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103rd Birthday motorcade for West Bay’s Hulda Ebanks

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By Christopher Tobutt

Residents of West Bay organised a grand motorcade, with balloons and banners and posters, and honking horns, to wish one of West Bays most beloved and well-respected residents, Florie “Aunt,” Hulda Ebanks a very happy 103rd Birthday. The motorcade gathered at the Ed Bush Stadium, and then would its way past the Library, up Fountain Road, and then down through Watercourse Road before turning into Hell Road, where Ms. Hulda lives. Everyone had wonderful things to say about her, and about how she al-ways you feel better whenever you’re around her.

One of the organizers, Charlene Riv-ers explained: “She’s my aunt, my moth-

Hulda Ebanks (seated) waves to the cheerful motorcade. Pictured with Sons, Roy and Archie, Daughter Zelda, and Grandchildren Nashon and Zephon at her home in Hell Road... Continued story on page 7

Early in the Covid-19 corona virus lock-down, Premier Alden Mclaughlin announced that weddings and funerals would still be al-lowed, under certain restrictions, in particular, with very limited numbers. Joy Basdeo of Sim-ply Weddings says that as of 1st May, 2020, her business resumed doing what she says they are known for: simple, elegant, personalised weddings.

“In fact, many things are the same with one exception, that is, we are doing all the commu-nication, collection of documents, �ilings etc. electronically. Only the wedding is done face-to-face,” Joy states. “Our of�ice off Smith Road is not open for enquiries or appointments, we are only open when a wedding is actually tak-ing place. Watch our Facebook page www.face-book.com/SimplyWeddingsCayman for an-nouncements of when regular business hours resume.”

Joy walks prospective clients through how getting married works in the time of Covid-19.

“First you contact us by What’s App at (345)525 6551 or by email at [email protected] and we will send you the application

As of Friday nearly 24,000 reusable cloth masks had been distributed across the Cayman Islands by the Community Policing Branch of the Royal Cayman Is-lands Police Service.

These include some 21,500 on Grand Cayman, 2,300 on Cayman Brac and 87 on Little Cayman. A further 41,000 are still to be distributed. The purpose of the masks is to reduce the chances that individuals positive for the viral illness COVID-19, which spreads via droplets, may be able to infect other persons.

While distribution of masks only be-gan last week Director of Hazard Man-agement Cayman Islands Danielle Cole-man explains that the procurement of

Three members of the RCIPS Community Department team hands out reusable cloth masks and flyers in a West Bay Road neighbourhood ... Continued story on page 5

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No Rate ChangeThe Water Authority Regulations

allow for an annual rate adjustment; however, this year, there will not be an increase in water and sewerage rates.

“The services provided by the Water Authority are essential, particularly during a health crisis like the one we are currently facing. Maintaining the current rates provides the public with the assurance that they can contin-ue to access these services at an eco-nomical cost,” comments Mr Kearney Gomez, Chairman of the Water Author-ity Board.

Under the current rate structure, the fee for the �irst 12 cubic metres (m3) consumed each month, which is equivalent to approximately 32,000 US gallons, is CI$4.56 and CI$5.79 on each m3 thereafter. In Cayman Brac, resi-dential piped water rate is CI$6.21 on each m3 and trucked water customer fees are $7.77 on each m3.

Sewerage rates are based on the as-sessed Sewerage Fixture Units (SFUs) for the service location in question and are calculated at a constant rate of CI$1.672. The rate for septage disposal is CI$17.018 per 1,000 US gallons.

“This is a very challenging time for our community, and many of our cus-tomers are facing �inancial hardships

due to the Coronavirus pandemic,” notes Water Authority Director Dr Gelia Frederick-van Genderen. “Wa-ter and wastewater services are vital for public health, and the Authority is pleased to continue to provide these services at an affordable rate.”

The Authority’s website contains a variety of resources to help customers understand their bills, reading their water meters, and conserve water by reducing water use through smart home and landscaping habits.

For more updates, visit the Author-ity’s website www.waterauthority.ky and social media pages.

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ry body responsible for the manage-ment of water and wastewater in the Cayman Islands. The Administrative Headquarters is located at 13G Red Gate Road, George Town, Grand Cay-man, Cayman Islands.

Month of May Penalty Fee Waived

To further assist custom-ers facing �inancial hardship during the Coronavirus (COV-ID-19) pandemic, Water Au-thority-Cayman will waive penalty fees for May 2020.

This is in addition to waived penalty fees for the months of March and April 2020. The Authority has also developed a COVID-19 Payment Deferral Policy to assist persons who may be temporari-ly out of a job due to the pandemic. If a customer has been impacted, please contact the Water Authority about the deferral policy via email [email protected].

The Authority’s of�ices remain closed; however, customers seeking to make a payment can do so online by visiting www.waterauthority.ky and clicking the “Pay My Bill” button on the home page, online via local banks, or by cheque using the Authority’s drop box at its Red Gate Of�ice. Customers that need to make cash payments can do so at the counter of their local bank branch, or the designated Post Of�ice.

Customers can still conduct busi-ness with the Authority electronical-ly. The Customer Service team can be contacted by emailing [email protected]

Cayman Brac customers who re-quire trucked water can continue to make requests by calling 948-1403.

Customers are reminded that the Authority is focused on providing es-sential services. Essential services mean services that ensure customers have water supply and wastewater services.

For more updates, and important messages from the Authority custom-ers can visit the website www.water-authority.ky and social media pages (Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram).

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ry body responsible for the manage-ment of water and wastewater in the Cayman Islands. The Administrative Headquarters is located at 13G Red Gate Road, George Town, Grand Cay-man, Cayman Islands.

DCFS, HMCI partner in Annual Hurricane Shelter Training

The Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) is partnering with Hazard Management Cayman Is-lands (HMCI) to hold shelter manage-ment training for the 2020 hurricane season on Wednesday, 27 May. There is a special need for volunteers to sup-port the eastern districts shelters.

Volunteers will hear presentations and ask questions on how to:

• manage a shelter• monitor sheltered persons, and• provide shelter updates.Given the present situation, the

training and mitigation measures planned are being in�luenced by the COVID-19 outbreak, HMCI Director Danielle Coleman con�irms.

“This year’s hurricane season brings a few more challenges than previous years. Issues such as social distancing in shelters, procuring masks and addi-tional supplies, considering contingen-cy plans if communication is impacted are some of the things that we are cur-rently planning for.”

“DCFS and HMCI work closely to-gether to train our shelter manage-ment teams so that they are ready to activate at very short notice for all emergencies. Whilst this year’s train-ing will be held remotely using Zoom, we have no doubt that with the addi-tional COVID-19 requirements, it will

prove to be an interesting one,” she adds.

In reinforcing HMCI’s assessment of joint shelter volunteer management training and response mapping, DCFS Director Paulinda Mendoza-Williams says: “We are prepared for the forth-coming hurricane season having eval-uated and mitigated for conceivable scenarios.”

“Mindful of how COVID-19 has al-ready changed daily life, DCFS and HMCI are taking all necessary and additional precautionary measures to adhere to existing guidance and proto-cols relating to the ongoing outbreak when reviewing shelter staf�ing and management.”

For more details and to sign up for next week’s training for shelter volun-teers, please email [email protected] or [email protected] , no lat-er than 11am on Tuesday, 26 May.

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Cayman Tech City, the technology-focused special economic zone within Cayman Enter-prise City (www.cayma-nenterprisecity.com), in partnership with Digital Cayman (www.digital-cayman.com), hosted a live virtual panel of in-dustry experts on Friday, 15 May 2020 to discuss the role of technology in Cayman’s economy. Members of the public working within the Cay-man Islands’ digital tech sector were invited to participate in the virtual discussion on the role ex-perts believe technology will play in the post-pan-demic economic recovery of the region.

Cayman Tech City and Digital Cayman stated that it is more imperative than ever to understand the advancements, promise and implications of technology as the islands navigate a path forward in a time of crisis. Part of the ongoing monthly series “Tech Talks”, the panel of tech professionals answered questions from participants and discussed how utilising technology can assist in the process of recovery and preparing for an inevitable ‘new normal’ in Cayman and the Caribbean region.

The panellists for the virtual event were Marla Dukharan, a leading econ-omist and advisor on the Caribbean region based in Barbados, Charlie Kirk-connell, CEO of Cayman Enterprise City (CEC), and Digital Cayman steering committee member and serial entrepre-neur, John Edge, who is an executive and board advisor to several high growth tech companies. The panel was moder-ated by Alee Fa’amoe, Deputy Chief Ex-ecutive Of�icer and Executive Director for ICT at OfReg Cayman Islands.

Charlie Kirkconnell discussed the im-portance of fostering vibrant tech eco-systems. Established in 2011, CEC is developing world-class special econom-ic zones, attracting knowledge-based industries to the Cayman Islands, diver-sifying the economy, and serving as a platform of innovation.

As Kirkconnell explained during the discussion on Friday, “Our project was born in the aftermath of the 2008 global �inancial crisis. CEC is purpose-built for circumstances like these.

“Part of our project’s mission is to bring economic diversity from �inancial services and tourism and by attracting foreign direct investment that is not so reliant on those two sectors. There are now 175 technology-focused compa-nies within CEC and in 2019 the impact of the special economic zones exceed-ed $50 million for the second year in a row so we feel that our success speaks for itself. Our role is to continue to pro-vide knowledge and technology-based companies right here in Cayman and be-come the forefront of innovation in the Caribbean.”

Dukharan noted that an area of op-portunity for Cayman is the role of dig-ital �iat currencies in building economic recovery and resilience, and making digital currency more accessible in the Caribbean region. In Barbados, Bitt has deployed a digital Barbados dollar which runs on their mMoney mobile payment network, which facilitates free peer-to-peer transactions and payment for everyday goods and services as well. Users can send money to family and friends using their phone number, pay bills in-app, and pay for all their shop-ping.

“Cayman needs to look into digital currency,” she explained, “not a cryp-tocurrency but a �iat currency. Focus on �inancial inclusion and cross border transactions. The Cayman Islands can also look into becoming an expert on how to deploy a fully digital economy, from Government straight through to the end user.”

When asked what the right approach would be to push things forward with banking, Dukharan noted, “Perhaps we need more competition for banks in or-der to drive innovation.”

Edge highlighted that the world as we know has changed forever. “Normal is gone. Five to eight years of change is happening in nine months. Global econ-omies are going to get hammered.” How-ever, from change and challenge spring advances and advantages.

“The jobs created will not be in the physical space. The digital economy doesn’t require square miles. Let’s look at the ones that are being turned upside down, which ones are going to boom. Look at which ones are digital or could bene�it from digital advances. There are asymmetrical bene�its of being an is-land. This is the role Cayman is playing in the great new world. E-commerce has grown.”

In terms of the growth of e-commerce in Cayman, Edge mentioned that in the next couple of years, digital commerce will reach six trillion dollars globally. “Digital signatory and digital payments create digital supply chains. Cayman could become the most trusted country for digital e-commerce.”

In their closing remarks, all panel-lists were optimistic for the innovation and opportunities that tech will push forward both during and post-pan-demic. Looking towards the future and a post-COVID world, Kirkconnell was most proud of CEC’s Cayman Code Academy initiative. Having recently moved the course from in-person class-es to online, Kirkconnell sees it as an opportunity to “educate Caymanians in the tech sector so that we can start to build the infrastructure right here in Cayman.”

“We’re now offering needs-based �i-nancial assistance that covers up to 70 per cent of tuition. People are invited to sign up at caymancodeacademy.com,” he added. “We are also currently talking to entities that might be willing to offer tuition assistance and job opportunities. Together we can contribute in a signi�i-cant way by providing businesses with the tech talent they need.”

Dukharan views the Cayman Islands is one of the most advanced countries in the region and sees this crisis as an opportunity for the islands to further distinguish themselves.

“Establishing the Cayman Islands as the digital hub for the region and be-come the experts for teaching others is a humongous opportunity for the Cayman government. Also, renewable energy is a huge area for the region and the oppor-tunities are endless.”

Edge mentioned in his work he en-counters people every day that say, ‘I can’t do this’. “Cayman has a number of reasons to stand up and say, ‘we can do this’… this is the time to change those 80 years of behaviours.”

Thanks to Cayman Tech City’s spon-sorship, Digital Cayman memberships are complimentary while events have been moved online. Through their spon-sorship, CEC provides Digital Cayman members with opportunities to partici-pate in its Enterprise Cayman outreach initiatives, such as internships, mentor-ships, and school outreach programmes. These established high-impact initia-tives are actively connecting industry experts with Cayman’s up-and-coming digital professionals and entrepreneurs – an important component in the stra-tegic development of talent within the Cayman Islands and in the future diver-si�ication and development of Cayman’s digital economy.

The talk can be viewed in its entire-ty here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PwN3Bxlvz0s.

If you want to get involved in the next “Tech Talk” discussions, you can register for membership and visit www.digitalcayman.com. You can also register your interest by email-ing [email protected].

Experts Discuss Cayman’s Economic Recovery

Discussion on the Role of Technology in Cayman’s Economic Recovery

Marla Dukharan, a leading economist and advisor

C�� T��PAGE 2 Wednesday, May 27, 2020 | Issue No 551ECONOMIC RECOVERY | COMMUNITY NOTICES

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Hon. Premier Alden McLaughlin said residents need not be alarmed by the in-creased number of COVID-19 cases.

Another 8 positive cases were report-ed on Friday from a total of 467 tests carried out in the past 24 hours.

That brings the total of con�irmed cas-es to 129.

Presenting his daily update Chief Med-ical Of�icer Dr John Lee said all of the con�irmed cases are frontline workers; one was a contact of another infected person and the other seven are believed to have been community-acquired.

There are currently 65 active cases. Of that number 55 are asymptomatic and 12 are persons displaying symptoms. 61 persons have recovered.

Dr Lee also reported that the contact tracing from the three cases uncovered in Cayman Brac has not shown any spread in the sister island.

Commenting on the latest update, Pre-mier McLaughlin noted that the number of positive results from the expanding testing programme was less than 2% which was remarkably low, adding that it was a good sign that there are no out-break clusters or spikes.

NO NEED FOR ALARM“We do not believe that there are any

causes for alarm with the results that we are getting in terms of the number of positives. We are still on average below 2% of those testing positive for the virus which is incredibly low,” he said.

Mr McLaughlin also said it was signif-icant that “not one person has turned

up at the clinic or at any of the hospi-tals with COVID-19 symptoms since the 27th of April".

There are currently no COVID-19 hos-pitalisations either.

“The people that are testing positive are people who are being tested as part of a screening process so we would ex-pect that we would wind up with a sig-ni�icant number of cases."

The Premier stressed that what the government is "trying to do is avoid what has happened in many other plac-es where they have been under a false sense of security because they have not been seeing a large number of cases.”

He suggested that's unlike in Cayman where the focus has been on intensi-�ied testing which is showing up the in-creased numbers.

"We are hunting down this disease," he stated.

Mr McLaughlin said the nature of the virus is such that a person who initially tests negative can show a positive result two weeks later as the virus incubates.

NO TIME FOR COMPLACENCY

The Premier said the objective was not to carry out blanket testing in Cay-man but to target speci�ic groups where the economy has been or is about to be reopened.

“We are not seeking to test every sin-gle person. We are trying to test broad demographic groups focusing on the area we are unlocking or recently un-locked to get a representative sample of

that group to understand the prevalence of the virus in that group,” he explained.

The ongoing targeted testing a critical component in the decision-making on the pace at which to re-open the econ-omy.

“We can’t keep the economy locked down inde�initely. We are doing everything to minimise the risk but while there is widespread community transmission it is not by any means ram-pant. The numbers are very small.

Assessing the current situation com-pared to earlier in the crisis, he recalled that “we had some very sick people in the hospital but that is not the situation now,”.

However, Mr McLaughlin cautioned: “We have to be very careful that we don’t fall into the trap and that we don’t become complacent and wind up with a wave.”

He described the earlier phases of the COVID-19 outbreak here as a ripple and not a wave.

“That is why the government has exer-cised a great deal of caution in unlocking various areas of the economy only after extensive testing and in a thoughtful way,” he added.

He said testing will continue even when the economy is completely un-locked to ensure that there are no fur-ther �lare-ups at that stage.

COVID CASES INCREASE BUT PREMIER ASSURES NO NEED FOR ALARM

Chief Medical Officer Dr John Lee

Cayman National extends Payment Holiday

On Sunday evening Cayman National advised their clients that they were re-newing the offer of Loan Deferral for an-other three months.

This latest announcement follows their March statement in which Pres-ident and CEO, Stuart Dack announced the first three-month deferral to bring relief to their customers where need-ed.

Acknowledging the continued effects of Covid-19 on the economy, they invited cus-tomers wishing to take advantage of the offer, to contact their relationship of�icer.

This announcement comes on the heels of a question that was asked at a recent CIG Press Brie�ing to which the Premier re-sponded that it was up to the Banks to make decisions in relations to loan arrangements with their respective customers.

form and a description of the service called ‘How Cayman Residents Can Get Married’. When you return the applica-tion you also send a scan or photo of the picture page of both passports, and if you have been married before, a copy of your divorce decree,” she explains.

Simply Weddings then post the cou-ple’s Banns of Marriage, a public an-nouncement of their intention to be married. They are posted on their Banns Board outside their of�ice in The Chestnut Centre on Smith Road for seven days. The Banns are good for 90 days, after which if you postpone your wedding further, you have to restart the process, Joy advises.

The Banns are intended to give an-yone who has a valid objection to the wedding an opportunity to object. In reality, there is very rarely an objection, she says.

The Cayman Is Marriage Law does not require a Certi�icate of Eligibility for a couple to be married, but they must have two residents who can vouch for them, and countersign the Notice of Marriage. These can be friends, colleagues, em-ployers etc.; they just cannot be family.

“We will send you the Notice of Mar-riage and you must sign it and have your co-signers sign and then you return it to us by scanning it or bringing it to the ac-tual wedding ceremony,” Joy adds.

During this lockdown period every-one attending a wedding must be ap-proved by the competent authority, Cur-fewtime.

“We are responsible for getting this exemption letter, so early on we will

ask for the names of your witnesses and your guests,” Joy says. “At the time of writing you are allowed to invite, in addition to your witnesses, six other guests for a total of 10 people. It is im-portant to note that guests can’t attend just because it’s their “day”. Your name must be on the approved, exempted list.”

If a couple are getting married in-doors, they are required to wear a mask and to maintain social distancing. For this reason, if a couple choose to be mar-ried in their Wedding Room, they are al-lowed two witnesses and four guests.

Joy expands on the �inancial side of the event: “Once we forward you the approval letter, full payment for your wedding is due. Paying by debit card is preferable, but you can pay cash on the wedding day.”

After the wedding, Joy will �ile the couple’s register with the General Reg-istry, Cayman’s public records of�ice. The Registry will issue a certi�ied copy of the Marriage Register which is proof that the couple were legally married in the Cayman Islands and their marriage has been recorded.

“It is your responsibility to apply for this important document (cost is $15 per copy) and keep it safe’ you will need it many times throughout the life of your marriage,” she explains. “You can also apply for the document online at www.ciregistry.gov.ky If the bride and groom are from different countries, we suggest you get at least two copies. Certain coun-tries also require an Apostille stamp on your certi�ied copy. Check with us if this is necessary for your country.”

Love in a pandemic... Continued story from page 1

Joy Basdeo presides over a wedding during the corona virus crisis

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Wednesday, May 27, 2020 | Issue No 551

Michael Myles and Alric Lindsay have been friends since they attended George Town Primary school together a few decades ago. In the past year, they found themselves teaming up again. They re-cently donated $2,000 of their personal funds to George Town Primary School to ensure students at the school continue to receive school lunches.

Soon after that (with the help of the Cayman Food Bank and a private donor), Mr. Myles and Lindsay were successful in raising $10,000 for charitable purposes, including to ensure the children’s homes receive much needed laptops, person-al protective equipment (including face masks and hand sanitizer) and food sup-plies. These supplies were donated to a former employer of Mr. Myles, the CAYS Foundation, which manages the Franc-es Bodden and Bonaventure Homes. On 22 May 2020, Mr. Myles and Mr. Lind-say continued their community work in George Town by spending $7,000 of their personal funds to provide laptops to students who were being forced to do homework on their parent’s cellphones.

Mr. Myles stated “there have been many heroes in my life that have taught me the value of a good education: my mother Grace Myles, Gillie Seymour, Winston Chung, Richard Marshall, Lor-na Lumsden just to name a few. In per-haps one of the wealthiest Caribbean countries in the world, no child in the Cayman Islands should have to be taught from their parent’s cellphone. I am sad-dened that this is the case. Education must be equitable for all Caymanians despite circumstance if we are serious about producing responsible citizens

and leaders to move our country for-ward. I am honored and privileged to be in a position to give back to our families as I once was provided for.”

Mr. Lindsay remains busy with raising funds and delivering food each day from Meals on Meals and the Good Samaritan Cayman Islands Food Bank (best known as the Cayman Food Bank) while Mr.

Myles operates a TVET training center which provides Caymanians with em-ployability and Technical skills.

Mr. Lindsay stated that “through my work with various charities, I became aware of the growing demand for lap-tops for students who needed to com-plete their studies online but only had their parents’ cellphones available to

access the online programmes. Further-more, it is extremely dif�icult for parents during the covid-19 pandemic to �ind $500 in their budget to purchase a lap-top. Some parents also don’t have the contacts in big companies to get hold of used laptops. I was happy to help bridge the gap and assist these parents and stu-dents”.

MEETING THE DEMANDS OF EDUCATION FOR OUR CHILDREN

AS AT: 25 MAY 2020, 3PM*A person who initially tested positive and who has subsequently tested negative for the COVID-19 virus in two tests done at least 24 hours apart 14 daysafter their positive test, or after their symptoms have gone away, whichever is longer.

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Michael Myles, Rudolph Ross (community leader) and Alric Lindsay inspect laptops prior to delivery in the community

The Governor’s Of�ice has con�irmed that the Cayman Islands General Election will be held on Wednesday, 26 May 2021.

In just over twelve months Cayman Islands voters will go to the polls, ex-

ercising their democratic right to vote for elected members. This is the second General Election to be held under the one person one vote, Single Member Electoral District.

“The Cayman Islands has a proud his-tory of fair, well run democratic elec-tions with high levels of voter partici-pation.” Explained His Excellency The Governor, “I am con�ident that the Elec-

tions Of�ice will continue this practice in the 2021 General Election.”

Candidates will contest seats 19 seat, as de�ined by 2015 Electoral Boundary Commission’s report.

2021 General Election Date Set

Date Action Section

Wed, 09-Dec-2020 Issuing of Writs (Form 16)Elections Law (2017) s.28(1) (2) , Cayman Islands

Constitutional Order (2009) s.90 (1) (c)

Mon, 22-Mar-2021 Notice of Nominations (Form 17) Elections Law s.29(1)

Mon, 29-Mar-2021 Dissolution of Assembly Cayman Islands Constitution Order (2009) s.84(2)(3)

Mon, 29-Mar-2021 Proclamation declaring General Elections Cayman Islands Constitution Order (2009) s.86(1)

Wed, 31-Mar-2021 Nomination Day Elections Law (2017) s. 29

Wed, 07-Apr-2021 Notice of Contested Elections (Form 20)Elections Law (2017) s.34 (1)(2)(3)

Wed, 26-May-2021 Elections Day Elections Law (2017) s.34(1)

Mon, 31-May-2021 Election Writ Returns to H.E. The Governor Elections Law (2017) s.61(3)

Wed, 30-Jun-2021 Candidate Elections Expense Returns Due Elections Law (2017) s.69(1)

Sat, 10-Jul-2021 Publication of Candidate Expense Summary Elections Law (2017) s.69(3)

_________________________His Excellency, Martyn Roper Dated this _____ day of______, 2020

Governor of the Cayman Islands

2021 GENERAL ELECTIONS PROGRAMME

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of music. Music can heal the sick, mend the broken heart, relieve stress and even help you to live longer. Just ask some of our seniors who are still playing music and dancing. They will agree that music has added value to their life and also a few more years. After a long stressful day, close your eyes turn on your iPod or CD player and just enjoy the mellowing sounds of music. If you have energy left you may even dance a jig.

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Health TipDrinking alcohol and Blood

PressureDrinking too much alcohol can

raise blood pressure to unhealthy levels. Having more than three drinks in one sitting temporarily increases your blood pressure, but repeated binge drinking can lead to long-term increases.

Heavy drinkers who cut back to moderate drinking can lower their systolic blood pressure (the top number in a blood pressure reading) by 2 to 4 millimeters of mercury (mm Hg) and their diastolic blood pressure (the bottom number in a blood pressure reading) by 1 to 2 mm Hg. Heavy drinkers who want to lower blood pressure should slowly reduce how much they drink over one to two weeks. Heavy drinkers who stop suddenly risk developing severe high blood pressure for several days.

If you have high blood pressure, avoid alcohol or drink alcohol only in moderation. Moderate drinking is generally considered to be:

- Two drinks a day for men younger than age 65

- One drink a day for men age 65 and older

- One drink a day for women of any age

A drink is 12 ounces (355 milliliters) of beer, 5 ounces (148 milliliters) of wine or 1.5 ounces (44 milliliters) of 80-proof distilled spirits.

Keep in mind that alcohol contains calories and may contribute to unwanted weight gain — a risk factor for high blood pressure.

Also, alcohol can interfere with the effectiveness and increase the side effects of some blood pressure medications.

- By Sheldon G. Sheps, M.D.

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To help importers start using a system for entry declaration, the Department will start registering importers starting Monday, 16 October 2017.

The registration is required by the implementation of a new online electronic system for entry declaration. Effective 1 November 2017, the Cayman Islands Customs Department will implement the new system. This will require importers to complete and submit entries electronically to Customs using the new gateway portal COLS (Customs Online System). Importers will be able to access the portal through the website www.customs.gov.ky.

For individuals who have not yet received training in the use of the system, Customs will provide in-house training. However, before they can use COLS, importers will have to be formally registered and recognised as an importer by Customs.

This will require each individual to come in and provide Customs with relevant information including a government-issued identification, e.g., driver’s licence or passport. Additionally, it will be necessary for companies and businesses to provide their business licence and/or companies registration including directorship.

As a result, Customs will begin the registration process starting Monday, 16 October through 27 October 2017, from 8:30am to 4:00pm Monday to Friday. Registration will take place on the 1st floor of Customs Headquarters, located at #42 Owens Roberts Drive (locally known as Airport Road).

However, if they miss this period to be registered, Customs will continue to register importers during normal business hours. Although most importers were previously registered in the old system, it is necessary for all importers to be registered in the new system. Once registered with Customs, importers can then submit entries electronically and do business with Customs, without having to attend in person.

Cayman Islands Customs Management thanks importers for their cooperation and understanding and looks forward to continued partnership.

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The Cayman Islands Postal Service (CIPS) has resumed outgoing interna-tional mail service, limited to items des-tined for the United States, including: letter mail, parcel, registered and ex-press mail service (EMS).

While service is back with immediate effect, Postmaster General Sheena Glas-gow cautions customers not to expect pre-lockdown delivery times for any class of mail.

The United States Postal Service (USPS), Ms Glasgow explains, like post-al organizations everywhere, is �inding it challenging to operate in a COVID-19 environment with reduced staff, social distancing protocols, self-isolation, etc.

International mail entering a country like the US is the responsibility of the sending country she notes.

With regards to mail coming into the Cayman Islands, she says that following outreach to international partners earli-

er this month the Postal Service is wait-ing to hear what transportation arrange-ments they will make to get mail here.

CIPS is also continuing work to estab-lish transportation links to other coun-tries so that mail can resume to those jurisdictions.

“We make weekly contact with our key postal partners namely, the USA, Canada, and UK to enquire if they are likely to get mail to Cayman Islands this week and discuss what transpor-tation options may be available. We are aware that many residents with family and friends abroad are eagerly await-ing items that have been posted, but are still being held in the country of origin awaiting transportation here”, Ms Glas-gow comments.

The public will be advised as in-creased services become available.

In related news, Savannah is less than a week away from becoming the second

post of�ice on Grand Cayman to resume offering counter services to custom-ers. Savannah Post Of�ice reopens on

Wednesday, 27 May and Thursday, 28 May. More information will be shared with the public on Monday 25 May.

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the masks began some time ago as a special project of the National Emergen-cy Operations Centre.

“When it became clear that we would be moving towards everyone needing to wear a mask in public places, an im-mediate challenge was how we would source and then distribute reusable masks to all persons across the Cayman Islands. The Support Services cluster which combines procurement, negoti-ating and logistics skills as well as pri-vate sector contacts took the lead on this project and were able to source the required amount at a reasonable price”, Ms Coleman says.

Support Services ultimately pro-cured a total of 100,000 masks, half from Jamaica and half from American corporation Hanes, at a total cost of USD150,000. The DART Group helped procure the masks from the US, which had not originally been intended to be sold outside the country.

Those purchased from Jamaica are in use by various public safety agencies including the Police and the Jamaica Defense Force. Meanwhile the Hanes masks have been approved by both the Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control in the Unit-ed States.

To ensure nationwide distribution Support Services partnered with the

Royal Cayman Islands Police Service. As of late last week this resulted in teams of Community Police Of�icers and Commu-nity Safety Of�icers going door-to-door across the three Islands.

Inspector Courtney Myles, who heads the Community Policing Department of the RCIPS, comments that the masks have already reached nearly all the population on Cayman Brac and Little Cayman. Meanwhile about 25 percent of the Grand Cayman total has been de-livered.

“We thought this was the perfect pro-ject for our community team. We are on the ground daily, and as such we know people and their circumstances at the neighbourhood level. Our capability to go door to door also means that we can properly map and manage the distribu-tion process in a way that is fair to all.” Inspector Myles remarks:

Flyers with instructions for the care and proper use of the reusable cloth masks are also being provided to ensure maximum effectiveness.

Masks are also being provided to frontline personnel within public safe-ty and customer facing agencies such as RCIPS, Prison Service, Customs and Border Control, Airports Authority and Water Authority.

With local businesses such as super-markets now requiring persons to wear face-coverings to gain access, Communi-ty Police Of�icers have also been on site

at all locations with a limited supply of disposable masks to give anyone who comes without one.

They will also be included in the re-turn-to-work personal protective equip-ment kits for all Cayman Islands Gov-ernment entities, as well as Statutory Authorities and Government Compa-nies, in preparation for phased reactiva-tion of the public service.

New public health regulations require all persons in the Cayman Islands, over the age of two years old, to wear a face

covering when indoors in a public place and unable to maintain a distance of six feet from other persons.

Chief Medical Of�icer Dr John Lee thanked NEOC including the Support Services Team and the RCIPS for work-ing to ensure that all persons in the Cay-man Islands are able to comply with the legislation as quickly as possible.

Additional information about how to wear masks and what kinds of masks are safe to wear is available from wwww.ex-ploregov.ky/coronavirus.

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Grand Cayman’s airspace was busy for a change on Friday May 22, 2020, as a series of take-offs and landings were conducted by the Flight Training De-partment for Cayman Airways Limited (CAL) in order for some of its pilots to

maintain their “Pilot Recency of Expe-rience” certi�ication - a regulatory re-quirement in the Cayman Islands.

The operational training �light was part of the mitigation strategy by the airline to ensure that its pilots maintain

their pro�iciency with �lying CAL’s Boe-ing 737-300 aircraft during the govern-ment’s airport closure due to the threat of the Coronavirus (COVID-19).

The training �ights were conducted from Owen Roberts International Air-port (ORIA) between approximately 9:30am and 12 Noon.

“Due to the situation with the Coro-navirus (COVID-19) and Cayman’s borders being closed, the pilots have been unable to attend their regularly scheduled simulator recurrent training at Boeing’s Miami campus,” explained Captain Stephen Coe, CAL Manager Of Flight Training. “This is not taken lightly, and through our partnership with the Civil Aviation Authority of the Cayman Islands (CAACI), regulatory extensions were granted to the Cayman Airways crews to conduct these training �lights to help meet our training requirements.”

Captain Coe said airlines around the globe are carrying out similar strategies to ensure that crews remain pro�icient with their core skills while borders are closed.

“There were 15 take-offs and land-ings over a relatively short period of time, which was necessary for all of the participating pilots to each achieve the required number of take-offs and landings to maintain their currency and competency, and over the next few weeks we will be accomplishing more such �lights in order to keep all of our pilots current,” added Cayman Airways President and CEO, Fabian Whorms. “We thank the CAACI and the Cayman Islands Airport Authority (CIAA) for working with us during these unprece-dented times, to ensure that our pilots are able to meet their regulatory re-quirement for completing at least three take-offs and landings every 90 days to maintain their ‘Recency of Experience’ certi�ication.”

Participating in the training �lights were the following Cayman Airways pi-lots: Captain Perry Panton (CAL Chief Pi-lot), Captain Steven Coe, Captain Olson Anderson; First Of�icer Leroy McLaugh-lin; First Of�icer William McTaggart; and First Of�icer Garrett Conolly.

Cayman Airways pilots complete operational training flight

CAL plane landing

The Royal Cayman Island Po-lice Service (RCIPS) today (Fri-day, 22 May 2020) con�irmed that two uniformed of�icers have tested positive for the COVID-19 virus.

Both of�icers are asymp-tomatic and are in isolation. These results are part of exten-sive, service-wide testing that began for uniformed and civil-ian RCIPS personnel earlier this month, as part of the Cayman Islands Government’s screen-ing programme for frontline personnel across the public and private sectors.

“Following news of the pos-itive results we have worked closely with the Public Health Department to facilitate their usual investigations including risk assessment and contact tracing. Our ultimate goal is to ensure that we remain ready to serve and protect the people of the Cayman Islands,” comment-ed Commissioner of Police, Derek Byrne”

“We also want to reassure our staff and the public,” Mr. Byrne continued, “that since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic all uniformed service

personnel have been required to wear and utilise personal protective equipment (PPE). This is something that we are reinforcing as this situation de-velops.”

“In addition we have im-plemented daily sanitisation protocols through our build-ing janitorial functions and fleet management services. The health and wellbeing of our personnel remain of utmost importance and we thank Public Health for their work and guidance in assist-ing us.”

The Commissioner of Po-lice added that all spaces have been robustly sanitised in the department where the of�icers who received the positive re-sults are employed. Social dis-tancing protocols are also be-ing strictly enforced across the RCIPS to reduce the chance for the viral infection to spread. In addition, persons who worked closely with the COVID-positive of�icers in the last three days have been recommended for testing.

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100 Women in Finance (“100WF”), a global �inance industry organization, announces that The Maples Group re-cently donated twenty-�ive new HP lap-tops to GirlForce 100 mentees from John Gray High School and Clifton Hunter High School. GirlForce 100 is 100WF’s local Investing in the Next Generation program partner.

The new laptops were sourced locally in partnership with Of�ice Supply, who kindly offered a discount on each lap-top in support of the initiative. The pro-gramme mentees, all female high school students, were excited to receive their new laptops at their homes via socially distanced direct delivery by NCI Cay-man Islands, who also extended a gen-erous delivery discount as part of this collaboration.

Christina Bodden, a Partner at Ma-ples Group, a 100 Women in Finance Global Association Board member and a co-founder of GirlForce 100, worked with the schools to identify a signi�i-cant technology gap among some of the GirlForce 100 mentees which prompted the donation. “To continue to support

our mentees with consistent mentor-ing, GirlForce 100 has pivoted to dig-ital programming amid the COVID-19 health crisis. As part of this transition, we identi�ied a signi�icant technology gap among our GirlForce 100 mentees. We needed to bridge this gap, to ensure our mentees could participate in their schools’ online learning platforms while also effectively supporting our mentees through virtual programming and digi-tal mentoring. On behalf of 100 Women in Finance and GirlForce 100, we would like to extend our sincere gratitude to the Maples Group for supporting the mentee network in our participating local schools. 100 Women in Finance is additionally grateful that its members and staff joined Maples Group in making donations to GirlForce 100, helping to make the purchase of the laptop com-puters possible”.

Matthew Gardner, Cayman Islands Managing Partner of Maples and Calder, the Maples Group's law �irm added, "We are delighted to support GirlForce 100 and commend them on their outstand-ing efforts in arranging this important initiative for local students. The Maples Group is committed to supporting the Cayman Islands community and provid-ing assistance to bene�it the educational needs of our youth has long been a core focus of our philanthropic efforts".

Barbara Conolly, MLA and Councillor for Education, Youth, Finance and Eco-nomic Development, said, "During these most challenging times, it is even more important that the public sector part-ner with the private sector to provide opportunities for our students. As the Councillor responsible for education, I

am ecstatic that one of Cayman's largest youth mentoring net-works, GirlForce 100, was able to receive the technology they need-ed. I am proud to ex-tend thanks on behalf of the Ministry of Edu-cation, the Minister of Education and myself to the Maples Group for sponsoring these efforts. As the Premier said in one of the press brie�ings ‘We are all in this together,’ and indeed, partnerships such as these speak to how we can join forces and assist our commu-nity."

GirlForce 100 de-livers pre-career pro-gramming and men-torship to diverse, high potential Caymanian high school students. GirlForce 100 pairs lo-cal 100 Women in Fi-nance members with girls ages 13-18, from John Gray High School and Clifton Hunter High School, who have indicated an interest in a ca-reer in �inance and have demonstrated notable potential meriting their place-ment. Through mentorship, GirlForce 100 guides the mentees in the devel-opment and progression of their career paths leading them to success.

GirlForce 100 reaches, inspires and supports pre-career women of all back-

grounds, to become the �inance indus-try’s leadership pipeline. This initiative is an important strategic element in 100WF’s 30x40 Vision, in which wom-en will perform 30% of the �inance in-dustry’s investment and executive team roles by year 2040.

If you or someone you know is inter-ested in becoming part of GirlForce 100 please contact [email protected].

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er’s sister. She’s so nice. We always used to have like a party for her every year, but we can’t have it this year (because of Covid 19 restrictions) so that’s why we are doing this.”

On the Porch Steps, Ms Hulda waved to all the friends and family who have known her all of their lives as they passed by. She was joined by her daugh-ters, Linda and Zelda, and her sons, Roy and Archie, along with her grandchil-dren, Nahshon and Zephon.

One of those passers-by was Ezietha-mae (Zeta) Bodden who said: “I’ve known her all my life and then had a close connection with her through working with her, so it’s a privilege to be here this afternoon and celebrate her 103rd birthday and I wish her all the best, and that she may live a long and happy life.”

Speaker of the House, and West Bay MLA McKeeva Bush stopped to present a special bouquet of �lowers, one from himself, and another from His Excellen-cy The Governor, Martyn Roper, along

with a letter Mr. Roper had written on behalf of Queen Elizabeth II.

Florie Hulda Ebanks was born on May 21 1917. She was the eldest child of Leslie and Buelah Rivers. She had four sisters, Francis Annette Una and Mar-lena and one brother, Sydney. She has children Archie, Linda, Roy and Zelda and nine grandchildren, Dwayne, Joy, Perry, Kirby, Sasha, Denver, Nahshon and Zephon, as well as 14 great-grand-children and four great-great grandchil-dren.

When she worked, she was a house-keeper. She also weaved baskets hats and fans. And was the best known for making the best brooms in West Bay. She also worked in the tourism industry, in some of the �irst condos on the island. After retiring she traveled a lot with her son Roy, attending concerts visiting the Empire State Building as well as the World Trade Center.

Ms Hulda always loved playing foot-ball, and is known as the ‘Matriarch’ of West Bay’s Future Sports Club in West Bay, which she helped to establish, and regularly attended all football games up

to 2018. Today she still resides in her home on Hell Road in West Bay where she has been for the past 70yrs, where she still takes care of all her great great grandchildren, loves to wash her own dishes and until 2019 did her own

laundry, too. She is a remarkable lady who is still able to read the newspaper without her glasses. Her famous quote when asked "How are you today?" She answers faithfully "Aye my love as usual. God is good."

103rd Birthday motorcade for West Bay’s Hulda Ebanks

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In a release on Saturday, A L Thomp-son advised that the Health Services Au-thority had screened their staff for Cov-id-19 on 14 May, �ive days before they reopened their George Town store.

The results for approximately 95% of those who were tested revealed that most results were negative but unfor-tunately, 2 of the 187 people screened have tested positive for the virus.

They assure the public that be-cause they did not permit staff members to return to work until they received negative results, there would not have been contact at A. L.

Thompson’s with those who tested positive.

They are asymptomatic and are in iso-lation at home per HSA protocol. Every-one's well-being is their priority.

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STAY AT HOME: A NEW NORM?"Do everything in love." - 1 Corinthians 16:14

By Basil Springer

Those of us who are occupied as housewives or househusbands, are re-tired, home-school children, have a vir-tual job enabled by digital technology or conduct business from home, tend to naturally manage our time in a home environment.

On the other hand, when a "Stay-At-Home Order" is imposed by the government as an optimal solution to combat a disease pandemic, transmit-ted from human to human, it is a dif-ferent matter.

Parents and children are con�ined to the same space 24 hours per day, there is a void of external social interaction, outdoor sport is cur-tailed, the discipline of preparing attrac-tive, home-cooked food becomes the or-der of the day, home help is restricted, exercise routines are disrupted, meetings must be held by au-dio and video con-ferencing, irritability may set in, and when you venture out to access essential services, personal hygiene must be carefully practiced, physical distancing observed and masks worn.

Also, the national borders are tempo-rarily closed to passenger traf�ic to re-duce the spread of the disease and pre-vent a second wave of infection, trade is signi�icantly less than before COVID-19, the economy grinds to a halt, and jobs are lost.

The recovery process, which includes gradually relaxing the "stay-at-home" protocols and opening up the borders, then becomes a balancing act between saving lives and protecting livelihoods. Because no one really knows if and when the pandemic will end and cease to be a threat to us, we must be prepared to adopt a positive mindset to address the new national "stay-at-home" norm, for as long as it is necessary.

The secret is to use our God-given resource of 24 hours in a day to man-age this new norm, while satisfying our fundamental needs of love, food, air cooling, heating, clothing, housing, sleep, exercise, electricity, money, digital equipment, internet connectivity, ed-ucation and the like. Realizing a vision begins with the �irst step. Determine your budget e.g. eight hours' sleep, eight hours' work and eight hours' personal time and community service. Here, are some cost ef�icient ideas.

The recognition that God is Love is a good starting point in this management process.

Remember that nutrition is para-mount - grow what you eat and eat

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Get a total of eight hours' sleep per day by working smarter not harder. Daily walking exercise works wonders for the respiratory and cardiovascular systems.

Generate money by starting a home enterprise of your choice rather than looking for paid employment. Ideas abound! Seek a shepherd to guide you and lead you to sources of seed, equi-ty and working capital. Embrace smart technology. Secure reliable broadband internet connectivity, educate your-self, and communicate with the world

through social media, videoconferenc-ing and messaging apps.

Enjoy working from home. For many, it may soon become the norm that's not so new.

Dr. Basil Springer GCM is a Change-Engine Consultant. His email address is [email protected]. His columns may be found at www.nothingbeatsbusiness.com and on www.facebook.com/basilgf.

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