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<strong>Tuesday</strong> <strong>12th</strong> <strong>July</strong> <strong>2016</strong> A n t i g u a a n d B a r b u d a<br />

Vol.7 No.49 $2.00<br />

BODY FOUND AT<br />

RENDEZVOUS BAY<br />

The Police are investigating the circumstances<br />

surrounding an alleged drowning incident,<br />

which took place at Rendezvous Bay<br />

on Sunday.<br />

to land; however, in the process of doing so,<br />

Barzey became submerged under the water<br />

and disappeared. An immediate search was<br />

carried out by the said family members and<br />

Dead is 24yrs-old Darnel Barzey of her body was found and pulled ashore in an<br />

Montserrat, currently residing in England<br />

and was staying in Grays Farm. It is alleged<br />

that Barzey and other family members went<br />

to Rendezvous Bay Sunday afternoon for a<br />

swim.<br />

It is further alleged that during the time<br />

they were in the water, she complained that<br />

she had difficulty standing up in the water.<br />

A decision was made for them to return<br />

unconscious state.<br />

The Antigua and Barbuda Search and<br />

Rescue (ABSAR) arrived on the scene, and<br />

attempts were made to have her resuscitated.<br />

She was subsequently transported to the<br />

Mount St. Johns Medical Center, where she<br />

was later pronounced dead. An autopsy is<br />

expected, as the police continue their investigations<br />

into the matter.<br />

Darnel Barzey<br />

Police drugs eradication successful<br />

The Police continue to<br />

send a strong signal to those<br />

involved in the cultivation or<br />

trafficking of illicit drugs that<br />

it will not be business as usual.<br />

On Saturday, the Police<br />

Narcotics Department went on<br />

a Drugs Eradication Exercise<br />

in the Collins Area, and netted<br />

well over two thousand Cannabis<br />

plants. The plants were<br />

found growing on a large Cannabis<br />

Plantation among some<br />

bushes. A total of 2195 plants<br />

were uprooted and taken to<br />

Police Headquarters, pending<br />

further investigations into the<br />

matter.<br />

This is one of several eradication<br />

exercises the police<br />

would have conducted so far<br />

for the year. To date, a number<br />

of cannabis plantations were<br />

found and uprooted, yielding<br />

hundreds of thousands cannabis<br />

plants. Several people were<br />

also arrested and charged coming<br />

out of these matters.


2 c a r i b b e a n t i m e s . a g<br />

<strong>Tuesday</strong> <strong>12th</strong> <strong>July</strong> <strong>2016</strong><br />

School Uniform Grant Program progressing well<br />

By Joanna Paris<br />

A number of parents/<br />

guardians have already collected<br />

their vouchers under<br />

the <strong>2016</strong> School Uniform<br />

Grant Programme. The first<br />

week came to an end last<br />

Friday.<br />

The Ministry of Education<br />

has released figures to<br />

show that from <strong>July</strong> 4 th to<br />

<strong>July</strong> 8 th , a total of 5, 342<br />

vouchers were distributed<br />

Editor’s Note<br />

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St. John’s,<br />

Antigua.<br />

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to members of the public.<br />

The numbers also indicated<br />

that 4, 753 students have received<br />

school uniforms thus<br />

far.<br />

The <strong>2016</strong> School Uniform<br />

Grant Programme will<br />

end on August 31 st.<br />

The ministry has reiterated<br />

that in order to collect<br />

vouchers, a parent or<br />

guardian must provide the<br />

child’s/children’s report<br />

card(s) for Term 3, <strong>2016</strong><br />

or other suitable documentation<br />

from the school, and<br />

a government issued photo<br />

identification of the parent<br />

or guardian.<br />

Non-national parents or<br />

guardians must provide valid<br />

passports with evidence<br />

that they as well as their<br />

child/children are legally<br />

residing in Antigua & Barbuda<br />

and evidence that the<br />

child/ children is enrolled<br />

in a school registered by the<br />

Ministry of Education.<br />

Parents of students who<br />

have transferred to a new<br />

school are required to provide<br />

a copy of a signed letter<br />

from the principal of the<br />

receiving school (child’s<br />

new school) or a signed letter<br />

from the Director of Education.<br />

To register new children<br />

in the programme, parents<br />

must provide a photo ID<br />

of the parent, a birth certificate<br />

or passport for the<br />

child/children who is/are<br />

a national(s) of Antigua &<br />

Barbuda.<br />

Distribution of vouchers<br />

takes place at the<br />

Multi-Purpose Cultural<br />

Centre and Holy Trinity<br />

School Barbuda from Monday<br />

through Thursday 8:30<br />

a.m. to 3:30 p.m., and on<br />

Fridays, 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.<br />

Senate debates and passes Evidence<br />

Special Provisions Amendment Bill<br />

By Joanna Paris<br />

The Upper House of Parliament debated<br />

and passed the Evidence Special Provisions<br />

Amendment Bill <strong>2016</strong> on Monday without<br />

any amendments.<br />

One of the main components of the bill<br />

is the provision for persons who are deaf or<br />

mute and other vulnerable witnesses to give<br />

evidence in civil or criminal court proceedings<br />

where necessary.<br />

It will also allow witnesses who are living<br />

overseas to give evidence is cases in Antigua<br />

via teleconference or video link.<br />

Leader of Government Business in the<br />

Senate, Senator Lennox Weston, indicated<br />

that the legislation is welcomed and necessary.<br />

He made special mention of the provisions<br />

covering persons with special needs.<br />

“We are in a society now, where all of us<br />

understand that every member of society regardless<br />

of their deficiencies or special needs<br />

have a right to be cared for and as we try to<br />

update our various legislative documents,<br />

we have to make the necessary changes to<br />

incorporate and provide access and provisions<br />

for them to enjoy the fullness of being<br />

a citizen in Antigua and Barbuda”, explained<br />

Senator Weston.<br />

He also fully endorsed the notion of using<br />

technology in the quest to achieve justice.<br />

Opposition Senator, Jacqui Quinn, also<br />

indicated that her party fully supported the<br />

amendment, which she said is a step further<br />

to having an all-inclusive society.<br />

“This bill is making provisions to accommodate<br />

persons who fall in the category of<br />

vulnerable persons. It is a good thing that we<br />

have signed a number of conventions to protect<br />

persons living with disabilities and so<br />

on. We must continue to advance legislation<br />

to protect and respect these persons in society”,<br />

Senator Quinn emphasized.<br />

Her colleague, Senator Shawn Nicholas,<br />

also welcomed the changes. She noted that<br />

technology plays a vital role in a number of<br />

operations around the globe. She added that<br />

this will also lessen the back log of cases,<br />

since judges will no longer have to wait for<br />

witnesses to travel from overseas to give evidence.


<strong>Tuesday</strong> <strong>12th</strong> <strong>July</strong> <strong>2016</strong> c a r i b b e a n t i m e s . a g 3<br />

St. Paul’s Summer Camp officially open<br />

By Justin Peters<br />

Yesterday, the Honourable<br />

Chet Greene, Minister of<br />

Trade, Commerce, Industry,<br />

Sports, Culture & National<br />

Festivals met with nearly 200<br />

gleeful and eager children<br />

from the St. Paul’s constituency<br />

which he represents.<br />

The youngsters, counsellors,<br />

parents and representatives<br />

from the Ministry of Culture<br />

came together to officially<br />

open the camp which is now<br />

in its second year.<br />

The children were treated<br />

to cultural performances<br />

from the Culture drummer<br />

and Miss Arianne White, one<br />

of the finest voices in Antigua<br />

and Barbuda.<br />

Minister Greene emphasized<br />

that the camp would be<br />

focusing on Antiguan culture<br />

and heritage, which is something<br />

that has been sorely<br />

lacking for a number of<br />

years. He also made the commitment<br />

to accept every child<br />

that enrols emphasizing that<br />

“no child will be refused”.<br />

Speaking to <strong>Caribbean</strong><br />

the honourable minister expressed<br />

how delighted he<br />

felt to be a part of the camp<br />

opening.<br />

Breach of beach<br />

protection Act costs man<br />

By Deborah A Parker<br />

A 52-year-old man was fined for breaching the Beach<br />

Protection Act.<br />

James Ryan was asked to pay $300 for sand mining when<br />

he appeared before Magistrate Ngaio Emanuel yesterday.<br />

In default he will spend 72 hours in prison.<br />

Ryan was reportedly seen removing sand from the Red<br />

Hills Beach at approximately 6:30 am on <strong>July</strong> 5.<br />

The police were called, and the offender was caught with<br />

sand in his truck. He would admit to the lawmen that he did<br />

not have a permit to remove the sand.<br />

Ryan in the meantime told the court that he is guilty of<br />

committing the offence, and also expressed remorse.<br />

“I doing ah little thing home. I didn’t know it was wrong<br />

to take up two shovels of sand,” Ryan stated further.


4 c a r i b b e a n t i m e s . a g<br />

<strong>Tuesday</strong> <strong>12th</strong> <strong>July</strong> <strong>2016</strong><br />

September Assizes for Harry Josiah<br />

By Deborah A Parker<br />

Former Transport Board General<br />

Manager Harry Josiah had his fraud<br />

related matters committed to the High<br />

Court yesterday.<br />

The said company’s former Human<br />

Resource Manager Genevieve Phillip,<br />

who has also been slapped with<br />

fraud-related charges, also had her matters<br />

sent to the September <strong>2016</strong> criminal<br />

assizes.<br />

Attorneys Dane Hamilton and John<br />

Fuller, several weeks ago stated that<br />

there was insufficient evidence against<br />

By Everton Barnes<br />

The operating losses reported<br />

by the Eastern <strong>Caribbean</strong><br />

Central Bank last<br />

their clients. Both lawyers were expected<br />

to file written submissions in<br />

that respect.<br />

However, when the matter came up<br />

before Magistrate Ngaio Emanuel in<br />

District B on Monday Hamilton stated,<br />

“ Because of the pressure of work I was<br />

unable to file a submission...so we will<br />

allow the matter to proceed.”<br />

Police prosecutor Cpl Allan Honore’<br />

made application for the 132 exhibits<br />

related to the matters, to remain<br />

in the police’s custody.<br />

He also advised that 31 witnesses<br />

month is a reflection of the<br />

poor state of the economies<br />

of the sub-region.<br />

That’s the assessment of<br />

economist, McCarty Marie,<br />

who said that in times of<br />

growth the bank does well<br />

but that the reverse is true in<br />

times of economic hardship.<br />

He said when business is<br />

bright in the countries of the<br />

currency union and people<br />

are making demands on the<br />

commercial banks for loans,<br />

the bank in turn borrows<br />

money from the ECCB to<br />

satisfy the demands of its<br />

clients.<br />

“But as we know, over<br />

the last few years the banks<br />

have been quite liquid with<br />

lots of money to lend but<br />

cannot find people who<br />

want money to borrow,” he<br />

stated.<br />

Against this background,<br />

he said banks have no need<br />

to approach the ECCB for<br />

loans which leads to the<br />

central bank losing the<br />

money it would normally<br />

make from charging interests<br />

on the money it lends to<br />

the commercial banks.<br />

“This is a reflection that<br />

will be called upon.<br />

In an investigation which reportedly<br />

dates back to March 2015, the<br />

former Transport Board boss was allegedly<br />

implicated in some 38 counts<br />

of misdeeds, which allegedly includes<br />

four counts of obtaining by false documents,<br />

four counts of corruption, five<br />

counts of forgery and five counts of uttering.<br />

Further, as a result of the alleged<br />

misconduct, several vehicles, furniture<br />

and other items were reportedly removed<br />

from Josiah’s home.<br />

OECS economic situation impacts ECCB<br />

the collective economies<br />

of the sub-region have had<br />

slow growth, investments<br />

have been slow and the demand<br />

for loans have also<br />

been slow,” he revealed.<br />

Marie further explain<br />

that this was one reason<br />

why the commercial banks<br />

asked the central bank to review<br />

the interest rates paid<br />

on savings.<br />

He said the banks complained<br />

that whilst they<br />

were paying interest at three<br />

percent, the low demand for<br />

loans was eating away at the<br />

banks’ bottom line.<br />

He said that eventually<br />

led to a decline of one percent<br />

on interest paid on deposits.<br />

It moved from three<br />

to two percent.<br />

He said a return to acceptable<br />

levels of economic<br />

growth will be reflected in<br />

improvements in the EC-<br />

CB’s finances.<br />

The ECCB reported a<br />

$10 million loss in 2015 financial<br />

year.


<strong>Tuesday</strong> <strong>12th</strong> <strong>July</strong> <strong>2016</strong> c a r i b b e a n t i m e s . a g 5<br />

Five priority areas for Senator Freeland<br />

Parliamentary secretary in the Ministry of Works and Housing, Senator<br />

Michael Freeland, second left, is flanked by Minister of Public<br />

Works, the Hon., Eustace “Teco” Lake, left, Minister of Social<br />

Transformation, the Hon., Samantha Marshall, right, and Governor<br />

General Sir Dr. Rodney Williams.<br />

By Everton Barnes<br />

The new-appointed parliamentary<br />

secretary in<br />

the Ministry of Works and<br />

Housing, Senator Michael<br />

Freeland, has described his<br />

role as assisting the substantive<br />

minister, Eustace Teco<br />

Lake, implement the ministry’s<br />

action plan.<br />

He was with CT following<br />

a brief ceremony at<br />

Government House where<br />

he was presented with his<br />

instruments of appointment<br />

by Governor General, Sir<br />

Rodney Williams. Freeland<br />

was accompanied by family<br />

and friends at Government<br />

House, including his mother,<br />

Lady Ruth Freeland and<br />

his daughter, Tsuniyah Freeland.<br />

“It is indeed an honour to<br />

serve in this capacity for the<br />

people of Antigua and Barbuda.<br />

I am here to do my best<br />

and add to the already progressing<br />

state of the Ministry.<br />

Thanks to Minister Lake<br />

for the confidence to have<br />

me join him in the ministry<br />

and heartfelt thanks and appreciation<br />

to Prime Minister<br />

Gaston Browne for his continued<br />

faith and commitment<br />

toward the empowerment of<br />

the youth,” he stated.<br />

Freeland said there are<br />

five priority areas for the<br />

ministry that he will assist<br />

with implementing. “Our<br />

priorities include what he<br />

term Community Development<br />

which is the construction<br />

of sidewalks and drainage<br />

at the community level<br />

as well as the resurfacing of<br />

major roads and by-roads in<br />

those communities,” he announced.<br />

The second priority is the<br />

installation of solar-power<br />

street lights in the communi-<br />

The Ministry of Works and Housing<br />

will be conducting road work on the Main<br />

road that leads from Herberts Main Road to<br />

Sea View Farm.<br />

The Alternative route: Up All Saints<br />

Road through Seaview Farm Village to get<br />

ties starting with those areas<br />

on the outskirts of St John’s.<br />

Next is the restoration of St<br />

John’s. “Our goal is to refurbish<br />

and repair all government-owned<br />

buildings in the<br />

capital and then to see them<br />

occupied by government departments/ministries.<br />

This<br />

will go some ways to reducing<br />

government’s huge<br />

rent bill,” he explained. The<br />

work to upgrade the city will<br />

also see repairs to sidewalks<br />

or in some cases complete<br />

replacing of sidewalks.<br />

According to the parliamentary<br />

secretary priority<br />

four is the completing<br />

of the housing programme<br />

launched by the government.<br />

Freeland said the aim<br />

is to see that the programme<br />

meets its goal of providing<br />

affordable houses to ordinary<br />

men/women. Additionally,<br />

he also announced that<br />

there are plans to build a<br />

new headquarters building<br />

for the Central Housing and<br />

Planning Authority (CHA-<br />

PA).<br />

The fifth priority for the<br />

ministry is the British-funded<br />

road programme where<br />

US$20 million will be spent<br />

on the construction or resurfacing<br />

of five major roads in<br />

the country.<br />

Freeland said a project<br />

coordinator has been named<br />

to oversee the full implementation<br />

of this programme.<br />

Road closure in Herberts<br />

to Light Foot. Residents can also travel<br />

up Factory Road and past the Light Food<br />

Pond.<br />

The road work will be done to construct<br />

of a concrete slab for the construction of a<br />

bridge overpass.


6 c a r i b b e a n t i m e s . a g<br />

<strong>Tuesday</strong> <strong>12th</strong> <strong>July</strong> <strong>2016</strong><br />

KAW’s 8 th annual AML/CFT conference opens<br />

By Joanna Paris<br />

The Sandals Grande Antigua Resort<br />

and Spa is once again the venue<br />

of the high level two-day event- the<br />

8 th annual Anti-fraud and financial crimes<br />

conference.<br />

The forum has attracted participants<br />

from around the world, all eager to enhance<br />

their knowledge in combating financial<br />

crimes.<br />

The conference is organized by KAW<br />

Management Services Limited under the<br />

leadership of Managing Director and<br />

Owner, Kem Warner.<br />

Warner welcomed all of the participants<br />

and thanked them for the interest<br />

expressed in the critical subject area. He<br />

added that the organization is committed<br />

to hosting the conference annually despite<br />

the challenges encountered yearly.<br />

He urged the participants to use the<br />

conference o advocate for regional integration<br />

in fighting financial crimes.<br />

“While our primary focus over the<br />

next couple of days is on ensuring our<br />

jurisdictions are not abused by money<br />

launderers, terrorist financiers and persons<br />

and organizations engaged in other<br />

financial crimes, we must also use this<br />

training medium wisely and use the opportunity<br />

to lobby for regional integration<br />

in the fight against financial crimes and<br />

the safety and soundness of our institutions<br />

and our jurisdictions” said Warner.<br />

He also used the platform to advocate<br />

for the reformation of the supervisory<br />

framework.<br />

“There is an increased call to reform<br />

our Supervisory Framework. There<br />

ought to be an ongoing thrust within the<br />

region for institutions to be regulated and<br />

supervised from a risk based perspective<br />

and not a prescriptive one.<br />

“No two companies can be the same<br />

as no two companies should be regulated<br />

and supervised the same.<br />

“We cannot utilize a one size fit all<br />

approach to regulation nor can we single<br />

handily implement a model from a large<br />

country into our jurisdictions without tailoring<br />

or modelling it to the risk inherit in<br />

the particular jurisdiction”, he outlined.<br />

The need for unity among key financial<br />

regulatory companies in the <strong>Caribbean</strong><br />

was highlighted.<br />

“There is also the need for unity<br />

among institutions and regulatory agencies<br />

in the <strong>Caribbean</strong>.<br />

“Regulated Agencies like Casinos,<br />

Money Services Businesses, Real Estate<br />

companies, Offshore Gaming Companies<br />

just to name a few, in some Jurisdictions<br />

have difficulties getting and maintaining<br />

Bank Accounts”.<br />

Also addressing the opening ceremony<br />

was the Director of the Office of<br />

National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP),<br />

Lieutenant Colonel Edward Croft, who<br />

commended Warner and his team for organizing<br />

and hosting the annual exercise.<br />

“Let me first offer congratulations to<br />

Mr. Kem Warner & KAW management<br />

on the continuous training opportunities<br />

being offered in the AML/CFT areas<br />

and for the hosting of this 8 th Annual<br />

Conference addressing issues of AML/<br />

CFT, Anti-Fraud and Financial Crimes.<br />

“It is important that the private sector<br />

also provides training opportunities for<br />

raising the awareness of the requirements<br />

of the AML/CFT framework to mitigate<br />

risks associated with conducting business<br />

and trade”, he said.<br />

With reference to the objectives of the<br />

forum, he emphasized the need for compliance<br />

officers to play a more active role<br />

in in the regulatory framework.<br />

“A Compliance Officer should be reviewing<br />

applications for the opening of<br />

accounts. Management should be giving<br />

careful consideration to recommendations<br />

that accounts not be opened or that<br />

they be closed.<br />

“A Compliance Officer who has a<br />

sound basis for making such recommendations<br />

but fails to do so, is criminally<br />

liable. Likewise, an all knowing board of<br />

directors or management who belittles a<br />

Compliance Officer’s competent recommendation<br />

may be corporately and each<br />

member personally liable for ML or FT<br />

that flows from ignoring such advice”,<br />

were the words that he expressed.<br />

Comptroller of Customs, Raju Baddu,<br />

also addressed the opening proceedings.<br />

Among the topics which will be<br />

covered during the sessions are: HSBC<br />

Whistle Blower on Terrorism Financing<br />

– Too Big to Jail, De-Risking/De-Banking<br />

– Myth or Reality Facing <strong>Caribbean</strong><br />

Financial Institutions and Compliance<br />

for Intelligence.


<strong>Tuesday</strong> <strong>12th</strong> <strong>July</strong> <strong>2016</strong> c a r i b b e a n t i m e s . a g 7<br />

Remarks by Samantha Marshall at the<br />

Rotary Club of Antigua & Barbuda Luncheon<br />

“Today I choose life. Every<br />

morning when I wake up<br />

I can choose joy, happiness,<br />

negativity, pain... To feel the<br />

freedom that comes from being<br />

able to continue to make<br />

mistakes and choices - today<br />

I choose to feel life, not to<br />

deny my humanity but embrace<br />

it.” Kevyn Aucoin<br />

The only thing I would<br />

alter there, is to say ….today<br />

I choose to serve and to<br />

do so with respect and conviction.<br />

I wish to recognize all<br />

protocols already established.<br />

Indeed it is a honor to address<br />

this warm gathering<br />

and to celebrate with you,<br />

the Rotary Club of Antigua,<br />

the new Rotary Year under<br />

the theme: “Rotary, Serving<br />

Humanity”.<br />

Let me take this opportunity<br />

to commend the 2015-<br />

<strong>2016</strong> Past President and executive<br />

and to congratulate<br />

and offer best wishes to the<br />

<strong>2016</strong>- 2017 President Evangeline<br />

Allen and her Executive.<br />

Over the past forty (40)<br />

years, the Rotary Club of<br />

Antigua has been involved<br />

in exemplary humanitarian<br />

service by feeding those who<br />

are hungry; clothing those<br />

who are without; enabling<br />

the disabled; sheltering those<br />

who are in need of refuge;<br />

and advancing our young<br />

people through education,<br />

thereby preparing young<br />

Social Transormation Minister,<br />

the Hon., Samantha Marshall<br />

leaders.<br />

The Rotary Club of Antigua<br />

has established itself<br />

as one of the leading philanthropic<br />

organizations within<br />

Antigua & Barbuda, and<br />

more so worldwide.Thereby<br />

helping to fulfill social, educational<br />

and health related,<br />

developmental goals.<br />

The invaluable contribution<br />

by the Rotary Club of<br />

Antigua and Barbuda is embodied<br />

in your motto- “Service<br />

Above Self”. From this<br />

motto, there are two fundamental<br />

principles:<br />

Dedicated Service;<br />

Selflessness Dedicated<br />

Service requires faithful devotion<br />

in the pursuit of love,<br />

respect, and care for others.<br />

Yet no matter Rotary’s<br />

Dedication; or dedication<br />

from any other service organization<br />

or from Government,<br />

social ills, whether<br />

they can be transformed or<br />

positively challenged, is<br />

not a battle that either party<br />

on its own can successfully<br />

fight & win. Such battles<br />

require a strategic alliance<br />

in order to be a real success.<br />

This requires a strengthened<br />

partnership with the Government<br />

and organizations such<br />

as yours.<br />

We should ask each day<br />

‘not what our country can<br />

do for us but what we can<br />

do for our country’. Limited<br />

resources within a small<br />

populated country would<br />

suggest that we need to unite<br />

as a people through selflessness<br />

and dedication. Regardless<br />

of political persuasions,<br />

religious and social beliefs,<br />

and economic backgrounds,<br />

it will take a concerted effort<br />

for our country to become a<br />

spiritual, socially developed<br />

and economic powerhouse.<br />

Alone we can do so little; but<br />

together, we could do much<br />

more for our country.<br />

With this year’s theme<br />

being “Rotary Serving Humanity”,<br />

Rotary and its<br />

members:<br />

Must Appreciate the wide<br />

scope of humanitarian problems<br />

and consider approaches<br />

that can reach those who<br />

are vulnerable- through the<br />

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multidisciplinary experience that [you]<br />

have gained over the years to assist in<br />

the resolution of society’s problems via<br />

unique programmes and or policies;<br />

You must also THINK with the<br />

changing times- providing leadership<br />

and expertise, developing partnerships,<br />

and seek to aid in the resolution of social<br />

problems through innovating thinking;<br />

You must also continue to ACT responsibly-<br />

by ensuring your invaluable<br />

contribution to society is one that is<br />

sustainable, environmentally friendly,<br />

holistic, and relevant;<br />

Finally, you must continue to make<br />

a difference- by encouraging more individuals<br />

to be part of your organization<br />

so that your contribution to society will<br />

be perpetuated through the generations<br />

to come, and thus making Rotary an institution<br />

in society.<br />

As Minister of Social Transformation<br />

and Human Resource Development,<br />

it is my Government’s wish to<br />

continue to have the Rotary Club of Antigua<br />

as one of our main social partners,<br />

in the pursuit of my Government’s developmental<br />

policy and goals. In fact,<br />

allow me to mention here our gratus to<br />

the Rotary Club in relation to the sewing<br />

project done in consultation with<br />

Community Development, which was<br />

piloted in four communities, New Winthropes,<br />

Pigotts, Liberta and Freetown.<br />

I am aware the project may have experienced<br />

some challenges but despite<br />

that I wish to assure you today that my<br />

Ministry and by extension the Government,<br />

remains committed to working<br />

with you on this and any other program<br />

aimed at empowering and enabling our<br />

people.<br />

At this juncture I think it wise to<br />

give some background as to the programmes<br />

currently being developed by<br />

the Ministry of Social Transformation<br />

& Human Resource Development so as<br />

to support the mandate of Government<br />

to alleviate poverty and to empower our<br />

vulnerable within Antigua and Barbuda<br />

by 2030.<br />

The existing support programmes<br />

under the Ministry are :<br />

B.o.G a stipend of $260.00 per<br />

month to assist the indigent children<br />

and mothers, elders and the medically<br />

challenged.<br />

This has existed since the 1960’s<br />

and has not changed much to suit modern<br />

day circumstances hence through<br />

the partnership of UNICEF, UN Women<br />

and OAS we are putting mechanisms<br />

in place to better structure this program.<br />

Hence, UNICEF drafting a more<br />

modern legislation with more appeasing<br />

name.<br />

UN women - meeting the cost of<br />

building a data base program to better<br />

monitor and note data on the assistance<br />

government offers and to encourage<br />

greater inter governmental collaboration.<br />

OAS - recent opening of the financial<br />

empowerment centre. Pilot for 2<br />

years thereafter Government will continue<br />

the program at its full cost.<br />

Programs being developed:<br />

Empowerment programs specifically<br />

geared to single parents to assist<br />

them in developing a skill so as to increase<br />

their income ability and empower<br />

them and their families. Hence we<br />

are developing a beverage crop project<br />

to encourage our people to consume<br />

more local drinks. It is intended that<br />

these producers will be guaranteed a<br />

market with National School Meals and<br />

the CMC.<br />

Additionally Community Development<br />

and Local Government will be restructured<br />

to facilitate a full scale skills<br />

training program for those who desire<br />

to learn a skill to include the disabled<br />

who may require additional support or<br />

re-training.<br />

We continue to address issues related<br />

to abuse and neglect of our young<br />

people, which continues to sadly make<br />

up a bulk of the daily challenge suffered<br />

by our Ministry…..sadly families,<br />

loved ones, communities no longer<br />

seem to be the keepers of these innocent<br />

children and we are often faced with the<br />

reality that the nuclear family structure<br />

does not seemingly exist. At the moment<br />

we have approximately 75 foster<br />

parents and there is a need for more as<br />

we continue to receive children in need<br />

of placement.<br />

In August, 2015, the Ministry<br />

through the assistance of 3 main businesses<br />

were able to provide 300 school<br />

bags with books and pencils and for the<br />

smaller ones shoes, so that we could ensure<br />

the children of parents of the indigent<br />

registered with the Ministry could<br />

attend school.<br />

We welcome Rotary of Antigua to<br />

support in such an initiative in the upcoming<br />

years.<br />

we continue to offer the program of<br />

elder care home assistants and we are<br />

about to launch a program related to<br />

para transit service for the elderly and<br />

disabled with 2 custom built buses that<br />

were provided by the Government of<br />

the Republic of Korea.<br />

These plans and programmes can<br />

only be maximized and fully effective<br />

once we work in tandem with our social<br />

partners such as the Rotary Club of<br />

Antigua.<br />

I also recognize that the Rotary Club<br />

of Antigua will require Government’s<br />

support to ensure it continues to give<br />

that support that it now provides and I<br />

am more than happy to commit in giving<br />

my support to Rotay of Antigua.<br />

In closing, “I don’t know what your<br />

destiny will be, but one thing I know:<br />

the only ones among you who will be<br />

really happy are those who have sought<br />

and found how to serve.” - Albert<br />

Schweitzer<br />

I thank you.


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‘Bring dem to justice!’ - Three-yearold<br />

twin girl slain<br />

KINGSTON - Residents<br />

of Orange Hill in Brown’s<br />

Town, St Ann, are calling<br />

for the heads of those responsible<br />

for the slaying of<br />

three-year-old Nevalesia<br />

Campbell, whose body was<br />

discovered in bushes with<br />

chop wounds about 9:30<br />

yesterday morning.<br />

“There is nothing that a<br />

little pickney can do to deserve<br />

this, even if the parents<br />

dem do somebody something.<br />

Good God man!” one<br />

man exclaimed.<br />

“God going bring dem to<br />

justice!” a woman added.<br />

Acting commander of the<br />

St Ann police Superintendent<br />

Gary Francis said the<br />

mother of the child reported<br />

her missing at about 2:00<br />

am.<br />

“She informed the police<br />

that about 10:30 pm last<br />

night she put Nevalesia and<br />

her twin brother to bed. At<br />

about 11:00 pm she woke<br />

up and gave the child water.<br />

She was watching television<br />

with her when she fell<br />

asleep. At about 1:30 am she<br />

woke up and recognised that<br />

Nevalesia was missing,” Superintendent<br />

Francis told the<br />

Jamaica Observer.<br />

“Her body was later<br />

found with chop wounds in<br />

a precipice,” Francis said.<br />

Unconfirmed reports are that<br />

she was sexually abused by<br />

her attacker.<br />

The mother, Mahalia<br />

Poyser, had to be taken to<br />

the hospital since the incident.<br />

Angry residents said<br />

whoever committed the<br />

gruesome act should be punished,<br />

but the superintendent<br />

appealed to them to cooperate<br />

with the police by telling<br />

them what they know.<br />

“Do not take justice into<br />

your own hands,” he urged.<br />

Francis said the police<br />

are “looking into a number<br />

of theories, and are appealing<br />

to residents to tell the<br />

police what they know. We<br />

want to appeal to parents, to<br />

mothers, to do more to protect<br />

their children,” Francis<br />

said.<br />

There are reports that residents<br />

heard a child crying in<br />

the night, but did not think it<br />

was a result of the child being<br />

harmed.<br />

“People hear the crying<br />

and think ah duppy a cry,”<br />

one woman said.<br />

Several of them are dispelling<br />

the mother’s report<br />

that the child was taken<br />

while she slept. They are<br />

theorising that she was at a<br />

function in the community<br />

when the child was taken<br />

and that it was perpetrated<br />

by a fellow resident.<br />

“Something inna something,”<br />

one woman said.<br />

“Somebody know that the<br />

mother [was] not there.”<br />

Another woman said:<br />

“When mi come ‘round ya<br />

Three-year-old Nevalesia Campbell<br />

this morning ah the mercy a<br />

God mek mi no drop down,”<br />

expressing her emotional<br />

state.<br />

“This is a very sad day<br />

in the community; the community<br />

must come together<br />

and tell the police what<br />

they know,” Councillor for<br />

the Brown’s Town Division<br />

Delroy Redway said.<br />

Meanwhile, Opposition<br />

Leader Portia Simpson Miller<br />

deplored the killing and<br />

has commiserated with the<br />

residents, saying that, “Jamaicans<br />

must be particularly<br />

incensed that children<br />

continue to be among the<br />

victims of vile and senseless<br />

murders.”<br />

“I grieve with the parents,<br />

family members and<br />

the entire community at this<br />

senseless killing of one so<br />

young. I convey my sincere<br />

condolence to her parents at<br />

this time of great pain and<br />

loss,” Simpson Miller said<br />

in a statement yesterday.<br />

The Opposition leader<br />

added that the killing represents<br />

a loss of potential as<br />

no one knows for sure the<br />

positive impact the young<br />

victim would have had on<br />

the society if she had been<br />

given the opportunity to develop<br />

into an adult and contribute<br />

to the building of her<br />

community and nation.<br />

“All well-thinking Jamaicans<br />

must deplore and speak<br />

out against these gruesome<br />

acts of brutality against Jamaica’s<br />

children,” Simpson<br />

Miller added. (Jamaica Observer)


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12 c a r i b b e a n t i m e s . a g<br />

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Dallas police had taken steps<br />

to mend rift with minorities<br />

Dallas Police Chief David Brown answers questions during a news<br />

conference, yesterday, in Dallas.<br />

DALLAS – When Micah<br />

Johnson opened fire on<br />

Dallas police in an act of<br />

vengeance against white<br />

officers, he was attacking a<br />

department whose chief has<br />

been lauded across the country<br />

for taking bold steps to<br />

root out bad cops and repair<br />

relations with minorities.<br />

Police Chief David<br />

Brown, a black man who<br />

pushed through the reforms<br />

despite resistance from the<br />

rank-and-file, boasted at a<br />

news conference Monday<br />

that crime, police shootings<br />

and excessive-force complaints<br />

against the department<br />

have all dropped dramatically<br />

on his watch.<br />

“This is the best department<br />

in the country, and I’m<br />

proud to be associated with<br />

the men and women of the<br />

Dallas Police Department,”<br />

he said.<br />

Johnson, a black Army<br />

veteran who served in Afghanistan,<br />

killed five officers<br />

in a sniper attack Thursday<br />

that he portrayed as payback<br />

for the fatal police shootings<br />

of black men last week<br />

in Baton Rouge, Louisiana,<br />

and suburban Minneapolis.<br />

The attack ended with Johnson<br />

blown up by a bomb delivered<br />

by a police robot.<br />

No evidence has come<br />

to light to suggest that the<br />

25-year-old Johnson had a<br />

grudge specifically against<br />

the 3,400-officer Dallas Police<br />

Department.<br />

“Dallas PD is paying the<br />

price for problems elsewhere<br />

around our country,” said<br />

Mohamed Elibiary, a former<br />

Texas-based Department of<br />

Homeland Security adviser.<br />

Carlyle Holder, president<br />

of the National Association<br />

of Blacks in Criminal Justice,<br />

had been holding up the<br />

Dallas Police Department<br />

as an example of a law enforcement<br />

agency effectively<br />

addressing the problem<br />

of racial disparities in police<br />

work.<br />

“That’s what made the<br />

killing of those officers so<br />

much harder to take,” he<br />

said.<br />

Brown became chief in<br />

2010, taking over a department<br />

that a generation ago<br />

had one of the highest rates<br />

of civilian shootings in the<br />

country. In 2012, his efforts<br />

to heal the rift between police<br />

and the black community<br />

took on greater urgency<br />

when the killing of a black<br />

man by a white officer triggered<br />

widespread protests.<br />

The chief responded by<br />

creating a public database<br />

to track shootings by police,<br />

requiring officers to undergo<br />

lethal-force training every<br />

two months instead of every<br />

two years, and firing 70<br />

officers involved in questionable<br />

incidents, including<br />

some who faced charges of<br />

excessive use of force.<br />

The biggest backlash has<br />

come in the last six months,<br />

when Brown started a community<br />

policing program in<br />

mostly Hispanic and black<br />

neighborhoods. He began reassigning<br />

officers from desk<br />

jobs to foot patrols, a move<br />

that was praised by criminal<br />

justice experts but angered<br />

the police unions, who demanded<br />

his resignation.<br />

“We need more boots on<br />

the ground, absolutely,” said<br />

Mike Mata, vice president<br />

of the Dallas Police Association.<br />

“The problem is he was<br />

reassigning detectives from<br />

the office to back on the<br />

streets without any retraining.<br />

It’s almost like you set<br />

them up for failure.”<br />

The dispute further<br />

strained a department that<br />

Brown said is one of the<br />

lowest-paid in the region,<br />

with new recruits making<br />

$43,000 a year, and has had<br />

such trouble recruiting officers<br />

that academy classes<br />

are frequently canceled for<br />

lack of participation.<br />

While attending the University<br />

of Texas at Austin on<br />

a full scholarship, Brown<br />

became motivated to enter<br />

law enforcement when he<br />

returned to Dallas in the early<br />

1980s and found friends<br />

from the neighborhood<br />

caught up in a cocaine epidemic.<br />

Months after he became<br />

chief, his 27-year-old son,<br />

David Brown Jr., was shot to<br />

death by police after killing<br />

two officers.<br />

“I’ve been black a long<br />

time,” Brown told reporters<br />

Monday. “We’re in a much<br />

better place than when I<br />

was young man here, but we<br />

have more work to do, particularly<br />

in my profession.”<br />

(AP)


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Sheriff: Inmate kills two bailiffs<br />

at Michigan courthouse<br />

ST. JOSEPH, Michigan<br />

– A jail inmate trying to escape<br />

from a western Michigan<br />

courthouse wrested a<br />

gun from an officer Monday,<br />

killing two bailiffs and<br />

injuring two more people<br />

before he was fatally shot<br />

by other officers, a sheriff<br />

said.<br />

People scrambled for<br />

cover inside the Berrien<br />

County Courthouse in St.<br />

Joseph, a city of about<br />

8,300 people in the southwestern<br />

corner of Michigan,<br />

about 100 miles northeast of<br />

Chicago.<br />

“Our hearts are torn<br />

apart. ... I have known them<br />

for over 30 years. It’s a sad<br />

day,” Sheriff Paul Bailey<br />

said of the bailiffs.<br />

Larry Darnell Gordon,<br />

45, who was locked up on<br />

several felony charges, was<br />

being moved from a cell<br />

for a courtroom appearance<br />

when a fight occurred and<br />

he was able to disarm an officer,<br />

Bailey said.<br />

The sheriff did not say<br />

what charges the inmate<br />

was facing.<br />

Bailey said it does not<br />

appear that Gordon was<br />

handcuffed, adding authorities<br />

had “no warning signs”<br />

that the suspect would be<br />

violent.<br />

The inmate shot a sheriff’s<br />

deputy, killed the bailiffs<br />

and then shot a civilian<br />

in the arm in a public area,<br />

the sheriff said.<br />

During the incident, Bailey<br />

said Gordon took hostages<br />

for a short period before<br />

trying to leave through<br />

another door. The inmate<br />

then was fatally shot “by<br />

two other bailiffs who came<br />

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Berrien County Sheriff Paul Bailey addresses the media yesterday,<br />

in St. Joseph, Michigan.<br />

to render aid, along with<br />

several other officers,” Bailey<br />

said.<br />

“He was trying to escape,”<br />

the sheriff said.<br />

Bailey identified the bailiffs<br />

killed as Joseph Zangaro,<br />

61, and Ronald Kienzle,<br />

63. He said the longtime<br />

law enforcement officers<br />

were close friends of his<br />

who became court officers<br />

after retiring from their departments.<br />

Zangaro was head of<br />

court security. He retired<br />

from the Michigan State<br />

Police as commander of the<br />

Bridgman Post in Berrien<br />

County. Kienzle retired as<br />

a sergeant of the Benton<br />

Township police department<br />

after serving in the<br />

U.S. Army.<br />

Both had been employed<br />

by the court for more than a<br />

decade.<br />

The injuries suffered<br />

by the deputy and the civilian<br />

weren’t considered<br />

life-threatening. Bailey<br />

said the deputy, 41-yearold<br />

James Atterberry Jr.,<br />

had surgery on his arm and<br />

is “doing fine.” He said the<br />

civilian was a woman who<br />

also suffered an arm injury.<br />

He did not identify her.<br />

Bailey said the courthouse<br />

would be closed on<br />

<strong>Tuesday</strong>.<br />

Gov. Rick Snyder cut<br />

short a visit to Midland and<br />

traveled across the state<br />

to St. Joseph to meet with<br />

investigators and victims’<br />

families.<br />

Snyder called it a “terrible<br />

day in a wonderful community.”<br />

(AP)


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Monday’s Sudoku Solution<br />

S U D O K U<br />

CROSSWORD<br />

Across<br />

1. What slingers sling<br />

5. Pugilist’s tool<br />

9. ___ Pipes Jig<br />

14. Sparkling wine city<br />

15. Tech support caller<br />

16. Divest of munitions<br />

17. Requisite<br />

18. Concealing the scandalous<br />

20. Tastelessly showy<br />

22. Hydroxyl compound<br />

23. Walsh and Harris<br />

24. Schirra’s grp.<br />

26. Little shavers<br />

28. Chasing down flies<br />

32. Take a stripe from<br />

36. Complain querulously<br />

37. What snobs put on<br />

39. Court wear<br />

40. Moon valley<br />

41. Medicated compress<br />

43. Newsman of comic books<br />

44. First stringers<br />

46. Sunday finale<br />

47. Freedom from hardship<br />

48. Chopped finely<br />

50. Diocese subdivisions<br />

52. Bahrain bigwig<br />

54. Campus marchers (Abbr.)<br />

55. Informal affirmative<br />

58. ‘’Don’t you dare cross<br />

into my lane!’’<br />

60. Hardy, vis-a-vis Laurel<br />

64. Anonymous social<br />

67. Newsstand purchase<br />

68. Town employee of yore<br />

69. Herbal do-all<br />

70. Slippery ones<br />

71. King and Ladd<br />

72. Banished baseball legend<br />

73. Tree house<br />

Down<br />

1. Judge Bean’s decision<br />

2. On a slow boat to China<br />

3. Road ending<br />

4. Safe house<br />

5. Evening Primroses<br />

6. Start for bar or tone<br />

7. Masters champion Ballesteros<br />

8. River near Nottingham<br />

9. Constructive type<br />

10. Miss Sothern<br />

11. Rib structure<br />

12. Gunk<br />

13. Word on a fuse<br />

19. Word with Tobacco or<br />

private<br />

21. Bow to gravity<br />

25. Rita in ‘’West Side Story’’<br />

27. Thing that conceals<br />

28. Vamoose!<br />

29. Duvalier’s domain, once<br />

30. ‘’Over the Rainbow’’<br />

composer<br />

31. Jack Lemmon role in ‘93<br />

and ‘95<br />

33. Voodoo relative<br />

34. All wound up<br />

35. Bass-baritone Simon<br />

38. Phalanx weapon<br />

42. Register signer<br />

45. Country club attendees<br />

49. Fizzled out<br />

51. Make-double connector<br />

53. Concrete strengthener<br />

55. Village People hit<br />

56. Rank above viscount<br />

57. Minor place?<br />

59. ___ Alto, Calif.<br />

61. Open delight<br />

62. 90-degree shapes<br />

63. Silence between notes<br />

65. This guy’s a real doll<br />

66. Part of UCLA


<strong>Tuesday</strong> <strong>12th</strong> <strong>July</strong> <strong>2016</strong> c a r i b b e a n t i m e s . a g 15<br />

HOROSCOPE<br />

CANCER (June 22-<strong>July</strong> 22).<br />

Applause and encouragement<br />

are a kind of gift. You’ll be a<br />

giver in this regard, putting in<br />

the effort it takes to support the<br />

people you love, and winning<br />

the best of their affection (and<br />

entertainment) in the process.<br />

19). The excellent, winning-atlove<br />

experiences have taught<br />

you, but the sad, losing-at-love<br />

experiences have taught you<br />

more. You’ll be reminded of<br />

both lessons and would do well<br />

to apply them to your current situation.<br />

Today’s weather forecast<br />

Antigua and Barbuda<br />

Mostly sunny early followed<br />

by increasing clouds and a few<br />

showers later in the day.<br />

High - 85ºF<br />

Low - 78ºF<br />

Wind: East North East 13 mph<br />

Sunrise 5.41 am; Sunset 6.44 pm<br />

Monday’s Crossword Solution<br />

LEO (<strong>July</strong> 23-Aug. 22). The<br />

difference between innocence<br />

and ignorance is in the witness<br />

of it. The former charms you;<br />

the latter offends you. Either<br />

way, the kind thing to do will be<br />

to educate the uninformed.<br />

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). You<br />

get a strong feeling when a person<br />

you’re with approves or disapproves<br />

of you. Even though<br />

you think this shouldn’t matter<br />

so much, it does right now, and<br />

there’s a lot to process around<br />

this today.<br />

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). The<br />

ironies and absurdities are not<br />

escaping you, but what’s really<br />

funny to you today is just plain<br />

silliness. Your people will give<br />

you plenty of this, and you’ll<br />

give it right back.<br />

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). It<br />

can be extremely challenging to<br />

maintain kind-and-decent-person<br />

status after a dream comes<br />

true, while the dream that doesn’t<br />

come true is usually a source of<br />

character development.<br />

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec.<br />

21). Sure, you have your normal,<br />

sandwich-eating moments.<br />

You also have your mad, impassioned,<br />

desirous-for-everything-at-once<br />

moments in which<br />

you burn so bright you attract<br />

any number of moths to your<br />

flame.<br />

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan.<br />

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18).<br />

You’re a growing human. If you<br />

find out you’ve made a mistake,<br />

don’t be ashamed of this like the<br />

stubborn and ignorant are. Instead,<br />

celebrate it like the emotionally<br />

resilient and intellectually<br />

gifted do.<br />

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20).<br />

You’ll lead through communication.<br />

Even the way you inflect<br />

and the words you choose will<br />

be absorbed by others on a deeper-than-usual<br />

level. Don’t be<br />

surprised if they wind up talking<br />

like you.<br />

ARIES (March 21-April 19).<br />

There is danger in opportunity<br />

and opportunity in danger. The<br />

best part is that today you won’t<br />

be able to tell which is which,<br />

making this truly an adventurous<br />

time.<br />

TAURUS (April 20-May 20).<br />

Chances are you’ll be doing<br />

everything in your power to<br />

avoid hurting someone’s feelings,<br />

including leaving out key<br />

information, tiptoeing around<br />

any delicate subjects and trying<br />

to time your interactions very<br />

carefully.<br />

GEMINI (May 21-June 21).<br />

One of your pet peeves is when<br />

people who have what you want<br />

tell you it’s not worth wanting.<br />

Don’t listen to them. Sure, every<br />

acquisition has its drawbacks,<br />

but that’s for you to learn about,<br />

not to simply be told about.


16 c a r i b b e a n t i m e s . a g<br />

<strong>Tuesday</strong> <strong>12th</strong> <strong>July</strong> <strong>2016</strong><br />

SeaView Academy’s Annual After-Assessment Lime will be<br />

held this year at the school campus at Scott’s Hill on Friday,<br />

<strong>July</strong> 24, <strong>2016</strong> from 12 noon to 6 p.m. The event will be a<br />

great opportunity for the entire family to participate in fun<br />

activities, movies and games, enjoy great food and spend<br />

quality time together!!! Entrance is FREE!! Tickets for delicious<br />

BBQ meals are available for sale: $15 – Chicken; $20<br />

– Fish. Don’t miss out on the best event, with exam students.<br />

Call 461 6555 TODAY for your tickets!<br />

ALL PAST STUDENTS, TEACHERS ARE KINDLY<br />

ASKED TO ATTEND A VERY IMPORTANT MEETING<br />

AT 6:00PM on <strong>Tuesday</strong> <strong>12th</strong> <strong>July</strong>, <strong>2016</strong> ON the compound<br />

of the OTTOS COMPREHENSIVE SCHOOL. PLEASE<br />

PASS ON THE INFROMATION TO OTHERS. PLEASE<br />

TO BE ON TIME. VERY IMPORTANT MATTERS TO BE<br />

DISCUSSED.<br />

All vendors desirous in plying their trade at the Annual Mango<br />

fest <strong>2016</strong> on 24th and 25th <strong>July</strong>, at Victoria Park, Botanical<br />

Gardens, is asked to collect a registration form, from the<br />

Ministry of Agriculture Lands Fisheries and Barbuda Affairs<br />

on Independence Drive. Space rental for a 10x10Tent space<br />

is $50Ec and 20x20 is $100Ec.Registration ends <strong>July</strong>, 15th,<br />

<strong>2016</strong>. Remember the date <strong>July</strong> 24 & 25, <strong>2016</strong>.<br />

The St. Mary’s Secondary School will be holding its registration<br />

for new students for the <strong>2016</strong>/2017 School Year on Monday,<br />

18th<strong>July</strong>, <strong>2016</strong> at 9:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the school in<br />

Bolans.<br />

*Parents /Guardians should ensure that they have the following<br />

documents for the child/new student: birth certificate, immunization<br />

card, recent passport-size photo; clearance letter from the<br />

book scheme manager form the child’s previous school.<br />

*Please be advised that a child/new student will not be registered<br />

without the above documents.<br />

*A registration fee of $85.00 for female students will cover the<br />

following items: P. E. Shirt, Merit Card, and School ID Picture.<br />

A registration fee of $105.00 for male students will coverthe<br />

school’s P. E. Shirt, Merit Card, School ID Picture, and school<br />

tie.<br />

A limited supply of male and female waistcoats will be available<br />

for sale.<br />

*The school uniform can be purchased from Shoul’s Toys, Gifts<br />

and Housewares on Newgate Street or Stitchworld at Coolidge.<br />

*Textbooks for new students will be distributed during registration.<br />

*Be further advised that Orientation for new students will take<br />

place on Wednesday, 31st August, <strong>2016</strong> at 3:00 p.m. at the<br />

school. New students must be accompanied by their parent/<br />

guardian.<br />

Are you a Building Technology student and are interested in<br />

furthering your education in this field? Or are you thinking<br />

of entering the field of Architectural Technology? Earn a full<br />

scholarship to the Antigua and Barbuda International Institute<br />

of Technology (ABIIT) to pursue an Associate Degree<br />

in Architectural Technology. Simply apply to ABIIT and enroll<br />

in the Architectural Technology program and write a 500<br />

word essay on “Why the field of Architecture is important<br />

and how will attaining a degree in this field enable you to<br />

achieve your academic and professional goals” Submissions<br />

may be dropped off at the Coolidge campus or emailed to<br />

dmartin@abiit.edu.ag and kbjoseph@abiit.edu.ag. Deadline<br />

for submission is 2nd September <strong>2016</strong>.<br />

The St. Paul’s Community in conjunction with the the Hon<br />

E.P. Chet Greene is inviting all seniors in the area to be part<br />

of an excursion on Thursday 28th <strong>July</strong> starting from 9:00<br />

a.m.Interested persons are asked to register with their respective<br />

congregation or by visiting the office back of Yasoso<br />

Bakery Monday - Friday from 9 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.<br />

You can also call either Tonya Robinson 771-0323 0r Paulet<br />

Hinkson 770-9547 for further information.<br />

Vacancies at OSEC<br />

The following VACANCIES are currently registered at the<br />

One Stop Employment Centre (OSEC):<br />

1) OFFICE EQUIPMENT REPAIR TECHNICIAN<br />

Requirements:<br />

A Minimum of 3 CXC’s<br />

Minimum 2-3 Year’s Experience in related field<br />

Must have a valid Driver’s License<br />

Must own a vehicle<br />

2) SECURITY OFFICERS (both full-time and part-time)<br />

Requirements:<br />

Police Certificate of Character<br />

Passport size photo<br />

Two (2) Testimonials from persons known for 10 years or<br />

more<br />

Security experience a plus<br />

If you are currently registered at OSEC and interested in the<br />

listed vacancy, kindly contact OSEC. If you are NOT registered<br />

with OSEC you may call the centre for more information<br />

on registration requirements. Our centre is located on<br />

Old Parham Road in the Ryan’s Building, next to Antigua<br />

Motors. OSEC telephone numbers are 562-8533/34/35.<br />

Kindly note that the DEADLINE FOR ALL APPLICA-<br />

TIONS is Friday 15th <strong>July</strong>, <strong>2016</strong>


<strong>Tuesday</strong> <strong>12th</strong> <strong>July</strong> <strong>2016</strong> c a r i b b e a n t i m e s . a g 17<br />

5-time NBA champion Tim<br />

Duncan retires after 19 seasons<br />

SAN ANTONIO - Tim Duncan<br />

never wanted the spotlight, only the<br />

trophies. He never wanted the endorsements,<br />

only the camaraderie. He never<br />

wanted the accolades, only the collective<br />

achievement.<br />

So when one of the most understated<br />

superstars in sports decided to<br />

finally call it a career after nearly two<br />

decades of excellence, he made the announcement<br />

with a 15-foot bank shot<br />

and not a boisterous slam dunk.<br />

No big news conference. No victory<br />

lap. Not even a canned quote in the<br />

press release.<br />

Just a simple goodbye on Monday<br />

from the quiet anchor at the foundation<br />

of the San Antonio Spurs dynasty.<br />

Just as he has for so much of his 19<br />

seasons, the 40-year-old Duncan let<br />

others do the talking for him.<br />

“Congrats to Tim Duncan. Probably<br />

a top 5 all time player and undoubtedly<br />

a top 5 all time teammate,” tweeted<br />

Warriors coach Steve Kerr, who played<br />

with Duncan in San Antonio. “Wow,<br />

what a career.”<br />

Fifteen All-Star appearances, five<br />

championships, three NBA Finals<br />

MVPs, two NBA MVPs, one coach,<br />

one team. Forever.<br />

The Spurs made the playoffs in all<br />

19 of his seasons and won 71 percent<br />

of their regular season games with No.<br />

21 in the middle.<br />

“The best (power forward) ever!”<br />

Spurs forward LaMarcus Aldridge<br />

tweeted. “Thanks for the memories old<br />

man. A great player and teammate.”<br />

Few would dare argue.<br />

Duncan was the No. 1 overall pick<br />

in 1997 and teamed with coach Gregg<br />

Popovich, point guard Tony Parker and<br />

shooting guard Manu Ginobili to turn<br />

Tim Duncan<br />

the Spurs from a solid franchise that<br />

could never quite get over the hump<br />

into the model for American sports.<br />

“The constant staple of their franchise,”<br />

Cleveland’s LeBron James said<br />

earlier this year.<br />

The unassuming Duncan was the<br />

only player to start and win a title in<br />

three different decades. Nicknamed<br />

“The Big Fundamental” for his clinical<br />

approach that favored bank shots<br />

over dunks, he was a member of the<br />

All-NBA first team 10 times and is one<br />

of only three players - joining Kareem<br />

Abdul-Jabbar and Robert Parrish - to<br />

win at least 1,000 games in his career.<br />

He is fifth on the NBA’s career list in<br />

blocks, sixth in rebounds and 14th in<br />

scoring.<br />

He joined Larry Bird and Michael<br />

Jordan as the only players to be named<br />

college basketball’s player of the year,<br />

the NBA rookie of the year, and the<br />

MVP of the All-Star game and the<br />

NBA Finals.<br />

“Even tho I knew it was coming,<br />

I’m still moved by the news,” Ginobili<br />

tweeted. “What a HUGE honor to<br />

have played with him for 14 seasons!<br />

#ThankYouTD.”<br />

NBA Commissioner Adam Silver<br />

called Duncan “one of the most dominant<br />

players in NBA history” and lauded<br />

him for an “understated selflessness<br />

(that) made him the ultimate teammate.”<br />

“For two decades Tim represented<br />

the Spurs, the city of San Antonio and<br />

the league with passion and class,” Silver<br />

said. “All of us in the NBA family<br />

thank him for his profound impact on<br />

the game.”<br />

The reluctant star was often overshadowed<br />

in the public eye by more<br />

outsized personalities like James and<br />

Kobe Bryant, who also retired this year<br />

after 20 seasons, all with the Los Angeles<br />

Lakers. But he leaves this game as<br />

one of the league’s true giants, perhaps<br />

the best power forward to ever play and<br />

one who left as indelible a mark on his<br />

franchise as any player to come before<br />

him.<br />

“This will always be Timmy’s franchise.<br />

Always,” Parker said during the<br />

2013 NBA Finals. “Should do a statue<br />

for him outside the AT&T Center.”<br />

(AP)


18 c a r i b b e a n t i m e s . a g<br />

<strong>Tuesday</strong> <strong>12th</strong> <strong>July</strong> <strong>2016</strong><br />

St. Lucia under 23 Men’s Volleyball<br />

team captures ECVA Title<br />

By Vanroy Burnes<br />

St Lucia are the champions<br />

of the East <strong>Caribbean</strong><br />

Volleyball Association<br />

(ECVA) Men’s under 23 title<br />

by beating Antigua & Barbuda<br />

in a grueling five setter<br />

finals on Sunday night at the<br />

Volleyball complex.<br />

The St. Lucians playing<br />

against the home team and<br />

host with cheering at all<br />

times and flags waving all<br />

the time and under relenting<br />

pressure came out victorious<br />

full of confidence to win 26-<br />

28, 29-27, 17-22 and 15-13.<br />

The title was up for grabs<br />

as both teams played their<br />

best games against each<br />

other on that night and each<br />

player on both sides were<br />

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called upon to perform at<br />

their best, but in the end St.<br />

St. Lucia prevailed.<br />

The Antigua & Barbuda<br />

Constant and Coach Thompson<br />

congratulated the St. Lucia<br />

team for a job well done,<br />

meanwhile, the St. Lucia<br />

Captain and Coach issued<br />

courteous words of appreciation<br />

to the Antigua & Barbuda<br />

team for giving them<br />

the most challenging match<br />

in a long time. During the<br />

presentation ceremony, St.<br />

Lucia received the championship<br />

trophy, while Antigua<br />

& Barbuda accepted the<br />

runner-up position.<br />

Augustine Faulkner of<br />

St. Lucia was voted the MVP<br />

of the tournament, Jamaire<br />

James of Antigua & Barbuda<br />

was voted the best scorer<br />

and best outside hitter, and<br />

Ferdinand Anfernee of St.<br />

Lucia was voted best outside<br />

hitter. Shaquille Rombley<br />

of St. Maarten and Tevin St<br />

Jean of St. Lucia was voted<br />

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Adrian Constant was<br />

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Shannon Botecho of Bermuda<br />

was voted best digger,<br />

Coney Simas of Bermuda<br />

was voted best setter, while<br />

Xaiah Jacobs of Antigua &<br />

Barbuda was voted best receiver<br />

and beat Libero.<br />

Flow launches innovative new<br />

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cont’d on pg 19


<strong>Tuesday</strong> <strong>12th</strong> <strong>July</strong> <strong>2016</strong> c a r i b b e a n t i m e s . a g 19<br />

Jimbo Cornwall selected for President’s XI team<br />

By Vanroy Burnes<br />

Rahkeen “Jimbo” Cornwall have<br />

been selected along with two other<br />

Leeward Islanders in the West Indies<br />

Cricket Board’s President’s XI<br />

team for a 3-day encounter against<br />

the touring Indian team starting at<br />

Warner Park in St. Kitts.<br />

The team which will be captained<br />

by Leon Johnson also includes<br />

Jermaine Blackwood, John<br />

Campbell, Jason Dawes, Jahmar<br />

Hamilton and Moncin Hodge of<br />

Anguilla, the others are Chemar<br />

Holder, Keon Joseph, Shai Hope,<br />

Gudakesh Motie and Kemar Roach.<br />

The 28-year old Kemar Roach<br />

By Vanroy Burnes<br />

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Piggott’s Crushers have captured<br />

the ACB, Parish League<br />

Dave Joseph ltd overs cricket<br />

title for <strong>2016</strong>.<br />

Playing in the finals at<br />

the Liberta Ball Beef cricket<br />

field, Piggott’s Crushers<br />

cont’d from pg 18<br />

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has played 37 test matches for the<br />

West Indies and scalped 122 wickets<br />

at 30.23 a piece.<br />

Meanwhile Chemar Holder<br />

was a member of the West Indies<br />

U19 team that won the ICC world<br />

T-20 title in Bangladesh, Campbell<br />

Cornwall, Hamilton and Hodge<br />

have been rewarded for their performances<br />

in the past season of the<br />

West Indies Professional Cricket<br />

League 4 Day competition.<br />

The team will be managed and<br />

also coached by Rayon Griffith,<br />

Henderson Springer is the Head<br />

Coach and Ariane Mangar as the<br />

Physio.<br />

Piggott’s Crushers capture Dave Joseph<br />

Limited Overs Parish League title<br />

made light work of the Police<br />

to win by 5 wickets.<br />

Batting first, the Police<br />

were bundled out for 68 runs<br />

with Jermaine Otto picking<br />

up 19 and Vincent Shadrach<br />

Sr. 16, Dean Williams of Piggott’s<br />

picking up four for 23.<br />

Kadeem Phillip had three for<br />

4 and Deran Bent had two for<br />

10.<br />

Piggott’s Crushers<br />

reached 70 for 5, with Kadeem<br />

Phillip 21 not out.<br />

Alston Ryan of the Police<br />

had 2 for 20.<br />

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played on Saturday,<br />

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Police beat Freetown by 29<br />

runs. Police 120 all out with<br />

Jermaine Otto hitting 78.<br />

Freetown in reply 91 all out<br />

with S. Richards 17. Damon<br />

Valentine had three for 12<br />

and Milton Jeremy had 3 for<br />

20.<br />

In the second semi-final<br />

match, Piggott’s beat National<br />

Parks St. Paul’s by 30 runs.<br />

Piggott’s scored 128 all out<br />

with Gersham Phillip scoring<br />

28 and Ajarni Fredericks 30.<br />

Vaughn Walsh had 2 for<br />

19, Purnell Joseph 2 for 15,<br />

Vince Smith 2 for 18 and Geteesh<br />

Harrilall had 3 for 29.<br />

St. Paul’s could only manage<br />

98 runs with Purnell Joseph<br />

scoring 33 and Clinton<br />

Benjamin scoring 15. Kadeem<br />

Phillip picked up 3 for<br />

9 and Ajarni Fredericks 4 for<br />

22.


20 c a r i b b e a n t i m e s . a g<br />

<strong>Tuesday</strong> <strong>12th</strong> <strong>July</strong> <strong>2016</strong><br />

Roston Chase in for WI, Ramdin out<br />

Roston Chase, an uncapped<br />

middle-order batsman<br />

who can be handy with<br />

his offspin, has been named<br />

in West Indies’ squad for the<br />

four-Test series against India.<br />

Wicketkeeper and former<br />

captain Denesh Ramdin<br />

has been left out, in keeping<br />

with what he had tweeted<br />

last week.<br />

Left-hand batsman Leon<br />

Fast bowler Kemar<br />

Roach has been included<br />

in the West Indies Cricket<br />

Board President’s XI squad<br />

to face the Indians in a threeday<br />

warm-up match starting<br />

<strong>July</strong> 14 in Basseterre.<br />

Roach, who has played 37<br />

Tests, was dropped from<br />

the Test squad for the India<br />

series, after a poor tour to<br />

Australia last December.<br />

In six other changes to<br />

the 13-member squad, John<br />

Campbell, Rahkeem Cornwall,<br />

Jahmar Hamilton,<br />

Montcin Hodge, Chemar<br />

Holder and Gudakesh Motie<br />

were included for Rajendra<br />

Chandrika, Roston<br />

Chase and Shane Dowrich,<br />

all of whom were selected<br />

in the Test squad to face,<br />

along with Damion Jacobs,<br />

Marquino Mindley and<br />

Jomel Warrican, who was<br />

also dropped from the Test<br />

squad.<br />

Fast bowler Holder, 18,<br />

was part of the Under-19<br />

squad that won the World<br />

Cup earlier this year in<br />

Bangladesh. He took five<br />

wickets in three games at<br />

an average of 16.40 in that<br />

tournament, but is yet to<br />

play a first-class game.<br />

Captain Leon Johnson<br />

and Jermaine Blackwood,<br />

who scored 2 and 0 respectively<br />

in the two-day warmup<br />

match against the Indians,<br />

remained in the Board<br />

President’s XI to get some<br />

Johnson gained a recall,<br />

while there was no place for<br />

experienced quick Kemar<br />

Roach after his poor showing<br />

in West Indies’ previous<br />

Test assignment, the series<br />

in Australia last December.<br />

Fast bowler Jerome Taylor<br />

also did not feature in<br />

the 12-man squad. Taylor,<br />

32, who had played 46 Tests<br />

for West Indies since debuting<br />

in 2003, had informed<br />

the board that he is retiring<br />

from the longest format, the<br />

WICB said in a release.<br />

He will continue to be<br />

available in the shorter formats.<br />

The WICB also said that<br />

Ramdin was “sanctioned”<br />

for his outburst in relation to<br />

his non-selection. In Ramdin’s<br />

absence, Dowrich will<br />

Roach included in Board<br />

President’s XI squad<br />

Kemar Roach was dropped from the West Indies squad for the<br />

India Tests.<br />

more practice before the<br />

Tests. (ESPNcricinfo)<br />

West Indies Board President’s<br />

XI squad: Leon Johnson<br />

(capt), Jermaine Blackwood,<br />

John Campbell,<br />

Rahkeem Cornwall, Jason<br />

Dawes, Jahmar Hamilton,<br />

Montcin Hodge, Chemar<br />

Holder, Shai Hope, Keon<br />

Joseph, Gudakesh Motie,<br />

Kemar Roach, Vishaul<br />

Singh<br />

take over wicketkeeping duties.<br />

He was designated wicketkeeper<br />

in the Indians’ first<br />

warm-up game, in which<br />

Johnson and Chase also<br />

featured for the West Indies<br />

Cricket Board President’s<br />

XI, though none had much<br />

success.<br />

Both Johnson and Chase<br />

had enjoyed a good run in<br />

West Indies’ regional firstclass<br />

tournament in 2015-<br />

16. Johnson was a key cog in<br />

Guyana’s triumphant campaign,<br />

topping the run charts<br />

with 807 runs at 57.64, while<br />

Chase was fourth on the table,<br />

with 710 runs at 59.16<br />

for Barbados.<br />

Shannon Gabriel is the<br />

only specialist fast bowler<br />

in the 12-man squad, with<br />

seam-bowling allrounders<br />

Carlos Brathwaite and captain<br />

Jason Holder being the<br />

other pace options. Legspinner<br />

Devendra Bishoo is the<br />

only specialist slow bowler<br />

in the squad.<br />

The others to miss out<br />

from West Indies’ squad that<br />

toured Australia are left-arm<br />

spinner Jomel Warrican, fast<br />

bowler Miguel Cummins<br />

and batsman Shai Hope, who<br />

had hit an unbeaten century<br />

in the tour game.<br />

The first Test against India<br />

begins on <strong>July</strong> 21 in Antigua,<br />

followed by Tests in<br />

Jamaica, St Lucia and Trinidad.<br />

(ESPNcricinfo)

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