Caribbean Times 72nd Issue - Tuesday 16th August 2016

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Tuesday 16th August 2016
Nominations open for 2016 National Youth Awards
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By Joanna Paris
The Department of Youth
Affairs has opened nominations
for the 2016 National
Youth Awards.
Social Marketing and
Media Officer within the
department, Daryl George
indicated that the National
Youth Awards over the years
has been used as a catalyst
towards encouraging youth
to reach their fullest potential.
George noted that the
annual event also highlights
the individual and collective
contributions of young people
in Antigua and Barbuda.
Among the past winners
of this prestigious award is
athlete Tahir Walsh, who is
currently at the Rio Olympics
with the Antigua and
Barbuda delegation.
Others include publisher
of the online magazine
Black Girl in the Ring, Linisa
George and soca artiste
Tian Winter.
George encouraged the
By Everton Barnes
Former parliamentarian, Eustace Cochrane,
will receive an ‘official’ funeral
when the nation honours the former Cabinet
Minister on August 26th.
The funeral service will take place at the
St John’s Pentecostal House of Restoration
Ministries on Lauchland Benjamin Drive.
Both Prime Minister, Gaston Browne, and
Opposition leader, Baldwin Spencer are expected
to participate in the service.
Cochrane represented the All Saints East
and St Luke constituency from 1984 to 1994.
public to nominate persons
under the age 35 who are
making positive contributions
to their community and
nation building as a whole.
The nominees should be
in good standing in society
and also should be nationals
of Antigua and Barbuda.
George added that the
submission forms are available
from the Department of
Youth Affairs. He said that
each area has specific guidelines
to assist persons in selecting
deserving youth.
Among the categories for
nomination are: Education,
Sports, Agriculture, Media,
Tourism, Corporate Awards,
Entrepreneurship, Barbuda,
The Phoenix Award, Visual
Arts, Community Service,
Young Activist, Lifetime
Adults Award, Young Professional,
Cultural and Performing
Arts, Literacy Arts,
Visual Arts and Young Pioneer.
The deadline for the submission
of nominations is
September 30 th .
George said that the actual
date for the 2016 National
Youth Awards is still being
planned.
Official funeral for Cochrane
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number of electronic items
such as laptops, I-pad, kindle
and other such devices.
“The Prime Minister
is very disappointed and
peeved that his home had
been the subject of a breakin
when it is supposed to
be under 24-hour surveillance
by both eh police
and the Defence Force,”
his spokesman Lionel Max
Hurst stated.
The indication is that
a member or members of
one of the security services
charged with responsibility
to guard and protect the
home may have been involved
in the crime.
Benjamin said the police
wrote in the diary that
there were suspicious signs
But he also served in the Senate for fifteen
years. He was the Minister for Public Works
and prior to being in government he was an
airline executive for many years.
He served for many years as a member of
the executive of the Antigua Trades and Labour
Union. It is expected that on the morning
of the funeral, Cochrane’s body would
be open for viewing at the union’s headquarters,
46 North Street.
Cochrane’s death was ruled to be from
natural causes dispensing the idea that he
was a road fatality.
at the home which he described
as ‘interesting’.
Hurst noted that if in
fact someone from one of
the security branches was
found to be involved in
the crime then this would
constitute a ‘betrayal’ of
the trust placed in this individuals.
“This type of behaviour
is unacceptable,”
he declared.