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Vol.7 No.28 $2.00
ABLP: 2 YEARS
AND COUNTING
By Everton Barnes
The activities over the
past week marking the second
anniversary of the Antigua
and Barbuda Labour
Party’s elections victory
have been described as successful.
The assessment comes
from ABLP General Secretary,
Mary Claire Hurst, who
said she was particularly
pleased with how well the
party base was mobilized for
the events.
The activities marking
the second anniversary since
the ABLP’s return to office
on June 12, 2014, included a
ceremony marking the start
of work on the party’s headquarters
building on the Old
Parham Road.
Other activities also included
a church service at the
St. Johnson’s Village Nazarene
Church on Sunday and
an instalment of the popular
Insight radio pprogramme
featuring Prime Minister
Gaston Browne and Attorney
General, Steadroy Benjamin.
The prime minister used
the programme to highlight
the achievements of his over
the past two years. These he
identified as the marked reduction
in crime, over $30
cont’d on pg 2
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Monday 13th June 2016
Repeal of the Barbuda Land Act coming
By Everton Barnes
The government is giving
serious consideration to
repealing the Barbuda Land
Act which it has described as
a hindrance to the development
of the country.
The announcement came
Sunday during a radio programme
Insight hosted by
Attorney General, Steadroy
Benjamin and also featuring
Prime Minister Gaston
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Browne. The programme
was part of activities to mark
the second anniversary of
the Antigua and Barbuda Labour
Party’s election victory
of June 12, 2014.
In response to a caller,
Browne announced that repealing
the Barbuda Land
Act is very likely as it was
both a deterrent to development
on the sister as well as
being un-Constitutional.
His comments come as
the Barbuda People’s Movement
has again gone to the
courts in a bid to stop the
proposed Paradise Found
development planned for the
now defunct K-Club properties.
The prime minister said
it is inconceivable that his
government that has been so
progressive on environmental
issues would allow any
development to wantonly
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million dollars in new equipment for
the Mount St John’s Hospital, the stabilization
of the economy, on-time
payments of government salaries and
wages, regular payments to Social
Security, control of government expenditure,
reduction of debt to GDP,
on-going digitizing of government
services, the government’s housing
development programme, establishing
a venture capital facility at the Antigua
and Barbuda Development Bank
and much more.
During the programme, many
people called in to express their confidence
in the government and their
continued faith in the policies being
implemented by PM Browne and his
Cabinet.
destroy the environment of
the country. “We have allocated
some $100 million for
renewable energy, passed
the landmark Environmental
Management and Protection
Act, and have adopted other
measures such as the ban on
plastic bags.
“Nobody can question
this government’s commitment
towards safeguarding
the environment,” he declared.
The attorney general said
nothing is going to stand in
the way of the government’s
plans to develop both islands
in its stated desire to
make Antigua and Barbuda
the ‘economic powerhouse
of the Eastern Caribbean’.
“If this means repealing the
Barbuda Land Act, it will be
done!” he declared.
PM Browne has repeatedly
maintained that the Barbuda
Land Act passed by the
UPP Administration in 2007
contravenes Section 1 of the
Constitution of Antigua and
Barbuda “which states very
clearly that Antigua and Barbuda
shall be a unitary, sovereign,
democratic state.”
The prime minister said
that since Barbuda is part of
the unitary state of Antigua
and Barbuda as stated in the
Constitution, “provisions in
the Barbuda Land Act cannot
supersede the provisions
of the Constitution.”
Last October, parliament
adopted the Paradise Found
Act which puts the project
outside the scope of the Barbuda
Land Act.
The BPM is using the
provisions of the Barbuda
Land Act as a basis for
their court action aimed at
stopping the Paradise Found
project.
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Gaston greets the people
By Justin Peters
Over the weekend the
ABLP celebrated the 2 nd Anniversary
of assuming leadership
of the government, an
important milestone for the
people of Antigua and Barbuda.
The Prime Minister of Antigua
and Barbuda the Honourable
Gaston Browne took
to the streets of his constituency
to meet those that matter,
the people who trusted him
with the future of their village
and their nation.
In humble form, he started
his walk from The IT Centre
on North Street and made his
way through Booby Alley, a
maze of derelict housing occupied
by many generations
of Antiguans and Barbudans
who came from humble beginnings
just a he did. He was
well received as a brother and
a son of the constituency.
As the walkthrough progressed
he took the time out to
gather feedback from the denizens
of City West, many of
whom knew him as a young
man before becoming a businessman
and before politics.
The prime minister could
be seen engaging persons
from many walks of life,
young old and in between,
supporters and opposition
alike leading by example giving
inclusion to all, physically
embracing not only his admirers,
but also his skeptics.
Visits to the elderly and
shuti-ns were welcome as he
was answered with shouts of
“Browne” of “Gaston” showing
a high level of familiarity
with all those he came across,
drawing smiles and admiration
from children and respect
from adults who readily
shared their views with a son
of the village who has risen to
the position of leadership but
hasn’t erased his genesis from
his mind.
The meet and greet which
started at 3 in the afternoon
and lasted until well into the
evening with a small crowd
gathering and follow the honourable
Prime Minister past
the Adventist church in Rohan
Henry Street all the way down
to the very back of Villa and
back around to the ball courts
facing the new Dredge Bay
Housing Project.
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Monday 13th June 2016
APUA launches third internship program
By Justin Peters
The Antigua Public Utilities
Authority (APUA) is
the one of the largest employers
on the island. Many
local success stories started
at APUA and the nation’s
indigenous utility company
with the very factual slogan
“Necessary for Life” continues
to do facilitate the growth
of Antiguans and Barbudans
financially and academically.
The APUA Summer Internship
Program, which
started 5 years ago has grown
and has produced successful
professionals each year in
the fields of Civil, Electrical
and Mechanical Engineering,
Computer Programming,
Graphic Design, Marketing,
Human Resource Management,
Hydrology, Communications
and Networking just
to name a few.
The only program of its
kind in Antigua and the best
of its kind in the region, the
program takes young locals
who have completed senior
levels in local tertiary institutions
or are pursuing degrees
in international institutions
and affords them real world
experience in departments
that are deemed to best suit
their courses of study.
This year’s program for
example, is project based
and will see some of the interns
have the opportunity to
work at the recently commissioned
reverse osmosis plant
at Pigeon Point in English
Harbour. Opportunities such
as this has helped interns to
Joanna Paris
Prime Minister, the Hon. Gaston
Browne, said that he declared his assets
of $30 million dollars to the Integrity
Commission before assuming the Office
of Prime Minister.
As opposition forces continue to
question and create allegations as to the
source of the Prime Minister’s wealth,
the nation’s leader during the parliamentary
debate on Friday, made another
attempt to set the record straight.
He frankly stated that he is not obligated
to give the “detractors” any answers
but assured that he will continue
to be accountable to and transparent
with the public.
“I am not an overnight investor
and all of my companies would have
had well in excess of a decade of performance,
so it is not a situation where
companies are suddenly incorporated
into my assets.
“As Prime Minister I have not acquired
a single vehicle, I have been
using the ones that were used by the
former Prime Minister for the last 10
years”, he said.
decide on a career, often returning
to APUA as a full
time employee and being
rewarded as they climb the
ladder based on their expertise
and how well they apply
those skills within the APUA
infrastructure.
As one of the former interns
of 2013, Queens Young
Leader, and Chairman of the
Internship Committee, Mr.
Regis Burton who found a
home at eventually attaining
the position of HR Systems
and Employment Engagement
Officer will tell you,
once you are determined to
come to work on time and
focus APUA is the place for
you and interns are given
preference for available vacancies.
PM Browne declares assets to Integrity Commission
He also stated that he has transferred
some of the assets to his 27-year-old
son, a business man in his own right,
a decision that Prime Minister Browne
said “I have all right to do”.
Prime Minister Browne said that
most of his assets were acquired before
he got into politics and without any assistance
from the government.
He added that most of the resources
are in real estate along with some
heavy-duty equipment. He told the
House that he began his ventures at the
young age of 20.
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Small hotels thank Hon. Asot Michael
By Justin Peters
Tourism has been a strong
revenue generator for Antigua
and Barbuda for many
years. With many more territories
outside of the Caribbean
engaging in offering their
own tourism product, however,
it has become more difficult
to maintain a consistent
level of visitors to the island.
The Honourable Asot
A. Michael, as minister of
Tourism, Economic Development,
Investment and Energy,
has championed the
cause of local entrepreneurs
working in and benefiting
from the tourism industry.
A recent Road Show
which took small hoteliers
to Trinidad to showcase their
products and attract visitors
to their properties and to
Antigua to enjoy the land of
By Everton Barnes
The building that serves as headquarters
for the Antigua and Barbuda
Disability Association has been
robbed, again.
President of the association, Bernard
Warner, in making the report
said the building, which is still under
construction, has been the target for
thieves at various stages of the construction
process.
According to Warner the latest robbery
was discovered Saturday morning
when members realized that a window
that was removed by thieves a week
earlier and which was secured by plywood
and nails, was ribbed away to allow
for entry into the building.
He said three folding tables and
six chairs were stolen. In the earlier
break-in, tables and chairs were also
removed.
Warner said the building, located
just off the All Saints Road near
the flower show immediately east of
the John I Martin compound, is nearing
completion and that the repeated
break-ins only serve to delay the opening
of the headquarters.
“The work of the association is affected
tremendously by these break-ins
because we are forced to replace the
stolen items, much of which are from
donations and our fund-raising efforts.
We are now forced to undertake more
fund-raising and seek additional donations,”
Warner explained.
The ABDA president said the association
recently purchased the tiles
and adhesive for the kitchen and he
Tourism Minister, the Hon., Asot Michael holds his painting.
365 beaches is a testament of and thoughtfulness that went
Minister Michael’s dedication
to the tourism industry. Humbled by the heart-
into making the trip a reality.
This proactive move yielded
most desirable results ter thanked his hosts for their
warming gesture, the minis-
with the local entrepreneurs generosity and encouraged
making the necessary connections
to help increase good fight and to continue
them to continue to fight the
occupancy at their establishments.
have, stressing that he un-
investing in tourism as they
So it is that they hosted a derstood and felt the hard
small ceremony at the Villas work that goes into keeping a
at Sunset Lane to show their small accommodation business
functioning at the appreciation for the foresight
exceptional
levels of the ones
on the island.
He was joined by cabinet
colleague The Honourable
Sir Robin Yearwood who
chairs the finance committee
responsible for authorizing
the funding for the road
show a cost estimated to be
just over $10,000, which he
expressed was well spent.
Colin James, CEO of the
Antigua and Barbuda Tourism
Authority as well other
officials from the Ministry
of Tourism were also present
for the momentous occasion.
As a token of appreciation,
Minister Michael was
presented with a painting
rendered by a local artist.
Graciously accepting the
gift, he joyously exclaimed
“I have to hang this on a wall
in the ministry”.
Disability Association building robbed again
disclosed that during the construction
that has been on-going for some time,
the thieves seem to wait until there is
a resumption of the work to break into
the building and steal items.
The association has lost windows,
doors and other items including the tables
and chairs during this time.
For this latest break-in, the police
were called, but according to Warner
they were not able to lift any fingerprints
from the scene.
A distraught Warner said he could
not understand why a building to serve
the disabled in the society would be the
constant target of thieves as he issued a
plea for the return of the stolen items.
He said the tables and chairs were
donated to the association a little more
than a year ago by Courts Furnishings.
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Monday 13th June 2016
PIT Amendment Bill debated and passed
Joanna Paris
On Friday, members of the Lower
House of Parliament, gave a nod of approval
towards the passage of the Personal
Income Tax (PIT) Amendment
Bill 2016.
The mover of the legislation, Prime
Minister and Minister of Finance and
Corporate Governance, Prime Minister,
the Hon. Gaston Browne in his introductory
remarks explained the benefits
associated with the removal of PIT.
He indicated that as a result of the passage
of the bill, effective June 30 th , PIT
will be totally abolished and added that
the parliamentary debate was just the
beginning of a long awaited process.
The nation’s leader further noted
that the abolition of PIT will give the
people of Antigua and Barbuda more
By Justin Peters
The professional, the
Vagabond, Superman, Ricard
Drue is one of the most
prolific Soca artists coming
out of Antigua and Barbuda,
something that has
been achieved through hard
work and a love for the art
and his fans. With his rise to
fame after his breakout hit
“Superman” and follow-up
chart toppers “Vagabond”
and “Professional” Ricardo
is here to stay.
Always extremely
thankful for all that he has
achieved, he remembers
where his road began and believes
in giving back to society
in any way that he can. It
is in the spirit of giving that
he decided to produce a fete
for children, about children
economic power to contribute to the
nation’s growth and development.
“The elimination of Personal Income
Tax is designed to empower Antiguans
and Barbudans and will also put
37 million dollars back in the pockets
of the people of this country. This just
one way to ensure that there is greater
equity in the system”, Prime Minister
Browne explained.
He highlighted the fact that 25%
percent of the working class has carried
the burden of paying the tax for the last
10 years and further outlined that the
elimination of PIT is a “promise made
and promise kept”.
Prime Minister Browne also said
that the Antigua and Barbuda Labour
Party (ABLP) has always been opposed
to the tax because of its unfair
and to benefit children.
ID Land as it has been
dubbed is the definitive
event for children this Carnival
season. With all of the
fetes that are hosted every
year, with the exception of
the children’s carnival parade,
preteens tend to be
wholly excluded from fetes.
The event slated for July
10th 2016, fills that gap and
will be hosted by TJ Da DJ
and will feature an explosive
lineup of local entertainers
such as Kid Viscous,
Baby Eve, Junior Rampler
(the reigning Junior Soca
Monarch, MnM Music, the
amazing Gurin Hunte the
Magician, Sprit Starz Cheerleaders,
the Good Vibes
nature.
Now that persons will have more
income available to them, the government
encourages persons to invest
wisely as the government seeks to pursue
a policy of entrepreneurship socialism.
“What we recommend, Mr. Speaker,
is for individuals to invest these
funds wisely, get a loan, invest in a
retirement property basically acquire
assets and not to take the funds and go
and splurge in a foreign country, invest
here”, the nation’s leader advised.
Veteran politician and Seniour Minister,
Sir Lester Bird, gladly voiced his
support for the abolition of PIT, which
he described a further step forward in
the economic development of Antigua
and Barbuda.
Soca artiste giving back to society
Band and the Antigua Dance
Academy.
The charity event is sponsored
by Digicel Joe Mike’s
G Productions Online, ID
Nation, Merryland and Vybz
FM.
100% of the proceeds
from ticket sales will go to
the Mount St. John’s Medial
Centre Children’s Ward.
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Formal process towards CCJ underway
By Everton Barnes
The government has followed
up on its commitment
to see Antigua and Barbuda
delink from the Judicial Committee
of the Privy Council
(JCPC) as its final court of
appeal to acceding to the Caribbean
Court of Justice in its
Appellate Jurisdiction.
Last Friday, the government
introduced into the
House of Representatives two
pieces of legislation - the Constitution
(Antigua and Barbuda)
Referendum Bill and the
Constitution of Antigua and
Barbuda (Caribbean Court of
Justice) (Amendment) Act –
which is the formal signal that
the process towards adopting
the CCJ is fully underway.
“By introducing the two
bills in parliament, the government
is setting the legal
framework for the conduct of
a referendum that will seek to
The Department of Environment will
be conducting surveys within the McKinnon’s,
Yorks and Gambles communities
over the next two weeks.
This survey will assist with data
collection for the proposed “lntegrated
approach to physical adaptation and
community resilience in Antigua and
Barbuda’s northwest McKinnon’s watershed”
project.
This project focuses on increasing the
resilience of the communities to climate
change through three components:
1.Upgrade urban drainage and waterways
to meet projected climate change
impacts
abolish the JCPC as the country’s
final appeal court. As
this is entrenched in the Constitution
changing it requires
a two-thirds majority in the
House of Representatives and
a two-thirds majority of the
people who vote in a referendum
in order for it to be take
place,” he explained.
Further, Benjamin added
Joanna Paris
The Royal Police Force of Antigua and
Barbuda will be begin training a number of
new recruits shortly. Twenty three persons
have already been chosen for the exercise
with plans being made to swear in more individuals
ahead of the six month preparation
process.
This forms part of efforts, as the force
seeks strengthen its numbers to further curtail
illicit activities in the twin island nation.
In an interview with local media, Superintendent
of Police, Atlee Rodney, said that the
that the government is putting
things in place to ensure that
the measure is approved by
the people when they vote. He
said already several interest
groups have indicated a willingness
to work along with
the government in its public
education campaign designed
educate the public about the
JCPC and the CCJ.
2.Revolving Loans for homes in
McKinnon’s watershed to meet new
adaptation guidelines established in the
building code and physical plan
3. Adaptation mainstreaming and capacity
building NGOs and community
groups to sustain project interventions
Climate change has been on the forefront
of many discussions and its impacts
have deleterious affects on the communities,
particularly individuals who may be
classified as vulnerable.
This pilot project will focus on assisting
the vulnerable persons within this
community to adapt to climate change
through innovative means.
The AG said the campaign
will be launched in earnest
right after the annual Carnival
festivities with the referendum
likely to take place in
October this year. The National
Coordinating Committee
headed by Ambassador Dr.
Clarence Henry was appointed
to spearhead the public education
campaign.
Police recruits to begin training soon
training will be facilitated by local officers.
He added that the recruits will be trained
in several areas to include: basic drills, physical
fitness, criminal law and procedures, customer
service, sociology and police procedures
as well as handling domestic violence
and cybercrime.
Superintendent Rodney indicated that the
full training package in currently being prepared.
The law enforcement agency continues
to receive kudos from government officials
and members of the public for the increase
efficiency in its operations.
Department of Environment conducting surveys in
the McKinnon’s, Yorks and Gambles communities
Funding from this project will be
sourced through the Adaptation Fund,
and the surveys, along with the consultations,
which will follow, will add credence
to the project and assist with its
eventual funding and implementation.
This project is being developed with
the collaboration of the Directorate of
Gender Affairs, National Office of Disaster
Services, Development Control Authority,
APUA, and other key partners.
The Department of Environment
therefore seeks the collaboration of the
members of the McKinnons, Yorks and
Gambles communities as we seek to ride
the climate wave.
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Monday 13th June 2016
Burton gets six months in prison
By Alecia Mc Pherson
On May 29, 2016 Vera Donsalves
aged 74 of Yorks reported her son to
Criminal Investigation Department after
he shattered one of the windows on her
vehicle. It is reported that on the said
day at about 7:20 am, Eric Burton aged
52 of Villa went to his mother’s home
where he demanded that she open the
Alecia Mc Pherson
Prince Charming Graham
alias “DJ Prince” aged 27 of
no fixed place of abode is
before the court facing the
charge of Grievous Bodily
Harm. Kimarley Mc Donald
alias “DJ Skitta” aged 31 of
Joseph Road made a report
to the Criminal Investigations
Department that the defendant
stabbed him with a
knife to the left forearm.
Both the defendant and
complainant are Disc Jockeys
(DJ) and were both booked
ATTENTION ALL EMPLOYERS
AND SELF EMPLOYED PERSONS
The Antigua & Barbuda Social Security Board (ABSSB)
advises of its intent to commence criminal prosecution on
ALL non-compliant employers and self employed persons.
To this end, all employers and self employed persons, who
are in breach of their statutory obligation to Social Security,
are strongly urged to contact the Social Security office to
regularize their status between June 1, 2016 and August 31,
2016.
The ABSSB wishes to commend all employers and self
employed persons who have consistently complied with
their statutory obligation and encourages all employers and
self employed persons to ensure that moving forward every
attempt will be made to adhere to their Social Security obligations.
door and make him a cup of tea.
It is reported that he banged on the
door several times while making the demands.
“I am going to mash up the window
if you don’t give me the tea or open the
door”, he reportedly threatened.
Not having his request met, he picked
up a stone and threw it at the left rear
window of the complaniant’s Kia Picanto
which was parked in her yard, thereby
causing $750.00 worth of damages.
Charged with Malicious Damage,
Burton appeared before Chief Magistrate
Walsh at the St. John’s Magistrates
Court. He pleaded guilty and was convicted
and sentenced to six months at
HMP.
Graham in court for stabbing fellow DJ
to play at a party hosted on
January 4, 2016 at Tunnel
Bar located on Old Parham
Road. Apparently, a disagreement
ensued between the two
during their performances
which reportedly escalated
into a brawl.
The complainant ran
from the building to the
main road after the accused
pulled a knife from his pants
pocket, but moments later he
heard loud screams coming
from the party patrons and
turned to see the defendant
approaching while still brandishing
the knife, the complainant
attempted to run but
fell on his back. It is further
reported that the accused said
to the complainant “*expletive*
fu dead”.
The complainant received
a stab to the left forearm as
he raised his hands to block
multiple stabbing attempts.
Graham fled the scene
shortly after and Mc Donald
was taken to MSJMC
where he was treated for
his wound, a report of the
incident was later made to
the St. John’s Police Station.
Graham was subsequently
arrested and charged with
Malicious Wounding with
Intent to Cause Grevious
Bodily Harm. He appeared
at the St. John’s Magistrates
Court last week, the matter
is ajourned to July 11, 2016
when he will return to court
for committal proceedings.
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Possible $3,000 fine shocks offender
Deborah A Parker
An English Harbour man
who failed to tell lawmen the
source of batteries he had
in his possession was fined
$300, when he appeared
before Magistrate Ngaio
Emanuel recently.
During the execution of
a search warrant at the home
of Devon Joseph at approximately
5:15am on May 21,
officers found three Global
Calcium batteries.
Joseph refused to respond
when he was asked by
the lawmen if he had bought
the items, or if he had any
proof of purchase.
With that attitude, the
lawmen seized the items and
Joseph committed
to stand trial
Alecia Mc Pherson
Walton Joseph alias “Duke” aged 43 of St. John’s Street
is now before the court after reportedly failing to deliver a
vehicle for which he received payment.
It is reported that the accused collected from Markon Mc
Neil of Point the sum of $6725.00EC payment for the importation
of a vehicle.
This arrangement was reportedly made during March
of 2013, several months later after trying to make contact,
the complainant was told that problems were
encountered while purchasing the vehicle.
However, the complaniant is yet to receive a vehicle or
have his money returned.
A report was made to the Criminal Investigations Department
and the accused was subsequently arrested and
charged in the matter. Joseph appeared before the St. John›s
Magistrate Court last week having been charged with
Larceny and Fraudulent Conversion.
He was committed to stand trial at the September›s
assizes in the High Court.
Deborah A Parker
A Dominican national expressed
shock when he learnt he could be fined
as much as $3,000 for praedial larceny.
The man who works as a chef was
hauled before the court for the theft of
a half bucket of mangoes recently.
Though he answered guilty to the
offence, he explained that he had actually
gone on the farm to look for
limes, for a sick woman, when he saw
the mango tree.
He said he did not pick the mangoes
from off the tree, but picked up
what was lying on the ground.
The first time offender was warned
by Magistrate Ngaio Emanuel that for
what he (the offender) described as a
‘childish’ offence, he could be fined as
much as $3,000.
With his eyes wide opened,
and leaning in the direction of
the magistrate the man repeated,
“$3,000....$3,000?”
To send out a strong message, owing
to the prevalence of the offence,
the young man was fined $1,500.
‘Mysterious’ batteries land man in trouble
instructed Joseph to visit the
Dockyard Police precinct
with the receipt for the batteries.
No such action was taken
and Joseph was subsequently
charged.
In court he told the magistrate
that he did not expect
‘these turn of events,’ hence
he did not collect a receipt
when he bought the batteries
‘off the streets.’
He was ordered to pay
the $300 fine forthwith, or
be jailed for seven days.
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Monday 13th June 2016
Reflections on Walter Rodney
36 years after his assasination
By Dr. David Hinds
I am writing this column on my way
from in Haiti, where I attended the 41 st
annual Caribbean Studies Association
conference. For six days more than a
thousand scholars from all parts of the
world of different generations who study
and teach about the Caribbean engaged
in scholarly exchanges about our region.
It is always uplifting to be part of any
meeting of our Caribbean family, but it
was especially uplifting this year because
we were meeting in Haiti. Despite its
persistent tribulations, there is something
special and magical about that country—
its people, its landscape and its rhythms.
The very fact that it was the vanguard of
Black and Caribbean freedom puts Haiti
at the center of our survivalist and freedom
trajectory. As Angela Davis, whose
rich and insightful address to the conference,
asserted ”whatever little freedom
we enjoy today we owe it to the Haitian
people.”
This was my second visit to Haiti.
The first time I landed on Haitian soil,
five years ago, I cried tears of thanks because
I knew that my Buxtonion, Guyanese,
Caribbean and Black identities, individually
and together, owe a great debt
to Haiti. Haiti is our living link to Mother
Africa and the mother of our Caribbean.
There were no tears on this visit, but I
wrapped my mind around Haiti and tried
to imagine what our Caribbean could be
if only we could begin as a people, together
and in our separate island-states,
to reach for our glory and love ourselves
again. As I watched the Haitian people go
about their daily business of surviving the
harshness of persistent neo-colonialism,
I saw and felt hope for our Caribbean. I
have never seen a nation of people bear
their burdens, our Caribbean burdens,
with such resilience. I never doubt the
beauty and dignity of Black people and
Caribbean peoples, but Haiti affirms this
feeling.
Acclaimed scholar-activist, Angela
Davis, gave a memorable address to the
conference linking race, class, nation,
history, oppression, survival and freedom
pioneers. When she got to the point
of her address that discussed underdevelopment,
she asked the audience who
she was thinking about and hundreds of
voices responded in unison—“Walter
Rodney,” followed by a generous round
of applause.
It is common place to hear Rodney’s
work quoted by scholars who speak
about him in elevated ways; after all he
belonged to the world—one of Guyana’s
most precious gifts to world civilization.
But when I heard that audience speak his
name that evening, I felt a rush of pride
as a Guyanese, as a comrade and a descendant
of Rodney and the Caribbean
, Black, African and Guyanese radical
tradition he contributed immensely to.
But I also felt a gush of pain largely because
Guyanese of the post-1980 generation
do not get to experience moments
like those when their country is lifted to
the mountaintop by the mere mention of
his name. There were several Guyanese
scholars at the conference to witness that
moment, but shamefully, there was only
one scholar from the University of Guyana—lecturer
and historian, Estherene
Adams—who presented a well-received
paper on another outstanding Guyanese,
Eusi Kwayana.
There is something wrong, very
wrong, when a country which has produced
intellectual titans such as Eusi
Kwayana, Walter Rodney, Clem Seecharan,
Alissa Trotz, Ivan Van Certima, Rupert
Roopnarine, Elsa Gouveia and Clive
Thomas could send only one scholar
from its university to the major academic
conference in and about our Caribbean.
How can scholars at UG effectively teach
our students when they are cut off from
communion with their colleagues in the
rest of the region and the world? We get
so carried away and wrapped up in our
political mess that we often do not realize
how disconnected we are from the rest of
the Caribbean and the world. In the process
we have become a little, isolated and
dangerous island that wallows in its disconnectedness.
As I think about Walter Rodney who
we assassinated 36 years ago on a Friday
night, I think about Guyana and its
slow but steady march towards the edge.
I think about some of the backwardness
I read on Facebook and the newspaper
blogs and I wonder if we can pull ourselves
back. The brutal murders and our
seemingly numbness to them; the national
hypocrisy when it comes to our
ethno-racial condition; the persistent
betrayal by our political leaders replete
with economic and psychological brutalization
of poor people—the doom varies
but it never goes away.
But in the end, we must press on.
Rodney had asked that should he be cut
down, his body should be used as a barricade
for the revolution. The revolution
which he started and for which he was
murdered by the hand of the State, is still
incomplete. Walter Rodney must live
again in Guyana as he lives in the global
space. As CLR James, another Caribbean
intellectual giant, would say—there is
always work to be done. Let us on this
June 13, whatever our politics, say thanks
to Walter Rodney for making us whole
while he walked our streets and for the
legacy of hope he has left us.
On this 36 th anniversary of Walter
Rodney’s assassination, I call on the
Government to fulfil its promise to have
the Walter Rodney COI report properly
cont’d on pg 11
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Disaster management exhibition well attended
The annual disaster management
exhibition hosted
by the National Office of
Disaster Services (NODS)
on Thursday received good
support from members of the
public and those who were involved.
Participants from 13
groups along with NODS interacted
with mostly students
from several schools and used
the opportunity to educate
them on various aspects relating
to their respective fields.
The exhibition continues
to receive support from the
Fire Department, the Antigua
and Barbuda Red Cross, the
Department of Environment,
the Met Office, the Antigua
and Barbuda Defence Force,
the Health Information Division,
the Plant Protection Unit
and the Emergency Medical
Services (EMS).
Newcomers this year were
the Antigua Public Utilities
Authority (APUA), State Insurance
Corporation, ABI
Insurance, the Antigua and
Barbuda Credit Union League
and the Beach Safety Protection
Unit formerly the Lifeguard
Division.
Social Studies and Science
teacher Christa Christopher,
who attended the event with a
group from St Michael’s Primary
School, said the students
really enjoyed the exhibition.
“They learnt a lot. It was
very informative. The atmosphere
was great for learning
with a mixture of participants
and there was a nice flow to
the set up”, said Christopher.
This is the ninth year
NODS has hosted its disaster
management exhibition.
Plans are in the pipeline
to enhance next year’s event
with additional activities that
would generate greater interest
from the public.
NODS is expressing appreciation
to all those who
participated along with several
sponsors like the St John’s
Development Corporation,
Digicel, Inet and Kennedy’s
Club.
cont’d from pg 10
laid before parliament and be debated. I
hope that such a debate avoids the political
finger-pointing and instead focus on
the big lessons, in particular the banishment
of the use of the state and para state
institutions as a tool of violence against
political opponents and the citizenry in
general.
On this Rodney anniversary I call
upon the President to expand his promise
to inquire into the death of former
PPP Minister Satyadeyow Sawh and his
family to include all politically motivated
killings over the last four decades. I especially
call for inquiries into the deaths
of Ronald Waddell and Courtney Crum
Ewing—the families of these brothers
and all of Guyana need to know the circumstances
surrounding their deaths
I also urge the government to honour
Walter Rodney in the most non-partisan
manner by re-naming the University of
Guyana the Walter Rodney University
of Guyana. All Guyanese regardless of
political affiliation agree that Rodney
was one of our most brilliant scholars. It
would be a fitting symbol of the efforts
to regenerate the university and a living
monument to Rodney and the centrality
of education to Guyana’s national development.
I also call on the Ministry of Education
to introduce Rodney’s two children’s
books—Kofi Badu out of Africa
and Lakshmi out of India into the school
curriculum. Such a move would contribute
immensely to national cohesion,
particularly among the youth. Rodney’s
insights into our ethnic dynamics are invaluable
and should not be wasted.
Finally on this anniversary, I call for
a national stand against attacks on the independent
media. This is an area of our
politics that Rodney was most concerned
about. He saw the assassination of the
journalist, Father Bernard Darke in 1979
as a descent into barbarism. The recent
grenade attack on the Kaieteur News is a
stark reminder that there is still fear of the
“Open Word”
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.
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Monday 13th June 2016
Golden Eye Calypso Review opens its doors
By Vanroy Burnes
The Golden Eye Calypso
Review Calypso Tent was the
first calypso tent to open its
doors for the 2016 Carnival
season on Friday night June
10 th at the newly renovated
Barrymore Hotel.
The Golden eye tent lead
and continues to lead by example
as the first tent to open
its doors every year.
A total of thirteen (13)
Calypsonians appeared on
the program with their 2016
songs backed up by the Specialist
Band.
The Calypsonians included
Baby Eve singing “What
You Go Sing”, Calypso Tempo
with “Don’t Go”, Lord
Shaky with “Mass in Hell”,
King Bandit with “Fight
for Reparation”, King Creole
with “Hitler”, De Arc
with “Antigua Black”, Willy
Wawa with “Ah wha if Me
ah Look”, Sassy with “Every
Body has a story”, Faithful
with “Backbone of Carnival”,
Stumpy with “Sooner or Later”,
Kaseba with “A diamond
is forever”, King Zacari with
“Who Say So” and Queen
Thalia with “My Guarantee”
and “This Tenor Pan is Mine”.
The Mighty ”Bab wire”
whose real name is Vaughn
Walter, Director of Culture
brought the Curtain down
with his song “1969”.
Minister of Culture Paul
Chet Greene and other members
of the Festival Committee
were amongst the fairly
sizable crowd. The tent is
sponsored by KFC, National
Parks Authority, Seafood Friday
and the Government of
Antigua & Barbuda.
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Monday 13th June 2016
Scores of workers being hired to complete
the first Park Hyatt in the Caribbean
BASSETERRE, ST.
KITTS – The construction
of the Park Hyatt St. Kitts,
which is being developed by
Range Developments, has already
resulted in the employment
of 564 people, Prime
Minister Dr. the Honourable
Timothy Harris said at his
May 30 th press conference.
Now, the builder, Kier
Construction Limited, is running
a commercial on local
radio stations until June 24 th
to fill scores of positions.
“We are looking for approximately
150 workers to
complete the project,” Mr.
Richard Havercroft, the Project
Manager, said this week.
The Park Hyatt St. Kitts
is expected to open at Banana
Bay on the Southeast
Peninsula in late 2016. This
highly anticipated opening is
a boon to local construction
workers. The latest round of
hiring by Kier Construction
Limited will benefit people
who have work experience
as plumbers, stonework masons,
finishing carpenters,
carpenters, drywall installers,
tilers, painters, trade supervisors,
and site engineers.
Interested persons should
phone 762-9239 or visit the
site office at Banana Bay.
On the hotel side of
things, the Park Hyatt St.
Kitts is advertising in the
national media until June
30 th for the following locally
based positions: Marketing
and Communications Manager,
Associate Director of
Sales & Events, Assistant
Front Office Manager, Assistant
Manager for Guest
Services, Assistant Manager
for PBX switchboard operations,
IT Manager, Housekeeping
Manager, Training
Manager, Security Manager,
Assistant Manager for Engineering,
Engineering Team
Leaders, Restaurant Manager,
Executive Sous Chef,
Chef de Cuisine, and Pastry
Chef.
“Our regional team will
be supplementing this with
a direct email to the 335
applicants who have previously
expressed interest in
management roles with this
property, as well as with a
geographically targeted ad
on social media for St. Kitts
and the surrounding islands,”
said Mr. Julian Moore, General
Manager of the Park Hyatt
St. Kitts.
Many of those 335 applicants
attended the Employment
Information Day that
the Park Hyatt St. Kitts held
on May 3 rd at the St. Kitts
Marriott Resort. “We were
cont’d on pg 15
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The OECS turns 35 years old this week
BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS – Thirty-five
years ago this week, the Treaty
of Basseterre was signed on June 18 th ,
1981 in the capital city of St. Kitts, establishing
the Organisation of Eastern
Caribbean States (OECS).
The original signatories were Antigua
and Barbuda (signed by Deputy
Premier Lester Bird); Dominica (Prime
Minister Mary Eugenia Charles); Grenada
(Prime Minister Maurice Bishop);
Montserrat (Minister of Education
Franklyn Margetson); St. Kitts and
Nevis (Premier Kennedy Simmonds);
St. Lucia (Prime Minister Winston Cenac),
and St. Vincent and the Grenadines
(Deputy Prime Minister Hudson
Tannis).
By signing the treaty, they agreed to
cooperate with each other and promote
unity and solidarity among the OECS
membership. The British Virgin Islands
joined the OECS in November 1984 and
Anguilla in May 1995; both are associate
members.
Tomorrow, Monday, June 13 th at
9:00am, the 35 th Anniversary Celebrations
will be launched at a press conference
that is scheduled to simulcast in
all OECS Member States. Dr. Didacus
Jules, the Director General of the OECS
Commission, will deliver welcome remarks.
The outgoing OECS Chairman,
Prime Minister Dr. the Honourable
Keith Mitchell of Grenada, will deliver
a feature address at the press conference.
Prime Minister Dr. the Honourable
Timothy Harris will also deliver a feature
address as the incoming OECS
Chairman. The OECS Authority meets
twice a year and its chairmanship changes
every June.
A Q&A session will follow a presentation
by Mr. Anthony Severin, the
OECS Commission’s Head of International
Relations, on the role of the
OECS institutions. In addition to Director
General of the OECS Commission,
Dr. Jules, the heads of the other OECS
institutions who will be at the press conference
are Chief Justice of the Eastern
Caribbean Supreme Court (ECSC), the
Honourable Dame Janice M. Pereira;
Governor of the Eastern Caribbean
Central Bank (ECCB), Mr. Timothy
Antoine; Director General of the Eastern
Caribbean Civil Aviation Authority
(ECCAA), Mr. Donald McPhail, and
Managing Director of the Eastern Caribbean
Telecommunications Authority
(ECTEL), Mr. Embert Charles.
On Wednesday, June 15 th , starting at
9:30am, a church service will be held
at the Immaculate Conception Church
in Castries, St. Lucia, where the OECS
Secretariat is based.
The complete list of the OECS’s 35 th
Anniversary Week of Activities follows.
cont’d from pg 14
delighted to have the opportunity
to meet many candidates
and were impressed
with the excellent presentation
and positive approach
demonstrated by those in attendance,”
Mr. Moore said,
adding that, “We look forward
to meeting many more
of the citizens of St Kitts and
Nevis in the months ahead,
as we make the journey
of recruitment to identify
unique and dedicated individuals
for our team who can
inspire others and grow the
reputation of the Kittitian &
Nevisian people by delivery
of a truly unique guest experience.”
Applications are preferred
through the www.hyatt.jobs
website, which has
information on all job specifications
and qualification
requirements. Resumes can
also be mailed to Park Hyatt
St. Kitts, Christophe Harbour,
P.O. Box 2472 Suite 1,
Banana Bay Complex, S.E.
Peninsula, St. Kitts. Applications
may also be delivered
to the pre-opening resort
office at Banana Bay.
Overlooking The Narrows
strait that separates St.
Kitts from Nevis, the luxury
5-star Park Hyatt St. Kitts
will have 126 guestrooms,
with many suites appointed
with individual rooftop
pools.
Amenities will include
outdoor infinity pools, a fitness
centre, a signature spa,
three world-class food and
beverage outlets, and 7,000
square feet of meeting and
banquet space.
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Monday 13th June 2016
Violent clashes between teachers and police
OAXACA - Teachers
belonging to the dissident
CNTE union are protesting
against the neoliberal education
reform of President Enrique
Peña Nieto.
The ongoing conflict between
teachers and the government
of Mexico reached
a boiling point Saturday
night in the city of Oaxaca,
with nearly 500 protesters violently
evicted from a public
square by at least a thousand
police officers, La Jornada reported
on Sunday.
Teachers belonging to the
dissident CNTE union were
occupying since the headquarters
of the Oaxaca State
Institute of Public Education,
located in the historic center
of the capital, as part of the
general strike to protest the
education reform.
Officers began firing tear
gas to disperse the teachers,
GUERRERO - Teachers have
been engaged in a strike since May, demanding
the government end testing imposed
by a neoliberal education reform.
Teachers in the southern Mexican
state of Guerrero have allegedly burned
down a building that housed offices of
the state’s education ministry, Proceso
reported on Friday.
The action was conducted in the
state capital of Chilpancingo to protest
the education reforms of President
Enrique Peña Nieto. According to local
press accounts, personnel inside the
building were evicted before a protester
set a fire in the first floor of the facility.
The teachers belong to a local union
called CETEG, which along with the
National Coordinator of Education
Workers, or CNTE, has been conducting
who responded by throwing
stick and stones but were ultimately
forced to leave the
place. They then went to the
main square of the city, where
they began to built barricades
to resist the police onslaught.
Greatly outnumbered, they
were then forced out of the
square as well.
The violent night ended
when teachers reportedly set
fire to a bus, with riots following
the detention of the
CNTE’s leader in the state,
Francisco Villalobos, who
was sent to a federal prison
on charges of aggravated robbery.
CNTE teachers, who are
also occupying a public square
in Mexico City, have said the
detention of Villalobos is “a
provocation by the government
of Enrique Peña Nieto.”
Meanwhile supporters of the
dissident leader in Oaxaca
have denounced the arbitrary
detention of at least seven
union leaders as part of what
they called “schematic government
repression against
a general strike since last May demanding
the government repeal the teacher
testing imposed by the reform.
The phone at the union’s headquarters
was not answered when teleSUR
sought comment.
This is the most violent action so far
since the strike began. Local authorities
say they have already identified the
union leaders who led the burning and
that arrest warrants have been issued.
Peña Nieto unveiled the education
reform in 2013 as part of a set of 11 neoliberal
structural reforms implemented
in his first 20 months of power. Since
then teachers have been protesting,
mostly in the violent southeast states of
Oaxaca, Michoacan, Guerrero and Chiapas,
where millions of children have
been affected by the strikes.
teachers.”
Peña Nieto unveiled an education
reform in 2013 as part
of a set of 11 neoliberal structural
reforms implemented in
his first 20 months of power.
Since then teachers have been
protesting, mostly in the violent
southeast states of Oaxaca,
Michoacan, Guerrero and
Chiapas, where millions of
children have been affected
by the strikes.
The controversial law
imposes teacher evaluations
in order to determine which
applicants will be chosen to
fill open posts in the public
school system nationwide.
Critics say the testing only
justifies mass layoffs and does
not effectively measure teaching
skills, like the special
knowledge and demeanor
needed to teach in rural areas
and Indigenous communities.
(TeleSUR)
Teachers allegedy burn down building in Guerrero
The controversial law imposes
teacher evaluations in order to determine
which applicants will be chosen to
fill open posts in the public school system
nationwide.
Critics say the testing only justifies
mass layoffs and does not effectively
measure teaching skills, like the special
knowledge and demeanor needed
to teach in rural areas and Indigenous
communities.
Education Minister Aurelio Nuño
has refused to negotiate any point of
the reform and has said he has the support
of the Mexican National Educational
Workers Union, or SNTE, which is
the largest trade union in Latin America,
with over 1.4 million members while
dissidents have reportedly 200,000
members. (TeleSUR)
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Worst mass shooting in US
history: 50 slain at gay nightclub
ORLANDO, Florida – It had been
an evening of drinking, dancing and
drag shows. After hours of revelry, the
party-goers crowding the gay nightclub
known as the Pulse took their last sips
before the place closed.
That’s when authorities say Omar
Mateen emerged, carrying an AR-15 and
spraying the helpless crowd with bullets.
Witnesses said he fired relentlessly - 20
rounds, 40, then 50 and more. In such
tight quarters, the bullets could hardly
miss. He shot at police. He took hostages.
When the gunfire finally stopped, he
had slain 50 people and critically wounded
dozens more in the deadliest mass
shooting in modern U.S. history. Mateen,
who law enforcement officials said had
pledged allegiance to Islamic State in a
911 call around the time of the attack,
died in a gun battle with SWAT team
members.
Authorities immediately began investigating
whether the assault was an act
of terrorism and probing the background
of Mateen, a 29-year-old American citizen
from Fort Pierce, Florida, who had
worked as a security guard. The gunman’s
father recalled that his son recently
got angry when he saw two men kissing
in Miami and said that might be related
to the assault.
Thirty-nine of the dead were killed at
the club, and 11 people died at hospitals,
Mayor Buddy Dyer said.
Jon Alamo had been dancing at the
Pulse for hours when he wandered into
the club’s main room just in time to see
the gunman. “You ever seen how Marine
guys hold big weapons, shooting from
left to right? That’s how he was shooting
at people,” he said.
“My first thought was, oh my God,
I’m going to die,” Alamo said. “I was
praying to God that I would live to see
another day.”
At least 53 people were hospitalized,
most in critical condition, and a surgeon
at Orlando Regional Medical Center said
the death toll was likely to climb.
The previous deadliest mass shooting
in the U.S. was the 2007 attack at Virginia
Tech, where a student killed 32 people
before killing himself.
Mateen’s family was from Afghanistan,
and he was born in New York. His
family later moved to Florida, authorities
said. His ex-wife, Sitora Yusufiy, told reporters
that her former husband was bipolar
and “mentally unstable.”
Mateen was short-tempered and had a
history with steroids, she said in remarks
televised from Boulder, Colorado. She
described him as religious but not radical.
He wanted to be a police officer and
applied to a police academy, but she had
no details.
The couple was together for only four
months, and the two had no contact for
the last seven or eight years, she said.
A law enforcement official said the
gunman made a 911 call from the club
in which he professed allegiance to the
leader of the Islamic State, Abu Bakr
al-Baghdadi. The official was familiar
with the investigation, but was not authorized
to discuss the matter publicly and
spoke on condition of anonymity.
The extremist group did not officially
claim responsibility for the attack, but
the IS-run Aamaq news agency cited an
unnamed source as saying the attack was
carried out by an Islamic State fighter.
Even if the attacker supported IS, it
was unclear whether the group planned
or knew of the attack beforehand.
Mateen was not unknown to law enforcement:
In 2013, he made inflammatory
comments to co-workers and was
interviewed twice, according to FBI
agent Ronald Hopper, who called the interviews
inconclusive. In 2014, Hopper
said, officials found that Mateen had ties
to an American suicide bomber, but the
agent described the contact as minimal,
saying it did not constitute a threat at the
time.
Asked if the gunman had a connection
to radical Islamic terrorism, Hopper
said authorities had “suggestions that individual
has leanings towards that.”
Mateen purchased at least two firearms
legally within the last week or so,
according to Trevor Velinor of the Bureau
of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms.
In a separate incident, an Indiana
man armed with three assault rifles and
chemicals used to make explosives was
arrested Sunday in Southern California
and told police he was headed to a Los
Angeles-area gay pride parade.
The Orlando shooting started about 2
a.m., with more than 300 people inside
the Pulse. At 2:09 a.m., Pulse posted on
its Facebook page: “Everyone get out of
Pulse and keep running.”
When he heard shots, Rick dropped
to the ground and crawled toward a DJ
booth. A bouncer knocked down a partition
between the club area and an area
where only workers were allowed. People
were then able to escape through the
back of the club.
Mateen exchanged gunfire with 14
police officers at the club, and took hostages
at one point. In addition to the assault
rifle, the shooter also had a handgun
and some sort of “suspicious device,” the
police chief said. About 5 a.m., authorities
sent in a SWAT team to rescue the
remaining club-goers, Police Chief John
Mina said. (AP)
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Monday 13th June 2016
Friday’s Sudoku Solution
S U D O K U
CROSSWORD
Across
1. Reckless
5. Stage
10. Go away!
14. Korea’s locale
15. Mr. Claus
16. Maui dance
17. Principal
19. Building extensions
20. America’s Uncle
21. Change
22. Bus station
23. Pinnacle
24. Relate
26. Scrapbook need
29. Poverty-stricken
31. Female voice
32. House evaluator
37. Accomplishing
39. CIA employee (abbr.)
40. Horned animal, for short
41. Love song
43. Lyric verses
44. Oscar, e.g.
46. Woman’s garment
47. Blunder
51. Famous canal
53. Zodiac sign
54. Prongs
56. Likely
59. Exceptional
60. Subject to decay
62. Plant stalk
63. Wipe out
64. Took to court
65. Female birds
66. Resource
67. School groups (abbr.)
Down
1. Stadium cheers
2. On an ocean trip
3. Thailand, once
4. Possessed
5. Biblical song
6. Hurry
7. Initial bet
8. Most strict
9. Corn spike
10. Transparent
11. Mea ____
12. Mete out
13. Savor
18. Aromatic spice
22. Laundry machine
23. Repent
25. Classified ____
26. Writing tablets
27. Burn-soothing plant
28. Agitate
30. Zealous
33. Seaside
34. Flank
35. Dollar bills
36. Singer Diana ____
38. Pesky bugs
39. Certain connectors
42. Overwhelm
45. Actress ____ Richards
46. Plate
47. Bog
48. Furious
49. Fire alarm
50. Appears to be
52. Bowler’s button
55. Nest eggs (abbr.)
56. Border
57. Entreaty
58. Williams and Kennedy
60. Pod vegetable
61. Nile viper
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HOROSCOPE
GEMINI (May 21-June 21).
For modern humans, the pains
of life are emotional and existential
as often as they are
physical. For you there will
be a wonderful mix — just
enough stimuli to spur you to
a romantic, brilliant, existential
idea.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-
Dec. 21). You want to help:
Carry the groceries; hear out
the problem; connect the people
who should know one another.
Whatever the deal, you
want to contribute. You’re
versatile. You’ll find a way.
Today’s weather forecast
Antigua and Barbuda
Partly cloudy.
High - 86ºF/30ºC
Low - 79ºF/26ºC
Wind: East South East 13 mph
Sunrise 5.33 am; Sunset 6.41 pm
Friday’s Crossword Solution
CANCER (June 22-July 22).
It is usually experience, and
not genetics, that makes a
person ruthless. A kindhearted
person makes the ruthless
nervous, as they will find the
kindness beautiful and therefore
threatening.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). Your
idea is still hovering between
the realms of here and not
here. You can sense it on the
other side of a membrane,
wondering about you as much
as you are wondering about it.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22).
Is your dream improbable?
So what? So are you. That
this iteration of you came to
be at all was against the odds,
beyond your comprehension.
Considering how very lucky
you’ve been, you might want
to push that a little further.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23).
Do you know the depth of
what you have loved? Few
can claim that knowledge, but
if you strive for it even a little
this day, you’ll be richer for
the reach.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21).
There’s an impulsiveness
to the day. You have many
friends, and you should call
on one who is particularly
knowledgeable before you
make the move you are contemplating.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan.
19). Your fortune will follow
this dictum: Stacks and stacks
of near misses and then suddenly
a hit. How wonderful it
will feel, this victory you have
so diligently earned!
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb.
18). You know what you have
to do if you’re going to walk
your talk: Wean yourself off
the distraction that’s been taking
so much of your attention
and giving so little back to
you.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20).
The dramas on television are
exciting and rapid-fire representations
of lives that no one
lives. Contrastingly, real life
has minimal plot and extraordinary
beauty, which you’ll
enjoy today.
ARIES (March 21-April 19).
What’s the objective? Call it
out, and then direct your power
there at least three times
today and for 50 minutes at
a time. This will be a magic
quick-start recipe for you, especially
if done before sunset.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20).
Helping those in need isn’t
optional to you, as there is
something inside that simply
must commit to the task.
Furthermore, as far as your
family is concerned you’re a
regular superhero.
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Monday 13th June 2016
SeaView Academy’s Annual After-Assessment Lime will be
held this year at the school campus at Scott’s Hill on Friday,
July 24, 2016 from 12 noon to 6 p.m. The event will be a
great opportunity for the entire family to participate in fun
activities, movies and games, enjoy great food and spend
quality time together!!! Entrance is FREE!! Tickets for delicious
BBQ meals are available for sale: $15 – Chicken; $20
– Fish. Don’t miss out on the best event, with exam students.
Call 461 6555 TODAY for your tickets!
The Hon. E.P. Chet Greene Parliamentary representative for
St. Paul's invites all constituents to a Town Hall meeting on
Thursday 16th June, at 7:30 p.m. at the Liberta School. Do
come out and hear a progress report for the last two years -
make your own assessment and contribute to the continued
development of St. Paul's. Make every effort to be there.
Please be informed that the Sons & Daughters of Willikies,
Inc. will be having a meeting on Thursday 16th June, 2016
at 7:30 p.m. at the St Barts Centre. All Sons & Daughters of
Willikies are invited to attend. Do come and participate in
the 2017 Reunion discussions.
The principal and staff of the Ottos Comprehensive School
are inviting Parents/ Guardians of the fifth form class of 2016
to a very important meeting on Wednesday 15th June, 2016
at 4:30pm. Please make a special effort to attend as critical
matters concerning your child/ ward will be discussed.
12 teams qualify
for Guinness Street
Football quarterfinals
By Vanroy Burnes
A total of 12 teams from the three Zones in the preliminary
rounds have qualified to advance to the quarter finals
scheduled for Thursday June 16 th at the Grays Farm Basketball
Complex.
Four other teams will join them from the West Zone preliminary
round on Wednesday night June 15 th at the same
venue.
The teams that qualified so far include East Ballers, Young
In’s, Piggott’s Bullets, All Saints United from the Parham
Basketball Court. Shatttaz United, Sandra’s Hot Grabba, Hot
Grabba FC and Nagazed from the Bolans Court, while from
the Lower Otto’s Basketball Court Rangers 1, New Kids,
Mahico and Rangers 2.
The winner of the tournament will win a grand prize of
$20,000 which includes a cash prize of $ 5,000.00 and a trip
for seven players to St. Lucia all expenses paid to represent
Antigua & Barbuda in the regional finals where they could
win another $10,000.00 cash prize.
Grays Green Community
Football League in full swing
By Vanroy Burnes
The Grays Green Community
Football league is in
full swing as teams prepare
for the ABFA League, which
is just about four months
away.
In the most recent matches
played at the King George
grounds, Ghetto Youth Connection
beat So Sick Ballaz
two goals to nil. Leon Joseph
and Corey Francis scored a
goal each for Ghetto Youth
Connection.
Meanwhile on Thursday
June 9 th , Straight Currant
beat Shines six goals to 1.
Rakeem Henry scored twice,
Kenroy Willock once, Nigel
Roberts also scored twice
and Steven Roberts once,
while Chad Vidal scored the
lone goal for Shines.
On Friday 10 th June,
Point Ville beat El Guapo
by a goal to nil. Teran King
scored the lone goal. Meanwhile
in Saturday matches,
Tamo and Earthquake played
to a one all draw with Anesta
Joseph scoring for Tamo and
Akeem Michael scoring for
Earthquake.
In the second match on
Saturday, St. John’s United
beat Herbert’s two goals
to nil. Gavin Williams and
Garry Barnes scored a goal
each.
Monday 13th June 2016 c a r i b b e a n t i m e s . a g 21
Hundred eludes Hales, wickets elude England
LORD’S - England
would have had two main
ambitions on a bedraggled
fourth day at Lord’s. The first
would have been to make
incursions into Sri Lanka’s
second innings to prepare
a route to victory and a 3-0
clean sweep in the series; the
second, a maiden Test hundred
for Alex Hales. Neither
eventuated as Sri Lanka continued
to resist gamely in the
final Test.
Left with 12 overs to see
out at the end of the day, Sri
Lanka’s openers clipped 32
from the 362 needed for victory.
Alastair Cook’s declaration
at 233 for 7 was well
judged, a touch more generous
perhaps than if the series
had been level.
The pitch is a little uneven,
but nothing excessive
and, judging by the sober
way Dimuth Karunaratne
and Kaushal Silva went
about their work, Sri Lanka
look in the mood to scrap every
inch of the way.
Hales is getting closer
to a treasured first Test hundred,
but he will have to wait
a while yet. He was on 94,
only six runs short, when
he fell lbw only 10 minutes
before tea, trying to turn Angelo
Mathews quietly on the
leg side.
He reviewed umpire Rod
Tucker’s decision, but it was
with a wan expression from
a man fearing the worst.
Ball-tracking technology
held that the ball would have
struck the top of leg stump.
Alex Hales played a solid innings for England.
With two 80s to his name
in the series, Hales could at
least console himself that he
had done much to implant
himself at the top of the order,
his composed, if occasionally
fortunate, innings
providing more evidence
that he can successfully adjust
to the demands of the
he suffered a replica of Joe
Root’s dismissal the previous
day - his off stump hit
by a shooter from Nuwan
Pradeep - only for umpire
Tucker to call no-ball.
TV replays suggested
that Pradeep’s heel was behind
the line on first impact,
the umpire perhaps being
five-day game. Without fooled by the bowler’s foot
repeated self-destruction
against Sri Lanka’s spinners
earlier in the series, he could
have been basking in something
even better.
Rain had prevented a
start until 2.40pm, but England
held an overnight lead
of 237 and, despite several
more pesky showers, the day
yielded 45 overs, enough to
keep the Test meaningful.
Hales’ composure held
England’s second innings
together, even if he was
not without fortune. On 58,
slipping forward on landing.
Understandable complaints
that international
umpires were ignoring repeated
no-balls so that they
could concentrate on events
at the business end of the
pitch seem to have caused a
recent reassessment of that
approach, but Tucker’s noball
call for such a borderline
delivery - a wrong call
as it turned out - will not allay
concerns.
With no chance under
current regulations to use
TV evidence to reverse the
decision, Sri Lanka were
understandably aggrieved.
Those regulations were already
due to be examined at
the ICC annual meeting in
Edinburgh later this month.
Undiplomatically, Sri
Lanka responded by hanging
the national flag from
the Lord’s balcony, which
could either be regarded as
a plucky statement to their
players that they would fight
on regardless of their mounting
ill luck or, conversely, as
an infantile gesture carrying
the implication of umpiring
bias.
The request soon came
through for them to take it
down: Lord’s does not allow
flags of any description,
certainly not from dressing
room balconies.
Thilanga Sumathipala,
cont’d on pg 23
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Monday 13th June 2016
Miguel Francis demolishes Racers Grand
Prix 200m field; sets national record
Deborah A Parker
“I expected the time,” Miguel
Francis told Caribbean Times after
his amazing 200m run in Jamaica on
Saturday evening.
The 21-year-old Antiguan and
Barbudan stopped the clock at 19.88
in the 200M at the Racers Grand
Prix, staged at the National Stadium
in Jamaica.
In a field that boasted the likes
of Olympic bronze medalist Warren
Weir (20.32) and Commonwealth gold
medalist Rasheed Dwyer (20.58),
Francis was unstoppable.
Not only did he manage to in fine
style out-class his seniors, but in his
feat posted the third fasted 200 m this
year and set at new national record for
Antigua and Barbuda.
“I did expect the time, because I
started off my season really well, and
I’ve been training good....so I know I
would have done it,” an enthusiastic,
focused and very humble Francis told
this newspaper.
Miguel Francis, centre, set a new national record.
With the Olympics now only several
weeks away, the rising star also coaches Usain Bolt, the world-record-
re-known coach Glen Mills- who also
expects to do exploits on the Brazilian er holder in the said event..
tracks, but for now, he is continuing to Next outing for Francis will be the
train hard with the Racers Track Club national trials on July 9th and 10th.
in Jamaica,under the capable watch of Meanwhile, Prime Minister Gaston
Browne is among
those who extended congratulations
to Francis.
The PM on Francis’
Facebook page wrote,
“Miguel! Rio gold, nothing
less. Stay focused, disciplined,
confident; with
your good work ethic you
shall rule the world in athletics.
“You are better than
Usain when he was at your
age. He did it and you can
better him.”
“Be assured of the full
support of the Government
and people.” the prime
minister also expressed.
Monday 13th June 2016 c a r i b b e a n t i m e s . a g 23
Rahkeem Cornwall scalps 10 for 47 to
crush Empire in ABCA Two-Day finals
By Vanroy Burnes
Rakheem “ Jimbo” Cornwall bowling
was simply too good for the Scotia
Bank Empire team in ABCA two day
finals at the Liberta playing field over
the weekend as the crush tom an innings
and 90 runs defeat.
Batting first after asked to bat first,
Scotia Bank Empire was bundled out
for 94 runs in 36.2 overs with Damian
Lowenfield top scoring with 26, while
Mali Richards and Melvin Charles both
hit 20 runs each.
Bowling for the Liberta Black
Hawks, Rahkeem Jimbo Cornwall
picked five for 10 off 12. Overs, while
Karima Gore, Ian Gore, Javy Benjamin
and Daron Cruickshank all had a wicket
each.
In reply, Liberta Black Hawks declared
their first innings on 386 for 9
with Karima Gore hitting 66, Kofi
James 59, Ian Gore 55, Daron Cruickshank
58 and Rahkeem Jimbo Cornwall
58. Lynton Africa was Empire best
bowler with 2 for 71 and Mali Richards
2 for 21.
Empire batting a second time with
a deficit of 292 runs, was bowled out
for 202 runs in 65.3 overs with Damian
Lowenfield 36, Junie Mills 44, Melvin
Charles 27, Brendon Jno- Baptiste 43
and Mali Richards 25. Rahkeem Jimbo
Cornwall again picked five for 37 and
match figures of ten for 47. Kadeem
Phillip had 2 for 34 and Kofi James 2
for 24.
Liberta Black Hawks won the match
by an innings and 90 runs.
cont’d from pg 21
SLC’s president, called the
decision “unacceptable” and
said: “It will be reported to
the ICC. The flag is a symbol.
It is a mark to say we are
not happy with the decision.
To show solidarity and fight
back.”
Sri Lanka also thought
they might have had Hales
on 45 when Shaminda Eranga
brought one back to strike
him on the top of the pad but
umpire S Ravi’s not-out decision
was upheld by virtue
of “umpire’s call” on review.
The breaks in Hales’ favour
were fast adding up.
In reaching 41 by Saturday’s
close, he might have
fallen on 19, if Karunaratne
had clung on to a low chance
to his left at second slip and
again on 39, shortly before
the close, when he glanced
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Pradeep down the leg side
only for Dinesh Chandimal
to grass the chance. There
were no reports of draped
flags then.
Nevertheless, Hales had
some dominant moments,
too, none better than when
he conquered Rangana Herath’s
over-the-wicket attack
into the rough by hoisting
the left-arm spinner straight
for six, then sweeping his
next delivery for four.
England did lose the
nightwatchman Steven Finn,
lbw to Eranga, clearing the
way for Cook.
His place at No. 7 was
purely happenstance, and
not due to regulations limiting
a player’s place in the
batting order after injury,
explained by the fact that his
mishap while fielding at silly
point was regarded as an external
injury.
Cook showed no ill effects
although he, too, flirted
with the vagaries of the review
system.
On 6, Herath spun one
back to hit his thigh, playing
back, but replays showed the
ball had struck him outside
the line.
Then, in Herath’s very
next over, he was struck in
line of off stump by another
sharp spinner, but this Sri
Lanka erroneously chose not
to appeal the original not-out
decision. Hawk-Eye would
have sent the England captain
on his way for 11.
Cook’s unbeaten 49, batting
at No. 7, including a
deep midwicket six into the
Mound Stand off Eranga -
he had hit 10 previously in
Tests - and surely his first
attempted ramp shot. The
latter felt a bit like tipsy dad
on the dancefloor.
Probably judging that
was enough tomfoolery for
one day, he then declared, no
doubt returning to a dressing
room where he commands
so much respect that players
can happily giggle at his adventure.
(ESPNcricinfo)
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Monday 13th June 2016
Warner stars with century at Warner Park
David Warner plays a shot against South Africa.
BASSETERRE, St Kitts – David
Warner’s sixth One-Day International
hundred proved the catalyst as Australia
won their second game of the Ballr Cup
Tri-Nations Series with a 36-run victory
over South Africa.
The left-hander extended his rich
vein of form with 109 as the Aussies tallied
288 for six from their 50 overs on
a good batting surface as Warner Park,
marked its 10 th anniversary in international
cricket.
Seamers Mitchell Starc (3-43) and
Josh Hazlewood (3-52), along with
leg-spinner Adam Zampa (3-52), all
then claimed three wickets as South Africa
folded for 252 off 47.4 overs.
Faf du Plessis top-scored with 63,
opener Hashim Amla stroked 60 and JP
Duminy chimed in with 41, while captain
AB de Villiers scored 39.
South Africa appeared on course for
victory at 177 for two in the 32nd over
but Zampa and Starc mainly triggered a
slide that saw the last eight wickets tumble
for 75 runs.
Earlier, Warner gave the Aussies the
start they needed after opting to bat first,
striking 11 fours and two sixes in an innings
that lasted 120 balls.
He put on 48 for the first wicket
with Aaron Finch, who made 13, and a
further 136 for the second wicket with
Usman Khawaja who scored 59 off 71
balls with four fours and a six, as Australia
controlled the first phase of the game.
Captain Steve Smith chipped in with
an unbeaten 52 from 49 deliveries while
wicketkeeper Matthew Wade made 24.
Leg-spinner Imran Tahir was the best
bowler with two for 45.
Warner’s intent was clear from the
opening over of game when he crashed
the first ball from pacer Kyle Abbott to
the point boundary.
In the fourth over, he punched speedster
Kagiso Rabada to the square boundary
and then lifted him over square leg
for the first of his two sixes.
Tahir accounted for Finch in his
opening over, the 10th of the innings,
when the right-hander missed a sweep
and was bowled off-stump.
Warner and Khawaja then dominated
the Proteas attack, bringing up Australia’s
100 in the 21st over, en route to 127
for one at the half-way point.
Playing in his usual aggressive
style, Warner deposited Tahir onto the
sightscreen in the bowler’s following
over and proceeded to his half-century
off 53 deliveries.
He required 56 more balls to reach
triple figures, arriving at his landmark in
the 32nd over with a single to deep cover
off Abbott.
Khawaja reached his half-century
in the same over but Australia then lost
both he and Warner in the space of 30
balls with 12 runs added.
Warner perished first, pulling pacer
Wayne Parnell to Amla at mid-wicket
in the 35th over and Khawaja followed
soon after, top-edging a sweep at leftarm
spinner Aaron Phangiso to fine leg.
On 196 for three in the 40th, it was
left to Smith to guide the remainder of
the innings.
In reply, South Africa lost Quinton
de Kock for 19 with the score on 35 in
the eighth over but the right-handed pair
of du Plessis and Amla steadied the innings
in a second wicket partnership of
105.
While du Plessis hit five fours off 75
balls, Amla counted six fours and a six
off 64 deliveries.
Amla drove a half-volley from Hazlewood
low to Smith at cover in the
26th over to depart and du Plessis put on
a further 37 for the third wicket with de
Villiers before drivingly loosely at Starc
and falling to a catch at backward point
by George Bailey in the 32nd over.
Things quickly fell apart for South
Africa. De Villiers and Duminy resisted
in a 33-run, fourth wicket stand but once
the skipper missed a swing at Hazlewood
and was bowled in the 38th over,
the innings declined rapidly. (CMC)
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