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POLICE COMMISSIONER
SUSPENDED INDEFINITELY
Friday 16th January 2015
A n t i g u a
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B a r b u d a
Vol.3
No.78
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Government not
backiing down...pg 2
Commissioner of Police, Vere Browne
Commissioner of Police, Vere Browne, has
been suspended from the
job, indefinitely.
Commissioner
Browne was notified of
this by way of a letter
handed to him yesterday
afternoon and signed by
Chairman of the Police
Service
Commission,
Phillip Isaacs.
During the suspension, Acting Deputy
Commissioner Wendell
Robinson will act as
Commissioner of Police.
The suspension fol-
lowed a meeting Tuesday this week held by
the Police Service Commission, and to which
Commissioner Browne
attended.
In the letter Isaacs
identifies four incidents
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Gov’t to implement new
airlift to Barbuda pg 4
Windies face South
Africa in one-day pg 20
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Government not backing down
Chief of Staff to the
Prime Minister, Lionel
“Max” Hurst has dispelled media reports that
suggests that there’s no
agreement between the
government and CHAPA
Bau Panel Systems to return lands to government.
Hurst says government is in possession of
a letter clearly indicating
that BAU Panel’s David
Kendrick has agreed to return the lands.
Government had informed the company that
the CHAPA/BAU arrangement was off the table and persisting would
lead to a court battle.
Hurst, however, notes
that since 300 Antiguans
and Barbudans have ex-
pressed interest in the
housing project, the government has assigned a
portion of land at Lightfoot to BAU Panel project.
He adds that the housing company was informed it cannot sell the
lands for more than $2.50
per square foot and that
this money goes to the
government.
Additionally, the assignment of land for
the Bau Panel factory at
Crabbs has been decreased
from 17 to 7 acres.
A fire at the land registry, he adds, has delayed
the transfer process which
should be completed once
the registry is functional.
Meanwhile, Govern-
ment is moving to reduce
the red tape involved in
doing business in Antigua
and Barbuda.
A Cabinet decision
Wednesday will see Antigua and Barbuda as a better place for doing business.
Chief of Staff Lionel
Max Hurst explains a decision was taken to temporarily relocate the Land
Registry to the basement
of the parliament building.
A further decision
to provide a permanent
location, according to
Hurst is the refurbishing
of the Medical Benefits
Scheme’s building on
Church Street. He adds
that the Intellectual Property Rights Secretariat
Sexual assault case nears end
The case in which is a man is accused of having sexual intercourse with
his 16-year old daughter is expected to
conclude sometime today.
That’s because the judge, Justice
Albert Redhead who is hearing the case
is expected to hear closing arguments
from the lawyers in the case, Crown
Council, Rylis Adams representing the
Office of the DPP and Lawrence Daniels who represents the defendant. Senior Counsel in the Office of the DPP
Adlai Smith is assisting in the case.
On Thursday, the court heard that a
physical examination of the victim after
she reported the incident, showed signs
of scratches and bruises on both hands
as well as a ruptured hymen, tenderness,
and redness all of which were consistent with recent sexual intercourse.
In his time at the stand, the accused denied all the allegations leveled
against him.
Justice Redhead is expected to sum
up the case today after the closing arguments before instructing the jury to
consider the evidence presented and to
render a verdict.
That is expected to come by late afternoon.
Chief of Staff to the Prime
Minister, Lionel “Max” Hurst
may also be housed there.
He says one cannot
register a company without going before the Registrar of Companies which
took an inordinate amount
of time as it was manually
done.
The new Land Registry, due to open Monday,
will be computerized and
therefore play a major role
in the ease of doing business.
It will also allow for
a merchant account to facilitate payments by credit
card that will go directly
to the Inland Revenue Department thereby reducing the hassle and time of
commuting between both
entities.
Hurst notes that registering of a company currently takes three weeks
while in the BVI where it
takes less than 24 hours
and millions of dollars
made there.
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and complaints that were
brought to the attention
of the Commissioner and
which he failed to take
appropriate action.
According to Isaacs…the Police Service
Commission is of the
view that the incidents
are not trivial matters, as
they may adversely impact the discipline and
morals within the Royal
Police Force of Antigua
and Barbuda.
The four incidents
listed in the suspension
letter relate to the discovery in Barbuda of
ammunition in the home
of the nephew of a senior
police officer and while
the officer, Superintendent Alvin Thomas was
invited to attend an interview the by head of CID
Assistant Commissioner, Nuffield Burnette, he
failed to attend.
The second incident
relates to an allegation
by a female police officer
that she was beaten by
Superintendent Thomas.
The third incident
relates to an allegation
that the Commissioner allowed the Barbuda
station to be headed by
a corporal and the last
incident has to the commissioner’s alleged failure to publish the lists of
promotions for the Police Department and the
Fire Brigade as approved
by the Commission last
December.
The letter adds that
an investigation will be
conducted into the incidents and Browne will
remain on suspension
during that time.
He will also receive
full salary during the
time of the suspension.
CT contacted Commissioner Browne for a
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response but he declined
the invitation, only to
state that all inquiries
should be directed to the
Chairman of the Police
Service
Commission,
Phillip Isaacs.
Isaacs was not immediately available for
comments.
Copies of the letter
have been addressed to
the Prime Minister, Hon.
Gaston Browne, Minister of National Security,
the Honourable Steadroy
“Cutie” Benjamin and
Permanent Secretary in
the Ministry, Sharon Peters.
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Internal Audit Unit to get a boost
The Internal Audit
Unit on island will be
strengthened this year,
and provide value for
money auditing.
This disclosure comes
from Prime Minister Gaston Browne.
In terms of expenditure Prime Minister
Browne said the Government will cut all wasteful
spending in all ministries
and departments, including Public Works, the
Central Board of Health
and National Solid Waste
Management Authority.
The brightest and best
minds will be afforded the
opportunity to work in the
Unit.
The contract and procurement functions will
also be strengthened with
the use of independent
quantity surveying and
cost benefit analytical services, rather than simply
relying on the Ministry of
Works.
The previous government left a debt of over
$200,000,000 for all types
of contracts they entered
in and now Prime Minister Browne said his government has the burden of
honouring these contracts,
many of which are dubi-
ous at best.
The Government will
also focus on improving
the institutional arrangements for procurement
and contract administration.
PM Browne said they
will operationalize the
Procurement
Administration Act which will re-
place the existing Tenders
Board Act, consideration
will also be taken into
effect with the developments at the OECS and
CARICOM Levels. This
will ensure that Antigua
and Barbuda’s arrangements are aligned with
regional and international
standards.
Government to implement
new airlift to Barbuda
Over the next five years a number of
development projects will take shape,
driving the transformation of Barbuda.
From the construction of hotels and
condominiums, the establishment of
wind and solar power plants, a yacht
marina, an offshore marine school and
tropical laboratory, an international golf
course, to a National Housing Initiative.
Another project with great attention
is the establishment of Barbuda Airways
(BA), which is expected to provide dedicated and affordable air transportation
for Barbudans and visitors alike.
MP with responsibility for Barbuda
Affairs Arthur Nibbs said there is a great
need for an airline since Barbuda cannot
grow and develop without an airlift that
is reliable and of course affordable.
The absence of reliability and affordability in airlift according to Minister Nibbs will be costly than operating
the Barbuda Airways.
Cabinet in this regard has purchased
two nine-seater aircraft to establish Barbuda Airways.
Music Is Life brings international acts to
Antigua for Valentines Reggae Concert
Music fans are in for a special
treat next month when three of the
biggest names in reggae music take
the stage at the Music Is Life event
to be held on Saturday 14th February at the Stanford Cricket Ground.
No stranger to Antigua, Beres
Hammond returns after a long absence to satisfy the thirst of his le-
gion of fans who seemingly can
never get enough of the sultry singer that has given us dozens of hits
over three decades.
“His songs never grow old.
They still rock a dance and the airwaves. It took us some doing to get
Beres back to Antigua but we knew
we could not even dream of putting
on Music Is Life without the living
legend, especially at Valentines,”
stated Doyle Carter who heads up
the marketing and promotions team
for LAVA Entertainment.
With major hits like ‘Grooving
My Girl’ and ‘Brown Skin’ the promoters scored a winner with get-
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ting Richie Spice for the
Valentines concert. But
his conscious tunes like
‘Earth a Run Red,’ and
‘Plane Land’ will bring
yet another level of hype
to the event. Also appearing at Music Is Life will
be the beautiful Alaine
with the smash hits that
lovers can really enjoy
like ‘No Ordinary Love’
and ‘Deeper.’
“All three artists will
be backed by their own
band, making into a real
concert event with the
highest quality music,”
boasted another member
of the event management
team, Lisa Makhoul,
The event is a presentation of LAVA Entertainment, whose reputation
for putting on quality
concert events has suddenly put Antigua front
and centre in the limelight
throughout the music industry.
The promoters, in the
meantime, announced this
week that international
recording and Grammy
award winning artist Mya
along with Kevin Lyttle
will be joining the star
studded line up.
“If you have been to
STAGE, you will realise
that we (LAVA) always
exceed expectations, always strive for new levels
of excellence, so adding
Kevin and Mya is just
giving our deserving fans
more than what they are
paying for,” smiled Carter.
VIP tickets to Music
is Life are going for $300
and gets you into the Reggae Room where you will
be blown away by funky
decor and superior treatment in a classy and sophisticated atmosphere.
General admission is $80
in advance and $100 at the
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gate.
The entire Stanford
Cricket Ground will be
transformed into Reggae
City, leaving fans with a
lasting impression of what
is expected to be an unbelievable night in music.
The top local acts appearing on stage are Tian
Winter and Iconic, Claudette Peters and Taxik,
Hardcore Reggae Band,
and Promise.
Check the event page
on Facebook for more information on ticket flash
sales, the Irie Route bus
tours and surprise giveaways.
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Painfully slow recovery in Haiti, but...
Monday marked the
fifth anniversary of the
magnitude 7.0 earthquake
that devastated Port-auPrince, the capital of our
sister Caribbean country,
Haiti.
Lest we forget, that
earthquake — recorded
as one of world’s worst
natural disasters -- took
the lives of an estimated
300,000 people and resulted in damage or total
destruction to more than
300,000 buildings.
In fact, the toll on the
city’s infrastructure basically paralysed the Government as the majority of
its ministries were housed
in the buildings that crumbled under the weight of
the quake.
In the aftermath of the
disaster, the international
community pledged more
than US$12.4 billion in
both development and humanitarian aid. We recall
being very strident in our
criticisms in this space
when it emerged that
many of the more than 50
countries that promised
help were procrastinating.
We are now encouraged, however, by a report
from the United Nations
that at least 80 per cent of
the pledges have been disbursed.
We have also been
told that the United States,
which provided US$1.3
billion in aid, has also disbursed almost two-thirds
of an additional US$2.7
billion it had pledged for
reconstruction and development.
An Associated Press
report on the weekend
informed us that new
schools have been built in
Haiti, a two-lane highway
linking
Port-au-Prince
and Gonaives has been repaved, a new international
airport has been constructed in Cap-Haitien, and
a number of new hotels
have opened.
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In addition, mobile
provider Digicel has rebuilt the Iron Market, and
the camps established after
the earthquake now house
80,000 people, compared
with the approximately
1.5 million who had found
shelter there.
The AP also reported
the Haitian Government
as saying that foreign direct investment had grown
from US$4 million in
2001 to US$250 million
last year.
The recovery, though,
is painfully slow and,
based on the information
reaching us, uneven.
Life for many Haitians who were affected
by the earthquake continues to be difficult. Housing, it appears, is a major
problem, as the structures
provided for those who
were displaced are mainly
shacks erected in Port-auPrince’s suburbs.
Although five years
have passed, it is obvious
that the Haitian people’s
wounds have not been fully healed.
That is understandable, given the scale of
the disaster, plus the more
than 8,000 deaths from
cholera that have been
attributed to careless UN
peacekeeping troops, but
for which the UN has re-
fused to accept responsibility. In addition, a United States judge has rubbed
salt into those wounds
by ruling that the UN is
immune from a lawsuit
seeking compensation for
victims of the cholera outbreak.
Our hope, though, is
that the assistance that the
country is receiving will
continue and that the Government will act in a manner so as to ensure that
Haiti benefits from every
dollar that is contributed
to its development.
The situation in Haiti remains an opportunity
for the rest of the world to
let flow the milk of human
kindness. (Reprinted from
the Jamaica Observer)
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The Woodshed
In the cultural iconography of the United States
of America, the “woodshed” holds a very special place that it does not
occupy in our own Caribbean experience. As a
matter of fact in terms of
wood, the closest we can
come to a cultural parallel would be a lumber
yard or warehouse: and
visions of the Bargain
Center, Antigua Plumbing & Hardware, or Dews
would dance in our heads.
This means that if
Yours Truly were to suggest that some person or
other might be in dire
need of a trip to the woodshed, people would assume that the individual
in question was undertaking a construction project
and needed to purchase
some building material.
In terms of our Caribbean experience that
would be a quite reasonable conclusion for a sensible person to reach.
However, as we travel further afield to arrive
in the good old US of A,
the term “taken to the
woodshed” will acquire a
far more sinister interpretation: one replete with
heartfelt weeping and
wailing.
Perhaps we should
say “bottom-felt”, because the way Americans
use that phrase involves
the liberal application of
a strap – or maybe a stout
wooden paddle – to the
fundament of some offending young person.
Yes: in American culture, being taken to the
woodshed is a euphemism
for corporal punishment
applied by an incensed
parent to the rear end of
some juvenile delinquent.
Over time, corporal
punishment has rather
fallen out of favor in the
well-meaning but sadly
misguided United States.
This is also true for
many other follow-fashion countries around our
modern world.
Back in the day
though, when an angry
head of household needed to apply correctional
measures to a disobedient child, proper procedure called for the parent
to take the juvenile out
into the back yard, to the
woodshed: a small structure where fuel for winter
fires was stored, and firmly close the door.
There, away from prying eyes and with some
barrier to muffle the cries
of distress that issued
from within, the punisher
would inflict the required
measure of sorely needed
physical therapy. Over
time, as noted earlier, the
actual, physical, woodshed experience has rather fallen out of favor.
Today the phrase is
generally used figuratively, as an image that illustrates what happens to
grown adults who transgress the limits of what
some might deem responsible behavior.
The phrase gained
considerable
currency
during the presidency of
Ronald Reagan.
“Taken to the woodshed” roared into prominence when in 1981
David Stockman, then
Director of the Office of
Management & Budget,
spoke out of turn (revealed to the public a bit
too much of what should
have been his private
negative opinion of Reaganite fiscal and economic policy).
In a private conversation in the Oval Office,
the chagrined president
came down on Stockman
like a proverbial “ton of
bricks”.
Reagan was not so
vindictive as to fire a
valued technocrat, and
Stockman eventually resigned his post in 1985.
However, in speaking to the media immediately after the president
laid down the law, the
chastened OMB Director
likened the experience to
being “taken to the woodshed” – and everybody
knew exactly what he
meant.
In Antigua & Barbuda
today we have a still quite
young, somewhat conceited, and until recently
rather cocky individual
who has by sudden flight
ascended to bear huge responsibilities in our tiny
two-island state of mind.
Yours Truly does
not know if the rarified
heights of power attained
in such a serendipitous
manner have addled the
poor young man’s highly
educated brain; but as a
notorious corn-masher I
need to ask him a very serious question: After you
have already carelessly and severely mashed
somebody’s corn, and
elicited the natural reaction, and been required
by your boss to apologize for the unwarranted
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ABHAN lauds strong corporate
support in bringing Xmas cheer
The Antigua and Barbuda HV/AIDS Network
(ABHAN) has expressed
profound gratitude to
members of corporate
community for assisting
them in bringing Christmas cheer to its members.
Founder and Executive Director of ABHAN
Eleanor Frederick hosted
the annual get-together
which was attended by
scores of members and
their children.
‘This is something
that we do every year to
bring Christmas cheer to
our members, we distributed gifts to all the children and two food packages were handed to the
adults, this is something
that we look forward to
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doing each year with the
kind support of our sponsors’, Frederick said.
Despite complaints
of the impact of the much
talked about economic
crisis, Frederick said a
number of individuals
responded very positively to making the event
a success and she noted that their support has
been well appreciated.
Among those listed
were Scotia Bank- the
main sponsor, Co-Founder- Amy Frederick, Hon.
Asot Michael and Cool
and Smooth. We were
grateful for their continuous support with our activities, and we welcome
the additional support
that we got last year (December 2014)
action, why on Earth would you want
to go back and deliberately mash the
same person’s corn again – only harder
this time?
I feel a need to go back to my own
school days, and recycle a short verse
our teachers used to give us as a Penmanship exercise, with a small edit:
The heights by great men reached and
KEPT
Were not attained by sudden flight;
But they, while their companions slept,
Were toiling upward in the night.
She also listed other
support which was received from Salvation
Army, Seventh - day
Adventist and Spring
Gardens
Moravian
churches’, Christo’s Supermarket, Rotary Club
of Antigua and West Indies Oil Company to the
annual affair.
Frederick
would
also like to thank, AUA,
Chef’s 2UEvents Ltd.,
Digicel, Hadded Motors,
Hon Baldwin Spencer
Resource Center, LIAT
1974 LTD, Media companies to include; ABS
Radio and TV, Caribbean
Times, Gaurdian Newspaper, Observer Media
Group and Newspages;
Profiles Antigua LTD.,
Richards & Associates,
PM Gaston Browne did not pilot the ABLP to an election victory
in 2014 in one sudden fell swoop: It
took years of dedicated commitment to
achieve that signal success.
Astute politician that he is, the
PM might be well advised to treat
the offending whippersnapper to a
Reagan-like session in the woodshed
– rather than permit the youngster’s
penchant for putting his mouth in gear
before engaging his brain to create
serious, and needless, issues for the
ABLP administration.
Townhouse Furnishings
and the many other sponsors who make the operation of ABHAN and the
Peer Buddy HIV Treatment Adherence program
possible.
Meanwhile, Ms. Frederick said that ABHAN
will continue to push its
programs for 2015 and
is seeking to collaborate with the Ministry of
Health on a number of
initiatives to boost HIV/
AIDS treatment, care and
support on a wider level.
“We will continue
to reach out to the community, empower individuals and recruit and
retain those who test positive into treatment, care
and support encouraging
them to adhere to their
medications, to suppress
the virus, stay healthy
thereby prevent transmission to others.
“We will also work
with high risk negatives
to prevent new infections. The less HIV cases we have, the less we
will have to spend on
treatment, care and support as a nation’ Frederick concluded. She
wishes for everyone a
Blessed, Prosperous and
HEALTHY 2015.
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Consequences of losing teeth
The goal of modern and health to individuals affected by the loss of
dentistry is to restore who are missing teeth.
teeth.
normal function, comAn increasing numHowever, the more
fort, aesthetics, speech, ber of people are being teeth a person is missing,
the more challenging this
task can become.
As a result of continued research in the
development of diagnostic tools and innovative
treatment,
predictable
success is now a reality
in many challenging dental situations.
This is a blessing, because tooth loss has some
serious
consequences
— particularly for older people, who are more
likely to be missing teeth.
At 30 years old: Facial structures are properly supported and in
natural proportion main-
taining youthful appearance.
At 45 years old: Loss
of teeth resulting in subtle structural changes (cheeks can sink-in
slightly) even at the age
of 45.
At 60 years old: As
bone loss progresses, the
loss of facial support is
pronounced. The cheeks
and lips lose their support creating a more aged
look.
At 75 years old: The
continued presence of a
denture accelerates bone
loss and loss of structural support of the face and
soft tissues. The lower
third of the face is dramatically smaller making the appearance more
aged.
The Unseen Effects of
Tooth Loss
The most obvious effect of missing teeth is
aesthetic.
The way you look
affects the way you feel,
and the psychological
and social consequences
of tooth loss can also be
profound, as we shall see.
But it’s not just about
unsightly gaps; there’s
something less apparent
going on in the area of a
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lost tooth that can affect
function, health, facial
aesthetics — just about
everything.
It’s not so much about
teeth as it is about bone,
which needs stimulation
to maintain its form and
density.
In the case of alveolar (sac-like) bone which
surrounds and supports
teeth, the necessary stimulation comes from the
teeth themselves.
Teeth make hundreds
of fleeting contacts with
each other throughout the
day.
These small stresses
are transmitted through
the ligament that suspends each tooth in its
socket, prompting the
bone to remodel and rebuild continually.
When a tooth is lost,
the lack of stimulation
causes loss of alveolar bone — its external
width, then height, and
ultimately bone volume.
There is a 25% decrease in width of bone
during the first year after
tooth loss and an overall
4 millimeters decrease in
height over the next few
years.
As bone loses width,
it loses height, then width
and height again, and
gum tissue also gradually decreases. Ability to
chew and to speak can be
impaired.
The more teeth lost,
the more function is lost.
This leads to some particularly serious aesthetic
and functional problems.
The distance from
nose to chin decreases and with it, the lower
third of the face partially
collapses.
The chin rotates forward and upward, and the
cheeks, having lost tooth
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support, become hollow.
Extreme loss of bone can
also make an individual
more prone to jaw fractures.
Toothless people appear unhappy when their
mouths are at rest because their lips, too, have
sagged; unsupported by
teeth and gum tissues
they just cave in. Without teeth present, the
tongue spreads into the
space and the face collapses. The same is true
of self-confidence.
Boost your self confidence by paying attention
to your dental health.
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Terrorism is not a Western problem only
There are many victims of terrorism carried
out in the name of Allah
and the prophet Muhammad, but none more so
than people of the Muslim
faith or people with Muslim names.
Throughout
the
world, perfectly innocent,
law-abiding Muslims have
become objects of suspicion and fear because of
the despicable terrorist
acts executed by so-called
Jihadists. The Washington Post
reported that Abdallah Zekri, head of the National
Observatory Against Islamophobia, said that in
a 48-hour period after the
killings in Paris at the offices of the satirical magazine, Charlie Hebdo, 16
places of worship around
France were attacked by
firebombs, gunshots or pig
heads — an insult to Muslims who don’t eat pork.
The Jihadist groups –
the most vicious of which
is now ISIS (sometimes
called ISIL) – have indulged in the most horrific killings, including the
primitive beheading of persons they have captured. Whenever terror attacks
have occurred in Western
societies or against persons
from the West, mainstream
international media have
unfortunately focused on
those events in ways that
enlarge a perception of a
clash between followers of
Islam and the West.
For instance, in the
reporting of the atrocity
at a kosher supermarket
in Paris on 9 January in
which Jews, were murdered insufficient attention
was paid to coverage of a
young Muslim immigrant
from Mali, Lassana Bathily, who saved the lives
of many other potential
victims by hiding them in
a basement freezer before
himself escaping to give
the Police the key to the
supermarket. Bathily’s response was that of a caring
person, acting not on the
basis of religion but of human compassion.
While it is surely not
intentional, by and large
Western mainstream media
have re-enforced the growing notion that Muslims
generally are determined
to impose their religion
and their religious beliefs
and laws on the rest of the
world, and are a threat to
Western civilization. Yet, the reality is that
the Jihadist groups have
killed more Muslims
than people of any other
faith. Practically ignored
by Western media and
many governments were
savage jihadist attacks in
northern Nigeria and Yemen on the same day as the
Charlie Hebdo killings. As
By Sir Ronald Sanders
many as 2,000 people were
slaughtered in Nigeria by
the Islamist group Boko
Haram, and in Yemen, 37
people were murdered by
Al-Qaeda.
In Western societies,
one of the results of the
extremist behaviour of the
Jihadists is the strengthening of extreme right-wing
groups such as the Front
National in France, the Patriotic Europeans against
Islamization of the West in
Germany, the Dutch Party
for Freedom in The Netherlands, and the United
Kingdom Independence
Party in Britain. In the
wake of the atrocities in
Paris, these right wing
groups have used inflammatory language to attack
multi-culturalism and demand an end to immigra-
tion.
In doing so, they have
appealed to prejudice, bigotry and ignorance but they
have also succumbed to
the objectives of the Muslim extremists who want
an Islamophobic reaction
that would help them to
recruit more disaffected
young Muslims to ISIS or
Al-Qaeda.
Prejudice, bigotry and
ignorance thrive on both
sides of the debate and
feed the hostility that is
now so palpable. The current striking example is the
killing of journalists at the
offices of Charlie Hebdo
for their caricatures of the
prophet Muhammad. The attackers claimed
they were responding to
blasphemy against the
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Prophet. But, as Fareed
Zakaria has pointed out,
“the Koran prescribes no
punishment for blasphemy”. Further, “the idea that
Islam requires that insults
against the prophet Muhammad be met with violence is a creation of politicians and clerics to serve a
political agenda”. Unfortunately, as Zakaria also points out, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Malaysia, Egypt, Turkey and
Sudan have all used blasphemy laws, which they
have adopted, to jail and
harass people.
The clerics and politicians are feeding on fertile
ground in the Middle-East
and North Africa (MENA)
and in Western societies. The fertile ground
in MENA is a very large
number of young, unemployed males – higher than
any other region in the
world. These young people
see no prospect of advancement for themselves
and are susceptible to the
lure of religious fanaticism
that claims to give them
recognition in this life and
prestige after death. In Western countries,
the recruiting ground is the
disconnection of young
Muslims from the societies
in which they live. A sense of non-belonging is re-enforced by
discrimination, lack of opportunity and, in some cases, the clannishness with
which many ethnic groups
live as separate societies. Fanatical clerics, instead of working to help
such young people to integrate into the cultures
in which they live, preach
anger and retribution and
sometimes advocate violence.
What is now abundantly clear is that terrorists
will not relent. Increasingly they pose security
concerns for many governments, not just Western ones Indeed, it is
non-Western countries that
have suffered most from
terrorism in the last decade. The National Consortium for the Study of
Terrorism and Responses
to Terrorism, based at the
University of Maryland,
has revealed that in 2012,
terrorism touched 85 countries and just three - Pakistan, Iraq and Afghanistan
- suffered more than half
of the attacks (54%) and
fatalities (58%). The next
five most frequently targeted countries were India,
Nigeria, Somalia, Yemen
and Thailand. Against this background the solution to
terrorism cannot not lie
in the actions of any one
government or in actions devised by Western
governments alone. If
Western governments by
themselves devise only
militaristic and criminal
formulae for curbing terrorism which they then attempt to impose on the rest
of the world, those formulae won’t work. What is required is an
inclusive approach that
brings together leaders of
Muslim, Hindu, Christian
and secular states to discuss ways in which they
can collaborate to address
this deadly and grave problem in the interest of all
nations, including surveillance, intelligence sharing
military co-operation and
alleviating poverty and unemployment. The United Nations
may be where the discussion and the solutions end
up for endorsement and
ratification, but should not
be where it begins. The General Assembly is simply too large and
unwieldy for the sensitive
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and frank talks that are
necessary, and the Security
Council is not representative enough. Smaller
multilateral organisations, such as
the Commonwealth and
La Francophonie, whose
membership include Western and Muslim countries,
might be better places to
jointly begin well-prepared and small meetings
of representative leaders
from the North and South
to search for proposals that
could be taken into the
global community. Such an approach requires vision as well as a
capacity to bring players
together. As in so many of the
world’s problems – leadership is needed to produce
a multi-faceted solution to
terrorism that the world’s
people can collectively
embrace. But who will be
bold and creative enough
to lead such an initiative?
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“The life you save could be someone you know”
Antigua & Barbuda Red Cross Is Offering Certified FIRST
AID/CPR Training Course Mondays and Thursdays 5:00pm
to 8:00pm Starting on Thursday January 15th, 2015 For Further Information: Call Tel # 462 0800/ 771-8253
LEARN HOW TO MEDITATE
Find out for yourself how a few minutes a day training your
mind to focus improves the quality of your day.
Free class. 10am at the Museum on Long Street, St.Johns.
Any questions? Phone 776 2566
The Antigua & Barbuda Red Cross in collaboration with the
American Red Cross has a First Aid App to launch. The Antigua & Barbuda Red Cross wants the residents of Antigua to
know the importance of the App and the long term benefits
to our Society. What you can do in case of an emergency or
life threatening condition. It also has the Red Cross history,
activities, sponsors, and quizzes. We would like the general public to be aware of the App and feel free to download
same, if you have an android device such as a phone or a
tablet kindly use the Android link and you can use the iOS
link for your iPhone device.
iOS devices: 3cu.be/shareatg
Android devices: 3cu.be/shareatg
If you have any questions contact Mr.Martin 723-7258 or
email [email protected] or [email protected]
Thank you for your attention and I look forward to your continued support.
To:
All food-handlers/vendors with expired food-handler’s identification cards, as well as new food handlers
The Ministry of Health, Central Board will be conducting
training in Food Safety for Food Vendors, Restaurants, Hotels, Caterers, School Cafeterias, Community Groups, and
their Assistants who will be vending around Antigua and
Barbuda.
Food Handlers are asked to bring along:1.
The Expired ID or 2 Passport sized photographs,
2.
A Note Pad, and
3.
A pen.
Venue: Multi-Purpose Centre Perry Bay
TIME: 5:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
DATE: Monday 26th & Tuesday 27th, January, 2015
EAG field trip to Fort Barrington on Saturday at 6:30 am.
For this beautiful morning hike, meet at Pensioner’s Corner at 6:30 am on Saturday 17th January. Our loop trail will
take us through the part of The Flashes that was converted
from swamp land, past the building site of the proposed new
University of Antigua & Barbuda, and on to Ft Barrington
before returning to Pensioner’s Corner. Difficulty: Easy to
moderate / What to bring: Shorts or long pants, no slippers.
Bring drinking water, and camera. For more information,
call 462-6236.
Service
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Wednesdays. Tours available 4 days a week, For more
info and reservation, please call 764-2291. You may also
visit our website http://www.barbudaexpress.com.
Thank you to ABI Insurance for saving me hundreds of
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Family, Friends, Business Associates and others, call ABI
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Redcliffe Street. Please feel free to contact us at 484-6429
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Thursday’s Sudoku Solution
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SUDOKU
C R O S S WO R D
Across
1. Student
6. Monicker
10. Yemeni seaport
14. Halt in hostilities
15. “Sounds good!”
16. In __ of
17. Moorehead of “Bewitched”
18. Office aide
20. Splinter group
21. Aardvark morsel
22. Clarinetist Shaw
23. Serf of ancient Sparta
26. Major emergencies
27. Custard-filled pastry
29. Doctor of kiddie lit
31. Woodworking tool
32. Piece of rock concert gear
33. Slight advantage
37. Barnyard layer
38. Ten-spot
41. Free (of)
42. Was in debt
44. Stanley Cup gp.
45. In a breezy manner
47. Try another shade
49. Mounds
50. Flashy Chevy
53. Bicycle part
54. Straighten, as wheels
55. Part of HMS
57. Guys-only party
60. Airline fee
62. Shorthand pro
63. Tiber River capital
64. Word of regret
65. Defense gp. dissolved in
1977
66. Working hard
67. Historical seamstress
68. Ready for war
Down
1. Grade school gps.
2. Do some arm-twisting
3. Joke ending
4. Summer drinks
5. Bandleader Brown of renown
6. What Jack Sprat ate
7. Comparable
8. Soda fountain treat
9. Hurricane center
10. Directive as the judge enters
11. Counts calories
12. Spooky
13. Heats up in a microwave
19. Avis rentals
24. Golf ball positions
25. Disney World city
26. Hostess product
27. Sound rebound
28. Scold, with “out”
29. Pricey fur
30. Runner Down Under
34. Precision marching group
35. Fish feature
36. Breyers rival
39. Kid’s question
40. Gentle
43. Series with Sergeant Friday
46. Oven pan
48. Shore bird
50. “It’s a Wonderful Life” director Frank
51. Distribute
52. Home of basketball’s Heat
53. Use an iron
55. Angelic circle
56. Chapters of history
58. Start a pot
59. The Beach Boys’ “__ Vibrations”
61. Distant
62. Federal retirement org.
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DEAR LADY X HOROSCOPE
I am 42 years old and
a divorced father of two.
Earlier this year, I caused a
fatal drunk driving accident.
Once I came to and realized
what I had done, I accepted responsibility and pled
guilty to my crime. I have
never before been in trouble
with the authorities.
I believe God has forgiven me. I know my extremely supportive family
and friends have also forgiven me. But how do I forgive
myself? I think about it and
cry daily for my victim and
that family. I pray they will
find some comfort that I am
behind bars.
I plan to volunteer and
use my time to help others
as I have done in the past,
once I am free. I also plan
to tell my story to as many
people as will listen to help
stop the senseless act of
driving under the influence.
I can never, and will
never, forget what I have
done. But I know I must
forgive myself in order to
move forward and start
helping others. Any advice
or suggestions you can give
to help me work on forgiveness while I am in here
would be greatly appreciated. -- UNFORGIVEN INMATE
DEAR UNFORGIVEN: Something you can do
while you are incarcerated would be to start a dialogue with the clergyperson
of your faith who ministers
to the prison population.
Because re-entry into the
larger community can be
stressful, if substance abuse
counseling is available, join
a group. It might help you
avoid falling back into old
habits upon your release.
Thursday’s Crossword Solution
ARIES (March 21-April 19).
Prestige is overrated. An overblown sense of importance and
entitlement often leads to poor
choices. The high esteem of
others is ephemeral. Instead,
bring the thing that will promote self-respect.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20).
Don’t take for granted anyone’s character. Look at the
details of the situation in context but also out of context.
The strongest may have weak
moments, and the wisest may
make silly mistakes.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21).
You will make a little magic
for a person who doesn’t wholly believe that magic is real.
This is a gift that gives twice
— once with the magic and
once with the soul-satisfying
hope that it builds.
CANCER (June 22-July 22).
Regardless of your age, you
need nurturing. If no one is
providing it for you, you will
have to provide it for yourself.
Reluctance to do so is unnecessary obstinance. It’s what’s
needed. Be kind to yourself.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). They
are paying attention to what
you say today — maybe too
much attention. If you’re uncertain, it’s best to say very
little until you figure out the
whole story. Your credibility
will be on the line.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22).
There are many kinds of
churches that don’t have to do
with a formal religion. You’ll
find yourself worshiping at
an unexpected shrine. Just remember that some things have
no power except the power you
give them.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23).
Someone you admire is doing a
very cool thing lately and will
provide a way for you to chip
in and be a part of it. You could
use some big-picture thinking to get your mind off of a
few minor details that haven’t
worked out.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21).
The story of your life falls into
chapters, and you’re coming
into a rather enjoyable one.
It’s not here yet, but you will
see the foreshadowing on the
horizon and get glimpses of the
excitement to come.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec.
21). You love someone and
want to help that person. Advice will burble to the top of
your mind, but that may not
be the best way. Right now,
listening is better. The other
person needs to come up with
self-generated solutions.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan.
19). Hard work will take your
mind off of whatever is troubling you, especially if there’s
a physical aspect to it. Plus, it
has the extra benefit of tiring
you out so that you’ll sleep
comfortably tonight.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb.
18). You won’t be able to distill
your feelings into one bottom
line. It’s complicated. A lot of
different answers may feel momentarily right, but the next
moment brings a different socalled “right” answer. That’s
why inaction is favored.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20).
The love and support you give
comes in many different forms.
Today it’s mostly about time,
attention and food. This is
needed more than a financial
contribution.
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Friday 16th January 2015
Bethesda hammer Police 6-2
on home soil on Wednesday
By Vanroy Burnes
Bethesda
Football
team was in a no nonsense
mood on Wednesday
against Police at Bethesda
in the ABFA Second division. Bethesda beat the
lawmen 6 goals to 2 and
it could have been better
reading if Bethesda did
not wasted easy chances.
Striker Orville Christopher put Bethesda ahead
as early as the 5th minute
followed by Calvin Goodwin in the 35th minute
which was the score line
at the half.
On resumption Asron
Floyd had a triple strike in
the 48th, 56 and 66th minute.
However Ajarni Colbourne had a double for
Police in the 55th and 65th
minute. But it was Orville
Christopher who finishes off the lawmen with
his second goal in the
74th minute. The win lifted Bethesda to 20 points
while Police remains on
12 points.
In other matches
played on Wednesday,
Hatton Stars and Young
Lions played to a goalless
draw.
5Ps they beat ABAYA
3 goals to 2. James Azeba scored twice for 5PS
in the 31st and 70th minute
and Anthony Lawrence in
the 8th, while for ABAYA
Alfred Keith scored in the
60th minute and Kelvin
Ferrance in the 78th minute.
The win lifted 5PS to
14 points, while ABAYA
remains on 33 points. Hatton Stars and Young Lions
both move up by a point.
Young Lions to 19 points
and Hatton Stars to 15
points.
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2015 Athletics season opens with
development meet at Yasco on Sunday
By Vanroy Burnes
The Antigua & Barbuda Athletics Association
season with a development meet last Sunday at
the yasco complex. General Secretary of the association Leslie Williams in
a press media release noted that the Athletes we be
attempting to make standards for meets to be held
during the year.
The g=General Secretary said the young
athletes will be aiming
to make standards for the
Carifta Games, The World
Athletics Championships,
the World Youth Athletics Championships and
the OECS Invitational are
some of the year’s event.
The
development
meet of last Sunday’s had
events in the boys under
11 60 metres, boys under
15 100m, boys under 18
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100m, boys under 15 400
and boys under 20 400m.
There were also girls
under 15, 100m girls under 18 100, and girls under 15 400m. In the boys
under 11, 60 meters Sekdi Joseph clock 9.02 seconds, Ajani Daley 9.49,
Jewel Andrew 10.10 and
Daniel Angling 10.10.
In the boys under 15,
100m, Barak Matthew
clock 11.64, Zowandi
Weathered 13.96, Rasheen
Nedd 14.51 and Rashaun
Stewart 15.71. In the boys
under 18 100m, Raphael
McCoy clock 11.46, Sunai Benjamin 11.60, Kobe
Glasford 12.14 and Shakeem Josiah 12.75.
In the Boys under 15,
400m, Harlan James clock
56.91, Rasheen Nedd
68.59, Jahiel Graham
1;18:79 and Kjade Martin
1:29:29, while in the boys
under 20 400m, Khaleyle Lambert clock 50.40,
Romario Wallace 50.90,
Kyan Martin 51,80 and
Alex Stewart 52.40.
Meanwhile in the girls
under 15, 100m, Keniqua
Howell clock 13.62, Bri-
cont’d from pg 20
fingers and still would go out and play
so I think the sole responsibility is on
Christ,” said Sammy.
“If Chris says he is good to go, we
will back him to go out there and give
his best for the team. He is an integral
part of ours setup. When he has that
vibes it’s infectious, it goes around the
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ana Roberts 13.69, Stephanie Joseph 14.51 and Daniella Angling 14.70. In the
girls under 18 100m, Shania Samuel clock 13.78,
D’ Shaunia Lewis 13.85,
Melik Maynard 13.86 and
Annella Hunte 14.78, in
the girls under 15, 400m,
Melik Maynard clock
67.72, Daniella Angling
1:18:23, Alijah Andrew
1:19:07 and Sharkyra
Drew 1:23.05.
The next development
meet is set for Sunday 25th
January again at the Yasco
complex.
dressing room”.
Gayle won the Man-of-the-Series
award for his match-winning performances in the T20 tournament.
The powerful left-hander hit a whirlwind 77 off 31 balls at Newlands and
added an equally dominant 90 off 41
balls in the record-breaking run chase at
the Wanderers.
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Holder leads pumped up Windies
DURBAN, South Africa - West Indies, boosted by a 2-1 victory over
South Africa in the T20
International series, play
the Proteas in the first of
a five match One Day International (ODI) series at
Kingsmead today. Rookie fast bowler
and new captain Jason
Holder is leading a team
going after their first ODI
win on South African soil
in 11 years.
The Caribbean men
have not won an ODI in
South Africa since February 2004, losing their last
six in succession, including all five in Shaun Pollock’s retirement series in
2008.
Holder, 23, says he is
confident and fully prepared to lead, in his first
taste of captaincy at the
international level.
“I would not say it’s a
hard task. Obviously we
know the South African
team is a very good team.
They are ranked highly
and are above us,” said
Holder.
“I see it more as a
challenge and I am one to
embrace challenges and
I think the team sees it
the same way and we are
going to put up our best
fight and we are looking
to compete and win the
series.”
The young Barbadian
has replaced Dwayne Bravo as ODI captain at a crucial time for West Indies
cricket amid controversy
over player selection as
well as ahead of the World
Cup.
“It’s a tough job he is
coming in to…captain of
West Indies in the one-day
team..its always going to
be difficult.. I will always
give good advice where
necessary but I would let
him be him be his own
man..his own captain,”
said Darren Sammy, the
former ODI captain.
“It’s important that he
leads the team the way he
wants. Bring his own style
into the setup…it’s our
duty to make his job much
easier..cause it’s a lot on a
young man. I was put into
that situations and I got a
lot of experience form it
so I would pass on my experience as well”.
West Indies are playing South Africa in their
first ODIs series since
their most recent ODI outing on tour of India was
abandoned under controversial circumstances and
stemming from a pay dispute involving the players, WICB, and the players’ union.
Holder’s men are
heading into the series on
a high following their win
over the host in the T20
series.
West Indies One Day Captain Jason Holder.
Man-of-the-Series
Chris Gayle’s powerful half centuries were
match-winning
performances that gave his side
momentum for four wicket wins in each match.
Much would be expected from him in the
one–day series after he
was rested, as a result of
a chronic back problem, in
the final T20 which West
Indies lost.
“Chris is a guy I know
who played with broken
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