Caribbean Times 99th issue - Thursday 28th April 2016

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WATT: THE POOR MAN 

By Everton Barnes 

Speaker of the House of 

Representatives, Sir Gerald 

Watt, QC, said access 

to justice should mean that 

justice is accessible to all 

irrespective of financial circumstances. 

Speaking at the consultation 

on Wednesday for members 

of the clergy, Sir Gerald 

said justice is not readily 

available to all as only a very 

few can afford to access justice 

at the Privy Council due 

to the high costs involved. 

He noted that over the 

past ten years, just under fifteen 

cases from Antigua and 

Barbuda went to the Privy 

Council for resolution. He 

said he firmly believes that 

this small number of cases 

is a reflection of the fact that 

most people are unable to 

pay the high costs associated 

with appeals to the Privy 

Council. 

“Going to the Privy 

Council is not cheap and if 

you look at the cases brought 

NEEDS JUSTICE TOO 

before the Law Lords (Privy 

Council) there are mainly 

capital punishment cases 

where the government pays 

and those cases where parties 

have deep pockets and 

can afford the expense,” he 

explained. 

According to the Queen’s 

Counsel anyone appealing 

to the Privy Council has to 

cough up large sums of money 

that include hiring a British 

barrister to file the case 

on their behalf. 

Conversely, he added that 

appeals to the CCJ are much 

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less expensive and that the 

court has put in place systems 

to ensure that justice 

is within reach of the ‘small 

man’ in the Caribbean. 

Also speaking at the consultation 

was the chairman 

of the CCJ Trust Fund, Dr. 

Linton Lewis. He provided 

insights into the operations 

of thee fund. He said the 

Fund was established to ensure 

the financial independence 

of the CCJ into ‘perpetuity’. 

He disclosed that up 

to December 31 2015, the 

Trust Fund had paid out over 

US$69 million to finance the 

operations of the court and 

the Regional Judicial and 

Legal Services Commission. 

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over the past ten years, the 

retention fund stands at $87 

million. 

He said the team managing 

the fund invested the 

money wisely and that the 

day-o-day operations of the 

court are handled by the 

Commission. 

Also addressing the consultation 

was President of the 

Commonwealth Caribbean 

Bar Association, Leiselle 

Weeks, who said it was time 

for the Caribbean to have a 

final court of appeal that understands 

the cultural milieu 

from which the cases come. 

The visit of Dr. Lewis and 

Weekes to Antigua was facilitated 

by the National Coordinating 

Committee, the 

body responsible for undertaking 

the public education 

campaign. NCC Chairman, 

Ambassador Dr. Clarence 

Henry, said other such consultations 

are planned with 

other groups in the not too 

distant future. 

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Minister Marshall agrees to provide US$4200 sponsorship for two 

Minister Marshall and her team, despite raining weather conditions CaFAN youths - Ayesha Dublin and Shem Wilson to participate in 

- geared-up and are on the farm with Local CaFAN Director- Pamella 

Thomas 

Youth CVQ Training - Barbados - July - August 2016. 

the IICA - (Inter- America Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture) 

Minister Marshall pledges support in CaFAN farmer campaign 

Trade Union 

Congress hosts 

Labour Day rally 

The Antigua and Barbuda 

Trade Union Congress 

joins with workers across 

the region to celebrate Labour 

Day on Monday 2 nd 

May 2016. 

On this occasion, we 

will be celebrating this day 

for all workers with our annual 

rally at the area across 

from Country Pond, next to 

the Ministry of Agriculture 

commencing at 09:00 am. 

The theme for this year 

is “workers unite to eradicate 

discrimination, injustice 

and violence in the 

workplace” and we invite 

all workers to join with us 

in celebrating on this day. 

The Honourable Samantha Marshall 

recently participated in CaFAN’’s (Caribbean 

Farmers Network) recent Meet the 

Farmer on the Farm Campaign 2016. 

Regional CaFAN Director - Pamella 

Thomas engaged the minister to have a 

hands on experience in the field to see the 

conditions and challenges facing farmers 

within Antigua & Barbuda. 

At the end of the tour, Minister Marshall 

pledged financial support ($4,200 

USD) for two young and upcoming farmers 

to travel for IICA training in Barbados 

later this year.



Dangerous drivers fined, licenses suspended 

Alecia Mc Pherson 

Ronnie James age 33 of Long Street 

was convicted and fined $1,000 and has 

his driver’s license suspended when he 

appeared before Magistrate Wason at 

the District A Magistrates Court. The 

defendant was in court on a charge for 

dangerous driving. 

On February 3 rd 2016 Officers from 

the traffic department were conducting a 

traffic check at the junction of American 

and All Saints Road when at about 9:45 

Green committed to 

stand trial at High Court 

Alecia McPherson 

Saralee Green of Marble Hill 

facing charges under the Misuse of 

Drugs Act has been committed to 

stand trial in the High Court during 

the September’s assizes. 

Concerned in the supply of cannabis, 

unlawful possession of cannabis, 

unlawful possession with intent 

to transfer and drug trafficking were 

the charges incurred after a large 

quantity of cannabis were found in 

her possession. 

Reports are that on December 

3, 2015 officers from the ONDCP 

intercepted the vehicle Green was 

driving, a search was executed thereafter 

and a number of tightly packed 

marijuana in brick form were found 

secured in bags hidden in the vehicle. 

The drugs were seized and 

weighted 489.8Lbs with estimated 

wholesale value of $1,959,200.00EC. 

Green appeared before Chief 

Magistrate Jo-Anne Walsh yesterday 

at the District ‘A’ Court where the 

charges were read to her; however 

she was not required to plead to the 

charges until trial in the High Court 

am the defendant who was the driver of 

motor car A2446, was seen running the 

red traffic light long after it would’ve 

turned red and vehicles were already 

travelling from West to East through the 

junction. 

The defendant was stopped and cautioned 

about the offence and was subsequently 

taken to the Police Headquarters 

where he was charge. He was given until 

March 3 rd to pay the fine and drivers 

license suspended for one week. 

Alecia Mc Pherson 

Vernon Braithwaite of Sutherlands 

yesterday appeared at the St. John’s Magistrates 

Court having been charged of two 

traffic offences. 

The court heard that on April 20, last 

week while on St. John’s Street Officers 

observed Braithwaite, the driver of vehicle 

A26175, driving in a suspicious manner. 

As a result, he was stopped and asked 

to present his drivers licence, but the defendant 

told officers that he does not own 

a driver’s licence. In addition, inspection 

of the vehicle revealed that it does not have 

Deborah A Parker 

A mother and her son 

were relieved of a battery 

charge when they appeared 

before Magistrate 

Ngaio Emanuel. 

The charge against the 

duo was brought in February. 

A man accused of sexually 

molesting a relative of 

the two mentioned people 

had reported to the police 

that he was battered at their 

hands. 

The complainant however 

refused medical attention 

and also refused 

to give a statement to the 

police. 

Officers on the same date did also arrest 

and charge Verlinda Roberts age 63 

of Picadilly for dangerous driving as she 

too ran the red traffic light; she appeared 

before Magistrates Wason to answer to 

the charge. 

The defendant was the driver of motor 

car A9594 and was travelling from 

East to West through the said junction. 

The defendant was fined $1,000 to be 

paid by March 3, 2016 and driver’s license 

suspended for one month. 

Braithwaite convicted of traffic offences 

a valid registration tag on the wind screen. 

He was arrested and taken into custody and 

given a set of charges. 

Charged with driving an unlicensed 

vehicle, in court he pleaded guilty to this 

charge and he was convicted reprimanded 

and discharged; for driving without a licence 

he also plead guilty and he was fined 

$500 to be paid by June 9,2016. 

In default of this payment he will serve 

one month in prison. Braithwaite was also 

ordered to pay a fine of $2,500 to the court 

for driving without vehicle insurance, 

which must be paid by April 26, 2016. 

Battery charge against mother and son dismissed 

On those grounds the 

police prosecution threw 

the matter out. 

Teen gets 48-hour stay at ‘1735’ 

Deborah A Parker 

A teenage boy was sent on a 48-hour stay at Her 

Majesty’s prison for the repeated breach of his probation. 

The troubled teen allegedly battered another youth 

last month, and was charged. 

Against the advice of his guardian he also went to a 

recently held event and returned home during the wee 

hours of the morning. 

When he appeared before Magistrate Ngaio Emanuel 

in District B this week, the court ordered him remanded. 

He is expected to return to court this morning.

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5 

Port workers excel in health and safety training 

Joanna Paris 

Five employees 

from 

the Antigua 

Port Authority 

(APA) have received 

special 

mention for 

their outstanding 

performance Manager, Curtis Dennie 

The port’s Operations 

in a recently 

concluded workshop on health and 

safety hosted by APA and facilitated 

by health and safety expert, Wycliffe 

Frater. 

Alfred Dyer, Errol Samuel, Larry 

Noel, Austin Russell and Clair Martin 

were the individuals singled out from 

the ten day course. 

The port’s Operations Manager, 

Curtis Dennie, congratulated the outstanding 

performers as well as the 

over two hundred other employees 

who participated in the training, which 

took place at the Antigua and Barbuda 

International Institute of Technology 

(ABIIT). 

Speaking to Caribbean Times, Dennie 

went further to describe the workshop 

as a success. 

“This training achieved the strategic 

objectives of the Port. It was designed 

to contribute towards the improvement 

in the management of risks in the Port’s 

environment and also to contribute towards 

increasing the level of awareness 

among the staff about health and safety 

issues in their work environment”, explained 

the Operations Manager. 

He added that the employees have 

already been practicing some of the 

training that they have received. 

“There is now improved knowledge 

and understanding about safety 

procedures and practices in the work 

environment. We can safely say that 

this training was justified. The safety 

and welfare of our staff here at the port 

continues to be a top priority among 

management. We also believes that the 

recent training will enhance the overall 

operations of the port as well”, indicated 

Dennie. 

Among the topics that are being 

covered in the workshop to include-fire 

prevention, wearing protective gear, 

handling dangerous and heavy cargo 

and how to store and lift various types 

of equipment. 

The month of April, has been designated 

as a month of training at APA.



Juvenile Justice Reform 

Project completes first phase 

IN THE HIGH COURT OF 

JUSTICE 

ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA 

A.D. 2014 

In the Estate of GAR- 

FIELD CONRAD ANTHO- 

NY a.k.a GARFIELD AN- 

THONY a.k.a GARFIELD 

C. ANTHONY, Deceased 

NOTICE IS HEREBY 

GIVEN that at the expiration 

of fourteen (14) days from 

the date of this notice, application 

will be made by HEL- 

EN E. C. ANTHONY nee 

WEATHERILL of Old Runaway 

to the High Court of 

Justice for Grant of Letters of 

Administration of the Estate 

of GARFIELD CONRAD 

ANTHONY a.k.a GAR- 

FIELD ANTHONY a.k.a 

GARFIELD C. ANTHONY, 

Deceased, who died on the 

2nd day of May, 2012. 

Dated: 25th day of April, 

2016 

BOWEN & BOWEN 

Solicitors for the Applicant 

Antigua and Barbuda has 

closed out the first phase of 

the Juvenile Justice Reform 

Project in grand style, as the 

country is among six other 

OECS countries to house the 

first ever-family courtroom, 

which will deal exclusively 

with juvenile matters. 

Director General of the 

Organization of Eastern Caribbean 

State, Dr. Didacus 

Jules said the country should 

be proud of this accomplishment 

as the other countries 

look forward to follow the 

precedent that the twin island 

state has already set. 

Jules noted that it should 

not just be viewed as a 

room, but the country will 

now need to take it a step 

further in ensuring that it is 

operational and is viewed by 

members of the public as a 

real hall of justice. 

“We all look forward 

to the establishment of this 

court, so across the wider 

Caribbean we can learn and 

replicate this development. 

We expect that this court 

to process island’s youth 

quickly and in the best interest 

of the child, we at the 

OECS expect court will be a 

model facility for all of the 

region,” the OECS Director 

General added. 

The United States Ambassador 

to Barbados and 

the Eastern Caribbean Sates 

Linda Talialatela, congratulated 

officials for the positive 

strides made in the Juvenile 

Justice Reform project 

and the level of commitment 

shown throughout the region. 

Talialatela believes that 

the youth is indeed the future 

and is pleased that the program 

has yielded so much 

success not only in Antigua 

and Barbuda but throughout 

the region. 

She added that the $5.8 

million initiative had set 

juvenile justice reform on 

an upward trajectory in the 

region and commended the 

twin island state for being 

one among three OECS 

countries to pass a model 

Child Justice Bill into law, 

signaling a true commitment 

to juvenile justice reform. 

“We congratulate you on 

this development and remain 

hopeful that the necessary 

amendment will be made in 

the near to change the age 

of criminal responsibility 

from 8 years to 12 years, as 

is recognized internationally. 

We are also mindful of 

the steps that juvenile justice 

authorizes here are taking to 

ensure youth in conflict with 

law are eventually housed in 

spate facilities from adults,” 

the Ambassador pointed out. 

The US Ambassador 

pledged her governments 

continued support through 

the USAID to strengthening 

diversion approaches 

and helping at-risk youth 

successfully reintegrate into 

their communities and that 

given the requisite support, 

such youth could and would 

meaningfully contribute to 

Antigua and Barbuda Development. 

Attorney General, Minister 

of Legal Affairs, Public 

Safety and Labour the Hon. 

Steadroy Cutie Benjamin 

thanked the US Ambassador, 

USAID, OECS and the local 

and regional team who all 

worked to make the program 

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Ministry of Works holds vehicle auction 

On Tuesday 3rd May, 

2016 the Ministry of Works 

and Housing will hold a 

vehicle auction. 

The auction of vehicles 

located at the Antigua and 

Barbuda Defense Force 

Headquarters, Camp Blizard, 

Coolidge, will begin at 9:00 

a.m. 

The upcoming auction 

will have eighteen (18) vehicles 

for sale, all of which fit 

into the categories of uneconomical 

or derelict and are 

at the Defense Force compound. 

Communications Specialists 

within the Ministry of 

Works and Housing, Shawn 

Thomas says: 

“As in prior auctions, the 

sale of any vehicle in the 

auction will be awarded to the 

highest bidder adding that the 

buyer will not be required to 

pay any administrative fees.” 

He said “this feature has 

been decided upon to facilitate 

a seamless process and 

streamline the purchase of the 

items for buyers.” 

An Auctioneer has been 

commissioned to facilitate 

the auction of the vehicles 

formerly attached to the Antigua 

and Barbuda Defense 

Force. 

LIAT statement regarding 

an employee in Barbados 

The management of LIAT (1974) Ltd 

confirms that one of its employees is in police 

custody in Barbados assisting law enforcement 

officers with their investigations 

into a drug-related matter. 

The employee in question was taken 

into custody on Tuesday shortly after arrival 

at the Grantley Adams International Airport 

on a flight from St. Lucia. 

The management of LIAT wishes to indicate 

its full support for, and cooperation 

with, law enforcement authorities in relation 

to any investigations where its cooperation 

is required. 

cont’d from pg 6 

a resounding success. 

Benjamin further pledged his government’s continued 

support in ensuring that programs are developed to make 

sure that the youths of the nation are rehabilitated and are 

able to make meaningful contributions to society. 

He stressed that the Gaston Brown led administration believes 

that youths are the future and will continue to invest 

in them. 

The Minister further noted that he will further look at the 

legislation and have further discussions on the age of criminal 

responsibility. 

Permanent Secretary within the Ministry of Public Safety 

and Labour Sharon Peters said the journey has just began as 

the team will be moving towards phase two of the Juvenile 

Justice Reform Project, and she looks forward to the further 

collaboration of even one involved.



Making a difference with Adult and Teen Challenge 

Farrell Lavallee of Winnipeg, Manitoba, 

was in the prime of his time when 

he won a million United States dollars, 

spent it all in 13 months and almost lost 

his life. 

He came to Antigua last year (2015) 

and he shared with a group of pastors 

and other church leaders the powerful 

and life-changing impact of the prominent 

organization Adult and Teen Challenge 

(Central Canada) upon him as he 

made a determination to better negotiate 

life’s many challenges. 

Adult and Teen Challenge of Central 

Canada Inc. is a registered charity 

that provides yearlong residential 

recovery programs for individuals 

struggling with addiction. 

They are also part of the Global 

Teen Challenge network around 

the world. Having visited the island 

and fulfilling the requirements of an 

Awareness Tour in June 2015, it was 

determined that it was immediately 

necessary to establish an arm of the 

work in Antigua. 

Global Teen Challenge in now 

keen on following through with the 

offer of training and necessary support 

for our local church leaders 

through Teen Challenge of Central 

Canada to take founding initiatives 

among us. 

This comes in the form of an invitation 

for local leaders to attend 

the Fellowship of Christian Assemblies 

Conference in Grand Prairie, 

Alabama, where our vast vision for 

the work will be shared, then on to 

Winnipeg to observe the Teen Challenge 

movements there subsequently 

returning to help people with addiction 

in our home country of Antigua 

& Barbuda. 

Two local pastors, with the principled 

support of the Advisory Board, 

have personally welcomed the opportunity 

to further equip themselves for this 

kind of work with a critical investment 

of their time and money. 

Pastor Casca Etienne, Program Director 

(Elect) shares the conviction 

that “Our response to the invitation … 

will be of tremendous benefit to Antigua 

and Barbuda – indeed to the Eastern 

Caribbean as we embrace this new 

and promising venture of breaking all 

forms of addiction”. 

In an effort to raise funds for this 

most necessary engagement an activity 

in the form of a Walk-A-Thon and 

Hike has been planned for Saturday, 

30 th April. Participants will walk from 

Pensioners’ Corner, starting at 5:30am 

- hiking all the way to Fort Barrington. 

Supporters are asked to contribute 

$10.00 to the endeavor. 

Organizers posit that other generous 

donations will be welcomed and 

acknowledged. 

Adult & Teen Challenge of the Eastern 

Caribbean States will serve to help 

individuals struggling with addiction 

through a model of Christian discipleship 

via residential and non-residential 

programming. 

This is the same successful model 

used in Adult & Teen Challenge 

Centers throughout the world that has 

helped to see thousands of individuals 

find freedom from addiction and positively 

change their lives. 

The first Teen Challenge Center began 

in Brooklyn, New York, U.S.A., in 

1958 and was founded by David Wilkerson, 

author of “THE CROSS AND 

THE SWITCHBLADE.” 

The work originated as a ministry to 

teenage street gangs and evolved into 

a residential program for drug addicts, 

alcoholics, and other troubled youth 

and adults. 

The name “Teen Challenge” was 

chosen because the original work was 

directed primarily to teenage street 

gangs. When teen gangs turned to 

drugs, Teen Challenge focused on that 

need as well. There are now approximately 

1,100 programmes in more 

than 110 countries with approximately 

35,000 students in residence globally. 

Editor’s Note: The opinions expressed 

in this Op-ed are those of the 

author and do not necessarily reflect 

the views of Caribbean Times.


Venezuela enforces public 

sector leave on three weekdays 

CARACAS - Venezuela’s Government 

Tuesday announced enforced 

leave for public sector workers three 

days a week, meaning they will only 

work just two days, in a bid to tackle an 

electricity shortage. 

“There will be no work in the public 

sector on Wednesdays, Thursdays 

and Fridays, except for fundamental 

and necwessary tasks,” Vice President 

Aristobulo Isturiz said on television. 

It is the latest drastic measure by the 

government as it also grapples with an 

economic crisis that has Venezuelans 

queuing for hours to buy scarce supplies 

in shops. 

President Nicolas Maduro’s government 

had already cut the workday for 

SANTO DOMINGO - 

Dominican Republic’s banana 

industry earns US$420 

million per year and accounts 

for more than 32,000 

jobs, 44% of them fixed and 

of which 12% are women. 

HAVANA - Foot amputations in people 

with diabetes decreased in Cuba due to the 

use of Heberprot-P, a specialist said yesterday. 

Lianet Rodriguez, national promoter of 

the Comprehensive Care Program for patients 

with diabetic foot ulcers, told reporters 

that Ciego de Avila ranks as the most prominent 

province of the island using the Cuban 

medicine, which is unique in the world for 

treating the ailment. 

Some 200,000 patients from the province 

have benefited from the injected medicine. 

Yanet Gonzalez, a first-degree specialist in 

Angiology and Vascular Surgery in the territory, 

stated that there is at least one health 

the country’s two million public sector 

employees to six hours and put them on 

paid leave on Fridays until June 6. 

His vice president on Tuesday said 

the measure would now be extended by 

two days, apart from the weekend, so 

they will only work on Mondays and 

Tuesdays. He added that primary and 

high schools would also now be closed 

to pupils on Fridays. 

The government blames the power 

shortage on a drought caused by the 

El Nino weather phenomenon, which 

has caused the country’s hydroelectric 

dams to run low. Venezuela is hoping 

for a lot of rain over the coming weeks 

to replenish the reservoirs while the restrictions 

are in place. 

The figures were revealed 

Tuesday during a 

meeting of the Banana Accompaniment 

Measures 

Program Steering Committee 

(BAM)). 

It said more than 80% 

of the country’s bananas 

production is organic and 

intended for export. During 

the activity the BAM’s main 

achievements were highlighted, 

including a budget 

of RD$1.0 billion, of 

Diabetic amputations decreased in Cuba 

care center in each province where patients 

with non complex ulcers can acquire the 

medicine free. 

The program includes thorough investigations 

in communities to allow the early 

detection of the disease and the rapid implementation 

of the therapy, she said. (CubaSi). 

Venezuela President Nicolas Maduro. 

Critics say the shortage is the result 

of economic mismanagement and inefficient 

running of the energy network. 

The government also imposed fourhour 

daily electricity blackouts this 

week on eight regions in the country. 

(Jamaica Observer). 

Dominican banana industry earns US$420M yearly 

which the European Union 

financed more than RD$900 

million. Attending the meeting 

held in the Dominican 

Agribusiness Board (JAD) 

were the ministers of Agriculture, 

Angel Estevez; Environment, 

Bautista Rojas, 

National Statistics Office 

director Pablo Tactuk, and 

Foreign Relations, Andres 

Navarro, and JAD CEO Osmar 

Benitez, among others. 

As part of the project’s 

goals reached, the Agriculture 

Ministry established 

the National Phytosanitary 

Committee, “a breakthrough 

with properly managed 

local production and 

which places the country 

in compliance with international 

standards on bananas 

for export.” (Dominican Today).



Luciano “The Messenger” rocks Your World


& Mine Concert at Antigua Sailing Week



Two new Zika cases confirmed in USVI 

ST THOMAS - The US 

Virgin Islands Department 

of Health on Tuesday confirmed 

one additional case 

of the Zika virus on St Croix 

and one in St Thomas. 

The total confirmed Zika 

cases are now 16; 14 of 

which are on St Croix and 

two on St. Thomas. 

“Today’s report shows 

that we must continue to 

protect ourselves from 

mosquito-borne illnesses,” 

Commissioner Nominee, Dr 

Michelle Davis stated in response 

to the updated report. 

“With Carnival, Jump 

Up, Ironman Triathalon, 

and so many other outdoor 

events this week, it is important 

to wear repellent and 

PORT OF SPAIN - 80-year-old 

woman in Trinidad and Tobago died 

Tuesday night, just over 24 hours after 

being hit by a policeman’s stray bullet 

while in the bathroom of her home. 

Sona Lalloo sustained the gunshot 

wound on Monday night, when 

the 21-year-old officer’s gun was discharged 

as he chased two suspects near 

her house. 

The shooting occurred around 7:45 

that night, as members of the South 

Western Division Task Force responded 

to a report that a group of gunmen 

were seen walking along the road in 

Johnson Trace, Rancho Quemado in 

the south of the twin-island republic. 

When they arrived on the scene 

they saw two men, one of whom was 

protective clothing.” 

This advice is especially 

true for pregnant women, as 

Zika can be passed to her 

unborn baby and can cause 

serious birth defects in babies 

of women who had 

Zika virus while pregnant. 

The Department of 

Health will also inspect the 

homes of pregnant women 

for mosquitoes and mosquito 

larvae and provide 

treatment, as needed in the 

homes of those pregnant 

women who receive testing. 

Elderly woman accidentally 

killed by police in Trinidad 

holding an object that resembled a gun. 

The men ran when they saw the police 

approaching and the officer in question 

attempted to climb over a chain-link 

fence in his pursuit of one of the men. 

According to police reports, the 

fence collapsed and the officer fell and 

as his gun, which was drawn, hit the 

ground, it discharged two bullets. It 

was subsequently discovered that one 

of them went through the wall of Lalloo’s 

bathroom and hit her in the head. 

President of the Police Social Welfare 

Association president, Inspector 

Anand Ramesar, told the Trinidad 

Guardian that the officer was shaken 

up by the “most unfortunate” incident. 

“From the information the association 

has received, we are inclined to 

Pregnant women are also 

eligible to receive a free 

Zika prevention kit from 14 

healthcare clinics across the 

US Virgin Islands. 

The US Centers for Disease 

Control and Prevention 

recently delivered 750 kits 

to St Croix, St John, and St 

Thomas. 

Each kit includes educational 

materials in English 

and Spanish, EPA-registered 

insect repellent, permethrin 

spray repellent for 

treating clothing, condoms 

to avoid sexual transmission 

of zika, treatment tabs for 

preventing mosquitoes from 

breeding in standing water, 

and a bed net. (Caribbean 

News Now). 

believe that the circumstance of the officer 

having operational possession of 

his firearm was justifiable. 

The circumstances of the firearm 

being discharged was most unfortunate 

and we are advised that the officer himself 

is quite shaken up by the accident,” 

he said. (Caribbean360).


Paris attacks suspect 

charged with 

terrorist murders 

PARIS - Paris attacks suspect Salah Abdeslam 

was charged Wednesday with terrorist murders 

and using bombs and weapons for the deadly 

November assaults that killed 130 people, his 

lawyer said. The preliminary charges were filed 

in Paris after Abdeslam, 26, was extradited from 

Belgium to the French capital Wednesday. 

After the court hearing, he was sent to Fleury-Merogis, 

a high-security prison 19 miles 

south of Paris, attorney Frank Berton said. Abdeslam, 

the last known survivor of those known 

to carry out the Nov. 13 attacks, will be held in 

isolation in a special camera-equipped cell until 

his next hearing May 20. Berton said his client 

has “volunteered that he would explain himself 

at some later date,” the Associated Press reported. 

The Belgium Federal Prosecutor’s Office 

said Abdeslam was delivered to the French authorities 

under a European arrest warrant accusing 

him of helping plan and execute the Paris 

attacks at restaurants, a music hall and a sports 

stadium outside city. 

The Islamic State claimed responsibility. 

Abdeslam, a Belgian citizen, was on the run for 

months before being captured in the Brussels 

neighborhood of Molenbeek on March 18 four 

days before terrorist attacks there killed 32 people 

at the Brussels Airport and at a subway stop. 

A note found on a computer abandoned 

by one of the terrorists in the Brussels attacks 

suggested that the arrest of Abdeslam, who had 

links to the Belgian extremists, led them to move 

ahead the date of the attacks. 

Abdeslam told Belgian authorities he was 

supposed to kill himself during the Paris attacks 

but abandoned his suicide vest and fled the 

country, entering Belgium the same night. Sven 

Mary, Abdeslam’s Belgian lawyer, described his 

client as having “the intelligence of an empty 

ashtray” and as “a little jerk among Molenbeek’s 

little delinquents, more a follower than a leader” 

in a profile published Wednesday by the Liberation 

newspaper. (USA TODAY). 

JetBlue pilot accused 

of flying plane drunk 

NEW YORK - A JetBlue pilot 

has been charged with flying under 

the influence of alcohol. A federal 

complaint made public Wednesday 

says that Dennis Murphy Jr. was 

selected for a random alcohol test 

last year after piloting a flight from 

Orlando, Florida, to New York on 

April 21, 2015. 

Murphy, who was only hired 

January 7 of 2015, was behind the 

controls of flight 583 with 119 passengers 

to Orlando. Later that day, 

he flew flight 584 with 151 passengers 

back to New York City, CBS 

News’ Kris Van Cleave reports. 

Upon landing at JFK he was selected 

for random alcohol testing 

VIENNA - Austria 

has passed a controversial 

new law that restricts 

the right of asylum 

and allows most 

claimants to be rejected 

directly at the border. 

Rights groups say 

the law undermines the 

principle of protection 

from war and persecution. 

It comes days after 

Austria’s far-right 

came top in the first 

round of a presidential 

election. Austrian officials 

say they are also 

considering building a 

fence at the main border 

crossing with Italy. 

The new asylum 

law lets the government 

declare a “state 

of emergency” over 

the migrant crisis 

and reject most asylum-seekers, 

including 

those from war-torn 

countries such as Syria. 

It also limits any successful 

asylum claim to 

three years. 

“These amendments 

are a glaring attempt 

to keep people 

out of Austria and its 

asylum system,” said 

where he registered a blood-alcohol 

level of .111, which is above the 

legal limit for a person driving an 

automobile. 

When tested again 15 minutes 

later, he blew a .091. He apparently 

told the person administering 

the test that the results must be due 

to the gum he was chewing, Van 

Cleave reports. JetBlue says it has 

a “zero tolerance” drug and alcohol 

policy. 

It says Murphy no longer works 

there. He is set to be arraigned 

in federal court in Brooklyn on 

Wednesday afternoon. The name 

of his attorney wasn’t immediately 

available. (CBS News). 

Austria passes controversial new asylum law 

Amnesty Europe director 

Gauri van Gulik. 

“But Interior Minister 

Wolfgang Sobotka 

said Austria had no 

other choice as long 

as “so many other EU 

members fail to do 

their part” to limit the 

influx of migrants and 

refugees. “We cannot 

shoulder the whole 

world’s burden,” he 

said. (BBC).



Female suicide bomber wounds 13 in Turkey 

ATHENS - A sense of 

mounting urgency has returned 

to Greece with the 

country’s financial predicament 

igniting fears of a re-run 

of last summer’s nail biting 

drama. Rejecting a Greek request 

for an extraordinary EU 

summit to discuss its troubled 

bailout programme, European 

council president Donald 

Tusk instead urged eurozone 

finance ministers to resume 

talks that would avert further 

turmoil. 

The nation faces default if 

it fails to receive the necessary 

loans to cover €3.5 bn in maturing 

debt in July. “We have 

to avoid a situation of renewed 

uncertainty for Greece,” he 

told reporters after speaking 

with prime minister Alexis 

Tsipras on Wednesday. 

“We need a specific date 

for a new Eurogroup meeting 

in the not-so-distant future 

and I am talking not about 

weeks but about days. 

In a repeat of last year’s 

heady days, Athens’ leftist-led 

government is scrambling to 

raise funds to ensure payment 

of salaries and pensions in 

May. The reserves of state entities 

and pension funds have 

effectively been sequestered 

with officials demanding deposits 

be placed in the central 

bank on short-term loan to 

cover looming shortfalls. 

ANKARA - A female suicide bomber 

wounded at least 13 people when she 

blew herself up near the main mosque 

in the northwestern Turkish city of Bursa 

on Wednesday, officials said, the fifth 

suicide bombing in a major urban center 

this year. 

Photographs from the scene showed 

the severed torso of what appeared to 

be the bomber lying at the side of the 

mosque. Police ushered dazed passers-by 

out of surrounding streets as ambulances 

and forensics teams arrived. 

The local governor’s office said the 

woman was thought to have detonated 

a device she was wearing at 5:26 pm 

near the western gate of Bursa’s Grand 

Mosque. Health Minister Mehmet Muezzinoglu 

said 13 people were injured, none 

critically. There was no immediate claim 

of responsibility. “The attack was carried 

out by a suicide bomber. It is a woman,” 

a senior government official told Reuters. 

Many of the wounded had light injuries 

such as cuts from shattered windows and 

some have already been discharged from 

hospital. 

Turkey has been hit by a series of suicide 

bombings this year, including two 

in its largest city Istanbul blamed on Islamic 

State, and two in the capital Ankara 

that were claimed by a Kurdish militant 

group. It has also faced attacks from far 

leftist groups, mostly on police and security 

forces. The Bursa attack happened a 

day after the United States warned American 

citizens in Turkey about credible terrorist 

threats to tourist areas. 

Bursa is Turkey’s fourth-largest city, 

an industrial hub directly south of Istanbul 

across the Marmara Sea. While not 

one of the country’s biggest tourist destinations, 

it draws some foreign visitors 

with its Ottoman-era architecture. (Reuters). 

Tusk rejects Tsipras request for EU summit on Greece bailout 

Several Egyptians killed in clashes with smugglers in Libya 

CAIRO - Egypt’s Foreign Ministry says 

at least a dozen Egyptians have been killed 

in clashes with smugglers in central Libya. 

Spokesman Ahmed Abu-Zeid said in a statement 

Wednesday that 12 to 16 Egyptian illegal 

migrants were killed in clashes in the town of 

Beni Walid. 

He says Egyptian officials are communicating 

with Libyan authorities in the area to 

identify those who were killed and repatriate 

their bodies. 

Libya has become a major conduit for migration 

from Africa and the Middle East toward 

Europe as smugglers have exploited the 

country’s chaos. 

Militias have mostly ruled Libya since the 

2011 uprising that toppled Moammar Gadhafi. 

(Fox News). 

Greece’s embattled prime 

minister appealed for the 

emergency EU summit after 

Athens and its creditors 

failed late Tuesday to resolve 

differences over the extent of 

budget cuts and reforms the 

debt-stricken state must make 

in return for rescue loans. 

The lack of headway 

prompted Dutch finance minister 

and Eurogroup chairman, 

Jeroen Dijsselbloem, 

who oversees negotiations, to 

cancel a scheduled meeting at 

which it was hoped the talks 

would finally be concluded on 

Thursday. 

Negotiations have been 

deadlocked for months. Initially 

it was hoped the review 

the first since Greece signed 

up to a third, €86bn bailout 

would be completed in October, 

allowing badly needed 

loan installments to be disbursed. 

(The Guardian).


Wednesday’s Sudoku Solution 

S U D O K U 

CROSSWORD 

Across 

1. Make right 

6. Wound covering 

10. New York baseball team 

14. Closet wood 

15. Additionally 

16. Thanks ____! (2 wds.) 

17. Foe 

18. Increase 

19. Zero 

20. Sand hill 

21. Smooths wood 

22. Mimic 

23. Recipe measure (abbr.) 

25. Oriental 

27. Pilot 

31. Rink surface 

32. Toast spread 

35. Paper quantities 

39. Woody’s ex 

40. Regret 

42. Corp. head 

43. Start 

45. Respected leader 

47. Animal doc 

49. 14-line poems 

50. Meantime 

54. Apply 

55. Singe 

56. Sunday dinner item 

59. BPOE members 

63. Draw the ____ 

64. Diva’s specialty 

65. Likely 

66. Omelet items 

67. Shucks! 

68. Actress ____ Hunt 

69. Injection 

70. Besides that 

71. Loafed 

Down 

1. Served perfectly 

2. Diner list 

3. Genesis location 

4. Identifying label (2 wds.) 

5. Waterless 

6. Epic 

7. Scottish family 

8. Stage remark 

9. Dwarfed shrub 

10. Aquatic mammal 

11. Wed secretly 

12. Photocopier liquid 

13. Howard ____ of radio 

21. Fern “seed” 

24. Appetizer 

26. Shows (a movie) 

27. Bullets, for short 

28. Self-centered 

29. Mr. Gershwin et al. 

30. Borders 

33. ____ guilty 

34. Memorable periods 

36. Pinnacle 

37. Steak, e.g. 

38. Male offspring 

41. Portly 

44. Asian mountain 

46. Scoffed 

48. Outburst 

50. Small landmasses 

51. Horse sound 

52. Latin dance 

53. Virtuous 

57. Broadcasts 

58. Reasonable 

60. Lounge 

61. Leg joint 

62. Dispatch 

65. Greek letter



Today’s weather forecast 

Antigua and Barbuda 

Intervals of clouds and sunshine. 

High - 84ºF/29ºC 

Low - 76ºF/24ºC 

Wind: East South East 16 mph 

Sunrise 5.43 am; Sunset 6.26 pm 

Wednesday’s Crossword Solution 

HOROSCOPE 

ARIES (March 21-April 19). 

Emotional-energy-saving tip 

of the day: Take a gentle, nonconfrontational 

approach to 

communication. Avoid if you 

must. Defer if you can. Flattery 

and sweetness will work 

wonders, as will a gracious 

exit strategy. 

TAURUS (April 20-May 20). 

You’ll have a clear sense of 

what you need to do. Getting 

yourself to actually do it is 

another story. Mostly this is a 

matter of being organized and 

falling into a routine that can 

be easily repeated. 

GEMINI (May 21-June 21). 

With Mercury as your guiding 

planet, you’re keenly aware of 

the opportunities to be seized 

before tomorrow’s retrograde. 

There’s such confidence in 

your approach that others can’t 

help but follow your lead. 

CANCER (June 22-July 22). 

The club you’re in now is a 

very small one. Cherish the 

other members. Only the ones 

who are in your league know 

and appreciate all the work 

that goes into playing at this 

particular level. 

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). You’ll 

meet one who has succeeded 

at this game already and overcome 

surprising obstacles to 

do so. For you to win at this 

too, you’ll need to train hard. 

Much will depend on the internal 

fortitude. 

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). 

You’ll find yourself enjoying 

the very same thing that others 

are stressing over. There is opportunity 

in this dynamic. Perhaps 

you can relieve their pain 

for a fee. You truly want others 

to have as much ease in life as 

you do. 

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). 

Moving forward can be scary, 

and yet right now you feel 

oddly undaunted by the prospect. 

Perhaps you sense there’s 

something very familiar to 

embrace a few steps beyond 

where you are. Rushing ahead 

feels like coming home. 

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). 

Do a quick self-esteem check. 

It would be a shame not to fully 

accept the abundance this 

day has to offer you because 

you simply don’t think you deserve 

it. You do! And how! 

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22- 

Dec. 21). The difference between 

excitement and anxiety 

is a belief that you’re safe in 

the world. You are, so relax. 

Once you do that, you can direct 

your energy in a most productive 

manner. 

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 

19). You’ll follow a direction, 

stand in a line, see a need and 

fill it, all in the name of duty. 

Don’t let this take over your 

whole day! There really is time 

to energize your spirit by doing 

what you want to do, if you 

make it a priority. 

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 

18). Maybe you don’t know 

exactly how to say what you 

need to say, but open up and 

try anyway. You’ll be extremely 

effective in getting your 

point across; the language of 

emotions is universal. 

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). 

Is the relationship progressing 

or regressing? Don’t worry too 

much about it now. Instead, 

just be mindful not to get too 

comfortable where you are, 

and welcome change in whatever 

form it shows up.


Young fast bowling sensation Joseph 

scalps 14 wickets in two matches 

By Vanroy Burnes 

Young Antigua, Leeward 

Islands and West Indies fast 

bowling sensation Alzarri 

Joseph seems too much for 

the Islands batsmen playing 

the Leeward Islands 50 

overs aside competition currently 

on the way in St. Kitts 

& Nevis. 

Playing for his home 

country Antigua & Barbuda, 

Joseph had two seven 

wickets haul in the last three 

matches, against Anguilla 

and Montserrat respectively 

with 7 for 45 and 7 for 30 

with overall figures of 14 

wickets for 75 runs. 

Playing against Anguilla 

on Saturday in which Antigua 

& Barbuda won by 6 


The President of the 

Caribbean Football Union 

(CFU) Gordon ‘Banks’ 

Derrick is expected to challenge 

FIFA Audit and Compliance 

Committee ruling 

that he is been barred from 

contesting COCCACAF 

Presidential election next 

month in Mexico. 

Derrick and his legal 

team are prepared to 

challenge the ruling at the 

Court of Arbitration for 

Sports (CAS) and are hoping 

for a speedy hearing as 

the CONCACAF annual 

general meeting is set for 

May 12 th . 

wickets, the U-19 fast bowler 

bagged 7 for 45 as Anguilla 

was dismissed for 196 

runs. Antigua & Barbuda in 

reply 198 for 4. 

However after losing to 

St. Kitts by 44 runs on Sunday, 

the Antigua & Barbuda 

team ran over Montserrat on 

Tuesday to win by 8 wickets 

after Joseph bagged 7 for 

30 to skittle out Montserrat 

for 97 runs in 34.3 overs. 

Antigua & Barbuda in reply 

reaches 98 for two. 

Joseph was one of the 

shining lights in the West Indies 

U-19 victorious team in 

Bangladesh when they captured 

the ICC U-19 youth 

World Cup title earlier this 

year. Now he is proven too 

Gordon ‘Banks’ Derrick 

was one of three persons 

bidding for the CONCA- 

CAF Presidency along with 

Canadian Soccer Association 

president Victor Montaghliani 

and the Bermuda 

Football Association president 

Larry Mussenden. 

By Carlena Knight 

The first ever InterCollege Football 

League will take place today at the Antigua 

Recreations Grounds starting at 7:30pm. 

The event which is put on by students of 

the ABHTI will see the Antigua State College 

and the Antigua Barbuda Hospitality 

Training Institute face off for bragging rights 

and prizes. 

Alzarri Joseph 

much for the Leeward Islands 

players. 

Antigua & Barbuda now 

second in the standings behind 

host St. Kitts who they 

lost to by 44 runs. 

However in their fourth 

match of the tournament, 

played on Wednesday April 

27 th Antigua & Barbuda beat 

the USVI by 44 runs in a 

low scoring match. Antigua 

& Barbuda 82 all out in 20.2 

overs, and then restricted the 

USVI to 37 runs all out in 

27.4 overs. Rahkeem Jimbo 

Cornwall had 3 for 12, 

Hayden Walsh Jr. had 2 for 

2 and Alzarri Joseph had 2 

for 15. 

Derrick to challenge FIFA Ethics Committee ruling 

Derrick was elected as 

CFU president four years 

ago replacing the disgrace 

former president Trinidadian 

Austin Jack Warner in 

2012 following the cash for 

votes scandal that rocked 

Caribbean Football. 

Regional football officials 

were accused of 

accepting US $40,000 in 

return for votes for FIFA 

candidate Mohamed bin 

Hammam back in 2011. 

Derrick himself was 

reprimanded and fined by 

FIFA over violations of 

FIFA ethics code. 

First ever InterCollege meet to take place 

Music will be played by DJ Elementz and 

entertainment by the Elite Dancers. Admission 

is $5. 

The league is sponsored by Cool & 

Smooth, the Antigua Barbuda Football Association 

and YAKINIKU Caribbean restaurant 

and bar. 

Proceeds are in aid of the ABHTI Graduation.



Youth female basketball squad in training 


A 21-member female basketball 

squad has been in training in preparation 

for the Caribbean Basketball Confederation 

Youth Championships which will be 

held at the Cliff Anderson Sports hall in 

Guyana from July 2 nd - July 9 th . 

The event will have 8 female teams 

from around the Caribbean with the top 

three teams advancing to the 2017 Centrobasket 

Under 17 Championships. 

The training squad is coached by Cedric 

‘Supa’ David and assisted by Carol 


Harney Motors Mahico 

leads the point standings 

in the ACB, Parish League, 

Sir Curtly Ambrose Limited 

overs competition with 32 

points. They are closely followed 

by Roberts Industry 

Ltd Piggott’s Crushers with 

24 points. 

Stingray City/ Nature 

tours Seaton’s and National 

Parks St. Paul’s both are on 


The Antigua Barbuda Basketball Association 

is set to host a Family Fun day On May 

22 nd at the JSC Sports complex at 2pm. 

The event will feature a bounce castle 

and horseback riding for the children and a 

Cornelius with the manager being Oleno 

Knight. 

The squad comprises of: 

Karel Knight 

Britnay Gore 

Timna Phillip 

MaryJane Grant 

Athalia Ralph 

Laumeca Charles 

Kahtalia Valentine 

Nzola Pryce 

Harmony Edwards 

Marsha Joseph 

20 points each, Diamonds 

International Police are on 

16 points each, while Urlings 

and John Hughes are 

both on 8 points each. Freetown 

is the only team yet to 

come off the mark. 

In the meantime, after all 

the matches were postponed 

last weekend, play will resumed 

this weekend April 

30 th and May 01 st . 

Roberts Industry Ltd 

ABBA to host Family Fun Day 

3x3 basketball game (legends vs celebrities 

vs mas troupes) for the basketball lovers. 

Admission is $20 with a complementary 

food. Drinks will be on sale. 

Funds are in aid of basketball development. 

Jah-Lieshia Barnes 

Beyonca Trotman 

Brenique Joseph 

Rayana Regis 

Kendra Carr 

Teresha Joshua 

Faith Gray 

Aaliyah Gordon 

Nathaniel Silston 

Shakea Ogarro 

Britney Edwards. 

Practice sessions are from Monday- 

Thursday at YMCA from 4pm-6pm. 

Mahico lead point standings in Curtly Ambrose limited overs competition 

Piggott’s Crushers will host 

Urlings at Piggott’s with 

Garfield Jacobs and Padjet 

Samuel the Umpires. 

John Hughes will be at 

home to Harney Motors 

Mahico with Otis Burton 

and Nigel Browne the Umpires. 

National Parks St. Paul’s 

will host Freetown at Liberta 

with Derwent Watley and 

Dave Attwood as the Umpires. 

Then on Sunday, Stingray 

City/Nature tours Seaton’s 

host Freetown with 

Llewellyn Simon and Richard 

Dyer as the Umpires. 

Urlings will be at home 

to John Hughes with Dave 

Attwood and Nigel Browne 

as the Umpires. 

Harney Motors Mahico 

will host Roberts Industry 

Ltd Piggott’s Crushers 

at Clare Hall with Garfield 

Jacobs and Otis Burton the 

Umpires. 

National Parks St. Paul’s 

will take on Diamond International 

Police at Liberta 

with Derwent Watley and 

Otis Burton the Umpires.


Fraser-Pryce heads 

Jamaica’s team to Penn 

KINGSTON - World and 

Olympic champion Shelly- 

Ann Fraser-Pryce and two 

members of the World 

Championships women’s 

4x400m relay team have 

been named in a 22-member 

team by the JAAA to 

compete in the USA vs. The 

World relays at this weekend’s 

122nd staging of the 

Penn Relays in Philadelphia. 

The Jamaican women 

won two of three relays last 

year, retaining the 4x100m 

and winning the 4x400m, 

while coming up just short in 

the 4x200m. Elaine Thompson, 

the World Championships 

outdoor 200m silver 

medallist and World Indoor 

60m bronze medal winner, 

Olympic silver medallist 

Kerron Stewart and Audra 

Segree could join Fraser-Pryce 

on the 4x100m 

team. 

Christine Day and Stephenie 

Ann McPherson, 

members of the team that 

won the Mile Relay at the 

World Championships in 

Beijing, China, last year, as 

well as Verone Chambers, 

Atletico coach banned 

Atletico Madrid coach Diego Simeone has 

received a touchline ban for the final three La 

Liga games of the season. The Argentine, 45, 

appeared to instruct a ball boy to throw a ball 

on to the pitch to disrupt a Malaga attack during 

Atletico’s 1-0 win on Saturday. Simeone, who 

was sent to the stands at half time, said: “It is 

clear the referee took the correct decision.” 

Simeone will miss the home game against 

Rayo Vallecano on 30 April, the trip to Levante 

on 8 May and the visit of Celta Vigo on 

15 May, the final day of the season. Atletico, 

who are second to La Liga leaders Barcelona 

on goal difference, have 10 days in which to 

appeal. (BBC). 

SEOUL - South Korea’s Olympic 

committee on Wednesday unveiled 

Zika-proof uniforms complete 

with mosquito repellent it 

says will help protect athletes from 

the virus at this year’s games in Rio 

de Janeiro. 

Mosquito-repellent chemicals 

were added to the outfits, which all 

include long pants, long-sleeved 

shirts and jackets. Athletes will 

wear the uniforms during ceremonies, 

training and at the athletes’ 

village, the Korean Olympic Committee 

said. 

The committee said it couldn’t 

make changes to the uniforms 

worn during competition because 

of strict rules and performance 

concerns, although athletes will be 

allowed to use anti-mosquito spray 

during competition 

Dawnalee Loney and junior 

Tiffanny James look to be 

the likely candidates for the 

4x400m team. 

On the male side, national 

400m record holder Rusheen 

McDonald, as well as Javon 

Francis and Julian Forte are 

expected to lead the 4x400m 

and 4x100m teams that will 

seek to atone after failing to 

win any of their events last 

year. 

Nathon Allen and Ricardo 

Chambers should join 

McDonald and Francis, 

while Oshane Bailey, Jermaine 

Hamilton and Dwight 

Jones will join Forte on the 

sprint team. The national 

teams will race on Saturday’s 

final day of the threeday 

carnival. (Jamaica Observer). 

Olympics changes uniforms to 

protect athletes from Zika virus 

The threat of Zika has emerged 

as a major concern in the buildup 

to this year’s Olympics along with 

construction delays and the political 

turmoil in Brazil. 

A team of South Korean government 

and Olympic officials 

visited Rio de Janeiro earlier this 

month to inspect Olympic venues 

and local hospitals 

The Korean Olympic Committee 

said it expects to soon provide 

guidelines to Olympic athletes 

and others travelling to the games 

about how to protect themselves 

from Zika. 

The U.S. team also revealed 

its Ralph Lauren-designed closing-ceremony 

outfits Wednesday, 

and the Americans don’t seem as 

worried. The men and women will 

wear shorts. (CBS News).



Gujarat Lions survive Morris 82* 

DELHI - It was IPL in a 

nutshell. A big name - Brendon 

McCullum - bossed the 

start, so much that Gujarat 

Lions recorded the fastest 

hundred of the season. A 

helpless collapse then killed 

the prospect of a one-sided 

game and Delhi Daredevils 

would have fancied chasing 

173 with dew gathering at 

Feroz Shah Kotla. However, 

they slipped to 16 for 3 and 

the home fans despaired. 

The game, though, wasn’t 

done playing with everyone’s 

emotions. 

Out walked the million-dollar 

man Chris Morris 

with 116 needed off 56, and 

walloped the third fastest 

fifty in the IPL, off 17 balls. 

When the match ended, he 

was unbeaten on 82 off 32, 

but there was no smile on 

his face. It was stolen by 

Praveen Kumar and Dwayne 

Bravo, who gave away only 

16 off the final two overs to 

pull off a one-run win for Lions. 

Morris had come in at 

No. 6 and launched his second 

ball into the second tier 

of the stands behind longoff. 

Very few of his eight 

sixes and four fours were 

mistimed, but a lot of them 

came as a result of his being 

able to get under the ball. 

Praveen prevented that in 

the penultimate over of the 

chase, conceding only four 

to leave Daredevils needing 

14 off six balls. Bravo, 

bowling from around the 

stumps, then hit the blockhole 

repeatedly to deny 

Morris’ sublime innings the 

status of match-winning. 

Suresh Raina gave his 

frontline spinners - Ravindra 

Jadeja and Pravin Tambe - 

only one over each and they 

cost a combined 31 runs. 

Bowling with the wet ball, 

they stood very little chance 

against Morris, armed with a 

crowd that was bellowing his 

name. His reach was handy, 

his balance at the crease was 

pristine and his clarity of 

thought handling a required 

rate that was above 12 was 

downright chilling. 

Morris’ first two sixes 

dragged the equation down 

from 101 off 48 to 85 off 42. 

Two against Tambe in the 

15 th over brought it to 57 off 

30. A hat-trick of them in the 

17 th over bowled by Dwayne 

Smith sealed his fifty and 

left Daredevils needing 29 

off 18. 

But JP Duminy, who had 

begun Daredevils’ revival, 

was undone by a Bravo 

slower ball for 48 which 

provided just enough of an 

opening for Lions to sneak 

through. 

Their victory had almost 

seemed a formality when 

McCullum smashed Lions’ 

fastest fifty, and Smith 

usurped him a few minutes 

later. Along the way Lions 

had reached 100 for 0 in a 

mere nine overs. 

This batting line-up had 

beaten perhaps the best one 

in the IPL on Sunday, when 

a Virat Kohli century had 

Dwayne Bravo and Suresh Raina celebrate the wicket of JP Duminy. 

not been enough. Daredevils 

were looking at a target of 

220, as a best-case scenario. 

But Morris did what Royal 

Challengers Bangalore’s 

bowlers couldn’t; he had 

set plans and executed them 

very well. He dismissed Mc- 

Cullum and Raina in the 12 th 

over; Lions were short-circuited 

and could only manage 

55 runs in the remaining 

48 balls. 

Morris knew McCullum 

thrived on fast bowling, so 

he produced an offcutter that 

dipped under the bat swing 

and broke the stumps. He 

targeted Raina’s body and 

had leg gully in place to 

take the catch. That gave the 

Daredevils spinners some 

freedom. 

Imran Tahir added to 

his reputation of being one 

of the best bowlers in T20 

cricket with a spell of 3 for 

24, the hallmark of which 

was his ability to vary the 

pace and time the googlies 

and flippers that surprised 

the batsmen. Where his 

slow-bowling partners Amit 

Mishra and Shahbaz Nadeem 

bowled flat in the 

hopes of containing the batsmen, 

Tahir backed his skill 

to confound them. He had 

Smith lbw with a ball that 

skidded through off the pitch 

and removed Ishan Kishan 

and Dinesh Karthik off successive 

balls in the 17 th over. 

Much like Tahir, Dhawal 

Kulkarni relied on his 

strength - swing - to topple 

Sanju Samson, an in-form 

Quinton de Kock and Karun 

Nair to lift Lions in the chase 

but his 3 for 19 wouldn’t 

have mattered much until 

his new-ball partner Praveen 

bowled an excellent final 

over to strangle Morris and 

finish with 4-0-13-0.

Caribbean Times 99th issue - Thursday 28th April 2016

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