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Saturday January 30, 2021 $1 VAT Inclusive Farmers ready to help WITH the Government set to distribute 60 000 care packages of basic food and essential items to help the most vulnerable dur- ing the pending two-week lock- down, the assurance is being given that stakeholders in the local agriculture sector are willing and ready to play their part. It has come from Chief Executive Officer of the Barbados Agricultural Society (BAS), James Paul. Reflecting on the care pack- ages initiative in an interview with The Barbados Advocate, Paul said with the lockdown looming, farmers are eager to help. He made the point while indicating that he hopes that between that initiative and supplying supermarkets with various types of produce,farmers will be able to sell whatever they have available to meet the needs of the Barbadians. “We have been told that we would be able to provide some commodities for those care pack- Minister of Youth, Sports and Community Empowerment, Dwight Sutherland; Director of Youth in that Ministry, Cleviston Hunte; ages, and we are right now put- and Permanent Secretary in that Ministry, Yolande Howard; as well as Member of Parliament for St. Michael East, Trevor Prescod ting systems in place to see what with the entrepreneurs who were presented with keys to their kiosks yesterday. is available among the various farms. This is not something we prepared for in the farming com- munity so it really depends on availability, but we will do our best. So we are going to do our surveys now and then see how we can proceed from there,” he KEYS TO KIOSKS said. The BAS official added that at this time the conditions for grow- ing produce are very good, and this is heartening given that at the end of last year conditions were “pretty bad”. As to how the national lock- HANDED OVER down will impact the operations of the various farms across the island, Paul said farmers are More entrepreneurs benefit from Phase One of Building Blocks Project assuming that they can operate outside of the curfew hours as they normally would, once they SIXTEEN entrepreneurs The presentation was done by where they will ply their trade businesses and encouraged hold firm to the COVID-19 pro- are now owners of kiosks Minister of Youth, Sports and and earn a living. them to be role models to oth- tocols. provided to them through Community Empowerment, Addressing the audience, ers. Sutherland also urged “The farmers will do what they Phase One of government’s Dwight Sutherland; and Sutherland explained the them to be mentors and to seek have to do, but there are certain Building Blocks Project. Member of Parliament for St. Project “is a comprehensive, to grow their businesses as services that are essential to Of this number, three fe- Michael East, Trevor Prescod. community-based, social inter- time goes on. keeping a farmer’s operations males on Friday officially As part of the Project, entre- vention programme strategy “As you enter these doors going. And really, the truth is, signed documents and were preneurs from Silver Hill in that we have created to solve from when we cease the the important thing for us is to presented with keys to their Christ Church; Bonnetts, The unemployment”. He compli- pause on February 17th, I want ensure those services will be establishments, which are sit- Ivy and Parkinson Field all in mented the three ladies for you to bring along other available so that our operations uated in The Ivy, St. Michael. St. Michael now own kiosks seeking to start their own BUILDING BLOCKS on Page can run smoothly,” he stated. 2 • Saturday January 30, 2021 The Barbados Advocate

Ishema Alleyne (centre), who plans to open a barbershop and salon, testing out the equipment in the kiosk. She is joined by Minister of Youth, Sports and Community Empowerment, Dwight Sutherland (right), and Member of Parliament for St. Michael East, Trevor Prescod. Government praised for Building Blocks initiative BUILDING BLOCKS Member of Parliament for Your children should from Page 1 St. Michael East, Trevor never be in the position Prescod, who lauded gov- that you are in or not you members of this com- ernment and the Minister have failed. munity with you…I want for “opening up small “You must be able to you to be a shining light businesses all across take the family forward; and an example of how Barbados”. He too encour- out of this the young people are sup- aged the day’s recipients next generation must be posed to operate [and] own to develop and expand better than you because their own business.Teach their businesses in com- that is your responsibility, them the value of having a ing years. that is the authority and business and also teach “I am hoping that as a the expectation that is them the value of being result of what you are vested in you by your disciplined and creating doing here and the power foreparents. And when lifelong skills that can that you have invested in you come here and you take them beyond these the hands of these people, open up a business, when Entrepreneur, Bobbi Babb opening the door to the kiosk where she will operate shores.” these people will be able to you leave here, I want you her bar and grill. She is joined by Minister of Youth, Sports and Community Also addressing the develop a higher quality to own a supermarket.” Empowerment, Dwight Sutherland (right), and Member of Parliament for St. gathering was the of life coming out of this. (MG) Michael East, Trevor Prescod.

Sisters, Nathania and Rhea Steede looking around the kiosk where they will be selling confectionaries, ice-cream and smoothies while Minister of Youth, Sports and Community Empowerment, Dwight Sutherland and Member of Parliament for St. Michael East, Trevor Prescod look on. The Barbados Advocate Saturday January 30, 2021 • 3 PM Mottley commended for handling of COVID fight PRIME Minister Mia Amor February 3 to 17. pandemic hit,” she lamented. Mottley has been lauded for Every day, she added, reports Mottley expressed the view her handling of the COVID- are surfacing about businesses that officials would have to com- 19 pandemic, which has closing because an employee had plete a review of short-term seriously affected the globe tested positive for the virus. She tourism, while pointing out that and killed over two million indicated that this situation has the Welcome Stamp initiative “is people. been causing too much uncer- doing relatively well”. Ambassador Extraordinary tainty,anxiety,and even reduced During the discussions, the and Plenipotentiary of Sweden productivity. Prime Minister said Barbados is to Barbados, Elisabeth Eklund, Therefore, she stressed, it is keen to deepen its relations with who resides in Stockholm, offered necessary to introduce the addi- Sweden and the Nordic region. the commendation on Thursday, tional restrictions now to restrict She recalled that many years ago when she paid a courtesy call on movement so health officials when she was younger, several the PM at Ilaro Court. could once again get ahead of this Swedes visited Barbados and ex- In congratulating Ms. Mottley, disease spread. pressed hope that there would be Mrs. Eklund stated: “You have Mottley noted that the health a return to such in the future. done a remarkable job during the officials, including the Cuban Those attending the courtesy time of the pandemic.” nurses and more recently Cuban call included Minister of Foreign Mottley said Government’s doctors and laboratory technolo- Affairs and Foreign Trade, mantra is safe people, safe work, gists who came to assist, are Senator Dr. Jerome Walcott; safe country and, therefore, working tirelessly in the COVID- Permanent Secretary in that choosing to save lives is foremost 19 fight. Ministry, Simone Rudder; and in this fight. She reiterated She said the pandemic has had Permanent Secretary in the Government’s commitment to a very negative impact on the Prime Minister’s Office, Alies saving lives first and then sta- country’s economy. Jordan. bilising the country,as she under- “We brought the country to the Diplomatic relations between scored the importance of the na- point where it (the economy) was Barbados and Sweden were tional pause period from about to take off and then the established on March 19, 1976. Barbados Prime Minister, Mia Amor Mottley. Stuart worried CXC exams to continue about state of as scheduled PRIVATE candidates writing country’s economy the Caribbean Examinations Council’s January 2021 exami- A LOCAL economist says that foreign debt, driving the debt to nations are advised that if Barbados’ revenues continue GDP ratio up to 144 per cent”. all exams scheduled for to be hard hit by the prolonged The economist is suggesting Wednesday, February 3, at the uncertainty of the COVID-19 that the remedy is in fact just Parkinson Memorial School, pandemic, the country will as bad as the ailment. He said The Pine, St. Michael, will con- need to run additional deficits that regulatory failure, includ- tinue as initially communicated. and borrow even more to fi- ing slow and inefficient public nance the shortfalls to come in sector processes; lack of finan- 2021. cial guarantees and adequate Kemar Stuart, Director of support from the Government; Government day Business Development, no new investment and lack of Finance and Investment with reform to investment laws, con- nurseries to be Stuart & Perkins Caribbean tinue to delay critical progress made the comments in his in this country. analysis of the recently re- While agreeing with the closed during leased Central Bank Report. Central Bank Governor that “Coming out of the report is- capital works programmes are ‘national pause’ sued by the Governor of the a way to revive the “dire econ- IN light of the impending “na- Central Bank, the main pillar omy” and facilitate growth over tional pause” from February 3 of survival for the Barbados the medium term, Stuart to 17, the Child Care Board economy is the ability to mo- maintained that the govern- (CCB) has advised that all gov- bilise debt support from the ment has not been pulling its ernment operated day nurseries IMF [International Monetary weight. In this respect, the will be closed from Monday, Fund] through the BERT economist referred to the February 1, to Friday, February [Barbados Economic Recovery BERT programme, which he 19. and Transformation] pro- argued was in itself hindering Kemar Stuart, Director of Business Development, Finance and The public is also advised that gramme. This support filled the some development. Investment with Stuart & Perkins Caribbean. the CCB’s office will be closed massive shortfalls in revenue from February 3 to 17. collected by Government due ‘An albatross’ limit the Bank's role in financ- pillars of the economy, apart However, in the event of child to the imposition of restrictions In fact, he described the BERT ing government's roles in the from tourism, working. But, he abuse emergencies, persons may of economic activity. Economic programme as an albatross, economy, the inability to bor- acknowledged this is a chal- contact the Board at telephone activity dropped 18 per cent or noting that one of the condi- row from an over leveraged lenge. number 256-9664 or 256-9023, approximately 1.8 billion dol- tions of the IMF sanctioned NIS [National Insurance “...Given the uncertainty of or call the Police Emergency lars,” he said. plan is a restrictive clause on Scheme], a dampened bond the pandemic and a pending Hotline at 211. Stuart added, “The Governor spend as it relates to capital market, an ineffective stock rollout of a vaccine programme, Parents and guardians are constantly made the point of works programmes. He said market, an inability to borrow Government may continue to also reminded to ensure that weak revenues. Weak revenue that unless that condition was from any private capital mar- waver on a policy direction to they provide a safe and secure is an important factor in a de- renegotiated at recent meet- ket in any substantial way – build out and drive the local environment for their children cision to allow the Government ings with the IMF, that spend- all highlight the life support economy,” he stated. during this “lockdown” period. to run a $100 million deficit, ing ceiling will inhibit govern- the IMF and the other inter- Stuart contended that the The Child Care Board thanks which needed to be financed by ment's ability to do major ex- national financial institutions country could not afford such the public for its understanding, borrowing from an interna- pansions of spending in the has created around Barbados' hesitation as that drive could as it continues to work in the tional financial institution. To economy for 2021. finances,” he added. help to wean Barbados off the best interest of the nation’s date Government has bor- “The amendments to the With that in mind, he said worrying trend of IMF life sup- children. rowed 980 million dollars in Central Bank Act Cap 323C to there is a need to get the other port. (Child Care Board) 4• Saturday January 30, 2021 The Barbados Advocate

Doc: Take heed of warnings HEAD of Infectious Diseases ally need to heed the calls the look well and are walking crashes, it is not going to be easy and Control Dr. Corey Forde Ministry of Health has put out,” around and they may have the and a lot of physicians are under is sending out a heartfelt he said. virus and it may not be them a lot of pressure right now, and plea to Barbadians to heed Forde urged persons to wear who get in trouble, but maybe you are the ones who will help the Health Ministry’s direc- their face masks properly, to their granny who lives in the us to do that in the long run,” the tives in keeping safe during wash their hands regularly and house, it may be their mother doctor added. the Covid-19 pandemic. to social distance wherever pos- or their father or neighbour. Forde noted that up to “We have had younger per- sible, noting there are still too “What we have seen in the Thursday night, the age range of sons in the (Critical Care) Unit many instances of complacency. last two weeks in our intensive the ten persons within the in recent days, which really “Every time I see people and care unit is that we are getting Critical Care Unit was between speaks to what we have been they are on the road together in more sick people, and I am re- 42 and 72 years. One of these saying all along – that this dis- bunches, not wearing masks, it ally asking Barbadians to heed individuals is on a ventilator, ease is no respecter of age or almost puts a chill through me the warnings of the Ministry of while eight are on oxygen sup- persons. So what it means for because it puts a real strain on Health and follow the protocols. port. Head of Infectious Diseases us as Barbadians is that we re- our health care system. People If our health care system (JMB) and Control Dr. Corey Forde. Online learning to Health talks today continue during lockdown AS COVID-19 continues to grip the world, a team of profession- AS the island heads into a two- “For the most part everyone is als are coming together to give week lockdown to help curb the committed to ensuring we do the advice on how to cope physi- recent spike in COVID-19 cases, right thing in keeping our stu- cally and mentally. online learning will continue for dents in an online environment, It will take place during a dis- all primary and secondary because that is what the situa- cussion ‘Love Yourself Enough schools. tion dictates,” she said. to Live a Healthy Lifestyle’ Speaking during Thursday Bradshaw expressed grati- today, January 30, at 6:30 p.m. evening’s Covid-19 update at tude to teachers for working via Zoom meeting. The ID is Ilaro Court, Education Minister during the difficult time and in 837 7216 6905 and pass- Santia Bradshaw said earlier in embracing learning the technol- code:358466. the day meetings were held ogy necessary for hosting online The lineup will feature Lise between the ministry, the classes. Morency (yoga and meditation); Barbados Association of She reiterated that the min- Margaret Campbell-Leslie (in- Principals of Public Secondary istry is continuing to work on termittent fasting); Sheena Schools, the Association of getting tablets in the hands of Ramsay (impact of COVID-19 Principals of Public Primary those students without. on drug supply, the importance Schools, the Barbados Union of “We have a couple more com- of taking medication); Dr. Teachers and the Barbados ing into the island, so over the Elliott Doughlin (nutrition and Secondary Teachers’ Union, course of the next few days and immunity); and Dr Carmeta where all agreed that teaching certainly even during the lock- Doughlin (Facing a Pandemic will continue on the online down, the anticipation is that in 2021). platform. we will have those configured The discussion has been or- With schools now heading into and be able to distribute to stu- ganised by the Alexandra the third week of the term after dents and to teachers who may Education Minister Santia Bradshaw. School Alumni Association of a two-week delay to its start, not have devices at this point in Barbados and Toronto. It is part she said the general opinion was time,” Bradshaw continued. those teachers without technol- also urged principals to take of a series of activities by the as- to ensure children did not Noting that a skeleton staff ogy access at home, security those with co-morbidities off the sociation planned for the 2021 continue to fall behind. will be at each school, including officers and ancillary staff, she rotation. (JMB) year.

COVID-19 update: One death, 21 new positives, 25 discharged AN 84-year-old Barbadian The 21 new positives comprise woman, who had a pre-existing 11 women and 10 men. Seven of chronic illness, is the latest casu- them are persons who would alty of COVID-19. She died on have been sent to the Harrison Thursday, January 28. Point Isolation Facility previ- Her death brings to 12 the ously,for assessment. The other number of persons who have 14 persons are Barbadians. succumbed to the viral illness. Of the total 361 persons diag- There were also 21 new posi- nosed as positive at Her tive COVID-19 cases recorded Majesty’s Prisons Dodds, 355 on Thursday. They were identi- have recovered. The remaining fied from among the 422 six persons are included in the tests conducted by the Best- active cases count. dos Santos Public Health To date, Barbados has Laboratory. recorded 1 498 confirmed cases Twenty-five people also recov- – 609 females, 889 males – and ered and were discharged from 1 123 persons have recovered. isolation. This brings the num- The public health laboratory ber of active cases in Barbados has so far completed 101 675 to 363. tests. Barbados COVID-19 Situation Report for January 28, 2020. The Barbados Advocate Saturday January 30, 2021 • 5

BARP President urges seniors to stay home By Marsha Gittens independence. Certainly, they who passed away from the might be somebody in the virus on January 19 and a 91- BARBADOS Association of neighbourhood that can render year-old woman who died on Retired Persons’ (BARP) some assistance but it is January 24. While on Thursday, President, Marilyn Rice- imperative that seniors stay January 28 an 84-year-old Bowen is urging persons indoors. This is a serious woman died. over age 70 to seriously matter. Very often you hear The BARP President said the heed the call to stay at home people say, ‘they like to do this organisation endorses the unless it is critical to leave. for themselves and all of that’ Prime Minister’s call and Rice-Bowen said though but this is not the time to test indicated that BARP made a some seniors may enjoy or one’s strength. A national call similar an appeal via the press prefer to conduct their own has been made and we implore this week. She added all seniors business, as requested by the all seniors to take heed.” should heed the advice. Prime Minister during So far for the month of “We are heartened by the fact Tuesday’s COVID-19 update, January, five deaths due to that a national call has been they should comply and stay at COVID-19 have been recorded. made for seniors to stay indoors home for the next three weeks. Of these, four have been and we do hope that they listen “This is a time really and members of the elderly to the words of wisdom and stay truly to be quite honest with population. They were an 84- indoors as a way of protecting you, it really does not pay to be year-old man who died on themselves and their families Barbados Association of Retired Persons’ (BARP) President, disobedient or to test one’s January 17, an 83-year-old man as well.” Marilyn Rice-Bowen.

Pandemic forces FEED programme online THE Ministry of Agriculture pandemic and with limited hydroponics, aquaculture, and Food Security’s Farmers space, the online platform was Blackbelly sheep rearing and Empowerment and implemented on which the fish farming. It is a three-year Enfranchisement Drive course material is uploaded programme conceptualised by (FEED) programme is now and accessed by the Minister of Agriculture and online. participants. Food Security, Indar Weir, and Head of the programme Dr. At the end of the training his team at the ministry. Jamekal Andwele, said the sessions, Dr. Andwele said, “We are trying to bring new COVID-19 pandemic, space short quizzes will be agriculturalists and new allocation and the guidelines conducted, during which the farmers into production, of the protocols set up to deal participants can test increasing national food with the virus, had caused themselves on the instructions production, looking at food them to go online. they were given and if not security as well as looking to According to the FEED certain, can return to the lower the food import bill and programme head, the videos and conclude their the programme is going good programme, which consists of online training. despite the impact of COVID- three main components; “As long as the participants 19,” Dr. Andwele noted. training, allocation of lands have completed their The initial training group and marketing, had been theoretical training online and was made up of about 238 impacted by the pandemic, placed on lands, they will persons and training would be causing the trainers to undergo smaller practical completed by the end of this move to the online training sessions in an open month after which the platform, but with environment, in groups of participants would be allocated reduced numbers. about ten or 15, for outdoor land, making room for the next In the beginning, Dr. training sessions and along group which is expected to be Andwele said, over 100 with their trainers fine tune bigger. persons had been their practical skills,” Andwele “They will be taught the involved in the training noted. basics skills critical to running at two locations; at the The programme was started an effective farming operation, BADMC at Fairy Valley,Christ in 2019 and includes open field business planning, customer Church and the other at the cultivation, temperature service, record keeping as well Head of the Farmers’ Empowerment and Enfranchisement Drive Ministry of Agriculture, controlled container farming, as sales and marketing,” the (FEED) programme, Dr. Jamekal Andwele. however as a result of the apiculture, animal husbandry, FEED head added.

Efforts on to assist NGOs in getting through tough times FOLLOWING the National challenges and to find solutions “Right now the Secretariat for resources with the others. So for He added, “That is where we NGO Impact Consultation at to these challenges, some of the NNN is just getting them example, if someone says I are going with the NNN.We are the Hilton Hotel late last year,a which have been made worse by together. We have started a would like some clothes, I may going to create a board and we number of non-governmental or- the COVID-19 pandemic.Whilst WhatsApp group and we intend be able to share that with that will also create a number of sub- ganisations have been banding there is a lot more work to be to start from there, because that NGO, which may limit the committees, but the movement together under the umbrella of done in terms of aiding those in gives us a platform to talk, to amount of running around they has been a bit slow because of the National NGO Network the NGO community, he noted share ideas, to share informa- have to do.The same if someone the COVID situation, so we just (NNN), to strengthen ties and that those in charge of non-gov- tion, so that is where we started has food or other supplies. So we have to work to suit”. share resources. ernmental organisations are ap- as an NGO body,” Saffrey said of are trying to create that plat- “What we are doing basically Coordinator of the National preciative of the forum they now the steps taken to date following form for a conversation between is just building out (the network) NGO Network (NNN), Kemar have to share with each other that consultation. the NGOs, where we all get a and strengthening it and so far Saffrey has indicated that the and to receive any assistance “We also asked them their chance to talk and share infor- we have had a pretty good re- consultation has proven useful that can be offered, to help them needs and wants and challenges mation. So that has been a sponse, now that we have the in bringing the NGO commu- better navigate the pandemic during this time and people who pretty good platform,” Saffrey group,” The NNN’s coordinator nity together, to identify their and stay afloat. have resources can share those indicated. noted. (RSM) 6 • Saturday January 30, 2021 The Barbados Advocate

PAHO director warns of triple crisis in region

PAN American Health new cases of COVID-19 and sub- by more than 25 per cent over Organisation (PAHO) sequent deaths. For example, the last week. Director Dr. Carissa Etienne Chile has lowered the transmis- has warned that the COVID- sion curve by implementing a Prioritise those at risk 19 pandemic has brought a successful “Health Residences” As COVID vaccines are rolled triple crisis throughout this strategy, providing temporary out over the coming months, Dr. region. housing for people diagnosed Etienne insists that health sys- “It has ravaged our health sys- with COVID-19 as well as close tems need to track vaccinations tems, fractured our social pro- contacts and suspect or probable and prioritise those most at risk tection, and destabilised our cases, who cannot quarantine of severe illness, like the elderly economies,” she maintained dur- effectively at home,” she pointed and health workers, in order to ing PAHO’s weekly virtual press out. reduce demand on our hospitals. conference on Wednesday. The PAHO director reported “We owe a great debt to our She said the loss of over one that in North America, the US is front-line health workers, so I’ve million people in the Americas continuing to report the highest been pleased to see that in coun- from this virus should serve as number of cases in this region. tries where vaccinations are an urgent call that persons Mexico is reporting a rise in in- under way, doses are being pri- must do more to protect them- fections, with some regions of oritised for health workers, with selves and each other from that country seeing tripling similar plans across other coun- getting sick. cases over the last few weeks. tries that will roll out Dr. Etienne therefore reiter- Moreover, in the Caribbean, vaccines soon. ated that this includes strong larger islands like Puerto Rico, “Broad access to vaccines rep- calls to action to reinforce the the Dominican Republic, Haiti, resents our way out of this pan- public health measures that and Cuba are seeing an increase demic, but while supplies are are needed now in each of the in infections. Smaller limited, we need to focus on pre- places that are seeing out- islands like Saint Vincent and venting new infections now to breaks. the Grenadines and St. Lucia keep the virus under control,” “We need to redouble our ef- are seeing a rapid acceleration she said. forts to reduce the number of of cases with infections growing (TL) Pan American Health Organisation Director, Dr. Carissa Etienne. Caribbean countries, IICA to partner to create climate resilient agriculture UNDER the leadership of the Nations Green Climate Fund. Ministry of the Environment It will focus on the develop- and Housing of The Bahamas ment of capacities, strategic and with funding from the frameworks, knowledge man- United Nations Green Climate agement and learning, in a bid Fund, the Inter-American to strengthen the base upon Institute for Cooperation on which the Caribbean agricul- Agriculture (IICA) and other ture sector can prioritise in- partners will carry out actions vestments for resilience. to promote sustainable agricul- ture in the Caribbean – a re- Agriculture part of the gion that is highly vulnerable solution to the effects of climate change. “Agriculture should be part of The project, which will be the solution and we must sup- implemented in nine countries port the countries of the (The Bahamas, Belize, Caribbean in generating the Dominica, Haiti, Saint Kitts conditions that will allow them and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint to be more resilient to climate A projected funded by the Green Climate Fund will benefit the agriculture sectors of The Vincent and the Grenadines, change, while ensuring an ad- Bahamas, Belize, Dominica, Haiti, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Suriname and Trinidad and equate and quality food supply Grenadines, Suriname and Trinidad and Tobago. Tobago), will aim to increase for their people,” maintained the engagement of the agricul- Manuel Otero, Director gas emissions in specific agri- reduction. This, combined with nelling additional resources to ture sector in climate action General of IICA. cultural value chains, thus fa- its weak linkages with other support the climate change re- and planning; to develop Primary project beneficiaries cilitating the defining of meas- sectors, is limiting the access of sponse of the Caribbean agri- analysis and capacities for ev- will be farmers, civil society ures to address them. the agriculture sector to inter- culture sector, which is a source idence-based decision-making; and non-governmental organi- Currently, the limited capac- national climate funding. of income for thousands of fam- and to identify good practices, sations, agricultural technical ity of the Caribbean agricul- Kelly Witkowski, Manager of ilies but one which is also ex- methodologies and technolo- officers, governments, entre- ture sector to identify and IICA’s Climate Change, tremely vulnerable to climate gies to boost agricultural re- preneurs and Caribbean youth, manage needs in this area is Natural Resources and conditions.We will also aim to silience. among others. creating challenges and ham- Management of Production identify investment priorities The initiative has received Moreover, the project is seek- pering efforts to mobilise in- Risks Programme, indicated and foster cooperation among close to USD 1.2 million in ing to create a roadmap to im- vestments to reduce climate that, “The scope of these key countries to build more re- funding from the United prove reports on greenhouse risk and to assist in emission objectives will assist in chan- silient food systems.” The Barbados Advocate Saturday January 30, 2021 • 7

China: Employment stable despite COVID impact THE nation’s job market in the ministry’s employment hometowns and given them Research, said the outlook for than emergency events such as steadily regained its promotion department, said priority in joining any job- China’s job market would COVID-19.” momentum in 2020, with during an online news hunting campaigns.” improve in 2021 “thanks to the He said that any measures about 11.9 million urban jobs conference on Tuesday. The government has also government’s experience in that can create more added throughout the year, To offset the negative impact of channeled great efforts and controlling the epidemic, but employment for job hunters are outperforming the planned the pandemic, the ministry resources to further encourage there are challenges yet to be welcome. “In the short term, the target of 9 million, according released 28 new policies in 2020, entrepreneurship and tackled”. government can give small and to data released on Tuesday including the reduction of 1.54 innovation in order to ease medium-sized companies by the Ministry of Human trillion yuan ($238 billion) in employment pressures, Market uncertainties incentives to let them recruit Resources and Social payments made by enterprises including raising the credit limit “Along with the pandemic, the more people, including migrant Security. and entrepreneurs for for entrepreneurs and canceling current foreign trade workers, and release more The surveyed unemployment endowment, unemployment and a number of administrative fees. environment and problems supportive policies to attract rate in urban areas fell to 5.2 job-related injuries insurance. However, the job market still brought by the technological more entrepreneurs.” percent in December after rising Helping formerly poverty- faces an uncertain future due to revolution have all put pressure “In the long run, offering to a historic high of 6.2 percent in stricken people to find stable the recently recurring sporadic on the job market,” Chen said. workers training courses to February. employment was another COVID-19 cases and the “For example, the improve their skills is of great “The year 2020 was surely a important measure taken in unstable foreign trade technological revolution requires importance, which can improve remarkable one in the history of 2020. environment. employees to have greater skills, their capacity of withstanding employment, when great efforts “We’ve organized these Chen Lixiang, vice dean of as does the adjustment of the possible risks and surviving the were made to stabilize the job formerly poverty-stricken people Peking University’s China economic structure, and exerts technological revolution,” he market,” Zhang Ying, an official to work away from their Institute for Occupation more and long-term pressure said. Artificial meat welcomed for its environment benefits IT WAS 90 years ago when the world’s population is expected Winston Churchill thought it was to increase to 8.5 billion in 2030, absurd to grow a chicken but eat and further to 9.7 billion by 2050. only parts of it. In an essay titled It is estimated that the world’s Fifty Years Hence he published in meat production in 2019 was 1931, he envisioned the meat about 335 million tons, and the people would eat in the future. consumption was about 333 “We shall escape the absurdity million tons. of growing a whole chicken in “If the current dietary habit, order to eat the breast or wing, by especially meat consumption growing these parts separately habit, is followed, the meat under a suitable medium,” he products on the planet will not be wrote in the essay. enough to meet the consumption The lab-grown meat that needs of nearly 10 billion people,” Churchill imagined in the essay said Xue Yan, Secretary General didn’t appear until the 2010s, of China Plant Based Foods decades later than he assumed. In Alliance, one of the first 2013, the first lab-grown organizations to represent the hamburger patty was developed alternative protein sector in A customer orders food at a fast food chain outlet in Guangzhou, Guangdong Province in successfully and fried up in the China. “Meat substitutes may be south China, on April 28, 2020. Netherlands. The hissing sound able to meet the demand for more from the frying pan kicked open people to eat meat in a more manmade meat: plant-based originated in Buddhist Review. “Even though the the door of the synthetic meat healthy and green way.” meat and cultured meat. The monasteries after Emperor Wudi traditional artificial meat is also world. Manmade meat can reduce the former is made by extracting of the Liang Dynasty (502-557), a processed from plants like Scientists from other countries environment cost. “Animal plant proteins, while cultured supporter of Buddhism, soybeans or mushrooms, the followed suit. In December 2019, husbandry is a major source of meat is produced by harvesting advocated monks eat vegetarian processing is very simple. Their a team of Chinese scientists land degradation and water animal cells and nurturing them food instead of meat. The monks meat effects are mostly from the produced 5 grams of meat pollution,” Xue said. In addition, to create muscle tissue. then used soybean products to way and ingredients that people cultured from animal muscle the industry is also a major source Lab-grown meat still needs replace meat dishes and such cook them with. The artificial stem cells. of greenhouse emissions. Xue some time to break into the artificial meat dishes gradually meat that we talk about now revealed that greenhouse gases market due to its current high went out of the monasteries. involves much more advanced The ‘new’concept produced by animal husbandry cost, and it awaits more support There are some records of such technologies in the processing to The reason for the birth of lab- account for nearly one fifth of the from governments, but plant- dishes appearing in banquets make it taste like meat by itself.” grown meat is not to avoid global total and exceed those based meat has already made its hosted by officials in the following Beetroot juice and coconut oil wasting the “inedible parts” of the produced by all vehicles in the successful market debut. years. “Such artificial meat extract give artificial meat the bird, like Churchill thought, but world. The words “artificial meat” are including the vegetarian meat color and texture of animal meat; the fact that the meat produced Zhou Guanghong, a professor not new to Chinese people at all. served in many vegetarian there is virtually no difference in on Earth can hardly feed its at Nanjing Agricultural The use of tofu to make dishes restaurants in China is different appearance between the two population. University who leads a lab-grown imitating the flavour of meat has from the artificial meat we talk kinds of meat. Heme, an organic According to a report released meat project, explained that there a long history in China. It is about now,” Jian Yi, founder of molecule, gives artificial meat a by the United Nations in 2019, are currently two types of believed that this tradition Good Food Fund, told Beijing rich meaty flavor. China’s first hybrid rocket to make 2021 maiden flight LONG March-6A, China’s first can be powered by different Technology Corporation (CASC). March-1 carrier rocket launched significant space project imple- carrier rocket powered by a solid numbers of liquid and solid en- The rocket has a higher degree the country’s first satellite, mentations.These have included and liquid engine, will make its gines to achieve different carry- of automation and is also more Dongfanghong-1, into orbit. manned space programs, lunar maiden flight in 2021, its devel- ing capacity levels, which is more intelligent as it can monitor and As of March 2019, 17 Long exploration, the BeiDou oper said. cost-effective, according to the diagnose its potential problems. March carrier rocket types have Navigation Satellite System, and Long March-6A, a new gener- Eighth Academy of China China joined the space club on been developed and operated the Gaofen Earth observation ation medium-launch vehicle, Aerospace Science and April 24, 1970, when the Long since 1970, ensuring a series of project. 8 • Saturday January 30, 2021 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 Pandemic slows across world

PARIS, France – The America and the Portugal follows with and Britain down 29 per COVID-19 pandemic Caribbean, a decline of 17 per cent more (12,900 cent or 28,600 cases. Time to pause slowed down in every seven per cent in the cases), Belgium with The US again had by region of the world over Middle East and a drop 10 per cent more (2,200 far the highest number CITIZENS have been to and fro across the the past week, according of five percent in Asia. cases), Peru with seven of new cases with country over the last few days, preparing for the to a specialised AFP This week, Europe and per cent more (5,300 160,700 per day, a de- “national pause” that is to come next week. database. the US/Canada were cases), and the United crease of 15 per cent over As we are all aware, just recently, the The pace of the pan- home to nearly two- Arab Emirates with six the past week, ahead of Government of Barbados announced some demic slackened for the thirds, or 65 per cent, of per cent more (3,700). Brazil with 51,600 or restrictive measures which are to come, in an second week in a row, the new cases. The biggest decrease minus three per cent, effort to try to get a grip on the rise in COVID- with 11 per cent fewer The number of con- was again in Ireland and Spain with 35,500 or 19 cases of late. It has been noted that from new cases per day, or firmed cases only re- with 43 per cent fewer, plus one per cent. Wednesday, February 3, until Wednesday, 564,300, compared to the flects a fraction of the or 1,500 new cases per After them come February 17, all supermarkets will open from previous week. actual number of infec- day, after a comparable Britain with 28,600 or 8:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m., and remain closed on The pandemic had de- tions, as different coun- decrease the week be- minus 29 per cent, and weekends, while gas stations and pharmacies celerated to a similar de- tries have different fore. France with 20,400 or will continue to open seven days a week. gree the previous week, counting practices and The situation in plus five per cent. However, community and village shops will except in Latin America levels of testing. Ireland is greatly im- On a per capita basis remain closed during this period. These were and the Caribbean, On a country level, proving after what its Portugal recorded the among advanced restriction measures which is now having a Kazakhstan is the coun- prime minister described most new cases this announced by Prime Minister Mia Amor let-up after several try where the epidemic as a “tsunami” of cases week with 885 per Mottley on Tuesday night, as the Government weeks of higher cases. is spiking most, with recorded after the end 100,000 inhabitants. continues to battle the impact of the COVID-19 The slowdown was 42 per cent more, or year holidays. The coun- The US also again community spread and the UK variant. noted in every region of 1,400 new cases per day, try is currently locked registered the most Now there has been an outcry from some the world, with 18 per among the countries down. deaths over the past vendors, for example coconut vendors who ply cent fewer cases in which have registered Tunisia follows with week with an average of their trade on the highway and also some shop Africa, 16 per cent fewer more than 1,000 daily 33 per cent fewer or 3,277 per day, before owners, who have suggested that there will in the United States and cases over the past week. 1,900 cases, South Africa Mexico with 1,282, the likely be a massive dent in their profits, given Canada, 10 per cent The country had also down 32 per cent or UK with 1,221, Brazil the restrictive measures. However, Government fewer in Europe, eight seen a surge the previ- 8,100, Denmark down with 1,057 and Germany did hear a number of these cries and having per cent fewer in Latin ous week. 30 per cent or 700 cases, with 733. returned to the masses, indicated that small and micro businesses will be given a safety net for the period the country goes back into lockdown. Therefore, for two weeks, starting UK offers Hong Kong residents February 3, financial assistance in the amount of $750 a week will be given to shops which will be affected by the pause of business, whereas route to citizenship, angering China vendors will receive $250 a week. This assistance will also be extended to beauty BEIJING/LONDON – tus created under salons, barbers, nail technicians, water sport Hong Kong residents can ‘I am immensely proud British law in 1987 that and taxi operators. Word of this came recently apply from Sunday for a specifically relates to from Minister of Energy, Small Business and new visa giving them that we have brought in Hong Kong. Entrepreneurship,Kerrie Symmonds. the chance to become Britain’s foreign min- British citizens following this new route for Hong istry said it was disap- Too much is at stake China’s crackdown in the Kong BN(O)s to live, work pointed but not sur- Now the truth is that a case can always be former colony, but prised by Beijing’s deci- made for businesses in some sector or the other Beijing said it will no and make their home in sion not to recognise the to remain open, if we truly consider how the longer recognise the BNO passport. China’s first lockdown period which came into effect special British passport our country.’ move is largely symbolic last year, affected us all in the country.However, already in use. as Hong Kong residents we must realise that realistically, given the UK government fore- agreements under which second-class British would not normally use number of cases of COVID-19 on island and casts say the new visa the colony was handed citizens. This has com- their BNO passports to the potential for our healthcare system to could attract more than back to China in 1997. pletely changed the orig- travel to the mainland. be overwhelmed quite easily, we must go on 300,000 people and their “I am immensely inal nature of BNO,” A BNO passport holder pause. dependents to Britain. proud that we have Chinese foreign ministry in Hong Kong could still Some people have been calling for a lockdown Beijing said it would brought in this new spokesman Zhao Lijian use their Hong Kong for a while now and whether we like it or not, make them second-class route for Hong Kong told a briefing. passport or identity card. we have been heading in that direction for quite citizens. BN(O)s to live, work and Beijing’s imposition The 250 pound ($340) a few weeks now. Given that a number of Britain and China make their home in our of a national security visa could attract more international countries are also recalling their have been arguing for country,” Prime Minister law in Hong Kong in than 300,000 people and citizens from foreign lands or placing a ban on months about what Boris Johnson said, June last year prompted their dependents to travel to Caribbean countries, we can see that London and Washington referring to a special Britain to offer refuge to Britain and generate up our reliance on the tourist dollars as well, will say is an attempt to British National almost 3 million Hong to 2.9 billion pounds of have to change, by will or by force. The tourism silence dissent in Hong Overseas (BNO) pass- Kong residents eligible net benefit to the British sector has already been hard hit by COVID-19 Kong after huge pro- port holders. for the BNO passport economy over the next and now it is being beaten to the ground again. democracy protests in But China and the from Jan. 31. five years, according to However, this is the nature of the times in 2019 and 2020. Hong Kong government The scheme, first an- government forecasts. which we now live and we cannot fight to keep Britain says it is ful- hit back by saying they nounced last year, opens It is still highly uncer- the country open any longer, since too much is filling a historic and would no longer recog- on Sunday and allows tain how many people at stake when it comes to preserving our most moral commitment to nise the BNO passport those with British will actually take up the valuable resource – our people. the people of Hong Kong as a valid travel docu- National (Overseas) sta- offer. Thus the time has come for us to pause and after Beijing imposed a ment from Sunday, tus to live, study and China says the West’s hopefully as we pause, we will take stock of new security law on Jan. 31. work in Britain for five views on its actions over what is happening around us – locally, the semi-autonomous “Britain is trying to years and eventually Hong Kong are clouded regionally and even globally. Even as the fight city that Britain says turn large numbers of apply for citizenship. by misinformation and continues against COVID-19, we can reflect on breaches the terms of Hong Kong people into BN(O) is a special sta- an imperial hangover. what we have learnt so far and see what systems we can put in place going forward to Telephone: 467-2000 News Fax: 434-1000 News Editor: Dorian Bryan Executive Editor: Allison Downes help us better navigate this pandemic, even as E-mail Address: [email protected] Business Editor: Jewel Brathwaite General Manager: Sandra Clarke Assistant Managing Director: Sean Eteen Website: www.barbadosadvocate.com Sports Editor: Corey Greaves we press the play button again, sometime in the Publisher: Sir Anthony Bryan future. @The Barbados Advocate @barbadosadvocate The Barbados Advocate Saturday January 30, 2021 • 9

Canada to suspend flights Bolivian doctors demand lockdown as COVID from Mexico and C’bean surge threatens health TORONTO – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau yesterday Travelers to be quarantine announced stricter service ‘collapse’ restrictions on travelers in response to new, likely more LA PAZ – Bolivian doctors are Arce, due to be one of the first contagious variants of the demanding a nationwide in the country to get inoculated novel coronavirus – including lockdown and threatening to with Sputnik V, has said the making it mandatory for stop taking in new patients as a arrival of the Russian vaccine travelers to quarantine in a surge in COVID-19 cases, which can help Bolivians “breathe a hotel at their own expense they say is killing an average of bit easier”. when they arrive in Canada one medic per day, strains Medical union leaders and suspending airline hospitals to breaking point. however point to the high service to Mexico and all New daily coronavirus fatality rate – confirmed COVID Caribbean destinations until infections in the Andean cases in the nation of 11.5 April 30. country, which received its first million stand at around 210,000 Trudeau said in addition to the batch of Russian Sputnik V – and say that every day more pre-boarding test Canada vaccines on Thursday, hit a than one doctor or health already requires, the government single-day record of 2,866 this worker loses their life. will be introducing mandatory week and deaths attributed to In cities, hospitals are often PCR testing at the airport for the epidemic climbed above visibly crowded inside and out, people returning to Canada. 10,000. with signs on doors and walls “Travelers will then have to “At the rate we are going, warning: “no room for new wait for up to three days at an there will be a total collapse,” patients” and “the emergency approved hotel for their test said Ricardo Landivar,a units have collapsed”. results, at their own expense, director of the La Paz Medical “Doctors are dying day by which is expected to be more than College.“...We are going to have day,” said Patricia Almanza, a US$2000,” Trudeau said. patients dying in the streets doctor at the Hospital Petrolero “Those with negative test without being able to be treated in La Paz. results will then be able to by medical staff.” “The previous week seven quarantine at home under Health workers’ and doctors’ doctors died, yesterday another significantly increased unions are demanding that doctor died and today another... surveillance and enforcement.” leftist President Luis Arce and the government does not The steep cost for the hotel stay return to lockdown until the want to order a quarantine not includes the cost for a private current COVID wave – Bolivia’s even for fifteen days... because it PCR test, security, food and the second – passes. is more interested in the cost of measures the designated But the government has been economy.” hotels will have to take to keep Prime Minister Justin Trudeau holds a news conference at reluctant to further undermine It will start vaccinations of their workers safe. Rideau Cottage in Ottawa yesterday. the landlocked country’s already frontline workers with the first “The cost is a ballparking.This reeling economy. 20,000 doses of Sputnik V. isn’t like any other facility.This is April 30. “They will be making door to check on returnees who one where there has to be arrangements with their are isolating at home. infection prevention control customers who are currently on a The move to require a hotel measures, security and other trip in these regions to organize stay upon return would Motion of no-confidence costs as well. It’s not just a regular their return flights,” Trudeau discourage vacations as people stay at a hotel,” said Dr. Theresa said. would not want to have to Tam, Canada’s chief public health He said starting next week, all quarantine at a hotel at their own filed against Cayman officer. international passenger flights expense upon return. Tam also said a test will be must land at the following four “It’s excellent. It’s a shame it’s required on the 10th day after airports: Vancouver, Toronto, this late. This is something they speaker of the house people their return. Calgary and Montreal. could have done ages ago,” said GEORGE TOWN, Cayman overruled by deputy speaker The prime minister said those “We will also, in the coming Dr.Andrew Morris, a professor of Islands – Opposition Leader Barbara Conolly on the grounds with positive tests will be weeks, be requiring nonessential infectious diseases at the Arden McLean and an that it was sub judice. At that immediately required to travelers to show a negative test University of Toronto and the Independent legislator Ezzard time, the case against Bush was quarantine in designated before entry at the land border medical director of the Miller, on Thursday filed a no still in court. government facilities to make with the US,and we are working Antimicrobial Stewardship confidence motion calling for Last month, the Speaker was sure they’re not carrying variants to stand up additional testing Program at Sinai-University McKeeva Bush to be ousted as sentenced to two months’ of particular concern. requirements for land travel,” Health Network. speaker of the house. imprisonment on each assault Trudeau also said the Trudeau said. “This is definitely a step in the The motion, which was filed charge, to run concurrently, government and Canada’s main Canada already requires those right direction.” almost one month after Bush which was suspended for two airlines have agreed to suspend entering the country to self- Trudeau also announced there was convicted on three assault years. service to sun destinations right isolate for 14 days and to present will be a delay in part of the next charges following an altercation He was also ordered to adhere away. He said Air Canada, a negative COVID-19 test taken shipment of the Moderna vaccine, at a local bar involving the to a curfew of 6:00pm to 6:00am WestJet, Sunwing, and Air within three days before arrival. which arrives next week. He said female manager. (local time), Monday through Transat are cancelling air service Tam, Canada’s top health Canada will receive 78% of the This is not the first attempt by Sunday, for two months and was to all Caribbean destinations and official, said that security expected amount, translating to legislators to remove Bush. Last fined US$700 for disorderly Mexico starting Sunday until contractors will be going door-to- 180,000 doses. year a similar motion was conduct.

Partly sunny with a few brief isolated light showers.

High Tide (First) 05:25 High tide (Second) 17:00 London 09 Overcast Yesterday: 0.1 mm Boston -08 Overcast Low Tide (First) 10:41 For the month: 126.4 mm Max: 28.5 °C Montreal -13 Fair Low tide (Second) 23:31 For the year: 126.4 mm Min: 22.0 °C Toronto -08 Cloudy New York -03 Fair Miami 21 Cloudy 6:25 am 5:58 pm 10 • Saturday January 30, 2021 The Barbados Advocate

Brazil researchers find people infected with two different coronavirus strains BRASILIA – Researchers in the world to confirm co-infection variant of the virus. mutations of new variants of currently being developed. southern Brazil said they have with two strains of the Their symptoms were coronavirus. Mutations found in discovered patients infected coronavirus.The study has yet to reportedly mild, with a dry “These co-infections can coronavirus variants in Britain with two different strains of the be published in a scientific cough in one case, and coughing, generate combinations and and a more recent one in the new coronavirus journal and has not been peer sore throat and headache in the generate new variants even Brazilian state of Amazonas simultaneously, reflecting reviewed. second. They did not require more quickly than has been appear to have made the virus concerns about the growing The patients, both in their 30s, hospitalization. happening,” said the study’s lead more contagious. number of variants in the were infected in late November The cases underscore how researcher Fernando Spilki, a The cases point to the country. with the P.2 variant of many variants could already be virologist at Feevale University significant viral load circulating The researchers, who posted coronavirus identified in Rio, circulating in Brazil and raise in Rio Grande do Sul state. in Brazil because co-infection their findings Wednesday on also known as the B.1.1.28 concerns among scientists that New variants bring the risk of can only occur when different medical website medRxiv, said lineage, and simultaneously the co-existence of two strains greater transmissibility and viruses are being transmitted in their study would be the first in tested positive for a second in the same body could speed up possible resistance to vaccines high quantity, Spilki said. Bermuda returning to normal after storm BERMUDA began to return Krista Barnes said the company possibly with isolated thunder significantly over the day and in Dockyard, which has wind to normal yesterday morning would advise when to call 955 if and small hail this morning. into the night as the winter storm measuring equipment, had after storm-force winds and customers remained without Winds will continue to subside passed over the island. reported maximum sustained hurricane force gusts power. into the weekend. High seas The Bermuda Weather Service winds of 81mph with gusts of battered the island Thursday Government spokeswoman begin to diminish very rough to reported 5mph winds from the 108mph. night. Aderonke Bademosi Wilson said high into tomorrow.” north-northeast at 8am, but by The airport reported gusts of All Government schools yesterday morning that minibus Firefighters responded to 13 8pm observers recorded 75mph and an offshore weather reopened yesterday morning services had been laid on for emergency calls during the sustained winds of 48mph with station to the north of the island except Paget Primary which was school bus runs. Normal bus storm. A Bermuda Fire and gusts of 64mph. recorded gusts of 82mph. without electricity. service is scheduled to resume at Rescue Service spokesman said James Dodgson, a forecaster The Bermuda Marine Private schools are also 9am. the incidents included five with the BWS, said late Thursday Operations Centre said Thursday believed to have all opened. Ferry services are suspended automatic alarms, six pole fires night the storm had behaved as night that at least one vessel – Belco (Bermuda Electric Light until further notice. and an emergency medical call. expected, with storm force winds Island Spirit – had been torn Company Limited ) said that as The Bermuda Weather Service An emergency special service battering elevated and exposed from its moorings, but no other of noon there were 653 customers said in their 5.45am forecast: request was also made when parts of the island. reports of problems with moored without power, down from 3,600 “Storm force winds have now someone was unable to secure a Mr Dodgson said: “Gusts are boats was reported by press time. at 8am. subsided, but gales remain in the window in the high winds. generally storm force across the A BMOC spokesman said Customers without power were area as the deep low pressure to The spokesman added that island, but hurricane force yesterday morning that two asked not to call 955 unless Belco the north races away northeast”. pole fires were across the island. offshore and across exposed or other vessels were reported to be wires had come down or there “Frequent showers will Thursday began with relative elevated island areas.” low in the water and another was a pole fire. Spokesperson continue to affect the area, calm, but winds speeds increased He said Commissioner’s House vessel had dragged its moorings.

The Bermuda Marine Operations Centre said Thursday night that at least one vessel had been torn Belco (Bermuda Electric Light Company Limited ) said that as of from its moorings. noon yesterday there were 653 customers without power.

Mexico’s COVID-19 death toll surpasses India Becomes world’s third highest MEXICO CITY – Mexico on and 1,506 additional fatalities, When adjusted for deaths per underscores its struggle to Obrador, who announced on Thursday surpassed India in bringing the total number of cases head of population, Mexico’s toll is contain the pandemic, which is Sunday he had tested positive for confirmed COVID-19 deaths, to 1,825,519 and deaths to lower than those of several other worsening despite government the coronavirus, was improving giving the Latin American 155,145. countries, including the United restrictions on movement and and in good spirits, Deputy country the third-highest toll The latest total death toll in Kingdom, the Czech Republic, commerce. Health Minister Hugo Lopez- worldwide,according to a Reuters India, a country with a population Italy,the United States, Peru and In Mexico City, hospitals are Gatell said at a news conference tally of official data. more than 10 times that of Spain, according to data nearing capacity and a shortage of on Thursday. Lopez Obrador, 67, Mexico’s health ministry Mexico’s 126 million inhabitants, published by Johns Hopkins oxygen tanks has complicated the has been isolating since reported 18,670 new confirmed stood at 153,847, according to a University. treatment of patients. Mexican announcing his diagnosis, though cases of coronavirus infections Reuters tally. Mexico’s ballooning death toll President Andres Manuel Lopez he continues to work. The Barbados Advocate Saturday January 30, 2021 • 11 Colombia reports almost 700 migrants stranded in Caribbean region BOGOTA– Some 700 migrants from African countries, from Haiti, according to agency migrants bound for the he said. statistics. United States are stranded Just in the last week more Migrants from Cuba, African on a Caribbean beach in than 500 migrants have arrived and Asian countries are also Colombia because the South in Necocli, demanding they be detained in Colombia as they American country’s borders allowed to travel to Panama. look to travel to the United remain closed to curb the “This isn’t possible because States with help from people- spread of coronavirus, the there is a presidential order to trafficking networks. migration agency said close the borders and At the start of January four yesterday. additionally Panama has also Haitians – a man, a pregnant The migrants are stuck on closed its borders,” Espinosa said, woman and two children – beaches in Necocli, a adding that migrants will receive drowned after their vessel municipality in Colombia’s humanitarian aid while border shipwrecked between Necocli Antioquia province, from where controls with Ecuador will be and Capurgana, a Colombian they hope to pass through the stepped up to prevent more Caribbean resort from where dangerous Darian Gap towards immigrants from entering they intended to travel to Panama and then north towards Colombia. Panama. the United States, said migration Colombia has closed its land Migration authorities, with agency director Juan Francisco and river borders since March help from the military and police, Espinosa. 2020, a measure it will keep in captured 198 people traffickers The stranded migrants include place until at least March 1. It in recent months and dismantled some 647 Haitian nationals, as deported some 3,800 illegal 60 trafficking networks, well as 23 Cubans, and 19 migrants last year, the majority Espinosa said. Migration agency director Juan Francisco Espinosa Haiti journalists denounce police brutality, demand justice PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – A Vladjimir Legagneur couple hundred journalists and disappeared in March 2018 opposition activists marched while on assignment, while peacefully in Haiti’s capital Rospide Pétion was fatally shot Thursday to denounce police in June 2019 as he drove home brutality and demand justice after finishing a radio program for colleagues slain in recent in which talked about years. corruption allegations against The group chanted “No more the administration of violence against journalists!” President Jovenel Moïse. In Some held up signs that read October 2019, Néhémie Joseph, “The police scares us” and a reporter for Panic FM and “When press freedom is Radio Mega, was found in his threatened, it’s democracy car in Mirebalais, shot several that’s in danger.” times in the head. Several journalists have Last year, another journalist been injured while covering survived a shooting attack, recurrent, violent while there was an arson demonstrations in which attack on the offices of Radio protesters often clash with Television Caraibes during a police. Others have been killed protest organized by police while working on unrelated officers demanding higher Local journalists take part in a march to protest police brutality towards journalists, in Port- stories. wages and better working au-Prince, Haiti, Thursday, Jan. 28, 2021. Freelance photojournalist conditions. Colombia court accuses eight former FARC of war crimes BOGOTA – Colombia’s Special Colombia(FARC), which including murder and torture, they could face up to 20 years in Timochenko – sought Jurisdiction for Peace (JEP) on demobilized to reintegrate with among others, Lemaitre said. jail per the terms of the peace forgiveness for kidnappings. Thursday accused eight former society. Among the accused are former deal which ended the FARC’s FARC guerrillas used commanders of the demobilized “Depriving people of their FARC leader Rodrigo Londono – part in a conflict that has left kidnappings to fund their war FARC guerrillas of war crimes freedom and setting conditions know by the nom de guerre 260,000 dead and millions against the state, while and crimes against humanity for their release, as well as their Timochenko – Pablo displaced. captured military or for taking hostages during the wellbeing, integrity,and life, was Catatumbo, Pastor Alape and The JEP is a tribunal created government personnel were country’s internal armed a war crime, especially the Milton de Jesus Toncel. They under the 2016 peace deal to used to pressure authorities into conflict. taking of hostages,” the JEP said have 30 days to accept or reject prosecute former FARC releasing jailed rebels, the JEP This is the first time since the in a statement read by the accusations. members and military leaders said. signing of the 2016 peace deal magistrate Julieta Lemaitre. If the commanders accept the for alleged war crimes. Kidnapping victims say they that the JEP has attributed The former commanders are accusations, they will face There was no immediate continue to suffer from mental criminal responsibility to former also charged with other war restrictions on their freedoms response from the former FARC health damage caused by the leaders of the Revolutionary crimes connected with the for five to eight years. commanders. Last year, former physical and emotional Armed Forces of treatment of kidnap victims, However, if they reject them, guerrilla leaders – including suffering they were subject to. 12 • Saturday January 30, 2021 The Barbados Advocate

COVID vaccine: Single-dose Johnson & Johnson jab is 66% effective A SINGLE-DOSE vac- be reviewed by regulators cine has proved 66% before they can be used. effective against Meanwhile, the EU’s COVID-19 and protects drugs regulator has against hospitalisation approved the use of the and death. AstraZeneca vaccine for However, there are people aged over 18. signs the jab, made by It comes amid an ongo- Belgian pharmaceutical ing dispute over whether Dr. Claire Cole from Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust volunteered in the Janssen jab's Phase 3 firm Janssen, is less effec- AstraZeneca is breaking trial. tive against the new vari- its vaccine delivery com- ant spreading in South mitments to the bloc, or longer-lasting protec- genetic code into the body. sion of the coronavirus is fect between seven and 11 Africa. which has seen the EU tion. This is enough for the spreading, compared with other people. Last week, Janssen, which is confirm that it will bring The fact it works as a body to recognise the 72% in the US. the R rate was between owned by US giant in export controls on single dose and can be threat and then learn to Prime Minister Boris 0.8 and 1. Johnson & Johnson, is COVID vaccines made in kept in a standard fridge, fight coronavirus. Johnson said that the re- The number of coron- looking at whether giving the bloc. while others need super- This trains the body’s sults from the early trials avirus cases in the UK re- two doses will provide The EU has temporar- cold storage, means the immune system to fight were “very encouraging” mained virtually un- stronger or longer-lasting ily overridden a section of vaccine could have a sig- coronavirus when it en- and if approved, doses of changed in the week to protection. the Brexit deal in relation nificant role around the counters the virus for real. the jab should be avail- 23 January, according It aims to make one bil- to Northern Ireland, over world. This is similar to the able later this year. to Office for National lion doses this year. concerns the country “A one-shot vaccine is approach used by the Mr. Hancock said the Statistics (ONS) data. Its The UK has ordered 30 could become a backdoor considered by the World University of Oxford and Janssen announcement survey suggests the epi- million doses, the US 100 for vaccines from the EU Health Organisation to be AstraZeneca. was “yet more good news”. demic is levelling off or million and Canada 38 to be sent into the wider the best option in pan- Dr. Mathai Mammen, “If this jab is approved perhaps very slightly million. UK. demic settings,” said Dr. from Janssen, said: “A sin- this could significantly falling – but not at the UK Health Secretary Arlene Foster, DUP Paul Stoffels, the chief sci- gle dose regimen with fast bolster our vaccination rate hoped. Matt Hancock said if the leader and Northern entific officer at Johnson onset of protection and programme, especially as More than 7.8 million jab was approved by Ireland’s first minister, &Johnson. ease of delivery and stor- a single-dose vaccine,”he people in the UK have so Britain’s Medicines and called the move “an in- He added the vaccine age provides a potential said. far received a first dose of Healthcare Products credible act of hostility” by could “potentially protect solution to reaching as “Once the full data has a coronavirus vaccine, Regulatory Agency the EU. hundreds of millions of many people as possible. been submitted [to the according to the latest (MHRA) it could “signifi- Crucially, the Janssen people from serious and “The ability to avoid MHRA], they will con- government figures. cantly bolster” the coun- trial looked at giving just fatal outcomes of COVID- hospitalisations and sider the evidence to The UK recorded a fur- try’s vaccine programme. one dose of the vaccine, 19”. deaths would change the determine whether the ther 29,079 new coron- The news comes shortly which makes it signifi- The Janssen vaccine game in combating the vaccine meets robust avirus cases as of Friday, after Novavax announced cantly easier to roll out uses a common cold virus pandemic.” standards of safety, effec- according to most recent their jab was 89% effec- than those requiring two. that has been engineered The results are based on tiveness & quality.” government figures. The tive overall in the UK and It is also investigating to make it harmless. nearly 44,000 people who In the UK, the latest es- government said the 60% in South Africa. Both whether giving two doses It then safely carries took part in the trial and timate for the R rate from latest number of daily new vaccines will need to will give either stronger part of the coronavirus’s 468 cases of COVID-19. the government’s scien- deaths reported within However the vaccine tific advisory group, Sage, 28 days of a positive test was just 57% effective in is 0.7 to 1.1. It means that would be delayed due to the South African part of on average, every 10 peo- “issues with processing the trial, where a new ver- ple with the virus will in- the data”. New York City indoor restaurant dining to resume Feb. 14, governor says

NEW YORK – New York dining areas at 25% of ca- tion rate and percentage Governor Andrew pacity on Valentine’s Day, of residents testing posi- Cuomo, citing an im- Feb. 14, Cuomo said. tive for the virus have provement in the state’s Despite the resumption both abated since earlier coronavirus metrics, on of indoor dining, which this month when the Friday allowed New York comes on what is tradi- post-holiday surge of in- City’s restaurants to re- tionally one of the indus- fections hit its peak, he sume limited indoor din- try’s busiest days, Cuomo said. ing, reflecting a restric- sounded a note of caution, Earlier this week, tion-easing trend taking saying that he is ready to California eased its strict hold in the country. reverse the move if the stay-at-home orders, al- The thousands of New trajectory of COVID-19 lowing restaurants to re- York City restaurants indicators worsens. open for outdoor dining that have been surviving “There are possible sce- and greater social mixing, on takeout business and narios that could develop as public health authori- makeshift outdoor pavil- that are problematic,” he ties there also reported ions since mid-December said at a briefing. slower rates of infections The AstraZeneca vaccine has now been approved for use in the EU. (PHOTO: EPA) may reopen their indoor The state’s hospitalisa- and hospitalisations. The Barbados Advocate Saturday January 30, 2021 • 13

China warns Taiwan US must be prepared to impose costs on China independence ‘means war’ – Biden security adviser WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden’s national security adviser, as US pledges support Jake Sullivan, said on Friday the United States CHINA has warned with its own constitution, “necessary actions to ad- China-Taiwan relations. must be prepared to Taiwan that any at- military,and elected lead- dress the current security Mr. Kirby added that impose costs on China tempt to seek inde- ers. situation in the Taiwan the Pentagon “sees no for its actions against pendence “means Analysts say Beijing is Strait and to safeguard reason why tensions over Uighur Muslims in war”. becoming increasingly national sovereignty and Taiwan need to lead to Xinjiang, its crackdown The warning comes concerned that Taiwan’s security”. anything like confronta- in Hong Kong and days after China stepped government is moving the “They are a solemn re- tion”. threats towards Taiwan. up its military activities island towards a formal sponse to external inter- The new US adminis- Sullivan told an event and flew warplanes near declaration of independ- ference and provocations tration is expected to at the United States the island. ence and it wants to warn by ‘Taiwan independence’ maintain pressure on Institute of Peace that It also comes after new President Tsai Ing-wen forces,” he added. China over a wide range Washington needed to US President Joe Biden against taking steps in “We warn those ‘Taiwan of issues including speak with clarity and reaffirmed his commit- that direction. independence’ elements – human rights, trade dis- consistency on the issues. ment to Taiwan, and set President Tsai, how- those who play with fire putes, Hong Kong and He said it needed to out his stance in Asia. ever, has repeatedly said will burn themselves, and Taiwan, amid the deteri- be “prepared to act, as The US has called that Taiwan is already a Taiwan independence orating relationship be- well to impose costs, for China’s latest warning independent state, mak- means war.” tween the two powers. what China is doing in “unfortunate", adding ing any formal declara- The US responded later Taiwan’s Mainland Xinjiang, what it’s doing that tensions did not need tion unnecessary. on Thursday. Affairs Council, mean- in Hong Kong, for the President Joe Biden’s to lead to “anything like On Thursday, Chinese “We find that comment while, said China should bellicosity and threats it national security ad- confrontation”. defence ministry unfortunate,” Pentagon “not underestimate” the is projecting towards viser, Jake Sullivan. China sees democratic spokesman Wu Qian press secretary John island’s determination to Taiwan”. Taiwan as a breakaway defended the recent Kirby told reporters, in defend its sovereignty Sullivan did not elabo- He said the China province, but Taiwan sees military activities near the first statement by the and uphold freedom and rate on steps Washington issue was at the top of itself as a sovereign state, Taiwan, saying they were new administration on democracy. might take. those to be addressed be- tween the United States and allies in Europe. Kremlin foe He stressed the need to agree joint responses Navalny’s with Europe on China’s trade and technology brother, abuses. “We don’t have entirely aligned perspectives on allies put every one of these issues ... I think China is right under house at the top of the list of things that we’ve got to arrest ahead work together on and where there is work to do to get fully aligned.” of protests The Biden administra- MOSCOW – A Russian tion, which took office court ordered on Friday last week, has indicated that the brother and sev- it will continue the tough eral supporters of jailed approach to China pur- Kremlin critic Alexei sued by former President Navalny be put under Donald Trump, but house arrest until March wants Beijing’s co-oper- 23 for calling for protests ation on policy priorities last weekend that could such as climate change. have posed a COVID-19 Biden’s Secretary of risk. State Antony Blinken The court rulings are has endorsed a last- part of a crackdown tar- minute determination by geting Navalny’s allies his predecessor, Mike after tens of thousands Pompeo, that China has of people joined unsanc- committed genocide in tioned protests across Oleg Navalny, brother of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who was detained for allegedly breaching Xinjiang. The move Russia last Saturday COVID-19 safety restrictions, stands inside a defendant dock as he attends a court hearing in Moscow, increases pressure for to demand that the Russia on January 29, 2021. (PHOTO: PRESS SERVICE OF TVERSKOY DISTRICT COURT OF MOSCOW/HANDOUT VIA REUTERS) more US sanctions, Kremlin release Navalny which the Trump admin- from jail. and Oleg Stepanov were the authorities deny. tioned anti-Kremlin had been recovering from istration also imposed Navalny’s supporters all placed under house Sobol could be seen protests last weekend. a nerve agent poisoning over Beijing’s crackdown plan to hold further arrest until March 23 reading a book in court Volkov is currently out- last August. on democracy in Hong protest rallies across pending further hear- as the ruling was handed side the country. Navalny has accused Kong. Russia this Sunday. The ings. Maria Alyokhina, a down. Alexei Navalny was President Vladimir Putin Biden’s administration authorities have said member of the Pussy Earlier on Friday, detained last week for of ordering his poisoning. issued a strong state- they are illegal and have Riot punk band, was also investigators declared 30 days for parole viola- Putin has denied that ment in support of vowed to break them up. put under house arrest. Leonid Volkov, a close tions he says have been the authorities tried to Taiwan amid stepped up The opposition politi- Navalny’s allies say Navalny ally, a wanted trumped up and he could poison him and said Chinese military activity cian’s brother Oleg they are being prose- man after they formally face years in jail. He was Russian agents would near the island, stress- Navalny, as well as cuted to stifle their charged him in absentia arrested this month after have finished the job if ing that the US commit- allies Lyubov Sobol, protest activity and with urging teenagers flying back to Moscow they had wanted him ment to Taipei is “rock Anastasiya Vasilyeva campaigning, something to take part in unsanc- from Germany, where he dead. solid”. 14 • Saturday January 30, 2021 The Barbados Advocate

Don’t repeat ‘bad history’ of vaccine hoarding – WHO GENEVA, Switzerland posed and exploited the begin delivering doses able in poorer countries. WHO emergencies di- giant AstraZeneca. – Faced with COVID- inequalities of our world,” within a few weeks, and He also pointed to the rector Michael Ryan said WHO criticised the 19, wealthy countries he told journalists, warn- Tedros said the aim was H1N1 flu pandemic in the battles unfolding be- move. must avoid repeating ing that there now was for vaccination of health 2009, when vaccines only tween wealthy nations al- “It is a very worrying past mistakes of “the real danger that the workers and older people reached poorer nations ready rolling out vaccines trend,” WHO assistant hoarding medicines very tools that could help to be underway in all after the outbreak was was disconcerting consid- director general and vaccines, the to end the pandemic – countries within the first over. ering health workers and Mariangela Simao told World Health vaccines – may exacer- 100 days of 2021. “I don’t think that is a at-risk populations else- journalists. Organisation said bate those same inequal- WHO has repeated ad good history. It is bad where were likely to have She pointed out that in Friday, warning such ities”. nauseam that the only history,” he said. a long wait in front of an interconnected world, behaviour would only “Vaccine nationalism way to beat the pandemic The WHO chief cau- them. any medicine or vaccine drag out the pan- might serve short-term and revive the global tioned that “if we hoard “It looks like fighting is made from elements demic. political goals. But it’s ul- economy is to ensure that vaccines, and if we are not over the cake, when they from multiple countries. WHO chief Tedros timately short-sighted priority groups in every sharing... there will be a don’t even have access to “It is not helpful to have Adhanom Ghebreyesus and self-defeating,” he country are vaccinated. catastrophic moral fail- the crumbs,” he said. any country at this stage decried the skirmish in said. Tedros urged the world ure”. The European putting export bans or ex- wealthy countries to se- The WHO co-leads the avoid repeating past mis- But in addition, he Commission on Friday port barriers that will not cure large amounts of COVAX facility, which is takes, pointing to the warned, “it keeps the pan- launched a scheme to allow for the free move- various vaccines against working to procure vac- HIV/AIDS crisis, where demic burning, and ... monitor and in some ment of the necessary in- the coronavirus while few cines and ensure doses wealthy countries ac- (will) slow global eco- cases bar exports of vac- gredients that will make doses have yet to reach are delivered equitably quired life-saving medi- nomic recovery”. cines produced in EU vaccines, diagnostics and poorer nations. around the world. cines nearly a decade be- “Is that what we want? plants, amid a row with other medicines available “The pandemic has ex- The facility expects to fore they became afford- It is our choice.” British-Swedish drugs to all the world,” she said. Italian Shell Nigeria ordered president says he sees to pay compensation chance fallen for oil spills coalition can A DUTCH appeals court “This makes Shell has ruled that the Nigeria responsible for be revived Nigerian branch of oil the damage caused by giant Shell is responsible the leaks” in these areas, ROME – Italian for damage caused by it said. It added that the President Sergio leaks in the Niger Delta. amount of compensation Mattarella, looking The court ordered Shell would be “determined at a to overcome a political Nigeria to pay compensa- later stage”. crisis that has brought tion to Nigerian farmers, down the government, while the subsidiary and ‘Justice has prevailed’ said on Friday he be- its Anglo-Dutch parent The court found that a lieved the collapsed company were told to in- leak in Ikot Ada Udo coalition could still be stall equipment to pre- village was a result of revived. vent future damage. sabotage, but said it Following three days of A group of farmers needed more time to re- talks with party leaders, Italy’s caretaker Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte leaves his house on the third launched the case in solve the case. Mattarella told reporters day of consultations between President Sergio Mattarella and political parties 2008, alleging widespread The four farmers who he would launch an ini- to try and find the basis for a new government, in Rome, Italy, on January 29, pollution. launched the case – tiative immediately to 2021. Shell says the leaks Barizaa Dooh, Elder test the ground further, were the result of “sabo- Friday Alfred Akpan, saying it was vital to find success, meaning that if endorse. group, the centre-left tage”. Chief Fidelis A Oguru a swift solution given the he wants to stay in of- Democratic Party,is also In a statement on and Alali Efanga – said health and economic fice, he will almost cer- 5-Star ructions backing Conte to get a Friday,Royal Dutch Shell the leaks from under- emergency battering tainly need Renzi’s help. The decision to offer fresh mandate but the said it was “disappointed” ground oil pipelines had Italy. Conte has no party af- Renzi an olive branch prospect is far from cer- with the verdict. cost them their liveli- Shortly afterwards, he filiation but is close to went down badly with tain unless Renzi and he The ruling can be ap- hoods by contaminating summoned the head of the largest coalition hard-line 5-Star mem- both agree to patch up pealed against. land and waterways. the lower house of par- group – the anti-estab- bers, who have heaped their policy differences The judgement could Mr. Efanga and Mr. Dooh liament, Roberto Fico, lishment 5-Star abuse on the former pre- and mutual recrimina- have implications beyond have died since the case and was widely expected Movement. It had said it mier over the past two tions. Nigeria, in terms of corpo- was first filed in 2008 so to ask him to mediate wanted nothing more to weeks. Renzi, whose party has rate responsibility and their sons pursued the with the squabbling do with Renzi, but in a “I see that the (5-Star) barely 2% of voter sup- the duty of care multina- case instead. coalition parties to try to U-turn, the 5-Star leader position has changed. I port, stormed out of the tionals have to the people “I’m very happy – the resolve their differences. offered to try and mend have not changed my coalition over Conte’s in the places where they common man in Nigeria The crisis was trig- broken ties. position,” said one of the handling of COVID-19 operate, reports the now has hope,” Princewill gered this month when “We expressed our movement’s leading and the recession, and BBC’s Anna Holligan Efanga told the BBC. former premier Matteo willingness to ... (create) lights, Alessandro Di in particular his plans from The Hague. James Oguru, son of Renzi withdrew his tiny a political government Battista. “If the move- for spending more than While the oil spills in Chief Oguru, said “justice Italia Viva party from that takes as its starting ment goes back to its 200 billion euros ($243 this case happened from had prevailed” but urged the coalition, depriving point the coalition forces old position, I’m in. billion) from a European 2004 to 2007, pollution Shell to “do the neces- it of a majority in the that have worked to- Otherwise, it is goodbye Union fund to help from leaking pipelines sary” so they could start upper house Senate and gether over the past year and thank you.” Italy’s virus-battered continues to be a major farming again. forcing Prime Minister and a half,” 5-Star’s Vito Di Battista is not in economy. issue in the Niger Delta. The farmers were Giuseppe Conte to re- Crimi said on Friday parliament and it was He accused the prime The court said Shell backed by environmental sign. after seeing the head of not immediately clear minister of lacking had not proven “beyond group Friends of the Conte has tried to lure state. how many lawmakers strategic vision, saying reasonable doubt” that Earth. unaligned and opposi- However, he also in- might follow him out he risked squandering saboteurs were responsi- “Tears of joy here. After tion senators into the sisted that Conte had to the party if Crimi goes the EU bonanza on ble for the leaks affecting 13 years, we’ve won,” the government ranks to re- stay on as prime minis- ahead and forges a new handouts rather than the villages of Goi and group’s Dutch branch place Italia Viva, but he ter – something Renzi alliance with Renzi. long-term investments. Oruma, rather than poor tweeted following the has had little apparent has so far refused to The other main ruling Conte has denied this. maintenance. ruling. The Barbados Advocate Saturday January 30, 2021 • 15

Village that saved Jews from Nazis inherits fortune AN Austrian man has left to be about 2m euros refugee family got there, Lignon has a population a bequest to a French vil- (£1.7m; $2.4m). but they had previously of only about 2,500 people lage as a gesture of grati- Denise Vallat, culture been held at Rivesaltes but has a reputation as a tude decades after resi- and communication assis- camp, a military facility in place of refuge dating back dents took in his family tant at Le Chambon-sur- southern France used to to the French Protestant during World War Two. Lignon, said the town was intern civilians, before its Huguenots who fled reli- Le Chambon-sur- contacted by a notary closure in 1942. gious persecution during Lignon, in south-east about three weeks ago to Records suggest Mr. the 17th century. France, protected thou- discuss the donation. Schwam’s parents re- During WW2, a local sands of Jews and has a “He was a very discreet turned to Austria after pastor and his wife led long-standing reputation gentleman and he didn’t the war but he moved calls to protect Jewish for shielding people from want a lot of publicity to Lyon in 1950 to study refugees from the occupy- persecution. about his gesture,” she pharmacy. ing Nazis and Vichy Eric Schwam, who died was quoted by France 3 as It was there he met, French collaborators. last month at 90, arrived saying. “Little is known married and lived with his Word spread through there with his family in about the donor but we did future wife. According to human rights groups and 1943. some research.” local reports, the couple word of mouth and the vil- The town’s mayor says According to that re- did not have children and lage became a hub of the he left the village a “large search, Mr.Schwam’s fam- he was a widower before resistance movement, amount” in his will, with- ily were originally from his death on 25 December. with ordinary residents out confirming a figure. Vienna, where his father Mayor Jean-Michel taking in and hiding those But his mayoral prede- was a doctor. Eyraud told AFP that Mr. who fled. Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute cessor told local media Mr. He arrived in the town Schwam’s fortune would Le Chambon-sur- of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. (PHOTO: AP) Schwam had enquired in 1943 with his parents be used to fund education Lignon was later recog- with officials years ago and a grandmother. It and youth initiatives. nised by Israel for its ex- and the total is thought is not known how the Le Chambon-sur- traordinary effort. Vaccine makers can adjust to mutations – Fauci WASHINGTON, tists will be working United States – Dr. to keep pace with virus Anthony Fauci says mutations. the emergence and The nature of viruses is increasing spread of to change in ways that coronavirus muta- promote their spread, tions means that vac- Fauci says. The evolution cine makers must be of mutant versions means ready to make new scientists need to be shots to stay ahead “nimble” and ready to of the public health make tweaks to vaccines. crisis. So far, the mutants The government’s top haven’t overwhelmed infectious disease expert the protective power of spoke on Friday during a vaccines. White House coronavirus Fauci says it’s impor- briefing. tant to vaccinate as many “This is a wake-up call people as quickly as pos- to all of us,” says Fauci, sible to keep new muta- Le Chambon-sur-Lignon, in south-east France, protected thousands of Jews. noting government scien- tions from developing. Louisiana cemetery ‘sorry’ after denying officer burial ‘because he is black’ A LOUISIANA cemetery died of cancer on Sunday. called the old policy Crow laws which legally has apologised after re- When his widow Karla “horrible” and “stupid”, enshrined racist policies fusing to bury a local Semien and their chil- telling US media on in mostly southern states black police officer be- dren tried to purchase a Thursday that none of such as Louisiana. cause of a decades-old plot at Oaklin Springs, a the board members had Mr. Semien had served provision allowing only staff member told them noticed the provision in the local police force white people. it was a “whites only” before. for 15 years, according to The Oaklin Springs graveyard. He advised other his obituary. He was also Cemetery board met on “She even had paper- southern cemeteries to a foster parent, raising Thursday to change its work on a clipboard check their bylaws to see 72 children over the last sales contract after an showing me that only if they have similar 16 years. outcry over the “white white human beings racist regulations. The family has rejected human beings” rule. can be buried there,” The cemetery worker Mr. Vizena’s offer for one Officer Darrell Mrs. Semien wrote in who had denied the plot of his personal plots at Semien’s widow called it Facebook post on was Mr.Vizena’s 81-year- the two-acre cemetery, a “slap in the face” to be Tuesday, adding that it old aunt, who has been saying they would rather denied a plot “because was hard to believe this “relieved of her duties,” that he rest elsewhere, he’s black”. was happening in 2021. he told the Atlanta further from their home. The board president “It was just so much a Journal-Constitution. They said that when said they had been un- slap in the face, a punch The incident comes calling other possible aware of the “horrible” in the gut,” Mrs. Semien over 50 years since the burial sites for Mr. policy. told CBS News. “It was passage of the US Civil Semien, the first ques- Mr. Semien, 55, was a just belittling him. You Rights Act. tion they now felt forced local sheriff’s deputy liv- know, that we can’t bury The landmark legis- to ask was: “Are black ing in Oberlin, a town lo- him because he’s black.” lation, passed in 1964, people allowed to be cated 200 miles (320km) Cemetery board presi- Allen Parish Sheriff's Deputy Darrell Semien died at banned discrimination buried in your ceme- west of New Orleans. He dent H. Creig Vizena age 55. (PHOTO: CBS) and ended so-called Jim tery?” 16 • Saturday January 30, 2021 The Barbados Advocate New Toyota tech unit promises world’s safest drive TOKYO – Toyota Motor Toyota is looking to marry Corp unveiled its Woven Woven Planet’s Silicon Valley Planet research unit at a approach with its storied virtual media event Toyota Production System yesterday, promising to manufacturing process to deliver the world’s “safest develop the next generation of mobility” as competition cars. heats up to develop Fully self-driven cars are still self-driving and connected likely to be years away, but cars. rival General Motors Co this In the online presentation, month made a splash at the dubbed “The Genesis”, Woven virtual Consumer Electronics Planet executives provided few Show (CES) with a fully- hints into specific features in autonomous all-electric flying the pipeline, but said a new Cadillac concept, while assisted-driving system would Chinese search engine be mounted on the company’s operator Baidu unveiled a passenger cars by the end of partnership with local car FILE PHOTO: The logo of Toyota carmaker is seen on a car in Nice, France, April 8, 2019. this year. brand Geely. The company also said it Led by ex-Google roboticist worldwide. Toyota retook the executives from the Woven world,” Kuffner said. would be ready to unveil a fully James Kuffner, Woven Planet crown as world’s best-selling Planet Group, including Toyota last year unveiled self-driving prototype “in the also says it has the advantage automaker in 2020, unseating founding family scion Daisuke plans to build a prototype “city near future”, without of scale in collecting data – key Volkswagen AG. Toyoda, son of Toyota CEO of the future” called Woven City elaborating. to developing artificial “This is really only the Akio Toyoda. at the base of Mount Fuji As traditional automakers intelligence-aided software – beginning,” Kuffner said in a “We’re just getting started powered by hydrogen fuel cells face competition from the likes through the tens of millions of pre-recorded presentation, with our technology and that would be a laboratory for of Apple, Amazon and Sony, Toyota cars on the road where he introduced key innovation to change the autonomous cars. UMaine to use 3D printer to make wind turbine blades ORONO, Maine – The new manufacturing research at University of Maine will receive UMaine, the senators said. more than US$2.8 million to use UMaine Advanced Structures a 3D printer to manufacture and Composites Center wind turbine blades, Maine’s executive director Habib Dagher senators said. said the blades can be developed The grant is from the U.S. faster and at less cost by Department of Energy’s Office of combining innovative Energy Efficiency and manufacturing with recyclable Renewable Energy, and it materials. represents an investment in The announcement came as “cutting-edge research that helps the state is partnering with to support our forest products industry to work toward the industry, create good-paying jobs, creation of the first floating and strengthen our clean energy offshore wind research farm in economy,” Republican Sen. Susan U.S. history. Collins and independent Sen. UMaine’s 3D printer is the Angus King said. world’s largest polymer 3D The grant can help advance printer. Apple CEO escalates

FILE PHOTO: A 3D-printed Facebook logo is seen placed on a keyboard in this illustration battle with Facebook taken March 25, 2020. over online privacy Facebook to develop tools for SAN RAMON, Calif. – Apple undermines public trust in life- CEO Tim Cook fired off a series saving vaccinations? What are of thinly veiled shots at the consequences of seeing advertisers to tackle harmful content Facebook and other social media thousands of users join companies Thursday,escalating extremist groups and then FACEBOOK Inc said yesterday its site following the death of big advertisers to curb harmful an online privacy battle pitting perpetuating an algorithm that it would soon start developing George Floyd, an American content online. the iPhone maker against recommends more?” “topic exclusion controls” on its Black man, in police custody. Facebook said in a blog post digital services that depend on Speaking at a virtually held platform to give advertisers Advertisers have complained yesterday the controls would tracking people to help sell ads. International Conference on greater ability to weed out for years that big social media help advertisers define how “Too many are still asking the Computers, Privacy & Data certain types of content from companies do very little to their ads show on Facebook question ‘how much can we get Protection, Cook said it’s “time to appearing alongside their ads. prevent ads from appearing News Feed, adding that it away with?’ when we should be stop pretending that this This comes after companies alongside hate speech, fake would start testing out the asking ‘what are the approach doesn’t come with a including Coca-Cola Co and news and other harmful controls with a small group of consequences?’” Cook said. cost – of polarization, lost trust Starbucks Corp boycotted content. In September, advertisers, a process which “What are the consequences of and yes, of violence.” Facebook in July for not doing Facebook as well as YouTube could take about a year to not just tolerating but Cook never specifically named enough to curb hate speech on and Twitter signed a deal with complete. rewarding content that Facebook or any other company. The Barbados Advocate Saturday January 30, 2021 • 17

Tropical cyclones are nearing land more, except in Atlantic TROPICAL cyclones shift, but that could be across the globe, except because the Atlantic Atlantic hurricanes, are hurricane zone is more moving closer to land in closely surrounded by recent decades, a new continents, Wang said. study found. The busiest tropical Also called typhoons, cyclone basin is in the tropical cyclones western Pacific, where generally have been there are the most moving westward by landfalls and the shift about 18 miles per westward is twice as big decade (30 kilometers) as the global average. since 1982, putting them Wang and his closer to land and colleagues are still trying making them more to figure out why this FILE - In this Jan. 16, 2019, file photo, Cruise AV, General Motor’s autonomous electric Bolt EV is dis- dangerous, a study in westward shift is played in Detroit. Thursday’s journal happening. Storms Science said. Each generally move east to decade since the 1980s, west because of trade an additional two winds in the tropics, so a General Motors sets goal of cyclones have come greater westward shift within 124 miles (200 usually puts them closer kilometers) of land, the to where the land is, study said Wang said. Storms that going largely electric by 2035 Researchers don’t quite form just west of land, know why this is such as in the Pacific off GENERAL MOTORS years, a 35% increase over faster than its previously emissions that it cannot happening, but it adds to the California and has set a goal of plans made before the announced global goal. eliminate, GM expects to other ominous trends in Mexican coasts, are making the vast pandemic. It will offer 30 And it has a goal of invest in carbon credits or cyclone activity. Past usually moving away majority of the all-electric models making all new light-duty offsets. studies have found that from land already,so this vehicles it produces worldwide by the middle vehicles, the vast majority The 112-year-old auto the most intense storms shift doesn’t spare more electric by 2035, and of the decade. By the end of its fleet, fully electric giant unveiled a new are getting stronger and land. the entire company of 2025, 40% of its U.S. within 14 years. The corporate logo this month storms in general are Changes in carbon neutral, models will be battery company will concentrate to signify its new direction getting wetter, shifting atmospheric currents including operations, electric vehicles. The on offering zero-emissions as it openly pivots to poleward, moving slower that steer storms tend to five years after that. company plans to include vehicles in different prices electric vehicles. It wants and are keeping their be pushing cyclones The Detroit crossovers, SUVs, sedans ranges. It’s also working to be seen as a clean power longer after farther west, but why is automaker’s push into and trucks in its electric with others, including the vehicle company, rather hitting land. still an open question, electric vehicles has gone vehicle lineup. Environmental Defense than a builder of cloud- But while the new Wang said. He said it into overdrive this year. GM said Thursday that Fund, to build out the spewing gas-powered study found storms are could be only partly GM has already it will source 100% necessary infrastructure pickups and SUVs. getting closer to land, explained by some announced that it will renewable energy to to power its electric GM scrapped its old researchers still haven’t natural long-term invest US$27 billion in power its U.S. sites by vehicles and to promote square blue logo for a seen a significant climate cycles. electric and autonomous 2030 and global sites by their use. lower case gm surrounded increase in landfalls, Other shifts in vehicles in the next five 2035. That’s five years To account for carbon by rounded corners and an which “is still a puzzle,” atmospheric patterns ‘m’ that looks like an said study lead author have been connected to electrical plug. Shuai Wang, a human-caused climate It also announced a new cyclone scientist at change and that’s a partnership with Imperial College in possible factor in the Microsoft this month with London. shift but not something hopes of accelerating its “It’s not only the researchers can prove rollout of electric, self- landfall that causes yet, he said. driving cars. damage. When the Massachusetts Inst- GM’s push for carbon cyclone is close enough to itute of Technology neutrality comes a day land it can also cause hurricane expert Kerry after President Joe Biden damage like Hurricane Emanuel said the study signed executive orders Sandy and Dorian a few is plausible, especially that include moving to an years ago,” Wang said, since scientists have all-electric federal vehicle who also mentioned already seen a shift of fleet. His goal is to 2019’s Typhoon Lekima, storms more toward the transform the nation’s one of the costliest in north and south poles, heavily fossil-fuel powered Chinese history. “If you but it raises questions economy into a clean- look at the track before that require follow up, burning one. the final landfall, those especially why no So far,Wall Street has cyclones skirted along corresponding increase cheered the shift by GM the U.S. coast for a long in landfalls has been which says the industry time and that certainly found. has reached a history- caused damage. All these strange shifts changing inflection point That’s one reason are taking cyclones out of for mass adoption of why we look at coastal their preferred electric vehicles. activity.” environment of warm Its shares this year have It’s mysterious that, tropical waters away This image provided by General Motors shows the new company logo. outpaced even high-flying unlike other areas, the from land, University of General Motors is changing its corporate logo and starting an electric vehi- Tesla, rising more than Atlantic hurricane basin Miami hurricane cle marketing campaign as it tries to refurbish its image from a maker of 20% to date. Shares rose didn’t show any researcher Brian gas-powered pickups and SUVs to a clean vehicle company. almost 2% Thursday. significant westward McNoldy said. 18 • Saturday January 30, 2021 The Barbados Advocate Zendaya, Oprah, others react to death of Cicely Tyson eaction to the death of Tony power and grace will be with us and Emmy-winning actor forever.” — Shonda Rhimes via RCicely Tyson at 96. Instagram. • “This one hurts, today we • “Thank you Cicely Tyson... for honour and celebrate the life of one everything...” — Gayle King on of the greatest to ever do it. Thank Twitter. you Cicely Tyson. Rest in great • “This one cuts deep. power.” — Zendaya via Instagram. @IAmCicelyTyson was my first • “Cicely decided early on that screen Mom.. Elegance, warmth, her work as an actor would be more beauty, wisdom, style and abundant than a job. She used her career to grace. She was as regal as they illuminate the humanity in Black come. An artist of the highest order, An almost-divine figure for gen- people. The roles she played I will love her forever.” — Levar erations of fans, peers and dis- reflected her values; she never Burton on Twitter. ciples, Cicely Tyson died compromised. Her life so fully lived • “Often times the talent and Thursday at the age of 96. is a testimony to Greatness.” — success of black girls and women Oprah Winfrey, in a written are treated as gold in the pan – • “Wow, what a loss! Cicely Tyson statement. temporary and fleeting. Tyson just published her memoir this • “She was an extraordinary showed the world that the black week!! Her life story and now the person. And this is an extraordinary woman is more than a moment. We news of her passing. She was a loss. She had so much to teach. And are legends, myths in our own trailblazer.A pioneer, a force, and an I still have so much to learn. I am right.” – inauguration poet Amanda elegant woman of class.” — Maria grateful for every moment. Her Gorman, in a written statement. Shriver on Twitter. Britain’s Got Talent postponed until 2022 BRITAIN’S Got Talent has been postponed until next year due to Due to Covid safety fears concerns around safety during the Covid-19 pandemic. show’s producers said that “safety The BGT audition shows typi- Filming on the ITV show was has to come first” and called it off cally involve hundreds of people originally due to start this month, until 2022. congregating and then performing but was pushed back three weeks They said performers like dance in front of a live audience and ago due to the third English lock- groups, choirs and orchestras judges Simon Cowell, Alesha down and rising cases. wouldn’t be able to rehearse and Dixon, David Walliams and Bridge However, on Friday, the talent audition safely. Amanda Holden. The Barbados Advocate Saturday January 30, 2021 • 19 SPORTSSPORTS West Indies warm up for Test series WEST Indies preparation three batsmen that offered any spent in the middle. I have to fours in his 44 off 73 balls. But 25 that the visitors got past the for the Test series stepped defiance to the spin attack of the keep working hard. I wouldn’t from 110 for 1, the West Indians 250-run mark. up another gear as they are BCB XI on the first day of their say it was difficult conditions. slipped to 131 for 5 as the mid- For the BCB XI, legspinner currently playing a warm three-day warm-up game at the The guys bowled well. Obviously dle-order of Shayne Moseley, Rishad Hossain took five wick- up game against a select MA Aziz Stadium in the wicket was slow and low, to Nkrumah Bonner, Jermaine ets while pacer Khaled Ahmed Bangladesh team. Chattogram. be honest. You really had to Blackwood and Kavem Hodge picked up three. The other two The Test team will be looking Brathwaite lasted 187 balls to watch the ball for long. But it got out cheaply. were picked up by Saif Hassan for better fortune than the lim- hit ten fours on a mostly slow was going to happen. Moseley and Hodge are new- and Shahadat Hossain. They ited overs side which went down pitch and mentioned that he “You have to make sure you comers who were playing their kept the home team strategy of 3-0 earlier in the month. stayed as low as possible be- have a solid defence, and make first innings on tour, while not playing any left-arm spin- Appointed West Indies Test cause of a lack of bounce while sure you trust it throughout the Bonner, who made only 2, had ners against the visitors in the Captain for the Bangladesh watching the ball long. At times innings. I had to use my feet on earlier played in the ODI series. warm-up game. tour, Kraigg Brathwaite led the he also used his feet against the some occasions. Since the Blackwood, who is billed as one Later, the BCB XI openers way with the bat and was in- spinners. bounce was low,I didn’t want to of the batting mainstays in this Saif and Shadman Islam en- volved in all of the meaningful Speaking after the match come up too early.” West Indies side, scored only 9. sured they went to stumps with- partnerships on the first day as Brathwaite said that “It was a Brathwaite added 67 for the It was only after Joshua da out any losses, ending with 24 he finished with 85 runs. decent innings.” opening wicket with John Silva, Kyle Mayers and Alzarri for 0 having batted for eight But Brathwaite was one of “I was happy with the time I Campbell who struck seven Joseph made scores of 20, 40 and overs. Debutant Nauman takes 5-35 as Pakistan beat South Africa DEBUTANT Nauman Ali took Quinton de Kock soon 5-35 as Pakistan wrapped up a followed, the captain managing seven-wicket win over South only two before being caught by Africa with a day to spare in the Abid Ali at short leg off Yasir. first Test in Karachi. Temba Bavuma offered some Resuming on 187-4, South resistance with a gritty 40 off Africa were bowled out for 245 93 balls, which included a 42- thanks to slow left-armer run stand for the seventh wicket Nauman and leg-spinner Yasir with George Linde. Shah, who finished with 4-79. Having lost three wickets for Azhar Ali hit an unbeaten 31 10 runs on day three, South as the hosts easily reached a Africa suffered their second target of 88 before tea. mini-collapse of the innings as The final Test in Rawalpindi 34-year-old Nauman cleaned up starts on Thursday, followed by the lower order. three Twenty20s. Linde was caught smartly by The series marks South Imran Butt at leg slip for 16, Africa’s first trip to Pakistan in Kagiso Rabada was bowled 14 years, after a deadly 2009 through the gate and Anrich attack on Sri Lanka’s team Nortje sliced to backward point. Nauman is the 11th man over the age of 34 to make his Test debut in the 21st century. halted visits by foreign sides. Bavuma was trapped lbw as Nauman completed his five- their chase. lbw by Keshav Maharaj with five) Dream debut for wicket haul to finish with match However,Babar Azam – in his two runs required, Fawad Alam Pakistan 378 (Fawad 109) & 34-year-old Nauman figures of 7-73. first Test as captain – and – who scored a century in the 90-3 (Azhar 31*) The tone for the day was set Pace bowler Anrich Nortje predecessor Azhar Ali played first innings – sealed victory South Africa 220 (Yasir 3-54) when nightwatchman Keshav gave South Africa hope by with patience and fluency in a with a cut for four. & 245 (Markram 74; Nauman Mahraj was bowled by Hasan removing Abid Ali and Imran 63-run stand that settled any 5-35, Yasir 4-79) Ali with the first ball of the Butt in the first over after lunch nerves. Summarised scorecard: Pakistan won by seven morning. to reduce Pakistan to 23-2 in Although Babar was trapped First Test, Karachi (day four of wickets CWI, Vibes Radio agree new partnership for West Indies LIVE radio commentary ST JOHN’S, Antigua – Cricket corner of the Caribbean. Caribbean and around the world be played at the Coolidge Cricket teams.” West Indies (CWI) yesterday Vibes Radio is working with a via the Windies Cricket Ground and Sir Vivian Alyan Christopher, Head of announced a new two- network of radio stations across ‘YouTube channel and Richards Stadium in Antigua, News and Sports for Vibes Radio, year agreement with each Caribbean nation to provide the http://www.windiescricket.co from Sunday,February 7 (the full Dominica, said: “Vibes Radio is Vibes Radio, in Dominica, for exciting ball by ball commentary m website. match schedule at http://www. extremely delighted to join with exclusive radio commentary access to all home Tests,One-Day Vibes Radio was awarded windiescricket.com ). CWI and be part of the West rights to all West Indies home Internationals, and T20 the contract following a “Request CWI Commercial Director, Indies cricket family. We international matches and Internationals for the West Indies for Proposal (RFP)” process Dominic Warne said: “One of are the ‘champion station’ and regional tournaments, ensuring men’s and women’s teams. Fans which attracted and CWI’s strategic goals is to cricket is the number one cricket fans across the West will also be able to access ball-by- evaluated bids from entities increase access for fans to West sport, so this is the beginning of a Indies can follow every West ball commentary for all men’s and across the region. Indies and regional tournament great partnership, Indies home international match women’s CG Insurance Super50 This year West Indies are due cricket across the region.Thanks starting with the CG Insurance and all regional tournament Cup matches, the four-day West to host Sri Lanka, South Africa, to this partnership with Vibes Super50 Cup next matches on their radio. Indies Championship and the Australia and Pakistan in Radio, Dominica, we are month.” CWI have created this exciting women’s T20 Blaze. bilateral series starting in March providing the opportunity for fans Vibes FM, Dominica, and CWI new radio rights opportunity with As a result of the partnership, and running until August. The everywhere to be transported by will confirm the full list of partner Vibes FM in Dominica to ensure for the first time, Cricket West new partnership will start with the magic of radio commentary to radio stations featuring the live that the magic of West Indies Indies will provide digital live the CG Insurance Super50 follow the fortunes of the West commentary in the coming cricket can be accessed in every radio commentary to fans in the Cup 50-over tournament to Indies and their home franchise weeks. 20 • Saturday January 30, 2021 The Barbados Advocate

REAL ESTATE REAL ESTATE Belle, St. George PM Suga says Japan Land 4 acres $400,000 determined to hold Haggatt Hall, St. Michael Land 6336 sq ft Olympics this summer $126,000 TOKYO – Prime Minister fully committed to it Cane Garden, St. Thomas Yoshihide Suga said on going ahead. Land 7,000 sf to 18,000 sq ft Friday that Japan Suga told a virtual TEL 572-1452 Private entrance. From remained determined meeting of the World Cel: 253-6319 $187,681 that the Olympics would Economic Forum that 828-4800 Email: go ahead as planned in Japan was “determined to The Mount, St. George Tokyo this summer. deliver hope and courage caribbeanpropertiesltd Land 6544 sq ft @gmail.com $110,000 Amid speculation the to the world” through the event might be cancelled Games, and he would con- Shop Hill, St Thomas again due to the tinue to collaborate close- PROPERTIES Land 11,735 sq ft coronavirus pandemic, ly with Bach to realise a $258,000 Kirtons, St Philip International Olympic “safe and secure” event. 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NBA roundup: Pistons silence Lakers late, pull off upset BLAKE GRIFFIN scored 23 points The Clippers also got 17 points from and the host Detroit Pistons held Lou Williams and 16 points each from the Los Angeles Lakers scoreless for Marcus Morris Sr. and Reggie Jackson. nearly seven minutes in the fourth Morris scored 10 of his points in the quarter while pulling away to a fourth quarter. Terance Mann had 12 107-92 victory on Thursday. points for Los Angeles, and Serge Ibaka For the Lakers, who played without added 10 points and 13 rebounds. Anthony Davis (quad), it marked their Tyler Herro, in his first game off the season low in scoring and their first time injured list, led Miami with 19 points losing consecutive games this season. and added 10 rebounds and five assists. The Lakers lost their second straight Gabe Vincent chipped in 18 points for road game after going 10-0 to start the the Heat, who also got 16 points, 13 re- season. bounds and seven assists from Bam Detroit Pistons forward Blake Griffin (23) holds onto the ball while defended by Wayne Ellington had 20 points, Adebayo. Miami lost its fifth straight Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James (23) during the fourth quarter at including six 3-pointers, and Mason game, the longest active skid in the Little Caesars Arena in Detroit, Michigan, USA on January 28, 2021. Plumlee supplied 17 points and 10 re- NBA. bounds. Jerami Grant and Derrick Rose with 12 rebounds. players in double figures with 20 points added 14 points apiece for Detroit. Houston Rockets 104 - Portland Portland hit 17 of 41 3-point attempts as the Suns snapped a three-game los- LeBron James had 22 points but only Trail Blazers 101 but failed to force overtime when ing streak with a victory over visiting two after half-time for the Lakers.He Victor Oladipo scored 25 points, Anfernee Simons missed a contested Golden State. also contributed 10 assists and seven Christian Wood added a double-double trey at the buzzer. Simons hit 4 of 9 from On a night when both teams were rebounds. Kyle Kuzma had 22 points and host Houston erased an early 20- long range and scored 14 off the bench, playing for the second time in two days, and 10 rebounds, and Talen Horton- point deficit in defeating Portland. complementing the sharpshooting of the Suns demonstrated better depth, in- Tucker added 13 points off the bench. Oladipo scored a driving layup with Damian Lillard (five 3-pointers, 30 cluding a 12-point, 13-rebound double- 26.2 seconds left to secure a three-point points) and Gary Trent Jr. (seven 3- double off the bench by Frank Kaminsky. Los Angeles Clippers 109 - Miami lead for Houston, which sealed its fourth pointers, 21 points). The Warriors’ Stephen Curry led all Heat 105 consecutive victory with free throws scorers with 27 points, but Golden State Nicholas Batum scored 18 points, from Wood and Eric Gordon down the Phoenix Suns 114 - Golden State got just two other players into double fig- helping Los Angeles rally past host stretch. Wood returned from a three- Warriors 93 ures while seeing its two-game winning Miami for its eighth win in nine games. game injury hiatus and paired 22 points Mikal Bridges led seven Phoenix streak end. The Barbados Advocate Saturday January 30, 2021 •23

P R O HOROSCOPES S A ARIES (March 21-April 19). Money is an area N where there may be some dispute. Someone in the D family is spending cash without thought of tomor- row. In important legal and financial matters, don't C sign on any dotted line until you have gone over the O contract very carefully. If you feel you have re- N cently made a wrong choice, it is time to revise this S decision. TAURUS (April 20-May 20). Decisions you are making will affect your family situation. For now, you will prefer to keep your options open. An older relative is taking a lot of interest in your affairs. Stubbornness has in the past prevented you from seeing things from all angles. It could be worth tak- ing their suggestions into consideration. Z GEMINI (May 21-June 21). Now is right the mo- I ment to take decisive action. Productive and con- T structive discussions will make you feel confident S you are moving forward with the support you need from the people who matter. New measures are being put in place in the workplace that should make your job a lot easier. CANCER (June 22-July 22). Schemes are being designed that are particularly impactful for your community. You may be asked to become involved in working through plans and arrangements. You are in a position to make decisions that will make a dif- R ference to the lives of many people. E LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). Watch and observe but X hold back from taking action. Working behind the scenes could prove illuminating when you get to see M things going on in the background you haven't been O aware of. Keep your eyes wide open and you could be surprised by what you see. R VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). You've been putting it G off for a while but it is time to discuss money mat- A ters with your partner. This conversation will not be N one of the easiest ones you have had but you will be glad to get it over with. Generally, you will want to absorb yourself in tasks that keep you well out of the limelight. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). You and a partner need to start working together as a team. By doing this you will give each other strength enough to see you P through any troubled times you go through. If there H have been arguments, you will be the one who sug- A gests a compromise and this will be gratefully ac- N cepted. SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). A friend or loved one T will try to involve you in their problems. They will O admit they've got themselves into something of a M rut. You aren't sure what you can say or do to help them. You may be in full control of your own life but that doesn't go to say you can miraculously cure other people's problems. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). You can't make sense of what a senior colleague is asking of you. They seem to think you can read their mind and their M attitude isn't a one that invites you to ask for further A explanations. You want to do well but you're feel- R ing you have to watch what you say all the time. Y Despite your serious mood, you still need to find time for rest and relaxation. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). A friend wants W to offload their problems onto you. Listening to O their troubles and woes may not be the ideal way of R passing the time. Even so, you are trying to avoid T a task you've never enjoyed carrying out and for this H reason, listening to a friend's problems could be the least frustrating option of those you have avail- able. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). A team effort will be going well thanks to your creative contribution. M This is your chance to shine. Love and romance O abound while a new admirer will keep you spell- T bound if you are single. If there has been a separa- H tion between you and the one you love, you can an- E ticipate a reconciliation. Be willing to talk. R PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). There is some pres- sure to get a job finished in double-quick time. G You're slightly annoyed by this. If someone had in- O formed you of what needed to be done earlier, you O would have made it more of a priority. Although you S don't like to cut corners, you may have no choice but E to have to do so. CWI, Vibes Radio

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Saturday January 30, 2021 Minister urging small businesses to register BUSINESSES operating “under the radar” are being urged to make wrong things right. While revealing Government’s decision to render financial assistance to some small businesses, Minister of Energy, Small Business and Entrepreneurship, Kerrie Symmonds, also made the public aware that too many businesses are still not registered. He said that they are not contributing to the National Insurance Scheme (NIS), even though the minimum contribution is about $20 to $25 a week. Acting Manager Michael Nicholls (left) and Minister of the Environment and National Beautification, Adrian Forde, applaud just after the “Government can’t official opening of the Christopher Griffith Recreational Hall at the Sanitation Service Authority yesterday. realistically come to the assistance of people we do not know about,” he said during the COVID-19 press conference, while appealing to small business owners to register their operations MAKEOVER FOR as soon as possible. “We cannot help you in government unless you help yourself and put yourself in a position for Other concerns us to help you.We need for people to register. Too being addressed many people in Barbados SSA FACILITY are operating under the radar.” MEDICAL insurance weeks, was completed in that this part of your country,” he said. without the work of the Minister Symmonds coverage for staff and three and will now see complaint will be With the facility being Sanitation, we would lose further stressed that they mechanised arms for staff with a comfortable addressed in the not-too- named after a former the fight against COVID- are not paying taxes; they garbage trucks will space in which to have distant future. I also Manager at the 19 as we know it. You are are not part of the system. be coming to the their lunch and relax want to tell you that Authority,Minister Forde responsible for keeping “But when we have a Sanitation Service during their down time there was a concern went on to express his the environs healthy and crisis such as this COVID- Authority (SSA). These after agitating to have it about your physical well- gratitude for the work clean and ensuring that 19, or heaven forbid with assurances were made upgraded for the better being in terms of lifting being undertaken by the garbage is being regard to a hurricane or yesterday by Minister part of seven years. those big, heavy cans. staff, noting that disposed of in a timely some other calamity – you of the Environment Minister Forde, who said And I want to say to you Barbados could not stand manner. You are on the want Government to be and National that he was saddened that in the not-too- up to the fight against frontline every single day able to assist you,” he Beautification, Adrian and ashamed to see the distant future, there will COVID-19 without their – morning, noon and pointed out, adding, “But Forde, during his state the facilities were be mechanised arms crucial contribution. night; and today I want Government can’t assist address as he officially in previously, went on to associated with the “You are really the to pay special homage to people we do not know opened the add that this project was trucks, so that you can unsung heroes in the each and every one of you about and therefore it is Christopher Griffith not the only one that he have an ease in lifting fight against COVID. and I want to say thanks very critical for all of our Recreational Hall at would be overseeing a those big, heavy cans. So Oftentimes you hear for the outstanding work entrepreneurs to make the Wildey depot. change in as he would be all those things we are about the doctors and from the bottom of my the time, make the effort The newly-refurbished addressing their concerns looking at because our job see them with the heart. You have done a to try to become formally facility, which came in about medical insurance is to protect you, so that stethoscopes and the PPE great service to this part of the system, and not under budget and under and other issues. you can do the best that and you see the nurses country,” he said. operate under the radar.” time after a projected 12 “I want to tell you you can in this small with the patients. But (MP) (TL)

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