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matthew destroys 

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300 schools in Haiti unusable as a result of hurricane 

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The death toll from Hurricane Matthew, which hit Haiti on October 4, continues to rise. Haiti is 

facing the greatest humanitarian emergency since the earthquake in 2010. The full extent of 

the damage remains unknown. 

PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti -- One 

week after Hurricane Matthew slammed 

into Haiti, more than 100,000 children 

are missing out on learning as their 

schools were either damaged or converted 

into shelters, the United Nations 

Children’s Fund (UNICEF) reported on 

Tuesday, stressing the urgent need to rehabilitate 

those facilities. 

Meanwhile, on Monday, the ministry 

of agriculture, natural resources and rural 

development (MARNDR) released a 

first partial report of extensive damage 

caused by Hurricane Matthew in the agricultural 

sector. 

“At least 100,000 children today will 

not experience the joy, safety and stimulation 

that being in a classroom brings,” 

said UNICEF’s deputy representative in 

Haiti, Jean Metenier, in a news release. 

“We need to get them back to learning 

as soon as possible. Hurricane Matthew 

took away their schools, homes and 

textbooks. It shouldn’t take away their 

sense of hope.” 

Schools across the country are reopening 

but, according to initial national 

estimates, at least 300 public schools 

have been partially or entirely damaged 

in the country and many others are being 

used to shelter displaced families. 

Schools in Sud and Grande Anse departments 

will remain closed for at least 

another week. 

UNICEF is working with partners to 

help set up temporary learning spac- 

Continued on page 22 

Ambassador 

calls for justice 

from Harvard 

University 

WASHINGTON, 

USA -- Antigua and 

Barbuda’s ambassador 

to the United States, 

Sir Ronald Sanders, has 

called on Harvard University 

“to demonstrate 

its remorse and its debt 

to unnamed slaves 

from Antigua and Barbuda” 

whose lives were 

Ambassador 

Sir Ronald Sanders 

abused to establish the Harvard Law School 

(HLS). 

In a letter to Professor Drew Faust, 

president of Harvard University, Sanders 

recalled that the bequest of Isaac Royall Jr 

to Harvard College in 1781 that was used 

to create the first endowed professorship 

of law in 1815 came from the labour of human 

beings enslaved on Royall’s plantation 

in Antigua. 

The ambassador said he was sure “that 

Harvard University, like all other institutions 

with a consciousness of right, has 

been inspired by the recent acknowledgment 

and atonement by Georgetown University 

for the sale of 272 human beings in 

1838 to save the University from collapse”. 

In this connection, he told the Harvard 

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arrested in Suriname 

Fugitive found hiding in a home in Latour 

PARAMARIBO, Suriname -- Self-confessed 

Guyanese drug lord Barry Dataram 

was caught on Friday afternoon by police 

in neighbouring Suriname. Acting on a 

tip, a police squad raided a home in Latour, 

south of the capital Paramaribo, 

where the fugitive was hiding. 

Together with Dataram, his common-law 

wife Anjanie Boodnaraine was 

also detained. The suspects, who fled 

Guyana several weeks earlier pending 

a court hearing regarding their alleged 

involvement in cocaine trafficking, were 

arrested by the SWAT Team. 

Dataram was convicted to a five-year 

jail term on September 27, 2016, by City 

Magistrate Judy Latchman, while his 

wife and two co-defendants were acquitted. 

He was also fined G$164,286,000 

(US$803,000) for possession at his home 

of 129 kilos of cocaine for the purpose of 

trafficking. The drugs were seized during 

a raid at his home on April 16, 2015. 

Shaheed ‘Roger’ Khan was 

arrested in Paramaribo 

and subsequently handed 

over to the US authorities. 

Dataram is the second fugitive Guyanese 

drug trafficker that has been apprehended 

by Suriname police after they fled 

to the neighbouring country. In 2006, 

Shaheed ‘Roger’ Khan was arrested in 

Paramaribo and subsequently handed 

over to the US authorities. In 2009, Khan 

was sentenced to a 40 years imprisonment 

for drug trafficking and illegal arms 

possession by a federal judge in the US. 

Turks & Caicos seeks 

economic reform 

Opposition party outlines vision for change 

PROVIDENCIALES, TCI -- The 

chairman of the opposition People’s 

Democratic Movement (PDM), Douglas 

Parnell, has announced his party’s 

plans to focus on people-centered development 

that will take place throughout 

the Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI) 

under a PDM government. 

General elections in the British territory 

are constitutionally due to be 

held no later than the end of February 

next year. 

Parnell said in a press statement: 

“From my experience as president of 

the Providenciales Chamber of Commerce, 

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Governor Elizabeth Carriere and Pro Vice-Chancellor of The UWI, Professor Dale Webber sign the new MVO management contract. 

Research contract between 

Montserrat and UWI renewed 

Contract to provide support for the Montserrat Volcano Observatory 

BRADES, Montserrat -- The University 

of the West Indies (UWI) has entered 

a renewed contract with the government 

of Montserrat to provide management 

and support for the Montserrat Volcano 

Observatory (MVO), which conducts 

monitoring and research activities on the 

Soufriere Hills Volcano. 

The new monitoring contract runs for 

five years and was signed on September 

13, 2016, by Professor Dale Webber, pro 

vice-chancellor for graduate studies and 

research at UWI and by Elizabeth Anne 

Carriere, governor of Montserrat. 

Montserrat’s Soufrière Hills Volcano 

has been erupting since 1995, rendering 

more than half of the island uninhabitable, 

including the capital city Plymouth. 

Since the onset of the eruption, the volcano 

has been closely monitored and heavily 

researched. Through careful management 

and implementation of volcano 

risk reduction strategies, Montserrat has 

managed to rebuild itself and adapt to 

living with an erupting volcano. 

Dr Richard Robertson (left) and Pro Vice-Chancellor of The UWI, Professor Dale Webber inspect 

the buried and abandoned city of Plymouth at the foot of the Soufrière Hills Volcano, Montserrat. 

The UWI, through its Trinidad and 

Tobago-based Seismic Research Centre, 

has been contracted to provide six 

scientific staff members (including the 

director) to work at MVO. It will also 

provide support services and updates to 

the MVO’s monitoring equipment, including 

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Suspected trinidadian 

terrorists released 

Five Trinidadians held in Venezuela 

on terrorism charges set free 

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad -- Five 

Trinidad and Tobago men who have been 

detained in Venezuela since 2014 on terrorism 

charges are being released and 

sent home on the basis of time served in 

custody, national security minister Edmund 

Dillon confirmed on Saturday. 

The five -- Dominic Pitilal, Wade 

Charles, Asim Luqman, Andre Battersby 

and Leslie Daisley -- were detained in 

Venezuela in March 2014 on terrorism 

activity charges, the Trinidad Guardian 

reported. 

They had gone to Caracas allegedly to 

seek visas for Hajj. Another Trinidad and 

Tobago group that had likewise gone to 

seek visas for a pilgrimage was also detained. 

However, that group, which included 

several imams, was released soon 

after and they returned home. 

During a May meeting in Port-of- 

Spain between Prime Minister Dr Keith 

Rowley and Venezuelan President Nicolas 

Maduro, the Trinidad and Tobago 

government took the opportunity to ask 

for the matter regarding the men to be 

expedited. Shortly after, the charges were 

changed to intention to commit espionage 

and to commit a criminal act. 

The men continued appearing in court 

Minister of Tourism, Edmund Bartlett, addresses 

Gastronomy of Fats and Oils Seminar, held 

on October 12. Photo: Garwin Davis 

on these matters. 

But relatives said they were reluctant 

to plead guilty since they did not want 

such a conviction on their record as this 

would keep them under future scrutiny 

and prevent them from travelling. 

The case was heard in a Venezuelan 

court between Thursday and Friday of 

last week with Trinidad and Tobago Caracas 

Embassy senior officials present. 

“The judge passed a guilty verdict and 

a sentence of two years, six months and 

25 days was given,” Dillion said in a statement. 

He noted that was equivalent to the 

length of time they had been detained. 

“The judge ruled that they have already 

served time and are now free. As 

such they will now be processed and deported 

to Piarco at the earliest opportunity,” 

he added. 

Meanwhile, foreign affairs minister 

Dennis Moses said last Tuesday that he 

had had talks while at a recent UN conference 

with the Turkish foreign minister 

and Saudi Arabian officials regarding 

Trinidad and Tobago nationals detained 

in both countries. He declined to divulge 

details. 

Islamic studies student Tariq Shamoon 

National Security Minister Edmund Dillon 

Mohammed has been detained in Saudi 

Arabia since August 2015. 

Mohammed, who had been studying 

there for several years, had returned 

home for a visit with his family, but was 

detained by Saudi authorities on his return. 

The government is also awaiting word 

on nine people carrying Trinidad and 

Tobago passports who were detained by 

Turkish authorities in July in company 

with a Syrian national reported to have 

been taking them to join Isis. 

The nine, including men, women and 

a child, are at a Turkish detention centre. 

Jamaica poised to tap into 

US $150B gastronomy market 

KINGSTON, Jamaica (JIS) -- Minister 

of tourism, Edmund Bartlett, says Jamaica 

is uniquely poised to tap into the 

US$150-billion international gastronomy 

market, propelling the tourism industry 

even faster towards further economic 

growth. 

Addressing a Gastronomy of Fats and 

Oils Seminar on October 12, Bartlett said 

studies conducted by the tourism ministry 

show that food is a major draw for overseas 

visitors and that Jamaica’s culinary delights 

rank amongst the best in the world. 

“Earlier this year, I introduced the 

framework to develop gastronomy tourism 

locally. I appointed a Gastronomy 

Network, which falls under the aegis of 

our Tourism Linkages Network, to develop 

initiatives to strengthen Jamaica’s competitiveness 

in gastronomy tourism, as we 

diversify our product to generate higher 

growth rates in both visitor arrivals and 

earnings,” the minister said. 

“Jamaican food, rum and music are all 

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DOT cuts off 

“Love Locks” 

along Brooklyn 

Bridge 

Promenade 

New York City Department of Transportation 

Commissioner Polly Trottenberg 

today announced that New 

York City had undertaken its first coordinated 

effort to curb the practice of 

so-called “love locks” being left on the 

Brooklyn Bridge. Over the last decade, 

visitors have attached a growing number 

of padlocks to the bridge’s pedestrian 

promenade, creating new maintenance 

costs and endangering vehicular traffic 

below. Commissioner Trottenberg was 

joined today by senior officials from the 

NYPD, the Landmarks Preservation 

Commission and NYC & Company. 

DOT Bridges crew gathered on the 

bridge to remove hundreds of locks and 

other items attached to the bridge. In 

addition to removing the locks, DOT 

also today posted new “No Locks” signs, 

attached to posts and fences along the 

bridge’s promenade, warning of a $100 

fine with an image of a crossed-out 

padlock. The signs include playful new 

images that encourage visitors to find 

alternatives, including hearts and bagels 

with “lox.” The signs also include a citation 

for the section of the City’s Administrative 

Code (§16-122b) enforceable 

by NYPD officers patrolling the bridge, 

a sanitation provision that prohibits any 

attachment to City property. 

“I commend the Department of 

Transportation’s proactive approach to 

protecting the Brooklyn Bridge, a New 

York City Landmark, and one of the 

most iconic suspension bridges in the 

world,” said Commissioner Meenakshi 

Srinivasan, Chair of the Landmarks 

Preservation Commission. 

“The Brooklyn Bridge is one of New 

York City’s most treasured icons. In order 

to preserve this world-famous landmark, 

we kindly encourage people to 

respect and follow the DOT restrictions 

and not attach locks or any other objects 

to the bridge,” said Fred Dixon, NYC & 

Company’s president and CEO. 

“We encourage romantics to continue 

to express their love but avoid the 

heartache of a summons,” said NYPD 

Transportation Bureau Chief Thomas 

M. Chan.

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Storm relief efforts 

in Haiti thwarted 

Looters plunder two containers loaded 

with supplies for hurricane victims 

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon 

said Saturday that Hurricane Matthew 

left Haiti in a ‘heartbreaking’ situation, 

with devastation across a country that already 

was extremely impoverished. 

Ban toured Haiti’s southern coast, 

which were hit hardest by the Category 

4 hurricane’s extremely powerful winds 

and rain. 

‘I met so many displaced persons, 

young people, women who were pregnant 

and sick people. It was heartbreaking,’ 

the secretary-general said after visiting 

an emergency shelter for families 

whose homes were destroyed less than 

two weeks ago. 

Shortly before Ban’s arrival at a U.N. 

base in Les Cayes, a minor skirmish 

broke out between residents and U.N. 

peacekeepers when trucks carrying food 

aid arrived. The U.N. force fired tear gas 

to restore order. 

A World Health Organization coordinator 

said two containers loaded with 

supplies from the World Food Program 

also were looted outside the U.N. base on 

Haiti’s southern coast. 

Over 1 million need help 

Hurricane Matthew killed more than 

500 people and left more than 1 million 

in need of emergency assistance when 

it hit Haiti on October 4. More than 

175,000 people lost their homes, and 

valuable farmland was destroyed. 

‘We will mobilize all the resources to 

help you,’ Ban told hurricane victims at a 

local school being used as a shelter. ‘Stay 

strong.’ 

He departed Haiti for Ecuador’s capital, 

Quito, late Saturday. 

Tensions are high in southwest Haiti, 

where many residents have not yet received 

emergency food aid and potable 

water is unavailable. 

The nation of 11 million also has been 

racked by a cholera epidemic that began 

in the aftermath of a massive earthquake 

in 2010. The disease has killed more than 

10,000 people and sickened more than 

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Direct flights from the US 

to Honduras now available 

Non-stop flights increases connectivity, boosts tourism 

Roatan, Bay Islands, Honduras 

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras -- The 

next time you think of traveling to Honduras, 

forget long layovers and expensive 

flights, but start thinking of saving time 

and money with improved air travel for 

North American visitors and prices starting 

at $200. 

Spirit Airlines, the low-cost carrier, 

has begun to offer non-stop flights from 

two major US hubs, namely, Fort Lauderdale 

and Houston. Honduras is one of the 

few countries in Central America to have 

two direct flights coming from the US, 

granting one Central American country 

a competitive advantage for greater 

connectivity and accessibility in its fares. 

Since Spirit established air service to San 

Pedro Sula, the airline has transported 

more than 350,000 passengers. 

In expanding its routes to Central 

“Honduras will continue positioning 

itself as an ideal 

destination for Americans 

and Canadians as the most 

diverse tourist offering in 

Central America.” 

 

— Emilio Silvestri 

America, Spirit joins American Airlines, 

Delta Airlines, Avianca, and United Airlines 

in offering direct non-stop service 

or connecting cities through Miami and 

Dallas (American and Avianca), Atlanta 

(Delta), and Houston (United and Spirit), 

making the Mayan archaeological site of 

Copán even closer. 

Along with American airlines, Canadian 

tourist companies have sought to expand 

their service to Honduras through 

Transat Tours, a Canadian tour-operator. 

Beginning in December 2016, just in time 

for winter in the northern hemisphere, it 

will add direct flights from Quebec City 

to the island of Roatán, Honduras. This 

new service will be in addition to its existing 

flights from Montreal, Quebec to 

Roatán and Toronto, Ontario to Roatán. 

Additionally, Transat Tours and Sunwing 

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to Honduras from major Canadian cities, 

sold an estimated of 15,000 packages to 

the country. 

This expansion in the tourism sector 

reflects an aggressive promotional effort 

made by private companies to further relationships 

with Honduras. Over the past 

24 months, Transat Tours, with the help 

of the Honduran government, has seen 

an increase of more than 15% from previous 

seasons. The development of these 

relationships has been crucial in these 

companies being able to meet their mutual 

sales goals. 

“Thanks to these new investments in 

the tourism sector and the diversified 

efforts carried out by the government 

and private companies, Honduras will 

continue positioning itself as an ideal 

destination for Americans and Canadians 

as the most diverse tourist offering 

in Central America,” noted Emilio Silvestri, 

director of the Honduran Institute of 

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Coco Reef Tobago 

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Caribbean hotel 

HAMILTON, Bermuda -- For the 

13th consecutive year, Coco Reef–Tobago 

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Belize reports 

steady increase 

in tourism 

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BELIZE CITY, Belize -- For 15 consecutive 

months from June 2015 to September 

2016, the tourism industry in Belize has 

been experiencing record breaking increases 

in overnight arrivals every month, 

with impressive double digit increases of 

as much as 33 percent growth. 

Now nine months into 2016, the tourism 

arrival figures continue to show this 

upward trend, closing off the third quarter 

with a 26.9 percent increase for the month 

of September 2016 over September 2015. 

Overall, the first nine months of 2016 recorded 

a total of 293,622 overnight arrivals, 

a 16.4 percent increase over the same 

nine months of 2015, which had 252,329 

overnight arrivals. 

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trend, closing off the 

third quarter with a 26.9 

percent increase for the 

month of September 2016 

over September 2015. 

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having 12 fewer cruise vessels arriving in 

Belize, inclusive of cruise calls cancelled 

due to Hurricane Earl. The US continues 

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Critics argue that Suriname 

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the Suriname government’s embrace of 

tourism as part of its plan to diversify 

its commodity-dependent economy, 

which is vulnerable to price fluctuations 

– one of the main causes of the 

country’s current economic recession 

of Suriname – the government has 

come under criticism for not laying 

out a timeline for specific goals in the 

tourism industry 

In an address to the nation few weeks 

ago, among other projects, many funded 

by the Islamic Development Bank 

(IsDB), and also by China and other 

partners, Suriname’s President Desi 

Bouterse identified various sectors that 

his government will focus attention on 

in the year 2017. 

One such is tourism and, to get that 

off the ground, the government plans 

to expand and modernize the Johan 

Pengel International Airport (JPIA) to 

make it a regional hub in order to develop 

the tourism sector, and is holding 

talks with various investors. 

Bouterse said that, with the financial 

support of China, JPIA will be 

expanded and modernize in 2017 to 

handle more planes at the same time. 

Air bridges will be an added feature 

to make the airport like others in the region. 

It is not known if any agreements 

in this respect have been finalized with 

China or Chinese-owned companies. 

Visit to China 

A delegation from Suriname headed 

by the minister of transportation, 

Andy Rusland and CEO of Surinam 

(SLM) Airways, Robbi Lachmisingh, 

visited China and signed a cooperation 

agreement with the Chinese company, 

Beijing Transportation Equipment Ltd 

(BTE), two weeks ago during a visit to 

China. 

SLM and BTE signed a letter of intent 

to cooperate in the overall aviation 

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China. “These may include upgrading 

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The growing Latin, Caribbean/West 

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the city of Las Vegas is preparing 

for the memorable weekend 

from Thursday October 

27 to Sunday October 

30, 2016 as the city residents 

will host Las Vegas 

Latin Caribbean Carnival 

Weekend Experience featuring 

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“Welcome to Las Vegas 

Rep Your Flag Affair”, “Community 

Recognition & Media 

Day” with the city’s leading local 

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sector leaders, “Fantastic Friday 

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around the country. 

Established in 2015, Las 

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Denroy Morgan releases new single 

Dave Rodney 

Caribbean Times Writer 

Denroy Morgan is a man on a 

mission. This widely respected reggae 

icon has at various times been a 

bishop, a hit-maker, a barber, a cook, 

a father of thirty, an advocate for the 

use of marijuana and the patriarch 

of one of reggae’s most acclaimed 

bands, Morgan Heritage. In recent 

times, Morgan has beat incredible 

odds in New York City by getting 

off a charge of possession of over 

twenty pounds of marijuana with 

only a court fee charge of US$25 

and 90 days probation, arguing in 

his defense that the weed is a sacramental 

requirement for his Rastafarian 

faith. And a few months after 

Morgan’s case was closed, legislation 

changed in New York that prevented 

persons from being arrested who 

are found in possession of under 23 

grams of marijuana. 

But with all those challenges and 

hurdles long behind him, Morgan 

has turned to a new chapter, and his 

zoom and his focus is now primarily 

on rebooting his music career. He 

drops a new single this week, ‘Get 

Up, Stand Up’, written by Peter Tosh 

and Bob Marley, and a new album is 

scheduled for release early in 2017. 

The single is on the ASAPH label. It 

was produced by Sidney Mills and 

will be distributed internationally 

by VP Records. Morgan is hoping 

that this new project will bring back 

the luster of the days when he rode 

the top of the charts with his smash 

single “I’ll Do Anything For You”. 

“For almost twenty years much 

of my musical energies have been 


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carnival 

Continued from page 17 

Mayor Carolyn Goodman, State of Nevada 

Governor Brian Sandoval and United 

States House of Representative Dina Titus. 

“Many of the City of Las Vegas growing 

Latin-American, Caribbean-American 

and Diaspora communities are launching 

an event to celebrate the City’s rich Latin, 

Caribbean and Diaspora community” 

wrote the Mayor in the Welcome letter 

inviting citizens of Las Vegas to the successful 

launch of Festival Weekend Experience 

in 2015. This year, the group have 

been traveling around the country promoting 

Carnival Weekend Experience in 

Phoenix during the Phoenix Caribbean 

Carnival in May, Hollywood Carnival in 

Los Angeles, World Beat Festival in Salem 

OR and Houston Carnival in Texas. 

“We are excited about the outcome of 

the outreach in 2016”, said the group’s 

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morgan 


directed towards the development of the 

musical careers of my children and I had 

virtually no time to look about the development 

of my own career”, Morgan revealed. 

“Now that the children are grown, 

established, and have become their own 

hit machines, its time for me to regroup 

my energies and focus on my own career, 

and I plan to come out bigger, harder and 

stronger than ever before”, the ordained 

bishop of the International Gospel Helpers 

Church in America & Africa added. 

Morgan’s upcoming music has been 

heavily influenced by his spirituality, and 

the lead single was deliberately chosen as 

a rallying cry for people across the world 

“A city that welcomes 42 million tourists 

a year, Carnival Weekend Experience 

will certainly be a destination for people 

visiting Las Vegas who will be able to 

share our culture, music, heritage and 

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to become more engaged and more assertive 

with the issues that affect their daily lives, 

be it political, economic, social or cultural. 

“This song is a traditional, original reggae 

anthem that was created from the struggles 

of a people, and I am going back to those vibrant 

roots”, he pointed out. 

Morgan, who is also an appointed and 

anointed ambassador of the Ethiopian 

Orthodox Coptic Church of North and 

South America says he’s been performing 

‘Get Up, Stand Up’ while on tour for 

a while, and apart from the song being 

a symbol of empowerment, reggae fans 

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Gospel Singer and Domestic Violence 

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Stage play ‘Abused under his charm”. 

Sherell Rosegreen was on the brink of 

a successful singing career when she met 

and fell in love with a charming man. She 

never imagined that the man she loved 

would become her worst nightmare. 

She was beaten, humiliated, and 

abused. She was expecting her first baby 

when he threw her against a brick wall. 

Her baby boy, deprived of oxygen when 

the placenta ripped as a result of the 

beating, died in her arms five hours after 

birth. But Sherell is a survivor, a fighter. 

She put him in jail and made it her life’s 

work, in addition to her singing, to reach 

out to women stuck in abusive relationships. 

Now Sherell, a popular gospel singer, 

has written a book based on her experiences 

in an abusive relationship, offering 

advice, help, and support to women who 

need to reclaim their shattered lives from 

their abusers. 

Entitled Abused under His Charm, 

the book recounts the story of “Martha,” 

whose downward spiral at the hands of 

her initially charming abuser cost her 

her career, her friends, and her child, and 

almost cost her her life. She ignored the 

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isolated herself from her dearest friends, 

and lost her self esteem, until she finally 

hit rock bottom, gathered her resources, 

and came out fighting for everything 

she loved—her children, her friends, her 

faith, and her wonderful singing voice. 

A stage play and testimonial event 

based on her true life story will be held 

on Sunday Nov 6th at 6:30 PM at Grace 

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Phagwah Celebration 

The Caribbean's Hindu Community 

in Queens, New York, is finalizing 

arrangements to celebrate phagwah 

during the last weekend of this month. 

GAC Walk-A-Thon 

The Guyana Action Committee is staging 

a Walk-A-Ton in order to continue 

to focus attention on gun-violence... 

The event is going to take place on 

Sunday, October 23rd., from 7.00 a.m. 

at Prospect Park, Brooklyn 

For further information--contact 

Errol Lewis at 718-879-2662. 

Brooklyn College set to 

receive $500,000 grant 

* Brooklyn College is one of five Institutions 

which will receive a $500,000 

grant from the National Oceanic 

and Atmospheric Administration to 

promote coastal resilience through an 

environmental literacy project...The 

project will build on local resilience 

plans, and create new relationships 

among K-12 schools. 

University of Guyana hosts 

lecture by Prof. Jay Mandle* 

The University of Guyana is holding 

its inaugural 'Clive Thomas' Lecture 

on Thursday, October 27th, from 6.00 

to 8.00 p.m. at the Pegasus hotel... 

The inaugural lecture will be given by 

Professor Jay Mandle--Professor of 

Economics at Colgate University...He 

will speak on "Petroleum and Climate 

change in Guyana's future". 

Brooklyn High Schools are 

‘head of the class’ 

Brooklyn High schools made an 

impressive showing in recently published 

annual rankings of top public 

Institutions...Of the top forty best 

High schools in New York, fifteen are 

located in Brooklyn. 

The highest ranking High school in 

Brooklyn,is'Leon M.Goldstein High 

school for the Sciences. 

Donations for Haiti 

Persons wishing to make donations to 

the Haitian Disaster Fund, could make 

drop-offs at the Flatbush Y.M.C.A, the 

Multicultural Bridge Poject, and the 

Haitian Family Resource Center. 

--Mourad Wahba, the U.N.'s Deputy 

Special Representative for Haiti, has 

announced that at least ten thousand 

people in Haiti had taken refuge in 

emergency shelters and hospitals 

which were jammed to overflowing... 

Wabha called Matthew's destruction"the 

largest humanitarian event 

since the devastating earthquake of 

January, 2010. 

Rountable Discussion 

* The Center for Strategic and International 

Studies is holding a Roundtable 

on relations between the U.S. and 

Guyana...The Roundtable will take 

place on October 25th in Washington 

from 9.00 to 11.00 a.m....It will examine 

the recent discovery of oil in Guyana. 

For information, call 202-775-3221. 

St. Gabriel’s Church Hosts 

Black Tie Affair 

* The St.Gabriel's Church is holding 

its annual Black-Tie Affair on Friday, 

October 28th from 8.00 p.m. to 2.00 

a.m.,at the Church's Auditorium on 

Hawthorne street, Brooklyn. 

For information, call 718-774-5248. 

Mayor Bill de Blasio 

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* Mayor Bill de Blasio has launched 

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project that will improve Health 

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neighborhoods within New 

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will continue to facilitate research at 

this live laboratory to better understand 

how volcanic systems function 

in Montserrat and by extension the 

wider Eastern Caribbean. 

Speaking on the partnership, 

Webber said, “I am very pleased 

that the government of Montserrat 

has decided to renew this contract. 

It shows that the UWI can provide 

world-class scientists and worldclass 

science to deliver a service that 

is crucial in the ongoing development 

of Montserrat.” 

Carriere said, “The Seismic Research 

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time, they and the MVO have provided 

excellent information and advice 

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the government and the people of 

Montserrat. This contract serves as 

recognition of the outstanding quality 

of the work carried out by the observatory 

and the staff there and of 

the need for that work to continue 

in the future.” 

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University president, “This is an excellent 

example for your university to follow, particularly 

since the founding of Harvard 

Law School was premised on the brutal, 

violent, oppressive and dehumanizing 

use and sale of men, women and children 

from Antigua and Barbuda.” 

Specifically, Sanders proposed that 

“one tangible way in which the University 

and Harvard Law School should show 

remorse and repay its debt in a small way, 

while living up to the high ideals it proclaims, 

is to offer scholarships to Antiguans 

and Barbudans on an annual basis”. 

He urged the university’s corporation 

to implement the proposal he put to them 

on behalf of the people of Antigua and 

Barbuda. 

Isaac Royall Jr., in the words of one 

HLS professor, was “a brutal slaveholder”. 

He was born into a colonial-era family 

of wealthy Triangle Trade merchants 

and owned an estimated 60 slaves. At one 

point, Royall and his father brokered the 

sale of 121 human beings in one day. Another 

time, they had 77 slaves burned alive 

at the stake following a failed rebellion. 

The oldest and arguably the most distinguished 

chair in American legal education 

is Harvard’s Royall Professorship 

of Law. Its distinction comes not from its 

age or its founder, but from those who 

have held it. These include distinguished 

figures in legal education but it is a historical 

fact that this chair is directly linked to 

a slave revolt on the island of Antigua in 

1736. 

The revolt had been carefully planned 

and involved about 2,000 slaves, many 

driven to desperation by starvation 

and thirst from terrible droughts. Like 

most Antiguan slaveholders, the Royalls 

grew sugar cane. A single nick of the razor-sharp 

cane knives would cause infected 

wounds, many fatal. 

Professor Janet Halley formally took 

the Royall Professorship of Law in 2007, 

marking the occasion with a lecture on the 

legacy of Isaac Royall, Jr. (1719 – 1781). 

Royall, the son of an Antiguan slaveholder 

who moved his family -- and 27 

slaves -- to Medford, Massachusetts, in the 

early 18th century, took over his father’s 

estate, which is now a national historic 

landmark and museum including the only 

preserved slave quarters in the northeast 

United States. 

In his will, he left land to Harvard to 

establish its first professorship in law. His 

heirs sold the Medford estate and used the 

proceeds to endow Harvard Law School. 

The donation grew into the founding of 

HLS, whose seal to this day includes three 

sheaves of wheat -- the Royall family’s coat 

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Jamaica’s ‘Smile Jamaica’ that next 

year’s World Championships in London 

will be his last major competitive appearance. 

‘Yes, I am definitely going to retire after 

the World Championships in London, that 

will be my last one,’ Bolt said. 

The 30-year-old said next year’s Racers 

Grand Prix will be his last race in front of 

local fans. ‘The Racers Grand Prix will be 

my last race in Jamaica, people, it will be 

the last time I run in Jamaica.’ 

Bolt won the 100-meter race, the 

200-meter race, and the 4 times; 100 meter 

relay at three consecutive Olympic Games. 

He is also an 11-time World Champion, 

wining consecutive World Championships 

in the 100-meter, 200-meter and 4 

times; 100 meter relay from 2009 to 2015, 

with the exception of a false start in the 

100-meter race in 2011. 

Bolt has also twice broken the 200-meter 

world record, setting 19.30 seconds in 

2008 and 19.19 seconds in 2009. 

sports 

Bolt Announces Last Jamaica Race 

Jamaican sprint champion will run his last race at next year’s Racers Grand Prix 

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Pakistan’s late strikes overcome Darren Bravo’s 

resistance in the day-night Test in Dubai 

Having enjoyed the first two 

days of their 400th Test, piling 

on the runs on another Dubai 

featherbed, Pakistan were made 

to toil for their gains for much 

of the third day. Those gains 

came gradually in the first two 

sessions, before a hostile spell 

from Wahab Riaz after dinner 

helped Pakistan make quick inroads 

into West Indies’ middle 

order. Darren Bravo’s resolute 

87 and Marlon Samuels’ attacking 

76 led the resistance, but 

Pakistan’s bowlers were able to 

maintain control and ultimately 

leave West Indies on 315 for 

6 by stumps, trailing by 264 

runs. 

Starting the day on 14, Bravo 

was content to proceed at 

a stately pace, exhibiting patience, 

determination and a 

very solid defensive game. He 

brought up his fifty off 176 

balls and showed no inclination 

to accelerate thereafter. 

His concern was in occupying 

the crease as long as possible. 

While he occasionally took his 

eye off the bouncer and edged 

a full-blooded cut shot past 

first slip off Yasir Shah, Bravo’s 

knock was largely chanceless. 

He provided a fine counterpoint 

to Samuels and was barely 

ruffled by the fall of wickets 

either side of the dinner break. 

It was only within half an hour 

of stumps that Bravo’s long vigil 

ended, when debutant Mohammad 

Nawaz had him caught at 

short-leg to claim his maiden 

Test wicket. 

Samuels, for his part, was 

not quite as convincing as 

Bravo, but played the dominant 

role in the pair’s 113-run 

third-wicket partnership. Having 

announced his arrival with 

consecutive fours off Yasir, he 

continued to pepper the offside 

boundary with excellent 

cuts and drives. He hit 13 fours 


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coco reef 


gious awards are considered trailblazers in 

the industry and examples of excellence in 

hospitality. 

The World Travel Awards winners are 

determined by online votes from travel professionals 

and tourists. In 2014, more than 

650,000 votes decided the winners in various 

categories. 

At the 23rd annual Caribbean and North 

America gala awards ceremony 2016 presentation 

held in Ocho Rios, Jamaica, the 

president and founder of the World Travel 

Awards, Graham Cooke, stated, “Coco 

Reef–Tobago has won the award for 13 years 

in a row for good reason: Coco Reef–Tobago 

is a shining example of excellence in hospitality 

and service. They have more than 

earned this honour every year. John Jefferis 

is one of the true pioneers of Caribbean 

tourism.” 

After receiving the award on behalf of 

Coco Reef–Tobago, Jefferis stated, “I am 

extremely honoured to receive the 2016 

World Travel Award on behalf of our Coco 

Reef–Tobago team led by director and general 

manager Eric Feniet. It is wonderful, not 

just for myself but for all of the hardworking 

management and staff at Coco Reef–Tobago, 

to receive this award for the 13th consecutive 

year. 

“I have considerable funds invested in 

Coco Reef–Tobago and continue to invest 

millions of dollars to further upgrade the 

property and its facilities. However, in spite 

of the substantial amount of money that 

has been spent on the property, our guests 

continue to tell us that their most memorable 

experience at Coco Reef is the wonderful, 

friendly, courteous and professional 

staff who continue to provide outstanding 

friendly service at the property. The fact that 

this has been acknowledged for so many 

years proves that we are successful in our 

goal to provide our guests with a wonderful 

vacation, and to annually increase the number 

of repeat guests.” 

During some weeks of the high season up 

to 54 percent of the guests at Coco Reef–Tobago 

are repeat guests. 

Jefferis commenced the design, financing 

and construction of Coco Reef–Tobago 

in 1994. The resort, which opened in 1996, 

features 140 rooms, suites and villas, with 

beautiful views of its own private white sand 

beach, ten acres of beautifully manicured 

tropical gardens and arguably the Caribbean’s 

most attractive driveway. His design of 

the resort is based on the incorporation of 

the interior design features of a number of 

the Caribbean’s more attractive resorts and 

Trinidad and Tobago’s unique architecture. 

This year, 2016, is Coco Reef–Tobago’s 

20th Anniversary. The exquisite $2,500 per 

night Sunset Villa with its marble bathrooms 

and 24 karat gold fittings has been frequented 

by many celebrities, such as Gladys 

Knight, Diana Ross, Sting and many more 

celebrities who the resort will not name. 

Following on the success of Coco Reef– 

Tobago, Jefferis opened Coco Reef–Bermuda 

in 2004. The resort is situated on a spectacular 

beachfront location and features an 

outstanding award-winning atrium lobby 

and restaurants with gorgeous ocean views 

as well as an exclusive private dining room. 

Coco Reef–Bermuda is also affiliated 

with the almost completed construction of 

a new building for the location of the Coco 

Reef Art Gallery and Restaurant, on South 

Road in Paget. 

Currently, Jefferis is involved in the acquisition 

of another Caribbean hotel property. 

gastronomy 


this gastronomy experience,” he added. 

The minister said Jamaica is fortunate to 

be blessed with culinary delights born out 

of the rich diversity of its heritage, and that 

“this fusion of cultures has created a melting 

pot of gastronomic wonders that make us 

ideally positioned to take advantage of the 

growing phenomenon of culinary travel”. 

He explained that today’s visitor is more 

experienced and informed than tourists 

were ten years ago, making it even more 

important for destinations to improve on 

their tourism offerings. 

He pointed out that as gastronomy tourism 

continues to fuel visitors’ interest, it 

is imperative that local chefs are not only 

skilled in cooking, “but also in other aspects 

of food preparation”. 

“It will require them to keep updated 

with the industry’s needs in order to meet 

the challenges of a rapidly evolving gastronomy 

tourism sector. In addition, it will challenge 

us all to produce culinary products 

and brands that best represent our authentic 

heritage,” the minister said. 

Bartlett said that all the evidence is pointing 

to the fact that gastronomy tourism 

provides an opportunity for stakeholders to 

add value to the island’s tourism sector by 

diversifying the product while promoting 

local economic development. 

“It strengthens the linkages sectors, benefiting 

manufacturers, suppliers, farmers, 

food and beverage managers and chefs,” 

Bartlett said. 

The minister said that as part of a marketing 

strategy, the Ministry will soon be 

creating a gastronomy mapping platform 

with easily accessible information on the 

island’s best food offerings. 

REFORM 


Turks and Caicos Islands, which it had 

enjoyed for decades, and which make 

it an ideal place for growth, investment 

and economic prosperity are the “Four 

Nos”… No Income Tax, No Capital 

Gains Tax, No Property Tax, and No Exchange 

Controls. Additionally, permitting 

foreign ownership of land supports 

this economic environment as well as 

our labour and business-licensing regime, 

which is one of the most liberal 

in the region. However, what has really 

caused the Turks and Caicos to flourish 

is the friendly and tolerant attitude 

and nature of our people coupled with 

the skills and abilities of our people and 

residents alike to run a soon to be billion 

dollar a year economy. Yes we are small 

but we have massive promise. These intrinsic 

qualities when put into the hands 

of the right government can bring us 

back on track to wealth and prosperity 

for years and decades to come. 

“First and foremost, the safety and security 

of our people, residents and visitors 

will be at the top of the agenda in the 

upcoming general election campaign. 

We understand the fears, hunger, thirst 

and the deep longing that exists in the 

minds, hearts, bellies and souls of our 

people, which can only be calmed, satisfied, 

quenched, and fulfilled through 

political change. We know that our 

constituents are tired of politicians who 

make lofty promises during a campaign 

that remain unfulfilled. We also know 

that an outgoing government can sometimes 

try to preempt the ideas, plans and 

policies for change that are contemplated 

by their political opponents. 

“However, despite these tactics we 

thought it necessary to release our 

12-Point Crime Plan early in the campaign. 

In Parliament, we fought for 

people who have lost their homes, businesses 

and property through an unholy 

arrangement with the Interim Government 

and TOLCO. The PDM, in opposition, 

has been working, demanding real 

change in Crown land, in labour rights, 

in environmental protection, economic 

relief, the rights of stateless children, 

expanded access to educational opportunities, 

civil servant benefits, infrastructural 

development and maintenance, 

health care reform, development 

opportunities, and immigration control. 

But none of these things have been perfected 

thus far from our efforts because 

the numbers in Parliament to enact laws 

remain with the government which is 

precisely why a campaign that details 

specific credible plans and policies is on 

the horizon to improve our numbers in 

parliament with buy-in and the support 

of the people. 

bravo 


in all, the best of which was probably an 

exquisitely timed on drive after skipping 

to the pitch of a ball from left-arm spinner 

Nawaz. 

But Samuels’ habit of staying leg side of 

the ball and his general lack of foot movement 

caused him occasional problems 

and ultimately led to his downfall. He 

had an early slice of luck when an outside 

edge off Mohammad Amir’s bowling fell 

short of Babar Azam at second slip. In the 

second session, he played a loose drive 

against Wahab, throwing his hands at the 

ball, and was lucky the edge did not carry 

to the wicketkeeper. Eventually Sohail 

Khan bowled an indipper that wrapped 

Samuels on the pads in front of middle; he 

was rooted in the crease and falling over. 

It was the first wicket by a fast bowler in 

the Test match. 

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