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BUSINESSHEAD of the Small Business relaxed, the business community must “AsMODELS’ a result, the reopening of firms probabilities that may arise,” Holder Association, Senator Dr. Lynette look at restarting its engines and facing will require business owners to do more outlined. Holder, is advising businesses to the new normal “head on”, while than simply swing their doors open. In her Outlook June message, she also redevelop their strategies to ensure remaining conscious of the uncertainty They must now redevelop their business advised how critical it is for businesses relevance in the current COVID-19 of the progression of COVID-19 and the models and create agile operational to be dynamic. pandemic environment. probability of a second wave affecting strategies that can manoeuvre She highlighted that with restrictions the island. comfortably around any future BUSINESS MODELS on Page 2

Director of the Department of Emergency Management (DEM), Kerry Hinds (right) and President of the Roving Response Team (RRT), Ricardo Patrick, as they signed the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) at the DEM’s new headquarters. DEM encouraging Barbadians to create emergency plans By Regina Selman Moore of a Memorandum of Understanding multiplicity of hazards. You have for fire, for any eventuality. As (MOU) with the Roving Response the fire hazards, you can have Barbadians, you need to know the BARBADIANS are being encouraged Team (RRT), represented by President, earthquakes, tsunamis, hence hazards that can affect you at any to develop an Emergency Plan, as Ricardo Patrick. That signing the reason why the Department’s point in time, all year round and it is part of their comprehensive disaster ceremony took place at the DEM’s new programme is a multi-hazard, multi- important that you and your family preparedness efforts. headquarters, located in The George focus programme, aimed at the various have your plans in place and you Director of the Department of Greaves Building, No. 24 Warrens sectors in the public domain,” Hinds generally be prepared and be aware,” Emergency Management (DEM), Industrial Park, St. Michael. pointed out. Hinds stressed. Kerry Hinds, gave this critical piece of “Our focus is comprehensive disaster “So we encourage persons to develop advice yesterday, following the signing management and that looks at a their emergency plans and that can be EMERGENCY PLANS on Page 3

2 • Saturday August 1, 2020 The Barbados Advocate BNA executive member hopeful AN executive member of the First Vice President, Heather Deane, nurses had been brought to assist with talk about remuneration, all these Barbados Nurses’ Association (BNA) shared this view while speaking on the alleviating Barbados’ current nurse things and they are not satisfied with it. hopes while the Ghanaian nurses radio programme Down to Brass Tacks shortage. Furthermore, the nurses are saying that are working in Barbados, measures yesterday.She was responding to a ques- On Thursday, 95 Ghanaian nurses ar- successive governments have paid little will be implemented to encourage tion of why she was not agitating for the rived in Barbados.They are in the island attention to nursing”. them to remain and work in the preservation of employment for local under a two-year contract and when they The retired nursing tutor also spoke country. nurses, but instead was glad Ghanaian commence work, they will be assigned about the burden placed on the nation’s to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH), public sector nurses as the health serv- the Geriatric Hospital and polyclinics. ices available on island expand. “We are not saying not to preserve “The nursing establishment has not employment here. We love the nurses to been increased for many, many years. I remain here, but the reality is that … cannot remember the last year it was in- even if the nurses who are on the estab- creased. Over the years what has hap- lishment remain here, we do not have pened is in the QEH, in the Psychiatric enough. So we are asking that in the time Hospital and other service areas, we have that the Ghanaian nurses remain here, increased the service to clientele.We have that we put things in place to [encourage] included things like Quarter Way House the nurses to remain here.” at the Psychiatric Hospital, we have sent Deane, while on the air,gave an idea of and trained nurses to go into the commu- some of the reasons local nurses opt to nity,but these were drawn from the staff migrate overseas to work rather than re- already in place and no effort was made main. Included in what she stated were to expand nursing staff to meet the needs nurses “talk about the conditions of serv- of the society. They were expanding the ice, the need for further training, they services, but not the staff.” (MG)

Proper appraisal system needed MINISTER of People Empowerment and personal responsibilities sometimes Elder Affairs, Cynthia Forde, is insisting impacted on their jobs. a proper appraisal system be placed “While we are doing this, it is incum- within the public service. bent on Government and the private in- Chief Executive Officer of the Small Business Association, Senator Dr. Lynette Addressing Parliament’s debate on the stitutions to ensure that there is a proper Holder. Public Service (General) Order,2020, she appraisal system put in place to be able said that one of the pitfalls of a small to measure the contribution of workers. community is that persons without the There must be training on a regular basis relevant qualifications may be promoted because some people because of illnesses Time for small business to the dismay of those with, simply be- and their own personal issues where a cause of who they know. child is sick, a parent has Alzheimer’s “In small societies everyone knows each and such like that they cannot get to work other, so they promote the friend of a min- on time. So a level of empathy should be sector to make changes ister or a priest or a supervisor in charge there, but the communication from those BUSINESS MODELS from Page 1 perfected this service ended up being of some other entity in government, but persons who are in charge of the institu- miles ahead of those who refused to im- overlook the ordinary poor man or tions should be coming through from “It is also imperative for companies to plement such measures in their opera- woman who strives every day but with their training to be able to listen and un- listen to the changing wants and needs tional systems before and as a result tremendous difficulties to be able to de- derstand and give them an opportunity of consumers and respond quickly with were left “scrambling” to catch up. liver.We have to look at how promotion where persons can use a sort of flexi-time effective solutions if they wish to remain The Association’s head therefore told is done and not because of favouritism to put back in the time they may have relevant and profitable. One glaring ex- small business owners to acknowledge or nepotism, but to make sure those missed because of such situations. ample which comes to mind is the height- the beginning of a new era for commerce, promoted meet the criteria,” the MP for “But the rigidity sometimes that is ened demand for delivery services across as the rules of marketing have changed St. Thomas asserted. within the governmental sector causes a the island.This demand, which was once with ‘Place’ now being redefined from Speaking on the need to deal with ap- lot of people to be disenchanted and to be only a want, has now evolved due to the brick and mortar to e-business and pointments to the Civil Service without grumbling all the time and to be feeling health and safety concerns surrounding delivery services. long delays, she insisted the current ‘nobody likes me because they are picking COVID-19. Now customers have become “Now is the time for small business administration is actively working on on me’. It is incumbent upon us to have more insistent on utilising firms which sector to re-engineer its thinking and ensuring persons received security of the appraisal system, let people know offer e-commerce platforms and delivery mechanisms to emerge stronger and tenure as long as they fitted the job’s where they have made errors and where services to avoid unnecessary interac- more ready for whatever lies ahead. profile. they have not been as professional as tions with the public,” she said. Perhaps it is also time for marketers Forde, however, insisted that supervi- they should be, and take out the anger Holder highlighted that as a result, to update their foundational model for sors and employers must be considerate and the malice over personalities,” she businesses which already offered and business,” she added. to their hardworking employees if their added. CIBC FirstCaribbean seeking COVID-19 unsung heroes across the region COMMUNITIES across the region have als and little children with piggy banks, CIBC FirstCaribbean operates and have photo of them. Persons can make multi- a unique opportunity to hail those spe- all rallied to help and to give to those worked, volunteered or been involved in ple nominations, but can only nominate cial heroes, who in the darkest moments impacted by the pandemic,” said any of the award categories listed below: a candidate/s who resides in their coun- of the COVID-19 crisis, shone brightest. Chief Executive Officer of CIBC • Medical personnel try of residence. Regional bank CIBC FirstCaribbean FirstCaribbean and Chair of the • The Protective Services The nomination period runs from 1–15 yesterday launched its FirstCaribbean FirstCaribbean ComTrust Foundation, • Community Heroes (individuals who August, 2020 and winners will be an- Unsung Frontline Heroes initiative Colette Delaney. by their courageous acts, strength and nounced in September 2020. Winners aimed at giving persons the opportunity She noted that the FirstCaribbean self-sacrifice in the service of a commu- will receive an E-Check for US$2,000 to nominate essential workers and per- Unsung Frontline Heroes Awards was nity, have made a difference to those toward a staycation at a local hotel of sons from their communities who put an initiative of the FirstCaribbean persons impacted.) their choice. service above self and reached out to ComTrust Foundation aimed at recog- To nominate a candidate for an award, FirstCaribbean has previously high- others in a variety of ways during the nising the outstanding work of individ- persons must log on to the website lighted many hidden treasures in our COVID-19 crisis. uals across the region who have been at https://www.cibcfcib.com/about-us/com- communities who have made a differ- “We have been awed and humbled by the forefront of the COVID-19 pandemic munity-relations/unsung-frontline-he- ence in the lives of persons they have the many stories of heroism and self- fight. roes or social media channels and com- helped or touched in some way through lessness displayed across so many vil- To be nominated, persons must be res- plete the nomination form. Provide infor- its flagship Unsung Heroes programme, lages and towns, as medical profession- ident in any the 16 territories where the mation on the nominee and upload a which concluded in 2013.

The Barbados Advocate Saturday August 1, 2020 • 3 Roving Response Team ready to serve THE members of the signing ceremony took that they can help them- Roving Response place at the DEM’s new selves. We are supplying Team are fully commit- headquarters, located some of the training. We ted to supporting the in The George Greaves have a programme that national emergency Building, No. 24 Warrens is supposed to come off management system, Industrial Park, St. shortly that will be an during any unpre- Michael. asset to some of these dicted eventualities. Patrick meanwhile DEOs in neighbourhoods, President of the Roving noted that as part of a so that they can then put Response Team (RRT), wider effort to assist the training back into Ricardo Patrick, acknowl- communities and to help their neighbourhoods edged the above, as the Barbadians in their disas- and explain to people the RRT and the Depart- ter preparedness efforts, things that should be ment of Emergency the Roving Response done or that could help Management (DEM), rep- Team will be helping to them,” the RRT President resented by its Director, facilitate training for explained. Kerry Hinds, recently a number of District He meanwhile noted, signed a Memorandum of Emergency Organisations “We the Roving Team, we Understanding (MOU) (DEOs). At present, do a lot of internal train- that will allow for a more there are 27 active ing and we work with a lot effective and proactive District Emergency of other entities in trying partnership between the Organisations, out of a to prepare ourselves, so two entities, when it total of 30. that in case something comes to disaster manage- “As it is now, they are happens, we can be ready ment in Barbados. That preparing the DEOs, so to activate.” (RSM) President of the Roving Response Team (RRT), Ricardo Patrick. DEM and RRT building Tourism can be restarted responsibly: UNWTO official a stronger partnership THE restart of tourism measures such as the tions on travel – of the EMERGENCY PLANS can be undertaken re- partial closure of borders 87 destinations that from Page 1 sponsibly and in a way in place. This latest have eased restrictions that safeguards public edition of the UNWTO recently, 20 are Small She added, “We also health while also sup- Travel Restrictions Island Developing States encourage persons, once porting businesses and Report, in addition, shows (SIDS), many of which they have prepared them- livelihoods. that 115 destinations depend on tourism as a selves, to help within the That’s the firm belief (53% of all destinations central pillar of employ- communities. Hence the of Zurab Pololikashvili, worldwide) continue to ment, economic growth reason why we continue Secretary-General of keep their borders com- and development. to call for persons to join the World Tourism pletely closed for tourism. “The cost related to the the District Emergency Organisation (UNWTO), “As destinations con- travel restrictions intro- Organisations.” the United Nations tinue to ease restrictions duced in response to “At the end of the day, specialised agency for on travel, international COVID-19 has historic you are the first respon- tourism which has been co-operation is of para- dimensions. This week, ders in the community monitoring global re- mount importance. This UNWTO released the and the only way you can sponses to the pandemic way, global tourism can data on the impact of the respond accordingly, is if from the start of the cri- gain people’s trust and pandemic on tourism, you have the knowledge sis. confidence, essential both in terms of lost and know-how to do so. He was at the time re- foundations as we work tourist arrivals and lost Hence the reason why vealing the latest analy- together to adapt to the revenues.The data shows we have training pro- sis, which shows that 40% new reality we now face,” that already by the end of grammes available to of all destinations world- he expressed. May, the pandemic had the District Emergency wide have now eased the The UNWTO also iden- led to US$320 billion in Organisations and hence restrictions they placed tified that destinations lost revenues, already the reason why we part- on international tourism with a higher dependency three times the cost of the ner with organisations in response to COVID-19. on tourism are more 2009 Global Economic such as the Roving This latest outlook, likely to be easing restric- Crisis.” Response Team, to build recorded on 19 July, is up that capacity nationally,” from 22% of destinations she added. that had eased restric- In relation to the MOU tions on travel by 15 June signed yesterday, the and the 3% previously ob- DEM Director indicated served by 15 May. Unnatural death that it will allow for a Director of the Department of Emergency “It confirms the trend more effective and proac- Management (DEM), Kerry Hinds. of a slow, but continuous POLICE are carrying out Gills Gap, Eagle Hall, tive partnership between adaptation and respon- investigations into the St. Michael. the two entities, when it various means, including members may be called on sible restart of interna- circumstances which Anyone who may have comes to disaster manage- training, the exchange of in the regional response tional tourism.” resulted in the shooting information related to ment in Barbados. technical expertise and as well. Noting that the At the same time, how- death of Kadeem this incident is asked to “We are signing this doc- technical co-operation,” Team comes with a wealth ever, of the 87 destina- Renaldo Bispham, 26 contact Black Rock Police ument to explore further she said. of experience and services, tions that have now eased years of Roach Village, Station at 417-7501, opportunities, in terms of Members of the Roving she also noted that both travel restrictions, just St. George, which oc- Police Emergency 211, capacity building, to share Response Team often act the DEM and the RRT four have completely curred about 2:45 a.m. Crime Stoppers 1-800- expertise and skills in the in the capacity of “first re- together, will be able to lifted all restrictions, on Friday, 31st July, 8477(TIPS) or any Police area of comprehensive sponders” in the commu- benefit from a stronger while 83 have eased them 2020 at 2nd Avenue Station. disaster management by nity, she said and at times partnership. while keeping some 4• Saturday August 1, 2020 The Barbados Advocate ‘Country has adequate tests’ MINISTER of Health in Barbados and I am used to ensure the island and Wellness, Lt. Col talking in access of 60 000 continually has adequate Jeffrey Bostic says and we are expecting even supplies to carry out Barbados still has ade- another large shipment of COVID-19 tests when re- quate medical supplies test and reagents and ex- quired. to test persons for traction kits and so on “We have been working COVID-19 when they into the country because closely with tourism to see arrive in the country. we know exactly what we what the figures are likely His comment was in re- have to do in order to pro- to be based on the fact sponse to a question from tect the country.” that we have COVID-19 a reporter about this is- Though not stating how and also looking at what land’s ability to continue many passengers have the figures will normally testing airline passengers been tested so far, the be like, the pre-COVID who are without a vali- Health Minster did say figures, so that once dated negative COVID-19 “quite a large number of tourism especially in the PCR test result upon ar- persons coming in have winter season picks rival. been coming with backup then we will be in Bostic spoke ahead of COVID-19 test. Most of a position to have what- receiving a donation of the tests we have been ever we require here to be medical supplies from the able to validate.There are able to counter anything Ambassador of the some that we have re- that comes our way. So People’s Republic of jected, and they had to be yes, this is a constant China to Barbados, Yan tested here.” thing. It is a dynamic sit- Xiusheng during a cere- Bostic also said his uation and the replenish- mony at the Ministry’s Ministry is in constant ment of all of our equip- headquarters on communication with the ment, PPEs, everything Wednesday. Tourism Ministry to be that is essential to the “I give you the assur- aware of the daily arrival success that we are seek- Minister of Health and Wellness, Lt. Col Jeffrey Bostic speaking to the ance that we have ade- numbers. He said the in- ing to achieve in this media. quate supplies of test here formation received will be fight.”(MG)

Pandemic exposed weaknesses in health and social care systems COVID-19 has revealed strengthening collective munities. the vulnerabilities and action to support coun- The guidance, he ex- inequalities in health and tries – governments, civil plained, is focused both social care systems, ac- society and community on COVID-19 and other cording to the World organizations – to ensure health consequences re- Health Organization the rights of older persons sulting from the pan- (WHO). and respond to their demic, highlighting infec- Director-General Dr. needs during the COVID- tion prevention and con- Tedros Ghebreyesus said 19 pandemic and beyond. trol, clinical manage- that even before the pan- “As you know,older peo- ment, maintaining essen- demic, long-term care ple have been especially tial health services for services were often hard-hit,” Dr. conditions such as dia- under-resourced, neg- Ghebreyesus said, reveal- betes, heart disease and lected and not well-inte- ing that the case fatality mental health, and the grated with other parts of ratio in people over the prevention of abuse and the health system. age of 60 is almost 15%, violence. “COVID-19 has ex- which is ten times higher “WHO also just re- posed these weaknesses, than that of younger peo- leased a new policy brief, with devastating impact,” ple. with 11 policy objectives he stressed. “I want to express my to prevent and manage “In many countries, sincere condolences to the COVID-19 in long term more than 40% of families of older people care facilities, from inte- COVID-19 related deaths who have died during the grating long-term care in are linked to long-term COVID-19 pandemic. the national response, to care facilities, with fig- Every life matters. We mobilizing adequate ures as high as 80% in cannot allow the narra- funding, to ensuring some countries.” tive that some lives are strong infection preven- He made this observa- worth saving and others tion and control, to pro- tion during the WHO and are not.” viding support for family United Nations The Director-General and voluntary caregivers Population Fund therefore reminded the – and much more.For (UNFPA) virtual event panel that since the be- each policy objective, the “Older Persons & COVID- ginning of the pandemic, brief lists key actions that 19: Strengthening health WHO worked with lead- long-term care facilities & rights through collec- ing experts and partner can take, and gives real- tive action”, in collabora- organizations around the world examples of actions tion with DESA, OHCHR world to develop guidance countries have taken in and HelpAge to protect older people, each area,” he further re- International aimed at their families and com- vealed. (TL)

The Barbados Advocate Saturday August 1, 2020 • 5 US firm enlists help from Caribbean doctors in global response to COVID-19 US-BASED Portals lar donations across the Global Consulting USA to non-profit organ- Group is leading an izations and schools. initiative to With the online resource, strengthen the inter- Portals enlisted health national pandemic re- care professionals with sponse by gathering first-hand experience of expert perspectives the pandemic’s ongoing Contributors to the new online COVID-19 resource include, from top left, Dr. Ekuase Sanusi, Dr. Farid F. from medical practi- impact on their local Youssef, Dr. Keshni L. Ramnanan, Dr. Jason Lofton. From bottom left, Dr. Hayden Spencer, Dr. Osafo tioners around the health systems. Among Fraser, Dr. Heather Lubell and Dr. Glasha Frank world, including them are Dr Barbara Africa, UK, the USA Isaac Welds, a general many essential workers,” care facilities are among Wisconsin. policymakers, and and the Caribbean, practitioner in Kingston, said Dr. Hayden Spencer, those hit hardest by the With the possible re- healthcare workers in into a free online re- Jamaica; Dr Osafo a surgical resident in the pandemic. opening of schools only long-term care facilities. source. Fraser, a Guyanese-born Bronx, New York, who “Nurses are used to weeks away,greater focus Other US-based physi- United Nations family physician and was born in Antigua and spending time with pa- is now being placed on cians contributing to the Secretary-General public health practitioner Barbuda in the Eastern tients, holding their children and youth. Portals resource included António Guterres de- in Trinidad and Tobago; Caribbean. “Commuting hands. Now there is a “One of the hardest Dr Jason Lofton, a gen- scribed the collaboration and Dr Glasha Frank, a actually increased after very different dynamic populations is the little eral practitioner and needed to overcome the health policy adviser in the lockdown, and that where you have to stay kids,” said Dr Ekuase family physician in rural Covid-19 pandemic as the the UK, who was born in just made the impact six feet away, and the Sanusi, a paediatrician De Queen, Arkansas, and “most massive public England and grew up in even worse on this com- staff has to wear masks, who practices in Atlanta, Dr. Heather Lubell, a health effort in history”. St Kitts and Nevis in the munity.” gowns and other personal Georgia and manages a paediatrician practicing Heads of government Eastern Caribbean. Up to 70 per cent of protective equipment. practice in Lagos, in a suburb of from Canada, Ethiopia, New York State’s undocu- The elderly are not very Nigeria. “It’s kind of hard Philadelphia, New Zealand, South Learning lessons for mented labour force con- familiar with who they’re if you have a kinder- Pennsylvania. Africa, South Korea, COVID experience sists of essential workers, looking at, all they see is gartener to say, ‘Hey, no, Globally, Covid-19 is Spain, Sweden and “Covid-19 is an opportu- many from Latin their eyes. So they get you can’t sit with your demanding new levels of Tunisia recently nity for governments to America and the very disoriented and they friends.’ They all want to international collabora- called for the global com- re-think how they do Caribbean. Migrant are very uncertain as to hug each other and walk tion. While the Caribbean munity to work together things, and therefore not labour makes up about what is going on. They together – to be friends.” is vulnerable to economic to guarantee a “managed to just return to the old 66 per cent of New York get very scared,” said Dr For the launch of the fallout from the pan- flow” of any future Covid- way of doing things,” said State’s home health care Keshni Ramnanan, a resource, Portals con- demic, the region’s med- 19 vaccine to vulnerable Dr Farid Youssef, a neu- workers and aides for the Trinidad and Tobago- ducted documentary ical professionals have countries, including the roscientist and senior lec- elderly, one recent re- born internal medicine video interviews with 20 stepped forward to lend small island developing turer at the University of search study found. specialist who practices medical practitioners, in- their strength to ongoing states of the Caribbean. the West Indies. “I would Across the world, elderly at long-term care facili- cluding public health offi- efforts to mount a coordi- “At Portals, we recog- be interested to see how residents of long-term ties in Milwaukee, cials, family physicians, nated global response. nise that the coronavirus we can re-envision disease is a threat to human society and everyone, so no-one is human development safe until all are safe,” going forward, taking ad- said Omo Igiehon, CEO vantage of some of the Invest in testing facilities of Portals Global. “That’s lessons that covid-19 is why we are compiling ex- teaching us.” pert perspectives of med- The virus is creating ical professionals from new categories of at-risk across the Caribbean and populations, including at airports, gov’ts urged around the world, in serv- health care professionals GOVERNMENTS are catering for international She said as part of the them. ice of the urgent effort to and other essential work- being called upon to begin travel, implement glob- screening process, testing “We are going to have mount a global response.” ers. Globally, frontline a substantial programme ally recognised testing must involve tempera- to live with COVID-19 for Igiehon’s mother is workers and disadvan- of investment to ensure standards for both in- ture checks and swab the foreseeable future so Jamaican, and he is an taged economic groups comprehensive testing fa- bound and outbound pas- tests for all arriving and we must do all we can to alumnus of The have been hit hard by the cilities are implemented sengers. departing passengers protect public health and University of the West pandemic. at airports, which will “This will provide reas- with results back within save lives, whilst restor- Indies in Trinidad and “When the lockdown help prevent the spread surance to all travellers, 24 hours, and only those ing consumer confidence, Tobago. started, the jobs people of Covid-19 and see the maintain ‘air corridors’ testing positive – with or driving the global eco- In June, Portals Global had were not necessarily return of safe travels. between countries, and without symptoms – nomic recovery, and sav- supplied Fairfax County, jobs where they could President & CEO of the remove damage and dis- should be put into quar- ing the jobs of millions of Virginia with 15 000 work from home. Many World Travel & Tourism ruption caused by blunt antine. Where there are people whose very liveli- KN95 masks, to boost people were working in Council (WTTC), Gloria quarantines which mas- apps to assist in effective hoods depend upon a COVID-19 response ca- the food industry, at gro- Guevara, further main- sively impact the recov- Test & Trace regimes, thriving Travel & pacity in its home county. cery stores, delivery guys, tained that it is impera- ery of the Travel & passengers must be ad- Tourism sector,” Guevara The firm has made simi- construction workers, tive that all airports, Tourism sector.” vised to sign up and use added. (TL) 6 • Saturday August 1, 2020 The Barbados Advocate Emancipation Day message (The following message in the Caribbean and else- product, was not retired for the first four years of is from Professor Sir where to rid the world of until 2015. This is impor- their supposed freedom. In Hilary Beckles, Chairman the scourge of chattel slav- tant as it provides one of other words, the enslaved of the CARICOM ery.We are reminded that the bases for the CARI- paid with their sweat and Reparations Commission) it took nearly a century COM reparations claim blood more than fifty per- after the abolition of the against Britain. cent of the supposed cost THE CARICOM slave trade in 1807 before But this is not the end of of ‘their freedom’. In the Reparations Commission the final vestiges of this the historical importance Caribbean region, many (CRC) joins with all citi- crime against humanity of this emancipation pe- will understand the zens of the English-speak- were eradicated in our re- riod. The British phrase and interpretation ing Caribbean and all oth- gion. We celebrate that Emancipation Act of 1833 of ‘put on put’.The case for ers who understand and achievement. made the British govern- reparations cannot be promote racial justice and In the CARICOM re- ment irrefutably complicit made stronger. equality in observing 1s gion, 1st August 1834 is in the enslavement of It is these considera- August as Emancipation considered by many as the Africans, for that Act rec- tions that prompted Sir Day. We do this at a most birth of the Caribbean. ognized in British law for Arthur Lewis, who we con- important and inspiring But it is again an opportu- the first time, that sider as the father of the time in our history when nity to reflect on the issues Africans were chattel, reparations movement in the Black Lives Matter associated with this birth. property which could be the Caribbean, to forcibly and Reparations move- The CRC does not tire of bought and sold, property impress on Britain that it ments are sweeping the stating the historical fact for the loss of which they has an unpaid debt to the globe. We do this also that the British govern- paid enslavers. region of two hundred while the COVID-19 pan- ment rewarded its The assessment of the years of free labour. It is demic is aggressively rip- planters, enforcers, in- value of their chattel in that debt for which the ping the plasters from the vestors and all others who the Caribbean by the CARICOM governments sores of racial injustice promoted and profited planters was forty seven now demand settlement. Professor Sir Hilary Beckles and social and economic from the enslavement of million pounds of which This period of celebra- inequality in many of the Africans with the sum of the British government tion allows us all to bask flection must also provide structure are eradicated societies in our hemi- twenty million pounds – could only provide twenty in the creativity of our peo- the basis for the shaping and our people are en- sphere – and elsewhere. equivalent today of ap- million. The remaining ple, to recognize our con- of our future through de- abled to live the lives envi- The observation of this proximately two and a twenty seven million was tributions to world culture velopment planning and sioned by those who strug- Emancipation period com- half trillion pounds. And paid to the planters through intellectual pur- the preparedness and gled to make emancipa- bines commemoration and further, that the debt the through the period of ap- suits, the arts and religion commitment to build re- tion a reality. celebration – commemora- British government in- prenticeship where the and sports and political or- gional societies in which The CRC again wishes tion of the epic struggles of curred to pay this sum, former enslaved were ganization – the barbarity the challenges of poverty, all a meaningful commem- our ancestors on the equivalent to sixty percent forced to provide free of our past oppression, poor health and education, oration and celebration in mother continent Africa, of its then gross national labour to the plantations notwithstanding. The re- poor housing and infra- this Emancipation period. ‘Fixed date for elections needed’ ACALL has once again determines when we get to of betterment in terms of that party with a long his- been made to have a fixed vote. the practice of our politics tory of establishment and date for elections in “That puts that one per- and the enhancement of certainly with some great Barbados. son, that puts that one our democratic architec- measure of credits attach- The call came Tuesday party, represented in the ture here in Barbados,” he ing to itself for what level from Opposition Leader embodiment of that per- said. of development we have Bishop Joseph Atherley son in a position of serious The Opposition Leader attained in Barbados, is where he called for serious advantage and sets all oth- also stated that it is dis- unfunded by the State. consideration to be made. ers at a disadvantage. We turbing that only one polit- The only political entity in The selection of the date is have come this far with a ical party in Barbados is Barbados funded to any the prerogative of the system that we have had funded by the State, and extent by the State is the Prime Minister at the and it has served us pretty that party currently holds governing party.That can- helm. well but I think the fact the reins of government. not be right.” “If the right to vote is as that we are debating this Back in June of 2018 the valued as we say it is, each measure today suggests Review arrangement clerk of Parliament Pedro person who qualifies that we know that there The head of the People’s Eastmond reportedly ex- under the legislation to ex- can always be improve- Party for Democracy and plained in another section press himself or herself … ment.” Development (PdP) reiter- of the press, that the sub- if it is in the democratic He reiterated that, “No ated his position in the vention was set aside for context the most impor- one individual, man or Lower Chamber on the political parties which tant asset in the firma- woman, great or small – I Representation of the have elected members of ment of our political world, do not think it is the best People (Amendment) Bill Parliament. The sum of then it cannot be that one that one person should 2020 where he stated, $300 000 was divided be- person and one person have the power to deter- “Whatever legislation, and tween the parties. alone can determine the mine when that happens I haven’t found any legisla- Bishop Atherley told the date on which I can ex- because that one person tion, whatever administra- Lower House, “Whatever press that vote. has the opportunity to af- tive arrangement allows existing arrangements “That is something to fect the outcome of elec- for that, has to be re- now serve to give us that which serious considera- tions in that way, by choos- viewed. It has to be kind of outcome and sce- tion should be given with a ing the moment most ad- changed.” nario we need to review view to changing. If we vantageous to them and “One might say any new and change that. We are think that the practice of the party and parties that party emerging after the talking about democracy. democracy is a context in they represent. last general election is not We are talking about pre- which we want to govern “I feel that strongly.The entitled, fine. You can serving it. We are talking ourselves, if we want to es- government of the day has make that case.But that is about perpetuating the tablish credible institu- the numbers to make the not the only thing to be practice of a culture that tions that form part of that change if they consider it considered. One has to con- allows each of us politically culture, and if we think necessary and worthwhile sider that there is another to find the importance and that the right of the indi- change. My duty is to raise long established party in significance and value at- vidual vote is a significant these issues, but beyond Barbados that fought the taching to himself or her- thing, then it cannot be the duty, it is my conviction last election and attained a self in terms of how we Opposition Leader Bishop Joseph Atherley. best thing that one person that it brings us to a place measure of the vote. Yet govern this country.” (JH) The Barbados Advocate Saturday August 1, 2020 • 7

China to further shorten trademark review period CHINA will increase the National Intellectual front globally, and will further of trademark registrations view period, the office will efficiency in handling Property Administration be cut to within four months by Tuesday. launch online application serv- trademark applications by said. the end of this year, said Cui Since the COVID-19 epide- ices for trademark oppositions further shortening the The country’s processing time Shoudong, head of the adminis- mic, the office has accelerated and invalidations this year, and process of trademark re- for trademark applications has tration’s Trademark Office, at epidemic-related trademark re- continue to crack down on ma- views to within four been reduced to less than 4.5 the launch of an annual cam- views, according to the official. licious trademark filings for a months, an official with the months, which is at the fore- paign to publicise the reform Apart from reducing the re- fair market, Cui said.

Hong Kong stressed out as COVID-19 cases exceed 3 000 HONG Kong is getting stressed our hospital system and cost out in the face of a resurgence of lives, especially of the elderly,” epidemic as its total number of HKSAR Chief Executive Carrie COVID-19 cases exceeded 3 000 Lam said in a video released on on Wednesday. Tuesday night to appeal to the The Center for Health public to fight COVID-19 to- Protection (CHP) of the Hong gether. Kong Special Administrative “The government has put in Region (HKSAR) government re- place the most stringent meas- ported 118 additional confirmed ures ever in enforcing social dis- cases of COVID-19 on tancing, our frontline staff are Wednesday, bringing the total battling with the surge and the number of confirmed COVID-19 central government is helping us cases in Hong Kong to 3,002. to enhance testing capability and It has been the eighth straight set up a community treatment day when the daily additional facility,” she said. cases in Hong Kong surpassed Since the recurrence of local 100. infections on July 5, Hong Kong The newly reported cases in- has seen a surge in the number cluded five imported cases and of COVID-19 cases.It took nearly 113 local infections, Chuang three months for the total num- A staff member cleans a street in south China’s Hong Kong, July 29, 2020. Shuk-kwan, head of the CHP’s ber of confirmed cases in Hong Communicable Disease Branch, Kong to go from zero to 1,000, empted persons such as sea and Health experts and various from the central government. said at a media briefing on another three months for the air crew members starting from groups in Hong Kong have called Chief Secretary for Wednesday afternoon. number to exceed 2,000, but only Wednesday, as an effort to for expanding Hong Kong’s Administration of the HKSAR Among the local cases, 67 are less than two weeks for it to reach strengthen the prevention of im- COVID-19 virus testing capabil- government Matthew Cheung related to previously confirmed 3,000. ported cases under the current ity and isolation and treatment said that the chief executive ear- cases, mostly clusters concerning The HKSAR government has severe epidemic situation. capacity. There are also calls for lier has asked for assistance from gatherings of families or friends, introduced several rounds of The rapid increase in COVID- seeking help from the central the central government in im- while the source of infection of stringent measures over the past 19 cases has put Hong Kong’s government and drawing on the proving testing capabilities, pur- the other 46 cases remained un- weeks to curb the resurgence of hospital system under great mainland’s successful experience chasing vaccines and building a known. COVID-19 infections.Starting strain, resulting in some con- of fighting COVID-19. makeshift hospital near the According to Hong Kong’s from Wednesday, dining-in serv- firmed patients being unable to The Democratic Alliance for Hong Kong International Hospital Authority, after a 76- ices in restaurants have been be admitted to hospital for isola- the Betterment and Progress of Airport. year-old female patient con- prohibited and mask-wearing tion treatment in time. Hong Kong (DAB), one of the A special video conference firmed with COVID-19 infection compulsory in all public places, Sara Ho, a chief manager of largest political groups in Hong joined by health authorities from passed away on Wednesday both indoors and outdoors. The Hong Kong’s Hospital Authority, Kong, on Tuesday called on the the mainland, Hong Kong and morning, the death toll from group gathering limit has also said at Wednesday’s briefing that HKSAR government to eliminate Macao was held on Friday, during COVID-19 in Hong Kong has in- been lowered from four to two the occupancy rates of negative community transmission chains which experts had in-depth dis- creased to 24. people. pressure rooms and isolation as soon as possible, strengthen cussions on issues such as the “We are on the verge of a large- The HKSAR government also beds in public hospitals have community disinfection, tackle construction and management of scale community outbreak, tightened the testing and quar- risen to 80 percent and 78.4 per- the shortage of medical and nurs- makeshift hospitals and nucleic which may lead to a collapse of antine arrangement for ex- cent respectively. ing staff, and seek assistance acid testing.

China slams US military contacts with China’s Taiwan region A CHINESE military olated its political commitment form with Taiwan region. China has the resolve, full con- eignty and security, and main- spokesperson on Thursday to China, Ren said in response to The US side should honour its fidence, and sufficient capability tain peace and stability in the voiced firm opposition to the US a question at a regular press commitment to the one-China to thwart any form of interfer- South China Sea despite the US sending military personnel to conference, warning the step principle and the three China- ence by external forces and sep- attempts to make waves in the China’s Taiwan region for exer- had a severe negative impact on US joint communiques, and en- aratist acts of “Taiwan inde- region, the defense ministry cises and exchange. bilateral relations and military- sure that such incidents will not pendence,” Ren noted. spokesperson continued. Such “deliberate and provoca- to-military ties between China happen again, said Ren. China will resolutely defend Commenting on the US side’s tive” moves seriously violated and the United States, as well as Taiwan is an inalienable part its national sovereignty and ter- sending two aircraft carriers to basic norms of international re- peace and stability across the of China, Ren said, stressing the ritorial integrity, and safeguard the South China Sea for exer- lations and sent a wrong signal Taiwan Strait. future of Taiwan lies in national peace and stability across the cises and other moves, Ren to separatist elements advocat- Ren noted that China has reunification and the well-being Taiwan Strait, he said. Guoqiang, spokesperson for the ing “Taiwan independence,” said lodged solemn representations of Taiwan compatriots depends China to safeguard peace in Ministry of National Defense, Ren Guoqiang, spokesperson for with the United States, urging on national rejuvenation. South China Sea despite US dis- told a regular press conference the Chinese Ministry of Washington to immediately rec- Borrowing the strength of for- ruption that the US actions have fully National Defense. tify its mistake, and halt official eign influence will never suc- China will be more deter- exposed its hegemonic mental- In doing so, the US side has vi- and military contacts of any ceed, Ren said. mined to defend its own sover- ity and double standards.

8 • Saturday August 1, 2020 The Barbados Advocate ‘For the cause that lacks assistance, ’Gainst the wrongs that need resistance, For the future in the distance, And the good that I can do’ Editorial After ‘warning light’, British PM halts COVID lockdown unwind LONDON – British Prime to keep the virus under was struggling to keep it tical science at the PSVs must be Minister Boris Johnson control.” under control. University of Bristol. on Friday postponed a Britain’s death toll from The virus, which first “The UK is clearly close planned easing of the COVID-19 is over 55,000 emerged in China, has to the tipping point in coronavirus lockdown in when deaths from sus- already killed at least which the infection grows compliant England after a rise in in- pected cases are included, 670,000 people and bat- ... We should be prepared THE Alliance Owners of Public Transport fections amplified fears of and it has the highest tered the global economy. for further rapid action to (AOPT) has recently described efforts by the a second deadly surge in “excess death” rate in Britain reported 846 prevent the infection from COVID-19 Monitoring Unit in pulling public COVID-19 cases. Europe. new cases on Thursday, getting out of control service vehicles (PSVs) off the road if found Just hours after Britain The abrupt halt to the the highest daily number again.” to be in breach of the present recommended imposed tougher meas- unwind and the imposi- in over a month. England’s Chief Medical COVID-19 protocols, as “too draconian” and ures on swathes of north- tion of stricter restrictions UK scientists are no Officer Chris Whitty, even “high-handed”. The AOPT suggests that ern England, Johnson on more than 4 million longer confident the re- speaking alongside first-time offenders should be shown more announced that casinos, people were the biggest re- production number in Johnson, said the govern- leniency. bowling alleys and skat- versal to date in Britain’s England is below 1, the ment had probably Reports are that 18 public service vehicles ing rinks, due to reopen on path out of lockdown. government said on reached the limits of re- (PSVs) were pulled off the road recently, Saturday, would remain “I know that the steps Friday, meaning the epi- opening. as operators of these PSVs were found to be shut for at least two more we are taking will be a demic could be growing “We all know that what in breach of the recommended COVID-19 weeks. real blow to many people,” again. we have to try and do is to protocols, related to public transport. However, Wedding receptions Johnson added. “I am A separate survey also get to the absolute edge of the Alliance stated its position on the matter, would also not be allowed. really, really sorry about showed infections were on what we can do in terms of suggesting that “it is only fair and reasonable “We’re now seeing a that but we simply cannot the rise for the first time opening up society and the that the driver and conductor, once found to be warning light on the dash- take the risk.” since May. economy without getting in breach for at least the first time, that they board,” Johnson told re- “Evidence from Europe to the point where the should be given a warning of the infraction porters at an online news ‘Near the limits’ implies that we should virus starts to take off and simultaneously, the owner should be conference from Downing As the world grapples take the apparent in- again,” he said. informed. If subsequent to this they repeat the Street when asked about a with a possible second crease seriously,as acting “We have probably offence, then only temporary action should be second surge. wave, Johnson said the too late can make lock- reached near the limits, or taken”. “Our assessment is that virus was gathering pace downs longer and increase the limits, of what we can The AOPT went on to state, “Ordering the we should now squeeze in Asia and Latin America mortality,” said Daniel do in terms of opening up PSVs off the road for a first offence appears to that brake pedal in order while continental Europe Lawson, lecturer in statis- society.” be too draconian or very high-handed by the COVID-19 Monitoring Unit. This is punitive.” However, the AOPT at the same time said it would use the opportunity to implore all Hong Kong delays election citing drivers, conductors and commuters to adhere to the protocols, such as the wearing of masks. The AOPT even stated that commuters who pandemic, but democracy camp sceptical bluntly refuse to wear their masks as they are HONG KONG – Hong was the real reason for dition agreement with ber of new infections has about to board all PSVs, should be refused entry Kong leader Carrie Lam the delay. Hong Kong following been in the triple-digits to the vehicles. Additionally, upon entering the on Friday postponed a “Postponing the Lam’s decision. for the past 10 days. vehicles, they should be required just to remove Sept. 6 election to the September elections for a The opposition had Rival finance hub their masks for adequate identification. Chinese-ruled city’s legis- year is a cynical move to aimed to ride a wave of Singapore, which has had Now over the years, the PSV sector has taken lature by a year because contain a political emer- resentment over the a larger coronavirus out- a beating for a high level of indiscipline and for of a rise in coronavirus gency, not a public health national security law to break, held a general elec- allowing operators and conductors to break cases, dealing a blow to one,” said Sophie win a majority in the tion in July. Many pro- numerous rules. It can be said that the PSV the pro-democracy oppo- Richardson, China direc- Legislative Council, democracy activists had sector provides an extremely valuable service to sition which had hoped to tor at Human Rights where half the seats are suspected Lam would use the Barbadian public and must not be sidelined make huge gains. Watch. directly elected with the the coronavirus to delay or overlooked. At the same time, however, given The United States “This simply allows other half filled mostly by the election. the critical role that is played, owners and quickly condemned the Hong Kong Chief pro-Beijing appointees. The poll would have operators should ensure that they comply with move, saying it was the Executive Carrie Lam to Lam said she had to in- been the former British all the rules and regulations and of late, the latest example of Beijing deny Hong Kong people voke an emergency law to colony’s first official vote recommended COVID-19 protocols. You are undermining democracy their right to choose their make the postponement since Beijing imposed the in control of your vehicles and having been in the Chinese-ruled ter- government.” and no political consider- security law to tackle forewarned that the COVID-19 Monitoring Unit ritory. Avery Ng, secretary- ations were involved. what China broadly de- will be out and about doing checks, it is only “This action under- general of the League of China’s parliament would fines as secession, subver- reasonable to assume that every effort should mines the democratic Social Democrats, was decide how to fill the sion, terrorism and collu- be made to ensure that all riding on the PSVs processes and freedoms equally sceptical. legislative vacuum, she sion with foreign forces, comply with the rules, to prevent any punitive that have underpinned “Obviously the Chinese added. with punishment of up to action. Hong Kong’s prosperity,” Communist Party is using She told reporters the life in prison. Indeed, as the AOPT has pointed out, “We are White House spokes- COVID-19 as a cover to decision was aimed at Hong Kong returned to in a new norm, because this disease is highly woman Kayleigh stop Hong Kongers from safeguarding people’s China in 1997 under a contagious and the wearing of masks is to help McEnany told reporters. voting against the govern- health. “one country, two sys- mitigate against its spread. This is primarily for The decision to delay ment and democrats’ po- “We have 3 million vot- tems” formula guarantee- everyone’s safety.It is imperative that everyone the vote came after 12 tential majority win,” he ers going out in one day ing freedoms not enjoyed be in conformity with all of Government’s pro-democracy candi- told Reuters. across Hong Kong, such on the mainland. Critics COVID-19 protocols.” dates were disqualified “Together with the flow of people would cause of the new law say it un- The AOPT, whilst pleading with workers in from running for per- mass disqualification of high risk of infection,” dermines that autonomy. the PSV sector not to bring the sector into any ceived subversive inten- candidates, the CCP ... Lam said. The Chinese and Hong further disrepute, rightly stated, “The workers tions and opposition to a only allows an election in Hong Kong has re- Kong governments say in this sector must be disciplined and be of good sweeping new security which they can control ported more than 3,000 the law is necessary to behaviour and conduct themselves with the law imposed by Beijing, the outcome to take coronavirus cases since preserve order and pros- highest level of decorum. It is imperative that prompting questions place.” January, far lower than in perity after months of there must be order and discipline on the roads among many about Germany announced it other major cities around often-violent anti-China of Barbados.” whether the pandemic would suspend its extra- the world. But the num- protests last year. Now we can only hope that all owners and operators of PSVs heed the AOPT’s pleas and Executive Editor: Allison Downes Telephone: 467-2000 News Fax: 434-1000 News Editor: Dorian Bryan comply with the present COVID-19 protocols Business Editor: Jewel Brathwaite General Manager: Sandra Clarke and regulations. E-mail Address: [email protected] Sports Editor: Corey Greaves Assistant Managing Director: Sean Eteen Website: www.barbadosadvocate.com Publisher: Sir Anthony Bryan The Barbados Advocate Saturday August 1, 2020 • 9

Permitted groups Caribbean marks 186th back down to anniversary of abolition of slavery 10 as TT PM GEORGETOWN, Guyana – The on deck as a matter of urgency.” African 3: Niger, South Africa, and Caribbean Community (CARICOM) He said CARICOM has established a Tunisia, plus St. Vincent and the announces new will observe the 186th anniversary Prime Ministerial Sub-Committee on Grenadines); this represents a collabora- of the abolition of slavery today, Reparatory Justice headed by the prime tion between the regions of continental COVID guidelines with the chairman of the regional minister of Barbados. CARICOM has Africa and a representative country TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO’S Prime integration movement, St. Vincent set up, too, a Reparations Commission, (St. Vincent and the Grenadines) of the Minister Dr. Keith Rowley has and the Grenadines Prime Minister chaired by Sir Hilary Beckles, Vice sixth region of the African Union, announced a change in the number of Dr. Ralph Gonsalves, saying that Chancellor of the University of the namely the African Diaspora.” people who can congregate in groups, this year’s observance is taking on West Indies. Gonsalves said that a high quality of from 25 to 10. a greater international significance. Gonsalves said the commission has abundant research has been done and He made the announcement at a news Gonsalves note that all but two advanced a 10-point reparations agenda, published, on Reparations for Native conference on Friday, following 13 new CARICOM countries commemorate which has been adopted by CARICOM Genocide and the Enslavement of cases in two days. and celebrate Emancipation Day on leaders, and that in each country, a Africans. The prime minister said the govern- August 1. National Reparations Commission has “More is still required to be done, but ment and health officials were making “The overwhelming majority of the been established with broad-based rep- there is more than enough for us to pro- the change in an effort to reduce the population of CARICOM member coun- resentation. ceed upon in our many-sided struggle. spread of the virus. tries are of African descent. Joyously, “Solid ground work has been done thus So, let us highlight reparatory justice on Hours before his announcement, the people of all ethnicities in CARICOM far, but we must not lose any momentum Emancipation Day,2020, even as the in- Ministry of Health announced five new join in commemorating and celebrating or be side-tracked. The circumstances dividual countries in CARICOM engage cases, two of which required investiga- Emancipation Day; all rightfully claim are now propitious for escalating a co-or- in commemorative and celebratory ac- tion to determine the origins. this historic day as their own.” dinated push for reparatory justice. And tivities of a cultural, social, political, and The ministry announced eight new Gonsalves said he is urging all in CARICOM must engage the African religious nature,” he added. cases on Thursday. CARICOM to focus on reparations Union fully on this.” He also urged the Caribbean to re- He said the government will maintain for the enslavement of Africans on He said recently, several CARICOM member that June 13 this year was the the protocols of the numbers at funerals, Emancipation Day. member-states have been strengthen- 40th anniversary of the assassination of indoors and at churches. “In our region, and elsewhere, we need ing their links with Africa in profound the Guyanese-born academic, Walter He said the government will also ask to have a more thorough-going public ways, so too, CARICOM and the African Rodney. the public service to reduce the number education programme on the meaning Union. “No one has yet been brought to court of public servants who are out at one and significance of reparatory justice “Much more is required to be done, for the killing of Walter. The next gov- time by having them come to work alpha- for the Caribbean. Further, our govern- and urgently,too. At the United Nations ernment of Guyana must address this betically and rotate them by days for the ments must ramp up the political, diplo- Security Council, a new institutional matter fully; it is a gaping wound in our next 14 days. matic, and international legal struggle linkage of much consequence has been collective consciousness which must be The prime minister added that the aim for reparations. All hands are required forged known as the A3 Plus One (the healed,” Gonsalves said. is to reduce the population of people out in the streets and among themselves by 50 per cent. He said the government is very con- cerned about where the known people Guyana rakes in US$3.6M in royalty got infections, being in schools and in GUYANA has received its second pay- bars, adding that the government got in- ment of oil and gas royalties from gross formation on another school that has to production at a total of US$3,698,152.63. be shut down because contact-tracing led The sum joins the country’s first pay- to it. ment of US$4.9M received on April 30, He advised that the government will 2020 for a total of US$8.6M. not stop the SEA examinations at this In an invited interview with the time, but added that if the trend of cases Guyana Chronicle on Thursday,Minister rising continues, the government will act. of Finance, Winston Jordan, confirmed Dr. Rowley said the government will that the payments were received on also act on bars and restaurants if social schedule on July 30 and have been de- distancing guidelines are not adhered to. posited in the Natural Resource Fund “We have found direct links about peo- (NRF) account opened with the Federal ple infected in bars and we are keeping Reserve Bank of New York. bars and restaurants under very close The payments are collectively for watch for the next few days,” he said. April, May and June and averages The prime minister advised that the around GY$771,713,056 in consolidated government is also keeping public trans- total or approximately GY$64,309,421 a portation under watch and will act if the month. current rend continues over the next Though royalties are calculated on 72 hours or so. a monthly basis, Article 15.6 of the Regarding people who are seeking ex- Petroleum Agreement specifies that the emptions from the Ministry of National monies be transferred to the government Security, he said that as of July 29, a quarterly, 30 days after the end of each total of 5,580 people sought exemptions calendar quarter.With the first payment to leave the country. made on April 30, this meant that the Of those, 3,556 were granted exemp- next was expected on July 30 while the tions to leave and are already making third is now expected on October 30. Guyana’s Minister of Finance, Winston Jordan. travel arrangements to do so. A further Under the Production Sharing 2,024 are still in the pipeline. Agreement (PSA) governing the barrel sale at US$35M; the first sion has remained transparent in its He said the number of those who Stabroek Block, Guyana will be receiv- payment of royalties at US$4.9M and dealings. applied to enter T&T as of July 29, was ing at a minimum two per cent royalty interest from monies in the bank. He has also previously noted that 5,539. on all oil produced in the block, plus Minister Jordan was pleased to note Guyana can begin to use these resources Of that number, exemptions were 12.5 per cent profit oil. As the capital that: “All the citizens of Guyana can to address critical areas of need as soon granted to 2,250 and 3,289 are awaiting and operating costs are liquidated, track the deposits and the amount in as a new Parliament begins. exemptions. Guyana’s share of profit oil will increase. the account. In accordance to the law, Meanwhile, Guyana is expected to He debunked the claim by Opposition This second payment of royalties will the citizens will also be able to check the make its third million-barrel crude lift in Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar that be added to the over US$90M Guyana spending whenever that takes place.” the first week of August. This third lift 10,000 people were being locked out of already has in its NRF. The sum comes Jordan is pleased that there can be no of Guyana’s share of crude will mark the country, suggesting that the tallied from Guyana’s first million-barrel of distrust about whether these finances the final for Shell Western Supply and the numbers of those wishing to leave crude sold on February 19, 2020, raking are being managed well as the Ministry Trading Limited under its contract to and those wishing to come in before she in nearly US$55M; the second million- of Finance, and government by exten- purchase Guyana’s first three cargoes. came up with that figure. 10 • Saturday August 1, 2020 The Barbados Advocate St. Lucia PM wants FBI-type agency for Caribbean CASTRIES, St. Lucia – pacted criminality and or- MI5 is the United in essence – a bubble, ex- St. Lucia is proposing ganised crime and the im- Kingdom’s domestic plaining that whatever the the establishment of plications for the future. counter-intelligence and port of call, each country a United States style The event, which ended security agency and needs to sign off on proto- Federal Bureau of yesterday, was held under Chastanet spoke of the cols and be satisfied that Investigation (FBI) so the theme “Securing Our ability of the best officers disembarking passengers as to deal with security Caribbean Community from around the region are safe whether heading concerns within the Within The Era Of being able to work in a to St. Lucia, Dominica or 15-member Caribbean COVID-19 and Beyond”. similar type CARICOM Barbados. Community (CARI- The FBI is an intelli- entity that would be “We are moving into an COM) grouping. gence-driven and threat- “able to come in and help even more integrated St. Lucia Prime Minister focused national security strengthen” security in e-platform to get persons Allen Chastanet told organisation with both in- the region. to register,send their elec- the CARICOM telligence and law enforce- “The economic chal- tronic certificates and also Implementation Agency ment responsibilities. It is lenges, the social chal- monitoring where they are for Crime and Security the principal investigative lenges we are going to going,” Chastanet said, (IMPACS) conference on arm of the US Department have in my humble opin- adding that the authori- Thursday that such law of Justice, according to the ion really require us to ties will be able to track enforcement agency could agency’s official website. step up our game,” he where passengers have help monitor the region Chastanet told the con- said, recalling what he been. since crime is no longer a ference,“I think we should described as a very inter- “This is going to help domestic issue. have like, and sorry I am esting discussion with significantly with the The five-day conference using the American com- the cruise industry this policing in the region.This by the Trinidad-based parison, whether it’s an week. is a hole in the region that CARICOM agency is M(I)5 or an FBI operation He said the cruise itiner- existed that we can hope- aimed at identifying how for CARICOM that’s a ary will literally have to fully close,” he told the the pandemic has im- standing police force.” become one destination, or virtual conference. St. Lucia’s Prime Minister Allen Chastanet. Jamaican minister wants UWI to discontinue quoting tuition fees in US dollar KINGSTON, Jamaica – and nursing quote their UWI should be reducing that will define the de- like to believe that those Terrelonge further Minister of State in the fees in US dollars and stu- fees in light of the bates and write the his- days are part of a past added that the emerging Ministry of Education, dents have complained COVID-19 pandemic, tory of the post-COVID that UWI is not trying to and accepted common Alando Terrelonge, has about the significant which has hampered stu- era. They need to make resurrect. A greater bal- practice among busi- joined calls for the Mona increase in fees for the dents’ ability to earn US sure that they do not be- ance must be achieved nesses to quote and ad- campus of the University 2020/21 academic year. dollars due to cancelled come willing partners to between tertiary institu- vertise prices in US dol- of the West Indies (UWI) Some students will overseas summer-work the disenfranchisement tions as ‘business opera- lars only should be done to stop quoting tuition have to pay as much as programmes. of our students, robbing tors’ and, tertiary insti- away with, as this lays fees for some faculties in $128,000 extra for tuition. “As a major seat of them of their education, tutions as repositories of the foundation to the US dollars. Terrelonge says he un- learning, UWI should by adopting financial higher learning and ulti- slippery slope of complete The faculties of engi- derstands the sentiments make sure they’re on the regimes that only benefit mate empowerment of erasure of the Jamaican neering, law, medicine, that have argued that the right side of the issues the privileged. I would our youth and nation,” currency. Terrelonge said in a “We cannot, as a nation, statement. afford the cultural per- “While I understand ception that our currency US sanctions London-based Cuban bank the need and rationale of is irrelevant. Local busi- WASHINGTON, United placed the bank on its respondents around the US President Donald the University to set their nesses trade in Jamaican States – The United Office of Foreign Assets world that provide bank- Trump’s administration fees against the backing currency and have always States announced sanc- Control black list. ing services for the Cuban reversed an opening with of a so-called interna- made allowances for fluc- tions on Thursday against The bank has been in market. Cuba initiated by former tional currency,to account tuations in currency trad- Havin Bank Ltd., a operation since August The sanctions come just president Barack Obama, for fluctuations in our ing rates; why UWI can- London-based Cuban 1973, and is the only one as the island’s communist hardening a trade em- own Jamaican dollar, as not do that is a mystery.” entity also known as with entirely Cuban capi- government has allowed bargo in effect since 1962. well as to standardise fees The education state Havana International tal outside Cuba. Its prin- the US currency to circu- In doing so, it has cited for international stu- minister is calling for the Bank, dealing a blow to cipal shareholder is the late, permitting some human rights violations dents, I am confused as to practice to stop and for the Cuban financial sys- Central Bank of Cuba. state stores to sell food for by Cuba and Havana’s why the fees cannot be set fees to be adjusted to re- tem. From its perch in dollars. It recently elimi- support for the socialist in local currency and still flect the conditions im- The Treasury London, the bank main- nated a 10 per cent tax on government of Nicolas achieve the same effect,” posed by the coronavirus Department said it had tains a network of 400 cor- dollar transactions. Maduro in Venezuela. he continued. pandemic. Haiti continues to lead Caribbean countries in COVID positive cases PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti It said two new deaths were 401 positive cases. additional confirmed cases. sources of two of them – Haiti has recorded 34 were also recorded in “Currently, there are cases were recorded over “There are 97 civilians unknown. new cases of the coron- the West and North 196 active cases in insti- the past 24 hours, bring- in the hospital with the The Ministry of Health avirus (COVID-19) as Departments, bringing tutional isolation at vari- ing the total number of new coronavirus, ten said that there have been several other Caribbean the national total to 161. ous facilities across confirmed cases to 508. of whom are on the 169 positive cases with Community (CARICOM) Haiti has 2,784 active Guyana; 50 persons in The authorities said Intensive Care Unit. The eight deaths since the countries also reported cases and the health institutional quarantine three deaths were con- number of positives in start of the pandemic. significant increases in authorities are investi- and three patients firmed on Thursday isolation is 435 and in “Five additional per- positive cases over the gating 18,174 other sus- housed in the COVID-19 bringing the death toll quarantine (not positive) sons have tested positive past 24 hours. pected cases. ICU. In total 4,641 per- to 14. are 434 people.” for COVID-19. Three are The Ministry of Public Guyana said that the sons have been tested Suriname on Thursday Trinidad and Tobago, primary contacts of a re- Health said the new cases number of positive cases for the virus with 4,240 reported 39 positive and which in recent days, cently positive COVID-19 brought the total to 7,412 has passed the 400-mark yielding negative results,” according to the official has recorded an increase patient. Two are pending cases since the first case with the Ministry of the ministry said. data, the number of co- in COVID-19 cases, said epidemiological investi- was reported on March Public Health reporting In The Bahamas, the rona infections is 1,650, there were five more gation,” the ministry said 19. that as of July 30, there authorities said that 24 including 542 active cases on Friday with the in its daily bulletin. The Barbados Advocate Saturday August 1, 2020 • 11

Ten die drinking sanitiser after Indian state shuts liquor shops AT least ten people have died the sanitiser had any other toxic nounced that yoga institutes and after drinking alcohol-based content,” Mr Kaushal told re- gyms would be allowed to reopen, sanitiser after liquor shops were porters. and that restrictions would be closed in a village in the Indian He added that they had sent lifted on the movement of goods state of Andhra Pradesh. samples of the sanitiser away for and people. The village of Kurichedu has chemical analysis. “Some people However,many states are con- been placed in lockdown after a who are heavily addicted to alco- tinuing to enforce lockdowns in local surge in cases of coron- hol had been consuming hand specific areas as clusters of the avirus. sanitisers for the high,” he told virus emerge. District police chief Siddharth Reuters news agency. Confirmed cases of coronavirus Kaushal said the people who died “Alcohol is not available be- in Andhra Pradesh, in south had mixed the sanitiser with cause of the lockdown, but hand India, have increased nine-fold water and soft drinks. sanitisers are easily available.” over the last month. They were alcohol-dependent, India’s federal government has Meanwhile, India has recorded he added, and had started drink- reopened most businesses in more than 55,000 new infections ing the mixture about 10 days order to prevent a severe eco- nationally over the past 24 hours. before they died. nomic crash. The death toll rose by 779 to The hand sanitiser, not pictured, has been sent for additional “We are investigating whether Earlier this week it was an- more than 35,700 in total. testing. Vietnam records first COVID-19 deaths VIETNAM has recorded its than three months, before an out- Vietnam acted before it even had the virus and for the care it was The government initially first Covid-19 fatalities, in a break was reported in the nearby confirmed cases, closing its bor- able to offer a Scottish pilot who closed the city to visitors, before devastating blow for a coun- resort of Da Nang earlier this ders early to almost all travellers, spent two months in a coma after ordering a total local lockdown on try proud of its zero deaths. week. except returning citizens.Anyone developing Covid-19.. Wednesday. The first man, who was aged Both of the patients who died entering the country must quar- But earlier this week came the Earlier this week, Prime 70, was from the central city of had underlying health condi- antine in government facilities difficult news that new cases had Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc Hoi An, state media said yester- tions, according to Vietnamese for 14 days and undergo testing. been discovered in the popular warned that every province and day. media. And for a while, this approach resort of Da Nang. city in the country following the A second death, of a 61-year-old The country, which has a pop- appeared to be highly effective, Tens of thousands of tourists outbreak in Da Nang. man, was reported later in the ulation of around 95 million, has with no new local transmissions from across the country were in “We have to act more swiftly day. reported just 546 cases since the reported since mid-April. the city at the time, many of and more fiercely in order to con- There had been no new locally pandemic began. The country received praise for whom believed the threat from trol the outbreak,” state media transmitted infections for more Unlike many other countries, both its timely efforts to contain coronavirus had passed. quoted him as saying.

Haj pilgrims keep distance at usually crowded stone the devil ritual RIYADH – Muslim pilgrims in Saudi Arabia took part in a symbolic stoning of the devil yes- terday, but maintained social distancing in a ritual that usually brings millions of wor- shippers from all over the world shoulder to shoulder. The ritual, at which pilgrims must hurl pebbles at a giant wall, has in the past been the scene of several deadly crowd accidents. In 2015, hundreds died in a crush at an intersection leading up to the site. Clad in white robes denoting a state of purity and face masks, men and women cast their Clad in white robes denoting a state of purity and face masks, men and women cast their stones, closely monitored by health stones, closely monitored by professionals. The pilgrims stood apart on yellow markers marking a safe social distance. health professionals. The pil- grims stood apart on yellow In previous year, some three Saudis and foreign residents liv- 1,000. riots. markers marking a safe social million white-clad pilgrims from ing in the country- are gathering Saudi Arabia stakes its repu- This year it faces the chal- distance. across the world flocked to this year. tation on its guardianship of lenge of keeping haj, a once-in- They will return over the next Islam’s holiest sites to attend Although no official figure has Islam’s holiest sites in Mecca a-lifetime duty for every able- two days for more stoning be- haj. been given, local media report and Medina and its peaceful or- bodied Muslim who can afford it fore going back to Mecca to pray But with large gatherings im- there are around 10,000 pil- ganisation of haj, which has and a major source of income for at the Grand Mosque at the end possible given the pandemic, grims.The Haj minister in June been marred in the past by the government, safe from of haj. only a few thousand pilgrims - said pilgrims would number deadly stampedes, fires and COVID-19. 12 • Saturday August 1, 2020 The Barbados Advocate

German restaurants object after police US to have use COVID data for crime-fighting permanent troop BERLIN – German restaurants and bars and presence in Poland their customers are ex- WARSAW – The United military cooperation,” pressing concern at re- States will establish a Defence Minister Mariusz ports that the contact data permanent military Blaszczak said in a state- that guests must supply presence in Poland as ment. as part of coronavirus pre- it deploys around 1,000 Poland currently hosts vention rules has been additional US troops a rotating contingent of used for police investiga- there, Poland’s Defence over 4,000 US troops. A tions. Ministry said yester- permanent presence, Drinkers and diners day. which the statement says have to provide a name Poland is setting grow- will now number at least and a telephone number ing store by its bilateral 5,500 troops, is likely to to allow them to be traced defence relationship with cost Poland more. if someone who is found its NATO partner, fearful The deal also involves to have the virus was pres- of an increasingly as- the development of ex- ent at the same time. sertive posture from pertise for Polish forces in But the DPA news Russia to the east since the areas of reconnais- agency has cited several Moscow annexed Crimea sance and command, with police stations as saying from Ukraine in 2014. the possibility of more US that they had used that On June 12 last year, forces coming to Poland in data to find witnesses to People sit at the terraces of beer gardens and restaurants, as the spread of the US President Donald case of an increased help solve crimes. coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, in Cologne, Germany May 21, 2020. Trump agreed, with threat, the statement Germany owes some of Polish President Andrzej said. the toughest privacy laws private data is a huge allowed to ask customers not allowed.” Duda beside him at the The financial details of in the world to its determi- issue. Every little thing for formal identification, After a customer at a White House, to send the new deal were not re- nation to banish the spec- like a birthday is watched and said reports of data restaurant in Berlin 1,000 more troops to his vealed in the ministry’s tre of the mass surveil- so that no one else can find being used elsewhere tested positive for the NATO ally. statement. lance systems once used it out – the ‘need-to-know’ would not encourage virus recently, health But negotiations on The US military on by the Nazis or the East basis. And I think this is a patrons to obey the rules. officials had difficulty the details of where the Wednesday expanded on German secret police, the abuse of confidence.” “We can’t let someone tracing some of the other troops would be stationed plans to withdraw about Stasi. Thomas Lengfelder, play fast and loose with customers because many and how much Poland 12,000 troops from “I work at a bank,” Dirk managing director of the that data,” he said. had either failed to pro- would pay dragged on for Germany and indicated Apel, eating at a restau- hotel and catering associ- “Officials should be well vide their names and years. that some of them could rant in Bonn, told Reuters ation DEHOGA, noted aware of what they are al- numbers or written fake “We did it. We have fin- be moved to Poland or the TV on Friday.“Over there, that cafe owners were not lowed to use and what’s ones. ished the negotiations on Baltic states.

Marine sea tank sinks with 16 aboard; one dead and eight missing SAN DIEGO – An am- pitalised after their am- phibious assault vehicle phibious assault vehicle carrying 15 Marines and a hit a natural gas line, ig- Navy sailor sank near a niting a fire that engulfed military-owned island off the landing craft during a the coast of Southern training exercise at Camp California, leaving one of Pendleton, the sprawling the Marines dead and coastal Marine Corps base eight missing, authorities north of San Diego. said yesterday. And in 2011, a Marine They were travelling in died when an amphibious the vehicle that resembles assault vehicle in a train- a seafaring tank from the ing exercise sank off shores of San Clemente the shores of Camp Island to a Navy ship Pendleton. Thursday evening when The Marines use the they reported the vehicle amphibious assaults vehi- was taking on water, cles to transport troops said Lt. Cameron H. and their equipment from Edinburgh, a Marine Navy ships to land. They Corps spokesman for are nicknamed “amtracs” Camp Pendleton. because the original name Two Marines who were for the vehicle was “am- rescued were injured, with phibious tractor.” one hospitalised in critical The armoured vehicles condition and the other outfitted with machine in stable condition, a guns and grenade launch- Marine Corps statement A US Marine Amphibious Assault Vehicle (AAV) takes part in a landing operation during a military Exercise ers look like tanks as they said. Baltops 2018, at the Baltic Sea near Vilnius, Lithuania, Monday, June 4, 2018. A training accident off the roll ashore for beach at- Military ships, small coast of Southern California in an AAV similar to this one has taken the life of one Marine, injured two oth- tacks, with Marines pour- boats and helicopters on ers and left eight missing Thursday, July 30, 2020. In a Friday morning tweet, the Marines say the accident ing out of them to take up Friday were searching happened Thursday and search and rescue efforts are underway. positions. choppy seas for the miss- The Marine ing amid moderate to to the 15th Marine “We are deeply sad- Christopher Bronzi, the Camp Pendleton Marines Expeditionary Force is the strong winds. The Navy- Expeditionary Unit and dened by this tragic inci- unit’s commanding officer, have been injured or died Marine Corps’ main owned island is about were involved in a routine dent. I ask that you keep said in a statement from in amphibious assault warfighting organisation. 70 miles (112 kilometres) military exercise when the our Marines, Sailors, and the Marine Corps. vehicles during training There are three such offshore from San Diego. vehicle started taking on their families in your Thursday’s accident exercises. groups which are made up All of the Marines on the water, the Marine Corps prayers as we continue marks the third time in In 2017, 14 Marines and of ground, air and logistics vehicle were assigned said. our search,” Col. less than a decade that one Navy sailor were hos- forces. The Barbados Advocate Saturday August 1, 2020 • 13

High-speed train crash in Portugal kills two, injures 37 LISBON – A crash between a as well as more than 160 rescue seriously hurt. The train driver was among on their way to the scene, where high-speed train and a mainte- personnel, including firefight- The crash happened in the seven people with serious a field hospital was set up. nance machine in central ers, were at the scene. town of Soure, around 30 kilo- injuries and was rushed to In a note shared on its official Portugal killed two people and There were 212 passengers on metres (18 miles) from the cen- hospital, SIC Television re- website, Portugal’s President injured at least 37 yesterday,the board the Alfa Pendular train, tral city of Coimbra. The town’s ported. Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa said national relief operations au- the country’s fastest, the mayor Mario Nunes said the A spokeswoman for the he “regrets the serious rail acci- thority CNOS said. spokesman said, adding that two dead were working on the District Command of Relief dent” and sent “heartfelt condo- A spokesman for CNOS told among those injured, 30 had rail tracks when the crash took Operations in Coimbra said lences” to the victims’ relatives Reuters two medical helicopters, minor injures and seven were place. more emergency services were and friends.

Namibia to Court overturns close schools, Boston Marathon limit public gatherings WINDHOEK – Namibian bomber’s schools will be suspended for the second time in four months next week, while limits on public gatherings will be tightened fur- death sentence ther to 100 from 250 amid surg- A FEDERAL appeals court ruling, more than six months ing cases, President Hage yesterday threw out after arguments were heard in Geingob said. Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s death the case. In a televised speech yester- sentence in the 2013 Boston Prosecutors could ask the full day, Geingob said the decision Marathon bombing, saying appeals court to hear the case or to suspend schools from Aug. 4 the judge who oversaw the go straight to the US Supreme for 28 days came after consider- case did not adequately Court. ing the risks associated with the screen jurors for potential The mother of Krystle spread of the virus. biases. Campbell, the 29-year-old killed The measure affects early A three-judge panel of the 1st in the attack, expressed outrage childhood development, pre-pri- US Circuit Court of Appeals or- at the court’s decision. mary, primary and the first two dered a new penalty-phase trial “I just don’t understand it,” grades of high school. on whether the 27-year-old Patricia Campbell told The Namibia has 2,129 confirmed Tsarnaev should be executed for Boston Globe. This file photo released April 19, 2013, by the Federal Bureau of cases and 10 deaths with the the attack that killed three peo- “It’s just terrible that he’s al- Investigation shows Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. country’s rate of daily new cases ple and wounded more than 260 lowed to live his life. It’s unfair. now the fourth highest on the others. He didn’t wake up one morning the brothers, said the ruling was trial that he and his older continent following South “But make no mistake: and decide to do what he did. not surprising to him. brother,Tamerlan Tsarnaev,set Africa, Eswatini and Gabon, ac- Dzhokhar will spend his re- He planned it out. He did a vi- “And in any case, he won’t be off the two bombs at the cording to Geingob. maining days locked up in cious, ugly thing.” getting out and hasn’t been able marathon finish line. But they People will also not be allowed prison, with the only matter re- Former Massachusetts Bay to harm anyone since he was argued that Dzhokar Tsarnaev to consume alcohol at bars and maining being whether he will Transportation Authority offi- captured,” he tweeted. is less culpable than his brother, taverns. They will only be per- die by execution,” Judge O. cer Dic Donohue, who was se- Tsarnaev’s lawyers acknowl- who they said was the master- mitted to drink it at home. Rogeriee Thompson wrote in the verely injured in a gunfight with edged at the beginning of his mind behind the attack. Geingob relaxed rules for in- ternational tourists, who will no longer be subjected to a mandatory 14-day quarantine on arrival but will be required to Teens sentenced to 42 years in jail for killing British policeman present a negative polymerase LONDON – Three British a tow rope and being dragged in jail. Cole and Bowers were after a nationwide lockdown in chain reaction (PCR) test teenagers were sentenced to a for 1.4 miles (2.25 km) down a both sentenced to 13 years in March because of the coron- conducted 72 hours before combined 42 years in jail by a country lane. His fatally injured jail. avirus pandemic. For the retrial, arrival. judge yesterday for killing a body became detached from the Earlier this week, Harper’s the judge ordered extra security They will, however, be re- policeman who was dragged be- vehicle and was left in the road. widow wrote to Prime Minister amid fears of potential juror in- quired to remain at their initial hind a car for more than a mile, Henry Long, 19, the driver, Boris Johnson to ask for a re- timidation by supporters of the destination in the country for in a case that shocked the coun- and his passengers Jessie Cole trial after her husband’s killers defendants. seven days. A test will be con- try. and Albert Bowers, both 18, were cleared of murder. A The prosecution argued the ducted during this period and In August last year, the trio were found guilty of manslaugh- spokesman for the prime minis- defendants were aware the offi- tourists can proceed with their were stealing a quad bike when ter, but were cleared of murder ter said he would respond after cer was being dragged behind holiday if the result is negative. approached by 28-year-old offi- last year. legal proceedings had been com- the car. But the teenagers’ Geingob said the aim was to cer Andrew Harper who chased At the Old Bailey on Friday, pleted. lawyers claimed the incident stimulate tourism while safe- the group’s car,getting caught in Long was sentenced to 16 years An initial trial was abandoned could not have been planned. guarding public health.

Sunny to partly sunny skies with a few brief isolated showers. However, there is a very low chance of afternoon localized convec- tion over some northwestern districts.

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14 • Saturday August 1, 2020 The Barbados Advocate Study: Coastal flooding could hit 20% of world GDP by 2100 LONDON – Failure to rein Scientific Reports, paints one of in climate change and bol- the grimmest scenarios yet in ster sea defences could estimating the economic fallout jeopardize up to a fifth from sea rise if the world contin- of the world’s economic ues emitting greenhouse gases output by the end of at the current rate. the century, as flooding Flood events that have typi- threatens coastal countries cally occurred once in 100 years worldwide, according to “could occur as frequently as a study released on once in ten years” for much of Thursday. the world, said the authors Rising sea levels already are leading to more frequent and extreme flood events. From Bangladesh and India of the report, including to Australia and even Britain, researchers at the universities risk, and models of tides, surges Thomas Schinko, deputy direc- “not all countries are equally rising sea levels already are of Amsterdam, Melbourne and and sea levels around the tor of the Risk and Resilience well equipped to adapt.” leading to more frequent and ex- the Global Climate Forum. world’s coasts. research programme at the The study used computer treme flood events.With climate This worst-case scenario Based on estimated 2019 International Institute for simulations that accounted for change causing polar ice to melt would cost the world up to 20% GDP, that currently comes to Applied Systems Analysis in global tides, storm surges and and ocean waters to expand, of its annual gross domestic around $17.6 trillion. Vienna. wave data in gauging flood economists have sought for product, given the impact on However, the study’s focus on Already, “societies are react- risks. years to put a figure on the buildings and other infrastruc- the worst-case scenario – with ing to changing coastal flooding The bulk of the damage – 68% future potential damage. ture, they said. Their estimates high emissions and no flood risks all over the world,” said – would be caused by tide and The latest effort, published were based on factors including preparations – may be unrealis- Schinko, who was not involved storm events, rather than sea Thursday in the journal the populations and assets at tic, said climate economist in the new research. Though, level rise itself.

Animal stunning slowly being accepted by Turkey’s halal butchers, say activists AS Turkey gears up for Eid al- by a Muslim using a sharp knife ing the manager a captive bolt Adha, or Qurban Bayram, the and blood must be drained pistol to stun animals before Muslim festival of sacrifice, from the carcass. Stunning slaughter. The slaughterhouse animal rights campaigners are the animal first does not has agreed to now stun animals celebrating progress in their ef- contravene Islamic law – and who arrive already injured at forts to convince religious lead- Sancakdaroglu is on a mission the plant before they are ers, butchers and slaughter- to educate slaughterhouses, unloaded, and cattle will be houses of the merits of stunning religious leaders and consumers stunned for customers who animals before ritual slaughter. of that fact. request it. Livestock warehouses across “Most of my work is about Sancakdaroglu has visited the country were busy on spreading the word because 300 of Turkey’s 900 slaughter- Thursday before the festival there are so many misconcep- houses. So far only three have began at sunset, with families tions about halal slaughter. agreed to switch to stunning inspecting sheep and cows to People are afraid that it is some- from the classical method, but slaughter in honour of Ibrahim’s how not acceptable to God if the he says this is largely due to willingness to sacrifice his son animal is unconscious, or that poor availability of stunning Ismael. the blood won’t drain properly,” equipment and the expense of Qurban Bayram is the busiest he said. importing it: industrial systems time of year for Turkish farmers “When we hold training work- can cost upwards of 10 000 euros Hygiene rules mean that most of the slaughter is now carried and butchers. While some fami- shops those reservations drop (£9,030). The gunpowder-trig- out on specific sites by butchers trained by the local municipal- lies in rural areas will still raise away. Several religious leaders gered pistols also often get ity. livestock on their own land and have taken what I said seriously mired in customs paperwork ritually slaughter the animals and told their followers about because they are classified as animals in Turkey, said Lesley Turkish statistics authority. themselves, hygiene rules mean stunning animals first: last year weapons. Moffat, Eyes on Animals’ Sometimes animals are left that most of the slaughter is Ismailaga Cemaati [a large “Some companies have told director. unattended in hot and cramped now carried out on specific sites conservative sect] publicly me off the record that they are Turkey’s demand for livestock containers for days on the by butchers trained by the local announced that stunning ani- already stunning animals, just is growing each year, with do- Bulgaria-Turkey border. municipality. mals is halal. The ministry of not telling their customers,” mestic animal production in- “Turkey has a long way to go For Asalet Sancakdaroglu, the agriculture is also looking at a Sancakdaroglu said. “It’s creasing by three million in but is not better or worse than Turkish representative of ani- law that animals should be quicker,safer,cleaner and there- 2019, up 4.7% on 2018. In just other countries when it comes to mal welfare organisation Eyes killed without pain.” fore they make more money.It’s one year, Turkey went from im- inhumane treatment of live- on Animals, the focus is on pre- Earlier this month, after just that the public perception is porting $600 million (£457m) stock,” she said.“Our work there venting animal suffering. To be Turkey’s coronavirus restric- still that it’s not halal.” worth of animals in 2016 to so far shows that more and more certified as halal, an animal tions were lifted, Sancakdaroglu There is also room for im- $1.2 billion in 2017, the vast ma- people are becoming interested must be alive and healthy, its visited a slaughterhouse in the provement when it comes to jority of which come from the in animal welfare, and that throat must be cut in one swipe north-east of the country, gift- transfer and transport of live EU, according to TurkStat, the change is possible.” The Barbados Advocate Saturday August 1, 2020 • 15 Twitter reveals how scammers hijacked celebrities’ accounts THE unprecedented hacking of compromised, and shared in a Bitcoin celebrity Twitter accounts this scam. month was caused by human error It reportedly netted the scammers more and a spear-phishing attack on than $100 000 (£80 000). Twitter employees, the company The attack has raised concerns about has confirmed. the level of access that Twitter employees, S pear-phishing is a targeted attack and subsequently the hackers, have to designed to trick people into handing out user accounts. information such as passwords. Twitter acknowledged that concern in Twitter said its staff were targeted its statement, saying that it was “taking through their phones. a hard look” at how it could improve its The successful attempt let attackers permissions and processes. The successful attempt let attackers tweet from celebrity accounts and access tweet from celebrity accounts and access “Access to these tools is strictly limited their private direct messages. their private direct messages. and is only granted for valid business The accounts of Microsoft founder reasons,” the company said. have access to the internal network and network, the next stage of their attack Bill Gates, Democratic presidential Not all the employees targeted in the other systems. was much easier. hopeful Joe Biden and reality star Kim spear-phishing attack had access to the Once the attackers had acquired user They targeted other employees Kardashian West among others were in-house tools,Twitter said – but they did credentials to let them inside Twitter’s who had access to account controls.

Congress grills top tech CEOs in combative antitrust hearing THE US’s top tech bosses were told they grew rapidly. “The rules are made up as you go and sub- have “too much power”, are censoring ject to change – and Apple expects devel- political speech, spreading fake news and Anti-conservative bias? opers to go along with the changes or “killing” the engines of the American Zuckerberg and Pichai also received a leave the App Store,” Johnson said. economy, at a combative congressional beating from Republicans, who repeat- “That’s an enormous amount of power.” hearing on Wednesday. edly accused the companies of Cook argued the App Store does not The historic hearing in Washington saw anti-conservative bias. Representative constitute a monopoly because it does not Jeff Bezos of Amazon,Tim Cook of Apple, Jim Sensenbrenner asked Zuckerberg charge the vast majority of apps to list Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook and why conservatives are “censored” on there. He said 84% of apps are not Sundar Pichai of Google’s parent Facebook, claiming that Donald Trump Jr charged anything and Apple has not Alphabet appear before members of the was removed from the platform for shar- increased commissions on apps since House judiciary’s antitrust subcommit- ing a video containing false information 2008. tee and face intense questioning from this week. Zuckerberg politely explained The hearing comes at a fraught lawmakers from both sides of the aisle. to the representative that it was Twitter moment for the tech giants with The subcommittee has been investigat- that limited Trump’s account for posting Republican and Democrats both highly ing the companies’ dominance of the the video. critical of their dominance. online world for over a year, collecting Bezos faced few questions following his 1.3 million documents and conducting opening statement, perhaps because of a Trump weighs in hundreds of hours of interviews. Already technical difficulty with his video feed. Donald Trump, who has attacked the tech in the opening minutes, the subcommit- Representative Pramila Jayapal pressed companies on numerous occasions, tee chairman, David Cicilline, struck a Bezos on whether the company used data weighed in ahead of the hearing, “If combative tone, pointing out that the from third-party sellers in making sales Congress doesn’t bring fairness to Big companies dominate their respective decisions. In a previous hearing, an Tech, which they should have done years spheres and accusing them of stifling Amazon executive denied this under oath ago, I will do it myself with Executive competition. The complaints against the and was contradicted by a later news re- Orders. In Washington, it has been ALL tech giants are varied but the overarch- port. Bezos was also asked whether the TALK and NO ACTION for years, and the ing criticisms are that they have used online giant favoured its own products people of our Country are sick and tired their dominant position to quash rivals when prioritising certain shipments dur- of it!” and overcharge the people and businesses ing the pandemic. Trump’s attacks on tech companies reliant on their services. Bezos, the world’s richest man, leaned have escalated as Twitter and Facebook “Our founders would not bow before a Mark Zuckerberg faced repeated ques- heavily on his life story in his opening have made recent attempts to factcheck king,” the Rhode Island Democrat tions about Facebook’s purchase of statement, noting that his mother was “a the president and remove false said. “Nor should we bow before the Instagram in 2012. 17-year-old high school student” and his statements from his account. Trump has emperors of the online economy.” adoptive father is a Cuban immigrant. accused Facebook and Twitter of Republican lawmakers at different listings entirely. Cicilline called the “Amazon’s success was anything but censoring conservative views and times in the hearing directed the behavior “economically catastrophic” for preordained,” he said before noting that launched numerous attacks on Bezos and conversation away from antitrust to other companies online. the company had invested $270 billion Amazon. Bezos owns the Washington allegations of anti-conservative bias on “The evidence seems very clear to me in the US over the last decade and created Post, which has been a persistent critic the platforms, accusing the companies of that as Google became the gateway to the hundreds of thousands of jobs. of his presidency. silencing conservative voices and working Internet, it began to abuse its power,” he Zuckerberg, too, argued Facebook Republican lawmakers echoed Trump’s to undo Donald Trump’s 2016 election said. “got here the American way.” frustrations, lamenting the “cancel win. Zuckerberg faced repeated questions “We started with nothing and provided culture mob” and questioning the Google and Facebook took intense heat about Facebook’s purchase of Instagram better products that people find valuable. platform’s decisions to take down content for their business practices. Cicilline in 2012. Referencing internal documents As I understand our laws, companies on hydroxychloroquine, the anti-malaria opened the round of questions with that revealed Facebook bought Instagram aren’t bad just because they are big.Many drug Trump has praised as a Covid-19 allegations from small businesses that to neutralise it as a competitive threat, large companies that fail to compete cease treatment. Google took over their content and listing congressman Jerry Nadler called the to exist,” he said. “I will just cut to the chase: big tech is on its own pages. CEO Pichai struggled to acquisition “ exactly the type of Cook, the Apple CEO, faced effective out to get conservatives,” representative answer when Cicilline brought up Google anticompetitive acquisition the antitrust questioning from representative Hank Jim Jordan, a staunch supporter of the taking reviews from Yelp and cross- laws were designed to prevent”. Johnson of Georgia, who said the investi- president, told the committee. posting them to its own pages.When Yelp Zuckerberg defended the acquisition, gation had surfaced concerns that rules Congress is considering rewriting asked Google to stop, Google reportedly arguing Facebook helped Instagram build governing the App Store review process antitrust laws but new legislation isn’t threatened to remove Yelp from its search up its infrastructure and security as it are not available to the app developers. likely soon.

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Sir Alan Parker dies aged 76

SIR ALAN PARKER, and received the CBE in the acclaimed British 1995 and a knighthood director of such films in 2002. as “Fame”, “Evita” Bafta said it was and “Bugsy Malone”, “deeply saddened” to has died aged 76. hear of Sir Alan’s death, The double Oscar nom- adding that his films had inee’s many other credits “brought us joy”. include “Midnight The British Film Express”, “Mississippi Institute, which Sir Alan Burning”, “The chaired in the late 1990s, Commitments”, “Angela’s expressed similar senti- Ashes” and “Birdy”. ments. Evita composer The Academy of Andrew Lloyd Webber Motion Picture Arts and tweeted Sir Alan had Sciences remembered British director Sir Alan Parker died yesterday. been “one of the few di- him as “a chameleon” rectors to truly under- and “extraordinary tal- copywriter but quickly “The Life of David Gale”, stand musicals on ent” whose work “enter- graduated to writing starring Kevin Spacey screen”. tained us, connected us and directing commer- and Kate Winslet. The director died yes- and gave us such a cials. In 2005 he published terday after a lengthy ill- strong sense of time and In 1974 he directed “Will Write and Direct ness. place”. BBC film “The for Food”, a compendium He is survived by his Despite not winning an Evacuees”, winning a of his often satirical ob- wife Lisa Moran-Parker, Oscar for best director, Bafta for best single play servations on making five children and seven his films won ten – the first of seven films in the UK and US. grandchildren. Academy Awards as well awards he received from In 2018 he donated his Film director David as another ten Golden the British Academy. extensive collection of Puttnam remembered Globes. In 1984 Bafta hon- scripts and working pa- the director as his “oldest Actor John Cusack, oured him with the pers to the British Film and closest friend,” who worked with Sir Michael Balcon Award Institute’s National adding, “I was always in Alan on his 1994 comedy for outstanding contribu- Archive. awe of his talent.” The Road to Wellville, tion to British cinema, According to a family A founding member of said he had been “a great and in 2013 he was spokeswoman, he spent the Directors Guild of film-maker.” awarded the prestigious his retirement indulging Great Britain, Sir Alan Born in London in Bafta Fellowship. his passion for silk was also first chairman 1944, Sir Alan began his Sir Alan’s last film as screen printing and Bridge of the UK Film Council career in advertising as a director was 2003 drama painting. The Barbados Advocate Saturday August 1, 2020 • 17 SPORTSSPORTS First FA Cup final without fans becomes campaigning platform LONDON – There will be no walk up “But now,” he said. “Frank’s come in to the royal box. No Prince William to I feel the culture’s a bit different at hand over the trophy. Chelsea and I’d be OK with it.” E ither Arsenal captain Pierre-Emerick Chelsea’s all-time top-scorer, Lampard Aubameyang or Chelsea counterpart has exceeded expectations in his first César Azpilicueta will have to pick it up season back at the west London club as themselves on the pitch. manager. Even the traditional pre-match “Abide The former midfielder was unable to With Me” hymn will be a prerecorded make any signings when he took charge version by Emeli Sandé at Wembley a year ago due to a FIFA transfer ban, Stadium. with Pulisic the only addition to the squad Played without any crowd due to before the deal was already in place. pandemic restrictions, the 139th FA Cup However Lampard led Chelsea to a final today will be the most unusual in the fourth-place finish to ensure Champions history of the world’s oldest football League qualification and now has an competition. early chance to pick up a cup. And it will be played more than two “At this stage in my career, my first months after it was originally scheduled, year at Chelsea then of course I’d love to on an August day when England would do that,” Lampard said. “Many a great usually be preparing for the start of a manager over periods of time have not new domestic season rather than been able to win things.” completing the last one. Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta has cer- “It’s definitely been a crazy season for tainly been impressed by the 42-year-old everyone,” Chelsea winger Christian Lampard’s introduction to the Premier Pulisic said. League. The American will be one of only up to “The consistency he was able to play for 300 people allowed in a stadium that fits that many years, in the position that he 90 000. played at such a big club, and doing what Fans will still be heard ahead of kick- he did, was incredible,” Arteta said. “Big off for a minute when conversations about credit to him on that.As a manager he has mental health involving fans and players shown, since he went to Derby (before are played out as part of a soundscape. Chelsea), the kind of person and ambition Before kickoff – like every English that he has, and the way he encourages game in the last six weeks – players will his team to play. take a knee to show solidarity with “Again this season he has done a really campaigns against racial injustice. good job. We are both young, we are both It’s why this is being called the Heads trying to learn as well our positions.” Up FA Cup final – with Emirates airline Arteta left Manchester City, where he Chelsea's Christian Pulisic controls the ball during the English Premier League handing over the title sponsorship to the was Pep Guardiola’s assistant, in soccer match between Liverpool and Chelsea at Anfield Stadium in Liverpool, mental wellbeing campaign spearheaded December to replace Unai Emery after England. by Prince William. the north London club struggled in the “I believe more than ever that football post-Arsene Wenger era. knowing he is there and he is going to be here to try to bring this club back to can be the catalyst that drives this change Arteta was Arsenal captain for two of supporting us and supporting me, I feel winning titles, so if we can achieve that and brings us closer together,” said the Wenger’s seven FA Cup wins. calmer.” I will be delighted,” Arteta said. “But not second-in-line to the British throne. “I have been in touch in the last few While Chelsea has already secured for myself. For the players and the And in a rare moment of footballing months a few times with him but not be- European qualification, winning the FA club. candor this week, the Aston Villa-sup- fore the final,”the 38-year-old Arteta said. Cup is the only route into the Europa “They’ve been through some very porting Duke of Cambridge said he would “It is private conversations but it is great League for Arsenal after finishing eighth difficult moments in the last few seasons previously have been a “bit concerned” to have him on board. He gives you great in the Premier League – ten points behind and as well for our fans, because they about his son, Prince George, supporting advice ... He has got such a knowledge and Chelsea. really deserve... some joy and some nice Chelsea. he is such an intelligent person, that just “We’ve worked so hard since I joined moments.”

Bravo happy to hand over Trinbago Knight Riders reins to Pollard WEST INDIES white-ball captain Kieron Knight Riders in the IPL, Bravo wasn’t his decision to come out T20I retirement Zimbabwe allrounder Sikandar Raza and Pollard will continue to lead Trinbago keen to lead the side earlier too, and in- last December, he talked up Pollard’s local quick Anderson Phillip. Earlier, Knight Riders for the upcoming CPL stead wanted to focus on his career as a captaincy. Knight Riders retained their core from season. player. “They are great friends and they will last season and signed New Zealand wick- Pollard had been named Knight Riders’ “We are happy that Kieron who is the both come together to give us the best etkeeper-batsman Tim Seifert,Australian replacement captain after regular cap- West Indies captain is our leader at TKR,” chance at the CPL this year,”Mysore said. legspinner Fawad Ahmed and fast bowler tain Dwayne Bravo was sidelined from Mysore was quoted as saying by Trinidad “Bravo said he has played under Pollard Jayden Seales, who had represented West the entire CPL 2019 with an injury.After & Tobago Guardian. “The champion DJ before and this will be the best thing at Indies in the Under-19 World Cup earlier captaining Knight Riders to the playoffs Bravo has been coming to me year after this time for all parties. Pollard was kind this year. – they were beaten by eventual champi- year and asking me to give someone else enough to accept the position to lead the Knight Riders will play five-time final- ons Barbados Tridents in the second the captaincy because he wants to just team at the tournament. He said if we ists Guyana Amazon Warriors in the CPL qualifier – Pollard took over as the cap- concentrate on playing and enjoying the wanted him to do it he will and we said 2020 opener on August 18. Due to the im- tain of West Indies’ ODI and T20I sides. game. I always told him not until I am that we will be delighted to have him as pact of the Covid-19 pandemic, the entire It was Bravo who had led Knight Riders ready and that time has come and he is captain again.” tournament will be held in Trinidad & to back-to-back title victories in 2017 and very happy to play under Pollard.” During the draft that was held virtually Tobago this year, with the final sched- 2018, but, according to Venky Mysore, the Pollard and Bravo also share a great re- on June 24, Knight Riders snapped up 48- uled for September 11 at the Brian Lara CEO of the team as well as Kolkata lationship and when Bravo announced year old Indian legspinner Pravin Tambe, Stadium. 18 • Saturday August 1, 2020 The Barbados Advocate Hulkenberg to race at British GP after Perez tests positive SILVERSTONE, England – Nico practice yesterday at Silverstone, where Hulkenberg made an unexpected no fans are attending because of virus return to Formula One on Friday, restrictions. Racing Point driver Sergio Perez of Mexico. stepping in at Racing Point after “I was on my way to the Nurburgring Sergio Perez tested positive for the for another racing project when the call very well. He’s certainly being thrown in “I’m extremely sad, definitely one of the coronavirus ahead of the British from Otmar came,” Hulkenberg said. at the deep end, but he’s a fast learner and saddest days in my career,” Perez said. Grand Prix. “That was less than 24 hours ago, so it I’m sure he will get up to speed quickly.” “The amount of preparation we put into The 32-year-old Hulkenberg, who lost feels a bit surreal for me right now, but Szafnauer is not sure if Perez can this weekend to be 100% ready, I knew his seat at Renault for this season, was I like a good challenge and this is cer- reclaim his seat for next weekend’s race, I had a great car underneath me, that called in by Racing Point team principal tainly one. which is also being held at Silverstone. the team had done a fantastic job.” Otmar Szafnauer. “It’s obviously a difficult situation for “At this point, we don’t know. We still Reporting no symptoms of the virus, “We had to find him, and then we had Racing Point and Checo. He’s a buddy of don’t know if England will ask him to Perez said it was a reminder how vulner- to get him to England, then we needed a mine, an old teammate and I wish him a quarantine for seven days or ten days,” able everyone is to becoming infected. super licence and then we needed a speedy recovery.I’ll step in and try do the Szafnauer said, referring to health and “After Hungary I took a private plane to negative virus test,” Szafnauer said. “So best I can for the team.” safety protocols. Mexico to see my mum for two days a lot of things had to happen and it came It will be Hulkenberg’s 178th F1 race. Perez believes he picked up the virus on because she had a big accident. So as soon together with about 15 minutes to go.” “Having to find a replacement for a trip home to Mexico to visit his mother as she left hospital I was able to see her,” The German driver was immediately Sergio at short notice is no easy task,” after she had an accident. He tested pos- he said. “Then I came back to Europe, back in action for the first time since Szafnauer said, “but in Nico we’ve got a itive for COVID-19 on Thursday and has same way, with all the protocols in place. November, finishing ninth in the first fantastic supersub who the team knows to go into isolation. And I just got it, I don’t know from where.”

Battaash sizzles in Goodwood heat LONDON Super sprinter Battaash produced another blistering performance yesterday,destroying his own track record to win the King George Stakes for a fourth time at Glorious Goodwood. Battaash and Jim Crowley never had any concerns with his six rivals as he timed 55.62 seconds over the five furlong (1 000 metres) distance, blitzing his old mark of 56.2. The six-year-old took his record to 12 wins and over £1.5 million ($1.97 mil- lion) in prize money. “He was good, as he was getting a bit lonely out front so I had to keep his mind on the job,” said Crowley. “It is so hard to find horses to keep him company as he is so fast.” Crowley, who also won the Group One Sussex Stakes on Mohaather on Wednesday, said Battaash had ditched his old habit of running a very good race followed by a howler. “I think we can safely say as he has got older he has become much more consistent,” said Crowley. Battaash produced another stunning performance under Crowley to smash his own track record in winning the King George His trainer Richard Hills said having Stakes for a fourth successive year. such a horse boosted morale in the stables. “He is so talented. I am so very proud of him,” said Hills. “It is great for the sport to have him and other class veterans like Enable and England women not to play in 2021 Stradivarius. “To be involved with such a horse is a great honour.” Hills said there was no pressure to SheBelieves Cup due to COVID concerns retire the gelding.“Winning a Group Two THE England women’s team will not par- The FA said that travel concerns and a “The clear focus for our technical team (the King George) on four successive ticipate in the annual SheBelieves Cup tight international window did not make will be to deliver an international fixture occasions takes some doing,” said Hills. next year due to “uncertainties” around a trip to the US feasible. programme which provides the best “He is not the biggest horse in the world the COVID-19 pandemic situation in the “The FA has taken the decision not to possible performance outcomes for the but so well balanced and a natural United States, British media reported enter next year’s SheBelieves Cup in the Lionesses as we begin a crucial athlete. on Thursday. USA,” it said in a statement. three-year period building to the home “He is not overly raced either. We will England have taken part in the invita- “Our withdrawal from the competition Euro in 2022 and women’s World Cup tackle the Nunthorpe (at York in August) tional round-robin tournament every year in 2021 is based on existing uncertainties in 2023.” next. Who knows what will happen after since its inception in 2016 and were around the future trend of the COVID-19 The US won their third title at this that. It is such a strange year. crowned champions last year when they pandemic, together with a detailed year’s edition, which was held in March “He will tell us when he has had topped the standings ahead of hosts review of our technical priorities for before the pandemic shut down world enough.” United States,Japan and Brazil. England Women. sport, while England finished third. The Barbados Advocate Saturday August 1, 2020 • 19

James has go-ahead basket, Lakers edge Clippers in restart LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. – down the lane for the go-ahead third and the Clippers took ad- LeBron James and the Los basket, then was brilliant on the vantage. Angeles Lakers showed last defensive possession – forc- They turned a 50-40 deficit some rust. ing the ball out of Leonard’s into a 66-55 edge in the third. They knocked it off with time hands and covering George as And then it was the Lakers’ turn to spare. his 3-point try at the buzzer to rally,slicing the Clippers’ lead Anthony Davis scored 34 misfired. to 77-76 going into the fourth. points, James had the go-ahead “We can’t have self-inflicted “It was a good game,” Leonard basket with 12.8 seconds left wounds and I thought we had said. “Still had fun out there. It and the Lakers moved closer to too many of them,” said Clippers was great to be back on the clinching the No. 1 seed in the coach Doc Rivers, whose team – floor.” Western Conference playoffs by which remains short-handed topping the Los Angeles with Lou Williams still in quar- Jazz 106, Pelicans 104 Clippers 103-101 on Thursday antine and Montrezl Harrell Rudy Gobert sank two free night in the second game of the tending to a family matter – throws with 6.9 seconds left to NBA’s re-opening doubleheader. gave up 29 points off turnovers. cap a 14-point, 12-rebound and James had 16 points, 11 re- Thursday marked the NBA’s three-block performance, giving bounds and seven assists to help first game action in 141 days, Utah the victory in the first 1 the Lakers move 6 ⁄2 games the league getting back to work game of the NBA’s restart. ahead of the Clippers in the after the coronavirus pandemic New Orleans, which led for West with seven games remain- forced a shutdown. most of the game and by as ing. Kyle Kuzma added 16 During the pandemic, a re- many as 16 points, nearly pulled points. newed discussion about racial out the victory as time expired “It felt like a real game to me, injustice happened in this coun- when Brandon Ingram’s 3-point two teams battling. ... Can’t com- try – the conversation that sur- attempt rimmed out in a bitter plain for the first game,” Davis rounds this NBA restart. The end to his 23-point night. said. courts have “Black Lives Zion Williamson, who missed Paul George had 30 points and Matter” on them, and the Lakers nearly two weeks of practice Kawhi Leonard scored 28 for the and Clippers knelt together dur- after leaving the team for a fam- Clippers, who had an 11-point ing the national anthem in a ily medical matter on July 16, lead midway through the third silent protest to demand equal- was deemed fit to start, although in a game with deep ebbs and ity. New Orleans and Utah did his playing time was limited. flows.The Clippers got that lead the same in the night’s opener. He scored 13 points in just after a 26-5 run; the Lakers im- James – who is going to win more than 15 minutes, high- mediately rebutted with a 36- his first assist title – had five in lighted by a couple alley-oop 14 run to reclaim control. the first quarter to get team- dunks, one on a nearly half-court And it still came down to the mates going, and then his first lob from Lonzo Ball. But final moments. basket of the restart came on a Williamson checked out for good George’s 3-pointer with 1:50 dunk early in the second quarter with 7:19 left in the fourth quar- left cut the Lakers’ lead to 99-98. to put the Lakers up 37-24. ter and had to watch the tense James muscled his way to a But for a stretch that basically finish from the sideline. layup on the next possession, spanned a full quarter, spanning Jordan Clarkson scored 23 and then George hit another 3 to the second and third periods, the points for Utah and helped lead tie the game at 101 with 29 sec- Lakers couldn’t make a shot. a second-half comeback, while Los Angeles Lakers’ Anthony Davis, top, looks to pass against onds remaining. They went 1 for 10 to end the Donovan Mitchell and Mike Los Angeles Clippers’ Patrick Patterson (54) during the third James followed his own miss half, then 0 for 9 to start the Conley each added 20. quarter of an NBA basketball game Thursday.

Players and coaches kneel during the national anthem before the Utah Jazz against the New Orleans Pelicans NBA basketball game Thursday. 20 • Saturday August 1, 2020 The Barbados Advocate Cards ask WI bowlers Simmons to focus fall short on linebacker MANCHESTER (United ago, gave his wicket away ISAIAH SIMMONS came formance enhancers. Kingdom) – When the on Tuesday by mistiming to the Cardinals as a posi- Linebacker Jordan Hicks West Indies arrived in a pull off Chris Woakes to tion-less prospect who ap- returns after leading the England for a three-Test mid-on – an attacking shot pears ideal for the modern team with 140 tackles. series, many observers when the West Indies NFL. The Cardinals were also wondered if their batsmen were batting for a draw. Arizona coach Kliff active in free agency,pick- could give a talented at- Batsmen Darren Bravo Kingsbury has raved ing up defensive lineman tack enough runs to play and Shimron Hetmyer about the Clemson star’s Jordan Phillips and line- with. both declined invitations versatility since he sur- backers Devon Kennard In the end it was a task to tour for a series taking prisingly landed in the and De’Vondre Campbell. that proved beyond the place against the back- desert after falling to the That means Simmons tourists’ top-order during drop of the coronavirus. No. 8 overall selection. His can concentrate on the a 2-1 reverse that saw college game film was middle of the field. He ad- England regain the Schedule pressure filled with tantalizing mits that adjusting to the Wisden Trophy. Even before COVID-19, footage of a 6-foot-4, 238- NFL has been a challenge, The Caribbean side modern schedules had pounder seamlessly particularly with the dis- struck first, winning the greatly reduced the num- switching between defen- tancing protocols because first Test at Southampton ber of warm-up matches sive end, linebacker,safety of the virus. by four wickets, with that enabled touring sides and even cornerback while "It’s a lot different than Jermaine Blackwood’s 95 to adjust to local condi- being a big-play machine college,” Simmons said. anchoring their impres- tions. at all of them. “And just learning every- sive run-chase in the This time around, the So it may come as a sur- thing virtually as opposed fourth innings of the West Indies had to make prise that the Cardinals to being hands on with Manfred warns MLB match. do with a couple of intra- have asked Simmons to everything and actually However it was a differ- squad games instead. become a man ready to sitting in meetings is a lit- ent story in the next two The rise of lucrative settle down - at inside line- tle bit tougher. But at the could shut down by matches at Old Trafford, franchise Twenty20 tour- backer. The 22-year-old same time, everybody is in where a fired-up Stuart naments mean several seems more than happy to the same position.” Broad, controversially leading West Indies crick- oblige. Cardinals defensive co- Monday if it can’t omitted from the series eters now play little first- “Everybody’s paid to do ordinator Vance Joseph opener, took 16 wickets – class cricket outside the their job out here,” said the current NFL is so including his 500th in Test arena. Simmons said. “So I don’t passing focused that it’s contain coronavirus Tests. However it is still only a know if I’m necessarily hard to envision Simmons Facing Broad in English year ago since West Indies needed to do everything playing in the secondary MAJOR League jump or if players con- conditions, where he re- captain Jason Holder, an that I had to do in college.” on a regular basis, though Baseball’s season could tinue not to strictly abide peatedly makes the ball all-rounder, made an un- Simmons is expected to his unique combination of be in jeopardy if teams by the league's protocols. move off a good length, is beaten double century and be one of the cornerstones size and quickness could and players can’t contain State and local govern- one of world cricket’s more shared a stand of 295 with for a defense the Cardinals make him useful in certain the coronavirus, commis- ments have pressured challenging assignments. wicketkeeper Shane hope is vastly improved situations. sioner Rob Manfred is baseball about players But whereas the West Dowrich during a 381-run this fall. Arizona gave up Joseph said the key is warning, just a week skirting the mandates Indies survived for 70.1 win over England in the most total yards in the maximizing Simmons’ after opening day. outlined in the league's overs in the second in- Barbados. NFL last season and versatility without overex- And the shutdown 113-page operations nings of the second Test, When West Indies were struggled over the middle tending him, especially could happen as soon as manual, sources told they were all out in a mere Test cricket’s dominant of the field, especially in early in his career. Monday. ESPN. Broadcasts that 37.1 overs as England force in the 1970s and coverage against tight “Some of the things he According to ESPN’s have shown players not completed a 269-run win 1980s, many of their play- ends. did at Clemson are realis- Jeff Passan, Manfred wearing masks, high-fiv- in Manchester on Tuesday. ers were also English tic, but some of the things sent this warning to the ing and spitting have left county regulars. Overcoming challenges won’t be,” Joseph said. players union on Friday government officials Faced hard task Opener Gordon Like all rookies, his initia- “He’s going to be a line- — at the conclusion of a wondering how seriously Broad was reunited with Greenidge and fast bowler tion to the NFL has been backer for us, have some week that’s seen the players are taking the new-ball partner James Malcolm Marshall faced strange because of the special roles versus cer- league ravaged by posi- protocols, sources said. Anderson, England’s all- Test team-mates Viv coronavirus pandemic. tain opponents we play, tive tests. The Miami The latest testing re- time leading wicket-taker, Richards, one of cricket’s But Kingsbury said but I can’t guarantee he’s Marlins and sults, released Friday af- in the third Test and West greatest batsmen, and Simmons has the intelli- going to play corner for us Philadelphia Phillies ternoon by MLB, say this Indies coach Phil giant quick Joel Garner gence and physical ability or safety for us full time. have their seasons on week the league took Simmons said that gave when Hampshire played to brush aside those chal- “But again, he’s a 6-foot- pause after a rash of pos- 11,895 samples with 29 his side a hard task. Somerset. lenges and become an im- 4 guy who ran a 4.3 who itive tests. On Friday positives, or 0.2 percent. “Wherever you go it’s An increasing number mediate contributor in the has great lateral quick- alone, six teams aren’t The troubling part is that going to be tough, in of international matches middle of the field. ness and is so long. He can playing games because of 21 of those came from the England’s it’s going to be and changes in regula- “Isaiah has been impres- make up for some of the the wide-ranging effects same team, which we toughest with two bowlers tions led to restrictions on sive since since we drafted lack of quickness with his of players testing posi- know to be the Marlins. It (Anderson and Broad), one overseas stars, but from him, in the meetings and length. I wouldn’t bet tive. The St. Louis brings MLB’s total test- there in 600, one there in next season the 18 first- his attention to detail and against him.” Cardinals were the latest ing numbers to 40,783 500 wickets,” he said. class counties will again his retention of informa- While Simmons doesn’t team impacted, with two with 58 positives, or 0.1 Blackwood, Kraigg be allowed to field two per tion,” Kingsbury said.“And mind concentrating on one positive tests announced percent of those tested. Brathwaite and Shamarh side. they don’t make them position during his rookie Friday. Despite those rela- Brooks all twice reached “That would definitely much prettier when he season, he hasn’t lost his According to Passan, tively small numbers, the fifty but none went on to help and give our players walks in the building. desire for knowledge about this weekend could be season has already been reach three figures. In con- exposure,” said Holder of Simmons joins a defense how players at other posi- crucial for whether the marred by coronavirus trast, Ben Stokes and the prospect of renewed that retains its best play- tions are successful. season continues: concerns. From opening Dom Sibley scored vital West Indian involvement ers from last year, includ- He said “there’s always Should another out- day, when Nationals star hundreds for the home in county cricket. ing All-Pro linebacker going to be small tidbits break materialize, Juan Soto tested positive side. “At the moment the Chandler Jones and Pro and techniques” that he Manfred, who has the before the season’s first For all England’s excel- (visa) rules for overseas Bowl safety Budda Baker. can incorporate in his power to shut the season game, to this week’s lence with the ball, there players are stringent – you Star cornerback Patrick game. He cited lineback- down, could move in that Marlins outbreak, hold- were several self-inflicted have to play international Peterson is also back for a ers Jones and Von Miller direction. Multiple play- ing a baseball season wounds. cricket to qualify as an full season after missing and defensive backs Jalen ers briefed on the call during a pandemic has Shai Hope, who scored overseas player. the first six games last Ramsey and Tyrann fear that season could be already proven more his only two Test hun- “But if we get more play- year following a violation Mathieu as players he en- shut down as soon as challenging than officials dreds against England at ers over here it would put of the NFL’s rules on per- joys watching on film. Monday if positive tests had planned for. Headingley three years us in better stead.” The Barbados Advocate Saturday August 1, 2020 • 21 22 • Saturday August 1, 2020 The Barbados Advocate

Chelsea Sheffield Wednesday hit boss wants with 12-point deduction London – Sheffield Wednesday ceive a 12-point deduction for will be deducted 12 points for breaching the league’s prof- players the 2020-21 Championship sea- itability and sustainability son after being found guilty rules for the three season of breaching the English reporting period ending with to ‘feel Football League’s (EFL) finan- season 2017-18,” read an EFL cial rules. statement. An independent panel deemed “The sporting sanction will pressure’ the club should not have in- take effect in season 2020-21.” CHELSEA manager Frank cluded profits from the sale of Wednesday were found not Lampard says his side “can- the club’s Hillsborough Stadium guilty of breaching their “duty of not cruise” into today’s to owner Dejphon Chansiri in utmost good faith to the EFL by Heads Up FA Cup final financial statements for the pe- deliberately concealing informa- against Arsenal. riod ending July 2018. tion”. The Blues have already quali- The sale helped Wednesday “The club is extremely disap- fied for next season’s Champions stay within the EFL profit and pointed that the commission has League by finishing fourth in the sustainability regulations that imposed a 12-point deduction to Premier League, but the dictate Championship teams be applied next season and Gunners must win at Wembley are permitted to lose a maxi- awaits the written reasons for to qualify for the Europa League. Chelsea manager Frank Lampard. mum of £39 million ($51 mil- this decision,” Wednesday said Lampard told BBC Football lion) over three years. in a statement. Focus: “I’ve heard how there’s club, as a team, think we cruise into a final. You lose them Wednesday said they are “ex- “The club welcomes the deci- more on this game for Arsenal, achieved something last that way. tremely disappointed” with the sion that the commission and that idea worries me. week by finishing in the “The feeling of losing as a man- verdict but welcomed the deci- cleared Sheffield Wednesday of “We must put ourselves under top four,” said the 42-year-old for- ager is worse than as a player sion not to impose the penalty the charge of acting in bad faith pressure.This is a huge game for mer England midfielder. because you take on more re- for the recently completed in its dealings with the EFL. Chelsea.” “We are happy with that sponsibility - but the feeling of 2019/20 season, which would Further,the commission decided Despite knowing they will but that’s gone now.We don’t con- winning is better.” have resulted in relegation to not to apply a 12-point deduc- be playing in Europe’s elite club sider what it means for Arsenal Lampard would not confirm League One. tion this season, thereby impos- competition in 2020-21, Lampard - we want to win the match. whether Kepa Arrizabalaga or The Owls finished 16th in the ing relegation.” – who won the FA Cup four times “I’ve been in this game a fairly Willy Caballero will start in goal, Championship, eight points Wigan were relegated to as a Chelsea player – says his short time but I’ve played for but France midfielder N’Golo clear of the drop zone. League One after a 12-point squad must feel the pressure to many years and I know what I Kante and Brazil winger Willian “An independent disciplinary penalty for entering administra- deliver trophies to Stamford want the feeling to be around a are both available. commission, appointed under tion was imposed on the final Bridge. final. It needs to be pressured; The 139th FA Cup final kicks EFL regulations, has ruled that standings for the 2019/20 “It worries me that we as a we need to be on edge.We cannot off at 17:30 BST at Wembley. Sheffield Wednesday will re- season.

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P R O HOROSCOPES S A ARIES (March 21-April 19). Reaching your N potential is a function of challenging yourself D constantly. That doesn't mean you never take a break, though. All living things need one. C O Avoid burnout by honoring that part of the N cycle. S TAURUS (April 20-May 20). The thinking, plotting and planning can only go on for a short while more before you'll miss the opportunity. Act by the end of the day. Make the first move, even if it's just a phone call. Action is the suc- cess key. Z GEMINI (May 21-June 21). You're hatching I a plan. Have fun with this. Draw up several ver- T sions. This is the stage at which you can go a S little crazy. The edits and practicalities can wait until tomorrow.

CANCER (June 22-July 22). Talk about what you know -- it will bring luck. But don't claim that this is the only truth. In the days to come, your certainty will be blasted by the cold winds R of doubt and then warmed by new realizations. E X LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). Your mood: risk- averse. This has nothing to do with being afraid M and everything to do with being smart. If you O can get your prize while incurring the least R amount of risk possible, it will help all in- G volved. A N VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). You may develop a crush, become a fan or find yourself gener- ally intrigued. This fascination stems from a de- sire. The other person has achieved something you'd like to achieve, and you're ready to learn. P LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). You can grow on H your own, but why would you want to when A you can get there so much faster by spending N time with the people who help and inspire you T to learn, do and be more? O M SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). If you ask everyone around you for help today, it will only confuse your effort. Trust yourself. You're smart, you're concise, and you'll find the fastest route to getting what you need.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). M Concentration is a tricky matter today. Too A much focus on one area will lead to burnout. R You can stop yourself from getting bored and Y tired by bouncing between four different proj- ects. W O CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). Beliefs can R free or enclose. Often those living inside an en- T closing belief do not even know they are held H captive until someone leads them out into the open air. You'll be that someone.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). You'll notice M a quality you dislike in another person. You O don't share this quality exactly, and yet the fact T that it triggers such a response in you is a sig- H nal that there's something you'd like to change E about yourself. R G PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). Don't listen to O the armchair critics. It's easy to complain about O and correct the world from the comfort of a cli- S mate-controlled living room. Everything is dif- E ferent where you are: in the heat of the action.

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Saturday August 1, 2020 HEAD OF OECS EXPLAINS KEY TO EMPOWERMENT THE key to empowerment for Caribbean people is found in social and collective progress. However, Director General of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) Dr. Didacus Jules identified that a major challenge within the regional integration movement is how to reignite the fire, spirit and purpose towards such a goal as many obstacles are placed in its way. “History has conspired against us. At a certain point in history, all great civilisations passed through the Caribbean. History matters even more than we had recognised. So this move- ment was built as a catalytic initiative in the history of the Caribbean. The strongest common thread in the philosophies of our most transformational leaders whether from the political or cultural level, from Marcus Garvey to Bob Marley, from Eric Williams to Maurice Bishop, from the Mighty Sparrow to Black Stalin, the key to empowerment and liberation to Director General of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States, Dr. Didacus Jules said entrepreneurship going forward the formerly oppressed people of the must be in balance with nature. Caribbean is in thinking differently about ourselves, our conditions, our direct relevance to 12 of the 17 water and life on land and (create) now recognise that entrepreneurship potential and our possibilities,” he stated. Sustainable Development Goals of the partnerships.” going forward must be something that is As part of the panel taking part in UN as “it seeks to ignite entrepreneurial Speaking on the impact the Covid-19 rethought in the context of an alliance the OECS Sustainable Development action and innovation in realising those pandemic has had on the world, Jules with nature, working in synergy with the Movement (SDM) 2020 Summit’s goals including: zero hunger,good health, insisted this time be used wisely. universe. Regardless of being rich or poor Fireside Chat yesterday, Jules quality education, gender equality, “Nature has put a pause button on we are all impacted… so we have to take emphasised “it has to be about more than clean energy, decent work and economic globalisation with Covid and we now have a look at the green, blue and orange individual empowerment, but social and growth, industry and innovation, an opportunity to take a different look at economies and taking a different collective progress.” responsible consumption and production, things. So many things have been called approach on how we build our nations,” he He therefore underlined the SDM climate action, (protect) life below into question by the Covid experience we stressed. (JMB)

WHO Chief warns young people not to ‘let guard down’ YOUNG people are being warned about their guard during the northern important in enabling people to citizens to understand their risk; to adapt; “letting down their guard” when it comes hemisphere summer. make the right decisions for their to engage; to give up to things they value to the seriousness of the coronavirus. “We have said it before and we’ll health. and that define them. In the face of the Although older people are at a higher say it again: young people are not “We have all seen the harm done by COVID-19 pandemic, countries are using risk of severe disease, Director-General invincible.Young people can be infected; misinformation. But information alone a range of tools to influence behaviour: of the World Health Organization young people can die; and young is not enough,” he pointed out. information campaigns are one tool, but (WHO) Dr.Tedros Ghebreyesus issued people can transmit the virus to others,” He explained that people make so are laws, regulations, guidelines and a reminder that younger people are at he stressed. decisions based on a wide range of factors even fines.” risk too. “That’s why young people must take to do with their culture, beliefs, values, “We are learning what works, and what “One of the challenges we face is the same precautions to protect them- economic circumstances, as well as make doesn’t.That’s why behavioural science is convincing younger people of this risk,”he selves and protect others as everyone else. decisions under unprecedented financial so important – it helps us to understand told Thursday’s press briefing, revealing They can be leaders – they should be and social pressure, high levels of how people make decisions, so we can that evidence suggests that spikes of leaders and drivers of change.” anxiety and with ill-equipped health support them to make the best cases in some countries are being driven Moreover,Dr. Ghebreyesus emphasised systems. decisions for their health,” the WHO in part by younger people letting down that reliable information is extremely “Countries have been asking their Chief added. (TL)

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