Caribbean Times 30th Issue - Monday 7th November 2016
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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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<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.
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<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.
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<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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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!
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<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.
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<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