Caribbean Times 54th Issue - Monday 12th December 2016

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Vol.8 No.54 $2.00
ANTIGUANS AND BARBUDANS
PAY RESPECTS TO V.C. BIRD
See story
on Page 3

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Monday 12th December 2016
Pending Procurement Act to
improve the services industry
By Joanna Paris
A few months ago, the
Commonwealth of States
Secretariat based in London
dispatched a consultant to
Antigua to assist with the
transition from the current
twenty-five year old Tenders
Board Act to the Procurement
Act adopted five years
ago.
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By Everton Barnes
A Cassada Gardens man, his wife and his
son have been arrested following an altercation
with members of the police force early
Sunday morning.
Police reports say the man, Hezekiah
Parker, a former officer himself, his wife,
whose name was not immediately available,
and his son, Hezekiah Jnr., were arrested after
the police went to the home in an attempt
to arrest the younger Parker.
According to the reports the young man
was being pursued after the police Rapid Response
Unit came across him during a patrol.
The reports say the suspect was captured as
he ran into the family home.
The report state that during the incident,
both parents intervened in the police operation
and attempted to prevent the arrest.
An altercation allegedly ensued and
it is alleged that the mother bit one of the
officers, while the father is alleged to have
Although the Procurement
Act is intended to replace
the Tenders Board
Act of 1991 (and amended
in 2003), the old law still
stands
The government is taking
all of the necessary steps required
to bring the replacement
law into effect.
A Commonwealth consultant
has been dispatched
at the request of the Gaston
Browne administration in
order to smooth the transition
to the new law.
Minister of Information,
Broadcasting and Telecommunications,
the Honourable
Melford Nicholas, has explained
that under the existing
law, there is no requirement
for the registration of
vendors, or those businesses
that will sell their services or
goods to the Government.
However, it is expected
that under the new law, all
the vendors must register in
order to participate in competitive
bidding.
“Suppliers would be acquired
ahead of time to register
with the Procurement
office in particular the services
and at the point I’m
time where a bid or a tender
is advertised, if they are not
a part of the registration and
they would have to register.
It is from this cadre of persons
that the Procurement
process would take place”,
explained the Information
Minister.
He added that the vendors
outside of the state who wish
to participate in bidding, are
also required to submit to
registration, in order to sell
their goods or services in
Antigua and Barbuda.
By ensuring that there is
a percentage set-aside for
female entrepreneurs, for
example, the, Chief Procurement
Officer can propose
that a percentage of any bidding
be reserved for an identified
group.
Father, wife and son arrested
pulled one of the officer’s gun from the holster
and attempted to fire the weapon twice
at the officer.
Police sources say the weapon was not
discharged, for had it been, the officer would
have been shot twice at close range.
All three were arrested and taken into
custody. However, late Sunday afternoon,
the mother and the son were released pending
further investigations and a formal
charge by the police.
The senior Parker was warded at the
Mount St John’s Hospital after his blood
pressure was elevated to dangerous levels
following the incident.
The police sources say Parker Snr. will
likely be charged with attempted murder, his
son for possession of an illegal firearm and
his wife with assault and battery on a police
officer.
The incident happened between 1:30
a.m. and 2:00 a.m. Sunday.

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Antiguans and
Barbudans pay
respects to Sir V.C. Bird
By Renio Abbott
Friday December 9th,
2016 marked what would
have been Sir Vere Cornwall
Bird Senior’s 107th birthday.
The nation paid their respects
for one of the region’s
most prolific figures in the
fight to end the tyranny of
Colonial rule.
Although he did not receive
a Secondary School
education, his resolve was
as strong as anyone who had
the benefit of a University
Degree and he stood tall
with the best of them.
His contributions as well
as his spirit continue to live
on in the hearts of the many
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Update on Road Rehabilitation Project
citizens he continues to touch.
The annual wreath laying ceremony
commemorating his life and service to the
people and country of Antigua and Barbuda
brought together citizens from around the
island to pay their respects to the country’s
first National Hero.
Members of the Cabinet, ATLU, Foreign
Official, the Diplomatic Core, the
ABDF and Police laid wreaths at the base
of the V.C. Bird Bust at Market Square.
The proceedings lead by Master of Ceremonies,
Senator Michael Freeland took
many down memory lane as speakers such
as the Honourable Chet Greene Chairman
By Joanna Paris
The Ministry of Health and Environment
and by extension the government of
Antigua and Barbuda is pleased with the
level of response from the public where
the ban on the use of plastic bags in concerned.
The twin island state is the very first
in this hemisphere to have succeeded in
banning plastic shopping bags from supermarkets,
thus decreasing considerably
By Joanna Paris
The Gaston Browne led
administration has plans to
further expand the National
Housing Project.
Last week, Cabinet made
a decision to purchase a huge
plot of land that was once
By Joanna Paris
Plans are progressing
smoothly as they pertain to
the highly anticipated Road
Rehabilitation Project.
Last week, the Direc-
cont’d from pg 3
tor of Public Works Lucien
Hanley, met with the members
of Cabinet to discuss
progress.
Government’s Chief of
Staff, Ambassador Lionel
Royalls Estate to expand the
Housing initiative.
According to information
received by the decision making
body, the family that once
owned the property during the
days of slavery, made so much
money that they endowed the
Hurst reported “the Cabinet
of Antigua and Barbuda
was updated on the plans
being made for the road program
to be funded by the
UK DFID in the amount of
of the ABLP, Donyelle Bird, granddaughter
of Sir V.C. Bird, Chairman of the Antigua
Trades and Labour Union, Wigley George,
and Prime Minister, Honourable Gaston
Browne collectively spoke of his passion
for the people and the many achievements
that were made on behalf of the people giving
them the opportunity to shed the chains
of oppression and start to journey to become
the great people and nation we know
today.
Prime Minister Gaston Browne in his
speech recognized Sir V.C. affectionately
known as “Papa” or the “Father of the Nation”
as the most important National Hero
in the history of Antigua and Barbuda.
Harvard Law School with its
first building, back in the early
1800s. A call has recently
been made for Harvard to
make reparations for the slave
labour that contributed to its
founding.
The land has been lying
£13.9 million Pounds Sterling
(or about US$20 million
dollars)”.
According to the Director,
“the buildings that will
house the crushers and the
cement plant are under construction,
and that important
machinery are at the docks
in the UK ready for shipment
to Antigua”.
Hanley also gave an update
on the plans to improve
the by-pass roads that will
have to be used during the
construction and rehabilitation
stages of the roadways.
It is hoped that this major
development will begin
early next year. The Caribbean
Development Bank is
a major player in the overall
exercise.
Public ban on plastic bags update
the amount of plastic waste, which gets
deposited in the landfill.
The ban became effective as of July
1 this year.
According to reports from the Ministry
of Health and Environment, shoppers
have grown accustomed to the reusable
bags and have shown their appreciation
for the environmental impact which the
new bags have on our island country.
Government’s Chief of Staff, Ambassador
Lionel “Max” Hurst has indicated
that “the next campaign will be aimed
at reducing the use of Styrofoam plates,
cups, and other products seen as harmful
to humans and other living creatures”.
The Minister of Health and Environment,
the Hon. Molwyn Joseph, is expected
to make the announcement soon.
It is anticipated that the above mentioned
items will be replaced by materials
made from biodegradable products.
Plans to expand National Housing project
fallow since sugarcane production
was abandoned in
1972. The area is sufficiently
close to St. John’s and the
government expects that a lot
of people with have an interest
in acquiring the houses
that will be built thereon.

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Police: No new developments!
By Everton Barnes
The police high command is reporting
that there are no new developments
in matter where there is an investigation
launched into the distribution of a video
that the government has categorised as a
terrorist threat.
The police investigation is ongoing
since the video, allegedly produced by
United Progressive Party caretaker,
George Whenner, was released on several
social media platforms during last
week.
At a meeting of the House of Representatives
last Thursday, Prime Minister
Gaston Browne moved a motion calling
on members of the House to condemn
circulation of the video as a threat to the
safety of members of the government
and the stability of the nation as a whole.
The full text of the resolution reads;
Mr Speaker, I rise to draw to the
attention of this Honourable House, a
matter of serious concern. A matter of
National Security
Over the last few days, a video has
been circulating through the social media
that brings terrorism and incitement
to commit murder directly into our
country and at the very heart of government.
The video, which has a strong military
focus, portrays several members of
this Honourable House on the government
side as targets for execution.
It also portrays you, Mr Speaker, as a
target for such a murderous act.
At its end, a male voice is heard to
identify himself as George Whenner.
He calls on his audience to keep their
heads down and to keep their eyes on
the target. It then ends with the symbol,
stating “George for St George’s”.
Mr Speaker, never in the history of
our country have we witnessed such a
naked threat of terrorism.
Never in the conduct of political rivalry
in this nation have we seen such a
wanton call to commit murder.
The video has all the overtones of
similar videos produced by ISIS, the
most notorious terrorist organisation in
the world.
It has brought into our peaceful and
tranquil land, an element of terror that
threatens the very fabric of our society.
It introduces into our God-fearing
country, a call to defy God’s commandment
– thou shall not kill – and strikes at
the ethos of our Christian beliefs.
The threats in the video assume credible
proportions because it shows Mr
Whenner in military uniform and soldiers
engaged in war.
Mr Whenner is a trained soldier, a
captain, a commissioned officer wellversed
in the use of guns, ammunition
and other lethal weapons. In 2010 the
Commander of the Antigua Barbuda
Defence Force recommended to the
Defence Board, headed by the former
Prime Minister Baldwin Spencer, that
he be retired from the Antigua Barbuda
Defence Force in the interest of National
Security.
Mr. Whenner consistently promotes
himself on Crusader Radio as a “War
Dog” and has threatened me on several
occasions. George Whenner was also
the person in command during the infamous
“Palm Sunday Massacre” He is
known to be cold and calculated and we
should not take any chances. As a consequence
of this threat, measures will be
put in place to protect the individuals so
threatened.
This is not a matter that this Honourable
House can afford to take lightly.
The well-being of our nation and the
welfare of all our people is at stake.
Violence, terror and murder have
never been part of our social or political
structure of the country.
Tearing-down the rule of law, blowing
away peace and tranquillity starts
with only one act.
If not stopped at its beginning, the
dark consequences of such terror will
permeate our country and reduce it to
rubble.
Mr Wenner is an Executive Member
of the United Progressive Party –
to which members of this Honourable
House belong. He is also a declared
candidate for the UPP at the next general
election. Terrorism is not the pursuit
of legitimate goals, nor is it a legitimate
form of action.
Persons who invoke terror and incite
murder are not seeking a better society,
or a stronger economy, they are doing
nothing more than seeking the murder
of people and the destruction of ordered
society.
I cannot believe that the members
of this House, who belong to the UPP,
would condone this call to terror and
this incitement to assassinate.
Therefore, I call upon them to join
all the members of this House in condemning
this dastardly act of terrorism.
I also call on the leadership of the
UPP to disassociate itself immediately
from Wenner and his dishonourable
summons to their supporters to kill.
If they fail to do so, the people of
this nation will be forced to conclude
that the UPP leadership condones and
encourages terrorism and incitement to
murder.
Our country will be taken into a very
dark and God-less place, frighteningly
different from the religious, social and
political order that we have maintained
for generations.
Mr Speaker, I call on this Honourable
House to declare unanimously, by
way of a resolution, its absolute condemnation
of this terrorist threat.
RESOLUTION
Therefore, be it Resolved that this
Honourable House deplores the dastardly
Act of Terrorism by the propagation
and worldwide circulation on Social
Media of video inciting the assassination
of members of this Honourable
House.

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Monday 12th December 2016
Exceptionalism and failure:
Caribbean lessons from Britain
The Brexit chickens are
coming home to roost in a
troubled British economy,
however much British government
ministers and other
English nationalistic hopefuls
are trying to suggest
otherwise.
It was a colossal mistake
to hold the referendum. In
the words of former Conservative
Party Prime Minister,
David Cameron, it “unleashed
the demons”.
The decision of the referendum
was an even greater
mistake by the English voters
who favoured leaving the
European Union (EU). The
majority of people in Scotland,
Wales and Northern
Ireland (the rest of the United
Kingdom) preferred to remain
with the EU, in part to
escape English dominance,
but also because it made
sense to remain in a single
market that accounts for
45% of all British exports.
Staying in the EU also
made sense because the
UK’s attractiveness for foreign
investment was based
significantly on the access
that it provided to the other
27 EU states with the largest
single market of over 450
million people.
Britain’s City of London
has long been recognised
as the banking centre of the
world, despite the efforts
of other European cities
to lure the banks to their
shores. The UK’s financial
services sector contributed
$89.8bn (£71.4bn) in taxes
in 2015, accounting for
11.5% of the UK’s total tax
receipts. The financial services
sector employed 1.1
million people or 3.4% of
Britain’s national workforce.
All that is now about to
change, as the formal triggering
of the negotiations
between Britain and the EU
looms large. A study, just
released by the British think
tank - Centre for Business
and Economics Research
(CEBR), Japan’s Hitachi
Capital, and online pollsters
- YouGov, says the UK
is likely to lose more than
$82bn (£65.5bn) of investment
due to the vote to leave
the EU.
British businesses are
either abandoning or delaying
their investment
plans. Foreign investors,
such as the Japanese car
manufacturer, Mitsubishi,
are concerned about being
restricted from the EU’s single
market which its Chief
Executive, Haruki Hayashi,
says is a major concern for
Japan. He emphasised that
Japanese businesses had
come to Britain as a gateway
to Europe. Further, he
revealed that EU countries
have already begun to woo
them to shift their investments
directly into Europe.
The financial services
By Sir Ronald Sanders
sector is also setting up for
a hit as leading banks make
plans to move some of their
operations from London to
Paris. According to a BBC
report, Benoit de Juvigny,
secretary general of Autorite
des Marches Financiers
(AMF), has said that “large
international banks” based
in London have conducted
due diligence to move
operations to the French
capital. Who can blame
them? Business – and certainly
banking – is not based
on sentiment. And, if Britain’s
departure from the EU
means the loss of rights for
Britain-based financial institutions
to offer services
to companies and governments
across the EU without
restrictions, it makes good
business sense to move to
the much larger EU market.
It is well known that at
least eight financial centres
across Europe – Paris,
Frankfurt, Dublin, Luxembourg,
Amsterdam, Madrid,
Bratislava and Valletta - are
actively wooing companies
based in London.
When some of the financial
institutions shift to the
EU, and foreign investors
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make the business decision
to locate where their manufactured
products will not
be subject to tariffs, the effect
on the British economy
will be rough and it will be
widespread. Not only will
revenues to the British government
decline, causing it
to have far less to spend on
social welfare projects that
benefit the lower income
groups, unemployment will
soar resulting in mortgage
foreclosures; the rental property
and housing markets
will wane; and the economy
will shrink.
All that will make Britain
a lesser power in the
world. Its economy has already
declined from number
5 to 6 in the world. Finding
markets to offset the
loss of duty-free access for
goods and services it now
enjoys in the EU will not be
easy. Proximity makes a big
difference to costs and competitiveness
of exports. So,
even if Britain were to open
markets in Africa, Asia and
Latin America, the cost of
its manufactured and agricultural
products would face
fierce competition from other
nearby suppliers. And, if
the US President-elect, Donald
Trump, is taken at his
word, there will be no trade
deals with any country, including
Britain, that does not
favour the US.
Increasingly, the notion
that the other 51 members of
the Commonwealth of Nations
would be the answer
to Britain’s trade problems
is being debunked for the
false campaigning that it
was in the Brexit Referendum.
Some went as far as
calling the Commonwealth
the potential “saviour” for
the UK. They were clutching
at straws. As I pointed out at
two recent public occasions
– the first in London and
the second in Grenada – the
Commonwealth has much
merit but trade is definitely
not one of them.
Britain’s earnings from
exports to the Commonwealth,
are not huge now,
representing only 9.76 %
of its total exports in 2014,
while its merchandise exports
to the EU represented a
hefty 45%. In any event, total
Commonwealth trade in
goods has declined over the
last four decades since Britain
joined the EU. And, even
the Commonwealth’s share
of world trade is owed to
the trading capacity of only
six states – Singapore, India,
Malaysia, Australia, Britain
and Canada.
Moreover, that trade is not
between themselves. For instance,
China is Australia’s
biggest trading partner, and
the US and Mexico are Canada’s.
In 2014, the six countries
accounted for 84% of
all Commonwealth exports;
47 countries combined, including
South Africa and Nigeria
made up only 16%.
The contribution of the
Caribbean and Pacific regions
(21 of the 52 member
states) to overall Commonwealth
exports is small, accounting
for a paltry 1.14%
of Commonwealth exports
in 2013. In any event, none
of the Commonwealth countries
in Africa, Asia, the Caribbean,
the Mediterranean
and the Pacific are compromising
their access to the EU
market of 450 million for
Britain’s smaller 60 million.
The lesson for the Caribbean
is that countries benefit
more from being inside a
single market than outside
of it. A certain English arrogance
- a belief in English
‘exceptionalism’ and the superiority
of their institutions
and, in some cases, even of
their tribe – encouraged the
‘leave’ vote in the UK referendum.
No country in the Caribbean
should fall prey to the
notion of its ‘exceptionalism’;
none are exceptional
from the others; and those
who mistakenly believe otherwise
are destined to fall on
their swords.
Editor’s Note: The opinions
expressed in this Op-ed
are those of the author and
do not necessarily reflect the
views of Caribbean Times.
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Antigua and Barbuda to memorialise Fidel Castro
By Everton Barnes
Prime Minister, Gaston Browne, has
appointed a bipartisan committee that
will plan ‘a fitting memorial’ to the late
Cuban leader, Fidel Castro Ruz.
Speaking at a reception Thursday
night to commemorate Cuba/Caricom
Day, PM Browne described Castro,
who died on November 25, as a truly
transcendent figure and one of the great
leaders of the 20th century.
“Fidel Castro Ruz was very selfless;
he not only gave selflessly to countries
of the Caribbean, but in Africa, Latin
America and he never extracted anything
from these countries,” the prime
minister noted.
Browne noted that many in the Caribbean
have been indoctrinated by the
western press to revile the late Cuban
President. “”However, I am pretty confident
that history will absolve him and
that he would certainly go down as one
of the most successful leaders of our
time,” Browne remarked.
Browne also recalled Castro’s contributions
to the liberation struggles in
Southern Africa where Cuban soldiers
helped in the liberation wars for countries
such as Angola, Mozambique and
Namibia. He stated that Cuban soldiers
gave of their energies and their blood in
this struggle that eventually led to the
Prime Minister Gaston Browne
independence of these countries and the
eventual freedom of then jailed South
African freedom fighter, Nelson Mandela.
Additionally, the prime minister
drew attention to the fact that Cuba did
not extract oil, or other resources from
Africa, unlike the practice of many
western countries in similar situations.
Turning to Antigua and Barbuda,
Browne praised Castro for the assistance
from Cuba over the years in education,
health and infrastructural development.
“The Cuban team now literally anchors
of health services here in Antigua and
Barbuda,” he disclosed.
Leader of the Opposition, Baldwin Spencer
For this, he said Antigua and Barbuda
must find a fitting memorial to Castro
and he announced the formation of a
committee to be headed by Culture Minister,
E.P Chet Greene, to include a nominee
from the leader of the opposition,
and a member of the ACLM to come up
with a set of recommendations for the
government to consider.
Leader of the Opposition, Baldwin
Spencer, who also addressed the function
at the Cuban Embassy, expressed
support for a memorial for Castro, whom
he praised for his assistance to Antigua
and Barbuda and for his standing as ‘one
of the giants of the 20th century’.

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Thursday’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

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Today’s weather forecast
Antigua and Barbuda
Partly cloudy early followed by
increasing clouds with showers
developing later in the day.
High - 82ºF
Low - 75ºF
Wind: East North East 18 mph
Sunrise 6.27 am; Sunset 5.35 pm
Thursday’s Crossword Solution
HOROSCOPE
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-
Dec. 21). You’re definitely at
your intellectual best today.
You can use the excellent
vibes to study hard, absorb
much and think productively.
You’ll also do well on a test.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan.
19). You feel a real connection
to art. What you love will
come alive in your world, influencing
how you behave,
your plans for the future and
the company you keep.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb.
18). Make the effort to meet
with more people who think
like you do and appreciate the
same things. When you have
someone to share a pleasure
with, the joy will double up
on you.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March
20). The other person in a
conflict is not really against
you; rather, this person is for
himself (or herself). Come
at it from this mindset and
you’ll quickly and happily
resolve this.
ARIES (March 21-April 19).
There are a few questions
to stay away from today.
“What’s the point?” “Why?”
“What does it mean?” These
questions will only send
you on a circular path when
you’re really needing to get
somewhere new.
TAURUS (April 20-May
20). The one who craves attention
has a creative way of
getting yours. It will actually
be a pleasure to focus on this
worthy candidate. You’ll get
back everything you put in
and more.
GEMINI (May 21-June
21). Your best guess is good
enough. You could gather
more information, but it
wouldn’t make you any more
prepared. This is as certain as
you’ll be. Move on what you
know.
CANCER (June 22-July 22).
You’re interesting to someone,
and because of this,
you’re being observed more
closely than you think. You’ll
effectively project the image
you want to achieve.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22).
You’ve experienced greatness,
and you want your work
to be just as great, if not better.
The effort you put into a
task will transform into pleasure
for the one who gets to
experience the end product.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22).
You’re approaching a season
of tranquility. There’s some
angst to work out along the
way. There’s no way around
it; you have to go through
it. Be brave and before you
know it you’ll be on the other
side.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23).
Your imagination will produce
wonders. Once a big
idea is born, it’s forever part
of the world. “An invasion of
armies can be resisted, but
not an idea whose time has
come.” — Victor Hugo
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21).
Remember when this was an
adventure? Now it’s the tiresome
same-o. Good news,
though: There will be an opportunity
to change it up and
get back some of that initial
excitement.

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Monday 12th December 2016
Jumby Bay named four-time
Business League Volleyball champions
By Carlena Knight
Jumby Bay has cemented
their status as the Kings of
the Business League Volleyball
after taking the crown
for the fourth straight year.
After wrapping up the
league crown, Jumby Bay
once again faced off versus
Coaches and once again rose
to the occasion in the feature
match on Thursday night at
the YMCA Sports complex.
The champions defeated
Coaches in straight sets but
were pushed to their limit
from the first whistle.
At times Coaches seemed
to have the set in hand but
never doubt the heart of a
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champion.
Jumby bay regained
composure claiming both
sets, 25-22 and 29-27.
In the bronze medal
match, APUA Inet defeated
ABIIT Millblades, 25-
17,20-25,7-15.
This match up truly set
the tone of the night as it was
a seesaw battle through out.
Millblades took the first
set after APUA Inet faltered
but the second set would be
APUA’s for the taking as
they regained composure,
dug deep and pushed to a final
third set.
As it was throughout the
first two sets, both teams exchanged
the lead but it was a
few late errors by Millblades
that secured the victory and
the bronze medals for APUA
Inet.
The Antigua Barbuda
Amateur Volleyball Association
would like to thank
Island Provision, Sterlings,
Cool & Smooth, Subway,
Flo’s Perfumery, Sandals,
Digicel and The Body Shop
for their support in the Business
league.
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Joel Rayne announces candidacy
for ABFA presidential elections
By Marver Woodley
Just on the heels of the
current President of the Antigua
and Barbuda Football
Association lamenting his
achievements done over the
years to earn him another
term, a former member of
the body’s executive team
has announced that he will
be contesting the position.
Former executive, President
of the Potters Football
Club and News Presenter
Joel Rayne has noted he
will contest current President
Everton Gonsalves for
the position in the upcoming
elections.
Gonsalves who has held
the position for the past 4
years during a recent interview
expressed that his
achievements over the past
years has earned him a third
consecutive term in the top
position.
Noting that his transparency
and forthright attitude
with the organization’s
members while in office has
been a major asset, as well
as several major projects
undertaken and completed
by the Association under his
By Carlena Knight
The Concerned Netball Players Association
won their first match, 34-26, on their
Island tour of St. Martin on Friday night.
The team who left Antigua on Thursday
and will return on December 12th will play
three games on their tour of the country.
In their first match, they were pushed to
their limit in all three quarters as St. Martin
stayed within reach of CNPA but could not
command.
Meanwhile, Rayne who
made the announcement of
his candidacy also noted that
running for the position has
always been a thought that
he now wishes to make a reality.
He expressed that he has
the utter most respect for the
current president but some
ROSEAU, Dominica – A record 10th
wicket stand gave Windward Islands
Volcanoes the advantage but half-centuries
from Jahmar Hamilton and Montcin
Hodge helped Leeward Islands Hurricanes
fight back in their fourth round,
Regional Four-Day contest here Saturday.
Resuming the second day on 186 for
eight, Volcanoes flourished through a
last wicket partnership between captain
Liam Sebastien who finished unbeaten
on 80 and Mervin Matthew who blasted
an aggressive 73 – his maiden first class
half-century.
Delorn Johnson also made 56 while
veteran fast bowler Gavin Tonge finished
with five for 56 and Test pacer Alzarri
Joseph, three for 65.
In reply, Hurricanes were languishing
at 69 for four before Hamilton struck
an unbeaten 77 and Hodge, 76, to stabilise
the innings in a 116-run, fifth wicket
partnership.
The right-handed Hamilton has so
far faced 107 balls in 2-¾ hours and
counted ten fours while Hodge was
more patient, facing 271 deliveries in an
innings lasting 291 minutes and including
five fours. Sebastien, who claimed
three for 50 with his off-spin, broke the
stand when he had Hodge caught at leg
slip by Johnson Charles.
Former West Indies off-spinner
Shane Shillingford has picked up two
for 75.
fresh ideas could allow be
better for the Association.
Both men have a long list
of accolades making them
both competent for the position
as the final date for
the elections which will take
place next year is to be decided
later this month on the
20th when the body hosts its
congress.
CNPA win first match on island tour
climb over the mountain in the final quarter
thus resulting in the victory for CNPA.
The All Star team was first announced
at the closing of the Village Netball League
and have been in training and holding fundraisers
to cut down on funds.
It will be the first of many tours that the
CNPA will make as they push to create opportunities
for the players of Antigua in the
hopes of reviving the sport locally.
Hurricanes rally but Volcanoes hold edge
Earlier, Sebastien had held the innings
together by anchoring half-century
stands for the ninth and 10th wicket.
Unbeaten on 59 at the start, he extended
his overnight ninth wicket partnership
with Johnson to 70 before adding
a further 95 for the final wicket with
Matthew – a record in the history of the
modern competition.
The left-handed Sebastien faced
162 balls in 218 minutes and counted
eight fours while Johnson added ten to
his overnight 46 to post his second first
class half-century.
Matthews’ innings was the turning
point, however, as he lashed six fours
and six sixes in off a mere 53 balls to
frustrate Hurricanes. (CMC)

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Monday 12th December 2016
Cuban masterpiece unveiled at
V.C. Bird International Airport
By Renio Abbott
On Friday 9th December,
2016 an enormous, multi-dimensional
mahogany sculpture
that was created by
Cuban artist Osmany Perez
Ortiz who has been residing
in Antigua for over 7 years,
was unveiled at the V. C bird
International Airport.
The sculpture can be
seen just outside of Customs
in the Arrival area. The detailed
work of art, which was
schedule to be unveiled on
26th October, 2016 during
our 35th Independence celebration
was placed at the
airport late last week.
Prime Minister, Honourable
Gaston Brown was
rather pleased with this remarkable
masterpiece, stating
that the relationship between
Antigua and Barbuda
and the Republic of Cuba
has grown remarkable well.
Browne further stated that
words could not express his
gratitude.
Honourable E. P. Chet
Greene Minister of Festivals
and Culture also commented
and expressed a heartfelt
thank you to the Cuban Ambassador
for h the love he
has shown for Antigua and
Barbuda.