Caribbean Times 34th Issue - Friday 11th November 2016

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2 c a r i b b e a n t i m e s . a g Friday 11th November 2016 Dundas calls on merchants and vendors to be patient By Joanna Paris President of the Antigua and Barbuda Cruise Tourism Association, Nathan Dundas, has called on merchants and vendors who ply their trade at Heritage Quay to “be a little more patient”. His comments come as he admits that he has received several complaints from persons, who are disappointed that the work being done to Editor’s Note Caribbean Times is printed and published at Woods Estate/Friars Hill Road. The Editor is Justin Peters. Contact: Caribbean Times, P.O. Box W2099, Woods Estate/Friars Hill Road, St. John’s, Antigua. Tel: (268) 562-8688, Fax: (268) 562-8685. Visit us online at our website: www. caribbeantimes.ag We ask you to send: Pertinent news items to news@caribbeantimes.ag. Advertisement inquiries to accounts@caribbeantimes.ag. Letters to the editor to editor@caribbeantimes.ag expand the Heritage Quay Pier is seemingly affecting their sales, when cruise ships are in port. Currently, the vessels who call to the country’s port are now docked in the Bevis Street Pier and Redcliffe Quay area. cont’d from pg 1 in the cruise industry. Head of the Cruise Tourism Association, Nathan Dundas, and Managing Director of the Antigua Pier Group, Saiid Greene, have expressed confidence that the work will be completed on time and that everything will be ready for the vessel and its estimated 5000 passengers and roughly 4000 crew. “I am very confident that we will meet the target date and we have already advised the Royal Caribbean Cruise Line of this. The RCCL team that was to visit Antigua for a site-inspection, will now arrive on the island next week. We have also dispatched the allclear to RCCL and I am proud to say that the vessel will dock at the Heritage Quay pier on December 2nd as planned,” Dundas declared. The Antigua Pier Group official said he is ‘quite pleased’ with the current state of readiness ahead of the vessel’s arrival. “We lost some ground in undertaking this project, but I am pleased to be able to report that we have since made up for lost time. I have no doubt Dundas said the complaints all suggests that the visitors venture into other directions in opposed to previously when the Heritage Quay area was presented right in front of them. “The dock is scheduled to be finished very shortly. It will be finished for the 2 nd of December so it is just a matter of weeks before the Heritage Quay Pier will be opened again, so we are asking vendors and the merchants to be patient”, he stressed. Dundas was a guest on ABS’s Against the Backdrop. Let’s go for a swim! By Renio Abbott When Police arrived at the scene, a 4-door Sedan R2687 was found swimming in a pond-like ditch on Sir George Walter Highway, opposite of Island Provisions Ltd. The Blue Toyota Vista was facing north and had to be removed by a wrecker for transportation to Police Headquarters. Both occupants of the vehicle have been so far uncooperative with police leaving them unable to identify the driver or the circumstances surrounding the crash; they have been taken into custody at Police Headquarters. that we will be ready, however, this means that we have to continue working around the clock and not to become complacent at this time,” Greene noted. He also heaped praise on the Antigua and Barbuda men and women who have received sub-contracts for various aspects of the project for what he termed ‘the fine job they are doing’. He explained that the contract was awarded to an international firm in consultation with the Florida Caribbean Cruise Association, but that several local companies also benefits from sub-contracting. According to Greene the just-ended summer was the worst summer season for cruise tourism in a long time and the expansion of the pier will guarantee a marked turnaround in number of calls for summer 2017. Additionally, he noted that the new re-fuelling services being offered by The West Indies Oil Company in collaboration with Royal Dutch Shell company only serves to enhance Antigua as a major cruise port.
Friday 11th November 2016 c a r i b b e a n t i m e s . a g 3 IICA hosts HACCP workshop By Renio Abbott IICA is hosting its 10th EDF SPS Project, a two-day HACCP Workshop for Public Sector Stakeholders in Antigua and Barbuda from the 10th – 11th November 2016 at the Multipurpose Centre. Under the theme Support to the Caribbean forum of ACP States in the Implementation of Commitments Undertaken Under the Economics Partnership Agreement (EPA): Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures (SPS). The opening ceremony started with a registration, followed by the welcome remarks by Craig Thomas, the National IICA Specialist of Antigua and Barbuda who stated that “the workshop is about Hazard training with the support of food and the science based system which focuses on the safety of food we eat. He further stated that another workshop will take place in a next few weeks. Sharon Peters, Permanent Secretary of the Ministry Agriculture, Lands, Fisheries and Barbuda Affairs gave brief remarks about the workshop and her expectations. She stated “(HACCP) Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point is all about food security, rather than just producing more food. She indicated that the program was an international and imperative one, expressing that food must be safe and healthy in order to reduce the risk of persons contracting food borne diseases. She sindicated that the information must become common knowledge for the producers and for that to happen both private and public sector must be knowledgeable. 100% FINANCING Don’t Dream it. Drive it ESCAPE FREE INSURANCE & LICENSING FREE ONE YEAR SERVICE & 3 MONTHS GAS FREE REGISTRATION & PLATES FACTORY & AMERICAN ROAD,ST.JOHN’S ANTIGUA W.I. 1 (268) 462-1062 www.harneymotorsltd.com
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