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NATION SHOCKED AT STATE
OF HEALTHCARE UNDER UPP
Friday 23rd January 2015
A n t i g u a
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ST. JOHN’S, Antigua and Barbuda –
The Honourable Molwyn Joseph, Antigua and Barbuda Labour Party Representative for St. Mary’s North and Minister
of Health and the Environment, delivered
a two-hour report during the 2015 Budget Debate on Thursday evening, January 22, 2015, highlighting the deplorable
state of the nation’s healthcare service
and massive corruption under the United
Progressive Party Administration.
The Minister’s presentation was
strengthened by a display of photographs
on the television system in the parliamentary chambers, by reading from a
number of documents, and by detailing
many facts that supported his condemnation of the previous administration.
Pointing to his government’s decision to discontinue the contract of an
overseas based management team for the
country’s lone hospital, the Health Minister asked the members of the new management team assembled in the gallery
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Minister of Health and the Environment, the
Hon., Molwyn Joseph.
to stand, demonstrating his claim that nationals of Antigua and Barbuda possess
the expertise to run a complex hospital,
and that their service saved the hospital
EC $2,000,000 (two million dollars) annually. Minister Molwyn Joseph pointcont’d on pg 2
Top Cop Robinson
takes charge.......pg 4
Rotary District governor visits antigua...pg 5
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ed out that the previous
administration hired a
team from another country, and that team was not
only more costly, but it
changed its management
four times in five years.
Minister Molwyn Joseph also pointed to the
neglect that attended the
Ministry of Health, led by
the former Health Minister. Workers in the Ministry have been working
half-day for more than
three-and-one-half years,
he said. This particular
situation causes “a leveling-down of the culture”.
He said there was no striv-
ing for excellence, but a
settling for no standard at
all.
When Minister Molwyn Joseph presented
photos of the abandoned
clinic at the old Holberton Hospital, members in
both the chamber and gallery gasped in shock. One
large bottle, displayed in
a photo, contained formaldehyde with body parts
from an autopsy; the abandoned remains have been
sailing in the fluid since
2009, when the switch
to Mount St. John took
place, the audience was
told. Other photos were
just as alarming, showing
IN THE HIGH COURT OF
JUSTICE
ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA
A.D. 2015
IN THE HIGH COURT OF
JUSTICE
ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA
A.D. 2015
In the Estate of WILLIAM
EMANUEL ADOLPHUS
ROBERTS, Deceased
In the Estate of WAYNE ORLAN STRANN, Deceased
cont’d from pg 1
NOTICE IS HEREBY
GIVEN that at the expiration
of fourteen (14) days from
the date of this notice, application will be made by LENROY ROBERTS of Bethesda
Village, in the Parish of Saint
Paul in the State of Antigua
and Barbuda to the High
Court of Justice for Grant
of Letters of Administration
of the Estate of WILLIAM
EMANUEL ADOLPHUS
ROBERTS, Deceased, who
died on the 21st day of November, 1999.
NOTICE IS HEREBY
GIVEN that at the expiration of fourteen (14) days
from the date of this notice,
application will be made by
DESEAN FLEMMING of
Swetes Village, in the Parish of Saint Paul in the State
of Antigua and Barbuda to
the High Court of Justice
for Grant of Letters of Administration of the Estate of
WAYNE ORLAN STRANN,
Deceased, who died on the
6th day of September, 2011
Dated:22nd day of January,
2015
Dated:22nd day of January,
2015
BOWEN & BOWEN
Solicitors for the Applicant
BOWEN & BOWEN
Solicitors for the Applicant
a complete state of neglect
and abandonment.
Minister Joseph pointed out that no part of the
Ministry is more wasteful
of government’s resources
than the CBH, especially in garbage collection.
Rationalizing the collection of household garbage
and solid waste has saved
more than $2 million dollars, he said. Many contracts were excessive, he
said, and by starting all
over, the savings have
been enormous. He also detailed gross
wasteful spending at the
incomplete multi-million
dollar car park, sabotage
of equipment at the nation’s hospital, neglect of
the home for the aged and
abandonment of useful
equipment.
The experienced Minister of Government also
told of the successes of the
Ministry of Health since
June 13 2014. The Cancer Center being built will
collaborate closely with
Mount St. John Medical
Center, doing the diagnostic work when the information is garnered from
the testing of patients. The
patients will come from
OECS countries and Antigua.
He said an Ebola protocol has been established
at every phase of the disease, beginning with the
approach when someone
is suspected of having
contracted the disease.
Many of the states in the
region are following the
lead established by Antigua and Barbuda.
To the delight of
members of the House,
the Minister announced
that the current administration is up-to-date
with its payments to the
Medical Benefits Scheme
(MBS). “The UPP has an
appalling record of not
paying obligations while
claiming to have so done,”
the Minister reported. He
showed zero payments in
2004, 2005, 2006, 2009,
2012 and 2013 by the former administration. The
amount owed to MBS
stands at $309 million
dollars—inherited from
the previous administration.
Minister Joseph ended
his oration by reminding
the parliamentarians of
the excellence, which was
once common in Antigua
and Barbuda; the last ten
years, he bemoaned, have
eroded significantly the
high standards which once
governed the nation’s behavior. He congratulated
his fellow parliamentarians for their substantive
presentations, and noted
the excellence which the
Cabinet members display
each week.
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Government stages walk-out at debate
The debate on the 2015
National Budget in the
House of Representatives
came to an abrupt end on
Thursday night following
a walk-out by the members
on the government side of
the House.
The members walked
after as the representative
for All Saints East and St
Luke, Joanne Massiah,
started her contribution
to the debate. As this happened, the Speaker of the
House, Sir Gerald Watt,
was forced to ask her stop
as there was no quorum
and thus no further discussion could be permitted.
A few minutes later,
Prime Minister and member for St John’s City West,
Gaston Browne, returned
to the chamber to suggest
that the meeting be adjourned as there was no
quorum.
Massiah rose to challenge the request for an ad-
journment that led Browne
to charge that she had been
derelict in her duties to her
constituents.
“You missed most of
Tuesday’s session and
again you were absent for
most of today, and you expect us to sit down and wait
until whenever you choose
to appear?
The people elected you
to represent them here, not
to absent yourself from
the parliament,” the Prime
Minister declared.
Massiah
responded
that she had sent in an excuse to the Clerk of Parliament explaining that she
was not well and could not
therefore attend the meeting earlier.
Caribbean
Times
learned that Massiah arrived at the session sometime between 5:30 and
6:00 pm.
One source close to
the parliament said Mas-
siah was trying to manipIt is not clear if Massiah
ulate the process to ensure would be allowed to make
that she speaks last prior her presentation before the
to the winding up by PM wrap up by PM Browne.
Browne.
IN THE HIGH COURT OF
JUSTICE
The source also quesANTIGUA
AND BARBUDA
tioned her excuse as she
A.D. 2015
was quite visible earlier in
the morning on ABS Tele- In the Estate of HERBERT
LEWIS
a.k.a
vision promoting her can- NORMAN
NORMAN LEWIS, Dedidacy for the leadership ceased
of the United Progressive
NOTICE IS HEREBY
Party. According to the GIVEN that at the expirasource being ‘sick’ did not tion of eight (8) days from
prevent her from other me- the date of this notice, application will be made to
dia appearances during the the Probate Registry of the
High Court of Justice, for
day.
Order granting Probate of
When it became clear an
the Last Will and Testament
that there would not be of HERBERT NORMAN
a resumption as the gov- LEWIS a.k.a NORMAN
LEWIS, Deceased, late of
ernment members of the Queens New York, USA,
House were determined to THEOLYNDA LEWIS
to ‘teach’ Massiah a les- JAMES of Codrington, in
Antigua and Barbuda, the
son, the Speaker called the Executor named in the Last
Mace bearer to withdraw Will and Testament of the
who on the died
the mace signaling the end Deceased,
29th day of March, 2014.
of the session for the day.
The meeting is sched- Dated: 22nd day of January,
2015
uled to resume on Friday at BOWEN & BOWEN
Attorney at Law
9:30 in the morning.
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Accused credibility questioned at trial
The jury in the Hazley
Benjamin murder case is
expected to get the case
for consideration as early
as Friday.
Benjamin is accused
of the murder of 46-yearold Daryl “Tim” Davis
of Villa Area. The crown
is accusing Benjamin of
beating to death Davis
who was caught in the
act of breaking into his
business
establishment
on Lower Rowan Henry
Street.
Hazley Benjamin took
to the stand in his own defense yesterday morning.
Under questioning by
his attorney, John Fuller,
Benjamin said he came
upon Davis who he believed was about to rob
his business establishment.
He disclosed that his
business had been robbed
on countless occasions in
the past.
In fact, in one such
robbery, he was wounded
by the intruder. Against
this background, he told
the court that he was fearful when he encountered
the intruder and he had
even called out for help.
He also reported that
Davis was the one who
attacked him and not the
other way around as the
prosecution had claimed.
He stated that they
both struggled and while
Robinson takes charge
The shake-up at the top of the Royal Police Force continues as the new
acting commissioner stamps his control on the organization.
Police boss, Wendell Robinson,
who assumed authority of the force
last Thursday, has instructed his deputy, Henry Christian, to proceed on vacation leave immediately.
Acting Commissioner Robinson
says other changes are coming to the
police force to improve its efficiency
and crime fighting ability.
Two new acting assistant commissioners of police have been named. Superintendent Dane Hodge is one who
has been appointed in that capacity and
is responsible for operations. He will
also act as deputy commissioner in the
absence of Henry Christian.
The other assistant commissioner
is Joseph Hughes, who now assumes
responsibility for administration.
On Tuesday, the acting commissioner met with the rank and file of the
police force when he announced that
several departments are in for shakeups. He called on members of the force
to embrace the changes.
Robinson identifies the Criminal
Investigations Department, Special
Service Unit and the Task Force as areas of concern. The Acting Commissioner continues his charge that crime
fighting is his number one priority
and he wants that message resonated
throughout the entire police department.
Robinson wants changes in the
overall attitudes of the men and women in the force as there are issues with
professionalism, discipline and the interaction between the police and members of the public. For example, he
wants the police to be respectful when
speaking with members of the public.
the intruder was on the
ground, the man reached
into his pocket and fearing that the man had a
weapon, he, Benjamin,
stomped him with his foot
and then beat him with a
piece of wood.
But under cross examination,
Benjamin’s
story started to fall apart
as he was caught several
times contradicting the
statement he gave to police just days after the incident.
Intense and skillful
cross-examination by the
lead attorney, Rylis Adams, led Benjamin to admit that Davis tried to run
away from him. However,
he was able to corner the
intruder and pull him to
the ground.
He also admitted that
he stomped Davis with
his work boots at least
four times on the head.
Additionally, he was
able to get hold of a 1x4
piece of wood and beat
the man until the wood
broke into two. Benjamin was the only witness
called by the defense.
Justice Albert Redhead will summarise the
case to the jury on Friday before asking them to
withdraw and return with
a verdict.
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Rotary International District Governor
visits Antigua & Barbuda and Montserrat
District Governor (DG) Elwin
Atmodimedjo of Rotary International District 7030 (islands of the
Southern Caribbean) accompanied
by his wife Maureene Atmodimedjo
made an official visit to the Rotary Clubs in Antigua and Montserrat
from January 5th – 9th, 2015.
On Monday 5th January, DG
Elwin Atmodimedjo met with the
Board of Directors of Rotary Club
of Antigua and in the evening met
with the Board of Directors of Rotary Club of Antigua Sundown.
On Tuesday 6th January, courtesy calls were made to Prime Minister Gaston Browne and Governor
General Sir Rodney Williams. DG
Elwin Atmodimedjo and his wife
were then taken on a sightseeing
tour of the island.
On Wednesday 7th January DG
Elwin Atmodimedjo journeyed to
Montserrat, where met with Board
of Directors and members of the
Rotary Club of Montserrat, paid a
courtesy call to Premiere Donaldson
Romeo and visited volcanic affected
areas. He returned to Antigua on the
evening of that same day.
During the morning of Thursday
th,
8 accompanied by the Presidents
of both Clubs, he visited projects of
the Rotary Club of Antigua which
included the sewing project at Grays
Farm, TOR Memorial and Piggott’s
Primary Schools libraries and the
computer lab at the GARD Center.
Later that afternoon he visited projects of the Rotary Club of
Antigua Sundown which included
the Antigua & Barbuda Waste Recycling project at Powells and the
eye screening project at Mount St.
John’s Medical Centre.
In the evening DG Elwin Atmodimedjo made his official presentation to the general membership
of both Clubs at a joint meeting of
the Rotary Club of Antigua and the
Rotary Club of Antigua Sundown.
Representatives from the Rotaract
and Interact Clubs in Antigua were
also in attendance at the joint meeting.
At the end of his visit he ex-
Pictured left to right (Lorraine Josiah-President Rotary Club of Antigua, District Governor Elwin Atmodimedjo
(centre) and Kevin Joseph - President
Rotary Club of Antigua Sundown)
pressed……. “sincerest gratitude to
everyone from the Rotary Clubs in
Antigua and Montserrat who have
contributed to our very pleasurable
stay.
“It was a very fruitful trip for
us and I am very happy to see how
many good things you are doing.”
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Race relations in the United States
of America - The struggle continues
The United States of
America’s reflection Monday on the life and work
of the Reverend Dr Martin Luther King Jr came at
a most fortuitous and important time, given recent
events in that country.
Over the past few
months, the United States
-- among the world’s most
democratic countries and
a proud defender of free
speech -- has been rocked
by demonstrations against
the killings of black, un-
armed men by white police officers. The most recent is the revelation that
North Miami Beach cops
were using pictures of actual black teenagers in target practice.
The events are sad realities that America has to
grapple with, as they revive the issue of race relations in a country that has
made significant strides
forward since the Jim
Crow era that spawned the
civil rights movement for
which Dr King became a
pivotal figure.
During last year’s observance of Martin Luther
King Jr Day, we pointed
out in this space that this
iconic Baptist minister
visited Jamaica in June
1965 and spoke at the
University of the West Indies’ graduation ceremony and to the public at the
National Stadium.
Here, in little Jamaica, an independent country for only three years,
Dr King saw the freedom
and racial equality he was
fighting for in the US. So
comfortable was he on that
short visit that he returned
in 1967 and rented a house
where he completed the
manuscript which became
his most important book:
Where Do We Go From
Here?
We believe that Dr
King chose Jamaica, not
only because it provided
an opportunity to reflect
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without distractions, but
because his spirit and vision were inspired by this
independent black country.
This opportunity to
reflect came at a critical
point in the direction of
the civil rights movement
and in Dr King’s own
thinking and vision, which
had broadened from his
domestic concerns to human rights for mankind.
For Dr King had come
to the realisation that
there were commonalities
between the issues in the
United States and the rest
of the world, so too Malcolm X after his trip to Africa. Indeed, Dr King expressed that global vision
of interconnectedness as:
“Injustice anywhere is a
threat to justice everywhere.”
He had come to realise that securing the right
to vote was the means to
legal desegregation but
not necessarily to economic segregation, which
required employment and
education.
We celebrate the life
and achievements of Rev
Dr King, who, through his
commitment to non-vi-
olent protest, helped to
change America for the
better.
And even though Dr
King suffered several periods of imprisonment
and many incidents of violence, he gained the respect of the world with this
defining statement: “The
ultimate measure of a man
is not where he stands in
moments of comfort and
convenience, but where
he stands at times of challenge and controversy.”
As we have pointed
out in this space before,
there is a remarkable
overlap of ideals between
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Jamaica’s first National
Hero Marcus Garvey and
Dr King in regard to the
need for political freedom
to be supported by economic development.
For both men recognised that, while it was
important that the walls
of segregation be demolished, there was also the
need for those who were
marginalised to enjoy
the benefits of economic equality and independence.
One of the best tributes we could pay to both
men is to ensure the preservation of that ideal.
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Professional Career Mixer a great success
You know it’s something different when people start arriving just
after 5 for an event scheduled to begin at 6 p.m. Such was the case on
Wednesday, January 21 at the Lions’
Den where a large number of participants came together for the first
career mixer of the New Year, organized by training and development
consultant, Arlene Timber-Henry.
Company representatives from
the financial and insurance industries, hotels, accounting firms, corporate bodies, small business enterprises, NGO’s and others were on
hand to interact with unemployed
job hunters and prospective career
changers who made up the majority
of those attending.
Several persons even admitted
they had not registered prior to the
event but decided to just show up
and take a chance. They were not
disappointed. Everyone got an opportunity to get reacquainted with
former school mates or old friends,
meet new people and, most importantly, make important networking
connections that might prove useful
in the future.
The informal, social atmosphere
helped to put participants at ease
after the first ‘O-my-God-I-don’tknow-anyone-here’ jitters wore off.
Then it was all about networking;
making introductions, sharing information, offering advice and suggestions, answering questions and
learning as much as possible about
a particular industry, type of job or
potential job candidate.
About mid-way through the
evening, well-known HR Consultant and educator, Celia Roberts
spoke to the gathering on the importance of marketing yourself well
both on paper and in person and
gave several pointers on making the
distinction between ‘getting a job
versus building a career’ which was
followed by a short but lively Q&A
session.
To add even more fun to the
whole affair, attendees got the
chance to vie for a prize donated
by Paperclips. Three volunteers had
one minute each in which to sell
themselves to a prospective employer. Dennicia Richards gave the
best representation of her customer
service skills and other capabilities and won the competition hands
down with 5 seconds to spare.
The Lion’s Club of Antigua deserve special mention for partnering
in this initiative by providing the
venue and audio equipment free of
charge. Words of appreciation are
also in order for Epicurean Fine
Foods and Road Runner Pizza for
donating some of the refreshments.
From all accounts, the mixer
was very well received and persons
are calling for a repeat event later in
the year. Said one attendee: “I was
able to get helpful business ideas
from some individuals and I’m very
glad I came.”
Digicel announces partnership with Rdio
to offer music streaming on smartphones
Kingston, Jamaica Digicel Group today announced a ground breaking service with leading
global music streaming
provider, Rdio, to offer
Digicel customers across
the globe access to over
35 million international
titles – as well as the very
best local and regional
music – all on their own
smartphones.
To mark the launch of
the service, Digicel is giving all customers who purchase a prepaid data plan,
30 minutes of free music
per day, up to a maximum
of 30 days. This offer
will be rolled out across
all markets in the coming
weeks. In addition, the
Rdio app is being tailored
for Digicel customers to
include customised playlists with the very best of
local, regional and inter-
national music.
The free app is available to download from the
Google Play store, the Apple App Store, Windows
Phone Store and online at
www.rdio.com. Customers simply sign up for the
Rdio Free service in the
app using their email address and a password of
their choice. From there,
they can immediately begin to create personalised
stations based on their
favourite artists and music genres. The Rdio Free
service will then suggest
new music based on those
choices and allow customers to share their stations
on social media.
Another unique feature of the Digicel/Rdio
partnership is the special
access to Digicel’s musical Brand Ambassadors
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whose music selections are sure to
attract many fans.
One of these Ambassadors is Jamaican native, Tessanne Chin. Winner of Season 5 of The Voice (as part
of Adam Levine’s team), ‘the song
bird’ is very excited to be connecting to her Digicel fans through Rdio.
“Making music and keeping my
fans happy is at the heart of everything I do. That’s why this partnership between Digicel and Rdio is so
important because it means that for
the first time ever, fans in the Caribbean, Central America and Asia Pacific can follow me, check out what
I’m listening to, hear my new music
first and equally, I can get feedback
from them, know what they like and
what they want more of – all through
the app,” she said.
Digicel Group CEO, Colm
Delves, said; “We are delighted
to be bringing the gift of music to
our 14 million customers across the
globe.
This is a unique partnership
which delivers the widest range of
music – from local artists to international superstars – all through the
app on their own smartphone. And,
to mark the launch, we are offering
all customers who purchase a data
plan, 30 minutes of music per day
for up to 30 days, absolutely free.”
Customers can upgrade from
Rdio Free to the premium, ad-free
Rdio Unlimited service using their
credit card. Priced between US$6
and US$7 per month, the Rdio Unlimited service offers customer ad-
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ditional benefits such as the ability to download music for offline
listening and listen to any track
on-demand. However, in the coming weeks, Digicel customers will
be able to pay for Rdio Unlimited
using their phone credit or monthly
postpaid bill. Commenting on the partnership, Rdio CEO, Anthony Bay, said;
“Launching Rdio in each of these
markets is a huge milestone for the
company. We are excited to bring the
vibrant music of these regions onto
Rdio for the world to hear while also
providing users in each new market
access to international artists. Digicel will be instrumental in shaping
the streaming experience locally
and we look forward to a continued
fruitful partnership with them.”
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New Platform for Closer
Cooperation and Deeper Friendship
Commentary
by
Ambassador Extraordinary
and Plenipotentiary of the
People’s Republic of China
to Antigua and Barbuda
Earlier this month, the
First Ministerial Meeting of
China - CELAC (Community of Latin America and
the Caribbean) Forum has
successfully concluded in
Beijing. Ministers and officials from over 30 countries, including a well represented delegation led by
Hon. Minister Fernandez
from Antigua and Barbuda,
presented the meeting and
outlined the future of the
cooperation between China
and Latin America and the
Caribbean countries in the
coming years.
Chinese President Xi
Jinping attended the opening ceremony and delivered an important speech
entitled “Jointly Writing a
New Chapter of the China-CELAC Comprehensive Cooperative Partnership”. In his speech,
President Xi said that the
Meeting exerts significant
and profound influence on
the pragmatic cooperation
between the two sides. To
further promote the friendship and cooperation between China and CELAC
countries, President Xi put
forward four proposals on
the future development of
the China-CELAC Forum.
First, adhere to the cooperation principle of equal
treatment. Second, adhere
to the cooperation objective
of mutual benefits and winwin results. Third, adhere
to flexible and practical
approaches of cooperation
and carry out various forms
of cooperation through
bilateral and multilateral
channels to achieve mutual
supplementation of advantages. Fourth, adhere to the
open and inclusive spirit of
cooperation and take into
full consideration different
interests and demands of
relevant parties.
The participants entered heated discussion
regarding the future development of the comprehensive relations between
China and CELAC countries and reached broad
political consensus represented by the pass of three
major documents : Beijing
Declaration of the First
Ministerial Meeting of the
China-CELAC
Forum,
the China-Latin American
and Caribbean Countries
Cooperation Plan (20152019) and the Institutional
Arrangements and Operating Rules of China-CELAC Forum. Through the
documents, the two sides
reiterated the commitment
of strengthening China-CELAC comprehensive
cooperative
partnership
featuring equality, mutual
benefit and common development. The convening of
the First Ministerial Meeting marked the translation
of the overall cooperation
from conception into reality, it is indeed a milestone
of China - CELAC friendship.
China and CELAC
member states are all developing countries. We are
facing common tasks of
development, sharing same
views on global multipolarization and democracy
in international affairs. We
both strive to realize economic development and
promote the living standard
of our peoples. We all have
the same needs of a stable
and cooperative international and regional environment. These similarities
formed a firm foundation of
our cooperation.
The establishment of
China and CELAC Forum
is the result of joint efforts
of all members and represents the shared willingness of our peoples. Since
2013, President Xi has paid
two visits to Latin America
and the Caribbean region
and reached wide consensuses with regional leaders
regarding the development
of the transpacific relations.
in January 2014, CELAC
adopted a Special Declaration on the Establishment of
the China-CELAC Forum
at the summit held in Cuba,
which expressed the positive attitude of all member
countries. Last July, during
his visit to the region, President Xi had a historic meeting with CELAC leaders
in Brasilia. They decided
to launch the China-CELAC Forum and hold its first
ministerial meeting as soon
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as possible.
The theme of the First Ministerial Meeting is “New Platform, New
Starting Point, New Opportunity –
Joint Efforts to Promote China-Latin
America and the Caribbean Partnership of Comprehensive Cooperation”.
Common development is the core
of our cooperation. In President Xi’s
speech, he mentioned that China’s
economic development has entered a
stage of New Normal and will maintain moderate-to-rapid growth in a period from now on.
This will provide other countries
in the world including Latin American and Caribbean states with more
opportunities in terms of market,
growth, investment and cooperation.
We will make joint efforts to achieve
the goal of raising the trade volume
between China and the CELAC to
500 billion USD and China’s stock
of direct investment stock in the Latin American region to 250 billion
USD within the next ten years. With
the conclusion of the First Ministerial Meeting, the two sides are now
standing on a grand new platform of
development. The future of our cooperation has never been so bright.
Antigua and Barbuda is one of
the most important partners of China
in the Caribbean region. With rapid
development of our bilateral relations, the two sides enjoyed deepened
mutual political trust, advanced pragmatic cooperation and strengthened
coordination on international issues in
recent years.
Within 1 month of inauguration,
Prime Minister Gaston Browne, as
the Chairman of CARICOM, attended the Meeting of China - CELAC
Leaders and the Meeting of President
Xi and Leaders of the CELAC Quar-
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tet in Brasilia. In August 2014, Prime
Minister Browne paid an official
visit to China and met with Chinese
President Xi Jinping and Premier
Li Keqiang. During these meetings,
leaders from both countries has laid
out new blue print for the future development of China - Antigua and
Barbuda relations.
Currently, we are cooperating in
such fields as infrastructure, education, culture and sports. With the new
development of China - CELAC relations, we will move on to explore new
cooperation areas such as renewable
energy, health and wellness, agriculture and tourism to facilitate the development of Antigua and Barbuda.
By China’s accumulated experience, we understand that there is no
short cut in development. Genuine
development could only be realized
through hard work and persistent efforts. We also believe that there is no
universal solution for developmental
problems.
Each country have to choose their
own path on development that fit in
well with their particularities. China
has been walking down this road for
decades and I am proud to say that we
finally found our development path,
which tailored to our unique situation
and saw the uplifting of hundreds of
millions of ordinary Chinese people
from poverty.
It is the spirit reflected from our
journey of development that defines
our main purpose of cooperation with
Antigua and Barbuda which is to assist local people in capacity building
and realize self-development. We will
work closely with all Latin America
and Caribbean countries, especially
Antigua and Barbuda, to share our
experience of development and we
welcome anyone who are interested
in seize the opportunity of China’s
economic boom together with us.
Nowadays, all countries on this
planet are closely connected. The
time of “Zero Sum Game” is over and
the new era of common development
has already arrived. Both China and
Antigua and Barbuda’s development
is heavily relied upon a stable and
open international and regional environment.
Through the establishment of
China - CELAC Forum, the promotion of comprehensive cooperation
and the building of China - Latin
America and the Caribbean Community of shared destiny, there will
be enormous opportunities to be presented to each and every country in
the region. And consequently, we will
witness the realization of the effect of
“1 plus 1 becomes greater than 2”.
In the Throne Speech made by
H.E. Sir Rodney Williams, he concluded that “The path ahead is sure to
be filled with economic opportunities
and the creation of new wealth. Every
citizen and resident of Antigua and
Barbuda will have the opportunity to
improve his or her life chances, and
to make the personal future of his and
her family better than it ever was.”
The concept of realizing personal
prosperity through the overall development of the nation is coincide with
the Chinese Dream of fully building
a moderately prosperous society and
achieving great rejuvenation of the
Chinese nation. It is my sincere hope
that our two nations could build a
bridge across the Pacific ocean that
parted us, seize this historical opportunity of China - Latin America and
the Caribbean cooperation and realize
the dreams of development and nation building with hands holds firmly
together.
Friday 23rd January 2015
Teeth grinding, also
known as bruxism, is a
very real problem for many
dental patients. It involves
grinding the teeth together, consciously or unconsciously either when awake
or asleep. Many doctors
feel that it is caused by
stress or anxiety, and that it
may cause medical as well
as dental problems because
of the stress it puts on related structures in the head,
near the teeth.
Some other causes of
bruxism may be an aggressive personality, suppressed
anger or frustration, or abnormal alignment of teeth.
Working and sleeping irregular hours, consuming
high levels of caffeine or
alcohol, smoking, disorders
such as Parkinson’s or Huntington’s Diseases, malocclusion, and even Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
may contribute to grinding
teeth. There are also studies
being conducted looking
into the possibilities that anti-depression drugs, along
with other psychiatric medications, may be causations
of bruxism. Many medical
doctors already suspect this
to be the case.
Teeth grinding can
wear down the enamel and
protective surfaces of the
teeth, as well as damage
restorations such as fillings
or crowns. Teeth may become loose in their sockets,
and it may cause bone dam-
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Teeth Grinding
age in the jaw. If not treated
early the teeth may fracture
and may need extensive
treatment to restore.
Other medical and
dental problems such as
earaches, migraines, headaches, gum recession (gum
shrinkage around teeth),
neck pain, sore or painful
jaw, or tinnitus may result
from this malady.
So how do we treat
bruxism? Since the causes
may vary, the treatments
may vary as well. The solution may be as simple as
prescribing a Nightguard
shield, which is a plastic
barrier made from a mold
of a patient’s teeth that fits
perfectly over them and
protects them from grinding during sleep.
Dietary and nutrition
changes may be recom-
mended, along with relaxation and facial massage
therapies. We may refer
patients to other health professionals with expertise in
behavior modification, to
help the patient change the
things in his or her lifestyle
that are causing the problem.
In extreme cases, we
may refer patients to a psychologist or psychiatrist to
help with the stress, anxiety, repressed emotions
or other factors leading to
their bruxism.
Whatever the causation,
we can help with finding
solutions, along with repairing the damage that
teeth grinding can cause.
If you suspect you may
have this problem, please
let us know, and we will do
everything we can to help
you overcome this annoying and health-threatening
problem.
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Does Caribbean Integration have practical
value? Astute reflections of Owen Arthur
There is no doubt
about the passion of Owen
Arthur, one of the Caribbean’s foremost economists and thinkers, for the
economic integration of
the Region.
As the Prime Minister of Barbados and the
member of the Bureau of
Heads of Government of
the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) responsible for the Caribbean Single Market and Economy
(CSME) for 13 years, Arthur worked tirelessly. Regardless of which
side of the divide anyone stands, it would be
churlish not to admit the
contribution that he made
to understanding the imperatives of regional integration and the robust intellectual arguments that
underpin it.
Therefore, it is stimulating that he returned to
the fray at the Institute of
International Relations at
the St Augustine Campus
of the University of the
West Indies on January 19
with a robust, hard-hitting
analysis of the present
conditions in which CARICOM finds itself. He said it is “beyond
dispute” that these conditions are “more dire” than
in 1989 “in every respect”.
1989 is the year in
which the then Prime
Minister of Trinidad and
Tobago, A N R Robinson, had written to Heads
of Government in great
alarm and concern to say
that unless something was
done to address the situation, “the Caribbean could
be in danger of becoming a backwater, separated from the main current
of human advance in the
twenty first century”.
What arose from A
N R Robinson’s urgings
was the West Indian Commission, chaired by Sir
Shridath Ramphal and
including economists of
the high caliber of Sir Alister Mcintyre, to produce
a peoples-based blueprint
for the future of CARICOM. One of the Commission’s strong recommendations was deeper integration and the creation of
the CSME.
Arthur did not mince
his words in the analysis of where CARICOM
countries are today. “The
stage has been reached”,
he said “where the sheer
magnitude of the economic problems that require
immediate and far reach-
By Sir Ronald Sanders
ing response raise disturbing doubts about the
capacity of CARICOM
countries to function as
viable economies”. Only
those with their heads in
the sand would doubt him. The majority of CARICOM countries are lumbered with high debtto-GDP ratios; extreme
difficulty raising anything
but expensive and onerous
loans on the international
capital market; poor terms
of trade; budget and balance of trade deficits; high
costs of food imports;
and a lack of capacity to
defend themselves from
drug traffickers.
Arthur makes two
other points that are not
new. Other commentators
have identified them before. But the fact that he
has now made them adds
gravitas and urgency. He says: “In many instances, there are no apparent or articulated domestic solutions that can
suffice. Compounding this
is the fact that there are no
regional mechanisms that
countries can look at, in
this time of grave crisis,
to provide effective solutions to economic problems which require immediate and far reaching
responses”.
In a devastating portrayal of the integration
movement, he slams it as
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“functioning virtually as the fifth
wheel to a coach”, and concludes
that “it exists, but it is of very little
practical value”. In truth, ever since the CARICOM Heads of Government made
a decision to put the movement towards the CSME on “pause”, nothing much has happened to strengthen or utilize regional machinery to
address the problems that individual
governments cannot handle alone in
any effective way.
If anything, the institutions of
the regional movement have been
weakened as nationalist solutions
alone are trumpeted even in the face
of inadequacy.
To be sure, not all CARICOM
Heads of Government agreed with
this development. Some of them,
such as St Vincent’s Ralph Gonsalves, made their disagreement
known publicly but parochialism
won the day.
Arthur gave some telling examples of the debilitating conditions
that now confront CARICOM. They
are worth recounting here:
· the Caribbean’s share of
the world’s exports have declined
from 0.5% in 1980 to 0.2%.
· the region’s integration
into the global economy has been
much slower than countries which
have not enjoyed preferential access to some of the main markets of the world.
· over the past five years
many Caribbean countries have lost
market share in their principal service export sectors.
· concerning the ease of
doing business, the region figures
poorly on virtually all indices and
none register in the top 50 countries
globally.
A further telling statistic is the
Caribbean’s own self-dislike. In
2008 alone, 18,000 work permits
were issued by Caribbean countries,
of which over 85% were issued to
persons who were not nationals of
the region. Arthur reveals that “the brutal
truth is that the Caribbean economy
in any given year grants ten times
more work permits to foreigners,
than it grants skill certificates to its
own nationals”. Yet, the aspect of the CSME to
which some politicians and other
vested interests have objected most
is freedom of movement that is integral to the success of all.
Arthur points out that “there is
no evidence to show that the movement of persons outside the categories provided for in the Revised
Treaty has had any negative on the
functioning of the societies as alleged”.
He takes time to explain that
“the creation of a Single Market
was to take the form of removal of
all of the constraints on the movement within the region of goods,
services, labour, capital and the creation of enterprises over centuries”. It was never meant, as its detractors claimed, to replace local autonomy with a regional supranational authority that would set policy
which always would have remained
with governments operating collectively. Arthur did not say that the time
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has come for majority decisions of
Heads of Government to be implemented even in the face of objections by one or two governments. But for too long the progress of the
region as a whole has been held to
ransom by the narrow interests of a
small number.
He did admit that “it was a strategic mistake not to develop the
Regional Negotiating Machinery
(RNM) into a Supranational Authority, working with a Prime Ministerial Group to manage CARICOM’s
trade relations and negotiations”. The RNM, renamed the Office
of Trade Negotiations, is now a
shadow of its former self. Yet, as
Arthur convincingly emphasizes,
“it is inconceivable that Caribbean economies will ever effectively
succeed in developing their export
capabilities if they remain unwilling
to join the rest of the world in entering new trade pacts that are compatible with international trade law”. As it is, the CARICOM has the
lowest participation with other regional trade groupings, accounting
for only 2%. To make connections
in a beneficial way CARICOM
countries need a single, well-resourced supranational trade negotiating authority.
Arthur’s presentation should
be read by all – decision-makers
and the general Caribbean public in
whose name decisions are made. It displays the thinking of an intellectual, once at the full face of the
Caribbean development furnace,
who has had the time to think deeply on the serious challenges now
confronting CARICOM countries.
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Kiwanis Club of St. John’s Antigua jo
Around the globe,
some 600,000 Kiwanians took time out particularly this week to join
in the celebration of 100
years of service. Kiwanis began in Detroit, Michigan in January
1915 and has now spread
to some 94 nations around
the world. There are thousands of Kiwanis clubs
which fall beneath the umbrella of Kiwanis International , the parent body.
In Antigua, the Kiwanis Club of St. John’s
Antigua took time our to
celebrate through the execution of service projects,
church attendance and a
big birthday cocktail celebration at the home of
charter member, Griffith
Joseph
Projects undertaken
were:.
Creation of gardens
using tires at The Little
Footprints Pre-school on
Old Parham Road.
The
breaking
of
ground for a bus shelter
on All Saints Road in the
vicinity of St. Peter’s Primary and Grays Crescent
Primary.
Planting of trees at
Sunnyside Tutorial School The following pictures
give a taste of some of the
activities.
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oins Global Celebration of 100 years
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Caribbean Airlines assisting with FAA probe
following near collision with JetBlue plane
NEW YORK, United States,
CMC – The Trinidad-based Caribbean Airlines (CAL) says it is
“working with industry authorities”
investigating a near collision Saturday involving one of its aircraft and
a fully loaded Jetblue plane at the
John F. Kennedy (JFK) International
Airport.
The United States Federal Aviation Authority (FAA) has started a
probe into the incident and in a statement posted on its website CAL said
it is committed to the safety and security of all passengers.
“We are concerned to hear of an
alleged incident highlighted on internet news sites regarding JetBlue
1295, and BW flight 526 on Saturday night (17th January) at JFK airport, New York.
“Caribbean Airlines takes allegations of this type very seriously,
and is committed to working with
the industry authorities to investigate all the facts. We are in the process of investigating and compiling
the facts surrounding this allegation
in cooperation with all Regulator
agencies.”
CAL said in the interim, it is
“complying with all incident management procedures included within
its Safety Management System and
adjunct regulations”.
One television station reported
that having been given a clearance,
a passenger-packed JetBlue flight
1295 headed full throttle down the
airport’s runway, but, at about the
same time, CAL Flight 526 had just
landed.
The television station said Air
Traffic Control gave CAL instruc-
tions to hold short, meaning to stop
before crossing the active runway,
but the CAL pilot never answered
because ?he was on the wrong frequency and never heard tower instructions to stop, nor repeated calls
from the tower.
“Flight 526 rolled across the
runway as the JetBlue plane neared
take-off speeds,” WABC TV reported adding that “fortunately, the
JetBlue pilots saw the other plane
crossing in the night and slammed
on their brakes”.
The FAA said the planes never
came within 2,800 feet of each other.
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Canada’s most wanted list includes
former Jamaican policeman
TORONTO, Canada, CMC
- A former Jamaican policeman
has been included on the list of
eight most wanted suspects being sought by the Toronto Police Fugitive Squad.
The police believe that Peter Silvera who is wanted in Jamaica in connection with two
deaths in 2004, fled to Canada,
where he is in hiding.
The Squad says another fugitive, Gifton Cousins, is wanted for homicide in New York
and has ties to Toronto and Ja-
maica.
The Toronto Police Fugitive Squad has eight investigators currently working on
close to 1,000 active files from
across Canada and around the
world.
A spokesman said the
squad normally does not publicize its targets, preferring the
element of surprise.
However, the trails of the
suspects on the list have gone
cold and police are appealing
to the public for information.
Peter Silvera
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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.
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All members of the Antigua and Barbuda Ex-Servicemen
Association are notified that, the next General meeting will
be held on Saturday 7 February at 3 pm, both meetings will
be held at the Association`s Headquarters on Prime Minister`s Drive. Please be on time or notify the Secretary on
561-1062 of any apologies.
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
All Pest Control Operators are invited to a very important
meeting to be held at the Ministry of Agriculture Headquarters
Conference Room on Monday 26th January 2015 at 10 a.m.
Matters to be discussed will focus on the Pesticides and Toxic
Chemicals (Registration, Licensing and Permit) Regulations,
2013 as it relates to the operation and management of pest
control operators in Antigua and Barbuda. All Pest Control
Operators are asked to make an extra special effort to attend
this meeting. For further information, please call 562-2776.
The Emergency Medical Services EMS wishes to inform the
general public that training is available in the following, Basic Life Support BLS, Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation CPR,
and First Aid. For further details please visit the office on
Factory Road, west of the University of the West Indies open
campus or call 562-2434.
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Thursday’s Sudoku Solution
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SUDOKU
C R O S S WO R D
Across
1. They may be seen on the
range
8. Bronchus connector
15. Troop formation
16. Prepare for a new job
17. Shy away
19. Day beginning
20. Suit in a Spanish deck
21. Name on some compacts
22. 900+, for Adam and
Noah
25. Sort of asst.
28. Like the ancient Phoenicians
32. Low point
34. Mil. award
35. Son of Rebekah
36. ‘’The Taking of Pelham
One Two Three’’ actor
38. Cornwall Beach sights
40. Colorful fish
41. Long hit: Abbr.
43. Scrutinize impertinently
44. Number
47. Importune
48. Salmon selection
50. Vatican headgear
53. Where Capitol Reef is
54. Hungarian hero
58. Holes
61. Where buffalo roam
62. French form of Stephen
63. Make use of centrifugal
force
64. Busta Rhymes, for one
Down
1. Objectives of some night
students: Abbr.
2. It means ‘’height’’
3. Pretended
4. Angkor Wat vis-à-vis the
Khmer Empire
5. Biblical judge
6. __ refrigeration (air conditioning unit)
7. Boring events
8. Infringement
9. Phone-bk. letters
10. Aegis carrier
11. Researcher’s help
12. ‘’My Funny Valentine’’
lyricist
13. German article
14. Faulkner character
18. Advanced cautiously
23. Creep
24. Entangled
25. Greek for ‘’vapor’’
26. Decorative touch
27. Smith’s material
29. Grenoble’s river
30. Grammy Award org.
31. Outbursts
33. ‘’I was stuck!’’
37. Omnipresence
39. MSNBC offering
42. Crude ones
45. Tried to see better
46. Less chaotic
49. Trig symbol
50. Mexican kin
51. __ to one’s ears
52. Drama beginning
55. Nonstandard contraction
56. Nick Cassavetes’ mom
57. Nieuwpoort’s river
59. Byelorussian __
60. Cut off
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DEAR LADY X HOROSCOPE
A good friend and I
are having a disagreement.
My 17-year-old son has
a 16-year-old girlfriend.
I know they are sexually
active.
I spoke to my son and
asked if she’s on the pill.
He said her mom refuses to put her on the pill.
I gave my son $10, had a
long talk about unwanted
pregnancy, and told him to
buy a box of condoms every few weeks and bring
me the receipt so I know
the money is being spent
on condoms.
My problem is, my
friend disagrees with me
about what I did. She accused me of encouraging
them. If I had a daughter,
I’d buy the pill for her, so
why not pay for condoms
for my son? Who is right
and who is wrong here? -MISSOURI MOM
DEAR
MISSOURI
MOM: The girl’s mother
may think that by not providing her sexually active
daughter with birth control, she is discouraging
her from having sex.
Clearly that hasn’t
happened. Of course you
are right to make sure
your son doesn’t impregnate his girlfriend. Neither
one of them is ready for
the financial and emotional responsibility of a child.
Something I’m unclear about is why your
friend is trying to guilt you
out of it, when she should
be minding her own business. Please tell her I said
so.
Thursday’s Crossword Solution
ARIES (March 21-April 19).
Even people you know very
well have a way of surprising
you, if only because you can’t
quite read what they are thinking now. Maybe it’s better not
to know. Anyway, it’s worth it
to get comfortable not knowing.
ready and go for it.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20).
Falling stars can’t fall forever. Eventually, they burn out.
Something in your life feels
like a falling star right now,
and it’s as exhilarating as it
is frightening. Take as much
pleasure in it as you can while
it lasts.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21).
Stop thinking you have to do
better to have a valid contribution. You’ve done your homework, and you know what
you’re talking about. Your best
is good enough. The more you
believe it the more other people will.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21).
You’re so nice that it sometimes shocks you to realize that
being nice isn’t the default for
many people. Don’t let that
bother you today. Keep doing
what you do, because you’re
setting a bar.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22Dec. 21). The question is: Do
your activities mesh with your
goals and values? Lately, not
so much, but all of that can
change. Don’t worry; you can
still have the same friends. Just
temper the relationships with
more personal time.
CANCER (June 22-July 22).
You admire people who can let
go, and you have compassion
for the ones who let go a little
too far. Being able to navigate
the level is a talent. You can
help others with this now.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). You
make it rather easy to keep
up with you, which is why so
many people will. Your detailed instructions help, as do
your enticements. This is not
premeditated; you naturally
gravitate to telling people the
benefits they will experience.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22).
You don’t like to show off,
but people need to know what
skills you have, or else they
won’t know to call on you
when those skills are needed.
If you think you’re not quite
ready, pretend that you are
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). Pay
attention to the bottom line.
Seek the data. Someone is doing a dance of distraction in
front of you — a sure sign that
you need to look deeper into
what’s really going on.
CAPRICORN
(Dec.
22Jan. 19). You wouldn’t have
thought that the inner workings
of your lifestyle would be of
so much interest to others, but
they are. The real question becomes: How much about your
life do you want to share?
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb.
18). You cannot underestimate
the power of acknowledgment,
especially the way you do it.
You have a gift for making
people feel important, probably because you really know
that they are.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20).
You are happy doing many
things alone, but there are certain solitary activities that trigger a profound feeling of loneliness in you. You have people
to talk to. Reach out to them.
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Chanderpaul bats Guyana into final
PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad &
Tobago – Shiv Chanderpaul showed
he still has plenty to offer in limited-overs cricket by striking an unbeaten 98 to guide Guyana into
the Nagico Super50 final with a
six-wicket win over Jamaica in Portof-Spain.
Guyana will face the winner of
Friday’s second semi-final between
Trinidad & Tobago and Combined
Campuses & Colleges.
Chanderpaul opened Guyana’s
chase in pursuit of Jamaica’s 188 for
9 and displayed his array of typical
nudges and nurdles to graft his way
to a half-century off 91 balls. H
e hit four boundaries along the
way, the only ones for Guyana as the
run rate hung below three per over
through 31 overs.
The left-hander had been doing
most of the work himself as he struggled to find a steady partner. Just a
few balls after Chanderpaul brought
up his fifty, Guyana allrounder John
Campbell struck for the third time,
bowling Christopher Barnwell for
6, to make the score 90 for 4 in the
32nd.
Royston Crandon came to the
crease and teamed with Chanderpaul
to take Guyana the rest of the way.
The pair produced an unbroken 99run stand as Crandon struck three
fours and a six in his 45 off 51 balls
to help ease some of the pressure off
Chanderpaul.
Chanderpaul eventually chipped
a two to mid off for the winning runs
with 11 balls to spare, ending two
short of a deserved century off 142
balls.
The victory was achieved after
Guyana had won the toss and sent
Jamaica in to bat. Jamaica got off to
a confident start, reaching 51 without
loss at the start of the 16th over before the wheels came off in spectacular fashion.
Steven Jacobs trapped Campbell
on the back leg for 21 his opening
partner Nkrumah Bonner was done
in by the new batsman Jermaine
Blackwood and was run out for 24
by Chanderpaul fielding in the covers. (ESPNcricinfo)
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Empire back in the Premier
Division for the 2015/16 season
By Vanroy Burnes
The most successful team in the
Antigua & Barbuda Premier division competition Cool & Smooth
Empire who is the pride and joy of
the Grays farm people will be returning to the Premier division after
a long absence.
The 13 times former Premier
division champions has move at an
unassailable 43 points from their 21
matches played so and with only one
to play. In their most recent match
played on Tuesday, the empire team
won 3 goals to nil against Liberta at
King George.
Playing in front of a very large
crowd, Empire had goals from Cassiano Samuel in the 15th minute,
Rodney Lawrence in the 21st minute
and Neike Watkins in the 48th minute. Empire had played 21 matches,
won 12, drawn 7, loss 2, they scored
39 goals and had 18 against with a
goal difference of 21.
The Football pundits said that
the ABFA is smiling all over since
23 January 2015
Empire is a crowd puller and the
attendance at the gates will surly
increase next season. Empire is followed by another team in that area
Hill Top with 37 points from their
20 matches.
In the other matches played on
Tuesday , Second from bottom in
the 12 teams standings Celtics beat
Glanville’s by a goal to nil, Sharry
Galloway scored the lone goal in
the 26th minute to carry Celtics to 19
points from their 21 matches.
Seven Seas/ Natural Construction All Saints United beat Sani- Pro
Bullets 2 goals to 1 at Mock Pond in
All Saints.
Asthon Cyrillin by an own goal
put All Saints ahead in the 26th minute while Anjis Anthony scored the
other goal for All Saints United in
the 70th minute, while Bullets goal
came from Alickson Montoute in
the 52nd minute.
The win lifted All Saints United
to 31 points from 20 matches, while
Bullets remains on 36 points from
Until 24 January 2015
21 matches and in the third position. In the second division action
on Tuesday, Young Warriors beat
Black Panthers 3 goals to 1. Ajani Thomas scored twice for Young
Warriors in the 66th and 72nd minute,
while Patrick Valentine also scored
in the same minute. Azani Edwards
scored in the 59th minute.
In Second division matches played on Wednesday, Zone A
Leaders Harney Motors Tryum beat
Bolans 2 goals to nil. Mark Richards and Leon Moses Jr. scored a
goal each in the 39th and 66th minute
respectively. Bethesda beat Bargain
Center Bendals also 2 goals to nil.
Orson Floyd and Tamorie Christian
scored a goal each in the 7th and 61st
minute.
Villa Lions they also beat Herbert’s F.C 2 goals to nil Piggott’s
to move to 49 points the same as
Tryum but played a game less,
However Tryum have a superior
Goal difference of 62, while Villa
Lions goal difference is 45.
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Friday 23rd January 2015
Big Banana named 2014 Business
League Football Champions
By Vanroy Burnes
Big Banana has captured the Ministry of Sports,
Cool & Smooth Sponsored
Business League football
Knock out Championship
title.
The men in the Black
& White Uniforms have
to starved off three teams
National Parks, Public
Works Stars and last year’
s League Champions
A.S. Bryden at Yasco on
Wednesday night.
In the first match of
the night, A.S. Bryden beat
C.S.R. Launchers two goal
to nil with goals coming
from N. Malone and T.
Jones.
In the other match,
Big Banana beat National Parks also two goals to
nil with goals coming from
Leighton Gordon and Andre Nicholas. However
both A.S.Bryden and Big
Banana were place in a bag
for the right to play PWD
Stars who had already gotten a bye to the Semi-finals.
However it was Big
Banana who had to face
off with PWD Stars in the
second semi-finals while
A.S. Bryden got the bye to
the final. Big Banana won
2 goals to nil.
In the championships
decider between Big Banana and A.S. Bryden it
was Big Banana who prevailed with a one nil victory.
The Knock Out com-
petition brought the curtain down on the Business
League 2014/2015 season
as the teams looks forward
for the Presentation and
awards ceremony this Saturday night at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium starting at 7.30 pm.
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