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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: T: (345) 949-5111 E: sales@compassmedia.ky W: caymancompass.com PUBLISHER KATHLEEN CAPETTA EDITOR CATHERINE MACGILLIVRAY NEWS PRODUCER AND OPERATIONS MANAGER KEVIN MORALES A MEMBER OF THE INTER-AMERICAN PRESS ASSOCIATION “Give light and the people will find their own way” Partly cloudy skies with a 30% chance of showers. weather Forecast today Cayman Islands 89°F 78°F HIGH LOW WINDS East to northeast at 10 to 15 knots today, 5 to 10 knots tonight. SEA STATE Moderate with wave heights of 3 to 5 feet. RESHMA RAGOONATH rragoonath@compassmedia.ky Buccaneers are ready to set sail for Cayman Brac this weekend for the kick-off of the national festival. Pirates Festival committee chair Melanie McField said preparations are well under way to stage the Cayman Brac leg of the national festival, which begins with a happy hour on Friday at Captain’s Table, starting at 5pm. She said special emphasis has been placed on highlighting the heritage traditions on Cayman Brac. “Heritage Day at Heritage House starts at 10am and will feature traditional arts and crafts, as well as a kid’s zone. We will have arts and crafts vendors and live music,” she said. The Layman E. Scott High School steel pan band as well as Musical Crew, with performers Irving Hernandez and Johnny Johnson, are set to provide entertainment for the festivities. A team of 10 Pirates Week buccaneers are heading over to Cayman Brac for the festival. McField said the Cayman Brac district committee is in a rebuilding phase and all efforts are being made to ensure the success of the festival on the larger sister island. Amber Tatum, lead volunteer for Cayman Brac Heritage Day, agreed, saying that ensuring the success of the festival on the bigger sister island is a priority. “I think that the Sister Islands should have a bit of the exposure as Grand Cayman has with the festivities. It brings in an opportunity for fun, fantasy and folklore. It is about being imaginative for that weekend,” Tatum said. She said excitement is building for the float parade. This year’s theme is ‘Shipwrecked’, and the Public Works Department and the Ministry of District Administration are working on a “top secret” creation for Saturday’s parade. Tatum said all spots for the arts and crafts vendors have been taken, but there are still some places available for food vendors. “If anyone is interested, they can contact the committee,” she said. McField added that, as with the Grand Cayman festival, the Cayman Brac leg will carry a green message. “We have encouraged vendors to use eco-friendly products. We are doing a beach clean-up in Little Cayman as part of the festivities. We encourage all vendors on all three islands to use bio-degradable products,” McField said. She said she was encouraged by the response so far as a number of the flights to the Brac this weekend are already fully booked. The festivities culminate with a fireworks display Saturday night and an after-party at Coral Isle. For more information, contact Amber Tatum on 925-4624 or email info@piratesweekfestival.com. SCHEDULE OF EVENTS Fri., 1 Nov. 5-9pm: Happy hour, Captain’s Table, South Side 9pm-2am: Official kick-off party, La Esperanza, Watering Place Sat., 2 Nov. 10am-3pm: Pirates Week Heritage Day, Heritage House, North East Bay 3.30-5pm: Float parade, Heritage House starting point 8-8.15pm: Fireworks display, Coral Isle Club, South Side 8.30pm-midnight: After party, Coral Isle Club, South Side Sun., 3 Nov.Noon-3pm: Pirates farewell lunch, La Esperanza, Watering Place Mechanical problems caused the pilot of a Cayman Airways Twin Otter aircraft to abort the flight from Cayman Brac to Little Cayman on Sunday morning, temporarily stranding travellers from the Sister Islands. Officials with the airline said the mechanical issue did not create an emergency, but the pilot chose to turn back to the Brac rather than complete the flight. Some passengers awaiting the plane on Little Cayman were shuttled to Cayman Brac by boat and were able to return to Grand Cayman from there. Passengers in the Brac affected by the service outage travelled to Little Cayman by boat as well, but the boats did not have the capacity to accommodate everyone. By early afternoon, the plane was airborne again. It arrived in Little Cayman about 1:30pm to transport the remaining passengers. Officials said the flight schedule returned to normal on Monday. Boat trip for stranded passengers Pirates are getting ready to land on the Brac this weekend. Pirates set to invade Cayman Brac 2RESHMA RAGOONATH rragoonath@compassmedia.ky Deputy Opposition Leader Alva Suckoo has urged government to consider allowing newly registered voters on the January electors roll to have their say on the port referendum. “I have 11 people in Newlands who are on that list, who won’t be able to vote and who I am certain went out and registered with that intention,” Suckoo said during his contribution to the debate on the Referendum Bill in the Legislative Assembly on Monday evening. A total of 220 voters have been added to the official voters register; however, they will only become eligible to vote after 1 Jan. Only voters who registered before 1 July and who are on the official electoral roll released on 1 Oct. can vote in the upcoming referendum on the government’s proposed $200 million cruise berthing project. The Newlands MLA said he believed that there were instances in the past where updates were done to the voters list in the run- up to elections. He said he wanted this to be considered for the referendum. “As a representative of the people, I do not think we should take any other position than to see what we can do to help those people. There is no guarantee how they will vote,” he said. Suckoo said while he agreed with Premier Alden McLaughlin that at some point a line must be drawn with setting a cut-off point for registering electors, he believed consideration must be given to the voters who missed the deadline. He also spoke of his opposition to the sale of alcohol being allowed on Referendum Day. “I think, as much as possible, we should still try to restrict [alcohol]; at least then, we can have a clear conscience we did our part, that people were not encouraged to vote under the influence, or no one felt that they used alcohol to keep people away from the polls or to sway people’s position one way or another,” Suckoo said. Miller unhappy with port project North Side MLA Ezzard Miller said the current plans for the cruise berthing piers cannot work, based on the advice he has received from local mariners. In his contribution to the debate, Miller suggested that the piers were too close together and could lead to challenges should there be any problems when ships are in dock. “There is no room to offer assistance with tugs [when] another cruise ship is tied up,” he said. He added that even though the government says there will be no dredging in Hog Sty Bay, the proximity of the cruise ships will send sand and silt into the harbour. “You know what colour George Town water will be? The water won’t be clear. The water is going to be white,” he said. He also flagged concerns that Seven Mile Beach will be impacted by the project, based on flow of currents and tides, a point government has rejected. “I do not have the evidence to prove that Seven Mile Beach is going to be damaged definitely but, conversely, the government does not have the evidence it will not be damaged,” Miller said. He argued that the $200 million would be better spent on building an above-ground monorail to deal with congestion in the eastern districts as there is no justification, in his view, for the port project. Savannah MLA Anthony Eden and George Town South MLA Barbara Conolly also weighed in on the project during the debate which continued until 10pm on Monday, and then resumed on Tuesday morning. Eden, an Opposition member, warned against over-tourism, arguing that in the push to get more cruise passengers, Cayman is risking the tourism experience for its stayover visitors. “We just want to be careful that we do not cause problems with the people who come here and spend the money to rest and relax and get away from the concrete jungle,” he said. Conolly, a government councillor in the education ministry, made her case for the cruise berthing and cargo project, saying that she was concerned by the “misinformation” being peddled by opponents. She said government had a duty to do everything in its power to protect the economy and suggested that if the project is stymied, there will be consequences. “We are risking not only a slowdown in economic growth, but we are risking a recession,” she said. Harris, Wight pledge ‘yes’ votes in referendum Day two of the debate began on Tuesday with George Town West MLA David Wight and Prospect MLA Austin Harris both calling on constituents to vote yes for the port project. Using differing platforms for their position, both MLAs pledged their votes to help move the project forward. Wight described the project is a “win win”. He said, “When the older ships are decommissioned, we will lose our cruise industry. The business case estimated that arrivals will be reduced by half, or basically one million passengers a year.” He called on legislators to recall when cruise arrivals were that low and the impact it had on the cruise industry, which Wight said was dominated by Caymanians. “People were genuinely suffering. It is a terrible feeling to not be able to provide for your family. To those who oppose this project, I ask where are we going to find more than 1,500 jobs to replace those that will be lost? What are we going to do with all those people, our people?” Wight said. In his contribution, Harris addressed his change of heart on the project, saying his original concerns were no longer relevant, and suggesting that the cruise berthing and port facility he debated against in the past is not the same project today. He also pointed to the 29% of Prospect residents who signed the petition launched by Cruise Port Referendum Cayman as evidence that the majority of his constituents either support the project or do not think it is as high a priority as education, health or traffic congestion. “I know from speaking to my constituents, the number one national issue is traffic,” Harris said. He reminded legislators that project goes beyond cruise passengers, it is about revenue to support essential services. “I believe the cruise berthing and cargo facility has the ability to replace welfare with opportunity,” Harris said, pointing out that by the end of the year, the Ministry of Community Affairs will spend $25.5 million on core needs assessment at the Needs Assessment Unit and the Department of Children and Family Services. The debate continued into the afternoon session on Tuesday with contributions from Opposition MLAs and other government members. A total of 220 voters have been added to the official voters register; however, they will only become eligible to vote after 1 Jan . Referendum Bill debate continues Suckoo urges rethink to allow new voters to cast ballots MLA Alva Suckoo reads documents prior to the beginning of Monday's debate on the port referendum bill. Prospect MLA Austin Harris at Monday's debate in the Legislative Assembly. 3The National Roads Authority has announced a number of upcoming roadworks and highlighted some ongoing work as part of its efforts to ease traffic congestion on Grand Cayman. Red Bay Roundabout Among the work under way is an expansion to the Red Bay Roundabout, to increase it to three lanes. According to the NRA, the increased capacity will help with traffic flow to and from the eastern districts. Work on this began last week, while the schools were on mid- term break. It is expected to be completed in December. Selkirk Drive The NRA said it plans to deliver a subdivision road upgrade and new road surface of hot mix paving to Selkirk Drive and Abbey Way. The paving is due to take place in the first week of November. Shamrock Road The NRA has implemented a new traffic pattern on Shamrock Road, between Mangrove Avenue and the On The Run gas station, to allow for two full lanes of travel westbound, from Mangrove Avenue to Admirals Avenue. “This added lane capacity will improve traffic flow for the Prospect area. A central lane has also been added to improve entry and exit to The Achievement Centre, Red Bay Primary and Lighthouse Schools,” the NRA said in its statement. Rex Crighton Boulevard At Rex Crighton Boulevard between the Poindexter Roundabout and the Chrissie Tomlinson Roundabout, the NRA has begun expanding the road from two to four lanes, to add capacity along this section. According to the NRA, the increased number of lanes will help shorten the traffic queues that develop at this location in morning peak hours. The Chrissie Tomlinson Roundabout will also be upgraded to accommodate additional traffic volumes along this area. Grand Harbour Roundabout The NRA has begun work to create a third lane at Grand Harbour Roundabout. The third lane will be constructed inside the two existing lanes and will be used, temporarily, as a filter lane for traffic entering the roundabout from South Sound Road. According to the NRA, longer term plans will see the third lane used to help traffic flow in both directions between the CUC Roundabout at King’s Sports Centre and the Chrissie Tomlinson Roundabout. “The NRA apologises for any inconvenience the upgrades may cause and reminds drivers to please be alert to new road layouts and to the safety of crews working on the projects,” the authority stated. NRA announce new roadworks ANDREL HARRIS aharris@compassmedia.ky The trial of a West Bay man accused of abducting a woman and forcing her to perform oral sex on him was called off Monday when the prosecution offered no evidence, stating that the complainant did not wish to proceed with the case. According to court documents, the woman alleged that in the November 2017 incident, while she was walking along a road in West Bay, she was approached by the defendant. She said he grabbed her by the head and forced her down a path and into his house where she said she was ordered to remove her clothes and the assault occurred. The week-long jury trial was expected to begin in the Grand Court on Monday, but after the Crown offered no evidence, the trial was called off and the man was discharged. Indecent assault case dropped RESHMA RAGOONATH rragoonath@compassmedia.ky An early morning fire temporarily shut down operations at Diamonds International jewellery store on Tuesday. Fire officials said around 6:45am they responded to a report of a fire at the North Church Street, George Town store. They said a light fixture had caught fire in an area in the store that was undergoing renovations. There were no reports of damage or injury. The building was closed off during the early morning period following the fire. Store employees and customers were allowed to return to the building after it was cleared by fire investigators mid-morning. Early morning fire at local jewellery store Fire trucks parked outside Diamonds International following an early morning fire at the North Church Street, George Town store. Work has begun on widening Hurley's Roundabout to three lanes in an effort to ease traffic. cartoon The Referendum - By Caymanman 4www.silverthatch.org.ky Please join us for ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING on November 19 th 2019 at the Marriott Grand Ballroom from 6pm onwards First birds released from parrot sanctuary ALVARO SEREY aserey@compassmedia.ky In a lush green setting in East End, a dozen Cayman parrots are being rehabilitated, ready to be returned to the wild. On Monday, two of the rescued birds at the Cayman Parrot Sanctuary took tentative steps out of a large holding cage and, with a little bit of coaxing, took flight. A third bird, also scheduled for release on Monday, was a little more reticent and didn’t emerge and fly off until late Tuesday morning. Ron Hargrave, owner of Tukka Restaurant, just down the street from the sanctuary, said he was compelled to create a home for the injured, neglected or abandoned birds on land he had purchased in East End. “It come about through a love of parrots that I have back in Australia,” he said. “I’ve been trying to do some good for our native Cayman parrots here in Cayman. I bought this place a couple of years ago and realised the foliage and fauna and everything that was here was very indigenous to Cayman and was helpful to the birds as we have most of their natural food here on the property. “So, with that, I approached the Department of Environment in regards to being able to help, and that’s how the parrot sanctuary came about.” Hargrave said the sanctuary currently has 12 parrots that had been injured from falling out of nests or being hit by cars “or just needing a good start to life”. The recently opened sanctuary made its first releases this week, with the three birds returning to the wild. Hargrave and Jane Haakonsson, a research officer with the Department of Environment, supervised the release. Haakonsson is involved in the ongoing amnesty for the registration of pet Cayman parrots. It is illegal to keep the birds, but there are dozens in captivity throughout the islands. The DoE opted to give those parrot owners a chance to register the birds, rather than confiscating them. So far, more than 90 people have registered their birds in the six-month amnesty which ends on 29 Feb. 2020. Haakonsson said on Monday that the DoE welcomed the new bird sanctuary. “These animals are susceptible to [being hit by] cars; we have people shooting them; they have injuries, just like any natural population would. The problem has always been, from a departmental standpoint, finding a place to rehabilitate these birds and what’s going to happen when they go back into the wild,” she said. She added that the sanctuary gives the birds a better chance of a successful release, as parrots that were previously fed in cages are taught what natural foods to eat and how to be wild birds again. “Birds that have been poached, that have been robbed as fledglings from the nest, will typically need to be raised by hand and sometimes they’re not always suitable for release because they imprint on the parents, which, in this case, will be a human being, which is not ideal at all,” she said. She added that the parrot sanctuary is "revolutionary" as it allows the DoE to quarantine captive birds and carry out indepth health checks on them before they are released. She advised people who are thinking of releasing their pet birds, not to do it themselves, but to contact the DoE instead. To register a parrot or to report an injured bird, call the DoE on 949-8469 or email doe@gov.ky. Ron Hargrave patiently waits for one of the Cayman parrots to take flight at Monday's release. cayman compass 5 news N news WEDNESDAY, 30 OCTOBER 2019Inspectors say Savannah performance remains weak MARK MUCKENFUSS mmuckenfuss@compassmedia.ky A follow-up inspection at Savannah Primary School concluded the performance of teachers and students at the school remains weak. The Office of Education Standards released its latest evaluation of the school on Friday. Inspectors for the office determined that Savannah had made satisfactory progress on only two of six recommendations it had been given as part of the previous inspection in February. The inspection report said teaching quality at the school remains a problem. “There had been no significant improvement in the quality of teaching overall since the last inspection,” inspectors reported. “Around one third of the lessons observed by inspectors were judged to be weak. “There were too few instances of good teaching and far too many instances of weak teaching in English,” they added. The report noted there has been some intervention by the new principal, Delton Pedley, and the senior management team at the school, but the process has not yet been completed. Leadership was one of the areas in which the school had made satisfactory progress. “The principal had an accurate understanding of the school’s strengths and weaknesses and had taken appropriate steps to address areas identified in the last inspection report,” the inspectors said. Pedley said he thought the assessment of teaching at Savannah was fair, but added that a number of new staff and implementation of the new curriculum were factors impacting that assessment. He said he is in the midst of helping his staff transition to a new leadership group – the school also has a new deputy principal and counsellor – and on galvanising the teachers around a clear mission. They are also dealing with everyday problems. One major issue is student discipline. “Behaviour is part of the reason teaching is judged the way it was judged,” Pedley said. “We do have a few challenging students.” Inspectors found it to be a widespread problem. “Teachers were regularly prevented from delivering the main content of lessons as they spent a significant amount of time managing disruption,” the report said. While specific guidelines for behaviour and prescribed consequences for violating those guidelines do exist, teachers did not consistently enforce them, inspectors said. “The poor behaviour of a number of students disrupted learning in classes,” they said. “Inspectors noted that teachers were not consistent in their management of behaviour or in their implementation of [discipline] strategies.” Pedley said he has met with the parents of unruly students and plans follow-up meetings “to take it to the next level”, adding, “We have to be consistent and determined.” Teachers also faced additional hurdles due to the newly implemented primary curriculum. Not all students were ready for the shift to a more demanding regimen. “In mathematics, classwork was planned with due regard to the new curriculum standards, and this presented some challenge to a number of students because they began the year at a relatively low starting point,” the report said. Pedley said additional lessons are being provided to students both in the classroom and in after-school programmes to help bring them up to speed. He added that he thinks inspectors will find improved performance when they return in six months. “I’m confident things will be better,” he said. “I’m very hopeful.” How the school scored: Improve the quality of teaching to raise student achievement: Weak Effective assessment by teachers to improve student progress: Weak Ensure high expectations by teachers and plans to meet student needs: Weak Ensure that staff appropriately manages student discipline: Weak Review the organisation and planning of the new curriculum: Satisfactory Improve leadership, self-evaluation and improvement processes: Satisfactory Inspectors for the office determined that Savannah had made satisfactory progress on only two of six recommendations it had been given as part of the previous inspection in February . Two receive scuba diving scholarships MARK MUCKENFUSS mmuckenfuss@compassmedia.ky Two young Caymanians were recently awarded scholarships to pursue training and possible careers in the dive industry. Shaun Jackson and Kameron D’Hue were both honoured during the International Scuba Diving Hall of Fame induction ceremony with the promise of support to train as divemasters. The scholarship is organised by Suzy Soto and Red Sail Sports operations manager Rod McDowall. McDowall said other dive operators are becoming involved in supporting the programme. Soto, the widow of Hall of Fame member Bob Soto, said the scholarship, launched last year, is meant to assist a single student. But both this year and last, the top two candidates were both deemed worthy of support, she said. Last year’s winners, Rickeem Lashley, who is now working at the Central Caribbean Marine Institute, and Joshua Weaver, who is still in school, presented medals to Jackson and D’Hue. Jackson, the great grandson of Will Jackson, a long-time seaman from East End, wants to open a dive shop in Bodden Town. D’Hue’s great grandfather was famous turtler Andrew Powery. He is interested in pursuing a career in diving. McDowell said becoming a divemaster generally takes about 100 hours of training and would cost about $5,000. He said the idea of the scholarship is “to get young Caymanians back into the field. The industry was formed by Caymanians, look at the people Bob Soto trained in those early years”. But many of those early leaders moved to the business side, he said, and the pipeline dried up. The scholarship is designed to “turn that enthusiasm and love of diving into a career”, he added. 100 The number of hours of training to become a divemaster Scholarship recipient Kameron D'Hue is interested in a career in the dive industry. Shaun Jackson receives his scholarship at the International Scuba Hall of Fame induction ceremony. 6F rom his home city of Angers, in the French Loire Valley, to the soft white sands of Cayman, chef Frederic Morineau’s culinary talent has transported him halfway across the world, with stops at many world-class restaurants along the way. The chef, whose talented creations are exceeded only by his vivacious personality, has previously been awarded the J. Willard Marriott Award of Excellence, the ACE Culinary Award for the CALA region (Caribbean and South America region) and was inducted into the prestigious ‘Maîtres Cuisiniers de France’ association in 2014. Living caught up with chef Frederic to find out about his journey to executive chef of The Ritz-Carlton, Grand Cayman and his passion for the Cayman Cookout. When did you first know you wanted to be a chef? It is a family tradition that runs in my blood. My great-grandfather was a pastry chef, my grandfather was a chef, my uncle was the private chef of General de Gaulle, and my cousin is a celebrity chef at Manu in Australia. My mother almost became a chef but a female chef in 1960s France was unheard of, so instead she married my father and cooked a four-course fine dining meal for him every weekend. Tell us about your journey to The Ritz-Carlton, Grand Cayman? After graduating from the local culinary school, my father sent me to England to learn English. I worked for two years at the Café Royal in London before moving back to France to attend mandatory military service. I mostly cooked for the officers instead of being on the front lines of war. Later, I worked for several famous French hotels in France - The Carlton in Cannes, L’Habitation de Lonvilliers in Saint Martin, Hotel Hélianthal in Saint-Jean-de-Luz and the Campo Dell’Oro in Ajaccio, Corsica. In 1992, I moved to the US to work in Snowmass ski resort, Colorado, but on my first day off I decided to have a drink at a new hotel called The Ritz-Carlton, Aspen. I literally fell in love with the place and I told myself, “This is where I belong!” It took me two years to get in. Then, in 1996, I was hired as a restaurant chef for The Ritz-Carlton, Buckhead in Atlanta. Twenty-three years and several other Ritz-Carltons later, I have now been at The Ritz-Carlton, Grand Cayman for 10 years, still passionate about the brand, their philosophy and the legendary service. Are there any other chefs who inspire you? There is a reason why some of the chefs we received at the Cayman Cookout have been famous for a long time, chefs like Éric Ripert, Emeril Lagasse, Daniel Boulud, José Andrés, among others. I see now how they are professional, focussed [and] detail-oriented, but at the same time very approachable and humble. One of my mottos is: ‘Work seriously but do not take yourself seriously’. You organise Cayman Cookout – what do you enjoy most about this event? Organising Cayman Cookout takes about 50% of my annual working time; as soon as the event is over, we start the planning for the following year. It truly has become a passion of mine. To be able to meet celebrity chefs and create a working relationship with them is amazing, not only for me but also for my team. It pushes us to always innovate and be always relevant. One of my favourite moments of Cayman Cookout is on Sunday night. The celebrity chefs are cooking in Blue restaurant for the final gala dinner, while at Andiamo, you can see a long table with teenagers having dinner together. These are the sons and daughters A chat with chef Frederic Morineau See Thursday’s Living section for chef Frederic’s recipe - Cayman crab cake eggs Benedict. PLEASE TURN TO PAGE 8» cayman compass 7 L living WEDNESDAY, 30 OCTOBER 2019YesterdaY's sOLUtIONs 1234567 8 910 1112 131415 1617 18192021 2223 2425 1234567 8 910 1112 131415 1617 18192021 2223 2425 Puzzle 16208 ACROSS: 1 Awkward, 5 Paper, 8 At one’s wits end, 9 Solve, 10 Lineage, 11 Modest, 12 Series, 15 Tremble, 17 Avail, 19 Sabre-rattling, 20 Emend, 21 Decency. DOWN: 1 Amass, 2 Knowledgeable, 3 Ageless, 4 Dawdle, 5 Put on, 6 Prevarication, 7 Redress, 11 Matisse, 13 Elastic, 14 Reward, 16 Blend, 18 Leggy. aCrOss 1 Pinnacle (6) 4 Resist (6) 9 A large smooth rock (7) 10 Sum (5) 11 Up to the time of (5) 12 A Chinese game (7) 13 Suffer disaster (4,2,5) 18 Best (7) 20 An adhesive (5) 22 Gather bit by bit (5) 23 Uncommitted (7) 24 Zestful enjoyment (6) 25 Simply (6) dOWN 1 Conquer (6) 2 A saddle horse (5) 3 Gratify (7) 5 Roof’s degree of slope (5) 6 Result (7) 7 High praise (6) 8 Mood (5,2,4) 14 Ingredient of porridge (7) 15 Ecstasy (7) 16 Puma (6) 17 In fact (6) 19 Deprived of (5) 21 To well up (5) The Compass Crossword Puzzle The Compass universal kakuro Puzzle 16209 The numbers in the black cells are clues. Numbers above the slash are across clues. Number below the slash are down clues. The goal is to enter digits 1 - 9 in the white cells to add up to the number clues. You cannot enter any digit more than once when adding up to clue. Chef Frederic Morineau Chef Frederic Morineau shares a laugh with chefs Eric Ripert, Rainer Zinngrebe, the late Anthony Bourdain and José Andrés at the 2015 Cayman Cookout. What items can you not leave the house without? My headphones; I love music. If you could invite anyone to a dinner party who would it be? My father. He passed away six years ago and I would love for him to see his grandsons now all grown up and the improvement we have made at the hotel since then. He loved Cayman and loved food, too. What book are you reading right now, or which TV series are you enjoying? I am not much of reader, but I just finished watching the HBO series ‘Chernobyl’ and am an unconditional lover of ‘Homeland’. Favourite song, style of music or era of music? I love any kind of music; it all depends of my mood. KAABOO was amazing - Zedd and The Chainsmokers were astounding. What’s your idea of perfect happiness? Beluga caviar, Krug Champagne, watching the sunset on Seven Mile Beach with friends and family. Quick bits of our celebrity chefs, including my two boys. It is a great picture to see. Eleven years ago, they were kids, and they have grown with Cayman Cookout. That is a proud moment of mine at the culmination of the event every year. Through your organisation of Cayman Cookout do you see a lot of local culinary talent? Absolutely! One of the event’s focusses is to showcase the amazing diversity and quality of culinary talent that we have in Cayman. A particular event used to be called Around the World where we had 10 stations run by local chefs/ restaurateurs, hosted by the late Anthony Bourdain. I know this was his favourite event by far. We are now continuing with the traditional event Flavours of Cayman which is hosted by Andrew Zimmern and he does a wonderful job. For our Barefoot BBQ and Sunday Brunch event, we also collaborate with the Grand Cayman Marriott, The Westin Grand Cayman, The Kimpton Seafire and the Cayman Culinary Society. What do you like to do in your spare time? I love spending time with my wife Veronica and my two boys, Henri (17) and Paul (12). I swim every day to keep me in somewhat shape and I love going to the movies, boating and, most of all, travelling the world. What is your favourite cuisine to cook? At home I cook mostly traditional French cuisine; steak- frites, tarragon roasted chicken, blood sausage and apple, beef tartare. As you get older you usually want to go back to your roots. What has been your favourite restaurant experience outside of Cayman? I had one of the best meals I’ve had in quite a while at Saison in San Francisco. Also, if you are in New York, you absolutely must have dinner at Le Bernardin, where Éric Ripert is the chef/owner. I recently visited two restaurants which were on my ever-increasing bucket list – Benoit, in New York, which does great traditional French cuisine, and Toque in Montreal. Toque is must-visit restaurant, with very imaginative cuisine, using amazing local Canadian ingredients. CONTINUED FROM PAGE 7 A chat with chef Frederic Morineau cayman compass 8 L living WEDNESDAY, 30 OCTOBER 2019MICHAEL KLEIN mklein@compassmedia.ky They spend it on luxury properties, jets and superyachts, or simply on tuition fees so their offspring can study at prestigious private schools and universities. A study by anti-corruption campaigners Transparency International has shed new light on the UK as a hub for the corrupt and their wealth from around the world. The analysis of more than 400 corruption and money-laundering cases, involving more than US$400 billion, shows how nearly 600 UK businesses, institutions and individuals have helped corrupt individuals – both unwittingly and sometimes knowingly – move and shield their ill-gotten gains, Transparency International said. In many cases, the money was channelled through companies in the UK or its offshore financial centres and then recycled in Britain’s economy, with luxury goods and services firms, law firms, banks and accounting firms playing a key role. The study details how the UK’s property market in particular had become a prime destination for corrupt individuals and other criminals to launder their stolen funds, often in combination with shell companies registered overseas. Transparency International recommends public registers to make the owners of offshore entities more transparent, noting that in October the Cayman Islands committed to introducing such a register from 2023. UK companies also feature heavily in the corruption and associated money-laundering cases because of the UK’s hitherto laissez-faire approach to company incorporation. More than 2,100 UK and overseas companies were directly involved in the corruption cases and an additional 17,000 UK-based legal entities featured at least one officer who had been found to be involved in economic crime. More than a third of these entities used nominee directors registered at just 10 English addresses. As a result, only a handful of people signed off hundreds of accounts for UK companies linked to money laundering and corruption. The study stated that Companies House does not have adequate resources or powers to sufficiently monitor and ensure the integrity of its company register. “This allows corrupt individuals and their agents to abuse UK companies for criminal purposes, and inhibits businesses’ ability to identify and report suspicious activity to law enforcement,” the report said. Duncan Hames, policy director at Transparency International UK, said in a press release, “We’ve known for a long time that the UK’s world-class services have attracted a range of clients, including those who have money and pasts to hide.” The new study should act as a wake-up call for government and regulators to deliver money- laundering reforms, he added. A lack of anti-money laundering supervision is also an issue for many types of non-financial businesses. Services such as private education, architects and interior designers, and public relations firms simply fall outside of anti-money laundering rules. This means they are under no obligation to carry out checks on their clients or their sources of wealth, allowing corrupt individuals to spend their money with impunity, Transparency International said. For instance, the study found that more than US$5.2 million in suspicious funds were paid to 178 different UK educational institutions from the various money-laundering operations exposed by the Organised Crime and Corruption Project and its partners. This cash had found its way to prestigious independent schools like Charterhouse and Harrow, and world-class universities including University College London and the University of St Andrews. A total of US$10.5 million was paid to 37 UK architectural and interior design firms from anonymous shell companies with Baltic bank accounts, the study said, noting, “Corrupt individuals may contract these businesses to carry out work on property they own to increase its value and launder money at the same time.” The organisation is therefore calling for a radical overhaul of the UK’s anti-money laundering supervisory regime to establish a credible deterrent against British firms turning a blind eye or actively helping corrupt individuals. Daniel Bruce, chief executive of Transparency International UK, said while government and law enforcement agencies had made real progress in recent years to reduce the places for corrupt individuals to hide, “our findings confirm it is still far too easy for criminals and the corrupt to seek impunity with the assistance of UK businesses”. He added, “Despite the dedication of many committed professionals in the fight against corruption, there remains too much poor practice to be able to assume bad behaviour is confined to a few rotten apples.” Transparency International said that its study was only able to identify a small piece of a much larger puzzle, because much of the activity it investigated is shrouded in secrecy. The true involvement of UK firms and institutions was likely to be far higher. 2,225 companies incorporated in the UK, its Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies directly making payments 17,000+ UK companies suspected of having facilitated similar activity 421 Properties 7 Luxury Jets 3 Luxury Yachts 118 Luxury goods and services firms 171 Schools and other educational institutions The 400 corruption cases analysed by Transparency International involved: FortisTCI president and CEO Eddinton Powell has been named the 2019 recipient of the third annual Caribbean Renewable Energy Forum (CREF) Energy Leadership MVP award. The honour is given for making a significant contribution to energy development in the region. With almost 40 years of utility industry experience and 12 years as president and CEO of FortisTCI, he is credited with leading the transformation of the electricity sector in the Turk and Caicos Islands. Powell, a Caymanian, worked for Caribbean Utilities Company (CUC) for 25 years, eventually serving as the company’s senior vice president and chief financial officer. He is a member of CUC’s board of directors. He has led FortisTCI to integrate and enable the renewable energy transition through the establishment of distributed generation solar programmes for customers, which received the 2018 CREF award for Best Distributed Generation Project. He and his team have also worked alongside the TCI government and the Rocky Mountain Institute to finalise a national energy plan – the Resilient National Energy Transition Strategy – which will serve as the country's blueprint for the next 22 years. “This CREF Award means a great deal to me and the company and to the people that I represent and work with – I really believe that CREF is doing a great job at promoting renewable energy,” Powell said. CREF programme director Julie Taylor announced the award, on behalf of the CREF advisory committee, on Thursday, 17 Oct., at the 11th annual CREF Conference in Miami, Florida. CREF is the largest annual industry conference for the Caribbean, focussing on advancing the clean energy market for a clean energy future. “These conferences have evolved in such a way that it helps us to know where we are and what we need to do to integrate more renewable energy in the Caribbean,” Powell said. “We aren't here to just speak and listen, but we go back home and implement projects that benefit our customers and countries.” Eddinton Powell wins energy leadership award Study: How the corrupt launder their money in the UK Services such as private education, architects and interior designers, and public relations firms simply fall outside of anti-money laundering rules . Eddinton Powell (centre) with fellow FortisTCI executives Rachell Roullet (left) and Ruth Forbes after receiving the CREF Energy Leadership MVP award. cayman compass 9 B business WEDNESDAY, 30 OCTOBER 2019Next >