Caribbean Times 53rd Issue - Thursday 8th December 2016

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PM ANSWERS UPP 

Prime Minister Gaston Browne has 

pledged not to appear on the Observer 

Media Group after he accused the media 

entity of harassment. 

The exchange happened on the Observer 

AM show with host, Darren Matthew 

Ward. 

“I don’t expect Observer Radio to 

become Crusader Radio with their nastiness. 

I have a certain amount of respect 

for Observer but what’s happening here 

amounts to harassment,” Browne declared. 

The issue surrounds questions that 

the radio host said his listeners were 

asking in relation to land transactions by 

members of the prime minister’s family. 

The prime minister stated that no 

member of his personal household is 

involved in any of the transactions being 

questioned. He said his son, an independent 

businessman, bought the land 

in question from a private individual; a 

piece of land, he noted, that had been up 

for sale even during the time the United 

Progressive Party formed the government. 

PM Browne said he had clarified 

the matter of the land transactions on repeated 

occasions and if Observer Radio 

continued with the ‘harassment’, he will 

no longer appear on its airwaves. 

This comes as on Wednesday, the 

UPP held a press conference to provide 

what it termed ‘questionable’ transactions 

involving individuals or entities 

close to the prime minister. 

Police Force graduates 12 OCS students 

See story 

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Thursday 8th December 2016 

PM and Opposition leader discuss CCJ 

By Everton Barnes 

The ongoing discussion 

on whether or not Antigua 

and Barbuda should migrate 

from the London-based 

Privy Council and join the 

Caribbean Court of Justice 

(CCJ) was the subject of a 

discussion between Prime 

Minister, Gaston Browne, 

and Opposition Leader, 

Baldwin Spencer. 

Government’s chief 

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spokesman, Lionel Max 

Hurst, said the discussion 

took place during a telephone 

call from Browne to 

Spencer. “The prime minister 

reported that he offered 

to let the United Progressive 

Party (UPP) take the lead on 

the CCJ campaign as it is 

not the intention of the Antigua 

and Barbuda Labour 

Party (ABLP) to take credit 

for the measure should it get 

the two-thirds vote it needs 

to make it happen,” Hurst 

stated. 

But PM Browne also 

urged Spencer to encourage 

the UPP leadership to fully 

endorse the CCJ, not in their 

personal capacities as have 

been stated, but as leaders of 

the opposition party. 

By Everton Barnes 

An American billionaire philanthropist, 

Robert Foisie, is offering several scholarships 

to Antigua and Barbuda students who 

wish to pursue studies leading to a first degree 

in engineering. 

Foisie made the offer when he met with 

the Cabinet on Wednesday. 

Reports from Cabinet state that the 

philanthropist is offering full scholarships to 

study at Worcester Polytechnic Institute in 

Massachusetts. “They will be full scholarships 

to cover tuition, board, transportation, 

books, incidentals and travel. However, the 

scholarships will be competitive; applicants 

will be required to sit an examination with 

the top students being selected,” according 

to Cabinet spokesman, Lionel Max Hurst. 

He said the government is looking at how 

it will be able to take advantage of this offer. 

“As many students as possible may apply for 

He called on the opposition 

leader to mobilise 

the UPP base to support the 

CCJ. 

According to Hurst the 

prime minister made it clear 

that unlike St Vincent and 

the Grenadines and Grenada 

where there were several 

items on the ballot paper, 

which in his mind confused 

the electorate in those countries, 

he repeated his position 

that there will be only 

one item on the ballot paper 

for the referendum slated for 

next year. 

In their conversation, PM 

Browne reminded Spencer 

that he does not favour any 

attempt to politicize the process 

and any move to make 

it one will result in the government 

abandoning the 

process. “The prime minister 

has been consistent on 

this particular point from the 

very beginning,” Hurst recalled. 

The government spokesman 

noted that no one political 

party can deliver the twothirds 

majority required for 

the measure to be approved 

in a referendum. “The two 

main political parties need 

to work together if this referendum 

is to be successful 

and none one should attempt 

to make it a partisan political 

issue,” he added. 

The CCJ was discussed at 

Wednesday’s Cabinet meeting 

when the prime minister 

reported on his discussion 

with Spencer. 

Young Antiguans offered scholarships 

the scholarships but only the top ones will 

be selected,” Hurst reported. He noted that 

students who receive the scholarship must 

maintain a set grade point average in order 

to ensure the continuation of the scholarship 

for the four years of the programme. 

Foisie reported that he makes charitable 

payments to Worcester Polytechnic to 

help young people such as those in Antigua 

and Barbuda who do not have the financial 

wherewithal to fund their education. 

“My charitable donations were made 

with the objectives of providing learning/ 

development opportunities for gifted young 

students, who would not otherwise be able 

to afford a university education in the field 

of engineering,” he stated. 

According to the American philanthropist 

the WPI helped him when he was a young 

student and it is his desire to offer such opportunities 

to those in need.

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RPFAB graduates 12 students from 

the Ottos Comprehensive School 

By Renio Abbott 

Yesterday afternoon 

12, 5th form students from 

the Ottos Comprehensive 

School completed a 2-week 

Internship in a Business 

Sensitization Program at the 

Police Headquarters. The 

Program started from the 

28th November - 7th December 

2016 from 8:30 am 

– 3:30 pm each day. 

They had the opportunity 

to work in a few different 

departments such as, the 

Human Resource Department, 

Gary’s Farm Police 

Station, Strat Com, Criminal 

Investigation Department, 

Narcotics, Criminal 

Record Office, Traffic Department, 

Minor Offences 

and the St. Johns Police Station 

Guard Desk. 

Each student was placed 

in the various departments 

for a week then transferred 

into another. 

While working in the department 

they learned about 

the professionalism, risk 

and function of each area of 

the Police, and that it’s not 

just about the detention of 

individuals. 

Corporal Karim Warner, 

one of the Public Relations 

Officers of the Royal Police 

Force of Antigua and 

Barbuda stated that “the 

program started last year 

with 13 students and so far 

the Ottos Comprehensive 

School is the only school 

that is taking part. 

Warner further stated 

that the Police Force is 

willing to work along with 

the principals of the other 

Secondary Schools by simply 

writing a letter to the 

Commissioner of police for 

the program introduced to 

their 5th form students that 

would like to be a part of 

this great achievement. 

Warner also stated that 

after the program a few of 

the students inquired as how 

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Out of the twelve students 

three were outstanding 

Rushida Pollock for 

for her “Professionalism 

Award”, Shamar Smith for 

“Best in Police Subjects”, 

and Jahna Peter his “Communication 

Award” 

Program facilitator, 

Senior Sergeant Frankie 

Thomas expressed the love 

and appreciation of the entire 

force for the young 

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The National AIDS Secretariat 

continues World AIDS Day in Barbuda 

The National AIDS Secretariat 

continues its celebration 

and AIDS Awareness 

campaign on the sister isle; 

staff of the Secretariat arrived 

in Barbuda on Saturday 

3rd December to begin 

a week of activities. 

The team to Barbuda included: 

Delcora Williams 

AIDS Programme Manager, 

Oswald Hannys HIV Councilor 

and Educator, Annetta 

Dowe, chairperson of the 

World AIDS Day committee 

and Humans Rights Coordinator 

Karen Brotherson. 

Kick starting the activities 

was a church service 

at Holy Trinity Anglican 

Church on Sunday 4th December, 

where member of 

the Barbuda Council with 

By ABNAB 

The Antigua and Barbuda National Accreditation 

Board has received queries about 

the cost of accreditation as well as concerns 

that the move to accreditation by an institution 

will drive up tuition costs and therefore 

put access to tertiary education out of the 

reach of many. 

It can indeed be costly for a college or 

university to obtain and maintain accreditation 

status. Apart from the cost of the actual 

visit from the evaluation team, there are other 

associated costs as the institution prepares 

itself for the accreditation process. 

An institution applying for accreditation 

may need to address concerns about 

the quality of the physical plant, may need 

to upgrade equipment, may have to hire additional 

faculty or may need to address any 

Responsibility for Health 

Bernie Newton addressed 

the congregation while Reverend 

Judith Archibald presided 

over the proceedings. 

This year’s activities 

include: debate and reading 

competitions on Monday 

5th, the World AIDS 

Day March on Tuesday 6th, 

free ongoing HIV testing at 

Barbuda’s Fisheries Complex 

and bringing down the 

curtains will be a Zumba 

on Thursday 7th December 

2016. 

Six students from Sir Mc 

Chesney George Secondary 

and thirteen from the Holy 

Trinity Primary schools participated 

in the debate and 

reading competitions with 

both events taking place at 

the respective schools. 

Topics covered for the 

debate was “Should HIV 

Positive Students Attend 

Public Schools?” those for 

the reading competition 

were; “Antigua and Barbuda 

to Benefit from Funding 

to Address HIV\AIDS and 

Investing in Good HIV Prevention 

and Care” 

The proposition emerged 

the winning team with best 

Will accreditation increase the cost of Education? 

numbera of issues in order to meet the standards 

set down by the accreditation agency. 

It is therefore possible that the costs associated 

with obtaining accreditation will be 

passed on to students and be reflected in an 

increase in fees. 

However, it is also possible that the move 

to accreditation, as part of the institution’s 

Strategic Plan, will in fact allow the institution 

to use its newly acquired accredited 

status to recruit more students. With an increase 

in enrolment, it may not be necessary 

to increase fees significantly. 

It must be stressed however that although 

accreditation might be costly, tertiary institutions 

should not be deterred. The value 

gained for both institution and its students, 

in ABNAB’s estimation, justifies the expense 

incurred. 

speaker going to Kezia 

Charles of the opposition 

while at Holy Trinity, eightyear 

old Alexander Desouza 

captured the 1st prize 2nd 

prize Sheniah Mussington 

and 3rd was Tejah Beazer. 

The World AIDS Day 

march through the streets of 

Barbuda was scaled down 

this year, as only a few students 

participated. The 

group assembled at the Post 

Office, unto River and Top 

Mission Roads and ended 

with a short ceremony at the 

Fisheries Complex. 

Prizes and winning trophies 

were donated by 

State Insurance Cooperation, 

a platinum sponsor of 

the World AIDS Day with 

responsibility for Barbuda 

events; representing the 

Cooperation was Public Relations 

Manager Dornalyn 

Beazer. 

The AIDS Secretariat 

thanks all of its sponsors, especially 

the State Insurance 

Cooperation for making the 

events in Barbuda possible, 

to all participants and the 

general public, thanks for 

your continuous support.


US Embassy hosts American bluegrass band Della Mae 

The U.S. Embassy to 

Barbados, the Eastern Caribbean, 

and the Organization 

of Eastern Caribbean States 

was pleased to host American 

bluegrass band Della 

Mae, in a three-country traveling 

tour of American bluegrass 

music. The program 

traveled to St. Kitts, Barbados, 

and Antigua. 

In Antigua, Della Mae 

performed on December 3 

for an enthusiastic audience 

at the Multipurpose Cultural 

Center in St. John’s, playing 

a solid one-hour set of 

their original songs, including 

“Boston Town” — their 

most recent release — “To 

Ohio” and “You’re my 

Bourbon Hound.” 

The Grammy-nominated 

band was founded in 

2009 by fiddle player Kimber 

Ludiker, who was born 

in Spokane, Washington. 

Kimber is a fifth-generation 

fiddle player, having started 

playing since the age of 3. 

For this Eastern Caribbean 

tour, Kimber was accompanied 

by Celia Woodsmith, 

lead vocalist and guitarist; 

Bonnie Paine, vocalist and 

washboard player; Avril 

Smith, guitarist; and Vickie 

Vaughn, bassist and vocalist. 

“The U.S. Embassy is 

hosting this series of public 

concerts to underscore 

the excellence and diversity 

of American music, and to 

promote cultural exchange,” 

said U.S. Embassy Public 

Affairs Officer James Rodriguez. 

Della Mae performs in Antigua 

“This concert series appealed 

to a wide range of 

music lovers, specifically 

country music fans, American 

bluegrass music fans, 

young and upcoming musicians, 

music students, and 

the general public. We will 

continue to support the arts 

in St. Kitts and the Eastern 

Caribbean through dynamic 

cultural initiatives and programming.” 

Although they maintain a 

busy touring schedule, Della 

Mae have also found time to 

serve as cultural ambassadors 

in the U.S. State Department’s 

American Music 

Abroad program. 

In that capacity, they’ve 

undertaken a series of extended 

trips to Pakistan, 

Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, 

Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, 

Uzbekistan, Brazil, Saudi 

Arabia, and the United Arab 

Emirates, playing concerts 

for local audiences as well 

as collaborating with local 

musicians and participating 

in children’s music-education 

programs.



Caribbean Exports celebrates regional exporting excellence 

Bridgetown, BARBA- 

DOS – The West India 

Biscuit Company Limited 

(WIBISCO), widely known 

for their baked goods such as 

biscuits and cookies, copped 

the Caribbean Exporter of 

the Year Award last night at 

the 2 nd Caribbean Exporter 

of the Year Awards. 

The Awards event held 

this year at the Hilton, Barbados 

Resort on the evening 

of December 5, 2016 hosted 

by the Caribbean Export 

Development Agency (Caribbean 

Export) and funded 

by the European Union (EU) 

via the 10 th EDF Regional 

Private Sector Development 

Programme, aims to 

recognise and promote the 

contributions of outstanding 

exporters to the region’s 

economy. 

“Our vision was that 

these awards would raise the 

profile of our SMEs in the 

regional and international 

market place, and I firmly 

believe that we are on the 

right track with this initiative. 

This belief was validated 

in 2015, when the inaugural 

Caribbean Exporter 

of the Year, the CEO of Sacha 

Cosmetics, revealed that 

this achievement opened 

the doors for his company 

into Cuba – a market that 

they had previously pursued 

without any success” expressed 

Pamela Coke Hamilton, 

Executive Director of 

Caribbean Export.” 

The importance of initiatives 

like these Awards and 

other projects implemented 

by Caribbean Export was 

exemplified by H.E. Ambassador 

Daniela Tramacere in 

her remarks “the European 

Union has invested a considerable 

amount of financial 

and technical resources 

in support of private sector 

development, particularly 

for export expansion. Since 

2007, the EU has provided 

approximately EUR 138m 

in untied aid for trade to the 

15 CARIFORUM member 

states, not to mention the 

support provided under the 

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rum, banana and sugar programmes”. 

Ambassador Tramacere is the 

new Head of Delegation of the EU to 

the Eastern Caribbean Countries, the 

OECS and CARICOM/CARIFORUM 

and went on to congratulate the award 

winners, highlighting that since the introduction 

of the CARIFORUM-EU 

EPA, which is central to the collaboration 

between the two regions, progress 

is being made. Tramacere reported 

that “between 2009-2013 exports from 

the Caribbean to the EU increased by 

20%.” 

The event, which brought together 

over 100 guests saw a total of 6 awards 

being won. WIBISCO is a deserved 

winner of the Caribbean Exporter of 

the Year Award being a successful exporter 

to over 20 countries across the 

world and realising their motto ‘Baked 

in the Caribbean, Loved Everywhere’. 

With a company culture of innovation 

and a continuous drive for excellence 

they have successfully introduced new 

techniques and equipment to increase 

efficiencies and output in response to 

the fast-paced ever changing global 

marketplace. 

The Female Exporter of the Year 

Award was sponsored by RBC Royal 

Bank, who have a particular interest 

in supporting female business owners, 

was won by Haitian Yve-Car Momperousse, 

owner of Kreyol Essence; a 

manufacturer of organic natural hair, 

skin and aromatherapy products including 

exotic oils, pomades, soufflés 

and therapeutic candles. 

The Green Exporter of the Year, 

sponsored by Williams Industries Inc. 

was taken by Perishables Jamaica Ltd 

(PJL) for their efficient use of green 

technologies in the production of herbal 

teas that use authentic Jamaican raw 

materials. From their 20-acre farm 

they operate on a 15Kw Photovoltaic 

system, which has reduced their electricity 

cost by 70% since installation. 

SMAKS Luxury Group has been 

in business since 2011, and produces a 

range of Caribbean-flavoured teas. In 

the past 3 years a new product was developed 

- Chai Rum, the world’s first 

tea-infused rum, which the company 

now exports to seven countries in Europe. 

SMAKS took home the Emerging 

Exporter of the Year Award sponsored 

by Automotive Art in recognition 

of the explosion of growth witnessed 

since the unique product innovation. 

The Special Award for Excellence 

in Service Export, which recognises an 

outstanding Caribbean firm whose primary 

area of business is the provision 

of services with global reach, was won 

by Nand Persaud International Communications 

Inc from Guyana. An organisation 

that employs over 500 people 

has experienced an impressive 31% 

increase in export growth in the provision 

of a range of customer support 

services to their international clientele. 

Glyn Partidge, Founder of 10 Saints 

Brewery Ltd, was the Agency’s Choice 

Award winner on the night. 10 Saints 

is a Barbadian micro-brewery that has 

leveraged several opportunities from 

Caribbean Export exemplifying the 

great drive and determination required 

to successfully export products and services 

globally.


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Wednesday’s Sudoku Solution 

S U D O K U 

CROSSWORD 

Across 

1. Four-legged mother 

4. Opposite of “Ten-hut!” 

10. Ducky color? 

14. Lupino or Cantor 

15. Hebrew greeting 

16. General’s assistant 

17. Temporary delay 

19. Give up 

20. One who does a lot of 

schussing? 

22. Spit four-letter words 

23. Labors along, as a workhorse 

24. First name in all-time homers 

27. Bach work 

30. Certain puzzle authority 

33. So-so grade 

36. “Dragnet” org. 

37. Carrey’s “Me, Myself & 

___” 

38. Heartland state 

39. Isabel’s center 

40. Related research citations 

42. Bird feed 

43. Go halvesies 

44. Boat boy of note 

47. Word hyphenated with ran 

49. William Jennings Bryan 

delivery of 1896 

54. Its cones don’t hold ice 

cream 

55. Over, professionally 

58. Valentine’s Day figure 

59. Commendation 

60. Consanguine folks 

61. Riga native 

62. “Hotel California” band 

63. Flightless fowl 

Down 

1. Poorly lit 

2. ___ Annie of “Oklahoma!” 

3. Star of “A Night at the Opera” 

4. Flabbergast 

5. Thees and ___ 

6. Doesn’t get a handout 

7. Made it to the ground 

8. Like a lemon 

9. “Frasier” honor 

10. NFL lineman 

11. Children’s song refrain 

12. Stirred in 

13. Malicious glances 

18. Diplomatic success 

21. Cowpoke’s poke? 

24. Part of a car’s underpinning 

25. “And ___ we go!” 

26. Tug-of-war need 

27. Feudal lord’s lands 

28. The ___ Reader (eclectic 

magazine) 

29. Theater or party tack-on 

31. Ireland, another way 

32. ___ Scott decision 

33. Caesar’s comic foil 

34. Easy-to-pour pitcher 

35. With the greatest of ___ 

38. At the pawnshop 

40. Prefix meaning “foreigner” 

41. Dead Sea Scrolls makers 

42. Most like Solomon 

44. Dismiss from school 

45. River in France 

46. “___ now, when?” 

47. Time for fools? 

48. One way to get a car 

50. Run with a long, easy 

stride 

51. ___ mater (brain membrane) 

52. Like bachelor parties 

53. Go backpacking 

56. Matchstick counting game 

57. Homophone for new


Today’s weather forecast 

Antigua and Barbuda 

Cloudy with occasional rain 

showers. 

High - 82ºF 

Low - 76ºF 

Wind: East North East 15 mph 

Sunrise 6.24 am; Sunset 5.33 pm 

Wednesday’s Crossword Solution 

HOROSCOPE 

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 

21). Before you can overcome 

your fear you must first be 

aware of what it is. Identify it 

and note its parameters. See 

how it’s something that has attached 

itself to you, but it’s not 

you. Peel it away. 

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 

19). You can’t control what 

other people find interesting. 

Instead you’ll learn more about 

it and use this knowledge to 

your advantage, fashioning 

your message to make it compelling 

to your audience. 

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 

18). Blank spaces beg to be 

filled. Filled spaces, like full 

elevators, are repellant to newcomers. 

Take a deep breath 

and figure out what you need 

to give away in order to invite 

fresh energy. 

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). 

Pop artist Andy Warhol once 

remarked that two people kissing 

always look like fish. Kissing 

that happens this week will 

lead you to a feeling of being 

caught. 

ARIES (March 21-April 19). 

Everything does not have to 

be about accomplishing some 

goal. But if you’re having 

trouble finding motivation, ask 

yourself to deliver a measurable 

result within a particular 

deadline. It will work wonders 

to get you going. 

TAURUS (April 20-May 20). 

An attractive someone is on 

your mind. The effort you put 

into either forging this relationship 

or steering it in a new 

direction will pay off and make 

your life wonderful. 

GEMINI (May 21-June 21). 

The projects that are on your 

schedule will be accomplished, 

while the projects that are in 

your mind will go unattended. 

The time and date stamp is 

what makes things happen. 

CANCER (June 22-July 22). 

There’s a lot you’ll do because 

it feels right. You don’t need 

to know, with every little exchange, 

what’s in it for you. 

But for some exchanges this 

is important. Otherwise, you 

won’t be motivated to follow 

through. 

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). 

You’re good company. Left to 

your own devices, you’ll get on 

to some truly interesting pursuits 

and/or meaningful work. 

Anyway, it’s better to be alone 

than to be with people you 

don’t enjoy. 

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). If 

you’re concerned with making 

sure your time is spent doing 

something meaningful, don’t 

worry so much about what 

you’re doing. Meaning will be 

achieved by bringing a sacred 

quality of attention to any endeavor. 

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). 

Experts say that good relationships 

start with the one you 

develop with yourself — as if 

that’s such an easy thing to get 

right. For many it’s not. If it’s 

hard to change from the inside 

out, change from the outside 

in. 

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). 

A beautiful face isn’t attractive 

to you unless there’s also a fascinating 

brain behind it. You 

feel fortunate to know people 

who are as becoming as they 

are smart. Playing together will 

be the best part of the day.



The Medical Benefits Scheme wishes to advise all its’ beneficiaries 

that the Browne’s Avenue Pharmacy is now open 

to serve you. Enjoy quick service including pick-up & drop 

off services and spacious parking. Opening hours are MON 

– FRI 8 AM- 3 PM. Special extend hours on 12th – 23rd 

of December & 3rd -13th JANUARY 2017: 7AM – 4 PM. 

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The Helping Hand Foundation, Calloo Cay Antigua and 

the Old Road football club presents a Jouvert and beach 

bash & barbecue on Friday 9th December, 2016 (V.C. Bird 

day). The Jouvert begins at 5am and route is through the 

main road in the village. The beach bash and barbecue will 

take place at Morris Bay, Old Road from 2pm until. Tickets: 

$50.00 (Inclusive of meals & 4 drinks). Please come and 

support this worthy cause as the funds will go towards the 

HHF ongoing projects. Call 770-6055 /562-6224-/562-6227 

for tickets. 

Please be advised there will be a end of year meeting for 

all members to be held at the msjmc conference room on 

wednesday 14th december, 2016. Please make an effort to 

be in full attendance. 

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The Family and Social Service Division, Foster Care Program, 

under the Ministry of Social Transformation in collaboration 

with our community partner Digicel will be hosting 

an Ice Cream Social for Children in Care on December 

11, 2016. All Foster families are invited, please contact the 

Division for more information at 462-4402 or 562-1508/9. 

Thanks in advance for your support. 

The Supernova Athletics Club invites all to its fun-run and 

breakfast on Friday 9th December, commencing at 5:30am 

at Yasco Sports Complex. Papa Bird breakfast $12.00 until 

10:30 am. Proceeds in aid of purchasing uniforms for athletes. 

Your support will be greatly appreciated. 

The Moravian Mass Choir Presents: Joy - Come Celebrate 

The Child 13 on Sunday December 11th commencing at 

7:00 pm @ Spring Gardens. Guests Artiste include: Chozen, 

Hells Gate Steel Orchestra, and Soloists Ewala Piper and 

Charmaine Donovan. Admission is free but an offering will 

be taken towards the Music Ministry. Come and be Blessed. 

The A.E.Goodwin Faith and Hope School off the All Saints 

rd east of the Townhouse Mega Store invites you to its flea 

market on Saturday 10th December 2016, from 9:00 am to 

1:00 pm. Barbeque chicken will be also available Proceeds 

will assist us with school projects. Do support us. Thanks in 

advance. 

The Cedar Hall Moravian Church invites you to its Extravagant 

Black and Gold Gala Event on Saturday 17th December, 

2016 starting at 7pm. This grand event takes place at 

the Ernest James C.E Building on the Church grounds in 

Jennings. Tickets - $150 per couple or $80 single. It’s an 

evening of fine dining, great entertainment and wholesome 

fun. So bring the entire family and enjoy this spectacular 

event. Proceeds are in aid of church development. 

The meeting which was scheduled to be held for all OCS 

past students on Thursday 30th November at 6:00pm is now 

going to be held on the school compound on Saturday 10th 

December, 2016 at 3:00 pm please make a very special to 

come to this meeting. Agenda end of year beach bash. 

The Antigua Girls’ High School will be holding its annual 

Carol Service on Tuesday December 13th, 2016, at the 

Spring Gardens Moravian Church, beginning at 5:00pm. All 

old girls, parents, retired staff and friends of AGHS are cordially 

invited. Please bring a soft offering. 

Parents of students attending Public Schools served by the 

National School Meals Programme (NSMP) are asked to 

take note that the final lunch service for 2016 will be on 

Thursday 8th December. Operations will resume on Monday 

9th January, 2016.


Parham takes top spot after 4-1 thrashing 

By Carlena Knight 

Asot’s Arcade Parham took the top 

spot in the Antigua Barbuda Football 

Association Premier league after a 4-1 

thrashing of defending champions, Cool 

and Smooth AC Delco Glenn’s Pet Paradise 

Greenbay Hoppers on Sunday. 

In the second match of the triple header 

at the Antigua Recreation grounds, 

Parham outplayed Hoppers which resulted 

in handing them their first loss of the 

season and pushing Parham two points 

ahead in the 10 team standings. 

Jense Salles found the net first for the 

victors in the 27th followed by Tevaughn 


Defending champions, 

Jumby bay and runners up, 

Coaches will once again clash 

this time for the playoffs title 

in the Antigua Barbuda Volleyball 

Association Business 

League. 

With the semifinals being 

played on Tuesday night at 

the YMCA Sports Complex, 

‘Peter Reds’ Harriette in the 37th. 

As the second half began it was clear 

that Parham meant business with a strike 

from Faine Valecin in the 59th with the 

nail in the coffin coming from Nazir Mc- 

Burnette in the 88th minute. The lone 

goal for Hoppers came from Ammiel Joseph 

in the 78th minute. 

In the feature match on Sunday, Sandals 

Inet Grenades upset FLOW Old 

Road, 3-2 in the round south derby. 

Despite the valiant effort from Rashad 

Jules and Stefan Smith in the 54th 

and 84th minute Old Road could not 

deny Grenades the victory. 

Ministry of Sports Coaches 

claimed the first spot into the 

finals after defeating ABIIT 

Millblades in a thrilling first 

match. Coaches were pushed 

to the limit by Millblades who 

forced the match into a third 

set(25-27) after falling in the 

first (25-18). 

Millblades however could 

not deny Coaches their spot 


Darryl Appleton made a new personal best in the 100m 

backstroke in the FINA (International Swimming Federation) 

World Championships in Windsor Family Credit Union Centre 

(WFCU) in Canada in a time of one hour two minutes and 

nine seconds (1:02.09). 

Appleton improving on his former time of one three minutes 

and fifty-eight seconds (1:03.58) however did not advance 

from heat 2 of the event. The Antigua and Barbuda contingent 

consists of four swimmers and four officials. 

The swimmers include: Samantha Roberts, Stefano Mitchell, 

Gabriella Gittens and Darryl Appleton who will all compete 

in individual events while the four officials include: 

Wayne Mitchell (Coach), Frances-Ann Mellanson (Manager), 

Mark Mitchell who will take part in Golden Coaches Clinic 

and Edith Clashing who is the first OECS Technical Official 

to be apart of the officiating team at the championships. 

to the finals after falling in the 

deciding set (15-10). 

In the second semifinal 

match, defending champions 

Jumby Bay found not much 

difficulty in securing their 

spot for the fourth straight 

year after defeating APUA 

Inet in straight sets (25-18,27- 

25). 

The curtains will fall on 

the 2016 league on Thursday 

night with the bronze 

Atapharoy Bygrave struck first for 

the victors in the 24th minute followed 

by Lamar Lodges in the 51st minute and 

Asrick Samuels in the 90th minute. 

This win now moves Grenades to 

third in the standings, two points behind 

Hoppers (17) and four points behind 

leaders, Parham (19). 

In the first matchup of the day, Glanvilles 

FC stunned SAP FC, 2-0. It was a 

shocking upset for SAP FC as they fell 

under to newbies, Glanvilles FC with 

goals coming from David Harrison in 

the 14th minute and Mickel Phillip in the 

77th minute. 

Coaches and Jumby Bay to clash for Playoff title 

Appleton makes new PB 

medal match between ABIIT 

Millblades and APUA Inet at 

6:30pm with the gold medal 

clash starting at 7:30pm 

where Jumby Bay will look to 

claim their fourth straight title 

and Coaches will hope to pull 

off one of the biggest upsets in 

the league. 

Immediately following 

the matches will be the closing 

ceremony and the ABVA 

Fundraising Raffle Draw. 

Antigua vs Barbuda Meet 

to take place this weekend 


The Antigua vs Barbuda 

Meet will take place this Friday 

in Codrington, Barbuda 

where three horses, Fresh 

Milk, Feature Attraction and 

Four Hundred will compete. 

All three horses who are 

presently in Barbuda will face 

off with Barbudan horses in 

six races. Not forgetting the 

local supporters here, a package 

will be available. 

This is according to Technical 

Director of the Antigua 

Turf Club who stated in a previous 

interview that the Club 

will be offering packages to 

all interested individuals. 

The package is $250 

which covers the ferry, ground 

transportation to and from the 

wharf in Barbuda, breakfast 

and entrance to the races. All 

interested person are asked to 

call 770-4080. 

Admission is $20 per 

adult and $10 per child.



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Marsh doubts leave Australia unchanged 

AUSTRALIA - Uncertainty 

over Shaun Marsh’s badly 

broken finger has ensured 

that Australia’s revamped Test 

squad was retained for the first 

Test against Pakistan at the 

Gabba. 

The selectors had made 

sweeping changes after Australia’s 

crushing defeat in Hobart, 

where South Africa secured 

the series, and only six of the 

XI from that Test retained their 

places for the day-night Test in 

Adelaide. Matt Renshaw, Peter 

Handscomb and Nic Maddinson 

all made their debuts in Adelaide, 

where Australia picked 

up a consolation victory. 

Maddinson, who made 80 

in a Sheffield Shield match for 

New South Wales this week, 

was thought he man most likely 

to make way in the event 

of Marsh returning to fitness. 

However Marsh was not considered 

as he continues rehabilitation 

after a broken finger 

suffered against South Africa 

in Perth. 

“Shaun has yet to resume 

batting and will have a follow-up 

x-ray this week that will 

be reviewed by a specialist,” 

the CA head of sports science 

Alex Kountouris said. “This 

will determine when he can resume 

cricket training.” 

It is believed that Marsh’s 

finger injury, a re-break suffered 

during the first Test after 

he initially fractured it in Sri 

Lanka, is of a more serious nature 

than initially thought. 

Australia’s coach Darren 

Lehmann conceded that Marsh 

would now need to prove his 

fitness via the Big Bash League 

- either for the Pakistan series 

or the tour of India next year, 

for which he is considered a 

vital component given a sound 

batting method against spin. 

Lehmann said Marsh would 

be able to slot into a middle order 

role when fit, despite most 

recently playing as an opener 

alongside David Warner. 

“He did really well in Perth 

in the Test match for us opening, 

he scored a hundred for us 

opening but he’s had success 

down the order as well,” Lehmann 

said. “He’s one of those 

guys who can fit in anywhere in 

the top six which is pleasing to 

have. It depends on what happens 

with other positions.” 

The Gabba Test is also a 

day-night affair, and given Australia’s 

success in Adelaide and 

the desire for stability, there 

is every chance they will take 

an unchanged XI into a Test 

cont’d from pg 16 

achieved and won the match for West Indies. 

The West Indies went on the win the first ever 

one-day cricket world cup. Reds observed that 

during that tense last wicket partnership, no one 

left West Indies players dressing room. Many 

players wept openly as victory was snatched 

from the certain jaws of defeat, on that fateful 

day. 

At Adelaide in 1993, the last Australian pair 

of Craig Mc. Dermott and Tim May needed two 

runs to win, after they had added 40 runs for the 

last wicket. Walsh bowled a delivery outside the 

leg stump which Mc. Dermott played for what 

seemed a certain boundary. Desmond Haynes 

dived full length at forward short leg and brilliantly 

stopped any runs. 

The last ball of the over was a bouncer 

which Mc. Dermott gloved into the hands of 

wicketkeeper Junior Murray. West Indies won 

that match by two runs. 

That victory tied the series at one game 

each. West Indies then went to Perth where they 

demolished the Australians within three days of 

the five day test. Ambrose took seven for seventy-six 

in that match. 

Reds colleague and friend Tony Cozier 

(who passed away earlier this year), was fondly 

remembered. Reds, on his first tour of duty, 

for the first time in more than 

a year. The only possible alteration 

would be if Adelaide 

12th man Chadd Sayers came 

into contention, and he did his 

chances no harm by taking 

eight wickets in the Sheffield 

Shield this week. 

“We were very pleased with 

how the team came together in 

Adelaide after some significant 

changes following the Tests in 

Perth and Hobart,” the interim 

selection chairman Trevor 

Hohns said. 

“This is a young group with 

a lot of promise and we believe 

all deserve their opportunity 

again in this upcoming Test.” 

Of Australia’s debutants 

from the previous match, Maddinson 

in particular will be 

keen to prove his Test worth at 

the Gabba, having fallen for a 

12-ball duck in his only innings 

of the Adelaide Test. 

Maddinson bounced back 

from that disappointment with 

80 in the first innings for New 

South Wales this week in their 

Shield game against South 

Australia. 

The other Adelaide debutants, 

Handscomb and Renshaw, 

both enjoyed longer stays 

at the crease in their first appearance 

for Australia. Handscomb 

scored a half-century 

in the first innings and then hit 

the winning runs in the second, 

while Renshaw occupied the 

crease for 137 balls in Australia’s 

chase to help them secure 

victory. 

was sent with Cozier by the CBU to broadcast 

the series between England and the West Indies 

in 1975. They were joined by Jeffrey Charles 

of Dominica who then worked for the BBC in 

London. The English commentators in that series 

were Christopher Martin-Jenkins and John 

Arlott. Reds and Cozier went on to broadcast 

cricket for the next forty years together travelling 

the then known cricketing world. 

When asked to what does he attribute his obvious 

success Reds replied thusly: ‘I think there 

was some guiding hand which led me to the life 

and profession I eventually had. There was also 

very hard work and effort on my part. At no 

time did I allow myself to think I was not good 

enough to achieve becoming a cricket commentator.’ 

It may very well be that that same guiding 

spirit led him to Saint Lucia where he headed 

the OECS sports desk from 1984 to1996. Reds 

now calls Saint Lucia home. 

During his many years in Saint Lucia Reds 

has been a great asset to sports in general and 

cricket in particular. Sports enthusiasts will welcome 

this opportunity to wish Reds the best of 

health and good luck as he retires from broadcasting 

the game he so dearly loves. Reds is due 

to broadcast his last cricket match in Guyana 

between that country and Barbados from 9 to 

12 December, 2016. (Kaieteur News)



Reds Perreira calls it a day 

On the day Joseph ‘Reds’ Perreira was 

to broadcast his final cricket match in Saint 

Lucia before settling into retirement from 

broadcasting, he was instead sitting with 

me at a popular Rodney Bay café relating 

how the broadcasting of cricketing had taken 

him throughout the cricketing world. 

Surely, it was not how he had anticipated 

ending his long love affair with the gentleman’s 

game. But a low tropical trough 

had dumped so much rain on the Darren 

Sammy Cricket Stadium that play had to 

be abandoned. 

It was the fourth and final day of a regional 

match between ‘Reds’ native Guyana 

and the Windward Islands. There was 

however sufficient play on the first two 

days to earn Guyana first innings lead 

while sinking the Windward’s team into 

further despair. 

As a child, Reds suffered the unenviable 

inability to speak clearly due to severe 

stuttering. He loved the game of cricket 

more than anything else in the world. His 

first recollection of being glued to rediffusion 

radio station was during the England 

versus West Indies test matches in England 

in 1950. 

During that series John Arlott, Rex 

Alston and E.W. Stanton of England were 

to make a lasting impression on the young 

Perreira as they described the game, ball by 

ball, from the commentary box. 

The following year (1951) when West 

Indies toured Australia Reds listened to 

the broadcast of these matches from 11pm 

to 4am. He listened intently to Australian 

commentators Jonny Moyes, Michael 

Charlton and Allan Mc. Gilvrey. 

‘I became even more fascinated by the 

theatre and imagery of the game. I could 

see in my mind’s eyes the perfect green outfield 

as I listened to the crowd’s applause 

and saw the polished red sphere raced to 

the boundary from a perfectly timed cover 

drive.’ Reds was later to broadcast Australia 

versus West Indies test matches with Mc 

Gilvrey in 1973, 1978 and 1979. 

‘I began to watch inter-colonial matches 

in my teens. The games were between 

British Guiana (BG), as it then was Barbados, 

Trinidad and Jamaica. The first regional 

game I witnessed was between Barbados 

and BG. I was there for the highest opening 

partnership of 390 runs between Leslie 

White and Glendon Gibbs of BG – White 

260 and Gibbs 216. That record lasted for 

50 years. In those days my father, who was 

a very strict man, had given me a choice 

between the movies and cricket as recreation. 

I chose cricket.’ 

As the young Perreira watched he also 

listened to the broadcasts. By then he had 

dabbled in second division cricket and soon 

came to the realization, that he should concentrate 

on broadcasting the game, rather 

than pursue it as a career. He used to lie in 

bed every day broadcasting cricket from 

imaginary contests. His mother listened 

without ever asking him to desist, or to 

suggest that her son may have been a little 

off kilter. 

‘I credit my mother for her subtle support 

in helping me overcome my embarrassing 

stuttering. However, the children 

at my school (St. Mary’s R.C.) were not as 

kind and supportive. I literally abandoned 

school in my teens because of the constant 

teasing.’ 

After school Reds worked for a short 

period and then left for England for five 

years to develop himself. ‘In England, 

I knocked around the BBC where Alva 

Clarke of Saint Lucia worked as a broadcaster. 

I also watched a lot of test and county 

cricket. 

’Reds decided that he would return 

home at the end of 1967. He also made the 

decision to spend the greater part of that 

year in Denmark. It was in Denmark that 

his working hours finally allowed him the 

time to kick the stuttering habit once and 

for all. He worked the morning, noon and 

evening shifts as a dish washer and had the 

time between shifts to himself. He used that 

time to read the English newspapers which 

he bought at the railway station across the 

street from his workplace. 

‘Pronouncing ‘R’s and ‘S’s were a particular 

challenge. I rehearsed these until 

my confidence began to grow. ’By the time 

Reds returned to Guyana at the end of 1967 

Joseph ‘Reds’ Perreira 

he had broken the back of his stammering 

handicap. ‘In Guyana I was employed by 

Hugh Cholmondely (1969), at a radio station 

which he managed. I broadcast my first 

test match at Bourda (Guyana) in 1971.’ 

When asked to name the two most 

memorable cricket matches he broadcast, 

Reds took a long pause and then said: 

‘There are so many, it’s difficult to choose 

just two. 

’He then settled on the quarter-final 

match between West Indies and Pakistan in 

the first ever cricket world cup, a sixty-over 

affair played at Edgbaston, England in 

1975. He then mentioned a test match between 

the West Indies and Australia at Adelaide, 

in January 1993, which West Indies 

won by one run. 

In that one-day quarter-final contest Pakistan 

scored 276. West Indies with a strong 

batting line up were struggling at 203 for 

nine. Few if any, had given the West Indies 

any chance of winning that match. But in 

walked Andy Roberts to partner Derek 

Murray in the middle. The two began slowly 

taking quick singles and two’s whenever 

the opportunity arose. 

Slowly but surely these two were inching 

towards 276, which they eventually 

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