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VOL. 7, NO. 17 • September 11, 2013 Website: www.caribbeangraphic.ca • Tel: 905.831-4402 • Fax: 416.292.2943 • Email: [email protected]

“Birdie” Gone?According to some Septem-

ber 10 Facebook reports the legendary calyp-

sonian, The Mighty Sparrow (Slinger Francisco), had died. Not true reported another Trinidadi-an entertainer Leon Coldero, who in response angrily quoted Spar-row’s son as having said around mid-afternoon that his dad was alive and but still in a coma.

Later in the evening the TNTFinder News, one of the internet media entities that had reported on Sparrow’s supposed demise, officially apologized to the Calypsonian’s family and friends for having erroneously done so. It too quoted Sparrow’s son as reporting that his dad’s condition hadn’t changed.

Sparrow had been admitted to a hospital in Queen’s, New York, USA late last week. His family had issued a statement on September 9 confirming this and asking that his fans pray for him while respecting the family’s privacy.

They have not since given any additional information to the

media, although a member of Sparrow’s family had said on an internet radio station: “On a scale of one to ten he is at four.”

The statement from Spar-row’s family read: “The family of Slinger Francisco, The Mighty Sparrow, is sad to announce that the Calypso King Of The World is in a New York hospital in a coma.

“The family is asking fans and the people of Trinidad and Tobago to pray for him and to re-spect their privacy. An update on his progress will be announced.”

It was signed by his wife, Margaret Francisco.

Sparrow had been having health challenges for the past three years, including having to undergo surgery in 2010 to treat an incarcerated right inguinal hernia that had caused him to cut short performances in Trinidad and in the United States because of excruciating pain while on stage.

He had been hospitalised for complications caused by diabetes more than once since. The Trini-

dad Express was told by someone who knows Sparrow that he was “very depressed” last week.

The Grenadian-born, Trini-dad and Tobago-raised musi-cal pioneer, won Trinidad’s Carnival Road March competi-tion eight times, was named Calypso Monarch eleven times, with a discography of over 600 songs! Known for his distinct musical style, clever lyricism, ability to provoke thought with his social com-mentary and make fans laugh with his humorous double entendre tales, The Mighty Sparrow is without doubt, the Calypso King of the World.

Sparrow was supposed to be presented a lifetime achieve-ment award on September 5 by the Trinidad and Tobago Consulate in New York. The calypsonian did not attend the ceremony and instead sent his son, Richard Francisco, to receive the award on his behalf, with a message that he was un-able to attend the function.

It was just last Christmas that “Birdie” was here in Toronto to perform. He took time during his visit to pose for a photo with Caribbean Graphic’s Lyn Balram.

Slinger Francisco and Lyn Balram

KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent, Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves has written to the chair of the Caribbean Com-munity (CARICOM) grouping calling for a discussion on the medicinal and other uses of marijuana. In his letter to Prime Minister Kamla Per-sad Bissessar, who is also the Trinidad and Tobago head of government, Gonsalves said it is high time that CARICOM ad-dresses regionally “this matter

in a sensible focus not hysteri-cal manner”.

Prime Minister Gonsalves said that the marijuana plant has a bundle of proven and

potentially beneficial uses and while it is true that its use and abuse and the consequential criminalization of its cultiva-tion, possession and supply have impacted on the health, welfare and security of the people.

He said the matter should be explored at the next meeting of the Bureau of CARICOM lead-ers scheduled for Trinidad on September 13.

The letter added that pre-paratory work can possibly be

done so as to place the matter in the agenda of the CARICOM Inter-Sessional summit to be held here in February next year.

Prime Minister Gonsalves said the general public disap-pointed with “the failure and or refusal of the political and civic leadership in CARICOM to jettison it or unnecessary caution and lethargy in ad-dressing some of the contro-versial contemporary issues of real import”.

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sion granting OHIP coverage to migrant farm workers in medical emergencies. The Ontario government indicated that it would be challenging the decision by filing a reconsideration request.

On August 9th, 2012 Kenroy Wil-liams and Denville Clarke were among nine Jamaican migrant workers who were driving to work when their employer's van swerved to avoid an oncoming car. The van rolled several times killing one passenger and se-verely injuring several others.

The Health Services Appeal and Review Board decision allowed the workers an extension of their OHIP. This is the first time such an appeal has been made and granted since the inception of the farm worker program in 1966. The Ministry of Health and Long Term Care filed a recon-sideration request with the Board today.

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It’s a customary practice for many West Indians to send money and other

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A lot of items used for consumption go through specialized handling, produc-tion, inventory control, legalities and distribution before traveling across the world to reach their customers. Since extreme care and great effort must be applied at all times, Laparkan is zeal-ously committed to making certain that customer satisfaction is achieve-dand they have aproven track record in delivering personalized service to their clients which makes each interaction worth remembering. “We have a highly sophisticated security system and the

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Remembering “Dawnsins”!For many September

10 will now simply be recognized as the day

before the anniversary of 911. For me it will always be remembered as the birthday of a most cherished, sadly departed friend. Had she not died suddenly as she did just over four years ago, Dawn Andrea Campbell would have been celebrating her 52nd Birth-day this year.

The forty-eight years that Dawn graced this earth with her presence were punctuated by what have since become some of the most cherished memories of my own life. We grew up together as kids in our native Guyana and subsequently became that much closer as friends here in Canada.

I knew Dawn for all of her life. My father’s brother, Dick McWatt, was husband to her father’s sister Eileen Campbell. To Dawn and I that made us bona fide cousins. Although in reality the family connection was far more of the pumpkin vine variety.

My earliest memories of her were as a

pony-tailed, somewhat chubby little girl, who had zeroed in on me as the prime target of her over abundant affection. Much of our pre-teen years were spent being each other’s automatic partner for our respective birthday cake stickings. In between I was the object of seemingly endless supply of hugs, kisses and every expression of endearment she possessed in her ever expanding vocabulary.

For my part, I spent much of those years, trying to keep as far away from her as possible. Embarrassed as I was back then by her outward displays of affection.

The tables soon turned though when she was about thirteen. She went to Trinidad to visit our mutual family friends, the Pestanas at their Diego Martin home. She left as child and re-turned as a young woman.

She looked so mature and drop dead gorgeous when she stepped off the plane and unto the tarmac at Timehri Airport that no one in her family, that were there to greet her, recognized her initially. Except for me of course.

I’d have to admit that for much of the remainder of her teenage years, I had a mega crush on her. As fate would have it, she no longer viewed me in that re-gard, so eventually we settled into being just very good friends.

As I said in the Eulogy I gave at her funeral, “loving, caring, compas-sionate, dependable, resourceful and efficient” were just some of the char-acteristics that readily sprung to mind when anyone who knew her thought of Dawn. Unquestionably though, her most admirable quality was her loyal-ty. When Dawn was in your corner, she was there for the duration, through thick and thin. Hers was never ever a fair weather friendship.

Dawn was one of those rare types who took the time and made every effort to stay connected to those with whom she held valued relationships. Hardly a week ever passed without me receiving a call from her, to just check in by way of mak-ing sure that I was doing okay.

What I wouldn’t give today, to hear again her sweet, calm, ever reassuring

voice on the other end of the phone. Oftentimes it’s the things we so take for granted that we miss the most when they are no longer there.

Dawn passed, suddenly, unexpectedly and ever so sadly, just over four years ago, on March 17, 2009. She left behind two beloved children, her daughter Shamayne and son Josh, her sister Sha-ron, brother Mark, mother Lurlene and father Kelly Campbell who was still alive then, but died himself a year later.

As evidenced by the hundreds who packed the Ogden Funeral home in Scarborough for her Viewing and subse-quent Funeral Service, so many others mourned her passing. There were many tears shed back then, most of sadness but also some of joy for the memories of a life that was so well lived.

Her relatively short life was a won-derful example of loyalty, dedication and unwavering devotion to those she valued, especially her kids. Her un-timely passing should always serve as a reminder to those of us who knew her, that we should never take life or those we value ourselves for granted.

Happy Birthday Dawnsins. Love Always.

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Guyana-Venezuela: A great leap forward but need for vigilance remainsBRIDGETOWN, A visit to Guyana by Venezuela’s President Nicolás Maduro Moros and a Joint Declaration issued by the two governments on August 31 rep-resent a great leap forward in relations between the countries, but not without antagonism from within Venezuela.

Shortly after Guyana’s President Don-ald Ramotar joined President Maduro in expressing “optimism for the potential that exists for an enhanced relationship between CARICOM and Venezuela that would redound to the benefit of their peoples”, El Universal – a major Venezu-elan newspaper – carried a story on the Internet claiming that the Venezuelan Navy had “raised the alarm” about an oil concession granted by the Guyana government “in front of the Venezuelan Atlantic front of Orinoco Delta”.

Whether or not the content of the El Universal story is reliable, the fact that it has been carried indicates that groups in Venezuela are ready to maintain and heighten a Venezuelan claim to much of Guyana’s territory. Were it one newspaper story alone, the fomenting of discontent could be ignored, but an Internet trawl produced other state-ments and writings indicating that there may be a concerted effort by elements in Venezuela to maintain hostility over the Venezuela-Guyana controversy even as the governments of the two coun-tries “recommitted that the search for

region, Guyana has had to endure the uncertainty of Venezuelan reactions. Consequently, the country’s economic development was retarded.

Even the first government of then President Hugo Chavez maintained the Venezuelan claim to territory within Guyana. It was after he launched his Bolivarian Socialist Revolution that Chavez altered his stance on the border controversy and became open to devel-opment activity by Guyana in the area that Venezuela claims. It has long been known that the Cuban government did not support border wars between non-aligned states, and actively pro-moted the notion of a strong alliance of Latin American and Caribbean states to secure the region against external influences particularly from the United States. Chavez would undoubtedly have taken account of Cuba’s position in modifying his stance on the Guyana border issue, according Venezuela’s acceptability and security in the region greater magnitude than an unconvinc-ing territorial claim.

If Chavez’s new position brought a thaw to what had hitherto been luke-warm if not cold relations between the two countries, Maduro’s joint declara-tion with Ramotar and his subsequent public statements have brought new warmth to the relationship. Maduro is reported as saying “we are ready to work through the United Nations as the sole process” in settling the border issue. His remarks were strengthened by a statement in Venezuela by his Foreign Minister Elias Jaua reported by the Venezuelan News Agency on September 3. Jaua said: “If there is something that affects our sovereignty

we will go to the Good Officer. We’re not going to invade Guyana because that does not make a Bolivarian government. Venezuela is a country of peace who knows how to defend its sovereignty and the right of the Vene-zuelan people through the mechanism of good offices”.

To all this must be added the new impetus set out in the joint declaration of Presidents Maduro and Ramotar for increased trade, a bilateral drugs agree-ment, Spanish language training for Guyanese and English language train-ing for Venezuelans, and a direct air link between the two countries.

Of wider significance, the easing of tension and the implementation of co-operation measures between Guyana and Venezuela present an opportunity for collaboration between the 15-nation Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and Venezuela including in areas such as drugs trafficking, air and sea transpor-tation, and energy.

Undoubtedly, despite the positive and constructive declaration of the Presi-dents of Guyana and Venezuela, the border controversy remains a problem in relations between the two countries. The elements in Venezuela who appeal to jingoism and nationalist sentiment on the issue however uninformed and lack-ing in legal foundation it may be, will not go away nor will they end agitation of the issue. Therefore, while a great leap forward has been made and Presi-dent Maduro should be congratulated not only for the practical and positive position he has adopted but for going to Guyana to express it and for sticking to it once he got back to Venezuela, the need for vigilance remains

a peaceful and practical settlement of the controversy in accordance with the Geneva Agreement of 1966, was one that should be pursued under the (UN) Good Offices Process.”

In this regard, Presidents Maduro and Ramotar have wisely agreed to the re-appointment of Jamaican-born Profes-sor Norman Girvan as the Good Offices representative of the UN Secretary-General. Girvan is a former Secretary-General of the Association of Caribbean States (2000-2004) and was first given the Good Offices role in 2010.

In the event, the controversy has persisted despite several attempts to re-solve it. When the mixed commission’s four-year term expired, the govern-ments of Venezuela, Britain and Guyana signed the Protocol of Port of Spain in 1970 to allow the parties to explore the possibility of improving their relations while effectively putting the border claim into abeyance for 12 years. Then the matter passed to the Good Offices process of the UN Secretary-General.

Over the ensuing years, there have been several border incidents and, in its attempts to develop the Essequibo

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Give UWI Students More TimeBRIDGETOWN, The controversial policy which will see Barbadian stu-dents at the University of the West In-dies students paying tuition fees from next year should be applied to those who start studying in the 2014-2015 academic year. This is the position of the Anglican Church’s Social Justice Commission.

However, Chairman John Goddard has said that given the “escalating cost of university education, the current model of funding such education is “un-sustainable and is in need of reform”.

The head of the seven-member body said that they accept that the pres-

ent economic circumstances “make it necessary for urgent action to be taken to reduce the financial burden on gov-ernment” and therefore in principle, it had “no difficulty” with students being asked to make a contribution to their university education.

“Government should move with despatch to identify programmes which are critical to national devel-opment goals. Students should be encouraged to select from among these areas, especially if they wish to benefit from state payment of tu-ition. In addition, they should satisfy full matriculation standards and

must maintain satisfactory GPA’s.“The commission also supports an

easily accessible student revolving loan scheme to make it possible for those wishing to borrow to finance their education to do so. It further rec-ommends adherence to a policy of a set period for completion of first degrees.

“In making these recommendations, the commission is mindful of not only the economic realities facing Barba-dos, but also of the necessity to protect the UWI brand. No effort should be spared in ensuring that the university environment is conducive to excel-lence,” Goddard said.

BRIDGETOWN, Prime Min-ister Freundel Stuart says his administration intends to meet the deadline set for implementing the fiscal adjustment programme as Barbados grapples with a sluggish economy.

The adjustment pro-gramme was announced in the national budget presented last month by Finance Minister Chris Sinckler and Prime Minis-ter Stuart, who met with union leaders on Wednes-day, said “we intend to meet this 19-month pro-gramme of targets, not in a chaotic way, but in a clear and humane way”.

Prime Minister Stuart met with officials from the National Union of Public

Workers (NUPW) to clarify issues pertaining to tem-porary employees in the public service.

Stuart underscored the critical role the NUPW has to play in helping its membership adding it was, therefore, necessary to put all the issues into perspec-tive so the union could advise accordingly.

Prime Minister Stuart re-cently held talks with senior public servants amid ongo-ing reports of retrenchment within the public service.

At the end of the 90-minute discussion with the head of the Civil Service, Chief Personnel Officer, permanent secretary in the Ministry of the Civil Service and other stakeholders,

Forty Years Of Public ServiceBRIDGETOWN, Hard work, loyalty and years of faithful service to the Gov-ernment and people of Barbados were celebrated recently when the Ministry

of Transport and Works held a retire-ment function for Permanent Secretary with the ministry, Lionel Nurse.

The event, held at the L.V Harcourt

Lewis Training Centre, saw his wife Eleanor, his two sons, fellow staff members, family and friends as well as Minister of Transport and Works, Michael Lashley, sharing this occasion with the well respected civil servant.

Nurse has spent the last 40 years in the Civil Service, first working with the Plan-ning Office and later as the Chief Town Planner. On being appointed to the post of Permanent Secretary he had stints at the Attorney General’s Office, the Ministry of Home Affairs, Ministry of Housing, Lands and the Environment and the Ministry of Environment and Energy.

In 2008, he was assigned to the then Ministry of Transport and Works and International Transport, which later became the MTW. Nurse remained with the ministry until he went on pre-retirement leave on August 31.

GrIsly FIndBRIDGETOWN, A middle-aged man was found hanging on September 8 in what neighbours believed was the fifth suspected suicide in as many weeks. Police said they were investigating the “unnatural death” of 56-year-old Selwyn Sobers whose body was found in the bedroom of his Passage Road, St Michael home by a neighbour at about 10 a.m.

A foul odour alerted the neighbour, Christopher Alexis, that something “ain’t right”. He said he went to the house to deliver rent money to Sobers on behalf of a shop tenant next door, when he was greeted by flies and a stench.

“This odour was too strong, some-thing had to be wrong,” Alexis said. “Plus he was a man who always had his radio on and I ain’t hear the radio. I pounded on the door and I ain’t hear no response,” he said.

blP Plans sTreeT CaMPaIGnBRIDGETOWN, The Barbados Labour Party (BLP) will be taking its message to the streets to make up for an error in the last general election. Member of Parliament for St James Central, Kerrie Sym-monds, said the mistake his party made during the last election was to assume the public was already knowledgeable about how badly the country was doing and that it wanted to make a change.

“We believed there were a majority of people out there who understood [Barbados’ situation] and were feel-ing the pain – the allowances had already been taken away; the VAT had been increased; the promises had been broken; layoffs had started in the private sector, albeit not as we are seeing them now in both the private and public sector – and we believed there was enough happen-ing in the country for people to see this thing and say ‘look, there is a need to urgently stop what is taking place in Barbados and vote in a new Government’ but we got it wrong,” he said.

This was why, this time around, Symmonds said the party would be taking nothing for granted and would be visiting every district and explaining to Barbadians exactly how the present Government was mismanaging the country.

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Barbados’ Hosting OfferBRIDGETOWN, Barbados has offered to host XX11 Inter-American Con-gress of Ministers and High Authorities of Tourism, to be held in 2014. A statement issued at the end of the Honduras XXI Inter-American Congress of Ministers and High Authorities of Tourism gave no date for the 2014 meeting, but said that Peru and Guyana have offered themselves as the venues for 2015 and 2016.

At the September 6-9 meeting attended by tourism officials from the 22 member countries of the Organisation of American States (OAS), empha-sized the need for further cooperation and public-private partnerships to advance the sector in the region.

The conference adopted the Declaration of San Pedro Sula on geotourism in the Americas, which describes “geotourism” as tourism that sustains or en-hances the geographical character of a place, its environment , culture, aesthet-ics and heritage , as well as promoting the welfare of its residents and visitors.

During the conference, the Federation of Chambers of Tourism of Cen-tral America (FEDECATUR) and the Tourism Business Council of South America (CETUR) signed a cooperation agreement, the first step for busi-ness tourism integration in the Americas.

StUARt CONFIDENt Prime Minister Stuart gave the assurance that there is no need for alarm.

He said all the stakehold-ers, including the Ministry of the Civil Service would continue dialogue on the matter, but stressed that the discussions were not intended to compromise the objectives set out in the

financial statement, which must be met.

Following the meeting with the trade union, a govern-ment statement indicated Prime Minister Stuart reiter-ated that his administration, which was re-elected to office in February this year, “was dealing with some stub-born economic challenges which had to be tackled now, so as to put the country back on a growth path.”


Resist Tax Increases Church Leaders UrgeST. GEORGE’S, Grenada, Church leaders have urged the Grenada gov-ernment to resist any attempt by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to increases taxes and cut social services as the island grapples with attempts at turning around a sluggish economy. The Conference of Churches Grenada in a September 4 statement said that it is deeply concerned about the prevailing socio-economic situation in the country and any attempt to impose additional taxes on the Grenadian population should be resisted.

Officials from the Washington-based financial institution are now here con-ducting an assessment of the economic situation in Grenada and the religious leaders reminded the Keith Mitchell administration that many people were finding it extremely difficult to “make ends meet”.

The religious group said in addition there were a number of people, includ-ing those with academic qualifications,

who have not been able to find employ-ment and that the social problems here have reached alarming proportions.

The Conferences of Churches Grenada said that it is supportive of the efforts to create jobs and to find sources of invest-ment funding that can be channelled into productive projects.

The religious group urged the Mitch-ell administration to give “serious consideration” to the nine points in the document “A Jubilee for Grenada Now” that came out of a workshop on debt held here in May.

The document prepared by the staff of the IMF argues that to reach a sustain-able level of debt Grenada would need to reduce 90 per cent of its present debt.

In July, Prime Minister Mitchell presented Parliament with an EC$711 million (One EC dollar= US$0.37 cent) budget outlining a series of measures he hopes would stimulate a sluggish economy.

Mitchell said the government would

move to cut expenditure and that the new economy requires that it puts its fiscal house in order including cutting more than EC$60 million from the recurrent budget this year.

Mitchell said effective immediately,

his administration would ill implement a freeze on net hiring, saving approxi-mately eight million dollars and that a major challenge would be to manage the payroll, which accounts for 65 per cent of government expenditure.

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lIaT sTudy neededROSEAU, Dominica, The Dominica Hotel and Tourism Association (DHTA) is calling for a study to deter-mine the impact the “crisis” with the regional airline, LIAT, is having on the economies of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS).

DHTA has written to Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit, whose

administration became the latest shareholder of the cash-strapped Antigua-based airline, indicating that it is concerned at the “large number of flight cancellations, de-lays and re-routing of flights”.

LIAT, which services more than 20 destinations in the region, has come under severe criticism from the travelling public. But the airline says it is in the process of implement-ing a multi-million dollar upgrade

of its aging fleet and has urged the public to bear with it.

In the letter to Prime Minister Skerrit, the hoteliers said that the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank and the Economics Division of the OECS Secretariat should be com-missioned to research and publish the impact of the LIAT crisis on the ECCU economies.

The hoteliers say the response of LIAT management to the crisis so

far has “left much to be desired” and that the island had been hard hit by the travel woes “because of its inordinate dependence on LIAT for its arrivals”.

The DHTA said it is concerned that with the upcoming World Creole Music Festival and the In-dependence celebrations later this year, visitors to the island could experiences many hardships in ar-riving here.

PrIsoners rIoTST JOHN’S, Antigua, Operations at the country’s lone prison were reportedly returning to normal, fol-lowing what has been described as a mini-uprising by inmates. It be-gan around 9.30 am on September 7 at Her Majesty’s Prison (HMP).

It’s understood that prisoners started fighting and quarelling after the authorities refused them visitors. The prison wardens were reportedly also confiscating cer-tain items.

The inmates were evacuated

from the yard and sent back to their cells, pending a quelling of the situation.

Local media was reliably informed that for a short while police could not get in to the prison because the gates were locked from the inside. However, they were eventually able to enter the property, along with Deputy Superintendent Major Dunnah, who is assigned from the Antigua & Barbuda Defence Force. It’s also understood visi-tors are also now being allowed into the prison.

IMF Talks InITIaTedSt. GEORGE’S, Grenada, the Gre-nada government says it has invited a delegation from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to assess the current economic situation in the country.

Grenada is discussing a formal arrangement with the Washing-ton-based financial institution and a government statement said that the team, headed by Aliona Cebotari will focus on the fiscal

performance of the country for 2013 as well as the proposed debt restructuring programme before leaving here on September 13.

“Government’s plans and priori-ties for the New Economy, includ-ing growth and job creation and projections and reforms for the medium term 2014 – 2016,” will also be examined according to the statement.

the statement said that Prime Minister Dr. Keith Mitchell has emphasised that “such a pro-gramme must have growth and job creation as its central focus”.

CanaDa St LuCia CoopeRation to ContinueCASTRIES, St.Lucia, Canada will continue to work closely with St Lucia to increase its economic prosperity, and generally improve security and strength-en cooperation. That assurance came during the week end from High Commis-sioner designate Richard Hanley when he presented his Letter of Introduction to Prime Minister Dr. Kenny Anthony.

“Canada and St Lucia have a long-standing relationship. We have been good friends over the years. We have economic ties, family ties, academic exchanges and deep people to people engagement.”.

He said Canada continues to support projects in St. Lucia through the Canada Fund for local Initiatives such as the St

Lucia Development Bank’s Youth Enter-prise Equity Fund.

This project works towards training young entrepreneurs to understand the components of an accounting system.

While in St. Lucia, Commissioner Hanley also attended the graduation ceremony of the Regional Security Sys-tem Supervisory Management Course,

an initiative funded by the government of Canada to provide law enforcement officers with the skills and knowledge to function as efficient supervisors.

He said Canada will continue to work with St Lucia, toward securing a more prosperous hemisphere and improve upon the already harmonious relation-ship between the two countries.

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CASTRIES, St Lucia, Countries within the Eastern Caribbean Currency Union (ECCU) will record marginal economic growth this year, according to St Lucia’s Prime Minister Dr Kenny Anthony. The sub-region would record economic growth of 1.5 per cent this year and 2.2 per cent in 2014, says Anthony, who has taken over chairmanship of the ECCU.

He’s also said that The economic performance of the region continues to be hampered by the global recession and is linked largely to growth in the economies of major source markets like the United States and Europe. Anthony said it was imperative that ECCU member countries – Antigua

& Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, St. Kitts-Nevis, Montserrat, Anguilla and the British Virgin Islands – adopt effective strategies to stimulate growth of at least 3.5 per cent between now and 2015 and at least eight per cent in the following years.

“We are conscious of the need to stimulate growth as this is linked to the achievement of financial stabil-ity, fiscal and debt sustainability and ultimately sustainable employment for our citizens.

“In this environment we must pursue efforts to return our economies on a path of growth by carefully selected

Marginal ECCU Economic Growth Predicted

investment initiatives,” Anthony said.In recognition of the need to ag-

gressively address the region’s debt situation, the St. Kitts-based Eastern

Caribbean Development Bank (ECCB) is collaborating with the Centre For Latin American Monetary Studies to develop a proposal to address the peculiar circumstances of small, middle income and highly vulnerable countries. An-thony said that member states were also receiving assistance to strengthen their technical capacities to actively manage their debt portfolios.

The ECCU chairman said despite the challenging environment Eastern Carib-bean states have and would continue to be proactive in developing an effective approach to address the impacts of the financial crisis.

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) reported that growth in the ECCU, which remained subdued in 2010, recovered “only slowly” in 2011.

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ST JOHN’S, Antigua, A course that enabled participants to shore up their skills in search and rescue techniques was recently concluded in Antigua and Barbuda. According to a release from the National Office of Disaster Services (NODS), 29 persons were trained in aspects of light-level urban search and rescue to include the response mecha-nism, searching methodologies, rescue techniques, how to manage an incident, and personal safety.

The coordinator and chief instructor was Abdias Samuel from the St Kitts/Nevis Fire and Rescue Services.

Disaster Risk Management Special-ist Clive Lorde from USAID’s Of-fice of Foreign Disaster Assistance

(OFDA) said the programme, started in 2007, has been completed in most member states of the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA).

Lorde, who is also responsible for Quality Control through the evaluation of instructors as well as the review and further evaluation of materials and the teaching approach, said another objec-tive of the training is to build a cadre of instructors for CDEMA member states.

Meanwhile, 36 individuals from throughout the region will be taken through the instruction certification course to add to the 20 now in place.

The one-week training exercise was held at Crabb’s Peninsula.

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GEORGETOWN, As Mining Week 2013 gets underway, the government has called on all stakeholders to focus on cleaning up the image of the sector in order to pre-serve its gains. The 10th Biennial Mining Conference and exhi-bition was launched August 25 at the Inter-national Conference Centre, Liliendaal.

Both President Don-ald Ramotar and Minis-ter of Natural Resourc-es Robert Persaud charged the sector to address issues that can project the industry as representing “brute, force and ignorance.”

President Ramotar raised the issue of trafficking in persons and allegations of bribery in the min-ing sector. He urged

miners to support his government’s efforts to stamp out such negative features.

In addition, the Presi-dent listed a series of steps for stakeholders to take to consolidate efforts to promote sustainable develop-ment and expand the mining sector. These ranged from better en-vironmental practices to more value-added activities in the mining and minerals sector.

The Head of State lauded the contribu-tion of miners.

Minister Persaud in his remarks noted that greater efforts are be-ing placed on stamp-ing out corruption and that the government has subscribed to the international extractive industry transparency initiative.

anTI-Man, sexy labels Prove MurderousGEORGETOWN, The killing of a man outside a Brazilian strip club might have been sparked off when he hurled a gay label at his assail-ant who had objected to him call-ing his girlfriend “sexy”, a court was told on September 6.

34-year old Kurt Clarke of 1159 Pigeon Place, South Ruimveldt, Georgetown was not required to plea to the in-dictable charge of murder. He is accused of murdering Jamal “Gaga” Fernandes on Septem-ber 4 outside Baroombar, a

Brazilian strip club on North Road.

Chief Magistrate, Priya Sewnarine-Beharry remanded Clarke to cus-tody until September 20.

Police Prosecutor, Bharat Man-gru told the court that Fernandes was standing outside Baroombar in the company of two female friends. Clarke called one of the women “sexy” and Fernandes became annoyed and told the murder-accused that he was an “anti-man” (gay).

Clarke, a taxi driver, exited his car and allegedly stabbed Fernandes with a knife. He was pronounced dead on arrival at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC).

US Assistance For Amaila Falls Hydro Project

award For MIss Guyana worldGEORGETOWN, Miss Guyana World, the stunning Ruqayyah Boyer, received a Citation Award from the City of New York at a recently help fundraising event in her honour at the Richie Rich Banquet Hall in Queens, New York.

Ruqayyah was nominated for this award by the Caribbean American Domestic Violence Association (CADVA) for her exemplary work

in Guyana with her anti-domestic violence and bullying campaigns.

Councilman Ruben Wills com-mended the ambassador for taking an international stand against both issues, particularly highlighting how bullying is often a precursor to do-mestic violence.

He spoke to the small gathering at the Queens location on the impor-tance of dealing with these issues, as well as on encouraging young people to stand up and speak out.

Councilman Wills encouraged

Miss Boyer to continue her cam-paign and be the inspiration and role model to many others. He said his budget has $20,000 allo-cated specifically to fight domestic violence and bullying, and he would like to see it depleted to zero in the fight against these causes.

Miss Boyer is no newcomer to this plague faced by many in her home country of Guyana, and she has shown her commitment to the cause during pageant competitions.

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Asphalt production Set To IncreaseGEORGETOWN, Berbice could soon be-gin producing more asphaltic concrete if an investor wins approval to build a plant to the tune of GUY$100 million and bring down the cost of what he says is a high quality road construction material. Shortly after handing over his proposal to Junior Finance Minister, Juan Edghill at Belvedere Village, East Berbice, Keith Lewis said he was already negotiating with a United States-based company to supply the plant. Installa-tion can take about four months.

If all goes well, Lewis hopes to erect the plant on 1.5 acres of land in the East Berbice village. The raw material- Rapid Curing Bitumen- for the asphaltic con-crete, he said, would be imported from Trinidad and Tobago.

He first has to acquire the land and secure approval from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for the plant

which would be operational for 30 days per year to satisfy current demand. Pro-posals will also be dispatched to Com-merce Minister, Irfan Ali and the Guyana Office for Investment (Go-Invest).

When constructed, the asphaltic plant would be the fifth of its kind in Guyana and could produce at least 400 tons daily.

Lewis explained that some roads made from Double Bituminous Surface

Treatment (DBST) last a mere three to six months with loads from five to six ton trucks. He said that those built with two inches of asphaltic concrete can endure up six years under pressure from the same truck tonnage.

With Guyana’s projected demand for asphaltic concrete expected to be about 50,000 tons, Lewis hopes to sell his product at GUY$30,000 per ton- that’s about GUY$13,000 less. During the Junior Finance Minister’s visit to Berbice, he inspected several major coastal bridges that are under construction. He said all of them must be completed before October when the contracts come to an end.

A key reason given for the delay in a number of instances was the shortage of steel and stone. He also addressed con-cerns about an apparent construction flaw in the bridge at Belladrum, West Coast Berbice.

GEORGETOWN, Newly accredited Deputy Chief of Mission at the United States (U.S.) Embassy in Georgetown, Mr. Bryan Hunt has said that the stalling of the Amaila Falls Hydro Project is most unfor-tunate. It is a severe setback to the local manufacturing industry, he stated in an interview with a local newspaper.

Hunt emphasised that the ven-ture is economically viable, noting that it had solid investors behind it and the Inter-American Develop-ment Bank (IDB) and the Govern-ment of Norway were prepared to support it financially under its promotion of “green energy.” The diplomat said Amaila was a “tremendous opportunity” for the development of the manufactur-ing sector and the socio-economic development of this country.

Responding to the view expressed in some quarters, that the U.S. was also supportive of the scheme be-cause an American-based company was involved, Hunt dismissed it is a

“cynical view” and maintained that, regardless of where the investment came from, the U.S. would have supported it, since that country has an interest in the economic devel-opment of Guyana, as that would be beneficial to his country.

On the issue of finding an alter-native path to bring the Amaila Hydro Project to reality, he re-called that, recently, President Donald Ramotar indicated his interest in doing so and Hunt revealed that his Government is prepared to assist in this respect.

Hunt lamented that it was unfor-tunate the political parties could not have come together to move the project forward, remarking that it was sad to see the undertak-ing aborted.

Nevertheless, he said he hopes President Ramotar is successful in finding alternative ways in making it a reality and assured that, if his Government is approached in that regard, it will, definitely, provide assistance.

Chicken Import Licenses OkayedGEORGETOWN, As Guyanese continue to pay more for scarce chicken because of a shortage of hatching eggs, govern-ment on September 9 announced that 18 import licenses have been granted to increase that meat supply.

The licenses would be valid until January 2014 to bridge the supply gap indentified by the Guyana Poultry Pro-ducers Association.

“After careful consultations with the poultry association and the major stake-holders involved in the chicken industry, especially representatives of the farming community, we decided to issue permits for the importation of chicken to almost every person who applied,” the Govern-

ment Information Agency (GINA) quoted Commerce Minister, Irfan Ali as saying.

He was optimistic that within

weeks the situation could correct itself with the demand meeting the supply.

“We are encouraging the large poul-try producers, and small farmers, to step up production so we can control the market for the end of the year. Indeed our consumption of chicken has increased tremendously; we need to ensure production continues to increase to meet that level,” said Ali.

The decision to grant the licenses fol-lowed the commencement of monitoring of the escalating poultry prices from last month.

The permits for the importation of chicken were granted at 100% duty and were given to traditional import-ers whose applications were pending. Those granted permission will be restricted to one or two containers, to be imported from Suriname and the United States.

lIGhTnInG blaMed For blaCkouTsGEORGETOWN, The recent spate of blackouts in communities located in East Coast and East Bank of Demerara has been attributed to network related problems caused

by the elevated level of lightning activity in recent weeks.

Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Guyana Power and Light (GPL) Incorporated, Bharrat Dindyal, said the two transmission lines leading from Garden of Eden, East Bank De-merara to Sophia, Georgetown were designed in the 1970s and are not equipped to withstand the lightning.

In an attempt to solve the prob-lem, he noted that the power company has already imported surge-protecting equipment, and installation is set to commence shortly.

Dindyal explained that on the East Coast the circuit that has been serving consumers from Success to Coldingen was overloaded during the airing of the recently concluded Caribbean Premier League (CPL) tournament.

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KINGSTON, Finance Minister, Dr. Peter Phillips says the period of difficulty for the country may be over as Jamaica has passed the worst as far as the effects of the structural adjustments are concerned.

However, Phillips who was a guest on a television current affairs programme late Wednesday, cau-tioned that the country is not yet out of the woods.

“There’s definitely pain before gain in the sense that we will have tight budgets for some time to come.”

He said it will take some time before all the pro-ductive and new productive activities which are going to take the country out of the difficulty will get started. The Finance Minister cautioned that the process of simply getting an idea and moving that idea to a plan will take some time.

Concerning news of a rise in unemployment and declines in some sectors, he expressed optimism that the economy will experience growth this fiscal year in keeping with projections.

Those ‘passive projections’ will see the country returning on a path to growth this fiscal year, he added.

The Finance Minister also signaled that Jamaicans will be spared from increased taxes over the next few years as the focus will remain on increasing the tax base.

KINGSTON, More than 85 per cent of children reported missing for the period January to August 23 this year have since returned home, a senior government official has said.

Minister of Youth and Culture Lisa Hanna reported that 1,297 of the 1,518 children reported missing over the period have been successfully reunited with their families.

Hanna, who was addressing a press briefing held at the Office of the Prime Minister, said that of the total number of missing children, 325 were males and 1,193 were females. Nine children (six males and three females) were found dead and 212 are still missing.

“I have mandated the OCR (Office of the Children’s Registry) to devise a successful and reliable system of informing the public of when there is recovery and the return of miss-ing children because still, persons feel that a lot of the children have not

been recovered when they actually have and successfully so,” Hanna said.

She also urged parents to ensure that they have a recent photograph of their child, and also supply a copy to the school at the start of every academic

year, as this will assist in the recovery effort in the event a child goes missing.

“If we all assist to create stronger platforms and integration mechanisms to work with the various government agencies, and if something happens to

your child, the recovery will be a lot quicker. We are utilising electronic media now and we are utilising bill-boards,” the youth minister said.

She informed that for financial year 2013/14 a sum of $6.7 million has been allocated to the Ananda Alert programme. The OCR has re-cruited an Ananda Alert officer and has shortlisted persons for the posi-tion of Ananda Alert administrator following the approval of new posts by the Cabinet.

Hanna noted that three strategies are being proposed to create a more effective public advisory system.

“One is safety information to reduce the number of children that go missing; two, instances of miss-ing children that are complete with names, locations, photographs and other pertinent information; and three, the recovery and return of missing children,” she outlined.

Minister of Youth and Culture Lisa Hanna

over 6,000 ConvictedKINGSTON, Just over 6000 Jamaicans who have been convicted in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate’s (RM) courts for crimes they committed, will be paying the cost in the form of fines and/or prison time imposed by the courts. Statistics compiled by the Criminal Records Office of the Jamaica Constabulary Force for the period

January to July this year, show that a total of 6,150 Jamaicans were convicted in the Corporate Area RM Courts and were sen-tenced to serve a total of 1,254 years and/or fines amounting to $37.5 million.

The analysis of the figures show that the monetary fines and prison time imposed on those convicted by the Corporate Area RM courts account for 41.6 per cent and 22 per cent of the totals, respectively. The figures show that the Corporate Area RM court convicted 1,788 more individuals for criminal offences, than the other courts

combined. These offences included smok-ing ganja, possession of ganja or cocaine, dealing in, trafficking and attempting to export ganja or cocaine, wounding, assault, larceny, malicious destruction of property and fraud-related offences. The analysis of the figures revealed that 71 per cent were convicted for drug-related offences, 14 per cent for assault and wounding offences, five per cent for larceny and the remaining two per cent in-cluded break-ins, robberies and malicious destruction of property.

The Constabulary Communication Net-work in a statement said that the Police are reminding Jamaicans that the commission of crimes, regardless of how simple it may seem, comes at a cost. The Police remain committed to enforcing law and are sending the message that any disregard for the laws of the land will not go unpunished.

The Police are appealing to citizens to consider the consequences of their actions, as a criminal record can have far-reaching implications for their future, including ca-reer and immigration restrictions.

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KINGSTON, Kerry Baylis, a 24-year-old investment banker, joined an elite cast who have worn both the Miss Jamaica World and Miss Jamaica Universe crowns. Baylis, who was crowned Miss Jamaica World in 2009, won the Miss Jamaica Universe pag-eant on September 8 at Jewels Resort in Ocho Rios.

She beat 10 rivals in the Uzuri Inter-national-promoted event. Baylis will represent Jamaica at the Miss Universe final in Russia, on November 6. Com-

pleting the top five were Chantal Davis, Salomie Campbell, Monique Brady, and Kashema Scarlett.

Baylis is the fourth woman to take the Miss Jamaica/Universe double having been preceded by Sandra Foster, Chris-tine Straw and Yendi Phillips.

Phillips has been Jamaica’s highest placed Miss Universe contestant to date, finishing second in 2010.

Sectional prizes went to Baylis for Most Aware and Best in Swimsuit and Salomie Campbell for Best in Evening Wear.

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PrIson Tb Cases ConFIrMedKINGSTON, The Jamaica government says it will continue to monitor the prisons here after con-firming seven cases of tuberculosis among people in police custody during the January and August period this year. The Ministry of Health (MOH) said that investigations so far show that the infec-tions were unlikely to have been acquired in lock-ups but rather in their communities of origin.

“The public can be assured that active cases are being treated in keeping with established proto-cols. In addition field investigations by the KSA health Department are ongoing including investi-gation and screening of household contacts and inmates in the affected lockups,” the Ministry said in a statement.

It said that to date there have been no new ac-tive cases.

“Based on the latest data analysis including the comparison of cases between the corresponding periods for 2012 and 2013 and, the geographic distribution of these cases, the MOH has deter-mined that the number of cases is not outside what is normally expected based on the burden of disease for tuberculosis in Jamaica. We con-tinue to monitor the situation.”

KINGSTON, One female man-ager and 10 other Portland residents were arrested on Sep-tember 6 for allegedly abstract-ing electricity in an operation mounted by the Jamaica Public Service (JPS) and backed by the Island Special Constabulary Force (ISCF).

The 11 persons arrested were from the district of Skibo and the Royal Mall in Port Antonio where the female manager was charged with seven counts of stealing electricity.

ISCF Assistant Commandant Winston Browning said four persons were held by his team in Skibo after they spotted four illegal connections. Acting on a tip, they proceeded to the Royal Mall where they saw seven illegal connections and arrested seven persons for abstracting electricity.

Some of the arrested persons were additionally charged with

illegal possession of ganja and dealing in ganja.

“A court date will be set and these people will be placed before the court where they will answer charges. We will not relent in the fight against these illegal connections,” declared Browning. “We will support the Jamaica Public Service techni-cal team and try our very best to get rid of all the culprits, put them before the court and let them answer to charges and pay the price.”

Browning said the team was taking a zero-tolerance ap-proach to crime-fighting and would apply the law wherever breaches were taking place. He noted that earlier 13 persons were arrested for allegedly stealing electricity, and one man held for illegal possession of a firearm in the St Margaret’s Bay area.

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PORT-OF-SPAIN, Despite many inspections from the public health department of the San Fernando City Corporation, many food vendors are still not adhering to proper health practices and standards.

On September 6 more food items were confiscated from five roadside vendors in the city including dozens of pies. The team of public health inspectors were again headed by Alexander Ramnath, head of the Cor-poration’s Food Unit.

The food was taken because they were prepared in a location that was not inspected and because some ven-dors did not have food badges.

San Fernando Mayor Dr. Navi Muradali said:”Food vendors continue to not heed the call for registered and

sanitary food preparation areas as well as for food badges. It means that the public must insist on food vendors displaying a recent food badge and exercising greater purchasing power. Food-borne diseases can be caused by toxins from bacteria, viruses, and para-sites, as well as by chemicals and other substances. It is important for food inspectors to visit these kitchens which in many instances are outside the city.”

The recently-announced “DineSafe” programme, designed by the mayor and the public health department, will require inspection certificates displayed at all food premises across San Fernando. From next week, the program begins and will continue until all food premises are inspected and certified by “ DineSafe.”

amendment Bill, 2013, at the par-liament sitting, at

tower D, international Waterfront Centre, port of Spain, provoked laugh-ter from the opposition benches as he mocked the prime Minister.

He said in 2011, he wrote to Persad-Bissessar following a spate of murders in Arima, saying the Op-position was prepared to work with the Government in the crime fight—which she rejected and instead called a State of Emergency.

“In the meantime, things have got-

ten from bad to worse. I was shocked to see the Prime Minister, the same Prime Minister talking about her desire...left to her alone, she would have a Government of national unity with London and Rowley and War-ner,” said Rowley.

“Well, she could speak for Warner, she could speak for Dookeran, she could speak for the cabal, but the PNM (People’s National Movement) will have nothing to do with that. What we want, we want you all out of the way so we can begin to take responsibility for this country and rectify the damage that you have done,” he added.

PORT-OF-SPAIN, A medical doctor operating out of south Trinidad was among 15 people arrested by police after fail-ing a breathalyser exercise on September 7.

The 29-year-old doctor, of Fyzabad, was arrested during a police exercise along the Gulf View Link Road, San Fernando, between 1 a.m. to 5 a.m.

Police said the exercise was part of anti-crime operations conducted in the Southern Police Division over the past 24 hours,

where four persons were also held in connection with the lar-ceny of two vehicles.

Police also said during the exercise 35 persons were ar-rested on outstanding war-rants, 82 tickets were issued and 65 “Stop and Search” forms completed.

The exercise was led by Senior Superintendant of the Southern Division Cecil Santana, and Ag Sgt Vijay Ramdhanie, and in-cluded PCs Sookhai, Mohammed and PC Harripersad.

Lara HonouredPORT-OF-SPAIN,Cricket icon Brian Charles Lara has appealed to the parents of the nation to lead the next genera-tion to “greatness” and “a nation we can be proud of in the future”. The former Trinidad and Tobago and West Indies captain and world record-holder was ad-dressing a gathering of teachers, principals and former pupils of his alma mater, Fatima College, on September 7 after receiving an honorary plaque from the Fatima Old Boys Association (FOBA) for his distinguished service to the school and in the field of cricket.

“In front of me here are a lot of parents...and the message I would like to give is to let all the parents know how important a part you play in your sons’ and daughters’ lives... I am proud to be a Lara and to be Bunty and Pearl’s son, but Bunty Lara, even though he enjoyed sit-

ting in the pavilion with cricketing legends, what he instilled in me was discipline, respect for elders and the drive to try and learn something new everyday...”

Lara admitted that the current climate in the country was not “com-fortable”, but expressed hope for a brighter future. “We know that today we all feel a bit uncomfortable with

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what’s happening in Trinidad and To-bago and I hope that in this room we have people who can and will lead the youngsters in our country in the right direction... I would ask you all to ensure that you create and nurture the passage that will produce not just great sportsmen and women, but people that we can be proud of in Trinidad and Tobago...”

Lara and college historian Keith Simpson were both honoured at the “Extended School Assembly” event, which is held annually at the College Hall to pay tribute to former pupils

who have excelled in various fields of endeavour.

Wendell Constantine served as the master of ceremonies, while brief ad-dresses on matters of interest were delivered by FOBA president Dwight Andrews and chairman of the organ-ising committee, Anton Marcial.

Lara attended Fatima College from 1983-1988, but did not complete Form VI as he was called to captain the West Indies team in Australia for the Bicentennial Youth World Cup, where the West Indies reached the semi-finals.

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad and To-bago has announced that it would be scrapping the fuel subsidy to finan-cially troubled Caribbean Airlines from next month but air fares were not expected to rise.

The twin-island’s Finance Minister, Larry Howai, in his September 9 Bud-get presentation to the Parliament, said the subsidy for Caribbean Air-lines’ international operations would be discontinued from October 1. The fuel subsidy would remain for CAL’s domestic flights to and from Tobago.

“I’ve been assured by the Board of Caribbean Airlines Limited that the removal of the fuel subsidy will not impact the ticket-pricing policy,” he told the House.

Several Caribbean governments and regional carrier LIAT have called for the removal of the fuel subsidy

to CAL, citing unfair competition. The subsidy has so far amounted to US$46.7 million.

He explained that the removal of the subsidy was incorporated into CAL’s business plan which he would receive from the Board on September 17.

The business plan, whose first phase has been completed, is expected to help CAL achieve financial viability.

Howai minutes later in his budget presentation announced that the United States-based low-cost airline, Jet Blue, would begin flying to Trinidad from July 20, 2014. The Greece-based Apollo air-line is expected to begin charter flights from selected European cities to Tobago.

According to the Finance Minister, those two new services would comple-ment West Jet’s flights between To-ronto and Port of Spain and Caribbean Airlines’ services to North America.

severed head FoundPORT-OF-SPAIN, On September 9 Police said the severed head of a man had been found in the capital, and believes he may have been a victim of gang warfare in Trinidad and Tobago. Police said the body of the unidentified man was found a few feet away from the shed where the severed head

had been found on a street in the capital. Po-lice said the hands and feet of the man were tied.

They said residents had reported gunshots in the area, prior to the grue-some discovery.

Police also denied re-ports that a second severed head had been found.

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At that statement, the jeweler went to his special stock and brought another ring over.

"Here's a stunning ring at only $40,000," the jeweler said.The young lady's eyes sparkled and her whole body trembled with

excitement. The old man seeing this said, "We'll take it."The jeweler asked how payment would be made and the old man

stated by check. "I know you need to make sure the check is good, so I'll write it now and you can call the bank on Monday to verify the funds and I'll pick the ring up Monday afternoon," he said.

Monday morning, a very teed-off jeweler phoned the old man. "There's no money in that account."

"I know", said the old Trini man, "but can you imagine the weekend I had?"

1. sPerM saMPle TrIalsAn 85-year-old man was requested by his Doctor for a sperm count as part of his physical

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The next day the 85-year-old man reappeared at the doctor's office and gave him the jar, which was as clean and empty as on the previ-ous day. The doctor asked what happened and the man explained, 'Well, doc, it's like this -- first I tried with my right hand, but nothing. Then I tried with my left hand, but still nothing. Then I asked my wife for help. She tried with her right hand, then with her left, still nothing. She tried with her mouth, first with the teeth in, then with her teeth out, still nothing. 'We even called up Arleen, the lady next door and she tried too, first with both hands, then an armpit, and she even tried squeezin' it between her knees, but still nothing..'

The doctor was shocked! 'You asked your neighbor ?' The old man replied, 'Yep, none of us could get the jar open.

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Child Killer Not Criminally AccountableIn an earlier article in

June I focused on in-stances of violent crimes

committed by youths. I pointed out that our laws treat young offenders quite differently from adult of-fenders. In Canada young offend-ers (persons between the ages of 12-17 years) are afforded the protection of the Youth Criminal Justice Act. This par-ticular Act governs the trial of offences committed by young offenders.

Recently the media was rife with the brutal killing of six year old Lee Bon-neau. According to the news reports Bonneau died on August 21st due to serious head injuries. He was found in some woods on the Kahkewistahaw First Nation Reserve in Saskatchewan after being beatenbrutally by another boy. Apparently the assailant used some sort of weapon to beat the victim. From the news reports it seems that the boy who committed the killing is himself a child being either ten or eleven years old. Accordingto the YouthCriminal Code of Canada a child under the age of twelve cannot be held criminally accountable. Section 13 of the Criminal Code stipulates:

No person shall be convicted of an of-fence in respect of an act on omission on his part while that person was under the age of twelve years. Due to the fact that the alleged murderer is a child he cannot

be named, he cannot be convicted and he most certainly will not be punished for the killing. Being under the age of twelve, the offender is considered to be a child in need of protection and as such he will be under the care of the Saskatche-wan Social Services. Since he will not be involved in the criminal justice system there will be no jail time for him to serve. In fact the child welfare services will provide him with treatment which will more than likely involve mental health counselling. The focus of the treatment would be geared towards his rehabilita-tion. Despite the fact that a brutal crime was committed there is no accountability and no punishment of a child offender who is under twelve years.

While one can appreciate that charg-ing, prosecuting and jailing eight and nine year old children for crimes would be contrary to society’ best interest, what about ten and eleven year old children who commit violent crimes? It should be noted that in 1984 our laws were amended to change the minimum age for criminal accountability from seven to twelve years. Perhaps our legislators need to revisit the issue and

consider whether the age for criminal accountability should be lowered.

In cases such as the Bonneau killing the child killer may very well be in need of treatment and counselling and he should be provided with same. How-ever to allow this person to completely avoid the criminal justice system is a mistake. Furthermore what guarantee is there that the child welfare services system is working to treat and reha-bilitate children who commit violent crimes? Are they capable of handling this task and if so, who is responsible for monitoring the child offender’s prog-

ress and deeming him to be safe within society? As a matter of fact the media reported that the alleged child killer was known by the child welfare services for sometime prior to the murder. One can only speculate as to what brought him to their attention previously.

The foregoing is intended for infor-mation purposes only and you should consult a lawyer if you need legal repre-sentation or a legal opinion.

Selwyn R. Baboolal is a partner at Ou-marally Baboolal practicing in the area of litigation for the past 19 years.

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IndIa, wesT IndIes 2 TesT serIes ConFIrMedWest Indies will travel to India in November for two Tests and three one-day internationals, the WICB said on Tuesday. The BCCI con-firmed on Thursday that the tour would be between October 31 and

November 27, including a three-day warm-up game*, and the dates and venues will be announced shortly. The second Test is set to be Sachin Tendulkar’s 200th.

The Tests are expected to be played in Mumbai and Kolkata, with Tendulkar’s hometown Mumbai hosting his 200th, an unprecedent-ed number of Tests in a career - with 198, Tendulkar is already 30 matches ahead of the No. 2s, Ricky Ponting

Saqlain Sees Potential For Windies Spinners

sTIll The bossJehue Gordon closed off his 2013 campaign in style, earning men’s 400 metres hurdles gold at the Belgacom Van Damme Memorial IAAF Diamond League meet, in Brussels Belgium, yesterday.

Crowned world champion in Moscow, Russia, last month, Gordon opted to stay in Europe and prepare for the Van Damme Memorial, rather than return to Trinidad and Tobago to begin cel-ebrations. The decision paid off, the T&T track star stopping the clock at 48.32 seconds to capture the top prize.

Coming off the final turn, Gordon trailed Puerto Rico’s Javier Culson. But, like he did in Moscow, Gordon finished strong, his home straight run earning the 21-year-old the second Diamond League win of his career. On July 19, this year, he was victorious for the first time on the elite circuit, clocking 48 seconds flat for gold in Monaco.

There was a three-way battle for second, Cuban Omar Cisneros securing silver in 48.59 seconds. Culson was just one-hundredth of a second slower, getting home in 48.60 to claim bronze. Fourth-placed Michael Tinsley, of the United States, also clocked 48.60.

Culson accumulated 15 points at six Diamond League meets to emerge as the overall men’s 400m hurdles winner, earning the Diamond Trophy and US$40,000 first prize. Gordon’s victories in Monaco and Brussels were worth 12 points and second spot overall in the one-lap hurdles Diamond Race. The Brussels win earned the T&T athlete double points.

Gordon’s 48.32 seconds run, was the sixth fastest clocking of his career. He established a new national record—47.69 seconds—in the World Championship final, last month. The clocking is the fastest time in the world this year, and puts Gordon in 22nd spot on the all-time men’s 400m hurdles performance list.

the vast array of spinners emerging from the region re-cently. Mushtaq is currently conduct-ing a three-week camp for promising male and female spinners in the Carib-bean and expressed optimism at the roster thus far.

“There are some talented youngsters. They are passionate and it’s

showing in this camp,” Saqlain said.

“I’m work-ing on techniques and

their tactical approach also. We’re also touching on the physical aspects of spinners and how fit they should be. They need to know how they should look after their fingers. I am eager to pass on my knowledge and experience.

“There’s a rich history in the West In-dies for spin. People often think it’s just only pace. Lance Gibbs was the first spin-ner to take 300 wickets. He put the seed of spin in. Sonny Ramadhin is another. Obviously, fast bowling took over but the region at present has good leggies, offies and doosra bowlers also.”

Saqlain said Sunil Narine was the focal point of West Indies’ spin talent, which would be crucial in years to come. “I al-ways worked hard and tried to be differ-ent. I am teaching these players this. Be different. I was learning from watching the likes of Wasim (Akram) and Imran (Khan). I was lucky to play for Pakistan. It helped me look at Abdul Qadir, who I developed a lot from.

“Bowlers like Muttiah Muralitharan

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and (Anil) Kumble also added a lot to my experience. I am hoping to impart such to the West Indies youngsters.” Saqlain pointed to Devendra Bishoo, Shane Shillingford and Veerasammy Permaul as players that were capable of adding to the spin attack when the op-portunity arose.

Saqlain had taken 208 wickets in 49 Tests and 288 wickets in 169 ODIs between 1995 and 2004. He said that West Indies coach Ottis Gibson, whom he knew from his playing and coaching career at Surrey, had approached him after West Indies had won the World Twenty20 in 2012.

Saqlain Mushtaq, the former Pakistan offspin-ner, believes West Indies

have the potential to redefine their bowling, given

Results ConfirmedThe Jamaica

Anti-Doping Commission

(JADCO) says it has received lab results confirm-ing the Prohib-

ited Substances which were identified in the ‘A’ Sample analyses for the five athletes who were tested at the Nation-al Junior and Senior Championships in June.

The five includes Asafa Powell and Sher-one Simpson.

JADCO says the five athletes have been no-

tified and have acknowledged receipt of the their Notification Letters of an Adverse Analytical Finding for a ‘B’ sample.

The Commission says the findings have been referred to the indepen-dent Jamaica Anti-doping Disciplin-ary Panel for their consideration and the Establishment of the Hear-ing panels.

JADCO says it continues its rigor-ous Anti-Doping Programme and has conducted 16 Out of Competition tests in July 2013.

It adds that from January-July 2013, JADCO planned to conduct 260 tests – 153 In-Competition and 107 Out-of-Competition and has actually conducted 262 tests – 164 In-Competition and 98 Out-of-Com-petition.

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Sherone Simpsonasafa powellBarbados offspinner Ashley Nurse has been called up to the West Indies A squad that will tour India later in September, in place of Shane Shillingford. The A tour of India is set to be-gin on September 15 and will comprise three one-day matches, one T20 and three four-day matches.

Nurse had enjoyed a successful debut first-class season for Barbados, fin-ishing third in the wicket-taker’s list with 45 scalps. Shillingford was the overall leader with 71.

As the original West Indies A squad had been announced on August 28, and the West Indies tour of India announced subse-quently on September 4, the WICB sought to replace Shillingford in the A squad and use Nurse in his place.

Shillingford will most likely be in the Test squad for the tour of India, which begins at the end of October.

It was also announced that the schedule had been adjust-ed, with all the matches bar-ring the last four-day game in Hubli being brought forward by a day. The one-dayers and the T20 will be played in Ban-galore, while the three four-day games are at Gangotri Glades in Mysore, the JNNCE ground in Shimoga, and the KSCA ground in Hubli.

West Indies A squad: Kirk Edwards (capt), Kieran Powell, Kraigg Brathwaite, Jonathan Carter, Sheldon Cotterell, Miguel Cum-mins, Narsingh Deonarine, Assad Fudadin, Jahmar Hamilton, Delorn Johnson, Leon Johnson, Nikita Miller, Ashley Nurse, Veerasammy Permaul, Chadwick Walton.

and Steve Waugh. Reportedly, though, Kolkata has requested it host the landmark Test.

The series means India’s much-anticipated tour to South Africa will have to be trimmed. It was due to begin with a tour game on November 18, but if India are to fit in five matches against West Indies after the Australia ODIs that end on November 2, it is unlikely that the matches in South Africa could begin before November 30. That tour was originally scheduled to include two T20s, seven ODIs and three Tests, ending on January 19. Now, though, apart from beginning later, it will also have to finish earlier as the itinerary for India’s tour of

New Zealand begins with an ODI on January 19.

West Indies last toured India in November-December 2011. Back then, they lost a three-match Test series 2-0 - the drawn third match was the dramatic Mumbai Test that ended with the scores level - and five-match ODI series 4-1. The teams last met when India travelled to the Caribbean in June this year for an ODI tri-series also involving Sri Lanka, which India won.

Following the India tour, West Indies have a full tour of New Zea-land scheduled. They will play three Tests, five ODIs and two T20s in New Zealand, between December 3 and January 15.

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