Caribbean Times 9th Issue - Tuesday 17th May 2016

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Tuesday 17th May 2016 A n t i g u a a n d B a r b u d a 

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CARIBANA 2016: A 

ROUSING SUCCESS 

By Everton Barnes 

The reviews are in: everyone 

who participated in 

or who watched the events 

from afar has concluded that 

the 2016 staging of Caribana, 

Barbuda’s Carnival, was 

a rousing success! 

Minister of Barbuda Affairs, 

Arthur Nibbs, said 

this year’s Caribana and the 

involvement of people of 

Barbuda along with a large 

contingent from Antigua is 

evidence that the festival is 

‘getting bigger and better’. 

Nibbs said he was particularly 

pleased with the success 

of the new event, The 

Prime Minister’s Aquatic 

Day’ which he believes will 

now become a permanent 

feature of Caribana in the 

years ahead. 

The Barbuda representative 

also praised the improved 

relationship between 

the National Festivals Commission 

and the Caribana 

Committee which has helped 

to make planning the event 

much smoother. “We didn’t 

The participants in the Barbuda 

Talented Teen 2016 competition, 

with the winner D’Jamel 

Charles crowned. 

have an issue with cash-flow 

that plagued us in previous 

years and so executing the 

festival largely went without 

hitch,” Nibbs told CT. 

He also praised the improved 

transportation links 

including Caribbean Helicopters 

operating several 

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That was the expression 

from the scores of people 

who attended Sunday night’s 

performance by the Antigua 

and Barbuda Chorale at the 

St Peter Anglican Church in 

Parham. 

Billed ‘Lift Every Voice!’ 

the performance was a benefit 

concert to raise funds to 

assist with the ongoing restoration 

work on the Ebenezer 

Methodist Church in St 

John’s. 

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An evening well spent 

Quincy Etinoff the performance 

covered musical selections 

from the masters 

such as Mozart’s “Gloria’ 

to the more traditional such 

as “The King of Love My 

Shepherd Is” by Shelly but 

also included popular Negro 

Spirituals such as “My 

Soul’s been Anchored” by 

Hogan. 

Through the tight twohour 

concert, the audience 

was thrilled with several solos; 

Lenore Watty in “Sanctus”, 

Jewelle Gore-Hurst 

in “I Will Give Thanks To 

Thee” and Quincy Etinoff 

accompanying himself on 

piano while he performed 

“How Lovely Are Thy 

Dwellings”. 

The evening also featured 

The Optimist Club of St. John’s is thrilled 

to announce that for the third year in a row, 

the ABI Insurance Company Ltd. will be the 

Title Sponsor of the Optimist Petit Show. 

This partnership was signed, sealed and delivered 

on Wednesday 4 th May, 2016. 

According to Alison Charles, the 2016 

Optimist Petit Chairperson, “Not only is the 

ABI Insurance Optimist Petit Show our club’s 

largest fund-raiser, it is one of the major community 

projects that we undertake each year, 

and the 11 delegates, 7 girls and 4 boys, aged 

between nine and eleven years participating 

in this year’s show are being given a once in a 

lifetime opportunity to showcase their talents 

and public speaking skills.” 

In keeping with its motto, “Bringing out 

the Best in Kids”, the Optimist Club of St. 

John’s has themed this year’s show, “Being 

The Antigua and Barbuda Chorale 

performances by Jaleel Hurst 

and Valerie Edwards on Cello. 

The musical accompaniment 

was anchored masterfully 

most of the evening by 

Gordon Edwards switching 

from piano to organ. Jamoy 

Morrison made a brief appearance 

providing musical 

accompaniment on organ. 

Among those in attendance 

were, the Governor 

General, Sir Rodney Williams, 

Opposition Leader, 

Baldwin Spencer, Superintendent 

of the Methodist 

Church, Rev Carlwin Greenaway 

and former Director of 

the Chorale, Felicity Aymer 

and her husband. It was a 

full house that saw the performance. 

ABI Insurance sponsors Optimist Petit 2016 

Each Other’s Keeper” with a special focus 

on Autism. 

The Optimist Club of St. John’s expresses 

its thanks and appreciation to the many sponsors 

who have come on board with us again 

this year. 

So far, sponsorship for the delegates has 

been secured from Bargain Centre Supermarket, 

Carib World Travel, CIBC FirstCaribbean 

International Bank, Civil Engineering and 

Associated Services, Express Laundromat & 

Drycleaners, Happy Kids, Little Pumpkins, 

Millennium Brokerage and Equipment Services, 

7 th Heaven Clothing Store, Trendy Kids 

and Wishes Bus Services. 

The ABI Insurance Optimist Petit Show 

will be held on Sunday 17 th July, 2016 at 

five-thirty pm on the grounds of the UWI 

Open Campus. 

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flights daily with extra flights 

also from SVG Air and the 

non-stop ferry service for 

bringing more Antiguans to 

Barbuda. However, he noted 

that accommodation continues 

to be an issue that has to 

be addressed urgently in the 

interest of Caribana. 

Caribana Committee 

Chairman, Yannick Beazer, 

said the 2016 festival surpassed 

expectations in every 

Calls for investment in accommodations 

respect. “We had more people 

taking part in the events 

than in previous years. For 

example, Friday’s International 

Night was a success 

both in terms of the performances 

and the attendance,” 

he stated. He also noted that 

the Soca Monarch show continues 

to grow by leaps and 

bounds while the Calypso 

Show continues to hold its 

own as one of the favourites 

of the Caribana festival. 


There’s an invitation for 

groups of Antiguans or Barbudans 

to get together and 

invest in providing additional 

accommodations on the 

sister isle. 

The latest calls are coming 

from the Barbuda representative 

Arthur Nibbs as 

well as the chairman of the 

Caribana Committee, Yannick 

Beazer. 

They say the accommodation 

issues continues 

to be one of the challenges 

facing the expansion of the 

Whit-weekend festival on 

the sister isle. 

“This year, we had people 

coming for a single day 

and returning to Antigua because 

there was no place to 

stay,” Nibbs complained. 

He said he plans to put 

out a call for anyone, Antiguan 

or Barbudan, to invest 

in providing accommodations 

not just for Caribana 

but year-round. 

“With the going into service 

of Barbuda Airways and 

the cost of travel being subsidized 

there will definitely 

be a need for more accommodations 

on Barbuda. 

“This would be a longterm 

undertaking that would 

benefit the investor and Barbuda 

in the long run,” Nibbs 

stated. 

Beazer said he also plans 

to have discussion with several 

Barbudans and to encourage 

them to pool their 

resources in an effort to address 

the accommodation is- 

Beazer is already projecting 

ahead for next year’s 

festival noting that he wants 

to see the shows continue 

sue on the island. 

He added that he was 

pleased with the development 

regarding transportation 

between the two islands; 

the increased movements by 

the Barbuda Ferry and the 

addition of the Caribbean 

Helicopters/Barbuda Airways 

initiative as providing 

greater incentives for travel 

between the two islands. 

“I project that Caribana 

will continue to expand and 

to improve for he wants to 

ensure that more and more 

Antiguans visit the sister isle 

for Caribana each year. 

in 4 to 5 years, it will become 

the event on everyone’s Calendar 

for the Whit holidays. 

“But this would mean 

that the accommodation factor 

must keep step to make 

that growth possible,” he remarked. 

Hundreds of Antiguans 

journey to Barbuda for Caribana 

each year, but finding a 

place to stay continues to be 

a challenge with which they 

are forced to contend.



CTO conference ends on successful note 


Here are the names of the winners in the 

competitions for Caribana 2016. 

Barbuda Talented Teen 2016 

Winner: D’Jamel Charles 

No Runners up as only 4 delegates participated. 

Cash prize: $2,000.00 

Joanna Paris 

The 8 th Tourism Human 

Resources Conference, 

which was held at the Jolly 

Beach Resort and Spa ended 

successfully last Friday. 

The forum took place 

under the theme “Making 

Excellence a Habit: Service, 

Loyalty and Profitability in 

Caribbean Tourism and was 

organized by the Caribbean 

Tourism Organization 

(CTO) in collaboration with 

the Ministry of Tourism, 

Economic Development, 

Investment and Energy. 

Speaking to the media 

on the final day of the 

conference, the Director of 

Resource Mobilization and 

Development at the CTO, 

Bonita Morgan, said she 

was very pleased with the 

level of participation and 

turnout from persons representing 

both the private and 

public sectors, regionally 

and internationally. 

“The participants have 

responded positively to the 

conference offerings. Our 

theme was making excellence 

a habit and everything 

was focused on the 

business of excellence. So 

we had a great turnout in 

oversees participants and 

the response from local participants 

was very good as 

well”, Morgan stated. 

She added that the high 

cadre of facilitators and 

presenters also positively 

influenced the outcome of 

the event. 

Among the highlights 

of the discussions, were the 

various elements of excellence 

and leadership in the 

sector addressed. 

“The leaders have to put 

things in place and have the 

right environment for which 

people can be productive 

and give their best. 

“Those various elements 

are linked to the overall 

theme of excellence and 

quality. 

“We also looked at 

mechanisms to measure 

performance and excellence 

in the organizations and this 

is something that has been 

missing in the region. 

“It is something that we 

will definitely seek to improve 

on”, Morgan further 

noted. 

The Ministry of Tourism 

and the Antigua and Barbuda 

Tourism Authority received 

high praise for their 

involvement in making the 

event successful. 

Speaking from the local 

perspective, Tourism Consultant 

within the Ministry 

of Tourism, Shirlene Nibbs, 

expressed the view that the 

information that the participants 

received, will increase 

excellence in the sector. 

“With this wide cross 

section of persons who 

took part in the conference 

and gained such a wealth 

of knowledge and understanding 

on the importance 

of excellence and quality, I 

am personally feeling that 

I am no longer the only 

voice in the wilderness but 

I am now joined by a cadre 

of persons who are able to 

take this message forward, 

that if Antigua and Barbuda 

is to have a great tourism 

product, we have to offer 

a service that is excellent”, 

Nibbs said emphatically. 

Caribana’s winners’ circle 

Soca Monarch 2016 

Winner: 

Iki John 

1 st runner up: Versatile 

2 nd runner up: Governor (2015 winner) 

Cash prize: $5,000.00 

Calypso Monarch 2016 

Winner: Cinnamon (first-timer) 

1 st runner up: Spice (sister to Cinnamon) 

2ns Runner up: Singing Julie (2015 winner) 

Cash Prize: $10,000.00 

A host of vendors also 

benefited from the forum, 

with the opportunity to 

display and market their 

products and services in the 

corridors of the Hibiscus 

Room. 

ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA 

IN THE HIGH COURT OF 

JUSTICE 

(PROBATE) 

A.D. 2016 

CLAIM NO. ANUHPB 

2016/ 

In the Estate of Ruffo 

James, Deceased 

NOTICE 

TAKE NOTICE THAT 

an Application will be made 

to the Probate Registry in the 

High Court of Justice for an 

Order for Grant of Probate 

of the Will of Ruffo James 

formerly of Paradise View, in 

the Parish of St. John, in Antigua, 

who died on the 23rd 

day of September, 2015 be 

granted to Dorlan James of 

Light Foot Estate in the State 

of Antigua , Milton James of 

Jolly Harbour in the Parish 

of Saint John in Antigua and 

Barbuda and Trevor James 

of No. 2 Orchid Close, Paradise 

View, in the Parish of St. 

John in the State of Antigua 

and Barbuda the executors 

named in the Will of the said 

deceased. 

All persons beneficially 

interest in the said Estate or 

who oppose to the said Grant 

are requested to send particulars 

to the Registrar of the 

High Court, not later than 

(14) days from the date of 

this Notice. 

DATED the 5th day of May, 

2016 

JOY DUBLIN 

ATTORNEY-AT-LAW FOR 

THE APPLICANTS

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Bennett faces trial for grievous bodily harm 

Alecia Mc Pherson 

Paul Allan Bennett of 

St. James Club is currently 

before the court facing a 

charge of grievous bodily 

harm caused to fiancé Sharon 

Hunte. Trial for this case 

commenced last week with 

Chief Magistrate Jo-Ann 

Walsh presiding over the 

matter. 

Bennett took to the stand 

and gave sworn statement 

and admitted to all allegations 

stating “it was all good 

humor, I was happy and 

wasn’t upset at all”, however 

he denied physically beating 

Hunte saying “she’s the most 

beautiful woman in Antigua, 

I love her and would not 

harm her intentionally” he 

also stated “she’s Jealous 

and driven by greed”. 

Shemroy Griffith aged 22 

of Potters Village, who has 

become a prosecution witness 

in the matter, reported 


A 23 year-old Bethesda man has been 

arrested and charged with serious indecency 

and unlawful sexual intercourse with a 

13 year-old girl. 

Reports are that the accused and the 

complainant had been in constant contact 

via Whatsapp and other social media for 

about one month prior to the alleged occurrence 

and on Monday April 11, 2016 

the defendant reportedly invited the complainant 

to his home as she was on her way 

home from school at about 1:50 pm. 

The defendant performed the unlawful 

to police that he witnessed 

the defendant beating Hunt. 

In court, Griffith gave 

sworn evidence that on 

the day in question he was 

moved to help Hunte as he 

saw her being pushed from 

the moving vehicle onto 

the street. About 12 p.m. on 

Saturday April 25 while riding 

his motor cycle, Griffith 

said he was in the Heritage 

Quay area in close proximity 

to Fred’s Ice Cream Parlor 

when he was blocked by 

a maroon coloured Toyota 

jeep parked in the middle of 

the street. 

He blew his horn to indicate 

to the driver that he 

wanted to pass. The driver 

then reversed and hit the 

bike and immediately drove 

off after doing so. Griffith 

explained that he followed 

the jeep to confront the driver 

and caught up with him 

in the vicinity of Jam Dung 

Man charged for alleged 

sexual act with minor 

act after which he told the complaint to take 

a shower. He later followed her to the bus 

stop where he left her to get a bus home. 

The matter was later reported to the police 

and the defendant was subsequently arrested 

and charged for the offence. 

Reports are that the defendant denied 

the allegations and reportedly told police 

that the complainant came and met him on 

the day in question but that they did not 

engage in any sexual act. The accused was 

given the said charges and remanded to 

HMP until tomorrow when he will appear 

at the St. John’s Magistrates Court. 

Night Club on Nevis Street. 

That’s when he witnessed 

Bennett grabbed the 

lady in the passenger seat 

(Hunte) by her head, pulled 

her down to his lap and fist 

punched her to the back of 

her head repeatedly. Griffith 

explained that a crowd started 

to gather around the vehicle 

at that time but Bennett 

drove off as Hunte shouted 

“Help me please” several 

times. 

Griffith said he followed 

the vehicle up Nevis Street 

until he came in front of the 

Medical Benefit Building. 

The door open while the vehicle 

was still in motion and 

the defendant pushed Hunte 

onto the road. He then flung 

a pair of high heel shoes out 

after her. 

Griffith said he went over 

to assist the lady and saw 

that her face was bruised 

and bleeding; she also sustained 

a cut to the left foot. 

She was crying loudly and 

complained of severe pains 

to the head. The police was 

called immediately and the 

Hunte along with Griffith 

was taken to St. John’s Police 

station where a report 

was made about the incident. 

Upon cross examination 

the prosecution put to Bennett 

that he did in fact committed 

the unlawful acts with 

the indentation to provoke 

Hunte, and that his statement 

“You would read about 

me in the newspaper tomorrow” 

proves that it was also 

his intent to physically harm 

the woman. 

Bennett again denied 

saying that he was attacked 

by Hunte repeatedly and his 

actions were that of self defence. 

Furthermore he stated 

that he never pushed Hunte 

from the vehicle but said that 

she kicked the door open and 

slid out herself. 

Regarding the allegations 

of him beating Hunte to the 

head, he stated that both 

himself and Hunte are licence 

firearm holders. “She 

reached for her handbag and 

I assumed she may be getting 

her gun, so I held her 

head down so that she would 

not be able to see what she 

was doing” he stated. 

The trial continues on 

May 17 when the Prosecution 

and council Dorsett will 

present their closing arguments 

after which the presiding 

Magistrate will make 

her decision in this matter.


Villa man charged with larceny 


Natakie Shevrington of Villa was arrested 

and charged with larceny, resisting 

arrest, battery on police and having 

a camouflage uniform jacket in his possession. 

On Tuesday May 10 last week George 

White age 66 of Villa made a report to 

police alleging that Shevrington stole 

$320.00EC from him. The complainant 

claims he had the money along with his 

Senior Citizens Booklet in a black plastic 

bag which he placed in his pants waist. 

While on St. John’s Street the accused 

reportedly approached him from behind 

and took possession of the plastic bag. 

Allegations are that the accused removed 


Stephan Farrell having 

been charged with battery 

and threatening language 

appeared before Magistrate 

Clarke at the St. John’s Magistrates 

Court to face the said 

charges. 

Shenika Hunte of Cashew 


Everette Spencer was arrested and 

charged with larceny for allegedly stealing 

75 gallons of Diesel, the property of the 

Bank of Nova Scotia which is reportedly 

valued at EC$1,125. 

40-year-old Spencer of Browne’s Avenue 

is unemployed and is known to the court 

for previous offences. On Wednesday of 

last week, at about 2 am officers responded 

to a report that a suspicious male was seen 

climbing the parking lot fence of the Antigua 

Commercial Bank on St. Mary’s Street in the 

vicinity of the old Map Shop building. 

the money then handed the bag with its 

other content back to the complainant. 

The accused then, reportedly warned the 

complainant not to go to the police, that if 

he does so ‘he will deal with him’. 

On May 11, officers from the Rapid 

Response Unit armed with a search warrant 

went in search of the accused. Upon 

arrival at the Villa home the accused took 

off running in an attempt to evade the 

lawmen who gave chase. The officers 

were only able to apprehend the man after 

he tripped and fell; apparently a struggle 

ensued in an attempt to bring the man 

under arrest. Reports are that the accused 

resorted to fighting the lawmen. 

Some minutes later they were finally 

Hill made a report to police 

after she was beaten then further 

received threats to her 

life by the defendant. 

The court heard that the 

defendant and Hunte were 

involved in a relationship and 

shares a child together. 

On February 7, 2016 at 

about 10:00pm Hunte and her 

new boyfriend were walking 

in the Cashew Hill area when 

she was attacked by the defendant. 

Reports are that the complainant 

fell to the ground 

during the attack and was 

dealt several fist blows to the 

Man arrested for allegedly 

stealing diesel from bank 

Immediate search was carried out in the 

mentioned area and the defendant was reportedly 

found at the back of the Bank of 

Nova Scotia’s building with two five gallon 

bottles of Diesel in his possession. 

Spencer reportedly told police that ‘a 

man paid him $80 to get the fuel’ but refused 

to give the name of the said man. 

The defendant was arrested and taken 

into police custody and given the mentioned 

charge. He was further remanded at HMP 

until Wednesday May 18 when he will appear 

at the District ‘A’ Court to answer to the 

said charge. 

able to restrain the accused and make the 

arrest. He was taken back to his home 

where a search was conducted during 

which a camouflage uniform jacket was 

found. When asked about the allegation 

made against him, the accused reportedly 

responded saying that he only took 

five-dollars $5EC from the complainant’s 

plastic bag. 

As a result of these events he was taken 

into custody and given the mentioned 

charges. Shevrington was remanded to 

Her Majesty’s Prison until Wednesday 

May 18 when he is expected to appear 

before Chief Magistrate Jo-Anne Walsh 

at the District ‘A’ court to answer the 

charges. 

All Saints man convicted for battering and threatening ex-girlfriend 

left eye and about the body. 

Allegations are too that 

the defendant threatened the 

woman by saying “You think 

you go lef me so? Me guh kill 

you cause you keeping my 

child away from me”. 

The woman was given a 

police medical form to seek 

medical attention. Investigations 

were carried out into the 

report and on March 1, 2016 

Farrell was arrested and given 

the mentioned charges. 

In court, Farrell pleaded 

not guilty threatening language 

and this charge was 

withdrawn against him. 

He pleaded guilty to battery 

and he was convicted 

and ordered to pay compensation 

to the complainant in 

the amount of $300, in addition 

he was fined $200 to 

have been paid last Friday 

May 13. In default of these 

orders he will be sentenced to 

four months in prison.



Picture perfect 

By Justin Peters 

Antigua and Barbuda is home to 

many talented performers. On any given 

day you can see dancers, singers and 

other performers exhibiting their talents 

around the island. 

One such artist, a Parham resident, 

The Ministry of Education, 

Science and Technology 

is deeply saddened by the 

passing of Dr Caron Weston. 

This stalwart teacher of 

Mathematics, Department 

Head, Deputy Principal and 

Education Officer became 

nationally known through 

the local television programme 

Mastering Mathematics. 

For a lifetime, Dr Weston 

employed her gifts and abilities, 

liberally, in the service 

of country, leaving indelible 

footprints on the education 

landscape of Antigua and 

Barbuda. She possessed an 

unbridled and extraordinary 

quantity of energy which 

was emblazoned on her work 

at every stage of her career. 

Carl Jung reminds: “One 

looks back with appreciation 

Gormingston E. Payne is a self-taught 

portrait artist who started drawing at 

the age of 6. When asked why he started 

drawing, he expressed how much he 

always loved to draw for as long as he 

could remember. 

Watching the artist affectionately 

to the brilliant teachers, but 

with gratitude to those who 

touched our human feelings. 

The curriculum is so much 

necessary raw material, but 

warmth is the vital element 

for the growing plant and for 

the soul of the child.” 

Dr Weston, as a Mathematics 

teacher, imparted 

with fervour. However, one 

of her most important attributes 

was the love and understanding 

she demonstrated 

in attending to the nurture 

of her students. She was always 

willing to listen and to 

help. She never veered from 

the course of candour merely 

to be politically correct 

and she owned a wonderful 

sense of humour. She 

always demonstrated profound 

loyalty to the vision 

and mission of the schools to 

known as Gormie in action is like poetry 

in motion with more and more of 

his subject being transferred onto the 

canvas with every stroke of his pencil. 

From his regular spot at Heritage 

Quay, droves of tourists and locals 

alike can be seen crowding around as 

he creates caricatures that capture the 

essence of his subjects emotions. He 

definitely adds something special to the 

shopping experience. 

Statement on the passing of Dr. Caron Weston 

which she was assigned and 

subsequently to the Ministry 

of Education where she last 

worked. 

By any measure, the influence 

Dr. Weston’s contribution 

to the education landscape 

of this nation has been 

significant. The Ministry 

of Education, Science and 

Technology salutes this fallen 

educator for service and 

prays that perpetual light 

may shine on her. 

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Flow gives customers more self 

help access via new IVR system 



JUSTICE 


(PROBATE) 

CLAIM NO. ANUHPB2016/ 

IN THE ESTATE OF 

BERNADETTE HARRIS, 

Deceased 

NOTICE IS HEREBY 

GIVEN that at the expiration 

of fourteen (14) days 

from the date of this Notice, 

Application will be made to 

the High Court of Justice for 

GRANT OF LETTERS OF 

ADMINISTRATION in the 

Estate of BERNADETTE 

HARRIS, Deceased, who 

died on the 9th day of July, 

2008 on behalf of Denley 

Harris Snr, the widower and 

relict of the deceased and 

one the persons entitled to 

share in her estate. 

Dated this the 5th day of 

May, 2016 

Joy Dublin 

Solicitor for the Applicant 

In its continuing effort to 

give customers more ways 

to access its services and 

transform its customer experience, 

Flow has introduced 

an upgraded state-of-the-art 

Interactive Voice Response 

(IVR) system which facilitates 

self-serve options 24 

hours per day, 7 days per 

week. 

This move comes as 

Flow completes its comprehensive 

rebranding across 

the Caribbean and relocates 

its new Customer Contact 

Centre of Excellence to Jamaica. 

Since February 2016, 

Flow has embarked on a 

phased reintroduction of the 

Customer Contact Centre of 

Excellence, the aim of which 

is to improve service levels 

in Jamaica and across the 

wider Caribbean. 

With the newly introduced 

IVR system, customers 

of the former Columbus 

(legacy Flow) will begin to 

experience a much more interactive 

service that allows 

them to: automatically access 

account information 

such as bill balances, last 

payment made, current payment 

due date, as well as 

pay cable TV and broadband 

bills. The IVR facilitates instant 

credit card payments, 

which are posted to their 

accounts immediately. This 

service was already available 

to customers of the former 

LIME brand. 

The implementation of 

the IVR results in quicker 

response times and speedier 

resolution of issues. 

Since May 2, all mobile 

customer calls within Jamaica 

are being handled by 

Jamaican agents 24/7 and 

Jamaica’s fixed line and 

broadband customer calls 

are now being routed to the 

new centre, Monday to Sunday 

from 7am to 7pm. Additionally, 

the IVR service 

as well as all cable calls will 

also be fully managed from 

Jamaica starting June 2016. 

Alvin Stokes, SVP Customer 

Experience, expressed 

delight at the progress being 

made as the company takes 

deliberate steps on its journey 

towards becoming the 

number one service provider 

across the region. “The 

addition of the upgraded 

transactional capabilities 

of the state-of-the-art IVR 

system underscores our mission 

to totally transform our 

customer experience. Early 

indications are that we 

have been making inroads,” 

Stokes said, while confirming 

that “since the relocation 

of the Contact Centre of Excellence 

back to Jamaica we 

have seen an improvement 

in customer satisfaction ratings 

of +18%.”



Sandals hosts annual Prestige Awards 

Joanna Paris 

The Lord Nelson Ballroom 

at the Sandals Grande 

Antigua Resort and Spa last 

Thursday was transformed 

into a platform, which depicted 

pure elegance and 

class for the special awards 

ceremony-The Sandals Prestige 

Awards. 

Each year, the event sees 

team members being rewarded 

for their outstanding 

work in various categories 

for the previous year. 

Under the theme, “Back 

to the Future-Hall of Fame”, 

the atmosphere attempted 

and successfully so; to 

showcase what the Sandals 

Grande Antigua Resort and 

Spa will be like in the future. 

The event began with 

suspense in the air, as all of 

the nominees, specially invited 

guests and members 

of the media eagerly waited 

outside the closed doors, for 

what promised to be an unforgettable 

unveiling. 

And… that is exactly 

what it was…upon entering 

the room, there were exclamations 

of “ooohhss” and 

“aaahhs” at the futuristic appearance 

of the room. 

The official ceremony 

blasted off with a welcoming 

“inflight message” from the 

resort’s General Manager, 

Gaurav “Mr.G” Sindhi who 

described the year 2015 as a 

very successful one and also 

emphasized that this could 

not have been possible without 

the hard and dedicated 

work of the team members. 

He sincerely declared 

that “Each and every one 

of you tonight is a winner 

tonight. We honestly cannot 

do it without you; you are 

the people that truly make 

things happen”. 

The featured address was 

delivered by Human Resources 

Professional, Nicole 

Antonio-Gadston, who outlined 

the important role that 

the team members play on a 

daily basis under the theme 

“The Future is now”. 

She encouraged those 

present, to keep striving for 

excellence, since they will 

definitely be recognized and 

rewarded. 

Then it was time for the 

awards… Taking home the 

prize as the “Mover and 

Shaker” of 2015 was Ossie 

Harris, Larencia Bethel 

was awarded the prize in 

the “Circle of Joy” category, 

Kellyn Benjamin received 

the Legendary award, while 

the “Sandals Earthguard” 

award went to Joan Tappins. 

Marcia Powell outshined 

her colleagues for the “Sandals 

Foundation Sentinel” 

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Social media can impact 

employers’ decision, says Baptist 

Joanna Paris 

Persons are being encouraged to be 

mindful of what they post on social media, 

especially if they expect to get that 

“dream job”. 

This advice comes from the Founder 

of the Antigua and Barbuda Small 

Business Association (ABSBA), author, 

motivational speaker, Sandra Baptist, 

who indicated that employers are now 

looking at social media profiles as part 

of procedures to choose a perspective 

candidate to fill a vacancy. 

“As an employer myself, we look at 

what they are posting, because this gives 

you an insight into that person’s belief 

and you also get an insight into what 

kind of person they are”, she explained. 

Baptist noted that although most 

persons are of the view that “it is their 

page, for example”, they must think of 

the bigger picture and the opportunities 

that may lie ahead. 

“As employers, we are looking for 

people that will have a positive impact 

on the company and for individuals who 

can represent our businesses well. You 

have to be careful what you say on social 

media, what you respond to, what 

you like and that sort of thing”, she further 

emphasized. 

Baptist also urged persons to utilize 

professional email addresses when conducting 

official business, since this too, 

can be viewed as a reflection of the person’s 

character. 


prize, Michelle Martin 

carried home the “Money 

Maker” and Jennifer Franklyn 

won the “Pace Setter 

Award”. 

The “All Rounder of the 

Year” went to Gavin Weekes 

while Deon Blair carried 

home the prize -“Heart of 

the House”. 

The House Keeping Department 

defied all odds 

in 2015 and evidently outshined 

the other departments 

for the “A Team Award” or 

the Department of the Year 

Award. 

Scotty Nelson from Club 

Sandals, took home the 

year’s top prize-Diamond 

Talent formally known as 

“Employee of the Year”. 

All of the winners in the 

various categories received a 

number of prizes to include a 

certificate and plaques bearing 

their names.



The cost of development 

By Cecil E. W. Wade 

The Antigua and Barbuda 

Labour Party Government 

led by Prime Minister Gaston 

Browne is like an island 

in an ocean of jealousy, envy 

and hate. 

The opposition United 

Progressive Party, (UPP) 

together with its merging 

partner, The Movement, has 

been fiercely attacking the 

Government under the false 

notion of patriotism. 

During the nightly battles 

on the opposition-aligned 

radio station, Crusader, they 

admonish their supporters 

to “fix your amour and adjust 

your helmet”. It is an 

all-out war to overthrow the 

Government and reinstate 

themselves in the positions 

of power from which they 

were far flung just a short 

two years ago, by a large 

majority of 14 seats to 3. 

They are placing all sorts 

of obstacles in the way to 

prevent the Labour Party 

Government from rebuilding 

the wreckage they created 

during their ten years in 

power. 

For two years now all 

they have been able to do 

is antagonise the efforts of 

the Government to effect 

foreign investments. They 

object to everything but can 

never offer any alternative 

solutions to the economic 

problems they created. They 

were totally ineffective as a 

Government and completely 

irrelevant as an opposition. 

There is a cost to everything 

in life, there are no 

free lunches; and as the saying 

goes you cannot make an 

omelette without breaking 

the egg. Which contributes 

more to the advancement of 

our people, foreign investment 

or digging cockle or 

catching “shalligo”? 

Sacrifices had always to 

be made in order to effect 

development in Antigua and 

Barbuda. Rat Island had to 

be substantially razed, and 

Wash Hand Basin and other 

areas altered to accommodate 

the Deep Water Harbour. 

Pigotts’s Wharf and Fibrery 

had to be removed to 

build Redcliffe Quay and 

Heritage Quay with the piers 

to accommodate the world’s 

largest cruise ships, contributing 

to the development of 

our main industry – Tourism. 

The old cemetery in the area 

from V. C. Bird’s bust up to 

area of Courts had to be removed 

in order to build the 

market complex. The old 

bus station and market had 

to be torn down for the erection 

of the fisheries building 

and new bus station. Perry 

Bay had to be sacrificed so 

that the Multipurpose Centre, 

the highway, Bargain 

Centre and other businesses 

in the area could be developed. 

Development does not 

necessarily cause destruction, 

but accommodations 

will have to be made from 

time to time. As a matter 

of fact, developments mostly 

improve the environment 

because the developers tend 

to be more conscious of the 

environment than we Antiguans, 

since they would 

endeavour to protect their 

investments. 

We are the ones who cut 

down trees indiscriminately 

and do not replant any. 

Some fanatic supporters acquire 

large tracts of lands, 

ostensibly to develop Agriculture, 

but there is no value 

added: also prize lots of land 

for resale to foreigners for 

personal gain, and then try 

to detract you by declaring 

that foreigners are buying 

out Antigua. 

Littering is liberal, as 

well as dumping of construction 

debris in the ponds, 

thereby depleting the surface 

waters. Dead animals, faeces, 

old tires and car parts are 

dumped in the sea. And it is 

not uncommon to see Antiguans 

driving around with 

speakers the size of small refrigerators 

atop their SUV’s 

creating noise pollution 

and noise-deafness. Some 

fellows would leave diesel 

trucks idling at the side of 

the roads while they go into 

cont’d on pg 13



a road-side joint to gamble 

for hours, thereby polluting 

the atmosphere. Who, therefore, 

is destroying the environment? 

It seems that there 

is discrimination, if you’re 

born Antiguan, you can destroy 

the environment as 

much you like!” 

We need to embrace foreign 

investment and ensure 

that it is done for our benefit 

in accordance with the laws, 

not take investors to court 

as Baldwin Spencer and his 

gang are notorious for doing. 

Opposition parties habitually 

objected to development 

if it was not being done 

under their administration. 

But in by-gone days their 

approach was different when 

the interest of the Country 

was paramount. Today, it 

is all to our detriment as the 

combined opposition shout 

and scream, with the “lickdung-chop-up-drag-out-andcarry-a-court” 

attitude! And 

because they have the use 

of the media they are rude, 

disrespectful and obnoxious 

with the use of horrible English. 

Do not be fooled by the 

leader of The Movement declaring 

that he is not a member 

of any party – he is seeking 

relevance and political 

power. Remember the late 

Premier George Walter used 

to say that he would only be 

in a Trade Union free from 

Governmental interference! 

But as soon as he tasted power 

he headed up the powerful 

PLM political party! 

The opposition-aligned 

radio stations have been 

wailing and bawling about 

the destruction of the mangrove 

in the area of the proposed 

Yida Development. 

Therefore I was compelled 

to comb the entire area from 

Mercer’s Creek to Parham 

Harbour by boat and then by 

land to see this massive destruction. 

I was amazed to 

see only a negligible amount 

of clearance, I presume to 

permit passage which is necessary 

in any development 

project. 

The Opposition has been 

strident in its aversion of 

any type of development for 

Antigua and Barbuda. They 

resisted: 

The Carlisle Bay Hotel 

The Morris Bay Project 

The Dato Tan Project 

The Stanford Development 

Project 

Also, the University of 

Antigua and Barbuda Campus 

and the Paradise Found 

Project, in Barbuda. This 

latter project should be permitted 

if only as an apology 

for the horrible quadruple 

murders on board the yacht 

Challenger in Barbuda in 

January 1994. Reading the 

book, “Bound to A Promise” 

by Bonnie Floyd, daughter 

of William Norman Clever 

who was murdered, tears 

came to my eyes! We should 

now demonstrate that we are 

not hostile to white people 

who choose to be among us. 

The UPP Government 

created economic chaos in 

the Country and is bent on 

keeping it that way. The 

Labour Party Government 

must realise that they have 

declared war against them 

and are resolute on taking 

them out of power in spite 

of their being installed by 

the majority of the population. 

They must be equally 

resolved to keep them out of 

power, in opposition, which 

is their rightful place of existence. 

Editor’s Note: The opinions 

expressed in this Op-ed 

are those of the author and 

do not necessarily reflect the 

views of Caribbean Times. 



JUSTICE 


(PROBATE) 

CLAIM NO. ANUH- 

PB2016/ 

IN THE ESTATE OF 

BERCHEL CHRISTOPHER 

QUEELEY, Deceased 

NOTICE IS HEREBY 

GIVEN that at the expiration 

of fourteen (14) days from the 

date of this Notice, Application 

will be made to the High 

Court of Justice for GRANT 

OF LETTERS OF ADMIN- 

ISTRATION in the Estate of 

BERCHEL CHRISTOPHER 

QUEELEY, Deceased, who 

died on the 24th day of December, 

2014, on behalf of 

MONIQUE QUEELEY, his 

widow and one the persons 

entitled to share in his estate. 

Dated this the 11th day of 

May, 2016 

Joy Dublin 

Solicitor for the Applicant



Friday’s Sudoku Solution 

S U D O K U 

CROSSWORD 

Across 

1. LP player 

5. CEOs and CFOs 

9. Beginning of a prayer 

14. Ice cream thickener 

15. Greenspan’s subj. 

16. Forty-__ 

17. “Livin’ La Vida __”: 

Ricky Martin hit 

18. Mork word 

19. Key material 

20. Marketing rep, perhaps 

23. Strains 

24. Plummeted 

25. Former body-slamming 

gp. 

27. Gridiron enthusiast 

32. Fling with effort 

34. School dance 

35. Seine feeder 

36. Curved 

37. ‘80s-’90s Honda sports 

car 

38. Goes over 21, in blackjack 

39. Soaks, as flax 

40. Tint 

41. Strike while the iron __ 

42. Remote function 

46. Old Eur. coins 

47. Grain grinder 

48. “__ say more?” 

50. Media exploitation, slangily 

54. Lowly workers 

56. Colombian city 

57. “A Death in the Family” 

author 

58. Patton portrayer 

59. Abreast of 

60. Fast season 

61. City west of Fayetteville 

62. Abate 

63. Deanna in “Star Trek: 

T.N.G.” 

Down 

1. The 50 in 50-50 

2. Operatic prince 

3. Dealt with reality 

4. Baghdad native 

5. Rome’s Via __ 

6. Kid’s retort 

7. Brest bridge 

8. Old-fashioned tobacco 

holder 

9. “The Iceman Cometh” 

playwright 

10. Defamatory, in Dover 

11. __ about 

12. Stimpy’s pal 

13. Like deadpan humor 

21. Hungry, probably 

22. Quantum event? 

25. Harbor structure 

26. “If I __ rich man...” 

28. Tossed 

29. Fried seafood morsel 

30. Fur trader John Jacob 

31. Bird houses 

33. Priestly garb 

37. Signer’s flourish 

38. Patient waiter 

40. Keep 

43. Celebration 

44. Americans in Paris, e.g. 

45. Purify 

49. Did business (with) 

50. April honoree 

51. Valley of vintners 

52. Greek philosopher 

known for a paradox 

53. Sherpa’s sighting, maybe 

54. S.F. clock setting 

55. Euro forerunner


Today’s weather forecast 

Antigua and Barbuda 

Partly cloudy. 

High - 84ºF/29ºC 

Low - 76ºF/24ºC 

Wind: East 16 mph 

Sunrise 5.35 am; Sunset 6.32 pm 

Friday’s Crossword Solution 

HOROSCOPE 

TAURUS (April 20-May 20). 

People have fought over you 

before and they’ll do it again. 

It’s not that you like being the 

rope in the tug-of-war game, 

but if you have to be in this 

position, you’d be foolish not 

to play its advantages. 

GEMINI (May 21-June 21). 

If walking takes an average 

amount of strength, climbing 

takes extraordinary strength, 

as it pushes further against the 

fundamental law of gravity. 

As much as you’d like to walk 

from a situation, climbing is 

what’s needed. 

CANCER (June 22-July 22). 

Great conversations will be a 

matter of timing. The time to 

air your thoughts and feelings 

is when you’re pretty certain 

your audience is receptive and 

wanting to know more about 

you. 

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). Once 

you get to know a person 

enough to guess his or her reactions 

to a variety of circumstances 

with some degree of 

accuracy you’ll be willing to 

invest more of yourself in the 

relationship. You’ll be working 

up to that point now. 

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). It 

seems logical to put your effort 

into taking the next step. 

But right now, your effort is 

best spent in drumming up 

the confidence — convincing 

everything inside of you that 

you’re worthy. Do this and the 

next step just happens. 

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). 

Most things you can fall 

into (including luck, love, a 

rhythm, a rut, depression and 

more) require a process of 

surrender. Today, hold on until 

you really understand the 

nature of what you’re surrendering 

to. 

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). 

If you compare yourself to 

the master and you don’t fall 

short, it’s time to get a new 

guru. Outgrowing your teachers 

is a natural progression of 

life. It is possible to have a 

smooth, resistance-free transition 

in this matter. 

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22- 

Dec. 21). The person standing 

in your way isn’t an enemy, 

but a friend who will help 

you strengthen your resolve, 

sharpen your skills and think 

much bigger than you were. 

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 

19). When it comes to buying 

and selling, you’ve a special 

instinct. Maybe there’s no formal 

training behind your business 

acumen, but it’s quite 

real, and it will, at the very 

least, sustain you today. 

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 

18). People don’t usually look 

outside themselves for something 

they already have on the 

inside, except that sometimes 

they forget. You’ll step in today 

to remind someone who 

they are and what they have. 

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). 

Change doesn’t always comes 

about as a result of large-scale 

efforts or dramatic battles. 

Gentle, gradual changes are 

often the most radical. This is 

what’s happening now. 

ARIES (March 21-April 19). 

You may think you’re alone in 

a struggle, but this couldn’t be 

further from the truth. Let others 

know what you’re going 

through and you’ll quickly 

understand the life-changing 

effect of mutual support.



Teams continue to jostle for 

supremacy in Youth Football League 

The yo-yo battle for supremacy 

in the Gomez/ 

Netherlands Insurance 

Youth Football League continued 

at the weekend, with 

defending champions Villa 

Lions regaining control 

of the U-11 division. The 

young Lions notched up a 

4-0 win over Swalings and 

also picked up full points 

against Young Warriors to 

open a three-point lead at the 

top of the table with 38. 

Generation Next FC-A, 

who got three points thanks 

to a no-show Soccer Academy, 

are second with 35 

points. Willikies, who lost 

to New Generation 2-1 in a 

hard-fought battle, are third 

with 31 points. 

Six points separate Villa 

Lions at the top of the U-13 

standings from New Generation 

who are second with 36 

points. Sap, with 25 points, 

is a distant third. In play on 

Saturday, Villa defeated Sap 

1-0 while New Generation 

Shah Rukh Khan owned Trinbago Knight 

Riders (TKR) has announced that legendary 

South African cricketer Jacques Kallis will 

serve as its Chief Mentor for the 2016 HERO 

Caribbean Premier League (CPL) campaign. 

Kallis, an accomplished all-rounder 

who scored 19,695 first-class runs and took 

427 wickets overall in an illustrious career 

across all three formats, was a key part of the 

team’s victorious campaign last year. Now 

he, along with head coach, Simon Helmot, 

will lead the charge as defending champions. 

“We are very glad to have the legend 

shut out Willikies 2-0. 

Generation Next maintained 

the pole position of 

the U-16 division with 35 

points on the strength of a 

1-nil win over Pigotts. Empire, 

who played Old Road 

to a goalless draw and got 

three points from Young 

Warriors, are second and 

in striking range with 33 

points. Old Road trail in the 

third spot with 28 points. 

Villa Lions, with 40 

points, have a one-point lead 

over Generation Next FC-A 

in the U-9 division. Both 

sides met Saturday, with 

Villa prevailing 2-0. Thirdplaced 

Sap (28) beat Pigotts 

2-0. 

Newcomers Northern 

Patriots lead U-7 with 37 

points. Generation Next 

FC-A are second with 36, 

and club-mates GNFC-1 are 

third with 34. 

Meanwhile, the golden 

boots divisional awards are 

just as tight. 

Kallis joins TKR as Chief Mentor 

on-board in the TKR set-up as Chief Mentor 

and I look forward to working with him 

closely this year”, said Simon Helmot, Head 

Coach of TKR. 

Kallis has a long-standing association 

with the Knight Riders family. He played for 

Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) from 2011 to 

2014 and played a big role in helping KKR 

win two IPL championships in 2012 and 

2014. 

He then became part of the coaching setup 

of the team, before taking over the mantle 

of Head Coach of KKR this year. 

Empire’s Rakeem Joseph, 

with 11 conversions, 

heads the U-16 ahead of Old 

Road’s Raheem 

Deterville who has 8. 

Pares’s Deondre Gayle 

has 13 goals atop the U-13 

division and is trailed closely 

by Villa Lions’s Renaldo 

Flowers who has 12. 

Alexander Moody-Stuart 

of Generation Next FC-A 

has amassed 19 goals to 

lead the U-11 division and is 

followed by teammate Raekwon 

Ralph, who has 17. 

New Generation’s Wilden 

Cornwall has 15. 

Young Ralph, who also 

plays for Generation Next 

in U-9 leads that division 

with 25 goals (making his 

goal tally a whopping 42). 

Villa Lions Eroy Gonsalves 

is second with 22. 

U-7 Generation Next FC- 

A’s D’Khare Simon has 21 

goals ahead of Swalings’s 

Tayquan Harris, who has 20. 

The intensity is winding 

up amongst the top teams 

as the competition winds 

down, and, with just two 

more playing days, the heat 

is on. In addition to the trophies 

– all held by Villa Lions 

– the coaches, who are 

pulled from the Who’s Who 

of local football, are also 

putting their reputations on 

the line. 

Matches are played at 

American University of Antigua 

(AUA) and begin at 9 

am.


Local track stars return 

By Justin Peters 

Yesterday afternoon, two 

of our best and brightest returned 

from regional track 

meets. 

Miguel Francis returning 

from the Cayman Islands Invitational 

having ran the 200 

metres in 20.16 seconds and 

Tahir Walsh returning from 

an invitation in Orlando, 

Florida ran 10.42 seconds in 

the 100 meters, his season’s 

best and his best time in 2 

By Vanroy Burnes 

The 3 rd annual Cool & 

Smooth T-20 Cricket competition 

bowls off tomorrow 

Tuesday May 17 th at the Sir 

Vivian Richards Stadium. 

The competition which 

was reduced to ten teams, 

will not feature Montserrat 

team this year, the organizers 

has confirmed that a 

number of reasons has been 

given, but stress the point 

that the Montserrat team 

will be back for 2017 

The St. Paul’s Cricket 

team will take the place of 

Montserrat together with 

Defending Champions PIC 

Insurance Liberta Black 

Hawks, Harney Motors Mahico, 

All Saints, Med Path 

New Winthrop’s, Caribbean 

Union Bank Bethesda Golden 

Eagles, Scotia Bank Empire, 

Jennings Tigers, Bolans 

and Roberts Industries 

Ltd Piggott’s the first winner 

years. 

Also participating in the 

Cayman Islands invitational 

were Daniel Bailey running 

10.12 in the 100 metres and 

Cejhae Greene also ran a 

personal best in the 200 metres 

at the same event. 

The athletic fourseome 

are members of the 4x100 

metres team that has provisionally 

qualified for the 

upcoming Olympic Games 

in Rio. 

Local sprint sensations Tahir Walsh, left, and Miguel Francis, right, 

flank Colin James from the Ministry of Sports. 

Cool & Smooth T-20 Cricket 

competition bowls off tomorrow 

of the event. 

There will be two matches 

daily on Tuesday, Wednesday 

and Thursdays, with the 

first match at 4.00pm. 

In the opening match 

Jennings will face off with 

National Parks St. Paul’s to 

be followed by Caribbean 

Union Bank Bethesda versus 

Over forty thousand dollars 

($40,000.00 are up for 

grabs to include $20,000.00 

winner’s prize, $10,000 

.00 for the runners up and 

$5.000.00 for the third place 

finisher’s. 

There will also be a 

$500.00 for each Man of the 

match and $1500 for Man of 

the Series. 

The opening match will 

see Harney Motors Mahico 

versus Jennings Tigers at 

4.00pm to be followed by 

National Parks St. Paul’s 

versus Caribbean Union 

Bank Bethesda Golden Eagles 

at 7.00pm. 

Lady Hoppers trump CPTSA Wings in 

Women’s A League Championships 

By Carlena Knight 

Glenn’s Pet Paradise Lady Hoppers 

trumped CPTSA Wings, 9-0 on Friday 

night at the Antigua Recreation Grounds 

in the Women’s A League championships. 

The event which is hosted by the Antigua 

Barbuda Football Association saw the 

westside team dominated Wings for the entire 

match. 

Lady Hoppers’s Zola Kaza put them on 

the board with a goal in the 4 th minute. She 

was followed by Tritch- Ann Grant and Nikesha 

Gage in the 9 th ,16 th and 24 th minute. 

While Maya Kirwan ended the first half 

dominance with a goal in the 28 th minute. 

As the second half began Wings could 

not find an answer to the total domination 

of Lady Hoppers resulting in more goals 

from Tritch- Ann Grant, Zola Kaza and 

Miya Kirwan. Games will continue today 

as Lady SAP faces Cool & Smooth Empire 

Star Girls at 6:30pm at ARG and on 

Wednesday with Lady Freemansville battling 

Lady Hoppers at 6:30.



Ambrose makes way for Estwick as 

Windies senior men’s team bowling coach 

By Vanroy Burnes 

Roderick Estwick is the 

new bowling coach for the 

West Indies Senior men’s 

Cricket team replacing Sir 

Curtly Ambrose who has 

been the bowling consultant 

for the past three years. 

In a release from the 

West Indies Cricket Board 

(WICB) Estwick will take 

charge of the team from 

Thursday 19 th May at the 

training camp. Sir Curtly 

Ambrose last assignment 

was with the men’s senior 

team that won the ICC World 

T-20 Championship in India 

early last Month. 

Estwick is presently the 

bowling coach for the Barbados 

Pride Franchise team. 

He was credit as national 

Coach of the year in Barbados 

2005 and 2011 and was 

head coach of the Barbados 

U-19 team which won the 

regional title three times between 

2000 and 2005. 

Additionally, Estwick 

toured extensively with the 

West Indies U-19 team in 

and out of the region and 

has participated in programs 

at the high performance 

Centre. Estwick played first 

class cricket for Barbados 

and Transvaal and the West 

By Carlena Knight 

Sprint sensation and the 

reigning Sportsman of the 

year, Miguel Francis continues 

to dominate the track and 

field events now winning the 

200m in grand style at the 

Cayman Islands Invitational 

over the weekend. 

Francis, set the track a 

blaze in a time of 20.16sec 

defeating Great Britain’s 

Zharnel Hughes (20.70) and 

Kyle Greaux of Trinidad and 

Tobago (20.94) to snatch the 

gold medal. 

The Racers Track club 

Roderick Estwick 

Indies” A “team” between” 

1983 to 1990. 

His first assignment with 

the West Indies team will be 

in the Tri- Nation Series between 

West Indies, Australia 

and South Africa starting in 

Guyana June 3 rd . 

In the meantime, the 

WICB has announced that 

all ten matches in the Tri-Nation 

series will be played under 

lights for the first time 

in any series. According to 

WICB’s Chief Operations 

Officer Roland Holder, this 

is a major series with three 

very attractive teams featuring 

some of the World’s best 

players and who are accustomed 

playing under lights. 

Three matches will be 

played at the Guyana National 

Stadium on June 3 rd , 

5 th and 7 th , three matches 

at Warner Park in St. Kitts 

June 11 th , 13 th and 15 th , while 

Kensington Ovals in Barbados 

will host four matches 

June 19 th , 21 st , 24 th and the 

finals on June 26 th . 

The first innings will be 

from 1.00pm to 4.00pm, 

while second innings will be 

from 5.15pm to 8.45pm. 

Miguel Francis 

does it again 

Miguel Francis 

member continues to build 

momentum in preparation 

for the big stage at the Rio 

Olympics this summer. 

We at Caribbean Times 

wish young Francis all the 

best in his endeavors.


Ambrose ‘very disappointed’ 

at losing WI consultancy job 

Curtly Ambrose, the former 

West Indies fast bowler, 

has said the decision to 

remove him as West Indies’ 

bowling consultant came as 

“a bit of a shock”. Ambrose 

was replaced with Roddy 

Estwick on the weekend; he 

said head coach Phil Simmons 

told him the decision 

was made because Simmons 

wanted someone who is 

“more technical” to coach 

the team’s fast bowlers. 

“I only learnt about it 

from head coach Phil Simmons 

on Wednesday [last 

week], and when he told me 

I said to him that I am very 

disappointed, because I never 

expected it, and I never 

saw it coming because he 

never gave me any indication 

he was going to let me 


Kohli and de Villiers put their seat belts 

on. Kohli picked the wrong’uns, de Villiers 

used the crease against the three 

spinners, and sixes were struck on demand. 

Soon the equation read 40 from 

24. End even though Gambhir changed 

his bowlers, the result remained unaffected. 

Kohli sauntered to his eighth fifty-plus 

score of the tournament and de 

Villiers, more attacking of the two, registered 

his 28-ball half-century as the 

duo whittled down the target with eight 

balls to spare. 

Their unbeaten stand read 115 runs 

from 11.1 overs at a scoring rate of 

10.29. Along the way, Kohli surpassed 

the Chris Gayle and Michael Hussey’s 

tally of 733 runs to become the highest 

go,” Ambrose was quoted as 

saying in the Antigua Observer. 

“So, it came as a bit of a 

shock basically, but I haven’t 

decided which direction 

I am going to take just yet. 

I’ll just pause and give it a 

little time to think about it 

and decide where I want to 

go after.” 

Ambrose had served as 

West Indies’ consultant for 

the last three years, his most 

Sir Curtly Ambrose looks on 

recent assignment being the 

World T20 triumph in India 

in April. The WICB press 

release did not state a reason 

for Ambrose’s exit. “I spoke 

to head coach Phil Simmons, 

and he told me that 

he wanted someone who is 

more technical to work with 

the fast bowlers,” Ambrose 

said. “So, I said to him well, 

if you knew I was doing a 

poor job, then you should 

have told me. He said no, I 

run-scorer in an IPL season. 

Knight Riders’ journey to 183 had 

been a bumpy ride, led first by the top 

order and then the lower order. Iqbal 

Abdulla, who replaced Varun Aaron, 

took a one-handed catch to dismiss 

Robin Uthappa in the third over. Gambhir 

and Pandey didn’t look perturbed 

though. 

While the captain relied more on 

nudges, Pandey’s big swings towards 

the midwicket region kept the fielders 

busy, as Knight Riders crossed fifty at 

the end of the Powerplay. 

Just when they were hitting the pedal 

harder, Royal Challengers pulled 

things back with three wickets in 10 

balls. Gambhir and Pandey fell just 

after crossing their fifties to allow Abdulla 

and Chahal to slow things down 

did a fantastic job, because I 

brought a high level of discipline 

to the team, and I have 

motivated the guys quite a 

bit... but he wants somebody 

more technical, hence, he 

is going for Roderick Estwick.” 

Estwick, who was given 

the designation of bowling 

coach, is due to join the West 

Indies pre-season preparatory 

camp on May 19, ahead 

of the home tri-series against 

Australia and South Africa 

that starts on June 3 in Guyana. 

Estwick had coached 

the Barbados domestic side 

as well as the West Indies 

Under-19 and Barbados 

Under-19 teams, apart from 

participating in the High 

Performance Centre programme. 

(ESPNcricinfo) 

further. 

Yusuf Pathan, who made an unbeaten 

29-ball 60 in a match-winning effort 

when the sides last met in Bangalore, 

was deceived in flight and was stumped 

for 6, while Suryakumar Yadav holed 

out to long-off. Knight Riders stumbled 

to 125 for 5. 

The momentum switched sides 

again when Russell and Shakib got 

together. Shakib used more of legside 

swipes and Russell unfurled his 

commanding swings from deep in the 

crease to collect boundaries at will. 

Even though Shakib raced to 12 off 

his first four deliveries, he later took 

singles to give the strike to Russell, 

who targeted the quicks more to clear 

the ropes and scored a quickfire 39 off 

19. (ESPNcricinfo)



Gayle busts slump 

as RCB breeze to win 

KOLKATA - Thirty-two runs, 43 

balls, and less than an hour spent at the 

crease while batting in a total of eight 

innings. Those are Chris Gayle’s numbers 

during his lean run since his hundred 

in West Indies’ World T20 opener 

against England exactly two months 

ago. On a humid night at the Eden Gardens, 

he struck form against his former 

franchise to help Royal Challengers 

Bangalore stay alive in their hunt for 

the playoffs, with a nine-wicket win 

against Kolkata Knight Riders. 

Royal Challengers’ top order made 

light work of the 184 target as Virat 

Kohli and AB de Villiers carried their 

stellar show from Bangalore to Kolkata, 

after Gayle’s 31-ball 49. 

Gayle trudged to 1 off seven balls 

before unleashing the big hits. He started 

with a swipe over mid-on for four in 

the second over, and treated the short 

balls thereafter with disdain. The upper 

cut, slaps the inside-out drive and 

Chris Gayle pulls a shot 

against KKR. 

even the fierce sweeps off Sunil Narine, 

something he’s not always known 

for, followed as he raced to 35 off 21. 

Amidst the carnage, Kohli exhibited 

one classical inside-out drive for six 

that showed that the Royal Challengers 

party was on at both ends, and only 11 

people at the packed ground were not 

dancing to it. 

Gayle was trapped lbw by Narine 

after he struck two more sixes, but that 

brought together Kohli and de Villiers. 

They were watchful at times but picked 

boundaries regularly. While de Villiers 

targeted Ankit Rajpoot and Shakib Al 

Hasan, who was repeatedly swept into 

the stands at deep square leg, Kohli 

picked runs against Andre Russell and 

Piyush Chawla. 

Kohli, on 32, offered a rare chance 

off Shakib but Gautam Gambhir put 

it down at backward point in the 11th 

over, with Royal Challengers needing 

90 off 56. But after two boundary-less 

overs against Shakib and Chawla, 

cont’d on pg 19 

AB de Villiers and Virat Kohli added 115 unbeaten runs for the second wicket.

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