SECTION | PAGE ## TITLE FOR THE SPORT/ BUSINESS SKYBOX FRIDAY APRIL 20, 2018 • CAYMAN COMPASS ‘Rundown’ re turns to the Harquail In its 26th season, it shows no signs of slowing down B2 The pros and cons of Spring Break Beach towns in Florida want the dollars without the mess B6 Movies Events Lifestyle ■ ARTISTS & EXHIBITS Chollette’s show Artist Randy Chollette launches solo exhibition at the National Gallery. B3 Dwayne Johnson lifts ‘Rampage’ at bo x office In a world of giants, ‘The Rock’ proves himself to be the biggest star B4 Furball 2018 goes under the Big Top The annual Humane Society fundraiser promises a circus B5 ‘Queen’ CAYMAN WEEKENDER Chollette’s show EDITORIAL | PAGE 4 GOVERNMENT’S FAILURE TO PICK UP THE TRASH: HOW HARD CAN IT BE? High of 86 Low of 75 Slight with wave heights of 1 to 3 feet. ESTABLISHED 1965 www.caymancompass.com – 75 CENTS – FRIDAY APRIL 20, 2018 SEVEN MILE BEACH WATERFRONT WALKERS ROAD TOWN CENTRE PLAZA RED BAY ORIGINAL CHICKEN SANDWICH BIG KING TEST SCORES OF CAYMAN STUDENTS BELOW U.K. AVERAGE MARK MUCKENFUSS mmuckenfuss@pinnaclemedialtd.com Tests designed to measure student poten- tial show Cayman government school stu- dents scoring 2 percent to 8 percent below the mean established by students in the United Kingdom. According to the company that pro- duces the test, the CAT4 – Cognitive Abilities Test Fourth Edition – is designed to measure “developed abilities” and is used as a predictor of a student’s future performance. In other words, the test results – from exams given over several weeks in October and November to Years 4, 6 and 9 students – indicate that students in the Cayman public schools can be expected to perform below av- erage overall. Department of Education Director Lyneth Monteith said it is her job, and that of other educators on the island, to get students to perform beyond those expectations. Wingrove Hunte, who oversees testing for the department, said it is important to look at the scores in context. The public schools in Cayman, he said, have a large number of students with BOUCHARD ORDERED TO PAY $2.23M CAROL WINKER cwinker@pinnaclemedialtd.com Michelle Bouchard, who was found guilty two years ago of stealing money from an el- derly man she had been living with, was or- dered on Wednesday to pay more than $2.23 million to the man or his estate. In April 2016, when she was found guilty by a jury and sentenced to 12 years’ imprison- ment, Ms. Bouchard was 55. Her victim, James Bruce Handford, was 88. Justice Paul Worsley, who conducted the trial, had emphasized that she should not ben- efit in any way from her dishonesty. Justice Michael Wood, who conducted the confiscation/restitution hearing, asked if Mr. Handford was still alive. Told yes, he said the compensation should go to Mr. Handford and his executors. During Ms. Bouchard’s trial, the court heard that Mr. Handford was a businessman Enterprise City campus first phase approved JAMES WHITTAKER jwhittaker@pinnaclemedialtd.com A $39 million plan for the first phase of the Cayman En- terprise City campus was ap- proved by the Central Planning Authority this week. Around half of the 220-plus businesses within the zone, currently housed in rented of- fice space across the island, will be the first tenants in the new development, which will include a four-story “gateway building” and a two- and three-story office block, con- nected by a bridge. Ultimately, a network of in- terlinked office buildings and amenities sprawling across a 53-acre campus is planned for the site between the Cayman Tennis Club on South Sound Road and Fairbanks Road. It is envisaged that a proposed net- work of interior roads within the development will link to Fairbanks Road via a new connector road. Cindy O’Hara, chief develop- ment officer for Enterprise City, said work should begin this year once construction docu- ments had been completed and building permits issued. “We are excited to gain plan- ning permission for the first phase of our new purpose- built 53-acre master planned campus,” she said in a state- ment to the Compass. “We see the campus develop- ment as key to fostering a vibrant community of innovative com- panies and entrepreneurs, and look forward to CEC’s continued PLEASE TURN TO PAGE 8 » PLEASE TURN TO PAGE 9 » An architect’s rendering of how the new Enterprise City buildings will look. An rendering of a different view of the new Enterprise City campus. PLEASE TURN TO PAGE 8 »2 LOCAL NEWS FRIDAY APRIL 20, 2018 • CAYMAN COMPASS 945-2290 • West Shore Center, Seven Mile Beach • 10am to 10pm Fresh, Healthy & Delicious! 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In 2016, total foreign exchange revenue from Cayman’s export of services totalled CI $1.97 billion. TravelFinancial and Accounting, legal Government insurance services & other business and other services 578.3 68.6 751.0 571.8 Ghost net slips through Cayman’s grasp JAMES WHITTAKER jwhittaker@pinnaclemedialtd.com The Cayman Islands may have missed an opportunity to right a “terrible wrong,” conser- vationist Guy Harvey said this week as the chances of inter- cepting a “ghost net” hoovering up marine life around the is- lands appeared to diminish. Mr. Harvey said the net, discovered floating off Grand Cayman Monday with hun- dreds of dead fish and sharks tangled inside, was almost cer- tainly an illegal pelagic long gill net, designed to indiscrimi- nately kill everything in its path. Meanwhile, a former cap- tain with the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society has warned the killer net is likely one of thousands drifting in the open oceans. Sebastien Fau, who is currently visiting Cayman, said such nets were often cut loose by rogue fish- ermen on the run from authori- ties and could continue to drift and trap fish for years. Despite the best efforts of the Department of Environ- ment to locate the net, including scrambling the mosquito plane for a reconnaissance mission, it had not been spotted by Thursday afternoon. Mr. Harvey said it would soon have drifted beyond the territorial waters of the Cayman Islands and would likely continue its destructive path until it hit land, potentially killing hundreds more animals on the way. He said, “It is frus- trating because we might have had a chance to right a ter- rible wrong. It is out of our con- trol now. All we can do is keep looking and hope.” The net was found by a group of fishermen just before 5 p.m. Monday evening. Dominick Martin-Mayes, one of the anglers, said there were potentially 30 or more sharks trapped in the tangle of weighted netting that spanned 40 feet across and an estimated 40 feet deep. He said some of the animals caught in the net were so badly decomposed, it was impossible to tell what species they were. Mr. Martin-Mayes and his fellow boaters contacted the Department of Environment with the coordinates of the net, but were unable to move it themselves because of its sheer size and weight. Their photo- graphs have captured interna- tional attention, drawing new focus to the global issue of dis- carded debris in the oceans. Mr. Harvey, who exam- ined the photographs, said the presence of mature adult ser- geant major fish around the net was worrying. Juveniles of the species attach themselves to floating debris for protection, he said, suggesting these were fish that had grown to maturity with the net, a process that can take a year or more. He said ghost nets and other debris were a huge interna- tional problem, though he said it was rare to witness the extent of the devastation they could do firsthand. He urged anyone who sees the net to contact the authorities immediately. Mr. Fau spent part of last year with the M/V Farley Mowat recovering ghost nets in the Sea of Cortez. While in Cayman, he has offered his ser- vices to the Department of En- vironment to help recover the net if it is relocated. He said such nets could be retrieved, but it requires a large boat with a crane. Along with the rest of the Sea Shepherd crew, he said he collected more than 200 ghost nets off the coast of Mexico. Most of them had dead ma- rine life trapped inside and a handful were as bad as the one found off Cayman this week. “That is not uncommon,” he said. “I am not saying there is a lot of them around the Cayman Islands but I can guarantee there are thousands and thou- sands of them out there in the oceans, maybe more.” Mr. Fau said these giant nets were often cut loose by illegal fishermen on the run from the coastguard. “[The net] can go on indefi- nitely; for example, this Oce- anic whitetip shark [seen in the photograph] will decom- pose and the smell will bring other sharks who will become trapped. This will never stop fishing until it gets trapped somewhere on the reef or by chance washes onto the beach. Hopefully, we are lucky and the currents change and we spot it again.” He said he was on standby to help recover it if it was found and an appropriate vessel could be sourced for the job. Tim Austin, deputy director of the Department of Environ- ment, said Cayman was wit- nessing a huge global problem drifting through its waters. He acknowledged the chances of recovering the net were diminishing. He said an alert had gone out to all boaters and pilots in the area to look out for it, and Depart- ment of Environment experts were examining current pat- terns in an effort to determine its likely location. But he sug- gested it would soon be out of Cayman’s waters. “The longer it floats out to sea, the further away from the island it goes and the chances of recovering it reduce. It will eventually break down, but it could continue to fish for a long time,” Mr. Austin added. An Oceanic whitetip shark is seen trapped in a ‘ghost net,’ which was found off Grand Cayman on Monday. - PHOTO: PIERRE LESIEUR Remembrance service for Bo Miller to be held Saturday A service of remembrance will be held Saturday to honor the life of Derrington “Bo” Miller, who died earlier this month at the age of 66. The thanksgiving service takes place from 2 p.m. at the Craddock Ebanks Civic Centre in North Side. A large turnout is expected. Mr. Miller was a highly re- garded public figure who ran for office on four occasions and was instrumental in the cam- paign for a “one man, one vote” electoral system. He was also a beloved figure in his home district of North Side, where a public beach was dedicated in his honor just weeks before he died. Opening the beach to the public was a long-time dream for Mr. Miller and his family indicated in a funeral notice Friday that, in lieu of flowers, donations to fund the development of the public amenity will be accepted in his honor. His children Justin and Kimberley Miller told the Com- pass that completing the beach, which will eventually include public bathrooms, cabanas, a network of paths and a cat- boat, would be an appropriate tribute to their father. “We will strive to bring our dad’s many visions to fruition, but the one that held special significance to him was the cre- ation of a public beach for the North Side community. This en- capsulated two of his highest objectives in his lifetime – pre- serving our land and protecting ownership of Cayman resources so that they may be enjoyed by future generations,” they said. “The move by government to procure this land, previ- ously owned by his forefathers, to give back to the public was viewed as a personal achieve- ment and meant so much to him to witness before his passing. We are honored to join the North Side District Council in championing this cause and making his dream a reality. For that reason, we are encouraging those looking to send flowers to consider instead donating to the “Bo Miller Beach” via the North Side District Council.” Debra Broderick, who chairs the North Side District Council, paid tribute to Mr. Miller. She said, “He always thought of others and how he could make life better for the people. Through his advocacy for the Bo Miller Public Beach in North Side, he has given us the forti- tude to go continue what he started to the very end. We will miss you Bo.” Derrington ‘Bo’ MillerThe islands’ most-trusted news source 3 CAYMAN COMPASS • FRIDAY APRIL 20, 2018 The islands’ most-trusted news source 4 – EDITORIAL – Opinion&Letters The Cayman Compass welcomes comments, opinions and viewpoints from readers. Letters to the editor can be emailed to editor@pinnaclemedialtd.com, submitted via www.caymancompass.com, sent by post or hand-delivered to the Compass office. PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY: Caymanian Compass Limited (a subsidiary of Pinnacle Media Ltd) Compass Centre Shedden Road, George Town SEND US YOUR VIEWS OR NEWS: P.O. Box 1365 Grand Cayman KY1-1108, Cayman Islands Telephone: (345) 815-0095 Email: newsdesk@pinnaclemedialtd.com ADVERTISE WITH US: Telephone: (345) 949-5111 Email: sales@pinnaclemedialtd.com Website: www.caymancompass.com PUBLISHERS DAVID R. LEGGE AND VICKI L. LEGGE EDITOR-IN-CHIEF DAVID R. LEGGE EXECUTIVE EDITOR PATRICK BRENDEL A MEMBER OF THE INTER-AMERICAN PRESS ASSOCIATION “Give light and the people will findtheirownway” Everybody makes mistakes. Given the option, smart people tend to make them in private. The Cayman Islands government? Not so much. What could be more public than mountains of uncol- lected garbage accumulating in Grand Cayman’s dump- sters, along roadsides, in front of houses, and – finally, courtesy of an anonymous coalition of “mad as hell and not going to take it anymore” citizens – all over the George Town landfill’s parking lot? For months, local residents, including North Side MLA Ezzard Miller and Newlands MLA Al Suckoo, have been airing complaints about the Department of Environmental Health’s inconsistent collection of garbage. Referring to the pile of trash near the landfill, Mr. Miller said, “I think that was a protest from the people.” (We think he’s right.) Mr. Miller observed, “How hard would it be to put a [garbage collection] schedule in the Compass and stick to it?” (Right again, Mr. Miller. We’ll be happy to publish it.) Mr. Suckoo said, “I think we have hit the end of the road as far as this situation goes. Government needs to put some priority on this issue.” That is an understatement. Along with keeping the lights on and the water running, taking out the trash is a basic but vital criterion for maintaining an accept- able standard of living. Garbage collection is among the “unsexiest” functions of government, but it is a funda- mental service that impacts a diversity of core govern- ment responsibilities, including environmental health, public health and economic vibrancy. What tourist (or resident) would want to spend money in a place littered with unsightly and unsanitary refuse? As our readers are well aware, dysfunction at the Department of Environmental Health goes beyond missed garbage pick-ups. When workers do collect the garbage, the problem then becomes where to put it. The landfill, or at least certain sections of it, is practically full or approaching capacity. For example, for months officials have instructed resi- dents not to drop old cars at the landfill due to a lack of space – accompanied by the most-unhelpful instruction that people should also not keep old cars on either public or private property … (What’s left? Mars? Has anyone sub- mitted an inquiry to Elon Musk about capacity on the next Falcon Heavy rocket?) The lack of action from the department is only slightly less inspiring than the official statement emanating from the department. A DEH spokesperson said, “Late pickups are usually as a result of resource constraints due to mechanical breakdown or worker absenteeism.” Hold on. Collecting and properly disposing of garbage is the DEH’s job. We do not need general excuses about equipment or staffing; we need spare parts and people who show up to work. First up in the DEH’s game of “Where’s Waldo?” is department director Roydell Carter, who has been on leave since late last year, during which time government’s internal auditors have been looking into DEH’s manage- ment of overtime. Where is Mr. Carter? Does anyone know? Is he OK? Should someone knock on his door to check on his welfare? Mr. Miller said it’s time for Environmental Health Minister Dwayne Seymour to step in and sort out the problems. In this instance, Mr. Miller is only mostly right – in actuality, ministerial intervention is way overdue. If Minister Seymour is looking for suggestions, we have a non-satirical “modest proposal” for his consideration. Cayman has an uncollected garbage problem. Allegedly, Cayman also has an unemployment problem. Every year, hundreds of Caymanians participate in government’s annual Christmas cleanup effort, in exchange for modest cash wages. We know that Christmas only comes once a year, but given the untenable situation of uncollected garbage, perhaps it’s time for a heavy-duty spring cleaning campaign. Government’s failure to pick up the trash: How hard can it be? FRIDAY APRIL 20, 2018 • CAYMAN COMPASS The optimists may be right, after all In January, Wall Street in- vestors were optimistic tax cuts would sustain economic growth and the Trump bull market. As spring arrives, the world has proven decidedly more uncertain. The administration has not articulated endgame goals for the trade standoff with China. President Xi Jinping is offering some concessions but his commitment to indus- trial policies that target vital American industries remains clear and menacing. An all-out trade war could disrupt global supply chains, nix planned in- vestment spending, stall both economies and tank stocks. The Facebook imbroglio raises prospects of tighter regulations on the tech sector, and the kind of Wash- ington overreach that gave us Dodd-Frank, which crip- pled regional bank lending and substantially slowed the Obama recovery. Along with President Trump’s vitriolic remarks about Amazon, those com- bined to take the stock market well off its January highs. And now Federal Re- serve Chairman Jerome Powell could face the tough choice of easing back on planned interest rate hikes to keep the economy growing or accelerating those to keep inflation from flying out of control but pushing America into a recession. The March jobs report indicates businesses con- tinue to hire at a nice clip – the three-month average is 202,000 and wages were up only 2.7 percent on a year over year basis. Along with productivity growth at its re- cent pace of about 1 percent a year, that should keep in- flation right in line with the Fed’s 2 percent target. Indeed, core inflation – prices less the volatile food and energy sec- tors – has been hovering at just about that pace. This wage and price per- formance puzzles economists. Unemployment at 4.1 percent is quite low, and even in the interior in places hard hit by globalization – for example, Indiana, Iowa and Nebraska – economic development offi- cials report businesses scur- rying to find workers. This is hardly new – we have heard reports of worker and skill shortages for many months – but those hardly seem to show up in the wage or consumer price infla- tion statistics. During the recent recovery, four factors have kept infla- tion in check – the revolutions in shale oil and advanced re- covery technics, non-oil com- modity prices depressed by excess capacity from the over- hang of the Great Recession, expanded competition from inexpensive imported manu- factures and increased retail competition enabled by in- ternet commerce – but those mostly have run their course. Investors are pushing smaller U.S. oil producers to finally turn profits and do- mestic oil prices are up, broader import prices are now rising at a 3.6 percent annual clip and stronger global growth has pushed up costs for critical items like building materials. The housing sector is par- ticularly squeezed. The com- bination of tighter building codes, higher material prices and shortages of essential skilled workers keep new home construction below pre-recession levels and are boosting new home and resale prices. Amazon and other internet retailers have eliminated many of the weaker brick and mortar competitors, and now must squeeze better margins out of their supply chains or expand into other activities to grow. For example, Amazon is both raising prices and ex- panding into package delivery, drones, ocean freight and a host of other activities. Stronger productivity growth could mitigate all these pressures on inflation. White House economists are confident that deregu- lation, business investment prodded by tax cuts and de- regulation will restore the lost era of strong produc- tivity gains – those aver- aged 2.3 percent a year from 1947 to 2009. Economists mostly sort into two camps – those who believe the post-World War II period was exceptional and those at the White House and a few others (count me in) who believe the best is yet to come – that artificial intelligence and robotics is about to break loose progress on the scale of the Indus- trial Revolution. That is why the former see tax cuts as primarily demand stimulus and after a brief pe- riod of stronger growth, the economy slowing to a pace in line with the Obama recovery. In contrast, the White House and a few others see growth speeding up to about 3 per- cent longer term. We cannot wholly re- live the Reagan-Clinton de- cades, because of slower adult population growth and the effects of expanded en- titlements on labor-force participation among prime- working-age adults. However, if the optimists are right about produc- tivity, the Trump economy will be saved and the Fed will have a lot easier time than many expect. Peter Morici is an economist and business professor at the University of Maryland, and a national columnist. © 2018, The Washington Times, LLC. PETER MORICI Economists mostly sort into two camps – those who believe the post-World War II period was exceptional and those at the White House and a few others (count me in) who believe the best is yet to come.The islands’ most-trusted news source 5 CAYMAN COMPASS • FRIDAY APRIL 20, 2018 dartscholar.ky Beyond prestige and financial support for both high school and university students, the Dart Scholarship provides young Caymanians with life-changing experience in the real world of industry. 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GIVING a little helpsA LOT “Preparing Communities Today for Disasters of Tomorrow” DEADLINE: 1st May 2018 2 0 1 8 Zert0 OON L CAL 24th April 2018 The industry's most insightful, relevant, Business Continuity/ Disaster Recovery Seminar is coming local to the Cayman Islands! "We're proud to bring this one-time event to the Caribbean, complimentry for 20 guests!" Polly Pickering, Managing Director at eShore Ltd +1 (345) 946 3673 | www.eshoreltd.com Golden moment for Cayman principal JAMES WHITTAKER jwhittaker@pinnaclemedialtd.com Clifton Hunter High School principal Pauline Beckford was on the edge of her seat Saturday night as she tuned into an in- ternet feed of England’s net- ball team winning a thrilling gold medal match against hosts Australia at the Com- monwealth Games. Ms. Beckford is not just a patriotic former net- ball coach, she had a spe- cial interest in the game. Her daughter Eboni Beckford- Chambers is a key member of the England team. Ms. Beckford could not make the trip to the Gold Coast, but she watched every minute of the final. “I was screaming so hard and shouting at the screen, I thought the neighbors were going to call the police,” she said. “I am so happy for them. She rang me right afterwards and was in tears of joy.” The England team tri- umphed by 52-51 in an ex- tremely close final against the Aussies, tradition- ally the powerhouse team of the sport. Ms. Beckford, originally from the U.K., taught her daughter to play netball and coached her junior team from age seven to 11. “Once they get to the pre-teen stage they know it all then, so you have to pass them on to someone else,” she joked. She said her daughter had excelled at sports and had been seriously involved in ballet and gymnastics, as well as tennis and skiing. “At one stage, the Olympic Committee were interested in her becoming a rower but she didn’t want to get up early in the morning and get her hair wet,” she said. “I think she genuinely loves team sports, being around the other girls and the friendship that goes with it.” Ms. Beckford-Chambers, 30, a solicitor, has visited Grand Cayman on many oc- casions, running a netball clinic for children on the is- land on one visit. She has played netball professionally in Australia and New Zealand and cur- rently plays for Team Bath in the U.K. She was part of the England team that won bronze in the Delhi Common- wealth Games eight years ago, playing in the goalkeeper and goal defense positions. England’s victory against Australia in the gold medal game has made front-page headlines across the U.K. and raised the profile of a sport that often plays second-fiddle to men’s pro sports like foot- ball, rugby and cricket. “There was a big wel- come at Heathrow airport and they have been on ‘The One Show’ and ‘BBC Break- fast.’ It was also in The Tele- graph and The Guardian,” Ms. Beckford said. “They have just been grabbing the opportunity to raise the pro- file of netball.” England’s netball team celebrates after defeating hosts Australia in the 2018 Commonwealth Games gold medal match. - PHOTO: TRACEY NEARMY/AAP IMAGE VIA AP Eboni Beckford-ChambersThe islands’ most-trusted news source 7 CAYMAN COMPASS • FRIDAY APRIL 20, 2018 186381_PRINT-IH-Ad_FP_CC_ChrtyDrPage 1 4/17/18 2:31:41 PMThe islands’ most-trusted news source 8 FRIDAY APRIL 20, 2018 • CAYMAN COMPASS Churchill’s Funeral Home Condolences can be registered at: www.churchillsfuneralhome.com We have been asked to announce the passing of Mr. Derrington “Bo” Miller, who passed away on Sunday April 8, 2018. A Thanksgiving Service will be held on Saturday April 21, 2018 at 2:00pm at Craddock Ebanks Civic Center, North Side Road. donations can be made to the following: North Side District Council (Must Reference on Deposit) for Bo Miller Beach (Royal Bank account number 263-5175) or Cayman Hospice Care or Cayman Islands Cancer Society. Interment Follows at Miller’s Cemetery Old Robin Road. e have been asked to announce the passing ofe have been asked to announce the passing of (Must Reference on Deposit) for Bo Miller Beach The Family of the late Vivion Burowise Ebanks Better known as ‘ Ping-Ping’ Would like to inform the public that the memorial planned for Saturday, April 21st has been postponed until a later date which will be announced. The family of Susan Sumalapao regrets to announce her death on Thursday, 12 April, 2018. A viewing will be held 6:00-9:00 p.m. on Sunday, 22 April, 2018 at Bodden Funeral Service 117 Walkers Road. Ms Sumalapao will be repatriated to the Philippines. Condolences can be registered at boddenfuneralservices.com & Bodden Funeral Service Facebook page. The family of the Late Leighton Dixon regrets to announce his passing on Wednesday, 4 April, 2018. Condolences can be registered at www.boddenfuneralservices.com & Bodden Funeral Service Facebook page A funeral service will be held 2:00 p.m. Sunday, 22 April 2018 at the East End Civic Centre, viewing will be from 1:00 p.m. prior to the service. Interment will follow in East End Cemetery. The family of Virginia Castillo regrets to announce her death on Tuesday,10 April, 2018. Condolences can be registered at boddenfuneralservices.com & Bodden Funeral Service Facebook page. A funeral service will be held 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, 21 April, 2018 at Cayman Islands Baptist Church, Pedro Castle Rd.. Viewing will be prior to the service from 1:00 p.m. Interment will follow in West Bay Cemetery. In lieu of flowers donations may be made to Cayman Island Baptist Church-Building Fund. The family of the late Clive Waldorf Musson regrets to announce his death on Wednesday, 11 April, 2018. The Memorial Mass and Thanksgiving for the life of Cive Waldorf Musson will be held at St. George’s Anglican Church, Courts Road, George Town on Saturday, 28 April at 10:00 a.m. Cheerful colours welcomed In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to “Positive Intervention Now - ‘PIN’” (a ministry of St. Georges’s Anglican Church) and “Feed Our Future” Condolences can be registered at boddenfuneralservices.com & Bodden Funeral Service Facebook page. Enterprise City campus first phase approved growth and positive impact on Cayman’s economy. We are thankful for all who have helped move the project for- ward and look forward to the hard work ahead.” A Planned Area Develop- ment for the wider project has already been approved, but the component elements still require individual plan- ning permission. The application for the initial buildings came be- fore the Central Planning Authority Wednesday with a recommendation that it be approved. In its notes to the CPA, the planning department in- dicated the proposed build- ings were in line with the approved Planned Area De- velopment and within the permitted building height for commercial property in that area. The Department of En- vironment re-iterated previ- ously aired concerns about loss of mangrove habitat and the potential for flooding. The report noted that a storm- water management plan, ap- proved by the National Roads Authority, would be a condi- tion of approval. Cayman Enterprise City – the island’s special economic zone – was launched in 2012 to attract international com- panies, which do business off island, to the territory. The long-term plan has always been for the businesses to be housed together, with phases of the campus being built as the project grows and de- mand increases. Charlie Kirkconnell, chief executive officer of Enterprise City, indicated that tech com- panies are providing a new growth surge for the zone. In the next five years, he said, it will grow to more than 500 businesses, with over half expected to be technology companies. from Australia who had retired in Cayman. By the end of the trial, he was living in an elderly care facility in Aus- tralia and was suffering from dementia. The jury convicted Ms. Bouchard on 14 counts of theft that to- taled CI$1,583,749.77 and US$829,855.17 be- tween May 2010 and October 2012. The Cayman Islands Court of Appeal reduced her sentence from 12 years to 10 years in No- vember 2016, and heard details of assets in- volved. The court was told at the time that Ms. Bouchard agreed to turn $1.4 million in cash and a condominium valued at $250,000. At the hearing this week, some ques- tions remained about monies held by Ms. Bouchard in Canada. The jury had convicted her of transferring crim- inal property – stolen money – in the sums of US$350,000, CA$350,000 and CI$310,000. In early 2014, she transferred CA$1.4 mil- lion in her Canadian bank accounts to another bank account in the name of her father, who, by that time, had been dead for a number of years. Crown counsel Toyin Salako told the court that Cayman did not have a relationship with Canada that would assist in re- covering those funds. Justice Wood said he found that “quite extraordinary.” Defense attorney Lee Halliday-Davis noted that Ms. Bouchard had been obliged to draw on those funds for living expenses and attorneys’ fees when she had been denied legal aid. The court order is to be satisfied by April 19, 2019. Ms. Halliday-Davis said the Cayman condo would be handed over to Mr. Handford’s family. Bouchard ordered to pay $2.23 million Cayman Enterprise City hopes to have more than 500 businesses working from its new campus within five years. CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 Michelle Bouchard Crown counsel Toyin Salako told the court that Cayman did not have a relationship with Canada that would assist in recovering the funds. Temporary road closures announced A northbound lane on the Esterley Tibbetts Highway near Camana Bay will be closed for three weeks as road- work continues on the section. The National Roads Au- thority will close the slow lane, the lane furthest from the stone-wall median, trav- eling northbound toward West Bay between the Ca- mana Bay South and Camana Bay Town Centre Round- about, from Monday, April 23, to Sunday, May 13. Also, over this weekend, work along the West Bay Road underpass will continue and the road between Law- rence Boulevard and the Gal- leria Roundabout will close at 10 p.m. Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights, reopening at 7 a.m. the following mornings.The islands’ most-trusted news source 9 CAYMAN COMPASS • FRIDAY APRIL 20, 2018 Churchill’s Funeral Home Condolences can be registered at: www.churchillsfuneralhome.com We have been asked to announce the passing of Mr. Cecil Raymond Barnes, who passed away on Sunday April 8, 2018. A Thanksgiving Service will be held on Saturday April 21, 2018 at 10:30am at Elmslie Memorial United Church, 48 Harbour Drive, George Town. e have been asked to announce the passing of Churchill’s Funeral Home Condolences can be registered at: www.churchillsfuneralhome.com We have been asked to announce the passing of Mr. Lessel Carney Ebanks, who passed away on Monday April 9, 2018. A Thankskiving Service will be held on Sunday April 22, 2018 at 3:00pm at Presbyterian Church of Boatswain Bay. Interment Follows at Boatswain Bay Cemetery. e have been asked to announce the passing of The family of Marlon Cabrera regrets to announce his death on Saturday, 7 April, 2018. A viewing will be held 5:00-8:00 p.m. on Sunday, 22 April, 2018 at Bodden Funeral Service 117 Walkers Road. Mr. Cabrera will be repatriated to the Philippines. Condolences can be registered at boddenfuneralservices.com & Bodden Funeral Service Facebook page. The family of Clifford Asmond Ebanks regrets to announce his death on Monday, 16 April, 2018. A funeral service will take place 2:00 p.m. Saturday, 21 April 2018 at the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses, Walkers Rd. Viewing will be from 5:00 - 7:00 p.m. Thursday, 19 April 2018 at Bodden Funeral Service, 117 Walkers Rd. Interment will follow in Prospect Cemetery Condolences can be registered at boddenfuneralservices.com & Bodden Funeral Service Facebook page. The family of the late Barton Whittaker Jr regrets to announce his death on Monday, 16 April, 2018. A funeral service will take place 2:00 p.m. Sunday, 22 April 2018 at the Church of God Universal. Viewing will be prior to the service from 1:00 p.m. Interment will follow in Old Man Bay Cemetery Condolences can be registered at boddenfuneralservices.com & Bodden Funeral Service Facebook page. In Memory of David L. Parchment 3 January 1948 - 22 April 2013 Beloved husband, father, and grandfather There is a link death cannot sever, Love and remembrance last forever. Partings come, and hearts are broken, Loved ones go with words unspoken, Deep in our hearts there's a memory kept, For a husband and father, we'll never forget. Missed with love by wife: Cherry; Sons: Dwayne, Ernest, Nigel, Sean, Roderick, and Ian; Daughters-in-law; Grandchildren and the rest of the family and friends. special education needs – those identified as such make up as much as 25 percent of the student population – and they draw from a demo- graphic that is often faced with socioeconomic chal- lenges. Both of those factors are known to impact educa- tional performance. “Because of the high [spe- cial education needs], you will get a slight skewing,” Mr. Hunte said. The department does not collect socioeconomic data on student families, he said, but it is widely accepted that the public school students are less well off, in general, than those attending Cayman’s private schools. “Those people that can send their kids to private ed- ucation tend to, if they can afford it,” Mr. Hunte said. Overall, the Year 4 stu- dents showed more poten- tial than those in the upper grades. The overall mean score was 96.9. Year 6 and year 9 students scored 93.9 and 94.1, respectively. A score of 100 meets the mean es- tablished by students in the U.K. system. All three groups of stu- dents scored lowest on the verbal and math portions of the test, and highest on the portions measuring non- verbal and spatial abilities. Ten percent of Year 9 stu- dents scored “very low” on the verbal portion of the test. Ms. Monteith said the tests provide an important tool for educators, helping to determine students’ strengths and where more resources need to be made available. “We know our children come to school with many barriers,” she said, adding that she believes the schools are providing appropriate support. “We employ suffi- cient specialized teachers in English and math, with con- centrated programs. Last year, we added 50 new posts and they were all for [special education needs].” Since the tests were im- plemented in 2010, she said, specific programs have been generated in response to trying to move the scores closer to average. “We’ve added math and reading recovery, specifically for intervention geared at closing that gap,” she said. Ms. Monteith said such analysis reaches down to the classroom level. She said teachers can look at the test scores to see what kinds of learning styles are domi- nant among their students and can tailor their lesson plans accordingly. She believes prog- ress is being made and the necessary pieces are in place to help students im- prove and succeed. “By the time our students reach Year 12, they’re on par with their U.K. counter- parts,” she said. Results from exit exams in 2017 show that 51 percent of Cayman Year 12 students hit the standard of passing five or more subjects at level 2 or higher, when Eng- lish and math were included in those subjects. The 2017 average for U.K. students was unavailable at press time, but Cayman students have consistently scored lower than their U.K. peers over the years. The 2017 figure is a sig- nificant increase from 2016, when 47 percent of Year 12 students hit the five- plus subjects at level 2 or more. In the U.K., the corre- sponding figure in 2016 was 56 percent, a marked dif- ference, particularly when one considers that U.K. stu- dents take their exams after Year 11. The percent of Year 11 Cayman students passing five or more level 2 subjects in 2016 was just 36 percent. Given the “barriers” Ms. Monteith says Cayman stu- dents face, closing those gaps remains a challenge. The CAT4 scores, she em- phasizes, are meant to be a predictor, not the defini- tive assessment of a stu- dent’s abilities. “The story really begins here,” she said. Test scores of Cayman students below U.K. average CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 Southwest Airlines seeks more time for engine inspections DALLAS (AP) — Southwest Airlines sought more time last year to inspect fan blades like the one that snapped off during one of its flights Tuesday in an engine failure that left a passenger dead. The airline opposed a recommendation by the en- gine manufacturer to re- quire ultrasonic inspec- tions of certain fan blades within 12 months, saying it needed more time to con- duct the work. Southwest made the com- ments last year after U.S. regulators proposed making the inspections mandatory. The Federal Aviation Ad- ministration has not yet re- quired airlines to conduct the inspections but said late Wednesday that it would do so in the next two weeks. 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Needum on Thursday de- clined to detail his rescue efforts out of respect for Riordan’s family. “I feel for her family. I feel for her two kids, her hus- band, the community that they lived in,” an emotional Needum told reporters. “I can’t imagine what they’re going through.” Federal investigators are still trying to determine how the window came out of the plane. Riordan, who was in a window seat in Row 14, was wearing a seat belt. Philadelphia’s medical ex- aminer said the banking ex- ecutive and mother of two from Albuquerque, New Mexico, died from blunt-im- pact injuries to her head, neck and torso. A National Transportation Safety Board investigator examines damage to the engine of the Southwest Airlines plane that made an emergency landing at Philadelphia International Airport in Philadelphia on Tuesday. - PHOTO: NTSB VIA APNext >