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Rather than see humanoid machines emu- lating human thought in our lifetime, the fu- turist believes we are on the cusp of “The Aug- mented Age,” a new phase in which natural human capabilities are going to be radically augmented by technology. “We are going to augment ourselves cogni- tively, physically and perceptionally,” Mr. Conti said. “Working in partnership with the best technology, we are going to augment ourselves and achieve things that we have never been able to achieve before.” He argued that humans’ cognitive and physical abilities will be augmented by artifi- cial intelligence and robotics. Moreover, a dig- ital nervous system will connect people with the data from a multitude of things and appli- cations around them. “We are already augmented by systems that are helping us connect to lots of people, but what about data?” he said. In the investment industry, the ability to get access to and process huge amounts of data and Cayman airports could be equipped with radar in 2019 KEN SILVA ksilva@pinnaclemedialtd.com Airports in the Cayman Islands do not have access to radar, but such facilities exist on Grand Cayman. A radar facility is located at the eastern edge of the Owen Roberts International Airport property, owned and operated by the Central American Corporation for Air Navigation Services (COCESNA), an inter- national organization formed by a con- sortium of Central American countries: Honduras, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Nica- ragua and Belize. COCESNA has a lease agreement with the Cayman Islands Airports Authority to use the property for its radar, which pro- vides air traffic controllers and other avi- ation bodies around the region with data about the airspace above a large north- western portion of the Caribbean Sea – an area Cayman Islands Airports Authority CEO Albert Anderson said was previously a “blank spot.” COCESNA pays the Cayman Islands Air- ports Authority $4,500 per month to use the property, according to the agreement. The lease agreement gives the CIAA the contractual right to use the radar, but the authority has not exercised that right – even though consultants have recommended COMMUNITY SERVICE FOR DAMAGING OFFICER’S CAR A man who damaged the personal car of a police officer whom he blamed for the death of his cousin in a mul- tiple fatality crash last year was sen- tenced to 90 hours of community service Wednesday. The court also or- dered Elvert Mark McFarlane to pay $1,425 compensation. For more on this story, see page 2. SUGAR GLIDER CASE CONCLUDES CAROL WINKER cwinker@pinnaclemedialtd.com Jimel Martyn McLean and Sabrina Robin Walton were ordered to pay $200 each in costs Thursday after pleading guilty previously to importing a live animal without a license. Magistrate Valdis Foldats ruled that no con- victions be recorded against them. The animal was a “sugar glider” that came to the public’s attention when it escaped its container and ran loose aboard a Cayman Air- ways flight from Miami on June 7, 2017. In starting to give the facts of the case in Summary Court on Thursday, Crown counsel Greg Walcolm referred to the commotion the animal caused, with passengers screaming and jumping out of their seats. He said Ms. Walton acknowledged ownership of the animal, got up and found it, and put it in her pocket, re- turning to her seat. 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The deadline for applications is 15 April 2018. 90 hours community service for damaging policeman’s car CAROL WINKER cwinker@pinnaclemedialtd.com A man who damaged the personal car of a police officer he blamed for the death of his cousin in a multiple fatality crash in East End last year was sen- tenced Wednesday to 90 hours of community service. Elvert Mark McFarlane was also ordered to pay $1,425 com- pensation within three months and to complete the commu- nity service within the next year. All of the vehicle’s windows had been smashed with a cement block the day after the fatal East End accident. Mr. McFarlane earlier pleaded guilty to damaging the car of the officer who, he believed, was “indi- rectly responsible for the death of a relative,” senior Crown Counsel Candia James said. The relative was involved in a motor vehicle ac- cident, she explained, but “there is nothing to suggest the officer did anything to cause the accident.” Shortly after the damage oc- curred, police released a state- ment to the effect that the constable had been the initial re- sponder to a two-car accident in which four people died on May 2, 2017, and police believed he was retaliated against the next day by a family member of one of the crash victims who blamed the of- ficer for “chasing” a Honda Accord involved in the wreck. Ms. James handed up to Magistrate Grace Donalds pho- tographs of the damage and a copy of the defendant’s pre- vious convictions. Defense attorney Jonathon Hughes said the offense was an unsavory incident that Mr. Mc- Farlane now regretted. The cir- cumstances were quite traumatic for him because his cousin had just passed away, the attorney explained. They had been close and had just been out fishing. When Mr. McFarlane came upon the scene of the crash, it had an emotional impact on him, Mr. Hughes said. A social inquiry report indi- cated that the damage was an iso- lated incident, fueled by grief and loss. Mr. Hughes referred to other aspects of the defendant’s back- ground. He was 30 at the time of the offense, but previous to that his last conviction was in 2013. “He has been making genuine ef- forts to stay out of trouble,” the attorney said. The magistrate warned Mr. Mc- Farlane that if the compensation is not paid through the courts office within three months, he would have to serve two months in default. A charge of causing harass- ment, alarm or distress was left on file. ROADWORK TO AFFECT CAMANA BAY TRAFFIC As part of an ongoing road widening project, a new southbound lane on Es- terley Tibbetts Highway at Camana Bay opened Thursday, while an existing lane and road closed. The closure of the existing lane will allow the National Roads Authority and the development company Decco to complete two additional southbound lanes south of Camana Bay Town Centre Roundabout. Crews will also close Maris Avenue, which normally al- lows access to parking areas south of the Camana Bay complex. Officials said the closures will last about two months. Bad weather could extend the closure. In addition, there will be alternating closures of Nexus Way and Forum Lane over the next few weeks, both of which provide access to Camana Bay, in order to accommodate utility and paving work required to reopen Emeritus Drive. Premier weighs in on track coach deportation BRENT FULLER bfuller@pinnaclemedialtd.com Premier Alden McLaughlin on Wednesday sought to ad- dress the controversy over the legal status of a track coach who was convicted and sentenced last year for convincing a 14-year-old girl to send the coach topless pic- tures of herself. Ato Modibo Stephens, who was conditionally released from prison following a No- vember 2017 hearing of the Conditional Release Board, remains on island and has not been deported as per the recommendation of Grand Court Judge Michael Wood. Mr. Stephens was sen- tenced to 18 months’ impris- onment in August 2017 on one charge of using an infor- mation and communication technology network to annoy, harass or abuse an underage female. He was found not guilty by Judge Wood of other charges of indecent as- sault or gross indecency. He will remain on condi- tional release in the Cayman Islands until his sentence is officially served on Feb. 4, 2019, government officials said this week. In a statement released late Wednesday, responding to media reports about the matter, Premier McLaughlin said, “The Cabinet of the Cayman Islands has not yet considered the court’s recom- mendation for the deporta- tion of Ato Modibo Stephens.” Two days earlier, Mr. McLaughlin’s ministry chief officer, Wesley Howell, re- leased a different statement to the Cayman Compass: “With regard to Mr. Stephens’ case, when weighing all of the circumstances including the nature of the offense for which he was convicted and the fact that he has a Cay- manian spouse and two Cay- manian children, the Cabinet is not considering making a deportation order in this in- stance at this time.” Both Mr. McLaughlin and Mr. Howell agreed in their statements that the court can only make recommendations with regard to deportation and that the decision to send someone off the islands ulti- mately rests with Cabinet. Mr. McLaughlin’s state- ment continued: “Cabinet considers the circumstances of the case, the law, any con- nections which the con- victed person may have to the Cayman Islands and the rights, including the right to family life, accorded everyone under the Bill of Rights, Free- doms and Responsibilities enshrined in the Cayman Is- lands Constitution. “The Cabinet is also re- quired to take into consider- ation the seriousness of the offense, the risks posed to the community by the continued residence here of the convicted person. Based on all these fac- tors, Cabinet then makes a de- termination as to whether or not it is appropriate to make a deportation order.” Opposition Leader Ez- zard Miller released a state- ment Thursday regarding the issue: “We urge the Cabinet to now do its duty and remove this man from the Cayman Islands. 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The Dart High School Scholarship Submit your application by 12 April 2018 The William A Dart University Scholarship Submit your application by 18 May 2018The 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. FRIDAY FEBRUARY 9, 2018 • CAYMAN COMPASS WASHINGTON – When next you shoehorn your- self into one of America’s ever-shrinking airline seats, you might encounter a new wrinkle in the romance of air travel. You might be amused, or not, to discover a mid- size – say, 7-feet long – boa constrictor named Oscar coiled contentedly, or so you hope, in the seat next to you. Oscar is an “emotional-sup- port animal.” He belongs to the person in the seat on the other side of him, and he is a manifestation of a new item, or the metastasizing of an old item, on America’s menu of rights. Fortunately, the fed- eral government is on the case, so you can relax and enjoy the flight. The rapid recent increase of emotional-support animals in airplane cabins is an un- anticipated consequence of a federal law passed with the best of intentions, none of which pertained to Dexter the peacock, more about whom anon. In 2013, the De- partment of Housing and Urban Development told pro- viders of public housing that the Americans with Disabili- ties Act of 1990 (ADA) man- dates “reasonable accom- modations” for persons who require “assistance animals.” The Air Carrier Access Act of 1986 allows access to ani- mals trained to provide emo- tional support. Federal guide- lines say airlines must allow even emotional-support ani- mals that have a potential to “offend or annoy” passengers, but that airlines are allowed to – let us not sugarcoat this – discriminate – against some “unusual” animals. Yet a New York photogra- pher and performance artist named, according to The As- sociated Press, Ventiko re- cently was denied the right to board her Newark-to-Los Angeles flight with her “emo- tional-support peacock,” for whom Ventiko had bought a ticket. And there is a 29-year- old traveler who insists that she cannot “think about life without” Stormy, her emo- tional-support parakeet. So, if Oscar’s owner says Oscar provides support, and the owner lawyers up … In contemporary America, where whims swiftly become necessities en route to be- coming government-guaran- teed entitlements, it is diffi- cult to draw lines. Besides, lines are discouraged lest someone (or some species?) be “stigmatized” by being “marginalized.” The line Jet- Blue has drawn dehuman- izes snakes. Yes, they are not technically human, but don’t quibble. Anyway, soon enough there will be a lobby (“Rights for Reptiles?”), and lobbies are precursors to entitlements. JetBlue is attempting to fly between the Scylla of passen- gers discomforted by a duck waddling down the aisle (even though it is wearing a diaper; this has happened more than once) and the Charybdis of animal advocates who are hypersensitive to speciesism, aka anti-pet fascism. JetBlue says that “unusual animals” such as “snakes, other rep- tiles, ferrets, rodents and spi- ders” are verboten, even as emotional-support animals. Southwest rather sternly says that passengers accompa- nied by emotional-support animals had better have pa- pers from credentialed ex- perts certifying “a mental or emotional disability recog- nized in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders – Fourth Edition.” But the DSM already accords the status of disability to al- most every imaginable human trait or quirk and is eager to imagine new ones. Delta experienced a nearly one-year doubling of what it delicately calls “incidents” (urinating, defecating, biting). “Farm poultry,” hedgehogs and creatures with tusks are unwelcome on Delta, which is going to be alert regarding the booming market for forged documents attesting to emotional neediness. The Association of Flight Atten- dants is pleased, perhaps be- cause one of its members was asked to give a dog oxygen because the dog’s owner said it was having a panic attack. Now, let us, as the law- yers say, stipulate a few things. Quadrupeds, and no- peds like Oscar, have done a lot less damage to the world than have bipeds, and often are better mannered than many of today’s human air travelers. Animals can be comforting to anyone and can be therapeutic to the lonely, the elderly with symptoms of senescence, and soldiers and others suffering post- traumatic stress disorder. Studies have purported to show that people living with pets derive myriad benefits, including lower cholesterol. A Washington Post report says “horses are used to treat sex addiction.” Thank you, Post, for not elaborating. But the proliferation of emotional-support animals suggests that a cult of per- sonal fragility is becoming an aspect of the quest for the coveted status of victim. The cult is especially ram- pant in colleges and univer- sities, which increasingly em- brace the therapeutic mission of assuaging the anxieties of the emotionally brittle. There, puppies are deployed to help students cope with otherwise unbearable stresses, such as those caused by final exams or rumors of conservatism. George Will’s email address is georgewill@washpost.com. © 2018, Washington Post Writers Group Last Sunday’s arson targeting a senior member of the Royal Cayman Islands Police Service was far more than a crime. It is a symptom of an unacceptable fraying of respect for law enforcement. The fire destroyed the two vehicles owned by the officer, and damaged a third car and a building in the Ryan’s Retreat subdivision off Crewe Road. Anyone with information about who deliberately started the conflagration must immediately come forth to police. While the ostensible target may have been an officer of the law (we hope and trust that the officer and their family are being protected by colleagues from any future attack), last Sunday’s arson was a crime against every law-abiding resident in Cayman. In a real and important sense, it was an audacious attack on our social contract. Because our lives and livelihoods are dependent on a lawful and orderly society, we each have a non-nego- tiable and indelible moral obligation to obey the law. Crimes against police should, and must, be unthink- able. To the contrary, they have become a recurring headline in Cayman. Take the case of Elvert Mark McFarlane, who smashed out the windows of police officer’s personal car last May. Or 25-year-old Seth Watler, who punched Detective Superintendent Peter Lansdown in front of several witnesses at an Oct. 14 crash scene. As a character in a James Bond novel once uttered: “Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. The third time it’s enemy action.” Unbelievably, some have attempted to downplay the men’s behavior. Mr. Watler’s attack – which knocked the officer unconscious and resulted in a fractured rib, bruised cheeks and a laceration to his head – has been characterized as a “single, unguarded moment.” It has been said that Mr. McFarlane’s attack was “fueled by grief” over the death of his relative. The implication in both of these sentiments is that personal feelings and lapses in judgment somehow exempt or excuse individuals from their legal and moral obligation to respect life and property. The fact is, there can be no justification for attacking an agent of the law who is acting in accordance with his or her duties. Some hope that building trusting relationships, more generally, between the Royal Cayman Islands Police Service and certain members of the public will have a calming effect on crime in the Cayman Islands. Frankly, we are not convinced that community policing is the panacea it is being made out to be. Nevertheless, we expect establishing “beat patrols” perhaps will have an unintended positive impact on the crime problem. It is not necessarily that stronger community relationships will charm antisocial preda- tors into transforming themselves into model citizens, but police, like newspaper reporters, are reliant on their sources to keep them in touch with the inner workings of the community. One of the presumed advantages of hiring Cayma- nians for the RCIPS is not just that they “understand” our local culture but also that they are more likely to know the “good guys from the bad” than someone who has just arrived from England or Jamaica. In any event, the peaceable people of Cayman have an obligation to speak up and stand up against Cayman’s criminal element, and, like this newspaper, stand with the RCIPS. A heinous attack on all law-abiding Cayman citizens Snakes on a plane for emotional support? 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” GEORGE F. WILL GEORGE The islands’ most-trusted news source 5 CAYMAN COMPASS • FRIDAY FEBRUARY 9, 2018 6 LOCAL NEWS FRIDAY FEBRUARY 9, 2018 • CAYMAN COMPASS Roydell Carter still ‘on leave’ JAMES WHITTAKER jwhittaker@pinnaclemedialtd.com Roydell Carter, the di- rector of the Department of Environmental Health, re- mains “out of office” as an internal government in- quiry over the management of overtime in his depart- ment continues. Mr. Carter, who runs the department respon- sible for trash pickups and for the George Town land- fill site, has not been at work since December. Government denied re- ports in early January that Mr. Carter had been sus- pended from his job, saying he was simply on leave. They declined to say what type of leave, whether Mr. Carter was on vaca- tion, sick or on some type of required leave. “Contrary to reports in the media, DEH Director Roydell Carter has not been suspended and there are no funds unaccounted for at DEH. Mr. Carter is currently on leave, and Paulino Ro- drigues is acting director in his absence,” Jennifer Ahearn, chief officer at the Ministry of Health said in a state- ment last month. Asked for an update this week, a spokeswoman for the Department of Environ- mental Health said the situ- ation remained the same. No further details were given. The department came under pressure over Christmas after late pick- ups left garbage lining the roads in some districts. Sev- eral residents also raised concerns about the number of derelict cars dumped on the roadside. Meanwhile, an inquiry into the management of overtime at the depart- ment has been going on since December. Responding to questions from the Cayman Compass, Andy Bonner, head of gov- ernment’s Internal Audit unit, said the review “re- mains an active ‘work in progress’ at the moment. We’re expecting to have it concluded this month and will issue it to our internal client, the Chief Officer of the Ministry of Health, Environ- ment, Culture and Housing.” Ms. Ahearn told the Com- pass in December that there were concerns over the pre- approval process for overtime in the department. “There is a need for the Department of Environ- mental Health to be more ju- dicious with their use of over- time in the coming months as we are approaching financial year-end and, as is the usual situation, tight budgets are becoming increasingly tighter and need to be carefully managed,” she said. Government has still given no detail on Mr. Carter’s ab- sence and it is not clear what connection, if any, there is be- tween this and the various is- sues at the department. Roydell Carter BRENT FULLER bfuller@pinnaclemedialtd.com The Royal Cayman Is- lands Police Service is still attempting to track down a dozen cars stolen on local roads since last June. Of those 12 missing vehi- cles, eight are Hondas, six of which are Honda Civics. Two of those Civics were taken Tuesday in West Bay and both were 1998 models, making them 20-year-old cars. “Honda Civics are defi- nitely the vehicles we are seeing stolen most often,” said RCIPS Communications Di- rector Jackie Carpenter. “We urge drivers of these vehicles to consider getting theft pre- vention devices such as alarms or steering-wheel locks.” It is often older-model, less expensive cars that are tar- geted by auto thieves. For in- stance, of the other stolen ve- hicles still missing since last June, only one is a BMW. The others are a Ford F-250 pickup truck, a motorcycle and a Toyota RAV4. The remaining eight vehicles are Honda Civics, Integras or CR-Vs. There can be a number of reasons the older, cheaper cars are targeted, Ms. Car- penter said. First, the older model vehicles may not be equipped with more modern theft-prevention devices. “If you install a theft-pre- vention device, the car thieves are more likely to look for an ‘easier target,’” she said. Another reason the older cars might be targeted is be- cause parts for those vehi- cles are becoming scarce on island. Ms. Carpenter said thieves might be taking them to strip them down and sell the parts to make money. Local police are most con- cerned about car thieves who intend to use stolen vehicles during the commission of crimes. Common, lower-cost vehicles might attract less attention or be less recog- nizable. Ms. Carpenter said police are keen to put out in- formation on stolen vehicles as quickly as possible be- cause of this possibility. The RCIPS has linked a number of robberies over the past year that occurred after reports of stolen vehicles. Once such heist at a local gas station in mid-June was done with a stolen Honda Civic. “Given the continuing re- ports of car thefts and the pro- pensity for stolen cars to be used to commit other crimes, we ask members of the public to vigilantly secure their ve- hicles at all times and not to keep any articles of value in their vehicles,” Deputy Police Commissioner Anthony Ennis said at the time of the gas station robbery. “We have re- ceived reports of thefts of ve- hicles where keys have been left in the vehicles.” POLICE: CAR THIEVES TARGETING HONDA CIVICS This 1998 Honda Civic was one of two taken in West Bay Tuesday. - PHOTO: RCIPSThe islands’ most-trusted news source 7 CAYMAN COMPASS • FRIDAY FEBRUARY 9, 2018 The grand opening of the Joy Spence Appleton Estate Rum Experience took place in Siloah, St. Elizabeth, Jamaica, where the Campari Group has invested more than US $7.2 million in the facility renovation of the facility formerly known as the Appleton Estate Rum Tour. The brand is currently the largest dark spirit in volume sales in the Cayman Islands. “Having our distribution partners from outside of Jamaica join us at the launch represented our mutual commitment in working together in brand building,” said Regional Marketing Manager for the brand, Kamal Powell. The Campari Group is the sixth largest player worldwide in the premium spirits industry, with a portfolio of more that 50 premium brands, distributed in over 190 markets worldwide. Findlay Wilson of Jacques Scott, explained how integral Appleton Estate Jamaica Rum is in the Cayman Islands’ lifestyle and entertainment industry since 1960: “In the Cayman Islands, key accounts for the brand include Blue Marlin, Mango Tree, Welly’s Cool Spot, Offi ce Lounge, and the Jungle Bar, in addition to playing a major role in happy hours throughout the country, Batabano, Cayman Cocktail Week, Jamaica Independence Celebrations, and Dancehall and Reggae Concerts held annually,” he expressed. Wilson continued: “We have fi ve bartenders who will be visiting the Rum Experience soon, and we see the brand continuing to grow locally, and now with Campari Group’s increased distribution and investment, we expect Appleton Estate to grow from a local favourite to a true global brand,” a proud Wilson beamed. To arrive at the Joy Spence Appleton Estate Rum Experience, visitors journey along the roads of Jamaica’s beautiful South Coast fi lled with a dramatic landscape in shifting tones of green. Waving stalks of cane spread like a blanket under the craggy hills of the famed Cockpit Country, where the Rum Experience calls the Nassau Valley home. Thirty years after the opening of Appleton Estate’s original visitor centre in 1988, the Rum Experience is now four times the size of the original centre. Upgrades include a restaurant and lounge, jerk pit and theatre – and the naming reborn as the Joy Spence Appleton Estate Rum Experience, named for J. Wray & Nephew Ltd.’s current Master Blender – the fi rst woman in the spirits industry to hold that title. Buoyed by projections showing that its annual visitor tally will overtime quadruple from 50,000 to a stratospheric 200,000, The Joy Spence Appleton Estate Rum Experience takes visitors through the history of rum where they will feel and taste the essence of Appleton Estate whilst learning about the complexity and sophistication of rum. Other upgrades of the facility include the renovation of the existing property and surrounding landscape, and the addition of modern tasting rooms to support education about rums. Offi cially opening the Joy Spence Appleton Estate Rum Experience is the woman of the moment, Dr. Joy Spence, and participating in the ceremony from left are: The Hon. Edmund Bartlett, Jamaica’s Minister of Tourism, His Excellency, Armando Varricchio, Ambassador of Italy to Jamaica, Luca Garavoglia, Chairman of the Campari Group, Bob Kunze-Concewitz, CEO of Campari Group, and Chairman of J. Wray & Nephew Limited, Clement “Jimmy” Lawrence. The Joy Spence Appleton Estate Rum experience: Caribbean Region, January 22, 2018: Regional partners and distributors for the Campari Group’s Appleton Estate brand, including Jacques Scott from the Cayman Islands, were among a number of specially invited guests that experienced the launch of the Joy Spence Appleton Estate Rum Experience. A D V E R T O R I A LThe islands’ most-trusted news source 8 FRIDAY FEBRUARY 9, 2018 • CAYMAN COMPASS Professional Certificate in Human Resource Practice (CHRP) The University of Portsmouth is once again bringing this highly successful HR programme to the Cayman Islands – commencing 27 February 2018 The Professional Certificate in HR Practice will develop your HR knowledge and skills if: 1. You are working in HR or personnel administration or you want to work in HR, or 2. You are an administrator, a team leader, a supervisor or a manager looking to develop your HR management skills 3. It is also an entry route to a Master’s Degree in HRM (anticipated starting date, late 2018) 20 days of HR classes are delivered on-island in 6 daytime workshops from February 2018 to September 2018, the classes cover: • The role of HR and the business context: 4 days • Talent planning, recruitment and selection interviewing: 4 days • Managing performance, appraisal interviewing and rewarding employees: 4 days • Managing HR information and Continuous Professional Development (CPD): 4 days (2 x 2 days) • Labour law and PSML – employment relations, discipline, dismissal, discrimination and gender equality: 4 days What our students say: “Enrolling on this CHRP programme was the one of the best decisions I have made in my career and I am now in an HR Manager’s position.” “Thank you so much Miss Marjorie and Mr Stephen for investing your time and knowledge, your style of teaching makes learning unforgettable.” “This HR course has been a totally engaging experience and it has exposed me to real HR experiences – the classroom experience was phenomenal!” Develop HR skills, become CIPD qualified and boost your career - too good an opportunity to miss! Contact Miss Marjorie, University of Portsmouth, to reserve your place: marjorie.corbridge@port.ac.uk Check out the website: www.port.ac.uk/caymanchrp University Faculty with extensive international HR experience include: Marjorie Corbridge, Gary Rees and Stephen Pilbeam Dr. Ivan Wong, M.D., F.R.C.S.C. Hip & Shoulder Arthroscopy & Sport Medicine Specialist CAYMAN ORTHOPAEDIC GROUP PLEASE CALL 945-8380 FOR APPOINTMENTS will be at UNIT #1 SMITH ROAD PLAZA Monday 12th FEBRUARY, 2018 to Friday, 23rd FEBRUARY, 2018 It is with deep regret that we announce the passing of Dr Helen Hughes on 23rd January 2018, after a long battle with cancer. Dr Hughes was a much beloved doctor leading the dept of General Practice in the district clinics in the late 90’s and early 2000’s. She was the rst Hospice doctor in Cayman. She had been living in the UK. Donations can be made to Cayman Hospice Care in her name. It is with deep regret that we announce the passing of It is with deep regret that we announce the passing of We have been asked to announce the passing of Ms. Harriet Grace Nicholas Hayes affectionately known as “Miss Grace” of George Town, who passed away after a short illness on Monday, January 29, 2018. A Thanksgiving Service will be held on Saturday, February 10, 2018 at 3:00p.m. at Elmslie Memorial United Church, Harbour Drive, George Town. Viewing will be from 2:00-2:45p.m. Parking available across the street at Port Authority. Interment to follow at Prospect Cemetery. Condolences can be registered at: www.churchillsfuneralhome.com gain insights is very positive, he noted, a statement that un- derlined the theme of the two- day event: “Wired – the rise of alternative investments in a digital age.” But there is a potential dark side, Mr. Conti noted, be- cause for the individual it is becoming much harder to “un- derstand what’s relevant and what’s real and what’s not.” Cayman must adapt Premier Alden McLaughlin, who welcomed delegates to the event, hosted by Dart and KPMG, echoed the opportuni- ties and threats that new tech- nologies will afford. The premier said he had been to three conferences in the past two weeks that had a technology and business focus. “I have come away with a new appreciation not only for how fast business is being transformed by technology, but also the potential impact of technology on all aspects of human life,” he said. Mr. McLaughlin said the fourth industrial revolution is fundamentally different as it comprises new technologies that are fusing the physical, digital and the biological. “From 3-D printing, to artificial intelli- gence, driverless cars, automa- tion and robotics, and more – we are seeing the unfolding of a new era that offers great po- tential promise about our fu- ture as well as potential worry.” In the Cayman context, this means, “we need to ensure that we not only fight to keep the business and the economy that we have today – but look at how the business model that we have built can be adapted to attract the new emerging business – including financial technology, or Fintech,” he said. The premier said that what made Cayman an attractive offshore jurisdiction of choice for many types of financial services businesses will also make it attractive to this new breed of financial services tech entrepreneurs. “I am told that some sixty blockchain-related companies have set up here and more are lining up. There is very good potential then for this type of business to blossom and help further diversify our economy, and provide future opportu- nities for Caymanian employ- ment and entrepreneurship,” the premier said. Cayman to join U.K. at trade event Mr. McLaughlin also an- nounced that he has been in- vited by the U.K. government to lead a team from Cayman to at- tend the “GREAT Festival of In- novation” in Hong Kong from March 21 to 24. It is the first time Cayman will participate in a U.K.-spon- sored trade event as part of the official U.K. delega- tion under the new “Global Britain” initiative. “The Financial Services Ministry, the Tourism Ministry and the Health Ministry will be reaching out to industry to de- termine the level of interest in businesses also attending and showcasing Cayman’s world- class innovative products and services,” he said. The investment technology- centered panels and speakers at the Kimpton Seafire include Michelle McCloskey, president of the Man Group, who will talk about how to make pre- dictions in an unpredictable world shaped by technolog- ical change and globalization, as well as discussions about how emerging technologies will change the asset management industry and what is unique about the current uncertainty faced by investors. Other panels focus on mini- mizing the impact of macroeco- nomic changes on investments and how funds can harness the power of machine learning and blockchain. Non-industry speakers fea- tured at the event are former U.S. racing driver Danica Pat- rick and former Greek finance minister Yanis Varoufakis. The conference will con- clude on Friday with an in- terview with Sophia, an ar- tificial intelligence-powered robot, and keynote speaker Hollywood actor Will Smith, the star known, among many other things, for his role in the movie “I, Robot.” an alert ahead and when the plane landed, Ms. Walton took the animal out of her handbag and handed it over to a waiting officer. Mr. Walcolm began re- ferring to an inspection of the defendants’ lug- gage when Mr. McLean’s at- torney, Richard Barton, said he would be concerned if the Crown introduced facts that were in contention. He said there had been an agreement with Crown counsel Eleanor Fargin as to the basis of plea. Magistrate Foldats pointed out that if the basis of plea had been written down in- stead of being agreed to orally, the matter would have proceeded more smoothly. He also noted that the first charge against the de- fendants had not been pro- ceeded with “and the court wants to know why.” That charge referred to a live “alien” animal. The differ- ence in maximum penalty was “astounding,” he said – $500 and six months in prison for a “live’ animal, but $500,000 and four years for an “alien” animal. Alien animals can do damage to Cayman’s flora and fauna, he pointed out. Good examples in Cayman were lionfish and green iguanas. He referred to an article published in the Cayman Compass about sugar gliders preying on par- rots in Tasmania. With Mr. Walcolm due in Grand Court, Ms. Fargin came to Magistrate Foldats’ court after a brief adjournment and she continued this matter. She explained that the Crown would have had some legal difficulty with pursuing the offense as an importation of an alien animal because the Animals Law does not de- fine alien. She believed she could have proved the matter by referring to other laws. However, there were other is- sues, including a potential abuse of process argument by the defense and a possible issue of inducement. It had been determined that it was not in the public interest to pursue the matter when both defendants were prepared to accept the alternative charge. The magistrate said he thought he could take “ju- dicial notice” of the fact that, “We don’t have these things here.” After further discussion that included attorney Nich- olas Dixey, acting for Ms. Walton, the magistrate ac- cepted the matter involved a small, live animal getting away. There were other as- pects of the story, but that is what he was dealing with in open court. Given the gen- eral public’s interest in the matter, it might seem as if this was an “artificial way of dealing with things,” he said, but it was a more prag- matic approach as it was the public purse that was being affected. Discussion in court was also educating the public as to what was not al- lowed, he added. Ms. Walton had believed she was clear because she had declared the animal on her customs form, Mr. Dixey pointed out. She had bought it that day in a Miami pet store, where it was legal to purchase. It had been in a clear plastic container, with no attempt at concealment. The animal had gone through Miami customs and security. On the flight, Ms. Walton had fallen asleep and did not realize the animal was loose until the commotion started. She then did the re- sponsible thing. Both she and Mr. McLean were kept in custody for 24 hours and then told that such imports would not be al- lowed in the future. They took that as a warning and did not think they would be charged. Mr. Barton said it was widely known that his client was the son of East End MLA Arden McLean. There had been a most unpleasant ex- change between them and the MLA grieved that his son was before the court, the at- torney said. Arden McLean had removed himself from the courtroom so as not to be seen as exerting some influ- ence, Mr. Barton added. Jimel McLean had earlier pleaded guilty to an addi- tional charge of importing a biological product without a license. That charge referred to vaccines for his dogs, Mr. Barton said. He said his client understood they would be forfeited, but asked that they not be destroyed, as they could be used by a veterinarian. Neither defendant had any previous convictions, so the magistrate did not re- cord a conviction for ei- ther. He conditionally dis- charged them for six months, meaning that if no further offense is committed in the next six months, that will be the end of the matter. CAYMAN ALTERNATIVE INVESTMENT SUMMIT Robot revolution far from Hollywood CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 The Cayman Alternative Investment Summit looked to the future of artificial intelligence. - PHOTO: STEPHEN CLARKE No conviction recorded in sugar glider case CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1The islands’ most-trusted news source 9 CAYMAN COMPASS • FRIDAY FEBRUARY 9, 2018 GLADYS MARION BODDEN 10th February 1928 - 21” November 2003 90 YEARS YOU’D BE TODAY Tears in place of wishes Heartaches mixed with love No Happy Birthday wishes No cards to Mother with love We never ask for Miracles But today just one would do To see our front door open And our Dearest Mother walk through From your children, Jewell, Marie, Loyce and Floyd We have been asked to announce the passing of Mr. Vivian Joseph Forbes affectionately known as “Mr. Viven” of George Town who passed away peacefully on Sunday January 28, 2018. A Thanksgiving Service will be held on Saturday, February 10, 2018 at 10:00a.m. at Elmslie Memorial United Church, Harbour Drive, George Town. Viewing will be from 9:00–9:45a.m. Interment to follow at Dixie Cemetery. We have been asked to announce the passing of Mr. Vivian Joseph Forbes affectionately known as “Mr. Viven” of affectionately known as “Mr. Viven” of affectionately known as “Mr. Viven” George Town who passed away peacefully on Sunday January 28, 2018. A Thanksgiving Service will be held on Saturday, February 10, 2018 at 10:00a.m. at Elmslie Memorial United Church, Harbour Drive, George Town. Viewing will be from 9:00–9:45a.m. Interment to follow at Dixie Cemetery. We have been asked to announce the passing of Saturday, February 10, 2018 at 10:00a.m. at Elmslie Condolences can be registered at: www.churchillsfuneralhome.com that it do so. “The existing COCESNA secondary radar facility could be used to provide radar signals for [air traffic control] at CIAA and poten- tially for [Charles Kirkcon- nell International Airport],” states the 2014 airport re- development “master plan” by PricewaterhouseCoo- pers and the WSP Group. “Under the current lease agreement COCESNA has agreed to the provision to provide CIAA the option for interconnection to the radar feed from this fa- cility. It is recommended that this option be exer- cised immediately.” Mr. Anderson told the Compass the radar has not been integrated with the Cayman airports yet be- cause it will require ad- ditional equipment and staff retraining. “We found out that it’s not as straightforward as connecting it and putting a monitor up there. There’s a lot more to it,” he said. “This year, we’re going to really spend some time in- vestigating to understand what it’s going to take.” CIAA Airport Operations Manager Robert Harris added that due to the $55 million Owen Roberts In- ternational Airport redevel- opment project, “some other items have been pushed down the line.” He said the CIAA has money budgeted this year to investigate what it will take to connect to the CO- CESNA radar, and find out what it will cost. After that, hopefully, Cayman can in- tegrate its airports with the radar some time next year, he said. Mr. Harris said teaching the air traffic control- lers how to use the radar equipment will entail roughly three-and-a-half months of training. Meanwhile, “it’s still perfectly safe for us to continue to operate under manual system,” he said. Cayman airports could be equipped with radar in 2019 Controlling the skies An inside look at the Cayman air traffic control tower KEN SILVA ksilva@pinnaclemedialtd.com Cayman Islands Airports Authority Operations Manager Rob Harris pulls out a large sheet of paper resembling a map of a major city, showing dozens of different colored lines running in multiple directions. “Most people look up at the sky and see it as a big, wide- open space. Not to us. We think of it as – these are all roads in the sky. That’s us, and there are a lot of confluence points that meet,” he said from the fourth floor of the Owen Roberts Inter- national Airport air traffic con- trol tower, gesturing to various spots on the map. “Everything going to South America from the north, a lot of time is routed through us. This is where the Miami traffic comes from.” Mr. Harris’ map shows the 10,000 square miles of airspace his air traffic controllers are re- sponsible for monitoring. With more than 34,000 flights coming through the ter- ritory each year, the job of a Cayman air traffic controller is a demanding one – made even more so because Cayman air- ports do not use radar, unlike their counterparts in Jamaica, Cuba and other nearby coun- tries. So instead of being able to look at the “fishbowl” radar monitor to see exactly where planes are, air traffic control- lers must guide planes in and out the old-fashioned way: by using speed and distance to es- timate arrival times, according to Mr. Harris. To do that, communi- cation is key. Near the cricket pitch at the end of the Owen Roberts In- ternational Airport runway sits a group of orange antennas known as a “Doppler VOR” nav- igation system. Pilots use this facility to determine their dis- tance from the runway. They communicate their information to the air traffic control tower, and controllers then use that information to calculate when a plane will land. Mr. Harris said air traffic controllers generally work in pairs during busy hours, with one monitoring everything from the runway to the altitude of 1,500 feet, and the other re- sponsible for planes between 1,500-24,500 feet high – Ja- maica monitors the airspace above that altitude. As Mr. Harris explained the process to this reporter, air traffic controllers chattered in the background, relaying di- rections to inbound and out- bound flights. “November 207 Whiskey Yankee … Descend to altitude 4,000 feet,” Air traffic controller Bobby Boggess radioed an in- coming flight, pausing before adding, “November 207 Whiskey Yankee, keep your speed up as best as you can for me.” To the untrained ear, Mr. Boggess’ directions may sound like unintelligible jargon. But several minutes later, a small, one-engine Cessna 206 landed smoothly on the Owen Roberts International Airport runway. Another air traffic controller watched the Cessna to make sure it was off the runway be- fore another flight could take off, while Mr. Boggess con- tinued to communicate with other planes in the sky. Mr. Harris said the two con- trollers must work in tandem to ensure that flights do not con- flict with each other. “[Mr. Boggess’ partner] is trying to figure out where [Mr. Boggess’] airplanes are up in the sky. She’s trying to figure out if she has enough time to squeeze that airplane back out on the runway before the next arrival comes in. This is the choreography we’re doing,” Mr. Harris said. “In her mind, she’s got her three minutes to get that airplane to the end of the runway to take off before it’s too close to the American [Air- lines flight] right behind him.” Air traffic controllers not only have to communicate with pilots, but also with other air- ports, coordinating with them so they know when planes from Cayman will be entering their airspace, and vice versa. “Think of it as a relay race, when you’re passing a baton. So you’re taking the aircraft and passing it to Kingston or Ha- vana, and they’re passing it to the next guys, and so on and so on,” Mr. Boggess said. All that manual communi- cation between Cayman’s air traffic controllers, pilots, and other airports leaves plenty of room for error. However, the quality of Cayman’s staff makes human error a very rare occur- rence, according to Mr. Harris. “I have no problem saying that we have the best-trained air traffic controllers in the re- gion. Our standard is a lot higher than other places,” he said. “If you come here on a Saturday, you’ll hear us saying, ‘What are you doing, Havana? You have radar; how can I be doing this better than you?’ Their estimates will be up to seven minutes off sometimes.” The rare errors that do happen are usually because of incorrect information given by the operators of the air- craft, and Cayman deals with pilots ranging from sea- soned commercial jet pilots to rank novices. “Movies like ‘Top Gun’ por- tray pilots as very bright people, but sometimes they can’t find themselves,” Mr. Harris said. The airport operations man- ager illustrated his point by telling a story from his days as an air traffic controller, when he had to deal with a “really wealthy doctor” who bought his own plane but was an inexpe- rienced pilot. The doctor was landing in Cayman, and “he said he had the runway in sight,” Mr. Harris said. “But about 45 sec- onds later, he said, ‘I don’t think that’s the runway because I see cars.’” With no radar, Mr. Harris began to worry for the pilot. Thankfully, the pilot finally re- ported that he saw cruise ships in George Town harbor. Mr. Harris was then able to guide the doctor toward the airport. “It was like, ‘Yeah, take a left; two stoplights and you’re at the airport,” Mr. Harris joked. While Mr. Harris’ story may have an element of levity, other incidents in Cayman have been far more serious. On March 22, 2015, for in- stance, two aircraft came within a minute of colliding due to reasons that still have not been made public. In that incident, a Houston- bound United Airlines flight 1495 waited at the top of the runway for clearance to take off as Cayman Airways flight KX505 from Chicago, arriving early, descended over the Cayman Islands Hospital in the final stages of its landing approach, according to Com- pass archives. At the last minute, the KX505 pulled up, moving away over Bodden Town. After circling for a second approach, KX505 again ap- proached the runway, landing without incident. The UA flight, cleared to resume its activities, re- turned to the runway, de- parting at 4:55 p.m. According to a statement is- sued at the time by the Cayman Islands Air Traffic Controllers Association, the approaching Cayman Airways flight had turned into its final glide path “sooner than expected.” “Aircraft are separated within the Cayman Islands air- space using procedural con- trol techniques, as opposed to radar. This form of separation is heavily dependent upon ac- curate position reports from pi- lots,” the air traffic controllers’ statement said. “The report re- ceived by the inbound-flight crew indicated that the spacing was considerably more than adequate for an aircraft to enter the runway and depart safely without imposing a delay upon the arriving aircraft, and the controller granted permission for the departing aircraft to enter the runway for departure.” The Cayman Islands Air- ports Authority also issued a statement on the “occurrence” and said safety was never jeop- ardized. The Civil Aviation Au- thority, which is responsible for investigating such inci- dents, said at the time that it endorsed the statement is- sued by the CIAA. Mr. Harris did not speak about that close call, but his statements suggest that radar would help prevent such inci- dents because air traffic con- trollers would be able to mon- itor the speed and location of airplanes instead of relying on information provided by pilots. Radar would also likely help Cayman’s airports main- tain a smoother schedule by eliminating some of the guess- work that goes into calculating when planes will land – guess- work that can lead to delays, according to Mr. Harris. “Right now, based on the flight path where this guy de- parted, he was doing 140 knots,” Mr. Harris said, referencing an incoming flight. “But maybe he’s doing 127. That’s a huge differ- ence in calculating his rate of closure to the airport. But radar would give you that informa- tion right off the bat.” An unexpected tailwind or crosswind that affects an air- craft’s speed could impact its landing time by as much as 45 seconds, he said. While that may not sound like much, it makes a huge difference when planes are landing every three minutes during the high hours. “If you’ve anticipated that the plane would arrive 45 sec- onds sooner, you might have brought a jet in too close, and now you’ve screwed up and he’s gotta go loop around again. And that delay to the second airplane gets trans- posed to everybody else,” Mr. Harris explained. “That’s why radar would be a much more efficient tool on the arrival side because it takes out some of the guesswork.” Still, when Cayman airports are eventually equipped with radar, local air traffic control- lers will likely miss the times when they directed thousands of planes manually. Mr. Harris said his staff is comprised of “alpha males” and “alpha fe- males” who are fiercely proud of being some of the best air traffic controllers in the region. Mr. Boggess agreed. “I will be a little sad [when the radar is installed],” he said. “You remember the part in ‘Star Wars’ where Luke [Skywalker] is flying down the corridor of the Death Star with his fighter? And he turns off the scope be- cause he heard, ‘Luke, use the Force.’ That’s exactly what we’re doing – the scope is the radar.” CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 Radar to monitor air traffic exists on the western end of the Owen Roberts International Airport property, but are not currently being used by local air traffic controllers. - PHOTO: KEN SILVANext >