Caribbean Times 55th Issue - Wednesday 20th July 2016

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Wednesday 20th July 2016 A n t i g u a a n d B a r b u d a 

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PM BROWNE PRAISES 

PORT IMPROVEMENTS 

By Joanna Paris 

Prime Minister and Minister of Finance 

and Corporate Governance, the 

Hon. Gaston Browne, has commended 

the efficiency gains at the Antigua Port 

Authority (APA). 

Speaking during a press conference 

at his office on Monday, Prime Minister 

Browne recounted the struggles that the 

establishment has experienced over the 

years. 

He noted that years ago the port was 

unable to meet its financial obligations 

indicating that even salaries and wages 

were paid late on regularly. The institution 

also had to borrow money at 

one point from the Antigua and Barbuda 

Department of Maritime Services 

(ADOMS) to assist with its operations. 

The nation’s leader mentioned that 

today the situation has significantly improved. 

“Today they are in a position where 

they are meeting their obligations and 

even unfunded liabilities now have settled. 

We expect that the port will continue 

to meet its requirements”, he said 

optimistically. 

In the future, Prime Minister 

Browne expressed the hope that the 

$97 million dollars from the Chinese 

Exim Bank will be available later this 

year to facilitate the long awaited port 

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Wednesday 20th July 2016 

Minister of Culture looks 

forward to the start of carnival 

By Joanna Paris 

As the 60 th carnival 

celebrations approach, with 

the opening parade taking 

place on Friday, Minister 

of Culture and National 

Festivals, the Hon. E.P Chet 

Greene is looking forward 

to the creative aspect of the 

celebrations. 

Editor’s Note 

Caribbean Times is printed 

and published at Woods 

Estate/Friars Hill Road. 

The Editor is Justin Peters. 

He expressed that the 

colours and the concepts 

that will be displayed will 

be truly something that will 

capture the attention of residents 

and visitors alike. 

Making specific reference 

to T shirts mas, which 

will take place on Saturday, 

the Culture Minister encouraged 

persons to “be creative”. 

He also described the 

event as one of the “fastest 

growing” where the celebrations 

are concerned. 

The 55 th annual Jaycees 

Caribbean Queen Show 

will take place on Sunday, 

where the twin island state 

will welcome 11 beauties 

who will compete for the 

competed title of Miss 

Jaycees Caribbean Queen 

2016. The twin island state 

will be represented by Leanda 

Ann Norville. 

Minister Greene described 

the show “as a staple” 

and encouraged Antiguans 

and Barbudans to 

show their support. 

The majority of the 

shows will take place next 

week to include the Source 

Teen Xplotion Competition, 

the ACB Panorama Competition, 

the FLOW Junior 

Calypso Monarch and the 

FLOW Party Monarch, 

ECAB Juniour Party Monarch, 

LIAT Melting Pot and 

the Wadadli Beer Calypso 

Monarch Competition. 

The Culture Minister 

commended the members of 

the Festival Commission for 

Culture Minister, the Hon., E.P. 

Chet Greene 

the work that they have done 

so far to ensure that preparations 

for the events progress 

well. 

The 2016 Carnival celebrations 

will take place under 

the theme “Experience 

Greatness”. 

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Festivals Commission has 

new financial controller 

By Everton Barnes 

The Festival Commission now has 

a full time financial controller who has 

just been appointed. 

Minister Responsible for the Festival, 

E Paul Chet Greene, has announced 

the appointment of Kendra Weste to the 

position with immediate effect. 

He said there have been several recommendations 

that due to the scope 

Alecia Mc Pherson 

Officers on duty at the 

‘Power Rumble Show’ held 

last Saturday at the Yasco 

Sports Complex, arrested 

and charged 28 year-old Rudolph 

Albert because of his 

disruptive conduct during 

the event. 

It is reported that a fight 

broke out amongst a group 

of patrons who were at front 

stage. 

One of the police constables 

who was on duty at 

the event responded to the 

group, he observed that the 

defendant was the aggressor 

and attempted to arrest him. 

However 

the 

of the activities under the remit of the 

commission, there was now a compelling 

need for it to have its own full-time 

financial controller. 

“The Festival Commission handles 

millions of dollars every year implementing 

its calendar of events and it 

was felt that the demands of the position 

were as such that it needed a financial 

controller who is available at all times to 

defendant reportedly 

grabbed the officer by 

his neck, held him in a 

choke lock and dragged him 

some twenty feet a cross the 

ground. 

Other officers present 

responded to the attack and 

were able to subdue the 

enraged defendant. He was 

arrested and charged with 

resisting arrest, Indecnt language, 

and battery. 

Albert who resides at Old 

Road, pleaded guilty to all 

the charges yesterday before 

Chief Magistrate Walsh. 

For indecent language 

he was convicted and fined 

$500 forthwith, in default 

he will spend one month at 

HMP; for resisting the police 

he was convicted and 

fined $500 forthwith, in default 

of payment he will be 

sentenced to six months at 

ensure the smooth running of the commission,” 

Greene explained. 

Weste recently returned from studies 

aboard where she qualified in the related 

subjects that earned her the appointment. 

Meanwhile, Greene has expressed 

his thanks and appreciation to outgoing 

financial controller, Leslie-Ann Yearwood, 

who has been financial controller 

for the past two years. 

Old Road man attacks officer, convicted 

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expansion project. 

“We are determined that the Antigua Port Authority will 

be the finest facility in the Caribbean and also the most efficient. 

The port’s performance has really improved. I have 

also given the board and management a mandate to continue 

training the staff to ensure that they are fully equipped to 

handle tasks when the new facility is completed”, he stated 

confidently. 

He also commended the Board under the leadership of 

Senator Mary Claire Hurst and he management team led by 

Port Manager Darwin Telemaque. 

HMP; and for the charge of 

battery he was convicted and 

ordered to pay compensation 

to the responding officer in 

the amount of $1,000 forthwith.



Bethesda residents threaten protests 

By Everton Barnes 

The people of Bethesda who are 

currently in the midst of finalising details 

for a village reunion are threatening 

to mount protest action over two 

issues that they say deeply affect their 

community. 

Public Relations Officer for the 

Bethesda Reunion Committee, Ian 

Joseph, identified the issues as the 

planned closure of the Bethesda Primary 

School from this September and the 

location of an unsightly junk yard at the 

entrance of the village. 

On the matter of the closure of the 

school, Joseph said the announcement 

first came from ministry of education 

officials who rationalised the decision 

as being based on the small student enrolment 

which stood at 27 students as 

of the end of the 2015-16 school year. 

It is to be merged with the Newfield 

Primary school from September. That 

school has a bigger population and the 

Bethesda students will be bused there. 

“We understand the reasoning of 

the ministry seeking to reduce expenditure 

but firstly, the ministry officials 

had promised further consultations on 

the issue but the next thing we knew 

was that we heard the announcement 

on the radio that the decision was made 

to close the school,” he explained. 

Joseph is of the view that the ministry 

officials clearly do not understand 

the historical significance of the school. 

“The school in Bethesda is where education 

for black people started. It was 

back in 1813 that Charles Thwaites 

started a school to teach black people. 

It was the first such institution in the 

entire Caribbean,” he reported. 

According to Joseph the committee 

even invited the descendants of 

Thwaites to Antigua to attend the reunion 

which starts on July 30 and runs 

until August 8. “What are we going to 

tell?” he asked rhetorically. 

Turning to the scrap metal and other 

junks at the entrance to the village. 

Joseph said members of the Bethesda 

community have discussed the eye-sore 

with officials from the past and present 

administrations but that no one seems 

prepared to take the necessary action. 

“We have many people coming for the 

reunion and we are planning to mount 

protests at the historic Tamarind Tree 

until we get action,” he stated. (The 

Tamarind Tree played a significant role 

in the struggle to unionise sugar cane 

workers back in the early 1950’s led by 

father of the nation, Sir Vere Bird). 

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Fight leaves duo with criminal charges 

By Alecia Mc Pherson 

25 year-old Akeem Joseph 

of Cassada Gardens pleaded 

guilty to two counts of Larceny 

and was sentenced to two 

years imprisonment when 

he appeared at the St. John’s 

Magistrates Court yesterday. 

On July 16th, 2016 Marva 

Peters made a report to 

By Deborah A. Parker 

A fight between two men about a year 

ago has left both with criminal charges. 

Andre Stuart has been charged with 

wounding with intent. Like the virtual 

complainant, Sujaye Christian, Stuart has 

also been charged with battery. 

Stuart was slapped with the wounding 

charge, which is of an indictable nature, 

after it was alleged that he seriously 

wounded Christian during a brawl. 

When the case was mentioned before 

Magistrate Ngaio Emanuel yesterday, 

Stuart’s attorney pointed out that the matter 

had been in the court for over a year, 

and asked that it be discontinued, since 

the police after her phone 

was stolen. Peters told police 

that about 3:00 p.m. on the 

said date she went shopping 

at nearby supermarket when 

her phone was stolen and believed 

it was the defendant 

who committed the offence, 

as he was present at the establishment 

at the said time. 

However the defendant denied 

the allegations. Officers 

continued investigations into 

the matter and went to the defendant’s 

home to execute a 

search warrant. It is reported 

that the defendant was found 

hiding in his bathroom with 

the said phone in his position. 

A further search of the 

home revealed a Samsung 

she is yet to receive a file. 

The police prosecutor, on the other 

hand requested a short adjournment.. 

Magistrate Emanuel, in the meantime, 

threatened to throw the matter out 

if things are not in place, when the matter 

is again mentioned on Thursday of this 

week. 

Joseph sentenced to two years at HMP 

J5 cellular phone, belonging 

24 year-old Marlon Washington, 

which was reported stolen 

on July 2nd, 2016. 

Joseph is known to the 

court and has had a number 

of previous convictions. He 

was convicted and sentenced 

to one year for each charge 

with sentences to run consecutively. 

Picadilly man fined 

for traffic offenses 

By Alecia Mc Pherson 

Martin Merritt of Picadilly had his license suspended and 

was made to pay a fine when he appeared before Magistrate 

Wason at the St. John’s Magistrates Court yesterday. 

The defendant gained more than he bargained for when 

on July 8th, 2016 he collided into an on coming vehicle 

while driving on Cobbs Cross main road. Police were called 

to the scene of the accident which occurred at about 7:10 

p.m. on the aforementioned date, it is reported that the defendant, 

driver of a black pickup, was driving from north to 

south on Cobbs Cross main road when he ran into the right 

side of the vehicle driven by 31-year old Akeem Cabey of 

Picadilly. 

In court, he pleaded guilty to driving without vehicle insurance, 

driving an unlicenced vehicle, and dangerous driving. 

He was convicted and fined $1,000.00 for driving without 

insurance, to be paid by September 8th, 2016, in default 

of payment he would be sentenced to thirty days in prison; 

he was convicted reprimanded and discharged of driving an 

unlicenced vehicle; for dangerous driving he was convicted 

and his license suspended until August 7th, 2016. In default 

he would be sentenced to thirty days at HMP.


Parents refuse to 

seek psychiatric 

help for their son 

By Deborah A. Parker 

Parents of a seemingly 

disturbed 22-year-old man 

ignored the court’s recommendation 

to get their son 

evaluated, and when the 

young man appeared in court 

yesterday, he only intensified 

his ‘unstable’ behaviour. 

The man appeared in 

District B before Magistrate 

Ngaio Emanuel yesterday, 

charged with being found in 

an enclosed property, with 

the intent to commit larceny. 

Reports are that a Swetes 

resident secured her home 

and left for work at about 

7:14 a.m. on May 24 

The complainant returned 

home at about 9:55 

a.m. to find the offender sitting 

at her dining table. 

Frightened, she called 

911. 

The young man was taken 

into custody, and admitted 

to committing the offence. 

However, when he was 

brought before the court 

days after the incident, his 

somewhat odd behaviour led 

the court to order a psychiatric 

evaluation. 

Unfortunately, that order 

was disregarded. 

The offender’s father was 

present in court yesterday, 

and bluntly asked Magistrate 

Emanuel, “What is wrong 

with him?” 

The father went on to 

suggest that nothing is 

wrong with his son, and added 

that was the said view the 

young man’s mother had. 

But, the behaviour of the 

offender would again prove 

questionable when he stood 

in the witness box. 

He would interrupt the 

magistrate with inaudible 

utterances several times, 

hissed his teeth loudly before 

bursting into tears. 

This would lead Magistrate 

Emanuel to point out 

that it was ‘unfortunate’ that 

the court’s recommendation 

had been disregarded. 

“His behaviour is from 

one extreme to the next,” she 

added. 

In terms if sentencing, 

Police Prosecutor Sergeant 

Dane Bontiff in the meantime 

recommended that owing 

to the state of the youth 

that no fine or custodial sentence 

be imposed on him. 

Bontiff also pointed out 

that the young man was once 

living with the complainant, 

and it was as a result of his 

behaviour that he was put 

out of the house. 

The young man was 

placed on one year’s probation. 

He was told that if 

breached, he could be 

brought back before the 

court to be sentenced for this 

offence.



Important information on 

reusable bags and plastic bags 

The Ministry of Health and the Environment 

is reminding members of the 

general public to always remember to 

take their reusable bags with them when 

shopping. 

The Plastic Bag Ban was implemented 

on July 1 st 2016 with the distribution 

of more than 30,000 reusable bags by the 

Government of Antigua and Barbuda. 

This distribution sought to assist the 

general public to be prepared for the 

move towards bringing reusable bags 

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A significant aspect of that distribution 

was the slogan “I’m Making a Difference, 

One Bag at a Time”. It focuses 

on the environmental considerations, 

which make this ban so important. 

Stark reality 

Plastic bags are known as a significant 

killer of marine life, as many animals, 

particularly sea turtles, mistake 

them for food. 

Indeed, sea turtles are known to devour 

plastic bags mistaking them for jellyfish; 

causing them to die slow deaths by 

suffocation. 

Beyond this, plastics break down into 

tiny pieces which enter our waterways 

and eventually make their way into the 

sea. 

These pieces, once consumed by marine 

life, have a disastrous impact on their 

hormones. 

Antiguans and Barbudans then consume 

these animals, which may lead to 

illnesses among humans. 

Let us all continue to “Make a difference, 

one bag at a time”. 

We must play our part and rise to the 

occasion and say ‘no’ to the use of plastic 

bags and ‘yes’ to more environmentally 

friendly options. 

The Ministry of Health and the Environment 

has been very encouraged by 

overwhelming support in this initiative 

and will continue to be the driving force 

for change in this ongoing venture. 

Each person can be a part of this important 

change process and ‘Make a difference, 

one bag at a time’. 

Road closure Wednesday 

Road Engineers within the Ministry of Works and Housing 

will be conducting road work in the Cassada Gardens 

area effective Wednesday 20 th July 2016. 

It is anticipated that the intersection near Matthews Auto 

Parts will remain closed for about ten (10) days to allow for 

the repair of a bridge bypass that is now in a state of disrepair. 

Motorists are therefor asked to utilize the alternative 

routes Western or Eastern of the construction site. Pedestrian 

access will be maintained. 

Elsewhere; plans are being made to conduct road repairs 

at the intersection of Marble Hill and Frias Hill Development 

(in front of Xtreme Health and Fitness Ltd). Road Engineers 

are anticipating that repair work in this area will take 

in excess of twenty (20) days to be completed. 

The Ministry of Works and Housing apologizes for any 

inconvenience that the planned road work may cause.


Wadadli Beer Calypso Monarch 

Semi- 

Finals 

Score 

Sheet 

2016



Tourism Minister addresses Mango/P 

Good day, Ladies and Gentlemen. 

It is an honor to be addressing 

you all this afternoon “Possessing 

a healthy imagination 

is a necessary ingredient for 

creativity.” These words by 

Steve Vai express my simple 

message today, as the 11 th Anniversary 

of the Mango Pineapple 

Culinary Competition 

gets underway. Today we’re 

showcasing some of Antigua 

and Barbuda’s finest professional 

chefs and their remarkable 

creativity in using two of 

our most delightful fruits. One 

of which The Pineapple, is the 

international symbol of hospitality 

as well as a being a national 

symbol of our beautiful 

country. 

Ladies and gentlemen, the 

truth is that The Mango Pineapple 

Culinary Competition is 

an appetizer to one of the major 

events on our list of annual 

events “The Christian Valley 

Mango Festival”. 

It is a creative festival 

demonstrating the importance 

of linkages between our varied 

sectors, and more particularly, 

tourism and agriculture. 

Tourism Minister, the Hon., Asot 

Michael. 

As the Minister of Tourism, 

seeing first-hand how our 

imaginations and inputs have 

led to creativity across the industry, 

I am bolstered by the 

planning and realization of 

this event for yet another year. 

Special mention and thanks 

should be extended to the entire 

Mango Pineapple Culinary 

Competition team, and 

the judging and participating 

chefs who made today possible. 

However I would like 

to commend and publically 

recognise Mrs. Madeline Mc- 

Comas who came up with the 

original concept and idea for 

this wonderful competition, 

which has now become a permanent 

fixture on our product 

events calendar. 

The Mango Pineapple Culinary 

Competition is a part of 

a unique festival that has been 

a medium through which the 

Ministry of Tourism and that 

of Agriculture have worked 

diligently to make the linkage 

between our hotels and our 

farmers become more than a 

simplistic reality. 

If truth be told, working 

together between the Ministries 

and with the people in 

the industry has made it meaningful 

for farmers and for the 

hoteliers. No doubt when we 

understand the importance of 

tourism to our economy and 

agriculture to our sustainable 

development, we soon realize 

that this is not just another festival. 

There is a set policy in 

place where we encourage our 

hotels towards using more of 

local farmers’ produce. Farmers 

are keen of planting more 

of what we and our visitors 

eat. This has an impact on 

the industry, which provides 

foreign exchange savings to 

our country, as well as bringing 

to the world the Antiguan 

and Barbudan flavor for which 

we can all attest is simply the 

best! 

Moreover, this Mango 

Pineapple Culinary Competition 

also serves to give our 

professional chefs another avenue 

to publicly display their 

creativity outside of their usual 

environment. 

If as some do say that 

“Great people go wherever 

their creativity takes them”, it 

reinforces the strong message 

that the world is our market, 

and Antigua and Barbuda will 

not settle for second best. 

This culinary competition 

has served to unveil new and 

exceptional talent residing 

right here in Antigua and Barbuda. 

My friends, we must applaud 

these chefs and our 

collective selves for what we 

have been able to accomplish 

being a small twin island nation 

with limited resources. 

Just think of the accomplishments 

that can be achieved


ineapple Culinary Competition 2016 

such as the fielding of chefs 

for Antigua & Barbuda’s team 

at the “Taste of The Caribbean 

Competition”. 

As Minister of Tourism, 

I am heartily encouraged to 

suggest that soon, this regional 

competition will become 

one worthy of international 

recognition. 

I say so, by dint of our hard 

work and the commitment of 

all stakeholders in making this 

Mango Pineapple Culinary 

Competition another pristine 

production of excellence in 

Antigua and Barbuda. 

The exceptional talents, 

which are displayed today in 

the kitchen by 12 of our finest 

culinary experts, are truly 

inspiring as well as amazingly 

inviting. 

As the Minister of Tourism 

I am heartened to know that 

the culinary aspects of our industry 

remains one of Antigua 

and Barbuda’s major selling 

points. 

Ladies and gentlemen, today 

my challenge for you is to 

be aware that ‘Excellence is 

not a destination; it is a continuous 

journey that never ends’. 

We must be able to dream of 

Antigua and Barbuda being a 

Center of Culinary Tourism 

excellence. The growing number 

of “Foodies”, which is the 

term used to describe persons 

who travel for great culinary 

experiences is growing exponentially 

year-by-year. This 

is a market that we must target 

and attract to our country 

as we continue on the path of 

using tourism to transform this 

nation into the economic powerhouse 

of the region. 

We must work towards using 

our imagination and creativity 

for the good of all. In 

fact, one globally renowned 

chef – Nathan Myhrvold - insisted 

that: “Cooking is an art, 

but all art requires knowing 

something about the techniques 

and materials.” 

Our Mango Festival Culinary 

Competition is special. 

It brings into focus our people 

and our remarkable creativity 

in taking something simple 

and making it extraordinary! 

Antigua and Barbuda is blessed 

with a spirit of industry, and 

we must never be so relaxed 

that we fail to recognize that 

we are best when we compete 

with the world. 

Great things are coming to 

Antigua and Barbuda. As we 

seek to promote our country as 

one known for culinary excellence 

always remember that it 

is on the artistry of our chefs 

that the world will savour and 

come to know of our delightful 

cuisine. 

I thank you for allowing 

me to share these brief words 

with you. 

God Bless and enjoy the 

rest of the afternoon and every 

delight that has been prepared 

today. 

Thank you.



Put your house in order 

By Jacqueline Wetherill 

How can you tell me how to raise my pickney, 

When every fete out, hello, you gone and spree? 

Put your house in order. 

You and your daughter wear the same clothes; 

As you bend down, everything is being exposed! 


Mother and young daughter at the same fete; 

Daughter asking mother if she’s ready to go home yet. 

Put your house in order 

From the expletives, to drinking rum and drinking beer, 

I guess you think you’re young, and believe that you are the same age. 


Well, train her to be promiscuous too, 

And every child will have a different father, then blame who? 


You might be looking good for your age, 

And posting your sexy pictures on your Face book page. 


I will enjoy my life by you calling me “Old Granny”; 

I will stay at home and be the best to my pickney. 

One thing I will never do, is to jump up and whine with my kids, 

Hang out and drink liquor, just to hear them say “I have a cool mother”! 

Mothers, be careful the way you display to your daughters; 

What might look cool to them now will be sour grapes later. 

Respect yourselves, value your daughters, and put your houses in order.


Tuesday’s Sudoku Solution 

S U D O K U 

CROSSWORD 

Across 

1. Resorts 

5. Tarry 

9. Formal necktie 

14. Opera song 

15. Wheel shaft 

16. Fido’s rope 

17. Shopping aid 

18. Delicious 

20. Comfort 

22. Window above a door 

23. Amphitheater 

24. Despise 

26. Paddy product 

28. Biblical songs 

33. Gave out, as a task 

37. Henhouse 

38. Willie and Ozzie 

39. ____ Beach, Florida 

42. Metal spike 

43. Male vendor 

44. Most senior 

47. She, in Seville 

48. ____ and quiet 

50. Fanatical 

55. Attire 

59. Demented 

60. 0.039 inches 

63. Unoccupied 

64. Not fitting 

65. Chess piece 

66. Ripened 

67. Thickly populated 

68. Perfect gymnastics 

scores 

69. Court dividers 

Down 

1. Mexican sauce 

2. Preceding 

3. Bride’s path 

4. Lucifer 

5. Walk through water 

6. Cutting tool 

7. Under the weather 

8. Fangs 

9. Church features 

10. Actor ____ Connery 

11. City vehicles 

12. Norway’s capital 

13. Those people 

19. Harvest 

21. Freight 

24. Top pilots 

25. Slumber spot 

27. Hostel 

29. Performs onstage 

30. Hover 

31. Da Vinci’s “____ Lisa” 

32. Reach across 

33. “The Diary of ____ 

Frank” 

34. Close securely 

35. Coasted 

36. Emerald ____ 

39. Glen 

40. Everything 

41. Crave 

43. Min. part 

45. Elf 

46. Swarm 

49. Paying attention 

51. Chinese, e.g. 

52. Emblem 

53. Narrow channel 

54. Property documents 

55. Among 

56. Yearn 

57. Make arrangements 

58. “Heidi” setting 

59. Bothers 

61. Sock part 

62. Long period



Today’s weather forecast 

Antigua and Barbuda 

Cloudy wih showers. 

High - 84ºF 

Low - 80ºF 

Wind: East 14 mph 

Sunrise 5.43 am; Sunset 6.43 pm 

Tuesday’s Crossword Solution 

HOROSCOPE 

CANCER (June 22-July 22). 

You crave a sense of spaciousness 

— in your environment, 

in your head, in your soul. You 

can’t rid the whole world of 

clutter, but you can start with 

a room, and that will begin the 

journey. 

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). There 

are forces at work that you don’t 

know about and won’t know 

about until the plot thickens. 

Suffice it to say, you’ll have 

angels on your side when you 

need them. Let that comfort and 

inspire you. 

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). Because 

you really love a person, 

you’ll sacrifice much to make 

things work, get along and accommodate 

wishes. If you also 

happen to be extremely compatible 

with this person, even 

such efforts won’t require much 

energy. 

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). You 

can’t blame a person for just 

trying to have fun, even if your 

kind of fun is in direct opposition 

to this person’s. Probably 

the most graceful thing will be 

to remove yourself from the situation. 

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 

19). Once you learn a new way 

to make money you’ll experience 

a financial upswing. It will 

be a day to investigate options, 

poke around, ask questions and 

try to determine what interests 

you enough to follow through to 

the finish. 

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). 

You are there for your friend, 

regardless of the details of this 

person’s troubles. First of all, it 

will be a while before you even 

know those details, and second 

of all, that’s the kind of person 

you are. 

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). 

You may have emotionally 

moved on from a situation, but 

there are remnants of it everywhere, 

not to mention a few 

practical matters connected with 

it that need to be cleared up. Today 

is a good day to start. 

ARIES (March 21-April 19). 

When things drop off your 

schedule naturally, don’t fight it 

or try to reschedule right away. 

Let it happen. You will experience 

a greater level of time-affluence 

and feel truly rich! 

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). 

Maybe you’ve behaved badly 

to someone in the past, but of 

course that doesn’t make you 

bad in general. Perhaps you 

need a new cast and setting. 

Different people (and environments) 

bring out different sides 

of you. 

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 

21). You are not your thoughts. 

Thoughts are just ideas passing 

through the atmosphere, most of 

them not even generated by you, 

just yours to claim or not claim 

depending on what best suits the 

person you want to be. 

TAURUS (April 20-May 20). 

Nothing takes you out of the moment 

like criticizing your own 

thoughts. Also, it’s impossible 

to be fully awake and mindful 

and judge all of your thoughts 

at the same time. So how about 

you go easy on yourself? 

GEMINI (May 21-June 21). 

Has a perfect stranger ever captured 

your attention to the point 

where you project an entire persona 

onto the person? Should 

you actually get to know this 

person, be careful not to let that 

made-up persona blur into the 

reality.


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! 

It has come to the attention of the Ministry of Health and 

the Environment that persons have been selling the bags that 

were originally distributed to residents free of charge by the 

Government of Antigua and Barbuda. Please note that these 

bags are NOT FOR SALE, and residents should contact the 

Ministry of Health at 462-5522 to report any supermarket or 

shop that has been selling these bags. 

All vendors desirous in plying their trade at the Annual Mango 

fest 2016 on 24th and 25th July, at Victoria Park, Botanical 

Gardens, is asked to collect a registration form, from the 

Ministry of Agriculture Lands Fisheries and Barbuda Affairs 

on Independence Drive. Space rental for a 10x10Tent space 

is $50Ec and 20x20 is $100Ec.Registration ends July, 15th, 

2016. Remember the date July 24 & 25, 2016. 

The principal and staff of the Ottos Comprehensive School 

wishes to inform the general public of its registration date, 

for students who have gained scholarships to the Ottos Comprehensive 

School. 

Registration of new students and collection of text books 

will be held on Tuesday 16th August, 2016 on the school 

compound, between the hours 9:00am – 12:00pm. 

Parents/ Guardians are asked to bring along the following 

documents when coming to register your child/children: 

• Registration Fee of $225.00 

• Book Clearance form from previous school 

• 2 RECENT passport size photos 

• Original and photocopy of Birth Paper 

• Original and photocopy of Health Card 

• Copy of Passport information page and original 

passport 

• Non- Nationals- Copy of Passport page showing 

time in the country and Passport 

• Pen and note book to write down the name of books 

issued to the students 

The collection of textbooks for students transferred to the 

Ottos Comprehensive School will also be on Tuesday 16th 

August, 2016 at 9:00am. 

Are you a Building Technology student and are interested in 

furthering your education in this field? Or are you thinking 

of entering the field of Architectural Technology? Earn a full 

scholarship to the Antigua and Barbuda International Institute 

of Technology (ABIIT) to pursue an Associate Degree 

in Architectural Technology. Simply apply to ABIIT and enroll 

in the Architectural Technology program and write a 500 

word essay on “Why the field of Architecture is important 

and how will attaining a degree in this field enable you to 

achieve your academic and professional goals” Submissions 

may be dropped off at the Coolidge campus or emailed to 

dmartin@abiit.edu.ag and kbjoseph@abiit.edu.ag. Deadline 

for submission is 2nd September 2016. 

All Persons interested in playing Mas for Carnival 2016, 

children between the age of 9 and adults can get an opportunity 

now if they contact Ali & associates at 723 2266 , 

462 1116 or visit the mas camp online for the Limited Ali 

& Associates 40th Celebration Special. Let's Have Fun for 

Carnival 2016. 

Joy Lawrence launches the revised edition of her 2002 publication, 

on Thursday 21st July 2016 at the Methodist Bookshop 

from 12 - 2 pm. She will be signing copies of 'THE 

WAY WE TALK & OTHER ANTIGUAN AND BARBU- 

DAN FOLKWAYS' along with her previous publications, all 

of which will be on sale. Visit JOY LAWRENCE - SUGAR- 

MILL TALES on Facebook for more information on the author. 

Are you between the ages of 13 and 16 with a passion for 

writing? Good News, the Ministry of Tourism, Economic 

Development, Investment and Energy in collaboration with 

the Florida-Caribbean Cruise Association (FCCA) Foundation 

is accepting essays for the 2016 Children’s Essay Contest. 

In 500 words express, “If you were a cruise passenger, 

what would you want to see and do in your destination?” 

Please submit your essays to the Ministry of Tourism located 

in the Government Complex by Wednesday 20th July, 2016. 

Each submission must be accompanied by an FCCA entry 

form which will be available at the Ministry. A Cash Prize of 

$200 USD will be awarded to the National winner who will 

also have an opportunity to win up to $3,000 USD from the 

FCCA Selection Committee for the overall contest winner. 

The Helping Hand Foundation will be having a T-shirt mas 

and Jouvert morning troupe for the 2016 carnival celebrations. 

Interested persons from the communities of All Saints, 

Swetes, John Hughes and Old Road can register at the Mack 

Pond playing field from 5pm. Call 770-6055 or Sabrina 

Gillion @ 726-5009. Registration fee $20.00 Per T-shirt & 

$50.00 inclusive of refreshments.



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CSA opens ORC office in Antigua 

The Caribbean Sailing Association 

(CSA) and the Offshore Racing Congress 

(ORC) are pleased to announce 

that the CSA has opened a new ORC 

Rating Office in Antigua to serve sailors 

in the Caribbean region. Starting 

September 1st, 2016, CSA will be authorized 

to accept measurement data 

and issue ORC Club and ORC International 

certificates. 

The CSA and ORC have been in 

discussion for several years and the 

opening of this office in Antigua marks 

the beginning of what is hoped to be a 

beneficial collaboration for both organizations. 

CSA Senior Measurer Bastien 

Pouthier has been nominated to the role 

By Vanroy Burnes 

Trinidad & Tobago have 

captured the West Indies 

Cricket Board Regional 

Women’s Cricket tournament 

by a mere one point. 

The tournament which 

was played in Guyana was 

hard as rain forced most 

of the matches to be postponed. 

Trinidad & Tobago, 

Guyana, Barbados and Jamaica 

were all fortunate to 

have won one match, while 

the Windward Islands and 

the Leeward Islands were 

not so fortunate. 

Trinidad & Tobago ended 

on 12 points, while Guyana, 

Barbados and Jamaica 

all ended on 11 points each 

in second, third and fourth 

places respectively. 

of ORC National Rating Officer. The 

CSA will continue to measure boats 

and issue CSA certificates throughout 

the Caribbean region for the foreseeable 

future, in addition to issuing ORC 

certificates. 

“Partnering with ORC will give us 

some new and effective tools to help 

make CSA more efficient at delivering 

accurate ratings and certificates to our 

constituents,” said Kathy Lammers, 

The Windward Islands 

ended on 10 points, while 

the Leeward Islands ended 

on 8 points. 

The Leeward Islands 


The All Saints Community Football 

league reaches its quarter final stages and 

in the match schedule for Tuesday, Ovals 

was due to come up against Pares at 7:00 

p.m. 

On Wednesday 20 th July, Yorkshire 

will come up against Young Warriors at 

5:45 p.m. to be followed by Liberta versus 

Swetes at 7:00 pm, then on Thursday 

21 st July Fundamentals versus Bendals at 

6.00pm all matches at Mock Pond in All 

Saints. 

had four of their matches 

rained out, while Windward 

Islands had five of theirs 

rained out. 

However, in spite of the 

President of CSA. 

“This will be implemented in a manner 

that preserves the existing strong 

relationships we have with our events 

and customers in the region, with the 

added resource base ORC has of some 

90,000 measurement data records collected 

over the past 30 years.” 

Of the relationship with CSA, ORC 

Chairman Bruno Finzi said: “We are 

extremely pleased to work closely in 

cooperation with CSA, and welcome 

them to our family of 42 other rating 

offices around the world. CSA has a 

long and admired history in servicing 

the needs of their community, and we 

are very happy to help them continue 

with this valuable service.” 

Trinidad & Tobago win West Indies 

Women Regional Cricket Tournament 

rain history was made when 

for the first time in the regional 

Women’s tournament 

all six territories participated. 

All Saints Community Football 

League reaches Quarter Finals 

The semi-finals will be played on Friday 

22 nd July with the winners of Ovals 

versus Pares against the winner Yorkshire 

versus Young Warriors at 5.45pm to be 

followed by the winners of Liberta versus 

Swetes coming up against the winner of 

Fundamentals versus Bendals. 

The competition will climax on Sunday 

24 th July with the third & fourth team 

playoff at 5:45 p.m. to be followed by the 

championship match at 7:00 p.m. to be 

followed by the presentation awards ceremony.


Wednesday 20th July 2016


Coach of Leeward Islands U-17 holds 

back no punches on administrators 


Former West Indies 

fast bowler and Coach of 

the Leeward Islands U-17 

Cricket team Winston 

Benjamin held no punches 

on the administrators of 

‘sub-region cricket. 

On his return from Trinidad 

& Tobago for the West 

Indies Cricket Board U-17 

regional tournament in 

which the Leeward Islands 

ended in the cellar position, 

Benjamin chastised 

the Leeward Islands Board 

and Selectors for the team’s 

poor showing in the tournament. 

Speaking on the radio 

sport show Good Morning 

JoJo on Tuesday morning, 

Benjamin said, the lack 

of preparation along with 

poor team selection were 

the main causes, four days 

is not enough to prepare 

any team for a tournament, 

what result can you expect 

when other teams are better 

prepared? 

Benjamin said to add 

salt to injury, the chairman 

By Carlena Knight 

The under 17 Bennaboys boys lost their 

first game in Group 4 of the Under 17 CFU 

World Cup qualifiers after falling to Jamaica, 

3-1 on Sunday. 

After defeating the USVI in their opening 

match, team Antigua Barbuda have found 

themselves in a must win scenario versus 

Guyana in their final group match to advance 

of selectors Hamish Anthony 

don’t even know the 

players selected, because 

there are players selected 

who have not been even 

playing any cricket for a 

while. 

This he said is a laughable 

situation, it looks like 

when you are selected, you 

play until your time is up, 

and this cannot be right. 

The outspoken Benjamin 

said the Leeward Islands 

Cricket Board seems 

very much satisfied with 

the performance of all the 

Leeward Island teams, Senior, 

U-17 and U-15, because 

the standard of cricket 

is very poor and no one 

is making any effort to ensure 

that it gets better. 

He noted that the players 

Coaches and Managers 

are always the ones getting 

the blame for the poor results 

because not even the 

players understand their 

role and they were under 

pressure every game. 

Even the Captain had 

given up during the tournament, 

and as Coach you 

can do that much and no 

more. 

He also noted that it 

maybe his last job as Coach 

for Leeward Islands Cricket 

because people get offended 

when you speak out. 

He said in spite as Coach 

and try to work along with 

them, the situation is no 

better, the former Cricket, 

said the time has come for 

serious consideration be 

given to the structure of the 

Leeward Islands Cricket. 

The former Windies 

pacer also took a swipe at 

the Government and the 

West Indies Cricket Board. 

According to him, the 

time has come for Government 

to ensure that the 

West Indies Cricket Board 

who’s Head Office is here 

in Antigua contributed 

more to the development of 

Leeward Islands Cricket, 

because they are not doing 

enough. 

He also took a swipe 

at certain members of the 

Leeward Islands Board 

Young Bennaboys fall to Jamaica 

on to the next stage. 

Jamaica outplayed the Bennaboys 

throughout the entire game with the three 

goals coming from Jeremy Verley (14 th ), Kaheem 

Parris (37 th ) and Raewin Senior (88 th ) 

giving team Wadadli no chance of a come 

back. 

The lone goal came from D’Jarie Sheppard 

in the 84 th minute. 

Former West Indies fast bowler 

and Coach of the Leeward 

Islands U-17 Cricket team 

Winston Benjamin 

who are getting paid for 

doing nothing. 

Benjamin noted that if 

West Indies and moreso 

Leeward Islands Cricket 

is to improve, there must 

be a different mindset and 

people must be prepared to 

work, he noted that he was 

chastised before for making 

statements about Leeward 

Islands Cricket and 

even Kenneth Benjamin 

when he was TDO of the 

Leeward Islands Cricket 

was accused of not doing 

anything. 

However, Benjamin said 

there were still some things 

positive that comes out of 

the tournament for some 

of the youngsters whom he 

identified by name. The 

Leeward Islands did not 

win a single game in the 

tournament and ended at 

bottom of the six teams 

standings.


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