ESTABLISHED 1965 www.caymancompass.com – 50 CENTS – WEDNESDAY JULY 11, 2018 High of 88 Low of 76 Slight to moderate with wave heights of 2 to 4 feet. EDITORIAL | PAGE 4 HURRICANE CORBYN? BREXIT TEMPEST COULD BECOME A CAT 5 STORM LOCAL | PAGE 2 ARTIST VOWS ‘ELLIE’ IS NOT YET IN THE GRAVEYARD George Town hotel can go 7 stories BRENT FULLER bfuller@pinnaclemedialtd.com Lawmakers have approved a change in planning rules that will allow for a hotel of up to seven stories to be built along the northern George Town waterfront. Initially, the boutique “wellness” hotel, which sought planning permission to be built along North Church Street at the site of the old Treehouse restaurant south of the Dixie cemetery across from Kirk Market, was to be five stories high. However, on June 29, lawmakers agreed to amend the Development and Planning Law and regulations to allow a taller structure to be built in the area. “It is the intention of this amendment to create a small height adjustment to this area which will allow a seven story limit to exist against the surrounding five-story context,” said Minister Joey Hew, introducing the plan- ning amendments to the House. Mr. Hew said there was previously no way the Central Planning Authority could autho- rize commercial buildings higher than five sto- ries without authorization from lawmakers. The changes were approved without com- ment by the Legislative Assembly. Minister Hew said the planning change al- lows the Central Planning Authority to accept applications for commerical buildings to go above five stories in the area where the hotel is being built. The development plans for the five-story “wellness” hotel were submitted to the Cen- tral Planning Authority a year ago. The NCB Group, which is developing the project, hopes to open the facility sometime in 2019. GOVERNMENT REMAINS QUIET AS MIGRANT HUNGER STRIKE ENTERS 10TH DAY KAYLA YOUNG kyoung@pinnaclemedialtd.com Nine Cuban men detained at George Town’s Immigration Detention Centre entered their 10th day of hunger strike Tuesday – abstaining from food, water and bathing – without a visit thus far from government or a doctor, ac- cording to the migrant asylum seekers. Two officials from the Human Rights Com- mission reportedly visited the facility Tuesday afternoon, telling the men they would be in contact with a doctor and saying staff would return with paperwork for them to fill out. The HRC has not provided comment on the strike. One of the men on strike – who has been held for one year and two months in the Prison Service facility, pending review of his asylum application – said the group had placed its lives in the hands of Cayman’s government. They feared, however, that a response from officials may not come in time for them. Three of the hunger-strikers appeared Sunday in videos, which have now received hundreds OFREG ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR CEO With Utility Regulation and Com- petition Office CEO J. Paul Morgan’s contract expiring on Aug. 6, the reg- ulator is accepting applications for the position, according to Linford Pierson, chairman of OfReg’s board of directors. For more on this story, see page 6. British fans are thirsty for a World Cup title SPENCER FORDIN sfordin@pinnaclemedialtd.com Is it coming home? Le- gions of British football fans will fill the pubs on Grand Cayman Wednesday after- noon as England seeks to move one step closer to a World Cup championship. England’s team, dubbed the Three Lions, is two wins away from hoisting the World Cup for the first time since 1966, and it can move into the fi- nals with a victory over Croatia on Wednesday. Many of Cayman’s bars are expecting a huge wave of in- terest for the England game, continuing a trend that has seen establishments opening as early as 9 a.m. to show the early World Cup games. “We have a good number of staff, but it’s almost never enough,” said Andrea Watler of Fidel Murphy’s. “England’s defi- nitely been the biggest draw, but we’ve also had quite a bit of Pe- ruvians. It’s just been really big. Even outside has been busy. We’ve had a satellite ‘kegerator’ outside selling Caybrew.” Chris Parsons, manager of the Pirate’s Den bar, said he ex- pects to have double the usual number of staff working on Wednesday, and he’s expecting Entire Thai soccer team rescued from cave Four Thai Navy SEALS, wearing sunglasses and masks, give the thumbs up after all 12 boys and their soccer coach who were trapped in a flooded cave in northern Thailand were rescued. The SEALS were the last to leave the cave Tuesday after four of the boys and their coach were pulled to freedom. The eight other boys were rescued on Sunday and Monday. The rescue ended a grueling 18-day ordeal that claimed the life of an experienced volunteer diver and riveted people around the world. For more on this story, see page 8. – PHOTO: THAI SEALS FACEBOOK PAGE PLEASE TURN TO PAGE 6 » PLEASE TURN TO PAGE 6 » PLEASE TURN TO PAGE 1 »2 LOCAL NEWS WEDNESDAY JULY 11, 2018 • CAYMAN COMPASS • Matinees Daily (matinee price before 6pm) • Seniors $8.00, Mon-Fri Before 6pm • Additional charges apply per 3D/VIP tickets Cayman Cinema@cbcinema6cbcinema6 SATURDAY NIGHT: For your viewing pleasure, minors under the age of 18 will not be admitted to any film starting after 6pm, unless accompanied by their parent. - WEDNESDAY - 640-FILM (640-3456) ANT-MAN AND THE WASP (PG13) 1:50 3D I 3:45 VIP I 6:45 VIP I 7:00 9:35 VIP I 9:55 3D THE FIRST PURGE (R) 12:45 I 4:35 I 5:30 I 10:05 UNCLE DREW (PG13) 4:35 I 10:00 INCREDIBLES 2 (PG) 12:45 3D I 4:10 I 6:30 3D HOTEL ARTEMIS (R) 3:10 I 7:50 I 9:40 JURASSIC WORLD: THE FALLEN KINGDOM (PG13) 12:30 VIP I 1:20 I 3:35 3D I 6:50 I 9:20 3D SICARIO 2: DAY OF THE SOLDADO (R) 1:45 I 7:10 SOTO FAMILY INTRODUCES SCUBA SCHOLARSHIP Bob Soto’s family is looking for a few inter- ested applicants to follow in his wake. Mr. Soto, who passed away in 2015 at the age of 88, was a scuba pioneer in Cayman, and he opened one of the world’s first diving resorts on Grand Cayman in 1957. Now, his family is instituting the Bob Soto Memorial Scuba Scholar- ship in an effort to keep his memory alive. The scholarship will be presented at the Interna- tional Scuba Diving Hall of Fame ceremony on Sept. 14 at the Grand Cayman Marriott. The scholarship is available to Caymanians or status holders with a scuba certification, and ap- plicants must provide an essay that explains their in- terest in diving, their future goals and what they hope to contribute to the scuba community in the future. The deadline for receipt of applications is Sept. 1. The scholarship will be used train a diver to in- structor level, with Red Sail Sports doing the training, according to Mr. Soto’s widow, Suzy. She said she hopes the scholar- ship award will become an annual event. Mr. Soto was the author of “Bob Soto, Extraordinary Adventures, Scuba Pioneer,” and his son Rene said in an official statement that he hoped to see a distin- guished class of divers vying for the scholarship. “My father would have wanted the criteria to be set high, as he always strived to show and promote Cayman in the best possible light,” Rene Soto said. “The indi- vidual receiving this oppor- tunity should have some level of confidence, intelli- gence and integrity to repre- sent Cayman to the public.” Scholarship applications are available at info@redsailcayman.com or suzysoto@candw.ky. Speaker Bush’s lawyer named UK attorney general Artist vows ‘Ellie’ is not yet in the graveyard MARK MUCKENFUSS mmuckenfuss@pinnaclemedialtd.com It was a short life for Ellie the elephant. For two weeks, the 8-foot- high sculpture of lumber and trash provided a spec- tacle for drivers on the Es- terley Tibbetts Highway, as she stood alone in the middle of the open field north of Cost-U-Less. Tuesday morning, she was on her side. By Tuesday evening, she was gone. Creator Carlo Lee said his understanding is that workers clearing the property knocked the trash-bag pachy- derm over. He said he was not contacted about moving the impromptu art installation. Efforts to reach the property owners were unsuccessful. “As soon as it tipped over,” Mr. Lee said, “I figured it went from sculpture to trash.” He and collaborator Kerwin Ebanks were busy dis- assembling the piece Tuesday afternoon, bagging up the trash used to make Ellie and pulling apart the frame. Mr. Lee and Mr. Ebanks built the elephant – it’s un- clear whether it was the Af- rican or Indian subspecies – to draw attention to the trash problem in the Cayman Is- lands, particularly as it re- lates to plastic waste. Mr. Lee found the way Ellie was pushed out of her temporary digs somewhat meaningful. “It’s very symbolic of the way we handle most of the problems of Cayman,” he said, “we just push it to the side.” Still, he was hopeful. “I’m glad for a few days Ellie brought some atten- tion to the issue,” he said. “She definitely created a dis- cussion. We really achieved what we set out to do, which was to have a discussion. We’re glad to be part of that inspiration.” While the elephant will be temporarily housed at Mr. Lee’s home. He’s hoping to reconstruct the sculpture at the Cayman Turtle Centre (“They host some of the ani- mals very affected by plas- tics,”) or, if not that, as part of a recycled art exhibit he and some other artists are plan- ning for October. “Ellie will survive,” he said. And, if not, she at least had a happy life. “She was a celebrity and got her 15 minutes,” Mr. Lee said. “That’s all anybody can ask for as an elephant.” A new diving scholarship will be awarded in memory of the late Bob Soto. - PHOTO: JUSTIN UZZELL Geoffrey Cox, QC, is Britain’s new attorney general. Artist Carlo Lee disassembles Ellie the elephant after she was knocked down in a field north of Cost-U-Less after a two-week stay. - PHOTO: MARK MUCKENFUSS New foreign secretary, Brexit minister named BRENT FULLER bfuller@pinnaclemedialtd.com Geoffrey Cox, QC, best known in Cayman for his suc- cessful defense of former Pre- mier McKeeva Bush during a 2014 criminal trial, has been confirmed as Britain’s at- torney general following a partial Cabinet reshuffle in Prime Minister Theresa May’s coalition government. The Cabinet changes were prompted by the resignations of Brexit Minister David Davis and Foreign Minister Boris Johnson amid the on- going fallout over painful ne- gotiations to separate the U.K. from the European Union. U.K. MP’s Jeremy Hunt and Dominic Raab were named as the new foreign minister and Brexit minister, respectively. The selection of Mr. Cox as the U.K.’s top lawyer was seen as a positive sign among Cayman’s representatives both at home and abroad. “[Mr. Cox] is a good man, the likes of whom is not seen in those places,” Mr. Bush said Tuesday. “He doesn’t be- lieve in hurting people, but believes in the rule of law and defends its true meeting. I know he is an honest man and will represent the U.K. fairly in all things.” U.K. London office director Eric Bush pointed out that Mr. Cox was one of the MPs that spoke out against re- cently proposed amendments to the Sanctions and Anti- Money Laundering Bill in the House of Commons. The bill, which was even- tually approved and signed into law, requires British Overseas Territories – but not Crown Dependencies – to es- tablish a public register of company ownership by De- cember 2020. If the territories do not comply, the law re- quires the Secretary of State for foreign and common- wealth affairs to draft orders in council to force the territo- ries to adopt such a register. Cayman’s premier has vowed to fight an effort to implement such a change in the local courts. During his debate on the bill’s amendment on May 1, Mr. Cox noted: “In 2009, we gave the people of the Cayman Islands a solemn pledge in this House. We said, ‘We will not legislate for you in these areas of public re- sponsibility without your consent.’ By this measure today, we are breaking that promise to them, and it is be- neath the dignity of this Par- liament to do away with that promise and that pledge of good faith.” Mr. Cox also spoke out against the actions of the U.K.-appointed governor of the Cayman Islands during Mr. Bush’s trial in 2014, al- leging that former Governor Duncan Taylor had cynically tried to remove Mr. Bush’s United Democratic Party government of 2009-2012 from power. “If there has been any misconduct in a public office, it has been from those who orchestrated and planned the subversion of a democrati- cally elected premier in this territory,” Mr. Cox said during Mr. Bush’s October 2014 trial, during which the former pre- mier was acquitted of cor- ruption-related charges. Former Governor Taylor has denied all such allega- tions and Mr. Bush has since filed a lawsuit against the former governor and ex-Po- lice Commissioner David Ba- ines, accusing the two men of conspiring to remove the former premier from of- fice. That matter is still be- fore the courts. U.K. uncertainty Although the new Cab- inet positions were con- firmed swiftly following Mr. Johnson’s sudden resigna- tion, there remained signifi- cant speculation in the U.K. over whether the embattled prime minister could re- tain her hold on the coali- tion government. Observers noted the moves could lead to a re- volt among conservatives or even a new election, if the Brexit uncertainty could not be resolved. “Brexit should be about opportunity and hope,” Mr. Johnson wrote in his resig- nation letter. “It should be a chance to do things differ- ently, to be more nimble and dynamic, and to maximise the particular advantages of the UK as an open, outward- looking global economy. “That dream is dying, suffocated by needless self-doubt.” Ms. May said she was “a little surprised” by Mr. John- son’s decision, but felt it was right for him to resign if he could no longer provide the support needed to get a deal on Brexit.The islands’ most-trusted news source 3 CAYMAN COMPASS • WEDNESDAY JULY 11, 2018 The Ritz-Carlton, Grand Cayman announces nominees for the Stingray Tourism Awards The Ritz-Carlton, Grand Cayman proudly announces the nominations of ten of its Ladies and Gentlemen for the 15th annual Stingray Tourism Awards hosted by the Cayman Islands Tourism Association (CITA) on the 17th of July, 2018. The prestigious awards recognize individuals in the tourism industry in the following areas: Allied, Attraction, Transportation, Accommodations, Restaurant and Watersports. The following professionals have been recognized for their contributions to the tourism industry in five different categories: Peggy Onaga, Director of Shops and Sandrine Dixneuf, Spa Director for Accommodations Manager of the Year; Crystal Marshall, Sous Chef at Seven and Wesley Hepburn, Andiamo Restaurant Manager for Restaurant Manager of the Year; Elizabeth Barnes of Andiamo restaurant for Restaurant Employee of the Year; Jasmine Williams, Human Resources Coordinator, Marvin Montoya, Engineer and Adriana Airinei, Residences Supervisor in the category of Accommodations Employee of the Year; and Kelly Phillips, Rooms Division Voyager and Dean- dra Ebanks, Culinary Executive Assistant for Rising Star of the Year. In addition to the categories mentioned above for the different sectors, CITA also recognizes professionals with a longstand- ing career in the hospitality industry through the Diamond Award, which is given to an industry veteran with over 20 years of experience and the Lifetime Achievement Award, for which only CITA members are eligible to win. The event will be held at The Ritz-Carlton, Grand Cayman on Tuesday, July 17th, starting with a cocktail reception at 6 p.m., the awards ceremony at 7 p.m. which will be followed by a celebratory dinner. Peggy Onaga Accommodations Manager of the Year Sandrine Dixneuf Accommodations Manager of the Year Crystal Marshall Restaurant Manager of the Year Wesley Hepburn Restaurant Manager of the Year Elizabeth Barnes Restaurant Employee of the Year Jasmine Williams Accommodations Employee of the Year Marvin Montoya Accommodations Employee of the Year Adriana Airinei Accommodations Employee of the Year Kelly Phillips Rising Star of the Year Deandra Ebanks Rising Star of the Year The resort is thrilled to share the nominations for ten of its Ladies and Gentlemen who will be recognized for their outstanding contributions to the resort and the industry. ADVERTORIALThe 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. “Brexit should be about opportunity and hope. It should be a chance to do things differently, to be more nimble and dynamic, and to maximise the particular advantages of the UK as an open, outward-looking global economy. “That dream is dying, suffocated by needless self-doubt.” — Boris Johnson Because of continuing delays over the United King- dom’s withdrawal from the European Union, U.K. foreign secretary Boris Johnson and Brexit secretary David Davis have conducted an exit of their own – from U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May’s foundering government. Whether it’s due to a lack of negotiating prowess or a lukewarm-at-best commitment to pursuing a Brexit deal, the fact remains that May has failed to devise an exit strategy that is in keeping with the spirit of the directive issued by the British electorate two years ago: namely, their desire to leave the European Union and reestablish control of their country’s own affairs. Ms. May may not have called for the vote (her prede- cessor David Cameron did) nor agreed personally with the outcome, but as the elected leader it is her duty to carry out the will of the people, once expressed. If she is not prepared to or capable of doing so, it is she who should be submitting a letter of resignation. As Mr. Johnson wrote in his resignation letter: “It is more than two years since the British people voted to leave the European Union on an unambiguous and cat- egorical promise that if they did so they would be taking back control of their democracy. “They were told that they would be able to manage their own immigration policy, repatriate the sums of UK cash currently spent by the EU, and, above all, that they would be able to pass laws independently and in the interests of the people of this country.” Instead, they and the rest of the world have watched as the U.K.’s political establishment, led by May and an entrenched elite, has slow-walked negotiations – repeat- edly capitulating to Brussels’ insistence on having the upper hand in dictating the terms of the separation and the status quo post Brexit. Rather than guiding the nation through an expeditious divorce, Ms. May has led the U.K. (and the territories, including the Cayman Islands) into a confusing thicket of provisions, deals and agreements that are impossible for a layperson to decipher, but which send a clear invitation to opponents eager to exploit the PM’s weak position. We will list only two examples of her team’s “successes”: First, there is the official “exit date” (March 30, 2019) – nearly three years after the people’s vote. It, in fact, only marks the beginning of a lengthy “transition period.” It is only then that the U.K. can even begin negotiating new trade deals, which cannot take effect until January of 2021. Even though immigration was a clear impetus for the pro-Brexit referendum result, May’s government has promised the EU free movement across borders at least through 2020. As with the recent Parliamentary maneuvers that resulted in the U.K. mandating public registers of ben- eficial ownership in the British Overseas Territories, the activity we describe above may be happening “across the pond,” but serious repercussions could soon be felt here in Cayman and our sister colonies. The resignations of Mr. Johnson and Mr. Davis threaten to shake the already tenuous foundations of Ms. May’s coalition government. If, as some predict, the chaos leads to another general election, there is a very real possibility of a change in leadership – potentially placing Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn in the driver’s seat. Mr. Corbyn and his followers have made no secret of their distaste for offshore finance, and their disdain for the rights of U.K. territories to govern their own domestic affairs. In fact, it was not long ago that Mr. Corbyn advo- cated for “direct rule” of Overseas Territories as a way to impose U.K. tax law on our self-sustaining jurisdictions. If the next leader of the U.K. is “Prime Minister Jeremy Corbyn” – then the issue of beneficial owner- ship registers will instantly become the least of Cayman’s immediate existential worries. Hurricane Corbyn? Brexit tempest could become a Cat 5 storm WEDNESDAY JULY 11, 2018 • CAYMAN COMPASS Is the US a horrible place for women? Over the years, I’ve shared some rankings that are ut- terly preposterous. ■■ A writer for the At- lantic actually claimed that America was one of the world’s 17 most au- thoritarian nations. ■■ The statists at the OECD put together a ranking asserting that pov- erty is a bigger problem in the United States than in Greece, Por- tugal, or Turkey. ■■ In a 2010 ranking of in- fluence in the world of global finance, Finan- cial Centres Interna- tional placed me higher than either George Soros or Paul Krugman (I wish that was true). ■■ A group called the New Economics Founda- tion published a “Happy Planet Index” that ranked miserably poor places such as Ban- gladesh and Venezuela above the United States. ■■ Jeffrey Sachs scores basket-case countries such as Cuba, Belarus, Greece, and Argen- tina above the United States in achieving the U.N.’s so-called sustain- able development goals. Needless to say, none of these ranking pass the laugh test. Well, we have a new ad- dition to this disreputable collection, as reported by CBS, “The United States has been ranked for the first time among the 10 nations deemed to be the most dan- gerous for women by experts in the field. A survey by the Thomson Reuters Foundation of about 550 experts in women’s is- sues around the globe la- beled the U.S. the 10th most dangerous nation in terms of the risk of sexual violence, harassment and being co- erced into sex …. According to the survey, which was last carried out in 2011 and did not then rank the U.S. among the top 10 most dangerous nations, India is the most perilous country for women … Most of the other coun- tries in the top-10 deter- mined by the foundation’s survey are countries with ongoing military conflicts or insurgencies, or where long- held religious and political views have kept women on an unequal footing in terms of law enforcement and treatment in society gener- ally …. The foundation asked the experts which five of the 193 United Nations member states they felt were “most dangerous for women and which country was worst in terms of healthcare, eco- nomic resources, cultural or traditional practices, sexual violence and harass- ment, non-sexual violence and human trafficking,” ac- cording to the foundation.” I’m assuming that the top-9 countries are not good places for women, but think about what sort of person would put the United States at #10. ■■ Do they really think the United States is worse for women than Egypt, where about 90 percent of fe- males are subject to the horrifying practice of fe- male genital mutilation? ■■ Do they really think the United States is worse for women than South Africa, where the rape rate is five times higher? ■■ Do they really think the United States is worse for women than Nepal, where per-capita in- come is just 1.3 percent of American levels? ■■ Do they really think the United States is worse for women than An- gola, where the av- erage woman dies nearly three decades sooner? ■■ Do they really think the United States is worse for women than China, where girl children are much more likely to be aborted or subject to infanticide? In other words, the list is a joke. And the 550 supposed “experts” in women’s issues beclowned themselves. My criticisms have nothing to do with ide- ology. There are many lists from left-wing groups that are intellectually rigorous. I strongly disagree with the folks at the Tax Justice Net- work, for instance, but their Financial Secrecy Index is methodologically honest and sound. My objections have nothing to do with the USA looking bad. I do not like it when the United States does not crack the top-10 in mea- sures of rule of law or eco- nomic liberty, yet I share such data with no hesitation. Shame on the Thomson Reuters Foundation for pub- lishing such a list. Daniel J. Mitchell, chairman of the Center for Freedom and Prosperity, is on the Editorial Board of the Cayman Financial Review. DANIEL J. MITCHELL DANIEL J. MITCHELL I’m assuming that the top-9 countries are not good places for women, but think about what sort of person would put the United States at #10. 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POLICE: $220,000 FOUND INSIDE CARDBOARD BOX A police raid on a sus- pected West Bay drug den last month turned up sig- nificant quantities of ganja and cocaine, as well as $220,000 cash that was stored in a cardboard box, officers said. Two men, ages 28 and 35, were immediately taken into custody on drugs-re- lated allegations, but had not been charged as of press time Tuesday. The initial raid con- ducted June 28 had un- covered some ganja and cocaine at the home on Watercourse Road, but a follow-up search the next day involving both Royal Cayman Islands Police and Her Majesty’s Cus- toms officers found even more contraband. “During the searches, customs canines di- rected officers to two lo- cations where a further quantity of ganja was found, along with a sig- nificant amount of cash hidden in a cardboard box, bringing the total amount of cash seized at the loca- tion to over CI$220,000,” the RCIPS noted. On June 29, a 59-year- old West Bay woman was arrested on suspicion of possessing criminal prop- erty, as well as suspected possession of ganja and co- caine with intent to supply. “We have uncovered and disrupted an organized criminal enterprise which has managed to accumu- late a significant amount of money,” said Commissioner of Police Derek Byrne. “That money has been seized and will be dealt with under the Proceeds of Crime Law. We will continue to take action to target and dis- rupt these criminal enter- prises, and deprive them of the proceeds of their crim- inal activity.” Non-Caymanian government employees up 25 percent BRENT FULLER bfuller@pinnaclemedialtd.com Foreign employees working on government contracts in Cayman have increased by nearly 25 percent in the past three years, according to Im- migration Department records. At the end of 2014, there were 881 non-Caymanians working in the public sector, compared to 1,098 at the end of last year. The increase in employees within the local government service over the past year was largely driven by a rising number of non-Caymanian workers, according to civil ser- vice human resources reports, which showed 6,250 people worked for either the central government civil service or its associated statutory authori- ties and government-owned companies by Dec. 31, 2017. The majority of the new hires appeared to be non-Cay- manians, as the percentage of Caymanians employed within the government service fell from about 74.5 percent in mid-2016 to 73.5 percent at the end of last year. The increase in non-Cayma- nian government staff was mir- rored by an increase in foreign work permit holders in the is- lands during the same period. Immigration records showed the number of work permits held went up by 16 percent between mid-2015 and December 2017. There were 25,870 work permits and government con- tracts for non-Caymanian workers active in the Cayman Islands as of February, ac- cording to records from the Immigration Department. Those figures represent the highest numbers reported by the department since fall 2008, when there were nearly 26,700 permits for foreign workers held here, just before the world financial markets’ collapse hit Cayman’s economy The Immigration Depart- ment’s work permit figures, which measure permit num- bers at year’s end rather than at various times during the year, noted the number of per- mits held by foreign workers in the islands as of December 2017 was the highest it had seen in 10 years. The figures include both private and public sector workers, but do not include non-Caymanian permanent residents or spouses of Cayma- nians working in the islands. Unemployment The work permit and gov- ernment contract increases came at a time when Cay- man’s government recorded a slight uptick in the territory’s unemployment rate. The jobless rate went from 4.2 percent in the latter half of 2016 to 4.9 percent during the same time for 2017, the latest figures which are available. The overall rate encom- passes jobless figures for both Caymanian and non- Caymanian residents and represents the portion of the total workforce that is ac- tively seeking a job, but which has not attained employment. The Caymanian unem- ployment rate also increased during the same period, but only marginally. According to the government Economics and Statistics Office Labour Force Surveys, 1,406 Cayma- nians were unemployed in fall 2016, while 1,515 Cay- manians were unemployed in fall 2017. The Caymanian jobless rate was calculated at 7.1 percent (fall 2016) and 7.3 percent (fall 2017) during the same period. The number of expat employees working for the Cayman Islands government has increased. - PHOTO: CHRIS COURT This box was used to store $220,000 police suspect to be the proceeds of drug dealing. – PHOTO: RCIPSThe islands’ most-trusted news source 6 WEDNESDAY JULY 11, 2018 • CAYMAN COMPASS According to the initial hotel plan, a total of 60 units located there will be sold in- dividually. Owners will get two weeks’ stay each year and a share of the proceeds from renting the units to tourists. The project is believed to be the first major hotel planned in central George Town for de- cades. However, it will not be the only hotel project under development in the vicinity. The Howard Hotels Group revealed earlier this year that the Hyatt hotel chain has signed a franchise agreement to operate another new hotel being constructed at Pageant Beach – just north of the NCB development site. According to a press re- lease from HHG, the 10-story resort and residences will have 351 guest rooms, studio suites, and multi-room units. It is planned to include six cafes and restaurants, a spa and fitness center, three swimming pools, shops and a private screening room. a memorable occasion fueled by a voracious audience. “We expect a very big crowd. We expect to be full,” he said. “We don’t really have the singers. They cheer and they watch the game. If you want the singing, you go to Fidel Murphy’s. The people that we get say, ‘Fidel’s is so packed that we can’t even see the game.’ That’s why they come here.” Lone Star, one of the big- gest sports bars in Cayman, is expecting another large crowd on Wednesday, where it is offering Red Stripe and fajitas specials to keep the audience sated. Darren Baber, the oper- ations manager for Royal Palms, said he does not ex- pect an additional influx of people for Wednesday’s game, but he does expect the lunch crowd to be boisterous. “Obviously, being an out- door venue, it’s hard to have good viewing,” he said. “Gen- erally, we have the cruise ship crowds in while the games are on, so at the end of the games, the bar is pretty surrounded and ev- eryone’s paying attention to the TV when it’s on. A lot of attention from all of our customers.” Croatia made the semi- finals of the World Cup in 1998, and a victory over Eng- land on Wednesday would put them in the champion- ship match for the very first time. England was knocked out in the Group Stage four years ago, and had not qual- ified for the semifinals since finishing fourth in 1990. Both teams will be playing for posterity and a chance to etch their names in the an- nals of football. Tashana Steele, who works at Legendz Bar and Grille, said that Eng- land and Brazil games have brought large crowds to the establishment, and she hopes the World Cup comes to an exciting conclusion. “The England games have definitely been a packed day,” she said of the atmosphere at Legendz. “It’s a big game. People are going to shout and jump around if their team wins. We have all of that.” of shares and thousands of views on Facebook. In the early days of the strike, the men said they were not able to contact the Human Rights Commis- sion because the center’s landlines were out of ser- vice. Those lines were re- stored by Monday, however, but the men said they found it difficult to communicate their needs, because the commission lacks Spanish- speaking staff. An earlier comment from the commission, following a June 18 video broad- cast from the center, said HRC staff was only able to grasp the “general nature of the complaints,” as they were in Spanish. Another migrant said a doctor attended the facility Monday but only refilled pre- scriptions and did not see the men on hunger strike. The Department of Immi- gration, the Prison Service, the Human Rights Commis- sion and the Governor’s Of- fice have been contacted for comment about the strike, but none had been provided by press time Tuesday. Among the men’s con- cerns are the extensive and indefinite detention periods that asylum applicants face in Cayman, lack of legal counsel, inadequate trans- lation services and a feared lack of due process. Meanwhile, the situa- tion has begun to garner re- gional attention, with media in Florida, Cuba and South America analyzing Cayman’s human rights standards. The hunger strike has ap- peared on Diario Las Amer- icas, Radio Marti and Ciber- Cuba, among others, meaning that the men’s identities are now known in Cuba, where they have vocally opposed the communist government. Five men in the center have been detained for more than two years. Six others have been detained for more than one year. While asylum applications are pending, ap- plicants are not permitted to leave the detention center, managed by Her Majesty’s Prison Service. England players celebrate their victory over Sweden at the end of the quarterfinal match between Sweden and England at the 2018 soccer World Cup in Samara, Russia, on Saturday, July 7. The semifinal match against Croatia can be viewed at 1 p.m. Cayman time on Wednesday. - PHOTO: AP CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 British fans are thirsty for a World Cup title CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 George Town hotel can go 7 stories OFREG PUSHING TO INCREASE REGULATORY FEES KEN SILVA ksilva@pinnaclemedialtd.com After facing a nearly $1.5 million operating def- icit in 2017, the Utility Reg- ulation and Competition Office, known as OfReg, is pushing for a number of fee increases across the sectors it regulates. According to OfReg’s 2017 annual report, which was tabled last month in the Legislative As- sembly, the regulator in- tends to change the elec- tricity sector’s fee structure to eliminate variability caused by the fluctuation in fuel prices. This would have the ef- fect of increasing the rev- enue received by OfReg from the electricity sector to about $1.2 million, the report states. OfReg re- ceived about $697,000 in fees from that sector last year. The report also states that OfReg intends to elim- inate the $600,000 cap on a fee charged to telecommu- nication companies based on their revenues. C3 owner Randy Merren said that to his knowledge, OfReg has not yet removed the fee cap – such a move would re- quire the approval of Cab- inet. If the cap is removed, it would likely only affect Flow and perhaps Digicel, he said. Those compa- nies did not respond to requests for comment on how removing the cap would affect the amount of fees they are liable to pay. Additionally, OfReg is looking to introduce a “reg- istration fee” regime in the fuels sector, and regulatory fees in the water sector. OfReg did not receive any regulatory fees from those sectors last year – a fact cited by OfReg of- ficials as a reason for its operating deficit. In May, OfReg had to ask central government for a $1 mil- lion cash injection to ad- dress its budget shortfall. At the time, OfReg Vice President Alee Fa’amoe told legislators that when OfReg was created last year, it was assumed at the time that OfReg’s budget would include funding provided via the territo- ry’s water and fuel regula- tors. But that has not been sorted out, Mr. Fa’amoe said at a Public Accounts Committee meeting in May. OfReg’s annual report makes similar statements. “The fact is that insuf- ficient consideration was given to the additional burden to [OfReg] imposed by the inclusion of the fuels market and the water sector regulatory func- tions,” the report states. OfReg did not respond to requests for comment on the status of these rev- enue-raising initiatives. OFREG ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR CEO KEN SILVA ksilva@pinnaclemedialtd.com With Utility Regula- tion and Competition Of- fice CEO J. Paul Morgan’s 18-month contract set to expire on Aug. 6, the reg- ulator known as OfReg is accepting applications for the position, according to Linford Pierson, the chairman of OfReg’s board of directors. Mr. Pierson was tight- lipped on the status of OfReg’s CEO search, saying that the office may promote its next CEO internally or hire a new applicant. Mr. Morgan, for his part, said that he ac- complished most of his goals as OfReg CEO. “I believe I have done most of what I set out to do,” he said in an email to the Compass. “Time to hand over the reins.” OfReg’s Deputy CEO is Alee Fa’amoe, who is also the head of its telecom- munications office. Mr. Morgan is a vet- eran regulatory profes- sional with more than 20 years of experience. Mr. Pierson said he “has done a fantastic job since he’s been there” and that hopefully he will be avail- able to assist Cayman in the future. During Mr. Mor- gan’s tenure, OfReg ran a nearly $1.5 million deficit in 2017, racking up some $234,000 in travel expenses, $243,752 in legal fees, and $304,630 in “other oper- ating expenses.” OfReg also spent more than $1 million on con- sultants because its staff lack the skills to carry out the office’s regulatory work – despite the regu- lator spending some $2.2 million on salaries and benefits for 22 employees last year, which is roughly $100,000 per employee, ac- cording to OfReg’s 2017 annual report. Government remains quiet as migrant hunger strike enters 10th day CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 One man on hunger strike arrived in the Cayman Islands one year and two months ago aboard this hand-built vessel, inscribed with the words: ‘May God bless us.’7 LOCAL NEWS CAYMAN COMPASS • WEDNESDAY JULY 11, 2018 189608-Ad-JrPage-101-2018.indd 17/9/18 3:20 PM Court imposes 10 years for firearm No exceptional circumstance found CAROL WINKER cwinker@pinnaclemedialtd.com A man found guilty of possessing an unlicensed firearm received the man- datory minimum sen- tence of 10 years’ imprison- ment on Tuesday. After receiving psycho- logical and psychiatric eval- uations, Justice Marlene Carter said she found no exceptional circumstance that would reduce the sen- tence for Rueben Hesmer Hydes, now 35. Mr. Hydes was charged after police searched his room in an apartment he shared with others in Windsor Park on Nov. 15, 2016. The officers found a High-Point Model JCP handgun and eight rounds of .40 ammunition stored with his underwear in a chest of drawers in his bedroom. When interviewed by po- lice, he declined to have an attorney present and he ad- mitted possession of the il- legal firearm. Later, however, he indicated that he did not understand the seriousness of the situation. He said he made the admissions be- cause he thought his girl- friend would be held and charged if he did not do so. Evidence at his trial in- cluded a mixed DNA profile found on the trigger of the handgun that was not incon- sistent with his DNA. After trial by judge alone, Mr. Hydes was found guilty in March this year. Defense attorney Nich- olas Dixey asked for pre-sen- tencing reports to address the question of how onerous Mr. Hydes was likely to find a lengthy prison sentence as compared with other in- dividuals, and the likely ef- fect on his physical and mental health. In their submissions last month, Mr. Dixey and Crown counsel Scott Wain- wright, who prosecuted the matter, discussed pre- vious cases in which the psychological profile of a defendant was an issue. The court received re- ports from both a psycholo- gist and a psychiatrist. Based on these, Mr. Dixey submitted that a lengthy period of im- prisonment would be more onerous and detrimental to Mr. Hydes’ mental and psy- chological health than it would be to other people. Justice Carter pointed to the need for a deterrent sen- tence and, in this case, said she did not find any excep- tional circumstance that would reduce the sentence of 10 years as set in the Firearms Law. Later on Tuesday, Mr. Hydes pleaded guilty to pos- session of a quantity of co- caine found in his room when the firearm was found. How- ever, he pleaded not guilty to possession of the drug with intent to supply. Magistrate Valdis Foldats asked Crown counsel Garcia Kelly to have the matter re- viewed. The particulars of the charge do not include any mention of the quantity of drug alleged. The Caribbean Utilities Company advised that cus- tomers in Tropical Gardens and Legacy Drive areas of Crewe Road in George Town will experience interrup- tions in their electrical ser- vice between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. on Thursday. Areas affected include all customers in Tropical Gar- dens and on Legacy Drive, including Tropical Gardens Road, Tropical Lane, Mari- gold Close, Avocado Lane, Tropicana Crescent, Tranquil Way, Sorrel Drive, Poinsettia Lane, Hibiscus Lane, Croton Lane, Carnation Lane, Silver Thatch Drive and Forest Lane. In addition, the Rose- dale Apartment complex and the HR Bodden Realty Office on Crewe Road will also be affected. The utility company is also advising motorists to drive with caution along Crewe Road from the en- trance to Palm Dale Avenue to the roundabout in front of the Kings Sports Centre, “as CUC will have a number of vehicles and personnel in this area.” The company said the scheduled power outages were being implemented to facilitate the widening of that section of Crewe Road by the National Roads Authority. For more information on the outage and streets affected, contact CUC’s Customer Service Team at 949-5200 or email service@cuc.ky. POWER OUTAGES ALONG CREWE ROAD AREA SCHEDULED HOPEWELL DRIVE LAUNCHES NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH JEWEL LEVY jlevy@pinnaclemedia A new Neighbourhood Watch has been set up in the Hopewell Drive area of Bodden Town. Police Constable Clif- ford Garcia, Sergeant Cor- nelius Pompey and other RCIPS officers joined resi- dents of Hopewell Drive, off Will T Drive, to launch the Neighbourhood Watch Scheme on Saturday. “We should not be timid in our approach to fight crime in the area and to pro- tect our neighborhood,” said Doss Solomon, a Hopewell Drive homeowner. Mr. Solomon said he would do anything to protect his family and his neighbor- hood. He also shared with residents his approach to checking out strange cars in the neighborhood. “We have to stay vigi- lant, [there is] nothing worse than working every day and someone comes to pick it out of your pockets,” he said. “We have people coming in and moving out of the district very fast,” Sgt. Pompey told residents. “We want to know who lives where … this is not getting into your personal business but in order to make you feel more safe in your com- munity,” he said. “When you are at home, be alert to what’s going on in your own neigh- borhood both day and night,” he added. Bodden Town East MLA Chris Saunders attended the meeting. He spoke about installing a CCTV system, speed bumps and enhanced lighting and converting the main road from Sa- vannah Meadows, through to the Bodden Town Primary school, into a 30 mph zone. To set up a Neighbourhood Watch with police, interested persons may contact the Bodden Town Police Station and speak with any community beat officer.The islands’ most-trusted news source 8 WEDNESDAY JULY 11, 2018 • CAYMAN COMPASS Clooney OK after motorcycle crash in Italy Actor George Clooney was taken to the hospital in Sardinia and released after being involved in an accident while riding his motorcycle, hospital officials said. 57-year-old Clooney had been headed to a film set on Tuesday when his motorbike was hit by a car. After daring rescue, entire Thai soccer team out of cave UK prime minister fights to stop Cabinet exodus over Brexit LONDON (AP) – British Prime Minister Theresa May met with her shaken-up Cabinet on Tuesday as she tried to re- store government unity after the resignations of two top ministers over Brexit. May has spent the past few days fighting for her political life as first Brexit Secretary David Davis and then Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson quit, saying May’s plans for future re- lations with the European Union did not live up to their idea of Brexit. May, who has tried to keep calm and carry on, said in a tweet that it was a “pro- ductive Cabinet meeting” and she was “looking forward to a busy week.” The resignations rocked May in a week that includes a NATO summit starting Wednesday and a U.K. visit by U.S. President Donald Trump that begins Thursday. Johnson quit Monday with an incendiary letter ac- cusing May of killing “the Brexit dream” and flying “white flags” of surrender in negotiations with the European Union. May replaced Johnson with loyal former Health Sec- retary Jeremy Hunt, and gave Davis’ job to ambitious min- ister Dominic Raab in a bid to shore up her authority. Conservative lawmaker Michael Fallon, an ally of May, dismissed Johnson’s “Brexit dream” rallying cry. “Dreaming is good, prob- ably for all of us, but we have to deal with the real world,” he said. Fallon warned Conserva- tive rebels that a challenge to May’s leadership is “the last thing we need.” Other pro-Brexit Cab- inet ministers said they sup- ported May and would not resign. Asked if he was plan- ning to quit, environment Secretary Michael Gove said “absolutely not.” Two years after Britain voted 52 percent to 48 per- cent to leave the European Union, May is trying to find a middle way between two starkly differing views – within her party and the country – of the U.K.’s rela- tionship with Europe. Pro-Europeans want to retain close economic ties with the bloc and its market of 500 million people, while some Brexit supporters want a clean break to make it pos- sible to strike new trade deals around the world. A plan agreed by May’s Cabinet last week seeks to keep the U.K. and the EU in a free-trade zone for goods, and commits Britain to main- taining the same rules as the bloc for goods and agricul- tural products. May says the plan will deliver frictionless trade with Europe and avoid a hard border between the U.K.’s Northern Ireland re- gion and EU member Ireland. But many pro-Brexit law- makers are furious at a plan they say will stop Britain forging an independent eco- nomic course. Davis and Johnson initially backed the plan, before deciding they could not support it. EU officials say they will respond to the proposals once they have seen details. The British government is due to publish a detailed ver- sion of the plans on Thursday. MAE SAI, Thailand (AP) – A daring rescue mission in the treacherous confines of a flooded cave in northern Thai- land has saved all 12 boys and their soccer coach who were trapped deep within the labyrinth, ending a grueling 18-day ordeal that claimed the life of an experienced volunteer diver and riveted people around the world. Thailand’s Navy SEALs, who were central to the rescue effort, said on their Facebook page that the re- maining four boys and their 25-year-old coach were all brought out safely Tuesday. Eight of the boys were res- cued by a team of Thai and international divers on Sunday and Monday. “We are not sure if this is a miracle, a science, or what. All the thirteen Wild Boars are now out of the cave,” the SEALs said, referring to the name of the boys’ soccer team. “Everyone is safe.” They said they were waiting for a medic and three SEALs who had stayed with the boys in their dark refuge deep inside the cave com- plex to come out. Cheers erupted at a local government office where dozens of volunteers and journalists were awaiting news of whether the intricate and high-risk rescue mission had succeeded. Helicopters taking the boys to a hospital roared overhead. People on the street cheered and clapped when ambulances ferrying the boys arrived at the hospital in Chiang Rai city. Payap Maiming, 40, who helped provide food and ne- cessities to rescue workers and journalists, said a “mir- acle” had happened. “I’m happy for Thais all over the country, for the people of Mae Sai, and ac- tually just everyone in the world because every news channel has presented this story and this is what we have been waiting for,” she said. Mae Sai is the district where the cave is located, in the northern part of Chiang Rai province, near the border with Myanmar. “It’s really a miracle,” Payap said. “It’s hope and faith that has brought us this success.” The plight of the boys and their coach has capti- vated Thailand and much of the world – from the heart- sinking news that they were missing to the first flick- ering video of the huddle of anxious yet smiling boys when they were found 10 days later by a pair of British divers. They were trapped in the Tham Luan Nang Non cave on June 23, when they were exploring it after a soccer practice and it became flooded by monsoon rains. Each of the boys, ages 11 to 16 and with no diving ex- perience, was guided out by a pair of divers in three days of intricate and high-stakes op- erations. The route, in some places just a crawl space, had oxygen canisters positioned at regular intervals to refresh each team’s air supply. Highlighting the dangers, a former Thai navy SEAL died Friday while replen- ishing the canisters. Cave diving experts had warned it was poten- tially too risky to dive the youngsters out. But Thai officials, acutely aware that the boys could be trapped for months by mon- soon rains that would swell waters in the cave system, seized a window of oppor- tunity provided by rela- tively mild weather. A mas- sive water pumping effort also made the winding cave more navigable. The confi- dence of the diving team, and expertise specific to the cave, grew after its first suc- cessful mission. Thai Prime Minister Pra- yuth Chan-ocha, speaking be- fore the final rescue was com- pleted, said the boys were given an anti-anxiety medi- cation to help with their per- ilous removal from the cave. Asked at a weekly press conference Tuesday in Bangkok if the boys had been sedated, Prayuth said: “Who would chloroform them? If they’re chloroformed, how could they come out? It’s called anxiolytic, something to make them not excited, not stressed.” Prayuth said the Tham Luan Nang Non cave would be closed for some time to make it safe for visitors. The eight boys brought out by divers on Sunday and Monday were doing well and were in good spirits, a senior health official said. There were given a treat Tuesday: bread with chocolate spread that they’d requested. Jedsada Chokdum- rongsuk, permanent secretary at the Public Health Ministry, said the first four boys res- cued were able to eat normal food, though they could not yet take the spicy dishes fa- vored by many Thais. Two of the boys possibly have a lung infection but all eight are generally “healthy and smiling,” he said. “The kids are footballers so they have high immune systems,” Jedsada said. “Ev- eryone is in high spirits and are happy to get out. But we will have a psychiatrist to evaluate them.” It could be at least seven days before they can be re- leased from the hospital, Jed- sada told a news conference. 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There will also be prizes for second place and ra e prizes for all WIN FIVE 50” TVs Trump replaces high court’s swing vote with conservative WASHINGTON (AP) – Presi- dent Donald Trump chose Brett Kavanaugh, a solidly conservative, politically con- nected judge, for the Su- preme Court, setting up a fe- rocious confirmation battle with Democrats as he seeks to shift the nation’s highest court ever further to the right. A favorite of the Repub- lican legal establishment in Washington, Kavanaugh, 53, is a former law clerk for re- tiring Justice Anthony Ken- nedy. Like Trump’s first nominee last year, Justice Neil Gorsuch, Kavanaugh would be a young addition who could help remake the court for decades to come with rulings that could re- strict abortion, expand gun rights and roll back key parts of Obamacare. “He is a brilliant jurist, with a clear and effective writing style, universally re- garded as one of the finest and sharpest legal minds of our time,” Trump said in his prime-time televised White House announcement Monday. He added: “There is no one in America more qual- ified for this position, and no one more deserving.” With Kavanaugh, Trump is replacing a swing vote on the nine-member court with a staunch conservative. Ka- vanaugh, who serves on the Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, is expected to be less receptive to abortion and gay rights than Kennedy was. He also has taken an expansive view of executive power and has favored limits on investi- gating the president. Speaking at the White House, Kavanaugh pledged to preserve the Constitution and said “a judge must be inde- pendent and must interpret the law, not make the law. A judge must interpret the Con- stitution as written.” A senior White House of- ficial said Trump made his final decision on the nomi- nation Sunday evening, then phoned Kavanaugh to inform him. The official said Trump decided on Kavanaugh be- cause of his large body of ju- risprudence cited by other courts, describing him as a judge that other judges read. On Monday, Trump phoned retiring Justice Ken- nedy to inform him that his former law clerk would be nominated to fill his seat. Trump signed Kava- naugh’s nomination papers Monday evening in the White House residence. Top contenders had in- cluded federal appeals judges Raymond Kethledge, Amy Coney Barrett and Thomas Hardiman. Some conservatives have expressed concerns about Kavanaugh, questioning his commitment to social issues like abortion and noting his time serving under President George W. Bush as evidence he is a more establishment choice. But his supporters have cited his experience and wide range of legal opinions. With Democrats deter- mined to vigorously op- pose Trump’s choice, the Senate confirmation battle is expected to dominate the months leading up to No- vember’s midterm elections. Senate Republicans hold only a 51-49 majority, leaving them hardly any margin if Dem- ocrats hold the line. Demo- cratic senators running for re-election in states Trump carried in 2016 will face pressure to back his nominee. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell called Ka- vanaugh “a superb choice” and said senators would start meeting with him this week. President Donald Trump greets Judge Brett Kavanaugh, his Supreme Court nominee, in the East Room of the White House, Monday in Washington. – PHOTO: AP WASHINGTON – Attorneys for Paul Manafort have asked a federal judge to bar pros- ecutors from presenting evi- dence at his Washington trial this fall from one of his pre- vious lawyers, evidence that may be critical to proving charges he gave false state- ments under a federal lob- bying disclosure law. There is no grand jury transcript of the attorney’s testimony, Manafort’s legal team said in filings late Monday night, because pros- ecutors interviewed the at- torney outside of the grand jury after the chief justice of the federal court in Wash- ington said the attorney could be called to testify in the probe by special counsel Robert Mueller. “As a result, Mr. Manafort is unable to determine the exact nature of that tes- timony,” attorneys Kevin Downing, Thomas Zehnle and Richard Westling wrote while reviving an argument, previously rejected by the chief judge, that the law- yer’s advice and legal work for Manafort was confiden- tial and shielded by attorney- client privilege. The lawyer helped Manafort file forms with the U.S. Justice Department about work on behalf of for- eign interests that are re- quired by the Foreign Agents Registration Act. The criminal counts in Manafort’s case in the Dis- trict include that he “know- ingly and willfully caused to be made a false statement” in a Fara-required filing. The objection to the at- torney’s testimony was part of a seven-page filing to the Washington trial judge that repeated many of the re- quests Manafort’s legal team raised Friday before a federal judge in Alexandria, Virginia, where he also faces trial. One motion they did not echo Monday was for a change of venue. Manafort’s trial in Washington on lob- bying, conspiracy and wit- ness tampering is set to start Sept. 17. MANAFORT ASKS JUDGE TO BAR EVIDENCENext >