Caribbean Times 100th issue - Friday 29th April 2016

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4 c a r i b b e a n t i m e s . a g Friday 29th April 2016 Seniour educators receive leadership training in two-day workshop Joanna Paris Principals of public primary and secondary schools and technical officers within the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology are engaged in a two day workshop, taking place at the Grand Royal Antiguan Resort. The training which began on Thursday is focused on building the leadership capacity of school leaders. Speaking during the brief opening ceremony, Director of Education, Clare Browne, outlined the significance of the workshop. He indicated that the education system must develop creative, productive and adaptable men and women as well as identify, cultivate and nurture as fully as possible, each child’s capacity, attitude and strength. “If our education system is to become Joanna Paris In order to adequately address the complaints of overcrowding in public secondary schools, $10 million dollars has been allocated to build new classrooms. The decision was made during Cabinet’s meeting this week. Government’s Chief of Staff, Lionel “Max” Hurst, said that a group comprising five principals, the Director of Education, Clare Browne, and the Permanent Secretary within the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology and other senior education officers gave Cabinet an update on the current situation. It was expressed that the adequate and responsive to the constantly changing labour market, migration, technological advances and other needs of the 21 st century, if our children and young people are to be given even the slimmest chance of survival in tomorrow’s world, then our education officers, principals and teachers must constantly seek to build capacity to serve our clients well”, explained the well spoken Browne. Browne under underscored that training for education officers should include a focus on the practice of leadership and the development of approaches and practices that build leadership in others with the growth of systematic improvement. He further emphasized that a school leadership has an impact in the overall output of students across the board. The Director of Education said that the training will provide the participants issue is most prominent in the secondary schools located in St. John’s, primarily the Antigua Girls High School, the Princess Margaret Secondary School and the Antigua Grammar School. Hurst said that these academic institutions have been placed under a lot of pressure The Department of Youth Affairs will be hosting a free literacy training programme in an effort to improve the literacy skills of primary and secondary school students in Antigua and Barbuda. This programme is geared towards primary school students from Grades 4-6 and secondary school students from forms 3-5. The literacy programme run from 18 th – 29 th July for primary school students and 8 th – 19 th August for with regards to enrollment. He explained that Cabinet considered a method to satisfy the demand. “We are going to construct new classrooms on the campuses and in two weeks, the group will return and are expected to present a plan and an outline as to where the with an opportunity to examine the skills that are needed to be successful leaders. The workshop is being facilitated by Dr. Maurice Smith, Jamaica’s Permanent Secretary within the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information. He indicated that throughout the two day forum, emphasis will be placed on highlighting strengths and improving weak areas where leadership is concerned. “We are going to learn about ourselves, learn about our teams, learn about our schools, it is all about leadership and we are going to build a foundation”, Smith declared. The workshop forms part of the efforts of the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology to develop a cadre of well trained and effective educators in the twin island state. Government commits to building more classrooms classrooms should be built”, explained Hurst. He added that there have been numerous complaints about space with some schools being forced to convert their auditoriums into classrooms in order to adequately accommodate students. Department of Youth Affairs to host free literacy training secondary school students, and will be held at the Department of Youth Affairs Headquarters on Prime Minister’s Office Drive (off Factory Road). If you or your child are interested in applying or would like more information please contact Mrs. Betty Ann Bloodman at 481-5304 or 462- 6781. You can also contact the Department via email at wadadliyouthdept@gmail. com. The deadline for applications is May 30 th , 2016.
Friday 29th April 2016 c a r i b b e a n t i m e s . a g 5 Gaynor convicted on all charges, sentenced to prison Alecia Mc Pherson On Thursday April 21 last week, David Gaynor alias “Yardman” aged 20 of Nut Grove appeared before Magistrate Wason in the Traffic Court facing four traffic offence charges: Driving without a licence, driving without third party insurance, dangerous driving and failure to report accident. He pleaded guilty to all four charges and was remanded until Thursday April 28, 2016 for sentencing. On April 10 at about 10:30pm Officers were called to the scene of a traffic accident, in which one was left hospitalized after Gaynor lost control of the car he was driving sending it straight into a utility pole, the impact police say caused the said pole to be up rooted from its spot. Police arrived at accident site at Big Creek in the vicinity of Caribbean Suite Apartment to find vehicle R963 abandoned as the defendant reportedly fled the scene. Reports are that Gaynor and two other passengers, Dennis Stanford alias “Dusty” and another whose only name given was “Bobo”, both of whom also resides in Nut Grove, were all returning home from a party at Ffryes’ Beach when the accident occurred. An unknown motorist having noticed the crash site stopped to render assistance to the occupants, called for EMS and Police after which he assisted the defendant to remove injured Sanford out of the vehicle, but the defendant and the other occupant allegedly fled the scene thereafter on foot. Sanford, aged 35 of Nut Grove Village, reportedly told police that the last thing he remembers was the vehicle drifting out of control before waking up in the hospital in severe pain and a team of medical professionals attending to him. Sanford who needed to wear a neck brace suffered multiple injuries and was released from MSJMC on Wednesday April 20. Yesterday Gaynor appeared once again before the court. For driving without third party risk vehicle insurance he was convicted and sentenced to one month in prison and was also placed on one year probation, breach of this probation will result to three weeks imprisonment. He was fined $500 for the charge of failing to report an accident to be paid by May 27, 2016; in default of payment he will serve thirty days in prison. For dangerous driving he was convicted and disqualified from holding a driver’s licence for one year, in default of this order he will be sentenced to thirty days imprisonment. For the charge of driving without a driver’s licence He was convicted reprimanded and discharged. Richardson found guilty of possession Alecia McPherson Possession of camouflage uniform resembling that of the Antigua and Barbuda Defence Force and, possession of an imitation firearm for which he is unable to provide satisfactory reasons for the possession were the charges upon which 45 year-old Alphonso Richardson alias “Panic” was brought before Chief Magistrate Jo-Ann Walsh at the District ‘A’ Court yesterday. The items believed to have been used in the commission of crimes were found in the number 19 booth, of the Vegetable Market located on Market Street, which is rented to the defendant as he plies his trade as a vendor at the said market. The court heard that on Friday April 22, 2016 at about 06:20pm the items were discovered after officers from the Criminal Investigations Department went in search of Richardson having received information that he has a firearm in his possession. Richardson was ordered to open the padlocks on his booth as well as that of a trolley which was secured to it. Search of the trolley revealed one camouflage jacket paired with pants, an imitation gun, a pair of Timberland boots, and a tam with eyes and mouth cut outs. During the search of the booth officers found one pair of binoculars, a pair of men’s shoe and a black hoodie. He was asked to whom do the items belong; he reportedly responded “Officer the things you find inside the booth belong to me. I don’t know who the other things in the trolley belong to”. As a result he was arrested on suspicion of robbery, taken into custody and given the mentioned charges. In court, Richardson pleaded guilty to both charges. He told the court that he found the firearm and put it in the stall, he further admitted that he is the owner of the other items but stated that he is not into crime. cont’d on pg 6
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