Caribbean Times 99th Issue - Thursday 16th February 2017
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ANTIGUA HISTORY
WEEK “A HIT”
By Everton Barnes
The Cultural Department said it is
very happy with the response by the
public to the activities marking the
inaugural staging of Antigua History
Week.
Events Coordinator in the Department
of Culture Gilbert Laudat said the
feedback from the public has been quite
good. He made specific reference to the
lecture delivered by Monica Isaac to
students of the Christ the King High
School where the school has requested
a repeat lecture. Other lectures have
been equally well received. However,
due to sports activities in some schools
this week, their lectures will take place
next week.
Additionally, he said Tuesday’s
event at Table Hill Garden, Liberta,
where a cultural event took place organized
jointly by the Nyabinghi Theocracy
Order and the department was not
only well attended, but it received very
good reviews from those in attendance.
Culture Minister E.P Chet Greene
gave an undertaking for further collaborations
with the group and the ministry
to mount similar activities to promote
and expose aspects of the country’s
history and culture. He also promised
to include the Nyabinghi Order in the
Antigua History Week for 2018.
Ras King Frank I of the Nyabinghi
Order and Chairman of the Antigua and
Barbuda Reparation Support Commission,
Dorbrene O’Marde also addressed
the gathering and discussed the role of
drumming in African and Caribbean
societies as well as the importance of
preserving these aspects of the culture.
Meanwhile, an exhibition of local
arts and craft opened at the National
Museum on Tuesday and it runs until
Friday. On Wednesday night, the Cultural
Department partnered with the
Precision Centre to show three documentaries
that it produced under its Antigua
Then outreach. The showing took
place in the courtyard of the Cultural
Department.
Today, a historical display will take
place at the Cultural Department with
exhibits depicting what life was like
Events Coordinator in the Department of
Culture Gilbert Laudat
many decades earlier.
Antigua History Week concludes on
Friday with an ‘Open Mic and Spoken
Word’ event at the Cultural Department.
According to Laudat many people
have been asking to be part of this activity.
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Thursday 16th February 2017
Weston draws the line with IMF
By Everton Barnes
The Antigua and Barbuda
Government and the International
Monetary Fund (IMF)
are at loggerheads over the
way forward for the country
now that it is coming to the
end of the IMF assistance programme.
Minister of State in the
Ministry of Finance, Senator
Lennox Weston made the disclosure
on Wednesday when
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he opened debate on the 2017
National Budget in the Upper
House.
Weston said the matter
came to a head when the IMF
came to discuss economic issues
with the government in
January. He said rather than
being happy with the country’s
progress, the IMF representative
was in his word
‘angry’.
He drew historical reference
to Jamaica and Guyana
which have endured many
years of IMF prescriptions
but which are still having serious
economic difficulties. He
blamed this on what he called
the ‘failed Washington Consensus’,
which is a standard
IMF recipe of devaluation, reduce
employment, opening of
markets to foreign investors
and selling-off national assets.
“We thought that the IMF
would have been happy that
we are coming out of a hole.
Instead, I have never seen
anyone so angry.
“When they were here the
last time I had to ask them if
they felt that this was Michael
Manley in Jamaica or Cheddi
Jagan in Guyana,” he reported.
Weston said the IMF representative
indicated that he
had a message but that had to
be delivered by people senior
to him as the message supposedly
had nothing to do with
economics, but it was political
as Antigua and Barbuda was
embarrassing the institution.
He added that the IMF
representative noted that the
government was not servicing
loans to the Japanese and
to France and on that basis
the representative also threatened
to blacklist the country,
its Citizenship By Investment
programme and its investment
prospects.
The minister of state indicated
that the next round
of meetings is scheduled to
Well-known felon, Seth Clarke of Bathlodge was sentenced
to 14 months at Her Majesty’s Prison on Wednesday.
He appeared before Magistrate Clarke in the St. Johns
Magistrate’s Court charged with three counts of Assault with
Intent to do Grievous Bodily Harm.
He pleaded guilty to all charges and was convicted and
sentenced to one year on one count, and 14 months each on
the other counts. His sentences are to run concurrently.
The Court heard that on the morning of November 16th
2016, Clarke was spotted by the police in the Ottos area
dressed in all dark clothing with a bag and acting suspicious.
He was pursued by the police and in the process of apprehending
him he armed himself with a cutlass and launched
an attack at the officers.
He was shot in the process and taken to the hospital,
where he was treated and discharged.
take place in April. He said
the government will chart its
own course for development
irrespective of what reaction
comes from the IMF.
He added that the entrepreneurial
socialism as articulated
by Prime Minister,
Gaston Browne, forms part of
the government’s own vision
to move Antigua and Barbuda
forward.
“We go to the same schools
that they do. However, we
live here; we know what is in
the best interest of our country
and we will demonstrate that
to the IMF and the world,” he
declared.
On its website, the IMF
noted that the customary press
statement that usually follows
a national economic review
has been withheld at the request
of the government.
The former UPP government
entered into a 3-year
IMF loan programme which
comes to an end this year.
Clarke sentenced to 14 months
Seth Clarke
Thursday 16th February 2017 c a r i b b e a n t i m e s . a g 3
Senator Lovell responds to
Budget Debate, outlines agenda
The United Progressive
Party yesterday issued a
press release outlining its
plans to remedy Antigua and
Barbuda’s economic issues
identified by Senator Harold
Lovell in his Senate Budget
Debate Response.
Senator Harold Lovell
laid out a transformative
agenda for Antigua and Barbuda
that focuses on the optimization
of the nation’s untapped
potential -- creative,
intellectual and natural resources,
while emphasizing
the need to incentivize more
domestic investment.
The Press Release indicates
that UPP Political
Leader, Lovell raises the bar
with a number of innovative
strategies, solutions and incentives
that will establish
a strong bond between concept
of entrepreneurial government
and the U-conomy.
This party-coined platform
is expected “give more
power to the people” by
providing sustainable development
opportunities for
Antiguan and Barbudan entrepreneurs,
small businesses
and partnerships through
innovative grants and incentives.
The U-conomy will have
a recovery and growth agenda
that focuses on jobs and
wealth creation, training and
support for small businesses
and entrepreneurs and a
greatly enhanced business
and investment climate. This
strategy will ignite an economic
renaissance and create
hundreds of jobs, particularly
within cottage industries
like farming, agro-processing,
textile and clothing
production, food production
and craft making.
Lovell also emphasizes
the need for effective longterm
planning and increased
investment in key productive
sectors such as Tourism, Agriculture,
ICT and Knowledge
based industries, while
exercising greater fiscal discipline
in infrastructure, affordable
housing, health and
education.
Senator Lovell outlines
the first phase of a robust National
Development Agenda
that the UPP will implement
to tackle key issues, in light
of the country’s stagnated
economy and failed social
programs. He identifies domestic
investment, people
empowerment and the elimination
of UBT as the key
strategies for stimulating
the economy with the main
goal of “Restoring Pride and
Prosperity” to Antigua and
Barbuda.
Some of the highlights of
Senator Lovell’s Budget Response
presentation include:
1. 1000 jobs in the first
12 months
2. High speed internet
3. Reducing work permit
fees in the first 7 days of the
new UPP administration
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Thursday 16th February 2017
MSJMC to get Cardiology Centre
By Everton Barnes
The government is exploring
the possibility of setting
up a Cardiology Centre
at the Mount St John’s Medical
Centre.
To this end, the Chief
Medical Officer, Dr. Rhonda
Sealy-Thomas, the Director
of the Mount St. John Medical
Center (MSJMC), Dr.
Albert Duncan and a visiting
cardiologist, Dr. Gary Stevens
were invited to Cabinet
on Wednesday to address
an expansion in the health
services to be offered at the
MSJMC.
Dr Stevens, who practices
heart surgery in the USA
and who has set-up a cardiology
center in Guyana, was
The Pan American Health
Organization (PAHO)/World
Health Organization (WHO)
Director Dr. Carissa F. Etienne
will make an official
visit to Antigua Barbuda on
February 19, 2017.
During her visit, she will
meet with the Hon. Gaston
Browne, Prime Minister of
Antigua and Barbuda.
She will also have bilateral
discussions with Hon.
Molwyn Joseph, Minister of
Health and the Environment
and pay a courtesy visit to
the Hon. Charles Fernandez,
Minister of Foreign Affairs,
International Trade and Immigration.
On Wednesday February
22, 2017, Dr. Etienne will be
invited to Antigua to explore
the possibilities of replicating
a cost-saving MSJMC
Cardiology Center.
Cabinet spokesman, Lionel
Max Hurst, said the visiting
cardiologist explained
that many people in Antigua
and Barbuda who suffer
from hypertension and
diabetes also suffer from
blood circulation challenges;
the inability of the heart
to send blood to the toes and
feet usually result in amputations.
According to the information
provide, Hurst said,
the failure of the heart to
circulate the blood eventually
results in weakness and
fatigue, and also early death
addressing a meeting of the
cabinet of Ministers where
she will present the PAHO/
WHO vision on Universal
Health Coverage as well as
highlight the all of government
approach necessary for
the prevention of Non-communicable
diseases.
Dr Etienne’s visit coincides
with the convening of
the PAHO Annual Caribbean
Manager’s Meeting which
will be held for the first time
in Antigua and Barbuda.
During this meeting, the
senior officials of PAHO/
WHO in the Caribbean
will be discussing PAHO’s
Programmatic & Inter-programmatic
work within the
region.
in patients.
“By undertaking cardiology
interventions, including
expanding the arteries leading
to and from the heart by
going through the groin, the
cardiologist has been able to
get the heart to pump blood
to the feet; this operation
eliminates the need for amputations.
“The interventions also
strengthen the arteries and
improve the functioning of
the heart by the inclusion of
stents and other non-surgical
implantation,” Hurst reported.
He said babies born with
holes in the heart can also be
corrected without the need
for open heart surgery. The
PAHO Director to visit Antigua
PAHO Director Dr. Carissa F.
Etienne
On Tuesday February
21st, Hon. Molwyn Joseph,
Minister of Health and the
Environment will address
the meeting, where he is expected
to highlight the latest
achievements of the Government
in the quest to improve
the health status of the People
of Antigua and Barbuda.
cardiologist reported that
for every 100,000 people in
certain populations, at least
120 people will have need
for heart surgery. Given the
cost of such surgeries in the
USA, the savings from treating
the disease at a MSJMC
Cardiology Center would
result in significant savings
annually.
According to Hurst the
attraction of such a Center,
in Antigua, to those who
stand in danger of losing
limbs from diabetes and
hypertension, or who may
suffer heart attacks because
of resulting heart disease, is
well worth the cost, the Cabinet
determined.
“The attraction to OECS
countries, where significant
portions of the population
suffer from the same illnesses
as do people in Antigua
and Barbuda, has already
been determined. The OECS
would look to Antigua and
Barbuda for cardiology care,
just as the Cancer Care Center
is intended to serve that
population, also,” he reported.
The cost of establishing
the Center, outfitting it
with the necessary tools and
equipment, and staffing it
with experts is to be determined,
and brought back to
Cabinet for a determination.
The space at the MSJMC has
already been earmarked, and
the Ministers were told that
US$50,000 could result in
the first operation by the end
of March 2017.
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First Grade Six Empowerment
Conference hailed a success
By Joanna Paris
On Tuesday, the Grade
6 students at the Green Bay
Primary School had the
unique opportunity to benefit
from a power packed inaugural
conference, geared
towards preparing them for
the 2017 National Assessment
Examinations and beyond.
The brainchild of the
school’s guidance counsellor,
Karian Christian, the
first ever “Grade 6 Empowerment
Conference” was a
resounding success.
Speaking to Caribbean
Times, Christian said that
she was surprised as well as
happy about the outcome,
especially with the positive
feedback that has been received
from the students.
“This was geared towards
boosting the morale
of the grade 6 students as
they prepare for secondary
school. Our aim is to prepare
them for not only secondary
school but their journey to
adulthood as well. We invited
four speakers who come
from various walks of life
and who have been successful
in their respective fields
to speak to the students and
it went very well”, she said
Welcome Senator Lake
By Joanna Paris
The Upper House of Parliament officially welcomed Senator
Aziza Lake when the senators assembled in the House to
commence their debate on the 2017 Budget on Wednesday.
Senator Lake took the oath of office and took the seat
previously formerly occupied by Wrigley George.
In welcoming Senator Lake to the Upper House, President
of the Senate, Alincia Williams–Grant noted that the
gender balance that was present when the ruling administration
assumed office, has been restored.
“I wish to extend warmest greetings and welcome to you,
you have restored the gender balance that was present in
2014, we have not exceeded it as yet but we will get there
eventually”, she said.
She also encouraged the young Senator to remember her
duties in the House.
“My expectations for you is no different than of any of
the other members present here or those who have passed
through these hallowed walls. We expect that you will conduct
yourself with the highest level of professionalism, decorum
and respect for your peers and respect for the authority
of the chair”, she indicated.
happily.
The speakers included
local author, motivational
speaker and entrepreneur,
Chrys-Ann Ambrose, Football
coach and former national
player, Rowan Issac,
Journalist and entrepreneur,
Elisa Graham and Journalist,
former CARICOM Youth
Ambassador, Cleveroy
Thomas.
They addressed a wide
range of topics to include:
bullying, eliminating selfdoubt,
the importance of
focusing, pursuing their
dreams and being positive
role models for their peers.
The students asked a
number of questions which
were gladly answered by the
speakers.
The Grade 6 students of
the T.O.R. Memorial School
and their Principal, were also
present as specially invited
guests. They too expressed
their satisfaction with the
positive impact of the inaugural
conference.
Christian said that the forum
will be an annual part of
the school’s calendar.
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Thursday 16th February 2017
Antigua and Barbuda launch world’s first tourism
social media channel dedicated to romance
By Joanna Paris
A team from the China
Civil Engineering Construction
Company (CCECC) is
scheduled to arrive on island
at the end of the month to
New York, NY – Antigua and Barbuda
is celebrating Valentine’s Day by
launching the world’s first tourism social
media channel, dedicated entirely to romance
on Facebook.
Known for being one of the most
romantic destinations in the world, and
holding the record for most weddings
per capita, Antigua and Barbuda has
launched the Facebook ‘Antigua Barbuda
Romance’ channel. This new interactive
platform provides visitors the best
information and tools for those planning
their perfect romantic trip.
The Honorable Asot A. Michael,
Minister of Tourism, Economic Development,
Investment and Energy stated,
“Introducing a ground-breaking new
platform dedicated to romance is just another
example of why Antigua and Barbuda
is awarded time and again for being
the most romantic Caribbean islands.
This new initiative cements our position
as the leading Caribbean weddings
and honeymoon destination and I
applaud all of our industry partners for
helping us to attain this distinction and
recognition in such an integral market.
Ultimately, love improves lives, and we
look forward to helping couples do just
that with the new platform.”
Research shows love and healthy relationships
have been proven to improve
people’s lives. Benefits range from happiness
and improved mental well-being
to bolstering immune levels, to improving
heart health and helping people to
live longer.
The first interactive digital platform
dedicated to romance by a destination,
Antigua Barbuda Romance features will
include: logistics on how to plan the perfect
destination wedding, honeymoon
tips, favorite activities, top restaurants,
and popular beaches.
Resources include listings for local romance
vendors including wedding planners,
photographers and island guides.
further assess the port as the
facility prepares for the highly
anticipated port development
initiative. Manager of
the Port, Darwin Telemaque,
recently told the media that
Attempted Murder Accused,
Malvern Nigel James of
Sea View Farm was remanded
to Her Majesty’s Prison on
Wednesday.
James appeared in the All
Saints Magistrate’s Court before
Magistrate Emanuel, charged
with the Attempted Murder of
51-year old Glenmore Hughes,
also of Seaview Farm. His committal
date is set for May 10th,
2017.
He is alleged to have struck
Hughes in his head during an
altercation on February 10th at
Seaview Farm.
Hughes is still a patient in the
Intensive Care Unit at the Mount
St. Johns Medical Center. Police
are currently conducting further
investigations into the matter.
The platform is manned by romance experts
who provide advice and feedback
on planning the perfect trip with daily
posts to inspire and engage followers.
CEO of the Antigua and Barbuda
Tourism Authority, Colin C. James explains,
“This interactive new platform
allows us to gain valuable customer insights,
while increasing our brand awareness
and customer loyalty. Our goal is
to provide exceptional experiences for
all visitors each and every time, and we
believe that this tool is another way to
provide a richer customer and visitor
experience. I look forward to additional
relationship building with our visitors,
and helping them reap the benefits of romance
as only the Caribbean can do.”
As part of the launch, the Antigua and
Barbuda Tourism Authority is running a
global month-long sweepstakes for one
lucky couple from around the world to
win a romantic 3-night all-inclusive getaway
to Antigua.
CCECC officials coming to further assess the port
Attempted murder accused remanded
the delegation will comprise
of 15-17 persons who will
begin the geo-technical work
required for the project.
“A group of Chinese Engineers
will be here so the project
is on. We won’t see any
heavy lifting just yet, but we
will see it later down so all of
the designs that will be taking
place have to be done first,
this is the engineering and design
phase”, he indicated.
He assured that once all
goes well, the actual preparatory
construction work should
begin by the end of May.
He emphasized that this
will only happen once the
technical expectations of the
Chinese are met.
Telemaque assured that
a lot of work is taking place
behind he scenes to bring the
project to fruition this year.
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PM says crime in Bahamas like the Wild
West, but Police Chief says there’s no crisis
NASSAU, The Bahamas
– Against the backdrop of
seven murders last weekend
that pushed the number of
homicides in the Bahamas
to 27 so far this year, Prime
Minister Perry Christie says
the crime spree reminds him
of the Wild West and he’s
calling for a national effort
to arrest the problem.
However, Police
Commissioner Ellison
Greenslade remains adamant
that the country is not
in crisis, rubbishing calls for
a curfew or the lockdown of
crime hotspots.
“It is a falsehood to tell
the Bahamian public and
the world at large that the
Bahamas is in crisis; that is
nonsense,” he said at a news
conference.
“This country is not
at a stage where the average
decent citizen has to
be concerned about being
attacked,” Commissioner
Greenslade insisted.
But in a separate encounter
with the media, Prime
WASHINGTON, United States – A Jamaican
man who threatened to “bash the head” of
an immigration judge in the United States will
spend the next three years in federal prison.
Delroy Anthony McLean, 42, was slapped
with the prison term yesterday.
According to prosecutors, he was at a
hearing at the Stewart Detention Center in
southwest Georgia, where he was awaiting
Minister Perry Christie yesterday
described the situation
as shocking and called
for the country to put all necessary
resources in place to
reduce the crime scourge.
“It is insane. It is reminiscent
of the Wild West
and it something we must
get control of as quickly as
possible. We will be required
to do much more to have a
greater capacity to meet the
challenge that is now posed
to us, to fully try to understand
this senseless set of
killings/retaliation and to
have our system respond to
it as quickly as possible in a
meaningful way,” he said.
Christie is blaming the
problem on gangs engaged
in retaliation, and suggested
that the response must entail
a stronger police presence on
the streets.
“This madness has to do
with gangs and retaliation…
There must be a continuous
response to it and it has to be
on flooding the streets with
officers and equipment to be
able to intercept and interdict.”
Commissioner
Greenslade agreed that the
young people were at the
heart of the recent incidents
of crime, both as victims and
perpetrators.
“These are people that
have fallen through the
cracks of our society and
they did not remain in
school. The ones who did,
when they got out of school,
chose to associate with the
wrong type of company and
this is ‘tit for tat, you touch
Jamaican thrown in jail for
threatening US immigration judge
deportation, when he made the threat towards
the judge.
But he did not stop there, according to an
Associated Press report. McLean also threatened
the judge’s husband and repeated his
comments outside the courtroom.
He is expected to be deported to his homeland
at the end of his sentence. (Caribbean360)
my boy I touch your boy’
type of thing.”
He however went one
step further and appeared
to be pointing fingers at the
judicial system, suggesting
that the only solution was to
keep “prolific offenders behind
bars”.
“We have a problem, let’s
not kid ourselves, and that
problem is prolific offenders
that are in and out of the system
who are not prepared to
not live a life of crime,” the
police chief said.
“We have to ensure that
people that walk around with
assault weapons and other
variations of weapons, that
have raped people, that have
attempted to rape people, that
have killed people, that have
attempted to murder people,
they should remain…incarcerated
and have their day
in court. If we continue the
way we are going we will
continue to chase our tails,”
Commissioner Greenslade
insisted. (Caribbean360)
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Thursday 16th February 2017
Malaysia arrests second suspect
in North Korean’s death
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia
– Malaysian police
arrested a second woman
Thursday in the death of Kim
Jong Nam, the half brother
of North Korea’s leader who
was reportedly poisoned this
week by two female assassins
as he waited for a flight in
Malaysia.
Police chief Khalid Abu
Bakar confirmed the latest arrest
to the national Bernama
news agency and said a statement
would be released soon.
Investigators are trying
to shed light on a death that
set off set off waves of speculation
over whether North
Korea dispatched a hit squad
to kill a man known for his
drinking, gambling and complicated
family life.
Medical workers completed
an autopsy late Wednesday,
but it was not immediately
clear if or when Malaysia
would release the findings
publicly.
North Korea had objected
to the autopsy and asked
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A medical staff member stands at the entrance of the forensic department at a hospital in Kuala
Lumpur, Malaysia.
for Kim Jong Nam’s body to
be returned; Malaysia went
ahead with the procedure
anyway as the North did not
submit a formal protest, said
Abdul Samah Mat, a senior
Malaysian police official.
Also Wednesday, police
arrested the first suspect in
the case, a woman carrying
Vietnamese travel documents
bearing the name Doan Thi
Huong. She was picked up at
the budget terminal of Kuala
Lumpur International Airport,
where Kim Jong Nam fell ill
on Monday morning. It was
not immediately clear whether
the passport was genuine.
She was identified using
earlier surveillance video
from the airport, police said.
Still photos of the video,
Reach us now with that breaking news! cont’d on pg 9
confirmed as authentic by
police, showed a woman in a
skirt and long-sleeved white
T-shirt with “LOL” emblazoned
across the front.
Kim Jong Nam, who was
45 or 46, was estranged from
his younger brother, North
Korean leader Kim Jong Un,
and had been living abroad
for years. He reportedly fell
out of favor when he was
caught trying to enter Japan
on a false passport in 2001,
saying he wanted to visit Tokyo
Disneyland.
According to two senior
Malaysian government officials,
who spoke on condition
of anonymity because the
case involves sensitive diplomacy,
the elder Kim died en
Thursday 16th February 2017 c a r i b b e a n t i m e s . a g 9
cont’d from pg 8
route to a hospital on Monday
after suddenly falling ill at the
airport’s budget terminal.
He told medical workers
before he died that he had
been attacked with a chemical
spray at the airport, the Malaysian
officials said. Multiple
South Korean media reports,
citing unidentified sources,
said two women believed to
be North Korean agents killed
him with some kind of poison
before fleeing in a taxi.
Police said they were
hunting for more suspects. No
further details were released.
Since taking power in late
2011, Kim Jong Un has executed
or purged a number of
high-level government officials
in what the South Korean
government has described
as a “reign of terror.”
South Korea’s spy agency,
the National Intelligence
Service, said Wednesday that
North Korea had been trying
for five years to kill Kim Jong
Nam.
The NIS did not definitively
say that North Korea was
behind the killing, just that it
was presumed to be a North
Korean operation, according
to lawmakers who briefed reporters
about the closed-door
meeting with the spy officials.
The NIS also cited a “genuine”
attempt by North Korea
to kill Kim Jong Nam in 2012,
the lawmakers said. The NIS
told them that Kim Jong Nam
sent a letter to Kim Jong Un
in April 2012, after the assassination
attempt, begging for
the lives of himself and his
family.
The letter said: “I hope
you cancel the order for the
punishment of me and my
family. We have nowhere to
go, nowhere to hide, and we
know that the only way to escape
is committing suicide.”
Although Kim Jong Nam
had been originally tipped by
some outsiders as a possible
successor to his late dictator
father, Kim Jong Il, others
thought that was unlikely
because he lived outside the
country, including recently in
Macau.
He also frequented casinos,
five-star hotels and traveled
around Asia, with little
say in North Korean affairs.
But his attempt to visit
Tokyo Disneyland reportedly
soured North Korea’s leadership
on his potential as a successor.
Kim Jong Nam had said
he had no political ambitions,
although he was publicly critical
of the North Korean regime
and his half brother’s legitimacy
in the past. In 2010,
he was quoted in Japanese
media as saying he opposed
dynastic succession in North
Korea.
Among Kim Jong Un’s executions
and purges, the most
spectacular was the 2013 execution
of his uncle, Jang Song
Thaek, once considered the
country’s second-most powerful
man, for what the North
alleged was treason. (AP)
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Thursday 16th February 2017
Immigrant workers and their
families to protest by staying home
PHILADELPHIA -- Organizers
in cities across the
U.S. are telling immigrants
to miss class, miss work
and not shop on Thursday
as a way to show the country
how important they are
to America’s economy and
way of life.
“A Day Without Immigrants”
actions are planned
in cities including Philadelphia,
Washington, Boston
and Austin, Texas.
The protest comes in response
to President Donald
Trump and his 1-month-old
administration. The Republican
president has pledged
to increase deportation of
immigrants living in the
country illegally, build a
wall along the Mexican border,
and ban people from
certain majority-Muslim
countries from coming into
the U.S. He also has blamed
high unemployment on immigration.
Employers and institutions
in some cities were
already expressing solidarity
Wednesday with immigrant
workers. Washington
restaurateur John Andrade
said he would close his businesses
Thursday, and David
Suro, owner of Tequilas
Restaurant in Philadelphia
and a Mexican immigrant,
said he also planned to participate.
The Davis Museum at
Wellesley College in Massachusetts
said it would
remove or shroud all artwork
created or given by
immigrants to the museum
through Feb. 21.
In New Mexico, the state
with the largest percentage
of Hispanic residents in
the nation, school officials
worried that hundreds of
students may stay home on
Thursday.
“We respectfully ask all
parents to acknowledge that
students need to be in class
every day to benefit from
the education they are guaranteed
and to avoid falling
behind in school and life,”
principals with the Albuquerque
Public Schools
wrote in a letter to parents.
Students who take part
in the protest will receive
an unexcused absence, Albuquerque
school officials
said.
Organizers in Philadelphia
said they expect hundreds
of workers and families
to participate.
“Our goal is to highlight
the need for Philadelphia
to expand policies that stop
criminalizing communities
of color,” said Erika
Almiron, executive director
of Juntos, a nonprofit
group that works with the
Latino immigrant community.
“What would happen if
massive raids did happen?
What would the city look
like?”
Almiron said that while
community groups have not
seen an uptick in immigration
raids in the city, residents
are concerned about
the possibility.
Philadelphia Mayor Jim
Kenney is among leaders
in several cities nationwide
who have vowed to maintain
their “sanctuary city”
status and decline to help
federal law enforcement
with deportation efforts.
Many people who make
the choice to skip work
Thursday will not be paid
in their absence, but social
media posts encouraging
participation stressed that
the cause is worth the sacrifice.
(AP)
Thursday 16th February 2017 c a r i b b e a n t i m e s . a g 11
Wednesday’s Sudoku Solution
S U D O K U
CROSSWORD
Across
1. Resorts
5. Peaceful
9. Slugger Hank ____
14. Heavenly instrument
15. Lotion ingredient
16. The things there
17. Painful cry
18. Conference of peers
20. In addition
21. Withstand
22. Lawn material
23. Pretense
25. Pen fluid
27. Accent
30. Debtor’s opposite
35. Moved upward
36. Exclamation of woe
37. Noblewoman
38. Recent (prefix)
39. Cottage cheese’s kin
42. Syrup source
43. Assigned job
45. Cotton machines
46. Wash
48. Frame of mind
50. Breakfast food
51. Gun lobby (abbr.)
52. Carbonated beverage
53. Donkey
56. Motor
59. Bankrupt
63. Newt, e.g.
65. Machu Picchu dweller
66. Pedro’s friend
67. Guinness of “Star Wars”
68. Genesis man
69. ____ Pan
70. “The Way We ____”
71. Alaskan city
Down
1. Oxford, e.g.
2. Actor ____ Newman
3. Circle sections
4. Ball-shaped objects
5. Pet
6. Unattended
7. Ear-splitting
8. List of choices
9. Show up
10. I see!
11. Steals from
12. Capital of Norway
13. Require
19. Most arid
24. ____-friendly
26. Baby goat
27. Christmas visitor
28. Goody
29. Hen’s perch
30. Exact copy
31. Squealers
32. A sense
33. ____ Beach (D-Day site)
34. Drive off
36. Amino ____
40. Large lizard
41. Asleep
44. Relatives
47. Horse breed
49. Earth vibration
50. Compel
52. Scornful expression
53. Right away (abbr.)
54. Unchanged
55. Cut
57. Nibble
58. Not active
60. Take apart
61. Con game
62. Not wild
64. Vital statistic
12 c a r i b b e a n t i m e s . a g
Thursday 16th February 2017
Today’s weather forecast
Antigua and Barbuda
Partly cloudy skies.
High - 81ºF
Low - 72ºF
Wind: East South East 9 mph
Sunrise 6.32 am; Sunset 6.09 pm
Wednesday’s Crossword Solution
HOROSCOPE
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb.
18). You decided upon a particular
goal long ago but never
could quite figure out how to
fit the steps toward accomplishment
into your life. That’s
because the timing wasn’t as
good as it is now. Try again.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20).
You could change history just
by saying yes. It follows that
you can also change it by saying
no. Today brings the rare
black-and-white decision.
Only say yes if you can say it
emphatically.
ARIES (March 21-April 19).
Contributing to the peace of
the world will not require
a grand gesture, just a little
tolerance. Here’s one sample
recipe: 1. Leave well enough
alone. 2. Don’t fix what isn’t
broken. 3. Mind your own
business.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20).
You’ll have to spend some
money to go to the next level
in a study, hobby or project. Is
this really an expense, though,
or is it a worthy investment in
who you are?
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). You
can’t take people at face value.
The quiet ones might be concealing
big emotion; the sweet
ones can have a delightfully
wicked edge; the funny ones
get sad; the sad ones get funny.
You wouldn’t have it any
other way.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22).
What you love will reward
you for loving it. Try it and
see. Also, be mindful of your
loving style. Try to match it up
with the preferences of your
beloved over your own.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). As
the world becomes increasingly
litigious the contracts made
in conversation seem less important
to some. That’s why
people who keep their word
are superstars of good character.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21).
Those with beautiful superficiality
may also have deep beauty.
Give it whirl and find out.
You’ll sense the true depth of
a person inside five minutes of
conversation.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21).
It’s going to take an unrelentingly
positive attitude to push
through these early stages of a
difficult project. Soon enough,
you’ll be able to quit manufacturing
cheer, because you’ll
have enough actual positive
reasons to continue.
CANCER (June 22-July 22).
You’re innovative in your attempt
to solve problems big
and small. Right now, while
you’re busy doing it, there’s
someone out there saying it
can’t be done.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-
Dec. 21). Today will bring
a series of inspired blunders
and, like a skilled detective
(Clouseau or Columbo), your
unassuming ways will allow
for the solving of a mystery.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan.
19). You may know experts
and gurus, but your own personal
history is by far your
greatest teacher. Future success
will depend on today’s
review of what you did right,
and what you could have done
differently.
Thursday 16th February 2017 c a r i b b e a n t i m e s . a g 13
All members of the Executive of the Antigua and Barbuda
Ex-Servicemen Association are reminded of the monthly
meeting, to be held on Tuesday 21 February 2017 at 5 pm,
at the Association`s Headquarters "Leah House" on Prime
Minister`s Drive. Please be on time or notify the Chairman
on 720-0058, PRO on 721-1970 or the Secretary on 723-
3452 of your apologies.
Bring along your picnic blankets and folding chairs and enjoy
a relaxing evening on the lawn watching a movie or just
mingling with a bowl of delicious hot soup at the South Zone
Planning Committee of the Anglican Church's Pre-Lenten
Water Night and Movie on Friday, February 24, 2017 from
6 pm to 9 pm at All Saints Anglican Rectory Grounds, Matthews
Road, All Saints. The contribution is only $10. Patrons
will have a choice of various types of soups. There will
be Hot Dogs, Cupcakes, Popcorn and a bounce castle. Beverages
will also be on sale. Tickets are available from Parish
Priests and members of South Zone Planning Committee.
All registered members of the Antigua Barbuda Amateur
Bodybuilding & Weightlifting Federation please take note
that Election for the post of Vice President will be held on
4th March, 2017 at the ABI Financial Building, 2nd Floor,
Redcliffe Street, St John's, Antigua at 6:00 p.m. sharp.
The fundraising post Valentines for Antigua & Barbuda Diabetes
Association is now rescheduled for Tuesday 21st February,
2017 from 4:00-6:00pm.
TO ALL MEMBERS OF THE ANTIGUA AND BARBU-
DA SCOUT ASSOCIATION Notice is hereby given, in
accordance with Section IV(4)(b) of the Constitution, that
the ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of the Antigua and
Barbuda Branch of the Scout Association will be held at
Government House (located on Independence Avenue) on
Thursday 23rd February 2017 at 5:00 p.m. All Members are
invited to attend and to be punctual. Members are reminded
that subscriptions for 2017 are now due and payable.
SNAIL NOTICE
Have you seen the Giant African Snail in your home or community?
If so, follow these 3 easy steps:
1. Put on protective gloves
2. Collect snails and place them in a secure covered container
with some salt.
3. Call the Plant Protection Unit at 462-6776 or 462-6777 for
advice on disposal
ABSSB SELF EMPLOYED NOTICE
The Social Security Board wishes to advise all self employed
persons that their declared earnings shall not be less
than the minimum wage, and are reminded that their Social
Security contributions rate remains at 10%.
VACANCIES REGISTERED at OSEC
1) RESERVATIONS AGENT
• Two years experience in a similar role
• Must be flexible
• Strong administrative/clerical experience & Computer
knowledge
• Customer Service oriented
• Great written and oral communication skills
• Experience in the tourism/hospitality industry a plus
• Must own vehicle
• Potential for growth & advancement within the company
2) CUTTER (Meat Products)
• Cutting up of frozen meats and other items using the Bandsaw
• 2 to 3 years experience
• Must have experience using the Bandsaw
• Hours on a Shift Basis – Full-time
• Salary commensurable to qualifications
3) INVENTORY CLERK
• Two years experience in a similar role
• Must be flexible
• Experience using Adobe Photoshop, InDesign and Illustrator
a plus
• Experience with inventory/accounting computer systems
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 Friday 17th February, 2017
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Thursday 16th February 2017
Rebels edge out United, Ovals 2 trump Ottos Officials
By Carlena Knight
Antigua Home and Office Depot
Rebels edged out Kenneth A. Gomez
Christos United, 48-45 on Tuesday night
at the JSC Sports Complex.
The Division 2 matchup went down
to the wire where a three-point bomber
from Curtis Daniel sealed the much-needed
victory for Rebels. Daniel finished the
game with 11 points and 14 rebounds.
Gabriel Perez however was the leading
scorer with 15 points and 13 rebounds.
Teammates, Tindal Telemaque
and Kirwan Peterson chipped in with 9
points and 11 rebounds and 8 assists.
F and G Trading Cuties Ovals Ojays
2 also found themselves in the Winners
Circle winning quite convincingly over
Cuties Ottos Officials, 60-41.
Keddie Martin was an unstoppable
By Marver Woodley
As the dust settles on the
Antigua and Barbuda Football
Association 2016/2017
season Tuesday’s games were
without flavor and flare.
The five games which
were played all failed to
bring the same amount of action
experienced in the past
weeks. Bolans was the only
team who kept their eye on
the prize giving Garden Stars
true competition to win the
encounter 6-2.
Two of Bolans players successfully
braced the back of
the nets during their 90 minutes
of play. Kujahri Thomas,
and Joel Martin netted twice
each while Andrew Martin
and Leon Alfred scored one
each. Meanwhile Claudius
Phillip and Keyon Charles
where the lucky strikers for
Garden Stars.
Freemans Village match
up against Aston Villa resulted
in a 1-nil result with Villa
at the winning end, the sane
was for Urlings and Willikies
with the latter being the
winner. Also, following the
pattern was Swetes encounter
against Five Islands with the
latter once again being at the
better end if the result.
By Carlena Knight
Despite the ongoing disputes
over a proper facility for
our athletes locally, another
athlete has qualified for the
Games.
Abigail Dyett is now the
8th athlete to have qualified
for the Carifta Games in Curacao.
Dyett who competed
last weekend at another development
meet held at YAS-
force with 19 points and 8 rebounds for
the victors.
He was assisted by Percy Adams with
13 points and Michael Jeffers with 10.
Nino Williamson also of Ojays grabbed
8 rebounds.
Officials’ Gija George had 12 points
and 13 rebounds and was assisted by
Kareem Jacobs with 11 points and 12 rebounds
in a losing effort.
Bolans keeps hope alive in ABFA games’ last hours
The last game of the day
was between All Saints United
and Ottos Rangers ending
2-nil. United had the better
end with strikes coming from
teammates Keron Richards
and Terry Roberts in the 58th
and 80th minutes respectively.
Games will continue tomorrow
when Lion Hill go
up against Hon.Molwyn Joseph
Bendals, Potters Tigers
match up against Hill Top and
Point Wets Ham’s encounter
against Fort Road in the First
Division.
The lone Second Division
match will be between Blue
Jays and Seaview Farm.
Dyett becomes 8th athlete
to qualify for Carifta
CO ran an impressive time of
11.77 seconds in the Under 18
girls 100m.
She will join the other seven
athletes, Kalique St. Jean,
Harlen Jones, Sheldon Noble,
Jalen Dyett, Joella Lloyd, Taeco
Ogarro and Dahlia Barnes
who would have qualified in
other meets previously.
The Games will be held
over the Easter weekend.
Thursday 16th February 2017 c a r i b b e a n t i m e s . a g 15
ABAA to host elections later today
By Marver Woodley
2017 has been earmarked
as the year of election and the
Antigua and Barbuda Athletics
Association is next on the
list to host their elections.
The elections will be held
later this evening at the Eastern
Caribbean Amalgamated
Bank, ECBA, located on
Redcliff Street starting at 6:30
p.m.
Surprisingly the top position
of for grabs during the
elections will have the least
action as the former President
of the Athletics Association
Everton Cornelius will be unchallenged
for the position.
According to reports it
was announced on Tuesday
by the Associations Secretary,
Les Williams that no one has
step forward to challenge him
for the position during the
By Carlena Knight
Liberta Primary picked up double victories
on Tuesday afternoon at the JSC Sports Complex
in the Cool and Smooth Inter-School Basketball
league.
In the Mini-Boys Primary Division, Liberta
defeated S.R. Olivia David Primary, 28-7 with
Macoy Browne scoring 12 points for the victors.
J. Jackson of Olivia David had 7 points.
The females followed suit putting away
elections, as such he would
most likely be reelected.
According to the timeline
given for persons desirous of
campaigning the two-week
period ended on Tuesday and
according to the organizations
constitution only members of
the body are elidable to vote
later this evening.
Liberta Primary pick up double
victories in School Basketball
Villa Primary, 9-2.
Destiny Francis had 4 points for Liberta
while Shenel Samuel scored 2 points for Villa.
In the other match up that day, Ottos Comprehensive
trumped St. Joseph’s Academy,
62-49 with Javon Simon and Lincoln Weekes
leading the way with 32 and 18 points respectively.
Tehran Zachariah of SJA had 20 points
while Reginald Barnes assisted with 12 points.
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Thursday 16th February 2017
Ruthless Scorpions crush Red Force
ST JOHN’S, Antigua – Scintillating
maiden hundreds by Chadwick Walton
and Jermaine Blackwood catapulted
Jamaica Scorpions into the Regional
Super50 final with a crushing 292-run
victory over reigning champions Trinidad
and Tobago Red Force, in a lopsided
semi-final under lights last night.
Walton belted 117 from 96 deliveries
and Blackwood, an unbeaten 108 from
88 balls as Scorpions, sent in at Coolidge
Cricket Ground, amassed a record 434
for four off their 50 overs.
All-rounder Rovman Powell smashed
an astonishing 45-ball 95 while lefthander
opener Steven Taylor blasted 88
from 71 deliveries, two innings which
helped propel Scorpions to the highest-ever
total in regional 50 overs cricket
– eclipsing the 409 by Trinidad against
North Windwards 16 years ago.
The total was also the ninth highest in
the history of List A and represented only
the second time a team had passed 400 in
regional competition.
In reply, Red Force never showed
any signs of producing the miracle needed
and were bundled out for an embarrassing
141 off 26.3 overs, slumping to
the fourth heaviest defeat ever in List A
cricket.
Jason Mohammed extended his form
with a fighting run-a-ball unbeaten 62
and captain Denesh Ramdin weighed in
with 27, but Red Force never really recovered
after sliding to 40 for four in the
seventh over.
Powell returned with his varied seam
to destroy the innings with a brilliant
spell of five for 36 and claim the Manof-the-Match
award, while the new-ball
pair of Jerome Taylor (3-27) and Renard
Leveridge (2-31) provided excellent support.
Starting as favourites, Red Force had
the game swiftly taken away from them
as Scorpions stunned them with an exhibition
of astonishing hitting.
The run-spree began in an entertaining
opening stand of 174 between Wal-
Rovman Powell hit 95 off 45 balls
ton and Taylor, was sustained courtesy
of a 95-run second wicket stand between
Blackwood and Walton, and capped off
in a jaw-dropping third wicket partnership
of 163 between Blackwood and
Powell.
The left-handed Taylor gave Scorpions
a flying start, racing to his half-century
in the 11th over off 35 balls. In the
sixth over of the innings, he combined
with Walton to take 25 runs from Ravi
Rampaul’s third over as the seamer
leaked 43 runs from his first three overs.
They raised the 100-run stand in the
12th over and had mustered the highest
opening partnership of the tournament
when Taylor sliced a drive to Kjorn Ottley
at point off off-spinner Jason Mohammed,
to depart in the 22nd over.
All told, the American struck eight
fours and five sixes.
Walton’s fifty, meanwhile, came in
the 13th over off 32 deliveries and he
required only another 52 balls to reach
triple figures in the 32nd over, before falling
lbw to leg-spinner Imran Khan four
overs later after striking nine fours and
and seven sixes.
Powell then joined Blackwood
to ruthlessly rip apart the Red Force
bowling. Blackwood, who counted six
fours and six sixes overall, reached his
half-century off 44 balls with three fours
and four sixes before storming to three
figures off a mere 79 balls.
The right-handed Powell was imperious,
striking six fours and nine giant sixes
as he raced to his fifty off just 25 balls
— reaching the landmark with a six over
mid-wicket off leg-spinner Imran Khan
in the 44th over.
He was within touching distance of
a century when he missed a heave at
Rampaul (2-83) in the final over and was
bowled. Together, Blackwood and Powell
plundered 128 runs from the last ten
overs.
Needing a hasty start, Red Force got
21 off the first two overs before Taylor
and Leveridge crippled the top order with
key strikes.
The dangerous Evin Lewis hit three
fours and a six in 17 before nicking a
booming drive behind off Taylor in the
third over and his opening partner Kyle
Hope followed in the sixth over for 16 at
38 for two, tamely pulling Leveridge to
captain Nikita Miller at mid-wicket.
Three balls later in the same over with
one run added, Leveridge removed Kjorn
Ottley for one to the second of five catches
by wicketkeeper Walton and Taylor
then trapped Nicholas Alexis lbw without
scoring in the next over to leave Red
Force in strife.
Mohammed and Ramdin attempted a
rescue mission by adding 63 for the fifth
wicket, temporarily reviving Red Force’s
hopes. The right-handed Mohammed hit
seven fours and a six while Ramdin gathered
four boundaries, in a partnership
which took Red Force past 100.
However, once Ramdin was caught at
the wicket trying to run one from Powell
to third man in the 18th over, the innings
collapsed spectacularly as Powell clinically
destroyed the lower order to send
the last six wickets tumbling for 39 runs.
(CMC)
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