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HERE’S YOUR CHANCE ALL EXTERNALSAVE HARD DRIVES OZLOTTO RESULTS $20 from as low as POWERED DESKTOP PORTABLES SAMSUNG GT-E1205Y Drawn: 28/10/14 Draw num: 1080 Next draw: 500GB, 1TB & 2TB 2TB & 3TB SUPP: PORTABLE 500GB Original SamsungSpecial valid brand until mobile 23rd Aug - ornote while a stockcopy lasts Cook islands Herald 29 October 2014 news 2 Murdered multi millionaire had Cook Islands link Robert Ellis pictured with his wife, Noor Ellis, who police say masterminded the murder. ocals who learnt through hands and feet were bound. Ellis’ Indonesian wife Noor of children. the international media His wife, Julaikah Noor Aini, 45, 25 years is known to a circle of After leaving the Cook Islands, Lformer Cook Islands was arrested later that day and local friends as along with her Ellis lived in Australia for 15 years resident Robert Ellis was police say she masterminded the husband she has holidayed in the before heading to Indonesia murdered in Indonesia last week murder and paid her housemaid’s Cook Islands. All are devastated where he had resided for the are saddened and shocked. boyfriend, Adrianus Ngongo, to learn she has been arrested for last ten years. In Indonesia he Before he made his fortune in $3100 to kill Mr Ellis. Noor is also alleging the masterminding of his bought a business supplying and Indonesia, the sixty year old Ellis alleged to have paid the same execution. Noor told Police she felt maintaining telecommunications worked in senior management amount to up to seven other embittered and wanted to take equipment. The timing was for Cable and Wireless now “executioners”, including two over her husband’s assets. She fortuitous and Ellis made Telecom Cook Islands during the maids. She denies the allegations. complained Ellis was frequently millions from the enterprise. 1980s. A British and Australian Police are considering charging cheating on her. Bali Police claim His wealth continued to grow citizen Ellis’ body will be flown to Noor with premeditated murder, Noor had confessed to organising through investments in airlines New Zealand to be buried by his which can carry the death penalty. her husband’s murder. and hotels including commercial two sisters who live there. Ellis is remembered by locals A neighbour of Mr Ellis acquisitions in Australia and NZ. A multimillionaire for his generosity when they and Noor told the Australian In a statement released by Ellis’ businessman, Ellis was murdered visited Indonesia, one couple newspaper the couple had family, they said his business had in Bali and dumped in a rice field, who did not want to named been having problems. Mr Ellis created jobs for thousands of allegedly on the orders of his said when they visited Bali they wanted to end the marriage Indonesians. “He was a good and wife. stayed in a luxurious beach and had applied for Indonesian honourable man. Robert Kevin Ellis, 60, was front mansion he owned at his citizenship so he could transfer “His integrity, generosity and found with his throat cut and insistence free of charge. Ellis their property from her name spirit is evidenced by the way the covered in plastic and a bed was known to have lavished to his, the man said. Under business community both expat cover in a ditch within a rice Cook Island visitors with over Indonesian law, Mr Ellis could and Indonesian, have rallied paddy about two hours’ drive whelming hospitality of the not own property unless he had to support us and to pay their from Denpasar last Tuesday. His highest standard. citizenship. The couple have four respects. - George Pitt PB Cook islands Herald 29 October 2014 Medicine 3 Are our antibiotics effective? By Charles Pitt prescribed medication appeared whether it was time a serious Iro is currently awaiting rom time to time medical to be having no effect. The examination was done of the approval of a proposal for this specialists come from woman was prescribed different antibiotics we are using to study to be conducted in the FNew Zealand to perform medication and her condition determine if other types are Cook Islands from WHO and operations or do examinations has begun to improve. Another needed or would be more NZ and is hopeful this will be at Rarotonga Hospital. patient reported that the doctor effective. forthcoming before the end of These regular visits are most he consulted, threw the locally Iro advised that the matter of this year. invaluable, welcomed and prescribed pills in the rubbish bin infections and the prescription She said it was difficult appreciated. and he was prescribed new drugs. of more antibiotics is one which for her to comment on the Recently, there have been a To cite my own case involving is resource challenged. She cases mentioned above but number of instances where that a cut on my leg, local doctors commented that the infection understands that there are may warrant closer examination changed the antibiotics and antibiotic resistance patterns various issues that could by our Health officials in presumably in the hope one has resulted in the Ministry of contribute to each case. conjunction with medical experts would have some effect. In the Health sourcing the expertise of She advised that treatment from New Zealand. end, after over a month of trying an infectious disease specialist to guidelines are in place for clinical There are instances where various antibiotics, one doctor work with staff in the laboratory, presentations and blood culture antibiotics prescribed locally, went back some years into my pharmacy and doctors on the and swabs for cultures if taken have not had any effect. records and came across an matter. can have results that identify Some patients referred to NZ or antibiotic I had been prescribed The Ministry she said faces antibiotics which are sensitive opting to seek medical treatment and that was tried. It worked, further challenges such as the to that particular infection. This in NZ have mentioned that when and my wound began to heal need to modify antibiotic helps guide the doctors in their asked by NZ doctors to produce after 4 days. dosing in obese patients, prescribing. the medication they have been The point here is that can reduced access to laboratory Iro said a specialist and a study prescribed, report that the NZ we afford to let patients suffer testing, reduced access to some that crosses lab, antibiotics doctors have transferred them and deteriorate while medical expensive antibiotics and the prescribed and prescribing to new drugs. There was an practitioners look for an effective difficulty convincing patients to practices of doctors, is timely instance just a week ago when antibiotic? This is no reflection take all of their medication. and needs to inform our practice. an elderly Cook Islands woman on the capability of our medical was taken by her daughter to NZ staff but rather on the antibiotics at her own expense for a medical we have been supplied with. SWITCH ON WITH check up because her condition Recently, the Herald asked was not improving and locally Secretary of Health Liz Iro Te Aponga Uira Letter to the Editor Preparing for power outages ... Standard of work on water project questioned ear Editor, I refer to the front page story on T.M.V. in the CI News of DWednesday 29 October 2014-“Work not up to international standards.” The ring main I believe is specified to meet New Zealand and Australian standards. John Batty’s job was to ensure this was happening in the field by directly observing pressure testing, you cannot do this with photographs (as there are so many ways to manipulate the pressure gauges). If the line is passing the required tests, sections will now be signed off by K.E.W. and this documentation should be available for all to see. Power outages are some of the hardest things For John Batty to be asked to leave, there has to be something to to prepare for. You could be enjoying television hide, I wonder what it is. Project City 2 Pipeline was pressure tested one minute, then scrambling in the dark to find to 12 Bar to pass its testing phase. the flashlight the next. Being prepared is the best There are a lot of rumours going around T.M.V. is struggling to defence against a loss of power. reach 6-7 Bar while under test. If your power goes out, call our faults service at If this is the case the job should be stopped until all work is brought 25 257. Tell them your connection number and our up to standard. service men will find and restore your power outage Landholdings had 2 x stop work notices during Project City 2 for more quickly. having too much untested line in the ground. Remember. Cyclone season is almost here. Know I guess at the end of the day the poor old tax payer will pick up the your connection number.