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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

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