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MEDICAL STUDENT
DIES AFTER CAR CRASH
Thursday 9th October 2014
A n t i g u a
a n d
B a r b u d a
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No.2
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Piggots Primary takes
part in Zero Hunger pg 3
Scotiabank spreads
love of reading.....pg 4
A medical student died
on Wednesday morning
when he lost control of
his vehicle and hit a pole
outside the American University of Antigua (AUA)
around 9.30am.
Eyewitnesses
confirmed that the accident
took place outside the Medical School on Jabberwock
Main Road when the young
driver, travelling north
to south along the road
slammed his white Toyota
Corolla into the pole, suffering serious head injuries.
The male student, 24
year old Rahul Maheshwari
of the United States was
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rushed to Mount St John’s
Medical Centre (MSJMC)
by ambulance but was
pronounced dead around
10.30am.
Medical students on
the scene attempted to help
the lone occupant of the
vehicle who had lost a lot
of blood and his pulse had
grown very faint by the
time the Emergency Medical Technicians (EMT’s)
arrived.
Police are investigating
the circumstances of the
accident however it was reported that the vehicle skidded off the eastern side of
the road flipping twice before colliding with the metal light pole on the western
side.
The left side of the
white sedans roof was
pushed in from the impact of hitting the pole but
technicians were able to
remove the driver without
cutting away any part of the
vehicle.
A spokesperson for the
American University of
Antigua (AUA) College of
Medicine responded to the
tragedy by saying “We are
very saddened by the death
of one of our students and
would like to extend our
sincere sorrow to Mr Maheshwari’s family and his
extended family here at the
College”.
The young student became Antigua and Barbuda’s fifth road fatality for
the year thus far.
Official release on behalf of
AUA College of Medicine
“ We are saddened by the death of one of our students Rahul Maheshwari,
who was involved today in a single car accident this
morning at approximately 8:30am. We would like
to extend our sincere sorrow to the family of Rahul
Maheshwari and his extended family here at AUA”
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Piggots Primary School students
take part in Zero Hunger Challenge
The students of the Pigotts Primary
School were engaged in an important activity on Tuesday, 07 October, 2014. Under the Zero Hunger Challenge initiative,
students from each class and the respective teachers planted crops in the school
garden.
Principal, Mrs. Theolene Croft endorsed this important activity and reiterates the importance of agriculture and the
role of the farmer in any society.
Assisting the students in the planting
exercise were Dequanne Thomas, Petranilla Joseph, William Stewart, Faye McEwan and Efuru Elibu.
The Zero Hunger Challenge falls under the auspices of the Ministry of Agriculture.
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Scotiabank Helps Spread the Love of
Reading Across Eastern Caribbean
Nearly 3400 children
across the Eastern Caribbean have benefited
from thousands of books
and many hours of manpower donated by Scotiabank and its staff during
the first of a three-year
partnership with Hands
Across the Sea.
IN THE HIGH COURT
OF JUSTICE
ANTIGUA AND
BARBUDA
(Probate) A.D. 2014
In the Matter of the
Estate of CYNTHIA
WALKER, Deceased
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that at the
expiration of fourteen
(14) days from the date of
this Notice, Application
will be made in the Probate Registry of the High
Court of Justice for an Order that a Grant of Probate
of the Will of the Estate
of CYNTHIA WALKER, deceased late of Belle
View Estate in the Parish
of St. Peter, Antigua and
Barbuda who died on the
24th day of August, 2014
be granted to MICHAEL
SHOY of Belle View Estate in the Parish of St.
Peter in Antigua and Barbuda, Executor and Trustee named in the Will.
DATED the 9th day of
October, 2014
.......................................
Ralph A. Francis
for the Applicant
The partnership was
created in July 2013
when Scotiabank’s global philanthropic program
Bright Future gave a
three year, USD $45,000
grant to the U.S-based
nongovernmental organization (NGO) to support
children’s literacy and
educational development.
Scotiabank’s
grant
helped purchase more
than 2100 books which
were delivered to nine
schools and one NGO in
Antigua, Dominica, Grenada, St Kitts and Nevis,
St. Lucia and St. Vincent
and the Grenadines.
Library cataloguing
supplies, shelving and
flooring were also donated to help set up or improve libraries at the selected schools.
The
beneficiary
schools were Mary E.
Pigott Primary School
(Antigua),
Goodwill
Secondary School, Tete
Morne Primary School
and the Feed My Sheep
NGO (Dominica), Bonair
Government School (Grenada), Sandy Point Primary School (St. Kitts),
Gingerland
Secondary
School (Nevis), Micoud
Secondary School (St.
Lucia), Fancy Government School and Sandy
Bay Primary School (St.
Vincent and the Grenadines).
In St. Kitts and Nevis, Scotiabankers went
a step further as volunteer teams from the Bank
rolled up their sleeves
and painted the libraries
at the Gingerland Secondary School in Nevis
and the Sandy Point Primary in St. Kitts.
Hands Across the
Sea sources new, age-appropriate books for the
children at heavily dis-
counted costs from top
educational
publishers
including
Scholastic,
Dorling-Kindersley, and
Macmillan
Caribbean.
The NGO also provides a
library manual and teachers potential library staff
about library management.
Scotiabank
Senior
Marketing Manager for
Caribbean East, Lisa
Cole stated that the bank
is delighted to see how
well the first year of the
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partnership with Hands
Across the Sea has gone.
“We look forward to
more remarkable work
by the organization, the
country managers of Scotiabank, the Scotiabank
Bright Future Champions and Scotiabank staff
members in their respective countries.”
Cofounder and Executive Director of Hands
Across the Sea, Harriet Linskey thanked the
Bank for helping in their
efforts to spread literacy
and foster a “reading culture”, particularly in underserved communities.
“School
libraries
have… an essential role
to play not only in terms
of supporting literacy and
educational development,
but also in the creation of
a reading culture, where
books become a source of
excitement, enjoyment,
and empowerment. Scotiabank and Hands Across
the Sea’s efforts to create,
sustain and encourage
school libraries fits well
within the positive educational changes already
taking place.”
Scotiabank has been
part of the Caribbean
for 125 years and has a
presence in more than
55 countries around the
world. Through our team
of more than 86,000 employees, Scotiabank and
its affiliates offer a broad
range of products and services, including personal
and commercial banking, wealth management,
corporate and investment
banking to over 21 million customers. With assets of $792 billion (as at
April 30, 2014), Scotiabank trades on the Toronto (BNS) and New York
(BNS) Exchanges.
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More road safety needed
We sympathise with
the community of students and staff at the
American University of
Antigua, who lost one of
their own tragically yesterday.
The student had to
be pulled from a vehicle
barely clinging to life after the car he was driv-
ing left his control and
crashed in front of the
institution where he was
pursuing his studies to no
doubt begin a career in
the medical field.
We can only imagine
the shock and utter loss
of his friends and moreso his parents and family
who are now dealing with
this terrible incident.
Investigations will be
launched into how the
accident occurred so it is
certainly not in our place
to speculate.
But we cannot help
but reflect on the circumstances and wonder,
like anyone else, if a life
could have been saved
yesterday had there been
an ounce of caution used
in maneuvering a dangerous stretch of road.
Too often we find,
accidents take place on
the road that we are sure
could have been prevented by the very own
actions or the efforts of
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those charged to ensure
that our roads are kept a
safe place to drive. It is
on the latter that we wish
to bring some attention.
It is a very tempting
prospect to challenge
an open stretch of road
before you, or overtake
when the driver ahead of
you is taking their very
own time.
Most of us have done
either, throwing some
amount of caution to the
wind, to either catch up
on loss time or just for the
thrill of it.
This latest incident
on our roads raises the
recurring concern that
the Police do very little
in ensuring that the roads
are kept free from speeding drivers who not only
place their own lives in
danger but those of innocent road users or the unknowing bystander.
The Police and the
ticket hungry traffic wardens should be patrolling
the highways and byways
with a view to making
sure that would be traffic
offenders are discouraged
from reckless driving.
But it is clear that either the authorities lack
the requisite resources
to be effective in their
roles or the initiative that
should be coming from
the very top to be inno-
vative and creative in areas where the adequate is
lacking.
The bottom line is
that lives can be saved
if we make use of the resources and the personnel
that have that dedicated
responsibility to keep our
roads safe.
It seems that the traffic authorities only patrol
the roads at one particular
time of the day, the morning.
Surprise traffic checks
seem to be a thing of the
past, even though communication technology
has made this strategy
less effective.
But at least, it increases the presence and
discourages some drivers
from taking unnecessary
risks when they know
that the likelihood of
them getting caught has
been increased.
Prevention, they say,
is better than cure and
when nothing is done to
avert a fatality then we
would have failed our citizens in the worse way.
We are therefore calling on the police high
command to infuse our
traffic department with
some new energy now
AUCTION NOTICE
INSTRUCTED BY the EASTERN CARIBBEAN AMALGAM-
ATED BANK LIMITED of 1000 Airport Boulevard, St.
George’s Antigua, I shall sell by Public Auction on 10th October, 2014 at 2:00 p.m. on site, the property located at Blue
Waters in the Parish of St. John’s in Antigua and recorded in
the Land Registry as follows:
Registration Section Cedar Grove & Crosbies
Block
44 1897B
Parcel
475
The property consists of land measuring approximately 0.45
acre with a one and a half storey steel reinforced masonry residence which accommodates a formal entry and foyer, four
(4) bedrooms, three (3) bathrooms, family room, living room,
dining room, kitchen, garage, two (2) verandas and one (1)
terrace. The floors are finished with ceramic tile and the walls
plaster -finished and painted. The cabinetry is constructed to
a high standard of quality. The land has a moderate slope. Access is provided by a public road constructed of masonry materials.
Particulars of sale can be obtained from the undersigned at
telephone no. 562 7653/729 7653.
Dated the 2nd October 2014
Trevor “Teddy” Santos
Licensed Auctioneer
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before we have to report about another tragic incident on our roads.
We have no doubt that it
would help.
ANTIGUA AND
BARBUDA
IN THE HIGH COURT
OF JUSTICE
A.D. 2014 (Probate)
In the Matter of the
Estate of JANIS VICTORIA ATHILL, Deceased
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that at the expiration of fourteen (14)
days from the date of this
Notice, an Application
will be made to the Probate Registry of the High
Court of Justice for an Order that a grant of Letters
of Administration to the
Estate of JANIS VICTORIA ATHILL, deceased
late of Gunthropes, in the
Parish of St. John in Antigua and Barbuda who
died on the 11th day of
September, 2014 be granted to CLEO THERESE
ATHILL PERCIVAL of
862 Warri Road/Thibou
Drive, Mount Pleasant in
the Parish of St. John in
Antigua and Barbuda, the
lawful daughter of the
said JANIS VICTORIA
ATHILL and one of the
persons entitled to share
in the estate of the said
deceased.
DATED the 9th day of
October, 2014
………………
Ralph A. Francis
Attorney for the Applicant
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A More
Seductive Fallacy
At first encounter the
idea seems so sensible, so
logical, so rational, and so
fair, that people tend to fall
in love with it at first sight.
Eureka! We exclaim with
innocent delight; we have
found it at last! Proportional Representation, the
Holy Grail of utopian politics, will at a single stroke
put an end to all that ails
our challenged Body Politic, lifting us to a higher
state of political Nirvana.
The basic principle
behind Proportional Representation is that any political party securing a certain threshold share of the
popular vote will occupy a
set percentage of seats in
a national assembly. This
system is designed to ensure that diverse views and
minority interests secure
some degree of representation, once they can demonstrate their legitimacy by
making a measurable impression on the electorate.
This model appears so
equitable, so downright elegant in its simplicity, that
I initially joined the crowd:
automatically accepting
what looked like a perfect
solution to our World’s
political problems. That
happy delusion lasted for
a little while, until I finally
got real and realized that
Proportional Representation does not work.
For proof of the assertion that Proportional Representation is an ultimately unworkable system of
governance, we only need
to look around the World
to see how countries that
have opted to pursue Proportional Representation
are faring.
Our examples come
from as far away as Italy,
and as close to home as
The Cooperative Republic
of Guyana. We will note
that both countries suffer
from the same political
syndrome: an inability to
form and maintain a stable
government.
Proportional Representation promotes the formation of splinter parties,
and enables “single issue”
groups to exercise undue
influence on the Body Politic.
It tends to lead to a political landscape infested
with fractious, squabbling
organizations each so committed to its own special
mission that compromise
goes out the window. This
hampers government and
stunts economic growth,
leading to socio-political
stagnation.
An even more pernicious feature of Proportional Representation lurks
hidden in the political undergrowth, biding its time
before it emerges to infect
the Body Politic with favoritism, corruption and graft.
The moral rot will spread
its poison quietly and insidiously, moving in whispers by word of mouth.
Along with promoting an
unstable political climate,
Proportional Representation also strengthens the
influence of the party apparatus when it comes to
the selection and grooming of the people who will
actually warm the benches
when parliament meets.
This is a far more significant circumstance than
it appears at first glance.
What it does is give party bosses over-arching
powers to determine who
moves up, sideways or
down in the organization.
Power flows downhill
into the hands of those in
the best position to determine the future of an aspiring young politician. In no
time at all, the entire party
is responding to the will
of a well placed oligarchy.
From that point on, the results for the Body Politic
cannot be good.
I posit that despite
some surface attractions,
Proportional Representation is a political fallacy
even more seductive than
the Westminster System.
Antigua & Barbuda is its
own unique phenomenon,
and it is up to the people
of Antigua & Barbuda to
work out our own political
destiny with tools adapted
to our own special political
needs.
Radical as I am in many
areas, I cling to the conviction that the best means of
deciding who should represent a constituency in a
national assembly remains
a head-to-head contest for
the favor of the voters, between individuals.
My only reservation,
similar to the thought behind the proposal for “runoff” balloting in T&T, is
that no member should
win a seat with less than
50% of the votes cast. Other than that, “first past the
post” suits me fine. The issue is not who passes the
post first. The issue is that
Democracy cannot flourish where the winner must
take all.
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Samuels’ 126 powers WI to huge win
KOCHI, India - No
Sunil Narine, no Chris
Gayle, losses in the two
practice games followed
by a dispute between
players and the board on
the eve of the first match.
When Dwayne Bravo’s letter to WICB mentioned the West Indies
team morale was at “an
all-time low”, no one
would have doubted it.
Still, the visitors somehow found a way to galvanise.
Marlon
Samuels,
playing his first ODI
in seven months, led a
strong West Indies batting effort in the series
opener, scoring his sixth
century – his second
against India – to pose a
tough challenge for the
hosts.
With Denesh Ramdin, who scored 61,
Samuels added 165 in
23.1 overs for the fourth
wicket – a West Indies
record against India – to
convert a solid start into
an imposing total.
The bowlers then extracted enough help from
the pitch to dismantle
India’s batting line-up
ruthlessly.
It could have been
West Indies’ biggest win
against India in terms
of runs, but a vexing
last-wicket stand of 42
between Ravindra Jadeja
and Mohammed Shami
prevented that.
Both Samuels and
Ramdin
had
scored
runs in the two practice
games, but what they did
not have in those fixtures
was a strong start.
Yesterday, when the
two got together, the
scoreboard read 120 for
3.
The Indian spinners
could not get any purchase nor did they exert
any control, and the batsmen built slowly, finding
the odd boundary and rotating the strike to keep
the run rate above five at
the 30-over mark.
It only got better
from there. Samuels
welcomed Amit Mishra,
who struggled with his
lines throughout the innings, with a couple of
straight sixes in the 31st
over, then reached his
half-century in the 34th
with another straight six,
off Suresh Raina.
Power was never an
issue; Samuels found the
distance when he wanted. What was noticeable
was the number of singles he took to keep his
strike-rate around 100
Marlon Samuels’ sixth ODI century set the foundation for
West Indies’ 124-run win over India in Kochi.
through his innings.
Ramdin took over
from Samuels during
the batting Powerplay,
smashing a Shami fulltoss over the cover
boundary and helping
West Indies swell their
score by 16 in that over.
At the other end,
fielders
watched
as
Samuels’ powerful cuts
pinged the boundary.
That India’s bowlers
were losing control became apparent in the 40th
over as Jadeja gave away
10 extra runs through
leg-side wides.
Fifty-two runs came
in the Powerplay and by
the end of it, West Indies’
run rate had moved to six
an over.
Samuels reached his
century with a calm dab
down the ground and al-
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PRESS RELEASE
1. In recent days a number of former employees of Stanford Development Company
Ltd. have enquired of us the status of their severance payments and what the Court appointed liquidators are doing in this regard.
2. On 15th, October, 2013 the High Court of Antigua in Claim ANUHCV2012/0753
Pursuant to Section 394 (a) of the Companies Act, No 18 of 1995 of the Laws of Antigua
and Barbuda, appointed Mr. Marcus Wide of Grant Thornton (British Virgin Islands) Ltd,
171 Main Street- The Barracks 2nd Floor, Road Town Tortola, British Virgin Islands and
Mr. Hordley E. Forbes of Forbes & Associates, Tanner & Temple Streets, St. John’s, Antigua and Barbuda as Joint Liquidators of Stanford Development Company.
3. The Court Order further provides that the Joint Liquidators shall have all the powers set out in Section 398 of the Companies Act of Antigua and Barbuda. The Order also
provides that the Joint Liquidators shall open and maintain a bank account either in their
names or as Joint Liquidators or in the Company’s name (in liquidation) in this jurisdiction
and deposit therein the monies received by them during the course of the liquidation. The
Joint Liquidators also have the power to open and maintain foreign bank accounts or to
establish client account(s) at the bank(s) of their solicitors, attorneys-at-law or other legal
counsel in foreign jurisdictions, and receive and hold all or any portion of the proceeds
from the sale, recovery or realization of the Company’s assets and property in foreign jurisdictions, in such foreign bank accounts.
4. Section 398 of the Companies Act of Antigua and Barbuda sets out the powers of the
Liquidators in a winding-up situation section 398 (2) (a) states:
The Liquidator in a winding up by the Court may
(a)Sell the real and personal property and things in action of the company by public
auction or private contract, with power to transfer the whole thereof to any person or sell
the same in parcels;
(b)Do all acts and execute, in the name and on behalf of the company, all deeds, receipts, and other documents, and for that purpose to use, when necessary, the company’s
seal;
Section 398 (1) states:
The Liquidator in a winding up by the Court may with the sanction of the Court or the
committee of inspection
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(d)………. shall pay all classes of creditors in full if the assets of the company remaining in his hands will suffice to pay in full the debts and liabilities of the company which
rank for payment before or equally with, the debts and claims of the first mentioned creditors.
Section 457 (1) (c ) provides that in a winding up severance payments benefits are one
of the categories of preferential payments that shall be paid in priority to all other debts.
5. We have supplied on behalf of the former employees and have brought to the attention of both Joint Liquidators, Mr. Marcus Wide of Grant Thornton and Mr. Hordley
Forbes & Associates from 19th, November, 2013 and onwards all the pertinent information
relating to the former employees of Stanford Development Company Ltd. including the
names of the severed employees, the dates of hire, the dates of termination, notice pay and
severance pay in relation to SDC.
Apart from one email response received from counsel for the Liquidators we have been
met with a brickwall of silence from both Joint Liquidators. We wrote to one or both of
the Liquidators on 19th, November, 2013, 31st, December, 2013, 13th, March, 2014 and
on 31st, July, 2014. At the request of a senior employee in the employ of the Liquidators
we also supplied by hand and by email a complete list of all SDC former employees to the
office of the Joint Liquidators.
Apart from a verbal request from a senior employee of the Liquidators and subsequent
conversations/emails with that employee there has been silence. The delay in the payment
or the non-payment to this date of severance to former employees of SDC and the silence
thereon is a matter that ought to be addressed by the Joint Liquidators who are in possession of all the information required.
6. The claims of the former employees were submitted well in advance of the time
stipulation and in accordance with its request made of us by the senior employee of the
Liquidators.
7. The Liquidators are clothed with all the powers required to harvest the assets of
the company and pay the employees severance and the responsibility and duty to inform
the employees of what action has been taken or is being taking to ensure the payment of
severance is entirely the duty and responsibility of the Joint Liquidators Marcus Wide and
Hordley Forbes. It is hoped that they will break the silence and do so very soon.
Dated 8th, October, 2014
…………………………………….
Cumberbatch & Associates
Attorneys-at-Law
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KFC customer burnt with oil following
complaint over size of chicken
P O RT- O F - S PA I N ,
Trinidad, CMC – A
32-year-old woman is
being questioned by police after she allegedly
threw a pot of hot oil on
a 28-year-old customer
on Tuesday.
Police
said
that
Shammy Gonzales argued with the un-identified cashier over the
size of the chicken he
received in a snack-pack.
The argument was
witnessed by several patrons as the customer, 28
year old Shammy Gonzales, loudly expressed
his displeasure, saying
the piece of chicken he
received was too small.
Police said as Gonzales walked out of the
restaurant, the female
employee retrieved a pot
from the kitchen and ran
behind him, following
him out onto the pavement. She then threw the
hot oil, burning him on
the back and chest.
Gonzales was taken
to Port of Spain General Hospital, where he
remains in stable condition.
According
to
C
BASSETERRE, ST.
KITTS, (CUOPM) - This
year’s St. Kitts Music Festival is being dubbed the
biggest to date. Although
it took place last June, the
three-day event is still attracting international reviews.
According to Freelance Journalist, Richard
Powell, former Destiny’s Child singer Kelly
Rowland and The Voice
USA winner Tessanne
Chin were the indisput-
able crowd-pullers of this
year’s three-night event
with Beenie Man and Chronixx providing some local flavour.
The opening ‘Jump
Up’ night featured Trinidadian star Machel Montana
in a showcase of soca and
calypso music, followed
by Destra, the Barbadian
Queen of Bachanal.
Machel
Montano’s
high-energy
75-minute
set saw him play his hits
“Indian Gyal”, “Happiest
NEWS TV, the KFC
employee, a 32 year old
woman from Sea Lots,
was arrested by officers
from the North Eastern Division Task Force
shortly after the incident.
Prestige
Holdings
Limited, which owns the
franchise, said that it is
cooperating fully with
the police.
St. Kitts Sets the Bar for Caribbean
Music Festivals
Man Alive”, “Possessed”
and “Pump Yuh Flag”,
having taken the stage after the much-loved Small
Axe Band, and duo, Deli
Ranks and Meeko, who
got the crowd pumped up
to fever pitch.
Legendary calypsonian, Explainer - known
for hits “Lorraine”, “Not
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Me” and “The Monarchy”
- and Skinny Fabulous, an
unmistakably
energetic
soca artist from St. Vincent
and the Grenadines, closed
the festival’s debut night
on a high, just in time for
its 3 a.m. curfew.
The second night saw
reggae lovers treated to the
multicoloured stage presence of Freddie McGregor,
Capleton and dancehall
stars Beenie Man and Chronixx.
Celebrating his birthday, McGregor took to the
mic to deliver a special
extended performance, delighting the crowd (and nodoubt the organizers) by
singing the praises of the
festival’s set-up, saying:
“Your country is on the
rise... and the festival is excellent, production-wise.”
Headliner Beenie Man
told fans this was his 9th
visit to St. Kitts
The ‘King of Dancehall’ Beenie Man was the
highlight of the whole
event for me. The Grammy award-winning Jamaican reggae artist played
his chart-topping hit “Who
Am I” as he strutted around
the stage in a sharp, DayGlo yellow suit, working
the crowd for over an hour.
Pure class!
On the third and final
night, Kelly Rowland got
feet moving to some of
her former group’s Destiny’s Child singles as well
as a showcase of her own
chart-topping solo tracks.
She performed hot on the
heels of Jamaican-born
Tessanne Chin, who recently made history as the
first West Indian to win
NBC’s The Voice.
Chin - a freshly-signed
Universal Music artist started her set with an extended rendition of the hit
song that brought her into
the limelight in the first
place, “Try”, before breaking into a heartfelt tribute
to her fellow Jamaican,
Bob Marley, wooing the
crowd with a soulful rendition of the reggae legend’s iconic “Redemption
Song”.
The festival’s penultimate performance was
given by another of the
line-up’s
international
shining lights, the Grammy-nominated R&B singer-songwriter and Fast and
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the Furious actor, Tyrese
Gibson.
The multi-talented Gibson, who won an
American Music Award in
2000 for Favourite New
R&B/Soul Artist and a
Grammy nomination for
Best R&B Male Vocal Performance, delivered one
last blast of star quality to
a festival that international
music lovers have come to
look to as a showcase for
the best in Caribbean entertainment.
Death of nine year old Trinidad boy
linked to obeah ritual
P O RT- O F - S PA I N ,
Trinidad, CMC – A nineyear-old boy died late Saturday in what is believed
to be an obeah ritual.
The police report that
Abeomi Jeremiah was
found motionless in a bedroom, with candle wax on
his eyes, face and ears.
Shortly after 11 pm,
Abeomi’s mother smelt
smoke coming from a
bedroom in the family’s
home in Chaguanas.
She found Abeomi’s
12-year-old sister with her
hair on fire.
A wardrobe containing clothes had also been
ignited.
The mother went to
check on her son who
seemed to be asleep on a
bed in the same room but
he was unresponsive.
He was rushed to hos-
pital where he was pronounced dead on arrival.
The police are questioning a teenage relative
who was seen clutching
a lit candle and allegedly
acting strangely.
A book on rituals was
also found in the room.
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US Ebola patient dies in hospital
The first person to
be diagnosed with Ebola
within the US has died,
Texas hospital officials
have said.
Thomas Eric Duncan,
42, who caught the virus
in his native Liberia, was
being treated with an experimental drug in isolation in a Dallas hospital.
Earlier the US announced new screening
measures at entry points
to check travellers for
symptoms of the virus.
It has killed 3,865
people, mostly in Liberia,
Sierra Leone and Guinea,
in the worst Ebola outbreak yet.
“It is with profound
sadness and heartfelt disappointment that we must
inform you of the death
of Thomas Eric Duncan
this morning at 7:51 am,”
a spokesman for Texas
Health Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas said in a
statement.
“Our thoughts today are with his family,”
said US President Barack
Obama, who said his
death showed “we don’t
have a lot of margin for
error. If we don’t follow
protocols and procedures
that are put in place, then
we’re putting folks in our
communities at risk”.
The news came shortly after US Secretary of
State John Kerry urged
all nations to boost their
response to combat the virus.
“More countries can
and must step up,” he said
in a joint press conference
with his British counterpart Philip Hammond.
The US has pledged as
many as 4,000 troops to
the region, while the UK
is sending 750 military
personnel to Sierra Leone.
Duncan, who worked
as a driver for a courier
company, tested positive
in Dallas on 30 September, 10 days after arriving
on a flight from Monrovia
via Brussels.
He become ill a few
days after arriving in the
US. Even after going to
hospital and telling medical staff he had been in
Liberia, he was sent home
with antibiotics. Four days
later, he was placed in isolation but his condition
continued to worsen and
Islamic State fighters
have renewed their advance in the Syrian border town of Kobane, as
the US warned air strikes
alone could not save it.
A Kurdish leader inside Kobane told Reuters
that IS militants had entered two districts amid
heavy fighting.
A Pentagon spokesman said it was a reality
that “towns and villages perhaps Kobane - will be
taken by IS”.
Seizing Kobane would
give the IS jihadists full
control of a long stretch of
the Syrian-Turkish border.
The US also appeared
to be at odds with allies
over a Turkish idea to create a buffer zone or safe
haven along the border.
Three weeks of fighting over Kobane has cost
the lives of 400 people,
and forced more than
160,000 Syrians to flee
across the border to Turkey. Asya Abdullah, a
co-leader of the Kurdish
this week he was given an
experimental drug.
Ten
people
with
whom he came into contact are being monitored
for symptoms.
New IS push amid US warning on
air strikes
Democratic Union Party
representing Syrian Kurds
in Kobane, said: “Tonight
[Islamic State] has entered
two districts with heavy
weapons, including tanks.
Civilians may have died
because there are very intense clashes.” The images are powerful enough,
but the sound is somecont’d on pg 17
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cont’d from pg 16
times overwhelming. At
times today, it seemed the
entire eastern side of Kobane was one vast street
battle.
It was relentless.
Thick clouds of smoke
drifted across the town as
grenades exploded.
And all day, another series of massive air
strikes; each towering
black cloud greeted with
delighted cheering by
Turkish Kurds who have
come to watch, with
mounting dread, the assault on their Syrian cousins across the fence.
In groups large and
small, they gather as close
to the fence as they can
get, shouting chants of defiance and solidarity. They
are furious with Turkey
for what they believe is
Ankara’s complicity in the
rise of Islamic State.
Another official there
said IS had seized some
buildings in the east and
that there was fierce fighting with Kurdish resistance forces.
The UK-based Syri-
an Observatory for Human Rights monitoring
group said IS forces had
advanced around 100m
(yards)towards the town
centre on Wednesday evening. It added that IS was
bringing in reinforcements
from Raqqa province.
At a news briefing,
Pentagon spokesman Rear
Adm John Kirby said:
“Air strikes alone are not
going to do this.
“They’re not going to
fix this. They’re not going
to save the town of Kobane. We know that.”
The US is training
moderate Syrian rebels in
Saudi Arabia to provide
a ground force, but this
could be months away.
When asked if this meant
Syrian towns could fall
to IS, he said: “I think we
all should be steeling ourselves for that eventuality,
yes.
“We all need to prepare ourselves for the reality that other towns and
villages and perhaps Kobane will be taken by IS.”
Earlier US Secretary
of State John Kerry said
the US was deeply concerned about the people of
Kobane.
But he added: “Horrific as it is to watch the
violence, it is important to
keep in mind the US strategic objective” - which,
he added, was to deprive
IS of command-and-control centres and the infrastructure to carry out attacks.
The chairman of the
US Joint Chiefs of Staff,
Gen Martin Dempsey,
told ABC News that IS
was becoming “more savvy”.”We have been striking when we can... They
don’t fly flags and move
around in large convoys
the way they did. They
don’t establish headquarters that are visible or
identifiable.”
The US Central Command said six coalition air
strikes had hit targets to
the south and south-west
of Kobane over Tuesday
and Wednesday. It said an
armoured personnel carrier, four “armed vehicles”
and two artillery pieces
were destroyed.
Turkey remains under intense pressure to do
more to help the Kurdish
forces in Kobane.
At least 19 people
have been killed in Kurdish protests over Turkey’s
role.
Kurds are angry that
Turkey has prevented
fighters crossing the border to fight IS in Kobane.
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DEAR LADY X HOROSCOPE
When I was 10, I faked an
injury so I could quit playing
soccer. I couldn’t articulate
why the coach, who was cleancut, friendly and fair, made me
uneasy. After he died a few
years ago, it came out that he
had molested dozens of girls.
Over the subsequent 20
years, those same instincts
have screamed at me three
more times -- and twice I was
proven correct. The third man
to set off this alarm is in my
social circle, along with his
wife. Several of the couples
in our group are starting families. I feel like I’m in a terrible
position. Should I say something and risk destroying an
innocent man’s reputation and
the group dynamic, or remain
silent and risk the kids being
around a predator? I don’t
have a shred of evidence, just
a gut-punch feeling.
I never said anything
about the prior abusers, but I
don’t sleep well wondering if
I should have -- even if it was
based solely on a sixth sense.
What should I do? -- NOSE
LIKE A BLOODHOUND
DEAR NOSE: Child molesters belong to every race,
both sexes, and come in various age ranges. The problem with criminals of every
sort -- child abusers and con
men included -- is they look
like the rest of us. I’m sorry
you’re having sleep problems,
but the solution to them is
not to accuse someone about
whom you have no proof. To
falsely accuse him could destroy both of you, and I don’t
recommend it.
DEAR LADY X: I’m
struggling in my marriage. I
have asked my husband to treat
me as an equal, but it falls on
deaf ears. I work part-time, attend school full-time and care
for our two children, basically
on my own. I pay for almost
everything. If I’m broke, he’ll
pay one of the smaller bills.
He refuses to help with
any of the housework, and he
has the freedom to go when and
where he pleases. I’m only allowed to go to school or work;
otherwise I must take the kids
with me. He’s very controlling
and, in the past, when I have
threatened to leave, he said he
would kill himself. He is verbally and emotionally abusive.
I no longer love him and
want a divorce, but I’m scared
of what he’ll do if I ask for
one. I don’t know what he is
capable of. The stress has taken a toll on me. I’m depressed,
angry and bitter. I wish the
kids and I could simply disappear, but that’s not an option,
nor healthy.
Is there an easy way to ask
for a divorce, or somewhere I
could turn for help? Is there
financial help where someone
could help pay for a divorce?
-- WANTS TO DISAPPEAR
DEAR WANTS TO DISAPPEAR: There is no easy
way to ask a spouse for a divorce, particularly one who is
controlling and verbally abusive. If you are worried about
him killing himself, please
don’t. From your description,
he is too selfish and self-centered ever to do that.
Because I know of no
individuals or organizations
that pay for people’s divorces,
talk to your family and see if
one or more of your close relatives is willing to help. However, if you are afraid that
your husband might harm
you, contact the National Domestic Violence Hotline. The
phone number is 800-7997233. Its counselors can help
you form an exit strategy.
ARIES (March 21-April 19).
The saying “the more the
merrier” only applies when
you have enough plates. And
chairs. When that’s covered,
indeed, the saying holds true.
So open up the invite!
TAURUS (April 20-May 20).
A simple misunderstanding
can grow into an irreconcilable difference if neglected. The thing to do now is
read the situation correctly.
If there’s tension, pursue it.
Reach out and apologize for
your part in it.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21).
Unresolved matters will be
brought to your attention.
You’ll see where you were
less than gentle in your expectations of yourself. Tonight, seize the opportunity
to empathize with the challenges and joys experienced
by others.
CANCER (June 22-July 22).
Losing feels like winning,
and vice versa. Therefore,
don’t be too concerned about
how you’re doing in the
game. As far as your strategy
goes, you won’t regret making the kind choice.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). You
value your time and won’t
waste it. You have certain
obligations, and you’ll find
a way to fulfill them joyfully, because what’s done begrudgingly ultimately won’t
count for much.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22).
As the leader, how you communicate your vision will
be key. Repeat the essential information. Cover the
main bases first, and whatever slips through the cracks
won’t be too bad of a loss.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). A
moral dilemma will come up.
The funny thing is that the
traditional advice will seem
not to apply. Right or wrong
isn’t always so clear-cut.
What would bring the greatest good for the most people
involved?
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21).
The qualities that will serve
you best today are tenacity
and loyalty. You may not feel
naturally inclined toward
these qualities, and that’s
what makes your efforts in
this regard superhuman.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22Dec. 21). Your winning
smile will attract attention
— you’ll get a fair share of
offers. Of course, you’ll use
your powers of charm for
good. The question is for
whose good.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan.
19). You win a victory for
humanity with every good
deed you do. Lately, you’re
racking up the smaller wins,
which is getting you ready
for something big that’s
coming.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb.
18). Getting in sync will be
an issue. First it will seem
as though things are moving too fast, and then it will
seem that they are moving
too slow. Look at this like it’s
a test to help you regulate
yourself with your surroundings.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March
20). You’ll be asked to do
unreasonable things, which
is annoying and maybe frustrating. You could also look
at these requests as flattering
and a sign that people think
of you as mighty.
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C R O S S WO R D
Across
1. Graceful steed
5. Large inland sea
9. Ready for anything
14. Not yet final, as a decree
15. Riefenstahl of cinema
16. Chocolate tree
17. Get clobbered, pugilistically
20. Court reporter, perhaps
21. City on the Tiber
22. Sacred
23. Swerve, nautically
24. Burmese, perhaps
26. Russia, of yesterday
28. Chairs may hold
them
30. Categorized
34. Hindi equivalent to
Mr.
37. What makes a plan
plain?
38. Pretty as a picture,
e.g.
39. Pugilistic denouement, perhaps
42. Thief
43. Prefix for hazard
44. Make an effort to
find
45. Shakespearean forest
46. Cherry red
48. First wife of Jacob
50. ‘’Our ___ Will
Come’’
51. First name in iron-
men
54. Jai ___
57. ‘’___ in Boots’’
59. Everybody’s opposite
61. Pugilistic loss position
64. Daisy Mae’s mate
65. Early offspring
66. Teen’s big date
67. Sloppy
68. Tout
69. Eye ailment
Down
1. Full of nervous energy
2. Lasso
3. Out of kilter
4. Tres ___
5. Keyboard key
6. Reposition
7. Cato’s year
8. Kind of test
9. Expert
10. Tearful
11. Reverberate
12. Cue ball target,
sometimes
13. Bennett of song
18. Jot
19. Males
25. Nautical greeting
27. Mix
28. Things to follow
29. Spry
31. Meerschaum, for one
32. General Robert
33. It’s in a cubicle
34. Rum cake
35. Culture medium
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SUDOKU
36. Boston or Chicago,
e.g.
38. Dark brown ink
40. Baseball starters
41. Burden
46. Body of Christians
47. Coordinate
49. Mil. address
51. Word with juvenile
or kangaroo
52. Pester
53. Volunteer’s words
54. Sandler of films
55. Earring spot
56. Grain beards
58. Reprieve from the
governor
60. Klutz’s utterance
62. Saute
63. Compass dir.
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Thursday 9th October 2014
The Clarehall Secondary School Parents Teachers Association will be having a breakfast with a difference on Saturday 25th
October, 2014 at the school grounds. Time 7AM to 11Am proceeds in aid of Steel Orchestra. Come out and support a variety of
delicious meals await you.
We also accepting donations for the breakfast and the steel
pans. Formore information please contact 774-8715.
The Human Trafficking committee within the Ministry of Public Safety, Immigration and Labour will be celebrating a week
of activities from 13-19 October 2014.To this end, the Committee cordially invites your organization to a media brief on
Friday 10 October, 10am at the Ministry’s Headquarters conference room, situated at Thames & Long Streets
"The National Youth Choir of Antigua and Barbuda is recruiting a guitarist, and new members for the upcoming season 2014/2015. All interested persons are asked to contact
Ms. Lola Kirby-Peterson, at 562-3586 between 10am - 2pm
Monday to Friday to set an audition."
Special Education Needs Week of Activities
Sunday 5th October, 2014, to Saturday 11th October, 2014
Sunday, 5th October: Join Big Issues with Education Officer-Special Needs: Ms. Joy-Ann Harrigan
Monday, 6th October: Special Education Message for all
schools written by Minister of Education (To be read in all
schools at assembly).
Tuesday, 7th October: Seminar for Teachers and persons
interested in Special Education: facilitated by University
of the Southern Caribbean. Venue: Simon Bolivar Centre.
Time: 9:00 am -3:00 pm
Wednesday, 8th October
: Assessment Day: SEN
Assessment Team will conduct Assessments of Special
Education Needs Students observed by student teachers
doing the USC Diploma in Special Ed Course. Venue:
Belmont School of Business. Time: 9:00 am-3:00 pm.
Thursday, 9th October: Parent Workshop for parents who
have Special Needs Students. Venue: T.N. Kirnon School.
Time: 4:00 pm-6:00pm. Guest Speakers: Dr. Sylvan Lashley of USC and Mr. Alister Thomas, Chairman of NPTA.
Friday, 10th October: Community Outreach (each school
does their individual activity).
Special Education Awareness campaign in All Schools in
Antigua and Barbuda (schools must sensitize their students about the presence of Special Needs Children in
our schools, communities and country. Schools must also
address the need for other students to treat our Special
Needs students with caring, understanding, sensitivity,
helpfulness, fairness and kindness.
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As the momentum builds and we look towards the activities
celebrating thirty-third (33rd) Anniversary of Independence
under the theme “Antigua and Barbuda- Rebuilding our Nation
with Togetherness, Commitment and Perseverance”. The Antigua and Barbuda Festivals Commission – ABFC is accepting
registration for the Independence Food Fair and Business Decorating Competition. Registration Forms are available at the
National Festivals Office from (Mondays to Thursdays 9:00 am
to 1:00 pm and on Fridays 9:00 am to 2:00pm.)
MP Paul Chet Greene invites All Constituents of St. Paul’s
to a Town Hall meeting which will take place Thursday 9th
October at 8:00 p.m. at the Liberta School. Come on and
join in discussions with the MP - air your views and listen to
some of the plans as together we move St. Paul’s forward.
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Eye Mobile, APUA Head Office and
Kennedy’s in Business League Basketball
By Vanroy Burnes
One of the four
matches scheduled in the
Cool & Smooth, DIGICEL Business League
Basketball on Tuesday
night was rained out, and
that was Board of Education (BOE) versus L &
S. Suprette Penetrators at
the YMCA Complex.
However one match
was played before the
rain Kennedy’s Blue Diamonds beat Antigua Energy Operations (AEO)
55 points to 37.
Chaz Samuel shot a
game high 31 points for
Kennedy’s while Joel Joseph shot 10 points for
AEO.
cont’d from pg 9
though West Indies lost a
bit of momentum due to
quick wickets, Samuels
carried on with precision
violence to finish unbeaten on 126.
The target of 322
would not have affected
India at the outset of the
chase; they have been
the most successful side
chasing anything above
300.
The home side started confidently with Shikhar Dhawan and Ajinkya Rahane finding the
At the JSC Complex,
Eye Mobile beat Police
Vertex by a single point
50 to 49. Bernard Andrew shot 15 points for
Eye Mobile and Craig
Davis 18 points for Police Vertex.
Antigua Public Authorities (APUA) Head
Office beat Dixie 61
points to 55 in the sec-
ond match at that venue.
Neville Martin shot 18
points and Teon Joseph
25 points for APUA Head
Office, while Keori Lee
shot 20 points for Dixie.
Pineapple and Media
won in Business League
Volleyball on Tuesday night
By Vanroy Burnes
Pineapple and Media won by the
same margin of victory 2 games to
Love each over their opponents in the
Cool & Smooth Volleyball Business
League matches on Tuesday night.
Pine Apple beat DIGICEL 2 games
to Love, with scores of 25-18 and 25boundary.
As the team approached 50, Dhawan
was guilty of not responding to Rahane’s
call for a second and
both batsmen ended up
at the same end, resulting
in Rahane’s dismissal.
Virat Kohli followed
in the next over, edging
to first slip in a manner
reminiscent of his days
in England.
But the slide was
confirmed when Raina,
who stroked an unbeaten
century in the Champi-
16 with I. Charles and V. Wuilliez was
outstanding for their respective teams.
Meanwhile in game #14 Media
overcame some fiery attack from Call
Center in the opening periods to win
25-21 and 25-21 also to win 2 games
to love. D. Roberts was outstanding
for Media, while K. Francis was outstanding for Call Center.
ons League T20 final last
week, played on against
his Chennai Super Kings
team-mate Dwayne Bravo.
The West Indies
bowlers had been wayward to start with, but
gathered themselves as
the pitch quickened up.
Taylor found pace,
the medium pacers found
movement and the spinners found the right
lengths.
India’s batsmen appeared all at sea, a bit
like their spinners and
fielders in the first innings.
At the toss, Dhoni
had said he was clear
on the spinners for the
World Cup, but wanted
the seamers to settle.
However, it was the
spinners who failed to
apply pressure today and
ended up with a combined tally of 22-0-1442. With a maximum of
nine games remaining
before the World Cup,
India, the defending
champions, have a few
chinks to mend.
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cont’d from pg 24
97 for 6 off their 10
overs with Wilden Polo
Cornwall hitting 29 runs,
Rodney Williams had 2
for 4.
In reply Tire Master
Buckley’s 3 Jays reaches
103 for 4 from 8.3 overs
with Alva Joseph 44 not
out and Charanlall Ramjohn picking up 2 for 22.
Rakeem Jimbo Cornwall also scalps the most
runs award with 487 runs
and also the highest Individual score award with
93 not out.
Alva Joseph scalp the
most wickets award with
14 wickets while Murphy
Joseph of Dredgers scalp
the best bowling figures
in a match with 2 overs,
1 maiden, 4 wickets for
2 runs.
The most outstanding young Wicketkeeper batsman award went
to Michael Dover, Kofi
James scalp the most
outstanding
young
9 October 2014
all-rounder award complements of Photogenesis.
Craig Rainsford future stars was awarded
for the most outstanding
young bowler complement Island Subs.
While Tyrone Williams Jr was awarded the
Selwyn’s Arc welding
young most outstanding
batsman.
Until 11 October 2014
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Rakeem Cornwall named MVP
of Cricket for Life Tournament
By Vanroy Burnes
team Left out was beaten by Tire Master Buckley’s 3 Jays by 6 wickets
on Monday night at the
Dredgers ground, his 487
runs and 8 wickets was
enough to earn him the
award.
Cool & Smooth Left
Out batted first and made
Rakeem Jimbo Cornwall was named the Most
Valuable Player of the
Cricket for Life 10/10
Premier League competition.
The player scalped
the award during the
awards ceremony after
the finals in which his cont’d on pg 23
Rakeem Jimbo Cornwall was named the Most Valuable Player of the Cricket for Life 10/10 Premier League competition
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