Caribbean Times 99th Issue - Thursday 16th February 2017

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ANTIGUA HISTORY 

WEEK “A HIT” 

By Everton Barnes 

The Cultural Department said it is 

very happy with the response by the 

public to the activities marking the 

inaugural staging of Antigua History 

Week. 

Events Coordinator in the Department 

of Culture Gilbert Laudat said the 

feedback from the public has been quite 

good. He made specific reference to the 

lecture delivered by Monica Isaac to 

students of the Christ the King High 

School where the school has requested 

a repeat lecture. Other lectures have 

been equally well received. However, 

due to sports activities in some schools 

this week, their lectures will take place 

next week. 

Additionally, he said Tuesday’s 

event at Table Hill Garden, Liberta, 

where a cultural event took place organized 

jointly by the Nyabinghi Theocracy 

Order and the department was not 

only well attended, but it received very 

good reviews from those in attendance. 

Culture Minister E.P Chet Greene 

gave an undertaking for further collaborations 

with the group and the ministry 

to mount similar activities to promote 

and expose aspects of the country’s 

history and culture. He also promised 

to include the Nyabinghi Order in the 

Antigua History Week for 2018. 

Ras King Frank I of the Nyabinghi 

Order and Chairman of the Antigua and 

Barbuda Reparation Support Commission, 

Dorbrene O’Marde also addressed 

the gathering and discussed the role of 

drumming in African and Caribbean 

societies as well as the importance of 

preserving these aspects of the culture. 

Meanwhile, an exhibition of local 

arts and craft opened at the National 

Museum on Tuesday and it runs until 

Friday. On Wednesday night, the Cultural 

Department partnered with the 

Precision Centre to show three documentaries 

that it produced under its Antigua 

Then outreach. The showing took 

place in the courtyard of the Cultural 

Department. 

Today, a historical display will take 

place at the Cultural Department with 

exhibits depicting what life was like 

Events Coordinator in the Department of 

Culture Gilbert Laudat 

many decades earlier. 

Antigua History Week concludes on 

Friday with an ‘Open Mic and Spoken 

Word’ event at the Cultural Department. 

According to Laudat many people 

have been asking to be part of this activity.

2 c a r i b b e a n t i m e s . a g 

Thursday 16th February 2017 

Weston draws the line with IMF 


The Antigua and Barbuda 

Government and the International 

Monetary Fund (IMF) 

are at loggerheads over the 

way forward for the country 

now that it is coming to the 

end of the IMF assistance programme. 

Minister of State in the 

Ministry of Finance, Senator 

Lennox Weston made the disclosure 

on Wednesday when 

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he opened debate on the 2017 

National Budget in the Upper 

House. 

Weston said the matter 

came to a head when the IMF 

came to discuss economic issues 

with the government in 

January. He said rather than 

being happy with the country’s 

progress, the IMF representative 

was in his word 

‘angry’. 

He drew historical reference 

to Jamaica and Guyana 

which have endured many 

years of IMF prescriptions 

but which are still having serious 

economic difficulties. He 

blamed this on what he called 

the ‘failed Washington Consensus’, 

which is a standard 

IMF recipe of devaluation, reduce 

employment, opening of 

markets to foreign investors 

and selling-off national assets. 

“We thought that the IMF 

would have been happy that 

we are coming out of a hole. 

Instead, I have never seen 

anyone so angry. 

“When they were here the 

last time I had to ask them if 

they felt that this was Michael 

Manley in Jamaica or Cheddi 

Jagan in Guyana,” he reported. 

Weston said the IMF representative 

indicated that he 

had a message but that had to 

be delivered by people senior 

to him as the message supposedly 

had nothing to do with 

economics, but it was political 

as Antigua and Barbuda was 

embarrassing the institution. 

He added that the IMF 

representative noted that the 

government was not servicing 

loans to the Japanese and 

to France and on that basis 

the representative also threatened 

to blacklist the country, 

its Citizenship By Investment 

programme and its investment 

prospects. 

The minister of state indicated 

that the next round 

of meetings is scheduled to 

Well-known felon, Seth Clarke of Bathlodge was sentenced 

to 14 months at Her Majesty’s Prison on Wednesday. 

He appeared before Magistrate Clarke in the St. Johns 

Magistrate’s Court charged with three counts of Assault with 

Intent to do Grievous Bodily Harm. 

He pleaded guilty to all charges and was convicted and 

sentenced to one year on one count, and 14 months each on 

the other counts. His sentences are to run concurrently. 

The Court heard that on the morning of November 16th 

2016, Clarke was spotted by the police in the Ottos area 

dressed in all dark clothing with a bag and acting suspicious. 

He was pursued by the police and in the process of apprehending 

him he armed himself with a cutlass and launched 

an attack at the officers. 

He was shot in the process and taken to the hospital, 

where he was treated and discharged. 

take place in April. He said 

the government will chart its 

own course for development 

irrespective of what reaction 

comes from the IMF. 

He added that the entrepreneurial 

socialism as articulated 

by Prime Minister, 

Gaston Browne, forms part of 

the government’s own vision 

to move Antigua and Barbuda 

forward. 

“We go to the same schools 

that they do. However, we 

live here; we know what is in 

the best interest of our country 

and we will demonstrate that 

to the IMF and the world,” he 

declared. 

On its website, the IMF 

noted that the customary press 

statement that usually follows 

a national economic review 

has been withheld at the request 

of the government. 

The former UPP government 

entered into a 3-year 

IMF loan programme which 

comes to an end this year. 

Clarke sentenced to 14 months 

Seth Clarke

Thursday 16th February 2017 c a r i b b e a n t i m e s . a g 3 

Senator Lovell responds to 

Budget Debate, outlines agenda 

The United Progressive 

Party yesterday issued a 

press release outlining its 

plans to remedy Antigua and 

Barbuda’s economic issues 

identified by Senator Harold 

Lovell in his Senate Budget 

Debate Response. 

Senator Harold Lovell 

laid out a transformative 

agenda for Antigua and Barbuda 

that focuses on the optimization 

of the nation’s untapped 

potential -- creative, 

intellectual and natural resources, 

while emphasizing 

the need to incentivize more 

domestic investment. 

The Press Release indicates 

that UPP Political 

Leader, Lovell raises the bar 

with a number of innovative 

strategies, solutions and incentives 

that will establish 

a strong bond between concept 

of entrepreneurial government 

and the U-conomy. 

This party-coined platform 

is expected “give more 

power to the people” by 

providing sustainable development 

opportunities for 

Antiguan and Barbudan entrepreneurs, 

small businesses 

and partnerships through 

innovative grants and incentives. 

The U-conomy will have 

a recovery and growth agenda 

that focuses on jobs and 

wealth creation, training and 

support for small businesses 

and entrepreneurs and a 

greatly enhanced business 

and investment climate. This 

strategy will ignite an economic 

renaissance and create 

hundreds of jobs, particularly 

within cottage industries 

like farming, agro-processing, 

textile and clothing 

production, food production 

and craft making. 

Lovell also emphasizes 

the need for effective longterm 

planning and increased 

investment in key productive 

sectors such as Tourism, Agriculture, 

ICT and Knowledge 

based industries, while 

exercising greater fiscal discipline 

in infrastructure, affordable 

housing, health and 

education. 

Senator Lovell outlines 

the first phase of a robust National 

Development Agenda 

that the UPP will implement 

to tackle key issues, in light 

of the country’s stagnated 

economy and failed social 

programs. He identifies domestic 

investment, people 

empowerment and the elimination 

of UBT as the key 

strategies for stimulating 

the economy with the main 

goal of “Restoring Pride and 

Prosperity” to Antigua and 

Barbuda. 

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MSJMC to get Cardiology Centre 


The government is exploring 

the possibility of setting 

up a Cardiology Centre 

at the Mount St John’s Medical 

Centre. 

To this end, the Chief 

Medical Officer, Dr. Rhonda 

Sealy-Thomas, the Director 

of the Mount St. John Medical 

Center (MSJMC), Dr. 

Albert Duncan and a visiting 

cardiologist, Dr. Gary Stevens 

were invited to Cabinet 

on Wednesday to address 

an expansion in the health 

services to be offered at the 

MSJMC. 

Dr Stevens, who practices 

heart surgery in the USA 

and who has set-up a cardiology 

center in Guyana, was 

The Pan American Health 

Organization (PAHO)/World 

Health Organization (WHO) 

Director Dr. Carissa F. Etienne 

will make an official 

visit to Antigua Barbuda on 

February 19, 2017. 

During her visit, she will 

meet with the Hon. Gaston 

Browne, Prime Minister of 

Antigua and Barbuda. 

She will also have bilateral 

discussions with Hon. 

Molwyn Joseph, Minister of 

Health and the Environment 

and pay a courtesy visit to 

the Hon. Charles Fernandez, 

Minister of Foreign Affairs, 

International Trade and Immigration. 

On Wednesday February 

22, 2017, Dr. Etienne will be 

invited to Antigua to explore 

the possibilities of replicating 

a cost-saving MSJMC 

Cardiology Center. 

Cabinet spokesman, Lionel 

Max Hurst, said the visiting 

cardiologist explained 

that many people in Antigua 

and Barbuda who suffer 

from hypertension and 

diabetes also suffer from 

blood circulation challenges; 

the inability of the heart 

to send blood to the toes and 

feet usually result in amputations. 

According to the information 

provide, Hurst said, 

the failure of the heart to 

circulate the blood eventually 

results in weakness and 

fatigue, and also early death 

addressing a meeting of the 

cabinet of Ministers where 

she will present the PAHO/ 

WHO vision on Universal 

Health Coverage as well as 

highlight the all of government 

approach necessary for 

the prevention of Non-communicable 

diseases. 

Dr Etienne’s visit coincides 

with the convening of 

the PAHO Annual Caribbean 

Manager’s Meeting which 

will be held for the first time 

in Antigua and Barbuda. 

During this meeting, the 

senior officials of PAHO/ 

WHO in the Caribbean 

will be discussing PAHO’s 

Programmatic & Inter-programmatic 

work within the 

region. 

in patients. 

“By undertaking cardiology 

interventions, including 

expanding the arteries leading 

to and from the heart by 

going through the groin, the 

cardiologist has been able to 

get the heart to pump blood 

to the feet; this operation 

eliminates the need for amputations. 

“The interventions also 

strengthen the arteries and 

improve the functioning of 

the heart by the inclusion of 

stents and other non-surgical 

implantation,” Hurst reported. 

He said babies born with 

holes in the heart can also be 

corrected without the need 

for open heart surgery. The 

PAHO Director to visit Antigua 

PAHO Director Dr. Carissa F. 

Etienne 

On Tuesday February 

21st, Hon. Molwyn Joseph, 

Minister of Health and the 

Environment will address 

the meeting, where he is expected 

to highlight the latest 

achievements of the Government 

in the quest to improve 

the health status of the People 

of Antigua and Barbuda. 

cardiologist reported that 

for every 100,000 people in 

certain populations, at least 

120 people will have need 

for heart surgery. Given the 

cost of such surgeries in the 

USA, the savings from treating 

the disease at a MSJMC 

Cardiology Center would 

result in significant savings 

annually. 

According to Hurst the 

attraction of such a Center, 

in Antigua, to those who 

stand in danger of losing 

limbs from diabetes and 

hypertension, or who may 

suffer heart attacks because 

of resulting heart disease, is 

well worth the cost, the Cabinet 

determined. 

“The attraction to OECS 

countries, where significant 

portions of the population 

suffer from the same illnesses 

as do people in Antigua 

and Barbuda, has already 

been determined. The OECS 

would look to Antigua and 

Barbuda for cardiology care, 

just as the Cancer Care Center 

is intended to serve that 

population, also,” he reported. 

The cost of establishing 

the Center, outfitting it 

with the necessary tools and 

equipment, and staffing it 

with experts is to be determined, 

and brought back to 

Cabinet for a determination. 

The space at the MSJMC has 

already been earmarked, and 

the Ministers were told that 

US$50,000 could result in 

the first operation by the end 

of March 2017.


First Grade Six Empowerment 

Conference hailed a success 

By Joanna Paris 

On Tuesday, the Grade 

6 students at the Green Bay 

Primary School had the 

unique opportunity to benefit 

from a power packed inaugural 

conference, geared 

towards preparing them for 

the 2017 National Assessment 

Examinations and beyond. 

The brainchild of the 

school’s guidance counsellor, 

Karian Christian, the 

first ever “Grade 6 Empowerment 

Conference” was a 

resounding success. 

Speaking to Caribbean 

Times, Christian said that 

she was surprised as well as 

happy about the outcome, 

especially with the positive 

feedback that has been received 

from the students. 

“This was geared towards 

boosting the morale 

of the grade 6 students as 

they prepare for secondary 

school. Our aim is to prepare 

them for not only secondary 

school but their journey to 

adulthood as well. We invited 

four speakers who come 

from various walks of life 

and who have been successful 

in their respective fields 

to speak to the students and 

it went very well”, she said 

Welcome Senator Lake 


The Upper House of Parliament officially welcomed Senator 

Aziza Lake when the senators assembled in the House to 

commence their debate on the 2017 Budget on Wednesday. 

Senator Lake took the oath of office and took the seat 

previously formerly occupied by Wrigley George. 

In welcoming Senator Lake to the Upper House, President 

of the Senate, Alincia Williams–Grant noted that the 

gender balance that was present when the ruling administration 

assumed office, has been restored. 

“I wish to extend warmest greetings and welcome to you, 

you have restored the gender balance that was present in 

2014, we have not exceeded it as yet but we will get there 

eventually”, she said. 

She also encouraged the young Senator to remember her 

duties in the House. 

“My expectations for you is no different than of any of 

the other members present here or those who have passed 

through these hallowed walls. We expect that you will conduct 

yourself with the highest level of professionalism, decorum 

and respect for your peers and respect for the authority 

of the chair”, she indicated. 

happily. 

The speakers included 

local author, motivational 

speaker and entrepreneur, 

Chrys-Ann Ambrose, Football 

coach and former national 

player, Rowan Issac, 

Journalist and entrepreneur, 

Elisa Graham and Journalist, 

former CARICOM Youth 

Ambassador, Cleveroy 

Thomas. 

They addressed a wide 

range of topics to include: 

bullying, eliminating selfdoubt, 

the importance of 

focusing, pursuing their 

dreams and being positive 

role models for their peers. 

The students asked a 

number of questions which 

were gladly answered by the 

speakers. 

The Grade 6 students of 

the T.O.R. Memorial School 

and their Principal, were also 

present as specially invited 

guests. They too expressed 

their satisfaction with the 

positive impact of the inaugural 

conference. 

Christian said that the forum 

will be an annual part of 

the school’s calendar.



Antigua and Barbuda launch world’s first tourism 

social media channel dedicated to romance 


A team from the China 

Civil Engineering Construction 

Company (CCECC) is 

scheduled to arrive on island 

at the end of the month to 

New York, NY – Antigua and Barbuda 

is celebrating Valentine’s Day by 

launching the world’s first tourism social 

media channel, dedicated entirely to romance 

on Facebook. 

Known for being one of the most 

romantic destinations in the world, and 

holding the record for most weddings 

per capita, Antigua and Barbuda has 

launched the Facebook ‘Antigua Barbuda 

Romance’ channel. This new interactive 

platform provides visitors the best 

information and tools for those planning 

their perfect romantic trip. 

The Honorable Asot A. Michael, 

Minister of Tourism, Economic Development, 

Investment and Energy stated, 

“Introducing a ground-breaking new 

platform dedicated to romance is just another 

example of why Antigua and Barbuda 

is awarded time and again for being 

the most romantic Caribbean islands. 

This new initiative cements our position 

as the leading Caribbean weddings 

and honeymoon destination and I 

applaud all of our industry partners for 

helping us to attain this distinction and 

recognition in such an integral market. 

Ultimately, love improves lives, and we 

look forward to helping couples do just 

that with the new platform.” 

Research shows love and healthy relationships 

have been proven to improve 

people’s lives. Benefits range from happiness 

and improved mental well-being 

to bolstering immune levels, to improving 

heart health and helping people to 

live longer. 

The first interactive digital platform 

dedicated to romance by a destination, 

Antigua Barbuda Romance features will 

include: logistics on how to plan the perfect 

destination wedding, honeymoon 

tips, favorite activities, top restaurants, 

and popular beaches. 

Resources include listings for local romance 

vendors including wedding planners, 

photographers and island guides. 

further assess the port as the 

facility prepares for the highly 

anticipated port development 

initiative. Manager of 

the Port, Darwin Telemaque, 

recently told the media that 

Attempted Murder Accused, 

Malvern Nigel James of 

Sea View Farm was remanded 

to Her Majesty’s Prison on 

Wednesday. 

James appeared in the All 

Saints Magistrate’s Court before 

Magistrate Emanuel, charged 

with the Attempted Murder of 

51-year old Glenmore Hughes, 

also of Seaview Farm. His committal 

date is set for May 10th, 

2017. 

He is alleged to have struck 

Hughes in his head during an 

altercation on February 10th at 

Seaview Farm. 

Hughes is still a patient in the 

Intensive Care Unit at the Mount 

St. Johns Medical Center. Police 

are currently conducting further 

investigations into the matter. 

The platform is manned by romance experts 

who provide advice and feedback 

on planning the perfect trip with daily 

posts to inspire and engage followers. 

CEO of the Antigua and Barbuda 

Tourism Authority, Colin C. James explains, 

“This interactive new platform 

allows us to gain valuable customer insights, 

while increasing our brand awareness 

and customer loyalty. Our goal is 

to provide exceptional experiences for 

all visitors each and every time, and we 

believe that this tool is another way to 

provide a richer customer and visitor 

experience. I look forward to additional 

relationship building with our visitors, 

and helping them reap the benefits of romance 

as only the Caribbean can do.” 

As part of the launch, the Antigua and 

Barbuda Tourism Authority is running a 

global month-long sweepstakes for one 

lucky couple from around the world to 

win a romantic 3-night all-inclusive getaway 

to Antigua. 

CCECC officials coming to further assess the port 

Attempted murder accused remanded 

the delegation will comprise 

of 15-17 persons who will 

begin the geo-technical work 

required for the project. 

“A group of Chinese Engineers 

will be here so the project 

is on. We won’t see any 

heavy lifting just yet, but we 

will see it later down so all of 

the designs that will be taking 

place have to be done first, 

this is the engineering and design 

phase”, he indicated. 

He assured that once all 

goes well, the actual preparatory 

construction work should 

begin by the end of May. 

He emphasized that this 

will only happen once the 

technical expectations of the 

Chinese are met. 

Telemaque assured that 

a lot of work is taking place 

behind he scenes to bring the 

project to fruition this year.


PM says crime in Bahamas like the Wild 

West, but Police Chief says there’s no crisis 

NASSAU, The Bahamas 

– Against the backdrop of 

seven murders last weekend 

that pushed the number of 

homicides in the Bahamas 

to 27 so far this year, Prime 

Minister Perry Christie says 

the crime spree reminds him 

of the Wild West and he’s 

calling for a national effort 

to arrest the problem. 

However, Police 

Commissioner Ellison 

Greenslade remains adamant 

that the country is not 

in crisis, rubbishing calls for 

a curfew or the lockdown of 

crime hotspots. 

“It is a falsehood to tell 

the Bahamian public and 

the world at large that the 

Bahamas is in crisis; that is 

nonsense,” he said at a news 

conference. 

“This country is not 

at a stage where the average 

decent citizen has to 

be concerned about being 

attacked,” Commissioner 

Greenslade insisted. 

But in a separate encounter 

with the media, Prime 

WASHINGTON, United States – A Jamaican 

man who threatened to “bash the head” of 

an immigration judge in the United States will 

spend the next three years in federal prison. 

Delroy Anthony McLean, 42, was slapped 

with the prison term yesterday. 

According to prosecutors, he was at a 

hearing at the Stewart Detention Center in 

southwest Georgia, where he was awaiting 

Minister Perry Christie yesterday 

described the situation 

as shocking and called 

for the country to put all necessary 

resources in place to 

reduce the crime scourge. 

“It is insane. It is reminiscent 

of the Wild West 

and it something we must 

get control of as quickly as 

possible. We will be required 

to do much more to have a 

greater capacity to meet the 

challenge that is now posed 

to us, to fully try to understand 

this senseless set of 

killings/retaliation and to 

have our system respond to 

it as quickly as possible in a 

meaningful way,” he said. 

Christie is blaming the 

problem on gangs engaged 

in retaliation, and suggested 

that the response must entail 

a stronger police presence on 

the streets. 

“This madness has to do 

with gangs and retaliation… 

There must be a continuous 

response to it and it has to be 

on flooding the streets with 

officers and equipment to be 

able to intercept and interdict.” 

Commissioner 

Greenslade agreed that the 

young people were at the 

heart of the recent incidents 

of crime, both as victims and 

perpetrators. 

“These are people that 

have fallen through the 

cracks of our society and 

they did not remain in 

school. The ones who did, 

when they got out of school, 

chose to associate with the 

wrong type of company and 

this is ‘tit for tat, you touch 

Jamaican thrown in jail for 

threatening US immigration judge 

deportation, when he made the threat towards 

the judge. 

But he did not stop there, according to an 

Associated Press report. McLean also threatened 

the judge’s husband and repeated his 

comments outside the courtroom. 

He is expected to be deported to his homeland 

at the end of his sentence. (Caribbean360) 

my boy I touch your boy’ 

type of thing.” 

He however went one 

step further and appeared 

to be pointing fingers at the 

judicial system, suggesting 

that the only solution was to 

keep “prolific offenders behind 

bars”. 

“We have a problem, let’s 

not kid ourselves, and that 

problem is prolific offenders 

that are in and out of the system 

who are not prepared to 

not live a life of crime,” the 

police chief said. 

“We have to ensure that 

people that walk around with 

assault weapons and other 

variations of weapons, that 

have raped people, that have 

attempted to rape people, that 

have killed people, that have 

attempted to murder people, 

they should remain…incarcerated 

and have their day 

in court. If we continue the 

way we are going we will 

continue to chase our tails,” 

Commissioner Greenslade 

insisted. (Caribbean360)



Malaysia arrests second suspect 

in North Korean’s death 

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia 

– Malaysian police 

arrested a second woman 

Thursday in the death of Kim 

Jong Nam, the half brother 

of North Korea’s leader who 

was reportedly poisoned this 

week by two female assassins 

as he waited for a flight in 

Malaysia. 

Police chief Khalid Abu 

Bakar confirmed the latest arrest 

to the national Bernama 

news agency and said a statement 

would be released soon. 

Investigators are trying 

to shed light on a death that 

set off set off waves of speculation 

over whether North 

Korea dispatched a hit squad 

to kill a man known for his 

drinking, gambling and complicated 

family life. 

Medical workers completed 

an autopsy late Wednesday, 

but it was not immediately 

clear if or when Malaysia 

would release the findings 

publicly. 

North Korea had objected 

to the autopsy and asked 

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A medical staff member stands at the entrance of the forensic department at a hospital in Kuala 

Lumpur, Malaysia. 

for Kim Jong Nam’s body to 

be returned; Malaysia went 

ahead with the procedure 

anyway as the North did not 

submit a formal protest, said 

Abdul Samah Mat, a senior 

Malaysian police official. 

Also Wednesday, police 

arrested the first suspect in 

the case, a woman carrying 

Vietnamese travel documents 

bearing the name Doan Thi 

Huong. She was picked up at 

the budget terminal of Kuala 

Lumpur International Airport, 

where Kim Jong Nam fell ill 

on Monday morning. It was 

not immediately clear whether 

the passport was genuine. 

She was identified using 

earlier surveillance video 

from the airport, police said. 

Still photos of the video, 

Reach us now with that breaking news! cont’d on pg 9 

confirmed as authentic by 

police, showed a woman in a 

skirt and long-sleeved white 

T-shirt with “LOL” emblazoned 

across the front. 

Kim Jong Nam, who was 

45 or 46, was estranged from 

his younger brother, North 

Korean leader Kim Jong Un, 

and had been living abroad 

for years. He reportedly fell 

out of favor when he was 

caught trying to enter Japan 

on a false passport in 2001, 

saying he wanted to visit Tokyo 

Disneyland. 

According to two senior 

Malaysian government officials, 

who spoke on condition 

of anonymity because the 

case involves sensitive diplomacy, 

the elder Kim died en


cont’d from pg 8 

route to a hospital on Monday 

after suddenly falling ill at the 

airport’s budget terminal. 

He told medical workers 

before he died that he had 

been attacked with a chemical 

spray at the airport, the Malaysian 

officials said. Multiple 

South Korean media reports, 

citing unidentified sources, 

said two women believed to 

be North Korean agents killed 

him with some kind of poison 

before fleeing in a taxi. 

Police said they were 

hunting for more suspects. No 

further details were released. 

Since taking power in late 

2011, Kim Jong Un has executed 

or purged a number of 

high-level government officials 

in what the South Korean 

government has described 

as a “reign of terror.” 

South Korea’s spy agency, 

the National Intelligence 

Service, said Wednesday that 

North Korea had been trying 

for five years to kill Kim Jong 

Nam. 

The NIS did not definitively 

say that North Korea was 

behind the killing, just that it 

was presumed to be a North 

Korean operation, according 

to lawmakers who briefed reporters 

about the closed-door 

meeting with the spy officials. 

The NIS also cited a “genuine” 

attempt by North Korea 

to kill Kim Jong Nam in 2012, 

the lawmakers said. The NIS 

told them that Kim Jong Nam 

sent a letter to Kim Jong Un 

in April 2012, after the assassination 

attempt, begging for 

the lives of himself and his 

family. 

The letter said: “I hope 

you cancel the order for the 

punishment of me and my 

family. We have nowhere to 

go, nowhere to hide, and we 

know that the only way to escape 

is committing suicide.” 

Although Kim Jong Nam 

had been originally tipped by 

some outsiders as a possible 

successor to his late dictator 

father, Kim Jong Il, others 

thought that was unlikely 

because he lived outside the 

country, including recently in 

Macau. 

He also frequented casinos, 

five-star hotels and traveled 

around Asia, with little 

say in North Korean affairs. 

But his attempt to visit 

Tokyo Disneyland reportedly 

soured North Korea’s leadership 

on his potential as a successor. 

Kim Jong Nam had said 

he had no political ambitions, 

although he was publicly critical 

of the North Korean regime 

and his half brother’s legitimacy 

in the past. In 2010, 

he was quoted in Japanese 

media as saying he opposed 

dynastic succession in North 

Korea. 

Among Kim Jong Un’s executions 

and purges, the most 

spectacular was the 2013 execution 

of his uncle, Jang Song 

Thaek, once considered the 

country’s second-most powerful 

man, for what the North 

alleged was treason. (AP) 

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Immigrant workers and their 

families to protest by staying home 

PHILADELPHIA -- Organizers 

in cities across the 

U.S. are telling immigrants 

to miss class, miss work 

and not shop on Thursday 

as a way to show the country 

how important they are 

to America’s economy and 

way of life. 

“A Day Without Immigrants” 

actions are planned 

in cities including Philadelphia, 

Washington, Boston 

and Austin, Texas. 

The protest comes in response 

to President Donald 

Trump and his 1-month-old 

administration. The Republican 

president has pledged 

to increase deportation of 

immigrants living in the 

country illegally, build a 

wall along the Mexican border, 

and ban people from 

certain majority-Muslim 

countries from coming into 

the U.S. He also has blamed 

high unemployment on immigration. 

Employers and institutions 

in some cities were 

already expressing solidarity 

Wednesday with immigrant 

workers. Washington 

restaurateur John Andrade 

said he would close his businesses 

Thursday, and David 

Suro, owner of Tequilas 

Restaurant in Philadelphia 

and a Mexican immigrant, 

said he also planned to participate. 

The Davis Museum at 

Wellesley College in Massachusetts 

said it would 

remove or shroud all artwork 

created or given by 

immigrants to the museum 

through Feb. 21. 

In New Mexico, the state 

with the largest percentage 

of Hispanic residents in 

the nation, school officials 

worried that hundreds of 

students may stay home on 

Thursday. 

“We respectfully ask all 

parents to acknowledge that 

students need to be in class 

every day to benefit from 

the education they are guaranteed 

and to avoid falling 

behind in school and life,” 

principals with the Albuquerque 

Public Schools 

wrote in a letter to parents. 

Students who take part 

in the protest will receive 

an unexcused absence, Albuquerque 

school officials 

said. 

Organizers in Philadelphia 

said they expect hundreds 

of workers and families 

to participate. 

“Our goal is to highlight 

the need for Philadelphia 

to expand policies that stop 

criminalizing communities 

of color,” said Erika 

Almiron, executive director 

of Juntos, a nonprofit 

group that works with the 

Latino immigrant community. 

“What would happen if 

massive raids did happen? 

What would the city look 

like?” 

Almiron said that while 

community groups have not 

seen an uptick in immigration 

raids in the city, residents 

are concerned about 

the possibility. 

Philadelphia Mayor Jim 

Kenney is among leaders 

in several cities nationwide 

who have vowed to maintain 

their “sanctuary city” 

status and decline to help 

federal law enforcement 

with deportation efforts. 

Many people who make 

the choice to skip work 

Thursday will not be paid 

in their absence, but social 

media posts encouraging 

participation stressed that 

the cause is worth the sacrifice. 

(AP)


Wednesday’s Sudoku Solution 

S U D O K U 

CROSSWORD 

Across 

1. Resorts 

5. Peaceful 

9. Slugger Hank ____ 

14. Heavenly instrument 

15. Lotion ingredient 

16. The things there 

17. Painful cry 

18. Conference of peers 

20. In addition 

21. Withstand 

22. Lawn material 

23. Pretense 

25. Pen fluid 

27. Accent 

30. Debtor’s opposite 

35. Moved upward 

36. Exclamation of woe 

37. Noblewoman 

38. Recent (prefix) 

39. Cottage cheese’s kin 

42. Syrup source 

43. Assigned job 

45. Cotton machines 

46. Wash 

48. Frame of mind 

50. Breakfast food 

51. Gun lobby (abbr.) 

52. Carbonated beverage 

53. Donkey 

56. Motor 

59. Bankrupt 

63. Newt, e.g. 

65. Machu Picchu dweller 

66. Pedro’s friend 

67. Guinness of “Star Wars” 

68. Genesis man 

69. ____ Pan 

70. “The Way We ____” 

71. Alaskan city 

Down 

1. Oxford, e.g. 

2. Actor ____ Newman 

3. Circle sections 

4. Ball-shaped objects 

5. Pet 

6. Unattended 

7. Ear-splitting 

8. List of choices 

9. Show up 

10. I see! 

11. Steals from 

12. Capital of Norway 

13. Require 

19. Most arid 

24. ____-friendly 

26. Baby goat 

27. Christmas visitor 

28. Goody 

29. Hen’s perch 

30. Exact copy 

31. Squealers 

32. A sense 

33. ____ Beach (D-Day site) 

34. Drive off 

36. Amino ____ 

40. Large lizard 

41. Asleep 

44. Relatives 

47. Horse breed 

49. Earth vibration 

50. Compel 

52. Scornful expression 

53. Right away (abbr.) 

54. Unchanged 

55. Cut 

57. Nibble 

58. Not active 

60. Take apart 

61. Con game 

62. Not wild 

64. Vital statistic



Today’s weather forecast 

Antigua and Barbuda 

Partly cloudy skies. 

High - 81ºF 

Low - 72ºF 

Wind: East South East 9 mph 

Sunrise 6.32 am; Sunset 6.09 pm 

Wednesday’s Crossword Solution 

HOROSCOPE 

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 

18). You decided upon a particular 

goal long ago but never 

could quite figure out how to 

fit the steps toward accomplishment 

into your life. That’s 

because the timing wasn’t as 

good as it is now. Try again. 

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). 

You could change history just 

by saying yes. It follows that 

you can also change it by saying 

no. Today brings the rare 

black-and-white decision. 

Only say yes if you can say it 

emphatically. 

ARIES (March 21-April 19). 

Contributing to the peace of 

the world will not require 

a grand gesture, just a little 

tolerance. Here’s one sample 

recipe: 1. Leave well enough 

alone. 2. Don’t fix what isn’t 

broken. 3. Mind your own 

business. 

TAURUS (April 20-May 20). 

You’ll have to spend some 

money to go to the next level 

in a study, hobby or project. Is 

this really an expense, though, 

or is it a worthy investment in 

who you are? 

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). You 

can’t take people at face value. 

The quiet ones might be concealing 

big emotion; the sweet 

ones can have a delightfully 

wicked edge; the funny ones 

get sad; the sad ones get funny. 

You wouldn’t have it any 

other way. 

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). 

What you love will reward 

you for loving it. Try it and 

see. Also, be mindful of your 

loving style. Try to match it up 

with the preferences of your 

beloved over your own. 

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). As 

the world becomes increasingly 

litigious the contracts made 

in conversation seem less important 

to some. That’s why 

people who keep their word 

are superstars of good character. 

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). 

Those with beautiful superficiality 

may also have deep beauty. 

Give it whirl and find out. 

You’ll sense the true depth of 

a person inside five minutes of 

conversation. 

GEMINI (May 21-June 21). 

It’s going to take an unrelentingly 

positive attitude to push 

through these early stages of a 

difficult project. Soon enough, 

you’ll be able to quit manufacturing 

cheer, because you’ll 

have enough actual positive 

reasons to continue. 

CANCER (June 22-July 22). 

You’re innovative in your attempt 

to solve problems big 

and small. Right now, while 

you’re busy doing it, there’s 

someone out there saying it 

can’t be done. 

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22- 

Dec. 21). Today will bring 

a series of inspired blunders 

and, like a skilled detective 

(Clouseau or Columbo), your 

unassuming ways will allow 

for the solving of a mystery. 

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 

19). You may know experts 

and gurus, but your own personal 

history is by far your 

greatest teacher. Future success 

will depend on today’s 

review of what you did right, 

and what you could have done 

differently.


All members of the Executive of the Antigua and Barbuda 

Ex-Servicemen Association are reminded of the monthly 

meeting, to be held on Tuesday 21 February 2017 at 5 pm, 

at the Association`s Headquarters "Leah House" on Prime 

Minister`s Drive. Please be on time or notify the Chairman 

on 720-0058, PRO on 721-1970 or the Secretary on 723- 

3452 of your apologies. 

Bring along your picnic blankets and folding chairs and enjoy 

a relaxing evening on the lawn watching a movie or just 

mingling with a bowl of delicious hot soup at the South Zone 

Planning Committee of the Anglican Church's Pre-Lenten 

Water Night and Movie on Friday, February 24, 2017 from 

6 pm to 9 pm at All Saints Anglican Rectory Grounds, Matthews 

Road, All Saints. The contribution is only $10. Patrons 

will have a choice of various types of soups. There will 

be Hot Dogs, Cupcakes, Popcorn and a bounce castle. Beverages 

will also be on sale. Tickets are available from Parish 

Priests and members of South Zone Planning Committee. 

All registered members of the Antigua Barbuda Amateur 

Bodybuilding & Weightlifting Federation please take note 

that Election for the post of Vice President will be held on 

4th March, 2017 at the ABI Financial Building, 2nd Floor, 

Redcliffe Street, St John's, Antigua at 6:00 p.m. sharp. 

The fundraising post Valentines for Antigua & Barbuda Diabetes 

Association is now rescheduled for Tuesday 21st February, 

2017 from 4:00-6:00pm. 

TO ALL MEMBERS OF THE ANTIGUA AND BARBU- 

DA SCOUT ASSOCIATION Notice is hereby given, in 

accordance with Section IV(4)(b) of the Constitution, that 

the ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of the Antigua and 

Barbuda Branch of the Scout Association will be held at 

Government House (located on Independence Avenue) on 

Thursday 23rd February 2017 at 5:00 p.m. All Members are 

invited to attend and to be punctual. Members are reminded 

that subscriptions for 2017 are now due and payable. 

SNAIL NOTICE 

Have you seen the Giant African Snail in your home or community? 

If so, follow these 3 easy steps: 

1. Put on protective gloves 

2. Collect snails and place them in a secure covered container 

with some salt. 

3. Call the Plant Protection Unit at 462-6776 or 462-6777 for 

advice on disposal 

ABSSB SELF EMPLOYED NOTICE 

The Social Security Board wishes to advise all self employed 

persons that their declared earnings shall not be less 

than the minimum wage, and are reminded that their Social 

Security contributions rate remains at 10%. 

VACANCIES REGISTERED at OSEC 

1) RESERVATIONS AGENT 

• Two years experience in a similar role 

• Must be flexible 

• Strong administrative/clerical experience & Computer 

knowledge 

• Customer Service oriented 

• Great written and oral communication skills 

• Experience in the tourism/hospitality industry a plus 

• Must own vehicle 

• Potential for growth & advancement within the company 

2) CUTTER (Meat Products) 

• Cutting up of frozen meats and other items using the Bandsaw 

• 2 to 3 years experience 

• Must have experience using the Bandsaw 

• Hours on a Shift Basis – Full-time 

• Salary commensurable to qualifications 

3) INVENTORY CLERK 

• Two years experience in a similar role 

• Must be flexible 

• Experience using Adobe Photoshop, InDesign and Illustrator 

a plus 

• Experience with inventory/accounting computer systems 

If you are currently registered at OSEC and interested in a 

listed vacancy, kindly contact OSEC. If you are NOT registered 

with OSEC you may call the centre for more information 

on registration requirements. Our centre is located on 

Old Parham Road in the Ryan’s Building, next to Antigua 

Motors. OSEC telephone numbers are 5628533/34/35. 

Kindly note that the DEADLINE FOR ALL APPLICA- 

TIONS is Friday 17th February, 2017 

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Rebels edge out United, Ovals 2 trump Ottos Officials 

By Carlena Knight 

Antigua Home and Office Depot 

Rebels edged out Kenneth A. Gomez 

Christos United, 48-45 on Tuesday night 

at the JSC Sports Complex. 

The Division 2 matchup went down 

to the wire where a three-point bomber 

from Curtis Daniel sealed the much-needed 

victory for Rebels. Daniel finished the 

game with 11 points and 14 rebounds. 

Gabriel Perez however was the leading 

scorer with 15 points and 13 rebounds. 

Teammates, Tindal Telemaque 

and Kirwan Peterson chipped in with 9 

points and 11 rebounds and 8 assists. 

F and G Trading Cuties Ovals Ojays 

2 also found themselves in the Winners 

Circle winning quite convincingly over 

Cuties Ottos Officials, 60-41. 

Keddie Martin was an unstoppable 

By Marver Woodley 

As the dust settles on the 

Antigua and Barbuda Football 

Association 2016/2017 

season Tuesday’s games were 

without flavor and flare. 

The five games which 

were played all failed to 

bring the same amount of action 

experienced in the past 

weeks. Bolans was the only 

team who kept their eye on 

the prize giving Garden Stars 

true competition to win the 

encounter 6-2. 

Two of Bolans players successfully 

braced the back of 

the nets during their 90 minutes 

of play. Kujahri Thomas, 

and Joel Martin netted twice 

each while Andrew Martin 

and Leon Alfred scored one 

each. Meanwhile Claudius 

Phillip and Keyon Charles 

where the lucky strikers for 

Garden Stars. 

Freemans Village match 

up against Aston Villa resulted 

in a 1-nil result with Villa 

at the winning end, the sane 

was for Urlings and Willikies 

with the latter being the 

winner. Also, following the 

pattern was Swetes encounter 

against Five Islands with the 

latter once again being at the 

better end if the result. 


Despite the ongoing disputes 

over a proper facility for 

our athletes locally, another 

athlete has qualified for the 

Games. 

Abigail Dyett is now the 

8th athlete to have qualified 

for the Carifta Games in Curacao. 

Dyett who competed 

last weekend at another development 

meet held at YAS- 

force with 19 points and 8 rebounds for 

the victors. 

He was assisted by Percy Adams with 

13 points and Michael Jeffers with 10. 

Nino Williamson also of Ojays grabbed 

8 rebounds. 

Officials’ Gija George had 12 points 

and 13 rebounds and was assisted by 

Kareem Jacobs with 11 points and 12 rebounds 

in a losing effort. 

Bolans keeps hope alive in ABFA games’ last hours 

The last game of the day 

was between All Saints United 

and Ottos Rangers ending 

2-nil. United had the better 

end with strikes coming from 

teammates Keron Richards 

and Terry Roberts in the 58th 

and 80th minutes respectively. 

Games will continue tomorrow 

when Lion Hill go 

up against Hon.Molwyn Joseph 

Bendals, Potters Tigers 

match up against Hill Top and 

Point Wets Ham’s encounter 

against Fort Road in the First 

Division. 

The lone Second Division 

match will be between Blue 

Jays and Seaview Farm. 

Dyett becomes 8th athlete 

to qualify for Carifta 

CO ran an impressive time of 

11.77 seconds in the Under 18 

girls 100m. 

She will join the other seven 

athletes, Kalique St. Jean, 

Harlen Jones, Sheldon Noble, 

Jalen Dyett, Joella Lloyd, Taeco 

Ogarro and Dahlia Barnes 

who would have qualified in 

other meets previously. 

The Games will be held 

over the Easter weekend.


ABAA to host elections later today 

By Marver Woodley 

2017 has been earmarked 

as the year of election and the 

Antigua and Barbuda Athletics 

Association is next on the 

list to host their elections. 

The elections will be held 

later this evening at the Eastern 

Caribbean Amalgamated 

Bank, ECBA, located on 

Redcliff Street starting at 6:30 

p.m. 

Surprisingly the top position 

of for grabs during the 

elections will have the least 

action as the former President 

of the Athletics Association 

Everton Cornelius will be unchallenged 

for the position. 

According to reports it 

was announced on Tuesday 

by the Associations Secretary, 

Les Williams that no one has 

step forward to challenge him 

for the position during the 


Liberta Primary picked up double victories 

on Tuesday afternoon at the JSC Sports Complex 

in the Cool and Smooth Inter-School Basketball 

league. 

In the Mini-Boys Primary Division, Liberta 

defeated S.R. Olivia David Primary, 28-7 with 

Macoy Browne scoring 12 points for the victors. 

J. Jackson of Olivia David had 7 points. 

The females followed suit putting away 

elections, as such he would 

most likely be reelected. 

According to the timeline 

given for persons desirous of 

campaigning the two-week 

period ended on Tuesday and 

according to the organizations 

constitution only members of 

the body are elidable to vote 

later this evening. 

Liberta Primary pick up double 

victories in School Basketball 

Villa Primary, 9-2. 

Destiny Francis had 4 points for Liberta 

while Shenel Samuel scored 2 points for Villa. 

In the other match up that day, Ottos Comprehensive 

trumped St. Joseph’s Academy, 

62-49 with Javon Simon and Lincoln Weekes 

leading the way with 32 and 18 points respectively. 

Tehran Zachariah of SJA had 20 points 

while Reginald Barnes assisted with 12 points.



Ruthless Scorpions crush Red Force 

ST JOHN’S, Antigua – Scintillating 

maiden hundreds by Chadwick Walton 

and Jermaine Blackwood catapulted 

Jamaica Scorpions into the Regional 

Super50 final with a crushing 292-run 

victory over reigning champions Trinidad 

and Tobago Red Force, in a lopsided 

semi-final under lights last night. 

Walton belted 117 from 96 deliveries 

and Blackwood, an unbeaten 108 from 

88 balls as Scorpions, sent in at Coolidge 

Cricket Ground, amassed a record 434 

for four off their 50 overs. 

All-rounder Rovman Powell smashed 

an astonishing 45-ball 95 while lefthander 

opener Steven Taylor blasted 88 

from 71 deliveries, two innings which 

helped propel Scorpions to the highest-ever 

total in regional 50 overs cricket 

– eclipsing the 409 by Trinidad against 

North Windwards 16 years ago. 

The total was also the ninth highest in 

the history of List A and represented only 

the second time a team had passed 400 in 

regional competition. 

In reply, Red Force never showed 

any signs of producing the miracle needed 

and were bundled out for an embarrassing 

141 off 26.3 overs, slumping to 

the fourth heaviest defeat ever in List A 

cricket. 

Jason Mohammed extended his form 

with a fighting run-a-ball unbeaten 62 

and captain Denesh Ramdin weighed in 

with 27, but Red Force never really recovered 

after sliding to 40 for four in the 

seventh over. 

Powell returned with his varied seam 

to destroy the innings with a brilliant 

spell of five for 36 and claim the Manof-the-Match 

award, while the new-ball 

pair of Jerome Taylor (3-27) and Renard 

Leveridge (2-31) provided excellent support. 

Starting as favourites, Red Force had 

the game swiftly taken away from them 

as Scorpions stunned them with an exhibition 

of astonishing hitting. 

The run-spree began in an entertaining 

opening stand of 174 between Wal- 

Rovman Powell hit 95 off 45 balls 

ton and Taylor, was sustained courtesy 

of a 95-run second wicket stand between 

Blackwood and Walton, and capped off 

in a jaw-dropping third wicket partnership 

of 163 between Blackwood and 

Powell. 

The left-handed Taylor gave Scorpions 

a flying start, racing to his half-century 

in the 11th over off 35 balls. In the 

sixth over of the innings, he combined 

with Walton to take 25 runs from Ravi 

Rampaul’s third over as the seamer 

leaked 43 runs from his first three overs. 

They raised the 100-run stand in the 

12th over and had mustered the highest 

opening partnership of the tournament 

when Taylor sliced a drive to Kjorn Ottley 

at point off off-spinner Jason Mohammed, 

to depart in the 22nd over. 

All told, the American struck eight 

fours and five sixes. 

Walton’s fifty, meanwhile, came in 

the 13th over off 32 deliveries and he 

required only another 52 balls to reach 

triple figures in the 32nd over, before falling 

lbw to leg-spinner Imran Khan four 

overs later after striking nine fours and 

and seven sixes. 

Powell then joined Blackwood 

to ruthlessly rip apart the Red Force 

bowling. Blackwood, who counted six 

fours and six sixes overall, reached his 

half-century off 44 balls with three fours 

and four sixes before storming to three 

figures off a mere 79 balls. 

The right-handed Powell was imperious, 

striking six fours and nine giant sixes 

as he raced to his fifty off just 25 balls 

— reaching the landmark with a six over 

mid-wicket off leg-spinner Imran Khan 

in the 44th over. 

He was within touching distance of 

a century when he missed a heave at 

Rampaul (2-83) in the final over and was 

bowled. Together, Blackwood and Powell 

plundered 128 runs from the last ten 

overs. 

Needing a hasty start, Red Force got 

21 off the first two overs before Taylor 

and Leveridge crippled the top order with 

key strikes. 

The dangerous Evin Lewis hit three 

fours and a six in 17 before nicking a 

booming drive behind off Taylor in the 

third over and his opening partner Kyle 

Hope followed in the sixth over for 16 at 

38 for two, tamely pulling Leveridge to 

captain Nikita Miller at mid-wicket. 

Three balls later in the same over with 

one run added, Leveridge removed Kjorn 

Ottley for one to the second of five catches 

by wicketkeeper Walton and Taylor 

then trapped Nicholas Alexis lbw without 

scoring in the next over to leave Red 

Force in strife. 

Mohammed and Ramdin attempted a 

rescue mission by adding 63 for the fifth 

wicket, temporarily reviving Red Force’s 

hopes. The right-handed Mohammed hit 

seven fours and a six while Ramdin gathered 

four boundaries, in a partnership 

which took Red Force past 100. 

However, once Ramdin was caught at 

the wicket trying to run one from Powell 

to third man in the 18th over, the innings 

collapsed spectacularly as Powell clinically 

destroyed the lower order to send 

the last six wickets tumbling for 39 runs. 

(CMC)

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