Caribbean Times 98th Issue - Thursday 22nd September 2016
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<strong>Thursday</strong> <strong>22nd</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.98 $2.00<br />
YOUNG MAN KILLED BY<br />
UNLICENSED DRIVER<br />
By Justin Peters<br />
The main road of Swetes village was filled<br />
with uncontrollable wails of anguish as a mother<br />
wept for her son who she will never see again.<br />
23-year old X-Saphair King was ploughed over<br />
while walking down the road through the village<br />
on his way to catch a bus to town making<br />
him the country’s latest road fatality.<br />
The young man was wearing his headphones<br />
at the time and thus seemingly unaware of the<br />
vehicle that was headed towards him before it<br />
was too late.<br />
An unlicensed driver struck him, tossing his<br />
body onto a parked truck and killing him on the<br />
spot.<br />
According to police on the scene, the victim<br />
was severely wounded having received deep<br />
cuts to an arm and a leg and a deep wound to<br />
the back of the neck which resulted from his<br />
head hitting the windshield leaving a huge hole,<br />
only to be thrown head first onto a parked truck<br />
before finally landing just beneath the truck.<br />
By the time <strong>Caribbean</strong> <strong>Times</strong> arrived on the<br />
scene, the female driver of the vehicle A45558,<br />
a fellow villager was already in police custody<br />
in a heavily tinted police vehicle. The district<br />
doctor, Dr. Anthony pronounced X-Saphair<br />
dead upon arrival at the scene of the accident.<br />
<strong>Caribbean</strong> <strong>Times</strong> would like to send heartfelt<br />
condolences to the family and friends who<br />
are left to mourn in the wake of this tragedy.<br />
X-Saphair King (inset) was the country’s latest road fatality. He slammed into a<br />
parked truck after being struck by a car while walking on the road.
2 c a r i b b e a n t i m e s . a g<br />
<strong>Thursday</strong> <strong>22nd</strong> <strong>September</strong> <strong>2016</strong><br />
UWI to honour Dr Prince Ramsey<br />
By Everton Barnes<br />
The man who has been<br />
at the centre of the fight<br />
to bring awareness and attention<br />
to HIV/AIDS in<br />
Antigua and Barbuda and<br />
throughout the <strong>Caribbean</strong>,<br />
is being honoured by the<br />
University of the West Indies.<br />
The UWI Open Campus<br />
has formally announced<br />
that it will confer on Dr.<br />
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Sir Prince Ramsey, an honorary<br />
degree of Doctor of<br />
Science (DSc) at its commencement<br />
ceremony in St<br />
Kitts on October 8.<br />
Dr Ramsey has been<br />
a champion in the fight<br />
against stigmatisation of<br />
people infected with HIV<br />
and he has helped to focus<br />
the attention of many in society<br />
on the dangers of the<br />
disease and what steps to<br />
take to avoid infection.<br />
In the early years of the<br />
disease, when contracting<br />
HIV was a virtual death<br />
sentence, Dr Ramsey was<br />
moved by compassion and<br />
he immediately undertook<br />
a two-pronged mission;<br />
dedicating himself to educating<br />
people about the<br />
disease while helping those<br />
who were infected, cope<br />
with the debilitating illness<br />
that eventually led to death.<br />
He traversed the length<br />
and breadth of Antigua<br />
and Barbuda lecturing to<br />
schools, churches, community<br />
groups, the social<br />
clubs and every that people<br />
gathered. He also became a<br />
regular fixture on national<br />
television talking about the<br />
disease.<br />
“I have spent over thirty<br />
years teaching, lecturing,<br />
explaining, answering,<br />
clarifying every aspect of<br />
HIV infection and transmission<br />
while at the same<br />
time being a friend, a counsellor<br />
and a companion<br />
those many who were infected<br />
by the HIV/AIDS,”<br />
Sir Prince stated.<br />
He noted that the he<br />
always felt that education<br />
would be one of the most<br />
effective tools used in the<br />
fight against the disease as<br />
education may bring about<br />
lifestyle changes that will<br />
lead to a reduction in the<br />
number of cases.<br />
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Dr. Sir Prince Ramsey<br />
him of a journey across the<br />
entire <strong>Caribbean</strong> archipelago.<br />
“I have lectured from<br />
the Bahamas to Suriname<br />
and even in Belize in Central<br />
America. These visits<br />
also include addressing audiences<br />
in Martinique and<br />
Guadeloupe and the Spanish<br />
speaking territories,” he<br />
revealed.<br />
On his latest award, Dr<br />
Ramsey said it brings him<br />
special pride as it comes<br />
from his Alma Marta, the<br />
UWI.<br />
“This is a special award<br />
for it places me in very special<br />
company such as Eric<br />
Williams, Michael Manley,<br />
Sir Arthur Lewis, Alexander<br />
Bustamante among other<br />
notable <strong>Caribbean</strong> statesmen<br />
and women who have<br />
been similarly honoured in<br />
the past,” he observed.<br />
Sir Prince and his wife<br />
Lady Ava will journey to<br />
Basseterre for the award<br />
ceremony and it is expected<br />
that several of his close<br />
friends and associates will<br />
also be present for the conferral.
<strong>Thursday</strong> <strong>22nd</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 />
SJDC workers down tools in protest<br />
Minister of Tourism, the Hon., Asot Michael listens to the concerns<br />
of employees of the St. John’s Development Corporation.<br />
By Everton Barnes<br />
Scores of workers employed<br />
by the St John’s<br />
Development Corporation<br />
downed their tools<br />
on Wednesday as they<br />
walked off the job to protest<br />
non-payment of outstanding<br />
back-pay.<br />
General Secretary for the<br />
Antigua Trades and Labour<br />
Union, Hugh Joseph, said<br />
approximately 60 workers<br />
from the various divisions<br />
of the SJDC – The Public<br />
Market, the Multipurpose<br />
Cultural Centre and Heritage<br />
Quay – were involved in the<br />
action.<br />
He said the workers are<br />
owed back-pay dating back<br />
to 2013 and in July this year,<br />
the corporation had indicated<br />
that it would need ‘at<br />
least a year’ before it would<br />
be able to pay.<br />
Negotiations between the<br />
two parties on shortening the<br />
payment schedule seemed<br />
to have been making little<br />
progress and on Wednesday,<br />
the union called out its<br />
workers to down tools.<br />
SJDC Executive Director,<br />
Neil Butler, confirmed<br />
that back pay amounting to<br />
just over $1 million is owed<br />
to the workers but he added<br />
that since taking office the<br />
new management has been<br />
implementing several outstanding<br />
labour issues that<br />
it inherited. For example, he<br />
said the new management<br />
signed the collective agreement<br />
with the union which<br />
was negotiated back in<br />
2013. Additionally, he added<br />
that wage increases under<br />
the agreement have already<br />
been implemented.<br />
According to Butler the<br />
increased payroll meant that<br />
the corporation would need<br />
time to be able to settle the<br />
back-pay.<br />
A meeting was a hasty<br />
arrangement involving representatives<br />
from SJDC,<br />
their attorneys and Minister<br />
of Tourism Asot Michael.<br />
During the meeting an agreement<br />
was reached where the<br />
workers will receive the first<br />
tranche of the outstanding<br />
amount at the end of November.<br />
Both parties have<br />
also pledged to meet again<br />
by the middle of November<br />
to work out a payment<br />
schedule with which they<br />
can agree.
4 c a r i b b e a n t i m e s . a g<br />
<strong>Thursday</strong> <strong>22nd</strong> <strong>September</strong> <strong>2016</strong><br />
Over $70M worth of illicit drugs up in flames<br />
By Alecia McPherson<br />
The state has destroyed<br />
33,000 lbs of<br />
drugs with street value of<br />
$71,045,919.80EC. The staggering<br />
haul of cannabis and<br />
cocaine were reduced to ashes<br />
in a bonfire at a secured sited<br />
in Burma yesterday morning;<br />
the strict operation took<br />
about 2 hours and was conducted<br />
under the careful eye<br />
of Police Inspector Charles<br />
from the Narcotics Department<br />
and Chief Magistrate Jo-<br />
Ann Walsh.<br />
Inspector Charles led a<br />
team of officers from the K9<br />
and Narcotics Department to<br />
the site at about 10:25am just<br />
at the time of overcast skies<br />
and the heavy down pour of<br />
rains in St. John’s, however<br />
the burn site at north-east<br />
of the island experienced no<br />
By Deborah A. Parker<br />
“The students are not ready for grade two”,<br />
a primary school teacher shared recently.<br />
The trained educator took up duties at a St<br />
John’s school this school year, having served<br />
elsewhere for a number of years.<br />
Just ahead of national assessment for grade<br />
two she complained, “The children are not<br />
ready. They can’t write, they can’t even spell<br />
their names.”<br />
The concerned educator added, “I don’t<br />
know what the grade one teacher has been doing.<br />
These children belong in kindergarten.”<br />
She went on to add that she has drawn the<br />
issue to the attention of the principal, but believes<br />
it is also a matter the ministry of education<br />
should be made aware of.<br />
“If the children perform miserably the<br />
grade two teachers will naturally be blamed.<br />
interruptions with just slight<br />
drizzle.<br />
Insp Charles reported the<br />
amount of illegal substance<br />
incinerated to be 22,442 cannabis<br />
plants weighing 33,000<br />
pounds; 38.5g rams of cocaine,<br />
and 8,164.6 kilos or<br />
18,000 pounds of cured cannabis.<br />
The overall street value<br />
of cannabis was reported at<br />
$71,043,000.00EC and cocaine<br />
at $2,919.81EC<br />
Yesterday’s haul has been<br />
a culmination of only months<br />
of effective work by law-enforcement<br />
in their effort to<br />
eradicate illicit substance.<br />
Insp Charles stated that<br />
the previous large-scale destruction<br />
was conducted earlier<br />
this very year, while he<br />
was unable to provide the<br />
total amount he stated that it<br />
Educator shares concerns<br />
But what I am most concerned about is that<br />
teachers give of their best to the children.<br />
“If at the end of the school year you find<br />
that they are not ready for the next class, to me<br />
it makes better sense to have them repeat, “ she<br />
added.<br />
“ Too many times we have students leaving<br />
school unable to even utter a one proper sentence,<br />
“ the educator added.<br />
She went on to recommend that parents<br />
play a more active role in their children’s<br />
school life.<br />
“ Report cards are sent home; If you are not<br />
pleased investigate; If you see that your child is<br />
not ready for promotion air those concerns and<br />
get the help that is needed, “she added.<br />
“It would have been a waste for all if your<br />
child leaves school without a sound education,<br />
“the grade two teacher concluded.<br />
was far greater than that of<br />
yesterday’s incineration, with<br />
cocaine being the more significant<br />
amount.<br />
The massive haul were<br />
seizures housed at the Police<br />
Headquarters and at the<br />
St. John’s Magistrates Court,<br />
total street value of that at<br />
the court was reported at<br />
$139,000.00EC for cannabis<br />
and $1,565.46 for cocaine;<br />
and in police custody<br />
$70,904,000.00EC cannabis<br />
and $1,351.35 cocaine.<br />
Officers are warning the<br />
public against making, selling,<br />
trafficking and using narcotic<br />
drugs, defiant individuals<br />
are further warned that<br />
campaigns and operations<br />
against such criminal acts will<br />
not let up. While it is public<br />
knowledge that parliament is<br />
presents debating the legalization<br />
of 5 grams of cannabis<br />
it is still a crime to have such<br />
controlled drugs in one’s possession<br />
until such time.
<strong>Thursday</strong> <strong>22nd</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 />
Murder trial resumed after 15-year recess<br />
By Renio Abbott<br />
On Tuesday <strong>September</strong> 21st, <strong>2016</strong><br />
the case against Loriston Cornwall who<br />
was charged with the murder of his wife<br />
20 years ago was resumed in the High<br />
Court of Justice.<br />
On March 12th, 1994 Loriston Cornwall<br />
was married to the deceased and its<br />
alleged that she was also in extramarital<br />
relationship and the accused allegedly<br />
killed a goat kid which belong to both<br />
him and his wife then hid it in a pasture<br />
where he allegedly took the rope off its<br />
neck and hid it the bushes thereafter luring<br />
her into the open pasture where they<br />
both had consensual sex; at that time, he<br />
By Alecia McPherson<br />
Bernard Floss accused<br />
of maliciously wounding<br />
a 34-year old Touni Karan<br />
of Marble Hill, was committed<br />
to stand trial when<br />
he appeared at the St. John’s<br />
Magistrates Court yesterday.<br />
51-year old Floss of<br />
By Deborah A. Parker<br />
A Bolans Village man who claimed he found ‘weed’ on<br />
the road was fined when he appeared in District B before<br />
Magistrate Ngaio Emanuel yesterday.<br />
Beejay Williams pleaded guilty to the charge of cannabis<br />
possession and had a fine of $460 imposed on him.<br />
Williams was arrested and charged on May 21st.<br />
Lawmen were reportedly executing a search warrant at<br />
a Bolans home, when several small plastic bags containing<br />
cannabis were found on Williams.<br />
“Ah some weed me find pon di road,” Williams told<br />
lawmen when asked about the substance.<br />
The young offender has until the end of <strong>September</strong> to<br />
pay the fine. In default he will spend 12 days in jail.<br />
never asked the decease nothing about<br />
the alleged relationship.<br />
It was alleged that the accused used<br />
the rope that he had removed from neck<br />
of the goat to strangle the deceased, then<br />
leaving her naked motionless body there<br />
for 12 hours before she died; the deceased<br />
it is reported was also pregnant<br />
at the time of the murder.<br />
He then left and went to look wood<br />
to burn his coal kiln.<br />
Cornwall was found guilty in 1996,<br />
and during the entire trial he tried to<br />
stay composed and maintained his innocence.<br />
After several years of incarceration,<br />
Upper Gambles is facing<br />
charges for grievous<br />
bodily harm, malicious<br />
wounding, and malicious<br />
damage.<br />
It is reported that on the<br />
13th of August <strong>2016</strong> the<br />
two men had a disagreement<br />
over payments of outstanding<br />
monies owed to one<br />
or the other.<br />
It is alleged that a fight<br />
ensued during which the<br />
accused punched the complainant<br />
to the mouth, breaking<br />
one of his teeth in the<br />
process.<br />
It is alleged<br />
too, that Karam received<br />
he decided to speak out while he was in<br />
maximum security by himself.<br />
Although he was given the opportunity<br />
to be in the yard, with other prisoners<br />
and he refused and isolated himself<br />
from the general population. If anyone<br />
wanted to see him they would pay him<br />
the visit in his cell.<br />
On 31st January 2000 he came forward,<br />
changing his plea to guilty and<br />
telling the truth; He was sentenced to<br />
the death row in 2001. Since then he has<br />
changed his life and is now teaching the<br />
word of God in the prison.<br />
This matter is adjourned until <strong>September</strong><br />
<strong>22nd</strong>.<br />
Man to stand trial for wounding<br />
Man ‘finds’<br />
weed, convicted<br />
multiple injuries to his<br />
back and other parts of his<br />
body during the altercation.<br />
A number of valuable items<br />
were also reported damaged.<br />
The defendant was committed<br />
to stand trial at January<br />
assizes at the High Court<br />
where the details of the matter<br />
are expected to be heard.<br />
Jamaican drug accused<br />
heads to Sept. Assizes<br />
By Deborah A. Parker<br />
An accused Jamaican drug trafficker had her matter committed<br />
to the <strong>September</strong> <strong>2016</strong> criminal assizes.<br />
Ingrid Gouldbourne had indicated that she intends to<br />
plead guilty to the charges, which includes cannabis possession<br />
and importation, and so she can be reunited with her<br />
two children as soon as possible.<br />
The 28-year-old woman was nabbed at the VC Bird International<br />
Airport earlier this year, allegedly carrying 49.75<br />
pounds of marijuana.<br />
Gouldbourne has been on remand at Her Majesty’s Prison<br />
since her arrest.<br />
The committal took place before Magistrate Ngaio<br />
Emanuel yesterday.
6 c a r i b b e a n t i m e s . a g<br />
<strong>Thursday</strong> <strong>22nd</strong> <strong>September</strong> <strong>2016</strong><br />
PM Browne delivers instruments of ratification<br />
for the Paris Climate Change Agreement<br />
Antigua and Barbuda<br />
joins 28 other countries to<br />
ratify the Paris Agreement on<br />
Global Climate Change today,<br />
Wednesday 21 <strong>September</strong>.<br />
The Paris Agreement was<br />
opened for signatures on 22<br />
April <strong>2016</strong>, and will remain<br />
open to Parties of the United<br />
Nations Framework Convention<br />
on Climate Change (UN-<br />
FCCC) until 21 April 2017.<br />
This is an important milestone<br />
for Antigua and Barbuda,<br />
and for the Paris Agreement,<br />
which is one step closer<br />
to entering into force.<br />
The Paris Agreement becomes<br />
international law based<br />
on a dual “trigger” – when<br />
55 parties have ratified the<br />
Agreement, and 55% of the<br />
goal of emissions are covered<br />
by the Parties. Before today,<br />
28 Parties representing 39%<br />
of global emissions had ratified<br />
the Agreement.<br />
The Paris Agreement<br />
wasn’t expected to enter into<br />
force until 2020, however<br />
countries including Antigua<br />
and Barbuda are demonstrating<br />
leadership to address<br />
the global threat of climate<br />
change, and reduce emissions<br />
to meet the target of less than<br />
1.5oC increase in global average<br />
temperatures.<br />
On 3 <strong>September</strong>, both<br />
China and the United States<br />
of America ratified the agreement;<br />
an important move as<br />
the two nations are the largest<br />
greenhouse gas emitters –<br />
they represent 20% and 18%<br />
of global emissions respectively.<br />
While historic, this action<br />
also comes on the heels of<br />
the need for developed countries<br />
to ramp up their actions<br />
to dramatically reduce emissions<br />
to meet the 1.5-degree<br />
target.<br />
Current emissions have<br />
the world on track for a 3-degree<br />
global temperature increase<br />
by 2050, which the<br />
Intergovernmental Panel on<br />
Climate Change (IPCC) has<br />
said would have devastating<br />
economic and social impacts.<br />
The Paris Agreement also<br />
provides for climate financing<br />
to assist the most vulnerable<br />
people in the world – including<br />
small island states like<br />
Antigua and Barbuda – who<br />
face the real threat of climate<br />
change.<br />
Implications based on Antigua<br />
and Barbuda’s INDC<br />
In 2015 Antigua and Barbuda<br />
submitted its Intended<br />
Nationally Determined Contribution<br />
(INDC) to the UNF-<br />
CCC. This Cabinet-approved<br />
policy document indicated<br />
the steps that the twin-island<br />
state will take towards mitigating<br />
and adapting to climate<br />
change. Written within this<br />
policy was the understanding<br />
that<br />
Antigua and Barbuda’s<br />
INDC would reflect actions<br />
that married both mitigation<br />
and adaptation, since the<br />
country’s global contribution<br />
to greenhouse gas emissions<br />
are negligible.<br />
Antigua and Barbuda’s<br />
INDC targets are conditional<br />
on receiving financing for implementation.<br />
How else could<br />
the small nation of less than<br />
100,000 people support the<br />
financing of climate resilience<br />
on all buildings by 2030? Or<br />
protect all waterways to reduce<br />
risks of flooding and<br />
health impacts? Or provide<br />
affordable insurance schemes<br />
for farmers, fishers, and residential<br />
and business owners<br />
to cope with losses resulting<br />
from climate variability?<br />
Antigua and Barbuda has<br />
set ambitious targets to contribute<br />
to the global climate<br />
goal for adaptation, with the<br />
hope of ramped up financing<br />
and support.<br />
Delivering the instruments<br />
of ratification will therefore<br />
be the turning point for Antigua<br />
and Barbuda, particularly<br />
as a Small Island Developing<br />
State, ensuring that the ambitious<br />
goals of the Paris Agreement<br />
are met. Other <strong>Caribbean</strong><br />
states, such as Bahamas,<br />
Grenada and St. Kitts and<br />
Nevis, have already delivered<br />
their instruments.<br />
Indeed, Antigua and Barbuda’s<br />
Prime Minister Gaston<br />
Browne will stand alongside<br />
the others that have come before<br />
him, strengthening the<br />
stance of Small Island Developing<br />
States.<br />
The world continues to<br />
wait and watch, anticipating<br />
the full ratification of an<br />
Agreement that will mean<br />
survival for some and continued<br />
prosperity for all humankind.
<strong>Thursday</strong> <strong>22nd</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 />
Plans to make the justice<br />
system more accessible says AG<br />
By Everton Barnes<br />
The Cabinet on Wednesday discussed<br />
the possibility of establishing a Trust<br />
Fund for the Eastern <strong>Caribbean</strong> Appeal<br />
Court similar to how the <strong>Caribbean</strong> Court<br />
of Appeal is funded.<br />
Cabinet spokesman Lionel Max<br />
Hurst said the matter was raised at the<br />
meeting by Acting Prime Minister and<br />
Attorney General, Steadroy Benjamin,<br />
who brought attention to the remarks by<br />
the Chief Justice of the OECS Court of<br />
Appeal, Janice Periera, at the opening of<br />
the law year on Tuesday.<br />
During her remarks, Chief Justice<br />
Periera, raised concerns about attempts at<br />
judicial interference which she said were<br />
on the rise.<br />
“The Attorney General put forward<br />
By Joanna Paris<br />
The Attorney General of<br />
Antigua and Barbuda, the<br />
Hon. Steadroy “Cutie” Benjamin<br />
has indicated that the legal<br />
system in twin island state<br />
will be further advanced to<br />
make the court system more<br />
accessible to members of the<br />
public.<br />
During the special sitting<br />
to commemorate the opening<br />
of the <strong>2016</strong>/2017 Eastern <strong>Caribbean</strong><br />
Law Year on Tuesday,<br />
Minister Benjamin mentioned<br />
that there have been major<br />
improvements in the administration<br />
of justice, which can<br />
be attributed to strong practice<br />
and planning, by all parties involved.<br />
He commended the Reg-<br />
Attorney General, the Hon. Steadroy “Cutie” Benjamin<br />
istrar High Court, Registrar<br />
of Lands and the Registrar of<br />
Intellectual Property and other<br />
persons who are responsible<br />
for administering justice in<br />
Antigua and Barbuda.<br />
agencies who played a part in The Attorney General<br />
the country’s legal process. made a commitment to the<br />
The Minister mentioned Chief Justice of the Eastern<br />
that during the new law year,<br />
improvements will be made to<br />
security protocol as it relates<br />
to the protection of judges,<br />
magistrates, masters and all<br />
<strong>Caribbean</strong>, that the new family<br />
court building will be fully<br />
operational before the end of<br />
the law year, assuring that Antigua<br />
will set the example for<br />
the proposition that, one certain method<br />
to further insulating the Court of Appeals,<br />
is to fund this important Court in a manner<br />
similar to the way the CCJ is funded.<br />
A Trust Fund of US$100 million dollars<br />
serves the CCJ through interest payments<br />
made by the investments of the Fund,”<br />
Hurst reported.<br />
He said the amount for the OECS<br />
Appeal Court would be smaller, but it<br />
would mean that the court would not be<br />
dependent on governments’ subvention<br />
and would then be totally insulated and<br />
independent.<br />
Hurst noted that the AG informed his<br />
Cabinet colleagues that he was sure that<br />
the ‘attempts at interference’ could not<br />
have come from Antigua and Barbuda,<br />
nor does he believe that any of the other<br />
the other <strong>Caribbean</strong> islands to<br />
follow.<br />
Also this year, according<br />
to the Attorney General, “a<br />
Crown Prosecution service<br />
will be established this law<br />
term and we will call on Justice<br />
Redhead to guide the way<br />
forward along with other legal<br />
advice.” He also announced<br />
that the Sentencing Act will<br />
also be passed later this year.<br />
The Legal Aid Department<br />
will be relocated on November<br />
2nd to the building located<br />
on top of Redcliffe Street<br />
which formally housed Pearl<br />
Vision or downstairs General<br />
Insurance. This, the Attorney<br />
General noted will allow the<br />
department to be more accessible<br />
to the public.<br />
Cabinet discusses trust fund for Appeal Court<br />
governments were involved.<br />
In her remarks, the Chief Justice did<br />
not identify the source of the attempted<br />
interference.<br />
On Monday night’s town hall meeting<br />
organised by the National Coordinating<br />
Committee on the CCJ/Privy Council,<br />
former Attorney General, Justin Simon<br />
raised the issue of a trust fund for the<br />
Appeal Court to ensure that it can function<br />
without having to rely on subvention<br />
from governments. He said practically all<br />
the territories owed the court large sums<br />
of money and that the institution needed<br />
to have a source of funds independent<br />
from governments’ treasuries.<br />
The methodology used to finance the<br />
CCJ is widely considered as a ‘best practice’<br />
by countries around the world.
8 c a r i b b e a n t i m e s . a g<br />
<strong>Thursday</strong> <strong>22nd</strong> <strong>September</strong> <strong>2016</strong><br />
PM Browne commences week<br />
of engagements in New York<br />
NEW YORK, USA – Prime Minister<br />
the Hon. Gaston Browne on Tuesday<br />
commenced a week-long series of<br />
engagements in New York during and<br />
on the margins of the 71 st Session of the<br />
United Nations General Assembly.<br />
On Tuesday, Prime Minister Browne<br />
delivered the keynote address on behalf<br />
of CARICOM at a special High Level<br />
event on “Every Woman Every Child”<br />
commitment under the auspices of the<br />
UN Secretary General His Excellency<br />
Mr. Ban Ki-moon.<br />
The Every Woman Every Child Commitment<br />
places emphasis on achieving a<br />
series of goals by 2020.<br />
These include being the first region<br />
in the world to eliminate mother to child<br />
transmission of HIV; reducing the number<br />
of adolescent pregnancies in each<br />
country by at least 20%; achieving universal<br />
access of adolescents to age appropriate<br />
accurate information as well as<br />
access to quality sexual and reproductive<br />
health care services and commodities and<br />
Implementing age appropriate gender<br />
and culturally sensitive sexuality education.<br />
Prime Minister Browne, in congratulating<br />
the UN Secretary General<br />
for spearheading the initiative, pledged<br />
CARICOM’s resolve to achieve positive<br />
outcomes for empowering women and<br />
girls in the <strong>Caribbean</strong> as part of the globally<br />
inspired movement and as a celebration<br />
of UN enduring legacy.<br />
During the week, Prime Minister<br />
Browne will attend a reception hosted by<br />
the President of the United States Barack<br />
Obama. He will also hold meetings with<br />
the Prime Minister of Kuwait and the<br />
Foreign Ministers of Morocco and United<br />
Arab Emirates.<br />
The country’s leader will also host<br />
an Investment Meeting with prospective<br />
investors and attend meetings on Small<br />
Island Developing States, The Right to<br />
Development and a CARICOM meeting<br />
with the UN Secretary General. On Saturday,<br />
the Prime Minister will meet with<br />
Antiguans and Barbudans at a Town-hall<br />
Meeting at Crawford Memorial Church<br />
in the Bronx, New York.<br />
The Prime Minister is expected to<br />
By Joanna Paris<br />
The 1st annual Journalism<br />
and Broadcast Training for<br />
Media, Marketing and Public<br />
Relations staff officially<br />
opened on Wednesday with<br />
a focus on equipping participants<br />
with the necessary skills<br />
to carry out their duties more<br />
efficiently.<br />
The three-day seminar is<br />
the brain child of Dr. Jacqui<br />
Quinn of JAYD Ideas and<br />
Communications.<br />
Dr. Quinn has a background<br />
in media, having<br />
hosted current affairs programmes,<br />
anchored the news<br />
and held senior positions at<br />
the state owned ABS Television<br />
and Radio.<br />
The workshop, which is<br />
being held at the UWI Open<br />
Campus, has attracted the participation<br />
of a cross section of<br />
persons from various organizations.<br />
While addressing the<br />
participants during the opening<br />
ceremony, Dr. Quinn described<br />
the sessions as being<br />
PM Browne addressing the Every Woman<br />
Every Child Hi-Level session<br />
address the general body of the United<br />
Nations on Saturday 24 th <strong>September</strong> at<br />
10:00 a.m. (webtv.un.org).<br />
The Prime Minister is accompanied<br />
by Foreign Minister the Hon. Charles<br />
Fernandez, Ambassadors Sir Ramez<br />
Hadeed, Gilbert Boustany and Casroy<br />
James. Ambassador Aubrey Webson, the<br />
country’s Ambassador to the United Nations,<br />
also forms part of the Antigua and<br />
Barbuda delegation.<br />
JAYD hosts inaugural media workshop<br />
“very critical to improve and<br />
enhance the craft”<br />
She noted that persons in<br />
the sector must understand the<br />
role that they play in informing<br />
and educating the public<br />
about what is taking place in<br />
society or a beneficial product<br />
or service.<br />
Dr. Quinn hopes that the<br />
workshop will become an annual<br />
event and will be further<br />
developed into a full course to<br />
be incorporated into the curriculum<br />
offered at the University<br />
of the West Indies Open<br />
Campus.<br />
Head of the UWI Open<br />
Campus, Ian Benn, also fully<br />
endorsed the training and encouraged<br />
the participants “to<br />
learn as much as they can over<br />
the next three days”.<br />
Former media practitioner<br />
and government appointed<br />
Senator Colin James delivered<br />
the feature address and<br />
commended Dr. Quinn for<br />
taking on such an important<br />
project.
<strong>Thursday</strong> <strong>22nd</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 />
Stakeholders discuss <strong>Caribbean</strong>’s coastal zone issues<br />
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados<br />
– Countries in the<br />
<strong>Caribbean</strong> need to find new,<br />
efficient and sustainable approaches<br />
to manage their terrestrial<br />
and marine resources.<br />
Daniel Best, Director, Projects<br />
at the <strong>Caribbean</strong> Development<br />
Bank (CDB), made<br />
this recommendation, noting<br />
that these approaches must<br />
also prevent further degradation<br />
of these resources.<br />
He was speaking at the<br />
opening of the first Biennial<br />
<strong>Caribbean</strong> Coastal Conference<br />
held at CDB’s headquarters<br />
in Barbados on <strong>September</strong><br />
14-15, <strong>2016</strong>.<br />
Best told participants that<br />
this initial dialogue on the<br />
coastal agenda in the <strong>Caribbean</strong><br />
should lay the groundwork<br />
for galvanizing action,<br />
improving policy and guiding<br />
management of this critical<br />
resource.<br />
“More than 60% of our<br />
region’s population live in<br />
coastal areas and almost all<br />
of the region’s main urban<br />
centres, critical infrastructure<br />
such as ports and transportation<br />
corridors, are located<br />
less than one kilometre from<br />
the coast”.<br />
“Our coastal environments<br />
not only provide these<br />
socio-economic services but<br />
also important ecological services<br />
to which we hardly give<br />
serious consideration: storm<br />
protection, erosion control,<br />
freshwater storage and retention,<br />
nutrient recycling and<br />
atmospheric and climate control,”<br />
he said.<br />
In the <strong>Caribbean</strong>, there<br />
has been increasing conflict<br />
around the use of coastal<br />
space. Growing environmental<br />
challenges also pose a<br />
threat to the sustainable use<br />
of these resources.<br />
Best notes that while climate<br />
change and climate<br />
variability are expected to<br />
further exacerbate these already<br />
complex coastal management<br />
issues, efforts have<br />
to be made to address the situation.<br />
“This is no easy task. It<br />
requires a number of key<br />
Second man dies from injuries<br />
sustained in cruise ship drill accident<br />
FLORIDA, United States – More than a month after being<br />
involved in an accident during a Norwegian Breakaway cruise<br />
ship safety drill in Bermuda, a second crewmember has died.<br />
Ben Buenaventura, who had been in the intensive care unit<br />
at the Jackson Memorial Hospital in Florida following the July<br />
20 incident, succumbed to his injuries late last month, according<br />
to maritime and admiralty law firm Lipcon, Margulies,<br />
Alsina & Winkleman, P.A. (LMAW P.A) which is representing<br />
Buenaventura’s family in a legal case against Norwegian<br />
Cruise Line (NCL).<br />
The Filipino was one of four crewmen injured when a lifeboat<br />
broke from its tethering and fell into the water during the<br />
ship’s weekly safety and training drills. (<strong>Caribbean</strong>360)<br />
actions: applying cross-sectoral<br />
approaches to policy<br />
and management; the development<br />
of national and local<br />
plans appropriate for local<br />
conditions and circumstances<br />
to prevent damage and<br />
restore infrastructure where<br />
it occurs; the development of<br />
tools and guidance resources;<br />
and capturing, archiving and<br />
giving stakeholders access to<br />
a range of data and information<br />
needs,” he said.<br />
The two-day conference<br />
on the advancement of the<br />
coastal agenda was organized<br />
in collaboration with<br />
<strong>Caribbean</strong> coastal engineering<br />
company, Smith Warner<br />
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representatives from CDB’s<br />
Borrowing Member Countries<br />
explored hot-button<br />
topics, including: the characteristics<br />
and economics<br />
of coastal resources; regulating<br />
and managing the<br />
coastal zone; underused and<br />
overlooked critical tools for<br />
sustainable coastal management;<br />
and climate change<br />
implications and solutions.<br />
Perspectives shared<br />
during the Conference will<br />
lead to the preparation of an<br />
indicative roadmap for addressing<br />
critical coastal zone<br />
issues, particularly concerns<br />
regarding building resilience<br />
to climate vulnerability and<br />
change in the <strong>Caribbean</strong>.<br />
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10 c a r i b b e a n t i m e s . a g<br />
<strong>Thursday</strong> <strong>22nd</strong> <strong>September</strong> <strong>2016</strong><br />
CDB warning to Barbados: Get debt act together<br />
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – President<br />
of the <strong>Caribbean</strong> Development<br />
Bank (CDB) Dr Warren Smith has<br />
sounded a stern warning that Barbados<br />
was not yet out of the proverbial economic<br />
woods by a long shot. In fact, so<br />
worried is he about the country’s worsening<br />
debt situation that he suggested<br />
“front end adjustments” were urgently<br />
needed to correct the economic slide.<br />
In a frank interview with Barbados<br />
TODAY, Smith also described the island’s<br />
overall fiscal position as “unsustainable”,<br />
while cautioning that if left<br />
unchecked, it would do untold damage<br />
to the Barbados dollar.<br />
With that said Smith did not shy<br />
away from the dreaded “p” word – privatization<br />
–, naming Grantley Adams<br />
International Airport (GAIA) and the<br />
Bridgetown Port as “naturals” for divestment.<br />
“Long gone are the days when Governments<br />
need to be involved in things<br />
such as airports and seaports,” Smith<br />
argued.<br />
“We do not believe that these types<br />
of investments need to continue to be in<br />
the hands of Government,” he added.<br />
While acknowledging there would<br />
be political consequences arising out of<br />
the sale of these perceived crown jewels,<br />
he said Barbados was not unique in<br />
that regard.<br />
In fact, the Jamaican-born CDB<br />
president gave the example of that<br />
country’s divestment of its Sangster<br />
International Airport in Montego Bay,<br />
saying, “foreign investors have come<br />
in, they have pumped money into the<br />
expansion of the airport, which is now<br />
promoting the growth of their tourism<br />
industry”.<br />
Smith also made reference to the<br />
recently privatized Port of Kingston,<br />
which he said was now attracting large<br />
investments, while stressing that air<br />
CDB President Warren Smith described the island’s overall fiscal position as “unsustainable”,<br />
while cautioning that if left unchecked, it would do untold damage to the Barbados<br />
dollar.<br />
and seaports were “a means towards an<br />
end”.<br />
In Barbados’ case, he emphasized<br />
that there was room for both domestic<br />
and foreign investment in GAIA and<br />
the Bridgetown Port, while pressing<br />
home his argument that “these are opportunities<br />
to relieve the fiscal burden<br />
that the Governments face, so that you<br />
can put your priority on other things”.<br />
The CDB head insisted that Government<br />
would not be adversely impacted<br />
if the Port’s ownership and operation<br />
were in private hands, adding that in<br />
Barbados’ case the situation was urgent,<br />
since it placed the country’s fixed<br />
exchange rate under threat.<br />
“I am not saying that you are at<br />
threat at the current time. What I’m<br />
saying is that if these things are not<br />
addressed ipso facto you are going to<br />
find yourself in a position where you<br />
might not be able to maintain a feature<br />
of your economic model that appears<br />
to be of very great value to Barbadian<br />
authorities and to the Barbadian<br />
people. So fiscal rectitude is key. We<br />
need to have it and we can’t be in a<br />
situation where, for a protracted period,<br />
we are running fiscal deficits that are<br />
unsustainable, that have implications<br />
for debt and ultimately for the overall<br />
strength of the economy.”<br />
In addition to both ports, Smith<br />
suggested other state-held assets could<br />
be sold off, including the <strong>Caribbean</strong><br />
Broadcasting Corporation. He argued<br />
that Government could find other<br />
mechanisms for getting its message<br />
out.<br />
In response to Minister of Finance<br />
Chris Sinckler’s suggestion that many<br />
state entities were highly indebted and<br />
therefore would not be attractive for divestment,<br />
the regional banker zeroed in<br />
on the Transport Board, saying it would<br />
have to undergo a process of reform to<br />
reduce the current burden on the state.<br />
However, Smith was adamant that<br />
privatization was among a raft of options<br />
that could be pursued, even<br />
though he acknowledged that the decision<br />
was not his to take.<br />
“At the end of the day the options<br />
that you choose to pursue must put you<br />
in a position where you get your fiscal<br />
house in order, address your indebtedness,”<br />
he said. (Barbados Today)
<strong>Thursday</strong> <strong>22nd</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. Leveled, in London<br />
6. ‘60s hallucinogen<br />
9. QED part<br />
13. Ice house<br />
14. Very upset, with “off”<br />
15. Toy block<br />
16. Taking desperate action<br />
19. Friday or Preston: Abbr.<br />
20. Yukon, e.g.: Abbr.<br />
21. Roy’s wife Dale<br />
22. Near or Far follower<br />
23. Lower, as lights<br />
25. JFK predecessor<br />
26. Battling confrontationally<br />
31. Physicians, briefly<br />
32. Moisten in the pan<br />
33. Islamic family chief<br />
35. Speak<br />
36. Author Madeleine L’__<br />
40. Nigeria’s largest city<br />
42. __-do-well<br />
43. Been destroyed or forgotten<br />
49. “__ clear day...”<br />
50. Hesitant sounds<br />
51. Rocky peaks<br />
52. Hi-tech vision-improving<br />
procedure<br />
54. Bangkok native<br />
55. Tea holder<br />
58. Sold, e.g., and a hint to<br />
this puzzle’s theme<br />
62. Pierce<br />
63. 1804 duel winner<br />
64. Use the soapbox<br />
65. Sped<br />
66. B&B<br />
67. Stocking material<br />
Down<br />
1. Fixes, as an election<br />
2. Wide-eyed<br />
3. Thin opening<br />
4. Long time<br />
5. Soldier’s ID<br />
6. Sly look<br />
7. HBO’s “__ and the City”<br />
8. Banned pesticide<br />
9. Mountain ht.<br />
10. Done over<br />
11. Chairperson’s list<br />
12. Threw easily<br />
14. Rich dessert<br />
17. New Age musician John<br />
18. Channel surfer’s gismo<br />
22. Store, as fodder<br />
23. 1944 turning point<br />
24. “__ been fun”<br />
26. Mdse.<br />
27. Delighted cry<br />
28. Zamboni surface<br />
29. Embarrass<br />
30. Dyes in a salon<br />
34. Japanese drama form<br />
35. Tipplers<br />
37. Fr. neighbor<br />
38. Guided<br />
39. Hosp. trauma units<br />
41. Jungle __<br />
43. Have the final turn<br />
44. Running by itself<br />
45. Jeff Gordon’s gp.<br />
46. Former anesthetic<br />
47. Wild swine<br />
48. Prayer<br />
53. The Beatles’ “Let __”<br />
54. Gull relative<br />
55. False god<br />
56. Choir member<br />
57. Small valley<br />
59. Sash in Sapporo<br />
60. Sisterhood member<br />
61. Shed a tear
12 c a r i b b e a n t i m e s . a g<br />
<strong>Thursday</strong> <strong>22nd</strong> <strong>September</strong> <strong>2016</strong><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 - 86ºF<br />
Low - 78ºF<br />
Wind: South 8 mph<br />
Sunrise 5.56 am; Sunset 6.02 pm<br />
Wednesday’s Crossword Solution<br />
HOROSCOPE<br />
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22).<br />
Get the small details right and<br />
you’ll be in. When you know<br />
the combination to unlock<br />
the door, the password to get<br />
into the system and the name<br />
of the person you’re dealing<br />
with, you’re golden!<br />
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23).<br />
Establish order. Whether it’s a<br />
messy little corner of a room<br />
or a wild social dynamic,<br />
you’ll do well to get it under<br />
control now. This reorganization<br />
effort will revitalize your<br />
whole scene.<br />
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21).<br />
Because you speak well of<br />
your peers (even when some<br />
of them do not speak well of<br />
each other) you’ll earn the respect<br />
and trust of all you interact<br />
with.<br />
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-<br />
Dec. 21). If you need to justify<br />
your feelings with logic,<br />
there will always be a way and<br />
a reason. Sometimes a feeling<br />
is just a feeling, though. Today<br />
your mood comes first<br />
and your justification for it is<br />
secondary.<br />
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan.<br />
19). As for those friends of<br />
yours who seem to have far<br />
more free time than you have<br />
— it’s not because their responsibilities<br />
are fewer. It’s<br />
just because they deal with<br />
them differently.<br />
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20).<br />
You’re the gracious star who<br />
knows when to let someone<br />
else have the chance to shine.<br />
You might steal the spotlight,<br />
but you won’t hog it. Tonight:<br />
Friends compete for your attention.<br />
ARIES (March 21-April 19).<br />
You’ll give your word, and<br />
then you’ll keep it. It’s amazing<br />
how hard you can work<br />
and what marvels you can<br />
come up with when you put<br />
your mind to it.<br />
TAURUS (April 20-May 20).<br />
You’ve budgeted correctly,<br />
but it’s the unforeseen expenses<br />
that get you. Build that<br />
into your plan and your life<br />
will have an ease to it that few<br />
ever get to experience.<br />
GEMINI (May 21-June 21).<br />
You may find yourself focusing<br />
to the point of absurdity.<br />
You’re not overly serious;<br />
you’re just serious enough.<br />
After all, you didn’t get where<br />
you are by being lackadaisical<br />
about your own success.<br />
CANCER (June 22-July 22).<br />
You are the commander of<br />
your time. No one else should<br />
have an exclusive contract on<br />
the minutes you spend. You<br />
are a free agent, even if there<br />
are people who need you and<br />
rely on you. Take back your<br />
schedule.<br />
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb.<br />
18). Your diplomacy will save<br />
someone from hurt. You can’t<br />
be an emotional shield to all,<br />
but you can make life a little<br />
better for some, and that will<br />
mean a lot to the ones who are<br />
close to you.<br />
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). As<br />
for the people who intrigue<br />
you, assume there is a good<br />
reason. Do you really need<br />
any more of an excuse to get<br />
to know a person better? Your<br />
curiosity is all the invitation<br />
you need.
<strong>Thursday</strong> <strong>22nd</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 />
Join the members of All Saints Anglican Church at its<br />
18thAnnual Food Fair on Saturday, 1st October, <strong>2016</strong> from<br />
1:00 pm until 9:00 pm at its rectory grounds at Matthews<br />
Road, All Saints. There will be a variety of dishes, dinners,<br />
cold treats, snacks, sweets, and beverages as well as outdoor<br />
activities and entertainment. Come out with your family and<br />
friends and experience an enjoyable afternoon of family,<br />
food, fun, and fellowship with us. Tickets: $20.<br />
All members of the St. Paul's Branch of the ABLP are invited<br />
to a very important Branch meeting this coming <strong>Thursday</strong><br />
<strong>22nd</strong> <strong>September</strong> at 7:30 p.m. at the Liberta School. There are<br />
very important matters to be discussed so all are encouraged<br />
to make every effort to be in attendance.<br />
The Ministry of Education, Science and Technology will be<br />
starting an Adult Education Programme from October 4th<br />
<strong>2016</strong>. The classes will be held every Tuesdays and <strong>Thursday</strong><br />
from 5pm – 7pm at the National Public Library Conference<br />
Room. The classes are FREE of COST For more information<br />
please contact Ms. Nalda Carr at 560-3907/lander1292@<br />
hotmail.com<br />
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3-4 years experience in a similar role<br />
MAINTENANCE TECHNICIAN<br />
2 years experience<br />
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Must have mechanical experience with boat handling skills<br />
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on registration requirements. Our centre is located on<br />
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OSEC telephone numbers are 562-8533/34/35.<br />
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14 c a r i b b e a n t i m e s . a g<br />
<strong>Thursday</strong> <strong>22nd</strong> <strong>September</strong> <strong>2016</strong><br />
Business league basketball<br />
shoots off this weekend<br />
By Carlena Knight<br />
The highly anticipated<br />
Cool & Smooth Digicel<br />
Business Basketball league<br />
will shoot off this Saturday<br />
at the JSC Sports complex.<br />
As the teams dust off<br />
their ball shoes and get in<br />
the groove the league will<br />
open at 7pm with a brief<br />
opening ceremony and two<br />
feature matches.<br />
This year a total of 15<br />
teams will contest with two<br />
new teams being added in<br />
the competition.<br />
Newbies, American<br />
University of Antigua and<br />
Antigua Barbuda Transport<br />
Board will battle it out with<br />
Sandals, L & S Superette,<br />
APUA Water, Dixie, APUA<br />
Head Office, Eye Mobile,<br />
Board of Education, Digicel,<br />
Burtons Laundry, Police,<br />
Emperors Landscaping<br />
and Fitzroy Rewinding<br />
Transformers in the hopes<br />
of taking the crown from<br />
Playoff champs, Kennedy’s.<br />
The 2015 League champions,<br />
3Ds Playtime Snackette<br />
will not compete in this<br />
year’s competition leaving<br />
the title up for grabs.<br />
All games will be played<br />
nightly at the JSC Sports<br />
complex and the YMCA<br />
Sports complex with Friday<br />
being the only day off.<br />
Buckleys remain<br />
undefeated in<br />
Tapeball league<br />
By Carlena Knight<br />
Success Catering Buckleys 3js continued their undefeated<br />
streak on Tuesday night at Dredgers in the EZ Kool Radiator<br />
Services Island Sanitation Ceco Pharmacy Hall Construction<br />
and Lees Landscaping Tapeball Premier league.<br />
Buckleys pushed their streak to 7-0 after defeating<br />
Brysons Future Stars by 26 runs.<br />
Buckleys surged to 106 for 4 from 10 overs with Alva<br />
Joseph producing 51 runs.<br />
Andra Samuel of Fututre Stars took 2 wickets.<br />
Future stars were restricted to 86 for 6 fro, 10 overs.<br />
Michael Dover was the leading batsman with 34 runs.<br />
Buckleys’ Kadeem Phillip and Kerry Mentor took 2<br />
wickets each to pick up the victory.<br />
In the second match of the night, Orange Limited Stingers<br />
edged out AUA School of Medicine and Medicare Pharmacy<br />
PMS by 7 wickets.<br />
PMS, batting first were 83 all out from 9.4 overs with<br />
Kennyatta Benjamin banking 20 runs and teammate, Rayn<br />
John contributing 16.<br />
Ntini Olliviere of Stingers took 2 wickets.<br />
Stingers met the target losing only 3 wickets in 8.4 overs.<br />
Colin Richards was the leading batsman with a 51 not out<br />
performance to seal the victory.
<strong>Thursday</strong> <strong>22nd</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 />
Windies not weakened by Gayle absence<br />
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates —<br />
Pakistan are not assuming the absence<br />
of batting superstar Chris Gayle to mean<br />
West Indies will be a weakened unit for<br />
their three-match Twenty20 International<br />
series starting here Saturday.<br />
“I don’t think that there is much of an<br />
advantage when it comes to T20 cricket<br />
when players have changed,” captain<br />
Sarfraz Ahmed said.<br />
“True, they don’t have Chris Gayle<br />
but they do have some other good players.<br />
Our focus is to do well on the field.<br />
We finished on a good note in Manchester<br />
(against England earlier this month)<br />
and I hope we start on a good note here.”<br />
Gayle, one of the most destructive<br />
batsmen in the game’s shortest formats,<br />
was not available for selection after also<br />
missing the two-match series against India<br />
in Fort Lauderdale, United States last<br />
month.<br />
West Indies Women cricketers<br />
on retainer contracts<br />
with the WICB are set to receive<br />
enhanced compensation<br />
packages from October 1,<br />
including increases in annual<br />
retainer fees, sponsorship<br />
payments, match fees and<br />
captains’ allowances. The<br />
number of women on retainer<br />
contracts will also be increased<br />
to 15, from the current<br />
11. The estimated increase<br />
will cost the WICB just under<br />
US$600,000 for the upcoming<br />
year.<br />
Captain Stafanie Taylor,<br />
who led their victorious<br />
World T20 campaign earlier<br />
this year, welcomed the move.<br />
“I believe we are stepping<br />
in the right direction. England<br />
and Australia are the two top<br />
He was joined by Lendl Simmons<br />
who was also unavailable because of<br />
medical reason while dynamic all-rounder<br />
Andre Russell pulled out of the squad<br />
last week for “personal reasons.”<br />
However, Sarfraz pointed out that<br />
regardless of the line-up, the key to winning<br />
T20s was execution.<br />
“In T20, you cannot win by names<br />
alone. You need to go out there and play<br />
well,” he contended.<br />
“If you see, England are a good team<br />
and we have quite a few young and exciting<br />
players who have performed well.<br />
And I’m sure they will do well here too.”<br />
West Indies have been installed as<br />
heavy favourites, especially after lifting<br />
an unprecedented second T20 World Cup<br />
title in India last April.<br />
They are currently ranked number<br />
three with Pakistan four places lower in<br />
seventh.<br />
teams where women’s cricket<br />
is concerned and I think<br />
we can mirror what they are<br />
doing and get on their level,”<br />
Taylor said. “It’s good that the<br />
retainers and match fees have<br />
been increased and the girls<br />
love it. We hope that, as time<br />
goes by, more things will be<br />
improved.”<br />
Former captain Merissa<br />
Aguilleira also lauded the development.<br />
Noting the team’s<br />
hard work and success, Aguilleira<br />
added that “an increase<br />
like this will only encourage<br />
[the team] to work harder<br />
and continue representing the<br />
people of the <strong>Caribbean</strong> to the<br />
best of [their] abilities.”<br />
The new packages, which<br />
emerged from negotiations<br />
between the WICB and the<br />
West Indies Players’ Association<br />
(WIPA), were hailed<br />
by both parties. WICB CEO<br />
Michael Muirhead said that<br />
the packages would “serve<br />
as an additional incentive for<br />
the current set of women” and<br />
also “serve as a drawing card<br />
to more women to be attracted<br />
to cricket”.<br />
WIPA president and CEO<br />
Wavell Hinds said the enhanced<br />
packages were “well<br />
deserved” given the women’s<br />
teams’ performances over the<br />
past decade.<br />
West Indies Women’s next<br />
international assignment is a<br />
home five-match ODI series<br />
against England in October.<br />
The last three ODIs of the series<br />
will count towards Women’s<br />
Championship points,<br />
Despite the absence of Gayle, Simmons<br />
and Russell, West Indies boast the<br />
likes of all-rounders Kieron Pollard and<br />
Dwayne Bravo, along with leg-spinner<br />
Samuel Badree and off-spinner Sunil Narine.<br />
But Sarfraz said while there was no<br />
doubt about the quality of the <strong>Caribbean</strong><br />
side, Pakistan would not be daunted.<br />
“They are the best T20 team in the<br />
world and won the Twenty20 World<br />
Cup,” he noted.<br />
“We are also a good team and when<br />
we played against England, we didn’t<br />
think that we were playing the T20 World<br />
Cup finalists and that they are one of the<br />
best T20 teams in the world. Our focus<br />
was mainly on that we should play well<br />
and play good cricket.<br />
“That is the same focus here. Our aim<br />
is to play good cricket and play a good<br />
brand of cricket and beat them.” (CMC)<br />
WI Women to get better compensation packages<br />
offering the sides the chance<br />
to seal their spot in next year’s<br />
World Cup in England. West<br />
Indies are currently second<br />
in the Women’s Championship,<br />
behind Australia. (ES-<br />
PNcricinfo)<br />
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NOTICE<br />
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that Maria Rowena B. Redulla<br />
of Dowhill, Picadilly,<br />
St. Paul's, Antigua, is applying<br />
to the Minister for Naturalisation<br />
and that any person<br />
who knows any reason why<br />
Naturalisation should not be<br />
granted should send a written<br />
and signed statement of the<br />
facts to the Permanent Secretary,<br />
Ministry of External<br />
Affairs.
16 c a r i b b e a n t i m e s . a g<br />
<strong>Thursday</strong> <strong>22nd</strong> <strong>September</strong> <strong>2016</strong><br />
Russell anti-doping hearing<br />
pushed to <strong>September</strong> 28<br />
Andre Russell’s anti-doping hearing,<br />
looking into the Jamaican Anti-Doping<br />
Commission’s (JADCO) claim that the<br />
West Indies allrounder had missed three<br />
dope tests in a 12-month period, resulting<br />
in a whereabouts-clause violation,<br />
has been adjourned to <strong>September</strong> 28.<br />
According to the WADA code, three<br />
missed tests amount to a failed dope test<br />
and the athlete could face a ban of up<br />
to two years. Russell was present at the<br />
hearing in Kingston, having skipped the<br />
three-T20I series against Pakistan in the<br />
UAE, citing “personal reasons”.<br />
On <strong>September</strong> 19, Russell’s lawyer,<br />
Patrick Forster, argued in front of the<br />
independent anti-doping disciplinary<br />
commission that the burden of proof was<br />
on JADCO to show Russell was negligent<br />
in fulfilling his whereabouts-clause<br />
obligations on January 1, July 1 and July<br />
25, 2015, when he was supposed to undergo<br />
out-of-competition dope tests.<br />
“The thrust of our case is that the<br />
doping authority, JADCO, must prove<br />
negligence that has to emerge in the<br />
context of the evidence as it is given,<br />
Andre Russell<br />
so that is, essentially, our position. The<br />
burden of proof is on JADCO,” Forster<br />
told the Jamaica Gleaner. “I don’t want<br />
to comment too much on the details of<br />
the evidence in the midst of cross-examining<br />
the witness, but a good portion<br />
of the cross-examination relates to the<br />
July to <strong>September</strong> quarter, where JAD-<br />
CO recorded two filing failures, so in<br />
cross-examination, I am just questioning<br />
the basis which they arrived at two<br />
filing failures for the same quarter.”<br />
After preliminary hearings in late<br />
July, the independent panel comprising<br />
Hugh Faulkner (chairman), Dr Marjorie<br />
DUBAI, United Arab<br />
Emirates — Opener Johnson<br />
Charles believes West<br />
Indies still have work to do<br />
in fine-tuning their preparation<br />
for the upcoming threematch<br />
Twenty20 International<br />
series against Pakistan<br />
here.<br />
The <strong>Caribbean</strong> side<br />
opened their tour with a<br />
22-run victory in a warmup<br />
game over an Emirates<br />
Cricket Board XI on Tuesday<br />
but the 27-year-old still<br />
felt they were adjustments to<br />
be made.<br />
“I still think we need to<br />
get accustomed to the conditions,”<br />
he said afterwards.<br />
“There’s still a bit of jetlag<br />
but we’ve just got to get<br />
past that and put in the work<br />
in the training sessions [over<br />
the next few days] and then<br />
come to war.<br />
He added: “It’s a lot more<br />
heat than back in the <strong>Caribbean</strong><br />
but still we are fighters<br />
and we’ve just got to go on<br />
with whatever situation you<br />
have and make the best of it.”<br />
Charles was one of the<br />
leading scorers with 42 off<br />
32 deliveries as West Indies<br />
reached 166 for seven off<br />
their 20 overs at the ICC<br />
Academy here.<br />
He struck five fours and a<br />
six and held the first half of<br />
the innings together, before<br />
perishing in the 11th over<br />
Vassell, and former Jamaica cricketer<br />
Dixeth Palmer, was supposed to carry<br />
out a two-day hearing starting Monday.<br />
However, it was curtailed because a<br />
second key witness, Carey Brown, the<br />
JADCO’s executive director, could not<br />
be present as he was recovering from an<br />
accident.<br />
Monday’s hearing began with JAD-<br />
CO’s legal counsel, attorney Lackston<br />
Johnson, explaining to the panel how<br />
Russell had failed to respond despite being<br />
sent reminders three times.<br />
Forster cross-examined the first witness<br />
Nadia Vassell, the whereabouts officer<br />
and director of technical services<br />
at JADCO. According to the Jamaica<br />
Observer, Vassell told Forster that a first<br />
reminder was sent to Russell through a<br />
letter on July 6, 2015. An extension was<br />
given to Russell to file his whereabouts<br />
by July 13, 2015. On July 20, Vassell<br />
sent another email to Russell asking him<br />
to file his whereabouts by July 24.<br />
According to the Observer the panel<br />
was likely to dispose of the case by October<br />
7. (ESPNcricinfo)<br />
Work still to be done, says Charles<br />
with the Windies struggling<br />
for runs.<br />
However, the uncapped<br />
pair of Nicholas Pooran (47)<br />
and Rovman Powell (38)<br />
came together in a positive<br />
52-run, fifth wicket partnership<br />
which lifted the innings.<br />
West Indies face Pakistan<br />
in the opening T20I on Saturday.<br />
(CMC)