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RAPIST’S TV BOAST

Barnes claims he’s a changed man on video

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Convicted rapist Jeffrey Barnes starred in a Government-backed movie when he was in prison telling the people of Cayman how much he had changed.

But just months after he was released, 32 year old Barnes is alleged to have struck again, abducting and raping a woman, trying to snatch an 11 year old schoolgirl, and sexually assaulting a family member.

He was interviewed in a program called Spotlight, which is run by the Cayman Islands government.

Barnes appears on screen boasting about how “education is a priority” and it will help him “in the future”.

But clearly any education he learnt behind bars has gone in one ear and straight out the other.

He is now in custody waiting to be interviewed on a string of sickening sexual assaults.

The video was shot and uploaded on YouTube in September 2009 when he was serving time for rape.

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Sebastian is living the dream Paul Kennedy paul.kennedy@ieyenews.com

He may only be a little under five foot tall but this 13 year old has a really big future ahead of him.

Sebastian Martinez has just signed an 18-month contract

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with Swindon Town in the United Kingdom.

After completing a successful six week trial at The County Ground, Sebastian signed on the dotted line.

His father Barry said: “Sebastian is living his dream.”

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Poppies and paintings in Savannah

One of the paintings from Artist Charles Long’s forthcoming exhibition

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Athelstan Long, 92, first governor of the Cayman Islands (1971-72), and member of the Cayman Islands Veterans Association, together with his son, Charles Long 63, were joined by 10-year old Cub Scout Will Roberts at Foster’s supermarket in Savannah. They were offering poppies to the public in return for donations, in the run up to this year’s Remembrance Day. Remembrance Day marks the anniversary of the armistice of World War I in 1918, and is observed throughout the British Commonwealth, and has been observed since 1921.

Graham Walker Honorary Secretary of the Cayman Islands Veterans Association said: “Members of the Veterans Association are making a maximum effort to be at supermarkets and other stores to make the poppy readily available

From left to right: Charles Long, Athelstan Long, and Will Roberts sell Remembrance Day poppies

to the public. It is important to remember that the poppy cannot be sold, since it has already been bought and paid for by some mother’s son or daughter. These poppies are to commemorate the life which has been given to ensure that we are able to enjoy freedom of action and freedom of speech.

“Although the official anniversary is taken to be 11 O’clock on 11 November, the official Remembrance Day parade will take place on Sunday 13 November at Elmslie Church in George Town,” Mr. Walker added.

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Charles Long, an artist who has been painting everyday scenes in the Cayman Islands for more than 40 years, has also been busy getting ready for another event.

“Due to popular demand I am having another art show at my studio in West Lane, Savannah on 2 December.”

“Over thirty paintings are going to be in the new show. One is a traditional street scene of the museum, and I also have paintings of a scuba dock with some people going out on a boat,” Mr. Long said.

Ten year-old Will Roberts, a cub scout, sells Remembrance Day poppies

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New Jamaican president Andrew Holness has outlined plans to create 20,000 tourism jobs in the coming years as part of a multi-million investment in the sector.

A total of 15,825 new hotel rooms are also expected to be added to the Caribbean island’s stock, with approximately $60 billion in capital investment expected.

Speaking at the Jamaica Hotel & Tourist Association 50th anniversary gala banquet at the Ritz Carlton Golf & Spa Resort, Montego Bay, Holness also reflected on a successful year.

The Prime Minister said, despite the instability of the international financial market, tourism in Jamaica continues to grow; with the sector emerging as the largest foreign exchange earner and is an increasingly significant source of employment.

He noted, while the country has a solid product and is seen as the top brand in the region, winning the Caribbean’s Leading Destination title for the sixth consecutive year at the recent World Travel Awards was

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Vybz gets bail rejected KINGSTON, Jamaica — A judge in Jamaica has refused bail for a popular rapper facing two murder charges.

The ruling Wednesday rejects a bail application by 35-year-old Vybz Kartel in the slaying of a 27-year-old music promoter who was gunned down on a street corner in July.

Resident Magistrate Opal Smith has not given a reason for refusing bail.

Kartel has also been charged in an August slaying. Assistant Police Commissioner Ealan Powell has said the dancehall reggae star is being investigated in connection with “a number of murders, shootings and gunrunning.”

Kartel’s defense team has not yet commented on the bail refusal.

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New Family Court to open

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Chief Justice Anthony Smellie announced yesterday creation early next year of a new Family Court that will operate alongside the four existing specialist tribunals, while offering reassurances the quartet would continue normal operations.

The announcement of the innovation came as part of affirmations by the top judge on the continuity of the four panels in the wake of last week’s departure of Chief Magistrate Margaret Ramsay-Hale, chief advocate for the specialist tribunals.

“Work will also resume shortly on the creation of a specialist Family Court,” the Chief Justice press office told iNews yesterday, discussing the four panels: Drug Rehabilitation Court (DRC), mental health, domestic violence and driving-under-theinfluence (DUI).

“This effort will be spearheaded

by Mrs. [Catherine] Guilbard in her role as Special Projects Coordinator for the Judicial Administration,” the office said, “which she commenced four years ago with her work on the setting up of the DRC. The same approach will be taken with the setting up of the Domestic Violence Treatment and DUI Courts, and it is the Chief Justice’s intention to have to blog visit www.ieyenews.com

New Grand Court Justice Richard Williams

them formally instituted in very much the same manner as the DRC, via legislation, rules of court and so on.”

The court will be created under the auspices of newly arrived Grand Court Justice Richard Williams, who recently joined the Cayman Islands judiciary from the Turks and Caicos Supreme Court in a near-swap for Ms Ramsay-Hale, who left George Town on 28 October to take up an appointment as “puisine judge” in the Providenciales high court.

While details remained sketchy regarding the new court, an outline of its jurisdiction suggests it will deal with matters now handled in both the Grand and Summary courts: divorce, child and family maintenance, custody, affiliation and other familycentred disputes.

Described by one courthouse official as a “sort of one-stop shop for a range of family matters”, the new court was initially to have been created in 2009, housed in dedicated space in a proposed new courthouse on Agnes Way, behind trafficpolice headquarters.

While construction was cancelled in the wake of a struggling economy, the official said, “the problems continued, and now we have to get on with it.”

“The court will operate,” the officer

said, “on the drug-court model, prescribing treatment courses for habitual offenders while holding sentences in abeyance, pending completion of counselling and behavioural programmes.”

Referring to the functions of the specialist courts, the officer said: “The same can be expected for the other pilot courts started by the Chief Magistrate. They are all based on the Drug Court model.

“In the meantime, the work in the DRC and in the pilot Courts will continue. Both of the incumbent magistrates [Nova] Hall and [Valdis] Foldats already have experience in these Courts; Magistrate Hall, in particular, has been from the beginning one of the pioneers of the DRC programme.”

In early January, a committee headed by Mr Justice Williams will begin a close examination of family-court operations in other jurisdictions, led by Trinidad and Tobago and drawing on North American experience.

Existing legislation will be studied and consideration given to any new laws that may be required.

“It’s a little difficult to say when the new court may convene,” the official said, “but we will start early in the year and hope to make this happen very quickly.”

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New appointment at Harneys Harneys has appointed former XXIV Old Buildings barrister David Herbert as head of the firm’s growing Cayman Islands litigation and insolvency team.

Herbert, whose appointment as partner and Head of Cayman Islands Litigation & Insolvency takes effect 1 November, has been associated with Harneys since 2003 and was seconded to the firm’s Cayman Islands office full-time in 2009.

Herbert is a Chancery barrister who has practised at leading offshore set XXIV Old Buildings since 2003. His primary areas of expertise are insolvency and restructuring, trust advice and litigation, and company and business disputes. Recently Herbert acted for Harneys in the high-profile liquidation of the SPhinX Group and is currently acting in the USD10 billion Saad Group fraud litigation.

Global Head of Litigation & Insolvency, Phillip Kite, says: “David brings outstanding depth of experience to this role and his appointment demonstrates our continued commitment to the Cayman Islands and to building the leading litigation practice in the jurisdiction.”

Herbert says: “I have worked closely with Harneys since 2003 both in BVI and in Cayman, and I am delighted now to be joining the firm on a permanent basis. In the two years I have been in Cayman I have been impressed with the dynamic, high-calibre litigation team and the highprofile international case load it has developed and I look forward to leading it from strength to strength.”

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New James Bond film titled “Skyfall” LONDON (AP) — Screen spy James Bond is returning next year in a new movie called “Skyfall” with a star-studded cast, producers said yesterday.

Daniel Craig makes his third appearance as the suave secret agent the film, directed by Academy Awardwinner Sam Mendes (“American Beauty”).

Spanish star Javier Bardem will play the chief villain in 007’s 23rd screen adventure, producers Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson said.

British actors Albert Finney, Ralph Fiennes and Ben Whishaw will play as-yet-undisclosed roles.

“There’s lots of surprises,” Mendes

told reporters, as he confirmed filming will begin Thursday and will take place in London’s government district of Whitehall, at Pinewood Studios outside the British capital and on location in Scotland, Istanbul and Shanghai.

“I think this has all the elements of a classic Bond movie, including — to quell any rumors — a lot of action,” Mendes said.

Some have questioned the choice of Mendes, best known for his stage work and emotionally intense dramas like “Revolutionary Road” and “The Road to Perdition.”

English actress Naomie Harris plays a field agent named Eve and

Judi Dench reprises her role as spy chief M, while French actress Berenice Marlohe also joins the cast.

Marlohe said she plays “a glamorous, enigmatic character” named Severine.

Police investigate Texas judge over video beating PORTLAND, Texas (AP) — Police launched an investigation Wednesday into a Texas family law judge whose daughter posted a YouTube video of him savagely beating her with a belt during a tirade several years ago when she was a teenager.

The nearly 8-minute video, viewed more than 950,000 times as of late Wednesday, shows Aransas County Court-at-Law Judge William Adams lashing his then-16-year-old daughter in the legs more than a dozen times and growing increasingly irate while she screams and refuses to turn over on a bed to be beaten. The video was uploaded last week.

“Lay down or I’ll spank you in your (expletive) face,” Adams screams. His daughter, Hillary, wails and pleads for him to stop.

Tim Jayroe, the police chief in William Adams’ hometown of Rockport, a Gulf Coast community about 200 miles south of Houston, said Wednesday that he’s asked the Texas Rangers to assist in investigating whether the video shows anything criminal happened.

He said his department began investigating after receiving phone calls from several concerned people who watched the secretly recorded 2004 video.

No one answered the door at William Adams’ home in Rockport on Wednesday, and repeated calls to his office rang unanswered.

Bieber spokeswoman denies he fathered a child LOS ANGELES (AP) — An allegation that Justin Bieber fathered a baby by a woman who has filed a paternity suit is “demonstrably false,” a spokeswoman for the singer said this week.

Melissa Victor said in a statement that Bieber’s camp will “vigorously pursue all available legal remedies” in response to the allegation.

“While we haven’t yet seen the lawsuit, it’s sad that someone would fabricate malicious, defamatory and demonstrably false claims,” Victor said.

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Yeater filed a paternity lawsuit against Bieber, 17, on Monday in San Diego Superior Court. California law keeps paternity matters confidential but Radar Online posted a copy of the lawsuit on its site.

Yeater, 20, said she had sex with Bieber after one of his concerts at the Staples Center in October 2010, according to the posted suit. She said she gave birth to a boy in July and believes the teen heartthrob is the father because there were no other possible men she had sex with at that time.

She is asking a judge for child support and a paternity test.

Yeater’s attorneys said in a statement provided to The Associated Press that their client isn’t seeking a large amount of money from Bieber.

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continued from front page During the interview, Barnes says: “A lot of time in here we think real men get in trouble for things but real men reads.

Education is priority.

“Not knowing how to read and not trying to read before, you’d kind of like just get in trouble, pass the time just going on getting in trouble.

“But after you start reading you gain more knowledge, you gain more understanding, and you start to find yourself doing more positive things and think more positive toward your life, what you are going to do with your life when you come out, you know?

“You ask for help because really and truly mostly everybody in here who can help. Also if someone can show that passion that they are willing to help, take that passion and go forward from there.”

Barnes – who has tried to escape from prison in the past – was the subject of a police manhunt earlier this week.

Detectives took the unusual step of naming and releasing a photograph of him after a 49-year-old woman was raped near Admiral’s Landing.

Barnes was also wanted in connection with trying to lure a young girl into his car and a sexual assault on a family member.

He was eventually caught on Tuesday afternoon hiding in a property at Ocean Club.

Since his arrest, another woman has contacted police claiming she too was raped by Barnes and police are appealing for any other potential victims to come forward.

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He should be jailed

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The family of another victim of rapist Jeffrey Barnes has told their story of the convict’s violent attack on their 17-year-old in her own home.

The assault, on a member of Barnes’ own family, came just days before the serial rapist’s attack last Saturday on a 49-year-old at Admiral’s Landing, itself just hours after Barnes had tried to lure an 11-year-old girl in Prospect’s Mahogany Way into the red Honda Civic he was driving.

Asking anonymity for both himself and his stepdaughter victim, the man

said the incident had occurred last Thursday at her home, shared with her 23-year-old sister.

“He has access to my stepdaughter, meaning he can take advantage of her,” he said. “Her would go to her home and hang around. At one point, last week she lost her house key and Jeffrey Barnes was the last one in the house.

“He was in on Wednesday night, and on Thursday, she told me she couldn’t find her key. On Thursday night, he came by the house.”

The 17-year-old had come home in the evening, unable to unlock the front door, the stepfather said.

Ultimately, however, she got inside and spent a routine evening. She and her older sister went to bed at their usual hour.

“He came by about 2am on Thursday night [early Friday morning], when they were already in bed”. Barnes, he said, crept into her room, raping her in her own bed.

“After it happened, she did not tell my wife,” the man said, “I have had enough contact with police through the years to know that people don’t always report this kind of thing because, in some cases, they are ashamed. She was afraid that people might think badly of her, so she didn’t make any noise about it.” to blog visit www.ieyenews.com

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for the rest of his life

Finally, he said, on Saturday about 7pm, after police had received reports about Barnes’ morning movements, “she told my wife. It was hard for her to speak. As soon as I heard the news I called the police and informed them.”

On Monday, RCIPS Detective Superintendant Marlon Bodden told a press gathering that “at 8:15 the same evening,” Saturday 29 October, “we received a report from a family member that [Barnes] had sexually assaulted a family member,” although the senior officer was careful to say that the report had not necessarily coincided with the incident, nor that the informant had been the victim.

“Two CID [Criminal Investigation Department] officers” appeared at the family’s door about 2pm the next afternoon, the stepfather said, taking statements and completing a report.

The stepdaughter, he said, “on Friday was ok at that point,” after the attack, but before her confession.

On Tuesday, however, just three days ago, “I was home and said to my wife ‘let’s go get her’. We went to her place and she was with a friend and misbehaving. She was drinking, drinking, drinking. She was hiding and would not talk to me,” he said, distraught by developments.

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held her and my wife called the police.

It took half-an-hour before two CID guys came.

“The police held her down and she was fighting so hard that I had to sit on her and hold her hands behind her back. She was spitting and screaming.

We spent an hour-and-a half holding her and almost needed to handcuff her just to calm her down.”

Finally, he said, police called an ambulance, moving the step-daughter to George Town Hospital where, after admission, doctors finally calmed her.

The family, he said knew Barnes, ‘and they know he’s really sick. He was in prison for rape and then he

comes out and does it again. He needs help because jail didn’t do it. He could stay for 20 years or 50 years and still he could come out and do it again.

“This is really destructive and there is no one that is not crying about it.

People like him have to be taken off the street. The law has to put them away. He does this over and over again. Should he be put away for the rest of his life? That should be the sentence for this.

“My stepdaughter,” he said, “is really in trouble. She’s a mess and she needs help.”

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Major Rodriguez “Roddy” Watler

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There is no mention of Inspector of Police, Major Rodriguez “Roddy” Watler, in the official history book of the Cayman Islands commissioned by the Cayman Islands Government even with a large amount of input from the Cayman Islands National Archives.

His name was not mentioned in Radio Cayman’s “Unsung Heroes” programme.

There are numerous photographs of one of Cayman’s most decorated heroes in many Cayman publications and even in our National Archives. There are many printed references to him from many of our mature Caymanians.

His name is often mentioned. The winner recently of the title George Town Miss Festival Queen, Mellisa Rankin, at the competition talked

about Major Watler in this way, “tall and stern looking quite military in his uniform. He had a special heart for children .. did his work with pride and was always ready to protect and serve his country. He was beloved by his people.”

Rodriguez “Roddy” Watler was born on 3 March, 1880, in Red Bay and passed away in April 1965 at the age of 85. He served as Inspector of Police for nearly thirty–three years, and was also Lighthouse Keeper, Foreman of Public Works, Boarding Officer of Vessels, and Warehouse Keeper. In 1942, he was appointed Officer in Charge of the Cayman Islands Company of the Jamaican Home Guard, a post he held until 1945 when the war ceased. In the 1932 hurricane he exhibited bravery in rescuing people who were marooned in Red Bay, and for this service he was awarded the

King Edward VII Police Medal for Bravery. He was decorated with six other medals. He was given the title of “Major” by Sir Hugh Foot.

So why has the government of a country he served so many years forgotten this distinguished man?

In the RCIPS headquarters, there is nothing to commemorate him. It was as though he never existed.

The publisher of iNews Cayman, Roddy Watler’s youngest daughter – Joan Wilson, asked this very question and finally the answer has come back. Well, not really an answer as to why he has been left out, but it has prompted the Cayman Islands Post Office to issue a special commemorative stamp in his honour. A reception at Government House on November 11th will be hosted by H.E. Governor Duncan Taylor when the official announcement will be made.

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to be recognised at long last

“RODDY”

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Roddy – that’s what they called him From birth, right to his grave.

He was six foot six inches tall So big and strong and brave.

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The Cancer Society has played an integral role in the kick-off and opening of our children’s Summer Camp. Their Project Coordinator, Vicki Anderson, attended our first week of Summer Camp and spoke to our campers about the importance of sun safety and using sunscreen, hats, and long clothing to prevent sun damage and skin cancer. The presentation was engaging, informative, and tailored to our young audience. It was the perfect way to set the standard for summer sun safety for our children and the entire Summer Camp. We are looking forward to the Cancer Society’s return for our next summer season!

He was one of the finest fathers And he loved us all so much.

He always had time for others And he had that special touch.

He tickled our toes in the morning Waking us to a brand new day, With fruit from his own garden “Come and get it my darlings,” he’d say.

He was such a good provider, He always farmed his land.

Our cupboards were never empty All stocked by his very own hand.

He taught us from early childhood To respect others above ourselves, To cherish what God had given us Our freedom to enjoy our wealth.

And wealth didn’t mean money For there was little of that.

It was our sunshine, sand and warm blue sea, All ours to enjoy, and it was totally free.

He swam with us off the iron shore I tell you, we enjoyed it all so much.

Swimming and diving with our father In those days we were never lost touch.

“Work hard and plan your day.”

Was his fatherly and friendly advice.

“Hard work never kill nobody Take a look at me - Inspector Roddy.”

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The Editor speaks Parking and clamping Colin Wilson

Parking spaces are woefully short in George Town. The present Planning Laws do not require commercial buildings to provide adequate parking spaces for their own employees let alone for the use of the public. It is welcome news now that all buildings will have to designate a certain number of public parking spaces and Government is going to introduce a wheel clamping ban in the new traffic act.

This is something North Side MLA Ezzard Miller has been advocating for a long time. He even brought a private members motion to the Legislative Assembly (L.A.) over 18 months ago to ban the practice of clamping vehicles.

The inhuman practice of clamping vehicles in the Cayman Islands Government Hospital car park has been especially troublesome. I have seen elderly people with walking difficulties come out of the hospital to find their car clamped because it has been parked outside the parking lines even though it had not caused an obstruction. The publisher of this newspaper, Joan Wilson, had her car clamped there when she could find nowhere to park except between two spaces on the angle to one another. She was blocking no one and colin.wilson@ieyenews.com

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was having an injection into her knee and walking with a crutch. It took half an hour to find the person in the administration office who dealt with clamping to pay the outrageous fine and a full hour – yes you are reading correctly – to find a person to unclamp her car. She told me, “I was fit to be tied!!”

She has since campaigned to stop clamping there and instead have an attendant to help visitors and patients to find places to park. You can be the judge whether she has been successful. Incidentally the clamping was not done by the hospital staff but an outside contractor.

The new traffic act is due to be presented before the L.A. in the next sitting that starts on the 16th November.

The bill states: “A person who - (a) operates as an agent for the clamping of vehicles in public places; or (b) clamps or tows away a vehicle in a public place, commits an offence.”

With clamping fees around $85 that is more than three times the cost of a parking fine, these clamping companies have profited greatly. They have clamped people for the most trivial offences. Some of the employees of these companies get paid per clamped vehicle.

Now they are getting clamped! Hurrah!!

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Sunrise Centre celebrates 25 years Sunrise Adult Training Centre (SRC) clients and staff invite the community to join them in marking their 25th year as an institution.

To commemorate this milestone, an open house will be held at the Centre, located at 181 Powery Road in West Bay, from 10:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on Tuesday, 8 November.

A thanksgiving service follows at 10:00 a.m. on Sunday, 13 November, at the Savannah United Church (on Astral Way).

In addition, Centre staff and clients will appear on television- and radio talk shows throughout that week.

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Shari Smith encourages the community to join in the silver anniversary celebrations.

“We welcome everyone to see just how SRC has positively affected the

lives of special-needs individuals within our community,” she said.

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Sprint Express Services - a locally based courier company with 16 years of experience in providing courier and freight transportation services to the Cayman Islands - is now offering its clients a lower cost shipping option.

“In addition to our overnight ZIPX air express service, our clients now have the option of shipping their larger, less time sensitive pieces through our new SEAX service,” said Sprint’s manager Gloria Montana.

“The SEAX service has been developed to provide customer satisfaction by offering a low cost shipping alternative to our clients in the face of global rising costs,” Ms Montana said.

SEAX’s lower pricing is based on volume rather than weight, so there will be no dimensional weight cost a big plus for those wishing to make larger, bulkier shipments.

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afternoon. When comparing costs with air service, small packages shipped via SEAX can save the customer nearly half the price if they can wait for their shipment for a couple more days.

“Of course, with larger items, the savings can be much bigger. With the SEAX service, the bigger your volume, the greater your savings,” Ms Montana said.

Sprint’s clients certainly seemed to appreciate the benefits offered by the new SEAX option. Shaun Gale said: “I like it. It is a little slower but the cost is much better. For any large/heavy items or items I am not in a hurry for, I think it is the better choice.”

Another client, Shawn Smith commented: “I am completely pleased with this new product. It’s a very cost effective way to ship your purchases big and small.”

Sheryl Lopez said: “I’m very satisfied with SEAX. My online purchases arrived within definite time without exception ever since I started using SEAX. And the best part is, you can’t beat the price. No other shipping couriers I am aware of offers the same price. Most shipping couriers charge no less than three times the cost of

shipping via SEAX.” Ms Montana explained some of the other things that make the new SEAX service so attractive to Sprint’s customers: “We’ve simplified our billing system, and have structured our rates in order to encourage consumers to change their approach to shipping via ocean freight.

“Before, customers thought ocean freight shipments had to be in big volumes to make it worthwhile. Now you can ship from as little as one cubic foot from US$8.00 to a container load,” she said.

“It’s a great method for shipping any size package for online shopping at sites such as Target, Walmart and Amazon.”

Ms Montana said that when ordering goods online, Sprint customers could also benefit from another service the company offers at no extra cost: “Some companies require a US billing address, and we provide you with one,” she said.

“There are no membership fees - you just have to be an account member with Sprint. Now is the time to start shopping for packages to arrive in time for Christmas, because it’s only going to get busier.”

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The Cayman Islands Cancer Society is committed to increasing the public’s awareness of cancer issues and has developed a public education awareness program around this goal.

Our presentations are interactive and each presentation will include an overview of the specific type of cancer if it related to a specific type of cancer and include a discussion of risk factors, signs and symptoms, screening guidelines and ways to reduce your risk. Whenever possible, a doctor will attend these sessions.

To book a session or to obtain more information, please contact Victoria Anderson by calling 949-7618 or 916-7108. Alternatively, you may email victoria@cics.ky Cayman Islands Cancer Society Presentation Synopsis 1.Breast Cancer – What You Need To Know Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women worldwide and it can also strike men. Find out what you need to know what it is, risk factors and how to reduce the likelihood of developing it, signs and symptoms, screening recommendations and more.

2.Cancer Prevention – The Seven Steps to Cancer Risk Reduction Cancer is one of the most common diseases in the world today but did you know that you could reduce your risk of developing cancer by changing your lifestyle? Attend this presentation and find out the steps you can take to reduce your cancer risk.

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3.Colorectal Cancer – What You Need To Know This talk will give you all the facts about colorectal cancer – what it is, risk factors and how to reduce the likelihood of developing it, signs and symptoms, screening recommendations and more. Don’t die of embarrassment – attending this talk could save your life!

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8.Physical Activity, Diet and Disease Prevention The amount of physical activity you do and your diet influences your risk of developing many chronic lifestyle diseases including cancer. Find out what you need to know about physical activity, diet and 4.Female Cancers (1) – Cervical Cancer & HPV This talk will give you all the facts on cervical cancers, health by attending this very interactive one of the most commonly diagnosed cancers in presentation. women in the Caribbean. Hear about the risk factors as well as the importance of regular screening for this 9.Skin Cancer – What You Need To Know type of cancer. Also learn about the association Find out what you need to know - what it is, risk between cervical cancer and the human factors and how to reduce the likelihood of papillomavirus (HPV) and the new vaccine against developing it, signs and symptoms, screening HPV which will lead to the prevention of many cases of recommendations and more. cervical cancer.

10.Smoking Cessation 5.Female Cancers (2) Ovarian and Endometrial – Are you ready to quit using tobacco products? If you are then this presentation will provide you with tools What You Need To Know This talk will give you all the facts on these two you can use in your quit attempt including hints on cancers that are unique to women. Find out what they how to provide weight gain, strategies for helping are, risk factors and how to reduce the likelihood of you quit and more. developing them, signs and symptoms, screening This can either be presented as a single session or we can offer the full 6 week Smoking Cessation recommendations and more. program to your organization or group.

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Cuba overwhelmed other Caribbean entrants in athletics at the 2011 Pan Am Games, earning a total of 33 medals,including 18 golds, while setting four meet records.

Jon Rankin achieved the best result for the Cayman Islands competitors with a fourthplace performance in the men’s 1500 metre run,as his time of 3:54.79 was just three-fourths of a second shy of the bronze-earning clocking by Eduar Villanueva of Venezuela.Leandro Oliviera of Brazil was adjudged the winner in 3:53.44,just one one-hunderedth of a second ahead of Byron Piedra of Ecuador.

No information as yet has been forthcoming concerning Jon’s effort in the 800-metre run.However,it can be assumed by the results on the games website that he was fouled in his semifinal, successfully appealed,and was awarded a place in the final, where he ran 1:52.72 to finish seventh.

Carl Morgan managed to qualify for the finals of the men’s long jump, where he finished tenth ,with a best mark of 7.38 metres. Brother Carlos was unable to achieve a finalsqualifying measurement.

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Cuba’s domination was such that Brazil placed second in the medal count with 23,followed by Colombia with 17 and the United States with 16.

Other Caribbean countries garnering medals were the Dominican Republic (6),Jamaica (5),the Bahamas (2), St.Kitts and Nevis (2), Trinidad and Tobago (2), Barbados (1) and Dominica (1).

Cuban athletes also established four new Games records due to winning performances by Yarelys Barrios in the women’s discus throw and Guillermo Martinez in the javelin throw,pole vaulter Lazaro Borges and Dayron Robles in the 110-metre hurdles.Kim Collins of St.Kitts/Nevis set a new mark in the men’s 100 metre dash.

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WORLD

Judge sentences Pakistan cricketers, agent to jail

LONDON (AP) — A British judge sent three Pakistan cricketers and an agent to prison on Thursday for their involvement in one of the biggest fixing scandals to tarnish the sport.

Former captain Salman Butt received 2½ years, the longest term of the three players.

Mohammad Asif was sentenced to 1 year, while 19-year-old Mohammad Amir will serve six months.

Agent Mazhar Majeed was sentenced to 2 years, 8 months.

All four may be released for good behavior after serving half their terms.

The players were found guilty of conspiring with Majeed to bowl deliberate no-balls as part of a betting scam during the test match against England at Lord’s last year.

Judge Jeremy Cooke told Southwark Crown Court that the offenses were “so serious that only a sentence of imprisonment will suffice to mark the nature of the crimes and to deter any other cricketer, agent or anyone else who considers corrupt activity of this kind.”

“In Pakistan, where cricket is the national sport, the ordinary follower of the national team feels betrayed by your activities, as do your fellow countrymen in this country,” Cooke said.

It’s the biggest fixing scandal in cricket since South Africa captain Hanse Cronje was banned for life in 2000 for taking bribes from bookmakers.

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LONDON (AP) — British opposition lawmakers are demanding that London 2012 Olympics organizers scrap a deal for Dow Chemical Co. to fund an artistic centerpiece of the games over concerns about the company’s links to the deadly 1984 toxic gas leak in Bhopal, India.

Labour Party legislator Barry Gardiner confirmed Thursday that members of the House of Commons were pressing the London organizing committee, LOCOG, to reverse the deal as a result of concern over the company’s response to the victims of the Bhopal leak, which killed an estimated 15,000 people.

The U.S.-based chemical giant will pay for a curtainstyle wrap to encircle the Olympic stadium in east London under a deal announced in August.

Organizers had scrapped original plans for a more complex — and costly — stadium wrap which had been estimated to cost 7 million pounds ($11.4 million), but struck an agreement with Dow to pay for a scaled down wrap, made from 336 individual polyester panels, each approximately 25 meters (89 feet) high and 2.5 meters (8.2 feet) wide.

Gardiner and fellow Labour lawmakers Keith Vaz and Tessa Jowell — a former government minister responsible for the Olympics — met with London 2012 chairman Sebastian Coe on Wednesday to raise their concerns over Dow’s role in the games.

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Swindon sign teen soccer star

Sebastian Martinez signing his contract with Swindon Town Football Club. With him is his dad, Barry Martinez and on the right is the club’s Centre of Excellence Director Jeremy Newton.

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His father, Barry, was in the UK to watch him play and sign his contract.

Mr Martinez said: “It’s a tremendous A Cayman schoolboy’s dream of playing football on the big stage took opportunity for him to advance his football abilities. one step closer yesterday.

“Sebastian is living his dream. It is Teenager Sebastian Martinez has signed an 18-month professional an opportunity of a lifetime and I think contract with Swindon Town in it is brilliant that he has the chance to do this. the UK. “Sebastian’s coaches at Academy The 13-year-old enjoyed a successful six week trial at the Sports Club, Mr. Winston Chung County Ground and has now put pen and Mr. Virgil Seymour, were always looking and pushing for opportunities to paper.

And there’s no doubt he’ll be for him.

“He also had tremendous support learning from the very best.

Swindon is managed by former from the Office of the Premier, the West Ham hero Paulo Di Canio. The Ministry of Education, the Ministry fiery Italian has also played for AC of Sports and Footballs’ Technical Milan, Juventus and Lazio in his Director, Carl Brown, who introduced him to former Swindon player and native country.

Attacking midfielder Martinez may talent scout Fitzroy Simpson, who only stand at just under five foot tall, visited the Cayman Islands earlier but he’s already proved to be a big hit this year.

“I hope this opens doors for the on the pitch after scoring in a junior many other talented players we have match against Bournmouth. paul.kennedy@ieyenews.com

in the Cayman Islands. We seriously need to pay attention to developing our young athletes. The fact that Sebastian is playing for a major club overseas show others what is possible,” he said.

Minister of Sports, the Hon. Mark Scotland, who took the lead in making Sebastian’s trip possible said his ministry will continue to work with the Cayman Islands Football Association to create opportunities for local players.

“Sports development is high on our agenda. Not only does this give talented youngsters opportunities to broaden their horizons, but it also gives our young people positive ideals to aspire to,” the Minister said. “I would like to commend Sebastian’s parents for their tireless efforts in creating this opportunity for him”.

“With the connection now made, the Ministry and CIFA are looking forward to a long-standing relationship with Swindon,” Minister Scotland added.

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