Caymanian 87°/ 81° Mostly cloudy and windy Issue No 672 Wednesday, June 16, 2021 Business & Finance www.caymaniantimes.ky 50¢ FINANCE — page 4 BUSINESS — page 5 REGIONAL — page 13 THIS ISSUE INSIDE CIMA sends reminder on AML procedures Walkers Admits Caymanian Attorney David Lee CUBA HALTS DEALINGS IN US DOLLARS REGION CONCERNED ABOUT WALK FOR THE CURE ‘VACCINATION’ CRUISE POLICY CELEBRATES 10 YEARS Ten years and three ways to celebrate! The region’s largest cancer fundraiser, CIBC FirstCaribbean’s Walk for the Cure, celebrates 10 years this year and is giving the bank’s businesses across the region three ways to mark the milestone – the traditional walk with friends and fami- ly, a drive for the cure or a virtual event. The bank’s Walk Management teams have recently started their planning for this year’s event, which takes place during the “Covid-19 has caused us to be constantly lookingfirst weekend for creative in October. ways in which to con- tinue to engage in all aspects of our lives, See story on page 2 >> and the celebration of our 10th anniversa- ry hosting Walk for the Cure is no excep- tion. We have asked our various business units to choose the type of activity which best suits the prevailing public health sce- Integra opens new nario in their territory,” said executive co- chair of the walk and Managing Director, Retail and Business Banking, Mark St. Hill women’s health facility He thanked the thousands across the bank’s 16-member regional footprint as By Christopher Tobutt and neonatal care. Integra share a vison well as sponsors and staff members for to complement all the other health facil- “walking with us over the decade, wheth- Minister of Health & Wellness, Hon Sabrina Turner, MP, cut the ribbon on areas, while establishing a fully inte- or joined us along the way, your support Integra Health Care Ltd.’s new suite of gratedities in approachCayman, byto focusinghealth care. on specificIntegra haser you made were a fundamentalthere from that difference very first in walk the rooms dedicated at providing a top level recently purchased a state-of-the-art lives of persons directly affected by cancer of care for women’s health, and all mat- X Minister of Health & Wellness, Sabrina ters relating to gynecology, pregnancy SEE NEW WOMEN’S HEALTH FACILITY, Page 3 Turner SEE WALK FOR THE CURE, Page 5 2 Issue No 672 | Wednesday, June 16, 2021 | Caymanian Times Tourism TOURISM MINISTER CONCERNED ABOUT FLORIDA’S NO VACCINATION’ CRUISE POLICY By Staff Writer With the Cayman Islands government still formulating a policy for eventually re- Hon. Minister for Tourism, Kenneth Bry- opening its borders to regular internation- an, has pointed to controversial policies of al travel including cruises, Mr Bryan said the Governor of Florida as a major factor the policy of the Florida governor “a bit of in how Cayman eventually decides to reo- a hurdle for us”. pen its borders to tourism. “So that's why for right now until we see Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has better changes the cruise part may be de- barred cruise lines operating out of the layed a little bit more than the stayover,” state from requiring that their passengers he stated. are vaccinated. “Stayover will be the top priority until The issue has also sent waves of worry we are 100 per cent certain that cruise throughout cruise destinations across the lines are going to be safe for Cayman.” Caribbean. The issue is not just a concern for Cay- “That’s creating some problems,” Mr man but for other cruise ship destinations Bryan said in a social media video. in the region. In St Maarten, two pas- sengers have tested posi- ter the Dutch part of the sharedtive on the firstFrench/Dutch cruise af- island reopened its bor- ders to cruise ship tours. X United State Virgin Islands Governor Celebrity Cruises said X Hon. Minister for Tourism, Kenneth Bryan Albert Bryan the infected passengers were asymptomatic and vaccinated before boarding, the cruise line Meanwhile, the Governor of the Amer- were immediately quar- said. ican territory, the United State Virgin Is- antined upon testing pos- lands, a popular cruise destination, has itive. All crew and pas- da since Governor DeSantis declared the called on Governor DeSantis to reverse the sengers on the ship were controversialIt was the firstno-vaccination ship to sail mandate from Flori- for no-vaccination cruise policy. reported to have been cruise ships. Governor Albert Bryan said while vac- cines do not eliminate risks, not having them could be catastrophic to both the cruise companies and the islands they vis- it. popular ports of call for cruises in the Car- “Our ports, which are some of the most side the other port of call destinations,” Governoribbean, are Bryan in the stated. direct line of fire, along- Here in Cayman, Min. of Tourism Ken- neth Bryan, cautioned that failure to fol- low safety protocols could put the entire cruise industry at risk for both the compa- nies and the destinations. “If this does not go right with the safe- ty protocols, the whole industry can go bankrupt and that’s the whole cruise line industry which is a billion-dollar indus- try," he stated. Caymanian Caymanian Times Issue # 672 Publisher: Ralph Lewis Company: Lewis Cayman Islands Ltd #19 Walkers Road (next to Tomlinson Furniture) Telephone: 345 916 2000 Email: [email protected], or [email protected] Website: www.caymaniantimes.ky Business Caymanian Times | Wednesday, June 16, 2021 | Issue No 672 3 X Sabrina Turner, Minister of Health & Wellness, stands next to Integra’s Directors, Dr. Andrew Vincent, Dr. Sara Watkin, and Dr. Francisco Martinez at the opening of the new women’s health suite X Inside one of the new purpose-built treatment rooms Integra opens new women’s health facility CONTINUED FROM Page 1 scanner for detecting skin melanomas, too. The new suite of treatment rooms in- clude a dedicated Ultrasound Room, a - cologist Room, and a Nursing Room. Be- foreMidwifery the ribbon-cutting, room, an Obstetrician-Gyne Dr. Sara Watkin, one of Integra’s Directors, shared Inte- gra’s vision for providing the highest lev- el of health care, not only in terms of the best and most up to date equipment, or importantly in the way that everyone worksthe most together highly asqualified a team. staff,“Its special but, most be- cause it’s a major milestone in the vision we have, about the sort of health care we felt the Cayman Islands truly deserves,” she said. “We never forget how privileged we are to be here, and we wanted to give the islands a modern healthcare practice, and offer the very best of modern up to date health care. Nurses and reception too, all of us are bound by equally shared values of excellence, integrity, commit- ment and passion. Integra is clear in its focus on women children family medi- cine and dermatology, and these rooms X Some of the guests and well-wishers at the opening are purpose-designed for the full range of obstetrics, midwifery and gynecology,” and procedures. We also offer multidisci- with you this evening, to celebrate and high quality healthcare, and affordability she said. plinary approach to more complex cases.” launch Integra’s Women’s Health Suite. It which continues to greatly propel med- Dr. Lisa Lisa Joels spoke next. “This place she said. goes without saying that we are living in ical tourism. With all these dynamics at is designed to meet the needs of women’s’ Hon Minister for Health and wellness, an exciting time during an era of incred- play, my ministry understands that it is health which spans all ages and it comes Sabrina Turner praised Integra for its - critical that the Cayman Islands be able with some of life’s happiest moments, and continued visionary commitment to opment. And look at the role women are to compete. When we are able to boast also some of life’s most sensitive moments Cayman’s health, as well as the growing playingible scientific in all facetsand technologicalof society; this devel cou- modern facilities within well-thought- possibilities arising from medical tour- pled with the fact that not only residents out accommodations such as this, I am are all designed to give women privacy ism: “It is indeed a pleasure to be here and respectdifficult during challenges. intimate The examinations clinic rooms and I stood there and I watched …to be are increasingly travelling in search of game,” she said. will benefit, but as we know, patients proud to say we are definitely in the 4 Issue No 672 | Wednesday, June 16, 2021 | Caymanian Times Business / Finance Provenance Properties Cayman Islands donates art prints to John A. Cumber Primary School Provenance Properties Cayman Islands nership with the National Gallery have been recently donated art prints from the Nation- a vibrant part of this for the last year, and we al Gallery collection, part of its recent out- are happy to continue to work with the Na- door exhibit at Camana Bay, to the students tional Gallery through the donation of these of John A. Cumber Primary School in West frames for their use in future exhibits.” Bay, to help further their art education. “We are delighted to have partnered The exhibition, titled “Tropical Visions”, with Dart on this exhibition programme was coordinated in partnership with the and for having had the opportunity to National Gallery of the Cayman Islands share artwork from our collection in pub- and went on display in Camana Bay in lic spaces at Camana Bay,” said Natalie Ur- quhart, director at National Gallery of the local artists, including Debbie Chase van Cayman Islands.