHT & MO VIES Spend just CI$25 at Camana Bay for the chance to win a private Moonlight & Movies event*. Shop, dine or play and then show your receipt at the Visitor Centre to enter! For further details and entry rules visit camanabay.com/summer. *Until August 31, 2017 This contest is restricted to Grand Cayman residents only. Proof of residence is required. WIN MOONLIGHT & MO VIES IN YOUR BACKYARD! AUGUST 15 GARDENIA COURT The Secret Life of Pets (2016, PG) AUGUST 22 THE CRESCENT Trolls (2016, PG) AUGUST 29 GARDENIA COURT Thor (2011, PG-13) Poaching a big concern for water sports businesses ‘Wave of attacks on marine life’ reported in Cayman recently JAMES WHITTAKER jwhittaker@pinnaclemedialtd.com Poachers are targeting snapper, grouper and conch in Cayman’s waters as well as more iconic and endan- gered species like stingrays and sea turtles, water sports business owners fear. A study commissioned by the Guy Harvey Ocean Foun- dation reveals that 86 percent of water sports businesses in the Cayman Islands believe that poachers are active in Cayman’s waters. Nearly 60 percent of the companies surveyed also said there should be more ma- rine protection. The survey was carried out ahead of Ocean Conser- vation month in November, which will expand on artist and conservationist Guy Har- vey’s “Shark Week” and “Shark Talk” events to bring a wider conservation message to the community. Mr. Harvey said news reports of a “wave of at- tacks on marine life” had prompted the survey. The Compass has reported this year on eagle rays found chopped up on the beach, a nurse shark found swim- ming with a knife in its back, and a juvenile blacktip shark bludgeoned to death. Last week, Department of Environment conserva- tion officers rescued a green sea turtle that had been im- paled with hooks and laid out to be butchered in a tool shed. It was the fifth con- firmed turtle poaching inci- dent this year. Mr. Harvey said, “We’ve been horrified in recent months to read the news re- ports detailing the attacks on our marine wildlife and our survey results clearly show that we are not alone in our concerns. “Removing just one spe- cies from the ocean has the ability to change the whole ecosystem and so we need to urgently work together with the local community to not only stop illegal and ir- responsible poaching, but encourage greater public awareness around the issues surrounding the conservation of our oceans.” Mr. Harvey’s ocean foun- dation surveyed more than 50 businesses in Cayman whose livelihood depends on the ocean about what needs to change. Of those surveyed, 95 percent considered it was “very important” for chil- dren in Grand Cayman to re- ceive more information about ocean conservation. Other survey high- lights included: ■■ 80 percent consider Ma- rine Parks established in Cayman waters in 1986 have made a positive impact on marine life ■■ 96 percent consider the marine legislation needs more enforcement ■■ 60 percent consider tourists and locals are not adequately edu- cated about ocean conservation. Jessica Harvey, project manager for the Guy Harvey foundation, said the survey was part of a wider outreach to help inform the founda- tion’s educational programs. She said, “We wanted to get a feel for the commu- nity’s views and general knowledge on this issue. It is important for us to know what people’s thoughts and level of knowledge are on these issues so we can im- prove our own programs. The better people know what is in their own backyard, the more they are likely to care about it.” The foundation has des- ignated the month of No- vember as Ocean Conser- vation Month across the islands. The month will in- clude a schedule of photog- raphy competitions, fund- raising events, school talks and educational initiatives.Guy Harvey DOMESTIC DISPUTE LEADS TO ALLEGED KNIFE STABBING KEN SILVA ksilva@pinnaclemedialtd.com George Town resident Shovanda Watson appeared in Summary Court on Thursday to face charges that she stabbed her boyfriend with a kitchen knife on Tuesday. According to Crown Counsel Greg Walcolm, Ms. Watson, 35, could not find her shoes and cellphone that day, and became involved in a dispute with her boyfriend. The dispute turned phys- ical, and she tried to stab the man with a pair of scissors, Mr. Walcolm said. The man physically re- strained Ms. Watson, but she went into the kitchen, re- trieved a knife, and attacked him, he said. The Crown did not de- scribe the injuries sustained by the alleged victim, who had lived with the defendant for about three months, but a police press release on the matter states that police and emergency personnel were dispatched to the residence, and that the man had been stabbed “several” times with the kitchen knife. Ms. Watson was charged with inflicting grievous bodily harm and wounding. Applying for bail for his client, defense attorney Jon- athan Hughes said that the incident came about after a “sustained campaign of do- mestic violence in the past” on the part of Ms. Wat- son’s boyfriend. The defendant was granted bail with one surety for $950, with an 8 p.m.-7 a.m. curfew and a requirement to report to the Cayman Islands Police Station every Monday. She was also barred from contacting the alleged victim in any form. Her next appearance in court is Aug. 29.6 LOCAL NEWS FRIDAY AUGUST 11, 2017 • CAYMAN COMPASS First Legal Aid director appointed ACUTE CARE CLINIC OPENS AT PUBLIC HOSPITAL Football club campers learn about making positive choices JAMES WHITTAKER jwhittaker@pinnaclemedialtd.com A new acute care clinic has opened at the Cayman Islands Hospital for pa- tients with urgent but non-emergency med- ical conditions. The unit will offer walk- in appointments from 7:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday to Friday and is aimed at pa- tients with everyday ill- nesses and injuries, in- cluding mild sprains, cuts and colds, according to a press release. The new unit will be sit- uated in the General Prac- tice Clinic at the hospital. The Health Services Authority previously an- nounced, in 2013, that it had opened an urgent care unit connected to the Acci- dent and Emergency Unit, in an effort to reduce wait times by separating non- emergency patients from more pressing cases. HSA spokesperson Mo- nique Spence said this was always intended as an interim measure and had not been a practical, long-term option. “The practicality of this unit within the A&E de- partment was not ideal, but intended at the time as an interim measure to relieve waiting times and overcrowding within the A&E until [a] more suit- able setting was identi- fied by the HSA.” The new clinic is aimed at patients who may not be able to see their primary physician, who do not have a primary physician or who do not need emergency treatment, she said. HSA CEO Lizzette Year- wood said the clinic would ensure each patient is placed in the right care set- ting for their needs. “They will no longer need to go to the emergency room for non-life threatening ill- nesses. This is a crucial de- velopment that delivers a better experience for our patients,” she added. JEWEL LEVY jlevy@pinnaclemedialtd.com Youngsters attending FC International Foot- ball Camp know if they commit a crime they will get thrown behind bars. Deputy Police Commis- sioner Anthony Ennis and former prisoner George Roper shared the same space at the George Town Annex playing field Wednesday with one common goal in mind – to highlight for youngsters the importance of making posi- tive choices in life during day two of FC camp programs. At the camp, community guest speakers from various entities, including the Health Services Authority and other RCIPS officers, spoke to the 70 youngsters. “I spent 23 years in prison for armed robbery because of making poor choices in my life and following the wrong crowd. I paid the cost, but every choice that you make, there is a consequence for that action,” Mr. Roper told the children. “It was not easy … I cried like a baby and all my friends forsake me,” he said, adding, “I became an outcast, Not even my own family wanted anything to do with me and even now, a lot of people do not want anything to do with me, but thank God I am a changed man.” Mr. Roper told the young- sters to make good use of the positive opportunities that were given to them. “It’s not just about coming out and kicking a football around, it’s about you guys learning to work with each other, good guidance, making good decisions for yourselves and ensuring you have a bright future,” he said. Deputy Commissioner Ennis told the children to listen to their coaches and mentors. He said when he was their age, people were always telling him things he should avoid, advising him to stay away from trouble, do his work at school, do extra- curricular activities and to enjoy things that were clean and healthy. “Some of the young people that I grew up with did not listen …. Where they are today? In jail or dead,” he said. In response, the kids told the deputy commissioner they would keep away from danger, get good grades, would not take drugs and would protect the commu- nity. Mr. Ennis made them promise to share the things they told him with other young people and adults. He told the them he was proud of their smart answers and the camp was a positive way to build character. “Our job as police offi- cers is to make sure that chil- dren are safe and to protect their rights,” said Detective Sergeant Emma Twydell, as she discussed with the kids how they could seek help if they were having problems. She also advised them that if they felt abused or uncom- fortable, they should tell a parent or friend. Robert Powell, a student studying in China to be an orthopedic surgeon who is on a internship program at the Cayman Islands Hos- pital, also attended the camp. He told the campers about the dangers of certain drugs and lifestyles. Breshawn Watson, a top goal scorer in the Bodden Town Under-15 team, said he learned lots of new things at- tending the football camp, which he was now passing on to younger kids. The organizers of the camp are club president Ken- nedy Ebanks and technical director Elbert McLean. Coach McLean said the camp offers the campers focus, discipline and basic fundamental football moves, such as passing, controlling and working as a team. TAD STONER tstoner@pinnaclemedialtd.com The Judicial Adminis- tration on Thursday an- nounced the appointment of Cayman’s first Legal Aid di- rector, Stacy Parke. Ms. Parke’s new role, effec- tive Aug. 7, replaces the ad- ministration of Legal Aid by a panel of Grand Court judges, led by Acting Legal Aid Di- rector Nova Hall, pursuant to the creation of 2015’s Legal Aid Law, although Chief Jus- tice Anthony Smellie dealt with most applications. The chief justice wel- comed Ms. Parke, saying she would “bring to bear a prag- matic, but fair and balanced, approach to the administra- tion of legal aid, in keeping with the new regime of the 2015 Law.” He noted Ms. Parke’s as- sumption of the Grand Court’s previous “primary decision-making functions … exercising an adminis- trative and quasi-judicial role,” but said appeals of Ms. Parke’s decisions may still be lodged with the Grand Court. The new regime would “help to streamline the func- tions and make the process more transparent,” he said, urging legal aid practitioners “to support the director in … carrying out her important functions to ensure that our jurisdiction continues to pro- vide a fair and effective legal aid program.” Trinidadian Ms. Parke began practicing law in 1998 in Trinidad and Tobago after gaining certification from Hugh Wooding Law School and graduating with honors from the University of the West Indies in Barbados. Moving to the Cayman Is- lands in November 2003, she pursued civil and family lit- igation at local law firm Brooks and Brooks. She will also seek to create a free-of-charge Legal Aid Clinic, staffed by volun- teers and Truman Bodden Law School students. “I am very excited and genuinely looking forward to the new challenges the job will bring,” Ms. Parke said. “I am equally delighted that I will be working alongside students of TBLS as we es- tablish a full-fledged Legal Aid Clinic,” offering “free legal advice … by volunteer attorneys,” while enabling “law students to gain valu- able practical experience in legal advocacy.” Court Administrator Su- zanne Bothwell also wel- comed last Monday’s appoint- ment. “I am pleased to have Ms. Parke join [the] Judicial Administration as the first Director of Legal Aid. As her former colleague at the Bar, I can say that Ms. Parke has a very strong local litigation background and a solid repu- tation amongst her peers and the local community, which she has served for some 15 years as a legal practitioner. “Her existing familiarity with the Legal Aid system and wide scope of litigation expertise will allow her to apply the Legal Aid Law as intended … balancing gen- uine need for the dispen- sation of legal aid funds, where it is in the public in- terest to do so.” She told the Cayman Com- pass that Ms. Parke would “receive, process, assess and make decisions on legal aid applications,” administering a $3 million budget. The free clinic, Ms. Both- well said, would “aim to pro- vide greater access to jus- tice for citizens as well as, by the provision of free advice through a volunteer clinic, allow law students to gain practical experience and the opportunity to shadow ac- tual legal aid cases with local legal aid attorneys. “We look forward to working with existing volun- teer stakeholders, the Truman Bodden Law School and the local bar to achieve these goals,” she said. She thanked Ms. Hall, Elizabeth Webb and Kimberly Dixon of Judicial Administra- tion for “managing the tran- sition to the new legal-aid scheme since its coming into force in October 2016.” Ms. Parke, she said, had been among five local candi- dates for the position. The Legal Aid Office will continue to operate from the main courthouse, but is scheduled to move across the street to Town Centre next year. Stacy Parke begins her new role as legal aid director this week. 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Vendryes “Rev” Cornwall regret to announce his passing on Friday, 28 July 2017. A funeral service will be held 3:00 PM Sunday, 13 August 2017 at Agape Family Worship Centre. Viewing will be from 2:00 PM prior to the service. Interment will follow in Prospect Cemetery. The Family Of The Late Condolences can be registered at boddenfuneralservices.com & Bodden Funeral Service Facebook page. Kayrine Elenetia Paniagua regret to announce her passing on Monday, 7 August 2017. Funeral arrangements will be announced at a later date. The Family Of The Late Condolences can be registered at boddenfuneralservices.com & Bodden Funeral Service Facebook page. Charles O. "Captain Chuckie" Ebanks regret to announce his passing on Sunday, 30 July 2017. A funeral service will be held 2:00 PM on Saturday, 12 August 2017 at Wesleyan Holiness Church. Viewing will be from 5-7:00 PM at Bodden Funeral Service , 117 Walkers Rd. on Friday, 11 August 2017. Interment will take place in West Bay Cemetery. The Family Of The Late Condolences can be registered at boddenfuneralservices.com & Bodden Funeral Service Facebook page. Pansy Lucille Borden regret to announce her passing on Monday, 31 July 2017. A funeral service will be held 4:00 PM Sunday, 13 August 2017 at Bodden Funeral Service Chapel, 117 Walkers Rd. Interment will follow in West Bay Cemetery. Condolences can be registered at: www.churchillsfuneralhome.com We have been asked to announce the passing of Mr. Roylin Dempthsy Powell of Breakers, who passed away after a short illness on Wednesday, July 26, 2017. A Thanksgiving Service will be held on Saturday, August 12, 2017 at Webster Memorial United Church, Bodden Town at 2:00p.m. Viewing will be from 1:00–1:45 p.m. Interment follows at the New Pease Bay Cemetery, Bodden Town. The family of the late Mrs. Mary Isaacs would like to thank Churchill’s Funeral Home for their excellent service, everyone who helped Mrs. Isaacs over the years and all those who have expressed sympathy at her passing. Any memorial donations can be made to Cayman’s Ark or The Pines Retirement Home. and carrying a black backpack. Police received a report of suspicious activity at the school around 9:15 a.m. “When they arrived at the location, they learned that in fact a robbery had taken place,” ac- cording to a statement issued by the Royal Cayman Islands Police Service. School janitor Leroy McK- ayle said he was painting a floor when the woman ran up to him. He tried asking her what was wrong but could get no answer as she was so upset. “I frantically took out my phone and called her daughter, thinking she was having a heart attack,” Mr. McKayle said. The victim’s daughter, who also works at the school and was on the premises, but not in the office, at the time of the robbery, said her mother just screamed, “Call the police, Call the police.” She eventually told her daughter that a man had been waiting in the school office and had asked her for a reg- istration form. When she went to give him the form and tried to explain it to him, he pushed her to ground and stole the money from her purse. The victim’s daughter said her mother was “very trau- matized and shaken up” by the attack. She and Mr. McK- ayle took the woman, who has worked at the school for the past eight years, to CTMH Doctors Hospital. According to school sec- retary Dorothea Shaw, who arrived at the school to find the police on the scene, the school does not have se- curity cameras. “Truth for Youth school has been in operation for the past 50 years and nothing like this has every happened here before,” Ms. Shaw said. The school is owned and operated by the Church of God [Universal] in the Cayman Islands. Ms. Shaw said the stolen money was registration fees for the new school year. Last year, she said, the school year ended with 156 students. The school can take a maximum of 180 students per school year, from Kindergarten to Grade 6. the accuracy of ministry fi- nancial statements. “A significant portion of the garbage fees receiv- able balance dates back to 2004/05,” statements from earlier government financial years have noted. “The min- istry continues to pursue these sums, albeit with min- imal success.” A disclaimer of opinion by auditors, as was given to the former Ministry of Dis- trict Administration in 2013, indicates that the entity’s fi- nancial statements did not contain enough information for a proper audit to be con- ducted, essentially providing no outside assurance that the financial statements could be relied upon. Revelations regarding the government’s unpaid trash fees, dating back a de- cade, were first revealed by the Cayman Compass in early 2013. A report from February 2013 noted that more than two years after the Cayman Islands government stopped requiring the collection of garbage fees from local homeowners, the government admitted that some $1.76 million in unpaid garbage fees was still owed by var- ious ratepayers. As of this year, that figure has grown to the $2.8 million being reported by the Min- istry of Health. Some of the fees that pre- date 2011 for residential home collection are still con- sidered payable to govern- ment, although auditors did note those collections seem unlikely at this stage. It was also revealed previously by the government’s Internal Audit Unit that hundreds of businesses and strata-gov- erned condominium com- plexes did not pay govern- ment fees for trash collection in 2014, and may not have paid those fees dating back to 2010. “During the January-June 2014 billing period, 289 cus- tomers categorized as ‘busi- ness’ customer[s] were not billed,” the Internal Audit re- port, made public through a Freedom of Information re- quest, stated. Trash fee collection A private consultant re- view of the government, com- pleted in 2014, recommended the outsourcing of waste col- lection and landfill services to the private sector. How- ever, in order to do that it was proposed that waste disposal fees be reinstated for all system users. “Current waste collec- tion fee arrangements in the Cayman Islands are inef- fective with most residents and many commercial enti- ties not paying for services,” the consultant’s report by accounting firm Ernst & Young stated. To realize the estimated $2 million cost savings it identified, the EY consultant report makes it clear that the initiative would require the enforced collection of waste disposal fees. “In order to successfully outsource waste collection, it is a necessary preceding step to imple- ment a collection fee struc- ture and system.” In addition to fees for waste collection, the report states, charges should be in- troduced for those bringing waste to the landfill site “for both private garbage col- lection companies and pri- vate citizens.” Government owed $9 million in unpaid garbage fees Trash is not the only thing piling up for the government Department of Environmental Health. 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