Daily-Observer-18-07-14-No-166

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No. 166

St. Johnʼs, Antigua

Friday July 18, 2014

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COURT REJECTS

LIALPA INJUNCTION Read story on page 3

In Loving Memory Family and friends of the late Captain Ivan “Powerline” Joseph, pay tribute to the fisherman lost at sea for eight weeks.

Father Reid Simon officiated during a memorial service at Splash Antigua, last night, as daughter of the deceased, Samantha (second left) prepares the lanterns. Sister Simone and brother Shane carry bouquets. There was a large turnout at the service, to include former national security minister, Dr Errol Cort, who the family said was very supportive during the search for Joseph. (Photo by Tameika Malone)

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WHAT’S ON

Today NEW COURSES AT GARDC The Gilberts Agricultural and Rural Development Center is now registering classes for new courses in: Introduction to Carpentry; Introduction to Masonry; Basic Baking & Decorating; Introduction to Tiling; Agriculture; and CXC Math & English.

Registration ends today, July 18, and the fee is $50.

Please contact the center for further information at Tel: 268-463-4121/562-0084 or email: youth@gardc.org Today AFTER FAIR SALE There will be an after fair sale today at the Planting Value Learning Center in Pares Village. Proceeds are in aid of surgery for three-year-old Ethan and the school. Please support for a worthy cause.

Tomorrow MORAVIAN HEALTH WALK The Moravian Church Antigua Conference monthly health walk will be held tomorrow at 5 am, starting at Potters Zion Moravian Church to Scott’s Hill onto American Road and back to the church. Breakfast will be on sale at $ 10. Remember Spiritually Ready Physically Fit.

Tomorrow MASTERS BREAKFAST The Antigua Masters Cricket Club will be hosting its monthly fund-raising breakfast tomorrow from 7 am – 9:30 am on Independence Avenue (west of the car park). Proceeds are in aid of club expenses. Do come out and support.

July 20 to 25 WEEK OF SERVICES Under the theme “Deeper Life In Christ“, the Potters Wesleyan Holiness/Pilgrim Church will be hosting a week of services from Sunday, July 20 to Friday, July 25. Service begins at 7 pm on Sunday and 7:30 pm from Monday to Friday. The guest speaker will be Rev Paul Andrew of the Christian Life Assembly Ministries. All are invited.

July 21 VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL The Ottos, Potters and Gray’s Farm Wesleyan Holiness churches present Vacation Bible School 2014 under the theme“ Gospel’s Light’s Son Treasure Island” with Pastor Ronnie Jones and his team from the USA starting July 21 to July 25 from 9am to 12 noon. Join us for Vacation Bible School at the Ottos Wesleyan Holiness Church All Saints where kids discover God’s Love in Bible stories, crafts, skits, games and songs. Be there.

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Court rejects LIALPA injunction

By Raisa SN Charles

The High Court in & Barbuda, Antigua Thursday, rejected the application to file an injunction against regional carrier, LIAT, which was sought by the Leeward Islands Airline Pilots Association (LIALPA).

The injunction sought to freeze a LIAT employee pension account at Antigua Commercial Bank (ACB).

LIALPA claimed LIAT had allegedly siphoned off some EC $13.5 million from the escrow account into another LIAT account at First Bank in St Thomas.

LIALPA Chairman Patterson Thompson said the judge, Brian Cottle, believes that the union can achieve its goal without the company’s assets being frozen.

“I don’t think that we were able to prove that the actions of LIAT are detrimental to the point where it requires an emergency injunction,” Thompson said.

“He’s saying you haven’t been able to prove that beyond a shadow of doubt and that there are other means of doing this.”

He further noted that LIALPA needed the support of the other unions since the pilot’s union only owned a

portion of the funds.

Thompson previously said that the union had intentions to sue LIAT over missing funds from the escrow account. The chairman said that the verdict has not affected these plans.

“We have to turn around now and join the system and sue LIAT to make sure we get that money back under our jurisdiction. We have to prove that this money was moved without our consent and it was moved in a way that we

can prove was done detrimentally,” he said.

He also confirmed that LIALPA would enlist LIAT’s other unions to strengthen its stance.

“Certainly to bring back in the money under the jurisdiction of Antigua & Barbuda is essential. They all identify that they will be getting on board with that.”

LIAT and its unions will meet tomorrow to discuss both parties’ general concerns. The moved pension funds, however, is expected

to dominate the discussions.

In a statement issued by the company, of Corporate Head Communications Desmond Brown said that the company would still work peaceably with the unions.

“LIAT’s desire has always been to work with its employees and their representatives in order to establish a Pension Plan for the benefit of all,” the release read. “That desire remains unchanged after today’s hearing.”

Isaac refutes resignation rumour

By Theresa Gordon

Dismissing widespread rumours that she has tendered a letter of resignation from the Board of Education (BOE), Executive Secretary D Gisele Isaac said that, for her, resignation is nowhere in the cards.

Isaac stated she has no intention of leaving a post she has held for the past 13 years.

“Unless someone has forged a letter in my name and forged my signature, I don’t know anything about any resignation letter. I have

not resigned, I am not contemplating resigning,” Isaac said during an interview with OBSERVER media.

Her alleged resignation has been linked to a reported probe into misappropriation of bailiff funds channelled through the BOE. But Isaac said from where she sits, she is not aware that such a probe is under way.

“I have not been contacted by anybody who is over me, meaning the minister or the chairman of the board in any respect of any probe or investigation,” she said.

“I would find it strange that a probe or investigation is going on and I have not been called and our accountant has not been called and my files have not been removed or any such thing,” she added.

The executive secretary went on to explain that “any bailiff commissions that have been paid would have been certified not only by the Levy Department but by the acccountant himself.”

Isaac took up the post of Executive Secretary of the Board of Education in January 2001.

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NEWS

Disney releases video on endangered Antiguan Racer Snake

By Kiera Spronk

Disney has debuted a video that tells the story of the fight to save the Antiguan Racer Snake from extinction.

Released on World Snake Day, July 16, the video, filmed on Great Bird Island, shows the work and co-operation of the Disney Worldwide Conservation Fund, Fauna and Flora International, the Forestry Unit of the Ministry of Agriculture and the Environmental Awareness Group (EAG) of Antigua & Barbuda, and numerous volunteers in the mission.

A group from the Disney Worldwide Conservation visited Antigua & Barbuda to film the critically endangered Antiguan Racer and explore the background behind the Antiguan Racer Conservation Project.

“There were a couple persons who were fascinated by this snake … but no one had seen it in many years and another researcher said it had gone extinct. So they went to the island and lo and behold they found a snake. These persons then got in contact with Fauna

The Antiguan Racer, the world’s rarest snake, is small, non-venomous and good-natured

and Flora International,” President of the EAG Dr Karron James-Scholl said.

Fauna and Flora International works to conserve threatened species and habitats worldwide.

Upon hearing about the Antiguan Racer, the world’s rarest snake, Dr Jenny Daltry of Fauna and Flora said, “It seemed like a second chance to save a species from extinction.”

Dr Daltry went on to explain, in the video, that a long time ago, millions of Antiguan racer snakes used to live all over Antigua and

Barbuda. But when mongooses were introduced to the country to help control the rat population, the Antiguan racers very quickly died out, and the only place they survived was on Great Bird Island.

The group has since introduced them to three more small islands off Antigua, including Green Island, and numbers have grown from about 50 to 1000.

“We’re not just working on the snakes, we’re working on birds and turtles and the whole habitat,” said Dr Daltry.

The environmental organisation has restored 13 islands off Antigua as a part of this work.

The organisers also stressed the importance of getting children involved in conservation efforts, as educating them can go a long way.

Project Coordinator of the Offshore Islands Conservation Programme, Natalya Lawrence, thanked Disney in the video, saying, “We need equipment and materials, and Disney was able to supply us with that, and we’re very thankful.”

‘Mere pre-match hijinks’, CPL says of Gayle’s sexist remarks

The Caribbean Premier League (CPL) is standing behind former West Indies and Jamaica Tallawahs Captain, Chris Gayle, despite public outrage over controversial comments he made to a female reporter Wednesday.

In a news release, the CPL said, “We note the comments of members of the public and the media, and while we are sure that Chris’s comments were mere pre-match hijinks and made with no malice intended, we regret if anyone was offend-

ed by them as that was surely not the intention.”

Members of the public, talk show hosts and advocacy groups are calling on Gayle to apologise.

The Professional Organisation for Women in Antigua (POWA) was among those who condemned the so-called sexist statements by the Jamaica Tallawahs captain.

D Gisele Isaac-Arrindell of POWA said the controversial comments were inappropriate and crude,

and Gayle should apologise immediately.

“I think he owes the reporter an apology. I think he owes the public an apology. He’s a representative of his team, and I would imagine his nation, and I think the comments were totally, totally inappropriate.

Totally uncalled for. I think they were highly sexual, highly suggestive. Not even suggestive, I think they were crude,” she said.

The question from the female reporter was, “How

does this pitch feel so far?” and Gayle’s response was, “I haven’t touched yours yet, so I don’t know how it feels.”

The situation garnered heated feedback from the public Thursday morning on OBSERVER Radio.

Listeners weighed in, as follows: “At the end of the day, I think the guy really should apologise. This is a matter of lack of discipline.”

“If this was in England or India he would not have made that comment. I am

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“It’s about time that the organisers of cricket in the region put a stop to that nonsense. I am not going to the game. I am silently protesting the ignorance that goes on in Caribbean cricket.”

“I am calling on all the females to boycott the game.

Because it was a serious insult to the young lady.”

Isaac-Arrindell said the ordeal stems from a culture that does not know how to deal with sexual harassment issues.

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“I hope that this will be the catalyst for discussion, and a re-evaluation of how men and women speak with each other in our society. Unfortunately most West Indian women are not cultured to deal with sexual harassment and such offensive remarks.”

The CPL’s response in the news release was to say 40 per cent of their fan base is female. The organisation also stated that Gayle is “without doubt the brightest star of the game”.

(Kiera Spronk)

All chefs and bartenders are invited to register by Friday, July 25 to enter the preliminaries of this year’s Mango Fest Culinary Cook Off to be held on Saturday, August 2 on the Ministry of Agriculture compound at Country Pond. Forms can be collected from that ministry or by calling 764-8843 or 562-7439. The Annual Mango Festival and Mango Culinary Cook Off Finals will be held Sunday, August 10.

MANGO FEST COOK-OFF

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Inland Revenue Dep’t offers ABST waivers to debtors

By Tameika Malone

The Inland Revenue Department (IRD) is hoping to get more money into the Treasury with the introduction of the Finance Ministry’s first Fresh Start Initiative.

In a release issued Wednesday the IRD said it will waive all penalties and interests for Antigua Barbuda Sales Tax (ABST) registrants who pay their outstanding debts.

In order to benefit from this initiative, delinquent taxpayers are requested to visit IRD headquarters at Woods Mall to settle these arrears promptly.

The ministry’s Communications Specialist Karen Challenger-George told OBSERVER media yesterday that meeting monthly obligations is IRD’s top priority.

“We need to get money into the coffers first and foremost, we have obligations to meet and that is the priority now; make sure salaries are paid and to make sure meet whatever other commitments month end,” the communications specialist said.

While the exact figure owed was not available,

Challenger-George said the accounts owed on are collectable debts.

She said it is an opportunity for persons to remit the ABST they had been collecting on the government’s behalf, late, without incurring interest and penalties.

“The ABST is something that is already collected and it is being held in trust for the government. It is not like we are asking you to pay something out of your pocket. We are hoping that these persons will actually come in and settle the accounts,” Challenger-George added.

The release reminded ABST registrants that the waiver of penalties and interests would only be applied to payments made in the months of July and August 2014.

The Fresh Start Initiative is a venture of the Antigua Barbuda Labour Party administration, which elected to office on June 12.

During the election campaign, the government promised to waive work permit fees for the remainder of 2014, and utility bills write-offs covering arrears for electricity, water and telephone for households up to December 31, 2013.

FOR THE TERMINALLY ILL

FORGING TIES: Prime Minister of Antigua & Barbuda the Hon Gaston Browne met with Chilean President Michelle Bachelet on the margins of the CELAC Summit in Brazil. The duo discussed a wide range of bilateral and multilateral issues.

St John Hospice, located at Gwenneth O’Reilly Ward, Holberton, offers help and relief to families of the terminally ill. St John Hospice gives people the opportunity to die with dignity, pain management and compassion in a tranquil environment cared for by professionally trained staff. We continue to offer palliative home care to those families needing a helping hand. We also offer two respite rooms for families who need to travel and cannot leave an elderly relative alone. These rooms open onto our dayroom and beautiful garden. If you have a family member or friend in need of these services please call St John Hospice at 562-8221 or 464-9779.

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Union supports Browne’s call to recruit retired teachers

By Theresa Gordon

President of the Antigua & Barbuda Union of Teachers (A&BUT), Ashworth Azille is in favour of teachers who opted for the 2006 Voluntary Severance and Early Retirement programme being recruited to alleviate the shortage in the nation’s schools.

Azille said his preference would be for those teachers who are already trained.

“Personally we have no issue with that as long as that recall is done with some legal backing,” he told OBSERVER media.

“There were some limitations that were placed on such individuals in the original legislation that was passed giving rise to the Voluntary Severance Package.”

The teachers union president was responding to Education Minister Michael Browne’s comments, Tuesday, as he announced plans to work with the Cabinet of Antigua & Barbuda to amend sections of the law which restricted teachers who took voluntary severance from returning to the workforce.

The minister told a townhall meeting in Bolans he will also be working with Cabinet to repeal the section of the law which also stipulates educators re-entering the service must pay back their severance pay within a mandated time frame.

“Those teachers and other educators who have worked and they took the package and are interested in coming back this would

be the time to let us at the Ministry of Education know so that if we are successful in repealing that element of the law we can bring you back in the system on the level that you are now with the understanding that you’ve already got pensions before and other conditions,” the minister said.

In 2006, the United Progressive Party (UPP) regime offered the Voluntary Severance and Early Retirement Package to public sector workers as a means of reducing government’s wage bill.

Azille said there has always been a shortage of trained teachers, especially in areas such as science and math, and that the union,

A&BUT President Ashworth Azille supports the move to have trained retired educators back in the classroom

too, has held several inhouse meetings to brainstorm ways in which to tackle the problem.

He also pointed out that the shortage exists because that some educators are

taken out of the system and sent for additional training.

The president is hoping the minister will be successful in his quest to facilitate those who are willing to return to the service.

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After being addicted to drugs for 18 years, Mary John said she is celebrating more than 10 years of sobriety and continues to encourage everyone to stay clear of all illicit drugs. (Photo by Tameika Malone)

Former addict says antidrug programmes should Secondary students target more youth

to get remedial support

By Theresa Gordon

Education Minister Michael Browne said resources will be put in place to ensure that remedial support is provided to students who are entering the secondary school system with numeracy or literacy problems.

“For the students who are going to high school we continue to provide remedial support, continue to prove alternative forms of instruction so that they can learn,” Browne said.

The minister was responding to queries posted by a group of individuals at a recent townhall meeting in Bolans.

With the advent of Universal Secondary Education (USE), questions were being raised about some students’ ability to negotiate a secondary edu-

cation when they were not able to perform at top levels in the primary system.

Many are also of the opinion this will create a deficiency in the system.

But the minister said the conservation should not be centered around whether or not there should be USE but why enough is not being done to ensure that every child has the opportunity to a good education at all levels.

Universal Secondary Education took effect in 2013 and whether or not students pass the assessment; they will be given access to secondary school.

The chief objective of USE is to remove all barriers to students accessing secondary education.

In preparation for USE, student profiles will be done and Grades 2 and 4 students will take National Assessment Exams.

By Martina Johnson

Former drug addict and activist for social improvement, Mary John, is calling on officials in substance abuse units to include more students in their anti-drug programmes and to review other anti-drug initiatives.

John, who said she stopped abusing drugs for just over 10 years, said currently, the units are paying more attention to very young children and individuals who are already addicted. “(The units) have done well so far but there’s room for improvement … I would like to see a programme in the schools for second and third form and upwards because there are some programmes for primary students, and they focus on that group,” she said.

Presently, students in 16 government primary schools are exposed to the Defying, Assess, Respond and Evaluate (DARE) programme, formerly known as the Drug Abuse Resistance

Education programme.

In 2011, the programme was expanded to include second form students from four government secondary schools All Saints Secondary, Pares Secondary, Ottos Comprehensive and the Princess Margaret Secondary schools.

DARE mentor Senior Sergeant Timothy Drew said John’s suggestion is a “good” one, which he anticipates can be realised in the new school year – from September 2014.

He noted that, today, 10 officers would be graduating from training sessions specifically aimed at boosting manpower for DARE programme.

In addition to the DARE initiative, Crossroads Centre, a residential drug and alcohol abuse rehabilitation facility, has a programme in primary schools.

That programme also focuses on building selfesteem, resisting drug use, and resisting peer pressure Continued on page 8

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Police PR defends practice of arresting small drug offenders

By Martina Johnson

Police spokesman Corporal Frankie Thomas has defended the arrests of the “small” drug distributers and users as he explained those individuals are breaking the law and, they also serve as a link to the larger distributors.

He was responding to a statement from a caller to OBSERVER Radio’s Voice of the People programme yesterday, who lamented the many arrests and convictions for possession of 10, 15 grammes of cannabis and other small amounts.

Former addict from page 7 among other things.

Meanwhile, in addition to calling for more to be done in schools, the recovering addict, John, said the same level of attention placed on treatment of addicts should

“It is not a waste of time.

We have used information from the ordinary man to get to the more key players to address drug trafficking so it is not a matter of running behind the ordinary man in the streets. First and foremost they are the ones playing a more active role in the distribution,” he said.

Recovered drug addict Mary John had also spoken on the matter yesterday and said she believes the police go after the “small man” because it is easier to do.

She accused police of not doing enough to go after the many high profile individube spent on prevention, if not more.

And she also called for the revival of the annual march against the illicit drug trade.

“You see the march against illicit trafficking and selling of drugs that was usually the last

als who are allegedly driving the trade.

However, Thomas said, “It is true there are larger players but the distribution comes through (the smaller players) so we have to really start working it backwards to get to those directly involved.”

On the issue of treating information with strict confidence within the force, the Corporal acknowledged there have been instances where confidentiality was breached, but that is something to which the force has zero tolerance.

“It is a matter dealt with Monday in June, I would like that brought back. The last year was in 2008 and there was a disappointing turnout because it was not promoted enough.

Promotion should start three months before,” she said.

John said she abused

internally and don’t believe we cannot investigate ourselves. We have reputable, capable people with integrity who can fairly investigate matters of discipline and come out with solutions that is befitting the infringement or regulation broken by that officer,” he said.

At the same time, the officer said he has seen an improvement in the level of public confidence in the police and that is due to the hard work and fairness of the force even in times when officers had to turn around and put cuffs on some of their own.

cocaine for 18 years and attempted suicide twice. She said she decided to turn her life around, and with strong support from relatives, she began her recovery in 2003 and has never used the substance since.

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Economist: New int’l lending agency not expected to affect region

By Kiera Spronk

The creation of the new Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa (BRICS) Development Bank will have no immediate impact on the region, but the International Monetary Fund (IMF) will soon have to adjust its policies, Dominican economist McCarthy Marie said.

The BRICS countries have signed a document to create a $100 billion BRICS Development Bank, which will challenge the influence of Western-based lending institutions as well as the dollar.

“If there is an alternative to the IMF (International Monetary Fund), you’d expect the conditions for borrowing to ease up. If they become

competitors in the true sense of the word then they’d have to be offering better deals to potential customers,” he said.

In the past, the IMF has offered financial assistance to Caribbean countries in the context of IMF-supported programmes.

“BRICS Bank will be one of the major multilateral development finance institutions in this world,” Russian President Vladimir Putin said Tuesday at the 6th BRICS summit in Brazil.

The launch of the BRICS bank is being seen as a first step in breaking the dominance of the US dollar in global trade, as well as institutions such as the IMF and the World Bank.

Marie also said that this development is a reflection on the fact that “the central

gravity of the world economy is shifting to the east.”

“China will have a major say in how the bank runs its policies… and India will also have a significant say in the bank’s functions,” he said.

The group of emerging economies, Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, account for 42.6 per cent of the world population. They are distinguished by their large, fast-growing economies and significant influence on regional and global affairs.

Chinese President Xi Jinping spoke at the summit in Brazil, saying the organisation’s actions will “facilitate a more balanced world economy, more effective global governance and more democratic international relations.”

Economist Marie’s final word on the matter was: “We will have to wait and see whether the conditions they’re proposing for the loans have a significant difference of what exists with the present World Bank and the IMF.”

BAR-B-CUE FUND-RAISER

The Ambassadors For Christ Church in Freeman’s Village invites you to our Annual Summer BBQ on July 25 on the church lawn from 4:30 pm to 9 pm. Fried fish and hamburgers will also be available. Tickets are $10.

Proceeds are in aid of our Building Fund.

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Controlling masqueraders’ street conduct is a matter for troupes — CDC

By Raisa SN Charles

The chairman of the Carnival Development Committee (CDC) has stated that, in his view, the matter of controlling merrymakers on the streets should be addressed by mas’ troupes and their members, and not the committee.

Speaking on OBSERVER AM Thursday, Kayode O’Marde said that the matter was out of CDC’s hands.

“There’re things within our control and there’re things that are out of our control … It’s almost impossible if you actually think about it, unless we’re going to get police to drag people

off the road,” he said.

“People have to address that amongst themselves.

Even if the mas’ troupes want to take that up with their members, whether or not they want to encourage better behaviour, but that’s not something that’s new.”

The CDC chairman cautioned that putting too many restrictions on the festival may lead to watered down events.

“It’s Carnival. It’s a free time and I think when we start to put all these limitations on what people can do and how they can do it … it’s similar to the CPL now. I just find there are a lot of rules and regulations that

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don’t apply to us as Caribbean people, when the tagline is The Caribbean’s biggest party. It just doesn’t feel that way,” he said.

“When you try to control everything that’s when you start to kill the feeling and kill the vibe around a lot of things.”

Meanwhile, O’Marde also credited the rising popularity of T-shirt mas’ as one of the reasons for the change in the usual Carnival Monday route. “[Last year] I found myself in the grounds speaking to 10, 15 people running up and down in the field before me because everybody was still outside playing T-shirt mas’ or enjoying what was happening outside the grounds,” he told OBSERVER AM. “The crowd doesn’t come in to the grounds anymore in great numbers like they used to. That’s kind of changed especially with the

advent of the extra day of mas’ on the road (that) we now have.”

He said that the change has been on the table since last year but is only now coming into effect. O’Marde noted that while the parade will begin with a few speeches, instead of the usual procession across the stage, the floats will leave the parade at the top of High Street and return to the House of Culture.

“The rest of the T-shirt mas’ will do another round of the city, down Redcliffe Street and up High Street until evening,” he said. There will, however still be a ceremonial ribbon cutting at the south gate of the Antigua Recreation Grounds, which will be officially dubbed Carnival City for the duration of the festivities.

The opening of this year’s summer festival is slated for July 26th.

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Research project, check; Teen Splash contestants soon ‘Bringing the Talent’

By Raisa SN Charles

s Carnival draws nearer, the teens stepped up to the plate on Wednesday night to compete in the first judged segment of The Source Teen Splash competition. Delegates from secondary schools around the island presented their research projects to a panel of judges in the segment.

This year ’s competition will see nine delegates from eight of the nation’s secondary schools vying for the title.

Up to bat for the Antigua Girls’ High School is Briana Anthony, while Najee George is representing St Joseph’s Academy.

Princess Margaret Secondary has entered Shannon Seth; Byron Christopher will represent Jennings Secondary; Crystal Persaud and Devon McCoy hail from Ottos Comprehensive;

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Jessica Rhoder from Jennings Secondary; Amber Francis from Clare Hall and Ashley Benjamin from Christ the King High School.

On Wednesday night, each student was asked to profile a different Caribbean island. The contestants presented projects based on St Lucia, Guyana, Cuba, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, St Kitts and Nevis, Antigua & Barbuda, Dominica and Barbados.

The winner, however, will not be announced until the night of the show when the competitors’ scores will be added to the points they rack up in the other segments.

The show, which will take place on Tuesday, July 28 at Carnival City, has been in existence since 1973. This year’s theme is “Bringing the Talent”.

Last year’s winner was Lehana Simon of Antigua Girls’ High School.

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Must be able to work effectively with team members Must be both service and goal driven Must have an outgoing personality and be prepared to interact socially, representing the spa and the wellness industry.

• Must demonstrate a high level of professionalism.

• Must be sales Savvy with the propensity to promote wellness and personal services effectively.

• Must be willing to learn new techniques in our ever evolving industry

QUALIFICATIONS: • Must have certification and hold national license in skilled area.

• A minimum of two years of experience.

• Must have knowledge of anatomy and physiology and be able to demonstrate and apply same to spa treatments • Must be willing and able to promote and sell spa services and complimenting retail • Basic knowledge of computers and use of simple applications • Be familiar and knowledgeable on all areas of the spa.

PROFICIENT: • • • • • • • • •

Thai Massage Shiatsu Reflexology Stone Therapy Deep Tissue Massage Body Exfoliation Ayurveda Bamboo Massage Body Wraps

Mail application detailing your skills and experience along with your CV to: Human Resource Manager Sandals Grande Antigua Resort & Spa Dickenson Bay, PO Box 147, St. John’s Antigua or email: sat.hr@grp.sandals.com

Closing date for the receipt of applications is July 24th 2014.

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Jaycees Queen Contestant

Ms Anguilla

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wenty-six-year-old Amethyst Davis strongly believes that with hard work, dedication and love, anything is possible.

A Graduate Teacher of English at the Albena Lake Hodge Comprehensive School, Amethyst is an honours grad from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro where she earned a BA in English.

At home, where her innovative teaching style has made her a favourite with her students, she stands firmly on her platform of youth development and

empowerment and strives to be a role model for the youth in her community. Amethyst hopes to demonstrate to Anguilla’s youth that their possibilities are infinite if they embrace their dreams.

In her spare time, she enjoys writing and reciting poetry. She believes that her words are an expression of her soul, and is proud to be recognised as a local poet at this year’s Anguilla Literary Festival.

Amethyst is currently pursuing her Masters in English at the University of the West Indies.

For updates during the day, go to www.antiguaobserver.com

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NOTICE

ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA THE REGISTERED LAND ACT, CAP 374

Section 34 Of the Act

REGISTRATION SECTION MARTINS VILLAGE

BLOCK 611 1791F

PARCEL 109

NOTICE OF APPLICATION TO REPLACE LOST OR DESTROYED LAND CERTIFICATE/CERTIFICATE OF LEASE

TAKE NOTICE that an APPLICATION was filed in the Land Registry on ………. day of ………………………. 2014 by JOANNE SMITH, ATTORNEY AT LAW AND NOTARY PUBLIC of Gutter Lane, in the City of St. Johnʼs in the Island of Antigua on behalf of THEODORE THOMAS the Applicant herein for the replacement of Land Certificate # L/C # 1284/90 dated the 12th day of March, 1990 issued to ALTON JARVIS AND THEODORE THOMAS being the owner of the above-mentioned property, which has been lost or destroyed.

TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that anyone who objects to the issue of a new Land Certificate who has knowledge of the original land Certificate must within the period of one (1) month of the second publication of this notice in the newspaper inform the Registrar of Lands in writing.

TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that in the absence of any objection or information as to the existence of the original Land Certificate within the time specified the Registrar of Lands may proceed to cancel the original Land Certificate and issue a new Land Certificate in its place without further notice.

Dated the 18 day of July 2014.

Registrar of Lands

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Jaycees Queen Contestant

Ms Montserrat

Tazia Briscoe

azia Briscoe was born in Jamaica but has made Montserrat her home since the age of six.

Tazia currently works as an administrative assistant and customer service representative while studying Human Anatomy and Psychology in the pursuit of her dream to become a paediatrician. She hopes that in the future she will be able to to open a paediatric centre on Montserrat.

As an advocate for the eradication of child sexual

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abuse, she is avidly involved in the “Break the Silence and End Child Sexual Abuse” Initiative and works along with the Community Services department to speak to students about this initiative.

A naturally gifted dancer she is a choreographer and teacher for the renowned “Dance Excel” group. Her motto is “whatever the mind concieves and believes, it can achieve”, and is very passionate about the redevelopment of her island.

SAGICOR LIFE INC

Bank of Nova Scotia of St. John's, Antigua having made sworn deposition that Policy No. 500111090 issued or assumed by Sagicor Life Inc on the life of Hazelyn Benjamin (deceased) has been lost and having made application to the Directors to grant a duplicate of the same, notice is hereby given that unless objection is raised within one month of the date hereof, the duplicate policy asked for will be issued.

Dated: July 7th, 2014

By Order Althea Hazzard - Corporate Secretary

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Marvel says the next Captain America will be an African American

OS ANGELES (Reuters) - An African American character will soon strap on the star-emblazoned shield and step into the red, white and blue uniform of Captain America in the pages of Marvel Comics.

The character of Captain America first appeared in 1941, as a super soldier fighting the Nazis. He was revived

by Marvel in the 1960s and became an icon among Marvel’s lineup of heroes.

The change in characters was announced on the publisher’s official website on Wednesday. It is built around the retirement of Captain America’s original alter ego, Steve Rogers, who finds he has lost the extraordinary strength and agility he had once gained from injections of performance-enhancing “super soldier serum”.

Rogers will hand the Captain America persona to his much younger friend and cohort, the character Sam Wilson, already a comic book star in his own right as the true identity behind the winged superhero known as Falcon.

The Captain America update also was unveiled by Marvel Comics’ chief creative officer, Joe Quesada,

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during a Wednesday night TV appearance on Comedy Central’s The Colbert Report.

It came one day after Marvel’s announcement that another founding member of its Avengers superhero team, the hammer-wielding Norse god Thor, would be reintroduced as a woman.

For now, the changes in both characters - Thor and Captain America - will be limited to the pages of Marvel comic books. Chris Hemsworth will continue to play a male Thor, and Chris Evans a white Captain America, in Marvel’s feature films.

When Sam Wilson suits up as Captain America this fall, the character will undergo more than a mere racial transformation.

Wilson will don a modified version of the familiar Captain America costume and keep Cap’s trademark circular shield, according to Remender and Brevoort.

But he will retain a key vestige of his old Falcon persona - retractable wings that give him the power of flight.

As for the old Cap, Steve Rogers will stick around to serve as a strategic advisor to his successor, Marvel said.

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Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes, film review: Super simians outshine bland humans he latest entry in the man-versus-apes film series is set a mere “10 winters” after the events of 2011’s reboot, Rise of the Planet of the Apes, yet the odds have already tipped in

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the favour of our great ape cousins. We’ve got the guns, but they’ve got the numbers.

Simian flu has decimated humanity, and while there is a functioning com-

munity of survivors barricaded in an armoury in San Francisco, they are running out of fuel.

And access to a nearby hydroelectric dam requires an excursion into the wood-

ed territory ruled by Caesar, the genetically modified intelligent chimpanzee hero of the previous film.

As anyone with even the most cursory knowledge of sci-fi is aware, humanity and the ape’s burgeoning civilisation will not prove able to peaceably co-exist.

What is, perhaps, surprising, is the way the film aligns our sympathies with the apes. Once again, Caesar is the most fascinating and well-drawn character. His Iago-ish companion Koba is a close second.

With its brilliant special effects work, its detailing of the burgeoning of simian culture and social structures, and the mere sight of talking apes on horseback, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes questions the validity of our assumptions about human exceptionalism in a way that is both chilling and thrilling.

The only pity is that it rather cheats, by making the human characters so bland, and leaving the detail of the post-apocalyptic human society so sketchy.

The Sea View Farm Reunion Committee is inviting all interested persons to a meeting on the 23rd July, 2014 at the former Teacher Gatha’s Shop at 7 pm. Upcoming 2015 Reunion Matters will be discussed.

REUNION

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Caribbean coral named after Jennifer Lopez RIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – A new species of coral found in the Caribbean has been named after the singer – Jennifer Lopez.

Researchers found the new species in Mona Passage off the coast of Puerto Rico.

The Pontarachnid mite represents a common but still unstudied group of marine animals.

Vladimir Pesic, the lead author of the article in the journal, ZooKeys, explained that the reason behind the unusual name for the new species was that the Puerto Rican singer’s songs and videos kept the team in a

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continuous good mood when writing the manuscript and watching World Cup Soccer 2014.

The new mite species was collected from nearly 70m depth, the greatest depth from which Pontarachnid mites have been found until now.

Mesophotic coral ecosystems (MCEs), like Bajo de Sico where the new species was found are light-dependent habitats dominated by macroalgae, sponges and scleractinian corals and are found on the insular and continental slopes of Caribbean islands between 30 and 100m.

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Stevie Wonder blends hits at Montreux for Quincy Jones O N T R E U X , S w i t z e r l a n d (Reuters) - Motown legend Stevie Wonder gave a soulful two-hour concert at the Montreux Jazz Festival on Wednesday night, blending his hits with covers of the Beatles and Michael Jackson for an audience that included producer Quincy Jones.

The African-American singer and songwriter, wearing lime green sunglasses and braids down to his waist, headlined the 48th edition of the prestigious Swiss festival, fulfilling a longtime wish of its late founder Claude “Funky” Nobs.

“Tonight’s show is dedicated to a man who talked with me so long about doing this event. He is watching us from up in heaven - Mr Nobs,” Wonder told the sold-out crowd of some

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4,000 fans.

Addressing Jones, a former co-director of Montreux who was seated in the front row, Wonder said: “Not only a brother but a friend, I’m so grateful I’ve known him since I was 14 years old. He brought out Michael Jackson and so many young artists.”

Wonder, a 22-time Grammy winner who has been blind from birth, displayed his versatility, playing piano, harmonica and percussion. He was backed by 10 musicians and four vocalists.

He alternated hit singles including How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You), You Are the Sunshine of My Life, I Just Called To Say I Love You with the Beatles hit Day Tripper, Paul McCartney’s Ebony and Ivory and Michael Jackson’s Billie Jean from the best-sell-

ing Thriller album produced

by Jones.

During Living for the City, about a poor Mississippi boy encountering racism and New York drug pushers, he said: “How I wish I didn’t have to write a song like this. But I

had to write it, because it’s true. There is prejudice in the world.”

Wonder, 64, closed the show with Superstition, bringing fans in the front rows of seats - who paid 480 Swiss francs ($530) a ticket to their feet.

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Our Neighbours

Son hacks parents to death

PA R A M A R I B O , Suriname, CMC - A 55-yearold man killed his elderly parents on Wednesday and subsequently torched their home and an SUV. The police confirmed that the gruesome incident took place in the community of Livorno.

Police say the father, 77, died on the spot while his 76-year-old wife succumbed to her injuries while being treated at hospital.

Sources indicate neighbours rushed to the home on seeing the fire but the son, who had a machete

was locked in the house.

On further investigations, the father was found at the back of the house, in a pool of blood, while the mother who was severely injured was lying in a hammock.

On arrival, the police held onto the son who then slashed both of his wrists in an apparent attempt to commit suicide.

He is currently nursing his wounds in hospital under police guard.

So far no motive has been established for the attack.

New hospital to ‘bring new possibilities’ – PM

CASTRIES, St Lucia, CMC -- Prime Minister Kenny Anthony has expressed high hopes for the 51 million euro stateof-the-art New National Hospital, which he says has the potential to become the most modern and sought-after facility in the Caribbean.

Anthony, who toured the construction site on Wednesday said once the institution is completed “and if we live in its promise, it is going to be perhaps the most modern and most sought-after hospital in the Caribbean.

“We therefore will have a responsibility to our neighbours in the Caribbean as we search for new specialisation and for new treatment,” he noted.

He said while the hospital is a gift from the European Union, it is also an opportunity for the people of the eastern Caribbean to secure modern health care.

The prime minister further noted that the facility is expected to bring new possibilities for local health care providers such as staff training and the use of new technology.

He said the facility could become a “teaching hospital” through a special relationship with the University of the West Indies where locals studying medicine overseas would be able to travel home to complete their studies, hence taking the hospital “to a new level – a different level”.

The EU-funded hospi-

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tal located in South Castries spans 14,500 square metres with 33 departments making the facility the largest EU-funded project in the region.

Health Minister Alvina Reynolds said the construction of the hospital forms “an integral part” of the country’s health sector reform process which focuses on integration, effectiveness and efficiency with an ability to respond to the health needs of the populace.

Meanwhile, Mikael Barfod, the EU’s ambassador to Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean, said he was impressed with the design and location of the

hospital, which overlooks the Caribbean Sea. “In an age of scarce resources and stifling energy costs in the region I am also very encouraged to note the many sustainable design features of the hospital,” he added.

The New National Hospital project started in January 2009. It comprises 200 beds and will be equipped for inpatients and principal diagnostic and therapeutic services.

Once the hospital is opened in January 2015, the island main Victoria Hospital will be decommissioned and reopened as the Castries Urban Polyclinic.

Instructed by CIBC FirstCaribbean International Bank Ltd., formerly FirstCaribbean International Bank (Barbados) Limited of High Street, in the City of Saint John in Antigua and Barbuda, I will sell by public auction on Thursday 31st July 2014 at 4.00 p.m. on site the undermentioned properties owned by Mr. Timothy Payne & Cecelia Angela Isaac of Barnes Hill in the Parish of Saint George in the Island of Antigua and Barbuda.

Instructed by CIBC FirstCaribbean International Bank Ltd., formerly FirstCaribbean International Bank (Barbados) Limited of High and Market Streets, in the City of Saint John in Antigua and Barbuda, I will sell by public auction on Thursday 31st July 2014 at 3.00 p.m. on site the under-mentioned properties owned by Mr. Timothy Payne & Angela Payne of Barnes Hill in the Parish of Saint George in the Island of Antigua and Barbuda.

AUCTION SALE NOTICE

The property is a parcel of vacant land thereon located at Flagg Staff and consist of an area approximately 0.25 acres.

The said property is registered under the Registered land Act, 1975 as follows: -

REGISTRATION SECTION: CEDAR GROVE & CROSBIES BLOCK: 44 1997B; PARCEL: 251

AUCTION SALE NOTICE

The property consists of a parcel of land with a two storey building thereon located at Barnes Hill and consist of an area approximately 0.10 acres.

The said property is registered under the Registered land Act, 1975 as follows: -

REGISTRATION SECTION: BARNES HILL & COOLIDGE BLOCK: 41 2095E; PARCEL: 196

Block 44 1997B; Parcel: 251 is bounded by the following: on the South by Parcel: 257; Land belonging to by Conrad Bowers on the East by Parcel: 250; Land belonging to Calvert Myers; on the West by Parcel: 252; Land belonging to Ava Hill.

On the North by Public Road

Block 41 2095E; Parcel: 196 is bounded by the following: on the North by Public Road; on the East by Parcel: 197; Land belonging to Simon Dublin on the West by Parcel: 195; Land belonging to Timothy & Angela Payne

TREVOR TEDDY SANTOS Auctioneer

TREVOR TEDDY SANTOS Auctioneer

Particulars of the sale can be obtained from the undersigned at his office at Crosbies, St. Johnʼs, Antigua. T/P 562-7653

Particulars of the sale can be obtained from the undersigned at his office at Crosbies, St. Johnʼs, Antigua. T/P 562-7653

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Police officers charged with setting teenager on fire, granted bail OF SPAIN, PORT Trinidad, CMC – Six police officers charged with setting a teenager on fire were granted bail when they appeared in court on Wednesday.

The six were charged with misbehaviour in public office by unlawfully and maliciously inflicting harm on Jamerson John, 18 in December, 2013 while he was in police custody.

It is alleged that police

officers stripped John to his underpants, doused him with methylated spirits and set him alight after he refused to confess to robbing two people and breaking into a house. John was hospitalised for burns to his torso, leg and genital area.

The six police officers were granted bail amounting to TT $300,000.

They are scheduled to reappear in court on Friday.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – The water crisis across the Corporate Area has worsened as the dry spell continues.

The National Water Commission (NWC) is reporting that levels at the two main catchment facilities in the Corporate Area have dwindled to about one month’s supply.

The NWC’s VicePresident for Potable Water and Maintenance, Mark Blair, says the situation is deteriorating daily.

“We have roughly around 30 days of storage left at the Hermitage Dam based on present usage and with the restrictions that we have placed on the distribution network and a similar amount of days at the Mona Reservoir. We are operating at around 60 per cent capacity.

He says supplies from alternative sources have to be shared with the Corporate Area and the eastern parish of St Thomas.

Meanwhile, with water supplies in the Corporate Area critically low, the NWC says there could be further restrictions.

“If nothing changes, we will have to make adjust-

ments, we are making adjustments weekly as we look at the forecast. The Met Office says they expect moderate drought conditions even during September, which is very frightening. We are very nervous about that and we hope that projection is wrong,” he said.

A prohibition notice took effect a week ago restricting water usage.

Persons are not allowed to water gardens, lawns, grounds and farms; and are barred from filling tanks, ponds or swimming pools.

The drought has also had an impact on farming communities, mainly in the southern parish of St Elizabeth.

On Wednesday, more farmers suffered losses after several large fires broke out in the “bread basket” parish.

The fires, triggered by drought conditions, took several hours to be extinguished, and ravaged plots of farmland in the communities of Lititz, Malvern and Comma Pen. Just over a week ago, fire destroyed over 600 acres of farmland in the parish.

Water crisis worsens

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World View Malaysian airliner downed in Ukraine war zone, 295 dead reported GRABOVO (Reuters) A Malaysian airliner was brought down over eastern Ukraine on Thursday, killing all 295 people aboard and sharply raising stakes in a conflict between Kiev and pro-Moscow rebels in which Russia and the West back opposing sides.

Ukraine accused “terrorists” - militants fighting to unite eastern Ukraine with Russia - of shooting down the Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 with a heavy, Soviet-era ground-to-air missile as it flew from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur.

Leaders of rebels in the Donetsk People’s Republic denied any involvement, although around the same time their military commander said his forces had downed a much smaller Ukrainian transport plane their third such kill this week.

Reuters journalists saw burning and charred wreckage bearing the red and blue Malaysia insignia and dozens of bodies strewn in fields near the village of Grabovo, 40 km (25 miles) from the Russian border near the rebel-held regional

capital of Donetsk.

The scale of the disaster affecting scores of foreigners could prove a turning point for international pressure to resolve a crisis that has claimed hundreds of lives in Ukraine since pro-Western protests toppled the Moscowbacked president in Kiev in February and Russia annexed Crimea a month later.

As word came in of what Ukraine’s Westernbacked president called a “terrorist attack”, the Russian and US leaders, Vladimir Putin and Barack Obama, were discussing a new round of economic sanctions that Washington and its EU partners imposed on Moscow on Wednesday to try to force Putin to do more to curb the revolt against the Western-backed government in Kiev.

They noted the early reports during their telephone call, the White House said, adding that Obama warned of further sanctions if Moscow did not change course in Ukraine.

Malaysia Airlines said air traffic controllers lost contact with flight MH-17 at 1415

The site of a Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 plane crash is seen in the settlement of Grabovo in the Donetsk region, July 17

A part of the wreckage of a Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 plane is seen after it crashed. (Reuters photos)

GMT as it flew over eastern Ukraine towards the Russian border, bound for Asia with 280 passengers and 15 crew aboard. Flight tracking data indicated it was at its cruising altitude of 33,000 feet when it disappeared.

“I was working in the field on my tractor when I heard the sound of a plane and then a bang,” one local man at Grabovo told Reuters. “Then I saw the

plane hit the ground and break in two. There was thick black smoke.”

An emergency worker said at least 100 bodies had been found so far and that debris was spread over 15 km (9 miles). Workers were scouring the area for the black box flight recorders.

“MH-17 is not an incident or catastrophe, it is a terrorist attack,” Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko

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Russia, which Western powers accuse of trying to destabilise Ukraine to maintain influence over its old Soviet empire, has accused Kiev’s leaders of mounting a fascist coup. It says it is holding troops in readiness to protect Russian-speakers in the east - the same rationale it used for taking over Crimea.

Ukrainian Interior Ministry official Anton Gerashchenko said on Facebook: “Just now, over Torez, terrorists using a Buk anti-aircraft system kindly given to them by Putin have shot down a civilian airliner

NOTICE OF AUCTION UPON INSTRUCTIONS received from THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA, High Street, St. Johnʼs, Antigua, I shall sell by PUBLIC AUCTION on TUESDAY the 19th August, 2014 at 3:00 p.m., on site, the property of TAB TABAN TELEMAQUE of Skerritts Pasture, in the Parish of Saint John in the Island of Antigua which is recorded in the Register of Lands as follows:REGISTRATION SECTION: WEST CENTRAL

BLOCK: 11 2291B PARCEL: 47

The property consists of a vacant parcel of land of an approximate area of 6970 sq ft in the Paynters residential area, St. George.

For further information contact: Nathaniel “Paddy” James – Licensed Auctioneer, Marble Hill Main Road, Telephone: 461-3530

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flying from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur.”

“There is no limit to the cynicism of Putin and his terrorists!” he wrote on the social media site. “Europe, USA, Canada, the civilised world, open your eyes! Help us in any way you can! This is a war of good against evil!”

A rebel leader said Ukrainian forces shot the airliner down and that rebel forces did not have weaponry capable of hitting a plane flying 10 km (six miles) up.

Ukrainian officials said their military was not involved in the incident.

KANSAS CITY - A Missouri church worker sued the Catholic diocese in Kansas City on Thursday claiming she was wrongfully fired from her salaried position as a pastoral associate after her marriage to another woman was mentioned in a local newspaper.

GAZA/JERUSALEM Israeli leaders on Thursday played down prospects of a permanent Gaza ceasefire and fighting returned to a familiar pattern of Palestinian rocket salvoes and Israeli bombing after a five-hour

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The military commander of the rebels, a Russian named Igor Strelkov, had written on his social media page at 1337 GMT, half an hour before the last reported contact with MH-17, that his forces had brought down an Antonov An-26 in the same area. It is a turboprop transport plane of a type used by Ukraine’s forces.

There was no comment on that from the Ukrainian military.

Several Ukrainian planes and helicopters have been shot down in four months of fighting in the area. Ukraine had said an An-26 was shot

down on Monday and one of its Sukhoi Su-25 fighters was downed on Wednesday by an air-to-air missile - Kiev’s strongest accusation yet of direct Russian involvement, since the rebels do not appear to have access to aircraft.

Moscow has denied its forces are involved in any way.

The loss of MH-17 is the second disaster for Malaysia Airlines this year, following the mysterious loss of flight MH-370. It disappeared in March with 239 passengers and crew on board on its way from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing.

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humanitarian truce.

TUNIS - At least 14 Tunisian soldiers were killed when dozens of gunmen with rocket-propelled grenades attacked two checkpoints in the remote Chaambi mountains, one of the deadliest militant strikes on the north African country’s armed forces.

BRASILIA - China and Brazil sealed their expanding commercial partnership on Thursday with a $5 billion credit line for Brazilian miner Vale and the purchase of 60 passenger jets from Brazilian planemaker Embraer.

TOKYO - Nissan Motor Co Chief Executive Carlos Ghosn raised doubts over Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s call to appoint women to 30 per cent of top jobs by 2020, saying rushing to meet such a target could set the firm and its staff up for failure.

DAKAR/ABIDJAN An armed Islamist group formed by al Qaeda commander Mokhtar Belmokhtar claimed responsibility on Thursday for a suicide bombing this week that killed a French soldier in northern Mali.

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GUEST OPINION

In these small states of the Caribbean Community (Caricom), we can so easily get carried away in our quest to identify the brightest prospects for future leaders - movers and shakers within our communities.

And while it is my earnest desire to see the expansion of this pool of outstanding young men and women, I humbly ask: What are the indicators by which we determine prospective leaders within our societies?

What systems have we put in place to nurture a culture of excellence in leadership?

How closely have we been looking at our public and corporate institutions within recent times? A close examination of our region’s parliaments would tell a very sad tale - one of dishonesty, self-conceitedness and gross incompetence. A close examination of our private sectors would tell an equally dreadful tale - one of greed, corporate social irresponsibility, and acute insensitivity to the needs and circumstances of those whom they serve.

The economic, social, and political shortfalls within our societies today are evidence of a disparity between where we are now and where we ought to be as a people, as sovereign nations, and as a Caribbean Community. Our failure to objectively examine where we have fallen short has thrown our economies and social systems into tailspins of historic proportions a clear indictment on the state of leadership across Caricom.

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us start by looking in the right places and for the right people. We need more options - better options - not for competition’s sake, rather for the cause of spiritual, civic and personal excellence.

Mind you, such excellence is by no means reserved for some exclusive minority. It is, however, a mere reward for hard work, discipline, passion, and goodwill, and is certainly accessible to all.

Whether you are a youth on the block, in the ghetto, in a slum, an accomplished academic, a Christian youth leader or an active member of some civil society organisation, this message is just for you.

Make it your personal challenge, and start positioning yourselves to be true prototypes for excellence in the public and private spheres of your community today.

Begin by asking yourself:

If I had the opportunity to transform my community with just one bold declaration, one noble idea, one simple act of faith, one selfless gesture - what would that be?

What is that single most pressing issue affecting my community today? Have I adequately positioned myself to effectively challenge the status quo? Do I have the insight, foresight, discipline and grit needed to effect that change that I envision?

It is my hope, that those pressing issues that youth all across Caricom would have identified within their communities - from the southern-most part of the Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo region of Guyana in the south, to Grand Bahama in the north - would act as the spark that ignites the flames of leadership within their lives. Our region is in need of a new breed of leaders -

God’s Minute

“For I, the Lord your God, will hold your right hand, Saying to you, ‘Fear not, I will help you’.” (Isaiah 41:13 *NKJV) We often face troubling times in our lives that cause us to worry and lose sleep. As a child of God you have Him at your side, holding your hand and guiding your pathway through those times. For: The Lord is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble; And He knows those who trust in Him. (Nahum 1:7) He will never abandon His children, throughout their entire lives. For He is always with us no matter what we may face, as He further promised: “When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; And through the rivers, they shall not overflow you. When you walk through the fire, you shall not be burned, nor shall the flame scorch you.” (Isaiah 43:2) [*Rivers and *Fire in the verse represent difficulties in our lives] Therefore: “Fear not, for I am with you; Be not dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you, yes, I will help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.” (Isaiah 41:10) So, the next time you face troubling times, do as Jesus said: “Let not your heart be troubled; you believe in God, believe also in me.” (John 14:1) Then when you lie down, you will not be afraid; yes, you will lie down and your sleep will be sweet.

(Proverbs 3:24) Now have a great day walking hand and hand with God. Amen.

‘Prototype Leaders’ in government, the private sector, civil society, and even the Christian community.

So, do you think that you possess what it takes to answer this call? Well, as I am constantly reminded by that voice of reason in my life, once your heart is in the right place, everything else should fall in line.

(Jamal Browne is an International Land Consultant and PhD Candidate with The University of the West Indies, St Augustine.

Email: jaavbrowne@gmail.com)

NOTICE OF AUCTION UPON INSTRUCTIONS received from CARIBBEAN UNION BANK LIMITED, Friars Hill Road, St. Johnʼs, Antigua, I shall sell by PUBLIC AUCTION on TUESDAY the 22nd July, 2014 at 2:00 pm, on site, the property of ZORAL BARTHLEY, of Buckleys New Extension, in the Parish of Saint John, in the Island of Antigua which is recorded in the Register of Lands as follows: REGISTRATION SECTION South West BLOCK 55 1182 A PARCEL 168

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“Yuh t’ink he woulda say dat eef wan man min ask he ’bout de pitch?”

YOUR BIRTHDAY

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Born today, you have a great deal of creative energy that, unfortunately, you are not always able to channel in a productive and profitable manner. On the other hand, when you do apply yourself to creative endeavors that can lead to something tangible and lasting, you are almost certain to attract a great deal of praise and admiration. You take responsibility very seriously, and when you have pledged to another that you will do something, you will go out of your way to ensure that it gets done on time and in a matter befitting the promise you have given. You can be rather superstitious at times, favoring certain numbers, letters and times of the day.

When it comes to doing what comes naturally to you, almost no one can claim to be your equal, but this doesnʼt always mean that you are doing something good for yourself.

You do have a dark side, and when you are following impulses that spring from this aspect of your personality, you can endanger yourself and others.

Also born on this date are: David Hasselhoff, actor and singer; Donald Sutherland, actor; Phyllis Diller, actress and comedian; James Cagney, actor; Art Linkletter, television personality; Lucie Arnaz, actress; Diahann Carroll, actress; Erle Stanley Gardner, author.

To see what is in store for you tomorrow, find your birthday and read the corresponding paragraph. Let your birthday star be your daily guide.

FRIDAY, JULY 18

CANCER (June 21-July 22) — Something you need may have gone missing, requiring you to search high and low — even while you tend to other pressing business.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) — You may be fighting against environmental influences, forces both internal and external.

Perhaps you should just go with it if you can?

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — The days ahead will be shaped by what you do on this day — and perhaps only this day. You mustnʼt underestimate the power of coincidence.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) — You can work better with a little bit of aural distraction, but be sure to choose your music or conversation with great care.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) — Youʼll be impressed with anotherʼs choice for a personal diversion, to the point that you may actually want to join in.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) — You have a way of fitting in even when things seem awkward and unusual.

Perhaps, in fact, that is your special expertise.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — You may be reminded of something from your past that you havenʼt gotten over completely. Thereʼs no likelihood of it happening today!

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) — Youʼre likely to be contacted by one who doesnʼt quite have the lay of the land yet.

You can provide valuable information.

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The distance is considerable, but you can cover it in style.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) — Thereʼs no reason to think that what worked for you yesterday wonʼt work for you today — except for that sign up ahead that tells you so!

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) — With a little more flash than substance, you can win over the crowd, but you may not feel as though youʼve done all you can.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) — A second pair of eyes may be useful to you as you try to track down something thatʼs missing. Perhaps itʼs right under your nose!

Answer to previous Sudoku Puzzle

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Answer to previous Scrabblegram

JUMP START 速 by Robb Armstrong

PEANUTS速 by Charles M. Schulz

DILBERT速 by Scott Adams

ROSE IS ROSE速 by Pat Brady

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And how does Ms Gayle feel? here would have been no laughter at the stadium on Wednesday had the female journalist answered the cricket captain in the same manner as he had spoken to her. Had she responded to his comment (about not knowing how her pitch feels since he hadn’t touched it as yet) with a googly, like, “Mind your balls, Chris; I might step on them,” I would be writing on a different topic today.

From the little feedback I have heard, much is being made of the fact that “the woman laughed uncontrollably,” as this newspaper reports, prompting Chris Gayle to compliment her smile. But as all women know, and as Jamaican women, themselves, would point out, “every skin-teeth ah nah laugh….” And laughter, such as it is, has been known to cover every human emotion, including anger, embarrassment, and humiliation, and might have nothing at all to do with amusement.

I, for one, do not find the incident the least bit funny; and I certainly am no prude.

To me, it is no different than a female attorney asking her adversary in court – or even a partner in her own law firm – for a copy of his brief, and having the learned gentleman tell her he’d like to see her panties first. I don’t think anyone would find it a laughing matter, then; and if such a thing were to happen in, say, a North American jurisdiction, that feller would immediately find himself out of the door and, possibly, out of the profession.

But here in the Caribbean, unfortunately, these things become the source of mirth, with persons going as far as to argue that no big deal ought to be made of the incident since the woman herself was making light of it.

It just goes to show that,

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for all the strides women supposedly have made by integrating what used to be males-only professions, we still have miles to go before we sleep. The reporter was at work, mind you; on the job.

The feller didn’t bounce up on her on a bar-stool or bending over a pool table in a joint, where, only perhaps, he might have felt she was fair game for his pitch. And I am positive that Gayle would never have answered the question – a legitimate question, mind you; no double entendres or come-hither messages embedded there – in that manner had it been posed by a male journalist.

Am I to understand, then, that reporting on “the gentleman’s game” is the exclusive province of men?

Well, let’s look at it from the other side: Let us suppose that the female journalist had put the exact question to the captain of an all-women cricket team, and the answer had been the same. Can you imagine the hubbub that would have resulted, then, and how every single person in the cricket world have been asking what the sport had come to? You can be sure, in such a case, that the league wouldn’t have been using phrases like “no malice was intended.” And no team spokesperson would be further insulting women’s intelligence with a nonsense defense like the captain was “excited for the tournament.” Because – hard as it is to define in this region, where offensive comments are mistaken for compliments and flattery – sensible women recognise sexual harassment when they hear it.

Especially when they hear it at a press conference.

Still, when I saw a certain ad in yesterday’s paper, promoting both cricket and a mobile network, and noted that the male fan was fully

dressed, in full-length jeans, shirt and even a mask, while the female wore, literally, some strings and feathers, showing the world exactly how God made her, I could only shake my head at how far women have not come. I was forced to consider that, in this game, it is not only the men wielding their sticks and fielding their balls who think that women at cricket are best undressed. And of what value, really – other than sexual interest – are the scantily clad cheerleaders? If the purpose of their half-nakedness is to create excitement and inspire action, then why are our teams – national, Leewards and West Indies – perennially at the bottom of the barrel?

The young women would do as well performing in three-piece suits! …You know that in centuries gone by, men would go to war on account of their women being slighted.

When I was a girl, schoolboys would take up arms on account of some youngster getting fresh with their sister, or saying something sexual about their sainted, virgin mother. I was in Sussex during the Stanford 20/20 tournament of 2008, and heard a not-dissimilar hubbub among fans when some cricketers’ wives and women were photographed, in Antigua, sitting on certain men’s laps. To the English, there was nothing gentlemanly about it; these fellers had gone beyond the boundary of good taste and had dropped the ball in terms of sportsmanship by such behaviour. So how do the men in her life – lover, brother, father – feel about the disrespect shown to this female reporter? And has anybody taken the time to wonder how she, herself, might feel at having been singled out in such a public manner and place – after all, she is not the

news; or at having been looked upon as an object for touching and feeling by a feller who is neither her man nor her husband?

Which brings me to my main point: It is hard for me to believe that the cricket captain is a single man. Therefore, I would love to know whether the woman in his life found the exchange funny; whether she saw it as just a little flirtation that meant nothing; whether she dismissed it with a wave and a toss of her head as “something Chris does all the time….” Me? And most of the women I know? Well, he would be clean-bowled on all counts. For it is bad enough when you are talked about in groups of two and three at the hair-dresser’s or in the lunch-room; it is quite another when your man is headline news for getting tootoo familiar with a woman who is not you. Hence, no amount of laughter on his missus’ part – not even if she were bent double holding her stomach while tears streamed down her face – would fool any of us into thinking that she was anything else but hurt and humiliated.

And maybe that is something that men, especially famous or infamous men, ought to take the time to think about sometimes: The effect of their behaviour on their women. We hear these stars, at the podium at awards ceremonies, thanking their wives for always “being there” for them; for sacrificing personal time and their own careers for them; and for playing second-fiddle to their ambitions; and we might even smile indulgently and murmur, with old-fashioned sexism: “Behind every great man,” as the camera gives these beaming, laughing, women 15 seconds of attention. But what do they have to laugh about when the spotlight is off?

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Parham trounce Blizzard to stay on top Parham increased their chances of finishing at the top of the standings in the Daryl Greenaway Trophy Parham Football League (PFL) on Wednesday when they inflicted a 6-0 trouncing on Real Blizzard.

Playing in the lone match at the Parham football field, Shamoy Carr put Parham ahead in as early as

the 20th minute.

Carr’s strike seemingly opened the floodgates as five minutes later there were goals from Conroy Hall, Jellon Kirby and Jared Williams, just a minute apart.

Hall netted in minute 25, while Kirby and Williams found the back of the net in minutes 26 and 27, respectively.

The onslaught continued in the second half when

England-born longjumper, Amy HarrisWillock has been cleared by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to compete for Antigua & Barbuda ahead of the Glasgow Commonwealth Games slated to start on July 23.

The athlete had previously been informed by the IOC that she would have to wait three years before she is eligible to represent the country.

This, according to President of the Athletic Association, Rodney Williams, was because that the IOC was under the impression that the athlete had acquired her Antigua & Barbuda passport through marriage.

“What the situation is with Amy Harris is the fact that her grandparents were from Antigua and as a result, that three-year stipulation does not exist in her situation, so that allows her to compete for Antigua. We are very happy to have her because she has competed at that level before and she has won medals for the UK. “We are very happy that she recognises her Antiguan roots,” he said.

Williams added that the 26-year-old athlete has demonstrated a real desire to represent Antigua & Barbuda.

“She actually came down and took part in our National Championships and she also went to St Kitts (OECS Championships) and that shows the interest that she has in competing for Antigua, and now she is going at an even higher level at the Commonwealth Games to compete for Antigua & Barbuda,” he said.

Harris-Willock has been included in a 19-member team for the Commonwealth Games.

The other members are Tahir Walsh, Daniel “Bakka” Bailey, Miguel Francis, Cejhae Greene, Kasheem Colbourne, Priscilla Frederick, Afia Charles, Samantha Edwards, Jyme Bridges Jr, Andre Simon, Marvin Spencer and Tamiko Butler.

Also included are J’air Smith, Rachel Wall, Thomas Greenaway, Carle Perry, Yakita Oska and Damian Davidson.

(Neto Baptiste)

By Neto Baptiste

Kelvin Ferrance struck in minute 75 and Alston Grant in minute 90.

The victory put Parham onto 16 points after six matches, four points ahead of Abaya on 12 after the same number of showings.

Under-17 and Togetherness are third and fourth, respectively, each with 11 points. Togetherness has, however, played five matches while Under-16 has played six.

Meanwhile, in the All Saints Community Football League (ASCFL), title hopefuls Cologne were held to a nil-all draw by the winless Young Warriors at the McPond Community Park.

In the opening match, El Hombre was awarded three points and three goals after Fundamentals failed to produce a team for the fixture. Action in both leagues will continue over the weekend.

Athlete cleared to compete

Long-jumper, Amy Harris-Willock competed in the National Championships at the YASCO Sports Complex. (Photo by Chester Sterling)

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Greene discredits MOU reports

By Neto Baptiste

Minister of Sports, Paul “Chet” Greene has debunked reports that his ministry will be moving to “reverse” Memoranda of Understanding (MOUs) with a number of sporting associations and clubs across the island.

Greene dismissed the reports as baseless, stating that the ministry will instead review all MOU agreements with the intent

to make them more beneficial for all involved.

“We want to make sure that the MOUs are to the benefit of the government and people. If you have an MOU that was given to an association that can’t buy a bulb, then how are they going to help the sport or sport’s development?

So, all we want to do is speak with the MOU holders and review the MOUs,” he said.

Asked if partners who fail to meet standards set by the ministry will be stripped of

the “caretaker” status, Greene said it was too early to say.

“Don’t pre-empt the process. We are going to review them and ultimately, it is a view towards ensuring that the young people of this country, young athletes … benefit, because that must be the intention of any MOU signed with respect to the control of a sports facility.

But I don’t want to pre-empt what we will find in the MOUs; don’t want to preempt anything about the

performance of the associations under the MOUs. We are going to take them on a case by case basis,” he said.

A number of sporting associations and clubs had signed agreements with the Ministry of Sports under the United Progressive Party administration to manage specific facilities.

Some have argued, however, that the sporting bodies do not possess the means to upkeep and or upgrade the assigned facilities.

Asafa Powell’s doping case was handled badly, says agent

Asafa Powell’s treatment by the Jamaican Anti Doping Commission (Jadco) was “a complete fiasco”, his agent Paul Doyle says.

The former 100m world record holder, 31, and fellow Jamaican Sherone Simpson had their doping bans reduced from 18 months to six months on Monday.

The Court of Arbitration for Sport (Cas) ruled they took a contaminated version of a legal supplement.

“What took Cas 10 minutes, took 10 months in Jamaica,” Doyle told the BBC. Powell and Simpson, who has won Olympic relay gold, received 18-month bans from Jadco after they tested positive for the banned stimulant oxilofrine at last year’s Jamaican national champi-

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onships.

The pair argued to Cas that the offence committed was minor because it was caused by contamination of the food supplement Epiphany D1 by the banned substance oxilofrine, and requested that the suspensions be reduced to three months.

Cas partially upheld the appeal, and Doyle argues that Jadco should have thrown out the charge.

Jadco refused to comment on the issue.

Doyle says the US Anti Doping Agency and the World Anti Doping Agency assisted Powell and Simpson with the case they presented earlier this year to Jadco in Kingston.

He questioned why the

An article entitled “NOC’s Williams weighs in on conflict of interest discussion”, published July 15, mistakenly stated that VP Wilbur Harrigan was the only executive member who did not object, during a meeting, to a decision by Minister of Sports Paul “Chet” Greene to remain the President of the National Olympic Committee.

What should have been said was that Harrigan was, in fact, the only executive member to object to the minister’s decision.

We apologise for any inconvenience caused.

Jadco disciplinary panel failed to take that evidence into account, adding: “Once we had figured out what the positive test was for, and what had caused it, we had all this evidence.

But in Jamaica, nobody was interested in finding out the truth.”

Cas has yet to make the full ruling public.

Powell and Simpson will miss next week’s Commonwealth Games in Glasgow because the Jamaican squad was selected during their suspension.

Powell returned to action on Tuesday, as he has already served his six-month ban, and finished third in the 100m at Lucerne in a time of 10.30 secs. (bbc sports)

Chanderpaul half-century sets up Derbyshire victory

C H E LT E N H A M , England, (CMC) – West Indies batsman Shivnarine Chanderpaul stroked his second halfcentury of the match and third in four innings, to help fire Derbyshire to a sixwicket victory over Gloucestershire in their County Championship match here Thursday.

The veteran left-hander finished unbeaten on 52 as the hosts, set 204 for victory on the final day, marched to 208 for four at College Ground.

Batting at number four, Chanderpaul steadied the innings after Derbyshire lost two wickets with the score on 81. He put on 52 for the third wicket with captain Wayne Madsen who hit 35, before dominating a 42-run, unbroken fifth wicket stand with Alex Hughes who made just nine in just under half-hour at the crease.

Chanderpaul, a veteran of 156 Tests, was at his best, stroking three fours and two sixes. He faced 80 balls and batted just over 1-1/2 hours.

He finished the game

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with a flourish, smashing leftarm spinner Tom Smith for a six in what was the penultimate over, to move into the 40s. In the final over, he then carted off-spinner Jack Taylor for a four and a six – the latter of which brought up his 50 and ended the game.

Earlier, Gloucestershire were bowled out for 219, after resuming the day on

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In Derbyshire’s first innings, Chanderpaul hit 73, as the visitors chalked up 372 in reply to Gloucestershire’s 356.

Last week, Chanderpaul missed out on his 70th first class century when he made 92 against Essex in a drawn game at Queen’s Park.

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Tallawahs Crush Hawksbills

A fired-up Jamaica Tallawahs continued their winning start to the defence of their Caribbean Premier League crown, when they crushed Antigua Hawksbills by eight wickets yesterday.

Asked to bowl first, the Chris Gayle-led Tallawahs bundled out the hosts for a paltry 96 off 18.3 overs, and then cantered to their target off 14.3 overs, at Sir Vivian Richards Cricket Ground (SVRCG).

Gayle was at the forefront of the run chase once again, smashing 37 from 31 balls, including three fours and three towering sixes.

He shared an opening stand of 62 off 51 deliveries with Chadwick Walton who was unbeaten on 43 from 34 balls, when victory was achieved.

Seamer Carlos Brathwaite was the best bowler with two for 11.

The triumph was the Tallawahs’ second straight, after they easily dismissed St Lucia Zouks by seven wickets in Gros Islet last weekend.

For the Hawksbills, it was their second loss in as many games following their two-wicket defeat at the hands of last year’s losing finalists Guyana Amazon Warriors.

They never seemed up to the challenge yesterday, stuttering and stumbling their way through the innings as they lost wickets

regularly.

They were undone by Man-of-the-Match left-arm spinner Daniel Vettori who snapped up three for 13, while speedsters Andre Russell (2-16) and Jerome Taylor (2-22) finished with two wickets apiece.

Shacaya Thomas perished as early as the second over, when he was trapped lbw for one with the score on two and captain Marlon Samuels counterattacked briefly with three fours in 13 from six deliveries before also falling lbw to Vettori in the third over, at 15 for two.

Five balls later with no runs added in the same over, Danza Hyatt fell to Vettori also via the lbw route, to leave Hawksbills in turmoil at 15 for three.

Australians Ben Dunk and David Hussey tried to repair the damage in a 25run stand but this revival was short-lived.

Hussey cracked a four and a six in scoring 15 before seamer Rusty Theron disturbed his leg-stump in the eighth over and Dunk followed in the next over with two runs added, run out for 12.

Wickets continued to tumble and it was left to Sheldon Cottrell to blast a top score of 21 off 14 balls, with two fours and a six, to get the Hawksbills near the 100-run mark.

In reply, the Tallawahs started slowly with just 14

Jamaica Tallawahs left-arm spinner Daniel Vettori, second right, celebrates with teammates after capturing one of his three wickets against Antigua Hawksbills in their CPL T20 game at Sir Vivian Richards Cricket Ground yesterday. (cplt20.com)

runs from the first three overs, but came alive once Gayle launched Samuels over long-off for his first six.

Gayle then tore into fast bowler Miguel Cummins in the next over, smashing him for four and then two consecutive sixes to end the Barbadian’s first over which leaked 22 runs.

Brathwaite struck twice in the ninth over with the score on 62, to earn

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Hawksbills some pride.

He had Gayle caught at short-midwicket by Samuels, deceiving the lefthander with a slower ball and then had Jermaine Blackwood caught behind off a lifter without scoring.

However, Walton struck two fours and three sixes and kept a level head, to easily see the Tallawahs home, partnered by Adam Voges on 12. (CMC)

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