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Saint Lucia Government Gazette Monday March 16, 2009 • Issue 11 273

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Statutory Instrument ...... The following document is published with and forms Saint Lucia Tourist Board part of this Gazette: Appointment Of Boards & Commissions Statutory Instrument he Minister for Tourism and Civil Aviation wishes to inform that Cabinet by Conclusion No. 134(a) of 2009 No. 29 of 2009 — Civil Code (Marriage Licence Fees) approved the appointment of the following persons Order. T to serve on the Saint Lucia Tourist Board for a period of two (2) years with effect from 1st March, 2009: Mr Laurie Barnard — Chairman Mr Collin Hunte Mr Cuthbert Didier Mr Nicholas John Mr Mark Waters Mr Mark Adams Mr Oswald Augustin Mr Sean Matthews Mr Lawrence Samuels Mr McHale Andrew Ms Berthia Parle Organization for the Mr Jodi Boodhoo Prohibition of Chemical Weapons Dated this 27th day of February, 2009. (OPCW) Allen Chastanet Vacancy Ref. E-ODG/OCS/HOS/F0006/P-4/13/02-09 Minister for Tourism and Civil Aviation Post Title: Head, Operations Security Section Post Level : P.4 Change of Name of Branch : Office of Confidentiality and Security International Business Company

Division: Office of the Director-General (International Business Companies Act, Cap. 12.14 Section 9) Closing Date: 27 March, 2009 ______ake notice that the International Business Company Tincorporated on 2nd April, 2002 as: Vacancy Ref. E-ODG/OCS/HOCS/F0178/P-5/13/02-09 Post Title: Head, Office of Confidentiality and Security OCEANIC HOLDINGS (sT. lUCIA) LIMITED No. 2002-00068 Post Level : P.5 has registered an amendment to its Articles and Branch : Office of Confidentiality and Security Memorandum of Association and has changed its name Division: Office of the Director-General to : Closing Date: 9 April, 2009 PREMIER HOLDINGS (ST. LUCIA) LIMITED For further information on the above vacancy notice Dated this 19th day of February, 2009. please contact OPCW at: Fax:+31 (0) 70 4163790 Lester D. Martyr Website:www.opcw.org Registrar, International Business Companies 274 Saint Lucia Government Gazette Monday March 16, 2009 • Issue 11

Notice of Company in Dissolution AKE NOTICE that the Sole Shareholder of JASAMA LTD. at a special meeting duly called for the purpose (International Business Companies and held on the 3rd day of March 2009, passed Act, Cap 12.14) T a Special Resolution requiring the said company to be liquidated and dissolved voluntarily under the provisions COMMERCIAL INVESTMENR BANK LIMITED of the Companies Act Cap. 1 3.01 of the Revised Laws, No. 2006 - 00068 2001. AKE NOTICE that the International Business DATED this 3rd day of March, 2009. Company Commercial Investment Bank Limited No. 2006-00068 which was incorporated on 08th Presented for filing by Du Boulay, Anthony & Co., of Chambers #6 Brazil Street, T Castries, Tel: (758) 452-5111, Fax: (758) 452-5114, Email: [email protected] February, 2006 has registered its articles of dissolution.

Take Notice that the dissolution of the above named Company commenced on 02nd March, 2009 and that the IONA VILLAS HOLDINGS LIMITED name and address of the liquidator are as follows: IN VOLUNTARY LIQUIDATION keNDALL M. GILL To the Registrar of Companies: 46 Micoud Street Castries AKE NOTICE that at a General Meeting of IONA SAINT LUCIA VILLAS HOLDINGS LIMITED Company No. 262 Tof 2007, held on the 16th day of March, 2009 at its Dated this 2nd day of March, 2009. registered office a Special Resolution was passed for the Lester D. Martyr voluntary winding-up of the Company. Registrar, International Business Companies Dated this 17th day of March, 2009.

Presented for filing by Peter I. Foster & Associates, Chambers Suite #1, 1st Floor, 25 Brazil Street, Castries, Saint Lucia. Tel.: 758-453-1100, Fax: 758-4940, email: [email protected] LADONIA Limited IBC No. 2005 - 00434 (“the Company”)

The Registrar of International Business Companies St. Lucia

he undersigned as Liquidator of the above named

Company do hereby give you notice under Section T94(6) of the International Business Companies Act PROCUREMENT NOTICE that I have completed the winding up and dissolution of Tender for Supplies & Related Services the Company and I hereby request that the name of the Company be struck off the Registrar and that a Certificate rogramme: Economic & Agricultural Diversification of Dissolution be issued. & Poverty Reduction through Integrated Natural Dated this 16th day of February, 2009. PResources Management - Special Framework of Assistance (SFA 2003) (EC Contribution – Budget Line Wolfgang Hurlimann B-21.03.18) Liquidator The Government of St Lucia has received funds from the European Commission to be applied to a programme of Integrated Natural Resource Management (INRM) under the Special Framework of Assistance (SFA) Notice Of Voluntary Liquidation 2003 operational year. The Banana Industry Trust (BIT) has been awarded a Grant Contract to manage Jasama Ltd. an Environmental Management Fund (EMF), which Company No. C224 of 2006 is a component of the programme that is established Saint Lucia Government Gazette Monday March 16, 2009 • Issue 11 275 to finance INRM initiatives. The BIT intends to apply Request For Expressions Of Interest part of the fund thereof to eligible payments under the contract for which this invitation is issued. (Consultant Services)

The overall objective of the programme is to he Ministry of Commerce, Industry and sustain economic growth, human development and Consumer Affairs has received approval from environmental sustainability, by promoting and the Organization of American States (OAS) to facilitating the management and use of the island’s T execute a Multinational Project named Development of natural resources in an efficient, sustainable and Regulations and Legislationfor Select Services Sectors equitable manner. The aim of the programme is to in Saint Lucia, Grenada and Antigua and Barbuda. The provide continued support to banana commercialization, second Component under this project is the “Drafting agriculture, and economic diversification efforts through of New Legislation and Regulations” for Select Services integrated natural resource management. Sectors in the participating countries. The Ministry of Commerce is therefore seeking a consultant to undertake The Banana Industry Trust invites applications from this Component. This Component will ...require a suitably qualified firms and individuals to undertake the detailed review of the existing legislation and regulations following assignment: Choiseul Economic Revitalization for the services sector and drafting new legislation and Project – Phase II regulations where required. The Component requires a thorough knowledge and familiarity with the makeup Project objectives of the Services Sector in the participating countries and 1. To install a 150,000 gallon Glass–Fused-to-Steel specifically, knowledge of the services sectors offered for Water Storage Tank, with 7720 feet of SDR-21 PVC liberalization in the Economic Partnership Agreement 6 inch water transmission pipeline connection and (EPA). related equipment/fittings. The Ministry invites eligible consultants to indicate 2. To supply 13,000 feet of SDR-21 PVC 4 inch pipes. their interest in providing their services. Eligibility Interested consultants must provide information indicating that they are qualified to perform the Participation is open on equal terms to all natural and studies (evidence of similar assignments, availability of legal persons of the EU Member States and the ACP appropriate skills, etc.). States who are signatories to the Cotonou agreement. Interested firms and individuals can obtain additional Consultants may associate to enhance their information and copies of the Tender Dossiers at the qualifications. following address: expressions of interest must be delivered to the Office of the Grant Beneficiary address below by April 03, 2009. Banana Industry Trust Office #11 American Drywall Building Interested consultants may obtain further information Vide Boutielle, Castries, Saint Lucia by calling Lisa Louis PHILIP at Tel: 468-4211/4238 or Tel: 1 758 456 0988; 452 1475 email: [email protected] or Nadia Wells Hyacinth at Fax: 1 758 453 6656 Tel.: 468-4291 or email: [email protected] email: [email protected] All expressions of interest must be submitted to: Website: www.bananatrustslu.com Permanent Secretary The deadline for receipt of applications at the above Ministry of Commerce, Industry and address is no later than 27 March 2009 at 12:00 noon Consumer Affairs local time. 4th Floor Heraldine Rock Building Waterfront CASTRIES 276 Saint Lucia Government Gazette Monday March 16, 2009 • Issue 11

Customs Exchange Rates Effective Monday, 09th March, 2009

T is notified for general information that under the provisions of section 78 (2) of the Customs (Control and Management) Act No. 23 of 1990 as amended that the under-mentioned rates of exchange shall be used for Idetermining their equivalent in E.C. dollars.

U. K. Pound $3.8178 Guyanese Dollar $0.0135

U.S.A $2.7169 Swedish Kroners $0.2944

Canadian Dollar $2.1005 Venezuelan Bolivars $0.0013

D.Krs. (Danish Kroners) $0.4565 Barbados Dollar $1.3542

NZ (New Zealand Dollar) $1.7085 Euro $3.4015

Australian Dollar $1.7255 Swiss Franc $2.3035

Trinidad & Tobago $0.4545 Jamaican Dollar $0.0307

Japanese Yen $0.0275 TERENCE LEONARD, Comptroller of Customs & Excise. Saint Lucia Government Gazette Monday March 16, 2009 • Issue 11 277

ST LUCIA SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT FUND (SSDF) BASIC NEEDS TRUST FUND (BNTF) – 5th Programme Invitation for Pre-Qualification of Contractors

he Caribbean Development Bank (CDB), Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) and the Government of St Lucia have 'Signed an agreement for a Fifth BNTF Programme to provide funding for Tinter alia, construction of a number of specified sub-projects. The CDB has recently concurred with the Government of St Lucia that each of the sub-project should be within the limits ofUS$35,000 and under or limited to US$500,000. The BNTF will undertake to pre- qualify contractors or community organisations for such sub-projects within the named sub-project locality so as to attract the widest participation in this process; it is also intended to encourage small to medium contractors and community organisations throughout the specific locality to provide timely information on their organisational capacity to undertake such projects and to afford such contractors greater opportunity to participate in the economic and social development of their communities. Pre-qualification is therefore open to all interested contractors and community organisations preferably within six miles of the sub-project site and will require the collection, completion and submission of the relevant Pre- qualification Document to provide information on the technical competence of each contractor or community organisation, the construction experience and experience of their support staff, similar contracts performed over the last five years and their value, equipment owned or available for rent, availability of line credit and disclosure of evidence to a financial institution. ONLY recommended contractors, upon satisfactory evaluation of the information provided, will be subsequently invited to bid on the sub-project(s) during the next six months. The schedule of sub-projects, which constitute part of the components of the Fifth BNTF Programme is as follows:

Sector Sub-Project Locality Component

Access 1. Balca Footpath & Drains Construction Choiseul Large 2. Bishop's Gap Footpath Construction, Phase 2 . Castries Large Health 1. Babonneau Health Centre Rehabilitation & Extension Babonneau Large Facilities 2. Roseau Public Facility Construction Anse la Raye Large Education 1. Castries Anglican School- External Works Castries Large 2. Kiddies Homies Day-Care Centre Rehabilitation Anse la Raye Large Vulnerable 1. Cornerstone House Rehabilitation Castries Large Groups Interested Contractors and Community Organisations can collect the Pre-Qualification Documents (including evaluation criteria) and obtain further information from the following address: St Lucia Social Development Fund Basic Needs Trust Fund -Programme 12 & 13 Colony House John Compton Highway (next to Northwest) P O Box Choc 8180 CASTRIES Tel: 453-7919, 452-4316 Completed Pre-Qualification Documen!s must be returned by 31 March at the address indicated above. The BNTF (St Lucia) Office will notify all applicants of the result of their submission to pre-qualify. The BNTF Office will publish similar notification for other sub-projects and components on a timely basis. 278 Saint Lucia Government Gazette Monday March 16, 2009 • Issue 11

BANK OF ST. LUCIA LIMITED Abandoned Property

n accordance with sections 60 (1) and 61(3) of the Banking Act No 34 of2006, all accounts listed below are deemed abandoned property and if not claimed by the account holder within thirty (30) days after the last Ipublication of this notice, shall be delivered to the Eastern Caribbean Bank(ECCB). All claimants must present a valid government issued picture ill.

ACCOUNT NAME ADDRESS

104335890 Theodora Morille Marie Therese Street, Gros Islet 104371975 Christine Ferreira/ Rolf Ferreira #1 Valley Drive Fort George 412064445 Peter Samuel P O Box 737, Castries 104051867 Joseph Ernest Lubin #2 Rathbone House, London, UK 104096173 Laura Lynch #35 Riverside Road, Castries 104147662 Anse La Raye Fire Volunteer c/o Anse La Raye Fire Station, Anse La Raye 101197262 Tony Mc Daid P O BOX 915, Castries 101207315 Knitting And Apparel Industries Ltd P O BOX 954, Castries 104135311 Massacre Community Project FISHERIES MANAGEMENT UNIT 101109122 Hecsam Limited P O Box 512, Castries 240143240 Venus Constituency Group c/o Anthony Wilson Millet P O, Anse La Raye 104166976 St Lucia Computer Society c/o M Dujon P O Box 1246, Castries 240157850 Michael Matty/ Craig Jn Charles LADY MICO STREET, Micoud 104205077 Missionary Group of Castries Church of God Seventh Day P O BOX 1170, Castries 101053802 Fond Assau Fathers Fond Assau P.O. BABONNEAU 101185302 Saint Lucia Rebuilding Ltd Operating Account P .O.BOX 542, Castries 101203199 Standing Conference Popular Democratic Parties of Eastern Caribbean P O Box 64, Castries 250090010 Gros Islet Day Committee Fund # 5 Bridge Street, Gros Islet 104235576 James Belgrave Sports Complex MARCHAND ROAD, Castries 104064583 Roland Girard PO Box 262, Castries 101043806 Floral Holdings POBox 256, Castries 101195398 Robert St Omer Leslie Land Road, Castries 104116022 Rolin Fernand c/o SLBGA, Castries 104045065 Michael Marshall P O Box 152, Castries 101091434 Club Santa Lucia Limited P O Box 242 Castries 104260375 Charles Eric Ryce/ Lauren Denis Ryce 5429 Belle Avenue, Baltimore Maryland, U.S,A Saint Lucia Government Gazette Monday March 16, 2009 • Issue 11 279

ACCOUNT NAME ADDRESS

104110468 S.m.c. Class of 64 P O Box 1058, Castries 101235710 Tradeoff Export Mongiraud Street P O Box 497, Castries 101244236 Special Olympians Abroad Victoria Hospital, Castries 104243224 Marie E Andrew-Piazza c/o Rodney Bay Marina, P .O. Box 1538, Castries 104251749 Annie Larcher/Alexander Larcher SANS SOUCI, Castries 101116178 Ann Walters c/o Shirley Lewis P. O. Box 979, Castries 101213195 Cadec Incorporated Cnr George Street & Bannister Land, St.Michael, Barbados 101193657 Cyril Landers La Croix Maingot, Castries 104216791 Victor Darius/Veronica Felix c/o HALCYON BEACH CLUB, P.O.Box 388, Castries 104003313 Roots Rockers P O Box 277,Castries 250004630 Central Planning Unit Social Activity Fund P O BOX 709, Castries 101203787 St Lucia Development & Construction Ltd GRAND RIVIERE, GROS ISLET 104290431 John A Lara 21 Moon Street No 9 101230418 Bernard Jn Baptiste/ Jonathan Charles 216 ROUNDWOOD ROAD, WILLESDEN, London 101084549 Nibih Tomy P O Box 338, Castries 101145409 Noel Clukies c/o Jeffrey Joseph 1679 Field Stone 104273380 Regis Frank Ju Pierre P O Box 637, Castries 104314841 Patrick Emile Henry Face Ause Hameaux Gros Raisin Sainte-luc, Martinque 104262398 Babonneau Multi Purpose Court c/o Ministry of Youth & Sport, Castries 101204252 Bath Designs International P O BOX 30, Castries 104153167 Visweswara Rao Pullela -Department of 57 Water Street, Carbonear, Anaesthesis Newfoundland & LA Newfoundland & Labrador, CA AIY IBI 101240708 International Development Corporation Ltd P O BOX 1478, Castries 101217776 Bc’s Enterprises P O Box 710, Castries 101247887 Gregor William P O B ox 490, Castries 313002949 Adrian Smith 165 Drake St. Rock Dale Lancs 01. 111EF England 313010485 Michael Green/ Anthony Cooper c/o Soufriere Dev Programme, Soufriere 313022934 Lisa Martinez 16 Bay Street, Soufriere 280 Saint Lucia Government Gazette Monday March 16, 2009 • Issue 11

ACCOUNT NAME ADDRESS

313029091 Pedro Desouzay Boulevard Street, Soufriere 318002446 Mary B Price/ Esther C Taylor 4907b Independence Circle, Stow Ohio, US 318002601 Dominic Augustin 67 Hardinge Rd., Kensal Rise, London NW10, UK 318004758 Sout. Sports Stadium dev. c/o Soufriere P.O, Soufriere 250001710 Calvary Baptiste Church P O Box 579, Castries 250478810 Bexon Oval Superstars PO Box 750, Castries 104281183 Magdalen Bonnaire 101 Fonds B-ateliere, Schoelche, Martinque 412004116 St.Lucia Flour Milling Company Ltd P.O.BOX 242, Vieux Fort 412004239 Universal Flavours 24 Orsi Road, Caledon East, London Ont., Canada 412014823 The Vieux Fort Heritage Company Ltd P.O. Box 231, Vieux Fort 412019698 Charles Daher Clarke Street, Vieux Fort 412036750 Alicia Gordon 128 Crowther Rd.New Bridge, Wolverhampton, UK 412043635 Desmond Paul/Juliana Eugene Banse, Laborie 412047163 Gerald Armogan 22 Clarke Street, Vieux Fort 412047457 Aripo General Contractors Ltd 2nd Queen Street, Arima Trinidad 412051641 James Tobierre Pierrot, Vieux Fort 412056042 Hafeez Karamath Troumasee Estate, Micoud 412060035 Plain View School Past Student Association La Ressource, Vieux Fort 416011849 Andre Thiebaut 328 Rue Des Peridots, Fleurmont QC Jig 5C5 416012188 Stephen S Jackson Morne Beausejour, Vieux Fort 416012567 Laurel Robertson/Lazarus Robertson Top of The World c/o Box 5507, Conway 416014450 Allan Elliot New Dock Road, Vieux Fort ‘ 416025432 Daniel Cadet c/o American Airlines, Vieux Fort 416029922 Percita Theodore/Myrna George P O Box 338, Vieux Fort 416031656 Micoud Farmers Group Micoud 416037055 John J Louison 44 Worcester Crescent, Woodgreen Essex UK 416047832 Romauld Mc Millan Dierre Morne, Vieux Fort 240265920 Marcelline Chitolie P O Box 737, Castries 101196403 Cul De Sac Development Company Ltd P O Box 823, Castries 104206233 Irwin Gajadhar P O Box 1322, Castries Saint Lucia Government Gazette Monday March 16, 2009 • Issue 11 281

ACCOUNT NAME ADDRESS

511004843 St.lucia Artists Association P .O. BOX.1149, Castries 250000000 Calderon Brothers Jewelry Establishment 26 CHAUSSEE ROAD, Castries 240300870 Robert St Omer George V Prk, c/o 35 Chaussee Road, Castries 104215924 Leonard Moses Leonce/Mary O Leon Vieux Fort Post Office, Vieux Fort 101230712 Caribbean Architecture & Planning, Victoria Hospital P.O.BOX 474, Castries 104061538 Lancers Sports & Cultural Club PO BOX 1240, Castries 313026893 Anslem Benjamin/Pamela Benjamin P.O. Box 216, Soufriere 104271357 Archdiocesan Comminication Commission C/O P.O.BOX 267, Castries

104325105 Phoebe Ann Shone 26 Bridle Pathway, Bedfond Midd, UK 412014529 Winera Workers United Club P O Box 248, Vieux Fort 104267022 Babonneau Small Farmers c/o Babonneau Post office, Castries 101040155 Siu Pig Producers Coporate Society P.O.BOX 1086 Marisule, Gros Islet 250959110 Lawrence Jn Baptiste c/o Wintech Ltd, Castries 101266115 C & C Construction And Maintenance Vide Boutielle, Castries 104087369 Barre Denis Farmers Group c/o Slbga Manoel Street, Castries 318009960 Delcer Development Committee Delcer, Castries 104143476 Veronica M Grant Deceased P O Box 1514, Castries 104344292 Bernard Cornibert c/o Winban, P O Box 115, Castries 104322066 Fitz Gerald Williams/Shirley William P O Box 760, Castries 104337886 Calvie Emerson Griffin 6 Mount Anne Drive 2nd Ave, Cascade, Trinidad 416045675 Roy Joseph/Rudy James Westhall Group A, Vieux Fort 101247593 Rose Hill Development Committee c/o Leslie Land Post Office, Castries 313020422 Kourosh Aryanna Bay Street, Soufriere 101242889 David Alexander/Marie C Alexander P O BOX 1023, Castries 104316286 Sylviana Mc Donald Marisule, Gros Islet 104201899 Zimbabwe Roots Group c/o Jim Sparks PO Box 990, Castries 251018720 Adlin John Charles Fond Assau c/o Babonneau P .0, Castries 101277287 Phillip Construction Co Ltd P O Box Gm 567, Castries 282 Saint Lucia Government Gazette Monday March 16, 2009 • Issue 11

EASTERN CARIBBEAN SUPREME COURT COURT OF APPEAL ST. KITTS & NEVIS

NOTICE OF RESCHEDULED DATE OF SITTING 18TH MAY TO 22ND MAY, 2009

ursuant to Rule 5[1] of the Court of Appeal Rules, 1968 the Hon. Hugh A. Rawlins, Chief Justice, has directed that the Court of Appeal Sitting in St. Kitts & Nevis scheduled for Monday 20th April to Friday 24th PApril, 2009 shall now be held on Monday 18th May to Friday 22nd May, 2009. By Order of the Hon. Hugh A. Rawlins, Chief Justice Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court Court of Appeal Heraldine Rock Building The Waterfront Castries, St. Lucia, W.I.

26th February, 2009

Agnes Actie Deputy Chief Registrar

EASTERN CARIBBEAN SUPREME COURT COURT OF APPEAL GRENADA

NOTICE OF RESCHEDULED DATE OF SITTING 20TH TO 24TH APRIL, 2009

ursuant to Rule 5[1] of the Court of Appeal Rules, 1968 the Hon. Hugh A. Rawlins, Chief Justice, has directed that the Court of Appeal Sitting in Grenada scheduled for Monday 18th May to Friday 22nd May, P2009 shall now be held on Monday 20th April to Friday 24th April, 2009. By Order of the Hon. Hugh A. Rawlins, Chief Justice Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court Court of Appeal Heraldine Rock Building The Waterfront Castries, St. Lucia, W.I.

26th February, 2009

Agnes Actie Deputy Chief Registrar Saint Lucia Government Gazette Monday March 16, 2009 • Issue 11 283

Saint Lucia: Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court Court Of Appeal

Notice of Appeal Sitting

AKE NOTICE that the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court (Court of Appeal) will sit in Saint Lucia at the High TCourt of Justice on Friday 6th March, 2009 at 9’ 0 clock in the forenoon. Dated this 26th day of February 2009.

Agnes Actie Deputy Chief Registrar

EASTERN CARIBBEAN SUPREME COURT

COURT OF APPEAL

ANGUILLA SITTING 23RD TO 27TH MARCH, 2009

NOTICE OF CHANGE OF VENUE

ursuant to Rule 5[1] of the Court of Appeal Rules, 1968 the Hon. Hugh A. Rawlins, Chief Justice, has directed that the Court of Appeal Sitting in Anguilla scheduled for 23rd to 27th March, 2009 will now be held Pin Saint Lucia on 23rd to 27th March, 2009 for the hearing of appeals from Anguilla listed for hearing during the said dates.

By Order of the Hon. Hugh A. Rawlins, Chief Justice Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court Court of Appeal Heraldine Rock Building The Waterfront Castries, St. Lucia, W.I.

3rd March, 2009

Agnes Actie Deputy Chief Registrar 284 Saint Lucia Government Gazette Monday March 16, 2009 • Issue 11

IN THE EASTERN CARIBBEAN SUPREME COURT IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE

SAINT LUCIA CLAIM NO. SLUHCV2009/0201

BETWEEN: ROYAL BANK OF CANADA Claimant and (1) CYPRIANA GEORGE Defendant

TO: (1) CYPRIANA GEORGE whose last known registered address was Reduit in the quarter of Gros Islet in Saint Lucia

NOTICE

TAKE NOTICE that a Claim has been filed in the High Court of Justice, St. Lucia No. SLUHCV2009/0201 against you by the Claimant, Royal Bank of Canada.

AND SERVICE of the Claim Form and Statement of Claim and all other proceedings in this matter will be effected on you through advertisements in two issues of the Official Gazette and in two publications in a newspaper circulating in Saint Lucia.

IF YOU DESIRE to defend this action or to be heard you must within twenty eight (28) days of the last publication file an Acknowledgment of Service at the Registry of the High Court of Justice, Peynier Street in the city of Castries in this Island.

IN DEFAULT of filing Acknowledgment of Service within the time stipulated, the court may hear the case in your absence without further notice and Judgment may be granted in favour of the Claimant.

THE Claim Form and Statement of Claim can be viewed at the High Court Office at Peynier Street, Castries, Saint Lucia telephone number 453-1916, Fax 453-1917 or email [email protected]. The office is open between 9:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. on Mondays to Thursdays and between 9:00a.m to 3:00p.m on Fridays expect public holidays.

Dated 26th day of February, 2009.

FLOISSAC FLEMING & ASSOCIATES, Per: Cheryl C. Goddard-Dorville Legal Practitioner for the Claimants

This Notice is flied by Floissac Fleming & Associates, Solicitors for the Claimant, Cnr. Brazil and, Mongiraud Streets, Castries, Saint Lucia, Tel: 452-2887/452-3250, Fax 453-1496, Email: [email protected]

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IN THE EASTERN CARIBBEAN SUPREME COURT IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE

SAINT LUCIA CLAIM NO. SLUHCV2009/0200

BETWEEN: ROYAL BANK OF CANADA Claimant and (1) NATASHA MATHURIN Defendant

TO: (1) NATASHA MATHURIN whose last known registered address was Careffe, Monchy in the quarter of Gros Islet in Saint Lucia

NOTICE

TAKE NOTICE that a Claim has been filed in the High Court of Justice, St. Lucia No. SLUHCV2009/0200 against you by the Claimant, Royal Bank of Canada.

IN DEFAULT of filing Acknowledgment of Service within the time stipclated, the court may hear the case in your absence without further notice and Judgment may be granted in favour of the Claimant.

Dated 26th day of February, 2009.

FLOISSAC FLEMING & ASSOCIATES, Per: Cheryl C. Goddard-Dorville Legal Practitioner for the Claimants

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REGISTRAR’S NOTICE TO CREDITORS

IN THE EASTERN CARIBBEAN SUPREME COURT

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE (CIVIL)

SLUHCV Claim No. 2004/0107

BETWEEN: LABORIE CO-OPERATIVE CREDIT UNION LTD. Claimant and (1) JOHN HENRY Defendants

Sale of 9th JANUARY, 2009

CREDITORS are hereby notified to file their oppositions, or claims and vouchers in the Registry of the High Court within eight (8) days from the date of the publication of this notice in the Saint Lucia Gazette.

Property sold:—

SCHEDULE

All that piece or portion of land situate at La Tourney and registered as Parcel 1018B 138 in the Registration Quarter of VIEUX-FORT and bounded as follows:

On the North by an Access Road, on the SOUTH by parcel 1018B 137, on the EAST by Parcel 1018B 472, .and on the West by an Access Road or howsoever otherwise the same may be bounded or contained.

The whole containing FIVE Thousand Nine Hundred and Seventeen (5,917) Square Feet or Five Hundred and Forty Nine Point Seven (549.7) Square Metres and shown as Lot 46 on Plan of Survey by W.C. PHILLIPS Licenced Land Surveyor dated 26th September 1989 and lodge in the office of the Commissioner of Crown Lands on 28th January 1991 as Drawing Number VF 903Q and recorded as Number 31/915.

Together with all the appurtenances and dependencies thereof.

TITLE: Deed of sale to John Henry executed before VELON JOHN NOTARY Royal on 8th July 1996 and registered in the Land Registry on 8 July 1996, as Instrument No. 3170/96.

Registrar’s Office Castries, St. Lucia Registrar of the High Court.

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IN THE EASTERN CARIBBEAN SUPREME COURT IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE

SAINT LUCIA CLAIM NO. SLUHCV2009/0180

BETWEEN: 1st NATIONAL BANK ST. LUCIA LIMITED formerly known as Saint Lucia Co-Operative Bank Limited Claimant and (1) MARLON VITALIS Defendant

TO: (1) MARLON VITALIS (whose last known address was Bocage in the quarter Castries in Saint Lucia

NOTICE

TAKE NOTICE that a Claim has been filed in the High Court of Justice, St. Lucia No. SLUHCV2009/0180 against you by the Claimant, 1st National Bank St. Lucia Limited formerly known as Saint Lucia Co-operative Bank Limited.

AND SERVICE of the Notice of the Claim Fonn and Statement of Claim and all other proceedings in this matter will be effected on you through advertisements in two issues of the Official Gazette and in two publications in a newspaper circulating in Saint Lucia.

IN DEFAULT of filing Acknowledgment of Service within the time stipulated, the court may hear the case in your absence without further notice and Judgment may be granted in favour of the Claimant.

Dated 25th day of February, 2009.

FLOISSAC FLEMING & ASSOCIATES, Per: Geoffrey Du Boulay Legal Practitioners for the Claimant

This Notice is filed by Floissac Fleming & Associates, Solicitors for the Claimant, Cnr. Brazil and Mongiraud Streets, Castries, Saint Lucia, Tel: 452-2887/452-3250, Fax 453-1496, Email: [email protected]

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IN THE EASTERN CARIBBEAN SUPREME COURT IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE

SAINT LUCIA CLAIM NO. SLUHCV2009/0167

BETWEEN: BANK OF ST. LUCIA LIMITED No. 1 Bridge Street, Castries, Saint Lucia Claimants and (1) HILDARA PINELLE-JAMES Derrier Bois, Augier, Vieux Fort, Saint Lucia Defendant

TO: (1) HILDARA PINELLE-JAMES whose last known registered address was Derrier Bois, Augier, Vieux Fort, Saint Lucia

NOTICE

TAKE NOTICE that an action has been commenced against you in the High Court of Justice (Saint Lucia) No. SLUHCV2009/0167 by THE BANK OF SAINT LUCIA LIMITED in which the Claimants claim a specified sum.

AND service of the Notice of the Claim Form and notice of all proceedings in this action be effected by this advertisement in two (2) consecutive issues of the Local Newspaper circulating in Saint Lucia and in two (2) consecutive issues of the Official Gazette.

AND the Claim Form and Statement of Claim can be viewed at the High Court Office at Peynier Street, Castries, Saint Lucia or at the Chambers of Francis & Antoine, 1st Floor Financial Centre, Bridge Street, Castries, Saint Lucia.

IF YOU DESIRE to defend the said action or to be heard you must within Twenty-eight (28) days of the last publication of this advertisement file an Acknowledgement of Service at the Registry of the High Court of Justice, Peynier Street, Castries, Saint Lucia.

IN DEFAULT of filing such Acknowledgement of Service within the time stipulated, the Court may hear the case in your absence without further notice and Judgment may be granted in favour of the Claimants.

Dated 2nd day of March, 2009. FRANCIS & ANTOINE, Per: Thea J. Alexander Of Counsel for the Claimants

This Notice is being filed on behalf of the Claimant’s whose address for service is: FRANCIS & ANTOINE, Chambers, 1st Floor, Financial Centre, NO.1 Bridge Street, Castries, Saint Lucia; Telephone 453-2000; Fax: 456-6726; E-mail: tmantoine@)fachambers.com The Court Office is at Peynier Street, Castries, Saint Lucia; Telephone (758) 453-1916; Fax: (758) 453-2071. The Office is open between 9:00 a.m. and 2:00p.m. Mondays to Thursdays and 9:00a.m. to 3:00p.m. on Fridays except public holidays. The Office can also be contacted via E-mail at [email protected]

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IN THE EASTERN CARIBBEAN SUPREME COURT IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE

SAINT LUCIA CLAIM NO. SLUHCV2009/0165

BETWEEN: (1) BANK OF ST. LUCIA LIMITED (2) MORTGAGE FINANCE COMPANY OF SAINT LUCIA LIMITED No. 1 Bridge Street, Castries, Saint Lucia Claimants and (1) TIMOTHY SEVERIN Hill 20, Babonneau, Quarter of Castries, Saint Lucia Defendants

TO: (1) TIMOTHY SEVERIN whose last known registered address was Hill 20, Babonneau, Quarter of Castries, Saint Lucia

NOTICE

TAKE NOTICE that an action has been commenced against you in the High Court of Justice (Saint Lucia) No. SLUHCV2009/0165 by (1) THE BANK OF SAINT LUCIA LIMITED and (2) MORTGAGE FINANCE COMPANY OF SAINT LUCIA LIMITED in which the Claimants claim a specified sum. AND service of the Notice of the Claim Form and notice of all proceedings in this action be effected by this advertisement in two (2) consecutive issues of the Local Newspaper circulating in Saint Lucia and in two (2) consecutive issues of the Official Gazette. AND the Claim Form and Statement of Claim can be viewed at the High Court Office at Peynier Street, Castries, Saint Lucia or at the Chambers of Francis & Antoine, 1st Floor Financial Centre, Bridge Street, Castries, Saint Lucia. IF YOU DESIRE to defend the said action or to be heard you must within Twenty-eight (28) days of the last publication of this advertisement file an Acknowledgement of Service at the Registry of the High Court of Justice, Peynier Street, Castries, Saint Lucia. IN DEFAULT of filing such Acknowledgement of Service within the time stipulated, the Court may hear the case in your absence without further notice and Judgment may be granted in favour of the Claimants. Dated 2nd day of March, 2009. FRANCIS & ANTOINE, Per: Thea J. Alexander Of Counsel for the Claimants

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IN THE EASTERN CARIBBEAN SUPREME COURT IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE

SAINT LUCIA CLAIM NO. SLUHCV2009/0166

BETWEEN: (1) BANK OF ST. LUCIA LIMITED No. 1 Bridge Street, Castries, Saint Lucia Claimants and (1) AGATHA LOUIS Corinth, Quarter of Gros Islet, Saint Lucia

(2) JEREMIAH KHODRA Forestierre, Quarter of Castries, Saint Lucia

Defendants

TO: (1) AGATHA LOUIS whose last known registered address was Corinth, Quarter of Gros Islet, Saint Lucia

NOTICE

TAKE NOTICE that an action has been commenced against you in the High Court of Justice (Saint Lucia) No. SLUHCV2009/0166 by THE BANK OF SAINT LUCIA LIMITED in which the Claimants claim a specified sum. AND service of the Notice of the Claim Form and notice of all proceedings in this action be effected by this advertisement in two (2) consecutive issues of the Local Newspaper circulating in Saint Lucia and in two (2) consecutive issues of the Official Gazette. AND the Claim Form and Statement of Claim can be viewed at the High Court Office at Peynier Street, Castries, Saint Lucia or at the Chambers of Francis & Antoine, 1st Floor Financial Centre, Bridge Street, Castries, Saint Lucia. IF YOU DESIRE to defend the said action or to be heard you must within Twenty-eight (28) days of the last publication of this advertisement file an Acknowledgement of Service at the Registry of the High Court of Justice, Peynier Street, Castries, Saint Lucia. IN DEFAULT of filing such Acknowledgement of Service within the time stipulated, the Court may hear the case in your absence without further notice and Judgment may be granted in favour of the Claimants.

Dated 2nd day of March, 2009. FRANCIS & ANTOINE, Per: Thea J. Alexander Of Counsel for the Claimants

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NOTICE SAINT LUCIA DECLARATION OF ACQUISITION PURSUANT TO SECTION 3 OF THE LAND ACQUISITION ORDINANCE (CHAPTER 5.04) And IN THE MATTER of a Declaration by the Governor General acting on the advice of Cabinet that a Parcel of land situate at Monier, quarter of Gros Islet in the island of Saint Lucia is likely to be acquired for a public purpose.

DECLARATION OF ACQUISITION OF LAND WHEREAS, it is enacted by Section 3 of the Land Acquisition Ordinance Chapter 5.04 that if the Governor General acting on the advice of Cabinet considers that any land should be acquired for a public purpose, she may cause a Declaration to that effect to be made; AND WHEREAS, it is considered by the Governor General acting on the advice of Cabinet that the lands mentioned and described in the Schedule hereto should be acquired for a public purpose to wit: Road Development Programme. NOW THEREFORE, it is hereby declared by the Governor General acting in accordance with the advice of Cabinet, that upon the Second Publication of this Declaration in the Gazette, the lands mentioned in the schedule hereto shall be vested absolutely for a public purpose to wit: Road Development Programme.

SCHEDULE 1 All that piece of land being part of Parcel 1250B 471 situate at Monier, in the Quarter of Gros Islet belonging to Curtis John and Siegruid Germaine is bounded as follows:

North : By remainder of Parcel 1250B 471 South : By Public Road East : By remainder of Parcel 1250B 471 West : By remainder of Parcel 1250B 471

The whole containing 945 sq. ft. as shown on Plan of Survey by A. Fadlien, Staff Surveyor dated February 10th, 2009 and lodged in the Survey Office on February 12th, 2009 as Drawing No. GI 5630 R and recorded as SM 30/2009. Together with any other easements which may be necessary. Dated this 3rd day of March, 2009.

COSMOS RICHARDSON. Secretary to the Cabinet

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GOVERNMENT NOTICE he public is hereby notified that, effective 06th February, 2009 and until further notice, I Hon. Stephenson K ing, Minister of Finance, acting in accordance with the Consumption Tax (Amendment) (No.92) Order 2000, Tapprove the following rates of consumption tax as corresponding to the description of goods and HS Tariff Numbers specified:

HS Tariff Number Description of Goods Rate of Tax/Duty

27.10.13.90 Gasolene (Unleaded) 444.82 cents per imperial gallon 27.10.22.10 Illuminating Kerosene exported -9.97 cents per imperial gallon under processing agreement 27.10.22.90 Other Illuminating Kerosene -9.97 cents per imperial gallon 27.10.31.10 Diesel Oil exported under the 529.09 cents per imperial gallon processing agreement 27.10.31.90 Other Diesel oil 529.09 cents per imperial gallon 27.10.39.10 Other diesel oil exported under 529.09 cents per imperial gallon processing agreement 27.10.39.90 Other 529.09 cents per imperial gallon 27.11.12.00 Liquid Propane - Bulk 89.32 cents per pound (More than 100 lbs) Liquified Propane - (100 lbs) 40.32 cents per pound Liquified propane - (20 lbs) -18.68 cents per pound 27.11.13.00 Liquified Butane - Bulk 89.32 cents per pound (More than 100 lbs ) Liquified Butane (100 lbs) 40.32 cents per pound Liquified Butane (20 lbs) -18.68 cents per pound 27.11.11.00 Liquified Natural Gas - Bulk 89.32 cents per pound (More than 100 lbs ) Liquified Natural Gas (100 lbs) 40.32 cents per pound Liquified Natural Gas (20 lbs) -18.68 cents per pound 27.11.14.00 Ethelyne, Propylene, Buthelyne 89.32 cents per pound Bulk (More than 100 lbs) Ethelyne, Propylene, Buthelyne 40.32 cents per pound (100 lbs) Ethelyne, Propylene, Buthelyne -18.68 cents per pound (20 lbs) ______HON. STEPHENSON KING, Minister of Finance. Saint Lucia Government Gazette Monday March 16, 2009 • Issue 11 293

GOVERNMENT NOTICE he public is hereby notified that, effective 13th February, 2009 and until further notice, I Hon. Stephenson K ing, Minister of Finance, acting in accordance with the Consumption Tax (Amendment) (No.92) Order 2000, Tapprove the following rates of consumption tax as corresponding to the description of goods and HS Tariff Numbers specified:

HS Tariff Number Description of Goods Rate of Tax/Duty

27.10.13.90 Gasolene (Unleaded) 449.96 cents per imperial gallon 27.10.22.10 Illuminating Kerosene exported 2.02 cents per imperial gallon under processing agreement 27.10.22.90 Other Illuminating Kerosene 2.02 cents per imperial gallon 27.10.31.10 Diesel Oil exported under the 542.80 cents per imperial gallon processing agreement 27.10.31.90 Other Diesel oil 542.80 cents per imperial gallon 27.10.39.10 Other diesel oil exported under 542.80 cents per imperial gallon processing agreement 27.10.39.90 Other 542.80 cents per imperial gallon 27.11.12.00 Liquid Propane - Bulk 91.32 cents per pound (More than 100 lbs) Liquified Propane - (100 lbs) 42.32 cents per pound Liquified propane - (20 lbs) -16.68 cents per pound 27.11.13.00 Liquified Butane - Bulk 91.32 cents per pound (More than 100 lbs ) Liquified Butane (100 lbs) 42.32 cents per pound Liquified Butane (20 lbs) -16.68 cents per pound 27.11.11.00 Liquified Natural Gas - Bulk 91.32 cents per pound (More than 100 lbs ) Liquified Natural Gas (100 lbs) 42.32 cents per pound Liquified Natural Gas (20 lbs) -16.68 cents per pound 27.11.14.00 Ethelyne, Propylene, Buthelyne 91.32 cents per pound Bulk (More than 100 lbs) Ethelyne, Propylene, Buthelyne 42.32 cents per pound (100 lbs) Ethelyne, Propylene, Buthelyne -16.68 cents per pound (20 lbs) ______HON. STEPHENSON KING, Minister of Finance. 294 Saint Lucia Government Gazette Monday March 16, 2009 • Issue 11

GOVERNMENT NOTICE he public is hereby notified that, effective 18th February, 2009 and until further notice, I Hon. Stephenson K ing, Minister of Finance, acting in accordance with the Consumption Tax (Amendment) (No.92) Order 2000, Tapprove the following rates of consumption tax as corresponding to the description of goods and HS Tariff Numbers specified:

HS Tariff Number Description of Goods Rate of Tax/Duty

27.10.13.90 Gasolene (Unleaded) 513.34 cents per imperial gallon 27.10.22.10 Illuminating Kerosene exported 53.41 cents per imperial gallon under processing agreement 27.10.22.90 Other Illuminating Kerosene 53.41 cents per imperial gallon 27.10.31.10 Diesel Oil exported under the 594.19 cents per imperial gallon processing agreement 27.10.31.90 Other Diesel oil 594.19 cents per imperial gallon 27.10.39.10 Other diesel oil exported under 594.19 cents per imperial gallon processing agreement 27.10.39.90 Other 594.19 cents per imperial gallon 27.11.12.00 Liquid Propane - Bulk 99.90 cents per pound (More than 100 lbs) Liquified Propane - (100 lbs) 50.90 cents per pound Liquified propane - (20 lbs) -8.10 cents per pound 27.11.13.00 Liquified Butane - Bulk 99.90 cents per pound (More than 100 lbs ) Liquified Butane (100 lbs) 50.90 cents per pound Liquified Butane (20 lbs) -8.10 cents per pound 27.11.11.00 Liquified Natural Gas - Bulk 99.90 cents per pound (More than 100 lbs ) Liquified Natural Gas (100 lbs) 50.90 cents per pound Liquified Natural Gas (20 lbs) -8.10 cents per pound 27.11.14.00 Ethelyne, Propylene, Buthelyne 99.90 cents per pound Bulk (More than 100 lbs) Ethelyne, Propylene, Buthelyne 50.90 cents per pound (100 lbs) Ethelyne, Propylene, Buthelyne -8.10 cents per pound (20 lbs) ______HON. STEPHENSON KING, Minister of Finance.

SAINT LUCIA PRINTED BY THE NATIONAL PRINTING CORPORATION CASTRIES 2009 [ Price : $3.00 ] neurons in “an emerging and truly a city block or neighborhood will Saint LuciaTechnology Government Gazette Monday March 16, 2009 • Issue 11 295 global nervous system.” enable policymakers to craft more effective government programs, What your Until recently, the information and provide early indicators of a cascading out of our mobiles has disease outbreak or other public Cell Phone is been more or less ignored. In the hazard. past two years, however, there’s Teaching been a paradigm shift as mobile Too abstract? Heres a real- Companies companies seek new sources world example: Say a jazz group of revenue and smarter, more plays a 10 p.m. set at a downtown Until recently, the information powerful phones embolden a new bar. cascading out of our mobiles generation of software designers. Using the location data they’ve has been more or less ignored. Taken together, these pressures collected, researchers can see In the past two years, however, have cracked the data vault. where all the jazz aficionados there’s been a paradigm shift Established companies such as ate dinner before the show, and as mobile companies seek Nokia, Microsoft and Google, what kind of late-night clubs new sources of revenue and as well as ambitious startups they visit after the trumpets hit smarter, more powerful phones and academic researchers, are the final high C. They’re putting embolden a new generation beginning to interpret the data the jazz club and, by extension, of software designers. These sloughing off our digital selves. its patrons in the context of the pressures have cracked the data They’re doing for real-world rest of the city. That capability vault. sites what the first Internet search is on display in the company’s Next time you glance at companies did for Web sites in first application for consumers, your BlackBerry, it may be the late 1990s: index them, chart CitySense, which shows where useful to know you’re not only their relationships, and in the everyone is in real time. Cell- checking e-mail, you’re making a process learn about the people phone users who download it can contribution to the central nervous who move between them. see which blocks are busier than system of the world. usual, and even learn the most “Mobile is really the next popular destinations people go to A mobile phone is, after all, frontier” for technology-oriented from their current location. a kind of sensor: every time businesses,” says Charles you send a text message, make Golvin, an analyst with Forrester That might not sound like a phone call, or download an Research. “If you look at the next much, but if you’re a business e-mail, cellular towers pinpoint 1 to 3 billion online users, these owner, its sweet music. Businesses your position. With 4 billion people are going to be online spend enormous amounts of time handsets in use worldwide, that on phones,” making location and money trying to understand makes for trillions of data points an essential new data point for their customers. Surveys and flowing through the network aspiring Googles to consider. focus groups, though, are blunt every month and creating digital instruments. Sense Networks can graphs of our paths through time Search is only the beginning craft customer profiles based on and space. When aggregated, where people actually go and Location data will give those individual paths convey a what they actually do not where marketers and advertisers new picture of a block, a community, they say they go and what they insight into consumers. Financiers a city even a whole society. say they do. are using it to predict retail trends As Sandy Pentland, a professor and inform their stock trades. And at MIT’s Media Lab, puts it, our researchers say that understanding cell phones have become the the movements of people within By Barrett Sheridan 296 Saint Lucia Government GazetteSP ORTS Monday March 16, 2009 • Issue 11

first innings was not a silent protest by the captain at the limp CRICKET options on offer. The atmosphere was pallid and listless, and as it seemed in the other matches, the fielding lacked winners’ intensity. Some backbone at last Dwayne Bravo was terribly missed, sparkling as he did whenever he was on the field. It didn’t seem that England The series between West Indies and England sandwiched should have been allowed to repeat the formula that applied an enormous amount of dogged, laborious cricket between an throughout this series: two days of batting and a formidable astonishing beginning and a palpitating end. The magic dust score, then West Indies go in and match it, before the last day of the morning of the fourth day of the first Test sprinkled the petered out in a draw. rest with the promise of more sorcery, and though the days Yet it was Test cricket of a different sort, at least for West were mainly long, hot and slow going, enough grams of it Indies, who have come a long way if you consider that the hung about the grounds to keep spectators going. True, there last celebration was over the fact that they could last the five were more English than West Indian supporters, particularly in days of a match. What we have seen different is that they’ve Antigua and Barbados, but there was something for everyone, learned how to survive. They’ve learned some measure of and it wasn’t long before watchers of all persuasions sniffed perseverance. out a competition they had not expected. Two figures behind the scenes who may have contributed to A look at the series cannot ignore the tomfoolery that passed this new capacity to go to the wire are the coach, John Dyson, for cricket management at the Viv Richards Stadium for the under whose watch fitness seems to have improved. It was most second Test. As much as we would like to put it behind us, the obvious in the fruition of Ramnaresh Sarwan, who deserved series has ended with nary a word of the consequences that his Man-of-the-Series award. Sarwan was beautiful to watch should follow such acts of gross negligence and incompetence. (as was Kevin Pietersen), and it was as if he had come to the But the shameful abandonment of the match affected watchers maturity that his potential has promised - for some seemingly more profoundly, it seemed, than it did the players. Resolutely long but actually short years. Denesh Ramdin looked as if he they gathered at the ARG and the game was on in a salutarily had been finally given a shaking and some of his cobwebs short time, and for many the question was why the ARG was were beginning to be shredded. Maybe his fitness has reached abandoned in the first place, when all it seemed to need was the point where his capacity to concentrate has improved. The proper maintenance. other figure is the manager, Omar Khan, who has had a very After the Sabina Park victory, the series became a source good track record with Trinidad and Tobago, and I believe has of celebrations at many levels. It might be worth the time contributed significantly to the general approach to the game, to consider: what really were West Indians celebrating? It as well as to the sense of camaraderie and support. was a lifting of spirits over a series that went on longer in Chris Gayle, people say, inspires his team by being more one terms of days and matches, and yielded more tension and of them. It is clear that he is able to keep tension levels down repetitiveness, than anticipated. as far as interactions go. Remember how incensed Edwards What set it all up was Jerome Taylor at Sabina. England seemed when Gayle declared and Edwards had to drop his at 51 all out never recovered, no matter how doggedly they pads and go out and warm up quickly in Barbados? But Gayle pursued the task. And they were dogged. Poor Andrew got him to cool down and deliver in those high-energy spells Strauss rose with his bat throughout, but never yielded at the he delivered right before the close of play. right moment, never took the gambler’s chance, and found his Players who really shone, for me, would be Sarwan, coaches turning back into pumpkins promptly at stumps at Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Gayle, Taylor, Edwards, Benn and the end of each overdrawn match. Brendan Nash. Ramdin improved. Gayle and Chanderpaul He was relying on a West Indies history that suggested a will were basically the same; the others seemed to stride forward a so weakened that it would be daunted into easy capitulation few important notches. by massive totals. Perhaps he was guilty of underestimating The return of the Wisden Trophy was something to celebrate. the team in his anxiety to prepare for the Ashes. Certainly Hopefully it will not be lost when England hosts West Indies West Indies played more resolutely than recent memory in a couple of months, but the possibility is that an entirely would have predicted, but then the pitches were so placid that new set-up will be faced on different surfaces, and injured all batsmen rejoiced. English players will have returned to the fold. These were high-scoring games on account of the pitches, and A couple of interesting dilemmas arose again. Should West without detracting from the honest scoreboard’s recognitions Indies, as Ian Bishop and Michael Holding keep imploring, set of feats and records, so many centuries were notched that any up continuous fast-bowling clinics? Or should they be bowling batsman who missed out simply hadn’t the belly to stick to the clinics that equally nurture both spin/slow and fast? task or was undone by the controversial referral system, which Why were the pitches as flat as they were? Should West has bemused more than clarified cricket decisions. Indies be investing in developing the pitch quality that seems Bowling suffered during these games. Fidel Edwards looked to survive in Australia? The global complaint has been about pumped up and was putting something of a snort into most dead pitches: batsmen’s havens that have reduced the value of deliveries, but often he seemed frustrated by the unresponsive runs and taken away the element of excitement that genuinely pitches. Taylor shone as promised but then was pulled up short good fast bowling injects. Is this widespread trend of flat by injury; he too might have lost zeal due to the dull surfaces. pitches something to be accepted or railed against? Sulieman Benn was curiously dropped for the final match, and one had to wonder if West Indies’ use of eight bowlers in the Vaneisa Baksh — freelance journalist