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Friday 14th November 2014
A n t i g u a
a n d
B a r b u d a
Vol.3
LIME upgrades Governor
General with iPhone 6
No.30
$2.00
Story on page 9
Digicel launches stratch
& win promotion....pg 2
2014 Caricom energy
week statement......pg 4
As part of LIME’s $37 M Upgrade Antigua and Barbuda initiative, General Manager Davidson Charles upgrades the Country’s Governor General His Excellency Sir Rodney Williams
with the nations first iPhone 6. LIME, Antigua & Barbuda’s only authorized iPhone 6 and
Iphone 6 plus carrier began offering the smart phones to its customers today.
Closer ties with Constantinian order pg 12
pg 23 For Voucher
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The Myths of Sexual Assault
Among the myths about sexual assault, several continue to
prevail without basis in fact. Two concern the victim, one the
rapist. According to one myth, the victim is always young and
attractive. Unfortunately, movie and television dramatizations
have reflected this fallacy. The truth is there is no stereotypic
victim.
Another myth asserts the woman provokes the attack. The
truth is the rapist selects his victim on the basis of opportunity
and initiates the attack usually selecting as his victim a female
who appears vulnerable and appears to be alone.
The belief that rape is an act perpetrated for sexual gratification is also a myth. Rapists often have consenting sexual relationships but choose to rape both because they enjoy overpowering and degrading their victims and as a vent to their feelings
of hostility, aggression and inferiority. Sex is not the motivating
factor, only the chosen mode of expression.
The Reality of Sexual Assault
In reality, the crime of rape bears a closer resemblance to
violent crimes such as robbery and aggravated assault than it
does to sexual intercourse of any kind. Every person is a potential victim of sexual assault. Victims range in age from small
children to elderly persons.
The most vulnerable target is the woman alone, at any time
of the day or night. Often the assailant is someone you know
either closely or by sight alone.
Usually the rapist is a man who is emotionally unstable yet
deals with life on a day-to-day basis in a reasonably normal and
competent manner. According to the reported cases of sexual
assault, the assailant is often a friend, date, relative, co-worker
or casual acquaintance.
Exhibitionists and peeping toms should be considered as
potentially dangerous since these acts may be a part of a fantasy
which includes rape.
It cannot be emphasized too strongly that sexual assault is a
crime of violence; rapists are emotionally unstable persons who
view their victims as objects to vent their hostility, aggression,
frustration or insecurity on. Sexual gratification is not a motive
for their crime.
They wish to humiliate and degrade their victims, to make
them lesser beings, and the fantasy which they are acting out
carries with it the danger of physical harm in addition to the act
of rape itself.
Digicel launches
‘Scratch And
Win’ Christmas
Promotion
By Terry V La Ragy
At a press conference
at their Royal Palms Head
Office on Thursday morning Digicel launched its
Christmas promotion that
gives customers a chance
to win cash and prizes totalling a whopping
EC$150,000.
Under the theme
“Come Together This
Christmas”
customers
topping up EC$15 or more
at any Digicel store or
vendor, postpaid bill paid
on time or a new phone
purchase, will win their
share of scratch cards that
will give them numerous
chances to win exciting
prizes.
The prizes include,
daily cash prizes of
EC$1,000, Huawei and
Samsung
smartphones,
LTE WiFi modems, call
credit, LTE and 4G data
plans.
Furthermore,
Digicel is offering ten cards
that have a ‘grand prize’
draw section and for those
ten lucky persons they
will enter a final draw on
22nd December, having a
chance to win EC$15,000
in cash; with first place
receiving EC$10,000 and
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cont’d from pg 2
second place receiving
EC$5,000.
Also, from today (Friday) every customer that
purchases a brand new
DL750 handset will receive one months supply
of free data on activation
as well as customers will
have the opportunity to
get a Modem for five days
of 4G LTE ’free trial run’,
showing that once again
Digicel ‘continues to deliver best value to its customers’.
Speaking at the conference, Digicel Antigua
and Barbuda LTE Marketing Manager, Ms Patrice
Simon stated, “Digicel
has always made sure
that its customers receive
the best value and with
the launch of the ‘scratch
and win’ Christmas promotion – underpinned by
our ‘Come together this
Christmas’ campaign – we
want to spread the joy to
as many of our customers
as possible”.
“Not only do they have
a chance to win cash and
other prizes, but they will
be able to choose from the
widest selection of smartphones and LTE products
at the best prices”.
In addition, the Digicel team is giving back to
its communities by supporting a number of charities during the Christmas
season.
Ms Simon continued,
“Digicel is ensuring that
the less fortunate in the
communities will also enjoy this Christmas with
Digicel as our teams will
be visiting the Boys Training School, Camp Exceptional, ClareVue Psychiatric Hospital and the
Victory Centre.”
Digicel Group is a
leading global communications provider with
operations in 33 markets
in the Caribbean, Central
America and Asia Pacific.
After 13 years of operation, total investment to
date stands at over US$5
billion worldwide as the
company is renowned for
delivering best value, best
service and best network.
The Christmas campaign runs from now until the 19th December, so
come together this Christmas and make the season
an ‘extraordinary’ one
with Digicel.
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Statement by Asot Michael, Minister
of Tourism, Economic Development,
Investment and Energy to commemorate
CARICOM Energy Week 2014
“Achieving Climate, a sustainable future.
Environmental and EcoThe Government of
nomic Resilience through Antigua and Barbuda is
Sustainable Energy”
pursuing a multi-pronged
approach to its energy polAntigua and Barbuda icy. This policy is driven by
joins this year with the other the overall aims of advancmembers of the Caribbean ing the standard of living
Community (CARICOM) of our people through acto celebrate CARICOM cess to energy at reasonable
Energy WEEK 2014 under prices, enhancing our ecothe theme of “Achieving nomic competitiveness, reClimate,
Environmental ducing our dependence on
and Economic Resilience imported fossil fuels, and
through Sustainable Ener- incorporating environmengy”.
tal concerns into our energy
This theme is reflective programmes and policies.
of the efforts being made
The first element of our
by the new administration energy policy is intended
of Antigua and Barbuda to to bring about sustained repromote an energy policy duction in energy prices to
which is reflective of the ordinary consumers. This
needs of the country and initiative will involve shiftspecifically where possible ing from existing pricing
to reduce the cost of energy methodologies and workto the consumer, to harness ing with our partners in the
our country’s considerable petroleum industry to enrenewable energy resourc- sure that the benefits of any
es, and to encourage energy downward movements in
efficiency and energy con- international fuel prices are
servation.
passed on to residential and
The world today is at a other consumers. crossroad in terms of enerThe second component
gy. High energy costs com- of our government’s energy
bined with the adverse im- policy involves establishpacts on the global climate ing the institutional and
of fossil fuels mean that policy framework required
new directions must be fol- for management of energy
lowed as we strive towards in the twenty-first century.
Minister of Tourism, Economic Development, Investment
and Energy, the Hon., Asot Michael
This includes strengthening
the technical capacity of
the Ministry of Energy to
implement its mandate for
managing energy in Antigua and Barbuda as well as
establishment of a National
Energy Council which will
bring together private and
public sector energy sector stakeholders to advise
the Ministry of Energy on
energy related policies and
measures.
This government is
committed to empowering
Antiguans and Barbudans
to benefit directly from our
wind, solar and other re-
newable energy resources.
New technologies are making these energy sources
more and more cost effective and efficient, and our
government will continue
to do its part to reduce the
cost of renewable energy
components through removal of duties on renewable energy equipment.
Equally
significant,
however, will be the enactment in a few weeks of renewable energy legislation
which will provide a modern regulatory platform for
grid scale and consumer
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level renewable energy
in Antigua and Barbuda.
It is also our plan to work
with friendly governments
and agencies to introduce
renewable energy at government buildings, thereby reducing governments
own use of fossil fuel based
electricity.
The other area for immediate attention will be
energy efficiency and energy conservation. This will
be critical as it constitutes
the proverbial low hanging
fruit and is therefore an opportunity which we must
grasp, making use of new
technologies such as LED
and CFL lighting as well
as modern energy management approaches and concepts.
There is now global
recognition of the adverse
effects of climate change,
particularly so on small
-island States like Antigua and Barbuda. Most of
the adverse changes in our
climate are a result of the
emission into the atmosphere of greenhouse gases
from fossil fuels. The initiatives being planned by the
Ministry of Energy will all
contribute to the international goal to combat the
very real threat of global
climate change by reducing Antigua and Barbuda’s
emissions of greenhouse
gases.
In summary, the Government of Antigua and
Barbuda, acting though the
Ministry responsible for
Energy, is embarking on
a bold path to advance the
concepts of sustainable energy. This will have a number of interrelated components and will involve
working alongside partners
in private and public sectors to ensure visionary and
balanced energy management for Antigua and Barbuda. We also look forward
to working with our regional and international partners
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for support and assistance
as our nation strives towards the goal of this year’s
CARICOM Energy Week
of “Achieving Climate, Environmental and Economic
Resilience through Sustainable Energy”. Tuesday, November 18, 2014
8:30 AM
Limited space available – RSVP by November 14th – rsvp@axcelfinance.com
Ministry of Education,
Science and Technology
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Crime prevention initiatives needed
We are approaching
the end of 2015 and in
quick succession our figures for murders for the
year jumped to thirteen.
With two killings in
the same amount of days
we are into the teens
with the most serious
incidents of crime that a
country has to deal with.
The figure cannot be
ignored and any serious
minded society would
begin to ask questions as
to why our crime situa-
tion has not been brought
under any control.
If we take into account the individual circumstances of the last
two incidents, we might
very well conclude that
there is no need for worry. They certainly do not
represent a trend since
they are certainly not related.
But a murder is a
murder and the expected derivatives of concern and worry from the
innocent members of
our community cannot
be ignored. All avenues
need to be explored in
determining the causes
for the increase in crime,
especially those that are
gun related, with a committed resolve to reversing what appears to be a
worrying trend.
The task, in our estimation, is not an impossible one. There are countries around the world
that have been able to in-
troduce crime prevention
initiatives with a reasonable amount of success.
We in Antigua and
Barbuda and the Caribbean can do the same.
Once again however we
have to question the levels of commitment by
the authorities and the
various agencies of influence that are responsible
and empowered to effect
change.
Crime solving is one
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thing. While the crime
to arrest ratio may be a
proud boast, prevention
of the various incidents
remains the real source
of bother.
What is it that pushes
an individual to the edge
where he sees no other
resolve but through violence to gain an advantage.
We are of the view
that the various influences that are acting on the
minds of our people, especially at a very young
age, are contributing to a
negative and dangerous
mindset.
Once again, how
committed are our authority figures to pursue
a thorough examination
of the facts and devise
the methods and means
through which all members of society can contribute to ridding our
communities of crime
and the criminal elements.
We are yet to see
any serious movement
by those in authority to
bring minds and views
together to create solutions.
That is why we are
questioning their commitment. Crime affects
all of us and society in
general seems excluded
from the effort to make a
positive difference.
We are very worried
that dangerous weapons
are easily accessed and
are not only being used
in murders but to carry
out robberies on businesses and innocent citizens.
We cannot continue
like this and we certainly
should not wait until the
situation gets any worse
before moving to act in
desperate fashion when
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we could have been finding rationale solutions to
the contributing issues
all along.
There is no way that
we should be looking to
only the Police for the
help that we need. But
the police has a leadership responsibility to
act in a way that would
kick start the process of
bringing our communities together in the
search for solutions. We
are looking to them for
much better leadership
than this so that together
we can all help in making our country safer.
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Blue Bex Wid Barack
I’ve got to get this one
off my chest: Me blue bex
wid Barack Obama; and
is not me alone bex wid‘e. Plenty, plenty people in
the US and aroun’ de wide
Worl’ bex wid-‘e, too. Even
registered Democrats and
other ethnic minorities bex
wid Barack: If you want
proof of that, just check the
results of the US Mid-Term
Congressional Elections
held last Tuesday.
If the truth is to be told,
just about everybody everywhere has good reason
to be teed off at the US
President. Only Vladimir
Putin has good reason to
be pleased – after all, the
Leader of the Free world
has let him have things
pretty much his own way,
and Putin’s spirit of Russian adventurism is getting
stronger by the hour.
My rant has nothing to
do with my own personal
satisfaction – and that of
so many countless others
– at having lived to see an
individual of African descent ascend democratically to the most powerful
office on Spaceship Earth.
Barack Obama’s election to
the US Presidency is a supreme, landmark achievement in and of itself, and
nothing will ever take away
his unique status as the
“First Black”. President
Obama’s footnote in the
history books is quite se-
cure, whether he turns out
to have been a great president (Highly unlikely, Susan!) or another version of
that hapless “Goody TwoShoes” Jimmy Carter.
Let me put it this way:
The leader of the most
powerful nation on Earth
absolutely cannot be a “nice
guy”. The World is not a
“nice” place, and as freshly anointed “lame duck”
President Barack Obama
has demonstrated with panache, “nice guys finish
last.” Thank goodness Michele is still so sexy and vibrant: the next two years of
White House news would
be so boring otherwise!
President
Barack
Obama came to the White
House determined to heal
America, and to be a peacemaker. That was a worthy goal, especially for a
President elected to lead a
racially divided nation in
a bitterly divided World.
The goodness of his heart is
amply illustrated in the Affordable Health Care Act,
an initiative intended to
arrest spiraling health care
costs that threatened the
welfare of the poorest and
most unfortunate.
Who would ever have
imagined that so admirable
an effort could have caused
such division among loving,
caring,
patriotic,
good-hearted Americans?
Well, it did: and we all
know the real reason, don’t
we?
Ironically, the Republican Party, today the
great beneficiary of the
anti-Barack protest vote,
gained at the polls because
the National Committee
chose to run hard away
from far-right extremism, as
represented by the Tea Party and lunatics like Sarah
Palin and Ted Cruz. On the
other hand, the Democrats
ran hard away from Barack
Obama, which only made
things worse for them. Al
Gore made the same mistake, running away from
Bill Clinton; and look what
happened: don’t these people ever learn?
Hopefully, this latest
shock to the system will
wake the Democratic National Committee from its
slumber so they can get
cracking on energizing
their base – especially ethnic minorities – to elect a
Democrat in 2016. Minorities (especially Blacks) are
angry with Barack Obama
for his failure to address the
issues confronting Americans at the bottom of the
economic heap. Blacks in
particular are disappointed
that Barack opted not to
confront America over the
sick, virulent White racism
that drove the relentless
Republican rejection of any
and all Obama initiatives.
Barack Obama may
have wished to play the role
of the healer: unfortunately
he overlooked an important
truth. To heal an infected,
festering wound, the physician must first lance the
offending object so the
stinking pus can spurt out.
Only then can the wound
be cleaned and bound up.
As the “first Black” President, Obama subscribed to
the fantasy that his election
marked the end of racial divisions in the Land of the
Free. He was sadly mistaken: trying to be nice about
it only egged the White racists on to more extremes of
political obstructionism.
I really got teed off with
President Obama when I
realized that the US, paralyzed by its own internal
racism, would not play a
vigorous leadership role
in ending the Syrian conflict. That, combined with
Obama’s too-early abandonment of Iraq (a campaign promise) left the way
clear for Vladimir Putin
to move into the resulting
power vacuum with a vengeance – and the World is
paying a price today, as
Ukraine is dismembered
and ISIL destabilizes the
entire Mid-East region.
Nice guys really do finish last.
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Anti-Obama forces cloud global stability
With just 2 years effectively left in Barack
Obama’s Presidency of
the United States, the
world suddenly looks set
to face even more danger
than it does currently.
Control of the US
House of Representatives
by the Republican Party,
following the November
4 mid-term elections, has
emboldened the “neocons” who formed part
of the George W Bush
regime that launched the
US into wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. The extreme right-wing views
of figures, such as Dick
Cheney, Bush’s belligerent Vice President,
and Paul Wolfowitz, his
Deputy Secretary for Defence, are emerging in the
thinking and statements
of those who now occupy
the Republican-dominated Congress.
A significant part of
their thinking is that the
US should take unilateral
action and make pre-emptive military strikes anywhere and at any time
that America’s national
security is imperilled. Of
course, the “neo-cons”
definition of America’s
national security is very
broad and ranges from
resisting any effort to ad-
dress the effects of climate
change to blasting the Islamic State of Iraq and the
Levant (ISIL) into oblivion. In between those two
extremes are stepping up
support for Israel against
Palestine, sending weapons to the Ukraine to resist Russia, and curbing
China’s growing influence
in Asia and the Pacific.
As President, Obama
did not satisfy fully any of
the many groups and individuals who had so eagerly and expectantly supported his first campaign
for the job. But despite
the drone strikes, which he
continued in Afghanistan
and Pakistan and his failure to fulfil his promise to
close the US military prison at Guantanamo Bay,
Obama has tried to pursue
a multilateral approach to
America’s involvement in
the problems of the world. He has sought to give the
UN Security Council the
respect it deserves as well
as to involve other nations
in the theatres of conflict
into which the US has
been drawn. Had he not done so,
the world would have been
confronted much earlier with the huge clashes
that now loom large over
it. What is more, the lives
By Sir Ronald Sanders
of thousands of American tial for developing a nusoldiers would have been clear-weapon capability
lost in battlegrounds in the won him no plaudits with
Middle-East, Eastern Eu- a Republican Party that is
rope and elsewhere. And, so jaundiced in its attitude
antagonism and hostili- that its representatives acty to the US would have cord him not the slightest
grown exponentially, wid- commendation.
Within days of seening even more the readiness of aggrieved parties curing a majority in the
to use terror for revenge House of Representatives,
the rampant Republican
against America.
He gets no credit for Party showed its deterhis measured foreign poli- mination to overturn procies from the Republicans gressive international polwho blame him for allow- icies that Obama is trying
ing ISIL to be formed and to put in place. Few hours
for the existence of the had passed after Obama
murderous ISIS group. signed a historic and globEven his judicious han- ally important agreement
dling of Iran and its poten- cont’d on pg 11
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the President nor the Conon November 12 with gress enjoy unrestricted
Chinese President Xi Jin- power. Even when the
ping to curb the green- President and the majority
house gas emissions of in the Congress are from
their countries, when the the same political parRepublicans attacked it. ty, the two often have to
The Republican Party’s at- negotiate agreements on
titude to Climate Change laws and budgets. Such
portends greater grief for negotiations sometimes
small states that are the assume an acrimonious
victims of global warming and bitter character when
and sea-level rise. It also the President and the Conendangers the future of gressional majority are
the planet, including the from opposing parties. In
US, which is not immune the course of American
from the damaging conse- history, Presidents and
quences of intense chang- Congresses have learned
the manners and princies in climate patterns.
The worrying pros- ples of negotiation and
pect for the world is that bargaining to achieve
the “neo con” thinking in- some level of agreement
side the Republican Party in the management of the
could become so all per- nation’s affairs. That is as
vasive that it dictates their it should be in a democratstance in the US Congress ic system. Both President
over the last two years and Congress are electof Obama’s Presidency. ed representatives of the
Such a stance has destruc- people and, in managing
tive implications within the people’s affairs, neiAmerica for Obama’s vi- ther side should have unsionary health-care pro- hindered power to act as
gramme, which the Re- they please. What comes
publicans would like to out in the wash of negotidiscard, and for a more ations between them may
balanced
immigration not be perfect, but at least
framework. But, it will it reflects consensus. But, there has been a
also contribute to an unsettled world from which conspicuous difference in
only war-mongers will the way that the Republican Party representatives
benefit.
It is in the nature of have treated with Barack
the American system of Obama as President. government that neither Their hostility has often
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been palpable and outrageous, even to the point
of the Representative of
South Carolina, Joe Wilson, shouting the word
“liar” at Obama as he delivered a Health Care Address to a joint session of
Congress in 2009.
There is little doubt
that the last two years of
Obama’s Presidency will
be beset with obstacles on
both the domestic and foreign policy fronts. There
is almost a primitive urge
within the Republican
Party not only to ensure
that he enjoys no successes during the rest of his
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term, but also to overturn
the things he has accomplished so far. The present Congress has already
shown that it has no intention of co-operating with
him. Therefore, he has
only a slim chance of implementing his instinctive
policies for a better America and a more just world
However, as President, he can at least stop
the renewed efforts of
the ‘neo cons’ to advance
practices that would alienate America and push the
world into increased tension and instability. And,
that he must do.
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Antigua and Barbuda and Constantinian
Order of St. George Forge Closer Relations
Prime Minister the
Hon. Gaston A. Browne
and His Royal Highness
Prince Charles of Bourbon Two Sicilies, Duke of
Castro were among high
officials who received
honours and awards as the
Sacred Military Constantinian Order of St. George
and Antigua and Barbuda
forged closer relations.
To mark the first official visit and in line with
standard and regular international customs and traditions, an Exchange of Honours ceremony took place
at Government House in
St. John’s between the
Grand Magistry of the Sacred Military Constantinian Order of St. George and
Government Officials of
Antigua & Barbuda during
which high institutional
awards were granted in
reciprocity to each other’s
delegation. Such awards
were granted by virtue of
the holder’s office and not
specifically for individual
merit.
Awards of Knighthoods were bestowed in
recognition of the Order’s
longstanding contribution
to charitable, humanitarian
and inter-religious endeavour in Antigua and Barbuda, the Commonwealth
and wider world.
Governor General Sir Rodney Williams with the Honorees from the Sacred Military Constantinian Order of St. George and the Government of Antigua and Barbuda with Church
Officials
Pursuant to the National Honours Act of Antigua and Barbuda, His
Excellency Sir Rodney
Williams, Governor General and Grand Master
and on the advice of Her
Majesty’s Antigua and
Barbuda Ministers, gave
orders for the following
appointments to the Most Governor General Sir Rodney Williams with Secretary GenDistinguished Order of the eral of the Sacred Military Constantinian Order of St. George
Sir Anthony Bailey and Lady Bailey and Lady Sandra WilNation:
Knight
Grand
Cross
(KGCN)
His Royal Highness Prince
Charles of Bourbon Two
Sicilies, Duke of Castro
His Eminence Renato Raffaele Cardinal Martino
His Excellency Sir Anthony Bailey, OBE Dame
Grand
Cross
(DGCN)
Her Royal Highness Prin-
liams cess Camilla of Bourbon Sacred Military ConstanTwo Sicilies, Duchess of tinian Order of St. George
Castro,
conferred the following
appointments on officials
Knight
Commander in Antigua and Barbuda:
(KCN)
Gold
Benemerenti
Sir Cyril Woods
Medal of the Sacred MilSir Nadhmi Auchi
itary Order of St George
Sir William Jeffcock
and Knight Grand Cross of
Sir Spas Roussev
the Royal Order of Francis
I
Reciprocating,
the
His Excellency Sir
Grand Magistry of the cont’d on pg 13
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Rodney Williams, Governor-General of Antigua
and Barbuda
Silver
Benemerenti
Medal of the Sacred Military Order of St George
and Knight Grand Cross of
the Royal Order of Francis
I
The Honourable Gaston A. Browne, Prime
Minister and Minister of
Finance and Corporate
Governance of Antigua
and Barbuda
Knight Grand Cross of
Merit of the Sacred Military Order of St George
The
Honourable
Governor General Sir Rodney Williams with High Officials of the Catholic Church in Antigua
and Barbuda, the Caribbean and the Vatican
Charles Henry Fernandez, Antigua and Barbuda
cred Military Order of St
Minister of Foreign Affairs
Knight Commander of George
and International Trade of Merit with Star of the Sa- cont’d on pg 14
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His Excellency Sir David Shoul,
Ambassador of Antigua and Barbuda
to the Holy See
Knight Commander of the Royal
Order of Francis I
His Excellency Ambassador Colin Murdoch, Permanent Secretary in
the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and
International Trade
The investiture ceremony took
place at Government House, St
John’s, in the presence of the Prime
Minister and the Foreign Minister
together with senior state, diplomatic and ecclesiastical representatives. Since 2012 and as part of official
visits by or to the Grand Master or
Cardinal Grand Prior of the Sacred
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Military Constantinian Order of St.
George, Exchanges of Honours have
taken place between the Order and
nations newly approved for charitable support such as Italy, Portugal,
Ireland, Sovereign Military Order
of Malta, Kosovo, Albania, Lesotho,
Tonga, Colombia, Dominica, Montenegro, Gibraltar and Panama. Charitable work to be carried
out in Antigua and Barbuda include
completion of the Good Samaritan
Catholic Church and Community
Centre in Hatton, the renovation of
the St. Joseph’s Catholic Church,
construction of classroom and office
complexes at the St. Joseph’s Academy, Christ the King High School
and St. John’s Catholic Primary and
construction assistance towards the
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Commercial Banks in Antigua and Barbuda as well as
acrosstheECCU.
Onlyblackorblueinkpensshouldbeusedforchequeand
draftwriting/signing.
No writing or marks should be placed on the MICR line
(theseriesofnumbersatthebottomofcheques).
Ensurethatsufficientfundsareplacedinaccountstocover
cheques,aschequeswillbeclearedquickly,insomecases
theverysameday.
For more information about ECACH, please contact your
local bank.
Governor General Sir Rodney Williams
with Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda the Hon. Gaston Browne and His
Royal Highness Prince Charles of
Bourbon Two Sicilies, Duke of Castro
completion of renovation work at
Government House and the Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine.
Friends of MSJMC
says thank you
Friends of MSJMC
would like to thank everyone who came out and supported our event “An Evening Under the Stars”.
The event was a great
success. We are truly appreciative of all the support
we get whenever we have
functions. We are especially pleased with the positive
response to this event and
the wonderful turn out of
persons who came to party
with us under the stars. Due
to your support we were
able to meet our projected
revenue and will be purchasing the additional Patient Safety Equipment for
MSJMC.
This event “An Evening Under the Stars” will
likely become an annual
function so look out for us
again this time next year!!
On behalf of the Executive Committee and members of Friends of MSJMC,
we would like to thank the
following for their donations, contributions and
personal time. The Sandals
Grande Resort and Spa,
Goddard Catering, Subway, The Athletic Club,
Carlisle Bay Resort, Nonsuch Bay Resort, ABS TV,
The Daily Observer, Caribbean Times, MSJMC,
Antigua Home and Office
Depot, Townhouse Furnishings, Shoul’s Toys and
Gifts, Tian Winter, Chiki
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Importance of visiting your dentist regularly
Whether you are 80 or
8, your oral health is important. Did you know that
a lot of people fail to see a
dentist each year? Regular
dental examinations and
good oral hygiene can prevent most dental disease?
Here are some frequently
asked questions about going to the dentist.
Question: Why do regular dental visits matter?
Answer: Regular dental visits are important because they can help spot
oral health problems early
and treatment is likely to be
simpler and more affordable. They also help prevent many oral problems
from developing in the first
place. Visiting your dentist
regularly is also important
because some diseases or
medical conditions have
symptoms that can appear
in the mouth.
Here are 15 signs you
should see a dentist:
Your teeth are sensitive
to hot or cold
Your gums are puffy
and/or they bleed when you
brush or floss
You have fillings,
crowns, dental implants,
dentures, etc.
You don’t like the way
your smile or teeth look
You have persistent
bad breath or bad taste in
your mouth
You are pregnant
You have pain or swelling in your mouth, face or
neck
You have difficulty
chewing or swallowing
You have a family
history of gum disease or
tooth decay
You have a medical
condition such as diabetes,
cardiovascular disease, eating disorders, or are HIV
positive
Your mouth is often dry
You smoke or use other
tobacco products
You are undergoing
medical treatment such as
radiation, chemotherapy or
hormone replacement therapy
Your jaw sometimes
pops or is painful when
opening and closing, chewing or when you first wake
up; you have an uneven
bite
You have a spot or sore
that doesn’t look or feel
right in your mouth and it
isn’t going away.
Q: What if I don’t
have any of these symptoms—do I still need
to go to the dentist?
A: Yes. Even if you don’t
have any symptoms, you
can still have oral health
problems that only a dentist can diagnose. Regular
dental visits will also help
prevent problems from
developing. Continuity of
care is an important part
of any health plan and
dental health is no exception. Keeping your mouth
healthy is an essential piece
of your overall health. It’s
also important to keep your
dentist informed of any
changes in your overall
health since many medical conditions can affect your oral health too.
Q: How often do I have
to go to the dentist?
A: There is no one-sizefits-all dental treatment.
Some people need to visit
the dentist once or twice a
year; others may need more
visits. You are a unique incont’d on pg 17
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cont’d from pg 16
dividual, with a unique
smile and unique needs
when it comes to keeping
your smile healthy.
Q: What should I look
for when choosing a dentist?
A: You may want to call or
visit more than one dentist
before making your decision. Dental care is a very
personalized service that
requires a good relationship between the dentist
and the patient. During
your first visit, you should
be able to determine if this
is the right dentist for you.
Consider the following:
Is the appointment
schedule convenient for
you and your dentist?
Does the office appear
to be clean, neat and orderly?
Was your medical and
dental history recorded and
placed in a permanent file?
Does the dentist explain
techniques that will help
you prevent dental health
problems? Is dental health
instruction provided?
Are special arrangements made for handling
emergencies outside of office hours?
Is information provided about fees and payment
plans if any before treatment is scheduled?
Here are some tips to
help you take care of your
smile:
Healthy habits. Brushing twice a day for two
minutes and flossing daily
are essential for everyone,
no matter how unique your
mouth is. It’s the best way
to fight tooth decay and
gum disease.
Build a relationship.
Continuity of care is an important part of any health
plan and dental health is no
exception. When your dentist sees you regularly, he
or she is in a good position
to catch oral problems early. For instance, catching
gum disease when it’s still
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reversible, or cavities when
they are small and are more
easily treated.
Maintain.
Keeping
your mouth healthy is an
essential piece of your
overall health. It’s important to keep your dentist informed of any changes in
your overall health as well.
Talk about it! Only your
dentist can determine what
the best treatment plan is
for you. Have questions
about your oral health or
certain dental procedures?
Start a conversation.
Ask your dentist to explain
step-by-step. Dentists love
having satisfied, healthy
patients.
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Bermuda Premier ‘shocked’ following
shooting of four on Rememberance Day
HAMILTON,
Bermuda, CMC - Premier
Michael Dunkley has expressed “shock and concern” after four men were
shot outside Somerset
Cricket Club on Tuesday,
the Remembrance Day
holiday, when Bermudians honoured its veterans
and dead from two world
wars.
Bermuda has long
been plagued by gang violence.
The four men sustained gunshot wounds after a lone man opened fire
at a group of men outside
the club at the island’s
west end.
“While most Bermudians were observing this
Remembrance Day, the
holiday was denigrated by
the reckless and callous
actions of a few,” said
Dunkley, who is also National Security Minister.
“These latest shootings remind us that this
issue of gang violence
continues to demand our
undivided attention as
leaders, citizens and as a
community who want the
best for our young people.
“As the police devote
all necessary resources to
the investigation of these
crimes, I renew the call
for anyone with information to make contact
with the police directly or via the anonymous
CrimeStoppers hotline. If
you know something, say
something.”
Police are investigating a possible link between the shooting outside the cricket club and
an earlier incident outside
the National Sports Centre
on the outskirts of Hamilton. No one was injured in
that incident.
Sandys North Central
parliamentarian Dennis
Lister described the evening’s events as “tragic”.
“I was up at the Na-
Bermuda Premier Michael Dunkley.
tional Sports Centre when
the first incident occurred,
but no one expected this
kind of follow-up.
“I would call on everyone to remain calm at
this moment. This could
be the start of an escalation, but we do not want
to see that.”
Alfred Maybury, president of Somerset Cricket Club, said upcoming
events at the club as well
as its Friday night football fixture had been postponed in the wake of the
shootings.
Jamaican student killed, two others
injured, during armed robbery rampage
KINGSTON, Jamaica – A stuThe student has been identified
dent was killed and two others in- as Shamar Blackwood, 16, of the
jured following an attack by armed Maggotty High School in the parish.
men in the southern parish of St.
According to the Jamaica ObElizabeth late Tuesday.
server, “The boy was shot in the head
during a rampage, by gunmen in the
mountainous Pisgah/Huntley Castle
area of north-west St Elizabeth.”
Jamaica police report that shortcont’d on pg 20
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cont’d from pg 19
ly before 10pm, six armed
men entered a house in the
community of Pisgah in
the parish.
Shortly after the armed
assailants entered a restaurant, robbing patrons of
cash, jewellery and cellular
phones, reportedly firing
several shots before leaving, however no one was
injured in that incident.
The gunmen then went
to the nearby community
of Huntley Castle where
they entered a shop and
ordered patrons to lie face
down on the floor.
According to police,
the men took liquor, cash
and cellular phones and
left. Shortly after, one of
the gunmen returned and
opened fire on the group
injuring Shamar and two
others.
The three were rushed
to hospital where the teenager was pronounced dead.
Police report that one person remains in hospital in
serious condition while the
other person was treated
and released.
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Utah trucker accused of
keeping more sex slaves
SALT LAKE CITY
(AP) – A Utah truck driver accused of keeping two
women as sex slaves in
his semitrailer as he traveled the country had four
more victims, federal prosecutors said in court documents.
Some of the new accusations against defendant
Timothy Jay Vafeades date
back 20 years.
In two of the new incidents detailed in the documents filed Monday, prosecutors say Vafeades, now
54, lured the women to
his truck, then forcibly altered their appearances and
ground down their teeth
while holding them prisoner for months.
Vafeades met one of
the women when he was
a hospice patient and married her. He began assaulting her after she agreed to
go to Utah with him and
continued until she escaped
about six months later, the
documents state.
Vafeades is accused of
meeting another woman
while she worked at a retail store and inviting her
to join him in his truck for
more than a week in 2005,
then keeping her on board
for about three months before she got away.
In the other two new
cases, Vafeades assaulted
women he met at a college
and online, authorities said.
No charges have been
filed involving the newly
disclosed incidents because
the statute of limitations
has expired, but prosecutors want to introduce
the details as evidence in
the case filed in March,
said Melodie Rydalch, a
spokeswoman for the U.S.
Attorney’s Office in Utah.
In that case, prosecutors said the trucker kidnapped and repeatedly sexually assaulted two women
who were 18 and 19.
Vafeades has pleaded not guilty to multiple
counts of kidnapping,
transporting for illegal
sexual activity and possession of child pornography.
His attorney Vanessa Ramos declined to comment
Thursday.
Prosecutors say the circumstances were similar
Timothy Jay Vafeades.
to the recently disclosed
incidents and show preparation, planning and intent.
Ramos has filed a motion to suppress evidence
gathered by police during a
search of Vafeades’s truck
after he was arrested in
Minnesota.
He was taken into custody after police noticed
the 19-year-old woman
with bruises on her face
at a weigh station. Ramos
argued in court documents
that the stop and the search
were illegal.
A hearing scheduled
for Dec. 17 on her motion.
Sources: IS, al-Qaida reach accord in Syria
ISTANBUL (AP) -- Militant leaders from the Islamic State group and
al-Qaida gathered at a farm house in
northern Syria last week and agreed
on a plan to stop fighting each other
and work together against their opponents, a high-level Syrian opposition
official and a rebel commander have
told The Associated Press.
Such an accord could present
new difficulties for Washington’s
strategy against the IS group. While
warplanes from a U.S.-led coalition strike militants from the air, the
Obama administration has counted
on arming “moderate” rebel factions
to push them back on the ground.
Those rebels, already considered relatively weak and disorganized, would
face far stronger opposition if the two
heavy-hitting militant groups now are
working together.
IS - the group that has seized
nearly a third of Syria and Iraq with a
campaign of brutality and beheadings
this year - and al-Qaida’s affiliate in
Syria, known as the Nusra Front, have
fought each other bitterly for more
than a year to dominate the rebellion against Syrian President Bashar
Assad. The Associated Press reported late last month on signs that the
two groups appear to have curtailed
their feud with informal local truces.
Their new agreement, according to
the sources in rebel groups opposed
to both IS and Nusra Front, would involve a promise to stop fighting and
team up in attacks in some areas of
northern Syria.
Cooperation, however, would fall
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Friday 14th November 2014
cont’d from pg 21
short of unifying the rival groups,
and experts believe any pact between
the two sides could easily unravel.
U.S. intelligence officials have been
watching the groups closely and say
a full merger is not expected soon - if
ever. A U.S. official with access to intelligence about Syria said the American intelligence community has not
seen any indications of a shift in the
two groups’ strategy, but added that
he could not rule out tactical deals on
the ground. The official insisted on
anonymity because he said he was not
authorized to speak publicly about the
subject.
According to a Syrian opposition
official speaking in Turkey, the meeting took place Nov. 2 in the town of
Atareb, west of Aleppo, starting at
around midnight and lasting until 4
a.m. The official said the meeting was
closely followed by members of his
movement, and he is certain that an
agreement was reached. The official
said about seven top militant leaders
attended.
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Former CEO of West Virginia mine
that blew up, killing 29, indicted
CHARLESTON,
W.Va. (AP) – The former
CEO who oversaw the
West Virginia mine that exploded, killing 29 people,
was indicted Thursday on
federal charges related to
a safety investigation that
followed the worst U.S.
coal mining disaster in 40
years.
Massey Energy CEO
Don Blankenship is accused of conspiring to violate safety and health standards at Upper Big Branch
Mine and became the highest-ranking executive to
face charges in the blast.
The explosion and investigation led to the overhaul of the way the federal
government oversees mine
safety.
U.S. Attorney Booth
Goodwin said a federal
grand jury indicted Blankenship on several charges.
The indictment said:
“Blankenship knew that
UBB was committing hundreds of safety-law violations every year and that he
had the ability to prevent
most of the violations that
UBB was committing. Yet
he fostered and participated in an understanding that
perpetuated UBB’s practice of routine safety vio-
lations, in order to produce
more coal, avoid the costs
of following safety laws,
and make more money.”
Blankenship could face
up to 31 years in prison if
convicted.
His attorney, William
W. Taylor III, said in a
statement that Blankenship
“is entirely innocent of
these charges. He will fight
them and he will be acquitted.”
News about the indictment spread fast in the
mining community. Pam
Napper, whose son, Josh
Napper, was among the
miners killed at Upper Big
Branch, said she was elated.
“I think it’s about
time,” Napper said. “He
was a big part of this. He
knew what was going on
in that mine and continued
to let it go. I hope he gets
what he deserves. I am so
excited. They aren’t sad
tears today. They’re happy
tears.”
In February 2013, a
former longtime subordinate, David Hughart,
testified that Blankenship
ordered the widespread
corporate practice of warning coal miners about surprise federal inspections.
Massey Energy Company Chief Executive Officer Don Blankenship.
The federal Mine Safety
and Health Administration
said the root cause of the
blast was Massey’s “systematic, intentional and aggressive efforts” to conceal
life-threatening problems.
MSHA said managers even
maintained two sets of
pre-shift inspection books
- an accurate one for themselves, and a sanitized one
for regulators.
The indictment says
Blankenship conspired to
violate standards at the
mine from January 2008
until April 2010, when the
explosion tore through the
tunnels.
The explosion prompted federal officials to begin to take a harder look
at problem Appalachian
mines with lingering compliance issues. The result
was monthly “impact” inspections at problem mines
in addition to routine visits. The U.S. Mine Safety
and Health Administration
said last month that it has
conducted 823 “impact”
inspections sites and issued
more than 13,000 citations
since April 2010.
Blankenship
made
false statements to the
Securities and Exchange
Commission concerning
Massey Energy’s safety
practices before the explosion, the indictment said.
He made similar statements
in connection with the purchase and sale of Massey
Energy stock, it said.
Alpha Natural Resources bought Massey for
$7.1 billion in June 2012.
Blankenship retired ahead
of the merger.
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In Conjunction with
Will be hosting a constituency
CLEAN UP DATES:
5:30am - Starting Point @ George Chiai
(Coolidge)
November 8th & 9th — Coolidge, Hodges
Bay, Royal Gardens , Cedar Grove , Crosbies
5:30am - Starting @ North Shore Supermarket
November 15th & 16th — Longfords, Flag
staff, Mount Pleasant, Blue Waters, Marble Hill,
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November 22nd & 23rd — Anchorage Road
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Thursday’s Sudoku Solution
25
SUDOKU
C R O S S WO R D
Across
1. Fortune-teller’s deck
6. Rabbit tail
10. Kind of shaft
14. Happy place to walk?
15. House for El Cid
16. First place?
17. Pirate ship indicator
19. Use tea leaves, in a way
20. Binary system element
21. ___ space
22. Chatter
23. Like the wash, before the
rinse cycle
24. Robert or Elizabeth
25. Set afire
28. Room for El Cid
29. Urban blight
30. Thousands of years
35. Sugar unit
36. Word with Erie or root
37. Mafia bigwigs
38. On fire
40. Soph preceder
41. It may be final
42. Good partner?
43. Tennis champion Neale,
1960
46. Nonreturnable wedding
present?
48. Clark’s associate
49. Crease
50. Equal a bet
53. He has an apple named after him
54. Bakery offering
56. Sandwich with sliced roast
lamb
57. Charged particles
58. Make euphoric
59. “Mine eyes have ___ ...”
60. Memorable date
61. Had a spread
Down
1. General during World War
II
2. Popular author’s ID
3. Respiratory sound
4. Cruet filler
5. Auditions
6. “Rob Roy” portrayals
7. Shrewd
8. Tech support caller
9. Gob
10. Buffoon
11. Best of all worlds
12. “Rad!”
13. Rear-___ (certain accident)
18. Hardly genteel
22. Wan
23. Nursery rhyme character
24. Fanciful
25. Anagram of lies
26. Moody
27. Without feeling
28. Refinery dross
30. Disfigure
31. Travelers’ stopover
32. Twelve
33. “Meet Me ___ Louis”
34. Begrimed with soot
36. Bygone despot
39. Fellers
40. Type of truck
42. Word with master or floor
43. Droops
44. Color once more
45. On top of it
46. Massey of old films
47. Informative
49. Stir to action
50. Ending for many places in
Asia
51. Novel conclusion
52. “One-___ Jacks” (1961)
54. Beseech
55. First name in gins
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The Antigua and Barbuda Association for Senior Citizens
will be holding a Tea Party on 13th November 2014 from
2:30- 5:30 PM at the Senior Citizens Center on Emm’s Drive
Fort Road. All are invited as we welcome your support to
this Fundraising activity.
The Antigua and Barbuda National Secondary Schools' Drama Festival will take place from Saturday 15th to Saturday,
22nd November, 2014. The public is invited to attend the
nightly performances of the various schools from Tuesday
18th to Friday, 21st November at the Dean William Lake
Cultural Centre at 7pm. Admission is $10 (children/students)
and $15 (adults) each night; season tickets are available for
$30 and $50. Tickets are on sale at the Nevis St and Redcliffe
St branches of the Culture Department, as well as the Dean
Lake box office from 4:30 pm each day. The participating
schools are: Jennings Secondary and Clare Hall Secondary
(Tuesday, 18th November); Ottos Comprehensive and Princess Margaret Secondary (Wednesday, 19th November); St.
Anthony’s Secondary and Antigua Girls’ High (Thursday,
20th November); and Sir McChesney George Secondary
(Friday 21st November). For further information call 7796634 or email anudramafestival@gmail.com.
"The National Youth Choir of Antigua and Barbuda is recruiting a guitarist, and new members for the upcoming season 2014/2015. All interested persons are asked to contact
Ms. Lola Kirby-Peterson, at 562-3586 between 10am - 2pm
Monday to Friday to set an audition."
The Antigua and Barbuda Tade Union Congress will convene its 12th Annual Delegates Conference. The opening
ceremony will be at the Multipurpose Centre, Perry Bay on
Thursday, November 20th at 9 a.m. The theme of this year’s
conference is Workers’ rights are Human rights. The featured speaker will be Dr. Collin Greene. The business session follows the opening and continues on Friday November
21st at 9 a.m.
Registration has commenced for the Sir Lester Bird, Home
and Business and Community Lighting Competition. The
event returns after a 10 year hiatus and will form an integral
part of the 2014 Christmas Season in Antigua and Barbuda.
This year a Community category had been added to the usual Home and Business categories. The competition is divided into (5) five zones for the Home categories: east, west,
north, south and Barbuda, while the Business and Community would be judged as overall categories.
Registration forms can be had at the National Festivals
Commission Office, ABS Television, Baileys Supermarket,
Epicurean Fine Foods, Asot’s Arcde, Cecil George-John, All
Saints and Parham Police Stations, Johnsons Point Clinic
and Barbuda Council Office.
Closing date for registration is 5th December, prejudging
will commence on 12th December and final judging will begin on the 18th December.
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Please be on time or be courteous, by notifying the Secretary
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DEAR LADY X HOROSCOPE
Last February we lost
my 14-year-old niece to
suicide.
Needless to say, it has
been very hard on the family, especially her father,
who is my brother. The two
of them were inseparable.
Her mother has been
playing the “perfect mother” card since then, even
though all they did was
fight.
Her latest move has
the entire family appalled.
“Mom” is planning a birthday party for my niece,
with a DJ and everything,
even though she never had
one for her while she was
alive.
We are all worried
about my brother’s state
of emotional well being
and how he will respond
once he finds out. How
do I approach her with my
concerns and put a stop to
the party? -- APPALLED
AUNT IN THE EAST
DEAR APPALLED:
You shouldn’t and you
can’t.
Have a talk with your
brother about this and suggest grief counseling for
himself and his wife if they
haven’t already had any.
The poor woman may
be planning to have the
party out of guilt because
she didn’t host one while
her daughter was alive, or
because her relationship
with the girl wasn’t a good
one.
She may also be unable
to accept that her child is
gone and not thinking rationally. What a sad situation.
Thursday’s Crossword Solution
ARIES (March 21-April 19).
You have good connections,
but you could always use more.
Get out and mingle. You’ll find
that your skills and talents compliment those of an interesting
someone.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20).
There’s a number of things you’d
like to learn. You suspect that
if you followed these interests,
your life would head in interesting directions, and you’re absolutely right. What are you waiting for?
GEMINI (May 21-June 21).
Your dreams are sensible and
within reach, so all you have to
do is decide what you want most
at the moment (pare it down to
one thing) and then work for it.
Voila!
CANCER (June 22-July 22). Be
cautious about with whom you
align today. Don’t make plans
with anyone you don’t feel 100
percent good about because the
bond will start building immediately and you’ll later feel stuck.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). Guard
against impatience, your own
and other people’s. Everything
is happening in the time it’s supposed to. Take care not to let anyone dominate or rush you.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). You
may feel you’re being wrongly
associated with the feelings of
another. People who don’t feel
fulfilled sometimes blame those
close to them for the problem,
but, of course, we are each responsible for our own fulfillment.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). In
your imagination it’s a castle on
a distant hill — the promise of
things to come. In real life, you’d
like something much smaller, no
dungeons please, though you’d
still like the future to be rather
romantic and large scale.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21).
It’s difficult to get together with
someone who is just as busy as
you, but it’s important to try because this is the one you need to
connect with most now. The resources you share will help more
than just the two of you.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec.
21). Regarding your pet project:
It feels as though you are never
completely finished and indeed
you may never be, so resolve
yourself to continual adjustments
and upkeep.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan.
19). You’ll get a rush of productive energy, but it has an expiration date. Tackle the thing you
can finish completely because
you won’t feel like picking the
same thing up again tomorrow.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18).
Who has the energy for critical
people? Avoid those who seem
to have an awful lot of opinions
about what others should and
shouldn’t be doing. Tonight features lovely, heartwarming eye
contact.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20).
Before you accommodate anyone’s wishes, be sure you’ve
tended to your own. Otherwise,
you risk feeling sorry for yourself at the end of the day. Selfpity doesn’t become you.
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Independence meet delayed indefinitely,
Turf Club Targets 9 Dec., for next meet
By Vanroy Burnes
The Antigua Turf Club
has announced that its Independence Horse race
meet that was scheduled
for November 16th has been
delayed indefinitely.
President of the Turf
Club
Neil
Cochrane
through a release said the
continuous heavy showers over the past weeks
has hampered the prepara-
tions of the venue, the rain
has left the track very wet
that hampers the exercises of the horses and added
to that we still repairing
some damages cause by the
storm Gonzalo.
The Turf Club boss also
noted the meet had to be
postponed on two previous
occasions on November 2nd
to facilitate the Drag racing
and again on November 9th
due continuous rain and
since then more rain has
fallen so we are force to
postponed for a third time.
Cochrane said weather
permitted we are looking
at December 9th V.C. Bird
Day for our next meet.
The Independence meet
was to feature the return of
the Mares and Fillies Classic and also the rematch of
the 2012 & 2013 Cham-
pion Horse of the Garden
Nothing Personal and the
new sensation Demolition
Man.
According to the Turf
Club boss, the fans may not
be happy, but there is nothing that the turf club can
do as it relates to the forces
of nature and the work of
the most high. So we will
just have to hope that the
weather holds enough.
All-round Perry stars in comfortable win
BANGALORE, India - Ellyse
Perry starred with bat and ball as Australia Women registered a comfortable win against West Indies women
to take an unassailable 2-0 lead in the
four-match ODI series.
Perry scored her fourth ODI fifty,
then picked up three wickets to halt
West Indies innings well short of Australia’s total. The win meant Australia
remained unbeaten in the ICC Women’s ODI Championship.
Australia won the toss and the
top order ensured a strong opening,
Nicole Bolton, who top-scored with
76, and Elyse Villani adding 65 for
the first wicket and Bolton and Perry
following it up with a 69-run stand for
the third wicket.
Perry then added another 55 for
the fourth wicket Alex Blackwell to
take Australia well past 200. Quick
wickets towards the end of the innings restricted Australia to 256.
West Indies remained in the hunt
Ellyse Perry hit her fourth ODI fifty.
with a 115-run opening stand but suffered a middle-order collapse. Hayley
Mathews, the opener, scored 89 but
couldn’t find support from the oth-
er end. As the wickets fell, the West
Indies scoring slowed down and the
team could only manage 203. (ESPNcricinfo)
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“We came second to
them in this competition
earlier this year by two
points, so I think the combination of players that we
should be able to put on the
park should give us a good
chance of beating them and
going on to capture the title
next March,” said the wiry
all-rounder.
The
Windwards
claimed only their fourth
victory on Jamaican soil,
when they thumped their
hosts by three wickets earlier this year at Sabina Park,
but the Jamaicans gained a
measure of revenge, when
they topped the Volcanoes
in the drawn Final Challenge in St. Lucia to claim
the Headley/Weekes Trophy.
Long-standing Jamaica
Franchise captain Tamar
Lambert said last season
was disappointing for his
side following six years
of unprecedented success
and they will be looking
to recapture the Trophy as
overall champions when
the season concludes next
March.
“We started last season well, but we fell off in
the middle part, so we are
looking forward to this new
competition beginning on
Friday to put things right,”
he said.
Volcanoes
captain
Liam Sebastien said he
wants to see his side play
fearlessly and continue to
trend upwards, as they have
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been able to throw overboard the Cinderella tag
that they wore for a long
time in the regional game
as a number of players –
including himself – have
established themselves and
brought more consistency
to their play.
“This is a new season
and a new format, and the
Jamaicans will not come
out there and lie down because we beat them last
season,” he said. “We have
to try and come good from
ball one and try our best
and fight for the Windward
Islands Voclanoes to start
this new season on a bright
note.
“Our chances this season are as good as any other, but it’s a long, demanding season and we have
not played 10 matches in
a season for a long time,
so we have to start off well
and if we play the way we
have been played in recent
season, we have a good
chance.”
Leewards
Franchise
and the Jaguars were once
powerhouses in the regional game, but they have not
had consistent success in
recent years and occupied
the last two places respectively in the table last season.
Jaguars captain Leon
Johnson, the West Indies
left-handed batsman, said
his side was blessed to play
their first four matches at
home and this has given
them confidence that they
could fight for one of the
top two places instead and
they would look to begin
that journey with a victory
over the Leewards against
whom they have lost only
twice in the last 20 matches.
“I think this gives us a
definite advantage over the
other teams, but we have to
take it one match at a time,”
he said. “It will be a long
season and we have done a
lot of work on our fitness,
so I think the players are
well prepared for the hard
slog ahead. We have done
a lot of soul-searching and
we have a number of experienced players in our team
and we expect them to play
key roles, particularly in the
first few matches, and we
will be looking to put all
the negatives from the last
season behind us.”
Leewards captain Devon Thomas said his side
would draw confidence
from that victory earlier
this year.
“It will be a bit challenging, but I think we can
come away with a good
performance,” he said.
“We are all looking
forward to this longer season, since it will give us
a chance to recover if we
stumble. Hopefully, the
guys will make the most
of every opportunity that
comes to them.”
TAX NOTICE
The Inland Revenue Department extends its
ABST Fresh Start Initiative that was launched in
July 2014.
Taxpayers that have arrears for Antigua and
Barbuda Sales Tax (ABST), can have all of their
penalties and interest waived once they make arrangement with the department by close of business on December 31st 2014 to liquidate the outstanding tax amount due to the department.
Taxpayers will have the option of either making one payment to pay off their debt in full, or
entering into a payment plan with the department
to liquidate their debt over time.
The Commissioner invites all ABST taxpayers
who are in an arrears position to take advantage of
this Initiative.
For further information contact the Collections
Unit by calling 468-9488 or 468-9473.
……..Commissioner of Inland Revenue
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The race for a place in Business
League Football Semi-finals is
scorching with teams neck and neck
By Vanroy Burnes
The
Ministry
of
Sports, Cool & Smooth
Business League football
competition is very hot
as the teams are neck &
neck going into the penultimate round of preliminary matches this weekend.
The two top teams in
the two zones will qualify for the semi-finals and
in both zones only one or
two points separated each
of the top teams. However in zone 1, WIOC
stands out with 18 points
from 7 matches, but Kennedy’s Blue Diamonds
and Metro Stars are neck
& neck on 13 points each
both from 7 matches.
Immigrations and defending champions A.S.
Bryden’s are tied on 11
points each also from 7
matches, APUA Electricity follows with 10 points
from 6 matches, Sandals
trailed with 8 points from
7 matches, while APUA
Water has 7 points and
St. James’s Club 6 points
from 7 and 6 matches respectively, PWD is yet
to earn a point after losing all of their 6 matches
played so far.
In zone 2, APUA Telephone and Green Acres
tied on 12 points each
both from 6 matches.
Antigua & Barbuda Airport Authority and C.S.R.
Launchers are both on 11
points each from 7 and 6
matches respectively. Agriculture is on 10 points
from 7 matches followed
by Verandah Pirates on 9
points from 6 matches.
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National Parks who
has played 5 matches is
on 6 points followed by
Jumby Bay on 5 points
from 7 matches; Sugar
Ridge is on 4 points from
7 matches and Big Banana at the bottom with 3
points from 5 matches.
The Matches that
was postponed from last
weekend will be played
this Saturday with Big
Banana versus Airport
Authority at Golden
Grove at 4.00pm followed by PWD versus
A.S. Bryden’s at 5.00pm.
St. James’s Club will
take on Immigrations at
Radio Range at 5.00pm
followed by WIOC versus Kennedy’s Blue Diamonds at 6.00pm.
APUA Water will
come up against San-
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dals at Sea View Farm
at
4.00pm
followed
by C.S.R Launchers at
5.00pm. APUA Electricity versus Call Center Metro Stars at King
George at 5.00pm followed by Green Acres
versus Verandah Pirates
at 6.00pm and APUA
Telephone will travel to
English Harbor to tackle
National Parks at 6.00pm.
The final round of
preliminary matches will
be played on Saturday
November 22nd but the
3 last postponed preliminary matches will be
played on Tuesday and
Thursday next week.
The Semi-finals is set
for Saturday November
29th and the third place
playoff an finals set for
December 6th.
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Rivalries mark start of new PCL season
ST. JOHN’S, Antigua – A new
season ushering in a new era of franchise play opens on Friday, when the
newly-constituted WICB Professional Cricket League Regional 4-Day
Tournament begins. The PCL R4Day will feature
10 rounds of matches – an increase
of three matches from the previous
seven seasons – between franchises
drawn from the six territorial boards
of the WICB.
Teams representing the Barbados Pride, Guyana Jaguars, Trinidad
& Tobago Red Force and Windward
Islands Volcanoes, as well as yet to
be christened franchises from Jamaica and Leeward Islands will embark
upon a gruelling, four-month schedule to be crowned the new regional
champions and claim the Headley/
Weekes Trophy, which has been restored as the symbol of supremacy.
“The beginning of a new season
is always an incredibly exciting time,
even more so with the move to professional cricket and our first tournament of the year, the PCL R4Day,”
said WICB Director of Cricket Richard Pybus.
“It is being held over two rounds,
10 matches-a-side, with the specific
goal of giving the teams and players
the opportunity to produce consistently over the duration of the competition.”
There is something extra-special
about each match in the first round.
The Red Force host reigning double-crown regional champions Bajan
Pride in one of the oldest rivalries
in Caribbean sports at Queen’s Park
Oval in the T&T capital of Port of
Spain.
Jamaica Franchise face Windward Islands Volcanoes at Sabina
Park in the Jamaica capital of Kingston in a repeat of last season’s Final
Challenge and what could easily be
one of the most competitive affairs of
the round, judging on the results from
earlier this year.
And Guyana Jaguars meet Leeward Islands Franchise at the Guyana
National Stadium in Providence, just
outside the Guyana capital of Georgetown, in a battle that could give a
boost of confidence to last season’s
two bottom-placed teams.
Pride and Red Force were truly
last season’s top two sides – the Barbadians lifted the NAGICO Super50
title and followed up with the Regional 4-Day crown, while T&T finished
in the runners-up spot in both competitions.
Recent history is on the side of
the Pride. They have won the last five
matches on the trot between the two
sides including contests at the same
venue two years ago and last year.
“I can see our side doing quite
well this season,” said Pride captain and West Indies opener Kraigg
Brathwaite. “We have a strong team,
especially for this first match against
the Red Force, and it is just about the
‘fellas’ going out there and working
hard and gelling together as a team.
“With the 10 matches, this season
will be interesting. Around the World,
this is the way it is done and it will
be very helpful and allow us to play
more matches and give us more opportunity to improve.”
Red Force captain Rayad Emrit said beating the Pride in the first
round would be a good way to start
the new season.
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