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MLA Ellio Solomon yesterday rejected claims that George Town port plans called for 130,000 square feet of retail space, threatening downtown merchants, and would discuss it tomorrow with the Cayman Islands Tourism Association. (CITA). He rejected fears that Decemberdeveloped plans by Los Angelesbased Aecom, partner to port developer China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC), called for massive new shopping areas that downtown merchants fear will drive them out of business, creating “a ghost town”, according to Edmar’s Discount Drugs owner Noel March. “As soon as I heard that,” Mr Solomon told iNews Cayman, “I requested an overview from CHEC, and they came back and said it’s about 50,000 square feet. I think it was irresponsible of Mr March, and 50,000-plus is pretty close to what I have been told.”
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Chelsea owner’s latest scalp Page 21
Kids make a big splash More than one hundred kids - from toddlers up - made a great big slash at the Pete Ribbins Memorial swim meet. It was four days of diving, jumping,
having fun and, of course, swimming. This year the Treasure Island Swim School made their first appearance at the meet. Full story on page 4
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Don’t miss Miss George Town Photo by Christopher Tobutt
“It feels like I’m in a dream!” “Cancer knows no barrier, no age, no class, no color. It changes your life you know. It comes with a lot of pain; physical pain for the patient but it’s heart breaking pain for the family. Cancer breaks you emotionally and financially. Cancer drains you, it’s really hard. You never know what dealing with this disease does to someone until the shoe is on your foot.
Five young ladies who will be taking part in the Miss George Town 2012 pageant: L-r Raeven Gould, Kayla McField, Doralee Wright, Kyana Bustillo, and Chelsea Evans
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Eight young ladies have been getting ready for the Miss George Town 2012 pageant at the Mary Miller Hall on Saturday (10) at 7:30 pm. “The pageant is being produced by the George Town Heritage Day Committee as a fundraiser for Pirates Week,” said Pauline McField, one of the show’s organisers. “There are going to be three sections: ‘Formal Wear,’ ‘High Fashion,’ and ‘Business Casual.’ We are also having entertainers such as singer Lexie Ashley from George Town, who will be singing a Whitney Houston song,” Ms McField added. There will be cash prizes for the winner, and the runners up, as well a special prizes awarded for ‘Miss Photogenic,’ ‘Best in Gown,’ and ‘Best Smile.’ Five of the contestants spoke to iNews Cayman about their hopes for the competition. “I’m already very confident about the competition,” 13 year-old contestant Chelsea Evans said. “The Reason why I want to go in for this is to get better at my public speaking and have even more confidence. I to blog visit www.ieyenews.com
love dancing, and would like to become either a dancer or a Pediatrician. Another contestant, Doralee Wright, 16 said: “I am very confident about winning, although it’s my first time doing something like this.” Describing what attendees on Saturday night will have to look forward to, she said: “In the High Fashion section you have to wear a bathing suit and dress it up with accessories - you choose what you want to wear and what you feel more comfortable with, or you can also wear a suit like Lady Gaga if you like - its your style.” Fifteen-year old Kayla McField said: “I am not really that confident about the competition, but that is why I want to go into stuff like this so I can get to be more confident and be able speak out to people more.” Kayla said she was looking forward to a section of the show called ‘Showdown.’ “That’s the part where all the contestants get to show off their dress - to battle against each other in a long gown,” she said. Raeven Gould aged 17, said: “My
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favourite sport is flag football and I would like to pursue either nursing or business - possibly accounting and finance- as a career. I’m confident – especially of the interview section where I will be wearing a business suit with a long jacket and a skirt. Fifteen-year old Kyana Bustillo said: “I wanted to enter the competition because I want people to see what my personality is like and how I have confidence in myself.
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Pete Ribbins swim meet makes waves Visiting Dermatologist
The Pete Ribbins Memorial Consolidated Water meet attracted kids of all ages.
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Children aged from toddlers up to 17-year olds jumped into the water at the Lions Pool, George Town for the Pete Ribbins Memorial Consolidated Water Meet. The annual swim meet – the biggest and most popular on the island, takes place over a period of four days. There were kids from both the Stingray Swim Club and the Camana Bay Aquatic Club there, with plenty of mums and dads cheering on the older kids who were being selected for the CARIFTA games in April. In addition, this year is the first year a new group, the Treasure Island Swim School took part in the Meet. Treasure Island is the only group there who specializes in actually teaching the kids- especially the very young ones- to swim,
according to Treasure Island’s Head Coach, Marie Shepheard. “We had 36 swimmers entering throughout the weekend, and 30 of them were swimming in their first swim meet on Friday night,” Ms Shepheard said. “I was delighted with all the swimmers’ performances. However what really stole the show on Friday was our four-year-olds all completing for their first time in the ‘Under - 6’ category. It’s been fantastic watching our little ones progress from terrified two and three year-olds old on their first lesson to being able to watch them grow and swim in their first meet at four years old. “The smiles on both the parents and children’s faces makes teaching swimming the best job in the world I’m just so proud of all of them,” Ms. Shepheard said.
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Retail space is 50k, not 130k Tad Stoner tad.stoner@ieyenews.com
Continued from front page He said he would meet CITA on Thursday “and we’ll discuss everything” and hoped the George Town business owners would attend. “I have already met one-on-one with some of the merchants who called me. I said weeks ago that I would have meetings with all the stakeholders, and hope to do so in one forum or another. “I will sit down with the merchants,” he promised, hoping to allay their fears. On Tuesday, Mr March said he would submit today to Premier and Minister of Finance, Tourism and Development McKeeva Bush a three-page letter with nearly 30 signatures from George Town business owners, detailing their fears in the face of a massive “upland” development at the new George Town port. The Aecom plans, revealed by Mr March last week, indicate five buildings for “retail/restaurant” space, a “restaurant/retail” area, an “international bazaar”, “retail/ restaurant crew services” and a hotel. The full-colour design also calls for a mega-yacht marina, a dock for tender boats and excursion vessels, vehicle parking and public transport. Mr March yesterday dismissed Mr Solomon’s charge he was “irresponsible”, saying no information about the port design had otherwise reached the public, and that even 50,000 square feet of new retail space represented a threat. “That’s still five times more than what is at the Royal Watler Cruise Terminal,” he said, “so it’s still way off.” The letter to Mr Bush outlines “significant economic losses” to downtown merchants in the past several years, describing a similar 2009 letter – since ignored --
Designs for the new berthing facility
Shopkeeper Noel March
bearing 50 signatures seeking changes to retail allocations in the Royal Watler design. “Unless we are going to be guaranteed 3.5 million to 4 million cruise passengers annually, the introduction of what we understand to be in excess of 100,000 sq ft of new retail space will definitely be the ‘last nail in the coffin’ for many of us who are currently hanging
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only by a thread,” Mr March writes.’ The Florida Caribbean Cruise Association has guaranteed only 1.2 million passengers per year at the new port. Mr March said talks with Mr Solomon would help “only if it is what we hope for, only if he listens. “It’s not just us that are part of this; it is the operators, tours, taxis, everyone is part of it. And it
leaves the developer with between 49 years and 51 years,” he said referring to CHEC’s two-pronged repayment period during which the company will first recover its investment, then earn a return throughout a period of between 20 years and 24 years. “This is a matter of national interest, and it’s for everyone,” Mr March said.
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Dunkin’ Donuts supports Junior Achievement One of Cayman’s most dynamic and fast growing food chains, the coffee and baked goods global giant Dunkin’ Donuts, is pleased to join the Junior Achievement of the Cayman Islands Corporate Ambassador programme, underscoring the company’s commitment to the Islands and in particular, its youth. Dunkin’ Donuts Cayman General Manager Mr. Hugo Moran said: “We are happy to support the Junior Achievement programme as a Corporate Ambassador as we believe in the integrity of the programme and its ability to help young people successfully function and succeed once they have left school and have taken the giant step into the fastpaced corporate environment.” Mr. Moran continued that in order to succeed in business young people had to be well versed in all aspects of the business environment,
possessing sound financial skillsets as well as the ability to think critically and strategically. “We believe that the Junior Achievement programme plays an important part in this skillset development and we want to do our part by giving our support,” he said. Mr. Paul Byles, President of Junior Achievement said that the programme managed to achieve this by providing students with the chance to develop a wide set of skills that help them operate and adapt in today’s pressurised and quickly changing work environment. Mr. Byles commented: “Junior Achievement allows young people to develop their entrepreneurial skills which will in turn give them a sound base for whatever career they choose to pursue. Not only that, the skills they will develop will also be crucially important to the students outside
the workplace. Junior Achievement creates sound business managers, creative thinkers, strategic planners and ultimately valuable community leaders.” The newly developed Corporate Ambassador programme was launched last year to retain continuity within the programme by having each Corporate Ambassador commit to donating $10,000 annually over a period of three years, thereby providing a steady stream of funds for the foreseeable future. Mr. Byles said: “Corporate Ambassadors are essentially investing in the youth of the Islands and we encourage all to come on board and support such an important programme for the betterment of Cayman’s future.“ Junior Achievement is celebrating its 20th Anniversary in the Cayman Islands in 2012. It is supported by
Dunkin’ Donuts Cayman General Manager, Hugo Moran.
many corporate sponsors including its seven Corporate Ambassadors: HSBC, Rotary Central, Dunkin’ Donuts, Caledonian Global Financial Services, Maples & Calder, BDO and Cayman Islands Chamber of Commerce. For more information about becoming a Corporate Ambassador, please e-mail Paul Byles through Junior Achievement at jacayman@candw.ky.
Rotary donation to United World Colleges The United World Colleges (Cayman Islands) National Foundation (CIUWC) is happy to announce the donation of CI$1,000 from the Rotary Club of Grand Cayman Central toward its scholarship programme. The donation was made last month at the Music Showcase, held at the Crescent in Camana Bay. CIUWC was given a booth to promote awareness of the scholarship programme and to raise funds for a current student’s project to provide running water at a preschool in Swaziland. Fiona Moseley, current President of Rotary Central, stated that for the 2011-2012 period, Rotary International has issued a thematic guideline for Rotarian efforts under the focus of “Reach within to embrace humanity.” As such, Rotary Central has committed to assisting young Caymanians in their endeavours to broaden their horizons and further their education. Moseley said, “The UWC programme is an ideal partner to carry out this endeavour as its mission ‘to unite people, nations and cultures for peace and a sustainable
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future’ ties in so well to the goals for Rotary central.” Tara Rivers, newly elected Chairperson for CIUWC, welcomed the donation. “We really appreciate the support shown by Rotary Central,” she stated, “and in particular we are duly pleased that another service organisation recognises the value of CIUWC’s contributions to the local community.” Rivers’ sentiments were echoed by Moseley, who further encouraged other organisations and individuals to support CIUWC’s programme. “We hope this donation to CIUWC will act as a catalyst to other communityminded citizens and leaders to help our young Caymanians to explore other cultures, gain understand on a global level and step up to the challenge to learn more and become leaders themselves,” Moseley added. CIUWC is a charitable organisation that provides full scholarship for local students to attend one of 13 UWCs worldwide. The selected students participate in a rigorous two-year academic programme incorporating
(L-R) CIUWC Chairperson Tara Rivers, Rotary Central President Fiona Moseley, CIUWC Public Relations Representative Dan Stuber
coursework, community service, a major research project as well as creative and physical activities. The UWC movement was founded in 1962 by educationalist Kurt Hahn, who also established the notable Outward Bound programme. To date, CIUWC has provided scholarship to over 60 Caymanian students, many of whom have gone
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It’s just a slap in the face Tad Stoner tad.stoner@ieyenews.com
The Bodden Town group opposing relocation of the George Town Landfill has described as “an insult and a slap in the face” a Thursday district meeting by Premier McKeeva Bush to discuss port development. Calling on supporters to gather 45 minutes ahead of Thursday’s 7:30pm start at the Bodden Town Post Office, coalition spokesmen Gregg Anderson and Alain Beiner lamented the failure of government to discuss with local residents the construction of a 110-acre wastemanagement facility in the district. “This is nothing but a UDP election campaign rally”, Mr Anderson said, pointing to the official notice of the meeting which “hints at ‘other matters’ on the agenda,” but “not a word is mentioned about the planned dump in our district, and this is certainly not any sort of consultation with Bodden Towners about the dump.” Mr Beiner said the gathering “is meant to distract us from the issue of the planned dump, with a misleading suggestion of jobs and economic growth.” Calling the meeting “an insult to all residents of Bodden Town, and a slap in the face,” he said, “we’re all deeply concerned about the proposed dump. Yet there has been no consultation at all nor any attempt to ask for the population’s prior consent.” Closure of the landfill and creation of a Bodden Townbased waste-management facility are part of the $1.5 billion, 30year plan for infrastructure and community development by the Dart-government ForCayman Investment Alliance (FCIA). The landfill is adjacent to Dart’s business-residential Camana Bay community. Thursday’s meeting is only the latest in a series of district gatherings staged by Mr Bush, who appeared in East End on 28
BT where the waste centre is planned to go
February and in George Town the previous Tuesday. He has vowed to tour each of Cayman’s electoral districts, speaking about economic and political development. Yesterday, Mr Beiner told iNews Cayman that the coalition would “take advantage of every opportunity to get its message to the people, and the McKeeva meeting is another such opportunity.” Bodden Town MLAs Mark Scotland and Dwayne Seymour had promised to meet the group, he said, but had never offered a schedule. “They promised to meet us in January, but never did get back to us with a suggested date,” he said. Mr Scotland had also promised to produce documents detailing decisions about shutting the George Town Landfill and building a new facility in Midland Acres. “It’s now 6 March,” Mr Benier said yesterday, “and they have yet to produce a single document”, a situation he described as “another broken promise”. Meanwhile, former Bodden Town MLA and local businessman Osbourne Bodden yesterday affirmed his own opposition to the waste-management facility, and feared the Dart Group under chief Ken Dart had grown too large. “We have in this country an entity of seemingly unlimited wealth, known as the Dart Group, that over the past 10 years have accumulated large amounts of real estate and
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has grown in leaps and bounds,” he wrote in a letter to the editor. “At its helm is a Mr. Kenneth Dart – a man largely unknown to the people of the Cayman Islands, who reportedly holds Caymanian status. This group, the developers of Camana Bay, a modern town, are now entrenched into the fabric of the Caymanian society,” Mr Bodden said, warning that Mr Dart’s acquisitions were unlikely to slow “unless he is stopped through legislation from procuring more and more of this country. “The master plan,” he finished, “is indeed to make these islands Dart Islands – make no mistake
about that.” Mr Benier said the coalition would demand to speak on Thursday. “This particular occasion is especially important to the coalition because government has refused to consult the Bodden Town population about the dump (or to ask for its consent), choosing instead to come and talk to us about the cruise ship dock – and to drum up electoral support. But, we won’t let them get away with this insulting distraction – we’ll be there with our placards and flyers and make sure that the issue of the dump is present at this meeting.”
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The Cancer within Hello my people and residents of the Cayman Islands. Over the years I have written many letters to the Press re my own views of our community, and giving suggestions on what I have experienced growing and living in these islands. I don’t have a degree in Sociology (wish I did), but I have been blessed with a little grey matter between my ears, thank God. We have now reached a time in our history that we have developed to a fair extent our built environment and service industries, but I believe we are SOCIALLY and MORALLY BANKRUPT. It’s very unfortunate that in our quest to chase material wealth we have overlooked this, and we continue to this day just making one big deal after another, with those who continue to use us for their own selfish reasons. I know many will not read this, and of those that do some will disagree, and some could care less for what I’m about to say, but hopefully there will be the few that take the time to digest and understand and possibly even share my views. I have great faith in our young people, especially those of university age at this time, and I believe therein lies the hope for these islands. At the same time I worry for them and their future if my words are not heeded, and hence my main reason for writing. Folks we missed the boat from the early development of these islands, not to say that a lot of good work and thought didn’t happen back then, and has given most of us a decent standard of living, but I maintain that we developed this country and forgot its people to a large extent. Apart from the glaring failures in our education system, which have seen many graduate and ill-prepared to take their rightful place in society, or didn’t graduate at all, we have given our people a sense of entitlement that in these hard times, are really our greatest enemy. BEING CAYMANIAN IS NOT A QUALIFICATION folks, as some of our past Leaders suggested it was. You also have to be able – and if the system failed you, it is in your interest through the sweat
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of your brow, to make sure you equip yourself to hold a decent job and earn an honest living. Also in the past, and even now, we have those in authority that people could run to and complain and the big whip would be used to chastise the offending party, when in truth again we were simply cultivating a sense of entitlement. Don’t get me wrong, I want every Caymanian born here or adopted to have a bright future and have their stake in this country, but right now we are ill-equipped to do so and this folks is where the buck stops! This is where those that don’t have and want will turn to other means – and we are seeing this as I write – robberies, burglaries, drugs, murder and the list goes on. This my people, is The Cancer Within! The Cayman Islands now remind me of beautiful fruit and when it’s peeled and opened the insides are rotten no good for human consumption. If we don’t recognize this and do something about it as a people we are doomed. This place had the opportunity to be the best of the best. Because we were late developers we could look around and learn from others mistakes, we could talk to others in our travels and those that visited and see where we didn’t want to go, while at the same time seeing where we should go. Somehow we have managed to mess this all up and we now an island nation of selfish money grabbers, and those that can put themselves in position to grab the most are doing so, forgetting that those that don’t have will come for what you so selfishly craved and stepped on them to get, using them along the way. We also now have in this country an entity of seemingly unlimited wealth, known as the The Dart Group, that over the past 10 years have accumulated large amounts of real estate and has grown in leaps and bounds. At its helm is a Mr. Kenneth Dart – a man largely unknown to the people of the Cayman Islands, who reportedly holds Caymanian Status. This group, the developers of Camana Bay, a modern town, are now entrenched into the fabric of the
Caymanian society, but how much is too much folks? Most of us can’t see past the fact that Caymanians have jobs with this entity and they buy our property for inflated values giving us some temporary wealth. I’ve always maintained that no one person or entity should own so much of this small island, to the point where they call the shots with whoever is in “power” (are we really in charge?). Why do you think that accounting firms limit their revenue from a single source? For fear of undue influence, that’s why! Why couldn’t we see this and ensure this didn’t happen? Why? Because of greed and selfish reasons, and now we all have to deal with the fallout when this group says what they want to do and how they want to do it. I don’t blame Mr. Dart – I blame our people who allowed it to happen and benefitted from kick-backs. Also blame those that sold out, because he couldn’t own what you wouldn’t sell, even if it was a time of economic hardship for you and yours. Where will this all end folks? He won’t stop that’s for sure, unless he is stopped through legislation from procuring more and more of this country (and that’s not even on the radar). The master plan is indeed to make these islands Dart Islands – make no mistake about that. Along the way he’s hired some of our best talents and brightest minds, and each day it gets harder to control as it likely impacts each of us in some way. So here’s the dilemma we face – how do we control this entity that is now controlling us? Or do we allow them to go uncontrolled from hereon and hope that we all benefit from their master plan? Apart from the Dart group and its huge influence over the country by its sheer size and wealth, there are other foreign entities who do business in this country and don’t carry their weight in assisting in the development of locals. At least Dart hires and trains locals, but there are others, and you know yourselves, throughout these islands that can do a lot better and offer more to our people. Instead you protect your own and hire repeatedly from your homelands, where you use the excuse that Caymanians are lazy or can’t do the job. How hard have you
really tried? Or have you seen this as an easy way out and one that’s convenient to use for your own reasons? Yes, we have those among us that don’t pull their weight, but we also have some of the best among our ranks. Just give us a chance and we can prove that. My people you have to be prepared to change gears as well. You may have been an office executive, but now all you can find is a cashier job or some other blue collar employment. Take it! Make do until you can better do, because times are hard and you want to keep something coming in that’s an honest living and will tide you over until you can do better. Folks there’s one thing I know, and it should be clear to all power hungry souls in Cayman and around the world, is that at the end of the day, there is no power greater than people power! And if the people are not happy and many are suffering while few are benefitting, you run the risk of social chaos and losing it all. So again my people and those resident among us, I have said my piece and spoken to each and everyone that reads this. Your future is in your hands - you decide what kind of islands you wish to have and how you want it developed. At the end of the day what should be important is that each person has a stake in it, can make an honest living, take care of family and maintain some of the values that made us one of the most welcoming and hospitable places in the world to visit and do business. If we rush along and develop, leaving our people behind once more, we run a serious risk of social unrest in this country, the likes previously unseen. Beware of the CANCER WITHIN. Osbourne Bodden March 6, 2012 to blog visit www.ieyenews.com
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Rep. of Congo: 236 dead after arms depot blasts BRAZZAVILLE, Republic of Congo (AP) — Morticians stacked bodies two to a tray at Brazzaville’s main morgue Tuesday as the death toll rose to at least 236 from a conflagration at an armory that catapulted shells, rockets and other munitions into a densely populated area of the capital of the Republic of Congo. Police said international firefighters had brought the main blaze under control by Tuesday morning, and prevented it spreading to a second munitions depot just 100 yards (meters) away. The second depot contains
even heavier-caliber weapons, including Stalin’s Organ multiple rocket launchers, a military source said, requesting anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to reporters. It still was unclear whether rescue efforts could start in earnest Tuesday, more than 48 hours after the blasts. The military source said there were plans for the controlled destruction of the munitions in the second depot, which likely will delay any attempts to dig into the rubble to find possible survivors or bodies.
There are fears that undetonated munitions have been catapulted miles (kilometers) away by the blasts, and that the many small fires ignited could suck away oxygen needed by any entombed survivors. At the morgue of the city’s main Central University Hospital, funeral services director Ferdinand Malembo Milandou said on national television that they had run out of space. “We’ve been forced to place two bodies in each rack,” he said from the morgue that has the capacity to hold 126 corpses.
Lenny Dykstra gets three years in California prison SAN FERNANDO, Calif. (AP) — Disgraced ex-New York Mets outfielder Lenny Dykstra on Monday was sentenced to three years in a California state prison after pleading no contest to grand theft auto and providing a false financial statement. Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Cynthia Ulfig sentenced Dykstra after refusing to allow him to withdraw his plea and said the scam to lease high-end automobiles from dealerships by providing fraudulent information and claiming credit through a phony
business showed sophistication and extensive planning. “He obviously didn’t have the money to get the vehicles,” Ulfig said. “His conduct was indeed criminal.” Dykstra, 49, has had a series of recent legal troubles and the prison sentence is part of a postcareer downward spiral for the stocky slugger known as “Nails” that has included a stint at a sober living facility. In a rambling and impassioned plea for probation, Dykstra said he has tried to make amends for his past transgressions and said he
would be cleared of any wrongdoing had his motion to withdraw his plea been granted. “I’m doing everything in my power to be a better person,” he said. Dykstra, wearing a gray suit with a blue shirt, was immediately remanded to custody as he walked into the court’s back room, hands in his pockets. Dykstra has earned nearly a year’s worth of credit toward his sentence for time already served. Following the hearing, defense attorney Andrew Flier said Dykstra was singled out because he’s a celebrity.
Two UK accused of stealing Jackson music from Sony LONDON (AP) — Two men have been charged in Britain with hacking into Sony Music’s computers and stealing music, the company and British police said Monday. A person familiar with the situation said the hackers had obtained unreleased Michael Jackson tracks. Sony Music Entertainment spokeswoman Liz Young said the company noticed a breach of its systems in May, “and immediately took steps to secure the site and notify authorities. As a result, the two suspects were arrested.” She said no customer data were
compromised in the attack on the company’s internal musicsharing system. Sony would not confirm how much music was stolen or what artists were involved. But a person familiar with the situation, who was not authorized to speak publicly, said Monday that the suspects were Jackson fans and had taken his music, including unreleased material. The year after the King of Pop’s 2009 death, Sony signed a 7-year deal with his estate, worth up to $250 million, to sell his unreleased recordings.
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Britain’s Serious Organized Crime Agency said two suspects were arrested in May and charged in September with computer misuse and copyright offenses. James Marks, 26, and James McCormick, 25, appeared at Leicester Crown Court in central England on Friday and pleaded not guilty. They were freed on bail and are due to stand trial in January. Last year, hackers targeted Sony Playstation and Sony Online Entertainment networks, compromising personal information, email addresses and the security of millions of users accounts.
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iEditorial
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OPINION
The Editor speaks
The bigger you are the bigger you stall
Colin Wilson colin.wilson@ieyenews.com
When some of the largest banks and insurance companies found themselves in great danger of going bankrupt recently the various governments bailed them out with monies they had raised from us – the small, the almost insignificant. We, who are not even a blot on the landscape. These companies, though, were so big they could not be allowed to fail so they were bailed. Worse, again with our monies, obscene bonuses were paid out to these institutions top employees who had caused the problems by their excessive greed. And there was nothing wrong in it. Morally, yes, but who cares about morals these days? Christian teachings are not the ‘cool’ principles for the 21st century, why we have even forbidden it being taught in schools in our Christian countries. And we wonder why our youth don’t care? We wonder why teenage crime is on the rise? If wrong is right with workers wearing their dark suits, white shirts and colourful ties; driving their big cars; huge houses, swimming pools, staying at
$900 a night hotels, maid service, playing golf in the afternoon and private jets, then our youth want to climb that ladder fast. You don’t have to actually work. Make a few telephone calls and lose a few million dollars for their clients who can afford it anyway. This is the life. Someone else, the huge majority of people who actually have to work for a living and don’t dodge their taxes, will pay for our luxurious lifestyle. Suckers! Our own government has confirmed that Michael Ryan, developer of the Ritz Carlton Grand Cayman, owner of a number of companies that have been involved in the development and ownership of the five star hotel as well as the proposed new resort development, Dragon Bay, is currently facing legal action and owes us, yes us, at least $6million in duty. Mr. Ryan has been unable to pay the duty owed since 2009 after having been given duty waivers of over $10million! Ryan’s two companies, Stingray and Condo Co (Ryan has many more) have not made one duty payment since the UDP came to power! Why? Ryan must have money because he still uses his private jet, enjoys a
lifestyle most of us can only dream of, and he has made an offer to our premier to purchase $10million of the crown land at Safe Haven where both the hotel is, and the proposed Dragon Bay resort development would be located. This, according to Mr. Bush would make it easier for Ryan to raise the necessary financing to start the resort project. Does this smack of wheeler-dealing and/or stalling by Mr. Ryan or am I just too suspicious and cynical in my old age? Ryan has $10million to purchase land and obtain a solid asset but cannot pay $6million he owes us and has owed for years! Does anyone actually believe this besides Mr. Bush because he has admitted that not everyone in government supported the plan and he had asked the opposition what its position was on the issue? Of course, by borrowing money he doesn’t have, stalling on the money he actually owes, Ryan will start construction of his Dragon Bay development and this will boost the local economy, so he will make enough money to carry on with his lavish lifestyle and perhaps be able to pay the old duty. But now a huge spanner has been dropped into the works.
Lawsuits have been filed in the Grand Court by the owner of a loan used to develop the Ritz seeking an injunction against the developer and other defendants to prevent them from “interfering with” its efforts to take control of the hotel and facilities. In a statement to the Miami based OffshoreAlert Ryan said he did not believe the action would impact the normal operations of the resort but he made no mention of his debt to the Cayman Islands government. Both CNS and iNews Cayman have contacted Ryan for comment about the outstanding $6million and surprisingly (nah not surprisingly) we are both awaiting a response. But Mr. Bush is optimistic because Mr. Ryan has offered to pay interest on his outstanding debt. Wow. You mean he hasn’t been penalised for not paying his duty on time? No ‘bovver boys’ have been sent in with their knee cap hammers? What happens to us if we default with a payment owed to a bank? Can I ask what actual securities does our government have in place with Mr. Ryan? Are there any at all? Or is the debt so big he can continue to stall?
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Walkers sells Walkers Management Services to Intertrust Following a comprehensive strategic review of the Walkers Group, Walkers has sold its management services business to Intertrust Group Holding S.A. (“Intertrust”). Walkers Management Services provides corporate, fiduciary and company secretarial services from the world’s leading financial centres – the Cayman Islands, Delaware (USA), Dubai, Dublin (Ireland), Hong Kong and the British Virgin Islands. Walkers Management Services is headquartered in George Town, Cayman Islands, and currently employs over 100 employees. Diarmad Murray, Walkers’ Global Managing Partner, said: “We are excited about the future of the law firm and the opportunities this sale creates. We are focused on continuing to provide world class legal services to our clients around the world and we will work closely
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with Intertrust to ensure that all work will be carried out in the same manner and by the same group of professionals” Intertrust is a recognised global quality leader in the trust and corporate services sector, providing a broad range of commercial, legal, tax and administrative services to multinational corporations and high net worth individuals. As a combined group, Intertrust will operate with more than 1,100 people from 30 offices in 21 countries, Intertrust combines a global reach
with the local knowledge and cultural understanding to serve international clients from every corner of the world. Commenting on the transaction, Nancy Lewis, CEO of Walkers Management Services, said: “We very much look forward to joining Intertrust Group. We share a drive for quality and experience in working for the world’s most sophisticated clients. Our combined network of offices will deliver a strong foundation for further growth of our business, bringing us a sound position in all key international business locations across Asia, Europe and the Americas. This platform will allow us to provide even greater global solutions for our clients.” David de Buck, CEO of Intertrust Group, added: “Walkers Management Services has a strong, international position in
the corporate services industry; providing high quality services to top-tier clients that will benefit from Intertrust’s capabilities to service them across the globe. Through the acquisition we gain a market leading position in the Cayman Islands, one of the most important financial centres in the world, and we further expand our global network by adding offices in Dubai, Delaware and the British Virgin Islands. Walkers’ quality, experience, heritage and ambitious approach to servicing clients mirror the Intertrust culture. We look forward to working with the Walkers Management Services team and enjoying further success based on our joint capabilities.” The acquisition is subject to regulatory approval and is expected to be completed in the coming months. J.P. Morgan Securities LLC is acting as financial advisor to WMS.
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Financial Task Force welcomed
By the Hon. Sam Bulgin QC, JP, Attorney General and Chaiman of the Cayman Islands Anti-money Laundering Steering Group
Committed to maintaining high standards consistently, the Cayman Islands Government joins global partners in welcoming the Financial Action Task Force’s (FATF) recently revised recommendations. In fact, the Government played a prominent role in the revision through involvement with the Caribbean Financial Action Task Force (CFTAF). The modernised standards will effectively improve the continuing fight against money laundering as well as all forms of organised criminal activity and will strengthen Combating of Financing of Terrorism (CFT). It is vital for the international community to review combat capabilities constantly to remain vigilant of unlawful conduct getting more sophisticated. Therefore, the revised standards assume greater importance because they provide much needed
clarity to officials responsible for ensuring compliance with international standards. However, the Cayman Islands’ compliance regime will require no fundamental changes to implement the revised FATF standards, given our robust legislative and administrative frameworks’ current ability to deal with money laundering and CFT in a variety of manifestations. Our system’s effectiveness was recognised in the 3rd round of the Mutual Evaluation exercise which found the Cayman Islands to be compliant or largely compliant in the overwhelming majority of the then 40+9 FATF recommendations, and which compared favourably with major jurisdictions such as USA, UK, Singapore and Belgium. Nevertheless, we know that nefarious elements shift modalities to use some jurisdictions to practise their unlawful activities.
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Consequently, we remain vigilant in safeguarding the reputation of our jurisdiction and constantly review our combat framework to ensure it stays effective. The Cabinet in late 2011 approved the Attorney General’s Chambers to establish an additional dedicated Anti-Money Laundering (AML) unit to coordinate the ongoing domestic review of our frameworks that deal with anti-money laundering, CFT and Combating the Financing of the Proliferation (CFP) of weapons of mass destruction. The unit’s review areas will include enhanced riskbased initiatives, international cooperation, tax offences as a predicate crime and enhanced requirements dealing with domestic politically exposed persons. Functioning primarily as the coordinator among law enforcement, supervisory and competent authorities, the unit
will also advise the Anti-Money Laundering Steering Group (AMLSG) in areas including the tweaking of our legislative and other operational tools to ensure we comply with contemporary international best practice. We pledge to continue working with international partners in the global fight against money laundering, tax evasion, CFT and CFP. This is evidenced by our ongoing engagement with the FATF, CFATF, OECD, Group of International Financial Centre Supervisors (GIFCF), International Association of Insurance Supervisors (IAIS), International Organisation of Securities Commissions (IOSCO), Caribbean Group of Banking Supervisors (CGBS), Association of Banking Supervisors of the Americas (ASBA), Offshore Group of Insurance Supervisors (OGIS) and other similar international organisations.
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New Haiti govt panel to help clear army camps PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Haiti’s government is trying to reclaim training camps, including an old military base, taken over by former soldiers calling for the restoration of the armed forces, President Michel Martelly said Monday. Martelly didn’t give a deadline for when the ex-soldiers need to leave the areas outside the capital but said a newly formed commission will be in touch with the former soldiers shortly and compensate those who were dismissed. “This commission is going to have to work quickly to free these occupied spaces,” he told reporters after a meeting with United Nations’ top envoy in Haiti, Mariano Fernandez. Fernandez was supposed to attend the news conference but couldn’t because he needed to catch a flight to New York, where he’ll speak about
Haiti on Thursday before the U.N. Security Council. Dozens of former soldiers and their hopeful cohorts have stepped up pressure in recent weeks to urge Martelly to honor his campaign vow of restoring the army that was disbanded in 1995 because of its history of abuse. The motley group has demanded the force’s return on local radio stations and paraded through the streets in old camouflaged uniforms and heavy boots, fueling concerns among some international officials that they could be used as private militias. Some members have been seen carrying handguns. They are also requesting $15 million in lost wages and pensions. The Associated Press first reported last March that the exsoldiers were reorganising outside Port-au-Prince. Led by dismissed officers, 150-plus volunteers
Haiti’s President Michel Martelly, left, accompanied by Haiti’s nominated Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe.
donned military fatigues and conducted drills in the hopes of landing a spot in the military they want to see Martelly revive. Similar training camps sprung up in the capital and elsewhere in the countryside. Martelly has said he’s bent
on bringing back the army even though Western governments believe money for the force should be used for the understaffed national police department. The U.N. Security Council has said the police department is the “best” body to provide security in Haiti.
Philippine quake cracks buildings, injures 10 MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A moderately strong earthquake cracked buildings and knocked televisions and glassware from tables Tuesday in a central Philippine province, injuring at least 10 people and sending others rushing outside in panic, officials said. The quake came a month after 58 people died in a quake on another Philippine island. Renato Solidum of the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the quake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.2 struck Tuesday morning and was centered at sea just two miles (three kilometers) north of Masbate City on the island province of Masbate. The quake, which was caused by movement in a local fault, was felt in nearby provinces. Masbate City Mayor Socrates Tuason told The Associated Press by telephone that there were no reports of major damage, and power and communications were not affected by the temblor in his hillside city of 90,000 people.
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But the quake caused an abandoned three-story building to collapse and shattered glass windows in houses and other buildings, at least two of which were cleared of people and cordoned off by police while government engineers checked their stability. Large numbers of people rushed out of homes, offices, hospitals and schools and stayed in the streets as a number of aftershocks rattled nerves after the quake. Several restaurants, shops and banks also had visible cracks and did not open Tuesday, officials said. At least 10 people were slightly injured by falling objects and collapsing walls, officials said. “I was having breakfast with my wife when everything started to shake. The TV set and glasses fell off the table,” Tuason said. “When I got out, I saw all the people in the community were on the streets.” Disaster-response and first aid
teams were deployed across the city, Tuason said. Classes in all schools were suspended as buildings were checked for damage, he said, adding that he had called an emergency meeting to deal with any contingency. Officials of Masbate, about 220 miles (350 kilometers) southeast of Manila, led earthquake drills in schools and offices just last week after a magnitude 6.9 quake left 58 people dead, 60 others missing and displaced more than 200,000 on nearby Negros island on Feb. 6. Leo Jasareno, who heads a
government agency that produces hazard maps for communities, said Tuesday’s earthquake should serve as the latest warning for thousands of people to stop ignoring advice to immediately evacuate from more than 7,000 mountain villages nationwide that are prone to landslides set off by earthquakes or storms. Several residential areas also dangerously sit on and near active fault zones, including in metropolitan Manila, but people have ignored the risks, officials said. The Philippines is in the socalled Pacific “Ring of Fire,” where earthquakes and volcanic activity are common. The damage and casualties are compounded by poor construction in violation of building codes in the impoverished nation. In 1990, a magnitude 7.7 quake killed nearly 2,000 people in northern Luzon region. to blog visit www.ieyenews.com
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Waving flags or farewell? Outposts mull ties to UK
LONDON (AP) — From sun-kissed Caribbean beaches to icy north Atlantic tundra, Queen Elizabeth II’s family has begun a celebratory tour to mark her 60th year on the throne — just as questions are raised about dumping the monarchy in the far-flung outposts of Britain’s faded empire. Prince Harry has opened celebrations in Jamaica, the nation that is most vocally stirring opposition to the queen’s role as head of state of 16 nations and 14 smaller British dependencies, and Prince Charles will travel to Australia, where the prime minister has raised doubts about continued allegiance to the crown. While the 85-year-old monarch commands respect across her dominions, opinion polls show republican movements in some countries would gain momentum if Charles takes the British throne as expected. Harry, third in line to the throne, meets Tuesday with Jamaica’s Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller, who says the queen is a “lovely lady” but insists her country must sever remaining links to Britain, in part because of the shameful legacy of slavery. “It is important to us because it is part of a journey, a journey that started when our ancestors were dragged, sold into slavery and brought here and elsewhere in the Caribbean,” Simpson Miller told The
Associated Press in an interview. Millions of Africans were transported as slaves to Caribbean colonies until Britain abolished its slave trade in 1807. Some analysts believe that if Jamaica, which won independence in 1962, removes the queen as head of state, others in the Caribbean — like the Bahamas, Barbados and Grenada — could follow suit. “My intuition is that if the issue is well presented, the people of the remaining Caribbean monarchies would welcome the change,” said Havelock Brewster, an economist who has served as a Guyanese ambassador. Most already have wide political and judicial independence and see the monarch’s role as purely symbolic. Since the creation of the 33-nation Community of Latin American and Caribbean States in 2010, many have embraced allies closer to home. During the so-called imperial century that began in the early 1800s, Britain’s empire took in about 400 million people, but dwindled sharply through the 20th century, as nations including India, Ireland and a host of African countries won independence. Since she was crowned in 1952, the queen’s domain has shrunk from 32 nations to 16. Some sparsely populated outposts are too small to be viable alone, others are — at least temporarily
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— reliant on British funds as they struggle with sluggish economies, or the impact of natural disasters. While opinion polls show monarchist sentiments are in decline among the young, many older people outside Britain claim pride in their British links and retain a fierce loyalty to the queen. “We must keep a close and a good and a healthy relationship with the United Kingdom because we need Britain to support us,” said Edmund Maduro, a retired civil servant in the British Virgin Islands. Yet few outposts actually rely on Britain for funding or leadership. When it distributes aid money, London shows no favouritism to those who maintain ties with the queen. In the Pacific, where Britain’s naval mastery won it a swath of territory in the late 18th century, opinions are divided. Australia’s Prime Minister Julia Gillard, born in Wales, has long argued that Queen Elizabeth II should be the last British monarch to rule over her country. She enraged monarchists when she declined to curtsey, a traditional show of respect, during the queen’s October visit. Opinion polls, however, show support for an Australian republic has fallen since a proposal to replace the queen with a president was rejected in a 1999 referendum. “I think with young people,
there’s a total lack of engagement with the issue either way,” said John Warhurst, deputy chairman of the Australian Republican Movement. In the South Pacific’s Papua New Guinea, where leaders chose voluntarily to appoint the queen their head of state, and the nearby Solomon Islands, there’s also little clamour for change. “Britain and the queen tend to have little significance apart from appearing on our money,” said Tarcisius Kabutaulaka, an associate professor at the University of Hawaii’s Center for Pacific Islands Studies and a native Solomon Islander. In New Zealand, many indigenous Maori people feel strong ties toward the monarchy, fearing certain rights guaranteed them by the country’s founding document — the 1840 Treaty of Waitangi — could be undermined if links to Britain were axed. Fiji, the South Pacific island nation which dumped the queen in a 1987 coup, will belatedly remove the monarch’s image from its currency in June. Elsewhere, sentimental ties to Britain remain strong. In Canada, Prime Minister Stephen Harper last year renamed the country’s armed forces, restoring “royal” to their titles for the first time in 40 years, and ordered his nation’s embassies to each hang up a portrait of the queen.
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iEnvironment
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Thunderstorms
Georgina Wilcox
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I am petrified of thunderstorms. I have a dog and she is just as frantic as I am. She is able to predict when they are going to occur at least an hour before they are going to happen. I even lost her for over a week when a storm was approaching and she got loose. She ran down the West Bay Road and jumped into a surprised stranger’s car when he opened the door and refused to leave. I, too, hate being on my own when a storm approaches. Did you know there are over 40,000 thunderstorms occurring throughout the world each day? They form when very warm, moist air rises into cold air. As this humid air rises, water vapor condenses, forming huge cumulonimbus clouds. There are two main types of thunderstorms: ordinary and severe. Ordinary thunderstorms are the common summer storm and usually last about one hour. The precipitation associated with these storms includes rain and occasionally small hail. With ordinary thunderstorms, cumulonimbus clouds can grow up to 12 kilometers high. Severe thunderstorms are very dangerous. They are capable of producing baseball-sized hail, strong winds, intense rain, flash floods, and tornadoes. Severe thunderstorms can last several hours and can grow 60 feet high. Several phenomena are associated with severe thunderstorms, including gust fronts. Lightning is the most spectacular element of a thunderstorm. In fact it is how thunderstorms got their name because lightning causes thunder. Lightning is a giant spark. A single stroke of lightning can heat the air around it to 30,000 degrees Celsius (54,000 degrees Fahrenheit)! This extreme heating causes the air to expand at an explosive rate. The expansion creates a shock wave that turns into a booming sound wave, better known as thunder. This explains why it has the
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name thunderstorm. Thunder and lightning occur at roughly the same time, although you see the flash of lightning before you hear the thunder. This is because light travels much faster than sound. Lightning is electricity. It forms in the strong up-and-down air currents inside tall dark cumulonimbus clouds as water droplets, hail, and ice crystals collide with one another. Scientists believe that these collisions build up charges of electricity in a cloud. The positive and negative electrical charges in the cloud separate from one another, the negative charges dropping to the lower part of the cloud and the positive charges staying ins the middle and upper parts. Positive electrical charges also build upon the ground below. When the difference in the charges becomes large enough, a flow of electricity moves from the cloud down to the ground or from one part of the cloud to another, or from one cloud to another cloud. In typical lightning these are down-flowing negative charges, and when the positive charges on the ground leap upward to meet them, the jagged downward path of the negative charges suddenly lights up with a brilliant flash of light. Because of this, our eyes fool us into thinking that the lightning bolt shoots down from the cloud, when in fact the lightning travels up from the ground. In some cases, positive charges come to the ground from severe thunderstorms or from the anvil at the very top of a thunderstorm cloud. The whole process takes less than a millionth of a second. Kinds of Lightning There are words to describe different kinds of lightning. Here are some of them: In-Cloud Lightning: The most common type, it travels between positive and negative charge centers within the thunderstorm. Cloud-to-Ground Lightning: This is lightning that reaches from a thunderstorm cloud to the ground.
Cloud-to-Cloud Lightning: A rare event, it is lightning that travels from one cloud to another. Sheet Lightning: This is lightning within a cloud that lights up the cloud like a sheet of light. Ribbon Lightning: This is when a cloud-to-ground flash is blown sideways by the wind, making it appear as two identical bolts side by side. Bead Lightning: Also called “chain lightning,” this is when the lightning bolt appears to be broken into fragments because of varying brightness or because parts of the bolt are covered by clouds. Ball Lightning: Rarely seen, this is lightning in the form of a grapefruit-sized ball, which lasts only a few seconds. Bolt from the blue: A lightning
bolt from a distant thunderstorm, seeming to come out of the clear blue sky, but really from the top or edge of a thunderstorm a few miles away. When it comes to deadly weather, tornadoes and hurricanes get all the publicity, but lightning is actually the worst threat, killing more people on average every year than tornadoes and hurricanes combined. About one hundred people die from lightning every year in the United States, and hundreds more suffer lifelong injury or disability. In fact, the National Weather Service calculates a one-in-three hundred chance that you or a family member will be struck by lightning sometime during your lifetime. No wonder my dog and I are very frightened of them. to blog visit www.ieyenews.com
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OPINION
Relaxing Georgina Wilcox georgina.wilcox@ieyenews.com
Everywhere, nowadays, people are complaining of feeling stressed and burnt-out with all the demands of work, family, and even studies. The phrase “so little time, so much to do,” is becoming more true. The psychological stress manifests itself in various ways, through the lowering of a person’s resistance to sickness, through the cramping of muscles, or through an unpleasant change in one’s mood. Because of this, people now have a greater demand for a way to escape the toxicity of their lifestyle and find a place of escape where they can just relax and enjoy even for just awhile. The truth is one does not need to go far just to be able to relax and have an enjoyable time. Even with just a simple stretching exercise, a basic yoga session, or a beginner’s dance lesson will do as a relaxation and fun activity. If places where these activities can be done are hard to find within one’s area or town, there are available demonstration VHS tapes and DVD’s which are already for sale or for rent in stores and shopping malls. For additional guidelines on
how to maximize the relaxation and enjoyment with the suggested activities, below is a list of to-do things that should not be missed. Find a companion: It is always better to do certain activities with a partner or some friends. Especially when the activity to be undertaken will only be done for the first time, it is less worrying or awkward to discover a new experience with someone familiar. However, in case a person chooses to be alone in doing this, it should still be kept in mind to stay open for the possibility of meeting new friends. A friendly and easy attitude should be kept from the very start. Do not let the pressure or stress overcome in the situation of being alone. Be open, take it easy, and try to meet new friends. Make the most of the experience: Learn as much as possible from the activity. Do whatever that is required even if it feels uncomfortable doing it the first time. Do not fret too much over the mistakes or inadequacies; remember that the goal of this activity is for a person to be able
to relax. This is the time to learn how to laugh at one’s own mistakes and strive to be better, however, not in a pressured or struggling way. Leave all that are negative behind, especially before going to the activity. This is supposed to be an escape, thus, do not let the negativities find its way through. Simply give it your best. Take a certain caution: Despite giving it your best and making the most out of it, those are still different from really overdoing it. The suggested activities are obviously those that require a certain level of effort, however, not to the point that one’s body will experience over-exertion and suffer from muscle injuries. Just in case, it may be necessary to bring emergency medications such
as topical ointments or muscle relaxants such as the prescription drug carisoprodol (kar eye soe PROE dole) for anything untoward that might happen. Sometimes, accidents do really happen despite taking a certain level of caution. It is still better to be ready for the just-in-case events rather than be left unprepared during emergency situations. These three pointers should be enough guidelines to further make the most out of the escape plan, no matter how brief or how near it may be. Opting for a costly one is one option for those who are capable of handling the expenses. However, for those who are still in a limited budget or limited time, the suggestions above are the most appropriate activities to get into.
The Borat controversy Georgina Wilcox georgina.wilcox@ieyenews.com
Borat starring comedian Sacha Baron Cohen is a movie that has caused a great deal of controversy. The movie is funny, but the jokes make fun of women, Jewish people, and gays. The controversy has two sides, those who view the movie as entertainment and those who are outraged because they feel this movie gives people of all ages the impression that there is nothing wrong with having fun at the expense of others. They also feel the movie stereotypes women and Jews in a manner that is disrespectful and not true. The movie is portrayed as a
documentary film giving more fuel to the fire regarding the information contained in it. Maybe the purpose behind the film is to get people to take notice of how ignorant such behaviours truly are in our society. While many feel the jokes in the movie are offensive, they do make people stop and take notice. Maybe it will reflect back to their own statements as well as those made by others they converse with. Whether you have seen the film Borat or not, it is likely you will hear people talking about it. Some will find it fun entertainment while others will take it as offensive material that
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should not be available to the public. The producer is remaining quiet about the reasons behind such a film, leaving audiences and critics to draw their own conclusions. Cohen is no stranger to developing and
marketing films that the general public finds controversial. While some individuals will go see this movie because of the trailers, it is likely many viewers will see it just to find out what all the hype is about.
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Actress sues over IMBD age reveal SEATTLE (AP) — An actress who filed an anonymous lawsuit against Amazon.com and its Internet Movie Database for revealing her age identified herself. Huong Hoang of Texas, may be better known by her stage name, Junie Hoang. She has appeared in such films as “Gingerdead Man 3: Saturday Night Cleaver” and “Hoodrats 2: Hoodrat Warriors.” The actress filed a million-dollar
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claim against Amazon last fall, saying the company mined her IMDb account to learn her age, 40, and then posted it on her profile — causing her offers for roles to dry up. The lawsuit caused a frenzy of online speculation over who the actress might be — as well as a bit of soul-searching about ageism in youth-obsessed Hollywood. Women over 40 make up 24.3 percent of the U.S. population, but a
casting analysis by the Screen Actors Guild showed actresses over 40 get just 12.5 percent of roles for television and film. Men of that age are also about a quarter of the population, but nearly equal their ranks in casting. Last month a federal judge in Seattle ordered the lawsuit dismissed, saying the actress had no grounds to proceed with an anonymous complaint. Hoang refiled it under her real name.
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Pimentels’ ponderous paws “George Town residents, Carlos and Fiona Pimentel, have benefited from an abundance of paw paw from a tree in their back yard. Although the fruit is common throughout the Cayman Islands, the number produced and the size of the harvest from their
tree has amazed those who have witnessed the bounty. Pictured here is one example of their crop, that weighed in at 10.6 lbs. When asked what her secret is, Mrs. Pimentel smiled as she stated that it was probably due to its close proximity to their sceptic tank.”
International Women’s Day March 8th marks 101 years of the worldwide observance of International Women’s Day. The day serves as a powerful reminder to honour the achievements and struggles of women. This year’s theme is Connecting Girls, Inspiring Futures which underlines the importance of supporting young women to help them achieve their goals. If we want today’s girls and young women to become tomorrow’s entrepreneurs, politicians, doctors, lawyers, scientists, athletes, carpenters, pilots, and engineers, we have to ensure they have support from peers, mentors and organizations in the community. Government assists in these efforts by upholding women’s rights and putting in place proper programmes, policies and legal mechanisms to advance and protect women and girls. Inequality, abuse and discrimination have no place in a country striving to improve the
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quality of life for all its residents. The Gender Equality Law (2011), now in effect, has become the most significant piece of legislation Government has created in over 50 years to address gender equality issues in the Cayman Islands. The law offers protection against gender discrimination on the basis of sex, marital status, and pregnancy. It covers issues such as protection from gender discrimination in employment, training and recruitment; equal pay for equal work; and protection from sexual harassment in the work place; and equal treatment related to the provision of goods, services and facilities. With the passage of this legislation and the Gender Equality Tribunal in place, the right of women and girls, and men and boys to be treated equally in the Cayman Islands have been strengthened and legitimized. Knowing your rights under the
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Chelsea’s Abramovich, sugar dad with teeth
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Former Chelsea manager Andre Villas Boas who was dismissed on Sunday.
Some billionaires build luxury yachts, some buy art, some donate to charity. Russian tycoon Roman Abramovich is said to do all those but collects the scalps of soccer managers, too. And why not? Because if there is one thing the super-rich have in common, it is that their money allows them to do pretty much what they want, how they want, when they want. They don’t have to settle for second best. Andre Villas-Boas knew that when he agreed to work for Abramovich at Chelsea. “I will be surprised to be kept on the job if I don’t win,” the man quickly dubbed “AVB” by the British media said when Chelsea hired him eight months ago. The managerial contract VillasBoas signed last June said three years, but the truth was that his tenure was only ever going to be as long as Abramovich’s short patience. So let’s not go overboard with the crocodile tears over the sacking this weekend of AVB. Seven losses and seven draws in 27 Premier League games was never going to be good enough. Villas-Boas either must or should have known he had this coming. He looked drained and strained but tried to sound optimistic after what proved to be his final Chelsea game, a 1-0 loss to West Bromwich Albion on Saturday. “In football, there is joy, there is pain and there is another chance,” he said. Not this time. His dismissal cannot by any stretch of the imagination be called a tragedy, not least because he is expected to be richly compensated for Abramovich’s change of heart. to blog visit www.ieyenews.com
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Nor, as the head of the English managers’ union dramatically claimed, is it “a serious embarrassment to the owner, the club, the fans and the league” that Abramovich is now seeking his eighth manager in nine years of owning the club. No, with sugar daddies, being able to chop and change just goes with the territory. English soccer has been more than happy for wealthy benefactors from around the world to buy up its marquee clubs and, as Abramovich did at Chelsea, soak up their debts and use their rubles, Thai baht, dirhams and dollars to make them competitive again. Chelsea fans didn’t care where Abramovich’s money came from. They celebrated their good fortune by wearing Russian fur hats. But the other side to this coin is that Abramovich’s estimated net worth of $13 billion means he can govern on a whim; his whim. He doesn’t have to be logical or reasonable. Carlo Ancelotti, AVB’s predecessor, delivered both the Premier League title and the FA Cup to Abramovich but then was let go after a subsequent season without trophies. That contract termination and the hiring of AVB cost Chelsea $45 million. In the real world, such an outlay makes no sense. But for a billionaire, clearly it doesn’t have to. Even before the benefit of hindsight, AVB seemed too young and inexperienced to have much hope of quickly imposing himself at Chelsea. He was flavor of month when he took the job, because he had won three trophies in one season with Portuguese side Porto. But, now 34, he was barely older than Chelsea’s established
stars, including John Terry, Didier Drogba, Frank Lampard, Ashley Cole and Nicolas Anelka, the French striker he later got rid of. All remain fine players, despite their advancing years. Chelsea was runner-up to English champion Manchester United last season. For a variety of reasons, Villas-Boas has not managed to get the team to perform for him. “Each one of them was, or thinks that he is, the superstar of the team,” another of Abramovich’s former managers, Avram Grant, said of Chelsea’s marquee players. “This is one of the main things in Chelsea — to know how to deal with these players.” The long-term plan, “my project” he dubbed it, was that AVB would gradually replace Chelsea’s aging stars and give the club a younger future. Short-term, however, he was still required to win. Abramovich seemingly wanted both continuity and revolution. As AVB’s firing showed, most of all, he wants instant success. “It’s all about results,” said Grant. AVB couldn’t deliver, at least not fast enough for Abramovich. Perhaps impatience is a privilege of billionaires, too. Some would say that flitting from manager to manager is no way to run a team and that Abramovich’s ambition, stated in 2005, “to build the most successful football club in the world” won’t happen while he’s so focused on immediate gratification. But it’s his club. He can do what he wants with it. As Abramovich said in a rare interview with The Observer newspaper in 2006, money “cannot buy you happiness.” “Some independence, yes.”
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Cayman Islands Athletic Association Truman Bodden Sports Complex | Results - 3 March 2012 - Part 1 Name
Age
Team
Finals
H#
Female 7-8 80 Meter Dash 1 322
Jones, Rianna
7
Prospect P.S.
14.28
1
2 346
Seymour, Charlene
8
Savannah P.S.
14.32
1
3 291
McLaughlin, Mellan
8
JACPS
14.47
2
4 274
Watson, Lyndrea
8
HyTech Tigers
14.54
2
5 256
Taylor, Denusha
7
Red Bay P.S.
14.65
2
6 297
Mair, Roshae
8
JACPS
14.98
1
7 229
Burkholder, Page
7
Trinity Track Club
15.14
2
8 413
Moore, Annika
7
Bodden Town P.S.
15.40
2
9 296
Myles, Raina
8
JACPS
15.59
2
10 146
Williams, Katriona
8
Stars A.C.
15.73
1
11 213
Pascal, Rachell
8
Bodden Town P.S.
15.87
1
12 393
Mennes, Cyrennity
7
Savannah P.S.
16.72
1
13 242
Dawkins, YaNelli
7
Trinity Track Club
17.70
2
1 234
Lyn, Danneika
10
Trinity Track Club
16.07
5
2 42
Graham, Ashantae
9
Prospect P.S.
16.10
4
2 41
Gordon, Monique
9
Trinity Track Club
16.10
5
4 295
McField, Alexi
9
JACPS
16.31
4
5 326
Suberan, Sabrina
10
Prospect P.S.
16.84
5
6 330
Brown, Aeisha
10
Prospect P.S.
16.85
4
7 263
Bodden, Jada
10
HyTech Tigers
16.89
5
8 378
Oliver, Kaelyn
10
Mustang Track Club
17.33
1
9 370
Ramoon, ZaeJah
9
Savannah P.S.
17.67
2
10 294
Powell, Thia
10
JACPS
17.76
1
11 409
Walton, Tyice
9
Unattached
17.95
5
12 349
Christian, Aliyah
10
Savannah P.S.
18.21
2
13 320
Morris, Aaliyah
10
Bodden Town P.S.
18.42
2
14 72
Morais, Isabella
10
Madisonite A.C.
18.85
5
15 381
Scott, Hannah
9
Madisonite A.C.
18.90
4
16 376
Rankin, Kiandre
10
Savannah P.S.
19.07
4
17 368
Richards, Dashante
9
Savannah P.S.
19.35
1
18 345
Jacques, Mazia
9
Savannah P.S.
35.47
2
1 69
McLaughlin, Mikayl
12
Mustang Track Club
13.58
4
21
Anderson, Anniekay
12
Mustang Track Club
14.15
3
3 27
Faud-Edwards, Kase
11
HyTech Tigers
14.67
3
46
Bennett, Valeska
12
Trinity Track Club
14.85
2
5 59
Lewis, Aijah
12
Trinity Track Club
15.44
2
6 105
Tulloch, Deajra
12
Mustang Track Club
15.48
2
7 399
Ritch, Gabriela
11
Brac Athletic Club
16.15
1
8 402
McLean, Mara
11
Brac Athletic Club
16.42
4
9 286
Williams, Lissette
11
JACPS
16.51
2
10 400
Ebanks, Yesenia
11
Brac Athletic Club
16.92
1
11 401
Ferguson, Amanda
11
Brac Athletic Club
17.03
2
12 86
Richardson, Harrie
11
Trinity Track Club
17.12
1
13 355
Mennes, Kanissa
11
Savannah P.S.
17.12
3
14 255
Sairsingh, Nakitya
11
Red Bay P.S.
17.14
1
15 339
Richards, Diandra
11
Savannah P.S.
17.52
3
16 406
Richards, Dejohnel
11
Mustang Track Club
17.71
3
17 392
Thomas, Jennelle
11
Savannah P.S.
18.73
3
Female 9-10 100 Meter Dash
Female 11-12 100 Meter Dash
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Govt rejects no-handshake advice for UK Olympians LONDON (AP) — The British government on Tuesday rejected a warning by the Olympic team’s top doctor that athletes should avoid shaking hands at the London Games. The British Olympic Association’s chief medical officer had said athletes should avoid physical contact while greeting rivals and visiting dignitaries at this summer’s games because it could spread germs. The British government, though, is perplexed at the warning from Dr. Ian McCurdie. “It goes without saying that we should all wash our hands regularly to keep them clean and prevent spreading bugs,” the Department of Health said in a statement. “But there’s no reason why people shouldn’t shake hands at the Olympics.” The BOA tried to distance itself from McCurdie’s advice Tuesday by tweeting to athletes: “Do shake hands, do use hand foam, do wash your hands, do reduce the risk of catching a bug. It’s all common sense...” And the U.S. team, which will
send the most athletes to the games, is issuing no warnings about handshakes. “We always encourage our athletes at the Olympic Games to embrace the Olympic spirit and meet, greet and interact with as many different athletes from as many nationalities as possible,” USOC spokesman Patrick Sandusky said. British athletes also seemed unconvinced. On Twitter, Olympic champion rower Zac Purchase said that the advice seemed a “bit pointless unless u r going to run around with disinfectant 4 every surface you come into contact with.” Triathlete Hollie Avil, who was forced to pull out of the 2008 Beijing Olympics after picking up a virus, quipped: “Maybe I shook too many hands in Beijing.” During a recent briefing with a small group of reporters, McCurdie said strong personal hygiene could prove to be the difference between success and failure. Asked if the traditional British greeting of a handshake should be off-limits, McCurdie said: “I think,
Sanya Richards, left, of the United States, and gold medalist Christine Ohuruogu, of Britain, shake hands after the women’s 400-meter final
within reason, yes.” “I think that is not such a bad thing to advise,” he added. “The difficulty is when you have got some reception and you have got a line of about 20 people you have never met before who you have got to shake hands with.” McCurdie had pointed out that the Olympic village environment could be a “pretty hostile one” for infections. Britain’s minimum target is to match its fourth-place finish at the Beijing Olympics four years ago when it brought home 47 medals.
Lewis Moody retires from rugby union through injury Former England captain and Bath flanker Lewis Moody has retired from rugby union with a shoulder injury. Moody, who ended his international career after the 2011 World Cup, was hurt against Worcester on 25 November and had surgery 12 days later. “Totally gutted I have had to take the decision to retire from all forms of rugby,” Moody wrote on his Twitter page. “I will truly miss it.” The 33-year-old added: “Unfortunately, it was one injury too far.” Moody lifted two Heineken Cups and seven Premiership titles during a 14 year-spell with Leicester, before joining Bath in March 2010. He was capped 71 times by England, helping them win the 2003 World Cup, and played in two Tests on the 2005 British and Irish Lions tour of New Zealand. But Moody’s career was plagued by injuries, with knee ligament, foot, eye to blog visit www.ieyenews.com
socket and shoulder problems among those to sideline him for varying lengths of time. “I owe a huge debt of gratitude to all the medics and physios who have put me back together time and time again to enable me to continue to play this wonderful sport of ours,” he said in a statement . Lewis Moody has had an extraordinary career, throwing his body into the firing line with a staggering commitment over the last 16 years. He’s won virtually everything there is to win, and he’s done it all with humility and a smile. He was as fearless a flanker as you will ever see, and his bravery earned him the nickname “Mad Dog”. At his best, Moody was world class, and it was his gathering of the final line-out on that famous night in Sydney in 2003, that allowed England to set up Jonny Wilkinson’s drop goal. Lewis Moody was a true rugby warrior in
love with his sport. “Rugby has been my life for such a long time now, it is scary to imagine what it will be like without it, but I look forward to relishing the new opportunities and adventures that will come my way.”
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Flash Harry beats the Bolt KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — It wasn’t much of a race, but then it really couldn’t have been as the world’s fastest man and Britain’s Prince Harry met up on a track Tuesday in the Jamaican capital. The prince got off to a false start and was about 50 meters down the track as Usain Bolt bent over with laughter. The Olympic medalist then jogged up to Harry, making one of his signature skyward points for a crowd of onlookers at the University of the West Indies in the Jamaican capital. Later, the two exchanged pleasantries and talked about running for an audience made up mostly of university students, including many athletes. The prince noted Jamaica’s international reputation as a track and field powerhouse and said it was impressive for a small nation of nearly 3 million. “Don’t go running off to America, because you’ve got talent your country needs.” he told the crowd. Harry is touring the Caribbean as part of a Diamond Jubilee tour in honour of Queen Elizabeth II as she celebrates 60 years on the throne. The 27-year-old prince , who made earlier stops in the Bahamas and Belize, arrived by private jet and received a 21-gun salute from members of the Jamaica Defense Force. His visit comes as the new prime minister, Portia Simpson Miller, has called anew for the severing of ties with the British monarchy. Jamaica has been independent from Britain since 1962 but still recognises the queen of England as the titular head of state. Simpson Miller, who was
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scheduled to have lunch with Prince Harry during the visit, has professed admiration for the queen, but said political change is necessary to eliminate the vestiges of colonialism. “I think the fact that August coming will be 50 years since we have gained our independence, that it’s time for us to sever the ties,” she said Thursday in an interview with
The Associated Press. At the track stadium, though, there was nothing but enthusiasm for the prince. University students waved enthusiastically and cheered for him, calling for him to come out of his motorcade. “It’s the first time I have ever been this close to royalty,” 23-year-old medical student Shikera Fearon said as the prince pulled away.
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