High of 90 Low of 78 Smooth with wave heights of less than 2 feet. LOCAL | PAGE 2 KAABOO IS GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN LOCAL | PAGE 4 FORMER SCHOOLTEACHER CELEBRATES HER 99TH BIRTHDAY ESTABLISHED 1965 www.caymancompass.com – 50 CENTS – TUESDAY, 3 SEPTEMBER 2019 Cayman readies relief effort in wake of Hurricane Dorian Man arrested following fatal car crash SPENCER FORDIN sfordin@compassmedia.ky Even as Hurricane Dorian continued to wreak havoc in the Bahamas Monday, relief efforts were already getting under way. Cayman officials began discussing pro- viding aid to the Bahamas on Monday as part of a response to the damage and destruction caused by the storm. Dorian made landfall in the Bahamas Sunday as a Category 5 hurri- cane, and the Associated Press reported that its maximum sustained winds of 185 mph tied the record for the most powerful Atlantic hur- ricane to ever make landfall. The AP reported that the only more pow- erful storm recorded was Hurricane Allen in 1980, which reached maximum sustained winds of 190 mph but did not make landfall at that intensity. Cayman’s relief and disaster prepared- ness agencies are preparing to make the same kind of effort in the Bahamas that they made in Turks and Caicos and the British Virgin Is- lands after Hurricane Irma in 2017. “I would like to express my sympathy to the Government and people of the Bahamas at this very difficult and challenging time,” said Premier Alden McLaughlin as part of an official press release Monday. “It is impor- tant that the countries in the region support each other fully when devastating storms like this threaten the lives, property and live- lihoods of our people. Cayman remembers the effects of Hurricane Ivan in 2004 and we will do all we can to provide appropriate as- sistance to the Bahamas.” Cayman will coordinate its relief efforts with the government of the Bahamas, regional A 25-year-old man was arrested Monday on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving after his car crashed into a wall in Bodden Town early Sunday morning. His passenger, a 27-year-old man, died Monday morning from injuries sustained in the collision, according to a statement from the Royal Cayman Islands Police Service. On Sunday, police issued a news release stating that two men, both of George Town, had been injured when the driver of the car lost con- trol and collided with the wall of a residence in the vicinity of Dou- bloon Drive, just before 1am Sunday. On Monday afternoon, police clarified that officers had given chase to the same car just after 12:20am on Sunday, and the car had collided with another vehicle near Belford Estates on Anton Bodden Drive. Following this initial colli- sion, the driver regained control of the vehicle, ignored officers’ instruc- tions to stop and sped away. Later, the vehicle was involved in the second collision that resulted in the death of the passenger. The arrested man remained in police custody pending further in- vestigation Monday. Police said officers in a patrol car had observed the dark-coloured vehicle pass them at high speed and driving in a reckless matter. The officers activated their flashing lights and pursued the vehicle, which turned onto Anton Bodden Drive and overtook three other vehicles travelling in the same direction. The driver lost control and collided into the last of the vehicles it had been attempting to overtake. When officers pulled up alongside the car and instructed the driver to stop, he sped off towards Condor Road. The officers lost A view of Category 5 Hurricane Dorian bearing down on the Bahamas, as seen from the International Space Station on Sunday. - IMAGE: SCREENGRAB FROM NASA VIDEO PLEASE TURN TO PAGE 7 » PLEASE TURN TO PAGE 8 »2 LOCAL®IONAL TUESDAY, 3 SEPTEMBER 2019 • CAYMAN COMPASS Body to lie in state at Legislative Assembly The official funeral for longtime East End MLA John McLean will be held at 3pm on Tuesday, 10 Sept., at Cayman Is- lands Baptist Church in Savannah. McLean’s body will lie in state at the Legisla- tive Assembly on Monday, 9 Sept. from 10am to 3pm. McLean, who passed away at the age of 69, on 24 Aug. served as a member of the Legisla- tive Assembly from 1976 to 2000. He spent 12 of his 24 years as a repre- sentative at the ministe- rial level. McLean was instru- mental in the development of two East End civic cen- tres and he was instru- mental in bringing the first telephone service to the East End. He helped found an investment and man- agement consulting firm in 1981, and was also well known as a prolific farmer who won numerous awards at the Agriculture Show. 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 DUMBO (PG) 10:30 (SAT ONLY) I 4:35 I 7:15 (NO SAT) SUN: 4:35 I 7:15 CAPTAIN MARVEL(PG13) 1:40 I 10:00 (NO SAT) SUN: 6:30 I 10:00 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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I thought they might pull through with it.” Dart, KAABOO’s major on- island partner, said it had made a business decision not to continue backing the fes- tival. The two-day event fea- tured more than two dozen music and comedy per- formers, and also had pres- entations by top chefs and visual artists. Although all 10,000 tickets for the 2019 event were sold, it was ap- parently not enough to keep things going. But while KAABOO has left the island, it is not likely to be forgotten soon. McKay and others said the festival’s influence might continue to be felt, particularly in how entertainment is presented in Cayman. “I think some people think about things a little differently,” including him- self, he said. The band recently hosted a multi-performer event at Royal Palms Beach Club, where it decided, in the style of KAABOO, to have two stages for non-stop music. Aaron Solomon, general manager of Loud Produc- tions and the producer for the upcoming Sunsplash con- cert event, said he thinks KA- ABOO helped move Cayman’s standards higher for live entertainment. “KAABOO kind of broke the ceiling,” Solomon said. “It was good to see them in ac- tion and how they do that. You learn a few things, from back- stage to the flow of the event.” He said KAABOO also may change the focus in pro- moting large events such as Sunsplash. Where, in the past, the focus might have been on playing up the art- ists involved, now he ex- pects more emphasis will be placed on the overall experi- ence of the event. “KAABOO was a festival,” he said, “but it was an experi- ence. That’s the way we need to go. People are going to ex- pect that now.” He said he realises an event on the same level may not be practical. “What we’re trying to do is say, ‘Let’s bring that down, but not way down,’” he said. Dart officials said they are hoping for just such events on the 37-acre festival site north of the Kimpton Seafire resort that was constructed for KAABOO. “KAABOO has set a prec- edent for producing a high- calibre entertainment event that showcases Cayman to the world,” the company said in a statement. “Dart would welcome the opportunity to host more events of this type on the festival site in the future.” The influence of the fes- tival has probably been felt all the way down the line, said Lynne Byles, founder of Tower Marketing, which helps organise Taste of Cayman. “It was good that some of our local vendors have that experience,” she said, refer- ring to those that worked KA- ABOO. “They can bring that expertise to other events.” She hopes people will be inspired to think big in the future as a result. “It shows that it can be done,” Byles said. “Whether it’s quite as big as that, I don’t know. Maybe it should be something they build up to [over several years].” She said she was sur- prised to hear news of the cancellation. “I thought there would be challenges,” she said, “but I thought they would un- derwrite it.” People in general are sad- dened, she said. “There seems to be a lot of chatter in terms of people being disappointed,” Byles said. Chris Kirkconnell, presi- dent of the Cayman Islands Chamber of Commerce, shared that sentiment. “It is sad news,” Kirkcon- nell said. This year’s festival “demonstrated Cayman’s ability to attract interna- tional guests to this type of event, and to have it run very smoothly and professionally”. He said he was not sure holding the festival in Feb- ruary was the best choice. “If another event of a sim- ilar nature is planned,” he said, it would “be best to con- sider scheduling it during a slower time of the year, and not during high season when accommodations are in short supply and the island is op- erating at full capacity”. Suckerbox’s McKay said he’s just glad he and his band had the chance to play the event. Their performance in February led to an in- vite to play KAABOO’s Cali- fornia festival in San Diego, 13-15 Sept. “I think we’re the ones that got lucky and got to take advantage of it,” he said. McLean funeral date set The influence of KAABOO’s top-drawer production may influence the future of local events, even though next year’s festival has been cancelled. - PHOTO: TANEOS RAMSAY John McLean Planning Department to hold permit process session The Department of Planning will host an information ses- sion on the planning applica- tion and permit process at the Family Life Centre this week. The meeting will be held on Thursday, 5 Sept. from 9:30-11:30am. A press release from the department stated that the aim of the session will be to provide information and guidance on the planning process to people in the de- velopment community “so as to reduce delays in the appli- cation submission process”. Topics that will be covered include planning application submission process, planning application review process, permit application submission process, permit application re- view process, submitting re- reviews and modification of approved plans, releasing per- mits and certificate of occu- pancy process. Anyone interested in going to the session can confirm their attendance via email at info@planning.gov.ky. GUATEMALA ARRESTS EX-1ST LADY, PRESIDENTIAL RUNNER-UP TORRES GUATEMALA CITY (AP) – Former Guatemalan first lady and presidential runner-up Sandra Torres was arrested Monday on charges of cam- paign finance violations, the latest high-profile political figure to face allegations of malfeasance even as a UN anti-graft commission is set to shut down. Investigators searched Torres’ Guatemala City home in the morning and trans- ported her to court, hand- cuffed, with her face ob- scured by a scarf, a hood and dark glasses. She told jour- nalists she was the victim of a political vendetta. Prosecutors said she is ac- cused of unregistered electoral financing and illicit associa- tion related to the 2015 elec- tion and the National Unity of Hope party, of which she was both candidate and general secretary. According to investi- gators the party did not prop- erly register some $3.6 million in financing for her campaign. The investigation found that several businesses fi- nanced the party through the payment of commissions, di- version of funds and bribes to various public and private institutions. Torres’ vice presiden- tial running mate from 2015, Mario Leal Castillo, is also wanted in the case and is con- sidered a fugitive from justice. Torres, 63, finished second in both the 2015 and 2019 presidential elections, to Jimmy Morales and Ale- jandro Giammattei, respec- tively. Giammattei takes of- fice in January. “Everything is political, and you should ask Dr. Giam- mattei why he said he would not rest easy until he put me in prison,” Torres said at the court. “Go ask him. It is a po- litical persecution.” The National Unity of Hope party also criticised her arrest: “We reject the dis- proportionate and unneces- sary measure taken against Sandra Torres,” it said via Twitter. Party official Eduardo Velásquez said she had previ- ously handed over her pass- port in assurance that she would not leave the country.The islands’ most-trusted news source 3 CAYMAN COMPASS TUESDAY, 3 SEPTEMBER 2019 4 LOCAL NEWS “We’re now visiting the con- stituency of West Bay South, of which I’m the representa- tive, and I’m taking him to a number of constituents. “One of them is Kem Jackson, who is an integral part of the Cayman Catboat Club and restoring the tra- ditional heritage of catboat building and restoration. We’re here with the Jackson family, and the governor and his lovely wife had a good briefing on what it means to be a snapshot of Cayman’s heritage in terms of what and how the boats were built, con- structed, restored and used.” Roper also had a larger meeting with constituents set for Leo Ebanks Park on Friday evening, that would allow him to meet West Bay residents in a more in- formal setting. “This is really nice,” said Governor Roper of the op- portunity to meet local fam- ilies. “I’ve done George Town. I’ve been to North Side. We’re in West Bay today. I’ve got Bodden Town, East End and other places coming up. It’s just nice to meet people and it’s really special to be in- vited into people’s homes.” Catboat race Some of Cayman’s cat- boats, and Jackson himself, were out at sea last month to show that the traditional boats can still perform. Boaters taking part in the Cayman Catboat Club’s David Foster Memorial Race on Sunday, 24 Aug., raced from Garvin Park in West Bay to Rum Point in North Side. Jackson, skippering the boat Captain D, with Joey Jackson finished the race in 2 hours, 30 minutes. Brac Cat, crewed by Rommell Ebanks, Rommell Ebanks Jr. and An- drea Martinez finished the race in 3 hours, 14 minutes. In third place was the Whittaker Cat crew, Jerris Miller, NJ Miller and Orneil Galbraith, in 3 hours, 44 min- utes, followed by The Trav- eller, skippered by Bobby Ebanks, which finished in 4 hours and 20 minutes. TUESDAY, 3 SEPTEMBER 2019 • CAYMAN COMPASS Former schoolteacher celebrates 99th birthday JEWEL LEVY jlevy@compassmedia.ky Retired schoolteacher Thelma Range celebrated her 99th birthday early on Sunday surrounded by family, friends and former students. The only thing missing from her birthday party was a pack of dominoes, said the jolly senior whom everyone calls ‘Aunt Tel’. Many past students she had taught in North Side and West Bay stopped in to wish her happy birthday in a celebration that featured a Cayman-style buffet with heavy cake, and music by Ca- lypso Cowboy Dexter Bodden. The celebrations, two days ahead of her actual birthday, took place at a residence in Cayman Kai in North Side. Range dressed to impress. Gold earrings dangled from her lobes and a string of pearls highlighted the neck- line of her white, sleeveless gown. Gold shoes and a tiara on top of her head, amid blonde curls, completed the look as she made her way to the party. Born on 3 Sept. 1920 in Panama, Range moved to Ja- maica with her parents Eu- genia and Hubert Edwards. She had one brother, Milton. She said she moved to Cayman from Jamaica on a government school con- tract, and taught all subjects to standard six students in North Side and West Bay in the late 1940s and ‘50s. She was also principal at both schools. She has fond memories of the students who passed through her classrooms, saying they were “little darlings”. In 1955, she married her North Side sweetheart, Wilbur ‘Pummy’ Range, in Jamaica. The couple had three children, Karen, Paula and Wilberlee. In later years, the family moved to the United States, where she continued her teaching and resides today. Some of her children remain in Cayman. “She was strict, that’s what I know,” said former student Carolyn Ann Ebanks, who attended school in the West Bay Town Hall. “She would give us the strap. Maybe that’s why we made something of ourselves,” she added with a laugh. Leonard Ebanks, another past student, added, “She wasn’t sparing the rod to spoil no child.” “She made me give up my nurse bottle for fear of her telling the class,” another stu- dent recalled. “She could drive that old Studebaker car,” Carolyn Ann Ebanks said. “When she floored that and took off with the bunch of us stu- dents to not miss the Ja- maica exams being held at the George Town Annex, it was a laugh.” McCanna Anderson, 83, knew Range very well. She taught her at age 13 and they have kept in touch over the years. Range still drives, and recently got her licence re- newed in Palm Bay, Florida, where she now lives. To keep active, she visits the Salvation Army where she volunteered her services many years ago. She also at- tends Bible study. She loves food, especially carrot cake, but she said she has to be careful now about what she eats. “I could eat anything be- fore, but things like lobster, crab and most shell foods, I stay away from [now],” she said. “I don’t need no glasses. Sometimes I use them for reading, but not all the time,” she said. She also loves to dance and she plays the organ. Her favourite book, she said, is the Bible, and some mystery stories too. She also loves Christian TBN televi- sion and Joel Osteen. She said she cannot wait to get back to her domino playing. “You can’t do without dominoes. It’s funny and nice hearing the people playing – bam, bam, bam … I don’t slam them too hard,” she said. At her party on Sunday, her grandson Christopher King welcomed everyone, in- cluding all the family that had travelled from the US. He said Range nurtured a won- derful family in New York and spent her golden years in Florida. As she taught so many students here, her family wanted to be able to share the celebration of her birthday with those in Cayman. To have a long life, her advice is to serve the Lord, and at age 99, she says she just wants to keep on serving Jesus. She tells of a moment when she once saw an angel, who had a secret to impart. “In New York, I saw an angel sitting on a bench as I was heading to Empire Boulevard. He told me how long I would live. I never told anyone,” she said. Thelma Range makes a dramatic entrance to her birthday party on Sunday in a glamorous white gown. – PHOTO: JEWEL LEVY 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” Governor gets a catboat lesson SPENCER FORDIN sfordin@compassmedia.ky The boats are old, and so is the wisdom that went into making them. Governor Martyn Roper got a tour of catboat maker and captain Kem Jackson’s home and an education in the making of Cayman’s iconic catboats on Friday as part of a meet-and-greet tour of West Bay and its constituents. Roper and his wife Elisa- beth inspected a number of old boats and listened as Jackson, one of the key members of the Cayman Catboat Club, told him about constructing and restoring the vessels. “This is a real story in Caymanian history,” said Governor Roper after walking around Jackson’s yard and taking in the sights. “The rep- utation of Caymanian sea- farers, everybody knows about that, so to come and see the boats is fantastic. There’s great work being done to restore them and re- turn them to what they were before, and it’s really impor- tant to keep a hold of that culture and heritage.” Jackson showed the Ropers how the frames of catboats were created from the curved branches of ma- hogany trees, and he spoke from firsthand knowl- edge about their utility and durability. There were hundreds of these boats at one point, said Jackson, and now there are just a few remnants of the old way of life in Cayman. Jackson is currently restoring multiple catboats, a labour of love that stands to remind Caymanians of the way life used to be before the advent of modern technology. MLA Tara Rivers said she had been escorting the gov- ernor around the district and introducing him to a number of people who were thrilled to meet him. “This is a part of the dis- trict tour in general,” she said. Loxley Banks blows the conch as Kem Jackson, Governor Martyn Roper and MLA Tara Rivers watch and listen. - PHOTO: SPENCER FORDINThe islands’ most-trusted news source 5 CAYMAN COMPASS • TUESDAY, 3 SEPTEMBER 2019 THE OFFICIAL FUNERAL Mr. John Bonwell McLean, Sr., OBE, JP 18 February 1950 – 24 August 2019 LYING IN STATE Monday, 9th September 2019 at 10:00 A.M. to 3:00 P.M. The Legislative Assembly of the Cayman Islands OFFICIAL FUNERAL Tuesday, 10th September 2019 at 3:00 P.M. Cayman Islands Baptist Church, Savannah 163 Pedro Castle Road Bus service leaving from East End Civic Centre 1:30 P.M.The islands’ most-trusted news source 6 Community CALENDAR ■ COMMUNITY CALENDAR is published TUESDAYS and THURSDAYS. It is available to charitable or non-profit organisations. Items should be submitted at least three working days before publication. Information must include name of sender, signature and contact number. ■ Items may be brought to the Cayman Compass office on Shedden Road or emailed to editor@compassmedia.ky at least three days in advance of publication. TUESDAY, 3 SEPTEMBER 2019 • CAYMAN COMPASS TUESDAY, 3 SEPT. HURRICANE IVAN DOCUMENTARY: The National Museum will host a showing of a documentary as part of its three-part Speaker Series on ‘Ivan the Terrible: Fifteen Years Later’. 6pm at the museum’s Audiovisual Theatre. $10 for general public, $6 for members. Complimentary refreshments. Email info@museum.ky for more details. WEDNESDAY, 4 SEPT. RECOVERY MONTH COMMUNITY WORKSHOP: At the West Bay Community Centre, 6:30-8pm. Learn about the process of addiction and how to get support, or to support someone in active addiction. One of a series of events organised by the Department of Counselling Services for Recovery Month. SATURDAY, 7 SEPT. BOOK SALE: The Humane Society is holding a book sale outside A. L. Thompson’s today from 9.30am until 2pm. Any 3 books for $1. All proceeds benefit the animals at the shelter. STORY TIME: Rotary Central Cayman Islands will host a Story Time event this morning at 10:30am at George Town Public Library. The event is free, and there will be fun activities and goodies for children, who must be accompanied by an adult. BRAC DG 5K: The 2019 DG 5K run/walk, organised by Deputy Governor Franz Manderson, will be held on Cayman Brac today. The first 400 registrants will receive a special edition hat. The beneficiaries of this year’s run will be the Cayman Islands Crisis Centre, the Special Needs Foundation Cayman and the Alex Panton Foundation. A second run will be held on Grand Cayman on 29 Sept. To register, visit www.caymanactive.com/dg5k or email dg5k@gov.ky for more information. FIDELITY FUN RUN: The first of an annual series of 2-mile fun runs will be held today. The next two will be held on 14 and 21 Sept. Starts at 7:30am on Walkers Road, opposite the former John Gray High School, then goes to South Church Street before finishing on Denham Thompson Way. Free entry for runners under the age of 15. $10 for one race, $25 whole series. Awards will be presented to the top 3 male and top 3 female point scorers overall in the series and also to the top 3 male and female scorers in each age group. Register online at www.caymanactive. com/registrations. Late registration possible on the day from 6:30-7:15am. BRAC ROTARY FISH FRY: The Rotary Club of Cayman Brac holds its annual Fry Jack Bonanza and Fish Fry. Fishing time from 7am to 4pm; Fish fry from noon to 5pm, Panama Canal. Registration on Friday, 6 Sept., 6:30–9pm, Cayman Brac Museum porch. SUNDAY, 8 SEPT. MERCURYMAN TRIATHLON: Three options available. Team or solo half-Iron distance: 1.2-mile swim/56-mile bike ride/13.1-mile run; team or solo international distance: 0.6-mile swim/28-mile bike/6.5-mile run; and solo aquabike: 1.2-mile swim/56-mile bike. Register at www.caymanactive.com. Visit www.mercurymantri.com for more details. TUESDAY, 10 SEPT. HURRICANE PREPAREDNESS: The National Museum is hosting ‘Cayman Prepared: An educational lecture’. 6pm at the museum’s Audiovisual Theatre. $10 general public, $6 members. Refreshments provided. Part of the museum’s three-part Speaker Series on ‘Ivan the Terrible: Fifteen Years Later’. Email info@museum.ky for more details. WEDNESDAY, 11 SEPT. HURRICANE IVAN REMEMBERED: Water Authority – Cayman invites the public to attend an event at its office on Red Gate Road, from 11am to 2pm, to mark the 15th anniversary of Hurricane Ivan. There will be an exhibit on display that highlights the impact of the storm, as well as the strides made by the Cayman Islands and the Water Authority to become more resilient. There will also be hurricane preparedness information available, as well as lunch and giveaways. THURSDAY, 12 SEPT. LITTLE CAYMAN VEHICLE LICENSING: DVDL officers will visit the District Office in Little Cayman today from 9am to 2:30pm. SATURDAY, 14 SEPT. MEMORY CAFE: The Alzheimer’s and Dementia Association is hosting a ‘Memory Cafe’ at South Sound Community Centre today. 10am to 1pm. TUESDAY, 17 SEPT. HURRICANE RECOVERY TALK: At the National Museum’s Audiovisual Theatre. 6pm. Part of the museum’s Speaker Series on ‘Ivan the Terrible: Fifteen Years Later’. $10 general public, $6 members. Refreshments provided. Email info@museum.ky for more details. WEDNESDAY, 18 SEPT. DRUG AWARENESS SESSION: The Department of Counselling Services is organising a ‘Talk Early, Talk Often: Drug Edition’ as part of Recovery Month activities. At the Family Resource Centre, 2nd floor, Apollo House West, Mary Street, George Town. 6-7:30pm. Learn how to talk to your children about drugs and alcohol. The workshop will provide parents with the skills and the age-appropriate language needed. NATIONAL TRUST AGM: The National Trust is inviting its members to the Annual General Meeting at the George Town Yacht Club today. The 2018/19 Annual Report and Financials will be presented and members will have the opportunity to vote for the 2019/20 Trust Council. Members unable to attend the meeting are encouraged to cast their vote by proxy. Proxy nominations must be received before 5pm, 16 Sept. Doors open at 5:30pm for registration and voting, with a 6:30pm start to the AGM. Drinks and canapes will be served. For more information, visit nationaltrust.org.ky. RSVP to info@nationaltrust.org.ky so the Trust can ensure quorum. THURSDAY, 19 SEPT. CONQUERING CANCER: The Cayman Islands Cancer Society presents ‘Conquering Cancer VI – Let’s Fight Cancer Together’, a three-day series of cancer awareness activities for health professionals and the general public begins today. This evening’s event at the Marriott resort will be for doctors, allied healthcare professionals and medical students. Four hours of continuing medical education credit. Health information and screenings will be provided. Today, the evening Speakers from Broward Health International, Cancer Treatment Centers of America, Cleveland Clinic, CTMH Doctors Hospital, Health City Cayman Islands, Holy Cross Hospital, Memorial Healthcare Systems, Miami Cancer Institute Baptist Health South Florida and University of Miami Health Systems. Refreshments and registration at 5pm. Nine CME presentations from 5:30pm. DEBT COLLECTION COURSE: The Chamber of Commerce is hosting a two-hour course on Debt Collection: How to Avoid and Collect Bad Debt. Aimed at small businesses. 9-11am at Unit 4-107, Governors Square. $175 for members, $225 for future members. Visit the events page at www.caymanchamber.ky for more information. FRIDAY, 20 SEPT. HANNAH’S HEROES BIG SHAVE: The 7th annual Big Shave takes place today at Cricket Square to raise funds for childhood cancer research charity St. Baldrick’s Foundation. To get involved, register now to get a shave; organise a dress-down day or a bake sale at work; or donate. For more information, visit www.stbaldricks.org/events/ hannahsheroes. DRESS PURPLE DAY: To mark World Alzheimer’s Day on Saturday, a Corporate Dress Purple Day is being held today. CONQUERING CANCER HEALTH FAIR: Aimed at providing doctors and allied healthcare professionals with an informative presentation by a visiting physician, who will be providing their expertise on cancer prevention and treatment. At the Health Services Authority. Noon to 2pm: Lunch and Learn/CME. SATURDAY, 21 SEPT. BRAC BRENDA LUND- TIBBETTS WALK/RUN: The annual walk/run to raise funds for the Lions Club of Tropical Gardens and raise awareness of breast cancer will be held on Cayman Brac today at 6am $25 adult registration. $10 for ages 8 to 12, and free for under 8’s. The route will be out and back from the Brac Reef Resort. Register online at www.caymanactive.com. WORLD ALZHEIMER’S DAY: The Alzheimer’s and Dementia Association will be holding an awareness session at Foster’s at The Strand from 8am to noon. Also, from 6-8pm, dementia training for caregivers will be held at Jasmine on West Bay Road. CONQUERING CANCER HEALTH FAIR: A day of awareness and education. This free event is designed to bring new and innovative ways of screening, diagnosing and treating cancer. While this event is dubbed ‘Conquering Cancer VI’, attendees can also avail of free health screenings for glucose levels, blood pressure, BMI and cholesterol, as well as free healthy food samplings. Refreshments will be provided. Open to members of the public of all ages. Featuring more than 30 exhibitors, including nine visiting hospitals, with giveaways and health information. 8:30am to 2pm, at the Marriott resort. SUNDAY, 22 SEPT. PACCE WALK/RUN/RIDE: The Lions Club of Grand Cayman hosts the eighth annual PACCE (Prostate and Colon Cancer Event) Delano Hislop Memorial Journey for Life Walk/ Run today, starting at 6:30am from the Jasmine building on West Bay Road. Walk 5K, Run 10K or Ride 15K. Proceeds raised from this event will benefit Jasmine (formerly Cayman HospiceCare) and the Cayman Islands Cancer Society. Register online at www.caymanactive.com/ registrations. A T-shirt and bib pick-up will be held the evening before, on Saturday, 21 Sept., 7-11am at the Lions Community Centre, Crewe Road. Pre-registration at 6am on day of run. TUESDAY, 24 SEPT. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE COURSE: Coaching Essentials, a skills-based programme designed to help managers and leaders integrate coaching behaviours into their leadership styles. One day course includes face-to- face workshop. 9am to 5pm. Member price $450, future member price $525. Visit www.caymanchamber.ky for more details. WEDNESDAY, 25 SEPT. ADDICTION RECOVERY WORKSHOP: East End Community Centre, 6:30-8pm. Learn about the process of addiction and how to get support, or how to support someone in active addiction. Hosted by the Department of Counselling Services as part of Recovery Month. THURSDAY, 26 SEPT. PUB QUIZ: A trivia night will be held tonight at Fidel Murphy’s for the Alzheimer’s and Dementia Association of the Cayman Islands. Begins at 7pm. For more Community Calendar events, visit www.caymancompass.com/events. A scene from Bodden Town following 2014’s Hurricane Ivan. A number of events marking the 15th anniversary of the devastating storm are being held this month. - PHOTO: CAROL WINKERThe islands’ most-trusted news source 7 CAYMAN COMPASS • TUESDAY, 3 SEPTEMBER 2019 S ah, che THANK YOU TO OUR GOLD SPONSOR OCTOBER 5, 2019 The Ritz-Carlton, Grand Cayman www.breastcancerfoundation.ky info@breastcancerfoundation.ky Featuring Special Guest Speaker Cayman readies relief effort in wake of Hurricane Dorian partners and the United Kingdom under the um- brella of the Caribbean Dis- aster Emergency Manage- ment Agency. The new Royal Cayman Islands Police Service heli- copter will be deployed to the Bahamas to assist in search- and-rescue and medivac op- erations, officials said. The helicopter can also carry out aerial reconnaissance mis- sions in addition to the de- livery of equipment and per- sonnel to affected areas. “The reports coming from Abaco and Grand Bahama are very concerning and Cayman stands ready to help our friends in the Bahamas in the best way that we can,” said Governor Martyn Roper in a statement. “We have made an initial offer to deploy our new helicopter to assist should this be required. Being able to access remote communi- ties after an event like this is crucial and storms like Dorian highlight the importance of the investments that the Gov- ernment is making in air op- erations and disaster manage- ment. It is important that any assistance to the Bahamas is properly coordinated with our partners in the region and we are in contact with CDEMA and the UK to ensure this is the case.” The Cayman Islands Red Cross and Hazard Manage- ment Cayman Islands both sent representatives to help aid in the effort of restoring basic services to the British Virgin Islands in 2017, and the RCIPS sent a team of per- sonnel and its helicopter to help with storm relief in the BVI and Turks and Caicos. Bahamas battered by storm Bahamas Prime Minister Hubert Minnis said Monday afternoon that at least five people have died in the Abaco islands. By late afternoon Monday. Hurricane Dorian’s ferocious winds had weakened a little as the storm hovered over the Bahamas, giving the islands a merciless pounding. The storm was downgraded to a Category 4 by 11am. The National Hurricane Center in Miami said at 4pm EDT Monday that the storm’s maximum sustained winds had fallen to 145 mph – down from 155 mph earlier in the day. On Sunday, Dorian blasted the Bahamas with maximum sustained winds of 185 mph and gusts of up to 220 mph. The storm was expected to slowly move northeast, but on Monday afternoon it re- mained about 25 miles north- east of Freeport, Grand Ba- hama island. It was about 105 miles east of West Palm Beach, Florida. Forecasters said Dorian was expected to move “dan- gerously close” to the Florida east coast late Monday through Wednesday evening and then move north to coastal Georgia and South Carolina on Wednesday night and Thursday. Earlier on Monday, Delta Air Lines reported that a flight from Atlanta to Nassau, Bahamas, was forced to turn back because of high cross- wind speeds. Flight 337, which had 42 customers on board, took off just before 10am Monday because fore- casts showed crosswinds within limits and Nassau’s airport was open. But wind speeds increased while the flight was en route, so it re- turned to Atlanta. Hurricane Dorian un- leashed massive flooding across Grand Bahama is- land. Minister of State Kwasi Thompson told ZNS Bahamas radio station Monday that officials were getting a tre- mendous number of calls from people in distress as the powerful storm slowed to al- most a standstill. Police Chief Samuel Butler urged people to remain calm and said rescue crews could not help anyone until the winds dropped. “We simply cannot get to you,” he said. Dorian brought storm surge of up to 23 feet, and the ZNS radio station shared reports from callers saying some people were stuck on roofs. The AP contributed to this report. CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 Winds from Hurricane Dorian whip through a neighbourhood in Freeport, Grand Bahama, Monday.A family waits out Hurricane Dorian in a shelter in Freeport, Grand Bahama, on Sunday. - PHOTOS: APThe islands’ most-trusted news source 8 TUESDAY, 3 SEPTEMBER 2019 • CAYMAN COMPASS Man arrested following fatal car crash sight of the vehicle while still travelling on Anton Bodden Road. The officers briefly stopped at the junction of Shamrock Road and Condor Road to speak to a member of the public who informed them that they had seen a vehicle speeding through the intersection, the RCIPS stated. The officers tried to lo- cate the vehicle, checking side roads along the main road. Another member of the public stopped the of- ficers near Northward Road and told them there had been a collision at Doubloon Drive. When they arrived at the scene, police found that the vehicle had collided with a wall. Two men were inside the vehicle, and one ap- peared to be badly in- jured. Both men were transported to hospital, with the passenger being treated for critical inju- ries. He passed away on Monday morning. CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 21 new Caymanian recruits at Fire Service The Cayman Islands Fire Service has recruited 21 new fire officers. The fire officers were se- lected following a recruit- ment drive in March 2019 which attracted 170 appli- cants, of whom 130 were Caymanian, according to a press release. All 21 recruits are Caymanian. The candidates faced lit- eracy and numeracy tests, a physical test, face-to-face interviews, medicals and background checks. During the physical test, the re- cruits were required to dem- onstrate physical strength, stamina and endurance. “The process our new re- cruits had to go through be- fore being selected is particu- larly intensive. We need to know that they are capable of rising to the many challenges of the role before inviting them to join the agency,” Acting Chief Fire Officer Brevon Elliot said in a statement. He added, “I commend all our newest recruits for the great commitment they’ve shown throughout the re- cruitment process. We are extremely pleased with the group of men who have been selected, and I am confident that they will continue to do well as they embark on basic training over the next sev- eral months.” “ The process our new recruits had to go through before being selected is particularly intensive.” ACTING CHIEF FIRE OFFICER BREVON ELLIOT The latest class of recruits begin their first day on the job on 26 Aug. Appeal judges overturn nightclub stabbing sentence APPEALS COURT UPHOLDS 18‑YEAR SENTENCE FOR RAPE ANDREL HARRIS aharris@compassmedia.ky A man serving a six-year sentence for a stabbing out- side a West Bay Road night- club had his sentenced re- duced in the Court of Appeal on Monday. Carlo Malik Webster Jr.’s attorney Johnathon Hughes appealed the sentence on the grounds that the judge mis- characterised the wounding, did not balance the miti- gating and aggravating cir- cumstances properly, and failed to give Webster full credit for his guilty plea. The stabbing occurred outside the Jungle nightclub in March 2017, when an ar- gument broke out between Webster and his friends and another of group of men. CCTV video of the incident showed Webster pulling a knife from his pocket, stab- bing a man once and then re- turning it to his pocket. The victim suffered a 5x2- centimetre stab wound to his lower abdomen. Webster was sentenced to seven-and-a-half years for the charge of wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm. Hughes argued that Jus- tice Roger Chapple incor- rectly characterised the wounding as “life-threat- ening” because the medical report termed it as a “serious injury”. Hughes also argued that not enough weight was taken into the Webster’s cir- cumstances at the time of the of stabbing. “Webster’s father was murdered, his mother was suffering from mental ill- nesses and drug addiction, so he was placed into the Bonaventure Boys Home at a young age,” said Hughes. “When he turned 17, he was no longer eligible to stay at the boys home, so he was taken out, and he landed hard.” The appeal judges heard that with “no guidance” and “no one to turn to”, Web- ster was left to his devices. Webster’s criminal record shows some 15 convictions for offences ranging from as- saulting police, arson, bur- glary and handling stolen goods. However, at the time of the stabbing, he was 21 and had gone several years without committing any criminal offences. Hughes said this was a clear indi- cation of Webster’s desire to change his life. On the third grounds of appeal, Hughes argued that Justice Chapple should have given Webster a full one- third reduction from the prison sentence to reflect an early guilty plea, instead of a 20% discount. Webster did not enter a guilty plea on his first occa- sion. Hughes said this was no fault of his client, instead it was to allow for discussions between the defence and the prosecution to conclude over a charge of robbery, which was ultimately left on file. Hughes says by only granting a 20% discount, Justice Chapple passed a sentence which was 12 months longer than it should have been. Crown prosecutor Ken- neth Ferguson conceded to this point and offered no objections. The appeal judges de- clined to grant leave to ap- peal on the first two grounds saying, “Even though the re- port did not characterise the injury as life-threat- ening, Justice Chapple was well within his rights of dis- cretion to treat it as such, and he applied proper bal- ance when weighing the mitigating and aggravating circumstances.” It was on the third grounds of appeal the judges agreed with Hughes. They found that in light of the on- going discussions between the prosecution and the de- fence, Webster did enter a guilty plea at an early stage. They overturned the sentence of six years and imposed a five-year sentence. ANDREL HARRIS aharris@compassmedia.ky Court of Appeal judges have upheld a 20-and-a- half-year prison sentence for a man convicted of rape and aggravated burglary. Okeno Nicholas Sol- omon, 27, appeared be- fore the Court of Appeal Monday seeking leave to appeal the length of his sentence. In January 2018, Sol- omon entered guilty pleas to charges of rape, aggra- vated burglary and theft. The charges stem from an incident in October 2017 when Solomon broke into a woman’s George Town home, bound her hands and feet and raped her multiple times. During the attack, the woman received cuts to her hands and legs from a knife, which Sol- omon used to threaten her into silence. After raping the woman, Solomon stole her mobile phone, laptop, jewellery and her car, which he used to make his getaway. During the original sen- tencing, the court heard that Solomon said he had consumed cocaine that night and had no recol- lection of the incident. A social inquiry report read out in the court at the time quoted Solomon as saying, “If she says I raped her, then it must be true, because why would she lie about something like that?” The only thing that con- nected Solomon to the rape was a used condom con- taining his DNA. At the time of the incident, Sol- omon was out on bail for breaking into an- other woman’s house and groping her on her buttocks while she slept. For the charge of rape, Solomon was sentenced to 18-and-a-half years, how- ever, that sentence was reduced to 13-and-a-half years for a guilty plea. He was also sentenced to eight years for the aggra- vated burglary and four years for the theft; all of which were to run concur- rently. He was sentenced to seven years for the sep- arate charge of burglary and four years for the in- decent assault, both sen- tences to run concurrent to each other, but consec- utive to the 13-and-a-half year sentence, leaving Sol- omon with a total sentence of 20-and-a-half years behind bars. Appearing before the Court of Appeal on Monday, John Furniss, representing Solomon, told the justices, “Acting Grand Court Justice Marlene Carter had erred when she passed sentence on Mr. Solomon.” Furniss argued that the sentence was unduly ex- cessive because Acting Jus- tice Carter included the fact that the offence of rape was committed while the defendant was out on bail for charges of burglary and indecent assault as aggra- vating circumstances. “In moving the starting point of the sentence to re- flect the aggravating cir- cumstances, Justice Carter added a premium of three years,” said Furniss. “By including the fact that the rape occurred while Sol- omon was on bail for of- fences of a similar nature as aggravating circum- stances, and then later sentencing Solomon sep- arately for said offences, there was an element of double counting.” The appeal judges dis- missed the application saying, “We agree that the rape fully deserved a sen- tence of 18 years.”The islands’ most-trusted news source 9 CAYMAN COMPASS • TUESDAY, 3 SEPTEMBER 2019 Four fatalities in California scuba boat fire At least four people have died and rescuers were searching for 29 more after a fire broke out aboard a dive boat near Santa Cruz Island, about 90 miles from Los Angeles, early Monday morning. The Coast Guard had helicopters and boats in the area for a search-and-rescue operation. UK prime minister commands lawmakers to back his Brexit plan Iran warns of ‘strong step’ from atomic deal if no new terms TEHRAN, Iran (AP) – Iran will “take a strong step” away from its 2015 nuclear deal with world powers if Eu- rope cannot offer the country new terms by a deadline at the end of this week, a gov- ernment spokesman said Monday as top Iranian diplo- mats travelled to France and Russia for last-minute talks. The comments from Ali Rabiei reinforced the deadline Iran had set for Friday for Eu- rope to offer it a way to sell its crude oil on the global market. Crushing US sanctions im- posed after President Donald Trump withdrew America from the deal over a year ago have halted those sales. Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif was in Moscow, while his deputy was to travel to Paris with a team of economists Monday in a renewed diplomatic push. The developments come after French President Em- manuel Macron surprised the Group of Seven summit in France by inviting Zarif last week. Rabiei described Iran’s strategy to journalists at Monday’s press conference in Tehran as “commitment for commitment”. “Iran’s oil should be bought and its money should be accessible to return to Iran,” Rabiei said. “This is the agenda of our talks.” It’s unclear what the terms of negotiation are. In theory, anyone caught buying Iranian crude oil would be subject to US sanctions and potentially locked out of the American financial market. Already, Iran has gone over limits set by the deal. The International Atomic En- ergy Agency confirmed last week that Iran’s stockpile of low-enriched uranium still exceeds the amount allowed by the so-called Joint Com- prehensive Plan of Action, or JCPOA as the deal is known. The UN agency also said Iran continues to enrich ura- nium up to 4.5%, above the 3.67% allowed. Enriched uranium at the 3.67% level is enough for peaceful pursuits and is far below weapons-grade levels of 90%. At the 4.5% level, the ura- nium can help power Iran’s Bushehr reactor, the country’s only nuclear power plant. It remains unclear what further step Iran will take, though it could involve re- starting advanced centrifuges prohibited by the deal or fur- ther bumping up its enrich- ment of uranium. Iran insists the steps it has taken so far are easily reversible. “We will announce im- plementation of the third step in a letter to the Euro- peans if the Europeans do not implement necessary measures by Thursday,” said Zarif in a Sunday interview with Iran’s parliament news agency, ICANA. Meeting in Moscow with his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov, Zarif reiter- ated that it was up to Europe to ensure the deal’s survival. Iran will “be complying with its obligations in full when the Europeans comply with theirs in full”, Zarif told journalists. The nuclear deal is meant to keep Tehran from building atomic weapons in exchange for economic relief. It has been complicated by the uni- lateral withdrawal of the United States from the deal and Washington’s increased sanctions on Tehran, which have been taking a toll on the Iranian economy. That has left the other sig- natories – Germany, Britain, France, Russia and China – struggling to come up with enough incentives to keep Iran in the deal. “Iran is willing to give Di- plomacy, Engagement and Dialogue another chance,” Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi wrote on Twitter, but added that “Opportunities pass like clouds.” Meanwhile Monday, an Iranian oil tanker pursued by the US that has been trav- elling across the Mediter- ranean Sea is now off the coast of Tripoli in northern Lebanon. The ship-tracking website MarineTraffic.com showed the Adrian Darya 1 moving slowly just outside the Lebanese territorial wa- ters, after it had stood off the coast of Syria a day earlier. US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has alleged the ship is bound for a refinery in Syria, which was the reason that authorities had seized the vessel off the coast of Gi- braltar in July. The US has warned countries not to ac- cept the Adrian Darya, which carries 2.1 million barrels of Iranian crude oil worth some $130 million. LONDON (AP) – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson shot down the no- tion that he wanted an early election to secure Brexit, insisting Monday that it was not the way to get a deal done. Johnson decried par- liamentary action set for Tuesday that is meant to delay Britain’s departure from the European Union, arguing that it would “chop the legs” out of the UK po- sition. He spoke moments after lawmakers posted a copy of the proposed bill on Twitter, making clear that they would press the gov- ernment to seek a delay if there’s no deal. “Let’s let our negotia- tors get on with their work, without that sword of Da- mocles over their necks, and without an election, without an election,” he said. “I don’t want an election, you don’t want an election. Let’s get on with the people’s agenda.” Opposition parties are pledging to challenge John- son’s policy that the UK will leave the EU on 31 Oct. even if there is no deal. A no-deal Brexit is considered dan- gerous because it will sever decades of seamless trade with the EU single market of 500 million, Britain’s largest trading partner. Despite Johnson’s com- ment, Downing Street said later Monday night that Johnson would call an early election if his opponents in Parliament manage to pass legislation that would block his plans for a departure from the EU by the 31 Oct. deadline. His goal would be to gain a majority in a new Parliament that would back his Brexit stance. The febrile atmosphere came after Johnson got tough with members of his Conservative Party who op- posed his Brexit plans. The so-called rebels were being warned Monday that they will be expelled from the party if they supported the parliamentary efforts. Johnson insists the po- tential for a no-deal Brexit must remain an option in negotiations with the EU. The bloc is adamant it will not renegotiate the agree- ment struck with former Prime Minister Theresa May on the terms of Britain’s de- parture and the framework of future relations. The deal was defeated in Britain’s Parliament three times, largely because of opposition to clauses re- lated to keeping open the border between Ireland and Northern Ireland. Time is short for law- makers to block a no-deal Brexit. With 59 days before the withdrawal date, and a lengthy parliamentary sus- pension in the middle, this week is crunch time. Johnson, who took power in July with a pledge to go no matter what, insisted that he was not backing down on the promise. “There are no circum- stances under which I will ask Brussels to delay,” Johnson said. “We’re leaving the 31st of October, no ifs or buts.” Some of the most im- portant votes are those of Johnson’s own party – par- ticularly those who cannot stomach the notion of a no-deal exit. Conserva- tive former justice secre- tary David Gauke accused Johnson of “goading” party members to vote against the government so that they can be ousted in favour of law- makers who support the prime minister’s more ex- treme version of Brexit. “It’s obviously a particu- larly confrontational ap- proach and, I think, de- signed, frankly, to realign the Conservative Party, to transform the Conservative Party very much in the di- rection of a Brexit party,” Gauke told the BBC. Rumours had swirled that Johnson might try to trigger a no-confidence vote – taking his message directly to the people to seek their support. But because of a largely untried law passed in 2011, he needs the sup- port of two-thirds of Parlia- ment to seek an election. In this case, that means getting the support of the Labour Party. Labour might see such support as a trap – even though the party has been pressing for a general elec- tion since Jeremy Corbyn was elevated to leader in 2015. Corbyn urged opposi- tion parties to join together, saying the events in Parlia- ment this week may be the last opportunity to stop a no-deal Brexit. Former Prime Minister Tony Blair has warned that politicians are at a crit- ical juncture. “In modern history, there’s never been a more important moment for pol- iticians to put country be- fore tribe and national in- terest before self-interest,” Blair said in remarks at the Institute for Government on Monday. “ There are no circumstances under which I will ask Brussels to delay,” Johnson said. “We’re leaving the 31st of October, no ifs or buts.” UK PRIME MINISTER BORIS JOHNSON Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson Anti-Brexit supporters take part in a protest in front of the Houses of Parliament in central London. – PHOTOS: APNext >