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SERIAL BURGLAR 

GETS JAIL TIME 

A Green Bay man, who was charged 

on Wednesday by the police for a series 

of House Breaking and Larceny and Attempted 

Breaking, was convicted in the 

Magistrate’s Court on Thursday. 

18-year old Rashard Peters of Green 

Bay appeared in the St. Johns Magistrate’s 

Court before Chief Magistrate 

Walsh and pleaded guilty to charges of 

Attempted Breaking and Breaking and 

Larceny and was convicted and sentenced 

to 3yrs in prison. His is to serve 

consecutive sentence. 

The Court heard that on 19th of January, 

he broke into the dwelling home 

of a Green Bay woman and stole one 

Samsung tablet, one 13-inch flat screen 

television, one Kodak Digital camera, a 

quantity of shoes to include; one pair of 

Nike Air Jordan Sneaker, a pair Adidas 

Shell-toe Sneaker, one Nike slipper, a 

travelling bag, and a Rockaway Hoodie 

sweatshirt. The following day he went 

back to the said home and attempted to 

break into it, but was apprehended and 

taken into to custody by Grays Farm Police. 

Several other charges are expected in 

the coming days since he has confessed 

to well over a dozen other House Breaking 

and Larceny and Attempted Breaking 

in the Grays Farm District. 

Peters was recently released from 

Her Majesty’s Prison, having served 

time for House Breaking and Larceny. 

Meantime, the police are appealing 

to members of the public, who may 

have been approached or offered items 

for sale, suspected of being stolen, to 

contact the Grays Farm Police Station at 

462-0481 or the Criminal Investigations 

Department at 462-3913\14. 

Rashard Peters 

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Friday 27th January 2017 

Prince Harry debunks criticism claims 

By Everton Barnes 

Prince Harry, whose visit 

to Antigua and Barbuda late 

last year, created much controversy 

following his appearance 

at a social event… 

has written to the Prime 

Minister Gaston Browne expressing 

gratitude for the invitation 

to the function. 

A letter from Kensington 

Palace, the Prince’s official 

residence, dated December 

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14, Prince Harry made special 

mention of the social engagement 

at Barnacle Point 

that was at the centre of the 

controversy. 

“I would like to thank 

you very much for hosting 

me at your Sac Affet (Soca 

fete) on 21st November at 

Barnacle Point, during my 

visit to Antigua and Barbuda….I 

would be grateful if 

you would please pass on 

my most sincere thanks to 

your team for all they did to 

host such an interactive evening,” 

the Prince wrote. 

He also said he was 

touched by the warm welcome 

he received from the 

people of Antigua and Barbuda. 

On Thursday, the prime 

minister wrote to Prince 

Harry expressing his delight 

to have shared the music and 

the delights of Antigua and 

Barbuda with the member of 

the Royal Household. 

“All of Antigua and Barbuda 

was very pleased by 

your decision to visit with 

us. Your participation in the 

several events will be remembered 

for a long time 

to come. The nation was 

impressed by Your Highness’ 

grace, charm and intelligence,” 

Prime Minister 

Browne replied. 

During the visit, a British 

newspaper carried a story 

indicating that the reigning 

Miss Antigua and Barbuda, 

Leander Norville had expressed 

a desire to marry the 

Prince. Later, Norville said 

her comments were taken 

out of context by the paper. 

The controversy arose 

when the former Governor 

General, Dame Louise Lake 

Tack took to the airwaves 

claiming that the prime 

minister had embarrassed 

the Prince and Antigua and 

Barbuda when he suggested 

Antigua and Barbuda as a 

possible honeymoon destination, 

should there be need 

for one anytime in the future. 

But as the letter from 

Prince Harry indicates, there 

was no basis for the criticism 

as rather than being 

embarrassed as Dame Louise 

claimed, the Prince was 

rather pleased with all the 

arrangements for the event. 

Thumbs up for ABS, more 

improvements coming 

By Joanna Paris 

Minister for Information, Broadcasting 

and Telecommunications, the Honourable 

Melford Nicholas has publicly announced 

that he is “very happy” with the operations 

of the state-owned media entity- ABS Television 

and Radio. 

Minister Nicholas has noted that the station 

has made significant gains in the year 

2016 and has asserted that this year will be 

no different. 

He said that the management and staff 

“has worked hard to change the culture of 

ABS, but there is still more work to do”. 

Plans are already being made for the station 

to make a transition to HD Equipment in 

the coming week. 

Minister Nicholas noted that the transformation 

of studio facilities is also on the 

horizon. 

“I will be working with the management 

team to ensure that we can in the medium-term 

transition to a better equipped facility, 

where there will be more space and 

there can be more modern design of studio 

facilities”, he explained. 

The Minister also said that the commercial 

streaming of all live programmes on 

ABS will begin shortly so that persons within 

the diaspora can stay tuned. 

This, he noted, will be made possible 

through earlier dialogue that was held with 

Microsoft. 

The Minister of Information, Broadcasting 

and Telecommunications was at the time 

speaking on Against the Backdrop on ABS.

Friday 27th January 2017 c a r i b b e a n t i m e s . a g 3 

PM: CELAC did not discuss ‘Wall’ 

By Everton Barnes 

Prime Minister Gaston 

Browne, who returned to 

the country Thursday from 

a meeting of the Community 

of Latin American and 

Caribbean States (CELAC), 

is denying media reports 

that he abstained from supporting 

a statement from the 

meeting condemning the 

new US President’s decision 

to build a wall on its border 

with Mexico. 

A spokesman for the 

prime minister said the Mexican 

president did not attend 

the meeting and the issue of 

the border-wall proposed by 

President Donald Trump was 

not raised among the meeting 

of heads of government. 

Consultant to the Ministry 

of Foreign Affairs, Colin 

Murdoch, who was part 

of the Antigua and Barbuda 

delegation, said the issue 

was not raised at the meeting 

of officials that preceded the 

summit. 

“That matter was not discussed 

at any of the official 

meetings at CELAC, and 

this is one of the issues we 

have with the organization,” 

Murdoch stated. 

He said he suspects that 

the statement was issued 

Digitization process 

progressing well says 

Minister Nicholas 


The Minister of Information, 

Broadcasting and Telecommunications, 

the Hon. 

Melford Nicholas has said 

that the digitization process 

in several government agencies 

and affiliated departments 

is progressing well. 

In an interview on ABS’s 

Current Affairs Programme 

Against the Backdrop earlier 

in the week, Minister Nicholas 

stated that the digitization 

of the country’s records 

is an important and fundamental 

step in enhancing he 

ease of carrying out business 

in Antigua and Barbuda. 

“It is certainly going to 

bring a lot of information 

at the fingertips of decision 

makers, policy makers and 

other stakeholders as well. I 

think we will really begin to 

really benefit from all the information 

that will be made 

available, I would say by the 

next year to 18 months”, he 

said. 

Among the projects that 

will be a priority on the Ministry’s 

agenda in this area are 

the establishment of a record 

management system for the 

police, which the Minister 

said will further enhance the 

ability of the police to fight 

crime. 

The Mount St. John’s 

Medical Centre and other 

health services are scheduled 

to be beneficiaries are 

well. 

presumably on behalf of 

CELAC without notifying 

all the countries involved to 

get their views. “This is not 

the first time that CELAC is 

issuing statements and countries 

such as Antigua and 

Barbuda are not informed 

about the contents of these 

communiques,” Murdoch 

added. 

The consultant also complained 

that the organization, 

which is dominated by 

the large Spanish speaking 

countries, makes little provisions 

for the smaller English-speaking 

territories. 

“Quite often, they circulate 

the papers in Spanish, 

and late, so we are often at 

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a disadvantage when we 

do attend these meetings. 

For example, the opening 

ceremony was carried only 

in Spanish without translation 

and whenever an English-speaking 

head of state 

spoke, there was no translation 

into Spanish,” he reported. 

A local media entity reported 

that Antigua and 

Barbuda declined to support 

the CELAC statement condemning 

the US, opting instead 

to adopt a wait-and-see 

posture. 

But, the prime minister 

is denying making any statement 

on the US-Mexico border 

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Concerns raised over Commonwealth leadership 

The government has drafted in senior 

officials to support the Commonwealth 

amid concerns over the way it 

is being run. 

The Department for International 

Development (DfID) said last month 

the secretariat in London was “under 

performing” and needed “urgent reform”. 

Senior diplomatic and political 

sources - speaking to the BBC off 

the record - have accused the secretary-general, 

Lady Scotland, of “poor 

leadership”. 

But her spokesman said she had 

backing from all 52 Commonwealth 

countries that had elected her. 

He added that the Labour peer had 

also launched a programme to modernise 

the Commonwealth Secretariat. 

Tim Hitchens, a senior Foreign Office 

official and former ambassador to 

Japan, has been put in charge of a team 

preparing for the Commonwealth summit 

in London next year. 

Mr Hitchens, a former assistant 

private secretary to the Queen, will be 

based in the Cabinet Office and will report 

directly to the prime minister. 

Sir Simon Gass, a very senior official 

who retired from the Foreign Office 

last year, has been made acting 

chief operating officer at the Commonwealth 

Secretariat. 

He was appointed at the suggestion 

of the Foreign Office which is funding 

his salary. He is working directly 

with Lady Scotland at the secretariat’s 

headquarters at Marlborough House in 

London. 

The appointments are being seen in 

Whitehall as an attempt by the government 

to shore up a troubled organisation 

at a crucial time. 

Ministers are keen to ensure that a 

meeting of Commonwealth trade ministers 

in London in March is a success 

and shows how Britain after Brexit can 

do more trade with countries outside 

the European Union. 

As the organisation’s head, the 

Queen regularly takes part in Commonwealth 

events 

They also want to guarantee that the 

secretariat is capable of organising the 

heads of government summit next year 

that will be hosted by the Queen, who 

is head of the Commonwealth. 

Senior ministers will meet next 

week to discuss the agenda for the summit 

for the first time. 

Last week, Theresa May spoke of 

the “unique and proud global relationships” 

the UK has through the Commonwealth. 

The secretariat helps run the group 

of 52 mostly former British colonies 

that make up the Commonwealth and 

that are home to some 2.3 billion people, 

more than a quarter of the world’s 

population. 

In a highly critical report in December, 

DfID threatened to withdraw its 

funding from the organisation unless it 

improved its performance. 

“The Commonwealth Secretariat 

continues to under perform,” the multilateral 

aid review concluded. 

“Improvement is essential if DfID 

is to continue to fund the organisation’s 

Commonwealth Fund for Technical 

Co-operation.” 

This is worth about £20m per year. 

The report added that the secretariat 

needed particularly to focus on improving 

“transparency, results measurement, 

human resource management, 

risk management, financial management, 

and budget discipline”. 

The secretariat said the review related 

to the period before Lady Scotland 

took up the post of secretary-general 

last April. 

Since then, the peer - who was attorney 

general in Gordon Brown’s government 

- has faced much criticism. 

She has been accused of financial 

extravagance over the refurbishment of 

her official residence and attacked for 

appointing political allies to key posts 

in the secretariat. She has always denied 

the accusations of wasteful spending 

and insisted no procurement rules 

were broken. 

Her allies have also claimed the 

attacks were prompted by disaffected 

Commonwealth staff unhappy with the 

reforms she was introducing. 

A spokesman for the secretariat 

said: “Secretary-general Patricia Scotland 

has the backing of the 52 Commonwealth 

member states who elected 

her. 

“Since taking office on 1 April 2016, 

the Secretary-general has been focused 

on helping Commonwealth countries to 

achieve the United Nations Sustainable 

Development Goals, working towards 

the delivery of international climate 

change goals set out after Cop 21 in 

Paris and Cop 22 in Marrakesh, and to 

uphold The Commonwealth Charter.” 

“She has identified the following 

priorities: tackling the existential threat 

of climate change; promoting trade, 

good governance and human rights; 

ending violence against women and 

girls and promoting gender equality; 

and providing new opportunities for 

Commonwealth young people and enabling 

the next generation to achieve 

their full potential. 

“Secretary-general Scotland has 

also launched a programme to modernise 

the Commonwealth Secretariat. 

“When it comes to employee matters, 

we follow best international practice 

and never comment about individual 

staff. But it’s only sensible that the 

Secretariat employs people of the highcont’d 

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Promotions pending says Commissioner of Police 


Police Commissioner, 

Wendell Robinson, has 

hinted that a number of promotions 

are pending for selected 

officers in the Royal 

Police Force of Antigua and 

Barbuda. 

While speaking at a 

thanksgiving service which 

took place at the Multipurpose 

Cultural Centre on 

Wednesday, Robinson said 

that he has had decisions 

with the Chairman of the 

Police Service Commission 

and Prime Minister, the Hon. 

Gaston Browne about the 

promotions. 

He said that “his lips are 

sealed” until he has received 

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est calibre and those who have a track 

record of success in their respective 

fields.” 

But such are the concerns about 

Lady Scotland that some senior diplomats 

have even interpreted the fact 

that the Queen will not attend a major 

Commonwealth function in March as a 

signal of royal displeasure, something 

that is strongly denied. 

The Queen will attend various 

events on Commonwealth Day, including 

a service at Westminster Abbey, but 

she will not attend the regular reception 

at Marlborough House, an event she 

rarely misses. 

A Buckingham Palace spokesman 

told the BBC: “I can confirm that the 

Queen will be taking part in events 

during the course of Commonwealth 

Day, although on this occasion she will 

not attend the evening reception. Her 

Majesty will be represented at the reception 

by the Prince of Wales.” 

the official document from 

the commission. 

“When the Police Service 

Commission has sent 

the formal list, then many 

of you will be able to thank 


Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs, 

the Hon. Steadroy “Cutie” Benjamin will 

be among the region’s top legal practitioners, 

who are members of the Executive Committee 

for the Council of Legal Education who will 

be attending a high-level meeting being in Jamaica 

this week. The forum will convene on 

Friday. 

During the meeting, the Executive committee 

will review decisions made during past 

God for the good tidings that 

you would have received”, 

he said. 

He also noted that high 

ranking promotions must 

have the consent of the Prime 

Well placed royal sources said this 

was a common sense and practical decision 

to ensure the Queen’s programme 

was suitably paced on a busy day. 

They also insisted it was wholly 

incorrect to link the decision to any 

debate about the Commonwealth Secretariat. 

They noted that the Queen had regular 

contact with Lady Scotland and 

that there was a lot of precedence for 

the Prince of Wales to represent the 

Queen on Commonwealth duties. 

But that is not how it is being inferred 

by some in the Commonwealth. 

One senior source said: “The Queen 

has only got to nip down the road from 

Buckingham Palace to Marlborough 

House in a Bentley. It’s not that hard. 

And yet she has decided not to come. 

“The Palace are thinking there is so 

much more to be done with the Commonwealth 

and yet they are lumbered 

with such poor leadership. The Commonwealth 

is stuffed. 

Minister as is enshrined in 

the constitution. 

According to Robinson, 

over 400 promotions have 

taken place within the institution 

in the last two years. 

AG travels to Jamaica for Council 

of Legal Education Meeting 

meetings and the way forward as it relates to 

legal education in the region. 

The last meeting of the executive committee 

was held in the Bahamas at the British colonial 

Hilton on in January 2016. 

Antigua and Barbuda also hosted the 

48th annual meeting of The Council of Legal 

Education on the 2nd and 3rd of September 

last year at the St. James Club. That meeting 

by all reports, was deemed a major success. 

Minister Benjamin left the island on Thursday. 

“The High Commissioners have 

all given up on (Lady Scotland). They 

have other fish to fry. I do wonder if 

she can survive. She just treats people 

appallingly. And she has this political 

tin ear.” 

One parliamentary source said: 

“Baroness Scotland has got this wrong 

from the beginning. It is an inbuilt arrogance. 

She appoints mates, people who 

don’t have the relevant experience. 

“The way she handled the [official] 

house was all wrong. There is a lot of 

concern. I am not surprised the palace 

is getting a little edgy.” 

Another diplomatic source said: 

“What is happening is very sad. The 

morale at the secretariat is very low. 

[The Commonwealth] is the closest 

thing to Her Majesty’s heart. If she 

doesn’t come, it will be interpreted in 

this way. 

“We in the Commonwealth preach 

transparency and accountability. We 

should practise it.”



President Trump’s policies and the Caribbean 

By Sir Ronald Sanders 

The President of the United States 

of America, Donald Trump, is systematically 

implementing the pledges he 

made during the Presidential election 

campaign. Those who argued that 

limitations on Presidential power and 

the restraining hands of Cabinet and 

Congress, would cause many, if not all, 

of the President’s promises to fall by the 

wayside, are now becoming convinced 

of his determination. 

He had re-enforced that determination 

in his Inauguration speech when he 

told the world, “From this moment on, 

it’s going to be America First”. And he 

spelt out the detail in clear terms by saying, 

“Every decision on trade, on taxes, 

on immigration, on foreign affairs, will 

be made to benefit American workers 

and American families. We must protect 

our borders from the ravages of 

other countries making our products, 

stealing our companies, and destroying 

our jobs”. “Protection”, he said, “will 

lead to great prosperity and strength”. 

As I pointed out in my last commentary, 

the 14 independent Caribbean 

Community (CARICOM) countries 

have no need to fear on trade in goods 

with the US. America has consistently 

enjoyed a balance of trade surplus with 

CARICOM, reaching US$4.17 billion 

in 2015, and likely to have been higher 

in 2016. On this score, President Trump 

can have no quarrel with the Caribbean. 

We should be clear. Mr Trump is the 

elected President of the US according 

to the country’s laws. He is, therefore, 

entitled to implement the policies on 

which he campaigned and in support of 

which he was elected. 

However, there are other policies 

that President Trump is pursuing that 

could affect the Caribbean adversely 

and these require urgent attention 

by CARICOM governments and active 

engagement with the US government. 

Below, I discuss some of these 

policies and their implications for the 

region. 

Climate change and sea level 

rise: President Trump has abandoned 

the previous administration’s stance on 

global Climate Change efforts. Evidence 

of this are: (a) his public statements 

during the Presidential election 

campaign; (b) his nomination of Scott 

Pruitt, a long-time foe of the EPA who 

has led 14 lawsuits against it, as the 

agency’s administrator; and (c) his instruction 

to the Environmental Protection 

Agency to remove the climate 

change page from its website. 

The medium and long term consequences 

for Caribbean countries are 

grave. Global warming is already at 

1.89 degrees Celsius over pre-industrial 

levels. If there is no massive reduction 

in carbon emissions (which there 

will clearly not be now) by the US, 

the world will quickly reach 2 degrees 

Celsius at which point sea levels will 

rise, eroding the coastal area of islands 

and mainland territories such as Belize 

and Guyana that are the principal revenue-generating 

areas for tourism (agriculture 

in Guyana’s case). Lower level 

islands will be drowned. The economic 

impact on the Caribbean would be calamitous 

if not catastrophic. 

Repatriation of Overseas 

Funds: The Trump administration 

proposes to introduce a tax repatriation 

plan that would see repatriation of a substantial 

portion of the estimated US$2.6 

trillion held overseas. This is very likely 

to happen since the incentive will be 

a special one-off tax holiday allowing 

U.S. firms to repatriate funds held overseas 

with only a 10% payment, versus 

the current 35% rate. 

The effect of this will be to debilitate 

Caribbean financial institutions that 

legally hold US assets. There is bound 

to be some consequential weakening of 

the financial sector. 

Reduction of Corporation 

Tax: President Trump has announced 

that his administration will lower corporation 

tax to 15%. When he does 

this, there will be little need for US Corporations 

to move overseas. They will 

be operating in the richest economy in 

the world with the lowest tax (a virtual 

tax haven by OECD criteria). 

Here are the likely results: (i) a lower 

corporate tax rate won’t necessarily 

reduce corporate tax revenue, particularly 

as over time there will be more 

investment and job creation; (ii) a lower 

corporate tax rate will dramatically 

– if not completely – eliminate any 

incentive for American companies to 

engage in keeping funds overseas; and 

(c) a lower corporate tax rate will boost 

workers’ wages by increasing the country’s 

capital stock and thus improving 

productivity. 

It will become very tough for every 

other country, including the Caribbean, 

to woo US investment unless their tax 

regime for such investment betters 15% 

(which the Caribbean does now with 

tax holidays) but the Caribbean would 

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have to work energetically 

to maximise US investment 

in unique natural resources – 

high quality beaches in a Caribbean 

environment; minerals 

such as oil and gas and, in 

the case of Guyana, gold. 

OECD and G20 rules: 

Rules of these organisations 

place strictures on tax 

competition and demand 

common reporting standards. 

These rules are rigidly 

applied against Caribbean 

and other developing countries. 

Countries that fail 

to comply are blacklisted, 

affecting their capacity to 

operate in the international 

economy. President Trump 

is clearly putting “America 

first” in all this as his country 

has the power to do. Caribbean 

countries will have to 

carefully consider whether 

they can follow the advice of 

Mr Trump in his inauguration 

speech – “it is the right 

of all nations to put their 

own interests first” – or will 

a double standard apply in 

which only powerful countries 

can set aside rules that 

do not serve their national 

interest. To be fair to President 

Trump, his administration 

did not contribute to the 

existing rules. 

Deportation of Undocumented 

immigrants: The 

new US administration 

intends to deport undocumented 

immigrants to their 

country of origin. If there 

are any undocumented CAR- 

ICOM nationals, they will 

suffer that fate. On January 

25, Trump signed executive 

orders that reinstates 

the Secure Communities 

Programme which Immigrations 

and Customs Enforcement 

(ICE), the branch 

of the U.S. government that 

enforces immigration laws, 

uses to target undocumented 

immigrants. The Order also 

directs the State Department 

to withhold visas or take other 

measures to ensure that 

countries take back their undocumented 

immigrants. It 

also strips federal grant money 

from any US city that 

harbours undocumented immigrants 

through sanctuary 

laws. 

In this situation, Caribbean 

countries can expect 

to have an influx of undocumented 

immigrants. The 

only way they can prevent 

this is by refusing to take 

them. The consequence of 

that action is that the US will 

not grant visas of any kind to 

the nationals of the refusing 

countries. There may be 

other sanctions. 

CARICOM countries 

should consider the immediate 

establishment of national 

Committees at senior level to 

plan for an influx of undocumented 

immigrants from the 

US. These immigrants will 

be of all sorts, but the majority 

will be unskilled labourers 

and many will be below 

the age of 40. Failure to 

plan could result in a sudden 

increase in the population 

of each country, driving up 

unemployment and crime 

and straining their health 

facilities; their capacity for 

delivering water; and the 

capability of their courts, 

prisons and police. 

Individually and collectively, 

Caribbean governments 

have to engage the 

Trump administration and 

the US Congress to discuss 

these worrying developments 

that have implications 

for the region, but also for 

the US. 

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.



Minister of Health wants to see more frequent health screen 

Minister of Health and the Environment 

Molwyn Joseph said he was 

very pleased with the response to the 

health screening that was held yesterday 

(Thursday) in front of the ministry. 

He said based on the response 

from the public, regular activities such 

as these are in demand at this location. 

‘When we designed this public 

space, this is one of the activities we 

expect to take place from time to time. 

You would recall that in the past, we 

had to block Redcliffe to undertake 

these activities, now we are able to 

undertake the activities without impeding 

the traffic.” 

Minister Joseph added, ‘based on 

the crowd and the number of people 

I see here, it’s quite successful and 

I hope we can have this done many 

more times; this is the time of public 

outreach I think it’s very important 

that we promote the idea of people 

taking responsibility for their own 

health; check their blood pressure, 

check their blood sugar and cholesterol 

and I hope that while we are doing 

this, we are encouraging them to 

become physically active so that they 

would stay healthy.” 

The exercise covered screening 

for blood sugar, blood pressure and 

cholesterol and although the cut-off 

point was 1pm, screenings went well 

beyond that time as people continue to 

request service. 

“It’s a good exercise .. having a 

healthy nation is very good and this 

should be done more regularly especially 

in the rural areas. 

“I think it’s time to go to the people, 

you have to go to the people, 

instead of waiting for the people to 

come , sometimes when you wait, it’s 

too late,…and this location is good, 

it’s centralized,” one man said. 

He was also happy to share that 

his tests were normal. 

One young lady said, “I think it’s 

good that you get to do these tests and 

know where you stand. The location is 

good also.” 

Another nearby worker beamed, 

“my sugar is good, my pressure is 

good, my cholesterol is good, I think 

it’s a good exercise.” 

Her coworker was also appreciative 

of the venture, “I find it’s a very, 

very good gesture’ because it’s quite 

convenient, it’s just two minutes walk 

from my office, and it’s during my 

lunch hour and most of all it’s free.” 

Over 160 individuals including 

ministry staff, members of the public 

and surrounding work places were 

screened on Thursday and many were 

asking the question when this will be 

held again. 

Nutritionist Susan Gardner said the 

normal range for fasting blood sugar 

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Antigua and Barbuda Red 

onas said the response from 

surpassed her expectations 

mber of persons received 

. 

it was good, it was a good 

is showed that people were 

ore and more interested in 

of their health and I think 

od sign. 

ms of results, they were 

we advised persons whose 

ere abnormal to continue 

or visit their physician” 

as remarked. 

a Johnson, the Health and 

irector of the Antigua and 

ed Cross, said that the orgas 

an ongoing NCD project. 

Williams reached out to 

er in this health screening 

and I hope that this is the first of many 

collaborations with the Ministry of 

Health,” She said. 

She continued, “we have been focusing 

mostly on hypertension and as 

you know MBS has been doing stuff 

surrounding NCD and the Ministry of 

Health so we are happy to take this up 

as well. The public has responded well 

to this exercise, they were here before 

us this morning; the response has been 

very good. 

“We are just asking everybody to 

just check their health because we live 

in the Caribbean and we know that 

hypertension and diabetes are big issues 

in families so if you know you 

have these in your family history, get 

checked,” Johnson remarked 

The Red Cross team at the screening 

comprised members of the Red 

Cross along with volunteers most of 

whom are trained in First Aid.



Thursday’s Sudoku Solution 

S U D O K U 

CROSSWORD 

Across 

1. Undermines 

5. Coffee break 

9. Tier 

14. Colorful gem 

15. To ____ his own 

16. Sports ring 

17. Act of leaving 

19. Creature 

20. “Lawrence of ____” 

21. Military supplies 

23. Feel remorse 

24. Floppy 

26. Wiped clean 

28. Actress ____ Dietrich 

32. Old 

33. Medicinal plant 

34. Greek deity 

36. ____ Island 

40. Songstress ____ McEntire 

41. Small depressions 

43. Like a villain 

44. Odor 

46. Mumbai attire 

47. Spool 

48. Bridge hand 

50. Canadian province 

52. Not fine 

55. Tinter 

56. Belgium’s cont. 

57. Wise 

59. Certain vitamin 

64. Out of the way 

66. Conducting contact 

68. Hard metal 

69. Garden tool 

70. Personnel 

71. Curved letters 

72. Ogled 

73. Warmth 

Down 

1. Root beer, e.g. 

2. Imitator 

3. Father 

4. Thick slice 

5. Kept 

6. ____ de toilette 

7. ____ metal 

8. Those there 

9. Worker 

10. How ____ you? 

11. New ____ Day 

12. Come afterward 

13. Classified 

18. Irritate 

22. ____ Ryan of “You’ve Got 

Mail” 

25. Least 

27. Stick 

28. Blemishes 

29. A Baldwin 

30. Lounging garment 

31. Less fatty 

32. Off course 

35. Stop ____ dime (2 wds.) 

37. Done 

38. Food regimen 

39. She, in Barcelona 

42. Quieted 

45. Cap ornaments 

49. Dead ____ Scrolls 

51. Englishman, informally 

52. Stop 

53. Deposes 

54. Zodiac sign 

55. Put off 

58. Richard ____ of “Chicago” 

60. Curve 

61. Apple’s center 

62. Inspiration 

63. Politician ____ Gingrich 

65. Marginal grade 

67. Get by


Today’s weather forecast 

Antigua and Barbuda 

Sunny. 

High - 81ºF 

Low - 72ºF 

Wind: East 12 mph 

Sunrise 6.40 am; Sunset 5.59 pm 

Thursday’s Crossword Solution 

HOROSCOPE 

ARIES (March 21-April 19). 

The placebo effect works when 

a person trusts and believes the 

“expert” handing the placebos 

out. But you can’t give a placebo 

to yourself and expect it to 

work, as no one really believes 

his own lies. 

TAURUS (April 20-May 20). 

Some small things deserve 

small attention, but not all. 

It’s wasteful to focus on trivial 

matters, but who is to say 

what’s trivial? If it captures 

your attention, there may be a 

very good reason worth investigating. 

GEMINI (May 21-June 21). 

Don’t assume it’s just you 

talking inside that head. There 

are multiple noise sources, 

resonant voices from culture, 

peers, family and more. Question 

and test your thoughts for 

accuracy and usefulness before 

you act on them. 

CANCER (June 22-July 22). 

You might not be the cause 

of your challenge, but regardless, 

you can still take responsibility 

for your reaction to it. 

With some savvy mental and 

physical maneuvering, you’ll 

change how this impacts you. 

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). To be 

fascinated by an interest that 

couldn’t care less about you is 

the best way to learn right now. 

Principles of detachment will 

work in your favor. This makes 

for a pure study, unadulterated 

by mutual expectation. 

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). 

Second chances abound, and 

yet nothing can ever really happen 

twice in this ever-evolving 

reality. So seize this chance if it 

seems like a good one. Something 

like it will come again. 

But nothing exactly like it ever 

will. 

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). The 

social adaptations you learned 

to get along in a group worked 

fine for that group — or maybe 

they just got you through. 

But this new situation is different, 

and the same things won’t 

work. Come up with new 

methods. 

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). 

It may seem there’s a lack of 

resources, but really there’s 

only a lack of ideas. Identify 

the main obstacle. There’s 

something good in it — a 

unique opportunity. What is it? 

Brainstorm both possible and 

impossible solutions. 

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 

21). Multitasking only works 

if the two tasks are compatible. 

Casual conversations go 

with cooking, podcasts go with 

cleaning, exercising and driving; 

music goes with almost 

everything. 

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 

19). You can’t run away from 

worry, because it’s not coming 

at you from the outside. It’s 

within you. You won’t escape 

it so much as discard it. The 

same goes for any fear you’re 

having. Recognize it then set it 

aside. 

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 

18). Be less reactionary. In 

the stressful moments, stop, 

breathe and gather your power. 

Much depends on how you see 

things. Life is a picture; you 

control the frame. Don’t let 

anyone else touch it. 

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). 

It may be difficult to tell which 

ideas are the best ones. If you 

ask a lot of people, you’ll be 

even more confused. Hint: The 

bright ideas are the ones that 

illuminate what’s around them.



All eligible persons in Barbuda are being urged to register immediately 

in light of the upcoming Barbuda Council elections, 

which are slated to be held in late March. The cut-off date for 

names to appear on the Register for Elections is January 31. All 

registration in Barbuda takes place at the Handicraft Centre. For 

more information, please call 562-4191 or visit our Facebook 

Page at Antigua and Barbuda Electoral Commission. 

The Community Services Department of the Villa Seventh-day 

Adventist Church on Fort Road will be conducting 

clothing distribution for persons in need. Distribution will 

be held on the church’s grounds on January 29th, 2017 from 

10 am. All are welcome. 

All members of the Antigua Barbuda Amateur Bodybuilding 

& Weightlifting Federation are HEREBY notified that an Annual 

General Meeting has been scheduled for Saturday 28th 

January 2017 at 6pm at the ABI Financial Building, 2nd Floor, 

Redcliffe Street, St John's, Antigua. Annual Registration dues 

are due and payable on that date. All are asked to be on time. 

VACANCIES at OSEC 

The following VACANCIES are currently registered at the 

One Stop Employment Centre (OSEC): 

1) MULTILINGUAL ASSISTANT 

- Must be fluent in Russian and have the ability to 

translate documents 

- Liaise with Russian speaking clients 

- Consult with experts in specialist areas 

- Ability to prioritize tasks to meet deadlines 

2) ACCOUNTS CLERK 

- 2 to 5 years’ Accounts payable & receivable experience 

3) PHOTOGRAPHER 

- Flexible/Shift schedule – 5 days per week 

- Knowledge of Photoshop illustrator 

- Driver’s license a plus 

4) SECURITY OFFICER 

- Police Record Required 

5) SALES CLERK – RETAIL 

- At least 1–2 years retail experience 

If you are currently registered at OSEC and interested in a 

listed vacancy, kindly contact OSEC. If you are NOT registered 

with OSEC you may call the centre for more information 

on registration requirements. Our centre is located on 

Old Parham Road in the Ryan’s Building, next to Antigua 

Motors. OSEC telephone numbers are 5628533/34/35. Kindly 

note that the DEADLINE FOR ALL APPLICATIONS is 

Friday 27th January, 2017. 

VACANCIES at OSEC 

The following VACANCIES are currently registered at the 

One Stop Employment Centre (OSEC): 

1) Cashier/Clerk – (Construction Supply Company) 

The key duties would entail: 

1. The sale of construction supplies 

2. Recording said sales accurately and according procedures 

in place 

3. Receiving and disbursing cash, cheques 

4. Tracking inventory 

5. Adhering to re-order levels 

6. Facilitating employee sign in and sign out daily 

7. Answering queries in person and by phone 

The ideal candidate should be: 

- Computer literate 

- Possess at least 3 CSEC subjects including English 

A, Mathematics or P.O.A 

- At least 2-3 year’s work experience in related field 

2) Administrative/Sales Assistant 

Requirements: 

- Minimum 2 years’ experience in administration is 

required. 

- Strong, keen performance focus, sales planning, 

strong team-building skills. 

- Strong communication, analytical, problem solving 

& decision-making skills 

- Job experience with extensive customer contact, including 

building and maintain customer relationships. 

- Ability to work efficiently in a high demand, team 

oriented, and fast-paced environment. 

- Ability to maintain confidentiality. 

Career Progression: 

• Career progression to Accounts Clerk or Marketing Officer 

possible with requisite training and qualifications 

If you are currently registered at OSEC and interested in a 

listed vacancy, kindly contact OSEC. If you are NOT registered 

with OSEC you may call the centre for more information 

on registration requirements. Our centre is located on 

Old Parham Road in the Ryan’s Building, next to Antigua 

Motors. OSEC telephone numbers are 5628533/34/35. 

Kindly note that the DEADLINE FOR ALL APPLICA- 

TIONS is Monday 30th January, 2017.


Antigua Grammar top Ottos Comprehensive, 

PSS and GSS draw in School Cricket 

By Carlena Knight 

Antigua Grammar school 

defeated Ottos Comprehensive 

by an inning and 

144 runs at the Rising Sun 

grounds in the Massy United 

Ministry of Sports Inter-School 

Cricket league 

earlier this week in the Seniors 

2 Day division. 

In the first innings, Ottos 

Comprehensive were 21 

all out with Asher Cornelius 

making 10 runs. 

AGS’ Johie Massiah took 

3 wickets for 4 runs off of 

5 overs with 2 maidens and 

Jae’o Benjamin took 3 for 

10 runs off of 4 overs with 

1 maiden. 

AGS replied with 228 for 

3 with Paul Millen making 

119 runs and Shemar Wallace 


Niehil Samuel of OCS 

took 2 wickets for 44 runs 

off of 9.1 overs while teammate, 

Tanya Martin took 1 

wicket for 35 runs off of 5.2 

overs. 

As the 2nd innings went 

underway, OCS made 63 for 

8 with Timmo Thomas making 

26 runs. 

Dishon Henry of AGS 

took 3 wickets for 8 runs 

off of 6 overs with 3 maidens 

while teammate, Elroy 

Francis took 2 wickets for 11 

runs off of 4.1 overs. 

Several horses 

down for Turf Club 

first meet for 2017 

By Marver Woodley 

Several horses have been carded to make debut appearances 

in the first scheduled meet for the Antigua and Barbuda 

Turf Club Meet. 

The initial first meet which was scheduled for January 

29th was rescheduled for February 5th will see the likes of 

the Serpent, Trump Um, Silly Mid-off along with start studs 

Lynn’s Image, Demolition Man, Chief of Staff and Lil Miss 

Perfect. 

Also, joining the star crew will be Carol-Von-Terrell, 

Lady Antebellum and Sparkle as they gallop for glory in for 

the first time for the year. 

Six races will be carded for the first meet as the Association 

kicks-off back to back action at the Cassada Gardens 

Race Track for the 2017 season. 

Sponsors for the first meet are as follows Vybz FM, 

Dews, Cools and Smooth, Occasions Party Rentals, Antigua 

Printing and Publishing, Paint Plus and ZDK Radio. 

Pares Secondary and 

Glanvilles Secondary came 

to a draw in their match at 

Seatons. 

In the first innings, GSS 

made 52 all out with G. 

Burnes making 15 and Rene 

Cornwall 9. 

PSS’ E. Warner took 3 

wickets for 9 runs off of 5 

overs. Teammate, D. Martin 

also took 3 wickets for 2 

runs off of 3 overs. 

Pares replied with a 58 

all out effort with D. Mason 

making 14 runs and D. Joseph 


N. Bellot of GSS took 

4 wickets for 6 runs off of 

5 overs with 2 maidens. F. 

Lawrence also took 4 wickets 

for 20 runs off of 13 

overs with 3 maidens. 

Glanvilles Secondary 

opened the 2nd inning making 

75 for 2 with K. Pitman 

and E. Lawrence having a 38 

not out performance and 25 

not out performance respectively. 

T. Mason of Pares Secondary 

took 1 wicket for 14 

runs off of 5 overs. 

Jennings Secondary and 

Clare Hall Secondary game 

was affected due to rain.



All Saints Slammers charge to victory 


All Saints Slammers charged to a 

tremendous victory over LJ Northside 

Stingerz, 75-23 in Division 3 action on 

Wednesday night at JSC. 

Slammers led by Anjis Anthony with 

13 points and 6 rebounds and Raheem 

Samuel with 12 points and 8 rebounds 

overpowered Stingerz throughout the 

match. 

Teammates, Xavier Dalso chipped in 

with 8 assists and Kamau Nibbs grabbed 


Clare Hall Secondary 

trumped defending champions, 

Antigua Grammar 

School, 30-9 in the Miniboys 

Secondary division of 

the Cool and Smooth Inter-school 

Basketball League 

on Wednesday afternoon at 

JSC. 

Jaheem James who was 

also the 3Ds Playtime Snackette 

Player of the match scored 

18 points to lead his team to a 

convincing win. 

Cory Wynter of AGS 

scored 9. 

The action continued in 

the Mini-boys Primary division 

as defending champions, 

Green Bay Primary secured 

their first win of the season 

defeating Old Road Primary, 

7-2. 


National sporting fraternities for all natures are in line to 

benefit greatly from a presentation from cricket commentator 

Joseph “Reds” Perreira. 

Perreria who is also an author will be on island on February 

9th to host a presentation on the structuring of clubs and associations 

to become more efficient as the main goal. 

Local clubs and associations stand to benefit from a planned 

presentation by well-known, on. 

His travels will be thanks to a collaboration between the 

Ministry of Sports and the National Olympic Committee of Antigua 

& Barbuda, and will be held at Multipurpose & Exhibition 

Cultural Center starting at 10:00 a.m. 

All clubs and associations are invited by not only the Ministry 

of Sports but by extension Perrier as the talks will be beneficial 

to all. 

10 rebounds. 

Yannick Samuel of Stingerz had 

10 points and 8 rebounds with Wilston 

Charles contributing 9 points, 8 rebounds 

and 4 steals in a losing effort. 

Ottos Coolers flexed their muscles 

on Old Road Daggers in the feature 

match of the double header defeating 

them, 80-51. 

With a number of supporters present, 

Ottos’ Lincoln Weekes led his team with 

21 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists. 

Deshawn Martin had three 

points for the victors while Julian 

Joseph had 2 points. 

Urlings Primary also secured 

a win over S.R. Olivia 

Primary defeating them 10-4. 

Jaheem Forde had 6 points 

for Urlings while Tajahron 

Davis netted 4. 

Jennings Secondary dominated 

Clare Hall Secondary 

in the Junior Boys Division 

blowing them out, 28-12. 

Maikol Florien assisted with 14 

points, 9 rebounds, 5 assists and 5 

steals and Javon Simon chipped in with 

11 points, 7 rebounds and 4 assists for 

Coolers. 

Alexis Jackson grabbed 16 rebounds 

and teammate, Rolando Hamilton 

grabbed 14 for the victors. 

Kevin Cornwall of Daggers had 20 

points while Ezekiel Francois grabbed 

10 rebounds in a losing effort. Games at 

Yorks court were called off due to rain. 

CHSS top defending champs in Schools Basketball 

Sporting bodies to benefit 

from talks with Perreria 

Vladimir Castro had 

15 points for JSS, while for 

CHSS, Johnathan Joseph netted, 

6 points. 

Antigua State College 

flexed their muscles versus 

newbies, Trinity Academy in 

the Senior Boys Division defeating 

them 38-24. 

Daniel Thomas led the 

charge with 10 points while 

Mico Scotland had 15 in a 

losing effort. 

Local draught association 

soon to be a reality 


The First Ever Draught 

Association within Antigua 

and Barbuda will come into 

fruition today if the newly ratified 

constitution is approved. 

Head of the interim committee 

Trevor Cranston made 

the announcement following 

the approval of the constitution 

on Wednesday night, and 

will seek to have it approved 

by the Ministry of Sports today. 

He noted that once registered 

plans will be in place 

to form an official executive 

committee with an election. 

The committee will comprise 

of a Vice-President, Treasurer, 

Secretary a Public Relations 

Officer, two floor persons and 

a president a position he will 

contend if he is nominated. 

The association has been 

holding competitions for several 

years despite not being 

an official organization recognized 

by the Ministry of 

Sports.


Freeman’s Village and Urlings dominate in ABFA games 


Opening its gates for the 

first time since being acquired, 

the Coolidge Cricket Grounds 

recorded first win for hosts 

Leeward Island Cricketers. 

Playing here on Wednesday 

the Leeward Islands 

Hurricanes defeated Kent 

Spitfires by seven wickets, in 

the day/night fourth game of 

the Regional Super50 at the 

Coolidge Cricket Ground. 

Kent were able to amass 

228 for nine off 50 overs with 

scores from Calum Haggett 

with 45, Adam Rouse with 

35, Sean Dickson 22, Gavin 

Tonge 4-39, and Rahkeem 

Cornwall 2-35. 

Hurricanes on the other 

hand were able to 

amassurrH 237 for three off 

43.3 overs. Nkrumah Bonner 

leading the chase with 78 

not out, followed Chesney 

Hughes 38, Jahmar Hamilton 

36 not out, Montcin Hodge 

34, Kieran Powell 31 and 


The Freeman’s Village FC ended 

Thursdays run of games with the highest 

goals defeating Hill Top FC. 

Playing in one of three scheduled 

games Freeman’s Village trounced Hill 

Top 3-1 with double strikes coming from 

Roy Gregory in the 53rd and 73rd minutes 

followed by teammate Darius Hector 

with the opener in the 41st minute. 

Scoring the lone successful goal for Hill 

Top was Sydney Samuel in the 51st minute. 

The other two games resulted in 1-nil 

and 2-nil scores with Bendals and Forth 

Road being at the losing end in both encounters. 

Fort Road was defeated at the hands 

of Ottos Ranges by Kyii Ireland in the 

first 6 minutes of play while Bendals was 

trounced by Swetes with goals form Ajani 

Williams and Craig Mason 

Meanwhile a day prior Urlings 

brought their A game to ensure Pares did 

not get a strike in and amassed 7 points 

in one game one of the most goals in one 

sitting for the entire season. Jalan Willock 

braced the back of the net twice while 

teammates Roey Techeira, Philmore 

Hughes, Jaric Richards, Kayan London 

and Cozie Richardson all netted once. 

Another marvelous game was played 

Adam Riley 2-41. 

Hours later Windward Islands 

Volcanoes survived a 

scare before posting a 21-run 

victory over West Indies Under-19s 

in their opening game. 

Playing at the Vivian 

Richards Cricket Ground, 

Volcanoes were dismissed for 

221 off 46.2 overs, with Sunil 

Ambris top-scoring with 54 

and captain Liam Sebastien 

getting 31. 

Seamer Keemo Paul was 

outstanding, finishing with 

four for 31 while left-arm 

spinner Joshua Bishop picked 

up two for 34. 

Racking up the scores for 

Volcanes were Sunil Ambris 

with 54, Liam Sebastien with 

31, Kyle Mayers 28, Delorn 

Johnson 26 and Keemo Paul 

4-31 

Meanwhile the UN- 

DER-19 leaders were Bhaskar 

Yadram with 52, Kirstan 

Kallicharan with 25, Keemo 

Paul making 22; Mervin Matthews 

4-38 and Delorn Johnson 

2-33. 

by Jennings United as Jeanpierre Williams 

netted all three goals to bring home 

the in for United against Garden Stars 

who were rejected on all attempts. 

Bethesda men were also on show 

as they defeated Golden Grove 3-1, 

with successful attacks form Marcel Simon 

for Golden Grove and teammates 

Tishawn Simon, Rolston Francis and 

Calvin Goodwin for Bethesda. 

5P’s defeat 3-1 of Real Blizzard was 

the final game of the day with goals from 

Kevorne Browne, Rushane Dench, and 

Ragique Bryan for 5P’s while Shavon 

Moore made the lone successful attack 

for Real Blizzard. 

Hurricanes, Volcanoes win Regional Super50 matches 

Mervin Matthew was later 

named man of the match.



Jangoo shines again as Marooners win 

LUCAS STREET, Barbados – 

Teenaged opener Amir Jangoo stroked 

his second successive half-century as 

Campus Colleges and Campuses Marooners 

defeated ICC Americas by seven 

wickets to post their second win of 

the Regional Super50 here Thursday. 

Chasing a paltry 182 for victory at 

Windward Cricket Club, Marooners 

cruised to their target in the 46th over, 

with the 19-year-old Jangoo hitting a 

top score of 52. 

Kyle Corbin carried his side over 

the line with a fluent, unbeaten 47 

while Cassius Burton struck 38 and 

captain Jamal Smith, 36. 

Fast bowler Keon Harding hard earlier 

produced a superb 10-over spell of 

two for 27 to help restrict ICC Americas 

to 181 for nine off their 50 overs. 

His Man-of-the-Match effort was 

supported by seamer Jermaine Levy 

(2-43) and off-spinner Vikash Mohan 

(2-45) who finished with two wickets 

piece. 

Timroy Allen, batting at number 

eight, top-scored with 43 while Hakeem 

Dodson weighed in with 28 and 

Nikhil Dutta and Kamau Leverock, 26 

apiece. 

Sent in, ICC Americas slumped 

to 53 for five in the 17th over before 

staging a lower order rally. Dutta and 

Dodson added 36 for the sixth wicket 

before Allen posted 28 for the seventh 

wicket with Dodson and a further 60 in 

Teenaged opener Amir Jangoo 

a critical eighth wicket stand with Saad 

Bin Zafar (25). 

The right-handed Allen stroked 

four fours and a six in a breezy 50-ball 

knock. 

In reply, left-hander Jangoo took the 

attack to ICC Americas in an 87-ball 

innings which was laced with six fours 

and a six. 

Jangoo put on 81 for the first wicket 

with Smith whose knock came from 75 

balls and included two fours and a six. 

When three wickets tumbled for 

just 30 runs in the space of 42 deliveries, 

Corbin and Burton combined in an 

unbroken fourth wicket stand of 73, to 

steer Marooners to victory. 

The right-handed Corbin faced 59 

balls and counted five fours and a six 

while Burton, also a right-hander, was 

equally fluent in hammering three fours 

and a six in a 

43-ball knock. 

(CMC)

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