Caribbean Times 88th Issue - Thursday 8th September 2016
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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.
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<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.
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<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.
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<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> 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?
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<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)