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Tuesday 25th March 2014                   A n t i g u a   a n d   B a r b u d a             Vol.1    No.41        $2.00

                                                                                              Officer Questioned in
                                                                                               Teen’s Murder ........
                                                                                                       Pg 2

                                                                                                 Top Cop Sends
                            Top Half Breeds Fresh Milk, Better Moments and Bling in
                           Action at Cassada Gardens Race Track. See story on pg 23
                                                                                                Warning ........Pg 3
A Aisha Caleb
         One of the vic-       was one of five occupants      3, 5 and 9, along with the
tims of Sunday evening’s       in a motor vehicle being       driver, were treated and
vehicular accident in          driven by Andre Wahl.          released from hospital.
Five Islands, just past                Sources     stated             Reports are that
the Bruce’s Nightclub,         that the youth sustained       the vehicle swerved off
remains unconscious and        injuries to his head and       the road and ended up
in critical condition at the   lungs as a result of the       striking two utility poles;           Browne tells PM
Mount St John’s Medical        accident. 			                  the cause of the accident             Invite Observers
Centre (MSJMC).                        The other occu-        is yet to be ascertained.                  .....Pg 2
         The 11-year-old       pants of the vehicle, ages
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Police Officer Questioned                                                                       took some time for the Mil-
                                                                                                lett’s body to be identified,

     in Teen’s Murder
         Charges may be         mer student of the Bethes-      toll free tip line with any
                                                                                                due to the body’s advanced
                                                                                                state of decomposition. An
                                                                                                initial suggestion by inves-
pending against a police        da Primary School. Prior        information leading to the      tigators was that the body
officer within the Royal        to the discovery of the al-     child’s whereabouts. How-       was of an adult female.
Police Force of Antigua         ready decomposing body,         ever, and even with up to                There was also
and Barbuda in relation         which was nude and cov-         US $2,000 being offered         some discrepancy after
to the 2012 murder of           ered with bruises, it was       for any tips, there were no     the body was found, as an
13-year-old Anisha Millett      reported that the teenager      reports.                        autopsy and toxicology
whose lifeless body was         had run away from home in                While      rumours     tests failed to determine
found on the shoreline of a     June, several weeks before      have, since the child’s de-     the cause of Millette’s
beach near Devil’s Bridge       with claims by members of       mise, surfaced about the        death. Although she was
on July 7th, 2012. The of-      the populace that she was       lawman’s linkage to the         found near water, no for-
ficer is being questioned       spotted several times at        investigations, this was not    eign objects were found
about the child’s death;        different places around the     made official until Mon-        in her lungs thereby ruling
this is the second time he      island.                         day’s announcement. The         out drowning as a possible
has been hauled in before               This prompted the       police did state that they      cause of death. The post
his peers in relation to the    local Crime Stoppers Unit       were, at the time of her dis-   mortem did however re-
same incident.                  to begin making appeals to      covery, treating the case as    veal that several of her ribs
         Millett was a for-     the populace to call into the   “suspicious”. However, it       were broken.

   ABLP Leader, Gaston Browne,
Repeats Calls for Monitoring Elections
        Leader of the An-       ther asked, why is Prime        serted that “if Antiguans       tire campaign,” said Gaston
tigua & Barbuda Labour          Minister Spencer “stoking       and Barbudans are angry,        Browne.
Party (ABLP), the Honour-       the flames in the already       it is only because Spencer              Not shying away
able Gaston Browne, reiter-     tense situation; one that he    and the UPP have left this      from calling for the imme-
ated on Monday that Prime       has created himself?” Ad-       country in an economic cri-     diate announcement on the
Minister Baldwin Spencer        ditionally,Browne was ad-       sis and continue to deprive     general elections, Gaston
is creating public outrage      amant that “we, the ABLP        them of an opportunity to       Browne challenged Bald-
over delaying the elections     members, have been very         express themselves at the       win Spencer “to show the
and, therefore, is calling on   clear that we do not con-       polls.”Moreover, “we need       courage of his convictions;
the international commu-        done violence of any kind.      elections immediately, but      and if he is so concerned
nity to monitor the entire      We want free, fair and safe     we need them to be honest,      about the management of
campaign and election pro-      elections so that the voters    open and orderly. That is       these elections, then the
cess.                           of this country can choose a    why I call on Mr. Spencer       Prime Minister “should
        Gaston       Browne     different path.”                to join me in calling on civ-   stand with us,” a growing
chided that it is Prime                  Maintaining that       il society and the interna-     majority of citizens and
Minister Spencer’s words        “it is Mr. Spencer, him-        tional community to help        residents, “in having trans-
which “have gone from           self, who has a history of      monitor these elections, not    parency and welcome the
empty and self-serving to       inciting violence among         just on Election Day, but       international community to
dangerous.” Browne fur-         the people, Browne as-          over the course of the en-      observe the elections.”
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PRESS RELEASE                                             Still At Large
The Royal Police Force of Antigua & Barbuda Office
of Strategic Communications, yesterday at approx-
imately 3:00 pm, issued a press release dated 24th
March 2014, advising the following:                                           The Police and the
                                                                              Prison     Authorities
In accordance with the powers vested in the Com-                              are appealing to any-
missioner of Police under the Public Order Act,
Chapter 357 of the Revised Edition of the Laws of
                                                                              one with informa-
Antigua and Barbuda and having regards to the                                 tion concerning the
preservation of Public Order and Public Safety, all                           whereabouts of this
political parties, prospective candidates, non-gov-                           inmate, to contact
ernment organisations and constituencies in Anti-
gua and Barbuda, who intends to host future mo-                               the nearest police
torcades and or whistle stops within Antigua and                              station or Her Maj-
Barbuda, please be advised that with effect from                              esty’s Prison at 462-
Monday 24th March 2014, the Commissioner of
Police, shall only authorise or permit the hosting
                                                                              1300\462-0500.
of only one (1) motorcade or whistle stop, at any
given time within Antigua and Barbuda. Please               Gordon Sheppard
take note and govern yourselves accordingly.
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Unacceptable                                                  their supplies as there
                                                              was no directive given
                                                              prior, that they could not
                                                                                             Browne stated adamantly
                                                                                             that the ABLP will resist
                                                                                             this practice.
A Aisha Caleb                  of the various government      use posters on the posts,              “I understand that
         The Antigua Pub-      agencies including APUA        a decision the opposition      the Ministry of Agricul-
lic Utilities Authority        and I understand the Min-      deemed        unreasonable     ture at the behest of Min-
(APUA) has imposed a           istry of Agriculture, as       given the fact that there      ister Baptiste has sent in-
restriction on the coun-       well as DCA. And we do         was no dialogue with the       structions to DCA to ask
try’s campaigning politi-      understand how the plas-       respective political par-      them to destroy all of our
cal parties, barring them      tic can create some hazard     ties.                          billboards,” Browne dis-
from posting any sort of       to some extent, and there              “APUA doesn’t          closed. “Now I want to
political paraphernalia on     are some environmental         belong to the managers;        make it abundantly clear
light posts across the is-     issues in terms of pulling     it does not belong to Es-      that if they implement
land.                          them down and they end         worth Martin. It belongs       any such decision, we’re
         The authority via a   up in the sea.                 to all of us; all of us are    going to resist it vigor-
press statement last week              “Not to say that       stakeholders in APUA.          ously.”
indicated that all para-       some leverage should not               And if it is that              He added, that
phernalia, especially the      be allowed, but remember       they had issues ... one        again, “the convention
red and blue plastic wraps     too that this is temporary     of the things we did this      has been that we’ve
(buntings) used by the         usage.                         time around, we made           been able to utilise pub-
two main political parties             And we have giv-       sure for instance that the     lic spaces for campaign
to adorn the posts, will be    en a public, as well as a      posters – rather than us-      paraphernalia. You can’t
removed as they were pre-      private undertaking, to        ing staples which they         now come at the elev-
venting the APUA techni-       all of these agencies that     said create a hazard to the    enth hour, [and] change
cians from effectively ex-     within a matter of 14 days     workers’ – we went ahead       the rules,” and this is not-
ecuting their duties.          after the general elections    and bought some plastic        withstanding that they
         But Leader of Her     we will ensure that what-      straps to strap the posters,   have changed the rules,
Majesty’s Opposition the       ever paraphernalia that        thereby eliminating” any       and “we are trying our
Hon Gaston Browne, has         we have in public places,      dangers for APUA work-         best to adhere.
called the utility compa-      that they will be removed      ers.                           		 T h e y ’ v e
ny’s stance unacceptable.      promptly,” Browne add-                 Another grouse         requested that we get ap-
He said while he under-        ed.                            emerging from the Min-         proval from the Ministry
stands APUA’s position                 The      opposition    istry of Agriculture and       of Agriculture; we wrote
so far as the plastic is       leader indicated that for      the DCA, as conveyed by        to the ministry over two
concerned, it has always       APUA to come at this par-      the political leader, is re-   months ago and up to now
been the practice of po-       ticular hour and deny the      garding that of billboards.    they have not responded
litical parties throughout     use of their lamp posts is     Browne conveyed that           to us.”
the years and particularly     unacceptable, especially       information obtained is                The ABLP leader
at the height of campaign-     considering the conven-        suggesting that instruc-       said that he believes the
ing, to post their para-       tion has been established.     tions were given to have       move is politically moti-
phernalia on posts.            He explained that the par-     all billboards erected         vated and must be resist-
         “We have a major      ty went ahead and bought       by the ABLP, to be de-         ed.
problem with that position                                    stroyed. Of this, however,
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No Respite in School Bus Drivers’ Strike
A Aisha Caleb                to their respective posi-     pen; Carty still a work,     ever, this has not been
For the second week in       tions at the end of last      still a call the shots,      accepted by Josiah, the
a row, almost 40 school      week, but have again          still a deal with people     CT source has revealed.
bus operators and con-       upped the ante on man-        how he like and how he              Representing
ductors have indicated       agement. On Monday,           choose and we must sit       the employees in the
that they will continue      they decided to resume        and take it. Yes, arwe go    disagreement is David
protest action via a sit-    the sit-in as a result of     wit but is not to take any   Massiah of the Antigua
in, since the hierarchy      what they view as man-        stupidness but to show       and Barbuda Workers’
of the Antigua and Bar-      agement’s inconsider-         that we are fed up.”         Union, who stated that
buda Transport Board         ation to meet them half-              As an arbitration    he is supporting the
(ABTB) has refused           way.                          approach, the disgrun-       workers’ position de-
to respect their com-               A source told          tled workers’ have prof-     spite accusations to the
plaints regarding school     CT that coming out of a       fered the suggestion that    contrary, noting that the
bus manager, Anderson        meeting last Wednesday        Carty be removed from        union is preparing itself
‘Andy’ Carty.                with the General Man-         his position temporarily     to call a general meet-
       Last week, the        ager of the ABTB, Har-        pending the outcome of       ing with all staff.
impromptu action re-         ry Josiah, they were told     an investigation. How-
sulted in a number of        by Josiah to come to
parents and guardians        work, even as there was
of children attending        no resolution in sight.
government and private              The        source
primary and secondary        claims that they were
schools having to make       given the assurance that
last minute arrange-         by Friday of last week,
ments to secure trans-       some results would
portation for their child/   have been netted. To
children.                    date, however, this has
       The school bus        not been the case.
operators and Carty                 “All we want is
have reportedly been at      Carty gone, that’s all.
loggerheads for some         If we get that, then ev-
time now, and in Feb-        erything is good, we
ruary the situation came     come to work and the
to a head when a peti-       children get to and from
tion was signed by the       school without mother
drivers and operators to     or father have to won-
have Carty relieved of       der how them children
his post.                    go get around.
       The employees                Now         today
were close to returning      (Monday) nothing hap-
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   International Monitoring of
Elections: Purpose and New Norm
        In the last cou-               In         addition,   further asserted his pro-     monitoring.
ple of days, the Honour-      through a statement car-        active inclination towards            Indeed, Caribbean
able Gaston Browne, the       ried in the press, the ABLP     leadership by putting a       Times will contend that
leader of the Antigua and     leader has challenged the       time-frame in place which     election observation is
Barbuda Labour Party          incumbent Prime Minis-          demands       international   initiated by a country so
has come out strongly         ter to join with Browne         presence and monitoring,      as to signal to the inter-
advocating for the inter-     and the ABLP to invite          “not just on Election Day,    national community that
national monitoring of        an international and in-        but over the course of the    the particular country is
the electoral process in      dependent team to begin         entire campaign.”             committed to democracy.
the country. Indeed, the      a long-term monitoring                  Caribbean Times,      There is no reason, and
Browne and ABLP’s po-         program of the campaigns        as a member of civil soci-    given the different machi-
sition on the matter of the   and elections. According        ety and the fourth estate,    nations that have evolved
elections has been force-     to Browne, the people “         while in no way present-      over the last few years
ful and spoken with one       need elections immedi-          ing a similar challenge       that persons keen to em-
accord in terms of what       ately, but we need them         to the Prime Minister, is     brace the democratic
Caribbean Times has           to be honest, open and or-      requesting a measure of       practices of free and fair
been hearing and sensing      derly.”                         sympathy and attention        elections would feel oth
on the ground.                         The ABLP leader        on the matter of election                 Cont’d on pg 7
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cont’d from pg 6               al monitors can actually        Prime Minister Baldwin        reputation before those in
erwise than to be em-          take or reduce some of          Spencer.                      the international system?
boldened that the calls        the inferences and innu-                As Susan Hyde,                Caribbean Times
are coming from the peo-       endoes that seemingly           an     international    re-   will conclude by stat-
ple, although the loudest      make controversial the          searcher has suggested,       ing that there is ample
voice at this time may be      number of announce-             “over time ... the expec-     evidence from around
the Leader of the Opposi-      ments and counter-argu-         tation became that all        the world and right here
tion.                          ments that have been put        election-holding     lead-    in the Americas that “as
        In fact, a number      into the public by both         ers outside of the devel-     the ability of incumbents
of people, even in casu-       major political parties.        oped-democratic world         to conceal cheating im-
al discussion, and after                Caribbean Times        would invite internation-     proves, so does the qual-
more than five years, are      is on the side of the peo-      al election observers, and    ity of election observa-
still willing to point mis-    ple, because this newspa-       those leaders who do not      tion.”
chief at the electoral pro-    per understands the role        invite observers are now      Caribbean Times, and a
cess dating back to the        of the media. It is the         often punished.”              widening collective of
2009 general elections.        people of Antigua & Bar-                Mr. Prime Min-        the people, are joining
The perceptions of han-        buda that matters most,         ister, Caribbean Times        with Gaston Browne and
ky-panky, therefore may        and it is the country’s rep-    sincerely believes that       requesting that Mr. Spen-
not go away with the an-       utation that needs to be        Gaston Browne has only        cer does the right thing
nouncing of an election,       pushed to the ascendancy        challenged you to do          and have the monitors in-
but the electorate in Anti-    rather than genuflecting        something that is expect-     vited.
gua & Barbuda may feel         to the political spin and       ed and has become the                 Caribbean Times
fortified and satisfied that   any counter-productive          norm in and outside of        cannot vote as an entity,
an international panel of      strategies intended only        the Caribbean. The fact       so there is nothing to fear
independent       monitors     to muster partisan politi-      is that, international ob-    provided there is accura-
could, at the very least,      cal support from either of      servers have become an        cy in reporting the news,
help the country to over-      the mainstream political        expected component of         and fairness in the politi-
come widespread claims         camps.                          all internationally legiti-   cal messages which have
of electoral infelicities               Caribbean Times,       mate elections in the de-     a right to be aired.
with their vigilance of        believes that in this day       veloped and developing                If anything, let it
the process leading up         and age, and with a back-       world.                        be the international ob-
to and including polling       ground of controversies                 Why would Anti-       servers to reject the invi-
day.                           and court cases regarding       gua not want to achieve a     tation of the Government
        Caribbean Times        elements in the electoral       greater measure of legiti-    and people.
does not believe that the      process, the only judi-         mating its democracy for              But for the sake
Prime Minister has to          cious thing that serves         the eyes bent on democ-       of country and society,
view Gaston Browne’s           the interest of this Anti-      racy in the international     do not let Antigua and
challenge in a negative        gua & Barbuda is for the        system? Why cannot we         Barbuda down in what
light, or to interpret the     international monitors be       as a people and country,      will surely be a highly
ABLP’s call as backing         cordially and officially        have our politics, but be     competitive if not con-
him into a corner. An in-      invited by the Chief ex-        mindful that we are still     tentious 2014 general
vitation for internation-      ecutive of the country -        in need of repairing our      elections.
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    UPP Ill Logic (3)
        When, at a public     course that may have cre-
meeting in mid-February,      ated an impression in the
the UPP Leader let off his    mind of the public that on      ment he made on March          cal game, no other factor
elaborate teaser about a      March 15 the Prime Min-         15 would have to do with       is more relevant to our
forthcoming not-to-be-        ister would at last remem-      the forthcoming General        country’s immediate fu-
missed announcement of        ber in which of his pock-       Elections. Anything less       ture. When Spencer let
tremendous proportions,       ets he had mislaid the Big      than that would be, and        off his teaser he intended
everybody listening to        Date would then be, as far      was … well … bupkis.           to generate a huge buzz
his words immediate-          as the UPP faithful were                Yours Truly had to     within the body politic,
ly surmised that to meet      concerned, a matter for         go all the way to Yiddish      and he succeeded – with
that exacting standard the    the media to explain.           to find the right the word     the welcome assistance
news must have some-                  Yet – and this is a     for what the electorate got    of the media. In the end,
thing to do with a date for   matter of undeniable pub-       out of Spencer’s anti-cli-     the cornered PM found
General Elections.            lic record – on March 15,       mactic cop-out on March        that he had overplayed
        Now that their        after their great leader had    15. The most scatological      his hand: and unable to
great leader’s trial bal-     manifestly failed to make       definitions for that bor-      finesse his failure, Spen-
loon has turned into a        any announcement of any         rowed word lean towards        cer abandoned the field in
damp squib, UPP spokes-       significance whatsoever,        “goat droppings”, but the      helpless disarray.
persons are scrambling        many of the UPP faith-          more civilised dictionar-              The OECS Court
to distance their hapless     ful left the King George        ies define “bupkis” as         of Appeals had failed to
Big Man from the con-         V Grounds sorely disap-         “something of little or        act in accordance with the
sequences of yet another      pointed that Spencer had        no value”. In the case of      best interests of the ruling
ruling party PR disas-        not fulfilled their expec-      poor, hapless, ill-advised     party. You do not need to
ter. After all, the earnest   tations. Like every other       Baldwin Spencer, the ef-       be a rocket scientist to
apologists point out tri-     person in our two-island        fect of his gross political    figure out the strategy un-
umphantly, Spencer nev-       state of mind who has           miscalculation is com-         derlying the UPP Lead-
er said he planned to an-     even the tiniest vestige of     parable to that awaiting       er’s timing. Everybody
nounce an election date       a brain between his or her      the husbandman who cast        expected that the Ap-
on March 15.                  ears, those UPP faithful        pearls before a herd of        peals Court would have
        That is the truth.    know that we are in the         hungry swine.                  issued its judgments on
At no time did Mr             final stage of the politi-              The people came        the Re-Registration and
Spencer intimate that         cal game that began on          hungry for the “tremen-        Boundaries cases by mid-
his forthcoming and           March 12 2009.                  dous” announcement their       March. When Spencer let
so-much-to-be-anticipat-              To employ the           great leader had promised      off with his big “Watch
ed news would have any-       parlance of Baseball: We        them. They expected that       This Space” teaser, he
thing at all to do with an    are in the bottom of the        the announcement would         had every reason to be-
election date. As a matter    Ninth Inning with the           have some connection to        lieve that by March 15 he
of fact, the UPP Leader       bases loaded and two            what they most wanted          would have had sufficient
gave no hint whatsoever       Outs on the scoreboard. If      to hear: a date for Gen-       information to announce
as to what the tremendous     PM Spencer intended to          eral Elections. They had       an election date – or if
news might turn out to        “swing for the fence”, any      that expectation because,      not,
be. Any subsequent dis-       “tremendous” announce-          at this stage of the politi-             cont’d on pg 9
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        The Power of Numbers                                                              By Sir Clare K. Roberts,
– So Why Are Black People Invisible                                                                 QC
in the Western Hemisphere –                                                                 Human Rights for All.
cont’d from yesterdays issue   are white countries and to      45% and as high as 65%           life’s work is to stamp out
        Let us take Brazil.    deny the reality of racial      Black. In Columbia there         discrimination in the re-
Brazil has more people of      diversity within their bor-     is conflicting information       gion, especially racial dis-
African descent than any       ders. For instance, if you      on the exact size of the Af-     crimination which is very
country in Africa except       watch the television in         ro-Colombian population.         much alive and well in the
Nigeria, making Afro-Bra-      these countries you would       The Government relies on         region.
zilians the second largest     not see black people por-       statistics that suggest that              There is the need
population of Africans on      trayed. There is a conspic-     Afro-Colombians         com-     to bring together black
the planet. Brazil alone       uous absence of colour.         prise 10.5 percent of the        politicians, black artistes,
has some 89 million Af-                 There is usually not   population, or just under        Black university profes-
ro-descendants. The United     even a token black in the       4.3 million. However many        sors, and researchers and so
States of America has the      advertisements. Blacks are      Afro-Colombian organiza-         on. Unifying black people
second largest population      neither in front of the cam-    tions estimate the number        across the Americas and the
of Afro-descendants in the     era nor behind the camera.      at 26 percent or near 11         Caribbean will build a sense
Hemisphere but it is quick-    Even Latin TV networks in       million. Part of the reason      of pride but more practical-
ly followed by Colombia.       the United States are guilty    for the difference in the fig-   ly unity among black peo-
Cuba and the Dominican         of the same conduct.            ures has to do with relying      ple will empower them to
Republic also have signifi-             Unlike in the Unit-    on self-identification in ar-    protect their right not to be
cant Afro-descendant pop-      ed States of America where      eas where “being black” is       discriminated against. Uni-
ulations as does Peru, El      once you have a drop of         still strongly stigmatized.      ty will force a change in the
Salvador, Honduras, Costa      black blood in you, you are                                      current reality among black
Rica and Venezuela.            considered black, in Lat-       The challenge is to spread       people of being at the bot-
        The reason why         in America, if you have a       the awareness that Black         tom of economic ladder to a
we not aware of the num-       drop of white blood in you,     people form a very signif-       place where they will enjoy
bers of black people living    you can choose to be white.     icant part of the western        a fair share of the wealth
in Latin America is due to     So this self-identification     hemisphere. That is the          of the nations. Unity is
a deliberate attempt on the    causes problems with the        first step but there is also a   strength.
part of these countries to     numbers. Brazil, for exam-      need to have Afro-descen-
portray an image that they     ple, is said to be between      dants unite. My dream and

cont’d from pg 8               did worse than that: he         the PM’s loss of the polit-      ed his promise in light
at least to dissolve Parlia-   made an announcement            ical initiative.                 of the judicial situation.
ment with a date for gen-      that demonstrated his                    The UPP Leader          Instead, Spencer chose to
eral elections set within      own loss of control over        could have found a way           weasel his way out of a
three months.                  the political agenda. His       to retreat gracefully from       tight spot; and the nega-
         PM Spencer‘s ma-      illogical attempt to tag        a hard-and-fast position         tive results for his already
jor error on March 15 was      ABLP Leader Gaston              on the expected big news.        badly battered leadership
not just that he failed to     Browne with the respon-         His worshipful supporters        image are coming sadly
make any announcement          sibility for his own im-        would have easily forgiv-        home to roost.
of any value. Spencer          potence only emphasised         en him if he had retract-
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                            League is serving the         well as MSJMC physi-         EMTC emtc@auamed.
                            community by recogniz-        cian and AUA adjunct         net We welcome your
                            ing the need to increase      faculty member, Dr.          feedback and information
                            awareness of the disease      Courtney Lewis. Topics       on upcoming activities
                            and its treatment.            will include the epidemi-    within the AUA College
                                    In addition to        ology, pathophysiology,      of Medicine community.
                            Patel-Oza, other pro-         triggers, and treatment of   Please email us at be-
the AUA College of Medi- fessionals expected to           asthma. “Managing your       well@auamed.net or call
cine Public Relations Coor- make presentations on         Asthma” is open to the       484-8900 Ext. 5555.
dinator/Wellness Ambassa- asthma related topics in-       general public. There is
dor, Sumita Balooja

        American     Uni-
versity of Antigua (AUA)
College of Medicine’s
Asthma League will host
its second “Managing
Your Asthma” event on
Wednesday, March 26,
2014 from 6 PM to 8 PM
at Mount St. John’s Med-
ical Centre (MSJMC).
        According      to
Amisha Patel-Oza, AUA
medical student and head
of the Asthma Awareness
project, the event is a
proactive response to the
prevalence of asthma on
Tuesday 25th March 2014                                caribtimes.com      11

Putting Climate Polluters in the Dock
         BRIDGETOWN             have to go to the United         ed that Caribbean people         a “number of other coun-
- Can Caribbean govern-         Nations General Assem-           “know it from days and           tries in the world – the Pa-
ments take legal action         bly,” he added.                  nights that are hotter than      cific countries – facing an
against other countries that             Sanders further said    in the past, from more fre-      even more pressing danger
they believe are warming        that the Caribbean Com-          quent and more intense           than we are at the moment.
the planet with devastating     munity (CARICOM) coun-           hurricanes or freak years        There are countries in Afri-
consequences?                   tries could, “as a group, put    like the last one when there     ca that are facing this prob-
         A former regional      forward a resolution stating     were none, from long peri-       lem, and countries in Asia.”
diplomat argues the answer      the case that they do be-        ods of dry weather followed               The former diplo-
is yes. Sir Ronald Sand-        lieve, and there is evidence     by unseasonal heavy rain-        mat was resolute that “if
ers, who is also a senior       to support it, that climate      fall and flooding, and from      they all join together, there
research fellow at London       change and global warming        the recognisable erosion of      is a moral case to be raised
University, says such legal     is having a material effect      coastal areas and reefs.”        at the United Nations and
action would require all        … on the integrity of their               At the U.N. cli-        maybe that is the place
Small Island Developing         countries.”                      mate talks in Warsaw last        at which we would more
States (SIDS) acting to-                 In addition, Sir        November,         developing     effectively press it if we
gether.                         Ronald        indicated that     countries fought hard for        acted together. It would re-
         Sanders suggests       “we’re seeing coastal ar-        the creation of a third pillar   quire great leadership, great
that “there is a moral case     eas vanishing and we know        of a new climate treaty to       courage and great unity.”
to be raised at the United      that if sea level rise contin-   be finalised in 2015. After               Pointing to the
Nations...It would require      ues large parts of existing      two weeks and 36 straight        OECD countries, Sir Ron-
great leadership, great         islands will disappear and       hours of negotiations, they      ald said they act together,
courage and great unity.”       some of them may even be         finally won the Interna-         consult with each other and
He believes the Hague-          submerged, so the evidence       tional Mechanism for Loss        come up with a programme
based International Court       is there.” Sanders pointed       and Damage (IMLD), to go         which they then say is what
of Justice (ICJ) would be       to the damaging effects of       with the mitigation (emis-       the international standard
amenable to hearing their       flooding and landslides in       sions reduction) and adap-       must be and the developing
arguments, although the         St. Vincent and the Grena-       tation pillars.                  countries must accept it.
court’s requirement that all    dines, St. Lucia, and Dom-                The details of that              “Why do the de-
parties to a dispute agree to   inica as 2013 came to an         mechanism will be ham-           veloping countries not un-
its jurisdiction would be a     end.                             mered out at climate talks in    derstand that we could re-
major stumbling block.                   The Prime Min-          Bonn this June, and finally      verse that process? We can
         “It is most unlikely   ister of St. Vincent and         in Paris the following year.     stand up together and say
that the countries that are     the Grenadines, Dr. Ralph        As chair of the Alliance of      look, this is what we are
warming the planet, which       Gonsalves, described the         Small Island States (AO-         demanding and the devel-
incidentally now include        flooding and landslides as       SIS), Nauru will be present      oped countries would then
India and China, not just       “unprecedented” and gave         at a meeting in New Delhi        have to listen to what the
the United States, Canada       a preliminary estimate           next week of the BASIC           developing countries are
and the European Union          of damage in his country         group (Brazil, South Afri-       saying,” Sir Ronald said.
... would agree to jurisdic-    alone to be in excess of 60      ca, India and China) to try               Following       their
tion,” Sanders said. “The       million dollars. “People         and build a common plat-         recent 25th Inter-session-
alternative, if countries       who live in the Caribbean        form for the international       al meeting in St. Vincent,
wanted to press the issue       know from their own expe-        talks.                           Jamaican Prime Minis-
of compensation for the de-     rience that climate change                “It isn’t just the      ter Portia Simpson Miller
struction caused by climate     is real,” Sanders said.          Caribbean, of course,”           praised the increased focus
change, is that they would               Sir Ronald insist-      Sanders said, but there is       that        cont’d on pg 12
12   caribtimes.com                              Tuesday 25th March 2014

                                                                                               the International Court of
                                                                                               Justice would make a huge
                                                                                               difference. “We could get
                                                                                               an opinion. If the United
                                                                                               Nations General Assembly
                                                                                               were to accept a resolution
                                                                                               that, say, we want an opin-
                                                                                               ion from the Internation-
                                                                                               al Court of Jurists on this
                                                                                               matter, I think we could get
                                                                                               an opinion that would be
                                                                                               favourable to a case for the
                                                                                               Caribbean and other coun-
                                                                                               tries that are affected by
                                                                                               climate change,” Saunders
                                                                                               suggested.
                                                                                                        “If there was a case
                                                                                               where countries, govern-
                                                                                               ments and large companies
Workmen clear a road blocked by a landslide in Trinidad. Compensation for loss and dam-        knew that if they continue
age from climate change has become a major demand of developing countries. Credit:
                                                                                               these harmful practices, ac-
Desmond Brown/IPS
                                                                                               tion would be taken against
cont’d from pg 11               Ivan Rodrigues, blames cli-     alised countries. “I think     them, of course they would
CARICOM leaders have            mate change.                    what will cause [a reversal    change their position be-
placed on the issue of cli-     “We know that the climate       of their practices] is con-    cause at the end of the day
mate change, especially in      is changing and what we         sumer activism,” he said.      they want to be profitable
light of the freak storm last   need to do is to cater for      “The argument may not be       and successful. They don’t
year that devastated St. Lu-    it and deal with it,” Ro-       strong enough for a court of   want to be having to fight
cia, Dominica and St. Vin-      drigues said pointedly. But     law to actually penalise a     court cases and losing them
cent and the Grenadines.        he is not sold on the idea      government.”                   and then having to pay
         At that meeting,       of international legal action           But Sanders firmly     compensation,” Sir Ronald
the CARICOM Heads of            against the large industri-     believes an opinion from       concluded. (IPS).
Government agreed on
the establishment of a task
force on climate change
and SIDS to provide guid-
ance to Caribbean climate
change negotiators, their
ministers and political lead-
ers in order to ensure the
strategic positioning of the
region in the negotiations.
         In Antigua, where
drought has persisted for
months, water catchments
are quickly drying up. The
water manager at the state-
owned Antigua Public util-      For the first time in several years, Antigua’s main water source, Potworks Reservoir, has run
ities Authority (APUA),         out of water as drought continues. Credit: Desmond Brown/IPS
Tuesday 25th March 2014   caribtimes.com   13
14   caribtimes.com                             Tuesday 25th March 2014

 PM Skerrit: China/Dominica
 Relation Has Not Been Easy
                                                               the China/Dominica re-          say no to certain matters,
                                                               lationship has positively       there was “absolutely no
                                                               impacted the life of Do-        repercussion to our rela-
                                                               minicans. “Every project        tions and our deep bond of
                                                               embarked upon and as-           friendship.”
                                                               sociated with China, and                For his part Ji-
                                                               our ten years of friendship     angni said the occasion
                                                               and association has been a      marked an important mile-
                                                               blessing to Dominica and        stone in the relationship
                                                               has positively impacted         between the two countries.
                                                               the living experience of        “We have a lot to celebrate
                                                               our people,” and main-          and reflect upon,” he said.
                                                               tained, that “for these, your   “In my view the basis of
PM Skerrit said the idea of a state house has not been ac-
                                                               Excellency, we are very         our success is based upon
cepted by many in Dominica. Photo by Ambo Visuals
                               Skerrit continued by say-       grateful.”                      a few principles both of
        ROSEAU - Prime                                                  Skerrit also point-    us adhere too, including
                               ing that “up to recently, be-
Minister, Roosevelt Sker-                                      ed out the relationship         mutual respect for each
                               fore necessity warranted,
rit, has said that the ten-                                    between the two nations         other’s sovereignty, in-
                               you were vilified and de-
year relationship between                                      has been based on mutual        dependence, equality and
                               monised. The MOU signed
Dominica and China has                                         trust, understanding, “as       mutual benefit as well as
                               with good faith and with
not been an easy one but it                                    well as respect for each        mutual understanding and
                               the best intention by your
has been a blessing to the                                     other’s sovereignty and         support.” The ceremony
                               government was mocked
island.                                                        freedom of thought.” He         was held at the $27-mil-
                               and ridiculed.”
        Speaking at a func-                                    stated that Dominica has        lion, Chinese-funded state
                                        The Prime Minis-
tion last weekend to mark                                      supported and continues to      house. Dominica and Chi-
                               ter noted that many have
the anniversary the two                                        support China on a number       na established diplomatic
                               refused to accept some
nations established diplo-                                     of issues of global impor-      relations in March 2004.
                               of the projects undertak-
matic ties, Skerrit said the                                   tance and, whenever Dom-        (Dominica News).
                               en in Dominica by China.
Dominican experience has                                       inica exercised its right to
                               “There were those who ini-

                                                                                 NOTICE
been easy for successive
                               tially even refused to enter
Chinese ambassadors and
                               the spanking new Windsor
embassy staff.
        “I am well aware,
                               Park Stadium and who to          The Pigotts Sports Club invites all inter-
                               this day, have berated the
your Excellency, that the                                         ested persons to a General Meeting on
                               concept of a state house,
past ten years in Domini-
                               even though virtually ev-        Wednesday, 2nd April, 2014 at the Pigotts
ca has not been an easy or
                               ery country in the region        Playing Field @ 7:00PM. Please make an
uneventful experience,” he
said in remarks to Chinese
                               boasts one,” he said.             effort to be on time, as the meeting will
                                        Skerrit noted that
ambassador Li Jiangni.                                                  begin promptly at 7:00PM.
Tuesday 25th March 2014                               caribtimes.com     15

 PNM’s Penny Beckles-Robinson’s Brother
    on Gun and Ammunition Charges
                                                                nition.                         it is the time we are very
                                                                 	      Northern       Divi-    distraught and when your
                                                                sion Senior superinten-         courage is tested the most.”
                                                                dant David Abraham on           She said her eldest brother,
                                                                Saturday commended the          his wife, nephew and sister-
                                                                officers for their diligent     in-law’s brother were ar-
                                                                work. Within the past few       rested on Saturday at a raid
                                                                years, the community has        on a Malabar home.
                                                                been described as a major        	       But Beckles-Rob-
                                                                “hot spot.” A quantity of       inson, a lawyer, said she be-
                                                                firearms and ammunition         lieves in the justice system
                                                                have been seized at various     and is hoping for a speedy
                                                                houses during a crackdown       investigation. “I have faith
A display of the guns seized by police on Saturday at Mala-     in crime exercise in the Ari-   in our criminal justice sys-
bar. PHOTO: ABRAHAM DIAZ                                        ma district.                    tem. I want the best possible
                                                                        Beckles-Robinson        investigation to take place
         PORT OF SPAIN          cuted at both houses after      will come up against the in-    and simply let the police
- The eldest brother and        months of surveillance. The     cumbent political leader of     do their work. Of course as
three other relatives of Peo-   arresting officers conducted    the PNM, Dr Keith Rowley        a sister and aunt, you un-
ple’s National Movement         a news briefing at the Ari-     in the party’s May 18 inter-    derstand the challenges we
(PNM) political leader          ma Police Station on Satur-     nal elections. At a meeting     all face,” she said. Beck-
candidate Pennelope Beck-       day where they displayed        on Saturday night at Sangre     les-Robinson said last week
les-Robinson will appear        the cache of arms and am-       Grande, Beckles-Robinson        she addressed the same is-
before an Arima magistrate      munition. They confirmed        confirmed that her eldest       sue of guns coming into
on Monday to face gun and       that one of the houses was      brother, his wife, nephew       the country and borders not
ammunition charges. On          owned by Beckles-Robin-         and sister-in-law’s brother     being protected.
Saturday, Northern Divi-        son’s relative.                 were arrested on Saturday        	       “There is no one
sion officers carried out a      	       Police      charged    afternoon at a raid on a        immune from crime and it
raid at two houses in the       the suspects from Swift         Malabar home.                   can come home to anyone
Malabar, Arima and seized       Avenue yesterday after-                 Pennelope Beck-         of us and not a single per-
an AK-47 assault rifle, a       noon with the possession        les-Robinson, in her re-        son is immune from crime.
pump action shotgun, a .44      of firearms and ammuni-         sponse at a political meet-     Little did I know three days
revolver and a .357 revolv-     tion. Officers said up to       ing at Foster Road, Sangre      later ... it would come to
er, and 72 rounds of assort-    late last night, the suspects   Grande, hours after her         my front step. We all have
ed ammunition at a house        were all being charged and      relatives were taken into       to have faith in the judicial
on Swift Avenue, Phase III,     processed and were not re-      custody, told the audience      process and let the police
Malabar.                        leased on bail. One of the      that: “it was very unfor-       do their work and all I ex-
 	       At a another house     suspects has also worked        tunate and they are being       pect is a proper investiga-
at Cocorico Avenue, Phase       on      Beckles-Robinson’s      investigated for arms and       tion and speedy investiga-
III, police said they found     campaign. The other sev-        ammunition. Today has           tion and we can take it from
37 rounds of ammunition         en suspects in the Cocorico     been a very difficult day       there,” Beckles-Robinson
and seven people were ar-       Avenue home will also be        for my family. The truth is     said. (The Trinidad Guard-
rested there. Police said       appearing in court charged      these things do happen and      ian).
search warrants were exe-       with possession of ammu-
16   caribtimes.com                     Tuesday 25th March 2014

IMF Approves US$3.43 million
Disbursement to St Kitts-Nevis
       WA S H I N G -    deputy managing di-           lection.       The bulk     be given to measures
TON, DC - Last           rector and acting             of revenues from the        to enhance revenues
Wednesday, the exec-     chair, issued the fol-        Citizenship by Invest-      by strengthening tax
utive board of the In-   lowing        statement:      ment program should         administration       and
ternational Monetary             “The St Kitts         be saved to build buf-      limiting tax exemp-
Fund (IMF) complet-      and Nevis authori-            fers, facilitate a faster   tions, and to stream-
ed the seventh and       ties have continued           decline in debt, and fi-    line public expendi-
eighth reviews of St     to make commend-              nance productive cap-       ture, including through
Kitts and Nevis’s eco-   able progress under           ital projects. Contain-     civil service reform.
nomic     performance    their      home-grown         ing public sector wage              “The banking
under a program sup-     Fund-supported pro-           outlays and hiring          sector remains resil-
ported by a 36-month     gram. Economic ac-            will also be necessary.     ient. Together with the
stand-by arrangement     tivity is picking up af-             “Debt has fall-      ECCB, the govern-
(SBA). The comple-       ter a four-year slump,        en considerably due         ment should continue
tion of the review       inflation remains low,        to completion of a          its close monitoring of
enables the immedi-      the financial sector          large part of the debt-     banks and their prog-
ate disbursement of      is stable, and the fis-       land swap, but re-          ress in reducing non-
an amount equivalent     cal and external posi-        mains high. Complet-        performing loans.
to SDR 2.21 million      tions are improving.          ing the agreement on                The sale of
(about US$ 3.43 mil-     Significant progress          the remaining debt-         lands involved in
lion).                   has also been made to         land swap should be         the debt-land swap
       The    authori-   strengthen public fi-         a top priority. New         should commence ex-
ties have decided to     nancial management.           measures should en-         peditiously to bolster
treat the arrangement            “The 2014 bud-        sure that external ar-      banks’ profitability.
as      precautionary.   get aims to protect           rears do not recur.                 The authorities
       The SBA was       the gains under the                  “While       there   have taken welcome
originally approved      program,        continue      have been significant       steps to strengthen the
on July 27, 2011, for    the downward debt-            advances in structural      non-bank financial in-
an amount equivalent     to-GDP        trajectory,     reforms, greater effort     stitutions supervisory
to SDR 52.51 mil-        and advance the re-           will be needed to im-       framework. Contin-
lion (about US$81.55     form agenda. Achiev-          plement the remaining       ued efforts in this area
million), or 590 per-    ing these objectives          planned reforms to          are needed to support
cent of St Kitts and     will require sustained        generate further effi-      the stability of the fi-
Nevis’s IMF quota.       strict control of gov-        ciencies in the public      nancial system.” (Ca-
       Following the     ernment spending and          sector and foster pri-      ribbean News Now).
executive      board’s   increased efforts to          vate sector growth.
discussion, Min Zhu,     improve revenue col-                 Priority should
Tuesday 25th March 2014                             caribtimes.com     17

  Full Statement by Malaysian Prime
  Minister Najib Razak on Flight 370                           cluded that MH370 flew         nity. We share this in-
                                                               along the southern corri-      formation out of a com-
                                                               dor, and that its last posi-   mitment to openness and
                                                               tion was in the middle of      respect for the families,
                                                               the Indian Ocean, west         two principles which
                                                               of Perth.                      have guided this investi-
                                                                       This is a remote       gation.
                                                               location, far from any                  Malaysia Airlines
                                                               possible landing sites.        have already spoken to
                                                               It is therefore with deep      the families of the pas-
                                                               sadness and regret that        sengers and crew to in-
Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak, center, delivers a       I must inform you that,        form them of this devel-
statement about the flight March 24 in Kuala Lumpur, Ma-       according to this new          opment. For them, the
laysia. Razak's announcement came after the airline sent a     data, flight MH370 end-        past few weeks have been
text message to relatives saying it "deeply regrets that we
have to assume beyond any reasonable doubt that MH 370
                                                               ed in the southern Indian      heartbreaking; I know
has been lost and that none of those onboard survived."        Ocean.                         this news must be harder
                                                                       We will be hold-       still. I urge the media to
        KUALA LUM-            have been able to shed           ing a press conference         respect their privacy, and
PUR - In a full statement     more light on MH370’s            tomorrow with further          to allow them the space
given late Monday by          flight path.                     details. In the meantime,      they need at this difficult
Malaysian Prime Minis-                Based on their           we wanted to inform you        time. (The Associated
ter Najib Razak, he said      new analysis, Inmarsat           of this new development        Press).
that satellite data showed    and the AAIB have con-           at the earliest opportu-
Flight 370 ended in the
southern Indian Ocean:
        This evening I
was briefed by represen-
tatives from the UK Air
Accidents Investigation
Branch (AAIB). They
informed me that Inmar-
sat, the UK company that
provided the satellite
data which indicated the
northern and southern
corridors, has been per-
forming further calcula-
tions on the data. Using
a type of analysis never
before used in an inves-      A distraught relative of a missing passenger breaks down while talking to reporters at Kuala
tigation of this sort, they   Lumpur International Airport on Wednesday, March 19.
18   caribtimes.com                          Tuesday 25th March 2014

Asda to Axe around 200 Jobs
                                                            discussions with them        with the rest of the big
                                                            this week about a new        four, Asda recently an-
                                                            structure.”                  nounced plans to step up
                                                                    The company de-      its store expansion and
                                                            clined to comment on         spend £750m on new sites
                                                            details of the redundan-     this year to plug gaps in
                                                            cy plan. Under pressure      London and the south-
                                                            from supermarket rivals      east of England. The ex-
                                                            such as Waitrose at one      pansion drive would see
Asda employee stocking shelves. Photograph: Alamy           end and, discount chains     the UK’s second-larg-
       LONDON - Asda         on Monday.                     such as Aldi at the oth-     est supermarket, which
is to cut around 200                 The moves were         er, recent figures for the   is owned by US-based
jobs as it forges a new      part of a package of rec-      12 weeks to March 2nd        Wal-Mart, add 500,000
five-year plan to tackle     ommendations put for-          show Sainsbury’s was         sq ft of new space, com-
increasing competition       ward by consultancy firm       the only one of the big      pared with 350,000 sq ft
from rival supermar-         McKinsey, which also in-       four supermarkets not to     in 2013. Its competitors
kets and discounters.        cluded calls for a widen-      lose market share over       have been scaling back
Head office staff in Leeds   ing of product ranges. An      the year, holding steady     from the so-called “space
and the Leicestershire       Asda spokeswoman said:         at 17%. Tesco fell 0.6%      race”, as they focus on
market town of Lutter-       “In the spirit of openness,    to 28.7%, Asda by 0.3%       smaller      convenience
worth, where its cloth-      we’ve let our colleagues       to 17.5%, and Morrisons      stores and their online
ing arm George is based,     know that we will be hav-      dropped 3.2% to 11.1%.       businesses. (The Guard-
were briefed on the plans    ing some more detailed                 But, in contrast     ian).

 Immigration Bill completes Committee
       Stage in House of Lords
       LONDON - On           the political parties and      It was confirmed by the      port stage: 1, 3, and 7
19 March 2014, the Im-       crossbenchers, includ-         Government that the          April, following which
migration Bill complet-      ing proposals to address       landlord checks will be      the Bill will undergo
ed Committee Stage in        inappropriate detention,       trialled in a single geo-    Third Reading in the
the House of Lords. The      maintain a right of ap-        graphical location pri-      Lords. Depending on any
Bill has been subject to     peal for international stu-    or to national roll-out,     amendments agreed in
Committee stage scruti-      dents in full-time study       and that student lettings    the Lords, the Bill may
ny during six days over      at a recognised UK high-       will be exempted from a      then return to the House
the past three weeks. A      er education institution,      checking requirement.        of Commons or receive
wide range of proposed       and various exemptions                 Three days have      Royal Assent, thus pass-
amendments were con-         relating to the landlord       now been set aside for       ing into law. (Migration
sidered by peers across      checks.                        the House of Lords Re-       Rights Network).
Tuesday 25th March 2014                                  caribtimes.com        19

DEAR KRIS                                                       HOROSCOPE
          DEAR KRIS: My         no. I don’t want a copycat      Aries Mar 21 – Apr 20             Libra Sept 23 –Oct 23
boyfriend, “Caleb,” and         engagement so my boy-           All the communication prob-
I have been dating for          friend can keep up with his     lems you’ve endured for the       A longtime end wants you
                                                                last few weeks are due to ease    to play an important part in
three years. I’m sure he’ll     best friend. Please advise.     up and not a moment too           a party he or she is planning.
propose within the next         -- COMING IN SECOND             soon. Your interest in learning   Fascinating folks you met
few months. I’m having          IN NEW YORK                     a language gets support from      recently want to get to know
a problem with this be-                                         an unexpected quarter.            you better.
cause Caleb’s best friend,              DEAR COMING
“A.J.,” will be proposing       IN SECOND: You ap-              Taurus Apr 21 – May 21            Scorpio Oct 24 – Nov 21
                                                                You and a family member           You find yourself in a situa-
to his girlfriend in the next   pear to be frustrated be-       fee! like going your separate     tion only a sibling neighbor or
month. They should be           cause your boyfriend has        ways after an argument that       classmate can get you out. Do
able to enjoy their time and    a recessive personality         cen­tered around how difficult    not be reluctant to ask for help
let all their friends know.     and is a follower. It is un-    you are to live with some­        and vow to return the favor.
Caleb has always followed       likely that he is going to      times. You know it’s true so
A.J.’s lead. When A.J.          change.        F r a n k l y,   apologize gracefully.             Sagittarius Nov 22 – Dec 21
                                                                                                  You need to get away from
buys his girlfriend jewelry,    Caleb doesn’t appear to be      Gemini May 22 – Jun 22            your routines to get out of the
I get jewelry. It makes me      mature enough to be mak-        You’re tempted to grouse at       rut you’re in but your respon-
feel like an afterthought       ing decisions with lifelong     an individ­ual who’s behaving     sibilities are likely to prevail.
and that the gifts are not      consequences. You might         insipidly but you decide to use   Don’t despair new experienc-
sincere.                        be much happier with            tact instead It’s easy to avoid   es are coming your way.
          If Caleb does pro-    someone who is his own          hurting others’ feelings if you
                                                                pay attention to what you say.    Capricorn Dec 22 –Jan 20
pose close to the time that     man.                                                              Running a business from your
A.J. does, I’m going to say                                     Cancer Jun 23-Jul 22              home could not only be wildly
                                                                You get excited about a           successful it could offer your
 Monday’s Crossword solution                                    self-improvement program
                                                                that sounds great but your
                                                                                                  ingenuity more of a challenge
                                                                                                  and allow you to utilize un-
                                                                interest will wane if you’re      used skills and talents.
                                                                moving in the wrong direc-
                                                                tion. Look within and do a lit-   Aquarius Jan 21 – Feb 18
                                                                tle soul-searching.                You’re very aware of your
                                                                                                  home and family and just how
                                                                Leo Jul 23 – Aug 23               much they mean to you. Let
                                                                You’re predisposed to think       family members know how
                                                                the worst of your appearance      much you love them even if
                                                                but that attitude often turns     you told them that yesterday.
                                                                out to be the spur that forces
                                                                you to present yourself in new    Pisces Feb 19 – Mar 20
                                                                and interesting ways .A make-     Your ability to do your work
                                                                over isn’t always physical.       effectively is hampered by
                                                                                                  personal stresses so resolve
                                                                Virgo Aug 24 – Sep 22             to use meditation and creative
                                                                You tend to seek solitude to      visualization to release your
                                                                dwell on a painful incident       tensions. Exercise or a hobby
                                                                from the past but since resolv-   could also help.
                                                                ing the issues involved is un-
                                                                likely spend time alone those
                                                                who love you instead.
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    Monday’s Sudoku solution                                                    SUDOKU

C R O S S WO R D
Across                           53. Ready to eat a horse
1. Time for matzo                56. Smart remark
6. Incise with acid              59. Sordid
10. Film on water                62. Meadow murmur
14. Disintegrate                 63. Collander
15. Ration                       65. Copying of a role model
16. Leg enhancers                67. Hawkeye booster
17. ‘’The Pink Panther’’ star    68. Mention
18. Most elegant                 69. Rice or Sexton
20. Diorama                      70. Oktoberfest sight
21. Always, versified            71. Workout gait
22. Entertainer who is not re-   72. Condition of misfortune
ally a physician                 73.Addu
23. Stirrup’s site                Down
24. Easily duped                 1. Have a funny feeling
27. Workers all abuzz            2. ‘’Fear of Fifty’’ author
29. Complete failure             Jong                           ner for country and pop      46. ___ up (accelerate)
32. Pan pursuer                  3. Matthew Arnold poem         25. Dos Passos trilogy       47. Part of a prof’s address
34. Give out                     4. Garden of delights          26. Colossal                 50. Military band?
37. Diamond stat                 5. Go back on your word        28. Sargasso Sea breeder     52. Alley-oop toss, e.g.
39. Domain                       6. Ford named for a Ford       30. Most prized asset        54. Hardly everybody
41. Weekly weeder?               7. Low-tech hair dryer         31. Village Voice award      55. Kept
42. Often-pulled muscle          8. Sheds light on              32. ___ Lanka                57. Be of profit to
44. Big game org.?               9. Bantam, sometimes           33. Cry from the doorsill    58. Postage stamp comedian
45. Light a fire under           10. English counties           35. Harbor feature           59. Religious order
48. Bowls over                   11. Sorority inductee          36. Pittance                 60. Abu Dhabi ruler
49. Hartford skater              12. NATO target                38. Members of the elite     61. Compact, e.g.
51. Time for a wake-up call,     13. Apportion			               40. Southeast Asian penin-   64. Minute amount
perhaps                          19. Canadian Grammy win-       sula                         66. It adds color
                                                                43. Inexperienced
22   caribtimes.com                           Tuesday 25th March 2014

         Jeron Jones Slams Century,
             But Schools Draw
By Vanroy Burnes               son Atley scoring 40, with    Hughes captured 4 for 34,     match ended in a draw.
        Jeron Jones of         Junie Mills 31 and cap-       Jeron Jones 2 for 9, and             Scotia        Bank
Scotia Bank Empire hit a       tain, Dave Hughes, reach-     Trevonson Atley 2 for 37.     Empire earned first in-
century to help his team       ing 24. Combined Schools      United Insurance Com-         nings points. Over at the
to amass 297 runs against      Vishal Gobin picked up 6      bined Schools, behind         Bethesda Cricket ground,
United Insurance Com-          wickets for 79 runs, while    with a deficit of 162 runs,   defending champion PIC
bined Schools at Factory.      Kenrick Scott took 3 for      survived to reach 189 runs    Insurance Liberta and
This was a second round        51.                           for the loss of 6 wickets     Caribbean Union Bank
match in the ABCA’s                    In reply, Unit-       when play ended. James        Bethesda also played to
Two-Day cricket competi-       ed Insurance Combined         Stevens Jr was on 66 not      a draw. PIC Insurance
tion played over the week-     Schools was bowled out        out, Tyrone Williams Jr       Liberta grabbed first in-
end.                           for 125 runs. Malachi         made 36, and Ramiez           nings points. Scores in the
        Jones hit 102 in his   Abrams scored 30, and         Erskine was 25 not out.       match, Caribbean Union
innings and was assisted       Tyrone Williams Jr made       Bowling a second time for     Bank Bethesda 185 all out
by Dion West 46, Trevon-       28. Bowling for Sco-          Scotia Bank Empire, At-       and 115 for 6, PIC Insur-
                               tia Bank Empire, Dave         ley took 2 for 58, and the    ance Liberta 265 all out.
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