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By Nadia Brancker yesterday to discuss the latest ence, determination and use of beaten the odds before and we review of the economy, Dr. our resources. know that it is not as difficult as “FAILURE is not an option,” Worrell called on Barbadians to Despite the fact that the it seems once we buckle down says Dr. Delisle Worrell, change the conversation and Barbados economy has shown to the task – it is patience, Governor of the Central consider how far we have come no growth once again, he main- persistence, determination and Bank of Barbados (CBB). and the fact that we have done tained: “Barbadians have every excellence that wins the day. Sinckler: Lay In the press conference held so on the basis of our persist- reason to be confident. We have UPBEAT on Page 5 down arms and get to work

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Governor General Sir Elliott Belgrave (seated) watches on as Sir Clifford Husbands holds up the challenge shield for his recently launched Agricultural Challenge for Secondary Schools. Flanking the former Governor General is Chairperson of the RCS Barbados Branch Maizie Barker-Welch and Assistant Secretary of the RCS, Dr. Claire Durant (right). Farming still a viable career choice THE youth must be encour- the behalf of Minister David that he said the initiative “This is evidenced by our over aged to accept and appreciate Estwick, who was unable to at- by Sir Clifford, which targets 50 years of support for the farming and food production as tend the launch of the Sir students at the level of Barbados 4-H movement, a viable career choices. Clifford Husbands Agricultural the Caribbean Secondary movement which was estab- FIFA World Cup This is the view of Challenge. Education Certificate, is indeed lished as a collaborative effort Permanent Secretary in the Dr. Chandler gave a compre- a step in the right direction. between the Ministries of fever comes to Ministry of Agriculture, Food, hensive look at some of the He told the guests at Petrea Agriculture and Education Fisheries and Water Resource challenges facing the sector, Gardens that the Ministry has sometime in 1962. Barbados Management, Dr. Lennox including an ageing farmer always paid keen interest in “The Ministry of Agriculture, Chandler, who was delivering population. the engagement of the youth in Food, Fisheries and Water Page 23 feature remarks yesterday on It is against this backdrop agriculture. FARMING on Page 4

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From left: Combermere Students – Phillip King, Krystal Hoyte and Ade O’Neal. From left: Combermere Old Scholars – Sonia St. Hill, David Williams and Dawn-Marie Layne. Combermere past and present students debate “University education has many bene- ful for the many years that the govern- noting the savings will be crucial. – on UWI tuition fees fits to a society as a whole; chief of which ment of Barbados has paid tuition. “If students can afford to attend the lat- COMBERMERE Week of Activities is a skilled workforce and a reduction in She said that, however, the time has est shows,they can afford to pay for all the 2013 saw Old Scholars and Present welfare handouts,” he pointed out. come where the public must recognise brand-name gear,the technology,why not Students debate on the topic, O’Neal’s partner, Krystal Hoyte, went that Government can longer do this. redirect some of those resources to tuition “University students should not pay on to express that if students are forced to “Tuition has now been raised to over fees?” tuition fees”. pay for University education, it makes it $33 000 per student, and the University Williams also made the point that all The debate, which was held at the an aspiration rather than an expectation. has an enrolment of near 8 000; that bill over the world students contribute to- school’s hall on Monday night, got under “If the government of Barbados wants is enormous. The Minister of Finance wards the cost of their education. way with present student, Ade O’Neal, to save money,they can’t save it there be- stated in the Budget that the total contri- “It is a fact that when you pay for some- sharing his view that “education isn’t cause the loss for our generation is too bution required from the government of thing, it becomes more available because expensive, it’s priceless”. much to bear. We are talking about our Barbados to the Cave Hill Campus is over you tend not to take it for granted and you “How dare the Government put a price future lawyers, politicians, doctors and $543 million. work harder at your studies. on education? How dare they cut off engineers. “The Government already has Barrack “Surely, the government of Barbados Barbadians from accessing this hope? “I ask the government of Barbados to to pay, and now Shanique Myrie to pay; has to cut cost all around.The money that How dare they destroy the fabric of the invest in our children today, to earn how much more can we ask of them? We the Government can save from not having Barbadian society,that my parents, your tomorrow,” Hoyte pleaded. are in a very tight position,” she stated. to pay tuition fees can surely be used to parents, our parents spoke so fond of?” Old Scholar, Sonia St. Hill, presented David Williams,an Old Scholar,insisted improve social services, and other aspects he posed. that her side is both grateful and thank- that Government has no choice, also of our society,” he pointed out. (TL) The Barbados Advocate Thursday October 24, 2013 • 3 ‘Lay down arms and get to work’ Investors not By RuthMoisa Alleyne

MINISTER of Finance, only guided by Christopher Sinckler, called on all spheres of society to lay down rating agencies their tools of war and instead busy them- By Nadia Brancker egy going forward and the selves with doing what reason why we spend was necessary to get INVESTORS are not only time visiting investors the economy on a directed by rating agen- and explaining our strat- growth path once cies was the implication egy is that our strategy more. made by Dr. Delisle resonates with them.” Speaking passionately Worrell, Governor of The International during a National the Central Bank of Monetary Fund (IMF) Dialogue on Productivity Barbados (CBB). made the projections re- and Competitiveness His comments came cently that Barbados will at the Lloyd Erskine against the backdrop of a be the only country not to Sandiford Centre yester- media report that sug- record growth this year day morning, less than 24 gested that insurers were and next year. Many be- hours after defeating a being advised not to take lieve that this will have no-confidence motion up Barbados bonds on the an impact on investors. filed against him by the premise that the country Dr. Worrell explained, leader of the Opposition, could be downgraded “The IMF just gives a pro- Sinckler asserted that again by Standard & jection for 2014, but based now was not the time to Poor’s (S&P). on the appropriateness pronounce demise or de- Speaking to the media of our strategy,we have a struction. yesterday at a press sustainable growth strat- “Rather,now is the time conference to discuss egy for the medium term. for unifying around a the latest review of the Our concern is not only shared goal which is re- economy, even though he what the growth will be in energising the ... economy Minister of Finance, Christopher Sinckler (centre), listens to Minister of Labour, would not comment on if 2014, our concern is what and our society as a Dr. Esther Byer-Suckoo (left). Barbados Ambassador to CARICOM, His Excellency he thought S&P would a sustainable growth whole... Now is the time Robert Morris, also pays attention. further downgrade strategy for Barbados is. to lay down arms and to Barbados, he maintained, If we focus on investment pick up ploughs and to till The Minister warned, foreign exchange sectors able to do so now or in the “We have to focus on the to enrich our products in the soils of this economy however, that the key to perform at their peak,” future.” fact that our strategy is the area in which we are ... to achieve those things ensuring that we have he said. He maintained that our the appropriate strategy already internationally which we know we have reserves was found in our Zeroing in on our product needed to be at for our country at this competitive, have a to achieve to sustain the foreign exchange earning “bread and butter” indus- the very highest levels, point in time. Investors strong presence and di- quality of life and the capacity.He called on sec- try, Sinckler noted that adding that the fact that always have to make versify our markets, then standard of living that all tors such as International the problems which the we are not price-competi- their decisions and what we can have confidence of us have and want our Business, Tourism tourism industry faced tive in the market would is true to say is that in that we will achieve children to have...” Services and the export were not created over- work against us if our our conversation with in- growth rates that are The Minister suggested of manufactured goods night, neither would it be product offering was not vestors, when we explain sustainable. that the solution to doing to work with Government fixed in a short manner excellent. the Barbados strategy “Investors don’t neces- so was found in refocused in ensuring that levels of time. “There is no amount of based on growing the for- sarily look at IMF projec- re-strategising, invest- of competitiveness and Sinckler charged: “We money that the Ministry eign exchange sectors and tions, they look at partic- ment, energising domes- productivity were at the have issues with compet- of Finance can give to making sure we always ular projects. We have as tic activity and the imple- highest. itiveness, with productiv- the Barbados Tourism balance our inflows and Barbadians to devise, de- mentation of calculated “The quality of our ity,we know this as a fact. Authority that is going to outflows of foreign ex- velop and demonstrate initiatives. products and the excel- The quality of our product make that any difference change, that is strategy that individual products With official reports lence of our services has is not at the level that it [in marketing]. they understand and they in the business which we hitting the ground yester- to be second to none and should be at and it has The national dialogue, accept is appropriate for are competitive. We have day that foreign reserves unquestioned in the mar- not been for a number of entitled “Looking us. to develop these projects were down to just over ket!” he contended. years. Unfortunately and Through the Lens to “Investors always make and sell them to the exter- 13 weeks, but that the “Governments do not to our detriment, because Barbados 2025”, formed their decision based on nal investors and say to decline should cease, earn foreign exchange, we [have encountered] a part of a week of activities their own judgement and them this particular proj- Sinckler told his audience we borrow it; the private recession, people have commemorating 20 years they may take rating ect is one that will yield that ensuring adequate sector earns the foreign choices and make greater of existence for The agencies into consider- good returns over the life levels of international exchange ... and we choices with greater Productivity Council.Also ation, but having been of the project and you foreign reserves to en- should see the critical scrutiny when they have present were Minister of burned in the past by should buy into it; and sure that our daily ac- importance of building less money to spend. Labour, Dr. Esther Byer- slavishly following rating we have many examples tivities could continue a symbiotic relationship Therefore, things that we Suckoo, and Barbados agencies, no investor now of those types of projects unabridged, was funda- between public, private would have been able to Ambassador to CARI- just follows what rating and this has to be the mental to the Barbadian and labour,in order to en- get away with in the past, COM, His Excellency agencies say.” drive of the private sec- economy. sure that our most critical we are not going to be Robert Morris. He added, “Our strat- tor.” Alternative energy legislation to be debated next month LEGISLATION which ing during his address during the August 13th development of the coun- speaking”, but “working ies of alternative energy, treats to the generation at a National Dialogue Budget. Minister try. assiduously” to ensure he maintained that it was and disposition of alter- on Productivity and Sinckler said that this “We are mindful of the that the policy frame- not in Government’s in- native energy is ready Competitiveness, which move was to take the fact that the creation of work for an alternative terest to destabilise what and will be debated in took place at the Lloyd country towards being a new economic sector energy sector was clearly was stabilised, but to aug- the House of Parliament Erskine Sandiford able to have a “genuine is not something that written and was part ment it and “ensure that in the first week of Centre. He noted that the alternative energy sector” happens overnight, it has of the policy matrix of traditional electricity and November. Bill would be debated and noted that such a to be carefully planned Barbados. alternative generation of The Minister of along with the Electricity sector was going to be and properly executed,” Referencing the ongo- energy can co-exist side Finance, Christopher Light and Power Act, as absolutely critical – if not Sinckler remarked, as- ing tête-à-tête between by side for the benefit, Sinckler, made this dis- well as energy incentives one of the most critical suring that his govern- the Barbados Light and rather than to the detri- closure yesterday morn- which were proposed sectors needed – for the ment had not been “just Power and advocacy bod- ment, of Barbados”. (RA) 4• Thursday October 24, 2013 The Barbados Advocate

Secondary level competence Study of agriculture programme on stream develops By Colville Mounsey (CCSLC). work hand in glove with the they have achieved for On Monday parents, CXC programme and em- while they were in school,” THE days of persons teachers and interested ploys several practical com- said King,who divulge that knowledge in leaving secondary personnel turned out to the ponents as well as alterna- the initiative does not cater school with nothing in St. Michael School to hear tive forms of assessment to solely to the academic wel- the form of certification from Ministry personnel the written format. fare of the child but also the many areas will be a thing of the just how the new pro- “Students who left school development of life tools. FARMING from Page 1 the study of many areas past come as the gramme was being imple- under certified did not “CCSLC is structured to of natural and social sci- Ministry of Education, mented and what it meant leave school with a blank represent and integration Resource ences inclusive of biol- Science Technology and for students and teachers slate and certainly learn- of knowledge competition Management (MAFFW) ogy, chemistry, physics, Innovation have moved in terms of work load. ing took place every day.So and effective qualities crit- is also playing a part in as well as economics full steam ahead with According to Chief we had to find a way, and ical to the dynamics of the Youth in Agriculture and sociology. the implementation of Education Officer Laurie this is regional in focus, to life-long learning, global project which is operat- “I am hopeful that it the Caribbean King, the three year pro- have a certificate that al- competitiveness and sus- ing out of the Prime will demonstrate to our Certificate of Secondary gramme which ends in lows these children to have tainable development… We Minister’s office and is young people and their Level Competence form three, is designed to something to show for what have an opportunity to based on the grounds of parents that a career in focus on attitudes and the the Livestock Station in agriculture is just as im- softs skills.In Barbados we the Pine Basin and portant and rewarding are a tourist economy cen- there are others.” as any other career tred on service which is es- He added that in an choice.” sentially how well persons environment where He also made the are able to interact,” he young people are bom- point that in the face of added. barded with numerous climate change and The Barbados model of curricular and extra- other environmental the CCSLC will also see curricular choices, it is changes, technologies students partaking in an hoped that this initia- such as bio-engineering enrichment programme tive will serve to turn have allowed mankind which involves community the attention of some to to produce plants and service. For the most part agriculture as well as animals that have the the fair sized gathering em- contribute to dispelling ability to thrive in ad- braced the concept al- the erroneous notion verse conditions. though there few concerns that the study of agri- He pledged the about its uniformity and culture is the domain of Ministry’s support to monitoring expressed as the academically defi- the Sir Clifford well as questions as to how cient. Husbands Agricultural to ensure that the existence In fact, he pointed out Challenge with the hope issues of learning and that the study of agri- of seeing a number of in- teaching abilities don’t seep culture encompasses novative outcomes. (JH) into the new programme. Sir Clifford Husbands’ Agricultural Challenge launched YESTERDAY marked the terns throughout the is- see as our talent is a man- official launch of the Sir land,experience has shown ageable agricultural space Clifford Husbands that in addition to the tra- which by its very nature in Agricultural Challenge ditional crops like sugar- today’s terms which is re- and with it a hope that it cane , cotton, yams and newable, sustainable and will empower and energise sweet potatoes there are a inexhaustible.” future generations of number of exotic vegeta- While complimenting Barbadians. bles, fruit and flowers that the Challenge Shield The hope was expressed can be grown in mar- Programme, he assured by Sir Clifford himself as ketable quantities.” that the Barbados Branch he acknowledged the work The former Governor of the Royal of the members of the General told the specially Commonwealth Society Barbados Branch of the invited guests including will invite a number of vol- Royal Commonwealth current Governor General unteers from its member- Society who turned his vi- Sir Elliott Belgrave that ship to visit the challenge sion into reality at the with the skills and expert- shield programmes at the launch which was held in ise of the Ministry of various centres during the the scenic Petrea Gardens Agriculture and the year to instil the value of St.James yesterday morn- University of the West agriculture and to spread ing. Indies any assistance or re- the word about the pur- Sir Clifford described the search required in this pose,power and usefulness challenge as timely, since area should not be difficult of the organisation. it focuses on education and to obtain. The Challenge will pro- agriculture. “In our small “Here in Barbados we vide the student of the island only 21 x 14 miles may not be able to mine for Caribbean Secondary the agricultural space is gold or diamonds, but we Education Certificate not too much or too little to have been blessed with a Agriculture syllabus with be a cause of embarrass- talent which we seemingly the opportunity to show ment.” overlook. A talent which how science and technol- “With a variety of soil with proper husbandry is ogy,engineering and maths types and differing topo- even more valuable than can be applied to agricul- graphical and weather pat- gold or diamond. What I ture in creative ways.(JH)

The Barbados Advocate Thursday October 24, 2013 • 5 Entrepreneurship an option By Ashlee Cox recently, by the Deputy the development of skills Governor of the Central which he explained would “IN the global environ- Bank of Barbados, make them both flexible ment, you should not Cleviston Haynes. and adaptable in the ignore the idea of self- To the graduands, he changing world of busi- employment.” briefly discussed three ness and thirdly, the idea That was the advice broad themes, on which of entrepreneurship. given to the graduands of he offered advice to the “I encourage you to see the Republic Bank, youths, including, the yourselves as the entre- YouthLink Programme, idea of professionalism, preneur, to conceptualise new projects and to em- brace the idea of working together,” he stated. Encouraging the ten successful graduands to not confine their thoughts to ‘finding a job’ and working for a com- pany, he nonetheless noted that while working for a company could be useful, as you prepare to develop your own ambi- tion and dreams. Noting that it was ‘not everyone who will be able, from the outset to work for them- selves’ he also stated that it was also, not everyone who needed to be only working for the company. In that light, he encour- aged the youth to ‘envi- sion the future as an en- trepreneur,’ where they Here, Cleviston Haynes (left), Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of may want to work to- Barbados, presents Valedictorian, Juel Hunte, with her prize. gether, with each other to start a new business, and sionalism’ was not about else”, he advised. counting,” he noted. reminded them that they their careers, but about Haynes, also made the Continuing, he stated, could draw on the many how well they did their call for more banks to de- “You need to be able to agencies that had job. velop advisory services provide them with those been established by “The more professional for small businesses, so skills, though very small Government, to serve the you are in how you inter- that the potential in that businesses cannot go out needs of such persons act with others, the more sector could be unlocked. and recruit the personnel which entrepreneurial successful you are likely “ Finance is really only to be able to provide those Ian De Souza (left), Managing Director and CEO of drives. to be in your endeavours, one of the ingredients services and therefore I Republic Bank presents Graduand Yuri Whitehall Haynes, also cautioned whether working for that it takes for a success- think our financial insti- with his prize. the youths, that ‘profes- yourself or for someone ful business, and a num- tutions have a role to play ber of businesses over the in helping very small years have failed because businesses to be able to they lacked the expertise acquire those skills and Time to remain resilient, in management, in mar- therefore to be able to keting, in finance and ac- grow”. focus on growing economy UPBEAT from Page 1 Business and financial months of imports every and we are going in the services and the rum since the onset of the right direction. Next year “It is something that industry through invest- 2008 crisis. Government we believe it will be level- each Barbadian can do to ment and initiatives to acted promptly to ad- ling off and a bit of posi- contribute to our growth increase productivity, dress the latest decline in tive growth will spark. to develop and promote diversify our product reserves as soon as it be- Unemployment this year projects to prospective offerings and further came evident in May of has not worsened signifi- foreign investment part- improve service quality. this year with a fiscal re- cantly. ners, government to “Barbados ranks 47th duction package of 5.5 Barbadians are not upgrade business facili- in the world competitive- percent of GDP.” easily panicked, we have tation which is that we ness index and first The Government has been in much more diffi- have admitted is our among Caribbean coun- taken a beating to the ex- cult circumstances and Achilles heel and to our tries we also have initia- tent there was a no confi- when prognosis were workers to improve pro- tives underway to in- dence motion attributing very dire by doing the ductivity and use the crease the production of that it was indeed the things we need to do and Barbadian reputation for green energy. The policies set forth by the focus on what each of us excellence.” Barbados growth strat- Minister of Finance was can contribute to the so- Dr. Worrell reiterated, egy is anchored on the the main impetus behind lution, getting out of the “The focus in Barbados is stability of the external Barbados’ lack of growth. difficulties was not as on growth and the accounts evidenced by The Governor indi- onerous as we antici- Barbados growth strat- the fact that foreign ex- cated, “We need to focus pated. Barbadians re- egy builds on the country change reserves have on what needs to be done main resilient people and is competitive strength in been maintained at a to grow the economy, we we can do the same this Tourism, International level in access of three need to focus on policies time around.”

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NO one is obligated to in- needed to feed this sector. tunities that arise. bust framework for the ex- ters which need to be address as vest in Barbados, says “Current estimates are that “It cannot be business as change of information, legisla- the island seeks to become the Minister of International this sector contributes approx- usual.We all have to take stock. tive reforms among other domicile of choice of interna- Business, Donville Inniss. imately $900 million to this We have to take a hard look at things would have been under- tional investors. “Investors have options. Our economy.Over 4 000 jobs, rental what we are doing so that we taken to enhance Barbados’ “These include but are not role is to create the best en- of properties and many other can make the necessary adjust- overall framework for exchange limited to; Completion of regu- abling environment and to sus- benefits accrue to Barbados ments rather than have things of information. lations for International Trust tain it,” he insisted during a re- from this sector.” forced upon us.While seeking to “These reforms included the and Corporate Providers Act. ception to launch International “All I ask is that the service retain business, we must imple- amendment of existing legisla- Amendments to the SRL and Business Week, at Royal providers and companies ment new strategies or stream- tion and the introduction of new Limited Liability Partnership Westmoreland on Monday within the sector conduct them- line processes and procedures ones which included the Income to allow for retention of ac- night. selves at all times in a highly which may have become anti- Tax (Exchange of Information) counting and shareholders According to him, not all in- professional manner that will quated.” Regulations, 2011, Money records have been approved by gredients for a vibrant interna- not seek to bring this domicile Minister Inniss also believes Laundering and Financing of Cabinet. Amendments to the tional business sector reside into disrepute,” he expressed. that it is important to note that Terrorism (Prevention and IBC and SRL Acts to give effect within legislation. Noting that, “the very dy- Barbados from the outset de- Control) Act, 2011, the to the issuance of indefinite li- He pointed out that matters namic nature of international liberately set out to become an Financial Services Commission cences have been approved on relating to immigration, cus- business requires us to be re- International Financial Centre Act, the International my end and will shortly be for- toms, law and order, security, sponsive to changes in the based on tax treaties which in- Corporate and Trust Service warded to cabinet. Also, we are our justice system and the re- global environment in which we clude; exchange of information Providers Act.” seeking to expand our treaty sponse time from all private operate,” he encouraged those provisions rather than a no-tax Inniss also observed that network further into South and public sector agencies are gathered to change and adapt if jurisdiction. there are several other legisla- America, Africa and Asia,” he amongst the ingredients they are to embrace the oppor- He said that to ensure a ro- tive and administrative mat- highlighted. (TL) Uwitube to add English

UWITUBE, the online resource ment of these concepts and ini- tool launched last November tiatives particularly in the area with emphasis on Mathematics, of Mathematics.” is now ready to add English to Noting that he may be part of its offerings. the last generation of those who This was revealed recently, “skated by” without having a during a meeting at the UWI firm knowledge of Mathematics, Campus, where ten teachers Mr.Husbands, a former teacher, from English Departments said: “Today…you must have across the island’s secondary Mathematics to be a teacher schools received iPads from the …Mathematics has become so Media Resource Department important that a sound knowl- (MRD) to facilitate the creation edge of Mathematics is today for of material in this area. the average student probably a Those present also received a determining factor in the quality report on the progress of of life that you are going to live. Uwitube and heard plans for its Without Mathematics, you don’t future development from its cre- have exposure to certain jobs ators. and opportunities.” Parliamentary Secretary in Meanwhile, Chief Audio the Ministry of Education, Visual Aids Officer, Walter Science, Technology and Harper, in pledging support to Innovation, Senator Harry Uwitube said: “This project and Husbands, in addressing the our continued support to joint gathering, commended Senior UWI/Media Resource From left to right: Senior Lecturer in the Department of Computer Science, Mathematics and Lecturer in the Department of Department projects is what we Physics, Dr. Janak Sodha and Coordinator of UWITube Project chatting with developers Computer Science, Mathematics are all about.” Alexander Patrick, Jamal Rice and Rashid Holder. and Physics, Dr. Janak Sodha, He expressed further pleasure Maths teachers, the UWI and at the partnership assuring Dr. the MRD for “committing their Sodha that more iPads would be launched on November 7, 2012, time, expertise and knowledge donated to the project for the felt that the team had achieved to improving the Maths scores of production of videos and that a milestone in showcasing students”. Science would be included. videos produced by the Explaining that this was crit- Stressing that Science would be Mathematics teachers dealing ical, he said:“Our first aim really “the next logical step” after with the 10 topics that consti- is to improve the performance English, he added that the MRD tute CXC syllabus in that sub- in Mathematics by our students would continue to advertise ject.“For one individual or a few and thereby offer them the op- Uwitube on its website and pro- individuals to do that is not pos- portunity to have greater access vide further promotion via sible. We have had many teach- to further education and proba- posters placed in schools. ers come together and we have bly a higher standard and Mr. Harper also revealed that managed…to cover at least a higher quality of living … I am later this year, within eight pri- minimum of 10 videos on every pleased that we have taken the mary schools, MRD would be single topic, he said.” initiative to put in place a signif- seeking to encourage at least The educational tool can be ac- icant development in this pro- one teacher “to embrace the iPad cessed via http://uwitube.com gramme.” in teaching and the delivery of (JG/BGIS) Senator Husbands, pointing instruction within 50 per cent out that he too would take ad- or more of the lessons within a vantage of accessing Uwitube, week”. “We are hoping that this AT RIGHT: Queen’s College’s said: “I am convinced that what would be the forerunner to what Ramon Welch (right) collects I have seen this morning, that we see would become Uwitube his award from Parliamentary we too are on the cutting edge primary – another logical step,” Secretary in the Ministry of and more importantly are using he concluded. Education, Science, local materials, local people and Meanwhile, Dr Sodha, in re- Technology and Innovation, regional people in the develop- viewing the project that was Senator Harry Husbands.

The Barbados Advocate Thursday October 24, 2013 • 7 Training is important in road transport sector

ROAD SAFETY from see these workers as the other special circum- Back Page interface between them stances to be considered and organisations, and when driving for work. fumes while handling they are subjected to “Training now becomes dangerous substances; varying forms of abuse as an important part of put- and work schedules a result,” he also stated. ting persons to work and that have an impact on “Of the myths which making sure that people their ability to lead [need] to be cleared up [is] are competent and safe as healthy lifestyles. He the thought that when they develop in their var- also stressed that fa- one of these hazards is re- ious areas of activity.This tigue is the most com- alised and an accident oc- also includes driving,” he monly reported health curs to a person while pointed out. problem in drivers and doing work on the road, As such, he noted his operators. this is not a matter for the pleasure in joining in the Chief Labour Officer Vincent Burnett (centre) sits with Ferdinand Walton “The road transport Labour Department.This launch of the Defensive (left), representative for Esso Standard Oil, the Road Safety Business sector is highly competi- cannot be further from Driving Course (DDC) of Champion for 2013 and Anthony Wiltshire, Acting Deputy Permanent tive; workloads are in- the truth,” he added. the National Safety Secretary in the Ministry of Transport and Works. creasing and drivers face “This in effect means Council. Burnett praised escalating pressures from that when an accident oc- the BRSA for pushing the clients to deliver faster curs to a person on the initiative, which will be and more cheaply. Issues road while engaging in beneficial to a number of such as ‘just-in-time man- employment and meeting local companies and their agement’, increasing traf- the criterion as set out in employees. The compre- fic, and remote monitor- the Accident and hensive driving course of- ing all have an impact on Occupational Diseases fers the highest rate of the driver,” Burnett ob- (Notification) Act Cap success in reducing the served. 338, that accident should number and severity of “Violence and harass- be treated to as outlined auto collisions and is ment of transport work- in the said Act,” Burnett specifically designed to ers are on the increase, stressed. tackle safety issues facing but go largely unreported. Burnett further stated drivers motoring on the Customers and the public that there are, however, left side of the road.

Participants from various local businesses gathered for the launch of the Defensive Driving Course (DDC) of the National Safety Council. Police encouraged to strive for excellence By Renice Bostic that you appreciate them. encouraging others to “Let the deaths of your strive for excellence. SEVERAL members of colleagues signal to you “I want to encourage The Royal Barbados that as an organisation you to emulate those sen- Police Force were given you must celebrate iors whose ability and special awards at the achievements while you whose discharge of their force’s award ceremony can. We may not always responsibilities are as held on Sunday evening agree, but as a whole this such that not only mem- at Solidarity House. country depends on us to bers of the police force but Although they celebrated make it the paradise that the public of Barbados significant milestones in it is,” he said. recognises our exemplary their careers, there was a Mr. Brathwaite said he standard,” he said. solemn atmosphere as recognised the many sac- The Acting they mourned the loss of rifices that police officers Commissioner Tyrone two officers who passed make in order to keep Griffith, who received a within the last two everyone safe, and some- Queen Jubilee Award for days. times they are never re- 35 years of service, was Attorney General ally off duty. For this rea- advised to either weed Adriel Brathwaite told of- son we need to ensure out the weak links of the ficers that he empathises that everything is done to force or to strengthen with them because he lost protect the health of the them. Indeed, this is seen his teenage son earlier in officers to enhance their as quite important to en- the week, but the deaths ability to do their jobs. He sure that Barbados re- are a reminder of the thanked the awardees for mains known for having fragility of life and why their hard work and con- one of the best forces in you should show persons gratulated them, while the world.

8 • Thursday October 24, 2013 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 Chinese newspaper urges release of reporter BEIJING – A Chinese said. Zoomlion is the second- policemen, Brother newspaper made a rare The newspaper’s protest largest construction Zoomlion, we beg you, Measuring front-page appeal garnered significant equipment maker in China, release Chen Yongzhou!” yesterday for police to attention in the Chinese with 32 000 employees and Chen is the second New release one of its reporters blogosphere, with Internet reported revenue of 48 Express reporter to be after he was detained for users circulating the billion yuan ($7.6 billion) detained in recent months. progress is vital writing reports alleging editorial and news portals last year. The Hunan In August, New Express THE Productivity Council has launched a new financial misdeeds at a giving it prominent play.It provincial government reporter Liu Hu was handbook entitled “Get Up: Getting Everyone To large, state-owned comes at a time when owns one-sixth of the detained after he made Understand Productivity”. In outlining the content construction equipment concerns have been raised company and is its largest posts on his personal of the handbook, Executive Director John Pilgrim company. about heavy-handedness by shareholder. Calls to microblog urging stated it addressed the importance of partnership In an editorial boldly Chinese authorities against Zoomlion’s press office in authorities to investigate between the public and private sectors, a headlined “Please release journalists or bloggers who Changsha rang the deputy director of the partnership which would facilitate a global objective him,” The New Express seek to expose wrongdoing unanswered. State Administration for of improving productivity in the country. The newspaper said there was or raise critical opinions. Police in the Hunan Industry and Commerce, improvement of productivity, we agree with the no evidence the journalist, The New Express said provincial capital, saying that the official had Council, should be our focus at the individual level, Chen Yongzhou, had Chen was being punished Changsha, said on its been derelict while working the organisational level and consequently, at the committed any crime. It for a series of reports he official microblog that the in Chongqing. national level. We congratulate the Council for said journalists should not wrote that scrutinised the journalist had been Rights activists have having reached its 20th year of existence. During its be criminally prosecuted for finances of Zoomlion, a detained on Saturday for decried the prosecution of tenure, it has sought to fulfill its mandate to educate responsibly reporting facts construction company alleged “damage to Liu and others who have and stimulate public awareness on “the need to that may embarrass listed on the Hong Kong business reputation.” drawn attention to official improve the quality of work performance nationally influential companies or and Shenzhen stock The newspaper adopted a or corporate misdeeds, and in the context of international trends and individuals. exchanges. The reports slightly mocking tone in its saying they contradict the standards”, whilst assisting in the creation of a “Although our newspaper accused Zoomlion of plea:“If the heavens would Communist Party’s stated “climate which would maximise the use of is small, we have a artificially inflating its give us a chance, then we determination to root out productivity gains in collective bargaining backbone,” the editorial profits. would say: Uncle corruption. exercises”. Barbados has prided itself on having a well- educated and industrious workforce over the years, a human capital that certainly lends to our nation Dutch push back against having a competitive advantage, particularly in the provision of services.There have always been those who would contend otherwise. Their voices have been getting louder in more recent times, with ‘Black Pete’ criticism statistics being disclosed that Barbados has some of the highest rates of absenteeism in the region, or AMSTERDAM – A Netherlands cannot see been replaced with the than the (white) man who that we are losing our critical area of market share Facebook page seeking to that this is a throwback to idea that he is black from has played the part of in the increasingly competitive areas of Tourism preserve the “Black Pete” slavery, and that in the chimney soot as he scram- “Head Pete” on the and International Business. In fact, in his address clowns in blackface who 21st century this practice bles down to deliver toys Sinterklaas news program at a National Dialogue on Productivity and accompany St. Nicholas to should stop,” Verene and sweets for children for more than a decade. Competitiveness yesterday morning, Finance the Netherlands during Shepherd told television who leave their shoes out His commentary appeared Minister Christopher Sinckler forcefully drove home the holidays has become program EenVandaag. overnight. in a top Dutch newspaper the point that whereas certain folk would wish the the fastest-growing In stories told to chil- Discussion about Tuesday, entitled “Make country to believe en masse that its tourism industry Dutch-language page ever, dren, St. Nicholas – Zwarte Piet has escalated me less black and less a has nose-dived overnight, our product – and we receiving 1 million “likes” Sinterklaas in Dutch – ar- since 2011, when a promi- servant.” insert here ‘our service’ – had been falling behind for in a single day. rives by steamboat from nent opponent was thrown Others to question the a number of years. What brought our inefficiencies The mushrooming popu- Spain in mid-November to the ground, handcuffed tradition include Victoria’s to the surface, the Minister suggested, was that the larity of the “Pete-ition” accompanied by a horde of by police and dragged Secret model Doutzen onslaught of the economic recession had led to page reflects the depth of helpers: “Zwarte Pieten,” away for wearing a T-shirt Kroes and many of the persons making stricter budgetary choices in an emotional attachment or Black Petes, who have reading “Black Pete is country’s prominent adversarial business environment. most Dutch people – 90 black faces, red lips and Racism” where children thinkers and black celebri- It is clear that in the areas of business facilitation per cent of whom have curly hair. might see. ties. and services, Barbados simply cannot continue to European ancestry – feel A public broadcaster Opposition has been But their campaign has operate according to an outdated perception of itself. to a figure that helped produces a daily fictional centered in Amsterdam, failed to draw widespread The current financial difficulties have indeed shored launch the tradition of news program about the home to the Netherlands’ support and the over- up areas where we have settled into a state of Santa Claus. doings of Sinterklaas and largest black community. whelming majority of complacency. Herein, we can view the times as an It also reflects their the Petes that is shown in Mayor Eberhard van der Dutch people don’t want occasion to remind ourselves, and where need be, anger at critics who call it public elementary schools Laan this month said he change. retrain and re-equip ourselves with the necessary racist. Those critics in- for several weeks. On the would support changing “Message for the UN: tools to push our economic productivity upward. clude foreigners who they evening of Dec. 5, families Pete’s appearance – but Isn’t there a war some- For us, an essential area is not so much what we feel don’t understand the read poems and exchange only gradually, as it has where, starvation or geno- need to be doing at the individual, organisational or tradition. They also in- presents to cap the Dutch- changed over time in the cide going on that you national level – our educated selves will find no clude many of the coun- Belgian festival that is one past. could better be concerned difficulty in doing so – but in how we measure our try’s most prominent of the main sources of the “If it appears that about?” Dutchman Peter level of productivity.Too many of us seem to have an blacks. Santa Claus traditions. Amsterdammers feel pain Udo commented on the aversion to empirical data. We bank too heavily on “Don’t let the Opponents of the tradi- as a result of this tradi- Facebook page, drawing ‘guesstimations’ to determine if something is Netherlands’ most beauti- tion say Pete is an offen- tion, that’s a good reason more than 2 000 likes. working for our organisation or not.The Productivity ful tradition disappear,” sive caricature of black for new development,” he Asked about the issue at Council advocates in ‘Get Up’ that a culture of the page says. people. Supporters say said. his weekly press confer- productivity measurement be cultivated first by the On Tuesday, the chair- Pete is a positive figure Organisers of the festi- ence, Prime Minister organisation setting its own compass of performance woman of a UN Human whose appearance is val and the broadcaster Mark Rutte said it isn’t his by developing its goals, objectives and targets. Rights Commission panel harmless. also said they would be place to intervene in a folk Perhaps organisations are afraid of measuring looking into the festival The traditional song open to changes if people tradition. performance. We agree that the task can prove condemned it flatly. refers to Pete as a “ser- want them. “Black Pete: The name difficult when it seeks to override an opposite “The working group vant” to the elderly saint, The latest public figure says it already.He’s black,” culture. However,the benefits of doing so are evident does not understand why but in recent years those to speak out against the he said. “I can’t change in an employee’s ability to track his progression it is that people in the references have largely tradition was none other much about it.” through his time at a company and to tie in his

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The Barbados Advocate Thursday October 24, 2013 • 9

PC 826 Kenmore Phillips collects his award from Acting Police Commissioner Sargeant 468 David Gooding (left) receives his award from Acting Police Tyrone Griffith. Commissioner Tyrone Griffith. Bad cops must go! By Renice Bostic your responsibility to do all in your power to eradicate those small pockets of THOSE police officers of the Royal persons whose conduct has been Barbados Police Force who have unethical and at times, downright become weak links of the strong unit corrupt,” he said. which has been described as one of He told the gathering not to be the best in the world must be weeded discouraged because everyone knows who out if they do not step up their game. they are and he is hoping that they will This advice was given to Acting do the honourable thing and step down Commissioner Tyrone Griffith by from their posts. However, he has no Attorney General Adriel Brathwaite as he problem leading the charge to ensure that addressed the Force’s award ceremony they are removed. on Sunday. “You also need to do all in your power The award ceremony was held to to assist in ridding the force of them as recognise 192 long-serving members at they sully the reputation of an otherwise Solidarity House. great organisation,” he said. Griffith, however is taking charge and The Attorney General admitted that warned that he will be coming after the officers were being called upon to do more bad apples because it was no secret who in today’s society with even fewer the guilty officers were. resources but encouraged them not to lose “You who have contributed 30 years or sight of the honourable duty they are more in dedicated service need to fulfilling for their country. He further encourage the younger members of the advised them to leave the island and the force in a similar path to always give of organisation in a better state than they Assistant Superintendent Vernella Wiltshire collects her award from Dean of the their best to the organisation… It is also found it. St. Michael’s Cathedral, Dean Frank Marshall.

Inspector Margaret Stephen collecting her award Dean of the St. Michael’s Acting Assistant Commissioner of Police Lionel Thompson collects his award Cathedral, Dean Frank Marshall. from Dean of the St. Michael’s Cathedral, Dean Frank Marshall. 10 • Thursday October 24, 2013 The Barbados Advocate Local financial system ‘generally stable’ Focus on THE financial system panies continued to ex- banking in Barbados continues Governor of the CBB Dr. Delisle Worrell said that pand gradually, even to be awash with liquidity continues to be high and that entities were though both life and gen- resilience money, according to generally profitable, though with lower profit margins. eral insurance premiums latest information by have been falling. THE resilience of the the Central Bank of lower profit margins. credit unions and non- estate portfolio,” the gov- “An assessment of the regional banking sector to Barbados (CBB). A build-up in deposits bank financial institu- ernor said Tuesday in his financial system over the volatility in global finan- Governor of the Bank and falling loan demand tions experienced no release on the state of the first six months of cial markets and its con- Dr. Delisle Worrell said have contributed to the increase in their non- Barbados economy for this year revealed the tribution to stability, that liquidity continues higher liquidity. performing loans. the first nine months of sector to be generally growth and development to be high and that Dr. Worrell said that “For banks the deterio- 2013. stable, with well capi- in the region will come entities were generally while credit quality de- ration was in the per- The Governor said that talised institutions,” he under scrutiny next profitable, though with clined further, banks, sonal mortgage and real assets of insurance com- added. month. These issues will be examined by over 200 international finance pro- fessionals when they De Souza now a gather in St Lucia for the 40th Annual General Meeting and Conference certified insolvency of the Caribbean Asso- ciation of Banks (CAB) from November 13-16. The conference will also and restructuring advisor examine the adaptability THE Association of covered all aspects of the last eight years, 4 000 of the financial services Insolvency and bankruptcy and reorgan- hours of specialised sector to industry trends. Restructuring Advisors isation, including: insolvency and reorgani- The theme of the confer- (AIRA) has announced managing financial turn- sation experience. ence will be “Redefining the certification of Ian around and bankruptcy The Association of Strategy – The De Souza as a Certified cases, reorganisation Insolvency and Leadership Challenge”. Insolvency and plan development, insol- Restructuring Advisors The Caribbean Restructuring Advisor vency accounting, finan- is a nation-wide, not- Association of Bankers (CIRA). De Souza is the cial reporting and related for-profit organisation provides a platform Managing Director and tax issues. serving the needs of ac- through which financial CEO Republic Bank In addition to passing counting and financial institutions across the (Barbados) Limited. the comprehensive three- practitioners in the busi- region can share their To receive this coveted part examination, all ness turnaround, bank- experiences, ideas and certification, De Souza CIRA recipients must ruptcy,insolvency and re- expertise in tackling in- successfully completed have a minimum of five structuring areas and is ternal and external chal- an in-depth financial in- years of accounting or the recognised leading or- lenges to the financial solvency and restructur- financial experience, and ganisation in this field. services sector and the ing examination which have completed, within Its membership consists economies of the region. of accountants, financial The opening day of the advisors, attorneys, work- conference will be ad- out consultants, trustees dressed by Brett King, BANK RATES and others involved in founder and CEO of the Commercial bank rates to the public at the close of under-performing busi- breakout mobile bank business yesterday by the Central Bank of Barbados. nesses, insolvency and Moven, and author to bankruptcy matters. some of the financial sec- Valid for October 24, 2013 tor’s revolutionary texts Telegraphic Transfers Managing Director and CEO which advocate technolog- Currency Buying Selling Republic Bank (Barbados) ically integrated approach Euro 2.74482 2.79628 Limited, Ian De Souza. to 21st century banking. Pound Sterling £ 3.22013 3.28050 “The discussions are ex- Canadian $ 1.91402 1.95406 pected to be insightful United States $ 1.99375 2.02768 and informative and are Guyana $ 0.00980 0.00986 designed to equip partici- East Caribbean $ 0.73843 0.74306 pants with the expertise Belizean $ 0.99688 1.00313 Jamaica Tax Administration to help guide the opera- Demand/Sight: tions of their respective Currency Buying Selling Euro 2.73967 2.79628 firms and institutions in Pound Sterling £ 3.21409 3.28050 the current global envi- Canadian $ 1.91040 1.95406 to kick off e-filing ronment,” says President United States $ 1.99000 2.02768 of the St.Lucia Bankers Guyana $ 0.00980 0.00986 Association Joanne East Caribbean $ 0.73843 0.74306 system next year Charles. Belizean $ 0.99688 1.00313 The two-day conference Notes: TAX Administration will have to file their re- Consumption Tax ) re- includes discussion, dia- Currency Buying Selling of Jamaica (TAJ) says turns via the Jamaica funds. logue and strategising for Euro 2.70005 2.81375 it will be phasing in Tax Portal at www.ja- The TAJ says large corporate leaders. Pound Sterling £ 3.16761 3.30099 Canadian $ 1.89959 1.95577 the mandatory filing of maicatax-online.gov.jm. taxpayers or persons or CAB is a community of United States $ 1.98000 2.02857 returns via the Internet Taxpayers with an an- businesses with annual banks and other financial East Caribbean $ 0.73704 0.74445 as of March next nual turnover of at least turnover greater than institutions in the Belizean $ 1.00000 1.00000 year. $500 million will have to $500 million, are still Caribbean region, whose The TAJ says the move electronically file their encouraged to use the mission is to advance the INDICATIVE RATES FOR SOME REGIONAL towards e-filing is a con- general consumption tax, direct banking facility for interest of member insti- CURRENCIES AS ADVISED BY THE tinued effort to enhance special consumption tax, payment. tutions through advocacy, RESPECTIVE CENTRAL BANKS its capacity to more accu- income tax and employ- The TAJ says it will networking, provision of N.B.: These rates are not meant to be used for trading. rately capture data and ers’ annual returns. be providing training training and other solu- BDS$ develop an efficient tax The new e-filing support to persons identi- tions to strengthen the Guyana $ 0.00983 Jamaica $ 0.01909 system. requirement will also fied in this first phase of Caribbean financial sec- Trinidad & Tobago $ 0.31172 In this first phase, spe- apply to all taxpayers the mandatory e-filing tor. CAB currently repre- cific groups and persons with GCT (General requirement. sents 58 members.

The Barbados Advocate Thursday October 24, 2013 • 11 Large oil reserves discovered in Brazil Ford, SAO PAULO – Brazil’s National country. duction is concentrated in south- cluding Shell,Total, two Chinese Toyota fight Petroleum Agency says large Agency director Magda eastern Brazil, where over the firms and Brazil’s state-run reserves of oil are located off the Chambriard said yesterday that past several years billions of petroleum company Petrobras coast of the north-eastern state numbers on how much oil is in barrels of oil have been discov- won the right to develop a field over who of Sergipe, representing a new the reserves would not be ered in offshore reserves, mostly off the cost of Rio de Janeiro that frontier in petroleum develop- announced before 2016. in deep, pre-salt fields. could hold up to 12 billion has best ment in Latin America’s biggest Most of the country’s oil pro- On Monday, a consortium in- barrels of oil. selling car

DETROIT – Ford says the Agencies working to Focus compact car is the best- selling auto in the world this year. The company says it sold al- address money laundering most 590 000 Focuses during the first half of the year based By Colville Mounsey General Adriel Brathwaite at- cause it is not by accident that on registration data. That beat tested to the importance of such they come with these new ways the No. 2 finisher, the Toyota A NUMBER of law enforce- a meeting of heads, as crimi- to beat the system,” Brathwaite Corolla. ment agencies, including nals have become resourceful said. Toyota disputes the claim. the Barbados Financial in the attempts to launder It was based on this backdrop The Japanese automaker says Intelligence Unit, Royal money. that the Attorney General Ford didn’t count identical Barbados Police Force, “The same way that we are jumped at the notion of a collab- Toyota cars sold under Inland Revenue Depart- sitting around the table, these oration of the stakeholders, different names in other ment, Customs and the persons would also sit around so that loopholes could be countries. Office of the DPP are cur- the table and have sessions and plugged. Ford says Focus sales are up rently held a two-day con- they have quite a bit of re- “We can identify weaknesses, 20 per cent through the sultation to determine how sources, as they have bank where these weaknesses are first half of the year. That’s the organisations may best lawyers and other profession- and how to stop these weak- mainly because of big sales in use their resources to com- als at their disposal and they, nesses. It is also an opportunity China, now the car’s largest bat the scourge of money especially the international to build on our strengths and market. laundering. ones, spend more time than we hopefully at the end of the two This would be the third year In a brief address on Tuesday collaborating on how they can days, we can be better able to in a row that Ford Motor Co. before the groups began their beat the system. take on financial crimes,” he Attorney General Adriel lays claim to the top-seller closed-door session, Attorney “I honestly believe this be- added. Brathwaite. honours.

12 • Thursday October 24, 2013 The Barbados Advocate Trinidad fuel distributor fires 68 employees STATE-OWNED fuel distrib- utor National Petroleum Fallout from illegal August strike Marketing Company Limited • unauthorised absence from rious or imminent danger in ac- (NP) in Trinidad has fired 68 work stations cordance with Section 74 of the employees for what it de- Work stoppages such as this OSH Act,” Gilbert said. Saying scribed as an “illegal work one,Gilbert said,have resulted in NP remains committed to the stoppage” at the company’s severe losses to the company over practice of good industrial rela- gantries at the NP’s head of- the past two years. “Over the last tions,Gilbert said the company’s fice in Sea Lots, Port-of- two years there have been 20 focus was to ensure the timely Spain, in August. work stoppages by the OWTU at delivery of fuel to service station They were part of a group of 85 NP. A single work stoppage networks, airports, industrial workers who had engaged in an equates to $9.5 million in loss of customers, including the Port (OWTU) Oilfields Workers’ Trade revenue per day to NP,” she Authority and Powergen, hospi- Union-sanctioned work stoppage added. The employees were rep- tals and the protective services. from August 13-15.Their actions resented by the OWTU during “We have been able to main- had resulted in panic buying the hearings. NP said the OWTU tain a non-disrupted operation throughout the country and all cited health and safety issues as in spite of the illegal work stop- 85 employees were initially sus- the reasons for their members page initiated by the OWTU last pended with pay while the com- withholding their labour during August,” she said. “NP has actu- pany investigated the the specified period. ally doubled the efficiency of its matter. Following disciplinary “However,at the time of the il- deliveries since this illegal work hearings, however, the company legal work stoppage, the OWTU stoppage and is committed to en- on Tuesday terminated the em- cited privatisation as the reason suring its continuity.” ployment of 68 of the group for for their illegal activity,as docu- breaches of their contracts. mented in several interviews Privatisation complaints National Petroleum Marketing Company Limited ’s Acting In a one-page statement is- given by the OWTU to the The NP workers had protested Corporate Communications Manager Rae Gilbert sued on Tuesday,NP’s Acting cor- media,”Gilbert said in her state- over what they claimed was an porate communications manager ment. NP also requested an in- attempt by management to pri- Leacock was quoted as saying, then that any such move was Rae Gilbert said individual disci- spection by the Occupational vatise the company. Wayne “Since the appointment of the being made. plinary hearings were held on Safety and Health (OSH) body Leacock, OWTU’s branch presi- chief executive and this board Leacock had also referred to October 7 and 10 and each sus- in July, which took place on dent at NP Port-of-Spain, told the workers have been fearful for two permanent employees at the pended employee was given the August 28 and 29 and September members of the media in August the security of their jobs and Pointe-a-Pierre branch who were opportunity to respond to the fol- 3, 11 and 12 this year. that the walkout was a show of their future. The model that the dismissed because they refused lowing charges: “The company is in receipt of the employees’ concerns over company is taking now is one of to train managers to load the • refusal to perform job func- the OSH report which did not management’s award of a outsourcing the jobs and the trucks at the gantry.Those man- tions trigger the issuance of an im- $394,000 contract to a private workers are fearful that they agers in turn would train people • participation along with oth- provement or a prohibition no- company to conduct loading on could lose their jobs through out- coming from private companies ers in an illegal work stoppage tice,as is mandated in cases of se- the gantry. sourcing.” The company denied to do the workers’ jobs. Region criticised Attorney in Haiti who over lack of support brought government for Decade of People corruption cases detained PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – A assistant program director of prominent attorney who has the National Human Rights brought corruption cases Defense Network, said she saw of African Descent against Haiti’s government has the police record against Michel KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent – A in the region. been detained, prompting and said he was stopped because leading Caribbean intellectual “But so far, there has been protests from politicians and of a minor traffic violation. has criticised the Caribbean little action by CARICOM demonstrations in the streets. The detention of the promi- Community (CARICOM) for countries to help to drum up As Andre Michel waited for a nent attorney prompted Senate doing little to help to drum up support for the Decade and little hearing before a judge yester- President Simon Dieuseul support for a proposed Decade of awareness in the region about day, supporters broke into the Desras, a critic of President People of African Descent. it,” she said. office where he was being held Michel Martelly, to call for an “Sadly, CARICOM has done She added that while several and pushed him past police and emergency session of legislators very little to advance the project Caribbean leaders defended security guards to another of- to discuss the arrest. at the United Nations, where reparations for Caribbean slav- fice near the courthouse. Dozens of the attorney’s sup- the proposal is still languish- ery and native genocide and op- Authorities did not immedi- porters shut down a couple ing,” Professor Verene Shepherd posed the US trade embargo ately react to the supporters’ ac- blocks in downtown Port-au- of the University of the West against Cuba, when they ad- tions, and reporters did not have Prince yesterday as they set fire Indies (UWI) said Tuesday night dressed the UN General access to the location where to barricades and threw rocks as she delivered the Annual Assembly last month, only the Michel was taken. at passing motorists.Michel is Independence Lecture, Prime Minister of Jamaica, While prosecutors had not one of the few attorneys in Haiti organised by the UWI Open Portia Simpson-Miller, publicly said publicly why Michel was who takes on legal cases critical Campus. supported the Decade. Professor Verene Shepherd arrested, Marie Yolene Gilles, of Martelly’s government. Shepherd, who is also chair of the UN Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent, said the Group is hop- American Airlines plane makes emergency landing ing that the United Nations KINGSTON, Jamaica – The British Caribbean terri- The plane was traveling from dripping fuel. (UN) will declare a Decade of Authorities in Turks & Caicos tory’s disaster office says there Trinidad to Miami on Tuesday A local newspaper showed im- People of African Descent and say an American Airlines plane were no injuries to the 175 peo- morning when the pilot re- ages of firefighters spraying agree to a set of strategies de- has made a safe emergency ple aboard the Boeing 757. quested clearance for the emer- water on the American Airlines signed to address some of the landing after the pilot reported Representatives of American gency landing. Turks & Caicos jet while it sat on a runway. It major problems face by people of a fire in the cockpit and a smok- Airlines did not immediately says he reported a fire and said was not smoking and showed no African descent, including those ing engine. provide comment. the left engine was smoking and obvious signs of damage.

The Barbados Advocate Thursday October 24, 2013 • 13 Venezuela ‘accosts’ Grenadian fishing boats Killing of THE Grenada Government has Venezuelan Government via its international waters.” he said.“We do share boundaries written to the Venezuelan Grenadian embassy to explain Steele said that the letter is re- between Grenada and Venezuela Government seeking an the circumstances that are questing a report on the matter and as such sometimes there are ‘don’ sparks explanation for the reason and resulting in the temporary de- which will be followed by discus- disputes or misunderstandings. rationale behind the “accosting taining of Grenadian registered sions.“When the report gets back How we handle it will depend on fury in and intercepting”of fishing boats fishing vessels recently. from Venezuela we will have dis- how our relations continue in the in international waters to the “This is a matter we take very cussions as friendly neighbours future,” he said. west of Grenada. seriously,” said Steele who as to how to proceed while ensur- The fishing industry is as an Jamaican Nickolas Steele, Minister for explained that fishermen knew ing that the rights of our citizens integral component of Grenada International Business and actually where they were located are not infringed upon and the economic development. It Foreign Trade said that a letter based on their GPS location. relationship between Grenada contributed more than EC$35 parish of inquiry was dispatched to the “They knew they were in and Venezuela is not degraded,” million to the economy in 2012. AN angry mob on Monday de- scended on the Princess Margaret Hospital in St Thomas, Jamaica demanding to see the body of Solomon ‘Sala’ Johnson who they claimed was murdered in cold blood by the police. While the boisterous residents admitted that Johnson was their “don” and “protector”, they in- sisted that he was unarmed when the police entered his home in Dumfries in the parish,sometime after 1:00 pm, and pumped two shots into his body. His 12-year-old son, they said, had only moments earlier stepped out of the house.The boy, apparently traumatised by the incident, was too distraught to speak as he, too, milled around among the throng of residents. Several armed policemen stood guard at the entrance to the hos- pital’s Accident and Emergency Department as the situation threatened to descend into chaos. A schoolgirl walks past a mural memorializing a young man cut down by bullets in West Kingston, Jamaica. The angry crowd decided they would not disperse and stayed put for the more than four hours Jamaica Police erasing gang murals it took for the funeral home to send transport from Kingston to BLACK-CLAD police toting decades.In slums across Jamaica, able until the U.S. demanded his awaiting extradition to the U.S., St Thomas to pick up the body. submachine guns entered the but particularly in West extradition. remains on a wall next to a casket It took the threat of tear gas by slum of narrow streets lined Kingston, the aerosol artistry Still, more than three years shop in the troubled Denham the police to keep the crowd at with wooden shacks and starkly highlights the influence of later, many West Kingston resi- Town slum.Below his face,a local bay as they tried unsuccessfully crumbling concrete buildings drug-and-extortion gangs that dents consider the dons cultural artist has declared him the “don to get a last look at one whom in Jamaica’s capital.As usual, have long driven Jamaica’s eye- touchstones and speak about of dons.” they dubbed their local ‘Robin they were looking for fugi- popping violent crime rates.Since them with pride. They complain “He was a world boss,” said a Hood’. tives, drugs and guns. But 2009,Jamaica’s bloodiest year on that authorities are trying to teenage boy who would only give “Holiday done. Yuh nuh see this time, they were also after record, curfews in hotspots and erase history by painting over the his name as Oneil as he looked dem slap out di don head,” one a different quarry, one they an aggressive anti-gang crack- murals.“These pictures are part hard at Brown’s grinning image. gloomy-looking young man say has a no less corrosive im- down have steadily reduced the of our memories. The dons have Powerful, politically connected lamented.“Him death nah go so, pact on society. homicide rate. Still, the island of always been a big part of life here. dons ruled West Kingston’s yuh hear,”said a young man as he The force descended on bright, 2.7 million people has seen 1,000- It’s not like anybody can just get slums, which were used by polit- pointed accusingly at the police. intricately painted murals and plus killings every year since some paint and make our tradi- ical leaders at election time when “Unnu wicked, an’ dats why graffiti scrawls celebrating lead- 2004, giving it one of the highest tions different,” said Patrick intimidating gang henchmen rus- wickedness nah stop.” ers of Jamaica’s violent under- murder rates in the hemisphere. Jemson, a middle-aged resident tled up votes for both of Jamaica’s Another young woman said the world.With rollers and paint,the In recent years, the govern- of Tivoli Gardens,the backbone of main political parties. The dons police had killed the one person officers erased images of gang ment has asserted its presence the Shower Posse’s longtime slum enforced a fearsome discipline they had to protect them.“Who strongmen known as “dons,”who in slums such as West Kingston, fiefdom. while supplying groceries to fam- ah go protect we now?” she ques- have long been hailed as with the anti-mural effort only The crime boss most often glo- ilies in need and paying pensions tioned. latter-day Robin Hoods by poor the latest sign of the campaign. rified on the streets is Coke’s to the kin of fallen “soldiers.” Sister of the deceased, residents of the slums.Also slated The tug-of-war for the hearts and father,Lester Lloyd Coke, better Police Superintendent Steve Maureen Johnson,said she heard for removal were murals of lesser- minds of slum dwellers began known as Jim Brown, whose McGreggor,who took over leader- that her brother was inside his known gunmen memorialized after security forces killed at least ruthless syndicate was responsi- ship of the tough West Kingston house when the police shot him, where their bodies fell. 76 civilians in a 2010 siege while ble for 1,400 killings on the U.S. police division last month, said dragged him outside and threw As shirtless young men looked hunting for second-generation East Coast,according to the FBI. that culture is changing and him into their vehicle. on,the police were hoping to beat “Shower Posse” gang boss One of the few remaining murals vowed to erase every painted MerrickWatson,head of the St back the lawless culture that has Christopher “Dudus”Coke,whose of Brown, who died in a mysteri- image paying respect to gang- Thomas Police Division,declined defined the gang-steeped area for criminal empire seemed untouch- ous jail fire in 1991 while sters. to provide further information.

Fair to partly cloudy and breezy with a few brief showers.

High: 7:22 am & 6:41 pm London: 11°C FAIR Yesterday: 1.1 mm Boston: 11°C FAIR Low: 12:55 am For the month: 100.3 mm Max: 30.7 °C Montreal: 08°C CLOUDY & 12:31 pm For the year: 930.1 mm Min: 23.4 °C Toronto: 08°C FAIR New York: 13°C CLOUDY Miami: 30°C CLOUDY 5:50 am 5:35 pm 14 • Thursday October 24, 2013 The Barbados Advocate Secretary-General's Message Dear friends,

United Nations Day is a chance to recognize how much this invaluable Organization contributes to peace and common progress. It is a time to reflect on what more we can do to realize our vision for a better world. The fighting in Syria is our biggest security challenge.

Millions of people depend on UN humanitarian personnel for life-saving assistance. UN experts are working hand-in-hand with the Nobel Peace Prize-winning Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons to destroy Syria’s stockpiles. And we are pushing for a diplomatic solution to end suffering that has gone on far too long.

Our most urgent development challenge is to make sustainability a reality. The Millennium Development Goals have cut poverty in half. Now we must maintain the momentum, craft an equally inspiring post-2015 development agenda and reach an agreement on climate change. This year again, we saw the United Nations come together on armed conflict, human rights, the environment and many other issues. We continue to show what collective action can do. We can do even more. In a world that is more connected, we must be more united.

On United Nations Day, let us pledge to live up to our founding ideals and work together for peace, development and human rights.

The Office of the Over the last year, the ITU Since the 1950s UNICEF United Nations Caribbean Area Office has has been supporting the Resident Coordinator worked with and provided Government of Barbados has been pleased to assistance to the countries and others in the Eastern work in support of the of the region in, inter alia: Caribbean Area to ensure various funds, pro- the survival, protection and grammes and agen- The HIPCAR Project (har- development of the sub cies in Barbados and monized model legislation region’s girls and boys. We the OECS. The UN in Cyber Crime & Cyber advocate for the protection of children’s rights and System in the 10 country Sub-region welcomed Mr. Security, e-Transaction, e-Evidence, Privacy & Data support programmes which help meet the basic Stephen O’Malley as Resident Coordinator and Protection, Interception of Telecommunications, and needs of children and which seek to expand opportu- Resident Representative of UNDP in August 2013. Access to Public information/Freedom of Information, nities for them to reach their full potential. We put a We congratulate Mrs. Michelle Gyles-McDonnough Universal Access/Service, Interconnection, and special focus on disadvantaged girls and boys. on her duty posting in Malaysia, Singapore and the Licensing). Beneficiary Countries: Barbados, Kingdom of Brunei. We celebrate 68 years as a Dominican Republic, Grenada, Haiti, Jamaica, St. Our contribution: Global Entity with local and regional impact. We cel- Kitts & Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent & the ebrate this year under the theme, “UN Visioning 2015 Grenadines, Suriname and Trinidad & Tobago. UNICEF is supporting the governments in meeting and Beyond: Working for You” their international commitments to report on the Major role in Connect the Americas Initiative aimed at Convention of the Rights of the Child on schedule. In The United Nations as a global entity is not only look- mobilizing the human, financial and technical addition we are also supporting the countries to ing towards the ending of the Millennium resources required to close Information and strengthen systems to implement recommendations Development Goals but towards the implementation Communication Technology gaps in the region, and made by the Committee on the Rights of the Child. of the Sustainable Development Goals. Over a num- to strengthen the role of ICT as the engine of eco- ber of months, consultations were held worldwide nomic prosperity and sustainable development and Through the Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS) under the Post 2015 “World We Want” campaign to poverty reduction in the Americas region. – a comprehensive household survey - UNICEF is ascertain the development priorities of individuals supporting the Governments of Barbados, St Lucia throughout the world. In St. Lucia and Grenada, con- Development of Computer Incidence Response and Trinidad and Tobago to understand the social- sultations were held with wide participation of the UN TEAMs (CIRTs) to fight cybercrime – to assist coun- economic conditions of girls, boys, women and their System to pull together the nuances of the needs tries in readiness assessment and capacity building families in these countries. expressed by society members. on establishment of National Computer Incident Response Teams (CIRT) to serve as a trusted, cen- UNICEF is supporting Ministries of Education to 2014 has been designated the Year of SIDS. In tral coordination point of contact for cybersecurity; make teaching and learning more child-centred by August 2013, the UN System with the Government of aimed at identifying, defending, responding and man- main-streaming the Child Friendly School (Schools Barbados welcomed over 240 delegates of Small aging cyber threats. Positive Behaviour Management) framework in pri- Island Developing States to the Barbados Inter- mary and secondary schools Regional Conference in Preparation of the Third Seminar on the Role of Telecommunications/ICT in SIDS International Conference. Brought to the fore Disaster Management and Climate Change which UNICEF is joining the governments and other social were particular needs and context of SIDS across the sought to bring together the national agencies agencies to tackle the vexing problem of child abuse globe in areas of Health and NCDs, the Green involved in disaster risk reduction and disaster man- and generally address issues that are threatening the Economy, ICTs, Climate Change, Social agement, private telecommunication entities and UN welfare and security of children Development, Food Security among others. Agencies to share knowledge, discuss and exchange views on how to assist countries and communities to We are providing technical assistance to overhaul mitigate, respond and cope with natural disasters. laws relating to children in order to offer a more pro- tective legislative environment for girls and boys from violence, abuse, neglect and discrimination.

The United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the domestic workers in Barbados, Antigua and Barbuda, Jamaica and Trinidad and Empowerment of Women (UN Women) Multi-Country Tobago. Office (MCO) has prioritized the eradication of gender- based violence, including violence against women and In the area of expanding women’s voice, leadership and participation, UN Women girls through supporting primary prevention work, the supports the capacity-building of women aspiring to political or public leadership engagement of boys and men, and the strengthening in partnership with the Caribbean Institute for Women in Leadership (CIWiL) and of national legal frameworks to protect women, men, national NGOs. girls and boys from Domestic Violence. In Barbados, UN Women provided technical support to the inter-ministerial/expert working UN Women supports governments and non-governmental organisations in ensur- group established to revise the Barbados DV law. It is expected that the revised ing the voice of Barbados and other Caribbean countries is heard in the global DV Protection Orders Bill should reach the Barbados Parliament before year end. and regional governing processes, including reporting to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW), engagement The MCO is also working to strengthen women’s economic empowerment, with in the Commission on the Status of Women, and ensuring that Barbados’ priori- strong support being given in the Eastern Caribbean on ensuring gender and ties and concerns are reflected in the emerging Post 2015 and Small Island child responsive Social Protection programmes; and supporting the legal rights of Development States global dialogues. The Barbados Advocate Thursday October 24, 2013 • 15

In spite of the challenging global economic environ- During the past year FAO’s central focus in Barbados As the UN agency charged with the responsibility of ment and its social impacts, the UNDP Barbados and and the countries of the OECS has been on support- looking after people’s reproductive health, UNFPA is the OECS Subregional Office has made important ing the Governments with respect to the eradication the chief advocate for all aspects of women’s repro- progress in supporting our ten (10) programme coun- of hunger, malnutrition and poverty which ranged ductive health. The Fund also works to advance the tries and territories to sustain and enhance their between 9.3% of population in Barbados to 37.7% in rights (including reproductive rights), and opportuni- ties of young people. development gains. Grenada. The depth of malnutrition in the sub-region is reflected in the prevalence of obesity among adults The UNFPA Barbados Branch Office continues to Our key achievements include: which ranged from 24% to 41% and the prevalence of support increased access to sexual and reproductive Collaborating with UNISDR and the World Bank’s anaemia among children which ranged between 23% health (SRH) and promotion of reproductive rights Global Fund for Disaster Risk Reduction (GFDRR) to and 49%. through: implement two initiatives, notably capacity building in Post Disaster Needs Assessment (PDNA) and The Zero Hunger Challenge in the Caribbean, which Support to policy and programme development and Strengthening Risk Management in the Public Sector is being piloted in Antigua and Barbuda, represents implementation, through the provision of technical and strengthening country capacities to address the the main approach to tackling the challenge of assistance and training in reproductive health litera- economic impact of natural hazards including imple- hunger, poverty and malnutrition in the sub-region. cy, community-based sexual and reproductive health menting early recovery strategies. FAO also supported several national and sub-region- counselling, family planning, delivery of youth-friend- al initiatives that focused on this major challenge. ly health services and HIV/AIDS prevention targeting vulnerable groups including the disabled. Building strategic partnerships with governments, civil society, the private sector, academia, regional In Barbados, the FAO programme focused on the Development of model legislation on adolescent sex- preparation of the Food and Nutrition Security (FNS) institutions and international development partners. ual and reproductive health with support from the Some of the results of this cooperation included facil- Policy and Action Plan, improvement of fish quality University of the West Indies (UWI) and in partner- itation of the meaningful participation of SIDS in glob- and quarantine inspection and the establishment of ship with The Secretariat of the OECS. al governance processes through supporting the an agricultural marketing information system and the Government of Barbados in hosting the Inter- establishment for food zones. Strengthening the capacity of countries to deliver Regional Preparatory Meeting in preparation for the comprehensive and integrated sexual and reproduc- Third International Conference on Small Island To facilitate the implementation of activities and sup- tive health services including in emergency situations Developing States (SIDS). UNDP also hosted three port agricultural development in the Barbados and by promoting Reproductive Health Commodity (3) side events that sought to provide an opportunity the countries of the OECS, FAO has also undertaken Security. for discourse and debate on issues of Energy, several initiatives: Research and increasing the knowledge-base in sex- Disaster Management and Statistics. ual and reproductive health, particularly in the areas - Preparation and distribution of “Issue Briefs” of youth and SRH and HIV linkages. Vital ongoing advocacy and policy work on Human on praedial larcey, the CARICOM food import Development through the launch and follow-up activ- bill, Black Sigatoka disease in bananas, With respect to gender equality and women and girls ities around the 2013 United Nations Human citrus greening disease in the Caribbean and empowerment, UNFPA is: Development Report (HDR) 2013 entitled “The Rise the zero hunger challenge; of the South: Human Progress in a diverse world”. Providing technical support in developing a curricu- - Implementation of sub-regional workshops lum for the Health Care Sector to respond to Gender- Enhancing the ability of youth between the ages of 15 on governance within the context of the Right based Violence; and to 29, to become economic participants through to Food at the parliamentary level and entrepreneurship initiatives such as the Caribbean capacity building at the technical level. Providing support to promoting gender-sensitive and Innovation Challenge (CIC). gender-responsive health care services through the development of health care protocols on sexual vio- lence.

The Pan American Health Organization and the Regional Office of the World Technical cooperation on medicines and health technologies is to improve Health Organization for the Americas [PAHO/WHO] provides technical coopera- overall access to the rational use of high quality, safe and effective medicines and tion to Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean Countries and the French Overseas contribute to the health-related Millennium Development Goals. Departments of the Americas, and the wider sub-region through the Office of Caribbean Program Coordination. The Organization’s mandate is to support Mental Health and Chronic Non-Communicable Disease [CNCD] is a priority member countries in priority health issues. for the region, PAHO/WHO will continue to support risk reduction strategies.

As per the Caribbean Cooperation for Health [CCH-III], PAHO/WHO developed a With the adoption of International Health Regulations (2005), countries are Framework for Strengthening National Health Information Systems [HIS] in the being supported with programs on legislation, emergency response measures, Caribbean. early warning systems for disease outbreaks, and training in epidemiological sur- veillance. PAHO/WHO has facilitated the development of a Roadmap for Strengthening the Caribbean Health Workforce, 2012-2017, in order to achieve a stable, optimally- Progress was also made towards improved Safety of health care facilities trained, equitably distributed workforce. through the use of the Hospital Safety Index [HSI]. The potential impact of cli- mate change on health must be considered and PAHO/WHO has started invest- With a goal of maintaining equity and access to vaccination, PAHO/WHO con- ing in “smart” [safe and environmentally friendly] health care facilities. tinues to support the National Immunization Campaigns throughout the region to maintain and attain coverage of more than 95%.

16 • Thursday October 24, 2013 The Barbados Advocate Saudi Arabia warns US that policy on Syria, Iran straining decades-old alliance SAUDI ARABIA is reportedly quotes characterizing state- threatening to scale back its ments allegedly made by a mem- decades-old partnership with ber of the ruling family – who Washington over the Obama ad- also happens to have served as ministration’s perceived weak- the Kingdom’s ambassador to ness in dealing with Syrian Washington for more than two leader Bashar Assad, and its re- decades – could be more of a shot cent furtive overtures with the across the bow than an actual Saudis’ arch-enemy,Iran. declaration of any change in pol- Articles citing anonymous icy. sources familiar with Saudi pol- It does highlight, however,the icy – though notably,no articles very real anger and frustration in major Saudi publications – felt in Saudi Arabia over the have quoted the head of the Obama administration’s ap- Kingdom’s intelligence services, proach to the Syria conflict and Prince Bandar bin Sultan al- the signs that the White House Saud, as warning of a “major is trying to ease the three- President Obama and Saudi Arabian King Abdullah speak to media after a meeting at the White shift” or “scaling back” in the re- decade-old row with Iran. House, June 29, 2010. lationship. Iran is the world’s most power- According to the source, the ful Shiite Muslim nation, while mains one of Assad’s two most President Obama’s move to telligence chief’s job, said, “the prince told European diplomats Saudi Arabia is ruled by and valuable allies (behind only back the Russian proposal to rid current charade of international “the shift away from the U.S. is populated predominantly by Russia), and has sent money, Syria of chemical weapons was control over Bashar’s chemical a major one...Saudi doesn’t want Sunni Muslims.The two factions weapons and even military offi- seen by Saudi Arabia – and vir- arsenal would be funny if it were to find itself any longer in a sit- of Islam split hundreds of years cers to help him maintain his tually all Syrian opposition not so blatantly perfidious, and uation where it is dependent”. ago, but the tension between the grip on power. groups – as an easy way for the designed not only to give Mr. No Saudi official has con- two has never abated, and the Syrian opposition forces have White House to back down from Obama an opportunity to back firmed, or even mentioned a war in Syria has become a tan- been torn apart by infighting pit- its threat of air strikes against down (from military strikes),but change in the practical dealings gible manifestation of the linger- ting, to a large degree, extremist Assad, which Washington also to help Assad to butcher his between the two nations, which ing hatred among hardliners of Sunni Muslim factions – includ- seemed poised to launch follow- people.” include millions of dollars in mil- both sects. ing al Qaeda’s regional branch ing a large-scale sarin gas attack Earlier this week, Saudi took itary hardware purchases and Saudi Arabia has been a ISIS – against more moderate, on the outskirts of Damascus in the highly symbolic step of re- close co-ordination by law en- staunch backer of the largely- Western-friendly rebels (though August. jecting a seat on the United forcement agencies trying to Sunni rebel factions fighting to it’s debatable whether any of the Speaking earlier this week, Nations Security Council it had counter al Qaeda and other oust Syrian leader Bashar rebels fighting in Syria would Prince Turki, another member been elected to, protesting the Islamic extremists groups. Assad, who is of the Shiite still claim Washington as an of the Saudi royal family and a global body’s failure to end the The anonymous, third-party Alawite sect. Iran, however, re- ally). man who previously held the in- Syria crisis. US, Israel differ on how to resolve Iran nuclear issue

ROME – U.S. and Israeli offi- ing a diplomatic solution to rein cials differed over Iran’s nu- in Iran’s nuclear activity, took a clear programme yesterday, tack different from Netanyahu, as Israel called for its effec- suggesting Iran could show its tive dismantlement and the programme was peaceful by ad- United States suggested bet- hering to international stan- ter safeguards could assure dards followed by other nations. that it is peaceful rather “We will pursue a diplomatic than military in nature. initiative, but with eyes wide U.S. Secretary of State John open, aware that it will be vital Kerry and Israeli Prime for Iran to live up to the stan- Minister Benjamin Netanyahu dards that other nations that spoke as they began talks that have nuclear programmes live were also expected to cover up to, as they prove that those Israeli-Palestinian peace nego- programmes are indeed peace- tiations, but appeared likely to ful,” he said, as he and Netanya- be overshadowed by Iran. hu began what were expected to Hints of a possible U.S.-Ira- be several hours of talks at the nian rapprochement, including U.S. ambassador’s residence in President Barack Obama’s Rome. phone call with new Iranian “We will need to know that ac- President Hassan Rouhani and tions are being taken which revived nuclear talks between make it crystal clear,undeniably Tehran and six major powers, clear, fail-safe to the world that have unnerved Arab states and Secretary of State John Kerry meets Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at Villa Taverna, whatever programme is pursued Israel, which see any potential the U.S. Ambassador's residence in Rome, October 23, 2013. is indeed a peaceful programme,” Iranian nuclear arms pro- he told reporters. gramme as a direct threat. Netanyahu told reporters, as he are) underground for one reason its past concealment of sensitive The United States has refused “Iran must not have a nuclear and Kerry began what was ex- – for military purposes.” He activities from U.N. inspectors to rule out the possibility of tak- weapons capability, which pected to be several hours of called Iran’s programme the re- and continued restrictions on ing military action against Iran. means that they shouldn’t have talks. gion’s foremost security problem. monitoring have raised suspi- But U.S.officials say they wish to centrifuges (for) enrichment, “They should get rid of (their The Islamic Republic says it cions. test every avenue to resolve the they shouldn’t have a plutonium stockpiled) fissile material, and is enriching uranium solely for issue before going down that heavy-water plant,which is used they shouldn’t have under- electricity and medical treat- “Crystal clear” standard path,which could destabilise the only for nuclear weapons,” ground nuclear facilities, (which ments,not nuclear weapons.But Kerry,whose aides are explor- Middle East. The Barbados Advocate Thursday October 24, 2013 • 17

Vatican suspends ‘bishop of bling’ THE Vatican has sus- pended a senior German Church leader dubbed the “bishop of bling” by the media over his alleged lav- ish spending. Bishop of Limburg, Franz-Peter Tebartz-van Elst, is accused of spend- ing more than 31m euros (US$42m) on renovating his official residence. The Vatican said it deemed “appropriate... a period of leave from the diocese” for the bishop. The suspension comes two days after he met the Pope to discuss the matter. “A situation has been created in which the bishop can no longer exer- cise his Episcopal duties”, a Vatican statement said. It said a Church com- Prince William, Duke of Cambridge and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, talk to Queen Elizabeth II as they arrive with Prince George for mission would rule on the the christening. matter, but did not say where Bishop Tebartz- van, 53, would go or what Prince George christened, 7 godparents named he would do while the in- quiry was held. LONDON – Prince christening gown that’s a His grandfather Prince They include Oliver The replica christening The head of Germany’s George made his first replica of one made in Charles and uncle, Prince Baker, who got to know gown was brought into use main lay Catholic group, public appearance in 1841 for the christening of Harry,were among the se- William and Catherine at in 2008 to help preserve the Central Committee of three months yester- Queen Victoria’s eldest lect few invited to the cer- St. Andrew’s University, the 170-year-old original, German Catholics, Alois day, as he arrived with daughter. emony, along with Ca- Emilia Jardine-Paterson, used until then for every Glueck, welcomed the his parents, Prince Being baptised into the therine’s parents, Carole who went to school with royal christening, includ- Vatican’s decision. William and Catherine, church is more significant and Michael Middleton, Catherine, and William ing those of Prince William He said,“Pope Francis’s Duchess of Cambridge, for George than for most and her siblings, James van Cutsem, a childhood and his father, Charles. decision offers the chance for his christening at people,since he is in line to and Pippa. friend of William. The venue for the christen- of a first step toward a St. James’s Palace. become king, which would The Archbishop of Can- The other godparents ing also has a special sig- new beginning in the The baby prince smiled also make him the su- terbury, the Most Rev. are Jamie Lowther- nificance for Prince Will- Limburg diocese, because as he was shown off to preme governor of the Justin Welby, greeted the Pinkerton, a former pri- iam. The body of his mo- the situation has become family members,including Church of England. guests as they arrived. vate secretary to the Duke ther, Diana, rested in the an increasing burden for his great-grandparents, The occasion was kept The royal baby,who was and Duchess of Cambridge Chapel Royal for five days the faithful there, and in Queen Elizabeth II and uncharacteristically small, born in July, has seven and Prince Harry; Julia before her funeral in 1997. all of Germany, over re- Prince Philip, before the in a shift away from the godparents, among them Samuel, who was a good After the service, Prince cent weeks.” royals entered the Chapel larger ceremonies that his Prince William’s cousin friend of William’s mother, Charles and Camilla, Du- Calls were made for the Royal. father and grandfather en- Zara Tindall, daughter of Diana, Princess of Wales; chess of Cornwall, held a bishop to resign after he George was dressed in joyed at Buckingham Princess Anne, and close and Earl Grosvenor,son of private tea at Clarence was accused of lying under an elaborate lace and satin Palace. friends of the couple. the Duke of Westminster. House. oath about his spending.

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P R HOROSCOPES O S BY HOLIDAY A N D ARIES (March 21-April 19) - Find out what people want before you start giving them things. If you do it C the other way around, you’ll have given what’s valuable O to you and you will not have solved their problem. N TAURUS (April 20-May 20) - It will be better to say S less, especially when you’re broaching a difficult topic. You can always add more words and information later, but you can never take back what you already said. GEMINI (May 21-June 21) - You may feel it is your duty to do something, and yet you may not agree with the thing you must do. In this case, it’s time to change your role because you are no longer suited to it. CANCER (June 22-July 22) - One small light can be Z seen through miles of darkness. You’ll be that light in I someone’s dark hour today. Don’t be surprised if this T person starts to depend on you. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) - Be careful of how you wield S that wonderful sense of humour. When you make your friends laugh, they will add you to their short list of fa- vorite people. Can you handle the popularity? VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) - Acting is not just for movie and stage stars; most people do it all the time. You play a role at work that requires you to bring a differ- ent face to the job. The people who know you only in one context don’t know you very well. R LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) - You will accept some of E destiny’s dealings, but not all of them – and that’s good. X Progress is made by those who aren’t content to let the whims of fate knock them around. M SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21) - You may not like the O way things are managed, but you know better than to log R a complaint. The surest, fastest way to get things in order G is to order them yourself. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) - The odds are in A your favour, but they stop short of guaranteeing your N success. Those who don’t act in accordance with their own good luck have less of a chance of success than those who act to conquer their bad luck. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) - When the world shows its less than beautiful side, you may find it intol- erable, but you won’t be discouraged. Instead, you’ll work to build your own beautiful world. P AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) - Imagination is not an H impediment to logical behaviour. Your creativity will A serve to enhance a reasonable plan or add an interest- N ing twist to a sensible choice. T PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) - Things won’t go com- O pletely according to your script. Still, if you take the time to plan out your day, you will be glad in the end M because much of what you plot will come to fruition.

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The Barbados Advocate Thursday October 24, 2013 • 19 UN troops killed in Mali’s Tessalit town Dad burned AT least two UN peace- baby,had also been killed. French troops captured 000 military personnel. keepers have been killed northern Mali’s key cities The two peacekeepers and six others wounded in Provisional death toll and towns from the mili- who were killed in the at- teenage daughter a suicide attack in north- The UN has nearly tants after launching an tack were from Chad, ern Mali, UN spokesman 6 000 troops in Mali to operation to oust them in Salgado said. Olivier Salgado has said. tackle militant Islamists. January. “The provisional toll is to death for A bomber drove an ex- Its special representa- It handed security re- two dead and six injured,” plosives-laden vehicle to tive to Mali, Bert Koen- sponsibility to the UN he added. the checkpoint in Tessalit ders, earlier this month force in July. A government official in town before blowing him- called for more troops to The force, known as Tessalit, Cheick Fanta- contacting fiancé self up, he added. be deployed, following an Minusma, has less than mady Bouare, said four DUBAI – A father burned Her death sparked A local official said that upsurge in bombings and half of its mandated people had been killed in his 15-year-old daughter further outrage in the two civilians, including a rocket attacks. strength of more than 12 total, including a child. to death for keeping in country where an eight- touch with her fiancé, year girl died from police in Yemen said. internal bleeding on her “The father committed wedding night last this heinous crime on the month. Authorities said pretext that his daughter they would prosecute had been keeping contact those responsible. with her fiancé,” Traditional tribal according to a statement customs in parts of Yemen posted on a police website. prohibit contact between It added that the 35-year- men and women before old man had been marriage. Poverty and arrested in a remote concern about “family village in the central Taiz honour” prompts many province. Yemenis to marry off their Local news websites daughters young, often reported that the father below the age of 18, a had caught the girl practice that has been chatting on the phone criticised by groups like with her betrothed. Human Rights Watch. At least seven police officers killed in Tunisia in clashes with Islamist militants

HEAVY gunfire was re- It has threatened to dis- ported in the central re- rupt a democratic transi- gion of Sidi Bouzid, with tion that began after Tu- at least two militants re- nisians threw out their ported killed. decades-old authoritarian The violence came as government at the begin- thousands of anti-govern- ning of the 2011 uprisings, ment protesters marched widely referred to as the Fire-fighters mop up and check for reflash after a firestorm swept through a property in Bilpin, 47 miles from through the capital,Tunis, Arab Spring. Sydney, October 23, 2013. calling for the Islamist-led government to step down. Militant groups The protests come Since the 2011 revolt, ahead of a national dia- Tunisia has seen a rise in logue between the govern- attacks by militants. Australia wildfire risk ing party, Ennahda, and In the latest attack, the opposition. members of the National Parliament speaker Guard surrounded a build- Mustapha Ben Jaafar said ing in the village of Sidi eases with winds he expected Prime Minis- Ali Bououn, following a ter Ali Larayedh to an- tip-off that a suspicious SYDNEY – Winds that evacuees. Shane Fitzsimmons said. water-bombing helicopters nounce his intention to group was hiding there,an were fanning wildfires Springwood resident As the temperatures to suspend operations dur- stand down. interior ministry spokes- and showering embers Rae Tebbutt said the at- and winds dropped, the ing the day, Fire Service Exactly two years ago, man said. on threatened commu- mosphere was tense in the danger of fire spreading spokesman Ben Shepherd Tunisians elected the mo- A fierce gun battle en- nities eased late yester- village that was one of the eased with no reports of said. derate Islamist Ennahda sued during which both se- day, after scores of worst-hit last week, when injuries or property loss. Wildfires are common in party in the country’s first curity forces and militants Australians evacuated the region lost more than Australia, though most free and competitive elec- were killed. their homes in moun- 200 homes to blazes that Broader risk reduced frequently in the summer. tions. It formed a govern- It comes just days after tains west of Sydney. also caused one death. While many hours of The early start this year ment in alliance with two Tunisian security forces All schools had closed in “Everyone is terrified,” fire-fighting are still to “is indicative of the unsea- secular parties. killed at least nine sus- the Blue Mountains in an- she said. “I’ve got three come, “the broader risk to sonably hot,dry conditions Last month, Ennahda pected Islamist militants ticipation of bad fire condi- friends who have lost a much larger, more wide- that have been building agreed in principle to re- who the authorities said tions, and authorities ad- everything.” spread population has cer- now throughout winter linquish power, in an ef- had carried out a deadly vised residents who were Seventy-one blazes were tainly eased,” Fitz- into spring, and we need fort to end Tunisia’s polit- attack on a police patrol. not prepared to defend burning in New South simmons told reporters. to remind ourselves that ical deadlock. At least three other sus- their homes to leave for Wales state around Syd- Temperatures in the fire we still have a long way to The crisis was triggered pects were arrested in the evacuation centres. One ney, including 29 burning zones rose above 90 Fah- go as we look down the by the assassinations of operation in the Mount centre in west suburban out of control, Rural Fire renheit, and winds blew coming months into sum- two secular opposition Taouyer area, about 70km Sydney was housing 120 Service commissioner up to 50 mph, forcing mer,” Fitzsimmons said. leaders earlier this year. (44 miles) west of Tunis.

20 • Thursday October 24, 2013 The Barbados Advocate Apple gears up LinkedIn for holidays with tool shares user info new Macs, iPads on iPhone SAN FRANCISCO – Apple the holidays. Inc. is refreshing its iPad And Ovum analyst Jan lineup in hopes of Dawson thinks Apple’s email reclaiming lost ground in giveaway of the operating the tablet market and system and software programs SAN FRANCISCO – LinkedIn slashing the prices of its Mac “is now teaching people to is offering a new mobile feature computers to intensify the expect both of those things to be that will highlight information pressure on the beleaguered free. While this won’t disrupt about people’s careers in emails makers of PCs running Microsoft’s business overnight, being read on iPhones. Microsoft’s Windows. it will create further pressure The tool, called LinkedIn Tuesday’s unveiling of Apple’s on Microsoft to bring down Intro, pulls details from the latest products primes the prices.” company’s online professional company for a holiday shopping If that happens, it would be network so the recipient of an season onslaught aimed at a list another blow for Microsoft, Apple CEO Tim Cook holds the new iPad Air during an Apple email can learn more about the of rivals that includes Google which has seen its Windows announcement at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts on sender. Inc., Samsung Electronics, revenue suffer in recent years as October 22, 2013 in San Francisco, California. The information will be Amazon.com Inc. and Microsoft personal computer sales sink limited to what the email Corp. amid a shift to smartphones and slower speeds and lacks a high- Schiller hailed it as a senders already allow anyone A thinner, lighter and faster- tablets. definition display screen, is “screaming fast iPad,” noting to be seen on their LinkedIn running tablet computer called Apple triggered the upheaval falling from $329 to $299. that it is eight times faster than profiles unless they already the iPad Air highlighted the with the 2007 release of the first As it has done for more than the original model that came out have granted the recipient event in San Francisco. Apple iPhone followed up with the year,Apple will continue selling in 2010. broader access through a Inc. also showed off a souped- 2010 introduction of the iPad. the iPad 2 - a tablet that came The iPad Air will go on sale connection on the service. up iPad Mini that boasts a faster out two-and-half years ago – for Nov. 1. The new iPad Mini will The feature released microprocessor, a high- Market share $399. be available at a still-to-be- Wednesday works with Gmail, definition display screen and a While both products have a “Apple doesn’t want to play in determined date later in Yahoo Mail, AOL Mail and higher price than its fierce following, Apple has been the mud with declining prices,” November. Apple Inc.’s iCloud when any of predecessor. losing market share to rivals on iPads, Moorhead said. They are coming out at a time them are plugged into the The iPad upgrades, coming a who primarily make mobile The strategy hasn’t been a hit when Apple needs to reassert iPhone’s built-in email app. year after the release of the devices running on Google’s with investors who are unhappy itself in a tablet market. Google, LinkedIn Corp.plans to update tablet’s previous generation, fell Android software. As Apple is with the Cupertino, Calif. Amazon.com and Samsung the feature so it also works largely in line with analyst now doing with its Mavericks company’s slowing growth as it have been winning over with Microsoft Corp.’s expectations. software for Macs, Google gives loses sales to lower-priced consumers with flashy tablets Outlook.com and Exchange In a surprise, Apple is away Android to device makers alternatives. Wall Street also is that sell for $200 to $400. None email. introducing slightly revamped who can afford to undercut the disillusioned with Apple’s lack of of the rivals boast the 475 000 MacBook Pros at prices 9 per prices for iPhones and iPads. another breakthrough product apps that Apple says are made cent to 13 per cent below the Despite the competitive since the death of co-founder for the iPad, but that vast It might have happened again previous versions.What’s more, pressure, Apple has steadfastly and chief visionary Steve Jobs selection hasn’t mattered to in the latest quarter ending in Apple is giving away its latest refused to cut prices on its top- two years ago. many cost-conscious consumers. September.Although Apple isn’t Mac operating system – of-the-line products. Instead, it Apple’s stock dipped $1.49 to The research firm Gartner scheduled to report its results Mavericks – for free, as well as has sold older versions of its close at $519.87 Tuesday. The Inc. estimates that Android for the latest quarter until next several pieces of software, Phones and iPads at slight shares remain about 25 per cent tablets will end 2013 with a 50 Monday, a statistic released at including programs called discounts to consumers who are below their peak reached 13 per cent share of the worldwide Tuesday’s event gave a hint of iWorks and iLife that provide willing to settle for something months ago. market versus 49 per cent for how the iPad fared in the period. many of the same tools as less than state-of-the-art the iPad. Just two years ago, the Cook said Apple’s total iPad Microsoft’s Office. technology. Appeal iPad commanded a 65 percent sales since the device’s inception “We are turning the industry The Cupertino, Calif. company The iPad Air’s main appeal is market share compared to 30 surpassed 170 million units on its ear,”Apple CEO Tim Cook is hewing to that philosophy a more svelte design and a per cent for Android tablets. earlier this month. Given that said of the company’s strategy. with its latest tablets. The iPad faster microprocessor, the same Apple sold 14.6 million iPads Apple sold 155 million iPads Technology analyst Patrick Air will start at $499, just like kind of chip in the iPhone 5S during the three months ending through June, that means fewer Moorhead predicted the its predecessors, while the new that Apple released a month in June, down 14 per cent from than 15 million were sold in the discounted MacBook Pros will iPad Mini will sell for $399 - a 21 ago. The new tablet weighs just the same time last year. It quarter ending in September. force personal computer makers percent increase from the price 1 pound, compared with 1.4 marked the first time Apple has Apple sold 14 million iPads in to cut the prices of their of the first Mini.The price of the pounds for the previous version. posted a year-over-year decline last year’s quarter ending in machines by at least $100 for original Mini, which runs at Apple marketing chief Phil in iPad sales. September.

The Barbados Advocate Thursday October 24, 2013 • 21 New galaxy ‘most distant’ yet discovered AN international team so long to travel from from Earth by analysing distant galaxy ever way to learn about the pretty exceptional.” of astronomers has the outer edge of the its colour. found. Universe is to study He added that in detected the most dis- Universe to us, the Because the Universe The system is small: these outliers and that the coming years, as- tant galaxy yet. galaxy appears as it was is expanding and every- about 1-2% the mass of tells us something about tronomers are likely The galaxy is about 30 13.1 billion years ago. thing is moving away the Milky Way and is rich what sort of physical to discover even more billion light-years away Lead researcher Steven from us, light waves are in heavier elements. processes are dominating distant galaxies when and is helping scientists Finkelstein, from the stretched. This makes ob- But it has a surprising galaxy formation and NASA’s James Webb shed light on the period University of Texas at jects look redder than feature: it is turning gas galaxy evolution. Space Telescope (JWST) that immediately fol- Austin, US, said: “This is they actually are. and dust into new stars “What was great about is launched and other lowed the Big Bang. the most distant galaxy Astronomers rate this at a remarkable rate, this galaxy is not only is ground-based telescopes It was found using the we’ve confirmed. We are apparent colour-change churning them out hun- it so distant, it is also come online. Hubble Space Telescope seeing this galaxy as it on a scale that is called dreds of times faster than and its distance was was 700 million years redshift. our own galaxy can. then confirmed with after the Big Bang.” They found that this It is the second far- the ground-based Keck The far-off galaxy goes galaxy has a redshift of flung galaxy known that Observatory in Hawaii. by the catchy name of 7.51, beating the previ- has been found to have a The study is published z8_GND_5296. ous record-holder, which high star-production rate. in the journal Nature. Astronomers were able had a redshift of 7.21. Prof. Finkelstein said: Because it takes light to measure how far it was This makes it the most “One very interesting Australia, UN spar over wildfires and climate change OSLO – Australia’s Secretariat, told CNN ing of fossil fuels such as needed to avert more prime minister accused earlier this week that coal, a major Australian frequent and extreme the UN’s climate change there was “absolutely” a export. weather events in com- chief yesterday of “talk- link between climate “I think the official ing decades. ing through her hat” change and wildfires. in question is talking “Climate change is when she drew a link be- She hinted at a possi- through her hat,” Abbott known to alter the likeli- tween wildfires raging in bility of linking the told Fairfax radio yester- hood of increased wild- his country and global Australian fires to global day. fire sizes and frequen- warming. warming, saying: “The “Climate change is cies,” she said in the Firefighters were bat- World Meteorological real and we should take statement, issued after tling about 60 fires burn- Organisation has not es- strong action against it,” she spoke by phone with ing across New South tablished a direct link he said. “But these fires Australian Environment Wales state, with strong between this wildfire are certainly not a func- Minister Greg Hunt. winds fanning blazes in and climate change yet.” tion of climate change. Combined with more the Blue Mountains, a Conservative Prime They are just a function stress on trees “this sug- major commuter area of Minister Tony Abbott of life in Australia.” gests an increasing like- small towns west of rejected any sugges- Figueres later dug in lihood of more prevalent Greenpeace International activist Dimitri Litvinov, Sydney. tion that the blazes her heels, pointing in a fire disturbances, as has one of the ‘Arctic 30’ detained on piracy charges, Christiana Figueres, in Australia were the statement to a UN scien- recently been observed,” attends his bail hearing at the Regional Court of head of the UN’s Bonn- product of rising carbon tific panel’s finding that she said, quoting a 2007 Murmansk yesterday. based Climate Change emissions from the burn- decisive action was report by the UN panel. Russia softens First venomous crustacean found charges against EXPERTS have found the first venomous crustacean – a centipede-like creature Greenpeace activists that lives in underwater caves. The blind “remipede” in Arctic protest liquefies its prey with a MOSCOW – Russia yes- The Investigative compound similar to that terday dropped the piracy Committee said it had found in a rattlesnake’s charges against 30 people begun the procedure of fangs. involved in a Greenpeace pressing the new charges, It lives in underwater protest against Arctic oil which carry a maximum caves of the Caribbean, drilling, replacing them sentence of seven years in Canary Islands and with lesser charges and prison.The piracy charges Western Australia,feeding cutting the maximum jail were punishable by 10 to on other crustaceans. sentence they face to 15 years in prison. The venom contains a seven years from 15 years. At the same time, the complex cocktail of toxins, The charges against ac- Investigative Committee including enzymes and a tivists who protested at a said the investigation was paralysing agent. Gazprom oil platform off continuing and reiterated The findings are Russia’s northern coast that it could still bring ad- detailed in the journal The remipede’s venom contains a complex cocktail of toxins. last month have been ditional charges against Molecular Biology and changed from piracy to some of the activists, in- Evolution. Museum said:“The unique caves.” four major groups of hooliganism, the federal cluding the use of force The remipede insights from this study Dr.Bjoern von Reumont, arthropods, such as in- Investigative Committee against representatives of (Speleonectes tulumensis) really help improve our also from the Natural sects. Crustaceans, how- said in a statement. the state. breaks down body tissues understanding of the evo- History Museum com- ever, are a glaring excep- All 30 people who were Greenpeace has said with its venom and then lution of animal venoms. mented: “This is the first tion to the rule. aboard the Greenpeace the protest was peaceful sucks out a liquid meal “The spider-like feeding time we have seen venom “While they can be as ship Arctic Sunrise dur- and that the piracy from its prey’s exoskele- technique of the remipede being used in crustaceans varied as tiny waterfleas, ing the September 18 charges were illegal and ton. is unique among crus- and the study adds a new krill, crabs and barnacles, protest, in which activists absurd. President taceans. This venom is major animal group to the not one of the approxi- tried to scale the Vladimir Putin has said Liquid lunch clearly a great adap- roster of known venomous mately 70 000 described Prirazlomnaya platform, the activists were clearly Co-author Dr. Ronald tation for these blind animals. species of crustaceans was are being held in deten- not pirates but that they Jenner, a zoologist at cave-dwellers that live in “Venoms are especially known, until now, to be tion until at least late had violated international London’s Natural History nutrient-poor underwater common in three of the venomous.” November. law.

22 • Thursday October 24, 2013 The Barbados Advocate Son is biting me! DEAR JANE, make sure to always I HAVE an issue which I have a cool teething hope you can help me ring or washcloth on with regarding one of my hand so that he will be children. less likely to sink his My son, who is two teeth into someone’s years old, bites me, his arm. siblings, and even a cou- Avoid situations in ple of children at nurs- which your son can ery. I was so embarrassed get irritable enough to tion. could begin to have an to find out that he had bite. Make sure that Even with your best impact on school and done that. I want to nip all of his needs – in- prevention efforts, bit- relationships. You or this bad behaviour in the cluding eating and ing incidents might another adult might bud, but I don’t want to nap time – are taken still occur. When your have to closely super- punish him with lashes. care of before you go son bites, firmly let vise interactions be- Is there an appropriate out to play. Bring him know that this be- tween him and other way of dealing with this along a snack to haviour is not accept- children. When biting type of behaviour? soothe the savage able by saying, “No. becomes a habit, or KE beast if he gets cranky We don’t bite.” Explain continues past age 4 from being hungry. that biting hurts the or 5, it might stem DEAR KE, Give your son other person. Then re- from a more serious YOU should first enough of your time move him from the sit- emotional problem. know that biting is throughout the day uation and give him Talk to your son’s pae- a normal part of a (for example, by read- time to cool off. diatrician, or enlist child’s development. ing or playing to- If you are unable to the help of a child psy- Young children bite gether), so he doesn’t get your son to stop chologist or therapist. for many different bite just to get atten- biting, the behaviour JANE reasons, from teething to seeing what reac- tion it will provoke. Need Advice? Many children be- tween the ages of 1 and 3 go through a bit- Write to Ask Jane ing phase, which they eventually outgrow. c/o Advocate Publishers Still, biting is some- thing you want to dis- (2000) Inc. courage. Rather than having to stop a biting incident, practise pre- Fontabelle, St. Michael vention so that your son will be less likely or e-mail: to bite in the first place. [email protected] Bridge If he is teething,

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FIFA representative, Jan Schetters (right), hands Senator the Hon. Darcy Boyce (centre), Minister in the Office of the Prime Minister, a miniature of the FIFA World Cup Trophy, while Annamaria Gazda from Coca-Cola looks on. FIFA World Cup fever comes to Barbados BARBADOS is now talent, discipline and ded- word, that that was the the proud holder of ication, strategy and reason they have more the FIFA World Cup teamwork, dynamism affiliates than the Trophy, well at least a and fast pace, control United Nations; with all miniature one. and timing, continuous Brazilians frozen to their During a reception thought and adaptation, television sets in 2007 which was held at the and managing frustra- for the announcement Hilton Hotel, FIFA repre- tion and euphoria. that made Brazil the fifth sentative Jan Schetters With football players, country to host the FIFA presented Senator the officials and other invited World Cup twice, follow- Hon. Darcy Boyce with guests all present, Boyce ing Mexico, Italy, France the miniature after he pointed out that these at- and Germany. delivered the feature tributes are not restricted The first time for Brazil address. to football, but can be ap- was in 1950. With the first match plied to any endeavour at Football has almost of the final still over which one wishes to suc- been a religion since 1874 200 days away, the FIFA ceed. when the first football World Cup Trophy tour Brazil’s Ambassador to match was played in by Coca-Cola made their Barbados, Appio Claudio Brazil. Since then it has stop in Barbados and the Acquarone, spoke about grown to have 29 208 pro- event was hosted by the how football can tran- fessional teams, 2.1 mil- Banks Holdings Limited scend any nationality, lion registered players, Group. language and race. 5 000 official matches per Boyce highlighted He mentioned that be- year and over 100 inter- seven key requirements cause football has that nal competitions. which any aspiring young power to bring together The first FIFA World player should seek to pos- anyone during the game Cup game is set for June Brazil’s Ambassador to Barbados, Appio Claudio Acquarone, speaking at the FIFA sess. They are skill and without having to say a 12, 2014 in Sao Paulo. World Cup Trophy tour reception at the Hilton Hotel.

24 • Thursday October 24, 2013 The Barbados Advocate England women outgun New SCOREBOARD ENGLAND WOMEN (20 overs maximum) L. Winfield c wkpr Priest b Browne ...... 11 Zealand women D. Wyatt c wkpr Priest b Ruck ...... 37 +S. Taylor c wkpr Priest b Candy ...... 13 JENNY Gunn was the L. Greenway lbw b Bermingham ...... 1 chief wicket-taker, but T. Beaumont run out (Green) ...... 11 Natalie Sciver was the N. Sciver b Nielsen ...... 23 wrecker-in-chief with *J. Gunn b Nielsen ...... 2 a hat-trick, as England D. Hazell not out ...... 3 Women transformed A. Jones c wkpr Priest b Ruck ...... 1 the Women’s Twenty20 H. Colvin not out ...... 16 International Tri- Extras (lb2, w5) ...... 7 Series into a two-horse TOTAL (8 wkts, 20 overs) ...... 125 race following a 19-run N. Farrant did not bat victory over New Fall of wickets: 1-12 (Winfield, 2.1 overs); 2-44 (Taylor, 7.2); Zealand Women. 3-47 (Greenway, 8.5); 4-72 (Beaumont, 12.4); 5-101 (Wyatt, Gunn was the most suc- 16.5); 6-104 (Gunn, 17.3); 7-106 (Sciver, 17.5); 8-107 (Jones, cessful English bowler, 18.1) taking 5-18 from her allot- Bowling: Browne 4-1-13-1 (w2); Bermingham 4-0-31-1; Ruck ted four overs, but Sciver 4-0-27-2 (w1); Candy 4-1-28-1 (w1); Nielsen 4-0-24-2 (w1) broke the backbone of her opponents’ batting, grab- bing 4-21 from four overs NEW ZEALAND WOMEN (target: 126 off 20 overs) including a hat-trick, as *S. Bates c Winfield b Gunn ...... 46 the New Zealanders were A. Satterthwaite c Greenway b Gunn ...... 16 bowled out for 106 off the S. Devine c and b Sciver ...... 25 final ball of the innings, +R. Priest st Taylor b Farrant ...... 1 replying to the opposition’s M. Green c Colvin b Sciver ...... 9 125 for eight in the fifth N. Browne c Sciver b Gunn ...... 4 match of the tournament E. Bermingham b Sciver ...... 0 at Kensington Oval. F. Mackay lbw b Sciver ...... 0 The result meant that M. Nielsen b Gunn ...... 0 England Women earned New Zealand captain Suzie Bates playing a cut shot. (photo courtesy WICB R. Candy not out ...... 1 four points, moving to Media) S. Ruck st Taylor b Gunn ...... 1 eight points, the same Extras (lb1, w2) ...... 3 number as West Indies Saturday. Grand Final. five scalps in a Women’s TOTAL (all out, 20 overs) ...... 106 Women, but statistically New Zealand captain When Bates caught at T20I for the second time. Fall of wickets: 1-30 (Satterthwaite, 5.2 overs); 2-74 (Devine, second due to an inferior Suzie Bates led all scorers long-off from the bowling 13.4); 3-79 (Priest, 14.5); 4-97 (Bates, 17.3); 5-102 (Green, net run rate. New Zealand in the match with 46 and of Gunn in the 18th over, Earlier, Danielle Wyatt 18.4); 6-102 (Bermingham, 18.5); 7-102 (Mackay, 18.6); 8-104 Women are third with four Sophie Devine made 25 to the batting inexplicably gathered 37 and Sciver got (Browne, 19.2); 9-104 (Nielsen, 19.3) points with no chance of put the White Ferns on collapsed, as Sciver re- 23 to lead England reaching the Grand Final. course for victory on 74 for moved Maddy Green for Women’s batting, after Bowling: Farrant 4-0-18-1 (w1); Hazell 4-0-26-0; Gunn 4-0-18- West Indies Women and one when they chased. nine, as well as Erin they chose to bat on an 5; Colvin 3-0-12-0; Wyatt 1-0-10-0; Sciver 4-0-21-4 (w1) England Women will now But a string of wickets Bermingham and Frances overcast evening in the Result: England Women won by 19 runs meet in the final prelimi- crippled the New Mackay for ducks with the Barbados capital. Points: England Women 4, New Zealand Women 0 nary match today at the Zealanders’ pursuit, as last three deliveries in her The English had Toss: England Women same venue, where they they lost eight for 32 in 39 final over,the penultimate reached 44 for one after Player-of-the-Match: N. Sciver (England Women) are now destined to meet deliveries to end their of the innings, to become seven overs, when there Umpires: P. Nero, J. Wilson in the Grand Final on hopes of making the the fourth woman to take was a brief stoppage for TV umpire: G. Brathwaite a hat-trick in Women’s rain lasting just six min- Match manager: C. Carter Twenty20 Internationals. utes. Reserve umpire: J. Blades Gunn, leading the England Women pushed POINTS STANDINGS England side in the ab- and nudged their way to a (After fifth match) sence of the injured competitive total, as Sian Note: Net run rate in brackets Charlotte Edwards, flat- Ruck and Morna Nielsen 1. West Indies Women 8 points (+0.417) tered, when she completed collected two wickets 2. England Women 8 (+0.252) the demolition with an- apiece down the stretch to 3. New Zealand Women 4 (–0.506) other three wickets in the keep them from running (www.windiescricket.com) final over, finished with away with it. Anderson ton gives New Zealand lead over Bangladesh COREY Anderson Amin Hossain his first New Zealand on 127-4. Watling (59 not out) smashed his first test test wicket. But in stepped the 22- steered the tail expertly. century as New Zealand After a 20-minute rain year-old Anderson, who Doug Bracewell (17) reached 419 for eight delay, New Zealand re- put on 140 for the fifth and Neil Wagner (8) held against Bangladesh to sumed the third day on wicket with Kane up the Bangladeshi take a first innings lead 107 for three in reply to Williamson (62) to help charge before Kiwi spin- of 137 on the third day of the hosts first innings of the tourists close on the ner Ish Sodhi struck his the second and final test 282 all out and the visi- hosts' total. first test half century to in Dhaka yesterday. tors looked in trouble Williamson departed sit unbeaten on 55 with Anderson, competing when Ross Taylor was re- after a miscue to deep Watling when stumps in his second test, moved for 53 in the midwicket off the bowl- were called. smashed 13 fours and fourth over by Shakib Al ing of Abdur Razzak be- Bangladesh are look- two sixes in his 116 be- Hasan. fore Anderson followed ing for their first test win fore being caught at The former captain eight overs later to leave over New Zealand. The extra cover by Sohag was caught in the slips the Black Caps on 287 for first test in the series England fast bowler Jenny Gunn took five wickets. Gazi to give seamer Al- by Nasir Hossain to leave six but wicketkeeper BJ was drawn.

The Barbados Advocate Thursday October 24, 2013 • 25 No need to S. Africa ahead as Tahir wrecks panic before Pakistan in Dubai DUBAI – Leg-spinner that Pakistan were bowled Imran Tahir came to out for below 100 in a Test ‘Clasico’, haunt the country of his innings. birth, Pakistan, by claim- It brought back memo- ing a maiden five-wicket ries of Pakistan’s same haul to put South Africa total against then world Barca insist in early control of the number one England at must-win second Test yes- the same venue in 2012, MADRID – Barcelona when a defensive blun- terday. although they went on to sought to silence any der allowed playmaker The 34-year old finished win the Test in the end. alarm bells ringing Kaka to set up fellow with a career best 5-32 But a ruthless South ahead of Saturday’s Brazilian Robinho, both while fit-again paceman Africa, now the world La Liga ‘Clasico’ at of whom used to play for Dale Steyn took 3-38 to number one Test side, home to Real Madrid Real, to score the open- bundle Pakistan out for 99 looked in no mood to con- after they stuttered to ing goal in the ninth all out in 36.4 overs at the cede the early advantage a draw in their minute. Dubai stadium before as they now look set for a Champions League Barca’s leveller came South Africa finished the big first innings lead. game at AC Milan on in the 23rd minute after day on 128-3. Smith and Dean Elgar, Tuesday. they won possession in They lead by 29 runs replacing Hashim Amla – Barca needed a Lionel central midfield, Andres and enjoyed a good day in who failed to come back Messi equaliser to res- Iniesta fed Messi on the their bid to level the two- after returning home for cue a point in the 1-1 right and he cut inside Test series after losing the the birth of his child – Group H stalemate at into the penalty area be- first game by seven wick- added 54 before Ajmal had the San Siro and despite fore clipping the ball ets in Abu Dhabi last Elgar for 23. hogging possession in past Milan goalkeeper week. Pakistan also removed customary fashion again Marco Amelia. Graeme Smith was un- opener Alviro Petersen for Leg-spinner Imran Tahir looked short on ideas in “Against teams that beaten on 67 and night- 26 and Jacques Kallis attack following a frus- close themselves off at watchman Steyn was (seven) on a day when to play for South Africa in missed opener Khurram trating 0-0 draw at the back it’s easier to three not out. Tahir gave Pakistan a 2011 after marrying a Manzoor off the second de- Osasuna on Saturday. score when you recover Smith, who looked rusty dose of their own spin local girl but has since livery of the match and Real, who host Milan’s possession rather than in Abu Dhabi, hit spinner medicine. taken time to establish then had Younis Khan Serie A rivals Juventus making short passes Saeed Ajmal for two con- Tahir, playing his first himself in a country not (10), on a pitch which in Champions League which gives your oppo- secutive boundaries to Test since November known for spinners. looked good for batting. Group B later on nent time to reorganise,” bring up his half-century 2011, dismissed opener Pakistan coach Dav Manzoor, who hit a ca- Wednesday, are third in Martino said. as well as taking his team Shan Masood (21), Whatmore showed anger reer best 146 in the first La Liga, three points be- “It’s a good point but past Pakistan’s total. Misbah-ul Haq (two) and over his team’s slump. Test, failed to score. hind their arch rivals, we deserved more. We In the morning session Akmal (nought) off just 11 “Its frustrating,” said Azhar Ali then put on 38 and a win at the Nou only lacked intensity in Pakistan’s top-order bats- deliveries to leave Whatmore. “Certainly not for the second wicket with Camp would put them the first 15 minutes and men were so dismal that Pakistan in tatters at 60- according to the plans, we Masood before he was level with Barca on 25 our punishment was too number nine Zulfiqar 6 by lunch. knew they will come back trapped leg-before by points from 10 games. severe.” Babar top-scored with 25 Tahir commented: “It’s hard but we orchestrated paceman Morne Morkel Barca are still un- GOOD SHAPE not out and opener Shan not that I wanted to show our own downfall with for 19. beaten this season and Captain Xavi echoed Masood made 21. Of the something, I just wanted poor shot selection.” Masood remained top both La Liga and his coach’s frustrations six boundaries in the in- to do well for the world’s Steyn, cleared from a steady until he played an their group in Europe’s and insisted the team nings, Babar hit three and best Test team.” hamstring injury suffered over-ambitious drive off elite club competition were “in good shape” Masood one. Born and brought up in on Sunday, gave no signs Tahir and was bowled off but have consistently ahead of the ‘Clasico’, This is the 16th time Pakistan, Tahir qualified of discomfort as he dis- an inside edge. struggled against de- which will be the 167th fence-minded opponents league meeting between even with the firepower the Spanish giants, the of Argentine World world’s richest clubs by Maturing Dortmund back in Player of the Year Messi income. and Brazil forward “It’s a shame because Neymar in their arsenal. we created the Coach Gerardo chances to win the business with efficient win Martino, who like com- game,” the Spain play- patriot Messi hails from maker said. BORUSSIA Dortmund two-match suspension. has now been replaced by Pierre-Emerick the city of Rosario, dis- “With the exception of did not blitz their way “The team showed ex- a cool, methodical and dis- Aubameyang. missed concerns about the first 15 minutes, past Arsenal in their 2-1 treme maturity. The ciplined head. The Ruhr valley club his team’s form at his when we conceded a Champions League win whole performance was They have been equally was also able to brush off post-match press confer- goal, we dominated and on Tuesday but their sus- very mature. efficient in the a string of injury ab- ence in Milan. we created chances to pended coach Juergen “We don’t think about Bundesliga this season to sences, including de- "I have no doubts score. We’re in good Klopp could see from the how we are a top team but stay one point behind fender Lukasz Piszczek, about the team’s ability shape coming into the stands how his side has how we can beat a top leaders Bayern Munich. captain Sebastian Kehl to perform,” he told re- Clasico.” matured into an ruth- team. Arsenal had the Dortmund struck at and playmaker Ilkay porters. Real hold the upper lessly efficient unit. better chances but we did just the right times to Guendogan. “I would have liked to hand in league games With only a handful of not come to dominate, we floor the Premier League “There are things we beat Osasuna and Milan against Barca, with 70 chances, last season’s run- came to get a result.” leaders and bounce back can improve and there but we’re doing well and victories to 64 since they ners-up Dortmund made Dortmund by no means with two straight wins have been games where we’re still growing,” first locked horns in the most of them, staying dominated the encounter after their opening Group we had 30 shots on goal added the 50-year-old, 1929. patient until the end to in their usual all-out at- F defeat by Napoli. and still failed to score,” who took over from the Under Jose Mourinho grab an 82nd minute win- tacking fashion that saw The win confirmed in said Klopp. ailing Tito Vilanova in last term, Real drew 2-2 ner through Robert them sensationally come the most emphatic way “In this game we had the close season. at the Nou Camp and Lewandowski to stun the back from seemingly lost that Dortmund have lost what felt like three shots “Our play hasn’t got- won 2-1 at the Bernabeu hosts. situations in the compe- none of their power and and we scored two goals. ten worse and I don’t but surrendered their “The way we played tition last season. have also added depth in The biggest development think we’ve regressed.” Spanish title to Barca those last minutes was Dortmund’s youthful their squad with new for my team was that we Milan took the game to largely thanks to an er- just outstanding,” said enthusiasm of two sea- signings Henrikh hit them eight minutes Barca in the early stages ratic start to the cam- Klopp, who watched from sons ago, when they lost Mkhitaryan, who fired from time and now are and were rewarded paign. the stands as he sat out a 2-1 to the London club, them into the lead, and back in the race." 26 • Thursday October 24, 2013 The Barbados Advocate Lakers return from China, beat Ribeiro leads Jazz 108-94 Coyotes to LOS ANGELES – Jordan Farmar scored 13 of his 20 points during a 3:17 span of the fourth quarter, and 4-2 win over the Los Angeles Lakers got double- digit scoring from three other re- serves en route to a 108-94 preseason Flames victory over the Utah Jazz on Tuesday night. The Lakers’ starting frontcourt of Pau GLENDALE, Arizona – When Mike Gasol, Nick Young and Shawne Williams Ribeiro first arrived in Phoenix, he was- had nine points each. Los Angeles (3-4) n’t sure how he would fit in, on the ice closed with an 11-0 run that included and in the locker room. Having the nine free throws, after Utah’s Alec Burks added honus of being the scoring savior cut the margin to 97-94 on a tip-in with on a team that’s needed one for a decade 4:52 remaining. didn’t help much. The Jazz (1-5), who were the only team Once Ribeiro found his comfort level in the league last season to finish with a with his new teammates and role on his winning record and miss the playoffs, new team, the points started flowing – had six players in double figures. Former and haven’t stopped since. Laker Brian Cook had 18 points, while Ribeiro scored two goals for the second Gordon Hayward added 15 and Burks straight game and extended his points 14. streak to seven games, lifting the The Lakers, returning from a trip to Coyotes to a 4-2 win over the Calgary China in which they lost two games to the Flames Tuesday night. Golden State Warriors, overcame an early “It took a while for me to get comfort- 12-point deficit and led 51-45 at halftime able with the guys and for them to know with 14 points by reserve swingman me and, I guess to like me,” Ribeiro said. Wesley Johnson. “So now that we did that, I’m comfort- Derrick Favors, the third overall pick in able and it’s fun to come to work.” the 2010 draft – one spot ahead of Ribeiro had a quiet start in the desert Johnson – missed five of his first six shots Jordan Farmar #1 of the Los Angeles Lakers during his game against the after signing a four-year, $22 million and finished with 10 points and 13 re- Utah Jazz at Staples Center on Tuesday night. contract, failing to register a point his bounds three days after signing a 4-year, first three games. $49 million contract extension with the game after missing practice the previous acupuncture. There is no timetable for Realizing he had been thinking too Jazz. two days because of gastrointestinal dis- his return to the line-up. much instead of reacting, Ribeiro shifted Forward Mike Harris, the second tress. Kobe Bryant continues to work The Lakers close out their exhibition his game into a new, freewheeling gear, player off the Utah bench, picked up his himself back into playing shape following schedule Friday night against the Jazz at starting with an assist in Phoenix’s 3-0 fourth offensive foul and fifth of the game his recovery from a torn Achilles tendon Anaheim before opening open the regu- win over Detroit on Oct. 10 that kick- with 4:33 left in the third quarter. He in April and a troublesome right knee lar season next Tuesday against the started what had been an awful start to played 12 scoreless minutes. that took him to Germany recently for Clippers. Utah hosts Oklahoma City in a five-game road trip. Lakers center Chris Kaman sat out the platelet-rich plasma treatment and its opener next Wednesday. Ribeiro hasn’t stopped scoring since, notching two goals against the Red Wings in Phoenix’s comeback victory on Saturday and two more against Calgary, Stars sit as Green, Bledsoe lead Suns past Thunder including the game-winner just a few minutes after the Flames tied it in the PHOENIX – Gerald Green and Eric Collison and Derek Fisher. Westbrook Reggie Jackson scored 18 points for the third period. Bledsoe both had 15 points and P.J. has a knee injury. Durant, Collison and Thunder. Rob Klinkhammer added an empty- Tucker added 13 to lead the Phoenix Fisher were given the night off. Channing Frye had 12 points for the net goal for Phoenix, which has earned Suns past the depleted Oklahoma City Phoenix’s Goran Dragic sat out with a Suns, who led by 12 at halftime. A dunk 12 of a possible 14 points in its past Thunder 88-76 in preseason play left ankle sprain. by Green on an inbounds play and seven games. The Coyotes, with Tuesday night. The Suns’ Markieff Morris was ejected Marcus Morris’ 3-pointer highlighted a 7- 14 points (6-2-2), are off to their best Oklahoma City was without Kevin in the third quarter on a flagrant foul 0 spurt that made it 54-35 in the third start since opening the 2000-01 season Durant, Michael Westbrook, Nick two for throwing an elbow at Serge Ibaka. quarter. 7-1-2. The Barbados Advocate Thursday October 24, 2013 • 27

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Call: 831-3425 Executrix of the estate of th Chancery Lane Ch Ch $1050 a ESLINGTON DEVONISH Dated this 16 day of month deceased October 2013 28 • Thursday October 24, 2013 The Barbados Advocate The Barbados Advocate Thursday October 24, 2013 • 29

Regular Market BARBADOS STOCK REPORT Security Volume High Low Price Advance/ DECLINE SAGICOR FINANCIAL CORPORATION 8,363 $2.07 $2.07 $2.14 $0.00 October 23, 2013 NEAL AND MASSY HOLDINGS LIMITED 1,525 $17.25 $17.25 $17.25 $0.00 CABLE AND WIRELESS (BARBADOS) LTD 200 $3.20 $3.20 $3.40 $0.00 Four securities traded firm as 10,188 shares traded on the Regular Market, with a total value of $44,867.66. Sagicor Financial GODDARD ENTERPRISES LIMITED 100 $6.10 $6.10 $6.15 $0.00 Corporation was the volume leader trading 8,363 shares at $2.07 before closing firm at $2.14. They were followed by Neal and Massy Holdings Limited and Cable and Wireless (Barbados) Limited which traded 1,525 and 200 shares respectively.

INDICES TODAY'S TRADING LAST TRADING CHANGES BARBADOSBARBADOS STSTOCKOCK EXCHANGEEXCHANGE October 23, 2013 October 22, 2013 Local 2,989.47 2,989.47 - Cross-list 1,486.78 1,486.78 - SHARE SUMMARY INFORMATION Composite 739.27 739.27 - October 23, 2013 MARKET CAPITALISATION (in millions) TODAY'S TRADING LAST TRADING CHANGES COMPANY LAST TRADE VOLUME HIGH LOW LAST CURRENT PRICE BID ASK BID ASK October 23, 2013 October 22, 2013 DATE CLOSE CLOSE CHANGE PRICE PRICE SIZE SIZE Local 8,462.74 8,462.74 - Cross-list 2,481.31 2,481.31 - Composite 10,944.05 10,944.05 - Almond Resorts Inc. 12-Aug-13 - - - $0.32 $0.32 - - $0.40 - 5,351 MUTUAL FUND BICO Limited 11-Jul-13 - - - $1.80 $1.80 - $1.45 - 1,000 - October 23, 2013 Banks Holdings Ltd. 09-Oct-13 - - - $2.95 $2.95 - $3.02 $3.10 2,634 2,634 ENDED NAME OF FUND NAV OFFER BID NAV Barbados Dairy Industries Ltd. 10-Jan-13 - - - $3.00 $3.00 - $1.50 $5.25 1,000 28,114 CHANGE 18-Oct-13 REPUBLIC CAPITAL GROWTH FUND w 1.4026 0.0078 Barbados Farms Ltd. 18-Oct-13 - - - $0.83 $0.83 - $0.50 $0.83 12,000 319 18-Oct-13 REPUBLIC INCOME FUND -* w 1.3967 0.0012 Republic Bank (Barbados) Limited 26-Apr-13 - - - $5.00 $5.00 - $3.00 - 2,173 - 18-Oct-13 REPUBLIC PROPERTY FUND w 1.3577 -0.0004 Barbados Shipping & Trading Co. Ltd. - *+*18-Oct-10 - - - $7.58 $7.58 - - - - - 17-Oct-13 CLICO BALANCED FUND INC. w 1.238 0.0010 18-Oct-13 FORTRESS CARIBBEAN GROWTH FUND w 4.7069 4.7069 4.7069 0.0278 Cable and Wireless Barbados Ltd. 23-Oct-13 200 $3.20 $3.20 $3.40 $3.40 $0.00 $3.10 $3.20 1,000 1,627 18-Oct-13 FORTRESS HIGH INTEREST FUND - ACC. w 1.7828 0.0039 Cave Shepherd and Co. Ltd. 18-Oct-13 - - - $2.94 $2.94 - - $2.94 - 5,442 18-Oct-13 FORTRESS HIGH INTEREST FUND - DIST. w 1.0017 0.0022 FirstCaribbean International Bank 27-Aug-13 - - - $2.98 $2.98 - $2.00 $2.50 2,886 1,514 30-Sep-13 ROYAL FIDELITY SELECT BALANCED FUND m 4.6190 4.6190 4.5270 0.0603 Fortress Caribbean Property Fund - Development Fund - - - $0.27 $0.27 - $0.16 $0.27 10,000 20,400 30-Sep-13 ROYAL FIDELITY STRATEGIC GROWTH FUNDm 0.8670 0.8670 0.8490 0.0098 30-Sep-13 ROYAL FIDELITY PREMIUM INCOME FUND m 1.3440 1.3440 1.3171 0.0035 Fortress Caribbean Property Fund - Value Fund - - - $0.38 $0.38 - $0.37 - 20,000 - 11-Oct-13 SAGICOR GLOBAL BALANCED FUND w 2.20 0.02 Goddard Enterprises Ltd. 23-Oct-13 100 $6.10 $6.10 $6.15 $6.15 $0.00 $6.00 $6.10 3,100 900 11-Oct-13 SAGICOR SELECT GROWTH FUND w 1.21 0.00 Insurance Corporation Of Barbados Ltd. 17-Oct-13 - - - $2.60 $2.60 - $2.52 $2.59 36,168 500 11-Oct-13 SAGICOR PREFERRED INCOME FUND -* w 1.05 0.00 Jamaica Money Market Brokers Limited 09-Sep-13 - - - $0.15 $0.15 - $0.15 $0.39 3,000 6,840 * Indicates the Fund is currently ex-div Light and Power Holdings Ltd 5.5% Pref 16-Sep-13 - - - $3.11 $3.11 - - - - - NOTES: QUOTATIONS AND NET ASSET VALUE PER SHARE ARE SUPPLIED BY THE FUND MANAGEMENT. THE OFFERING PRICE INCLUDES NET ASSET VALUE PLUS Light and Power Holdings Ltd. 07-Oct-13 - - - $25.70 $25.70 - $19.00 $25.70 29 11,484 ENTRY COSTS. Neal And Massy Holdings Ltd. 23-Oct-13 1,525 $17.25 $17.25 $17.25 $17.25 $0.00 $17.25 $19.02 14,130 5,918 m = monthly valuation, q = quarterly valuation, w = weekly One Caribbean Media Limited 17-Oct-13 - - - $4.80 $4.80 - $4.85 $5.70 29,235 300 Fixed Income Sagicor Financial Corporation Pref 6.5% -*16-Sep-13 - - - $2.26 $2.26 - $2.00 - 150 - Sagicor Financial Corporation -* 23-Oct-13 8,363 $2.07 $2.07 $2.14 $2.14 $0.00 $2.07 $2.13 1,637 9,141 Bid Ask Bid Ask Price Price Size Size The West Indies Rum Distilleries Ltd. 22-Jul-13 - - - $8.00 $8.00 - - - - - Barbados Government Debenture 6.125% 2021 $98.50 29,000 Trinidad Cement Ltd. 22-Jun-11 - - - $0.80 $0.80 - - $1.00 - 217 Barbados Government Debenture 6.875% 2023 $100.00 80,000 Barbados Government Debenture 7% 2023 $ 95.00 20,000 West India Biscuit Co. Ltd. 18-Oct-13 - - - $10.03 $10.03 - $10.02 - 100 - Barbados Government Debenture 7.25% 2028 $100.00 10,000 TOTAL SHARES BOUGHT & SOLD 10,188 Barbados Government Debenture 7.75% 2025 $106.00 10,000 Barbados Government T/Note 5.875% 2014 $102.50 40,000 -* = Security is Trading X-Div Barbados Government T/Note 5.875% 2015 $105.00 45,000 Barbados Government T/Note 6% 2016 $103.00 9,000 *+* = Security is Suspended ** = Rights Issued JUNIOR MARKET NEWS

Royal Fidelity TIGRS A Fund 21-May-12 $10.50 $10.50 DIVIDEND DECLARATION Sagicor Financial Corporation - Directors have declared an interim Royal Fidelity TIGRS A1 Fund $10.00 $10.00 $9.50 205 dividend of two (2) US cents per share to be paid on November 15th, 2013 Royal Fidelity TIGRS A2 Fund $10.00 $10.00 to Shareholders on record at close of business on October 15th, 2013. Royal Fidelity TIGRS A3 Fund $10.00 $10.00 $9.75 50 Sagicor Financial Corporation 6.5% Pref - Directors have declared an Effective October 8th, 2012, the market price of a security listed on the board of the BSE will only change if a quantity of shares traded (in a single trade) interim dividend of three point two five (3.25) US cents per share to be paid is greater than or equal to the threshold amount (volume limit) as stated in the table below. For more information please visit the downloads section of on November 15th, 2013 to Shareholders on record at close of business on our website - www.bse.com.bb October 15th, 2013. VOLUME LIMIT SECURITY VOLUME LIMIT SECURITY Light and Power Holdings Limited - Directors have declared an interim dividend of thirteen (13) cents per share to be paid on December 9th, 2013 to Shareholders on record at close of business on November 18th, 2013. ALMOND RESORTS INCORPORATED 3,500 LIGHT & POWER HOLDINGS LIMITED 1,000 PUT THROUGH NOTICE BANKS HOLDINGS LIMITED 4,000 LIGHT & POWER HOLDINGS LIMITED 5.5% Pref 100 Sagicor Asset Management Inc would like to announce the put-through of 1,000 shares in Sagicor Financial Corporation at $2.16 set to take place on October 28th, 2013. B'DOS DAIRY INDUSTRIES LIMITED 300 SAGICOR FINANCIAL CORPORATION 6.5% Pref 7,500 TRADING SUSPENSION B'DOS FARMS LIMITED 1,500 SAGICOR FINANCIAL CORPORATION Barbados Shipping & Trading Company Limited - Pursuant to the 10,000 application for a Certificate of Amalgamation by Barbados Shipping & Trading Company Limited, the company's shares have been suspended from REPUBLIC BANK BARBADOS LIMITED 6,000 THE WEST INDIES RUM DISTILLERY LIMITED 300 trading. BSE NOTICES B'DOS SHIPPING & TRADING COMPANY 5,000 WEST INDIA BISCUIT COMPANY LIMITED 300 The Barbados Stock Exchange Inc. (BSE) wishes to advise that the LIMITED Delisting Order for Barbados Shipping & Trading Company Limited (BS&T) BICO INDUSTRIES LIMITED 100 JAMAICA MONEY MARKET BROKERS LIMITED 10,000 has been received from the Financial Services Commission (FSC). The official delisting date for the issued and outstanding shares of Barbados Shipping & Trading Company Limited will be determined after consultation CABLE & WIRELESS (BARBADOS) 9,000 NEAL & MASSY HOLDINGS LIMITED 6,500 with the Company. LIMITED March 18, 2013. CAVE SHEPHERD & COMPANY LIMITED 1,500 ONE CARIBBEAN MEDIA LIMITED 4,000 The Barbados Stock Exchange Inc. (BSE), in partnership with the Canadian Society of Corporate Secretaries (CSCS) and Chartered FIRSTCARIBBEAN INTERNATIONAL 10,000 TRINIDAD CEMENT LIMITED 10,000 Secretaries Canada - the Canadian Division of the Institute of Chartered LIMITED Secretaries and Administrators (ICSA), cordially invite you to join us at our FORTRESS CARIBBEAN PROPERTY - 3,500 ROYAL FIDELITY TIGRS A FUND 100 first Corporate Governance and Accountability Conference to be held on DEV FUND November 21st and 22nd, 2013 at the Hilton Barbados Resort. Please visit http://www.bse.com.bb or email [email protected] for more FORTRESS CARIBBEAN PROPERTY - 3,500 ROYAL FIDELITY TIGRS A1 FUND 100 details on the conference. VALUE FUND ROYAL FIDELITY TIGRS A2 FUND GODDARD ENTERPRISES LIMITED 3,500 100

INSURANCE CORPORATION OF ROYAL FIDELITY TIGRS A3 FUND 100 BARBADOS LIMITED 2,500

30 • Thursday October 24, 2013 The Barbados Advocate 2014 Tour de France Froome faces has a bit of everything tough defence PARIS – Tracing a vious years because of the Pyrenees on France’s intense combat. route that limits the reduced emphasis on southern border with Stage 5 from Ypres to strengths of defending time-trialing. Spain. The Tour doesn’t Arenberg Porte du champion Chris There will be only 33 visit the Vosges as regu- Hainaut will hurtle over in treacherous Froome, the 2014 Tour miles of time-trialing in larly as the two other far the dusty and potentially de France will rattle 2014 - all on a penultimate more imposing mountain treacherous cobblestoned over bone-jarring cob- stage through foie gras ranges. paths of northeastern blestones, pay homage country in southwest Stage 10, in particular, France that are used by 2014 Tour to World War I battle- France on July 26. That is could surprise riders who the famed Paris-Roubaix fields, climb unfamil- the smallest time-trial underestimate the Vosges. one-day race. Riders will PARIS - Britain’s Chris Asked if Froome should iar mountains in the total since the specialist Tour organizers hope the cross their fingers that Froome must successfully fear the cobbles, Portal east of France and discipline was first intro- succession of six ascents they don’t puncture a tire navigate a number of replied: “Even though he have only one time duced at the 1934 Tour. that day will exhaust all on the irregular surface. traps lurking around a does not have a beautiful trial. The reduction could be a but the strongest riders, They’ll also have to fight tricky 2014 Tour de style on the bike, Chris is Starting in Leeds, disadvantage for Froome, isolating them from their for space and position on France route if he is to re- rarely on the ground. He England, on July 5, the a powerful time-trial rider teammates and forcing the narrow paths that, like tain his title in cycling’s knows how to handle his 101st Tour ends 22 days who won one of the two them to then duel alone on for Paris-Roubaix, will be most prestigious stage bike.” later, as is traditional, on clock-races at the 2013 the fiercely steep final hemmed in by dense race. WIGGINS HOPE the Champs-Elysees in Tour and placed second in climb to La Planche des crowds of screaming fans. Starting in northern Prudhomme said the Paris.With 25 ascents, the the other. Belles Filles, first scaled A fall or other mishap England on July 5, the 2014 Tour would pay its same as the 2012 edition The clockwise 2 271- in 2012 and where Froome on this stage could ruin Tour features stretches of respects to those who died won by Bradley Wiggins mile route winds through collected his first stage the Tour for a race favorite cobbled roads in northern in World War One as the and only three fewer than the Vosges mountains on win at the Tour. before it has really begun. France, a treacherous peloton will ride on the this year’s centennial France’s eastern border “It’s a real mountain Nine cobbled sections will crossing of the Vosges Chemin des Dames and dominated by Froome, the with Germany before two stage,” Tour director be negotiated that day. mountains and only one Verdun where many bat- 2014 race will again suit stages in the Alps followed Christian Prudhomme The total of nine miles is time trial - a favourite dis- tles took place a century strong climbers - perhaps by a crescendo of climbing said. the most on cobbled paths cipline of Team Sky leader ago. even more so than in pre- over three days in the Marking the 100th an- since 1983. The Tour last Froome. “I’d like to see Bradley niversary of the start of bumped across the cobbles “Uncertainty is part of Wiggins there,” the Great War, the 2014 in 2010. the competition,” Tour di- International Cycling BARBADOS edition will also visit the Prudhomme defended rector Christian Union (UCI) president Belgian town of Ypres that the riskiness of the cobbles Prudhomme told re- Brian Cookson told a APPLICATION No. RT2013000209 was bitterly fought over, as being “clearly part of cy- porters when asked about media briefing. LAND (TITLE DEEDS RESTORATION) ACT CAP 229C ride on the Chemin des cling.” He said organizers the cobbled sections, Wiggins won the 2012 (Section 3) Dames ridge where unex- want to maintain sus- which could turn the fifth race but sat out of this RESTORATION OF TITLE DEEDS DESTROYED BY DISASTER OR OTHERSIWE, OR LOST OR STOLEN ploded shells are still un- pense at the Tour. stage into a lottery. year’s edition through in- earthed a century later “We don’t dream, ab- “It would not make jury and it is unclear TAKE NOTICE that an application has been made to the and pass through the solutely not, of a world sense to avoid the cobbles whether he will take part Registrar of Titles by Marcel Murrell of Barclays Terrace in Verdun battlefields where where everything is dic- when we go through in the 2014 Tour along the parish of Saint Michael and Gloria Marguerita Hewitt of 700 000 were killed or tated in advance,” northern France,” he with team mate Froome. Maxwell in the parish of Christ Church the duly qualified wounded in 10 months of Prudhomme said. added. “It will keep the media Executors of the Estate of Edward Cameron Hewitt But Froome told re- guessing in speculation,” deceased for the Restoration of the Title Deed to land situ- porters: “If you know a said Cookson. ate at Kings Street in the parish of Saint Michael more par- rider who likes the cob- Should Froome cope ticularly described in the schedule hereto on the ground that bles, you tell me. with the 15 km of cobbles the original deed to the property has been lost. “The race will be tight spread out over nine sec- and the time trial is a good tions, where his rivals will ALSO TAKE NOTICE that unless notification is received at way to end it.” hope to catch the Team the Land Registry, Warrens Office Complex Warrens, Saint Michael by the 21st November 2013 that the Title Deed has Team Sky sports direc- Sky juggernaut off guard not been lost or misplaced or are being lawfully held by tor Nicolas Portal told on a terrain unlikely to some other person, The Registrar of Titles shall immediate- Reuters: “It’s an interest- suit them, the Briton will ly proceed to determine the said Application according to ing route, anything can then need to combat three law. happen, we’ll have to be mountain ranges. Dated 10th day of October 2013 careful. It’s good for the They will start in the pure climbers. They (the Vosges, with the 10th SCHEDULE organisers) made it stage being “a real moun- ALL THAT LAND situate at Kings Street in the parish of spicier. tain stage where the best Saint Michael in this Island formerly said to contain nine "It is going to be an in- GC (general classification) Thousand four hundred and ninety square feet but found by tense battle every day on riders should fight", ac- more recent survey made on the 23d of September 1997 by every terrain.” cording to Prudhomme. David A. P. Trotman, Land Surveyor to contain 1021.5 square metres of which area 148.3 square metres is con- tained in road abutting and bounding to the North on lands of Barbados Government (Wesley Hall School) and on lands of W. Blackman towards the East on the public road which leads to Kings Village towards the South on the pub- lic Road known as Kings Street which leads to Baxters Road in one direction and Whitepark in the other direction on lands now or late of the Estate of Edward Cameron Hewitt deceased or however else the same may abut and bound.

The Title Deed to be restored is:

Conveyance dated 1st October 1942 between Florence Field of the One Part and Edward Cameron Hewitt of the Other Part recorded on 3rd October 1942 as deed #1220 of 1942 in the Land Registry of Barbados.

JONES & GOODRIDGE Attorneys-at Law The Barbados Advocate Thursday October 24, 2013 • 31 Vettel looks a racing certainty for title in India NEW DELHI – Never first or second to stay second place in the con- mind ripping up the mathematically in con- structors’ championship. form book, it would tention. Ferrari are only 10 have to be thoroughly The Red Bull driver is points clear of Mercedes, shredded – and the re- on a roll that could lead to with Lotus a further 23 mains pulped for good more rewriting of the adrift after outscoring measure – for record books after he both teams in the last two Sebastian Vettel to be notched up five wins in a races, in a battle that is denied a fourth succes- row in Japan this month about prize money as sive Formula One title to become the first driver much as paddock status. on Sunday. since Michael Schumacher Red Bull can also retain Everything indicates in 2004 to perform that the constructors’ title for that Red Bull’s 26-year-old feat. the fourth year in a row German will become the Nobody, least of all his on Sunday as an added sport’s youngest quadru- rivals, is ruling out the bonus. ple champion with a flour- German winning the re- “So far everything has ish in what may well be maining races of the year always gone perfectly for Formula One’s last ap- to take his tally to nine in us in India.There is also a pearance in India for the a row and equalling a very nice trophy at the end foreseeable future. record set by Italy’s of the race – so it would be Since the race made its Alberto Ascari 60 years great to hold one again Sebastian Vettel debut in 2011, Vettel has ago. this year,” said Vettel this led every lap in India and “If he doesn’t have any week. The teams and organis- try to come back to it – es- lish the sport,” said arrives chasing a hat-trick reliability issues, I am It could be the last ers have been vexed by pecially where we have not Sauber’s Indian-born prin- of poles and wins at the willing to put money on it,” chance anyone has to get taxation issues while also really managed to estab- cipal Monisha Kaltenborn. Buddh International cir- commented Mercedes their hands on it. India is wrestling with financial cuit in Greater Noida, driver Lewis Hamilton not on next year’s calen- problems and slow ticket south of the capital. after Suzuka. dar and although local or- sales after drawing a big Land (Title Proceedings) Act, 2011 With a 90-point lead NICE TROPHY ganisers are talking about crowd to the inaugural (Act 2011-7) over Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso meanwhile has a return in 2015 few pad- event. Alonso and four races re- not won since his home dock insiders are opti- “I think it is very diffi- FORM 3 maining, the German may race in Spain in May and mistic. cult once you leave a coun- not even need to finish on although he has finished NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR DECLARATION OF Sunday to become only the second on five occasions OWNERSHIP AND CERTIFICATE OF TITLE IN third driver to win four ti- this year, Vettel took the TREASURY BILLS RESPECT OF tles in succession. chequered flag ahead of Alonso is the only man him in four of them. ALL THAT land situate at Bagatelle in the parish of ISSUE NO: 891 Saint Thomas, Barbados and shown on a Plan made who can keep him waiting The last time the Ferrari and certified on the 6th day of June, 1974 by David A. for the second race in a driver finished in the top Kinch, and containing by admeasurement 746.4 row and even victory will two with Vettel drawing a square metres (inclusive of 79.6 square metres of car- Tenders are invited for the issue of Barbados not be enough if Vettel blank was in Valencia in riageway) takes at least fifth place. If June last year – 28 races Government Treasury Bills, which will be made to the amount the Spaniard retires, the ago. of $100,000,000. SUPREME COURT OF BARBADOS matter will be settled on Alonso can hope to be IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE the spot. third time lucky,after fin- These Bills are being issued for a period of ninety- Vettel has retired only ishing third in 2011 and one days/one hundred and eighty-two days. Tenders however CLAIM NO. LTP 9/2013 must be submitted on separate application forms for the once this season and fin- second last year,but India IN THE MATTER OF THE LAND ished at least fourth in all is very much Vettel’s track respective period(s). The period for which the tender is made must be indicated on the application form. These Bills will be (TITLE PROCEEDINGS) ACT, 2011 the other races. Even if the and Ferrari’s main con- payable at par on the date of maturity. They will be issued on (section 3); German fails to score, cern now is to beat Thursday October 31st 2013 and payable on Thursday January Alonso must still finish Mercedes and hold on to 30th 2014 and Thursday May 1st 2014, accordingly. AND IN THE MATTER OF ALL THAT land situate at Bagatelle in the parish of Saint Thomas, Barbados and shown on the Key Plan made and certified on the Each tender must be for an amount of not less than 6th day of June, 1974 by David A. Kinch, Land $1 000 and must specify the amount which will be given for Surveyor and containing by admeasurement 746.4 every ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS of the amount tendered. square metres ABUTTING AND BOUNDING on the lots numbered 216 and 218 or however else the same Bills will be issued in denominations appropriate to may abut and bound. the amount requested in the tender. TAKE NOTICE that LYNNETTE DINGLE-DUN- Application forms are available at the Treasury and CAN of 320 Glen Avenue, Staten Island, New York 10301, when completed, should be forwarded to the Treasury in United States of America and also of Lot 217, 1st Avenue, sealed envelopes addressed; Confidential Bagatelle Terrace in the parish of Saint James in Barbados my duly appointed Executrix of the Estate of Ethel Campbell, TREASURY BILL TENDER deceased has applied to the High Court for a Declaration of own- The Accountant General ership and a Certificate of the Title in respect of the property The Treasury described above: Treasury Building Any person having any adverse claim, lien or charge or right or interest against the said property should submit the claim duly All applications must reach the Treasury not later authenticated on oath to the Registrar of the Supreme Court, than 1:30 p.m. on Friday, October 25th, 2013. Bridgetown, on or before the 30th day of November 2013.

Successful applicants will be notified by letter, not Any other person who has any information relating to the owner- later than Monday, October 28th, 2013. ship of the said property is invited to give such information in writing to the Registrar of the Supreme Court, Bridgetown, on or The Government of Barbados reserves the right to before the 30th day of November 2013. accept or reject any tender in whole or in part. Dated the 18th day of October 2013. Interest Rate Previous Issue (91 days) - 3.18% Average Tender Rate (91 days) - 99.21 RoseAnn S. Richards

Interest Rate Previous Issue (182 days) - 3.26% Attorney-at-law for the Claimant, whose Average Tender Rate (182 days) - 98.40 place of business and address for service is Holder & Co., “Beacon House”, Walrond Street, in the parish of Saint Michael

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Thursday October 24, 2013 LABOUR DEPT: ROAD SAFETY ON THE JOB KEY

By Regina Selman Moore

MANY road accidents occur as a re- sult of people being engaged in work. As a result, the Labour Department is just as concerned with occupational transportation incidents, as it is with those occur- ring on the work compound. This was the message sent by Chief Labour Officer, Vincent Burnett, as he delivered the keynote address at the National Safety Council (NSC), Barbados, Defensive Driving Course – Left Side of the Road Launch, hosted by the Barbados Road Safety Association (BRSA) recently.The launch was held in the Training Room of Co-operators General Insurance Company Limited, Collymore Rock, St. Michael. “Any incident occurring involving a person while carrying out their work du- ties on the road, garners the same atten- tion from the Labour Department as if that employee were on the compound of their employer conducting that same work,” Burnett said. The Chief Labour Officer noted that persons involved in driving at work are exposed to a number of hazards. The main physical hazards include risk of injury as a result of a vehicular collision; ergonomic difficulties associated with prolonged sitting in poorly designed seats and cabins; manual handling; exposure to noise and vibrations when loading and unloading; inhalation of vapours and Chief Labour Officer, Vincent Burnett (seated right), along with Ferdinand Walton, representative for Esso Standard Oil, the Road Safety Business Champion for 2013, listen attentively as Eric Kipps of Trinidad’s Jaric Environmental Health and ROAD SAFETY on Page 7 Safety group goes through his presentation.

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