ESTABLISHED 1965 www.caymancompass.com – 50 CENTS – WEDNESDAY, 14 AUGUST 2019 High of 89 Low of 80 Slight with wave heights of 1 to 3 feet. LOCAL | PAGE 5 PUBLIC WIFI PLANNED FOR GEORGE TOWN SPORTS | PAGE 14 MURRAY LOSES IN FIRST ROUND IN SINGLES RETURN Official funeral for Governor Long Boating death victim remembered by colleagues POLICE APPEAL FOR BOAT CRASH WITNESSES Members of the public, civil servants and officials have been signing a condo- lence book at the Government Administra- tion Building for the late Governor Athel- stan Charles Long, for whom an official funeral will be held on Wednesday, 14 Aug. Long, who was Cayman’s first governor, passed away on 1 Aug. The funeral, which is open to the public, will be held at the Cayman Islands Baptist Church on Pedro Castle Road in Savannah. The interment follows at nearby Eden Cem- etery, across from Pedro St. James. A government press release stated that the commemorative funeral service will fea- ture a guard of honour, flags at half-staff and a 21-gun salute by the graveside. The hearse carrying Long will precede a proces- sional police march and attendees from the church to Eden Cemetery. Flags at government buildings in Grand Cayman were flown at half-mast on Monday and Tuesday to mark the official period of mourning, the release stated. The Protocol Office is working with Long’s family and the special Ceremonials Committee to coordinate the funeral. The condolence book will remain open until close of business on Wednesday. According to officials, only current and former post-holders of the most senior public service positions, including governor, premier and former Leaders of Government Business, the chief justice, Speaker of the House and deputy governor, are entitled to receive an official funeral. Cabinet Secretary Samuel Rose said in the release, “Mr. Long was well known and MARK MUCKENFUSS mmuckenfuss@compassmedia.ky Emmanuel ‘Manny’ Brown is being remembered for his friendly demeanour and his work as a foot- ball referee in Cayman. Brown, 49, was killed on Sunday evening in a boating accident in North Sound near Prospect. He was thrown overboard in the two-boat collision. Search and rescue per- sonnel recovered his body about noon on Monday. Brown, a Caymanian, spent 22 years as an officer with the Royal Cayman Islands Police Service be- fore retiring last year. Along with a partner, he owned the play struc- ture at Starfish Point. He was also closely tied to the Cayman football community as a former player as well as a referee. Alfredo Whittaker, president of the Cayman Islands Football As- sociation, said the island has lost more than a former police officer and referee. “The most important thing about Manny, I think,” Whittaker said, “is he was a great person. He was a great human being.” Whittaker said Brown was a pleasure to be around. “He was very funny,” he said, “great sense of humour, and very quiet. I never recall him raising his voice to anyone.” A police spokesman said those who knew Brown as an officer were stunned by his death. Acting Superintendent of Spe- cialist Operations Brad Ebanks MARK MUCKENFUSS mmuckenfuss@compassmedia.ky Police are appealing for witnesses to Sunday night’s fatal boat crash in which Emmanuel Brown, 49, and John Turner, 70, were killed. The men died, and one woman was injured, when their boat was struck by the charter boat Pepper Jelly just before 10pm Sunday in North Sound near Harbour House Marina, about half a mile from shore. Turner, a UK national living in Cayman, was found unresponsive aboard the single-engine 24-foot Hurricane Deck boat he was in when emergency crews arrived at the crash scene. Brown, also a passenger in the boat, was knocked overboard and search and rescue crews recovered his body the following day around noon. A third occupant, a woman, remained in critical condition at the Cayman Islands Hospital on Tuesday. Police issued an appeal for any witnesses that may have seen either boat earlier in the day or on the evening of the collision. The Pepper Jelly, a white 32-foot Scarab centre console boat with two engines, registered to Mango Jam Charters, is said to have docked in Camana Bay where several passengers disem- barked, before departing with three occupants and re-entering the North Sound where the col- lision took place. Police believe the boat left Ca- mana Bay sometime after 7pm. The Pepper Jelly capsized as a result of the crash. All three occupants of the boat were able to swim to shore and were not injured. The second, a 24-foot Hurricane Deck boat, has a white hull with a dark blue stripe and a light green bimini top. It is said to have last been seen in the Starfish Point area at around 7:30pm, when it departed to travel back across the North Sound. Photos of the boats are available on the RCIPS website. Anyone with information is asked to call 649‑4501. Eziethamae Bodden signs the condolence book for the late Governor Athelstan Charles Long at the Government Administration Building on Monday. - PHOTO: STEPHEN CLARKE PLEASE TURN TO PAGE 6 » PLEASE TURN TO PAGE 6 » Emmanuel ‘Manny’ Brown2 LOCAL®IONAL WEDNESDAY, 14 AUGUST 2019 • CAYMAN COMPASS BREAKTHROUGH (PG) 1:25 I 4:10 I 7:15 I 10:00 SUN: 4:10 I 7:15 I 10:00 KALANK (PG) 3:10 I 9:00 (SAT ONLY) I 9:30 (NO SAT) SUN: 3:10 I 9:20 LITTLE (PG13) 12:30 I 3:25 (SAT ONLY) I 3:50 (NO SAT) 6:50 I 9:45 SUN: 3:50 I 6:50 I 9:35 10:30 (SAT ONLY) I 4:35 I 7:15 (NO SAT) THE CURSE OF LA LLORONA (R) 1:10 VIP I 4:35 I 7:00 VIP I 10:15 HELLBOY (R) 12:35 (SAT ONLY) I 1:00 I 6:10 (SAT ONLY) I 6:45 SHAZAM! 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He was 40. Larrew’s unexpected death hit colleagues hard. “His loss is tragic and untimely,” said Clive Baker, a senior policy ad- visor with the ministry. “It will be deeply felt across these islands and beyond.” Baker, who worked closely with Larrew, said in an email that Larrew was highly respected at the ministry. He was, Baker said, “a true pro- fessional, a kind, compassionate man who always had the best interests of the students at heart. A man of in- tegrity who worked hard to improve our service.” According to friends, Larrew re- cently underwent an appendectomy while in Colorado. He fell ill after re- turning to Cayman and died while plans were under way to airlift him to Florida for treatment. Matt Sloane, who was Larrew’s roommate for four years, said the death has been a shock. “I’m trying to be positive about it, because that was him,” said Sloane, a former radio presenter on Bob FM. He said Larrew loved to travel, was an avid Denver Nuggets fan and a good cook. His specialty was gumbo. Both Sloane and another friend, Stacey Weber, said he had a remark- able way of connecting with people. “You quickly felt you were one of his tightest friends,” said Weber, a sales representative for Com- pass Media. His colleagues said that openness made him effective in the work he did. He was initially posted in Cayman Brac in 2010 as part of specialist support team for the schools there. He spent four years on the Brac, in- troducing an early-intervention lit- eracy programme that was eventu- ally adopted in all Cayman primary schools. He continued to work in a similar capacity when he came to Grand Cayman and gained the re- spect of co-workers. “Monty was one of the hardest working people I know,” Kirstie Lindsay, a speech-language pathol- ogist who worked with him daily, said in an email. “He truly wanted to improve life for the children on this island, and he was proud of his profession. “Monty advocated hard for the children and sometimes that got him into a bit of trouble in meetings,” she added. “He just had zero tolerance for anyone who was not doing their job to make life better for these kids.” Weber said he saw that too. While Larrew did not often speak about his job outside of work, Weber said, in June, just two weeks before school was out, Larrew was frustrated. “He was quite upset because he’d determined that a child needed a cer- tain type of service and an adminis- trator said, ‘Well, it’s the end of the year.’ And he said, ‘This child’s not going to be shortchanged just because you’re getting ready for summer vaca- tion.’ He wasn’t having it.” In a statement, Tammy Hop- kins, acting director of the Depart- ment of Education Services, said Larrew’s dedication to students was always evident. “After moving to Grand Cayman in 2014, he maintained links with the Brac community and always queried how his former students were doing,” Hopkins said. “His same genuine work ethic continued and helping our students was always his number one priority, no matter which school he was assigned.” His death has shaken the depart- ment, she said. “Our loss is immeasurable,” she said, “only equal to the happiness we had when he was in our lives. He was our colleague and friend. On behalf of the Department of Education Ser- vices and the Ministry of Education, I extend prayers of comfort for his col- leagues on the education psychologist team and all those who worked with Monty, as well as to his dear family and friends.” Sloane said he will remember his friend’s smile and positive way of dealing with things. When Sloane had to leave Cayman in May because of the rollover, he had a hard time get- ting motivated to go home to Liver- pool, England. “I left everything to the last minute,” Sloane said, “including picking up my new passport. [Larrew] said, ‘What time’s your flight?’” Despite being only three hours from scheduled takeoff, Sloane said, he was not ready. Larrew got him moving. “He said, ‘You kind of need to pack up.’ He could have gotten on my case. He could have made me feel bad. But he just helped me get all my stuff done and kept telling me how much fun I was going to have back home. He did all of that without making me feel judged. He took me to the airport and gave me a big hug. He said, ‘I love you. It’s all going to work out. Now get on the friggin’ plane.’ “That will be the way I remember him whenever I think of him,” he added. “I just see that big smile.” Services for Larrew are planned for 16 Aug. in his hometown of Eads, Colorado. Larrew is survived by his parents, Randy and Fran Larrew of Eads. Monty Larrew, an education psychologist, is being remembered for his kindness and dedication to Cayman students. He died suddenly on Saturday. Captive-bred pigeons released JEWEL LEVY jlevy@compassmedia.ky Twenty white-crowned pigeons, hatched and raised at Cayman Turtle Centre aviary, took flight into the wilds of the Queen Elizabeth II Botanic Park Tuesday morning. The Turtle Centre began breeding pi- geons after 2004’s devastating Hurricane Ivan which threatened the survival of the species locally. “We wanted to release them into the best possible area, where no one can harass them and where they can find the best spots to forage for food and more places to shelter,” said Geddes Hislop, curator of terrestrial exhibits and educa- tion at the Cayman Turtle Centre. He said the botanic park has pris- tine forest with trees on which the birds are accustomed to feeding, in- cluding seagrape, silver thatch, red birch and others. “The white-crowned pigeons are considered a keystone species in the Cayman environment because they are seed dispersers. A lot of the trees that are native to the island, they spread their seeds around the forest and help them to germinate,” Hislop said. He said people know these birds as ‘bald pates’ and were accustomed to shooting them for sport, up until 2018. “The reduction of birds by the [2004] hurricane, plus the added pressure of sport shooting, is what have put these birds in trouble and has made them a threatened species,” he said. A lot of the birds were rescued after the hurricane, he said. Some were re- leased and some were put into the aviary at the Turtle Centre to help re- plenish the population. At the centre, the birds are kept in an isolation enclosure at the back of the aviary, where they go through quaran- tine and health protocols monitored by vets. That isolation period helps to de- sensitise the birds to humans, as well as transition them from eating commercial foods to wild foods. Branches are also hung so they recognise the trees and their fruit, Hislop said. Since 2018, more than 100 white- crowned pigeons have been released into the wild, he said. Carolyn Smith, the Turtle Centre’s marketing manager, said more releases will be made in the future, adding, “We hope that more people recognise their importance to the environment, specifi- cally as a local species in Cayman.” “ The White crown pigeons are considered a keystone species in Cayman environment because they are seed dispersers.” GEDDES HISLOP, Cayman Turtle Centre Cayman Turtle Centre staff release white-crowned pigeons in the wild along the Botanic Park road, off Frank Sound Road. - PHOTO: JEWEL LEVY PRESIDENT OF HONDURAS SAYS HE FACES NO U.S. CRIMINAL CHARGES WASHINGTON (AP) – Hon- duran President Juan Or- lando Hernández assured on Tuesday he faces no criminal charges in the United States and said re- cent allegations by US federal prosecutors were based on drug traffickers trying to take revenge against him. Hernández came to Washington only days after prosecutors accused him of essentially running a narco-state and of having received campaign contri- butions from cocaine traf- fickers in exchange for protection. “That is an allega- tion from a drug traf- ficker in a separate trial,” Hernández replied when The Associated Press asked him whether he faces formal charges in the United States.The islands’ most-trusted news source 3 CAYMAN COMPASS • WEDNESDAY, 14 AUGUST 2019 The new pier design achieves governments promise to minimise environmental impact www.SupportOurTourism.com Join the conversation 3 Dredging reduced by 30%* from 97,000 sq/m to 68,000 sq/m 3 No dredging in Hog Sty Bay 3 Piers built on pilings allowing marine life to pass freely underneath 3 Coral relocation is included in the price 3 Wave walls will reduce flooding and wave overtopping adding more protection to Central George Town 3 Passenger Fees paid to the Environmental Protection fund remain the same 3 A scoping report will be produced comparing the 2015 design with the new design to highlight changes. 3 Environmental Assessment Board will review plans and confirm the next steps in the environmental process to Verdant Isle We care about our environment and continue to protect it. SupPORT the PORT. Support our Tourism. *Not 20% as previously stated F und remain the sameISHAAN THAROOR In two world cities, a de- fiant brand of people power is standing tall against au- thoritarian rule. For the fifth consecutive weekend, protesters massed in Moscow, clamouring for opposition candidates to be allowed on the ballot for mu- nicipal elections next month – as well as for the release of hundreds of demonstrators, activists and opposition pol- iticians detained by authori- ties in the previous weeks. For the 10th consecutive weekend, protesters took to the streets in Hong Kong, dodging tear gas fired by se- curity forces. Earlier this summer, Hong Kong’s pro- test movement succeeded in stalling a controversial ex- tradition bill that the demon- strators feared would place Asia’s financial hub further under the thumb of China’s single-party state. But their fervour did not dim. They are defending political freedoms they think are under threat and demanding broader dem- ocratic reforms. They also want the resignation of the city’s leader, Carrie Lam – seen by critics as a pro-Bei- jing cypher – as well as the release of dissidents seized during the unrest. In both cases, the pro- testers have faced a stiff and, at times, brutal response from the proxies of the re- gimes they are protesting. Each week this past month, videos filtered out on so- cial media of Russian po- lice battering unarmed and peaceful demonstrators with truncheons – no matter the scenes being ignored on Rus- sian state television. On Sunday in various parts of Hong Kong, riot po- lice violently charged pro- testers and fired rounds of tear gas in subway stations and other densely packed areas of the city. It’s not just the riot police who have been heavy-handed with the pro- testers – in one notable in- stance, a mob of pro-Beijing vigilantes, allegedly linked to organised crime, attacked a pocket of pro-democracy pro- testers while the police did little to intervene. Hong Kong officials have branded the protesters as violent rioters disturbing the peace. But the crackdowns have only helped mobilise greater dissent. Saturday in Moscow saw the biggest anti-government turnout yet this summer, with an es- timated crowd of close to 50,000 people. Though the protests remain largely cen- tred in the Russian capital – and drawn from the same urban, middle-class base that fuelled huge demonstrations in 2012 – they come at a time of mounting economic woes. “The summer of discon- tent has posed a challenge not only to city authorities but also to President Vladimir Putin,” wrote my colleague Will Englund. “A harsh police and prosecutorial crackdown the previous two weeks has failed to deter the protesters, and some have portrayed it as a sign of weakness on the part of the government.” In Hong Kong, the rolling protests and police clamp- downs are building tension. A general strike last week par- alysed the city. In response, China has sought to punish strikers; Hong Kong’s flag- ship air carrier Cathay Pacific was told to ban any of its employees who participated in the strike from working on routes to mainland China. Ordinary residents complain of tear gas rising into their apartments, while videos on social media show how lo- cals in myriad neighbour- hoods have been seen taking to the streets at night to be- rate ‘provocative’ police of- ficers in their midst. There’s little indication that either Russian or Chi- nese authorities will cede much ground to the pro- testers. But, especially in the case of Hong Kong, there’s no sign of the protest move- ment backing down, with protesters massing at the city’s international airport on Monday and Tuesday. “A recent poll shows that 79 percent of the Hong Kong public want an independent investigation into police abuses,” noted academics Mi- chael Davis and Victoria Tin- bor Hui in The Washington Post’s Monkey Cage blog. “Ad- dressing this one demand could readily de-escalate the tensions. But Beijing offi- cials have made it clear that this would not happen be- fore they have put an end to the ‘colour revolution.’” They added that the protesters are only becoming more “en- trenched” and “radicalised” by “the deafness of authori- ties in Hong Kong and Beijing and the indiscriminate na- ture of repression”. For 21st-century democ- racy movements, observed Peter Pomerantsev, an author of a new book on politics in the digital age, there are many other challenges be- yond holding public ground and evading arrest. There are constant battles against online surveillance, broader public fatigue and increas- ingly sophisticated govern- ment propaganda. “This ability to find con- nections and momentum in a fractured landscape is perhaps the underlying es- sence of the current protests,” wrote Pomerantsev in the Atlantic. “The regimes they fight have no single ideology, united only in their aim to demotivate people and break up common efforts.” At least in the case of Moscow and Hong Kong, those regimes are, for now, failing. Ishaan Tharoor writes about foreign affairs for The Washington Post. He previously was a senior editor and correspondent at Time magazine, based first in Hong Kong and later in New York. WEDNESDAY, 14 AUGUST 2019 • CAYMAN COMPASS The islands’ most-trusted news source 4 Opinion & Letters The Cayman Compass welcomes comments, opinions and viewpoints from readers. Letters to the editor can be emailed to editor@compassmedia.ky, submitted via www.caymancompass.com, sent by post or hand-delivered to the Compass office. PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY: Cayman Compass Ltd. Compass Centre Shedden Road, George Town, Cayman Islands SEND US YOUR VIEWS OR NEWS: P.O. Box 1365 Grand Cayman, KY1-1108 Cayman Islands Telephone: (345) 815-0095 Email: newsdesk@compassmedia.ky ADVERTISE WITH US: Telephone: (345) 949-5111 Email: sales@compassmedia.ky Website: www.caymancompass.com PUBLISHER KATHLEEN CAPETTA EDITOR CATHERINE MACGILLIVRAY A MEMBER OF THE INTER-AMERICAN PRESS ASSOCIATION “Give light and the people will find their own way” LETTER TO THE EDITOR Port will add to congestion Let’s heed the wise words of J.A. Roy Bodden re the disingenuous offer of the current Cayman Islands gov- ernment ‘directorate’ to re- scind signatures on refer- endum for [the] possible mega cruise ship dock in Hog Sty Bay. (Cayman Com- pass, 9 Aug.) The very pricey agenda of proposed port develop- ment in an already impos- sibly congested downtown location is akin to the gov- ernment’s wish to have Dart build an ‘Iconic Tower’ sky- scraper (with condos, retail areas and an infinity pool on top, like the cherry on the sundae) to attract the world’s ‘ultra-rich’ investors to the Cayman Islands. Hundreds of thou- sands of cruise-ship pas- sengers rampaging into George Town won’t elevate the sales of the Cayma- nian commercial establish- ment. Chaos in the narrow streets will be a side-ef- fect of mega cruise-ship passengers Who are the powers that be who are hoping to line their pockets at the troughs of the proposed huge con- crete cruise-ship dock and the Dart skyscraper? Both of these odd Caymanian initia- tives today are pie in the sky. The triumph of greed over common sense. Nan Socolow The protesters of Hong Kong and Moscow are not backing down Police detain a man during a protest in Moscow, Russia, on Aug. 10 after tens of thousands of people rallied against the exclusion of some city council candidates from Moscow’s upcoming election. - PHOTO: AP5 LOCAL NEWS CAYMAN COMPASS • WEDNESDAY, 14 AUGUST 2019 Public WiFi planned for George Town Man faces ganja charges after traffic stop at home SPENCER FORDIN sfordin@compassmedia.ky Richard Nelson Ebanks made his second court ap‑ pearance Tuesday in rela‑ tion to an incident involving a traffic stop at his home address. Ebanks, 42, who is charged with possession of ganja, consumption of ganja and possession of crim‑ inal property, among other charges, was granted bail with strict conditions. Crown counsel Ken‑ neth Ferguson told the court Tuesday that Ebanks has pre‑ vious convictions for relevant offences and that his most re‑ cent conviction was in 2014. But Ferguson did not oppose bail if it included a residence requirement, a curfew and an electronic monitor to verify Ebanks’s whereabouts. Magistrate Valdis Foldats granted Ebanks bail and or‑ dered that he be fitted with an electronic monitor and remain at his residence from 7pm to 7am every day. Ebanks, who also had to provide a surety worth $950, will make his next appearance in court on 27 Aug. The Royal Cayman Islands Police Service issued a state‑ ment about Ebanks’s arrest on Monday, saying that police attempted to stop his vehicle at his West Bay residence just after 8:40am on Friday, but he allegedly attempted to run from the officers and was apprehended. The police conducted a search of his ve‑ hicle and person and found a bottle containing several yellow paper wrappers. One of those wrappers was checked and found to contain a quantity of cocaine. The police then searched Ebanks’s home with the as‑ sistance of a RCIPS K‑9 unit and found more yellow wrap‑ pers, as well as a significant amount of ganja and a quan‑ tity of cash. Ebanks is also charged with consumption of cocaine and possession of a utensil used in the preparation of a controlled drug. SALT Wireless aiming for eventual islandwide coverage JAMES WHITTAKER jwhittaker@compassmedia.ky The Cayman Islands could get its first public WiFi hot spots within the next few months. SALT Wireless Ltd. is set‑ ting up infrastructure with the eventual aim of building a ‘mesh public WiFi network’ across Grand Cayman. That will mean anyone can login to the internet using their smartphone any‑ where on the island. The initial build‑out will focus on Cricket Square, where the tech business is based. George Town could be on‑ line before Christmas, while Seven Mile Beach has also been earmarked as one of the first public areas for the service. Blair Lilford, founder of SALT Wireless, said the aim was for cruise shippers to be able to step off the dock and be able to get WiFi access on their smartphone or device. He said the details of the project were still being devel‑ oped, but the business model could involve daily charges or ad support for the service. “Public WiFi does not mean free WiFi,” he added. “We have to find a way to monetise it.” The infrastructure is rel‑ atively simple – a network of heavy duty routers with a range of around 1,000 feet. Lilford said his company was working with landowners and with the government to get permission to place the routers on their land or buildings. One concept being worked on is ‘smart street poles’. The company has worked with a Norwegian developer on solar light poles, built from re‑pur‑ posed aircraft aluminium, that can house the modem. He said these could be positioned on beach access paths to provide lighting as well as internet access for beachgoers. SALT Wireless, which used the same technology to provide public WiFi at the Truman Bodden sports sta‑ dium for 4,000 people during the CARIFTA games earlier this year, is not seeking to be an internet service provider or to offer home services, says Lilford. He said the company is basically buying and reselling bandwidth from established ISPs, like C3 and Flow. He believes public WiFi is vital for Cayman’s tourism product and may also offer solutions for town planners. For example, he said, it would allow government to set up a smart parking app to allow motorists to check availability of spaces in George Town. “We want Cayman to be the first smart island in the Caribbean,” he said. SALT Wireless is part of the SALT Technology Group. Its main business is cloud computing. The company recently ob‑ tained the first license to sell and operate Microsoft Azure Cloud Services in the re‑ gion. Lilford said the service is being used by most major companies in the US and Eu‑ rope because it offers secure storage that meets the data protection regimes of ad‑ vanced jurisdictions. He believes making it available in the Caribbean will allow some compa‑ nies, who must meet those compliance frameworks, to remain here. He said keeping up with technology and compli‑ ance advances was vital for Cayman to maintain its posi‑ tion as an international busi‑ ness centre. “This island can’t continue to compete with the rest of the world if its technology doesn’t keep up,” he added. George Town could be online before Christmas, while Seven Mile Beach has also been earmarked as one of the first public areas for the service. Magistrate Valdis Foldats granted Ebanks bail and ordered that he be fitted with an electronic monitor and remain at his residence from 7pm to 7am every day.The islands’ most-trusted news source 6 deeply respected throughout this community for his hu- mility, authenticity and com- mitment to service. He ac- complished much during his tenure as the first Governor and last Administrator of our islands. The Cayman Islands was truly his home, therefore it is fitting that the country should mark his passing in this way and I invite mem- bers of the public to join us on Wednesday afternoon as we honour a life well lived.” Long came to the Cayman Islands in 1968 as the is- lands’ administrator, the last man to hold that title. He was sworn in as governor on 3 Nov. 1971 and left the is- land on 12 Nov. The official funeral will be rebroadcast on CIGTV20 at a date to be announced. The Cayman Islands Sea- farers Association is pro- viding a shuttle service for seniors who wish to attend the funeral. Buses will pick up passengers at noon at the following locations: West Bay Town Hall, the Central Post Office in George Town, the Breadfruit Tree Cafe in Bodden Town, Chisholm’s Store in North Side and East End Primary School. The shuttle buses will make re- turn journeys at 4pm, imme- diately after the funeral. WEDNESDAY, 14 AUGUST 2019 • CAYMAN COMPASS was area commander for the eastern districts when he worked with Brown. In an email, he called Brown “one of the best po- lice officers I’ve ever had the pleasure of working along- side. I first worked with him in the Drugs Task Force. He was passionate about his work because he had seen firsthand how drugs can af- fect families.” Working the drug task force, Ebanks said, “it’s common to come across trou- bled youth and he made it a point to advise/counsel them despite having to uphold the law. He was an all around good guy and very fair. So fair in fact, that if he gave you a traffic ticket you would thank him.” “His passing is tragic,” he added, and “he will be missed by many officers as both a colleague and a friend. Our hearts go out to his family.” Fellow referee and head of refereeing at the Cayman Islands Football Associ- ation Livingston Bailey said Brown’s temperament served him well on the field when players’ nerves would get frayed. “He had this great smile and a way to calm people down and get people to un- derstand what he was trying to do. He was the type of ref- eree players could respect.” Bailey also worked with Brown on the police service. Brown had already been with RCIPS for a year when Bailey joined the ranks in 1997. “He was an outstanding officer,” Bailey said. He said Brown worked on the drug task force and the marine unit. “He was a gentleman,” he added. “He really up- held the principles and code of conduct.” When he was not using his boat to commute back and forth to his business at Starfish Point, he would head to open waters, Bailey said. “He liked fishing,” he said. “He loved the sea.” Both Whittaker and Bailey said they remember Brown as a football player in his younger years, when he played in the adult leagues. “He was a prolific goal scorer and one who was pas- sionate about the game,” Bailey said. He added that Brown’s son Rico seemed to inherit that passion, and became a top player for the Bodden Town team. “I’m sure everyone is in mourning,” Bailey said. “I want to personally express my condolences to Emma- nuel’s family. It was really painful to accept that this was really true.” While he is dealing with that sadness, Bailey said he has happy memories of Brown. “He’d always find a way to make you laugh,” he said. “He was just a happy guy. He could walk into any- where and set it ablaze with laughter.” Official funeral for Governor Long Boating death victim remembered by colleagues Governor Martyn Roper signs the condolence book for the late Governor Athelstan Charles Long at the Government Administration Building. The book will remain open until close of business on Wednesday. Emmanuel Brown, foreground, is seen playing with Fidel Wanderers at a match in 2014. CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 The Union Flag and the Cayman Islands flag fly at half-staff outside the Government Administration Building in memory of Governor Long. - PHOTO: STEPHEN CLARKE FOUR OPPOSITION LAWMAKERS STRIPPED OF IMMUNITY IN VENEZUELA CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) – Legislators loyal to Vene- zuelan President Nicolás Ma- duro on Monday stripped immunity from four oppo- sition lawmakers accused of treason amid a struggle for control of the crisis- stricken nation. The move brings to 18 the number of opposition politi- cians Maduro’s government has threatened with criminal prosecution so far this year. Socialist party boss Di- osdado Cabello oversaw the unanimous vote as head of the National Constituent As- sembly, the legislative body stacked with Maduro’s al- lies that rivals the opposi- tion-controlled National As- sembly. Its members cheered and waved Venezuelan flags overhead throughout the af- ternoon session. “Justice is slow, but it gets to where it has to go,” said Cabello, justifying the move depriving lawmakers of immunity from prosecu- tion by saying they had been caught “flagrantly” in the act of criminal activity. A political battle for con- trol of Venezuela between Maduro’s socialist govern- ment and opposition leader Juan Guaidó has been playing out since January, when Guaidó launched a campaign with backing from the United States and more than 50 other nations to oust Maduro. The four lawmakers sin- gled out Monday were José Guerra, Rafael Guzmán, Tomás Guanipa and Juan Pablo García Can- ales. Others already facing criminal prosecution have sought refuge in foreign em- bassies or fled the country, fearing for their safety. Edgar Zambrano, vice president of the National Assembly, remains jailed after being accused of par- ticipating in a failed military uprising on 30 April. He was towed to jail inside his car. Guerra responded in a video posted online, calling the charges “absurd”. “You’re the ones who are traitors, who have left this country in misery and ruin,” he said, speaking from an undisclosed location. Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro leads a rally Saturday condemning the economic sanctions imposed by the administration of US President Donald Trump on Venezuela, in Caracas, Venezuela. – PHOTO: APCAYMAN COMPASS • WEDNESDAY, 14 AUGUST 2019 The islands’ most-trusted news source 7 Blast at Iraq weapons depot injures 13 Iraq’s interior ministry said a large explosion Monday at an ammunition depot southwest of the capital, Baghdad, has injured 13 people. The cause of the blast at the al-Saqr military base was not immediately clear. If you think you have fallen victim to any type of online fraud, contact your bank directly or the RCIP Financial Crime Unit on 949-8797. 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Officers armed with pepper spray and batons confronted the protesters who used luggage carts to barricade entrances to the airport terminal. Police took several people into a police van waiting at the entrance to the airport’s arrivals hall. Police said they tried to help ambulance officers reach an injured man whom protesters had detained on suspicion of being an under- cover agent.Earlier in the day, authorities were forced to cancel all remaining flights as the city’s pro-Beijing leader warned that the pro- testers had pushed events onto a “path of no return”. After a brief period when flights were able to take off and land, the Airports Au- thority suspended check-in services for departing flights as of 4:30pm. Departing flights that had completed the process were able to con- tinue to operate. It said it did not expect arriving flights to be af- fected, although dozens were already cancelled. The au- thority advised people not to come to the airport, one of the world’s busiest. More than 200 flights were cancelled Monday and the airport was effectively shut down with no flights taking off or landing. Pas- sengers have been forced to stay in the city while airlines tried to find other ways to get them to their destinations. For Grace Bendal, a 43-year-old contractor from the Philippines, Tuesday was the second straight day she came to the airport only to learn flights were cancelled. She spent the weekend in Hong Kong with her primary school-age children, who were eager to return to classes. She said they have already missed two days of school and the extra day in the city has cost her around 3,000 Hong Kong dollars (US$400). Though there were no airline em- ployees at check-in counters Tuesday evening, Bendal said she and her children planned to stay at the airport all night. “I cannot blame them, be- cause they are fighting for something,” Bendal said of the protesters. “But then it’s not right if we are the ones suffering.” The airport disrup- tions are an escalation of a summer of demonstrations aimed at what many Hong Kong residents see as an in- creasing erosion of the free- doms they were promised in 1997 when Communist Party-ruled mainland China took over what had been a British colony. The protests have built on an opposition movement that shut down much of the city for seven weeks in 2014 before it eventually fizzled and its leaders were jailed on public disturbance charges. The central government in Beijing has ominously char- acterised the current protest movement as something ap- proaching “terrorism” that poses an “existential threat” to citizens. While Beijing tends to de- fine terrorism broadly, ex- tending it especially to non- violent movements opposing government policies in mi- nority regions such as Tibet and Xinjiang, its use of the term in relation to Hong Kong raised the prospect of greater violence and the possible suspension of legal rights for those detained. Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam said the instability, chaos and violence have placed the city on a “path of no return”. The black-clad demon- strators have shown no sign of letting up on their cam- paign to force Lam’s admin- istration to respond to their demands, including that she step down and scrap pro- posed legislation under which some suspects could be sent to mainland China, where critics say they could face torture and unfair or po- litically charged trials. Lam has rejected all calls for dialogue, part of what analysts say is a strategy to wear down the opposition movement through police ac- tion while prompting demon- strators to take more violent and extreme actions that will turn the Hong Kong public against them. At the airport, protesters discussed among themselves whether they should simply block all ac- cess to the facility. Meanwhile, paramili- tary police were assembling across the border in the city of Shenzhen for exercises that some saw as a threat to increase force against the mostly young protesters who have turned out by the thou- sands in the past 10 weeks. While China has yet to threaten sending in the army – as it did against pro-de- mocracy protesters in Bei- jing in 1989 – the Shenzhen exercises were a sign of its ability to crush the demon- strations, even at the cost to Hong Kong’s reputation as a safe haven for business and international exchange. Im- ages on the internet showed armoured personnel carriers belonging to the People’s Armed Police driving in a convoy Monday towards the site of the exercises. The People’s Liberation Army also stations a garrison in Hong Kong, which recently released a video showing its units combating actors dressed as protesters. Hong Kong police also put on a dis- play of water cannons. Police have arrested more than 700 protesters since June and say they have in- filtrated the demonstrators, leading to concerns that of- ficers were inciting violence. Scores of protesters and po- lice have been hurt, including a woman reported to have had an eye ruptured by a beanbag round fired by po- lice during clashes Sunday. Police said they are inves- tigating the incident, which protesters have taken up as a rallying cry. Some in the air- port occupation wore gauze bandages dyed with artificial blood over one eye. The UN’s top human rights official condemned vi- olence around the protests and urged both sides to settle their dispute through “open and inclusive dialogue”. Rupert Colville, spokesman for UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet, said her office had reviewed evidence that police are using “less-lethal weapons in ways that are prohibited by international norms and standards”. That includes firing tear gas canisters into crowded, enclosed areas and directly at individuals, “cre- ating a considerable risk of death or serious injury”, Col- ville said in a statement. In a sign of rising tensions, protesters in the evening de- tained a man they claimed was a police officer from mainland China. They tied his wrists using plastic strips and poured water over his head. Airport security guards were present but did not appear to be able to stop the crowd. After two months, the pro- tests have become increas- ingly divisive and prompted clashes across the city. Demonstrators have re- cently focussed on their de- mand for an independent in- quiry into what they call the police’s abuse of power and negligence. That followed re- ports and circulating video of violent arrests and injuries sustained by protesters. Police say several of- ficers have suffered burns, bruises and eye damage from protesters. Protesters gesture as they stage a sit-in rally at the Hong Kong International Airport Tuesday. Policemen in riot gear arrest a protester during a demonstration Tuesday at the Hong Kong International Airport. – PHOTOS: AP8 WORLD®IONAL SEREMBAN, Malaysia (AP) – Malaysian police said Tuesday the family of a missing 15‑year‑old London girl has positively identified a naked body found near the nature resort where she dis‑ appeared over a week ago. Police said rescuers ear‑ lier Tuesday found the body of a female Caucasian be‑ side a small stream in steep terrain about 1½ miles from the Dusun eco‑resort in southern Negeri Sem‑ bilan state, where Nora Anne Quoirin went missing 4 Aug. The body was air‑ lifted to a hospital for iden‑ tification and an autopsy. “The family members have been brought here to identify the body that we recovered earlier and the family has confirmed that the body is Nora Anne,” Negeri Sembilan police chief Mohamad Mat Yusop told reporters at the hos‑ pital morgue. Quoirin’s family arrived 3 Aug. for a two‑week stay at the Dusun, a small re‑ sort located in a durian or‑ chard next to a forest re‑ serve 39 miles south of Kuala Lumpur. Police believe the teen, who has learning and phys‑ ical disabilities, climbed out through an open window in the living room of the resort cottage. They listed her as a missing person but said the investigation included pos‑ sible criminal aspects of the case. The girl’s family says she is not independent and would not wander off alone, and was likely to have been abducted. Mohamad said a senior pathologist will conduct a post‑mortem Wednesday morning to determine the cause of death. National deputy police chief Mazlan Mansor earlier told a news conference that the body, which “was not in any clothing”, was found by volunteers registered with the rescue team Tuesday af‑ ternoon in an area that had previously been searched by rescuers. He didn’t explain how long the body had been there or why rescuers ap‑ parently missed it. Nearly 350 people have been involved in a mas‑ sive search operation that included sniffer dogs, elite commando forces and thermal detectors. WEDNESDAY, 14 AUGUST 2019 • CAYMAN COMPASS Man accused of killing woman and wounding another in Sydney Epstein’s suicide exposes missteps and understaffing at jail NEW YORK (AP) – Federal au‑ thorities pressed on Tuesday with their investigation into Jeffrey Epstein’s jailhouse suicide amid mounting evi‑ dence the chronically under‑ staffed lockup may have bun‑ gled its responsibility to keep him from harming himself. At the same time, prose‑ cutors pursued a parallel in‑ vestigation into whether any associates of the wealthy fi‑ nancier will face charges for assisting him in what au‑ thorities say was his rampant sexual abuse of teenage girls. One of the new details provided by people familiar with the federal Metropol‑ itan Correctional Center was that one of Epstein’s guards the night he took his own life was not a regular correc‑ tional officer. Serene Gregg, president of the American Federation of Government Employees Local 3148, told The Washington Post that one of the guards was a fill‑in who had been pressed into service because of staffing shortages. In addition, Epstein was supposed to have been checked on by a guard every 30 minutes. But investigators have learned those checks were not done for several hours before he was found, according to a person fa‑ miliar with the case. That person was not authorised to discuss the matter pub‑ licly and spoke to The Asso‑ ciated Press on condition of anonymity. A second person familiar with operations at the jail said Epstein was discovered in his cell Saturday morning with a bedsheet around his neck. That person likewise spoke on condition of ano‑ nymity for the same reason. Attorney General William Barr said Monday that he was “frankly angry to learn of the MCC’s failure to ade‑ quately secure this prisoner”. He added: “We will get to the bottom of what hap‑ pened and there will be accountability.” At the same time, Barr warned that any co‑con‑ spirator in the sex‑crimes case against Epstein “should not rest easy …. The victims deserve jus‑ tice, and they will get it.” The 66‑year‑old Epstein was being held without bail, awaiting trial on federal sex trafficking and conspiracy charges that could have brought 45 years in prison. Epstein had been placed on suicide watch after he was found in his cell a little over two weeks ago with bruises on his neck. But for reasons that have not been explained, he had been taken off that watch at the end of July and returned to the jail’s special housing unit. The manner in which Ep‑ stein killed himself has not been officially announced. An autopsy was performed Sunday, but the city’s chief medical examiner said inves‑ tigators were awaiting fur‑ ther information. In the sex‑crimes case, authorities are most likely turning their attention to the team of recruiters and em‑ ployees who, according to police reports, FBI records and court documents, knew about Epstein’s penchant for teenage girls and lined up victims for him. SYDNEY (AP) – A knife‑wielding man with a history of mental illness is sus‑ pected of slaying a woman in a down‑ town Sydney apartment with a butch‑ er’s knife before wounding another woman nearby and attempting to stab other people Tuesday while yelling “Al‑ lahu akbar,” or “God is great,” police and witnesses said. Police have not labelled the ram‑ page an act of terrorism, although the 21‑year‑old assailant – who was re‑ strained by members of the public be‑ fore being arrested – had collected in‑ formation on his computer about mass killings in North America and New Zealand, New South Wales state Police Commissioner Michael Fuller said. “It is not currently classed as a ter‑ rorist incident. Obviously as the investi‑ gation continues we will reassess that,” Fuller told reporters. “He is by definition, at the moment, a lone actor. Information was found on him that would suggest he has some ideologies in relation to terrorism, but he has no links to terrorism,” Fuller said. “There was certainly informa‑ tion found on him about other crimes of mass casualties and mass deaths around the world.” Gun violence is rare in Australia, which strengthened its gun laws fol‑ lowing the murders of 35 people by a lone gunman in 1996 in Tasmania. In New Zealand, an Australian white supremacist has been charged with murder over the 15 March mosque at‑ tacks that left 51 dead, leading that nation to ban a range of semi‑auto‑ matic weapons. Witnesses said the assailant Tuesday was carrying a 12‑inch knife and at‑ tempted to stab multiple people near a busy intersection in Australia’s largest city at around 2pm. Fuller described the weapon as a butcher’s knife. Police said a man was arrested, and that a 41‑year‑old woman with a stab wound to her back was taken to a hos‑ pital in stable condition. Police said the body of a 21‑year‑ old woman was later discovered in a nearby fourth‑floor apartment. “A number of members of the public physically restrained the offender,” Po‑ lice Superintendent Gavin Wood said. “I want to acknowledge those members of the public who got involved. They were significantly brave people.” Video showed that people pinned the man to the pavement on his back with a plastic milk crate over his head and two chairs over his body. Wood said it appeared that the at‑ tack was unprovoked. The man “at‑ tempted to stab multiple people. Those attempts, thankfully, were unsuc‑ cessful”, Wood said. A witness told reporters that the man was screaming comments about religion, before yelling to police that he wanted to be shot. A witness, Paul O’Shaughnessy, said he and his brother Luke were working in the office of their recruitment com‑ pany when they heard shouting through an open window. They looked out and saw a Caucasian man screaming “ex‑ tremist” words, O’Shaughnessy said. The brothers, fearing the man was conducting a terrorist attack, ran down to the street and began chasing the man, who was covered in blood. Luke O’Shaughnessy and an‑ other man caught up with the of‑ fender and tackled him to the ground, Paul O’Shaughnessy said. Along with other passers‑by, they used a milk crate and a chair to keep him pinned to the ground, he said. MALAYSIA POLICE: FAMILY CONFIRMS BODY AS MISSING LONDON TEEN A woman is taken by ambulance from Hotel CBD at the corner of King and York Street in Sydney on Tuesday, following a stabbing incident. - PHOTOS: AP Paul O’Shaughnessy tells how he and his brother Luke chased down a man who attempted to stab multiple people in Sydney, Australia, on Tuesday. Jeffrey Epstein Rescuers are briefed as they conduct a search and rescue operation for missing British girl Nora Quoirin at a forest in Seremban, Malaysia Tuesday, Aug. 13. The teenager’s body was found later that day. - PHOTO: AP Nora QuoirinThe islands’ most-trusted news source 9 CAYMAN COMPASS • WEDNESDAY, 14 AUGUST 2019 THE OFFICIAL FUNERAL Mr. Athelstan Charles Ethelwulf Long, CMG, CBE, MBE 2 January 1919 – 1 August 2019 will take place at Cayman Islands Baptist Church, Savannah 163 Pedro Castle Road Wednesday, 14 August 2019 at 1:00 P.M. (there will be no viewing) Interment Eden Family Cemetery, Adjacent to Pedro St. James Next >