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By AAMER MADHANI, JONATHAN LEMIRE and LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — NATO leaders on Monday declared that China poses a constant security challenge and is working to undermine global order, and they said they're worried about how fast the Chinese are de- veloping nuclear missiles. In a summit statement, the leaders said that China's goals and "assertive behavior present systemic chal- lenges to the rules-based international order and to areas relevant to alliance security." While the 30 heads of state and government avoid- ed calling China a rival, they expressed concern about what they said were its "coercive policies," the opaque ways it is modernizing its armed forces and its use of disinformation. They called on Beijing to uphold its international commitments and to act responsibly in the interna- GLOBAL tional system. The statement comes as President Joe Biden has stepped up his effort to rally allies to speak in a more CHALLENGE unified voice about China's human rights record, its trade practices and its military's increasingly assertive NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg speaks with U.S. President Joe Biden during a bilateral behavior that has unnerved U.S. allies in the Pacific. meeting on the sidelines of a NATO summit at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Monday, June 14, Continued on next page 2021. Associated Press A2 Tuesday 15 June 2021 UP FRONT

Continued from Front needs technical or intelli- Biden, who arrived at the gence support in response summit after three days to a cyber attack, it would of consulting with Group be able to invoke the mu- of Seven allies in England, tual defense provision to re- pushed for the G-7 commu- ceive assistance, accord- nique there that called out ing to White House national what it said were forced security adviser Jake Sul- labor practices and other livan. The president started human rights violations im- his day meeting with lead- pacting Uyghur Muslims ers of the Baltic states on and other ethnic minori- NATO's eastern flank as well ties in the western Xinjiang as separate meetings with province. The president leaders of Poland and Ro- said he was satisfied with mania to discuss the threat the communique, although posed by Russia and the differences remain among recent air piracy in Belar- the allies about how force- us, according to the White fully to criticize Beijing. House. The new Brussels communi- Biden's itinerary in Europe que states plainly that the has been shaped so that NATO nations "will engage he would first gather with China with a view to de- G-7 leaders and then with fending the security inter- NATO leaders pose for a group photo during a NATO summit in Brussels, Monday, June 14, 2021. NATO allies in Brussels be- ests of the alliance."" Associated Press fore his much-anticipated The Chinese Embassy to meeting with Russian Presi- the United Kingdom on said. "I want NATO to know presence "emphasizes the fense provision of the NATO dent Vladimir Putin in Ge- Monday issued a state- America is there." renewal of the transatlantic charter, a central tenet of neva on Wednesday. And ment saying the G-7 com- It was a sharp shift in tone partnership." De Croo said the alliance. with both summits, Biden munique "deliberately slan- from the past four years, NATO allies were looking When alliance members aimed to consult European dered China and arbitrarily when Trump called the al- to get beyond four stormy last met for a summit in Eng- allies on efforts to coun- interfered in China's internal liance "obsolete" and com- years under the Trump ad- land in December 2019, ter provocative actions by affairs," and exposed the plained that it allowed for ministration and infighting Trump grabbed headlines China and Russia. "sinister intentions of a few "global freeloading" coun- among member countries. by calling Canadian Prime Biden will meet later on countries, such as the Unit- tries to spend less on military "I think now we are ready Minister Justin Trudeau Monday with Turkey's presi- ed States." There was no im- defense at the expense of to turn the page," de Croo "two-faced" and French dent, Erdogan, on the sum- mediate reaction from the the U.S. said. Italian Prime Minis- President Emmanuel Ma- mit sidelines. Chinese government to the Looking forward, Stolten- ter Mario Draghi made a cron "nasty." Biden has known Erdogan new NATO statement. berg noted myriad chal- not-so-subtle dig at Trump, Trump lashed out after for years but their relation- Biden arrived at his first lenges still facing the alli- while welcoming Biden. Trudeau was caught on a ship has frequently been NATO summit as presi- ance. "This summit is a continua- hot mic gossiping with other contentious. Biden, dur- dent as leading members "We are meeting at the piv- tion of yesterday's G-7 and leaders about Trump turn- ing his campaign, drew declared it a pivotal mo- otal time for our alliance, is part of the process of re- ing photo opportunities into ire from Turkish officials af- ment for an alliance be- the time of growing geo- affirming, of rebuilding the long news conferences. ter he described Erdogan leaguered during the presi- political competition, re- fundamental alliances of Ahead of the summit, Ma- as an "autocrat." In April, dency of Donald Trump, gional instability, terrorism, the United States that had cron had declared NATO Biden infuriated Ankara by who questioned the rel- cyber attacks and climate been weakened by the "brain dead" because of a declaring that the Otto- evance of the multilateral change," Stoltenberg said previous administration," he void in U.S. leadership un- man-era mass killing and organization. at the start of a joint session said. "Think that President der Trump. deportations of Armenians Shortly after arriving at the of the NATO leaders. "No Biden's first visit is to Europe The White House said the was "genocide" — a term alliance's headquarters for nation and no continent and try to remember where communique to be signed that U.S. presidents have the first NATO summit of can deal with these chal- President Trump's first visit by alliance members at avoided using.q his presidency, Biden sat lenges alone. But Europe was?" the end of the NATO sum- down with NATO Secretary and North America are not Trump's first overseas visit as mit is expected to include General Jens Stoltenberg alone." president was to Saudi Ara- language about updating and underscored the U.S. Biden, who came to Brus- bia. Article 5 to include major commitment to Article 5 of sels following three days of Trump routinely berated cyber attacks — a matter the alliance charter, which consultations with Group of other NATO countries for of growing concern amid a spells out that an attack on Seven leaders in England, not spending enough on series of hacks targeting the one member is an attack was greeted by fellow defense and even threat- U.S. government and busi- on all and is to be met with leaders with warmth and ened to pull the U.S. out of nesses around the globe by a collective response. even a bit of relief. the world's biggest secu- Russia-based hackers. "Article 5 we take as a sa- Belgium Prime Minister Alex- rity organization and even The update will spell out cred obligation," Biden ander de Croo said Biden's questioned the mutual de- that if an alliance member facebook.com/arubatoday/ A3 U.S. NEWS Tuesday 15 June 2021 U.S. intel report warns of more violence by QAnon followers By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN ly refused to acknowledge and NOMAAN MERCHANT the election is over and WASHINGTON (AP) — A spoken baselessly of his vic- new federal intelligence re- tory being "stolen," despite port warns that adherents multiple court rulings and of QAnon, the conspiracy a finding by his own Jus- theory embraced by some tice Department upholding in the mob that stormed the integrity of the elec- the U.S. Capitol, could tion. One longtime ally told target Democrats and The Associated Press that other political opponents Trump has given credence for more violence as the to a conspiracy theory that movement's false prophe- he could somehow be rein- cies don't come true. stated into the presidency Many QAnon followers be- in August. lieve former President Don- Heinrich pressed FBI Direc- ald Trump was fighting en- tor Chris Wray in April to re- emies within the so-called lease an assessment of how "deep state" to expose a the government views QA- cabal of Satan-worshipping non. "The public deserves cannibals operating a child to know how the govern- sex trafficking ring. Trump's ment assesses the threat to loss to President Joe Biden our country from those who disillusioned some believ- In this Jan. 6, 2021, file photo rioters break into the Capitol in Washington. would act violently on such ers in "The Storm," a sup- Associated Press beliefs," he said then. posed reckoning in which The movement around Trump's enemies would be predicts that while some QAnon-themed accounts, societal polarization in the QAnon has already been tried and executed. Some QAnon adherents will pull many followers have U.S., and the "frequency linked to political vio- adherents have now piv- back, others "likely will be- moved to less well-known and content of pro-QAnon lence, notably during the oted to believing Trump is gin to believe they can no platforms and discussed statements by public indi- Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection the "shadow president" or longer 'trust the plan' refer- how to radicalize new users viduals who feature promi- in which some rioters be- Biden's victory was an illu- enced in QAnon posts and on them, the report says. nently in core QAnon nar- lieved they would reverse sion. that they have an obliga- The report says several ratives." Trump's defeat. At least The report was compiled tion to change from serving factors will contribute to The report does not identify 20 QAnon followers have by the FBI and the Depart- as 'digital soldiers' towards QAnon's long-term durabil- any of those public individ- been charged with fed- ment of Homeland Secu- engaging in real world vio- ity, including the COVID-19 uals. But Trump, who while eral crimes related to Jan. rity and released Monday lence." pandemic, some social in office praised QAnon fol- 6, according to an Associ- by Sen. Martin Heinrich, a As major social media com- media companies allowing lowers as "people that love ated Press review of court New Mexico Democrat. It panies suspend or remove posts about the theories, our country," has repeated- records. q

Report says technology kept 2020 census below expected cost By MIKE SCHNEIDER pectations. hold. By contrast, it had The 2020 census is expect- The innovations also per- been jumping decade to ed to cost $14.2 billion, well mitted census takers to decade before that, rising below a previous estimate take down answers from from $16 per household of $15.6 billion, reflecting households using mobile in 1970 to $80 per house- a slowdown in the price devices that also created hold in 2000. At the same tag for the nation's head the most efficient routes time, self-response rates count thanks to techno- for census takers to follow had declined, requiring logical innovations, ac- when going from home to more money to pay for cording to a new watch- home, according to a re- census takers to knock on dog report released Mon- port from the Government the doors of people who day.The lower cost came Accountability Office. hadn't yet answered the even though the Census Cost savings came from questionnaire, the report In this file image from video provided by the U.S. Census Bu- Bureau spent an extra $1.1 the bureau's opening said. "This suggests that reau, a sign language interpreter, lower left, signs for acting director of the U.S. Census Bureau Ron Jarmin, who is speak- billion responding to the fewer field offices and us- even with the expenses ing off camera, as a graphic showing the U.S. population as pandemic, whose spread ing administrative records associated with COVID-19, of April 1, 2020, is displayed during a virtual news conference. in the U.S. coincided with to fill in answers for house- the Bureau moderated Associated Press the start of the nation's holds that didn't respond the historically rising cost head count for most U.S. on their own or didn't open curve of the census," the sus takers. when it had been expect- residents in March 2020. their doors to census tak- GAO report said. The bureau also allowed ing only 9 million, the re- Technological innovations ers seeking answers about The pandemic caused de- people to respond with- port said. allowed most households their households, the re- lays in operations, forced out a unique identifica- The once-a-decade cen- to answer the census ques- port said. the bureau to extend the tion number in an effort sus determines how many tionnaire online for the first The per-household cost of deadline for ending field to make answering the congressional seats and time instead of just by mail the 2020 census wasn't sig- operations by several questionnaire easier. The Electoral College votes or phone, surprising statisti- nificantly more than it was months and necessitated bureau received 17 mil- each state gets, as well as cians with a self-response in 2010 — $96 per house- the purchase of millions of lion responses without the distribution of $1.5 tril- rate that exceeded ex- hold versus $92 per house- gloves and masks for cen- the identification number lion in federal spending.q A4 Tuesday 15 June 2021 U.S. NEWS Justice official resigning amid uproar over Dems' subpoena By MICHAEL BALSAMO Adam Schiff and another tions. Associated Press Democratic member of He will be temporarily re- WASHINGTON (AP) — The the panel, California Rep. placed by Mark Lesko, the Justice Department's top Eric Swalwell, in 2018, as acting U.S. attorney in the national security official is their committee was inves- Eastern District of New York, resigning from his position tigating Trump's ties to Rus- the official said, until Presi- after revelations that the sia. Schiff at the time was dent Joe Biden's official department under Presi- the top Democrat on the pick, Matthew Olsen, is ap- dent Donald Trump secretly panel, which was led by proved by the Senate. seized records from Demo- Republicans. Olsen is an Uber executive crats and members of the The records of at least 12 with experience in the Jus- media. people connected to the tice Department. He has John Demers, a Trump ap- House intelligence panel served as director of the pointee, will leave by the were eventually shared National Counterterror- end of next week, a Jus- with the Justice Depart- ism Center and as general tice Department official ment by Apple after the counsel for the National Se- told The Associated Press subpoena was issued in curity Agency. Demers had on Monday. Demers, who 2018. The people included remained in place while was sworn in a few weeks aides, former aides and Olsen awaits a confirma- after the subpoena for the family members. One was tion hearing. Lesko will fill In this Oct. 19, 2020 file photo, Assistant Attorney General for the Democrats' records, is one National Security Division John Demers speaks at a news con- a minor. the role until Olsen is con- of the few Trump appoin- ference at the Department of Justice in Washington. The subpoena, issued Feb. firmed. tees who has remained in Associated Press 6, 2018, requested informa- The Justice Department's the Biden administration. tion on 73 phone numbers inspector general has He had planned for weeks cretly seize the phone data has already launched an and 36 email addresses, launched a probe into the to leave the department from House Democrats and investigation. Apple said. It also included matter after a request from by the end of June, a sec- reporters as part of the ag- "Consistent with our com- a non-disclosure order that Deputy Attorney General ond person familiar with the gressive investigations into mitment to the rule of law," prohibited the company Lisa Monaco. Inspector matter said. leaks. he said, "we must ensure from notifying any of the General Michael Horow- The official and the person Attorney General Merrick that full weight is accorded people and was renewed itz said he would examine could not discuss the mat- Garland emphasized in a to separation-of-powers three times, the company whether the data subpoe- ter publicly and spoke to statement Monday that concerns moving forward." said in a statement. naed by the Justice De- the AP on the condition of "political or other improper News emerged last week Demers has been in charge partment and turned over anonymity. considerations must play that the Justice Depart- of the department's na- by Apple followed depart- Demers' resignation comes no role in any investigative ment had secretly subpoe- tional security division since ment policy and "whether amid questions about what or prosecutorial decisions" naed Apple for metadata late February 2018, and his any such uses, or the inves- he knew about the Justice and noted the depart- from House Intelligence division has played a role in tigations, were based upon Department's efforts to se- ment's inspector general Committee Chairman each of the leak investiga- improper considerations."q

Reality Winner, NSA contractor in leak case, out of prison licly and spoke to the AP on tor at a National Security spent in jail while the case condition of anonymity. Agency office in Augusta, was pending in U.S. Dis- She pleaded guilty in 2018 Georgia, when she printed trict Court. She was sent to to a single count of trans- a classified report and left home confinement just a mitting national security the building with it tucked few months ahead of her information. Winner was into her pantyhose. Win- release date of Nov. 23, sentenced to five years ner told the FBI she mailed according to the Bureau of and three months in prison, the document to an online Prisons. which prosecutors said at news outlet. "My actions were a cruel the time was the longest Authorities never identified betrayal of my nation's ever imposed for leaking the news organization. But trust in me," Winner told the government information to the Justice Department judge at her sentencing in the news media. announced Winner's June August, 2018. Her release was hailed as a 2017 arrest the same day Previously, Winner had un- cause for celebration after The Intercept reported on successfully tried to shorten In this June 26, 2018 file photo, Reality Winner walks into the Fed- advocates had spent years a secret NSA document. her sentence by seeking eral Courthouse in Augusta, Ga. fighting for her release or It detailed Russian govern- a pardon from President Associated Press a pardon. Her lawyer, Ali- ment efforts to penetrate Donald Trump — whom son Grinter Allen, said in a a Florida-based supplier she had once mocked on By MICHAEL BALSAMO son familiar with the matter statement that Winner and of voting software and the social media as a "soulless Associated Press told The Associated Press her family are working to accounts of election of- ginger orangutan" — and WASHINGTON (AP) — A on Monday. "heal the trauma of incar- ficials ahead of the 2016 by arguing she had health former government con- Reality Winner, 29, has ceration and build back presidential election. The conditions that made her tractor who was given the been moved to home con- the years lost." NSA report was dated May more vulnerable to CO- longest federal prison sen- finement and remains in She said they are "relieved 5, the same as the docu- VID-19 infection. Her sister tence imposed for leaks to the custody of the federal and hopeful" after her re- ment Winner had leaked. said last July that Winner the news media has been Bureau of Prisons, the per- lease from prison. At the time of her sentenc- tested positive for the coro- released from prison to son said. The person could The former Air Force trans- ing, Winner was given cred- navirus but didn't show home confinement, a per- not discuss the matter pub- lator worked as a contrac- it for more than a year she symptoms.q A5 WORLD NEWS Tuesday 15 June 2021 Americans stand trial in Japan, accused in Ghosn’s escape By YURI KAGEYAMA and that the pair had been AP Business Writer misled to believe helping TOKYO (AP) — Two Ameri- someone jump bail was cans charged with help- not illegal in Japan. They ing former Nissan chairman said Ghosn’s wife Carole Carlos Ghosn flee Japan told them Ghosn was being while he was facing accu- tortured. The prosecutors sations of financial miscon- quoted the Taylors as say- duct agreed Monday that ing they were not tortured they took part in a scheme and were treated in a way for him to escape the coun- that was “fair and profes- try. sional.” Statements by Michael The trial’s next session is set Taylor and his son, Peter, on for June 29, when prosecu- the opening day of their tri- tors will continue their ques- al in Tokyo suggest the pair tioning. don’t plan to fight charges The Taylors were arrested of assisting a criminal. That in Massachusetts last year carries a possible penalty of and extradited to Japan in up to three years in prison. March. Ghosn has French, Keiji Isaji, one of the attor- Lebanese and Brazilian citi- neys for the Taylors, told zenship and Lebanon has The Associated Press after This Dec. 30, 2019 image from security camera video shows Michael L. Taylor, center, and George- no extradition treaty with the court session that he Antoine Zayek at passport control at Istanbul Airport in Turkey. Japan. wants the trial to “proceed Associated Press The authorities say Ghosn efficiently.” He said ending such as “Yes, your hon- prosecutors, said Peter Tay- ed. paid the Taylors at least the trial quickly is “in the or,” and “I hear you well,” lor met with Ghosn at a The prosecutors said bit- $1.3 million. best interests of his clients.” when asked about simulta- hotel several times in 2019 coins worth $500,000 were Ghosn led Nissan Motor He declined to confirm his neous interpreting relayed and introduced Ghosn transferred from Ghosn’s Co. for two decades be- team was hoping for a sus- through headphones. to his father. He said Pe- son Anthony’s account to fore his arrest in 2018. He pended sentence if they Prosecutors read out a ter Taylor also received Peter Taylor in 2020, pur- was charged with falsifying are convicted, meaning no statement accusing Mi- $562,500 in two transfers to portedly to cover the Tay- securities reports in under- time would be served. He chael Taylor, a former pay for chartering the jet lors’ defense costs. reporting his compensa- stressed the decision was Green Beret, and Peter and other expenses. Peter After a brief discussion with tion and of breach of trust up to the judge. Taylor of arranging to hide Taylor arranged for Ghosn Chief Judge Hideo Nirei in using Nissan money for The Taylors appeared calm Ghosn in a box for musical to change his clothing at a and their defense lawyers, personal gain. He says he is as they were led into the equipment. It was loaded Tokyo hotel. His father and the Taylors agreed there innocent and says he fled courtroom in handcuffs, onto a private jet that flew another man, George-An- were no mistakes in the Japan because he did not with ropes tied around their him from the western city of toine Zayek later accom- statement. expect to get a fair trial. waists. Osaka to Lebanon via Tur- panied Ghosn to the Osa- Prosecutors said that dur- More than 99% of criminal They said little except to an- key in December 2019. ka airport, Kitajima said. ing their detention the Tay- cases in Japan result in swer the judge’s questions, Ryozo Kitajima, one of the Zayek has not been arrest- lors had expressed remorse convictions.q

U.S., Russia envoys discuss Iran nuclear deal ahead of summit

By DEREK GATOPOULOS was scuppered in 2018 ambitions and its broader Associated Press when the Trump adminis- global misbehavior,” he VIENNA (AP) — Delegations tration pulled the United told the AP. from Russia and the United States out of the accord, “At the same time, Rus- States involved in nuclear arguing that it handed Iran sia has a balancing act negotiations with Iran held too many concessions. to perform in Syria, where talks in Vienna on Monday, Diplomats from China, Ger- Iran’s force of arms on the two days ahead of a sum- many, France, Russia, and ground could become a mit meeting between U.S. Britain held joint talks with problem for Russian ambi- President Joe Biden and Iran Saturday and multiple tions.” Russian President Vladimir bilateral meetings after- The 2015 agreement was Putin. ward at a hotel in the cen- designed to keep Iran’s The United States is not di- ter of the Austrian capital. nuclear program peaceful, rectly involved in the Vi- Matthew Rojansky, director imposing strict controls on enna negotiations but has Deputy Secretary General and Political Director of the European of the Wilson Center’s Ken- uranium enrichment levels regular contacts with par- External Action Service (EEAS), Enrique Mora, leaves the ‘Grand nan Institute in Washington, as well as the technology ticipating diplomats. Hotel Vienna’ where closed-door nuclear talks take place in said Russia was keen to and facilities used for the Efforts to revive a 2015 nu- Vienna, Austria, Saturday, June 12, 2021. curb some of Iran’s ambi- process. Associated Press clear containment deal tions. Iran stopped abiding by for Iran are a rare topic of meeting in Vienna, called businesslike cooperation “Moscow still prefers to those limits after the U.S. collaboration between the the talks with U.S. counter- on issues of common inter- see Tehran checked in its withdrawal but insists it has two global adversaries. parts “fruitful.” est, non-proliferation in this aspiration to develop a no plan to build nuclear Mikhail Ulyanov, a senior “Our dialogue in Vienna particular case,” Ulyanov weapon, but is much less weapons a claim that the diplomat who headed the seems to be proof that the wrote in a tweet. motivated when it comes U.S. and its western allies Russian delegation at the two countries can maintain The nuclear agreement to checking Iran’s regional dispute.q A6 Tuesday 15 June 2021 WORLD NEWS AP Interview: ICC prosecutor sees 'reset' under Biden By MIKE CORDER conflict that also covers THE HAGUE, Netherlands alleged crimes by Afghan (AP) — The prosecutor of government forces and the the International Criminal Taliban. Court said Monday that the Afghan authorities have global tribunal's relation- asked the court to take ship with the United States over the probe. — plunged into the deep Bensouda met with Afghan freeze by former President Foreign Minister Haneef At- Donald Trump — is under- mar last month to discuss going a "reset" under his the case. successor, Joe Biden. Atmar said after the meet- Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda ing that "we are confident made the comments in an that with full cooperation interview with The Associat- with the Prosecutor, we ed Press, on the day Biden can jointly advance the was meeting NATO allies in cause of justice for all of Brussels to reaffirm Wash- the victims of the long and ington's commitment to the devastating conflict." military alliance — in an- Bensouda said Afghan au- other break from the Trump thorities need to show the era of deep skepticism to- court that they are inves- ward multilateralism. tigating the same alleged Bensouda spoke to AP crimes identified by the ICC at the court's headquar- International Criminal Court Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda speaks during an interview with The As- probe. ters in The Hague on the sociated Press in The Hague, Netherlands, Monday, June 14, 2021. "If they are able to provide eve of leaving office after Associated Press us with this information that her nine-year term as the they are conducting these ICC's chief prosecutor. Her her U.S.-based assets. cases would be better ad- are working on some kind cases, then of course, we successor, British lawyer "I do believe that it was dressed" through diplo- of a reset that is the rela- will have to take a step Karim Khan, takes office on wrong. Really, a red line macy "rather than through tionship between the ICC back and look at what Wednesday. has been crossed," Bensou- the imposition of sanctions," and the US administration," they are doing and monitor The Trump administration da said of the sanctions. Blinken wrote. she said. that," she said. hit Bensouda with sanctions Biden lifted the sanctions in Bensouda welcomed the The court is investigating Bensouda launched anoth- for pressing ahead with in- April but Secretary of State change of tone. allegations of possible war er politically charged inves- vestigations into the U.S. Antony Blinken stressed that "We are at a more helpful crimes and crimes against tigation in March, into al- and its allies, notably Israel, Washington still strongly dis- place now because the humanity by U.S. troops leged crimes by both Israel for alleged war crimes. She agreed with some actions Biden administration has and foreign intelligence and Hamas on Palestinian was subjected to a travel by the court. decided to lift those sanc- operatives, as part of a territories dating back to ban in March 2019, and 18 "We believe, however, that tions and both the admin- wide-ranging investiga- mid-2014. Israel has harshly months later a freeze on our concerns about these istration and ourselves, we tion into the Afghanistan condemned the probe.q Duterte again delays abrogation of key security pact with U.S. Foreign Secretary Teodoro drills that often included but your share of responsi- Locsin Jr. said, without live-fire exercises in pre- bility does not come free," elaborating, that Duterte pandemic times. Duterte said then. suspended the abroga- The pact's termination In December, he warned tion of the Visiting Forces would have taken effect that he would proceed Agreement for another six after 180 days, but Duterte with the abrogation if the months to allow both sides has repeatedly delayed U.S. does not provide at to address his concerns. the effectivity of his deci- least 20 million doses of Terminating the pact would sion. vaccine. be a major blow to one of Defense Secretary Delfin "If they cannot deliver even America's oldest alliances Lorenzana welcomed the a minimum of 20 million in Asia. president's decision, which vaccine, they better get Duterte's administration no- he said would give the two out. No vaccine, no stay tified the U.S. government governments more time to here," Duterte said. in February last year that it review the pact. Critics hit Duterte for the intended to abrogate the "Our bilateral cooperation remarks, which Sen. Pan- Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte delivers his speech during 1998 agreement, which al- with the U.S. is geared to- filo Lacson, who heads the the 123rd anniversary of the proclamation of the Philippine in- dependence rites on Saturday, June 12, 2021, at the Provincial lows the entry of large num- ward upholding our nation- Senate committee on na- Capitol of Bulacan province, Philippines. bers of American forces for al interest and, to the ex- tional defense and gener- Associated Press joint combat training with tent necessary, to enhance ally supports Duterte, said Philippine troops and lays the Philippines' defense ca- "may have given the im- By JIM GOMEZ fense pact with the United down the legal terms for pability," Lorenzana said. pression that the Philippines MANILA, Philippines (AP) States, which he has asked their temporary stay. Duterte said in February is a nation of extortionists." — Philippine President Ro- to provide more aid and The maneuvers involved that if the U.S. wants to Lacson said "one can- drigo Duterte on Monday coronavirus vaccines in ex- thousands of American keep the agreement, "they not put a price tag on the again suspended his deci- change for retaining the and Philippine military per- have to pay." value" of the Visiting Forces sion to terminate a key de- accord. sonnel in land, sea and air "It's a shared responsibility, Agreement.q A7 WORLD NEWS Tuesday 15 June 2021

Nicaragua stages unprecedented roundup of opposition leaders

MANAGUA, Nicaragua Following Somoza's over- instituted a more suffocat- (AP) — Nicaraguan police throw, Tellez served as ing dictatorship than Somo- have arrested another op- health minister in the first za, who faced opposition position politician, bringing Sandinista government from the within the church, to six the number detained which ruled from 1979 to intellectual circles and uni- over the weekend. 1990. Like many former versities. Five were arrested on Sun- guerrillas, she later split with "I think Ortega has outdone day, the biggest one-day Ortega. Somoza," said Torres. "He roundup so far in President Police said they arrest- has subordinated all the Daniel Ortega's campaign ed the opposition lead- power to himself as Somo- to jail anyone who might ers on charges related to za never could. He has a challenge his rule. a recently enacted law bigger repressive appara- The last arrest, which came that classifies as treason tus than Somoza ever had." late Sunday, was that of any support for sanctions Julie Chung, the U.S. State Victor Hugo Tinoco, the against officials in the Orte- Department's acting assis- leader of the political ga regime; the U.S. has tant secretary for Western movement Unamos. An- slapped sanctions on doz- Hemisphere affairs, said via other leader of that party, ens of officials. Twitter that Ortega's "cam- Suyen Barahona, was ar- Under a law passed in De- In this Jan. 28, 2014 file photo, opposition legislator Victor Hugo paign of terror continues rested earlier in the day. cember, Ortega's govern- Tinoco, of the Sandinista Renewal Movement (MRS) gestures with more arbitrary arrests before the National Assembly votes to amend the Nicaraguan On Sunday, police also ar- ment has the power to this weekend. OAS mem- Constitution to include eliminating presidential term limits in Ma- rested prominent ex-Sand- unilaterally declare citizens nagua, Nicaragua. bers must send a clear sig- inista dissidents Dora María "terrorists" or coup-mon- Associated Press nal this week: enough re- Téllez and Hugo Torres and, gers, classify them as "trai- pression. The region cannot another opposition leader, tors to the homeland" and Nicaragua's National Po- Catholic church. stand by and wait to see Ana Margarita Vijil. Arrest- ban them from running as lice arrested the four oppo- Torres said Ortega has now who is next."q ed Saturday was Unamos candidates. sition pre-candidates ear- activist Tamara Dávila. The law punishes those lier this month. Unamos was formed by for- "who lead or finance a On June 8, they arrested mer Sandinistas angered coup ... encourage foreign pre-candidate Félix Mara- by Ortega's autocratic interference, ask for military diaga, a pre-candidate ways, nepotism and per- intervention ... propose or for the opposition coali- petual re-elections. plan economic blockades, tion Blue and White Na- The weekend arrests sug- applaud and champion tional Unity, and Sebastián gest Ortega has moved the imposition of sanctions Chamorro, a former direc- beyond arresting potential against Nicaragua or its tor of the opposition coali- rival candidates in the Nov. citizens." tion Civic Alliance. 7 elections, and has begun Those accused "will be trai- The previous week au- arresting any prominent tors to the homeland, and thorities detained Cristia- member of the opposition. for that reason may not run na Chamorro, a cousin of The arrests bring to 13 the for public office." Juan Sebastián Chamorro, number of opponents de- Treason is punishable by and Arturo Cruz Sequeira, a tained since June 2. prison terms of up to 15 former ambassador to the "It's not just potential can- years. United States. didates any more, it's politi- Ortega has already arrest- Ortega initially led Nicara- cal leaders," former gener- ed four potential opposi- gua from 1979 to 1990 fol- al and Sandinista dissident tion candidates who might lowing the Sandinista revo- Hugo Torres told The Associ- have challenged his bid for lution that ousted Somoza. ated Press before he him- a fourth consecutive term. He returned to the presi- self was arrested Sunday. Before his arrest, Torres said dency in 2007 after three "This is not a transition to he had seen drones flying failed election attempts, dictatorship, it is a dictator- around his home in recent and he won reelection in ship in every way." days, of the type used at 2011. He then sidestepped Tellez was a leading San- Tellez's house. term limits to get himself dinista militant who led an "This interview may be the reelected in 2016, and assault on the National Pal- last one I give," Torres said. packed courts and gov- ace in 1978, taking hostage "I am here, waiting for them ernment agencies with al- the congress of dictator to come for me." lies. The Sandinista party Anastasio Somoza in ex- Hours later, police barged controls the courts and the change for the release of into Torres' home and ar- legislature, and has stifled Sandinista prisoners. rested him. universities and the Roman A8 Tuesday 15 June 2021

Aruba Election 2021

ORANJESTAD — Aruba is influence on the order in and defense policy. Follow- due to hold general elec- which a party's candidates ing Aruba’s 2017 elections, tions on June 25, 2021. Vot- are elected. Seats are the governing coalition is ers will elect all 21 mem- distributed between par- led by the social demo- bers of the Estates (Staten), ties that have gained at cratic People’s Electoral Aruba’s unicameral parlia- least one full quota (1/21, Movement (MEP) party ment. The election should or approximately 4.76% of together with political par- have taken place in Sep- the vote) using the Hagen- ties POR and RED. The main tember of 2021, but due to bach-Bischoff system (a opposition is the center- the resignation of the gov- variant of the D'Hondt right Aruban People’s Party ernment on March 31st, method). Before obtaining (AVP), which holds nine of 2021, before its legal four- the status as land/country the 21 seats in the Estates. rized representative and 1 has not had a proxy voting year term, a new date had in the Kingdom of the Neth- This year Aruba has a total candidate or party leader system since 1979 been stipulated according erlands, Aruba participat- of 12 parties taking part at on the list were allowed to to the regulations as per ed in elections for its Island the election 2021. They are be present at the personal Electoral Debate Aruba’s Constitution. Council and for the Aruba MEP, AVP, POR, RED, PPA, submission that took place The Chamber of Com- constituency of the parlia- RAIZ, MAS, UPP, HTC, CUR- at the townhall in Oranjes- merce in partnership with Aruba elects on national ment of the Netherlands PA, PP and ACCION 21. tad. Party lists may contain the University of Aruba will level a legislature. The Es- Antilles. up to 29 candidates. Quali- be organizing 2 debates, tates (Staten) consists of Aruba is a constituent Candidate lists fied electors must be 18 the first took place on June 21 members, elected for a country of the Kingdom of Submission of the candi- years and older 3rd and the second will four-year term by Open list the Netherlands. It has full date lists of political par- take place on June 17th, Party-list proportional rep- autonomy over internal af- ties took place on May 7, Color by parties 2021. Leaders of all the resentation, meaning that fairs, while the Dutch gov- 2021. Due to the Covid-19 The following colors for the participating political par- voters have at least some ernment handles foreign situation only the autho- color print of the lists of can- ties will be invited to the didates on the ballot paper debates. Topics such as can be used by political economy, public finance, parties in the elections of labor, health, tourism, so- 25 June 2021.These colors cial affairs, education and are: brown, light blue, dark justice will be discussed. blue, yellow, green, light Each party will be able to gray, dark gray, orange, bring its plan of action, pro- light orange, red, light pink, posals and solutions based magenta, light purple, dark on challenges and oppor- purple, khaki, white, olive tunities for Aruba. green. Campaign Voter Requirements In Aruba it is a custom to Voters must be residents of have candidates going Aruba of at least 18 years to visit the people at their of age with Dutch citizen- houses or holding informa- Aruba Airport impressed by results of ship. tive sections all around the island. So, if you see groups Sustainability Consultancy by SISSTEM Voting measurements due of people walking with to Corona flags, t-shirt and perhaps Students Forced to take measures some music on, don’t pan- due to the corona crisis , ic they are just spreading ORANJESTAD – Recently 13 students of AAA’s Director of Health, Safety and a switch has been made the word for their candi- the University of Aruba’s bachelor pro- Sustainability, Angeline Flemming, com- to partial digitization of the date to the locals. Most of gram Sustainable Island Solutions (SIS- plimented the students on their struc- administrative processes the candidates also have STEM) presented the findings of their first tured approach and on their attention of the polling station. For their own social media sustainability consultancy to the rep- for feasibility and budget. voters, this means that the page or programs where resentatives of Aruba Airport Authority voting pass has a QR code they try to connect to as N.V. (AAA). Based on field observations Eric Mijts and Alba de Agustin of the with voter data. The num- many people as possible and technical measurements, literature University of Aruba indicated that the ber of polling stations has to get their word out. Also, study, document analysis and inter- students appreciated the collabora- been expanded from 64 most parties are recycling views, the students formulated a con- tion with AAA in this learning experience to 70 in order to maximize old campaign material sult on energy, water and waste man- and are excited with the potential im- the number of voters per and distribute these to their agement optimizations that would yield plementation of their contribution. polling station at 1,050. followers. short and long term sustainability effects In addition to the special On June 25, 2021 we will for the airport. The recommendations Based upon the input from AAA’s staff, polling stations for voters in find out if we will have a emphasize potential reduction of CO2 the students will finalize their final tech- hospital, prison and nursing one party or a coalition emissions and social interventions within nical reports and management summa- homes, a postal polling sta- once again to run our is- the island context. ries that will be the completion of their tion has also been added land for the next four-year consult.q for voters in isolation. Aruba term.q A9 LOCAL Tuesday 15 June 2021

Medlab Aruba ‘fit-2-fly’: Covid-19 testing on the island

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Native Stories in Aruba Today’s Column: Island Insight

ORANJESTAD — Passionate Aruba Today visited Antho- pological studies as an ac- hard to crack Aruban art people are a delight to lis- ny at his home Etnia Nativa ademic call. For someone world. ten to, naturally depending and you can have a look with such interest in cultural Anthony's work is indicative their topic of passion. Two yourself to learn about this expressions it is no surprising of a more sophisticated re- years ago Aruba Today amazing place on Face- that art soon became his invigoration of the islands met an inspirational man: book Aruba Today under yoga and took more time indigenous aspect which Anthony Croes, owner and Videos Ask Pilar – Etnia Na- of his life he expected. This is gaining force in contem- curator of Etnia Nativa, a tiva. Now let us introduce was after having suffered a porary art circles. Anthony museum or better a unique Anthony to you. serious spinal accident dur- explains that his work is an cultural experience center, ing a rain storm. So it was Aruban as it gets a blend of where he has established Homage to Heritage only a matter of time that two totally different conti- his home and atelier since Anthony Croes was born in he seriously considered art nents mind the old and the Nativa Art Gallery –Muse- 2003. We are more than Aruba 13 April 1961. He is also as a full-time entertain- conquered with native’s um. happy to have Anthony an Etnia Nativa based art- ment. This later gave way Aruban approaching ". In A unique cultural experi- as our weekly columnist. ist at Westpunt, originally to be invited by many and this way, Anthony circum- ence center, where he He has been enriching the from Companashi. As a kid, various artists and curators vents the conventional has established his home newspaper every Tues- he demonstrated a natural to exhibit his work. On the dichotomy between the and atelier since 2003. For day with his knowledge on interest and respect for his other hand, it is perhaps 'traditional' and the 'avant- more information regard- the cultural heritage, flora old world heritage as well understandable for some- garde'. ing the artist: Etnia Nativa, and fauna of our Happy as his natives’ ancestor’s one of his generation and Westpunt 37-A, Noord, Aru- Island. His column, Island history and their survival interest to pursue only one Initially, he established a ba. Telephone 00 297-592- Insight, will definitely show challenges. 'single' career. studio called Shidaharaca 2702, email etnianativa03@ you Aruba from a different in Oranjestad in 1998. gmail.com, website www. perspective. Welcome An- This same interest encour- Since this, he has come a Anthony is currently the etnianativa.facebook. thony! aged him to pursue anthro- long way in the notoriously owner and curator of Etnia com. q Reminder from the Department of AHATA: Hotel occupancy in May was Public Health to all establishments that sell food and/or alcohol 30% lower than in 2019

ORANJESTAD – The Depart- 4. the food must be at the ORANJESTAD — The Aruba • Average occupancy 2021. ment of Public Health calls right temperature; Hotel & Tourism Associa- from January through on everyone who sells food 5. clean, safe water must tion has released the most May 2021 was 5.3% AHATA member hotels: and/or drinks to take the be used. recent hotel performance lower than in 2020 and Amsterdam Manor Beach following into account: results, which shows that 53.9% lower than in Resort, Barceló Aruba, If the above requirements hotel occupancy reached 2019. Boardwalk Boutique Hotel, • As stipulated in the are not met during the in- 56.3% in May of 2021. • RevPAR was 32.4% Brickell Bay Beach Club, Personnel Decree on spection, the Directorate lower than in 2020 and Bucuti & Tara Beach Resort, Commodities Regula- of Public Health may im- MAY 2021: 61.6% lower than in Courtyard by Marriott, Divi tion, all persons who pose a fine if deemed nec- • Occupancy: The occu- 2019. & Tamarijn All-Inclusive, Ea- sell food and/or alco- essary. pancy rate was 56.3%, gle Aruba Resort, Holiday hol must be in posses- Persons who need to ap- which is 30% lower than OCCUPANCY FORECAST: Inn Resort Aruba, Hyatt Re- sion of a health cer- ply for or renew their health in May of 2019. gency Aruba, Hyatt Place tificate (green card). certificate can make an • ADR: The average dai- Aruba Airport, Manchebo The Health Declara- appointment online via ly rate (for occupied Beach Resort, Marriott tion must be valid and the website of the Public rooms) was $232.89, Aruba & Stellaris Casino, visible to all those re- Health Service: www.dvg. which is an increase Paradera Park, Radisson Blu sponsible for the Public aw. of 3.4% compared to Aruba, Renaissance Aruba Health Service; 2019. May was the first Resort, The Ritz-Carlton Aru- • Replacements of the For more information, month of 2021 that ba, RIU Palace Aruba, RIU Declaration of Health please contact the De- Aruba experienced an Palace Antillas, Talk of the will not be accepted; partment of Commodities increase in ADR. Town Hotel. • The facility must meet Inspection and Sanitary • RevPAR: The revenue all hygiene standards, Inspection (Hygienic Ser- per available room TIMESHARE AHATA member time- namely: vice) of the Department achieved was $131.16; AHATA’s Timeshare prop- shares: Divi Aruba Phoe- 1. Cleanliness/cleanliness; of Public Health at tele- 28% lower than 2019. erties experienced a 76% nix, Divi Dutch Village, Divi 2. food separation; phone 5224273 / 5224274 / occupancy rate in May, Village Golf, La Cabana, 3. all foods must be well 5224275 / 5224279 or by e- AVERAGE OF FIRST and project an average Marriott Ocean Club, Mar- cooked; mail: [email protected] .q 5 MONTHS OF THE YEAR: occupancy of 77% for June riott Surf Club.q A11 business Tuesday 15 June 2021 Delicate task for Fed: When to pull back on low-rate support By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER this month. WASHINGTON (AP) — With As a result, the policymak- inflation rising in a fast-re- ers may begin discussing a bounding economy, the tapering of their bond pur- Federal Reserve is poised chases this week. But sev- this week to discuss when it eral more months will likely will take its first steps toward elapse before a decision is dialing back its ultra-low in- made. terest rate policies. "We have to be thinking It will be a fraught discus- ahead, planning ahead, sion, one likely to occur and so I do think it makes over several months. Yet sense for us to be thinking the escalating inflation that through the various op- has forced consumers and tions that we may have in businesses to pay more the future," John Williams, has intensified pressure on president of the New York the Fed to ensure that ris- Federal Reserve, said in ing prices don't become an interview with Yahoo Fi- entrenched in consumers' nance early this month. outlooks. If Americans start At the same time, Wil- to anticipate higher prices, liams, who is seen as close they might take actions — to Powell, said that "to my such as accelerating their mind, we're still quite a purchases before prices ways off from reaching the rise further — that could substantial further progress send inflation even higher. that we're really looking for" The Fed faces a dilemma: to start slowing the bond On the one hand, inflation purchases. is rising much faster than it Another challenge is that had projected earlier this the Fed officials have never year, though the Fed has defined what "substantial characterized the price further progress" toward its pressures as "transitory," a dual goals of full employ- consequence of supply In this Dec. 1, 2020 file photo, Chairman of the Federal Reserve Jerome Powell appears before the ment and inflation at or shortages and a fast recov- Senate Banking Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington. slightly above 2% would ery. On the other hand, hir- Associated Press look like. ing has been slower than That's one issue that poli- the benchmark that Chair committee appears likely now, which suggests that strongly that what we're cymakers will need to dis- Jerome Powell mentioned to start discussing the timing any tapering won't occur seeing is transitory," said cuss, Friedman said, along at a news conference af- and mechanics of gradu- before year's end. Steve Friedman, an econ- with how quickly they will ter the Fed's most recent ally reducing its bond pur- Last week, the govern- omist at investment firm reduce their bond pur- meeting in late April. chases. Communicating ment reported that infla- Mackay Shields and a for- chases once the tapering Powell said at the time that decision to the public tion jumped to 5% in May mer senior staffer at the begins. Another is whether that he would want to see will be a sensitive task. If compared with a year ear- New York Federal Reserve they should reduce their a "string" of hiring reports the Fed indicates that it will lier — the largest 12-month Bank. purchases of Treasury and showing about 1 million taper its purchases earlier spike since 2008. The in- Another key consideration mortgage bonds at the added jobs each month. than markets expect, it risks crease was driven partly is whether inflation persists same pace. Some econo- The job market has yet a repeat of the "taper tan- by a huge rise in used car long enough to affect the mists favor sharper reduc- to reach that total in any trum" in 2013. prices, which have soared public's behavior. If Ameri- tions to purchases of mort- month this year, though That occurred when then- as shortages of semicon- cans start expecting price gage bonds, which, they employers have posted Chairman Ben Bernanke ductors have slowed vehi- increases, those expecta- argue, now provide an a record-high number of jolted financial markets by cle production. Auto rental tions can become self-ful- unnecessary boost to the open jobs. suggesting that the Fed companies have had to filling. housing market. With the economic picture could taper its bond pur- buy up used cars to rebuild So far, bond yields and On Wednesday, the Fed still clouded by the chaos chases "in the next few their fleets, much of which consumer surveys suggest will also update its quarterly of reopening from the re- meetings" — sooner than were sold off in the pan- that while higher inflation is economic and interest rate cession, no major decisions traders had expected. Ber- demic. expected in the short term, projections. Many econo- are expected Wednesday nanke's remarks sent lon- Other inflation drivers have investors and most of the mists expect the officials when the Fed's latest policy ger-term bond yields surg- included services, like air- public expect only mod- to signal that they expect meeting ends and Powell ing. line tickets, car rentals est price gains in the long to start raising their bench- holds a news conference. Having learned from that and hotel rooms, for which run. Powell has long main- mark rate in late 2023. That The Fed is set to keep its incident, Powell will likely prices had tumbled at the tained that the public's per- would mark a shift: The poli- key short-term rate near have any tapering action outset of COVID-19 out- ceptions of future inflation cymakers' previous fore- zero and to continue buy- follow the Fed's 2017 deci- break and are now regain- evolve only slowly. cast in March had shown ing $120 billion a month in sion to slowly reduce the ing pre-pandemic levels. "The sharp temporary in- no rate hike through 2023. Treasury and mortgage bond holdings it had ac- The reopening of the U.S. creases in some catego- Fed officials will also likely bonds. Those purchases cumulated after the Great economy has also forced ries of goods and services sharply increase their fore- are intended to keep lon- Recession. The first hint up prices for clothing, as seem unlikely to leave an cast for inflation this year, ger-term rates low to en- of that plan emerged six more people return to work imprint on longer-run infla- but only slightly for the fol- courage borrowing and months before a final deci- in person. Such price in- tion behavior," Lael Brain- lowing two years, to show spending. sion was made. Economists creases may not last. ard, one of six governors on that they expect price in- But the Fed's policymaking expect a similar timeline "I think they still feel pretty the Fed's board, said earlier creases to wane.q A12 Tuesday 15 June 2021 TECHNOLOGY

In this Saturday, March 14, 2020 file photo, an Apple logo adorns the facade of the downtown Brooklyn Apple store in New York. Associated Press Apple reaffirms privacy stance amid Trump probe revelations

By MICHAEL LIEDTKE ny. technology companies AP Technology Writer The revelation of Apple's may have been confronted SAN RAMON, Calif. (AP) — compliance with the sub- with similar legal demands, Seeking to protect its im- poena emerged at a time based on the broad nature age as a guardian of per- when the company has of the request it received sonal privacy, Apple main- been ramping up efforts to for "customer or subscriber tains it was blindsided and frame privacy as "funda- account information" span- handcuffed by a Trump mental human right" in its ning 73 phone numbers administration probe that marketing campaigns. Ap- and 36 email addresses. resulted in the company ple also upped the privacy It remains unclear how handing over phone data ante in April when it rolled many other companies from two Democratic con- out privacy controls on the may have been swept gressmen.Apple delivered iPhone as part of an effort up in the Trump adminis- its version of events Friday to make it more difficult for tration's attempt to track in response to news reports companies such as Face- down leakers. detailing the U.S. Justice book to track people's on- In a statement, Microsoft Department's aggressive line activities to help sell acknowledged receiving attempts to use its legal ads. at least one subpoena in power to identify leaks tied In a statement, Apple em- 2017 related to a personal to an investigation into phasized it will continue to email account. It said it former President Donald fight unjustified legal de- notified the customer after Trump's ties to Russia. mands for personal infor- the gag order expired and The Justice Department mation and keep custom- learned that the person was able to persuade a ers informed about them. was a congressional staff federal grand jury to issue But in this instance, Apple member. "We will continue a subpoena that culminat- said it was constrained to aggressively seek reform ed in Apple turning over by a nondisclosure order that imposes reasonable the metadata — informa- signed by a federal magis- limits on government se- tion that can include gen- trate judge and said it had crecy in cases like this," the eral records of calls and no information about the company said. texts — about House Intel- nature of the investigation. Privacy experts were more ligence Committee mem- "It would have been virtu- troubled by the U.S. laws bers Adam Schiff and Eric ally impossible for Apple that allowed the Justice Swalwell, both California to understand the intent Department to secretly Democrats, during 2018. of the desired information obtain the subpoenas and Both lawmakers were key without digging through us- then keep them under figures on the committee ers' accounts," the Cuper- wraps for years than by looking into Trump's con- tino, California, company Apple's limited compliance nections with Russia; Schiff said. "Consistent with the with the demands. is now the panel's chair. request, Apple limited the The subpoenas represent a Neither Schiff and Swalwell information it provided to "a quintessential example knew some of the informa- account subscriber infor- of government abuse" that tion had been seized until mation and did not pro- ensnared Apple, said Alan May 5, after a series of gag vide any content such as Butler, executive director of orders had finally expired, emails or pictures." the Electronic Privacy Infor- according to the compa- Apple also believes other mation Center. q A13 classified Tuesday 15 June 2021 HEALTH Condo Oasiss Eagle Beach World best beach Cumminty gate dOCTOR ON DUTY 2 Bedroom 2 Bath Top Floor Oranjestad Ocean View Fully firnished For all Time -Share Owners Renaissance Suites Condo Cold Coast Price: 650K Hospital 7:00 pm / 10:00pm Tel. 527 4000 On the Islands of Aruba Private Islands Cumminty gate Call : 011-297-630-1307 Interested in sell your week 1 BR WK # 24 Room # 2132 $ 2 Bedroom , 2 bath $ 300 K [email protected] San Nicolas Contact HTTA ( Halley Time 4,5 K 3 Bedroom , 2 Bath $500 K Imsan 24 hours Travel Aruba ) *Free Listings Ground floor harbor / ocean Fully furnished Condo Sunset Residence Tel.524 8833 *Free Appraisal report view Call : 011-297-630-1307 Eagle Beach World Best Beach Women in Difficulties *Transfer Ownership 1 BR WK #24 room # 2304 [email protected] Gated complex PHARMACY ON DUTY *Handle all legal documents Garden view $ 5 K 2 Bedroom 2 Bath Oranjestad: 36 Years Diong honest Call: 011-297-630-1307 Condo Le Vent Fully Furnished Sta. 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facebook.com/arubatoday/ A14 Tuesday 15 June 2021 people & arts A star-studded retirement home in 'Queen Bees' By LINDSEY BAHR Devine's Sally are mem- AP Film Writer bers). But aside from that There are two genres I tend and a slow-motion walk to approach with extra into the lunchroom to claim caution: Slashers and re- their designated table, they tirement home comedies. don't seem to yield much Both have found me cover- power or envy among the ing my eyes for not entirely other residents. And it's not unrelated reasons. Yes, the too long before Helen, who dismembering is more met- is apathetic to their exclu- aphorical in the latter, but sivity, is invited to the bridge sometimes it's equally hard table. If you're looking for a to stomach seeing a great comedic, anthropological group of actors reduced study of cliques in a retire- to incontinence jokes. Also, ment home, "Queen Bees" I'm still recovering from isn't it."Queen Bees" also has the Diane Keaton movie the bones of a much better "Poms." movie and is frustrating be- The latest retirement home cause of it. There is a sitcom comedy is " Queen Bees," blandness to the whole about Helen (played by This image released by Gravitas Ventures shows a scene from "Queen Bees." endeavor — any edge or the majestic Ellen Burstyn), Associated Press personality has been flat- who reluctantly moves into tened out. Characters a senior community while not be wrong. tasteless gags (although dous score and an appall- get at most a single bit of her beautiful suburban For as lovely as Helen's some are borderline). ing lack of curiosity about background: One had five house is being fixed up af- house is, the retirement "Queen Bees," directed by the characters we're asked husbands, one had can- ter an accidental kitchen community is pretty nice Michael Lembeck and writ- to spend a few hours with. cer, one sleeps around. In fire. Helen is still sharp and and full of active and social ten by Donald Martin, isn't Even the title seems care- one jaw-dropping scene active and capable of liv- seniors. It's also stacked with exactly a bad movie, but lessly thrown at the movie Helen tells Sally about her ing alone, but her real es- talented actors: Alongside it's not exactly good either. as an attempt to peg it days protesting with Dr. tate agent daughter (Eliza- Burstyn in this senior home is It has a decent heart and as a senior citizen "Mean King and has zero follow-up beth Mitchell) just seems to James Caan, Ann-Margret, some lovely moments, but Girls," which it only sort of questions for her Black peer want to get the inevitable Jane Curtin, Loretta Devine it also has many of the cli- is. Curtin's Janet is the Re- about HER experience dur- transition to out of the way. and Christopher Lloyd, all of chés that we've come to gina George of the home ing that time. Instead they Helen, for her part, suspects whom it's a delight to sim- expect: An incontinence and keeps her bridge and pivot to talking about hair her daughter just wants to ply see on screen and none joke, a marijuana scene, walking group small (just extensions, which Helen is sell her home and she may of whom are subjected to stroke gags, a truly horren- Ann-Margret's Margot and just learning about.q

Duchess of Sussex's 'The Bench' celebrates fathers and sons ilies of different skin colors as "a mother, wife, feminist, Meghan was pregnant and backgrounds, from a and activist," committed with Lilibet while working light-skinned soldier return- to "activating compassion on the book and the final ing home (Harry served in communities across the illustration shows Harry and in Afghanistan) to a dark- world. She currently resides Archie, now a toddler, at skinned man in dreadlocks, in her home state of Cali- the family's chicken coop. from a boy carrying a soc- fornia with her family, two Meghan is in the garden on cer trophy to a boy and his dogs, and a growing flock the opposite page, wear- father wearing pink tutus. of rescue chickens." In an- ing a sun hat, holding an Fathers are seen as bud- nouncing "The Bench" last infant in a sling. dies, teachers, consolers month, she said it began as Her final stanza: and cheerleaders. Ran- a Father's Day poem writ- "Right there on your bench dom House calls the book ten a month after Archie's The place you'll call home a portrait of "the special re- birth, in 2019. With daddy and son lationship between fathers "That poem became this Where you'll never be 'lone" and sons, through a moth- story," said Meghan, who Meghan and Harry an- This combination photo shows Meghan, Duchess of Sussex leav- er's eyes." The image of the dedicated the book to nounced last year they ing Canada House in London, on Jan. 7, 2020, left, and cover art for her upcoming children's book "The Bench," with pictures by bench serves as a symbol of "the man and the boy who were quitting royal duties Christian Robinson. stability and comfort, start- made my heart go pump- and moving to North Amer- Associated Press ing with a drawing of Harry pump." ica, their reasons including holding his baby son on a Publication of "The Bench" the racist attitudes of the By HILLEL ITALIE Books, celebrates the bond bench, two dogs nearby. comes four days after the British media. In a TV inter- NEW YORK (AP) — The first between Meghan's hus- Markle's opening stanza: birth of the couple's sec- view in March with Oprah children's book by Meghan, band Prince Harry and son "This is your bench ond child, Lilibet "Lili" Di- Winfrey, they described un- the Duchess of Sussex, is a Archie and fathers and Where life will begin ana Mountbatten-Windsor, nervering comments about multicultural tribute to fa- sons in general. Markle's For you and our son named in part for Harry's how dark Archie's skin therhood. rhyming narrative is com- Our baby, our kin" grandmother, Queen Eliza- might be before his birth "The Bench," a picture sto- plemented by illustrator The book's jacket describes beth II, whose family nick- and Meghan talked about ry published Tuesday by Christian Robinson's water- Meghan, the actor formerly name is Lilibet, and his late isolation so intense she con- Random House Children's color images, showing fam- known as Meghan Markle, mother, Princess Diana. templated suicide.q A15 sports Tuesday 15 June 2021 Nuggets lament injury-riddled season that came up short By ARNIE STAPLETON iantly without Jokic but DENVER (AP) — The Denver couldn't extend the series. Nuggets' season came to "I wish we could have an ignominious end with played them at full Jamal Murray looking on strength," said Nuggets from the bench and newly coach Michael Malone. crowned league MVP Niko- A year after leading the la Jokic watching from the Nuggets to the Western locker room. Conference Finals in the The Phoenix Suns com- Walt Disney World bubble pleted their second-round in Florida, Jokic steered his sweep with a 125-118 win team through a trying sea- Sunday night in Denver, son marked by a rash of holding off an inspired ef- injuries, most notably to fel- fort by the Nuggets follow- low star Murray, who tore ing Jokic's stunning third- his left ACL in April. quarter ejection. They also lost Monte Morris, Long have the Nuggets P.J. Dozier and Will Barton III chafed at the lack of re- down the stretch. spect and calls that Jokic Amid all those injuries — not gets, particularly this sea- to mention a jampacked son as the 7-foot Serbian season where virtually ev- blossomed into the NBA's eryone got some rest along runaway best player. the way — Jokic was a Phoenix Suns guard Devin Booker, left, shakes hands with injured Denver Nuggets guard Jamal Frustration boiled over 48 rare everyday player, a big Murray after the second half of Game 4 of an NBA second-round playoff series, Sunday, June 13, hours after Jokic humbly 2021, in Denver. Phoenix won 125-118 to sweep the series. man who logged big min- accepted the Maurice Po- Associated Press utes. He's the only player to doloff Trophy that he dedi- start all his team's regular- cated to his teammates, he took a hard swipe at the been assessed a Flagrant 1 Grizzlies chimed in, "play- season games in the last coaches, trainers, front of- ball. foul in 345 games and who offs. elimination game. give two seasons, being on the fice and family. That led Suns star Devin isn't known as a dirty player. him a flagrant 1 and play floor for tip-off all 145 times. Infuriated at no whistle Booker to confront the Nug- Jokic apologized to Payne ball man." Despite that ever-chang- for the contact on his gets' 7-foot big man, lead- before he was escorted Crew chief David Guthrie ing cast around him, Jokic one-handed runner that ing to a double technical. through the tunnel. explained afterward that guided Denver to the No. bounced off the rim with After the two were separat- To players across the "the wind-up, the impact, 3 playoff seed in the West. the Nuggets down seven ed, the crew reviewed the league, the Joker's bewil- the follow-through, the un- Behind Jokic, the Nuggets late in the third quarter, play at midcourt as Jokic dering ejection was a joke. necessary and excessive went 13-5 after Murray tore Jokic gestured at the of- retreated to the bench. "A Flagrant 2? Wow." tweet- contact above the shoul- his ACL on April 12 and he ficial before racing to "I thought honestly, they're ed Trae Young of the Atlan- ders into the face" met the led Denver past Portland Cameron Payne, whom he not going to eject me," said ta Hawks. criteria for a Flagrant 2. in the first round of the swatted across the face as Jokic, who hadn't even Ja Morant of the Memphis The Nuggets played val- playoffs.q

French Open champ Krejcikova 15th in singles, 1st in doubles By HOWARD FENDRICH AP with Madison Keys at No. to 11th. Tennis Writer 28. Krejcikova, a 25-year-old French Open champion The WTA Top 10 didn't from the Czech Republic, is Barbora Krejcikova's twin change, including Ash the first woman since Mary titles at Roland Garros Barty at No. 1 and Naomi Pierce in 2000 to win both earned jumps in the WTA Osaka at No. 2. singles and doubles tro- rankings to No. 15 in singles Novak Djokovic remained phies in Paris. and No. 1 in doubles. at No. 1 in the ATP rankings Krejcikova rose 18 spots The women's and men's after claiming his second from 33rd in singles to a rankings released Monday French Open title — and career high after beating determine which players 19th at a major tournament Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova are eligible to compete at — by beating Stefanos Tsit- 6-1, 2-6, 6-4 in Saturday's fi- the Tokyo Olympics, which sipas 6-7 (6), 2-6, 6-3, 6-2, nal for her first Grand Slam start next month. Each 6-4 in Sunday's final. singles title. In doubles, she country can send as many Tsitsipas went up one spot went from No. 7 to return to Czech Republic's Barbora Krejcikova holds the French Open as four women and four to No. 4, his best, swapping the top spot, which she first tennis tournament women's cup, left, and women's doubles cup men in singles, and 17-year- places with 2020 U.S. Open occupied in October 2018, during a photocall Monday, June 14, 2021 in Paris. old Coco Gauff rose two champion Dominic Thiem. after teaming with Kat- Associated Press spots to a career-best No. Daniil Medvedev stayed at erina Siniakova to defeat 23, which makes her the No. 2, followed by Rafael Iga Swiatek and Bethanie Grand Slam tournament in and Maria Sakkari. fourth-highest woman from Nadal. Roger Federer is No. Mattek-Sands 6-4, 6-2 on singles; she'd once been as Pavlyuchenkova's first ap- the United States. 8. Sunday for their third major far as the fourth round pre- pearance in a major fi- Gauff is behind No. 5 Sofia Roberto Bautista Agut re- championship as a duo. viously. But she eliminated nal — she had been 0-6 in Kenin, No 8 Serena Williams joined the Top 10 by rising The unseeded Krejcikova a string of seeded play- quarterfinals previously — and No. 14 Jennifer Brady. one notch from 11th; Diego was participating in only ers, including Gauff, Pavly- allowed her to go from No. Jessica Pegula is No. 26, Schwartzman slid from 10th her fifth main draw at any uchenkova, Elina Svitolina 32 to No. 19.q A16 Tuesday 15 June 2021 sports Familiarity and respect among coaches left in NHL playoffs By STEPHEN WHYNO the ladder through the AHL When Barry Trotz's Washing- until Tampa Bay promoted ton Capitals knocked out him in 2013. Jon Cooper's Tampa Bay "He's an excellent coach," Lightning on the way to the Trotz said of Cooper. "I think Stanley Cup in 2018, the with Jon, his path's a little two coaches talked that different, obviously. He was summer about how it all a lawyer and was coach- went down. ing hockey as well and A similar conversation hap- had to make, I'll say, a life pened last fall after Coo- decision or a career deci- per and the Lightning went sion and he's chosen well. through Trotz's New York Is- Obviously, he can always landers to win the Cup. go back to law if he ever "(We) spoke about our decides not to coach." teams and what we did Don't expect that any time well against each other, soon, not after leading the what we didn't," Cooper Lightning to the champion- said. "You don't usually get ship last season and having that with a ton of coaches, the deep, talented team but Barry is a pretty open rolling toward another final. guy and for the most part I Tampa Bay is a polar op- New York Islanders head coach Barry Trotz stands behind his bench during the first period of an guess I am too, and we're posite of Montreal, which NHL hockey game against the Pittsburgh Penguins in Pittsburgh, in this Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2019, file not afraid to share stuff with photo. may not have made the each other." Associated Press playoffs if not for Ducha- They share the experience rme, who has fans all over of attending the same Ca- pick up as much as I can Hockey League and being get to the point," DeBoer the NHL. "I know how good nadian prep school in a tiny everywhere," said Ducha- on world junior staffs with said. "Those are tools you a coach he is," said Golden Saskatchewan town (sev- rme, the least experienced Canada. take with you when you Knights general manager eral years apart), but Trotz of the quartet as a midsea- Even though DeBoer is now move on to the NHL. I've Kelly McCrimmon, who is a hockey lifer and Coo- son replacement when the on his fourth team in 12 got a lot of respect for guys worked alongside Ducha- per was an attorney be- Canadiens fired Claude years in the NHL, he and that kind of pay their dues rme on Canada's staff at fore switching professions. Julien. "(Coaching is) just Ducharme have talked on the way up, and he's the 2016 world junior tour- Vegas coach Peter DeBoer about dealing with people. about what they have in one of those guys." nament. "I've followed his and Montreal's Dominique (Players are) older, more common and swapped Trotz certainly paid his dues, career since then. I was Ducharme have very dif- experienced, the dialogue some ideas along the way. going from an assistant at super excited for him to ferent levels of NHL experi- might be different, but the "The one thing about com- the University of Manito- get the opportunity with ence but each came from goals and the ways to do it ing up the way we both ba through scouting and the Canadiens and not sur- junior hockey. remain similar." have, you have to learn to into the American Hockey prised the impact that he's The four coaches left in the The similarities between the teach and communicate: League before getting his had." Ducharme and the playoffs have meaningful coaches facing off in the If you coach junior hockey first NHL head job with ex- Canadiens are a surprise connections but all took semifinals are striking. Coo- for an extended period, I pansion Nashville in 1998. contender, but Vegas isn't. different paths to get to this per and Trotz beam with was almost 15 years, and I Cooper was still practicing DeBoer has taken two oth- point — a handful of wins pride about playing for think Dom was at least 10, law at that point. It wasn't er teams to the final — New from hoisting hockey's holy the Notre Dame Hounds, you're dealing with young until 1999 that he moved Jersey in 2012 and San Jose grail. while DeBoer and Ducha- kids, and the messag- into coaching full time at in 2016 — but is looking for "I'm always looking at the rme have bonded over ing has to be simple and the high school level, and his first title, which would tie other guys and trying to coaching in the Canadian straightforward and has to much like Trotz, climbed Trotz and Cooper. q

Lochte fails to advance in 200 free prelims at U.S. trials

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Caeleb Dressel was sec- trials, it appears the 200 in- Olympic champion Ryan ond in 1:46.63. Smith won dividual medley is the only Lochte failed to advance the 400 free on Sunday race in which he has any from the preliminaries of to earn his first trip to the realistic shot of earning a the 200-meter freestyle on Olympics. trip to Tokyo. He scratched Monday, his first event of Lochte was also entered the 400 IM on Sunday. the U.S. Olympic swimming Monday in the 100 back- Lochte has won 12 Olym- trials. stroke, but he scratched pic medals, including six The 36-year-old Lochte, at- that event. Defending golds. tempting to make his fifth Olympic champion Ryan Now married with two chil- Olympic team, posted a Murphy easily advanced dren, he hopes to make it time of 1 minute, 49.23 sec- from the preliminaries, to one more Olympics to onds — only good enough as did 36-year-old Matt erase the stigma of an in- In this July 31, 2019, file photo, Ryan Lochte competes in the for 25th place overall. Grevers, the 2012 gold cident at the 2016 Rio de men's 200-meter individual medley time trial at the U.S. na- The top 16 advanced to medalist. Janeiro Games, where he tional swimming championships in Stanford, Calif. the evening semifinals, led Even though Lochte initial- lied about being robbed Associated Press by Kieran Smith at 1:46.54. ly entered six events at the at gunpoint.q