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Vol. 20 No. 241 St. Johnʼs, Antigua Tuesday October 16, 2012 Price: $3.00 TWO MEN SHReadOstory on paT ge 3 Calls for sex Still Fed Up Of The Rain? offenders’ register Page 3 Messy animals force school closure Page 4 APUA: Rain was needed - but has caused damage Tropical Storm Rafael may have turned gardens into paddling pools and highways into lakes but it managed to put a smile on some faces too. These INET-sponsored 5AM Hikers soaked up the atmosphere during a spontaneous trip to Christian Valley – Antigua’s very own natural waterfall. (Photo courtesy Page 4 Craig S Williams ‘Grainas’) BREAKING NEWS 91.1FM / NEWS UPDATES www.antiiguaobserver.com Page 2 Tuesday October 16, 2012 THE DAILY Observer WHAT’S ON EXTENDED FORECAST TUES WED Today Ptly Cldy to Cldy Cloudy High: 29°C/84°F High: 30°C/86°F COMMUNITY MEETING Low : 24°C/75°F Low : 24°C/75°F Businesses, churches, schools and community groups in the Rural East Community are reminded of an important meeting today at 5:30 pm at the Hope Institute Community Centre, in connection with the ON THE RADIO upcoming business/community fair in December. Registration forms are now available at the Institute. Observer Radio 91.1 12noon-2pm ... Flooding again? Deadline for registration is Wednesday October 31. Should higher fines be charged for littering? October 27 Observer AM – 7– 9 am Julian Rogers interviews people FOOD FAIR who make the Big Stories at Our House with Debbie Eckert Spring Gardens Moravian Church invites you to our home and across the region - 2:30-5pm annual food fair as we “Celebrate Diversity” on Virtue of the Week-Tact & the Saturday, October 27, from 2 pm to 7 pm on the Coffee Break – 9–11 am Power of Words. church grounds. Lots and lots of local food will be on Cleveroy Thomas chats with hand. 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Feature 20 Classifieds 21 Tuesday October 16, 2012 Page 3 THE BIG STORY THE DAILY Observer Two men hospitalised after Gray ’s Farm shooting By Martina Johnson of anonymity, the man who occurred between Friday beat two of the male occu - said he witnessed the shoot - afternoon and Monday pants with guns. Two Gray ’s Farm men - ing, recalled that the shooter morning. They then robbed them one shot in the head - are walked up to the house, A Turtle Bay couple of an undisclosed sum of hospitalised following a pushed his hand through reported that an armed ban - money. shooting in the area early the window and opened fire dit entered their home, and Both men had to be yesterday morning. on three men who were robbed them of an undis - taken to Mount St John’s While residents in the inside playing card games. closed sum of money Medical Centre (MSJMC), community were generally “Me min outside and Saturday afternoon. where they were treated and tight-lipped when OBSERV - somebody just dig dem hand The intruder, who was discharged. ER Media visited the scene, through the window and dressed in a pair of black In the third incident, a one man said he heard the buss some shots inside ... Me pants and a maroon jacket, woman , 29, of Grays Hill , shots and saw a gunman run fuh cover... Dem boys first held the 55-year-old reported that an armed, running from the small nuh min deh in nutten with wife at gunpoint and bound masked man broke into Bridge Road house, where nobody,” the witness said. her hands behind her back. her home and held her at the incident occurred at The witness added that Reports indicate that gunpoint. about 12:15 am. it was too dark to identify when her 57-year-old hus - The woman recalled When the shooting the assailant, who escaped. band arrived home, the ban - that she and a female friend ceased, Glentis Davis and Police combed the dit also held him at gun - were inside when she heard Patrick McDonald were house for evidence and up point. her friend scream and saw found injured. to press time, no suspects Having robbed the cou - her running. Police spokesman Senior were in custody. ple, the thief ordered the The intruder held both Sergeant William Holder Senior Sergeant Holder husband to drop him off in a women at gunpoint and said Davis, 25 , had been shot appealed to the public for remote area. robbed them of a quantity of in the head and back. help in solving the crime. No one was injured. cash before fleeing on foot. A relative said the bullet He urged residents to report Another family, this The assailant is grazed Davis’ head and was information to the Crimial time from All Saints Road, described as about five feet lodged under the skin. He Investigations Department reported being robbed at five inches tall, of medium had to undergo surgery to (CID) at 462-3913/4 or the gunpoint in the pre -dawn build, and believed to be in have it removed. Bullets nearest police station. hours of Monday. his late 30s or early 40s. struck McDonald in one Meantime, police are According to police, Police said he was hand and his right side. probing three separate two masked men forced dressed in dark clothing at CSpaeakilngl son confdiotion rh omse einvxasio nso tfhaft etheinr wayd intoe the rhousse a’nd rthe timge of tihes inctideent. r By Kyle Christian Roseau’s comments come Antigua, but across the to vigilante justice. in response to news that region,” Roseau said. Roseau said that those A sexual offenders’ reg - Australia published its first The gender affairs direc - concerns do not only affect ister in Antigua & Barbuda sex offenders’ registry online. tor said that if a registry is Australia, but everywhere could prevent instances of “I support a move like implemented online, the such a database is proposed. sex offenders from abroad that, and I think that that authorities must ensure that She said people are often so remaining under the radar should form part of the the integrity of such a data - disgusted by the actions of in this country. strategy for us to end sexual base is protected from hack - paedophiles that they may That is the opinion of violence here in Antigua,” ers and the like. want to take the law into the Director of Gender Roseau said. The Australia registry their own hands. Affairs, Sheila Roseau. In July, Minister of includes photographs, She said a look should She recalled two separate National Security Dr Errol names and physical descrip - be taken at incidents of vigi - incidents where a person was Cort reported that during tions of sex offenders the lante justice in the United listed on a sex offenders’ reg - the first half of 2012 there police have lost track of.