SEVEN MILE BEACH WATERFRONT WALKERS ROAD TOWN CENTRE PLAZA RED BAY cayman compass Your most trusted news source Established 1965 $1 | Funding local journalism | Friday, 10 January 2020 News AT&T to change ‘tax professional’ ad Page 6 Cleanest kitchen or dirtiest diner? Pages 16 and 17 700 tons of bulk waste collected Page 10 Nassau grouper restrictions to continue Page 6 Group seeks judicial review over beach access Page 2 Photo: Andrel HarrisANDREL HARRIS aharris@compassmedia.ky A group of citizens seeking a judicial review over public access to beaches in the Cayman Islands will have to wait at least five weeks before finding out if a judge will give them leave to pursue legal action against government. A directions hearing on the application for leave for a judicial review was held in Justice Timothy Owens’ chambers, in private, on Thursday morning, to the dismay of some two dozen people who had shown up hoping to attend the proceedings. “We regret that you were not able to come in today,” attorney Bilika Simamba, who is representing applicant Alice May Coe, told the group after the hearing. “The judge basically ruled that this was a directions hearing, that there was no substance, and it was not necessary [for the hearing to be held in open court].” Coe was also denied access to hearing the proceedings, an issue Simamba said was a result of “miscommunication” and would not happen when the hearing resumes. “As to what happened today, we have made some progress,” he said. “The judge has given the government 21 days to respond to our application. Then we will have 14 days to respond to that application. Thereafter, a one-day hearing will be heard for the actual application for leave.” The outcome of the one-day hearing will determine if a judicial review can proceed. No date has yet been set for that. The judicial review application, brought by the Concerned Citizens Group, which includes Coe, Ezmie Smith, Annie Multon and others, revolves around the government’s Registrar of Lands’ decision not to register more than 200 historic rights of way to the beach. Members of the group and supporters gathered outside the court while the hearing was under way. Katina Anglin, a vocal supporter of the application, who was in attendance, was one of several supporters who voiced their concerns about the ongoing matter. “There will be more [people] coming next time,” said Anglin. “We have an interest in this. We are the public and that is our property, and this won’t be no Gabby singing ‘Jack don’t want me bathe on my beach.’” The Cayman Compass earlier reported that, as far back as 2003, the Concerned Citizens Group had filed 500 affidavits from members of the public in an effort to officially register the paths. The affidavits attest that the paths had been used for more than 20 years as walkways to the ocean. The group contends that this makes them public rights of way that should be registered and protected from encroachment and development. Group seeks judicial review over beach access PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY: Cayman Compass Ltd. Compass Centre, Shedden Road, George Town, Cayman Islands SEND US YOUR VIEWS OR NEWS: P.O. 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Those restrictions, which include a prohibition on fishing at spawning sites, a closed season that runs from 1 Dec. to 30 April, and size and catch limits, will remain in place “indefinitely,” Tim Austin, deputy director of the Department of Environment, said Thursday at an informal media briefing at the Government Administration Building. His comments follow the release of the study on the recovery of the critically endangered Nassau grouper in the Cayman Islands as a result of targeted conservation actions, which was published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences this week. The study showed the grouper population in the annual spawning aggregation on Little Cayman had increased from 1,200 fish in 2009 to more than 7,000 in 2018. No free-for-all Despite the positive report, Austin made it clear there will be no free-for- all when it comes taking the grouper out of local waters. “Although it is encouraging to see that this has happened, Nassau grouper is still critically endangered,” he said. He said that, throughout the region, the grouper is suffering, and the results from the study should be taken in context – that Cayman is back to where it was 15 years ago, with more than 6,000 groupers. However, he said, the populations on Cayman Brac and Grand Cayman are still “critically low”. “We are seeing increases in Little Cayman and in the Brac,” Austin said. “We would like to see corresponding increases in Grand Cayman, and as long as that continues in an upward trend, I would like to say that we are at a sustainable level of fishing as long as people follow the rules and regulations and the marine protected areas structure that is in place.” He said it is a difficult message that the DoE is selling when it comes to the catch limitations, but he said it is important that the restrictions are followed. “Because, while on one hand, this is a success story to get to this point, it still needed to be taken into the context that it took us 15 years to get back to this point where we were in 2001,” he said. In 2003, the Cayman Islands Marine Conservation Board put no-take zones in place on all known Nassau grouper fish-spawning aggregations during the spawning season. And, in 2016, the Cayman Islands government enacted regulations that included the seasonal closure on Nassau grouper harvest from December through April and catch size limits. Positive response from science community Austin said the response from the scientific community to the study’s findings has been “absolutely astounding”. “This is a success story, and in fisheries science there is not many success stories, so, it is good to see. I think it shows very clearly that it can be done, and most of the scientists are very pleased. It just shows you, with the right blend of politics, the NGOs and the community and scientists management, restrictions that make a difference can be implemented,” he said. The study, from researchers at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California San Diego, indicated that the annual aggregation of Nassau groupers in Little Cayman is now the largest remaining identified aggregation of the fish in the world. The researchers attributed the successful recovery of the local Nassau grouper to an approach involving government agencies, academic researchers and non- profit organisations. It was a point DoE senior researcher Croy McCoy affirmed, saying that without the support of the fishermen in particular, the recovery of the species would not have been the same. He added that the steady support of successive governments also played a great factor is sustaining the efforts to help protect the endangered species. “To have a steady course with a common goal is very hard to find. That is one of the driving factors behind the success of this – the persistent support, unwavering support of the Cayman government and the community as a whole,” he added. McCoy said the fish at the Little Cayman aggregation site have become seeders for the groupers on the three islands. He said he hopes in his lifetime the numbers on Cayman Brac and Grand Cayman will increase as it has on Little Cayman. Nassau grouper restrictions to continue Nassau groupers are considered to be critically endangered. RESHMA RAGOONATH rragoonath@compassmedia.ky US telecom giant AT&T has said it will change its television advertisement depicting the Cayman Islands in a negative light. The advertisement, titled ‘OK tax professional’ was flagged by the Cayman Islands government, which issued a cease-and-desist letter to the telecom company. AT&T spokesman Jim Kimberly, in a brief statement to the Cayman Compass on Wednesday night, confirmed action will be taken. “This ad was intended to be humorous and to remind people that we have America’s best wireless network ... We are changing the ad,” he said in his emailed statement. The Financial Services Ministry, in a statement to the Compass Thursday, welcomed AT&T’s change of heart. However, it said government is awaiting a formal response from AT&T’s legal department. “It is encouraging to hear that AT&T intends to change the advert,” the ministry said an emailed response. The ministry acknowledged that the ad was intended to be humorous, but said, “It is not acceptable to inaccurately represent the Cayman Islands and its financial services industry.” It said Cayman Islands’ financial services “are provided in accordance with international financial standards and the (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development) rankings place the Cayman Islands on par with other countries, such as Canada and England, for transparency and tax information sharing. Any insinuation to the contrary is wrong and inaccurate.” On Tuesday, the ministry told the Compass that government officials had written to AT&T’s legal department, asking the company to stop using the ad on all media platforms; and reserved the government’s right to “legal and appropriate regulatory actions”. The advertisement is set in an office and the main character, Phil, appears to be a shady tax professional who tells his customer he can get her taxes in an “OK place”. The customer, seeing photos on his desk, observes that he seems to take a lot of trips to “the Caymans” and points to a photo showing Phil with a yacht named ‘Offshore Accounts’ in the background. Financial Services Minister Tara Rivers vowed last November to embark on a campaign this year to challenge Hollywood over negative connotations concerning Cayman in US films and TV shows. AT&T to change ‘tax professional’ ad following notice Department of Environment senior research officer Croy McCoy, left, makes a point during an informal media conference on a recent study on the local Nassau grouper population, as DoE deputy director Tim Austin looks on. 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Plus, sign up or add any Logic service before Christmas and you could win free service for a year. *cayman compass 9 N news FRIDAY, 10 JANUARY 2020 Project team to go into communities RESHMA RAGOONATH rragoonath@compassmedia.ky As the 2020 green iguana cull gets under way, those behind the project say they will be going into communities to seek permission from homeowners to help reduce complaints of trespass. “We understand there are some members of the public who are concerned about having folks who may be unknown to them on their property. To avoid those situations, we will actually try to make an introduction,” Cornwall Consulting Ltd. director and cull project manager Karl Noble told the Cayman Compass in an interview this week. He said the issue of cullers entering private property remains a concern, but he said Cornwall staff will be visiting various areas to do sweeps and actively get permission for cullers to access certain properties. He said the aim is to have a “more controlled approach” for the project. “It is very difficult to monitor everyone in the programme at all times. However, we will do our best to continue to educate cullers on the need to have permission prior to entry onto anyone’s property. It becomes a criminal matter when anyone enters someone’s private property without permission,” Noble said. Fred Burton, Department of Environment terrestrial resources manager, also stressed the importance of getting permission. He said the rules remain the same from last year, adding that those rules are reflected in the updated contracts which the DoE is currently issuing to the cullers. Registration for the new phase of the cull started on Monday at the George Town landfill. As of Thursday afternoon, the DoE had received 85 registration forms from individuals and companies. “All cullers now need to re- register at the landfill reception site and obtain their 2020 culler cards. Cullers with air rifle licences will need their new culler card to reapply to RCIPS for the special licensing provisions they had in 2019,” Burton added. With cullers heading out to catch the invasive species, Noble said finding the lizards will be a challenge, given the current cool temperatures. Added to this is the fact that 1.1 million green iguanas were killed last year, thus reducing the numbers in the wild. Noble said the cullers will need the community’s support to make the exercise a success. He said he believed there are still some private citizens who do not understand or appreciate the dangers that green iguanas pose, and they continue to be resistant to cullers removing the animals from their properties. “But this effort will actually fail if we have people in the public protecting the green iguanas. So, we just hope that message gets passed on… transmitted to the whole public that, look, we have to be, as a whole community, committed to controlling this problem that we have,” Noble said. Trespass concerns remain as iguana cull begins All sights are set on capturing the invasive green iguana as the 2020 edition of the cull begins. ANDREL HARRIS aharris@compassmedia.ky A woman who admitted deceitfully obtaining tens of thousands of dollars in financial assistance from the Department of Children and Family Services was given an unconditional release by the Grand Court on Thursday. Between February 2014 and April 2017, Hermine Stoney, 66, successfully sought financial assistance from the DCFS to the tune of $37,345.56 by falsely claiming she had a monthly income of just $250, with no other assets. She failed to declare that she had received a $290,000 payout from the sale of her house, the court heard. In August 2019, Stoney pleaded guilty to obtaining property by deception, days before her judge- alone trial was set to begin. She admitted that she had deliberately declined to declare the money from the house sale because she had hoped to use it to pay for her son’s university fees. During a sentencing hearing on Thursday, Acting Grand Court Justice Marlene Carter asked prosecutor Toyin Salako what she thought would be an appropriate sentence. “This is a very difficult exercise,” Salako responded. “It matters not what she intended to use the money for. The issue is that she failed to declare it, and thereby received financial assistance she might not have received had she declared it.” Alex Davies, who represents Stoney, requested a non-custodial sentence, claiming the woman’s “failing medical condition and mental health”, along with her inability to work or provide for herself had left her “destitute and homeless, which was a form of punishment itself”. Justice Carter gave Stoney an unconditional discharge, stating that her medical condition and failing health meant a custodial sentence and/or community order sentence would not be suitable. Woman who obtained $37K through deception walks free Man arrested for corruption offences Investigators from the Anti-Corruption Commission arrested a 43-year-old man on Thursday morning on suspicion of breach of trust and money-laundering offences. The commission, in a brief statement, said the arrest was made in connection with an ongoing investigation and previous arrests made on 19 Sept. 2018. The man, from Bodden Town, is suspected of breach of trust, contrary to section 13 of the Anti-Corruption Law, and being concerned in an arrangement (money laundering), contrary to section 134 of the Proceeds of Crime Law. He was being held for questioning Thursday afternoon at the Prisoner Detention Centre at Fairbanks, the commission said in the statement. According to an earlier statement from the ACC, on 19 Sept. 2018, its investigators, supported by police officers, arrested three men, one aged 37 from Prospect and two aged 33 and 40, both from George Town. All were arrested on suspicion of having committed fraud on the government and breach of trust. The trio was interviewed and released on bail pending further enquiries. “The investigation continues, therefore no further details will be released at this time,” the ACC said in its statement Thursday. Two-car crash closes Linford Pierson Highway A section of the Linford Pierson High- way near the equestrian centre was closed Thursday morning after two cars collided head-on. One of the cars was travelling in the wrong direction, police said. The 911 communications centre received a call about the incident at 9:44am. Royal Cayman Islands Police Service representatives said three people in the vehicles suffered non-life-threatening injuries. They were transported to hospital by ambulance. The section affected was the intersection of the Linford Pierson Highway and Bobby Thompson Way. The roadway was reopened around 10:30am, police said. The matter is under investigation. Motorbike and car collide on West Bay Road A lane of West Bay Road was briefly closed on Thursday afternoon following a collision involving a motorbike and a car. Emergency services, including fire, ambulance and police, were at the scene on the road outside Plantation Village at 2:10pm. The accident involved a Chevrolet Cruze and a motorbike. Both occupants on the motorbike were thrown on to the road. Both were transported to hospital where they were treated for non-life-threatening injuries. Lost cash returned to owner A man who lost a container of cash on his way to the bank had the money returned to him after a member of the public found it and handed it over to police. According to a Royal Cayman Islands Police Service press release, shortly before 5:45pm on Tuesday, the member of the public went to the George Town Police Station to hand over the container, which held “a significant sum of CI cash in several different denominations”. The container was found in Camana Bay. “Police were able to identify the rightful owner of the cash and it has since been returned to him,” police said. “The RCIPS would like to thank the reporting party for making such an honest decision to turn over the cash in hopes that the owner could be found. Your integrity is commendable.” news in brief Emergency services attend the accident scene on West Bay Road on Thursday.Next >