Caribbean Times 68th Issue - Wednesday 4th January 2016
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<strong>Wednesday</strong> <strong>4th</strong> <strong>January</strong> 2017 A n t i g u a a n d B a r b u d a<br />
Vol.8 No.68 $2.00<br />
FIRST CRUISE<br />
CALL FOR 2017<br />
By Renio Abbott<br />
Opening up 2017 on an<br />
exciting note, the Freedom<br />
of the seas which is one<br />
of the largest vessels in<br />
the Royal <strong>Caribbean</strong> fleet,<br />
was docked at the Heritage<br />
Quay Pier yesterday morning<br />
with a total of 4453<br />
passengers and a crew of<br />
1400 in tow.<br />
The ship took over from<br />
Queen Mary in 2006 when<br />
it was commissioned.<br />
It was then the largest<br />
ship in the world and it remained<br />
that way until the<br />
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<strong>Wednesday</strong> <strong>4th</strong> <strong>January</strong> 2017<br />
MOU between Antigua and Barbuda<br />
and Cuba reaps positive results<br />
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By Joanna Paris<br />
A Memorandum of Understanding<br />
(MOU) signed<br />
between the government<br />
of Antigua and Barbuda<br />
and the Republic of Cuba<br />
in September <strong>2016</strong>, contributes<br />
to cement further<br />
cooperation in a number of<br />
areas.<br />
The MOU was established<br />
following trade mission<br />
to the Spanish territory<br />
led by Minister of Trade,<br />
Industry, Commerce, Culture<br />
and National Festivals,<br />
the Hon. E.P “Chet”<br />
Greene in June <strong>2016</strong>.<br />
Minister Greene has cited<br />
several areas of success<br />
as a result of the agreement<br />
to include aviation, tourism<br />
and culture.<br />
With regard to the latter<br />
area which forms a part of<br />
his Ministerial portfolio,<br />
he said discussions are taking<br />
place which will eventually<br />
facilitate pan experts<br />
from Antigua and Barbuda<br />
travelling to Cuba to conduct<br />
several levels of training.<br />
“We are sending for the<br />
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Oasis of the Seas was commissioned.<br />
It is the first ship of the Freedom Class<br />
which is the third largest of the Royal <strong>Caribbean</strong><br />
Cruise Lines.<br />
In 2015 the ship was renovated and is<br />
now family friendly.<br />
As the passengers disembarked the ship<br />
smiles were visible on their faces, as the<br />
fresh air and scenery took them captive.<br />
Representatives from the Antigua and<br />
Barbuda Tourism Authority, and the Ministry<br />
of Tourism, the Immigration Department,<br />
the Customs and Excise Division,<br />
Bryson’s Shipping and members of the<br />
Media were on board to welcome the Vessel’s<br />
Captain and crew for the first time.<br />
The Captain of the vessel Captain Espen<br />
applauded Antigua and Barbuda for is<br />
natural beauty, and indicated that the turning<br />
around of the vessel upon entry was<br />
first time experts from Antigua<br />
and Barbuda to Cuba<br />
in the areas of pan.<br />
“A leading pianist will<br />
be sent to Cuba in <strong>January</strong><br />
along with a pan builder,<br />
who will provide training<br />
to the Cubans in the structure<br />
of steel band music”,<br />
he explained.<br />
He added that in the<br />
field of Sports, the Cubans<br />
have also expressed an interest<br />
in cricket.<br />
“An Antiguan coach<br />
will be going off to Cuba<br />
to assist with Cricket.<br />
“This will most certainly<br />
increase the pool of<br />
players available for West<br />
Indies Cricket, because as<br />
you know the Cubans are<br />
really competitive”, he<br />
noted.<br />
The MOU will also<br />
make provisions for the<br />
creation of a Performing<br />
Arts School.<br />
Minister Greene said<br />
that talks are at an advance<br />
stage in his regard.<br />
“The teachers will be<br />
on island within the first<br />
quarter of the year along<br />
with experts in the area of<br />
sculpting.<br />
“We wish to expand our<br />
programme in this area and<br />
enhance our tourist attractions.”<br />
He added that there is<br />
a high level of excitement<br />
about this initiative which<br />
will result in the creation<br />
of a Sculpture Park in the<br />
Ottos area.<br />
rather smooth because of the Port’s new<br />
infrastructure.<br />
He further stated that “the other countries<br />
are nice but Antigua is Amazing”.<br />
Nathan Dundas Chairman of the Antigua<br />
& Barbuda Cruise Tourism Association<br />
stated “I’m happy that this vessel is<br />
now calling along with other ships.<br />
“We wanted them for many years now,<br />
but they always had a problem with our<br />
port, because they wanted to ensure they<br />
had proper depth, draft and length of our<br />
pier and is looking forward for the expansion<br />
of the pier.<br />
“We are the first in the <strong>Caribbean</strong> to<br />
have four berths down town in the city,<br />
and are now looking to accommodate five<br />
or six very soon.<br />
Thanks to the Prime Minister Gaston<br />
Browne and the Minister of Tourism for<br />
all the planning and making this a reality”.
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<strong>2016</strong> concludes with tourism milestone<br />
By Renio Abbott<br />
Friday the 30th December<br />
<strong>2016</strong> was a very significant<br />
day in Antigua, as<br />
the country welcomed its<br />
100,000th visitor by air<br />
from the U.S. Market.<br />
Present at the special<br />
moment were the Honourable<br />
Asot Michael, Minister<br />
of Tourism, Economic<br />
Development, Investment<br />
and Energy, Permanent<br />
secretary within the Ministry<br />
of Tourism Mrs. Paula<br />
Fredrick-Hunte, CEO<br />
of the Antigua Barbuda<br />
Tourism Authority Colin<br />
James, Tourism Consultant<br />
Shirleen Nibbs, Mrs. Kim<br />
Jack-Riley, Antigua and<br />
Barbuda Tourism Director<br />
for the U.S.A. and representatives<br />
of the Antigua and<br />
Barbuda Airport Authority.<br />
With Antigua and Barbuda<br />
winning the <strong>Caribbean</strong><br />
destination of the<br />
year Award, the Honourable<br />
Asot Michael winning<br />
the Tourism Minister of<br />
the year award, Mr. Colin<br />
James winning the CEO of<br />
the year award, all for <strong>2016</strong>,<br />
it has been a very successful<br />
year for the twin-island<br />
state.<br />
Nibbs, congratulated<br />
the Tourism Authority for<br />
their strategies and the way<br />
they execute their tactics,<br />
blueprint and delivery, of<br />
the competitive business<br />
and marketing of the tourism<br />
product, while James,<br />
expressed a million thank<br />
you’s to his staff and the<br />
Minister of Tourism.<br />
CORRECTION:<br />
In correction to article titled “Three receive<br />
orders of appointment from Her Majesty The<br />
Queen”, the Queen’s Honours for 2017 are as<br />
follows:<br />
OBE - Officer of the Most Excellent<br />
Order of the British Empire -<br />
HE Dwight Gardiner<br />
Queen’s Police Medal - Retired Police Officer -<br />
Mr. Phillip Isaacs<br />
Queen’s Police Medal - Assistant Commissioner<br />
Alvin Thomas
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<strong>Wednesday</strong> <strong>4th</strong> <strong>January</strong> 2017<br />
Antigua and Barbuda among the<br />
safest countries in the <strong>Caribbean</strong><br />
By Joanna Paris<br />
Antigua and Barbuda has<br />
been ranked as one of the<br />
safest countries in the region.<br />
Minister with responsibility<br />
for National Security<br />
and Public Safety, the Hon.<br />
Steadroy “Cutie” Benjamin”<br />
IN THE HIGH COURT OF<br />
JUSTICE<br />
ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA<br />
(PROBATE)<br />
A.D. 2017<br />
IN THE MATTER<br />
OF THE ESTATE OF<br />
SHARIECE HENRY, deceased<br />
NOTICE IS HEREBY<br />
GIVEN that at the expiration<br />
of fourteen (14) days<br />
from the publication of this<br />
Notice, Application will be<br />
made in the Probate Registry<br />
in The High Court of Justice<br />
by Gail A.J. Christian of<br />
Montgomery Chambers Inc.,<br />
All Saints Road, St. John’s,<br />
Antigua, for an Order that<br />
Letters of Administration<br />
of the Estate of SHARIECE<br />
HENRY, deceased, of Grays<br />
Farm, St. John’s, Antigua<br />
who died on 28th day of November,<br />
<strong>2016</strong> be granted to<br />
NICOLE NATALIN RICH-<br />
ARDS nee RUSSELL a.k.a.<br />
NICOLE SAMANTHA<br />
RUSSELL as Administratrix<br />
and TAMYA MARTIN as<br />
Co-Administrator.<br />
DATED the 3rd day of <strong>January</strong>,<br />
2017.<br />
……………………………<br />
GAIL CHRISTIAN<br />
Solicitor for the<br />
Applicants<br />
is pleased with the efforts<br />
that have been executed to<br />
lower the crime rate in the<br />
twin island state.<br />
He added that when compared<br />
to neighbouring countries<br />
to include St. Kitts and<br />
Nevis and Jamaica, Antigua<br />
and Barbuda’s numbers with<br />
reference to serious crimes<br />
such as murder, remains in<br />
the single digits.<br />
Minister Benjamin said<br />
that some of these countries<br />
have reached out for<br />
assistance from local law<br />
enforcement agencies to aid<br />
in reducing their crime rates.<br />
“Not only have we controlled<br />
our crime, but other<br />
countries have asked us to<br />
send our personnel to them<br />
to help them control crime”,<br />
he said.<br />
He also emphasized that<br />
no leniency will be given<br />
to anyone who engages in<br />
criminal activities.<br />
“I want to make it very<br />
clear to everyone that if you<br />
commit crime, you will pay<br />
the time, you will be sought<br />
after and you will be prosecuted.<br />
We the government<br />
of Antigua and Barbuda is<br />
committed to creating a safe<br />
and secure environment”, he<br />
reiterated.<br />
He gave kudos to the<br />
Commissioner of Police,<br />
Wendel Robinson, for the<br />
clever strategies that have<br />
been employed by the Royal<br />
Police Force of Antigua and<br />
Barbuda.<br />
Halo Youth continue Help Program<br />
From left: Daughter of Philip Simmons, Charelle Brown (Generation Y), Philip Simmins, and Brent<br />
Scotland (President - Generation Y).<br />
Members of Halo Generation Y (“Y” for<br />
“Youth”) brought the holiday spirit to several<br />
families across Antigua during the Christmas<br />
season.<br />
One such recipient was Philip Simmons<br />
of Potters, who is currently seeking employment<br />
in order to be able to take care of his<br />
eight children.<br />
Generation Y, the youth arm of the Halo<br />
Foundation founded by Lady Williams, will<br />
assist Mr. Simmons in settling some of his<br />
outstanding bills.
<strong>Wednesday</strong> <strong>4th</strong> <strong>January</strong> 2017 c a r i b b e a n t i m e s . a g 5<br />
Sexual assault response centre coming soon<br />
By Joanna Paris<br />
In efforts to further assist<br />
victims of sexual assault<br />
and other similarly<br />
related crimes, the Ministry<br />
of Social Transformation<br />
and Human Resource<br />
Development under the<br />
leadership of Minister, the<br />
Hon. Samantha Marshall, is<br />
in the final phase of preparation<br />
for the opening of a<br />
Sexual Assault Response<br />
Centre.<br />
According to Minister<br />
Marshall, the facility will<br />
be opened in the first quarter<br />
of this year.<br />
In the meantime, the Directorate<br />
of Gender Affairs<br />
offers a number of free and<br />
confidential services to the<br />
community, including: victim<br />
advocacy and support,<br />
counselling, referral services<br />
and emergency accommodations.<br />
Minister Marshall has<br />
indicated that these services<br />
may be accessed from the<br />
office on the corner or Nevis<br />
Street & Friendly Alley.<br />
The Directorate is also<br />
available 24/7 via its Crisis<br />
Hotline at 463-5555.<br />
The Social Transformation<br />
Minister also implored<br />
members of the public to<br />
look out for each other in<br />
times of crisis.<br />
“Answer the call to action;<br />
help to organize your<br />
communities towards positive<br />
change. We need not<br />
wait until a new year is ushered<br />
in to become community<br />
champions and change<br />
agents, supporters of our<br />
neighbours and loved ones,<br />
and a people who bring<br />
the end of violence against<br />
women in Antigua and Barbuda”,<br />
she emphasized.<br />
She also further stressed<br />
“stand with us and say<br />
“NOT ONE LESS: WE<br />
WANT TO REMAIN<br />
ALIVE!”, and support the<br />
end of violence against our<br />
women and girls”.<br />
Cultural evening for cruise<br />
passengers at Government House<br />
On December 30, <strong>2016</strong>, Their Excellencies Governor General, Sir Rodney<br />
Williams and Lady Williams hosted over 400 passengers from the Azamara<br />
Cruise Ship to a Cultural Evening at Government House. The evening's event,<br />
organized by Rendezvous Tours featured live steel band music, as well as a<br />
live band 'Itchy Feet' and culminated in a stunning display of fireworks.
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The Expert is independent; the <strong>Caribbean</strong> is not<br />
Dear Editor:<br />
It is not sophisticated to<br />
talk about God in public affairs.<br />
If, as a token gesture,<br />
He must be mentioned, then<br />
all references to Him should<br />
be politically correct.<br />
I choose to be neither<br />
sophisticated nor politically<br />
correct in addressing the<br />
ungodly appointment of<br />
what is essentially a Chief<br />
LGBT World Police Officer.<br />
The controversial appointment<br />
by the United<br />
Nations Human Rights<br />
Council of an “Independent<br />
Expert on protection against<br />
violence and discrimination<br />
against persons based on<br />
their sexual orientation and<br />
gender identity”, resulted<br />
in much tension between<br />
the Western nations of the<br />
world and a bloc of African<br />
and Asian countries, with<br />
the <strong>Caribbean</strong> holding the<br />
power to tilt the final vote<br />
one way or other. Discussing<br />
the issue in the UK<br />
House of Commons, Sir<br />
Alan Duncan, the Minister<br />
for Europe and the Americas,<br />
made it clear that every<br />
attempt would be made<br />
to sway the vote in favour<br />
of the appointment: “every<br />
single diplomatic post<br />
where we have an ambassador<br />
and representation<br />
has been absolutely, clearly<br />
and unequivocally instructed<br />
to try to persuade their<br />
host country to vote the<br />
right way in the General<br />
Assembly.” (To read the full<br />
debate, google ‘UN debate<br />
on the Independent Expert<br />
for the LGBT Community’.)<br />
Apparently, the persuasion<br />
was effective. The<br />
vote in the General Assembly<br />
was carried 84/77 with<br />
5 CARICOM countries abstaining<br />
and 3 voting along<br />
with the Western countries.<br />
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Most interestingly, St.<br />
Kitts and Antigua which<br />
had on November 21st<br />
voted along with the African-Asian<br />
bloc, had by<br />
December 19th changed<br />
their vote. It does not take<br />
a mathematician to see the<br />
role played by the region:<br />
77 + 8 = 85.<br />
My objection to the post<br />
stems from my belief in the<br />
Sovereign God who created<br />
man and woman and who<br />
denounces homosexuality.<br />
Secondly, my objection<br />
is levelled at the interference<br />
in the sovereignty of<br />
“impoverished” nations<br />
(thanks, Sir Duncan), the<br />
lack of international consensus<br />
and the unscientific<br />
assumptions underlying the<br />
very nature of the post.<br />
Violence and discrimination<br />
against anyone for<br />
any reason is wrong.<br />
However, these terms<br />
have been stretched beyond<br />
recognition in the law<br />
courts of those materially<br />
rich but spiritually impoverished<br />
nations that have<br />
embraced sexual rights ideology.<br />
Further, the concepts<br />
‘sexual orientation’ and<br />
‘gender identity’ are based<br />
neither on objective fact<br />
nor justifiable assumption.<br />
Rigorous scientific studies<br />
have consistently indicated<br />
that homosexuals are not<br />
born that way; there is no<br />
‘gay gene’.<br />
Yet, in an unholy departure<br />
from reason, the Nations<br />
(some by free will and<br />
others through coercion)<br />
have embraced the concepts<br />
of ‘sexual orientation’<br />
and ‘gender identity’.<br />
The Independent Expert,<br />
Prof. Vitit Muntarbhorn has<br />
pledged to wield his mandate<br />
in every country “under<br />
the sun and under the<br />
moon”.<br />
Commonwealth countries<br />
which hold fast to a<br />
godly view of sexual morality<br />
can therefore expect an<br />
unleashing of true violence<br />
and discrimination against<br />
individuals and institutions<br />
based on their moral orientation<br />
and faith identity;<br />
this will no doubt be expedited<br />
by groups of lawyers<br />
offering pro-bono services<br />
to “vulnerable groups”.<br />
One such <strong>Caribbean</strong><br />
group was formed in December<br />
<strong>2016</strong>.<br />
With the demonstrated<br />
division among Member<br />
States with regard to the appointment<br />
of the Independent<br />
Expert, CARICOM<br />
can at least be decisive now<br />
in demarcating boundaries.<br />
What is, and is not, ‘violence’<br />
and ‘discrimination’?<br />
To what extent will<br />
‘gender identity’ and ‘sexual<br />
orientation’ influence social<br />
policy and shape social<br />
institutions from 2017 and<br />
onwards? <strong>Caribbean</strong> citizens<br />
need to be ‘absolutely,<br />
clearly and unequivocally<br />
instructed’.<br />
Dr. Veronica C. Evelyn
<strong>Wednesday</strong> <strong>4th</strong> <strong>January</strong> 2017 c a r i b b e a n t i m e s . a g 7<br />
Protest in Bermuda over refusal by<br />
authorities to renew pastor’s work permit<br />
HAMILTON, Bermuda<br />
– On a day when the new<br />
school term opens and regular<br />
business resumes after<br />
the New Year holiday, Bermuda<br />
is likely to be without<br />
several essential services,<br />
including transportation.<br />
Bus operators advised<br />
last evening that their vehicles<br />
would be off the road<br />
from 8 a.m. as they attend<br />
a meeting called by the<br />
Bermuda Industrial Union<br />
(BIU) for its members. And<br />
according to the Royal Gazette<br />
newspaper, the move<br />
was also likely to disrupt<br />
ferry services and garbage<br />
collection.<br />
Transport Minister Michael<br />
Eahy has hit at the operators,<br />
labeling their action<br />
“irresponsible.”<br />
“Disruption of public<br />
transportation services is totally<br />
irresponsible, especially<br />
since many schools open<br />
on the very day of the meeting<br />
being called. The timing<br />
is obviously designed<br />
to cause maximum disruption,”<br />
he is quoted as telling<br />
the newspaper. “Those<br />
calling for such disruption<br />
should be ashamed of themselves.”<br />
The BIU is peeved at the<br />
Government’s refusal to renew<br />
the work permit of the<br />
African Methodist Episcopal<br />
Church Reverend Nicholas<br />
Tweed.<br />
Ahead of the talks, BIU<br />
President Chris Furbert described<br />
the decision “as a<br />
dark day in Bermuda’s history”,<br />
insisting that while<br />
Tweed was being “seen as a<br />
threat” even though he had<br />
family ties in Bermuda.<br />
The Government’s decision<br />
has also come under<br />
fire from the members of<br />
Tweed’s church who issued<br />
a statement saying the decision<br />
was an “injustice” and<br />
an “attack on the faith community”.<br />
They were also<br />
scheduled to hold a meeting<br />
this afternoon.<br />
However, there were no<br />
signs that the Government<br />
would change its position<br />
on the work permit, which<br />
Home Affairs Minister Patricia<br />
Gordon-Pamplin explained<br />
was denied because<br />
the pastor’s application was<br />
incomplete.<br />
Murders in Jamaica reach double<br />
figures just days into new year<br />
At the centre of the dispute, African Methodist Episcopal Church<br />
Reverend Nicholas Tweed.<br />
KINGSTON, Jamaica – 2017 is only<br />
three days old, but already there have been<br />
11 murders recorded in Jamaica.<br />
And Police Commissioner Dr Carl Williams<br />
– who will go on pre-retirement leave<br />
in just three days – is scheduled to meet this<br />
morning with the heads of the country’s various<br />
police divisions.<br />
The deaths were mostly the result of<br />
shootings, but they also included stabbings<br />
and at least one chopping incident, according<br />
to head of the Jamaica Constabulary<br />
Force’s Corporate Communication Unit Superintendent<br />
Stephanie Lindsay.<br />
“We will re-deploy strategically and<br />
maintain our presence in the areas that we<br />
know we need to cover,” she said, as she<br />
sought to reassure Jamaicans that police will<br />
get on top of the crime situation.<br />
There were 1,350 people murdered in Jamaica<br />
last year – a 12 per cent increase over<br />
2015. (<strong>Caribbean</strong>360)<br />
Yesterday, Acting Home<br />
Affairs Minister Cole Simmons<br />
in a statement underscored<br />
that Tweed’s application<br />
was not unfairly<br />
handled.<br />
“All that was asked of<br />
the employer and applicant<br />
was to follow the policy<br />
that applies to everyone<br />
else seeking work permit<br />
approval: Advertise the job<br />
and fill out the application<br />
on time, accurately and<br />
completely. People fully understand,<br />
for example, that<br />
if they don’t fill out a passport<br />
application accurately<br />
and completely, it will be<br />
rejected. The same goes for<br />
a business licence, a driver’s<br />
licence or tax returns or<br />
any other paperwork related<br />
to government services,” he<br />
said. (<strong>Caribbean</strong>360)
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Guyanese man shot dead in New York<br />
while visiting US for grandmother’s funeral<br />
NEW YORK, United States – A<br />
Guyanese man has been listed as New<br />
York’s first homicide victim for the New<br />
Year.<br />
Ricky Kalisaran, 31, who travelled<br />
the United States city to attend his<br />
grandmother’s funeral, lost his life at<br />
the hands of an armed thief, plunging<br />
his already grieving family into despair.<br />
At the same time, the Kalisarans<br />
have been left to desperately pray for<br />
the recovery of Ricky’s brother, Sunny,<br />
who was also shot in the back during the<br />
incident.<br />
According to the Daily News New<br />
York publication, the gunman shot the<br />
two brothers late Sunday night after<br />
leaving a nightclub, The Underground<br />
CARACAS, Venezuela –<br />
The Venezuelan military is<br />
capitalizing on the misery of<br />
the people by running illegal<br />
markets that sell food at 100<br />
times the government regulated<br />
price while much of<br />
the South American country<br />
is going hungry, the Associated<br />
Press (AP) has reported.<br />
“Lately, food is a better<br />
business than drugs,” retired<br />
Venezuelan General<br />
Cliver Alcala told the AP.<br />
“The military is in charge of<br />
food management now, and<br />
they’re not going to just take<br />
that on without getting their<br />
cut.”<br />
Breitbart News also reports<br />
that some military<br />
Ricky Kalisaran was fatally shot by a robber.<br />
Lounge. The men were reportedly walking<br />
towards their car when the robber<br />
approached and demanded their valuables<br />
at gunpoint.<br />
Sources told the newspaper the<br />
brothers refused and struggled for the<br />
gun. They were shot by the robber who<br />
officials in charge of food<br />
distribution are becoming<br />
millionaires, with their riches<br />
measured in American<br />
dollars, at the expense of<br />
starving Venezuelans.<br />
While President Nicolas<br />
Maduro has appointed military<br />
officials as food distributors<br />
and appears to be<br />
aware of the food smuggling<br />
problem, his followers support<br />
his claim that the real<br />
culprits behind the food crisis<br />
are right-wing businessmen<br />
trying to bring down<br />
the already ruined socialist<br />
economy.<br />
The AP nevertheless<br />
found that food trafficking<br />
has grown into a rampant<br />
and lucrative business in<br />
the hunger-ravaged socialist<br />
country with military personnel<br />
ranging from generals<br />
to foot soldiers at the<br />
heart of the graft.<br />
“When hunger drew tens<br />
of thousands of Venezuelans<br />
to the streets in protest last<br />
fled the scene in a car.<br />
Emergency personnel called to the<br />
scene rushed the injured men to the Jamaica<br />
Hospital, but it was too late for<br />
Ricky who died of a chest wound.<br />
His brother remains hospitalized in<br />
serious but stable condition.<br />
Grief stricken mother, Anita Kalisaran,<br />
was still in shock as she related the<br />
sad tale to the Daily News.<br />
“They killed my son for a gold chain.<br />
They shot and killed him. He come here<br />
for the funeral and [he’s] dead now,” she<br />
said.<br />
She said her son was a humble, loving<br />
and hardworking man, and his aunt,<br />
Lena George, described him as a quiet,<br />
polite person. (<strong>Caribbean</strong>360)<br />
Military trafficking subsidised food<br />
as Venezuelans go hungry – Report<br />
summer, President Nicolas<br />
Maduro turned to the military<br />
to manage the country’s<br />
diminished food supply,<br />
putting generals in charge<br />
of everything from butter to<br />
rice,” the news agency recont’d<br />
on pg 9
<strong>Wednesday</strong> <strong>4th</strong> <strong>January</strong> 2017 c a r i b b e a n t i m e s . a g 9<br />
Breakthrough in Prostate Cancer treatment<br />
zaps tumours without side effects<br />
LONDON, England – A new treatment<br />
for early stage prostate cancer has<br />
been described as “truly transformative”<br />
after successful trials at 47 hospitals<br />
across Europe.<br />
The technique uses lasers and a<br />
drug made from deep sea bacteria to<br />
eliminate tumours, but without causing<br />
the severe side effects produced by traditional<br />
treatments.<br />
Trials on 413 men, published in The<br />
Lancet Oncology, showed that nearly<br />
half of them had no trace of cancer remaining.<br />
Traditional prostate cancer treatments<br />
using surgery or radiotherapy<br />
often result in the patient suffering incontinence<br />
and lifelong impotence.<br />
Up to 20 percent of patients struggle<br />
to control their bladders after conventional<br />
treatments, while as many as<br />
nine-in-10 develop erectile problems.<br />
Many men with an early stage tumour<br />
consequently adopt a “wait and<br />
see” approach and have treatment only<br />
if it starts growing aggressively.<br />
Professor Mark Emberton, who tested<br />
the technique at University College<br />
London, told BBC Radio 4’s Today<br />
show that the new approach “changes<br />
everything.”<br />
It uses a drug, made from bacteria<br />
that live in the almost total darkness of<br />
the seafloor and which become toxic<br />
only when exposed to light.<br />
Ten fibre optic lasers are inserted<br />
Fibre optic lasers are inserted through the perineum and into the cancerous prostate<br />
gland, and the lasers then activate the light-sensitive drug to kill the cancer.<br />
through the perineum (the area between<br />
the anus and the testes) and into<br />
the cancerous prostate gland.<br />
The laser then activates the<br />
light-sensitive drug to kill the cancer,<br />
leaving the healthy prostate behind.<br />
Following this treatment, 49 percent<br />
of patients went into complete<br />
remission. During the follow-up, only<br />
six percent of patients needed to have<br />
the prostate removed, compared with<br />
30 percent who did not have the new<br />
therapy.<br />
The impact on sexual activity and<br />
urination lasted no more than three<br />
months, moreover, and none of the<br />
men had significant side effects after<br />
two years.<br />
“Traditionally the decision to have<br />
treatment has always been a balance of<br />
benefits and harms,” Professor Emberton<br />
said.<br />
“The harms have always been the<br />
side effects – urinary incontinence and<br />
sexual difficulties in the majority of<br />
men.<br />
“To have a new treatment now that<br />
we can administer, to men who are eligible,<br />
that is virtually free of those side<br />
effects, is truly transformative.”<br />
The technology was developed in<br />
Israel at the Weizmann Institute of Science,<br />
alongside Steba Biotech. (<strong>Caribbean</strong>360)<br />
cont’d from pg 8<br />
ported. Instead of fighting<br />
hunger, however, the military<br />
is reportedly profiteering<br />
from it and the hungry<br />
population’s access to food<br />
has reportedly been drastically<br />
cut.<br />
The military connection<br />
with food distribution dates<br />
back to 2004 when, after<br />
opposition attempts to overthrow<br />
him, the late President<br />
Hugo Chavez began handing<br />
the military control over<br />
the food industry, creating a<br />
Food Ministry.<br />
His socialist-run government<br />
nationalized farms and<br />
food processing plants, then<br />
reportedly neglected them,<br />
and domestic production<br />
dried up.<br />
The oil rich country became<br />
dependent on food<br />
imports, but when the price<br />
of oil crashed in 2014, the<br />
government could no longer<br />
afford to meet the demand.<br />
Food shortages became<br />
so severe that Venezuelans<br />
spent all day waiting in lines<br />
and formerly middle class<br />
adults were said to have begun<br />
scavenging garbage bins<br />
for scraps. (<strong>Caribbean</strong>360)
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<strong>Wednesday</strong> <strong>4th</strong> <strong>January</strong> 2017<br />
Tuesday’s Sudoku Solution<br />
S U D O K U<br />
CROSSWORD<br />
Across<br />
1. Cabbagelike plant<br />
5. Uniform material<br />
10. Sputnik markings<br />
14. Iowa college town<br />
15. Irish statesman De Valera<br />
16. Uncommon, to Cassius<br />
17. See 71-Across<br />
19. Ancient artery<br />
20. It bruises easily<br />
21. Supermodel Sastre<br />
22. Fritters away<br />
24. Really mess up<br />
26. One of the Stooges<br />
28. Henley competitors<br />
30. Calls forth<br />
34. “Countdown” broadcaster<br />
37. Baseball Hall of Famer<br />
Yastrzemski<br />
39. Ready for drafting<br />
40. Flightless bird<br />
41. Salad bits brand<br />
42. City SSE of Salt Lake City<br />
43. Get dirty<br />
44. Der __: Adenauer<br />
45. “The Old Maid” playwright<br />
Zoe<br />
46. Plot<br />
48. Arias, e.g.<br />
50. Emcee’s task<br />
52. Braves’ div.<br />
56. Darius I’s land<br />
59. Erato or Euterpe<br />
61. My __, Vietnam<br />
62. Way out<br />
63. See 71-across<br />
66. Sitarist Shankar<br />
67. In knots<br />
68. Ancient king of Israel<br />
69. Apple product<br />
70. Early computer<br />
71. Clue for 17- and 63-Across<br />
and 10- and 25-Down<br />
Down<br />
1. Radio Hall of Fame D.J.<br />
Casey __<br />
2. Gilberto’s girlfriend<br />
3. Wheels that won’t roll?<br />
4. Amazing sight?<br />
5. More mentally alert<br />
6. Can’t stand<br />
7. Gather together<br />
8. Pugilist’s stat<br />
9. Bygone schoolroom items<br />
10. See 71-Across<br />
11. League of Women Voters<br />
organizer<br />
12. Canadian tribe<br />
13. Scores to shoot for<br />
18. New Hampshire state<br />
flower<br />
23. “All Alone __”: Brenda<br />
Lee hit<br />
25. See 71-Across<br />
27. Bronze Star recipients<br />
29. Tackle box item<br />
31. Crucifix letters<br />
32. “Grease” extra<br />
33. Wal-Mart wholesale club<br />
34. Richie’s mom, to Fonzie<br />
35. __-fly pie<br />
36. Singer Sedaka<br />
38. Routine<br />
41. Undiscriminating quality<br />
45. “Manhattan” director<br />
47. Verse starter?<br />
49. Built without a contract<br />
51. Saudi’s neighbor<br />
53. Not from here<br />
54. Olympic skater Cohen<br />
55. Jam<br />
56. Persian fairy<br />
57. LSAT, e.g.<br />
58. __ Ridge: 1972 Kentucky<br />
Derby winner<br />
60. Major leader?<br />
64. Barnyard layer<br />
65. Drinks in the a.m.
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Today’s weather forecast<br />
Antigua and Barbuda<br />
Sun and a few passing clouds.<br />
High - 81ºF<br />
Low - 74ºF<br />
Wind: East South East 12 mph<br />
Sunrise 6.37 am; Sunset 5.47 pm<br />
Tuesday’s Crossword Solution<br />
HOROSCOPE<br />
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan.<br />
19). When it comes to “getting<br />
over it,” there’s no time limit.<br />
Take as long as you need. Just<br />
know that until you’re “over<br />
it,” it will be hard to get “on<br />
with it,” so it’s in your own<br />
best interest not to wallow.<br />
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb.<br />
18). The concept of one person<br />
not being good enough<br />
for another person is truly<br />
false. There are better matches<br />
and worse matches, but no<br />
one is inherently better than<br />
anyone else.<br />
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20).<br />
Life doesn’t usually offer closure<br />
in any kind of neat form.<br />
Endings often aren’t. And<br />
even when they are, they can<br />
be so long and drawn out, you<br />
might as well say “so long”<br />
instead of “goodbye.”<br />
ARIES (March 21-April 19).<br />
Feel scattered? Think of it as<br />
a prolonged state of brainstorming.<br />
You’re searching<br />
for one small new thing to<br />
add to your life to brighten<br />
your mood and enhance the<br />
impression you make on the<br />
world.<br />
TAURUS (April 20-May<br />
20). Some of the good questions<br />
have answers. But most<br />
of them just hang their, ripe,<br />
overhead and will continue<br />
to do so for many lifetimes,<br />
scenting the air with their<br />
sweetness, drawing our imaginations<br />
up and up and up.<br />
GEMINI (May 21-June 21).<br />
Give yourself a wide margin<br />
for error. You won’t need it,<br />
but this will keep you at the<br />
low stress level that allows<br />
for maximum poise and charisma<br />
to spare. You’ll like<br />
whom this attracts.<br />
CANCER (June 22-July 22).<br />
Laughter usually bonds people,<br />
but be aware that it can<br />
also alienate people. Not everyone<br />
has your stellar sense<br />
of humor, especially when it<br />
comes to kidding that’s a little<br />
too close for home. Sensitivity<br />
required.<br />
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). From<br />
Hitchcock to Shakespeare, the<br />
best storytellers know to leave<br />
the most intense scenes off<br />
the stage and let the audience<br />
fill in the blanks with imagination.<br />
You’ll benefit from<br />
doing the same. Say nothing.<br />
Let them fill in the blanks.<br />
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22).<br />
The social technology that is<br />
supposed to facilitate human<br />
connection often has the opposite<br />
effect, drawing us into<br />
a social fantasy while we ignore<br />
those who actually exist<br />
at an arm’s length. Don’t let it<br />
happen to you and yours.<br />
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23).<br />
Greatness and inner strength<br />
go hand in hand. You develop<br />
it the same way you do physical<br />
strength — by doing hard<br />
things over and over. It’s why<br />
you choose to stick to this job<br />
until it’s done.<br />
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21).<br />
The animals have an effect on<br />
you, and you’ll be more keenly<br />
aware of this. Whether you<br />
care for an animal or just admire<br />
the natural world, you’ll<br />
be enriched by other lifeforms<br />
today.<br />
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-<br />
Dec. 21). Being in control of<br />
a small part of your environment<br />
will make you feel in<br />
control of your whole world.<br />
To extend the idea, what you<br />
do for your body, you’ll do for<br />
your life.
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RSVA Early Childhood Development Center & Nursery<br />
are now enrolling babies from 3 months old to children five<br />
years old at the facility in Upper Gambles. For further information<br />
contact Erika Santana or Sherry- Ann at 562-8838.<br />
The Antigua State College invites the public to participate in<br />
CARD 2017 – Conference for Academic Research and Development.<br />
A community outreach programme of the college,<br />
CARD’s mission is to present research on issues of national<br />
and regional significance with the aim of promoting societal<br />
change. CARD 2017 is slated for March 2017. The location<br />
will be announced at a later date. The organizers are working<br />
to prepare an attractive open environment for the sharing of<br />
knowledge and experience in an array of subject areas. Papers<br />
may be theoretical, archival or experimental in nature. We are<br />
asking those who are interested in presenting at the conference<br />
to submit an abstract of their research paper along with a resume<br />
or one page bio of themselves to the following e-mail,<br />
asc.cardconference@gmail.com. The contact person is Dr. Patricia<br />
Benn. The organizers invite the submission of papers by<br />
<strong>January</strong> 30th. For more information, contact: Antigua State<br />
College: 462-1434. Email: asc.cardconference@gmail.com<br />
The Antigua and Barbuda Police Co-operative Credit Union<br />
will be celebrating 60 yrs of existence in 2017, under the theme,<br />
“Our History of Humble Beginnings, a Future Filled with<br />
Growth and Expansion”. To mark this historic occasion, the<br />
Board and Executive of the Police Co-operative Credit Union<br />
is inviting you, the general public to their Anniversary Church<br />
Service, which will be held at the at the Living Hope Christian<br />
Union Church at Wireless Road on Sunday 8th <strong>January</strong>, 2017.<br />
The service begins promptly at 09:30 am. Your are asked to<br />
make a special effort to come worship and celebrate with them.<br />
The Medical Benefits Scheme wishes to advise all its’ beneficiaries<br />
that the Browne’s Avenue Pharmacy is now open to<br />
serve you. Enjoy quick service including pick-up & drop off<br />
services and spacious parking. Opening hours are MON – FRI<br />
8 AM- 3 PM. Special extend hours on 12th – 23rd of December<br />
& 3rd -13th JANUARY 2017: 7AM – 4 PM. Have a<br />
healthy and happy holiday from the Medical Benefits Scheme.<br />
Advertise with<br />
<strong>Caribbean</strong> <strong>Times</strong>!<br />
Contact us at Tel: 562-8688<br />
Email: accounts@<br />
caribbeantimes.ag<br />
<strong>Wednesday</strong> <strong>4th</strong> <strong>January</strong> 2017<br />
Be careful how<br />
you pick yuh man<br />
By Jacqueline Wetherill<br />
Be careful how you pick yuh man,<br />
You must have a really good plan;<br />
Don’t pick up no man<br />
that you hear does abuse,<br />
His fist to your face will make your brain<br />
defuse.<br />
Women, don’t sell yourselves, oh so cheap,<br />
And let men treat you like garbage heap.<br />
You see them short,<br />
short clothing that you does wear,<br />
Tell them you’re available and have plenty to<br />
share.<br />
Be careful how you pick yuh man.<br />
You working so hard with toil and sweat,<br />
And they waiting patiently<br />
for your pay check to collect;<br />
Look, this thing just ah boil meh inside,<br />
To see them ah drive car that them nah buy.<br />
Them name brand shoes<br />
that yuh buy fuh them,<br />
Them call you stupid,<br />
but treat the shoes like gems.<br />
Come on, women, come better than that;<br />
Pick a man that don’t treat yuh like door mat.<br />
Some don’t work but<br />
do have expensive tastes;<br />
Oh, no cheap - brand clothing<br />
they don’t wear;<br />
You bought your car, yet still ah beg ride -<br />
Stop them stupidness man, put him aside!<br />
Get the guts to ask your best friend<br />
If he or she thinks that he treats you well;<br />
If he or she knows this and still says yes,<br />
Drop them like this, and say<br />
“farewell, farewell”.<br />
Be careful how you pick yuh man.
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One more semifinal spot left in<br />
Tape Ball 10-overs competition<br />
By Marver Woodley<br />
AUA College of Medicine Medicare<br />
Pharmacy PMS, Brysons Future<br />
Stars and Dredgers have been named<br />
as Three of the four semifinalists in<br />
the Bethesda & Christian Hill Sports<br />
Club Benjies Workshop Tape Ball 10<br />
overs Classic following their New<br />
Year’s Day performances.<br />
The final spot will be bagged by<br />
either hosts <strong>Caribbean</strong> Union Bank<br />
Bethesda and Pelican Safari East<br />
Side Breeze who both have one game<br />
left in the Classic.<br />
The first of the four games resulted<br />
in win for East Side Breeze by 9<br />
wickets when they went up against<br />
Auntie Sues Kitchen Herbert’s United.<br />
Herbert’s batted first and made 53<br />
for 3 from 6 overs.<br />
Bowling for East Side Breeze was<br />
Almond Peters who made 4 runs, 2<br />
By Marver Woodley<br />
The highly-anticipated<br />
Clash of the Champions<br />
showdown has been completely<br />
canceled after being<br />
postponed twice by the<br />
on again off again weather<br />
conditions over the past<br />
weekend.<br />
The competition was<br />
which was previously slated<br />
for Boxing Day was put<br />
back for the New Year’s<br />
Day holiday but was canceled<br />
all together due to the<br />
track not being in acceptable<br />
racing condition according<br />
to President of the<br />
wickets and a maiden in 2 overs.<br />
In reply East Side Breeze batted<br />
and made 54 for 1 from 3.1 overs.<br />
Batting for East Side Breeze Frederick<br />
Floyd made the most with 34.<br />
The second game saw a win for<br />
PMS over Dredgers. PMS batted first<br />
and made 82 for 6 from 10 overs.<br />
Topping the scores during the<br />
game was Deran Benta who made<br />
34 batting for PMS while bowling<br />
for Dredgers Melvin Charles made 2<br />
overs 2 wickets for 21 runs.<br />
In reply Dredgers batted and made<br />
48 for 5 from 10 overs. Batting for<br />
Dredgers, Baldwin Anthony made 21.<br />
Bowling for PMS, Kenny Benjamin<br />
made 2 overs 2wkts for 11 runs<br />
as PMS won by 34 runs.<br />
The third game saw a win for<br />
Brysons Future Stars who defeated<br />
Success Catering Buckleys 3J’ by 6<br />
wickets.<br />
Antigua and Barbuda Turf<br />
Club Neil Cochrane.<br />
The event which was<br />
slated to feature the island’s<br />
top horses: Demolition<br />
Man, Lynn’s Image,<br />
Buckleys 3J’S batted first and<br />
made 59 for 7 from 10 overs.<br />
Bowling for Future Stars Andra<br />
Samuel 2 overs 2 wickets for 3<br />
runs, Shaquan Reifer 2 overs 2 wickets<br />
for 6 runs and Tassilo Allen 2<br />
overs 2 wickets for 8 runs.<br />
In reply Future Stars batted and<br />
made 61 for 4 from 7.4 overs.<br />
Bowling for Buckleys 3J’S Samuel<br />
Peters 2 overs 2 wickets for 15 runs<br />
and Gregson Merrick 2 overs 2 wickets<br />
for 16 runs.<br />
The final game for the day was<br />
bagged by host <strong>Caribbean</strong> Union<br />
Bank Bethesda over Sisserou by 6<br />
wickets. Sisserou batted first and<br />
made 40 for 7 from 10 overs.<br />
Bowling for Bethesda Charles<br />
James 2 overs 2 wickets for 4 runs<br />
and Winston Noble 2 overs wickets<br />
for 16 runs. In reply Bethesda batted<br />
and made 42 for 4 from 9.1 overs.<br />
Clash of the Champions cancelled<br />
Chief of Staff and Lil Miss<br />
Perfect and our other must<br />
watch matches was previously<br />
postponed due to the<br />
horses not being ready and<br />
not directly the bad weather.<br />
Nonetheless the President<br />
noted that the Turf<br />
Club will now look to its<br />
2017 calendar which will<br />
be released later this week.<br />
Quartet receives FIFA badges<br />
By Marver Woodley<br />
The Antigua and Barbuda Football Association<br />
continues to welcome the new year<br />
on a good note by enhancing its skills and<br />
professionalism.<br />
This was achieved over the weekend on<br />
the resumption of the Association’s Premier<br />
Division on <strong>January</strong> 1st, where four officiators<br />
were bestowed with official FIFA badges.<br />
Referees Iola Simmons, Bryan Willett,<br />
Kerry Skepple and assistant referee Iroots<br />
Appleton were the proud recipients of the<br />
badges, which were handed over by President<br />
of the Association Everton Gonsalves.<br />
The quartet are expected to put their new<br />
skills into action during ongoing games in<br />
each Division of the ABFA <strong>2016</strong>/17 season.
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Wadadli Wildcats welcome<br />
the Brandon Bobcats<br />
By Carlena Knight<br />
The Wadadli Wildcats<br />
welcomed the Brandon University<br />
Bobcats from Canada.<br />
This being the first time<br />
the Bobcats visited the country<br />
the female national team<br />
held a social at the Trade<br />
Winds hotel last <strong>Wednesday</strong><br />
in which, Minister of<br />
Sports and Parliamentary<br />
Secretary in the Ministry of<br />
Sports, the Honourable E. P.<br />
Greene and Senator Collin<br />
James gave welcoming remarks.<br />
Twenty-four hours later<br />
the first of two match ups<br />
between the teams kicked<br />
off in which the Bobcats<br />
had the better of the Wildcats,<br />
71-48.<br />
Lauren Anderson had<br />
12 points while for team<br />
Wadadli, Amanda Edwards<br />
By Marver Woodley<br />
Antiguan Cricketer Orlando Peters has<br />
been named in the four new men to join the<br />
Leeward Islands Hurricanes ahead of their<br />
West Indies Cricket Board Super 50 competition<br />
slated for later this month.<br />
Peters received the contract alongside<br />
leading batsman Marlon Samuels, neighboring<br />
island Monserrat player Ronsford<br />
Beaton and Daron Cruickshank will also be<br />
joining the team<br />
The announcement was made by Chief<br />
Executive Officer of the Leeward Islands<br />
Cricket Board Vernon Springer.<br />
also had 12.<br />
The Bobcats were then<br />
treated to an island tour on<br />
Friday and on Sunday the<br />
final matchup between the<br />
two teams went underway.<br />
The Wildcats came out<br />
with a lot more fight than<br />
the previous match but the<br />
Bobcats were too much for<br />
them.<br />
Led by Kinsley Ransom<br />
with 23 points and assisted<br />
by Adrianna Prolix with 10<br />
points the Bobcats defeated<br />
the Wildcats, 87-54.<br />
Amanda Edwards was<br />
the leading scorer for team<br />
Wadadli with 24 points<br />
while teammate, Tyea Ladoo,<br />
assisted with 15 points<br />
in a losing effort.<br />
Novelle Williams,<br />
Head Coach of the Bobcats,<br />
spoke upon the trip and also<br />
gave I out on the performance<br />
of the local team.<br />
“Being the first time<br />
we’ve done anything like<br />
this, it was an enjoyable and<br />
eye opening experience for<br />
myself as well as the girls.<br />
Most of them have never<br />
travelled and these are the<br />
things that they will remember<br />
about their years at University”.<br />
‘The Wildcats who I<br />
know are rebuilding should<br />
be commended for their efforts.<br />
‘They never gave up<br />
and played with heart. Seeing<br />
those youth players out<br />
there matching up with University<br />
players and not letting<br />
it deter their play was<br />
really commendable and<br />
I wish nothing but great<br />
things for the girls and the<br />
female program here as they<br />
push to revive it’.<br />
Orlando Peters to join<br />
Hurricanes for WICB Super 50<br />
The three men will join the team just in<br />
time for its training sessions which will be<br />
held here at the Sir Vivian Richards Cricket<br />
Stadium for a two-week period from the<br />
9th of <strong>January</strong>. The main aim according to<br />
Springer is to safely place the Hurricanes<br />
into the semifinals<br />
The two-week training period is expected<br />
to place the players through a series of tests,<br />
following which 15 players will be selected<br />
for the team’s first encounter on the competition’s<br />
opening day where they will go up<br />
against the Guyana Jaguars on the 2<strong>4th</strong> here<br />
in Antigua and Barbuda.<br />
Hoppers<br />
blame<br />
slump on<br />
lack of<br />
players<br />
By Marver Woodley<br />
Hoppers head coaches<br />
blames a lack of players<br />
for its recent downfall in<br />
the Antigua and Barbuda<br />
Football Association Premier<br />
Division.<br />
The Cool & Smooth-<br />
AC Delco Glenns Pet<br />
Paradise Hoppers coach<br />
Vorn James noted that the<br />
team lost roughly 5 of its<br />
top players namely Marcel<br />
Hernandez the team’s top<br />
scores during its 2015/16<br />
run in the Division.<br />
On the final game in<br />
the Division on Monday<br />
evening Hoppers was defeated<br />
by Cool & Smooth<br />
Empire F.C, 2-1.<br />
Empire triumphed,<br />
sealing the deal after national<br />
scorer Quinton<br />
Griffith netted the final<br />
goal in the game in the<br />
50th minute while teammate<br />
Tomarley Thomas<br />
opened in the 7th minute,<br />
the lone goal for Hoppers<br />
was made by Jahvin<br />
Sutherland in the 30th<br />
minute.<br />
Nonetheless the coach<br />
noted that he believes in is<br />
young players and has no<br />
doubt that they will bag<br />
the <strong>2016</strong>/17 trophy.
16 c a r i b b e a n t i m e s . a g<br />
<strong>Wednesday</strong> <strong>4th</strong> <strong>January</strong> 2017