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<strong>Monday</strong> <strong>7th</strong> <strong>November</strong> <strong>2016</strong> A n t i g u a a n d B a r b u d a<br />

Vol.8 No.30 $2.00<br />

EDWARDS CHARGED<br />

WITH MURDER<br />

By Renio Abbott<br />

Kadeem “Baddo” Edwards,<br />

24 of Cooks New<br />

Extension has been charged<br />

with the murder of 27yrsold<br />

Joseph “Juba” James<br />

of Lower Dickenson Bay<br />

Street.<br />

He was further charged<br />

with two counts of Wounding<br />

with Intent to Murder<br />

and Possession of Firearm<br />

and Ammunition.<br />

James was killed in an<br />

incident aboard the Coral<br />

Ark on Tuesday, <strong>November</strong><br />

1st by multiple gunshots to<br />

his lower body. The altercation<br />

that ended the life of<br />

the victim, saw two others<br />

escape with their lives, but<br />

nursing gunshot wounds.<br />

Edwards appeared before<br />

Chief Magistrate Walsh in<br />

the St. Johns Magistrate’s<br />

Court on Friday, and was<br />

remanded to Her Majesty’s<br />

Prison. Committal proceedings<br />

are set for 2<strong>7th</strong> February,<br />

2017.<br />

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Kadeem “Baddo” Edwards


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

<strong>Monday</strong> <strong>7th</strong> <strong>November</strong> <strong>2016</strong><br />

World Epilepsy Week <strong>2016</strong> launched<br />

By Renio Abbott<br />

World Epilepsy Week<br />

<strong>2016</strong> was declared officially<br />

open yesterday with a short<br />

opening ceremony at the<br />

Antigua and Barbuda Hospitality<br />

Training Institute.<br />

The week of awareness is<br />

celebrated annually and now<br />

in its second year here in<br />

Antigua and Barbuda, was<br />

spearheaded locally by Dr.<br />

Aubrey Webson, Antigua<br />

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and Barbuda’s Permanent<br />

Ambassador to the United<br />

Nations.<br />

A group of experts in<br />

treatment of the disease travelled<br />

from both New York<br />

and Texas to assist Antigua<br />

and Barbuda in increasing<br />

public awareness and learning<br />

best practices for treatment<br />

including new breakthroughs.<br />

The Honourable Molwyn<br />

Joseph in his feature address<br />

pointed out that there has<br />

been discrimination against<br />

those with the disease in the<br />

Dr. Aubrey Webson, Antigua and Barbuda’s Permanent Ambassador<br />

to the United Nations<br />

Minister of Health, the Hon., Molwyn Joseph<br />

past due to lack of awareness.<br />

He stressed that no one<br />

should be treated any differently<br />

because of any disease.<br />

Epilepsy Minister Joseph recalled<br />

has affected his family<br />

personally and lack of<br />

knowledge and the unavailability<br />

of proper treatment in<br />

Antigua was a major issue<br />

back in the 1960’s when his<br />

sister was diagnosed with<br />

the debilitating disease.<br />

Dr. Webson thanked the<br />

group of medical experts<br />

who made the trip to Antigua<br />

to assist in the awareness<br />

efforts.


<strong>Monday</strong> <strong>7th</strong> <strong>November</strong> <strong>2016</strong> c a r i b b e a n t i m e s . a g 3<br />

Antigua and Barbuda<br />

commemorates World Tsunami Day<br />

By Joanna Paris<br />

Antigua and Barbuda joined the<br />

rest of the world last Saturday to<br />

recognize World Tsunami Awareness<br />

Day <strong>2016</strong>. According to information<br />

from the Ministry of Social Transformation,<br />

the day is aimed at improving<br />

expertise in areas such as early warning,<br />

public action and recovery after<br />

a disaster.<br />

Minister for Social Transformation<br />

with responsibility for disaster<br />

preparedness the Hon. Samantha<br />

Marshall, indicated that “the country<br />

is pleased to join<br />

in such a celebration and to use<br />

the opportunity to put things in perspective”.<br />

According to Minister Marshall,<br />

it is important for residents and citizens<br />

to be aware of what to do and<br />

where to go in the event that a tsunami<br />

warning is issued.<br />

Based on research, from 1530 to<br />

present, Antigua and Barbuda has<br />

been impacted directly or indirectly<br />

by 24 tsunamis.<br />

Minister Marshall added that this<br />

hazard doesn’t strike often but in recent<br />

times individuals have seen the<br />

destructive power of this particular<br />

hazard and its ability to claim lives in<br />

large numbers.<br />

The National Office of Disaster<br />

Services and the government of Antigua<br />

and Barbuda is therefore urging<br />

citizens and residents to spend some<br />

time to focus on being safe in the<br />

event of a tsunami.<br />

In terms of awareness, Minister<br />

Marshall noted that discussions must<br />

also be held in schools, workplaces<br />

and the community to further sensitize<br />

persons about the potentially<br />

deadly disaster.<br />

Staff members at State Insurance Corporation recently established what they have dubbed their Green Team. The Teammates<br />

are concerned primarily with environmental issues and chose to launch with a clean-up at Runaway Beach. The<br />

exercise commenced with a blessing by Pastor Ivor Davis (not pictured) of the Zion Church of God), and at the end, the<br />

collected bags of garbage were carted away by National Solid Waste Management Authority.


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

<strong>Monday</strong> <strong>7th</strong> <strong>November</strong> <strong>2016</strong><br />

Commissioner wants good relations<br />

By Everton Barnes<br />

Police Commissioner<br />

Wendel Robinson wants to<br />

establish a good relationship<br />

with the Police Service<br />

Commission (PSC), now<br />

that it has a new chairman.<br />

Robinson made this point<br />

as one of the grounds for his<br />

decision to withdrawn the<br />

court action against the PSC<br />

over the granting of promotions<br />

without his input.<br />

Grays Farm<br />

man charged<br />

with assault<br />

By Renio Abbott<br />

Jari Jackson of Grays Farm has been<br />

charged with assault with intent to commit<br />

a felony and possession of firearm and ammunition,<br />

stemming from an incident about<br />

the Coral Ark on Tuesday, <strong>November</strong> 1st.<br />

Jackson allegedly assaulted a man with a<br />

firearm according to Police sources.<br />

He is expected to make his first Court<br />

appearance on <strong>Monday</strong>. One 9mm pistol<br />

By Everton Barnes<br />

The Antigua Public Utilities Authority<br />

is upgrading the island’s 69-KV<br />

distribution system in an effort to reduce<br />

the recurrent problem of electricity<br />

outages.<br />

Government spokesman Lionel<br />

Max Hurst said the current system was<br />

installed back in 1986 and thirty years<br />

on, the cables have become seriously<br />

eroded and this has led to chronic outages<br />

in the supply of electricity to consumers.<br />

He told CT that he wanted<br />

the matter disposed of in<br />

a speedy manner as he did<br />

not want the court action to<br />

hold up the promotions of<br />

those affected or to negatively<br />

affect the promotions<br />

of those to follow.<br />

“I told my attorney that<br />

I was not opposed to withdrawing<br />

the matter based<br />

on these points and based<br />

on my instructions the matter<br />

was withdrawn,” He reported.<br />

He noted there have<br />

been similar cases around<br />

the <strong>Caribbean</strong> and he made<br />

specific reference to Barbados<br />

where he said no promotions<br />

can be confirmed<br />

because of a High Court<br />

ruling in a case brought by<br />

that island’s Commissioner<br />

of Police.<br />

He noted that the current<br />

Jari Jackson<br />

was also recovered by the police during<br />

their investigations.<br />

“These cables have been exposed<br />

to the elements and they are in urgent<br />

need of replacement.<br />

“The work is being done with the<br />

assistance of a team of Cuban technicians<br />

and we anticipate that the work<br />

will be done by the second half of December,”<br />

Hurst reported.<br />

He noted that APUA has at its disposal<br />

enough electricity generating<br />

capacity to meet the island’s needs but<br />

that the problem is in the distribution<br />

network which is faulty.<br />

head of the force there is<br />

doing so in an acting capacity.<br />

“In Grenada, an official<br />

sought a judicial review of a<br />

decision not to promote him<br />

and he won. There is a similar<br />

case in Antigua involving<br />

female officer, Cecilia<br />

Francis.<br />

“In any event, there is a<br />

new Chairman of the PSC<br />

– Kelvin John – and I am<br />

looking forward to working<br />

with him and the PSC to ensure<br />

that there is fairness,<br />

equity and proper consultation.<br />

I am very confident<br />

that this will happen,” he<br />

stated.<br />

Under the former chairman,<br />

Phillip Isaacs, the PSC<br />

made a number of promotions<br />

without consultation<br />

with the Commissioner and<br />

Robinson decided to take<br />

the matter to the court to<br />

decide. When Isaacs’ appointment<br />

came up for review<br />

recently, he was not<br />

re-instated.<br />

APUA upgrading electricity distribution system<br />

As it relates to the supply of water,<br />

APUA is giving a commitment to<br />

having this resolved by the second half<br />

of 2017. That’s because of the deliver<br />

time for new reverse osmosis plants<br />

that are already on order.<br />

Two plants are due to be commissioned<br />

in the first half of the New Year;<br />

one of which is being financed by the<br />

Japanese government and specifically<br />

geared towards the farming community.<br />

A third plant will be commissioned<br />

later in the year.


<strong>Monday</strong> <strong>7th</strong> <strong>November</strong> <strong>2016</strong> c a r i b b e a n t i m e s . a g 5<br />

Port Authority adopts Villa School<br />

By Everton Barnes<br />

The Antigua Port Authority has adopted<br />

the Villa Primary School in a partnership<br />

through which it hopes to encourage<br />

young people from the community to<br />

explore career opportunities there.<br />

APA Chairman, Senator Mary Clare<br />

Hurst said the port is the largest employer<br />

in the community and she feels a moral<br />

obligation to foster close ties with the<br />

school and its students.<br />

“We have a number of career offerings<br />

for young people at the port and<br />

through this partnership it is my hope<br />

that more and more young people look<br />

at pursuing training in areas that would<br />

make them employable at the port,” she<br />

explained.<br />

She noted that there are opportunities<br />

to become port managers, crane<br />

operators, pilots, marine mechanics, accountants,<br />

warehouse managers, human<br />

resource managers and a hosts of other<br />

professions. She noted that currently<br />

there are some twenty young people pursuing<br />

training at the <strong>Caribbean</strong> Marine<br />

By Everton Barnes<br />

A team from Royal <strong>Caribbean</strong><br />

Cruise Lines is due<br />

in Antigua this week to carry<br />

out an inspection of the<br />

Deep Water Harbour and to<br />

determine its readiness to<br />

accommodate the new class<br />

of ships scheduled for December<br />

2.<br />

President of the Antigua<br />

and Barbuda Cruise Tourism<br />

Association, Nathan<br />

Dundas, has confirmed that<br />

a two-man team will arrive<br />

this week to review the progress<br />

of the pier expansion<br />

and other works being done<br />

to accommodate the vessel.<br />

The Quantum Class vessels,<br />

the largest cruise ships<br />

around, will be able to berth<br />

at Antigua following the<br />

current upgrades now underway.<br />

The Royal <strong>Caribbean</strong><br />

vessel – Anthem of the Seas<br />

– is slated to make its inaugural<br />

call at Antigua on December<br />

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

“The team will be looking<br />

at the work to expand the<br />

pier, the dredging being done<br />

to accommodate the vessel<br />

and the other improvements<br />

to the harbor that are necessary<br />

before the ship arrives,”<br />

Dundas explains.<br />

According to the cruise<br />

official the team will conduct<br />

a sonar check of the<br />

depths of the harbor as well<br />

as the state of the other infrastructural<br />

work at the<br />

port. If they are satisfied, the<br />

By Joanna Paris<br />

The Captain of the mega cruise<br />

ship which will berth in Antigua at the new<br />

pier on the North side of the inner St. John’s<br />

Harbour on December 2, <strong>2016</strong>, is expected<br />

to visit Antigua this week to inspect the site<br />

and the pier development currently taking<br />

place.<br />

The teams of workers are working<br />

around the clock, 24 hours a day, in order to<br />

complete the works in time.<br />

Huge cement slabs are being prepared<br />

then the December 2 visit to<br />

proceed, but if not, there is<br />

all likelihood that it will be<br />

delayed.<br />

Dundas said the ship is<br />

scheduled to make six visits<br />

to Antigua during the winter<br />

season if the December 2<br />

visit takes place.<br />

The Quantum Class vessels<br />

carry up to 5000 passengers,<br />

and its visit would<br />

be seen as a major boost to<br />

tourism.<br />

Training Institute in Jamaica many of<br />

whom are likely to be employed at the<br />

port on their return.<br />

Hurst said she taking up the position<br />

in 2014 her emphasis has been on training<br />

and already several employees at the<br />

port have completed studies in a number<br />

of areas.<br />

She added that the port is a significant<br />

contributor to the economy of the Villa<br />

and Point communities and it is important<br />

that the people get an appreciation of<br />

this fact as early as possible.<br />

RC to inspect harbour’s readiness<br />

Meanwhile, Dundas said<br />

the winter cruise season,<br />

which started on <strong>November</strong><br />

01, looks ‘very encouraging”.<br />

He said there will be increases<br />

in the overall number<br />

of calls as well as the<br />

number of passengers visiting<br />

the country. In all, seven<br />

new ships will make their inaugural<br />

calls during the season,<br />

including the Anthem of<br />

the Seas.<br />

Anthem of the Seas’<br />

captain to visit this week<br />

for the bulwarks and other port infrastructure,<br />

and piling continues around the clock.<br />

The Quantum class ship will bring 5,000<br />

visitors and nearly 4,000 crew when it<br />

docks in St. John’s Harbour next month for<br />

the first time.<br />

The <strong>2016</strong>-2017 Cruise Tourism Winter<br />

Season officially began last Friday.<br />

Tourism stakeholders are working together<br />

to plan a very special welcome ceremony<br />

for the mega vessel, which is also the<br />

4 th largest ship in the world.


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

<strong>Monday</strong> <strong>7th</strong> <strong>November</strong> <strong>2016</strong><br />

Tizzy signs unto major deal<br />

By Joanna Paris<br />

One of the country’s soca<br />

ambassadors, Tanzania “Tizzy”<br />

Sebastian of El A Kru<br />

has recently signed a major<br />

commercial contract.<br />

VP records, the largest<br />

distributor of Reggae,<br />

Dancehall and Soca music<br />

world-wide has signed on<br />

the local soca diva.<br />

According to information<br />

of the Facebook page, Fete<br />

tracker, Tizzy signed on for<br />

the digital distribution of her<br />

music which will run for the<br />

next three years.<br />

The National Youth<br />

Council (NYC) is a platform<br />

that is used to harness<br />

the talents and skills<br />

of youth, representing and<br />

harmonizing their interest<br />

Edwin Howell, Director<br />

of Artist & Repertoire at<br />

VP Records has said “We at<br />

VPAl/VP Records welcome<br />

Tizzy to our family and we<br />

are so happy to be working<br />

with this Antiguan treasure.<br />

and facilitating a sustainable<br />

environment to empower<br />

youth in Antigua &<br />

Barbuda.<br />

The NYC has a vision<br />

for Antigua & Barbuda to<br />

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It’s been a long time coming<br />

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home Tizzy”, the site<br />

reported.<br />

Tizzy has been working exceptionally<br />

hard in <strong>2016</strong>,<br />

showcasing her lively brand<br />

of Soca music to the world.<br />

This year, the soca diva<br />

has toured numerous cities<br />

and countries to include:<br />

the USA, London, Belgium,<br />

China, several <strong>Caribbean</strong><br />

islands and very soon Latin<br />

America.<br />

Tizzy is reportedly elated<br />

at the new opportunity<br />

to market her music to the<br />

world.<br />

She now embarks on a<br />

journey to thrill the region<br />

with appearances scheduled<br />

at Trinidad Carnival 2017.<br />

Antigua & Barbuda National Youth<br />

Council hosts emblem/logo competition<br />

be a safe and healthy nation<br />

for youth involvement<br />

and development, where<br />

young people are empowered,<br />

have equal access to<br />

opportunities and are able<br />

to maintain and lead the national<br />

development agenda.<br />

In order to ‘promote<br />

youth talents; creativity<br />

and innovations’, the National<br />

Youth Council has<br />

organized a competition<br />

to design its emblem/ logo<br />

that will reflect both its<br />

mission and the vision.<br />

The logo will be used to<br />

represent the identity of the<br />

youth council.<br />

It will be utilized on all<br />

promotional materials, and<br />

on all official documents<br />

and publications made by<br />

the National Youth Council.<br />

The National youth<br />

council of Antigua and<br />

Barbuda is calling out all<br />

the youths from ages of 13-<br />

21 to be a part of creating a<br />

historical emblem/logo for<br />

the council.<br />

Not only will there be a<br />

Grand prize for the winner<br />

but that person would have<br />

the prestigious honor to<br />

know that they would have<br />

created the first ever logo<br />

used for Antigua & Barbuda<br />

nation youth council.<br />

The logo/emblem challenge<br />

will begin on <strong>7th</strong><br />

<strong>November</strong> - 30 <strong>November</strong><br />

<strong>2016</strong>, forms and registration<br />

should be collected at<br />

the various schools and at<br />

the Department of Youth<br />

Affairs.


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

Lightfoot and Myers to receive awards<br />

at <strong>2016</strong> New York Independence Gala<br />

NEW YORK, NY - <strong>November</strong> 4,<br />

<strong>2016</strong> – After a noteworthy service<br />

held October <strong>30th</strong> at St. Mary’s Anglican<br />

Church the New York Office<br />

of the Government of Antigua and<br />

Barbuda will continue celebrating the<br />

35th Anniversary of Independence.<br />

The annual Independence Gala<br />

will be held Saturday <strong>November</strong> 19th<br />

at the renowned Glen Island Harbour<br />

Club of New Rochelle. The New<br />

York Office is pleased to announce<br />

that it will honor two outstanding citizens<br />

Dr. Natasha Lightfoot and Executive<br />

Chef Melvin Myers.<br />

Dr. Lightfoot is Assistant Professor<br />

of History at Columbia University<br />

and author of the ground breaking<br />

text Troubling Freedom: Antigua and<br />

the Aftermath of British Emancipation.<br />

Executive Chef Myers heads up<br />

his own company Success Catering<br />

and is a skilled culinary instructor<br />

and master fruit sculptor.<br />

“Dr. Lightfoot and Chef Myers<br />

are sterling examples of professionalism<br />

and have enriched our diaspora<br />

by advancing knowledge and sharing<br />

our cultural heritage.<br />

“I am delighted that we can recognize<br />

them, their work and their contribution<br />

as nationals living abroad<br />

at what I know will be an elegant affair,”<br />

said Permanent Representative<br />

to the United Nations Ambassador<br />

Walton Aubrey Webson.<br />

The Independence Gala is the premier<br />

black tie event of the season.<br />

This year’s staging will be a masquerade<br />

ball which promises to be a<br />

night of nostalgia, philanthropy and<br />

fun!<br />

Entertainment will be provided by<br />

City South Steel Orchestra and Carolyn<br />

Punter and Friends. To reserve<br />

tickets, contact the office at 212-541-<br />

4117.<br />

Tickets can also be purchased online<br />

at EventBrite by searching Antigua<br />

& Barbuda Masquerade Gala.<br />

Don’t miss it!


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

<strong>Monday</strong> <strong>7th</strong> <strong>November</strong> <strong>2016</strong><br />

Antigua and Barbuda celebrates Paris<br />

Agreement becoming international law<br />

The most important international<br />

agreement to<br />

combat climate change<br />

takes effect today; the Paris<br />

Agreement’s early entry<br />

into force launches COP22<br />

in Morocco starting on<br />

<strong>Monday</strong>, where Antigua and<br />

Barbuda will be taking the<br />

country’s interests forward.<br />

Prime Minister Browne,<br />

with other world leaders,<br />

deposited instruments of<br />

ratification in September,<br />

pushing forward for an early<br />

entry into force in <strong>2016</strong>,<br />

four years ahead of the<br />

planned 2020 start date.<br />

Early entry shows the seriousness<br />

with which world<br />

leaders are committed to the<br />

challenge of climate change<br />

by both reducing greenhouse<br />

gas emissions and<br />

addressing the effects of climate<br />

change on small and<br />

vulnerable countries like<br />

Antigua and Barbuda.<br />

The Paris Agreement<br />

provides an important<br />

framework for countries to<br />

act on climate change. Internationally,<br />

there are still<br />

many open-ended questions<br />

that need to be addressed<br />

within the Agreement; these<br />

include transparency – to<br />

build an understanding of<br />

global actions being taken<br />

and their quantifiable impacts;<br />

and sufficient financing<br />

– of at least USD $100<br />

billion of climate finance is<br />

to be mobilized per year by<br />

2020.<br />

While an important<br />

milestone internationally,<br />

action to implement the Paris<br />

Agreement will be at the<br />

local level. In Antigua and<br />

Barbuda, Minister of the<br />

Environment Hon. Molwyn<br />

Joseph led the charge with<br />

bold action to ban plastic<br />

bags in supermarkets and<br />

for over 7MW of resilient<br />

off-grid energy for the<br />

Health and the Water sectors.<br />

Minister with the Energy<br />

Portfolio Hon. Asot Michael<br />

is implementing the<br />

10MW of solar PV.<br />

The Prime Minister is<br />

happy to note that there are<br />

other such projects in the<br />

pipeline, as the Government<br />

has agreed to its Climate<br />

Action Plan, or NDC<br />

(http://bit.ly/1M40gsG), to<br />

take even bolder actions to<br />

cut national greenhouse gas<br />

emissions and to adapt to<br />

climate change.<br />

Antigua and Barbuda’s<br />

urgent climate priority is<br />

to address water security,<br />

as the island is projected<br />

to receive less rainfall and<br />

increased temperatures will<br />

accelerate evaporation and<br />

make drought impacts more<br />

severe.<br />

Antigua and Barbuda is<br />

aiming to have the capability<br />

to produce 100% of water<br />

from reverse osmosis powered<br />

by 100% renewable<br />

energy.<br />

The Government has<br />

also pledged in the NDC to<br />

protect critical watersheds<br />

and waterways to prevent<br />

flooding in built infrastructure<br />

such as homes.<br />

The Government is proactively<br />

accessing climate<br />

grants and concessional financing<br />

for both the Government,<br />

NGOs and the Private<br />

Sectors.<br />

The national Sustainable<br />

Island Resource Framework<br />

Fund (SIRF Fund) will be<br />

launched with the revolving<br />

loan facility in early 2017.<br />

The SIRF will disburse<br />

low interest loans initially<br />

for persons in flood prone<br />

areas as a pilot and then to<br />

all persons in Antigua and<br />

Barbuda.<br />

The aim of the loans<br />

is to get all citizens in the<br />

twin island state ready for<br />

projected climate impacts,<br />

including drought and hurricanes.<br />

This program will create<br />

jobs in infrastructure<br />

and provide homeowners a<br />

safe place during extreme<br />

weather events.<br />

Community groups and<br />

small businesses can also<br />

con’t on pg 9


<strong>Monday</strong> <strong>7th</strong> <strong>November</strong> <strong>2016</strong> c a r i b b e a n t i m e s . a g 9<br />

Antiguan and Barbudan diaspora<br />

celebrate Independence in Toronto<br />

Toronto, CANADA –<br />

The Consulate General of<br />

Antigua and Barbuda and the<br />

Antigua and Barbuda Diaspora<br />

in Toronto, commenced<br />

their celebration of the 35 th<br />

Anniversary of Independence<br />

with a Reception and<br />

Cultural Evening on Friday,<br />

28 th October <strong>2016</strong>, at the<br />

Eaton Chelsea Hotel. The<br />

featured artistes for the evening<br />

were Tian Winter and<br />

Calypso Joe. Guests also<br />

had the opportunity to participate<br />

in a silent auction<br />

which included a cricket bat<br />

signed by cricket legend and<br />

National Hero, His Excellency<br />

Sir Vivian Richards and a<br />

Basket of Wine from one of<br />

the Ontario’s top vineyards.<br />

The proceeds from the silent<br />

auction and the offering<br />

from the church service will<br />

be donated to the Halo Foundation.<br />

Calypso Joe took the<br />

appreciative audience on a<br />

trip down memory lane with<br />

well-known favourites like<br />

‘Bam Bam, Cheese, A Nation<br />

to Build, Country to Mould<br />

and Garden Pig’, among<br />

others. During his performance,<br />

Groovy Soca Monarch,<br />

Tian Winter, brought<br />

the audience to its feet with<br />

‘Can’t explain, Ms. Set Good<br />

and Party Tun up.’<br />

“This is the first time in<br />

over a decade that the Consulate-General<br />

has put on an<br />

event such as this, but we felt<br />

it was an appropriate way to<br />

celebrate this milestone in<br />

our country’s development<br />

cont’d from pg 8<br />

expect greater support for climate action, as 15% of climate<br />

finance coming into the country will be channeled to<br />

community groups, many of whom have been leading the<br />

way to showcase innovative climate technology.<br />

With the Paris Agreement entering into force on this<br />

historic day, it is a moment to celebrate, but not to be content.<br />

The work ahead is to deliver the results of the Paris<br />

Agreement and this requires strong and continuous leadership<br />

at all levels.<br />

From the left Director of Tourism Colin Skerritt, Tameka Wharton, Tian Winter, Consul-General<br />

Ann-Marie Layne, Mikel Campbell Calypso Joe, Vice-Consul Gwendolyn Greene, Matara Richards<br />

and Novelle Richards<br />

and showcase our calypsonians<br />

at the same time,”<br />

Consul-General, Ann-Marie<br />

Layne noted. “The event<br />

was well received by the<br />

Antiguan and Barbudan and<br />

<strong>Caribbean</strong> diaspora and our<br />

other partners and we hope<br />

to be in a position to host a<br />

similar event sometime next<br />

year,” the Consul-General<br />

concluded.<br />

Director of Tourism Canada,<br />

Colin Skerritt noted that,<br />

“Antiguan and Barbudans<br />

living in Canada welcome<br />

our families, friends and<br />

business partners to commemorate<br />

this, our 35th Anniversary<br />

of Independence.<br />

Our beaches, our people and<br />

our rich and colourful history<br />

continue to motivate Canadian<br />

visitors to fall in love with<br />

our beautiful twin island nation.<br />

We look forward to observing<br />

this proud occasion<br />

with the local community.”<br />

The Antigua and Barbuda<br />

diaspora in Toronto will<br />

continue their independence<br />

celebrations at a Banquet<br />

and Gala hosted by the Antigua<br />

and Barbuda Association<br />

of Toronto (ABAT)<br />

on Saturday, 5 th <strong>November</strong><br />

<strong>2016</strong>. The guest speaker at<br />

the Banquet will be the Hon.<br />

Melford Nicholas, Minister<br />

of Information, Broadcasting,<br />

Telecommunications<br />

and Information Technology.<br />

The independence festivities<br />

will close with a Thanksgiving<br />

Service on Sunday 6 th<br />

<strong>November</strong> <strong>2016</strong>. The guest<br />

preacher at that service will<br />

be Father Reid Simon of the<br />

Anglican Church in Antigua<br />

and Barbuda.


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

<strong>Monday</strong> <strong>7th</strong> <strong>November</strong> <strong>2016</strong><br />

T&T government goes after<br />

officials under past administration<br />

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad<br />

– Government has initiated<br />

legal action against nine<br />

former officials of the Housing<br />

Development Corporation<br />

(HDC) on allegations<br />

of corruption during their<br />

tenure.<br />

Speaking with the T&T<br />

Guardian hours after Prime<br />

Minister Dr Keith Rowley<br />

revealed that the lawsuit had<br />

been filed on Wednesday afternoon,<br />

Attorney General<br />

Faris Al-Rawi said it was the<br />

first to arise out of extensive<br />

audits and investigations<br />

ordered by the People’s National<br />

Movement (PNM)<br />

Government after assuming<br />

office in September last year.<br />

“In this particular matter,<br />

there are nine defendants, including<br />

public officials and<br />

persons who have had control<br />

of certain entities of the<br />

State,” Al-Rawi said.<br />

“The nature of matters<br />

surround the core of corruption,<br />

unjust enrichment,<br />

the breach of certain duties<br />

but it is squarely designed to<br />

tackle corruption, mismanagement<br />

and to ask people to<br />

account for what they have<br />

done.”<br />

While Al-Rawi repeatedly<br />

said he could not reveal the<br />

parties named in the lawsuit<br />

and the wrongdoing they are<br />

alleged to have committed<br />

as the case was at a sensitive<br />

stage, the T&T Guardian understands<br />

it involves former<br />

officials of HDC, a state-run<br />

company which falls under<br />

the Ministry of Housing.<br />

“You would know that<br />

some time ago I also made a<br />

commitment not to do what<br />

my predecessors had done,<br />

which is to give chapter and<br />

verse and campaigning in<br />

relation to litigation really<br />

because we are adamant<br />

that due process ought to be<br />

followed and that the courts<br />

will be the ultimate arbiter of<br />

the matters which are under<br />

investigation,” Al-Rawi said.<br />

Though he was tightlipped<br />

on the issue, Al-Rawi<br />

did admit the lawsuit was a<br />

multi-million-dollar claim.<br />

Al-Rawi also said the<br />

same approach used in the<br />

KINGSTON, Jamaica – Release<br />

them! That’s the demand of Jamaican parliamentarians<br />

who have argued that mentally<br />

ill inmates being kept in prison is<br />

“an absolute disgrace”. Currently, they<br />

are 127 mentally ill inmates in custody<br />

and unfit to plead. The inmates, who are<br />

housed separately at the Tower Street<br />

Adult Correctional Centre in Kingston<br />

and the St Catherine Adult Correctional<br />

Centre, are separated from the general<br />

population of more than 3,000.<br />

“It is an absolute disgrace! This can’t<br />

wait on reform! It is an indictment against<br />

us. Yes, it has been there for years, and<br />

we know in the ministry that this is how<br />

it has been, and yet it has always been on<br />

the back burner and nobody has brought<br />

it forward,” said Marisa Dalrymple Philibert,<br />

member of parliament for Trelawny<br />

Southern.<br />

Philibert was one of the members<br />

of Parliament’s Public Administration<br />

and Appropriations Committee (PAAC)<br />

who expressed outrage after Ina Hunter,<br />

commissioner of corrections, revealed<br />

on Wednesday that “several” mentally ill<br />

inmates had been incarcerated for more<br />

than a decade.<br />

“Those that are unfit to plea would not<br />

have got a determinate sentence, and they<br />

would have had to attain a mental state<br />

where they can deliver themselves in the<br />

court,” Hunter said, noting that the Department<br />

of Correctional Services cannot<br />

release inmates, and the lack of family<br />

support makes it even more difficult.<br />

“They would be taken back to court,<br />

case would apply to officials<br />

of his Government, in the<br />

event they were similarly accused<br />

of corrupt activities.<br />

He also expressed optimism<br />

over the Government’s<br />

chances of succeeding in the<br />

case.<br />

“I can tell you that we are<br />

absolutely certain and very<br />

confident in what we have<br />

brought in the courts already.<br />

We are also very confident<br />

that the other matters we<br />

have in gear will be managed<br />

very shortly,” he said.<br />

In addition to the civil<br />

claim, Al-Rawi revealed that<br />

criminal prosecutions may<br />

also arise from the Government’s<br />

investigations. (Trinidad<br />

Guardian)<br />

Jamaican parliamentarians want<br />

mentally ill released from prison<br />

and a determination could be made to<br />

send them home, but there’s no family<br />

support in many instances,” she added.<br />

Hunter said that treatment has been<br />

limited and the authorities have been<br />

looking for alternative accommodation.<br />

Mikael Phillips, the Manchester North<br />

Western representative, said at least a<br />

temporary solution needs to be found<br />

now.<br />

“They should not be in institutions<br />

such as the two large ones – even if there<br />

is something done temporarily – but they<br />

ought not to be in our prison systems as<br />

is now. Even the resources just to deal<br />

with their mental state within the system<br />

are not being dealt with as they ought to<br />

be,” he said. (Adapted from the Jamaica<br />

Gleaner)


<strong>Monday</strong> <strong>7th</strong> <strong>November</strong> <strong>2016</strong> c a r i b b e a n t i m e s . a g 11<br />

Thursday’s Sudoku Solution<br />

S U D O K U<br />

CROSSWORD<br />

Across<br />

1. Thick slice<br />

5. Avian dwelling<br />

9. Cut<br />

14. Angel’s aura<br />

15. Range part<br />

16. Mea ____<br />

17. Penance<br />

19. Lethargic<br />

20. Procure<br />

21. Animal fat<br />

22. Graduate’s reward<br />

23. Water whirl<br />

24. Card game<br />

25. Senator ____ Kennedy<br />

26. Unsophisticated<br />

29. Baldwin and Guinness<br />

31. Commands<br />

33. Investigate<br />

37. Grace closing<br />

38. Strong string<br />

40. Only<br />

41. Excessive emotion<br />

43. Instruction<br />

45. Breaks sharply<br />

46. Convenes<br />

47. Crash into<br />

50. Expire<br />

51. Coasted<br />

53. Rouse<br />

55. Owl call<br />

56. Mountain pass<br />

59. Heavenly dish<br />

60. Astrological forcast<br />

62. Previous<br />

63. Fortas and Lincoln<br />

64. Aid and ____<br />

65. Benches<br />

66. Additional<br />

67. Ocean current<br />

Down<br />

1. Kind of carpet<br />

2. Behind schedule<br />

3. Great deal (2 wds.)<br />

4. ____ voyage!<br />

5. Wanderer<br />

6. Each<br />

7. Export<br />

8. Blasting substance (abbr.)<br />

9. Physics, e.g.<br />

10. Respiratory organ<br />

11. Warn<br />

12. Shopping binge<br />

13. Loathed<br />

18. Church official<br />

22. Truck fuel<br />

23. Incidents<br />

24. Singer ____ Campbell<br />

26. Ark builder<br />

27. Military branch<br />

28. The ____ of March<br />

29. Diva’s offerings<br />

30. Talked back<br />

32. Stress<br />

34. Thorny bloom<br />

35. Curdle<br />

36. Female birds<br />

39. Rub dry<br />

42. Makes beloved<br />

44. Sends forth<br />

47. Highway exits<br />

48. In the know<br />

49. Craze<br />

51. More painful<br />

52. Unattached<br />

54. Rope fastening<br />

55. Tramp<br />

56. Asian desert<br />

57. Copied<br />

58. Singer ____ Seeger<br />

60. Deli meat<br />

61. Puma, e.g.


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

<strong>Monday</strong> <strong>7th</strong> <strong>November</strong> <strong>2016</strong><br />

HOROSCOPE<br />

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

You’re not delighted by the<br />

same things that bring your<br />

peers pleasure. The sooner you<br />

recognize these differences,<br />

the better. You’ll then make<br />

relationship decisions based<br />

on what you can mutually appreciate.<br />

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

Sometimes your emotions go<br />

cleverly disguised as logic,<br />

and this almost always leads<br />

to difficulty, because at its root<br />

it’s a you-on-you deception.<br />

Rigorous examination of your<br />

thought process is called for.<br />

Today’s weather forecast<br />

Antigua and Barbuda<br />

Cloudy with showers.<br />

High - 85ºF<br />

Low - 76ºF<br />

Wind: South East 8 mph<br />

Sunrise 6.07 am; Sunset 5.33 pm<br />

Thursday’s Crossword Solution<br />

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

21). When it’s important, your<br />

mentality is to start right now.<br />

That’s the way to go about it,<br />

using the momentum and tremendous<br />

potential that exists<br />

in the beginning of things.<br />

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

19). People see others as either<br />

like themselves or not. The<br />

“not” category is one to watch<br />

and suspect. You don’t subscribe<br />

to this mentality. You<br />

don’t have much in common<br />

with someone, and yet you’re<br />

unafraid.<br />

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

18). If you had to track your<br />

mistakes, you would follow a<br />

number of them to the same<br />

problematic source. Instead of<br />

trying to correct several little<br />

behaviors, improve big-time<br />

by pulling out the main problem<br />

by the roots.<br />

PISCES (Feb. 19-March<br />

20). Be careful about throwing<br />

around your opinions.<br />

You never know who might<br />

be offended by even the most<br />

innocuous comment. In general,<br />

being opinionated isn’t the<br />

best way to make emotional<br />

connections anyway.<br />

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

You’re not just looking at the<br />

task before you. You’re looking<br />

at what the ripple effect<br />

will be a few moves down the<br />

game. There is never only one<br />

result from an action.<br />

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

In order to win a battle, you<br />

first must understand what<br />

the battle is really about. It’s<br />

seldom about the thing that<br />

appears to be at stake in the<br />

struggle. Look deeper; think<br />

bigger.<br />

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

You’re versed in nuance. You<br />

can’t get where you’re going<br />

through force. Even if you<br />

could, it’s no way to earn respect.<br />

You’ll speak to what the<br />

others need and want and use<br />

your powers of persuasion on<br />

behalf of the team.<br />

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

will come down to knowing<br />

what you want and what you<br />

will and won’t tolerate. Your<br />

clarity on these matters will<br />

lead to success in the most basic<br />

way. You’ll build and elaborate<br />

from there.<br />

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

You’ll pursue your strong need<br />

for things to make sense. Of<br />

course! Just don’t expect the<br />

others to share in this pursuit.<br />

You’ll have dealings with the<br />

fanciful and those who are in<br />

their own little worlds.<br />

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

You’ll be in a position to discuss<br />

factual matters. Don’t<br />

speak until you’re really ready<br />

— until you’ve looked at the<br />

evidence, done your homework<br />

and are relatively sure of<br />

your position.


<strong>Monday</strong> <strong>7th</strong> <strong>November</strong> <strong>2016</strong> c a r i b b e a n t i m e s . a g 13<br />

Under the Distinguished Patronage of Dame Louise Lake<br />

Tack The Short Term Fund-raising Committee of the St.<br />

John’s Cathedral present The Annual Black Tie Dinner &<br />

Dance. Friday 25th <strong>November</strong>, <strong>2016</strong>, 7:30 p.m. until. Grand<br />

Royal Antiguan Resort. Price $175.00 Entertainment by the<br />

Specialist Band, Chiki Hi-fi, door prizes, lots of surprises,<br />

including the Master of Ceremonies who is a Priest. Continue<br />

to support our efforts as all funds raised will assist the<br />

ongoing restoration work at our beloved Cathedral.<br />

The St. John’s Branch of the Mothers’ Union invites one and<br />

all to their Goat Water and Souse evening at the Dean William<br />

Lake Car Park St. John’s Street. Friday 18th <strong>November</strong><br />

<strong>2016</strong> 3-6p.m. Tickets only $15ec. And can be bought from<br />

any member of the organization or at the Deanery Office. All<br />

proceeds in aid of their community outreach programs.<br />

The Liberta Wesleyan Holiness Church invites you to its<br />

Harvest Fun Fair on Saturday <strong>November</strong> 26th, <strong>2016</strong>, from<br />

12:00pm – 7:00pm on the church grounds in Liberta. There<br />

will be lots of attractions for the children including bounce<br />

castle, face painting, donkey ride. Other attractions include<br />

hat show competition, live music and entertainment. Come<br />

and enjoy an afternoon of food, fun, fellowship and the<br />

bountiful blessings from the Lord. An entry fee of $2:00 will<br />

be charged per person. All proceeds from the fair will go<br />

towards the building of the new sanctuary.<br />

NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING<br />

CLUB ELDORADO<br />

Notice is hereby given for the Annual General Meeting of<br />

Club El Dorado to be held on:<br />

Sunday 13th <strong>November</strong> <strong>2016</strong><br />

Venue : Paradise Café Market Street St Antigua<br />

Time: 4:30 PM<br />

ARTICLE 7- ANNUAL GENERAL MEETINGS<br />

The business to be discussed at the Annual General Meeting<br />

shall be as follows:-<br />

1. Minutes<br />

2. Matters Arising out of the Minutes<br />

3. Consideration of Financial Report<br />

4. Any other Business<br />

5. Election of New Committee of Management<br />

6. Appointment of Trustees<br />

Amendment to Article 24 Laws and Bye Laws<br />

1. All registered members of the Club are entitled to vote.<br />

Members MUST pay at least eight (8) out of twelve months<br />

contribution to be recognized as a financial member to be<br />

elected to office.<br />

Article 25 Laws and Bye Laws<br />

The Quorum at all meetings must be one fifth (1/5) of the<br />

general membership.<br />

On the 19th <strong>November</strong> <strong>2016</strong> the Antigua and Barbuda Tourism<br />

Cadets Corps will be hosting a Lunch and Fun Fair at<br />

the House Culture Parliament Drive. As the Tourism Cadets<br />

Corps is nearing the end of the <strong>2016</strong> Program, a cadet’s ability<br />

to effectively manage a project is an integral part of the student’s<br />

success in the program. The Tourism Cadets invite you<br />

to come and experience tomorrow’s Tourism leaders through<br />

song, dance, music and service on <strong>November</strong> 19th <strong>2016</strong>, Old<br />

Parliament Building. All funds raised will go towards the<br />

graduation which is slated for December 16th <strong>2016</strong>.<br />

The St. John’s cathedral parish presents its Annual Family<br />

Christmas bazaar on Saturday, 3 rd December, <strong>2016</strong> from<br />

2:00pm – 9:00pm at Deanery Grounds St. John’s Street. Lots<br />

of food and drinks will be on sale.Attraction for ALL ages.<br />

Santa Claus will be rolling through with his elves. Come on<br />

out with the family and have a wonderful time. Proceeds<br />

in aid of Restoration of our beloved Cathedral Church. NO<br />

outside vendors will be allowed.<br />

As the Welfare Officer of the Antigua and Barbuda Ex-Servicemen<br />

Association, I am appealing to our members who<br />

are not attending our general meetings, without the courtesy<br />

of any apology for not being available. This Association can<br />

only make a difference to the lives of those local veterans who<br />

are in need, if all members make the effort to make their individual<br />

contributions by way of home visits and or supporting<br />

the annual poppy appeal or both. I was very disappointed to<br />

attend the 35th anniversary of the Nation`s Independence ceremony,<br />

only to find that a mere four (4) of us were present.<br />

We are presently looking after four (4) WW11 veterans and<br />

five widows, who receive annual financial assistance from<br />

the Royal Commonwealth Ex-Services League (RCEL) in<br />

the UK and The Royal Canadian Legion (TRCL). The annual<br />

poppy appeal donations are to be used to help the local Antigua<br />

Defence Force veterans and widows who are in need, in<br />

collaboration with the Antigua and Barbuda Defence Force<br />

(ABDF). Currently this Association is planning to financially<br />

assist eight (8) local veterans and one widow who are in need.<br />

We are quite sure that, there are at least another twenty local<br />

veterans and or widows who are in need, but for whatever reason<br />

they or their families, are not making themselves known<br />

to this Association. As the Welfare Officer, I am appealing to<br />

those ADF/ABDF Ex-Servicemen/women to come and join<br />

us. Support this Association or lose it. I am appealing to our<br />

absentee members, to make the effort to attend our general<br />

meetings, and if they are really committed, to be as proactive<br />

as they would expect the Association to be, if they find that<br />

they need assistance from this Association now or in the distant<br />

future. For further information call the Chairman on 720-<br />

0058, PRO on 721-1970 or the Welfare Officer on 561-1062.


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

<strong>Monday</strong> <strong>7th</strong> <strong>November</strong> <strong>2016</strong><br />

Eye Mobile and Kennedy’s advance<br />

to Business Basketball finals<br />

By Carlena Knight<br />

Eye Mobile secured the<br />

first spot in the <strong>2016</strong> Cool<br />

and Smooth Digicel Business<br />

Basketball Playoff finals<br />

after defeating Antigua<br />

Barbuda Transport board,<br />

70-64 in the first semi-final<br />

match on Saturday night at<br />

the JSC Sports complex.<br />

Led by Chaz Samuel<br />

with 32 points, Eye Mobile<br />

had the better of Transport<br />

board despite a 25-point<br />

effort by Marlon ‘Buju’<br />

Charles.<br />

This is the first time that<br />

Eye Mobile would of made<br />

it to the finals and the first<br />

time that Transport board<br />

would have made it to the<br />

semis.<br />

Zuri Nesbitt of Eye Mobile<br />

had 10 while Kareem<br />

‘Macky’ Edwards had 15<br />

and Kenroy Telemaque, 10.<br />

In the feature match, defending<br />

playoff champions,<br />

Kennedy’s, defeated <strong>2016</strong><br />

League champions, Sandals,<br />

74-68 in what was considered<br />

the most exciting match<br />

of the season.<br />

Kennedy’s came out<br />

guns blazing from the onset<br />

leaving Sandals in dismay<br />

without an answer.<br />

Keroi ‘Dragon’ Lee was<br />

a beast on the boards pulling<br />

over 20 rebounds but the<br />

highlight of the night came<br />

with a dunk over Jamarie<br />

Hastings of Sandals late<br />

in the second putting JSC<br />

into a frenzy. Lee scored 33<br />

points for the victors with<br />

assistance by Xavier ‘Xman’<br />

Meade with 23 points.<br />

Sandals’ Kenya Achom<br />

had 29 points while teammates,<br />

Coy Quinland had 14<br />

and Selassie Brathwaite 12.<br />

Already the matchup in<br />

the finals deems to be an exciting<br />

one as the first game<br />

in the best of three finals will<br />

be on <strong>Monday</strong> at 7:30 p.m.<br />

at the JSC Sports Complex.<br />

Game two will be on<br />

Tuesday and if necessary,<br />

game three will be on Thursday,<br />

all at the same time.<br />

Schools battle for top<br />

spot in Interschool football<br />

By Carlena Knight<br />

As the Ministry of Sports Interschool Football league<br />

draws to an end a number of schools are battling for the top<br />

spot. Irene B. Williams who presently sit at the top of the<br />

standings with 7 points in the Plate league defeated Glanvilles<br />

Secondary, 2-1 on Friday 28th October.<br />

Shemoy Rhodes and Jahlique Browne gave Irene B the<br />

goals needed to secure the must needed victory to have a<br />

one-point edge over Clare Hall Secondary and a point edge<br />

over Antigua Barbuda Hospitality Training Institute.<br />

ABHTI also picked up a victory over Pares Secondary,<br />

3-1 on Friday.<br />

Irene B Williams also leads in the girls Under-15 category<br />

with 12 points, 2 points ahead of Ottos Comprehensive, 3<br />

points ahead of Pares Secondary and 5 points ahead of Clare<br />

Hall Secondary.<br />

The leaders picked up an easy win by default over Princess<br />

Margaret while Pares Secondary also won by default<br />

over Jennings Secondary, last Wednesday.<br />

Ottos Comprehensive drew with Clare Hall Secondary,<br />

1-1 while All Saints Secondary defeated Antigua Girls High,<br />

3-0.<br />

While in the Under 17 boys section, All Saints Secondary<br />

lead by 7 points, one point ahead of Pares Secondary and<br />

three points ahead of Clare Hall Secondary.<br />

ASSS picked up a much needed victory, 2-0 versus St.<br />

Anthony’s while Antigua Grammar defeated Clare Hall secondary<br />

three goals to nil and Pares Secondary thrashed St.<br />

Joseph’s Academy, 2-0.


<strong>Monday</strong> <strong>7th</strong> <strong>November</strong> <strong>2016</strong> c a r i b b e a n t i m e s . a g 15<br />

LICB tips hat to Alzarri Joseph<br />

By Marver Woodley<br />

Young Antiguan cricketing sensation Alzarri<br />

Joseph has received congratulatory remarks<br />

from the Leeward Island Cricket Board,<br />

LICB on his retainer contract with the West<br />

Indies Cricket Board last week.<br />

The Board congratulated Joseph who one<br />

of 3 cricketers to receive the one year retainer<br />

contract, in a press release they hailed Joseph’s<br />

recent elevation along with his dynamic performances<br />

over the years.<br />

For his new stature the players are set to<br />

receive $100,000- $150,000 USD according<br />

By Marver Woodley<br />

The Liberta Blackhawks<br />

continue to warm the benches,<br />

after yet another appearance<br />

they were unable to get<br />

onto the scoreboards.<br />

Minutes before the feature<br />

game of the day on Saturday<br />

the Blackhawks were<br />

once again defeated this<br />

time at the hands of Former<br />

Premier Division champions<br />

SAP who utilized the match<br />

to build on their previous victory<br />

over Grenades FC, with<br />

3-2 triumph at the ARG.<br />

Kemar Headley netted the<br />

three goals for SAP, while<br />

Coby and Jared Williams<br />

scored the two goals for<br />

Blackhawks.<br />

This will be the third<br />

game in a row since advancing<br />

into the Premier Division<br />

to the Board’s central contract agreements for<br />

West Indies players.<br />

To date Joseph had been featured in 10 first<br />

class matches for the Leeward Island Hurricanes<br />

taking 27 wickets with his best bowling<br />

performance of 7 for 46, he was also a member<br />

of the West Indies A team who finally placed<br />

the team on the International score sheets after<br />

a dismal year for their tremendous efforts<br />

against Pakistan.<br />

The other players to secure the one year<br />

agreement was 22 year old Shai Hope and 24<br />

year old Jomel Warrian.<br />

Blackhawks continue to sit<br />

at the bottom of the table<br />

cont’d from pg 16<br />

their second innings, and two of those<br />

went on to post hundreds. The fourth<br />

day began with South Africa on 6 for<br />

390 and Australia knew that with quick<br />

wickets, they might give themselves the<br />

slim chance of a gettable target. As it<br />

happened, South Africa batted on to add<br />

150 to their total for the loss of only two<br />

wickets.<br />

Vernon Philander was the last man<br />

out, bowled by Smith, who had not introduced<br />

himself into the attack until the<br />

159th over of the innings, for 73. Keshav<br />

Maharaj had struck three sixes and<br />

provided some late entertainment with<br />

41 not out from 34 balls. And earlier, de<br />

Kock had struck 64 before he was caught<br />

that the Liberta team has<br />

failed to find success. SAP<br />

however, advanced with seven<br />

points to head the tables<br />

after that game.<br />

Meanwhile the other<br />

match to be played in the<br />

double header showdown,<br />

Flow Old Road got the upper<br />

hand on Fitzroy Rewinding<br />

Piggott’s Bullets with a 2-nil<br />

win.<br />

at cover off Mitchell Marsh. His partnership<br />

of 116 with Philander had been the<br />

crowning frustration for Australia.<br />

Not that they helped themselves. Philander<br />

had been put down on 29 when he<br />

top-edged a hook off Mitchell Starc and<br />

at fine leg Josh Hazlewood ran around<br />

but parried the ball over for six, seemingly<br />

worried about stepping over the<br />

boundary.<br />

With just a little more awareness of<br />

his surroundings, he could have turned<br />

it into a moderately straightforward take.<br />

But it was symptomatic of Australia’s<br />

fielding in the second innings, during<br />

which several chances went down.<br />

There were also a couple of reprieves<br />

on review for de Kock, but Australia<br />

ABIIT upset<br />

Coaches in<br />

Business<br />

Volleyball<br />

By Carlena Knight<br />

ABIIT Millblades upset<br />

Ministry of Sports<br />

Coaches, 2-1 in the feature<br />

match on Thursday<br />

night in the Business Volleyball<br />

league.<br />

Coaches won the first<br />

set, 25-21 but could not<br />

stop the attacking power<br />

of Millblades in the second<br />

(25-22) and third set<br />

(15-11) thus resulting in<br />

the biggest upset of the<br />

season thus far.<br />

In the first match, defending<br />

champions Jumby<br />

Bay continued their unbeaten<br />

streak defeating<br />

Alorica in straight sets,<br />

25-18, 25-18.<br />

Alorica tried their best<br />

but could not get over the<br />

hurdle that is Jumby bay.<br />

could not complain about those. In the<br />

end, du Plessis declared soon after lunch<br />

with South Africa on 8 for 540. Australia<br />

needed 539 to win.<br />

Only once in Test history has any<br />

team scored more than 500 in the fourth<br />

innings, and even that did not result in a<br />

win, for England’s 654 for 5 in the infamous<br />

timeless Test of 1939 came in pursuit<br />

of 696.<br />

The highest successful chase in Test<br />

history was the 418 scored by West Indies<br />

against Australia in Antigua in 2003,<br />

and Austraia’s highest was 404 back in<br />

1948. The statisticians can close their<br />

books for now, because by stumps on day<br />

four, all of those records remained very<br />

safe indeed. (ESPNcricinfo)


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

<strong>Monday</strong> <strong>7th</strong> <strong>November</strong> <strong>2016</strong><br />

South Africa make big strides towards victory<br />

PERTH - 0%. Zero. No chance. None<br />

at all. That, according to Australia’s Bureau<br />

of Meteorology, is the likelihood of<br />

rain in Perth on <strong>Monday</strong>. Coincidentally,<br />

it is also the chance of Australia winning<br />

the WACA Test and, thanks to that forecast,<br />

their hopes of escaping with a draw<br />

are not much higher. By stumps on day<br />

four, a South Africa victory was all but<br />

assured. It was a day of great South African<br />

entertainment, most notably fielding<br />

magic from Temba Bavuma and bowling<br />

brilliance from Kagiso Rabada.<br />

Perhaps the least surprising element<br />

of the day was the decision of Faf du<br />

Plessis to delay his declaration, allow<br />

his lower order to provide some entertainment<br />

with late lusty blows, and grind<br />

Australia down further and further.<br />

For more than nine years - until the<br />

tour of India last <strong>November</strong> - South Africa<br />

had not lost a Test series away from<br />

home. At the heart of this remarkable feat<br />

was a certain conservatism, a determination<br />

first not to lose, and only then to<br />

consider winning.<br />

So when du Plessis had his lower order<br />

bat on and on, their lead passing 400,<br />

then 450, then 500, and nearing 550, it<br />

was not a great shock. He also had to<br />

factor in the absence of his best and most<br />

experienced bowler Dale Steyn, who suffered<br />

a serious shoulder injury earlier in<br />

the match.<br />

With that in mind, you could understand<br />

why he would set Australia 539, requiring<br />

them not only to break the record<br />

for the highest successful Test chase, but<br />

to break it by more than 100 runs.<br />

By stumps, they were 4 for 169,<br />

still 370 runs adrift of their target, with<br />

only the wicketkeeper and bowlers still<br />

to come. Usman Khawaja was well set<br />

on 58, but will need to re-establish his<br />

innings on the fifth morning. Mitchell<br />

Marsh, under pressure to justify his<br />

ongoing position in a Test top six, was<br />

on 15. The ball was jagging off cracks,<br />

jumping, staying low, spinning - doing<br />

all the things that make batting most difficult.<br />

Australia’s task was monumental.<br />

South Africa have dominated the past<br />

three days at the WACA, a most impressive<br />

accomplishment given the injury to<br />

their spearhead before that ascendancy<br />

really began. But the rest have displayed<br />

true Steyn-less steel, which has only added<br />

to the gloss of their performance.<br />

In Australia’s second innings it was<br />

Rabada who stepped up, dismissing<br />

Shaun Marsh, Steven Smith and Adam<br />

Voges, to finish the day with 3 for 49. He<br />

also had Khawaja dropped at slip.<br />

But first came Bavuma’s breathtaking<br />

run-out of David Warner, the one man<br />

who, because of his recent form and his<br />

incredible record at the WACA, might<br />

have made Australia believe in a possible<br />

win had he stayed at the crease for a few<br />

hours.<br />

Warner had 35 at better than a run a<br />

ball when he pushed a Rabada delivery<br />

to cover and Bavuma, fielding at point,<br />

raced to the ball and then in one fluid action<br />

picked up, dived and threw down the<br />

stumps at the bowler’s end.<br />

Perhaps Bavuma is secretly a Rhodes<br />

scholar - a Jonty Rhodes scholar, that is<br />

- for there was more than a hint of that<br />

illustrious predecessor in this effort. Such<br />

was the surprise of the feat that Warner<br />

appeared not to be stretching to his full<br />

capacity to make his ground, perhaps believing<br />

nobody could possibly do what<br />

Bavuma did. Bavuma was even too<br />

quick for the umpire Aleem Dar, who had<br />

not had time to take an optimal side-on<br />

position.<br />

It was a key moment, though to call it<br />

match-turning would be unfair to South<br />

Africa’s outstanding work of the previous<br />

two-and-a-half days. Match-turning<br />

would have been if Warner had batted on<br />

until stumps and reached 150 at a run a<br />

ball. Bavuma’s effort, brilliant though it<br />

was, simply ensured the match was not<br />

carried off in some unforeseen direction<br />

by Warner. South Africa had been on top,<br />

and Bavuma kept them there.<br />

Then came the reward for Rabada,<br />

Kagiso Rabada took 3 for 49 on the fourth<br />

afternoon<br />

who, later in the same over had Shaun<br />

Marsh caught at second slip for 15. Australia<br />

had tumbled from 0 for 52 to 2 for<br />

52 within one over, and briefly the score<br />

was 3 for 52 in the next over when Khawaja<br />

was given out caught behind off<br />

Keshav Maharaj first ball, only to be reprieved<br />

on review when the third umpire<br />

found the ball had brushed the flap of his<br />

pad rather than his bat as he played back<br />

to cut.<br />

Still, the momentum was all with<br />

South Africa, and a 92-run stand between<br />

Khawaja and Smith did little to change<br />

that. Rabada was the man who broke that<br />

partnership, his persistent fourth-stump<br />

line and ability to nibble the ball around<br />

finally accounting for Smith, who drove<br />

outside off and tickled a catch behind for<br />

34. Adam Voges followed in similar fashion<br />

in Rabada’s next over.<br />

Rabada should also have had Khawaja<br />

caught behind on 41, a thick edge<br />

flying between the wicketkeeper and<br />

first slip. Hashim Amla moved low to his<br />

right and grassed the chance, but Quinton<br />

de Kock could have made it comfortably<br />

had he chosen to move to his left. Instead,<br />

Khawaja was given a life and went on to<br />

bring up his half-century, off precisely<br />

100 deliveries.<br />

But then, a solitary fifty wasn’t much<br />

good to Australia. South Africa had four<br />

batsmen who passed that milestone in<br />

cont’d on pg 15

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