Caribbean Times 7th Issue - Tuesday 28th February 2017
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<strong>Tuesday</strong> <strong>28th</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.7 $2.00<br />
I.T. TO SERIOUSLY IMPACT<br />
LEGAL PROFESSION<br />
By Everton Barnes<br />
Retired Eastern <strong>Caribbean</strong><br />
Supreme Court<br />
(ECSC) Justice, Don<br />
Mitchell, is predicting that<br />
the introduction of information<br />
technology systems<br />
in the legal systems in the<br />
<strong>Caribbean</strong> will have a serious<br />
impact on the legal<br />
profession.<br />
Justice Mitchell made<br />
the point in a lecture he delivered<br />
to members of the<br />
legal profession on Monday<br />
night at the Sandals Tourism Minister, the Hon., Asot Michael and Attorney General, the Hon., Steadroy “Cutie” Benjamin,<br />
Resort.<br />
centre, were in attendance at Sandals Resort to mark the 50th anniversary of the ECSC.<br />
The lecture formed part<br />
of activities being held in<br />
Antigua and Barbuda to<br />
mark the 50 th anniversary<br />
of the ECSC.<br />
He told his audience that<br />
while any forecast to what<br />
the practice of law will be<br />
like after another 50 years,<br />
lies in the realm of science<br />
fiction, some things are alcont’d<br />
on pg 3<br />
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<strong>Tuesday</strong> <strong>28th</strong> <strong>February</strong> <strong>2017</strong><br />
Ministry of Health to implement latest stage<br />
of Barbuda’s Eye Screening Programme<br />
The Ministry of Health<br />
and the Environment, in collaboration<br />
with <strong>Caribbean</strong><br />
Council for the Blind (CCB)<br />
Eye Care <strong>Caribbean</strong>, will<br />
soon embark upon the latest<br />
stage of its Barbuda Eye<br />
Screening Programme.<br />
Ministry officials and<br />
a CCB Eye Care <strong>Caribbean</strong><br />
technician will travel to<br />
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Codrington next week to<br />
distribute glasses to 165<br />
Barbudans.<br />
The distribution of the<br />
glasses is a direct result of<br />
the successful eye-screening<br />
process which took place<br />
in Barbuda in early October<br />
2016. It also reflects the<br />
commitment of the Government<br />
of Antigua and Barbuda<br />
to providing the highest<br />
quality eye care to the people<br />
of Barbuda.<br />
The October eye-screening<br />
initiative was the first of<br />
its kind ever to be conducted<br />
in Barbuda.<br />
A total of 317 individuals<br />
were screened during a<br />
four-day period at the Hanna<br />
Thomas Hospital. The objective<br />
was to identify common<br />
eye diseases, namely<br />
glaucoma, diabetic retinopathy<br />
and cataract affecting<br />
Barbudans.<br />
As a consequence of the<br />
screening, it was determined<br />
that 174 individuals had serious<br />
refractive errors that<br />
necessitated the need for<br />
glasses.<br />
Standing by its policy<br />
objective that Barbuda must<br />
not be left behind, the Antigua<br />
and Barbuda Government<br />
decided to fund the<br />
cost of the 174 glasses and<br />
distribute them to those in<br />
need.<br />
In early January, a team<br />
of Ministry of Health officials<br />
and a CCB Eye Care<br />
<strong>Caribbean</strong> Optometrist paid<br />
a second visit to Barbuda.<br />
The 174 individuals were<br />
contacted and tested for<br />
their glasses.<br />
One hundred and sixty-five<br />
glasses will be distributed<br />
next week. An additional<br />
nine individuals who<br />
had high blood sugar levels<br />
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at the time of a prior clinical<br />
evaluation will be re-examined<br />
at the end of March<br />
and their eye glasses will be<br />
fabricated based on the follow-up<br />
assessment.<br />
Other cases for which<br />
there was no immediate<br />
need for eye glasses were<br />
referred to Mount St. John’s<br />
Medical Center and the individuals<br />
were subsequently<br />
treated at the MSJMC Outpatient<br />
Clinic.<br />
Some were diagnosed<br />
with early cataract and elevated<br />
eye pressure and will<br />
have follow-up appointments<br />
in March. Others<br />
who were identified for either<br />
cataract or pterygium<br />
surgery were contacted in<br />
November and are currently<br />
being monitored.<br />
Next week’s visit by<br />
Ministry of Health officials<br />
and the CCB Eye Care <strong>Caribbean</strong><br />
technician to distribute<br />
the 165 eye classes,<br />
represents the most recent<br />
stage in this first ever Barbuda<br />
Eye Screening Programme.<br />
The Ministry’s partner<br />
in this initiative, CCB Eye<br />
Care <strong>Caribbean</strong>, is a <strong>Caribbean</strong><br />
vision care organization<br />
whose mission is to<br />
make care affordable to all<br />
and who offers eye classes<br />
at reduced rates. CCB Eye<br />
Care <strong>Caribbean</strong> currently offers<br />
eye-care services at the<br />
Clare Hall, Johnson’s Point<br />
and Grays Farm Clinics.
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cont’d from pg 1<br />
ready quite obvious.<br />
“In a few years’ time,<br />
no lawyer will employ a<br />
messenger to attend at the<br />
courtroom to file a paper<br />
claim or defense; this will<br />
all be done automatically<br />
by accessing the registry<br />
online,” he noted.<br />
He added that in the<br />
modern law firm, all legal<br />
research is now done online<br />
as the registry office will be<br />
replaced by the cloud.<br />
Justice Mitchell urged<br />
lawyers to prepare for Artificial<br />
or Augmented Intelligence<br />
(AI) as this is<br />
coming to the practice of<br />
law and the determination<br />
of disputes.<br />
He revealed that already<br />
AI is being used in law firms<br />
in London and New York as<br />
evidenced by the hiring of<br />
ROSS, the world’s first AI<br />
attorney powered by IBM’s<br />
Watson.<br />
According to the justice<br />
there are many rulings<br />
the judge is called upon to<br />
make that are routine, and<br />
for which the necessary algorithms<br />
will soon be written.<br />
“A ‘bot-judge’ similar<br />
to ROSS, will then be able<br />
to deliver an automated and<br />
instantaneous ruling. The<br />
result is that law will become<br />
more accessible and<br />
transparent, as it should<br />
be,” he stated.<br />
The retired justice is<br />
also predicting changes in<br />
the way evidence is being<br />
presented in the court.<br />
He noted like the <strong>Caribbean</strong><br />
Court of Justice, the<br />
ECSC has already introduced<br />
IT in its classrooms<br />
making for improvements<br />
in the judicial system.<br />
However, he foresees<br />
a time when evidence will<br />
be given by a hologram, a<br />
three-dimensional representation<br />
of a witness sitting<br />
in a witness box anywhere.<br />
He said sensors will<br />
be available to tell both<br />
judges and lawyers when<br />
a witness is not telling the<br />
truth.<br />
He also sees a time<br />
when courtrooms will become<br />
a thing of the past<br />
and which are converted<br />
into museums of law where<br />
ancient artefacts such as<br />
books, pens and videos are<br />
displayed.<br />
Chief Justice of the<br />
ECSC, Dame Janice Pereira,<br />
who called for the<br />
court’s anniversary to be<br />
marked in a special way,<br />
was among those attending<br />
the lecture.<br />
Also present were current<br />
and former justices of<br />
the court, high court judges<br />
and other members of the<br />
legal fraternity.<br />
Attorney General,<br />
Steadroy Benjamin, offered<br />
congratulations on<br />
behalf of the government,<br />
to Dame Janice and the<br />
court for marking this special<br />
milestone.<br />
Vice President of the<br />
Bar Association, Lenworth<br />
Johnson chaired the night’s<br />
proceedings while E. Ann<br />
Henry, QC, introduced Justice<br />
Mitchell.<br />
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<strong>Tuesday</strong> <strong>28th</strong> <strong>February</strong> <strong>2017</strong><br />
Justice Pereira paints the way forward for<br />
the Eastern <strong>Caribbean</strong> Supreme Court<br />
By Joanna Paris<br />
Chief Justice Hon Dame<br />
Janice Pereira DBE, has<br />
indicated that the Eastern<br />
<strong>Caribbean</strong> Supreme Court<br />
has made significant strides<br />
in its 50 years of existence<br />
but emphasized that there is<br />
still a lot of work to be done<br />
to truly meet the needs of its<br />
members and by extension<br />
citizens of the region.<br />
Justice Pereira was addressing<br />
a special sitting of<br />
the court, which took place<br />
at the High Court Building<br />
on Monday.<br />
The special event, which<br />
marked the celebration of<br />
the Eastern <strong>Caribbean</strong> Supreme<br />
Court’s 50th anniversary,<br />
was widely attended<br />
by legal luminaries representing<br />
the region.<br />
The 50th anniversary is<br />
NOTICE<br />
IN THE HIGH COURT OF<br />
JUSTICE<br />
ANTIGUAAND BARBUDA<br />
(Probate)<br />
A.D. <strong>2017</strong><br />
In the Matter of the Estate<br />
of CHARLES HUNTE<br />
a.k.a Eddie Hunte<br />
Deceased<br />
NOTICE IS HEREBY<br />
GIVEN that at the expiration<br />
of fourteen (14) days<br />
from the date of this Notice,<br />
Application will be made to<br />
the High Court of Justice by<br />
CUMBERBATCH & ASSO-<br />
CIATES, of Chambers, Long<br />
Street, in the Parish of Saint<br />
John’s in Antigua and Barbuda,<br />
Solicitors for MARY<br />
HUNTE of Villa Area, in<br />
the Parish of Saint John’s in<br />
Antigua and Barbuda for a<br />
Grant of Probate in the estate<br />
of CHARLES HUNTE a.k.a<br />
EDDIE HUNTE Deceased;<br />
the said CHARLES HUNTE<br />
a.k.a EDDIE HUNTE died<br />
on <strong>7th</strong>, January, <strong>2017</strong>.<br />
DATED the 2<strong>7th</strong>, day of<br />
<strong>February</strong>, <strong>2017</strong><br />
CUMBERBATCH &<br />
ASSOCIATES<br />
Attorneys-at-law for the Applicant<br />
being commemorated under<br />
the theme “Eastern <strong>Caribbean</strong><br />
Supreme Court celebrating<br />
the past, embracing the<br />
future”.<br />
The activities aim to celebrate<br />
and reflect on past<br />
accomplishments and to see<br />
how the court can bold on<br />
these achievements in the<br />
future.<br />
Justice Pereira cited that<br />
as one of the challenges facing<br />
the institution, is that of<br />
the issue of the backlog of<br />
cases, which must be addressed.<br />
“The increase in the<br />
compliment of judges serving<br />
the court as well as the<br />
introduction of masters aided<br />
in addressing the problem<br />
but we are aware that<br />
there is still a lot of work to<br />
be done”, she said.<br />
She emphasized that the<br />
increase in the use of technology<br />
in the court will also<br />
assist in ensuring that cases<br />
are addressed in good timing.<br />
She made mention of the<br />
recent legislation passed by<br />
Antigua and Barbuda which<br />
makes provision for video<br />
conferencing to be utilized<br />
in the court especially in<br />
cases where key witnesses<br />
are overseas.<br />
Justice Pereira was looks<br />
forward to the establishment<br />
reaching new heights<br />
and becoming more effective,<br />
efficient and useful in<br />
its undertakings.
<strong>Tuesday</strong> <strong>28th</strong> <strong>February</strong> <strong>2017</strong> c a r i b b e a n t i m e s . a g 5<br />
EMS complete daring rescue on Sunday<br />
In what has been described<br />
as nothing short of<br />
brilliant, the Antigua and<br />
Barbuda Emergency Medical<br />
Services and the Fire Fighters<br />
Department performed a<br />
daring rescue operation in the<br />
hills between Wallings Dam<br />
and Rendezvous Beach.<br />
According to PRO for<br />
the EMS, Morvin Fiedtkou,<br />
three adults and two children<br />
under the age of thirteen<br />
were making the journey to<br />
Rendezvous Beach via Wallings<br />
when one of the adults,<br />
a female, lost her footing and<br />
broke her left ankle.<br />
Fiedtkou said the Department<br />
got the call at around<br />
9am and didn’t complete<br />
operation until after 11 due<br />
to the rugged terrain and the<br />
grueling environment.<br />
Three emergency technicians<br />
and four fire fighters responded<br />
to the call and transported<br />
the patient down the<br />
slope on a spine board.<br />
The EMTs were Iesha<br />
Russell, Joel Ellis and April<br />
John while the Fire Fighters<br />
identities were not disclosed.<br />
The event took place on<br />
Sunday.<br />
Cricket preparations in full gear<br />
By Joanna Paris<br />
Two one-day international cricket<br />
matches between England and the<br />
West Indies will be played at the Sir<br />
Viv Richards Stadium in the month of<br />
April.<br />
According to Government’s<br />
Spokesperson, Ambassador Lionel<br />
“Max” Hurst, the stadium is being prepared<br />
for these matches which will be<br />
played on a Friday and a Sunday.<br />
He said that more than 5,000 Britons<br />
have already booked hotels to<br />
spend the weekend in Antigua at the<br />
cricket venue.<br />
It is expected that hundreds of <strong>Caribbean</strong><br />
nationals will also come to Antigua<br />
for the matches.<br />
In order to ensure the participation<br />
of many Antiguans on the Friday,<br />
the Cabinet agreed to allow Government<br />
workers to end their workday on<br />
that Friday at 1:00 p.m.; the early end<br />
of the workday will enable thousands<br />
of government employees to attend<br />
the Friday afternoon match.<br />
The West Indies Cricket Board and<br />
the Festivals Commission will partner<br />
to provide exciting entertainment<br />
during the breaks.
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<strong>Tuesday</strong> <strong>28th</strong> <strong>February</strong> <strong>2017</strong><br />
Talent and Cultural Exhibition at<br />
the Clare Hall Secondary School<br />
The Clare Hall Secondary<br />
School held their third<br />
annual talent and cultural<br />
exhibition on 24 th <strong>February</strong>,<br />
<strong>2017</strong>. The school yard was<br />
filled with students, teachers,<br />
parents, past students and<br />
community members. The<br />
students displayed their talents<br />
in several ways, dance,<br />
song, a theatric presentation,<br />
fashion show, steel pan selections<br />
and art displays.<br />
Mrs. Greene, Principal<br />
of the Clare Hall Secondary<br />
school, stated that the<br />
purpose of the exhibition<br />
is to showcase the talent<br />
of the students of the Clare<br />
Hall Secondary. For the first<br />
time this year the Principal<br />
included a community outreach<br />
initiative. Each student<br />
was asked to bring a<br />
food item from home. These<br />
items were used to fill twenty-five<br />
food baskets which<br />
were presented to individuals<br />
who have contributed in<br />
one way or another to the<br />
school.<br />
After the performances<br />
the audience moved to the<br />
auditorium where they had<br />
several arts, craft & cultural<br />
displays. Pastry items, prepared<br />
by the Home Economics<br />
department, were on sale.<br />
Also on display were musical<br />
instruments, clothing and<br />
accessories, and volcanic<br />
science projects.<br />
There was also live entertainment<br />
from clowns, who<br />
performed practical jokes on<br />
each other, much to the delight<br />
of the large crowd.<br />
The exhibition was indeed<br />
impressive, undoubtedly<br />
the Clare Hall Secondary<br />
School is a fountain bubbling<br />
with talent.
<strong>Tuesday</strong> <strong>28th</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 />
EU and GARD Center partner in EC$1Million<br />
Youth Empowerment and Youth Justice Project<br />
The Gilbert Agricultural and Rural<br />
Development Center, (GARD Center),<br />
a grass-root non-profit non-government<br />
organization under the auspices<br />
of the Methodist Church in the <strong>Caribbean</strong><br />
and the Americas, is pleased to<br />
announce its recent partnership with<br />
the European Commission, in a project<br />
entitled, “Improving Op-portunities<br />
for At-Risk, Probationary, and<br />
Incarcerated Youth in Antigua and<br />
Bar-buda.”<br />
The GARD Center with its 27<br />
years of experience working with at–<br />
risk youth, is expanding its programs<br />
to include opportunities for probationary<br />
and incarcerated youth who are reintegrating<br />
into society.<br />
Insufficient programs to engage the<br />
youth in positive roles and productive<br />
social activities is part of the on-going<br />
prob-lem facing communities.<br />
This project will contribute to increasing<br />
the opportuni-ties for at-risk<br />
youth including those on probation<br />
and those incarcerated, to re-duce recidivism.<br />
Through the EU grant this will be<br />
carried out by:<br />
1. Facilitating access to youth development<br />
and employability training<br />
pro-grams, services and job markets<br />
for at-risk, probationary and incarcerated<br />
youth<br />
2. Enabling NGOs, government<br />
and private sector institutions to support<br />
sus-tainable youth diversion and<br />
re-entry programs effectively<br />
3. Increasing the awareness within<br />
communities and initiate community<br />
led ad-vocacy on behalf of youth impacted<br />
by crime and incarceration.<br />
Also coming on board in this project<br />
as strategic partners are the Probation<br />
Unit, Community Development<br />
Division, and the Directorate of Gender<br />
Affairs in the Ministry of Social<br />
Transformation; Legal Aid, Her Majesty’s<br />
Prison, a NGO, Sec-ond Chance<br />
Inc., as well as, others who are involved<br />
with youth at risk.
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10 c a r i b b e a n t i m e s . a g<br />
<strong>Tuesday</strong> <strong>28th</strong> <strong>February</strong> <strong>2017</strong><br />
Monday’s Sudoku Solution<br />
S U D O K U<br />
CROSSWORD<br />
Across<br />
1. Pierces<br />
6. Knight’s assistant<br />
10. Appeal<br />
14. Chocolate drink<br />
15. Operator<br />
16. Rock’s partner<br />
17. Go-between<br />
18. South American capital<br />
19. Inactive<br />
20. Space agency (abbr.)<br />
21. Rider<br />
23. Ace<br />
26. Purpose<br />
27. Assault<br />
30. Eat in style<br />
32. Reducing in length<br />
34. Aspect<br />
38. Large artery<br />
39. Mighty tree<br />
40. Wander off<br />
41. Singer ____ Seeger<br />
42. Make holy<br />
44. Wedding dessert<br />
45. Salary boosts<br />
46. Actor Charlton ____<br />
50. NBC’s rival<br />
51. Lacking the ability<br />
55. Exam<br />
59. School groups (abbr.)<br />
60. Gradual<br />
61. Howdy!<br />
62. Fringe benefit<br />
63. Grow weary<br />
64. Resource<br />
65. Mine products<br />
66. Copycat<br />
67. Hearty soups<br />
Down<br />
1. Read rapidly<br />
2. Roman garb<br />
3. Top cards<br />
4. Napoleon ____<br />
5. Took a chair<br />
6. Orange juice solids<br />
7. China’s continent<br />
8. Valuable stones<br />
9. Wiping clean<br />
10. Fabric pattern<br />
11. Skier’s cabin<br />
12. Actress ____ DeGeneres<br />
13. Vigilant<br />
22. WSW’s opposite<br />
24. Glamorous ____ Hayworth<br />
25. Madrid cheer<br />
27. Kin of PDQ<br />
28. Slipper<br />
29. Type<br />
30. Journalist ____ Sawyer<br />
31. Pen liquids<br />
33. Cranny’s kin<br />
34. Most tyrannical<br />
35. Retirement accts.<br />
36. Escort<br />
37. Needle openings<br />
40. Wound covering<br />
42. Card game<br />
43. Pitching stat<br />
44. Robber’s pursuer<br />
46. Nile animal, for short<br />
47. Computer key<br />
48. Frighten<br />
49. Chores<br />
52. Radar spot<br />
53. Traditional knowledge<br />
54. Wide-spouted pitcher<br />
56. Or ____!<br />
57. Whole bunch<br />
58. Toddlers<br />
61. Possesses
<strong>Tuesday</strong> <strong>28th</strong> <strong>February</strong> <strong>2017</strong> c a r i b b e a n t i m e s . a g 11<br />
Today’s weather forecast<br />
Antigua and Barbuda<br />
Windy with rain showers in the<br />
morning then partly cloudy in the<br />
afternoon.<br />
High - 80ºF<br />
Low - 73ºF<br />
Wind: East North East 21 mph<br />
Sunrise 6.26 am; Sunset 6.13 pm<br />
Monday’s Crossword Solution<br />
HOROSCOPE<br />
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20).<br />
You’ll be at your absolute best<br />
in a safe environment where<br />
you’re not worried about being<br />
scored or judged. You can<br />
have that peace even if you<br />
are being judged, by the way.<br />
The trick is in not worrying<br />
about it.<br />
ARIES (March 21-April 19).<br />
By definition, work is harder<br />
than doing nothing at all. At<br />
least it should be. Then why<br />
doesn’t it feel as if that is<br />
true? You’ll find idleness to be<br />
an irritant and gladly take on<br />
more than your share to stay<br />
busy.<br />
TAURUS (April 20-May 20).<br />
One of the more difficult character<br />
challenges of the day<br />
will be in the practice of nonjudgment.<br />
To take things at<br />
face value is difficult for one<br />
with the in-depth knowledge<br />
that you have, but you won’t<br />
be sorry.<br />
GEMINI (May 21-June<br />
21). Get going on a project.<br />
It doesn’t matter where you<br />
start; it just matters that you<br />
do. Wrong choices lead to<br />
right ones; bad plans lead to<br />
better ones.<br />
CANCER (June 22-July 22).<br />
You’re the unofficial coach<br />
of your group. You won’t let<br />
anyone perform at a subpar<br />
level without taking it upon<br />
yourself to investigate the<br />
problem, fix it and motivate<br />
improvement.<br />
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). This<br />
is a time to keep as much of<br />
the project under your control<br />
and jurisdiction as you can. If<br />
you delegate too much, you’ll<br />
just have to do it over yourself.<br />
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22).<br />
You don’t like to put people<br />
out, but if they want to make<br />
a sacrifice on your behalf, let<br />
them. You are important to<br />
your people. They want you<br />
to know this. Let them show<br />
you.<br />
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23).<br />
Who should be fulfilling your<br />
expectation? Whose expectation<br />
should you be filling? If<br />
the answers to those questions<br />
are “nobody” and “nobody’s,”<br />
then you’ll have an excellent<br />
day indeed.<br />
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21).<br />
Things will not stay the way<br />
they are. They never have, and<br />
they never will. With this in<br />
mind, you’ll continue to look<br />
for the present opportunities,<br />
which are as unusual as they<br />
are rare.<br />
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-<br />
Dec. 21). In most things, the<br />
lows and highs will expand at<br />
the same time. In a related story,<br />
you’ll be reminded that the<br />
way to intelligent things is often<br />
found through silly things.<br />
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan.<br />
19). You’re edgy; the pressure<br />
is on. Embrace it. Some<br />
top performance coaches suggest<br />
that relaxation techniques<br />
only diminish your ability to<br />
connect. It’s more compelling<br />
to stay in the moment and use<br />
the energy.<br />
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb.<br />
18). Over-planning leads to<br />
a boring outcome. But how<br />
do you know when you’ve<br />
planned too much? If your<br />
plans are prohibiting you from<br />
taking advantage of the popup<br />
opportunities of the moment,<br />
abandon them.
e<br />
12 c a r i b b e a n t i m e s . a g<br />
<strong>Tuesday</strong> <strong>28th</strong> <strong>February</strong> <strong>2017</strong><br />
Flow and Manchester United team<br />
up to deliver the Ultimate Football<br />
Experience to <strong>Caribbean</strong> footballers<br />
MIAMI, Fla., - Up-andcoming<br />
<strong>Caribbean</strong> footballers<br />
between the ages of 13 and<br />
16 will not be able to contain<br />
their excitement, as news<br />
breaks that Flow and Manchester<br />
United will host The<br />
Ultimate Football Experience,<br />
a skills-based competition,<br />
supported by the <strong>Caribbean</strong><br />
Football Union. The programme<br />
seeks to give youngsters,<br />
the chance-of-a-lifetime<br />
to participate in a talent development<br />
football camp; and<br />
even earn a trip to Old Trafford,<br />
Manchester to see Man<br />
Utd vs Crystal Palace on May<br />
21 st <strong>2017</strong>.<br />
The good news gets even<br />
better as registration opens this<br />
week for the football competition<br />
which runs from March<br />
through to May <strong>2017</strong>. Here’s<br />
how it works: skilled boys<br />
and girls can register online at<br />
https://discoverflow.co/flowmanutd.<br />
Registered participants<br />
will then be instructed to<br />
appear at designated football<br />
festivals across all <strong>Caribbean</strong><br />
markets in which Flow operates.<br />
The participants will engage<br />
in a Manchester United<br />
Soccer School’s international<br />
programme, which has been<br />
specially devised for the campaign<br />
and will be delivered<br />
by CFU coaches. Throughout<br />
the competition Manchester<br />
United legends will also be<br />
making an appearance at the<br />
festivals to offer their tips and<br />
advice. This is a proven Manchester<br />
United Soccer School<br />
programme designed to build<br />
and test the skills of young<br />
footballers across the globe.<br />
As the competition<br />
evolves, two participants from<br />
each market, along with their<br />
respective coach, will advance<br />
to a two-day skills session in<br />
Trinidad and Tobago to experience<br />
one-on-one training<br />
with CFU and Manchester<br />
United Soccer School Coaches.<br />
There, they will participate<br />
in a series of drills designed<br />
by the coaches and compete<br />
for the chance for two finalists<br />
and their coach to win a oncein-a-lifetime<br />
trip to Old Trafford<br />
in Manchester, England.<br />
Considered to be the highlight<br />
of the development initiative<br />
the two winners along<br />
with their coaches will travel<br />
to the world-famous football<br />
stadium to witness first hand<br />
Manchester United’s final<br />
Premier League game of the<br />
season against Crystal Palace.<br />
This VIP experience will also<br />
include a visit to the Manchester<br />
United Museum and<br />
Tour, taking in the history of<br />
the club followed by a tour of<br />
the iconic stadium.<br />
Manchester United’s<br />
Group Managing Director,<br />
Richard Arnold said, “Youth<br />
development is at the heart of<br />
this Club’s traditions and success.<br />
The Manchester United<br />
Soccer Schools were developed<br />
to help spread this spirit<br />
to as many children as possible.<br />
In recent years our partners<br />
have been instrumental in<br />
helping the great work of our<br />
Soccer Schools coaches reach<br />
young people around the<br />
world. We’re proud to work<br />
with Flow on this project.”<br />
“Like Manchester United,<br />
Flow also has a deep sense<br />
of commitment to youth development<br />
as can be seen<br />
by our support of several<br />
programmes throughout the<br />
region that help to hone the<br />
skills of young footballers,”<br />
said Garfield Sinclair, Flow’s<br />
newly appointed President of<br />
the <strong>Caribbean</strong>. Sinclair also<br />
said “We’re therefore proud<br />
to work in partnership with<br />
Manchester United to offer<br />
this once in a lifetime experience<br />
to our talented youngsters<br />
across the region.”<br />
The <strong>Caribbean</strong> Football<br />
Union’s (CFU) President<br />
Gordon Derrick gave a ringing<br />
endorsement of The Ultimate<br />
Football Experience, as<br />
he added: “The CFU is proud<br />
to be a partner with Flow on<br />
this exhilarating and beneficial<br />
initiative. Hundreds of<br />
young footballers in 15 countries<br />
– half of the CFU’s membership<br />
– will have the opportunity<br />
to compete, hone their<br />
skills, and, for the finalists,<br />
live the dream. I am confident<br />
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<strong>Tuesday</strong> <strong>28th</strong> <strong>February</strong> <strong>2017</strong> c a r i b b e a n t i m e s . a g 13<br />
SNAIL NOTICE<br />
Have you seen the Giant African Snail in your home or community?<br />
If so, follow these 3 easy steps:<br />
1. Put on protective gloves<br />
2. Collect snails and place them in a secure covered container<br />
with some salt.<br />
3. Call the Plant Protection Unit at 462-6776 or 462-6777 for<br />
advice on disposal<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 />
All members of the Antigua and Barbuda Ex-Servicemen<br />
Association are notified of the monthly general meeting, to<br />
be held on Saturday 4 March at 3 pm, at the Association`s<br />
Headquarters, " Leah House" on Prime Minister`s Drive.<br />
Please be on time or notify the Chairman on 720-0058, Secretary<br />
on 723-3452 or PRO on 721-1970 of your apologies.<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 <strong>Tuesday</strong> 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 />
The Social Security Board wishes to advise all self employed<br />
persons that their declared earnings shall not be less<br />
than the minimum wage, and are reminded that their Social<br />
Security contributions rate remains at 10%.<br />
Advertise with<br />
<strong>Caribbean</strong> <strong>Times</strong>!<br />
Contact us at Tel: 562-8688<br />
Email: accounts@<br />
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that this partnership will bode<br />
well for the future of football<br />
in the region.”<br />
The Ultimate Football<br />
Experience is one of several<br />
Manchester United and Flow<br />
partnership initiatives. In January,<br />
Flow hosted the FA Cup<br />
<strong>Caribbean</strong> Tour during which<br />
the Company gave football<br />
fans up-close and unprecedented<br />
access to football’s<br />
most coveted trophy. The final<br />
leg of the tour culminated<br />
in the Cayman Islands, where<br />
Manchester United ambassador<br />
Dwight Yorke made an<br />
appearance.<br />
Cable and Wireless is<br />
Manchester United’s telecommunications<br />
partner in the <strong>Caribbean</strong>.<br />
C&W is a full service<br />
communications and entertainment<br />
provider and delivers<br />
market-leading video,<br />
broadband, telephony and<br />
mobile services to consumers<br />
in 18 countries. Through<br />
its business division, C&W<br />
provides data center hosting,<br />
domestic and international<br />
managed network services,<br />
and customized IT service<br />
solutions, utilizing cloud technology<br />
to serve business and<br />
government customers.<br />
C&W also operates a<br />
state-of-the-art submarine fiber<br />
network – the most extensive<br />
in the region.<br />
Liberty Global is the<br />
world’s largest international<br />
TV and broadband company,<br />
with operations in more than<br />
30 countries across Europe,<br />
Latin America and the <strong>Caribbean</strong>.<br />
We invest in the infrastructure<br />
that empowers our<br />
customers to make the most<br />
of the digital revolution. Our<br />
scale and commitment to innovation<br />
enable us to develop<br />
market-leading products<br />
delivered through next generation<br />
networks that connect<br />
our 25 million customers who<br />
subscribe to over 50 million<br />
television, broadband internet<br />
and telephony services.<br />
We also serve over 10 million<br />
mobile subscribers and offer<br />
WiFi service across 5 million<br />
access points.<br />
Liberty Global’s businesses<br />
are comprised of two<br />
stocks: the Liberty Global<br />
Group (NASDAQ: LBTYA,<br />
LBTYB and LBTYK) for our<br />
European operations, and the<br />
LiLAC Group (NASDAQ:<br />
LILA and LILAK, OTC Link:<br />
LILAB), which consists of<br />
our operations in Latin America<br />
and the <strong>Caribbean</strong>.<br />
The Liberty Global Group<br />
operates in 11 European<br />
countries under the consumer<br />
brands Virgin Media, Unitymedia,<br />
Telenet and UPC. The<br />
Liberty Global Group also<br />
owns 50% of VodafoneZiggo,<br />
a Dutch joint venture, which<br />
has 4 million customers, 10<br />
million fixed-line subscribers<br />
and 5 million mobile subscribers.<br />
The LiLAC Group operates<br />
in over 20 countries in<br />
Latin America and the <strong>Caribbean</strong><br />
under the consumer<br />
brands VTR, Flow, Liberty,<br />
Más Móvil and BTC. In addition,<br />
the LiLAC Group operates<br />
a sub-sea fiber network<br />
throughout the region in over<br />
30 markets.
14 c a r i b b e a n t i m e s . a g<br />
<strong>Tuesday</strong> <strong>28th</strong> <strong>February</strong> <strong>2017</strong><br />
Hap Fauth at the helm of Bella Mente.<br />
Mike Slade’s Maxi, Leopard 3. RORC/ELWJ Photography<br />
Epic win for Bella Mente in RORC <strong>Caribbean</strong> 600<br />
The All-American<br />
Maxi72 battle in the RORC<br />
<strong>Caribbean</strong> 600 lived up to expectations<br />
with Hap Fauth’s<br />
Bella Mente and George Sakellaris’<br />
Proteus enjoying an<br />
epic match race. The lead in<br />
the Maxi72s changed hands<br />
on seven occasions during<br />
the race. Bella Mente counted<br />
85 sail changes and at<br />
one point, both yachts were<br />
way-over canvassed, smoking<br />
along at 30 knots in a<br />
gigantic squall. Bella Mente<br />
crossed the finish line just 14<br />
minutes ahead of Proteus to<br />
set the bar for the RORC <strong>Caribbean</strong><br />
600 Trophy which<br />
will be awarded at the Prize<br />
Giving to the yacht scoring<br />
the best time under the IRC<br />
Rating Rule. Hap Fauth was<br />
delighted to have won the<br />
match race with Proteus and<br />
full of praise for the event,<br />
the competition and above<br />
all, his team:<br />
“We are beat; there is<br />
nothing left as the whole<br />
team gave 120% or more…<br />
unbelievable! We are just<br />
delighted to have prevailed.<br />
We had a match race for 500<br />
miles with Proteus and that<br />
is a really well sailed boat. It<br />
was really, really good sailing.<br />
This is an iconic race<br />
that you cannot miss at all.<br />
“The RORC should be<br />
congratulated for organising<br />
another great race. This<br />
was an interesting course<br />
because with the conditions<br />
it was totally new and fresh.<br />
We expected a maximum<br />
wind speed of 15 knots and<br />
at one point we were doing<br />
25 knots of boat speed, just<br />
ripping, so it was terrific.<br />
Not until we got to Barbuda<br />
for the second time did we<br />
really establish ourselves.<br />
We had a tacking duel with<br />
maybe 15 tacks and extended<br />
out by four miles, we just<br />
kept our lead. A really good<br />
race and it doesn’t get any<br />
better.<br />
“Last year we didn’t finished<br />
the race and we had to<br />
put the old girl back together.<br />
Bella Mente is the oldest<br />
Maxi 72 on the circuit and I<br />
am the oldest helmsman, but<br />
if I am still out of the ground<br />
next year, I will be back.<br />
This crew is the best in the<br />
world. I just stay at the back<br />
and get all of the applause.”<br />
Bella Mente tactician,<br />
Terry Hutchinson, explained<br />
some of the key aspects in<br />
the battle with Proteus:<br />
“If you haven’t done this<br />
race you have to come and<br />
do it, even with the unusual<br />
conditions it was really<br />
good. Way more exciting<br />
than we thought it would be.<br />
What surprised me was we<br />
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Barbuda returns to School Basketball<br />
cont’d from pg 14<br />
finished the race a lot earlier<br />
than we thought, but the battle<br />
with Proteus was just as<br />
we expected. We passed each<br />
other seven times during the<br />
race! Getting that extra gust<br />
of wind and different sail<br />
combinations were big factors.<br />
Proteus was quick on a<br />
reach and Bella Mente had<br />
a slight edge upwind and<br />
downwind. At Guadeloupe,<br />
we had set a spinnaker first<br />
at Iles des Saintes, but we<br />
couldn’t make the corner<br />
and then couldn’t get our<br />
spinnaker down either, so<br />
we were on the back foot<br />
going around La Desirade.<br />
For the 90 mile beat, Bella<br />
Mente was going about as<br />
good as ever and we were a<br />
mile behind, but by Barbuda<br />
we were two miles ahead. It<br />
will be interesting to hear if<br />
something wasn’t quite right<br />
on their boat. We got ahead<br />
when it counted, but massive<br />
kudos to the Proteus team,<br />
they sailed a great race.”<br />
By Carlena Knight<br />
After a two-year absence, Sir Mc-<br />
Chesney George High School of Barbuda<br />
made their return to the Cool<br />
and Smooth Inter-School Basketball<br />
league last Thursday.<br />
Barbuda who are no newbies to the<br />
league having competed in a number<br />
of years racking numerous titles and<br />
individual awards in the Junior and<br />
Senior Boys divisions, will play two<br />
matches daily due to the limitations of<br />
transportation to and from the sister<br />
island.<br />
This year, Sir McChesney High<br />
will only play in the Senior Boys division<br />
and have already gotten off to<br />
a commendable start edging out Princess<br />
Margaret, 46-44.<br />
Sadika Harris had 13 points while<br />
Tray Beazer netted 10 for the victors.<br />
Bokeem Murrell of PMS had 19<br />
points and Adonis Jiminez assisted<br />
with 10 points.<br />
They then went on to face Antigua<br />
State College but lost, 45-37.<br />
Anthony Greer led his team in scoring<br />
with 14 points while Victor Horsford<br />
assisted with 13. Ezekiel Francois<br />
chipped in with 12 points.<br />
Tray Beazer and Shakoy Beazer<br />
both had 13 points for Sir McChesney<br />
George Sakellaris’ Maxi 72, Proteus.<br />
Last year’s overall winner,<br />
George Sakellaris racing<br />
Proteus described the race as<br />
one of the best ever despite<br />
losing out to Bella Mente.<br />
“We had everything in<br />
this race; it was an epic battle<br />
but something went wrong<br />
with the boat on the beat to<br />
Barbuda. We even backed<br />
up the boat to try to shake<br />
off some weed or whatever<br />
it was slowing us down. Up<br />
until then it was a great race,<br />
one of the best I have ever<br />
done. We had close company<br />
all the way and not just<br />
Bella Mente, we had Leopard<br />
and SFS to contend with<br />
as well. The team is fantastic<br />
and it was very exciting. At<br />
one point we were sailing<br />
with the A1 (largest spinnaker)<br />
in 37 knots of wind and<br />
the boat was doing 30 knots.<br />
That is why I go racing, that<br />
is what I live for.”<br />
Mike Slade’s Maxi Leopard<br />
3 finished the RORC <strong>Caribbean</strong><br />
600 in second place<br />
on the water behind George<br />
David’s Rambler 88 to claim<br />
third in class. “Leopard has<br />
not been beaten on the water<br />
by a Maxi 72 or a Volvo<br />
70 in this race and that still<br />
High.<br />
In other games that day, Combine<br />
defeated Buckleys Primary, 12-8 in<br />
the Mini-Boys Primary division.<br />
Kristian Wynter and Tamaha Stuart<br />
scored 4 points for the victors while<br />
Taliqe Merrick netted 4 in a losing effort.<br />
Christ the King Girls High trumped<br />
Jennings Secondary, 32-4 in the Senior<br />
Girls division.<br />
Timna Phillip of CKHS led the<br />
charge with 12 points with assistance<br />
from Toby-Anne Henry with 12 points.<br />
Aaliyah Gordon of JSS had 3<br />
points.<br />
stands,” commented Leopard<br />
3 Boat Captain, Chris<br />
Sherlock. Lionel Pean’s<br />
French Volvo 70 finished<br />
the race just under two hours<br />
behind Leopard 3 and after<br />
time correction is runner up<br />
to Rambler 88 in IRC Canting<br />
Keel. “It was a great<br />
pleasure to race along side<br />
two Maxi72s and our target<br />
was be ahead of the other<br />
Volvo 70s and we achieved<br />
this with a good result. We<br />
had great sailing and a good<br />
fight all along but it was a<br />
hard race.”<br />
On the fourth day of the<br />
RORC <strong>Caribbean</strong> 600, over<br />
50 yachts are still racing.<br />
Bernie Evan-Wong’s Antiguan<br />
RP37, Taz is leading<br />
in IRC One. Ed Fishwick’s<br />
British J/122, Redshift on El<br />
Ocaso is leading in IRC Two<br />
and Jonty Layfield’s British<br />
Swan 48, Sleeper X is leading<br />
IRC Three. Peter Harding’s<br />
British Class40 Ph-orty<br />
is back in the lead for the<br />
Class40 Division.
16 c a r i b b e a n t i m e s . a g<br />
<strong>Tuesday</strong> <strong>28th</strong> <strong>February</strong> <strong>2017</strong><br />
Youth 3x3 team claim bronze medals<br />
By Carlena Knight<br />
The first ever International<br />
Basketball Federation<br />
Under 18 3x3 Basketball<br />
tournament took<br />
place over the weekend in<br />
St. Lucia where team Antigua<br />
Barbuda claimed the<br />
bronze medals.<br />
Ahamani Browne of<br />
Antigua Grammar and Judah<br />
Ferris, Eric Joseph Jr.<br />
and Sheldon Gomes Jr. of<br />
Baptist Academy represented<br />
Antigua Barbuda at<br />
the championships and defeated<br />
Curacao, 7-6, Aruba<br />
10-9, St. Vincent 13-9 and<br />
Barbados 6-4 in the preliminaries,<br />
Team Wadadli advance<br />
to the semi-finals of<br />
the event.<br />
They fell to Martinique,<br />
9-7 who went to claim the<br />
gold medals.<br />
Despite not advancing<br />
to the finals the young team<br />
finished with a record of<br />
foiur wins and two losses<br />
which guaranteed them the<br />
third place trophy out of 11<br />
teams behind champions,<br />
Martinique (6-0) and silver<br />
medalist, Guyana (6-1).<br />
The team who returned<br />
on Monday morning where<br />
they were praised for their<br />
efforts and discipline not<br />
only on the court but off the<br />
court by the 3x3 Co-ordinator,<br />
Gemma Hazelwood,<br />
ABBA President, Darryl<br />
Matthew and the general<br />
public.