Caribbean Times 5th Issue - Friday 24th February 2017
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<strong>Friday</strong> <strong>24th</strong> <strong>February</strong> <strong>2017</strong> A n t i g u a a n d B a r b u d a<br />
Vol.9 No.5 $2.00<br />
EARLY CHILDHOOD<br />
DEVELOPMENT GETS<br />
EC$5.5M DONATION<br />
See story<br />
on Page 2
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<strong>Friday</strong> <strong>24th</strong> <strong>February</strong> <strong>2017</strong><br />
$5.5 Million donated to Early<br />
Childhood Development<br />
By Justin Peters<br />
The community of<br />
Buckleys will soon benefit<br />
from a state of the art Early<br />
Childhood Centre and<br />
Community Centre to serve<br />
Buckley and the surrounding<br />
communities such as<br />
Swetes and John Hughes,<br />
aiding those without the<br />
Editor’s Note<br />
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means necessary to afford<br />
Pre-school services.<br />
Children will be able to<br />
attend pre-school for free<br />
once the project is complete<br />
thanks to a timely donation<br />
of $5.5 Million EC or $2<br />
Million US from the Maria<br />
Holder Memorial Trust, a<br />
non-profit organization out<br />
of Barbados.<br />
Yesterday, the Ministry<br />
of Education signed the<br />
official agreement with the<br />
Maria Holder Memorial<br />
Trust for the construction<br />
of a Preschool and Early<br />
Childhood Development<br />
Centre in the Buckleys<br />
Community.<br />
The co-operative project<br />
would see the government<br />
providing the lands for<br />
development and the Maria<br />
Holder Memorial Trust<br />
providing the funding.<br />
Now in the preliminary<br />
stages, the concept drawings<br />
have been completed,<br />
with full technical drawings<br />
showing electrical<br />
wiring diagrams expected<br />
to be completed shortly.<br />
The project would be<br />
expected to take off shortly<br />
after that with the expected<br />
completion time being approximately<br />
18 months.<br />
Present for the signing<br />
were the Minister of<br />
Education, Science and<br />
Technology, Honourable<br />
Michael Browne, Minister<br />
of Social Transformation,<br />
Honourable Samantha<br />
Marshall, Director of Education,<br />
Mr. Clare Browne,<br />
cont’d on pg 3
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cont’d from pg 2<br />
Permanent Secretary in<br />
the Ministry of Education,<br />
Science and Technology,<br />
Ms. Rosa Greenaway, and<br />
Project Manager from Maria<br />
Holder Memorial Trust,<br />
Ms. Donna Clarke.<br />
The Maria Holder Memorial<br />
Trust is a charity<br />
organization which focuses<br />
on Education, Culture and<br />
the Arts, Health, Poverty<br />
Prevention and very soon<br />
the elderly.<br />
The organization has<br />
also embarked on a project<br />
with the Ministry of Health<br />
that will be revealed soon.<br />
Minister Browne commented<br />
that although the<br />
centre is one of a number of<br />
Minister of Education, the Hon.,<br />
Michael Browne<br />
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<strong>Friday</strong> <strong>24th</strong> <strong>February</strong> <strong>2017</strong><br />
DCA permission granted for enabling<br />
works: Callaloo Cay prepares for Phase One<br />
Principals of Callaloo<br />
Cay will host an intimate<br />
event to signal the commencement<br />
of work on<br />
their project at Morris Bay,<br />
Old Road on Tuesday 28 th<br />
<strong>February</strong>. Pre-construction<br />
work will begin on the first<br />
phase of the multi-phase<br />
project.<br />
Callaloo Cay’s Senior<br />
Vice President of Business<br />
Development Mr. Dawood<br />
Shah says the milestone<br />
moment is one that is anticipated<br />
with extreme joy.<br />
“For the last two years, we<br />
have done everything required<br />
to fulfil the law of<br />
the land, to work with the<br />
community, and to ensure<br />
that the environment will<br />
be respected. We are delighted!”<br />
The announcement of<br />
the ground-breaking event<br />
follows the fulfilment of a<br />
number of requisites.<br />
Concept drawings were<br />
submitted to the DCA and<br />
were approved “in principle”.<br />
Following the mandate<br />
to conduct an Environmental<br />
Impact Study (EIA) and<br />
the resulting review by the<br />
Department of the Environment,<br />
recommendations<br />
to conduct a hydrological<br />
study and to engage an<br />
environmental consultant<br />
were instituted with the<br />
hiring of hydrologist Mr.<br />
Fazir Khan of Trinidadian<br />
company Alpha Engineering<br />
and local environmental<br />
consultant Ms. Lucia<br />
Mings.<br />
A second community<br />
consultation revealed<br />
continued reservation and<br />
concern regarding environmental<br />
mitigation measures.<br />
In response, an Environmental<br />
Advisory Committee<br />
comprising government<br />
departments, developer,<br />
and community members<br />
was convened with the objective<br />
of ensuring transparency,<br />
facilitating open<br />
communication and finding<br />
solutions to current environmental<br />
concerns, as<br />
well potential future issues.<br />
Since the <strong>February</strong> 2 nd<br />
Environmental Advisory<br />
Committee meeting, additional<br />
input of coastal engineer<br />
Mr. Everon Zacchariah<br />
on infrastructural design<br />
ideas suggested by hydrologist<br />
Fazir Khan have been<br />
added to the designs and<br />
submitted to the DCA.<br />
As the company proceeds<br />
with its plans, DCA<br />
Chief Town and Country<br />
Planner Mr. Frederick<br />
Southwell confirms that<br />
permission has been granted<br />
for enabling or preconstruction<br />
works at this time<br />
and says “the project is<br />
being carefully monitored,<br />
and is moving forward in<br />
a way that will best safeguard<br />
the environment.”<br />
He adds that “the<br />
knowledge of the community<br />
members and historical<br />
concerns are being taken<br />
into account.<br />
“There are checks and<br />
balances to ensure that the<br />
developer is complying<br />
with regulations at every<br />
step of the way.”<br />
In the next stage, Callaloo<br />
Cay will have to submit<br />
detailed construction<br />
drawings to the DCA in<br />
order for approval to be<br />
granted for construction to<br />
commence.
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<strong>Friday</strong> <strong>24th</strong> <strong>February</strong> <strong>2017</strong><br />
Port Manager outlines port<br />
developments at a major forum in Miami<br />
By Joanna Paris<br />
Port Manager, Darwin Telemaque is<br />
currently representing the twin island<br />
at the O.A.S Hemispheric Conference<br />
on Port Competitiveness and Security<br />
taking place in Miami, Florida.<br />
The conference is taking place under<br />
the theme “Finding the right balance”.<br />
Telemaque made a presentation<br />
highlighting the strides of the Antigua<br />
Port Authority to date.<br />
The port authority was among 28 facilities<br />
from South, Central and North<br />
America along with the <strong>Caribbean</strong> and<br />
Spain being represented at the forum.<br />
The Port manager told <strong>Caribbean</strong><br />
<strong>Times</strong> that the presentation “highlighted<br />
growth strategies, innovative concepts<br />
and the strong focus on human<br />
resource capacity development”.<br />
Emphasis was also placed on the<br />
significant impact of the functioning<br />
and effective corporate governance<br />
structure, which exists at the port.<br />
The structure led by the Prime Minister<br />
and Minister of Finance, the Hon.<br />
Gaston Browne and capably supported<br />
By Everton Barnes<br />
The Antigua Public Utilities<br />
Authority (APUA) is<br />
pushing ahead with its efforts<br />
to provide high speed<br />
internet services to residents<br />
and businesses on Antigua.<br />
Utilities Minister, Sir<br />
Robin Yearwood confirmed<br />
that currently, the APUA is<br />
laying its fiber-optic cables<br />
in Yorks Village and on the<br />
north side of Antigua including<br />
Hodges Bay and other<br />
by the Chairman of the Board of Directors<br />
Senator Mary-Claire Hurst and the<br />
board of commissioners.<br />
The Port Manager highlighted the<br />
effort of the Port Management team<br />
and staff in working towards improving<br />
the port’s position. Telemaque also<br />
discussed the highly anticipated Port<br />
Development project with those in attendance.<br />
residential areas.<br />
Discussions on the progress<br />
being made to upgrade<br />
the telecommunication services<br />
were held at the Cabinet<br />
on Wednesday when<br />
the Telephone Manager of<br />
APUA, Vaughn Browne,<br />
was invited to attend.<br />
He revealed that APUA<br />
intends to complete the entire<br />
island in a few weeks—<br />
depending on weather and<br />
other conditions. APUA will<br />
then step-up its marketing<br />
campaign once it is able to<br />
offer the high-speed service.<br />
He said APUA has commenced<br />
pre-registration of<br />
households and businesses—across<br />
the country--that<br />
are interested in accessing<br />
the faster service as soon as<br />
it becomes available in their<br />
neighbourhoods.<br />
Reports from the Cabinet<br />
said APUA has also<br />
recognized the need to have<br />
He also gave the participants an<br />
overview of the developments taking<br />
place in the country’s maritime environment,<br />
supported by the Antigua<br />
and Barbuda Department of Maritime<br />
Shipping and Marine Services.<br />
Allison Jean of St Lucia, Andreas<br />
Talgarth of Suriname and Alessandro<br />
OK of Port Buenos Aires, Argentina<br />
were also presenters at the conference.<br />
Island-wide High Speed Internet coming<br />
more trained technicians to<br />
service customers’ needs. It<br />
has partnered with ABIIT<br />
to train more than 20 staff<br />
members, and will enter into<br />
an arrangement with the Antigua<br />
State College to train<br />
students whom the APUA<br />
will employ as permanent<br />
staff.<br />
The government has<br />
made the provision of high<br />
speed internet services at a<br />
competitive prices a priority.
<strong>Friday</strong> <strong>24th</strong> <strong>February</strong> <strong>2017</strong> c a r i b b e a n t i m e s . a g 7<br />
Registration in the constituency to return<br />
By Everton Barnes<br />
The Antigua and Barbuda Electoral<br />
Commission (ABEC) is to establish<br />
registration units in each constituency<br />
and discontinue the current practice of<br />
registering newly qualified voters in a<br />
single central location on Antigua.<br />
This follows a meeting on Wednesday<br />
with the Cabinet and senior officials<br />
of ABEC.<br />
Reports are that the ABEC team<br />
proposed setting up seven registration<br />
centres in strategic locations as the<br />
numbers of people coming forward to<br />
register are traditionally slow in the<br />
years when general elections are not<br />
pending.<br />
But according to the Cabinet<br />
spokesman, Lionel Max Hurst, the<br />
members preferred returning to holding<br />
continuous registration in each<br />
constituency.<br />
According to Hurst ABEC also addressed<br />
the issue of scrutineers—the<br />
men and women who sit through the<br />
registration of new electors, who are<br />
the eyes and ears of the two major political<br />
parties.<br />
Both the ABEC and the Cabinet<br />
agreed that the Scrutineers will be<br />
classified as non-established workers<br />
for the purpose of being paid a pension<br />
and other conditions of employment<br />
that are commensurate with employees<br />
of the government.<br />
The scrutineers would remain under<br />
the supervisory control of the<br />
ABEC but be directed by the political<br />
parties that selected them for the jobs.<br />
He announced that ABEC also<br />
was authorized to purchase container<br />
offices where school rooms prove<br />
impossible.<br />
A sum of money would be<br />
authorized to purchase and to outfit no<br />
more than seven containerized offices<br />
to be purchased and placed on crown<br />
lands within constituencies.<br />
Since January 2015, registration of<br />
new voters have been done at the central<br />
registration unit on Factory Road.<br />
Registrations are done on designated<br />
days for each constituency.<br />
An ABEC source said this system<br />
is likely to continue until the systems<br />
are put in place to do the registration<br />
in the 16 constituencies on Antigua.
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<strong>Friday</strong> <strong>24th</strong> <strong>February</strong> <strong>2017</strong><br />
Additional scholarships launched<br />
for Antiguans and Barbudans<br />
Applications for the<br />
second annual ‘Henley &<br />
Partners Hero Scholarship’,<br />
managed by The Halo Foundation,<br />
are now being accepted.<br />
The scholarships<br />
contribute to ongoing efforts<br />
to create opportunities for<br />
the development and empowerment<br />
of young people<br />
in Antigua and Barbuda.<br />
The scholarships will be<br />
exclusively tenable at St.<br />
Mary’s University in Nova<br />
Scotia, Canada. The main<br />
award will cover tuition, accommodation,<br />
meals, books,<br />
and other direct university<br />
costs. The other two scholarships<br />
will cover the full tuition<br />
of the students.<br />
Henley & Partners, Managing<br />
Partner in Antigua and<br />
Barbuda, Gaye Hechme,<br />
says, ‘The response to the<br />
2016 initiative was so overwhelming<br />
that we felt the<br />
need to increase the number<br />
of available opportunities<br />
for our young citizens.<br />
The recipient of last<br />
year’s scholarship, Ariana<br />
Joseph, is performing exceptionally<br />
well and there are<br />
great hopes for her future.<br />
If we can make the lives of<br />
promising school leavers in<br />
our community more meaningful<br />
and productive, and<br />
if they subsequently become<br />
instrumental in the area of<br />
nation building, then we<br />
would have achieved our<br />
objective.”<br />
To be eligible for this<br />
award, the applicant must be<br />
a fifth form or tertiary level<br />
student, or a recent graduate<br />
of a secondary school or tertiary<br />
institution. He or she<br />
must be between the ages of<br />
16 and 25 years, a national<br />
of Antigua and Barbuda, and<br />
must be able to demonstrate<br />
involvement in outstanding<br />
acts of courage and kindness.<br />
The applicant is also<br />
required to present three<br />
credible references that can<br />
support their application.<br />
Application forms can<br />
be downloaded from foundationhalo.org.<br />
Completed<br />
forms should be returned to<br />
The Halo Foundation, c/o<br />
Government House, Independence<br />
Avenue, St. John’s<br />
by 28 April <strong>2017</strong> to qualify<br />
for admission to the September<br />
<strong>2017</strong> school year.<br />
President of The Halo<br />
Foundation, Lady Williams,<br />
remarked, ‘The main scholarship<br />
awardee will receive<br />
the Halo Hero Medal for<br />
Humanity. It is extremely<br />
important that we continue<br />
to instill a sense of responsibility<br />
and compassion in<br />
young lives. Violence in<br />
public spaces, unwarranted<br />
aggression and bullying in<br />
schools, online, and even on<br />
the streets, is totally debilitating<br />
and destructive.<br />
“The Medal for Humanity<br />
and the Henley & Partners<br />
Hero Scholarship will<br />
reward a special individual<br />
whose goal it is to make<br />
a positive impact upon the<br />
lives of others by way of service.”<br />
Governor General, Sir<br />
Rodney Williams and Henley<br />
& Partners Chairman,<br />
Dr. Christian H. Kälin will<br />
officially launch the <strong>2017</strong><br />
scholarships and award at<br />
Government House on 23<br />
<strong>February</strong> <strong>2017</strong>.
<strong>Friday</strong> <strong>24th</strong> <strong>February</strong> <strong>2017</strong> c a r i b b e a n t i m e s . a g 9<br />
VACANCY<br />
School Meals in Barbuda soon<br />
By Joanna Paris<br />
Residents of the sister<br />
isle can look forward to the<br />
start of the National Schools<br />
Meals Programme there is<br />
short order.<br />
Minister of Education,<br />
the Hon. Michael Browne,<br />
announced following a visit<br />
last September that the programme<br />
would be expanded<br />
to the island this year and the<br />
government is preparing to<br />
deliver on this promise.<br />
Government’s spokesperson,<br />
Ambassador Lionel<br />
“Max” Hurst has indicated<br />
that the first meals will<br />
be served to students at the<br />
Holy Trinity School within<br />
weeks.<br />
“A building was identified<br />
by the Barbuda Representative,<br />
the Hon. Arthur<br />
Nibbs, and certain adjustments<br />
and improvements<br />
will be made by a Barbudan<br />
contractor to ready it for<br />
food preparation”, Ambassador<br />
Hurst reported.<br />
He added that the building<br />
must meet very high sanitary<br />
standards in order for<br />
it to be a place where food<br />
is prepared for human consumption.<br />
The <strong>2017</strong> Budget includes<br />
the extension of the<br />
School Meals Program to the<br />
Barbuda Primary School.<br />
MP Nibbs has indicated<br />
that he too is eagerly looking<br />
forward to the start of the<br />
initiative, which will provide<br />
hot, nutritious meals to<br />
the students.<br />
Youth Leadership Training Workshop<br />
registration open to the public<br />
The Department of Youth Affairs has opened registration<br />
for its annual Youth Leadership Training Workshop under<br />
the theme “Building Leadership Capacity for Youth Groups<br />
Sustainability”, which will run from 27th <strong>February</strong> to 21st<br />
March, <strong>2017</strong>. The aim of the training will be:<br />
To increase the capacity of youth leaders with respect to<br />
leadership and group processes to increase youth leader’s<br />
capacity to add value to their own organizations<br />
To strengthen the institutional capacity of groups to enable<br />
them to be responsive to the needs of their members as<br />
well as their community<br />
To increase their understanding of and commitment to<br />
the national development agenda<br />
The training will take place over a 5 week period at the<br />
Department of Youth Affairs Headquarters on Prime Minister’s<br />
Office Drive off Factory Road.<br />
There is no fee to attend this workshop but registration is<br />
required. For more information and registration please contact<br />
Stephen Samuels at the Department of Youth Affairs at<br />
481-5302, 778-3827, or 462-6781.<br />
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<strong>Friday</strong> <strong>24th</strong> <strong>February</strong> <strong>2017</strong><br />
JCI host Professionalism Customer Service Seminar<br />
Over 50 professionals<br />
benefitted from a JCI Professionalism<br />
Customer Service<br />
Seminar, titled “Building<br />
a Professional Culture”.<br />
The event, which was<br />
held on Tuesday 21 st <strong>February</strong>,<br />
attracted individuals<br />
from a wide cross section<br />
of professions and backgrounds.<br />
The presenters were<br />
Macella Andre, Clovis St.<br />
Romain and Linisa George,<br />
three individuals who a renowned<br />
for possessing a<br />
wealth of information in the<br />
field.<br />
The comprehensive cadre<br />
of topics included tips and<br />
techniques for dealing with<br />
difficult customers, maintain<br />
an aura of professionalism<br />
in the workplace and<br />
customer retention through<br />
exceptional service.<br />
The initiative was<br />
deemed to be timely and informative<br />
and JCI Antigua<br />
is assuring the general public<br />
that there will be more<br />
such events.
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12 c a r i b b e a n t i m e s . a g<br />
<strong>Friday</strong> <strong>24th</strong> <strong>February</strong> <strong>2017</strong><br />
<strong>Caribbean</strong>Tales Flow into production<br />
MIAMI, FL – Three of<br />
the <strong>Caribbean</strong>’s leading film<br />
producers will now develop<br />
pilots for their original TV<br />
series projects, via funding<br />
from Flow and <strong>Caribbean</strong>Tales<br />
Media Group.<br />
With $40,000 funding<br />
for each project, production<br />
work will begin on Battledream<br />
Chronicle, a sci-fi/<br />
drama animated series created<br />
by Alain Bidard, which<br />
is based on his groundbreaking<br />
multi-award winning<br />
feature film; Heat, a sweltering<br />
crime/drama series<br />
filmed in Barbados from<br />
iconic filmmaker Menelik<br />
Shabazz (Burning an Illusion,<br />
The Story of Lover’s<br />
Rock and more); and <strong>Caribbean</strong><br />
Girl NYC, an ensemble<br />
female-driven sitcom<br />
from NY-based Guadeloupian<br />
filmmaker/producer<br />
Mariette Monpierre, whose<br />
award-winning film Elza<br />
won, among others, the prestigious<br />
NYT award.<br />
Support for these pilots<br />
is part of <strong>Caribbean</strong>Tales<br />
Incubator Program (CTI), a<br />
year-round development and<br />
production hub for <strong>Caribbean</strong><br />
and <strong>Caribbean</strong> Diaspora<br />
Producers to assist in the creation<br />
of strong, compelling<br />
and sustainable regional content<br />
for the global market.<br />
“We recognise the significant<br />
hurdles that <strong>Caribbean</strong><br />
Producers face in financing<br />
and producing their content,<br />
and getting it out to audiences,”<br />
said John Reid, CEO of<br />
Cable and Wireless, operator<br />
of Flow and lead sponsor of<br />
CTI. “We are honoured to<br />
help support this programme<br />
that is enabling the production<br />
and monetisation of this<br />
exciting emerging cultural<br />
industry.”<br />
Production on the pilots<br />
will begin in April <strong>2017</strong>.<br />
They will premier later this<br />
year at the twelfth annual<br />
<strong>Caribbean</strong>Tales International<br />
Film Festival (CTFF). Flow<br />
is also the lead sponsor of<br />
CTFF, a mix of exciting and<br />
dynamic films that showcase<br />
diverse, shared stories and<br />
cultures, and celebrates the<br />
talents of established and<br />
emerging filmmakers of <strong>Caribbean</strong><br />
heritage. The festival<br />
will be held in Toronto,<br />
Canada between September<br />
6 and September 20, <strong>2017</strong>.<br />
As an added bonus, an<br />
eight-part documentary series<br />
has been filmed and is<br />
currently in post-production.<br />
The series follows the ten<br />
teams of filmmakers who<br />
competed for this prestigious<br />
award, and will be shown on<br />
Flow1 later this year.<br />
Frances-Anne Solomon,<br />
CEO of <strong>Caribbean</strong>Tales,<br />
states, “We are delighted<br />
that, together with Flow, we<br />
are able to provide the <strong>Caribbean</strong>’s<br />
top filmmakers<br />
with funding and a platform<br />
to produce top quality, local,<br />
content with the capacity to<br />
reach audiences across the<br />
region and the world.”<br />
Visit the CTI website for<br />
more information and to<br />
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to stay up to date.<br />
CTI is now accepting<br />
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programme: http://caribbeantales.ca/cti.<br />
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Thursday’s Sudoku Solution<br />
S U D O K U<br />
CROSSWORD<br />
Across<br />
1. Back tooth<br />
6. Wander<br />
10. Fellow<br />
14. Diminish<br />
15. Biblical prophet<br />
16. Between<br />
17. Sticker<br />
18. Dawdling<br />
20. Check out<br />
21. Modified<br />
23. Mild exclamation<br />
24. ____ Fair<br />
25. Presses clothes<br />
27. ____ door<br />
30. Rank<br />
32. Physical discomfort<br />
33. Stately home<br />
36. Not this<br />
40. Poker opener<br />
41. Proficient<br />
42. Babe ____<br />
43. Buck<br />
44. Saw socially<br />
45. ____ vera<br />
46. Attention-getting sound<br />
48. Flee<br />
50. National bird<br />
53. Formal necktie<br />
55. Pub brew<br />
56. Housing agent<br />
59. Pooch<br />
62. Commanding respect<br />
64. Keyboard wood<br />
66. Messes up<br />
67. Cabbage salad<br />
68. Massachusetts city<br />
69. Stair section<br />
70. Hamilton bills<br />
71. Ringlet<br />
Down<br />
1. Created<br />
2. Follow orders<br />
3. Shoe fastener<br />
4. One ____ time (2 wds.)<br />
5. Narrate<br />
6. Leased again<br />
7. Atmosphere layer<br />
8. Desertlike<br />
9. Chess term<br />
10. Deface<br />
11. Pedro’s friend<br />
12. Fine fabric<br />
13. Borders<br />
19. Prepare copy<br />
22. Produced by humans (hyph.)<br />
24. African country<br />
26. Take back<br />
27. Mineral springs<br />
28. Is unable<br />
29. Pinup ____ Hayworth<br />
30. Lasso<br />
31. 1930s design style (2 wds.)<br />
34. Eden dweller<br />
35. Butterfly snare<br />
37. ____-Hoop<br />
38. Above<br />
39. Biblical “you”<br />
47. Mister (Ger.)<br />
49. Most tender<br />
50. Roof overhangs<br />
51. Wide-awake<br />
52. Category<br />
53. Edgar ____ Poe<br />
54. Hearty soups<br />
57. Sunrise location<br />
58. Skillful<br />
59. Distribute<br />
60. Change for a five<br />
61. Workout sites<br />
63. Telepathy (abbr.)<br />
65. Saloon
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<strong>Friday</strong> <strong>24th</strong> <strong>February</strong> <strong>2017</strong><br />
Today’s weather forecast<br />
Antigua and Barbuda<br />
Sunny skies.<br />
High - 80ºF<br />
Low - 71ºF<br />
Wind: South East 10 mph<br />
Sunrise 6.28 am; Sunset 6.12 pm<br />
Thursday’s Crossword Solution<br />
HOROSCOPE<br />
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20).<br />
You’re very tolerant of other<br />
people’s ideas even if you don’t<br />
agree with them or see how they<br />
are going to lead to anything<br />
that applies to you. The world<br />
would be better if more people<br />
had this attitude.<br />
ARIES (March 21-April 19).<br />
You’re such an excellent predictor<br />
of human nature, but that<br />
could get in your way today,<br />
too. You will hear the other person<br />
more clearly when you do<br />
not anticipate what is going to<br />
be said.<br />
TAURUS (April 20-May 20).<br />
Of all the things you could take<br />
a risk with, your appearance is<br />
among the least risky, with the<br />
most interesting results. Hair<br />
grows back. Outfits change in<br />
a moment. Why not have more<br />
fun with this?<br />
GEMINI (May 21-June 21).<br />
You’re wary of wanting to fix<br />
things or save people, as this is<br />
a classic codependent tendency.<br />
However, in all likelihood, you<br />
will be able to fix, prevent, escalate<br />
or de-escalate today’s situation<br />
and with favorable results.<br />
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). Silence<br />
can say it all. It’s the timing<br />
of words that makes communication<br />
understandable.<br />
You will be especially adept at<br />
connecting with fellow earth<br />
signs Taurus and Capricorn.<br />
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). The<br />
cosmic omens suggest that the<br />
ones who love you most will<br />
bother you best. And by best, of<br />
course, the cosmic omens mean<br />
“worst.” Why is bothering so<br />
much a part of love?<br />
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21).<br />
Of course you’ve taken the<br />
needs and wants of others into<br />
consideration. But ultimately,<br />
they are not the ones who have<br />
to live with the consequences.<br />
This is about what you want<br />
to do, and you’ll make your<br />
choice.<br />
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec.<br />
21). You’ll flit from one interest<br />
to another today, and any suggestion<br />
can start you out in a<br />
new direction. This will make<br />
the products of your work fascinating<br />
to those with a more<br />
linear process — that is, if you<br />
commit to finishing!<br />
CANCER (June 22-July 22).<br />
It’s not wrong to strive for validation;<br />
it’s just not attractive.<br />
But you have something else<br />
that matters to you much more<br />
than public approval, and it<br />
makes you extremely charismatic<br />
today.<br />
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). Sometimes<br />
being happy is as simple<br />
as commanding yourself to be<br />
happy. Today is such a day. For<br />
some mysterious reason, you’re<br />
more amenable to your own<br />
suggestions than usual. Take<br />
advantage of this.<br />
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan.<br />
19). Your sixth sense turns on<br />
today and your intuition will be<br />
accurate. The flashes of insight<br />
that come to you may not be<br />
what you want to believe, but<br />
don’t ignore them. You don’t<br />
have to act now. Watch and<br />
wait.<br />
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb.<br />
18). The circumstances at hand<br />
are not so unique as to demand<br />
an all-new solution. It will be<br />
lucky to refer to the past. You<br />
can answer a present-day problem<br />
with a precedent from antiquity.
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Bring along your picnic blankets and folding chairs and enjoy<br />
a relaxing evening on the lawn watching a movie or just<br />
mingling with a bowl of delicious hot soup at the South Zone<br />
Planning Committee of the Anglican Church's Pre-Lenten<br />
Water Night and Movie on <strong>Friday</strong>, <strong>February</strong> 24, <strong>2017</strong> from<br />
6 pm to 9 pm at All Saints Anglican Rectory Grounds, Matthews<br />
Road, All Saints. The contribution is only $10. Patrons<br />
will have a choice of various types of soups. There will<br />
be Hot Dogs, Cupcakes, Popcorn and a bounce castle. Beverages<br />
will also be on sale. Tickets are available from Parish<br />
Priests and members of South Zone Planning Committee.<br />
All registered members of the Antigua Barbuda Amateur<br />
Bodybuilding & Weightlifting Federation please take note<br />
that Election for the post of Vice President will be held on<br />
4th March, <strong>2017</strong> at the ABI Financial Building, 2nd Floor,<br />
Redcliffe Street, St John's, Antigua at 6:00 p.m. sharp.<br />
VACANCIES at OSEC (effective <strong>February</strong> 22, <strong>2017</strong>)<br />
The following vacancies are registered at the One Stop Employment<br />
Centre:<br />
AUTO MECHANIC<br />
4-5 years experience in a similar role<br />
MARINE MECHANIC<br />
4-5 years experience in a similar role<br />
BARTENDER<br />
2-3 years experience<br />
If you are currently registered at OSEC and interested in a listed<br />
vacancy, kindly contact OSEC. If you are NOT registered with<br />
OSEC you may call the centre for more information on registration<br />
requirements. Our centre is located on Old Parham Road in<br />
the Ryan’s Building, next to Antigua Motors. OSEC telephone<br />
numbers are 5628533/34/35. DEADLINE FOR ALL APPLI-<br />
CATIONS is Monday 27th <strong>February</strong>, <strong>2017</strong>.<br />
The Annual General Meeting and Elections for the Antigua<br />
& Barbuda Cycling Federation will be held on March 1,<br />
<strong>2017</strong> at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium. The meeting will<br />
start promptly at 7:00pm. Please be on time.<br />
All Saints Anglican Church Mothers Unions invites everyone<br />
to its annual Shrove Tuesday Pancake Sale on <strong>February</strong><br />
28, <strong>2017</strong> from 3-6pm at the parish hall of All Saints Anglican<br />
Church at the All Saints. The variety of pancakes includes<br />
Dumps Pancakes, Sweet Potato Fritters, Vegetable<br />
Pancakes, Pumpkin Fritters, Plantain Fritters and Sweet Potatoes<br />
& Carrot Fritters. Pancake diiners will also be on sale.<br />
Do you want to improve your posing techniques? The ABA-<br />
BWF invites all athletes & prospective athletes to a posing<br />
workshop on Saturday 2<strong>5th</strong> <strong>February</strong> <strong>2017</strong> from 12-4pm at the<br />
Xtreme Health & Fitness Gym. For more details contact us at<br />
268 7640102/7285909.<br />
Sailing Week <strong>2017</strong><br />
planning intensifies<br />
By Joanna Paris<br />
The month of April is just<br />
around the corner and organizers<br />
of the 50th anniversary<br />
of Sailing Week will be “pulling<br />
out all the stops” to ensure<br />
that the celebrations are memorable.<br />
Government’s spokesperson,<br />
Ambassador Lionel<br />
“Max” Hurst said that the Sailing<br />
Week Committee was also<br />
invited to Cabinet this week to<br />
give an update of preparations<br />
to date so far and additional<br />
plans for the milestone event.<br />
“The Committee provided<br />
audited financial statements<br />
of the 2016 Sailing Week,<br />
and presented several video<br />
advertisements that it plans to<br />
put on its website and Facebook<br />
account to promote the<br />
events”, he said.<br />
Hurst added that the Cabinet<br />
was “especially pleased<br />
to learn that the Sunday afternoon<br />
party at Dickenson Bay<br />
will return to the calendar of<br />
events in <strong>2017</strong>”. This will further<br />
facilitate an increase in<br />
local participation and attendance<br />
at the event.<br />
Hurst added that a concert,<br />
Chase the Race tourism event<br />
will bring thousands of visitors<br />
to the shores of Antigua to<br />
enjoy the events. He said that<br />
CNN will cover the show and<br />
air the program a few months<br />
later as an Antigua and Barbuda<br />
promotional story.<br />
The first Antigua Sailing<br />
Week Regatta took place in<br />
1967. The has been a great<br />
success ever since.<br />
Cricket entertainers to<br />
receive cultural recognition<br />
By Marver Woodley<br />
Two local cricket comedian legends to be honored for their<br />
past successes during West Indies Cricket Glory days.<br />
Mayfield and Gravy will be honored next week when the<br />
West Indies Cricket team bowls off its One Day International series.<br />
The announcement was made by Director of Culture within<br />
the twin island Vaughn Walter who noted that the duo will be<br />
recognized for them for their cultural performances in cricket.<br />
Walter lamented that it would be an extended reminder to the<br />
world that the Carnival atmosphere of cricket around the world<br />
originated here in Antigua and Barbuda.<br />
The duo was popularly known in the late 80’s and 90’s for<br />
their diverse and unique way of entertaining adoring cricket fans<br />
with their attractive customs and dance performances. The touring<br />
west Indies team is slated to bowl off against England at the<br />
Sir Vivian Richards Cricket Stadium late next week, where a<br />
Cultural Ceremony will take place during the lunch break.
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<strong>Friday</strong> <strong>24th</strong> <strong>February</strong> <strong>2017</strong> c a r i b b e a n t i m e s . a g 17<br />
Antigua and Barbuda to use Windies<br />
cricket to increase brand awareness<br />
Antigua and Barbuda,<br />
the Official Tourism Partner<br />
of the WINDIES, will use<br />
the upcoming West Indies<br />
vs England One Day Internationals<br />
(ODIs) on March 3<br />
and March 5 to promote the<br />
destination brand.<br />
The millions of viewers<br />
around the world, who will<br />
be watching the games via<br />
live streaming and broadcast<br />
television, can expect to see<br />
local and visiting spectators<br />
having a great time at the upcoming<br />
cricket events with<br />
every opportunity being<br />
used to influence viewers<br />
to visit Antigua, one of the<br />
leading vacation fun spots in<br />
the <strong>Caribbean</strong>.<br />
The Antigua & Barbuda<br />
Tourism Authority will be<br />
branding inside the Sir Vivian<br />
Richard Cricket Stadium<br />
in strategic spots and will<br />
have volunteers and staff<br />
members handing out promotional<br />
material to encourage<br />
return visits from cricket<br />
fans already in Antigua for<br />
the matches.<br />
The Antigua and Barbuda<br />
Ministry of Tourism, The<br />
Antigua and Barbuda Tourism<br />
Authority, and the Ministry<br />
of Trade, Commerce<br />
& Industry, Sports, Culture<br />
& National Festivals have<br />
joined together to ensure the<br />
spectator experience at the<br />
games will be exceptional,<br />
and will use the cricketing<br />
world stage to promote two<br />
other upcoming milestone<br />
A scene from the WI vs England Test Match in 2015.<br />
events: The 50 th Anniversary<br />
of Antigua Sailing Week<br />
from April 29 to May 5<br />
(www.sailingweek.com);<br />
and the 60 th Anniversary of<br />
“The <strong>Caribbean</strong>’s Greatest<br />
Summer Festival”, Antigua<br />
Carnival (July 28 – August<br />
8).<br />
Antigua and Barbuda<br />
Minister of Tourism, The<br />
Honourable Asot Michael<br />
stated: “The Government<br />
of Antigua and Barbuda is<br />
a long-standing and proud<br />
supporter of West Indies<br />
Cricket, and as a commercial<br />
partner with the West Indies<br />
Cricket Board we intend to<br />
gain a significant return on<br />
our investment”.<br />
With a large contingent<br />
of international media on the<br />
ground in Antigua to include<br />
BBC, SKY News and Ten<br />
Sports the Tourism Minister<br />
said “We will use a coordinated<br />
campaign to leverage<br />
the two major upcoming<br />
events of ‘Sailing Week’ and<br />
‘Carnival’, and to optimise<br />
the benefits from hosting the<br />
two ODI matches in Antigua.”<br />
The two weekend cricket<br />
matches are being broadcasted<br />
to millions of viewers<br />
around the world and approximately<br />
two thousand<br />
visitors, mostly from the UK,<br />
are already booked to travel<br />
to Antigua over the course of<br />
next week for the weekend<br />
ODIs. Some regional tour<br />
operators have also booked<br />
small groups for the games<br />
and tourism officials expect<br />
the games will also attract<br />
visitors already holidaying<br />
in Antigua & Barbuda.<br />
CEO of the Antigua and<br />
Barbuda Tourism Authority<br />
Colin James said: “The Antigua<br />
destination brand will<br />
be promoted to its target audiences<br />
in the United Kingdom,<br />
North America and the<br />
<strong>Caribbean</strong>, by utilising perimeter<br />
boards, on-field logo<br />
mats, and thirty second destination<br />
adverts for Antigua<br />
Sailing Week, Carnival and<br />
other key destination events<br />
on replay screens at the<br />
games. Regionally, the destination’s<br />
events will also be<br />
promoted to viewers watching<br />
the coverage on the <strong>Caribbean</strong><br />
Media Corporation<br />
network.”<br />
Culture will certainly<br />
meet Cricket at the stadium,<br />
as visitors will also come<br />
into direct contact with<br />
masqueraders, stilt-walkers,<br />
steel pan players and other<br />
fun loving Antiguan nationals<br />
throughout the grounds<br />
and at a specially located<br />
tourism and festivals booth.<br />
During the cricket breaks,<br />
fans will have the opportunity<br />
to enter draws to win<br />
fabulous trips and prizes<br />
from the Antigua and Barbuda<br />
Tourism Authority and<br />
social media will be used to<br />
create a flow of conversation<br />
about the destination online,<br />
reaching various markets,<br />
and increasing searchable<br />
content using the official<br />
tourism hashtag #LoveAntiguaBarbuda.<br />
After the cricket, visitors<br />
can further experience<br />
the carnival atmosphere in<br />
Antigua and Barbuda with<br />
“after-cricket parties” at the<br />
stadium featuring a selection<br />
of the island’s talented musicians,<br />
and soca artistes to<br />
include, Red Hott Flames,<br />
Tian Winter, Claudette Peters,<br />
Menace, Madtiguans,<br />
and Bankers of Dread and<br />
the Bald Head.
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Hawks give Potters their<br />
first loss of the season<br />
By Carlena Knight<br />
Global Hawks gave Potters<br />
Steelers their first loss<br />
of the season in division 2<br />
of the Antigua Barbuda Basketball<br />
Association league.<br />
With the game being<br />
played on Wednesday night<br />
at JSC, Hawks defeated<br />
Steelers, 72-67 with Mitchel<br />
Goodman leading the charge<br />
with 18 points.<br />
He was assisted by Buel<br />
Henry with 15 points and 8<br />
rebounds and Edgar Obismo<br />
with 10 points.<br />
Kelvin Pimental grabbed<br />
19 rebounds.<br />
Steelers’ Adrian Lee had<br />
a game high 24 points and 9<br />
rebounds.<br />
Mike Mills chipped in<br />
with 13 points while Julian<br />
Fredericks assisted with 12<br />
points and 12 rebounds.<br />
Andel David grabbed 14<br />
rebounds and had 6 assists<br />
and 5 steals in a losing effort.<br />
Also at JSC, H.U.F.<br />
Baldwin Braves 2 trumped F<br />
and G Trading Cuties Ovals<br />
Ojays 2, 66-55.<br />
Raji Thomas led the<br />
charge for his team with 19<br />
points and 7 rebounds while<br />
teammate, Tristan Jacobs assisted<br />
with 18 points and 10<br />
rebounds.<br />
Antonio Santiago also of<br />
Braves had 5 assists and 5<br />
steals.<br />
Shamarie Bascus of<br />
Ovals 2 had 11 points and 8<br />
rebounds while Keddie Martin<br />
chipped in with 8 points<br />
and 15 rebounds.<br />
Dion Jules grabbed 16<br />
rebounds in a losing effort.<br />
All Saints Slam defeated<br />
Police Vertex, 55-44 at Ottos.<br />
Xavier Dalso, Kamaro<br />
Nibbs and Al Peters all<br />
had 8 points for the victors.<br />
They were assisted by Anjis<br />
Anthony and Jamarie Hastings<br />
who both grabbed 9 rebounds.<br />
Alfred Telemaque of<br />
Vertex had 16 points and 11<br />
rebounds while D. Browne<br />
contributed 9 points, 10 rebounds<br />
and 5 steals.<br />
Twenty-four hours prior,<br />
Kenneth A Gomez Christos<br />
United fell to Global Hawks,<br />
68-44.<br />
With the match being<br />
played at the JSC Sports<br />
Complex, Steadroy Graham<br />
led his team with 17 points<br />
and 7 rebounds.<br />
Teammates, Mitchel<br />
Goodman, Buel Henry and<br />
Kwame Huntley assisted<br />
with 10 points while Goodman<br />
grabbed 6 rebounds and<br />
Henry 9 rebounds.<br />
Edgar Obismo also<br />
of Hawks grabbed 12 rebounds.<br />
United’s John Samuel<br />
had 14 points and 9 rebounds<br />
while Tyrone Albertine<br />
chipped in with 11<br />
points.<br />
Derrick John and Neville<br />
Chambers also of United<br />
grabbed 18 and 10 rebounds<br />
respectively.
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First and Second Division Games continue<br />
By Marver Woodley<br />
Potters Tigers and Fort Road were<br />
in fine form yesterday as the final hours<br />
draw nearer for the Antigua and Barbuda<br />
First and Second Divisions.<br />
Potters dominated their game<br />
against West Ham 6-1 with triple<br />
strikes coming from Romar Perry,<br />
while his teammates Romar Perry,<br />
Oran Pryce and Xavier James all netted<br />
By Carlena Knight<br />
Cool and Smooth AC<br />
Delco Glenn’s Pet Paradise<br />
Green Bay Hoppers opened<br />
their <strong>2017</strong> Scotia Bank CFU<br />
<strong>Caribbean</strong> Club Championships<br />
with a 2-1 victory over<br />
Bequia United F.C. of St.<br />
Vincent and the Grenadines.<br />
Hoppers who are hosting<br />
the Group A leg of the<br />
event, scored first in the 16th<br />
minute by Captain Tomorley<br />
‘Ziggy’ Thomas while the<br />
equalizer came from Kamal<br />
Ollivierre in the 28th minute.<br />
As the second half got<br />
underway, Hoppers had a<br />
number of close encounters<br />
but could not execute; a defensive<br />
error by Kamal Bess<br />
of Bequia United in the 70th<br />
minute gave Hoppers the<br />
win.<br />
With this victory, Hoppers<br />
presently sits at the top<br />
of the standings with three<br />
points while Bequia United<br />
are in last position.<br />
By Marver Woodley<br />
As the year of election progresses the Antigua and Barbuda<br />
Cycling Federation are next to hold their executive<br />
elections.<br />
The election will be held next week Wednesday 1st<br />
March at the Sir Vivian Richards Cricket Stadium when a<br />
general meeting is slated to be held at 7pm.<br />
The current executive is comprised of Andre Solomon as<br />
President, Curtis McKay as 1st Vice President, Jevon Goodwin<br />
as 2nd Vice President, Roland Morgan as Secretary,<br />
George Baptiste as Assistant Secretary, Derrick Sutherland<br />
and Cleopatra James as Treasurer and Assistant treasurer respectively.<br />
To-date no one has publicly announced their willingness<br />
to challenge anyone for any of the current positions.<br />
once. The lone goal for West Hama was<br />
made by Anderson Herbert.<br />
Fort Road was also on fine display<br />
when they defeated Lion Hill 8-nil with<br />
triple successful strikes form Omar<br />
Samuel, double strikes form Dewey<br />
Thomas and Jamaul Jeffery and a lone<br />
attack form Kenny Morgan.<br />
Seaview Farm held Garden Stars<br />
3-3 draw with strikes coming from Zafique<br />
Sampson, Carlos Chastanet and<br />
Kenya Hughes for Seaview Farm and<br />
Nosakhare Edonley, Tyrie Francis and<br />
Zidamwrre Carr for Garden Stars.<br />
In the last game of the day Hill Top<br />
held Five Islands to a 1-1 draw with<br />
strikes coming from Alex Phillip and<br />
Joshua Lynch for Hill Top and Five Islands<br />
respectfully.<br />
Hoppers open Club Championships with a victory<br />
Cycling Federation<br />
to host elections<br />
Meanwhile in the first<br />
match of the double header,<br />
Racing F.C. of Haiti and Inter<br />
Moengo Tapoe of Suriname<br />
came to 2 all draw.<br />
Kareem Kwasie of Inter<br />
Moengo scored first in the<br />
9th minute while Racing’s<br />
Markens Domisca equalized<br />
in the 17th minute.<br />
With the second half beginning<br />
both teams came out<br />
firing with a number of opportunities<br />
to take the lead<br />
but it was a goal by Naldo<br />
Kwasie of Inter Moengo in<br />
the 68th minute that gave the<br />
Suriname based team the advantage.<br />
Despite the defensive<br />
effort displayed by Inter,<br />
Markens Domisca of Racing<br />
F.C. gave his team some<br />
hope as he equalized in the<br />
81st minute.<br />
Both teams sit in second<br />
position with one point.<br />
Matches will continue on<br />
<strong>Friday</strong> night at the Antigua<br />
Recreation Grounds at 5pm<br />
with Bequia United F.C. of<br />
St. Vincent and the Grenadines<br />
facing Racing F.C.<br />
of Haiti while at 7:00 p.m.,<br />
Cool and Smooth AC Delco<br />
Glenn’s Pet Paradise Green<br />
Bay Hoppers will battle Inter<br />
Moengo Tapoe of Suriname.<br />
On Sunday, Inter Moengo<br />
Taepo will play Bequia<br />
United F.C. at 5:00 p.m.<br />
and at 7:00 p.m., Green Bay<br />
Hoppers will battle Racing<br />
F.C.<br />
S.R. Olivia David Primary<br />
picks up double victories<br />
By Carlena Knight<br />
S.R. Olivia David Primary picked up double victories on<br />
Wednesday afternoon in the Mini-boys Primary division of<br />
the Cool and Smooth Inter-School Basketball League.<br />
Their first victory was over Parham Primary, 15-7 with<br />
Jade Jackson leading the charge with 8 points.<br />
Darren Warner assisted with 6 points.<br />
They then went on to defeat Villa Primary, 12-6 with<br />
Jade Jackson once again leading his team with 8 points.
20 c a r i b b e a n t i m e s . a g<br />
<strong>Friday</strong> <strong>24th</strong> <strong>February</strong> <strong>2017</strong><br />
Annual Run in Paradise<br />
half-marathon set for May 28<br />
A record number of runners<br />
on the international, regional<br />
and national running<br />
scenes are expected to register<br />
by <strong>February</strong> 28 to receive a<br />
special rate for the third annual<br />
Run in Paradise, hosted in<br />
beautiful Antigua and Barbuda.<br />
Run in Paradise, which is<br />
set for May 28, <strong>2017</strong>, allows<br />
runners from around the world<br />
the opportunity to explore<br />
all that the destination has to<br />
offer, with participants treated<br />
to a spectacular variety of<br />
sights and sounds in Antigua,<br />
including the stunning beaches,<br />
intimate neighborhoods,<br />
rolling hills, and the bustle of<br />
energetic St. John’s city.<br />
The event offers a Half<br />
Marathon, 5K race and a<br />
new 10K distance. For <strong>2017</strong>,<br />
participants can also expect<br />
a revised course, which runs<br />
from the V.C. Bird International<br />
Airport past the American<br />
University of Antigua<br />
and the Jabberwock Beach.<br />
The course then winds its way<br />
through the Paradise View<br />
neighbourhood and into the<br />
Visiting runners in the Run In Paradise Half-Marathon celebrate<br />
their finish and display their finishers medals on Antigua’s, Fort<br />
James Beach.<br />
heart of St. John’s before finishing<br />
on the beach at historic<br />
Fort James.<br />
The race, which has featured<br />
professional marathon<br />
runners including the 2015<br />
half-marathon winner Mike<br />
Korir, of Kenya, and the 2016<br />
winner Elliott Mason, of Antigua,<br />
is open to participants of<br />
all abilities, including walkers.<br />
Last year’s Run In Paradise<br />
attracted participants from ten<br />
different countries. Organisers<br />
anticipate that with the<br />
addition of a 4-days, 3-nights<br />
Runcation to Antigua package<br />
with airfare and hotel included<br />
for US$699, the event will<br />
exceed the 2016 numbers.<br />
International participants<br />
are personally greeted at the<br />
airport by race staff and provided<br />
free transportation to the<br />
race’s host hotel, the luxurious<br />
Antigua Yacht Club Marina<br />
and Resort. Participants will<br />
also be treated to an optional<br />
free tour of the island on Saturday,<br />
May 27. Transportation<br />
to the start line and back from<br />
the finish line is provided for<br />
racers staying in the host hotel.<br />
After the race, participants<br />
and their families will celebrate<br />
their accomplishments<br />
at the post-race party held on<br />
Pigeon Point Beach, with free<br />
food and drinks! This is truly<br />
a “runcation” in every sense<br />
of the word.<br />
For details on runcation<br />
packages and to register<br />
for the Run In Paradise visit<br />
www.runinparadise.com<br />
or contact organisers in the<br />
USA on 1 (786) 269-3432 or<br />
in Antigua and Barbuda on<br />
1 (268) 774 5555. Participants<br />
can also follow Run In<br />
Paradise on www.facebook.<br />
com/runinparadise and on<br />
Instagram and Twitter @<br />
WeRunAntigua.