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Aruba’s ONLY English newspaper Page 8 Court fight against Georgia voting overhaul no sure thing By Mark Sherman absentee ballot, violate Associated Press the constitutional rights of WASHINGTON (AP) — Court all Georgians and also dis- challenges to Republican- proportionately affect vot- led election restrictions in ers of color in violation of Georgia and elsewhere the seminal Voting Rights face an uncertain road Act of 1965. in a legal system that has The Georgia law was en- grown more conservative acted less than three in recent years. months after the state National legislation favored elected two Democrats to by Democrats could coun- the Senate, handing the teract some state restric- party control of the cham- tions, but that too is no sure ber. In November, Presi- thing in a closely divided dent Joe Biden became Congress. the first Democratic presi- Groups opposed to Geor- dential candidate to carry gia’s sweeping overhaul the state since 1992. of election laws filed suit in It is one of a wave of GOP- federal court in Atlanta on backed election bills intro- Thursday, a few hours after duced in states around the FILE - In this Nov. 3, 2020, file photo, a poll worker talks to a voter before they vote on a paper Gov. Brian Kemp signed country after former Presi- ballot on Election Day in Atlanta. The sweeping rewrite of Georgia's election rules that was signed the new law. They say re- dent Donald Trump stoked into law by Republican Gov. Brian Kemp Thursday, March 25, 2021, represents the first big set of strictions on voting in per- false claims that fraud led changes since former President Donald Trump's repeated, baseless claims of fraud following his son or by mail, including a to his 2020 election defeat. presidential loss to Joe Biden. Georgia’s new, 98-page law makes numerous changes to how requirement to have voter elections will be administered, including a new photo ID requirement for voting absentee by mail. identification to cast an Continued on next page (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson, A2 Monday 29 March 2021 UP FRONT of California at Irvine law A decision in the Arizona school, said the outcome case is expected by late is hard to predict. “Many June. of the things that the bill The Supreme Court's last does are in line with what major decision on the vot- other states already do, so ing rights law was in 2013, the question is whether a when the court effectively contraction of voting rights gutted a key provision that for bad purposes is illegal, had forced states and lo- even if the contraction cal governments with a does not go as far as some history of discrimination to other states (or that Geor- get approval before en- gia considered),” Hasen acting any election-related wrote in an email. changes. Courts have made it harder The cumulative effect of to prove intentional racial the 2013 decision and discrimination, and “a par- subsequent measures en- tisan intent, even if it over- acted by states "is to really laps with race, may well not empower states who are be enough,” Hasen said. interested in limiting voting State and federal courts, in- to do that with more of a cluding judges appointed hope that they will be able by Trump, widely rejected to survive legal challenges," lawsuits brought by the Pearlstein said. former president and his Congress could render the FILE - In this Jan. 5, 2021, file photo, voters wait in line to cast their ballots in Georgia's Senate run- supporters challenging the court fight virtually mean- off election in Atlanta. The sweeping rewrite of Georgia's election rules that was signed into law election results. ingless if it were to pass by Republican Gov. Brian Kemp Thursday, March 25, 2021, represents the first big set of changes But Republican-led states Democratic proposals that since former President Donald Trump's repeated, baseless claims of fraud following his presiden- tial loss to Joe Biden. Georgia’s new, 98-page law makes numerous changes to how elections will have fared better in feder- would, among other things, be administered, including a new photo ID requirement for voting absentee by mail. (AP Photo/ al court over other election strike down hurdles to vot- Brynn Anderson, File) issues, most notably a ruling ing and revive the ad- last year that forced Florida vance approval portion of Continued from Front Stacey Abrams, the 2018 Jason Snead, a conserva- felons to pay off fines and the Voting Rights Act. Georgia became a focus Democratic nominee for tive supporter of the law, fees before regaining their “The Constitution gives of the election and its af- governor in Georgia, wrote called it “a pretty reason- right to vote. Congress broad powers to termath with two recounts on Twitter that the new law able set of proposals” that In that case, the 11th U.S. set the rules for conducting and ongoing investigation signaled Republican “ca- will "continue the tradition Circuit Court of Appeals di- federal elections,” Hasen into whether Trump and his pitulation to lies over truth. of keeping it easy to vote vided on ideological lines, said, and constitutional allies acted illegally in their To fear over fairness. To and hard to cheat.” with five Trump appointees amendments that extend- efforts to try to overturn the suppression over participa- Richard Hasen, an election among the six conserva- ed the vote to Black Ameri- result. tion.” law expert at the University tives in the majority. The cans, women and 18-year- Atlanta-based 11th Circuit olds provide more authority includes Georgia, and the for protecting voting rights. same court would handle Democrats would almost any appeal of a trial court certainly have to change ruling. Senate rules to win approv- The Supreme Court, with al for the legislation by vir- three Trump appointees in tue of the tie-breaking vote a 6-3 conservative major- of Vice President Kamala ity, likely would have the Harris. final word on challenges to Court challenges would restrictions in Georgia and surely follow, Snead said, al- elsewhere. though he conceded that The justices' pending deci- some provisions, including sion in a voting rights case rescinding state voter ID re- from Arizona involving bal- quirements probably would lot collection and votes survive.q cast in the wrong precincts — two areas also covered in the Georgia law — also could affect the outcome ARUBA of the Georgia lawsuit, es- CLEAN pecially if the court waters down a surviving provision of the Voting Rights Act that prohibits discrimination on the basis of race. “The fate of this lawsuit might really turn on what we learn this spring from the Supreme Court,” said Deborah Pearlstein, a con- stitutional law professor at IS MORE Yeshiva University’s Cardo- zo law school in New York. DUSHI A3 U.S. NEWS Monday 29 March 2021 New York lawmakers agree to legalize recreational marijuana By Marina Villeneuve and an open letter signed by Jennifer Peltz Associated the Medical Society of the Press State of NY, New York State ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Law- Parent Teacher Associa- makers reached an agree- tion, New York Sheriff’s As- ment late Saturday to le- sociation and several other galize recreational marijua- organizations March 11. na sales in New York. New York officials plan to At least 14 other states al- launch an education and ready allow residents to buy prevention campaign marijuana for recreational aimed at reducing the risk and not just medical use, of cannabis among school- but New York’s past efforts aged children, and schools to pass marijuana legaliza- could get grants for anti- tion have failed in recent vaping and drug preven- years. Democrats who now tion and awareness pro- wield a veto-proof majority grams. in the state Legislature have And the state will also made passing it a priority launch a study due by Dec. this year, and Democratic 31, 2022, that examines the Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s ad- extent that cannabis im- ministration has estimated pairs driving, and whether legalization could eventu- it depends on factors like ally bring the state about time and metabolism. $350 million annually. “One of the things that no “My goal in carrying this leg- country in the world has FILE - In this Dec. 13, 2017, file photo, James MacWilliams prunes a marijuana plant that he is grow- islation has always been to ing indoors in Portland, Maine. New York has failed in recent years to pass marijuana legalization, and everybody wants is end the racially disparate but a state senator said lawmakers have reached an agreement to legalize marijuana sales to a way to quickly and eas- enforcement of marijuana adults over the age of 21. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File) ily figure out if someone’s prohibition that has taken high or impaired on can- such a toll on communities ers have a crack at the farmers, women and dis- liance’s director for New nabis,” University of Buffalo of color across our state, marketplace” alongside abled veterans. York state, said the bill "re- psychologist and professor and to use the economic the state’s existing medical Proponents have said the ally puts a nail in the coffin of community health and windfall of legalization to marijuana providers. move could create thou- of the drug war that’s been health behavior R. Lorraine help heal and repair those “There’s a big pie in which sands of jobs and begin to so devastating to commu- Collins said. “Research is same communities,” Sen. a lot of different folks are address the racial injustice nities across New York, and being done to find systems Liz Krueger, Senate sponsor going to be able to be a of a decades-long drug puts in place comprehen- that can do that. But I think of the bill and chair of the part of it,” Goers said. war that disproportionately sive policies that are really those efforts will not come Senate’s finance commit- New York would set a 9% targeted minority and poor grounded in community re- to fruition for awhile.” tee, said. sales tax on cannabis, plus communities. investment.” The bill also sets aside rev- The legislation would al- an additional 4% tax split “Police, prosecutors, child Cuomo has pointed to enues to cover the costs of low recreational marijuana between the county and services and ICE have growing acceptance of le- everything from regulating sales to adults over the age local government. It would used criminalization as a galization in the Northeast, marijuana, to substance of 21, and set up a licens- also impose an additional weapon against them, including in Massachusetts, abuse prevention. ing process for the delivery tax based on the level of and the impact this bill will Maine and most recently, State police could also get of cannabis products to THC, the active ingredient have on the lives of our New Jersey. funding to hire and train customers. Individual New in marijuana, ranging from oversurveiled clients can- Past efforts to legalize rec- more so-called “drug rec- Yorkers could grow up to 0.5 cents per milligram for not be overstated,” Alice reational use have been ognition experts.” three mature and three im- flower to 3 cents per milli- Fontier, managing director hurt by a lack of support But there’s no evidence mature plants for personal gram for edibles. of Neighborhood Defender from suburban Democrats, that drug recognition ex- consumption, and local New York would eliminate Service of Harlem, said in a disagreements over how to perts can tell whether governments could opt out penalties for possession of statement Saturday. distribute marijuana sales someone is high or not, of retail sales. less than three ounces of New York's Legal Aid Society tax revenue and questions according to Collins, who The legislation would cannabis, and automati- also hailed the agreement. over how to address drivers was appointed to Cuomo’s take effect immediately cally expunge records of “This landmark legislation suspected of driving high. 2018 working group tasked if passed, though sales people with past convic- brings justice to New York It also has run into opposi- with drafting cannabis reg- wouldn’t start immediately tions for marijuana-related State by ending prohibi- tion from law enforcement, ulations. as New York sets up rules offenses that would no lon- tion, expunging conviction school and community ad- “I think it’s very important and a proposed cannabis ger be criminalized. That’s records that have curtailed vocates, who warn legal- that we approach that board. Assembly Major- a step beyond a 2019 law the opportunities of count- ization would further strain challenge using science ity Leader Crystal Peoples- that expunged many past less predominately young a health care system al- and research and not Stokes estimated Friday it convictions for marijuana Black and Latinx New York- ready overwhelmed by the wishes or unsubstantiated could take 18 months to possession and reduced ers, and delivers economic coronavirus pandemic and claims,” Collins said. two years for sales to start. the penalty for possessing justice to ensure that com- send mixed messages to Collins pointed to a 2020 Adam Goers, a vice presi- small amounts. munities who have suffered young people. report from the American dent of Columbia Care, a And New York would pro- the brunt of aggressive and “We are in the midst of Civil Liberties Union that New York medical marijua- vide loans, grants and in- disparate marijuana en- the COVID-19 pandemic, found that Blacks are al- na provider that’s interest- cubator programs to en- forcement are first in line to and with the serious crisis most four times more likely ed in getting into the rec- courage participation in reap the economic gain,” of youth vaping and the to be arrested for marijua- reational market, said New the cannabis industry by the group said in a news continuing opioid epidem- na possession compared York’s proposed system people from minority com- release Sunday. Melissa ic, this harmful legislation to Whites, based on FBI would “ensure newcom- munities, as well as small Moore, the Drug Policy Al- is counterintuitive,” said statistics.q A4 Monday 29 March 2021 U.S. NEWS 2 in Seattle, San Francisco face anti-Asian hate charges

By Daisy Nguyen Associ- ing the case reviewed the ated Press video and determined the SAN FRANCISCO (AP) women’s assailant “was — Prosecutors in Seattle clearly Hamner,” accord- and San Francisco have ing to the charges. charged men with hate Cole, who said she identi- crimes in separate inci- fies as part Chinese and dents that authorities say part Malaysian, told KIRO- targeted people of Asian TV she felt like “a sitting descent amid a wave of duck” when Hamner ap- high-profile and sometimes proached her car, hit- deadly violence against ting his fists together and Asian Americans since the screaming at her to “Get pandemic began. out! Get out!” while spew- Hundreds of protesters took ing profanities about her to the streets of Los Ange- Asian heritage. les and throughout the San “I was in complete shock. Francisco Bay Area on Sat- Are you talking to me?” urday, the latest in a series Cole told the station. of rallies in response what “He jumps out the car, and many said has become he’s charging at us,” she a troubling surge of anti- said. “That was the scariest Asian sentiments. part for me." “We can no longer accept In San Francisco, Ron Tua- the normalization of be- Protestors march at a rally against Asian hate crimes past the Los Angeles Federal Building in son, an Army veteran of Fili- ing treated as perpetual downtown Los Angeles , Saturday, March 27, 2021. The gathered crowd demanded justice for the pino, Chinese and Spanish victims of the Atlanta spa shooting and for an end to racism, xenophobia and misogyny. The "LA foreigners in this country,” vs. Hate" initiative encourages people to call 211 if they are victims or witness an incident of hate. descent, told the Chronicle speaker Tammy Kim told a (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes) he was at a bus stop in the rally in LA's Koreatown. city’s Ingleside neighbor- At rally attended by more In San Francisco, Victor stopped at a red light with In the first instance, the hood on March 13 when than 1,000 people in San Humberto Brown, 53, made her two children, ages 5 woman told her 10-year- Brown approached him, Francisco's Civic Center, a first court appearance and 10, on March 16. Three old daughter to try to take yelling “Get out of my the city's police chief, Bill after authorities say he days later, authorities say a cellphone photo of the country” before using a Scott, drew loud applause repeatedly punched an Hamner cut off another car man. The woman, identi- racial slur meant to deni- when he said, “Hate is the Asian American man at a driven by an Asian woman, fied by KIRO-TV as Pamela grate Asian people. Tuason virus, and love is the vacci- bus stop while shouting an yelled a profanity and the Cole, posted about the in- said Brown also said, “It’s nation.” anti-Asian slur. word “Asian” at her and cident on social media and because of you there’s a On Friday, prosecutors in Brown was initially booked then threw a water bottle a friend's husband identi- problem here.” King County, Washington, on misdemeanor counts, at her car after charging at fied Hamner as a possible Tuason, 56, said he be- charged Christopher Ham- but prosecutors recently her when she pulled into a suspect. lieves Brown was referring ner, 51, with three counts of elevated the case to a parking spot. The second woman who to the coronavirus. Brown malicious harassment after felony, the San Francisco Hamner was being held was accosted had a dash- punched him multiple police say he screamed Chronicle reported. He said on $75,000 bail on Satur- board camera in her ve- times, he said, knocking profanities and threw things in court that he has a post- day. It wasn't immediately hicle that captured the him to the ground. He suf- at cars in two incidents last traumatic stress disorder. clear if Hamner, who has license plate of the other fered a black eye and a week targeting women In Seattle, according to not yet made a court ap- car, which is registered swollen cheek as a result and children of Asian heri- court documents, Ham- pearance, had retained to Hamner, according to of the attack and said he’s tage, The Seattle Times re- ner yelled profanities and an attorney or would be as- court documents. The po- also experiencing memory ported Saturday. threw things at a woman signed a public defender. lice detective investigat- loss.q Kentucky town rallies to restore beheaded Mother Goose HAZARD, Ky. (AP) — A goose was beheaded by on Wednesday, they post- Saturday afternoon, the Go station. community in Kentucky is strong winds. ed an update. The head Fund Me page had raised He came up with a T-shirt rallying to help restore an The owners had put up had fallen. more than $7,000. The Ken- designed to look like an old 80-year-old landmark — an a Go Fund Me page on The building has served as tucky Heritage Council in newspaper clipping with oval shaped building that March 20, saying the head a home, a service station, a Frankfort has also pledged the headline, “Beloved has a domed roof with the had moved off its founda- market and an inn over the to help out. Landmark, Beheaded!” neck and head of a goose tion and couldn't be sta- years, WYMT-TV reported. So has Joey McKenney, McKenny said they will split sticking out the front. Until bilized. They were raising Now community support in owner of the Appalachian with profit on the shirt, which last week, that is, when the funds to reconstruct it. Then Hazard is pouring in. As of Apparel Company. should mean around $6-$8 “Last week when they per shirt going to the fund were trying to raise money to rebuild the goose. On LIKE US ON — they said they were hav- Friday, he said he already ing some problems with the had orders from people in roof and the structure and 11 different states. things like that — and so I Phil Neace, son of former just kind of started think- Perry County Judge-Ex- ing at that point what we ecutive Sherman Neace, Facebook.com/arubatoday/ could do to kind of help called the goose's behead- raise money," he told the ing “heartbreaking.”q A5 WORLD NEWS Monday 29 March 2021 Bangladeshi protesters clash with police during strike DHAKA,Bangladesh (AP) — began Friday and ended Bangladesh security forces as scheduled on Saturday. opened fire and used tear At least four people were gas Sunday to disperse killed and scores injured thousands of protesters Friday in clashes between who were enforcing a na- protesters and security of- tionwide general strike they ficials. The clashes contin- called to denounce vio- ued Saturday. lence at a previous protest Critics accuse Modi’s Hin- over a visit by India's prime du-nationalist party of stok- minister. ing religious polarization At least one man was shot in India and discriminat- in Sanarpara in Narayan- ing against minorities, par- ganj district after thousands ticularly Muslims. In recent of protesters, mostly stu- weeks, demonstrators in dents from Islamic schools, Muslim-majority Bangla- blocked a major highway desh had urged the Indian connecting Dhaka with leader not to visit and criti- the southeastern port city cized Prime Minister Sheikh of Chattogram, said Mo- Hasina for inviting him. hamamed Zayedul Alam, The Islamist group Hefazat- the area’s police superin- e-Islam, which has a net- tendent. work of Islamic schools The man was rushed to the Activists of Bangladesh Islamist group Hefazat-e-Islam, vandalize busesas they enforce a day- across Bangladesh, an- long general strike in Narayanganj, Bangladesh, Sunday, March 28, 2021. The group having a Dhaka Medical College strong network of Islamic schools had called for the strike to denounce the deaths of four peo- nounced the nationwide Hospital for treatment, he ple in clashes with police involving the visit of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (AP Photo/ general strike for Sunday, said. Mahmud Hossain Opu) to protest Friday’s events, Witnesses said scores of in which its members were people were hurt in clashes after information that some baria when protesters at- during Sunday's strike and blamed for attacking gov- with police, which started passenger buses and a tacked the security offi- traffic was thin on Dhaka's ernment structures. after protesters set fire to a truck were torched. cials, the Bengali-language usually clogged streets. The main opposition Ban- number of vehicles. “But our teams could not Prothom Alo daily reported. Authorities deployed para- gladesh Nationalist Party Mohammed Russel, a duty reach the scene as the It said after the clash two military border guards to headed by former Prime official at the control room protesters blocked the ap- bullet-ridden bodies were Dhaka to keep order. Minister Khaleda Zia, an of the Fire Service and Civil proaching roads,” he said. recovered from the scene. Sunday’s violence followed archrival of Hasina, did not Defense, said by phone Similar clashes also took Local police did not answer days of tension and clashes support Sunday’s strike di- that they dispatched sev- place in Sarail in the east- calls from AP to confirm the over a visit by Indian Prime rectly, but said the call for it eral units of the fire fighters ern district of Brahman- deaths. Security was tight Minister Narendra Modi that was logical.q Paris doctors warn of catastrophic overload of virus cases PARIS (AP) — Critical care running short of intensive “We already know that doctors in Paris say surg- care beds, doctors have our capacity to offer care ing coronavirus infections been stepping up the pres- will be overwhelmed," they could soon overwhelm their sure for a full French lock- wrote. “We will be obliged ability to care for the sick in down. to triage patients in order the French capital's hospi- The Paris-region doctors to save as many lives as tals, possibly forcing them who wrote in Le Journal du possible. This triage will con- to choose which patients Dimanche said: “We have cern all patients, with and they have the resources to never known such a situa- without COVID, in particu- treat. tion, even during the worst lar for adult patients' ac- The sobering warning was (terror) attacks” that tar- cess to critical care.” delivered Sunday in a geted the French capital, Macron remains adamant newspaper opinion signed notably assaults by Islamic that not locking France by 41 Paris-region doctors. State extremists in 2015 that down again this year, like Published by Le Journal killed 130 people and filled some other European du Dimanche newspaper, Paris emergency wards countries, was sound, even it comes as French Presi- with the wounded. as more than 2,000 deaths dent Emmanuel Macron The doctors predicted that per week push the country has been vigorously de- softer new restrictions im- ever closer to the milestone fending his decision not posed this month on Paris of 100,000 people lost to to completely lockdown and some other regions the pandemic. The coun- FILE- In this March 19, 2021, file photo, a nurse tends to a patient France again as he did won't quickly bring the re- try now counts more than affected by COVID-19 virus in the ICU unit at the Ambroise Pare last year. Since January, surgent epidemic under 94,400 dead. clinic in Neuilly-sur-Seine, near Paris. France's president say he Macron's government has control. They warned that “We were right not to imple- has nothing to be sorry about for refusing to impose a third virus lockdown earlier this year, even though his country is now fac- instead imposed a nation- hospital resources won't ment a lockdown in France ing surging infections that are straining hospitals and more than wide overnight curfew and be able to keep pace at the end of January be- 1,000 people with the virus are dying every week. (AP Photo/ followed that with a grab- with needs, forcing them cause we didn’t have the Thibault Camus, File) bag of other restrictions. to practice “catastrophe explosion of cases that ev- But with infections soaring medicine" in the coming ery model predicted,” Ma- won’t be a mea culpa from and won’t acknowledge and hospitals increasingly weeks as cases peak. cron said last week. “There me. I don’t have remorse failure.”q A6 Monday 29 March 2021 WORLD NEWS Mexico's real COVID-19 death toll now stands at over 321,000 MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexi- overall number of “excess co’s government acknowl- deaths” since the pan- edged Saturday that the demic began, around country's true death toll 417,000. Excess deaths are from the coronavirus pan- determined by comparing demic now stands above the deaths in a given year 321,000, almost 60% more to those that would be than the official test-con- expected based on data firmed number of 201,429. from previous years. Mexico does little testing, A review of death certifi- and because hospitals cates found about 70.5% were overwhelmed, many of the excess deaths were Mexicans died at home COVID-19 related, often without getting a test. The because it was listed on the only way to get a clear certificates as a suspected picture is to review “excess or contributing cause of deaths” and review death death. But some experts say certificates. On Saturday, COVID-19 may have con- the government quietly tributed to many of the oth- published such a report, er excess deaths because which found there were many people couldn't get 294,287 deaths linked to treatment for other diseas- COVID-19 from the start of FILE - In this June 24, 2020 file photo, crematorium workers burn the coffins that contained the es because hospitals were remains of people who died from the coronavirus after their cremation at the San Nicolas Tolen- the pandemic through Feb. tino cemetery in the Iztapalapa neighborhood of Mexico City. As Mexico approaches 200,000 in overwhelmed. 14. Since Feb. 15 there have officially test-confirmed deaths from COVID-19, the real death toll is probably higher due to the Former President Felipe been an additional 26,772 country’s extremely low rate of testing. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte, File) Calderón wrote in his Twit- test-confirmed deaths. The ter account Saturday that higher toll would rival that Mexico's population of 126 ico's second wave in Janu- lated to COVID-19 in Mex- “more than 400,000 Mexi- of Brazil, which currently million is far smaller than ei- ary was. As of the end of ico. That number jumped cans have died, above the has the world's second- ther of those countries. December, excess death by around 75,000 in just a average for previous years highest number of deaths The new report also con- estimates suggested a total month and a half. ... probably the highest fig- after the United States. But firms just how deadly Mex- of about 220,000 deaths re- Also suggestive were the ure in the world.”q Myanmar protests continue a day after more than 100 killed Similar tallies of the death tional response,” he wrote Amnesty International re- toll were issued by other on Twitter. vived criticism that the in- Myanmar media and re- In the United States, Secre- ternational community was searchers, far exceeding tary of State Antony Blink- not doing enough to end the previous highest death en said in a tweet that his the state violence in Myan- toll on March 14. The num- country was “horrified by mar. ber of killings since the coup the bloodshed perpetrated “U.N. Security Council is now more than 420, ac- by Burmese security forces, member states’ continued cording to multiple counts. showing that the junta will refusal to meaningfully act The coup reversed years of sacrifice the lives of the against this never-ending progress toward democ- people to serve the few.” horror is contemptible,” racy after five decades of The military chiefs of 12 na- said Ming Yu Hah, the orga- military rule and has again tions issued a joint state- nization’s deputy regional made Myanmar the focus ment condemning the use director for campaigns. of international scrutiny. of force against unarmed The Security Council has The Saturday killings by po- people. “A professional condemned the violence Anti-coup protesters take positions behind their makeshift barri- lice and soldiers took place military follows international but not advocated con- cade in a protest in Yangon, Myanmar, Sunday, March 28, 2021. throughout the country as standards for conduct and certed action against the Protesters in Myanmar returned to the streets Sunday to press Myanmar’s military cele- is responsible for protecting junta, such as a ban on their demands for a return to democracy, just a day after se- curity forces killed more than 100 people in the bloodiest day brated the annual Armed — not harming — the peo- selling it arms. China and since last month's military coup. (AP Photo) Forces Day holiday with ple it serves,” it said. “We Russia are both major arms a parade in the country’s urge the Myanmar Armed suppliers to Myanmar’s YANGON, Myanmar (AP) Some of the demonstra- capital, Naypyitaw. Forces to cease violence military as well as politically — Protesters in Myanmar tions were again met with The bloodshed quickly drew and work to restore respect sympathetic, and as mem- returned to the streets Sun- police force. international condemna- and credibility with the bers of the council would day to press their demands At least 114 people were tion, both from diplomatic people of Myanmar that it almost certainly veto any for a return to democracy, killed Saturday as security missions within Myanmar has lost through its actions." such move. just a day after security forces cracked down on and from abroad. The statement was issued In recent days the junta has forces killed more than 100 protests against the Feb. 1 U.N. Secretary-General An- by the defense chiefs of portrayed the demonstra- people in the bloodiest day coup that ousted Aung San tonio Guterres said he was Australia, Canada, Germa- tors as the ones perpetrat- since last month's military Suu Kyi's elected govern- shocked by the killings of ny, Greece, Italy, Japan, ing violence for their spo- coup. ment, according to the on- civilians, including children. Denmark, the Netherlands, radic use of Molotov cock- Protests were held in Yan- line news service Myanmar “The continuing military New Zealand, South Korea, tails. On Saturday, some gon and Mandalay, the Now. The reported fatalities crackdown is unaccept- the United Kingdom and protesters in Yangon were country’s two biggest cit- included several children able and demands a firm, the United States. seen carrying bows and ar- ies, as well as elsewhere. under 16 years old. unified & resolute interna- The human rights group rows. q A7 WORLD NEWS Monday 29 March 2021

Suicide bomb hits Palm Sunday Mass in Indonesia, 20 wounded MAKASSAR, Indonesia (AP) ers have been largely re- independently. — Two attackers blew them- placed in recent years by Indonesian forces in De- selves up outside a packed smaller, less deadly strikes cember arrested the Roman Catholic cathedral targeting the government, group's leader Aris Sumar- during a Palm Sunday Mass police and anti-terrorism sono, also known as Zulkar- on Indonesia’s Sulawesi is- forces and people militants naen. Over the past month land, wounding at least 20 consider as infidels. the country's counterter- people, police said. President Joko Widodo rorism squad has arrested A video obtained by The condemned Sunday’s at- about 64 suspects, includ- Associated Press showed tack and said it has nothing ing 19 in Makassar, follow- body parts scattered near to do with any religion as all ing a tipoff about possible a burning motorbike at religions would not tolerate attacks against police and the gates of the Sacred any kind of terrorism. places of worship. Heart of Jesus Cathedral “I call on people to remain While Jemaah Islamiyah in Makassar, the capital of calm while worshipping has been weakened over South Sulawesi province. because the state guaran- the past decade by a sus- Police officer and rescue workers carry a body bag containing Rev. Wilhelmus Tulak, a tees you can worship with- tained crackdown, in re- what is believed to be human remains outside a church where priest at the church, said out fear,” Widodo said in a cent years a new threat an explosion went off in Makassar, South Sulawesi, Indonesia, he had just finished cele- televised address. has emerged in militants Sunday, March 28, 2021. A suicide bomber blew himself up out- side a packed Roman Catholic cathedral on Indonesia's Su- brating Palm Sunday Mass He offered his prayers to who fought with the Islamic lawesi island during a Palm Sunday Mass, wounding a number when a loud bang shocked those injured and said the State group in Iraq and Syr- of people, police said. (AP Photo/Masyudi S. Firmansyah) his congregation. He said government would cover ia and returned to Indone- the blast went off at about all costs of medical treat- sia or those inspired by the two families carried out a ing a dozen people includ- 10:30 a.m. as a first batch ment. He said he had or- group’s attacks abroad. series of suicide bombings ing two young girls whose of churchgoers was walk- dered the national police Indonesia's last major at- on churches in the second- parents had involved them ing out of the church and chief to investigate the at- tack was in May 2018, when largest city of Surabaya, kill- in one of the attacks. q another group was coming tack and crack down on in. any militant network that He said security guards at may be involved. the church were suspicious At the end of Palm Sunday of two men on a motorcy- Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica, cle who wanted to enter which opened Holy Week the building and when they ceremonies at the Vati- went to confront them, one can, Pope Francis invited of the men detonated his prayers for the victims of vi- explosives. olence. He cited in particu- Police later said both at- lar “those of the attack that tackers were killed instantly took place this morning in and evidence collected at Indonesia, in front of the the scene indicated one of Cathedral of Makassar.’’ the two was a woman. The At least 20 people were wounded included four wounded in the attack guards and several church- and had been admitted to goers, police said. hospitals for treatment, said The attack a week before Mohammad Mahfud, the Easter in the world's most coordinating minister for populous Muslim-majority political, legal and security nation came as the coun- affairs. try was on high alert follow- “The perpetrators or ter- ing December's arrest of rorist groups behind this the leader of the Southeast attack will continue to be Asian militant group, Je- pursued,” Mahfud said. maah Islamiyah, which has Indonesia's National Po- been designated a terror lice spokesperson Argo Yu- group by many nations. wono said police were still Indonesia has been bat- trying to identify the two tling militants since bomb- attackers on the motorbike ings on the resort island of and whether they were Bali in 2002 killed 202 peo- linked to a local affiliate of ple, mostly foreign tourists. the banned Jemaah Islami- Attacks aimed at foreign- yah network or were acting A8 Monday 29 March 2021 LOCAL MedCare’s Fit2Fly COVID-19 Testing Centers: Antigen & PCR-testing in the high-rise area; by walk-in and appointment. At your convenience!

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Management by Innovation in the Caribbean by Cdr. Bud Slabbaert We have a challenge on our hands but being able to handle a chal- lenge creates strength. Employ- ment is needed for a healthy econ- omy since it creates buying power and enables us to afford the things we want. We also need to create a brain-gain, whereby well-educat- ed Caribbeans return home and bring the expertise and knowledge that we need. We need a unique global sustainable industry devel- opment with a secure return of in- vestment!

My suggestion is to develop large floating platforms. Why not grow coffee beans? Because coffee beans are a commodity. People on the land pick the beans and some others do the packaging. They work hard but make little money. Brokers and speculators on commodity markets abroad are making the big money. Producing commodities doesn’t create tal- ent; no skills needed, thus no spe- cialized teachers needed. Forget commodities. We need something specialized, highly valued and sig- nificantly priced whereby we can deal and negotiate directly with 20-400 modules. It will take more bean islands? If it is a floating com- them? There are some exception- the client. It should be made in individual parts and components ponent, use a tugboat! And if it ally talented people in the Carib- the Caribbean. It should involve to put float together for a particu- should go beyond the Caribbean, bean. If they are willing and able employees from all levels of edu- lar function. An Airbus 380 is con- then what? How do most imports to subscribe to the mission and vi- cational backgrounds. It should structed of approximately ‘only’ come to the Caribbean? By con- sion of the project and they have inspire young people and open three million (3,000,000) parts. Ma- tainer ship! So, what is the option the passion and creativity to turn training opportunities. You may jor structural sections are built in to export our modules? When built challenges into opportunities and think that building large floating France, Germany, Spain, and the in container size sections, they can further into results, they may be just platforms or even mega-platforms UK and are done in sixteen cities be shipped from the Caribbean all the right people. There are well ed- is the idea of a dreamer or some- with accessories that are imported over the world. At their destination ucated Caribbeans in various parts one from a different planet, for from various parts of the world. port they can even be loaded on of the world who may want to re- one because the Caribbean does Eventually, the A380 is assembled truck or train and become a float- turn and contribute with the knowl- not have mega-space for building in one location. ing solution in land locked lakes. It edge and experience they have mega platforms. will take Caribbean engineers to acquired abroad. To make it com- The Wright Brothers ran a bicycle travel abroad and supervise the plete, we also need the talents Nothing that is mega, is built out shop and built the first flying gad- assembly. from non-Caribbean. They may be of one piece. There is an option to get that was called an aircraft. our guests for a short time; we may build in modules; the more mod- Imagine in their day and age if Who is going to figure that all out? like them so much that we want to ules attached to each other, the they had suggested that future In a human body there is a depart- hold on to them a bit longer. Once more mega a structure becomes. planes will be built out of 3 million ment on the top floor called the we have the highly intelligent hu- No accurate cell count has been parts and carrying more than 800 brain. For our project we are going man resources on board, we can done but estimates of the num- passengers, they would have con- to create something similar, and start training others in our commu- ber of cells in a human body vary fined the Bro’s at “Happy Acres” we will call it ‘Research and De- nity. It is not going to happen in a from five to 68 trillion. A trillion is and fed them three times daily velopment Center’. Isn’t that what wink. Call it a plan for now but, the 1,000,000,000,000. Even when you with a teaspoon. My point is not the brain does: observe, find out, sooner the initiative is started, the were born and your mama held to put limitations on what can or react, and act? To put our brain to- sooner results will come. you in her arms, you were already a cannot be done. If construction is gether we need the equivalence bundle of 1-5 trillion cells. I’m think- done modular, how can the mod- of neurons. Specialists will become Contyinued on Page 10 ing of a float that consists of only ules be brought to other Carib- our ‘neurons’. Where will we find A10 Monday 29 March 2021 local Management by Innovation in the Caribbean

Continued from Page 9 ing more decibels in an ex- out-proportioning to gain isting composition. weight. It may be a great “Why would I want to invest concept for managing a in the Caribbean?” Was I invented the expression Japanese Sumo wrestling the question how the story ‘Management by Innova- team but let it be known started? Either you are clos- tion’ since it wasn’t found that the life expectancy of ing your eyes to a situation yet in MBA-coursework. It a Sumo is at least 10 years you don’t wish to acknowl- is my concept by which shorter than the average edge or, you are not aware management aims to Japanese male. They de- of the caliber of opportu- develop and maintain a velop diabetes, high blood nity that is growing here. leadership position in the pressure, and are prone to We are in the process of market by actively looking heart attacks. The stress on growing ‘Human Capital”. I for new ways and question- their joints causes arthritis. put ‘Human Capital’ in the ing existing ways internally category of ‘Own Capi- and externally. It is totally With the intelligent con- tal’. Own capital funds are different than ‘Manage- cept of ‘Management by generally a condition for ment by Numbers’ which Innovation’, I dare to say outside financiers. Without I consider to be ‘Manage- that the Caribbean could sufficient responsible own have to be huge if things some brief points here. Ad- ment for the Ruthless’ and become a hub of science capital resources, outside are built in modules. It re- ditional employment cre- utterly unintelligent. I see it and technology. “Gosh. If capital givers are not ready quires engineers, but we ates more buying power. as the most effective way we are becoming so freak- for a payment. With the Re- cannot have all Chiefs and A new industry means that to get rid of the most bril- ing smart, maybe we can search and Development no Indians, so, we need suppliers and service pro- liant and dedicated minds. do more with it,” you might Center we are creating a jacks of different trades viders are needed. Some The result of managing a think. Yes, you can hold vault of ‘Own Human Cap- which means that there will of those services will be de- business by the numbers is intellectual property rights ital’. Great, now we’ve a be new employment op- veloped by entrepreneurs that engagement, creativ- and get royalty payments group of geeks restrained portunities of various kinds. of the island. We develop a ity, and innovation get lost. from newly developed in a room and call it our I have made impact stud- unique global industry; due It looks for saturation, like technologies and innova- brain center. What enlight- ies in the past; trying to to the uniqueness, compa- consuming large portions tions, while enjoying being enment are we confronted put a figure on the socio- nies from abroad may wish of fattening food and be- with your family in the Ca- with next? economic impact that to be closer to the action coming obese. It is about ribbean. q activities of an operation and set up a representa- Whether building floats in have. It’s difficult if there tion. That is what is called one piece, modules, or is no operation yet. One cluster development and Endangered animals: container sized segments, can do some guessing that those clusters also have a where will it be done? A is so intelligent that it be- socio-economic impact. Gorillas wharf is needed. It doesn’t comes quite realistic. Just They are amplifiers, pump- By Bhavi Mirchandani ORANJESTAD — Aruba today would Like to share with you a final research paper made by Bhavi Mirchan- dani, who is a 2nd grade student at the International School of Aruba and wants to shed some light on these wonderful animals.

My Final Research Paper Endangered Animals: Gorillas

“I will be telling you facts about an endangered animal today. My endangered animal is a gorilla. I think gorillas are strong and fierce. Gorillas enjoy eating fruit. Gorillas are hairy. They have black fur. Baby gorillas are cute and moms give birth to one baby every four years. Gorillas are nice animals. You can help save this animal by not poaching or killing it. These are the facts about an endangered animal. Thank you for reading.”q A11 Business Monday 29 March 2021 In Minneapolis, an immigrant street struggles to recover By Tim Sullivan 3rd Precinct, a Lake Street MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — fixture that quickly became Nearly all the wreckage a target of rioters. Police along Lake Street has been eventually abandoned the hauled away. The fire- station as protesters took it swept buildings have been over and set parts on fire. torn down or repaired. The The station is in the heart of police station is empty, Lake Street’s working-class its entryway sealed with immigrant neighborhoods, stacked concrete blocks where race and ethnicity like a street corner pha- and language jumble to- raoh’s tomb. gether. The street, the focus of so “Here, everyone is wel- much violence when pro- come,” said Patel, who tests raged through Min- immigrated from India. neapolis after George “Whatever language you Floyd died in police custo- speak, you’re accepted. dy, looks almost normal in And you’ll find at least one places. person who will be able to Supermercado Morelia is speak to you.” again selling pickled cac- The neighborhoods have tus slices and two dozen been welcoming immi- varieties of Mexican cook- grants for more than a cen- ies. At the Dur Dur grocery Pinky Patel, who immigrated from India and whose family owns Elite Cleaners, works March 25, tury, since newly arrived 2021, at her business down the street from the destroyed 3rd Precinct police station in Minne- store, they’re back to of- Norwegians, Germans apolis. Looters stripped the shop of clothing and set fire to the equipment following the death of fering goat meat, rice in George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police last May. The Lake Street Council estimates that and Swedes did the shop- 20-pound bags and cheap small businesses sustained about $250 million in uninsured damage along the corridor, from bro- ping on Lake Street. When money transfers to East Afri- ken windows to large buildings that had to be torn down. (AP Photo/Jim Mone) some neighborhoods fell ca. Hufan Restaurant Cafe into poverty in the 1970s is trumpeting “the best So- black barber chairs are lay- VID, so when the property ate majority has opposed and ’80s, leaving a grid of mali and American cui- ered in dust. At what was destruction hit, there just anything that smacks of cheap stores and empty sine.” The drive-thru at Pop- once Minnehaha Liquors, wasn’t any money left to a bailout of Minneapolis. buildings, new waves of eyes is open every night there’s nothing but an old rebuild,” Sharkey said. Republican leaders blame immigrants brought them until 11. metal sign pointing to an The street’s recovery has the damage on Walz and back. But look again, because empty lot. There’s the den- been “a mixed bag,” she Minneapolis Mayor Jacob First came the Somalis and plenty has also changed tist who hasn’t returned to said, with some businesses Frey, another Democrat, Ethiopians fleeing war and along Lake Street, a bea- work, the bulldozed post of- still boarded up and some saying they did not end the poverty. Then came Lati- con for immigrants for more fice and the Mexican party customers avoiding the riots quickly enough. nos, many from Mexico. than a century. supply store that keeps its area, unsure if stores have The Lake Street Council Immigrant entrepreneurs The heart of the miles-long door locked in the middle reopened. estimates that small busi- forged middle-class lives commercial and cultural of the day because the Anger at politicians and nesses sustained about serving their working-class corridor is struggling to re- staff is worried about crime. law enforcement runs deep $250 million in uninsured neighbors, who could not cover. Politicians are bick- Lake Street cuts a long among business owners. damage along the corri- afford the stores in Lake ering about rebuilding path through Minneapo- “I called 911 — no help,” dor, from broken windows Street’s more exclusive funds, crime is up across lis, from the upscale bars said Abe Demmaj, an Ethi- to large buildings that had neighborhoods. the city and the corridor is at the street’s west end, opian immigrant whose to be torn down. “Immigrants made this bracing for more protests through the immigrant small furniture store was “The big fish can survive community,” Demmaaj as a former police officer commercial enclaves, to nearly emptied by looters. without help,” said Pinky said. “If you wanted to be goes on trial Monday in the leafy neighborhoods “I called the mayor’s of- Patel, whose family dry an entrepreneur, this was Floyd’s death. And even of middle-class bungalows fice. I called the governor’s cleaning business was loot- the place to build some- when Minnesota’s notori- that reach to the Mississip- office.” ed and partially burned thing: restaurants, day ous winter surrendered re- pi River. It also cuts a path Since then, nearly all the and did not have enough cares, stores.” cently to sunny, spring-like through the city’s history of help has come from dona- insurance. “For us, it’s a Over the past couple of de- weather, the sidewalks in immigrant life and deeply tions and private grants. problem.” cades, the neighborhood the hardest-hit neighbor- embedded inequality. State assistance has be- Violence flared for days has become home to war hoods remained quiet. Over 100 businesses and come mired in a stark par- after the May 25 death of refugees and hipsters, So- “There’s a void,” said Chris organizations, many run by tisan and geographic di- Floyd, a Black man who mali restaurants and small Montana, founder of one immigrants or racial minori- vide, with Republican legis- pleaded that he couldn’t nightclubs. You can now of America’s few Black- ties, were destroyed or dis- lators pushing back against breathe as officer Derek get $3,000 bicycles along owned micro-distilleries, Du placed when the protests Democratic Gov. Tim Chauvin pressed his knee Lake Street’s immigrant Nord Craft Spirits, whose turned violent, said Allyson Walz’s proposed budget, against Floyd’s neck for corridor and 10-pound nearby warehouse was Sharkey, executive director which includes $150 million about nine minutes during bags of Mexican candy to ransacked and set on fire of the nonprofit Lake Street to help businesses rebuild in an arrest. fill party pinatas (complete during the protests. “You Council, which has chan- Minneapolis and neighbor- Captured on video by a with warnings — in Spanish walk up and down Lake neled more than $8 million ing St. Paul. bystander, the arrest set off and English — to brush your Street right now, the only in grants to help them. The state’s Democratic waves of protests across teeth afterward). signs of progress are that Businesses were already House majority, with its ur- the country and fueled a Many hope the end of the piles of rubble have suffering when the riots be- ban support base, has national reckoning on ra- Chauvin’s trial will mark the been replaced by empty gan. mostly supported Walz’s cial justice. beginning of the real re- fields.” “People already had their plan. But rural Minnesota Chauvin, who is on trial on covery. A conviction, many At LV’s Barber Shop, the savings wiped out by the is overwhelmingly Repub- murder charges, worked here believe, is a foregone door is locked, and the first three months of CO- lican, and the GOP’s Sen- out of the department’s conclusion. q A12 Monday 29 March 2021 business ‘Treating us like robots': Amazon workers seek union By Kim Chandler ing the union because of BESSEMER, Ala. (AP) — Lin- poor working conditions at da Burns was excited at first the warehouse. Employees to land a job at the Ama- face relentless quotas and zon warehouse outside Bir- the mammoth size of the mingham, Alabama. The facility makes it nearly im- former nursing assistant had possible to get to the bath- always enjoyed ordering room and back to your sta- from the company, Now, tion during a workers' break she would be working for time, they said. them. “How could you work for A cog in a fast-moving somebody who is trillion, bil- assembly line, her job in- lion whatever you want to volved picking up cus- call it, how can you work tomers' orders and send- for them and they don’t ing them down the line to want you to go to the bath- the packers. Now she is a room?” Burns said. staunch supporter of get- Wilson said he is unsure how ting a union at the Bes- the vote would go because semer facility. She said a number of younger work- employees face relentless ers are fearful they could quotas and deserve more lose benefits. respect. “A lot of people are scared “They are treating us like ro- to vote because they are bots rather than humans,” afraid they are going to said Burns, 51, who said she FILE - In this Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2021, file photo, Michael Foster of the Retail, Wholesale and Depart- lose their jobs,” Wilson said. ment Store Union holds a sign outside an Amazon facility where labor is trying to organize workers is out of leave after devel- Employees are seeking to in Bessemer, Ala. When Amazon found out that workers were trying to form a union, a worker said oping tendonitis. Wednesday, March 17, that the company put up signs across the warehouse in Bessemer, Ala., be represented by the Re- This week, Amazon work- including in bathroom stalls. (AP Photo/Jay Reeves, File) tail, Wholesale and Depart- ers and union advocates, ment Store Union. Ballots on including Vermont Sen. per hour — more than is historical, historical, be- tually deliver” a progres- the vote must be returned Bernie Sanders, made a twice the minimum wage in cause all over this country sive workplace with a $15 by Monday. last-minute push as voting Alabama. Workers also get people are sick and tired of hourly minimum wage and The vote in Alabama comes to a close in the benefits including health being exploited, sick and good health benefits that comes after efforts to start high-stakes union battle. If care, vision and dental in- tired of not having the dig- Sanders said he supports. unions at Southern auto organizers are successful, surance without paying nity that they deserve. And “So, if you want to hear plants came up short. it could lead to a chain re- union dues, the company your message to people all about $15 an hour and Emmit Ashford, a part-time action of other unionization said. over this country is stand up health care, Senator Sand- Amazon worker, said that pushes at Amazon facilities. Sanders spoke at a union and fight back,” Sanders ers will be speaking down- even if the vote fails, he If voted down, it would be rally in Birmingham on Fri- said. town. But if you would believes the workers in Bes- another loss for organizers day, saying a labor victory “This country belongs to like to make at least $15 semer have ignited some- hoping to win a rare labor against the tech and retail all of us, not just a handful an hour and have good thing. victory in the Deep South. giant owned by the richest of billionaires," the former health care, Amazon is hir- “No matter what happens Amazon is fighting the person in world — and in a Democratic presidential ing,” Clark tweeted. with this vote, the bell has union. The company ar- historically anti-union state candidate said. Burns and Harvey Wilson, been rung and it won’t gues the warehouse cre- — would resonate across Ahead of Sanders’ visit, a 41-year-old who works stop here. We will not stop ated thousands of jobs with the country. Amazon CEO Dave Clark as a “picker” at Amazon, fighting,” Ashford said at a an average pay of $15.30 “What you are doing here tweeted that they “ac- both said they're support- rally ahead of the vote.q

VW to seek damages from former executives for diesel scandal emissions scandal that cost pervisory board tasked “breached his duties of the German automaker bil- with investigating liability care (...) by failing, in the lions of euros and a hefty issues reviewed millions of period from 27 July 2015 dent in its reputation. documents, conducted on, to comprehensively VW said after a board hundreds of interviews and and promptly clarify the meeting Friday that it wants “concluded that negligent circumstances behind the damages from ex-chief ex- breaches of duty had oc- use of unlawful software ecutive Martin Winterkorn curred” by the two execu- functions" in 2.0 TDI diesel and Rupert Stadler, the for- tives. engines sold in the North mer head of its Audi brand, “The investigation that has American market between “on account of breaches now been completed was 2009 and 2015. of the duty of care under by far the most compre- “Prof. Winterkorn also failed A Volkswagen ID.3 (l) and ID.4 stand inside a delivery tower in Wolfsburg, Germany, Friday, March 26, 2021. Volkswagen stock corporation law.” hensive and complex in- to ensure that the ques- started deliveries of the all-electric SUV on 26 March 2021. (Ole In its statement, the com- vestigation carried out in a tions asked by the U.S. au- Spata/dpa via AP) pany didn't specify the company in German eco- thorities in this context were amount of damages it nomic history," Volkswa- answered truthfully, com- BERLIN (AP) — Volkswagen two former top executives would seek. gen said. The probe found pletely and without delay,” is seeking damages from for their role in the diesel VW said a law firm the su- that Winterkorn allegedly it said.q A13 CLASSIFIED Monday 29 March 2021 HEALTH Rep. Greene agrees not to block dOCTOR ON DUTY critics from Twitter account Oranjestad LOS ANGELES (AP) — The deal was approved donating the money to Hospital 7:00 pm / 10:00pm U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor last Friday, he said. organizations that want Casa del Mar 2BR/2B Tel. 527 4000 Week 7&8/1408 (18k/Wk.); Greene and a Los Ange- “This was a swift and im- to take away my guns, so San Nicolas les-based political action pactful resolution we are I couldn’t defend myself Week 8/1113; 8/1409 (17k/Wk.); Week 9/1218 (15k); Imsan 24 hours committee have reached proud of,” Meiselas said in and my children, when Tel.524 8833 Week 10/1207 (15k); a settlement that bars the an email. people show up to murder Women in Difficulties Week 11/1419 (13k); Georgia Republican from A telephone message us." PHARMACY ON DUTY blocking anyone from her seeking comment from MeidasTouch bills itself as Week 13/1509 (13k); Week 14/1308 (13k); Oranjestad: public Twitter account or Greene's Washington, D.C., being “dedicated to ex- Eagle Week 15/1217 (10k); and, Tel. 587 9011 other social media while office wasn't immediately posing and opposing anti- San Nicolas: Weeks 2-6 also available! she's in office. returned Thursday. democratic politicians.” It Aloe Tel. 584 4606 Greene also agreed to pay However, Greene was ac- has posted numerous vid- [email protected] Women in Difficulties $10,000 to cover legal fees idly critical of the settle- eos, many of them excori- U.S. (860)992-3890 OTHER for MeidasTouch LLC, which ment in a tweet. ating former President Don- ______213823 Dental Clinic 587 9850 plans to donate the money “Because of this PAC’s friv- ald Trump, and has more Blood Bank Aruba 587 0002 to two nonprofit groups, olous lawsuit against me, than a half-million Twitter Urgent Care 586 0448 Walk-In Doctor’s Clinic according to Ben Meise- I’m not allowed to block followers.q +297 588 0539 las, the PAC's co-founder people that threaten my Women in Difficulties and a lawyer whose clients life and my children’s lives EMERGENCY have included former NFL every single day on social Police 100 quarterback Colin Kaepe- media," she tweeted. “And Oranjestad 527 3140 rnick. they are bragging about Noord 527 3200 Sta. Cruz 527 2900 San Nicolas 584 5000 By Dave Green Police Tipline 11141 Ambulancia 911 Fire Dept. 115 2 7 8 6 Red Cross 582 2219 6 4 8 5 TAXI SERVICES Taxi Tas 587 5900 Prof. Taxi 588 0035 3 2 9 Taxi D.T.S. 587 2300 Taxi Serv. Aruba 583 3232 A1 Taxi Serv. 280 2828 1 7 2 Women in Difficulties 9 8 3 6 7 TRAVEL INFO Aruba Airport 524 2424 American Airlines 582 2700 6 9 5 Avianca 588 0059 Jet Blue 588 2244 5 9 4 Surinam 582 7896 Women in Difficulties 2 5 4 1 AID FOUNDATIONS FAVI- Visually Impaired

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facebook.com/arubatoday/ A14 Monday 29 March 2021 people & arts 5,000 attend rock concert in Barcelona after COVID-19 screen BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — er concert of 500 people If one overlooked the white in December. They said face masks dotting the that the results of that pre- tightly packed crowd of liminary case study showed music lovers, it was almost that pre-screening with an- like pre-pandemic times tigen tests and the use of in Barcelona's Palau Sant face masks succeeded in Jordi concert hall Saturday preventing infections inside night. the concert despite there Five thousand rock fans being no social distancing enjoyed a real-as-can- rules. be concert after passing “This is another small step a same-day coronavirus toward being able to screening, to test its effec- hold concerts and cultural tiveness in preventing out- events” during the pan- breaks of the virus at large demic, said Dr. Boris Revol- cultural events. lo, the virologist involved The only rule inside the in the design of the health show was the strict use of protocols. the high-quality face masks In addition to being 10 provided by the concert times larger than the con- organizers. cert in December, this time “We were able to evade there was no control group reality for a while," said maintained outside the 40-year-old Jose Parejo. concert hall. "We were inside our small Instead, concertgoers concert bubble. And we agreed public health au- were even able to remem- thorities can inform Revol- ber back in time when People using face masks take part in a music concert in Barcelona, Spain, Saturday, March 27, lo’s team if they come things like this one were 2021. Five thousand music lovers are set to attend a rock concert in Barcelona on Saturday after down with the coronavirus normal. Things that nowa- passing a same-day COVID-19 screening to test its effectiveness in preventing outbreaks of the in the weeks after the con- virus at large cultural events. The show by Spanish rock group Love of Lesbian has the special days aren’t that normal, permission of Spanish health authorities. While the rest of the country is limited to gatherings of no cert. With that information, sadly.” more than four people in closed spaces, the concertgoers will be able to mix freely while wearing Revollo’s team will do an The show by Spanish rock face masks. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti) analysis of infection rates group Love of Lesbian had among the 5,000 concert- the special permission of er Santi Balmes told the People with heart disease, euros ($27-33), included goers compared with that Spanish health authorities. crowd. "This is so. ... some cancer, or those who have the cost of the test and the of the general popula- While the rest of the country of the musicians are crying been in contact with some- face mask that was obliga- tion to see if there are any was limited to gatherings of over here." one infected by COVID-19 tory except when eating or discrepancies that could no more than four people Ticket buyers chose be- in recent weeks were asked drinking in designated ar- point to contagion at the in closed spaces, the con- tween three venues in Bar- not to sign up. eas. concert. certgoers were able to mix celona where they could Organizers said it was the The concert was backed For 37-year-old Gerard freely. take a quick antigen test first commercial event with by local authorities and Munne, it was a release. The musicians were also on Saturday morning. Those an audience that big held by experts of Barcelona’s “A sensation of freedom, swept up in the moment. with negative results got a in Europe during the pan- The Fight AIDS and Infec- being able to feel the “It’s been a year and half code on their cellphones demic. tious Diseases Foundation, warmth of the people," he since we last set foot on a validating their tickets for The show was sold out. The which also organized a said. "(It was) yesterday’s scenario as a band," sing- the 7 p.m. show. tickets, ranging from 23-28 case study around a small- normality.”q

Alabama Shakes drummer facing child abuse charges

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (AP) — It was not clear if Johnson The Athens, Alabama- The drummer for Grammy has an attorney who could based band has been on Award-winning rock band comment on the charges. hiatus since 2018, when Alabama Shakes is in custo- Managers for the band did lead singer Brittany Howard dy on child abuse charges. not immediately respond decided to focus on her Steven William Johnson, to an emailed request for solo project.q 35, was arrested Wednes- comment. day after being indicted An arraignment date is set 1 2 5 9 7 3 8 6 4 FILE - In this Sunday, Jan. 28, 2018, file photo, Steve Johnson of on charges of willful torture, for April 7. 6 9 7 4 1 8 2 3 5 Alabama Shakes accepts the best American roots performance willful abuse and cruelly Johnson pleaded guilty 8 4 3 6 2 5 7 1 9 for "Killer Diller Blues" at the 60th annual Grammy Awards at beating or otherwise willful- in March 2020 to violating Madison Square Garden in New York. Johnson, the drummer 3 1 4 7 5 6 9 2 8 ly maltreating a child under a domestic violence pro- for Grammy Award-winning rock band Alabama Shakes is in 9 5 8 2 3 1 6 4 7 custody on child abuse charges. Johnson, 35, was arrested the age of 18, news outlets tection order in Limestone 7 6 2 8 4 9 1 5 3 reported. County. He received a Wednesday, March 24, 2021, after being indicted on charges 5 8 1 3 9 2 4 7 6 of willful torture, willful abuse and cruelly beating or otherwise Johnson was taken to the suspended sentence of a willfully maltreating a child under the age of 18, news outlets Limestone County Jail. year in jail, with 24 months 2 7 6 5 8 4 3 9 1 reported. (Photo by Matt Sayles/Invision/AP, File) Bond was set at $21,500. on probation. 4 3 9 1 6 7 5 8 2 2021 Conceptis Puzzles, Dist. by King Features Syndicate, Inc. Difficulty Level 3/29 A15 sports Monday 29 March 2021 Gaudreau responds with 2 assists as Flames beat Jets 4-2

CALGARY, Alberta (AP) Gaudreau played 17:05 on Laurent Brossoit turned — Johnny Gaudreau re- Saturday, second among away 29 shots in the loss. sponded to a barb from his Flames forwards behind “We haven’t had much coach with a pair of assists Elias Lindholm (19:56). puck luck at all this whole for the Calgary Flames in a "I thought his pace was stretch,” Sutter said. “When 4-2 win over the Winnipeg better,” Sutter said. “Quite you don’t have a lot of pure Jets on Saturday night. honestly it was his best goal scorers, you need Josh Leivo, Mark Giordano, game since I joined the to get that break once in Andrew Mangiapane and team. awhile and we got it.” Sam Bennett scored for “He’s an elite-level player Brossoit misplayed Ben- Calgary (16-17-3), which in this league, so he has to nett’s shot and knocked halted a four-game los- try to have his best game the puck into his own net ing streak in the second of every game for us.” with his stick at 7:48 of the three straight games be- Winnipeg defenseman Lo- third period. tween the teams. gan Stanley got his first NHL “You learn over time these The series finale is Monday goal and Mason Appleton guys are really proud pro- Winnipeg Jets' Neal Pionk and Calgary Flames' Matthew Tka- night in Calgary. also scored for the Jets (21- fessional athletes,” Jets chuk exchange blows in front of the Jets' net during the first pe- Gaudreau, who had two 12-2), who trail Toronto by coach Paul Maurice said. riod of an NHL hockey game Saturday, March 27, 2021, in Cal- goals in nine games com- two points atop the North “You wouldn’t say anything gary Alberta. (Todd Kool/The Canadian Press via AP) ing in, produced his first Division. to anybody after a game. multi-point game in a Playing their fourth games in You’d wait, slap him in the ... Winnipeg caps a seven- career. … Calgary defen- month in his 500th career six days, both clubs started pads the next time you’re game road trip, its longest seman Chris Tanev got his game. their backup goalie. David on the ice, have a chuckle of the season, Monday at 100th career assist. ... The “I’ve played for a long time Rittich made 22 saves for about it and move on.” the Saddledome. … Flames 6-foot-7, 228-pound Stanley with a lot of those guys in the win in his second start in Notes: The Jets lead the 10- captain Mark Giordano is was a first-round draft pick that locker room," Gaud- Calgary’s last 12 games. game season series 4-2-1. one point shy of 500 for his by the Jets in 2016.q reau said. "I’m sure a lot of them are really happy for me after tonight.” Following a 3-2 loss Friday to the Jets, Flames coach Darryl Sutter said Saturday morning: “Hopefully he has more energy than in his 499th game.” "I heard it,” Gaudreau said. “Didn’t think much of it. I’ve been playing hockey for 24, 25 years. I know when I haven’t played well and I know when I have played well. “Personally, it’s been going up and down throughout this season. Obviously, not finding the net sometimes and stuff like that. I try to work as hard as I can each night for the 23 guys in that locker room." Calgary is 5-5 since Sut- ter took over as coach on March 8. ARUBA CLEAN

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Tsitsipas, with Big Three missing, makes 4th round in Miami MIAMI (AP) — For tennis up- French Open champion and-comers like Stefanos and moving her from side Tsitsipas, the draw at the to side. Miami Open began to look Barty is the defending a lot less daunting even champion as the 2019 win- before the tournament be- ner. The tournament was gan. canceled last year at the Rafael Nadal and Roger start of the coronavirus Federer withdrew because pandemic. of injuries, and Novak The 14th-seeded Azarenka Djokovic decided against beat No. 24 Angelique Ker- making the trip from his ber 7-5, 6-2. The match was native Serbia. They stayed Azarenka's first this week home with their 58 Grand after a bye and walkover. Slam trophies. She won Miami in 2009, “It’s a first test to see how 2011 and 2016. it is playing without them,” No. 3-seeded Simona Ha- Tsitsipas said after his third- lep withdrew before her round victory Saturday. third-round match be- “There is going to be a time cause of a right shoulder in the future where this is injury. going to be more frequent Wild card Ana Konjuh upset and happening more regu- No. 15 Iga Swiatek. Konjuh’s larly, and maybe even a Stefanos Tsitsipas of Greece returns to Damir Dzumhur of Bosnia during the Miami Open tennis career has been slowed by standard soon. So, yeah, tournament, Saturday, March 27, 2021, in Miami Gardens, Fla. (AP Photo/Marta Lavandier) four elbow surgeries, and we get a taste of how it is this week she has earned playing without them.” ing the right angles and three match points in the fi- In women's play, top- her first three wins in main- The No. 2-seeded Tsitsipas is executing it perfectly,” Ts- nal game and then had to ranked Ash Barty and draw WTA play since 2018. among those with the best itsipas said. “Even with my sit for a one-hour rain delay three-time champion Vic- “It has been frustrating the chance to take advan- second serve I felt like I did before closing out his vic- toria Azarenka advanced past couple of years, just tage, and he looked the a lot of damage, not giving tory over Tennys Sandgren, to a round of 16 showdown. having been through all part against Damir Dzum- him a chance to press first 6-1, 6-2. Shapovalov also Barty beat Jelena Ostap- these surgeries and come- hur, winning 6-1, 6-4. and apply pressure with his endured a rain interruption enko 6-3, 6-2 and had a backs and just never get- Ranked a career-high No. shots.” in the third set before finish- much easier time than in ting it right,” Konjuh said. 5, Tsitsipas improved to 15-4 Tsitsipas will next face No. ing off Ilya Ivashka 6-7 (5), the previous round, when “So just to be back, you this year — and 2-3 life- 28 Kei Nishikori, who out- 6-4, 6-4. she saved a match point know, healthy and to com- time against Dzumhur. The lasted Aljaz Bedene 7-6 (6), Sebastian Korda, a 20-year- to beat qualifier Kristina Ku- pete at this level, it means 22-year-old Greek used his 5-7, 6-4. old American, fueled the cova. That was Barty's first a lot.” serve to dominate Dzum- Two other title contenders, buzz building regarding his match away from her na- No. 5 Elina Svitolina elimi- hur, who never had a break No. 4 Andrey Rublev and potential by rallying past tive Australian since Febru- nated No. 30 Ekaterina point. No. 6 Denis Shapovalov, No. 17-ranked Fabio Fog- ary 2020. Alexandrova 7-6 (1), 6-4, “I created a lot of oppor- advanced in night match- nini 1-6, 6-4, 6-2. Fognini is She kept Ostapenko on the and No. 7 Aryna Sabalenka tunities with my serve — I es. the highest-ranked player move and on the defen- ousted No. 32 Veronika Ku- wasn’t rushing at all, find- Rublev failed to convert Korda has beaten. sive, pulling in the former dermetova 7-6 (4), 6-4.q Musah tied to the US with appearance at Northern Ireland By The Associated Press to the U.S. until he played in a competitive Wiener Neustadt, Austria. Kellyn Acosta moved ( AP ) - Midfielder Yusuf Musah was set to be- match, such as a World Cup qualifier, the CON- up to forward as Josh Sargent and Sebastian come tied to the United States by making his CACAF Gold Cup or the CONCACAF Nations Lletget moved to the bench. fourth international appearance in Sunday's ex- League. Defenders John Brooks and Reggie Cannon, hibition against Northern Ireland. U.S. coach Gregg Berhalter made four chang- who started against the Reggae Boyz, returned Under a new FIFA rule, players under 21 may es to his starting lineup for the friendly in Belfast, to their clubs. switch national association only if they play inserting Tim Ream and Matt Miazga as part of Zack Steffen was in goal, and midfielders Chris- three or fewer matches under the age of 21, the a five-man back line with Aaron Long in central tian Pulisic, Gio Reyna and Musah remained in U.S. Soccer Federation said. Musah, an 18-year- defense. the lineup. old with Valencia, debuted for the U.S. on Nov. Antonee Robinson started at left back, and Ser- Pulisic captained the U.S for the fourth time, the 12 at Wales, then played four days later against giño Dest shifted from the left to the right. first since Oct. 11, 2019, against Cuba. Panama and last Thursday against Jamaica. Jordan Siebatcheu got his first start after making The lineup averaged 24 years, 116 days and 18 FIFA's previous rule would not have tied Musah his debut in Thursday’s 4-1 win over Jamaica at international appearances.q