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Call for additions to MORE! national heroes list WYNTER Crawford, Clennell Dr.Carter made the call while deliver- Collymore Hall on Wednesday night. Wickham and Athol “TT” Lewis. ing a lecture in celebration of the 375th Stating that must be com- These are the three names which his- anniversary of the Parliament of mended for excellent work especially in torian Dr. Henderson Carter believes entitled: The People’s naming the ten heroes, he said this work should be added to the distinguished list Parliament: 60 years of Parliamentary has to be continued by adding these sons of National Heroes of Barbados. Democracy in Barbados, in the Frank HEROES LIST on Page 2

ABOVE: Governor General Sir Elliott Belgrave (third from left) is joined by (from left, front row) Chief Justice Sir Marston Gibson, Speaker of the House of Assembly His Honour Michael Carrington, President of the Senate, Her Honour, Kerri-Ann Ifill, Clark of Parliament, Pedro Eastmond, Historian Dr. Henderson Carter, Senator Professor Henry Fraser, as he and other Ministers of Government, Senators and members of the public sit in the audience. INSET: Historian Dr. Henderson Carter while delivering a lecture. Gov’t strengthening response to cyber crime

THE readiness and capability of cyber vealed the Permanent Secretary (P.S.) in Together We Can Prevent Cyber Crime,” “Also, government introduced the security in Barbados will be assessed the Office of the Attorney General, Diane held at Centre, Computer Misuse Act which embodies when government creates a Computer Campbell. that the over any device that facilitates communica- Incident Response Team (CIRT); this will Yesterday, she told the National Task the years has sought to implement a tion, and performs automatic processing identify, respond and manage cyber Force on Crime Prevention, Cyber Crime number of strategies to strengthen its of data, such as the internet. threats and enhance cyber security, re- Workshop entitled “Know the Signs: response to the problem of cyber crime. CYBER CRIME on Page 5

2 • Friday November 14, 2014 The Barbados Advocate St. Peter’s Business community called out Awards By Kerri Gooding call to all businesspersons, preneurs because I am these individuals to further facilitate the process and placing great emphasis on aware of the emerging develop their skills “to meet placement of the signs. MEMBERS of the busi- entrepreneurs. wealth of talent and skills UNSECO and world inter- He stated, “I wish to Ceremony ness community in She made remarks on be- in micro-business compa- national standards for sig- thank the authorities of the Barbados are being half of the Minister of nies involved in signage nage in historic sites,and to Republic Bank for allowing to be held urged to step up to the Culture urging, “The erec- creation. These companies market their services to the us to erect the first sign on plate and help govern- tion of signage is a costly are using new technologies rest of the region.” their building. on Sunday ment with the newly exercise, one that govern- to produce innovative and Meanwhile, holding I also wish to encourage launched signage proj- ment cannot undertake high quality signs and de- Republic Bank up as an ex- other property owners to YOUNG persons who ect in Historic alone. I therefore use this cals such as what was on ample to be exemplified in see the importance of street participated in the St. and Its opportunity to appeal to the display at the recently held this project,the Minister of signage and partner with Peter’s Parish Garrison, in two ways – business community, like- Soccerrex Conference.” Transport and Works us at the Ministry through Independence signage creation and minded citizens and entre- Therefore, in this regard Michael Lashley called for the granting of permission Committee’s skills de- permission granting. preneurs to assist us in this she asserted that this the cooperation of other to erect some of these signs velopment workshops The first call has been is- effort. I mentioned entre- would be an opportunity for businesspersons to further on their buildings as well.” will be awarded on sued for businesspersons to Sunday, November 16. come forward and help The awards ceremony with the creation of signs, Wynter Crawford father of industrialisation will be held at St. Peter’s and secondly, another call Parish Church, Church has been made to business HEROES LIST from people into the limelight Democratic Labour Party days, people are saying Street, Speightstown, at operators within the World Page 1 and should inspire all in 1961, which contained plainly ‘I am not going to 4 p.m. Heritage Site to give per- of the soil. Barbadians to work hard the key elements of the so- vote’. ‘I am not voting for During the year, mission to the Ministry of “These men showed to achieve their goals even cial revolution. anybody’.But I want to call workshops were offered Transport and Works to courage, in the dismantle- if it means they must make “Undoubtedly he is the fa- on Barbadians never to to unemployed youth in have signs erected on their ment of the oppressive sys- a sacrifice in the name of ther of industrialisation in surrender their right to the areas of jewellery edifices. tem in the 1930s and 40s, progress. Barbados. I believe that vote. We had to work too making, make-up Both calls came during they stood up to the planter Dr. Carter spoke specifi- when we get to the next hard for it.“Could you artistry, as well as the launch of the class. Their ideas con- cally about the omission of stage of where we consider imagine for over 315 years donut, cake, nut-cake Bridgetown Signage tributed to the shaping of Wynter Crawford, whom the heroes again, I think Black could not vote under and pastry making. Project on Wednesday in modern Barbados. Two of he said helped to arrest Crawford is a worthy inclu- universal adult suffrage? Further information The City at the corner of them were members of the power from the oligarchy, sion,” he said. Blacks did not have a voice. on the awards ceremony Fairchild Street and .I believe that who represented the work- The history lecturer at That is why we ought to may be obtained by Probyn Street, outside work has to be done.” ers as a trade unionist. the University also ex- take the franchise seri- contacting the Republic Bank. He said that the creation He said that Crawford plored the importance of ously, because if we don’t Community Indepen- Permanent Secretary in of a pantheon of heroes that also represented the parish voting,a privilege which he we open the door to anar- dence Celebrations the Ministry of Culture, represent the struggle for of St. Philip for over two lamented is not appreci- chy and all other systems Secretariat at 621-2700. Sports and Youth, Ruth justice and democracy pro- decades and wrote the ated by many Barbadians. that may creep in. I think Blackman issued the initial pelled the working class Manifesto of the “In our country these we have a strong tradition.”

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Barbadians urged to work harder and value state-fund education RECOGNISING that Wednesday night in cele- that it is the only way out maids and gas attendants education so much and even more significant in Barbados’ Human bration of the 375th an- for the poor in the country, must always have access recognise that the state is the absence of physical re- Development ranking has niversary of the but lamented that too to free tertiary education. funding it under tremen- sources. dropped significantly over many people are taking it Their ancestors have al- dous pressure that we “For example, in 1991 the past two decades, a entitled: The People’s for granted. ready paid for it,” he said. must meet the state when information was call is being made for all Parliament: 60 years of “There is no other way “In this country,we still halfway in making sure first recorded Barbados as Barbadians to put their Parliamentary Democracy unless of course you play have children, who sadly that the money is well a developing country hands to the plough and in Barbados, in the Frank lotto...but that is luck and enough, the Government spent,” he said. ranked as 22. In 1995, the not to rest on their laurels. Collymore Hall. a chance. It is the only way pays for their education to The historian stressed ranking was 25; 1998, 24; It came from Dr. Dr. Carter while high- up for the poor and my write exams and they do the importance of the de- 2004, 29; 2009, 37; today Henderson Carter as he lighting the value of state view is that the children of not turn up. That has to velopment of Barbados we are at 59. The point is delivered a lecture on funded education, opined the poor, the children or stop.We have to value our human resource, which is this, in the early stages, it led a to a very high development ranking.” “This 59 ranking says we might be slipping or Business sustainability others might be catching up with that and I think it might be that. But we can- not rest on our laurels, we through expansion a must have to ensure that our ENTREPRENEURS innovation and technol- ing. health care system, or ed- must also focus on over- ogy, we can birth new “Unfortunately, financ- ucation system our social seas markets to ensure startups, expand them ing remains a challenge services are firing on all business sustainability with the right mix of fi- due to our inability to bet- cylinders. We must guard and growth. nancing we can create ter match more suitable in my view this achieve- Giving this advice, world class sustainable types of financing to dif- ment, but we must also Director of Barbados ventures,” he stated. ferent types of businesses teach our children to Entrepreneurship Simpson made the com- and to businesses at dif- value the education they Foundation David ments while making the ferent stages of their de- receive.” Simpson said that with an feature address at yester- velopment,” he indicated, “I call for all hands on island of 290,000 people, it day’s GEM 2013 before lauding the efforts deck in maintaining the would be difficult to main- Barbados National of the credit unions in standing of Barbados in tain business without any Report and Women in seeking to address this the international commu- expansion beyond the Entrepreneurship problem. nity. I call on all of us to country’s borders. Launch held at the School “I must at this point ask ourselves the question “This expansion does of Business of the laud the efforts of the ‘what can I do to uplift my not need to be achieved University of the West credit union movement to village, church, youth through physical foot- Indies. get policies in place that group, my parish, my prints, but there are many He pointed out that one would allow them to at- political party, my opportunities to leverage of the major issues being tract corporate members government department expansion and export faced by Barbadian entre- and I encourage them that I work in, my through the use of tech- preneurs was financing, from the outset to be inno- country. What can I do to nology – online training, due to the fact that the vative in the specific of- maintain these high stan- online selling, online advi- traditional banking sys- ferings that will be avail- Director of Barbados Entrepreneurship dards that Barbados is sory and consulting et tem largely remained the able to these new mem- Foundation David Simpson delivered the feature known for’,” he said. cetera. Essentially with primary option for fund- bers,” he added. (JMB) address (JH) Cyber crime a reality CYBER CRIME is real scribers in Barbados, as and is increasing in its well as 307, 708 cell prevalence, says phones, ranking Barbados Permanent Secretary 4th in the in (P.S.) in the Office of cell phone usage – falling the Attorney General, from first place. Diane Campbell. “Hence, we are a well She believes that de- connected island which spite its extreme impor- makes Barbadians highly tance, the internet has vulnerable to cyber crime,” managed to create a prob- she stressed. lem for some people and According to the P.S., that problem is the in- most cyber crimes in crease in crimes being Barbados relate to hack- committed during its mis- ing especially in relation use. to internet banking, iden- Campbell was at the tity theft, and malicious time addressing the communication. Scores of secondary school children gathered for the National Task Force on Crime Prevention, Cyber National Task Force on “While law enforcement Crime Workshop “Know the Signs: Together We Can Prevent Cyber Crime,” held at the Lloyd Erskine Crime Prevention, Cyber agencies are trying to Sandiford Centre, yesterday. Crime Workshop “Know tackle this problem, it is the Signs: Together We growing steadily, and “Within the school set- graphic material being “Cyber bullying can guardians to play a more Can Prevent Cyber many people have become ting, there have been re- posted and these are all have far reaching effects active role in understand- Crime,” held at Lloyd victims of these crimes.” ports of cyber bulling, unfortunate instances and in some parts of the ing the World Wide Web, Erskine Sandiford Centre, She further acknowl- which research has shown which must be discour- world has culminated in and to monitor where pos- yesterday. edged that even within the can lead to disruptive be- aged,” Campbell told the death by suicide. I encour- sible children’s use their She revealed that there schools, incidents of cyber haviour. There have also secondary school children age adults, including phones and other devises.” are 123,000 internet sub- crime are being reported. been instances of porno- gathered. teachers, parents and (TL)

4• Friday November 14, 2014 The Barbados Advocate Region must Put laws in place to protect focus on against e-crime WE need laws that protect and is here to stay. We innovation us when we use the accept and embrace the Internet, says Deputy opportunities that come CHIEF Executive help entrepreneurs move Representative, UNICEF with the Internet, but we Officer and Director of from having an idea and Office for the Eastern must also do it with cau- the Cave Hill School of potential to becoming a Caribbean, Muriel Mafico. tion,” she stressed. Business of the functioning business. It “We are not just talking The UNICEF University of the West also highlights the need about protecting young Representative encour- Indies, Dr. Jeannine for us to give support to people, but indeed adults aged those gathered to Comma, has stated that older entrepreneurs as need to be protected while embrace all aspects of the while the Caribbean well as women,” she noted they work on the Internet, workshop, noting that it has mastered imita- at yesterday’s event. such as conducting dealt with the real dan- tion, it is time to focus Throughout the day, Internet banking…You gers that come with the more on innovation. participants at the School can actually wake up to Internet. She also indi- Delivering welcoming of Business witnessed sev- find all your money gone cated that the Eastern remarks at the Global eral presentations follow- because of cyber crime. Caribbean has one of the Entrepreneurship ing that of the GEM Therefore, the law has a highest penetrations of Monitor (GEM) project Barbados National Report role to play and that is Internet access. 2013 Barbados National 2013, including Women where the office of the “The message is not to Report and Women in in Entrepreneurship, Attorney General comes say that the Internet is Entrepreneurship Entrepreneurship in the in.” bad, the message is how Launch, she pointed out Caribbean, and Youth in Ms. Mafico was at the do we make it work for that the report showed Entrepreneurship, and time addressing the ourselves – how do we ac- how government could the Presentation of Chief Executive Officer and Director of the Cave Hill National Task Force on cess information that is create a better enabling Research and Policy Brief School of Business of the University of the West Crime Prevention’s Cyber constructive, how do we environment in which Report. Indies, Dr. Jeannine Comma. Crime Workshop “Know empower ourselves and persons could become en- “I hope that as we con- the Signs: Together We children to make sure that trepreneurs, and where duct more research and initiatives as well as in- of and transcend the con- Can Prevent Cyber are not entering websites existing entrepreneurs better understand our volve a wider cross straints which hinder our Crime”, held at Lloyd that will put them at risk? can grow successfully. landscape and as we de- section of our communi- growth and development,” Erskine Sandiford Centre, That is where the real “This study and report sign and develop more rel- ties, that we re-engage Comma added. yesterday. issue lies.” gives us ideas on how to evant programmes and with what we are capable (JMB) “The Internet is here, (TL)

The Barbados Advocate Friday November 14, 2014 • 5 Teachers say wait for appointments too long PRESIDENT of the Association of Public appointed, but the length of time that good job’ ... But the fact that we had so open up persons to the competitive Primary School Principals, Ivan Clarke, appointments take in Barbados,” he many persons going up for interviews process through interviews. is concerned over the length of time it noted. and being in position of acting principal “I do not have a problem with that.The takes for public service appointments to Clarke stated that when principals for five years and some for over and then problem though is the length of time it come through. were acting for a length of time, there was some did not get the permanent position, takes in the service to appoint principals He made the comments as teachers ex- always the expectation that they would then obviously they would be somewhat and teachers into permanent posts,” he pressed concerns over the appointment be appointed to that position, but this demoralised. Some of them had to go added. process while attending the Professional was not the case. back to the post of senior teacher. Could In addition, he stated that there should Development Workshop at the Almond “Persons were thinking,‘Well if I can be you imagine being a senior teacher after be no issue with allowing a teacher to Bay Centre. acting for so long as a principal of a school being a principal of a school? It is not apply for the post of principal without “Part of the problem we have was not and getting a very good report every year, easy!” he said. having first to be placed in the acting only the process by which principals were it meant then that I had to be doing a He agreed that it was fair however to principal position. (JMB) Training vital in fight against cyber crime CYBER CRIME from Page 1 “This Act covers the protection of computer systems from unauthorised access, publication of child pornogra- phy through a computer system, use of a computer to send a message, letter, electronic communication or article that is indecent or obscene, threatening or menacing in character; as well as the punishment for such offences,” she indicated. According to the PS, Government has also taken advantage of training op- portunities by regional and interna- tional partners in an effort to build ca- pacity in the fight against cyber crime. She said that members of the Royal Barbados Police Force (RBPF), who are the main investigators in any cyber crime, have received technical train- ing; while policy makers have been exposed to best practices in the con- text of cyber space security. “A number of other initiatives are in train, such as the implementation of internationally recognised cyber secu- rity standards and the use of public awareness programmes to sensitise children to the joys and dangers of Governor-General, Sir Elliott Belgrave (centre), congratulates broadcaster Julian Rogers after presenting him with his cyber space,” Campbell added. (TL) Insignia for the award of Member of the Order of the (MBE). At far left is Sir Elliott’s Aide-de-Camp, Carlos Lovell. (Photographer: C. Pitt) Veteran broadcaster receives honour

VETERAN broadcaster, Julian Order of the British Empire (MBE), Barbadians honoured in June by Her Rogers was accompanied to the presen- Ernest Chetvynde Rogers, was yes- by Governor-General, Sir Elliott Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, in her tation ceremony by his son, Julian terday presented with his Insignia Belgrave, at Government House. Birthday Honours List for 2014, was Rogers, Jr.; daughter Claire Haynes; and for the award of Member of the Rogers, who was one of nine recognised for services to broadcasting. mother-in-law, Elaine Brathwaite. Digicel giving customers more value and choice FOLLOWING on from the success of and more, our new plans give our cus- its recently launched Facebook – Company launches three new Whatsapp plans tomers more choice to choose the plans and Instagram data plans where cus- ily around the globe without having to “A large majority of our customers that best suits their needs, whether tomers can enjoy unlimited access to worry about depleting their data quota. constantly use WhatsApp in their daily posting all day on Instagram two of the most popular apps in These innovative plans bring even more lives. These new plans allow our cus- and Facebook or messaging your Barbados, Digicel is delighted to an- value into the data landscape in tomers to use unlimited WhatsApp and friends all day on WhatsApp,” added nounce the launch of its WhatsApp data Barbados. are in keeping with our objective of of- Linehan. plans. CEO of Digicel (Barbados) Limited, fering more choice to our customers, en- To learn more and activate either the The three new WhatsApp plans give Mark Linehan, said this next wave of abling them to use their data quotas 1-day for $4.99, the 7-day for $13.99 or prepaid customers who purchase these data plans gives Digicel customers more for other purposes such as streaming the 30-day for $36.99, prepaid cus- plans unlimited access to WhatsApp, choice and more value for money,ensur- music and videos, downloading apps tomers can dial *153# and follow allowing them to WhatsApp messages, ing their data plans and credit lasts and shopping on line. the prompts to access unlimited images and videos to friends and fam- even longer: “As we all use ‘Data Fuh Life’ more WhatsApp.

6 • Friday November 14, 2014 The Barbados Advocate Solar electricity plans outlined IT has been revealed Caribbean Development position to benefit from that before the end of Bank, Boyce further the exciting prospects in the current fiscal year disclosed that Cabinet has this area, especially March 2015, 20 state- also approved the as energy service owned buildings will framework of entering companies or ESCOs,” he be equipped with solar into strategic stated. photovoltaic systems, partnerships with energy His comments came as to help Government service companies who are he indicated that the realise its goal of interested in leasing the Government’s sustainable generating solar space of Government- energy roadmap also electricity. owned buildings for the consists of projects which Minister in the Prime generation of electricity include the construction of Minister’s Office, Senator from the roofs and the sale a waste-to-energy plant Darcy Boyce, who is of the excess electricity to and the conversion of responsible for energy, the grid. Moreover,he said biomass into electricity at said that this follows on Cabinet will also soon a sugar factory. He noted from the 12-Kilowatt consider a similar that both initiatives as systems which were framework for energy base-load projects, and are recently installed at two efficiency improvements expected to collectively schools and at the to be done by the private generate approximately President of the Caribbean Development Bank, Dr. Warren Smith (left) chats University of the West sector, and paid for from 54 Megawatts of base-load with Minister in the Prime Minister’s Office, Senator Darcy Boyce yesterday Indies. the savings in electricity energy. morning. Addressing those usage. “The waste-to-energy attending the opening “These are areas ripe for plant also frees up scarce future for landfills. would otherwise be halted this project will help avoid ceremony of the Fourth investment and I wish to land for development Further, it will permit the or stalled for a long time. potential contamination of Caribbean Sustainable encourage the private when such lands would execution of prime real And, in our quest to our water resources,” he Energy Forum at the sector to place itself in a have been required in the estate development that become a green economy, surmised. (JRT) EU Ambassador shares some ideas AMBASSADOR Mikael maintained in this context, Barfod, Head of and we are seeing some Delegation of the very good examples. European Union to Specifically on governance, Barbados and the Eastern I have recently thrown out Caribbean has expressed some, what you may call some concern about the food for thought, the role of gas and coal as creation of an executive components of the regional body for a key regional energy mix. sector and I’m talking He raised the point about energy… An while delivering remarks executive body that can at the opening of the prepare policies, draft Fourth Caribbean legislation and later help Sustainable Energy to implement it,might also Forum which took place in work for the Caribbean. So the conference room of why not start with the Caribbean energy?” he said. Development Bank The Ambassador further yesterday morning. suggested that perhaps “In our opinion there is the region should give an abundance of serious consideration to renewable energy the establishment of a resources that can be sustainable island and he exploited as we speak and is suggesting that most certainly prices of Barbuda would be a good renewable energy are option. Such an island, falling day by day. Coal could become 100 per cent and gas also send the renewable energy, install wrong signal in the a smart grid and introduce international climate electric public transport negotiations and that may among other initiatives. not be in the long term “This would be a interest of the Caribbean regional and global countries,” he said. showcase, just imagine With that in mind, that you could invite Barfod said it is business trips to a imperative that the region Ambassador Mikael Barfod, left, Head of Delegation of the European Union to Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean island that is harness the renewable Caribbean and Ambassador of Federal Republic of Germany to , Barbados and the completely sustainable energy resource from a Eastern Caribbean, Dr. Lutz Gorgens speaking at the opening ceremony. and that would be technological and extremely attractive, economic perspective. sector. To that end, inclusive and participatory this ensures buy in, and a implemented. rather than to have the Moreover, he said there is regional governments and processes to decide on much greater chance that “Constructive dialogues same conference in a cold a need to harness the institutions should seek to policies, strategies and policies and strategies will with utilities who are key and wet Europe,” he governance of the energy pursue transparent, projects. He explained that be successfully partners, need to be stated. (JRT)

The Barbados Advocate Friday November 14, 2014 • 7 Finalists to compete in ‘Best Bajan Cook Competition’ tomorrow TWELVE finalists will cook their Arts, sponsored by Roberts.As you know, cooks in the world, because they go home signature and extremely creative dishes most Barbadians claim to be good cooks every day and look in the refrigerator on location at the and we know that they are, so we are and see what’s there and they just cook. Gymnasium tomorrow, and one will looking to anoint somebody the Best Nothing is ever planned… (but) the emerge as the “Best Bajan Cook” after Bajan Cook for 2014 and we hope that it aromas, they smell like Grandma’s knocking out all opponents in the Best will become an annual event,” he said. cooking and when you taste them, you get Bajan Cook Competition. “On Saturday, we’re going to have the that stick to the ribs goodness that you The Best Bajan Cook Competition professional cook-offs and then we are get when you go by your aunt or your which gets underway at 10:00 a.m. forms going to have the Best Bajan Cook grandmother for food,” he observed. part of the activities for the Roberts Competition and then the juniors will The 12 finalists in the Best Bajan Cook NIFCA Culinary Arts Arena and Expo also have a chance to see who is the best Competition are: Kimberley Bourne with being held in association with Caribbean cook. So it’s going to be one big weekend her dish of Scalloped Breadfruit with Cuisine and Massy Stores, at the Garfield of cooking and eating and actually Roasted Pork Loin; Lisa Powlett with an Sobers Gymnasium all weekend. The displaying as part of the Expo, the best Aromatic Seacat Soup; Melissa Murray non-professional cooks will be judged in that NIFCA has to offer,” he remarked. with a Basil Spinach Chicken with the NIFCA Culinary Arts Competition Sponsor,Chef Peter Edey,says he likes Cheddar Mash dish; Keitha Ellis and the winner will receive the Enid what he has seen and tasted so far. Antrobus with a Flying Breadfruit dish; Chef Peter Edey, says the Best Bajan Maxwell Award of Excellence and a trip “This is the Best Bajan Cook Lisa Wall with a Scalloped Sweet Potato Cook will be named on Saturday, to New York, compliments Jet Blue. Competition and that is just what it says, and Baked Coconut Fish entry; Renaldo through the Best Bajan Cook Cranston Browne, CEO of the National we are looking for the Best Bajan Cook. Padmore who will be cooking a Kitchen Competition. Cultural Foundation (NCF) has noted None of them are professional chefs, Garden Breadfruit Pie and Rodney Hinds that he is looking forward to the Expo on meaning that they don’t work for any with his Seasoned Rice and Island Stew. Medley and Calypso Salad and Caroline a whole. hotels or restaurants, they just cook at Also, Jamelia Depeiza with a Bajan Soup Yearwood who will produce a dish with “This year we are going to have the home every day for their families and with Coconut Dumpling dish; Cherice Fried Rolled Flying Fish with Cassava inaugural Best Bajan Cook Competition that is what we are trying to harness Rock with a Breadfruit Bashment entry, and Eclipse Biscuit Stuffing with Bajan and it’s all part of the NIFCA Culinary here. These are the best mystery basket Kerry-Anne Barker with a Breadfruit Style White Rice.

Finalists in the Best Bajan Cook Competition which forms part of the Roberts NIFCA Culinary Arts Arena and Expo pose for a photograph with Cranston Browne (top left), CEO of the National Cultural Foundation, sponsor Chef Peter Edey (left), and Glenroy Alleyne (right), one of the competition judges. Region must build economic resilience By Ashlee Cox of the Colloquium’s agenda, attained relatively high levels of Gross as I said, but it can attain high levels of demonstrates that the past two days of Domestic Products (GDP) per Capita. gross domestic products per capita and THE 2014 Caribbean Exporters’ deliberations must contribute to the Furthermore, by that definition, the let me hasten to say that for us, the Colloquium, under the theme, efforts of all here to review the many Region would have to find ways to objectives should extend to beyond GDP ‘Building Economic Resilience in the issues that influence the ability of the actively influence its capacity and to per capita to achieve growth and Caribbean’ was held this year in region in general and more specifically enhance the performance of the private development that is inclusive, equitable Barbados at the Hilton Barbados the private sector’s capacity to contribute sector as well as its contribution to and that which enhances the quality of Resort. Many representatives from to the building of economic resilience.” economic development. life in the region’s people,” she noted. other countries, attended and Giving the definition of the term “Some of you may know the term, Lauding the Caribbean Export discussed the importance of the ‘economic resilience’ to be ‘the ability of an ‘Singapore Paradox’ and this refers to the Development Agency, she also pointed event’s theme. economy to recover from or adjust to the contradiction that a country can be highly out that from her listening to the Senator, the Hon Maxine McClean, effects of adverse shocks to which it may vulnerable as many of our countries are, summary and what she had been Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign be inherently exposed,’ she noted that it or should I say, all of the countries following, the discussion provided a Trade, as she delivered the closing is a concept that was used to provide an represented here are in terms of the number of important strategic options remarks on the final day of the explanation as to why a number of the Region. This refers to the contradiction for achieving competitiveness and colloquium said,“I believe that the review inherently vulnerable countries had that a country can be highly vulnerable success.

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‘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 Independence fever spreading

By Regina Selman Moore hesitation. And while I Independence. The build- Manufacturers’ Much ado have noticed a number of ings look stately and regal, Association has already A PICTURE truly says a Christmas decorations as they should. launched its “I Am A thousand words and ac- and items out on the Taxi men and ordinary Bajan Campaign” and about nothing? tions do speak louder than shelves already in various motorists are also display- every time I hear that jin- THERE is a relatively modern expression,“Am I miss- words. That said, I am establishments that are ing the Barbadian flag on gle “280 000 Bajans and I ing something”; one that is frequently used to express heartened as I drive concerned solely with their cars and motor vehi- Am One of Them” I am al- the mild bemusement of speaker at a state of affairs. around Barbados and see making a profit, I must cles. I stopped at the ways singing along hoping We are minded to use this expression today in print numerous Barbadians say that I am heartened Norman Niles to get the catchy tune just given the sudden upsurge in comments by elected decked out in nonetheless to see that Roundabout just the other right. Roberts members of Parliament in recent times pertaining to “Independence colours” or some business houses are day to allow a taxi with an Manufacturing Company legal recognition of same-sex relationships.So far as we sporting the flag or still taking the time to attached flag-floating in Limited has also launched are aware,there has been no announced proposal of the Independence memora- drape their buildings and the wind, to pass me by.As its “Best Bajan Sweet Cabinet to reform the current law on this matter. bilia in or on their auto- establishments in what I the car passed by, I could Bread Competition” and Indeed,the mood of those who have spoken publicly on mobiles. call “Independence dress- see that the dashboard this weekend, there will be the matter hitherto seems to be one of general antipa- I dare say that the ings”. was decked out in the hosting of the Best thy.This is understandable. Independence fever is now I passed by the Independence memora- Bajan Cook Competition Leaving aside for a moment the asserted moral and spreading and it is way Barbados Light and Power bilia and covered in some at the Gymnasium, which religious sentiments of these individuals, the general better than catching the Company Limited the kind of knitted cloth bear- forms part of the activities conservatism of the current Parliament both natural dreaded Chikungunya other day and just ahead ing the colours of for the Roberts NIFCA and enforced, and the perceived majoritarian distaste virus, because this fever is of the crossing there, one Independence as well. I Culinary Arts Arena and of Barbadians and,hence,lack of political advantage for a good one. It signals that could not help but notice have even seen a truck Expo. Then there are the this measure, the reality is that any such move would Barbadians are now get- the decorative with a covering on the traditional events such as also require legislative repeal of those laws which pro- ting enthusiastic about Independence banner and back of it, carrying the the Spirit of the Nation scribe homosexual conduct. To use an appropriate fig- celebrating their 48th an- the flags overhanging the same colours as well. Show set to come off later ure of speech, we may reasonably assume that the niversary of balcony.It brought a smile Slowly but surely, this month and the legal recognition of same sex relationships is dead in Independence. to my face and I wanted to Barbadians are also wear- Independence Parade on the water and that any rumours of a change is grossly Now for some, this may stop and take a photo- ing little bursts of yellow Independence Day. All in exaggerated. not be a big deal. However, graph, but alas, it would (or gold) and blue (or ultra- all, I think I am pleased We must confess some surprise therefore when, in a if you recall, last week, I have been too much trou- marine if you like), and with the activities em- matter of three or four days, no fewer than three mem- spoke of how persons in ble to battle the traffic to pairing these colours with barked on this November bers of Parliament from both sides of the political di- the business community do so. The Parliament black, which is not so hard to celebrate our 48th vide have seen it fit to expound on the matter of the were a bit too eager to Buildings located in to put together. Anniversary of statutory recognition of same-sex relationships. usher in the Christmas Historic Bridgetown are And let’s not forget the Independence and thus, I Perhaps it may eventually turn out to be little more season and how they were always a sight to behold, numerous activities al- have no problem catching than a minor tussle for political advantage at the con- advertising Christmas especially when lit at ready ongoing during this some of this Independence stituency level, but for now it is developing into a par- loans and specials without night during the month of month. The Barbados fever. tisan war of words for the populist moral high ground. First, it was reported that the Honourable Minister of Environment and Drainage,Dr Denis Lowe proclaimed at a DLP branch meeting on Sunday evening that he Myanmar reforms: Obama would “resign his post before he ever co-signs gender- neutral (sic) legislation…” However,it appears that Dr Lowe was not thereby re- ‘confident’ of political change ferring to the generally accepted meaning of gender- neutral legislation, that is, legislation that does not US PRESIDENT Barack President Sein, a former meeting with Burmese rest of journalists and the speak to one particular gender or sex but equally refers Obama has said he is “op- general, said the talks had parliamentarians, Mr ongoing plight of the to both in some generic term such as “any person”.The timistic” about the politi- been candid, according to Obama said they had Rohingya Muslim minor- Sexual Offences Act 1992 is an example of such legis- cal transition process in news agencies. talked about Myanmar’s ity displaced in Rakhine lation and so too, we expect, will be the forthcoming Myanmar during a visit to In 2010, Myanmar held transition from military state after anti-Muslim vi- statute on sexual harassment. the country – but added elections which replaced rule to democracy. olence. Dr Lowe was referring rather to the suggestion by his that “change is hard”. military rule with the mil- Among the issues dis- “Even as there has been BLP rival for the Christ Church East parliamentary His comments came itary-backed civilian gov- cussed were the protection some progress on the po- seat,Senator Wilfred Abrahams,that any legislation on after a night-time meet- ernment of Thein Sein. of minority rights and how litical and economic domestic violence or spousal abuse should take into con- ing with President Thein Since then, many politi- majority and opposition fronts, in other areas there sideration relationships between all parties, hetero- Sein. cal prisoners have been re- parties could work to- has been a slowdown and sexual or same sex, living with each other in the same Mr Obama had earlier leased, media restrictions gether, he said. backsliding in reforms,” he household. met Burmese lawmakers, have eased and Ms Suu “The work is not yet said. To us this seems a perfectly reasonable suggestion including opposition Kyi has been released done, and the goal of the This is Mr Obama’s sec- and one that takes full account of the existing sordid leader Aung San Suu Kyi. from years of house arrest. United States here is to be ond visit to Myanmar. He reality of spousal and partner abuse. We do not see it, In an interview pub- Amid the reforms, her a strong partner in the last came in November however,as a legal recognition of same sex relationships lished on Wednesday, he National League for process. 2012, in what was the first that, truth to tell, need no recognition of their merely had accused the govern- Democracy rejoined the “But our consistent aim visit to the nation by a US factual existence with which the legislation is prima- ment of backsliding on re- political process and se- and goal will be to see that president. rily concerned. forms. cured a small block of this transition is com- Mr Obama’s meeting Indeed, we consider that gender-neutral drafting, in The US president is in seats in parliament after a pleted so that it delivers with Thein Sein took place its true sense,should dispose of any concerns expressed the capital Nay Pyi Taw landslide win in by-elec- concrete benefits for the on the sidelines of the as to legal recognition of same sex relationships in the for the East Asia summit. tions in 2012. people.” East Asia summit – which Act, as in a simple provision that “[A]ny person who, Following the hour-long But Ms Suu Kyi – who is In an interview with a groups the Asean bloc while residing in the same household as another per- meeting with President currently banned by a con- Thai-based Burmese web- with the US, China, India, son, subjects that latter person to physical violence Sein, he said that “the stitutional clause from be- site ahead of his arrival, Japan, South Korea, shall…” democratic process in coming the nation’s presi- Mr Obama said reform , Russia and This clearly covers both same-sex and heterosexual Myanmar is real”. dent – has recently momentum had slowed in New Zealand. domestic relationships as a matter of construction with- “We recognise change is warned that reforms have Myanmar and that there On Wednesday, Asean out thereby giving any legal sanction to their existence. hard and you do not al- stalled, as all eyes turn to had even been some steps (the Association of South We recall a time when the so-called “common-law ways move in a straight 2015 when the next gen- backwards. East Asian Nations) held marriage” was not recognized at law. Would anyone line but I’m optimistic,” he eral election will be held. He cited restrictions on its own meeting in the have similarly objected then had a proposal been made added. Discussing his earlier political prisoners, the ar- Burmese capital. for including these as relationships in which domestic violence would be statutorily criminal on the ground Telephone: 467-2000 News Fax: 434-1000 News Editor: Dorian Bryan Executive Editor: Gillian Marshall that this would be to give him or her unwarranted Business Editor: Jewel Brathwaite General Manager: Sandra Clarke E-mail Address: [email protected] legal recognition? Sports Editor: Corey Greaves Assistant Managing Director: Sean Eteen Website: www.barbadosadvocate.com Publisher: Anthony T. Bryan

The Barbados Advocate Friday November 14, 2014 • 9 Tourism concessions IN October 2013 this Democratic The members of the Barbados port industry where taxes are avenues for entrepreneurship Labour Party administration Hotel and Tourism Association placed on the output and not the and employment generation. At made public, by way of a also placed pressure on the gov- inputs for the industry.This is a the same time, allowing Ministerial Statement, the de- ernment to fulfil their promise to tremendous sacrifice for an econ- Barbados to save foreign ex- tails of the two memoranda of make similar concessions offered omy which has a revenue chal- change by utilizing goods and Understanding signed with to Sandals available to other lenge resulting in a high fiscal services produced locally; while Sandals Resorts International for hoteliers.Today,this Democratic deficit. However, this sacrifice is increasing the export potential the development of two Sandals Labour Party administration can viewed as being necessary given of locally produced products. properties in Barbados. There is say that they have delivered on the foreign exchange earning po- Much has been given to the views widely on economic mat- no one that would argue that the their promise. tential of the tourism industry hotel sector in Barbados by way ters in Barbados. During the signing of those MOUs have With the passage of the amend- and its ability to drive employ- of a mini-stimulus. If they follow 1990s structural adjustment pro- helped to rescue and bring new ment to the Tourism ment and stimulate economic ac- through and deliver they can gramme he sat on the council of life to Barbados' tourism prod- Development Act, which was re- tivity. help the Barbados economy to economic advisors of the then uct.We eagerly await the reopen- cently passed by the House of To ensure these concessions re- bounce back to record sustain- Prime Minister, Sir Lloyd ing of the Sandals Casuarina Assembly and the Senate, the dound to the economic gain of able economic growth from 2015 Sandiford. It is fitting to end this during the coming winter tourist way has now been cleared for Barbados, this DLP administra- onward.To whom much has been week's column with a word of ad- season. Hoteliers in Barbados to access tion has taken the process a step given, much is expected! These vice from our departed party stal- The idea of that MOU stuck in major concessions.These conces- further. Through the Ministry concessions can bring about a wart, Tennyson Beckles: the craw of the Barbados Labour sions, it is hoped, would allow Commerce, MOUs were signed major transformation in the hotel “Barbados cannot get out of the Party.For 14 years they were un- hoteliers to transform and up- between the BHTA and the sector in Barbados once the hote- present predicament unless it able to convince Sandals to de- grade their properties, improve Barbados Manufactures liers take up the opportunity and starts producing internationally velop the Paradise Property in their ratings,service and Association as well as the upgrade their properties. If they competitive products.We cannot Barbados. The DLP administra- position the Barbados Tourism Barbados Agricultural Society to develop a business culture to sup- continue consuming more of tion was able to get Sandals to de- product to reclaim its market ensure that Barbadian farmers port and purchase Barbadian other people's products than velop not one, but two properties share in the world travel market. and manufactures are given an manufactured products it will what we are producing.” in Barbados.To say that the BLP These concessions if used wisely opportunity to share in the eco- also lend to increased economic (Tennyson Beckles, Business did not like the idea of these can go along way to stimulate nomic pie. This will provide activity in the country. Monday,October 13th, 2014). MOUs is a major understate- growth in the Barbados Economy. tremendous opportunity for Last Friday, we said goodbye Tennyson Beckles, retired ment.They found every fault pos- The premise behind offering growth in the manufacturing sec- to one of our stalwarts, Mr. Economist, Democratic Labour sible and accused the govern- the concessions was to classify tor and in the agricultural sector Tennyson Beckles. As a trained Party stalwart, former Senator. ment of selling out to sandals. the tourism industry as an ex- in Barbados.Providing increased economist, Tennyson shared his May he rest in peace. Time to affirm Barbados AN important statement, sent there was no tampering with it – Protection of rights going. needs to buy trucks, but buys uncompromisingly, of the re- because it was built sound. Until Leadership? That is neither none. Enter Lowe, exit intelli- cently concluded 76th Annual now. gone nor going. It was never gence. General Conference of the BLP Every government, every there. Estwick – well we thought he was a reaffirmation of what the leader, every party, every Six years later, daily, even as had left the circus, but people al- first political institution in Barbadian understood the deli- the situation becomes more dire, ways aspire to being the ele- Barbados stands for. The state- cate balance that made the tomfoolery continues. The phant in the ring. So the IADB, ment was expressly clear in the Barbados shine and soar – but DLP finds it possible to indulge Japanese and World Bank – hundreds that turned up at what more important that has kept in everything except, as advised none an entity that can be de- was the biggest conference in the knitting in the fabric of by every institution,local and in- cried – have walked away from years. It was in the address of Barbados together, productive. ternational, and everyone, pro- the $250 million Andrews deba- ported daily at the QEH from leader . It was evi- Not the tampering, the shred- fessional or not, a return to the cle that Estwick said would be overcrowding to ambulances dent in the formal discourses and ding of what has affirmed basics that have made Barbados. starting soon. Although every- rendered useless because of a random conversations. Barbados indicates an absence One now one knew otherwise.And negoti- lack of stretchers. In so doing, the BLP family as of an iota of understanding of finds the voice to castigate her ations are still going on with How did Mara describe the sit- one reaffirmed the foundations what has informed Barbados’ own DLP for the ongoing failure, whoever in the Gulf. More chas- uation for residents? Tortuous. on which a new democratic progress. despite a cost increase from $14 ing of a popped-kite. What the IMF is suggesting – Barbados was established. Six years of ignorant occupa- million to $16 million, to get the The absurdity of Stuart, ad- any number of extreme words However,some might try to spin tion of the decision making St. John Polytechnic open. Go on dressing human resource profes- apply.None good otherwise, there is no avoiding process, with our vulnerability Mara! We are glad that you have sionals and urging them to fight This is an outcome no one de- that the philosophy of the BLP is completely exposed by the prime finally somehow come to under- for better treatment confirms the sires. It will be inevitable unless that of Barbados. minister,begs for a reassertion of stand that all the venom you absence of a man from society someone force feeds some sense Among the basics of this are the philosophy and pillars of have scripted and delivered in acting in total separation from into the DLP that it must get education, health care, the pro- Barbados. Six years later,no one Parliament was all along being the people. Only a man caught back to basics. In this vein, a tection of jobs and our most vul- recognises Barbados and very, levelled at the wrong party. up in the pursuit of his own hap- reading of the philosophy and nerable, visionary leadership, very few - maybe the Judiciary – No attempt to deal effectively piness could make such an ad- objectives of the BLP a shared prosperity and shared remains of the structural with the daunting reports. The dress and call as he presides over ago would serve the DLP well, if sacrifice, freedom of association, strength of our nation. response is always forget the cir- the cold and harsh treatment of they could put their egos aside. freedom of expression.The craft- Economy gone. Education cumstance, bring on the pomp – all the human resources in The BLP believes new pro- ing of this foundation has been gone.Social protection gone.Jobs pompousness – and, oh yes, send Barbados. He who cut off univer- grammes and approaches may the bedrock of Barbados and gone. Collaborative approach in the clowns. sity funding. Better treatment, be required but there is no re- served our country ever since the gone.Balancing of interests gone Lowe, who occupies a rung no Stuart says – he who cut off placing the pillars of Barbados. late 1930s. In all the political in the slicing of the fatted calf one can imagine, continues with money to the hospital – that still The reaffirmation of Barbados, sparring, rhetoric and switching and blatant favouritism. Health his flippant statements on has not been made up, never country before self and a better of parties to form a government, care going. Getting paid going. mountain garbage. He knows he mind the doomsday scenarios re- life for our people, continues.

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10 • Friday November 14, 2014 The Barbados Advocate LETTERS TO THE EDITOR ADVOCATE PUBLISHERS (2000) INC, FONTABELLE • FAX: 434-1000 • E-MAIL: [email protected] UN must reverse course on climate change INTERGOVERNMENTAL across the political spectrum are There is no ambiguity in their trations rose by nearly 9%…The controls in a futile attempt to Panel on Climate Change beginning to regard this ap- message.” NOAA ‘State of the Climate in stop natural climate change Chairman, Rajendra Pachauri, proach as immoral. This is totally wrong. 2008’ report asserted that 15 impoverishes societies and re- was right to advocate an “agree- The valuing of people yet to Professor Bob Carter, former years or more without any sta- duces our capacity to address ment to finally reverse course be born more than those suffer- Head of the Department of tistically-significant warming these and other real world prob- on climate change” when he ing today has come about be- Earth Sciences at James Cook would indicate a discrepancy be- lems.” spoke to delegates tasked with cause of several factors: leaders University in Australia, ex- tween observation and predic- Citing thousands of scientific approving the IPCC Synthesis who use the issue to frighten the plained, “Science has yet to tion. Sixteen years without references in leading peer- Report, released recently. The electorate into giving them more provide unambiguous evidence warming have therefore now reviewed journals, the Non-gov- new direction governments political power, the quest for that problematic, or even meas- proven that the models are ernmental International Panel should follow must be one in greater revenue by environmen- urable, human-caused global wrong by their creators’ own cri- on Climate Change demon- which the known needs of peo- tal groups, alternative energy warming is occurring. The hy- terion.” strates that the global warming ple suffering in the present are companies, and corporations pothesis of dangerous man- Mr. Ban never responded to scare is over from a scientific given priority over possible fu- bidding for mitigation contracts, made climate change is based the scientists’ letter and his re- perspective. But, with billions of ture problems. and of course, an over confidence solely on computerized models cent statements have demon- dollars still pouring into perpet- Today, exactly the opposite is about the role of human activity that have repeatedly failed in strated that he may not have uating alarm, and with the happening. Of the roughly one in global climate change. practice in the real world.” even read it. careers of thousands of bureau- billion US dollars spent every United Nations Secretary- In their November 29, 2012 The Secretary-General said, crats and climate researchers day across the world on climate General Ban Ki-moon exempli- open letter to the Secretary- “This global system of our earth at stake, the global warming finance, only 6% of it is devoted fied the last of these motivations General, 134 climate experts is having really a high temper- zombie will undoubtedly stag- to helping vulnerable societies when he told reporters at the from across the world asserted, ature…That requires some ger on for years to come. adapt to climate change that launch of the Synthesis Report, “The UK Met Office recently re- massive and urgent and they are experiencing now. The “Human influence on the cli- leased data showing that there immediate action. We have to TOM HARRIS rest is dedicated to trying to stop mate system is clear – and has been no statistically signif- mobilize all financial resources.” Executive Director of the future climatic events that clearly growing…The atmos- icant global warming for almost Carter responds, “Spending Ottawa, -based Pachauri and the IPCC say are phere and oceans have 16 [now 18] years. During this billions of dollars on expensive International Climate Science coming. Commentators from warmed...science has spoken. period…carbon dioxide concen- and ineffectual carbon dioxide Coalition Surprise: The drug war isn’t really about drugs ON the morning of November 6 This is true of all the other gangs to fight over. inet’s collusion with drug car- its territory. When the Taliban the US Federal Bureau of selling points for the Drug War. In related news, the Mexican tels in marketing cocaine inside was overthrown, poppy and Investigation trumpeted its Unbelievably, Hillary Clinton drug cartels are reportedly the United States, to raise heroin cultivation resumed takedown of the Silk Road 2.0 says legalising narcotics is a bad making less money since the le- money for the right-wing normal levels. Putting the US in website and the arrest of idea “because there’s too much galisation or decriminalisation Contra death squads in charge of a “war on drugs in alleged operator Blake money in it” – referring, pre- of pot in several American Nicaragua – a revelation he was Afghanistan” is like putting Al Benthall. sumably, to the lucrative drug states. I wonder why? gaslighted and driven to suicide Capone in charge of alcohol In so doing the FBI demon- trade and the cartels fighting Perhaps the biggest joke is for by the US intelligence prohibition. strated, once again, that the over it. that the War on Drugs is fought community and mainstream Besides, actually “winning” War on Drugs has nothing to do But there’s so much money in to reduce drug use. No doubt press. the drug war would mean end- with anything its propagandists it, and the cartels fight to con- many people involved in the do- Now we hear that the US is ing it. And who in US domestic claim it’s about. trol it, only because it’s illegal. mestic enforcement side of the “losing the drug war in law enforcement wants to cut If drug criminalization is a That’s what happens when you Drug War actually believe this, Afghanistan”. Well, obviously – off the source of billions in fed- public safety issue – about fight- criminalise stuff people want to but the left hand doesn’t know it’s a war that’s designed to be eral aid and military equip- ing violent crime and gangs, or buy: You create black markets what the right hand’s doing.The lost.The Taliban were so easy to ment, militarised SWAT teams preventing overdoses and poi- with much higher prices, which narcotics trade is an enormous be overthrown in the fall of 2001 and unprecedented surveillance soning – shutting down Silk organised crime gangs fight to source of money for the criminal because they really did try to and civil forfeiture powers? This Road is one of the dumbest control.Alcohol prohibition cre- gangs that control it, and guess stamp out opium poppy cultiva- is a war meant to go on forever, things the feds can do. Silk Road ated the gangster culture of the what? The US intelligence com- tion, and with a fair degree of just like the so-called War on was a secure, anonymous mar- 1920s. It’s been with us ever munity is one of the biggest success.This didn’t sit well with Terror. ketplace in which buyers and since.When Prohibition was re- criminal drug gangs in the the Afghan populace, which tra- The state always encourages sellers could do business with- pealed, organised crime just world, and the global drug trade ditionally makes a lot of money moral panic and “wars” on one out the risk of violence associ- shifted to fighting over other is a great way for it to raise growing poppies. But the thing or another in order to ated with street trade. And the illegal markets. The more con- money to do morally repugnant Northern Alliance – which the keep us afraid, so we’ll give it seller reputational system sensual, non-violent activities stuff it can’t get openly funded United States turned into the more power over our lives. Don’t meant that drugs sold on Silk are made illegal, the larger the by Congress. It’s been twenty national government of believe its lies. Road were far purer and safer portion of the economy that’s years since journalist Gary Afghanistan – was quite than their street counterparts. turned into black markets for Webb revealed the Reagan cab- friendly to poppy cultivation in KEVIN CARSON

LET GOD QUOTES FOR TODAY WORDS OF SPEAK TO US WISDOM Antoine Rivarol (1753 – 1801) Randall Jarrell “For so is the will of God, that Royalist French writer (1914 –1965) with well doing ye may put to “Man spends his life in reasoning American poet, literary COMPLAINING silence the ignorance of foolish on the past, in complaining of the critic and author men: As free, and not using present, in fearing future.” “The people who live in a In trying to get our own your liberty for a cloke of ma- golden age usually go around way, we should remember liciousness, but as the servants complaining how yellow that kisses are sweeter than of God.” everything looks.” whine. – 1 Peter 2:15-16

The Barbados Advocate Friday November 14, 2014 • 11 Advancing the rights of our differently-abled youth THE 9th Caribbean Child protection, support serv- ments might therefore ernments and those who Research Conference ices and parenting issues. need to look at incentives advocate on the behalf of hosted by the Sir Arthur In light of the discus- for companies which pro- the disabled. Lewis Institute of Social sion surrounding educa- vide decent employment However, as much as and Economic Studies tion, it was heartening to for disabled youth. It may the legal and policy re- (SALISES) took place in see Barbadian Janeil not be a new idea, but it sponses are necessary, from November Odle being chosen as the certainly needs to be ex- there is a need for greater 5 to 6, 2014. This year the valedictorian for the plored further. public education and conference focused on the Barbados Community The situation as high- awareness. Such educa- rights of children with College’s graduation. lighted by the Jamaican tion would help to remove disabilities, and coming Janeil is a shining exam- special skills and abilities within private sector com- minister speaks volumes the ignorance and stigma out of the conference ple of what can be done if which we can use. If panies. Unfortunately, to the perceptions held by practised by the so-called there is a definite need for we provide the necessary Barbados’ main resource but I must say not sur- able-bodied citizens not able-bodied persons in increased research and support system for our is its people, then every prisingly, the minister just in Jamaica, but our populace towards the policy formation on this disabled youth. I wish to citizen should be given lamented the negative re- across the Caribbean. It disabled. Continuing to category of persons in our echo her sentiments of a the chance to contribute sponse from many of the also speaks to the fact showcase the achieve- society. more inclusive Barbados their fullest potential, no private sector entities as that children and youth ments of outstanding There is no doubt that for those who are dis- matter their physical im- they refused to be part of people with disabilities young people such as this segment of our popu- abled. pediments. the initiative. are often excluded and Janeil Odle must become lation is to an extent neg- Janeil’s academic During the SALISES It therefore left skilled underestimated. One of the norm and not the ex- lected and not given the achievements, like those meeting, Jamaica’s and competent persons the major talking points ception. With statistics respect and attention before her, have gone a Minister of Youth, the still jobless, simply be- at the conference was the from the World Bank sug- they deserve. Disability long way in providing a Hon. Lisa Hanna, stated cause they were not con- difficulty of persons with gesting that upwards of can be a complex issue voice for disabled young that her government had sidered able bodied. One disabilities in seeking 10% of Latin American and for this reason sev- people and showing soci- launched a workforce can only imagine the legal redress to blatant and Caribbean popula- eral areas of concern were ety that they are equally training programme for heartache these partici- acts of discrimination. tions having some type raised at the conference. as capable of achieving disabled youth. Training pants faced having gone Strengthening national of disability, we really These issues included: excellent. A near perfect was carried out in a wide through the training with policies and legislation to should be at a more ad- the mainstreaming of stu- grade point average cross section of areas, the expectation of being deal with discrimination vanced stage in the way dents with disabilities (GPA) as Janeil accom- adequately equipping included in mainstream and to ensure equal treat- we treat and cater to into the education sys- plished is no easy feat. participants for the work- society. ment must become a pri- our differently abled citi- tem; inadequate trans- Too often we seek to hide force. The next step was Caribbean govern- ority for Caribbean gov- zens. port; health care needs; these persons away as in trying to get job attach- the employment, social though they do not have ments for the trainees

Focus on intra-regional travel PARTNER from do that in a way that facil- opportunity for moving Back Page itates business travel and food and other kinds of of Barbados through the what I call ‘recreational produce and other goods Barbados Port Inc, large travel’, while at the same across the region,” she corporate entities in time providing them an added. Barbados, who tradition- ally operated in the port, and individual sharehold- ers like myself, and I can tell you that it is an invest- ment that has paid divi- dends from its beginning until now,” she revealed. While admitting that the prospectus for that model had been oversub- scribed, she noted that if the discussion was about global logistics, then the question of intra-regional transportation could be looked at as the region has many opportunities for such services. “One of those services, as you break down large shipments for distribution, is how do we do that. And we can do that through mechanisms that are owned and controlled by the people in the Caribbean – and there are several options,”she noted. “The second one of course, tied to that, as we look to solve the problems or offer solutions to move people and cargo, we can

12 • Friday November 14, 2014 The Barbados Advocate Emotional reactions to diabetes diagnosis MOTIONS are following emotional feel it, we couldn’t protect Guilt/shame: A feeling of Quote: It’s not denial. I’m just make a deal with God or our complex feelings reactions: ourselves from legitimate guilt, regret, or sadness selective about the reality I higher power in an attempt to Eresulting in Shock/disbelief: May last for threats. But often we fear because you know you may accept. – Bill Watterson postpone the inevitable. This physical and weeks and provides initial situations that are far from have done something wrong. is a weaker line of defense to psychological changes protection from being life-or-death, and thus hang Quote: “Guilt can stop us Anger: Is a completely protect us from the painful that influence overwhelmed all at once. back for no good reason. from taking healthy care of normal, usually healthy, reality. behaviour and Quote: “How could this have Quote: “To fear is one thing. ourselves.” Melody Beattie human emotion. But when it Quote: “Life is the greatest adapting to lifestyle happened when everything To let fear grab you by the tail Quote: “Shame should be gets out of control and turns bargain – we get it for changes. A diagnosis was normal?” Joan Didion and swing you around is reserved for the things we destructive, it can lead to nothing.” Yiddish Proverb of diabetes can exact Quote: “Whenever you can’t another.” Katherine Paterson choose to do, not the problems – problems at work, Acceptance: A person’s psychological, balance what you see with Quote: “Being diabetic was circumstances that life puts in your personal relationships, assent to the reality of a emotional and socio- what you believe you have not what I thought of as being on us.” Ann Patchett and in the overall quality of situation, recognising a economic toll on conflict.” Shannon L Alder normal, and I feared the Denial: Refusing to admit the your life. process or condition (often a patients, families and stigma of having to take truth or reality of something Quote: “Usually when people negative or uncomfortable friends, and it is not Fear/stigma: Fear is a vital medicine and having people unpleasant (a patient in denial are sad, they don’t do situation) without attempting uncommon to response to physical and stick me with a needle.” Nell about his/her health anything. They just cry over to change it. experience any of the emotional danger–if we didn’t Carter problems). their condition. But when they Quote: “Understanding is the get angry, they bring about a first step to acceptance, and change.” MALCOLM X only with acceptance can Depression: A mood disorder there be recovery.” Unknown that causes a persistent These emotional feeling of sadness and loss of reactions are often closely interest. It affects how you linked, difficult to feel, think and behave and separate, may be can lead to a variety of experienced over a period emotional and physical of time and may not problems. You may have happen in any particular trouble doing normal day-to- order.They can affect day activities, and depression behavior, ability to may make you feel as if life function, and overall isn’t worth living. sense of well-being, the Quote: “When one door of intensity and ways these happiness closes, another reactions are expressed opens; but often we look so varies depending on long at the closed door that personal experience, we do not see the one which coping style, ability to has opened for us.” Helen self-monitor emotional Keller state, general mental Bargaining: The normal health, other stress reaction to feelings of factors, and support helplessness and vulnerability network. is often a need to regain control – Secretly, we may CONT’D on next page

The Barbados Advocate Friday November 14, 2014 • 13 About World Diabetes Day UN Secretary- ORLD Diabetes Day (WDD) Where is it celebrated? is celebrated every year on World Diabetes Day is celebrated WNovember 14. The World worldwide by the over 200 member Diabetes Day campaign is led by the associations of the International General’s message for International Diabetes Diabetes Federation in more than (IDF) and its member associations. It 160 countries and territories, all engages millions of people worldwide Member States of the United in diabetes advocacy and awareness. Nations, as well as by other World Diabetes Day World Diabetes Day was created in associations and organisations, 1991 by the International Diabetes companies, healthcare professionals S the world rightly copes Federation and the World Health and people living with diabetes and with infectious diseases, Organisation in response to growing their families. Asuch as influenza, malaria, concerns about the escalating health and especially recently, the Ebola threat that diabetes now poses. How is it marked? virus, World Diabetes Day is a World Diabetes Day became an The global diabetes community reminder that non-communicable official United Nations Day in 2007 including International Diabetes diseases pose an even greater with the passage of United Nation Federation member associations, threat to human health. Resolution 61/225. The campaign diabetes organisations, NGOs, health Diabetes affects more than draws attention to issues of departments, civil society, individuals 350 million people in the world. Many paramount importance to the and companies develop an extensive will suffer from its debilitating diabetes world and keeps diabetes range of activities, tailored to a complications and die prematurely. firmly in the public spotlight. variety of groups. Activities Cardiovascular disease kills half of all World Diabetes Day is a campaign organised each year include: people with diabetes, which is among that features a new theme chosen by Radio and television programmes the leading causes of kidney failure. the International Diabetes Sports events Often misunderstood as a disease Federation each year to address Free screenings for diabetes and its associated with affluent lifestyles, issues facing the global diabetes complications diabetes is a growing problem in community. While the themed Public information meetings developing countries. Recognising that campaigns last the whole year, the Poster and leaflet campaigns non-communicable diseases constitute day itself is celebrated on November Diabetes workshops and exhibitions one of the major challenges for 14, to mark the birthday of Frederick Press conferences development in the twenty-first Banting who, along with Charles Newspaper and magazine articles century, the United Nations convened a Best, first conceived the idea which Events for children and adolescents high-level meeting on the issue in 2011. led to the discovery of insulin in Monument lightings Governments committed to developing 1921. Human blue circles national policies for diabetes Walks prevention, treatment and care. This Runs commitment was reaffirmed two years Healthy Living and Diabetes is the Cycle Race later at the World Health Assembly, World Diabetes Day theme for Political Events which set a target to stop the rise in 2014–2016. (reproduced from www.idf.org) obesity and diabetes by 2025. A second high-level United Nations meeting earlier this year recognised a marked increase in the number of countries with policies on non-communicable UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. Nurturing environment diseases. This is welcome progress, but and are important in managing all Governments must step up their types of diabetes. I call for response, including by protecting Governments, as well as the private essential for patients people against risk factors such as sector and civil society,to unite in unhealthy diet and physical inactivity. producing and promoting more food Fortunately, there are many cost- products consistent with a healthy diet CONT’D from previous page will be outwardly emotional while effective and feasible ways to address that are affordable, accessible and others will internalise their feelings. A diabetes and other non-communicable available to all. This is true for everyone who is supportive and nurturing environment diseases. By monitoring blood pressure, A holistic approach to human health working through thoughts and is therefore essential for people with improving diet and engaging in and the environment can serve to emotional reactions to the diagnosis of diabetes. exercise, people can significantly cut preserve biodiversity, encourage diabetes or any chronic non- The Diabetes Association of their risk and manage their symptoms. alternative forms of transportation, communicable condition. Barbados through the counselling, This year,World Diabetes Day and boost the transition to a low-carbon It is important to remember to guidance and education programs focuses on healthy eating as an economy. respect and not judge how an provides assistance to individuals with important component of both Let us make World Diabetes Day individual experiences or expresses diabetes, family and friends regardless preventing and treating diabetes. meaningful by committing to practicing their feelings. Understand that each of classes or creed to work through Healthy eating and regular exercise healthy living ourselves and making it individual will react differently,some their varied emotional reactions. can prevent the onset of type 2 diabetes possible for others to do the same. 14 • Friday November 14, 2014 The Barbados Advocate

The Barbados Advocate Friday November 14, 2014 • 15 Sol credited by new Barbados Association of Children with Brain Injury A NEW association has support of a number of new association, Ms. “When we initially been formed to repre- individuals and organisa- Allman said BACBI was learnt of the need, we were sent children with tions who had so far con- keenly anticipating the pleased to be able to offer brain injury, one of the tributed, particularly Sol task of representing assistance by sponsoring most vulnerable groups which supported the effort Barbados’ children who special transportation for of differently-abled from inception. were challenged with the children. We believe Barbadians. “Sol stepped up to the brain injury. that despite their chal- The Barbados Asso- plate and backed our cause “The hard work has just lenges, these children are ciation for Children with from the outset, even ex- begun and we are excited special gifts and should be Brain Injury (BACBI) was tending follow-up support and positive about the fu- afforded every opportunity registered just last month to help keep us afloat and ture.We have come this far to realise their potential,” with the Corporate Affairs for that we are extremely and can go further with King stated. and Intellectual Property grateful. Once again, God’s help.” Sol began its sponsor- Office, formalising the ef- thank you,and on behalf of Kirk King, Sales and ship of the initial parent forts of a parent support BACBI we pledge to main- Marketing Manager, Sol support group for children group for children attend- tain a strong relationship Barbados, in offering con- of the Challenor School af- ing the Challenor School. with your company,which gratulations to the newly fected by brain injury one Noting that the has proven to be a caring formed association, said year ago, by significantly Association was a long and sensitive towards the the company remained defraying the cost of spe- awaited blessing for both vulnerable members of our committed to providing ed- cialised vehicles needed to the parents and affected society,”Ms.Allman stated. ucational and develop- transport the children to children, spokesperson Further expressing grat- ment opportunities for school, medical appoint- Christina Allman said itude to volunteers, offi- young people at every level ments, and social activi- they were grateful for the cers, and trustees of the of society. ties. Buffett buys Duracell battery firm IN a surprise move, shares it owns in Procter as a long-term investor more on growth, it has Warren Buffett’s & Gamble back to in [Procter & Gamble] started to shed some un- Berkshire Hathaway P&G. and Gillette,” Mr. Buffett derperforming aspects of said it will acquire That structure will re- said in a statement. its business. battery maker Duracell duce the overall tax bill “Duracell is a leading Duracell leads the from Procter & Berkshire Hathaway global brand with top battery market with an Gamble. must pay. quality products, and it estimated $2.2bn in Last month, Procter & Also as part of the deal, will fit well within sales, but that figure Kirk King, Sales and Marketing Manager, Sol Gamble had announced Procter & Gamble will Berkshire Hathaway.” has not been rising rap- Barbados. plans to spin off the bat- first invest $1.7bn Procter & Gamble had idly. tery business. in Duracell in order to acquired Duracell when Mr Buffett had said Berkshire will acquire recapitalise the business. it bought Gillette in 2005 over the summer he was Duracell via an unusual “I have always been for over $50bn. looking for “elephants” – BANK RATES move, in which the firm impressed by Duracell, However, as the com- or big, brand name firms Commercial bank rates to the public at the close of sells the $4.7bn (£3bn) as a consumer and pany has sought to focus – to acquire. business yesterday by the . Valid for November 14th, 2014 Telegraphic Transfers Currency Buying Selling Euro 2.48457 2.53115 Apple must face US lawsuit over Pound Sterling £ 3.12834 3.18699 Canadian $ 1.75045 1.78706 United States $ 1.99375 2.02768 $ 0.00976 0.00982 vanishing iPhone text messages East Caribbean $ 0.73843 0.74306 APPLE Inc was ordered ified damages, claimed tual breach or disruption riously, but the law does Belizean $ 0.99688 1.00313 to face a US federal law- that Apple failed to dis- of the contractual rela- not provide a remedy Demand/Sight: Currency Buying Selling suit claiming it failed to close how its iOS 5 soft- tionship,” Koh wrote. when, as here, technology Euro 2.47990 2.53115 tell consumers that its ware operating system The judge also dis- simply does not function Pound Sterling £ 3.12246 3.18699 messaging system would would obstruct the deliv- missed some claims as plaintiff subjectively Canadian $ 1.74714 1.78706 block them from receiving ery of “countless” mes- tied to another California believes it should,” the United States $ 1.99000 2.02768 text messages if they sages from other Apple consumer protection Cupertino, California- Guyana $ 0.00976 0.00982 switched to Android- device users if iPhone law. based company said. East Caribbean $ 0.73843 0.74306 based smartphones from users switched to non- Apple did not immedi- For its fiscal year ended Belizean $ 0.99688 1.00313 iPhones. Apple devices. ately respond on Tuesday Sept. 27, Apple reported Notes: US District Judge Lucy In a Monday night to requests for comment. sales of 169.2 million Currency Buying Selling Koh in San Jose, decision, Koh said Moore Roy Katriel, a lawyer for iPhones. Euro 2.44404 2.54696 Pound Sterling £ 3.07731 3.20689 California said Apple deserved a chance to Moore, did not immedi- Apple now has an on- Canadian $ 1.73724 1.78863 must face plaintiff show Apple disrupted her ately respond to similar line tool, (https://self- United States $ 1.98000 2.02857 Adrienne Moore’s claim wireless service contract requests. solve.apple.com/deregis- East Caribbean $ 0.73704 0.74445 that the message block- and violated a California In court papers, Apple ter-imessage), to help Belizean $ 1.00000 1.00000 ing interfered with her unfair competition law,by said it never claimed that people who switch to non- contract with Verizon blocking messages meant its iMessage service and Apple smartphones re- INDICATIVE RATES FOR SOME REGIONAL Wireless for wireless serv- for her. Messages application, trieve messages from CURRENCIES AS ADVISED BY THE ice, which she kept after “Plaintiff does not have which ran with iOS 5, iPhone users. RESPECTIVE CENTRAL BANKS switching in April to a to allege an absolute right would recognise when The case is Moore et al N.B.: These rates are not meant to be used for trading. Samsung Galaxy S5 from to receive every text mes- iPhone users switched to v. Apple Inc, US District BDS$ Guyana $ 0.00979 an iPhone 4. sage in order to allege rival devices. Court, Northern District Jamaica $ 0.01772 Moore, who seeks class- that Apple’s intentional “Apple takes customer of California, No. 14- Trinidad & Tobago $ 0.31653 action status and unspec- acts have caused an ac- satisfaction extremely se- 02269.

16 • Friday November 14, 2014 The Barbados Advocate Roslind dining in style thanks to KFC, Courts LUCKY shopper Roslind Byer will be dining in grand style this Independence and Christmas season after col- lecting an impressive dining room package as October’s Grand Prize in the Makeover Your Home for the Holidays promotion, jointly sponsored by KFC and Courts. A smiling Roslind got a taste of just how delightfully her din- ing room would be transformed when she visited Courts’ Bridgetown store recently,to be presented with her prize by Arlene Floro, Marketing Manager – Unicomer Barbados Limited, and KFC Marketing Coordinator, Shekelia Barrow. The happy winner said she was a regular patron of KFC’s Restaurant at Collymore Rock, and was elated to have been re- warded with such a special and timely gift of the Island Home seven-piece dining set, Oakland tall divider and Ashley table lamp. Barrow said KFC was de- lighted to continue its partner- ship with Courts to bring joy to loyal and valued customers at this special time of year. Ms. Arlene Floro (left) Marketing Manager – Unicomer Barbados Limited, and KFC Marketing Coordinator Ms. Shekelia Barrow (right) “Especially at this time of year congratulate Roslind Byer, winner of October’s dining room makeover package. we are delighted to see smiles on the faces of customers and to The Makeover your home for more at any KFC restaurant a this month will be for kitchen December’s prize beautifies the know that we have made a con- the Holidays promotion runs chance to win one of three room makeover package including the living room with a Royal Palm tribution to making their homes until December 31st, 2014, giv- makeover packages. Whirlpool 18ct. Refrigerator,30” Sectional, Mohawk rug and more beautiful and functional.” ing customers who spend $25 or The next draw taking place Stove and microwave; while Ashley Table lamp. October jolt may be rehearsal for 2015 investment play LONDON – Turbulent October This year’s story was one of they started just two days later. every fund, even as academic es- sured 10-12 percent rises in an- may prove a microcosm of the modest equity gains and relent- The BoJ’s surprising stimulus timates suggest the world is as nual profits on Wall St and in investment year ahead – a gut- lessly buoyant bonds. This was expansion perhaps helped save indebted on aggregate today as it Europe through the third quar- wrenching rollercoaster ride for driven by a stuttering but virtu- many markets from a stickier was before the credit crisis seven ter. world markets that ultimately ally inflation-free Western econ- year-end, starved of Fed years ago.But so does the chance Developed market equities, ended up back where it started, omy, where consumer prices largesse. Next year, too, many of more monetary stimulus from meanwhile, have returned more except for one or two notable ca- were suppressed by falling oil, feel any renewed turbulence in central banks, should economic than 8 percent so far in 2014 - sualties along the way. food and commodity prices - and Europe’s flagging economy will fears intensify. with a 10 percent dollar surge Simmering investor anxiety is these in turn were sunk by a ris- elicit a similar response from the Nowhere has this been truer helping US stocks outperform all but guaranteed next year by ing dollar and a slowdown in ECB. than in Europe, where annual again as US investors mull stay- expectations of the first US in- China. But for all the angst, and the euro zone inflation has slumped ing at home. terest rate rise in nine years,and Few seem willing to bet measures dispensed by the cen- to near zero as the region’s eco- Deeply negative commodities the Bank of England could well against a replay of that scenario tral banks in response, the real nomic recovery has juddered to a and buoyant government and follow suit. next year. And whatever mone- casualty is likely to be returns halt again. But even in faster- corporate bonds reflect a clear A UK election and possible tary stimulus the Federal over time. growing Britain or the United disinflation theme, even if that’s subsequent debate on European Reserve may be removing will “We’re facing a world where States,inflation remains below 2 harder to square with gains for Union exit also packs market likely be replaced by further all major asset markets are percent targets as wage growth emerging and frontier market risks. A possible European adrenalin shots from either the much higher than they were a stays stagnant. equities of between 6 and 12 per- Central Bank move into sover- Bank of Japan or European few years ago, prospective re- “’Lower for longer’ will be the cent. eign bond buying remains a wild Central Bank. turns are much lower by defini- name of the game.This view de- Ten-year Treasuries, as seen card, as do Greek elections and What’s more, it’s hard to argue tion, and the possibility of termines our stance on asset al- in October’s wild swings, caught Spain’s political struggle with against a continued dollar-led greater volatility is very, very location,” said Marino Valensise, most people out and have again Catalonian separatists. China’s bias toward US assets, or com- high,” said Giordano Lombardo, chair of Barings Asset returned more than 8 percent, slowdown and Japan’s aggres- modities and currencies of com- Group Chief Investment Officer Management’s Strategic Policy while assets as diverse as sive economic stimulus domi- modity exporters remaining at Pioneer Investments in Milan. Group. German bunds and Shanghai A nate Asia. under pressure. Stimulus- It’s this thinking that partly shares are both up more than 13 Russia’s deepening economic watchers may switch to Navigating minefields explains why benign equity fore- percent. crisis,amid sinking oil prices and European equity from Tokyo. For asset managers setting casts of 12 months ago proved “You should be as diversified a sanctions war with the West But arguably the biggest task out views at Reuters 2015 accurate,despite a gradual with- as one can be - not least because over Ukraine,is another red flag. will be to hold your nerve Investment Outlook Summit drawal of Fed bond buying all you cannot take full protection in Yet for all that, there’s most through periodic October-like next week, the temptation is year and amid leftfield political cash,” said Lombardo at Pioneer. likely a sense of deja vu sur- lunges, when world equities lost simply to diversify portfolios as shocks from Ukraine to Syria “This then changes the colour of rounding investor positioning for up to 7 percent before rallying much as possible and buy a se- and Iraq and even West Africa’s bonds in the portfolio. You may 2015, and a desire to repeat a into the black by month-end,and lection of hedges as buffers for a Ebola emergency. hate Treasuries, but with such playbook that worked out rea- 10-year US Treasury yields bumpy ride. Real economic and revenue low returns everywhere else and sonably well for multi-asset dropped 35 basis points on Oct. Deflation,or at least persistent growth has been hard to come by, a need to diversify,then they find funds this year. 15 only to rebound back where ‘low-flation’, looms large over but continued cost-cutting en- a place.”

The Barbados Advocate Friday November 14, 2014 • 17 CARIBBEAN NEWS Ebola unit in T&T opened for inspection OFFICIALS from the of the building where ple,” the minister said. He Pan-American Health health workers are sani- said everyone would be Organisation (PAHO) tised before trained to deal with Ebola are expected to arrive undressing. The minister patients but for now only in T&T on November 21 also revealed that hazmat those who had to deal with to carry out an inspec- suits, which cost Ebola patients would be tion of the Ebola isola- US$20,000 each, were trained. “All senior levels tion unit at Caura waiting to be will be involved because we Hospital. So said cleared. “These are difficult can’t afford any mishaps,” Minister of Health Dr suits to wear. It takes 45 he added. Fuad Khan following a minutes to put on and 45 Khan noted that a two- tour of the TT$250,000 minutes to take off after bed isolation station would facility on Tuesday. sterilisation. There is al- be added soon and would The unit has a sterilisa- ready a lot of training done be used for higher level tion room at the entrance and that training will con- cases should there be where medical workers tinue with these suits any. He, however, said he will get dressed in hazmat which are reusable,” he believed the virus would outfits. There is a plastic added. not reach T&T shores. covered entrance leading There are four beds at If there were no cases of to the white isolated rooms, the unit, which each room Ebola or suspected Ebola, Chief Medical Officer Dr Colin Furlonge with two health workers in their haz- each about the size of a having its own air-condi- Khan assured the unit mat suits during a guided tour of the Ebola isolation unit in Trinidad. small bedroom, equipped tioning unit, washroom would not be a white ele- with a bed, washroom and and bathroom phant but would be and give the necessary Association president ready to deal with the a small table. facility. “There are four used. He said two consult- training rather than send a Watson Duke led a protest Ebola virus since workers There is also a separate persons assigned to this ants from Nigeria and team to west Africa. On outside the facility, saying lacked the necessary train- room that leads to the back unit and all are senior peo- Ghana would come to T&T Saturday, Public Service the health sector was not ing and equipment. Pilot strike looms for Caribbean Airlines JAMAICAN pilots em- that TTALPA has twice – them of his decision. ter dated March 14, 2013 ployed to Caribbean in November 2010 and The pilots were subse- sent to the minister outlin- Airlines (CAL) have served September 2011 – made it quently invited to a meet- ing the various issues and the company with a 72- clear in writing that they ing at the ministry set for a timeline of events since hour notice of industrial have “absolutely no objec- July 19,but it was resched- JALPA applied for bar- action, saying that their tion” to JALPA being vol- uled for July 31 due to the gaining rights in patience has worn thin untarily recognised as the inability of CAL represen- December 2011. after their union has spent bargaining agent for the tatives to attend. However, they said they nearly three years trying pilots employed at CAL’s Since then, the pilots received no response from to secure bargaining rights Jamaica base. have been trying to get the the foreign minister. on their behalf. The law firm, in its let- carrier to accept JALPA as The pilots said they then The notice was served on ters serving the notice to their union. raised their concerns in a CAL and Labour Minister CAL and Kellier, pointed They pointed out that,in May 12, 2013 letter to the Derrick Kellier on Tuesday out that JALPA first wrote December 2012,the labour minister of transport and by the law firm Ziadie Reid to the airline, in which the ministry informed them works. However, the mat- and Company, which rep- Trinidad and Tobago that the advice of the attor- ter remains unresolved resents the Jamaica Government owns a ma- ney general was being and they spent the next six Airline Pilots Association jority stake, on December sought in relation to their months “in a futile attempt (JALPA). 12,2011 claiming bargain- case. to prompt the Ministry of At the heart of the dis- ing rights for the Jamaican “In the months of Labour to take action”. pute is the airline’s insis- pilots. January and February The lawyers, in their let- tence that all its pilots be Two days later, the pi- 2013, we wrote to the min- ter, also said that the represented by the lots’ union sent copies of istry with respect to the at- labour ministry has re- Trinidad and Tobago the claim and other rele- torney general’s advice and fused to refer the matter Airline Pilots Association vant forms to the Ministry received no response,” the to the Industrial Disputes The notice was served on CAL and Labour (TTALPA). of Labour. pilots’ lawyers said in their Tribunal. Minister Derrick Kellier However, the Jamaican The law firm said that letter to Kellier. Attempts by the pilots are maintaining that the permanent secretary "In the month of March, Jamaica Observer to get minister that could possi- Said one JALPA official they cannot be represented in the ministry acknowl- a discussion was held with comments from Kellier bly influence this matter yesterday: “To date, we by a union outside of edged receipt of the forms the Ministry of Labour and and CAL were not success- with no result”. have been unable to get a Jamaica. on January 17, 2012 and they suggested that we ful. “We have shown re- reason why we can’t be The pilots’ position is advised them that the min- seek the intervention of In their letter, the markable patience represented by our pilots. based on legal advice they ister was taking steps to the Ministry of Foreign lawyers said that they throughout this ordeal,but If we had been given a rea- have received. Their case review the matters raised Affairs,” the lawyers said. “have tried every relevant our patience is at an end,” son we could either accept is strengthened by the fact and would shortly inform That was done via a let- government agency and they added. it or challenge it.” Debate on CCJ Bills to begin next week in Jamaica THE House of The three bills intended Miller moved for the first entrenched section of the bills, insisting that the The Government has a Representatives will next to effect the change have reading of the bills. , the bill must issue should be put before solid two-thirds member- week start debating been before the House On April 23 last year,the sit on the table of the the people in a referen- ship in the House of whether Jamaica should since 2012. Prime Minister gave notice House for three months be- dum. Representatives, but abandon the London- In the last attempt to for a second reading of the fore its debated. The successful passage would need to swing at based Privy Council for the have the bills debated one bills. The parliamentary op- of the bills requires two- least one opposition sena- Caribbean Court of Justice and a half years ago,Prime With the proposed legis- position has indicated it thirds support in both tor to ensure passage in as the final appellate court. Minister Portia Simpson lation seeking to amend an will not be supporting the houses of Parliament. the .

18 • Friday November 14, 2014 The Barbados Advocate Nurse Blood shortage attributed to abducted, shot dead Chikungunya outbreak in JA MONTEGO BAY, BLOOD supplies at the Wednesday,acting director plained that the current symptoms usually within edges that information re- Jamaica –The medical National Blood of the NTBS, Dr Veronica policy requires that indi- three weeks. garding the impact of the fraternity has been Transfusion Service Taylor, explained that the viduals affected by CHIKV She added that a donor CHIKV infection on blood thrown into mourning (NBTS) in Jamaica CHIKV outbreak had wait for at least 28 days be- who is well four weeks donors and recipients of following the have been hit hard by forced the deferral of sev- fore donating blood. She after onset of initial symp- blood from a previously in- of one of their mem- the chikungunya virus eral blood donors and can- said the policy will remain toms is not likely to have fected donor is not well un- bers in the full view of (CHIKV) epidemic, with cellation of blood drives in place until further infor- this type of relapse and so derstood,” the NBTS said. a child in St James the entity now facing a due to inadequate support. mation on the impact of the is considered safe to donate “Under international Wednesday night. shortage and asking Just over 41 per cent, or infection is available. blood. screening guidelines ad- The deceased has people who have not 213, of the 519 deferrals at Dr Taylor said that fol- In the meantime, the hered to by the NBTS, been identified as been affected by the the NBTS’ Slipe Pen Road, lowing CHIKV infection, NBTS sought to quell con- blood is only collected from 54-year old practical virus and victims who Kingston collection centre traces of the virus remain cerns about blood donation individuals provided it is nurse Janice Larmon are not showing any in October were as a result in the blood for up to 17 amidst the outbreak. considered not to put the Wilson of Pleasant symptoms after a 28- of CHIKV. Overall 1,193 days. In addition, some “The NBTS understands donor at risk of ill View, Salt Spring, St day period to make do- people turned up to donate people experience a relapse public concerns about the health and not to put the James. nations. blood. which may involve a re- safety of donating blood at recipient at health risk,” it Reports are that In a release on Yesterday, Dr Taylor ex- turn of the fever and other this time and acknowl- added. around 8:00pm the nurse and a child ac- companied a friend to Coral Gardens, in the parish. After leaving the friend, Larmon Wilson and the child were walking along the road when they were abducted by men trav- elling in a black Toyota Altis motor car. The abductors took the nurse to a section in Whitehouse in the parish where they forced her to lie down then shot her twice in the head. The killers subse- quently released child along Orange Street, in the vicinity of Cornwall College. The St James police are investigating. The current policy in Jamaica requires that individuals affected by CHIKV wait for at least 28 days before donating blood. Avoiding local transmission of Ebola is ‘the goal’ in the Caribbean says PAHO WASHINGTON, – The son are identified and tacts – the people who mobilises all of Director of the monitored. had contact with that the organisation’s Department of “The truth is that we person – because that is resources. Communicable Diseases cannot rule out the possi- where the virus is going Etienne has appointed and Health Analysis of bility that a case of Ebola to be interrupted.” a task force that meets the Pan American Health could reach our shores or He said this approach every week to discuss Organisation (PAHO), Dr our countries,” he said in has been proven to work strategies, consider new Marcos Espinal, says pre- an interview here. with outbreaks in Africa ideas, innovate, and re- venting local transmis- “The risk is there, and since 1976. view progress in the sion of Ebola is the main we have to prepare “If we don’t identify countries as they prepare goal in preparing for the ourselves for this contacts, that’s how the to respond. eventual arrival the dis- eventuality. Good prepa- disease spreads, with the The task force com- ease in Latin America ration means planning virus possibly spreading prises directors from and the Caribbean. ahead.We can’t say what to any of our countries,” PAHO’s key technical According to Espinal, we do will be perfect, and Espinal said. and administrative who is leading PAHO’s we can’t say that a case PAHO’s Director areas. support for preparedness will never reach us. But if Dominican-born Dr PAHO is also offering and response in the re- we minimise the risk of Carissa Etienne has been to send teams to regional gion’s countries, local local transmission, we emphasising strong countries to meet with transmission of Ebola will be doing our job.” support for Latin authorities in the can be prevented or in- But Espinal said if American and Caribbean ministries, provide terrupted if any imported cases of Ebola appear in countries, calling training, and “tie up loose Director of the Department of Communicable cases are detected and the region, “it is impor- for the engagement of ends so we will all be Diseases and Health Analysis of the PAHO, Dr isolated early, and if con- tant to isolate them rap- everyone in PAHO in a prepared,” said Marcos Espinal tacts of the infected per- idly and identify the con- corporate response that Etienne. The Barbados Advocate Friday November 14, 2014 • 19

St Lucia’s Police Commissioner warn against vigilante justice POLICE Commissioner, While acknowledging tion will be made whether He admitted that there Vernon Francois, has spo- that citizens are frustrated the accused is guilty and have been “a few” similar ken out against vigilante and want to contribute to what penalty he should incidents in the past, but justice in the aftermath of dealing with the crime sit- face,” he observed. said they do not happen Wednesday night’s attack uation, the Police Asked whether there ”regularly.” by irate mob of La Clery Commissioner neverthe- was a real danger of vigi- The Police Youth on a man accused of less stressed that there lante justice taking root in Commissioner told the snatching a woman’s bag. was due process. a society that is growing Times that as a society, The man, who was pur- “What should happen is increasingly outraged must speak sued by about twelve men that the police should get about crime, Francois’ re- out against vigilante jus- from the St Lucian com- involved and the matter sponse was that he felt the tice and discourage citizens munity,sought refuge in a should go through the La Clery incident was “an from taking the law into supermarket, but was cor- courts,where a determina- isolated case.” their own hands. nered and given a severe beating, tied up and bleeding profusely, was Interntional medicinal marijuana later handed over to the Police who took him to the Victoria Hospital for treat- researcher joins J’can company ment. KINGSTON, Jamaica – researchers at the of Cannabinoid Francois told the Times Dr. William Courtney, a Timeless Medical Medicine. that the Royal Saint Lucia highly regarded interna- Research Centre, at the THC, is a Jamaican Police Force would like to tional Cannabidol (CDB) University of the West company that is focused discourage such actions by specialist, has joined the Indies (UWI), Mona cam- on developing members of the public, local based Timeless pus. medical products from warning that if people take Herbal Care (THC), to Courtney is Jamaican herbs and in matters into their own assist in research and recognized as an interna- September, established a hands and exact revenge, development. tional leader in medici- partnership with the Police Commissioner, Vernon Francois that the they will be held responsi- According to THC, he nal marijuana treatment UWI to establish the Royal Saint Lucia Police Force would like to discour- ble for the injury or death will be part of a team of and is also a member of Herbal Medicine age vigilante justice. of the object of their rage. international and local the American Academy Research Centre. St. Kitts and St. Eustatius maritime boundary issue settled BASSETERRE – start of the final round of Agreement has been negotiations, St Kitts and reached on a maritime Nevis Prime Minister Dr boundary between St Denzil Douglas said Kitts and the Dutch reaching an agreement is island of St Eustatius, a matter that is of great but talks with France social, political, and in relation to St Barts economic significance. Speaking prior to the start of the final round of negotiations, St Kitts and Nevis Prime Minister Dr are to continue. “Increased and increas- Denzil Douglas said reaching an agreement is a matter that is of great social, political, and economic According to McClean ing globalization, intense significance. Hobson, director of mar- global competition for re- itime affairs and chief sources across borders, “And the maritime lowing the successful con- ing to drug trafficking, nities for cooperation and maritime boundary nego- and the responsibility of resources of our clusion of these negotia- unregulated fishing, collaboration today – just tiator for St Kitts and all governments to pro- Federation are key parts tions, negotiations will human trafficking, and as it has in the past,” said Nevis, the St Kitts and tect the interest of their of that resource matrix continue with the French the development of our Douglas. Nevis maritime boundary respective nations while which my government in the case of St Barts; economic interests – de- Hobson said that, in delimitation negotiation forging strong working has so painstakingly de- , mand it,” said Douglas. October 2013, the two team met with the relations with neigh- veloped, and which it is and the United Kingdom “Each of us recognizes parties met for technical Kingdom of the bours, make today’s our responsibility to ably in the case of ; the importance of devel- discussions at the Netherlands maritime negotiations important and responsibly manage,” and Venezuela in the case oping and capitalizing on Commonwealth boundary delimitation indeed,” he said. said Douglas. of Aves Island. the maritime space Secretariat in London negotiation team in St Pointing to the closure He added that the de- “Every state in this re- which, under interna- and agreed on the coordi- Kitts in September to ne- of the sugar industry limitation of clear gion needs to be able to tional law,falls within our nates from which the gotiate the maritime nearly a decade ago, maritime boundaries is a manage its respective respective jurisdictions. boundary would be boundary in compliance Douglas noted that in priority for his govern- marine space and marine And we are all keenly drawn. Using these coor- with the United Nations order to ensure a smooth ment as it is for the gov- resources. And so the cur- aware of the imperative dinates, both teams Convention on the Law of transition to a non-sugar ernments of all neigh- rent jurisdictional uncer- to safeguard our territo- agreed on the base points the Sea. economy, the meticulous bouring states and the St tainty which exists rial integrity. to construct a median line He said that the process identification of the coun- Kitts and Nevis maritime amongst the various “The relationship be- between both islands and was facilitated through try’s various resources boundary delimitation states must be addressed tween St Kitts and Nevis following proposals and diplomatic exchanges be- and the role they would negotiating team, headed without delay. Our re- and St Eustatius is one of counter proposals from tween the parties over the play in the new economy by Hobson, was estab- spective maritime law en- long-standing. Our geo- both teams, common past four years. therefore assumed special lished in February 2011. forcement and security graphical proximity offers grounds was reached on Speaking prior to the significance. He disclosed that fol- responsibilities – pertain- a multiplicity of opportu- a number of issues. 20 • Friday November 14, 2014 The Barbados Advocate Michael Douglas celebrates opening of Bermudan resort redevelopment HOLLYWOOD actor The beach house will offer Michael Douglas has informal dining overlook- promised that ing the salt water pools and Bermudians will con- a new fresh water pool. tinue to be instrumen- Mr Douglas said his de- tal to the success of his cision to go ahead with the hotel Ariel Sands after redevelopment, which has it opens its doors for been delayed for various business. reasons since it closed its Speaking to The Royal doors in 2008, marked a Gazette after ground was vote of confidence in broken on the $85 million Bermuda’s economy as redevelopment project well as in the current Michael Douglas addresses the media concerning the redevelopment of his hotel Ariel Sands in Wednesday morning, the Government and the devel- Bermuda, with the country’s Premier Michael Dunkley looking on. part-owner said that while oper. he plans to bring in a high Asked why he decided to here has been to be in office such as environmentally quality,international man- go ahead with the project and have another political friendly practices and agement team to open the at this time, he said: “It’s fight at your backside — smart rooms”. Pele undergoes hotel, their skills will be been a pretty long haul try- you are having to deal with He added: “It feels won- passed on to Bermudians ing to get the right for- what’s going on behind you derful,it feels regenerative who will eventually take mula. I don’t need to tell as well as trying to move like there is a sense of im- procedure to remove on more and more respon- you about all the stops and forward, but now we have mortality and continuity of sibilities. starts of the hotel’s momentum.Yes,it is a vote the generations. It was Mr Douglas said:“We are progress – it is a combina- of confidence for the econ- wonderful to be able to call kidney stones looking for a top tion of events that have al- omy in Bermuda.” my mother yesterday and SAO PAULO – A cancelling his appear- Swiss/German Hotel man- lowed it to happen now The hotel will also be tell her that we have Brazilian hospital says ance at an event at the agement type manager largely attributed to Seth managed as an independ- cleaned up her old own cot- Pele has successfully un- Pele Museum in the who will bring in a small and Olympic Properties ent boutique hotel allow- tage — Sea Change [now dergone a surgical proce- coastal city of Santos be- team who will then work and the current govern- ing cottages and suites to being used for offices]. It dure to remove kidney cause of stomach pain. with our Bermudian staff. ment. be sold to international and clearly goes beyond being stones. Doctors said in the hos- We are looking for a high “At this time, the Bermudian owners who motivated as an economic The Albert Einstein pital’s statement that quality existence and Government has made it can then offer the rooms to investment.I have learned hospital in Sao Paulo tests conducted after Pele Bermudians will continue more amenable to resolve the public through the through mistakes and I says the 74-year-old Pele was admitted showed to take over more and more certain issues but there management company. feel very optimistic at this is that the kidney stones of the responsibilities.” was no loss of trying, and The Ariel Sands prop- time that we have the right “clinically stable” and were “obstructing” his The luxury resort will like a lot of other projects erty has been in Mr formula to make this “recovering” from yester- urinary tract. consist of 85 hotel keys lo- we found a situation to- Douglas’s family since the work.” day’s procedure. The hospital did not cated in 33 cottages and six gether. Seth has been in- 1840s and Dill family Asked whether he and Pele was hospitalized say when Pele was ex- suites and aims to “em- strumental in designing a members began running it his family would be spend- Wednesday evening after pected to be released. brace the romance, sophis- plan that maintains the as Ariel Sands Beach Club ing more time in Bermuda tication and unique archi- spirit and look of the old in 1954.His mother,Diana with the reopening of the tectural traditions of Ariel Sands. Dill, is Bermudian and the hotel, Mr Douglas said: Bermuda”.The majority of “Different parties have Dill family dates its line- “Certainly, following this existing buildings on site tried in the past but there age on the Island back to project through I will be will be demolished and re- does seem to be some mo- 1630. here, I have a large family built from scratch. mentum now. I think the Mr Douglas said that the I can’t see enough of so we There will be a new ar- Premier has a great team hotel will “capture the are here a lot.” rival building and club and he delegates his team essence and spirit of the It is hoped that the proj- house,a fine dining restau- well. original hotel but with all ect will take about two rant, spa, salon and gym. “One of the difficulties the new bells and whistles years to complete. Cuban ballplayer-smuggler gets 14 years MIAMI – The convicted professional baseball con- to for $10,000 overjoyed to make it to ringleader of a smuggling tracts the players signed. each, more for the base- the US despite the costs. organization that Prosecutors say Martin ball players, according to But Assistant US brought more than 1,000 paid the Lazo group court documents. They Attorney Ron Davidson Cubans into the US, some $1.2 million after would then usually travel said migrants who could- of them baseball players signing with the Rangers to the US border crossing n’t pay were held for ran- including Texas Rangers in 2011. at Laredo, Texas, and ask som by armed guards, outfielder Leonys Martin, Lazo, 41, will begin to be permitted to stay in often threatened and was sentenced Monday to serving the sentence the US. sometimes beaten. more than 14 years in after finishing an unre- Under the US “wet foot, Although Lazo himself federal prison. lated five-year prison dry foot” policy, Cubans did not participate in any US District Judge Joan term for money launder- who reach dry land in the violence, Davidson said Lenard rejected a request ing in a Medicare fraud US are generally allowed he was well aware it was for leniency by Eliezer case. In the smuggling to remain while those in- going on. Lazo, whom she noted case, he pleaded guilty in tercepted at sea are re- The case also provided was paid US$22,000 a August to extortion con- turned to the communist a glimpse into how month through the spiracy. island. Lazo’s attorney, Mexican drug cartels get Brazilian hospital says Pele has successfully un- scheme — not counting The Lazo organization William Clay, said many their cut of the migrant dergone a surgical procedure to remove kidney the percentages of any smuggled Cubans by boat of Lazo’s customers were smuggling business. stones.

The Barbados Advocate Friday November 14, 2014 • 21 ISIS, Al-Qaeda reportedly reach accord in Syria ISTANBUL – Militant rised to speak publicly sworn allegiance to IS; was eliminated, the offi- to engage in the fight. “that would seem to fit in leaders from the about the subject. and Ahrar al-Sham, a cial said. Sixty-five Hazm fighters with that being what they Islamic State group According to a Syrian conservative Muslim During the meeting, IS defected to Nusra, he were driving at. There and al-Qaeda gathered opposition official speak- rebel group. also offered to send extra said. has been a big push on at a farm house in ing in Turkey, the meet- The official said IS and fighters to Nusra Front Tom Joscelyn, an the al-Qaeda side to get northern Syria last ing took place Nov. 2 in the Nusra Front agreed for an assault it launched American analyst who this (alliance) through.” week and agreed on a the town of Atareb, west to work to destroy the last week on Western- tracks terror groups for If they work together, plan to stop fighting of Aleppo, starting at Syrian Revolutionaries backed rebels from the the website Long War the jihadis will be more each other and work around midnight and Front, a prominent rebel Hazm Movement near Journal, said he hasn’t effective in Syria, he said. together against their lasting until 4 a.m. The faction armed and the town of Khan al- seen any messaging that “If there is less blood opponents, a high- official said the meeting trained by the United Sunbul in northern Syria, would confirm that the being spilled against each level Syrian opposi- was closely followed by States and led by a the official said. IS sent two groups have formally other and they don’t have tion official and a rebel members of his move- fighter named Jamal about 100 fighters in 22 joined forces on the bat- to worry about that, that’s commander have told ment, and he is certain Maarouf. They agreed to pickup trucks but Nusra tlefield. But he said there going to make it easier for the Associated Press. that an agreement was keep fighting until all of ended up not needing the has been information the jihadis to go after Such an accord could reached. The official said the force, estimated to be assistance, he said, be- emerging before the re- Assad or any Western- present new difficulties about seven top militant 10,000 to 12,000 fighters, cause Hazm decided not ported Nov. 2 meeting backed forces.” for Washington’s strategy leaders attended. against the IS group. A second source, a com- While warplanes from a mander of brigades affili- U.S.-led coalition strike ated with the Western- militants from the air,the backed Free Syrian Army Obama administration who is known as Abu has counted on arming Musafer, said he also had “moderate” rebel factions learned that high-rank- to push them back on the ing members of Nusra ground. Those rebels, al- and IS met on Nov. 2. He ready considered rela- did not disclose the exact tively weak and disorgan- location, but said it was ised, would face far organised by a third party stronger opposition if the and took place in an area two heavy-hitting mili- where the FSA is active. tant groups now are According to Abu working together. Musafer, two decisions IS – the group that has were reached: First, to seized nearly a third of halt infighting between Syria and Iraq with a Nusra and IS and second, campaign of brutality and for the groups together to beheadings this year – open up fronts against and al-Qaeda’s affiliate in Kurdish fighters in a cou- Syria, known as the ple of new areas of north- Nusra Front, have fought ern Syria. each other bitterly for The Nusra Front has more than a year to dom- long been seen as one of inate the rebellion the toughest factions try- against Syrian President ing to oust Assad in a civil Bashar Assad. war estimated to have The Associated Press killed more than 200,000 reported late last month since 2011. The Islamic on signs that the two State group entered the groups appear to have Syria war in 2012 from its curtailed their feud with original home in Iraq and informal local truces. quickly earned a reputa- Their new agreement, ac- tion for brutality and for cording to the sources in trying to impose itself as rebel groups opposed to the leading faction in the both IS and Nusra Front, rebellion behind which all would involve a promise pious Muslims should to stop fighting and team unite. Al-Qaeda initially up in attacks in some rejected IS’s claims to any areas of northern Syria. role in Syria, and Nusra Cooperation, however, and other factions en- would fall short of unify- tered a war-within-a-war ing the rival groups, and against it. But the Islamic experts believe any pact State group swelled in between the two sides power and became flush could easily unravel. U.S. with weapons and cash intelligence officials have after overrunning much been watching the groups of northern and western closely and say a full Iraq over the summer. merger is not expected According to the opposi- soon – if ever. A U.S. offi- tion official, the meeting cial with access to intelli- included an IS represen- gence about Syria said tative, two emissaries the American intelligence from Nusra Front, and at- community has not seen tendees from the any indications of a shift Khorasan Group, a small in the two groups’ strat- but battle-hardened band egy, but added that he of al-Qaeda veterans from could not rule out tactical Afghanistan and deals on the ground. The Pakistan. Also reported official insisted on present at the meeting anonymity because he was Jund al-Aqsa, a hard- said he was not autho- line faction that has

22 • Friday November 14, 2014 The Barbados Advocate ISIS leader purportedly says Christians coalition ‘terrified, weak’ reclaim Iraq THE speaker in an audio is authentic. ground. ing, because they defy hu- audio message posted It was “issued on the Obama has asked his miliation and injustice,” yesterday on an ISIS top-tier Islamic State web national security team to the voice says. “They will village from ISIS social media account forum and other top jihadi again review the nation’s never abandon fighting, claims to be leader Abu web forums,” Alkhouri policy toward Syria. It because they did not taste BAKUFA, Iraq – The flag was the logical outcome. Bakr al-Baghdadi. said.“It was posted by the might not be possible to honour and dignity except of an Iraqi Christian mi- The Assyrians, an in- He is heard saying the handle of the Islamic get rid of ISIS while by fighting. They will nority party is hoisted digenous Christian U.S.-led coalition to de- State’s official media cor- Syrian President Bashar never abandon fighting. high over the village of group in Iraq descendant stroy ISIS is “terrified, respondent. Al- al-Assad is still in power, Indeed, they are tri- Bakufa in northern Iraq, from the ancient weak and powerless”. Baghdadi’s voice is clearly senior U.S. officials and umphant.They will be tri- less than a month after Mesopotamians, are a The 17-minute audio heard in the audio.” diplomats said this week. umphant even if only one militants from the Semitic people who says the coalition’s effort There were reports last man of them is left. They Islamic State of Iraq and speak an eastern has been a “failure” and weekend that al- A pledge to keep are triumphant and upon Syria (ISIS) were pushed Aramaic dialect. Along the coalition will be Baghdadi might have fighting certainty of Allah’s sup- out and the extremists’ with the Chaldeans, they “forced” to “send ground been hit in airstrikes, but Little is known about port for them.” black banner was taken make up the largest forces to their deaths and it was not clear where he al-Baghdadi. He formed The voice also says he down. Christian group in Iraq. destruction”. was in Iraq or whether he his own militant group in has good news – ISIS is The predominantly Bakufa is also the site The speaker also urges was wounded. Experts the Samarra and Diyala expanding into Saudi Christian Assyrian ham- of the 200-year old St. Islamic State fighters to said that ISIS has a clear areas of Iraq, where his Arabia, Yemen, Egypt, let of 95 houses that once Gorgiz Monastery,which take their battle every- line of succession and family is from, and then Libya and Algeria. had about 500 people, lo- Kisso describes as a trib- where and “light the someone would take al- joined al Qaeda in Iraq. The posting comes on cated some 243 miles ute to the “elegance of Earth with fire upon all Baghdadi’s place in the He served four years in a the same day that ISIS north of Baghdad, was the Mesopotamian civil- tyrants”, and mentions radical Sunni group if he U.S. prison camp for in- announced on social overrun by the Islamic isation” of their ances- U.S. President Barack was incapacitated or out surgents during the Iraq media that its “treasury State group during its tors. Obama’s plan to deploy of the picture entirely. War. department” will begin shocking blitz this sum- “It is the priority of 1,500 additional U.S. More than 40 nations The voice that’s pur- minting its own currency mer, along with 22 other Dwekh Nawsha to pro- troops to Iraq “under the have joined the global portedly al-Baghdadi says in gold, silver and copper. villages nearby. tect the sons of this re- claim they are advisers”. coalition to battle ISIS. that ISIS fighters will A statement from the In a counter-offensive, gion, as well as the re- Laith Alkhouri, a senior The U.S. has conducted wage war for as long as military group said that the Iraqi Kurdish pesh- gion itself - including its analyst at Flashpoint an air campaign against they have to. al-Baghdadi directed the merga fighters swept in monasteries, churches, Partners, a U.S. outfit that the militant group while “Even if only one soldier creation of the currently from the north, battling artefacts,” said Kisso, a tracks jihadist websites, Kurdish and Iraqi forces of them remained, they to avoid the “tyrants’ fi- ISIS house-to-house. The long-time member of the said analysts believe the have fought on the will never abandon fight- nancial system”. fighting forced the vil- Assyrian Patriotic Party. lagers to flee to Kurdish In their onslaught, towns and cities else- ISIS also targeted in- where in northern Iraq. digenous religious mi- Once Bakufa was re- norities across the coun- taken, the Kurdish fight- try’s north, including ers helped set up the vil- Christians and followers lage militia, made up of of the ancient Yazidi about 70 volunteers and faith, forcing tens of known as Dwekh thousands from their Nawsha, or “self-sacri- homes. The area’s fice” in Assyrian. 120,000 Christians are The men of Dwekh mostly still in exile. Nawsha now patrol The Kurdish pesh- Bakufa round-the-clock, merga fighters are proud in the hope that the vil- of what they did for lage stays free long Bakufa. enough so their families “We came here... to can return. protect our Christian A member of the brothers and their Dwekh Nawasha stood homes,” said Abdul guard on a building Rahman Kawriny, the rooftop, next to the flag of local peshmerga brigade the Assyrian Patriotic commander. “There is Party, during a recent constant cooperation and visit by reporters. assistance. We are al- “We found ourselves ways together.” helpless,” said Caesar The Dwekh Nawsha Jacob, a deputy of to the militiamen spend the Christian militia’s com- days patrolling the nar- mander. The 44-year-old row village streets in electrician said the mili- bullet-proof vests, their tiamen worked “side-by- insignia prominently dis- side” with the peshmerga played on their fatigues. fighters but then gradu- Relying on donations ally took over responsi- from Christian charities bility for their village. abroad and wealthier “We must depend on members of the Iraqi ourselves to defend our Assyrian community,the land for now and the fu- Christian fighters must ture,” Jacob explained. supply their own The militia com- weapons. mander,Albert Kisso, 47, Those who do not own said Christian territories a weapon cannot join and in what is Iraq’s Nineveh many said that Dwekh province needed their Nawsha would have 250 own protection and the men if only they had the forming of the militia needed firepower. The Barbados Advocate Friday November 14, 2014 •23 Ukraine crisis: Russian ‘Cargo 200’ crossed border VEHICLES apparently of shelling and other vio- gations as propaganda, used to transport soldiers’ lations of the agreement. but admits that what it bodies have been seen describes as “Russian vol- crossing the Russian- ‘Russian military men’ unteers” are fighting Ukrainian border, moni- In its weekly report on alongside the rebels. tors from Europe’s secu- Wednesday, monitors rity body have said. from the Organisation for Three scenarios The OSCE monitors Security and Co-opera- Meanwhile, the US said in one case a vehicle tion in Europe (OSCE) envoy to the UN, marked “Cargo 200” – said the “Cargo 200” ve- Samantha Power, has ac- Russia’s military code for hicle was seen crossing cused Russia of under- soldiers killed in action – from Russia into Ukraine mining a ceasefire in crossed from Russia into at the Donetsk border Ukraine after reports of Ukraine on Tuesday and checkpoint, Rostov region, Russian troops and mili- later returned. on November 11. tary hardware entering Ukraine and the West They said it returned to the country. accuse Russia of sending Russia several hours Speaking at a UN its soldiers to fight with later. The OSCE did not Security Council meeting separatist rebels in east- inspect the vehicle. on Ukraine on ern Ukraine.The Kremlin The border crossing on Wednesday, Ms Power A column of unidentified tanks was seen on a road near the rebel-held town of denies the allegations. the Ukrainian side – said Russia was pursuing Shakhtarsk on Monday. More than 4,000 people Dovzhansky – is currently war in Ukraine while have died in the conflict controlled by the sepa- talking peace. scenario – a simmering Nato’s top commander, weapons had been seen. between Ukraine’s mili- ratist rebels. Russia’s deputy ambas- conflict “with sporadic US Gen Philip Breedlove, A Nato official confirmed tary and pro-Russian In Kiev, Ukrainian se- sador to the UN, low-level battles” – would had earlier said that a that Nato had “assessed” rebels in the eastern curity spokesman Andriy Alexander Pankin, dis- also be “a catastrophe for Russian deployment in that the equipment and Donetsk and Luhansk re- Lysenko said that five ve- missed the allegations. Ukraine”. Ukraine – reported by troops were Russian in gions. hicles “belonging to the The US called a meet- He also expressed con- Nato officials on origin. Nearly a million people Rostov funeral service” ing of the UN Security cern at a third prospect – Wednesday – might be in- However, Russian de- have fled their homes had crossed the border on Council after Nato ac- “a frozen or protracted tended to reinforce “pock- fence official Maj Gen Igor since the fighting started Tuesday. cused Russia of sending conflict that would en- ets” under separatist con- Konashenkov said “there in April, a month after He alleged that they troops, artillery and air trench the status quo in trol. was and is no evidence” to Russia annexed Ukraine’s had transported “Russian defence systems across south-eastern Ukraine for He did not specify how support Gen Breedlove’s southern Crimea penin- military men”. the border into Ukraine. years or decades to come”. many troops, vehicles or claims. sula. Ukraine has repeatedly Jens Toyber-Frandzen, The violence in the east stated that a number of the UN assistant secre- has continued despite a Russia’s regularly troops tary-general for political ceasefire deal struck in have been killed in fight- affairs, warned of “a re- Minsk, Belarus, in ing in the Donetsk and turn to full-scale fight- September, with both Luhansk regions. ing”. sides accusing each other Moscow denies the alle- He said an alternative Canberra monitoring Russian warships ‘nearing Australia’

AUSTRALIA says it is naval vessels have previ- post, seems “to be to flex monitoring four ously been deployed in a little muscle”. Russian naval vessels conjunction with major On Wednesday, that are approaching international summits, Australian Prime its waters to the north including the Apec sum- Minister Tony Abbott of the country. mit in Singapore in 2009. held talks with Mr Putin The Australian “A warship from at the Apec summit in Defence Force said two Russia’s Pacific fleet also Beijing focused on the frigates and a surveil- accompanied former downing of flight MH17 lance aircraft had been Russian president over Ukraine in July. sent to track the war- Medvedev’s visit to San All 298 people on the ships. Francisco in 2010,” the Malaysia Airlines plane In a statement, it said statement added. died in the incident, in- the Russian vessels were Mr Putin is due in cluding 38 Australians. heading towards Australia this weekend to The Australian leader Australia but remained attend the G20 summit. has previously said those in international waters. on the plane were “mur- Analysts say it is a ‘Flexing a little dered by Russian-backed show of force by Russian muscle’ rebels using Russian- President Vladimir Putin James Brown, a mili- supplied equipment”. ahead of the G20 summit tary fellow at the Lowy Mr Putin has denied in . Institute, said the move- Russia had any involve- “The movement of ment of the four Russian ment in the incident. these vessels is entirely vessels comes just days A statement from the consistent with provi- after a Russian missile Kremlin released after sions under international cruiser conducted unilat- the talks said both lead- law for military vessels eral live-fire drills in the ers spoken “robustly” in to exercise freedom of South China Sea. favour of speeding up the navigation in interna- The reason for this investigation, saying it tional waters,” the ADF level of Russian naval ac- was “unacceptable” that statement read. tivity in South East Asia, experts were still unable The ADF said Russian Mr Brown wrote in a blog to access the crash site.

24 • Friday November 14, 2014 The Barbados Advocate Nigeria army ‘recaptures Mubi from Boko Haram’ THE Nigerian army has caliphate in areas it had October, renaming it The resident, who is not after being captured. changed tactics in recent recaptured the north-east- seized. Madinatul Islam – City of being named for his own The authorities have not months by holding on to ern town of Mubi from Boko Haram still con- Islam. Residents there safety, told reporters that commented on this. territory rather than militant Islamist group trols several towns and said militants imposed civilians had not yet re- One reporter in Abuja launching hit-and- at- Boko Haram, the state villages in north-eastern Islamic Sharia law and turned to the town,as they says that if Nigerian tacks. governor has said. Nigeria. Thousands have carried out executions and feared Boko Haram might troops have recaptured In April, the militants A resident of the town been killed since it amputations. try to attack again. the town, it will be a rare captured more than 200 confirmed this, saying he launched its insurgency in Adamawa state gover- He said there were still piece of good news from girls from a boarding had seen the bodies of 2009. Boko Haram last nor Bala Ngilari said gov- not very many soldiers the region for the army. school in the town of many Boko Haram fight- month dismissed the gov- ernment forces had recap- there, and most of the Many Nigerians, Chibok, in Borno state. ers. ernment’s claims to have tured the town, in alliance fighting had been done by though, may not be quick Countries such as Mubi was the biggest agreed a ceasefire. with local vigilante groups vigilante groups and to celebrate this success, China, France, the UK town under the group’s The militants seized and traditional hunters. hunters. he says, given that many and US have sent military control and is the first it Mubi, the second largest He said it was “time to He also said that he had other towns and villages assistance to help find the has lost since August, town in the north-eastern rejoice”and the insurgents seen the local leader of are still under the group’s girls but they have not yet when it declared a Adamawa state, in were “on the run”. Boko Haram in handcuffs control. Boko Haram has been rescued. ‘New level of hopelessness’ for Syrian refugees UNITED NATIONS – A port praises them for tak- new report says the plight ing in millions of people. of people fleeing Syria’s “In September and civil war has reached “a October 2014 alone, new level of hopelessness” Turkey received 190,000 as overstretched neigh- refugees, far more than bours make it more diffi- the entire international cult to escape and devel- community has commit- oped countries like the ted to resettle since the United States resettle a start of the Syrian con- tiny number of refugees. flict,” the report says.That Less than 2 per cent have surge occurred as people been given a new home. fled attacks by the Islamic The report released State group. Wednesday by the Meanwhile, European International Rescue countries and the U.S. Committee and the have been extremely re- Norwegian Refugee luctant to accept Syria’s Council says the number refugees. Indian women who underwent sterilisation surgeries receive treatment at the District Hospital in Bilaspur, in of refugees from Syria has The United States had the central Indian state of Chhattisgarh, Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2014, after at least a dozen died and many oth- dropped sharply, with resettled just 166 refugees ers fell ill following similar surgery. The surgeon who performed the operations at the government-run 18,483 registered in from Syria by the end of “health camp” plowed through more than 80 tubectomies in six hours, a clear breach of government proto- October,while an average September,the new report col, which prohibits surgeons from performing more than 30 sterilisations in a day, said Dr. S.K. Mandal, the of 150,000 were registered says. While the U.S. is the chief medical officer in Chhattisgarh Wednesday. each month in 2013 with world’s largest resettle- the United Nations ment country, it has not refugee committee. yet said how many Syrian “We are witnessing a refugees it will accept. India sterilisations: Doctor total collapse of interna- The U.S. “needs to do tional solidarity with mil- more, and quickly,” the re- lions of Syrian civilians,” port says. Norwegian Refugee So far,France has said it arrested over operation deaths Council Secretary General will resettle just 500 Jan Egeland said in a refugees and Britain a few A DOCTOR has been It is still not clear what with the medicines given ities to perform too many statement. hundred, the report adds. arrested in connection caused the deaths. to the women.” operations in too little Syria’s neighbours, in- The International with the deaths of 15 Dr Gupta, who had Reports say he operated time. cluding Lebanon and Rescue Committee and women at two state- been earlier feted by the on 83 women in five hours State Health Minister Jordan, have warned they the Norwegian Refugee run sterilisation camps state government for con- in one of the camps – gov- Amar Aggarwal told re- were at the breaking Council are asking that in the Indian state of ducting a record number ernment rules say one porters that the govern- point. Tiny Lebanon last developed countries move Chhattisgarh. of sterilisations, was sus- surgeon should only per- ment had banned six month began rejecting all quickly to make sure that Dr RK Gupta and his pended after the deaths of form 35 operations in a medicines used in such but “exceptional” refugee at least 5 percent of Syria’s assistant carried out women at a camp in day. operations pending the re- cases. refugees are able to “ac- tubectomies on 130 Bilaspur on Saturday. He When the women were sults of the investigation. About 3.3 million people cess protection,” including women at two separate was arrested on yesterday brought into hospital Sterilisation camps are have fled Syria during the resettlement, outside the camps on Saturday and and will appear in court after the operations, they frequently held to carry 3 and a half-year civil war. region. Monday. today. were vomiting continu- out mass tubectomy oper- Lebanon, with a popula- So far,countries outside Fourteen died after the He is reported to have ously and their blood ations for women – or va- tion of just 4.5 million, has the region have agreed to first camp in Bilaspur and said he was put under pressure had fallen dra- sectomies for men – and taken in about a third of take in just 50,000 one after the second, pressure to carry out the matically,correspondents in some states, health them. Millions more are refugees, or less than 2 while more than 90 operations. said. workers receive money for displaced inside Syria. percent, the report says. women remain in hospi- “It was not my fault – Local health officials each person they bring to Syria’s neighbours, also The aid groups also call tal, many in a critical con- the administration pres- have denied any responsi- a clinic to be sterilised. including Turkey and on the international com- dition. sured me to meet targets,” bility for the deaths, but The vast majority who Iraq, say the tide of munity to rush urgent hu- Protests have been held NDTV quoted him as say- some suggested that med- take part are women, refugees has strained re- manitarian aid to Syria’s and the state government ing. “The surgeries went ical teams were under often poor and paid to be sources and threatened neighbours to help them has ordered an inquiry. well but the problem was pressure from the author- sterilised. political stability. The re- support the burden.

The Barbados Advocate Friday November 14, 2014 • 25 Liberia president lifts state of emergency LIBERIAN President Ellen Africa next month. opening of schools. In a separate development, be extended to other centres if Johnson Sirleaf has lifted The medical charity Medicins The state of emergency im- MSF announced the new clini- the early results – expected in the state of emergency im- Sans Frontieres (MSF), which posed in August had allowed cal trials: two in Guinea and February 2015 – are promising. posed to control an Ebola has been helping lead the fight the local authorities to curb another one in an unconfirmed The WHO announced in outbreak that has ravaged against the virus, says three of movement in the worst-hit location. September that experimental the country. its treatment centres will host areas of the country, including One trial will involve using treatments and vaccines for She said the move did not three separate research proj- the capital Monrovia. the blood of recovered Ebola pa- Ebola should be fast-tracked. mean “the fight is over”, al- ects. The lifting of the emergency tients to treat sick people in the Two experimental vaccines, though numbers of new infec- comes after the World Health Guinean capital Conakry. produced by GlaxoSmithKline tions were no longer increasing. ‘New hotspots’ Organisation (WHO) said “This is an unprecedented in- (GSK) and the Public Health The confirmed death toll from In nationwide address, “there is some evidence that ternational partnership which Agency of Canada, have already the virus is now 5,160 people, President Johnson Sirleaf said case incidence is no longer in- represents hope for patients to been fast-tracked into safety almost all of them from Liberia, that night curfews would be re- creasing nationally in Guinea finally get a real treatment,” trials.The GSK vaccine is being Guinea and Sierra Leone. duced and weekly markets and Liberia”. However,some re- said MSF spokeswoman Dr tested in Mali, the UK and the Meanwhile, clinical trials to could take place across Liberia. ports suggest that new fresh Annick Antierens. US. Research on the Canadian find an effective treatment for She added that preparations hotspots have emerged in About 400 people will take vaccine is also under way in Ebola are due to start in West were being made for the re- Liberia. part in the trials, and they will the US. Michael Brown’s family urges restraint as grand jury weighs charges

THE parents of Michael the violence that erupted over Brown are calling on their the summer. son’s supporters as well as law “Regardless of the decision enforcement to remain “peace- of the grand jury, this will be ful, calm and dignified” as a a defining moment in the his- grand jury prepares to decide tory of the state of Missouri,” whether to charge the Crump said. Ferguson police officer who Brown was shot in the St. shot the unarmed teenager, Louis suburb of Ferguson on the family’s attorneys said Aug. 9 after Officer Darren yesterday. Wilson, who is white, ordered Benjamin Crump and Brown, who was black, and a Anthony Gray held a press friend to stop walking in the conference yesterday outside street. the St. Louis County Justice The shooting of the un- Centre, and responded to com- armed 18-year-old led to some- ments made by Missouri Gov. times-violent protests and the Jay Nixon earlier this week. St. Louis region is bracing for “The family reiterates renewed unrest once the (Nixon’s) denouncement of vi- grand jury decision is an- olence, looting and rioting in nounced. Activists want the name of Michael Brown,” Wilson charged with murder, Gray said. “Such acts cannot but the grand jury could be tolerated.” choose manslaughter or no Crump called on Nixon to charges at all. Lesley McSpadden and Michael Brown Sr. attend a press conference about the UN Committee ensure that laws are “enforced Dr. Michael Baden, a private Against Torture in Geneva, Switzerland. equally” to avoid a repeat of forensic pathologist who performed an autopsy on Baden’s testimony, except to He said the family hoped Brown, was set to testify be- say he had identified one addi- Baden’s testimony would pro- fore the grand jury yesterday. tional entry wound in Brown’s vide “insightful analysis and Turkish protesters attack Crump said attorneys would chest. He did not elaborate on independent analysis” for the not get into the substance of what that might mean. grand jury to consider. US sailors in Istanbul

TURKISH nationalist protest- said. US-Mexico border ‘patrolled by drones’ ers have assaulted three US Just before the assault, one of sailors in Istanbul, trying to put the protesters shouted in THE US government is using control 900 miles (1,450 km) of Michael McCaul, a Texas hoods on them and chanting English at the sailors: “Because drones to patrol half of its bor- remote areas, allowing border Republican who chairs the “Yankees go home”. we define you as murderers, as der with Mexico, a report says. patrol agents to focus their re- House Homeland Security The protesters, who posted a killers, we want you to get out of The strategy means that the sources elsewhere, AP says. Committee, praised the ap- video of the attack on an ultra- our land.” The protesters then US is increasingly able to Richard Gil Kerlikowske, proach but said that surveil- nationalist website, also threw started throwing objects at the move away from using large the commissioner of the lance gaps still remain. red paint and chased the sailors sailors and grabbed hold of at numbers of border patrol Border Patrol’s parent agency, “We can no longer focus only down a street. least one of them, briefly pulling agents along the entire fron- Customs and Border on static defences such as The sailors returned un- a white sack over his head. tier. Protection, said his agency fences and fixed [camera] tow- harmed to their ship, the USS Col Steve Warren, a Pentagon The drones allow border con- only had “finite resources”. ers,’’ he said. Ross, which was docked nearby, spokesman, called the attack trol agents to focus on areas of “You want to deploy your re- Civil liberties groups have a US military spokesman said. “ugly and disturbing”. “greater threat”, says the re- sources to where you have a previously expressed concerns US officials condemned the at- He described the assailants as port. greater risk, a greater threat.” over the use of domestic tack, but said it appeared to be a “local thugs”, saying they The US border immigration The drones focus on detect- drones for surveillance, argu- one-off event. brought “great discredit upon system is under pressure in ing small changes in the land- ing that it could raise privacy Turkish police arrested 12 the Turks and the Turkish rep- the face of a worsening border scape such as footprints, bro- concerns. people in connection with utation for hospitality”. crisis. ken twigs and tyre tracks. President Barack Obama is Wednesday’s incident, but later “We’re working closely with According to an investiga- A border control agent is under pressure to fix the im- released them, local media re- Turkish authorities to have this tion by the news agency, there only sent to the area if the migration crisis growing on ported. The group, members of investigated and to get to the have been about 10,000 drone drone has picked up signs of the south-west border of the the nationalist Turkish Youth bottom of exactly what hap- flights since the new border human disturbance. United States. Union, were told they could still pened,” he said.The Turkish for- control strategy began in Drone patrols are expected Over 50,000 unaccompanied face charges of insult, injury and eign ministry also condemned March 2013. to expand to the Canadian children were caught trying to breaching laws on public the attack, calling it “in no way The unmanned drones are border in 2015, the news cross the border from Central protests,the Dogan news agency tolerable”. being deployed in an effort to agency added. America since October 2013.

26 • Friday November 14, 2014 The Barbados Advocate People’s Choice Awards 2015 nominations revealed Shailene HE people have Actress” and “Favourite Sam Woodley spoken! With Action Movie Actress”. Smith Tjust a couple of Brit singer Sam Smith months to go in 2014, also racked up four Hollywood is gearing nominations, including up for another busy “Favourite Breakout awards season. The Artist” and “Favourite festivities kicked off Song”. Meanwhile, in with the announce- the TV realm, Kaley ment of the 2015 Cuoco’s Big Bang People’s Choice Theory is a contender Award nominations, in four categories, honouring stars in including “Favourite movies, TV, and Comedic TV Actress” music. and “Favourite Network It girl Shailene TV Comedy”. Woodley – who starred Check out the full list in two of the year’s of nominees below to biggest films, Divergent see who else is up for a and The Fault in Our People’s Choice Award. Stars – is up for awards Voting ends on in four categories, Thursday, December 4, including “Favourite ahead of the live cere- Dramatic Movie mony on January 7. FULLFULL LISTLIST OFOF NOMINEESNOMINEES

Favourite Movie Tina Fey Favourite Dramatic TV Actor American Horror Story Francis Daley (Bones) Sia 22 Jump Street Dax Shepard Doctor Who Hershel Greene played by Scott Taylor Swift Captain America: The Winter Soldier Favourite Dramatic Movie Jesse Williams Game of Thrones Wilson (The Walking Dead) Guardians of the Galaxy The Fault in Our Stars Justin Chambers Outlander Leslie Shay played by Lauren German Favourite Group Maleficent The Giver Patrick Dempsey The Walking Dead (Chicago Fire) Coldplay X-Men: Days of Future Past Heaven Is for Real Taylor Kinney Neal Cassidy played by Michael Imagine Dragons If I Stay Favourite Sci-Fi/Fantasy TV Actor Raymond-James (Once Upon a Time) Maroon 5 Favourite Movie Actor Noah Favourite Dramatic TV Actress Ian Somerhalder One Direction Brad Pitt Alyssa Milano Jared Padalecki Favourite Actor In A New TV Series OneRepublic Favourite Dramatic Movie Actor Jensen Ackles Ben McKenzie Hugh Jackman Ben Affleck Emily VanCamp Misha Collins David Tennant Favourite Breakout Artist Mark Wahlberg Brad Pitt Hayden Panettiere Paul Wesley Dylan McDermott 5 Seconds of Summer Robert Downey Jr. George Clooney Kerry Washington Laurence Fishburne Charli XCX Matt Damon Favourite Sci-Fi/Fantasy TV Scott Bakula Fifth Harmony Favourite Movie Actress Robert Downey Jr. Favourite Cable TV Comedy Actress Meghan Trainor Angelina Jolie Baby Daddy Ginnifer Goodwin Favourite Actress In A New TV Sam Smith Emma Stone Favourite Dramatic Movie Actress Cougar Town Jennifer Morrison Series Jennifer Lawrence Chloe Grace Moretz Faking It Jessica Lange Debra Messing Favourite Male Country Artist Melissa McCarthy Emma Stone Melissa & Joey Kristin Kreuk Jada Pinkett Smith Blake Shelton Scarlett Johansson Meryl Streep Young & Hungry Octavia Spencer Brad Paisley Reese Witherspoon Tea Leoni Hunter Hayes Favourite Movie Duo Shailene Woodley Favourite Cable TV Drama Favourite Competition TV Show Viola Davis Luke Bryan Andrew Garfield & Emma Stone (The Bates Motel America’s Got Talent Tim McGraw Amazing Spider-Man 2) Favourite Family Movie Pretty Little Liars Dancing with the Stars Favourite Sketch Comedy TV Show Chris Evans & Scarlett Johansson Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, Rizzoli & Isles Hell’s Kitchen Drunk History Favourite Female Country Artist (Captain America: The Winter Soldier) No Good, Very Bad Day Sons of Anarchy MasterChef Inside Amy Schumer Carrie Underwood Jonah Hill & Channing Tatum (22 How to Train Your Dragon 2 True Detective The Voice Key & Peele Dolly Parton Jump Street) The LEGO Movie Kroll Show Faith Hill Shailene Woodley & Ansel Elgort (The Maleficent Favourite Cable TV Actor Favourite Daytime TV Host(s) Saturday Night Live Lucy Hale Fault in Our Stars) Rio 2 Charlie Hunnam Ellen DeGeneres Miranda Lambert Shailene Woodley & Theo James Eric Dane Kelly Ripa & Michael Strahan Favourite Animated TV Show (Divergent) Favourite Thriller Movie Matt Bomer Queen Latifah American Dad Favourite Country Group Annabelle Sean Bean Rachael Ray Bob’s Burgers The Band Perry Favourite Action Movie Dracula Untold William H. Macy Steve Harvey Family Guy Florida Georgia Line The Amazing Spider-Man 2 The Equalizer The Simpsons Lady Antebellum Captain America: The Winter Soldier Gone Girl Favourite Cable TV Actress Favourite Late Night Talk Show South Park Rascal Flatts Divergent The Purge: Anarchy Angie Harmon Host Zac Brown Band Guardians of the Galaxy Ashley Benson Conan O’Brien Favourite New TV Comedy Favourite Pop Artist X-Men: Days of Future Past Favourite TV Show Courteney Cox Craig Ferguson A to Z Beyonce The Big Bang Theory Kristen Bell David Letterman Bad Judge Jennifer Lopez Favourite Action Movie Actor Game Of Thrones Lucy Hale Jimmy Fallon black-ish Jessie J Chris Evans NCIS Jimmy Kimmel Cristela Sia Denzel Washington Once Upon a Time Favourite TV Crime Drama Jane the Virgin Taylor Swift Hugh Jackman The Walking Dead Bones Favourite Dramedy Marry Me Liam Neeson Awkward. The McCarthys Favourite Hip-Hop Artist Mark Wahlberg Favourite Network TV Comedy Criminal Minds Orange Is the New Black Mulaney Drake 2 Broke Girls The Mentalist Shameless Selfie Iggy Azalea Favourite Action Movie Actress The Big Bang Theory NCIS Suits Jay Z Angelina Jolie Modern Family White Collar Favourite New TV Drama Nicki Minaj Jennifer Lawrence Mom Favourite Crime Drama TV Actor Constantine T.I. Scarlett Johansson New Girl David Boreanaz Favourite TV Icon The Flash Shailene Woodley Kevin Bacon Betty White Forever Favourite R&B Artist Zoe Saldana Favourite Comedic TV Actor Katey Sagal Gotham Chris Brown Ashton Kutcher Shemar Moore Mark Harmon Gracepoint Jennifer Hudson Favourite Comedic Movie Chris Colfer Simon Baker Tim Allen How to Get Away with Murder John Legend 22 Jump Street Jesse Tyler Ferguson Tom Selleck Madam Secretary Pharrell Williams Blended Jim Parsons Favourite Crime Drama TV Actress The Mysteries of Laura Usher Let’s Be Cops Ty Burrell Emily Deschanel Favourite TV Duo NCIS: New Orleans Neighbors Lucy Liu David Boreanaz & Emily Deschanel Red Band Society Favourite Album The Other Woman Favourite Comedic TV Actress Mariska Hargitay (Bones) Scorpion G I R L by Pharrell Williams Amy Poehler Robin Tunney Ginnifer Goodwin & Josh Dallas Stalker Ghost Stories by Coldplay Favourite Comedic Movie Actor Kaley Cuoco-Sweeting Stana Katic (Once Upon a Time) In the Lonely Hour by Sam Smith Adam Sandler Melissa McCarthy Jared Padalecki & Jensen Ackles Favourite Male Artist My Everything by Ariana Grande Channing Tatum Vergara Favourite Network Sci-Fi/Fantasy (Supernatural) Blake Shelton X by Ed Sheeran Jonah Hill Zooey Deschanel TV Show Nathan Fillion & Stana Katic (Castle) Ed Sheeran Seth Rogen Beauty and the Beast Nina Dobrev & Ian Somerhalder (The John Legend Favourite Song Zac Efron Favourite Network TV Drama Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Vampire Diaries) Pharrell Williams “All About That Bass” by Meghan Chicago Fire Once Upon a Time Sam Smith Trainor Favourite Comedic Movie Actress Downton Abbey Supernatural Favourite TV Character We Miss “Bang Bang” by Jessie J, Ariana Cameron Diaz Grey’s Anatomy The Vampire Diaries Most Favourite Female Artist Grande & Nicki Minaj Charlize Theron Revenge Dr. Cristina Yang played by Sandra Beyonce “Maps” by Maroon 5 Drew Barrymore Scandal Favourite Cable Sci-Fi/Fantasy TV Oh (Grey’s Anatomy) Iggy Azalea “Shake It Off” by Taylor Swift Melissa McCarthy Show Dr. Lance Sweets played by John Katy Perry “Stay with Me” by Sam Smith

The Barbados Advocate Friday November 14, 2014 • 27 Randy Jackson exits ‘American Idol’ after 13 seasons

MERICAN Tuesday, after the with Paula Abdul, who 13th season this year. spite its high-profile IDOL” judge show suffered a departed the show in “He’s provided great judges. “Aand mentor decline in ratings 2009, and Simon advice and support, The show hit a series Randy Jackson is in recent years. Cowell, who left in shaping the success of low of 10.6 million leaving the Fox TV Music producer 2010. Jackson left the so many Idols we have viewers tuning into the singing competition Jackson, 58, was one of judges’ panel after 12 discovered over the season finale earlier after 13 seasons, the the show’s original seasons, but continued years,” the network and this year. network said on three judges along as a mentor in the show’s production com- Current judges panies FremantleMedia Jennifer Lopez, Keith Musician Randy Jackson North America and 19 Urban and Harry arrives at the American Entertainment said in a Connick Jr. will all Idol XIII 2014 Finale in Marc Anthony weds model statement. return for the show’s Los Angeles, California “We hope he’ll visit 14th season next year, on May 21, 2014. from time to time,” the as well as host Ryan statement added. Seacrest, who has been broadcasters, and the in Dominican Republic “Idol,” once one of with the show since its network’s top entertain- the top ratings hits on premiere in 2002 and ment executive Kevin SANTO DOMINGO, old Shannon de Lima at riage for Anthony, who Twenty-First Century has become one of the Reilly stepped down Dominican Republic – a Tuesday ceremony at has six children from Fox Inc.’s Fox highest-profile US from his role. Fox said Grammy-winning salsa his residence in the ex- previous relationships. Broadcasting with more television hosts. “Idol” will be scaled singer Marc Anthony clusive Dominican re- He split in 2011 from than 30 million viewers Fox recently slumped back next season from has married his sort of Casa de Campo. pop singer and actress at its peak, has seen a to last place in ratings about 50 hours to Venezuelan model girl- A few weeks ago, Jennifer Lopez. drop in viewership de- among the major US 37 hours. friend at a seaside re- Anthony wrote on his Anthony is also an sort in the Dominican Instagram account that actor, appearing in TV Republic. a “surprise” was in and films. He starred The 46-year-old New store, posting a photo of with Lopez in the 2007 York-born singer of the couple walking to- film “El Cantante”, Puerto Rican roots tied gether. about the life of salsa the knot with 26-year- This is the third mar- pioneer Hector Lavoe.

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28 • Friday November 14, 2014 The Barbados Advocate Tarantino’s new ‘hateful eight’ script is on high-security lockdown QUENTIN TARANTINO sure that the screenplay Tarantino and TWC are ciers forced to read it initially decided to shut Jackson, Kurt Russell, will not be foiled again. to The Hateful Eight – keeping the screenplay to under supervision at the the film down, though he Jennifer Jason Lee, Tim The Oscar-winning film- now new and improved – his epic western, the first Weinstein’s office in later relented. He has Roth, and Michael maker and his producers will not get leaked to the draft of which made its Beverly Hills. since re-written the Madsen – this winter,in at The Weinstein internet again. way to the internet last Tarantino was so in- screenplay,and plans to Colorado. Company are going to ex- According to The winter,under lock and censed about the original begin shooting the film – The film is due out in fall treme measures to make Hollywood Reporter, key,with potential finan- version leaking that he which stars Samuel L. of 2015. A Minute with: Gugu Mbatha-Raw on women in music, facade of fame fter playing a of women in the music breakdowns and deaths. music. It was all a process mixed-race industry,racial identity Does the movie warn peo- of layering all of those ele- Aslave in this and the challenges of ple to pay more attention ments together to build year’s period film bringing Noni to life. to what’s behind the fa- Noni. “Belle,” British actress cade of fame? It was definitely out of Gugu Mbatha-Raw Q: “Beyond the Lights” A: There was definitely my comfort zone. I’m not found herself stepping resonates closely with the an underlying element of a going to lie to you, but I outside of her comfort struggles of many real-life cautionary tale, be careful definitely felt like that was zone entering the glitz pop stars. What does it what you wish for in terms the commitment needed and glamour of the aim to explore? of fame and glamour, and for this character. Those contemporary pop A: A big part of Gina’s the vacuity of it all. dance moves, those music industry. (Prince-Bythewood, the What was so refreshing videos are nothing that Mbatha-Raw plays director) inspiration to was the fact that (the di- you wouldn’t see if you Noni Jean in the film write the piece was the rector) shows the under- just went on to YouTube. “Beyond the Lights,” a idea of changing the con- belly of the music industry. It’s about point of view, glammed-up R&B rising versation in the music in- So often we see these and we’ve become numb star who bears close re- dustry in terms of how glamorous divas in to the sexualization of semblance to many real- women are groomed into movies, but you don’t women in hip hop. life ladies in the pop in- these packaged pop often always get to see Q: You played a mixed- dustry with her sex- princesses. We’ve seen the human being beneath race slave in the period filled, glamorous public numerous, very public it all. For me as an ac- drama “Belle” earlier this image. meltdowns in the media of tress, it was great to have year, and there are racial But privately,Noni is how that sometimes back- all of those layers in one tensions in this film be- isolated while at the top fires, and especially when role – to be able to do the tween Noni and her of her game and battles parents become their hair, the makeup, the mother, who is white, in Actress Gugu Mbatha-Raw poses for a portrait suicidal urges until a business collaborators. glamour, but then to be this film. As a mixed-race while promoting the upcoming movie ‘Beyond the young police officer, I was just fascinated able to strip it all down. actress, what do you find Lights’ in Los Angeles, California October 21, 2014. played by Nate Parker, about that mother-daugh- Q: How did you feel yourself being able to rescues her and offers ter dynamic, myself (from) having to wear some of explore when you play story and it’s universal. your acceptance of your- her comfort from the a single parent, only child those provocative outfits out those racial What is more interesting, self. glaring, invasive lights of (background), not at all and performing raunchy tensions? what I do think those proj- I think both Dido fame. from that toxic dynamic, dance moves? A: “Beyond the Lights” ects share, is the issue of Belle in “Belle” and Noni Ahead of “Beyond the but what if? And what’s A: I felt supported by the really is not about race. I identity. I think that in Jean in “Beyond the Lights” opening in U.S. the cost of fame? choreography. We built think people endow their many ways is a broader Lights” both struggle theaters today,Mbatha- Q: Mental health has the character. We built her own cultural experience, term not just for a racial with who they really are in Raw,31, spoke to Reuters been in the spotlight due physicality as well as her but to me it’s not a story identity, but also your rela- the society they’re really about the sexualization to some high-profile dance moves, and the about race, it’s a love tionship with yourself and in. British actor Warren Jamie Foxx to star in Clarke dies after new film by ‘Spring short illness at 67 Breakers’ director ACTOR Warren Clarke, television in the 1960s who starred in the and starred in the soap di- Plot details on The British television series opera “Coronation rector Harmony Korine, Trap are being kept “Dalziel and Pascoe” and Street.” for the first time in his under wraps. The re- had a role in the film “A Before turning to acting career, has cast an Oscar- venge pic is expected to Clockwork Orange,” died he worked as a copy boy winning actor to star in shoot early next year in on Wednesday at the age for the Manchester his movie. Sources tell Miami. of 67, his agency said. Evening News. Variety that Jamie Following the success Independent Talent Clarke played opposite Foxx is attached to of of his last project, Group in London said actor Malcolm McDowell topline ensemble gang- Spring Breakers, which Clarke died peacefully in in Stanley Kubrick’s “A ster drama The Trap. earned Korine and star his sleep after a short ill- Clockwork Orange” in Korine will write and James Franco critical ac- ness. 1971 and most recently direct the feature, which claim, more A-list talent “He will be greatly was best known for his the controversial film- should circle the gang- missed by his family and television role as maker behind Kids and ster drama. loved ones. At this time Detective Superintendent Trash Humpers has de- Foxx, who last ap- we ask that you respect Andy Dalziel in “Dalziel scribed as “his most am- peared in The Amazing their privacy in their time and Pascoe,” which ran bitious film to date.” Spider-Man 2, has two of grief,” the agency said from 1996 to 2007. Benicio del Toro is also holiday films opening in a statement. Clarke was filming a attached to star. this year: Horrible Clarke, who was born new BBC adaptation of John Lesher and Bosses 2 at Thanksgiving in Oldham, England, TV series “Poldark” be- Charles-Marie Anthonioz and Sony’s Annie reboot began his long career in fore he died. Warren Clarke are producing the film. over Christmas.

The Barbados Advocate Friday November 14, 2014 • 29 PETA criticizes ‘Eaten Alive’ TV show for animal cruelty ANIMAL RIGHTS group work to pull the show. snake to eat him, and to PETA has slammed the “Anacondas go days also make the snake re- Discovery Channel’s without eating and ex- gurgitate afterward, sent ‘Eaten Alive’ show, which pend the energy needed a message on on claims it will show a to do so selectively. Nov. 4 saying he would man being eaten alive by Making this snake use “never hurt a living an anaconda, as a public- up energy by swallowing thing.” ity stunt that will tor- this fool and then possi- Fully grown ment the snake. bly regurgitating him Anacondas can grow to Trailers of the show, would have left the poor more than 29 feet (8.8 which will be aired on animal exhausted and meters) in length, weigh Dec. 7 on the cable net- deprived of the energy over 550 pounds (249 work, show naturalist that he or she needs,” kilograms) and measure and wildlife filmmaker PETA said in a state- more than one foot (30 and author Paul Rosolie ment. centimeters) in diameter. donning a custom-built Apart from the trailer, The Discovery snake-proof outfit. which also shows the Channel is owned by “I am about to be the search and capturing of Discovery first person that is going an anaconda, the world’s Communications Inc., American explorer, author and Amazon expert Paul Rosolie will wear a to be eaten alive by an largest snake species in along with TLC and snake-proof suit and get eaten by an anaconda for an upcoming special on anaconda,” Rosalie says a South American rain- Animal Planet. Discovery in Dec. 2014. in the trailer as his team forest, the network has is shown catching a not released any infor- snake. “I don’t expect mation about the show. anyone to believe us No one at the Joseph Gordon-Levitt to play Edward until we show it.” Discovery Channel was Although PETA said available to comment the premise of the show about the show, but a Snowden in Oliver Stone film sounds far-fetched, if the spokesman said the ACTOR JOSEPH Agency contractor who Stone, who won best di- “The Snowden Files: The description is accurate snake is alive and GORDON-LEVITT will blew the whistle on the rector Oscars for Inside Story of the the snake will be tor- healthy. play Edward Snowden in U.S government’s mass “Platoon” and “Born on World’s Most Wanted mented. It added that Rosolie, whose suit a movie directed by surveillance programs, the Fourth of July,” has Man” by Luke Harding whether it is a hoax or was slathered in pig’s Oliver Stone about the the film’s backers said on written the screenplay and “Time of the Octopus” not, it has asked the net- blood to help entice the former National Security Monday. based on two books – by Anatoly Kucherena. Lena Dunham apologizes for ‘sexual predator’ joke ena Dunham is I do not condone any kind ridicule, and to injure her you. Usually this is stuff I sorry. of abuse under any cir- in her occupation,” it can ignore but don’t de- L cumstances. Childhood read. mean sufferers, don’t The Girls creator and sexual abuse is a life- Radio host Ben twist my words, back the star,28, apologized re- shattering event for so Shapiro, who runs the f--- up bros. cently for her role in a many,and I have been blog, wrote that the web- “I told a story about controversy that arose vocal about the rights of site would not comply being a weird 7 year old. I late last week. survivors. If the situa- with Dunham’s demands. bet you have some too, old Conservative bloggers tions described in my “We refuse to withdraw men, that I’d rather not took issue with a section book have been painful or our story or apologize for hear.And yes, this is a of Dunham’s book, Not triggering for people to running it, because quot- rage spiral. Sometimes I That Kind of Girl: A read, I am sorry,as that ing a woman’s book does get so mad I burn right Young Woman Tells You was never my intention. I not constitute a ‘false’ up. ... Also I wish my sis- What She’s ‘Learned,’ in am also aware that the story,even if she is a ter wasn’t laughing so which Dunham writes comic use of the term ‘sex- prominent actress and hard.” about being a curious ual predator’ was insensi- left-wing activist. Lena For her part, Dunham’s 7-year-old. She described tive, and I’m sorry for Dunham may not like our sister,Grace, tweeted giving her little sister, that as well. As for my interpretation of her Monday that, “as a queer who was then 1, candy in sibling, Grace, she is my book, but unfortunately person: i’m committed to exchange for kisses and best friend, and anything for her and her attorneys, people narrating their an examination of her sis- I have written about her she wrote that book — own experiences, deter- ter’s vagina. She joked has been published with and the First Amendment mining for themselves about trying “anything a her approval.” covers a good deal of ma- what has and has not sexual predator might do On the same day,The terial she may not like.” been harmful. “2day,like to woo a small suburban Hollywood Reporter ob- Dunham publicly re- every other day,is a good girl.” tained a four-page letter sponded to blog posts crit- day to think about how After spending the that Dunham’s attorneys ical of the stories about we police the sexualities weekend in a “rage spiral” sent to one of those blogs, her sister via Twitter on of young women, queer, and lashing out at her Truth Revolt, on Saturday. and trans people.” critics via Twitter, Saturday.The lawyers “The right wing news Dunham’s book, re- Dunham is now speaking threatened a lawsuit if story that I molested my leased Sept. 30, ranks sec- out at length. the blog — which was little sister isn’t just LOL- ond on the most recent In a statement given linked from Drudge it’s really f---ing upsetting list of New York Times exclusively to Time, she Report — did not take and disgusting,” she Best Sellers. Still, she an- said: “I am dismayed over down the post criticizing wrote in the first of a nounced over the week- Conservative bloggers took issue with a section of the recent interpretation Dunham and publish an string of tweets. “And by end that she’s canceled Dunham’s book, Not That Kind of Girl: A Young of events described in my apology.“The story is the way,if you were a lit- appearances to promote Woman Tells You What She’s ‘Learned,’ in which book Not That Kind of false, fabricated, and has tle kid and never looked the tome in Belgium and Dunham writes about being a curious Girl. First and foremost, I the obvious tendency to at another little kid’s Germany with no reason 7-year-old. want to be very clear that subject my client to vagina, well, congrats to given.

30 • Friday November 14, 2014 The Barbados Advocate 21st Century Fox to tread carefully with streaming video TWENTY-FIRST Century Fox Inc proactive about forming our own Chief Operating Officer Chase judgments about what kinds of Carey said the company is being offerings that are additive to our “disciplined” about its options business that exist today.” when considering streaming video Also on Tuesday,Fox reported better- offerings that bypass cable and than-expected quarterly revenue and satellite subscriptions. profit, helped by growth in its cable “We believe the traditional bundle network and film studio businesses. offers great value to consumers and will The company reported a 12 per cent be the primary consumer package for rise in revenue to $7.89 million, which years to come,” Carey said last week beat analysts’ average estimate of $6.25 during an third quarter earnings call billion, largely driven by the box-office with analysts. He was referring to success of “Dawn of the Planet of the traditional cable packages that “bundle” Apes” and “The Fault in Our Stars.” together several channels for one price. Fox shares rose 1.6 per cent to $33.85 Consumers have drastically changed after the bell on Tuesday. the way they watch television, opting Revenue from cable networks, the for on-demand content offered by company’s largest business, rose 15 per Inc or Amazon.com Inc that can cent to $3.23 billion, while filmed be viewed on a array of devices from entertainment revenue was up 17 per TVs to smartphones to tablets. cent at $2.48 billion. The shift has prompted several big Revenue at the television division media companies, notably Time Warner was flat at $1.05 billion, held back by Inc and CBS Corp, to announce declining advertising revenue tied to products that stream TV programs and weak ratings. movies over the Internet without a Net income attributable to cable subscription. shareholders fell to $1.04 billion, or 47 Carey said on the call that changing cents per share, in the quarter ended viewing habits “also means we’ll be able Sept. 30, from $1.26 billion, or 54 cents to engage the consumer more directly, per share, in the same quarter of 2013. to create more exciting and valuable On an adjusted basis, the company experiences.” earned 39 cents per share. Analysts had “We are not going to be reactive,” he expected a profit of 36 cents per share, added. “We want to make sure we are according to Thomson Reuters /B/E/S.

The Barbados Advocate Friday November 14, 2014 • 31 Singing Competition moved to this Saturday THE Courts Parkinson Super Participant. Voice Singing Competition which The singers will be vying for several was postponed from last prizes. The trophies and some prize Saturday due to the inclement monies are sponsored by City of weather will be held this Bridgetown, Sports and Games and Saturday, November 15th at Massy United Insurance. 7.00pm. 1. All contestants will receive a trophy The event will feature 12 students and a gift Voucher compliments of and several guest artistes. Chefette. These students in order of 2. Contestants 5-12 will receive $100 appearance include: compliments of the Principal Rashad Knight (Hold On), 3. 4th place will receive a trophy and T’Kayla Clarke-Weekes (The Climb), Nintendo Wii valued at $399 from Courts Demetria Hamblin (Mercy said No), B’dos Ltd Krystal Brathwaite (No one), 4. 3rd place will receive a trophy and a Kadeem Maynard (Feeling the Feeling), Sony PS3 compliments courts Kayla Thorpe (Umbrella), 5. 2nd place will receive a trophy and Selwyn Sivers (Happy), Samsung 7inch Tablet valued at $600.00 Celina Gilkes (Russian Roulette), 6. Show message history Destiny Farley (On Fire), Jaeesha Samuel (At Last), 1st place will receive a trophy, $500, a Sheradd Stanford (You gotta find you). Hamper from Massy Distributors and an Acer Note Book valued at $900.00 The winners of the 2005 Carol Ann Other prizes include: Austin and 2006 winner Latoya 1. Most disciplined performer: Hamper Elcock are also expected to be from Armstrong Agencies present. 2. The person with the best Rendition – Asha Ward, the winner of the 2014 Hamper from WIBISCO Inter School singing competition will 3. The person with the best Demetria Hamblin. Jaeesha Samuel. open the show while Ashawnya Presentation – Hamper from WIBISCO Bellamy a former Parkinson student 4. The Best Voice – Bryden Stokes sharing the two tickets on board The Station only as well as at the door. would also make a guest appearance 5. The Best junior – Bryden Stokes Atlantis Submarines. Tickets previously issued are still along with The Motivational Dancers 6. The Best diction – Bryden Stokes Persons requesting further valid and master of Ceremonies and Ashley Simpson a former Richard information may call 4272553. duties will be shared by Carl “Alf” Stoute teen talent and Super Voice Spectators will be in line for Tickets are available at Rubis Gas Padmore and Sheldon Hope. Box Office: Jim Carrey’s comeback with ‘Dumb’ sequel BY breaking out the bowl cut and take advantage of the lack of family chipped front tooth, the funnyman titles by securing second place on the has rediscovered his box office mojo. charts with $30 million. “Dumb and Dumber To,” which Although “Interstellar” did less revives Carrey and co-star Jeff business than originally projected Daniels’ IQ-challenged characters when it debuted last weekend to from the 1994 smash, is poised to be $47.5 million, it has performed well the weekend’s number one film, and during its weekday showings. That is expected to pick up $32 million in indicates that there’s still interest in 3,152 locations. the Christopher Nolan space That will be Carrey’s biggest adventure, and the film should opening since 2003’s “Bruce benefit from pent-up demand for its Almighty” bowed to $67.3 million, Imax screenings. It holds on to Imax and the first of his films to top $30 screens until “The Hobbit: Battle of million in its debut since 2009’s “A Five Armies” debuts on Dec. 17. That Christmas Carol.” The film’s success wide screen presence will help could snap a cold spell for the “Interstellar” pull in $22 million in its comedian, who has struggled at the sophomore weekend. box office in recent years but was the The army of indies marching most popular comedian of the 1990s. towards movie houses is a sure sign Universal Pictures is distributing that Oscar season is in full swing. the $40 million production, which was Among the buzzier titles, Sony backed by Red Granite Pictures and Pictures Classics will offer up true- also brings back “Dumb and Dumber” life murder tale “” in 6 directors Peter and Bobby Farrelly. theaters in New York and Los The studio is being conservative with Angeles, while expanding music its estimates and saying it would be drama “Whiplash” from 88 theaters to happy with an opening in the range 416. of $30 million. Meanwhile Roadside Attractions “The enthusiasm that ‘Dumb and will roll out Tommy Lee Jones’ Dumber To’ is generating is really western “Homesman” in four theaters impressive,” said Phil Contrino, vice This will be Carrey’s biggest opening since 2003’s “Bruce Almighty”. in New York and Los Angeles, while president and chief analyst for Open Road will aim bigger, pushing BoxOffice.com. “Facebook growth in The weekend’s other new wide- Along” producer Matt Alvarez is Jon Stewart’s “Rosewater,” the story particular has been staggering over release, Relativity Media’s “Beyond running the division with the goal of of a journalist imprisoned in Iran, the last couple of months. This movie the Lights,” will debut in tapping into the ticket-buying power into 351 theaters for its debut. is going to bring people who are hard approximately 1750 theaters, and of African American and Latino “Birdman,” the edgy showbiz satire to separate from their couches into should pick up $8 million to $10 moviegoers. “Beyond the Lights” cost will continue to break out beyond the theaters.” million. The story of music superstar $7 million to produce. arthouse. The Fox Searchlight release Universal will distribute “Dumb who falls in love with a young cop Despite “Dumb and Dumber To’s” will move from 460 to 862 theaters, and Dumber To” day-and-date with assigned to protect her is the first powerful dose of comedic nostalgia, and has already picked up an the U.S. in Germany, German- film to be released under the last weekend’s two , impressive $8.3 million after a month speaking Switzerland, Austria and company’s new multicultural “Big Hero 6” and “Interstellar,” aren’t in release. Being dumb isn’t the only Spain. division. “Barbershop” and “Ride going away. Look for “Big Hero 6” to way to draw the comedy crowd.

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Vergara: I Before Justin Theroux, Jennifer Aniston was thought Joe in a serious relationship... with herself Manganiello was BEFORE she knew Justin growth as a woman. But if you just think it’s so attractive to relationship. “It’s almost im- ‘too handsome’ Theroux was “the one,” take the law of attraction, if be that good at so many things possible to get bored with one Jennifer Aniston was in a seri- you only love yourself 70 per- and to have no ego. He’s one of another.We’ve tried so hard! to date ous relationship… with her- cent, that’s what’s going to the most humble, decent And even that’s interesting be- self. The Horrible Bosses star come back to you. So you fill up human beings.” cause his eyes are so pretty, opens up in the December that 30 percent, then all of a But it wasn’t love at first but we can entertain ourselves JOE Manganiello might be too issue of Harper’s Bazaar about sudden there’s this pure, good sight for Jen and Justin. and talk about endless things, hot for his own good. how a break from dating love standing right in front of Before things turned romantic, which is pretty great.” It’s been a few months now helped prepare her for you. Then you realise, ‘Oh, this they were just “buddies,” origi- Jen also praises her fiancé of since Sofia Vergara started love with her current can be easy! It doesn’t have to nally meeting when he was two years for diving head first dating the True Blood hunk, fiancé. be so hard.’” writing the 2008 film Tropic into dating the media sensa- but she admits to Ellen “It really helped me get to a As for Theroux, the 45-year- Thunder. tion that is “Jen.” DeGeneres that she wasn’t place where I was more com- old actress has nothing but “We were just buddies, and “He’s just been doing it so into him at first. How can that fortable with myself, truly good things to say about him: then buddies through graciously and gracefully, and be?! ready for love and for a part- “Not only is he a great actor Wanderlust [the 2012 comedy, it’s a strange ballpark to walk “I thought he was very ner,” she explains. “The past but he’s one of the best comedy in which they co-starred],” she into,” she says. “He’s in his handsome, but I wasn’t inter- wasn’t ‘less than.’ It was ex- writers out there. And he di- recalls. And being friends first body, for sure. He’s a pretty re- ested,” she tells DeGeneres on tremely important to my rects and paints murals. And I has definitely benefited their alised person.” Wednesday’s show.“Too hand- some.” The daytime host asks the question we’re all thinking, “Such a thing? Too hand- Benedict Cumberbatch is engaged some?” “Yeah, there is such a thing he Internet is mourning as too much,” she touts. As the loss of… Benedict shirtless images of TCumberbatch’s bachelor- Manganiello are put up on the hood. big screen, the Modern Family The beloved British actor vixen changes her tone, and Internet sensation broke adding, “Or so I thought...” the news recently that he’s off DeGeneres also got Vergara, the market. The 38-year-old is 42, to admit that she’s in love engaged to theatre director ...sorta. “And also you’re in and actress Sophie Hunter. love. Congratulations on that,” Most people didn’t realise she tells the TV star. the Sherlock star was even “Thank you,” Vergara re- dating Hunter, who has ap- sponds. peared in the film Vanity Fair. Not wanting to verbally That was until an old school admit she’s “in love,” she engagement announcement quips, “No words. Only im- ran in London’s The Times ages.” today announcing that Hollywood’s hottest new “Benedict, son of Wanda and couple first met at this year’s Timothy Cumberbatch,” was White House Correspondent’s engaged to “Sophie, daughter Dinner and a photo surfaced of Katharine Hunter … and soon after of the Magic Mike Charles Hunter.” XXL actor checking out his fu- In April, reports started to ture girlfriend. circulate that he was off the “He was so embarrassed be- market with an unnamed cause then a couple of times source telling Showbiz Spy after we talked on the phone I that he had a girlfriend. “He’s said, ‘Someone just sent me keeping it very hush-hush,” this picture, what does it said the tipster.“But it’s safe to mean?’” she recalls bringing say he’s smitten.” In June, they Benedict Cumberbatch with Sophie Hunter at the French Tennis Open in June. up the pic to Manganiello. “For were photographed together at like two seconds he didn’t the French Open tennis why to Time magazine last dating history. I get it. Olivia Poulet, who was his col- know what to say, but I matches. year, saying, “Every time I’m Paparazzi is an inescapable, lege sweetheart, and a year- thought it was funny.” Cumberbatch hasn’t exactly seen at a bar with a girl I get immovable obstacle.” (His pre- long relationship with London- Vergara opened up even been forthcoming about details photographed. Anyone with a vious relationships include a based artist Anna James, more to ET about her “fun” re- of the romance, but explained computer knows my entire 12-year romance with actress which ended in 2012.) lationship with Manganiello. Jeff Goldblum weds fiancee Emilie Livingston THE knot is tied! Jeff music, and lots of laughs,” the 2011, Goldblum and his bride with Broadway.com last sweet and they’re happy for Goldblum said “I do” for a third insider says of the wedding, got engaged in July of this year, December, describing her as me,” he said at the time. Asked time on Saturday,Nov.8, when adding that Goldblum played shortly before they jetted off to “spectacular and beautiful.” if he’d ever get married again – he married longtime love piano and sang for his wife Hawaii on vacation. Livingston “I’m happy as a clam with Livingston is his third wife – Emilie Livingston after more during the reception. – an actress, aerialist, and con- her. I feel lucky,lucky,lucky,” he he replied, “Oh, gee, well, I than three years of Livingston Instagrammed a tortionist, according to her raved, bragging that she was would do anything with her. dating, his rep confirms to Us photo of some champagne from Twitter bio– posted about the the “Pan American champion She’s a spectacular woman. Weekly. the big day,writing, “Excited to proposal on Instagram, noting for rhythmic gymnastics” and a Who knows? Maybe so.” The Jurassic Park star, 62, see our pictures from our pho- that she was “taken over by member of the Canadian Goldblum was previously and Livingston, 31, exchanged tographer but right now feeling tears of joy n ecstasy” when he Olympic team for rhythmic married to his Silverado costar vows in front of friends and so loved after a magical and en- popped the question. gymnastics in the 2000 Sydney Patricia Gaul from 1980 to family at L.A.’s Chateau chanting evening on The Independence Day actor, games. 1986, and to his Earth Girls Marmont, a source tells Us. “It Saturday!!!” for his part, gushed about his “When people meet Emilie, Are Easy costar Geena Davis was a night filled with love, Together since the fall of leading lady in an interview they say she’s magical and very from 1987 to 1990.

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Clinic that treated Joan Rivers cited for multiple failings he New York outpatient Side. room was there without au- rounding her mother’s death. Endoscopy to comment on the clinic where the late The Centres for Medicare & thorisation and said The CMS released the re- report. TJoan Rivers suffered Medicare Services (CMS), the physicians also failed port following an investiga- The New York Chief cardiac arrest did not follow agency that released the re- to detect her deteriorating tion by the New York State Medical Examiner’s Office all the standard protocols port, said there was no record vital signs during the proce- Department of Health, which said Rivers died of a pre- during the throat procedures that staff at the centre dures. questioned doctors and staff dictable complication it conducted on the comedian, weighed the comedian before Melissa Rivers, the come- and examined records at the during a medical procedure according to a government administering the sedative dian’s only child, said in a clinic. and lack of oxygen to the agency report released on Propofol on Aug. 28 and there statement Monday that “The Centres for Medicare brain. Monday. were inconsistencies she is “outraged by the mis- & Medicaid Services (CMS) The CMS said another Rivers died on Sept. 4 at the recorded in the dosage of the conduct and mismanage- does not comment on informa- unannounced survey will be age of 81 in a New York hospi- drug. ment” that occurred and tion contained in a facility’s conducted at the clinic and if tal a week after her heart It also said there were no will ensure it does not statement of deficiencies,” it corrections are made and it is stopped during the outpatient records of medical consent for happen again with any other said it a statement after re- in substantial compliance it procedure at the Yorkville all the procedures performed. patient. leasing its report. will not face termination of Endoscopy centre on The report added that a doc- Her lawyers are investigat- No one was immediately federal Medicare and Manhattan’s Upper East tor who was in the operating ing the circumstances sur- available at Yorkville Medicaid funding.

Kate Gosselin on Celebrity Apprentice: I’m a strong personality but I hate drama BRING it on! As the mom of supportive.” Which is not to say there eight young kids, Kate .Then, referencing her brief isn’t room for improvement. Gosselin is used to dealing stint on season 10 of Dancing “I’m willing and excited to with lots of different tasks With the Stars, she joked, learn whatever I can,” (and people) all at once. So “I’m really excited to sort of Gosselin noted, adding that she wasn’t fazed in the slight- take on a competition that I she “admires” Trump’s est by the prospect of have a chance of doing well work ethic and family going up against 15 other at, versus others I’ve done.” values. stars – including fellow real- (Gosselin and her partner, As for her competition? “I ity TV standouts Brandi Tony Dovolani, were elimi- am a strong personality,” the Glanville and Kenya nated from DWTS after just divorced star admitted. “But I Moore – on season five weeks.) think what definitely will seven of The Celebrity The mom of eight went on come out here is that I’m not Apprentice to explain that her experience a pot stirrer, I’m definitely not “I feel really in my element as the matriarch of a big (and a drama-starter. Drama gets taking on something like now very famous) family was in the way of getting work this,” the Kate Plus 8 star, 39, comparable to running her done...And, you know, that’s told Us Weekly at a press own company. “I have a busi- probably going to be surpris- event for the show in March, ness-running personality,” she ing to a lot of people. Clearly months before host Donald said. “I work for myself. I’m there’s a lot of drama in my Trump’s official announce- the secretary, the personal as- life caused by others, but I’m ment on Nov. 4. “Obviously sistant, the president, the ac- in the business – instead of it’s hard to be away from my countant...and I run my ship stirring it – of calming it kids for an extended period, at home as efficiently as pos- down and putting on but they’re good. They’re very sible.” the lid.” Kate Gosselin

‘Foxcatcher’ filmmaker prizes the unexpected in chilling drama

FOR eight years, film director American filmmaker who Carell’s du Pont is creepy might improvise it,” said worked ex- made “Capote” and and hard to read, but Mark Carell. haustively on “Foxcatcher,” re- “Moneyball,” most notably at thrives with his support, from “There was nothing ever as- searching the lives of a du May’s Cannes film festival, a cutting-edge gym to pri- sumed about who these people Pont heir and the wrestling where he won best director. vate planes, before the re- were and what would tran- brothers he sponsored, and Oscar buzz has since followed lationship implodes and spire during a scene,” he making sure his actors passed the film from Sony Pictures his career collapses. added, “and you could feel the as expert sportsmen. Classics. Dave comes in to sup- energy to that.” Despite locking down all the “Foxcatcher” stars an un- port his brother and For Tatum, Miller’s free- details to tell the real-life recognisable smooth matters over form approach made for chal- story of a well-known 1996 as John du Pont, the with du Pont, only to lenging but ultimately reward- murder, Miller headed to the lonely, patriotic scion of be killed by him in a ing moments. film set with a question. one of America’s wealthi- rage. “Bennett made something “We entered into this thing est families who lures beautiful, and it really is with a very specific idea of Olympic gold medal ‘Nothing Bennett’s movie,” said Tatum. what we are reaching for, but wrestler to ever assumed’ But Miller said it would not how it manifests is never his Foxcatcher Farm to Known for his comic be possible without the back- going to be known until it hap- form a team with Olympic turns in “The 40-Year- ing of Megan Ellison, the pens,” Miller told Reuters aspirations. Old Virgin” and deep-pocketed producer be- ahead of the opening of The morose Mark, played by “Anchorman,” Carell was hind some of Hollywood’s more “Foxcatcher” in U.S. theatres Channing Tatum, is anxious to surprised that Miller would experimental films. on Friday. emerge from the shadow of big want to cast him for the dark Ellison is, Miller said, “Part of making a film like brother , also a role and that his meticulous “maybe the only person I re- this is creating an atmosphere gold medalist, a beloved coach planner of a director ally know who is capable of where unexpected things can and among the sport’s biggest Director Bennett Miller arrives for would leave so much to giving this sort of support for a happen in the performances stars. He is portrayed by Mark the ‘Foxcatcher’ gala at the chance. film like this, because ulti- on the day.” Ruffalo, with whom Tatum Toronto International Film “We’d go through the mately she cares about the That risk-taking has already trained to earn wrestling bona Festival (TIFF) in Toronto, scene, we might completely film being what the film wants paid off for the 47-year-old fides. September 8, 2014. tear it apart, rewrite it, we to be.”

34 • Friday November 14, 2014 The Barbados Advocate Kim Kardashian wanted to go nude, says Paper Magazine

BY now you probably have was her idea to take off her clothes “breaking the Internet” and post- seen Kim Kardashian’s butt and show more than her butt. But ing a link to the piece Thursday on shot on the cover of Paper mag- we [Paper] didn’t say ‘let’s do a Twitter, along with the tweet, azine. cover with your butt hanging out.’ “Because we know you came just Needless to say,the reality star’s She said she was willing to take [to] read the article.” bare backside was hard to miss on her clothes off and one thing lead So, there is an article that goes Wednesday (not to mention the to another.” along with the racy photos. In it, full-frontal photo that came later). And as for all that oil on her Paper magazine asks Kardashian In case you thought the folks over butt? Her makeup artist applied whether she would exist without at Paper asked Kardashian to let it it. “It was someone who she works social media. all out, think again. with a lot so she felt comfortable,” “I don’t think so...” she said Mickey Boardman, editorial di- said Boardman. adding, “I don’t think social media rector of Paper magazine said, Kardashian, 34, has been hav- was that heavy when we started “Kim’s attitude was ‘if we’re gonna ing fun with the magazine spread our show, but I think we really do it, let’s really go there.’ And it on social media, joking about evolved with social media.” Rihanna drops hints about new album; talks new men’s fragrance RIHANNA won’t say when she start overthinking things at “I feel like what better way to plans to release new music but times,” she confessed. get these people excited than to she is confident about what it The 26-year-old typically has re- get them something nice, to smell sounds like. leased albums in November in the good. “I can’t give you any hints of past but wouldn’t comment on “They’re running around all day when it will drop. It’s going to be that. She just said, “I can’t wait for working hard. And, you know, the great, that’s all I’m going to tell everybody to hear (the music) lit- guys are sexy. They need to smell you and I’m excited about it,” said tle by little... little by little. I can’t sexy.” the singer at a meet-and-greet wait.” She also joked about not having Wednesday with fans at Fort Riahnna’s most recent album, a “rogue man” of her own, saying Belvoir, Virginia. “Unapologetic”, came out in 2012, with a wink, “hopefully I’ll find The critic she is worried about is featuring the big hit “Diamonds”. one here today on the base.” herself. On Wednesday, Rihanna also Rihanna performed at the “I try to battle myself and outdo brought along her new men’s fra- Concert For Valour: Saluting everything I’ve done and that’s grance, “Rogue Man,” her first for America’s Veterans in been the hardest thing to do. You guys. Washington, D.C., on Tuesday. Bridge

The Barbados Advocate Friday November 14, 2014 • 35 Lego Movie, Big Hero 6, Rio 2 among 20 films vying for Animated Feature Oscar TWENTY films have been submitted for the Best Animated Feature category at the 2014 , which should lead the way to a full slate of five nominees for the fourth consec- utive year. The number of nomi- nations in the category is tied to the number of eli- gible films, with a field of at least 16 required for five nominees. In addi- tion, films must receive an average grade of 7.5 on a scale of 6 to 10 to be eligible for nomination. The category was cre- ated for the 2001 Oscars – and for the first 10 years of its existence, it quirements. The Short City only had five nominees Films and Feature How to Train Your twice, in 2002 and 2009. Animation Branch occa- Dragon 2 The eight other years, it sionally disqualifies Jack and the Cuckoo- had only three nominees. films, but the chances are Clock Heart The 20 submissions in- almost nonexistent that Legends of Oz: Dorothy’s clude Disney’s Big Hero they would knock out Return 6, DreamWorks five entries to drop the The Lego Movie Animation’s How to category to a potential Minuscule – Valley of the Train Your Dragon 2, four nominees. Lost Ants Warner Bros.’ The Lego The submitted films: Mr. Peabody & Sherman Movie, Laika’s The Penguins of Madagascar Boxtrolls and Fox’s The Big Hero 6 The Pirate Fairy Book of Life. The Book of Life Planes: Fire & Rescue Also included are two with seven wins in 13 still complete their quali- Angeles, while all must The Boxtrolls Rio 2 well-received foreign years, does not have a fying runs in Los meet other eligibility re- Cheatin’ Rocks in My Pockets films from the small film in the running. Giovanni’s Island Song of the Sea GKIDS distributor, Some of the sub- Henry & Me The Tale of the Princess which has had good luck mitted films The Hero of Kaguya at the Oscars: the Irish must Color film Song of the Sea and Nominations will be the Japanese film The announced on Tale of the Princess Thursday, Jan. 15, Kaguya. 2015, with the Pixar, which 87th Academy has domi- Awards taking nated the place on category Sunday, Feb. 22.

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P R HOROSCOPES O BY HOLIDAY S A N ARIES (March 21-April 19). After walking D around inside your own vessel for a lifetime, it’s C easy to forget that the others haven’t seen or done O or felt all that you have. Today’s conversation will N clear that up. S

TAURUS (April 20-May 20). You always defend the innocent, but what if you defended the so- called guilty instead? How would you see the situation differently? There’s a stalemate going on that you can break by playing devil’s advocate. Z GEMINI (May 21-June 21). Acceptance is the I way to peace. It won’t be easy today, but you can T warm up to it. What if you agreed to accept that S unacceptable thing for three minutes? Then six. Then 12...

CANCER (June 22-July 22). Feelings of rejection can be so potentially painful that many people would rather become angry than endure even the slightest rejection. You’re tougher than that, and it’s why you make a sale today. R E LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). You long to work on X your own projects, but because you’re such a good friend, you keep getting roped into other people’s. M Say “no.” Be a good friend to yourself instead. O R You’re shortchanging your talent. G A VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). All you can control N is the action you take; nothing after that. Not other people’s perception of you, not their immediate reactions, not their subsequent choices. So act, and let it go.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). New information nullifies the plan. You had a feeling something was P amiss with that plan anyway. In fact, you’re H probably excited that it’s time to create a more A relevant strategy. N T SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). People want you O in their drama. There’s one person in particular M who is practically casting you in it, Hollywood- style. Don’t worry. All you have to do is turn down the role. A-listers do it all the time.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). Social lulls are to be expected. Make the most of them by M using them as an opportunity to bring the attention A around to the other person’s favorite subject or R expertise. The other person’s comfort will be to Y your benefit. W CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). When nothing O seems to be working on its own, you see it as an R invitation to make it work by nudging it, winding T it up or throwing your full weight behind it. H Success!

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18).You have a sense for the unspoken needs of others. When you address these in unexpected ways and without M O calling direct attention to the needs, they find you T super-cool. H E PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). You don’t like it R when people push you to agree with them, buy from them or tend to them. You’ll do that kind of G thing when and if you want to. They would be wise O O to wait until you want to. S E

The Barbados Advocate Friday November 14, 2014 • 37 SPORTSSPORTS More opportunities, keen rivalry mark the start of new PCL R4Day season ST. JOHN’S, Antigua – A new season tive affairs of the round, judging on the venge, when they topped the Volcanoes in ushering in a new era of franchise results from earlier this year. the drawn Final Challenge in St. Lucia to play opens today, when the newly- And Guyana Jaguars meet Leeward claim the Headley/Weekes Trophy. constituted WICB Professional Islands Franchise at the Guyana Long-standing Jamaica Franchise cap- League Regional 4-Day National Stadium in Providence, just out- tain, Tamar Lambert, said last season Tournament begins. side the Guyana capital of Georgetown, was disappointing for his side following The PCL R4Day will feature 10 rounds in a battle that could give a boost of con- six years of unprecedented success and of matches – an increase of three matches fidence to last season’s two bottom-placed they will be looking to recapture the from the previous seven seasons – be- teams. Trophy as overall champions when the tween franchises drawn from the six ter- Pride and Red Force were truly last season concludes next March. ritorial boards of the WICB. season’s top two sides – the Barbadians “We started last season well, but we Teams representing the Barbados lifted the NAGICO Super50 title and fol- fell off in the middle part, so we are look- Pride, Guyana Jaguars, Trinidad & lowed up with the Regional 4-Day crown, ing forward to this new competition be- Tobago Red Force and Windward Islands while T&T finished in the runners-up ginning on Friday [today] to put things Volcanoes, as well as yet to be christened spot in both competitions. right,” he said. franchises from Jamaica and Leeward Recent history is on the side of the “The lengthy season will be a challenge, Islands, will embark upon a gruelling, Pride. They have won the last five but we have been asking for more four-month schedule to be crowned the matches on the trot between the two matches and we are looking to make a new regional champions and claim the sides including contests at the same good start to the season this weekend Headley/Weekes Trophy,which has been venue two years ago and last year. against the Windwards.” restored as the symbol of supremacy. “I can see our side doing quite well this Volcanoes captain, Liam Sebastien, “The beginning of a new season is al- season,” said Pride captain and West said he wants to see his side play fear- ways an incredibly exciting time, even Indies opener, . “We lessly and continue to trend upwards, as more so with the move to professional have a strong team, especially for this they have been able to throw overboard cricket and our first tournament of the first match against the Red Force, and it the Cinderella tag that they wore for a year, the PCL R4Day,” said WICB is just about the ‘fellas’ going out there long time in the regional game as a num- Director of Cricket, . and working hard and gelling together as ber of players – including himself – have “It is being held over two rounds, 10 a team. established themselves and brought Kraigg Brathwaite is captain of the matches-a-side, with the specific goal of “With the 10 matches, this season will more consistency to their play. Barbados Pride team. giving the teams and players the oppor- be interesting. Around the World, this is “This is a new season and a new for- tunity to produce consistently over the the way it is done and it will be very help- mat, and the Jamaicans will not come one of the top two places instead and they duration of the competition.” ful and allow us to play more matches out there and lie down because we beat would look to begin that journey with a Pybus added: “It will allow the players and give us more opportunity to im- them last season,” he said.“We have to try victory over the Leewards against whom to showcase their skills and for Clive prove.” and come good from ball one and try our they have lost only twice in the last 20 Lloyd’s selection panel to really see who Red Force captain, , said best and fight for the Windward Islands matches. are the better performers in the region. beating the Pride in the first round would Volcanoes to start this new season on a “I think this gives us a definite advan- “We ultimately want as many players be a good way to start the new season. bright note. tage over the other teams, but we have to as possible fighting for the 11 starting “We came second to them in this com- “Our chances this season are as good as take it one match at a time,” he said. “It spots in the West Indies Test team and I petition earlier this year by two points, so any other,but it’s a long, demanding sea- will be a long season and we have done a believe this is the starting point for that. I think the combination of players that son and we have not played 10 matches lot of work on our fitness, so I think the Best wishes to all the teams, manage- we should be able to put on the park in a season for a long time so we have to players are well prepared for the hard ment and match officials for a great sea- should give us a good chance of beating start off well, and if we play the way we slog ahead.” son ahead.” them and going on to capture the title have been played in recent season, we Leewards captain, Devon Thomas, said There is something extra-special about next March,” said the wiry all-rounder. have a good chance.” his side would draw confidence from that each match in the first round. “We are starting the season on home Leewards Franchise and the Jaguars victory earlier this year. The Red Force host reigning double- soil and Barbados are one of our tough- were once powerhouses in the regional “It will be a bit challenging, but I think crown regional champions Bajan Pride in est opponents every season. Hopefully, game, but they have not had consistent we can come away with a good perform- one of the oldest rivalries in Caribbean we can get things right this time and success in recent years and occupied the ance,” he said. sports at Queen’s Park Oval in the T&T build the momentum for the rest of the last two places respectively in the table “We are all looking forward to this capital of Port of Spain. season.” last season. longer season, since it will give us a Jamaica Franchise face Windward The Windwards claimed only their Jaguars captain, Leon Johnson, the chance to recover if we stumble. Islands Volcanoes at Sabina Park in the fourth victory on Jamaican soil, when West Indies left-handed batsman, said Hopefully,the guys will make the most of Jamaica capital of Kingston in a repeat they thumped their hosts by three wick- his side was blessed to play their first every opportunity that comes to them.” of last season’s Final Challenge and what ets earlier this year at Sabina Park, but four matches at home and this has given There are no major changes to the could easily be one of the most competi- the Jamaicans gained a measure of re- them confidence that they could fight for Playing Conditions for the Tournament.

SCHEDULE OF MATCHES (Home teams mentioned first; all matches start at 10 a.m. local time)

ROUND 1 Franchise – Windward Sports Club Jamaica Franchise vs Leewards ROUND 6 Jamaica Franchise vs T&T Red Barbados Pride vs Windwards November 14 to 17 Franchise – Sabina Park February 13 to 16 Force – Sabina Park Volcanoes – Kensington Oval Jamaica Franchise vs Windwards ROUND 3 T&T Red Force vs Guyana Jaguars Windwards Volcanoes vs Jamaica Leewards Franchise vs Jamaica Volcanoes – Sabina Park November 28 to December 1 – Queen’s Park Oval Franchise – Arnos Vale Sports * * * BREAK * * * Franchise – Vivian Richards Cricket T&T Red Force vs Barbados Pride Windwards Volcanoes vs Complex Ground – Queen’s Park Oval Leewards Franchise – Grenada * * * BREAK * * * Barbados Pride vs T&T Red Force ROUND 8 Guyana Jaguars vs T&T Red Force Guyana Jaguars vs Leewards National Stadium – Kensington Oval March 6 to 9 – Guyana National Stadium Franchise – Guyana National Stadium Guyana Jaguars vs Barbados Pride ROUND 5 Leewards Franchise vs Guyana T&T Red Force vs Windwards – Guyana National Stadium February 6 to 9 Jaguars – Warner Park Volcanoes – Queen’s Park Oval ROUND 10 ROUND 2 T&T Red Force vs Jamaica Jamaica Franchise vs Guyana Guyana Jaguars vs Jamaica March 20 to 23 November 21 to 24 Franchise – Queen’s Park Oval Jaguars – Sabina Park ROUND 7 Franchise – Guyana National Stadium Windwards Volcanoes vs Guyana Guyana Jaguars vs Windwards Windwards Volcanoes vs T&T Red February 20 to 23 Leewards Franchise vs Barbados Jaguars – Volcanoes – Guyana National Stadium ROUND 4 Force – Beausejour Cricket Ground Leewards Franchise vs Windwards Pride – To be confirmed T&T Red Force vs Leewards Leewards Franchise vs T&T Red December 5 to 8 Barbados Pride vs Leewards Volcanoes – To be confirmed Franchise – Queen’s Park Oval Force – Warner Park Windwards Volcanoes vs Barbados Franchise – Kensington Oval Barbados Pride vs Guyana Jaguars ROUND 9 Jamaica Franchise vs Barbados Barbados Pride vs Jamaica Pride – Arnos Vale Sports Complex – Kensington Oval March 13 to 16 Pride – Sabina Park

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World Cup Pakistan complete New Zealand probe in turmoil after rout in first cricket Test FIFA report ABU DHABI – Pakistan’s Pakistan had needed two match,” said McCullum. during his two-hour Pakistan’s win over GENEVA – Hours after a Misbah-ul Haq became his after their “Congratulations to resistance before he was Australia and the same FIFA judge cleared country’s most successful opponents resumed at 174- Misbah and his team.They finally trapped leg-before two bowlers also came good Russia and Qatar of captain as his team strolled 8 but it took only 16.3 overs were dominant in this Test by paceman Imran Khan, against New Zealand as corruption in their to victory by 248 runs in its for them to reach their match and we have a fight who finished with 2-37. well. winning World Cup bids, first Test against New target as New Zealand on our hands in the next Shah finished with 3-74, Babar finished with five the American who led Zealand yesterday,taking a folded at 231 in 70.3 overs. two games. We’ve got to while and and Shah four in the the investigation said 1-0 lead in the three-match Misbah said it was nice make sure we keep Rahat Ali took two wickets match. yesterday he would series. to have a turn around after improving. Spin is for 48 runs each. For Pakistan, Ahmed appeal the decision to The victory gave Misbah losing the Test series 2-0 in obviously a threat but so is This was Pakistan’s Shehzad hit a career best close the case because it 15 wins in 33 Tests, Sri Lanka in August. reverse swing.” third Test win in a row 176 and and was based on “materially bettering the 14-win record “Sometimes you have to Kiwi Mark Craig, who after they white-washed Misbah smashing incomplete and of the illustrious Imran be patient. It was an along with Ish Sodhi (63) Australia 2-0 last week, hundreds in the team’s erroneous” information. Khan (48 Tests) and Javed absolute disaster for me, I had delayed Pakistan’s their first series win over first total of 566-3 In what appears to be Miandad (34 Tests). didn’t get any runs in Sri defeat after for 14.5 the Aussies for 20 years. declared. an open act of conflict “It’s a great feeling to be Lanka and one-day series overs on Wednesday, It was again a case of Tom Latham scored his within FIFA, prosecutor part of the winning team. against Australia, but I couldn’t prolong his Trans-Tasman neighbours maiden hundred for New Michael Garcia criticised It’s a young team, nobody kept calm through that.” resistance as he was Australia and New Zealand in a paltry 262- ethics judge Joachim expected us to perform like New Zealand captain bowled by leg-spinner Yasir Zealand failing to cope run total in the first knock. Eckert’s 42-page report this,” said Misbah. “I have Brendon McCullum said Shah for 28 off the first ball against Asian spinners. clearing the 2018 and always believed in myself he was disappointed. of the second over in the But New Zealand still scored his first hundred 2022 World Cup hosts. and in my team and that “Obviously we were day. has a better record in the since July 2012 in Eckert’s findings, paid off.” clearly second in this Test But Sodhi,who added 39 continent than their Aussie Pakistan’s second innings. which were released for the ninth , cousins, losing six of their The second Test starts in Thursday morning, were further defied the bowling 13 Tests, winning two and Dubai on November 17 based on Garcia’s SCOREBOARD with a career-best knock, drawing five. while the third and final in investigation. Despite adding 54 runs for the last Australia have lost 10 of Sharjah from November finding wrongdoing Pakistan 1st innings 566 for 3 decl (A. Shehzad 176, Misbah-ul-Haq 102no, wicket with number 11 their 15 Tests in Asia, with 26.The two teams will also among the 11 bidding Y. Khan 100no, M. Hafeez 96, A. Ali 87) Trent Boult, who made 19 only one win and four play two Twenty20 and five nations, Eckert said the New Zealand 1st innings 262 (T. Latham 103; R. Ali 4-22) . draws. one-day internationals, integrity of the Pakistan 2nd innings 175 for 2 decl (M. Hafeez 101no) Sodhi hit seven Babar had taken 14 also in United Arab December 2010 votes New Zealand 2nd innings (Overnight: 174-8; Target: 480 runs) T. Latham c Shah b Babar ...... 20 boundaries and a six wickets and Shah 12 in Emirates. was not affected. B. McCullum lbw b Shah ...... 39 The dispute between K. Williamson st S. Ahmed b Hafeez ...... 23 Garcia and Eckert R. Taylor lbw b Shah ...... 8 further fuelled the C. Anderson lbw b I. Khan ...... 23 turmoil surrounding J. Neesham c S. Ahmed b R. Ali ...... 0 Task Force in place FIFA’s decision to give B. Watling b R. Ali ...... 0 the next two World Cups M. Craig b Shah ...... 28 ST. JOHN’S, Antigua – was justifiable or officials from the BCCI to Russia and Qatar. T. Southee b Babar ...... 5 The West Indies Cricket considered a reasonable while attending an ICC Questions about the I. Sodhi lbw b I. Khan ...... 63 Board (WICB) has course of action. meeting in Dubai recently. integrity and validity of T. Boult not out ...... 19 Extras (b-1 lb-2) ...... 3 indicated that the Task (b) Examine the The WICB has also the hosting decision have Total (all out, 70.3 overs) ...... 231 Force which will relationship between the officially responded to the been raised ever since Fall of wickets: 1-57 T. Latham,2-61 B. McCullum,3-69 R. Taylor,4-111 K. examine issues which West Indies Players’ letter received from the the vote by FIFA’s Williamson,5-112 J. Neesham,6-112 B. Watling,7-121 C. Anderson,8-138 T. led to the abandonment Association (“WIPA”),West BCCI. The WICB remains executive committee. Southee,9-177 M. Craig,10-231 I. Sodhi of the recent tour to Indies Cricketers and the confident that an amicable “Today’s decision by Bowling India, has been West Indies Cricket Board and mutually agreeable (Eckert) contains R. Ali 11 - 1 - 48 - 2 constituted. ("WICB”), with a view to resolution can be had. numerous materially I. Khan 10.3 - 1 - 37 - 2 Sir Richard Cheltenham making recommendations The Team Management incomplete and Z. Babar 24 - 6 - 48 - 2 has replaced Dennis Lalor on the nature and Debriefing has been erroneous Y. Shah 18 - 1 - 74 - 3 on the Task Force. Lalor structure of the completed. The debriefing representations of the M. Hafeez 7 - 0 - 21 - 1 Referees withdrew in light of a relationship between took place in St. John’s, facts and conclusions Umpire: Ranmor Martinesz potential conflict of WICB and the cricketers Antigua on Tuesday, detailed in the Umpire: Rod Tucker interest. The Task Force is (separate and apart from November 11 and was Investigatory Chamber’s TV umpire: Paul Reiffel as follows:Michael Gordon the relationship between conducted by WICB report,” Garcia said in a : Andy Pycroft QC – Chairman, Sir Wes WICB and WIPA). directors Ricky Skerritt statement released by Result: Pakistan won by 248 runs Hall and Sir Richard (c) Design and propose a and Chairman of the his law firm. “I intend to Cheltenham QC. The fast-track dispute Cricket Committee Julian appeal this decision to Secretary to the Task Force resolution mechanism, Charles along with Chief the FIFA Appeal is WICB attorney Alanna which would apply to Executive Officer Michael Committee.” Medford. Gerard Pinard ongoing tours,and give the Muirhead. Debriefed were Garcia had called for will serve as Industrial players an expedited Team Manager Sir Richie key details of his 430 Relations advisor to the process through which they Richardson, Chairman of pages of investigation to Task Force. could ventilate any issues, Selectors Clive Lloyd, be published, provoking The Terms of Reference so as to mitigate against Director of Cricket Richard clashes with FIFA of the WICB appointed the risk of future tours Pybus (who was in India President Sepp Blatter. Task Force is as follows:(a) ending prematurely as a with the team), coaches Eckert’s report seemed Investigate the cause of the result of player action. Stuart Williams and Andre to confirm that the 2022 actions perpetuated by the The Task Force will Coley and Bowling World Cup would players leading to the report its finding to the Consultant Sir Curtly definitely be played in withdrawal of their Board of Directors by Ambrose. Captains Qatar - though exactly services.Based on the facts December 13, 2014. , Denesh when is still unclear as which emerge, the Task The WICB also reported Ramdin and Darren FIFA seeks an Force will render their that the parties are making Sammy participated via alternative to the desert opinion of the degree of progress with regard to the Skype. The debriefing heat in June and July. culpability attributed to premature end to the tour report will not be made Qatar has also come the WICB,to the WIPA and of India. President Dave public for reasons of under scrutiny for its to the players and whether Cameron met and had confidentiality which is treatment of foreign the action of the players preliminary talks with standard in such exercises. labourers.

The Barbados Advocate Friday November 14, 2014 • 39 Graydon Sealy keeps netball crown By Petra Gooding Springer Memorial was led by Shakelia errors would win,” said Bruce-Small. whistle was blown. Smith who scored 20 goals from 25 Springer Memorial trailed Graydon Earlier in the evening, Combermere IN one of the best netball finals ever, attempts while Khadija Domingo scored Sealy for the majority of the match.They School held off Parkinson Memorial Graydon Sealy Secondary narrowly 11 goals from 20 attempts. did go ahead by one goal with about two Secondary to win the third-place play- held off a rampaging Springer Graydon Sealy Coach Sandra Bruce- minutes left in the game thanks to Smith off 29-26. Sheniqua Thomas led the way Memorial Secondary to win its fifth Small was all smiles after the nail-biting who put them up 30-31. However, this with 19 goals from 20 attempts while consecutive Barbados Secondary encounter and chalked up her team’s win would be the last goal they would score in Donika Payne scored four goals from Schools Netball League Under-19 to the fact that ‘they really wanted to the match, with Smith missing two eight attempts and Nicola Young – who title. win’. crucial goals in the dying seconds of the only played at goal shoot in the final Graydon Sealy won 33-31 in front of a “This is the last year for most of the match. quarter – scored a perfect six from six. large, vociferous crowd at the Netball girls and they really wanted to go out Wharton made no mistake at the other Parkinson Memorial’s tall, athletic goal Stadium yesterday afternoon. Goal Shoot with a bang.We wanted to go out there to end of the court, calmly scoring the shoot Nikita Davis was impressive with Shonica Wharton scored 23 of 27, while score off our centre pass, try to take some equalising goal to put the scores even on her 22 goals from 27 attempts while Goal Attack Alyssa Bynoe scored ten interceptions and score them as well. I 31-31 before scoring two more, including Tatyana Walrond scored four goals from goals from 16 attempts. told them the team that made the least the final one that went in when the final six attempts. Johnson, Steyn face off in battle of lethal fast bowlers LETHAL fast bowlers Mitchell Johnson team-mate a painful blow on and will spearhead the attacks a finger in the nets. as Australia and renew Johnson is in line for a rare double as hostilities in a five-match one-day series cricketer of the year after a shortlist of opening in Perth today. nominees was announced by the ICC last Johnson and Steyn are world cricket’s week. most lethal speedsters and will look to During the voting period of August 26, create mayhem on an expected lively 2013 and September 17, 2014, the 2009 WACA pitch in the first of two ODIs in the winner Johnson claimed 59 wickets in Western Australia capital. eight Tests at an impressive average of No love is lost between the two cricket 15.23. nations who are just shaded in the ODI Steyn was formidable in his last tilt at rankings by India, with South Africa the Australians, taking four for 34 with ahead of Australia by a single ranking Proteas skipper AB de Villiers describing point. him as “the best bowler of reverse swing The series comes just three months in the world by a long way". before the ICC Cricket World Cup in While Steyn is the tourists’ key attack, Australia and New Zealand with the has an outstanding record Proteas looking for another psychological with the bat against Australia with scores edge over the Australians after beating of 106, 126 and 96 during South them twice in Zimbabwe in August- Africa’s recent triangular series win in September. Zimbabwe. “There’s always tension between the two Du Plessis, 30, realises that to continue sides,”Johnson said.“It’s probably going to his stunning form he’ll have to do it with be fiery again.There’s a lot of history there. a target on his back. “Both teams don’t like to lose and you “You can see they’ve got plans when you see that fire in the belly.A lot of the guys come out to bat, where they try to get you will talk after the game... but I think hate out,” du Plessis said. is too strong a word.” “But in the same way, I plan for what Johnson showed his menacing streak they plan. So it’s just trying to be smart Australia’s fast bowler Mitchell Johnson, seen in action during an ODI match ahead of Friday’s first ODI when he struck and thinking on your feet.” against Zimbabwe, in , on August 25, 2014. No spinning out of the World Cup for Australia – Hussey MELBOURNE – Back on their favoured told Reuters, referring to the suspended including a stinging loss in the opener to 2012 and finished with 5,442 runs from quick and bouncy pitches, Australia’s Pakistan offspinner and West Indies’ co-hosts New Zealand, and were bundled 185 matches at an average of 48.15. failings against spin bowling are unlikely Narine. out after the round-robin phase, with “It is a new experience and it definitely to figure at the World Cup and the co- "But I don’t think the pitches will be Pakistan going on to beat England in the raises the pressure a little bit more hosts have an excellent opportunity to that conducive to spin bowling so I’m not final. because it is a huge tournament, it’s what win a fifth trophy, according to former anticipating it being a huge problem. That disappointment preceded a everyone wants to win. If these young batsman Mike Hussey. “I think we’ve got a fantastic golden run of four successive World Cup players can handle it well, then I think Australia’s batsmen had their opportunity and a great chance (to win finals, including the 1999, 2003 and 2007 the sky’s the limit for them.” confidence rocked with a 2-0 test series it). We’ve got some of the most explosive trophies. Australia will play South Africa in a loss to Pakistan in the United Arab batsmen in the world, when you look at Hussey was a member of the five-match series starting in Perth today, Emirates which followed a humiliating guys like David Warner, , Australian team that dominated the with each team fighting for a chance to loss to Zimbabwe in a one-day match in at the top end. 2007 event in the Caribbean, but dislodge India at the top of the world Bulawayo. “Then we’ve got some of the best personally underperformed in his World rankings. Hussey said Australia’s Australia’s vulnerability to disciplined workers and finishers in the game with Cup debut, managing only 87 runs for the greatest threat is likely to be from the spin on slow pitches was exposed by both, (captain) Michael Clarke and George tournament. Proteas, who have long entered World but Hussey believes their batsmen will be Bailey and Steve Smith. Many of Australia’s one-day squad will Cups as favourites but never managed to primed to dominate on local wickets and “We’ve got some really exciting fast experience the pressure-cooker win one. “I think South Africa are a in New Zealand where they play a group bowlers as well. environment of a World Cup for the first fantastic team and have a great chance,” match against their co-hosts on Feb. 28. “I think the thing that we’re probably time and that could count against their said Hussey.“They’ve got seasoned, world “Looking into the cricket World Cup, I going to have to deal with the most is how chances, said Hussey. class players. can’t see spin being a big issue except we handle playing the World Cup on “We’ve got some unbelievably talented “They play and bowl well in Australian against mystery spinners, guys like home soil.” players but for some of them it may be and New Zealand conditions. I think you (Saeed) Ajmal and Sunil Narine who will Australia started their last home World their very first World Cup,” added the need those world class performers to get be very, very difficult to face,” Hussey Cup in 1992 with two successive defeats, 39-year-old, who played his last ODI in you through in a tournament like this."

40 • Friday November 14, 2014 The Barbados Advocate Teams make exits in Herman Griffith competition CHARLES F. Broome will up the rear in the double the only player to get past after taking out St. Silas Hall to the total. Last year's losing live to fight another day digits with 20 as Darian ten runs as the order by 79 runs. Wesley Hall In reply, St. Silas was finalists reached the end after taking out their latest Baker did his best to keep tumbled under the duress batted first and reached restricted to a measly 28 of their tracks as St. opponents in the Guardian the runs down by taking of Massiah (3-9), R. Smith 107 for six in their 25 with Boyce top-scoring Matthew's dispatched Group/National Sports two for 26. (3-9), Brendan Walters (2- overs. Mario Welcome- with 16. Barnett did not Eden Lodge. Eden Lodge Council Herman Griffith The following innings 11) and Makhaya Moore Brenes (3-16) and Kemal get to shine as much with went in first and were Primary Schools Cricket was a short one as Charles (2-4). Boyce (2-20) bowled the bat but was merciless bowled out for 88 with Competition. Playing on F. Broome gave Hilda At Bagatelle, the admirably but could not with the ball and took four Ajah Springer and Corey Wednesday at Dover, the Skeene no room to grow defending champions, keep the likes of Jaheim scalps for 16.Khalil Blades Belle posting 14 and 13 Government Hill team and had the all out for 34 Wesley Hall, ensured that Waithe (31),Joshua Morris was also good with the respectively.Three bowlers sent home Hilda Skeene as to take the 132 run win. they would be going into (23) and Edwin Barnett cork, taking two for three proved valuable on the day the Round of 16 rages on. Sean Brathwaite (11) was the next round as well (11) from helping Wesley wickets. and Liam Padmore (3-12), Charles F.Broome went Treson Gaskin (2-10) and in to bat first and did well Kyle Sutherland (2-14) all in their innings to come Schools’ bodybuilding and fitness championships today did well enough to keep the out on the other end with runs down. Knocking off 166 for the loss of eight. THE 2014 Tiger Malt Mr. will be taking place today, Vaughan School at 4:00 schools will participate in the runs at 89 for six, Christian Haynes top- School Boy Bodybuilding Friday,November 14. p.m. Ninety-eight the contest. Sutherland led the charge scored with 38 while and Miss School Girl Body The competitions will be competitors from primary, The guest poser will be with an unbeaten 43 while Jahdei Belle had a knock of Fitness Championships held at the Lester secondary and tertiary Hoskyn “Biscuits”Worrell. M. Bynoe added ten in the 24.Caleb Massiah brought four-wicket win. (MP) Federer thrashes Murray at ATP Finals LONDON – Roger Federer blew away Andy Murray 6-0, 6-1 to finish the ATP Finals round-robin unbeaten, and hand Murray his worst defeat in seven years in front of his home crowd yesterday. Federer, the most successful player at the year-end championship with six titles, equalled Ivan Lendl’s record of 12 semi-final appearances in winning his group ahead of Japanese debutant Kei Nishikori. It was a ruthless win for Federer, and humiliation for Murray, who last won only one game in 2007 at Miami, against Novak Djokovic. Before playing Murray, Federer had already secured a semis berth after Nishikori defeated David Ferrer 4-6, 6-4, 6-1 in the afternoon. Japan’s Kei Nishikori plays a return to Spain’s David That left Murray Ferrer during their ATP World Tour tennis finals needing to defeat the 17- match at in London, yesterday. Grand Slam champion in straight sets to make it to expense. The fourth-seeded the last four at the O2 “The final set was Nishikori won four Arena and thwart the almost perfect,” said consecutive games to start Japanese newcomer. Nishikori, who hit 41 the third, and saved five But Federer, yet to drop winners and won 80 break points in the sixth a set, made a perfect start, percent of his first service game before winning it losing only eight points in points. with a drop shot. a 23-minute first set. The Spaniard, who Ferrer missed out on Murray, who fought replaced the injured Milos qualifying for the ATP hard this autumn to Raonic at the last minute, Finals after his loss to qualify for the season took advantage of Nishikori in the Paris finale, continued to Nishikori’s 18 unforced Masters quarterfinals last struggle in the second set errors in the first set and month. He trained in but managed to hold in the made the decisive break in London this week, and sixth game to salvage the 10th game when the said stepping in for Raonic some pride, and give Japanese player netted an at the last minute did not British fans a cheer. easy smash. pose a problem despite Nishikori, the U.S. Open But Nishikori recovered articular problems in his runner-up, is one of the to break at the start of the back. Switzerland’s Roger Federer plays a return to Britain’s Andy Murray during their three debutants at the second set and served out “My condition was singles ATP World Tour Finals tennis match at the O2 Arena in London, yesterday. tournament after a to even the set score, perfect today,Kei was just breakthrough season in making it the first match better,” said Ferrer, the muscle injury after losing play,you’ve got to be at the Canadian said. “Wouldn’t which he reached the final at the tournament to go to 2007 runner-up. his two group matches in top of your game here, and have been fair to the fans at the U.S. Open. He was three sets following eight The seventh-seeded straight sets. I couldn’t be close to that if I had played a mediocre rapt to advance at Ferrer’s one-sided encounters. Raonic withdrew with a “As badly as I wanted to today,” the big-serving match or had to stop."

The Barbados Advocate Friday November 14, 2014 • 41 Rosberg carrying momentum into last race

LEWIS HAMILTON “It’s good to see, I hope it race. I’m looking forward need some help, no mat- leads the champi- has slightly dented his to it.” ter what. onship heading to the confidence. Mental Needing just a second “I need to win Abu Formula One finale but (strength) is a big part of place, Hamilton is in a Dhabi and hope for some Nico Rosberg carries the sport, that’s for sure.” good position considering help from Lewis,” he says. the momentum into the Rosberg was the one how dominant Mercedes “It’s difficult with the car decisive race in Abu who buckled under the has been this season. The we have. Maybe Williams Dhabi. pressure a week before at team has finished 1-2 a can do a lucky strike or While Rosberg is com- the U.S. Grand Prix, record 11 times, and something.” ing off a strong victory at where he started from the Hamilton was out of the Williams has been one the Brazilian Grand Prix, pole but took too long to top two only four times in of the closest teams to Hamilton is dwelling on a find his rhythm, and ulti- 18 races. Mercedes, and was espe- mistake that ended his mately was overtaken by The odds are in his cially competitive at streak of five consecutive Hamilton. favor. Interlagos, where Felipe wins and kept him from “I progressed from “There is zero comfort Massa finished third. increasing his advantage. Austin, managed to un- going into the next race,” Another good run by Hamilton missed a derstand what I need to Hamilton says.“There are Williams could boost chance to win at do better,and that worked 50 points to gain – that Rosberg’s chances. Interlagos on Sunday out really well, so onwards has never happened in “I need some Felipe after going off the track and upwards in this direc- Formula One before, and Massa help,” Rosberg while in close pursuit of tion,” Rosberg says. it just so happens to be says. Nico Rosberg his Mercedes teammate, “All I can do is relax, just this season. In the last Rosberg was third in and saw his points lead as I have been doing, and race, you never know what Abu Dhabi last year, four cut to 17 ahead of the race go to Abu Dhabi in full at- is going to happen, so I’m spots ahead of Hamilton. in Abu Dhabi, where dou- tack mode as I have done going into it to win.” The same scenario next ble points are on offer. at the last couple of races. If it weren’t for the new week would be enough to Alonso set for Rosberg needs to win It will be a good fight.” double-points format, give Rosberg the title. the season-ending grand Hamilton, seeking his Hamilton would need only Rosberg must finish fifth prix on Nov. 23 and hope second world title, says he a sixth-place finish to or better to keep his Hamilton finishes third or will not drive conserva- clinch the title. The driv- chances alive. McLaren worse. tively in Abu Dhabi de- ers could tie on points but “It’s going to be a great “We saw he made a mis- spite his advantage in the Hamilton would be the battle,” he says.“Lewis is a take, so anything can hap- standings. champion because the great competitor and al- pen in the last race,” says “I’ll be pushing just as Brit has more victories, 11 ways on the edge, so it will switch – report Rosberg, the German try- hard,” he says. “It’s every- against five by Rosberg. be an exciting race to ing to win his first F1 title. thing to play for in the last Rosberg knows he will watch in Abu Dhabi." LONDON – Fernando McLaren, for whom he Alonso is set to join drove in one turbulent McLaren, with the former season in 2007, had not two-time world cham- yet been confirmed was pion’s move due to be con- because the management Harvick tries to rattle firmed before the season- of the British team had ending Abu Dhabi Grand still to decide on which of Prix on November 23, ac- their two current drivers, cording to a report on the Jenson Button and Kevin Logano in contenders event Autosport magazine web- Magnusson, would re- site published Monday. main to pilot their other Last month Luca de car. MIAMI – As the youngest going to say you were Harvick and Logano “I’m all right with it. I’m Montezemolo, the outgo- Button, after finishing driver in NASCAR’s going to send Brad out to have had issues in the having fun with this.” ing chief of Ferrari, the fourth at the Interlagos championship race, Joey be a moving chicane like past, and Logano once said Harvick insisted he was- Spaniard’s current team, circuit in Sao Paulo on Logano hasn’t been in the you were at Talladega,” that Harvick’s wife, n’t joking about the said the 2005 and 2006 Sunday, said he was still same high-stakes situa- Harvick said. Delana “wears the firesuit Talladega dig: “I told him world champion would in the dark regarding tions as his other three Logano didn’t flinch: “I in the family.” With five that after Talladega, I leave the Italian giants at McLaren’s driver line-up competitors. don’t know what you’re wins this season, Logano said, ‘That karma will the end of the current for 2015. Seeing an opportunity to talking about,” he said. could be considered the fa- catch up with you, buddy. campaign, two years be- “I enjoyed the race and maybe rattle his cage, When the formal portion vorite on Sunday along He knows I wasn’t joking.” fore his contract expires, had a great battle with Kevin Harvick pounced. of the event was over, with Harvick, who has Hamlin, who insisted he because of their failure to Kimi (Raikkonen),” said Harvick poked at Logano patted Harvick on four wins. lost the championship be- provide him with a car Button, world champion Logano during Wednesday the back and said, “Nice.” So it made sense for cause he ran poorly in where he could challenge in 2009. night’s championship Harvick has played Harvick to try to play 2010 and not because of for a third world title. “To beat both Red Bulls, kickoff news conference these games before – he some mind games with the Harvick’s jabs four days Alonso finished sixth in both Ferraris and a when the four drivers needled Denny Hamlin 24-year-old driver, who is earlier, said he expected last weekend’s Brazilian Williams is not a bad day’s were asked how they were during the 2010 lead-up to in his first title hunt. Harvick to make a run at Grand Prix and the 33- work. But that’s all I can approaching Sunday’s fi- the championship. Hamlin Logano said after that Logano. year-old is currently fifth do right now – go out and nale. The Sprint Cup title was the points leader and he wasn’t bothered by “Joey is the new guy,he’s in the overall standings enjoy my racing,” the 34- will go to the highest fin- stressed about the expec- Harvick. the young guy and obvi- for this season. year-old Briton added. ishing driver among tations, and the con- “I think it is funny,” he ously he’s got a great shot But even with the inno- Last month, reigning Harvick, Logano, Denny tenders news conference said.“It is so cool to be here at the championship,” vation of double-points for champion Sebastien Hamlin and Ryan set the tone for a miser- and having a shot at the Hamlin said.“Everyone is the season’s climax in the Vettel announced he was Newman. able weekend in which championship. On top of going to look for every ad- UAE, there is no way he quitting Red Bull, with Before Logano could ex- Hamlin lost the title. that, when you have one of vantage that they can get, can close the gap on the whom he was won four plain his approach, The next year, Tony the threats to win the whether it be coincidence Mercedes’ leading duo of successive world titles. Harvick interrupted him Stewart openly ribbed championship along with or not that the person pok- Lewis Hamilton and Nico That led to reports the and accused him of block- Carl Edwards at their con- yourself trying to play ing fun is the one that kind Rosberg. German was being lined ing at Talladega to help tenders event. Then head games with you, it of gets under the other Autosport added that up for a move to Ferrari, teammate Brad Stewart won the race and means they’re nervous person’s skin. You knew the only reason why Formula One’s most iconic Keselowski win the race. the championship on a tie- about you and I think Kevin was going to have a Alonso’s move to team. “I thought you were breaker over Edwards. that’s kind of cool. little fun out there."

42 • Friday November 14, 2014 The Barbados Advocate Alabama’s tailbacks having underwhelming season TUSCALOOSA, fumble late against LSU, Alabama – The season and has been limited in has taken a toll on practice at least early in Alabama’s once deep, the week. imposing backfield. He has run for 686 T.J.Yeldon is nursing an yards and five touch- ankle injury leading up to downs. Henry has gained Saturday’s game with No. 554 with four touchdowns, 1 Mississippi State and and LSU held him to 24 Kenyan Drake is likely yards on eight carries. out for the season. Drake was having a big The fourth-ranked season especially as a re- Crimson Tide’s running ceiver in the first five game already hasn’t been games before going down forcefully overwhelming with a broken leg. opponents quite as it has Alabama seemed to in recent years. have one of the deeper The result is the team backfields in the SEC that has been regularly coming into the season, delivering bruising run- along with teams such as ners to the NFL doesn’t Arkansas and Georgia. have anyone among the Yeldon was a preseason Southeastern All-SEC pick, Henry Conference’s top 10 rush- starred in the Sugar Bowl ers. after setting the national “I think they’ve worked prep record for career hard,” Alabama coach yards rushing. Nick Saban said. “I think Redshirt freshman they’ve done a good job. I Tyren Jones was sus- think they’ve been respon- pended before the LSU sible to respond the right game, adding to the depth way to whatever we’ve issues. asked them to do. Mississippi State coach “Sometimes their pro- Dan Mullen said the cup- duction has not been what board in ‘Bama’s backfield it needs to be, not solely is hardly bare. on what they’ve done. “They have more and We’ve got to block and fin- more and more coming out ish blocks and do a better of there,” Mullen said. job up front and get in the “They still have a couple right play so they have a more five-stars. I don’t chance to be more produc- think the well is going to tive.” run dry any time soon.” It seemed an unlikely The Tide runners face a concern for a team that big challenge Saturday. has former five-star re- The Bulldogs defense has cruits Yeldon and Derrick been stingy against the Henry in the backfield, run, but is last in the SEC along with Drake before in pass defense. he went down with a bro- Alabama’s backs ken leg in the fifth game. haven’t produced huge Wide receiver Amari numbers, but quarterback Cooper has replaced the Blake Sims still feels as if tailbacks as the offensive the Tide has one of the go-to guy, which helps ex- league’s top backfields. plain why Alabama ranks “Most definitely,” Sims seventh in the SEC in said. “We just, probably, rushing. haven’t showed them a lot, But Alabama’s per carry but T.J.’s working very average has also dropped hard and he’s going to from 5.8 yards last season come back this game very to 5.0. strong.” Statistically, Yeldon is Tide offensive tackle having his worst season Austin Shepherd doesn’t after becoming the first sugarcoat the importance Alabama back to rush for of having a healthy Yeldon 1,000 yards in each of his against Mississippi State. first two years. He’s aver- “I think it’s huge,” aging just 5.1 yards per Shepherd said. “We’re not carry,a full yard less than thin, thin at running back, his career average coming but I consider him one of into the season. our best players and a Yeldon hurt his right leader on the offense. I foot against Tennessee think it’s huge to have and his left ankle on a him." The Barbados Advocate Friday November 14, 2014 • 43

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Copies of the Rules can be obtained at the Barbados Stock Exchange Inc., 8th Avenue, Belleville, St. Michael (limit of one per person) or can be downloaded from our website, www.bse.com.bb. - January 2, 2014 44 • Friday November 14, 2014 The Barbados Advocate

FOR SALE NOTICES NEW DEVELOPMENT Rodgers throws 6 TDs, LOTS Mount Wilton, St. Thomas FORM R REGULATION 9 Packers rout Bears 55-14 6,000 - 8,000 Sq. Ft. NOTICE OF SITTING OF Easy terms available LIQUOR LICENSING GREEN BAY, Wisconsin – by Oakland’s Daryle AUTHORITY Hands stuffed into his Lamonica in 1969. Tel:433-8030/31 234-5987 (THE LIQUOR LICENCE ACT, pockets on a chilly night, The 190th meeting of CHAPTER 182) Aaron Rodgers warmed the NFL’s oldest rivalry REAL ESTATE Notice is hereby given that a Sit- up near the space heaters turned into an old- ting of the Liquor Licensing on Green Bay’s sideline. fashioned blowout and Authority for both District “E” & He smiled as he patted Rodgers watched most of Holetown Magistrates’ Courts will be held on Friday, December teammates on their the second half from the 12th, 2014 at 9:00 O’clock a.m., helmets. sideline in a knit cap. for the purpose of Grant or Re- There was nothing A night full of newal of a General Wholesale, much left to do in the milestones included Wholesale, Retail, Hotel Li- FOR SALE cence, Restaurant Licence, Pro- middle of the third Rodgers’ 16th scoring prietary Club Licence and Or- quarter on a record- pass of 70 yards or more LOTS ders for the Registration of Clubs setting night with the to break the record he under the above mentioned Act. Lowthers, Christ Church Packers leading NFC shared with Denver’s 4,712 sq. ft. $105,000.00 Dated at Magistrates’ Court, Dis- North rival Chicago by 38 Peyton Manning and trict “E”/Holetown this 6th day of points. Rodgers’ predecessor in Tichbourne, St. Michael October 2014. 7,455 sq. ft. $151,000.00 Rodgers threw six Green Bay, Brett Favre. J. Boyce touchdown passes to tie Rodgers looked just fine Fortesque, St. Philip Clerk to the Licensing Author- Nadal to receive stem cell the franchise game record two weeks after tweaking ity 5,927 sq. ft. $125,000.00 and match the NFL mark his left hamstring in a treatment for back pain for a half, and the loss to New Orleans. Connelltown, St. Lucy LIQUOR LICENCE NOTICE BARCELONA, Spain – Rafael Monday that “we are going to put 9,768 sq. ft. $150,000.00 (Cap. 182) Packers routed the The 55 points tied a Nadal’s doctor says the 14-time cells in a joint in his spine” next Durants, Christ Church Grand Slam winner will receive week in Barcelona. reeling Bears 55-14 on Packers record at stem cell treatment on his ailing The Spanish tennis star was Sunday. Lambeau Field. 5,250 sq. ft. $185,000.00 APPLICANT: Stevon ngela back. already sidelined for the rest of Thompson Rodgers was 18 of 27 “The game? Shoot, I Bagatelle, St. James Angel Ruiz-Cotorro told The the season after having his for 315 yards, throwing don’t really have a whole 11,215 sq. ft. $280,000.00 Associated Press by phone on appendix removed last week. touchdown passes of 73 lot to say,” coach Mike OCCUPATION: Shopkeeper Clermont, St. Michael and 40 yards to Jordy McCarthy said. “That was 10,500 sq. ft. $315,000.00 ADDRESS: Bovell Road, Queen Nelson to help the clearly our best football Street, St. Peter Drax Hall, St. George Packers (6-3) open a 42-0 that we played this year.” 14,349 sq. ft. $375,000.00 PREMISES: Board and wall with halftime lead. Both teams were galvanise situated at Benn Hill, “We just kind of got coming off byes. The down PROPERTIES St. Peter things going our way,” time didn’t help the Boarded Hall Greens (Town Dated this 3rd day of November Rodgers said. “The line Bears, who have lost five houses) From $228,800.00 to 2014 did a good job of giving of six to drop to 3-6. $461,900.00 me time to extend plays. Their season is turning Hopewell, Christ Church Signed. S. Thompson If you extend plays, you into a nightmare, and 3 Bedrooms, 2 Bathrooms Applicant. look down the field and their defense has fallen 6,630 sq. ft. $350,000.00 there’s Jordy Nelson. He apart. Fairfield Cross Road, St. Michael This Application for a Grant of a made some nice catches.” Two weeks after giving Building 1 - 3 Bedrooms 1 Bath- Retail licence will be considered Rodgers tied the team up 38 points in the first room Building 2 - 2 Bedrooms 1 at a Licensing Court to be held Bathroom 4,736 sq. ft. touchdown pass record half in a 51-23 loss to at Magistrates’ Courts Dist. ‘E’ that he shared with Matt New England, the Bears $300,000.00 on Friday the 12th day of De- cember 2014 at 9 o’ clock a.m. Flynn and matched the set a dubious franchise Apes Hill, St. James NFL mark for a half set record by giving up 42 4 Bedroom 3 Bathroom 2 storey points in a half. building 4,367 sq. ft. J. Boyce $350,000.00 Clerk to Licensing Authority. NOTICES NOTICES NOTICES "I’m confused, brother. I’m confused. ... We’re just Husbands, St. James LIQUOR LICENCE NOTICE LIQUOR LICENCE NOTICE LIQUOR LICENCE NOTICE not very good right now,” 3 Bedroom 2 Bathroom two sto- LIQUOR LICENCE NOTICE (Cap. 182) (Cap. 182) rey building 5,783sq. ft. (Cap. 182) (Cap. 182) receiver Brandon $600,000.00 Marshall said. “It’s a APPLICANT: Mobrie Anthony APPLICANT: Alomica Hinds APPLICANT John Corbin shame to have to say Bournes Village, St. George APPLICANT: John Corbin Yearwood : 4 Bedrooms 3 Bathrooms two that, but sitting at 3-6, storey building 3,191 sq. ft. OCCUPATION: OCCUPATION: it’s tough. It’s very, very, $471,000.00 OCCUPATION: OCCUPATION: very disappointing.” ADDRESS Mile & A Quarter, St. Grazettes Court, St. Michael ADDRESS: Mile & A Quarter, St. : ADDRESS: Mangrove, St. Peter Embattled quarterback 3 Bedrooms 2 Bathrooms build- Peter ADDRESS: Pie Corner, St. Lucy Peter Jay Cutler had another ing10,842sq.ft. $550,000.00 night to forget at PREMISES: Green and purple PREMISES: A wall shop situated PREMISES: Wall structure with FOR RENT shop behind Shell Gas Station, at Pie Corner, St. Lucy PREMISES: Wall structure up- plywood roof situated at Man- Lambeau Field with two Mile & A Quarter, St. Peter stairs Pizza Man Doc, Queen grove, St. Peter first-half turnovers. He Sea Grape Drive, St. Philip Street, Speightstown, St. Peter 2 Bedrooms, 1 Bathroom Apart- Dated this 7rh day of October has thrown 12 Dated this 3rd day of November interceptions in four ment $1,600.00 monthly 2014 2014 Dated this 21st day of October Dated this 3rd day of November 2014 career games in Contact: Telephone 2014 Titletown. (246) 432-7191 Signed. A. Yearwood Signed. J. Corbin Cutler was 22 of 37 for Website: www.creis.com Applicant. Applicant. Signed. J. Corbin Signed. A. Hinds Applicant. Applicant. 272 yards. His performance surely won’t JOB SEEKERS This Application for a Grant of a This Application for a Grant of a ease the withering NEED YOUR PROPERTY Retail licence will be considered Retail licence will be considered This Application for a Grant of a This Application for a Grant of a MAINTAINED? at a Licensing Court to be held at a Licensing Court to be held Retail licence will be considered Retail licence will be considered criticism back home in at Magistrates’ Courts Dist. ‘E’ at Magistrates’ Courts Dist. ‘E’ at a Licensing Court to be held at a Licensing Court to be held Chicago. General garden/ lawn upkeep. on Friday the 12th day of De- at Magistrates’ Courts Dist. ‘E’ at Magistrates’ Courts Dist. ‘E’ on Friday the 12th day of De- “We’re all look for Propagating, landscaping, grass- cember 2014 at 9 o’ clock a.m. cember 2014 at 9 o’ clock a.m. on Friday the 12th day of De- on Friday the 12th day of De- ing, spraying, mowing, forking, cember 2014 at 9 o’ clock a.m. cember 2014 at 9 o’ clock a.m. answers right now,” weeding, model: suburban, Cutler said. “We really project, ave 1/2 acre, 5hrs, once J. Boyce J. Boyce don’t have a lot of them.” / wk, tools are yours. Clerk to Licensing Authority. Clerk to Licensing Authority. J. Boyce J. Boyce Clerk to Licensing Authority. Clerk to Licensing Authority. Pete 263-9867 The Barbados Advocate Friday November 14, 2014 • 45

46 • Friday November 14, 2014 The Barbados Advocate No. 1 MSU, No. 4 ‘Bama meet in Tuscaloosa HERE are a few things to Texas A&M offensive tackle the total of eight Clowney watch in Week 12 of the Cedric Ogbuehi vs.Missouri pass recorded in 2011. Barnett has Southeastern Conference rush. Ogbuehi, regarded at the seven sacks, tied for the third- season: start of the season as a potential highest total in the league. GAME OF THE WEEK:No.1 first-round draft pick,has moved Barnett also has 14 tackles for Mississippi State at No. 4 from left tackle to the right side loss to rank second in the league Alabama. The Bulldogs are the now that teammate German in that category. top team in the country according Ifedi is out for the remainder of LONG SHOT:Arkansas hasn’t to both the AP and College the season with a knee sprain. won a Southeastern Conference Football Playoff rankings, but Ogbuehi should have a tough as- game in more than two years,but Las Vegas sees it differently,with signment Saturday whether he the Razorbacks are still a slight Alabama a touchdown favorite lines up against Shane Ray or favorite against LSU on going into Saturday. Mississippi Markus Golden. Ray ranks sec- Saturday in Fayetteville. The State’s strength is a productive ond in the SEC with 10 1/2 sacks Razorbacks have played several running game led by quarterback and leads the conference with 16 top teams - like Mississippi State Dak Prescott and running back tackles for loss. Golden has 4 1/2 and Alabama - close this season, Josh Robinson. Alabama (CFP sacks and 9 1/2 tackles for loss. but haven’t been able to break No. 5) will counter through the NUMBERS GAME: Texas through. LSU is coming off an air with quarterback Blake Sims A&M defensive end Myles emotional overtime loss to the and receiver Amari Cooper. Garrett already has broken the Crimson Tide. Texas A&M defensive lineman Myles Garrett (15) blocks a Mississippi State ranks last in SEC freshman sack record previ- IMPACT PERFORMER: field goal attempt by Auburn at the end of the first half of an the SEC in pass defense. Said ously held by former South Georgia running back Todd NCAA college football game on Saturday, Nov. 8, 2014, in MSU coach Dan Mullen: “There Carolina star Jadeveon Clowney. Gurley is expected to return from Auburn, Ala. The Aggies' Deshazor Everett returned the kick are going to be a lot of 1-on-1 op- Tennessee defensive end Derek a four-game suspension 65-yards for a touchdown. portunities across the field. We Barnett also could surpass Saturday when the 16th-ranked need guys to make plays when Clowney’s old mark before the Bulldogs (No. 15 CFP) host No. 9 touchdowns while averaging 8.2 Heisman Trophy front-runners they get the opportunity.” end of the season.Garrett has an Auburn (No. 9 CFP). Gurley has yards per carry this season. He before getting suspended for tak- MATCHUP OF THE WEEK: SEC-leading 11 sacks to shatter rushed for 773 yards and eight was regarded as one of the ing money for autographs.

The Barbados Advocate Friday November 14, 2014 • 47 Lillard leads Trail Blazers over Nuggets 130-113 DENVER – A little bit tired and the ball. Part of that is us.” drained entering the second night The Blazers showed no signs of of back-to-back games, the Portland fatigue, despite expending plenty of Trail Blazers nevertheless put energy the night before in coming back together a startling offensive flurry. from a 23-point deficit to hold off So startling that Damian Lillard had Charlotte at the buzzer. to take a moment to fully comprehend They also beat Denver in Portland on what his team accomplished – 84 points Sunday, in a tighter game (116-100). in the first half. This time they expected more energy “That’s the points you score in a full out of the Nuggets, who dropped their game,” Lillard said. sixth straight game in front of a small It certainly made for an easy rest of crowd on a bitterly cold night. the way. “We were expecting their best shot, Lillard had 27 points and a season- expecting them to come out fired up,” high nine assists as the Blazers used a Lillard said. “It felt kind of dry,with the big first half to rout the Denver Nuggets crowd and everything. We knew that we 130-113 on Wednesday night. would have to create our own energy.” The 84 points by the Blazers in the “We did that.” opening half was one basket away from LaMarcus Aldridge usually gives the matching the team record for a half (86) Nuggets nightmares, but he was kept in set against Golden State on Jan. 5, 1986. check, finishing with 12 points. He It was the most points scored in the first averaged 28.3 points against Denver a half by a Denver opponent since Phoenix season ago, and had a career-high 44 scored an NBA-record 107 points on points in a game last January. Nov. 10, 1990, according to Nuggets’ This was the first time all year officials. Nuggets coach Brian Shaw had a full Even more, the last time a team squad at his disposal. It didn’t help. scored that many in any half was March Shaw couldn’t find the right 25, 2011, when Golden State had 84 in combination to slow down the Blazers, the first half against Toronto, according who led 84-50 at the break. That’s quite to STATS a first-half explosion, especially “It felt great, because everything that considering Indiana beat Miami 81-75 we wanted to do, you’re in the flow of earlier in the night. doing it,” Lillard said. “You want to get On a frigid night outside the Pepsi out in transition, play unselfish, you Center – minus-three degrees and want to make shots.You want to defend. falling – the Nuggets were just as cold We did all those things.That’s as well as inside. They shot 37.8 per cent in the we’ve done that all season.” first half, including one for eight from So, was that as good as Portland can three-point range, leading to plenty of play? boos from the sparse crowd. “I don’t want to put a ceiling on that,” “It’s not easy for them to see us play said Robin Lopez, who scored 15 of his like that,” Danilo Gallinari said. “I 19 points in the first half. “We were a understand them. Hopefully, we can little fortunate. Shots were falling. Part turn those boos into applause the next Damian Lillard #0 of the Portland Trail Blazers handles the ball against the of that is kismet. Part of that is moving game.” Denver Nuggets during the game on November 12, 2014. Klitschko unimpressed by Briggs’ latest antics BERLIN – World anymore. Champ, come out at last,” Klitschko’s attention. latest stunt. champion has bellowed the American in his latest He gate crashed the press conference “I will just concentrate on the fight.” brushed off the latest extreme efforts by effort to get a world title fight with before Klitschko’s last fight against Briggs, who has twice held world titles, USA boxer on Klitschko. Australia’s Alex Leapai in April, then a is undefeated in his last six heavyweight Wednesday to earn a shot at the “I’m the real champ. The world wants scuffle broke out when Briggs bouts since losing to Vitali Klitschko for Ukrainian’s belts. to see the Klitschko-Briggs fight.” approached Klitschko while he was the WBC title in Berlin in October 2010. Briggs, 42, gate-crashed Klitschko’s “I’ll knock Klitschko’s teeth out.” eating in an Italian restaurant in Miami. Klitschko’s fight against Pulev in opening training session in Hamburg, as Briggs then peeled off his shirt and He even taunted Klitschko, the WBO, Hamburg will be his 17th defence of his he prepares for Saturday’s world title pounded his fists on the building’s glass IBF, IBO and WBA champion, from a world titles, having held at least the IBF bout against ’s , doors, demanding: “Give me something speedboat while the Ukrainian was belt since 2006, but his Bulgarian before being ejected from the building by to eat!” stand-up paddle surfing in Florida. opponent is unbeaten with 11 knock- security guards. This is not the first time Briggs has “I really couldn’t care less what he outs in 20 victories on his unblemished “The people don’t want Klitschko gone to extreme measures to get does,” said Klitschko, 38, after Briggs’ record. Howard scores 22, Rockets beat T-Wolves in Mexico – Feeling better after a super short trip. The last time we lost, Western Conference. The Rockets played without starting missing his first game of the season so I wanted to come back with a better “We want to be the best at the end of point guard Patrick Beverley and because of a flu-like virus, Dwight effort,” said Howard, who fed off the the year,” Howard said. “The West is a couldn’t pull away until the third Howard promised to put on a show for 18,996 fans.“I’ve always wanted to come tough Conference, but if we play hard, we quarter. his Mexican fans. And he delivered. to Mexico. The fans were great. They can beat anybody. We want to hold the “In the first half it was tough. We Howard, who missed Saturday’s game were standing and cheering from warm- trophy at the end of the year.That’s what couldn’t get any stops,” Harden said. “In against the Golden State Warriors, had ups until the end... I wish I could play all we talk about every day.” the third quarter we locked down and 22 points and ten rebounds Wednesday of our games here in Mexico.” With Ricky Rubio sidelined made a run to seal the game then.” as the Houston Rockets beat the James Harden led the Rockets with indefinitely after spraining his left ankle The teams played without incident 113-101 at 23 points and a team-high ten assists, during Friday’s loss to the Orlando nearly a year after a game between the Arena Ciudad de Mexico in the first but was only eight of 23 from the field. Magic, the Wolves lost their third and Timberwolves regular-season game played south of the Trevor Ariza added 19 points and straight game. was canceled because a short circuit in a border since 1997. Kostas Papanikolau scored a career-high Corey Brewer scored 18 points and generator room sent smoke and fumes “It’s a big honour to play in Mexico.We 14 for the Rockets (7-1), who tied rookie Andrew Wiggins added 15 for inside the Mexico City Arena during had an amazing time even though it was Memphis for the best record in the Minnesota. warmups.

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Friday November 14, 2014 PARTNERSHIP KEY By Ashlee Cox relevant model apparatus which Minister used the example of maritime would allow for the mobilisation of transportation, where creative partner- A CHALLENGE has been issued to financial resources to help address some ships and thinking can be implemented the private sector to partner with of the problems which this island to address challenges. Government and citizens of this faces. “If we talk about maritime transport country in order to create new Speaking at the Caribbean Exporters’ for example, I recommend to you a financing mechanisms. Colloquium 2014, under the theme model that is used in Barbados According to Senator, the Honourable “Building Economic Resilience in the right now to operate the Bridgetown Maxine McClean, Minister of Foreign Caribbean”, which took place at the Cruise Terminal Inc. It’s a private Affairs and Foreign Trade, the time Hilton Barbados earlier this week, the company…owned by the Government has come for the adoption of the Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade PARTNER on Page 11

Many country representatives were in attendance at the Caribbean Exporters’ Colloquium 2014. INSET: Senator, the Honorable Maxine McClean, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade.

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