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Sunday March 14, 2021 $2 VAT Inclusive ‘GOOD TREND’ Positivity rate remains below 5% THE island’s COVID-19 positivity rate still stands at below five per cent, says Chairman of the COVID- Massive clean-up 19 Sub-Committee, Senator Dr. Jerome Walcott. Giving an update of the figures tackles hoard yesterday evening during the COVID- 19 Management press conference,he in Holetown said that as of Friday, March 12, there were 13 positive cases – six females – Page 2 and seven males, out of the 457 tests conducted by the Best-dos Santos Public Health Laboratory. Seven of them were already at the Harrison Point Isolation Facility undergoing assessment. “Clearly this shows the continuing trend for the past seven days in which the positivity rate has been below five. This is a good trend and is in the direction we would like it to be. Clearly, we are not out of the woods as a people in Barbados and clearly that is why there has been an easing of the restrictions and curfew, but we need to be ever vigilant and we need to follow the protocols and adhere to those protocols,” he said. The country has recorded 3,404 confirmed cases – 1,615 females and 1,789 males – and 3,147 persons have Farmers getting recovered since the first case was identified in March last year.There have assistance been 37 COVID-19 deaths. The public health laboratory up to that – Page 4 date completed 133,061 tests. Chairman of the COVID-19 Sub-Committee, Senator Dr. Jerome Walcott. Walcott also apprised the public on the situation with testing and clusters in the communities, doing the assessment, which the health ministry is handling island. identifying houses where there may be through contact tracing. “I would like to briefly state that as it suspicious cases, doing the testing and “As it relates to the geriatric hospitals, relates to the lab, results are coming then there is the education of the people, I believe they have all settled. The other within 24 hours. There are a number of advising them about the use of the nursing homes have all settled. Issues hotspots across the island where the vaccine and its importance, and vaccines related to the Geriatric Hospital are Ministry has been going in and doing are being provided in limited quantities currently settled. The Queen Elizabeth surveys, assessment and testing, not only for those persons in those communities Hospital still continues to have some of primary contacts, but also to persons and this is a vary targeted process which cases among the staff and the patients, in the areas and this is now being is ongoing,” he said. and of course the issue there was the followed by some vaccinations of persons Walcott noted there were currently kitchen staff and I believe that is now in those areas. So we are entering small family clusters in communities under control,” he added. (JMB) Dementia symptoms increased due to lockdown

By Cara L. Jean-Baptiste stimulation and not being able to go out, can take that might help,” he said. and believed that this was something “Keep your mind active. Doing Give teachers ONE occupational therapist has that needed to be addressed. activities such as reading, solving reported an increase in dementia He went on to speak on ways in which puzzles, playing word games, memory symptoms in a number of people. persons could reduce their risks of training, might delay the onset of special priority, Speaking during a recent virtual getting dementia and noted that while dementia and decrease its effects. Be lecture hosted by the Federal High more research was needed to prove that physically and socially active; we might says Shepherd School Alumni, Lennox Rochester, these steps did indeed significantly have a problem there because due to Occupational Therapist, highlighted reduce a person’s risk of getting the pandemic, we are being urged to be – Page 5 that since the lockdown, a number of dementia, they were still beneficial. less socially active.” people have reported increases in their “There is no sure way to prevent dementia symptoms due to the reduced dementia, but there are steps that you DEMENTIA on Page 3 2 • Sunday March 14, 2021 The Barbados Advocate

Public Relations Officer of the SSA, Carl ‘Alf’ Padmore, shows Camille Uzunovic Several bottles of water were kept on the property. the magnitude of the hoard, including a plastic drum with mosquito larvae. Massive clean-up tackles hoard in Holetown A MASSIVE clean-up Authorities called in to assist ‘Bottle Man’ effort took place in Holetown, St. James Yesterday, a team from and mosquitoes, revealing yesterday, unearthing the Sanitation Service that larvae could be seen a hoard of massive pro- Authority (SSA) with a in some of the containers portions which is esti- Bobcat and trucks started on the property. mated to have started the clean-up around 9:30 Appealing to the public, over two decades ago. a.m. and by 1 p.m. were al- the SSA PRO said, “If The area – just opposite ready on their sixth truck- you know Victor Roach the RBC complex and next load of garbage, with lots who has been residing in to the canal – was an eye- more work still to be done. Holetown for well over 30 sore, which could partially Public Relations Officer years, we are asking you, be seen from the main of the SSA, Carl “Alf” members of the public, to road but was tucked away Padmore, described the please come forward and neatly in a wooded area. event as bittersweet as the speak to Sergeant Gittens. In it, Victor Roach, pop- problem was thankfully Maybe he has a son or ularly known as “Bottle being tackled, but that at daughter out there or fam- A Bobcat clearing the site yesterday. Man”, has been collecting the same time it showed a ily.He needs help. We pre- mounds of bottles, cans man in desperate need of fer to get that help for him. process, expressed grati- made up of business canal during high tide or and a large variety of other help. We don’t believe the place tude to the entire team, owners in Holetown was heavy rainfall. miscellaneous items on He noted that residents for him at this stage is at noting that this has been formed at his insistence, In addition to ensuring the site, which is located and business owners were Dodd’s. We believe there an ongoing problem for to address any issues in- that Roach could get just a few metres from the concerned not only about are other remedial things several years. cluding crime in the area. the help that he needs, historic Holetown mon- the illegal dumping, but that can be done. We have The entire effort was He stressed that part of Padmore revealed that the ument. The Barbados that Roach behaved in an to look after the mental co-ordinated by Sergeant community policing is SSA would be handing Advocate understands aggressive manner when health of our people even Ronald Gittens of the working collaboratively over $80 to Roach from that several calls were approached. Padmore said more.” Royal Barbados Police with residents, business the bottles taken to B’s made to the environmen- the situation was even Padmore thanked Force who oversaw the owners and patrons to en- Recycling yesterday. The tal health officials in the more dire, with height- Camille Uzunovic of entire process, which in- sure a safe environment cleanup effort will con- past, but to no avail. ened concerns of rodents Gaye Boutique and also cluded bringing in the for all. It was revealed that tinue on Thursday. thanked the owner of Mental Health Officer for the space when cleared, Giving an update Duke’s Night Lounge for St. James, Carl Greene, will be maintained and just before press time, allowing the team to ac- who could be seen speak- transformed into a green Padmore revealed that cess the site through their ing with Roach. space. a space has been found properties. Uzunovic, Sergeant Gittens ex- Gittens also highlighted for Roach at the whose fence had to be plained that from January the danger associated with Barbados Alliance to End removed to facilitate the 20 last year, a committee the debris getting into the Homelessness. (JH)

Mental Health Officer for St. James, Carl Greene, seeking to get more info from Victor Roach, while Sergeant Ronald Gittens looks on. One of the truckloads of stuff carried away from the Holetown site. The Barbados Advocate Sunday March 14, 2021 • 3

New Heads of Missions appointed IN keeping with cessful career as a busi- Government’s focus on ...as Government seeks to strengthen diplomatic relations nessman in a wide range strengthening tradi- of industries. Mr. Henry, tional bilateral rela- achievement of Barbados’ With regards to the York. and Mr. Hallam Henry meanwhile, has hands-on tions and pursuing goals of enhanced eco- new Heads of Missions, “I believe that the will therefore be assum- experience in the Chinese new ones, word has nomic growth and rev- Walcott indicated that qualities, experience ing the leadership of business sector, and keen come that new Heads enue generation, will be Mr. Gline Clarke will and competencies of diplomatic Missions insights into Chinese pol- of Missions will be delivered in the coming serve as High Messers. Clarke, which have been in exis- itics, having lived and appointed. Financial Year, through Commissioner to McDonald, Henry, Abed tence for several years. studied there for several This announcement a series of diversified ex- Canada; Mr. Alexander and Jackman, render Similarly, Barbados’ years. He also has experi- came from Minister of ternal engagements in a McDonald as High each of them ideal choices Permanent Mission to the ence in the promotion of Foreign Affairs and number of areas. These Commissioner to the for their respective diplo- United Nations Office in Barbados as a premier Foreign Trade, Senator include strengthening Republic of Kenya matic appointments as New York, to which Mr. centre for global business Dr. Jerome Walcott, yes- traditional bilateral rela- and Permanent Head of Mission, at this Francois Jackman will be and economic develop- terday, during a virtual tions and pursuing new Representative to the critical juncture in deployed, is a well-estab- ment. Mr. Abed is an ex- press conference. non-traditional partner- United Nations Office Barbados’ socio-economic lished diplomatic office perienced businessman, He revealed that the ships; reaffirming multi- at Nairobi; Mr. Hallam transformation and de- which promotes and pro- who is widely recognised Ministry of Foreign lateralism and deepening Henry as Ambassador to velopment,” Walcott as- tects Barbados’ interests as a leading international Affairs and Foreign Trade engagement with like- the People’s Republic of serted. in the international authority on digital cur- is already setting meas- minded alliances; in- China; Mr. Gabriel Abed “Of course, Barbados arena,” Walcott added. rencies and blockchain ures in place to support creasing Barbados’ trade as Ambassador to the enjoys long-standing It was noted that technology, whilst Mr. the economic recovery levels by enhancing com- United Arab Emirates; friendly relations and Mr. Clarke has had a Jackman is a career and transformation of mercial diplomacy; and and Mr. Francois mature, multi-dimen- long and distinguished Foreign Service Officer Barbados, in the post ramping up the country’s Jackman as Ambassador sional partnerships with career as a Member of with extensive experience COVID-19 environment. outreach to the Barbados and Permanent Repre- both Canada and the Parliament from 1994 in promoting and advanc- As such, the Ministry’s Diaspora and Friends of sentative to the United People’s Republic of to 2020, whilst Mr. ing Barbados’ interests contribution to the Barbados community. Nations Office at New China. Mr. Gline Clarke McDonald has had a suc- internationally. (RSM) Ambassador Thompson to step into new role AMBASSADOR of correspondent banking. Elizabeth Thompson And finally, the creation will now be based in of an inclusive, intergov- Bridgetown, with special ernmental body on tax responsibility for matters matters under the UN, to of climate change, SIDS counter the imbalance issues and the Law of that exists between the Sea. She previously OECD countries and served as Barbados’ developing countries Ambassador to the United within the context of set- Nations. ting international tax The announcement norms. came from Minister of He also emphasised the Foreign Affairs and nexus between develop- Foreign Trade, Senator ment and international Dr. Jerome Walcott, dur- peace and security; the ing a virtual press confer- need to take action to ad- ence yesterday. dress the security chal- Walcott noted that lenges facing the region Barbados is unequivocally through the proliferation committed to a diplomacy of small arms and light of peace and prosperity weapons; and the need to through international Ambassador Elizabeth Thompson recognise the multi-di- dialogue, and recognises mensional nature of secu- the unique role that the Missions to the UN Development Goals rity, which also includes United Nations plays in Headquarters in New (SDGs) laid out in food security. guaranteeing the sover- York and the UN Office in the 2030 Agenda for Speaking to the matter Lennox Rochester, Occupational Therapist, as he eign equality and inde- Geneva, which serve as Sustainable Develop- of strengthening the in- delivered remarks. pendence of small states important portals for our ment, the establishment ternational frameworks in the international com- work in the international of a multidimensional dealing with the climate munity. community.” vulnerability index for crisis; financing for devel- He added, “Barbados’ He further pointed out SIDS and Middle Income opment; SIDS issues; and Get quality sleep, belief in the United that the priority issues Countries (MICs), given NCDs, he noted that it Nations is why we have and strategic interests that vulnerability is a sig- is for this reason that taken the step of estab- that Barbados will con- nificant factor affecting Ambassador Thompson, says Rochester lishing a third Permanent tinue to pursue with like- trade and development who has most recently Mission to the UN in minded allies in these assistance and adequate served as Head of the DEMENTIA from Page 1 mal part of ageing and Nairobi. This Permanent three UN locales include means are needed to COVID-19 Communica- could occur in normal peo- Mission will join the implementation of tackle high debt levels tions Unit, will tackle Rochester noted that it ple, whether or not they Barbados’ Permanent the 17 Sustainable and the continued decline some of these key issues. was important to make had a family history of the sure you were getting disease. enough vitamins and tak- “Research shows us that ing care of and managing the lack of exercise in- Gov’t day nurseries reopen on Tuesday, March 16 any cardiovascular dis- creases the risk of demen- eases. tia, and while no special Additionally, he noted diet is shown to reduce de- THE Child Care Board Parents and guardians has also advised against Strict COVID-19 pro- that it was important to mentia, research indicates (CCB) has advised that are reminded that a bringing children who tocols will be observed, get quality sleep as the a great incidence of de- government day nurs- medical certificate will may be exhibiting signs including temperature body tended to repair it- mentia in persons who eat eries will reopen on be required for re-entry of illness to the nurs- checks and sanitisation self during that time. unhealthy diets compared Tuesday, March 16. of all children. The CCB eries. upon arrival. He went on to stress to those who eat healthy,” that dementia was a nor- he added. 4• Sunday March 14, 2021 The Barbados Advocate

Farmers getting assistance THE Barbados Agricultural will assist the project partici- Management Company Ltd. pants in that area,” he said. (BAMC) will be providing Additionally, he indicated support for the farmers at that the BAMC will also pro- Bath, St. John, as they seek vide the project participants to get crops planted on that with access to their food crop site. agronomists. These experts, he That’s according to Manager stated, will give the farmers Area 2 at the BAMC, Anderson sound technical advice in terms Eversley. He was speaking on of crop husbandry. Friday afternoon during a tour “We believe that that is also a of the St. John site, which was critical component of assistance led by Minister of Agriculture that the BAMC has to give as and Food Security, Indar Weir, part of our social responsibil- as he explained that they will ity. Over on the other side of be sending a team to Bath this the project, there are some weekend, to further assist in lands that still need to be culti- preparing that land for agricul- vated. Beginning early next tural production by removing week, the BAMC will allocate numerous rocks from the fields, some of our mechanical re- Spokesperson for the Alkebulan Kingdom, James ‘Rudy’ Greenidge showing the touring party the which are to be planted by the sources in terms of caterpillars irrigation system that they have put in place. Alkebulan Kingdom. and tractors, so that the “Tomorrow [Saturday] the Rastafarian group here today Unit, noting the work done by bills for the piping, the contact Meanwhile, spokesperson for BAMC will send two tractors would have that land culti- the Alkebulan Kingdom to de- cement, the pump, all of that is the Alkebulan Kingdom, James from two of our farms and at- vated, so that within another velop an irrigation system to part of the irrigation rebate. “Rudy” Greenidge, gave the as- tached to these tractors will be couple of weeks the land can be assist with their production of You can claim up to $60,000... surance that they are prepared tipping trailers. The reason planted. So all in all, the BAMC crops, is reminding the farmers The maximum is $60,000 and to do their part to help feed why we are doing this activity will assist this project as part of that there are a “host of re- the rebate is 50 per cent of Barbadians and thanked Prime is because there are a lot of our social mandate,” he told the bates” that farmers can have whatever you spend up to that Minister Mia Amor Mottley rocks in the prepared fields and media. access to. maximum. So make use of it. and Minister of Agriculture and in order for this project to be Adding to his comments, “This particular project will Keep your receipts and bring Food Security, Indar Weir, for done properly, the rocks have Arlie Connolly,officer in charge be able to benefit from the irri- to the office and we will facili- the opportunity to be part of to be removed and the BAMC of the Agricultural Services gation rebate. The invoices and tate you,” he advised them. the initiative. (JRT)

NOTICE NIS Opening Hours The National Insurance Office wishes to advise members of the public that during the period March 15 to 19, 2021, our cashier points will be open from 8:30 am to 1:00 pm for those wishing to cash cheques or pay contributions. All other business conducted with the Office should be done online, via our drop boxes, via telephone or through our e-mail addresses. Contact details and additional business information can be found on our website at www.nis.gov.bb. While the NIS remains an essential service, it is critical that customers use the alternate ways of doing business in order to limit physical interaction, thereby reducing spread of the virus. The NIS advises you to comply with the Ministry of Health and Wellness’ Covid-19 safety protocols and thanks you for your cooperation. For further details, please visit our website at www.nis.gov.bb

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Pinehill Dairy praises dairy farmers in new campaign BARBADOS’ lone Commercial Manager Since it was founded in working closely with the similar project in 2016. tions to our country. And dairy processing plant, of Banks (Barbados) 1966, PHD has always farmers to help improve “We have a very symbi- through all adversity, The Pinehill Dairy Breweries Limited, made it a priority to have their farming practices otic relationship as we they keep providing a (PHD), is heaping Shafia London, says that its main milk source be and even invested in their both have a common goal: quality product for us praise on local farmers “for many generations, local farmers, coming pre- operations. In 2020, they providing the freshest, to share with our con- for its new Made At these artisans are con- dominantly from family collaborated with the tastiest milk for all sumers.” Home campaign. The tributors to the devel- farms from in and around Barbados Agricultural Barbadians,” says Mrs. The campaign will run push highlights the opment of The Pinehill Bridgetown. Decades Society and Barbados London. “So we are lifting for eight weeks with exe- contribution of local Dairy and to this country. later and this ethos is still Beef and Dairy Producers them up and thanking cutions in retail, out-of- farmers, who continue They are a true represen- clear, with it now sourc- Association project which them for their contribu- home, and digital. to be the dairy’s main tation of Barbados’ motto ing fresh cow’s milk from facilitated the impor- suppliers of its milk, to ‘Pride & Industry,’ as they close to 17 farms from tation of 159 pregnant not only the local dairy take great honour in their across the island. heifers to guarantee the industry, but to the work and are always PHD has always held sustainability of the local Teachers not in support overall development of continuously seeking to its farmers in high regard dairy industry. They pre- Barbados as well. improve its quality”. throughout the years, by viously contributed to a of return to schools TEACHERS of the “There was absolutely Special Needs Unit are no support for the return Give teachers unanimous in their posi- of those students.” tion of not returning to Additionally, he re- face-to-face instruction at vealed that teachers special priority, this time. indicated that online in- President of the struction was not the best Barbados Union of form of delivery for this Teachers, Pedro category of student. says Shepherd Shepherd, revealed this “They were clear that By Cara L. Jean-Baptiste come mandatory at some following a meeting that any return of face-to-face point,” he said. took place with the teach- for these students would IF teachers are to take “Now the BUT welcomes ers prior to the meeting be premature in a COVID the vaccine, then special the suggestion by the that happened with the environment,” he said. priorities should be made Ministry of Education that Ministry of Education on “We must remember for them. teachers will be given pri- Friday morning. that these students are President of the ority in the next rollout of Shepherd highlighted the most vulnerable ones, Barbados Union of the vaccine for those who that the Chief Medical these are the ones with Teachers (BUT), Pedro want the vaccine and we Officer stressed during the weaker immune sys- Shepherd, expressed this want to state that it is an a press conference that tems, these are the ones during Friday’s episode of individual decision. If you students should return to with medical issues and BUT Teachers’ Corner. want to take it, then you face-to-face instruction the ones who are more Following a meeting should be given priority. If as soon as possible and difficult to supervise and that took place with teach- you don’t want to take it, noted that that particu- some may even require ers earlier this week, then just don’t take it. lar statement was an am- physical contact at criti- Shepherd reported that “However, we have sug- bitious one, especially in cal times and need to be the taking of the vaccine gested to the Ministry that an environment that had restrained and so the was one of their concerns in this rollout of vaccines community spread, clus- teachers in the special and due to this, he noted that teachers are to be ters and a number of hot units are totally against that the Union would treated as priority and President of the Barbados Union of Teachers (BUT), spots. any return to school have made a number of treated as essential, and Pedro Shepherd. “To make that state- within this current co- recommendations to the important provisions ment caused tremendous rona period.” Ministry of Education on should be made for teach- Ministry of Education in He stated that if it was concern for us. The He revealed that a this topic. ers to present themselves areas where teachers so important for the teach- Special Needs teachers number of them high- “The Minister said that at specific locations.” lived. ers to receive the vaccine were very vocal and lighted other problems the vaccine was not He explained that they The President firmly in order for the island to unanimous in their they had such as the mandatory at this point were asking for some stated that he did not be- reach a level of herd im- position on the return of overcrowding of schools and when she said at this schools to be used to vacci- lieve that teachers ought munity, then teachers students to the Special and the poor conditions point, it suggests to me nate the teachers or for to be placed in long lines should be treated with Needs schools at this of the bathrooms of the that it may very well be- tents to be set up by the waiting for vaccines. special priority. time,” he said. Special Units. Furthermore, Shepherd noted that Fogging schedule for March 15 to 19 while listening to the Distribution from March 23 plight of the teachers of THE Vector Control Unit with avenues, Clarke’s March 19, in Black Rock, the Special Unit, he won- of the Ministry of Health Road, Stanmore Crescent Brownes Land, Seclusion CLIENTS of the In addition, clients are dered if the Government and Wellness will take its with avenues, and sur- Road, Fairfield Road, Adopt Our Families further advised that they was really serious about mosquito eradication cam- rounding areas. Fairfield Cross Road, Programme are advised will receive calls from the needs of the Special paign into a number of St. The following day, Scott’s Terrace, Grazettes that the distribution will officials of the Project Needs students and the James and St. Michael Wednesday, March 17, with Avenues, Well Road, now take place from Implementation Unit of teachers and this was districts this week. the Unit will target St. and surrounding areas. March 23 to 25, and not the Prime Minister’s something that he be- For one day, Monday, Stephen’s Hill, Ellerslie Fogging takes place Monday, March 15, as Office and be given lieved needed to be ad- March 15, it will conduct School Gap, Goddard from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. was previously indi- details on their specific dressed as soon as pos- its fogging exercise in St. Road, St. Stephen’s daily. Householders are cated. collection day and time. sible. (CLJB) James, when it goes into Housing Area, Dover reminded to open their Jordan’s Road, Joe’s Drive, Square, Plymouth Square, windows and doors to Johnson’s Road, Prospect, and neighbouring dis- allow the spray to enter. Crusher Site, and envi- tricts. Members of the public Fatal accident investigation rons. They will fog are asked to note that the The team will then Black Rock, Clevedale, completion of scheduled POLICE at Oistins Police Main Road, Christ She passed away about target the parish of St. Applegrove, Yearwood fogging activities may be Station are carrying out Church involving a motor 8:30 p.m. She has been Michael for the rest of Road, Wavell, Wavell affected by events beyond investigations into the car and a pedal cyclist. identified as Melanie the week. On Tuesday, Gardens, Murray Road, the Unit’s control. In such circumstances surround- The pedal cyclist who Watts, 36 years of March 16, they will con- Oxley Road, and environs circumstances, the Unit ing a fatal accident which received head injures Maxwell Gardens, Christ centrate their efforts in on Thursday, March 18. will return to communi- occurred about 5:35 p.m. was transported to Church. Black Rock, Free Hill Fogging for the week ties affected in the soonest on Friday, March 12, the Queen Elizabeth Investigations into the Development, Free Hill will conclude on Friday, possible time. 2021, along Maxwell Hospital by ambulance. collision are ongoing. 6 • Sunday March 14, 2021 The Barbados Advocate

Media Institute launches COVID Relief Monitoring Hub THE Media Institute researchers, and analysts project will continue to Dominica, Dominican the areas of procurement Media Institute of of the Caribbean to report on and make provide regular progress Republic, Grenada, processes and efficien- the Caribbean, Kiran (MIC) has announced observations about the reports on leading proj- Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, cies, transparency, and Maharaj, stated: “The the launch of its deployment of loans and ects and programmes. St. Kitts and Nevis, Saint accountability in the MIC views this project as COVID Hub series of grants received from The MIC has, for this Lucia, St. Vincent and the state sector. a vitally important ac- country reports, on countries, regional and purpose, also secured the Grenadines, Suriname, Team leaders are tivity in the overall pro- transparent and ac- international agencies co-operation of several in- and Trinidad and Tobago. Kiran Maharaj, Wesley motion of sound regional countable expenditure and institutions, and ternational and regional The project is a collab- Gibbings, Nazima governance. It provides of externally financed other benefactors. agencies to ensure access orative effort supported Raghubir and Aurora tangible expression of our pandemic support The team has been at to timely, relevant up- by the Open Society Herrera, with quarterly commitment to media measures, in 14 work over recent months dates together with offi- Foundations (OSF) and analyses from regional audiences interested in Caribbean states. compiling information cial information flows at will produce regular finance and governance keeping a close eye on ex- In a press release sent on financial inflows de- national levels. The coun- news and information experts – Dr. Terrence penditure of public funds to this newspaper, the signed to bolster state ac- tries being covered are bulletins and reports Farrell, Marla Dukharan and ensuring that the MIC says it has assem- tivities in the face of the Antigua and Barbuda, with emphasis on govern- and Dr. Damien King. intended objectives are bled a team of journalists, COVID-19 pandemic. The The Bahamas, Barbados, mental best practice in President of the met.” ‘Stigma and discrimination affects efforts’ By Cara L. Jean- sons who were not com- acquiring COVID-19 was Baptiste ing forward to be tested to wash their hands and but have been possibly sanitise them, wear a STIGMA and discrimi- exposed to the virus, face mask, social and nation can affect the were vulnerable and physical distance, and Ministry of Health’s con- needed to be identified. avoid persons who are tact tracing efforts. “When you are not ill. During an episode of identified, and the He stated that if a COVID Queries, Senior Ministry of Health be- person was in a situation Medical Officer, Dr. gins their contact trac- where they suspected Anton Best, revealed ing efforts, then they that a person was ill and that the Ministry of won’t be able to identify they may have COVID- Health experienced dif- additional cases, assum- 19, unless of course they ficulties when it came to ing the person is sympto- were a first responder or contact tracing, because matic and exposed is in healthcare worker, then some people were not fact positive for COVID- avoiding close contact giving the correct infor- 19,” he said. with that person was not mation due to fear of “So stigma and dis- discrimination. being discriminated. crimination affects our “That’s not the stigma Dr. Best noted that contact tracing efforts we are talking about, they have also received and of course our contact that’s common sense and reports of people not tracing efforts are piv- good public health prac- wanting to come forward otal to preventing a fur- tice,” he said. The public health laboratory has so far completed 133,061 tests. to be tested because they ther spread of COVID-19 did not want to be stig- throughout our society.” matised. However, he He went on to note COVID-19 update: 13 new cases, 41 recovered pointed out that the giv- that from a public health ing of wrong personal in- perspective, one of the THE Best-dos Santos has been reduced to 220. cases – 1,615 females and As part of the National formation was danger- ways they would have Public Health The 13 new cases com- 1,789 males – and 3,147 Vaccination Programme ous. educated the public on Laboratory conducted prise six women and persons have recovered for COVID-19, 221 per- He explained that per- how to reduce the risk of 457 tests on Friday, seven men. Seven of since the first case was sons were vaccinated on March 12, of which 13 them were already at the identified in March last Friday. were positive. Harrison Point Isolation year. There have been To date, a total of There were also 41 peo- Facility undergoing as- 37 COVID-19 deaths. 50,980 vaccinations have ple who recovered from sessment. The public health labo- been administered – the virus. The number of The country has ratory has so far com- 21,448 men and 29,532 active cases on the island recorded 3,404 confirmed pleted 133,061 tests. women. Empowering the disabled community EDUCATION and em- vulnerable population place. We must further scheduled to come on ployment remain two remained empowered. complement this work by stream in the new finan- of the most important She noted that the next creating and shaping pos- cial year, which aim to pillars in modern initiative of her ministry itive mindsets in both in- generate employment Barbadian society and, was to see a joint project structors and students to within the community according to Minister of with the Ministry of ensure this goal becomes of disabled persons. The People Empowerment Education, Technological a reality,” she said. National Disabilities and Elder Affairs, and Vocational Training She also added that Unit intends to work Cynthia Forde, they hold to increase educational enhanced employment with the Ministry of even more so for mem- opportunities. was high on the books Youth, Sports and bers of the disabled com- “This collaboration is and that a partnership Community Empower- munity. She was speak- critical as it is simply not with the Ministry of ment to design and im- ing recently during the good enough for us to hail Education would see a plement programmes to groundbreaking cere- the passage into tertiary focus on the honing of enhance the employabil- mony for a new green education for one student skills such as completing ity of persons with dis- space at the Barbados with a disability every the application process, abilities,” she said, before Disabilities Unit. few years. We must work mastering the job inter- noting that there would Delivering the feature to ensure that this is a view, and developing be opportunities for job address, Minister Forde more common occurrence professional attitudes attachments through the said that the governing and must therefore work and skills for sustaining Job Start Plus Initiative administration would be together to put the neces- employment. of the Ministry of Labour honouring its manifesto sary economic, social and “There are a number and Social Partnership pledges and ensuring the physical infrastructure in of programmes that are Relations. (MP) The Barbados Advocate Sunday March 14, 2021 • 7

BARBADOS NUSB president speaks SUPREME COURT OF BARBADOS IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE about COVID’s impact CLAIM NO 1143/2020 By Marsha Gittens these restrictions can be He however said as an IN THE MATTER OF AN APPLICATION by GAIL CHARMAINE MINOTT (the relaxed, it’ll all depend on organisation, they “have 'Applicant') for the discharge of a charge on certain land situate at Lot 56, THE National United how things would turn been able to still continue Elizabeth Park in the parish of Christ Church Society of the Blind out, but right now that is to have our activities and (NUSB) is remaining in the works.” meetings via Zoom and IN THE MATTER of Part 66 of the Supreme Court (Civil Procedure) Rules 2008 hopeful the blind foot- Turning his attention wherever possible we can ball workshop, which is to speak about how the assist our members, we try part of the Paralympics existing COVID-19 pan- to do that, but it had a very AND IN THE MATTER of Section 25 of the Limitation of Actions Act Cap 231 of Games, will be held lo- demic has impacted the negative impact on the the Laws of Barbados cally later this year. organisation, Welch said blind. Not only that, per- President, Rudyard it has negatively affected sons who also lost their AND IN THE MATTER of Section 86 and 137 of the Land Registration Act Cap Welch, said the NUSB some members. He ex- sight during the pandemic 229 of the Laws of Barbados has been “involved with plained “blind people have not been able to get Paralympics in trying to usually locate items and the necessary services AND IN THE MATTER of FIRST ALL THAT certain lot or parcel of land (being pull off” this event, which things with their hands,so to assist them in their part of Elizabeth Park (Kent Part II) which was itself originally part of the entire will occur for the first time it restricted us in that”. transition.” in this part of the hemi- building estate of nineteen acres two roods and twenty-one and one-tenth sphere. He stated it is perches of land divided into lots as aforesaid) situate at Elizabeth Park (Kent scheduled for June this Agriculture Ministry sets up Part II) in the said parish of Christ Church and Island aforesaid containing by year. admeasurement nine thousand two hundred and sixty square feet or “We are inviting 10 Monkey WhatsApp hotline thereabouts (inclusive of one thousand seven hundred and twenty square feet countries from throughout contained in the area of the road reserve twenty-six feet wide hereinafter the Caribbean [this in- THE Ministry of The Monkey WhatsApp mentioned) and being the lot numbered 56 on the Key Plan – Kent Part II cludes] Trinidad, Guyana, Agriculture and Food Hotline number is 535- ABUTTING AND BOUNDING on lands of Upton Plantation which includes the Jamaica, Barbuda, Security, in collaboration 5237, and it will only lands formerly of Kent Plantation on the lots numbered 55 and 57 on the Key Suriname, British Virgin with the Ministry of accommodate messages. Islands, St. Vincent and Environment and No calls will be accepted. Plan – Kent Part II and on other portions of the said road reserve or however three participants from National Beautification, Persons contacting the else the same may abut and bound AND SECONDLY ALL THAT one-eightieth each country. We want to has established a hotline hotline should include undivided part share estate or interest of and in ALL THAT certain lot or parcel host it here in Barbados, for members of the public the following information of land (also being part of Elizabeth Park Building Estate (Kent Part II) also but our problem now is to bring to its attention in their message: Name, situate at Elizabeth Park (Kent Part II) in the said parish of Christ Church in this the restrictions for the any challenges they are Address, Telephone Island containing by admeasurement twenty-seven thousand four hundred and COVID. So if the vaccine facing with monkeys Number and WhatsApp forty square feet or thereabouts (inclusive of two thousand two hundred and is rolled out and some of across the island. Location Pin. forty square feet contained in a road reserve twenty six feet wide hereinafter mentioned) and being the lot numbered 69 and shown as “Open Space” on the Key Plan – Kent Part II showing the subdivision of four hundred and thirty-one thousand seven hundred and twenty square feet of land which comprise Elizabeth Park Building Estate (Kent II) ABUTTING AND BOUNDING on the lots numbers 70, 71, 72 and 74 respectively on the Key Plan – Kent II on a foot ten feet wide on the lots numbered 75, 66, 67 and 68 respectively on the Key Plan – Kent II and other portions of the said road reserve twenty-six feet wide (including road or carriageway) as shown on the Key Plan – Kent Part II or however else the same may abut and bound (the “Property”).

NOTICE OF APPPLICATION FOR DECLARATIONS THAT AN INDENTURE DATED AUGUST 2, 1974 TO CUTHBERT LEWELLYN SHAW BLACKMAN OVER PROPERTY SITUATE AT LOT 56 ELIZABETH PARK IN THE PARISH OF CHRIST CHURCH IN THIS ISLAND BE REMOVED FROM THE LAND REGISTER AND ANY INTEREST THEREFROM BE EXTINGUISHED

TAKE NOTICE that Gail Charmaine Minott of 3 Orange View Drive, Kingston 8 in the Island of Jamaica has applied to the High Court for the following declarations:

A Declaration that any estate or interest in the Property in favour of Cuthbert Llewellyn Shaw Blackman by virtue of an Indenture dated August 2, 1974 recorded in the Land Registry on August 8, 1974 as Deed No. 4262 (the “Charge”) has been extinguished and that the said Cuthbert Llewellyn Shaw Blackman has no estate or interest in the Property; and

A Declaration that the Registrar of Titles be at liberty to cause an entry cancelling the Charge in the Register of Land at the Land Registry.

Any person having any claim or right or interest against the Property under the Charge should submit the claim duly authenticated on oath to the Registrar of the Supreme Court, Bridgetown on or before the 31st day of March 2021.

Any other person who has any information relating to the ownership of the said Property is invited to give such information in writing to the Registrar of the Supreme Court, Bridgetown on or before the 31st day of March 2021.

Dated the 7th day of March 2021.

Clarke Gittens Farmer Attorneys-at-Law for the Applicant, whose place of business and address for service is “Parker House”, Wildey Business Park, Wildey Road, St. Michael 8 • Sunday March 14, 2021 The Barbados Advocate ‘For the cause that lacks assistance, ’Gainst the wrongs that need resistance, For the future in the distance, And the good that I can do’ Editorial Whodunit? Part two THERE’S an estimated given that Jesus was a Women, work, and 7.67 billion people in the carpenter’s son and the world. Of these, 2.2 billion Buddha the scion of a are Christians. There are royal house. Perhaps inequality in 2021 535 million Buddhists. So that’s why Jesus stood in where did all the love go? the great tradition of the THIS week Minister of Tourism and International What sort of religion Old Testament prophets. Transport, Lisa Cummins underlined that sixty- people are we? Have we His short ministry, unlike five per cent of tourism workers who filed for made a difference? What the Buddha’s, wilfully, unemployment from the National Insurance about you and me? passionately, confronted Scheme (NIS) were female. Her shocking statistic Despite religion, are we the hypocrisy of his day only highlights a global reality, women suffer the truly at one about embedded in its religious most in times of crisis. It also shows how vulnerable anything very much after similarities, despite enlightenment. Either elites. It’s why they killed economies can be without the work of women. So 2500 years? differences in language way,the movement is from him. It’s difficult to why are they underpaid, underemployed, Last week I remarked and style, between the darkness to light. The imagine the Buddha overworked, and punished when they become some of the parallels teaching of Jesus and the ‘Way’ seeks wildly turning over the mothers and caretakers? Where is the legislation to between the teachings Buddha? It’s been transformation. For Jesus tables in the Temple. It’s protect those who need access to healthcare, and lives of Jesus and the suggested that Jesus it was about dying to what how we recognise the insurance, and daycare facilities so they can work? Buddha. Obviously, there travelled to India before we’ve so far been, being holiness of men like Where is the flexibility in the workplace? For women are lots I didn’t mention. he was baptised by John ‘emptied’, taking up our Martin Luther King Jr in the Caribbean, unemployment affects more single For example, just as Jesus the Baptist and thus cross to be raised up into and John Lewis in the van young black mothers who after losing their jobs was tempted in the became acquainted with new beings, to become as crossing the Selma have to rely on the government for support. wilderness, so the Buddhism. There was children for whom the ego, Bridge.The Buddha might Women have always worked in some capacity historical Buddha was then a cultural worldly self-importance, is have written the ‘Letter over the centuries but the 20th century was the era tempted by the armies of ‘borrowing’. It’s also been no more. The Christ lives from Birmingham Jail’ when women filled offices and factories and spent Mara (‘destruction’, the pointed out that Buddhist in us. For the Buddha, it though. significant hours away from the duties of home and ‘Lord of Death’) as he sat teachers lived in was about the death of These godly men have nurturing their children. in meditation under the Alexandria in Egypt so ‘grasping’, the cause of brought us so much joy. According to Janet Yellen,an American economist Bodhi Tree. In some that Buddhism may well suffering, and ‘letting go’ How fulfilling to have and current secretary of the US Treasury, in her respects the Buddha goes have reached Nazareth. of the world and self. In been with the Dalai Lama article “The History of Women’s Work and Wages further than Jesus. However, cultural both, then, there’s a ‘born and Archbishop Tutu and How It Has Created Success For Us All", 20 per Consistently with his ‘borrowings’ or not, Jesus again’ experience. We when they met in India. cent of women in the early 20th century were teaching, for example, wasn’t a mere copyist. He become creatures of In his Gospel, John tells “gainful workers". She noted the disparities of Jesus calls for “mercy not and the Buddha represent compassion, of love, the us that Jesus once said statistics for black women who were more likely to sacrifice” (Matt. 9:13). something much more foremost attribute of the that whoever believes in work but like most data about women during this Think how absurd fundamental. It strikes Spirit within, of the divine him will never die (11.26). period was underreported. sacrifice is. What kind of directly at you and me, Source of all that is. So: The Buddha said that Teaching, nursing, cleaning, cooking, and Godhead would get a kick and all conditions of men this is how we live in fact; those who have sufficient manufacturing were all roles defined as jobs out of it? The Buddha said: for all time. this, the ‘Way’, is how we faith in him are headed for suitable for women. Between the 1930s to 1970s, “One should not kill a At the heart of the transform ourselves. heaven or beyond. Is that more opportunities arose for educated women to living being… do not teaching of these Conventionally, we call it why we cling to religion? enter the workforce. By the 1970s, women’s attitude injure any being, either wonderful human beings ‘Wisdom’ teaching, and it’s Go safely, then – until to work changed towards a balance of work and strong or weak, in the is the ‘Way’. For both it rooted in sacred the next time. home life. In America, there were women accessing world.” My heart is with was about a new way of experience. credit without a male co-signer, the Pregnancy the Buddha. But seeing life. Jesus used The parallels between Prayer, from the Discrimination Act 1978 was passed and access to centipedes in the house? aphorisms and parables. Jesus’ and the Buddha’s boundary: “May we be birth control gave women more options to enter the Difficult that one. The Buddha explicated teaching, in which the one prisoners to love and fly workforce. By the 1990s, more women between the To what do we attribute his teaching in ‘noble illumines the other, are all like doves” (J Philip ages of 25-54 were employed or about 74 per cent of the remarkable truths’, and the goal was the more remarkable Newell). the labour force participation of prime working-age women. Similar developments occurred in the Caribbean, particularly for women and education. Principal Coronavirus pandemic casts long and Pro Vice-Chancellor Professor Eudine Barriteau of The University of the West Indies (UWI) noted in shadow over Dutch elections 2019’s enrolment data that there were 33 per cent men, 67 per cent women from 4,399 undergraduate THE HAGUE, really about the However,slip-ups later – form the country’s next students. However, more educated women do not Netherlands – Housing coronavirus, of course,” said the Netherlands was the ruling coalition, a process equate to more working women who if employed are shortages, the student Ayoub Aouragh. last of the European that could take months. most likely to be underpaid. environment, health care, “Because we have seen that Union’s 27 countries to The 54-year-old has led Globally, for every dollar a man earns, a woman education. Dutch voters the Cabinet has made begin a vaccination the country for more than only earns fifty-four cents. School of Berkeley’s have plenty of issues to many mistakes in the past campaign – meant that ten years, the last four at Distinguished Professor Laura Tyson explained consider in next week’s and we now actually want Rutte’s popularity is the helm of a four-party that women are facing discrimination (penalised election but one towers to see how we can emerge receding slightly as the coalition, and could become for getting pregnant or caring for children) but they over all others: the COVID- from this together.” three-day vote starting the longest-serving Dutch also work in jobs and sectors that pay less. She 19 pandemic. The Dutch Many voters approve of Monday draws nearer. leader if he wins another added that they are more likely to work part-time vote for the 150-seat lower Prime Minister Mark Yet, his People’s Party for four-year-term. and this is due to their roles as nurturer and house of parliament, deeply Rutte’s handling of the Freedom and Democracy, Rutte extended the homemaker.To date, Iceland is the only nation that conscious that more than crisis. His popularity shot known by the Dutch country’s tough lockdown is enforcing an equal pay law. 16 000 people in the up early in the pandemic acronym VVD, still has a on Tuesday,but also offered In a household with two incomes, women who are Netherlands have died of as he appeared regularly large lead in the polls, a glimmer of hope that a earning less or lose their jobs may opt to stay at COVID-19 and the country on television to inform the although pollsters say relaxation at the end of the home long-term. In Barbados and the Caribbean, is in the midst of a tough country in statesmanlike many voters may still be month could allow people despite improved access to education and training lockdown that includes a tones of the latest lockdown undecided. If the VVD to visit cafes’ outdoor for women and with more educated women entering night-time curfew. measures and urge unity captures the largest cut of terraces if infection the workforce, the playing field is still pro-male. “I do indeed think that in the fight against the the vote, Rutte will be first numbers decline or remain Post-pandemic, Caribbean countries must create the elections this year are virus. in line to begin talks to stable. policies and laws that give women more flexibility and better wages in their jobs, access to work beyond Telephone: 467-2000 News Fax: 434-1000 News Editor: Dorian Bryan Executive Editor: Allison Downes gender roles, and increased social security for health E-mail Address: [email protected] Business Editor: Jewel Brathwaite General Manager: Sandra Clarke Assistant Managing Director: Sean Eteen and childcare. Website: www.barbadosadvocate.com Sports Editor: Corey Greaves Publisher: Sir Anthony Bryan @The Barbados Advocate @barbadosadvocate The Barbados Advocate Sunday March 14, 2021 • 9

Deflection and sophistry DEFLECTION and others. When Meghan Trevor Prescott: it is a parking in a restricted sophistry aimed at decided to marry a Prince revenue raising exercise zone. Quite rightly, such preserving the status quo. she was subscribing to that and doing so on the backs of trivia should not occupy That seems to be the most way of thinking. Of course, poor people. judicial time. So why logical way to describe it was alright when she We have decided to should the marijuana fine many of the swirling events thought that she would be develop a marijuana be imposed in the first that occupied the attention accepted by them, but she industry. We have place? The person with a of Barbadians over the last ignored the fact of race in embraced the idea that this cigarette in his pocket is not week. British history and life. plant has important impeding anyone. I am not sure why but Racism is endemic in medicinal value and this The justification for Barbadians still pay English society and they forms the basis of our criminalising the use or attention to the lives of support a royal family rationale for encouraging possession of marijuana is their slave and colonial when others have long Coburg-Gotha”. Windsor roasted Meghan, the plantation style cultivation because it was deemed a masters. It is not abandoned that relic was adopted as their new Americans will slowly give of the plant. But at the dangerous drug. Let us put surprising, therefore, that because it represents the name. Their plan worked air to the police narrative same time, we maintain aside for a moment the fact many tuned in to Harry’s classicism which they well and they survive to and seek to justify Floyd’s legislation which says that that that determination and Meghan’s interview internalise. Maybe Meghan continue their life of murder. In both cases, the marijuana is a dangerous was made for us by those with Oprah Winfrey.What did not know that Britain is privilege while their media will simply be drug which only loses its who have now developed was different though is that notorious for making black cousins elsewhere have to playing their role of dangerous character when their own industry and Barbadians did not seem to people mad. And by mad I work for a living. protecting the status quo it is cultivated by rich have decriminalised it in be among those who do not mean vex. Across the pond, the trial in their societies. plantation owners.A ton of preparation for exporting pretended to be surprised The British royal family of the murderer of George Government decisions marijuana is fine but a it to us. You have now at the racism described in changed its name and Floyd in the United States are sometimes difficult. spliff is dangerous. Plant discovered that the that interview and which, separated itself from its has started, at least jury This should not be 60 acres and make Rastafarian community as should be common family members in selection.As usual, some in surprising because millions, buy a cigarette was correct and that it has knowledge, is the bedrock Germany and the rest of the media there feign governance is not always and pay a fine. medicinal value. So why of that colonial family, Europe at a time when the surprise that past events easy, but it should be An amount of 14 grams take money from the people and country. people of Europe were in the life of Floyd which logical. is so trivial that the person person who has less of it People who support ridding themselves of have nothing to do with his The recent version of the having it will be treated than the man who picks royalty support their own Royal oppression and anti- murder have been raised. Drug Abuse (Prevention like the woman who parks wonder-of-the-world to inferiority. The only German sentiment was This is normal in the and Control) (Amendment) her car on the street to run make tea? justification for royalty is high. By proclamation in American “justice” system Bill, 2020, which has been into a store to make a And can a Prime the idea that some people 1917, King George V and they have seen it all presented to Parliament, is purchase and returns to Minister close down are naturally and changed their family name before. illogical, except one draws find that a ticket was business on Sundays by inherently superior to from the German “Saxe- Just as the British media the conclusion reached by placed on the car for simply saying so? Will regional unity be forever lost to the Caribbean? SEVERAL editorials in collection of thoughtful “offer a rare creation – a bigger very soon – enlarge respected newspapers as reflections on the people of many our domestic market, well as blogs by influential Caribbean condition; nationalities, many races, broaden our technological persons in the region are, visionary and inspirational many faiths, and different base, combine our financial once again, expressing deep addresses to diplomats and cultural heritages” who resources, increase the concern about CARICOM, graduating University have stayed together in a scale of opportunity for our particularly over its lack of students; and moving single community. ambitious young people, unity in international accounts of experiences \McDonald asserts his bring together behind one affairs and the failure of its that are shaping the own belief in the value of frontier the marvellous leaders to implement their Caribbean in which we the West Indian model. common cultural strains own decisions regarding live. Nonetheless, he is practical that exist in the West the single market. The topics in the book are also among a rare breed – a Action, that laid out a enough to “pray because I Indies side by side but This has led a Minister of varied reflecting a long life white and proud West blueprint for the think we will need some apart – apart and therefore the St. Vincent and the in the Caribbean; the Indian as comfortable in Caribbean’s future. heavenly blessing in a hard more vulnerable to outside Grenadines government to interests of a man who is the company of other West McDonald recalls the task… but in the end I cultural impact”. reproduce on his blog, a poet and writer; lover of Indians of all races as he is testimony of “experts” who profoundly believe because As for the grand strong view that cricket; executive in the content in his own skin. pointed to the models that I think we already hold communiques, speeches “CARICOM is dead”, sugar industry and a After he retired as an were being developed enough in common to and often touted plans of depicted by a headstone in consummate West Indian Executive of the Sugar elsewhere – the Asian secure an undivided future CARICOM meetings, he a burial ground. – born in Trinidad of Industry in Guyana, and Tigers, the Singapore together”. despairs – “every country Against the background Antigua and St. Kitts by then an accomplished model, the new Europe. He His profound belief does in the region is littered with of these recent ancestry, grew up in and well-recognised writer also remembers with not prevent him from being the burnt-out corpses of pronouncements,myTrinidad and Antigua, and Poet, McDonald satisfaction that the “disillusioned with the plans not implemented and commentary this week earned a degree from worked with the West Commission felt that, while pettifogging gradualism reports unread”. draws on an article I wrote Cambridge University, Indian Commission – that these models were useful that the word CARICOM Of the high-sounding in 2013. Captained the West Indies body of distinguished West reference points, the West is rapidly coming to stand declarations, he laments Ian McDonald’s,“A Cloud Davis Cup tennis team, Indian men and women Indian model had its own for”. “All of our small that they are “Declarations of Witnesses”, published by and worked most of his who produced in 1992 the intrinsic value. “West countries”, he says,“simply of futility”. The Caribbean Press, is a adult life in Guyana. He is seminal study, Time for Indians”, the report said, have to make ourselves Continued on Page 11

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Perception, actions and explanations matter BUILDING barriers to unimpeded by sea in in part with external ‘utmost importance’ to the halt cross-border Trinidad and the Dutch financing, programmes country’s trade balance as migration can cause speaking Antilles, or by addressing some of the it sold more in 2018 to its serious reputational land in Guyana and most challenging issues 5.5m anglophone damage. Suriname, and Haitians that for decades have neighbours than to the The example that most continue to make the created friction between 45m living in Central readily comes to mind is perilous sea voyage north the two countries. America. “We are going to the former US President’s landing if fortunate in The Of these, early progress establish deep links with contentious promise to Bahamas, Cuba, or a has been made on CARICOM”, he was build a wall along much of neighbouring overseas planning an energy quoted as saying. the 2 000-mile US-Mexico territory. interconnection that will While there is much border.Others include the Now, however, the around 19 miles in areas alternative ways to cross enable Haiti to take that Haiti, the Dominican Berlin Wall which divided government of the of easy cross border access. the border. Others surplus Dominican energy Republic, and CARICOM the east and western parts Dominican Republic, Alvarez said that the suggest tighter controls generated from renewable can accomplish though of the city to stop East following consultations overall project would see may cause people sources, the first of several trade and much more to Germans from fleeing a with the Haitian the construction of a traffickers to become hospitals is under gain by working together, morally bankrupt state, Presidency,is to construct “technological and active, corruption to construction in Haiti, this will first require a the much more recent what will be the region’s physical” dual and single spread further in the cross border investments willingness to address the Hungarian ‘border barrier’ first ‘fence’ along parts of border fence involving security forces and are again being discussed, negative perceptions that which aims to halt the two nations’ 234-mile modern monitoring judiciary, and see many and a process has begun exist. migrants travelling mainly-mountainous methods including sensors would be migrants that will identify all A good starting place to northwards, overland, border. and drones. Other displaced to other Haitian citizens in the allay such doubts would mainly from Middle East Although reported to be comments by Enrique destinations. Dominican Republic to be for the Dominican conflict zones, and the a ‘wall’, what the Garcia, the Director of the If the fence is ever to include them in the government to explain in West Bank wall or Dominican Republic’s country’s General meet its objective of Haitian civil register. detail, not just through ‘separation fence’ President, Luis Abinader, Directorate of Migration, managing migration both What so far is missing is occasional ministerial, constructed by Israel, it told the country’s suggest that the fence will the Dominican and any real attempt to diplomatic, and private says to halt terrorism, but Congress on February 27 involve an integrated Haitian governments will explain this and the sector exchanges, how the which many Palestinians was that it will be a approach involving need to deliver rapidly not longer-term overall initiatives President see as a means of monitored security fence motion sensors, “facial just the accompanying objective to the many Abinader is developing segregation. along parts of its border to recognition, fingerprints, measures that President critics of the Dominican with Haiti will be In each case and others curb “illegal immigration, infrared cameras [and] Abinader, and the Republic in the developmental, joined up, less publicised, the drugs and the flow of equipment for the military President of Haiti, Jovenel anglophone Caribbean and sustainable. principal objective is or stolen vehicles”. and other security". Moïse, agreed at the start and elsewhere who Without this, the public was to construct a Combined with a now The idea will of the year, but in the remain concerned about and private narrative in physical barrier to halt the substantially enhanced undoubtedly appeal to longer term with the country’s migration CARICOM about the movement of economically military and security many Dominicans and international support policy. Dominican Republic will disadvantaged people or presence, it is also have political resonance somehow deliver a Instead, in the case of not be about trade and refugees, but few if any intended to suppress the with the country’s ultra- Haitian economic and CARICOM, instead of opportunity, but likely have or had associated transit of small arms, and nationalists who believe social revolution. conveying how the ‘fence’ continue to focus on programmes addressing individuals of concern to that the country cannot What the two and planned joint Haitian migration, the economic or social the wider region and the continue to receive any Presidents agreed in development perceived racism in the issues driving those on the US. more migrants than the January is a start. programmes with Haiti treatment of migrants, less privileged side of such Subsequently, the estimated 0.8m already Meeting in the border are linked and reflect and now the construction obstacles. Foreign Minister, Roberto there from the country’s zone they agreed to President Abinader’s of a ‘wall’. For many in the region Alvarez, confirmed that hugely poor and address irregular recent statement “we it is one of many reasons the Dominican increasingly unstable migratory flows, improve want a mutually David Jessop is a why the idea of a wall to government is in neighbour. cross border trade, beneficial relationship consultant to the Caribbean halt migration is not just discussion with Spanish Despite this, some in establish maritime with Haiti”, the stress Council and can be discriminatory,but largely and Israeli companies to opposition such as boundaries, and to jointly continues to be on contacted at unworkable. construct a fence at an Gustavo Sanchez, develop public health and improving trade. david.jessop@caribbean- It is also why tens of estimated to cost of over spokesman for the environmental Speaking recently at a council.org. Previous thousands of Venezuelans US$100m. Eventually Dominican Liberation programmes. In a joint media lunch, Foreign columns can be found at continue to flee the harsh intended to cover 112 Party (PLD), believe that statement issued at the Minister Alvarez https://www.caribbean- conditions at home miles, it is expected by the “rampant poverty” will see time, the two Presidents reportedly emphasised council.org/research- arriving largely end of this year to cover Haitians continue to seek committed to delivering, that CARICOM was of analysis/ ‘Building back better: Amore inclusive and resilient Barbados’ AS we commenced The Council, its affiliates see! Online shopping affords will interact with the Council for the Disabled recognition of the month and partners continue to The COVID-19 virus is greater independence for public creating a more pledge our ongoing of the Disabled 2021, we recognise that difficult and unfortunately not going persons with disabilities welcoming and empathetic vigilance on these and all at the Barbados Council seemingly insurmountable anywhere. We therefore from at home to purchase community. other actions to ensure for the Disabled (BCD) are as the obstacles may be, must embrace the changes the goods and services With most activities that the community of eager to highlight the the Month of The Disabled forced upon us and turn they choose. being designed for an persons living with continued importance for offers us a unique them to our advantage. Limitations on large online focus, the Council, disabilities are equality and inclusion into opportunity to bring back Being forced to work groups means that more its affiliates, and partners meaningfully included.We everyday society for to the fore the from home means that persons with disabilities are keeping the flag of cannot do this alone, we Barbadians living with opportunities which have persons with disabilities can attend and participate awareness raised high. call on Government, disabilities. come to us trough the can be included in the in a wider cadre of Our annual Church private sector, and the In 2020, our Month of devastation which the labour force on a larger activities than before. Service had a multi-faith community of persons the Disabled (MOD) pandemic has created. scale as new opportunities There are of course approach recognising that with disabilities to work activities were abruptly The activities which for remote work become barriers to the realisation disability spans the with us to bring about the terminated as Covid 19 have been selected to mark available. of these that must be spectrum of all. With a change we all want. We consumed our every this year’s observances all Moving to the online addressed. Better access to variety of webinars will then have a more waking moment. As MOD focus on bringing the classroom means that digital banking. Greater focusing on issues of inclusive and resilient 2021 commences, the national theme to reality. providing the correct emphasis on inclusion of parenting, health care and Barbados! threat of infection is even Focusing on the future we support mechanisms more PWDs from the inception education. Social media is higher and our want to see means that we of your children and of programmes rather also being utilised with a KERRYANN IFILL opportunities to meet, to must draft and execute students with disabilities than to be simply tack on variety of innovative SCM work side by side appear to plans to highlight the can be included in at the end. Sensitivity notions. President, Barbados be as far from us as ever. Barbados we all need to mainstream education. training for persons who We at the Barbados Council for the Disabled The Barbados Advocate Sunday March 14, 2021 • 11

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LET GOD QUOTES FOR TODAY WORDS OF SPEAK TO US WISDOM Thomas Jefferson (1743 - 1826) Robert Heinlein 3rd president of US (1907 - 1988) MEDICINE “May these words of my mouth “I know no safe depository of the US science fiction author and this meditation of my ultimate powers of the society but Formerly, when religion was heart be pleasing in your sight, the people themselves; and if we “Writing is not necessarily LORD, my Rock and my think them not enlightened something to be ashamed of, strong and science weak, Redeemer.” enough to exercise their control but do it in private and wash men mistook magic for with a wholesome discretion, the your hands afterwards.” medicine; now, when science – PSALMS 19:14 (NIV) remedy is not to take it is strong and religion weak, from them, but to inform their men mistake medicine for discretion by education.” magic. 12 • Sunday March 14, 2021 The Barbados Advocate

High-tech helps boost vaccination campaign CUTTING-EDGE technology has boosted China’s massive vaccination campaign against the novel coronavirus with mobile vaccination vehicles projected to be put into use in April, while formal industry standards are required to regulate these supporting facilities. Foton Motor Group revealed that it will launch a vaccination vehicle for COVID- 19 vaccinations next month in Beijing and Hebei province, saving people time in travelling to vaccination stations and improving the efficiency of vaccination. The vehicle, with looks like a regular bus, is divided into two separate spaces with a door. People register and receive vaccines at the front half, while the rear half is prepared for females to better protect their privacy during vaccination. According to Foton, the vehicle is equipped with USB ports, an onboard television and retractable tents outside the vehicle for observation after vaccination. Onboard WIFI is also available to send real-time data, with which vaccine-takers can immediately update their health code A resident receives the COVID-19 vaccine in Sanlitun, Beijing’s Chaoyang district, on Jan 3, 2021. [PHOTO BY ZOU HONG/CHINA DAILY] after injection. Cheng Hua, product manager of Foton’s and Hebei next month. It will also be vehicle can benefit the mass vaccination This work requires the joint efforts of the bus department, said in an interview used for other vaccination work in the campaign. medical and transport sectors.” with Beijing Daily on Thursday that it future. “The vehicle shortens the distance from But he said putting such a vehicle into was not that easy to develop the vehicle The mobile inoculation vehicle is not people’s homes to the vaccination mass use will facilitate the nation’s large- and the most difficult aspect was to make the first such high-tech facility for the stations, but things are not that easy scale vaccination campaign. its space match the demands of nation’s vaccination campaign. though, especially for seniors who may “I think it will be of great use in rural vaccination, which requires the vehicle to Early in September, Haier Biomedical have mobility problems,” he said.“Vehicle areas with poorer medical conditions, as have separate sections for different launched the nation’s first vaccination manufacturers should also consider how well as big factories that have a large vaccination procedures. vehicle in Jiaozuo, Henan province, which to facilitate seniors’ journeys from their number of people requiring vaccination at He said that receiving vaccines in the offers a one-stop service for registration, homes to the vehicles.” one time,” he said. “We are pleased to see vehicle can reduce people’s concerns over disinfection and vaccination. He said that the shortage of that many companies put efforts into cross-infection and help promote a large- Liang Xiaofeng, vice-president of the observation space in the vehicle is developing these high-tech supporting scale vaccination campaign. Chinese Preventive Medicine another problem. “Temporary tents are facilities for vaccination, and we hope He added that the company has the Association, said that these efforts to needed for observation,” he said.”There that the growing number of developers capacity to produce 12 such vehicles per develop high-tech assistance to also need to be industry standards to can bring down purchase prices, and day after they are put into use in Beijing vaccination and the mobile inoculation better regulate the use of these vehicles. improve services to the public.” China to provide vaccines to Olympic Games athletes BEIJING – China is willing to Minister Sainbuyan Amarsaikhan cooperate with the International spoke highly of the efficacy of Chinese Olympic Committee (IOC) to provide vaccine on social media after receiving vaccines to athletes preparing to his first shots of a COVID-19 vaccine participate in the Olympic Games, a donated by China. foreign ministry spokesperson said on “From the cases above, we can see Friday. that more and more countries recognise Spokesperson Zhao Lijian said this at the safety and efficacy of Chinese a press briefing in response to a vaccines,” said Zhao. question on the Chinese COVID-19 He noted China firmly supports vaccines and international co-operation international co-operation on COVID- on vaccines. 19 vaccines. He also added that China According to media reports, responded to the United Nations’ call to Thomas Bach, the IOC president, said donate vaccines to peacekeepers from that the IOC has received a kind offer all over the world. The country is also from the Chinese Olympic Committee willing to work with the IOC to to make vaccine doses available for provide vaccines to athletes participants in this year’s Tokyo preparing to participate in the Olympic Olympics and Beijing Winter Games in Games. 2022. “These are concrete measures to Preliminary data from a study in implement the pledge of vaccines as Brazil shows that Chinese vaccines global public goods. We sincerely hope could effectively fight the P1 variant of that Chinese vaccines will inject more A staff member checks the packaging quality of COVID-19 inactivated vaccine the coronavirus first discovered in confidence and hope into the global products at a packaging plant of the Beijing Biological Products Institute Co., Brazil. The Mongolian Deputy Prime fight against COVID-19,” Zhao said. Ltd. in Beijing, Dec 25, 2020. [PHOTO/XINHUA] The Barbados Advocate Sunday March 14, 2021 • 13 China reports surge in mobile phone shipments in February BEIJING – China’s mobile phone The shipments of 5G mobile phones In February, a total of 28 new models last month with shipments of 19.57 shipments soared 240.9 per cent year on amounted to 15.07 million units, were released into the market, up 33.3 million units, or 89.9 per cent of the total year to 21.76 million units in February, accounting for 69.3 per cent of February’s per cent year on year, according to the shipments in the period. data from the China Academy of total shipments, said the CAICT, a CAICT. Smartphone shipments came in at Information and Communications research institute under the Ministry of Domestic brands continued to 21.34 million units last month, surging Technology (CAICT) showed. Industry and Information Technology. dominate China’s mobile phone market 236.6 per cent year on year.

China’s air, China willing water quality to enhance improves media in 2020 co-operation BEIJING – China reported improved air and water quality as well as reduced with ASEAN carbon dioxide emissions in 2020 amid the country’s efforts in green development, an official report showed. countries Last year, the percentage of days with good air quality was 87 per cent in 337 BEIJING – China is willing to work cities at and above the prefecture level, up with ASEAN countries, Japan and the five percentage points year on year, said Republic of Korea (ROK) to deepen the report released by the Ministry of media co-operation and facilitate Ecology and Environment. policy alignment, an official said on The average concentration of hazardous Friday. airborne particles PM2.5 was 33 Xu Lin, director of the State Council micrograms per cubic meter,down 8.3 per Information Office, made the remarks cent year on year, while that of PM10 fell when attending the 6th Conference of 11.1 per cent year on year to 56 ASEAN Plus Three Ministers micrograms per cubic meter. Responsible for Information via video Data collected at 1 940 monitoring link. water sections reported improvement of He said that media co-operation China’s water quality,with the proportion between ASEAN, China, Japan and of surface water with fairly good quality – ROK has played an important role in at or above Grade III in the country’s five- strengthening the emotional bonds tier water quality system – rising 8.5 A Long March-4C rocket carrying the fourth group of China’s Yaogan-31 between people in the region and percentage points year on year to 83.4 per remote sensing satellites blasts off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in promoting people-to-people cent. northwest China, March 13, 2021. (PHOTO BY WANG JIANGBO/XINHUA) exchanges, adding that China is In the same period, the proportion of willing to work with all parties to surface water below Grade V, the lowest create a good public-opinion level, stood at 0.6 per cent, down 2.8 China launches new satellites to environment for maintaining regional percentage points from 2019, said the prosperity, stability and common report. survey electromagnetic environment development. In 2020, China’s carbon dioxide At the conference, the ministers and emissions per unit of GDP dropped 1 per JIUQUAN – The fourth group of China’s March-4C rocket and have entered their representatives expressed their hopes cent over one year earlier. The country Yaogan-31 remote sensing satellites planned orbits. for continuing to promote co-operation also achieved the target of lowering the were sent into space from the Jiuquan The satellites will be used for on joint production and broadcasting, emissions per unit of GDP by 18 per cent Satellite Launch Centre in northwest electromagnetic environment surveys personnel training, new-media during the 2016-2020 period, with the China at 10:19 a.m. (Beijing Time) and other related technology tests. applications and media digital figure of 2020 down 18.8 per cent from Saturday. It was the 363rd flight mission of the transformation. 2015. The satellites were carried by a Long Long March carrier rocket series. Hollywood insiders delight at China’s growing film industry LOS ANGELES – “Every producer in new television series of his hit film, “The China that has fostered a billion-dollar popular in China and simple home-grown, Hollywood is envious that China’s Specialist,” though he hailed Thursday’s film industry in China that didn’t exist 15 heartfelt dramas with no visual effects theatres have been able to reopen move as a major step toward the recovery years ago.” are performing as well as or sometimes safely,” Hollywood producer Jeff of the theatre business. The Chinese middle class, 400 million better than blockbusters. Most has said. There is no doubt that 2020 was labelled strong, “ ... now have a higher standard of “In Hollywood, probably 80 per cent of “China managed their Covid pandemic by business insiders as one of the worst living and discretionary income, which production goes to blockbusters and in a much better way than the US did, and years in the history of the entertainment many of them spend in motion picture maybe 20 per cent to real stories. But in that kept their entertainment industry industry, following the COVID-19 theatres where they can see on the big China, it’s probably more like 50/50,” she alive,” he told Xinhua on Thursday, after pandemic that locked down theatres and screen how to join the world community told Xinhua. Los Angeles County Department of Public furloughed productions all over the world. and make their lives better.” “In the US, Academy Award-winning Health announced that movie theatres in But the Chinese market’s performance Under China’s more stringent COVID- pictures are considered the most well- the most populous county in the United also showed them a light at the end of the 19 protocols, its film industry has made a made movies, but usually only gross up to States would also be allowed to open tunnel. quicker comeback, creating a recent 40 million US dollars, sometimes 100 indoors at 25-per cent capacity with Omar Kaczmarczyk, one of Hollywood’s resurgence in China for more home-grown million US dollars. However, these types preventive measures as early as next veteran producers now focusing on world- domestic fare and enabling China to of movies in China can gross much higher,” Monday. wide digital distribution options for overtake the North American market last she said, adding that in Hollywood, “you “It’s a shame that we in the US have had independent filmmakers, told Xinhua he October as the highest grossing box office need to provide a visual spectacle, but in far fewer releases due to Covid and that so was impressed with the speed and quality in the world. China it’s more about how the story many of our bigger films that could have of China’s resurgent film industry. Xian Li, senior vice president of Film resonates with the audience.” been part of the resurging theatregoing He is pleased that the US and TV at SK Global, told Xinhua “It is very encouraging for local Chinese audiences in China have had to be entertainment industry played it part to previously that China’s filmgoers’ tastes filmmakers to see how far good released on streamers instead,” said Most, “... help build a bridge of understanding were changing. storytelling will take them,” she told finishing the successful adaptation to a and co-operation between the US and She said character-driven dramas are Xinhua. 14 • Sunday March 14, 2021 The Barbados Advocate

Officers killed, wounded in police operation in Haiti slum Quarter of PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – A were killed in the operation but message to those who killed the three of the eight officers who police operation in the Village of did not say how many or provide officers. were wounded are in critical Bermuda God slum in Haiti’s capital any other details. He offered his The Port-au-Prince’s Village condition and undergoing Friday left officers dead and condolences to their families and of God slum is run by a gang surgery. eight wounded, authorities said. promised to support Haiti known as “5 Seconds.” Officials said among those population President Jovenel Moïse National Police. Haiti’s police department injured are SWAT team confirmed that police officers “You did not win,” he said in a issued a statement saying that members. gets first COVID-19 jab HAMILTON, Bermuda – More A city evolving? than a quarter of the population in Bermuda have received at least one dose of the COVID-19 The dreary state of Bridgetown vaccine, and 16 per cent are fully immunised, officials have said. By Krystal Penny Bowen Hyatt project with the Pirate’s The news came as Ministry of Cove property now desolate and Health reported a single THE City of Bridgetown is a popular dumping spot. COVID-19 infection in a almost 400 years old and it is On the horizon not far from resident with no links to known sad to say it looks that way. Carlisle Beach, a cruise ship is a cases or recent travel history. It is aging and lacks the short distance away from There are now 28 active cases. character of a city that has Carlisle House, another building The ministry said that as of adapted and evolved into the with vacant office space and not 17th Wednesday, 395 of the 21st century. It is interesting far from Beckwith Mall which approximately 64,000 people to hear repeatedly about is slated to be an arts and living in Bermuda have received tourism and the importance performance hub. Along Hincks their first dose of the Pfizer of bringing visitors back to Street, there is another building vaccine. Of that number, 10,332 Barbados. But I have to for sale and it is not any better had received the two doses wonder, what will these on the main street, Broad Street required for full immunization, visitors get from a visit to the as several buildings are vacant. which means 27 per cent of the City? Areas with vacant or abandoned population have received at On Thursday,I travelled to the buildings also include Roebuck least one dose of the vaccine and capital and made a few Street, Baxter’s Road, Tudor 16 per cent are fully immunized. observations. During the break, Street, and Fairchild Street. There were also 2,312 online the Wickham Lewis Boardwalk registrations for the jab from was cleaned and this has added The image of a City February 28 to March 6, a fresh look to the area. To the American Urban theorist, bringing the total to 23,189. right not far from the Kevin Lynch who wrote the Of those, 45 per cent identified Parliament building, there is the book, “The Image of The City” as white, 25 per cent as black, 19 vacant platform that once held argued that in the mind of per cent as other and 11 per cent the controversial Lord Admiral people who visit a city, there are mixed. Nelson. Across the water, to the several mental images. These The latest positive COVID-19 left is Independence Square images are formed due to five case, the only one out of the 423 which in recent times has qualities: paths, edges, districts, latest test results for the virus, become a liming spot for the nodes, and landmarks. is under investigation. homeless. Most of the buildings It would seem that The island now has 28 active coming from Republic Bank are Bridgetown once had these cases, all under public health vacant or in need of repair.If one qualities but over time there was monitoring, with none in makes a left onto Bay Street by little development except for the Due to a break from the constant Bridgetown traffic, the hospital. the Pierhead a few businesses improvement of the Constitution boardwalk was cleaned, giving the area a refreshed look. The total number of cases of remain. Some of these River, the Careenage, and the the virus since the pandemic businesses were bars, cafés, and construction of the Barbados Green roofs, rainwater addressed includes the City began stands at 732, with 692 restaurants and now they are Port. So what should be the cleansing, urban farms and residents who are living in people recovered. closed down. It is interesting vision for Bridgetown in the gardens, buildings with natural cramped conditions without The death toll over the past 12 that like the building where the future? elements, green streets with adequate access to water and months remains 12. Close to National Library is located, the water filtration, improved air other amenities. The City also 40,000 doses of the Pfizer Coles Building and its car park Create a city of quality with limited vehicular has a lot of historical sites and vaccine were sent to Bermuda are also for sale. sustainability traffic, and people having the these elements should be free of charge by the British The land opposite this area is The city of the future should ability to live closer to work. protected when the area is government. fenced off for what will be the envision a city of sustainability. Another area that should be rejuvenated.

The City has become a dumping ground and this spot next to Pirate’s Cove on Bay Street is a potential fire hazard. The Barbados Advocate Sunday March 14, 2021 • 15

World Bank approves US$75 M grant to Haiti WASHINGTON – The including COVID-19, such as natural disasters natural disasters, and World Bank’s Board of and to reduce Strengthening social protection or health crises. In living with small children, Executive Directors vulnerability to food vulnerable households, shocks. The ASPIRE addition, the project will pregnant women, or approved recently a insecurity and future while also supporting project will provide help build the capacity of persons with disabilities. US$75 million grant disasters. Haiti to establish the immediate support to poor the Ministry of Social The project will initially from the International “Social protection foundations of a social and vulnerable Affairs and Labor (MAST) focus on the Grande Anse Development Associa- systems have the protection program to households while to improve management department in Southern tion (IDA) for the potential to enhance build resilience and increasing their resilience and governance of social Haiti.The project will also Adaptive Social human capital, reduce develop human capital in through regular protection programs. establish the foundations Protection for inequality, build the medium term.” unconditional cash Unconditional cash to operationalize the Increased Resilience resilience, and end cycles An adaptive social transfers and measures to transfers will be provided National Social Protection Project (ASPIRE). This of poverty,” said Javier protection system is one improve health, nutrition, to an estimated 18,000 and Promotion Policy and project will support Suarez, World Bank that helps vulnerable and financial inclusion. families (or 90,000 allow for an additional Haiti’s efforts to Acting Country Manager households build The project is designed to individuals), with a focus 200,000 households to be establish an adaptive for Haiti. “This project resilience by investing in enable the scale up of the on families that are registered in the social safety net system to provides immediate their capacity to prepare cash transfer program in extremely poor, located in registry of the Ministry of respond to shocks, resources to help the most for,cope with, and adapt to the case of emergencies, rural areas prone to Social Affairs and Labour.

REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS TO MAINTAIN AND OPERATE EAST POINT LIGHTHOUSE EXTENSION OF CLOSING DATE

Barbados Port Inc. is inviting proposals from suitably qualified proponents in the tourism and tour/facilities operation sector to bid for a twenty (20) year concession to maintain and operate the East Point Lighthouse, located on approximately one (1) acre of land at Ragged Point, St. Philip.

The Proponent (s) will be responsible for developing the Lighthouse into a commercial operation including: design, equipment supply, operation and maintenance. The project is intended to contribute to the development and diversification of Barbados’ tourism product offerings, while ensuring preservation and conservation of Barbados’ heritage assets.

Submitted proposals should include plans for the following key areas:

1.Operation and Commercial Use of Lighthouse 2. Food, Beverage and Entertainment 3. Product and Services Offerings 4. Facility Access and Security 5. Works and Maintenance 6. Lighthouse preservation and conservation

Documents provided to interested Proponents will include site drawings of Ragged Point Lighthouse. Copies of documents can be obtained for a price of Bds$100.00 each. Payment can be made via cheque or direct deposit. Cheques may be placed in sealed envelopes along with a payment advice note, in the dropbox at Cube Blue. Instructions on direct deposits can be obtained by emailing [email protected]. On receipt of payment, docu- ments will be sent via email to Proponents.

For further information, kindly contact Kenneth Atherley, Projects and Port Operations Advisory Unit, at 434-6100 or e-mail [email protected] copied to Cranes remove the statue of Gen. Manuel Baquedano, a Chilean military of- [email protected]. ficer and politician, at Plaza Italia Friday, March 12, 2021, in Santiago, Chile. Chile removes embattled Submission and Opening of Proposals Six (6) complete hard copies must be prepared and submitted in accordance with the statue from main plaza requirements of the RFP document, addressed to: SANTIAGO, Chile – since 2019. year. Chilean officials on The bronze, 4-ton The Army had The Chairman Friday removed the statue was repeatedly repeatedly sought to Tenders and Procurement Committee embattled statue of a scratched, burned, remove the statue from Barbados Port Inc. military hero from one of painted and covered with Plaza Italia, a central “Cube Blue” the capital’s main plazas. protest flags. Protesters focus of Chilean protest Prescod Boulevard The statue of Gen. several times tried movements. St. Michael Manuel Baquedano, a unsuccessfully to topple The National Mon- Barbados hero of the country’s 19th it. uments Commission century war against Peru Col. Eduardo Villalón, finally accepted that Proposals must be placed in the locked Tender Box located in the Reception Area of and Bolivia, fell victim to director of the Army’s petition after protesters Barbados Port Inc. not later than 1600 hrs on Monday 12 April, 2021. antigovernment protests cultural department, said last week burned tires that have repeatedly it would undergo beneath the statue and Notwithstanding the above, Barbados Port Inc. is not bound to accept the lowest or targeted buildings and restoration that was others tried to cut it down any proposal. monuments in Santiago expected to last about a with saws. 16 • Sunday March 14, 2021 The Barbados Advocate Bolivia political tensions reignite with arrest of ex-President Anez THE conservative interim years in office; that he illegally who had urged Morales to resign in November. president who led Bolivia for ran for a fourth reelection and in November 2019 after the Ms Anez had dropped out after a year was arrested as then allegedly rigged the country was swept by protests plunging in the polls. officials of the restored outcome, that right-wing forces against the country’s first Two ministers in Ms Anez’s leftist government pursue led violent protests that Indigenous president. government were also arrested those involved in the 2019 prompted security forces to push After Mr Morales resigned, or on Friday, including former ousting of socialist leader him into resigning and then was pushed, and flew abroad, justice minister Alvaro Coimbra, Evo Morales, which they cracked down on his followers, many of his key supporters also who had helped lead the regard as a coup, and the who themselves protested the resigned. prosecution of Mr Morales’ administration that alleged coup. Ms Anez, a legislator who had aides. followed. Dozens of people were killed in been several rungs down the A former defence minister and Jeanine Anez was detained in a series of demonstrations ladder of presidential others also have been accused. the early morning in her against and then for Mr succession, was vaulted into the New justice minister Ivan hometown of Trinidad and was Morales. interim presidency. Lima said that Ms Anez, 53, flown to the capital, La Paz. “This is not justice,” said Once there, she abruptly faces charges related to her She had earlier warned that former president Carlos Mesa, wrenched Bolivia’s policies to actions as an opposition officials were searching her, who has since lost several the right and her administration senators, not as former Bolivia’s former interim terming it “abuse and elections to Mr Morales. tried to prosecute Mr Morales president. President Jeanine Anez is persecution” in Twitter posts. “They are seeking to and an array of his supporters The country’s interior minister seen in a car outside the The arrest of Ms Anez and decapitate an opposition by on terrorism and sedition Eduardo del Castillo denied it FELCC (Special Force to warrants against numerous creating a false narrative of a charges, alleging election rigging was an act of persecution, saying fight against Crime) head- other former officials further coup to distract from a fraud.” and oppression of protests. the case arose from a criminal quarters in La Paz, Bolivia. worsened political tensions in a Other arrest warrants were But Morales Movement complaint of conspiracy and South American country already issued for more than a dozen Toward Socialism remained sedition filed against her in Washington that the arrest torn by a cascade of perceived other former officials. popular. November, the month she left warrants against Ms Anez and wrongs suffered by both sides. Those include several ex- It won last year’s elections office. her ministers “contain no Those include complaints that cabinet ministers, as well as with 55% of the vote under Mr The Americas director of evidence whatsoever that they Mr Morales had grown more former military leader William Morales’ chosen candidate Luis Human Rights Watch, Jose have committed the crime of authoritarian with nearly 13 Kaliman and the police chief Arce, who took the presidency Miguel Vivanco, said from terrorism”. Cuba accuses Washington of stoking illegal migration after boat tragedy HAVANA – Cuba accused reached U.S. soil, though he left process immigrant visas for year, said Jorge Duany,director Washington of stoking illegal in place some other exceptions residents of Cuba. The United of the Cuban Research migration by not processing to usual migration rules. States was committed to Institute at Florida visas in Havana and making it Since then, the numbers supporting “safe, orderly, and International University. relatively easy for Cubans to have dropped but still hover humane migration from Cuba,” Under a 1966 act, it is also claim asylum, in the wake of a around several hundred per the official said. easier for Cubans than spate of ill-fated clandestine year. The administration of former migrants from many other attempts to reach U.S. shores The U.S. Coast Guard has U.S. President Donald Trump places to gain “political by boat. intercepted 87 people of Cuban drew the U.S. embassy in asylum” and a green card that The fate of a group of Cubans origin in the Caribbean in the Havana down to skeletal grants permanent residency. risking their lives to reach the first six months of the 2021 staffing after a series of Following the capsizing of United States illegally by boat fiscal year which began on Oct. unexplained health incidents the boat off the Bahamas, has gripped people on both 1, a spokesman told Reuters. among its diplomats, moving distraught relatives of the sides of the Florida Straits That is an increase on the 49 consular services for Cubans to missing pled on Miami after a vessel capsized near the registered in the full 2020 third countries. television channels for Bahamas a week ago, leaving fiscal year, although this was Trump’s successor, President authorities to shed light on the some people floating in the impacted by the pandemic, and Joe Biden, vowed during his situation, in images widely water for more than 14 hours. compares with 314 in 2019, the campaign to reverse some shared on social media in While a Royal Bahamas spokesman said. Trump policy shifts that “have Cuba. Defence Force ship has rescued “Among the factors that inflicted harm on the Cuban “I am desperate because 12 people and recovered one constitute incentives for people.” But hopes he might these children who were like body, several others have not irregular migration are the move quickly restore consular my children have disappeared,” yet been found, including suspension of the processing services were dampened when said Niurka Caballero, whose women and two children, the and granting of immigrant and the White House said this week two- and four-year-old great Cuban foreign ministry said in non-immigrant visas at the a broad Cuba policy shift is not niece and nephew were on the a statement late on Thursday. United States Consulate in among Biden’s top priorities. boat with their mother. Thousands of Cubans used Havana,” the Cuban foreign A broad Cuba policy shift is Nonetheless, the perception “Cuba at least found the boat to attempt to emigrate to the ministry said in its statement. not among President Joe Biden will be more tolerant and has said it will continue United States by boat per year AU.S. State Department Biden’s top priorities. than Trump towards the search,” Caballero told until former U.S. President official said in response to the However, Biden, vowed undocumented migrants, as Reuters by telephone from the Barack Obama in 2017 ended a statement that it had during his campaign to well as Cuba’s deepening northern coastal town of measure granting automatic designated the U.S. embassy in reverse some Trump policy economic crisis, are likely also Caibarien. “We still have some residence to Cubans who Guyana as the primary site to shifts. boosting illegal migration this hope.” Brazil suffers worst run of daily deaths since pandemic began BRASILIA – Brazil reported day, as the pandemic surges in India as the country with the Far-right President Jair Brazil should take the situation 2,216 COVID-19 deaths in the South American country driven second worst outbreak. Bolsonaro, who has minimized seriously, adding that last 24 hours, the third day in a by a highly contagious new local The official death toll has the gravity of the virus and said neighbouring countries could be row that fatalities exceeded variant. risen to 275,105 in the world’s he will not have a vaccination, is affected. 2,000 in the worst run of deaths The World Health second-deadliest outbreak facing mounting criticism for “Unless serious measures are since the pandemic began a year Organization said the state of outside the United States. failing to secure a timely supply taken the upward trend now ago. the COVID-19 pandemic in On Wednesday, Brazil had a of doses for the populace, with flooding the health system and The health ministry also Brazil is very concerning and record toll of 2,286 dead, less than 3% vaccinated so far. becoming more than its capacity reported 85,663 new serious action needs to be taken. followed on Thursday by 2,233 WHO Director-General will result in more deaths,” he coronavirus infections, its Brazil has now registered more deaths, the health Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said at a news conference in second highest number for one 11,363,380 cases in all, passing ministry said. said on Friday that everyone in Geneva. The Barbados Advocate Sunday March 14, 2021 • 17

Plane operated by Kazakhstan security agency crashes killing four

MOSCOW – A plane op- The ministry said the it owned the plane. It said erated by Kazakhstan’s Soviet-built An-26 two-en- a probe into the cause of state security agency gine turboprop crashed the crash has been crashed in the Central while trying to land at the launched. Asian country on airport of Kazakhstan’s The An-26 was designed Saturday,killing four crew largest city, Almaty. The in the 1960s and built in members and injuring two plane had flown from the great numbers for both others, officials said. capital, Nur-Sultan, with civilian and military use. The ex-Soviet country’s only the six crew members Hundreds have remained Emergencies Ministry on board. in service in former Soviet Emergency employees work at the side of the crashed Soviet-built An-26 said the two survivors Kazakhstan’s National nations and other coun- two-engine turboprop at the airport of Kazakhstan’s largest city, Almaty, were hospitalized. Security Committee said tries around the world. Kazakhstan yesterday. Russia opposition: Moscow police raid election forum

RUSSIAN police have bro- crack down on opposition ahead of local and parlia- Mikhail Khodorkovsky, a undesirable. rests, associates of Mr ken up an opposition con- activity as elections loom. mentary elections in former oligarch turned op- But one of the opposi- Navalny said it was clear ference and detained 200 Last month Alexei September. ponent of President tion figures at the confer- “the authorities are afraid people including high-pro- Navalny, President TV coverage showed Vladimir Putin. ence, Andrei Pivovarov, of any competition during file opposition figures. Vladimir Putin’s most participants being bun- Khodorkovsky spent 10 said it had in fact been or- elections". The weekend forum had prominent critic, was dled into police vehicles. years in jail on charges his ganised by a group known Those detained are ex- just begun in a Moscow jailed. He was accused of Police said “a significant lawyers dismissed as fab- as the United Democrats. pected to be fined or face a hotel when police burst in breaking the terms of a portion of participants ricated before being par- He said the raid had short spell in police deten- and said they were detain- suspended prison sen- lacked personal protective doned by Mr Putin and been staged “to intimidate tion. ing everyone. tence while recovering in equipment” in contraven- moving abroad. us”. The mass arrests come According to police, coro- Germany from nerve tion of coronavirus rules. Open Russia is accused “No-one promised us as officials increasingly navirus rules were broken agent poisoning he blames The “undesirable organ- by the authorities of freedom on a silver platter refer to opposition ac- and the event was on the Kremlin. isation” behind the confer- breaking a Russian law - Russia will still be free,” tivists as anti-Russian, arranged by an “undesir- Opposition figures from ence was Open Russia, po- which prohibits foreign another opposition politi- supposedly backed by hos- able organisation”. across Russia were taking lice said. groups deemed political cian at the conference, Ilya tile forces in the West, says The incident comes as part in the Moscow con- Open Russia was estab- and is among several or- Yashin, said on Facebook. the BBC’s Sarah authorities continue to ference to discuss strategy lished in the UK by ganisations described as Commenting on the ar- Rainsford in Moscow. Hundreds in UK defy virus restrictions to remember slain woman LONDON – Hundreds to social media to share of people in London de- their own experiences of fied coronavirus re- being threatened or at- strictions Saturday to tacked while walking out- pay their respects to a side. 33-year-old woman Organizers had hoped to who disappeared while hold “Reclaim the Streets” walking home and was vigils in Everard’s mem- found dead a week ory on Saturday but can- later. The case, which celed the in-person events sent shockwaves after a judge refused to across the UK because grant an order allowing a police officer has them to go on despite de- been charged with her spite coronavirus restric- kidnapping and mur- tions that bar mass gath- der, also has spurred a erings. national conversation The organizers said about violence against they were instead raising women. funds for women’s causes. Earlier in the day, They also urged people to Metropolitan Police con- light a candle on their stable Wayne Couzens, 48, doorstep rather than at- appeared in court for the tend large gatherings. first time since he was ar- Despite the court ruling, rested on suspicion of ab- People gather, at the band stand in Clapham Common, in memory of Sarah Everard, after an official hundreds of people turned ducting and killing mar- vigil was cancelled, in London yesterday. up Saturday in the keting executive Sarah Clapham area of London, Everard, who was last than 50 miles southeast of was a suspect in the case. sponsible for guarding em- manded into custody and near where Everard was seen walking home from a London, on Wednesday. A The London police force bassies in the capital and has another appearance last seen. Many laid flow- friend’s apartment in post-mortem examination said Couzens joined its Parliament. scheduled Tuesday at ers at a make-shift memo- south London on the night was taking place, police ranks in 2018 and most Couzens, who wore a London’s Central rial. Among them was of March 3. said Friday. recently served in the par- gray tracksuit during Criminal Court. Kate, the Duchess of Everard’s body was The Metropolitan Police liamentary and diplo- Saturday’s brief heaering, In the wake of Everard’s Cambridge, who was seen found hidden in an area of has expressed shock and matic protection com- stood as the charges were disappearance and killing, pausing for a moment in woodland in Kent, more horror that one of its own mand, an armed unit re- read to him. He was re- many women have taken front of the sea of flowers. 18 • Sunday March 14, 2021 The Barbados Advocate

WORLD NEWS Italy to shut shops and US health officials warn of false positives schools amid infection spike WASHINGTON – US health officials are warning SHOPS, restaurants tions. the European Union, vaccine to Australia to ad- health professionals about the risk of false positive re- and schools will be The country has re- blaming export restric- dress shortfalls of vac- sults with a widely used laboratory test for COVID- closed across most of ported more than 100,000 tions imposed by some cines. 19 and flu. Italy on Monday, with Covid-related deaths, countries. It did not elabo- Elsewhere, Bulgaria, The Food and Drug Administration issued the alert PM Mario Draghi Europe's second-highest rate. Denmark and Norway to Friday for health facilities using Roche’s cobas warning of a "new tally after the UK. In January, it an- have all paused the use of test for coronavirus and seasonal flu. The agency wave" of the coron- Italy's vaccination cam- nounced a large cut in the the Oxford-AstraZeneca warned that problems with the test’s processing tubes avirus outbreak. paign has been hit by de- 100m doses it had origi- vaccine over fears it causes could result in false diagnosis in people who are not For three days over lays, as has been seen else- nally expected to deliver to blood clots. actually infected. Easter,3-5 April, there will where in the European the EU by March, spark- The World Health Roche’s testing system is widely used to screen be a total shutdown. Union. ing a public spat with Organization said on large batches of patient samples in hospitals and Italy,which one year ago Anglo-Swedish drug European Commission. Friday there was no indi- laboratories. imposed one of the first na- company AstraZeneca has Last week the govern- cation this was true, The FDA recommends health workers test samples tional lockdowns, is once announced a further ment in Rome blocked the stressing that countries multiple times to help assure accuracy.If the test de- again struggling to contain shortfall in the amount of export of 250,000 doses of should not stop using the livers conflicting results it may indicate a problem the rapid spread of infec- its vaccine it can supply to the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine. and use should be discontinued, the agency says.

Gunmen abduct 39 students from school in northwest Nigeria AGOS, Nigeria – Gunmen have attacked a school in northwestern Nigeria and kidnapped 39 students just weeks after a similar mass abduction in the re- gion, authorities said Friday. The latest kidnapping took place late Thursday night at the Federal College of Forestry Mechanization,Afaka, in the Igabi local government area of Kaduna state, police said. “The number of missing students is now confirmed to be 39, comprising 23 females and 16 males,” said Samuel Aruwan, Commissioner for Kaduna State Ministry of Internal Security and Home Affairs, said in a statement. Several school staff were also kid- napped, he added. Aruwan said the attack was carried out by a large group of “armed bandits,” adding that the military en- gaged the attackers and were able to take 180 staff and students to safety. An unspecified number of the students were injured and are receiving medical attention at a military fa- Italy's vaccination campaign has been hit by delays. cility. Security forces “are conducting an operation to track the missing students,” Aruwan said. Jordan’s health minister quits Ethiopia denies ‘ethnic cleansing,’ is open to over hospital oxygen deaths

outside probe JORDAN’S health minis- hour, reportedly also af- whose family members news agency reported. KAMPALA, Uganda – The Ethiopian government is ter has resigned after six fected intensive care and were receiving treatment The country has so far disputing charges of ethnic cleansing in the Tigray people died due to a lack of maternity units at the fa- at the Salt hospital turned reported more than conflict, calling allegations by the United States “un- oxygen at a hospital ward cility, although there were up at the facility following 460,000 cases of Covid-19 founded.” treating Covid-19 pa- no reports of fatalities on the news, but were pre- and 5,224 coronavirus-re- “Nothing during or after the end of the main law tients, state media report. those wards. vented from entering by lated deaths since the enforcement operation in Tigray can be identified or The deaths were re- It is not yet clear why police and security person- start of the pandemic. defined by any standards as a targeted, intentional ported early on Saturday there was an oxygen nel. Jordan has stepped up ethnic cleansing against anyone in the region,” the at a new government facil- shortage and an investi- One relative, Fares measures to reduce the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement ity in the town of Salt, gation is under way, Mr Kharabsha, said he was spread of the virus in re- Saturday. about 14 miles (23km) Obeidat said. The health inside the hospital when cent weeks as cases have “That is why the Ethiopian government vehe- west of the capital, minister had earlier said the incident occurred and steadily increased since mently opposes such accusations.” Amman. he felt a “moral responsi- saw staff carrying portable late January. Allegations of ethnic cleansing amount to “a com- Prime Minister Bisher bility” for what had hap- oxygen devices to patients, Restrictions include pletely unfounded and spurious verdict against the al-Khasawneh had asked pened. AP news agency reported. overnight curfews at Ethiopian government,” it said, accusing Washington Health Minister Nathir A forensic doctor at “They resuscitated a weekends, which prevent of “overblowing things out of proportion.” Obeidat to step down over Jordan’s health ministry, large number of people, in- prayers inside mosques U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken asserted the incident. Dr Adnan Abbas, told cluding my father and and masses in churches. Wednesday that ethnic cleansing has happened in Police were sent to the Petra news agency that all mother,” he said, adding: The country,which has a western Tigray, the first time a top official in the in- hospital after dozens of six patients who died on “I saw people who died.” population of about ten ternational community has openly described Tigray’s relatives turned up. Saturday were being Jordan’s King Abdullah million, began its vaccina- alleged atrocities as such. The oxygen shortage, treated for coronavirus. II has visited the hospital tion programme in which lasted for about an Dozens of relatives since the incident, Reuters January. The Barbados Advocate Sunday March 14, 2021 • 19

US resumes aid to Yemen’s rebel north as famine threatens THE United States announced a re- caught up in famine and 5 million more sumption of aid to Yemen’s rebel- a step away from it, the United Nations held north on Friday to fight a loom- says. It projects 400,000 Yemeni children ing famine as the country’s nearly under 5 are at risk of dying this year from six-year-old war grinds on. UN offi- malnutrition. cials warned that a blockade of fuel The war began when the Houthi rebels deliveries to a main port was height- seized the capital, Sanaa, and much of ening the world’s worst humanitar- the north in 2014. Saudi Arabia has led an ian crisis. unsuccessful air campaign since 2015 to The aid concern came as President Joe try to dislodge the rebels, while rival Iran Biden’s envoy to Yemen expressed frus- has consolidated its support for the tration at the country’s Houthi rebels, Houthis. saying they were focusing on fighting to Biden has reversed Obama and Trump capture more territory while an interna- administration policy in the conflict by tional and regional diplomatic push was pulling US support for the Saudi-led of- underway to end the conflict. fensive. Biden’s six-week-old administra- In this Nov. 23, 2019 file photo, a woman holds her malnourished boy at a “Tragically,and somewhat confusingly tion is reviving US diplomatic efforts to feeding center at the Al-Sabeen Hospital in Sanaa, Yemen. After a visit to for me, it appears that the Houthis are end the conflict. Yemen the World Food Program’s executive director, David Beasley, warned prioritizing a military campaign” to seize Friday’s announcement on renewed US that his underfunded organization may be forced seek hundreds of millions central Marib province, envoy Tim humanitarian support for the north of dollars in private donations in a desperate bid to stave off widespread Lenderking said. He spoke in an online comes about a year after the Trump ad- famine in the coming months. event sponsored by the Atlantic Council ministration stopped some aid on the think tank, after his more than two-week grounds that Houthis were diverting the fered with critical aid delivery to civil- brink of death from entirely preventable trip in the region to push for a cease-fire foreign assistance for themselves. The ians in rebel areas. and treatable causes, and they were the and ultimately a peace deal. Trump administration move affected Critics said the move sent the wrong lucky ones who were receiving medical The developments deepen the chal- about $50 million in aid, out of more than signal, especially at a time when the care. lenges for the Biden administration as it $1.5 billion in humanitarian assistance Houthis have stepped up cross-border The Houthis have demanded Saudis goes out on a limb to try to end the Yemen the US has provided Yemen since 2019, drone and missile attacks into Saudi lift a port blockade of rebel areas and war through diplomacy, reversing previ- the US Agency for International Arabia and are fighting to seize control of cease their military campaign in the coun- ous US administrations’ support for an in- Development said. oil-rich Marib province from Yemen’s in- try. conclusive Saudi-led military offensive The Biden administration as of Friday ternationally recognized government. At UN headquarters in New York on that tried to roll back the Iran-allied will “cautiously resume” support to hu- Saudi-led warplanes have countered the Friday, UN spokesman Stephane Houthi rebels. The rebels have shown no manitarian groups working in Yemen’s Houthi advance in Marib, which is shel- Dujarric told reporters that no commer- sign of relenting despite Biden’s diplo- north, said Sarah Charles, a senior official tering about a million Yemenis who have cial fuel imports at all made it through the matic overtures, adding to tensions be- for humanitarian assistance at the US fled Houthi offensives elsewhere in the rebel-held main Hodeida port last month, tween the US and its strategic partner AID. country. for the first time since the Saudi-led offen- Saudi Arabia. The resumed US humanitarian sup- Lenderking and UN World Food sive began. Lenderking said the Houthis have had port would come with new measures and Program executive director David The fuel shortage was driving up prices a cease-fire proposal before them for a monitoring to try to make sure the Beasley,speaking separately to reporters of food and other critical goods, Dujarric “number of days” and urged them to re- Houthis aren’t interfering with the aid, about his own talks with the Houthis, US said. Beasley, the World Food Program spond positively. Charles said, speaking at the same vir- officials and other players in the conflict chief, said the fuel shortages threatened He gave no details, including whether tual forum as Lenderking. The US could also pointed to interruptions in fuel deliv- to undermine what remains of Yemen’s the proposal was new or an updated ver- suspend support for some programs again eries to Yemen.They warned that the dis- private sector and swell the numbers of sion of a nationwide cease-fire plan that if warranted, she said. ruption is depriving aid convoys, homes, Yemenis needing aid. UN special envoy Martin Griffiths an- The Biden administration last month hospitals and businesses of needed fuel. “I expressed to not just the United nounced last year. also lifted the Trump administration’s Beasley earlier described a visit this States but other major players around Fighting and massive displacement of designation of the Houthis as a terrorist week to a child-malnutrition ward in a the world that this fuel blockade is going people, crippling fuel shortages and rising organization, saying the prohibitions that Sanaa hospital, where he saw children to create havoc and we need to work food prices have 50,000 Yemenis already went along with the designation inter- wasting away.Many,he said, were on the through this immediately,” Beasley said. Sri Lanka to ban burka and other face coverings SRI LANKA has taken a significant Now the government is moving to re- Hilmi Ahmed, vice-president of the mation of Covid-19 victims mandatory, step towards banning the burka and introduce it on a permanent basis. Muslim Council of Sri Lanka, told the in line with the practice of the majority other face coverings in public, on Mr Weerasekara told reporters that BBC that if officials have problems Buddhists, but against the wishes of grounds of national security. the burka was “a sign of religious ex- identifying people in burkas “there Muslims, who bury their dead. Public Security Minister Sarath tremism that came about recently". He would not be any objection from anyone This ban was lifted earlier this year Weerasekara told the BBC that he had added that it was “affecting national to remove the face cover for identity after criticism from the US and interna- signed a cabinet order which now needs security” and that a permanent ban was purposes". tional rights groups. parliamentary approval. overdue. He said everyone had a right to wear Last month, the United National Officials say they expect the ban to be “So I have signed that and it will be a face covering regardless of their Human Rights Council session consid- implemented very soon. implemented very soon,” he said. faith:"That has to be seen from a rights ered a new resolution on mounting The move comes nearly two years Mr Weerasekara also said the gov- point of view, and not just a religious rights concerns in Sri Lanka, including after a wave of co-ordinated attacks on ernment planned to ban more than point of view.” over the treatment of Muslims. hotels and churches on Easter Sunday. 1,000 madrassa Islamic schools which On the question of madrassas, Mr Sri Lanka is being called to hold Suicide bombers targeted Catholic he said were flouting national educa- Ahmed stressed that the vast majority human rights abusers to account and to churches and tourist hotels, killing tion policy. of Muslim schools were registered with deliver justice to victims of its 26-year- more than 250 people in April 2019. "Nobody can open a school and teach the government: old civil war. The Islamic State militant group said it whatever you want to the children. It “There may be... about 5% which have The 1983-2009 conflict killed at least had carried out the attacks. must be as per the government laid not adhered to the regulations and of 100,000 people, mostly civilians from As the authorities tracked down the down education policy. course action can be taken against the minority Tamil community. militants, an emergency short-term ban Most of unregistered schools “teach them,” he said. Sri Lanka has strongly denied the al- on face coverings was implemented in only the Arabic language and the The government’s planned moves fol- legations and has asked member coun- the majority-Buddhist nation. Koran, so that is bad", he said. low an order last year making the cre- tries not to support the resolution. 20 • Sunday March 14, 2021 The Barbados Advocate

Afghan bomb kills at least eight; UN slams high civilian deaths KABUL,Afghanistan – A power- Security Forces personnel while humanitarian workers, includ- end. Both sides are expected to progress on making peace with ful car bomb killed at least eight the remainder were civilians, in- ing women in prominent posi- review and revise the eight-page the Taliban, U.S. Secretary of people and wounded 47 in cluding women and children, tions, those who protect and pro- plan ahead of a far-reaching State Antony Blinken said all Afghanistan’s western Herat said Interior Ministry mote human rights, and ethnic meeting the U.S. has proposed options, including the with- province, officials said Saturday. spokesman Tariq Arian. and religious minorities,” the to be held in Turkey within drawal, are still on the table. Hours later, the UN condemned No one immediately claimed council said. weeks, when Washington hopes The proposed peace deal of- an “alarming” increase in at- responsibility. The Islamic State group has to see an agreement. fered by the U.S. calls for an in- tacks in the country targeting Within hours of the attack, the claimed responsibility for many The U.S. meanwhile is review- terim “peace government” to civilians. UN Security Council at a press of the targeted killings while the ing a peace deal the Trump ad- shepherd a post-war The death toll in the explosion briefing in New York condemned Taliban and the government ministration signed with the Afghanistan to elections and late Friday that also destroyed an “alarming” increase in at- have blamed each other for try- Taliban, which calls for the final constitutional reforms. It also 14 houses is expected to rise be- tacks in Afghanistan targeting ing to sabotage efforts to reach a withdrawal of the remaining calls for the protection of equal cause several of the injured were civilians even as the Taliban and peace agreement. 2,500 U.S. troops from rights for women and minorities. critical, said Rafiq Sherzai, a the Afghan government hold on- The slow pace of talks and the Afghanistan by May 1. The UN Security Council also spokesman for the provincial again-off-again talks in Qatar. increasing violence has The growing consensus is for a called for “full, equal and mean- hospital. “These heinous attacks have prompted the United States to delay but in a sternly worded let- ingful participation of women,” One among the dead and 11 of targeted civil servants, the judi- cobble together a peace proposal, ter to Afghan President Ashraf and a quick move toward a re- the injured were Afghan ciary,the media, health care and which was delivered last week- Ghani last weekend pressing for duction in violence. More dead in Myanmar as crackdown continues

MANDALAY, Myanmar – Security forces in Myanmar on Saturday again met protests against last month’s military takeover with lethal force, killing at least seven people by shooting live am- munition at demonstrators. Four deaths were reported in Mandalay,the country’s second- biggest city, two in Pyay, a town in south-central Myanmar, and one in Twante, a suburb of Yangon, Myanmar’s largest city. Details of all seven deaths were posted on multiple social media accounts, some accompanied by photos of the victims. The actual death toll is likely to be higher,as police apparently seized some bodies, and some of the victims suffered grievous gunshot wounds that doctors and nurses working at makeshift clinics will be hard- pressed to treat. Many hospitals are occupied by security forces, and as a result are boycotted by medical personnel and shunned by protesters. The independent U.N. human rights expert for Myanmar,Tom Protesters attend a candlelight night rally in Yangon, Myanmar, Saturday, Mar. 13, 2021. Security forces in Myanmar on Andrews, said Thursday that Saturday again met protests against last month’s military takeover with lethal force, killing at least four people by shooting “credible reports” indicated se- live ammunition at demonstrators. curity forces in the Southeast Asian nation had so far killed at residents for the past week have have also been carrying out tar- the civil disobedience movement Biden administration an- least 70 people, and cited grow- been defying the curfew to come geted raids, taking people from against the coup. nounced it is offering temporary ing evidence of crimes against out onto the streets. their homes with minimal resist- At the same time, it could be legal residency to people from humanity since the military Two deaths by gunfire were ance. In at least two known aimed as disrupting the ability of Myanmar, citing the military’s ousted the elected government of reported in Yangon’s Thaketa cases, the detainees died in cus- the junta to reinforce its troops takeover and ongoing deadly Aung San Suu Kyi. township, where a protest being tody within hours of being taken in Kachin, a state whose resi- force against civilians. Other unofficial but carefully held outside a police station was away. dents have long been at odds Homeland Security Secretary compiled tallies put the total dispersed.A crowd had gathered Another possible indication of with the central government. Alejandro Mayorkas said the number of deaths since the coup there to demand the release of heightened resistance emerged The Kachin ethnic minority designation of temporary pro- at around 90. three young men who were Saturday with photos posted on- fields its own well-trained and tected status for people from Saturday’s killings did not faze seized from their home earlier line of a railway bridge said to equipped guerrilla force, and Myanmar would last for 18 demonstrators in Yangon who Friday night. Photos said to be of have been damaged by an explo- there has been outrage in months. The offer of temporary crowded a downtown commer- the bodies of two dead protesters sive charge. Myitkyina at security forces’ legal residency applies to people cial area past the official 8 p.m. were posted online.The other re- The bridge was described in killing of anti-coup protesters already in the United States. curfew to hold a mass candle- ported fatality Friday night was multiple accounts as being on there. Mayorkas said in a statement light vigil and to sing about their of a 19-year-old man shot in the rail line from Mandalay to The prospect of sabotage has that worsening conditions in cause.The mostly young protest- Hlaing township. Myitkyina, the capital of the been openly discussed by some Myanmar would make it diffi- ers rallied at an intersection The nighttime protests may northern state of Kachin. The protesters, who warn that they cult for those people to safely re- where they usually gather for reflect a more aggressive ap- photos show damage to part of a could blow up a pipeline supply- turn home. daytime protests. proach to self-defense that has concrete support. ing natural gas to China. They The coup reversed years of After-dark rallies was also been advocated by some protest- No one took responsibility for see China as being the junta’s slow progress toward democracy held in Mandalay and else- ers.Police had been aggressively the action, but it could serve a main supporter, even though in Myanmar, which for five where. patrolling residential neighbor- two-fold purpose. Beijing has been mildly critical decades had languished under Reports on social media also hoods at night, firing into the air It could be seen as support for of the coup in its public com- strict military rule that led to in- said three people were shot dead and setting off stun grenades in the nationwide strike of state ments. ternational isolation and sanc- Friday night in Yangon, where an effort at intimidation. They railway workers, who are part of In Washington on Friday, the tions. The Barbados Advocate Sunday March 14, 2021 • 21

Another step in a wonderful journey

By Marsha Gittens Former banker, rector, recounts his experiences ow does a person go from counting the helm of this church Looking back at his a laugh, he explained Hdollars to winning prior to his retirement on years spent as a full-time why. souls? January 31st this year. member of the Anglican “I couldn’t sing and 40 For former banker and Overall however, he can Church’s clergy, the for- years later, I still can’t now former rector of the boast of having “about 40 mer banker told sing. I was short and I Christ Church Parish years” of experience Homemakers he was was very quiet and shy Church, The Reverend given that he was or- pleased he pursed this and felt intimidated by Canon Austin dained Deacon on August path. His decision to the thought of doing this Carrington, it was a won- 15th, 1980 at the St. enter priesthood was in- and, eventually, I went derful experience and an Philips Parish Church. fluenced by multiple ex- forward and I got the opportunity he is thank- The next year on July periences. Though happy necessary strength, help ful he had. 22nd he commenced his now, he was “very reluc- and assurance.” He spent 18 years at journey as a priest. tant” at the get-go. With Continued on Page 22

Canon Austin said one of the things he enjoyed most about Former rector of the Christ Church Parish being rector was working with different people. Church, The Rev. Canon Austin Carrington standing outside the church 22 • Sunday March 14, 2021 The Barbados Advocate

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Advice from the Canon

ontinue to have a Carrington, who church, but try not to be strong belief in has been an ordained in the wall when you go CGod and be pre- minister for the past to Codrington College or pared to be an active 40 years and has spent when you are ordained. participant in the vari- several of those years Take it in strides and ous activities of your being at helm of a keep an open mind and church. number of Anglican an open heart and just This was among the churches on the island, do your best.” words of encouragement spoke to Homemakers He continued, “Believe offered by retired rector recently. in God obviously be- of the Christ Church For those without on- cause you will meet Parish Church, The the-job experience, he some trials and possibly Reverend Canon Austin also suggested they tribulations and you got Carrington, to men and should “get a little work to keep a steady focus in women who are think- experience, maybe five the midst of all these ing about entering the years or so”. Outside of trials otherwise you can priesthood or who have this he stated, “Try as become impetuous and just commenced their much as possible to be- hasty and then the last The Rev. Canon Austin Carrington as preached the sermon at the Christ training to one day be- come involved in the life state becomes worse Church Parish Church on January 31st, 2021. coming a priest. and work of your than the first.”(MG) ‘God was preparing me’ in former job

Continued from gained there were very I went on to St. Jude’s been his most memorable visit by the Archbishop of says he enjoyed, espe- Page 21 useful and helpful, espe- Church in St. George, moment, the Bay Canterbury to Christ cially interacting with cially as a priest. [and] spent seven Primary School and Church Parish Church – young people. He added while still re- Although generally years there. So in 1989, I Combermere School that was a very memo- During his retirement, flecting, “It is a wonder- speaking at Codrington went to St. Barnabas graduate said he had rable moment”. he hopes to continue ful thing. I have no re- [College] you don’t do it, Church. I left there in quite a few. He high- As rector, Canon with his gardening and grets whatsoever. Like I you also have to look at 1999 just about nine- lighted his “two ordina- Austin had the opportu- baking among other said, I worked at managing finances and and-a-half years and tions and then when nity to travel on church things.Family time is Barclays [Bank] and I the bank would have ex- went on to St. Phillip Archbishop John Holder business to places such also critical and quality worked at Central Bank posed me to this.” Parish Church where I was being consecrated, I as Jamaica, Guyana and time will be spent with [of Barbados] and what I As a religious leader, spent three years and was his master of cere- to England. This role also his wife, Marietta, sons was able to discern over Canon Austin “was cu- from St. Phillip I came to monies and then when gave him a chance to André and Alex as well time is that God was rate at St. John the Christ Church Parish we was enthroned, I was meet, work with and help as his adopted son, preparing me because Baptist with Good Church.” also his master of cere- different types of people. Rommel and his grand- the experiences which I Shepherd. Then in 1982, When asked what has monies. I remember the This is something he children. The Barbados Advocate Sunday March 14, 2021 •23

Proving ability despite challenges

arch is the month Homemakers them from achieving renowned athletes who Month of the will showcase three fa- greatness. dominated the competi- MDisabled, and mous persons who didn’t This week, we high- tion despite their physi- every Sunday this let their disability stop light some world cal challenges: Natalia Dorota Partyka Born July 27, 1989, is a Polish table tennis player. Born without a right hand and forearm, she participates in com- petitions for able-bodied athletes as well as in competitions for athletes with disabilities. She has spent the past few seasons competing on the International Table Tennis World Tour, including the 2018 European Championships. On the Para side, Partyka is coming off her sixth sin- gles World Championship title at the 2018 edition in Lasko, Slovenia. The secutive Paralympic sin- Partyka is no stranger became the youngest year prior, she also won gles gold medal at Rio to breaking records at Paralympic table tennis her sixth European title, 2016, in which she also the Paralympics. She champion, and she was as she continues to es- competed in the was the youngest the first table tennis ath- tablish ownership at the Olympics weeks before. Paralympian in table lete to compete in both top spot in the women’s Partyka overcame the tennis history when she the Olympic and class 10. challenge of longtime competed at Sydney 2000 Paralympic Games when Her European triumph Chinese rival Yang Qian aged just 11. she qualified for the followed her fourth con- 3-0 in the final. At Athens 2004, she Beijing 2008 Olympics.

Kyle Maynard Kyle runs his own CrossFit gym in Georgia, When it comes to an and was the first quadri- all-rounded athlete, no plegic to climb Mt. name better encom- Kilimanjaro without the passes all facets of the aid of prosthetics in term than Kyle 2012. He made the climb Maynard. Kyle played with a team made up of high school football, US military veterans wrestled, knows martial who suffered from in- arts, has fought in MMA juries during combat. He fights, does CrossFit, lifts also donated some of the weights, and has climbed proceeds that were di- Mount Kilimanjaro. Kyle rected towards the climb Maynard was born with to a school for the blind a rare condition that re- and various veteran-ori- duced the ability of his ented organizations. tendons to grow with his There are not many peo- limbs, rendering him ple who can claim that with virtually no arms or they have done half the Martin Guptill toes on his left foot? At scintillating 237 in the the more feared bats- legs. That hasn’t stopped things that Kyle has This cricketer from the age of 13, his foot 2015 cricket World Cup, men. Guptill is also a him at all, and he contin- done, and those people New Zealand is one of was crushed by a forklift which happens to be the part of the Indian ues to defy the common have arms and legs. It the modern greats, but and he lost three toes. highest individual score Premier League stereotypes associated just goes to show you how many know that Nicknamed Marty Two in a World Cup match. franchise Kings XI with people in his situa- that it takes heart, not Guptill has only two Toes, Guptill scored a Currently, he is one of Punjab. tion. limbs. (LS) 24 • Sunday March 14, 2021 The Barbados Advocate

Deep-rooted, entangled, and politicised – The complex history of Black hair –

By Krystal Penny Bowen bill in 2020. The situation of Jones and dread- lack hair, from the era of the locks is ironic as the hairstyle of transatlantic slave trade into “dreadlocks” is not inherently Black or Bcolonialism to the present day, African. But the hairstyle is stereo- has been controversial. The problem is typed, associated with marijuana use, rooted in the way society has per- hippie or drug culture, a rebellious ceived not only the hair, but the per- subgroup in society, black people and son who possesses the hair. While in for many corporate establishments, it some African and Black communities, does not embrace the ideals of profes- natural black hair is beauty, pride, and sionalism. symbolic of social status, for others, it But historians have shown that this is a reminder of their inferiority, slav- locked hairstyle has been worn by the ery and its history of oppression and Greeks, Indigenous Australians, suffering. Egyptians, Polish people, and various Throughout the last four centuries, religious groups like Hindu, Buddhist, black women and black men have had and the Rastafarian communities. their character judged not by their ac- The case of Chastity Jones is similar tions, but by their appearance. In the to that of other American cases in the media, advertising fields, and the cor- 1980s. American Cheryl Tatum who porate world, it is expected that Black worked at Hyatt Regency in people or people of African descent Washington, USA was fired for wear- portray an image that is not “too ing her hair in braids as it was Black”. This is assessed by their parl- deemed as an “extreme and unusual ance, dress, skin, and hair. Most black hairstyle”. Renee Rogers who worked communities are aware of their as a ticket agent at American Airlines colourism – a legacy of plantation or lost her case of racial discrimination light-skinned house slave vs dark- for a similar hairstyle. skinned field slave dynamic of the In Barbados, during the 1980s, the past. issue of braids and workplace discrim- ination was a hot topic. The case cen- Stripping proud people of their iden- tred around a 28-year-old English- tity born Ingrid Quarless and her braided From the start of the slave trade hairstyle while working in the hospi- during the 16th century, the captors tality sector. She took her case to court and slave owners robbed Africa not and was awarded $2 000 after a only of its people but beauty and iden- wrongful dismissal claim. tity. This occurred by separating fami- Recently, natural hair and the work- lies, isolating them from social interac- place were trending. In all of these sit- tion, cultural norms, and language, uations, the challenge or issue around and while in the colonies, cutting their Some people suggest that cornrows were deemed maps of escape, and black black hair always focused on the black hair or forcing them to hide it under hair stored seeds and grain. woman. This places emphasis on the rags. In some parts of Africa, a per- question of power women of colour son’s hair was a connection or portal to sessing whether a person (had) afro- This bill is outlawing discrimination have in the workplace and why their send messages to the gods. But this textured hair”. The pencil was pushed based on hairstyles historically associ- value and the image of the company was not acknowledged during slavery through the hair and if it stayed, a ated with race. California, New York, are diminished by their choice to wear and slave owners made an effort to person was black if it slid through the New Jersey,Virginia, Colorado, their natural hair or non-European shave the hair of the enslaved before hair, a person was considered white. Washington and Maryland signed the type hairstyles. they were sold to their new owners. This racist and derogatory test was also used by blacks who had soft hair A map to freedom, a hiding place for and wanted to be re-classified as food? mixed race. Social media and the Internet have allowed people of colour to share The case of Chastity Jones, The knowledge and build community.It CROWN Act “How I grew has also provided a space for people to In 2010, African-American Chastity to believe find their identity and relearn cultural Jones applied for a job online and was norms. Popular posts on black web- successful in getting an interview with Black hair has sites and social media pages suggest the company. She was offered the job power, genius, that black hair was used as a means of in customer service but it was re- survival – cornrows were maps of es- quired that she cut off her dreadlocks. and magic in it, cape, and black hair stored seeds and Jones refused and the job offer was re- defying gravity grain. The veracity of these comments scinded. The Human Resources man- is debated and may only provide a ager told Jones that her hairstyle and limitation deeper motive or narrative for pro- went against their grooming policy as I mean, black organisations as to the reason, dreadlocks “tend to become messy”. African natural hair has been scorned, Jones took her case to Alabama look at how hidden, altered or removed. White seg- District Court which later dismissed marvellous regated nations have always had an her case. She also got assistance from issue with natural black hair. This was the Equal Employment Opportunity it is, Black hair evident during the 20th century where Commission (EEOC) which filed a grows up the remnants of racism and slavery lawsuit on her behalf but the organi- and out.” continued to affect the socialisation sation lost the case in 2013. The young and education of people with black an- woman also took the issue to the – Michaela cestry. Supreme Court. As of 2018, this was Angela Davis unsuccessful. The pencil test of South Africa On March 10, 2021, Connecticut be- Between 1948 to 1994 in South came the eighth state to sign the Africa during apartheid, there was the CROWN (Creating a Respectful and pencil test which was a “method of as- Open World for Natural Hair) Act. The Barbados Advocate Sunday March 14, 2021 • 25

How to prevent overeating when you’re working from home

WHETHER you’re self-quarantining or larger breakfast and smaller dinner ex- sheltering-in-place due to the coron- perienced better blood sugar and in- avirus pandemic, you’ll be at home – sulin control. And when study subjects working if possible – for the foreseeable ate a smaller breakfast and larger din- future. If you’re one of the many who is ner, they had increased feelings of used to going to work, being home- hunger throughout the day, especially bound has likely upended your usual for sweets. Take the time to make a eating routine. Having constant access more substantial, healthy breakfast be- to food, and being more stressed than fore you start your workday. Stop for usual can be a recipe for overindul- lunch about five hours later, and pre- It’s tempting to nosh while you’re typing, listening in on a conference call, gence or overeating. If you haven’t pare a lighter dinner three to four or responding to emails, but it’s best to take a break. quite settled into your new routine, hours after lunch. Allow at least three here are four key tips. Each is designed hours between dinner and bedtime for or sluggish. human nature. But an ongoing pattern to help you navigate this new normal – proper digestion. This practice will also of using food to deal with your emotions without also expanding your waistline. support quality sleep. Prioritise whole foods will undoubtedly lead to weight gain, Right now it’s tempting to gravitate drain energy, disrupt sleep, and even Create an eating schedule Don’t eat while you work towards convenience products and com- weaken immunity. If you find yourself Developing a consistent routine lays It’s tempting to nosh while you’re fort foods. But in addition to being craving splurge foods too often, commit the foundation for balanced eating. If typing, listening in on a conference call, stripped of natural nutrients and fiber, to testing out alternative ways to get you’ve never been a breakfast person, or responding to emails, but it’s best to highly processed foods can wreak havoc through this crisis. It’s not simple, but now is the time to start this healthy take a break. A 2020 study, published with your metabolism and waistline. sticking to your eating schedule, eating habit. A 2020 study published in The in The American Journal of Clinical During your grocery runs, incorpo- mindfully without distractions, and pri- Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Nutrition found that distracted eating rate a few can’t-live-without goodies, oritising whole foods can help you iden- Metabolism found that diet-induced affects taste processing, and increases and plan meals around fresh or frozen tify when you’re being drawn toward thermogenesis, the energy your body the susceptibility to overeat. Stick to veggies, lean proteins, like beans, the kitchen not out of hunger, but be- expends digesting and metabolizing your set eating schedule, and hit the lentils, or fish, good fats, including cause of emotions. And that awareness food, is more than twice as high at pause button on work, as well as your extra virgin olive oil, avocado, and nuts, can allow you to test out other ways to breakfast compared to dinner. This re- phone, TV, or other diversions, while and smaller portions of whole food car- cope. Connect with a friend, participate search is evidence to support the long- you enjoy your meals. It may feel un- bohydrates, including fresh fruit, whole in an Instagram live guided meditation standing advice to eat breakfast like a conventional, but simply eating with- grains, and starchy veggies. or yoga class, listen to music, read, king, lunch like a prince, and dinner out multitasking can help you eat more draw, dance, or simply watch a funny like a pauper. The researchers noted mindfully, and better tune into your Find alternative ways to cope with video. Being at home may give you the that in addition to burning more calo- body’s cues, so you can enjoy your food, stress freedom and flexibility to test out new ries in the a.m., volunteers who ate a and stop when full, rather than stuffed Reaching for food to self-soothe is skills and foster healthier habits. Maximise your incidental exercise!

GETTING fit isn’t all about Lycra and Hard and fast is better sweat, our everyday activities can also “Not all physical activity is the same,” work wonders, with a bit of effort says Stamatakis. “Intensity is impor- You don’t have to be grunting in a tant.” A gentle stroll to the corner shop gym or grinding out the laps of the park will not do much long-term for your fit- to get a sweat on. Incidental exercise ness; however, if you decide you’re going can be just as beneficial, and much eas- to walk there as fast as possible, then ier to incorporate into daily routines. you’re racking up your high-intensity “It’s any activity that is part of daily liv- incidental exercise quota. “Try to get ing,” says Prof Emmanuel Stamatakis, out of breath for a few minutes,” says an expert in physical activity at the Stamatakis, “then go back to a normal University of Sydney,“rather than walking place.” something that is done for the purpose of fitness, health or entertainment”. Ditch the car Stamatakis says that incidental exer- “Replace car trips with walking and cise, which is termed “intermittent cycling,” says Stamatakis. “For most lifestyle physical activity” by academ- people, it’s perfectly achievable to walk ics, is under-researched. But a paper he or cycle for a short journey of one-two co-authored in 2018 found that sudden miles.” bursts of high-intensity incidental exer- cise – bounding up a flight of stairs, for And the elevator example – could be highly beneficial Chores are your friend when it comes to incidental exercise. “Stairs will often take less time than from a health point of view, undermin- using elevators,” says Stamatakis. “And ing the long-held belief that physical form a glute bridge, lie on your back up and moving around can help allevi- it’s fantastic high intensity exercise activity has to last at least 10 minutes with your knees bent, feet flat on the ate chronic back pain.” that can cause measurable improve- to be worthwhile.“All physical activity floor or bed and lift your knees, hips ments in the cardiorespiratory system counts and has a health benefit,” says and shoulders off the floor, while Think like a cat for most people.” Stamatakis. But how best to incorpo- squeezing the muscles in your bum. Ever noticed how your cat stretches rate more incidental exercise to your itself out after a nap? Be more like a Make the most of dead time life? The experts weigh in. Chores are your friend cat. “People forget it’s important to “If you’re brushing your teeth in the “You’d be surprised by how much en- stretch every day, too,” says Booth. A evening,” says Davies, “why not do some Rise and tense ergy you burn off doing household minute of stretching to prevent tight- squats while you’re at it?” For her older “The glute bridge is the No 1 exercise chores,” says Nicole Booth, a personal ness can help us focus how we are feel- clients, Davies suggests sit-to-stands: I recommend for people in the morning trainer and lecturer at Lancaster ing physically and plan out our day. It that’s sitting down then standing up be- before they get out of bed,” says the per- University.“Simple things like weeding doesn’t have to be a yoga sequence or fore eating a meal. “Make sure you sonal trainer Shelly Davies. “Wake up, in the garden or spring-cleaning are specific format.” squeeze your bum when you stand stretch and do a glute bridge.” To per- great ways to get active. Plus, getting up.” 26 • Sunday March 14, 2021 The Barbados Advocate

Things every parent can do to keep their kids safe online s parents, we generally do everything we can to keep our 3. Know your parental controls Achildren safe and well, from Innocent searches online can lead to getting them to eat healthily, to being not-so-innocent results, so it’s wise to careful when crossing a road and always know how to use the parental trying to being honest. But what are you controls/search restrictions offered by doing to protect them from bullies, web browsers, internet service provider predators and inappropriate content and devices. For example, the online? SafeSearch Filters feature on Google Let’s face it, the internet is here to will block sites with explicit sexual stay and with children going online material. To turn it on, go to throughout the day, especially during Settings/SafeSearch Filters. Although these times of Covid-19 lockdowns and not 100 per cent accurate, parental homeschooling, it’s time, if you haven’t controls can help prevent your child already, to introduce some cyber safety from seeing and accessing most violent know how to your parenting toolkit. or sexual material. Paid for security Here’s some tips to get you started. tools and features will offer extra 1. Talk openly with your child about protection and control. their online activity Let’s face it, the internet is here to stay and with children going online As soon as your child starts accessing 4. Know who your children’s online throughout the day, especially during these times of Covid-19 lockdowns the internet, talk to them about what friends are and homeschooling, it’s time as a parent, if you haven’t already, to they are reading, watching and who they As adults, we know that some people introduce some cyber safety. are communicating with online – and online aren’t who they say they are, but keep the conversation going as they children and young people can be You should also assume that anything some ‘time-out’ from the internet. You grow older.Ask your child what sites alarming naïve about who they are that is put online is permanent (it can can also try making some days ‘screen- they visit or apps they use, write a list, chatting with if they are not taught to be sometimes be deleted but not always free’ in your home to encourage and look at them together. Talk to your cyber wise from an early age. before others have seen it and saved it). everyone to pursue other more active child about what you think is Make sure you become friends and For this reason, children and young and/or less technology-driven ways to appropriate, and remind them that this contacts within your child’s social media people need to be smart about protecting entertain themselves. may be different for other parents and circles and ensure you monitor posts. their images and information. The same their children. Your children may resist but tell them goes for parents who regularly post 9. Be #SocialNetworkSavvy Listen to your child and reach an that is one of the conditions for you to pictures of their children’s online. Educate yourself on ways to be safe on agreement about what is right for your allow them access Teach your child to stay in control of social networks so that you can give the family. Remember the time will come their digital footprint, by only sharing best advice to your children. Sign up to when they will access the internet 5. Be ‘share aware’ to protect your with people who they know and trust. the social networks and apps your outside the safety of home and you want privacy Rather than posting to all their friends children are using and find out how to them to be prepared for that. If your child is a regular user of social on social media, encourage them to be use the privacy settings and reporting It’s vital to teach them about their networks, they must be aware of the risk selective and use the privacy settings on mechanisms. Talk about how they can online reputation, too, and how they of personal information or images being the social media platforms they use. stay safe on social networks, including must be careful about how they behave, made public once they post it. While talking to a trusted person when they interact with people and represent they won’t fully understand the 7. Teach your children to keep their are worried, and being aware of what themselves in such a public forum. They consequences of revealing personal location private constitutes online bullying – both as a must always remember that the information online, you should teach Most apps, networks and devices have perpetrator and a victim. internet isn’t private. them to be cautious and thoughtful geo-tagging features which make your If your child uses social networks, be about what they post and share. whereabouts public and can lead sure they know how to: 2. Keep screens and devices where Encourage your children to ask someone directly to you. These features • Report inappropriate and/or you can see them themselves before posting anything if should be turned off for obvious privacy offensive posts Always monitor your child’s time the information (i.e. name, phone and safety reasons. Digital photos also • Block someone online, particularly younger children. number, home address, email, name of contain metadata (information about •Keep information private. Keep the computer in a central spot in school) or photo is something they would the time, date and GPS coordinates) the home where it’s easy to keep an eye give a stranger. If the answer is no, don’t which may reveal more then you want 10. Lead by example on what your child is doing and viewing post it. to. Some social media platforms Lead by example and always model online. For mobile devices, you can set If your child is sharing photos or posts automatically hide or remove this data, the kind of positive online behaviour you them to forget Wi-Fi passcodes so your online ask your child to let you see what but not all, so do your homework and would like your children to use. If they children can not go online without you they are sharing or ask an older sibling know how much info you’re sharing. see you being cautious and respectable knowing. You can also try to make an to check any photos before they’re when you are online, they are more agreement that there are no tablets, shared. 8. Keep track of online time likely to follow in your footsteps. And, laptops or gaming in bedrooms. It’s important to monitor your child’s yes, this includes limiting your own For younger children, you might also 6. Keep control of your family’s digital online time, particularly younger screen time. consider checking browser histories footprint children, to ensure they do not develop Ultimately, you don’t want to instil after your child has been online to see Every picture and personal detail that bad habits. Get your children to agree on fear in your child or prevent them from what sites they are visiting. This is posted and shared on social media a period of time, say 30 minutes per experiencing the many educational, approach obviously gets harder as and the internet contributes to session, and set a timer to go off – don’t entertainment, social and other benefits children grow older and work out how to someone’s digital footprint. The big risk forget to make this a non-negotiable of the internet, but rather give them the clear histories – which is more reason to with this is that once information is finish time. You should also switch off skills and knowledge they need to know open the lines of communication about shared publicly, it can be used in ways the home Wi-Fi at a set time each night how to make the most of it and avoid the internet use at an early age. you may not expect and cannot control. (ideally before bedtime) so everyone has dangers. The Barbados Advocate Sunday March 14, 2021 • 27

Mourning the changes since COVID-19 uring this uncanny time, living with a pandemic Din social isolation, we can Coping with Grief and Loss experience challenges in how life has changed. We each may be numb for awhile. Being with your feelings and can experience our own loss and numb allows us to accept the accept all of your feelings. grief. The loss of social loss a little at a time. It is connection, physical mobility, important to acknowledge the You Are Not Alone, Seek and of daily routines. Miss loss and the pain. Comfort As You Need It: going to campus or work and Although you feel alone and meeting with colleagues and Be With The Pain: grieving is an individual students? Miss walking in the You are hurting. Admit it. process, you are not alone. morning for a coffee or going Feeling the pain after a loss is a Grieving is a sad part of life out for lunch? It has been said normal part of living and everyone experiences. Accept that the only cure for grief is to loving. Denying the loss does support from others. Let them grieve. Grieving the loss of a not lessen the pain, it prolongs know what they can do to help. loved one taken by illness, loss the suffering. Do not expect comfort from a of freedom, loss of attending a grieving partner as your graduation ceremony, or loss of Accept All Of Your Feelings, partner may not be able to give being able to complete a Even The Feelings You Don’t when you need due to their own Although you feel alone and grieving is an individual research project are examples Like. grief. Weekends and Holidays process, you are not alone. that are each valid and Fear, anger, guilt, sadness, can be very hard, make plans important to acknowledge. depression, despair, heartbreak, with others or virtually. through this. If it feels like you Postponed grief will return During this crisis it is and an overwhelming feeling of have been there long enough later. important to grieve what has disorganization are Suicidal Thoughts Are A remember there is no way been lost, and it is also characteristic reactions to a Symptom Of Your Pain: around grieving. You can only Tips for Coping: important to find meaning and significant loss. Avoiding Sometimes people feel accept where you are in each • Physical exercise along hope in how life has changes. naming and feeling our survivors guilt or that they moment and continue on your with relaxation will improve We must find a why to live feelings, will mean our feelings wish they had died instead of journey. sleep and concentration. during such an unsettling time. will be expressed in unexpected their loved one. Speak with • Keep a journal: write Finding solace in new forms of ways. someone you trust and talk Heal At Your Own Pace: through your sleeplessness and connecting with others, with a therapist. If you are Never compare yourself to change the ending of your utilising space for being It Is Okay To Feel Anger: experiencing an emergency, another grieving person. Each nightmares. creative, taking time to care for Everyone feels angry at a please call for help. Barbados of us has our own timing. •Talk to people; talk is yourself are all helpful in significant loss. Channel it does not have a dedicated one of the most healing reorienting meaning in your wisely and it will go away as government suicide hotline. Expect Relapses: activities. It is how we let go of life. With this you can be you heal. Walk, run, and However, there are other There will always be certain stress. hopeful. Hopeful that we can all exercise. If you find yourself agencies such as the things that trigger sadness • Give yourself get through this difficult time, more irritable, journal and Samaritans of Barbados and again. This is normal. permission to feel rotten and hopeful that we may all gain a explore what your anger is Supreme Counselling who share your feeling with others. greater appreciation for the about. Anger is also a way for provide assistance as well. Keep A Journal: • Give yourself social connectedness, mobility, some people to avoid feeling the Putting your thoughts and permission to have moments of and routines that we have all more vulnerable feeling of Healing Does Not Occur In A feelings on paper is a good way happiness or escape. lost, hopeful that we may all be sadness. Smooth Line or On A Time to get them out and understand • Spend time with strengthened by this trial and Table: them.. others. Resist the temptation to more focused on what is truly You Are Vulnerable, Be Gentle Healing occurs in phases isolate yourself. valuable and meaningful in life. with Yourself: where you move in and out of Do Your Mourning Now: • Get plenty of rest and Recognise Your Loss: Invite help only from people different feelings. Remind Allow yourself to be with your eat regular meals even if you After a significant loss, you who you know will be gentle yourself that you can get pain-it will pass sooner. don’t feel like it. Netflix tests out a possible crackdown on password-sharing NEW YORK – Netflix is testing services. Netflix confirmed the a way to crack down on test, but did not say how many password sharing. people were part of the test or if The popular streaming it was only in the U.S. or service has been using popups elsewhere. “This test is designed to ask some users to verify their to help ensure that people using account via email or text, or to Netflix accounts are authorized “verify later.” to do so,” the company said in a “If you don’t live with the statement. owner of this account, you need On the most basic plan, which your own account to keep costs US$9 monthly, users can watching,” the screen reads, only stream on one screen at a according to Streamable.com, time.The most popular plan, This Aug. 13, 2020, file photo shows a logo for Netflix on a remote control in Portland, Ore. which first reported the test. which is now US$14 monthly, Netflix is testing a way to crack down on password sharing. The streaming service has been The test comes as streaming allows two simultaneous asking some users of the popular streaming site to verify that they live with the holder of services proliferate and more streams; the US$18 premium the account. people share passwords and plan allows 3. 28 • Sunday March 14, 2021 The Barbados Advocate

ARIES (March 21-April 19). LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). An old You could be having second HOROSCOPES friend will be in touch with a thoughts about a task you request for a special favour. have recently taken on. Whether you are able to help them You're wondering about your ability to handle the will depend on your mood of the moment. Change is challenges it brings. You have the energy and ability in the air and this will be welcomed. to make a success of this. Flexibility is key. SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). You're giving so much TAURUS (April 20-May 20). A youngster in the help to others you haven't time to keep on top of your family has realistic aims but they need help in order own commitments. It is good to offer help where it is to achieve their goal. Be discreet about how you offer needed but not if your own work will suffer. You need help. They need to feel they have control of this to start planning your time more carefully. project. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). Something you GEMINI (May 21-June 21). Job matters improve are trying to do isn't going well. This is because this when a parallel system will be put into place relative task requires skills you haven't got. Teaming up with to similar businesses in your area. Set out a priority a talented friend could be a much better way of list to include new customers or commissions. moving forward. CANCER (June 22-July 22). Carefully thought out CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). A new business moves will bring the best results. A creative project program is gathering pace. Two or more teams will begun in the home will be exciting. Be alert to new combine to make a difficult job less challenging. A ideas and new opportunities. Investing in your family matter weighs heavily on your hand. It will be education should improve long-term prospects. good for your health to find ways to relax. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). Someone will complain they AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). It may be up to you to haven't been able to get a hold of you when they take on a leading role in a group effort. One of your needed your help or advice. Don't let them make you biggest challenges will be to avoid mixing people feel guilty. You can't be there for others every minute together who aren't getting on with each other. of the day. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). Many areas of your life VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). The more you have to are starting to make progress. Projects that were put do, the more you will enjoy life. Time will fly when on hold at the start of this pandemic are brought back you're having fun. Work and outside commitments out into the open. There will still be hurdles to will hold more appeal than normal when new overcome but it will be easier now to handle matters challenges keep you feeling alive and alert. which were causing big problems. Bible Challenge 1.) Who wrote the A. Jesus first five books of the B. Luke Bible? C. Paul A. Adam D. John B. Moses C. David 5.) In which book of D. Abraham the Bible is God not mentioned? 2.) Who wrote the A. Esther book of Ecclesiastes? B. Ruth A. David C. Amos B. Ecclesia D. Titus C. Solomon D. Jeremiah 6.) How many books are in the Bible? 3.) How many books A. 55 of the Bible did B. 66 Timothy write? C. 77 A. None D. 88 B. One C. Two 7.) Who wrote the D. Three book of Lamentations? 4.) Who wrote the A. David most books in the B. Nehemiah New Testament? C. Solomon

D. Jeremiah Ans: 1. B, 2. C, 3. A, 4. C, 5. A, 6.B,7.D A, 5. C, 4. A, 3. C, 2. B, 1. Ans: The Barbados Advocate Sunday March 14, 2021 • 29

Actress protests naked at ‘French Oscars’ A FRENCH actress Thomas Vinterberg, protested naked at a which shows a group of César Awards dominated friends trying to improve by demands the govern- their lives by maintain- ment do more to support ing a permanent level of culture during the coron- alcohol in their blood. avirus pandemic. Masiero was invited to Corinne Masiero, 57, Friday's socially-dis- wore a donkey costume tanced ceremony to pres- over a blood-stained ent the award for the dress before stripping on best costumes. stage at France's equiva- But she shocked those lent of the Oscars. present in the concert Cinemas have been hall by stripping naked shut in France for more on stage to reveal the Jennifer Lopez, left, and Alex Rodriguez take a selfie as they arrive at the 26th annual Screen Actors than three months. message "No culture, no Guild Awards at the Shrine Auditorium & Expo Hall last year. Lopez and Rodriguez said yesterday in a The best film award at future" written across statement that reports of their split are inaccurate, and they are working things through. the ceremony went to her torso. Albert Dupontel's dark And appealing to comedy Adieu Les Cons French PM Jean Castex, (Goodbye Morons). Masiero had another slo- The film – which de- gan on her back which Lopez, Rodriguez say picts a desperate search can be translated as: by a seriously ill woman "Give us back art, Jean" - for her child – won seven or in an alternative pho- Césars, including one for netic reading: "Give us the best director. our money back." they’re still together Best foreign film went Other actors and direc- to Denmark's Another tors made similar de- LOS ANGELES – J-Lo A day earlier, multiple “All the reports are in- The New York Post’s Round, directed by mands during the show. and A-Rod are still reports based on anony- accurate,” said the joint Page Six was the first to J-Rod. mous sources said the statement Saturday report that the pair had Jennifer Lopez and pop star-actor and the “from Jennifer and Alex,” split. Alex Rodriguez said former baseball great emailed to The The couple was given New hosts for Saturday that reports of had called off their two- Associated Press by rep- the nickname “J-Rod” their split are inaccurate, year engagement. The resentatives. “We are three years ago after and they are working couple started dating in working through some they landed on the cover ‘The Bachelorette’ things through. early 2017. things.” of Vanity Fair magazine. after racial controversy CHRIS HARRISON will a Native American and not host the upcoming at an antebellum planta- season of “The tion themed ball. Bachelorette” following Harrison had defended controversy over racially Kirkconnell against insensitive comments, what he called the “woke and will instead be re- police” on social media placed with two former during the interview. He contestants, ABC later apologized for his Entertainment and comments, saying in a Warner Horizon said in a statement: “By excusing statement. historical racism, I de- Tayshia Adams and fended it.” Kaitlyn Bristowe will “We support Chris in pick up hosting duties the work that he is com- for the show’s next sea- mitted to doing,” ABC son, the statement is- and Warner Horizon said sued late Friday said. Friday’s statement. “As Harrison stepped down we continue the dialogue from hosting for “The around achieving greater Bachelor” in February equity and inclusion following the controversy within ‘The Bachelor’ connected to an inter- franchise, we are dedi- view with “Extra.”He cated to improving the had defended “Bachelor” BIPOC (Black, contestant Rachael Indigenous and people of Kirkconnell after she color) representation of was accused of racially our crew.” insensitive past behav- Kirkconnell has also ior. Past photos of her apologized for what she resurfaced in which she called her past “racist is dressed in costume as and offensive” actions. 30 • Sunday March 14, 2021 The Barbados Advocate

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SSununddaayy A Addvvococatatee C Comicsomics The Barbados Advocate Sunday March 14, 2021 • 33 SSPPOORRTTSS West Indies looking for 3-0 sweep THE West Indies openers have scored a century as well as into the squad and come back Shai Hope and Evin Lewis above 50 runs in each game. stronger than he had left, Lewis have been at the forefront “Batting with Shai is pretty said he has been doing a lot of of their consistent perform- easy,” said Lewis, who went on gym work and running as fail- ance, which has led them to to add that they feed off of each ing the fitness test when he was wrapping up the One-Day other in the middle. doing so well hurt. International (ODI) series “I feel at ease when I bat with “I went back home and I did against Sri Lanka with one him.” a lot of running and a lot gym match to go today. Records have been tumbling and some hitting. Straight Lewis has shown another since these two came together, down to just after the Ireland side to his game as the regional but Lewis said this is not the series, I have been training side clinched a five-wicket vic- focus. “We try to get the team a hard and a bit hungrier for it.” tory in the second match to go good start and try to bat deep Lewis also highlighted that 2-0 up. and get the team the win, which the West Indies will be looking Speaking to the media during is most important for the team.” to close out the series with an- a virtual media conference yes- Playing in Antigua where the other win. terday, Lewis said that he has regional Super50 was played “It is important when teams been working on this side of the has also benefited the West get the opportunity to go 3-0 game for sometime. Indies as Lewis said that many and we don’t want to give them “It is something I have been of the players had the opportu- a sniff of getting a win.” working on in 50-over cricket. nity to bat and bowl at both The bowling unit has been I want to try and pace my in- grounds. consistent throughout the nings, cause I know I can al- “I think it played a crucial series as well, with Jason ways make up in the middle part for our preparation for this Mohammed also coming to the overs and at the end.” series.” fore with his slow bowling on a His new approach has been Lewis was making his return pitch which was not taking made easier with the return of to the game as he turned down much turn. Hope, who continued his con- an opportunity to tour, but be- In this regard, they plan to sistent and impressive showing fore that he had failed a fitness fight hard and fight to the Evin Lewis has shown another side to his game as the with the bat as the two have test. end when the game begins at regional side clinched a five-wicket victory in the second rotated the strike and each Determined to make it back 9:30 a.m. (CG) match to go 2-0 up. Mercedes make F1 testing progress despite Lewis Hamilton spin VALTTERI Bottas was fastest with his fitness despite breaking as Mercedes made progress on his upper jaw in a cycling the second day of pre-season accident just four weeks ago. testing despite a spin by Lewis The Spaniard was second Hamilton. fastest in the morning session The seven-time world behind McLaren’s Daniel champion lost control into Turn Ricciardo but slipped down the 13 at Bahrain’s Sakhir track timing screens as Alpine during his running and ended concentrated on long runs on up beached in the gravel. hard tyres in the afternoon. But Mercedes had a much Nevertheless, it has been an better day than Friday, encouraging start to the season when they struggled with for the Anglo-French outfit, performance and reliability. which used to be called Renault, Alpha Tauri’s Pierre Gasly and also for McLaren, who have was second, with Aston Martin’s run strongly and reliably Lance Stroll third. through two days with both Lando Norris was fourth drivers. quickest in the McLaren, while The Alpine car has been Stroll’s team-mate Sebastian notable for its bulbous engine Vettel suffered gearbox cover, which Alpine executive problems in the morning session director Marcin Budkowski said and managed only seven laps, Hamilton spun off in the morning session. was as a result of the team ending the day slowest of all. placing radiators above the Headline lap times in pre- Hamilton making a driving 15th quickest as others understanding the car so there engine rather than in the car’s season testing are notoriously error at any time, let alone in improved in the cooler is no point being worried just side pods for aerodynamic unreliable as indicators of testing when nothing is at stake. conditions after the sun set at yet.” advantage. true competitiveness as it But that is what happened on the end of the day and the cars Bottas took over in the “We found that slimming is impossible to know the Saturday morning at Sakhir. ran under lights, as they will at afternoon and the team made the side pods was a positive specifications in which the Mercedes were still struggling the opening race of the season in further progress with the car’s direction, which is nothing new,” teams are running their cars. with both handling balance and two weeks’ time. behaviour and he vaulted up the Budkowski said, “so we have Fuel loads and engine modes inconsistency of car behaviour. Hamilton said the team were time sheets as he ran through repackaged and relocated some can make significant differences That, and a strong gusting still trying to understand the the different types of tyres late of the bulky things in the car to performance. tailwind, led to Hamilton losing best way to run the car following in the day. and put them behind the air Red Bull continued the strong the rear end at what is rule changes that have cut away inlet. impression they made on the effectively the Sakhir track’s part of the rear floor with the How did Alonso get on? “So, yes, it gives a fairly first day of running, with new penultimate corner. aim of reducing downforce. Fernando Alonso had his first spectacularly bulky shape on signing Sergio Perez lapping The car was beached in the Hamilton said:“It’s very gusty, day’s running in his new Alpine the car but we found it works for consistently and quickly on the gravel but it was recovered by as I found out into Turn 13. The car following his return to F1 us. Yes, there are centre of C2 compound tyre, one of the marshals and Hamilton could rear doesn’t feel particularly after two years away and gravity compromises but hardest available. continue his running after a great with this new regulation completed 128 laps - more than usually the aero performance short break to clean the car. change but we are trying to find two race distances. wins over weight and centre of An uncharacteristic error Hamilton set a time by the the sweet spot. The 39-year-old two-time gravity.” from Hamilton end of his running in the “It’s day two of testing so we’re champion was true to his word The final day of testing is It is a rare sight indeed to see morning session that left him just focused on doing our job and that he would have no problems today. 34 • Sunday March 14, 2021 The Barbados Advocate

Leeds hold Chelsea as Tuchel’s unbeaten start continues THOMAS Tuchel said Nottingham Forest’s Frank Clark Chelsea need to be “more and Chelsea’s Maurizio Sarri. clinical” after being held by Leeds, who have only won one Leeds in a high-tempo of their last six games, were dealt goalless encounter. a blow in the first half when they The Blues stretched their lost top scorer Patrick Bamford, unbeaten run under the German on his 100th appearance for the manager to 12 games, but wasted club, to injury in front of the several good chances including watching England boss Gareth two for £71m forward Kai Southgate. Havertz, who started in attack. Despite lacking fans to add Chelsea weather Leeds storm edge to the clubs’ long-standing to earn point rivalry, both sides were unlucky Without fans, Tuchel might not to score as they both hit the have expected a gentle Kai Havertz had two of Chelsea’s best chances. woodwork and tested their introduction to the traditional opposition keepers. Leeds-Chelsea rivalry, which “Unfortunately he could not conceded two goals since he substitute Reece James did well Leeds almost went behind stretches back to the 1970s. finish like he finishes in training replaced Frank Lampard in to stop a late Llorente shot. when Luke Ayling’s clearance hit But the German seemed and like his talent allows him to January. Had that gone in, Leeds would team-mate Diego Llorente and unsettled by Leeds’ director of finish, because we had enough have been well-placed to say they looped over keeper Illan Meslier football Victor Orta, who was a chances. Leeds impress but Bamford deserved victory. to hit the bar before Edouard vocal presence throughout the “But in general, this is a injury causes worries But a point against an in-form Mendy tipped Tyler Roberts’ chip game. The two had a heated position where he feels This was another example of Chelsea team will also be of onto the same part of his goal. debate over fair play even though comfortable and I trust him in how Leeds can entertain and comfort on a wet and windy day Mendy also saved well from Chelsea kicked the ball out once this position.” frustrate in equal measure. which did no favours for their Raphinha’s effort to deny Leeds, they realised Bamford was Mount, who pulled the strings Roared on by Orta from the quick passing game on a sticky who avoided a third straight injured. on the left, also set up a chance for directors’ box and from Bielsa in pitch. defeat. Despite those distractions, the Pulisic, who fired at Meslier, and the technical area, they had the The biggest worry, however, “We have enough quality to use visiting side still created the best tested the Leeds keeper from Chelsea players huffing and would have been watching the chances better and to be more chances in a robust first half as range. Ben Chilwell and N’Golo puffing from the start in what Bamford go off during the first clinical,” said Tuchel, who played the returning Mount, Pulisic and Kante were also wasteful from was only their third half.The striker came off worse in a back four and picked Mason Ziyech combined well behind the left. Premier League draw of the a challenge with Antonio Rudiger Mount, Hakim Ziyech and Havertz, who played in a false- The fact a first-half mix-up in season. and left the field clutching his hip Christian Pulisic behind Havertz. nine role. the Leeds defence was the closest Although Llorente almost after trying to struggle on. “It is our responsibility, my The German, who has had a Chelsea came to scoring would scored what would have been a Rodrigo replaced Bamford responsibility to create more and tough start to life at Chelsea after have been disappointing for the comical own goal, they recovered after 35 minutes and with the to maybe have more big chances.” contracting coronavirus, showed visitors as victory would have quickly with Bamford and Spanish forward taken off after In failing to beat Leeds, some confident touches and went strengthened their grip on a top Roberts linking up well to 79 minutes,but Bielsa said it was Chelsea missed out a chance to close to opening the scoring in four-place and put them a point engineer a chip that brought out because he lacked match fitness. move above third-placed either half. behind second-placed the best in Chelsea keeper In mid-table and 10 points Leicester. His chance after half-time was Manchester United. Mendy. above the drop zone, Leeds are in But Tuchel’s run of 10 Premier the most wasteful when he had But with Mendy on form He was also inspired in saving no danger of relegation but their League games unbeaten since time and space in the box, but his against a Leeds side who Raphinha’s close-range effort as hopes of reaching the top 10 will the start of a new manager’s right-footed shot was tipped over. continually posed questions, it he was moving the other way be hampered without main reign is second only to Tuchel said of the 21-year-old: means Tuchel’s side have only when he got a hand to it, and striker Bamford. Aguero ends 14-month wait for league goal as Man City win at Fulham SERGIO AGUERO scored his in Joao Cancelo’s free-kick two some incisiveness in attack, it first Premier League goal since minutes after the break before did not initially seem to have January 2020 as Manchester Gabriel Jesus benefited from worked. City extended their lead at the some shoddy defending to round Before the break a Torres top of the Premier League with home goalkeeper Alphonse snapshot and Bernardo Silva’s a win at struggling Fulham. Areola for the second. low effort after a jinking run was The result sees Pep And with the game under the best they could muster from Guardiola’s side move 17 points control, Aguero rounded off the a performance lacking in clear at the summit, with scoring with a second-half cohesion. second-placed Manchester penalty after Tosin Adarabioyo Aguero, the fourth highest United having two games in had fouled Ferran Torres. scorer in Premier League hand. history,also had an inauspicious For the Cottagers it City roll on start to the evening, touching represents a dent to their While Fulham manager Scott the ball on fewer occasions than survival hopes after they missed Parker chose to begin without a both goalkeepers in the first the opportunity to move out of recognised centre-forward, there half. the bottom three, which is were also surprises in the City But after the break it all compounded by the fact they starting XI. changed, as much by good have also played more games Guardiola elected to field a fortune as design. than both Brighton and three-man defence while Jesus Cancelo’s curling free-kick Newcastle - the sides directly and Aguero were deployed in saw Stones dart through a static above them. tandem up front for the first Fulham defence to prod home, It had looked like being a tight time since February 2020. before Joachim Andersen’s affair, with Fulham testing a If it was designed to give a clearance ricocheted off Ivan much-changed City side during City side missing the creativity Cavaleiro to send Jesus through Sergio Aguero scored his first Premier League goal since a relatively even first period. of Raheem Sterling, Kevin de for a simple second and Aguero January 2020. However,John Stones tapped Bruyne and Ilkay Gundogan had the final word. The Barbados Advocate Sunday March 14, 2021 • 35

World number one Johnson to skip Tokyo Olympics WORLD number one Dustin decide whether I was going to in the United States four days Johnson confirmed play or not, I just didn’t sign up,” after the golf gold is awarded yesterday he did not put his explained Johnson following his with the US$10.5 million WGC name forward for a spot on third round at the Players FedEx St. Jude Invitational in the U.S. team for this Championship in Ponte Vedra Memphis. summer’s Tokyo Olympics Beach, Florida yesterday. Right on the heels of that and will instead focus on “It’s right in the middle of a event are the FedEx Cup the PGA Tour. big stretch of golf for me, so that playoffs, won by Johnson last Johnson, who said he had not was the reason I was kind of year,followed by the Ryder Cup. given the Olympics much waffling on it a little bit. With that crammed schedule thought, did not sign up to be “It’s a long way to travel, and Johnson felt something had to included in the pool of golfers I think WGC is the week right give and for him it was a shot at seeking one of four possible after it. an Olympic medal. berths. “The British is a couple weeks “I think if there was a little Up to four players from a before it. It’s a lot of travelling at more time, especially if you country can qualify for the a time where it’s important for weren’t trying to fly right from Summer Games provided all me to feel like I’m focused Tokyo to Memphis and play four are in the top 15 of the playing on the PGA Tour.” WGC, yeah, I obviously world rankings after the U.S. The Olympic golf tournament definitely would have thought Open in June. starts on July 29 just 11 days about it a lot more,” said There are currently 11 after the final round of the the reigning Masters Americans, including Johnson, British Open at Royal St. champion. in the top 15. George. “If there was a little more World number one Dustin Johnson “I actually didn’t really ever The PGA Tour picks up again space between there for sure.” Lewandowski scores in Bayern win to go joint-second in all-time Bundesliga scoring list ROBERT Lewandowski moved Hansi Flick’s side were rarely joint-second on the all-time troubled in Bremen, carving out Bundesliga scoring list as a succession of good chances Bayern Munich won at Werder that ought to have produced an Bremen. even more emphatic victory. Lewandowski’s 268th goal in On another day Lewandowski the competition means only might have scored four - hitting Gerd Muller, with 365, has the post twice and the crossbar scored more goals in Germany’s - in a typically menacing top flight. performance. Leon Goretzka and Serge And his 32nd league goal of Gnabry had earlier scored as the season keeps former Bayern Bayern extended their lead at forward Muller’s single-season the top of the table. record of 40 goals firmly in view. Niclas Fullkrug hit a late However, Muller’s overall consolation for the hosts who record is still going to take some remain 12th. catching, with the former Second-placed RB Leipzig Bayern and Germany forward could cut Bayern’s lead at the registering a goal every 105 top of the table to two points if minutes in his 427 league they win their game in hand games. against Eintracht Frankfurt on Poland international Sunday (14:30 GMT). Lewandowski, 32, is 97 goals off that landmark but has managed Lewandowski reaches his 268 from 345 games at 103 Robert Lewandowski is now level with Klaus Fischer on the all-time Bundesliga top scorers another landmark minutes per goal. list. Djokovic can extend No.1 record to 400 weeks, says Medvedev Novak Djokovic is capable of the semi-finals of the ATP 250 Federer, who will turn 40 in Federer, Rafa Nadal and match on both occasions, losing extending his record for holding event in Marseille on Friday. August, returned to court this Djokovic. to Nadal in the 2019 U.S. Open the men’s world No.1 ranking “I think in the world of tennis week after 13 months due to The 25-year-old Medvedev and to Djokovic at Melbourne for most weeks to 400, said we talk about Grand Slams double knee surgeries and will become the first player Park last month. Russia’s Daniil Medvedev who more than anything else. But Medvedev found it “amazing” outside Djokovic, Federer, Nadal “As I’ve always said about the will climb up to a career-best this is also a small competition, that the 20-times major winner and Andy Murray to be ranked Big Three, they are ranking of second tomorrow. I’m sure he’s really happy about was still able to win his first in the top two since Lleyton unbelievable. The records they The 33-year-old Djokovic, who it. The way he’s played, he’s match on return. Hewitt in 2005 when the have set (are) probably not won his 18th Grand Slam at the definitely capable of catching “I would definitely like to play rankings are updated on going to be beaten maybe in 100 Australian Open last month, 400 weeks. Roger. He’s one of the three best Monday. years,” Medvedev said. eclipsed Roger Federer’s record “We’re going to try to not let in tennis history, it’s always Only 11 of the last 68 Grand “It’s very rare that you see on March 8 when he moved past him do this. I didn’t manage to great playing him,” Medvedev Slams have been won by players this in sports. I don’t think you the Swiss to hold the top do anything in the Australian said, adding “every time you other than the “Big Three” and can say that other players were ranking for the 311th week. Open final, but that is what step out on the court against ATP Finals champion not good enough in this era, it’s “First of all, it’s an sport is about. Nobody is going the Big Three, it’s a special Medvedev has had two shots at just that they were unbelievable unbelievable achievement,” to give him an easy pass, he’s feeling”. pulling off the rare feat. and there’s nothing for others to Medvedev said after reaching going to have to earn it.” The “Big Three” refers to But he fell in the deciding be ashamed of.” 36 • Sunday March 14, 2021 The Barbados Advocate

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Gibbons, Ch Ch operational $2,950,000 neg Tel: 850-1818/ 850-2906 Corporate Secretary under offer NOTICES 3 bedroom plus Silver Sands, 2 bedroom apt Christ Church Dalkeith, Christ Church 9,835 sq ft 7,129 sq ft $160,000 $675,000 (reduced) 17,371 sq ft approved for shops and offices Bushy Park, St. Philip $495,000 Breezy Hill, St Philip 24,000 sq ft $190,000 3 bedroom, 2 bath SAGICOR LIFE INC SAGICOR LIFE INC SAGICOR LIFE INC Roebuck Street, reduced to $298,000 Apes Hill, St. James Bridgetown 31,000 sq ft upward Stephen Reid of 8 Harrogate Shopping Mall/Office space Sandra Smith of #4 Fairview Andrea Greenidge of #358 Black Rock, St Michael Large lots at $15 per sq ft Road, Hockley, Essex, SS5 3 bedroom, 1 bath $8,100,000 negotiable 5HT, United Kingdom being the Plantation, St. George having Emerald Park West, St. Philip Beneficiary of the Estate of made sworn deposition that having made sworn deposition 6732 sq ft $360,000 Mount Wilton, St. Thomas Batts Rock, St Michael Ena Mottley (Deceased) having 15,500 sq ft and 22,066 sq ft Policy No. S01000000 issued by that Policy No. 077440193 Enterprise, Christ Church Guest House, 12,078 sq ft made sworn deposition that $300,000 and $220,000 Policy No. B600002096 issued Sagicor Life Inc on her life has issued by Sagicor Life Inc on her 3 bedroom, 2 bath $2,850,000 negotiable by British American Insurance been lost and having made life has been lost and having 5062 sq ft Union, St. Philip Cane Garden, St Thomas Company Ltd and assumed by application to the Directors to made application to the Directors $390,000 (reduced) 7560 sq ft Sagicor Life Inc on the life of Ena 3.6 acres approved grant a duplicate of the same, to grant a duplicate of the same, $150,000 Mottley (Deceased) has been The Belle, St George Roadfront lost and having made application notice is hereby given that unless notice is hereby given that unless $1,650,000 negotiable Plantation style House Thorpes, St. James to the Directors to grant a objection is raised within one objection is raised within one Standing on 4 acres 11,376 sq ft with structure duplicate of the same, notice month of the date hereof, the month of the date hereof, the Fitts Village, St James $1.1M $235,000 is hereby given that unless duplicate policy asked for will be duplicate policy asked for will be Guest House, 4 Suites objection is raised within one 6,135 sq ft month of the date hereof, the issued. issued. Frere Pilgrim, Cottage, St George $750,000 negotiable duplicate policy asked for will be Christ Church 5000 sq ft issued. Dated: March 9, 2021 Dated: March 3, 2021 3 bedroom, 2 baths with $110,000 (negotiable) two bedroom apartment. Mason Hill Street The City 26,500 sq ft with buildings Dated: March 9, 2021 4,387 sq ft. $850,000 Morningside, St Philip By Order By Order $4,000,000 negotiable 4567 sq ft $133,000 By Order Hanson Heights, St George All enquiries to Althea C. Hazzard Althea C. Hazzard 8321 sq ft $595,000 Jupiter Gardens, St Peter Althea C. Hazzard (246) 253 6319/ 828-4800 Corporate Secretary Corporate Secretary 7312 sq ft Corporate Secretary or (246) 247 4469 Ealing Grove, $133,000 (negotiable) Christ Church 3 bedroom, 2 1/2 baths Bagatelle, St. Thomas NOTICES 9320 sq ft $565,000 62000 sq ft into 2 lots $520,000 each, or LOTS FOR SALE $1M for both SAGICOR LIFE INC SAGICOR LIFE INC SAGICOR LIFE INC SAGICOR LIFE INC Boarded Hall, Marley Vale, St Philip Tenderson Ward of Parish Emile Hunte of #67 Sea Shell Republic Bank (Barbados) Christ Church Lynn-Marie Lovell of 21,780 sq ft $275,000 Land, Christ Church being the Close, Manderley Gardens, St. Limited of Limegrove, St. 10,429 sq ft $157,000 Workmans, St. George having James being the Assignee of Beneficiary of the Estate of Philip having made sworn made sworn deposition that St.Clair Glasgow (Deceased) Randolph Payne (Deceased) Sandford, St Philip deposition that Policy No. Westbury Road, St Michael Policy No. 077425420 issued by having made sworn deposition having made sworn deposition 16,356 sq ft $300,000 B100609302 issued by British 2,520 sq ft $45,360 Sagicor Life Inc on her life has that Policy No. 0073297 issued that Policy No. C5065080 by Life of Barbados and American Insurance Company issued by Confederation Life been lost and having made Insurance and assumed by Goodland Gardens, COMMERCIAL assumed by Sagicor Life Inc on Ltd and assumed by Sagicor Life Christ Church application to the Directors to the life of St.Clair Glasgow Inc on his life has been lost and Sagicor Life Inc on the life of 9,605 sq ft $145,000 grant a duplicate of the same, (Deceased) has been lost and having made application to the Randolph Payne (Deceased) Mount Standfast, St James has been lost and having made notice is hereby given that unless having made application to the Directors to grant a duplicate of Two properties on application to the Directors to Nursery Road, St Philip 22,714 sq ft. objection is raised within one Directors to grant a duplicate of the same, notice is hereby given 9,266 sq ft $139,000 the same, notice is hereby given grant a duplicate of the same, Asking $1,200,000 month of the date hereof, the that unless objection is raised notice is hereby given that unless that unless objection is raised within one month of the date objection is raised within one duplicate policy asked for will be within one month of the date Lashley Road, St Philip Black Rock, St. Michael hereof, the duplicate policy month of the date hereof, the issued. hereof, the duplicate policy 5,839 sq ft, $150,000 Warehouse/Storage duplicate policy asked for will be asked for will be issued. asked for will be issued. 4000 sf space 23,861 sq ft issued. Salters, St George Dated: March 9, 2021 $900,000 (reduced) Dated: Febuary 3, 2021 2 lots 32,760 sq ft, $230,000 Dated: March 05, 2021 Dated: February 19, 2021 Foul Bay, St. Philip By Order By Order By Order Cave Hill Drive, St. Lucy Approved for condos, By Order 14,876 sq ft. $110,000 39,242 sq ft $1,600,000. Althea C. Hazzard Althea C. Hazzard Althea C. Hazzard Althea C. Hazzard Bushy Park, St. Philip Corporate Secretary Corporate Secretary Corporate Secretary Corporate Secretary 17,000 sq ft $170,000 The Barbados Advocate Sunday March 14, 2021 • 37

Formula 1 broadcasting legend dies at age 97 LEGENDARY Formula got the better of him in 1 commentator commentary, he brought Murray Walker has the sport and some of its died at the age of 97. greatest moments to life Walker commentated in a way that ensured on his first grand prix they remained seared in race for the BBC at our memories for ever.” Silverstone in 1949 and Walker was appointed became a full-time F1 an OBE in 1996 for his commentator in 1978. He services to broadcasting became synonymous with and motor racing. F1 through his A statement from the commentary, first with British Racing Drivers’ the BBC and then ITV, Club said: “It’s with great before retiring in 2001. sadness we share the Walker was appointed an OBE in 1996 for his services to broadcasting and motor racing. “He was to so many of news of the passing of us fans of F1 the voice BRDC associate member all he has done for our built up a memorable every respect,” said Walker has passed away. that epitomised the sport Murray Walker OBE. community. RIP our partnership. Brundle. “National “His passion and love of we love,” said Stuart “A friend, a true friend.” He also had a popular treasure, communication the sport inspired Pringle, Silverstone motorsport legend, the Walker’s co- partnership with Martin genius, Formula 1 millions of fans around managing director. nation’s favourite commentators included Brundle, who paid legend.” the world. He will forever “Knowledgeable commentator and a the late James Hunt, who tribute to his former An F1 statement said: be a part of our history, beyond words and with a contagious smile. was F1 world champion colleague on social media. “We are immensely sad and will be dearly passion that occasionally “We thank Murray for in 1976, and the pair “Wonderful man in to hear that Murray missed.” 38 • Sunday March 14, 2021 The Barbados Advocate

Joel Embiid injured on return as Philadelphia 76ers beat Washington Wizards JOEL EMBIID was Rockets 114-99 to end their injured in his first game two-game losing streak. since leaving Covid-19 Mitchell contributed isolation as the seven rebounds and eight Philadelphia 76ers beat assists while Mike Conley the Washington Wizards chipped in with 20 points 127-101. and four assists against a Embiid, who scored 23 stubborn Rockets side, who points and seven rebounds, lost their 15th consecutive hyperextended his left knee game. while landing following a The Los Angeles Lakers dunk. came from behind to He missed Sunday’s All- narrowly beat the Indiana Star Game because of Pacers 105-100, as Covid-19 contact tracing Kentavious Caldwell- issues, forcing him into Pope’s steal with eight quarantine. seconds remaining and Shake Milton and subsequent pair of free Furkan Korkmaz both throws secured the win. added 18 points off the The Lakers had trailed bench for the 76ers, the by as many as 12 points in Eastern Conference the fourth quarter but Kyle leaders. Kuzma’s 15 points in the It was their third final period helped propel straight victory on the road his side back into the game. and their first regular Nikola Jokic’s hook shot season win at Washington with fewer than 35 seconds since 2013. left on the clock gave the Western Conference Denver Nuggets just Joel Embiid will have an MRI scan on his injured left knee after landing awkwardly. leaders the Utah Jazz saw enough advantage as they six players finish in double held on to a slender lead to points, 15 rebounds and Elsewhere, the Miami Bulls. while the New Orleans figures, led by Donovan beat the Memphis Grizzlies seven assists as the Heat won their third game The San Antonio Spurs Pelicans breezed past Mitchell with 28 points, as 103-102. Nuggets went five games on the bounce with a 101- rolled to a 104-77 win the Cleveland Cavaliers they defeated the Houston Jokic finished with 28 unbeaten. 90 victory over the Chicago against the Orlando Magic 116-82. The Barbados Advocate Sunday March 14, 2021 • 39 Top 25 roundup: No. 12 Oklahoma State upends No. 2 Baylor CADE Cunningham scored 20 was assessed a double technical, of his game-high 25 points in resulting in his ejection.Turgeon the second half as No. 12 was assessed one technical. Oklahoma State knocked off No. 2 Baylor 83-74 in the semi- No. 5 Iowa 62, Wisconsin 57 finals of the Big 12 tourna- Luka Garza scored 24 points ment Friday in Kansas City, and collected nine rebounds and Mo. four blocked shots to lead the The Cowboys will face No. 13 Hawkeyes past the Badgers in Texas on Saturday evening in the the Big Ten tournament quarter- tournament final. finals at Indianapolis. Cunningham hit back-to-back Jordan Bohannon scored 11 3-pointers to give Oklahoma points as Iowa (21-7) advanced to State a 66-65 advantage, and the the Big Ten semifinals for the first teams took turns at exchanging time since 2006.The third-seeded the lead. The Cowboys finished Hawkeyes will face No. 3 and sec- the game on a 13-2 run. ond-seeded Illinois on Saturday. Oklahoma State has won eight D’Mitrik Trice scored 19 points of its past nine games, with the and Micah Potter recorded 17 only loss coming by 11 at Baylor points and eight rebounds for the last week. Six of those wins have sixth-seeded Badgers (17-12). come against ranked teams. Brad Davison added 10 points for Oklahoma State Cowboys guard Cade Cunningham (2) greets Baylor Bears head coach Scott MaCio Teague led the Bears (22- Wisconsin, which lost for the sixth Drew after a game at T-Mobile Center in Kansas City, MO, USA on March 12, 2021. 2) with 17 points. time in eight games. scoring honors. force the overtime. He also had 14 overall. No. 3 Illinois 90, Rutgers 68 No. 6 Alabama 85, Mississippi After combining for 46 points in rebounds, and teammate Jaden James Bouknight scored 14 Ayo Dosunmu produced 23 State 48 a first-round win over Tulsa on Ivey had 19 points. points for Connecticut (15-7) points and six assists while Kofi Jahvon Quinerly scored 14 Thursday, Jordan Walker and while Adama Sanogo and Isaiah Cockburn contributed 18 points points as the top-seeded Crimson Jaylen Forbes totaled just 18 No. 15 Florida State 69, North Whaley added 13 apiece. and 12 rebounds as the Fighting Tide flexed their depth through- points on 8-of-24 shooting for Carolina 66 Illini coasted over Rutgers in a out their victory over the ninth- Tulane (10-13). Balsa Koprivica amassed 17 No. 19 San Diego State 77, Big Ten tournament quarterfinal seeded Bulldogs in a points, 11 rebounds and four Nevada 70 game at Indianapolis. Southeastern Conference tourna- No. 8 Arkansas 70, Missouri 64 blocked shots to help the Mountain West Player of the The second-seeded Fighting ment quarterfinal game at JD Notae scored 27 points and Seminoles edge the Tar Heels in Year Matt Mitchell scored a team- Illini (21-6) picked up their fifth Nashville. Justin Smith had 16 as the an Atlantic Coast Conference high 24 points,helping the Aztecs consecutive win overall. Quinerly led a solid perform- Razorbacks defeated the Tigers in tournament semifinal. move into the conference tourna- Cockburn posted his 16th dou- ance by the Crimson Tide’s re- the SEC tournament quarterfi- Second-seeded Florida State ment final with a victory over the ble-double of the season, helping serves,who totaled 47 points -- al- nals in Nashville. (16-5) will try to win its first ACC Wolf Pack in Las Vegas. Illinois avenge a 91-88 loss to the most equaling Mississippi State’s Davonte Davis added 11 points tournament title since 2012 and Top-seeded San Diego State Scarlet Knights in December. overall output. Juwan Gary made as the second-seeded Razorbacks second all-time when it opposes (22-4) will face second-seeded Ron Harper Jr. led seventh- all four of his shots and finished (22-5) won their ninth consecu- Georgia Tech on Saturday night. Utah State for the title. The seeded Rutgers (15-11) with 21 with 11 points and Keon Ellis had tive game. North Carolina (18-10) came Aggies beat third-seeded points, with Jacob Young adding six points and seven rebounds for Xavier Pinson scored 14 points up short in its bid to win its first Colorado State 62-50 late Friday 13 points and Geo Baker scoring Alabama (22-6). and Dru Smith added 11 to lead ACC tournament championship night. 10 points. Iverson Molinar led ninth- the seventh-seeded Tigers (16-9), since 2016 and its 19th overall. Jordan Schakel collected a seeded Mississippi State (15-14) who are still in a strong position Caleb Love led the Tar Heels with game-high-tying nine rebounds No. 4 Michigan 79, Maryland with 18 points on 7-for-18 shoot- for an NCAA Tournament bid. 13 points, and Armando Bacot to complement 15 points for San 66 ing and Tolu Smith totaled 13 finished with 12 points and six re- Diego State while Trey Pulliam Mike Smith had 18 points and points and six rebounds. No. 9 Ohio State 87, No. 20 bounds. added 13 points and Lamont a Big Ten tournament-record 15 Purdue 78 (OT) Butler had 10. Grant Sherfield assists as the Wolverines defeated No. 7 Houston 77, Tulane 52 The Buckeyes squandered an No. 17 Creighton 59, had a game-high 25 points, the Terrapins in a heated quar- DeJon Jarreau recorded a 18-point halftime lead, but Seth Connecticut 56 Warren Washington 19 and terfinal game at Indianapolis. triple-double and the Cougars Towns provided an overtime Damien Jefferson’s 14 points Desmond Cambridge 17 for fifth- Franz Wagner and Eli Brooks turned another stifling defensive spark in a victory over the and 12 rebounds and a clutch de- seeded Nevada (16-10). contributed 16 points apiece for effort into a blowout win over the Boilermakers in the quarterfinals fensive stand on the Huskies’ the top-seeded Wolverines (20-3). Green Wave in the American of the Big Ten tournament at final possession lifted the No. 23 Colorado 72, No. 24 Eric Ayala led eighth-seeded Athletic Conference tournament Indianapolis. Bluejays to a win in the Big East Southern California 70 Maryland (16-13) with 19 points. quarterfinals in Fort Worth, Duane Washington Jr. led the Conference tournament semifi- D’Shawn Schwartz broke a tie Darryl Morsell supplied 16 Texas. fifth-seeded Buckeyes (20-8) with nals in New York. by slamming a put-back dunk points,six rebounds and three as- Jarreau totaled 15 points,10 20 points. CJ Walker scored 18 Marcus Zegarowski added 13 with 3.3 seconds left, and the sists. rebounds and 10 assists to notch points and E.J. Liddell had 17 be- points for the second-seeded Buffaloes beat the Trojans in a Michigan coach Juwan Howard the first triple-double for Houston fore fouling out in OT. Bluejays (20-7), who will meet Pac-12 tournament semifinal and Maryland coach Mark (22-3) since Bo Outlaw achieved For the fourth-seeded eighth-seeded Georgetown in the game in Las Vegas. Turgeon exchanged words dur- the feat in 1993. Quentin Grimes, Boilermakers (18-9), Trevion championship game Saturday McKinley Wright IV returned ing a timeout midway through the conference Co-Player of the Williams had 16 of his 26 points night. Christian Bishop scored 11 from taking an elbow to the head the second half.Howard had to be Year, shot just 4 of 12 en route to in the second half, when Purdue as Creighton survived a slow to finish with 24 points, and restrained by his assistants and matching Jarreau for game-high outscored Ohio State 41-23 to start and 37.1 percent shooting Jeriah Horne scored 19 for third- seeded Colorado (22-7), which will play fifth-seeded Oregon State in the title game on Saturday night. Lakers’ Anthony Davis out at least 2 more weeks with injury The Beavers beat top-seeded LOS ANGELES – Los Angeles night that Davis is making consecutive game Friday when out of last weekend’s game in Oregon 75-64 earlier Friday. Lakers forward Anthony Davis progress and has been cleared to the Lakers hosted the Indiana Atlanta. Evan Mobley had 26 points, will be out for at least two more enter the next phase of his Pacers in their first game back Davis missed five games nine rebounds and five blocked weeks with the leg injuries that rehabilitation after an from the All-Star break. earlier this season due to shots for the second-seeded have kept him sidelined since examination by team doctors. The All-NBA big man has various injuries before Trojans (22-7).Tahj Eaddy scored Feb. 14. He will be re-evaluated in late Achilles tendinosis and a calf aggravating his leg woes in a all 11 of his points during a 14-2 The defending NBA March. strain, and the eight-time All- game in Denver on Valentine’s run by USC in the final 3:38 that champions announced Friday Davis missed his 10th Star selection was forced to drop Day. tied the game at 70. West Indies looking for 3-0 sweep Page 33

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Every child with a disability should be Closing registered at National business not LEGISLATE IT! Disabilities Unit By Marsha Gittens of a pandemic. data would be essential for organisations submit all first step “We need the data and data CERO [Central Emergency of their members’ names, PRESIDENT of the National can help us achieve a lot of Relief Organisation], so people addresses and telephone By Cara L. Jean-Baptiste United Society of the Blind things. Just like the Care would know where they have to numbers. This information (NUSB), Rudyard Welch, Packages that were given out go, [or] to this house that has a will be given to the Unit to IF a business has been wants it to be legislated that over the [National Pause] person with a disability. They put together an island-wide patronised by a customer who any person who has a child period, there is no data that would know if this body is in a database. He said one of the received a positive COVID-19 with a disability, they states we have 15,000 disabled wheelchair, they would know challenges being faced, result or has an employee that is should be made to register people. So you don’t really know this body has MS [Multiple however, is not everyone is COVID-19 positive, their first their son or daughter with and that information could sclerosis]. Those sorts of things coming forward to be registered. step does not have to be closing the National Disabilities be critical in a lot of instances are critical when you have “We have persons out there the doors of the business. Unit. where you need to reach out to emergencies and we in the who are embarrassed, ashamed Speaking during an episode of He explained this would these people.” NUSB, we are trying to see if we to even register themselves COVID Queries, Senior Medical assist the Unit with having an Welch further stated knowing can put together data from our and then you have relatives Officer,Dr.Anton Best, reported accurate idea of the number of this information would be side, but we need help.” of families who don’t even that one of the things they dealt individuals in Barbados with critical if a natural disaster The NUSB President said want to do it, but they do not with on a day-to-day basis was disabilities. He said knowing were to take place. the Barbados Council for understand that this is that businesses were closing such information could “We are approaching the the Disabled is working its important for them and it can their doors on hearing that an especially be useful in times hurricane season shortly, that 21 affiliates to have those help these people.” employee was COVID positive or a customer that patronised their business had COVID. However, he stated that this did not have to be the business’s first resort. “There is a misunderstanding on how COVID is spread and that is why persons like myself have been tasked with the responsibility of reaching out to businesses to educate them. We reached out to the Barbados Chamber of Commerce on a couple of occasions and explained what the process ought to be, because the Ministry of Health does not recommend the automatic closure of businesses,” he said. “What we recommend is contact tracing and let the contact tracing efforts guide the business in making the decisions on what to do where operations are concerned. “So by educating people about how COVID is spread, we talk about what we look for in contact tracing and primary contacts, people and businesses are having a better understanding on how it is spread, and understand that, okay it is not spread that easily, I have all of these systems in place. Customers are getting their temperatures checked when they come in, they are sanitising their hands; the employees are also adhering to the protocols, wearing face masks and in some cases face shields and are behind protective barriers. All of these are reducing the risks of COVID AGEING CITY: This closed shop on Bay Street was once a popular bar that sold cutters and pudding and souse during transmission, even from the 1970s until the early 2000s. These shops are likely to become vacant lots or dilapidated areas in the City. Aspects of the customer to the employee or the unique history of the City are slowly fading away, especially in terms of the unique shops. (See more on Page 14) other way around.”

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