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Friday 20th February 2015
Marcus “Thomian”.
POLICE HUNT
WANTED MAN
A n t i g u a
a n d
B a r b u d a
The Police have issued a Wanted Bulletin for
the arrest of a man only
known as “Marcus” or
“Thomian.” He is wanted
for a series of Aggravated
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Robberies and Shooting
Incidents.
Marcus is believed to
have spent a number of
years between St. Thomas
and St. Maarten. Intelli-
gence has also led the police to believe that Marcus
may be hiding out on island
around Wireless Road and
Cassada Gardens area, or
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Up, Up and
Away!
Immigration amnesty
on the way.......... pg 2
Students from the St. Andrew’s Primary School participate in a sack race during their
school’s Sports Day activities earlier this week.
Police force should
be commended...pg 4
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Immigration amnesty coming
Government is moving to grant
amnesty to people who are living
in the country and who have experienced difficulty in obtaining citizenship, even though they qualify.
Attorney General and Minister
of Legal Affairs, the Hon. Steadroy
Cutie Benjamin says hundreds or
perhaps thousands of people have
been deliberately denied citizenship
as a direct policy of the former administration.
Benjamin says the government
is moving to correct this wrong
by piloting the Immigration and
Passport (Amendment) Bill 2015,
through parliament.
“Many persons, who qualify in
our view, for Antigua and Barbuda
citizenship, were wrongfully turned
down. This government frowned on
the view that hundreds of people
lived in Antigua for periods up to 20
years or 15 years and who made application for citizenship only to be
told that ‘you have a gap’,” Benjamin remarked.
According to Benjamin…many
in the non-national community
were deliberately frustrated as a
matter of policy to provide grounds
for turning down their applications.
This, he observed, was because the
former UPP Administration did not
want members of the non-national
community to participate in voting
during the elections.
He says the government has
sought advice from near and far on
how best to correct what he termed
an ‘unjust’ situation. He said the
suggestion was for an amnesty to
cover that period of time when an
applicant was turned down on the
grounds that he/she had a ‘gap’ in
the time in the passport. The bill
Attorney General and Minister of Legal
Affairs, the Hon. Steadroy Benjamin.
now before the House will regularize this situation.
Benjamin says when the members are voting to approve the bill…
he wants a division…which means
that each member would have to
stand individually and indicate how
he or she intends to vote.
‘Manners’ for Ministers of Parliament
The Speaker of the
House of Representatives,
Sir Gerald Watt, is repeating his call for the Standing
Orders that govern the conduct of members of both
houses of parliament.
Speaking at Thursday’s
sitting of the House, Sir
Gerald says the Standing
Orders do not adequately
address several of the issues that arise today.
He says this is something he has observed since
his appointment last June…
debate particularly when
the Speaker indicated that
a Log book will be kept indicating whenever a member is absent from sitting or
when the member leaves
the sitting for extended periods of time.
Prime Minister, Hon.
Speaker of the House of Gaston Browne gave his
Representatives, Sir Gerald views on the matter. He
Watt
said there is a recent case
he has observed that a num- where a member of the
ber of the rules need updat- House sent in an excuse
ing.
about not being well but
This issue sparked a who was heard extensively
on several broadcast media
outlets. He said parliament
meets infrequently and
parliamentarians must take
their jobs seriously and do
the job they were elected to
do.
But opposition leader,
Hon Baldwin Spencer, felt
that the proposed Log Book
is going too far. He felt that
the current Standing Order
adequately addressed the
issue of absenteeism and
therefore this idea from the
Speaker was an intrusion.
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St. Mary’s Secondary hosts cook-off
As part of their annual sports week, the St.
Mary’s Secondary School
conducted a cook-off that
allowed the students there
to show off their skills
learned in Home Econom-
ics.
cont’d from pg 1
ered to be armed and extremely dangerous.
Meantime,
police
are cautioning the public against approaching
Marcus if seen. Anyone
having information as to
his whereabouts is asked
to contact the nearest police station, or call Crime
Stoppers at 800-Tips
(8477).
at St. Johnson’s Village in
an area commonly called
“Mad People Town.” He
may however, be hiding
out elsewhere.
He is approximately 5
foot-6 inches to 5 foot-8
inches in height with fair
complexion, slim built
and weighs approximately
155 pounds. He is consid-
This year an aerobics
competition was introduced as well.
The organisers wish
to thank the school sports
committee for a job well
done and the principal,
teachers and of course the
students for their participation. “Thanks to all that assisted us at Yasco, YMCA
and Golden Grove field;
to the members of the
PTA, Miriam and Eartha
for taking time out and
assisting with fundraising,
to Mrs. Jarvis for judging
the cook off, and to Ms.
Hazzard and company for
Aerobics,” said one of the
main organisers.
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Public Safety Advisor: Royal Police
Force should be commended
Mr Michael Burton,
National Public Safety
Advisor to the Minister of
Public Safety, the Hon.,
Steadroy Benjamin, says
the Police Departmen
needs to be praised for
the job that they are doing
with the limited amount of
resources they have. While Burton’s original focus was on Her Majesty’s Prison, he had to
switch his attention a bit
from the prison while the
work at the prison is ongoing and is now focusing
on the Police Department.
The units he is mainly paying attention to are
the SSU unit, CSI forensic
Unit and the drug squad.
These units are the
backbone of fighting
crime on our island. He’s
also looking into rebuilding the English Harbour,
Bolans and Parham Police
Stations, but that will take
some time.
Currently, the main
focus is to get the specialized units the necessary equipment to let
them serve and protect at
the highest level, so that
crime can be controlled in
the best way possible.
“Can you imagine if
they can solve so many
incidences of crime with
such limited resources
what they will be able to
do with proper resources,”
Burton said.
“Prime Minister, the
Hon., Gaston Browne and
Minister of Public Safety
Hon., Steadroy Benjamin
have made it clear that
Mr Michael Burton, National Public Safety Advisor to the
Minister of Public Safety, the Hon., Steadroy Benjamin.
solving crime is top priority.
“I have been given a
personal mandate by the
minister to find ways to
help lower the crime rate
in Antigua and Barbuda
and that’s exactly what I
intend to do,” Burton continued.
“Tourism is our main
industry and, believe it
or not, crime plays a big
part in how effective tourism is. Lower crime rate:
more tourists. More tourists mean more money to
the country. More money
means better economy. So
again crime solving is top
priority and failure is not
an option,” he concluded.
Historic meeting to be held today
Prime Minister, Hon. Gaston
Browne and opposition leader, Hon.
Baldwin Spencer, are meeting today
to discuss the LIAT issue.
This comes as the Cabinet is signaling its strong disagreement with
a decision by the LIAT Board of Directors to deploy most of the airline’s
planes to Barbados.
The invitation for the meeting was
extended by Prime Minister Browne
as he addressed the LIAT issue in par-
liament on Thursday. He says LIAT
is critical to the economy of Antigua
and Barbuda and any decision about
the airline’s deployment must bear
this in mind.
The Antigua and Barbuda leader
says he’s been told that the decision
to move the planes to Barbados was a
purely business one and had nothing
to do with politics. PM Browne did
not hide his skepticism over this as
he stated that moving the planes from
Antigua does not solve LIAT’s fundamental issues. He noted that Antigua
is one of the airline’s most profitable
routes and in a formal response to the
LIAT Board chairman Prime Minister, Ralph Gonsalves of St Vincent
and the Grenadines he intends to request a route analysis.
He added that despite its current
difficulties, LIAT has survived for
over forty years based largely on the
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cont’d from pg 4
assistance it has received
from the government, private sector and ordinary
men and women in Antigua
and Barbuda.
Additionally
PM
Browne says Antigua and
Barbuda has the best potential for growth in the
Eastern Caribbean as well
as the most strategically
placed to serve as a hub for
the airline. He also drew attention to the new VC Bird
International airport terminal which is scheduled for
opening in a few months.
He wondered out loud
whether the intention is for
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this new to be a ghost town.
The Prime Minister issued a call for all Antigua
and Barbudans to come
together on the LIAT issue and reject the notion of
downgrading Antigua by
the LIAT Board.
Opposition leader and
former Prime Minister
Spencer says his administration had to fight constantly with the other shareholder governments on the
LIAT issue. Spencer says
the former administration
agreed to significant levels Prime Minister, the Hon., Gaston Browne.
of concessions to ensure
Last week, LIAT’s aircraft in Barbados…with
that LIAT remains in Anti- Board of Directors took a two each stationed in Antigua.
decision to base four of its gua and Trinidad.
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Friday 20th February 2015
Antigua Diplomat lead candidate for
Commonwealth Secretary–General
Sir Ronald Sanders’ candidature
for the post of Commonwealth Secretary-General has been restored.
Prime Minister Gaston Browne
of Antigua and Barbuda has now
written his colleagues, saying that
after withdrawal of Sir Ronald’s candidature on the principled stand that
the Region should be united, he was
“overwhelmed by messages of regret
and requests for reconsideration from
within and beyond the Caribbean”.
He said, “The burden of those
messages was that the Commonwealth has been deprived, at a time
of crisis, of the candidate manifestly
most suitable and most likely to be
chosen given Sir Ronald’s Commonwealth-wide network and diplomatic
experience”.
We agree with those messages
and applaud Prime Minister Browne
for persisting and persuading Sir
Ronald to restore his candidacy.
The experienced diplomat and
scholar had secured support of nine
of the 12 Commonwealth Caribbean Governments when they met in
the margins of the Cuba-CARICOM
Summit in Havana in December. His
competitors Baroness Patricia Scotland (Dominica) received support
from two governments and Bhoendradatt Tewarie (Trinidad and Tobago) from only one.
It should not be difficult to find
consensus in the Caribbean. The
Dominica candidate is really an undeclared British ‘candidate’ – not
through any formal act of Britain;
but through the candidate herself.
She is Baroness Scotland of Asthal,
a former Cabinet Minister and Attorney-General of Britain (in which
capacity and with a British mind-set,
she lectured the Caribbean on various matters including abolishing the
death penalty). To this day, she is a
sitting member of the British House
of Lords. She is a UK Parliamentarian.
A Secretary-General with such
a track record in, and loyalty to, the
British government will be like a
return to a colonial past. Baroness
Scotland would no doubt be comfortable in Whitehall; but the resulting
Commonwealth ‘Britishness’ would
be unacceptable – and not only in the
non-white Commonwealth. So the
Baroness has borrowed a Dominican/Caribbean cloak for the occasion. The Commonwealth is not likely to be fooled; the Caribbean would
be derided for supporting the ruse.
The other candidate Minister
Bhoendradatt Tewarie of Trinidad
and Tobago has no Commonwealth
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cont’d from pg 6
or diplomatic experience
and is little known outside
of Trinidad.
Mr Tewarie seems to
be supported only by his
Prime Minister, Kamla
Persad-Bissessar. And, not
surprisingly, she seems to
seek support for him from
her Caribbean colleagues
as a favour to herself –not
to the Caribbean or the
Commonwealth.
Trinidad and Tobago
also now has the Deputy
Secretary-Generalship of
the Commonwealth Secretariat and the top post in
the Commonwealth Foundation. It is highly unlikely that any government
would give Trinidad the
tree top posts in the Commonwealth.
By contrast, Sir Ronald is well-known and respected in the Commonwealth and he has a strong
record of Commonwealth
knowledge and experience
as a senior diplomat, as
an academic who has produced quality work on the
Commonwealth and more
recently as a member and
rapporteur of the Eminent
Persons Group that produced the report on urgent
reform of the Commonwealth.
With Sir Ronald as its
candidate, the Caribbean
would have this important
post within its grasp.
If it stumbles now it
will confirm the worst fears
of critics that it has lost its
way. Gaston Browne and
the Government of Antigua
and Barbuda – though new
to the CARICOM scene
(but, perhaps, because of
that) – is setting a notable
example of pursuing joint
Caribbean endeavours in
the Region’s interest.
Prime
Minister
Browne knows that he can
put forward Sir Ronald as
a candidate of Antigua and
Barbuda; that is how it is
usually done. However, he
is seeking full Caribbean
backing – which is what
the rest of the Commonwealth expects.
Yet, Prime Minister
Browne has said: “In the
interest of the projection of
Notice from the Inland Revenue
Department (IRD)
All Residential Property Owners (to include land
and or house) who pay off their 2015 property tax
citation by June 30th, 2015 will get all their arrears
waived or wiped off.All ABST Registrants who are in
arrears are asked to pay the amount or make arrangements to pay the amount by March 31st 2015 and get
all penalty and interest waived.
Sir Ronald Sanders.
our unity to the Commonwealth I am still anxious
that we proceed by consensus if we possibly can.”
The Region has not
adorned itself in glory in
the past over joint candidates, and continues to
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let itself down even now.
Prime Minister Browne
has summoned the region
to act in its own interest by
putting the best candidate
it has back into contention.
Re-printed from Caribbean News Now.
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Friday 20th February 2015
Baby Teeth: Where a Lifetime
of Good Oral Health Starts
You can’t see them.
But they’re there. Baby
teeth... they started forming way back in the womb,
but before you know it,
they’ll be erupting through
your baby’s gums.
The first baby teeth,
known as primary teeth,
usually appear as early as
3-4 months of age, but really start to erupt through
the gums between the ages
of 6 months to one year
of age. The timing all depends, and which ones
come out first all depends,
too, but all 20 primary
teeth (baby teeth) will usually erupt by the age of
three. And those baby teeth
are important, even if you
can’t see them and even
if they eventually fall out
and are replaced with per-
manent adult teeth. Baby
teeth are in fact, extremely
important.
Baby teeth:
Help children chew
food easily and properly
Help children speak
more quickly and clearly
Hold space in the jaws
for permanent teeth that are
growing under the gums
Set the stage for a lifetime of healthy smiles
Baby teeth are also
just as prone to cavities as
adult teeth. In fact, more
than 50 percent of children
will be affected by tooth
decay before the age five.*
So you want to keep those
cavities away to avoid an
early loss of a tooth. When
a baby tooth is lost too early, the permanent teeth can
drift into the empty space
and make it difficult for
other adult teeth to find
room when it’s their turn to
erupt. So, proper oral hygiene is important as soon
as your baby is born.
Establishing good oral
habits early will go a long
way, even beyond impressing the tooth fairy!
Teething
When baby teeth
emerge through the gum,
it’s called teething. It can
be a bit painful, and it can
make your child cranky.
But, it’s a very natural process that every developing
child goes through. Your
baby’s gums may be sore
and tender, and they may
drool a bit. But there are
ways to alleviate some of
that pain and make your
baby, and you, feel a whole
lot better.
To alleviate teething
pain:
Gently rub your child’s
gums with a clean finger or
a wet gauze pad.
Give your child something to chew on, like a
cool washcloth or a rubber
teething ring
Offer your child cold
foods such as applesauce
or yogurt if he or she is old
enough to eat solid foods
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cont’d from pg 8
If these methods don’t work, you
might want to give your teething
baby a small dose of children’s pain
reliever, but check with your doctor
before giving your baby any medication. If nothing seems to be working
and your teething baby continues to
be cranky and demonstrate signs of
pain, call your dentist or pediatrician.
How to Clean Baby Teeth
Good oral hygiene begins at
birth. So it’s wise to get in the habit
of cleaning your baby’s gums even
before any primary teeth come in.
Gently clean your baby’s gums after
every feeding using a clean, damp
washcloth or a toothbrush with soft
bristles and a small head made just
for babies.
As soon as the first baby tooth ar-
rives, you can start brushing it with a
toothbrush and toothpaste. To brush
baby teeth, use a small amount of
non-fluoride toothpaste (sometimes
called training toothpaste). Brush the
front and back of your baby’s teeth,
and lift your baby’s lips to make sure
you get the gum line. You should
brush your baby’s teeth twice a day.
Try to have your baby realize that you brush your teeth
too. It can greatly influence
their desire to brush like you do.
When should a baby first see a Dentist?
At Jammula & Associates Dental Practice, we want you to have a
lifetime of smiles. And we want to
be with you throughout that lifetime.
That’s why we would like you to
make Jammula & Associates Dental
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Practice your dental home. By definition, a dental home is the ongoing
relationship between the dentist and
the patient; a relationship that begins with the child’s very first visit
around the age of one and includes
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family-centered way
Good habits start early. So, establish your dental home with Jammula Associates Dental Practice and
schedule your child’s first dental visit
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On good governance - Part 5
By Bishop Rolston S.M. Jeffrey
D.Min; DRE
As we continue our journey of
good governance from 2 Chronicles, we observe that whilst the good
kings did many things right, they
also made mistakes, some of which
were serious. For Judah, the most
serious one was not keeping the
land purified of the vestiges of foreign spiritual practices such as asherah poles and high worship. Asherah was the fertility goddess and here
reference is made to pagan worship
which is forbidden in Scriptures
(Exod. 34:13; Deut. 16:21; Judges
6:25-27; 2 Kings 23:6).
An application of the above is
that there is need to constantly nurture the moral fibre of our society,
particularly amongst the young. I
know that there are sometimes when
there are some who would say that
we are always bashing they youths
and maybe they are correct. However, as we look at our youths today,
it appears as though we are loosing
a generation to crime, deviance and
other ant-social behavior.
We are breathing new criminals
and as adults we have to take the
blame for much of this. It must always be borne in mind that children
learn what they see and in most instances they see a people devoid of
morals, virtues and values.
They see a system devoid of
direction and like a ship without a
rudder drifting along an unchartered waters. They see a country
where we have substituted parental
love and guidance and satisfaction
for material things such as smart
phones, name brand clothing, even
though in some instances, they cannot be afforded.
Now in order for lifestyles to
be maintained, some folks have to
resort to other means to get the financial resources and of course,
these come with a high price. What
is evident in our society is that even
though we have an avalanche of
churches springing up all over the
place, there is a lack of spiritually
and hence the question is posed ever
so often – “what is the church doing?”
Maybe that question can be answered just by simply saying that
the church apparently has lost its
savor, its relevance and has failed to
be the conscious of the society and
has been afraid to address the issues
of the day.
Notwithstanding, one should
not lose hope, because there will always be a remnant and a voice who
will not be afraid to call a spade
– a spade. Scripture is clear when
Jesus Christ indicated, “I build my
Church and the gates of hell shall
not prevail against it.”
What is needed today is for
the Church to stand up and speak
against the evils of society, point
men to the risen Savior and send
the clarion call that there needs to
be repentance and a turning back to
the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Then and only then will we see
prosperity in our land.
We need to again instill discipline in our young people, but we as
adults must also be disciplined and
give respect and honor where due.
When we disrespect our leaders and
curse out each other, that’s what
they learn from us. When I was a
child growing up, the church minister, the teacher and police were persons who were revered.
You could not pass a senior or
adult without saying “good morning
or good afternoon”, failing which,
you would get a licking and for
sure, you could not go home and tell
your parents. Parents would take
their children to church and moreso to Sunday or Sabbath school, but
unfortunately, much of this is absent
today. The god of materialism has
taken over our country.
Not these days, parents will
even tell their children not tell John
Doe hello, they would use the foulest of words etc, hence this serious
indiscipline in gradually eroding the
moral fiber of our society.
No longer do parents train their
children in the way that they should
grow. They allow some nonsense
call human rights to dictate what
they should and should not do. I ask
the question to a mother, who bore
the pain when you were carrying
that child?
Was it you or some abstract
agency? When people are told by
the state what type of discipline they
should and or should not use against
their children, it certainly has negative consequences not only in the
short term, but also in the long term.
Discipline starts in the home,
not in the school or even in the
Church and the Bible has much to
say in Proverbs 22:6 and Deuteronomy 6:5-6 on the matter.
The Word of God is still relevant
today and only when we as a country return to the Bible and follow its
instructions will we progress and
prosperity in our this our fair land.
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Thursday’s Sudoku Solution
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SUDOKU
C R O S S WO R D
Across
1. Strike-breaker
5. Sub finder
10. Warbled
14. Shredded
15. Shut
16. Musical instrument
17. Send forth
18. Academic guidance
20. Annoy
22. Erases
23. Hard metal
24. Prophetic signs
26. Attract
28. Seesaw
33. NASA employee
37. Seldom seen
38. Arms depot
39. Disease from mosquitoes
42. Incite
43. Year part, in college
44. Charisma
47. Diva’s song
48. Flat-bottomed boat
50. Arrow part
55. Grazing ground
59. President, e.g.
60. Restlessness
63. Dominate
64. Athletic group
65. Chinese, e.g.
66. House additions
67. “The Diary of ____ Frank”
68. Narrates
69. Amtrak terminals (abbr.)
Down
1. Stairs
2. Tailed celestial body
3. Ascend
4. Actress ____ Davis
5. Injury memento
6. Young’s opposite
7. It follows Oct.
8. Apart
9. Take offense at
10. A few
11. Aid and ____
12. Zilch
13. Acquires
19. Differently
21. Comic ____ DeGeneres
24. Unwritten
25. Chess pieces
27. ____ Thurman of “Pulp
Fiction”
29. Notable periods
30. Sour in taste
31. Huron’s neighbor
32. Back
33. Heroic narrative
34. Brace
35. Kin of PDQ
36. Relinquish
39. Simple
40. French buddy
41. Rent contract
43. Sink down
45. Adjoin
46. Cowboy’s rope
49. ____ Witherspoon of “Just
Like Heaven”
51. Rabbitlike animals
52. Grown-up
53. Gent (sl.)
54. Curl
55. Pocket bread
56. So be it!
57. Reach across
58. Not wild
59. Telescope part
61. Nothing
62. Baseball’s ____ Ripken
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Friday 20th February 2015
There will be a relaunch of Hospital/Healthcare Christian
fellowship in Antigua and Barbuda. We are inviting you to
our Prayer Breakfast. Date: Saturday 21st February 2015,
Time: 6:30 am - 8:00 am, Venue: Mount St.John’s Medical Center Chapel, Tickets $15.00. For tickets and more information, please contact Nurse Benjamin @ 722-1019 or
Nurse Henry @ 788- 0734
The Consumers Association is seeking members who are
committed to promoting and defending the rights of consumers in Antigua and Barbuda.
Interested persons are invited to attend a meeting on Monday
23rd February ’15 at the Prices and Consumer Affairs Division, on the corner of Redcliffe Street and Corn Alley, St.
John’s Antigua, commencing at 5 pm.
The Consumers Association of Antigua & Barbuda is an independent, non-governmental, non-political and voluntary
organization.
For more information contact 774 7818 or 726 9804.
The Social Security Board wishes to advise all Social Security pensioners that pension payments for the month of
February 2015 will be paid commencing March 9, 2015.
Any inconvenience caused is deeply regretted.
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Wednesdays. Tours available 4 days a week, For more
info and reservation, please call 764-2291. You may also
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The Optimist Club of St. John’s will be hosting the ‘Kids
Speak Out’ Competition this Saturday 21st February 2015
at the ABI Conference Room on Redcliffe Street, 9:00 a.m.
This contest is an annual event geared at primary school
children, who are asked to give a 2-3 minute oral presentation on the topic “How My Optimism Helps Me To Press
On to Greater Achievements of the Future”
For additional information please contact 720-2949
The Order of St. Luke, Cathedral Chapter is hosting a healing prayer weekend under the theme “Forgive and be healed
- body, mind and spirit”. Beginning Friday 20th at 6:pm
and continuing Saturday 21st at the Dean William Lake Cultural Centre a healing prayer workshop. Sunday 22nd a healing service at St. Andrew’s Anglican Church on Fort Road at
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DEAR LADY X HOROSCOPE
My daughter is getting
married in September. In
June, she’s planning to
have a bachelorette party
in Mexico.
My husband and I
have never been to Mexico and thought, “Why
not kill two birds with
one stone?” Because I’m
afraid of flying, I want my
husband and son to also
go to Mexico, but stay at
a different resort.
The party is only for
three days, so when everyone else goes home,
my husband and I will extend our stay.
I have gone on girl
vacations to Las Vegas
before, where my husband has traveled with me
and then gone and done
his own thing. We would
meet up after the girl vacation.
I don’t see a problem
with his traveling to Mexico, but my daughter absolutely objects. What do
you think? -- NO PROBLEM
DEAR NO: Could
this be a telltale warning
sign of a budding bridezilla?
Your daughter appears
to be making a problem
where none exists.
If your husband and
son will stay at a different resort, they might as
well be back in the states.
That they are in Mexico
shouldn’t inconvenience
or inhibit your daughter
at all.
Thursday’s Crossword Solution
ARIES (March 21-April 19).
When you fight with yourself,
at least fight fair! In the latest
you-on-you battle, only one of
you will be left standing. The
good news is that this transformation probably won’t be
painful, just awkward.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23).
Seize the opportunity to explore your talents. This is best
done by trying new things
without a worry or care about
who is watching or what they’ll
think. You’ll make friends
along the way.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20).
Your eyes are open to a clearer, faster, more direct way to
happiness. Tonight, those close
to you will benefit from your
wave of crazy generosity.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21).
Today’s activities will not be
what you would normally consider cause for celebration.
And yet, you’ll celebrate them
anyway. That’s what makes
you awesome. Someone new
will want to join in with all of
that fun you’re having.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21).
For your life to be happy, it
must be full. And for your life
to be full, it must be happy.
Therefore, the most important
move to make in the name of
living a full life is the one you
believe will bring the most
happiness.
CANCER (June 22-July 22).
In Internet-speak, NSFW translates to “not safe for work.”
You may feel that your entire
mood isn’t safe for work today,
as you would like to tell a lot
of people how you really feel.
However, your self-control
will be rewarded.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). When
people make you mad, and
they will, try to stay calm. It’s
fine for you to be angry, but
you’ll lose your power and
status if you show it too much.
One strategy that works is simply walking away.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22).
Attractive solutions abound.
Sometimes things look good
because they are good. Just
because something has a pretty sheen to it doesn’t mean you
should automatically be suspicious.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec.
21). All it takes is one sound
decision to usher more love
and money into your life. It’s
not a hard one to make, but it
does require humble learning
and the tenacity to see this cycle through to the final stages.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan.
19). You have a weird way of
working through things, and
you should trust that however
different it may be from the
way others do it, it’s still a
good way for you. You’re an
original, you know!
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb.
18). You deal with life according to how you feel about it at
the moment, and there will be
several moments of the day
that are highly charged. Emotional distancing may be in order.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20).
The new people coming into
your life have no idea who you
are, so feel free to playfully
create an accurate picture for
them. You’ll do quite a lot in
the name of fun!
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Friday 20th February 2015
caribtimes.com
Friday 20th February 2015
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Premier Division climaxes this weekend
By Vanroy Burnes
The Antigua & Barbuda Football Association (ABFA) Premier
Division climaxes this weekend. Although Asot Arcade Parham already
won the championship title, there is
still interest as to which team will
join Urlings as automatic relegation
to the First Division.
On Saturday, in the first of two
matches, Bassa, one of the teams
battling to avoid automatic relegation, will come against Rangers
who have the least to worry about
being relegated.
In the second match, Five Islands, the other team likely to face
automatic relegation, takes on SaniPro Fort Road at 6:00 pm.
On Sunday in the first of the triple-header, LIME Old Road comes
up against neighbors Golden Stars
of Urlings at 3:00 p.m., to be followed by last season’s champions
Hadeed Group of Companies Sap
against Grenades in another Round
South derby at 5:00 p.m.
The final match of the regular
season will feature newly crowned
champions Asot Arcade Parham
against Cool & Smooth, Argos Cement, and KFC Green Bay Hoppers
at 7:00 p.m.
Antigua Grammar and Jennings
Secondary battle draw in schools cricket
By Vanroy Burnes
Antigua
Grammar
School and Jennings Secondary played to a draw
in the Massy United Insurance Schools Senior
Cricket two-day competition on Tuesday and
cont’d from pg 16
Wednesday.
Antigua
Grammar
School batted first and
made 112 for 7 after
their allotted amount of
overs with Keoni Greenaway hitting 52 not out,
,Johnie Massiah with 16
April 13.
Benjamin said the renovations of
the stands won’t affect the cricket on the
ground.
“I don’t see that (renovations) as a
problem because nothing is wrong with
the playing area and you won’t get a
large crowd now for matches at this level,” Benjamin reasoned.
The Jaguars/Hurricanes match was
switched from St Kitts, which held its
National Elections Tuesday, the designated final day of the Four-Day contest.
Sir Vivian Richards Stadium is a stadium that was built for the 2007 Cricket
World Cup and has a seating capacity of
10,000.
The stadium is 20 minutes from the
and Keeshud Dawuud hit
22. Dave Whyte had 1 for
30, Shaquan Reifer had 1
for 18 and Malvin Charles
had 1 for 12.
In reply, Jennings
Secondary was bowled
out for 103 in 24.5 overs.
capital city, St. John’s and the venue cost
approximately US$60 million to build,
with the majority of the funds coming
from a Chinese Government grant.
In 2008, the roof of the South Stand
was damaged by high winds and other
facilities include Floodlights for night
matches, a practice pitch, training infrastructure and a media centre. This Stadium is one of the few state-of-the-art
venues that encompass underground passageways for the teams to move about.
China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC) constructed
the Stadium, the new airport terminal
and the Five Islands Secondary School
and is in charge of the renovations of Antigua’s only International Cricket venue.
(Kaiteur News)
Jedidiah Martin hit 38
and Dave Whyte had 43.
Urvin Lewis had 2 for 15,
Keeshud Dawuud had 3
for 22, Elroy Francis had
1 for 38, Zuri Holder had
1 for 13 and Chad Walsh
had 3 wickets for no runs.
Antigua
Grammar
School, batting a second
time, declared on 140 for
9 in 33 overs with Keeshud Dawuud hitting 44,
Elroy Francis 25, Joshua Thomas 16 and Keoni
Greenaway 19. Melvin
Charles bagged 6 for 47.
Jennings Secondary,
needing 140 for victory,
ended on 116 for 7 with
Melvin Charles making
20 runs, Dave Whyte 16,
Jedidiah Martin 14 and
Shaquan Reifer 17. Zuri
Martin had 2 for 35, Elroy Francis 3 for 14 and
Keeshud Dawuud had 2
for 30.
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Friday 20th February 2015
Benjamin wants more two-day cricket
Georgetown, Guyana - Former
West Indies and Leeward Islands
fast bowler Kenny Benjamin, who
captured 403 wicketsWestern Union
logo from 108 First-Class matches
after making his debut at this level in
1989, provided his thoughts on several issues that have contributed to
the dismal showing of the Leewards
team in the recent past.
The 47-year-old Benjamin was
speaking as an Analyst on the Antigua Broadcasting Service (ABS)
during a live Radio commentary of
the match between Guyana Jaguars
and the Hurricanes on John Fernandes logoSunday.
Antigua alone has produced outstanding West Indian players Viv
Richards, Andy Roberts, Richie
Richardson, Curtly Ambrose and
Ridley Jacobs, but Leeward Islands
cricket has declined to the point
where they have lost every one of its
six Four-Day matches so far inside
three days.
Benjamin believes the Leewards
continue to struggle because of inconsistency among their batsmen
who are not equipped with the temperament to bat for an entire day.
Apart from Guyanese Shiv Chanderpaul, this is a big problem throughout the West Indies.
“The problem is both mental and
technical. Antigua is the only Leeward Island territory that plays twoday cricket and that continues to be
the biggest problem for Leewards
cricket,” Benjamin said.
He feels that the Franchise sys-
West Indies and Leeward Islands fast
bowler Kenny Benjamin.
rights) says he is supporting his former West Indies fast bowling team
mate Joel Garner for the job.
Garner will challenge Cameron for the Presidency in what is expected to be a closely contested fight
when the WICB holds its Annual
General Meeting on March 7, 2015
at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel.
“I am backing Cameron since he
is doing the things he said he would,
like introducing franchise cricket at
First-Class level. I hope if he wins
we would see more emphasis placed
on the developmental stage of our
cricket. I also would like to see Garner work along with Cameron to
bring the cricketing side to the table,” Benjamin noted.
The Windward Islands Cricket
Association, the Barbados Cricket
Association and the Jamaica Cricket
Association are backing Barbadian
Garner in the race for the top spot on
the WICB.
Meanwhile, the seventh round
fixture between the Leewards and
the Windwards Islands which was
set for Antigua from Friday has now
been shifted to St Lucia because the
Stadium has been closed for renovations to the stands.
But Benjamin feels that the work
beyond the boundary should not
have affected the staging of a Regional game here this weekend. The
renovations are being done in preparations for the Test series between
West Indies and England. The opening Test will be played here from
tem is a good thing. “The Franchise
system should allow more players
who have not yet played at the highest level to focus more of their time
on cricket since they are now getting
a monthly salary just to play cricket.
This should make them more professional players since cricket has now
become their job. They will now
have the time to practice and train
more because most of these guys
have to work outside of cricket to
earn a living,” Benjamin who played
26 Tests and 26 ODIs for the West
Indies in an International career that
spanned from 1992-1998, added.
Benjamin said he was supporting incumbent West Indies Cricket
Board (WICB) President Jamaican
Dave Cameron for another twoyear term at the helm of West Indies
Cricket.
The Leewards Islands Cricket Association, the Guyana Cricket
Board and Trinidad & Tobago Cricket Board are throwing their support
behind Cameron although former
Test pacer Andy Roberts (who like
Benjamin, does not have voting cont’d on pg 15
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