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Christians take a Stand

Full story on page 3 >> – Doing it with a Flourish [A UK Perspevtive] – A commentary on the Expects to Lead Premier’s Strategic Policy Statement the Medal Count “Certainly, more Caymanians are doing well in

Several of Jamaica's top athletes will miss the 48th an- our �lourishing economy than this Government’s nual CARIFTA Games, but the Jamaica Athletics Adminis- critics would have anyone believe.” trative Association (JAAA) is con�ident the team will once “...our �lourishing economy...” again top the medal standing when the meet takes place On the surface that assertion sounds quite au- this Easter weekend (20 to 22 April) at the Truman Bod- dacious, especially in these times of severe global den Sports Complex. The country, which produced the economic challenges. likes of , Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, Asafa Powell, But that doesn’t seem to be the case in the Cay- Veronica Campbell-Brown and Yohan Black, has topped man Islands, where the Premier Alden McLaughlin the medal table 41 times and its last defeat was in 1984 has made his 2020 Strategic Policy Statement to when won at home. the British Overseas Territory’s parliament. In 2018, team Jamaica earned 82 medals (43 gold, 28 sil- The description of the current state of the Cay- ver, 11 bronze) in the Bahamas, four medals shy of the 86 man Island’s economy stands up to scrutiny at �irst they hauled in back in 2017 (39 gold, 28 silver, 19 bronze) glance. in Curacao. Their medal count in 2018 was 47 medals clear There isn’t any triumphalist about it. The cold of their nearest rival (and hosts) The Bahamas, who had 35 hard fact is that the Cayman Islands has a �lourish- (6 gold, 14 silver, 15 bronze). placed ing economy.  Cayman Islands Premier Alden McLaughlin third with 17 medals (4 gold, 6 silver, 7 bronze). And Premier McLaughlin has presented the evi- Garth Gayle, JAAA General Secretary, said based on the dence to prove it. performances from the trials, he is con�ident Jamaica will Where the challenge lies is at the second glance. once again dominate. ... Continued story on page A6 How does the Cayman Islands maintain this tra- ure,” the Cayman Islands leader says, attributing it jectory in the current global economic climate and to “the direct result of the efforts that he and his how would that impact on the verdict for the legacy team have made in taking Cayman’s case directly to of Mr McLaughlin and his government? the capitals of Europe.” He is into the closing stages of his consecutive But he admits; “We have more to do as the goal- two-term limit as leader of government. posts continue to move – but this is no surprise. Delivering the 2020 Strategic Policy Statement, The EU has now added a requirement that Cayman he reported: should address an apparent need to give appropri- “In the last six years we have indeed put the ate economic substance to collective investment country back on course and across two successive vehicles or, more simply put, funds.” Administrations I have kept true to that inclusive “There are those who would say that it is because approach. of our signi�icance as a Financial Services Centre “As a result, what a very different position our that the bar is higher for us,” Premier McLaughlin country �inds itself in. said in his 2020 SPS. “The economy has grown steadily. The latest �ig- “I have said before that Cayman does not need or ures from the Economics and Statistics Of�ice show want illegitimate business and we stand ready to annualized GDP growth at 3.6% in the third quar- do all that we can to resist any attempts at using ter of last year.” our Financial Services Industry for money launder- One of the toughest challenges facing the pros- ing, terrorist �inancing or other illegal purposes.” perous British OT (pop. 61,000 appx) is in the main The Cayman Islands’ other major economic pil- pillar of its economy; its lucrative but highly-scruti- lar from which it derives the revenue to drive its nized offshore �inancial sector. $US3.5 billion economy,... Continued is tourism. story on page A2  “The fact that Cayman has yet again avoided any kind of blacklisting by the EU is, in no small meas-  EDITORIAL — A2  CARIFTA GAME SCHEDULE — A7  BATABANO — A8  GLOBAL NEWS BRIEFS — B1 THIS ISSUE INSIDE

Le Masque dinner show returns Easter in Cayman Carifta Game Schedule to Batabano Notre Dame will be rebuilt EDITORIAL | COMMENTARY PAGE A2 Friday, April 19, 2019 | Issue No 364 C�������� T����

EDITORIAL Easter In Cayman 2019 By Flynn Bush

erally dozens of camp sites across the three islands, �illed with hundreds of I’m not sure about anyone else but, it campers and a multitude of tents, are seems like just a few days ago that we to be seen beginning from as early as were getting celebrating Easter 2018. the Wednesday before Good Friday. They say time moves faster as we get However, when the church doors are older and it seems that way to me opened, there is still a great number more and more. Perhaps, it is that we of individuals who make it a point to  Premier Alden McLaughlin arriving in Brussels are all busier than we were ten years attend. People still dress up in their ago. We have become a split-second Sunday best, and celebrate the reason society where everything moves in for the holiday in the �irst place, Jesus high gear and the norm is immediate dying for our salvation and rising again Cayman Islands – grati�ication. Now, that doesn’t mean, for our eternal life. necessarily, that we are more produc- When I was a boy, Easter meant tive; just busier. This fact is more rea- church on Friday and Sunday, time Doing it with a Flourish son why we need to take a break from spent with family, Sunday dinner, and time to time and smell the roses. The Easter egg hunt on Monday. We were upcoming Easter weekend affords us all taught the reason why Easter exists (A UK perspective) the perfect opportunity to do so. in the �irst place. Were there people In generations past, Easter brought in our community that did not par- A commentary on the Premier’s Strategic special traditions and customs. It was take like the rest of us? Sure. However, a time for families to spend together; those were a minority few. Easter had Policy Statement by our UK correspondent a time for re�lection; and a time for a way of bringing families together, Michael L Jarvis, London UK getting right with God. The holy days even estranged ones. It was a time of of Good Friday and Easter Sunday, es- reconciling and healing old wounds ... Continued story from page A1 pecially, were respected. People made and building bridges. Nowadays, it be- their way to the church of their choice; hooves to remember that and to make “Secondly, and in my view most signif- at times, �illing the pews to over�low- it a point to practice the same. You icantly, this is a matter that is properly ing. Children were there; parents were see, regardless of one’s own religious Major infrastructural projects includ- for the locally elected Government to de- there; grandparents were there; aunts, persuasion, Easter is a time that can ing the just-opened new international termine and this attempt by Parliament uncles, cousins and neighbors were be productive for community harmo- airport (opened by Prince Charles on to interfere in our business represents a there. It was a glorious atmosphere. ny. If we take the time to consider our his recent visit), a planned mega cruise severe Constitutional over-reach.” Now, don’t get me wrong. By no own shortcomings and failings, and to and cargo port and extensive improve- There are constitutional implications means should it be inferred that the consider that new starts are possible ments to the transportation network, not just for the Cayman Islands but the customs and traditions of old are not through forgiveness for one another, all underpin a growth trajectory that the wider family of OTs, and he worries that in practice anymore. Nowadays, the we will reap bene�its galore. Perhaps, McLaughlin administration hopes to at- the autonomy of the islands could be at big rage on Easter weekend is the this Easter weekend, as we look up at tain before the end of their term in of�ice. risk. camping scene, where families and the starlight sky from our campsite, or “It is also recognition that I have just “This second criticism has the most friends camp out on the beach and our yard, we will consider this for at two years left to get as much done for far-reaching potential impact because cook and relax and revel together. Lit- least a moment. my country in this role as I am able to once the UK Parliament does this a �irst do. So, these next two years will not be a time, who knows when and over what gentle wind-down, but rather a ramping other issue they might decide to do that up of delivery as my Government looks again. to push on further and achieve even “Over the last nine months or so I have more for our people.” been leading negotiations with the UK A push for enhanced government ser- Government to try to put in place new vices, safety and security, business de- Constitutional safeguards.” velopment, health, education, youth and And those safeguards might be seen social services are also part of the revved- as critical to the legacy of Premier up socio-economic growth agenda. McLaughlin himself.  Easter Camping Sites From East To West On St. Croix Quite notable is the Plan Cayman in- “To be clear, I am not seeking to grab teractive public consultation for the fur- more powers for Cayman or remove an- ther development of the territory with ything from the UK that is rightly their public stakeholder input. It’s worthy of responsibility. emulation. “Rather, I am trying to better deline- MOVING SALE There is still a huge unexplored ave- ate our respective rights and responsi- nue for systematic cooperation and col- bilities. It is not so much a new constitu- at 27 Mahoe Road, Prospect laboration among the OTs and in their tional settlement as a clari�ication of the relations with Britain on which the Cay- settlement we thought we had achieved Clothing & Shoes for Men, Women & Kids man Islands are uniquely positioned to in 2009.” play a lead role. Also, looming large in the background Household Utilities, Linens, Furniture The report by the British parliament’s is Brexit with the UK continues to grap- Foreign Affairs Committee into the fu- ple with. Everything MUST GO! ture of relations between the UK and the The way Mr McLaughlin sees it; “Brex- OTs is a reminder of that. it is both a threat and an opportunity. 6:30am Contact 526-1877 Particularly concerning for Premier Naturally the UK’s focus in the run up to McLaughlin is the controversial issue of Brexit and then in dealing with its im- public access to information on compa- pact will largely be in its own self-inter- ny ownership throughout the OTs. est. “First, the requirement is unreasona- “If Cayman’s interests are to be ble and unnecessary. There is no inter- well-represented by the UK, we need to national regulatory standard for such do our part and make ourselves easy to public registers and indeed it is a stand- deal with.” ard to which few if any competitor juris- Against this background the remain- dictions even aspire. ing years of the McLaughlin adminis- “Given our information exchange ar- tration are critical to maintaining the rangements with tax authorities across Cayman Islands’ growth momentum, the world, there is simply no need to solidifying its constitutional status, and publicize the registers we hold. assuring his political legacy.

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By Ralph Lewis Christians take a stand “Stand up, Stand up for Jesus”. This song by writer George Duf�ield was heard reverberating around the Legis- lative Assembly at 6pm last Saturday, April 13, by more than 1,000 Christians, family and supporters as they ended their rally which enforced their stand against same-sex marriage. The rally, organized by a number of lo- cal churches, featured stirring speeches by, among others, Pastor Alson Ebanks, Pastor Torrance Bobb, keynote speak- er Pastor Andrew Ebanks, and guest speaker Helene Cooley-Nicholson, Pres- ident, LDF, JA. Quite noticeable was the presence of many members of the Legislative As- sembly in front row seats. According to Ms. Jackie Ebanks, the local Movement was started from a WhatsApp Group which she dubbed CAYMAN CARRIBBEAN CAUSE stem- ming from a bigger mother group called Petitioners Chantelle Day and Vicki ment’s argument and decide whether Attendees and workers at these CARRIBBEAN CAUSE which she was in- Bodden-Bush had said that their con- the March 29 ruling should stand. events may have noticed an increase in vited to join. stitutional right to marry and found a The last verse of George Duf�ield’s the roles that individuals of different This is a group of concerned, well- family had been denied under existing song holds out a promise of peace, say- sexual orientations play. One such event read and informed doctors, lawyers and law which prevented them from legally ing that “the strife will not be long.” included a male maid of honour which pastors from all across the Caribbean marrying in the Cayman Islands. In his From the feedback and responses, it was accepted at the wedding ceremony discussing this very critical issue. judgement, the Chief Justice outlined is clear that the attendees believe that and celebration. Thanks to their spokesperson Katina theEDITORIAL ways in which the couple’s| COMMUNITY basic hu- they will be victorious.FlashbackNOTICES In June 2015, The Supreme Court in Anglin, they have taken this to a MOVE- man rights had been violated when they the United States ruled 5-4 that the Con- MENT where they plan to �ight to pre- were refused a marriage license. stitution requires that same-sex couples serve Christian values in the Cayman PAGEDay and2 Bodden-BushWednesday, had said thatOctober In August18, 2017 2015, | approximately Issue No 132 4 be allowed to marry no matter where Caymanian Times Islands. the present state of the Marriage Law years ago, The Caymanian Times (for- they live and that states may no longer “A wonderful event just concluded violated their Constitutional rights, merly Cayman Weekly) published an ar- reserve the right only for heterosexual in central George Town,” said Mario speci�ically, their rights to a private and ticle entitled, Destination Weddings and couples. Ebanks on his Facebook page. family life, including the right to found Same-SexNotic Marriages. Es No doubt many couples, their families “A Rally to support family values, our a family;Editorial to freedom of conscience, and and friends will be planning future wed- Christian heritage, the rule of Law, the perhaps most profoundly, to freedom dings and honeymoons that may arrive important doctrine of Separation of from unjusti�iable discrimination on the Customs Registrationat our shores. of Importers begins Powers, and the fundamentals of the grounds of status; namely, their sexual To help importers start using a system for entryLocal declaration, Legislation the does Department not allow will for Cayman Islands Constitution. orientation. start registering importers starting Monday,same 16 Octobersex marriages 2017. and those requests He described “a fantastic turn-out On Wednesday April 10, the Cayman from couples will be declined. Howev- from a broad cross-section of our di- Islands Appeals Court delayed the im- The registration is required by the implementationer, same sex couplesof a new are online allowed electronic to live verse population; those who love Cay- plementation of same-sex marriage le- system for entry declaration. Effective 1and November vacation 2017, in this the paradise Cayman and Islands one EDITORIAL | COMMUNITYman and embrace NOTICES its culture and her- galization. Customs Department will implement the newcan anticipatesystem. This future will requests require importersto amend itage, and who celebrate our Coat of The Court of Appeal accepted a gov- to complete and submit entries electronicallylaws toaccordingly. Customs using the new gateway PAGE 2 Wednesday, OctoberArms 18, which 2017 states ‘He| Issue has Founded No 132 it ernment request to halt the legalization portal COLSCaymanian (Customs Online Times System). ImportersThe world will behas able become to access a global the villageportal Upon the Seas’...which in itself comes of same-sex marriage that Chief Justice through the website www.customs.gov.ky.and the Cayman Islands does not exist in from the Holy Bible. Blessings and Love AnthonyTips Smellie of ofthe the GrandWeek Court of For individuals who have not yet receivedisolation. training Furthermore, in the use of thewe system,are a British Customs will provide in-house training. to All.” the Cayman Islands ruled with immedi- A review of the article which is pub- Dependent Territory whose laws will be Motivational Tip However, before they can use COLS, importers will have to be formally registered and recognised as an importer by Customs. Mr. Ebanks was not the only Caymani- ate effect in a historic ruling on March lished below highlights the visionary in�luenced by the Mother county. Nan to voiceotic his endorsement.Es 29. 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Courteyes ofturn Appeal on your will iPod hear or theCD govern-player �inancially.Customs, without having to attend in person.with strong Christian beliefs, the chal- portal COLS (Customs Online System). Importers will be able to access the portal and just enjoy the mellowing sounds Cayman Islands Customs Management thankslenge will importers be to demonstrate for their cooperation our faith and understanding and looks forward to through the website www.customs.gov.ky. of music. If you have energy left you continued partnership. within a changing  society with differing Tips of the Week For individuals who have not yet received maytraining even in dance the use a jig. of the system, Customs will provide in-house training. perceptions and beliefs of values and Motivational Tip However, before they can use COLS, importersLive will longer. have to Live be formallyhappier. Liveregistered life to and recognised as an importer by Customs. living standards. 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Ms Redman-White was in Grand Cay- “We help young people recognise man last week to make a presentation to their own emotions and we teach them Anxiety and depression levels among school counsellors about her work and names for their emotions so that they young people are reported to be on the said that she had received a positive re- can recognise their own feelings. We rise across the globe, and tools for par- ception all round. teach them that there is nothing wrong ents, teachers and the young people While acknowledging that are not with how they are feeling and then give themselves to help combat this issue many children on Cayman Brac (around them the skills to know what to do about have not always been easy to �ind. Cay- 350), Ms Redman-White has been able feelingTeaching this way,” parentsshe advised. is key man is fortunate to have an education- to help around 150 children on the Brac, al psychologist based on Cayman Brac ten of whom were suffering from severe who has co-authored a book that offers anxiety dif�iculties, in her three years Working with parents can greatly help practical advice to people who live and there. an anxious young person, arming par- work with youngsters battling such “There are some things that can help ents with the skills to help youngsters mental disorders. young people with anxiety that have an deal with the anxiety. Barbara Redman-White is the govern- immediate effect,” she advised. “In the Maren Walker is the school Counsel- ment-school psychologist on Cayman book we teach a variety of relaxation lor at John Gray High School and the lead Brac, and wrote ‘Supporting children techniques and that is one major area Guidance Counsellor for the Cayman Is- and young people with anxiety - A prac- that really helps.” lands government schools. She organ-  Barbara Redman-White, govern- tical guide’, along with her co-author, As well as relaxation techniques, the ised the recent training for counsellors ment-school psychologist on Cayman Elizabeth Herrick because, as an educa- book also focusses on three other main and said she found the training to be Brac tional psychologist in the UK, she could areas: dealing with young peoples’ very informative. not �ind anything similar that would thought processes and helping them Ms Walker stated. “Sometimes it is dif- help parents or provide practical sup- to think more logically; looking at and �icult to get parents of children suffering port for professionals. helping them to modify their behaviour; with anxiety on board with regard to come withdrawn as a result of anxiety Ms Redman-White, who came to Cay- and helping them recognise their own what their children need, as they don’t and depression, and so it’s very helpful man Brac from the UK three years ago, emotions. always see what we see as professionals. to be able to teach parents exactly what said that in the course of her work in As an example of modifying behav- Barbara gave us a presentation that we is going on with their young people,” she the UK she had amassed a great deal of iour, Ms Redman-White said she had one could use to explain to parents exactly said. useful information and had practically young person who was very shy spend a what their children are going through, Another useful pointer for Ms Walker “written the book” on the subject, so it week smiling at people and then come which was really helpful. Barbara dis- was the GoZen! set of YouTube videos was a logical step to have the book pub- back and report on what had happened. cussed how parents needed to appreci- that Ms Redman-White said was a good lished, to help as many people as pos- Identifying exactly what they are feel- ate the different ways in which anxiety place to �ind information as to why chil-  sible. While young people on the Brac ing has also been extremely useful for manifests itself in children. Some chil- dren were feeling anxiety that could be have been bene�iting from her work, young people battling anxiety. dren might be angry; some might be- played with the children themselves. COMMUNITY NOTICES Walkers Road-Olympic Way Connector Road FRC Holds Domestic Gets Underway Violence Intervention Motorists seeking access to Training Programme University College of the Cay- man Islands (UCCI) and the Tru- man Bodden Sports Complex (TBSC) from Walkers Road can The Department of Counselling Ser- general and mental health practition- look forward to a signi�icantly vices’ Family Resource Centre (FRC) ers, human resource professionals, shorter journey, now that phase is hosting a Domestic Violence Inter- Civil Service leaders, law enforcement, one of the construction of a con- vention Training Programme (DVITP) faith-based leaders and other frontline nector road is underway. next month. staff who interact with victims, perpe- A quarter-mile in length, the The training will be held at the FRC’s trators and/or children experiencingThurs- road begins in the vicinity of of�ices at 77 Walkers Street, Mary domesticday, 25 Aprilviolence. 2019 Burger King on Walkers Road Street, George Town; Wednesday, 1 - The registration deadline is and stretches to the northern Friday, 3 May 2019, 8.30 a.m. - 5 p.m. . To register, or end of Olympic Way, near the The free three-day certi�ication for further details  about this course, UCCI entrance. course is suitable for human and so- please contact the FRC at 949-0006 or The National Roads Authority cial services professionals, educators/ email [email protected]. (NRA) has completed the �irst stage of works, to coincide with the CARIFTA Games, scheduled Measles Awareness Urged to begin on Saturday, 20 April 2019 at the TBSC. This has in- volved successfully clearing and  Map showing current and future construction International health body, the levelling the existing ground, to phases for the Olympic Way Connector Pan American Health Organi- allow the route to be used by sation (PAHO), recently alerted CARIFTA organisers as an ad- health departments around the ditional access way for persons Caribbean to be on the lookout attending the Games this weekend. carpark area of the old George Hicks for measles and rubella as a pre- Further works will continue after the High School. caution. Games. Donovan Ebanks, Chair of the NRA manIn Islands light ofis issuing this the an alert Public to The NRA was recently authorised by Board, stressed that these works are es- Health Department of the Cay- a notice in the Gazette to enter the af- sential, as “this area is already congest- fected properties on or after Thursday, ed during peak hours; the development the community of the need to be 18 April. Mindful of the CARIFTA Games, of the old George Hicks site and com- aware of the presence of measles the NRA contacted affected property pletion of the new high school will only within several states in the Unit- owners and consensus was reached to make congestion worse.” ed States, including Florida. start the clearing a week earlier. Mr. Ebanks, who was Chief Engineer PAHO of�icials advise that the “It will only be a dirt road for this of the Public Works Department (PWD) following symptoms are highly weekend and, while that may be a novel 30 years ago, added that this proposal likely to be present in cases of experience for some drivers, it was im- “has been around for 30 years. It was a measles: portant we made the route accessible to recommendation of the Master Ground • Rash that follows onset of fe- CARIFTA organisers, particularly to help Transportation Plan in 1988.” ver with traf�ic relief during the peak peri- The �irst phase of the works will cre- • Cough, acute respiratory in- ods,” explained Edward Howard, Acting ate bicycle lanes in each direction and fection or conjunctivitis (Pink Managing Director of the NRA. a continuous pavement along one side, Eye) Public Health Department has acted “It will be closed off after this week- from Walkers Road to UCCI. Construc- • Sore throat quickly to strengthen its monitoring end and full construction works will be- tion is scheduled to be completed by As some Caribbean countries are for potential cases of measles and ru- gin, starting with utility providers who August 2019 at a cost of approximately still experiencing cases of dengue fe- bella. will install underground services” Mr. $1.5 million, including land compensa- ver, in which patients may also present This is critical, Dr. Williams says, as Howard added. tion costs. with fever and rash, PAHO has advised while we are almost at the end of the The NRA is advocating for a future The project is being developed by the that all cases presenting with fever winter tourist season, travellers from phase that would connect Olympic Way NRA with funding provided by the Min- and rash should be tested for measles many different countries are consist- to Academy Way by providing a link istry of Commerce, Planning & Infra- and rubella. ently passing through the country’s road through what was originally the structure. Individuals who suspect that they borders. or persons within their care may have Expanded Programme on Immuni- measles should contact the Public zation (EPI) Coordinator Nurse, An- RUBiS Top Student Health Department. Of�icials will pro- gela Graham, urges persons to protect vide guidance on the management and themselves and to ensure that their application deadline extended investigation of the case. Among other loved ones are up to date with mea- aspects, they emphasised it is essential sles vaccinations and all other vacci- to ensure adequate and timely sample nations. collection. “The Cayman Islands is current- The applicationFriday, deadline 26 April for theat 5pm2019 ent. We want to see children living their While the Cayman Islands is mea- ly measles-free. As such the measles RUBiS Top Student program has been passion!” sles-free, the health alert follows two vaccination is an important means extended to . Applicants will be judged by two inde- con�irmed cases of measles imported by which we may continue to protect Students are invited to apply online pendent panels. Runners-up will receive to the region from France. Of�icials ourselves and our families from a dis- for the awards which provide $15,000 �inancial grants of $1,000 each with the also noted outbreaks of measles in ease that is extremely contagious and worth of �inancial grants to students �inalist being awarded $5,000. One of nineteen of the United States, namely which can lead to dangerous complica- aged 7-12 in the Cayman Islands. the grants will be designated for a spe- Arizona, California, Colorado, Connect- tions,” Nurse Graham notes. “We have extended the deadline be- cial needs student who participates. icut, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Private sector physicians may ac- cause we thought it would be helpful This is the third time the biennial con- Kentucky, Massachusetts, Michigan, cess any necessary investigation forms to allow children the Easter break to test has been held. Missouri, Nevada, New Hampshire, through the Public Health Department put their application together,” Mr. Jer- The winners will be announced June New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Texas, and the Cayman Islands Hospital. maine Sharpe, Head of Sales and Mar- 12. and Washington. For more information, contact the keting said. “Children are encouraged For more information  on how to en- Acting Medical Of�icer of Health, Dr. Public Health Department on 244- to submit video or photography of them ter follow http://www.rubiscaymanis- Samuel Williams-Rodriguez, says the 2621. demonstrating their special skills or tal- lands.com/rts COMMUNITY CALENDAR | LOCAL SPORTS C�������� T���� Friday, April 19, 2019 | Issue No 364 PAGE A5 COMMUNITY EVENTS April Public Holiday - Good Friday eventpro.ky. Contact info@cay- 19 April: mancarifta2019.ky for more infor- mation.Easter Egg Dig In commemoration of 20 April: this Holy Day in the Christian Church calendar, businesses and Come to the Cayman  Kaibo Kitefest  Lime Carifta Games supermarketsFree Good Fridaywill be closed. Concert Turtle Centre for the annual Cad- 19 April: bury Easter dig on Saturday 20 Anti – bullying April from 11:00am to 5:00pm. Workshop The Cayman Islands Kids can dig for hundreds of eggs and entertainment. For tickets 30 April: dors. Visit caymancarnival.com for Male Voice Choir is having an buried in the sand. There will and more information, visit www. moreCayman information. Carnival Junior Easter concert at the Elmslie be many prizes to get, including civf.kyGigantic Garage & Car The Alex Panton Foun- Batabano – “Once Upon A United Church on Friday 19 April Cadbury chocolate and the Grand Boot Sale dation in collaboration with the Turtle” beginning at 7:00pm. All are in- Prize - a Nintendo Switch! It’s a 27 April: Ministry of Community Affairs 11 May: vited. For more information call free event if you have a Cadbury continues its anti – bullying work- Nick Godfrey at 949 7953 or 926 proof of purchase valued $5 or St. Ignatius is having its shop on Tuesday 30 April at the Join the fun as over 400 – 0968.48th CARIFTA Games more. Call 333 – 1944 for more annual Garage Sale & Car Boot Sale East End Civic Centre starting at children parade through the streets 19 – 21 April: information.Kaibo Kitefest on Saturday 27 April from 6:00am 6:30pm. Over half of our young of George Town for Junior Bat- 22 April: to 11:00am at the school hall and people in the Cayman Islands re- abano. The Family Fun Day begins Athletes from coun- car park. Lots of items including port that they have been bullied. at 1:00pm on the lawns of the Old tries across the Caribbean will Be part of the Caribbean clothes, toys, books, household Understanding bullying and its Glass House and there will be many converge in Grand Cayman for the tradition of kite �lying at the Kaibo items, art and more will be avail- link with mental illness can sup- fun activities to enjoy. The costumed Championships on Monday 22 April. Bring your able. Every dollar raised will go port the children in our communi- parade follows at 3:00pm. For more that will be held at the Truman own kite for this event that be- to support the St. Ignatius Food ty in creating an anti-bullying cul- information call 925 – 3970 or visit Bodden Complex from Friday 19 gins at 2:00pm. Registration cost pantry. For more details call 949 – ture. For more information email www.caymancarnival.com.Spring Tea Party April to Sunday 21st. All morning for the competition is $5 and be- 679719th or emailAnnual [email protected]. Dr. J. Hugh [email protected] 11 May: sessions will be free to attend with gins at 1:00pm. If you don’t want Cummings Memorial 5K Adult Batabano and Food tickets for the evening sessions to drive, you can hop on the ferry! Run/Walk Festival St. Ignatius is having their priced from CI$15 t0 CI$55. Tick- Call 947Beach – 9975 Volleyball for more details. 28 April: 4 May: Annual Tea Party on Saturday 11 ets are available through www. 26 – 28 April: May starting at 2:30pm. Tickets Takes place on Sunday Join the Cayman Carnival are $5 and include afternoon tea, The NORCECA 28 April starting at 6:00am from Adult Batabano parade and Food entertainment and a chance to win Beach Volleyball Tour begins ICCI to Pedro Castle. Registra- Festival on Saturday 4 May. The $6,000 worth of door prizes, plus on Friday 26 April at the Public tion is $25 for adults and $15 for colourful parade of costumes be- lots of random giveaways! This is Beach. Teams from the Cayman Is- students and children under 12. gins at the Public Beach, West Bay a great opportunity to celebrate an lands, the Caribbean, and Refreshments will be provided. at 1:00pm and winds into George early Mother’s Day by taking your the US will play to qualify for the All proceeds will bene�it the Dr. J. Town accompanied by the lat- mother, grandmother or any female  Easter Egg Hunt 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Hugh Cummings Memorial Fund. est soca music. The Food Festival that plays a mother role in your life! Covered stand seating is $5. Bring Participants can pay on caymanac- promises an feast of local food and The 1st. prize is a Ladies Christian the entire family for fun activities tive.com or on the day of the event. other eats from more than 20 ven- Dior Watch worth $3,600. Camana Bay’s Corporate Volleyball League Semi�inals Get Underway

With the Camana Bay Corporate vol- Precious Metals battled it out on court leyball championships in sight, there 2. As the underdogs, Wheaton Precious was a lot at stake as the four teams Metals knew they had nothing to lose, warmed up for the semi�inal matches so they decided to give it their all. De- on Wednesday, April 10th. At this stage spite their best efforts Wheaton Pre- in the league all the teams had already cious Metals, fell short by three points played each other once, so the teams losing 25-22. Maples A attack was not knew the key players to watch out for a force to be reckoned with, with David going into the semis. Bakker leading his team in 7 kills and 6 The whistle blew at 6:30 pm sig- aces, and Kevin Solomon following suit naling the start of the two semi�inal with 3 kills and 2 aces. Wheaton Pre- matches: PWC versus KPMG and Whe- cious Metals was desperate for a third aton Precious Metals versus Maples set, but they didn’t manage to make A. KPMG’s heavy hitter, Davison Ru- that a reality when they lost the second wende, came out swinging in the �irst set 25-18. set, and his three kills and two service At 7:30 the teams from the bottom aces were instrumental in securing bracket took to the court. Maples Le- the 25-6 lead over PWC in the �irst set. gal Eagles and Dart A had long wind- The second set wasn’t an easy feat, and ed rallies in their first set, but it was PWC made KPMG �ight for every sin- Maples Legal Eagles that emerged gle point. In the end KPMG narrowly victorious with a 25-20 lead. The on the legal team as they got beat in Bay, with KPMG scheduled to take on clinched the lead with a score of 25- momentum from the first set helped two straight sets by Dart B, 25-17 and the reigning champions, Maples A, at 23. While KPMG was busy annihilating carry them through the second set as 25-12. 7:30 pm.  Wheaton Precious Metals and PWC from the running of the corporate they annhiliated Dart A 25-14. Maples You won’t want to miss the action PWC will hash it out for third and fourth league �inals, Maples A and Wheaton B wasn’t as lucky as their colleagues this Wednesday at the Arc in Camana place. CILLA Girls Softball – Game Report Coldwell Banker 12, Scotiabank 7 game open with a triple to centre, scor- reached on an error and scored on a hit ing all three runners. by Zhanna McDonald. CILLA Girls Softball continued on In the top of the third Calissa Ylagan Kirk Freeport broke the game open in Tuesday, April 9th, as Hannah Gibson, singled and Stephanie Menko was hit the second, scoring �ive runs after two Deandra Bush and Aydis Rostran each by a pitch. Kris-Maxine Aleria singled were out. Key hits in the inning includ- drove in three runs to lead Coldwell to load the bases and Alisha Kee drew ed RBI singles by Raina Myles and Leila Banker to a 12-7 win over Scotiabank. a walk, scoring Calissa. Janey Veilleux Dixon, with Aleigha, So�ia, Deandra and Scotiabank started the game with two grounded out, scoring Stephanie with Keirsten all scoring their second runs of runs in the �irst inning. Clara Ramos and the �inal run of the night. Unfortunately, the game. Carmella Ylagan singled and both girls the game ended with the third out being Coldwell Banker scored a loan run in scored following two throwing errors called as Scotiabank batted out of order. the second when Deandra Bush tripled by Coldwell Banker. Carmella Ylagan turned a �ine double in Eowyn Hawkins, who had drawn a In the bottom of the �irst, Annie play for Scotiabank, snaring a line drive walk. They added single runs in the third Hawkins, Kenia Rostran and Reyah at shortstop and throwing to third to put and fourth innings, but it wasn’t near- Stewart all drew walks for Coldwell out the runner who had left the base. ly enough as Kirk Freeport added four Banker. Deandra Bush then blasted a Annie Hawkins, Kenia Rostran, Dean- more runs over the �inal two innings. triple to left centre, bringing in all three dra Bush and Aydis Rostran each scored Deandra Whiteman pitched brilliantly runs. Singles by Jizel Powell and Aydis twiceTEAM for Coldwell1st 2ndBanker.3rd 4th 5th TOTAL for Kirk Freeport, striking out six and al- Rostran, along with walks by Chadene ScotiabankScoring by inning: 7 lowing just four hits in her �ive innings of Brooks and Eowyn Hawkins, scored Coldwell Banker 2 3 2 – – 12 work. Rookie pitcher Zhanna McDonald three more runs. 6 6 - - – gave a great effort for Coldwell Banker, Scotiabank bounced right back with Kirk Freeport 13, throwing consistent strikes in her �irst three runs in the second. Kris-Maxine Coldwell Banker 4 ever game on the mound. Aleria reached on an error and Alisha Coldwell Banker turned two double Kee and Rochanni Cornwall followed plays in the �ield but also had several  Coldwell Banker - Sisters with walks to load the bases. All three Deandra Whiteman was dominant �ielding errors which aided Kirk Free- runners scored on a two-run single by on the mound and Kirk Freeport tallied port. Kirk Freeport played solid defense, Clara Ramos and a misplay by Coldwell nine runs over the �irst two innings in a with 2B Keirsten McLaughlin and SS So- TEAM 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th TOTAL Banker. convincing win over �irst place Coldwell �ia Watler both turning in �ine catches. KirkScoring Freeport by inning: 13 In the bottom of the second Annie Banker, who were missing four of their Kirk Freeport’s win closed the gap in Coldwell Banker 4 5 0 3 1 4 Hawkins and Kenia Rostran led off with regular starters. the standings and sets up an exciting �in- 1 1 1 1 0 singles and Deandra Bush walked to Kirk Freeport scored four in the �irst, ish to the season, with the month of May load the bases with one out. After the with Aleigha General, So�ia Watler, Dean- sure to see some great games leading up TEAM Won Lost Tied RF RA GB second out Abby Schutte reached on an dra Whiteman and Keirsten McLaughlin to the end-of-season tournament and ColdwellCurrent Banker Standings: error and Aydis Rostran followed with a crossing the plate, with Deandra’s 2 RBI all-star game. Kirk Freeport 5 1 1 64 45 0 two run single down the left �ield line. triple being the big hit of the inning. The girls will have a pitching clinic and Scotiabank 4 3 1 67 75 1.5 After Chadene Brooks walked to load Coldwell Banker scored one in the practice night on April 17th, followed by 1 6 0 65 76 4.5 the bases, Hannah Gibson broke the bottom of the �irst as Jialy Archbold Easter Break until April 29th. CARIFTA | HEALTHCARE PAGE A6 Friday, April 19, 2019 | Issue No 364 C�������� T���� Team Jamaica Expects to Lead the Medal Count at CARIFTA 2019 ... Continued story from page A1

are �irst and second respectively in the title, earning her the 2018 Austin Sealy Kai Chang, a World U20 champion in U20 division and twin sisters Tina Clay- award but says she is not sure if she will discus, is another athlete expected to “When you look at the Trinidad, Bar- ton (11.27) and Tia Clayton (11.37), double at this year’s Games. do great things in Cayman and Ackera bados and Bahamas trials, 98 per cent of who are �irst and third respectively on In the U20 boys 100m, with the Nugent, who leads the world in the U20 our athletes are ahead by performances the U18 world list, will not be making world leader Oblique at 10.13 girls' 100m hurdles with 13.26, a per- on the track and in the �ield. Once they the trip to Cayman. and second on the world list this year sonal best done at Jamaica’s trials, will are wearing their national colours the However, the world’s fastest junior along with Ryiem Robertson at 10.19, be untouchable. Jamaican athletes always outperform female, Briana Williams, is expected Jamaica should face minimal problems Team Jamaica will make the short and do well for their country, and so we to lead the way for Jamaica. Williams, in �inishing �irst and second. Jeremy journey to Cayman with a full team of 80 are expecting the same this year," said who made her mark by winning the Farr and Wayne Pinnock are also world athletes and 12 of�icials. Gayle. double at the 2018 World U20 leaders in their events. Farr leads the CARIFTA tickets (Mackie Seymour Jamaica currently has four ladies on Championships, enters the event as the world 400m list but will run the 200m, Stand) are still available for purchase the world 100m list, but they have all overwhelming favourite. She won the while Pinnock’s 8.05m personal best in at Funky Tangs and all Re�lections lo- decided to skip the event. Ashanti Moore U17 sprint double last year at CARIF- the long jump should set him up for a cations and also on www.caymancarif- (11.17) andAustin Kevona Davis (11.19), who TASealy and helped Jamaica to the 4x100m win. ta2019.ky. Award

Over four decades ago, Sir Austin ing exceptionally well, so we thought we Sealy created CARIFTA, now one of the would start from scratch." world's leading regional junior track Thus, the CARIFTA Games was born. and �ield meets. CARIFTA celebrates its The name CARIFTA is the acronym used 48th year in 2019 and despite a long for the Caribbean Free Trade Associa- list of stellar career achievements, Sealy tion, which provided economic linkage still views the Caribbean's junior track between the English-speaking countries and �ield championships as his biggest from 1965 to 1972 and was superseded achievement in sports. by CARICOM. CARIFTA was meant to con- Sealy, a past president of the Barba- tinue to enhance relations between the dos Olympic Association (BOA) and the English-speaking countries of the Carib- �irst Barbadian to be a member of the bean, but the CARIFTA Games took that  A Sealy Trophy International Olympic Committee, re- idea a step further, including the French calls that in the 1970s he had meetings and Dutch Antilles in the annual junior with some fellow Barbadians about ath- track and �ield championship meet. letics. In 1977, the CARIFTA Games com- her record accomplishment or quality Obadele Thompson (BAR) - 1994 "We couldn't �ind any senior athletes mittee recommended the Austin Sealy of his/her performances as compared to Debbie Ferguson (BAH) - 1995 at that time and it led in fact to the Award be instituted to honour the con- other top medallists in each year CARIF- Cydonie Mothersill (CAY) - 1996 thinking that saw the birth of the CAR- tribution of Sir Austin Sealy in the de- TA is held. Roy Bailey (JAM) - 1997 IFTA Games," he explained. "In 1972 we velopment of the CARIFTA Games. This The Cayman Islands have won the Aleen Bailey (JAM) - 1997 had a few athletes on scholarship in the prestigious trophy is awarded to the award three times – in 1989 and 1990 Janill Williams (ATG) - 1998 United States, but they weren't perform- most outstanding athlete for either his/ by Kareem Streete-Thompson and in Darrel Brown (TRI) - 1999* 1996WINNERS by Cydonie Mothersill. 1977 - 2018 Darrel Brown (TRI) - 2000* Veronica Campbell (JAM) - 2001 Anneisha McLaughlin (JAM) - Debbie Jones (BER) - 1977 2002* Mary Ann Higgs (BAH) - 1978* Usain Bolt (JAM) - 2003 Jon Jones (JAM) - 1979* Usain Bolt (JAM) - 2004 Richard Louis (BAR) - 1980* Theon O’Conner (JAM) - 2005* Candy Ford (BER) - 1981* Gavyn Nero (TRI) - 2006* Laverne Eve (BAH) - 1982 Yohan Blake (JAM) - 2007 Laverne Eve (BAH) - 1983 Kierre Beckles (BAR) - 2008 Pauline Davis (BAH) - 1984 Kirani James (GRN) - 2009 Andrea Thomas (JAM) - 1985 Jehue Gordon (TRI) - 2010 Pascal Théophile (GLP) - 1986* (BAH) - 2011 Nicole Springer (BAR) - 1987 Anthonique Strachan (BAH) - 2012 (JAM) - 1988 Shaunae Miller (BAH) - 2013 Kareem Streete-Thompson (CAY) - Akela Jones (BAR) - 2014 1989* Mary Fraser (BAR) - 2015* Kareem Streete-Thompson (CAY) - Anderson Peters (GRN) - 2016 1990 Glenn Kunst (CUR) - 2017  International Olympic Committee (IOC) member Austin Llewellyn Sealy Inez Turner (JAM) - 1991 Briana Williams (JAM) - 2018 Claudine Williams (JAM) - 1992* * = Under-17 (before 2014) / Under-18 (JAM) - 1993 (after 2013) HSA laboratory professionals celebrate Lab Week

Laboratory professionals at the Health theme this year is “Get results: Take and improvement of Services Authority (HSA) will dedicate your lab to the next level”. HSA’s pathol- patients’ results. time from their usual behind-the-scenes ogy laboratories at the Cayman Islands A free health roles to celebrate Medical Laboratory Hospital and Faith Hospital in Cayman screening takes place Professionals Week, otherwise known Brac are JCI accredited. this Saturday, 20 as Lab Week, on 21-27 April, 2019 in the As members of the Caribbean Asso- April at the Foster’s Cayman Islands. ciation of Medical Technologists’ (CAS- Food Fair in Coun- Recognised internationally on the last MET) Cayman Islands branch, labora- tryside Shopping Vil- week of April each year, Lab Week is a tory professionals from HSA and other lage, Savannah from time to acknowledge medical laborato- laboratories across the Cayman Islands 8:00am - 1:00pm. ry professionals who play a vital part have combined efforts to host two pub- Health checks include in healthcare and patient support. The lic events focused on the early detection cholesterol, glucose, blood pressure and HBA1C also known House for sale in Glyco Hb. A physician 3-bedroom, 2-bathroom house located will also be on site to answer questions in Edgehill Heights, St. Thomas, Barbados. persons may have Recently build home in a well-established and safe pertaining to their results. location. It is centrally located to many amenities A Lab Week 5K Fun such as stores, schools and public transportation. Walk/Run will be held Sunday, 28 April  HSA Medical Technologist, Vice President, CASMET Regional Quick commute to several lovely beaches. at 5:30am. The route Council and Chairperson of CASMET Cayman Islands Branch, Has modern features such as granite countertops, begins and ends at Marcia Robinson-Walters Smith Cove. Regis- stainless steel appliances and open floor plan. tration is $20 and Each room in the house had panoramic views of the there will be T-shirts, awards and prizes. patients need, we want to take the op- countryside and plenty breeze. “As laboratory professionals we may portunity during Lab Week to be proac- not interact directly with patients but tive with patient results. The free health Asking price is USD we play a crucial role in the detection, screenings improve the chance of early diagnosis and treatment of disease in detection and walk/run events are fun $350,000 patients. The tests we conduct help de- and social ways to promote health and termine the presence, extent or absence �itness. We hope people will take advan- of disease and monitor the effectiveness tage of these opportunities as well as of treatment,” noted HSA Medical Tech- show our islands laboratory staff some Pictures are nologist Marcia Robinson-Walters, who support,” she added. available on request. is also Vice President of the Regional Participants may call 926-0844 / 939- Council of CASMET and Chairperson of 8847 or visit https://www.caymanac- Please contact Simone at [email protected] if you have any queries. the Cayman Islands branch. tive.com/events/812-lab-week-walk-  “Though we work hard behind the run-2019 to register for the Lab Week scenes to provide the quality service our Fun Walk/Run. CARIFTA GAME SCHEDULE C�������� T���� Friday, April 19, 2019 | Issue No 364 PAGE A7 Carifta Game Schedule The Opening Ceremony of the 48th Cayman Islands CARIFTA Championships is planned for Saturday April 20th, 2019 at 14:55 (GMT -5)

DAY 1 – SATURDAY APRIL 20, 2019 A.M. – SESSION 1 DAY 2 – SUNDAY APRIL 21, 2019 P.M. – SESSION 4 NO. TIME EVENT GENDER CATEGORY ROUND NO. TIME EVENT GENDER CATEGORY ROUND

42 9:00 HIGH JUMP FEMALE UNDER 17 FINAL MEDAL PRESENTA- MP4 16:45 TIONS 43 9:00 HIGH JUMP FEMALE UNDER 20 FINAL 52 17:05 FEMALE UNDER 20 FINAL 55 9:05 FEMALE UNDER 17 FINAL 69-7 17:10 JAVELIN MALE OPEN OCTATHALON (7) 58 9:10 DISCUS MALE UNDER 20 FINAL 30 17:45 400 METERS HURDLES FEMALE UNDER 17 FINAL 100 METERS HUR- 67-1 9:15 FEMALE OPEN HEPTATHALON (1) DLES 31 17:55 400 METERS HURDLES FEMALE UNDER 20 FINAL 69-1 9:20 100 METERS MALE OPEN OCTATHALON (1) 28 18:05 400 METERS HURDLES MALE UNDER 17 FINAL 3 9:30 100 METERS FEMALE UNDER 17 SEMI FINALS 29 18:15 400 METERS HURDLES MALE UNDER 20 FINAL 1 10:00 100 METERS MALE UNDER 17 SEMI FINALS MEDAL PRESENTA- MP5 18:17 TIONS 4 10:30 100 METERS FEMALE UNDER 20 SEMI FINALS 15 18:30 800 METERS FEMALE UNDER 17 FINAL 2 11:00 100 METERS MALE UNDER 20 SEMI FINALS 13 18:40 800 METERS MALE UNDER 17 FINAL 67-2 11:05 HIGH JUMP FEMALE OPEN HEPTATHALON (2) 16 18:50 800 METERS FEMALE UNDER 20 FINAL 69-2 11:10 LONG JUMP MALE OPEN OCTATHALON (2) 14 19:00 800 METERS MALE UNDER 20 FINAL 53 11:15 SHOT PUT MALE UNDER 17 FINAL 40 19:05 HIGH JUMP MALE UNDER 17 FINAL 60 11:20 DISCUS FEMALE UNDER 20 FINAL 67-7 19:07 800 METERS FEMALE OPEN HEPTATHLON (7) 11 11:30 400 METERS FEMALE UNDER 17 SEMI FINALS 46 19:10 LONG JUMP MALE UNDER 20 FINAL 9 11:50 400 METERS MALE UNDER 17 SEMI FINALS 61 19:15 JAVELIN MALE UNDER 17 FINAL 12 12:10 400 METERS FEMALE UNDER 20 SEMI FINALS MEDAL PRESENTA- MP6 19:16 10 12:30 400 METERS MALE UNDER 20 SEMI FINALS TIONS DAY 1 – SATURDAY APRIL 20, 2010 P.M. -- SESSION 2 69-8 19:50 1500 METERS MALE OPEN OCTATHALON (8) NO. TIME EVENT GENDER CATEGORY ROUND 7 20:10 200 METERS FEMALE UNDER 17 FINAL

5 20:20 200 METERS MALE UNDER 17 FINAL

OC1 14:55 OPENING CEREMONY 8 20:30 200 METERS FEMALE UNDER 20 FINAL MEDAL PRESENTA- MP1 16:30 6 20:40 200 METERS MALE UNDER 20 FINAL TIONS DAY 3 – MONDAY APRIL 22, 2019 A.M. – SESSION 5 41 17:00 HIGH JUMP MALE UNDER 20 FINAL NO. TIME EVENT GENDER CATEGORY ROUND 45 17:05 LONG JUMP MALE UNDER 17 FINAL 67-3 17:10 SHOT PUT FEMALE OPEN HEPTATHALON (3) 44 10:00 MALE OPEN FINAL 19 18:05 1500 METERS FEMALE UNDER 17 FINAL 50 10:05 TRIPLE JUMP MALE UNDER 20 FINAL 17 18:15 1500 METERS MALE UNDER 17 FINAL 62 10:10 JAVELIN MALE UNDER 20 FINAL 69-3 18:20 SHOT PUT MALE OPEN OCTATHALON (3) 27 10:15 110 METERS HURDLES MALE UNDER 20 SEMI FINALS 20 18:25 1500 METERS FEMALE UNDER 20 FINAL DAY 3 – MONDAY APRIL 22, 2019 P.M. – SESSION 6 18 18:35 1500 METERS MALE UNDER 20 FINAL NO. TIME EVENT GENDER CATEGORY ROUND MEDAL PRESENTA- MP2 18:45 TIONS MEDAL PRESENTA- 48 19:00 LONG JUMP FEMALE UNDER 20 FINAL MP7 15:45 TIONS 64 19:05 JAVELIN FEMALE UNDER 20 FINAL 49 16:00 TRIPLE JUMP MALE UNDER 17 FINAL 67-4 19:10 200 METERS FEMALE OPEN HEPTATHALON (4) 54 16:10 SHOT PUT MALE UNDER 20 FINAL 11 19:25 400 METERS FEMALE UNDER 17 FINAL 59 16:15 DISCUS FEMALE UNDER 17 FINAL 9 19:32 400 METERS MALE UNDER 17 FINAL 34 16:20 4 X 100 METERS FEMALE UNDER 17 FINAL 12 19:40 400 METERS FEMALE UNDER 20 FINAL 32 16:30 4 X 100 METERS MALE UNDER 17 FINAL 10 19:47 400 METERS MALE UNDER 20 FINAL 35 16:40 4 X 100 METERS FEMALE UNDER 20 FINAL 69-4 19:55 400 METERS MALE OPEN OCTATHALON (4) 33 16:50 4 X 100 METERS MALE UNDER 20 FINAL MEDAL PRESENTA- MP3 19:58 MEDAL PRESENTA- TIONS MP8 16:55 TIONS 3 20:10 100 METERS FEMALE UNDER 17 FINAL 22 17:15 3000 METERS FEMALE OPEN FINAL 1 20:17 100 METERS MALE UNDER 17 FINAL 21 17:35 3000 METERS MALE UNDER 17 FINAL 4 20:25 100 METERS FEMALE UNDER 20 FINAL MEDAL PRESENTA- MP9 17:50 2 20:32 100 METERS MALE UNDER 20 FINAL TIONS DAY 2 – SUNDAY APRIL 21, 2019 A.M. – SESSION 3 51 18:05 TRIPLE JUMP FEMALE UNDER 17 FINAL NO. TIME EVENT GENDER CATEGORY ROUND 56 18:08 SHOT PUT FEMALE UNDER 20 FINAL 57 18:11 DISCUS MALE UNDER 17 FINAL 63 9:00 JAVELIN FEMALE UNDER 17 FINAL 24 18:15 100 METERS HURDLES FEMALE UNDER 17 FINAL 67-5 9:05 LONG JUMP FEMALE OPEN HEPTATHALON (5) 25 18:25 100 METERS HURDLES FEMALE UNDER 20 FINAL 110 METERS HUR- 69-5 9:10 MALE OPEN OCTATHALON (5) 26 18:40 110 METERS HURDLES MALE UNDER 17 FINAL DLES 27 18:55 110 METERS HURDLES MALE UNDER 20 FINAL 7 9:30 200 METERS FEMALE UNDER 17 SEMI FINALS 23 19:05 5000 METERS MALE UNDER 20 FINAL 5 9:45 200 METERS MALE UNDER 17 SEMI FINALS MEDAL PRESENTA- MP10 19:25 8 10:00 200 METERS FEMALE UNDER 20 SEMI FINALS TIONS 6 10:15 200 METERS MALE UNDER 20 SEMI FINALS 38 19:35 4 X 400 METERS FEMALE UNDER 17 FINAL 67-6 11:00 JAVELIN FEMALE OPEN HEPTATHALON (6) 36 19:50 4 X 400 METERS MALE UNDER 17 FINAL 69-6 11:05 HIGH JUMP MALE OPEN OCTATHALON (6) 39 20:00 4 X 400 METERS FEMALE UNDER 20 FINAL 47 11:10 LONG JUMP FEMALE UNDER 17 FINAL 37 20:15 4 X 400 METERS MALE UNDER 20 FINAL 14 11:15 800 METERS MALE UNDER 20 SEMI FINALS MEDAL PRESENTA- MP11 20:30 TIONS CC1 CLOSING CEREMONY*Subject to change

 Team Cayman opening ceremony BATABANO | POLICE NEWS PAGE A8 Friday, April 19, 2019 | Issue No 364 C�������� T����

Le Masque dinner show returns to Batabano Violin Queen Mapy to perform

Organizers of Cayman Carnival Bat- Tickets are now availa- events that expanded her abano are bringing back its signature ble for sale at Le Classique brand and introduce her dinner show, Le Masque, at the historic on Mary Street where ta- patented style of music to Pedro St. James Castle this year, featur- bles of 10 can be booked an ever growing number ing “The Violin Queen”, Mapy, with her for CI$80 per ticket, or of fans. As Mapy’s musi- unique fusion of Soca and Afro-Beat vi- regular tickets can be pur- cal prowess continued to olin music. chased online at www. grow, so did her yearning Held on Thursday May 2, 2019, Le eventpro.ky. to explore additional mu- Masque is an exclusive dinner and show Sponsorship opportu- sical opportunities. It was event offering local residents and visi- nities are available for the in 2014 that she made the tors an elegant dining experience under local business communi- life changing decision to the stars. ty to support and get in- pursue a solo career as a "Le Masque is de�initely back by pop- volved with this event. Hip- Hop, Dancehall & Soca ular demand this year and we are so For details, call 949- violinist. A genre that she thrilled to have Mapy as our headlining 7121 or email batabano- singlehandedly ushered artist performing at our historic Pedro caymancarnival@gmail. onto the scene, Mapy’s St. James Castle, along with some of com. For information hard work and dedication Cayman's top local singers," said Bat- about Cayman Carni- to success allowed her to abano Chairperson, Donna Myrie-Ste- val Batabano 2019, visit obtain a throng of fans phen. "Mapy's amazing talent of fus- www.caymancarnival. and supporters while she ing elegant violin with Caribbean and com.ABOUT MAPY continued to elevate her afro-beat music is a perfect �it for an music. In July 2017, Mapy event like this at such a prestigious lo- released her freshman cation in Cayman, and we are so excited Mapy, AKA The Violin album, Island Girl, which to host her here." Queen, exploded on the took the world by storm Event attendees will dine on a buffet of music scene with her pat- as it debuted at #1 on traditional Caymanian cuisine, including ented sound that is rede- the iTunes reggae charts lobster, conch, and Cayman-style beef, �ining her classical instru- within hours of its re- among other local dishes and desserts. ment by infusing soca, hip lease. Mapy composes and Mrs. Myrie-Stephen said the dress hop and afro-beat music produces her own music, code has been elevated to "island el- into the traditional clas- and is currently working egant" this year, in-keeping with the sical sound to create a on her �irst album. Her event's "masquerade" theme infused brand of music that has �irst single “Dreams” was with local culture, and guests are en- never before been seen or recently released. Today, couraged to wear creative headpieces accepted by the critics and Mapy is gearing up for and masks of their own. A charitable the masses alike. Mapy is a performances all over the raf�le will also be held throughout the Réunion Island native who world, which will bring evening, with part-proceeds going to uncovered her passion for her front and center to local environmental and turtle conser- music at the young age of the thousands of fans who vation. six when she began studying the art of years. Upon graduation Mapy spread have made her an online and viral suc- Tickets are just CI$100 and includes: a the violin at the Conservatory in , her respect for the classical instrument cess. Mapy’s classically infused style of masquerade mask; champagne cocktail France. It was there that Mapy’s love though her work as a music teacher, music has separated her from the pack, hour; elegant Caymanian cuisine dinner for the violin took hold and she became where she taught the violin to both the while her undoubted abilities have ce- with wine; and international and local the leader of the �irst violin section in young and old. Though a ful�illing ca- mented her as a musical powerhouse, entertainment. There will also be a cash the Symphony Orchestra as well as at- reer, Mapy knew that her legend would who is primed and ready for the next cocktail bar. tending the school as 1st chair for 10 be created as an artist and in 2013 she phase of her journey to super stardom. joined Airplay Musical Group where For more information about Mapy, visit she was booked for a litany of luxury www.mapyviolinist.com POLICE NEWS Man Arrested for Drug Related off ences in Little Cayman, 15 April

Just before 4:30PM on Saturday 13 of�icers retrieved the object, which was April, a 48-year-old-man was arrested a plastic wrapper containing a powdery on suspicion of possession of cocaine substance believed to be cocaine. The and suspicion of possession of ganja man was searched under the Misuse of near a liquor-licensed establishment on Drugs and a second plastic wrapper con- Little Cayman. taining suspected ganja was recovered. This arrest was made as result of the of- The man was subsequently arrested �icers making checks at the establishment by the attending of�icers on suspicion of and observing a man acting suspiciously. possession of cocaine and ganja and oth- When the of�icers approached the man er related offences; he was later granted they saw him throw something away. The bail as the investigations continue. Update: Fatal vehicle accident on Monday April 15

The 28-year-old man of George Town • Using an Uninspected Vehicle. who was arrested on 15 April in con- He was scheduled to appear in court nection with this fatal accident has now on April 17, 2019 ingbeen charged with the following: Police have con�irmed the identi- • Causing Death by Dangerous Driv- ty of the victim as 21-year-old Ignacio Kirzner, an Argentinian national living • Driving Whilst Disquali�ied in Cayman.  • Unlawful Use of a Vehicle The RCIPS extends condolences to the • Using an Unlicensed Vehicle family and friends of the deceased. WEATHER | CRIUISE SHIP SCHEDULE | HEALTHY LIVING C�������� T���� Friday, April 19, 2019 | Issue No 364 PAGE A9

WEEKLY WEATHER FORECAST

Friday Saturday Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday

CRUISE SHIP SCHEDULE — WEEK — APRIL 21 – 27

TOTAL SHIPS – 10 TOTAL PASSENGERS – 32,088

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MSC Seaside Monarch Celebrity Equinox

Norwegian Epic

Liberty of the Seas

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2,500 7,140 13,318 6,450 2,680 The Power of Change Grass-Fed Beef

Do you wish you could change some- This is one of the most nutrient-dense thing about your life right now? from of proteins you can buy. It has an I'm here to argue that change can extensive micro- nutrient pro�ile and happen in an instant. �lourishes with a huge supply of brain I know this goes against popular friendly Omega 3’s fatty acids. Cattle thought. Most people believe that were created to feed on grass, especial- change has to be worked at for months ly open pastures. However, as the de- or even years. We expect to try and fail mand for beef has intensi�ied over the numerous times before we ultimately last century, farmers started feeding give up or succeed. their herds grain- based products, usu- How many people do you know who ally made from corn or soy. So the dif- struggle with their weight? They want ference between grass fed and grain fed ticipants who were given CLA demon- to make a healthy change by getting in has to do with their diet. One is fed on stratedHelps better �ight insulin cancer sensitivity - as op- shape, but the change never seems to  Ernest-Ebanks grass while the other is fed on grains. If posed to those who didn’t take any. take hold. you are looking for beef obtained from This according Is there something in your life that cows fed on grass look for, “grass �in- to Keto diet. The CLA in this type of beef you want to change? Do you have ished label.” is double the amount found in grain- fed weight to lose? Do you have high blood you'll always revert back to what's HasHere fewer are some calories health - bene�its to go type. A study conducted on women who pressure? Do you have a pair of pants comfortable. The solution? for grass fed. were given higher amounts of CLA- rich that you wish you could �it into? Change what you're comfortable In the U.S. a foodsContains had a more 60% healthy lower risk fats in - breast What is keeping you from making a with. typical yearly amount of beef eaten by cancer over those who didn’t have any. positive change in your life? You've probably heard that humans someone is 67 pounds. Switching to It pro- According to professional speak- are motivated by two things: 1) to grass- fed beef will save a whopping 16, vides up to 6 times more Omega 3 fatty er and author, Anthony Robbins, it's avoid pain and 2) to gain pleasure. 652Helps calories, supports according healthy to EatWild.comblood sugar acids as compared with grain fed beef. the getting ready to change that takes When you want to change a behavior levelsfounder, - Jo Robinson. This increased in the fatty acids aids in time. In the end there's a single instant pattern the key is to associate pain alleviatingDecreases Rheumatoid risk of heart Arthritis, disease de-- It when the change occurs. Robbins goes with the behavior that you don't want This is a revelation indeed. Who pression and focus. on to outline three speci�ic beliefs that and pleasure with the behavior that would have thought beef could do this? youBelief must #1: have in ordermust to instantly you do want. Beef from these cows contains a special packs a punch with high amounts of vi- create a lasting change. You know that you want to lose bene�icial fatty acid called CLA(Conju- tamin E, less unhealthy fats, and lower Something change. weight and that to do so you need to gated Linoleic Acid). A recent double amounts of bad cholesterol. So let’s beef Do you sort of want to get into shape, quit eating comfort food late at night. – blinded study found that 37% of par- it up! or do you absolutely have to lose the You also know that you need to start weight? Does dropping a few pounds exercising on a regular basis. Up until sound nice, or is living another day in this point your brain is trained to as- your current body unbearable? In or- sociate pleasure with eating comfort derBelief to make #2: aI lasting change you must food late at night and to associate pain be convinced that the time has come. with exercise. must change it. It's time to retrain your brain to It is vital that you take full respon- feel good about exercise and to feel sibility in making the change. Sure, bad about eating late at night. Think others may assist you, but in the about all of the negative things about end you are the one who is going to being overweight and connect these sonalmake itmission—no happen. You one have else to needwill do this it unpleasant thoughts to your late night change enough to make it your per- snack. Now think about all of the won- Belief #3: I can derful things about being in shape and for you. connect these pleasant thoughts to ex- change it. ercise. Don't let past failures get in your You areBody capable Shapers of making Fitness a Stu- big way. The truth is that you do amazing diochange 325-8696 in your or life. emailing Start me by at calling bod- things when you put your mind to it. [email protected] at Believe that you are capable of losing weight or making any other positive for change in your life. your no obligation �itness consulta- Why do most people fail to make tion.  lasting change? They leave it up to Remember, change can happen in an willpower. This works for awhile, but instant. LOCAL NEWS | INSPIRATION PAGE A10 Friday, April 19, 2019 | Issue No 364 C�������� T���� Caymanian Students Selected as 2019 UWC Scholars

The United World College Cayman Is- to award scholarship funding to each lands Board of Directors and National of our new scholars, ensuring our se- Committee is pleased to announce that lection process continues to be car- Aleigha General and Ayanna Davis-Eden ried out entirely on the basis of merit,” have been selected as its 2019 scholars. added Chairperson of UWC Cayman Is- Aleigha General is set to attend Li Po lands Aubrey Bodden (UWC-USA ’04). Chun UWC in Hong Kong and Ayana Da- “Fundraising activities, direct �inan- vis-Eden is set to attend UWC Thailand. cial support offered by the colleges on "It is inspiring to receive applications an as-needed basis, and grants from from some of Cayman’s best students long-standing local donors such as the each year,” explained Chair of this year’s Maples Group and Aall Foundation en- Selection Committee Martina Jackson sure cost is never a barrier to the most (Waterford Kamhlaba UWCSA ’10). deserving students accessing a UWC ed- “Aleigha and Ayanna both stood out as ucation.” individuals who not only have strong ac- Aleigha and Ayanna join current Cay- ademic abilities and are involved in the manian scholars Fenna Madison (UWC community, but individuals who also ISAK Japan ’20), Mark Plowright (UWC have a strong passion for the future of Adriatic ’20) and Juliana Gaspar (UWC- the Cayman Islands and will represent USA ’20), who are now completing our country well.” their �irst years at UWC colleges. Elijah Studying for the rigorous two-year In- Samson (Li Po Chun UWC ’19), Marley ternational Baccalaureate Diploma (IB), McCoy (Pearson College UWC ’19) and Aleigha and Ayanna will live and study Courtney Thomas (UWC Maastricht alongside other successful young people ’19), will graduate from their respec- from diverse cultures and backgrounds tive UWC colleges next month and all who are also committed to the UWC three plan to move on to tertiary stud- mission of using education as a force to ies. unite young people for peace and a sus- For more information on the selec- tainable future. tion process or our scholars, please visit  L-R: UWC Cayman Islands 2019 Scholars Aleigha General and Ayanna Davis-Eden “We were delighted to also work http://ky.uwc.org or contact us at uwc- with the colleges and our Foundation [email protected]. Aleigha General Ayanna Davis-Eden is set tend Li Po Chun UWC in Hong to attend UWC Thailand in is set to at-

Kong. Currently a student at Phuket. A creative at heart, John Gray High School, she is in this Triple C High School the top 10 percent of students student enjoys avenues for in her year group and is privi- expressing herself which in- leged to serve in the position of clude, but are not limited to, Deputy Head Girl. Aleigha is a �ilmmaking and cooking. She well-rounded student who de- is a featured presenter on Ra- votes much of her time outside dio Cayman’s YouthFlex show the classroom participating in and has volunteered time Junior Achievement, Key Club, working backstage at some of Cadets and Leo’s Club. She has the country’s popular theatre a strong passion for giving shows performed at the Har- back to her community and quail Theatre. In 2018, Ayan- volunteers for organisations na and a partner competed in such as Cayman Animal Res- the Caribbean Junior Duelling cue Enthusiasts (CARE) and Challenge in Barbados where the Humane Society. This pas- she won gold for both her sion for her community and plates and placed second out animals has led her to pursue of nine teams from across the a career in veterinary medicine Caribbean region. Her passion and she hopes to open her own for the  arts has led her to pur- veterinary clinic in the Cayman sue a career in �ilm produc- Islands. tion. MOMENTS OF INSPIRATION

What’s All the Fuss About? By the Rev’d Christopher Pierce www.churchofenglandcayman.org Time was designated as BC and AD… day and was truly raised from the dead before Christ and in the Year of Our the following Sunday morning. How do Lord…not Before the Common Era and we know? The four Gospels provide This time of year, you see a lot of the Common Era. the earliest accounts and the reality marketing efforts to sell chocolates and We now live in a time when societal is that the message of the Gospel…the bunny stuff…all very loosely associat- norms and morals are shifting. Peo- call to repentance and faith in Jesus ed with that most sacred of Christian ple who won’t say with certainty that Christ spread like wild-�ire in the face holidays, Easter or Resurrection Day. something is sexually immoral is sinful of relentless persecution and is now Unfortunately, most of the advertising lest they be thought judgemental, pro- professed by 2.2 billion of the world’s has nothing to do with the real reason fess with absolute certainty that the inhabitants and it continues to grow, in for the marking the day set aside. It is old ways were absolutely too narrow spite of continued persecution in plac- one of two days in the year where that and certain. They do so without realis- es like China and the various Muslim the secular calendar coincides with the ing they are sitting in judgement on the countries where it is outlawed or con- Christian…the other being Christmas. norms and boundaries that gave us the trolled by the government. So, what is all the fuss about? Why do culture so much of the world are will- The Christian faith holds at its very people who rarely give thought or ex- ing to chance death to participate in. heart…that Jesus truly did die on the pression to anything religious sudden- There was a reason that those old cross outside of Jerusalem and that God ly feel an inward compulsion to go a norms and boundaries were in place. the Father truly did raise him from the Christian place of worship and put in They were considered to have been dead. As the Apostle Paul put it, “For an appearance? derived from the clear teaching of the our sake he made him to be sin who It would seem most likely that it is a Bible. In other words, they were con- knew no sin, so that in him we might cultural carryover from the time when sidered as divinely revealed truth and become the righteousness of God.”  The Rev’d Christopher Pierce that the Christian faith was not only as such were the foundations of our so- So, what is all the fuss about? It professed but practised as a societal ciety. They weren’t humanly derived… is about Jesus Christ both fully God norm. It was a simpler time. A time they were given by God. and fully man, who though sinless, when boundaries and a lack of uncer- So, what is all the fuss about East- died for sinners and furthermore was to judge the quick and the dead. It isn’t tainty marked, informed, and shaped er? Why do we mark it? Why is it on raised from the dead and after appear- about chocolates or bunnies. It is about our day to day living. There was no con- the calendar? Well, for starters, it is ing many times to his disciples and a life-changing, nay world-changing  fusion about the calendar. Sunday was because it isn’t a made-up thing…it’s crowd of 500 at one time, ascended truth but one that must be experienced the �irst day of the week, not Monday. true. Jesus was really cruci�ied on a Fri- into heaven from whence he shall come personally, not just culturally. GLOBAL NEWS BRIEFS C�������� T���� Friday, April 19, 2019 | Issue No 364 PAGE B1

GLOBAL NEWS BRIEFS Notre Dame donations �lood in

France's three wealthiest families Combined with other donations from are coming to the rescue of a national companies including French bank Crédit icon, spearheading a fundraising drive Agricole, the total amount pledged by to rebuild Notre Dame that has already business and wealthy donors is expect- topped $800 million. ed to top $1bn soon. The billionaires behind luxury giants Meanwhile, the French prime minis- LVMH Group, Kering and L'Oreal have ter, Edouard Philippe, has announced an pledged a combined €500 million ($565 international architecture competition million) after a massive �ire ripped to rebuild the spire of Notre Dame Ca- through the Paris cathedral. thedral. LVMH and its CEO Bernard Arnault The 93-metre spire collapsed on Mon- have promised $226 million. The do- day in a �ire that began at its base and nation has been matched by the Bet- spread through the cathedral’s ribbed tencourt Meyers family, which controls roof, made up of hundreds of oak beams, L'Oreal. The Pinault family, which op- some dating back to the 13th century. erates luxury conglomerate Kering has Mr Philippe said the competition pledged $113 million. aimed to give “Notre Dame a spire The three fashion dynasties have in- adapted to techniques and challenges voked patriotism and shared cultural of our times”. He said authorities had identity in explaining their generosity no estimation yet of the total cost of the following the devastating �ire. renovation work. Other French companies have also The French president, Emmanuel Ma- written big checks: The oil and gas com- cron, said in an address that he wanted pany Total has promised $113 million, the cathedral  to be rebuilt within �ive  Notre Dame is a French and international icon while tech and consulting �irm Capgem- years and be “more beautiful than be- ini will give $1.1 million. fore”. Alo is Canada’s best Duterte �inally diner again signs budget

Canada’s 100 Best Restaurants has an- President Rodrigo Duterte has nounced its �ifth annual ranking and a �ine �inally signed a 3.7 trillion-pe- dining spot in Toronto has taken top hon- so ($71.5 billion) budget for ours again. Alo, headed by chef-owner Pat- this year, its largest ever, ending rick Kriss, was named best in Canada for the months of impasse that forced third year running. The French restaurant the Philippines to cut its growth and cocktail bar pairs seasonal ingredients target. with a contemporary vibe, offering blind,  Alo was voted Canada’s top restaurant again The Philippines last month cut multi-course tasting menus paired with dis- its 2019 growth target to 6-7 per-  President Rodrigo Duterte stalled tinctive wines. The bar room accepts walk- cent from 7-8 percent, re�lecting on signing off the budget ins, and there you can enjoy cocktails and a the absence of a new budget and sharing-style, à la carte menu consisting of Toronto is home to the most top-ranking the impact of the U.S.-China trade seafood, meat-based entrées, vegetable-fo- restaurants with 26 of the 100. Montreal is a dispute. cused sides, and desserts. Bookings for the close second with 25 followed by Vancouver In signing the budget, the pres- peso ($79.3 billion) national dining room open two months at a time and with 14. The ranking was determined by the ident vetoed $1.8 billion worth budget. The Philippines, among can only be made through their website. The votes of a panel of nearly 100 judges, made of appropriations, Executive Sec- the fastest growing economies two different dining experiences, the Dining up of chefs, restaurateurs, food writers and retary Salvador Medialdea an- in Asia, is aiming for growth of Room and the Kitchen Counter, are priced at others in the industry across the country. nounced. Vetoed items include 6.5-7.5 percent in 2020, and 7-8 $135 and $165 respectively, with the option Other honourees include Normand Laprise non-priority public works, he said. percent in 2021 and 2022, mainly of adding wine pairings. Mr Kriss, who has of Toqué! (No. 3), who garnered the Life- Months of squabbling between through an extensive infrastruc- opened three restaurants in as many years time Achievement Award, Best Pastry Chef the upper and lower chambers of ture overhaul. – including Aloette (No. 35) and Alobar (No. Celeste Mah of Raymonds, Most Innovative the house delayed the transmis- The Philippine economy grew 65) – was also named Canada’s Most Out- Chef Antonin Mousseau-Rivard of Montreal’s sion of this year’s national budget 6.2 percent in 2018, the slowest standing Chef. Montreal institutions Joe Beef Le Mousso, and Sal Howell of Calgary’s Riv- to the president. in three  years, because of weak (No. 2) and Toqué ! (No. 3) round out the top er Café, which was named Most Eco-Friendly For next year, economic man- exports, manufacturing and farm three. Restaurant. agers will propose a 4.1 trillion output. under more Honduran city uses plastic Trump pressure for roads

President Donald Trump has approved a move intended A city in Honduras has to further choke off foreign investment in Cuba by lifting found a solution to pre- longstanding limits on American citizens seeking to sue over vent thousands of tonnes of property con�iscated by the government going back plastic from going into the to Fidel Castro’s revolution six decades ago. Atlantic by turning them The decision, a sharp departure from the policy of the last into asphalt. three presidents, could open the �loodgates to thousands of Dolphins can now dance lawsuits against foreign companies and individuals accused freely in Utila’s turquoise of seizing property. By doing so, Mr Trump hopes to raise the waters without fearing that pressure on Cuba, but risks another rupture with American plastic will end up in their allies in Europe and Canada that scrambled to head off the stomachs. change in recent days. The �ive million plastic The action was announced by the State Department on bottles that each year make Wednesday and discussed by the president’s national se- their way to the Honduran curity adviser, John R. Bolton, in a speech in Miami mark- island, in the Caribbean ing the 58th anniversary of the Bay of Pigs operation that department of Islas de la failed to topple the Castro government during the early days Bahía, will no longer �inish of John F. Kennedy’s administration. Mr Trump is trying to in the ocean. force Havana to back off its support for Venezuela’s leader, The island’s authorities  Utila in Honduras is using plastic to pave its roads Nicolás Maduro, whom administration of�icials said Cuba are now using the raw ma- had propped up with more than 20,000 troops. terial to pave Utila’s streets, In his decision to lift the limits, Mr Trump brushed aside keeping the cetaceans, protests by European leaders who brought their objections whose dance attracts 2.3 million tourists each zano Street. To make the pavement, some 150,000 to Washington in recent weeks. Spain’s foreign minister met year, safe from the plastic invasion. soft drink bottles were converted into 3,600 kg with Mr Bolton, and other European of�icials pressed Secre- The municipality’s innovative solution is a mix- of shredded plastic, then mixed with cement and tary of State Mike Pompeo, arguing that such a move would ture of plastic bottles and cement and aims to stop sand in a laboratory in the city of San Pedro Sula, harm their businesses. the environmental pollution that threatens not in northern Honduras, to test its resistance to The European Union threatened last week to sue the Unit- only the impressive dolphin sanctuary, but all the weight and weather conditions. ed States at the World Trade Organisation if it proceeded marine species currently living in the second larg- He was a swimming teacher to children of and suggested that counterclaims could be �iled in Europe- est reef in the world. A-listers including Stella McCartney and Sir an courts against American �irms that took advantage of the “About �ive million plastic bottles arrive at the Richard Branson before turning his hand to new policy. “The EU will be obliged to use all means at its island each year, in addition to what the sea brings writing and creating his beloved mouse hero in disposal,” the union’s foreign policy chief and trade commis- to the beaches,” said Utila’s mayor, Troy Bodden, collaboration with author and illustrator Gene- sioner wrote in a letter to Mr Pompeo. “so we decided to get rid of this plastic by shred- vieve Webster. ding it and using it as a material for the concrete Books such as ‘Rastamouse And Da Bag-a Bling’ mix to pave our streets.” and ‘Rastamouse And the Crucial Plan’ were writ- Inspired by an idea that was �irst applied in In- ten in African-Caribbean patois as the hero set dia, Utila’s plastic roads are more sustainable, du- about his mission to “make a bad ting good”. rable and cheaper than conventional roads. It was The character eventually transferred to televi- the Indian example, coupled with a tourist’s video sion in 2011, running for three series and 52 ep- of Canada’s plastic roads, that inspired Mayor Bod- isodes on CBeebies until 2015. den. Mr De Souza was charged last month with ben- Mr. Bodden said 28 per cent of the pavement for- e�it fraud by allegedly failing to declare his earn- mula comes from shredded plastic, which allows ings as an author to the Department for Work and the municipality to save money that would other- Pensions. wise be spent on cement. The Trinidad-born writer appeared at London’s The pilot project was conducted on a 180-me- Southwark crown court on Monday to deny the tre long street located in the centre of the island, charges. Judge Michael Gledhill gave him permis-  Cubans will suffer more from Trump’s latest tactic which the mayor renamed Holland, and cost two sion to keep his hat on, in accordance with  his Ras- million Honduran lempiras (KY $42,000). A sec- tafarian religion, for the brief hearing. ond road was later paved – the 390-metre long Lo- He is due to stand trial from July 22. REGIONAL C360 PAGE B2 Friday, April 19, 2019 | Issue No 364 C�������� T���� Jamaica Government Weighing Options After Court Declares ID Law Unconstitutional

The Jamaica government is contem- route was that what was left would still state of health from an plating its next move after suffering be in violation of the constitution… And iris scan, you can de- a huge blow when the Constitutional so we are of the view that the National termine almost what Court struck down legislation to create Identi�ication and Registration Act is to illness they are suffer- a national identi�ication system. be declared null and void and of no legal ing, what is the likely In a brief statement, the Andrew Hol- effect,” he said. medication they are on, ness administration said it “is respectful The NIDS was intended to provide and other things that of the court’s ruling and will spend some a comprehensive structure to enable are very personal and time carefully reviewing the judgment, the capture and storage of identity in- private to them. So, it is after which a more fulsome response formation for all Jamaicans. Under the not just simply a matter will be forthcoming”. system, each citizen would be provided of we are just collecting Last Friday, Chief Justice Bryan Sykes with a nine-digit National Identi�ication biometric information delivered the ruling of the three-mem- Number (NIN), which they would have to be used for identi�i-  Prime Minister Andrew Holness ber panel that the National Identi�i- for life. Every Jamaican was expected cation; there are other cation and Registration Act, which is to register for a NIN, and those who did implications of that, so referred to as the NIDS Act, was null would be unable to access certain gov- hence the question of and void due to infringements on pri- ernment services and risked criminal informational privacy loomed large in The challenge to the Act had been vacy as well as an individual’s right to prosecution. our considerations,” he said, adding that brought by the opposition People’s choice. However, the Chief Justice said the the protections under the Act for the National Party (PNP) General Secre- “Having declared some of the provi- collection of biometric data under NIDS storage and safety of information while tary Julian Robinson who said certain sions in violation of the charter, we are would impact information privacy. in the possession of the State were in- provisions of the law infringe some of of the view that what was left could not “The legislation here in Jamaica adequate. his constitutional rights. He said the stand because…it was so bound up with makes provision in some instances for Justice Sykes also contended that the legislation  was �lawed as a result of the the other provisions that there is no way iris scans. The literature tells us that you mandatory requirement of the NIDS Act Government acting too hastily to imple- it could survive by itself… and the other can glean information about a person’s deprives the individual of choice. ment it. Barbados to Get A Dedicated Family Court This Year

Barbados’ judiciary has taken the �irst step to estab- She explained that the source of a lot of poverty, dys- lishing a dedicated Family Court with the appointment function and alienation in society could be dealt with of a consultant to oversee the process. at the level of the family, through providing support for Chief Justice Sir Marston Gibson announced the ap- children, identifying those in need, and reducing the pointment of Master Christie-Ann Morris-Alleyne as a level of violence against women. consultant to Barbados’ Family Court Project during a “We know these are the building blocks of the socie- recent meeting with representatives from the Family ty, and if we do not maintain those building blocks, no Law Council and the UNICEF Regional Of�ice. amount of changes in legislation, increases in securi- UNICEF is funding the consultancy, together with the ty, or �inancial support will help. We know, and we are training of judges and ancillary court staff. committed to working with those building blocks,” she Sir Marston said that mature countries were dis- said. pensing justice by specialization, which meant that The Family Law Council is tasked with spearheading they were now moving towards solution oriented the creation of the court, after almost two decades of  Chief Justice Sir Marston Gibson courts which were dedicated to resolving a particular advocacy and lobbying. set of issues. Representative for the UNICEF Of�ice of the East- The Chief Justice added that the journey to estab- ern Caribbean Area, Dr Aloys Kamuragiye lauded the lishing a Family Court for Barbados was “not easy”, court’s move to establish a Family Court as it was “key However, she said it was “extremely important” to but was made possible through assistance and funding for the stability of Barbados”. pick a Family Court model designed for Barbados. from UNICEF. He gave the assurance that the international agency “We must never pick a model off a shelf and simply “We are grateful to UNICEF and the United Nations would give the judiciary the required support in facili- plug it into another society,” she said. for assisting us in setting this court up…. Economi- tating the process. Morris-Alleyne added that the study and analysis on cally, we are going through ‘growing pains’ as we are “You are not alone. We have seen the political will the right solution to setting up a Family Court for Bar- now in an IMF (International Monetary Fund) pro- at the highest level. The resources come after, but it bados would take a “bit of time”. gramme, and funds are not easy to come by, so we are takes political will. If you don’t have the support at the “It means studying the institutions and organiza- always grateful to the donor agencies for assisting us highest level it will not be sustainable,” Dr Kamuragiye tions, and touching people and understanding the in projects which would redound to the bene�it of the pointed out. needs of people, and what services must be provided court system and the Barbadian society as a whole,” However, he noted that the process needed to be a for the people and where those services must be pro- he said. participatory one, with buy-in from the experts. vided,” she said. Chairman of the Family Law Council, Justice Jacque- During her address, Morris-Alleyne noted that deal- The Barbados Family Court is expected to come on line Cornelius, welcomed the consultant and stated ing with family issues and �inding the relevant family stream in November to coincide with the 30th anniver- that “we intend to get this Family Court up and run- solutions was a key part of addressing the dif�iculties sary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, to ning”. within a society. which the island is a signatory.

Barbados Gun Amnesty Nets 32 Guns; question of bail for matters involving �irearm usage, then I think it is only fair Police Chief Says it Wasn’t Very Successful and reasonable to provide likely perpe- trators an opportunity to turn in any such weapons that they might have. So, certainly we did not anticipate that we Government’s one-week gun amnes- yesterday that “any �irearms and am- gal guns getting into the country in the would have been very successful, but we ty netted 32 �irearms and 1,758 rounds munition that are taken off the streets �irst place, as he suggested that corrupt thought it was the right thing to do.” of assorted ammunition, many of them gives less potential for someone to be practices at the ports of entry could be The island’s police chief told the me- small-calibre and old. And while Com- injured”. hampering police efforts. dia that the focus is on “heightening missioner of Police Tyrone Grif�ith does And the top cop also said he would be At a press conference yesterday to activity in relation to…preventing [ille- not see that as very successful, he said paying more attention to stopping ille- update the country on the outcome of gal �irearms] from entering our porous the amnesty that ran from April 7 to 13, borders” and weeding out any corrupt Commissioner Grif�ith admitted that practices at the Grantley Adams Inter- the police did not expect much from the national Airport and the amnesty. He said most of the �irearms Port which might be allowing the �low of turned in were small-calibre guns. The illegal guns into the country to continue. haul also included nine semi-automatic “There is corruption. There must be… hand guns and four high-powered ri�les corruption if you are going to have the that Grif�ith said were “quite ancient” number of �irearms that are coming to but still capable of in�licting injury. our shores illegally,” he said. “The reality “I think, though, that in itself is some is that where there is corruption, there success, in that these �irearms, I am sure will always be problems. And so, if the the �irearm experts would say, are very system is corrupt, then we are not going capable of �iring ammunition and the to get the information and support.” ammunition that was there,” he said. Commissioner Grif�ith therefore ap- “We had no illusions as to the likely pealed to good border security of�icials good of the perpetrators of much of the to turn in any colleagues whom they are heinous crime we have had for the �irst aware are engaging in corrupt practices. three and a half months of the year turn- “If you have a few people among you ing in those weapons. However, we were who are corrupt, then you have to be  The guns and ammunition handed in during the one-week amnesty supportive of the amnesty because…if prepared to give  them up….The police you are going to introduce more strin- are not magicians; they depend on sup- gent measures to address the whole port,” he said. Man Admits to Threatening to Cut Off Premier’s Head

A 29-year-old man who was charged a year ago with If he gets the guarantee to be released on bail, Gor- making death threats to Premier David Burt yesterday don, who is reported to be homeless, must stay at least pleaded guilty. 100 yards away from the House of Assembly, the Cab- Jared Gordon admitted in court to sending the inet Of�ice and the of�icial residence of the Premier, country’s leader two threatening emails, one in Camden House. which he wrote about putting a hole in Burt’s head Although he admitted to the death threats, Gordon and another in which he said he would cut off his denied one count of blackmail. The prosecution indi- head. cated it would not proceed with that charge. He had been offered bail since being charged in May The �irst email Gordon sent to Burt stated: “Ignor- 2018 for the October 12, 2017 and March 28, 2018 of- ing me asking for a budget is driving me to a point of fences, but was remanded after he was unable to �ind wanting to tell you this to your face…I would really put  Premier David Burt received two threatening emails, one a guarantee. After Gordon’s guilty plea, Acting Puisne a hole in your head.” It was followed by several images in which the sender mentioned putting a hole in his head Judge Juan Wolffe extended his bail pending the com- of guns. and the other which referred to cutting off his head with a hacksaw pletion of a psychological assessment and a social in- A second e-mail stated: “I’m going to end up coming  quiry report for sentencing, but she left the need for a back like a thief in the night, pulling you out of your guarantee. house and chopping your head off with a hacksaw.” INTERNATIONAL SPORTS C�������� T���� Friday, April 19, 2019 | Issue No 364 PAGE B3 Curry is on �ire as Warriors stumble

Steph Curry is a two-time NBA MVP from Western Conference doormat to and three-time champion but when he NBA superpower rather quickly. joined the Golden State Warriors a dec- While Curry has spent his entire NBA ade ago, nobody could have predicted career launching 3-pointers in Oakland, his fabulous future. the Dubs' journey has made it feel like The 31-year-old point guard is the something else entirely. greatest shooter in NBA history and is "Even in like my 10 years of being the leader of one of the greatest dynas- here, I feel like I've played for three ties in NBA history. But it wasn't always different teams," Curry said. "The team that way for Curry. that sucked, to the team trying to �igure Drafted by the Warriors with the No. it out, to the established team that we 7 overall pick in the 2009 NBA Draft, the got now. We're very con�ident in who we Dubs went 26-56 in Curry's rookie sea- are, what we all bring to the table. I like son, and followed that up by going 36-46 this one." the following year. Golden State drafted Indeed, it's been a long road to the top Klay Thompson in 2011 and promptly for Curry and the Warriors. But their went 23-43 in the lockout-shortened �ive-year run of dominance is one of the season. most impressive in NBA history, making But the Warriors were �iguring it out the losing that �illed the early part of the and began to transform themselves decade a price worth paying to achieve  Steph Curry is finding form at the right time basketball immortal- ity. The days of being an NBA laughing spite the surprising collapse against the But it turns the Warriors into last stock are long behind LA Clippers on Monday. year’s team to an extent. They’ll have to Curry and the War- The Warriors were already the most hope Kevon Looney — 19 points in 19 riors. Golden State vulnerable they’ve been in the Steve minutes on Monday night — �ills in of- entered the 2019 Kerr era for a variety of reasons — fensively should they need him. Andrew NBA playoffs as the in-�ighting among the players, taunting Bogut needs to be the Aussie body in the prohibitive favour- referees and Kerr being fed up with middle he was for previous Dubs runs, ites to repeat as NBA Draymond Green. but that didn’t go so well on Monday. champions, with But they still had the most talent of Still, this is the team with three of the very few teams pos- any NBA team by far, partially because best players in the NBA. They won a ti- ing a realistic chance they had DeMarcus Cousins. And after tle that way last year, and they can very of stopping their Boogie had found his game last month easily do it again this year with Kevin dominance. There at the right time in a crowded offense, Durant, Curry, Thompson and Green. have been poor runs he is out again. Cousins hobbled off to As long as they stay out of their own of results in the reg- the locker room due to a non-contact in- way and don’t lose 31-point leads to  Kevin Durant can help the Warriors to another title ular season, but they jury to what is reportedly his quad, and eighth-seeded  teams every night, that are coming good at it could cost him the rest of the postsea- roster is a threat to win a ring without the right time, de- son. Cousins. Woods now in demand for PGA

Tiger Woods snapped an 11-year win- Assuming Woods is planning to tee up less streak at major championships by before he returns to Bethpage, howev- capturing the green jacket at Augusta er, the Wells Fargo Championship from National Golf Club last weekend, and May 2-5 is his most probable showing. he’s currently the betting favourite to Woods has struggled in his most recent win the upcoming PGA Championship, visits to Quail Hollow, �inishing T55 at which has moved from its traditional 2-over par in 2018 and missing the cut August placement to next month. Fans in 2012 and 2010, but he won the Wa- may only see Woods once before he re- chovia Championship in 2007 at the turns to Bethpage Black on May 16-19, course. the site of his 2002 US Open victory. Looking past the PGA Championship, Woods typically never plays the week Woods will likely only have one addi-  Tyrone Crawford is an exceptional champ prior to a major championship, so is tional non-major start – at Jack Nick- likely to miss the Byron Nelson from laus’ Memorial Championship – before May 9-12. He’s not in the �ield for this the 2019 US Open at Pebble Beach. Ti- week’s RBC Heritage at Harbour Town ger will then have just over a month to Crawford’s unbeaten and is highly unlikely to ever play the prepare for  the �inal major of the sea- Zurich Classic next week, which became son, the Open Championship at Royal a unique team event in 2017. Portrush. record not in doubt

Unbeaten WBO welterweight cham- more of a punch than Khan. Most of pion Terence Crawford looks to seal the other �ighters Crawford, 31, has his legacy in defending his title against faced since have been good technical Amir Khan at New York’s Madison boxers like Felix Diaz and Viktor Pos- Square Garden on Sunday. tol, or brawlers like John Molina Jr, but It looks like a mismatch. Crawford none of them have been capable of �ir- (34-0 25Kos) is physically tougher, he ing offense as rapidly as Khan. punches harder and is tougher to hit. Gamboa gave Crawford one of the That’s a lot in the champion’s favour, toughest �ights of his career. The only but Khan’s ability to throw combina- other �ighter who was somewhat com- tions is still his best weapon. Crawford petitive was Jose Benavidez Jr back in hasn’t faced a lot of opponents with October. Khan (33-4 20 KOs) may be hand speed on par with Khan’s. elusive early on but like all the pre- Perhaps the best example was Yuri- vious losses in his career, once Craw-  Tiger Woods is the centre of attention again orkis Gamboa �ive years ago when he ford �inds his range  and rhythm, it was still �ighting at 140 pounds. How- looks like the end at elite level for the ever, Gamboa is awkward and packs 32-year-old Brit. Windies ‘vibe’ much better in camp

Cricket West Indies President Ricky While the persistent rain restricted Skerritt has hailed the enthusiasm in players mostly to the indoor nets, new the West Indies training camp, which interim head coach Floyd Reifer still got under way in Barbados at 3W's Oval managed to oversee three hours of pre- on Monday. paratory work in the afternoon. Skerritt, along with chief executive Key players like batsman Shai Hope, Johnny Grave and director of cricket along with seamers Shannon Gabriel Jimmy Adams, visited the camp at UWI and Kemar Roach, all took part on day Cave Hill where the one-day squad for one of the camp. They were named last the Ireland Tri-Nations Series began week in a 14-man squad for the Tri-Na- their preparation. tions Series in Dublin which involves After addressing players and mem- Bangladesh and runs from May 3-17. bers of the coaching staff brie�ly, Sker- The series will be the �inal one for the ritt said he was pleased with the “vibe” Caribbean side before they open their resonating throughout the group. campaign in the ICC 50-over World Cup “We are in transit to Jamaica to conduct in England from May 30 to July 14. some important business, and we felt it Reifer, who last week replaced Eng-  Shannon Gabriel is expected to do well at the World Cup was important to come and spend a few lishman Richard Pybus in charge of the hours to connect with the players and squad, said the response from players wish them well for the remainder of the had been excellent. camp and the tour ahead,” Skerritt said. “It's been very good. The players “We have our strengths and our We don't want to play like the Austral- “We are impressed with the vibe we worked very hard. Everyone was very weaknesses. We will focus more on the ians or the English or South Africans,” got from everyone. There was a bit of a supportive, and they gave 120 per cent, �ielding and improving the skill set and he pointed out. “We want to regain our setback with the rain, but they were able so we are looking forward to the re- mindset of the players.” brand  of playing cricket. That's what to use the indoor facility and they have mainder of the camp,” said the former During the camp, Reifer said he hoped to we want to achieve over the next few gotten off to a very positive start.” Barbados and West Indies batsman. get the unit back to playing their own style. days.” PUZZLES | COMICS PAGE B4 Friday, April 19, 2019 | Issue No 364 C�������� T����

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