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Don King with McKeeva Bush and Charles “Killa” Whittaker
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Premier McKeeva Bush has been in discussions with boxing promoter Don King to bring the Charles “Killa” Whittaker fight to Cayman. As Whittaker manager Raul Alvarez sits down next week with King, the premier threw his weight
behind the prospective bout against IBF junior middleweight champion Cornelius Bundrage. “I have met Don King, and it’s a great stage, but they wanted a lot of money for it. We don’t have that kind of money to put up,” Mr Bush said, declining to name an amount, although fees as high as $1 million have been rumoured. “I would like
to see something and if we can get some of the rights, we might be able to make it happen.” Supporters point out that while a Cayman gate might be limited to several thousand, worldwide broadcast rights could generate millions, while rebroadcasts and subsequent title defences would yield even more. Continued on page 5
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Just outside the Mission House in Bodden Town was the ideal venue for Gimistory, one evening out of a whole week of traditional-style Caribbean storytelling put on by the Cayman National Cultural Foundation (CNCF). The event was well attended and everybody seemed to love it. The show began with local performancers from the CNCF’s Young at Arts programme, Alanna Warwick Smith, Tariah Lemay and Jevaughnie Ebanks. There were also performances from Venita Ryan, Pricilla Pouchie and Barbara Aliprantis. Coming onstage in a long, flowing blue dress, Sheila Payne, all the way from Curacao, told a story about a dancing frog who got a lift up to heaven on the back of an eagle, but left it a bit
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too late to get home again. “She kept dancing, and the angels and saints they started to dance with her. The time passed, and at that time the heaven gate would close, so Eagle flew back, and Miss Frog was standing there at heaven’s gate, with no transportation. “St. Peter passed and gave her one kick, so she tumbled down to earth, and she crash, and she scrimble up and that’s why, when you a dead frog it is all scrimbled up,” she said. The evening’s entertainment finished up with two traditional Calypso singers from Trinidad and Tobago. The first, David Beraeax, explained the history of Calypso singing: “Calypsonians would pride themselves on the ability to compose songs very quickly, sometimes on the spot,” he said, before singing a very
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funny song about women talking backwards so that men wouldn’t understand them. Fellow calypso artist, Phillip Murray, better known as Black Sage, then gave the audience a dazzling example of the art of Calypso singing at its best: “Bodden Town it is so special, you know that it was the first capital, so I am confused, I want to declare, why it is they want to put the rubbish dump here. “If you do want a fight I am telling you, I come from Trinidad I will fight for you, because I am telling you, without a frown, I really love this place Bodden Town. “To put the dump here I have to comment, it going to destroy all you’re environment, why they doing it? That I can bravely say, is for those rich people in Camana Bay.”
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Continued from front page “It’s exciting, and this could be the biggest sporting event ever in the Cayman Islands,” Mr Alvarez told iNews Cayman from his Miami offices on Friday. “I’m discussing it with Don King. We’ll pick it up on Monday, but am trying to put together an offer that I can present to him.” Then 154-pound Bundrage, with 34 fights, 30 wins, 18 by knock-out, said Alvarez, was “looking for a fight, and
we are going to give it to him. He is promoted by King, and I’m going to sit down with the premier, find out what he might mean by ‘the rights’ and see what he desires. “King is ready and we’ll see when he comes to the table,“ he said. Whittaker IBF - is USBA world No. 2, while the No. 1 position remains vacant. “Whittaker is the next available guy,” said Alvaraez. “There is no one else. Bundrage has not fought in awhile now and has the belt, but I think Charles will beat him. “Then, when Charles wins, he’ll David Marti-Warr/DKP 2011
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defend his title in Cayman and that’s where the returns are. You get HBO, Showtime and [Fox Network’s] Main Event. “This would be huge,” he said, looking forward to Cayman Airways’ promotions, posters, press conferences and press releases in the airline’s Florida, New York and Washington, D.C, hubs, tourist packages including flights, hotels, restaurants and holiday activities. “Everything about this fight is going to have ‘Cayman Islands’ attached to it. It would be worth millions,” Alvarez said. He said the terms of an agreement was the remaining hurdle, but said “If everyone were happy with it, it could all be done within days.” Whittaker won his last fight, his 38th win, in a 12-round unanimous decision on 18 November in Miami against Cuban Giorbis Barthelemy, clearing the way for the March bout. “Charles was a little nervous in the first round, but then he settled in and won unaniomusly, and in the fighter’s home town” Alvarez said. He and Whittaker, he said, “want to make history and have a world Champion from the Cayman Islands.”
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Construction industry leaders and community figures are deeply skeptical of Chinese contracts for the George Town cruise-ship port, fearing foreign ownership and crippling economic damage. “What are we going to sacrifice for cheap money?” asked an audience member at a Thursday review of a Chamber Artist impression of the berthing facility Steve Hawley, of Phoenix of Commerce 9-10 November tour of Jamaica’s US$400 million Construction Company and formerly China Habour Engineering Company secretary of the Cayman Contractor’s Association, feared losing control (CHEC) infrastructure projects. The Jamaica projects are funded of the project: “The Chinese bring through China’s Export-Import Bank their own people, their own housing, at rates that, in the past, have been as food, money, equipment, everything low as 2%. For Cayman, terms of the for themselves. “The fear is they will come in, take $300 million financing will put port operations – including retail space and the money and go out again, and it a share of government’s passenger- never circulates here,” he said. “This landing revenues -- in Chinese hands is a national issue for the economy, the community and our standard for 50 years. “This affects my grandchildren and of living.“ Appointed only this week to head I’m not happy about it,” said Bo Miller, former independent political candidate government’s task force on port and longtime community activist. “It’s development, UDP George Town MLA a disgrace that we have been brought Ellio Solomon, called to the dais by to this point. We have mismanaged Chamber President David Kirkaldy, and wasted our resources to the said government could not pay for point where we are now hostages to the project, but would demand that employment, services and construction this company.” Speaking privately afterwards, he materials be locally sourced. “I share these concerns 100%,” he told told iNews Cayman “We could raise $200 million in this community the 50-strong group, acknowledging and build it ourselves. We need to that $75 million left Cayman annually. structure a public company and look “It’s all about bringing the money back for investors here, bringing ownership home. I am going to get this done and locally. Why don’t we? If we go ahead I am going to work the framework with this company, Cayman is in deep agreement to maximise the spend in the local economy. trouble.” Camana Bay 55-Market Street, Grand Cayman KY, Cayman Islands Tel: (345) 640-3456
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Kim Kardashian’s husband seeks annulment LOS ANGELES (AP) — NBA player Kris Humphries asked a judge Thursday to annul his 10-week, highly publicised marriage to Kim Kardashian on the basis that it was fraudulent. The filing comes roughly a month after Kardashian filed for divorce and apologized to fans. Humphries’ petition did not offer any details to support his contention that the marriage was a fraud, which a judge would have to determine is true for the marriage to be completely nullified. Kardashian’s attorney Laura Wasser declined to comment on Humphries’ filing. The couple signed a prenuptial
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Shooting, robbery, protests, road death, rescue, heaven and more Colin Wilson
Once upon a time, not such a long time ago, there were colin.wilson@ieyenews.com three peaceful islands in the Caribbean - the islands that time forgot. Time has a habit of catching up and often catching people unawares. What a week this has been for one of these (forgotten) three islands – Grand Cayman – the largest of the Cayman Islands. Three men were acquitted of murder and one of these, Osbourne Douglas was immediately re-arrested over charges relating to conspiracy for murder in connection with the fatal shooting of Jason Christian, who was shot and killed in Crew Road in September. Misty, a police dog was run over in the Newlands area when its handler who was off duty should have secured it. The police helicopter rescued two surfers who got into trouble in the rough sea near the South Sound cemetery. Cruise arrivals have sunk by the largest drop in the Islands history to only 48,603 passengers getting off their luxury ship to be tendered ashore – a drop of 43% less than the number of visitors last year. If you do the sums of each passenger only spending $25 each here it almost equates to a million dollars in lost revenue to our businesses and I am being very conservative with my sums. A 52 year old man was killed in a road crash on Esterley Tibbetts Highway and the driver of the other car was arrested for DUI and dangerous driving. This, just before the RCIPS Christmas Cracker crackdown that started Dec 1. The Christmas Cracker is also going to be cracked open to target a lot more other ‘novelties’ including the personal space of women! Trying to keep drunks off our roads should have been the number one priority, if not the only priority, but the huge problem we have here of women not having enough personal space is going to be “particularly addressed.” Former RCIPS Sergeant Theresa Solomon was sacked because she refused to work from sundown on Fridays through to Saturday evenings after converting to Seventh Day Adventism. Commissioner David Baines was well within his rights for dismissing her because she had sworn an oath to the RCIPS to uphold the law in the office of constable. “There can only be one lawful command, and that is the earthly laws of the Cayman Islands, and the commands you receive from the officers of the RCIPS,” said Baines. Heaven will have to wait. Premier McKeeva Bush said at the opening of this years Cayman Captive Forum held at The Ritz-Carlton, “Immigration controls have to play their part and make the road possible so that we have good staff in our jurisdiction. Nobody wants to have their investment in a country where they aren’t sure who is managing what
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Mitsubishi Lancer 2001 CI$ 2,600. Dark Green. Automatic. Radio/CD player, A/C, power windows/lock all work properly.
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$3000 Call: 9279603 2001 VW Jetta
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2002 MINI COOPER
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Manual Transmission. A/C. Power Steering.Power Windows. In excellent condition
Asking $6,500 Contact: 927-5473
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2005 Honda Accord
Meticulously maintained, regularly serviced and licensed until September 2012.
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CI$ 10,250 Contact (345) 916-4005
inspected and license to 2012. good island car manual trans - 5speed Contact, text if no answer. Shane - 9175797
2000 Honda CRV
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CI$ 7,250
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2006 BMW 318i
Leather seats. CD player. Automatic Transmission. Low mileage
ASKING CI$ 18,000 obo Contact Donna: 925 2625
2004 MERCEDES CLK CABRIO CONVERTABLE
90,000 kilometres .V6 V-tec 3.0 Litre.Right Hand Drive. Licensed until September 2012. Dual A/C controls
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1995 Honda Prelude
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good running condition, need interior repair on seats, and some TLC, included trailer $4,500.00
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Life coaching – a new transition Prepare for 2012
Georgina Wilcox georgina.wilcox@ieyenews.com
A new business called Transitions Ltd will be offering free life coaching until its official launch in January, 2012. The company will provide training, life coaching and celebration of clients’ life transitions. I sat down with the owner of this new venture, Fiona Pimentel, a very beautiful young lady, a native of England who now resides here with lawyer husband. She also speaks fluent Spanish. I asked her what exactly is coaching? She told me it is a process that helps an individual to achieve a particular result in their life or career. “It is about identifying and setting goals, then making sure that action is taken to reach those goals,” she said. Being blunt I went straight to point and questioned her as to why anyone would want to listen to her advice and was coaching the same as counselling? She replied with a smile, “My clients would not be listening to my advice. It is actually the other way round. As a coach, I don’t give advice. I may gently suggest a direction that the client might like to take, but mostly it is about helping them to discover what options are available to them. So, it involves a lot of listening to them. Counselling is for people who have a problem that they need help with. It often deals with going
over past experiences. Coaching is generally more for people who are healthy, but just want to improve areas of their life or business.” “Absolutely everyone Fiona Pimentel can benefit from having someone whose attention is entirely focused on them, and whose purpose is to draw out their potential and to facilitate change in their life,” she explained. She then spoke about her reasons for wanting to become a coach. “I had to read a lot of personal development books for a business I was involved with in the UK.,” she explained. “I loved reading them, and I noticed so many positive changes in my own life, that I wanted to share this experience with others. I had been providing a Christian care-giving service that involves reflective listening, and so the Diploma in Coaching was a natural step for me. And my final question was on what she would say to someone who is considering using a coach? Her answer was simple. She said she would say, “You will only know how helpful it is when you give it a try. It is free during the month of December, so there is nothing to lose, and a wonderful opportunity to gain.” December has just started so take
advantage of the free life coaching deal. You have nothing to lose. As Transitions Ltd’s official press release states: Change can be scary. Sometimes we may have the relevant knowledge for a new challenge, but we lack confidence or we hold limiting beliefs about ourselves. For this reason, Transitions Ltd will supply a variety of courses including: Communication Skills, Assertiveness, Self-esteem, Confidence as well as English for Business. Life Coaching can transform lives, giving individuals clarity, confidence, deeper meaning, and a sense of fulfilment. No matter what a client wants to achieve, one-onone coaching can help to identify and set goals, as well as put in place action to reach those goals. The coaching is based on a relationship of confidentiality and trust. As we move from one stage of life to another, it is important to celebrate with our families, friends, and colleagues. Transitions Ltd will offer an event coordination service for weddings and parties. The service will be simple, efficient and good value. If you want to know more about Transitions Ltd and to take advantage of the limited time free offer call Fiona on 946 9247, text 323 9111 or email Transitions@candw.ky
The holiday feast hangover Georgina Wilcox georgina.wilcox@ieyenews.com
The feasting is over. The turkey has disappeared: roasted and hot, microwaved leftovers, then cold sandwiches and eventually croquettes or thrown into soup. You climb on the scale with trepidation and breathe a long sigh of relief when the dreaded poundage fails to appear. Before you relax and think you got away with it, remember that your sneaky little body is playing its usual tricks. Two or three days of Spartan eating will make you feel virtuous again -until you step on the to blog visit www.ieyenews.com
scale and find you’ve gained 5 pounds. “Fraud” you shriek. “I’ve been so good!” Remember the holiday feast? It has finally caught up with you as you knew, deep down, that it would. What do you do? We all need brief periods of selfindulgence - it’s part of the human condition. Expect a setback on your weight loss goals and let that knowledge mitigate your disappointment. Then continue on your diet with the assurance that a special occasion blip doesn’t define your future. Enjoy the memories of a family gathering while carefully planning your next
week’s intake. Appreciate what you have accomplished so far and avoid loading yourself down with guilt and self-reproach. Get back on your programme as quickly as possible because (sorry to bring this up now) another holiday is coming and the poultry is getting fat.
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Enterprise City grows its local team 1st December 2012 – George Town, Grand Cayman - With the recent vote in the Legislative Assembly that passed the Special Economic Zones Law, Cayman Enterprise City (CEC) is once again expanding its local team by hiring local Attorney Ms Rachel Smyth in the role of Business Development Manager. To facilitate the rapidly growing demands on the local team with regard to client interest CEC has sought out a professional young Caymanian for the position of Business Development Manager. With her experience as an attorney, her knowledge of the corporate and financial services in Cayman and her ‘can do’ attitude CEC believes they have found a perfect candidate. “It is a very challenging and demanding role and will no doubt be a completely new experience, but I feel very confident that through her tenacity, skill set and intellect Rachel will excel in this role. I look forward to working with her and training her up into this position over the coming months” said Hilary McKenzie-Cahill VP of Marketing and Business Development for CEC. As one of CEC’s growing team of Business Development Managers, Ms Smyth will work with the Cayman based business development department and CEC’s Dubai based office. As part of this role Rachel will interact with global companies in the fields of ICT, media and biotechnology and present the benefits of CEC and the
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Cayman Islands as the perfect jurisdiction in which to establish an office to target the North and Latin American markets. She will network at local and international trade shows and act as a Caymanian ambassador to CEC’s international visiting clients and dignitaries amongst other responsibilities. When asked about her feelings towards her new role with Cayman Enterprise City Ms. Smyth responded by saying “I am extremely pleased to have been chosen for this dynamic and challenging role and am looking forward to being an integral part of helping grow a project that has so many benefits for the Cayman Islands. I am excited about getting out there and forging relationships with small businesses and fortune 500 brands alike and in the process learning and adding to my skill set” As part of her training Rachel was sent this week to the United Arab Emirates where she has been meeting with members of CEC’s Dubai based team along with potential clients and strategic business partners. “I believe that enabling Rachel to see the world’s most successful SEZs first-hand in Dubai will be an invaluable experience and is the best on-the-job training we could possibly provide her to allow her to excel in her career with CEC.” said Charles Kirkconnell Director of Investment for Cayman Enterprise City. The Cayman Enterprise City Team has been steadily growing both locally and internationally since its inception in 2010
and looks forward to many more local additions in the New Year. “We have a focused and driven team who have been working around the clock to ensure the success of the project for the future of Cayman” Says Frank Balderamos Vice President, Investor Relations & Operations. About Cayman Enterprise City Cayman Enterprise City is a knowledgebased Special Economic Zone being developed in a state-of-the-art campus of innovative and sustainable architecture in Grand Cayman, designed to compliment and respect the local environment. It will include: Cayman Internet & Technology Park, Cayman Media Park, Cayman Biotechnology Park Cayman Commodities & Derivatives Park, CayOutsource Park and Cayman International Academic Park. There will be no manufacturing or industrial businesses within the zone. International businesses establishing within the zone will not be permitted to trade in Cayman outside of the zone so they cannot compete with local Caymanian businesses. Local Caymanian businesses outside the zone will benefit from new customers and new opportunities that will be created by servicing those doing business within the zone. Local Caymanian construction workers and subcontractors will be sought to build Cayman Enterprise City which will be developed in three phases comprising 500,000 sq. ft. of Class A office space. CEC intends to break ground early in 2012.
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How to choose a kayak Georgina Wilcox georgina.wilcox@ieyenews.com Kayaking is a popular sport involving a long, canoe like boat and a paddle with blades at both ends of the shaft. To navigate the kayak, you simply dip the blades in the water and propel your craft. It might surprise you to know that our beloved publisher, Joan Wilson, love to go kayaking. She even owned one until Hurricane Ivan stole it from her. Her last sight of it was sailing at top speed down the road outside
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her property. Yes, I do mean sailing. The road (and property) was immersed in 6ft of seawater! As Joan is the wrong side of 70 and she loves to kayak, why not you? However, that’s the easy part. What’s really tricky about kayaking, is buying one. Here are a few steps to make your kayak-buying experience a little easier. Relaxed or Extreme? How do you plan to use the kayak? Are you a leisurely paddler, or a hardcore whitewater kayaker? Here, probably the former. Therefore, choose a more basic (and less costly) kayak.
Well Equipped? You need the accessories to make it worth cruising. Make a checklist. Paddle, lifejacket and wetsuit are all important. With literally hundreds of models available, choosing a kayak is a lot harder than learning to paddle one. Identify your needs, know the style of kayak and type of equipment you want, and then venture out to shop. Don’t be pressured into buying the most expensive kayak, or be tempted into buying a kayak because of a cool name or celebrity endorsement. Shop smart. to blog visit www.ieyenews.com
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Remarks for Minister of Health, the Hon. Mark Scotland Opening Ceremony: Choose to be a Positive Trendsetter “If you don’t know where you’re going, any road will take you there.” As you are about to embark on today’s workshop, I want you to seriously consider this simple yet powerful phrase, as coined by the Alice in Wonderland author, Lewis Caroll. You - teenagers and young adults alike - face increased pressures, and the only way you can secure your future, is by having a clear vision of what it is you want to achieve. You are growing up in a world that sadly faces multiple interconnected crises – climate change, chronic unemployment, overpopulation and dwindling resources. It is unfortunately a fact that the adverse effects of these issues will fall disproportionately on you – the next generation. As such, chancing it on just ‘any road’ will simply not cut it. Fortunately, there is a flip side to this gloomy outlook. Growing up in the 21st century, you are enjoying the fruits of fantastic technological advances and your will have access to extraordinary new careers. You are also coming of age at a time when people are open to new ideas and society embraces the young and innovative like never before. In the face of all these possibilities, the challenges of being young today are balanced with the myriad opportunities. But here is the caveat: Together with having a vision of your future, you must also ensure that you have a roadmap for a successful path. But even if you know where you want to go and how to get there, there is a third component of success – staying on course. As any good seafaring captain will tell you: It doesn’t matter if you have set course for a great destination if you find yourself at sea without a rudder and a compass. Translated to your personal lives, your rudder and compass are your ethics and values. These are the things that will not only help you reach your goals, but will make sure that you reach it in an honourable way. In other words: Having principles is knowing the difference between what you have a right to do and what is right to do; While your moral beliefs and values to blog visit www.ieyenews.com
keep you on course, reminding you of who you are – giving you direction is the best and worst of times. Alas, these are not easily defined. Good morals and ethics are not written down in some exhaustive list somewhere. On the contrary, they are intensely personal and needs constant nurturing and strengthening. Fortunately today’s workshop will equip you with the skills to recognise your values - to define your own set of ethical rules you want to live by. This workshop is also designed to engage and challenge you - teaching you to set goals, to chase those ideals and to lead others to success as you become a positive trendsetter. You might wonder what leadership has to do with success in life. The short answer is that leadership skills such as goal-setting, problem-solving and sound decision-making are key ingredients of reaching one’s goals. But there is more. Even if you do not aspire to be a politician or chief executive officer one day, being a social and community leader is equally important. A society with leaders is a winning one for leading is not about having the power to tell others what to do, it is about serving others. It is about bringing about positive change and leaving the world a better place. Personally, I never aspired to become the Minister of Health, Environment, Youth, Sports and Culture. My primary motivation was to serve my community, to contribute to a better future for our country and to steer people and resources in the right direction. Being Minister is not the prize, serving is. And even as I carry the title of Minister, I can assure you that I am surrounded with many leaders in my ministry who all serve to their own capability and strengths. We are all called to lead, whether by title or in our personal capacities. For leadership is what is needed for success in today’s world: Leadership competencies will enable you to solve community problems and foster civic pride; Leaders know how to channel their energy and creativity into securing peace and sustainability for their own generation and for the
future, and finally, although in the minority, leaders get to set the trends. The latter is an interesting and powerful phenomena identified by scientists at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in New York State. Calling it the minority rule, they found that once 10 percent of a population holds an unshakable belief, the idea will spread like a wildfire. Today, we are looking to you to be that 10 percent. I firmly believe in your ability to affect positive change wherever you go. For starters, you have a greater understanding of the problems facing other youth. You also have fresh perspectives on how to address these problems and finally, you have the ability to re-energize us ‘older’ people. Before I leave you to change the world, I must thank the Youth Services Unit and the National Youth Commission for helping my Ministry make good on our promises to our youth. Today’s training specifically fulfills one of the goals set in the 2011 National Youth Policy namely empowering young people as legitimate and active partners in decision-making processes. Today’s leadership training was developed to maximize the potential and productivity of our youth and to help them develop key skills such as communication, critical thinking, problem solving and human relations. On top of it, they will also build confidence. In all, this is an invaluable investment in our future and I thank all for putting this together. However, no matter how much we adults commit, we can only achieve success if the young people of the Cayman Islands rise to the challenge, do their part and meet us halfway. And so I conclude today with an open challenge to our young people: Show us older folk how you can, want, and will take control of your future. Thank you.
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20th ANNIVERSARY: Dec 3rd, The National Museum celebrates 20 years with opening of the Kitchen Dance and Linton E. Tibbetts exhibits. 10am to 2pm, # 3 Harbour Drive.
30th ANNUAL KIWANIBIKE: On Sat 10th Dec at 7am, the 30th annual Kiwanibike will get underway to raise funds for a vehicle for Cayman Hospice Care and to support up to 60 Key Club members who travel annually to their young leaders convention in the USA. Contact Cayman Cycle Rentals in Coconut Place (945-4021). Kiwanis asks that anyone who is prepared to loan a cycle for the event, or who needs further information, contact Paul de Freitas on 916-6331 or visit website: www. kiwanis.ky. VISUAL ARTS SOCIETY PRESENTS THE CHRISTMAS ARTS AND CRAFT SALE AT CAMANA BAY – Dec 3 from 10 am to 4pm: Show & Sale sponsored by Visual Arts Society in collaboration with Camana Bay will be displaying a variety of work from wall art to cartoon cards, Christmas art cards, handcrafted jewelry, Christmas decorations, baked goods, all crafted by local artists and artisans. WIN gift vouchers from various restaurants and retail outlets 24K-Mon or pay $5.00 per raffle ticket. Children’s area will be available. For more information about the show email info@visualartcayman.com www. visualartcayman.com MISS TWEETSIE’S CELEBRATION: On December 3 All are invited to Mrs. Tweetsie Kelly’s annual Christmas party, 5 to 9 pm, at Kelly’s Estate, next to No 221 Powell Smith Road, West Bay, Call 925-5494 or 949-1509 for transportation or information. BUSINESS AFTER HOURS (BAH): for Diamonds international takes place at the 8 north church street, George Town across from the Royal Walter Terminal, 5.30pm-7.30pm on Dec 8th 2011 COMMUNITY CHRISTMAS PARADE: Dec 3rd free family event to welcome the Christmas season, variety concert organized by Barnes Dance Academy features local talent in music and dance, including a marching band. At the Crescent in Camana Bay 6.15 to 7:30pm Michael Ondaatje Book Signing International Visiting Author Series, sponsored by Camana Bay. Books & Books Saturday 3 Dec at 7pm Story & Craft Time with Vinnette Glidden Books & Books. Sat 3 Dec 10:30am. PAINT MEETS POETRY: A New Fine Art Exhibition By Gordon and Alta Solomon It is on now and through Dec 8th 2011 Camana Bay Block #6 (Between Eclipze and Audi). Daily from 9am to 7pm. For more info our to book an appointment Call Gordon on 927-0536 or email g.solomon@candw.ky Humane Society Cat Road Show Contact the Humane Society at 345.949.1461 or cihsshelter@candw. ky. Sat 3 Dec 10am-5pm, Heliconia on Market St across from Frosted Robin
Christmas Evening Market Savour the flavours and essence of a traditional Caymanian Market Street Wednesday 7 Dec at 3:30-8pm. Live on The Paseo Friday 2 December 7-10pm: Gone Country plays all your favourite classic and modern country hits. Santa Photos Santa Claus is coming to Town! Come have your photo taken with Santa on The Crescent by the excellent photographers at Creations Unlimited. Photos will be available for purchase. Sat 3 Dec 3-5pm, The Island Tues 6 Dec 5-7pm, The Observation T. Sat 10 Dec 3-5pm, The Island Tues 13 Dec 5-7pm, The Observation T Sat 17 Dec 3-5pm, The Island Tues 20 Dec 5-7pm, The Observation T. SNOW DAYS A winter wonderland will be created in Camana Bay’s Town Centre through select nights during this holiday season. Witness the look of joy. Our North Pole weather correspondent has predicted snow to fall on the following nights: Saturday 3 December 6-8pm Tuesday 6 December 6-8pm Wednesday 7 December 6-8pm Saturday 10 December 6-8pm Tuesday 13 December 6-8pm Saturday 17 December 6-8pm Tuesday 20 December 6-8pm Saturday 24 December 6-8pm Cayman Hospice Care ‘Light up A Life’ The annual “Light up a Life” ceremony takes place in Cassia Court where people meet for the traditional gathering to celebrate the life of loved ones. The event revolves around a tree which is illuminated by hundreds of lights shining like stars in remembrance of friends and family. The public is invited to attend this moving event and add individual lights to the Cayman Hospice community memorial. Sat 3 Dec 5:30-7pm at Cassia Court Barnes Dance Academy Christmas Parade Barnes Dance Academy will present its 7th Annual Community Christmas Parade on The Crescent at Camana Bay. A singing and dancing extravaganza, participants will include local schools and dance academies. Prepare to be entertained! Saturday 3 December 6:30-7:30pm, The Crescent BOOK MOBLIE: December 3rd The Kiwan’s mobile library reading program will be held at the Airport Park from 10am to 1pm. GIMISTORY: South Sound, Smith Barcadere. Public Beach Free festival with steel pan, storytellers, fry fish, fritters and swanky. Dec 3rd at 7pm Cayman National Cultural Foundation. SANTA’S LANDING: Dec 3rd at the Airport Park from 2 to 4pm, special appearance by Santa Claus, bringing goodies for the young ones. This Kiwan’s event is for the whole family
ST. IGNATIUS CAROL SERVICE: Christmas Fundraiser, Wednesday Dec 14th at 7pm Gate prize of $25,000 and lots of other prizes, includes five Cayman Airways vouchers. Tickets are $25.00 and are available at St. Ignatius and from a number of local supermarkets and businesses
CHURCH SERVICE ST. ALBAN’S ANGLICAN CHURCH AND ST. MARY’S ANGLICAN CHURCH: Sundays St. Alban’s Church 8.35 a.m. - MATINS Sundays To Be Announced 7.30 p.m. HOLY COMMUNION ST. Mary’s Church, Cayman Brac 9.00 a.m. - CHURCH SCHOOL 9.30 a.m. - HOLY COMMUNION HEARTFELT CHRISTMAS CONCERT: 6.00 p.m. - EVENING PRAYER On Dec 3rd Featuring Classical and Tues – Fri 12.30 p.m. - MIDDAY Christmas selections by pianist Simeon PRAYERS St. Alban’s Church Panov and soprano Georgina Gatto. Red Letter Weekdays 5.00 p.m. 6.30pm at Harquail Theatre. Proceeds – HOLY COMMUNION St. Alban’s to benefit Cayman Heart Fund. $75 Church. For further details see www. includes complimentary glass of wine churchofenglandcayman.com and hors d’oeuvre. Tickets available at Cayman Music School, Grand ST GEORGE’S ANGLICAN BARGAIN Pavilion or contact 929-2999 or info@ CORNER: Located upstairs at St. caymanmusicschool.com Delivery George’s Anglican Church Preschool, available to offices. Courts Road, Eastern Av. Last Sat of month 7 – 11am. LIBRARY TOY CHEST DRIVE: The Public Library is promoting children’s CHURCH OF GOD CHAPEL: Academy reading through dress-up and seeks Way, Walkers Road. Services Sun 9am old costumes, hats, ties, vests, gloves, and 10:30am Contact 949-9393 costume jewellery or other items that can be used to enhance “dress-up” HALLELUJAH 2011: Everyone is invited storytelling experiences. Donations to Bodden Town Church of God. Choirs may be dropped off at any of the Grand and groups from across Cayman will Cayman district libraries between 10am minster. Speaker will be Pastor Winston and 4pm Mondays through Fridays, and Rose. Starts at 7pm 10am to noon on Saturdays. Call the George Town Public Library on 949OVERCOMERS OUTREACH: Is Christ5159 for details. centered 12 Step Recovery Group addressing addictions and those CHRISTMAS BAZAAR: Pink Ladies affected by them, bridging the gap annual fundraiser with sales of crafts, between 12-Step groups and churches. books, plants, games entertainment Weekly meetings at CI Baptist Church, and tea with homemade cakes. Arts and 163 Pedro Castle Road Savannah, Recreation Centre at Camana Bay, 2 to Mondays, 7pm. For more details 5pm. Adults $5, children $3, under four contact Virginia Castillo at 946-2422 or free, Tickets available at GT Hospital visit www.overcomersoutreach.org coffee shop or at the door. THE GREAT CHRISTMAS GIVEAWAY: NORTHWARD ROAD PARK CHRISTMAS Church of God Children’s Choir presents OF LIGHTS SERVICE: Please join us the great Christmas giveaway, opening for or yearly service of lighting of the with a matinee performance on the Christmas tree and the sharing candles 4th Dec at 5.00pm show continues of Friendship and singing of carols for on 18th Dec at 7.30pm with a special children and adults. Sunday Dec 4th family night performance on Christmas 2011 at 6pm Day 25th Dec at 7.30pm at the family life center, Admission is free for more UNITED CHURCH IN JAMAICA & THE information please contact the Church CAYMAN ISLANDS: George Town – Elmslie Memorial Church, Robert NATIONAL GALLERY Young, and George Hicks. West Bay This year give the gift that lasts: - John Gray. Bodden Town – Webster. Sponsor a TREE starting at $750 North Side – William Pouchie. East End, Sponsor a BAT BOX starting at $750 Gun Bay & Savannah – United Church. Sponsor a a PAVER starting at $250 Call Council Office and Prospect Youth Sponsor a PARROT HOUSE starting & Conference Centre 947-1963. Elmslie at $250 Church office 949-7923 Have your dedication displayed for perpetuity Call 945-8111 or A MIDSUMMER NIGHTS DREAM: administration@nationalgallery.org.ky Opening night at the Prospect Playhouse, Nov 25-Dec 10th 7.30pm Show continues tomorrow, 7.30pm, Sunday, 3pm (matinee) and two more weekends. Contact 949-5054 for tickets or boxoffice@cds.ky
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ST GEORGE’S ANGLICAN (EPISCOPAL) CHURCH: Courts Road, Eastern Av. Mass: Sun 7am and 11am, Wed 7:30am Feast & Saint Days 7:30am. Sunday School Sun. 9am. Choir Practice at the church Adults Thu 5:30pm Junior Sat 5 -7:30pm Youth Fellowship (AYF) Sat 5 – 7pm. Knights of St George (male & female) Sun 8am Contact church office 949-5583
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“The Cancer Society staff truly care for cancer patients” “I am not a cancer patient but I have been attending the Cancer Society’s Survivor Dinners over the years with my wife. I appreciate how the Cayman Islands Cancer Society’s staff care for my wife who is a cancer survivor. I have a lot of respect for those people because they treat everyone with respect. They truly care for cancer patients. I pray that the Lord will give them His blessings and the strength to carry on the good work that they are doing. I am happy to be around them as they are a friendly and loving group of people.” ~ Turner Myles 114 Maple Road George Town P.O. Box 10565 Grand Cayman KY1-1005 Cayman Islands
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Students develop computer skills computer science at UCCI. Winton was once in their shoes – he also interned at the Ministry before being hired full-time three years ago. “UCCI is extremely grateful to the many organisations on the island, especially the Ministry of Education, for their support of our internship program,” noted Dr. Kwabena Asamoah, UCCI’s IT internship coordinator. “Over the years, the IT wing of the education department has embraced the majority of our computer science interns and provided them with the internship training they need.” Explaining the main objectives of the internship programme, Ministry ICT Manager Steven Durksen said it allows students to gain valuable practical experience
Four students are taking advantage of the opportunity to develop their computer technology skills this term, thanks to a partnership involving the Ministry of Education, University College of the Cayman Islands (UCCI) and the Cayman Islands Further Education Centre (CIFEC). (From left) Deanna Connor, Kevin Dixon and Shirley Rivers meet with the Ministry’s Junior Support Administrator Kevin Winton (standing), who is supervising their internship. It includes personal computer setup, basic computing and PC repair. Deanna and Shirley are pursuing the CIFEC information technology option, while Ricardo and Ricardo Roach (not pictured) are completing bachelor degrees in
related to their academic field, while enabling employers to maintain close ties with the relevant academic departments.
It also gives companies an opportunity to evaluate and train student interns as prospective fulltime employees.
More time to nominate for National Awards The nomination deadline for the Order of the Cayman Islands National Honours and Awards 2012 has been extended to Friday, 9 December 2011. Nominations can be made for
the Medal of Honour, the Medal of Merit and the Long Service Award. Nominations should be submitted in writing, providing a summary of the nominee’s service to the community and must provide a persuasive
account of the outstanding, innovative or self-sacrificing services and achievements of the nominee. Send nominations by e-mail to patricia.ulett@gov.ky or fax to 947-
5712 or deliver to the Government Administration Building in an envelope clearly marked “Order of the Cayman Islands – Nomination”. For any further information call 244-2420.
2011 Atlantic Hurricane season closes Simon M. Boxall info@ieyenews.com
The 2011 Atlantic hurricane season was a busy one, as predicted by forecasters, but for the Cayman Islands it was generally quiet and free from threats. Between June 1, 2011 and November 30, 2011 there were nineteen tropical cyclones. Two of these developed into major hurricanes. Hurricane Rina was the most significant threat to the Cayman Islands. Rina first focused the attention of local residents on October 23rd when it was a strong tropical depression located about 200 miles south of Grand Cayman. to blog visit www.ieyenews.com
By the following morning, Rina was upgraded to a tropical storm and later the same day became a hurricane. The cyclone proceeded to track very slowly to the northwest and on October 23rd and 24th the Cayman Islands National Weather Service issued severe weather bulletins as the hurricane started to affect the Cayman area with rough seas, gusty winds and several inches of rain. On October 25th Hurricane Rina was located 256 miles southwest of the Cayman Islands when it attained major hurricane status. The category three hurricane continued to travel slowly
(approximately 3 miles an hour) to the north northwest. As it moved past Grand Cayman, large swells began to impact the south and west coasts. Waves breached the coastal road in parts of George Town and along the West Bay Road. Traffic was diverted as crews from the National Roads Authority worked to clear the road of sand and debris. The most significant development of the 2011 Hurricane Season was the retirement of Deputy Governor Donovan Ebanks. “It is the end of an era with the departure of Mr. Ebanks,” said HMCI Director, McCleary Frederick, “He has been the champion of disaster risk
reduction and a calm, rational leader in times of crisis. His leadership is appreciated and will be missed.” Mr. Donovan Ebanks played a critical role in developing Hazard Management Cayman Islands and the disaster risk reduction capacity of the Cayman Islands for nearly three decades. For many years he chaired the National Hurricane Committee and then took over leadership of the National Hazard Management Council. Mr. Ebanks was at the helm during Hurricane Ivan, one of the greatest natural disasters in Cayman’s recorded history.
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Cayman Islands Cancer Society Presentation Synopsis 7. Male Cancers – Prostate & Testicular – What You Need To Know
PART 3
This talk will give you all the facts on the cancers that are unique to men. Find out what they are, risk factors and how to reduce the likelihood of developing them, signs and symptoms, screening recommendations and more.
The Cayman Islands Cancer Society is committed to increasing the public’s 8. Physical Activity, Diet and Disease Prevention awareness of cancer issues and has The amount of physical activity you do and your diet influences developed a public education aware- your risk of developing many chronic lifestyle diseases including ness program around this goal. cancer. Find out what you need to know about physical activity, diet and health by attending this very interactive presentation. Our presentations are interactive and each presentation will include an 9. Skin Cancer – What You Need To Know overview of the specific type of cancer Find out what you need to know - what it is, risk factors and how if it related to a specific type of cancer to reduce the likelihood of developing it, signs and symptoms, and include a discussion of risk screening recommendations and more. factors, signs and symptoms, screening guidelines and ways to reduce 10. Smoking Cessation your risk. Whenever possible, a doctor Are you ready to quit using tobacco products? If you are then will attend these sessions. this presentation will provide you with tools you can use in your quit attempt including hints on how to prevent weight gain, To book a session or to obtain more strategies for helping you quit and more. information, please contact Victoria This can either be presented as a single session or we can offer Anderson by calling 949-7618 or the full 6 week Smoking Cessation program to your organization 916-7108. Alternatively, you may or group. email victoria@cics.ky Talks on other types of cancer are also offered.
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CAYMAN’S ARK: Giving is Receiving Due to last’s year’s overwhelming response to ARK’s “Giving is Receiving” Project , we are delighted to be organising it again this Christmas. Last year, we received over 600 filled shopping bags and thousands of dollars worth of Christmas gifts for hundreds of families struggling in Cayman. This year, w aim to triple the amount of filled shopping bags and the great news is that we have our own ARK shopping bag! Camana Bay has very generously sponsored our shopping bags and has also offered the Discovery Centre in Camana Bay as an extra pick up/drop off location. Our immediate focus will be the very serious issue of hunger. We will make every effort to ensure that we can make available foods and gifts to those that clearly need it during holiday season. ARK is acutely aware that hunger in Cayman is not just a seasonal problem and we are always working in the community to offer support, resources and compassion. For this reason, ARK will ensure that a portion of the foods collected will be kept for the ARK Pantry. so when the “season” is over, we will have plenty of food remaining to carry many families into the Spring.
Pick up and Drop off points: Discovery Centre, Camana Bay 9am - 6pm - Monday to Saturday Melissa Rewalt @ 640-4004 Seven Mile Beach Houria @ 525-6368 or haron @ 916-1037 South Sound Alison @ 916-2118 or Erika @ 926-4360 Patrick’s Island Lori @ 938-4022 or Sue @ 925-5033 Savannah Tara @ 926-7925
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O’Neill agrees to take Sunderland job Paul Kennedy paul.kennedy@ieyenews.com
Martin O’Neill has agreed to succeed Steve Bruce as Sunderland manager, but he will not take charge of the team for Sunday’s away match against Wolverhampton. Sunderland have confirmed Bruce’s former assistant manager Eric Black will oversee that game. The Black cats say they will be making a statement in “due course” on their new manager. O’Neill has been regularly tipped for vacant posts at high-profile teams in the last 12 months and was the bookmakers’ favourite. The Black Cats are 16th, two points above the relegation zone, which led to Bruce’s sacking on Wednesday. The team has won only two of their 13 league games this season. O’Neill, 59, a former Nottingham Forest player, built his managerial reputation at Wycombe Wanderers before successful spells at Leicester City and Celtic. He joined Villa in 2006 and led them to three straight sixth-placed finishes in the Premier League and the Carling Cup final before resigning before the start of the 2010-11 season. He is understood to have met Sunderland’s owner and chairman Ellis Short on Thursday evening in
London to negotiate a deal. One of the key aspects of the agreement is said to be O’Neill’s agreement to the budgetary constraints at the Stadium of Light. In the meantime, Black will lead the team against Wolves, who are level on points with Sunderland. Black said on Friday he was focusing on the match. “Naturally it is a difficult time for everyone at the club, but we have to be professional get on with the job in hand,” he said. Celtic manager Neil Lennon, who worked under his fellow Northern Irishman at Leicester and Celtic, would welcome O’Neill’s return to management. Lennon said: “If he gets the job, it would be brilliant to see him back in the game. “He has a penchant for lifting clubs. Sunderland is a huge club and I know that, as a boy growing up, it was his favourite team, so there might be an emotional tie there for him. “But I think he is just ready to get back into the game. If he is offered the job, whether he takes it or not, I hope that we will see him back in the Premier League sooner rather than later.” Under fire Chelsea boss Andres Villa Boas takes his team to high
Martin O’Neill
flying Newcastle on Saturday knowing another defeat would pile on even more pressure. League leaders Manchester City host Norwich while Blackburn face Swansea. QPR take on West Brom while Bolton and Arsenal travel to Tottenham and Wigan respectively. In the late kick-off Aston Villa play
Manchester United, Everton face Stoke on Sunday while Liverpool travel to Fulham for the Monday night game. For exclusive video interviews and reaction from the Premier League log on to www.ieyenews.com now!
Another great milestone for Stoke Tony Pulis has described Stoke’s progress to the last 32 of the Europa League as a “milestone” for the club. Kenwyne Jones’ header ensured Stoke drew with Dynamo Kiev to go further than they ever have before in Europe. “What we’ve done is fantastic and we’ve qualified from what I think is the toughest group,” said Pulis. “It’s the first time this football club has ever achieved this, so it’s another milestone and is testimony to everything we’re trying to do.” Stoke’s only previous foray into European competition was in the
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1970s, when the Potters were twice eliminated in the first round of the old Uefa Cup - first by Kaiserslautern and then by Dutch giants Ajax. But Stoke foiled Dynamo - who fielded 10 of the team that defeated Manchester City in last season’s competition - and need just one point at Besiktas to confirm their status as Group E winners. “That’s nine games in Europe and nine games unbeaten. It’s a great, great achievement,” said an ecstatic Pulis. “It’s very difficult for Premier League teams to play in the Europa
League because you come back and every game is like a cup final. “You can look at other European leagues and the strength in depth isn’t as great. It’s a real struggle in that respect but we want to do well. “It’s the first time we’ve been in Europe for more than 30 years. I want to enjoy it, I want the supporters to enjoy it, I want everybody at the football club to enjoy it because we might not get it for a while again. “It’s the first time this football club has ever achieved this, so it’s another milestone and is testimony to everything we’re trying to do.”
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Raiders’ McClain arrested on assault charges DECATUR, Ala. (AP) — Oakland Raiders linebacker Rolando McClain was arrested Thursday on misdemeanor assault, firearms and other charges after police said he fired a gun during a fight in his Alabama hometown. McClain, 22, held a gun beside a man’s head during an altercation and the man begged him not to shoot, according to a statement released by Lt. John Crouch of the Decatur Police Department. McClain, an All American at Alabama during his junior year, moved the gun but fired a round beside the man’s ear, according to the statement. No one was shot, but police said a man who was injured in the altercation drove himself to a hospital, where he was treated and released. McClain was released on $2,000 bond. He faces charges of assault, menacing, reckless endangerment and firing a gun inside the city limits. Another man identified as Jerradius Willingham, 23, was charged with assault and released after posting a $500 bond. McClain’s attorney Billy C. Burney II said the linebacker denies he fired a gun and said he was not involved in the fight.
“Mr. McClain asserts his innocence,” Burney said in a statement. “We are confident that Mr. McClain will be cleared of all charges.” The Raiders had no comment. McClain’s agent, Pat Dye Jr., did not immediately return a telephone call seeking comment Raiders coach Hue Jackson said McClain was in Alabama for the funeral of his grandfather. Speaking before the arrest, he said McClain would play Sunday at Miami “as far
as I know.” “I can tell you we understand and know exactly what’s going on, and we feel very comfortable with our information and we don’t have any further comment at this time,” Jackson said. McClain is the Raiders’ secondleading tackler this season after joining the team as the eighth overall pick in 2010. Although he struggled as a rookie, the 6-foot-3inch, 255-pounder had developed into a centerpiece of Oakland’s
defense this season despite being slowed by a sore left ankle. Earlier this year McClain, the 2009 Butkus Award winner at Alabama, reported someone in Decatur shooting at his vehicle. There wasn’t any indication whether the two incidents were related. Police said the victim, whose name was not released, suffered injuries to his head and face during a fight with Willingham. He was bleeding when officers talked to him.
Hoop Dreams: Riots cast shadow over Games LONDON (AP) — Four days of rioting last August have cast a shadow over the neighbourhoods where the world’s top athletes will compete next summer at the 2012 London Games. Some Olympic events will occur just a few miles away from areas hit by Britain’s worst riots in a generation. Both London and the Olympics were irrevocably altered. And so were the lives of those who live here. Sam Kato, 12, practices with the Newham All Star Sports Academy, an oasis in east London from the crime, gangs and drugs that helped fuel last summer’s riots. The program helps keep kids out of trouble and teaches them the value to blog visit www.ieyenews.com
of teamwork. “It’s like a family to me,” the 6-foot-1 Kato said as the gym reverberated with basketballs rhythmically hitting the wooden floor. “If there were more programs like this, I doubt there would be riots.” Newham hosts the Olympic Park, center of the 2012 games. Complex security plans for the Olympics have been altered after the riots, which shocked Britain and damaged London’s image abroad. Those plans were also updated after student demonstrations in London that included a spontaneous attack on Prince Charles and wife Camilla and the “Occupy London”
encampment near the city’s financial district. The riots exposed the limits of what police could handle in terms of dramatic and unforeseen events. After a weak initial response, thousands of police officers were brought in to help swamp London’s streets in a show of force, discouraging further trouble. The Olympics will already keep 12,000 officers occupied on the busiest days, so any riot repeat will push resources further still. “(Planners) are learning the lessons from the riots,” said Margaret Gilmore, an expert at the Royal United Services Institute, a respected think tank. “Some
demonstrations and protests are almost inevitable and they are likely to take a tougher line and use more officers in dealing with riots.” Fears over street unrest come alongside the biggest Olympic worry: terrorism. Security has been an intricate part of the games since a terror attack at the 1972 Olympics in Munich killed 11 Israeli athletes and coaches. London has not been immune from terror attacks — four suicide bombers targeted the city’s transit network in 2005, killing 52 commuters. But the advent of riots was a late addition to the planning mix, which has been under way for years. Even now plans are still being refined.
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