Caribbean Times 96th Issue - Tuesday 20th September 2016

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Persons from the St. Paul's Community - (English Harbour,
Cobbs Cross, Piccadilly, Liberta) who attend the Liberta
Clinic for Medical services can now do so by means of a
Courtesy Transportation provided by Parliamentary Representative
- Hon. E.P Chet Greene. Persons who need this
service can call 771-0323 or 774-6428 or leave your information
at the Branch Office back of the Yasoso Bakery or
at the Liberta Clinic. Services for the filling of prescription
from the Medical Benefit Scheme Pharmacy - All Saints and
other pharmacies are also available.
All members of the St. Paul's Branch of the ABLP are invited
to a very important Branch meeting this coming Thursday
22nd September at 7:30 p.m. at the Liberta School. There are
very important matters to be discussed so all are encouraged
to make every effort to be in attendance.
The Inland Revenue Department is encouraging all property
owners, who have not paid their property tax to date, to
please come in and settle, or make arrangement to settle,
their outstanding amounts. Failure to do so will result in enforcement
action being taken by the department to collect
these outstanding amounts.
The Ministry of Health and the Environment is bringing
awareness to the Pap Smear Programme that is being offered
in the Community Clinics. Persons can make an appointment
by contacting their nearest Health Clinic/Centre, anytime between
8:00 am – 4:00pm, Monday to Thursday and on Fridays
8:00 am to 1:00 pm. All concerned are asked to take
advantage of this very important service.
FREE CLASS ON MEDITATION AND MINDFULNESS
These two skills are being practiced more and more in the
West to improve our sense of well-being; to achieve the best
life we can live. Place: The Antigua and Barbuda Museum
on Long Street. Time: 10am. Questions? email: monk.
rinchen@gmail.com or phone 721 6604. No need to book.
The Department of Environment (DoE) is seeking to formalize
the protection of waterways, under Part IV of the Environmental
Protection and Management Act (2015), in order to
achieve timely and sustained management of our waterways.
The DoE, through the Minister of Environment, will be establishing
a Watershed and Wetlands Management Committee
who will manage watersheds and hydrological features,
inclusive of ponds, drainage systems, and ghauts. The Environmental
Act of 2015 provides for the mapping of all hydrological
features, as well as policy measures and actions to
remedy problems that are contributing to flooding and public
health concerns. The public is hereby advised that this protection
will be afforded to ponds, drainage systems and ghauts
on both public and private lands. These measures will serve to
improve drainage and reduce incidences of flooding.
Leewards Executive
concerned about youth
teams’ poor performance
By Vanroy Burnes
The Leeward Islands
executive is overly concern
about the poor showing of
the youth teams in regional
cricket say’s President
Enoch Lewis.
Speaking on the good
morning JoJo sports show
on Monday morning, President
Lewis said something
is definitely wrong and the
executive has decided to get
at the bottom or the root of
the problem.
President Lewis said the
U-15 and U-17 performed
very poorly in the regional
youth tournament placing at
the bottom of both competitions,
but the U-19 narrowly
missed out of the championship
by a single point in
the 3-day tournament, Lewis
went on to say that the
Leeward Islands had good
enough players to have won
the tournament.
He was however, very
disappointed in the 50 overs
version of the tournament
when the Leeward Islands
placed fifth after performing
so well in the longer version.
President Lewis said
the Leeward’s Board will be
holding a meeting at the end
of the month to examine all
the reports from the coachers.
The President said the
TDO of the Leeward Islands
in the capacity of coach of
the U-19 did not go down
well with him and said that
will never happen again, because
the TDO has special
responsibilities.
President Lewis said
there are a number of issues
in Leeward Islands cricket
that needed to fixed and his
executive is working hard
to ensure that Leeward Islands
get back to the level it
once was when we formed
the backbone of West Indies
Cricket.
President Lewis noted
that he is hoping to have a
training camp here in Antigua
for about three days
before the start of the West
Indies Cricket Board (PCL)
tounnament. During this
camp he is hoping to have
Individuals like Sir Viv, Sir
Andy, Sir Curtly and other
past Leewards greats working
with the team as the
prepared for the upcoming
season.
Upon being questioned,
the head coach, President
Lewis said there is no rush
to replace him in spite having
a poor season last year,
but he is hopeful that his performance
will improve otherwise
hard decisions will
have to be made.
The President noted that
the Leeward Islands is currently
without a CEO after
Mr. Berridge moved on, but
at present two individuals in
Vernon Springer and Peter
Abraham is filling the Gap at
present until a new CEO is
appointed.