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<strong>Thursday</strong> <strong>8th</strong> <strong>September</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.88 $2.00<br />

STOP ORDER<br />

AGAINST YIDA<br />

By Everton Barnes<br />

The Development Control<br />

Authority has issued a<br />

stop order against YIDA International<br />

which is currently<br />

engaged in site preparation<br />

on Guiana Island.<br />

Word of this comes from<br />

Cabinet spokesman Lionel<br />

Max Hurst who said that the<br />

Cabinet was informed that a<br />

heavy duty operator clearing<br />

the site inadvertently<br />

knocked down parts of a<br />

wall that appears to have<br />

been the remnants of a sugar<br />

mill. It was not previously<br />

known that a sugar mill<br />

existed at Guiana Island.<br />

Hurst believes that the<br />

ruins may be more connected<br />

with cotton than sugar.<br />

Hurst said the DCA issued<br />

the stop order following<br />

the incident. He also reported<br />

that the YIDA Group<br />

has agreed to rebuild the<br />

wall.<br />

Nonetheless, according<br />

Ministers of government, YIDA representatives and other tourism stakeholders break ground on Guiana<br />

Island, the site earmarked to be developed by YIDA International over the next decade.<br />

to Hurst the Cabinet was<br />

outraged at learning of the<br />

incident.<br />

He also reported that<br />

both the DCA and the Environmental<br />

Division are<br />

supervising the work being<br />

carried out at the Guiana Island<br />

site.<br />

“Nothing can be done at<br />

the site without both government<br />

agencies being<br />

present,” he reported.<br />

Earlier, YIDA was issued<br />

another stop order for work<br />

it was carrying on to construct<br />

roadways on mainland<br />

Antigua. Hurst said the<br />

company did not have the<br />

relevant permits from DCA<br />

and it had to await the issuance<br />

of these before it can<br />

proceed with the work.<br />

YIDA International is a<br />

group out of China which<br />

has committed to invest in<br />

excess of $2 billion on a<br />

major development at Guiana<br />

Island over a ten-year<br />

period.


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

<strong>Thursday</strong> <strong>8th</strong> <strong>September</strong> <strong>2016</strong><br />

Tourism Minister addresses concerns<br />

By Everton Barnes<br />

The Antigua and Barbuda<br />

government is going to<br />

lengths to reassure the country<br />

that the Statutory Corporations<br />

(General Provisions)<br />

Bill provides safeguards<br />

protecting the rights of an<br />

employee who has been seconded<br />

from one corporation<br />

to another or from one corporation<br />

to the civil service.<br />

Speaking in the House of<br />

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Representatives debate on<br />

the motion to approve the<br />

controversial Clause 7 of the<br />

bill, Tourism Minister, Asot<br />

Michael, in defending the<br />

government’s position, spent<br />

much time discussing exactly<br />

what is a secondment and the<br />

circumstances under which<br />

they should be effected.<br />

“The term “secondment”<br />

describes where an employee<br />

is assigned on a temporary<br />

basis to work for another,<br />

“host” organization (“an external<br />

secondment”) or to<br />

work for a different part of<br />

the employer’s organization<br />

which may be a large organization<br />

(“an internal secondment”).<br />

On expiry of the secondment<br />

term, the employee (the<br />

‘secondee’) will return to his/<br />

her original employer,” Michael<br />

explained.<br />

He also went on to describe<br />

the relationship between<br />

statutory corporations<br />

and the central government.<br />

By Everton Barnes<br />

Two home owner’s appeal to the Cabinet<br />

has been successful resulting in the government<br />

ordering the removal of a cell tower from<br />

their neighbourhood.<br />

Making the disclosure, Cabinet spokesman<br />

said the two people live in the St John’s Rural<br />

North constituency and they went to the Cabinet<br />

to report the construction of the two in a<br />

residential area. They told the Cabinet that this<br />

poses a threat to homeowners who will be exposed<br />

to harmful radiation over time.<br />

According to Hurst the offending tower<br />

was about 14 feet in height and located in close<br />

proximity to homes in the area. He said the<br />

“A public corporation is a<br />

“quasi-governmental” body<br />

administering services on<br />

behalf of the central government.<br />

But in all cases in<br />

Antigua and Barbuda, Public<br />

Corporations are wholly<br />

owned by the Government<br />

and the People of Antigua<br />

and Barbuda,” he further explained.<br />

Minister Michael also<br />

addressed a number of concerns<br />

as detailed in the Daily<br />

Observer newspaper.<br />

He listed nine concerns<br />

but said that they may be<br />

classified under three broad<br />

headings; (1) Excessive powers<br />

are being given to ministers,<br />

(2) There are Illegal provisions<br />

of the bill which seek<br />

to interfere with employment<br />

contract and (3) Employees<br />

cannot be seconded without<br />

their consent.<br />

In addressing the issue<br />

of excessive power, Michael<br />

said ministers who are given<br />

powers under a statute are<br />

required to act within their<br />

powers.<br />

“We are not laws unto<br />

ourselves and should not at<br />

any time act high handed<br />

or unjustly. We must at all<br />

times act fairly, reasonably,<br />

and with impartiality, equity<br />

and justice for all,” he stated.<br />

He added that there are<br />

provisions for redress should<br />

anyone feel aggrieved by a<br />

minister’s action.<br />

Regarding the accusation<br />

that there are illegal provisions<br />

in the bill, the tourism<br />

minister said there are no<br />

illegal provisions in the bill<br />

per se, as an employee’s employment<br />

contract has to be<br />

honoured prior to the actual<br />

secondment.<br />

On the question of an employee<br />

had to give consent<br />

before the secondment, Michael<br />

cited legal precedent<br />

and relevant statute to show<br />

that this is now so that an employee<br />

can be expected to be<br />

seconded from time to time.<br />

Gov’t orders cell towers removed<br />

Development Control Authority had already<br />

issued a stop order on the erection of the cell<br />

tower.<br />

Additionally, Cabinet has ordered the removal<br />

of the cell tower and that it must be<br />

cited where it will no longer poses a threat to<br />

homeowners. “”It appears as though the company<br />

involved had already placed transformers<br />

on this tower, now they have to remove all the<br />

items,” Hurst said.<br />

He said there are 29 cell towers scattered<br />

across Antigua many of which are located in<br />

populated areas and thus pose a threat to humans.<br />

There are links between the presence of<br />

cell towers and a higher incidence of cancer.


<strong>Thursday</strong> <strong>8th</strong> <strong>September</strong> <strong>2016</strong> c a r i b b e a n t i m e s . a g 3<br />

Fire victim’s body returns home<br />

The body of one of the<br />

victims from the fire that occurred<br />

in Jennings returned to<br />

Antigua on Tuesday (yesterday)<br />

from Guadeloupe via a<br />

regional security service airline.<br />

At approximately 1pm on<br />

Tuesday, the body of Nurse<br />

Gayan Williams arrived at the<br />

V C Bird International Airport<br />

and was met on the tarmac by<br />

her sister Nicole Williams, her<br />

Fiancé` Eddy Prince, one of<br />

Prince’s brothers, Permanent<br />

Secretary in the Ministry of<br />

Health and the Environment<br />

Walter Christopher and other<br />

officials from the Ministry.<br />

The coffin carrying the remains<br />

of Williams was then<br />

offloaded and taken to Barnes<br />

Funeral Home on New Gate<br />

Street under escort from the<br />

Royal Antigua and Barbuda<br />

Police Force.<br />

Williams and her three<br />

year old son Jayden Prince<br />

succumbed to injuries sustained<br />

in an early morning<br />

blaze at their Jennings home<br />

in late August.<br />

Reports are that Nurse Williams<br />

and her Fiancé` were at<br />

home with their three children<br />

when they were awaken by<br />

the inferno but upon making<br />

their way through the living<br />

room, Williams and young<br />

Jayden Prince sustained second<br />

degree burns.<br />

Her Fiancé` and the other<br />

two children sustained minor<br />

injuries and were treated at<br />

the Mount St John Medical<br />

Centre.<br />

Whereas Williams was<br />

flown to Guadeloupe via<br />

MedEvac Helicopter Services,<br />

young Prince was taken<br />

to the Hospitalier Universitaire<br />

de Martinique, where he<br />

passed away two days after<br />

his mom. His remains are due<br />

back on the island between<br />

<strong>Thursday</strong> and Friday.<br />

The Board, Management and Staff of the<br />

Antigua & Barbuda Social Security extend<br />

our sincerest condolences to the family of<br />

the late Prince Alfred Hurst.<br />

As you go through this time of bereavement,<br />

may you find comfort in God’s grace.


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

<strong>Thursday</strong> <strong>8th</strong> <strong>September</strong> <strong>2016</strong><br />

Domestic workers getting organised<br />

By Everton Barnes<br />

Efforts are afoot to organise<br />

domestic workers and<br />

to provide them with job<br />

security and other benefits<br />

enjoyed by workers in other<br />

sectors.<br />

Industrial Relations Officer<br />

of the Antigua Trades<br />

and Labour Union, Andie<br />

Stephen, said her union has<br />

been making some progress<br />

in its on-going attempts to<br />

bring the domestic workers<br />

together.<br />

She said two meetings<br />

were held over the past week<br />

with the one Wednesday seeing<br />

the largest turnout so far.<br />

“Usually, we were seeing<br />

between five and six persons<br />

attending the meetings<br />

in the past but between Saturday<br />

and again yesterday<br />

(Wednesday), we are seeing<br />

a combined total of thirty-three<br />

people attending the<br />

meeting. This is a sign that<br />

By Everton Barnes<br />

People who lose their homes and/or<br />

valuable items in house fires will be able to<br />

appeal to the government for greater assistance.<br />

According to report coming out of the<br />

Cabinet, the government has reviewed a<br />

1987 Cabinet decision regarding the amount<br />

of money fire victims can receive from the<br />

treasury.<br />

“The old Cabinet decision makes provisions<br />

to pay up to $5,000 for a family of five.<br />

But through this new update, fire victims<br />

will be entitled to as much as $5-thousand<br />

per person depending on the extent of the<br />

fire damage,” he revealed.<br />

the domestic workers themselves<br />

want to be organised<br />

as a bargaining unit,” Stephen<br />

stated.<br />

According to the union<br />

official getting the domestic<br />

workers to come together<br />

has been quite a challenge,<br />

however, the union<br />

embarked on an aggressive<br />

public relations programme<br />

to encourage the workers to<br />

attend.<br />

“We did a number of radio<br />

interviews and this was<br />

followed up with a flyer and<br />

we also encouraged those<br />

who attended the first meeting<br />

to tell and friend and to<br />

bring along someone new,”<br />

she stated.<br />

Stephen said the aim is<br />

to organise the workers in a<br />

similar manner as workers in<br />

the hotel industry and to set<br />

standards that will govern<br />

this sector.<br />

“There’s nothing in place<br />

for when a domestic worker<br />

reaches age 60 and we want<br />

to ensure that they become<br />

part of a retirement plan.<br />

These are some of the things<br />

that we want to see put in<br />

place on behalf of domestic<br />

workers,” she added.<br />

She outlined a number<br />

of steps that have to be put<br />

in place before the domestic<br />

workers are fully unionised.<br />

“We first have to ratify<br />

the International Labour Organisation’s<br />

Convention #<br />

More help for victims of fire<br />

He said the minister overseeing this development<br />

will be asked to make the determination<br />

of how much money is paid out by<br />

using his/her judgment.<br />

Hurst admits that the recent spate of fires<br />

that has left two people dead and several<br />

others homeless had an impact on the decision<br />

by the Cabinet at this time.<br />

He said the Cabinet is also aware that the<br />

Fire Chief has reported that many homes in<br />

Antigua and Barbuda are without the necessary<br />

devises that will save both lives and<br />

property. The government has already been<br />

on record announcing that it is in the process<br />

of acquiring 25-thousand smoke detectors to<br />

be distributed freely across the country.<br />

189 which lays out in clear<br />

terms a commitment to ensure<br />

decent work for all<br />

domestic workers,” she explained.<br />

Among other things the<br />

Convention Preamble states<br />

“Recognizing the significant<br />

contribution of domestic<br />

workers to the global economy,<br />

which includes increasing<br />

paid job opportunities<br />

for women and men workers<br />

with family responsibilities,<br />

greater scope for caring for<br />

ageing populations, children<br />

and persons with a disability,<br />

and substantial income<br />

transfers within and between<br />

countries, and<br />

Considering that domestic<br />

work continues to be<br />

undervalued and invisible<br />

and is mainly carried out<br />

by women and girls, many<br />

of whom are migrants or<br />

members of disadvantaged<br />

communities and who are<br />

particularly vulnerable to<br />

discrimination in respect of<br />

conditions of employment<br />

and of work, and to other<br />

abuses of human rights”.


<strong>Thursday</strong> <strong>8th</strong> <strong>September</strong> <strong>2016</strong> c a r i b b e a n t i m e s . a g 5<br />

Cooks man to stand trial for grievous bodily harm<br />

By Alecia McPherson<br />

Alvin Darroux aged<br />

46 of Cooks Development<br />

was arrested on <strong>September</strong><br />

13th, 2015 after he allegedly<br />

struck 39-year old Wayne<br />

Bannis multiple times about<br />

the body with a stick. It is<br />

reported that on the day in<br />

By Alecia McPherson<br />

51-year old Nyron Bachelor of Grays<br />

Farm appeared yesterday at the St. John’s<br />

Magistrate’s’ Court having been charged for<br />

unlawful possession of firearm, and unlawful<br />

possession of ammunition. On August<br />

25th, Bachelor was nabbed by lawmen with<br />

an unlicensed .357 Magnum revolver.<br />

On the day mentioned at about 7:30 p.m.,<br />

Constable Roberts and other officers were on<br />

mobile patrol in the Grays Farm area when<br />

they spotted the accused along with three<br />

other individuals on Buckley Street acting<br />

in a suspicious manner. A stop and search<br />

By Deborah A. Parker<br />

The men charged with<br />

the murder of a Liberta<br />

farmer had their matter<br />

committed to the January<br />

question, the two men who<br />

are neighbours, were allegedly<br />

arguing over ownership<br />

for a plot of land. The<br />

argument escalated into a<br />

fight during which both men<br />

caused injuries to each other.<br />

Both men were arrested<br />

and charged with<br />

2017 criminal assizes yesterday.<br />

Fingers pointed to Meryl<br />

Chiddick and Aubrey Joseph,<br />

after the lifeless body<br />

By Deborah A. Parker<br />

A young man was convicted of unlawful wounding<br />

when he appeared in District B before Magistrate Ngaio<br />

Emanuel, and had imposed on him a $1,400 bill.<br />

Steve Miller the offender, is said to have injured a man,<br />

with whom he had an altercation. The victim was forced<br />

to seek medical attention. For the offence, Miller was fined<br />

$1,000 - and ordered to pay $400 to the victim. Matters of<br />

this nature could land one in prison for up to two years.<br />

disorderly conduct; Bannis<br />

was further charged<br />

with ‹wounding’ after he<br />

reportedly struck Darroux<br />

twice to the head with<br />

a shovel. He was fined<br />

$600.00 forthwith when<br />

they first appeared in court<br />

October of last year.<br />

Man fined $13,000 for firearm, ammo<br />

was carried out on the men. While searching<br />

Bachelor, police found a crome Magnum revolver<br />

with black handle tucked in his pants<br />

waist. Further examination of the weapon revealed<br />

that it was loaded with five matching<br />

rounds. He was arrested and charged.<br />

Yesterday Bachelor pleaded guilty to<br />

both charges before Magistrate Clarke; he<br />

was fined $7,000.00EC forthwith for unlawful<br />

possession of firearm, In default he<br />

will serve eight months at HMP; and for<br />

unlawful possession of ammunition he was<br />

fined $5,000.00EC forthwith, in default six<br />

months at HMP.<br />

Accused murderers sent to High Court<br />

Offender gets<br />

$1,400 wounding bill<br />

of 53-year old Conroy Andrew<br />

was found on his farm,<br />

on November 10th, 2014.<br />

The village of Liberta<br />

was plunged into mourning<br />

after family members of the<br />

deceased launched a search<br />

for him, and returned with<br />

grim news.<br />

They would stumble<br />

upon his remains at about<br />

midmorning, with what appeared<br />

to have been a gunshot<br />

wound.<br />

Andrew, who was a popular<br />

and well-loved member<br />

of the said community<br />

was listed as murder victim<br />

number 14 for 2014.<br />

Darroux was subsequently<br />

arrested and charged<br />

with grievous bodily<br />

harm, after Bannis pressed<br />

charges alleging that he<br />

too was struck several<br />

times about the body with<br />

the broken shovel stick.<br />

It is reported that he sustained<br />

multiple injuries and<br />

was transported by EMS to<br />

the Mount St. John Medical<br />

Center.<br />

Darroux appeared<br />

yesterday at the St. John›s<br />

Magistrates Court and<br />

was committed to stand trial<br />

at January 2017 assizes at<br />

the High Court.<br />

IN THE HIGH COURT OF<br />

JUSTICE<br />

ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA<br />

( PROBATE )<br />

A.D. <strong>2016</strong><br />

In the Estate of EUS-<br />

TACE GOLDBURN CO-<br />

CHRANE, deceased<br />

NOTICE IS HEREBY<br />

GIVEN that at the expiration<br />

of fourteen (14) days<br />

from the date of this Notice<br />

Application will be made by<br />

NEIL COCHRANE, son of<br />

the deceased, and one of the<br />

persons entitled to the estate,<br />

to the High Court of Justice<br />

for the Grant of Letters of<br />

Administration of the Estate<br />

EUSTACE GOLDBURN<br />

COCHRANE, deceased,<br />

who died on the 02nd day of<br />

August, <strong>2016</strong>.<br />

DATED the 07th day of<br />

August, <strong>2016</strong>.<br />

……………………………<br />

LAKE & KENTISH<br />

Attorneys-at-Law for and on<br />

behalf of the Applicant.


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

<strong>Thursday</strong> <strong>8th</strong> <strong>September</strong> <strong>2016</strong><br />

Emergency responders forge closer<br />

ties in response to residential fires<br />

With the recent increase in residential<br />

fires and deaths that are associated with<br />

them, two of the country’s emergency responders<br />

have decided to form an even<br />

closer alliance in a bid to save more lives.<br />

Head of the Emergency Medical Services,<br />

Shawn Greenidge, announced that<br />

beginning this month, an ambulance will<br />

also be dispatched whenever the Fire Department<br />

is responding to a residential<br />

fire. He said that the move will be more<br />

effective as they won’t have to wait for<br />

the fire fighters to call from the actual<br />

scene of the blaze.<br />

“I had a meeting with the E911 dispatch<br />

supervisor, Mr. Ivor Luke and we<br />

came to an agreement that from now on,<br />

whenever there is a call for the fire service,<br />

an ambulance will be immediately<br />

dispatched as well. And dispatching the<br />

ambulance augers well in terms of the<br />

occupants of the building but we are also<br />

looking at the safety and wellbeing of the<br />

fire crew who are also vulnerable to the<br />

fire and smoke inhalation”, Greenidge<br />

The Ministry of Education,<br />

Science and Technology<br />

is responding to claims made<br />

by a parent that his daughter<br />

was “thrown out of primary<br />

school without notice.”<br />

An article appearing in the<br />

Daily Observer of Wednesday<br />

7 th <strong>September</strong>, <strong>2016</strong>, headlined<br />

‘Six year old kicked out<br />

of school’, detailed the parent’s<br />

account that his child, a<br />

Five Islands Primary student<br />

was “expelled” after being<br />

labelled a “slow learner” by<br />

school authorities. The Ministry<br />

through its Director of<br />

Education Mr. Clare Browne,<br />

says no 6 six year-old child<br />

was expelled. The Director<br />

outlined that in order for a<br />

child to be expelled, a meeting<br />

must be held with executives<br />

of the Ministry, in accordance<br />

with the Education Act of Antigua<br />

and Barbuda 2008. It<br />

is only the Director who has<br />

the authority to do so, and no<br />

decision was taken in that regard.<br />

The Ministry of Education,<br />

Science and Technology<br />

is reiterating that every child<br />

is entitled to an education. No<br />

child will be refused an education<br />

based on colour, race,<br />

mental illness, physical handicap<br />

or otherwise (Education<br />

Act Section. 29).<br />

Mr. Browne stated the<br />

parent of the 6 year-old was<br />

advised to return the student<br />

to Five Islands Primary, pending<br />

the outcome of a second<br />

assessment as per the request<br />

of her father. An initial evaluation<br />

was carried out and<br />

among the recommendations<br />

was that the pupil be transferred<br />

to a neighbouring primary<br />

school that has a special<br />

Head of the Emergency Medical Services,<br />

Shawn Greenidge, left, and Head of training,<br />

Morvin Fiedtkou.<br />

said.<br />

The EMS Department has also intensified<br />

its training programme for staff and<br />

a number of refresher courses are being<br />

organised.<br />

Head of training, Morvin Fiedtkou<br />

declared that starting this week, the division<br />

will embark on a number of sessions<br />

to remind the operators of the procedures<br />

that are paramount to carrying out their<br />

duties more effectively.<br />

“We here at EMS take these matters<br />

very seriously, our EMT’s are trained fully<br />

to deal with patients who receive burns<br />

but nonetheless we the management see<br />

it fit to do a refresher course again to<br />

remind the staff of the procedures and<br />

guidelines in treating burn patients because<br />

as you know what you were taught<br />

three years ago might be irrelevant today<br />

so we have gone ahead and acquire some<br />

new literature and now all fourteen members<br />

of staff will be refreshed and updated<br />

on any recent information”, Fiedtkou<br />

noted.<br />

Fiedtkou also said that the department<br />

is always looking for new information<br />

and new materials to make the department<br />

more efficient and modern.<br />

“I know the staff knows what they<br />

have been taught before; some have been<br />

taught five years ago and some three<br />

years but in this field our goal is also to<br />

keep current, the latest ideas, the latest<br />

guidelines, the latest research and testing<br />

our staff in the field and this is what evidence<br />

based practice is all about”, Fiedtkou<br />

concluded.<br />

Education Director responds to newspaper article<br />

programme and is staffed with<br />

special education teachers.<br />

The Ministry of Education,<br />

Science and Technology is assuring<br />

the public that it makes<br />

every effort to ensure students<br />

succeed, and is mindful that<br />

everyone can learn though not<br />

at the same pace.<br />

As far as the Ministry is<br />

concerned, the issue was addressed<br />

and dialogue will<br />

continue with the parents of<br />

the student. However, from its<br />

end, discussions on a 6 yearold<br />

will not continue to play<br />

out in the public domain.


<strong>Thursday</strong> <strong>8th</strong> <strong>September</strong> <strong>2016</strong> c a r i b b e a n t i m e s . a g 7<br />

Group wants NCC to adopt level playing field<br />

The group opposing the<br />

march towards the <strong>Caribbean</strong><br />

Court of Justice (CCJ)<br />

as Antigua and Barbuda’s<br />

final court of appeal, wants<br />

the National Coordinating<br />

Committee to adopt a ‘level<br />

playing field’ in its public<br />

education campaign.<br />

The call comes from<br />

former parliamentarian and<br />

now spokesman for the ‘No.<br />

Not Yet’ Group, Eleston<br />

Namba Adams who made<br />

the comment on the Observer<br />

PM show on Wednesday.<br />

He said there should be an<br />

even-handed approach and<br />

give the population information<br />

regarding the other side<br />

in the public education campaign.<br />

“You have to assist those<br />

who are educating the people<br />

on the other side because<br />

you are educating the people<br />

Inquest scheduled for<br />

suspected drowning<br />

By Everton Barnes<br />

An inquest is slated to take place today to probe into the<br />

death of an American visitor to the island who died from<br />

what is believed to have been a drowning.<br />

Police spokesman Senior Sergeant Frankie Thomas said<br />

the man – John Willis, 38 – arrived at the island on Monday<br />

and was a guest at the Coco Bay Resort. It was reported<br />

that he was socialising near the pool Tuesday night when he<br />

complained of feeling unwell.<br />

According to the reports sometime after the man was<br />

found submerged in the pool. He was fished from the water<br />

and several attempts were to resuscitate him but all were in<br />

vain. Thomas said the inquest will probe into the circumstances<br />

of his death and a post mortem will determine cause<br />

of death. Willis was accompanied by his girlfriend on the<br />

visit to Antigua.<br />

so that they can make an informed<br />

choice,” Adams stated.<br />

On the question of the<br />

court system, Adams said<br />

there is urgent need for improvements<br />

in the lower<br />

courts. He noted that many<br />

cases do not go beyond the<br />

magistrate’s court because<br />

litigants quite often cannot<br />

afford the costs involved.<br />

The No, Not Yet spokesman<br />

said the changes he is<br />

envisioning includes better<br />

salaries for magistrates and<br />

judges. “When we talk about<br />

influencing judges, anybody<br />

can be influenced but<br />

if we are paying our judges<br />

properly the likelihood of<br />

that happening is greatly reduced,”<br />

he stated.<br />

Chairman of the NCC,<br />

Amb. Dr. Clarence Henry<br />

disagreed with Adams’ assertions<br />

by informing that<br />

the NCC is providing both<br />

sides of the argument. He<br />

cited the website www.<br />

nationalcoordinatingcommittee.com,<br />

the inclusion<br />

of proponents of the Privy<br />

Council on its panels for<br />

town hall sessions, and has<br />

started to compile endorsements<br />

which will also be<br />

carried on the media.<br />

“I wish to remind Mr.<br />

Adams that he was also a<br />

part of a one-hour television<br />

programme and that he will<br />

also be involved in other<br />

activities. So the effort to<br />

educate the population will<br />

continue, and we encourage<br />

the public to visit to various<br />

websites as they seek<br />

out the relevant information<br />

for themselves and not solely<br />

reliant on any one entity<br />

for the facts. Self-education<br />

is another critical factor in<br />

a young nation’s development,”<br />

he remarked.<br />

Once again, The NCC<br />

Chairman challenged voters<br />

not to be persuaded by incorrect<br />

statements, but seek<br />

factual, credible insights<br />

into these distinguished institutions<br />

called the CCJ and<br />

the Privy Council.<br />

The NCC is currently finalizing<br />

the new date for the<br />

series if town hall meetings.


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<strong>Thursday</strong> <strong>8th</strong> <strong>September</strong> <strong>2016</strong>


<strong>Thursday</strong> <strong>8th</strong> <strong>September</strong> <strong>2016</strong> c a r i b b e a n t i m e s . a g 9<br />

New Media showcases<br />

Food For Weapons and Light<br />

The work of seven contemporary<br />

Venezuelan artists examining power<br />

and violence and their relationship to<br />

the body - will open the trinidad+tobago<br />

film festival (ttff) New Media showcase,<br />

on Wednesday 21 <strong>September</strong>,<br />

from 7.00pm at the Big Black Box in<br />

Woodbrook.<br />

Curated by Venezuelan experimental<br />

filmmaker, Sandra Vivas, Food For<br />

Weapons questions the manipulation of<br />

power in Venezuela and the methods<br />

used to prevent protest and uprisings –<br />

control of food, medicines, water and<br />

the media.<br />

“The title Food For Weapons, refers<br />

not only to the food shortages and<br />

violence in Venezuela, but also to the<br />

fact that ideas can be seen as food. A<br />

reminder that hunger can be both a<br />

dangerous oppressor and the most dramatic<br />

motivator for ultimate liberation.<br />

Ideas can be both food for thought and<br />

weapons of change”, says Vivas.<br />

The exhibited work undermines established<br />

discourse through intimate<br />

narratives that are either taboo or simply<br />

ignored. According to Vivas, several of<br />

the artists have been politically perse-<br />

Image from Oblivion by Anna Rosa Rodriguez<br />

cuted for their work – some of which is day 24 <strong>September</strong>, at 9pm, also at Big<br />

deliberately shocking and only suitable Black Box.<br />

for a mature audience. The artists use North Eleven projection artists are<br />

their body as an instrument, recognizing<br />

it as a battleground where violence between visuals and how the audience<br />

especially interested in the interaction<br />

is often enacted through hunger, torture interact with them. Working with multiple<br />

technologies and interfaces ‘Light’<br />

or menace, and seek to recreate it as a<br />

channel of liberation that is democratic is a live audio-visual performance that<br />

and universal.<br />

incorporates projection mapping &<br />

Food for Weapons will be followed murals, live digital graffiti & motion<br />

by a second New Media installation design, and live visuals. From lo-tech<br />

‘Light’ by North Eleven, on Satur-<br />

mediums such as string, paper, wire<br />

mesh and cardboard, to the latest audio-visual<br />

applications, and collaborations<br />

with fellow artists, illustrators,<br />

painters and musicians, North Eleven<br />

will transform the Big Black Box into<br />

a stunning canvass of mixed media artwork.<br />

North Eleven has been the ttff’s<br />

official technical partner since 2010,<br />

working extensively with the community<br />

development programme to bring<br />

free community cinema to numerous<br />

communities throughout Trinidad and<br />

Image from Selective Migration by Luis Poleo cont’d on pg 10


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

<strong>Thursday</strong> <strong>8th</strong> <strong>September</strong> <strong>2016</strong><br />

Statement from the OECS Commission on<br />

the observance of International Literacy Day<br />

Around the world the<br />

spotlight on literacy is<br />

brightening! That is in concert<br />

with the sharpening<br />

focus by the OECS Commission<br />

who joins major international<br />

agencies in promoting<br />

the value of literacy<br />

generally, and its specific<br />

role in poverty eradication<br />

and fostering egalitarian<br />

societies.<br />

The composite of financial<br />

contributions and advocacy<br />

by top-tier institutions<br />

like UNESCO, USAID and<br />

the Global Reading Network,<br />

among others, have<br />

given impetus to the drive<br />

to eradicate illiteracy. This<br />

year marks 50 years since<br />

UNESCO established <strong>September</strong><br />

8 as International<br />

Literacy Day.<br />

Such efforts win the adoration<br />

of the entire world<br />

and are seen as creating a<br />

movement. Maya Angelou<br />

analogized it powerfully:<br />

cont’d from pg 9<br />

Tobago. For the past three years, they have<br />

generously provided technical sponsorship<br />

for the festival’s New Media programme.<br />

Big Black Box, located on 33 Murray<br />

Street, Woodbrook and managed by 3Canal,<br />

has evolved into ttff’s official venue partner<br />

for New Media this year; and will also be<br />

a ‘watering hole’ during the festival period,<br />

offering film fans a creative community<br />

space to relax after attending films and industry<br />

activities.<br />

For more information visit: ttfilmfestival.<br />

com<br />

The trinidad+tobago film festival (ttff)<br />

“The elimination of illiteracy<br />

is as serious an issue as<br />

the abolition of slavery”.<br />

No one would deny the true<br />

liberation and empowerment<br />

that literacy brings.<br />

Some of these efforts<br />

have borne fruit to some<br />

degree. The UNESCO Institute<br />

for Statistics reported<br />

in <strong>September</strong>, 2015<br />

that 757 million adults (15<br />

years and older), including<br />

115 million youth (15 – 24<br />

years), cannot read or write<br />

a simple sentence. Roughly<br />

two-thirds of them (63%)<br />

are female. This represents<br />

an improvement over 2012<br />

when the number of illiterate<br />

adults was estimated to<br />

be 781 million.<br />

The OECS Commission<br />

is playing its part to support<br />

literacy improvement in the<br />

region. Last year, the Commission<br />

was able to secure<br />

an award of approximately<br />

$US 9 million to implement<br />

the Early Learners<br />

Programme (ELP), an intervention<br />

targeting reading<br />

development issues at<br />

the Grade K - 3 levels.<br />

The six independent<br />

Member States of the<br />

OECS are the beneficiaries<br />

of this award agreement.<br />

These States have undertaken<br />

several initiatives<br />

to address some of evident<br />

shortcoming in reading and<br />

writing. Data in 2015 from<br />

Antigua indicate that at key<br />

stage Grade 2 level, 61% of<br />

students read at or above<br />

grade level.<br />

In the previous year St.<br />

Kitts had recorded upwards<br />

of 90 % at the same grade.<br />

In 2015 in St. Lucia the<br />

overall performance at the<br />

Minimum Standards Examination<br />

in Grade 2 was 47.<br />

9.<br />

The ELP is expected to<br />

augment these efforts and<br />

achieve the goal: ‘Every<br />

celebrates films from and about the <strong>Caribbean</strong><br />

and its diaspora, as well as from world<br />

cinema, through an annual festival and yearround<br />

screenings.<br />

In addition, the ttff seeks to facilitate the<br />

growth of <strong>Caribbean</strong> cinema by offering a<br />

wide-ranging industry programme and networking<br />

opportunities.<br />

The ttff is presented by Flow, given leading<br />

sponsorship by Trinidad and Tobago<br />

Film Company Ltd (FilmTT), and supporting<br />

sponsorship by RBC Royal Bank, The<br />

National Gas Company of Trinidad and Tobago,<br />

Embassy of the United States of America<br />

and the Tourism Development Company.<br />

learner succeeds’.<br />

The OECS Commission<br />

celebrates and champions<br />

all these and other undertakings<br />

to address concerns<br />

about literacy. In this<br />

regard, the Commission<br />

joins all Member States,<br />

including Ministries of<br />

Education and educational<br />

institutions, members of<br />

the United Nations and the<br />

international community,<br />

in celebrating <strong>2016</strong> International<br />

Literacy Day under<br />

the theme ‘Reading the<br />

Past, Writing the Future’.<br />

Inherent in this theme is<br />

the understanding that literacy<br />

encapsulates more than<br />

just reading. Writing is another<br />

critical component,<br />

requiring great attention.<br />

The theme, moreover,<br />

suggests a concurrent reflection<br />

on what has been<br />

achieved, the road travelled,<br />

and active engagement<br />

on what lies ahead,<br />

what is still to be done and<br />

how to get there. International<br />

Literacy Day provides<br />

an ideal opportunity<br />

for that kind of reflection<br />

and commitment to continue<br />

taking active steps towards<br />

literacy for all.<br />

The OECS Commission<br />

invites all within the<br />

Member States to share in<br />

celebrating literacy and<br />

the lifelong esteem that it<br />

brings to its bearers. Happy<br />

International Literacy Day,<br />

<strong>2016</strong>.


<strong>Thursday</strong> <strong>8th</strong> <strong>September</strong> <strong>2016</strong> c a r i b b e a n t i m e s . a g 11<br />

Wednesday’s Sudoku Solution<br />

S U D O K U<br />

CROSSWORD<br />

Across<br />

1. Word in a Ray Stevens song<br />

title<br />

5. Made Bond’s martini<br />

10. ‘’___ Good Men’’<br />

14. Constellation with the star<br />

Vega<br />

15. ‘’Chicago Hope’’ Emmy<br />

winner<br />

16. City of seven hills<br />

17. Board game<br />

19. Killer whale<br />

20. Roof overhangs<br />

21. Substance found in flour<br />

23. Heavenly messenger<br />

26. Doesn’t go together<br />

27. Contents of some in-boxes<br />

28. Neighbor of New Brunswick<br />

29. Half of an ‘80s crime-fighting<br />

duo<br />

30. Pervasive qualities<br />

31. Planet in an old sitcom<br />

34. Some are indelible<br />

35. Villainous glare<br />

36. ‘’Let’s go!’’<br />

37. ‘’___ Kapital’’<br />

38. Softened, as tones<br />

39. More than see<br />

40. ‘’True Colors’’ singer<br />

42. Cinematic lady gangster<br />

43. Emulated Henry Clay Frick<br />

45. Pillaged<br />

46. Cu<br />

47. Gem State product, informally<br />

48. Canterlike gait<br />

49. Candid<br />

54. Knighted actor Guinness<br />

55. Like some interpretations<br />

56. Weapon with a blunted end<br />

57. Trade center<br />

58. Is wildly unstable<br />

59. ‘’It’s all the ___ to me’’<br />

Down<br />

1. Vestment for the clergy<br />

2. Scandinavian rug<br />

3. Slow-pitch path<br />

4. Many people like their smell<br />

5. Works over a hot stove, e.g.<br />

6. ‘’Hill Street Blues’’ star<br />

7. Physics law<br />

8. Palindromic Midwestern<br />

tribe<br />

9. Shakespeare play, circa<br />

1605<br />

10. Build a fire under, say<br />

11. About to appear<br />

12. Roast figure<br />

13. Removes dependency<br />

18. In a high-spirited manner<br />

22. Castle basements, in some<br />

films<br />

23. Extremely cold<br />

24. Kitchen appliance brand<br />

25. Effusively friendly person<br />

26. Remedied<br />

28. Type of eye in a TV show<br />

title<br />

30. Chipped in chips<br />

32. One-time talker O’Donnell<br />

33. Poked with a patella<br />

35. Curtis Mayfield hit<br />

36. Unfortunate coal mine visitors<br />

38. She’s an inspiration<br />

39. Generic dog name<br />

41. Facet<br />

42. Suffuses<br />

43. Happy as ___<br />

44. Do-re-mi<br />

45. 1969 Hoffman role<br />

47. ‘’Iliad’’ city<br />

50. Winning tic-tac-toe line<br />

51. Transcript stat<br />

52. Search for the right word,<br />

e.g.<br />

53. Elevator on a golf course?


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

<strong>Thursday</strong> <strong>8th</strong> <strong>September</strong> <strong>2016</strong><br />

HOROSCOPE<br />

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

You’re putting out a top-quality<br />

effort. Just know that you<br />

could be the sweetest peach in<br />

the world and there would still<br />

be a certain (albeit very small)<br />

percentage of the population<br />

who don’t prefer peaches.<br />

Never mind them!<br />

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

When you get your first right<br />

result, try for another and another<br />

so you can know and<br />

practice what it takes to succeed.<br />

The method is the true<br />

gold. The method is worth way<br />

more than the prize.<br />

Today’s weather forecast<br />

Antigua and Barbuda<br />

Mostly sunny skies during the<br />

morning hours will give way to occasional<br />

showers in the afternoon.<br />

High - 84ºF<br />

Low - 78ºF<br />

Wind: East North East 9 mph<br />

Sunrise 5.54 am; Sunset 6.14 pm<br />

Wednesday’s Crossword Solution<br />

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

You’ve a charm that inspires<br />

devotion in others, and at<br />

times this has actually frightened<br />

you; you don’t always<br />

want so much attention. However,<br />

right now, you could use<br />

some help. Work it!<br />

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

As for the people who aim for<br />

greatness and fall short again<br />

and again, they are the ones to<br />

watch, align with and partner<br />

with because that kind of courage<br />

will get it right eventually<br />

and win big.<br />

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

21). You’ve come to a door. If<br />

you knock once or twice and<br />

no one lets you in, don’t walk<br />

away. Keep knocking until you<br />

get your answer. The world on<br />

the other side of the door will<br />

be worth it.<br />

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

19). Sure, life can be unfair.<br />

However, it’s also possible<br />

that the idea of justice we have<br />

in our head isn’t as complete<br />

as the one the universe has in<br />

mind. Perhaps this thing unfolding<br />

before us is as perfect<br />

as it is complex.<br />

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

18). Who has made a positive<br />

difference in your life and<br />

why? You will set a goal that<br />

is similar to one that this person<br />

has pursued, and you will<br />

soon possess some of the same<br />

qualities.<br />

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

It gets old, this accommodation<br />

of life’s inconveniences<br />

and distractions. How you’ve<br />

longed for a day that includes<br />

nothing unnecessary or obligatory.<br />

This is it! Your day for<br />

straight-up business — finally.<br />

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

You feel like you couldn’t<br />

do the job without your special<br />

helper, and in some ways<br />

this is true. The job certainly<br />

wouldn’t get done in the same<br />

way without this person. Acknowledgement<br />

is in order.<br />

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

Give yourself time to reach<br />

your goals. Success trick: lower<br />

your expectations of what<br />

you’ll be able to accomplish<br />

in a day, but raise your expectations<br />

of what you’ll accomplish<br />

in 60 days.<br />

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

The world may fall short of<br />

your vision today, but your focus<br />

on appreciating the reality<br />

you’re in will cause a change<br />

in your wants and needs. In the<br />

back of your mind and the center<br />

of your heart, a new vision<br />

is forming.<br />

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

you made up those rules to<br />

keep you on track, you were<br />

winging it — everyone is, in<br />

the beginning. Now you see<br />

that some of the restrictions<br />

were unnecessary. It’s safe for<br />

you to change the rules now.


<strong>Thursday</strong> <strong>8th</strong> <strong>September</strong> <strong>2016</strong> c a r i b b e a n t i m e s . a g 13<br />

Persons from the St. Paul's Community - (English Harbour,<br />

Cobbs Cross, Piccadilly, Liberta) who attend the LIberta<br />

Clinic for Medical services can now do so by means of a<br />

Courtesy Transportation provided by Parliamentary Representative<br />

- Hon. E.P Chet Greene. Persons who need this<br />

service can call 771-0323 or 774-6428 or leave your information<br />

at the Branch Office back of the Yasoso Bakery or<br />

at the Liberta Clinic. Services for the filling of prescription<br />

from the Medical Benefit Scheme Pharmacy - All Saints and<br />

other pharmacies are also available.<br />

The Hon. E.P. Chet Greene Member of Parliament for St.<br />

Pauls invites all residents to a Town Hall Meeting on <strong>Thursday</strong><br />

<strong>8th</strong> <strong>September</strong> 7:30 p.m. at the Liberta School. Do come<br />

out and listen to his plans for moving the community forward<br />

as well as get a chance to air your views and concerns;<br />

and ask questions have a chance to speak with him one and<br />

one and have your concerns addressed.<br />

The Representative of St. John’s Rural North Hon. Min.<br />

Charles Fernandez announces branch meeting for the following<br />

days and venue:<br />

· <strong>Thursday</strong>, <strong>8th</strong> <strong>September</strong>, <strong>2016</strong> @ 7:30pm @ Cedar<br />

Gove Primary School for residents of Cedar Grove and surrounding<br />

areas.<br />

· Monday, 12th <strong>September</strong>, <strong>2016</strong> @ 7:30pm @ Yorks<br />

Community Center for residents of Yorks and surrounding<br />

areas<br />

The National Vocational and Rehabilitation Center for Persons<br />

with Disabilities on Factory Road will be reopened on<br />

Monday 12th <strong>September</strong> <strong>2016</strong> at 8am. All concerned are<br />

asked to take note of this very important information and we<br />

look forward to a productive and exciting working relationship<br />

for <strong>2016</strong> and beyond.<br />

The National Parents Teachers Association will be holding<br />

an urgent meeting at the TN Kirnon Primary School on<br />

<strong>Thursday</strong> <strong>8th</strong> <strong>September</strong> at 5pm. All Schools both Public<br />

and Private are please asked to send a representative either<br />

from the school’s PTA or from amongst the school staff to<br />

this meeting.<br />

Borel to compete in<br />

Diamond League Final<br />

and DécaNation this week<br />

Trinidad and Tobago’s<br />

Olympic Shotput Queen,<br />

Cleopatra Borel, is gearing<br />

up for a strong finish for her<br />

<strong>2016</strong> Season. The 37 yearold<br />

Sportswoman of the Year<br />

is en route to Belgium, where<br />

she was selected to compete<br />

in the highly-contested Brussels<br />

Diamond League on<br />

<strong>Thursday</strong> <strong>8th</strong> <strong>September</strong>.<br />

Held in the majestic Grand<br />

Place - the central square<br />

of Brussels - the Women’s<br />

Shot Put Finals promises to<br />

be an enchanting showdown<br />

among some of the best athletes<br />

in the world, especially<br />

coming out of the <strong>2016</strong> event<br />

at the Olympic Games in Rio<br />

de Janeiro, Brazil, where<br />

Borel created history for her<br />

country by placing 7th in the<br />

Final. Other heavy-hitting<br />

Olympic champions such as<br />

silver medalist Valerie Adams<br />

of New Zealand, and<br />

gold medalist Michelle Carter<br />

of the USA will be competing.<br />

Borel joins the ranks<br />

of decorated athletes on the<br />

roster to compete that evening,<br />

with her focus on keeping<br />

the momentum from her<br />

performance in August. “I’m<br />

really looking forward to getting<br />

back out there and giving<br />

a strong finish for the season.<br />

Getting over the Olympics<br />

“training hump” and looking<br />

forward to next season is<br />

very much on my mind, and<br />

during training, my coach<br />

(Ismael Lopez Mastrapa) re-<br />

Cleopatra Borel<br />

ally made that consistency<br />

the focus, coming into this<br />

Memorial Van Damme in<br />

Belgium.”<br />

Soon thereafter, Borel<br />

will then head to Marseille,<br />

France for the SEAT DécaNation,<br />

which she indicates<br />

will be her final competition<br />

for <strong>2016</strong>. The event,<br />

which boasts eight nations<br />

competing in both classic and<br />

non-classic events of the decathlon<br />

program, will be held<br />

on Tuesday 13th <strong>September</strong>.<br />

Borel is pleased to mark the<br />

occasion as the lone female<br />

athlete representing Trinidad<br />

and Tobago in that elite competition.<br />

“For most of the athletes,<br />

the end of the season is within<br />

reach, and the Olympics<br />

is definitely still fresh on<br />

everyone’s mind. That will<br />

definitely show because we<br />

all want to do our best and<br />

hopefully medal. Everyone<br />

for the most part is still in top<br />

form, and between Belgium<br />

and France, it’s going to be<br />

a great two competitions for<br />

both the athletes and the fans<br />

to look forward to over the<br />

next week, and set the tone<br />

for the 2017 Season.”


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

<strong>Thursday</strong> <strong>8th</strong> <strong>September</strong> <strong>2016</strong><br />

Young Alzarri Joseph will make ODI<br />

debut just weeks after his Test debut<br />

By Vanroy Burnes<br />

Young Antigua & Barbuda,<br />

Leeward Islands and<br />

West Indies U-19 young<br />

fast bowling sensation Alzarri<br />

Joseph is set to make<br />

his ODI Debut just weeks<br />

after making his test debut.<br />

Joseph was included in<br />

the second test match between<br />

India and the West<br />

Indies in St. Lucia in August<br />

which the West Indies<br />

lost. However Sir Vivian<br />

Richards and legendary<br />

West Indies player who has<br />

been considered as the best<br />

batsman to have played the<br />

game said the young fast<br />

bowler must fully utilized.<br />

According to Sir Viv,<br />

he is of the view that Joseph<br />

was underused in his<br />

debut test against India in<br />

St. Lucia last month where<br />

he only bowled four overs<br />

on the second day when<br />

the West Indies had India in<br />

trouble.<br />

Joseph only 19 years old,<br />

is considered as the brightest<br />

fast bowling prospect in<br />

the region at this time and<br />

Sir Viv is hoping that this<br />

time around he will be fully<br />

utilized on this upcoming<br />

tour.<br />

Joseph and Barbados<br />

and West Indies opening<br />

batsman Kraigg Brathwaite<br />

has been critersized for his<br />

slow batting style has been<br />

called up by the West Indies<br />

selectors for the West Indies<br />

tour of Pakistan later this<br />

month as both is set to make<br />

their ODI Debut.<br />

The West Indies and Pakistan<br />

will play 3 ODI’S and<br />

three test matches which<br />

will run up to November<br />

3rd. Two of the ODI’S will<br />

be played in Sharjah and<br />

one in Abu Dhabi.<br />

Opportunity for Antigua<br />

to show they can go it<br />

alone says Benjamin<br />

By Vanroy Burnes<br />

Former Antigua, Leeward Islands and West Indies fast<br />

bowler Kenneth “Flipper” Benjamin said in Inaugural<br />

tri-Nation cricket series organized by the Antigua & Barbuda<br />

Cricket Association (ABCA) between Antigua & Barbuda,<br />

Jamaica and the Windward Islands is a testing time for<br />

the National team.<br />

The former West Indies pacer who the coach of the Antigua<br />

& Barbuda team for the tournament, said this is an opportunity<br />

for us to show the world that we can go it alone in<br />

regional cricket, a called that has been made time and time<br />

again since Antigua players always dominated the Leeward<br />

Islands team in terms of selections.<br />

Benjamin said in spite tournament is the shortest version<br />

of the game, the players will have to lift their game and put<br />

up good performances and make their mark, winning this<br />

tournament would even be a plus. He continued that the<br />

tournament will provide an avenue for local players to showcase<br />

their talents.<br />

The tournament will also serve as an exposure for young<br />

because there is so much T-20 Cricket playing and so much<br />

players involved, it will give other teams like Jamaica and<br />

the Windward Islands the opportunity to some of them and<br />

maybe consider them when the CPL comes around.<br />

The matches will be played from October 7th to 15th at<br />

the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium. The local cricket association<br />

has called up 21 players for training in preparation for<br />

the tournament.


<strong>Thursday</strong> <strong>8th</strong> <strong>September</strong> <strong>2016</strong> c a r i b b e a n t i m e s . a g 15<br />

Leeward Islands Hurricanes lose<br />

five players to West Indies duties<br />

By Vanroy Burnes<br />

The Leeward Islands Hurricanes will<br />

be without five key players for the start<br />

of the West Indies cricket Board<br />

Professional Cricket League (PCL) due<br />

to West Indies duties.<br />

All-Rounder Rahkeem Jimbo Cornwall,<br />

Jahmar Hamilton and Keiron Powell<br />

have been all selected for the West<br />

Indies A team to tour Sri Lanka later this<br />

year.<br />

Meanwhile, pacer Alzarri Joseph and<br />

West Indies Cricket<br />

Board’s chief executive Michael<br />

Muirhead will step<br />

down from his position after<br />

a four-year stint in the role.<br />

Muirhead’s contract was up<br />

for renewal on October 14,<br />

but he has opted to quit the<br />

WICB. Muirhead, who had<br />

replaced Ernest Hilaire the<br />

WICB CEO in 2012, said he<br />

had helped the board turn its<br />

finances around.<br />

“I came in at a time when<br />

the state of finances at the<br />

board were in deficit and in<br />

my brief tenure I have managed<br />

to turn around and will<br />

be leaving with a surplus,”<br />

Muirhead told ESPNcricinfo.<br />

With a banking and marketing<br />

background, Muirhead<br />

was focused on the numbers<br />

and the money element and<br />

worked in close association<br />

with WICB president Dave<br />

Cameron.<br />

Although Muirhead counts<br />

as having contributed to West<br />

Indies’ two World T20 wins,<br />

his tenure, along with Cameron’s,<br />

will be remembered for<br />

their run-ins with senior West<br />

Trinidadian Nicholas Pooran who was<br />

drafted by the Hurricanes have been included<br />

in the West Indies team to tour<br />

Pakistan later this month.<br />

In the meanwhile another Leeward<br />

Islands player Anguillan Moncin Hodge<br />

has been placed on standby. Head Coach<br />

of the Leeward Islands Hurricanes Reginald<br />

Benjamin, now in his second year<br />

with the team, was elated with the news<br />

of the selection of the players and noted<br />

that the Leeward Islands players must be<br />

Indies players over issues like<br />

the pay disputes and selection.<br />

A dispute related to payment<br />

structure between the players,<br />

the WICB and the West Indies<br />

Players’ Assocation resulted<br />

in the team pulling out of<br />

their tour of India in October<br />

2014. The board faced a crisis<br />

before this year’s World T20<br />

in India after the players appeared<br />

to collectively reject<br />

the contracts offered by the<br />

WICB due to what they perceived<br />

as “huge financial reductions”.<br />

Following West Indies’<br />

title win, Darren Sammy<br />

and a few other senior players<br />

had criticised the WICB, and<br />

were reprimanded by the ICC<br />

after the tournament.<br />

Muirhead agreed the<br />

chasm between the board and<br />

the players has been always<br />

there, but the divide is steadily<br />

being bridged. He pointed<br />

out that when he entered the<br />

WICB, there was constant<br />

strife between the board and<br />

the West Indies Players Association<br />

(WIPA).<br />

“Before the two-match<br />

T20I series against India in<br />

Florida, WIPA and the WICB<br />

hosted a symposium where<br />

players and administrators<br />

met in an effort to resolve<br />

longstanding disputes. “A lot<br />

doing something good in the eyes of the<br />

selectors.<br />

However, Coach Reginald Benjamin<br />

said Orlando Peters was omitted from the<br />

Hurricanes team for this season, but is<br />

hopeful that he will make a return to the<br />

team at a later date.<br />

The West Indies Cricket Board PCL<br />

Competition will bowl off on November<br />

11th when the Leeward Islands Hurricanes<br />

will oppose the Barbados pride in<br />

their opening encounter.<br />

Muirhead to step down as WICB CEO<br />

of players were able to speak<br />

quite frankly. The lines of<br />

communication are now reopened,”<br />

Muirhead said. (ES-<br />

PNcricinfo)


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

<strong>Thursday</strong> <strong>8th</strong> <strong>September</strong> <strong>2016</strong><br />

Pakistan cruise to nine-wicket win<br />

OLD TRAFFORD - New captain,<br />

new Pakistan? It’s always dangerous to<br />

look too far ahead as far as their cricket<br />

is concerned, but after one night in<br />

Manchester Sarfraz Ahmed has a 100%<br />

record as T20 skipper.<br />

It can be difficult at the end of a long<br />

tour to lift for a one-off T20 - the Super<br />

Series, of course, had already been<br />

decided lest anyone forget - but, amid<br />

the most frenzied atmosphere of the<br />

tour, which was marred by late pitch<br />

invasions, Pakistan secured a thumping<br />

nine-wicket victory with a massive 31<br />

deliveries to spare.<br />

They produced their most vibrant<br />

bowling and fielding display of the<br />

limited-overs leg of the trip to restrict<br />

England, who fielded the side which<br />

played the World T20 final in April, to<br />

135 for 7: just 58 came off the final ten<br />

overs and only three boundaries were<br />

struck after the Powerplay.<br />

The chase was a canter. Neither<br />

Sharjeel Khan nor Khalid Latif needed<br />

to bother with much running, by the<br />

end of the fourth over they had equalled<br />

England’s paltry tally of 10 fours. Both<br />

reached their fifties with sixes, Sharjeel<br />

off 30 balls and Latif, who only flew in<br />

for this match, brought up his maiden<br />

half-century off 34 deliveries.<br />

With the ball Imad Wasim and Wahab<br />

Riaz, the latter smartly held back<br />

for the latter half of the innings as he<br />

bowled all his overs from the 11th onwards,<br />

produced the telling contributions.<br />

Imad, who bowled the first over<br />

then returned after the Powerplay (and<br />

a clonk on the head at point) did not<br />

concede a boundary and removed both<br />

England openers. Wahab generated<br />

fearsome speed, upwards of 95mph on<br />

occasion, mixed with smart changes of<br />

pace, to leave the middle order in a tangle.<br />

After a couple of early overs of assessing<br />

conditions, England initially<br />

made good progress as Jason Roy and<br />

Alex Hales took them to 53 without<br />

loss in the Powerplay. Then Roy was<br />

lbw trying to reverse sweep Imad and<br />

from there England almost went into<br />

reverse. Hales fell slog-sweeping at<br />

Imad, as he did at Lord’s, and next ball<br />

Joe Root uppercut Hasan Ali to third<br />

man.<br />

Jos Buttler, who missed the final<br />

two ODIs with a hamstring niggle,<br />

looked in the mood for a rebuilding<br />

job, but 9 off four balls became 16 off<br />

14 after two tight overs by Wahab and<br />

Hasan. He then carved the first delivery<br />

of Wahab’s second over to deep point.<br />

Neither Ben Stokes or Eoin Morgan<br />

could get going and the harder England<br />

tried to hit the ball the worse off they<br />

became. England’s batting depth came<br />

to their aid in the World T20, most notably<br />

against Afghanistan, but there<br />

was no late charge on this occasion.<br />

When David Willey clubbed Sohail<br />

Tanvir through the leg side it was<br />

the first boundary for 7.3 overs - and it<br />

would be the only one of the final 10<br />

overs, an extraordinary statistic whether<br />

you are looking at from an England<br />

or Pakistan perspective.<br />

Given England’s struggles to find<br />

the boundary after the first six overs, it<br />

felt a waste to see Liam Plunkett, who<br />

has shown this season he can clear the<br />

rope from the outset, only come in with<br />

three deliveries remaining and end up<br />

not facing a ball.<br />

Pakistan dealt exclusively in boundaries<br />

until the third ball of the third over<br />

when Latif, who had taken 20 off Chris<br />

Jordan’s first over, tapped a single off<br />

Plunkett. The bowler was so shocked,<br />

that two balls late he flung a bouncer<br />

for five wides down the leg side.<br />

After the fours came the sixes. Sharjeel<br />

deposited Stokes, playing his first<br />

T20I since the World T20 final, over<br />

long leg then twice took Adil Rashid<br />

over the leg-side boundary. Rashid, at<br />

least, had a modicum of revenge when<br />

another attempted smite down the<br />

ground was skied to cover. He should<br />

have had a second wicket, too, but Buttler<br />

missed a stumping chance off Babar<br />

Azam. It summed up England’s night,<br />

as their season ended with a whimper.<br />

(ESPNcricinfo)

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