Caribbean Times 88th Issue - Wednesday 1st February 2017
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GREENE WANTS BACK
SPORTING FACILITIES
By Everton Barnes
Administration negotiated the International
Monetary Fund (IMF) loan, it
Sports and Culture Minister, E.P.
Chet Greene, has made a call for all the agreed to pass control of these facilities
country’s major sporting facilities to be to sporting bodies; YASCO to the Antigua
and Barbuda Athletics Association
returned to government’s control and
administration.
and the ARG to the Antigua Football
In making his presentation to the Association,” he reported. These associations
have valid leases for the re-
debate on the 2017 National Budget,
Greene made a strong case for the return
of the facilities – mainly YASCO Minister Greene is of the view that
spective facilities.
and the Antigua Recreation Grounds – that decision was wrong as neither association
had the resources to properly
to government control as the sporting
associations, under whose control they maintain the facilities; the result, both
fall, are unable to properly maintain facilities are in dire need of upgrade
these facilities.
and repairs. This, according to the Minister
comes after the government spent Sports and Culture Minister, the Hon., E.P.
“During the period when the former
United Progressive Party (UPP) cont’d on pg 2
Chet Greene
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Wednesday 1st February 2017
Sir Vivian Richards to coach in Cuba
By Everton Barnes
Cricket legend, Sir Vivian
Richards, is offering his
services to travel to Cuba to
coach cricket as part of the
exchange between Antigua
and Barbuda and the Spanish-speaking
nation.
Making the announcement,
Trade, Industry, Commerce,
Sports and National
Festivals Minister, E.P. Chet
Greene, said this comes out
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significant amounts of money upgrading the
ARG in particular ahead of Carnival last
year.
“We take no blame for the conditions
at YASCO or other sporting facilities; that
blame belongs to the UPP.
“However, as a responsible government,
we take responsibility for fixing them,” he
stated.
The minister drew attention to a demonstration
that was held at YASCO on Saturday
by a group of ‘Concerned Parents’ calling for
among other things, the upgrade and repair
of the grounds. But based on an announcement
made in the Throne Speech, Greene
said the demonstrators were ‘unreasonable’.
“In the Throne Speech just three weeks
ago, the Governor General made specific
reference to fixing YASCO.
“We are currently negotiating with the
Farara Family for acquiring adjacent lands
of the Memorandum of Understanding
signed by both
countries last year.
“This is the first time that
we will have Antigua and
Barbuda nationals traveling
to Cuba in this capacity
as we will send coaches for
cricket and for steel pan. I
am happy to announce that
National Here Sir Viv has
offered his services to go to
Cuba to teach Cubans the
game of cricket,” the minister
announced.
He disclosed that the
performance and creative
arts form part of the MOU
through which a National
Sculpture Park will be created
on the grounds of the former
Ottos Primary School
at Radio Range. “This park
will feature sculptures depicting
the country’s African
ancestry, including the dark
period of slavery. Our African
ancestry will be memorialized
at the park to serve
as a teaching-aid for our
people and it will also form
part of the nation’s tourist attractions,”
he reported.
Under the MOU, he reported
that there is now an
air services agreement between
the two nations that
is being serviced by PAWA
Airline out of the Dominican
Republic providing regular
flights into Cuba.
The minister also praised
the role of the Office of the
National Authorising Officer
(ONAO), headed by Ambassador
to CARICOM, Dr.
Clarence Henry, for organizing
a trade mission to Cuba
out of which came the MOU.
Meanwhile, the minister
also launched a ‘buy local’
campaign that seeks to encourage
support for local
farmers, manufacturers and
producers. “We must create
linkages, not leakages as we
encourage consumers, hoteliers
and others to patronize
local industry. He noted that
each dollar spent locally is
retention in the local economy.
However, the minister
also wants local producers to
be equally mindful that their
products, whether there’re
from agriculture, manufacturing
or the creative arts,
must be of a high standard.
“We must protect the ‘Antigua
and Barbuda’ brand at
all times!” he declared.
so that we can expand the grounds and put in
a proper track and other facilities. Nothing
could take place between the Throne Speech
and the Budget debate.
“I feel the people who participated were
disingenuous,” the minister declared. He
expressed the view that their actions were
motivated by politics as there was a stated
commitment by the government upgrade
YASCO.
“Politics must not play a part in our cultural
and sporting affairs,” Greene admonished.
Regarding the ARG, Greene said the facility
is a national landmark and of great importance
to the country as the most popular
and used sporting and cultural venue as well
as a tourist attraction.
He noted that he is not happy with the
current state of the ARG as it is his view that
the facilities are not regularly cleaned nor
properly maintained.
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No conditions for adopting CCJ
By Everton Barnes
Prime Minister Gaston Browne is
cautioning the United Progressive Party
(UPP) that while he is willing to compromise
on the issue of adopting the
Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ), he
will not accept any conditions placed
on him or the government.
Speaking to reporters at a news
conference following a meeting with
the Leader of the Opposition, Baldwin
Spencer, on Monday, Browne said he
is prepared to make a number of commitments
to allay some of the concerns
expressed by UPP during the CCJ campaign.
He noted that the UPP had made a
number of demands in order to secure
its support for the move towards the
CCJ, but whilst he prepared to address
some of the demands, he does not want
them to be conditions for attaining the
party’s support.
“We are prepared to give them a
commitment to have comprehensive
Constitutional reform, we will give a
commitment to address the issues of
the lower courts, although as I indicated
to Spencer, fixing the lower courts
will require an enormous amount of resources,
especially if we are to get the
bond instruments in place to finance to
courts similarly to how the CCJ is financed,”
the prime minister stated.
He noted that raising US$100 million
dollars would require a regional
effort and that this money could not
be raised overnight…it would require
some time. However, he added that this
matter is currently occupying the attention
of leaders of the OECS.
“We are in a position to give those
commitments, provided that they are
not condition-precedent, where they are
doing to demand, for example, they we
have to fix the courts or raise a US$100
million before the UPP signs on. If that
is the case, then we will just have to call
it off,” Browne declared.
The prime minister described any
such possible ‘demands’ as obstacles to
‘any progress’ that the two parties may
make on the march towards the CCJ.
Spencer gave an undertaking to discuss
the prime minister’s offer with his
colleagues in the UPP and the prime
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Wednesday 1st February 2017
ASC moves to further develop
academic programmes
By Joanna Paris
Principal of the Antigua State College,
Hyram Forde, has indicated that the academic
institution is working with earnest to
improve the quality of education delivered
through its departments.
Forde said that a considerable amount of
time has been spent on developing the departments
to improve the standard of what
is currently being offered to students.
“We have spent some time developing
the department of undergraduate studies,
we have spent time developing teacher education,
we are now paying attention to the
development of the school of nursing and
pharmacy and in very short order we will
be developing the School of Business”, he
said.
He stated that the overall aim in to ensure
that all the departments can transition
to offering Bachelor Degrees.
Forde said that currently there are four
pillars that must be addressed to assist the
college in these further developments.
He noted that these are but are not limited
to infrastructure, the quality of the faculties,
the programmes that will be offered
and the quality assurance and accreditation
of the institution.
The Antigua State College was established
in 1976 with the aim to offer students
affordable tertiary education.
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minister encouraged him to
‘use his considerable’ influence
within the UPP to ‘get
them on board’ into joining
the government in the move
to adopt the CCJ as the country’s
highest court of appeal
replacing the London-based
Judicial Committee of the
Privy Council.
Through-out the campaign
for the CCJ, the prime
minister has always maintained
that there will only
be a single issue; the CCJ,
placed on the referendum
ballot paper. Now he said
he is willing to accept a few
‘non-controversial’ questions
posed to the electorate
along with the CCJ for the
referendum.
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School of Pharmacy officially launched
By Joanna Paris
Approximately 15 students
will make up the first
cohort of students to embark
on the path of attaining
a Bachelors of Arts Degree
from the relaunched School
of Pharmacy.
The School was officially
relaunched in a ceremony
which took place at the Antigua
State College on Monday.
A number of key personnel
representing the Ministry
of Health, the Ministry of Education
and the faculty of the
Antigua State College (ASC)
and other agencies were in
attendance. The eager group
of students were also present.
A beaming Principal of
the ASC, Hyram Forde, explained
that he is indeed delighted
that the school is once
again a reality after a hiatus.
He indicated that because
of the absence of the facility,
there has been a notable decline
in the number of qualified
pharmacists available on
the island.
He added that Pharmacology
will be an integral part
of the country’s educational
thrust at higher levels.
“Pharmacy is going to
be a pivotal discourse in the
University trusty of Antigua
and Barbuda. We are certainly
happy that we have
reached the stage where the
school will be re-opened,
the new programme will be
rolled out on February 1 st ”,
he said.
Forde further indicated
that the overall goal is to have
a mapped-out curriculum
which can be transformed
easily to the next level of getting
a Bachelor’s Degree in
the Field.
Minister of Health and the
Environment, the Hon. Molwyn
Joseph, told the gathering
that he opening of the
School of Pharmacy “could
not have come at a more opportune
time”. He noted that
this goes hand in hand as the
twin island state has emerged
as one of the leaders in offering
health care services in the
Organization of Eastern Caribbean
State (OECS).
He encouraged the students
to take advantage of
the opportunity that they
have ahead of them and to
think beyond the ordinary.
“I want to encourage you
to broaden your potential and
even though you are studying
Pharmacology, you can
broaden your horizons”, he
emphasized.
Also, echoing similar
sentiments and his expression
of happiness with the relaunch
of the School of Pharmacy
was the Ministry with
responsibility for Education,
Science and Technology, the
Hon. Michael Browne.
President of the Antigua
and Barbuda Pharmacy
Council, Sandra Joseph, in
her remarks expressed that
it is indeed refreshing to relaunch
the school, which will
see more trained pharmacists
emerging in Antigua and
Barbuda.
“Antigua and Barbuda
has no reason to be left behind,
we have already given
you the guarantee to educate
you up to a Bachelor’s Degree.
The world is yours, you
have the potential’, he said.
The School of Pharmacy
will be located at the Antigua
State College. The curriculum
will include chemistry,
biology, pharmacology and
pharmacognosy.
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Wednesday 1st February 2017
OECS Director General praises
local kidney transplant programme
Antigua and Barbuda’s
history making kidney transplant
program has come in
for high praise from Director
General of the Organization
for Eastern Caribbean
States, Dr. Didacus Jules.
Commenting on the
milestone, Dr. Jules said
that the entire OECS region
was in awe of Antigua and
Barbuda’s accomplishments
and the accomplishment has
reverberated right across the
region.
“I think it is a historic occasion,
not just for Antigua
and Barbuda but the entire
OECS since we have had
strong cooperation going on
in this sector of health and
we discussed areas of collaboration,
initiatives that
we need to take jointly in the
OECS. So when we got the
news that Antigua and Barbuda
had done this successful
operation there was very
high praise coming from all
the member states”, Dr Jules
disclosed.
The OECS official added
that plans are now in
the pipeline to establish an
OECS organ donor program
so that citizens of the sub-region
can access the care and
treatment they need when
that time comes.
“The PAHO representative
said that given what has
transpired in Antigua and
Barbuda, we should consider
the establishment of a regional
organ donor database
in the OECS so that it will
be easy for persons requiring
such transplant in the future
to tap into the entire OECS
in order to get the support
they require for such transplants”,
Dr Jules noted.
Dr Jules is confident that
health care in OECS is moving
in the right direction.
“We are definitely moving
in the right direction and
we are going to build upon
that platform that Antigua
and Barbuda has established
to take it further with that organ
database”, he said.
Monday January 16th
2017 went down in the annals
of Antigua and Barbuda
as the date of the first successfully
completed kidney
transplant was performed in
the twin island state.
The eight hour procedure
which was done at the
Mount St John Medical Centre
was performed by a fourteen
member team which
comprised four surgeons,
two Anesthetists and eight
specialist nurses. Among
the Surgeons were Dr Obi
Ekwenna and Dr Mike Rees
of Toledo Ohio USA alongwith
Antiguans, Dr Dwayne
Thwaites and Steve Richards.
Local Doctor, Ian Thomas
also played instrumental
role in the success of the operation.
Speaking on the momentous
occasion, Minister
of Health and the Environment-Molwyn
Joseph said
that January 16th was already
a historic day in the
lives of Antiguans and Barbudans
as on that very day,
seventy eight (78) years ago,
the Antigua Trades and Labour
Union was formed.
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Rotary Club of Antigua Sundown
funds recreational tennis program for
children with intellectual disabilities
The Rotary Club of Antigua
Sundown (RCAS) has
partnered with the Wadadli
Gems to offer a tennis
program being launched as
“Tennis with Samantha”, a
tennis program for children
with intellectual disabilities.
“Community is at the
heart of what we do,” said
Herald Rolland RCAS
President. “So we’re
constantly working on
building stronger relations
with schools, local
community groups and
others.”
“Our club has been
championing the cause of
autism and other special
needs broadly so this initiative
is aligned with our
goals.”
The goal of the program
is to provide a setting
where children with intellectual
disabilities can not
only get exercise but work
on their motor and social
skills.
Through tennis fundamentals,
they will also
work with the children to
develop their attention,
rational thinking (strategy
and tactics), and sportsmanship
on the court and
into their daily lives.
“Our mission is simple
– teach this special population
of children how to play
Students and teachers from the Adele School; RCAS’s investment will provide: tennis equipment,
water coolers, first aid kit etc. for the program.
tennis by ensuring that they
have access (with a helping
hand) to the sport,” shared
Samantha Johnson Tennis
Instructor for the program.
“This program is actually
the brain-child of our
founder Maylene Hector,
who is a parent of a special
needs child and knows the
benefits that a sport like
tennis could bring to these
children.
“We’ve seen the work
done by Rotary Club of Antigua
Sundown in the area
of disabilities, specifically
autism and we knew they
would make a great partner.
We were right – they said
yes and now these children
have a chance to play.
We are grateful for their
(RCAS) commitment and
support.”
Tennis with Samantha
will run for ten weeks
and will be hosted at the
National Tennis Centre at
Campsite.
Lessons will take place
twice weekly for ninety
(90) minutes each session.
The students currently
enrolled in the program are
from the Adele School but
there are plans to expand
the program in the future.
Each session includes
warm-up; basic hand-eye
coordination skills; volleys
at the net; groundstrokes
from farther out; and an
obstacle course.
The session will also
include a group game and
picking up balls.
For more information
on the Rotary Club of Antigua
Sundown, please visit
them on Facebook.
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Wednesday 1st February 2017
Guyana gives Chinese miner nod
to begin manganese production
GEORGETOWN, Guyana – Guyana’s
manganese sector is set for major
expansion in the coming months.
Two months after the David
Granger administration gave the nod
to a deal between BOSAI Minerals,
the Chinese company currently involved
in bauxite operations in Linden
and Reunion Gold Corporation to
acquire the latter’s rights in the Matthews
Ridge Manganese Project, preparatory
works are scheduled to get
underway by the first half of the year.
The deal paves the way for manganese
mining to resume in Matthew
Ridge, Region One after several decades.
The Ministry of Natural Resources
is expecting major dividends from
the agreement, including substantial
revenue, jobs and infrastructural development.
“Bosai expects that employment
numbers can reach as high as 1,200
during the peak of construction and
KINGSTON, Jamaica
– Police in Jamaica have recaptured
a man charged with
the murder of two American
missionaries, three weeks
after he escaped custody.
Dwight Henry was
nabbed during a sting operation
last Thursday night, as
he was travelling in a car in
St Mary – the same parish
where he allegedly killed
53-year-old Harold Nichols
and 48-year-old Randy
Hentzel on April 30 last
then stabilize at 300 to 400 during
normal operations. Once in production,
the company intends to ship
350,000 tonnes of manganese per
year,” the ministry said.
Bosai will mine using conventional
open pit methods with minimum
blasting, and the mine will have a life
of 15 to 35 years, depending on the
rate of extraction, a statement from
the ministry said.
Under the agreement, the Reunion
Gold Corporation will transfer to
the Bosai Mineral Group four prospecting
licences that make up the
Matthews Ridge project, the March
2011 Mineral Agreement between
Reunion, Guyana and the Guyana
Geology and Mines Commission, and
capital assets.
According to the ministry, preparations
will begin during the second
half of this year and will include the
construction of a wharf facility at
Port Kaituma to receive supplies for
year.
Henry had been arrested
in June last year, along with
Andre Thomas, for the murders.
However, he escaped
from the Port Maria Hospital
on January 4 after being
taken there for medical attention.
He will now face an additional
charge of escaping
custody, according to Assistant
Commissioner of
Police Fitz Bailey who also
told the media that several
operations were carried
out in several communities
across St. Mary before Henry
was finally caught.
Hentzel and Nichols
were found dead in St.
Mary, where both accused
and victims lived.
The missionaries, who
were attached to the Pennsylvannia-based
Christian
charity TEAMS for Medical
Missions, had been residing
in Jamaica for several
years.
The Matthews Ridge drill rig.
the mine and mill, and the construction
and upgrading of roads from Port
Kaituma wharf to Matthews Ridge
and Pipiani.
Other works would include mine
development, including stripping and
pit work for ore extraction, construction
of tailings management and water
supply facilities, and installing a
milling plant for treatment of manganese
ores.
Mining operations are scheduled
to begin in another two years. (Caribbean360)
Police in Jamaica capture escapee accused
of American missionaries’ murders
They had left their
homes on motorcycles on
April 30 to carry out some
missionary work in Albion
Mountain in the same
northeastern parish. Hentzel’s
body was discovered
that afternoon and Nichols’
body was found the following
day.
Autopsies confirmed
that Hentzel died of a gunshot
wound while Nichols
was shot and chopped. (Caribbean360)
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Trump asked to help free Mormon jailed
on weapons charges in Venezuela
UTAH, USA – The mother of a
Utah man jailed and allegedly subjected
to “horrifying abuse” for the
last seven months in Venezuela has
begged US President Donald Trump
to help free her son.
In her new YouTube video, Laurie
Holt reiterated her belief that that
her son Joshua Holt is being used as a
“political pawn” by Venezuela’s government.
Joshua Holt and his wife, an Ecuadorean
national, were arrested on
June 30 on weapons charges. Venezuelan
officials alleged that he was
stockpiling weapons at his wife’s
apartment and have suggested his
case is linked to other unspecified attempts
by the US government to undermine
President Nicolas Maduro’s
socialist administration.
Laurie has staunchly refuted that
claim, insisting that her son, a former
Mormon missionary, travelled to
Venezuela to marry a woman he met
online while seeking Spanish-speaking
Mormons to help him improve his
Spanish.
In her video, the Riverton, Utah
resident criticized the inability of
former President Barack Obama’s administration
to gain freedom for her
son, going on to appeal to Trump’s
patriotism.
“President Trump, my son’s only
offence was that he was an American
citizen. I know that you surely agree
that being a citizen of this great nation
should mean something,” she said.
“Josh and his wife and our entire
family have been living in a hellish
fog for the last months. My son
has undergone the most horrifying
and degrading physical and mental
abuse.”
Laurie Holt with a photo of her imprisoned son, Joshua.
The video was posted a week after
US Senator Orrin Hatch of Utah most recently visited Holt on January
He added that consular officers
mentioned the case in a meeting with 16 and will continue to make regular
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson. visits.
During his confirmation hearing, Former Secretary of State John
Tillerson did not mention Holt by Kerry raised Holt’s jailing during a
name but said he planned to demand meeting with President Maduro in
that Venezuela President Nicolas September, and a senior State Department
official travelled to Caracas
Maduro release all political prisoners.
In recent months, Laurie has endured
a series of disappointments as for his release.
twice in recent months in part to push
four different hearings scheduled to The US House passed a resolution
discuss her son’s plight have been in September calling for the release of
cancelled. No new hearings are currently
scheduled.
Venezuela, but the pressure has so far
Holt and other political prisoners in
Will Cocks, spokesman for the US yielded no tangible results.
State Department’s Bureau of Consular
Affairs, said the department is prison in Caracas run by Venezuela’s
Joshua Holt is being held in a
concerned about the postponements intelligence police, that also holds a
and is following Holt’s case closely. number of activists that the opposition
considers political prisoners.
The department has raised the
matter with the Venezuelan government,
urging respect for Holt’s hu-
Maduro’s government is using Holt
Human rights groups contend that
man rights and an expedited effort and his wife as bargaining chips to
to resolve the case, Cocks said in a extract unspecified concessions from
statement.
the United States. (Caribbean360)
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Wednesday 1st February 2017
Tuesday’s Sudoku Solution
S U D O K U
CROSSWORD
Across
1. Nav. school
5. Speck in the sea
10. “Lonely Boy” singer
14. Actress Teri
15. Physical condition
16. Gardening moss
17. Height: Pref.
18. Strips for breakfast
19. Grimm meany
20. Epitome
23. Vegas winner
24. Vocalist Sumac
25. One-million link
27. Suffix with brom-
28. “Let’s have no more of
__!”
32. Start a computer session
34. Wallet material
37. Say it isn’t so
38. Think tank highlight
41. “What’s Going On” singer
Marvin
42. Financers
43. “Rush, Rush” singer Paula
45. Canadian gas brand
46. Sink in the middle
49. “So long”
50. “__ recall ...”
53. __ Dame
55. Promising rookie
60. Dark beer
61. Mathematician Newton
62. 500 sheets
63. Libertine
64. John saved by Pocahontas
65. “M*A*S*H” star
66. Current measures
67. Toast opening
68. Listen to
Down
1. 2005 U.S. Open finalist
2. Hidden
3. Get there
4. Male bee
5. Library ID
6. Thick carpet
7. Dainty trim
8. Strong glue
9. Coffee break hr.
10. Each
11. Victoria’s Secret item
12. Anna of fiction
13. Downed
21. Big name in computer
chips
22. __ de mer
26. Whatever
29. Monitor’s beat
30. Ended in __: drew
31. Macbeth, for one
33. Bookie’s concern
34. In __ of
35. Stops
36. Itinerary details: Abbr.
38. Period of increased births
39. Biennial golf competition
40. Golf clubs
41. Motormouth’s “gift”
44. Fall behind
46. Addison’s publishing
partner
47. Teen’s hangout
48. Lose one’s temper
51. __ kebab
52. “Who’s there?” response
54. First name in talk
56. Turner and a president
57. Matched set
58. Daily charge
59. Folk singer Phil
60. Bikini part
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Today’s weather forecast
Antigua and Barbuda
Mainly sunny skies.
High - 80ºF
Low - 73ºF
Wind: East 16 mph
Sunrise 6.40 am; Sunset 6.01 pm
Tuesday’s Crossword Solution
HOROSCOPE
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb.
18). The competition for your
attention today is rather fierce.
So many offers will be made
to you — mostly trivial and
best passed up. But one offer
will be interesting, possibly
even vital. Your instincts will
help you discern.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March
20). Don’t do it because it’s a
“good opportunity.” You could
fritter away your energy trying
to take advantage of all the
“good opportunities.” Unless
this one deeply inspires you,
it’s not good enough.
ARIES (March 21-April 19).
History is more art than science.
Like magnetic audiotape,
memories get a little more
corrupted every time they are
recalled. As for today’s story,
expect that its emotional truth
might be different from its factual
truth.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20).
The gurus suggest that the path
to enlightenment involves the
elimination of opinion. That
would be taking it to extremes
today, though you might temper
your opinions with a fair
dose of open-mindedness.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21).
You’re a hard worker, and
you’ll play even harder if
you can find the time to do
it. If you can’t, then make the
time. Because it’s what you do
during off hours that will have
the most impact.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). People
who are never wrong are
universally suspected, and no
one likes a know-it-all. It’s
why you go the route of curiosity
and experimentation
and possess a cavalier attitude
about correctness in general
today. It’s simply more fun
that way.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22).
Like an actor who is cast in an
unlikely role, you have some
stretching to do. Is this an honor,
a challenge or a pain? Likely
all three will fit in someway
before the show is over.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). Go
on and argue for your side.
You’ll be respected for having
an opinion — and a spine.
Keep it good-natured and light
and no one will be offended,
even if they disagree.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21).
“Fake it till you make it” is
one approach. Then there’s
the one where you’re at peace
with being out of your element.
A little lost, you’re confident
you’ll work it out and
the others will want to help
you do that.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-
Dec. 21). You don’t need to
get more things done. You
need to get important things
done. What’s going to feed the
bottom line? What’s going to
matter most at the end of the
day? What’s going to make
you smile?
CANCER (June 22-July 22).
You’ll dig in your heels today.
You set your own groove
and you’ll move when you’re
ready. Even when you feel the
hand of fate at your back, you
won’t budge. No one, not even
destiny, can rush you.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan.
19). Like the goat that is
your symbol, you’re willing
to climb over the obstacles
in your path. If you have to
do that every time you pass,
though, you’ll waste a lot of
energy. Remove the obstacles
instead. Clear the road.
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The Antigua Girls High School invites all parents, old girls,
past teachers and well wishers, to its 131st Anniversary Service
and Prize Giving, on Wednesday 8th February 2017,
at the Spring Gardens Moravian Church, beginning at 8:30
am. Following the service there will be an EXHIBITION OF
WORKS at the school’s auditorium. ALL are invited to view
the creative works of our young ladies.
VACANCIES REGISTERED at OSEC
HOSTESS
Knowledge of the island’s heritage sites, etc.
Excellent communication & people skills
Possess a true passion for the Service/Hospitality Industry
Able to Mix Drinks
Computer Literacy
Must be flexible
INVENTORY CLERK
Two years experience in a similar role
Must be flexible
Must have experience using Adobe Photoshop, InDesign
and Illustrator
DOMESTIC HOUSEKEEPER
Two years experience in similar role
ASSISTANT OFFICE MANAGER
Bachelors Degree in Management with Accounting background
At least 5 years’ experience in a Management position.
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 Thursday 2nd February, 2017
The Antigua & Barbuda Social Security Board wishes to
advise all employers that have weekly paid employees that
the new rate of 11% for Government employees and 12%
for Private sector employees commences from February 6th,
2017. This means that this week ending February 3rd should
be calculated at 9% and 10% respectively. Please be guided
accordingly.
All members of the Antigua and Barbuda Ex-Servicemen Association
are notified of the next monthly meeting, to be held
on Saturday 4 February 2017 at 3 pm, at Leah`s House on
Prime Minister`s Drive, Saint Johns. Please be on time and
bring along your poppies and donations, or notify the Chairman,
Secretary,PRO or Welfare Officer on 720-0058,723-
3452,721-1970 or 561-1062 of your apologies.
Wednesday 1st February 2017
Leave people’s
business and
mind your own
By: Mrs. Jacqueline Wetherill
Leave people’s business and mind your own,
Who live in glass house don’t throw stones;
Many times you don’t know if the thing is true,
But you spread it like wild fire
and cause havoc too.
Leave people’s business and mind your own;
Stop playing so conniving,
devious, and cut throat;
You will laugh and chat up with your friend
Then back- talk them,
from how they look, to how they smell.
Leave people’s business and mind you own;
What they wear is not your business;
What they cook is not your business;
How their house looks is not your business.
Some people are so caught up
minding people’s business.
Wait, you forget there is somebody
who also has your business;
So keep on minding people’s business,
and don’t fix your business.
Remember, people’s business is
not your business.
Let me tell you how to conduct your business:
Your business is not my business, and I don’t
care to know your business;
If I mind your business, then I will become like
you, minding people’s business.
So leave people’s business alone
and mind your own business.
Wednesday 1st February 2017 c a r i b b e a n t i m e s . a g 13
Liberta Blackhawks slump once again
By Marver Woodley
The Liberta Blackhawks uphill battle
in securing another goal over the
weekend was once again shut down
following a defeat at the hands of Fitzroy’s
Rewinding Pigotts Bullets.
Playing in the opening game of the
double header on Saturday, Liberta was
trounced 1-nil.
The game seemed to be heading in
a nil all draw after no goal was scored
with the first hour of play but in the
nick of time Troy Reid netted the lone
goal for Bullets in the 73rd minute to
secure his team the point.
The second game off the day also
resulted in a continued downward spiral
for Ace Trucking & Heavy Duty
Equipment Glanvilles.
Their attempts of moving from the
Premier Division’s basement were cast
away after their match up against Sugar
Ridge SAP who trounced them 4-1.
National striker Peter Byers ensured
his team the win after displaying superb
talent on the field to strike not one or
two but all four of his team’s successful
goals. Jondale Jno-Lewis tried his very
best in the final minutes of play for his
team but the strike wasn’t enough to secure
Glanvilles the win.
Meanwhile a day prior on Friday
the lone game played in the Second Division
in Zone II was between Young
Lions and Blue Jays. The game however
ended in a 1 all draw with Michelle
Francis netting the first goal for Blue
Jays and Roy Yorke scoring in the 67th
minute for Young Lions.
Sunday’s action on the other hand
was even better as Old Roald striker
Stefan Smith made circles around
Tryum FC for his team. In the historic
feet, the player netted several times
in the 40th, 52th 54th, 59th,8th, 85th,
90th, and with extra time, teammate
Jalon Young was the other player to add
to the tally in the 67th minute.
By Carlena Knight
Seven athletes have
qualified for the 2017
Carifta Games which will
be held in Curacao in from
April 15th-17th.
Five males and two females
qualified over the
weekend in their respective
fields during the Antigua
Barbuda Athletic Association
development meet.
Making their return to
the team are 2016 bronze
medalist, Kalique St. Jean
of Roots and 2016 bronze
medalist, Joella Lloyd of
Super Nova in the Under 20
boys 5000m and the Under
18 girls, 100 and 400 metres.
Jean who has qualified
for his third straight games,
finished in a time of 16.04
seconds and Lloyd, a fourth
form student at the Antigua
Girls High School, finished
in a time of 11.51 seconds
for the 100m and 54.34 seconds
in the 400m and are
expected to lead the team.
Jalen Dyett will make
his first appearance at the
games after qualifying in
the Under 18 boys 400m
in a time of 49.80 seconds.
Dyett is a student at the
Princess Margaret school.
Majority of the qualifying
athletes however came
from the field events with
four.
Harlan James of PSE
Track club qualifyied in the
Under 18 boys high jump
leaping to an amazing 1.95
metres. The Clare Hall Secondary
student will make
his second appearance to
the games having done so in
2015.
Sheldon Noble of Roots
qualified in the Under 18
boys long jump after soaring
to 7.15 metres. Noble
is a student at the Antigua
Grammar school.
Making his first appearance
to the Games is Taeco
Ogarro of Roots. Ogarro
Tryum thou they sit in the bottom
three bracket strikers Theo Browne and
Kevin Samuel put up a good fight netting
three goals.
Grenades was the second winner of
the day during the triple header, netting
twice for his team was Atapharoy
Bygrave in the 37th and 76th minutes
along with Rakeem Henry to end on the
bright side of a 3-2 result.
Hoppers was sadly at the other end
of that result with Lynval Wilson and
Eugene Kirwan trying their best for
Hoppers.
Although the point isn’t needed
leaders, Parham added the win to their
ever-growing resume of points in the
Division when they defeated Empire
in the final game of the day. Empire
wasn’t given the slightest glimmer of
hope for the win as the game ended in a
2-nil score. National striker Trevaughn
Harriette and Reginald Richardson netted
the two goals.
Seven athletes qualify for Carifta Games
who is also a student at the
Antigua Grammar school
qualified in the Under 18
boys triple jump with an impressive
distance of 15.20
metres.
The lone female field
athlete is Dahlia Barnes
who was the first to qualify
for the Games.
Barnes who is a student
at Island Academy is
the 2016 CUT Games long
jump champion and qualified
in the Under 18 girls
long jump with a distance
of 5.88metres. This will be
her second appearance at
the Games having done so
in 2016.
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Wednesday 1st February 2017
Parham leads the pack with just a
few games left in Premier Division
By Marver Woodley
Following an action pack
weekend Asot’s Arcade Parham
continues to lead the
pack following their recent
win the Antigua and Barbuda
Premier Division.
They brought their scoreboard
tally to 38 points to
secure them a definite spot
in the next round of matches
for the competition.
While they continue to
stay on top Cool & Smooth-
AC Delco Glenns Pet Paradise
continues to stay
abreast of the competition
just 7 points below, they
however are tied with close
rivals Sandals INET IMO-
BILE Grenades who sits in
third but with the same point
tally of 37.
Flow Old Road sits comfortable
in forth position
with a massive gap from rest
of the pack with just three
points short of challenging
the top three contenders.
Although Cool & Smooth
Empire round off the Division’s
top five they are far
away from the action on 19
points the minimal points
nonetheless will promote
them into the next round of
matches but they will have a
lot of work to do if they intend
on keeping up with the
true competition.
Fitzroy’s Rewinding Pigotts
Bullets has been enjoying
their success during this
season which has earned
them 17 points and holders
of the 6th position in the
10 team standings. Rubbing
shoulders with them is Sugar
Ridge SAP who also has 17
points but resides in the 7th
position.
Leading the bottom three
teams in Liberta, Liberta
struggled at every obstacle
but regained their strengths
to earn them 12 points in
the standings one more that
Tryum who sits in 9th and
four more than struggling
Glanvilles in 10th.
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Wednesday 1st February 2017 c a r i b b e a n t i m e s . a g 15
Junior Pitbulls blow out Stingerz
in Division 3 Basketball
By Marver Woodley
Seaview Farm FC chances
of moving into the Antigua
and Barbuda’s Football
Association’s Second Division
was once again shut
down thanks to Willikies.
The Seaview Farm men
held strong against the Division’s
leaders as they ended
the day 4-3 but on the losing
end on Monday.
Lead striker Phil Nicholas
netted twice for Willikies
along with teammates
Fabrino Charles, and D’jarie
Sheppard, although Seaview
Farm loss striker Markland
Wright was in perfect form
as he netted all three goals
for his team.
By Carlena Knight
Jr Pitbulls blew out LJ
Northside Stingerz in division
3 action of the Antigua
Barbuda Basketball Association
League on Monday
night.
With the first matchup
of a double header being
played at Ottos, Pitbulls
trounced Stingerz, 89-47
with Eric Joseph Jr. Scoring
a game high 30 points, pulling
7 rebounds and grabbing
8 steals.
He was assisted by Judah
Ferris with 18 points, 12 rebounds
and 10 steals while
teammate, Ahmani Browne
contributed 17 points, 6 rebounds
and 5 assists for the
victors.
Stingerz’ Doyle Carter
had 11 points and 8 rebounds
while Amaris Bird chipped
in by pulling 12 rebounds.
Ottos Coolers trampled
All Saints Slammers, 96-56
The matchup between
Young Warriors and 5 P’s,
a game which resulted in a
3-nil result with 5 P’s being
at the winning end.
Another short victory
was won by John Hughes as
they defeated Golden Grove
2-1.
The winning shots for
John Hughes were netted by
teammates Garcel Morrison
and LeCroft Bunside in the
5 th and 80 th minutes respectively
while the lone goal for
Golden Grove was netted by
Nicholas Litters in the 46 th
minute.
The other two games that
day were between Jennings
United and JSC Progressors
which ended in a 1-1 draw
and a matchup between St
John’s United and Police FC
in the feature match.
In front of a packed home
crowd, Coolers flexed their
muscles on Slammers with
an 18 point, 11 rebound
performance from Javon Simon.
Danny Perez assisted
with 17 points while
teammate, Lincoln Weekes
chipped in with 15 points
and 5 rebounds. Slammers’
Raheem Stevens had 16
points and 7 rebounds. Andis
Charles assisted with 11
points in a losing effort.
Express out of ABBA Division One
By Carlena Knight
Former Champions in the Antigua Barbuda
Basketball Association, Big Banana
Express have been removed from the 2017
division one line up after forfeiting two
straight games.
This decision was made by the executive
body of ABBA who met last weekend and
decided upon the matter.
Express, who hail from the Grays Green
community have struggled in recent years
but made their return last season to division
one with a number of former players returning
to the club.
Just as times before, they could not salvage
a strong core of players to maintain
their position in the association’s top division.
With their removal, only 9 teams remain
in the top flight.
Willikies continues to lead the pack
that left Police at the loosing
end once again of a 2-nil
scoring.
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Wednesday 1st February 2017
Andre Russell banned for one
year for doping-code violation
West Indies allrounder Andre
Russell has been banned for one year
from cricket for a whereabouts clause
violation by an independent anti-doping
panel in Kingston. The ban is
effective from January 31, 2017 and
will last until January 30, 2018.
A three-member tribunal comprising
Hugh Faulkner, Dr Marjorie Vassell
and Dixeth Palmer, a former Jamaica
cricketer, found Russell guilty
of being negligent in filing his whereabouts
on three separate occasions
within a 12-month period in 2015.
That - under the World Anti-Doping
Agency rules - amounted to a failed
dope test.
Patrick Foster, Russell’s lawyer,
confirmed the verdict and said he
would discuss all options with his client
including appealing the ban.
In March 2016, the Jamaica Anti-Doping
Commission pressed
charges of negligence against Russell
for not filing his whereabouts on January
1, July 1 and July 25 in 2015 despite
several reminders through calls,
e-mails and written letters.
In his defense, Russell had told
the tribunal that he had not been negligent.
Considering his cricketing
commitments around the world, and
his own lack of training in filing the
required paperwork, he said he had
authorised his agent Will Quinn and
Tajae Smith, one of the JADCO officials,
to take care of the process.
However, JADCO legal counsel
Lackston Robinson disagreed saying
the players had been offered education
programmes on anti-doping
which also involved filing procedure.
Robinson accused Russell of “gross
Andre Russell had admitted to feeling depressed while playing cricket ever since the
charge was filed against him.
negligence” during the hearings.
On November 17 last year, while
summing up his arguments during the
final hearing before the tribunal retired
to decide on the verdict, Foster
told the tribunal that if firm evidence
of negligence was indeed established
and Russell was found guilty then,
keeping in mind his history of complying
with testing protocols in the
past, he ought to be banned for not
more than one year.
At the moment, it is unclear
whether Russell will appeal against
the verdict, but even if he were to do
so, a quick solution to his problem
does not seem possible.
Depending on where he files his
claim and how long it takes to examine
the evidence, he might have to
deal with another long and difficult
legal battle.
That means it is highly likely that
Russell will miss his next assignment,
the Pakistan Super League which
starts on February 9. In any case, his
team, Islamabad United, have already
named England fast bowler Steven
Finn as a replacement. Kolkata
Knight Riders, the franchise Russell
plays for in the IPL, might also think
of investing in a replacement at the
player auction in February.
Later in 2017, if the ban stays,
Russell will miss out on playing for
Nottinghamshire in the NatWest T20
Blast and for defending champions
Jamaica Tallawahs in the Caribbean
Premier League. (ESPNcricinfo)
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