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PAGE 02 PM Douglas and President Obama united in Its now Sir Hugh, Nevisian-born Chief Justice knighted by the fight against drug trade and trans- the Queen PAGE 05 national crime, says US Embassy official On The BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS working together to fight the drug Mark (CUOPM) - St. Kitts and Nevis’ trade and trans-national crime. PMPM DouglasDouglas callscalls onon Prime Minister the Rt. Hon. Dr. So says Acting Chief of COMMENTARY Denzil L. Douglas and United Mission at the United States BY nationsnations toto stepstep upup thethe States President, the Honourable * THE THINKING CITIZEN Barak Obama are on the same wave * VIEW POINT length in their commitment to (cont’d on page 12) fightfight againstagainst drugsdrugs andand * REV.CANON PERCIVAL * EARL CLARKE trans-nationaltrans-national crimecrime * SOTTO VOCE Hon.Hon. SamSam CondorCondor attendsattends bi-annualbi-annual inter-sessionalinter-sessional ACP-EUACP-EU ParliamentaryParliamentary AssemblyAssembly joined by Honourable Alva Baptiste of St. Lucia and BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS Honourable Dr. Douglas Slater of (CUOPM) – St. Kitts and Nevis’ St. Vincent and the Grenadines Minister of Foreign Affairs, attended meetings from 19 – 22 Deputy Prime Minister the Hon. March 2012 at the ACP House and Sam Condor was among three at the European Ministers of Foreign Affairs from Parliament with Members three Eastern Caribbean States of African, Caribbean and participated in the bi-annual inter- Pacific national Photo: (Left to right) - Commissioner of the Royal St. Christopher sessional ACP and Joint ACP-EU and Nevis Police Force, Mr. C. G. Walwyn; St. Kitts and Nevis Prime Parliamentary Assembly that was (cont’d on page 3) Minister the Right Hon. Dr. Denzil L. Douglas and Acting Deputy held in Brussels, capital of the Chief of Mission, Brian Greaney of the U.S. Embassy in Barbados. European Union. Hon. Sam Condor (Photo by Erasmus Williams) (STORY ON PAGE 07) Honourable Sam Condor was (Photo by Erasmus Williams) 2 - OPINION / LOCAL NEWS - The Labour Spokesman FRIDAY, MARCH 30TH 2012 Its now Sir Hugh, Nevisian- born Chief Justice knighted THE SPOKESMAN - ESTABLISHED MAY 1957 Published by: The St. Kitts-Nevis Trades & Labour Union by the Queen Ag. Managing Editor: Dawud Byron BASSETERRE, ST. Masses House, Church Street KITTS, MARCH 29TH 2012 P.O Box 239 . Basseterre . St. Kitts . West Indies (CUOPM) – Nevisian-born Tel: (1 869) 465-2229 <> Fa: (1 869) 466-9866 Chief Justice of the Eastern Email: [email protected] Caribbean Supreme Court, His Website: www.labourspokesman.com Lordship Hugh Anthony Rawlins has been knighted by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Second. Editorial The St. Lucia-based Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court has announced that Sir Hugh was awarded the Order Democracy is alive of the Knight Bachelor. It was produced in the St. Kitts and Nevis’ Prime Minister the Rt. Hon. Dr. Denzil L. and well in the London Gazette on Tuesday Douglas (left) and Chief Justice Sir Hugh Rawlins during a courtesy March 27, and took effect from call by the chief justice two weeks ago. the date of publication. (Photo by Erasmus Williams A release said the judicial Federation of officers and the administrative Caribbean Supreme Court in August 2000 as a Master to assist and support staff of the Eastern with the implementation of the New Civil Practice Rules, 2000. Caribbean Supreme Court He was appointed as a High Court Judge in January 2002 and St. Kitts-Nevis extended warm and heartfelt was elevated to the Office of Justice of the Court of Appeal in congratulations to His Lordship, September 2005. Over many years, elections in the sister island of Nevis has Sir Hugh Anthony Rawlins on He acted in the Office of Chief Justice of the Court from April been a quiet and non-controversial affair. Usually, when the his elevation to the Order of 29, 2008, and was confirmed in the Office of Chief Justice by election date is announced for General Elections, proceedings in Knighthood. Her Majesty, the Queen, on the unanimous recommendation of St. Kitts reach fever pitch, while the peace and quiet in Nevis Sir Hugh joined the Eastern the Heads of Government of the nine (9) Member States of the remained largely undisturbed. Caribbean Supreme Court as a Organization of Eastern Caribbean on May 30, 2008. This has not been so in recent times. Nevisians have come to Master in August 2000, having Sir Hugh, a national of St. Kitts and Nevis is married to Lady take their elections really seriously – be it Federal Elections or had a career of public service Claudette Rawlins, a national of Barbados. They have two Nevis Island Administration Elections. as a Graduate Secondary daughters - Claire Buckland and Dara-May Maynard, and one In doing so, they have been able to effect changes as to which School Teacher; Assistant granddaughter, Arianna Buckland. political party in Nevis control the Nevis Island Administration in Secretary; Head of Department very clear and unequivocal terms, until now, that is. and Acting Permanent In the Nevis Local Elections of July 11, 2011 however, not Secretary prior to becoming a Make certain that you only was campaigning very intense, but extraordinary efforts were legal practitioner. made to bring out the votes and ensure a massive voter turnout in Subsequently, he held the reach all the constituencies. offices of Crown Counsel; One of the results of this exercise is that in the Constituency Registrar of the High Court and - use our new Email of Nevis 2 (Parish of St. John) a declaration was made on a Magistrate; Solicitor General in narrow margin of votes – to wit 14 votes in favour of the Nevis St. Kitts and Nevis; and Reformation Party’s Candidate, Hon, Hensley Daniel, who Lecturer in the Faculty of Law address: received 1358 votes while his rival, Mr. Mark Brantley received at the University of the West 1344 votes. Indies. [email protected] The total outcome of the elections allowed the Nevis He joined the Eastern Reformation Party (NRP) to form the Government of Nevis and Mr. Daniel to be given a Portfolio as a Minister in the Nevis Island Administration. Inevitably, the Concerned Citizens Movement (CCM) Party’s the matters mentioned in this ruling, all parties immediately after the judge’s ruling was not taken, Candidate Mr. Mark Brantley questioned the results, the can take some comfort. and he felt quite justified in allowing the status declaration and the conduct of the poll. The Petitioner will be satisfied that the quo to continue to operate until whenever the This was expected. It happens quite often in many elections election in question has been “declared invalid appeal is heard. where the outcome is close. The loser questions the result and and void”, and also to hear that “his right to All this is in keeping with the spirit of seeks to have some kind of redress, whether a recount or a new freedom of expression and his right not to be democracy and the rule of law. poll. Such is their democratic right and this is usually secured treated in a discriminatory manner “had been We therefore commend all those who through the courts. contravened.” subscribe to the principles of democracy and When the courts have examined the case and looked at all the However, his attempts to fault the Electoral ensure that as the world looks on at our conduct evidence and made its pronouncement, the loser in the case has a Commission failed, and to have the names of of the business of the people, they can continue right of appeal and may proceed to do so. This is also a democratic voters restored to the list was refused. In the to view us as role models and exemplary right. meanwhile, the Nevis Reformation Party is practitioners of those principles. After the final appellate court has pronounced on the matter, seeking to appeal the declaration that the We commend the Nevis electors on their then one can expect full acceptance of the verdict by all parties election is “null and void” and have taken the participation and on their patience and desire to concerned, and justice will have run its course, and the spirit of position that the status quo remains as is, until see matters resolved peaceably and amicably. democracy will have prevailed. the appeal is heard. (A stay of Execution has Let law and order prevail, let respect for the What then of the situation mentioned earlier with regards to been granted by the Appeal Court). courts and due process prevail. Let us keep Constituency of Nevis 2 (Parish of St. John)? The matter was Premier Parry was at pains to point out that democracy alive and well in this our beautiful aired in the High Court. The judge has handed down his ruling. Of the procedure to have Mr. Daniel step down Federation of St. Kitts and Nevis. The Labour Spokesman FRIDAY, MARCH 30TH 2012 - NEWS - 3 St. Kitts Music Festival - who will be the next signed artiste? By Charles Miller Jr With the 16th annual St. Kitts Music Festival, playfully dubbed “Sweet 16” only 3 months away, music lovers within the Federation are wondering who will they announce next as another artiste on the anticipated line – up. On February 25th, it was announced via the St. Kitts Music Festival Facebook fan page, that Damian “JR Gong” Marley is set to perform at this year’s annual event. Damian – offspring of reggae icon Bob Marley is no stranger to the ears of people everywhere, especially within the Caribbean. Although he’s world renowned, his duo album with American rapper Nas put him on another level of stardom. The second artiste that was announced to grace our stage was the legendary Roberta Flack; an “old skool” singer/songwriter, who is known for her angelic voice, as well as her work alongside musical genius Donny Hathaway. With popular hits like “Killing Me Softly” and “The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face”, there’s no doubt that Ms. Flack will be set to take St. including on social and financial Kitts by storm with her smooth vocals. issues affecting the Union, and that the agreements they conclude with the EU reflect their own The latest announcement came on Thursday morning (yesterday) at also has increased jurisdiction as integration process and is the fruit of true bi-regional cooperation”. around 10:00 AM where the Facebook fan page released the names of regards EU external affairs, and Other issues debated by Parliamentarians included the political situations two artistes that have also been confirmed. trade and development, as it must in ACP countries and joint efforts undertaken by the EU and ACP on English Jazz Musician, COURTNEY PINE and world famous reggae validate all international climate change. band, MORGAN HERITAGE have been revealed as two new additions agreements signed by the EU. Many issues of concern to OECS Member States in their relations to the line-up. ACP and EU parliamentarians with the EU will be brought before the European Parliament, theatre of Pine, an amazing saxophone, clarinet, flute and keyboard player debated issues such as the future European democracy, in the near future. These include the Schengen hailing from London, is set to bring familiar jazz pieces and blow your of EU development assistance to visa waiver, the request for extension of the implementation period for mind, while Morgan Heritage, known all around the Caribbean will be ACP countries, specifically, the Banana Accompanying Measures, budgetization of the European here to bring their classics such as “She’s Still Loving Me” and “Down new interpretation given to the Development Fund (EDF), etc. By The River”, it is safe to say that the family band will take the place by principle of differentiation “Thus, strengthening relations with the European Parliament is of storm. whereby EU development paramount importance going forward,” informed St. Kitts-born In addition to all the outstanding musicians and vocalists that will cooperation will focus on the Ambassador Shirley Skerritt-Andrew, Ambassador of the Eastern take the stage during the 3 day event, the committee is hosting a model poorest of the poor based on Caribbean States and Permanent Representative to the European Union, search, for what they deemed as the “Fantastic Four.” Information on which middle income countries who accompanied the Ministers. the search can be found on their Facebook page. such as those in the OECS could During their stay in Brussels, Ministers Condor, Baptiste and Slater The 3 day concert set for this year June 28th – 30th will be held at the risk being graduated from EU also called on counterparts in the European External Action Service Warner Park Stadium. development cooperation. (EEAS), which is the diplomatic arm of the EU and is charged with ACP Parliamentarians undertaking all external action, and the European Commission expressed their concerns about the Development Cooperation Directorate General. Hon. Sam Condor ...... current difficulties experienced by During these meetings, the Ministers raised issues of specific concern African and Pacific regions in their to the OECS in their relations with their major and most significant (cont’d from page 1) EPA negotiations and reiterated development cooperation partner, such as the need for continued EU support on socio-economic aspects of their development. The Ministers Parliaments as well as Members of the European Parliament. their rejection of the recent stressed the importance of the model relationship that the OECS sub- The ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly, one of the joint proposal of the European region has with the EU and cautioned that “differentiation should not institutions of the ACP-EU development cooperation framework, provides Commission to withdraw 18 ACP lead to a missed opportunity for this flagship relationship to show its a legal as well as democratic platform where ACP and EU elected countries that have not yet signed potential and squander the benefits garnered thus far” and that “EU representatives could discuss issues of concern to both regions and an EPA from the list of beneficiaries policy hereafter should not be construed as a punishment for good jointly seek to obtain solutions. of market access preferences performance”. Ministers expressed hope that their relationship with the The European Parliament has become an incontrovertible interlocutor under Regulation 1528/2007 as of EU will continue despite challenges that the Union currently faces in for the ACP specifically as a result of its increased decision-making 1 January 2014. Representatives light of its economic crisis and policy reorientations. powers along with the Council of the European Union, as enshrined in from the Eastern Caribbean States Ministers also underscored the “importance of EU assistance that the Lisbon Treaty on European Union that entered into force in 2010. conveyed their unwavering has thus far taken account of the inherent structural vulnerabilities of The European Parliament exercises considerable power over the adoption support to African and Pacific the micro-states of the OECS that need to be constantly overcome”, of all legislative proposals submitted by the European Commission, regions as they seek to “ensure such as falling levels of FDI and ODA, changing trade rules and a “tempering of growth in the tourism sector that is exacerbated by the imposition of contrary taxes on travel by some EU countries to Caribbean destinations.” They supported the EU’s attachment to regional integration through its assistance to the CARIFORUM-EU EPA and its joint work on the Joint Caribbean-EU Partnership Strategy. Ministers raised other pertinent issues to the OECS such as the need for consideration to be given on the flexibility for the implementation of Banana Accompanying Measures, while EU representatives underscored the importance of ensuring mutual political support in multilateral fora such as at the UN. The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Saint Lucia is the current Chairperson of the ACP Council of Ministers and in that capacity, along with the Ministers from St. Kitts and Nevis and St. Vincent end the Grenadines, also met with the Secretary General of the ACP Secretariat, Dr. Mohamed Ibn Chambas. They emphasized the importance of strengthening relations between Africa and the Caribbean not least from the viewpoint of their shared cultures. They expressed hope that their meeting would be seen as a signal for closer relations that would foster change in both regions as the OECS and ACP seek to redefine their relevance on the global stage. 4 - NEWS - The Labour Spokesman FRIDAY, MARCH 30TH 2012 essential for working men and women to have the strength to improve TRADE UNION NEWS their living standards and provide for their families. Bottom line: It gives working people a voice at the table. By: Batumba Tak - General Secretary It is said that labour exists in the pulpits and that faith groups fully support workers’ freedom to choose a Union, and that the Discipline of the Christian Methodist Episcopal Church in 1982 said that they believe What Is Collective “Free Collective Bargaining” has proved its values in our free society whenever the parties engaged in collective bargaining have acted in good faith to reach equitable and moral solutions of problems dealing Bargaining? with wages/salaries and working conditions. And has also said that they do not support the opinion voiced in Unions are, first and foremost, organizations seeking to improve the some quarters that strike should be made illegal. To declare strike illegal lives of their members by improving their condition of work, and thus would be to deprive workers of their rights to collective action and, even insuring respect for their diginity as workers. more seriously, would place in the hands of governments the power to The St. Kitts/Nevis Trades & Labour Union fully believes that each force workers to remain on the job. worker is entitled to a fair day’s pay for a fair day’s work, and that pay In a future article we will continue What Is Collective Bargaining?. should include a share in the profits the worker helps tp create and, thus, Organized labour has always As I leave I leave you with the words of an old Union poem by Mary the St. Kitts/Nevis Trades & Labour Union has always sought a larger sought, in sum, through collective Gilmore. share of those profits than “market forces” might dictate. bargaining, to bring about a In addition, we also recognize that those profits can only be created broader sharing in the riches of our in a well-managed enterprise, where both capital and labour contribute Federation. The Union Man. to the result. What Is Collective Bargaining? Since its early and humble beginning; the Labour Movement has – Collective bargaining is the A poem by Mary Gilmore. sought to improve the social condition, the quality of life, create process in which working people, One voice to speak, No evil dies, workplace democracy and participate in joint employer-employee through their Unions, negotiate One step to take, It only lies, decision-making, long before these approaches become fashionable. contracts with their employers to A thousand men as one, In silent seeming sleep, The St. Kitts/Nevis Trades & Labour Union has since then determine their terms of As like a wall, Waiting the hour, understand that confrontation and conflict are wasteful, and that a more employment, including wages/ Lest one should fall, Once more in power, cooperative approach to solving shared present and future problems is salaries, benefits, hours of work, They stand till all is won. Over the world to sweep. more desirable. leave with pay, job health and We also believe that, the problem always is finding those who wish safety policies and much more. These are the men, A thousand men, to fully cooperate in a system of true equality, and until that time our Collective is also a way to solve Who, foot by foot, No two alike, desire for cooperation is fully reciprocated, and we must maintain the workplace problems. Beat down the might of wrong, And yet they stand as one, ability to meet employer confrontation. Why Is Collective Bargaining And now hold fast, While so they stand, The St. Kitts/Nevis Trades & Labour Union has always sought to so Important> - Because the right In case the past, No alien hand, improve the social and ecomonic conditions of life for all in our democratic to come together for a voice on Should rise again, still strong. Can bring them down undone. society through industrial, political action and sought legislation on the job is not only a basic behalf of all workers. fundamental right, it is also Africans Input To Feature In Re-Enactments Basseterre, St. Kitts (SKNIS): The important role of enslaved Africans in aiding the British as the French laid siege on Brimstone Hill in the Battle of St Kitts of 1782 will be featured as part of re-enactments which took place at the same location yesterday (Thursday, March 29th), and will continue today, Friday March 30th. Don Beale, one of the re-enactors told SKNIS that his team was prepared to make this as close to the real thing as possible with pockets of dramatic intensity during re-enactments of the skirmishes and ambushes that took place. He explained that the British Brigade was excited about combining with the local members of the St. Kitts Nevis Defense Force who will form part of the team to create a realistic battle. He said this would involve machete wielding and simulated bloodshed. “The history of the actual skirmishes that took place over the period of the thirty day siege of Brimstone Hill is actually quite fascinating. Machete bearing locals would triumph over soldiers with swords and bayonets. It was unbelievable and we look forward to recreating this for the people of St. Kitts and Nevis, Mr. Beale emphasized. “An added attraction to the choreographed event is that it will feature the clothing of the period in which the Battle was fought and maintain cultural correctness,” Beale emphasized. He expressed gratitude to the Brimstone Hill Fortress National Park Society and the St. Kitts Tourism Authority for the additional activities which have been planned for the re-enactors, giving them a chance to enjoy St. Kitts and Nevis as a travel destination as well. The full team of re-enactors arrived in the Federation on Wednesday and are expected to leave on Sunday April 1. Other scheduled activities include a cocktail reception at Government House and a complimentary tour aboard the St. Kitts Scenic Railway on Saturday. Entrance to the event March 29th and 30th is the regular Brimstone Hill entry fee of E.C$10 for local adults and $5 for children as well as U.S. $8 for non-nationals. The Labour Spokesman FRIDAY, MARCH 30TH 2012 - NEWS - 5 Mr. Smart offered no help and so the Chief Economic Adviser PAM misleaders making threatened to take the matter up with the FAO officials at their Headquarters in Rome. I do not know if he did, but so far no changes have been made to that Report. false claims about a better The cumulative effect of the PAM Government’s fiscal policy was the erosion of the standard of living and the quality of life of the poor life during 1980-1995 ordinary power-less working-class man and woman. PAM satisfied the needs of the rich and powerful by paying the The messenger boys in the PAM party have been extremely busy on The Thinking Citizen Sugar Estates Land Owners $22.0 million, and in addition, PAM abolished radio and in the print media trying to convince an incredulous public Personal Income Tax. that life in general was better under the 15 years of PAM rule than it has The history of the 47-year old PAM party has clearly shown that the been under Labour since 1995. status of the people of our country party has, as a matter of deliberate policy, engaged in actions and The messenger boys have forgotten that when Labour left office in was the lowest in Latin America activities that were plainly illegal, unlawful, immoral, unethical, unjust February 1980, there was full employment in the Sugar Industry. and the Caribbean, save and and unfair. Workers in the field side of the Sugar Industry were 5 to 6 working except for the Republic of Haiti. Now that the Labour Party Government is in its fourth consecutive days a week regularly. A year or so after, PAM formed the government; The Report also stated that our term in office, the members of the CCM/PAM cabal have banded the same group of field workers were given only 1 or 2 days work a country suffered from themselves together to persecute our Prime Minister, the Rt. Hon. Dr. week regularly. In other words, the work-week of field workers was Unemployment, Under- Denzil Douglas and his Labour Party Government. reduced from 5 or 6 days, to a 1 or 2 days. Employment, Low Income Levels, The PAM party has been pretending that it has always acted lawfully, Under Labour from 1995 onwards the regular 5 to 6 days work- Poverty, Hopelessness and legally, fairly, justly and virtuously. The PAM party has succeeded in week was restored. Despair, and poor and inadequate convincing a number of CCM Members, chief of whom is the mighty Also under PAM the field workers were denied the free use of the Housing Conditions. Sheriff who, time and time again, has demonstrated his deep personal estate Land Rovers and tractors and carts to transport their crops from The Chief Economic Adviser hatred of the Prime Minister. the field to the places of storage. The field workers were no longer able to the PAM Government went The Sheriff’s knee-jerk reaction is to put his tongue on anyone who to use the estate vehicles and equipment to transport water and feed berserk when he read the Report does not share his political beliefs or philosophy. Mr. Thomas, Chairman their hungry and thirsty animals. Poor people were suffering. and challenged the validity and of the suspended Commission of Inquiry in Nevis and Sir Richard Poor people were made to suffer more when PAM abolished Personal authenticity of the Report with a Cheltenham, the Commission’s lawyer (both not involved in Nevis Income Tax which the PAM Government deceitfully called a Social Mr. Smart, the UNDP Regional politics) have suffered the length of the Sheriff’s tongue. Services Levy. So people who paid Income tax were relieved from the Representative who was visiting But I say like Webbo of VON fame, as follows: “Life is not fair, but Tax, while people who never ever paid Income Tax were forced to pay the St. Kitts from Barbados on one of God is GOOD. income tax called Social Services Levy. his regular official visits. The PAM Government imposed a Customs Service Charge on all goods entering our country. This Service Charge was in addition to the regular Customs Duty, so importers had to pay Customs Duty in addition to the Customs Service Charge. The Ministry of Finance used to tell importers that while the Ministry could waive the Customs Duty at times, the Ministry could not waive the Customs Service Charge. Naturally when a Service Charge was paid on top of Customs Duty the price of goods to the consumer would go up. The PAM Government cared naught about the welfare of the poor, the sick and the needy. In spite of the hardships which the PAM Government had already imposed, the said government went ahead and increased the fees to the general public for all services rendered at the J.N.F. General Hospital. Included in the increase were the fees paid for patients to stay in a private room or in a private ward at the Hospital. The Government hit you in your pocket when you are well and even when you are sick. Even the rates for telephone calls were increased. SKANTEL upped the rates for both local and overseas telephone calls. Poor people were hit with increased costs and prices, everywhere they turned, whether they were sick or well. During this period of extreme hardship, PAM of course was boasting that the people of St. Kitts and Nevis never had it so good. Of course the party was referring to the abolition of Personal Income Tax. But the fact of the matter is that the abolition of Personal Income Tax could only benefit those who paid the Tax. The masses of people never paid Income Tax. It was very ironic that while the PAM party was boasting that our country never had it so good; the UNDP/FAO was holding a regional meeting in Peru or in Chile in South America. During the course of the meeting the UNDP/FAO issued a Regional report on Latin America and the Caribbean. Among other things, the Report stated that the nutritional 6 - NEWS - The Labour Spokesman FRIDAY, MARCH 30TH 2012 RAMS Inter-Primary Championship to begin today By Drizel Hanley Some seven hundred (700) students from twenty-one (21) different primary schools on St. Kitts will be participating this weekend, Friday 30th March – Sunday 1st April in the 2012 Edition of the RAMS Inter-Primary School Championships to be held at the Silver Jubilee Stadium, Bird Rock, Basseterre. The athletic meet will see the School, George Moody Stuart Although three of the twenty Huggins, revealed that he RAMS $EC1000.00; Second place- Bronte Welsh Primary School, School, Irishtown Primary School, one primary schools will not be Trading Group, title sponsor for $EC750.00; Third place-$EC600.00; Tyrell Williams Primary School, Maurice Hillier Memorial Junior participating, their students will be the championships, will be adding Fourth place-$EC450.00 and Fifth Dean Glasford Primary School, School, Sandy Point Primary allowed to register and compete as a different element to this year’s place-$EC300.00. St.Paul’s Primary School, Newton School, Estridge Primary School, independent athletes. competition through tastings of The St. Paul’s Primary School Ground Primary School, Violet Joshua Obadiah Williams Primary Some 16 events are scheduled new products; athletic patrons can are the defending champions. Petty Primary School, Cayon School, Tucker Clarke Primary, St. for Friday; 26 on Saturday and expect complementary beverages Admission for the three day Primary School, Dieppe Bay Christopher’s Preparatory School 24 on Sunday. at beverage stalls located on the athletic meet is: Kim Collins Primary School, Edgar T Morris and the Immaculate Conception A release issued by the Public grounds. Pavilion- EC20.00, Stands- Primary School, Saddlers Primary Catholic School vying for the title Relations Officer of the St. Kitts The top five schools will be EC15.00, Grounds Adults-EC10.00 School, Beach Allen Primary of the 2012 RAMS Inter-Primary and Nevis Amateur Athletic handsomely awarded with and Children under 12-EC5.00. School, Dr. William Connor Primary Champions. Association (SKNAAA), Evris monetary prizes: First place-

experiencing with regards to our Sitting on the beach, hair wild, current situation on crime, and strewn about my face, I am certain what appears now to be some looking ethereal, enjoying a very O Land of Beauty political instability, that disowning rare moment of solitude, marking my homeland as I have seen some my name in the sand over and over people do is not an option. I have again, and watching as the waves run into Kittitians here and there washed it away, a stranger - St. Kitts and Nevis - who are quick to relay the latest approached and asked me who negative news report. I have even might I be and where I was from. I heard discussions whilst walking looked sideways and gave him a For A Moment I Forgot! into stores, “Oh I will never set look of, “Isn’t it quite obvious that foot in St. Kitts again…look what I am trying to enjoy a moment of By Mutryce A. Williams St. Kitts come to…I shame to say peace here,” however I responded that I from St. Kitts.” quite nonchalantly. I said, “My I just want to say that I will name is Mutryce A. Williams, to his shop near the Primary School say you are going for a drive there to remind us that we are a never be ashamed to say where I my friends I am Tryce, Yaisa or Jay. in Sandy Point, and Fulton’s raisin “around the island” you are really fertile land. It is there to remind us am from. I now realize that as a born I am from the federation of St. Kitts roll, not to mention goat water, going “around the island.” Sir, my most importantly from whence we citizen of this land that I can’t allow and Nevis.” Before I could retreat souse, cook-up, fungi and fish, country is a land of champions. It’s came, and the two white stars are anyone to walk away with the into my solitary abyss or ask him and black pudding, just the the place where Kim Collins was still there to let us know that there impression that my still beautiful any questions, he jumped right in, thought has me salivating. born. Do you remember him? You is hope and that we have liberty. nation with lots to offer is only a “Isn’t that that island where And let me tell you something, must! This is my St. Kitts and Isn’t that something? I would like criminal’s paradise, this would be there’s an alarming rate of crime?” because my palate is so Nevis. My country is the one who to say a special thank you to Ms. a grave injustice and a dishonour Without much thought I discriminating, I end up comparing gave the world off shoots like the Edris Lewis. She is a visionary. to the soil where I breathed my first turned and faced him, smile placed all foods to my native country’s actor Keith David, singer Corrine She has given us something to breath, and where my navel string on my face, I said quite resolutely, food so I rarely eat out, because I Bailey Rae, and the famed essence look to and to be reminded always is buried. The sad thing however, “Well it’s the Mother Colony of am left wanting. Sir, I can go on editor in chief and novelist Susan that regardless of what we may be is that until that stranger the West Indies. It’s as Kenrick and on. Taylor. Do you want me to go on? going through that as a nation that approached me, I had gotten Georges puts it a land of beauty. It My native land is the place This is the place whose there is still hope. Sir, may I ask, bogged down with all of the news is my country where hopefully where masquerades, clowns and essence flows through my veins, does your native flag have that?” about crime and criminal activities once more peace would abound. mummies are referred to as sports. and whose essence will never As I sat there eschewing my that I had forgotten that St. Kitts It’s a land that’s captivating. It is a It’s the home of the Belmont and leave. This is a place that I would love for my native land to this and Nevis my home, my native land that is steeped rich in culture the Mansion Bull, and I am not defend because it is my native stranger, Ellie Matt’s song, “I Love land, my country, is still a gem. with a town whose architecture and speaking about a prized animal but country, “nothing can wash that St. Kitts,” the Mighty Arrow’s It is still a treasure. The truth is history is unrivaled and tacitly rather a sport or as you may refer out.” This is the place where the song “Arise Citizen Arise,” and that I had forgotten not only that preserved. It’s the place where to it folklore. It’s the place where green, yellow, black, red and white, Crucial Bankie’s song “Liamuiga” there would always be hope and Mount Liamuiga stands tall, still calypso is on the rise. It’s the place the colours of our flag truly stands all resonated through me, ‘Oh how liberty as clearly stated in our flag, kissed by undulating cane lands. where Carnival and Christmas go for something. It’s not just I wish I had an I-Pod,’ at that but I had simply forgotten those It’s a place that redefines the hand in hand. It’s the place where symbolic. Do you know that I have moment so I could play these powerful words in our nation’s stereotypical label of all tropical bands like Nu Vybes, actually compared it to other tunes for him. I realized how much national anthem, words that we as islands being just sun, sand, and Grandmasters, and Small Axe still flags? I truly, truly loved St. Kitts. I a people ought to hold on sea. It is the home of the Gibraltar duke it out. It’s the place, although I have not just compared it for realized that regardless of the especially during these trying of the West Indies, Brimstone Hill; just 68 square miles where each its beauty but also for its meaning. turbulence that we are times. a UNESCO world heritage site village or area has its own dialect I have compared it for what it which exudes such prominence. or intonation. And to think of it, represents. It’s a flag which was O Land of Beauty! Simply put Sir, you haven’t it’s a dialect unlike any other. If I designed by Ms. Edris Lewis, who Our country where peace abounds, Thy children stand experienced life until you’ve want to tell you that you are might I add did such a phenomenal free On the strength of will and love. visited Brimstone Hill. It is truly a looking fine or very dapper, to job. With God in all our struggles, Saint Kitts and Nevis be, A wonder to behold. It’s the land of express myself in my native Green for our fertile soil, yellow Nation bound together, With a common destiny. the vervet monkey. It’s a place tongue, just so that you for our year round sunshine, black As stalwarts we stand, For justice and liberty, With whose local cuisine is the most understand how impressed I am for our African heritage, red for the wisdom and truth, palatable I have ever tasted, and blood of our forefathers, and the with your outfit, I would tell you We will serve and honour thee. trust me I am not being biased. Just that you are, “stone moderation two white stars represent hope thinking about Jong’s roti, an dress.” and liberty. Sir, so you see even No sword nor spear can conquer, For God will sure evening at Fisherman’s Wharf, It’s the one place that I know though we may be going through defend. conch water by that man who has of here in the region that when you these turbulent times, our flag is His blessings shall for ever to posterity extend! The Labour Spokesman FRIDAY, MARCH 30TH 2012 - NEWS - 7 character of these the global drug trade. PM Douglas calls on nations to step “The corrosive impact of the drug trade is well-established. When narco-business persons enter a legitimate economic space, legitimate up the fight against drugs and business people find it impossible to compete. For example, the former must seek bank loans and repay these loans with interest. The narco trans-national crime corporate structure – but marked “business person”, however, is able to act as his or her own bank,” said by relentless ruses to mix Prime Minister Douglas. BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS (CUOPM) – St. Kitts and Nevis’ Prime illegitimately acquired funds with He told the drug commanders that drug-related operators constitute Minister the Right Hon. Dr. Denzil L. Douglas said Tuesday that the legitimately acquired assets, in an a drain on the state in which they function since they tend to create efforts of his twin-island Federation in the fight against drugs would be attempt to render the ill-gotten systems that are outside of formal channels. given the greatest chances for success if other nations were to find gains untraceable. In addition, in “To pay no taxes they cause a rise in criminal activity, arm criminal ways to curb the demand for drugs within their own borders, and control real terms, illegal narcotics are and other unsavory groups, and generally create societal fear and the ease with which weapons can be bought and sent overseas as well. cheaper now than they were 20 destabilization. Indeed, there are some countries outside of the Caribbean However Dr. Douglas said that he is heartened and encouraged with year ago,” said Dr. Douglas. in which the drug-related violence is reported to rival that of Afghanistan. the commitment of other countries to help fight crime in the Caribbean. He pointed out that the United This is a cause for great concern,” said Prime Minister Douglas, who Speaking at the opening ceremony (March 27th, 2012) of the States remains the number one pointed out that there is the deeply troubling point-of-origin matter where Preliminary International Drug Enforcement Commanders Conference consumer of illegal drugs. the weapons that are used by drug traffickers and other criminals in this and the 18th Annual Regional Drug Commanders Meeting at the St. “Considering our hemisphere is concerned. Kitts Marriott Resort, Dr. Douglas said the commitments were made at geographical position, this is most “My regional colleagues and I have raised this point on several last week’s Council of Ministers of the Regional Security System (RSS) unfortunate for us here in the occasions and I will not belabor the point now, but this remains a major in St. Vincent and the Grenadines. Caribbean. At the same time, drug concern because everything, as I have said, is interconnected,” said “We came away very heartened and encouraged when we received use in Europe is expanding, Prime Minister Douglas. commitments from the Governments of the United States of America, the making that region a close second He said that the efforts of countries like St. Kitts and Nevis would be Republic of France and Canada to work with us in several ways to fight to the U.S. Traditionally rare in given the greatest chances for success if other nations were to find trans-national crime in our region,” said Prime Minister Douglas, who West Africa, the drug trade, in ways to “curb the demand for drugs within their own borders, and control added that the conference is so important and underscores the need for recent years, has become a real the ease with which weapons can be bought and sent overseas as well.” the follow-on session in Indonesia. challenge. The illegal drug trade is He disclosed that in 2011 and 2012 local security forces seized cocaine Dr. Douglas referred to the writings of Oriana Zwill and Lowell alive and well in Eastern Europe. It with a street value of EC$500,000, cured marijuana with a street value of Bergman of what has happened in recent years “Globalization hit has its adherents in China, some EC$12 million and marijuana plants with a street value of some organized crime over the last decade”, they state, “and now is integral to Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, EC$42 million. its most profitable business — the international narcotics traffic. Once Vietnam. In a nutshell, some 272 “I shall be following very closely all that emanates from this a regional problem involving a customer base of a few million, and barely million people around the globe conference, this week, confident that, together, we shall sharpen and a billion dollars in sales, the illegal drug industry is now a worldwide use illegal drugs,” said Prime refine our approaches to the twin challenges of drugs and transnational enterprise with tens of millions of hard core consumers spending Minister Douglas, who pointed crime; and confident, also, that together we shall help to promote the hundreds of billions on opiates, cocaine, amphetamines and marijuana, out that it is the reality with which stability, both of our respective nations, and, in doing so, the world,” as well as other drugs.’ the region must grapple. said Prime Minister Douglas. Dr. Douglas said that the challenge that the region faces as policy He said even though the focus Countries represented are Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Barbados, makers and law enforcement officials is further complicated by the fact this week is the Caribbean, the fact Bonaire, The Bahamas, Colombia, Curacao, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, that heroin, cocaine, marijuana, synthetic drugs and other substances is that an expanding drug trade – Haiti, Jamaica, Martinique, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Maarten, St. produced in one region are sold in another at utterly phenomenal markups. globally - places every country, Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, the Turks and Caicos “This then places transnational criminals in control massive cash including the region’s, at greater Islands, St. Croix and the United States. reserves that enable them to function along the lines of the traditional risk because of the transnational

States Government was allotting the OECS Secretariat to United States provides financing US$450,000 in new funds to strengthen juvenile justice provide polygraph capabilities to systems by improving the legal and RSS nations so that members of regulatory framework and building for RSS polygraph corps, their law enforcement agencies awareness in civil society, among can become fully trained other things,” said Mr. Greaney. assistance to strengthen juvenile polygraphers and serve as part of “All our agencies – the Federal an RSS polygraph corps. Bureau of Investigation (FBI), “This will provide International Narcotics and Law justice system and make prisons sustainability to RSS member Enforcement Affairs (INL), the nations for ongoing (and urgently Naval Criminal Investigative safe, secure and humane needed) vetting capabilities Service (NCIS), Diplomatic essential to preventing and Security’s office of Anti-Terrorism BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS (CUOPM) - Stating that regional Mr. Brian Greaney, Acting rooting out corruption,” he told Assistance (DS-ATA), the cooperation and communication is essential in the fight against the Deputy Chief of Mission at the delegates from 22 countries. Department of Defense (DOD), and trafficking in drugs and trans-national crime, a senior United States official United States Embassy to Mr. Greaney said the United the Drug Enforcement says despite difficult financial times, the United States continues to play Barbados and the Eastern States is allocating US$1.5 million Administration (DEA), just to the major financial part in the international effort known as the Caribbean Caribbean the Barack Obama in new funds to expand the name a few— are conducting Basin Security Initiative. Administration has injected capacity of RSS nations to help ongoing training and exchange US$133 million in its first two years make prisons and correctional programs for your law enforcement of the Caribbean Basin Security centers safe, secure, humane, and and security forces, too numerous Initiative (CBSI). in accordance with international to detail here,” said Mr. Greaney. “In November we announced standards. The United States official said that the United States would “We will provide mentoring as fostering of information is sharing provide US$10 million to upgrade well as equipment and training for necessary for success. the avionics and communications corrections officials,” said the “Obviously, some of our of the RSS Air Wing, whose two United States diplomat. efforts predate the Caribbean C-26 aircraft were initially donated The American Government is Basin Security Initiative. We have by the United States in 1999. Our to delivering two interceptor boats a longstanding belief in the total assistance to date for the Air to each of the OECS countries, as potential benefits of information Wing is US$23 million. We also well as communications upgrades sharing,” said Mr. Greaney, announced an additional US$1.9 for all RSS nations, beginning this pointing out that 18 years ago, the million for training for RSS member spring. This package is valued at United States established this nations’ personnel,” Mr. Greaney approximately US$14 million. conference as a way to bring told the opening session of the “We are not neglecting the commanders of the Drug Units 18th Annual Pre-IDEC/Regional youth side of the problem. The throughout the region together to Photo: United States Acting Deputy Chief of Mission, Mr. Brian Drug Commanders Conference at U.S. Agency for International Greaney. Right is Assistant Commissiner of Police Mr. Ian Queeley. the St. Kitts Marriott Resort. Development (USAID) is (Willett’s Photo). He disclosed that the United implementing an agreement with (cont’d on page 14) 8 - NEWS - The Labour Spokesman FRIDAY, MARCH 30TH 2012 DPP says the Code for Prosecutors establishes the principles of conducting a prosecution

BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS (CUOPM) – The recently launched Hendrickson noted that most of the National Prosecution Office brings prosecutors in the Royal St. prosecution in the Magistrates’ Christopher and Nevis Police Force under the direction of the Director Court was conducted by the of the Public Prosecutions (DPP). police. Speaking at the event, Director of Public Prosecution, Mrs. Pauline “This included all summary matters and most preliminary inquiries in indictable matters. Police prosecutors operated a separate prosecution unit within the Royal St. Christopher and Nevis Police Force. As a result the Resident Judge His Lordship Mr. Justice Errol Thomas (left) and Director could not effectively Senior Magistrate Her Worship Mrs. Josephine Mallalieu-Webbe. supervise the work of the police (Photo by Erasmus Williams) prosecutors and give them the required direction, guidance and of Public Prosecutions. throughout is the just disposal of assistance in the prosecution of The DPP said that the aim of the issues. The prosecutor cases,” said Mrs. Hendrickson. the National Prosecution Service secures no victories and sustains She said that after some is to expand, strengthen, enhance no defeats. discussion with the Attorney and consolidate the prosecution The prosecutor should be General and the Commissioner of resources in the Federation. vigorous in presenting the Police a decision was made to She said the Code for evidence, but restrained and establish a National Prosecution Prosecutors establishes the courteous. Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), Mrs. Pauline Hendrickson Service where all those who principles of conducting a Without a fair prosecutor, there speaking at the launch of the National Prosecutions Office and the prosecute and all prosecutors are prosecution. cannot be a fair trial,” said Mrs. Code for Prosecutors. under the control of the Director “The decision whether or not Hendrickson to the officials to prosecute an individual is a present including Prime Minister most important one. It is vital for the Rt. Hon. Dr. Denzil L. Douglas; the suspect, vital for the victim and Attorney General and Minister of vital for the community as a whole. Justice and Legal Affairs, the Hon. Great care must be taken by those Patrice Nisbett; Resident Judge who decide these issues, always His Lordship Mr. Justice Errol remembering that wrong decisions Thomas, Speaker of the National may destroy lives and undermine Assembly, the Hon. Curtis Martin confidence in the criminal justice and Senior Magistrate, Her system,” said the DPP, pointing Worship Mrs. Josephine out that the modern prosecutor is Mallalieu-Webbe expected to discharge his or her She said that the community duties with professionalism, skill has a vested interest in the proper and vision and to operate within conduct of its prosecutions, and the parameters of defined and clear the conviction of the guilty is just prosecution policy guidelines. as much in the public interest as is “High qualities are expected of the acquittal of the innocent. the modern prosecutor – good “The prosecutor is guided at judgment, complete integrity, an all times by the public interest in innate sense of fair play and an the measured application of the instinctive sense of right and rule of law,” said the DPP, stating: wrong. “In deciding where exactly the Fearlessness is also an public interest lies in a particular essential quality, for prosecution case the prosecutor must consider decisions are often controversial the justice of the situation and and the prosecutor must have the examine all the factors. strength of character to resist The more serious the offence, criticism from whatever quarter, no the more likely is it that the public matter how strident or painful. interest will require a prosecution The judgment of the to proceed. There is a need to prosecutor must never be maintain public confidence in the overborne by political, media or administration of criminal justice, public pressure. The profession of and the community has a prosecutor is an honourable one legitimate interest in the work of but it is not for the fainthearted,” its prosecution service,” said Mrs. said Mrs. Hendrickson. Hendrickson. She is of the view that the She said the purpose of the prosecutorial discretion should be Code for Prosecutors is not only exercised in a manner that is to provide a code of conduct for consistent, fair and objective and prosecutors and to promote that difficult decisions must be consistent decision making at all confronted, not sidestepped, and stages of the prosecution process, in deciding the way forward the but also to make the community prosecutor should apply aware of the way in which the professional judgment, legal system of public prosecutions competence and practical life operates. Transparency is experience. essential for the modern “The prosecutor is prosecutor for a fair and effective independent and his or her interest criminal justice system. The Labour Spokesman FRIDAY, MARCH 30TH 2012 - NEWS - 9 St. Kitts and Nevis Customs gets new weapon to curb importation of illicit drugs and guns BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, MARCH 26TH 2012 (CUOPM) – Re- enforcing his government’s zero-tolerance to illegal importation of illicit drugs and ammunition into the twin-island Federation, St. Kitts and Nevis’ Prime Minister the Rt. Hon. Dr. Denzil L. Douglas officially declared open a new weapon in the fight against crime. Dr. Douglas, also Minister of Finance, along with Nevis’ Junior Minister in the Ministry of Trade and Industry with responsibility for Consumer Affairs, Trade, Industry, Import and Export, Hon. Dwight Cozier, assisted Financial Secretary, Mrs. Janet Harris, in cutting the ribbon to declare open the Vehicle Inspection Facility at the Customs Department, Bird Rock. Vehicles identified by the canine and suspected of carrying illegal contraband such as illegal drugs, illegal arms and illegal ammunition, will

St. Kitts and Nevis’ Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, the Rt. be taken to this facility, stripped Federation. Hon. Dr. Denzil L. Douglas (left) and Nevis’ Junior Minister in the and thoroughly searched said Dr. Douglas said the opening of the facility places significant Ministry of Trade and Industry with responsibility for Consumer Prime Minister Douglas. emphasis on the resolve of customs officers who have gone the extra Affairs, Trade, Industry, Import and Export, Hon. Dwight Cozier He said it was necessary to mile to ensure that they operate with utmost professionalism and (right) assists Financial Secretary, Mrs. Janet Harris, in cutting the ensure that illegal drugs and guns thoroughness that the country can be proud of their achievements. ribbon to declare open the Vehicle Inspection Facility. do not enter the twin-island “There has to be zero-tolerance being displayed to guns and ammunition and drugs in our country,” said Prime Minister Douglas. Deputy Comptroller of Customs Mr. Georid Belle told the Communications Unit in the Office of the Prime Minister (CUOPM) that the facility includes a ramp and a mechanic shop with all the necessary tools for dismantling vehicles. “We have on staff two qualified mechanics with Guild certificates to undertake the necessary operation,” said Belle.

The Ramp with vehicles

Deadline for applications is 30th March, 2012 Tools at the mechanic shop. Photos by Erasmus Williams 10 - NEWS - The Labour Spokesman FRIDAY, MARCH 30TH 2012 Information Delegation returns home from Integrating (CSII) Programme was Friday’s RSS meeting in St. Vincent also discussed. Prime BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS Royal St. Christopher and Nevis Deliberations also took place Minister Douglas (CUOPM) – St. Kitts and Nevis’ Police Force, Mr. C. G. Walwyn. on the RSS 30th Anniversary and his Prime Minister, the Right Hon. Dr. Ministers and delegates celebrations, the Crime Stoppers delegation Denzil L. Douglas returned home received the Regional Security Co- Programme, the proposed Eastern returned to the on Saturday after attending the ordinator’s Report and were Caribbean Hydrographic Project Federation on Regional Security System (RSS) updated on the RSS Training and the Advanced Passenger Saturday. Council of Ministers Meeting in Institute and the Caribbean Basin Information System for Small St. Vincent and the Grenadines. Security Initiative and the RSS/ Vessels (eSeaClear). Photo: St. Kitts Prime Minister Douglas was Katz Troublesome Youth Group The Rationalisation of Security and Nevis’ accompanied by Attorney General Study. Agencies within CARICOM and Prime Minister and Minister of Justice and Legal The Budget for 2012/2013, the the Co-ordinating Arrangement the Right Hon. Affairs, the Hon. Patrice Nisbett; RSS Air Wing, the Unity Exercise between the Governments of the Dr. Denzil L. Commander of the St. Kitts-Nevis (UNEX) 2012 and the creation of a United States and the Regional Douglas post of Deputy Coordinator were Defence Force, Lt. Colonel Patrick Security System concerning the (Photo by Wallace and Commissioner of the discussed. cooperating Sensor and Erasmus Williams)

Over 700 personal laptops distributed to 1st- 3rd Form High School students on Nevis

NIA CHARLESTOWN NEVIS formers and third formers will be (MARCH 26, 2012) — First, 2nd able to boast of having your own and 3rd Form Students of the laptop and so when you get your three secondary schools on Nevis homework…We have no excuses could not hide their jubilation whatsoever not to do well in when they received word they school. So therefore I want you to were each about to receive a care these instruments, these personal laptop on March 22, 2012. tools, use them for the purpose for Acting Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Education and The custom configured computers which they are intended,” she said. Library Services and Principal Education Officer Mrs. Lornette were a gift from the Federal Coordinator of Science and Technology in the Department of Queeley-Connor with one of the two busloads of computers for Government in collaboration with Coordinator of Science and Education on Nevis, Mr. Laurence students on Nevis the Nevis Island Administration Technology in the Department of Richards who was also present (NIA) the third phase of the One Education on Nevis, Mr. told the students in brief remarks to One Laptop project which Laurence Richards began two years ago. reminded the students that the The laptops were delivered computers would provide an Technology. and distributed by a team of avenue for lifelong learning. “We have put on an personnel from the Federal “The computers and the educational operating system for Department of Information internet service that you will also you to assist with that so persons Technology, the Ministry of be using are tools that you have are not going to see Microsoft Finance and the Ministry of to use for your benefit. As such I with Windows as you probably Education led by Information want to suggest to you that the would have expected but it has an Communication Technologies role of the computers you are operating system that has a Development Coordinator in the receiving use it as a window to the number of educational packages Federal Government Ms. Keisha world, secondly, as an avenue for on there that you can use to your Archibald. A total of 722computers lifelong learning and thirdly, as a advantage,” she said. were distributed with 442 to the tool for education and commerce. Ms. Archibald also urged the Charlestown Secondary School, “As I share in your joy students to appreciate the laptops 265 to the Gingerland Secondary because I am happy for you, I also as she notified them of a new School and 15 to the Lyn Jeffers want to encourage you to use the addition to the package. Secondary School. tool wisely, use it for the intended “I hope you appreciate these Information Communication Technologies Development Acting Permanent Secretary in purpose and I trust that in years laptops. I want you to cherish and Coordinator in the Federal Government Ms. Keisha Archibald and a the Ministry of Education and to come we will be getting 100 take care of them. We did note that co worker show off the computer package to students Library Services and Principal percent pass rate in Information the laptops before were handed Education Officer Mrs. Lornette Technology because you will be out and they were not handed out Queeley-Connor who witnessed using the tools that you receive with any bags. So this time around the handing over reminded the and you would have been using all students have a bag to students to be appreciative. them wisely,” he said. accompany their laptops. “Contrary to popular belief the Ms. Archibald reiterated the “I hope that means that you laptop that you will receive…are advice given by Mrs Connor and will take care of them and we will going to put you on the cutting Mr. Richards and told them the have less dropping of the laptops edge of technology. They are computers would place them at the and breaking of the screen,” she going to make you better students cutting edge of technology. said, before a symbolic handing and it does not matter what you “This is the technology age so over to students Ms. Akeem hear, these laptops did not fall out we are providing you with a tool Taylor and Mr. Kajel Smithen on of the sky. Somebody worked very, in your studies. I know persons behalf of Federal Minister of very hard to get them into your are going to want to use it to go Technology Mr. Glen Phillip, hands and so we have to be on the internet and the Facebook Deputy Premier of Nevis Hon. appreciative. and the music and everything but Hensley Daniel, Attorney General Whether we already have six there is also an educational part of Hon. Patrice Nisbett and the of them at home, that is not the it. You can use it in all your Departments of Education in St. Happy Students at the Charlestown Secondary School walk away issue. You first Formers, second subjects not just Information Kitts and Nevis with their personal laptops from the One to One Laptop Project The Labour Spokesman FRIDAY, MARCH 30TH 2012 - NEWS - 11 Training; a Custom for Customs Basseterre, St. Kitts (SKNIS): The Ministry of Finance is as enthusiastic as graduates of a Customs training course which concluded here this week. A number of Customs and ministry of finance officials joined parents and well wishers gathered to celebrate a new cadre of officers in a course closing and graduation ceremony chaired by Customs and Excise Public Relations Officer Larry Vaughan on Monday March 26 at the department’s grounds. The Junior Officers Basic Training Course which ran from January 28 to March 23, 2012, was undertaken under the auspices of the Caribbean Customs Law Enforcement Council (CCLEC) and saw participation from twenty four Customs officers from the St. Kitts and Nevis Customs and Excise Departments and the Montserrat Customs and Excise Department. In opening remarks Comptroller of Customs Rodney Harris said changing times and changing trends in border crimes have greatly changed the dynamics of customs operations, and compels customs departments to perform more than just traditional roles of revenue collection and border protection. As a result, updated training is of vital The Comptroller specially Coordinator gave an overview of the exercise. He said two new topics importance. applauded the Nevis and were added to this year’s instruction to compliment numerous other “Our border security efforts must be constantly fitted with continuous Montserrat participants for their topics covered. Mr. Browne, speaking from certainty that the class of training to control the changing trends in border crimes” said Mr. Harris. hard work, he encouraged them to 2012 participants have all been transformed from this spate of education, “Training in this area could be very wide ranging from drug detection return to work with a different encouraged the group to follow up and pursue the Bachelor of Arts and identification, to IT training in respect of cyber crimes.” frame of mind. programme in Customs Management now available. “Changing times have seen the use of mules to move large sums of Mr. Theodore Browne, “There were two new topics added to the course this year” said Mr. money” he said. “These changing times have greatly changed the Assistant Comptroller with Browne, “The Importance of the Bureau of Standards and Maritime ISPS dynamics of our operations and we truly feel that our survival depends responsibility for training and also Awareness.” greatly on training and more training.” the 2012 CCLEC Course Also in attendance was Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Hon. Dr. Denzil Douglas - under whose portfolio the Customs Department falls. The Prime Minster, as he brought words of congratulation, reminded graduates of their role alongside other security forces as part of the first line of defense in this country. He reiterated that the many social services offered by Government come with a cost that depends heavily on the duties levied and revenue collected by customs and excise. “As I said to you when we met at Spice Mill restaurant almost two months ago” said Prime Minister Douglas, “you are now part of the first line of defense along with our Immigration officials, and those in the security forces in the defense of our nation.” “It costs money therefore to run a government” said Dr. Douglas, “and it is therefore essential that we remember and we understand that the fair and courteous collection of fees and duties by you our officers is your way of contributing to the Government’s programmes to provide education, healthcare, to upkeep our highways and all the other services that we all wish for all of us as citizens of this country that we all love so much.” The Finance Minister said just as Government is committed to the modernization of Customs through technology, the highest possible professionalism and the fairest treatment of customers will be expected. He told the graduates vigilance must be the key as they partner with other Government departments like the St. Kitts Air and Seaports Authority (SCASPA), the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) and the Police and Defense Forces. The feature address was delivered by the Organization of American States (OAS) Permanent Representative to St. Kitts and Nevis Mr. Starret Greene. Ambassador Greene, like speakers before him, admonished graduates to strive for a culture of professionalism and named it the hallmark of survival for any company or agency. Remaining resolute and purposeful and showing strength of character and will, were some words of advice given by the Ambassador. “.and so graduates, as you return to your workstations tomorrow to discharge your assigned duties I exhort you to let professionalism be your guide” said Ambassador Greene. “By this I mean take pride in yourself and your work.” “Remain resolute and purposeful, be organized, show fortitude under pressure, refuse no opportunity for developing your knowledge and mind, show strength of character and will” Ambassador Greene said. “Exercise self control at all times, let integrity be your moral compass. Be sociable at the right time and under the right circumstances. Strive to be a person of distinction, always be accountable and responsible.”

It was very ironic that while the PAM party was boasting that our country never had it so good; the UNDP/FAO was holding a regional meeting in Peru or Chile. During the course of the meeting the UNDP/FAO issued a Regional report. Among other things, the report stated that the nutritional status of the people of our country was the lowest in Latin America and the Caribbean, save and except for the Republic of Haiti. - The Thinking Citizen 12 - NEWS - The Labour Spokesman FRIDAY, MARCH 30TH 2012 The Labour Spokesman FRIDAY, MARCH 30TH 2012 - NEWS - 13 Police receive pick-up PM Douglas and President truck from US Embassy (cont’d from page 1) By Drizel Hanley Narcotics Unit). The vehicle was handed over Obama united...... The Royal St. Christopher and by Director of the Narcotics Nevis Police Force (RSCNPF) on Affairs of the US Embassy in Monday, March 26 received a Bridgetown, Barbados Kurt van pick-up truck courtesy of the US der Walde who expressed great Embassy. pleasure in handing it over on The force received a brand behalf of the United States new Nissan Narava a pick-up truck which will be used by the Nevis Division’s Task Force (Anti- (cont’d on page 14)

(left to right) - Sgt. Travis Rogers, Commissioner of Police, Mr. C. G. Walwyn, Prime Minister the Rt. Hon. Dr. Denzil L. Douglas; Pastor Leroy Benjamin, Deputy Commissioner of Police Mr. Ian Queeley and Acting Deputy Chief of Mission, Mr. Brian Greaney. (Photo by Willett’s Photo) (cont’d from page 1) unprecedented wealth and power through trafficking and other illicit Embassy in Barbados, Mr. Brian Greaney. activities, penetrating legitimate The Nissan Navara will be used for drug enforcement in Nevis “No nation, not even one the size of mine, can solve its problems financial systems and alone. It’s up to all of our countries to work together, especially when the destabilizing commercial markets. stakes are highest. Collective action is powerful,” he said. They extend their reach by forming Mr. Greaney continued: “As I am a U.S. Embassy representative, you alliances with officials and some would probably be forgiven for making bets on how long a speech like state security services. For many this could run before the inevitable quote from President Obama. Betting countries around the world, the is now closed. Not too long ago a speech featured the following statement crime-terror nexus is a serious on the ability to succeed when a nation pulls together: I quote: ‘I think of concern as terrorists use criminal all that our forebears endured; as I reflect on all the blessings that have networks for logistical support been bestowed upon us as a people, and I think of the challenges that and funding. Increasingly, these await; I think of the enormous power that resides within each and every networks are involved in cyber one of us to be forces for good in this country.’ crime, which cost consumers “President Obama has a deserved global reputation for eloquence billions of dollars annually, while and the ability to move the spirit, but the call to collective action I just undermining global confidence in read to you comes not from Washington, but instead from the Caribbean, Commissioner Walwyn thanks Mr. Van der Walde for donation of from Prime Minister Douglas. (cont’d on page 14) He was right. And he is not alone. My President issued the same call vehicle. earlier this year when he said, ‘There is no challenge too great; no mission too hard. As long as we’re joined in common purpose, as long as we maintain our common resolve, our journey moves forward, [and] our future is hopeful’.” 24-foot boat explodes in marina on Mr. Greaney told the opening session of the 18th Pre-IDC/Regional Drug Commanders Conference at the St. Kitts Marriott Resort that the La Pinta Express which exploded from the general public. countries of the hemisphere are in “this fight together not just because Port Zante on Wednesday, March 28 at the According to Chief Fire we have to be. We join forces together because we all stand for the same By Drizel Hanley local Marina in down-town things.” The 24-foot open hull vessel, Basseterre drew much attention (cont’d on page 14) “The world once heard the following declaration about the international system, ‘Engagement will underpin a just and sustainable international order - just, because it advances mutual interest, protects the rights of all, and holds accountable those who refuse to meet their responsibilities.’ This declaration of the primacy of international cooperation has all the hallmarks of the highest aspirations of the United Nations system. But that’s not what it is. It is a promise laid out in the 2010 National Security Strategy of the United States, one that echoes the 67 year-old UN founding declaration that the nations of the world would, ‘promote social progress and better standards of life in larger freedom, and for these ends to practice tolerance and life together in peace with one another as good neighbors, and [crucially for everyone here today] to unite our strength to maintain international peace and security’.” Pointing to the need to all countries in the region to work together, the United States official spoke of the seriousness challenge of transnational crime. “Transnational criminal threats and illicit trafficking networks continue to expand dramatically in size, scope, and influence - posing significant national security challenges to all of our countries. These threats cross borders and continents and undermine the stability of nations, subverting government institutions through corruption and harming citizens worldwide. Transnational criminal organizations have accumulated Officers of the Fire and Rescue Services Department working to oust the flames 14 - NEWS - The Labour Spokesman FRIDAY, MARCH 30TH 2012 Minister Harris Attends United Regional Conference States In Argentina provides Dr the Hon Timothy Harris, Senior Minister and Minister of Agriculture is among Agriculture Ministers from 32 Latin American and financing the Caribbean countries attending a UN FOOD and Agriculture Organization (FAO) regional conference on food security and climate for RSS change. Dr Harris said that “St Kitts and Nevis wants to ensure that the regional work programme of FAO prioritizes issues of concern to our polygraph Caribbean and CARICOM Member States in particular. We shall focus on food security and nutrition security and investment in agriculture corps...... particularly at the level of the family farms typical of our experience here in St Kitts and Nevis. (cont’d from page 07) Dr Harris continued “sanitary and phyto-sanitary measures in particular technical assistance in plant and animal quarantine systems identify strategies and share and capacity building in these services are very important to us in the intelligence to combat illegal drug Caribbean in the context of lethal yellowing affecting our palms and bud trafficking and develop working rot diseases in our region. relationships. Climate change and risk management will also be discussed given The Conference is the highest governing body and forum of the He added that since its our vulnerability. In sum our aim at this meeting is to leverage FAO’s FAO in the Latin American region. Meetings are held biannually. inception, the goal of the support for the region in such a way that the widest benefit and efficacious According to FAO reports, currently about 1 billion people suffer conference has been to promote outcomes may accrue to CARICOM of which St Kitts and Nevis holds hunger in the world. The agency has said that to prevent this number regional cooperation among Drug membership”. from growing, food production and should increase 70% by 2050. Units and Financial Units targeting Drug Trafficking Organizations throughout the region and the conference gives Looking for Sales Associate the Caribbean Working Group an Make certain that you reach - opportunity to prepare for IDEC with Computer Diploma “We are also looking at the and Excellent communication skills use our new Email address: potential for an Eastern Caribbean for GIFTS ‘R’ US Ltd. conference for the fall which [email protected] would bring together, perhaps for the first time, a regional panoply Phone: 466-9301 of key actors in counternarcotics: police, drug squads, coast guards, prosecutors, and judges,” said Mr. Greaney. 24-foot boat explodes in marina on Port Zante He said competition for (cont’d from page 13) Captain of the vessel, Alphie flash”, he added. 000 and was utilized to transport national security funding is Hodge, told the media that shortly When this media entity arrived crew members to and from the La intense and the United States is Officer, Hester Rawlins, the Fire after the two crew members came on scene, a unit from the St. Kitts- Pinta. providing resources for all these and Rescue Services Department ashore to secure the boat there Nevis Fire and Rescue Services The Captain further revealed activities, including this received a call about a boat on fire was a loud explosion followed by Department was observed working the vessel was completely conference, out of a desire to build at the Marina, just behind the new black smoke so he abandoned the tirelessly to suppress the stubborn destroyed however noting that it local capacities and give the Chinese Supermarket shortly after boat. flames. was insured sovereign nations of the Caribbean 10:00 am and responded “After doing that I contacted According to Hodge, the Hodge disclosed that the an enhanced and lasting ability to immediately. 911. And after we got a busy tone vessel was fitted with two 200- vessel is owned by Alexis confront the menace of “Cause of the fire is yet to be somebody got through and the horsepower Yamaha engines and ‘Straddy’ Hazel. transnational crime. determined”, he added. Fire Department got here in a has an estimated worth of $EC 200 Mr. Greaney said the United States will not be able to spend indefinitely and called on everyone attending the PM Douglas and Police receive pick-up conference to do what was necessary to make sustainability President Obama truck from US Embassy a cornerstone of the planning for the future. (cont’d from page 13) (cont’d from page 13) “I ask that we always work as united...... government. a team in this venture. “It was our way of recognising the great work Commissioner Walwyn Coordination structures exist and nations facing the same threats,” is doing by bringing modern policing techniques to the force both in St. will be refined. But at the end of the international financial system,” said the United States official. Kitts and Nevis; we intend to offer a lot more support in the coming the day no structure will ever said Mr. Greaney. “Between us, we do indeed years,” he said. guarantee we communicate well. He said combating have powerful forces with which The Director further noted that their goal is to continue to provide Those who will succeed in this transnational criminal and to combat trafficking; but we must funding and support to establish an acceptable level of safety and multidimensional challenge will do trafficking networks requires a constantly coordinate and focus security throughout the Federation. so by forging personal domestic strategy that safeguards citizens, on action. We face an asymmetric “It is a partnership about working together between the US and international links with those breaks the financial strength of situation. Traffickers are flush with government and St. Kitts and Nevis to make it a safer place to live and who can affect the outcome criminal and terrorist networks, cash and coordinate with each work”, he added. regardless of their job description disrupts illicit trafficking networks, other easily and when they face Commissioner of Police Celvin ‘CG’ Walwyn accepted the keys on - community workers, security defeats transnational criminal an obstacle, they simply look for behalf of the Nevis Task Force and expressed gratitude to the US Embassy forces, prosecutors, judges, organizations, fights government ways to evade it; whereas and the Government. correctional officers, civil servants, corruption, strengthens the rule of governments must respect the “I am appreciative that you chose to invest in our community, so that and politicians,” the Acting law, bolsters judicial systems, and constraints that are inherent in I can continue to know in my heart that my family and all of our families Deputy Chief of Mission at the improves transparency. societies governed by the rule of can walk along the streets without fear, knowing the police are doing a United States Embassy said. “While these are major law and respect for neighbors,” good job,” said Commissioner Walwyn upon accepting the keys. challenges, the United States said Mr. Greaney. seeks to devise and execute a collective strategy with other The Labour Spokesman FRIDAY, MARCH 30TH 2012 - NEWS - 15 Annual Regional Drug Conference Orange County Sheriff’s Office and the Royal St. Christopher and Nevis Police Chief: “we can at the St. Kitts Marriott Resort, Police Force have partnered in the fight against drug use and gang Commissioner C. G. Walwyn noted violence in the Federation. do a lot with a little, a recent study among school “Sgt Sean McCormack has been sent to the Federation by Orange students found that most of the County Florida, Sheriff Jerry Demings at our request, to train police students in the school did not view officers in a new programme that replaces the DARE programme. The our numbers to date marijuana as a drug because they objective is to give students from Kindergarten to Third Grade and knew someone who sold it and students ages 10-13, the tools for making the right choices,” said clearly illustrate that” who used it. Commissioner Walwyn. “The attitude was that if it was “The belief is that if we embrace the children at an early age, the BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS - The top cop of The Royal St. Christopher not they who were affected, it was memberships in gangs and the potential for increased violence will and Nevis Police Force says while in the greater world of public opinion, no problem. That is a mindset that decrease,” said Mr. Walwyn, who expressed thanks to Sheriff Demings his law enforcement agency might appear minuscule in the great arena the agency and the community for his assistance in the fight against gangs and drugs in the Federation. of narcotics interdiction, he is of the view attitude determines its altitude must work together to change,” “It is important that we include measures to help our children in the and have demonstrated that not only do “we believe that we can do a lot said Mr. Walwyn. equation of reducing drug use and violence in the Federation,” he said. with a little, our numbers to date clearly illustrates that.” Speaking of recent initiatives Photo: Commissioner of Police, Mr. C. G. Walwyn (Willet’s photo) Speaking at Tuesday’s opening ceremony the Pre-IDEC and 18th the Police Chief noted that the

with their wind and their Guinness Book Record geothermal and you start to build innovations and solutions in a global classroom because that is contender says Nevis the way the world is going. “It is not classroom based youth will benefit from education anymore but we really have the ability to reach out and 300-day world make a really big difference and I think young people in Nevis can make that difference in the world expedition and in the global community,” she NIA CHARLESTOWN NEVIS (MARCH 29, 2012) — Australian said. Guinness Book of Records contender for first and fastest women to go Meantime, Mr. Arney round the world by bicycle Australian Ms. Kristina Storey said, her explained that the bikes they project World by Cycle which will be launched from Nevis on April 1st would use on the expedition were and end on the island in February 2013, will benefit the young people of completely custom made for a self Nevis. sustained journey around the Ms. Storey told the Department of Information on March 22, 2012, world. ahead of the of the 30,000 kilometre expedition that nothing compared to “We will be carrying putting the project which had an educational component together. She everything we need to survive will be accompanied on her expedition by her fiancé also from Australia including our shelter, our food our Mr. Nick Arney. The couple will across the world in 300 days to 26 cooking facilities and of course as countries and six continents. we are telling the story our stuff “World by Cycle has been a year of hard work and bringing the we need to film and take project to Nevis and to the young people of Nevis…Not only are we photographs and stream media riding around the world, we have also built an education programme and back to our base camps that will we have a team of curriculum writers who are building content around turn them into educational the places that we are going to be visiting. For each continent we are content. going to have a thematic unit about the people and about one particular “Essentially the bike you see item from that place,” she said. here is a custom built frame it is Ms. Storey explained that the first story they will tackle will be about actually a mix between a mountain a tee shirt and its origins. bike and a road bike to get the “The first story that we are telling is the story of a tee shirt. This strength of a mountain bike with might seem a little bit strange but I don’t really know where tee shirts the speed characteristics of a road come from and I don’t really know if young people know where tee shirts bike,” he said. come from and I think that’s the opportunity to deliver really exciting Mr. Arney added that their Cyclist Ms. Kristina Storey and Mr. Nick Arney of Australia who will education that’s relevant today. project had received support in launch their world tour from Nevis April 1st, 2012 at the Lime Beach “So we are going to be meeting the people who farm and pick cotton. many ways among them Moots Bar at Pinneys Beach and will conclude in February 2013 in Nevis We are going to go to the factories in Western Africa, in Turkey, in who built the handmade frames in Mongolia and China and we are going to be finding out how it’s Colorado, Old Man Mountain processed, the effects that has on the climate and on our environment world renowned from Alaska who and all the different alternatives out there,” she said. made the frame bags, Sram provide Mrs. Storey used the opportunity to urge students to use their their drive train, Patagonia website www.worldbycycle.info to track their travels around the world. provided all their clothing for the “We really love, love Nevis and we are so happy to be here and we journey, Cliff Bar provided are so, so thankful that we have been welcomed and we just want to do nutrition and several education what we can to include the young people here in our journey. We hope partners who would provide that everybody follows along. We have a website, on the website I have education support. a video where I talk about the importance of our affiliation with Nevis “We have got a documentary and we have a Facebook page and a tweeter account a well. team that is out of Melbourne “On the website you can actually go on and there is an interactive Australia that would be visiting us map. The website is www.worldbycycle.info so you will actually be able in a few places and streaming the to track us in the world where we are and it will have interactive features. content that we film as we travel I know you have done the One to One Laptop with young people, so and turning that into a they can take their laptops and go and see where we are and bring up a documentary. different country and there will be photographs, interviews, different “It will be released by the end details about that location and then they will be able to interact with of our trip as well as the six or seven modules for each continent that young people from other countries in the world as well,” she said. One of the two bicycles cyclists Ms. Kristina Storey and Mr. Nick we travel through so they will be According to Ms. Storey, the website would allow young people of Arney of Australia hope to use on their 300 day world tour when making a high grade 20 minute Nevis to talk to others from Argentina, Uzbekistan, China, and Canada they leave Nevis April 1st, 2012 and the other places to interact. video that will tell the story of each “You form a group you learn about water conservation in their of these continents. launched at the Lime Beach Bar at Pinneys Beach with a brunch from 9- countries and you tell them about all the amazing things Nevis is doing The world tour will be 11 am and members of the public are invited to be a part of the event. 16 - NEWS - The Labour Spokesman FRIDAY, MARCH 30TH 2012 Reprinted for The Leewards The Times July 13 - 19 2007

By Stanford Conway MINISTER OF nobody begrudges him NATIONAL SECURITY that. That’s good. That’s a Dwyer Astaphan said reflection of things not being the fixing of the Federation national debt is a serious trying to skirt around the be very difficult if one wishes and a 26 percent higher bad as he is saying; or if he after a spate of natural matter for St. Kitts and issue, so to speak. But I to abide within the robbery rate than any other is such a genius at business disasters between 1995 and Nevis, but it is too simplistic believe we need to take a parameters of reason to say part of the world with similar he should encourage other 1999, and in physical and and does not pass the test of greater look at the issue of that the national debt and macro economics people to get involved in social infra-structural clinical vigilance to ascribe the poverty cycle, which poverty are causing the conditions. that area and to reduce their blame on it for everything, seems to be running parallel amount of crime seen in the He added that it [the as stated by Lindsay Grant. to the problem of crime in US. report] noted the primary “I know that Mr. Grant St. Kitts and Nevis.” “The wealthiest nation in cause of skyrocketing crime has his refrain about the Astaphan, in an the Caribbean, Trinidad and in the Caribbean is the illicit national debt and I know the exclusive interview with Tobago, with lots of surplus drug traffic, particularly in national debt is a serious The Leewards Times money and little or no debt, cocaine, and the matter for the country, but it pointed out that when one has crime going to the roof. proliferation of guns that is too simplistic and does is discussing crime one Barbados, the leading accompanies that trade. not really pass the test of needs to discuss it in all of country in the Caribbean in Astaphan said the report clinical vigilance to ascribe its aspects. terms of human is very extensive, instructive development, including dependency on others,” blame to the national debt “If Mr. Grant is saying development as said by the and readable and advised schools, community said Astaphan. for everything,” said that poverty and the UN, crime going to the roof. that all serious-minded facilities, roads, potable He also intimated that Astaphan. national debt are factors in St. Ma-arten, a very, very citizens and stakeholders in water, housing, electricity Grant, in his position of Dwyer was at the time criminality within St. Kitts developed place with lots of the Federation should read and health services. enlightenment, could assist responding to statements and Nevis, then he needs to money and little or no it, which is available on the “And in principle, one businesses “with which he made by leader of the bring into debate the poverty, crime going to the Internet. would wonder if that debt is connected with paying People’s Action Movement component parts of the roof. He also noted that were not incurred where their taxes and perhaps [PAM] Lindsay Grant poverty [causation of “Looking at these Caroline Anstey, World would we be as an economy reducing the cost of goods during his recent visit to the course] and debate. countries, for example, you Bank Director for the and or a society? Sometimes and services, which they BBC Caribbean studios in “If one is going to be will see that it is not helpful Caribbean, called on the you have to incur debt to present to the public. London and answers to objective and clinical in that just to talk about national Organisation for Economic maintain stability.” Because by paying the taxes questions posted by WINN particular process, one will debt and poverty and link and Cooperative In response to Grant’s he would help reduce the FM’s Senior Broadcaster discover that White Collar them to criminality. They are Development and other belief that the poverty level national debt, and by Bert David. Crime, which by and large just factors and not the donor entities to work with may be pushed below 33 reducing the prices he will According to a BBC goes undetected or far less totality of them; you have to the Caribbean to reduce the percent, Asta-phan said he help to alleviate poverty. Caribbean report on Friday, detected than the Blue look at the whole picture.” current levels of crime. does not share his And in the process, either June 29, “Crime in the Collar Crime, might well be The Minister added that Pointing out his pessimism. way can help with the crime Caribbean, and in this case, identified as a cause of Blue Grant’s statements were perception for crime being “We have to understand problem. But just to speak St. Kitts, is also a matter that Collar Crime in which case very “catchy and clammy committed in any given that far too many people in of it, as the people say, ‘talk worries the leader of the it will be folly to try to point comments”, but there is country, Astaphan said St. Kitts and Nevis are far is cheap but whiskey costs opposition, People’s Action fingers at the government, need to go beyond the sizzle human beings, for different too quick to pull down this money’.” Movement, of St. Kitts and because the economics of a and look for some reasons, commit country and to say how Astaphan noted that Nevis. Lindsay Grant visited country is influenced not substance. it and “in some terrible and difficult it is, people in St. Kitts were the BBC Caribbean studios only by government but He also used Sweden to instances, economics, while other persons, poorer in the past with no today. also by other interest strengthen his arguments, psychological or social including Mr. Grant, are educational and business “He links rising crime in groups,” said Astaphan. noting it is a nation that situations are the causes. In doing exceptionally well as opportunities available to his country and the wider Using existing enjoys the “highest or the some instances you will find businessmen and them. region to a corresponding situations in the US and second highest human persons who were born with businesswomen. He added that they did rise and depravation due to other countries in the development standards in a silver spoon in their mouth “And while the wailing not have the amenities that high national debt. This, Mr. Caribbean to justify his the world, based on the UN now live with the lack of and knashing of teeth is are currently available, but Grant believes, is the case pronouncements, Astaphan indicators, and has one of luxury and are now going on, people from other crime was not as high as it despite the recent report of said the US’ national debt the highest suicide rates”. irredeemable criminals; countries are eager to come is today. the International Monetary is the highest in its history Quoting from the whether through White here and live, work and “Anybody who wants Fund, which credited St. and “the data in that recently published joint Collar Crime or their invest. Clearly, there is a to make an assessment of Kitts with economic country would not reflect a report on “Crime, Violence involvement in the drug discrepancy between what crime in a community and growth.” correlation between the and Development: Trends, trade, or other things like some of the ‘ nay-sayers’ are seeks to limit the causation hi his answer to one of national debt and the crime Costs and Policy Options in that. Therefore, it is saying and what they are of that crime to the physical David’s questions, Grant rate.” the Caribbean” by the World unhelpful to seek to simplify doing. boundaries of that said, “Well, I had to analyse He added that the US is Bank and the UN Office on the causation by referring “Mr. Grant himself is community will never the serious crime problem the wealthiest nation in the Drugs and Crime in the to the national debt.” expanding his KFC understand the cause and we had over the last couple history of the planet with Caribbean, Astaphan said Astaphan explained that operations and he is looking will never be able to provide of weeks and months, and among the lowest levels of the Caribbean has a 34 a significant portion of the to buy real estate in town a solution,” concluded obviously everyone is poverty, “And so it would percent higher murder rate national debt was created by and driving good cars, and Astaphan. Memories of the PAM regime During this period of extreme hardship, PAM of the fact of the matter is that the abolition of Personal course was boasting that the people of St. Kitts and Income Tax could only benefit those who paid the Extract from The Thinking Citizen Nevis never had it so good. Of course the party was Tax. The masses of people never paid Income Tax. PAM misleaders making false claims referring to the abolition of Personal Income Tax. But The Labour Spokesman FRIDAY, MARCH 30TH 2012 - NEWS - 17 Whereas Atonement is the restoration of a righteous character and, restoration to Divine fellowship. ground and means of redemption; For this man needs a PRIEST. VIEW POINT redemption is the result of Sin left man in spiritual darkness, ignorant of God, because of this; atonement. That is the contrast. man needs a knowledge of the Word, Will and Ways of God. For this BY Redemption consists of two man needs a PROPHET. V. E. INNISS parts, the one legal the other moral. Sin left man with a rebellious nature that expresses itself in rebellion The work of Christ meets the against God’s government and with a rebellious nature that expresses demands of the law and man is itself in antagonism to his fellowmen as well. justified. On the other and by Since man is a social creature, a unit in society, he needs authoritative extension, the work of the Holy governmental supervision. For this he needs a KING. The Atoning Work Spirit renews the depraved nature In Old Testament Times, please be informed or reminded that God and reforms the sinner in the provided these basic needs of mankind through His chosen prophets, (Part 4) divine image, and man is sanctified. priests and kings. But all human instruments come short and failed of Christ Both Jews and Gentiles of miserably. As we approach the Advent of Easter we shall attempt in this study yesteryear perfectly understood So God planned from the beginning that He would provide the perfect to examine one of the fundamental doctrines of the Bible known as the meaning of the aforementioned PROPHET, PRIEST and KING for mankind in the perfect One, His only Atonement. You may recall that two weeks ago, I listed both the doctrines. In other words, when begotten Son. declarations and assumptions to underscore the fact of sin and, by under a sense of sin they would extension, why God, through Christ had to deal with it. make propitiation meaning – they MAN OF SORROWS Atonement was the act of making amends for one’s wrong-doings. approached the altar and laid upon Let us use two stanzas from this well known all-season hymn by the The Old Testament referred to a purification that was reached through it, the sacrificial victim. “And he is same name. “Man of Sorrows!” What a name, for the Son of God, who sacrificial offerings by the high priest in the Holy of Holies. the propitiation for our sins, and came. Ruined sinners to reclaim! Hallelujah! What a Saviour! In the New Testament, it is achieved through Jesus, who gave himself not for ours only, but for the sins Guilty, vile and helpless, we; spotless Lamb of God was He “Full as the sacrifice. The best known New Testament text, John 3:16, tells us of the whole world” (1 John 2:2). Atonement” can it be? Hallelujah! What a Saviour. so. “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son that The Apostle Paul picked up the strains and penned this text: “He whosoever believeth in him shall not perish, but hath everlasting life”. CHRIST THE (Christ) humbled Himself and became obedient unto death, even the (Read also Rom 5:11) death of the cross” (Phil 2:8). In theology the word Atonement is commonly used to denote that ATONED ONE Both the name “Christ” (Greek) The suffering and death of cross is directly mentioned in the N.T. part of the priestly work of Christ by which He made satisfaction to the about 175 times. All the great doctrines of the Bible like never withering law and justice of God for the sins of men, and in view of which men were and “Messiah” (Hebrew) mean the Anointed One. Since the fall of wreaths are laid by the Holy Spirit at the foot of the Cross. saved. The death of the Cross is the death of sin as a barrier in man’s way to In this use it expresses not reconciliation itself, but that which man and consequent separation from God, mankind stood in need God and the death of deaths as the wages of sin. It was a shameful death reconciles. for robbery and murder of such victims. But Jesus was innocent. Christ In an attempt to further deepen the educational process through this of a mediator, a redeemer who can fill man’s three basic spiritual was numbered with the transgressors. Bearing shame and scoffing rude, medium, let me hasten to point out that in the Old Testament, the in our place condemned He stood. fundamental Hebrew word for Atonement means to cover. Note this needs. The qualifying word “spiritual” distinguishes from Furthermore, it was a voluntary death; also a substitutionary death. verse: “Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is The prophet Isaiah wrote “He hath borne our griefs, carried our sorrows, covered” (Ps 32:1). According to it, sin is expiated or atoned for by Maslow’s hierarchy of need. It is an established fact that as sinners, was wounded for our transgressions, bruised for our iniquity; the covering it. chastisement of our peace was upon Him” on that Friday we call Good. In the New Testament Romans 5:11 actually mentions the word. “And we needed a Saviour, as captives we needed a Deliverer and, as Suffice it to say that with this sacrifice for our sins God is infinitely and not only so, but we also joy in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, by everlastingly pleased. Why should not we be? whom we have now received the atonement”. pilgrims we need a Guide. Sin left man guilty, lost and Needless to remind us it was a predicted death. The death was the The idea here is a “change” or an “exchange” i.e., a change from purpose of His incarnation. He came not to be served, but to serve, and enmity to love and so reconciliation. I could hear someone asking whether separated from God; hence he/she needs forgiveness of sin, a give His life as a ransom for many. Thank god for the Messiah, our there is an alignment/relationship or even contrast with redemption. Saviour, the Lamb of God who bore away on the Cross the sins of the world.

What But the Lord loved you and wanted to keep His promise that He made to your ancestors. That is why he saved you by His great might and set Is God’s Love? you free from slavery to the King of Israel” (7: 7-8). Thus, no reason can be given for God’s love except His own sovereign good pleasure. This love of God was never experienced before by the Greek and What essentially is God’s love? How should we define and analyze desert; for the objects of God’s Roman world of the New Testament. Those people’s gods were often it? Our guide in understanding God’s love is set forth in the Bible as love are rational creatures who with lusting after other women, but never with loving sinners. It was the follows: have broken God’s law, whose New Testament writers who introduced the new Greek word, agape, to God’s love is an exercise of His goodness towards individual sinners nature is corrupt in God’s sight, express the love of God as they came to know it. whereby, having identified Himself with our welfare, He has given His and who merit only condemnation God’s love is an exercise of His goodness towards individual sinners. Son to be our Saviour; and He brought us to know and enjoy Him in a and final banishment from His It is not a vague, defused good will towards everyone in general and covenant relationship. presence. nobody in particular. It is a function of the omniscient almightiness; its From Scripture we see God’s love as an exercise of His goodness. It is staggering that God nature is to particularize both its objects and its effects. God’s purpose The Scripture is speaking of God’s cosmic generosity. “Goodness in should love sinners; yet it is true. of love formed before creation (see Ephesians 1:4), involved, first, the God”, says Berkhof, “is that perfection in God which prompts Him to God loves creatures who have choice and selection of those whom He would bless and, second, the deal bountifully and kindly with all His creatures. It is the affection become unlovely and unlovable. appointment of the benefits to be given them and the means whereby which the Creator feels towards His sentient creatures as such.” Berkhof There was nothing whatever in the these benefits would be procured and enjoyed. All this was made sure in this quote cited the psalmist when he makes the point, “He is good to objects of His love to call it forth; from the start. everyone and His compassion on all He made. Your rule is eternal and nothing in us could attract or In His letter to the Christians in Thessalonica, Paul stated, “We are You are King forever. The Lord is faithful to His promises, and everything prompt it. Love among persons is bound to give thanks to God always for you, brethren beloved by the He does is good. He helps those who are in trouble; He lifts those who awakened by something in the Lord, because God chose you from the beginning to be saved, through are fallen. All living things look hopefully to You and You give them beloved, but the love of God is free, sanctification by the spirit and belief in the truth” (2 Thessalonians food when they need it. You give them enough and satisfy the needs of spontaneous, un-evoked, 2:13). all” (Psalm 145: 9, 13-16). uncaused. God loves people The exercise of God’s love toward individual sinners in time is the Of this goodness God’s love is supreme and most glorious because He has chosen to love execution of His purpose to bless those same individual sinners. This manifestation. “Love, generally,” says James Orr, “It is that principle them. Charles Wesley puts it this purpose God formed in eternity. (To be continued) that leads one moral being to desire and delight in another, and reaches way, “He has loved us, He has its highest form in that personal fellowship in which each lives in the life loved us, because He would love.” Humbly Submitted by of others, and finds his joy in imparting himself to the other, and in Wesley echoed the words of the Alson B H Percival (Rev Canon Dr) receiving back the outflow of that other affection unto himself.” Such is writer of Deuteronomy when he Chair the love of God. said, “The Lord did not love you Nevis Regional Council & God’s love is an exercise of His goodness towards sinners. As such, and choose you because you Vice Chair that love has the nature of grace and mercy. It is an outgoing of God in outnumbered other peoples; you Nevis Christian Council kindness which not merely is undeserved, but is actually contrary to were the smallest nation on earth. 18 - NEWS - The Labour Spokesman FRIDAY, MARCH 30TH 2012 Nevisians Applaud Beating Retreat Performance Basseterre, St. Kitts, March 26, 2012 (SKNIS): Members of the St. Kitts-Nevis Defence Force and the Royal St. Christopher and Nevis Police Force gave an impressive display in Nevis on Sunday when they performed the Beating Retreat ceremony. Deputy Governor General His Honour Eustace John took the salute while dignitaries including Premier the Honourable Joseph Parry and persons from communities across Nevis looked on and applauded the troops on parade. Donette Dyer told the St. Kitts and Nevis Information Service (SKNIS) that she enjoyed the ceremony and was delighted to bring her three-

year-old son to see the men and women of the historical events. security forces execute the precision drills of the On March 29 at 9:00 a.m. there parade - which is staged by military units throughout will be a re-enactment of the the Commonwealth. Wedding of Horatio Nelson and Beating Retreat is a military ceremony dating Frances (Fanny) Nesbit at back to 16th century England when the drum was Montpelier Plantation Inn in Nevis. used to communicate with military units. It was first That same day at 11:00 a.m. and used in order to recall nearby patrolling units to 2:00 p.m. the first of two-days of their castle. re-enactment of the Great Siege of The event in Nevis was held as part of ongoing 1782 will take place at the celebrations for the Diamond Jubilee of Her Majesty Brimstone Hill Fortress National Queen Elizabeth II. Activities continue this Thursday Park. A repeat performance will be and Friday with dramatization of significant held on March 30. SKNIS Photos from the Beating Retreat Ceremony in Nevis. The Labour Spokesman FRIDAY, MARCH 30TH 2012 - NEWS - 19 off. Just so, if I am filled with hatred and infested with the maggots of Is this the best that corruption, I would not draw good people to me. Only people like me would be drawn to me. I will repel the good, the decent, and the loving PAM can do? people from me. Fair and square – I cannot simplify it any easier. Here is a party which Dear Reader: the headline of this article is posing a very pertinent took up arms to overthrow a lawfully elected government of the down question to the leaders and supporters of the People’s Action Movement, trodden people of St. Kitts, led by Robert Llewellyn Bradshaw - A Party PAM, who invited a speaker, from the opposition Jamaica Labour Party (PAM) which has constantly disrespected the good name and character (JLP) to be the Featured Speaker at their 2012 Convention. of our First National Hero. For weeks now, the Democrat Newspaper – mouthpiece of their party Here is a party which has encouraged young people to beat up their has given great advertisement to this gentleman who is the shortest BY EARL CLARKE elders if they ever voiced the desire to vote for Labour. This is a party lived Prime Minister of the world and whose JLP has been ingloriously which organized to withdraw the Assistance Pension from the Social defeated by Portia Simpson’s PNP some two months ago. Security Scheme only from those who support the Labour Party. Here is Ms. Portia Simpson’s PNP swept away this gentleman’s party after life are like a recurring decimal a party whose sons were involved in the trade. Can this party attract Bruce Goldberg; the former leader resigned his post as leader and handed repeating itself over and over. It is goodness to it? It cannot attract good people to it, for, what has gone over the reins of leadership to this young man. When Mr. Goldberg gave like dividing 39 by 7. You never wrong in the morning in that party, cannot come good in the evening. his final address to announce his resignation, he said that his move get an ending. Evil will always beget evil. Good begets good. Is the party cursed for all (resignation) was like a master play of a brilliant footballer. Having experienced what its evil deeds? He set up the play so that the young player can score the goal. It occurred to Ms. Mia Mottley, one Dear reader, the Jamaica Gleaner of November 21st, 2011, says that at seems as if Mr. Goldberg either does not possess a clue about the would have expected that they the Party’s Convention after Mr. Andrew Holness was elected as the capabilities of his players or he is a poor judge of character, because the would be more careful about whom new leader, that there was real confusion. There was the rowdy element player he set up to score the winning goal can’t even kick his ball into they invite to address them at their outside where rum flowed like water. Rum even filtered inside in cups. the goal after attempting to kick it in for two months. Because of his Annual Conference; but, I guess Mr. Holness spoke for one hour, forty five minutes of which were dour inability to score the goal, Portia Simpson spotted the play, rallied her when you smell like a skunk, when with scarcely an applause. It was only after he took up the bell that the players around her, took the ball from the JLP half and blazed home a you are surrounded by that aura crowd anticipated that he would ring it, did they come alive. It was also resounding victory. of defeat, when you generate so believed that all those who attended the Convention were paid $5000.00 Portia Simpson can be referred to as a positive image of a captain and much vile hatred, when you can (Jamaican), to attend. can be invited to motivate, encourage, inspire and uplift the morale of only criticize your country Mr. Holness refused to ring the bell hat time and the crowd was other teams. Only losers would invite a losing captain to address their destructively, the same very disappointed. Because he did not ring the bell that day, the headline for teams. country which you want to govern, the Gleaner was false start. Despite the fact that Jamaicans were paid to Mr. Andrew Holness who captained the JLP or Jamaica Labour Party when you are remembered by attend the Convention, the loss of the elections proved that they turned for two months before ringing the bell for elections lost out to Portia Ministers of Government, who, their backs on this dour-speech uncharismatic man. PAM seems delighted Simpsons’ PNP in a landslide victory. Undaunted about his political while they were in office, from 1980- and enthusiastically overjoyed to invite this loser to address them. failure; undaunted by his being the shortest lived captain of any political 1995, were infested with maggots Two years after losing a General election, they invited a speaker who team, the Democrat and PAM praised him up as though he is the greatest of corruption whom do you expect led his party to defeat after being the leader. The leader of PAM has ran thing since Sir Vivian Richards, the Master Blaster. to draw to your side as friends – two (2) times in his constituency and lost, the last time to a total new In 2010, PAM invited Ms. Mottley to be their Guest Speaker at their decent and respectable people? comer. Born losers - Birds of one feather? Usually a speaker is invited to Party Convention. At that time, Ms. Mottley was the Deputy Leader of Like attracts like; Rats attract a Party’s Convention to bolster the spirits of the members. To give them her party. On her return home the party supporters showed their rats; Roaches attract roaches. This hope for the future. He or she must leave the supporters with great disapproval at her being associated with a losing and unpopular political is the universal law of life. If I smile expectations. What can Mr. Holness bring to PAM’s Convention and party in St. Kitts called the People’s Action Movement (PAM), whose with you, you will most certainly what can he leave? leader ran for elections twice and lost but still remains as leader because smile back at me. If I am a loving These same people are telling us that we must change our honest, of the whims and fancies of the family few. So our good Guest Speaker and a friendly person, I will attract dynamic, respectable, charismatic leader, Dr. Denzil Douglas to replace friend returned to Barbados. The leadership of the party became vacant, people to me. Without asking them him with what and with whom? Where is the alternative? Labour started Mia ran and Mr. Owen Arthur defeated her. to, people will always gravitate out by looking after the interest of the poor downtrodden people. They The losing streak of the PAM leader who is a loser rubbed off on her. toward me, because they pick up served without seeking for reward. They were touched by the plight of You become like those with whom you associate. Some occurrences in the vibrations of love which I give their black brothers and sisters and they arose to serve - For the good that they could do. They have come from tribulation and have washed their robes in Make certain that you reach - use our new Email address: blood. Washed them in the blood of Jesus, tried they were and firm they stood - Men of valour, men of courage, men of dedication, men of [email protected] conviction, men of integrity, men who could not be bought or sold - Men who stood for the right though the heavens fall. Whenever the Labour Party holds its Convention, it attracts men of high quality to be its Guest Speaker. Like attracts like - When these Roberta Flack and Damian Jr. Gong speakers leave, they leave the supporters in high spirit. They motivate and inspire. They leave some of the high qualities they possess with the Marley to perform at the 16th masses of supporters. These speakers are winners. A man has just lost a whole election in Jamaica? A man has just failed to score the winning edition of St.Kitts Music Festival goal causing his team to lose and you take that same player to speak to another team which has also lost their game two years ago? Sad movies really make me cry. By Drizel Hanley soul, hip-hop, or smooth jazz musicians would perform in St. What kind of image does it project to its supporters and the world? The St.Kitts Music Festival rhythm and beats to go along with Kitts. Let the party perform a Bruce Goldberg and set up the play for the next Committee has announced that her distinct alto voice. “Hosting such an leader of PAM to score the winning goal. PAM is really in shambles. Grammy Award winning artistes Reggae icon, Damian Marley, internationally acclaimed reggae PAM is really rudderless and captain less; lacking in integrity and high Roberta Flack and Damian “Jr. who is the youngest son of Bob superstar and a legendary soul moral authority. Gong” Marley are booked to Marley, has won three Grammy songstress at the same festival perform for the 16th Annual St. Awards. embodies what this event is all Kitts Music Festival. Damian’s nickname Junior about - the mix of musical The Grammy Award-winning Gong is derived from his father’s genres, age ranges, and the artiste has had her hits covered nickname of Tuff Gong. unifying power of music that our FOR RENT by the likes of The Fugees, Alicia The “Sweet Sixteen” edition of Festival has grown to Keys, the Jackson 5 and the late the Music Festival takes place on represent,” Minister Skerritt 2 - Bedroom furnished Apartments Luther Vandross. Thursday, June 28 to Saturday, said. Flack recently made June 30, at the historic Warner Park The St. Kitts Music Festival For Rent headlines when in February this Stadium, Basseterre St.Kitts. attracts both locals and visitors Location: year she released a new album Minister of Tourism and alike, it features various musical “Let It Be Roberta: Roberta Flack International Transport, Senator styles including R&B, Jazz, Hip- Ocean Gardens and Lime Kiln Housing Sings the Beatles,” in which she Ricky Skerritt stated in the release Hop, Reggae, Soca, Calypso, has taken 12 Beatles songs and that he was extremely pleased to Gospel and Contemporary Contact: 465-6569 or 662-3952 infused them with gospel, neo- learn that these two stellar music. 20 - NEWS - The Labour Spokesman FRIDAY, MARCH 30TH 2012 Astaphan (lawyer for the basing their actions on the pronouncements of the CCM walks a tight rope first Respondent) that no Supervisor of Elections in his February 3, 2010 message, such relief was pleaded. which they could not have found when they filed the “Such a prayer in the petition. It is the same message that Parliamentarian Eugene with petition ruling context of an election Hamilton in St. Kitts used and was successful in having a petition is much too general. number of names removed from the voters’ list in a Court the persons listed in the First Schedule of the It is not open to the ruling by Justice Francis Belle. petition were allowed to vote and also failed to petitioner to make such a The fourth order by Judge Jones is as interesting as it is ensure that the 2nd Respondent took steps to general statement and at the telling. The Petitioner argued that his party was not allowed end of the case seek to use do so is refused.” to use the government owned Nevis Television to air their it to support some specific political meetings. The Premier, Joseph Parry, has since By 2nd Respondent, the Judge was referring relief.” to the Supervisor of Elections, Mr Leroy clarified that the station covered only activities of the The Petitioner has said government and not election campaign meetings, other than Benjamin. It is instructive for one to wind back on his weekly ‘On The Mark’ when he announced dates of the elections. and remember that prior to the election petition, talk show on VON Radio (on Said the Judge: “I declare that the petitioner’s right to an old audio tape where Mr Benjamin is heard March 21), that the Judge freedom of expression and his right not to be treated in a saying that while he lived in Basseterre that he refused because he deemed discriminatory manner by reason of his political opinions the action to remove the By Llewellyn Parris actually travelled to Sandy Point, where he had guaranteed under sections 12 and 15 of the Constitution of been re-confirmed, to vote. names as null and void. Saint Christopher and Nevis have been contravened by the Justice Lionel Jones On page 36 of the judgment, the Petitioner However, while the failure of the Nevis Island Administration on its nightly delivered his ruling has made reference to that statement by Mr Benjamin, Petitioner had presented 203 Nevis News Cast to cover any of the political events Wednesday March 21 on which would have been aired on ZIZ Radio and names, the Judge said that organized by the Petitioner’s political party during the the election case brought the only disenfranchised campaign leading up to the election of July 11, 2011.” Television on January 11, 2010. Voice of Nevis (VON) voters were those who did by CCM’s Mark Brantley Radio played it on January 12, 2010 (according to the This is a very interesting ruling by Justice Jones. With not receive the objection this order, it also means that both the parties, not only the challenging election Petitioner). The Judge made reference to the same notices because the Post Concerned Citizens Movement as ordered, will now enjoy results of the St. John’s statement on page 119. The statement had been issued Office could not find them, district in the July 11, 2011 this publicly-funded communication tool. ahead of the January 25, 2010 Federal election. and those who received the Are supporters on the Petitioner side still celebrating? elections, where he lost to What the Petitioner and his sympathisers failed to notices late. The Petitioner They have the Constitutional right to do so, including the incumbent, NRP’s say is that after the Federal election the Supervisor of also told the Court that he holding motorcades and rallies. But they should sit and ask Hensley Daniel, who was Elections took to the national airwaves on February 3, could not trace many of themselves why Justice Lionel Jones made the fifth order: named first Respondent. 2010 and advised all and sundry that if one had already them. “With respect to costs, I order all parties should bear their The results, cheered moved from where they had originally registered that If the Petitioner was own costs.” widely by members of the seeking to have 203 names Even though the Judge’s first order has declared the they must move their name on the voters’ list to reflect restored, and the Judge Petitioner’s side, have the new area of residence. July 21, 2011 elections in the Parish of St. John invalid and determined that not all were void as the Petitioner would have sought, the Court did not consigned CCM to walk To quote Mr Benjamin: “For persons who moved from disenfranchised and he in any way impute that the first Respondent, Hensley Daniel, the tight rope. one location, village or town to another place; let’s say you refused to accede to the committed any election offence. The Petitioner’s side had The ruling by the were living in Mansion, Molineux, Lodge or Ottley the Petitioner’s prayer that all conceded to that during the election petition hearing. learned Judge might on village where I was born, and was registered in any of the the 203 names be restored, And where do we go from here? The Premier of Nevis, above villages in Constituency #7, but have since moved the surface appear as if are we not experiencing a the Joseph Parry has stated, in part, that “Following the to your new place of residence which is now Buckleys or it is the end of the road black hole effect here? handing down by Mr Justice Jones of his Decision, Mr West Farm, you should come to the office in Basseterre, for the first Respondent, According to the learned Daniel and I immediately gave instructions to our lawyers report your change of address, fill out form # 7. The office Mr Hensley Daniel, Judge, some of them were to file an appeal against the Decision of the Judge.... The will assist you and have your name transferred to Buckleys based on the first order by not disenfranchised, and appeal has already been filed and is now in the hands of the or West Farm which is in Constituency # 3. The only time of there is no way he could Court.” the Judge, “The Nevis the year this can happen is February 1st to February 10th have issued an order that The Premier noted further: “In addition to these appeals, Island Assembly Election each year. leaves gaps to be filled. Mr Daniel has instructed his lawyer, Henry Browne and I for the Constituency of “I urge every citizen or resident person who has changed The Judge’s order have also instructed my lawyer, Oral Martin, to file the Nevis 2 (Parish of St. their place of living, have changed their address and is no refuses the order sought by necessary documents to stay, that is to put a halt, to the John) held on the 11th day longer living where they once lived to go to the Electoral the Petitioner that the Decision of the Judge, until the appeals are heard. This Office in Nevis and St. Kitts and update your true place of of July 2011 is hereby names of the voters who means that my Government remains firmly in place and the Residence. When you go to the offices, be truthful. Give declared invalid and were unlawfully removed rule of law will be upheld.” your true place of abode, when registering for the first time void.” from the list be restored. The There is talk that the NRP is now a minority government. or relocating to a new location, avoid the temptation of When one looks at the Petitioner had listed the 203 That is looking at the matter in an abstract manner. Looking trying to assist a Politician you like or a Political party you pertinent reason why the names as the First Schedule at the matter unmistakably and assuming that a bi-election love.” election petition was filed of the petition. The order by will be held within 90 days as stipulated by the Constitution, Mercifully, it appears as if the second audio recording Justice Jones effectively the present government will function until such bi-election in the first place, then by the Supervisor of Elections was not heard by the locks them out. They will is held. It is not logical to suggest that it won’t have a Justice Lionel Jones’ Petitioner’s side. The message in the January 11/12, 2010 have to register where they majority because the ruling party will be having two elected orders number two and audio tape was taken out of context and played over and now live to vote in the bi- members and the opposition will be having elected two three should stop CCM over and it made the gullible believe that one could still election if and when it is members. How does one get the minority part? vote where they did not live. supporters in their tracks. held. It is a myopic view to talk of a minority at this stage In his January 11, 2010 message, Mr Benjamin was The loud cheers will trail What is interesting is because as it stands, and even the opposition is cognisant advising that he had lived and registered in Sandy Point, off when reality sinks in that after the petition case of the fact, the ruling Nevis Reformation Party has two but in June 1993 he moved to Basseterre. Elections were and they discover that the was heard, the Petitioner’s nominated members, which then makes four their number in held in December of the same year (1993) and because he Petitioner’s crusade and side was able to find the the House of Assembly in the absence of Mr Hensley Daniel was still registered in Sandy Point, he had to return to vote ranting that 203 properly Benjamin audio recording of — that is simple arithmetic. On the other hand the Concerned there as it was still outside the transfer window offered in February 3, 2010. A few Citizens Movement is supposed to have one nominated registered names were the month of February that would have allowed him to move weeks ago, before Justice member, whom they are yet to name. unlawfully removed from his name. Jones handed down his The maximum members the CCM can have before the bi- the voters’ list did not That the 203 names had been removed unlawfully, as decision, it was played by election is two elected and one nominated, which adds up strike a chord with the the Petitioner alleged, he had sought that the same names Alexis Jeffers on the talk to three. Are they saying that three is greater than four? to be restored. Justice Jones, in his wisdom gave the third learned Judge. show ‘On The Mark’ on The Nevis Island Assembly, should a bi-election be order, which stated: “The order sought that the Court should Said the Judge in his VON Radio, and his remarks imminent, will have a majority on the Nevis Reformation order that the names of the voters who were unlawfully second order: “The order were (paraphrased): “The Party side until the bi-election is held. removed from the list be restored is refused.” sought declaring that the Supervisor of Elections is And as mentioned earlier Mr Hensley Daniel did not Why did the Judge make the third order? On page 144 Electoral Commission confusing us.” commit an election offense, and if and when a bi-election is Justice Jones said: “The Petitioner has included in his prayer acted in contravention of However, since then, the held, he is a qualified candidate for the St. John’s Parish at Item 5 - “that the Petitioner may have such further or Petitioner’s side has been seat, and has supporters who put him in that august house section 33 (4) of the other relief as may be just”. He has asked the Court on the scurrying the voters’ list in the first place. The Petitioner’s craving to add 203 names Constitution in failing to basis of that prayer to order that the names of the voters and have made scores of to the St. John’s voters’ list has spectacularly failed. take steps to ensure that who were unlawfully removed be restore. I agree with Mr objections, here strongly The Labour Spokesman FRIDAY, MARCH 30TH 2012 - NEWS - 21 So Tell Me

By Jean Thomas Of course we as children would stay out of the way as we saw this as dangerous operation and would I remember not wish to get crushed if It is early on Sunday morning something went wrong. We also and Mr and Mrs X they are moving watched with anxiety to see if the house. I am not referring to house would fall apart – I did not moving the furniture and personal see that happen and to this day I effects to another location. I am wonder about this house moving talking about moving a wooden operation. house (that is what we had in the I concluded that the house was early 1940’s and 1950’s and even properly built and that the men and beyond) from one location to the truck drivers of the day they another. knew what they were doing. This occurred, because the So tell me, compared today do land on which the house was built you see any such operations belonged to someone else who taking place. Thanks to concrete needed the land or the house of cement, sand and water once holder was fortunate to get his/her you build a house on a piece of piece of land either willed to him/ land that it where it stays. No more her by a relative, or bought a plot “house moving” – truly a thing of of land and wished to move his the past. wooden chattel house to that piece of land. In those days the houses were perched on wooden stilts (if I remembered rightly the stilts were sometimes from a tree in the mountains called “dam-an-drue”) the wood is now used to host orchids. I would be happy to get learn the botanical name of that wood. However, the point is the way the men of those days skillfully moved the house from off the supports on to a truck, and took it off the truck to mount it on supports in another location. The men also had a “heave ho” to assist them so that they would all lift the house at the same time, so that the strain was not placed on any one group of men. [email protected] 22 - SPORTS - The Labour Spokesman FRIDAY, MARCH 30TH 2012 Development Bank/Sandy Point Basketball league: Old School Fruta Falcons beat ‘Showtime’ 103-69 BASSETERRE ST. KITTS — Suns beat Any Thin Cun Happn 101-79. On the winning side, Devin WAHS back to back Inter With no games held on Sunday Warner returned 35 points, 14 rebounds, and 3 assists. Others were March 25, the Development Bank Keithly Hicks (25 points, 15 rebounds, and 3 blocks), and Gavin Warner High School Champions; sponsored 2012 Sandy Point (20 points, 5 assists, and 2 steals). Basketball league continued Working hard for Any Thin Cun Happn was Oakland Connor who Tuesday night at the Sandy Point scored 41 points and recorded 7 rebounds and 5 steals. Others on his Cayon High School wins hard courts with one game team were Dalton Jeffers (16 points, 8 rebounds, and 5 assists), and between Old School Fruta Falcons Kaiyton Blake (10 points, 6 rebounds, and 3 steals). The game’s MVP cheerleading competition and the Alley ‘Showtime’. was Devin Warner of Running Suns. By Drizel Hanley Before their meeting, both the The second and feature game of the night saw Playz’s winning streak teams had each won two games come to a grinding halt when they lost 62-84 to Old School Fruta Falcons. From a field of ten competitors the Washington Archibald High School and lost one, but on Tuesday night On the winning team Javal Hodge returned 19 points, 10 assists, and 6 has emerged as the 2012 TDC Inter High School Champions. Old School Fruta Falcons were in rebounds. Others were Ansel Revans (15 points, 12 rebounds, and 8 The athletic activities which were held over a three day period (Friday, no comprising mood and had no steals), and Taslyn Beldoba (16 points, 9 assists, and 3 steals). March 23- 25) saw the WAHS wild cats trouncing its competitors. intention of losing a second one, Playz Basketball team had Troy Wattley (24 points, 10 rebounds, and The WAHS managed to capture fifty two (52) medals- 22 gold, 19silver and went ahead to inflict a 103-69 3 assists), Miguel Browne (22 points. 6 rebounds, and 2 steals), and and 11 bronze, its closest rival, the Verchilds High School, snatched 32 beating on the Alley ‘Showtime’ Kemo Duncan (7 points, 13 rebounds, and 2 steals) as the top scorers. medals- 17 gold, 7 silver and 8 bronze. in an entertaining game that saw MVP for the featured game was Javal Hodge of Old School Fruta Falcons. In third position with 36 medals – 14 gold, 8 silver and 14 bronze was Old School Fruta Falcons’ Sheno Play continued on Wednesday and Thursday with a game each night the Charles E Mills Secondary School, followed by the Basseterre High Liddie named the MVP. at the Sandy Point Hard Courts. Fig Tree, which is leading the league School with a total of 42 medals-11 gold, 16 silver and 15 bronze they Scoring for Old School Fruta tables having lost no game, was due to play Half Way Tree on were followed by the Charlestown Secondary School with 24 medals- 9 Falcons were Sheno Liddie (25, 15 Wednesday, while Junior Fruta Falcons, also unbeaten having played gold, 7 silver and 8 bronze. rebounds, and 3 steals), Javal only one game, was due to have played against Running Suns on In the sixth position was the Cayon High School with 32 medals-6 Hodge (24 points, 8 assists, and 2 Thursday. There will be no games over the weekend. gold, 16 silver and 10 bronze, with a total of 18 medals-(3 gold, 7silver steals), Taslyn Belboba (22 points, and 8 bronze) and finishing 7th was the Clarence Fitzroy Bryant College 10 assists, and 2 steals), and Anzel followed by Gingerland Secondary with 8 medals-2 gold, 2 silver and 4 Revan (14 points, 14 rebounds, and bronze. 4 steals). The two final positions went to Saddlers Secondary School with 6 On the losing side, the Alley medals- 2 silver and 4 bronze and the Advanced Vocational Education ‘Showtime’, top scorers were Centre (AVEC) with 2medals-2 bronze. Gregory Ward (22 points, 10 Twenty eight (28) records were broken amongst seven participating rebounds, and 2 steals), Otis schools, with the Washington Archibald High School capturing eight. Daniel (16 points, 13 rebounds, and The outstanding achievers for the school were-Harrigan Burton- 6 assists), Floyd Buchanan (13 Under 15 Male Shot Put-11.68m; Ashika Williams-Under 17 Female Javelin points, 11 rebounds, and 2 steals), Throw-25.04m; Josiah Oyebefun-Under 17 Male 100m-11.12s; Xavier and Clayton Powel (12 points, 5 Francis-Under 17 Male 200m-22.27s; Clairvon Kelly-Under 17 Male High rebounds, and 3 assists). Jump-1.92m;Under 17 Male 4X100m Relay-43.98s; Under 17 Male 4X400m The first game on Saturday Members of the Running Suns team in a pre-game picture on Relay-3:33.02s and Under 15 Male 4X400m Relay-3:51.47s. night (March 24) saw Running Saturday when they beat Any Thin Cun Happn The other record breakers were: Georgia Spencer of the Basseterre High School(BHS)-Under 15 Female Shot Put-10.35m; Trivon Rogers (BHS)-Under 15 Male 800m-2:12.12s; Keressa Eddy of the (BHS)-Under Results Of SKNFA Digicel Premier & Division 1 17 Female 300mH-47.16s; Shenella Mitchum of the (BHS)-Under 17 Female 800m-2:20.30s; Khadijah Webster (BHS)-Under 20 Female 100m Matches Played On Tuesday 27th March, 2012: Hurdles-17.91s; Shenella Mitchum (BHS)-Under 17 Female 1500m- Digicel Premier Division At Warner Park 5:16.36s; Rasheed Moore (BHS)-Under 20 Male 110m Hurdles-16.58s; Conaree 4 vs St. Thomas Trinity Strikers 2 Jakeishal Leader of the Charles E Mills Secondary School (CEMSS)- (Half Time 1 - 0) Captain Tiran Hanley struck twice in the 36th & 49th Under 15 Female Heptathlon-3085 Points; Jermaine Francis (CEMSS)- Scorers for Conaree minute Under 15Male High Jump-1.73m; Nathaniel Huggins (CEMSS)-Under 17 Kurvin “Infamos” Benjamin 14th minute * Officials were James Matthew, Miguel Flemming, Male Long Jump-6.71m; Alivia Barzey (CEMSS)-Under 20 Female 400mH- Errol O’Loughlin struck twice in the 76th & 81st Ike Inniss & Kendrea Tully 68.87s; Stavia Lewis (CEMSS)-Under 20 Female Discus Throw-31.10m; minute Shawn Martin 84th minute Aziel Smithen of the Cayon High School (CHS)-Under 15 Male Scorers for St. Thomas Trinity Strikers Division I At Gardens Playing Field Heptathlon-3823 Points; Kerisha Powell of the Charlestown Secondary Azeem James 80th minute Island Auto Supplies Combined Schools 3 vs School (CSS)-Under 20 Female Javelin Throw-31.94m; Adrian Williams Jervain Davis 82nd minute UDC Garden Hotspurs Jrs 1 of the Gingerland Secondary School (GSS)-Under 20 Female Javelin Yellow Cards (Half Time 3 - 1) Throw-62.30m; Shanice Elliott of the Verchilds High School (VHS)-Under Byon Morson (Conaree) 11th minute Scorers for Island Auto Supplies Combined Schools 15 Female 200m-26.03s; Sharlene Williams (VHS)-Under 15 Female Javelin Jervain Davis (Strikers) 31st minute Tulmul Nisbett 30th minute Zeon Hecter struck twice Throw-24.42m; Laricia Ottley (VHS)-Under 17 Female Discus-24.88m; Mudassa howe (Conaree) 32nd minute in the 32nd & 38th minute Darielle Warner (VHS)-Under 17 Male 400mh-59.39s and Rosalie Pringle Delroy Delaney (Conare) 52nd minute Scorers for UDC Gaen Hotspurs Jrs (VHS) Under 20 Female 800m-2:23.04s. Stedroy Charles (Conaree) 86th minute Dave Waner 25th minute Rosalie Pringle emerged the Victrix-Ludorum for the 3rd consecutive * Officials were Caldon Duncan, Delroy Jeffers, Yellow Cards year and Nathaniel Huggins of the Charles E Mills Secondary School Florencetine Morton & Steadroy Techeira Keno Christan ( Com. Schools) 15th minute Zeon was crowned the new Victor-Ludorum. Hector (Com. Schools) 16th minute Abasti Evris Huggins, Public Relations Officer for the St. Kitts and Nevis Second Game Pennyfeather (Com. Schools) 21st minute Kevis Amateur Athletic Association (SKNAAA), stated, the SKNAAA UDC Garden Hotspurs 2 vs Mantab 0 Hanley (Com. Schools) 52nd minute Keon Henry Executive extends congratulations to all the winners and participants for (Half Time 1 - 0) (com. Schools) 60th minute a splendid performance over this past weekend. Scorer for UDC Garden Hotspurs * Officials were Earl Leerdam & Jason Rouse “Special thanks to our Sponsors: TDC, LIME, Western Union and Coco-Cola. Commendation must be extended to our loyal supporters for patronizing our sport throughout the athletic season”, he added. which Cayon beat their only School who had 59.34 points. Last year’s winner of the A total of EC 12, 500.00 was paid out at the closing ceremony to the competitors being that of the Cayon’s winning prize was the Cheerleading Competition was the top six (6) finishing schools- WAHS – EC $5000; VHS - $EC 3000; CEMSS Basseterre High School, Blue and Executive Cup and EC $1,800.00 Washy Wild Cats of the - $EC 2000; BHS - $EC 1000; CSS - $EC 750 and CHS - $EC 500. Golden Eagles. while the Basseterre High School Washington Archibald High Additionally Cayon High School’s Green Valley Falcons won the Cayon scored 63 points after received EC $1,300.00. School. 2012 Aquavita Cheerleading Competition on last Friday 23rd March. their performance coming out on Western Union sponsored the The competition was a part of the TDC Inter-School Championships top to beat the Basseterre High monetary prizes to the schools. The Labour Spokesman FRIDAY, MARCH 30TH 2012 - NEWS - 23 COMMENTARY - - Don’t Mess With The Bible By: Sotto Voce By: Vigilante And With Prayer * The so-called march for democracy in Nevis on Monday was a colossal failure and dey say de pompous Sheriff say he can’t believe Well the political games of the opposition parties and their mercenaries enemies. Check it out me boy - The CCM and Nevis people do him that. continued in earnest over the past week. They even combined their prayer of the righteous. Not the prayer of the wicked or of evil- * After bragging that thousands would rally to his call, less than efforts to stage a nonsensical march in Nevis, led by the Sheriff, which doers. And for ease of reference, 250 persons participated in the political charade, organised by him, drew less than 300 people all told. And they called for the resignations of the entire verse can be found at and his big PAM and Rescue Crew allies in St. Kitts. the P.M., the Premier, the Elections Supervisor and the Registration Officer. Desperation taking its toll on them. James 5, verse 16 “.... the effectual * On-lookers say more people from St. Kitts took part in the failed The proposed appointment of a Ms Woodley to the Embassy in the fervent prayer of a righteous man march than Nevis people and the CCM cabal was very embarrassed United Arab Emirates, based in Dubai, was feasted upon by the “Voices availeth much”. and disappointed – saying they were betrayed by their own of PAM”, chief propaganda arm of the party, with great relish. Their They got a set of PAMites supporters in Nevis. accusations of nepotism in that appointment, because the lady mothered going about campaigning for the * The Sheriff and his CCM gang not only failed to attract the 2000 two children of the Prime Minister over two decades ago, were totally next elections and disowning their plus marchers they had anticipated, but they failed too in achieving ridiculous. own Party. Why? They asking their overall objective to shut down Charlestown and force the NRP I wonder what it was when Simmonds’ brother was appointed a people to done with Labour and Government to call a bye election in 90 days. District Medical Officer, and when Billy Herbert’s sister was put to Chair put in a PAM/CCM combination * After fooling his supporters into believing that the Court of Appeal the Development Bank Board when PAM held office. These people in government, but they claim that was not going to grant a Stay of Execution, de braggadocio Sheriff conveniently forget their open record when they ran things. Then one they themselves ain’t in no Party. couldn’t host his weekly “On the Mark” talk show on Wednesday former Minister, whose fame was in taking away keys from those The Massa is one who, even night. He fraid to face his own people who he deceived. entrusted to drive government vehicles, sees nothing wrong with him though he attends all the PAM * People want to know how come “the Final Act” did not travel to renting a pick-up for a considerable time to a government department executive meetings, and is a Nevis to take part in the march, when he was the main driving force while he was in Cabinet. foundation member of PAM “ain’t behind it. These are the characters now parading their hypocrisy on our in no Party”. Who else? The airwaves say they cursing decent and respectable people. “Lunatic” who spends all his * And, how come he didn’t show up for the L.I.P (Lunatics In Prayer) How it is suddenly improper for a lady serving in the diplomatic working hours abusing Dr. circus organised by his ‘Rescue Crew’ to pray for the removal of service for over 15 years to continue to serve? Douglas and Labour? Ask Washie the Prime Minister by all and any means. Since when it become “undemocratic” to appeal a High Court decision too. They prefer to call their * For both functions he went into hiding and when de disappointed to the Court of Appeal? allegiance to PAM as a “Rescue”. Sheriff and the Rt. Rev. Pappy-show ask him how he could betray And how is the Prime Minister to blame for the worst economic Please! All of them spitting in one them like that, he remarked that he had a domestic problem at depression the world has seen, now affecting all our economies adversely? another’s mouth. All real PAMites. home. How sensible is it to compare our country’s economic fortunes times All bearing the same political * But, inside sources say he was mortally afraid of de Nevis people when there was no depression, to the hard, challenging times the world gospel of crookedness and and the Labour Comrades, who were ready to take him on for their over? wickedness. All with a common beloved and popular Prime Minister and Labour leader, who they Well, if you want to hear stupidness, come to St. Kitts and listen to agenda. are solidly behind. the opposition propaganda and grandstanding. It is not only the man Each time our electoral system * Dey say, de man who boasts he got more money than God was who fall out the lettuce tree and break his hand. takes centre stage in the glad for the trip to Nevis to get away from some of the embarrassment They say the march they organized and for which they took a boatload propaganda menu of the and humiliation he suffered over the weekend, when he was of persons from St. Kitts on a free ride to Nevis, was in support of opposition diet; there is talk of reportedly locked out of his home by his other half. democracy. But their political interpretations of democracy are so silly. overseas voters and people The High Court action they took is democratic. But the Court of Appeal registered to vote where they don’t * Dey say he admitted to a long standing friend, that he has never reviewing the High Court judge’s decision is not? All in the name of live. They try to put it over as if it felt so embarrassed and ashamed in his entire life – and de friend partisan politics. is our Labour Party transformed tell him: “A man your age should follow de advice of Rock and stay Then I am told that the persons, whose names had been removed the system in this way. in your lane”. from the list, either do not reside in Nevis #9, or have never, ever lived May I again remind all, that up * De Licking Bird PAM trump has publicly confessed that he owes therein. It would be nice if all those aggrieved would now be properly until 1980, before the PAM got an thousands and thousands of dollars to the government for rent and registered (where they live). This would effectively put an end to all the opportunity to be in government, electricity and so he’s singing for his supper to get “a bail out” from political games. we had no overseas voters? The his big PAM and Rescue Crew friends. This Licky Bird Dupont fellow seems to have been so appropriately system was then so tight that you * People want to know how he could call de Prime Minister a dictator, described by P.M. Douglas, when he answered a caller’s question to his could not be registered to vote when he run up such a staggering debt – owing so much money to weekly programme. Did he say he had no time for lunatics? This PAM/ even outside of the particular box the government – and is still free to buse and say all sorts of terrible Rescue mercenary is “praying the Prime Minister out of office”. I suppose for the constituency in which you things about de Prime Minister, morning, noon and night and even the prayer of this opposition clown carries more weight with the Almighty, resided. And when you migrated, praying for his demise. than the thousands of the P.M’s constituents between Newton Ground your name was removed from the * Dey say he couldn’t be so damn ‘froward’ to do Simmonds that. and Harris’. list. Simmonds woulda done put two big locks on he business place at These people had nothing when Dupont’s government held office That was the state of the play de Mall, as he and Roy Jones did with de editor fellow at de between 1980 and 1995. No roads, no school-meals, no project houses, that PAM met and changed in Democrat some years ago. no jobs, nothing. They only became somebody when Labour took office 1983-84. Their changes allowed our from 1995. overseas nationals to return home * Dey say “The Final Act” turned red like an apple yesterday morning, Maybe Dupont wants to pray them into backwardness. Maybe he and vote for the first time. And this when his sinister plans in De House failed once ore and now they wants to march them back into the dark ages of PAM rule. Where was system has continued up to today. vex with de upper cut customs man, saying he chat too much, he his voice and his money then, when his friend Massa ruled the roost? So when those who engineered let de cat out de bag on de PAM FM Voices show on Wednesday. It’s amusing to hear the loud-mouthed PAM/Rescue pip-squeaker, the changes, now come shedding * Disappointed, he called Richard to complain, but Richard who came “out of the belly of Labour”, joining with Massa to demonize crocodile tears about it, while responded: “Boy I’m not surprised, for ah used to tell Roy Jones in the belly he came out of every day, and those whose messages he relays concealing the truth that it ws their we (PAM) Cabinet meetings ...... once a Labour, always a Labour”. were the same ones who put his mother on the breadline because she own creation. It displays their * After making a fool of himself in Parliament yesterday, preaching supported the Labour Party. deviousness for all to behold. secession for Nevis, de pompous Sheriff took it mek run way and They say Captain Licky was cursing bitterly when his electricity Further, when the Labour Party rushed back to Nevis. He fraid Dougie like children dread fire and service was disconnected for long overdue arrears. You mean his prayers in conducting the last reform injection. can’t even help him in his own difficulties? Yet they on their FM laughing exercise, invited all political Parties * Dey say just as de Sheriff was caught with his pants down away at the rumours that Rock and Masses House and a Labour to declare any discomfort with this announcing to the world that he had won the St. John’s seat even businessman got cut for electricity arrears. Well if that were true, it system of overseas voters, none before the official count of ballots was over; he busy in de House demonstrates that SKELEC treating everybody alike regardless of did. No, not one. So why the yesterday sending out all sorts of false alarm on his facebook page. political connections. Don’t bawl Captain Licky. Keep praying and hypocrisy at this time? These But Dougie prove once more that he smarter than all ah dem. quoting from the Bible. You are not the only false prophet parading this fellas are an amazing set. You think land and chatting stupidness. Your Bible will tell you that “the prayer of I can get our latest prayer- * Dey say de soon to be registered Independent Labour Party is to the righteous availeth much”. specialist, Rev. Licky, to pray for be headed by “The Final Act,” who is working on either getting the I am not sure if that passage would include the crooked ones among them? To change from their wicked New Town fellow or “Good Government” to be the party’s candidate us who engage in hypocrisy and the daily bashing of their political ways? for East Basseterre. 24 - ADVERTISEMENT - The Labour Spokesman FRIDAY, MARCH 30TH 2012