Caribbean Times 25th Issue - Friday 28th October 2016
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<strong>Friday</strong> <strong>28th</strong> <strong>October</strong> <strong>2016</strong> A n t i g u a a n d B a r b u d a<br />
Vol.8 No.25 $2.00<br />
VILLA PRIMARY<br />
DOES IT AGAIN<br />
Story on<br />
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<strong>Friday</strong> <strong>28th</strong> <strong>October</strong> <strong>2016</strong><br />
Former St. Kitts and Nevis Minister of<br />
Tourism named Chairman of ABTA<br />
By Renio Abott<br />
After a 2-year tenure as<br />
Chairman of the Anitgua<br />
and Barbuda Tourism Authority,<br />
Rohan Hector has<br />
stepped down. His replacement<br />
is Richard “Ricky”<br />
Skerritt who brings a wealth<br />
of experience in the tourism<br />
industry to the table as a former<br />
Minister of Tourism of<br />
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St. Kitts and Nevis for over<br />
10 years between 2004 and<br />
2015. Mr. Skerritt has become<br />
well known for driving<br />
economic transformation;<br />
he was responsible for<br />
designing and implementing<br />
strategies, rooted in sustainability,<br />
which modernized,<br />
diversified and grew the St.<br />
Kitts Tourism economy. He<br />
is also a Rhodes Scholar and<br />
a former chairman of the <strong>Caribbean</strong><br />
Tourism Organization<br />
(CTO)<br />
His appointment comes<br />
at a critical time when the<br />
government of Antigua and<br />
Former Minister of Tourism of St. Kitts and Nevis Richard “Ricky”<br />
Skerritt<br />
Barbuda has embarked on a<br />
mission to enhance the local<br />
tourism product. Minister<br />
of Tourism, Economic Development,<br />
Investment and<br />
Energy, The Honourable<br />
Asot Michael remarked that<br />
the outgoing chairman made<br />
stepped up to fill the position<br />
in an unfamiliar field during<br />
a very challenging time and<br />
thanked him for his hard<br />
work and for helping the Authority<br />
to reach to the point<br />
of further change.<br />
As a non-executive<br />
Chairman of the ABTA, Mr.<br />
Skerritt will be responsible<br />
for overseeing the development<br />
of policies and strategies<br />
designed to strengthen<br />
Antigua and Barbuda’s reputation<br />
as a world class tourism<br />
and travel destination.<br />
Minister Michael expressed<br />
his elation in having<br />
Ricky Skerritt as a part of the<br />
team and indicated that they<br />
had already begun taking a<br />
number of important steps<br />
towards the revitalization of<br />
our tourism product.
<strong>Friday</strong> <strong>28th</strong> <strong>October</strong> <strong>2016</strong> c a r i b b e a n t i m e s . a g 3<br />
Villa Primary does it again<br />
By Renio Abbott<br />
Last evening the eastern<br />
parking lot at the Sir Vivian<br />
Richard Cricket Stadium was<br />
transformed into the epicentre<br />
of a tight musical competition<br />
between eight local<br />
primary schools that vied<br />
for the prestigious <strong>2016</strong> Independence<br />
National Junior<br />
panorama championship.<br />
Each school performed<br />
exceptionally well at the<br />
packed venue with their own<br />
rhythm and style, the schools<br />
were well represented by both<br />
parents and students showing<br />
support and school pride.<br />
The eight schools were<br />
Sunnyside Tutorial, Bendals<br />
Primary, Pigotts Primary,<br />
Villa Primary, Green Bay Primary,<br />
T.N.Kirnon Primary,<br />
Willikies Primary and Potters<br />
Primary.<br />
After the smoke cleared,<br />
the Judge’s decision saw Willikies<br />
Primary who played<br />
‘Things’ performed originally<br />
by Claudette Peters and<br />
arranged by Zahra Lake, securing<br />
the second runner up<br />
spot, while the first runner<br />
up the Green Bay Primary<br />
played ‘Bet’ by Ricardo Due,<br />
arranged by Derel Jarvis. The<br />
winners of the <strong>2016</strong> Independence<br />
Junior Panorama with<br />
their rendition of “Sounds of<br />
Steel by Set-On, arranged by<br />
Jawan Henry, Villa Primary<br />
School retained their title for<br />
yet another year. The 3 winners<br />
received trophies.<br />
<strong>Caribbean</strong> times wishes to<br />
congratulate all of the participants,<br />
especially the winners<br />
on their achievement.
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<strong>Friday</strong> <strong>28th</strong> <strong>October</strong> <strong>2016</strong><br />
Conference on derisking making progress<br />
By Everton Barnes<br />
There will not be any ‘Knighthoods’ or<br />
‘Dames’ handed out as part of the celebrating<br />
marking the 35 anniversary of Independence<br />
next Tuesday.<br />
Head of the National Honours Committee<br />
Lorraine Perry said that’s because the committee<br />
had placed a moratorium on the issuance<br />
of these awards for three years. However, she<br />
added that the self-imposed moratorium ends<br />
this year so people eligible for knighthoods or<br />
dames may qualify from next year.<br />
Perry explained that the committee was<br />
mindful of Antigua and Barbuda’s population<br />
size and it felt that it needed to ‘protect the integrity’<br />
of the National Awards. “We can have<br />
everybody walking around being ‘Knights’,”<br />
she added.<br />
This year, she said ten people – 7-males<br />
and 3-females - will be honoured for their<br />
contribution to national building in the fields<br />
of science and community development, agricultural<br />
development, national development,<br />
education, hospitality and marine, culture and<br />
community development. The awards that are<br />
being presented this year are;<br />
1 – Grand Cross of the Most Illustrious<br />
Order (GCM)<br />
3 – Grand Officer of the Most Illustrious<br />
Order of Merit (GOM)<br />
By Everton Barnes<br />
The two-day conference<br />
that is looking at possible<br />
solutions to the loss of corresponding<br />
banking relations<br />
for many <strong>Caribbean</strong> states is<br />
making ‘good progress’, according<br />
to a source close to<br />
closed-door session.<br />
The conference has been<br />
convened by Antigua and<br />
Barbuda’s Prime Minister,<br />
Gaston Browne, who is the<br />
lead prime minister on financial<br />
services in the CAR-<br />
ICOM quasi Cabinet. It is being<br />
held at the Sticky Wicket<br />
and it brings together International<br />
banks, regulators,<br />
<strong>Caribbean</strong> top finance officers<br />
and banks as well as representatives<br />
from the International<br />
Monetary Fund (IMF).<br />
Antigua and Barbuda’s<br />
Ambassador to the United<br />
States and the Organisation of<br />
American States, Sir Ronald<br />
Sanders, who played a critical<br />
No Knighthood honours this year<br />
1 – Commander of the Most Illustrious<br />
Order of Merit (CM)<br />
1 -- Officer of the Most Illustrious Order<br />
of Merit (OM)<br />
1 – Officer of the Most precious Order of<br />
Princely Heritage (OH)<br />
1 – Member of the Most Illustrious Order<br />
of Merit (MM)<br />
2 – Member of the Most Illustrious Order<br />
of Princely Heritage (MH)<br />
Perry further explained these awardees<br />
have since been notified and they have been<br />
asked to present themselves at the ceremonial<br />
parade at Sir Vivian Richards Stadium on Independence<br />
Day.<br />
She said the names were drawn from individuals<br />
who have been nominated over the<br />
past three years and that from a list of over<br />
one hundred people, the committee arrived<br />
with a list of ten people and she said this will<br />
be the standard set for the future.<br />
In making its selection, the committee<br />
looks for those individuals who have excelled<br />
in their field of human endeavor, but who go<br />
beyond the call of duty to assist the community<br />
generally.<br />
According to Perry all nominations come<br />
from the public and she is urging anyone who<br />
has someone they wish to nominate to collect<br />
a form and follow the instructions.<br />
role in helping with the organisation<br />
of the conference,<br />
said the loss of corresponding<br />
banking relations is a ‘very serious<br />
problem for <strong>Caribbean</strong>’.<br />
According to Sir Ronald<br />
the problem centers on the<br />
growing number of countries<br />
that have completely lost or<br />
have lost some corresponding<br />
banking arrangements as major<br />
banks, particularly those in<br />
the United States which sever<br />
these ties with banks in the region.<br />
“If this trend continues the<br />
<strong>Caribbean</strong> will be isolated and<br />
excluded from the international<br />
financial arrangements<br />
and trading system. This<br />
means that the region will not<br />
be able to buy or trade as an<br />
integral part of the international<br />
trade. So simple things<br />
like sending remittances, paying<br />
for a child’s school fees in<br />
the US or a tourist paying his<br />
hotel bill will all be negatively<br />
affected,” he explained.<br />
Sir Ronald said both the<br />
Prime Minister and he have<br />
been raising concerns at various<br />
international forums in<br />
an effort to focus attention<br />
on the issue. He said the IMF<br />
has also been quite concerned<br />
about the development and its<br />
Managing Director, Christine<br />
Lagarde, has sent one of her<br />
deputies to Antigua to participate<br />
in the conference. He<br />
added that the IMF has also<br />
been very helpful in providing<br />
assistance to host the conference.<br />
The Deputy Managing Director<br />
of the IMF, Zhang Tao,<br />
will address the conference<br />
this morning. This is seen<br />
as an indication of the seriousness<br />
with which the IMF<br />
holds the Antigua conference.<br />
“The first day (Thursday)<br />
was very constructed with<br />
lots of ideas placed on the table<br />
on how we may solve this<br />
problem. The conference can<br />
produce the ideas, but solving<br />
the problem will require the<br />
commitment of the several<br />
entities,” he noted.
<strong>Friday</strong> <strong>28th</strong> <strong>October</strong> <strong>2016</strong> c a r i b b e a n t i m e s . a g 5<br />
Stage collapses, postpones Junior Panorama<br />
The Executive Director of the Antigua<br />
and Barbuda National Accreditation<br />
Board (ABNAB), Ms Eloise Hamilton<br />
and the Accreditation Officer Mr<br />
Eustace Hill, recently attended the 13 th<br />
Annual CANQATE Conference which<br />
was held in Guyana, <strong>October</strong> 4-7 at the<br />
Arthur Chung Convention Centre.<br />
The <strong>Caribbean</strong> Area Network for<br />
Quality Assurance in Tertiary Education<br />
(CANQATE) was established in<br />
2004. It serves as an umbrella organization<br />
for external quality assurance<br />
agencies (like ABNAB) but also works<br />
with other education stakeholders like<br />
government ministries, state agencies<br />
and higher education institutions within<br />
CARICOM. CANQATE is also a<br />
member of the International Network<br />
for Quality Assurance Agencies in<br />
Higher Education (INQAAHE).<br />
By Renio Abbott<br />
Just as the Junior Panorama<br />
competition seemed<br />
to going without a hitch,<br />
technical issues caused the<br />
show to be paused at the<br />
midway point after a portion<br />
of the middle of the stage<br />
collapsed while a group of<br />
cheerleaders were performing<br />
on stage.<br />
Stage technicians assessed<br />
the situation, making<br />
the determination that with<br />
the safety of the students in<br />
mind that it would be best to<br />
stop the show.<br />
The Antigua and Barbuda<br />
Festivals Commission,<br />
the Pan Association and<br />
the school principals made<br />
a timely co-operative decision<br />
to postpone the show<br />
until Monday <strong>October</strong> 31st,<br />
<strong>2016</strong>.<br />
Maurice Merchant,<br />
Chairman of the Festivals<br />
Commission informed those<br />
in attendance that there<br />
would be no cost to seeing<br />
the show on Monday.<br />
ABNAB attends CANQATE Conference<br />
The theme for the <strong>2016</strong> CANQATE<br />
Conference was ‘Sustaining a Culture<br />
of Quality Assurance in Tertiary Education<br />
for National and Regional Development’.<br />
This theme was designed<br />
to highlight the importance of a culture<br />
of quality assurance to national development<br />
in the region.<br />
The theme was developed through<br />
a number of sub-themes which were<br />
addressed in plenary and concurrent<br />
sessions by local, regional and international<br />
speakers. One of the presenters<br />
during a concurrent session was Antigua’s<br />
Dr Patricia Benn, Vice Principal<br />
of the Antigua State College who<br />
presented a paper under the sub-theme<br />
‘Harnessing Information and Communication<br />
Technologies for Quality<br />
Assurance in Higher Education’. Dr<br />
Benn’s paper was entitled ‘The Adoption<br />
of a Virtual Learning Environment<br />
in a Teacher Education Institution;<br />
The Process and Tensions’ and investigated<br />
the processes by which Moodle<br />
is introduced to teacher educators as a<br />
tool and the tensions which arose as a<br />
result. The paper was well received by<br />
the conference delegates.<br />
During the three day period, the<br />
Annual General Meeting was held<br />
and matters pertaining to the forward<br />
movement of the organization were<br />
discussed. Several new committees<br />
were established and members re-committed<br />
themselves to the cause of quality<br />
assurance in the region.<br />
The 2017 CANQATE conference<br />
will be held in Surinam. The 10 th Conference<br />
in 2013 was held in Antigua<br />
and Barbuda and hosted jointly by AB-<br />
NAB and the Antigua State College.
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<strong>Friday</strong> <strong>28th</strong> <strong>October</strong> <strong>2016</strong><br />
Antigua Then Day <strong>2016</strong><br />
scheduled for next Saturday<br />
Plans are well advanced<br />
for the hosting of Antigua<br />
Then Day <strong>2016</strong>. The event,<br />
now in its fifth year, is presented<br />
by Precision Centre<br />
in collaboration with the Antigua<br />
and Barbuda Festivals<br />
Commission.<br />
It seeks to unearth<br />
the values by which our<br />
fore-parents lived and repackage<br />
them in various<br />
forms for transfer to current<br />
and future generations. It is<br />
part of a larger project called<br />
Antiguanization.<br />
This year’s Antigua then<br />
Day will feature Bethesda/<br />
Christian Hill, Point/Villa,<br />
and the Potters Community.<br />
Over the last year, Precision<br />
Centre has been working<br />
with a committee from each<br />
community to research their<br />
history.<br />
This will be presented<br />
through documentaries, exhibitions<br />
and original cultural<br />
presentations. The other<br />
nine villages with whom<br />
Precision Centre has partnered<br />
with over the years, as<br />
well as nine teams from Precision<br />
Centre, will complete<br />
the exhibition.<br />
Antigua Then Day takes<br />
place at Precision Centre,<br />
Paynters Industrial Park,<br />
on Saturday 5 th November.<br />
The exhibition will run from<br />
10:00 a.m. to 6:30 p.m., and<br />
the documentaries will be<br />
screened from midday to<br />
6:00 pm. The activities will<br />
culminate at 7:00 p.m. with<br />
cultural presentations from<br />
the three villages, which<br />
promise to be enlightening<br />
and entertaining!<br />
The entire nation is invited<br />
out to take this journey<br />
where we will “Revisit Our<br />
Past – To Secure Our Future.”
<strong>Friday</strong> <strong>28th</strong> <strong>October</strong> <strong>2016</strong> c a r i b b e a n t i m e s . a g 7<br />
Biblical<br />
Perspective<br />
The Bible is God’s Word, it reveals<br />
God’s moral character and it shapes the<br />
morality of Christians. It has much to<br />
say about homosexuality (Lev. 18:22;<br />
20:13; 1 Cor. 6:9-10; Rom. 1:26-28).<br />
With such clear statements against<br />
homosexuality, it is difficult to see<br />
how different groups can say the Bible<br />
supports homosexuality. But they try<br />
by redefining love, marriage, and sin,<br />
in order to accomplish their goal. The<br />
truth is God created man and woman,<br />
not man and man or woman and woman.<br />
Man by nature is a sinner, however<br />
Jesus Christ came to break the chains<br />
and to set the captive free. It is acknowledgement<br />
of the individual and the<br />
desire and willingness to be changed<br />
which are absolute to salvation.<br />
Rev. Cothran in her thesis relative to<br />
getting out of the above lifestyle suggests<br />
the undermentioned as we continue<br />
from the last article:-<br />
“Make your salvation real. Keeping<br />
the good news of your personal<br />
salvation a secret is another trick the<br />
enemy uses to buy time as he tries to<br />
pull you back to your former life. We<br />
must believe with our hearts and confess<br />
with our mouths. You don’t need<br />
to ‘out’ yourself and clobber the enemy<br />
by immediately sharing your testimony<br />
with someone about how the Lord<br />
has revealed the truth directly to you;<br />
about the level of joy and peace you<br />
now have which you could not reach<br />
without full repentance; about the welcomed<br />
change this brings in your life,<br />
and all the wonderful things He has<br />
done.” (Rom. 10:9)<br />
“Experience paradise now! Consult<br />
God first, then go ahead and live your<br />
life! Welcome new friendships, start<br />
By Bishop Rolston S.M. Jeffrey Ph.D., DRE;<br />
D.Min., M.Div.<br />
that new venture, expand your experiences,<br />
obtain nice things, just don’t put<br />
them before God. Enjoy your life to a<br />
new degree, without the burden of sin<br />
AND with the confidence of ALL of<br />
God’s promises on your side! It is totally<br />
possible to live for God in this present<br />
age and enjoy yourself immensely.<br />
When I say live for God I mean totally<br />
‘sold out’ for God. But you cannot be<br />
sold out for God and live a gay/lesbian<br />
lifestyle at the same time” (Titus 2:11-<br />
21).<br />
It’s possible to have a BETTER<br />
time than you did in the clubs, in the<br />
parks, BETTER than all those secrets<br />
encounters with folks whose names<br />
you’ve long forgotten. BETTER than<br />
your long-term relationships. BET-<br />
TER than all your priceless possessions.<br />
BETTER than money! Most of<br />
us have experienced some of this AND<br />
WE WERE STILL MISERABLE. But<br />
thanks to God’s mercy and saving grace<br />
we don’t have to wait years and years<br />
to get to heaven to experience paradise.<br />
The earth is the Lord’s the fullness<br />
thereof, the world, and they that dwell<br />
therein. Enjoy God’s earth now (Psalm<br />
24:1).<br />
“Walk Carefully or ‘circumspectly’<br />
as the Scripture describes. This is<br />
about being careful to keep your spirit<br />
clean and fresh. Prayer, along with<br />
reading the WORD and seeking ways<br />
to apply it to your daily life is a way<br />
to STAY saved and delivered from any<br />
sinful habit. Isn’t it interesting that we<br />
sometimes give our garments of clothing<br />
more care than we give our very<br />
souls. When we put on our outfit, we’re<br />
so careful not to lean against anything<br />
that might soil it. We protect it while<br />
we’re eating so as not to get a spot on it.<br />
We sit in such a way to prevent it from<br />
wrinkling. Treat your soul’s salvation<br />
with at least this much care (Ephesians<br />
5:15-16).<br />
“Have fellowship with believers.<br />
We know that the church to some extent<br />
has failed gays and lesbians by not<br />
cont’d on pg 10
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cont’d from pg 7<br />
welcoming them in a more<br />
loving manner. There seems<br />
to be a discriminatory policy<br />
and spirit of condemnation.<br />
However, God has people<br />
everywhere who are open,<br />
real and willing to walk out<br />
with you. Ask the Lord to<br />
lead you to a loving, caring,<br />
bible-believing fellowship<br />
where you can be nurtured,<br />
be blessed, grow and be a<br />
blessing” (Hebrews 10:25).<br />
God’s Words are still<br />
relevant for today, what He<br />
says He means and He will<br />
do what He says. Let God be<br />
true and every man a liar.<br />
As we await the eternal<br />
theocracy, we are stuck with<br />
a temporal democracy. So<br />
what should we do in the<br />
meantime? As citizens of<br />
heaven who are sojourners<br />
here on earth, we are comparable<br />
to the exiled people of<br />
Judah who found themselves<br />
living in pagan Babylon to<br />
pay for their soon return to<br />
Jerusalem. To them, God<br />
sent Jeremiah 29:7 “And<br />
seek the peace of the city<br />
whither I have caused you<br />
to be carried captives, and<br />
pray unto the Lord for it: for<br />
in the peace thereof shall ye<br />
have peace.”<br />
That is a twofold instruction<br />
to (1) seek the welfare<br />
of their temporal home in<br />
the city of Babylon, and (2)<br />
pray on its behalf. And the<br />
reason for this instruction is<br />
simple. In its welfare you<br />
have a welfare, hard for anyone<br />
against that.<br />
For that reason, Christian<br />
sojourners should simply be<br />
involved in seeking for the<br />
welfare of the temporary<br />
places where we live, because<br />
we’ll enjoy any welfare<br />
that is enjoyed by the<br />
greater population.<br />
Paul echoed similar<br />
words to Timothy in 1 Timothy<br />
2:1-2 “I exhort therefore,<br />
that first of all, supplications,<br />
prayers, intercessions, and<br />
giving of thanks, be made<br />
for all men; For kings, and<br />
for all that are in authority;<br />
that we may lead a quiet and<br />
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peaceable life in all godliness<br />
and honesty.<br />
Believers along with everyone<br />
else and the many<br />
kinds of good deeds in which<br />
Christians are admonished in<br />
the New Testament to enjoin<br />
themselves, all demonstrations<br />
of their moral character<br />
- such as caring for poor, and<br />
homeless and so on – certainly<br />
contribute to the welfare<br />
of the place where they<br />
live. Christians have historically<br />
always been involved<br />
in political, social and moral<br />
issues for the simple reasons<br />
that Christ lives in them.<br />
True Christians are not able<br />
to remain passive when they<br />
witness injustice, and that’s<br />
why’ve campaigned against<br />
slavery, child labor, human<br />
trafficking, and other social<br />
issues.<br />
Therefore, the political<br />
process which essentially<br />
all revolves around moral<br />
issues, is certainly an arena<br />
where Christians belong. It<br />
is a wonderful arena where<br />
everyone is debating moral<br />
issues. Yet it is a place full<br />
of darkness where we can let<br />
our light shine. As the most<br />
moral people on earth, true<br />
followers of Jesus ( I am not<br />
referring to church goers or<br />
religious people), are more<br />
qualified than anyone to<br />
wade into the moral issues<br />
where immoral people are<br />
already swimming in and<br />
even if they claim we are unfit<br />
to join them!<br />
And what if the political<br />
waters are polluted filth?<br />
That is all the more reasons<br />
to wade in. Because just as<br />
it is true that “in it’s welfare<br />
you will have welfare,” it is<br />
true that “in it’s misery you<br />
will have misery. If not for<br />
everyone else, at least for<br />
our own sakes, we should<br />
wade in. The world’s downward<br />
moral trend demands<br />
it. Morality has sunken to an<br />
all time low and the Church<br />
of Jesus Christ needs to take<br />
the keys and unlock and<br />
loose those who are bound<br />
by chains, addicted, liars etc<br />
and those whom Scriptures<br />
declare will not inherit the<br />
kingdom of God.<br />
Before I offer some specific<br />
advice on the best way<br />
to wade in, however, please<br />
allow me to challenge some<br />
ideas that are heard in Christian<br />
circles. Such as the idea<br />
that Government is inherently<br />
evil or that Christians<br />
have no business participating<br />
in government either as<br />
voters, candidates or leaders,<br />
or that as citizens of God’s<br />
kingdom, we should have no<br />
interest in earthly kingdom.<br />
The biblical arguments<br />
that challenge such ideas<br />
are manifold and will be addressed<br />
in my next article.<br />
Also the Church cannot isolate<br />
herself from the many<br />
wrongs which are being<br />
committed; rather she must<br />
engage the issues with a<br />
view of bringing meaningful<br />
change. Bear in mind, evil<br />
flourishes when good men<br />
do nothing.<br />
Editor’s Note: The opinions<br />
expressed in this Op-ed<br />
are those of the author and<br />
do not necessarily reflect the<br />
views of <strong>Caribbean</strong> <strong>Times</strong>.
<strong>Friday</strong> <strong>28th</strong> <strong>October</strong> <strong>2016</strong> c a r i b b e a n t i m e s . a g 11<br />
Thursday’s Sudoku Solution<br />
S U D O K U<br />
CROSSWORD<br />
Across<br />
1. Singer Diana ____<br />
5. Australian marsupial<br />
10. Fashionable<br />
14. Rework proofs<br />
15. Halo wearer<br />
16. Bowling alley<br />
17. Wild hog<br />
18. Della ____ of “Touched by<br />
an Angel”<br />
19. District<br />
20. Fleet of warships<br />
22. Point winners<br />
24. Mother ____<br />
27. Scrapbook need<br />
28. Straighten<br />
31. From that moment<br />
33. Inferno<br />
34. Dress edge<br />
35. Vocalist ____ Franklin<br />
40. Gathered<br />
42. Cut<br />
43. Leased car<br />
44. 100%<br />
45. Birthday greeting<br />
46. Plant life<br />
48. Appointments<br />
49. Personal preference<br />
53. Minor aspect<br />
55. Said<br />
57. John, Paul, George or Ringo<br />
61. Waterfowl<br />
62. All set<br />
65. Melt<br />
66. Vegas machine<br />
67. Fireplace residue<br />
68. Seep<br />
69. Swiss peaks<br />
70. Pierces<br />
71. Regrets<br />
Down<br />
1. Country singer ____ McEntire<br />
2. Fragrance<br />
3. Thailand, formerly<br />
4. Most peculiar<br />
5. Gold measure<br />
6. Wallet bill<br />
7. Develop<br />
8. Reduce<br />
9. A Baldwin<br />
10. Nurse ____ Barton<br />
11. Rabbits’ kin<br />
12. Inactive<br />
13. Stop<br />
21. Newsman ____ Rather<br />
23. “Aida,” for one<br />
25. Not new<br />
26. Lip<br />
28. Remote<br />
29. Green citrus fruit<br />
30. Mideast country<br />
32. Summon<br />
34. Satan’s domain<br />
36. Moving stairway<br />
37. Not this<br />
38. Present!<br />
39. Does sums<br />
41. Less hazardous<br />
42. Wood strip<br />
44. How ____ you?<br />
47. Strangest<br />
48. Expire<br />
49. Oklahoma metropolis<br />
50. Lagoon’s boundary<br />
51. Small porch<br />
52. Circus shelter<br />
54. Chasm<br />
56. Periods in history<br />
58. Commandment start<br />
59. Lounge around<br />
60. Flock mothers<br />
63. I see!<br />
64. Society gal
12 c a r i b b e a n t i m e s . a g<br />
<strong>Friday</strong> <strong>28th</strong> <strong>October</strong> <strong>2016</strong><br />
Today’s weather forecast<br />
Antigua and Barbuda<br />
Partly cloudy.<br />
High - 85ºF<br />
Low - 77ºF<br />
Wind: East South East 6 mph<br />
Sunrise 6.03 am; Sunset 5.37 pm<br />
Thursday’s Crossword Solution<br />
HOROSCOPE<br />
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21).<br />
Groups and crowds are not the<br />
same thing. The few behave<br />
differently than the many, and<br />
different rules apply for managing<br />
them. And yet, what you<br />
get right on the small scale today<br />
will definitely work when<br />
you scale it up.<br />
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec.<br />
21). The small rubs of life can<br />
be more detrimental to your<br />
happiness, health and well-being<br />
than big events. Coping is a<br />
lifestyle issue. Build a reliable<br />
set of go-to strategies for dealing<br />
with daily stresses.<br />
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan.<br />
19). If you don’t lunge for the<br />
brass ring, no one will know<br />
you want it. But if you lunge<br />
for it too hard, you’ll throw<br />
yourself off balance and fall.<br />
Core strength is needed here<br />
for a graceful, controlled grab.<br />
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb.<br />
18). An emotional weather<br />
front may seem like an uncontrollable<br />
natural force — nope!<br />
It’s the air currents that carry<br />
the weather. You’re an air sign.<br />
Blow a little and the storm<br />
moves away.<br />
TAURUS (April 20-May 20).<br />
Maybe it’s too early for a rest<br />
from commerce and travel and<br />
business of all kinds, but it’s<br />
not too early to plan one and<br />
prepare for it. The dormant<br />
periods are important to your<br />
well-being. How are you going<br />
to make it happen?<br />
GEMINI (May 21-June 21).<br />
Just because you passed this<br />
way before does not mean that<br />
you are regressing. Think of<br />
this as running laps. Each repetition<br />
makes you stronger, helps<br />
you grow faster and counts toward<br />
your general progress.<br />
CANCER (June 22-July 22).<br />
The visiting will be better when<br />
you use the time between visits<br />
to better yourself. That’s the<br />
time you practice, hone your<br />
skills and fine-tune your image.<br />
Challenge yourself to show up<br />
even stronger next time.<br />
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). Right<br />
now the fruit of your labor is a<br />
lot like a watched pot. It will<br />
seem not to ripen while your<br />
eyeballs are on it. Back off. Let<br />
time and the sun do their job<br />
while you plant elsewhere.<br />
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20).<br />
There’s no such thing as a<br />
pattern of one. The first time<br />
something happens it is difficult,<br />
if not impossible, for you<br />
to see that it is part of a cycle.<br />
The second time brings awareness,<br />
new questions, and the<br />
comfort of repetition.<br />
ARIES (March 21-April 19).<br />
You may sincerely know you<br />
are right, but that is not the<br />
point. Being right doesn’t automatically<br />
protect you. You still<br />
need to prepare yourself for<br />
possible opposition and other<br />
incidents that could happen.<br />
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22).<br />
Men have gone mad from anticipating<br />
what stays out of<br />
reach for too long. Perhaps it<br />
takes a bit of madness to keep<br />
going past a certain point. Is it<br />
really worth it? Much depends<br />
on how much you value the<br />
prize.<br />
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23).<br />
There’s humor in the situation.<br />
In order to see it, though, one<br />
would have to have the funny<br />
kind of mind that needs the<br />
laughter, looks for it, finds it<br />
and is released by it. That’s<br />
you!
<strong>Friday</strong> <strong>28th</strong> <strong>October</strong> <strong>2016</strong> c a r i b b e a n t i m e s . a g 13<br />
Under the Distinguished Patronage of Dame Louise Lake<br />
Tack The Short Term Fund-raising Committee of the St.<br />
John’s Cathedral present The Annual Black Tie Dinner &<br />
Dance. <strong>Friday</strong> <strong>25th</strong> November, <strong>2016</strong>, 7:30 p.m. until. Grand<br />
Royal Antiguan Resort. Price $175.00 Entertainment by the<br />
Specialist Band, Chiki Hi-fi, door prizes, lots of surprises,<br />
including the Master of Ceremonies who is a Priest. Continue<br />
to support our efforts as all funds raised will assist the<br />
ongoing restoration work at our beloved Cathedral.<br />
The St. John’s Branch of the Mothers’ Union invites one and<br />
all to their Goat Water and Souse evening at the Dean William<br />
Lake Car Park St. John’s Street. <strong>Friday</strong> 18th November<br />
<strong>2016</strong> 3-6p.m. Tickets only $15ec. And can be bought from<br />
any member of the organization or at the Deanery Office. All<br />
proceeds in aid of their community outreach programs.<br />
The Helping Hand Foundation will be staging a fundraising<br />
post-independence concert on 5th November, <strong>2016</strong> at<br />
the Mack Pond Playing Field from 5pm – until. The show<br />
will feature top Antigua & Barbuda artists and performers<br />
alongside regional artists. Proceeds from the concert will go<br />
towards funding development programs in the communities<br />
of All Saints, Swetes, John Hughes and Old Road.<br />
The Pastor and members of the Bolans Methodist Church invite<br />
everyone to their annual Harvest Thanksgiving Service<br />
and Cantata on Sunday, 30th <strong>October</strong>, <strong>2016</strong> at the Bolans<br />
Methodist Church, commencing at 10:00 am. Come all and<br />
experience a glorious thanksgiving.<br />
The Liberta Wesleyan Holiness Church invites you to its<br />
Harvest Fun Fair on Saturday November 26th, <strong>2016</strong>, from<br />
12:00pm – 7:00pm on the church grounds in Liberta. There<br />
will be lots of attractions for the children including bounce<br />
castle, face painting, donkey ride. Other attractions include<br />
hat show competition, live music and entertainment. Come<br />
and enjoy an afternoon of food, fun, fellowship and the<br />
bountiful blessings from the Lord. An entry fee of $2:00 will<br />
be charged per person. All proceeds from the fair will go<br />
towards the building of the new sanctuary.<br />
All members of the Antigua and Barbuda Ex-Servicemen<br />
Association, are notified of the monthly general meeting<br />
on Saturday 5 November <strong>2016</strong> at 3 pm at the Association`s<br />
Headquarters on Prime Minister`s Drive. The three items on<br />
the agenda will be: The POPPY APPEAL <strong>2016</strong>; The 35th<br />
National INDEPENDENCE CEREMONY on 1 November<br />
<strong>2016</strong>; The World War I (1914-1918) and World War II<br />
(1939-1945) REMEMBRANCE CEREMONY on 13 November<br />
<strong>2016</strong>. Please be on time or notify the Chairman on<br />
720-0058, the PRO on 721-1970 or the Welfare Officer on<br />
561-1062 of any apologies.<br />
On the 19th November <strong>2016</strong> the Antigua and Barbuda Tourism<br />
Cadets Corps will be hosting a Lunch and Fun Fair at<br />
the House Culture Parliament Drive. As the Tourism Cadets<br />
Corps is nearing the end of the <strong>2016</strong> Program, a cadet’s ability<br />
to effectively manage a project is an integral part of the student’s<br />
success in the program. The Tourism Cadets invite you<br />
to come and experience tomorrow’s Tourism leaders through<br />
song, dance, music and service on November 19th <strong>2016</strong>, Old<br />
Parliament Building. All funds raised will go towards the<br />
graduation which is slated for December 16th <strong>2016</strong>.<br />
All members of the public,corporate citizens, schools,<br />
churches and visitors are requested to support the <strong>2016</strong> annual<br />
poppy appeal, with their voluntary donations, to help<br />
the local national veterans and widows who are in need. This<br />
year`s Remembrance ceremony will be held on Sunday 13<br />
November <strong>2016</strong> at the Cenotaph/ War Memorial. For further<br />
information call the Chairman on 720-0058, the PRO on<br />
721-1970 or the Welfare Officer on 561-1062.<br />
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14 c a r i b b e a n t i m e s . a g<br />
<strong>Friday</strong> <strong>28th</strong> <strong>October</strong> <strong>2016</strong><br />
Dispute over imported players in<br />
ABFA domestic league continues<br />
By Marver Woodley<br />
The debate on the importation<br />
of players during<br />
the Antigua and Barbuda<br />
Football Association domestic<br />
season continued on<br />
Thursday where the <strong>Caribbean</strong><br />
Football Union general<br />
secretary, Neil Cochrane<br />
weighed in on the issue.<br />
Speaking during an appearance<br />
on the Thursday<br />
edition of the Good morning<br />
Jojo Sports show, Cochrane<br />
said that calls on<br />
the outright ban of imported<br />
players is unreasonable<br />
especially given the strides<br />
made towards regional integration.<br />
Cochrane said “I feel it<br />
is a serious disruption when<br />
someone wants to say cut in<br />
total people coming into to<br />
play, it cannot be, not when<br />
we fought and signed all of<br />
these treaties of regional<br />
integration and now people<br />
have come with a skill<br />
certificate to work in your<br />
country that is ridiculous.”<br />
The general secretary<br />
who is a key figure in the<br />
Key Villa said the goal<br />
should be to get all players<br />
into leagues across the region<br />
as the main goal and<br />
to not look at the situation<br />
as a backward step but a<br />
forward moment in the<br />
right direction.<br />
However, Cochrane said<br />
he would support a call for<br />
a cap, to limit the number<br />
of overseas based players<br />
allowed to take to the field<br />
for any one team at the<br />
same time.<br />
Earlier this week coach<br />
of the Liberta Blackhawks,<br />
Rowan Benjamin called<br />
for an outright ban on the<br />
importation of players for<br />
the domestic season saying<br />
that it restricts the development<br />
of young players.<br />
Former player Ivor Luke<br />
was the first to seek out on<br />
the issue saying that the action<br />
should be dismissed,<br />
predicting that more and<br />
more young players will<br />
be neglected by the clubs<br />
making it harder for them<br />
to graduate to the national<br />
teams.<br />
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<strong>Friday</strong> <strong>28th</strong> <strong>October</strong> <strong>2016</strong> c a r i b b e a n t i m e s . a g 15<br />
Sir Viv describes Windies situation as sad<br />
By Marver Woodley<br />
Former West Indies captain<br />
and National Hero, Sir<br />
Vivian Richards believes<br />
players are being affected<br />
by administrative decisions<br />
thus resulting in the team’s<br />
poor performances against<br />
Pakistan in the United Arabs<br />
Emirates.<br />
Speaking on the Good<br />
Morning Jo Jo Sports Show<br />
on Wednesday from the<br />
UAE, Sir Viv noted that the<br />
situation was “sad”.<br />
“Everyone seems to be of<br />
the belief that the administration<br />
in some way has become<br />
totally dictatorial, and is not<br />
a process that I believe some<br />
of the individuals feel totally<br />
comfortable playing under. I<br />
don’t know whether this can<br />
go on for much longer, but<br />
it was just sad, to a degree,<br />
to see some of the guys who<br />
were not quite in it,” he said.<br />
Players, including Kieran<br />
Pollard and Dwayne Bravo,<br />
West Indies team<br />
have slammed the WICB<br />
over their decision to sack<br />
coach Phil Simmons just<br />
before the team was getting<br />
ready to embark on the tough<br />
series against Pakistan an administrative<br />
decision which<br />
supports Sir Viv claims.<br />
The regional squad lost<br />
the opening T20 series 3-0<br />
before going down 3-0 in<br />
the ODI series. They are currently<br />
2-0 down in the three<br />
match Test series.<br />
“I felt like what took<br />
place in the T20 and the<br />
Zonal cricket competition begins<br />
By Marver Woodley<br />
Four teams are currently completing a<br />
seven a side cricket tournament hosted by<br />
the Ministry of Sports.<br />
The four teams which represent four<br />
zones from across the island meet on<br />
Tuesdays and Thursday’s at the Ring Star<br />
Cricket Grounds. Organizers and former<br />
West Indies wicket keeper, Ridley Jacobs<br />
says a number of the country’s top young<br />
players are competing in the new initiative.<br />
“We have four zones East, West, North,<br />
and South and 4 captains for the respective<br />
teams which utilize the four best young<br />
players we have in Antigua.”<br />
The young captains who are no strangers<br />
to representing the game are: Tyron<br />
Williams Jr, Kareema Gore, Koffie James<br />
and Melvin Charles. The organizer also<br />
noted that played for different schools<br />
have come out to compete in the competition.<br />
According to Jacobs the competition<br />
was created to implement off season competition<br />
for the young players as not a lot<br />
of cricket is being played at this time of the<br />
younger category.<br />
The program which started on Tuesday<br />
will continue later today with two matches<br />
starting at 2:30 p.m., each team will face<br />
seven overs with each player on the team<br />
designated to play one.<br />
ODIs is that the guys were<br />
not here, meaning they were<br />
here physically but still not<br />
here mentally. There is a<br />
whole lot still going on in<br />
terms of administration, and<br />
it’s getting a little much in<br />
my view,” Sir Viv said.<br />
The former player<br />
lamented that for the successes<br />
achieved in Bangladesh<br />
during the T20 World<br />
Cup tournament and the<br />
three ways in which Team<br />
West Indies won these competitions<br />
should have at least<br />
looked to push on a little<br />
bit,” he added.<br />
Sir Viv said, however,<br />
there is at least one positive<br />
thus far that has come out of<br />
the Test series in the form of<br />
cohesion.<br />
The third and final Test is<br />
expected to start on <strong>October</strong><br />
30 in Sharjah.
16 c a r i b b e a n t i m e s . a g<br />
<strong>Friday</strong> <strong>28th</strong> <strong>October</strong> <strong>2016</strong><br />
Hope leads runs-spree in series win<br />
KARUNEGALA, Sri<br />
Lanka – Opener Kyle Hope<br />
stroked a sublime hundred<br />
and Chadwick Walton, Assad<br />
Fudadin and Rovman<br />
Powell all chimed in with<br />
half-centuries as West Indies<br />
A ran riot against Sri Lanka<br />
A to post a crushing 109-run<br />
victory in the second unofficial<br />
One-Day International<br />
and clinch the three-match<br />
series here Thursday.<br />
Opting for first knock at<br />
the Welagedara Stadium, the<br />
<strong>Caribbean</strong> side savaged the<br />
Sri Lankan bowling to pile<br />
up 347 for nine off their allotted<br />
50 overs.<br />
Hope carved out 109 off<br />
110 deliveries, opening partner<br />
Walton smashed 70 from<br />
57 balls, Fudadin chipped in<br />
with 57 from 70 balls while<br />
Powell produced a sensational<br />
late blitz with 52 off a<br />
mere 22 deliveries.<br />
Only off-spinner Shehan<br />
Jayasuriya survived the carnage<br />
to emerge with four for<br />
54 from his nine overs.<br />
In reply, Sri Lanka A<br />
were powered by Jayasuriya’s<br />
better than run-a-ball<br />
119 but never properly recovered<br />
from a shaky start<br />
and were dismissed for 238<br />
in the 43rd over.<br />
Charith Asalanka struck<br />
44 and Dasun Shanaka, 32,<br />
as Powell completed a fine<br />
all-round performance when<br />
he picked up three for 44 to<br />
limit the visitors.<br />
Fellow seamers Ronsford<br />
Beaton (2-41) and Kyle<br />
Mayers (2-54) finished with<br />
two wickets apiece.<br />
Energised from their<br />
165-run victory in the opening<br />
game on Tuesday, West<br />
Indies produced a magnificent<br />
start when Hope and<br />
Walton put on 111 off 109<br />
deliveries for the first wicket.<br />
Both right-handers,<br />
Hope counted ten fours and<br />
four sixes while Walton<br />
bludgeoned 11 fours and<br />
two sixes in a rapid innings.<br />
Walton belted three fours<br />
in the second over of the day<br />
bowled by seamer Keshan<br />
Wijerathne and he and Hope<br />
then combined to take 18<br />
from the next over from the<br />
right-armer, the fourth of the<br />
innings.<br />
Jamaican Walton raised<br />
his half-century off 47 deliveries<br />
before celebrating with<br />
three back-to-back boundaries<br />
off off-spinner Danushka<br />
Gunathilaka, in the bowler’s<br />
second over which leaked<br />
12 runs.<br />
When Walton perished<br />
in the 19th over, bowled by<br />
Test left-arm spinner Milinda<br />
Siriwardana, two key<br />
partnerships served to further<br />
galvanise the innings.<br />
Hope added 109 for the<br />
second wicket with Fudadin<br />
before Powell joined<br />
the left-handed Fudadin to<br />
put on a frenetic 66 for the<br />
fourth wicket.<br />
The 28-year-old Hope<br />
reached his second successive<br />
half-century off 64<br />
deliveries when he struck<br />
seamer Dasun Shanaka for<br />
Kyle Hope struck a century.<br />
four and then motored to triple<br />
figures off 41 balls.<br />
He reached the landmark<br />
in style, clearing the ropes<br />
with Shanaka in the 35th<br />
over.<br />
Hope and Andre Fletcher<br />
(3) fell in the space of 18 deliveries<br />
to leave Windies A<br />
on 228 for three but Fudadin<br />
and especially Powell, then<br />
got stuck into Sri Lanka A’s<br />
bowling.<br />
While Fudadin struck a<br />
four and two sixes in a measured<br />
knock, Powell batted<br />
with gay abandon to lash<br />
two fours and six sixes en<br />
route to his second successive<br />
half-century.<br />
In left-arm seamer Binura<br />
Fernando’s seventh over<br />
– the 42nd of the innings –<br />
which cost 24 runs, Powell<br />
clobbered three sixes and a<br />
four, and a six in each of the<br />
next two overs saw him to<br />
his fifty off just 20 balls.<br />
All told, West Indies<br />
gathered 113 runs off the<br />
last ten overs of the innings.<br />
Facing a massive task,<br />
Sri Lanka A stumbled early<br />
when Beaton bowled Sandun<br />
Weerakkody with the<br />
second ball of the innings<br />
without a run on the board,<br />
and then had Gunathilaka<br />
caught at the wicket for one<br />
in his next over with the<br />
score on ten.<br />
Jayasuriya, who counted<br />
11 fours and two sixes in a<br />
113-ball innings, put on 88<br />
for the third wicket with Asalanka<br />
to steady the innings.<br />
But once Asalanka was<br />
run out in the 21st over, Sri<br />
Lanka A lost four wickets<br />
for 61 runs to decline to 159<br />
for six in the 30th over, and<br />
Jayasuirya’s 70-run, seventh<br />
wicket partnership with<br />
Shanaka proved in vain.<br />
(CMC)