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Saturday 17th January 2015
TOP COP: CRIME
IS TOP PRIORITY
A n t i g u a
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58-year-old Grays Farm man
found guilty of sexual assault
A middle aged Grays
Farm man has been found
guilty of sexual assault
against his teenage daughter.
The man – identified
as Wilmoth Ralph , 58,
of #1 Armstrong Road,
Grays Farm – was found
guilty by a jury after the
case concluded with closing arguments on Friday
morning.
The man will return
to court on February 6 for
sentencing.
On Thursday, the
court heard that a physical
examination of the victim
was conducted after she
reported the incident.
It revealed signs of
scratches and bruises on
both hands as well as a
ruptured hymen, tenderness, and redness all of
which were consistent
with recent sexual intercourse.
The crime happened
when the victim was 16
years old and her father
was 54. She is now 20
years old.
In his time at the stand,
the accused denied all the
allegations leveled against
him.
The case was heard
before Justice Albert Redhead and led for the prosecution by Crown Council,
Rylis Adams representing
the Office of the DPP.
Lawrence
Daniels
represented Ralph. Senior
Counsel in the Office of
the DPP Adlai Smith assisted in the case.
CT learned that Ralph
got married just four
months ago.
Acting Commissioner: Crime is top priority
Newly appointed acting Commissioner of Police, Wendell Robinson, identifies fighting crime as
his number one priority. He made
the declaration during a meeting
with the senior management of the
Police Force on Friday.
The acting Commissioner spent
a whirlwind day on Friday…his first
full day on the job holding a series
of meetings, including one with
the Prime Minister, Hon. Gaston
Browne.
His first meeting was with senior staff with whom he met to
detail his areas of concern in point
form. He told the officers, whose
rank included superintendents and
inspectors, that the force must get a
grip on crime.
“The incidence of crime is
causing much fear in the minds of
the general public and the police
are charged with the responsibility
to reduce crime. Reducing crime
would naturally lead to a reduction
in anxiety among the populace, and
that must be our aim,” Acting Commissioner Robinson stated.
He also said it is his intention
to meet with the rank and file of
the police department as well as the
Public Service Commission early
next week.
He said he met briefly with the
Prime Minister when he expressed
his gratitude for the confidence
which the leader of government has
reposed in him.
Under the Constitution, the Police Service Commission must consult with the Prime Minister before
it names a Commissioner of Police.
Robinson says he has already expressed similar sentiments to the
Nationals Security Minister, Hon
Cutie Benjamin.
The PSC named Robinson to
Newly appointed acting Commissioner
of Police, Wendell Robinson
act as Commissioner of Police after it suspended Commissioner Vere
Browne with full pay pending an
investigation into his stewardship
of the organization. The suspension
took immediate effect.
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Ministry to implement National Food
and Nutrition Security Action Plan
St. John’s, Antigua – The Ministry of Agriculture will this year
be focusing more on implementing the National Food and Nutrition Security Action Plan. This
was completed in 2014.
According to Agriculture
Minister Arthur Nibbs a Planning
and Implementation Unit will be
established in the Ministry.
MP Nibbs continued further
that an Inter-sectoral Committee will also be commissioned to
guide the process along.
Other priorities of the Minis-
try will include issues such as climate change adaptation and disaster risk management, reducing the
food import bill, revitalizing the
research and development capacity of the Ministry of Agriculture
as well as providing marketing
information to all stakeholders
in the agricultural are in a timely
manner.
Special attention will also
be placed according to Minister
Nibbs on instituting mechanisms
for increased and improved revenue generation and collection.
Minister of Agriculture, the Hon., Arthur
Nibbs.
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Country’s roads to be rehabilitated
St. John’s, Antigua…A comprehensive
plan is in the pipeline
for the upgrade and rehabilitation of the country’s roads.
Works and Housing
Minister
Honourable
Eustace Lake said continued focus will be on
maintaining main roads
and upgrading critical
secondary roads as well,
and surfacing ten miles
of completed base-work
with asphaltic concrete.
Although with a reduced Budget Minister
Lake said his ministry
will see to the surfacing
of ten miles of completed base-work with asphaltic concrete is done
in a timely manner.
The Ministry of
Works will also have
the ability to purchase
a new crushing plant
shortly, this the Minister
affirmed will be a positive move at the Burma
Quarry.
Right:
Works and Housing Minister, the Hon.,
Eustace Lake.
Police Probe Grays Farm Shooting
Police are investigating a shooting incident in Grays Farm that left
a 24yr old man nursing a gunshot
wound.
It was reported that the College
Street, Grays Farm resident was
walking along #1 George Street,
when he was allegedly attacked by
four men armed with cutlasses.
A fight apparently ensued between them, and sometime during
the incident, he was allegedly shot
in his thigh.
He was taken to the hospital
where doctors reported that his injury is not life threatening.
The incident took place around
4:30pm on Thursday.
Anyone with information regarding this recent incident is asked
to contact the Grays Farm Police
Station at 462-0481, or call Crime
Stoppers at 800-Tips (8477).
Meantime, a number of people
were arrested and charged by the
police on Thursday.
Dion Devon 23, an inmate at
Her Majesty’s Prison was charged
with Possession of 46 grams of Cannabis and Possession with intent to
transfer.
The substance was found 80
small zip lock bags inside the prison
around 12:30pm on Thursday.
Also, 38yr old Georgette Simms
of Jennings was charged with three
counts of Uttering, Seven counts of
Forgery, and two counts of causing
money to be delivered by virtue of a
forged document.
In a related incident, Natalie
Jarvis, 35 of Martin’s Village was
charged with two counts of Receiving. The alleged incidents took
place between 26th of December,
2014 and 6th January this year.
Finally, police jointly arrested and charged Oteba George and
Johnny Charles both of Yorks and
Osi Meade of John Hughes for the
larceny of one Toyota Corolla car
valued at $10,000.00.
The trio allegedly stole the vehicle from the owner’s yard in Cades
Bay and drove it to a remote area in
Freetown.
Officers at Freetown Police Station on one of their regular patrols
came across the men stripping the
car of its parts, and took them into
custody.
The incident took place between
January 9th and 10th of this year.
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Money is...
By Cecil E. W. Wade
Money is perhaps the
most magnetic matter the
world has ever utilised.
It has attracted the attention and interest of people from all echelons of
society; and invited words
of praise, derogative and
dogmatic comments from
books of religious teachings and philosophy.
People who do not
have it, and are too lazy or
un-ambitious to work for
it, usually develop a “sour
grapes” attitude towards it.
But if they acquire it subsequently, they usually re-
verse their views on it.
Ecclesiastes 5:19 says:
“Every man also to whom
God hath given riches and
wealth, and hath given
power to eat thereof, and
to take his portion and to
rejoice in his labour; this is
the gift of God”.
Money has influenced
every aspect of life’s existence. It has fostered prostitution, drug-dealing, murder and a plethora of other
crimes. Yet it has sustained
education systems, health
care provision, government administrations and
economic benefits.
It comes in all sizes,
shapes, colours and weight;
and is the most convenient
thing that almost everyone
is willing to take in exchange for wares, even after thousands of years since
organised trading began.
This commodity has
become the medium of
exchange to overcome
the problems of barter...
the double coincidence of
wants.
And money is a necessary part of any civilised
society, as it serves for
storage of wealth and measurement of value.
At various times among
various people, beads,
leather, iron, copper and
cattle have been acceptable
media of exchange.
The rose-tinted cowrie
shells found in the Pacific and Indian oceans were
once used as money. And
in ancient Egypt, if a man
was well disposed towards
another, or wished to impress him, he would make
him a present of one or
more slaves, for there a
man’s status was measured
by the number of slaves he
had.
Man is an animal with a
gift for trading, and where
there is no money, barter
and swapping will re-appear. (We almost came to
that situation during the
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period of 2004 and 2014)
The use of metal, which had to
be checked for weight and fineness,
progressed to the use of metal which
had to be cut into pieces of a fixed
weight and into coins.
The first coins are credited to
China round about 1,000 BC. They
were not round, but fashioned in the
shape of knives, having holes in the
handle, which presumably made it
easier to string a number of them together.
These were bronze and gold.
Later, the coins of rectangular shape
were manufactured one at a time
from dies, struck out with a hammer. Eventually, of course the most
convenient shape was found to be a
circle.
Evolving later was the paper
money, which has no intrinsic value per se, but represents other hard
commodities, which cannot be conveniently carried around.
Money has always been a scarce
commodity where the demand for it
usually exceeds its supply. Yet it may
be regarded as the basis on which
economic activities revolve. Therefore, it is necessary that governments
being the biggest spender be prudent,
and exercise integrity in the administration of the country’s scarce resource.
Politicians should never be allowed to use fiscal and monetary policies for their own political ends.
During the period leading up to
an election, the political business cycle takes on a different scenario.
We see the incumbent government, with eyes fixed on re-election,
engaging an expansionary fiscal policy to temporarily reduce the unem-
ployment, which does not provide
the greatest good for the greatest
number of people.
Money is mal-spent on projects
which are not of productive value,
but the result is beneficial to the politicians themselves; and by extension, their known supporters. And
because of the economic stimulus,
voters are put in a mood to return the
incumbent to office.
If the economy was reasonably
close to full employment as stimulated in this way, much of the increase in spending is likely to result
in inflation, not higher real output.
But in the short run, the effect
on production and unemployment is
much greater than the effect on the
price level. The inflationary effect of
the expansionary pre-election monetary policy becomes evident only after the election.
Local historical evidence is seen
in statutory bodies such as the Port,
APUA and others, when after election there is retrenchment as a result
of over-staffing.
When the politicians mismanage and misappropriate our scarce
resources of money and capital, the
country is made poorer as a result.
Land is utilised in developing unproductive and uneconomical housing
schemes which remain in a state of
deterioration after completion.
Money is paid out for labour
where no productive value has been
given; and capital expenditures
have been incurred for unnecessary
construction of sidewalks, viewing
stands, fences and electric power
plant, to the extent of hundreds of
millions of dollars.
And money has been spent on
rental of un-occupied buildings, ma-
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terials and supplies purchased and
not used – all in order to provide
monies to enriched politicians who
transform their social status from a
humble origin to a life of pomposity
as they become rich and famous.
They then cruise through the rest
of their term in office to retire with
a massive accumulation of wealth,
while the ordinary people remain
destitute. Is this the love of money
which the old proverb speaks about?
Money is sometimes said to
be the source of insincere love; the
spring of false light and fortune; the
well of poisoned water; and the desperation of old age. Politicians ensure that they will never be poor in
old age; they fight resolutely to make
that a reality.
Some ordinary people hold money in very high esteem; and perhaps
rightly so, especially when they have
worked hard for it. But their jealous
critics are always inclined to pass
adversarial remarks as to how they
should use it. I believe they should
use it at their own pleasure and no
one else’s.
Kahlil Gibran wrote that, “Money is like a stringed instrument; he
who does not how to use it properly will hear only discordant music.
Money is like love; it kills slowly
and painfully the one who withholds
it and it enlivens the other who turns
it upon his fellow men”.
An old man once told me that his
money only travelled on a one way
street to the bank, so “when me put
he dey he carn coom back”.
He worked in a government institution for more than fifty years and
saved his salary during that period,
accumulating a handsome amount of
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Construction Industry and ABCSI Plot
the Way Forward to Sustainability
ST. JOHN’S, ANTIGUA - Advancing in unity, and the formation of
functional partnerships is
the outcome hoped for as
a result of just concluded
meeting held by the of the
Antigua and Barbuda Coalition of Service Industries (ABCSI).
Up to 30 individuals
representing
various
construction related fields
including
engineers,
plumbers,
architects,
refrigeration practitioners,
aggregate
suppliers,
contractors,
renewable
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energy suppliers, and
others were in attendance. Julianne Jarvis, Project Implementation and
Development Officer of
the Antigua and Barbuda
Coalition of Service Industries (ABCSI) says the
development of the industry, standards and a push
for regulations necessitates a focused strategy. She reminded the attendees that one of the
factors that has created obstacles and stunted
movement in the development and innovation
money, living like a Spartan on the little
he accumulated from selling the guinep,
guava, lime, raspberry, and sapodilla,
fruits that grew at his premises.
It was said that he had no children of
his own, so upon his death a relative who
was living overseas returned and inherited his wealth, with which he dispensed
within five years, that which took fifty
years to amass; and then returned to his
previous life style abroad.
Ecclesiasticus 14:3 says “Wealth ill
becomes the mean man; and to the miser, of what use is gold? What he denies
himself he collects for others, and in his
possessions a stranger will revel”.
In another instance a younger man
whom I know very well habitually earned
a substantial amount of money, and spent
it as if tomorrow would never come.
He bought high quality drug, fancy
of the industry, is the
fragmentation and lack of
representation from their
respective associations.
In his presentation
to the attendees on the
Sector Framework Analysis, Trade Research Officer for the Organisation,
Javier Spencer, outlined
a number of strengths including the fact that construction is still a primary
economic sector activity. Unfortunately, Spencer says this strength is
also contrasted by the
weaknesses in the sector
expensive cars, upgraded his living accommodation to more exquisite areas
from time to time, and partied with the
finest ladies in the social circles. Having
exhausted his money he has fallen upon
hard times and has gone on a self-imposed exile to a place unknown to his
friends.
An old proverb says that, “A fool and
his money shall soon be parted”.
Since we live in a materialistic world
I believe that the majority will agree that
money is the most important means by
which we can acquire material things.
I think it is fair to imagine that the
spiritual world, to which we hope to
transmit, will only necessitate dealing
with things of a spiritual nature.
Well my friend, whatever your philosophy, it is well known that when you
don’t have it, there is no substitute for
money.
including the low use of
ICT’s, a lack of adequate
training and skills development, insufficient adherence to environmental
standards and poor quality
benchmarks.
At the conclusion of
the meeting it was agreed
that a different approach
will be taken. Jarvis said, “This
meeting has served as a
catalyst to creating a unified construction alliance;
the mission of which
would ultimately be to educate the public, encourage professional service
providers’ self regulation
to ensure that consumers
derive value for money. “This, of course,
will be supplemented by
crafting and enforcement
of needed legislation related to the sector. Overall, the bottom line is to
build confidence with customers while ensuring that
they are pleased with the
professional services they
receive. ” The ABCSI
will
continue to assist this
sector and appeals to
members of the sub
sectors to get involved in
their associations and to
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ABSTEP Receives Implementation
Support from Environmental Specialist
ST. JOHN’S, Antigua
– An Environmental Specialist from the World
Bank visited Antigua on
January 12-13, 2015 to
monitor sub-projects implemented by non-profit
organizations participating in the Antigua and
Barbuda Skills Training
and Empowerment Programme (ABSTEP).
Non-profit
organizations engaged in this
programme cycle for
ABSTEP’s Temporary
Employment Programme
are executing sub-projects under the environmental protection and
development, as well as
the cultural, recreational
and sport infrastructure
focus areas.
Michael Darr’s mission aimed at providing
implementation support
to the Labour Department
Technical Unit and
assessing the potential
positive or negative environmental impacts of
the sub- projects.
Darr along with programme administrators
conducted visits to work
sites where more than 40
ABSTEP beneficiaries
are placed.
While on island, Darr
held a workshop at the
Labour
Department’s
One Stop Employment
Centre on
Old Parham Road
with representatives from
participating non-profit
organizations.
During the workshop, Darr outlined the
environmental and social safeguards that can
enhance success of their
sub-projects.
He encouraged the
representatives to comply with the procedures
of ABSTEP’s Environmental
Management
Framework.
The document sets
out the principles, rules,
guidelines and procedures to manage environmental and social issues.
The Environmental
Management
Framework is used to evaluate
sub-project
proposals,
monitor compliance with
national laws and World
Bank policies, as well as
recommend risk mitigation measures.
The document also
identifies the roles and responsibilities of relevant
agencies responsible for
addressing sub-project
impacts.
ABSTEP offers temporary work and training
opportunities for jobseekers between the ages
of 17-50 years.
The World Bank finances the Government
programme as part of the
Public and Social Sector
Transformation Project.
Non-profit organizations interested in participating in ABSTEP’s
Temporary
Employment Programme should
contact the One Stop
Employment Centre at
562-8533 or 462-STEP
(7837).
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Celebration of the 56th Anniversary of the
A large representation
from various sectors of the
Antiguan community gathered at the Cuban Embassy
in Antigua and Barbuda to
celebrate the 56th Anniversary of the Triumph of
the Cuban Revolution.
Among the attendees
were the Governor General of Antigua and Barbuda, His Excellency Dr. Sir
Rodney Williams, GCMG,
Prime Minister
Hon.
Gaston Browne, Minister
of Foreign Affairs, Hon.
Charles Fernandez, the
Leader of the Opposition
and former Prime Minister, Hon. Baldwin Spencer, the President of the
Senate, Hon. Alincia T.
H. Williams-Grant, Deputy Governor General, Sir.
Clare Roberts, KCN, QC,
several ministers of the
Cabinet, Cuban graduates
, Cuban residents in Antigua, members of the brigades of collaboration of
the Ministry of Health and
Public Works and the diplomatic corps of Antigua
and Barbuda, who shared
in the festive atmosphere.
The speakers who took
the floor expressed gratitude to Cuba and recognized the significance of
the Cuban Revolution. In
his speech, the Governor
General praised the con-
tributions of Cuba to Antigua. He welcomed the
normalization of bilateral
relations between Cuba
and USA and the recent
measures taken by the
United States with regards
to this relation.
The Honourable Gaston Browne stressed the
historical significance of
the Cuban Revolution and
the possibilities of cooperation that opened up
between the two nations
since his first official visit
to Cuba as Prime Minister
last December.
He expressed gratitude
for the scholarships which
Cuba continues to offer to
Antiguan students, including two opportunities for
medical specializations in
Cuba which will be offered
annually. The Leader of
the Opposition, Hon. Baldwin Spencer, highlighted
the significance and inspiration that the victorious
struggle of the Cuban Revolution has had on the Caribbean.
Cuban Ambassador,
His Excellency Gustavo
Veliz Olivares, expressed
gratitude to the attendees
for accepting the invitation
of the Embassy. He noted
in his speech that Cuba is
proud of fulfilling 56 years
of Revolution victory.
He also said that they
will continue to demand
the total lifting of the unjust economic, commercial
and financial blockade imposed by the United State,
and will continue to march
united with the countries
of the Caribbean, with
which Cuba shares deep
historical ties, friendship
and brotherhood.
He highlighted as a
particular achievement and
cause for joy, the 2014 return to Cuba of Ramón Labañino, Antonio Guerrero
and Gerardo Hernández,
who served unfair sentences in the United States.
“A Brief History of
Cuba” edited by Capitan
San Luis in Havana, was
made available to attendees.
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Undeserved Preferential Treatment
Have you ever travelled on a first class flight?
I have, over the years,
travelled quite a bit – including on helicopters,
sea planes, jumbo jets –
the Boeing 747, on boats,
and yes, even on a yacht.
– My most memorable
flight experience was travelling first-class with my
family from the Bahamas
to Antigua on August 11,
2004. Now, when you fly
first class in an airplane
(as the well travelled
would know), the cabin
crew gives you first-class
treatment.
They ask you, “Is everything okay with you,
sir?” They ask you what
magazines you want to
read. They give you a
blanket if you are cold.
They give you the best
kinds of food. They give
you preferential treatment compared to those
travelling in economy
class. “Unforgettable” is
the word that would best
describe the experience
(albeit paid for). Ironical-
ly, our sons (Charles and
Brenstan) may have been
too young then to remember or moreover, appreciate that awesome episode
in our lives.
The grace of God is
defined as “undeserved,
unearned and unmerited
favour”. And one of the
definitions for favour is
“preferential treatment”!
Today, God wants you to
know that you have His
favour on you. He wants
you to know that He gives
you preferential treatment
which you do not deserve.
And He wants you to depend on and take full advantage of it in your life.
God also wants us to
know that His favour in
our lives can be increased.
We can experience more
of His favour from day
to day. How? The Bible
tells us in 2 Peter 1:2 that
God’s grace (or favour)
is multiplied to us “in the
knowledge of God and of
Jesus our Lord”. The more
we behold Jesus and His
love for us, the more we
believe and confess that
God’s favour is on us, the
more we will see His favour work for us.
So the one who is a
doctor or a lawyer like my
friends Hollis Francis Jr.,
and Peyton Knight they
will find many people favouring them and they
will have respectively,
more patients and clients
than they can handle.
If you are a businessman, you will find people
just wanting to do business with you because
they like you and feel
good about you.
Then, you will have
more business than you
can handle and you will
need to plan for expansion! The same must be
true for this News Paper
as it blazes a new trail of
excellence in journalism
for our country.
And, of course, when
the favour of God shines
on our church, we will
find its premises too small
for the people who would
literally queue up week
after week to attend the
services!
So when people wonder and ask, “What is happening here?” we can then
tell them, “It is the favour
of God multiplied all over
us who were once said
to be tens and twenties!”
Even then, we shall ever
keep in mind that it is all
undeserved, unearned and
unmerited!
What God is about to
do in the Church in this
season, don’t let Him do it
without you! - If you can,
be sure to join Believers
at the Christian Ministries
Center or any other Bible
teaching church family
for divine worship and
fellowship.
Service at the Christian Ministries Center
tomorrow - Sunday, is at
11:00am. Expect God’s
undeserved preferential
treatment in all of your life
as you come - as you go.
What more can I say? As
it stands, a great testimony
of one “dead four times”
and now lives awaits you!
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Please!
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“The life you save could be someone you know”
Antigua & Barbuda Red Cross Is Offering Certified FIRST
AID/CPR Training Course Mondays and Thursdays 5:00pm
to 8:00pm Starting on Thursday January 15th, 2015 For Further Information: Call Tel # 462 0800/ 771-8253
LEARN HOW TO MEDITATE
Find out for yourself how a few minutes a day training your
mind to focus improves the quality of your day.
Free class. 10am at the Museum on Long Street, St.Johns.
Any questions? Phone 776 2566
The Antigua & Barbuda Red Cross in collaboration with the
American Red Cross has a First Aid App to launch. The Antigua & Barbuda Red Cross wants the residents of Antigua to
know the importance of the App and the long term benefits
to our Society. What you can do in case of an emergency or
life threatening condition. It also has the Red Cross history,
activities, sponsors, and quizzes. We would like the general public to be aware of the App and feel free to download
same, if you have an android device such as a phone or a
tablet kindly use the Android link and you can use the iOS
link for your iPhone device.
iOS devices: 3cu.be/shareatg
Android devices: 3cu.be/shareatg
If you have any questions contact Mr.Martin 723-7258 or
email redcross@candw.ag or todtom27@yahoo.com
Thank you for your attention and I look forward to your continued support.
To:
All food-handlers/vendors with expired food-handler’s identification cards, as well as new food handlers
The Ministry of Health, Central Board will be conducting
training in Food Safety for Food Vendors, Restaurants, Hotels, Caterers, School Cafeterias, Community Groups, and
their Assistants who will be vending around Antigua and
Barbuda.
Food Handlers are asked to bring along:1.
The Expired ID or 2 Passport sized photographs,
2.
A Note Pad, and
3.
A pen.
Venue: Multi-Purpose Centre Perry Bay
TIME: 5:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
DATE: Monday 26th & Tuesday 27th, January, 2015
EAG field trip to Fort Barrington on Saturday at 6:30 am.
For this beautiful morning hike, meet at Pensioner’s Corner at 6:30 am on Saturday 17th January. Our loop trail will
take us through the part of The Flashes that was converted
from swamp land, past the building site of the proposed new
University of Antigua & Barbuda, and on to Ft Barrington
before returning to Pensioner’s Corner. Difficulty: Easy to
moderate / What to bring: Shorts or long pants, no slippers.
Bring drinking water, and camera. For more information,
call 462-6236.
SJDC Accounts Department Relocated
The General Public is hereby advised that the
Accounting Department (Receivables, Payables and
Cashier) of the St. John’s Development Corporation
is now located on the 2nd Floor of the Vendors Mall
Complex.
The Board of Directors, Management and Staff
apologizes for any inconvenience caused in the relocation process and look forward to a continuous harmonious working relationship through 2015.
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Boondocks
Dilbert
Garfield
Peanut
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WEEKEND LOVE HOROSCOPE
FORECAST:
ARIES: Confident people inspire confidence in
others. That's why you'll do the crowd a favor and fake
it.
TAURUS: There are times when you wonder how
well people really know you. Don't let them get it
wrong without learning the real you.
GEMINI: Taking risks doesn't always turn out, but
it will be far better for you than avoiding them.
CANCER: Losing the esteem of someone you care
about is one of the most painful things you can think
of. That's why you'll bend over backward to make
things nice.
LEO: There's a combination of skills needed to
manage the current relationship puzzle — all within
you.
VIRGO: Focusing on what you want to achieve
will help you in relationships.
LIBRA: Someone who will take care of you is a
very tempting thing to go for, and yet everyone is looking for the same thing. Who will take care of whom?
SCORPIO: The key is in believing in your actual
self, not your idealized self.
SAGITTARIUS: Often you have to travel to find
your people, and the travel itself might be what makes
the relationship more interesting.
CAPRICORN: It won't be what you do but whom
you do it with that matters.
AQUARIUS: The journey to love will feel epic indeed.
PISCES: When in doubt, make the effort to strike
up a conversation.
COUPLE OF THE WEEKEND: The Sagittarius
moon is reflected by the Capricorn sun, and in his last
days of the current solar transit, these two souls get
restless. They will make the perfect traveling companions. It won't matter in the least that one is doing it for
business and the other for pleasure. The true adventure
won't be in the shiny new sights; it will be in getting to
know each other.
ARIES (March 21-April 19).
You’ll be giving a few directives. It’s better to tell people
what to do, and not how to
do it. Everyone has a unique
method, and you’ll learn by
watching what they come up
with.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20).
It’s actually good that people
mostly disagree today. If they
understood each other too
clearly, it would cause grief.
The communication of civility
mostly lies in body language.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21).
You crave an aesthetic experience, and yet you also want it
to fit into your life in a logical,
useful way. This is a lot to demand of your environment, but
you’ll find what you seek.
CANCER (June 22-July 22).
When you largely act out of
intuition, your decisions sometimes won’t make sense to other people. Their puzzled faces
will pepper your experience,
but pay no attention to that.
Your intuition could save the
day.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). If
there is a great deal of petty
quarreling, it’s a good indication that the job at hand isn’t
big enough. Big challenges
have a way of centering people and getting them to focus
calmly on what they can do to
make things better.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22).
When you walk around and
look at the world, you make
connections with people everywhere you go. Even if it’s just
noticing a person, it’s a connection. The quality of minor
connections will mean more to
you today.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). The
rule today is that if you can say
it in fewer words, do. People
will lose interest very quickly,
especially if your focus is on
something they have a hard
time relating to.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21).
Your reluctance to make new
associations has to do with the
hurt of a past experience and
a vibe you are getting about a
certain person. You can’t put it
into words yet, but it’s real, so
don’t disregard the feeling.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec.
21). You may accidentally attract people who will take advantage of your compassionate
nature. Take a step back. Your
gifts are valuable, and you
shouldn’t give them to someone who discounts that value
right off the bat.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan.
19). By nature, you are an executive and a manager, even
though your life doesn’t always reflect that part of your
talent. Today brings a bit of
chaos you’ll enjoy sorting out
for someone.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb.
18). Telephone addiction will
cause people to lose opportunities. You’ll be lucky when
you’re the one looking up and
connecting. It’s really not necessary to pick up every call.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20).
The main issues have to do
with control. There’s a line to
walk. If you too often dominate, it’s repellent. But if you
never take over, it’s even more
repellent. Stay in the moment.
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cellent stands to pull the innings
around.
He put on 99 for the third wicket
with Amla and added a further 123
with Miller for the fourth wicket.
Rollicking along at 238 for
three in the 40th over, South Africa
seemed on course for well beyond
300 but West Indies pulled the scoring back to limit the hosts to just 37
runs from the next nine overs.
Captain Jason Holder rotated
his bowlers well down the stretch,
and South Africa lost five wickets
for 61 runs, including the wickets
for Miller and de Villiers who had
earlier punished them.
Fast bowler Jerome Taylor
grabbed two for 50 and fellow
seamer Andre Russell, two for 51.
Things were rosy in the West
Indies camp when Taylor bowled
Rilee Rossouw without scoring with
a full length delivery in the third
over and then trapped Faf du Plessis lbw, also without scoring, in his
next over with one that came back.
De Villiers then stroked six
fours and Amla, ten, as they repaired
the innings, in a stand that brought
South Africa runs at the rate of six
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per over.
Amla perished in the 20th over
when he took on Russell’s arm from
third man chancing a second run but
failing to beat the throw, but Miller
joined de Villiers to keep pressure
on the Windies.
He slammed seven fours and
two sixes – both coming off leftarm spinner Sulieman Benn – and
eventually reached his half-century
off as many balls.
De Villiers had earlier reached
his off 61 balls but once he and
Miller fell in successive overs to
leave the score on 246 for five in the
41st over, the innings declined.
Gayle gave the Windies a flying
start, attacking with sixes off Philander and seamer Morne Morkel
in the early stages, as West Indies
gathered 43 runs off the first five
overs.
The left-hander had added five
fours to his boundary count when
he edged a swing at Steyn behind to
depart in the sixth over.
Left-hander Leon Johnson was
lbw to Philander on review without
scoring in the next over with two
runs added but Smith and Marlon
Samuels (12) held up South Afri-
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ca with a promising 32-run, third
wicket partnership.
Samuels, however, gifted his
wicket on 85 for two in the 13th
over when he ventured out of his
crease at the non-striker’s end with
thoughts of a single and failed to
beat Farhaan Behardien’s throw
from mid-off, in his attempt to get
back.
It all went quickly downhill.
Smith’s 38-ball labour ended with
an lbw decision in favour of Imran
Tahir two overs later and debutant
left-hander Jonathan Carter stroked
three fours in 17 off 26 balls before
being deceived by the leg-spinner’s
googly and going stumped in the
21st over.
With the run rate creeping up
to 10 an over, hefty blows were required but the Windies big hitters
could provide none.
Darren Sammy edged a cut at
Philander behind for four, Russell
(12) lofted two successive sixes in
Philander’s next over before edging
the following delivery to the wicketkeeper and the Windies hopes expired when Ramdin missed a heave
at Imran Tahir and was bowled in
the 27th over.
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Windies fall to defeat in rain-hit ODI
DURBAN, South Africa, CMC – West Indies
failed to negotiate a tricky
run chase and lost the rainhit opening One-day International against South Africa by 61 runs under the
Duckworth/Lewis method
here Friday.
Needing to score at
nearly seven runs an over
to get a revised target of
229 off 33 overs, West
Indies faltered after an enterprising 51-run opening
stand, to slump to 164 off
28.2 overs at Kingsmead.
Shotgun opener Chris
Gayle blasted a typically swift top score of 41
off 24 deliveries, Denesh
Ramdin hit 31 from 32
balls and Gayle’s opening partner Dwayne Smith
chipped in with 29 off 38
balls, but the Caribbean
side lost their last nine
wickets for 113 runs.
Fast bowler Vernon
Philander was South Africa’s leading bowler
Jerome Taylor trapped Faf du Plessis for a duck.
with three for 44 while
leg-spinner Imran Tahir
picked up two for 22.
Rain had earlier stymied South Africa’s efforts to reach the 300-run
mark, ending the innings
on 279 for eight off 48.2
overs.
Captain AB de Villiers
top scored with 81 off 94
balls, while David Miller,
with 70 off 68 and opener
Hashim Amla, with a run-
a-ball 66, chipped in with
half-centuries.
The Proteas were
reeling at 16 for two in
the fifth over before de
Villiers anchored two excont’d on pg 19
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