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Declaring “the end” for downtown merchants, Noel March, owner of Edmar’s Discount Drugs, is gathering signatures on a letter to Premier McKeeva Bush fearing extinction in the face of the George Town berthing project.

Citing the proposed creation by developers China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC) of approximately 130,000 square feet of retail space in the “upland” portion of the $300 million cruise-berth and onshore project, Mr March’s letter laments the lack of consultation by government, calling the construction “a point of despair”.

“It is not unreasonable for us to be concerned,” he writes because the new retail space “will at a minimum increase 10-fold what is currently situated within the Royal Watler Terminal,” ruining downtown as a walking destination and threatening “every merchant along the downtown waterfront.”

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Noel March outside his shop in George Town

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They say size isn’t everything…. But artist and curator Nickola McCoySnell thinks her latest exhibition is the biggest the country has every seen.

Changes is the name of an art show opening on Thursday evening upstairs at Woods Furniture store.

Ms McCoy-Snell said: “It’s an abstract and contemporary art exhibition and features 13 local artists. The show’s theme centres around ‘changes,’ as its name suggests - whether it’s physical changes, spiritual changes or mood changes. We are exhibiting in 4,400 square feet, which makes it the largest exhibition space ever curated on Island.”

There are some works by artists who haven’t exhibited on such a large scale before, such as a bold new series of large paintings by local art teacher Lorna Reid. In the new exhibition Ms. Reid uses a full spectrum of colour to explore the world between figurative and abstract art. In her paintings

silhouettes of the human form can be seen intertwined with flat, abstract blocks of colour.

“We’ve also got someone who’s new on the photography and fine art scene, Amar Sheow,” said Ms. McCoy-Snell.

Mr. Sheow, an experienced photographer, uses digital manipulation techniques to take his photographs into abstraction, creating a unique world of colour, form and texture. Changes will also feature exquisite batik work

by Robert McKendrick who is already well known here for unusual and imaginative work in a variety of media.

Avril Ward, another wellestablished artist, includes a series of pastoral landscapes and semi-abstract paintings using bright acrylic paints.

Scott Swing’s work includes a series of fiberglass sculptures finished with metallic paint, cast from parts of human beings. Silvery forms emerge from oblong frames or out of a bright red wall. Mr. Swing’s work also uses human figures cast in concrete, using coloured-glass aggregate.

Changes also features work by Gordon Solomon, Al Ebanks, Steven Joscelyn, David Bridgeman, Renate Seffer, Randy Chollette and Nasaria Suckoo-Chollette, as well as paintings by the show’s Curator, Nickola, McCoy-Snell, whose paint-splatteron-canvas work, “Wired”, offers a fascinating 21st Century conceptual counterpoint to the work of the late Jackson Pollock.

“The Cancer Society staff truly care for cancer patients” “I am not a cancer patient but I have been attending the Cancer Society’s Survivor Dinners over the years with my wife. I appreciate how the Cayman Islands Cancer Society’s staff care for my wife who is a cancer survivor. I have a lot of respect for those people because they treat everyone with respect. They truly care for cancer patients.

I pray that the Lord will give them His blessings and the strength to carry on the good work that they are doing. I am happy to be around them as they are a friendly and loving group of people.”

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Craft and delights at Cayman Brac Agriculture Show Cayman Brac Agriculture Show takes place this Saturday at the Agriculture Grounds off Songbird Road on the Bluff.

The show starts with a traditional Caymanian breakfast at 8am. The opening ceremony will be between 10 and 11am. In addition to the livestock and crop displays and arts and crafts, there will be a host of musical talents such as: C Level Band, Layman Scott High School Steel Band, Barefoot Man and the Cayman Cowboy Andy Martin, Dexter Bodden, Tammy BanksDaCosta Others (Gospel Music).

Entertainment runs continuously throughout the day, with dancing from the Koalition group. There will also be various demonstrations

by HM Customs K-9 Unit, Fire Department, Health Services and the Police Department.

One of the stalwarts of the Cayman Brac Agriculture show is Ms Coleen Gibson whose crafty ambitions keeps pulling in a crowd and titles at the Cayman Brac Agriculture Show.

Coleen Gibson keeps a dying art and a part of the Caymanian heritage alive by producing works of art using thatch and Caymanite and passing on her skills to generations of her family. Ms Gibson, 64, was the 2011 Top Exhibitor at both Agriculture Shows – Grand Cayman and Cayman Brac.

“I enjoy the competition. I work hard on my stuff and I am proud to win. I am proud of my island,

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Cayman Brac, and I like being a part of the shows,” Ms Gibson said.

She produces beautiful works of arts from thatch and Caymanite.

She makes just about anything from thatch – hats, caps, sun visors, purses, brooms, bags and baskets of all types and hanging dolls. Ms Gibson has passed on her art to her four children -- Lineaya Hendricks, Tommy Whorms, Frauleen Brown and Kristin Nelson -- and six out of nine grandchildren; three are still too young to thatch.

Hon. Julianna O’ConnorConnolly, Deputy Premier and Minister responsible for Agriculture noted that Ms Gibson is a hardworking, self-taught and talented Bracker. “Her standard of work is exemplary and she is diligently keeping alive indigenous Caymanian craft. Coming from the ‘Brown’s Family tree’ (like myself), we learnt how to plait from a very young age and I am delighted to see that she has chosen to make a livelihood from things Caymanian,” Ms O’Connor-Connolly said.

Extending best wishes to Ms Gibson for continued success at the Agriculture Show, the Deputy Premier said, “it is my wish that you share your talents with as many other people as you can.”

Admission to the Cayman Brac Agriculture show is $8 per person (ages 11 and up) $4 for children (ages 4010) Raffle tickets are $10 and includes admission – 1st prize is US$2,500. Gates open at 7am.

Ms Coleen Gibson demonstrations her thatching talent.

Margartio “Merch” Chantilope weighs one of his prize winning yams.

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Continued from front page The well-documented five-year decline in cruise arrivals has already driven ‘several dozen” merchants out of business, Mr March told iNews Cayman yesterday, while Royal Watler’s 10,000 square feet of highpriced space reinforced the “collective losses” and “significant failure rate” of local businesses. CHEC proposals are likely to prove “the last nail in the coffin” for those still “hanging on by a thread”.

“There has been no consultation” with the merchants, Mr March said, indicating those discussions would have produced both intense and prolonged opposition to the idea. ”What would you say? We’ll have minimal retail and the arrangement will be for 50 years. It means the end,” he said, fearing businesses’ fate at the hands of CHEC. “We are already down to our last dime,” he said anticipating top prices in the “upland” space.

Already, Royal Watler prices hover near $150 per square foot, while Mr March feared “to afford that kind of rent, not much change from Royal Watler”, would prove impossible.

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3.5 million to 4 million cruise passengers per year,” he writes to Mr Bush, downtown is doomed. So far, government has gained Florida Caribbean Cruise Association guarantees of only 1.2 million passengers per year, roughly equivalent to current annual arrivals.

Mr March offered a representative list of closed businesses, including Senor Frogs, the Fort St Market, the Caribbean Emporium and Caymania Duty Free.

A 2009 letter, ignored by government, concerned about the Royal Watler project, bore 50 signatures. The current effort, equally impassioned, was likely to have fewer names because fewer merchants existed, Mr March said, but would include the Kirconnell family, the Craft Market and others.

“We are going from one side to the other, from Guy Harvey to Diamonds International. This is a do-or-die effort.”

While the letter supports construction of CHEC’s proposed twin piers, accommodating both Oasis-class “mega-ships” and smaller Freedom-class vessels, and the restoration of cruise arrivals, Mr March warns that accompanying construction will counter any benefits.

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“I fully agree that we need to construct a berthing facility,” Mr March writes, ”and feel that the benefits it will bring will definitely fill those retail spaces that are currently empty, and put those of us who are still in business, back on the track to prosperity, but not one that we can benefit from because of an excessive retail component. This will create a ghost town, which is not good for any component of the Cayman Islands bottom line.”

Mr March was skeptical of previous statements by Mr Bush declining to consider alternate berthing in Red Bay because, he said, downtown merchants had invested more than $30 million through decades, building the downtown area.

“It seems to be whatever suits his argument. We have had no consultation,” he said.

Finishing his plea for an audience, Mr March writes: “I implore you and those in your administration that believe that your current negotiations with regard to the berthing facility are on the right track to first consult the public and downtown merchants through a series of public meetings before proceeding any further with your negotiations.”

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With carrots, peppers, tomatoes, bananas and a breadfruit or two, Ann Marie Tomlinson, taxi-driver

by day and hair do diva by night, is celebrating Cayman’s Agriculture show with a brand new style.

“It was done by Samantha at the Charmine Beauty Salon, and it took

about two hours,” Ms Tomlinson says. The new do comes hot on the heels of a very special Valentine’s Day hairstyle, featuring a teddy and a red rose.

Ms Tomlinson, originally from Kingston, Jamaica, has been turning heads with her outrageous hairstyles, each one featuring a different theme, for several years.

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“At Risk” After-school programmes supported After-school programmes for “At Risk” youth were given a boost when corporate sponsor PwC (PricewaterhouseCoopers) donated 15 computers and laptop bags to the after-school curriculum set up by the Ministry of Education, Training and Employment.

The programme aims to expose ‘At Risk’ youth to as many different social, recreational, sporting and educational activities as possible.

Students from each of the government primary schools are chosen to participate in the programme. In the syllabus, students receive a clear cut set of courses that focus on homework, a sporting activity for that term, and arts and crafts. Other areas included are music, computers, literacy, social skills, table etiquette, cooking and dance.

Peter Small, a partner from PwC stated, “We believe in investing in the future. Technology is ever changing, and it has become fundamental both in the education

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L-R Peter Small, Partner PwC, Mrs. Gloria Bell, Principal of Prospect Primary School and Angilynn Baraud, Assurance and Business Development Manager, PwC.

system and the corporate world.

Mr. Small continued, to state “Assisting the ‘At Risk’ programme by providing technology in a structured environment enhances the value to the curriculum the kids receive, which in turn enhances the value in our community

and future”.

Programme coordinator of ‘At Risk’ youth in the Ministry, Mr Michael Myles said, “PwC has been instrumental with ensuring the programmes the Ministry has implemented become successful.

On behalf of the Minister and

Ministry of Education, Training and Employment, we thank PwC for their generous donations and support. We would like to take this opportunity to encourage other corporate citizens to join the Ministry’s vision of ensuring that every student is provided with a valuable education.” to blog visit www.ieyenews.com

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Number portability launches, finally Tad Stoner tad.stoner@ieyenews.com

After years of struggle, argument, patient mediation and occasional threats of legal action, local telephone companies at last launched the longawaited -- and first in the Englishspeaking Caribbean -- number portability on Monday.

Heralded by a release from the regulator Information and Communications Technology Authority (ICTA), the service means any telephone customer in the Cayman islands can switch their service provider, yet retain their customary contact number.

“From today,” according to a Monday ICTA statement, “customers of Digicel, LIME, Logic and TeleCayman will be able to keep their existing telephone numbers (fixed or mobile) if they decide to change their telephone provider.”

Signed by ICTA managing Director Dave Archbold, the release welcomes “the introduction of [number portability],” reviewing what it means.

“It was mandated by the authority in December 2008 and over the subsequent three-and-a-bit years the service providers have been selecting and implementing the systems necessary to make it a reality. By removing most of the inconvenience and reducing the costs associated with changing service providers, local number portability gives consumers greater choice and increases competition.”

Yesterday, Mr Archbold told iNews Cayman that “any new system will have some glitches, some delays, but it is working well enough right now” as software and system testing proceeds.

“All the companies are very aware, but don’t want any customers to be disappointed, so they are going quietly and carefully. But it’s upward and onward from now,” he said.

LIME Country Manager Tony Ritch said Monday’s launch was an exciting development, but acknowledged it was slow to begin.

“We have started accepting customers,” he said, “and LIME has seem a few coming in to start ‘porting’. to blog visit www.ieyenews.com

Tony Ritch, Lime Country Manager

We are still in the process of fine-tuning and testing, so it’s not complete yet.”

Still, at the moment, he said, “it takes three days to port a mobile telephone and 10 days for a fixed line”, a rate scheduled to improve.

“There are still a final couple of days for testing and we hope to have it fully up and running by next week.

It’s just running a little slowly because everyone is a little cautious, but we are looking forward to some exciting campaigns in the next few weeks,” Mr Ritch told iNews Cayman.

The service, available in dozens of jurisdictions, is credited with improving customer service, reducing costs, and sparking technological innovation as companies compete for market share.

Regulators have frequently had to overcome complaints and commercial resistance from “incumbent” operators, used to government protection through licencing and a series of costly requirements rivals must meet to gain entry to established markets.

Businesses, however, often drive the plan, gaining service improvements without costly changes to cards, letterhead, directory listings, advertising or customer notifications.

Digicel CEO Victor Corcoran said the

Digicel CEO Victor Corcoran

scheme was not complete because “the operators were still doing beta testing”, meaning the service ”was still not fully operational, although we welcome the opportunities” it will mean.

“It’s too early, really, to say because there are ongoing testing issues being worked out, but we’re very excited.

Digicel is looking forward to the opportunities and will have some exciting offers for consumers.”

An ICTA advisory warned customers about costs, saying charges should be less than $10, accompanied by a maximum charge of 85 cents per line per month.

“The service provider who you are porting your number away from is not permitted to charge a porting fee,” the authority warned on Monday.

“However, the service provider to whom you are porting your number may have a one-off charge to port your number (CI$10 or less). You should contact your proposed new service provider to see whether they will charge for this.

“Also, to help cover the cost of the porting service, the service providers may implement a monthly charge to a maximum amount of $0.85 per line to each of its customers whether or not that customer’s number is ported.”

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Chris Brown, Rihanna collaborate on two song remixes girlfriend Rihanna at a pre-Grammy Awards party in 2009. He pleaded guilty to a felony charge and is serving five years of probation.

Last year, a judge eased a restraining order after an attorney for Rihanna said she didn’t object to removing the stay-away provisions.

The order had required Brown to stay 50 yards away from Rihanna, but the restriction was reduced to 10 yards if they were at a music industry event.

After a three-year absence from the Grammys, Brown made his

NEW YORK (AP) — Chris Brown and Rihanna are back together, musically speaking.

Two songs featuring the singers hit the Internet on Monday. Brown sings on the remix of Rihanna’s sexually charged song “Birthday Cake,” and she’s on the remix of his upbeat tune “Turn Up the Music.”

Brown tweeted a link to the new version of “Turn Up the Music” on Monday, and Rihanna later retweeted it. She also tweeted about the remix for “Birthday Cake.”

Brown attacked his then-

return this year, performing twice at the show and winning best R&B album. Rihanna also performed and picked up a trophy.

Rihanna, whose full name is Robyn Rihanna Fenty, told Esquire magazine in its October 2010 issue that she no longer resented Brown and that she enjoys his music.

The two singers first collaborated musically in 2007 on the remix to her monster hit “Umbrella.”

Brown also tweeted “HAPPY BIRTHDAY ROBYN” to Rihanna, who turned 24 on Monday.

Relatives storm Honduras morgue demanding remains at least 359 prisoners. There were 852 inmates at the prison built to hold less than half that.

Duarte said the crowd got upset after seeing some bodies being laid on the street and then people burst into the morgue.

“The bodies were about to be loaded onto a truck to be transferred to the medical school to continue with the process of identification,” Duarte said.

Hundreds of people have been waiting outside the morgue for their relatives’ remains since the fire a week ago. A team of forensic doctors from across Latin America has identified 32 bodies so far. Of those, 16 have been turned over to their families.

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) — Hundreds of relatives of inmates who burned or suffocated to death when a fire raged through a Honduran prison forced their way into a morgue Monday to demand the remains of loved ones.

The group of women and some men pushed into the morgue, broke into a refrigerated container and opened at least six body bags, prosecutors spokesman Melvin Duarte said.

Police used tear gas to chase the people from the morgue, Duarte said.

He said no one was injured during the confrontation in Tegucigalpa, although at least one woman fainted.

The fire in a crowded prison last week in the city of Comayagua killed

Chicago school draws scrutiny over student fines CHICAGO (AP) — A sense of order and decorum prevails at Noble Street College Prep as students move quickly through a hallway adorned with banners from dozens of colleges. Everyone wears a school polo shirt neatly tucked into khaki trousers. There’s plenty of chatter but no jostling, no cellphones and no dawdling.

The reason, administrators say, is that students have learned there is a price to pay — literally — for breaking even the smallest rules.

Noble Network of Charter Schools charges students at

its 10 Chicago high schools $5 for detentions stemming from infractions that include chewing gum and having untied shoelaces.

Last school year it collected almost $190,000 in discipline “fees” from detentions and behaviour classes — a policy drawing fire from some parents, advocacy groups and education experts.

Officials at the rapidly expanding network, heralded by Mayor Rahm Emanuel as a model for the city, say the fees offset the cost of running the detention program and help keep small problems from becoming big

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ones. Critics say Noble is nickeland-diming its mostly low-income students over insignificant, madeup infractions that force out kids administrators don’t want.

“We think this just goes over the line ... fining someone for having their shoelaces untied (or) a button unbuttoned goes to harassment, not discipline,” said Julie Woestehoff, executive director of the Chicago advocacy group Parents United for Responsible Education, which staged protests last week over the policy after Woestehoff said she was approached by an upset parent.

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The Editor speaks Local merchants’ dismay at proposed George Town cruise facility

Colin Wilson

The present UDP Government has a number of hot potatoes boiling on the stove and none of them are very appetising to a lot of people. The one making the biggest news at the moment is the proposed George Town cruise terminal.

Whilst most of the focus is on the awarding of the contract to China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC) and its suitability as a partner, who for the most part will be “calling the shots”, there has been little discussion in the media and even less from the government regarding the existing George Town merchants and their concerns. But not for long.

A petition is doing the rounds of these merchants (a copy of which landed on our doorstep) and although the writer of the petition does not want it published in its entirety at present there are some valid concerns contained in the open letter addressed to the Hon. McKeeva Bush.

I quote this from the opening paragraph: “Our concerns as Merchants have escalated from being simply troubled about the timeframe in which the subject facility will be completed, to now, which is a point of despair due primarily to the proposed amount of retail space to be situated within said facility according to information obtained from The Cayman Islands Chamber of Commerce.

“It is not unreasonable for us to be concerned regarding the amount of proposed retail space because those spaces will at a minimum increase tenfold what is currently situated within The Royal Watler Terminal. This kind of proposal, is frankly not sound long term planning because it can jeopardise Grand Cayman as a “walking destination” for our Cruise Visitors. In essence it will “corral” them for the lack of a better phrase within the proposed Cruise Berthing Facility, thus negatively impacting every Merchant currently located along the Downtown waterfront inclusive of those within walking distance of the waterfront.”

The letter details the negative impact the existing Royal Watler Terminal had to the George Town merchants when it opened in late 2006. The location and the additional retail components contained therein “dramatically and forever changed the flow and direction of Cruise Visitors relative to where the

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commercial activity of Downtown George Town had naturally developed over the past three decades.”

The merchants had “passionately” pleaded with the Government at that time to “equally distribute the cruise tenders between the Royal Watler Terminal and the two original Terminals.” They said their businesses performed “better when there are passengers offloading on the original North and South Terminals.” Their plea was ignored and “consequently” several businesses “closed their doors for good.”

The letter goes on: “Alarmingly, the Chamber of Commerce’s report on their trip to visit CHEC Jamaican projects states that CHEC recommends closing the original North Terminal! We question how such a recommendation could be made that obviously shows no consideration to so many of us?

“Unless we are going to be guaranteed 3.5 to 4 million cruise passengers annually, the introduction of what we understand to be in excess of 100,000 sq ft of new retail space will definitely be the ‘last nail in the coffin’ for many of us who are currently hanging on by a thread.

“I fully agree that we need to construct a berthing facility, and feel that the benefits that it will bring will definitely fill those retail spaces that are currently empty and put those of us who are still in business back on the track to prosperity, but not one that we cannot benefit from because of an excessive retail component. This will create a ghost town, which is not good for any component of the Cayman Islands’ bottom line.”

The petition asks Government to give “good” consideration to all the George Town merchants who have invested in Cruise Tourism and to “first consult the Public and Downtown Merchants through a series of Public Meetings before proceeding any further with your negotiations.”

I can sympathise with them and in every problem there is at the very least a compromise solution. It won’t be to everyone’s liking but to be ignored makes people very angry.

Unfortunately, this is something the present Government has been very good at. Those potatoes are still boiling over that fire and not many people are eating them.

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6. Barnyard babe 10. Burger go-with 14. Animated mermaid 15. Inter ___ 16. Sure sign, for some 17. Air show maneuver 19. Canine moniker 20. Mary Todd’s love 21. Springiness 22. Collarless robe 24. Locker room supply 25. Word before and after against 26. They fix locks 29. Courtroom misbehavior 33. Pleasant surprise 34. Consider, as in a high court 35. Chaucer offering 36. Analysis subjects 37. Honeybun 38. Ugandan tyrant 39. Pattern of behavior 40. Not a challenge 41. Drew back 42. Steers out of control?

44. Caesar and chicken, among many 45. Diaphanous 46. Name used in exclamations 47. Minor memory failures 50. Field of study 51. In the style of, on a menu 54. Noteworthy sign 55. Famously-connected actor 58. ‘’Anything ___?’’

59. Tea choice 60. Maximum bet 61. Place for cowards?

62. Wine quality 63. Ideal spots

Down 1. Rum-soaked cake 2. Subject of King Fahd bin Abdul Aziz 3. It goes around and around 4. Part of HRH 5. Mighty fine 6. Whittle while you work?

7. Ubiquitous lily relative 8. Like Abner 9. Sport involving birds

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10. Kind of book 11. Leave out 12. ‘’___ and the Swan’’ (Yeats) 13. Soon, ere now 18. You may gloss over them 23. Well put 24. After-dinner speaker 25. Showing age 26. Irish and beef, for two 27. Groupspeak, e.g.

28. Hotelier Helmsley 29. Terminate 30. Arboreal African snake 31. Worked regularly at 32. Looks after 34. Mind-blowing 37. Jacket material 41. Suitable for use as food 43. It may have a filling filling 44. Detected, in a way

46. Start of an Austen title 47. Unwelcome expression 48. Type of grease 49. Galileo’s birthplace 50. Roman greetings 51. High point 52. Cut of beef 53. Nonhuman carpenters 56. ‘’The Name of the Rose’’ writer Umberto 57. Band follower?

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Hong Kong court hears appeal on maids’ residency

Hong Kong residents protest against foreign maids to apply for permanent residency outside the High Court in Hong Kong

supporters of the maids say those worries are unfounded.

On the first day of a scheduled three-day hearing, government lawyer David Pannick argued Tuesday that the court’s ruling was wrong because it places limits on lawmakers’ ability to decide who is eligible to permanently settle in Hong Kong.

The judge in Hong Kong’s Court of First Instance had found in favor of Evangeline Banao Vallejos, a Filipino woman who had worked as a maid in Hong Kong since 1986. Vallejos sought a judicial review after her bid for permanent residency was rejected.

Pannick rejected arguments by Vallejos’ lawyers that denying maids the right to apply for residency undermined the rule of law. He said the Basic Law, Hong Kong’s miniconstitution, was not intended to be a “straitjacket” that prevented

HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong’s government argued Tuesday against a landmark ruling that could let foreign maids gain permanent residency as it appealed a case that has raised concerns about ethnic discrimination and strains on social services.

In the ruling in September, a lower court judge found that an immigration provision denying foreign maids the right to apply for permanent residency after seven years — as other foreign residents can — was unconstitutional.

The case has divided Hong Kong, with some arguing that barring maids from applying for residency amounts to ethnic discrimination.

Some groups fear the case will result in a massive influx of maids’ family members arriving in Hong Kong, putting a strain on the densely populated city’s social services and health and education systems, but

Members of the Asian Migrants Coordinating Body arrive court

lawmakers from having flexibility when setting immigration policies to advance Hong Kong’s interests.

“Our argument is that the concept of ‘ordinary residence’ allows for a measure of discretion by the legislature,” Pannick told a threejudge panel in Hong Kong’s Court of Appeal. According to immigration provisions, foreign maids in Hong Kong are not considered “ordinarily resident.” Mark Daly, one of Vallejos’s lawyers, would not comment on the government’s position but said, “We’re quite confident in our arguments.”

There are about 292,000 foreign domestic helpers in Hong Kong, and most are women from the Philippines or Indonesia. Others come from Thailand, Nepal, India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. About 95 percent of Hong Kong’s 7.1 million people are ethnically Chinese.

By the end of 2010, 117,000 of

the city’s foreign maids had been in Hong Kong for more than seven years, the September ruling said, citing government figures.

Hong Kong permanent residents enjoy certain privileges including the right to vote and work without needing a visa.

A handful of protesters gathered outside the courthouse as the hearing began, chanting slogans in support of the government’s appeal. They held up a banner that said, “Protect Hong Kong people’s welfare.” One political party has estimated up to 500,000 dependents of the maids could settle in the city because of the ruling but Daly said those numbers were “exaggerated.”

The maids are a big help to Hong Kong’s middle-class families, who employ them to do household chores and look after children for a minimum wage of about $450 a month.

Philippine militant blamed for beheadings captured MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Philippine police commandos captured an alleged Abu Sayyaf militant Tuesday who has been implicated in several atrocities, including the beheadings of marines, a major jailbreak and deadly attacks.

Police served more than a dozen arrest warrants to Ismael, who uses the nom de guerre Patah Hamjak and was found in Isabela city on

southern Basilan island, birthplace of the Abu Sayyaf extremist group, said Paquito Ochoa Jr., who heads the Philippine Antiterrorism Council.

Ochoa said Ismael is accused of involvement in the 2007 beheadings of 10 marines in Basilan’s Al-Barka township and a 2009 attack that allowed 31 mostly Muslim insurgents to escape from the provincial jail.

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Those who escaped included Dan Laksaw Asnawi, a key commander of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front rebel group, who has also been implicated in the 2007 beheadings.

Police have also accused Ismael of buying the police commando fatigues that were worn by Abu Sayyaf militants who fired on civilians and detonated bombs in a bold attack that killed 14 people in

Isabela city two years ago.

The Abu Sayyaf is the smaller but more brutal of at least four Muslim groups that have been fighting for decades for a separate homeland in the predominantly Roman Catholic nation’s south.

It is estimated to have less than 400 fighters but is still considered a major security menace despite many battle losses and the loss of several leaders.

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Oil jumps to 9-month high after Iran cuts supply Oil prices jumped to a ninemonth high above $105 a barrel on Monday after Iran said it halted crude exports to Britain and France in an escalation of a dispute over the Middle Eastern country’s nuclear program.

By Monday afternoon, benchmark March crude was up $2.02 to $105.26 per An oil refinery in Iran barrel in electronic trading Iran’s oil ministry said Sunday it on the New York Mercantile Exchange, the highest since May. The contract stopped crude shipments to British and rose 93 cents to settle at $103.24 per French companies in an apparent preemptive blow against the European barrel in New York on Friday.

Iran’s announcement will likely Union after the bloc imposed sanctions have minimal impact on supplies, on Iran’s crucial fuel exports. They analysts said, because only about 3 include a freeze of the country’s central percent of France’s oil consumption is bank assets and an oil embargo set to from Iranian sources. Britain had not begin in July.

Iran’s Oil Minister Rostam Qassemi imported oil from the Islamic republic had warned earlier this month that in six months.

“The price rise is more a reflection of Tehran could cut off oil exports to concerns about the further escalation in “hostile” European nations. The tensions between Iran and the West,” 27-nation EU accounts for about 18 said commodity analyst Caroline Bain percent of Iran’s oil exports.

Tehran also is considering extending of the Economist Intelligence Unit.

“Banning the tiny quantities of exports the embargo to other European to the U.K. and France involves very countries, a semiofficial Iranian news little risk for Iran — indeed quite the agency reported Monday.

The head of Iran’s state oil company opposite, it catches the headlines and leads to a higher global oil price, Ahmad Qalehbani was quoted by the which is something Iran is very keen Mehr agency as saying that the country would stop selling crude to nations to encourage.”

Markets in the United States are who take action against Tehran.

The EU sanctions, along with other closed Monday for the Presidents punitive measures imposed by the U.S., Day holiday.

are part of Western efforts to derail Iran’s disputed nuclear program, which the West fears is aimed at developing atomic weapons.

Iran denies the charges, and says its program is for peaceful purposes.

Oil prices also rose on hopes that Greece’s new bailout deal will be approved on Monday as well as by China’s decision to boost money supply bid to spur lending and economic growth. China’s central bank said Saturday it will lower the ratio of funds that banks must hold as reserves, a move that frees tens of billions of dollars.

Oil has jumped from $96 earlier this month amid optimism the global economy may grow more this year than previously expected. J.P. Morgan raised its Brent crude price forecast to as high as $135 from $120 — on Monday, the April Brent crude contract was up 79 cents at $120.37 per barrel on the ICE Futures exchange.

“Building economic momentum has the potential to pull oil prices higher for the next 12 to 24 months,” J.P. Morgan said in a report.

In other energy trading in March contracts, heating oil gained 3 cents to $3.22 per gallon and gasoline futures rose 3.2 cents to $3.22 per gallon.

Natural gas lost 7 cents to $2.62 per 1,000 cubic feet.

15,000 die each year crossing rail tracks in India NEW DELHI (AP) — About 15,000 people die every year trying to cross the tracks of India’s mammoth rail network, a “massacre” that a government committee said was being ignored by railway authorities.

The safety panel said new bridges and overpasses were urgently needed, but it noted previous recommendations to make the world’s fourth largest railway system safer had been ignored. Its report noted that railway authorities were unwilling to view the deaths of people hit by trains while crossing the tracks as train accidents. Most of the deaths occur at unmanned railroad

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crossings, said the report released over the weekend. About 6,000 people die on Mumbai’s crowded suburban rail network alone.

Another 1,000 people die when they fall from crowded coaches, when trains collide or coaches derail, it said.

India’s 40,000 miles (64,000 kilometers) of railway track cut through some of the most densely populated cities, flanked by shanty towns, in the nation of 1.2 billion people.

Railway experts say stopping pedestrians from crossing the tracks in congested areas would be virtually impossible. “The situation is

exceptionally dangerous in Mumbai where four or five tracks, or more, lie parallel and people living in slums on either side have no choice but to walk across the tracks,” said I.M.S. Rana, a railway expert.

The High Level Safety Review Committee was set up by the government in September after a spate of train accidents. Around 20 million people in India travel by train each day.

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Andropause: fact or fiction?

Christopher Thomas info@ieyenews.com

Lucky women. They’ve always known that sometime in their mid40s they will begin to experience changes in hormone levels that will lead to uncomfortable symptoms and culminate in the change of life: menopause. It may seem odd to consider the certainty of menopause a lucky thing, but being able to openly talk about a medically documented event is liberating.

Women can commiserate with each other and consult with their doctors for help dealing with uncomfortable symptoms. Men, however, have not had the luxury of receiving help for their mid-life discomforts. In fact, andropause, or male menopause, is not even widely accepted as a legitimate medical phenomenon.

There are several reasons the idea of Male Menopause has been received with skepticism.

First, it’s a much more gradual event than a woman’s menopause.

While a woman will experience a measurable and obvious drop in

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her estrogen levels beginning in her forties, a man’s testosterone levels begin to drop very gradually as early as thirty years old. Since the shift in hormones occurs so differently in men, the accompanying symptoms are also more gradual. For example, a woman may suddenly find herself irritable or depressed, and recognize that a change has taken place.

But a man’s onset of symptoms takes much longer, so he may not recognize that he is changing.

Second, Andropause is not as final as women’s Menopause. When a woman’s estrogen levels decline sufficiently, her menstrual cycle will cease. She will be unable to bear children. Her ovaries will not produce eggs, and her uterus will not be able to sustain a pregnancy.

She truly experiences a change of life: she has changed from a fertile human to one unable to procreate.

This doesn’t happen with a man.

Men continue to produce enough testosterone into their 80s to be able to father children. Even if a man cannot have intercourse and ejaculate to impregnate his partner,

semen with sperm in it can still be collected and used to fertilize an egg. Perhaps the biggest reason that scientists have discussed andropause with skepticism is that men do not experience the change of life to the extent that women do.

Three, men are expected to be stoic about symptoms. Women have support groups, literature, and medical experts lining up to assist with the change of life.

Decades-long, nationwide studies are done about the benefits and risks of hormone replacement therapy to treat menopause.

Women talk about, joke about, and complain about their symptoms and discomforts. Men, meanwhile, endure their discomforts in silence. It’s not manly to whine about problems such as weight gain, thinning hair, difficulty achieving or maintaining erections, sleeplessness, or depression. And what man would ever want to discuss his loss of libido? Women talk, men cope silently. The sad thing is, coping is often easier when professional intervention can be

openly sought.

Acknowledging the truth of male menopause is definitely the first step in helping men cope with the changes taking place in their bodies.

Christopher Thomas is a journalist/ photographer that recently overcame Andropause (Male Menopause) symptoms by taking supplements and making dietary changes. For additional information about Male Menopause/Andropause and treatment options that can help, please visit www.

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What is mature and immature love?

Georgina Wilcox georgina.wilcox@ieyenews.com

Immature love is when the person who falls in love has low self-respect.

He/she has little self-confidence and finds a lover to see all the qualities that he/she misses in themselves.

The person does not love himself/ herself, but loves the partner with great fervour.

Mature love is when a person has very high self-respect and great self-confidence. It is called mature love because it is expected that such persons know what they are doing? They know why they love a particular person and what they expect from the love.

In my opinion both these kinds

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of love may fail equally badly or survive against all the odds, because while talking of love, we have to consider the partner also. I may be a very self respecting person and may have fallen in love after a lot of deliberation. That does not matter to my partner who may react in different fashion as times passes. My success or failure does not depend only on me, but also my partner.

Love defies all analysis. Why two persons fall in attraction and become inseparable is a mystery. Very contrasting personalities may love each other for all the life and very similar partner may fall out of love in a short time. It is the very nature of love that makes it such a mystery. to blog visit www.ieyenews.com

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Let’s get physical Georgina Wilcox georgina.wilcox@ieyenews.com

Back in the 1980’s, Olivia NewtonJohn popularised the song “Physical” which promoted fitness and about the same time physical fitness videos by celebrities flooded the market, such as the legendary Jane Fonda Aerobics Videos. Even John Travolta’s dance movie, “Staying Alive” capitalised on the fact that the then-emerging star was being mentored by no less than Sylvester Stallone for his physical fitness programme to fit the role to a ‘T’.

Everyone seems to go crazy over the latest diet craze being hyped by the media or the newest workout programme to hit the fitness scene.

New weight loss pills are being introduced one after another and have flooded the market competing for sales. People everywhere seem to be in that ‘lose the excess pounds’ psyche: “Thin is sexy”; “Lean is hot”; “Rip those biceps”; “Flaunt your abs”.

In today’s world where survival of the fittest becomes the name of the game, being overweight is considered absolutely un-sexy. The message is clear as you see it on TV, billboards, and magazines. Has everyone gone self-conscious? Let’s face it. It’s not just about vanity or feeling good about yourself. It’s about living a healthy lifestyle.

The universal need to look and feel sexually desirable just comes secondary. Whether you like it or not, being overweight is unattractive and can pose serious consequences in one’s health condition.

How true is it that for every pound you lose, the more sexually desirable you become? Though there are people, particularly in the Caribbean, who prefer sexual partners who are on the voluptuous side, a great number still prefer having the right curves and bulges at the right places. However, being sexually attractive is not the only goal we need to consider. Whether you are a man or a woman, you are responsible to always keep your

body in good condition, if not in perfect shape. Losing weight can improve the sexual health of both sexes. The couple becomes more aware of each other’s new size.

Their sexual senses have become more attuned to the sexual stimuli that they receive and therefore it increases their sexual pleasure.

By having slimmer figures, both the man and the woman become comfortable with their bodies. They tend to enjoy each other better when it comes to their sexual activities, as compared to overweight couples. It is no longer just a physical thing, it becomes an emotional factor.

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Obesity and Infertility It is believed that obesity could greatly affect male sexual health concerning infertility. According to the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS),”overweight men are significantly more likely to be infertile than normal-weight men, and that for every 20-pound body weight gain in men there is a ten per cent increase in infertility.” Though statistics show that women are more prone to obesity that men, this still clearly shows that men should also take care of their weight for their health’s sake.

On the other hand, obese women are particularly susceptible to increase in blood pressure than their male counterparts. There is also higher risk of cancers such as postmenopausal breast cancer and endometrial cancer, diabetes and cardiovascular disease.

Body Image and Healthy Weight For all its worth, men and women alike should maintain an ideal body weight and image. Body image is the way we project ourselves and how we perceive and imagine the response of others. It is not inborn; therefore we can do something about it. Healthy weight is the size that a person achieves based on the goal initially

set in accordance with the person’s physical condition as determined by a medical professional. People try to find sensible and sustainable ways to achieve and maintain a

healthy weight on a long term basis.

Maintain a healthy diet, exercise regularly, lead a vice-free lifestyle, and all the good things in life will be added unto you as well.

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Camana Bay offers charities a helping hand

Cayman’s ARK members work hard to sort through donated food and gifts to tailor the shopping bags to each family’s needs.

Children at the Nadine Andreas Residential Foster Home, Miss Nadine’s Pre-School and the Jack and Jill Nursery and Early Learning Centre will receive brand new books throughout the coming year, thanks to the generosity of the Camana Bay community.

Almost $1000 of Books & Books gift certificates were donated to the National Council of Voluntary Organisations (NCVO) after the equivalent in change was raised through the Camana Bay Christmas Give donation boxes, which were present in the shops in the Town Centre throughout December and early January. “We will use the certificates to buy birthday presents for our foster home children, rewards for good grades, educational gifts for our pre-school and nursery and for graduation presents,” explained NCVO Coordinator, Alta BoddenSolomon. “We greatly appreciate Camana Bay and Books & Books’ efforts, which will help the NCVO throughout the coming year.” Books & Books has also given a discount on all books purchased from the Camana Bay store.

At a time of year when it’s easy to be swept away by shopping, socializing and overall indulging, Camana Bay took a step back to contemplate the humanitarian side of Christmas – and encouraged the community to get involved, too.

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Give project, Camana Bay worked to build support for a number of local charities and organisations’ existing seasonal programmes.

One local organisation, Cayman’s ARK, drove their annual Giving is Receiving project to great success, providing sponsored grocery bags for the public to fill with food and gifts for the many families who are struggling in Cayman. “This project focuses on the very serious issue of hunger locally,” said ARK member, Alison Lomax. “We make every effort to ensure that we can

make available foods and gifts to those that clearly need it during the holiday season.” The volunteers worked hard to ensure that every child received a gift and families received sufficient groceries, tailoring the shopping bags to each family’s individual needs.

The Discovery Centre in Camana Bay’s Town Centre acted as a drop off point for donations to the project. “We were delighted with the overwhelming response to our 2011 Giving is Receiving project,” said Lomax. “ARK relies

Books & Books Manager, Jennifer Jagger-Sanchez, is pleased to hand over much needed gift certificates to the NCVO’s Coordinator, Alta Boddon-Solomon.

heavily on contributions from local organisations and we would like to thank Camana Bay for their continual support and use of The Discovery Centre for this year’s project.” Over the project’s five week course, ARK received over 1,400 shopping bags, which were delivered to over 250 families in Cayman.

The Discovery Centre also housed the Camana Bay Wish Tree, a Christmas tree decorated with suggested gift ideas for the public to purchase for children identified by the CAYS Foundation and Children & Family Services. Thanks to the public’s generosity and support, all wishes were fulfilled ensuring that each identified child received a gift on Christmas Day. In addition to the above activities, Camana Bay helped a number of other charities and organisations including Feed our Future, Meals on Wheels and the Lions Club of Tropical Gardens.

“It was our pleasure and honour to lend support to local organisations to assist such families over the holiday period,” said Ken Hydes, Town Centre Manager at Camana Bay. “However, as we are all aware, the needs of many people within the local community are not just a seasonal issue. Camana Bay will be working to offer our continued support throughout the coming year.” to blog visit www.ieyenews.com

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Cayman Islands defeats Bahrain for first win of tournament Bahrain and Cayman Islands faced each other at the Indian Association ground in a game that looked destined for a washout but after a revised target, Cayman Islands pulled off a surprise victory against the Asian side to secure its first win of the tournament.

Cayman Islands took on Bahrain in a match where the in-form Bahrain looked set to win after Abali Hoilett’s side got off to a dismal start in the tournament with two losses back to back.

The match started late at the Indian Association, however remained at 50-over for the first innings – with Bahrain amassing a total of 208, with the help of stalwarts Adil Hanif and Tahir Dar. In-form Cayman Islander Conroy Wright once again led from the front, this time with the wicket taking and not run-making. The 26-year-old medium pacer dismissed key top order batsman Shahzad Ahmed for just three runs.

In reply, Cayman Islands got off to a good start, dismissing a newly promoted up the order Steve Gordon and captain Hoilett in the second and 18th over but then the rains came and the fate of

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the match would be decided also

by Duckworth-Lewis. After heavy downpours at the ground, the Caribbean side was set a low target of 80 in just 21 overs - and one that wicketkeeper-batsman Omar Willis and Ramon Sealy managed to achieve for the side – thus grasping victory from the jaws of defeat.

Hoilett said of the win: “It’s really a relief to get the first win on the board. Wright once again showed for us that he’s the crunch player and he’s done great things for us. Hopefully now the rest of the side can follow the example he’s setting and we can continue our winning ways.

“We’re playing Argentina tomorrow, a side we’ve played a number of times and been victorious against, which is a boost obviously, but that being said we respect them as an opponent and we will go about the game with the respect it deserves, despite our record against them giving us some comfort ahead of the fixture.”

Scores in brief (Day Three) Kallang (Target 161 after match reduced to 39 overs) Malaysia 184 all out, 49 overs

Cayman captain Abali Hoilett

(Shafiq 48, Madhavan 77 not out; Riaz 2-19, Shoaib 2-30, Mulewa 2-30) Singapore 133 all out, 35.5 overs (Suryawanshi 46, Param 42; Aziz 2-22, Fetri 3-8) Malaysia won by 27 runs (D/L Method) Man of the Match: Rakesh Madhavan (Malaysia) Singapore Cricket Club (Target 163 after match reduced from 42 overs to 29 overs) Guernsey 213-7, 42 overs (Kneller 86; Ryan 3-53) Argentina 133-9, 29 overs

(Dugmore 42; Hooper 3-28) Guernsey won by 29 runs (D/L Method) Man of the Match: Ross Kneller (Guernsey) Indian Association (Target 80 after match reduced to 21 overs) Bahrain 208-9, 50 overs (Adil 56, Tahir 60 not out; Wright 3-59) Cayman Islands 83-2, 20.3 overs (Willis 37 not out) Cayman Islands won by eight wickets (D/L Method) Man of the Match: Tahir Dar (Bahrain)

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Ibanez agrees to $1.1M deal with Yanks NEW YORK (AP) — A day after trading A.J. Burnett, the New York Yankees used some of the salary they saved to add Raul Ibanez as their left-handed designated hitter.

Ibanez and the Yankees agreed to a $1.1 million, one-year contract, a person familiar with the negotiations said Monday.

The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the deal was pending a physical. It includes $2.9 million in performance bonuses.

“He’s a guy that’s hit righthanders very well over his career, can still play the outfield,” Yankees manager Joe Girardi said, without confirming the agreement. “Has been a productive player if you look over the last 10 years.” to blog visit www.ieyenews.com

Ibanez is a 39-year-old outfielder who played with Philadelphia the last three seasons and hit .245 last year with 20 homers and 84 RBIs. With a swing that seems tailored to the short right-field at Yankee Stadium, Ibanez is expected to be the Yankees’ primary designated hitter against right-handed starting pitchers. New York decided on him over Johnny Damon and Hideki Matsui, who also are free agents.

The agreement came one day after the Yankees traded Burnett to Pittsburgh, a deal in which the Pirates pay $5 million of the pitcher’s salary this year and $8 million in 2013.

New York also has an offer out to re-sign backup INF Eric Chavez.

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Emily knocks six seconds off her PB

Continued from page 24 The two-day meet gave the swimmers a further taste of competitive swimming at a toplevel international meet in the Coral Springs Aquatic Centre’s Olympicsize pool. The weekend saw all swimmers make significant strides towards their individual goals.

“This was a great opportunity for our CARIFTA hopefuls to race in a 50-metre pool and to achieve their times to make the team,” said Coach Katie. This included Eddie Weber, 11, who swam six personal best times. “Eddie has been training very hard and is working towards trying to make the 2012 CARIFTA team.

This was a big step for him and he is that much closer to reaching his goals,” she added.

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Another event highlight saw one of CBAC’s youngest Novice A swimmers, Emily Link, 9, take an average of six seconds off her personal best times. Both Skyler O’Connor, 10, and Isabella Tognazzo, 13, set personal bests in the 50-metre Freestyle; Skyler knocked four seconds off her time, setting a new personal best of 39.04 seconds.

Coach Katie was pleased with her swimmers’ quick adjustment to racing in a long course pool. “I am very proud of all our swimmers.

The Coral Springs meet was a great example of the success of CBAC’s swim programme and the advantages of attending international meets,” she said. “This

was also a chance for CBAC to make contacts on the international swim scene and hopefully bring more swimmers to the Cayman Islands.”

The Club is now focused on training for CBAC’s first open water swim series, which begins on Saturday 18 February. Taking place over the course of six weeks, the three-part series is open to the public and is a great way for everyone in the local community to learn a vital life skill, enjoy a great workout, get wet and have fun.

The Camana Bay Aquatic Club provides a positive environment for young swimmers to hone their skills and achieve their goals. “Being involved with a swim team teaches swimmers the values of teamwork

and individual goal setting,” said Coach Katie, “And you’re learning a life skill. Swimming is a sport for people of all ages, and we hope that swimmers fall in love with it and swim for life.”

Based at the Camana Bay Sports Complex, CBAC is one of two swim clubs on island; Stingray Swim Club is headquartered at the Lions Aquatic Centre. Both Clubs are governed by the Cayman Islands Amateur Swimming Association (CIASA). The CARIFTA Swimming Championships will take place in Cable Beach Nassau, Bahamas from 12-15 April 2012. The Cayman Islands team for this Olympicqualifying meet will be selected and announced on Monday 5 March. to blog visit www.ieyenews.com

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David Haye has no plans to fight again Britain’s former heavyweight world champion David Haye has no plans to fight again professionally, his trainer Adam Booth has told BBC Sport. Booth said that Haye, who brawled with Dereck Chisora in Munich on Saturday, would only come out of retirement to fight WBC champion Vitali Klitschko.

But Booth then revealed: “[Vitali’s promoter] Bernd Boente categorically said that fight would never happen. “So David is still retired and has no plans to fight again.” Haye, who lost his WBA belt to Wladimir Klitschko last July and retired in October, was in Munich as a television commentator and watched Wladimir’s Ukrainian brother Vitali successfully defend his heavyweight crown against Britain’s Chisora.

However, Haye became embroiled in an ugly spat with Chisora during a news conference that followed the fight.

When asked whether there was any truth in rumours that the fight had been set up to help spark interest in a future bout between the fighters, Booth, who suffered a cut head in the melee, laughed: “If that was staged, I didn’t get that memo because I would have ducked.

“David had no intention before and has no intention now of fighting Dereck Chisora.” Haye lost his WBA belt to Wladimir Klitschko last July and retired in October.

“He was there to see if there was a fight with Vitali Klitschko because he’s always said the only people he would come out of retirement for are one of the Klitschko brothers and what happened on Saturday doesn’t change that.”

Booth refused to aportion any blame to either fighter following the unsavoury incident, preferring instead to focus on Chisora’s showing in the ring.

“I gave him no chance in that fight just like everyone else did but he proved he belonged at world level,” Booth admitted.

“With more improvement he could be the next British heavyweight champion.” to blog visit www.ieyenews.com

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Camana Bay makes waves in Florida

Coral Tomascik, 14, competed in the 50-metre Butterfly

A select team of Camana Bay Aquatic Club (CBAC) swimmers travelled to South Florida earlier this month to train with the South Florida Aquatic Club (SOFL) Comets swim team and compete in the Coral Springs Open Invitational Meet, which took place 3-5 February 2012.

SOFL is a year-round competitive swim team and a member of

USA Swimming, the Olympic development programme for competitive swimming. With more than 450 members and a host of world-class facilities, including two 50-metre Olympic-size pools and three 25-metre and 25-yard pools, this was a unique opportunity for thirteen young CBAC swimmers to train with one of the leading

competitive aquatic programmes in the United States. “An opportunity like this not only allows our swimmers to meet other competitive swimmers of similar ages and make new friendships – but it also gives them invaluable training time in a 50-metre pool,” explained CBAC Head Coach Katie Lambert.

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Holly Stradling makes strides towards the finish in the 50-metre Freestyle