Caribbean Times 7th Issue - Tuesday 28th February 2017

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Tuesday 28th February 2017 A n t i g u a a n d B a r b u d a 

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I.T. TO SERIOUSLY IMPACT 

LEGAL PROFESSION 

By Everton Barnes 

Retired Eastern Caribbean 

Supreme Court 

(ECSC) Justice, Don 

Mitchell, is predicting that 

the introduction of information 

technology systems 

in the legal systems in the 

Caribbean will have a serious 

impact on the legal 

profession. 

Justice Mitchell made 

the point in a lecture he delivered 

to members of the 

legal profession on Monday 

night at the Sandals Tourism Minister, the Hon., Asot Michael and Attorney General, the Hon., Steadroy “Cutie” Benjamin, 

Resort. 

centre, were in attendance at Sandals Resort to mark the 50th anniversary of the ECSC. 

The lecture formed part 

of activities being held in 

Antigua and Barbuda to 

mark the 50 th anniversary 

of the ECSC. 

He told his audience that 

while any forecast to what 

the practice of law will be 

like after another 50 years, 

lies in the realm of science 

fiction, some things are alcont’d 

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Ministry of Health to implement latest stage 

of Barbuda’s Eye Screening Programme 

The Ministry of Health 

and the Environment, in collaboration 

with Caribbean 

Council for the Blind (CCB) 

Eye Care Caribbean, will 

soon embark upon the latest 

stage of its Barbuda Eye 

Screening Programme. 

Ministry officials and 

a CCB Eye Care Caribbean 

technician will travel to 

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Codrington next week to 

distribute glasses to 165 

Barbudans. 

The distribution of the 

glasses is a direct result of 

the successful eye-screening 

process which took place 

in Barbuda in early October 

2016. It also reflects the 

commitment of the Government 

of Antigua and Barbuda 

to providing the highest 

quality eye care to the people 

of Barbuda. 

The October eye-screening 

initiative was the first of 

its kind ever to be conducted 

in Barbuda. 

A total of 317 individuals 

were screened during a 

four-day period at the Hanna 

Thomas Hospital. The objective 

was to identify common 

eye diseases, namely 

glaucoma, diabetic retinopathy 

and cataract affecting 

Barbudans. 

As a consequence of the 

screening, it was determined 

that 174 individuals had serious 

refractive errors that 

necessitated the need for 

glasses. 

Standing by its policy 

objective that Barbuda must 

not be left behind, the Antigua 

and Barbuda Government 

decided to fund the 

cost of the 174 glasses and 

distribute them to those in 

need. 

In early January, a team 

of Ministry of Health officials 

and a CCB Eye Care 

Caribbean Optometrist paid 

a second visit to Barbuda. 

The 174 individuals were 

contacted and tested for 

their glasses. 

One hundred and sixty-five 

glasses will be distributed 

next week. An additional 

nine individuals who 

had high blood sugar levels 

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at the time of a prior clinical 

evaluation will be re-examined 

at the end of March 

and their eye glasses will be 

fabricated based on the follow-up 

assessment. 

Other cases for which 

there was no immediate 

need for eye glasses were 

referred to Mount St. John’s 

Medical Center and the individuals 

were subsequently 

treated at the MSJMC Outpatient 

Clinic. 

Some were diagnosed 

with early cataract and elevated 

eye pressure and will 

have follow-up appointments 

in March. Others 

who were identified for either 

cataract or pterygium 

surgery were contacted in 

November and are currently 

being monitored. 

Next week’s visit by 

Ministry of Health officials 

and the CCB Eye Care Caribbean 

technician to distribute 

the 165 eye classes, 

represents the most recent 

stage in this first ever Barbuda 

Eye Screening Programme. 

The Ministry’s partner 

in this initiative, CCB Eye 

Care Caribbean, is a Caribbean 

vision care organization 

whose mission is to 

make care affordable to all 

and who offers eye classes 

at reduced rates. CCB Eye 

Care Caribbean currently offers 

eye-care services at the 

Clare Hall, Johnson’s Point 

and Grays Farm Clinics.

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ready quite obvious. 

“In a few years’ time, 

no lawyer will employ a 

messenger to attend at the 

courtroom to file a paper 

claim or defense; this will 

all be done automatically 

by accessing the registry 

online,” he noted. 

He added that in the 

modern law firm, all legal 

research is now done online 

as the registry office will be 

replaced by the cloud. 

Justice Mitchell urged 

lawyers to prepare for Artificial 

or Augmented Intelligence 

(AI) as this is 

coming to the practice of 

law and the determination 

of disputes. 

He revealed that already 

AI is being used in law firms 

in London and New York as 

evidenced by the hiring of 

ROSS, the world’s first AI 

attorney powered by IBM’s 

Watson. 

According to the justice 

there are many rulings 

the judge is called upon to 

make that are routine, and 

for which the necessary algorithms 

will soon be written. 

“A ‘bot-judge’ similar 

to ROSS, will then be able 

to deliver an automated and 

instantaneous ruling. The 

result is that law will become 

more accessible and 

transparent, as it should 

be,” he stated. 

The retired justice is 

also predicting changes in 

the way evidence is being 

presented in the court. 

He noted like the Caribbean 

Court of Justice, the 

ECSC has already introduced 

IT in its classrooms 

making for improvements 

in the judicial system. 

However, he foresees 

a time when evidence will 

be given by a hologram, a 

three-dimensional representation 

of a witness sitting 

in a witness box anywhere. 

He said sensors will 

be available to tell both 

judges and lawyers when 

a witness is not telling the 

truth. 

He also sees a time 

when courtrooms will become 

a thing of the past 

and which are converted 

into museums of law where 

ancient artefacts such as 

books, pens and videos are 

displayed. 

Chief Justice of the 

ECSC, Dame Janice Pereira, 

who called for the 

court’s anniversary to be 

marked in a special way, 

was among those attending 

the lecture. 

Also present were current 

and former justices of 

the court, high court judges 

and other members of the 

legal fraternity. 

Attorney General, 

Steadroy Benjamin, offered 

congratulations on 

behalf of the government, 

to Dame Janice and the 

court for marking this special 

milestone. 

Vice President of the 

Bar Association, Lenworth 

Johnson chaired the night’s 

proceedings while E. Ann 

Henry, QC, introduced Justice 

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Justice Pereira paints the way forward for 

the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court 

By Joanna Paris 

Chief Justice Hon Dame 

Janice Pereira DBE, has 

indicated that the Eastern 

Caribbean Supreme Court 

has made significant strides 

in its 50 years of existence 

but emphasized that there is 

still a lot of work to be done 

to truly meet the needs of its 

members and by extension 

citizens of the region. 

Justice Pereira was addressing 

a special sitting of 

the court, which took place 

at the High Court Building 

on Monday. 

The special event, which 

marked the celebration of 

the Eastern Caribbean Supreme 

Court’s 50th anniversary, 

was widely attended 

by legal luminaries representing 

the region. 

The 50th anniversary is 

NOTICE 

IN THE HIGH COURT OF 

JUSTICE 

ANTIGUAAND BARBUDA 

(Probate) 

A.D. 2017 

In the Matter of the Estate 

of CHARLES HUNTE 

a.k.a Eddie Hunte 

Deceased 

NOTICE IS HEREBY 

GIVEN that at the expiration 

of fourteen (14) days 

from the date of this Notice, 

Application will be made to 

the High Court of Justice by 

CUMBERBATCH & ASSO- 

CIATES, of Chambers, Long 

Street, in the Parish of Saint 

John’s in Antigua and Barbuda, 

Solicitors for MARY 

HUNTE of Villa Area, in 

the Parish of Saint John’s in 

Antigua and Barbuda for a 

Grant of Probate in the estate 

of CHARLES HUNTE a.k.a 

EDDIE HUNTE Deceased; 

the said CHARLES HUNTE 

a.k.a EDDIE HUNTE died 

on 7th, January, 2017. 

DATED the 27th, day of 

February, 2017 

CUMBERBATCH & 

ASSOCIATES 

Attorneys-at-law for the Applicant 

being commemorated under 

the theme “Eastern Caribbean 

Supreme Court celebrating 

the past, embracing the 

future”. 

The activities aim to celebrate 

and reflect on past 

accomplishments and to see 

how the court can bold on 

these achievements in the 

future. 

Justice Pereira cited that 

as one of the challenges facing 

the institution, is that of 

the issue of the backlog of 

cases, which must be addressed. 

“The increase in the 

compliment of judges serving 

the court as well as the 

introduction of masters aided 

in addressing the problem 

but we are aware that 

there is still a lot of work to 

be done”, she said. 

She emphasized that the 

increase in the use of technology 

in the court will also 

assist in ensuring that cases 

are addressed in good timing. 

She made mention of the 

recent legislation passed by 

Antigua and Barbuda which 

makes provision for video 

conferencing to be utilized 

in the court especially in 

cases where key witnesses 

are overseas. 

Justice Pereira was looks 

forward to the establishment 

reaching new heights 

and becoming more effective, 

efficient and useful in 

its undertakings.


EMS complete daring rescue on Sunday 

In what has been described 

as nothing short of 

brilliant, the Antigua and 

Barbuda Emergency Medical 

Services and the Fire Fighters 

Department performed a 

daring rescue operation in the 

hills between Wallings Dam 

and Rendezvous Beach. 

According to PRO for 

the EMS, Morvin Fiedtkou, 

three adults and two children 

under the age of thirteen 

were making the journey to 

Rendezvous Beach via Wallings 

when one of the adults, 

a female, lost her footing and 

broke her left ankle. 

Fiedtkou said the Department 

got the call at around 

9am and didn’t complete 

operation until after 11 due 

to the rugged terrain and the 

grueling environment. 

Three emergency technicians 

and four fire fighters responded 

to the call and transported 

the patient down the 

slope on a spine board. 

The EMTs were Iesha 

Russell, Joel Ellis and April 

John while the Fire Fighters 

identities were not disclosed. 

The event took place on 

Sunday. 

Cricket preparations in full gear 

By Joanna Paris 

Two one-day international cricket 

matches between England and the 

West Indies will be played at the Sir 

Viv Richards Stadium in the month of 

April. 

According to Government’s 

Spokesperson, Ambassador Lionel 

“Max” Hurst, the stadium is being prepared 

for these matches which will be 

played on a Friday and a Sunday. 

He said that more than 5,000 Britons 

have already booked hotels to 

spend the weekend in Antigua at the 

cricket venue. 

It is expected that hundreds of Caribbean 

nationals will also come to Antigua 

for the matches. 

In order to ensure the participation 

of many Antiguans on the Friday, 

the Cabinet agreed to allow Government 

workers to end their workday on 

that Friday at 1:00 p.m.; the early end 

of the workday will enable thousands 

of government employees to attend 

the Friday afternoon match. 

The West Indies Cricket Board and 

the Festivals Commission will partner 

to provide exciting entertainment 

during the breaks.



Talent and Cultural Exhibition at 

the Clare Hall Secondary School 

The Clare Hall Secondary 

School held their third 

annual talent and cultural 

exhibition on 24 th February, 

2017. The school yard was 

filled with students, teachers, 

parents, past students and 

community members. The 

students displayed their talents 

in several ways, dance, 

song, a theatric presentation, 

fashion show, steel pan selections 

and art displays. 

Mrs. Greene, Principal 

of the Clare Hall Secondary 

school, stated that the 

purpose of the exhibition 

is to showcase the talent 

of the students of the Clare 

Hall Secondary. For the first 

time this year the Principal 

included a community outreach 

initiative. Each student 

was asked to bring a 

food item from home. These 

items were used to fill twenty-five 

food baskets which 

were presented to individuals 

who have contributed in 

one way or another to the 

school. 

After the performances 

the audience moved to the 

auditorium where they had 

several arts, craft & cultural 

displays. Pastry items, prepared 

by the Home Economics 

department, were on sale. 

Also on display were musical 

instruments, clothing and 

accessories, and volcanic 

science projects. 

There was also live entertainment 

from clowns, who 

performed practical jokes on 

each other, much to the delight 

of the large crowd. 

The exhibition was indeed 

impressive, undoubtedly 

the Clare Hall Secondary 

School is a fountain bubbling 

with talent.


EU and GARD Center partner in EC$1Million 

Youth Empowerment and Youth Justice Project 

The Gilbert Agricultural and Rural 

Development Center, (GARD Center), 

a grass-root non-profit non-government 

organization under the auspices 

of the Methodist Church in the Caribbean 

and the Americas, is pleased to 

announce its recent partnership with 

the European Commission, in a project 

entitled, “Improving Op-portunities 

for At-Risk, Probationary, and 

Incarcerated Youth in Antigua and 

Bar-buda.” 

The GARD Center with its 27 

years of experience working with at– 

risk youth, is expanding its programs 

to include opportunities for probationary 

and incarcerated youth who are reintegrating 

into society. 

Insufficient programs to engage the 

youth in positive roles and productive 

social activities is part of the on-going 

prob-lem facing communities. 

This project will contribute to increasing 

the opportuni-ties for at-risk 

youth including those on probation 

and those incarcerated, to re-duce recidivism. 

Through the EU grant this will be 

carried out by: 

1. Facilitating access to youth development 

and employability training 

pro-grams, services and job markets 

for at-risk, probationary and incarcerated 

youth 

2. Enabling NGOs, government 

and private sector institutions to support 

sus-tainable youth diversion and 

re-entry programs effectively 

3. Increasing the awareness within 

communities and initiate community 

led ad-vocacy on behalf of youth impacted 

by crime and incarceration. 

Also coming on board in this project 

as strategic partners are the Probation 

Unit, Community Development 

Division, and the Directorate of Gender 

Affairs in the Ministry of Social 

Transformation; Legal Aid, Her Majesty’s 

Prison, a NGO, Sec-ond Chance 

Inc., as well as, others who are involved 

with youth at risk.


Tuesday 28th February 2017

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Monday’s Sudoku Solution 

S U D O K U 

CROSSWORD 

Across 

1. Pierces 

6. Knight’s assistant 

10. Appeal 

14. Chocolate drink 

15. Operator 

16. Rock’s partner 

17. Go-between 

18. South American capital 

19. Inactive 

20. Space agency (abbr.) 

21. Rider 

23. Ace 

26. Purpose 

27. Assault 

30. Eat in style 

32. Reducing in length 

34. Aspect 

38. Large artery 

39. Mighty tree 

40. Wander off 

41. Singer ____ Seeger 

42. Make holy 

44. Wedding dessert 

45. Salary boosts 

46. Actor Charlton ____ 

50. NBC’s rival 

51. Lacking the ability 

55. Exam 

59. School groups (abbr.) 

60. Gradual 

61. Howdy! 

62. Fringe benefit 

63. Grow weary 

64. Resource 

65. Mine products 

66. Copycat 

67. Hearty soups 

Down 

1. Read rapidly 

2. Roman garb 

3. Top cards 

4. Napoleon ____ 

5. Took a chair 

6. Orange juice solids 

7. China’s continent 

8. Valuable stones 

9. Wiping clean 

10. Fabric pattern 

11. Skier’s cabin 

12. Actress ____ DeGeneres 

13. Vigilant 

22. WSW’s opposite 

24. Glamorous ____ Hayworth 

25. Madrid cheer 

27. Kin of PDQ 

28. Slipper 

29. Type 

30. Journalist ____ Sawyer 

31. Pen liquids 

33. Cranny’s kin 

34. Most tyrannical 

35. Retirement accts. 

36. Escort 

37. Needle openings 

40. Wound covering 

42. Card game 

43. Pitching stat 

44. Robber’s pursuer 

46. Nile animal, for short 

47. Computer key 

48. Frighten 

49. Chores 

52. Radar spot 

53. Traditional knowledge 

54. Wide-spouted pitcher 

56. Or ____! 

57. Whole bunch 

58. Toddlers 

61. Possesses


Today’s weather forecast 

Antigua and Barbuda 

Windy with rain showers in the 

morning then partly cloudy in the 

afternoon. 

High - 80ºF 

Low - 73ºF 

Wind: East North East 21 mph 

Sunrise 6.26 am; Sunset 6.13 pm 

Monday’s Crossword Solution 

HOROSCOPE 

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). 

You’ll be at your absolute best 

in a safe environment where 

you’re not worried about being 

scored or judged. You can 

have that peace even if you 

are being judged, by the way. 

The trick is in not worrying 

about it. 

ARIES (March 21-April 19). 

By definition, work is harder 

than doing nothing at all. At 

least it should be. Then why 

doesn’t it feel as if that is 

true? You’ll find idleness to be 

an irritant and gladly take on 

more than your share to stay 

busy. 

TAURUS (April 20-May 20). 

One of the more difficult character 

challenges of the day 

will be in the practice of nonjudgment. 

To take things at 

face value is difficult for one 

with the in-depth knowledge 

that you have, but you won’t 

be sorry. 

GEMINI (May 21-June 

21). Get going on a project. 

It doesn’t matter where you 

start; it just matters that you 

do. Wrong choices lead to 

right ones; bad plans lead to 

better ones. 

CANCER (June 22-July 22). 

You’re the unofficial coach 

of your group. You won’t let 

anyone perform at a subpar 

level without taking it upon 

yourself to investigate the 

problem, fix it and motivate 

improvement. 

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). This 

is a time to keep as much of 

the project under your control 

and jurisdiction as you can. If 

you delegate too much, you’ll 

just have to do it over yourself. 

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). 

You don’t like to put people 

out, but if they want to make 

a sacrifice on your behalf, let 

them. You are important to 

your people. They want you 

to know this. Let them show 

you. 

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). 

Who should be fulfilling your 

expectation? Whose expectation 

should you be filling? If 

the answers to those questions 

are “nobody” and “nobody’s,” 

then you’ll have an excellent 

day indeed. 

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). 

Things will not stay the way 

they are. They never have, and 

they never will. With this in 

mind, you’ll continue to look 

for the present opportunities, 

which are as unusual as they 

are rare. 

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22- 

Dec. 21). In most things, the 

lows and highs will expand at 

the same time. In a related story, 

you’ll be reminded that the 

way to intelligent things is often 

found through silly things. 

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 

19). You’re edgy; the pressure 

is on. Embrace it. Some 

top performance coaches suggest 

that relaxation techniques 

only diminish your ability to 

connect. It’s more compelling 

to stay in the moment and use 

the energy. 

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 

18). Over-planning leads to 

a boring outcome. But how 

do you know when you’ve 

planned too much? If your 

plans are prohibiting you from 

taking advantage of the popup 

opportunities of the moment, 

abandon them.

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Flow and Manchester United team 

up to deliver the Ultimate Football 

Experience to Caribbean footballers 

MIAMI, Fla., - Up-andcoming 

Caribbean footballers 

between the ages of 13 and 

16 will not be able to contain 

their excitement, as news 

breaks that Flow and Manchester 

United will host The 

Ultimate Football Experience, 

a skills-based competition, 

supported by the Caribbean 

Football Union. The programme 

seeks to give youngsters, 

the chance-of-a-lifetime 

to participate in a talent development 

football camp; and 

even earn a trip to Old Trafford, 

Manchester to see Man 

Utd vs Crystal Palace on May 

21 st 2017. 

The good news gets even 

better as registration opens this 

week for the football competition 

which runs from March 

through to May 2017. Here’s 

how it works: skilled boys 

and girls can register online at 

https://discoverflow.co/flowmanutd. 

Registered participants 

will then be instructed to 

appear at designated football 

festivals across all Caribbean 

markets in which Flow operates. 

The participants will engage 

in a Manchester United 

Soccer School’s international 

programme, which has been 

specially devised for the campaign 

and will be delivered 

by CFU coaches. Throughout 

the competition Manchester 

United legends will also be 

making an appearance at the 

festivals to offer their tips and 

advice. This is a proven Manchester 

United Soccer School 

programme designed to build 

and test the skills of young 

footballers across the globe. 

As the competition 

evolves, two participants from 

each market, along with their 

respective coach, will advance 

to a two-day skills session in 

Trinidad and Tobago to experience 

one-on-one training 

with CFU and Manchester 

United Soccer School Coaches. 

There, they will participate 

in a series of drills designed 

by the coaches and compete 

for the chance for two finalists 

and their coach to win a oncein-a-lifetime 

trip to Old Trafford 

in Manchester, England. 

Considered to be the highlight 

of the development initiative 

the two winners along 

with their coaches will travel 

to the world-famous football 

stadium to witness first hand 

Manchester United’s final 

Premier League game of the 

season against Crystal Palace. 

This VIP experience will also 

include a visit to the Manchester 

United Museum and 

Tour, taking in the history of 

the club followed by a tour of 

the iconic stadium. 

Manchester United’s 

Group Managing Director, 

Richard Arnold said, “Youth 

development is at the heart of 

this Club’s traditions and success. 

The Manchester United 

Soccer Schools were developed 

to help spread this spirit 

to as many children as possible. 

In recent years our partners 

have been instrumental in 

helping the great work of our 

Soccer Schools coaches reach 

young people around the 

world. We’re proud to work 

with Flow on this project.” 

“Like Manchester United, 

Flow also has a deep sense 

of commitment to youth development 

as can be seen 

by our support of several 

programmes throughout the 

region that help to hone the 

skills of young footballers,” 

said Garfield Sinclair, Flow’s 

newly appointed President of 

the Caribbean. Sinclair also 

said “We’re therefore proud 

to work in partnership with 

Manchester United to offer 

this once in a lifetime experience 

to our talented youngsters 

across the region.” 

The Caribbean Football 

Union’s (CFU) President 

Gordon Derrick gave a ringing 

endorsement of The Ultimate 

Football Experience, as 

he added: “The CFU is proud 

to be a partner with Flow on 

this exhilarating and beneficial 

initiative. Hundreds of 

young footballers in 15 countries 

– half of the CFU’s membership 

– will have the opportunity 

to compete, hone their 

skills, and, for the finalists, 

live the dream. I am confident 

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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 

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. 

All members of the Antigua and Barbuda Ex-Servicemen 

Association are notified of the monthly general meeting, to 

be held on Saturday 4 March at 3 pm, at the Association`s 

Headquarters, " Leah House" on Prime Minister`s Drive. 

Please be on time or notify the Chairman on 720-0058, Secretary 

on 723-3452 or PRO on 721-1970 of your apologies. 

The Annual General Meeting and Elections for the Antigua 

& Barbuda Cycling Federation will be held on March 1, 

2017 at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium. The meeting will 

start promptly at 7:00pm. Please be on time. 

All Saints Anglican Church Mothers Unions invites everyone 

to its annual Shrove Tuesday Pancake Sale on February 

28, 2017 from 3-6pm at the parish hall of All Saints Anglican 

Church at the All Saints. The variety of pancakes includes 

Dumps Pancakes, Sweet Potato Fritters, Vegetable 

Pancakes, Pumpkin Fritters, Plantain Fritters and Sweet Potatoes 

& Carrot Fritters. Pancake diiners will also be on sale. 

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that this partnership will bode 

well for the future of football 

in the region.” 

The Ultimate Football 

Experience is one of several 

Manchester United and Flow 

partnership initiatives. In January, 

Flow hosted the FA Cup 

Caribbean Tour during which 

the Company gave football 

fans up-close and unprecedented 

access to football’s 

most coveted trophy. The final 

leg of the tour culminated 

in the Cayman Islands, where 

Manchester United ambassador 

Dwight Yorke made an 

appearance. 

Cable and Wireless is 

Manchester United’s telecommunications 

partner in the Caribbean. 

C&W is a full service 

communications and entertainment 

provider and delivers 

market-leading video, 

broadband, telephony and 

mobile services to consumers 

in 18 countries. Through 

its business division, C&W 

provides data center hosting, 

domestic and international 

managed network services, 

and customized IT service 

solutions, utilizing cloud technology 

to serve business and 

government customers. 

C&W also operates a 

state-of-the-art submarine fiber 

network – the most extensive 

in the region. 

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with operations in more than 

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We invest in the infrastructure 

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We also serve over 10 million 

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WiFi service across 5 million 

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Hap Fauth at the helm of Bella Mente. 

Mike Slade’s Maxi, Leopard 3. RORC/ELWJ Photography 

Epic win for Bella Mente in RORC Caribbean 600 

The All-American 

Maxi72 battle in the RORC 

Caribbean 600 lived up to expectations 

with Hap Fauth’s 

Bella Mente and George Sakellaris’ 

Proteus enjoying an 

epic match race. The lead in 

the Maxi72s changed hands 

on seven occasions during 

the race. Bella Mente counted 

85 sail changes and at 

one point, both yachts were 

way-over canvassed, smoking 

along at 30 knots in a 

gigantic squall. Bella Mente 

crossed the finish line just 14 

minutes ahead of Proteus to 

set the bar for the RORC Caribbean 

600 Trophy which 

will be awarded at the Prize 

Giving to the yacht scoring 

the best time under the IRC 

Rating Rule. Hap Fauth was 

delighted to have won the 

match race with Proteus and 

full of praise for the event, 

the competition and above 

all, his team: 

“We are beat; there is 

nothing left as the whole 

team gave 120% or more… 

unbelievable! We are just 

delighted to have prevailed. 

We had a match race for 500 

miles with Proteus and that 

is a really well sailed boat. It 

was really, really good sailing. 

This is an iconic race 

that you cannot miss at all. 

“The RORC should be 

congratulated for organising 

another great race. This 

was an interesting course 

because with the conditions 

it was totally new and fresh. 

We expected a maximum 

wind speed of 15 knots and 

at one point we were doing 

25 knots of boat speed, just 

ripping, so it was terrific. 

Not until we got to Barbuda 

for the second time did we 

really establish ourselves. 

We had a tacking duel with 

maybe 15 tacks and extended 

out by four miles, we just 

kept our lead. A really good 

race and it doesn’t get any 

better. 

“Last year we didn’t finished 

the race and we had to 

put the old girl back together. 

Bella Mente is the oldest 

Maxi 72 on the circuit and I 

am the oldest helmsman, but 

if I am still out of the ground 

next year, I will be back. 

This crew is the best in the 

world. I just stay at the back 

and get all of the applause.” 

Bella Mente tactician, 

Terry Hutchinson, explained 

some of the key aspects in 

the battle with Proteus: 

“If you haven’t done this 

race you have to come and 

do it, even with the unusual 

conditions it was really 

good. Way more exciting 

than we thought it would be. 

What surprised me was we 

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Barbuda returns to School Basketball 


finished the race a lot earlier 

than we thought, but the battle 

with Proteus was just as 

we expected. We passed each 

other seven times during the 

race! Getting that extra gust 

of wind and different sail 

combinations were big factors. 

Proteus was quick on a 

reach and Bella Mente had 

a slight edge upwind and 

downwind. At Guadeloupe, 

we had set a spinnaker first 

at Iles des Saintes, but we 

couldn’t make the corner 

and then couldn’t get our 

spinnaker down either, so 

we were on the back foot 

going around La Desirade. 

For the 90 mile beat, Bella 

Mente was going about as 

good as ever and we were a 

mile behind, but by Barbuda 

we were two miles ahead. It 

will be interesting to hear if 

something wasn’t quite right 

on their boat. We got ahead 

when it counted, but massive 

kudos to the Proteus team, 

they sailed a great race.” 

By Carlena Knight 

After a two-year absence, Sir Mc- 

Chesney George High School of Barbuda 

made their return to the Cool 

and Smooth Inter-School Basketball 

league last Thursday. 

Barbuda who are no newbies to the 

league having competed in a number 

of years racking numerous titles and 

individual awards in the Junior and 

Senior Boys divisions, will play two 

matches daily due to the limitations of 

transportation to and from the sister 

island. 

This year, Sir McChesney High 

will only play in the Senior Boys division 

and have already gotten off to 

a commendable start edging out Princess 

Margaret, 46-44. 

Sadika Harris had 13 points while 

Tray Beazer netted 10 for the victors. 

Bokeem Murrell of PMS had 19 

points and Adonis Jiminez assisted 

with 10 points. 

They then went on to face Antigua 

State College but lost, 45-37. 

Anthony Greer led his team in scoring 

with 14 points while Victor Horsford 

assisted with 13. Ezekiel Francois 

chipped in with 12 points. 

Tray Beazer and Shakoy Beazer 

both had 13 points for Sir McChesney 

George Sakellaris’ Maxi 72, Proteus. 

Last year’s overall winner, 

George Sakellaris racing 

Proteus described the race as 

one of the best ever despite 

losing out to Bella Mente. 

“We had everything in 

this race; it was an epic battle 

but something went wrong 

with the boat on the beat to 

Barbuda. We even backed 

up the boat to try to shake 

off some weed or whatever 

it was slowing us down. Up 

until then it was a great race, 

one of the best I have ever 

done. We had close company 

all the way and not just 

Bella Mente, we had Leopard 

and SFS to contend with 

as well. The team is fantastic 

and it was very exciting. At 

one point we were sailing 

with the A1 (largest spinnaker) 

in 37 knots of wind and 

the boat was doing 30 knots. 

That is why I go racing, that 

is what I live for.” 

Mike Slade’s Maxi Leopard 

3 finished the RORC Caribbean 

600 in second place 

on the water behind George 

David’s Rambler 88 to claim 

third in class. “Leopard has 

not been beaten on the water 

by a Maxi 72 or a Volvo 

70 in this race and that still 

High. 

In other games that day, Combine 

defeated Buckleys Primary, 12-8 in 

the Mini-Boys Primary division. 

Kristian Wynter and Tamaha Stuart 

scored 4 points for the victors while 

Taliqe Merrick netted 4 in a losing effort. 

Christ the King Girls High trumped 

Jennings Secondary, 32-4 in the Senior 

Girls division. 

Timna Phillip of CKHS led the 

charge with 12 points with assistance 

from Toby-Anne Henry with 12 points. 

Aaliyah Gordon of JSS had 3 

points. 

stands,” commented Leopard 

3 Boat Captain, Chris 

Sherlock. Lionel Pean’s 

French Volvo 70 finished 

the race just under two hours 

behind Leopard 3 and after 

time correction is runner up 

to Rambler 88 in IRC Canting 

Keel. “It was a great 

pleasure to race along side 

two Maxi72s and our target 

was be ahead of the other 

Volvo 70s and we achieved 

this with a good result. We 

had great sailing and a good 

fight all along but it was a 

hard race.” 

On the fourth day of the 

RORC Caribbean 600, over 

50 yachts are still racing. 

Bernie Evan-Wong’s Antiguan 

RP37, Taz is leading 

in IRC One. Ed Fishwick’s 

British J/122, Redshift on El 

Ocaso is leading in IRC Two 

and Jonty Layfield’s British 

Swan 48, Sleeper X is leading 

IRC Three. Peter Harding’s 

British Class40 Ph-orty 

is back in the lead for the 

Class40 Division.



Youth 3x3 team claim bronze medals 

By Carlena Knight 

The first ever International 

Basketball Federation 

Under 18 3x3 Basketball 

tournament took 

place over the weekend in 

St. Lucia where team Antigua 

Barbuda claimed the 

bronze medals. 

Ahamani Browne of 

Antigua Grammar and Judah 

Ferris, Eric Joseph Jr. 

and Sheldon Gomes Jr. of 

Baptist Academy represented 

Antigua Barbuda at 

the championships and defeated 

Curacao, 7-6, Aruba 

10-9, St. Vincent 13-9 and 

Barbados 6-4 in the preliminaries, 

Team Wadadli advance 

to the semi-finals of 

the event. 

They fell to Martinique, 

9-7 who went to claim the 

gold medals. 

Despite not advancing 

to the finals the young team 

finished with a record of 

foiur wins and two losses 

which guaranteed them the 

third place trophy out of 11 

teams behind champions, 

Martinique (6-0) and silver 

medalist, Guyana (6-1). 

The team who returned 

on Monday morning where 

they were praised for their 

efforts and discipline not 

only on the court but off the 

court by the 3x3 Co-ordinator, 

Gemma Hazelwood, 

ABBA President, Darryl 

Matthew and the general 

public.

Caribbean Times 7th Issue - Tuesday 28th February 2017

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