Caribbean Times 12th Issue - Friday 20th May 2016

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Friday 20th May 2016 A n t i g u a a n d B a r b u d a 

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12 MORE CHARGES 

FOR GISELE ISAAC 

Former House Speaker and Executive Secretary at the Board of 

Education, D. Gisele Isaac 

By Everton Barnes 

Former House Speaker 

and Executive Secretary 

at the Board of Education, 

D. Gisele Isaac, has been 

slapped with 12 additional 

charges stemming from 

alleged irregularities at the 

BOE. 

Isaac appeared in the 

Magistrate Court Thursday 

where she was placed on bail 

for $200,000 and a cash deposit 

of $50,000 with three 

sureties. As a condition of 

the bail, she has been asked 

to report to the Parham Police 

Station every Monday 

and Saturday. (She previously 

was asked to submit her 

travel documents). This latest 

batch of charges brings 

to 18 the number of charges 

Isaac faces coming out of an 

investigation into operations 

at the BOE. 

Sources close to the investigation 

said Isaac is alleged 

to have given herself 

several increases without authorization 

between the period 

April 2009 and August 

2014. The sources say each 

increase has led to a charge 

of larceny, conversion and 

corruption. 

The court has also set 

September 6 as the date for 

the committal of the case. 

During her appearance at 

the court Thursday a group 

of supporters and well-wishers 

gathered outside the 

court. This was taking place 

while bail conditions were 

being met by Isaac and her 

legal team. 

According to the sources 

this latest batch of charges 

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Friday 20th May 2016 

Record number of tour operators 

register for Showcase Antigua Barbuda 

Over fifty major Tour 

Operators (TO’s) from the 

United Kingdom, Europe, 

and North America, will 

converge on the Jolly Beach 

Resort and Spa for the third 

installation of Showcase Antigua/Barbuda 

to be held on 

May 21 st 2016. 

Showcase Antigua/Barbuda 

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Tourism Authority (ABTA) 

and the Antigua and Barbuda 

Hotels and Tourist Association 

(AHTA), provides an 

amazing opportunity for tour 

operators worldwide, to converge 

and discuss business 

partnerships directly with 

the hotel owners and tourism 

industry suppliers from Antigua 

and Barbuda and the 

wider Caribbean region. 

Tourism Officials in Antigua 

and Barbuda will use 

the event to promote new 

hotel projects for the destination, 

additional airlift, 

as well as highlight infrastructural 

developments to 

include a modern airport 

terminal, which opened in 

August 2015 with increased 

airport capacity. 

For 2016, as well as engaging 

in meetings with 

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are not related to the previous charges. The 

sources are also denying allegation from 

some who say the charges against Isaac are 

politically motivated. They pointed to the 

case files have been submitted to the office 

owners and business partners, 

Showcase Antigua and 

Barbuda will also feature 

exclusive networking events 

attended by the Minister of 

Tourism the Hon. Asot Michael 

and other senior tourism 

officials. 

According to the General 

Manager of the AHTA, Neil 

Forrester, this year’s event 

has seen record numbers in 

terms of tour operator registration 

and this has made the 

Antigua Barbuda event the 

largest in the North Eastern 

Caribbean. 

The Antigua and Barbuda 

Tourism Authority 

under the auspices of the 

Hon. Minister of Tourism, 

the Hon. Asot Michael will 

be rolling out the red carpet 

of welcome with a carnival 

themed cocktail for the numerous 

prestigious TO’s set 

to attend Saturday’s main 

event at the Ocean Point Resort 

and Spa in Hodge’s Bay 

tomorrow (FRI), featuring 

entertainment by the Halcyon 

Steel Orchestra, The Antigua 

Dance Academy, Fire 

Dancers and Costumes by 

Myst Carnival will be displayed 

by live mannequins. 

of the Director of Public Prosecutions, which 

has sent the cases to the High Court for trial. 

It is said that it is highly unlikely that the 

DPP’s office would have taken such steps 

unless it is sure that there was a case to be 

made. 

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John Ashe in plea talks 

MANHATTAN (CN) 

— John Ashe is discussing 

a plea to federal charges 

that he took more than $1.3 

million in bribes as former 

president of the United Nations 

General Assembly, his 

lawyer said Wednesday. 

Ashe, who headed the 

68th session of the U.N. 

body, has seen his fortunes 

tumble ever since court 

papers implicated him in 

corrupt high living. 

In addition to allegedly 

omitting hundreds of 

thousands of dollars from 

his federal tax returns, 

Ashe is also accused of 

having accepted bribes of 

custom-tailored suits from 

Hong Kong worth roughly 

$59,000, two Rolexes worth 

$59,000 and a lease on a 

BMW X5, valued at roughly 

$40,000. 

Unable to pay his legal 

Former president of the United Nations General Assembly John 

Ashe 

fees, Ashe recently lost the 

services of attorney Hervé 

Gouraige, who told the 

judge last month that his 

firm Sill Cummis & Gross 

has a stack of outstanding 

bills. 

“Our sole reason for 

making this application, 

which is based on 

extensive discussions with 

Ambassador Ashe (who 

has been under home 

detention since October 

2015 and has not been able 

to secure employment), is 

that he has been unable to 

pay our firm›s outstanding 

legal invoices for the past 

several months, and given 

that he has informed us that 

he has already exhausted 

all his available financial 

resources, he is not in a 

position to pay the firm›s 

past and ongoing legal 

fees,» Gouraige wrote in a 

letter dated April 27. 

U.S. District Judge 

Broderick has since 

appointed attorney Jeremy 

Schneider as the new 

attorney for Ashe, who 

appears eager to put the 

case behind him. 

In a letter to the court 

yesterday, Schneider asked 

Judge Broderick to postpone 

a hearing schedule for 

later this month until at least 

June 27. 

“This additional time 

will enable the parties to 

continue and hopefully 

conclude, the ongoing plea 

discussions,» Schneider 

wrote in a two-page letter. 

If the parties reach a 

deal, federal prosecutors 

will be closing in on 

Chinese billionaire Ng Lap 

Seng, a real estate mogul 

whom they allege to be at 

the center of the scheme. 

Francis Lorenzo, 

the deputy permanent 

representative for the United 

Nations to the Dominican 

Republic, pleaded guilty in 

March. 

Sheri Yan and Heidi 

Park, the former CEO 

and director of finance of 

the Global Sustainability 

Foundation, respectively, 

copped to similar charges 

within a week of each other 

in January.



Soca Artiste Tian Winter bailed 


Former Party Monarch, Tian Winter, 

has been placed on bail after he appeared 

in the Magistrate’s Court on Thursday on 

charges of aggravated assault. 

Police sources say Winter is accused 

of the crime against a former girlfriend. 


The three men charged for 

their involvement in a credit 

card fraud scheme were denied 

bail when they appeared 

before the Magistrate’s Court 

on Thursday. 

That’s because two of the 

accused Jamaican nationals, 

Damian Tomlinson, 33, 

and Nicholas Grant, were on 

The soca artist, who is a licensed firearm 

holder, was also asked to surrender his 

weapon to the police as part of the bail 

condition. 

The prosecution argued to have Winter 

denied bail, but his lawyers successfully 

petitioned the court to release him 

bail for s similar crime spree 

last October, appear to have 

returned to crime activities 

while out on bail. 

The two, along with Carlos 

Albert, 24, of Grays Farm 

are charged with using illegally 

manufactured credit 

cards to purchase large sums 

of items from local vendors 

across Antigua over a ten-day 

period. 

At one store, Albert 

racked up charges totally over 

$8,000.00 in electronic items 

and other goods. According 

to the police he charged a flat 

screen television and a transformer 

among other items. 

The police say other people 

are believed to be involved 

with this ring and they 

on bail due largely to the fact that as an 

artist the Carnival season is a critical time 

for him. 

The court accepted this argument 

and set bail at $3,000 with a cash deposit 

of $1,000. His next court appearance is 

scheduled for August. 

Trio in credit card fraud case remanded 

are determined to bring all 

involved to justice. The police 

have also confiscated the device 

used to produce the illegal 

credit cards. 

All three are charged with 

conspiracy, larceny, obtaining 

goods under false pretenses 

and possession of an illegal 

credit card producing device 

among a host of charges. 

Two facing charges for fraudulently 

obtaining money from bank 

Alecia Mc Pherson 

Michael Smith aged 37 and Michell Farrel aged 31 both of 

Sutherlands appeared at the St. John’s Magistrates Court yesterday 

facing a number of charges for monies they unlawfully 

obtained from CIBC First Caribbean International Bank. 

The duo have been jointly charged with two counts of conspiracy 

to defraud, two counts of obtaining money by false 

pretence, two counts of larceny and two counts of obtaining 

criminal property. Both men reportedly conspired to withdraw 

money from the bank account belonging to an elderly family 

member to one of the accused. 

Thousands of dollars were reportedly stolen between the period 

of 1st and 6 th day of May 2016. The bank’s surveillance 

camera footage revealed that it was Farrel who visited the ban 

and made the withdrawals. 

Investigations conducted into the matter further revealed 

that he committed the act under Smith’s instructions. Both men 

were arrested on suspicion of fraud. Attorney Daniels who represents 

both accused made an application for bail which was 

granted in the amount of $10,000 with cash requirement of 

$2,500. Orders were also given that two Antiguan sureties are 

provided and all travel documents be surrendered. They are report 

to the Police Headquarters three times weekly. The matter 

was adjourned to September 6, 2016.


National Park employees make donation to Fiennes 

The Fiennes Institute is on the receiving 

end of a gesture of outreach by a 

small group of employees of the National 

Parks Authority. 

The employees came together near 

the end of a hectic yachting season in 

the Nelson’s Dockyard to form a group 

called People Helping People. 

Together they felt that they could 

help to positively impact the lives of 

persons who are in need in the community 

and so decided that the Fiennes Institute 

would be a good place to start. 

By soliciting the support of a number 

of private businesses and like minded 

citizens around the English Harbour 

community, they were able to collect a 

large number of items to include toiletries, 

canned foods, adult sanitary supplies 

and cleaning agents. 

The donation was handed over to the 

Fiennes Institute on Wednesday 18th 

May. 

Member of the group Edward 

Browne expressed appreciation to everyone 

who readily responded to their 

appeal for assistance. 

“We are happy that we could take 

time from our schedules to do something 

like this. Our intention is to continue 

giving because as we all know there 

are so many people out there that really 

need a helping hand,” Browne stated. 

Port Manager delivers in Jamaica 

Chief Executive Officer of the 

Antigua Port Authority, Darwin 

Telemaque 

Joanna Paris 

On Thursday, Chief Executive Officer 

of the Antigua Port Authority, Darwin 

Telemaque, delivered a special presentation 

on “Transforming the Caribbean Port Services 

Industry” in Montego Bay, Jamaica. 

The presentation was delivered at 46 th 

Caribbean Development Bank Board of 

Governors annual board meeting. 

According to information from the Antigua 

Port Authority’s Public Relations Officer, 

Omari Harrigan, Telemaque addressed 

the panel on: Funding of the new Antigua 

Port (and the key lessons learned in preparation), 

new approaches to Labour Management 

(the Antiguan approach), appropriate 

equipment choices, the consistent focus on 

training at our port, government relationships, 

and a new regional approach to dealing 

with shipping companies. 

The objective of the seminar is to shed 

more light on the issue of the efficiency of 

Caribbean Ports and the impact on the region’s 

international competitiveness, cost 

of living, wage rates and poverty levels. 

Also representing the twin island state 

at the meeting were the Junior Minister of 

Finance and Corporate Governance, Senator 

Lennox Weston and Financial Secretary, 

Whitfield Harris. 

Antigua and Barbuda will soon construct 

one of the biggest and best ports in 

the region and the team at the Antigua Port 

Authority has already begun to successfully 

prepare for the highly anticipated transition.



Staff at St. James Club host annual showcase 

Joanna Paris 

Departments at the St. 

James Club certainly pulled 

out all the stops in their efforts 

to ensure that their division 

shined in the resort’s 2 nd 

annual staff showcase. 

From the Housekeeping 

department to the kitchen to 

the gift shop, each section of 

the resort was displayed on 

Wednesday and Thursday 

of this week on the resort’s 

compound. 

The event gives team 

members the opportunity to 

give the guests as well as 

their fellow co-workers a 

better understanding on the 

intricate elements of their 

respective departments. 

Speaking to Caribbean 

Times, St. James Club Project 

Manager, Nina Killick, 

explained that the rationale 

behind the showcase is multifaceted. 

She added that is provides 

an avenue for the team 

members in each division of 

the resort to share information 

and network in a way 

that they do not normally do. 

“It gives an overview 

about what each department 

does, it also gives persons 

the opportunity to interact 

with persons that they 

would not normally have the 

chance to meet on a daily basis. 

Team members also get 

to see the rooms, especially 

those who may not normally 

get to view the rooms and 

see the type of work that 

goes into preparing a room 

for a guest, so the staff really 

enjoys it and it gives them 

an opportunity to see what 

each department is up to”, 

explained Killick. 

She noted that guests also 

visited the showcase, asks 

questions and got to interact 

with management, head of 

departments and staff. They 

also got a firsthand opportunity 

to see the level of work 

that is done to accommodate 

their needs and for them to 

enjoy the luxuries of the four 

star property. 

St. James Club is an 

award winning, family oriented 

and all inclusive resort 

located on the South Eastern 

Coast of the island. It is 

a part of the signature and 

highly recognized Elite Island 

Resorts chain. 

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NCC says latest forum a success 

The National Coordinating 

Committee (NCC) 

spearheading the public education 

campaign on the 

Caribbean Court of Justice 

(CCJ) and the Privy Council 

is describing as ‘successful’ 

a forum held Tuesday night 

at the Kentish Pentecostal 

Church. 

The forum was held at 

the invitation of the leadership 

of the church led by 

senior Pastor, Bishop Dr. 

Lester Emmanuel. Speaking 

at the forum were Chairman 

of the Antigua and Barbuda 

Electoral Commission, Nathaniel 

Paddy James, former 

Attorney General, Justin Simon, 

QC, and Chairman of 

the NCC, Ambassador Dr. 

Clarence Henry. Senator 

Londel Benjamin, a member 

of the church, was the moderator. 

Dr. Henry provided a 

broad overview of the work 

of the NCC as its carries 

out its mandate to conduct 

a national public education 

and sensitization campaign 

on the CCJ and the Privy 

Council. He said the work is 

progressing ‘quite well’ with 

similar focus group consultations 

planned over the next 

few weeks. 

He also announced that 

the NCC was building its 

own website that will form 

part of its strategic tools to 

communicate its messages 

with the public. 

The website, he noted, 

will feature materials from 

all the NCC-sponsored 

events as well as provide a 

direct links with the CCJ and 

JCPC websites 

In his presentation, the 

ABEC Chairman spoke of 

the role of his organization in 

the planning for, and implementing 

of a Referendum. 

He said ABEC will soon 

mount its own public education 

campaign to inform the 

public about matters related 

to the Referendum. 

James also made a special 

appeal for those individuals 

who are eligible to 

be registered as electors and 

who have not yet done so, 

to visit ABEC Registration 

Centre to be registered immediately. 

He explained that anyone 

registering now will be subjected 

to claims and objections 

before their names are 

permanently added to the 

Voters’ List. 

The former Attorney 

General threw his full weight 

in support of the CCJ noting 

that it’s time for Caribbean 

people to take charge of all 

arms of their government. 

For too long, he noted, the 

London-based Privy Council 

has been the country’s highest 

court. He said while the 

Privy Council has delivered 

good judgments for the people 

of Antigua and Barbuda 

in the past, he feels that the 

time has come to accede to 

a court created by the people 

of the Caribbean for the people 

of the Caribbean. 

In summarizing the outcome 

of the forum, Dr. Henry 

said he was quite pleased 

with the turn out and the level 

of participation by members 

of the congregation. “It 

was a remarkable turnout 

by the congregation which 

demonstrated a keen interest 

in the subject matter. This 

was quite clear to me as they 

listened attentively throughout,” 

he observed. 

Dr. Henry commended 

Bishop Emmanuel and his 

team for its decision to have 

regular discussions on issues 

of national importance such 

IN THE HIGH COURT OF 

JUSTICE 

ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA 

A.D. 2016 

In the Estate of AMELIA 

VICTORIA HIGGINS nee 

SIMON a.k.a VICTORIA 

HIGGINS a.k.a AMY VIC- 

TORIA SIMON HIGGINS, 

Deceased 

NOTICE IS HEREBY 

GIVEN that at the expiration 

of fourteen (14) days 

from the date of this notice, 

application will be made by 

ROSEMARIE B. HIGGINS 

of Creekside, in the Parish 

of Saint John in the State 

of Antigua and Barbuda to 

the High Court of Justice 

for Grant of Letters of Administration 

of the Estate 

of AMELIA VICTORIA 

HIGGINS nee SIMON a.k.a 

VICTORIA HIGGINS a.k.a 

AMY VICTORIA SIMON 

HIGGINS, Deceased, who 

died on the 15th day of November, 

2007. 

Dated: 5th day of May, 2016 

BOWEN & BOWEN 

Solicitors for the Applicant 

as the CCJ. “This is also an 

important role of the church 

which I sincerely commend,” 

he declared. 

He said the NCC is looking 

forward to holding similar 

forums with different 

stakeholder groups in the 

society. 

NOTICE 

IN THE HIGH COURT OF 

JUSTICE 

ANTIGUAAND BARBUDA 

(Probate) 

A.D. 2016 

In the Matter of the Estate 

of JULIAN ST. ELMO 

GRANT a.k.a VERNON 

GRANT 

Deceased 

NOTICE IS HEREBY 

GIVEN that at the expiration 

of fourteen (14) days 

from the date of this Notice, 

Application will be made to 

the High Court of Justice by 

CUMBERBATCH & AS- 

SOCIATES, of Chambers, 

Long Street, in the Parish 

of Saint John’s in Antigua 

and Barbuda, Solicitors for 

MARY GRANT of Belle 

View Heights, in the Parish 

of Saint John’s in Antigua 

and Barbuda for a Grant of 

Letters of Administration in 

the estate of JULIAN ST. 

ELMO GRANT a.k.a VER- 

NON GRANT Deceased; 

the said JULIAN ST. ELMO 

GRANT a.k.a VERNON 

GRANT died on 11th , September, 

2015. 

DATED the 19th, day of 

May, 2016 

CUMBERBATCH & ASSO- 

CIATES 

Attorneys-at-law for the Applicant



CARICOM deficiencies leading 

to fragmentation and weakness 

(This commentary is a shortened 

version of a Feature Address to the St 

Lucia Hotels and Tourist Association on 

19May, 2016) 

I start with the now proven premise 

that no CARICOM nation is able to prosper 

on its own. No protestations to the 

contrary erase the evidence that, without 

aid from external sources, these countries 

could not deliver the goods and services 

that their people expect. 

The countries of CARICOM started 

the process to their separate independence 

54 years ago when Jamaica and 

Trinidad and Tobago became nominally 

sovereign states in 1962. Yet, while rightly 

they have shed colonial rule and assumed 

control of their affairs, after half a 

century of sovereignty in not one of these 

countries – or the others that followed 

them – is the picture rosy. The opposite is 

true – each is being severely challenged, 

and the economic prospects for all appear 

gloomy. 

A Commonwealth report on small 

states, just published, says that on its 

current development path, the Caribbean 

in 2050 will face unmanageable debt, 

poor growth, and greater socio-economic 

problems. The report - Achieving a Resilient 

Future for Small States: Caribbean 

2050 - considers current policies 

and trends in seven Caribbean countries 

- Bahamas, Barbados, Jamaica, St Lucia, 

Grenada, Trinidad and Tobago and 

Guyana - and makes a 34-year projection 

across different sectors. 

The research shows five out of the six 

countries under study would have a debtto-gross 

domestic product (GDP) above 

100 per cent while two of them could exceed 

200 per cent. These projections suggest 

that expenditure of debt interest will 

probably become a major drain on public 

finances in the future, reducing the funds 

available for development and giving rise 

to greater socio-economic problems. It 

is a serious regional issue, particularly as 

it affects sovereign credit rating and has 

led to higher sovereign risk premiums in 

international capital markets which mean 

borrowing costs for Caribbean countries 

are very expensive. 

It was precisely to meet these circumstances 

more effectively that in 1973 

CARICOM was created and before it 

CARIFTA. The leaders, at the time, 

recognised that while rightful separation 

from Britain gave them domestic political 

independence, none of them – not even 

Guyana with its vast natural resources or 

Trinidad and Tobago with its oil and gas 

– could prosper on their own. But, sadly, 

CARICOM wandered from its purposes. 

The unity that was envisaged as the 

locomotive for delivering benefits was 

derailed by proclamations of nationalism 

and the sanctity of sovereignty. 

By the 1990s, it was clear that the 

Caribbean was in danger of becoming a 

back water. The 1992 West Indian Commission 

Report, “Time for Action”, was 

a recognition of the dangers confronting 

the region, and the centrality of putting 

back on track the locomotive of integration. 

The Commission recommended: 

deepening economic integration 

through the creation of a Single Market 

and Economy so as to draw, for the common 

good, on the resources of the entire 

region – human, capital and know how; 

and strengthening the institutions of governance 

and operations of CARICOM by 

the establishment of a Caribbean Commission 

to implement decisions of Heads 

of Government and Ministers. 

In the ensuing years, the CARICOM 

ship slipped from its moorings and is now 

in danger of fragmenting into separate 

small boats adrift in a perilous sea. Today 

the Single Market has been on pause for 

By Sir Ronald Sanders 

five years, and the Single Economy has 

been all but abandoned. Governments 

are each trying to go it alone, striking other 

alliances where they secure immediate 

benefits, and often, by doing so, weakening 

the cohesion of CARICOM. 

The point is that, on all sides CAR- 

ICOM member states are buffeted by 

economic forces with which they cannot 

contend alone, and against which they 

lack a strong and empowered single regional 

capacity to fight together. 

Clearly, there is an urgency for CAR- 

ICOM countries as a whole to address 

their fragile condition, and to recognize 

that while national initiatives are imperative 

for economic growth and development 

and must be pursued diligently, 

deeper regional collaboration, including 

economic integration, hold beneficial and 

sustainable solutions. 

With specific regard to tourism. 

Despite all those who often dismiss 

tourism as “too fragile” to be a real player 

in the economic development of the 

Caribbean, the industry has emerged as 

a strong and resilient economic activity 

that has been a fundamental contributor to 

global economic recovery by generating 

cont’d on pg 9



billions of dollars in exports and creating 

millions of jobs. It has played the same 

role in many CARICOM countries. 

The UN World Tourism Barometer 

has reported that tourism receipts increased 

by US$48 billion in 2014 to reach 

a record US$1.2 trillion globally. An additional 

US$221 billion was generated 

from international passenger transport, 

bringing the total export earnings from 

international tourism to US$1.5 trillion. 

Remarkably, the Americas was the highest 

growth area for tourism in the world. 

And while the lion’s share of receipts – 

US$210 billion – went to North America, 

the second highest share was earned 

by the Caribbean, though only US$27 

billion. But, the biggest beneficiaries in 

the Caribbean area were the Dominican 

Republic, Puerto Rico, and Cuba which 

accounted for almost half of the money 

earned. 

Nine years ago, I wrote a commentary 

entitled, “The Big Three and Little 

CARICOM” which posited the view that 

the three Caribbean Spanish-speaking islands 

would forge an alliance, creating a 

market of 23 million people that would 

marginalise the market of 6 million people 

in the English-speaking Caribbean. 

I warned that CARICOM countries 

would delude themselves if they believe 

that with their individual small markets, 

high investment costs, high costs of doing 

business and vulnerabilities both to 

natural disasters and external economic 

shocks, they could each operate successfully 

in the global market place in competition 

with the “big three”. And I urged 

that “CARICOM governments would do 

well to bolster their economies and their 

capacity for dealing with their Caribbean 

neighbours and the international community 

by urgently completing the arrangements 

for implementing their own Single 

Market”. 

That deeper economic relationship 

between the Spanish-speaking Caribbean 

countries is now coming to pass, 

threatening to leave CARICOM behind. 

Two weeks ago, my friend and analyst 

of Caribbean affairs for many years, 

David Jessop, pointed out that “work is 

progressing on studies on the creation of 

a new Caribbean economic block that 

might bring together Puerto Rico, the 

Dominican Republic and Cuba with objective 

of uniting the Spanish-speaking 

Caribbean and capitalising on new trade 

opportunities”. He quoted Carlos Rivera 

Velez, the President of the Puerto Rico 

Association of Industries as saying: “We 

hope that in the not too distant future, we 

can see the Dominican Republic, Puerto 

Rico and Cuba working together as a productive 

economic block for each of our 

countries and to strengthen the region”. 

Jessop observed that “these developments 

are taking place as CARICOM has 

become less coherent… where ‘dysfunction 

and strife’ now militates against the 

spirit of the Caribbean integration movement”. 

And he concluded, in terms similar 

to my own statement nine years ago, 

that: “It is time for the English speaking 

Caribbean as a whole to develop new 

thinking about how best to incorporate a 

future open trade relationship with Cuba, 

the Dominican Republic, and Puerto 

Rico, in ways that that deepen in the longer 

term trade with neighbours in Central 

and South America. It is time to read the 

writing on the wall”. 

Clearly there is a need for a response 

from CARICOM countries collectively 

to the economic co-operation process 

that is being launched with vigour in 

their own front yard, or they will fulfil 

the fears that led to the creation of the 

West Indian Commission in 1990. That 

fear was that: “against that background 

of historic change and historic appraisal, 

CARICOM countries could be in danger 

of becoming a backwater, separated from 

the main current of human advance into 

the 21st Century”. 

Of all the CARICOM countries, Jamaica 

has recognised the potential benefits 

of a tourism alliance with Cuba and 

the DR with which it plans to forge a 

Multi-Destination Arrangement. These 

arrangements make perfect sense for Jamaica 

located, as it is, in close proximity 

to the Spanish-speaking islands. But, one 

has to wonder whether the deficiencies in 

the CARICOM integration process and 

its failure to deliver its objectives after 43 

years of existence, has not contributed to 

encouraging Jamaica to seek alternatives 

which are not limited to tourism. 

No one can blame Jamaica for taking a 

sensible initiative, but it would have benefitted 

CARICOM to enter these arrangements 

together. It took the Cuban Vice 

Minister of Tourism, Luis Miguel Diaz 

Sanchez, earlier this month to express to 

the Caribbean Hotels and Tourist Association 

a strong desire to see the region 

cooperate in building a stronger Caribbean 

brand. Encouragingly, the CHTA said 

they “will be pursuing a number of priority 

issues discussed during their meetings” 

with the Cubans. No time should 

be lost in pursuing these priorities; time is 

not on CARICOM’s side even if, at this 

point, there is goodwill from the Cubans. 

Such goodwill will not last forever, and 

Cuba’s national interest will respond to 

change and the lure of other sirens. 

It is time that the countries of CAR- 

ICOM- acknowledge that there is a loss 

of momentum with regard to the regional 

integration agenda. Lack of confidence 

in CARICOM is causing member states 

to establish alliances elsewhere. 

These issues need to be addressed as a 

matter of urgency. The next CARICOM 

Heads of Government Conference is 6 

weeks away. It would be appropriate, desirable, 

and important for the Conference 

to address how best they might establish 

mechanisms to halt the decline in CAR- 

ICOM and return to making it an instrument 

of development and progress for 

each of its countries and all of them. 

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.



Tizzy & El-A-Kru return home after 

representing Antigua & Barbuda in Beijing 

Tizzy & El-A-Kru returned 

to Antigua and Barbuda 

recently after successful 

performances at the 

Caribbean Music Festival in 

the Chinese capital of Beijing. 

They were included in 

diverse group of musicians 

selected from the Caribbean 

to represent their country at 

the Latin America and Caribbean 

Music Festival. Other 

nations represented included 

Barbados, Dominica, 

Grenada, Jamaica, Panama, 

Suriname and Trinidad and 

Tobago. 

The free festival staged at 

the Rose Bud, 798 Art Zone 

in the Chinese capital was 

organized to promote cultural 

cooperation and create 

opportunities for enhanced 

exchanges between China 

and the Caribbean. 

Performers also included 

Jamaica’s award-winning 

reggae singer Everton 

Blender, Barbadian Billboard-charting 

soca artiste 

Rupee, Trinidadian soca 

diva Lil Bitts, Surinamese 

singer Mitchell Brunings 

who rose to fame on The 

Voice Holland and 11 other 

bands from 15 Caribbean 

and Latin countries, offering 

fans multiple reggae, soca, 

rock and folk music performances. 

The festival took place 

over 4 days from April 30 

until May 3. Apart from the 

Rose Bud, 798 Art Zone, 

there were also performances 

at various venues 

throughout Beijing including 

the Beihang University 

and Modernsky Lab. International 

flights and hotel accommodations 

were provided 

to the groups selected by 

the organizers in China. 

According to Caribbean 

Entertainment (CE), the 

artist booking agency that 

provided the festival’s featured 

performers, “the music 

festival provided not only 

opportunities for cultural 

exchange but a stage for 

our artists to showcase their 

amazing talent to a virtually 

untapped market.” Trinidad 

and Tobago Ambassador to 

China Chandradath Singh 

said, “China has a big appetite 

for foreign acts in a big 

way.” 

“I like the feeling the 

music gives me. I could be 

here for half a day and not 

feel like leaving, it makes 

me feel like I want to get on 

the stage.” said Luo Lifang, 

26, from Guizhou Province, 

who works in Beijing’s finance 

sector. Li said that although 

it was her first time 

to listen to Caribbean music, 

and she didn’t quite understand 

the lyrics, she enjoyed 

the show. Sheree Wilson, a 

Jamaican who lives in Beijing, 

said the event had her 

reminisce about home. “I 

really enjoy the music festival. 

It reminds me of home,” 

she said. “It’s great seeing 

the Caribbean culture being 

showcased in China.” 

“It is always an honour 

to represent our country internationally, 

we’ve been to 

Europe a few times now and 

will be going back again this 

year, but this was our first 

time in Asia” said Tizzy of 

her experience, “the reaction 

of the crowd was unbelievable. 

We would have never 

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imagined it in our wildest dreams.” 

Tizzy and El-A-Kru have recently released 

two new tracks for Antigua Carnival 

with more new songs to come. 

The event, which featured musicians 

and bands from all the Caribbean 

countries that have embassies in Beijing, 

provided a forum for all the embassies 

in Beijing to work together to 

showcase the Caribbean. 

Organized by Ministry of Culture 

of China, presented by China Arts and 

Entertainment Group, in collaboration 

with the embassies of the Bahamas, 

Barbados, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, 

Suriname, and Trinidad and Tobago, 

the music festival is also part of the 

China-Latin America and Caribbean 

Year of Culture Exchange. 

Proposed by President Xi Jinping 

at the China–Latin American and Caribbean 

Countries Leaders’ Meeting in 

Brasilia in July 2014, Year 2016 marks 

the China–Latin America and Caribbean 

Year of Cultural Exchange. 

In addition to four performances in 

various venues around Beijing, Tizzy 

and the band had the opportunity to 

visit iconic sites such as the Great Wall 

of China providing them with a lifetime 

of memories.



CCJ signs MOU on harmonising business law in the Caribbean 

Judges of the CCJ and members of the ACP Legal/OHADAC Project delegation. 

PORT OF SPAIN - The Caribbean 

Court of Justice (CCJ) has signed an 

Agreement of Cooperation with ACP 

Legal Association, which is based in 

Guadeloupe and executes the Organization 

for Harmonization of Business 

Law in the Caribbean (OHADAC) 

Project, at the Court’s headquarters in 

Port of Spain. 

The Agreement was signed on behalf 

of the CCJ by Court President, The 

Rt Hon Sir Dennis Byron, and on behalf 

of ACP Legal by its President, Judge 

Catherine Sargenti. The brief ceremony 

was witnessed by French Ambassador 

His Excellency Hédi Picquart. 

Under the Agreement, the CCJ in 

recognizing the goals of the OHADAC 

Project will lend such support as exists 

within its mandate towards achieving 

the implementation of a harmonized 

business law framework in the Caribbean. 

The OHADAC Project aims to 

consolidate the economic integration of 

the entire Caribbean, following similar 

reforms undertaken in Africa. 

The Project seeks to facilitate increased 

trade and promote international 

investment by providing a unified 

law and alternative dispute resolution 

methods. It is the ultimate goal of the 

harmonization process to have a unified 

law that is internationally respected, 

recognised and utilized. 

The signing of the Agreement represents 

the culmination of discussions 

between the two organisations following 

a two-day official visit by a delegation 

from ACP Legal Association/ 

the OHADAC Project. The delegation 

consisted of Judge Sargenti, President 

of ACP Legal and leader of the OHA- 

DAC Project; Dr Jean Alain Penda, 

OHADAC’s Project Manager; and Mr 

Keats Compton the co-founder of ACP 

Légal OECS Inc. 

Sir Dennis, in welcoming the delegation, 

pointed out the benefits of the 

collaboration. 

“We see the collaboration with the 

team from the OHADAC Project as being 

yet another way that the CCJ can 

play a significant role in deepening 

regional integration and in supporting 

economic development throughout the 

Caribbean.” The President thanked 

the French Ambassador for attending 

the event noting that his presence had 

served to give further symbolic significance 

to the 

CCJ’s efforts to promote wider Caribbean 

integration initiatives. 

The delegation also engaged in discussions 

regarding collaboration with 

the Caribbean Academy for Law and 

Court Administration (CALCA), the 

educational arm of the CCJ, concerning 

its conference in October, 2016. 

CALCA, in association with the General 

Legal Council (Jamaica), the Bar 

Association of St. Maarten and OHA- 

DAC, will host its 4th Biennial Conference 

on Law in St. Maarten with the 

theme ‘Law at the Cross-roads: Reappraising 

the Role of Common Law and 

Civil Law Practitioners in Transnational 

Development’. 

The conference will offer over 

twenty-five interactive sessions over 

The Rt Hon Sir Dennis Byron, CCJ President 

and Judge Catherine Sargenti, President 

of ACP Legal Association. 

two days and will include discussion 

on cutting edge legal issues that should 

prove critical to legal professionals, 

regulators, government officials, business 

and trade development professionals, 

and experts working in the financial 

sector. 

Mr Justice Anderson, the Chairman 

of CALCA, noted that the conference 

would be among the first concrete outputs 

of the Agreement between the CCJ 

and ACP Legal and that, “the organizing 

committee believes that the conference 

will be enhanced by discussion of 

the harmonization of commercial laws 

and the possible impact on regional 

trade. We look forward to the presentations 

from OHADAC and our other 

distinguished presenters.”


Terrorism suspected in crash 

of Egyptian jet; 66 feared dead 

SAN FRANCISCO – San Francisco’s 

police chief resigned Thursday at 

the request of the mayor hours after an 

officer fatally shot a young black woman 

driving a stolen car - the culmination 

of several racially charged incidents in 

the past year. 

Pressure had been mounting for the 

resignation of Chief Greg Suhr since 

December, when five officers fatally 

shot a young black man carrying a knife. 

Since then, there have been protests, 

moves to reform the police department 

and a federal review of its protocol. 

Mayor Ed Lee supported the chief 

in December and again in April after it 

was disclosed that three officers had exchanged 

racist text messages. 

The texting scandal was the second 

to rock the department after it was 

disclosed that several officers had exchanged 

racist messages dating back 

to before Suhr was chief. But Suhr was 

criticized for moving too slowly to fire 

CAIRO – An EgyptAir 

jetliner en route from Paris to 

Cairo with 66 people aboard 

veered wildly in flight and 

crashed in the Mediterranean 

Sea early Thursday, authorities 

said. Egyptian and 

Russian officials said it may 

have been brought down by 

terrorists. 

There were no signs of 

survivors. 

EgyptAir Flight 804, an 

Airbus A320 with 56 passengers 

and 10 crew members, 

went down about halfway 

between the Greek island 

of Crete and Egypt’s coastline, 

or around 175 miles 

(282 kilometers) offshore, 

after takeoff from Charles de 

Gaulle Airport, authorities 

said. Greek Defense Minister 

Panos Kammenos said 

the plane spun all the way 

around and suddenly lost altitude 

just before vanishing 

from radar screens around 

2:45 a.m. Cairo time (12:45 

a.m. GMT). 

He said it made a 90-degree 

left turn, then a full 

360-degree turn to the right, 

plummeting from 38,000 

feet (11,582 meters) to 

15,000 feet (4,572 meters). It 

disappeared at about 10,000 

feet (3,048 meters), he said. 

There were no reports of 

stormy weather at the time. 

Egyptian and Greek authorities 

in ships and planes 

searched the suspected crash 

area throughout the day for 

traces of the airliner or its 

victims, with more help on 

the way from the U.S., Britain 

and France. 

But as night fell, they had 

yet to find any confirmed debris, 

at one point dismissing 

a reported sighting of life 

vests and other floating material. 

(AP) 

San Francisco’s police chief resigns amid racial issues 

the offending officers, all of whom 

have retained their jobs because of the 

chief’s failure to start disciplinary action 

when he first found out about the 

inappropriate. 

Suhr could not be reached for comment 

Thursday. 

Protesters demanding Suhr’s resignation 

drowned out the mayor’s second 

inaugural speech in January, and demonstrators 

forced the mayor to abandon 

a planned speech on Martin Luther 

King Jr. Day later that month. 

Nonetheless, the mayor stood behind 

the chief, and the two announced 

a series of reforms aimed at reducing 

police shootings. The two also called 

in the U.S. Department of Justice to review 

the department’s policy and procedures. 

Suhr renewed his call for reform 

April 8 after an officer shot and killed 

a Latino homeless man who police said 

refused orders to drop a large knife. 

A relative of the victims of the 

EgyptAir flight 804 reacts as 

she makes a phone call at 

Charles de Gaulle Airport outside 

of Paris, yesterday. 

But Suhr lost Lee’s backing Thursday, 

after a patrol car prowling an industrial 

neighborhood for stolen vehicles 

came across a 27-year-old black 

woman sitting behind the wheel of a 

parked car. 

Police said the car had been reported 

stolen. 

Officers turned on the patrol car’s 

lights and sounded its siren, and the 

woman to sped off in the stolen car. 

A few second later and about 100 feet 

away, the stolen car slammed into a 

parked utility truck. 

The officers jumped out of the patrol 

car and raced to the wreckage, where 

the woman was revving the car in an 

effort to disengage the auto from the 

truck. Suhr said a witness reported that 

the officers opened the driver’s door 

and began grabbing the woman in attempt 

to arrest her. 

At that point, a sergeant fired one fatal 

round. (AP)


Friday 20th May 2016


Thursday’s Sudoku Solution 

S U D O K U 

CROSSWORD 

Across 

1. Liberal ____ 

5. Charity 

9. Pile up 

14. Mets’ bygone home 

15. Bound 

16. Ethical 

17. Asian country 

19. Unsophisticated 

20. Basketball’s Shaquille 

____ 

21. Meant 

23. Foldaway bed 

24. Musical compositions 

27. Dubuque’s locale 

28. Actress ____ Kidman 

33. Avoid 

36. Send forth 

39. Pointer 

40. Grass 

41. Sticker 

43. Soften 

44. Infuriate 

46. Dealer’s car 

47. Pub beverages 

48. Hi-fi 

50. Hand part 

52. Small bomb 

55. Unruly crowd 

58. Legible 

62. Form 

64. Parcel out 

65. Financial officer 

68. Bias 

69. Track shape 

70. Mud 

71. Macaroni, e.g. 

72. Seines 

73. Bog fuel 

Down 

1. Civic gp. 

2. Horned animal, for short 

3. Belief 

4. Norse tale 

5. Swiss mountain 

6. MGM lion 

7. Newswoman ____ Shriver 

8. Paid out 

9. Memory loss 

10. Lament 

11. Moistureless 

12. Economize 

13. Arctic transport 

18. Besides 

22. Sunbathe 

25. Was in debt 

26. Appointed 

27. Deduce 

29. Dairy product 

30. Aloud 

31. Suffer defeat 

32. Rams’ mates 

33. Depots (abbr.) 

34. Scavenger ____ 

35. Impulse 

37. Apply frosting 

38. Florida seaport 

42. Cargo 

45. Sailboat race 

49. Ball 

51. Not as much 

53. Rock star ____ John 

54. Boldness 

55. ____ Antoinette 

56. Musical drama 

57. Flat cap 

58. Scrape roughly 

59. Singer ____ Fitzgerald 

60. What a pity! 

61. Stop it! 

63. Camel’s feature 

66. Dine 

67. Capone and Roker



Today’s weather forecast 

Antigua and Barbuda 

Sun and a few passing clouds. 

High - 84ºF/29ºC 

Low - 77ºF/25ºC 

Wind: East 14 mph 

Sunrise 5.34 am; Sunset 6.33 pm 

Thursday’s Crossword Solution 

HOROSCOPE 

TAURUS (April 20-May 20). 

Everyone is too busy forming 

complaints to listen to 

the complaints of others. The 

trick is to get very busy with 

something better than being 

disgruntled. Do this and 

you’ll stand out as remarkable. 

GEMINI (May 21-June 21). 

What starts out as a dilemma 

could turn into a contest, 

game or reason to survey dozens 

of people. Your curious 

mind will turn this puzzle into 

social amusement. 

CANCER (June 22-July 22). 

Normally you would sprinkle 

some fun in with your disciplined 

approach to work. Today 

you’ll be more successful 

sprinkling your disciplined 

approach to work into your 

fun. 

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). The 

inner and outer realities aren’t 

meshing — how stressful! 

A dramatic expression 

will be cathartic, although 

best endeavored alone. You 

don’t need witnesses in order 

to feel better. 

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). 

Power won’t be granted, and 

you won’t have to steal it. 

It’s more of a summoning 

process. Direct your energy. 

Channel chaotic nervousness 

into one focused stream; 

that’s powerful! 

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22- 

Dec. 21). Combine your 

bright ideas with the luminous 

insights of another, and then 

run and get your sunglasses 

— because together, you’ll be 

dangerously brilliant. 

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 

19). Your main concern has 

to do with handling business, 

not making friends. However, 

it is precisely because you 

behave in such a professional 

way that you attract social opportunities. 

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 

18). You consider yourself to 

be a kind of host of today’s 

situation, and you’ll mingle 

breezily, making sure everyone 

around you is having fun. 

Thanks to you, anyone who is 

capable of a good time will be 

having one. 

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). 

Things that come too easily to 

a person will have very little 

value to that person, regardless 

of how high the public 

appraisal may be. This is just 

one more reason you need 

to stop giving your services 

away for free. 

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). 

Sometimes it’s more trouble 

than it’s worth to take on 

strong-willed people, so you 

acquiesce to a role you never 

meant to play. Bottom line: If 

you don’t like what they call 

you, stop answering to it. 

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). 

Your time has been valuable 

all along, though extra work 

and a stiff deadline makes 

every second seem to count 

even more. Discourage interruptions. 

Ask for the abbreviated 

version of every story. 

ARIES (March 21-April 19). 

Should you seek support, or 

is that the costly, lazy, complicated 

way of solving the 

problem? If you can afford to 

try it out with little stress to 

your resources, you’ll know 

straightaway. If not, you’ll be 

fine (brilliant, even) on your 

own.


FIFA Football Referees Rap Course 

opens with fitness test at YASCO 

By Vanroy Burnes 

The Local football referees were put 

to the test on the opening day of the five 

days schedule FIFA Assistant Referees 

Course to be held at the Sir Vivian 

Richards Stadium from Wednesday to 

Sunday. The Referees were involved in 

the new FIFA fitness test at the YASCO 

Grounds Wednesday morning, However 

the final results of the fitness test is really 

not good reading and is nothing to write 

home about, there are some local referees 

that is attending this course. 

The course will be conducted by two 

overseas FIFA Instructors in Mr. Livingston 

Bailey who is expected to deal with 

the Technical aspects of the laws, Mr. 

Allan Brown will the physical aspects of 

refereeing. It will consist of theory and 

practical sessions over the period. 

However, the local football referees 

instructors which includes, Denmore 


Caribbean Union Bank 

Bethesda Golden Eagles beat 

Scotia Bank Empire by 28 

runs in the second match of 

the Cool & Smooth T-20 explosion 

on Tuesday night at 

the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium. 

Bethesda won the toss 

and opted to bat first and was 

bowled out for 168 in 18.4 

overs with Jamaal Fernandez 

hitting 54. Tonito Willet 26 

and Austin Richards Jr 25. 

Damien Lowenfield of Empire 

scalp five wickets for 23 

runs, Owen Graham had 2 for 

18 and Melvin Charles had 2 

for 31. 

Scotia Bank Empire in reply, 

reaches 140 for 5 off their 

20 overs with Melvin Charles 

hitting 59 and Mali Richards 

20. 

Meanwhile in the first 

match on Wednesday, Robert 

Industries Ltd Piggott’s 

Crushers beat Harney Motors 

Mahico by 20 runs. Batting 

first Piggott’s Crushers 

reached 157 for 6 with Gersham 

Phillip hitting 39 and 

Stephan Matthew 26, Darren 

Dunnah 21 and Jason Peters 

15, Elroy Francis had 2 for 15. 

In reply, Mahico reaches 

137 for 7 with Ridley Jacobs 

43, Derrick Mourillon 33, 

Roberts, Garfield Whaul and Audwin 

Jarmaz Walsh will be part of the program. 

The opening ceremony took place 

at 11.45am on Wednesday morning at 

the Stadium where the participants were 

address by the President of the Local 

Football Association, Mr. Everton Bataw 

Gonsalves who declared the course open, 

General Secretary of the local football association 

and also President of the Caribbean 

Football Union (CFU) Mr. Gordon 

“Banks’ Derrick and the two overseas Instructors 

who gave an over view of what 

the course will entail. 

During his short address, president 

Gonsalves said the ABFA is about education 

and courses like these are really 

in keeping with their motto, he said it is 

important for our referees to have the avenues 

to apply their trade. 

Gonsalves also noted that three component 

are link to football firstly Romantic, 

secondly Passionate and thirdly fantastic, 

simply because referees at times 

meet their future wives and fiancés on 

the romantic side, on the passionate side 

it has created heated arguments and fights 

amongst teams, fans and even countries 

and on the fantastic side, the enjoyment 

and excitement it brought to everyone. 

Football is played globally even in 

some of the most dangerous places on 

earth Gonsalves said. General Secretary 

Derrick in his short address urges 

the referees to grab the opportunities that 

is afforded to them, because it is an avenue 

through which enormous privileges 

come. Derrick said there are number 

of tournament on the calendar of CFU, 

CONCACF and FIFA and only through 

equipping one’s self with the tools that 

success will come. 

Bethesda beat Empire in Cool & Smooth T-20 match 

Selvin Hobson 22 and Gregg 

Skepple 14. 

Yannick Leonard picked 

up 4 for 7 and was voted man 

of the match. 

The matches continues on 

Thursday with Bolans versus 

Caribbean Union Bank 

Bethesda Golden Eagles at 

4.00pm to be followed by 

Scotia Bank Empire versus 

National Parks St. Paul’s at 

7.00pm



Swalings annual Futsal Cup up and running 


The second Swalings Futsal 

football Cup is up and running. The 

tournament opened on Saturday 

May 7 th at the Fort Road Basketball 

court in the U-16 category with the 

Swalings team winning after scoring 

some 16 goals overall. 

However on Saturday May 16 th 

the 18-and-over took to the court 

and it was Cafeteros that won. There 

was a total of five participated out 

of the eight teams that register. 

The five teams includes, Cafeteros, 

Flow, Old School and Swalings 

A & B. Cafeteros victory came 

after beating Flow in the quarter 

finals on penalties, beating Old 

School in the semi-finals 3-2 and 

then beat Swalings ‘A’ 2 goals to 1 

in the finals. 

Ryan Unrch of Cafeteros was 

voted the MVP of the competition, 

while Dejazzmatch Christian also 

of Cafeteros was specially mention 

for skills display. 

Alex Riley of Swalings took 

the prize for scoring the most goals 

six (6) overall which includes a 

hatchtrick in first match and one 

goal in the finals. 

Duncan Swatton, Manager of 

the Swalings Soccer and Swimming 

courses have express thanks to the 

sponsors of the tournament to include 

APUA INET, Antigua Cargo, 

Intuitive Fitness, Hadeed Motors, 

Terminix Gatorade, United Trucking 

and Mulvin Trucking. 

UNITED AIRLINES 

Please be advised that Life Certificates are to be submitted to 

the Social Security office in June 2016 to ensure continued 

pension payments. Please be guided accordingly. 

The board and staff of Christian Union Pre & Junior Academy 

School takes this opportunity to invite all past students 

who are now fathers to a special pre fathers day movie "Courageous 

Dad" 

Date: Friday 17th June 2016, Time: 5:00 pm, Venue: Living 

Hope Christian Union Church on Wireless Road, Cost: $5.00 

Proceed in aid of School development. 

Sunday 19th June 2016 is your day come celebrate with us at 

the Living Hope Christian Union Church


Wings Fitness Workshop teaches core training 

By Carlena Knight 

The Antigua Barbuda Football Association 

will host its Under 15 Girls football 

league which will kick on Saturday at the 

Antigua Recreation Grounds at 11am with 

three matches. 

Six teams will take part in this year’s 

competition as they battle to win the title. 

Grenades Jennings Challegers, Benna 


Glenn’s Pet Paradise 

Lady Hoppers have climbed 

to the top of the table in the 

Women’s A league Championships 

after trouncing 

Lady Freemansville Scorpions, 

6-0 on Wednesday 

night. 

The westside team are 

ABFA Under 15 Girls tournament kicks off on Saturday 

Princesses, Five Islands Jr Girls, CPTSA 

Wings Jr Girls, Old Road Jr Girls and Liberta 

Jr Girls will face off in the event. 

In the opening match, Grenades Jennings 

Challengers will battle Benna Princesses at 

11. 

Five Islands Jr Girls will face CPTSA 

Wings Jr Girls at 12:30 and at 2, Old Road Jr 

Girls will play Liberta Jr Girls. 

Lady Hoppers climb to top of table 

three points clear with a 

game in hand of second 

place, Lady Wadadli 5 Ps. 

Goals came from Jamilla 

Williams in the 6 th 

minute, Kimisha Martin in 

the 13 th , Cadejah Proctor 

in the 15 th and 20 th minute, 

Jahira James in the 41 st and 

Zola Gaza in the 65 th minute 

to propel Lady Hoppers 

to number one on the standings. 

Matches continue on 

Saturday with Lady Sweetes 

facing Lady Freemansville 

Scorpions at 3:45 and 

at 7:45 with Lady SAP battling 

Glenn’s Pet Paradise 

Lady Hoppers. 

By Justin Peters 

As the Wings Sports 

Club continues its 3 rd Antigua 

Champions (UFV) 

Strength and Fitness Workshop, 

the focus was on 

strengthening of the core 

muscles. 

In fitness, a weak core 

means an unbalanced body 

and can often lead to less 

than satisfactory results 

from a workout regimen. 

Participants were athletes 

and fitness enthusiasts 

from various fitness disciplines 

including track & 

field and cycling. 

The athletes were instructed 

in the various exercises 

such as variations of 

the plank that would result 

in a strengthened core with 

an explanation of how each 

routine would benefit them 

and those they provided instruction 

to in the long run. 

The workshops conducted 

by International fitness 

expert, Brian Justin 

are aimed at helping stakeholders 

in the local fitness 

industry learn the essentials 

for utilizing and teaching 

strength training. 

Joseph named 

in President’s 

XI squad 


Under 19 World Cup 

star and local cricketer, 

Alzarri Joseph has been 

named to the WICB President’s 

XI squad. 

The 13 man squad will 

face South Africa later this 

month at Queen’s Park 

Oval in a one day game. 

The team is Captained 

by test opener, Kraigg 

Brathwaite. He is accompanied 

by Alzarri Joseph, 

Jermaine Blackwood, 

Shane Dowrich, Nikita 

Miller, Rayad Emrit, Shimon 

Hetmyer, Damion Jacobs, 

Jason Mohammed, 

Ervin Lewis, Jon Russ 

Jaggesar, Andre McCarthy 

and Delorn Johnson.



Smith and Raina lift Lions to No. 2 

KANPUR - Dwayne Smith used a 

green Kanpur pitch as his ally to return 

figures of 4 for 8, setting up Gujarat 

Lions’ six-wicket win against Kolkata 

Knight Riders. Lions restricted Knight 

Riders to 124, and then overhauled the 

target with 39 balls to spare. 

The win not only vaulted them to 

No. 2 on the points table, but also lifted 

their net run-rate from -0.747 to -0.479, 

intensifying the race for the playoffs. 

Knight Riders, sent in to bat, started 

solidly before Gautam Gambhir 

was involved in another run-out, in the 

fourth over. 

With Gambhir and Robin Uthappa 

stranded mid-pitch, Shadab Jakati, replacing 

Shivil Kaushik, fired an accurate 

throw at the striker’s end after an 

acrobatic stop at midwicket. 

Smith then extracted enough 

bounce and lateral movement to have 

Knight Riders’ batsmen poking outside 

off stump. 

Uthappa and Manish Pandey 

steered catches behind the wicket, 

while Piyush Chawla, promoted to No. 

4 as a pinch hitter, was hustled by a 

skiddy delivery that crept past his tentative 

waft. 

A short delivery was helped along 

to third man by Shakib as Smith 

claimed his best T20 figures. Knight 

Riders were left reeling at 61 for 5 in 

the 12 th over. 

Yusuf Pathan and Suryakumar Yadav 

then limited the damage through 

singles; an eight-over period after the 

Powerplay produced just 20 runs. 

Lions’ spinners asserted control until 

Yusuf got stuck in to Ravindra Jadeja 

to resuscitate Knight Riders’ innings 

with consecutive boundaries in the 15 th 

over. 

Thereafter, boundary-scoring became 

gradually easier, with the next 

Shadab Jakati, Suresh Raina and Aaron Finch celebrate Gautam Gambir’s run out. 

three overs producing 33. 

It could have been much more if 

not for Dhawal Kulkarni and Dwayne 

Bravo’s cunning variations that resulted 

in just eight off the last two overs as 

Lions subsided Knight Riders’ hopes 

of a 140-plus score. 

Lions approached the chase, it 

seemed, with an intent to improve 

their net run-rate to boost their playoffs 

chances. 

The batsmen came out playing exuberant 

strokes on a tricky surface to 

give Knight Riders a sniff. 

Smith under-edged a pull off the 

first ball of the chase as Uthappa eventually 

completed the catch on the third 

attempt. 

Brendon McCullum wasn’t deterred 

though, as he danced down the 

track to swat a length delivery over 

midwicket off his first delivery. 

In a bid to arrest the early momentum, 

Gambhir turned to Sunil Narine, 

and the move worked as he accounted 

for McCullum with a floater that 

swerved back in to trap him lbw. 

Dinesh Karthik chose attritional 

strokes with a straight bat but was 

bowled by an in-dipper from Morne 

Morkel that sneaked between bat and 

pad to clatter into the stumps. Suddenly, 

Lions were reduced to 38 for 3. 

Suresh Raina, returning from a 

short paternity leave, ensured Lions 

were in the hunt through his inside-out 

drives and flicks to steer the chase forward. 

He crossed 4000 IPL runs with a 

lofted cover drive off a good-length 

delivery from Morkel. Raina and Aaron 

Finch added 59 to put the game beyond 

Knight Riders’ reach. 

Their 36-ball stand was ended by a 

run-out when they collided into each 

other in the search for a third run to 

briefly lend some artificial excitement. 

With 28 required off 61 balls, 

Ravindra Jadeja helped Raina end the 

chase in a canter to ease Lions’ race for 

a playoffs berth. (ESPNcricinfo)

Caribbean Times 12th Issue - Friday 20th May 2016

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