Dredging of St. John`s Harbour begins

PROMISE MADE,
Wednesday 18th February 2015
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PROMISE KEPT
Dredging of St. John’s Harbour begins
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Prime Minister Hon. Gaston Browne, right, and Chinese Ambassador, Ren Gongping, cut the ribbon on the gangway of the
specialized vessel that is carrying out the dredging of the St. John’s Harbour, yesterday.
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PM requests hold on LIAT decision
Antigua and Barbuda Prime Minister Gaston Browne has written to
his colleague Dr Ralph Gonsalves
in his capacity as Chairman of LIAT
Shareholders, requesting that “no further action be taken with regard to
any decisions made at the meeting of
Shareholders’ of LIAT in Barbados
on February 13th 2015” until his Cabinet has had the opportunity to discuss
the matter.
At the meeting of the LIAT shareholder-governments decisions were
announced about disposition of the
airline’s fleet of planes and the laying-off of some 160 workers.
Antigua and Barbuda is the second largest shareholder in LIAT at
the present time and recently injected several million dollars in to the
airline. Prime Minister Browne was
unable to attend the meeting at which
the Heads of Government of the two
other largest shareholder governments were present. Those leaders
were Dr Ralph Gonsalves of St Vincent and the Grenadines and Freundel
Stuart of Barbados.
Antigua and Barbuda’s Aviation
Minister, Robin Yearwood, attended the Barbados meeting whose decisions would have to be referred to
shareholder governments for agreement and ratification.
In his letter to the Chairman of the
LIAT Shareholders group, Prime Min-
ister Browne stated: “ You will appreciate that the government of Antigua
and Barbuda has made – and continues to make - a heavy investment in
LIAT, and there are consequence for
the economy and the well-being of
the people of Antigua and Barbuda
arising from decisions pertaining to
the airline”.
It is in this connection that Prime
Minister Browne has written to his
colleague, Prime Minister Gonsalves,
to ensure that no action is taken on the
decision arising out of the Shareholders’ meeting of February 13th until the
Antigua and Barbuda Cabinet “has
garnered all the relevant information
and discussed the matter”.
Housing project gets financial boost
The government of
Mexico is committed to
helping the Antigua and
Barbuda implement its urban renewal housing project.
According to Prime
Minister, Hon. Gaston
Browne, Mexico has agreed
to loan of US$40-million
as well as a grant of US$5
for the project. PM Browne
says Antigua and Barbuda
is the first Eastern Caribbean country to get this level
of assistance from the Mexican Government.
The loan is an interest-free facility from the
Mexican government to
be repaid over a 40-year
period. There is also an arrangement that repayment
will start after the first ten
years has expired.
PM Browne made the
announcement at a formal
press announcement of the
agreement on Tuesday. In
attendance was a delegation
from the Mexican embassy
to the Eastern Caribbean,
headed by Ambassador
Manuel Lopez Moreno. He
says the money will assist
the government undertake
its housing project from
the original 500-homes to
2-thousand houses.
The Prime Minister
says the project has both
and social and economic
benefits as among other
things it will provide jobs.
The press briefing was addressed by other representatives of the Antigua and
Barbuda government following which both parties
journey to the construction
site at Dredge Bay where
the model houses are under
construction.
There the Mexican
officials were shown the
architectural drawing and
the site plan for the Dredge
Bay construction. The delegation also met briefly with
members of the National
Housing Development and
Urban Renewal Company
Board.
PM Browne then es-
corted Ambassador Moreno on a tour of the building
site to see actual work being
done on the first three-bedroom model house.
The PM also took the
Mexican delegation on an
unplanned visit to the Point
where they walked through
the infamous Boobie Alley
to see the level of houses
in the country. He says he
wants to see an end to this
type of houses.
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AUA rallies behind student in time of
bereavement after tragic shooting
American University
of Antigua (AUA) College
of Medicine is rallying
behind its student, Yousef
Abu-Salha, who lost three
family members in a tragic shooting in North Carolina on Tuesday, February
10th, 2015.
Deceased are Yousef’s
brother in-law Deah
Barakat, 23; his sisters, Yusor Mohammad
Abu-Salha
(Barakat’s
wife), 21; Razan Mohammad Abu-Salha, 19,
in what is believed to be
a killing linked to their
Muslim beliefs.
Barakat was a second-year dental student
at the University of North
Carolina, where his wife
was planning to begin her
dental studies in the fall.
Her sister was a student at
North Carolina State University.
On Friday, the university hosted a memorial
service on its compound
in support of their colleague’s family.
Dean of AUA, Dr
Robert Mallin, said the
student body and faculty
are stricken with sadness.
“We think of ourselves
as an extended family here
and when tragedy befalls
one of us it befalls all of
us,” Dr Mallin said.
He said given the
unique nature of the
school, where students
come from across the
world come to be educated, consequently resulting
in a diverse student population, the school must operate as “a close unit”.
Dr Mallin said, “We
often read in the papers
about whether Muslim
lives matter, or whether
police officers lives matter, or whether black lives
matter and my reaction
and the reaction of those
around me is all lives matter… we are one unit in-
terested in helping people
in their lives and health.”
He said medical practitioners are taught to take
care of others, in spite of
their race, religion creed
or any other factor.
The Dean added, “We
don’t have the luxury of
striking back or being
hateful or being particularly angry.”
Yousef
Abu-Salha,
who is described as an
intellectually gifted and
kind student, has since
left Antigua to be with his
family.
North Carolina Police said, on Wednesday,
they believed the crime
stemmed from an ongoing dispute over parking.
Craig Stephen Hicks, who
turned himself in for the
crime was charged with
three counts of first-degree murder in connection
with the shooting deaths
which took place on Tuesday night in Chapel Hill.
Hicks and the victims
were neighbors.
“Our investigators are
exploring what could have
motivated Mr Hicks to
commit such a senseless
and tragic act,” said Chief
Chris Blue of the Chapel
Hill police department.
Drug bust at airport
A 32-year-old Guyanese national was due to appear before the court
Tuesday charged with Possession of
Cocaine, Possession with intent to supply and Importation of Cocaine.
Humbert Mortimer Pilgrim of Guyana was nabbed at the V.C Bird International Airport over the weekend with
1 kilo 706 Grams of cocaine. Narcotics
Officers, who were on duty at the airport conducted a search on Pilgrim’s
suitcase and discovered the Cocaine
hidden inside a false compartment. He
was taken into custody and charged.
A 46 yrs old Guyanese national residing in Antigua was also arrested by
the police and is assisting them further
in their investigations. Pilgrim arrived
in Antigua on Caribbean Airlines Flight
#458 around 10:30 am on Sunday from
Georgetown Guyana via Trinidad. The
Drugs carries an estimated street value
of $59,881.
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PM impressed with progress at new
V.C. Bird International Airport Terminal
ST. JOHN’S, Antigua and Barbuda – Prime
Minister of Antigua and
Barbuda the Hon. Gaston
Browne has expressed satisfaction with the progress
being made in construction of the new terminal at
the V.C. Bird International
Airport.
During a tour of the
facility on Monday, which
included Foreign Affairs
and International Trade
Minister the Hon. Charles
Fernandez, China’s Ambassador to Antigua and
Barbuda His Excellency Mr. Ren Gongping,
members of the Board of
Directors and Manage-
ment of the Antigua and
Barbuda Airport Authority and consultants; Prime
Minister Browne said that
upon completion of construction, the V.C. Bird
International Airport will
undoubtedly be the most
advanced airport in the region.
“With the most sophisticated security and
baggage control systems
in the Americas, our airport once opened within the next three months,
will be on par with any
international airports in
North America and Europe. We have increased
the baggage carousels to
five and will introduce
four jet bridges; the first
in the sub-region,” said
PM Browne.
He commended the
team from the China Civil
Engineering Construction
Corporation CCECC and
local workers for the excellent work done so far
and outlined that all of
Antigua and Barbuda will
be extremely proud of the
finished product.
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sist of fourteen departure
gates, modern security
screening facilities, up-todate passenger processing
and monitoring facilities
and a CCTV Security System. The new terminal
will also contain forty-six
check-in counters, fifteen
self-check in kiosks, a
mini food court, multiple
VIP lounges, Bank, retail
stores, restaurants and
other facilities.
The Ground floor area
will consist of over 104
seats, while the first floor
airside will consist of seven hundred and fifty seats
and twelve immigration
desks.
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LIAT key to lifting travel in region
The performance of
tourism in the Caribbean in 2014 was in the
spotlight last week. First
there was the news conference which the Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) held to review
the industry across CTO
member states. Then last
Friday there was a board
meeting of LIAT, which
in itself is very integral to
tourism in the majority of
CTO member states.
Most of the the regional destinations enjoyed increased visitor arrivals from the traditional
source markets, therefore
confirming that the overall industry continues to
rebound from the crisis
which started in 2008 and
which has lingered on for
many years since then.
Tourism remains the
lifeblood of many of these
Eastern Caribbean islands
and having been hit hard
by a falloff in the numbers
in the immediate post2008 period, these destinations will want to ensure
that the upturn continues.
However, a nagging
issue which requires urgent attention is that of intra-regional air travel. The
CTO’s Secretary General,
Hugh Riley said that intra-regional travel remains
an issue to be addressed.
According to him, while
the intra-regional market performed reasonably
well in 2014, it was still a
long way from where the
region would like.
Barbados is one of
those destinations which
reported falling Caribbean arrivals while Mr.
Riley said that intra-regional travel to the OECS
remained depressed in
2014.
It is in this context
that the LIAT board meeting has to be seen. Some
destinations in the Caribbean have continued to
witness a slowdown in
arrivals from the region.
Some commentators have
put this down to a case of
the increasing cost of air
travel, which has deterred
many a traveller from taking a trip to another island.
How to tackle this issue
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remains the key consideration for all and sundry.
Reports from that
Board meeting indicated that LIAT is spending
more than it earns and
that while the airline has
reduced the number of
aircraft in service, staff
complement remained unchanged while accounting
for 27 per cent of the company’s earned revenues.
In view of the airline’s
financial situation, what
seems to be required is
a way to get greater efficiencies within LIAT.
Since it is widely accepted
that lower operating costs
has to be one of the aims
of those managing LIAT,
then this has to be tackled
with greater urgency.
This has always been
a concern for those managing the island-hopping
airline, which seems to
service every destination
within the island chain.
One report coming out of
the meeting is that there
are plans to have staff rationalisation within the
airline.
They have also started
to replace some of the ageing aircraft and this again
offers hope that a more
modern fleet of planes
will assist in lower costs.
The question of getting more Caribbean
countries to come on
board the airline, a subject raised repeatedly by
LIAT officials, can no longer be ignored. It has been
said quite often that some
countries which benefit
from services rendered by
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.
LIAT have ignored calls
for them to be involved as
shareholders in the airline.
At one point there
were threats to withhold
services to those destinations.
Tourism as was stated
earlier is the lifeblood of
many Caribbean islands.
If LIAT’s costs are to be
reduced then the measures
spoken of above must be
considered to help sort out
the problems of declining
intra-regional travel. (Reprinted from the Barbados Advocate)
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Promise Made, Promise Kept: Dred
The
long-awaited
sweeping of the St John’s
Harbour is now in progress.
Work on what is generally called ‘maintenance
dredging’ started Tuesday
afternoon…shortly after
Prime Minister Hon. Gaston Browne and Chinese
Ambassador, Ren Gongping, cut the ribbon on the
gangway of the specialized vessel that is carrying
out the work.
Prime
Minister
Browne said the dredging of the St John’s harbor
was a top priority for his
government almost from
the day it was elected to
office last year June. He
said on taking over the
reins of government, his
administration was presented with a situation
where the leading cruise
liners were threatening to
reduce calls at Antigua if
the sweeping did not take
place.
According to Browne,
the former administration
was appraised of the situation, but after several
years of attempts, it was
not able to get the work
done. In contrast, he said
his administration has
been able to have the work
commenced just little
more than eight months
after assuming office.
“If we had not acted
quickly, we were faced
with a possible reduction
in cruise passengers of
twenty-five percent. Instead we will see an increase in the number of
cruise passengers, estimated at over 30 percent,”
Browne stated.
The Prime Minister
said he is thankful that
the people of Antigua and
Barbuda reposed their
trust in both he and his administration, and that his
government has reciprocated by performing and
delivering on its campaign
pledges.
The Chinese stateowned company, CCECC,
is funding the sweeping
exercise at a cost of US$4
million. The contract to
carry out the exercise was
awarded to a Trinidad and
Tobago company.
Tourism
Minister,
Asot Michael, was on
hand for the ribbon cutting, and he too joined
Prime Minister Browne is
welcoming the start of the
dredging exercise. He said
as Minister responsible
for Tourism, he headed a
special Cabinet committee established to ensure
that the dredging work
was done and that Antigua
and Barbuda did not lose
any cruise ship calls be-
cause of problems relating
to the depth of the harbor.
The
maintenance
dredging is slated to take
a month for completion.
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Local finalist in US plus-size competition
St. John’s, Antigua – Drag racer and plus-size model Renée Edwards-Ambrose will travel this
weekend to Atlanta Georgia, from
20-22 February, to participate in the
first ever Curvy Idol Competition
Finale.
Renée was voted in to the top
ten from a field of 94 women from
around the world during the online
voting round back in November.
She is the only one of the ten finalists that hails from the Caribbean
and is a fan favourite to win the inaugural competition.
Curvy Idol is an initiative of
Project Curve Appeal (PCA), an
international membership based organisation.
This phenomenal movement
was launched in Atlanta back in
2008 and celebrates, empowers and
unites sophisticated, classy, fabulous, curvy, and confident females.
The main mission of PCA is
to correct the distorted perception
of curvy females around the world
while uniting, empowering and educating them to celebrate, embrace
and enhance their personal image,
fashion and inner beauty.
Renée is the founder, and also
the driver, of the Caribbean’s only
all-female drag racing team Lady
Horsepower Farm (LHPF), and
presently holds the title of Miss
Carnival Plus Model International.
The confident 28 year old is a
busy entrepreneur who continues to
make a name for herself regionally
and internationally as a drag racer
and plus size model.
Renée will be chaperoned by
2008 Queen of Carnival winner
Derri-Ann Browne, who came on
board in early 2014 to sponsor the
drag racer’s plus-size modeling career through her boutique The District.
The Curvy Idol finalists’ weekend of activities will include a welcome luncheon and photo-shoot,
while the final leg of the competition will be held on Saturday at 3:00
pm EST at the Hilton Garden Inn
where the ladies will be judged by
plus-size industry insiders on their
image, professionalism, walk, character and community work.
The winner of the competi-
tion will be announced on Sunday
and will receive prizes worth over
USD$5,000 that include cover model for an issue of Curve Appeal Culture Mag.
Curvy Idol is also a fundraiser
for the Curvy Girls and Future Leaders Summer Camp program that
empowers middle school and high
school curvy girls to live healthy,
be fashionable and to not give in to
peer pressure.
On her return from Atlanta,
Renée will begin preparing for regional drag racing events and will
also take up her role as one of the
Women of Esteem Foundation 2015
Go Girl Ambassadors.
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History and culture in focus during
Antigua Barbuda History Month
The entities, one governmental and the other non-government, are
collaborating to host the
first ever Antigua Barbuda
History Month.
The activities started
this week and run to the
end of the month. The
Culture Development Division and the Precision
Centre are combining
efforts to undertake the
events.
Five villagers have
been identified for special
attention during this inaugural staging of the event.
The activities kicked off
in Old Road during the
week. Among the activities was an exhibition
at the Old Road Primary
School which featured the
history, culture and norms
of the village from the
1600s. The School population
was treated to the showing
of the Documentary on
the Village as compiled by
Precision Centre as part of
its Antiguanization Project through the eyes of
members of the Community. In the evening, there
was a special presentation which was attended
by over 80 villagers, the
highlight of which was a
‘flim’ show which included the village documentary and a dramatic presentation by villagers. Queen
Iveena also contributed
the evening’s event with
a musical presentation
‘Reparations’. The audience heard
brief remarks from Minister Chet Greene who
addressed the value of the
event to rekindling the
Cultural Spirit of the Nation and building a culture
of excellence and from
Pastor Wingrove Spencer
of Precision Center who
spoke on the importance
of knowing the country’s
history in particular the
values that guided the nation’s forefathers.
Tuesday night, the
Antigua Barbuda History
Month project rolled into
Swetes at the Irene B Williams School. Similarly,
there was an exhibit at the
School from 10am - 5pm,
followed by the ‘flim’show
on Swetes at 7:00pm.
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Tuesday’s Sudoku Solution
SUDOKU
C R O S S WO R D
Across
1. Misplaces
6. Hand over
10. Queries
14. Similar
15. Eve’s guy
16. IX
17. Monotonous
19. Birch or spruce
20. Roberto’s “two”
21. Discourage
22. Pile
23. Prophets
25. Changes for the better
27. Swipes
30. ____ chowder
31. Midwest airport
32. Insulting
34. River barrier
37. Fundamental
38. Little one
39. Not fresh
41. Pose
42. Visibly upset
44. Singing voice
45. Male cats
46. Invent
47. Soak up
50. Ohio city
52. Raise
53. ____ acid (nutrient)
55. Bottle top
58. Evils
59. Change a room’s design
62. As well
63. Mirth
64. Pigment
65. Oceans
66. Chances
67. Entice
Down
1. Shortening
2. Butter alternative
3. Drinks daintily
4. Get by
5. Put down
6. Provide food
7. Revises copy
8. Writer ____ Barry
9. Green gem
10. Song of praise
11. Warning horn
12. Work with dough
13. Oozes
18. March date
23. Mumbai dress
24. Voter
26. Conductor’s title
27. Weeps convulsively
28. Bangkok native
29. Toward the sunrise
30. Boston, e.g.
32. RR stops
33. Neither’s companion
34. ____ Carvey of “Wayne’s
World”
35. Very much (2 wds.)
36. Nothing more than
40. Young adult
43. Trade restriction
45. Upper bodies
46. Gator’s cousin
47. Diva’s offerings
48. Southern beauty
49. Chip dip
50. Assisted
51. Leg joints
54. Join together
55. Quiet
56. Upon
57. Cheeky
60. Halloween mo.
61. Caviar
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DEAR LADY X HOROSCOPE
I have been married
to my husband for 10
years. Prior to that, we
dated for seven. (We met
when we were teenagers.)
My problem is, my
mother-in-law still misspells my name, which
is Sara.
After all these years,
she still adds an “h” to
the end of my name, regardless of how many
times my husband has
pointed out the correct
spelling.
I don’t know why
this is an issue, because
we send her cards on all
the holidays, her birthday, etc., with my name
spelled correctly.
How should I ap-
proach this with her? -SIMPLY SARA
DEAR
SIMPLY
SARA: If the two of
you get along well, just
smile and ask her why
she can’t get the spelling
of your name right. Then
listen.
However, if there is
tension in your relationship, recognize that this
may be a form of passive
aggression, that confronting her will make
her defensive, and she
will find some other way
to needle you.
P.S. Another thought.
Tell her you’ve changed
the spelling of your
name to “Sarah” and she
may drop the “h”!
Tuesday’s Crossword Solution
ARIES (March 21-April
19). You recognize people
who are just trying to get
through a situation. You’ve
felt like those people before,
so let them know that they
are not alone. You are, at
heart, a soldier, and you will
soldier on.
TAURUS (April 20-May
20). Express the love in your
heart so others can really feel
it. Then your relationships
will be uplifting, surprising
and fulfilling, and you will
finally achieve what you’ve
long been working toward.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21).
The eruption of ideas that
come to you may not be socially or politically correct,
but don’t let that stop you
from writing down what
goes through your head.
What simmers under the surface needs release.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23).
Some say that the sleep that
comes after you’ve hit the
“snooze” on your alarm is
the best sleep in the world.
That’s because it’s borrowed.
There’s something you’ll
borrow to your great delight.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov.
21). There will be delightful
influences around you, and
you will be extraordinarily
receptive to the best of them.
With your outstanding imagination, you will twist ideas
and make them your very
own.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22Dec. 21). There’s not an insect spray out there strong
enough to stave off your
travel bug. There’s a big
wide world out there for you
to see, and you want to keep
moving.
CANCER (June 22-July
22). This day will be touched
by unusual happenings and
idiosyncratic people. Enjoy
the shakeup like it’s a roller-coaster ride. Throw up
your hands and scream.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan.
19). Life is part what happens to you and mostly what
you make happen. Today the
odds are in your favor, and
you’ll act swiftly to create a
dreamy scenario.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22).
Doing something right one
or two times will bring you
good results. But doing the
same things a hundred or a
thousand times will make
you rich. Establish systems
and be consistent.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb.
18). Maybe you’re not asking for help because you are
worried about making requests of people who later
will feel that you owe them.
If so, call on your angels.
They are waiting, no strings
attached.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22).
You’re usually so independent. This time, before you
make a move, deliberate with
friends — and not just any
friends, but a few well-chosen people who have experience with or ideas on your
recent life-topic.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March
20). Getting lost can be good.
It connects you with what’s
going on right now. When
you’re trying to find your
way back, you are very much
in the moment. Finding your
way is a living meditation.
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The Antigua and Barbuda Ex-Servicemen Association will
be having a fundraising barbecue and fish fry on Friday 27
February 2015, from 12 until 4 pm, at the Association`s
Headquarters at 1 Prime Minister`s Drive. Tickets for a fish
meal are EC$ 15 and EC$ 10 for a chicken meal, available
from members of the Association on 462-6903, 778- 8679,
721-1970 or 561-1062.
The Emergency Medical Services [EMS] wishes to inform
the general public that, registration for Basic Life Support
BLS, Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation CPR, and First Aid,
will begin on Monday 16 February 2015. Interested persons
are asked to visit the office on Factory Road west of the University of the West Indies open campus. Please bring along a
valid ID. For further information please contact the office at
telephone 562-2434.
Service
Barbuda Express is sailing everyday except Mondays &
Wednesdays. Tours available 4 days a week, For more
info and reservation, please call 764-2291. You may also
visit our website http://www.barbudaexpress.com.
Car Insurance…. House Insurance … Switch And Save
Hundreds Of Dollars By Insuring Your Car And/Or House
With ABI Insurance Company. Only A Few Minutes Via
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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 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 5:00pm. Come and be blessed. To register and for more
information contact the Deanery office at 4620820 or 462
5696.
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.
ATTENTION SOCIAL SECURITY PENSIONERS
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.
caribtimes.com
Wednesday 18th February 2015
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Inter-Schools Netball competition
up and running at YMCA Complex
By Vanroy Burnes
The 2015 Inter-Schools Netball
program is up and running with all
matches playing at the YMCA Complex. Coordinator Joyce O’Donohue said things are going good so
far except for a few defaults.
Coordinator O’Donohue urges
the teams give early notices if they
run into problems so that games be
re-scheduled instead of not showing
up and waste other people]s time.
In the most recent matches
played, On Friday February 13th in
the U-14 Division, Princess Margaret Secondary won by default over
Pares Secondary. In the Primary division also on Friday all the matches
were postponed and will be played
on February 27th.
S.R. Oliva Davis versus Willikies, St. Anthony’s versus Liberta
Primary and Pares B versus Pares A.
In the U-14 division on Monday
February 16th, All Saints Secondary
beat Glanville’s Secondary 9 points
to 8, Antigua Girls High School beat
Irene B. Williams 11 points to 9 and
Jennings Secondary beat Pares Secondary 15 points to 6.
In the Zonal Division, South
won by default over Central and
South East beat South 24 points to
16.
In matches for Wednesday 17th
February, Irene. B. Williams versus
Princess Margaret Secondary, Otto]
Comprehensive versus Christ the
King, All Saints Secondary versus
Antigua Girls High School and Jennings Secondary versus Christ the
King.
Barbuda Basketball team still no show
for Schools Basketball Competition
By Vanroy Burnes
The Barbuda School
Basketball teams who had
signal their intentions to
compete in the 2015 Inter-Schools
Basketball
program is yet to appear.
Coordinator of Schools
Basketball Carl ‘Boli’
Knight said although he is
disappointed he can under
the stand the Situation.
Originally the Barbudans has signal their intentions to play in the Boys
Junior and Senior division
said Knight, but later confirm that they will only
contest the Seniors, but after two weeks still no sight
of the Barbuda team which
plays on Fridays.
In the meantime matches continues in at the YMCA
daily, On Monday, Antigua
State College Defending
Champions Antigua State
College beat Princess Margaret Secondary 57 points
to 22 in the senior division.
Warren English shot 12
points and 6 rebounds and
Tavares Spencer 9 points
for College.
In matches played on
Tuesday in the female division, Princess Margaret
Secondary beat Antigua
State College 18 points to
16 in overtime. At the end
of regular time both teams
tied at 16 points each. Britney Gore shot 17 points for
PMS, While Trisha Ghanie
shot 11 points for ASC.
In the Junior Boys Otto’s Comprehensive beat
Princess Margaret Secondary 44 points to 25. Javorn
Simon shot 26 points for
OCS. There will be only
one match for Wednesday
17th in the Junior Boys with
Jennings Secondary versus
Anthony’s. The Schools
Basketball is organized by
the Ministry of Sports and
Coordinated by Carl Boli
Knight and sponsored by
Cool & Smooth.
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Wednesday 18th February 2015
AAC Storm swimmers perform well
at International meet in Guadeloupe
Over the past weekend Antigua was well represented by AAC Storm
at an international swim
meet in Guadeloupe. The
meet, called Caribéene
H2O, hosted swimmers
from as far away as Turkey, the UK, and France.
There were over 550
swimmers.
Storm’s attendance at
the meet was an attempt
to build on Coach Steve
Leal’s training program
which has Storm swimmers building their times
through the year at a series
of meets.
Mr. Leal, a Level 5
swim coach from the US,
has been evolving Storm’s
training program to more
closely mimic top notch
swim programs in the US.
This means a lot of
swimming and meet competitions to build experienced swimmers. Only
2% of swim coaches have
Level 5 certification.
When Storm attended
the meet last year, no one
on the team won medals.
This year was different. Although Storm sent
only a small portion of its
larger team, its 8 swimmers swam strong from
day 1. Everyone scored
points for the team.
Most landed medals, some with more than
one, totaling 17 medals
(4 Gold; 6 Silver; and 7
Bronze).
Storm’s 8 hardworking swimmers included Daryl Appleton, Zoe
Dennis, Kyeshaun Christopher, Olivia Fuller,
Sebastian Gobinet, Makaela Holowchak, and Diallo and Nathan Marshall.
And, to top all of this off,
6 of the swimmers landed CARIFTA qualifying
times helping to set the
stage for the Spring’s
CARIFTA competition.
According to one
swim parent, “Our children swam their hearts
out.
“All did extremely
well showing that Coach
Leal’s swim program is
making our swimmers
stronger, faster, and smarter!”.
What’s next according to Coach Leal? “More
hard work and training
and a lot of learning to
do... both in the pool and
at school. Storm wants
to create great swimmers
who do well in the pool
and at school.
“Such success creates
opportunities for our kids
which is a major goal for
our club. We’re looking
toward the future for our
kids, the team, and Antigua.”
If you are interested in
learning how to swim, or
want to compete, call 7263531.
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