Cayman Compass - 16 July, 2021

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The developer had applied to clear the 2.6-acre site on Hurley Merren Boulevard, zoned as neighbourhood commercial, to use initially as a construction compound with two containers – one to be used as an ofﬁ ce – and restrooms, and a place to store building materials. In March last year, the CPA granted planning permission for after-the-fact land clearing of land at the northern part of the site. In its submission on the application, the Department of Environment pointed out that the site consists of a mixture of primary seasonally ﬂ ooded mangroves and man-modiﬁ ed areas, which the DoE discovered was subject to illegal clearing in January last year. Dept. of Agriculture ordered to stop collecting personal data The ombudsman has issued an enforcement order to the Department of Agriculture to stop collecting personal data from customers purchasing its retail items, after it failed to comply with an earlier recommendation to cease gathering the information. In the enforcement order, issued by the ombudsman on 12 July, the department was also ordered to delete any personal data it had collected without a legal basis and to provide a privacy notice to people from whom it is collecting such data. The order from Ombudsman Sandy Hermiston came after a member of the public lodged a complaint in November last year, under the Data Protection Act, that the DoA was unnecessarily collecting personal data from people purchasing simple goods such as plants and trees. The information collected included the person’s name, street address, postal address, email address and telephone contact. The DoA conﬁ rmed to the ombudsman that it collects customers’ personal data every time it sells a product. The personal data is collected at the point of sale by verbally requesting it from each individual who makes a purchase, and is then entered into the sales system. Cayman-based ‘FBoy Island’ promo divides audiences The HBO Max reality show ‘FBoy Island’, ﬁ lmed in Grand Cayman and hosted by comedian and actress Nikki Glaser, dropped its trailer on Monday, 12 July. Announcing that the 10-episode show would be streaming on HBO Max on 29 July, the series is promoted as “the dating show where half of the players are PLAYERS”. The trailer features swimsuit- clad men and women hanging out at the beach, relaxing on boats and participating in various outdoor activities. The premise of ‘FBoy Island’ is described as: “Three women move to a tropical island where they’re joined by 24 men — 12 self-proclaimed ‘nice guys’ looking for love, and 12 self- proclaimed ‘FBoys’, there to compete for cold, hard cash. The women will navigate the dating pool together with the hope of ﬁ nding a lasting love connection. By the ﬁ nale, all will be revealed — who is a nice guy, who is an FBoy and who do the women ultimately choose?” By Wednesday morning, the video had been watched 1,352,538 times on YouTube, over 10,000 times on Facebook and over 509,000 times on Twitter. Police arrest third suspect in Martin Drive shooting A third man has been detained in connection with the 1 July shooting on Martin Drive in George Town. That incident claimed the life of Mark Andre Ebanks. The man, who was previously arrested on suspicion of attempted murder in a West Bay shooting on 26 June, was subsequently arrested on suspicion of attempted murder in relation to the Martin Drive shooting, police conﬁ rmed. On Tuesday, 13 July, Chief Magistrate Valdis Foldats granted an in-chamber application for further detention of the man as police continue their inquiries into the shooting that left two others wounded. Crown counsel Kerri-Ann Gillies presented the application, with the suspect, a 35-year- old man from George Town, appearing in court via Zoom. 10-storey hotel approved for George Town The Central Planning Authority has given the green light for the construction of an $80 million 10-storey hotel in central George Town. The 177-room hotel, called One GT, is being developed on Goring Avenue by HPW Investments Ltd. The CPA approved the application at its 23 June meeting, but the decision was not circulated until 13 July. This is the latest 10-storey hotel to be planned in George Town. Construction is under way for the Grand Hyatt hotel and residences on West Bay Road, situated on the old Pageant Beach site between The Wharf restaurant and Poinsettia condos. Amendments were made to the Development and Planning Law and regulations in 2016 to allow for 10-storey structures to be constructed in hotel/tourism zones in Cayman. Police tape cordons off a section of Martin Drive in George Town where one man was shot and killed, and another two injured, on Thursday, 1 July. - Photo: Taneos Ramsay. news in brief cayman compass 2 N news FRIDAY, 16 JULY 2021Deputy police commissioner urges community support to end gang violence RESHMA RAGOONATH rragoonath@compassmedia.ky Four out of the seven shooting incidents that have occurred since April, in which two people were killed and 14 wounded, were gang-related, Deputy Police Commissioner Kurt Walton has conﬁ rmed. Ten of those victims were wounded in two incidents within days of each other, the ﬁ rst on 1 July on Martin Drive and the second on 9 July at Vic’s Bar on Seymour Drive. Caymanians Mark Andre Ebanks and Wayne McLean were murdered in those incidents. With those statistics in mind, Walton, speaking on the 14 July episode of the Cayman Compass weekly Facebook talk show ‘The Resh Hour’, called for the community to join with the Royal Cayman Islands Police Service to help stamp out gang activity. “We need to create a culture where bad people don’t feel they can commit crime and get away with it… where the good people, the decent law-abiding citizens, say, ‘Enough is enough and we are going to do the right thing and come forward and speak to the police… provide information’,” Walton said. He added it cannot be a police- only approach to dealing with the spike in gang and gun activity. “If you have pertinent information... or evidence that you are able to provide, engage with us,” he said. Since the start of the year there have been 28 ﬁ rearm-related crimes, Walton said. Last year, according to the RCIPS 2020 crime statistics, there were 30 in total. Hot spots declared after multiple-victim shootings Walton said police have heightened armed patrols in the areas of Martin Drive and Seymour Drive as well as other key locations now designated as hot spots following shootings and violent incidents. The deputy police commissioner said the level of criminality, particularly the 9 July shooting, was concerning as “without a doubt the persons involved in this had no regard for others that would have been outside [the bar] at the time”. Walton said police investigations and the review of CCTV footage obtained from various sources showed two shooters were involved, ﬁ ring indiscriminately on the crowd outside Vic’s Bar. Pandemonium followed. “You can actually see on the CCTV cameras where individuals were really running inside of the bar through the door, and they were falling over each other, and shots were still being ﬁ red. These individuals had no regard for human life… total, just total, indiscriminate shooting at that point,” he said. Of the ﬁ ve survivors in that shooting, he said, two still remain in hospital and three others have since been released. He said 40 spent shells were recovered at that scene. In the Martin Drive incident, police believe there was a shootout. Walton said these recent incidents, while gang-related, do not speak to speciﬁ c outﬁ ts in the traditional gang sense. “What we’re seeing now is more loosely associated persons… still part of gangs, whether it’s familial, whether it’s geographical locations or whether it’s just... people that you grew up knowing in the same community... It is not what you would expect of a gang,” he said, explaining that in the United States there are about 13,000 gangs identiﬁ ed through, for example, a speciﬁ c tattoo or speciﬁ c type of clothing. In the Cayman Islands, he said, that is not the case. Walton said he investigated Cayman’s ﬁ rst gang-related shooting back in 1995 and since then the country has gone through peaks and troughs of those types of incidents. A gun amnesty, he said, is being considered but the priority is solving the spate of shootings. Community action needed He said gun crime bothers him not only as a police ofﬁ cer, but as a Caymanian and a father. “Since 1999, we’ve lost 47… 47 young men as a result of gun crime. If that’s not enough to strike to the very hearts of individuals, then what is? The amount of mothers and fathers and brothers and sisters and close family friends that are grieving as a result of that, it’s really unbearable,” he said. He added that the death of 4-year-old Jeremiah Barnes in 2010 (see story on page 5) should serve as a tragic reminder of the futures lost as the result of these crimes. Right now, he said, there are 33 people in Northward prison for ﬁ rearms possession, with 15 people serving time for murder, three on remand and two currently in prison in the UK. On a personal level, Walton said, it is “sad” to see what is happening. “We’ve had this situation where you’ve got a complete breakdown in the social fabric of society, and you’ve got a situation here where… gangs think that the only way to solve the problems is to kill each other. There are really only two things that happen… you end up in a cemetery or you end up in prison. It’s as simple as that,” he said. Walton said the reality is police need people to come forward and assist in taking guns off the street. “It’s the only way that we can progress our investigations. It is signiﬁ cant to get people to come forward. There are measures that we can take to protect persons,” he said. Walton said there is witness anonymity legislation and options under the Justice Protection Act to protect informants. Six people were shot, one of whom died, after two shooters opened fire on 9 July, outside Vic's Bar on Seymour Drive, George Town. – Photo: Alvaro Serey Walton: Time to say ‘enough is enough’ Firearm- related crimes 2020 30 2021 28 (as of 15 July) 16 People shot since 10 April 10 wounded in 1 July and 9 July incidents (two of whom died) 110 April Two wounded on Whitman Seymour Drive off Sound Road. (Gang-related attack) 23 May One wounded near Everglo Bar on Seymour Drive 35 June One wounded outside of the Jungle Bar, West Bay Road 47 JuneOne wounded outside Everglo Bar on Seymour Drive. (Gang-related attack) 526 June One man shot in his Adonis Drive, West Bay home 61 JulyOne killed, 3 wounded on Martin Drive. (Gang-related attack) 79 July One killed, 5 wounded at Vic's Bar on Seymour Drive. (Gang-related attack) – Photo: Alvaro Serey “We need to create a culture where bad people don’t feel they can commit crime and get away with it.” - Kurt Walton, Deputy Police Commissioner To see the full interview, see the video on caymancompass.com Crime scene investigators take forensic evidence from a vehicle at the scene of the 1 July shooting on Martin Drive. – Photo: Taneos Ramsay cayman compass news N news FRIDAY, 16 JULY 2021 31234567 89 101112 13 1415 16 171819 20 212223 2425 1234567 89 101112 13 1415 16 171819 20 212223 2425 ACROSS 1 A whitewash (5-2) 5 Game played on grass (5) 8 Having as profit (2,3,4) 9 Poke fun at (3) 10 Confused mess (4) 12 Congratulations! 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TODAY'S SOLUTIONS Puzzle 16745 ACROSS: 1 Cover-up, 5 Bowls, 8 To the good, 9 Rib, 10 Hash, 12 Well done, 14 Stench, 15 Mozart, 17 Under way, 18 Step, 21 Era, 22 Hard times, 24 Enter, 25 Worldly. DOWN: 1 Catch, 2 Vat, 3 Reel, 4 Phoney, 5 Bad blood, 6 Work of art, 7 Subject, 11 Steadfast, 13 Scorcher, 14 Shut-eye, 16 Narrow, 19 Pushy, 20 Stir, 23 Mad. Are you satisﬁed with government's announcement of a phased border reopening? cayman compass Total: 2,478 UndecidedYes No ONLINE POLL 26% 501 64% 1239 10% 193 pic of the week About 50 people took to the waterfront in downtown George Town on Wednesday, 14 July, to demonstrate their support for the thousands of people protesting in Cuba over shortages of essential supplies and rising inﬂ ation. See full story on page 10. - Photo: Alvaro Serey Support for Cuban protesters Tourism association responds to Cayman reopening plan Polling in most countries reveals a vaccine refusal rate well above 10%. The Compass calcula- tions suggest Cayman needs a rate of more than 90% of eligible to achieve 80% of population as required by Phase 3. It is difﬁ cult to envisage a vaccination rate of more than 90% of those eligible in Cayman and thus meet the prereq- uisite for Phase 3 on 9 Sept. – Troy Leacock Another key missing element to the plan is: When will commercial ﬂ ights begin? Knowing the dates is helpful, but no indication of how people are meant to get here poses a problem. How long do we think this inﬂ ux of tourists will wait, before they choose another destination? – Jackie Myles All I can say to some of these hateful comments is WOW. Not a lot of Caymankind out there today. The fact is COVID is not going to simply disappear, so sooner or later everyone is going to have to accept this and ﬁ nd a way forward. – Lisa Jarvis Sounds like someone forgot we elected them to make the best decisions for the country and not be pressured by the private sector or a select few major stakeholders for the industry and developers. The last innovative ideas that were put forward by the private sector were resort bubbles, forgetting that those employees have local families and would mingle with the community. [This has] failed in other islands who tried it. – Kendra Smith 10-storey hotel approved for George Town First of all, what kind of view are you getting there? Second, trafﬁ c is already awful on that corner in the morning and afternoon. Third, I think we have enough hotels, guys. Calm down. Maybe focus on affordable housing for Caymanians instead? Maybe try and help the people who were born, raised and living here year round instead of encouraging fast turnover for tourists when our own people are suffering and struggling. Do better Cayman. The Central Planning Authority needs to take a step back. – Ocean-Marie Hall The whole planning board need to go... I don’t know where else they expect more buildings to go on the small island. Concrete jungle in the making. – Jenna Nixon Seriously… totally not neces- sary and disgusting; guess this is the ‘change’ we were promised! What a ridiculous idea and project! Shameful!! – Katherine Parsons Arch What they’re saying Online cayman compass 4 news N news FRIDAY, 16 JULY 2021Dorlisa Ebanks says recent shootings a painful reminder of son’s death RESHMA RAGOONATH rragoonath@compassmedia.ky Reader caution: this report contains descrip- tions of the aftermath of a fatal shooting that some readers may find distressing. Cayman’s recent spate of gun violence has brought back painful memories for grieving mother and gun-attack survivor Dorlisa Ebanks, who is calling for it to end before more innocent lives, like her 4-year-old son Jeremiah Barnes, are lost. “We have to make a change,” Ebanks said during a recent interview with the Cayman Compass as she reflected on two multiple-victim shootings in Grand Cayman over this month. On 1 July, Mark Andre Ebanks was shot and killed on Martin Drive. He was among three people wounded in that incident. Days later, on 9 July, Wayne Eron McLean was gunned down at Vic’s Bar on Seymour Drive. He was among six people shot in that attack. Since April, 16 people have been wounded in gun attacks. Dorlisa Ebanks, founder of support group Against All Violence In Cayman, said those incidents are a stark reminder of her loss 11 years ago and the danger that gun violence poses to the community. “The community and the islands are aware that this is a problem. This is an existing problem, and we cannot turn a blind eye to it,” said Ebanks, who lost her son in 2010. “Nobody knows what we went through. What has happened, it is not that it does not faze me, but I am so grateful that it was not an innocent child like mine because losing an innocent child is unbearable and I just beg Cayman to stop, put the guns down. Do it for our children, do it for our future,” she sobbed. On 10 Feb. 2010, Ebanks’s son was gunned down as he sat behind his father, Andy Barnes, who was driving the family car and had stopped at the Hell Gas Station in West Bay. Jeremiah’s father was the intended target. Ebanks was in the car at the time. ‘Learn from my son’s death’ The mother of four said she prays that no one ever experiences what her family has, stressing the only way for that to happen is for the violence to end. “I think it comes from the upbringing in the home and people’s outlook and perspective on things. It starts from how we raise our children. We know how we were raised, why are we forgetting our heritage and our morals? We have to extend those to the children as well. We were brought up to love each other. Everybody knows each other in Cayman,” she said. Ebanks, a devout Christian, pointed out that the Bible says to be your brother’s keeper. “Where did that all go wrong? But we need to bring that back. That needs to be in our upbringing,” she said. On 8 July, Jeremiah would have celebrated his 16th birthday and, to this day, Ebanks and her family still grieve for him. Ebanks cried as she recounted the tragic day her son was shot and prayed that no mother would ever witness that horror. “I had to wipe my baby’s blood off of me. I had to pick his brain parts off of me… off of my panel that is still in my car,” she recounted, sobbing, as she said she wanted people to learn from her story and make a change for the country. She said she cannot understand how guns are making their way into Cayman and then into the hands of those perpetuating the violence. “Honestly, I can’t wrap my head around all of this violence and all of this gun violence, especially. For the people who are doing these things… what are you thinking? Where is the problem? … [W]e need to get to the root of the problem, but why do you feel that you need a gun on your island?” she asked. Everyone has to help “Guns take away our right to life,” she added. “Once you fire that, you cannot turn back a bullet. Any gun-related type of incident [infringes] a human right… Why do we have these things? I don’t know. I encourage people to hand them in… speak up,” she said. Ebanks said she believes part of the issue also has to do with the judicial system. “It is flawed. Like we don’t get justice, so people are taking matters into their own hands... regretful as it is, these senseless murders and all of this, if there was a proper system in place, I’m sure that these things would not be happening. We just need to get to the root of it,” she said. While she never got justice for her son’s murder, Ebanks said she has left that in the hands of God to deliver. West Bay resident Devon Anglin was tried twice for the killing of Jeremiah and was found not guilty both times. Ebanks urged those who know where the guns are or have information that can help the police to end the violence to come forward. “I understand when you are in fear, but when someone is wrong, I don’t care who they are… wrong is wrong and right is right. My daddy and mama always told me that,” she said. Government needs to take the lead on fostering love and brotherhood in the schools, she added, as well as introduce a national pledge against violence. Grieving mum pleads: ‘End the gun violence’ “The community and the islands are aware that this is a problem... we cannot turn a blind eye to it.” Dorlisa Ebanks, founder Against All Violence In Cayman Dorlisa Ebanks, gun attack survivor and founder of Against All Violence In Cayman (AAVIC). Jeremiah Barnes, 4, who was killed in an attack on his family in 2010. – Photos: Submitted cayman compass 5 news N news FRIDAY, 16 JULY 2021Other banks Visit ky.scotiabank.com or call (345) 949-0785 for more details. *Conditions Apply. Registered trademark of the Bank of Nova Scotia, used under license. 4% INTEREST RATE US$5,000 MONEY BACK OF 3% UP TO Promotional offer ends August 15, 2021 and is subject to change at any time. Switch to better benefits Apply for a Scotiabank mortgage now NORMA CONNOLLY nconnolly@compassmedia.ky The Cayman Islands Tourism Association, while welcoming the government’s announcement of a border-reopening plan, has raised concerns with a number of elements involved, including the timeline and a lack of consultation with the private sector. CITA president Marc Langevin said, now that the long-awaited reopening plan had been announced, the tourism industry could begin making its own plans for how to welcome visitors back on island, and start working on staffing and supply arrangements. “We are certainly happy we finally have a plan. There is no question about that. We have been waiting 15 months to hear about that plan. We appreciate that the government is adopting a phased approach, it is the only way to do it,” he told the Compass in a phone interview. “On the disappointing side, the government did not consult CITA or anyone in the private sector on development of the reopening plan. “They denied themselves the benefit of understanding some of the practical impacts on our businesses and on our employees and their families. With a little collaboration, we could have identified some creative alternatives,” he said, adding that it appeared the government was working “in a silo”. 80% vaccination rate One of the biggest concerns, Langevin said CITA members had, was whether the government would be able to reach its target of vaccinating 80% of the population, and what contingencies were in place if that target could not be reached, within the proposed timeline of the five-phase plan. To reach the 80% target, 56,880 people would need to be fully vaccinated before the borders could reopen. As of Monday, 13 July, 45,732 people – or 64% of the estimated 71,100 population – had received both doses of the vaccine. Describing the government’s vaccination threshold as “not realistic” – as it relies on more than 90% of the eligible population taking the vaccine – Langevin said there would always be a proportion of the population who, for various reasons, would opt not to get inoculated. Noting that Phase 3 of the reopening plan, which would come into effect on 9 Sept. and involves the introduction of a limited number Tourism association responds to Cayman reopening plan Cayman’s beaches have been deserted since the borders were closed to tourists in March 2020. – Photo: Taneos Ramsay PLEASE TURN TO PAGE 8» cayman compass 6 news N news FRIDAY, 16 JULY 2021FORM 1 NOTICE THE DORMANT ACCOUNTS LAW, 2010 (as amended) (Section 6) Name of Account Provider: BUTTERFIELD BANK (CAYMAN) LIMITED Number of Account Provider: 77003 Address of Account Provider: 12 Albert Panton Street, George Town, Grand Cayman Previous name of Account Provider: BANK OF BUTTERFIELD INTERNATIONAL (CAYMAN) LIMITED The public is hereby given notice that Butterfield Bank (Cayman) Limited holds the following dormant accounts: The public is also hereby given notice of the following: 1. Unless one or more of the following transactions are effected on a dormant account listed above on or before 31st December next following, the monies in the dormant account will be transferred to the Government without further notice: (a) increase or decrease the amount held by the account providor1; (b) present the passbook or other record for the crediting of interest or dividends in respect of any sum payable with respect to any general deposit, demand deposit, savings deposit or deposit for a fixed period, made in the Islands with the account provider, or any sum payable on cheques certified in the Islands by the account provider; (c) correspond in writing with the account provider concerning the monies; (d) otherwise indicated an interest in the monies as evidenced by a memorandum concerning the monies written by the account provider. 2. Subject to the Dormant Accounts Law, 2010 (as amended) on the transfer of the monies in the dormant account to the Government, the dormant account holder will no longer have any right against the account provider to repayment of the monies transferred, but the dormant account holder will have against the Government such right to repayment of the monies transferred that the dormant account holder would have had against the account provider. 3. Any interested person should contact the account provider mentioned above to establish if that person is a dormant account holder. 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Between 8 May and 9 June, the government undertook a concerted campaign to encourage people to get inoculated, in a bid to use up all the vaccines on island as they neared their expiration date. That effort included entry into a draw in which 150 prizes were given away. During the ‘Vaccine Challenge’, 14,375 people were vaccinated, according to Tourism Minister Kenneth Bryan. Since 17 June, after a fresh batch of vaccines arrived on island and the vaccination clinics resumed operation, 7,922 shots have been administered. Langevin said people holding out on getting vaccinated should not be the determining factor in reopening the borders, and urged government to have an alternative plan on hand, such as mandating vaccinations for workers in certain industries, like those working at the airport and other frontline staff. Timeline concerns CITA also suggested that each step in the government’s phased plan could be brought forward a month, to give tourism businesses and public sector agencies time to prepare before an influx of tourists arrive. Langevin said the points in the timeline where more tourists will be allowed to enter Cayman coincide with times when traditionally large numbers of visitors come here, for example, over Thanksgiving or Christmas. He suggested that these measures could be implemented earlier, so that government agencies like Travel Cayman and Customs and Border Control, as well as the tourism industry, could have time to build up to the increase in tourists, rather than having to deal with suddenly being inundated with visitors. For instance, Langevin said, Phase 5 of the plan, which comes into effect on 18 Nov., is due to be implemented just a week before Thanksgiving, when many US families usually would be planning on visiting Cayman. Under this phase, unvaccinated children under the age of 12 can accompany vaccinated parents and would not be required to quarantine. If this phase was implemented in October, he said, it would give hotels more breathing space to ensure they were ready to deal with the increased numbers and would mean they had a month to get ready for the Thanksgiving rush, rather than just a week. He added that CITA felt the timeline, which concludes with a decision in January as to whether quarantines and testing could be eliminated and cruise visits reintroduced, was “backloaded”, moving too slowly in the first few months and too quickly in the last two. He asked why the government is waiting until Phase 2 on 9 Aug. to get rid of the requirement for vaccinated travellers in five-day quarantine to wear GPS wristbands, when such a change could be implemented immediately, thus reducing the resources needed to monitor those in quarantine. “There are over 1,000 people in isolation. It takes a lot of people to continuously monitor and check them,” he said. Addressing Phase 4, due to be implemented on 14 Oct. and which involves an increase in incoming tourist numbers, Langevin said, at that point, the demand for US tourists to travel overseas would already be rising as temperatures drop in the northern states. “Why not move that phase to September?” he asked. “September is a ‘soft’ month. … We will be able to better control the situation.” Remobilisation of tourism industry Since Cayman closed its borders in March last year, thousands of workers have lost their jobs in the tourism industry. Many left Cayman or moved into other sectors or are relying on government stipends to survive. Once the borders reopen and the tourists start flocking back to the local beaches and dive sites, staff will need to be on hand in the hotels, condos, restaurants and watersports operations to serve them. This will mean remobilising thousands of returning employees or training newly-hired workers. Langevin said the tourism industry is making a concerted effort to hire as many Caymanians as possible for those jobs, but overseas workers will also need to be hired to fill the many vacancies available. He added that the remobilisation and recovery of the industry went hand-in-hand with the reopening plan, as it was vital that there were enough staff available to serve the number of tourists returning to Cayman's shores. “Those things need to be addressed simultaneously. It’s not a matter of one after the other, they must be approached together when it comes to reopening,” Langevin said. Despite the misgivings about certain elements of the government’s approach to the reopening of the borders, Langevin said, “We welcome the fact that there is a plan. Now we have a vision and with vision, comes hope.” He acknowledged that some operators, who have had to take out small- business loans to survive over the last year and a half, do not have enough resources to hire people at the moment and will have to wait until revenue starts coming in from the returning tourists. “People are making plans for recruitment, though some will not recruit yet. Some operators will decide not to hire right now and deal with what they can handle as a business,” Langevin said. He said the issue of bringing in overseas staff was a problem across the Caribbean tourism industry, due to a lack of flights worldwide. “People are coming back and there aren’t enough employees to take care of the customers. It’s a delicate decision that every hotel and private business and boat operator is going to have to gamble on,” he said. Marc Langevin, president of the Cayman Islands Tourism Association. – Photo: Alvaro Serey CONTINUED FROM PAGE 6 “[T]he government did not consult CITA or anyone in the private sector on development of the reopening plan. They denied themselves the benefit of understanding some of the practical impacts on our businesses and on our employees and their families. With a little collaboration, we could have identified some creative alternatives.” Marc Langevin, CITA president cayman compass 8 news N news FRIDAY, 16 JULY 2021We are pleased to announce the opening of our new branch at the Country Corner Shopping Centre in Savannah. This branch will be opened to the public from Monday, July 19th, for the convenience of our members in close proximity to Savannah and those in the Eastern sections of Grand Cayman. The opening hours will be 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., with the closing time being 30 minutes later than at our main office in George Town. For your safety and the safety of our staff, we will not be accepting any premium payments at the branch; however, payments can be made at Cayman National Bank across the road in the Countryside Shopping Village, as well as online. Announcing the Opening of Our New Branch We are located in the back corner of Country Corner. When entering from Hirst Road, proceed straight ahead and we are the last unit on the right side. We can be reached by telephone through our usual switchboard number, 949-8101. cayman compass 9 FRIDAY, 16 JULY 2021Next >