1. Art and Diseño

SIR GERALD FIRES BACK
Tuesday 27th January 2015
Speaker of the House
of Representatives, Sir
Gerald Watt, says former
Speaker, D Gisele Isaac,
does not have the moral
authority to criticise his
handling the affairs of the
House.
This after Isaac took
to the airwaves over the
weekend to launch a
broadside on the current
Speaker accusing him of
being biased in favour of
the government and for not
protecting the rights of the
opposition members in the
House. Isaac said based on
the current composition
of the lower house in the
parliament with the government enjoying a 14 to
3 majority, it is incumbent
on the Speaker to ensure
that the opposition voices are heard. Additionally, she wants Sir Gerald
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Speaker of the House of Representatives, Sir Gerald Watt.
to ‘protect’ the opposition
from the government in
some instances.
But Sir Gerald is refusing to accept any criticism
from the former Speaker. “I
have no doubt that because
of the job that I have, I am
going to be criticized from
time to time for all kinds of
reasons, and I accept that.
However, I am not pre-
pared to take any criticism
from D. Gizele Isaac, who
the people of Antigua and
Barbuda viewed as being
openly bias in favour of
the UPP Administration
when she sat on the chair
from 2004 to 2014.
Additionally, Sir Gerald noted, Isaac’s tenure
was marred by her concont’d on pg 2
Governor-General gets
another honour....pg 7
Coral Island tours
gets top award.....pg 8
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Tuesday 27th January 2015
Ministry of Education Condemns
Break-in at Jennings Secondary School
The Ministry of Education was informed that
the Jennings Secondary
School was burglarized
on 25th January 2015. Unknown bandits broke into
the Principal and Secretary’s Offices and several
items were stolen.
These items include 3
speakers, 2 desktop computers, cell phones, tablets
which were confiscated by
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stant interference in the
proceedings of the House
and in particularly she
would often tried to shut
down the members of the
then ABLP opposition
who everyone viewed
as very effective speakers. “I am talking about
Molwyn Joseph, Gaston
Browne and to a lesser
extent, Asot Michael,” he
retorted.
Isaac took umbrage to
the decision by Sir Gerald to allow the All Saints
West representative, Michael Browne, to read
from a document detailing financial irregularities
at the Board of Education.
She said the Speaker ought to have stopped
the member from reading
from the document and
in her view he further
the teachers along with an
envelope containing some
prefect badges.
The burglarized offices were discovered by the
school’s security guard as
they carried out routine
checks at the beginning
of their 3:00pm shift. Mr.
Foster Roberts (Principal)
was immediately contacted.
He then informed the
compounded the problem
when he declined to allow
its distribution to other
members of the House.
Sir Gerald said he was
waiting from the opposition to object, but when
they did not, he surmised
that they too wanted to
hear what was being read.
Had this been done,
he said more than likely
he would have stopped
the member from reading.
Sir Gerald who represents
the Board Of Education in
the matter said he stopped
the circulation of the document on the grounds that
due to the nature of its
contents, it was not prudent to distribute it at this
time.
The report questions
Isaac’s role at BOE when
she served as executive
secretary.
necessary authorities who
are now investigating the
matter. It is believed that
the robbery occurred between the hours of 6:00am
– 3:00pm on that said day.
The Director of Education (Ag) Mr. Clare
Browne stated, “It is reprehensible that our schools
continue to be the target
for break-ins and vandalism.
An attack on our
schools is an attack on the
education of our children
and young people.
The future of this nation is under siege and we
the Ministry of Education,
Science and Technology
will not sit idly by and allow this to continue.”
We are urging anyone
who may have information on this matter to contact the relevant authorities.
The burglarized offices were secured by the
Board of Education and
school continues as normal at the government
secondary institution.
IN THE HIGH COURT OF
JUSTICE
ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA
(PROBATE)
A.D. 2015
IN THE HIGH COURT OF
JUSTICE
ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA
(PROBATE)
A.D. 2015
In the Estate of SADIE
VASHTIE ARAMINTHA
GORDON, deceased
NOTICE IS HEREBY
GIVEN that at the expiration of fourteen (14) days
Application will be made
to the High Court of Justice
for the Resealing of the Probate of the Estate of SADIE
VASHTIE ARAMINTHA
GORDON, deceased, which
was granted out of the Probate Registry at Oxford, England and Wales, on the 27th
day of June, 2015,
DATED the 23rd day of January, 2015.
……………….........
LAKE & KENTISH
Attorneys-at-Law for the
Applicant.
In the Estate of ETHLYN EUGENIE JARVIS,
deceased
NOTICE IS HEREBY
GIVEN that at the expiration of fourteen (14) days
from the date of this Notice
Application will be made by
ELOISE DAVID of Swetes
Village in the Parish of Saint
Paul in the Island of Antigua
in Antigua and Barbuda, to
the High Court of Justice for
the Grant of Probate of the
Will of ETHLYN EUGENIE
JARVIS, deceased who died
on the 31st day of August,
2014.
DATED the 26th day of January, 2015.
………...........................
LAKE
&
KENTISH
Attorneys-at-Law for the
Applicant.
Tuesday 27th January 2015
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LIME Inter-Secondary Schools
Debate Competition begins today
Thirteen public and private
Secondary Schools have registered
to participate in the 31st LIME Inter-Secondary Schools debate series, scheduled to get under way at
an opening ceremony at the Multipurpose Cultural Centre.
The defending champions Christ
The King High School along with
the Antigua Grammar, Clare Hall
Secondary, Sir Mc Chesney George,
Trinity Academy, Pares Secondary,
Antigua Girls’ High, Jennings Secondary, All Saints Secondary, Princess Margaret, Otto’s Comprehensive, St. Anthony’s Secondary and
St. Joseph Academy will vie for the
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Woman Charged In Fatal Accident
Quintranela Anthony, 32 of Vernons was
arrested and charged on
Sunday, for causing the
death of Murtland Baggot
of Grays Hill, by Dangerous Driving. Baggot was
pronounced dead shortly after he arrived at the
hospital, following a traffic collision on Sir Sydney Walling Highway on
Thursday.
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Baggot was the country’s first road fatality for
the year.
The Police Administration have now made
it policy, in accordance
to section 70 of the Vehicles and Road Traffic Act,
Cap 460 to suspend the
Driver’s License of anyone who is charged with
Reckless or Dangerous
Driving or Causing Death
coveted title of LIME Inter-secondary school debate champions.
The Debate Series is an annual
competition organized, by the Education Broadcasting Unit in the
Ministry of Education, to develop the debating and presentation
skills of students. Additionally, it
promotes reading comprehension,
critical thinking and oral communication skills.
The competition is keenly contested and watched by students, the
education fraternity and the general
public.
LIME Antigua & Barbuda, the
number mobile and internet service
provider, continues its sponsorship
of educational initiatives in an effort
to positively impact the lives of the
nation’s youth.
In addition to this Debate Series, LIME’s contributions include
the annual LIME CXC Awards, Free
Internet Access for Schools, Adopta-School Program & E-learning
Access providing free laptops to ev-
by Dangerous, pending
the determination of the
charge; whether summarily or Indictable.
Meantime, police are
investigating a wounding
incident which took place
on Armstrong Road, involving a 32 yrs old
woman.
It is alleged that the
woman and her estrange
lover got into an alterca-
ery teacher, and most recently, the
HEART project, which is a partnership with the Government of Antigua & Barbuda to distribute over
1500 IPad air tablets.
According to Marketing &
Corporate Communications Manager Shand Merchant, “LIME has
remained firm in its support of the
youths of Antigua and Barbuda, in
honing and developing their leadership and communication skills.
“The high standard of debating
skills that we have seen over the
years is proof that this sponsorship
has really reaped dividends in our
young people. It has provided them
with a critical life skill as they begin
their journey on their individual career paths”
Ms. Alicia Knowles, the series
moderator for the third year running remarked “The debating platform encourages freedom of expression, develops critical thinking
skills amongst its participants and
increases their self-confidence. Beyond academic success, debaters
tion, following a domestic dispute.
During the incident,
the man allegedly used
a sharp instrument to inflict multiple stab wounds
about the woman’s body.
The man is currently
in police custody, likely
to be charged with Attempted Murder. The incident took place shortly
after 1am on Monday.
tend to enjoy continued success in
the corporate world.”
Mr. Clare Browne Acting Director Education remarked “The LIME
Inter-secondary school Debate offers participants an opportunity to
learn and practice a variety of communication skills that they can use
in other academic pursuits and life
in general.
“The Ministry of Education
will continue to support the LIME
Inter-secondary school Debate and
wish for all the participating schools
a very successful series, 2015.
The first encounter of the series between the Antigua Grammar
School and the Trinity Academy
will take place immediately after
the opening ceremony.
The topic for the opening encounter is “The subsidising of private schools by government is justifiable”. The LIME inter-secondary
School’s debate encounters will be
aired Tuesday nights on ABS Television immediately after the evening news.
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Lack of pride hobbling West Indies cricket
Given the team’s current form,
as well as the controversy surrounding its abandoned tour of India late
last year, we did not expect the West
Indies to win this tour of South Africa.
However, we would have been
encouraged by a show of grit and
determination.
True, the team won the Twenty/20 series, creating history in the
process with the highest run chase
-- 232 -- in that format of the game
in the process.
However, we did not expect that
they would subject the region and
the cricketing world in general to
what has now become their normal
display of gutlessness in both ODI
and Test cricket.
To be dismissed for a mere 122
off 33.4 overs, after winning the
toss and taking the right decision to
bat on a dry pitch that was expected
to get slower and lower in the second half of the game, suggests that
our batsmen never even bothered to
apply themselves.
Of the sordid lot, only one batsman, Marlon Samuels with 26,
managed to score above 20 runs.
Most naturally, the South Afri-
cans achieved the target easily, losing only one wicket in the process.
No one could blame them if they
felt cheated out of a good contest,
as it is clear that the South Africans
are highly competitive.
That quality, though, does not
appear to be one with which the
West Indies team is constantly
equipped.
In most instances the players’
approach to the game is helter-skelter, and it is clear that they have very
little concept of the importance of
representing the region on the world
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Queen Elizabeth II Appoints Sir Rodney
Williams to the Most Venerable Order of
the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem
Her Majesty The Queen has
sanctioned the appointment of Sir
Rodney Williams, Governor-General of Antigua and Barbuda as a
Knight of the Most Venerable Order
of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem.
“It is notified for general information that the Queen has been
graciously pleased to sanction the
appointment of Sir Rodney Errey
Lawrence Williams GCMG to the
Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem.
Consequently, His Excellency is now a
Knight of the Most Venerable Order
of St. John of Jerusalem KStJ,” a
notice in the London Gazette of the
22nd December 2014 reads.
The Most Venerable Order of
the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem, also referred to as the Order of
Saint John, is a royal order of chivalry established in the United Kingdom in 1831. The worldwide mission of the
Order is to “prevent and relieve
sickness and injury, and to act to enhance the health and well-being of Governor-General of Antigua and Barbuda Sir Rodney Williams.
people anywhere in the world.
Barbuda prepares for Council Elections
Preparations
for
Council Elections in Barbuda in March are already
in progress.
A statement from the
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Antigua and Barbuda
Electoral
Commission,
said continuous registration has resumed in Barbuda.
stage.
That, we hold, is at the root of their
reckless decision to walk off the tour of
India in October, embarrassing the Caribbean and enraging their hosts to the
point where the Indians have threatened
to slap the West Indies Cricket Board
(WICB) with a lawsuit.
That lack of pride, we believe, is
what has been feeding their feeble performances over the past five years, at
least.
To make matters worse, the team
has a big problem with discipline, which
“We are urging those
qualified to register in
Barbuda to do so this
week so that their names
will appear on the Sup-
influences the unprofessional behaviour
we see from some players.
In all of this, the WICB and its selectors cannot escape blame, for they
are sending conflicting signals when
they select for the Twenty/20 series in
South Africa the players involved in the
India debacle, then drop some of them
for the upcoming ICC World Cup.
If the message the WICB wants to
send is that misbehaviour will be punished, then that sanction cannot be selectively applied. West Indies cricket
needs a purging. (Reprinted from the
Jamaica Observer)
plementary List to be published on February 15,”
ABEC Public Relations
Officer, Anne Harewood
George said.
She said following the
completion of claims and
objections, the names will
be added to the Register
of Electors for December 2014. “This will then
become the Register for
Elections for the upcoming Local Government
Elections in March 2015,”
she noted.
Harewood
George
said registration units in
the other constituencies
will be phased in during
this week.
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Coral Island Tours receives top award
Coral Island Tours, a
local tour operator, recently received high commendations for excellent service from Carnival Cruise
Lines, the world’s largest
cruise ship corporation.
The tour operator
emerged the 2014 Antigua
winner of Carnival Cruise
Lines’ “Caribbean’s Leading Tour Operator”. The
annual award was established to honour tour operators in each Caribbean
territory with the highest
level of professionalism,
customer service, innovation, ratings and representation. In addition, a reputation for few complaints
and speedy resolutions
played a role in Coral Island’s success.
In their congratulatory letter to owners Hil-
ary Lambert and Gaye
Hechme, Amilcar Cascais,
Vice President Tour Operations and Erika Tache,
Director, Product Devel-
opment Tour Operations,
expressed admiration for
the company’s success
and stated that their recent
accomplishment will be
spoken of and celebrated
by the cruise industry for
some time. They also attributed the achievement
of this first annual award,
to Coral Island’s consistent first-class service.
In response, the management of Coral Island
Tours said that they were
honoured and wished to
thank Carnival Cruise
Lines for considering
them for this very prestigious award. They also
wished to thank their team
and tourism partners for
their dedication and hard
work, which made winning the award possible,
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cont’d from pg 8
and singled out Terrence Tonge
and his crew of Miguel’s Holiday Adventure, Andrew “Pickle” Langlois and his crew of
Freestyle Tours, Romeo Beazer and all the taxi drivers of the
St. John’s Taxi Association.
Head of the Antigua Barbuda Cruise Tourism Association (ABCTA), Nathan Dundas, says he is very proud that
one of the island’s tour operators has come in for such high
accolades. “This is a great example for others to follow,” he
says, “and will certainly help
to boost the country’s image as
the number one cruise tourism
destination in the Caribbean. I
encourage Coral Island Tours
to continue this trend of excellence.”
Coral Island Tours has
been organizing Cruise Ship
Excursions, Destination Weddings and Events and Tours
for close to 20 years. The
goal-driven, people-friendly
company prides itself on excellence, which ultimately results in customer satisfaction.
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Statement by the Honourable
Gaston Browne, Prime Minister
of Antigua and Barbuda at the
Caribbean Energy Security Summit
Mr. Chairman,
We welcome this
Conference and we thank
you, Vice President Biden
for organising it.
The peoples of the
United States and the Caribbean have always enjoyed close relations.
Indeed, the links of
families between the US
and the Caribbean are
closely intertwined.
Over the decades, the
governments of the US
and the Caribbean have
sought to underpin the
close historic relations
of our people by meeting
regularly at high levels of
Government.
Regrettably, in recent
times, our Governments
have not been meeting
with regularity, despite
the enthusiasm for such
meeting by Caribbean
Governments nor have
we met at the level of
Heads of Government despite President Obama’s
undertaking in 2009 to do
so.
But at a time when
better understanding and
swift responses are needed over a range of issues
that pose threats to our
collective
well-being,
such meetings remain vital.
Without them, we will
not achieve the level of
appreciation of the difficulties that our countries
face, nor will be able to
give the level of co-operation that is necessary to
address them in our joint
interest.
However, this Meeting provides an opportunity for a new beginning
– one which we hope will
allow us to address a number of issues that weaken
our relationship including areas of finance, trade
and honouring decisions
of the Dispute Settlement
Body of the World Trade
Organisation. Mr. Vice
President let me solicit
your timely intervention
for the settlement of the
gaming dispute between
Antigua and Barbuda and
the United States.
Mr Chairman, the issue of energy security
Prime Minister, the Hon., Gaston Browne.
is critical to Caribbean
Member States.
It is quintessential to
the growing of our economies, and reducing reliance on expensive and
volatile petroleum products.
The majority of CARICOM countries have
been unable to transition
to renewable energy, not
because of a lack of commitment but because of a
lack of capital, especially access to concessional
funding. In this connection,
while the proposed declaration from this Meeting
summit outlines an archicont’d on pg 13
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cont’d from pg 12
tecture of cooperation to
address energy challenges facing the region, it
does not go far enough.
Indeed it does not go
to the core of the issue
which is finance.
The draft statement
focuses on promoting
regulatory reform in the
draft declaration.
However, most, if not
all of our governments
have already embarked
on regulatory reform.
There is also an emphasis on promoting natural gas as a better, cleaner fuel.
While natural gas
does have these characteristics and we would
appreciate the US liberalizing the export of natural
gas to Caricom, it is not
the long term solution for
all of the countries of our
region.
Our countries need
funding, both grant and
concessionary, to catalyze investments in renewable energy sources
and to mitigate the risks
involved with the development of some of the
technologies, such as
geothermal.
Developing our renewable energy potential
so that we are much better insulated from the vagaries of the hydrocarbon
markets is the ultimate
form of energy security
our region needs. This
collaboration
should also address the
issue of support for Research and Development:
both access to R&D from
the US and support for
R&D conducted by our
own regional institutions.
For countries like Antigua and Barbuda and
Barbados that do not have
access to a renewable
form of base load power
like hydro or geothermal,
the emphasis has to be on
developing potential in
wind and solar photovoltaic.
However, these sources are intermittent and
cannot form the basis of
a 100 percent transition
away from fossil fuels.
What would bring
these renewable sources
into play as full diesel
replacements is storage,
which would allow the
utility company to dispatch the power when it
is needed. Mr. Chairman, we
appreciate the assistance
of the US in engaging
OPIC, other US private
sector entities and other
institutions to participate
in the creation of a funding mechanism for renewable energy projects
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in the Caricom Community. However, what is also
required is a commitment
from the US government
to provide Caricom countries with concessional
funding for alternate energy.
Such
concessional
funding and the sharing
of research and development findings with the region are what would truly
make a difference.
Caricom would therefore welcome a commitment for funding by the
US government to be enshrined in the joint statement of this Meeting.
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requires each of our nations to extend a helping
hand where it is needed in
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Monday’s Sudoku Solution
SUDOKU
C R O S S WO R D
Across
1. Rude response
5. Auction site
9. Houlihan’s rank
14. 1949 defense org.
15. Ivy League university
16. Public persona
17. One of Lawrence’s men
18. And others, abbreviated
19. Move crabwise
20. Former U.S. Open tennis
site
23. Comic strip sound
24. Like most green tomatoes
25. Crouch
27. Blanks’ fitness program
30. Kopecks’ superiors
33. Broadway abbreviation
36. Irish and oyster, e.g.
38. Ornamental coronet
39. Certain car payment
41. Divine rings
43. Tizzy
44. Trojan saga
46. Instruct
48. Pebble Beach prop
49. Accelerated (with ‘’up’’)
51. Common characteristic
53. Have some home cooking
55. Peruse again
59. Creative course
61. Ireland’s nickname
64. Becker of tennis
66. Part of a military command
67. Quark’s place
68. Happening
69. Mild expletive
70. Carson’s successor
71. Wintry numbers
72. Sapphire’s mo.
73. Exercises one’s pupils
Down
1. Muddlement
2. All-time homer leader
3. Beatle surname
4. ‘’Amen’’
5. Some canines
6. Photo solution
7. Jai ___
8. Whoops and hollers
9. Blow an opportunity
10. End of Jack’s boast
11. Succulent household
shrub
12. Cad’s look
13. Give off, as an odor
21. Where people shape up
22. Env. enclosure
26. Kyoto ties
28. Rhythm
29. Little hooter
31. Pennsylvania port
32. Fully satisfy
33. Show life
34. Hollywood opening?
35. Source for a symbol of
peace
37. Plummet’s opposite
40. Volcanic effluent
42. Rhett’s belle
45. Profoundly dislikes
47. Hurried
50. Kind of wit or view
52. Ordeals
54. Meeting them is a good
thing
56. Cosmetics first name
57. Sans companions
58. Audition tapes
59. Connive with a criminal
60. Go from pillar to post
62. Barely done
63. Promptness prompter
65. Wayside stop
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DEAR LADY X HOROSCOPE
We have a couple of
daughters who have told us
we must take off our shoes
if we visit them (and our
beautiful grandchildren).
Although I’m not sure
of their reasons for this,
I do know for sure that
we have never tracked
any kind of dirt into their
house when we visited. In
fact, our shoes are always
clean.
I have very sensitive
feet. I cannot even walk
outside barefoot.
On top of that, my feet
get cold if they aren’t covered. I have always worn
house slippers at home if I
didn’t have shoes on.
In a discussion with my
wife, I suggested that their
request was both inconsiderate and disrespectful.
I also said they should
provide alternatives to
shoes for visitors if they
expect guests to remove
their shoes. What is the
proper etiquette in a situation like this? -- COLD
FEET
DEAR COLD FEET:
A person does not have to
track “dirt” into a house to
carry germs on the soles of
one’s shoes.
If guests have walked
on a sidewalk or driveway
where someone has walked
a dog or spat, then I can see
why a parent might want
shoes removed if children
play on the floor.
Good manners in a
case like this would be to
cheerfully cooperate with
your hosts and, if slippers
are not provided, to bring
a pair over that you can
leave for the next time you
visit. It’s a small price to
pay for spending time with
your beautiful grandchildren.
Monday’s Crossword Solution
ARIES (March 21-April 19).
There’s so much you want to
do in the new year, and something about today’s events
gives you the idea to get started on one of your major ambitions. A phone call will get the
ball rolling.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20).
Physical attractiveness is important, but not that important. You know better than to
get hung up on appearances
when what really matters is
how people treat one another.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21).
You can’t live your dream and
your fear at the same time.
Furthermore, if you’re not living your dream, consider that
you may be letting fear win.
The question is, which one?
CANCER (June 22-July
22). Must you always fight
for what you want? It’s not
coming easily now, but that
doesn’t mean you have to
wage war for it. Calm and
center yourself. There’s a gentle way to invite good fortune.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). You
play many roles over the
course of this day and slip in
and out of each one beautifully. You’ll serve others and be
served by others and find both
dynamics equally satisfying.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22).
Physical wounds usually heal
from the inside out, and emotional wounds are the same
way. For optimal results,
make peace with the past.
Come to terms with the initial
event that caused your pain.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23).
You’ve attracted a very pleas-
ant kind of attention. You like
how it feels to have someone
so interested in you, and yet
you also prize your privacy.
Control the pacing of this getto-know-you stage. Remain
mysterious.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21).
Save your wishes and rituals
for later because right now
good luck and hard work are
one and the same. Know your
intention, put in the focused
time, and you will receive
your due.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22Dec. 21). When you’re in a
bad mood you mistakenly assume that you already have
knowledge enough about your
strengths to last a lifetime.
Wrong. You have talents untapped, and you’ll glimpse
them today.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan.
19). Relationships will thrive
once you release the need to
debate who is right. The other
person may not follow your
lead on this, and they don’t
have to — things will still improve because you dared to be
the bigger person.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb.
18). You’ll be in the catbird
seat. Be gracious and discreet
when envious eyes are on
you and you won’t have any
regrets connected to this moment of privilege.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20).
What some would consider to
be a stressful problem is potentially energizing for you,
largely because you believe in
your ability to find a solution.
Try three different possibilities before the sun goes down.
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All former and current residents of Ovals, you are cordially
invited to attend a meeting on Tuesday 27th January, 2015at
5:30 P.M. at the Ovals basketball court. Duration of the
meeting will be approx. 1 ½ hours; plans for the upcoming
Homecoming on August 01st and 02nd 2015 will be discussed. For further information, please contact Johnny at
771-6634.
ABEC would like to advise the public that continuous registration has resumed in Barbuda. The Registration Units in
the other Constituencies will be phased in during the course
of this week. We are urging those qualified to register in Barbuda to do so this week so that their names will appear on the
Supplementary List, which will be published by February
15. Upon completion of claims and objections, their names
will be added to the Register of Electors for December 2014.
This will then become the Register for Elections for the upcoming Local Government Elections in March 2015.
The General Public is hereby advised that licenses are being
issued by the St. John’s Development Corporation to persons who wish to ply their trade during the Valentine Season.
The recommended period is January 30, 2015 to February
14, 2015. Visit the office in the Heritage Quay area to apply
and be informed as to the Rules and Regulations stipulated
on the form.
The Mahijah Davis Basketball Academy (MDBA) Will
be hosting it’s first Christmas Basketball Fiesta at the Jsc
Sports Complex from the 15th- 20th of December 2014.
This one week basketball excitement is to close off the
Academy’s year of basketball development and get prepare
for the new year (2015) where we look forward to continue improving our basketball techniques so our yearly youth
programme keep standing out amongst the rest. This generation of young student athletes are the dawn of a new era
since basketball is in need of the germination to help its state
of rebuilding. Monday - Friday; Time: 12pm until 6:00pm
and the last day of the camp which is Saturday 20th, time:
4:30pm until. The place to get a feel of the MDBA basketball skills challenge is the Antigua & Barbuda Basketball
Association home of basketball, the JSC Sports Complex.
Cost:$100 and open to boys and girls 5-14.
Service
Just opened The Miraculous Faith Nursing Home and
Daycare Center at #4 Cassada Gardens. Going places,
have no where or no one to leave your elderly with bring
them to us, we will take care of them disabled too. Contact
Chester/Yvonne at 724-0394, 785-9160, 560-6338.
Employment
The Antigua & Barbuda Red Cross in collaboration with the
American Red Cross has a First Aid App to launch.
The Antigua & Barbuda Red Cross wants the residents of
Antigua to know the importance of the App and the long
term benefits to our Society. What you can do in case of an
emergency or life threatening condition.
It also has the Red Cross history, activities, sponsors, and
quizzes. We would like the general public to be aware of the
App and feel free to download same, if you have an android
device such as a phone or a tablet kindly use the Android link
and you can use the iOS link for your iPhone device.
iOS devices: 3cu.be/shareatg
Android devices: 3cu.be/shareatg
If you have any questions contact Mr.Martin 723-7258 or
email [email protected] or [email protected]
Thank you for your attention and I look forward to your continued support.
AGHS Anniversary Service 2015
The Antigua Girls’ High School invites parents, friends and
old girls, to its 129th Anniversary Service and Prize Giving,
on Tuesday 3rd February, 2015, at 8:30 am.
Beginning immediately, the Christian Valley Agricultural
Station will no longer be conducting sales of plants, due
to the invasiveness of the Giant African Snail, plant sales
will be temporarily put on hold, until the snail population
has been considerably reduced. This is to prevent any other
transfer of the snails throughout the country.
The Emergency Medical Services EMS wishes to inform the
general public that training is available in the following, Basic Life Support BLS, Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation CPR,
and First Aid. For further details please visit the office on
Factory Road, west of the University of the West Indies open
campus or call 562-2434.
PRE VALENTINES BLOCK FAIR, Saturday 7th of February, 2015; 4:00pm. Venue: The concrete Road (Hibiscus
road) leading to Burlin. Lots to eat and drink. Fun for the
entire family including Bungie Jump and Bounce Castle,
steel pan and other music carn done. Football match @ 4pm
(over forties will be doing their thing along with the youngsters)
Tuesday 27th January 2015
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Turf Club names Lady Anne
Thoroughbred Horse of the Year 2014
By Vanroy Burnes
Locally Bred Thoroughbred
Horse Lady Anne from the Dr.
Cuthwin Lake Stables has been adjudge the Thoroughbred Horse of
the 2014 by the Antigua Turf Club
beating the 2012/13 Champion
Horse Nothing Personal into second
place.
In a media release by the Turf
Club on Sunday Lady Anne amasses 90 points from 8 meets, 5 starts
with 4wins and a second. Nothing
personal from the Simply Smooth
Stables the 2012 and 2013 Thoroughbred Horse of the Gardens was
second with 75 points with 5 starts,
3 wins, 1 second and a third.
President of the Turf Club
Neil Cochrane said that honorable
mention must be made of nothing
personal for the high level of performance over the last three years
racing season as well for winning
the first and final leg of the Inaugural Antigua Triple Crown racing
series.
No Error from the Calibi Stables was voted the 2014 Half Bred
Horse of the year 2014 amassing
115 points from 8 meets, 7 starts
with 5 wins, 1 second and 1 third.
Fresh Milk from the pond view stables was second with 80 points from
5 starts with 4 wins.
The Jockey of the year prize
went to Senior Jockey Jeff Jacobs
who had 28 wins from 46 starts, 12
seconds and 5 thirds and amassed
705 points.
Julian Walters the Jockey for
2013 was second with 515 points
from 40 starts, with 18 wins, 13 seconds and 5 thirds.
The Trainer of the year prize
went to the Legendary Eustace
Parker. The Legendary Champion
Trainer Parker had 50 runners with
14 first, 14 seconds and 15 thirds
with 505 points. Neil Cochrane was
second with 205 points.
The Turf Club Boss noted that
although the executive followed the
guidelines used for determining the
respective winners for the various
positions, there was some level of
controversy surrounding the position of Thoroughbred Horse of the
year that was won by Lady Anne.
He said the turf Club executive
fully understand the sentiments expressed by the handlers of Nothing
Personal, however the guidelines
were followed for the past four
years up to this year. The Turf Club
Boss said going forward it is the intention of the Turf Club to review
the Criteria and make necessary adjustments which hopefully will address concerns raised.
The Turf Club Boss said that it
would be remiss him not to Laud
the Breeders, Owners, Trainers and
Handlers of Lady Anne for creating
a home grown champion of which
we all are truly proud. However
it would be interesting to see how
she performs in the upcoming Filly
Classic which should be very competitive and exciting.
The Turf Club will host the first
race meet for 2015 on Sunday February 15th with the re-introduction
of the popular Filly Classic which
from this year will be named in honor of the biggest contributor to the
sport Norma Proudhon (alias) Tourist Leggo now deceased
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cont’d from pg 20
best Goalkeeper. Immigration was
voted the most discipline team, the
best turned out team at the opening
was Jumby Bay Egrets.
The Manager of the tournament
was Clifton Thomas of Immigration;
the Coach of the tournament was
Javid Francis of WIOC. There were
awards for longest participating
teams in Business League Football
which went to 4 teams APUA Telephone, Kennedy’s Blue Diamonds,
C.S.R Launchers and Sandals.
Awards also went to the longest
active players in Worrell Frederick
of APUA and Larry Rampersaud of
C.S.R Launchers. The Referees were
not left out and both Eric Lyne and
Myron Percy Phillip were awarded
Business League Football Runner-up Immigration.
for the longest officiating Referees.
There special awards to Kennedy Nicholas of WIOC for the
longest team manager and also to
PWD. A special Plaque presented to
Cool & Smooth for his invaluable
contribution to the sponsorship of
Business League Football and also
to Selkridge Insurance for Special
Insurance covered for the players.
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Emrit: Narine, Mohammed were key
PORT OF SPAIN,
Trinidad – Trinidad and
Tobago Red Force skipper Rayad Emrit has
hailed the performances
of Sunil Narine and Jason
Mohammed, following
his side’s capture of the
Super50 title on Sunday
night.
Both players played
critical roles as Red Force
beat Guyana Jaguars by
135 runs at Queen’s Park
Oval in the final of the
regional one-day tournament.
Mohammed struck a
brilliant unbeaten 117,
his maiden regional oneday hundred, to lift Red
Force from the doldrums
at 148 for eight and steer
them to 200 without further loss.
Narine then produced
a sensational spell, grabbing six wickets for eight
runs, to stun Jaguars and
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send them crashing for 65
all out off 24 overs.
“Throughout the tournament the batters haven’t really given us the
start that we’ve wanted
and [the final] was no different. I thought the difference in the game was
the way Jason Mohammed batted and I must say
well done to him, it was
a fantastic innings,” said
Emrit.
“Throughout the tournament there have been
different batters, not just
one person standing out,
and it’s good to see Jason
getting some form in the
latter part of the tournament.
“It was a brilliant
knock and you can’t stop
praising him for the efforts that took us to the
200 mark, and we knew
as long as we got 200 it
was going to be game
on.”
Even with 200 runs
on the board, the game
remained open, and when
Jaguars raced to 36 without loss the outcome tilted in their favour.
However,
Narine
struck in his first over and
then scythed through the
innings as ten wickets
tumbled for 29 runs.
“He’s
exceptional,
he’s different from every single bowler in the
world and he’s someone
good to have in your
team. With him in your
team, any [total] you can
defend. I must say well
done to him, he bowled
exceptionally well,” Emrit beamed.
“He’s been the best
bowler in the world for
some while now and with
him in our team [defending] 200 runs, we definitely have a good chance.
Until 31 January 2015
He himself said … that as
long as we get 200 runs,
he’s going to play his part
and he came up trumps.”
He continued: “The
plan was if they got off to
a flyer, he’s definitely was
going to come on because
he’s our trump bowler,
and it happened to work
for us this time.”
The victory made
up for Red Force’s pain
last year when they went
down in the final at the
same venue to arch-rivals
Barbados.
“It’s a feeling that I
really can’t explain but
it’s really good to be on
the winning side this
year,” Emrit said.
“I thought 200 runs
on that wicket was not
what we wanted but with
the bowling attack we
have, we can defend anything that is there in front
of us.”
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Business League Teams and Individuals
awarded for outstanding performances
By Vanroy Burnes
The 2014 Ministry of Sports,
Cool & Smooth and Selkridge Insurance Company sponsored Business League Football competition
teams and Individuals were awarded
for their outstanding performances
during the 2014/15 season
The Organizers of the competition held its presentation and awards
ceremony on Saturday night at the
Sir Vivian Richards Stadium Presidential Suite. The Ceremony was address by Senator Hon. Colin James
Minister responsible for Sports,
Representative of the Sponsor Sowby Gomes for Cool & Smooth, the
coordinator of the program Vanroy
Burnes, while the feature address
was delivered by the Minister of
Trade, Commerce, Industry, Sports,
Culture & National Festival the
Hon. Paul Chet Greene.
The Ceremony was also address
by President of the Antigua & Barbuda Football Association Everton
Bataw Gonsalves. Senior Sports Officer in the Ministry of Sport Austin
Richards Sr. Gave the welcome re-
Business League Football Champions WIOC team.
marks, Ms. Alphonsine Lake- Bleau
and family rendered the National
Anthem, Ruben Julio Naso did the
Invocation, Mrs. Kattian EdwardsBaltimore the vote of thanks, while
the Master of Ceremony was Ian
Magic Hughes.
Director of Sports Heather Samuel and other Ministry officials were
also in attendance.
During the awards West Indies Oil Company took the League
Championship Trophy, Immigration
the runner –up Trophy, APUA Tele-
phone the third place Trophy and
Green Acres the fourth place Trophy.
Big Banana scalp the inaugural
Knock-out Championship Trophy,
A.S. Bryden the runner –up Trophy
and PWD Stars the third place.
Stephen Hughes of Immigration
was voted the Best Striker and Most
Goals, Sylvester Joseph of WIOC
the best Midfielder, Damian Williams of WIOC the best defender
and Omari Hazelwood of WIOC the
cont’d on pg 18
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