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Tuesday December 8, 2015 $1 VAT Inclusive IT’S OFFICIAL! SLU BEVERAGES has giant Ambev; and ANSA McAL, just over 6.0 million BHL shares BHL,” King stated further. acquired controlling interest a Trinidad and Tobago on the Barbados Stock Exchange The two companies (SLU in Banks Holdings Limited headquartered company, were last Wednesday at $7.10 a share, Beverages and ANSA McAL) (BHL) after a very hectic locked in a see-saw struggle it increased its shareholding in were involved in a spirited bidding campaign. for control of BHL after Massy BHL to just over 50 per cent. campaign for BHL. Last week This was confirmed yesterday Holdings had sold its 13 million “The Directors have confirmed alone saw SLU Beverages by Chairman of BHL, shares in BHL to SLU that the trades have now been increasing its offer to $7.10 a G. Anthony King. Beverages last September. settled,” King pointed out. share, only to be followed by Both SLU Beverages, which is King explained that as a result “SLU Beverages, therefore, ANSA McAL, whose price went owned by Brazilian beverage of SLU Beverages’ acquisition of now has a controlling interest in to $7.20 a share. Venezuelan opposition wins legislative voting in landslide – Page 15

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Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs, Christopher Sinckler (left), chatting with Permanent Secretary in the Division of Economic Affairs, Dr. Louis Woodruffe, during the opening of a Green Climate Fund National Sensitisation Workshop at the Grande Salle, Central Bank yesterday. ‘Pay your fair share of taxes’ MINISTER of Finance and persons to pay what is required, seen; and put it on a footing,” he will all come out how many are Economic Affairs, Christopher he said the Barbados Revenue told the media during an not paying. And if the current Roberta Foster Sinckler, says far too many Authority (BRA) will also be interview yesterday morning. legislation or current law does people in this country are not doing its part to collect what is Sinckler added, “I know there not take care of that; if the court takes top paying the taxes they should due. is going to be resistance, a lot system is not moving fast and Government is taking steps “We are going to strengthen of resistance. I’ve seen the enough to prosecute people international to ensure that this does not the tax administration; we have professionals in particular, when they are taken there, then continue. better skilled staff, higher because there are some we have to find other methods to Equestrian win The Minister contended that numbers that you can do the professionals who believe that ensure people pay their fair everyone in society has to auditing. We are going to they should not pay tax and share.” – Page 23 contribute their “fair share”, and strengthen the laws, which we there are quite a few of them so, in addition to urging those are moving to do as you have who do not and soon enough it BRA on Page 4 2 • Tuesday December 8, 2015 The Barbados Advocate Locals, visitors enjoy Bajan Pride Expo By Marsha Gittens public and from those involved in the event. THE Belfield Playing Field in Black “This is about community tourism and Rock, St. Michael was a hive of what we try to do here is try to empower activity on Saturday when the young the community. [This is, to] get people in and the old converged on the the specific community that we are in, to grounds for the Bajan Pride come out with their products, their art, Exposition. their craft and food to display them for sale An event of the Barbados Product on the one hand.On the other hand,we try Authority in conjunction with the St. to invite and pitch it to visitors to come Michael West Central Constituency into this space and hopefully the merging Council, the Expo jump-started would generate economic activity. Hence celebrations for this year’s Tourism Week, empowering the community and at the which officially began on Sunday with a same time exposing visitors to Barbadian church service. culture, food, art, craft and all the entire Consultant with the Ministry of Barbadian lifestyle. That in essence is Tourism, Hugh Foster told The what it is all about,” it was explained. Barbados Advocate that the all-day At the 24 stalls across the Playing Field, event was aimed at empowering individuals had a chance to buy locally participants, generating income for them made craft, food and jewellery. Patrons and providing visitors to the island and also engaged in domino games and danced the area with an opportunity to view and to the music played by the Q-In the purchase locally made items and Community disc jockeys.There were also experience the Barbadian culture. activities for the little ones to enjoy such Foster added that the Exposition was as the jumping tents and a Petting Corner another in the Expo series.He stated that where they could view and in some those staged in the past have received a instances touch the sheep,rabbits,chicken positive response from members of the and ducks.

Matthew Dacosta Hinds, Codi Athill (in hand), Paulene Dascosta Hinds and Peter Dacosta Hinds taking a closer look at the sheep in the Petting Corner.

Lorna Williams of Fancy Flavours and Creations assisting customers to that stall.

It was an intense domino game going on during the Bajan Pride Exposition on Saturday. The Barbados Advocate Tuesday December 8, 2015 • 3 VAT hike for cell phones coming soon GOVERNMENT is going to be applied to all mobile airtime used by Parliament next Tuesday to change cell companies operating in Barbados. the amount of value added tax (VAT) Plans for that excise duty were revealed charged on cell phone usage from 17. in the June 2015 Financial Statements 5 per cent to 22 per cent. The new and Budgetary Proposal and was to come rate is to come into effect on January into effect this past August at a rate of 1, 2016. three cents per minute for both service Minister of Finance and Economic providers.That excise duty was expected Affairs, Christopher Sinckler told the to generate some $32.7 million in revenue media yesterday morning following the on an annual basis, while the VAT opening of a Green Climate Fund increase is expected to net about half that National Sensitisation Workshop at the figure. Grande Salle, Central Bank, that The revenue to be raised through this representatives of the telecommunication hike in VAT on cell phone usage, the companies are to meet with government finance minister said, will be collected by officials this week to discuss and work the companies and passed on to the out the technical details associated with Barbados Revenue Authority (BRA). His such a move. comments came as he made it clear that News of the increase of VAT on cell the increase in VAT is only relative to cell phone usage came late last month in the phones and is not an overall increase in House of Assembly, where he indicated VAT in this country. that 4.5 per cent increase in VAT to be “It is no indication of anything to come. charged by the telecommunications The VAT rate is 17.5 per cent and long will companies, would replace the previously it remain there as far as we can see and Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs, Christopher Sinckler delivering the proposed airtime excise duty that was to as far as I’m concerned,” he stated. (JRT) feature address yesterday morning. Gov’t focused on green economy Gardening A GOVERNMENT Minister says of electricity by 2029.The minister added (SIDS) such as Barbados. Sinckler noted Barbados has an “unparalleled that even outside of Government, that empirical evidence has shown that all competition for opportunity” to become the first Green entrepreneurs and ordinary homeowners SIDS are among the most vulnerable economy in the Western Hemisphere. are investing heavily in renewable energy communities, ecosystems and economies Minister of Finance and Economic technologies, which are not only helping to the adverse effects of climate change.He school children Affairs, Christopher Sinckler made the families and enterprises save money on bolstered that point as he referred to THE Ministry of Agriculture, Food, comments yesterday morning while energy bills, but reducing the country’s several natural disasters which have over Fisheries and Water Resource delivering the feature address at the carbon footprint on the environment. the years caused damage in SIDS within Management is inviting primary and Green Climate Fund National Sinckler made the point while noting the Caribbean. Sinckler spoke of secondary school children between seven Sensitisation Workshop at the Grande that the threat from climate change is Hurricane Luis which in 1995 caused and 17 to take part in its gardening Salle, Central Bank. This Fund, the real, serious and growing and given that Antigua and Barbuda to lose 15-25 per competition. minister said,provides an unprecedented reality, there is need for urgent action to cent of its workforce and Hurricane Ivan Students are invited to submit photos of financing window that can advance this address it. which landed on the shores of Grenada in themselves participating in an agricultural country towards climate-resilient “All the data on climate change is 2004, damaging 90 per cent of the activity at home, for a chance to win development. pointing to the fact that no nation can structures, costing the government more individual prizes,as well as prizes for their He added that while the role Caribbean escape the impact of climate change. than twice the country’s GDP, damaging schools.The photos will be uploaded to the countries play in global emissions which Living with climate change has become 70 per cent of the tourism infrastructure Ministry’s Food and Nutrition Facebook result in climate change is negligible, our “new normal” and, if not addressed and wiping out Grenada’s principal page and weekly prizes will be given to Barbados is nonetheless willing to lead effectively, could become an irreversible agricultural export – nutmeg. competitors whose photos attract the most by example, and move towards a carbon catastrophe,” he warned. With that in mind, he said that likes.Top prizes will then be awarded to the neutral future.With that in mind, he said He added, “In essence, your presence yesterday’s workshop was expected to winning competitor, the winning school that Government has set several targets here this morning clearly signals that we assist the stakeholders, in garnering a and the best photo. in an effort to achieve this, among them, all understand the gravity of the climate better understanding of the operational Application forms and guidelines may generating 29 per cent of all electricity change threat and the need for all of us to modalities of the Fund and articulate their be collected from the Ministry’s consumption from renewable sources. If contribute to the ambitious global efforts respective roles in identifying mitigation headquarters at Graeme Hall, Christ achieved, the Finance Minister said, this to combat its effects.” He made the point and adaptation projects that will Church,or downloaded from the Ministry’s should translate into as much as 22 per while referring to the impact of climate contribute to the sustainable development Facebook page at https:// cent savings in the country’s consumption change on Small Island Developing States goals of Barbados. (JRT) www.facebook.com/GELinBim. Fire Chief commends public for fire reduction BARBADOS recorded fewer fires up to compared to 2 777 for 2014. a result of our being out there, being more by not drinking and driving. Play it safe November this year than it did last year, Of this number, there were 75 vigilant and executing a more focused by driving within the speed limits and but the number of vehicular accidents residential fires compared with 93 last education programme,but we also believe adopt a defensive driving posture,” he that claimed lives or caused serious year. There was also a drop in rubbish that it is as a result of you the public stressed. injury has increased to 88 this year, fires, with 338 recorded this year listening to our messages and accepting While giving business owners and compared with 48 for the same period compared with 349 last year. A further your individual responsibility as good managers a passing grade for adhering to last year. decline in grass and cane fires was citizens of Barbados,” Mr. Maynard the law and regulations to ensure their These figures were revealed by Acting witnessed: 837 grass fires were recorded stated, while imploring citizens to do the workers and customers were safe, Mr. Chief Fire Officer with the Barbados Fire at the end of November compared with 1 same over the Christmas season. Maynard also urged those who were Service (BFS),Errol Maynard,in his 2015 382 last year; and 59 cane fires this year In addition, the Fire Chief urged the falling behind in their responsibilities to Christmas message. compared with 133 in 2014. However, public to adopt a defensive driving step up to the plate. However, while there have been there was a slight increase in the number posture, as 88 vehicular accidents “Do not allow the joys off the season to significant reductions in the number of of commercial building fires, with the resulting in significant injury and loss of blur your minds to safety.Do not for a few fires, Mr.Maynard said the BFS was still number rising from 15 at the end of life were recorded up to the end of gains endanger the life and well-being of not comfortable with the numbers. November last year to 20 for the November this year, 40 more than last our families, friends and customers. Do Overall, the BFS responded to 2 098 corresponding period this year. year. not allow a season of joy to turn to a life incidents up to the end of November, “We believe this reduction is not only as “We are encouraging you to play it safe of regret,” he pleaded. 4• Tuesday December 8, 2015 The Barbados Advocate Carols by Candlelight 2015 this Sunday First Citizens joins as title sponsor THIS year, Carols by giving back to the Candlelight will be communities in which we celebrating 20 years. operate…I want to The charity event hosted encourage Barbadians to by Rotary Club of come out on Sunday in Barbados, in an effort to their numbers for this very raise funds for local important drive.” charities and community President of Rotary Club projects will take place on of Barbados, Jedder Sunday, December 13th, Robinson expressed on the grounds of Ilaro sincere thanks to the Court at 5.30 p.m. management and staff of For the first time, First First Citizens for Citizens Bank (Barbados) partnering with Rotary to Ltd will join Rotary as title ensure that Carols by sponsor to stage this Candlelight reaches a annual family affair. larger audience this year. From left: President of Rotary Club of Barbados, Jedder Robinson thanking Marketing & During a press “Every year we aim to Communication Officer at First Citizens Bank, Kareem McClean for the bank’s support with the hosting conference yesterday, stage this show early in of Carols by Candlelight 2015 being held Sunday December 13th, at Ilaro Court. Looking on is Marketing & December to ensure that President-Elect of Rotary Club of Barbados, Lisa Cummins (left) and Shauntelle Clarke, Marketing Communication Officer at we start off the Christmas Assistant at First Citizens Bank. First Citizens, Kareem Season by bringing some McClean said that the cheer to people from all children’s homes, children Nakita, Marvay, Peter giving back. Every cent City Supermarket, Esso Bank is excited to be walks of life. The with special needs and Ram, G-Syndicate, that you spend on a ticket, Tigermart Black Rock, involved. entertainment provided at projects with vocational Nostaljah and Denis and on food is going back Coffee Bean, Ticketpal “We are hoping that this the show caters to the very training, the elderly and Warner. into the community and online, among others – for will be a long time young, those not so young, disabled. “When you come to we are very proud of that,” only $35.00, which admits partnership,” he the old and those not so She also took the Carols by Candlelight and she said. one adult and two children expressed. old.” opportunity to thank all your sitting on the lawn of Tickets can be under 12. “This event,which is into President-Elect of featured performers in Ilaro Court, understand purchased from any Children under 12 are its 20th year,is one of those Rotary, Lisa Cummins advanced for giving their that you aren’t just there member of Rotary Club of asked to bring a ways that Rotary gives further indicated that 100 time. These include: - for entertainment, you are Barbados, as well as A&B worthwhile gift, wrapped back to the communities in percent of all proceeds go Mustard Seed Kids, De there also because you are Music Supplies Sheraton and marked “Boy” or “Girl” which they operate and to community projects Red Boyz with Tamara part of a cause; you are Mall, Carlton & A-One for children’s charities. First Citizens is big on including work with local Marshall, Biggie Irie, part of a community that is Supermarket, Emerald (TL) Guyanese Emergency shutdowns to some pipelines to and Barbadian take place in the north until further notice charged for THE Barbados Water parish of St. Lucy Rockfield as well as in Hill, Christie Village, Cane Coach Hill, Sargeants Authority (BWA) informs including Colleton, Boscobel and Six Mens, St. Garden Heights, Proute, Street, Pothouse, Society, the public that due to Clinketts, Half Moon Fort, Peter will experience Strong Hope;Applewaites, Church View; Dodds, dug offences exceedingly low water Sutherland, FusticVillage, water outages during this Locust Hall, Bournes Moncrieffe, Parish Land MEMBERS of the Drug levels at its Half Acre Checker Hall, Maycock, time. Village, Paradise, Jericho, and neighbouring Squad have arrested and reservoir in the north, Broomfield, Friendly Hall, In addition, the nightly Market Hill, Cottage districts. jointly charged Guyanese there will be an emergency Husbands, Harrison, Crab shut off at Golden Ridge Grove Development, Residents in these areas national Lyndon Aubrey shutdown to some of the Hill, Babylon Bourbon, Pumping Station is still in Cottage Retreat,Newbury, are advised to store water Kennedy, 34 years, and pipelines in this system. It Trents, Swampy Town, effect from 8:00 pm until Todds; Tappy Pond, during the hours of Barbadian Randy started from 9:00 pm Nessfield, Hannays, 4:00 am. Wilson Hill, Sherbourne, disruption. McCurren Agard of New yesterday until 4:00 am Salmonds, Grape Hall, During this period, Claybury, Cherry Grove, The Barbados Water Orleans, St. Michael with and will continue daily Cluffs, Greenidges, Bright districts in St.Thomas, St. Pool, Four Roads, Lemon Authority apologizes for the offences of: until further notice. Hall, Connell Town, George St. John and St. Arbor, Gall Hill, Carters, the inconvenience and Possession of 6 kgs of co This is in an effort to Roaches, Flat Field, Philip will be impacted Glebe Land, Clifton Hall, assures its valued caine; allow the reservoirs to Northumberland River and will include Edge Cliff, Church View, customers that it is doing Possession with intent replenish. Bay, Hope, Harris, Spring Hopewell, Vaucluse, Newcastle, Foster Hall, everything possible to to supply; and Some residents in the Hall, Bishops and Content, Rock Hall, Shop Messiah Street, Colleton, rectify the problem. Trafficking On Friday 4th December, 2015, Police carried out an operation in Several determinations to be made, says Finance Minister Hastings, Christ Church, where the vehicle in which BRA from Page 1 authorities do not want to amount is too much to pay While he could not say doing their various audits Kennedy and Agard were have to go the route of in one go, they should visit how much that figure was and they are looking to travelling in was stopped. The Finance Minister “naming and shaming” to the BRA’s office and work likely to be, the Finance see on which year they A search of the vehicle dis- said what is worse, is that force persons to step up out a payment plan. Minister said it is can say this is the year we covered 5 packages of the there are a number of and do what is right. He said the BRA is “substantial”. are going to use as the illegal drug, weighing 6 people who do not even However,he said they are currently in the process of “Some of it is probably baseline and then kilos. file income tax as is the willing to do so if all other determining how much going to have to be anything that falls behind Kennedy and Agard law.Despite this failure to avenues have been money it is owed by written off as that we’ll waive and were to appear at the file income tax returns exhausted. With that in taxpayers, including the uncollectible and that is anything going forward District A Magistrates and pay other taxes that mind, he said that where monies owed prior to the the process they are going we’ll go after,” he Court yesterday. are due, Sinckler said the persons owe taxes and the creation of that entity. through now. They are indicated. (JRT) The Barbados Advocate Tuesday December 8, 2015 • 5

SAVE Foundation still here to help WE’RE still here and we still care. That’s the message from Chairman and Founder of the SAVE (Services Alliance for Violent Encounters) Foundation Liesel Daisely who was speaking to the media before embarking on a walk along the Richard Haynes Boardwalk as part of 16 days of activism, which is recognised across around the world between November 25 and December 10. Daisley who was joined with members and other supporters explained that domestic violence is a scourge in Barbados and approximately 3 in every 5 women will be affected by some form of violence in The winning team from the St Michael School. their lifetime. “Those numbers are too high. That is why we are here ...to raise awareness. St. Michael School debate team triumphs To stop the violence,” she By Patricia Thangaraj society and this team was the Barbados to abolish the death over and over. It was a lot of stated. proposition. penalty but we should not bow intense research involved. We To this end, she THE hard work has paid off. She stated that some of the down to the pressures,we should researched endlessly.” encouraged persons who This is coming from Janae areas that their team would live by our constitution.” The other members of the would like to speak out Kellman, the Leader of the have touched on were the The team were awarded an team included the Seconder, against abuse to call the winning St. Michael School definition of this term and some average of 35 points for such Adiel Charles and the Cross hotline 43-ABUSE debate team who spoke to of their reasoning behind why areas as the content of the Examiner, Britney Sealy. (432-2873), or visit the the Barbados Advocate after they thought it should be speech, the research that they Meanwhile, Kyisha Bullen, foundation’s Facebook the conclusion of the Crime brought back. did, they way that they the Cross Examiner, of The page for further Awareness Month debate for “We started off by explaining explained their points, the key Alleyne School debating team, information. secondary school students at what the death penalty is, how terms, their tone, vocal variety said that they decided to She explained that while the Prince Cave Hall, its effectiveness has been and they way that they approach their opposition to the this year has not been as District A Police Station, hindered since the last execution expressed themselves such as topic in a more holistic fashion. busy as it has been in the Station Hill recently. in 1984 because after that their delivery and body Therefore, they would have past as it relates to She said that the topic was the nobody used it so people think language, Kellman explained. looked at what violence is, the murders, the domestic death penalty and whether or that it is ineffective. I also delved She said that preparations for different types of violence such violence hotline is still very not it should be reinstated in into the constitution and the debate was “rigorous, but in as domestic violence and busy. order to curb violence in this international pressures on the end it paid off. We had to go violence in schools. “Women in this country She stated that some of the are still not treated the way areas that her team would have they should be treated. Not touched on included the crime getting the help that they rates and the cost of the death should get. I think we penalty as opposed to life should do a lot better in imprisonment.They received 33 2015 in keeping our women points. safe and in terms of “Some of the points that we bringing our laws would have raised are the death into the 21st century and penalty did not increase or making them more current decrease the crime rates in and relevant to Barbados. We also raised that it victims of domestic is cheaper to sentence a criminal violence.” to life in prison than it is to give The Save Foundation was them the death penalty.” incorporated in April 2009 Bullen said that some of the as a non-profit comments that were made to the organisation. school by the judges were Save Foundation offers “overall it was a good debate, our counselling via the Seconder was very strong in his Save Hotline or by points, we were told that we making arrangements to be were very strong, our questions placed in contact with a were developed well and they counsellor, social also advised us next time to use worker, psychologist or a little more charisma.” pastor or direct The other members of the counselling services. legal team were the Leader, Jakaila advice is also offered. Hewitt and the Seconder,Pierre (JH) From The Alleyne School, (L-R) Kyisha Bullen, Pierre Cooke and Jakaila Hewitt. Cooke. 6 • Tuesday December 8, 2015 The Barbados Advocate Encourage kids to value education PRINCIPAL of the Springer Memorial School, Pauline Benjamin is urging parents to encourage their young charges to value their education. She told parents that the onus is on them to place the value on this as it would encourage their daughters to do likewise. “I do believe that if you place a value on your child’s education then your child will value it as well. If your child values education then she will understand the importance of following the school rules and you will too… Urge your daughters to place a high value on what is given to them and I would add that you should impress upon them that to whom much is given much is expected. You should expect Deputy Principal of the Springer Memorial School, Mitchelle Principal of the Springer Memorial School, Pauline Benjamin some returns on your high Maxwell presenting the shield to Sadiya Manjra, Most presenting the shield to Tristan Evelyn, Sports Person of the investment.” Outstanding Student in 2015. Year. Benjamin further challenged parents to consider what their priorities are as she noted some persons have become unsure. “Sometimes we are seeing students who have not paid for textbooks or petty fees, or they do not have the calculator or music dictation book or recorder, but they are sporting every term whatever is the latest and most expensive brand name bag – and may I say,some [of those] bags are very inappropriate for school. Parents, you buy them the most expensive and latest brand name shoes even if they do not fall in line with school rules. Then you complain that you cannot get the correct and cheaper shoes because of the economic times.” Latisha King accepting her prizes for Excellent work in CAPE Principal of the Springer Memorial School, Pauline Benjamin “Cell phones will in the Entrepreneurship Unit 2, Straight A profiles and she made the presenting the prize to Lesleyann Downer for Consistent near future, as you know, be Merit List with a rank of No. 6. Service to the School 2015. permitted in school and then it will, I suppose, be a competition as to who has the latest model. We can become very caught up and unsure of our priorities.” Her comments came while addressing that school’s Speech Day and Prize-Giving Ceremony held at the Government Hill, St. Michael institution. In her Principal’s report, she also told the audience that the “Cape examinations of 2015 the School registered a 95 per cent pass rate overall – a move from 92 per cent inYear One to 95 per cent in Year Two.” She further shared that the “overall pass rate this year in the CSEC examinations was 65 per cent” and an excellent performance was reported particularly in the subject, Jade Searles accepts her prize for being the Most Outstanding Krystal Carter accepts prizes for being the Most Outstanding Agricultural Science. (MG) student in Lower 6. student in Year Upper Five. The Barbados Advocate Tuesday December 8, 2015 • 7 Capacity limited CONSTRAINTS from same time, it is necessary Back Page to recognise that we have certain constraints in “We have made a terms of human resource consistent effort, capacity, financial certainly during the time resources, and technical I have been a minister, to capacity, and it is to that catch up with those end that we are reports to capture participating in hosting a information in a timely series of workshops, manner in order to meet including this one,” she our obligations, but at the added. (JMB)

(From left) OHCHR Chief of Section, Human Rights Treaties Division Paulo David, Expert on the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Barbara Bailey, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Senator Maxine Mcclean and UN Resident Coordinator Stephen O’Malley have a short chat after the opening. Consistent updates lacking SOME Caribbean states financial resources could be highlighting the Treaty respective treaties, as well are falling behind in the reason behind this. Body Capacity Building as, the basis for the providing timely “I have,in another forum, Programme entitled monitoring bodies to issue reports on what steps proffered that compliance ‘Training of Trainers on recommendations to guide they have taken with human rights Treaty Body Reporting’ further implementation of towards meeting obligations could, in the held at the Radisson these treaties. In fact, I provisions of UN human face of limited technical Aquatica yesterday would like to suggest the rights treaties. and financial resources, be morning. obligation to report on Saying this was seen as a ‘soft’ option. This Outlining the importance implementation of the especially true for CEDAW is even more so the case, of timely reporting, she provisions under a given (the Convention on the where these resource stressed that it was treaty,in a timely manner, Elimination of all Forms of limitations also constrain particularly significant is not a dispensable option. Discrimination Against States parties from given that periodic reports It is a legally binding, non- Human Rights Officer at the Ministry of Foreign Women), Expert on the acceding to the associated were a critical tool in the negotiable obligation,” Affairs, Dr. Ricardo Kellman, as he spoke to the Committee on the optional protocols which monitoring procedure,both Bailey insisted. (JMB) media. Elimination of provide avenues for for the states parties as Discrimination and individuals and/or groups well as for the UN Professor on Gender to take complaints of monitoring bodies. Education at the Mona violations of rights to “These reports provide Campus of the University another level,” she stated. the basis for an assessment of the West Indies Barbara She made the comments of progress made by States Bailey highlighted that a while addressing the parties in fulfilling lack of technical and opening of a workshop obligations under the Teachers taught: Students model their behaviour STUDENTS, model your way that is worthy of necessary to cater to their behaviour.This is one of the garnering the respect of the specific learning style so valuable lessons that the students that pass through that no child is deprived of teachers who graduated their classrooms, he said. the learning experience, from the various associate “The first principle of said the graduate of the degree, diploma and which we were reminded Associate Degree in certificate programmes at the beginning of our Education - Primary. from the Erdiston Teachers journey at the college was “Another important Training College learnt. that students watch our principle which was Accordingly, because of behaviours and model reinforced during our stay this they have to be them. In fact, it was at Erdsiton College was cautious of the way that iterated that we don’t just that ‘each student is they dress and conduct teach through subject unique.’ Therefore we were themselves in and outside knowledge,but we teach by encouraged to cater to their of the classroom and the our lives.Consequently,we individual needs and entire school environment were encouraged to be role learning styles. We as because their students not models in behaviour, teachers must remember only pay attention to these speech, dress, deportment what George Evans said, things,but they also model and attitudes so that there “Every student can learn, them in their own lives, would be no lack of just not on the same day,or said Dwight Carter who congruence between what the same way.” Students delivered the valedictorian we say and what we do.” learn in various ways: address at the Erdiston The teachers were also some through motivation, Teachers’ Training College reinforced with the fact some through group work, Graduation Ceremony at that each student has some through peer the Lloyd Erskine different learning tutoring, and others will Sandiford Centre (LESC) capacities and therefore,as learn through on Saturday night. teachers they have a experimenting,discussion, As a result, teachers responsibility to make sure and individual must ensure that they that each student receives presentations.” conduct themselves in a the time and attention (PJT) 8 • Tuesday December 8, 2015 The Barbados Advocate

‘For the cause that lacks assistance, ’Gainst the wrongs that need resistance, For the future in the distance, And the good that I can do’ Editorial Despite differences, optimism high Exam not only as climate talks enter last lap PARIS – Organisers of atures rising past a agreement on what kind telling delegates that “out- global climate talks in dangerous threshold of of spending – public or side these negotiating path to success Paris sounded hopeful 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 private, new money or old halls, there is a rising yesterday that they could Fahrenheit) over pre- – will count toward that global tide of support for a THE public meetings on the Barbados Secondary reach a deal by the end of industrial times. target. Developing nations strong, universal agree- Schools’ Entrance Examination (BSSEE, also the week, even if there But there is at least a are resisting attempts by ment”. popularly known as the Common Entrance Exam) are was little indication of growing sense that there rich countries to fold in He urged the represen- over.As officials have stated over the course of those how differences over fund- will be more money for the existing climate-related tatives from almost 200 meetings, the BSSEE’s real purpose is to allocate ing in particular would be developing countries least spending to reach the nations not to duck the thousands of primary school students to secondary resolved. able to give up fossil fuels $100 billion threshold. hard choices as four years schools. Many persons object to its continuation, “We have to respect the to build prosperity,or most of often glacial-paced ne- because they think it creates an unnecessary and goals we set for ourselves,” vulnerable to the in- ‘Symbolic but gotiations peak. tense competition for a desired set of schools among said French Foreign creased floods, droughts, important’ “The world is expecting parents. Despite this, it is incumbent on all to Minister Laurent Fabius, storms and rising sea lev- “This $100 billion is a more from you than half- recognise that the exam is not the end all or be all of who is presiding over els that climate change commitment by certain measures and incremen- a child’s life. In fact, with a roster of exciting subjects negotiations that are will bring. countries that they need tal approaches,” Ban told available, the sky is the limit for eager young minds, supposed to conclude with Richer countries are al- to fulfil,” said Shri the negotiators, calling for regardless of the school attended. a signed agreement on ready committed to pro- Prakash Javadekar, “a transformative agree- The introduction of town hall meetings for the December 11. “The objec- viding $100 billion a year India’s Minister for ment”. BSSEE must be commended. For the last few years, tives are clear; the method by 2020; in Paris, the ques- Environment, Forests and He said a final deal parents,teachers and other interested members of the and the calendar too.” tion is how far that annual Climate Change. should include a review of public have had the opportunity to ask any questions He spoke as senior gov- sum should rise and, most He said the real cost of national pledges at five- of officials from the Ministry of Education to take ernment ministers, in- especially,how or whether the global energy transfor- year intervals, starting be- away the mystery of this much dreaded examination. cluding US Secretary of big emerging economies mation would be in the fore 2020, which some de- We hope that parents and other caregivers are fully State John Kerry, began should contribute. trillions, but that the $100 veloping nations say is too apprised of the nuances of school zones and choices as arriving in Paris for the “I see a growing consen- billion was “a symbolic but soon. children prepare to finish the Michaelmas term. last lap of a four-year sus that $100 billion will important gesture and one He also said the private Whether one believes it to perpetuate elitist process to bind rich and be the floor and not the should not run away from sector needed to receive a stereotypes or not, over the years the exam has poor countries in a deal ceiling,” said Christiana it”. clear signal that the shift developed its own folklore, with tales of parents to curb greenhouse gas Figueres, the top UN offi- Yet on the surface, at to low emissions was “in- putting undue pressure on children, and imparting emissions beyond 2020. cial in Paris. least, the conference hosts evitable”. harsh words of advice or bribery. This has had the It is already certain that “Are we there yet, at 100 appear unfazed by such The heavy-lifting in unfortunate effect of making many children nervous the national emissions billion? No,” she said.“But differences. Paris will now be handled of a one-shot test that determines if they go to “good” pledges made ahead of we’re certainly moving UN Secretary-General by senior ministers with schools (in the eyes of parents), when in fact it is just Paris will not be enough close.” Ban Ki-moon opened the the political clout to make another chapter in their lives of formal learning. to prevent global temper- There is also still dis- second week of talks by concessions. We note with concern that over the years, a number of children perform very poorly,suggesting a limited comprehension of English and Mathematics that will follow them through secondary school. Is this the root EU dangles February deal for of a disconnect to school for some students – and a potential breeder of crime – and what can be done to combat this? Cameron, but not on migrants As Ministry officials were at pains to point out during the meetings, every child is talented in his or BRUSSELS – The man of social benefits and free citizens. Cameron’s spokes- her own way.There are numerous routes for children running negotiations with movement.” “There is a strong will woman said the demand to achieve success,rather than the very limited notion Britain to keep it in the After next week’s sum- on the part of all sides to would stay on the table for their parents have believed necessary over the years. European Union said mit, he added: “We should find solutions,” wrote the Brussels summit on With the world of technology opening up, and leaders could seal a deal be able to prepare a con- Tusk, while describing as December 17-18. “This advances in science and engineering, the potential is in February but warned crete proposal to be finally “difficult” the demands issue that we are trying to there for some of the newer secondary schools, for David Cameron that a adopted in February.” Cameron set out in a let- address here is how bet- example, to be deemed centres of excellence for STEM central demand to curb Many governments are ter on November 10. ter to control migration subjects or computer science. For this to occur, it immigration may be ask- willing to make changes In particular, Tusk said from within the EU,” she would require a shift in curriculum and a focus on ing too much. to keep Britain in the changes to social benefit said. “We will continue to streamlining some of the newer secondary schools Donald Tusk, who next Union.Tusk said the main rules are “the most deli- have discussions and ex- with the necessary technological upgrades and skilled week chairs the first de- stumbling block was cate” of Cameron’s four re- plore the options.” personnel. tailed talks on the issue Cameron’s pledge to cut form “baskets”. The for- Just how flexible This has a double effect of not only raising interest between the British prime immigration to Britain by mer Polish premier noted Cameron may be is un- among those who are so inclined (and not as good in minister and all his 27 denying benefits to work- support for fighting wel- clear. Tusk suggested traditional academics), but it will also remove the peers, sent EU leaders a ers from other EU states fare abuses and a possi- some welfare reforms stigma associated with reputations of certain schools, progress report a month for four years after they bility of reducing what were possible. Cameron’s which in itself can breed low morale. This is seen in after Cameron laid out arrive. Britain pays in child spokeswoman said: “We the development of athletes as well, who can pursue four sets of reforms he Anti-EU campaigners benefit to workers whose need reform in all four further studies based on athletic scholarships. With wants if he is to campaign said Tusk’s letter showed children live in poorer areas that we have out- young talent being nurtured in these nurseries of for continued EU mem- Cameron would secure lit- countries. lined.” specialised training,it would diversify the educational bership in a referendum tle of consequence from But one welfare request British finance minister offerings of Barbados in a way that keeps pace with due within two years. Brussels. But the prime was very tricky: “There is George Osborne, speaking modern requirements and engages the minds of young “We have made good minister’s office said he presently no consensus on in New York late yester- people, who are our future leaders. progress,” the European would stick with a pro- the request that people day, said further negotia- As parents send their children to extra lessons Council president said in a posal that many leaders, coming to Britain from the tions would be “complex during the Christmas holidays to ready them for the letter that contained few especially in the EU’s EU must live there and and robust”, but that the May 3, 2016 sitting, they must be cognisant that the surprises. “We ... have to poorer east, say would contribute for four years most recent developments BSSEE is simply there to do its intended function. overcome the substantial mean illegal discrimin- before they qualify for in- showed more progress Putting pressure on children is not conducive to them political differences that ation and denying a fun- work benefits or social than many people had performing well or passing for a desired school. We we still have on the issue damental freedom to EU housing,” Tusk said. expected. hope in the not-too-distant future, that other schools will be turned into specialised training grounds for the News Editor: Dorian Bryan Telephone: 467-2000 News Fax: 434-1000 Executive Editor: Gillian Marshall always-in-demand STEM and computer science Business Editor: Jewel Brathwaite General Manager: Sandra Clarke E-mail Address: [email protected] education. Sports Editor: Corey Greaves Assistant Managing Director: Sean Eteen Website: www.barbadosadvocate.com Publisher: Anthony T. Bryan The Barbados Advocate Tuesday December 8, 2015 • 9 Hennessy Artistry draws thousands to Kensington Oval THOUSANDS of music lovers made their way to the annual Hennessy Artistry Show at the Kensington Oval last Saturday night, which featured a full night of performances ranging from calypso, R&B and reggae. Local acts, such as Kirk Brown and the Energy Band with Don Trent, Lead Pipe and Saddis, Damian Marvay and King Bubba, heated up the stage with a medley of hits predominately from the 2015 Crop Over season. While many were not sure about the line-up of the all-star cast, they certainly did not ex- pect R&B singer Keyshia Cole to be first out of the blocks. She Surprise artiste, Kranium, performed his hit ‘Nobody Has to R&B singer, Keyshia Cole, during her performance in Barbados started her set with the popular Know’. at the Hennessy Artistry show over the weekend. ‘I Should Have Cheated’. It soon become apparent that lacklustre performance as ance ironically with her slower not in his usual fine form. That B brought the show down in she was experiencing some she waltzed through a dance music and connected with the did not stop his fans from style. He was accompanied by technical difficulties with her routine with her otherwise en- audience, belting out hits which singing along to his seemingly consummate performer,Shabba earpiece; she could be seen ergetic dancers. were sung word for word by her endless hits including ‘Call Ranks, who was a former gesticulating and nodding With 25 minutes left in her fans much to her delight, evok- on Me’, ‘All of Me’, headline act of the Hennessy in disapproval. This led to a set, she kicked up her perform- ing a broad smile particularly ‘Unconditional Love’ and Artistry show. He was not during her 2006 hit ‘Love’. Cole ‘You’ll Never Find’. scheduled to perform, but said she loved the island, the The show, which was thrilled the young and food and the weather. She also generally low-key up to young at heart in performed crowd favourites that point, got a boost from attendance with his such as ‘Heaven Sent’, ‘Let It Popcaan, who delivered megahits. There was Go’ and ‘I Remember’. songs like ‘Everything also a surprise guest She was followed by Jah Nice’,‘Ravin’,‘Party Shot’ performance by reggae Cure, no stranger to Barbados, and ‘Only Man She star, Kranium, singing who performed several of his Want’. In spite of sporadic ‘Nobody Has to hits, but some would say he was rainfall, the timeless Anthony Know’. (JH)

Anthony B was well received by the massive audience at Jah Cure came with his full arsenal of hits. Kensington Oval. 10 • Tuesday December 8, 2015 The Barbados Advocate Watkins named Massy United Insurance’s Employee of the Year A MAN described by among all contenders for isfaction when you con- his superiors as quiet the top award this year, quer the challenges. Uni- and professional, and and also scored highly in ted has been well man- highly valuable to the demonstrating the core aged over the years, and it efficient operations of values of the company. is a good company to work the information sys- Currently a software de- with. [The] staff are like tems at Massy United veloper and a systems ad- one big family,” said Insurance, is celebrat- ministrator, Watkins per- Watkins. ing as Employee of the forms many tasks as an The Employee of the Year for 2015. ITC professional, but has Year was presented with Pedro Watkins, a senior major responsibility for his treasured award by member of the company’s the upkeep and efficient Chief Executive Officer, Information Technology & performance of the com- Howard Hall, who in his Employee -Of-The-Year at Massy United Insurance, Systems Administrator Pedro Communications (ITC) de- pany’s Sun core system. remarks to staff said that Watkins, being congratulated by CEO Howard Hall (left) and Human Resources partment, was voted the Watkins, also regarded Massy United Insurance Manager, Lee-Ann Millar-Mendes (right). most outstanding em- as a type of trouble- recorded a relatively good ployee on Friday night, as shooter for staff, in helping year, in spite of continued staff and associates of them to solve hardware challenges facing the in- Massy United Insurance and software issues, has dustry. came together for their an- been a leader in develop- Hall said gross written nual Awards Ceremony ing some of the software premiums were up 15 per and Christmas dinner at used by United Insurance cent for the company in the Accra Beach Hotel in in various markets to gen- 2015, while having to re- Christ Church. erate reports for internal tool and fight harder to de- Watkins, who studied in and external users. fend their book business Canada and joined United “IT (Information Tech- and write new business. Insurance in 1983 as a nology) is my life, and I The CEO also praised computer programmer, enjoy it. The area can be staff for their team-work was reported to have the very challenging at times, highest appraisal score but you feel a sense of sat- CONT’D on Page 11

Long-serving employees of the Reinsurance Department of Massy United Insurance, Sandra Forbes (left) and Heather delCastilho, were recognised for 35 and 40 years service, and share a photo with Chief Commercial Officer, Mark Sommerville. The Barbados Advocate Tuesday December 8, 2015 • 11 Outstanding performers recognised with range of awards CONT’D from Page 10 ues of Massy United Insu- rance. These special and commitment to the awards reflect our philos- process of transformation, ophy of recognising and and said the company was rewarding our employees on a growth path and he for outstanding perform- was looking forward to ance and living our core continuing the journey values,” she said. with them in 2016 and be- The Human Resources yond. Manager said Massy Around 30 awards were United Insurance was Rastilla Barrow, of the Customer Care department, Claims Officer Jamar Mayers (right) was presented presented on the night, proud to recognise out- was presented with the CEO’s Star Award by Chief with the Customer Hero Award by Michael Armstrong, and Human Resources standing employees with Executive of Massy United Insurance, Howard Hall. Director of Marketing & Business Development. Manager,Lee-Ann Millar- a range of other awards – Mendes, who also re- which also included long- ported that 40 new staff service awards, ranging members were hired over from 15 to 40 years, the Oil at lowest in almost seven years the past year,said a num- “Spot Light” Core Value ber of new awards were Award, and the CEO’s introduced in keeping Star Award which went to with the continued trans- Rastilla Barrow. on OPEC inaction, strong dollar formation of the company. Among those collecting OIL prices fell to their Tamas Varga, oil analyst OPEC’s output of more Saudi Arabia, the “Among the new inno- long-service awards on lowest in nearly seven at brokerage PVM Oil than 30 million barrels per world’s biggest oil expor- vations this year were – the night were Eustine years yesterday, after Associates in London. day (bpd) has compounded ter, is banking on produc- The Consider It Done Gittens (15 years); Noel OPEC’s meeting ended Brent crude prices an oil glut, pushing pro- ers of unconventional oil Award, The Customer Forte (20 years); Faye in disagreement over LCOc1,the globally traded duction 0.5 million to 2 buckling for output to fall. Hero Award, the A Class Jones (20 years); Evalda production cuts and benchmark, traded down million bpd beyond de- Saudi Aramco Chief Award, and the Depart- Birkett (25 years); Sandra without a reference to 82 cents at US$42.18 a mand and putting many Executive Amin Nasser ment MVP (Most Valua- Forbes (35 years); its output ceiling, while barrel at 1334 GMT and producers under pressure, said at a conference in ble Performer) Awards, Lorraine Barrow (35 a stronger dollar made touched a low of US$42.11, especially small-sized US Doha yesterday that he which all seek to promote years) and Heather del- it more expensive to the lowest since March 12, shale drillers that have hoped to see oil prices ad- and celebrate the core val- Castilho (40 years). hold crude positions. 2009. US crude CLc1 was piled up large amounts of just at the beginning of The Organisation of the down US$1.12 at debt. next year as unconven- Petroleum Exporting US$38.85 a barrel, a drop Analysts at Commerz- tional oil supplies start to Countries (OPEC) ended of nearly 3 per cent. bank said any recovery in decline. BANK RATES its policy meeting on The dollar .DXY was up prices would be dictated In a sign that US pro- Commercial bank rates to the public at the close of Friday without agreeing to against a basket of curren- not by OPEC but by rising duction could dip, Baker business yesterday by the Central Bank of Barbados. lower production. cies. demand and a fall in pro- Hughes’ November data For the first time in Analysts at Barclays duction outside of the showed US rig count num- Valid for December 8th, 2015 decades, oil ministers said the lack of an OPEC group. bers were down by 31 Telegraphic Transfers dropped any reference to production target in its “Rising oil prices next month on month to 760 Currency Buying Selling the group’s output ceiling, written announcement year will not depend on rigs. Euro 2.15900 2.19948 highlighting disagreement was a sign of discord. OPEC reaching immediate Others disagreed. Pa- Pound Sterling £ 2.99612 3.05229 among members about “Past communiques agreement or on a return trick Pouyanne, CEO of Canadian $ 1.47071 1.50147 how to accommodate Ira- have at least included to price control, as we ex- French oil company Total United States $ 1.99375 2.02768 nian barrels once Western statements to adhere, pect prices to increase pri- (TOTF.PA), said at the Guyana $ 0.00975 0.00981 sanctions are lifted. strictly adhere, or main- marily on the back of con- same event that he did not East Caribbean $ 0.73843 0.74306 “A stronger dollar and tain output in line with the tinued robust demand expect prices to recover Belizean $ 0.99688 1.00313 the aftershock of Friday’s production target.This one growth and a decline in next year as production Demand/Sight: Currency Buying Selling OPEC meeting are weigh- glaringly did not,” they non-OPEC oil production,” growth was set to outstrip Euro 2.15495 2.19948 ing on the oil market,” said said. they said in a report. a rise in demand. Pound Sterling £ 2.99049 3.05229 Canadian $ 1.46793 1.50147 United States $ 1.99000 2.02768 Guyana $ 0.00975 0.00981 East Caribbean $ 0.73843 0.74306 Belizean $ 0.99688 1.00313 Notes: Currency Buying Selling Euro 2.12379 2.21321 Pound Sterling £ 2.94725 3.07135 Canadian $ 1.45962 1.50279 United States $ 1.98000 2.02857 East Caribbean $ 0.73704 0.74445 Belizean $ 1.00000 1.00000 INDICATIVE RATES FOR SOME REGIONAL CURRENCIES AS ADVISED BY THE RESPECTIVE CENTRAL BANKS N.B.: These rates are not meant to be used for trading. BDS$ Guyana $ 0.00978 Jamaica $ 0.01670 Trinidad & Tobago $ 0.31542 12 • Tuesday December 8, 2015 The Barbados Advocate

C’bean health agency gets US$800,000 to address health in tourism he Inter-American health of Caribbean economies He said there is currently no Information, Monitoring and Development Bank (IDB) is therefore closely related to regional or national, tourism Response Systems and Thas approved the health of its tourism indus- health information, monitoring Standards to Enhance US$800,000 in funding try. and response (THMR) system Sustainable Tourism project for Caribbean Public Health “Monies from the IDB will in the Caribbean and that this will be executed in six Agency (CARPHA) to address allow CARPHA to develop a initiative to improve countries’ participating countries health, safety and environmen- regional tourism health capacities to support health (Barbados, Belize, Bahamas, tal (HSE) threats that information, monitoring and re- monitoring efforts can reduce Guyana, Jamaica and Trinidad challenge the sustainability of sponse system; Caribbean-wide tourism HSE incidents, and and Tobago) from 2016-2019. tourism in the Caribbean. HSE tourism standards; and a provide a healthier,safer,better The project will be imple- CARPHA, which has direct training and certification quality tourism product for visi- mented under CARPHA’s responsibility for the execution programme to build capacity in tors and residents alike. Tourism and Health of the project will work along food and environmental safety,” CTO chief executive officer, Programme, coordinated by Dr. with the Caribbean Tourism he said. Hugh Riley,welcomed this Lisa Indar,through a Project CARPHA Executive Director Organization (CTO) and the Hospedales further explained initiative and is confident that Coordination Unit (PCU) at Dr C. James Hospedales Caribbean Hotel Association that health surveillance the Region will benefit CARPHA and a Regional (CTA) to execute the project. systems for travel and tourism significantly as it will also Project Steering Committee, CARPHA, IDB, Caribbean CARPHA Executive Director implemented by the US improve recognition, reputation along with National Focal Tourism Organization, Dr C. James Hospedales Centres for Disease Control and comparative advantage of Points and a Private-Public Caribbean Hotel Association, pointed out that the Caribbean and other agencies have proven the Caribbean as a tourism Team in each country.The the Chief Medical Officers and is the most tourism-dependent to be a key factor in reducing destination. Regional Project Steering the Permanent Secretaries of region in the world, and the outbreaks. The Regional Tourism Health Committee will comprise of Tourism in each country. Low-carb diet doesn’t always cut diabetes risk after pregnancy FOR women who develop dia- which usually disappears after betes during pregnancy,low- delivery but significantly raises carbohydrate diets may not nec- the future risk of developing essarily help keep the disease type 2 diabetes. at bay after the baby arrives, a That risk appears even U.S. study suggests. higher for women who cut carbs Researchers found that and get most of their fats and women eating diets high in ani- proteins from red meat and mal proteins and low in carbs other animal sources, the study actually raised their diabetes found. risk. A low-carb diet that was “Women with a history of ges- Researchers found that women eating diets high in animal proteins and low in carbs actually heavy in plant-based protein tational diabetes who follow a raised their diabetes risk. and fat, in contrast, wasn’t low-carbohydrate dietary pat- linked to an increased risk of di- tern may consider consuming cent more likely to develop dia- their diet, the increase in risk to increased diabetes risk. abetes in the study. plant sources rather than ani- betes than those with the low- for diabetes small and might One limitation of the current “Our findings suggest that mal sources of protein and fat to est adherence. have been due to chance. study is that dietary surveys sources of protein and fats minimize their future risk of The researchers also scored It’s possible that higher in- might not accurately reflect should be considered for a low- type 2 diabetes,” Zhang said by the diets based on how much take of dietary animal fat might what women ate, the authors carb diet as a way to control email. food came from animal versus make it harder for women to concede. It’s also possible that blood sugar,” said lead study au- To understand how diet influ- plant sources. process sugar and increase more health-conscious women thor Dr.Cuilin Zhang, a re- ences future diabetes risk, The highest amounts of pro- their risk of diabetes, the re- who see the doctor more often searcher at the National Zhang and colleagues followed tein and fats from red meat and searchers conclude. are more likely to get a diabetes Institutes of Health in about 4,500 women with a his- other animal sources were Eating a meal rich in animal diagnosis.Still, the findings em- Rockville, Maryland. tory of gestational diabetes who linked to a 40 percent greater protein, compared to one heavy phasize that just because a diet The researchers focused on filled out dietary surveys start- diabetes risk than the lowest in protein from plants, may also is low-carb doesn’t make it the risk of type 2 diabetes, ing in 1991 and continuing amounts, according to the re- lead to higher concentrations in healthy,said Dr.Deidre Tobias, which is linked to obesity and every four years through 2001. sults published in Diabetes the blood of branched-chain an epidemiologist at Brigham aging and happens when the Based on the results, they Care. amino acids, protein building and Women’s Hospital and body can’t properly use or make sorted the women into five Women were more likely to be blocks that have been linked to Harvard University in Boston. enough of the hormone insulin groups from lowest to highest overweight or obese with the an inability to process insulin “A healthful combination of to convert blood sugar into en- compliance with diets centered highest amounts of meat in and an increased diabetes risk, fruits, vegetables, whole grains, ergy. on reducing carbohydrates and their diets, partly explaining the authors speculate. legumes, and perhaps some fish All of the women in the study boosting proteins. their increased risk, the authors Women who ate the most ani- or lean protein can provide a had a version of the disease Overall, women in the study note. By comparison, for women mal-based protein and fat also flexible road map to overall while they were pregnant with the highest compliance to with the highest amounts of tended to consume the highest high quality eating,” Tobias said known as gestational diabetes, the low-carb diet were 36 per- plant-based protein and fats in amounts of red meat, a food tied by email. The Barbados Advocate Tuesday December 8, 2015 • 13 Health tips for heart, mind, and body If you only do 5 things to boost health, what should you do? nhealthy lifestyle. It’s harmed by foods high in out what’s important in life: a common contributor saturated fats, salt, and They don’t spend time with Uof our biggest health cholesterol. There’s no getting family and friends; don’t problems: stroke, heart around it. You’ve got to exercise enough; don’t eat disease, diabetes, cancer. replace them with healthy right; don’t sleep properly.All What do the nation’s top foods: lots of fruits, these things reduce stress in physicians recommend to vegetables, fish, nuts, olive oil your life, and that is critical keep your heart, mind, and – what we call the to your health and longevity. body in optimally good Mediterranean diet. Eat like To be healthy, we need to health? an Italian, a Spaniard, a set boundaries – and set For the secrets to a long Greek! Enjoy! limits on work hours. We healthy life, WebMD turned should not be working so hard to Richard A. Lange, MD, Weight loss. that we’re neglecting the chief of cardiology at Johns Too much body weight puts things that keep us healthy. Hopkins School of Medicine. your health at great risk. This is important advice, too, His advice: When you take in more for people who take care of calories than you burn, you elderly parents or young Daily exercise get fat – it’s that simple. children. Make sure you’re You brush your teeth every You’ve got to eat less. You’ve getting proper exercise and day; exercise is equally got to exercise more. You’ve sleep – and that you’re not Take the stairs one or two flights instead of the elevator to important for your daily got to push yourself to make trying to do too much. get exercise. routine.Turn off the TV or these lifestyle changes – but computer, and get at least 30 you’ve got to do it to help minutes of exercise every day. avoid serious health problems To work your heart, it’s got like heart disease, diabetes, or to be aerobic exercise. You’ve stroke. got lots of options: walking, 4. Regular physical exams. jogging, biking, rowing machine, elliptical machine, Tell your doctor your family swimming. But don’t feel like medical history. you have to be an athlete. Learn your personal risk Walking is great exercise. Get factors, and the screening 10 minutes here and there tests you need. Women may during the day. It all counts. have mammograms to screen Start with something for breast cancer and Pap simple, like parking in the far tests for cervical cancer. Men corner of the parking lot – so may have prostate cancer you get those extra steps to PSA tests. Routine screening the door. Take the stairs one for colorectal cancer should or two flights instead of the start at age 50, perhaps elevator. If you take public earlier if colon cancer runs in transportation, get off one your family. You also need stop early and walk the rest. regular diabetes, blood Get out at lunch to walk. Or pressure, and cholesterol walk with your significant tests. Make sure your other or your spouse after immunizations are up to date. work. You’ll get a bonus – You may need flu and relaxation and stress pneumonia shots, depending reduction. on your age.

Healthy diet. Less stress. Quit eating junk food and When a person says they’re high-fat fast food. Your heart, too busy to exercise, it tells brain, and overall health are me other things are crowding Learn your personal risk factors, and the screening tests you need. PAHO recommends actions for countries to manage Zika virus and its vector THE Pan American Health pare their health services for the alert also urged countries to step countries to strengthen surveil- virus’s geographical spread as Organization/World Health possibility of an increase in de- up their efforts to control the lance and laboratory capacity to well as complications and severe Organization (PAHO/WHO) last mand for services. mosquito vector that carries detect the virus and in the areas cases, and reporting week urged its member coun- The recommendations were Zika. of risk communication, clinical through channels established tries to maintain their capacity contained in an epidemiological PAHO/WHO is intensifying management and follow-up of under the International Health to detect Zika virus and to pre- alert issued on December 1.The its joint efforts with member patients, monitoring of the Regulations.

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High: 2:00 am & 1:43 pm London: 12°C FAIR Yesterday: 0.0 mm Boston: 13°C FAIR Low: 7:29 am For the month: 16.9 mm Max: 30.6 °C Montreal: 04°C CLOUDY & 8:13 pm For the year: 737.7 mm Min: 25.1 °C Toronto: 05°C OVERCAST New York: 12°C FAIR Miami: 23°C CLOUDY 6:09 am 5:32 pm 14 • Tuesday December 8, 2015 The Barbados Advocate Antigua: Jamaican woman arrested in massive drug bust ANTIGUA – A young country’s drug interdiction pressed cannabis from a traband at EC$1,956,000. The young woman the controlled Jamaican woman was agencies. house in Marble Hill, The woman was charged would not have been re- substance.At the time of expected in court yester- The 27 year old female Thursday. with possession of quired to enter a plea in going to press, the young day on multiple drug was arrested after The The officers also seized cannabis, possession of her first appearance at the woman’s name was not charges related to a find of Office of National Drug currencies totaling cannabis with intent to Magistrates’ Court,yester- made available by the drug cannabis, valued at nearly and Money Laundering EC$21,995.00 transfer, being concerned day,since the trial can only enforcement agency,which two million dollars, which Control Policy (ONDCP), ONDCP estimates the in the supply of cannabis be done before a judge and is not customary, once an was unearthed by one of seized 489 pounds of com- wholesale value of the con- and drug trafficking. jury given the quantity of individual is charged. T&T Finance Minister: Central Bank must inform me of monetary policies TRINIDAD – Minister support the monetary poli- policy. of Finance Colm cies of the Government. However,Imbert said he Imbert says the He said he has taken did not want to make any Central Bank has an note of a general percep- specific comments on that obligation to inform tion that has crept in over matter until his economic him of monetary poli- the years that the Central advisers and technocrats cies, but he said his Bank can act independ- did their analysis and re- ministry did not re- ently of the Government ported to him. Asked if it ceive the contents of in all matters, but said made sense to increase in- Central Bank that was not the case. terest rates if the economy Governor Jwala Imbert said he saw the was in a recession, he said, Rambarran’s state- statement when he re- “In most countries, ment about a recession turned home on Friday interest rates hardly ever prior to its delivery on night after the sitting of increase during a Friday. Parliament. recession. Actually, the Imbert said the Central “I am advised it was re- opposite tends to happen: Bank Act at Section 49 ceived by email at the as the economy contracts, states, “The Bank shall ministry after midday,” he interest rates fall in tan- keep the Minister said in response to ques- dem.“Further, central informed of the monetary tions from the Sunday banks use tools to control and banking policy Guardian. interest rates, and during pursued or intended to be Rambarran announced a recession, they usually pursued by the Bank.” that T&T’s economy was try to coax rates down- Section 50 of the Act in a recession and also ward to stimulate the makes it clear that “the named the largest users of economy.” Minister of Finance Colm Imbert Minister may, after con- foreign exchange. The Finance Minister sultation with the Asked if there was a said when a recession oc- of it, increased interest common standard that Asked if he found it ap- Governor, issue to the misalignment between curred, people became risk rates in a recessionary pe- said that reserves that propriate for Rambarran Bank such written direc- the Central Bank’s mone- averse and conservative, riod appear to be counter- could cover three months’ to name the largest forex tives of a general nature tary policy and the and were more apt to save intuitive.” worth of imports were ad- users, the minister said as may be necessary to Ministry of Finance’s fis- what they have, rather No plans to move ex- equate. He said, however, there was a strong view give effect to the monetary cal policy, Imbert said than to borrow for invest- change rate “there are several coun- that it was not but he was and fiscal policies of the there should not be any ment purposes. Despite a decline in for- tries that maintain six to seeking advice on the mat- Government.” misalignment and that He added that following eign exchange earnings as 12 months of import cover, ter before making a defin- In other words, Imbert the Government was the basic demand curve, a result of the drop in oil so the theory is not cast in itive statement. He said said, the Central Bank studying the governor’s low demand for credit prices, Imbert said the stone. At this stage we concerns had been ex- was required to keep the monetary policy state- pushes the price of credit, country’s level of foreign have no plans to move the pressed to him by several Government properly in- ment carefully to see that is, interest rates, reserves was still at 11 exchange rate, but we are stakeholders, including formed of its policies and whether it was in fact downward. months of import cover keeping the situation the business community, do what was necessary to aligned with government’s “Accordingly,on the face which was well above the under constant review.” about that matter. Kamla on recession: It’s not our fault TRINIDAD – Opposition sion is any fault of theirs. ther moved to contract the grave cause for concern, as leader Kamla Persad- “That is not so, during economy which places the government has not enun- Bissessar has denied that the People’s Partnership country “in grave jeop- ciated any plans, any pro- the People’s Partnership tenure we faced the same ardy”. grammes apart from the government is to be problem of falling oil and She said government borrowing that they are blamed for the recession gas prices and did not mis- wants citizens to believe seeking to increase. that T&T is now in. manage the economy in that her government is to “This places our dollar, Central Bank Governor the way the People’s be blamed for the reces- which has already depre- Jwala Rambarran an- National Movement sion, but the recent deci- ciated, for devaluation... nounced on Friday that (PNM) is now doing.” sion to increase the bor- and you already know the country was now offi- “Job loss is occurring be- rowing limit says other- about the forex (foreign cially in a recession follow- cause of flawed PNM poli- wise. exchange) problem in ing four successive quar- cies, the trend did not Persad-Bissessar noted Trinidad and Tobago ….. ters of negative growth. begin under the PP. We that the decision by OPEC the second matter to arise He also warned of the had nothing to worry (Oil Producing Exporting has placed us in the very possibility of an increase about once there was pru- Countries) to continue jaws of the IMF.” in inflationary pressures. dent fiscal management of current production levels They’re not concerned However, the re-elected the economy.” and to not cut production about people-centred pol- leader of the United Persad-Bissessar says it means that the prices will icy and programmes, T&T Opposition National Congress (UNC) is very clear that the cur- fall even further. Persad-Bissessar Central Bank Governor leader Kamla is denying that the reces- rent government has fur- She added that there is stated. Jwala Rambarran Persad-Bissessar The Barbados Advocate Tuesday December 8, 2015 • 15 Former presidents sue Gov’t for former presidents benefits GUYANA – Former “seeking in effect to re- President David Granger Presidents Bharrat ceive large sums of money cannot lose their benefits Jagdeo and Donald in benefits and other fa- because the constitution Ramotar have moved cilities that were capped guarantees right to to the High Court seek- on the coming into opera- property, employment ing large sums of tion of the Former and security of salaries monies following the Presidents (Benefits and and benefits to the high- capping of the benefits Other Facilities) Act No.3 est amount. of former presidents. of 2015.” Nandlall has explained Attorney General and “They are now Guyana’s Constitution Minister of Legal Affairs, challenging the Act and (Article 222(3) says Basil Williams said he contend that their certain officeholders are would “seek leave to de- earnings had accrued be- entitled to salaries and fend the applications” fore the passage of the Act allowances as well as that were filed on and so they are entitled other terms of service November 11, 2015. to continue to be able to “shall not be altered to his The matters come up receive those tremendous or her disadvantage after before Chief Justice Ian earnings and benefits his or her appointment” Chang and Justice still,” he said. and those terms should Narendra Singh on Former Attorney be taken to the “more December 11, 2015. General, Anil Nandlall advantageous than any The Attorney General earlier this year argued other terms to which said Ramotar and Jagdeo that three ex Guyanese he or she might have Former Presidents of Guyana, Donald Ramotar (left) and Bharrat Jagdeo. filed the applications Presidents and current opted.”

Supporters of Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro react as National Electoral Council (CNE) President Tibisay Lucena announces the official results of parliamentary elections in Caracas, Opposition supporters celebrate in Caracas, Venezuela, early yesterday. Venezuela’s opposition has December 7, 2015. won control of the National Assembly by a landslide. Venezuelan opposition wins legislative voting in landslide CARACAS, Venezuela – The opposition coalition and shouts of joy broke out tial” loss on a conservative with anger at Venezuela’s peted among themselves Venezuela’s opposition won needs to take 13 of the 22 after midnight in the “counterrevolution” trying woes than an embrace of for power, has pledged to control of the National remaining races to give it a streets of the Venezuelan to sabotage the opposition parties. use its newfound leverage Assembly by a landslide, two-thirds supermajority. capital of Caracas when oil-dependent economy “The opposition needs to to pass an amnesty for stunning the ruling party That would allow it to pass National Electoral Council and destabilize his rule. accept this with a lot of dozens of opponents jailed and altering the balance of major legislation, sack President Tibisay Lucena “I can say today that the humility,” said political during last year’s protests. power 17 years after the Supreme Court justices or announced the partial re- economic war has consultant Francisco But leaders offered few late Hugo Chavez kicked convene a convention to sults, six hours after polls triumphed,” Maduro, Marquez, who managed other concrete policy off the nation’s socialist rewrite Chavez’s 1999 con- closed. surrounded by his party’s one of the winning proposals during the revolution. stitution. Within seconds, Maduro top leadership, said from opposition campaigns. campaign, and it’s unclear The opposition coalition The victory is likely to recognized the opposition’s the presidential palace. “This was a punishment whether politicians who won at least 99 seats in the fuel demands for President win,saying that despite an Opposition leaders wept vote and we will need to have spent their entire po- incoming 167-seat Nicolas Maduro to free adverse result,Venezuela’s with emotion and swigged show people that we’re up litical careers railing legislature, electoral jailed opponents and roll democracy had triumphed. champagne as the results to the task.” against the socialist party’s authorities announced back socialist policies dur- But he recalled the long were announced. Many The opposition coalition, monopoly on power will be early yesterday.The ruling ing what could be a period history of US-supported seemed stunned by their which pulled together able to govern with socialist party won 46 of intense political conflict. coups in Latin America in win. Some cautioned that more than a dozen parties Maduro still in the presi- seats. Fireworks, car honking blaming the “circumstan- the result has more to do that have historically com- dency. 16 • Tuesday December 8, 2015 The Barbados Advocate The National Front is now the first party of France FRANCE’S far-right cent of the vote while Pre- She also reminded vot- came the youngest MP in National Front topped sident Francois Hollande’s ers that some of the Paris French parliamentary his- the country’s regional ruling Socialists came murderers, including sui- tory,when she was elected election vote on Sunday third. cide bombers at the Stade three years ago aged just in a breakthrough that National Front leader de France, are said to have 22. The two women have shakes up the country’s Marine Le Pen welcomed entered Europe from Syria strenuously denied they political landscape. the ‘magnificent result’, as alleged asylum seekers. are competing against one The anti-immigration which will leave her in the Sarkozy on Sunday another. party received at least 29.4 ideal position for a presi- ruled out any alliance with The result comes after per cent of the votes as the dential bid in 2017. the president’s party to commentators predicted country continues its state She added that the re- keep the far-right out of National Front will win of emergency following the sult proved the party was power in regional councils. three major regions follow- Paris terror attacks.It won ‘without contest the first Voters were choosing ing the second round of vot- six out of 13 regions in the party of France’. leadership for the country’s ing in a week’s time. election’s first round,which Le Pen, who led the first 13 newly redrawn regions Their support has 44 million people were eli- round in southeast France in elections that go to a sec- climbed rapidly since the gible to vote for. with 42 per cent, had ar- ond round on December 13. series of brutal and co-ordi- Former president Nico- gued before the vote that Le Pen’s niece, 25-year- nated terror attacks on las Sarkozy’s conservative refugee camps like the so- old Marion Marechal-Le November 13, which saw Les Republicains party called ‘Jungle’ in Calais are Pen, also did well in the ISIS terrorists slaughter and their allies came sec- full of young men who are southern regions. 130 people at bars and Ronald Johnson in June 2014. Johnson was 25 when ond with around 27 per potential terrorists. Marechal-Le Pen be- restaurants across the city. he was fatally shot in October 2014 during an en- counter with Chicago police officers. No charges for Chicago officer in 2014 shooting of Ronald Johnson

CHICAGO –A Chicago po- deadly police shooting lice officer will face no state death last year of an un- charges in the shooting armed black teenager, led death of a 25-year-old to a searing report showing black man named Ronald numerous abuses by the Johnson in 2014, a prose- department. cutor said yesterday, an- Anger over delays in re- nouncing an end to a case leasing the McDonald vi- that had drawn attention deo have led to mounting in the days since video of a pressure on the city of Chi- different police shooting cago to reveal other police was made public and a videos from other shoot- National Front leader Marine Le Pen casts her vote at a polling station during the first round of votes on murder charge was filed ings, including the death Sunday in Henin-Beaumont, northern France. against the officer in that of Johnson, who was shot case. and killed by the police in The announcement fol- an unrelated episode eight lowed several weeks of up- days before the death of Supreme Court won’t review laws roar here over the fatal McDonald in 2014. Facing shooting of Laquan McDo- mounting pressure over nald, whose 2014 death the matter, Mayor Rahm was captured on a police Emanuel announced last banning assault weapons dashboard camera.Officer week that he would make THE Supreme Court yes- Justices Clarence Tho- vidual to keep a weapon in By its inaction, the court Jason Van Dyke was the new video public, re- terday declined to review mas and Antonin Scalia the home, the court has has left in place lower charged with first-degree versing the city’s earlier the ability of cities and said the court should re- avoided all cases that court rulings that allow re- murder in that shooting position,in which it fought states to prohibit semiau- view the ban, which might clarify if that right strictions on carrying a last month,but only after a the release in court filings. tomatic high-capacity as- “flouts” the court’s Second is more expansive. weapon outside the home, judge ordered city officials The police say they were sault weapons that have Amendment jurispru- Gun rights advocates among other things, and to release video from the answering a report of gun- been used in some of the dence. They criticised say cities and states con- on the kinds of guns that shooting to the public. shots fired on the city’s nation’s most deadly re- lower court decisions that tinue to put unreasonable can be prohibited. Yesterday, Attorney Ge- South Side when they cent mass shootings. have allowed jurisdictions restrictions on the consti- Highland Park cited neral Loretta Lynch an- came upon Johnson on The justices decided not and impose what Thomas tutional right. But the shootings in Aurora, Colo., nounced that the Justice October 12, 2014. The po- to reconsider a lower called “categorical bans on court has not yet found a and at Sandy Hook Ele- Department will begin a lice have said he ran when court’s decision in a case firearms that millions of case it thinks requires its mentary School in Con- far-ranging investigation they approached him, and from the city of Highland Americans commonly own intervention. necticut for prohibiting the into the patterns and prac- then pointed a gun in the Park, Ill., near Chicago. for lawful purposes.” That could be because a semiautomatic weapons. tices of the Chicago Police direction of the officers who But seven states – Mary- The court’s action yes- majority of the court President Obama in his Department, largely as a were pursuing him before land, California, Connec- terday continues a pat- thinks the restrictions are address to the nation on result of the fallout over they shot him. But a ticut, Hawaii, Massa- tern. After deciding in legally justified or because Sunday night called on the McDonald case.A sim- lawyer for Johnson’s fam- chusetts, New Jersey and District of Columbia v. the court is closely divided Congress to make it ilar investigation by the ily says Johnson was run- New York – have similar Heller in 2008 that the and neither side is sure of harder to sell what he Justice Department into ning away from the officers bans, and all of the prohi- Second Amendment pro- what the outcome of tak- called “powerful assault the Police Department in and never pointed a gun at bitions remain in place. vides the right for an indi- ing a case might be. weapons”. Ferguson, Mo., after the anyone before being shot. The Barbados Advocate Tuesday December 8, 2015 • 17 San Bernardino County workers are back on the job days after shooting FIVE days after a mar- day as county offices re- ried couple attacked a opened. public health depart- The staff of the county’s ment holiday party, Environmental Health killing 14 and injuring Department, where one of 21, San Bernardino the shooters worked, will County employees re- return on December 14. Of turned to work. the 14 fatalities, 12 were “We stand here this county employees. “I want you to know, we are strong,” Trudy Raymundo, the director of the San Bernardino County morning as testimony that Trudy Raymundo, direc- Department of Public Health, said at a news conference of county officials and doctors. no December 2 anywhere, tor of the county’s public no act of terrorism any- health department, had thorities and medical per- and hold each other strong, noting that the usual ca- that this is a very tight, where, will succumb, will been at the party held at sonnel who responded and because it is this strength maraderie was on display. close-knit group. They invest fear, will provide the Inland Regional requested that the commu- that will help us heal.And “They were upbeat, they have always supported any kind of an end to the Centre when the assai- nity join together in grief. I want you to every day be were happy, they were each other. They are be- hard work, to the dedica- lants – Syed Rizwan Fa- “Mourn with us the loss grateful for those of us that learning from each other, yond co-workers.They are tion of every single San rook and Tashfeen Malik – of our colleagues, of our were spared.” which is indicative of what friends and they are fam- Bernardino County em- opened fire. friends, of our families and Raymundo said she had this group has always ily. They are tight and we ployee,”County Supervisor As her voice wavered, our loved ones,” she said.“I arrived about an hour be- been,” she said. are holding onto each Josie Gonzales said yester- she publicly thanked au- ask that you come together fore the shooting began, “I want to make it clear other right now.” Pentagon says Russian, not US, warplanes hit a Syrian army base BEIRUT – The US milita- Syrian soldiers were killed yash, the location the Sy- ry alleged yesterday that and 13 others injured in rian government said was Russian warplanes were the strike. hit,according to Col.Steve responsible for an attack It was the first such alle- Warren, a US military on a Syrian army position gation by Syria since the spokesman in Baghdad. in eastern Syria, an air- US-led air campaign Syria’s Foreign Ministry strike that Syria blamed against the Islamic State called the alleged attack on the US-led coalition bat- began in Syria 14 months on the army post an act of tling the Islamic State mil- ago, and it sent tensions “heinous aggression”. It itant group in the country. soaring in Syria’s crowded said it sent letters of com- The Syrian government skies. plaint to the UN secretary issued an angry statement A US military official, general and the UN Secu- earlier in the day accusing speaking on the condition rity Council,calling for the coalition aircraft of carry- of anonymity because of United Nations to take “ur- ing out the overnight at- the sensitivity of the issue, gent measures” to prevent Civilians and rescue workers search for victims amid the rubble of a building tack in the eastern pro- later said the Pentagon is a recurrence of such an in- after a reported airstrike by government forces on the Sukkari neighbourhood of vince of Deir al-Zour. The “certain” that a Russian cident. the northern Syrian city of Aleppo. government said three warplane was responsible “The aggression on the for the attack. There was military post hinders the no immediate response to efforts aiming to fight ter- the charge from either rorism and reiterates that Man appears in court after Syria or Russia. the US-led coalition lacks The finger-pointing illus- seriousness and credibility trated the danger that a in the fight against terror- misunderstanding, mis- ism,” the Foreign Ministry London Tube stabbings take or misinformation statement said. could trigger a wider con- It said four coalition war- A MAN has appeared in Magistrates' Court. Police arrived at and on several mobile flict as Russia and the planes struck a Syrian court charged with at- The prosecution team Leytonstone station at phones. United States lead sepa- army post with nine rock- tempted murder after a allege that the incident, approximately 1900 One onlooker shouted: rate, rival air campaigns ets late Sunday, killing knife attack at Leyton- which left a 56-year-old GMT and used a Taser “You ain’t no Muslim, to combat the Islamic three soldiers and injuring stone Underground sta- man with “serious” stab three times before taking bruv” during the stab- State. 13. The strike also de- tion in east London, on wounds and another in- Mire into custody. bing. The phrase has US warplanes did con- stroyed three armoured Saturday. jured, was an act of ter- His flat was later since been trended on duct overnight strikes in vehicles, four military ve- Muhaydin Mire, 29, of rorism. searched by forensic Twitter and been ap- the province of Deir al- hicles, two heavy machine Sansom Road, east Lon- The case will be sent to teams. plauded by the Prime Zour on Sunday, but the guns and a depot of arms don, was remanded in the Old Bailey for a hear- Footage of the incident Minister, David Came- targets were oil wells at and ammunition, the min- custody at Westminster ing on December 11 . was captured on CCTV ron. least 34 miles from Ay- istry added. 18 • Tuesday December 8, 2015 The Barbados Advocate

P R HOROSCOPES O S BY HOLIDAY A N D ARIES (March 21-April 19) - It won’t be enough for you to know a person’s name. You’ll C want to also know that person’s story. And if a O N person can’t deliver you said “story,” you’ll S respect that person all the more – a clean slate.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) - The Internet tells you to spoil the one you adore with hugs and kisses – not bad advice, though much depends on timing. You’re playing a sophisticated game. One answer does not fit all. Z GEMINI (May 21-June 21) - The Bible I suggests that we are dust and will return to it. T Joni Mitchell echoed the sentiments when she S sang, “We are star dust. We are golden.” You’ll feel the profundity of those words today.

CANCER (June 22-July 22) - There is a person who depends on you. This is real and important. Be all you can be to that person today. This is one of many days in a chapter of time, R and yet it is the only day we can do something E about. X LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) - Maybe you don’t M even know how you got into it, but boy, you are O in it now. Are you ever. For a lot of the day you’ll R wonder how to get out of it. The expression that G rules after that: Good riddance. A N VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) - I takes a long time to be a master. That’s why the masters are exonerated. You’ll praise one today without knowing how your praise will land. Truly, it will mean more than the master lets on. P LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) - When someone H makes an effort, you encourage. Words help; A actions speak louder. You’ve a good idea about N the action you should take, so go for it: You are T always on the ready to make things better for O you and yours. M

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21) - You attract good friends; there’s no question about that. Do they measure up to the standards that others set for you? Maybe not. Are those people in a position to set your standards? Maybe not. M A SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) - It’s fine if R you don’t make sense. In fact, stop. Then realise: Y No one makes sense all of the time. Your nonsense will have a certain genius to it today. W O CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) - Playing the R game – that’s where the fun is for you. The T score only matters in as much as it’s a marker H for who gets to play and who doesn’t.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) - Art is not science. As much as one tries to measure it and M weigh it and make sense of it, it can never work O on a logical scale. And neither can a certain T relationship you have that is prettying up the H walls of your life. E R PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) - You’ll use all of G the tools available to you to connect with like O minds. This will accentuate your tendencies. O By finding kindred spirits, you’ll feed the person S you are. E The Barbados Advocate Tuesday December 8, 2015 • 19 Russia expects Iran nuclear deal to be implemented in January

VIENNA – Russia’s after the meetings he was envoy to the UN nu- satisfied with the draft clear agency said yes- resolution and expected it terday he expected a to be adopted next week. historic nuclear deal He declined to divulge fur- between Iran and ther details on the docu- world powers to be im- ment. plemented in January, For sanctions on Iran to A general view of a meeting of the joint commission tasked with monitoring the implementation of a nuclear leading to sanctions be lifted, the IAEA must deal between Iran and six world powers in Vienna, Austria, on December 7, 2015. being lifted on Tehran. first verify that the Islamic Under the deal, Iran Republic has fulfilled all must scale back its nu- its commitments under clear programme, includ- the July deal, including ing its stockpile of low-en- dismantling large num- Turkey summons Russian riched uranium, which it bers of its centrifuges for plans to do via a swap for uranium-enrichment and non-enriched forms of ura- filling parts of its Arak nu- ambassador over missile launcher nium with Russia. clear site with cement. That swap will be done The IAEA report on TURKEY has summoned before the end of the year, Iran’s nuclear past, which the Russian ambassador the Russian envoy to the was issued last week, after a serviceman on a International Atomic strongly suggested Tehran Russian naval ship al- Energy Agency (IAEA) in had a co-ordinated nuclear legedly brandished a Vienna, Vladimir Voron- weapons programme be- rocket launcher while the kov, told reporters in fore 2003, but, in a sign of vessel passed through Vienna. the thaw in relations since Istanbul at the weekend. Iran has made it a pre- July, Western diplomats Images published in condition for fulfilling all showed no concern. Turkish media appeared to its promises under the Araqchi said Iran re- show the Russian on deck, July agreement that the jected the findings of the resting the launcher on his board of governors of the report about its pro- shoulder. IAEA formally close an in- gramme before 2003, but Relations between the quiry into Iran’s nuclear added that, in Iran’s view, two countries deteriorated past with a resolution on overall the document sharply since Turkey last December 15. showed the peaceful na- month shot down a Rus- “We hope by the end of ture of Iran’s atomic activ- sian fighter jet, which it the day this draft resolu- ities. said was in its airspace. tion will be distributed for “We believe that based The pilot was killed. all member states of on this final assessment Turkey has expressed IAEA,”Voronkov said after the board of governors outrage over the images of meeting envoys from the should close the so-called the alleged rocket laun- United States, China, PMD issue,” he told re- cher. Foreign Minister France, Britain, Germany, porters,referring to the re- Mevlut Cavusoglu called the European Union and port into what is also the incident a “provoca- Iran in Vienna. known as the “possible tion”.The pictures showed A Russian soldier was spotted atop a Russian warship with a shoulder-fired mis- Iran’s top nuclear nego- military dimensions” of the Russian serviceman on sile while crossing the Bosporus. tiator,Abbas Araqchi, said Iran’s nuclear past. board the Caesar Kunikov as it passed through the Bosphorus strait. “The showing off of a Australian who joined Kurdish forces in Syria sent home missile by a soldier on a Russian warship, or other MELBOURNE,Australia family early yesterday Dyball had travelled to “Countless people and tants with Kurdish forces things such as anti-aircraft – An Australian who morning. the Middle East in May children that have been for two months. weapons, is pure provoca- joined Kurdish forces in His lawyer, Jessie to join Kurdish forces, killed by land mines and Harding’s mother, tion,” said Cavusoglu . their fight against Smith, told Australian known by the acronym I don’t see what’s so crim- Michelle Harding, said Turkey is obliged to Islamic State militants in Broadcasting Corp. that YPG, despite Australian inal about dismantling Ashley Dyball should not allow all merchant ships Syria has returned to Dyball was interviewed government warnings land mines so people can be charged. through the strait, which Australia where he was and “released without that it was an offence for return home,” Julia “When they went over runs through Istanbul, questioned by police after charge pending further Australian citizens to in- Dyball said. there, they knew the laws during peacetime.Military being deported from inquiry.” volve themselves in the Ashley Dyball was also were in place but thought vessels belonging to Black Germany. Australian Federal conflicts in Iraq and welcomed at the airport they were for terrorists,” Sea countries also enjoy Ashley Dyball, 23, was Police said in a state- Syria. by the parents of Reece Michelle Harding said. unhindered access. met by Australian ment:“The public can rest Dyball’s mother Julia Harding, a 23-year-old Ashley Dyball had been For Russia it is the only Federal Police at assured that any Dyball told reporters at Australian who died in taking a break from the passage its Black Sea fleet Melbourne Airport late Australian who is identi- the airport yesterday that June when he stepped on battle field when he trav- can use to access the Sunday night, and inter- fied as a threat to security her son was a hero who a land mine in Syria elled to Germany and was Mediterranean and the viewed for four hours be- will be investigated by had risked his own life by where he had been fight- deported because of his rest of the world’s oceans. fore he was released to his the relevant agencies.” defusing land mines. ing Islamic State mili- links to Kurdish militias. 20 • Tuesday December 8, 2015 The Barbados Advocate

World must agree to disagree on hunting whales, Japan official says TOKYO – Japan has done nothing from Antarctic whaling. scientific whaling in 1987, a year after conference. wrong by sending its whaling fleet out However,Tokyo’s retooling of its an international whaling moratorium Morishita added that the emotive on its annual Antarctic hunt and the hunt plan for the 2015/16 season, took effect. The meat ends up on store issue may just be another one of many world must agree to disagree on the which cut the number of minke shelves. irreconcilable differences issue, the country’s top whaling whales it takes by two-thirds to 333, “We did our best to try to meet the international society has to live with. official said yesterday. made every effort to meet the criteria established by the “The solution is that we have to The International Court of Justice objections of both the court and the International Court of Justice and we agree to disagree,” he said. said last year that Japan’s whaling in IWC committee, said Joji Morishita, have decided to implement our “However, this does not mean that the Southern Ocean should stop and Japan’s IWC Commissioner. research plan, because we are we will take all whales – exactly an International Whaling Committee Japan, which has long maintained confident that we completed the because we’d like to have sustainable panel said in April that Tokyo had yet most whale species are not scientific homework as well as ... whaling, we’d like to have a healthy to demonstrate a need for killing endangered and eating whale is part meeting the ICJ judgment whale population,” it was also whales. Tokyo took a one-year hiatus of its culture, began what it calls requirement,” Morishita told a news explained. Companies struggle to promote green consumption BERLIN/PARIS – Eat misshapen vegetables, wash clothes in cold water, drive more slowly and recycle? It is perhaps no surprise that companies say persuading consumers to go green is a big challenge. As negotiators seek a deal to reduce global emissions at the UN talks in Paris, companies are under increasing pressure to account for all their carbon emissions, from manufacturing all the way through to packaging and a product’s disposal. Businesses have been lining up to announce they will power their factories by renewable energy or source raw materials from sustainably managed forests and farms, but many A Porsche Mission e concept car is displayed at the second press day of the 66th IAA auto show in Frankfurt am Main, say it is up to consumers too to change western Germany. the way they use their products. Years after detergents were developed to wash clothes in cold water, many people still turn up the dial. Porsche to launch an electric Electric car sales have been as sluggish as their perceived performance on the road, and tonnes of food and clothing still choke landfills. car at the end of the decade Unilever,maker of Dove soap, estimates that customers are THE German automaker is aware design of Porsche with incredible It’s a new chapter for the company. responsible for 70 per cent of the of the huge amount of driving performance. The The chairman of the executive board, greenhouse gas emissions associated environmental concerns among automaker’s Mission E will be Dr. Olivia Blume, along with support with its products, compared to just 21 consumers. Called the Mission E, powered by a 800-volt electric drive from the chairman of the supervisory per cent for the raw materials used to this will be Porsche’s first breath system. board of Porsche AG, Dr. Wolfgang make them. The consumer goods giant in the electric-car industry, Indeed, it appears to be a huge Porsche, have both assured has been promoting shorter showers – which is simply dominated by change of direction as the car consumers, and sport car lovers that admittedly with limited success. Elon Musk’s Tesla. manufacturer is known for their loud, the company will not be backing “It is far easier to get a consumer to The Mission E made its big début speedy and fuel-hogging vehicles. down from the podium any time soon. switch their purchase behaviour from a during the September Frankfurt Going green doesn’t necessarily mean The brand is aware of the sensitive less sustainable product to a more Motor Show event. The company a cut in performance. In fact, the car issues that are affecting the world as sustainable product than it is to notes that the Mission E will be 100 will boast a 600 HP engine, and it we speak. According to official influence how people use the products,” per cent electrically powered. will be able to reach 62 mph in just statements, the Mission E will please said Sally Uren, head of Forum for the Christian Weiss, Porsche corporate under 3.5 seconds. both die-hard followers, which have Future, a non-profit that works with spokesperson, has said that the Impressive not only for an electric matured along side the company, and business and government on company’s new electric sports car will car, but for the whole automotive young-consumers, who are more eco- sustainability issues. blend the traditional, beautiful industry. friendly. The Barbados Advocate Tuesday December 8, 2015 • 21 Apple increases iCloud Music Library limit APPLE has made good on scans your iTunes collec- its promise to increase the tion and gives you access iCloud Music Library to any tracks it already limit to 100,000 tracks. has on its servers. This was previously set at Additionally, it uploads 25,000, so the change in- any songs it can’t find and creases the cap threefold. lets you access or down- The move was first teased load them with all your in June, with Eddy Cue, registered devices. Apple the company’s SVP of Music includes a very sim- Internet Software and ilar service alongside its Services, promising it streaming options, but would arrive before the with one key difference. year’s end. Its “scan and match” fea- The iCloud Music ture includes digital Library is an online col- rights management The French Government is considering banning public wi-fi in the wake of the Paris terrorist attacks. lection of music that’s fed (DRM), so even though by two services: iTunes you can download them Match and Apple Music. they will cease to function iTunes Match is like an if you cancel your sub- France considers blocking Tor, online music locker; it scription. public wi-fi after Paris attacks

THE state of emer- newspaper “Le Monde”. As such, it is used by ter- likely that if France fol- gency legislation de- The document suggests rorists and cybercriminals lows through on the plans clared by the French that the country will to communicate and find that it would have to insti- government after the “Forbid free and shared information without being tute a similarly large-scale November 13, 2015 wi-fi connections” during tracked. But it also allows internet surveillance and Paris attacks has al- the state of emergency journalists, whistleblow- control plan. ready put huge restric- that is currently in place. ers and other groups who The state of emergency tions on how people Police have suggested that might want to hide their legislation already gives use the Internet. The public wi-fi networks browsing to do so, and was sweeping powers to au- government however allow people to use the in- originally developed in thorities, including allow- may be looking to ternet without being partnership with the US ing police to search resi- widen those powers, tracked, according to the government. dences without a warrant proposing that it will document. Blocking the technology and the banning of public ban free public Wi-Fi The country is also look- is difficult, and previous protest. Websites can also and anonymous brows- ing to ban the anonymous attempts in other coun- be entirely cut off if they ing because of the at- Tor browser, a move that tries have had only lim- are thought to be illegal. tacks, according to has only been attempted ited success. The powers have been leaked documents. in Iran and China. In China, connections to in effect since shortly after The French government That software and net- known parts of the net- the Paris attacks. Soon is considering extending work sends users’ traffic work are banned – and the after that, the French par- Internet powers in a way around the internet before country’s “great firewall” liament voted to extend it that has only previously it gets to its destination, also means that it can for three months – and re- been done in Iran and hiding the IP address of watch all connections and ports have suggested that China, according to the the computer that origi- analyse the traffic for po- the country may look to document seen by French nally made the request. tential browsing. It is extend it indefinitely. Users can enjoy additional music tracks with Apple. IBM’s #HackAHairDryer campaign aimed at women backfires After running for a cou- October. It failed to grab gender stereotypes,” ple of months more or much social media atten- Evans told BBC less unnoticed online, tion at the time, but yes- Trending. “Getting IBM’s “hack a hairdryer” terday a number of sci- women interested in campaign suddenly at- entists, most of them fe- STEM is as simple as tracted a barrage of crit- male, started tweeting making educational re- icism by Twitter users their reactions. sources readily available who called it patronising Unfortunately for IBM, for them to freely pursue and sexist – the company most of them were not their interests without has now apologised. positive. being placed in a glittery, A video was created by The hashtag racked up pink box.” American computing close to 5,000 mentions Others called the cam- giant IBM aimed to in just a few hours. One paign patronising, and “reengineer mispercep- of the most popular many of the tweets, de- tions about women in tweets was by the engi- ployed sarcasm to make tech, and to focus on neer and rocket scientist a point. A screenshot from IBM’s “#HackAHairDryer” campaign, which the company now what really matters in Stephanie Evans: One tweeter, named says will be discontinued. science”. “The #HackAHairdryer RebeccaDV,wrote: "IBM, ing nanotech and treat- women?” terday: “This was part of Women working in sci- campaign is a poorly de- no one is asking male sci- ing cancer.” “Let’s get more women a larger campaign to pro- ence and tech were asked signed attempt to inspire entists to hack beard Another, called Randi into science by playing mote STEM careers. It to “hack a hair dryer”, women to pursue STEM trimmers." Lee Harper, wrote: “I like up tired gender stereo- missed the mark and we then share their work on (science, technology, en- Upulie Divisekera, makeup and hair care. I types!” wrote, Kirthan apologise. It is being dis- the IBM website. gineering and mathe- tweeted, “I leave also like building robots. Aujlay. continued.” The video was posted matics) careers due to hairdryer fixing to the Guess which one I’d like Amid the outcry, IBM The original video has on YouTube in early the fact that it reinforces men, I'm too busy mak- to see @ibm promoting to apologised, tweeting yes- since been removed.

The Barbados Advocate SPORTSSPORTS Tuesday December 8, 2015 • 23 Wanderers Australia give back to Barbados THE Barbados Netball Association got a helping hand this weekend when Wanderers Australia made a small but very welcome donation of sporting equipment. The sporting organisation, which has hosted several teams in cricket and hockey to Barbados in the past, have brought what is believed to be the first junior Australian netball team of any kind to the Caribbean. Speaking to The Barbados Advocate this past Sunday evening during games against national youth teams at Springer Memorial, Wanderers Australia representative Brad Fussell explained that the organisation had brought 27 girls ranging from ages 14 to 18 to play against local schools and club teams from November 29 to December 9. Noting that the three teams were made up of girls who had not played together or even met before the trip out,Fussell stated that the main aim of the tour was to provide social and sporting enrichment for the youngsters. Wanderers Australia representative Brad Fussell is presented with a token of appreciation by Barbados Netball Association “For a netball club or netball President, Nisha Craigwell, while they are flanked by players and umpires on Sunday evening. association from Australia to come all the way to the really good coaching. We come that he saw it as a fair exchange. for the young players. He also netball career.It’s wonderful that Caribbean, it’s very expensive across and play against many “The whole idea about this is added that things were looking the association has been able to and very difficult to get players different styles of netball, see a because in this part of the world, good for it to be an ongoing come out and put their national from one club who can all commit different part of the world, it can be difficult to get gear at all exercise as more teams were teams on show and play against to a tour for various reasons but embrace a new culture,and most or it is expensive for the netball showing interest in similar us this week and we are already you might get one or two.So what importantly, go back a better association,so we thought that it programmes. in the planning for next year.We we do is that we combine kids person and a better netballer,” it was very important for us to “For these girls, it’s a real have already got three girls from all over Australia who are was explained. come here and not just use you highlight for them to be able to teams signed on who want to passionate about their netball With the main focus of the trip guys for games.It is important to play against a national team. A come next year,so we are hopeful and we combine them as a group on positive exchange, Fussell contribute,” he said. lot of these girls might not go on that we can make this an annual and the first time they meet each handed over several items to the With a group of 46 in total to play at a higher level like event to try and help you guys other is when we leave from Barbados Netball Association, inclusive of family and Commonwealth Games or World promote netball in Barbados and Australia.And the whole concept such as balls and player and supporters,Fussell said that this Championships,so for them,this promote the sport as everyone is to improve their netball with coaching equipment and said type of exposure was important might be the highlight of their gets better,” Fussell said. Roberta Foster takes top International Equestrian win ROBERTA FOSTER, one of top of the international podium This pair will undoubtedly Barbados’ Elite Dressage in an FEI competition. This is represent Barbados in the next Riders, has shown why she is not only a huge personal few years at the Central more than deserving of the title achievement for Foster,but it is American and Caribbean ‘Elite Rider’. Foster and her a tremendous achievement for Championships as well as Pan eight-year-old Dutch warm- Barbados and the Barbados Am Games; both Games at blood mare, Chichic, have given Equestrian Association, one which Foster has represented Barbados an international first that has been lauded by the Barbados several times on other place at Advanced Level in the Barbados Olympic Association horses over the years, often International Equestrian and the National Sports alongside her equally talented Federation’s (FEI) 2015 World Council. equestrian sister, Gina Hunte. Dressage Challenge, which pits What makes this feat even Foster had a phenomenal year over 50 countries and hundreds more remarkable, is that Foster having also proudly led the 2015 of riders against each other for has trained her horse over the Barbados FEI Dressage team of the top equestrian honours in past four years primarily by herself and three other riders – Dressage and Show Jumping herself. Although she has Mackenzie Manning, Bree- each year. worked with top dressage Anne Hurdle, and Erin With an amazing score of trainers such as Stephen Moore Stephany to the top position in 69.86 per cent, Foster,daughter of the UK, Foster, herself a top the Caribbean region (Zone 10) of the late Robin Hunte of equestrian trainer, has worked in the FEI challenge edging out Merrymen fame, has taken diligently each day to bring countries such as Trinidad, Barbados where no rider has Chichic to this advanced level of Jamaica and Bermuda for the Robert Foster taking her partner Chichic through the paces in taken the country before, to the competition. top spot. this year’s FEI competition. 24 • Tuesday December 8, 2015 The Barbados Advocate

The contestants for the Bikini Fitness, (from left) second place Akeila Prescod, third place Alisha Garnett, fourth place Dominique Doughty and the winner Wymell Lynch. Sammy Eastmond shines

Winner of the Michael Riley Invitational Sammy at Michael Riley classic Eastmond was a clear cut winner. SAMMYEASTMOND in five weeks, the Darcy was a cut above the Beckles Classic, Antigua rest as he claimed the and now the Michael title at the Michael Riley Classic. Riley Classic and He said he had the flu Invitational due to his extended diet bodybuilding and which left the body Fitness Show. vulnerable but he felt he Competing at the St. was at his biggest in his Leonard’s school on career. Sunday, Eastmond’s Eastmond has bounced immaculate conditioning back from injury which was of such that the struck early in 2014 and judges did not even then again at the start of bother to call him back 2015. out for a comparison with Second in the any of the other Invitational was David contestants. Small who went head to Instead the showdown head with a visibly was for second place bigger Shaquille Lavine. between last year’s Small finished second winner Shaquille Lavine and Lavine who was and David Small. looking for his third Eastmond in the consecutive victory in the compulsory pose looked Michael Classic had to shredded and full. He settle for third place. was superior in the side The Classic winner chest pose, the double was Kenmar Chandler back biceps with his who was clearly the most hamstrings shouting at muscular of the contest the crowd as he pulled on which included 2015 Mr them. His tear drop Schoolboy Kemmeco quads were also striated Byer and the runner up and the separation left Laslo Bryan. valleys between the Chandler won the title muscles. with Bryan coming out David Small (left) and Shaquille Lavine during their But his journey was on top of Byer who was comparison for second place at the Michael Riley not an easy one and the not in the same condition Classic. visible fatigue Eastmond as he was at Mr said after the show that Schoolboy. her legs and glutes and Prescod and third lace despite it all, it as worth In the Bikini Fitness did not make the top Alisha Garnett who gave it. the defending champion three. The winner the crowd a shakedown Eastmond has Dominique Doughty Wymell Lynch defeated with her routine. Winner of the Body Fitness Nicole Roach. competed in three shows appeared to be too soft in second place Akela (CG) The Barbados Advocate Tuesday December 8, 2015 • 25 Shone Springer finally takes the other step

SHONESPRINGER Mosley. The growing is the Men’s trend in the sport has Physique champion seen more athletes of the recently competing in the Men’s concluded Michael Physique and at the Riley Classic. Michael Riley Classic After placing second it was the same, as the Shone Springer (centre) had what it took to win the Men’s Physique from Julian Belgrave (left) and Nicholas last year in the same biggest field was in the Mosley. Classic, then this year Men’s Physique with he was second at Mr 11 competitors taking Bridgetown and to the stage. second at Nationals, Nicole Roach was an Springer had finally easy pick as the made the other step winner in the Body onto the top of the Fitness category with podium. her other competitors Springer said he was not showing any abs or confident coming into small separation the the show having built judges look for. Ms up his confidence by Schoolgirl Elise competing in more Mofford may want to shows this year. increase her However, he was not conditioning – she daunted by his none opted to stay in this placement at the category as she looked Darcy Beckles Classic. a bit too soft to “I had too much challenge for the top conditioned and and finished second muscularity for that after a showdown with show,” said Springer Rhea Lewis. who took on the In the masters challenge to find the category William right mix and brought Morris was muscular it down by changing and cruised to victory his diet. in the Masters over 50 Second place went to category over second Julian Belgrave, while place Joe Bourne and third was Nicholas Orlando Blenman. Masters winner William Morris. Barbados beat Windwards by 181 runs ST.GEORGE’S, Grenada p.m. Sunil Ambris was Andre Fletcher was – Barbados Pride beat Opener Tyrone bowled by fast bowler caught by Nurse off Benn Windward Islands Theophile topscored with Tino Best for nought. for 21. Volcanoes by 181 runs in 47. Veteran left-arm Johnson Charles, Mervin Matthew was an extended post-lunch spinner Sulieman Benn driving, was caught on caught by Miguel session on the fourth and was the main destroyer the second attempt at slip Cummins off Benn for 11. final day of their fourth with six for 55 off 26.2 by Benn off medium- And Kenroy Peters was round WICB PCL first- overs. Off-spinner Roston pacer Kevin Stoute for caught by Carter off Benn class match at the Chase took two for 18 off 44. for nought. Grenada National nine overs. Dalton Polius, pushing Alston Bobb was not Stadium yesterday. Miles Bascombe, who forward, was leg before out on 17. Set 379 to win and was on 20 at the start of wicket by Chase for starting the day on 40 play, was caught by nought. Bowling: Best 7-1-22- without loss, the Ashley Nurse off Benn for Liam Sebastien was 1, Cummins 6-1-27-0 Windward Islands were 30. caught by Jonathan (nb5), Stoute 14-2-44-1 bowled out for 197 in 70.2 Theophile, from his Carter off Benn for five. (w1), Benn 26.2-6-55-6, overs. The last nine overnight 17, was caught Shane Shillingford was Nurse 8-1-29-0 (nb1), wickets fell for 88 runs. by Shamarh Brooks off caught by Best off Chase Chase 9-1-18-2. The match ended at 3:22 Benn. for two. (www.bcacricket.org)

The Barbados Advocate Tuesday December 8, 2015 • 27 Spieth gets 3 weeks to reflect on big year NASSAU – Jordan walking toward the green, awards. He was headed home to Spieth is taking his Masters champion. He Spieth and his caddie caddie Michael Greller Except that he’s not Dallas on Monday for his father, Shawn, and agent also plans to play with shared the kind of hug walked alongside him. looking at it as a new year. three-week break. His Jay Danzi to Augusta Augusta member and on the 18th green "Michael said, ‘Hey, It’s simply a break. first order of business was National to enjoy the AT&T chief executive normally seen only by man, it’s been an honour He had a chance to win to play golf. privileges of being the Randall Stephenson. winners. to be in the passenger the Australian Open last They were six shots seat, sitting shotgun for week in Sydney until Matt behind when they finished this ride this year.Thanks Jones recovered on the the Hero World Challenge, for everything,’” Spieth back nine. Spieth was in and it was clear this said. “Obviously,I thanked range at the Hero World moment wasn’t about him. It’s been a team Challenge until Bubba Sunday at Albany Golf effort this year, just as we Watson didn’t give anyone Club. This was about the always stress. But yeah, much of a chance and won realisation that the year there was certainly a sigh by three shots. was finally over, the kind of relief.” Spieth was on a victory of year a player never It’s time to take a break, lap these last two weeks, wants to end. even if it’s a short one. and he said he spent more The Masters made it He leaves in just over time on the beach than on special. The US Open three weeks for Maui, the putting green, with no made it incredible. The where the new year starts regrets. He played 28 FedEx Cup made it at Kapalua and Spieth times this year, including lucrative. The No. 1 will have to figure out an the Presidents Cup. He ranking made it encore from winning two won or finished second 10 satisfying. majors to get halfway to times. He was a combined When the 22-year-old the Grand Slam, five 54-under par in the four Texan made his final full tournaments overall, a majors. He was due a swing of the year and was record $12 million in PGA working vacation. Tour earnings and a Even so, he’s always NOTICES sweep of all the major looking ahead. 28 • Tuesday December 8, 2015 The Barbados Advocate The Barbados Advocate Tuesday December 8, 2015 • 29

Regular Market BARBADOS STOCK REPORT Security Volume High Low Market Advance/ Price Decline BANKS HOLDINGS LIMITED 331,897 $7.10 $7.10 $7.10 $0.00 December 7, 2015 CABLE AND WIRELESS BARBADOS LIMITED 340 $2.84 $2.84 $2.60 $0.00

Two securities traded firm as 332,237 shares traded on the Regular Market, with a total value of $2,357,434.30. Banks Holdings Limited was the volume leader trading 331,897 shares at $7.10. They were followed by Cable and Wireless Barbados Limited which traded 340 shares.

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SHARE SUMMARY INFORMATION INDICES December 7, 2015 TODAY'S TRADING LAST TRADING CHANGES December 7, 2015 December 4, 2015 COMPANY LAST TRADE VOLUME HIGH LOW LAST CURRENT PRICE BID ASK BID ASK Local 2,289.33 2,289.33 - Cross-list 1,738.11 1,738.11 - DATE CLOSE CLOSE CHANGE PRICE PRICE SIZE SIZE Composite 643.26 643.26 - ABV Investments Incorporated 23-Jan-15 - - - $0.32 $0.32 - $0.02 $0.05 100,000 27,000 MARKET CAPITALISATION (in millions) BICO Limited 29-Oct-15 - - - $1.85 $1.85 - $1.85 - 2,700 - TODAY'S TRADING LAST TRADING CHANGES Banks Holdings Limited 07-Dec-15 331,897 $7.10 $7.10 $7.10 $7.10 $0.00 $7.10 - 4,894,979 - December 7, 2015 December 4, 2015 Barbados Dairy Industries Limited 10-Jun-15 - - - $1.60 $1.60 - $1.50 $5.25 20 26,331 Local 5,726.17 5,726.17 - Barbados Farms Limited 10-Nov-15 - - - $0.40 $0.40 - $0.30 $0.50 10,000 1,342 Cross-list 2,853.96 2,853.96 - Composite 8,580.13 8,580.13 - Cable and Wireless Barbados Limited 07-Dec-15 340 $2.84 $2.84 $2.60 $2.60 $0.00 $2.60 $2.70 2,971 2,971 MUTUAL FUND Cave Shepherd and Company Limited 03-Dec-15 - - - $3.00 $3.00 - $3.00 $3.68 600 4,192 December 7, 2015 FirstCaribbean International Bank 26-Nov-15 - - - $1.88 $1.88 - $1.65 $1.75 40,000 42,564 ENDED NAME OF FUND NAV OFFER BID NAV CHANGE Fortress Caribbean Property Fund 03-Dec-15 - - - $0.21 $0.21 - $0.21 $0.22 3,000 3,572 - Dev Fund 04-Dec-15 REPUBLIC CAPITAL GROWTH FUND w 1.5065 0.0019 04-Dec-15 REPUBLIC INCOME FUND -* w 1.5540 0.0014 Fortress Caribbean Property Fund 27-Nov-15 - - - $0.57 $0.57 - $0.57 - 52 - - Value Fund 04-Dec-15 REPUBLIC PROPERTY FUND w 1.2804 0.0004 04-Dec-15 FORTRESS CARIBBEAN GROWTH FUND w 4.8678 4.8678 4.8678 0.0145 Goddard Enterprises Limited 27-Nov-15 - - - $6.60 $6.60 - $6.60 - 2,210 - 04-Dec-15 FORTRESS HIGH INTEREST FUND - ACC. w 1.8694 0.0027 Insurance Corporation Of B’dos Limited -* 04-Dec-15 - - - $2.60 $2.60 - $2.51 $2.60 10,000 10,000 04-Dec-15 FORTRESS HIGH INTEREST FUND - DIST. w 1.0077 0.0015 JMMB Group Limited -* 23-Jul-15 - - - $0.15 $0.15 - - - - - 30-Oct-15 ROYAL FIDELITY SELECT BALANCED FUND m 4.7007 4.7007 4.6067 0.0282 30-Oct-15 ROYAL FIDELITY STRATEGIC GROWTH FUNDm 0.8013 0.8013 0.7853 0.0060 Emera (C’bean) Incorporated 5.5% Pref -* 06-Nov-15 - - - $3.11 $3.11 - $3.11 - 1,491 - 30-Oct-15 ROYAL FIDELITY PREMIUM INCOME FUND m 1.4939 1.4939 1.4640 0.0073 Emera (C’bean) Incorporated -* 28-Oct-15 - - - $25.70 $25.70 - $28.00 - 985 - 04-Dec-15 SAGICOR GLOBAL BALANCED FUND w 2.25 -0.01 Massy Holdings Limited 09-Oct-15 - - - $20.00 $20.00 - $19.00 $19.99 46 201 04-Dec-15 SAGICOR SELECT GROWTH FUND w 1.23 -0.01 04-Dec-15 SAGICOR PREFERRED INCOME FUND -* w 1.05 -0.02 One Caribbean Media Limited 23-Nov-15 - - - $7.00 $7.00 - $6.81 $7.00 100 20,000 * Indicates the Fund is currently ex-div Sagicor Financial Corporation Pref 6.5% 04-Nov-15 - - - $2.26 $2.26 - $2.00 $2.26 630 4,580 Sagicor Financial Corporation 02-Dec-15 - - - $1.76 $1.76 - $1.79 $1.95 9,647 2,582 NOTES: QUOTATIONS AND NET ASSET VALUE PER SHARE ARE SUPPLIED BY THE FUND MANAGEMENT. THE OFFERING PRICE INCLUDES NET ASSET VALUE PLUS The West Indies Rum Distilleries Limited 13-Apr-15 - - - $8.00 $8.00 - - $8.00 - 13,100 ENTRY COSTS. Trinidad Cement Limited 21-Aug-14 - - - $0.80 $0.80 - $0.80 $2.00 2,350 1,100 m = monthly valuation, q = quarterly valuation, w = weekly West India Biscuit Company Limited 05-Nov-15 - - - $13.00 $13.00 - $12.00 - 804 - Fixed Income

Last Trade Bid Ask Bid Ask TOTAL SHARES BOUGHT & SOLD 332,237 Date Price Price Size Size B’dos Government Debenture 6.75% 2022 $ 95.93 $ 96.93 100,000 500,000 -* = Security is Trading X-Div B’dos Government Debenture 6.875% 2023 21-Aug-15 $ 98.00 $100.00 30,000 30,000 B’dos Government Debenture 7% 2023 21-Sep-15 $ 97.50 $100.00 100,000 100,000 *+* = Security is Suspended B’dos Government Debenture 7.25% 2029 12-Oct-15 $ 97.50 $101.00 20,000 20,000 ** = Rights Issued B’dos Government Debenture 7.75% 2020 21-Aug-15 $103.63 500,000 B’dos Government Debenture 8.50% 2018 21-Oct-15 $105.00 $108.75 60,000 600,000 JUNIOR MARKET B’dos Government T/Note 6% 2016 16-Oct-15 $101.00 35,000 B’dos Government T/Note 6% 2017 23-Nov-15 $105.00 296,000 B’dos Government T/Note 6.5% 2019 05-Oct-15 $102.00 $103.00 150,000 150,000 Royal Fidelity TIGRS A2 Fund $10.00 $10.00 $10.50 100 Royal Fidelity TIGRS A3 Fund 18-Dec-13 $10.00 $10.00 $10.50 100 NEWS

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ABV INVESTMENTS INCORPORATED 3,500 EMERA (CARIBBEAN) INCORPORATED 1,000 Emera (Caribbean) Incorporated 5.5% Pref - Directors have declared a dividend of thirteen point seven five (13.75) cents BANKS HOLDINGS LIMITED 4,000 EMERA (CARIBBEAN) INCORPORATED 5.5% Pref 100 per share to be paid on December 31st, 2015 to Shareholders on record at close of business on November 20th, 2015. B'DOS DAIRY INDUSTRIES LIMITED 300 SAGICOR FINANCIAL CORPORATION 6.5% Pref 7,500 JMMB Group Limited - Directors have declared a dividend of B'DOS FARMS LIMITED 1,500 SAGICOR FINANCIAL CORPORATION 10,000 nineteen (19) JMD cents per share to be paid on December 18th, 2015 to Shareholders on record at close of business on BICO INDUSTRIES LIMITED 100 THE WEST INDIES RUM DISTILLERY LIMITED 300 November 30th, 2015.

CABLE & WIRELESS (BARBADOS) 9,000 WEST INDIA BISCUIT COMPANY LIMITED 300 Insurance Corporation of Barbados Limited - Directors have LIMITED declared a interim dividend of seven (7) cents per share to be CAVE SHEPHERD & COMPANY LIMITED 1,500 JMMB GROUP LIMITED 10,000 paid on December 15th, 2015 to Shareholders on record at close of business on December 3rd, 2015. FIRSTCARIBBEAN INTERNATIONAL 10,000 MASSY HOLDINGS LIMITED 6,500 LIMITED FORTRESS CARIBBEAN PROPERTY - 3,500 ONE CARIBBEAN MEDIA LIMITED 4,000 DEV FUND

FORTRESS CARIBBEAN PROPERTY - 3,500 TRINIDAD CEMENT LIMITED 10,000 VALUE FUND ROYAL FIDELITY TIGRS A2 FUND 100 GODDARD ENTERPRISES LIMITED 3,500

INSURANCE CORPORATION OF 2,500 BARBADOS LIMITED ROYAL FIDELITY TIGRS A3 FUND 100 30 • Tuesday December 8, 2015 The Barbados Advocate Watson claims second hat-trick of titles RHETT WATSON was honoured for Among the evening’s awardees were his second consecutive clean sweep long-standing marshals Jonathan of titles at the Barbados Rally Chandler, Luke and Missy Gittens, Club’s (BRC) Annual Prizegiving Wesley Nicholls and Everton Smart, each at Colleton, St. John, on Saturday of whom received a trophy presented by evening (December 5). The Biddy Barber, herself a BRC competitor Champion Driver also carried away and marshal of long standing; others the SuperModified 12 and 2wd were recognised in the Outstanding and trophies (with co-driver James Rookie Marshal categories. Hutchinson), as nearly 80 members In the Chefette MudDogs Safari of the island’s motor sport frater- Championship, Chris O’Neal won the nity were rewarded for their efforts Sextant Challenge Trophy as Champion in 2015, including the Club’s inval- Navigator for the third year in a row, uable volunteer marshals, who with Leslie Alleyne adding a sixth earned some of the loudest ap- Champion Driver title, again taking plause. home the Peter Farmer Memorial The 4wd Championship was won by Trophy. Derek Pinto and Adam Hunte Roger Hill and Graham Gittens, while were Chefette Novice Champions, while Hill also won free entry for the 2016 BRC Jamaica’s Christopher McFarlane won Champion driver, Rhett Watson (right), collects his award from Mark Hamilton. Driver’s Championship as highest points- the Autocross Championship, dislodging scorer in the 4wd classes; Watson former four-time Champion Omar to see that around one-third of the ing on a regular basis. I should also like (SuperModified), Neil Corbin (Modified), Boodhoo. awardees tonight are first-time recipi- to make a special mention of ‘Penti’ Wayne Archer (Historic) and Jeremy In a brief address, Club Chairman ents; also to note that participation from Powell, who at his own expense has been Croney (Clubman) will enjoy the same Mark Hamilton said: “It has been a rea- regional competitors is growing, with firmly entrenched in the growth of motor privilege next season;Archer and Croney sonable year of motor sport in every area, David Coelho, Paul Horton, Jeff Panton sport within Barbados and further afield. also having finished second and third re- highlighted by the biggest and best Sol and the recently transplanted (to spectively in the Driver’s Championship. Rally Barbados to date. It is encouraging Barbados) ‘Teach’ McFarlane all compet- CONT’D on next page The Barbados Advocate Tuesday December 8, 2015 • 31

Rally Club celebrates the season’s end CONT’D from previous tributing to another page successful season, along with “the Armstrong Hamilton also thanked family for the use of the sport’s stakeholders, Colleton, the Pintos for including the body of the use of their front marshals – “a pivotal yard, Noel Edwards and part of the sport’s suc- Hutchy for cooking the cess”, the Club’s commit- pig and Paul Marshal for tees, officials, partners his support of tonight’s and the media for con- proceedings”.

ABOVE: Chefette MudDogs Safari Championship: Chris O’Neal won the Sextant Challenge Trophy as Champion Navigator for the third year in a row, with Leslie Alleyne adding a sixth Champion Driver title, again taking home the Peter Farmer Memorial Trophy.

AT LEFT: Jeremy Croney (right) collecting his award. Barbados Rally Club Annual Prizegiving – List of Award Winners BRC Driver’s Championship 105pts; 3rd Chris Williams (Cutters Barbados/Sun Flower Events/Solo/Royal (Each driver received a trophy) Chinese Restaurant Ford Fiesta), 65pts Clubman – Champion: Croney, 125pts; 2nd Martin, 89pts; 3rd Pierre Clarke Champion Driver: Rhett Watson (SM12 Chefette/Power King/Gliptone/Stihl in sup- (SDRR Hydraulics & Industrial Spares Honda Civic), 86pts port of Little Pink Gift BMW M3), 128 points Historic – Champion: Archer, 126pts; 2nd J Corbin, 100pts; 3rd Jonathan Ince 2nd Wayne Archer (Hist Archers Hall Design Centre/Diamonds International/CACS (Ocean Fisheries/Hankook Daihatsu Charman), 84pts; Winner of the Richard Roett Memorial Trophy, BMW 325), 126pts GpB – Champion: Geoffrey Ullyett (Ullyett’s Machine Shop Service BMW M3), 3rd Jeremy Croney (Club Warrens Lubricants/Sign Station/SRG 22pts Andrew Jones. Engineering/Sweet Temptations Peugeot 206XS), 125pts 4th Neil Corbin (M6 Nassco/Jason Jones/BG Products & Services/Auto BRC 4wd Championship Solutions/Valvoline/Max Meyer Paints/Emtage Electric Toyota Starlet), 119pts (Each driver and co-driver received a trophy) 5th Paul Inniss (M6 Durex/Sun General Insurance/Caribbean Villa Chefs/Chicken Stop Inc/Illusion Graphics/Hugh Auto Body/HIV Aids Commission/Erie Tyre Champions: Roger Hill/Graham Gittens, 125pts; 2nd Roger Skeete/Louis Venezia, Service/JJ Racing Team Honda Civic), 105pts 72pts; 3rd David Coelho/James Harris, 69pts; 4th Andrew Mallalieu/Geoffrey 6th Jamal Brathwaite (M7 Platinum Motors/Valvoline/Automotive Art/R S Goddard, 65pts; 5th Avinash Chatrani/Andrew Skeete, 63pts Electrical/Ellesmere Quarries/JSB Motorsport/Chicken Pen Racing/Codgies Customs Brokers Honda Civic Type-R), 104pts BRC 2wd Championship 7th John Corbin (Hist Valvoline/Corbins Garage/Pro Sales Toyota Corolla), 100pts (Each driver and co-driver received a trophy) 8th Roger Hill (WRC-2 Nassco/Esso/Pennzoil/MotorMac Toyota Corolla WRC), 98pts Champions: Rhett Watson/James Hutchinson, 98pts; 2nd Neil Corbin/Matthew 9th Daryl Clarke (M7 MQI Collision Repair/Mom’s Pasta Products/Roberts Staffner, 78pts; 3rd Andrew Jones/Lindsey Pilkington, 73pts; 4th Josh Read/Mark Manufacturing/Valvoline Honda Civic), 96pts Jordan, 61pts; 5th Wayne Archer/Derek Edwards, 60pts 10th Rommell Martin (Club Winston Enterprise/Fusion Boutique/VV&K Rentals/B3 Highest-placed female co-driver – Lindsey Pilkington Imaging/Candy Lane/Rallymaxx Toyota Starlet), 89pts Special Awards BRC Class Championship Rookie Award, a $1,000 Automotive Art gift voucher – Rommell Martin (Each driver received a trophy) Hill (4wd), Watson (SuperModified), N Corbin Richard Roett Memorial Trophy – Andrew Jones (Modified), Archer (Historic) and Croney (Clubman) also won free entry (not inc Golden Turkey Award – Daryl Clarke insurance) to the 2016 BRC Championship Chefette MudDogs Safari Championship WRC-1 – Champion: Roger Skeete (Sol/Flow/Simpson Motors/Automotive Art The Champions received the Sextant Challenge Trophy (Navigator) and the Subaru Impreza WRC S12), 56pts; 2nd Dane Skeete (Sol/Flow/Automotive Peter Farmer Memorial Trophy (Driver); second and third Navigator and Driver Art/WTI Subaru Impreza WRC S12), 42pts; 3rd John Powell – T&T each received a trophy (Intercontinental Shipping/Trinidad Mooring & Launch Services Ford Focus WRC08), 28pts Champion Driver & Navigator: Leslie Alleyne & Chris O’Neal (Simpson Highest-placed female co-driver – Lindsey Pilkington WRC-2 – Champion: Hill, 109pts Motors/Shell Spirax/Shell Rimula/Maxxis Isuzu D-Max), 236pts Group A – Champion: Avinash Chatrani (iShop Barbados/Electric 2nd Ben Norris & Kirk Watkins (Birdies Restaurant Ford Ranger), 228pts (right). Avenue/PowerBass/Lenovo/1 of K/Copocabana/Sign Station Mitsubishi Lancer 3rd Chris Armstrong & Wayne Clarke (Toyota Hilux), 224pts Evo VI), 78pts Group N – Champion: David Coelho – T&T (Total/Lubetech/Zanzibar/Kaizan Chefette MudDogs Novice Safari Championship Sushi/www.machinerysalestrinidad.com/Quipsol Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX), 82pts; Each received a trophy and a Barbecue Barn voucher; the Champions also re- 2nd Andrew Mallalieu (Terra Caribbean/Blue Sky Luxury Subaru Impreza N10), ceived free entry (not inc insurance) to the 2016 MudDogs Safari Championship 80pts; 3rd Mark Thompson (Automotive Art/Stag Beer/Glassesco/NKM Champion Novice Driver & Navigator: Derek Pinto & Adam Hunte (Impulse Clothing/Bio Beauty Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX), 49pts Services Inc Toyota Hilux), 240pts SuperModified 12 – Champion: Watson, 128pts; 2nd Justin Campbell (Dream 2nd Richard Hinkson & Kevin-Jon Manning (Goodyear Tyres Suzuki Samurai), Solutions/Itstaboo.com/Hunikom/Campbell Racing Team/Castrol/Hilton 234pts Barbados/One Media/Biz Needz BMW M3), 77pts; 3rd David St Hill (Solar & Wind Energy BMW M3), 53pts BRC Autocross Championship SM11 – Champion: Andrew Jones (AP Jones Pharmacy/Southern Surf Beach (Each driver received a trophy) Apartments/Lucozade Ford Escort MkII), 83pts; 2nd Stuart McChlery (Lubriguard/Gunk Ford Escort MkI), 31pts Champion: Christopher McFarlane – JAM (Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X), 39pts SM10 – Champion: Josh Read 2nd Omar Boodhoo (Suzuki Swift), 26pts (Stihl/Gliptone/Sprite/Hankook/Weetabix/Chutney’s/Royal Purple/EZone Toyota 3rd Stephen Edwards (Honda Civic), 25pts Starlet), 77pts; 2nd Neil Armstrong (Rubis/Chefette/Hankook/Nassco/GUNK 4th Kevin Manning (Peugeot 106 Rallye), 21pts Toyota Pitbull WRC), 55pts; 3rd Roger Mayers 5th, Roystone Hinkson (Peugeot 205GTi), 19pts (Chefette/Sol/Digicel/DHL/Hankook/Illusion Graphics WR Starlet), 54pts SM9 – Champion: Clifford Cox (Snorkel Toyota Starlet), 63pts; 2nd Mark Kinch Marshals Awards (Black Pearl Party Cruises/Jolly Roger 1/Rubis Kirtons/Ultraviolet (Each marshal received a trophy) Entertainment/Appleton Estate Jamaica Rum Toyota Starlet), 45pts Modified 7 – Champion: Brathwaite, 104pts; 2nd Clarke, 96pts; 3rd Kurt Thompson Long-standing Marshal: Jonathan Chandler, Wesley Nicholls, Everton Smart; Luke (Glassesco/NKM Clothing/Bio-Beauty/Digicel 4G/Beacon Insurance Honda Civic), & Missy Gittens (MudDogs) 58pts Outstanding Marshal: Orrie Brooms, Dexter Griffith, Selwyn Maloney; Adrian M6 – Champion: N Corbin, 119pts; 2nd Paul Inniss (Durex/Sun General Sinckler (MudDogs) Insurance/Caribbean Villa Chefs/Chicken Stop Inc/Illusion Graphics/Hugh Auto Rookie Marshal: Gerianne Bullard, Dannielle Burke, David Russell; Chris Thornhill Wayne Archer (right) was second in the battle for Body/HIV Aids Commission/Erie Tyre Service/JJ Racing Team Honda Civic), (MudDogs) the overall title. Watson claims second hat-trick of titles Page 30

Tuesday December 8, 2015 BACKLOG BEING CLEARED

ADMITTING that the island in Geneva for recommendations was behind on the submis- on how internal processes could sion of some of its progress be strengthened. reports on UN conventions, He made the comments dur- Human Rights Officer in the ing yesterday's opening of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs UN Human Rights Office of the and Foreign Trade, Dr. High Commission's Training of Ricardo Kellman, said the Trainers on Treaty Bodies backlog was being cleared Reporting Treaty Body Capacity up. Building Programme, at the “We are working on the back- Radisson Aquatica. log and clearing it up. We still In addition, Kellman outlined have some issues which come up the push for a standing commit- on economic and social rights. tee on human rights co-ordina- That one is also a little late and tion. we have to work on that, but “Previously, we had prepared with all the other issues we are reports for committees, in partic- up to par, or we have already ular the universal periodic re- submitted the reports that now view,and that had been on an ad have to be appraised,” he said in hoc basis, but we want to for- an interview with the media yes- malise this now to have a stand- terday. ing committee to reflect all of Kellman outlined that like the views which are in the soci- many other Caribbean coun- ety,and have a clear approach on tries, Barbados had experienced how we will deal with human capacity constraints, which had rights,” he said. led to the late submission of Minister of Foreign Affairs some of the reports. and Foreign Trade, Senator Pointing specifically to the Maxine Mcclean, outlined that Convention for the Elimination her department was working as- of Discrimination Against siduously to have these reports TOP FORM! Winner of the Michael Riley Classic and Invitational bodybuilding and Women, he stated that this re- out in a timely manner. Fitness Show, Kenmar Chandler (centre), with second placed Laslo Bryan (right) and Kemmeco port had been completed and Byer, who finished third during the event, which was held last Sunday at the St. Leonard’s Boys submitted to the trading body CONSTRAINTS on Page 7 School. (See pages 24 and 25)

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