Infini Friday May 28, 2021 by Chef Urvin Croes T: 582-7800 www.arubatoday.com facebook.com/arubatoday instagram.com/arubatoday Page 8 Aruba’s ONLY English newspaper Official: Shooter said he hated work years before killing 9 By TERENCE CHEA, JANIE HAR and STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — A gunman who killed nine people at a California rail yard appeared to target some of the victims, a sheriff told The Associated Press on Thursday, while a Biden administration official said he spoke of hat- ing his workplace when customs officers detained him after a 2016 trip to the Philippines. The shooter arrived at the light rail facility for the Valley Transportation Authority in San Jose around 6 a.m. Wednesday with a duffel bag filled with semi-automatic handguns and high-capacity magazines, Santa Clara County Sheriff Laurie Smith said in an interview. “It appears to us at this point that he said to one of the people there: ‘I’m not going to shoot you,’” Smith said. “And then he shot other people. So I imagine there was some kind of thought on who he wanted to shoot.” While there are no cameras inside the rail yard’s two buildings, Smith said footage captured him moving from one location to the next. It took deputies six minutes from the first 911 calls to find the gunman on the third floor of one of the buildings, Smith said. He killed himself as deputies closed in on the facility serv- ing the county of more than 1 million people in the heart of Silicon Valley. More than 100 people were there at the time, and authorities found five victims in one building and two in another, Smith said. Law enforcement officers get gear from their trunk near the scene of a shooting in San Jose, Calif., on Wednesday, May 26, 2021 Continued on Page 2 Associated Press A2 Friday 28 May 2021 UP FRONT Official: Shooter said he hated work years before killing 9

Singh had worked as a light rail train driver for eight or nine years and had a wife and two small children, said his cousin, Bagga Singh. “We heard that he chose the people to shoot, but I don’t know why they chose him because he has noth- ing to do with him,” Bagga Singh said. A solemn and tearful mo- ment of silence was held Thursday by transit author- ity officials, who read the names of the nine victims aloud and stood beside a giant poster board with their photos. The reality of the loss was hard to accept, said Raul Peralez, a San Jose coun- cilman and transit authority board member who was a lifelong friend of Rudomet- kin, one of the victims. “I, unfortunately, get to know personally how these nine families have felt this past night, this morning with California Gov. Gavin Newsom leaves a staging area for Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) workers, family members just a sense of disbelief, with and officials following a shooting at one of the agency’s rail yards on Wednesday, May 26, 2021, in San Jose, Calif. a hope that your loved one Associated Press is still going to come home Continued from Front The memo said he had officials said. Authorities do taken by a bullet pierces and knowing that that’s books about “terrorism not yet know how he ob- the soul of our nation. We just never going to happen Authorities do not yet know and fear and manifestos” tained them. can, and we must, do again,” he said. whether the gunman had but when he was asked He also had 11 high-capac- more.” A vigil for the victims was worked regularly with any whether he had issues with ity magazines, each with 12 The shooting killed employ- planned Thursday evening of the victims. Investigators people at work he said no. rounds. In California, it is ille- ees who had been bus and in San Jose. were serving search war- The memo doesn’t say gal to buy magazines that light rail operators, me- Meanwhile, there was rants for his home and cell- why he was stopped af- hold more than 10 rounds. chanics, linemen and an nothing in public records to phone, seeking to deter- ter his 2016 trip. It notes However, if Cassidy had ob- assistant superintendent indicate Cassidy ever got mine what prompted the that Cassidy had a “minor tained them before Jan. 1, over the course of their ca- in trouble with the law. He bloodshed, the sheriff said. criminal history” and cites 2000, he would be allowed reers. received a traffic ticket in “I’m not sure we’ll ever ac- a 1983 incident where he to have them unless he was They were Alex Ward Fritch, 2019, and sheriff’s officials tually find the real motive, was arrested in San Jose otherwise prohibited from 49; Paul Delacruz Megia, said they were still investi- but we’ll piece it together and charged with “misde- possessing firearms. 42; Taptejdeep Singh, 36; gating his background. as much as we can from meanor obstruction/resist- The sheriff said authorities Adrian Balleza, 29; Jose Several times while he was witnesses,” she said. ing a peace officer.” found explosives at the Dejesus Hernandez, 35; drunk, Cassidy forced him- The attacker was identified Cassidy’s ex-wife said he gunman’s home, where in- Timothy Michael Romo, 49; self on her sexually despite as 57-year-old Samuel Cas- had talked about killing vestigators believe he had Michael Joseph Rudomet- her refusals, pinning her sidy, according to two law people at work more than set a timer or slow-burn kin, 40; Abdolvahab Alagh- arms with his body weight, enforcement officials who a decade ago. device so that a fire would mandan, 63, and Lars Ke- the woman said in a sworn were not authorized to dis- “I never believed him, occur at the same time as pler Lane, 63. statement filed after Cas- cuss the investigation pub- and it never happened. the shooting. Flames were Family and friends remem- sidy sought a restraining or- licly and spoke to the AP on Until now,” a tearful Ce- reported minutes after the bered Singh as a hero. He der against her. The docu- condition of anonymity. cilia Nelms told the AP on first 911 calls came in from called another transit em- ments were obtained by Cassidy had a memo book Wednesday. the rail facility. ployee to warn him about the San Francisco Chroni- with notes on how he hat- She said he used to come The attack was the 15th Cassidy, saying he needed cle. ed the Valley Transporta- home from work resentful mass killing in the U.S. this to get out or hide. The AP generally does not tion Authority, according and angry over what he year, all shootings that “He told me he was with name people who say they to a Biden administration perceived as unfair assign- claimed at least four lives Paul, another victim, at the have been sexually assault- official who described a ments. each for a total of 87 time,” co-worker Sukhvir ed. Department of Homeland “He could dwell on things,” deaths, according to a da- Singh, who is not related to Cassidy had worked for Val- Security memo that laid out she said. The two were mar- tabase compiled by The Taptejdeep Singh, said in a ley Transportation Author- Cassidy’s statements. The ried for about 10 years until Associated Press, USA To- statement. “From what I’ve ity since at least 2012, ac- official saw the memo and a 2005 divorce filing, and day and Northeastern Uni- heard, he spent the last cording to the public pay- detailed its contents to The she had not been in touch versity. moments of his life making roll and pension database Associated Press but was with Cassidy for about 13 President Joe Biden urged sure that others — in the Transparent California, first not authorized to speak years, Nelms said. Congress to act on legisla- building and elsewhere as a mechanic from 2012 publicly about an ongoing The three handguns he had tion to curb gun violence, — would be able to stay to 2014, then maintaining investigation. appear to be legal, sheriff’s saying, “Every life that is safe.” substations.q A3 U.S. NEWS Friday 28 May 2021 AP sources: Staffing hampered response to prison suicide By MICHAEL BALSAMO and MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The radios crackled with a fran- tic call for backup at a fed- eral prison in California: An inmate was found hanging in his cell. Help was needed immediately. But the prison, like many run by the U.S. government, is so chronically understaffed that other prison workers who would normally rush to the scene weren’t able to leave posts where they were being forced to fill-in as correctional officers, two people familiar with the matter told The Associated Press. Monday’s death was remi- niscent of one of the worst crises in the history of the federal Bureau of Prisons — when Jeffrey Epstein took his own life while in custody at the Metropolitan Cor- rectional Center in New York — and exemplifies the dangers of the agency’s severe staffing crisis, nearly three years after Epstein’s suicide cast a bright spot- Special investigative services Lt. Armando Cervantes, right, films protesters at the Federal Correctional Institution at Mendota during light on an agency that has a demonstration over staffing shortages, near the prison entrance in Mendota, Calif., Monday, May 17, 2021. been besieged by serious Associated Press misconduct in recent years. in the unit every 30 minutes, there would have been workers who were protest- left inmates in “inhuman” The Associated Press re- the people familiar with the more first responders rush- ing and members of the conditions. ported last week that matter said. They could not ing to the emergency call. media covering it. But when The Associated nearly one-third of federal discuss the details of the in- Just hours before Rodri- “The Warden sent staff to Press visited the public park correctional officer jobs in cident publicly and spoke guez-Barbosa’s death, the determine what was hap- in downtown Manhattan the United States are va- to AP on condition of ano- prison’s warden, Douglas pening. When they found where the event was sup- cant, forcing prisons to use nymity. White, wrote to the entire out no threat existed, they posed to be held, it was cooks, teachers, nurses The Bureau of Prisons said staff to complain about returned to the institution,” nonexistent. The Bureau of and other workers to guard responding staff members media coverage that he a Bureau of Prisons spokes- Prisons said the hiring fair inmates. The expanded use “immediately initiated said “painted a negative person told the AP. The was canceled “for safety of that practice, known as life-saving measures” and image” of the prison. He agency has refused to pro- and security” because of augmentation, has been called for emergency med- told them it is “time to stop vide a copy of the video. a rumor that a protest was raising questions about ical crews, but Rodriguez- talking and printing nega- The Bureau of Prisons has going to happen in the whether the agency can Barbosa was pronounced tive information” about the been working to try to bring same place. carry out its required duties dead at the scene. staff there. on more staff members — The AP did not witness any to ensure the safety of pris- The agency insists that Federal regulations require launching what it called large-scale protest in the oners and staff members there was an immediate all Justice Department em- a “hiring frenzy” — in Feb- nearly empty park; two while also putting in place response to the medical ployees — including those ruary. The bureau says it people who were sitting programs and classes re- call and an appropriate in the Bureau of Prisons — hired nearly 4,000 new staff at a table in the park said quired under the law. number of staff mem- to report allegations of il- members in 2020 — more they were protesting police The 47-year-old inmate bers responded. But there legal activity or serious ad- than in prior years — and misconduct after being ap- who died Monday at FCI were others who normally ministrative misconduct to that more than 500 addi- proached by an AP pho- Mendota, a medium-se- would’ve responded to the Justice Department’s tional hires are on the way. tographer. curity prison just west of such a call and couldn’t. inspector general or inter- And the bureau says it has “We absolutely would like Fresno, was serving a more At the time of the incident, nal affairs. been holding hiring events to see as many hiring initia- than four-year sentence about half of the prison’s The warden’s email ap- at several prisons across tives in the works as pos- for illegally reentering the correctional officer posts peared to have been the country. sible,” the agency said in a United States after being were filled by workers sparked by an AP story They included two on statement. deported. Juan Ramon whose regular duties do highlighting understaffing Wednesday: one at Men- “Hiring events are only one Rodriguez-Barbosa was be- not include guarding in- at Mendota and the pro- dota this week and anoth- component of our recruit- ing held in the prison’s seg- mates. The Bureau of Pris- test by union officials. er to attract staff to work ment efforts, and while we regated housing unit and ons says all prison workers White had also sent other at federal jails in New York want them to proceed as was found hanging by offi- are trained as correctional Bureau of Prisons employ- City — facilities that a fed- planned, due to institu- cers who were making their workers, regardless of posi- ees with video cameras to eral judge recently said tional needs, they may be required checks of inmates tion or job title. Fully staffed, record their fellow prison were “run by morons” and postponed.”q A4 Friday 28 May 2021 U.S. NEWS Auditors find no fraud in disputed New Hampshire election

By MICHAEL CASEY Auditors must issue a final Associated Press report within 45 days and PEMBROKE N.H. (AP) — Lindeman said that would There is no evidence of include a series of recom- fraud or political bias in a mendations. But he doubts controversial New Hamp- the findings would have rel- shire election where a re- evance beyond Windham. count and audit has drawn “We have no reason to the interest of former Presi- think that it’s a statewide or dent Donald Trump, audi- national issue, although it’s tors concluded Thursday. certainly possible that it oc- Rather, auditors investi- curred in other localities,” gating the election in the he said. town of Windham believe That was echoed by Sec- a folding machine used by retary of State Bill Gardner, the town to try to accom- who said ballots are sent to modate the numbers of towns and cities with score absentee ballots in the No- marks to facilitate folding vember election is responsi- and the state ensures those ble for mistakenly adding to marks don’t go through vote counts for candidates the ovals where votes are in four legislative seats. marked. “We found no evidence “There’s never been a bal- of fraud or political bias,” In this Tuesday May 11, 2021 file photo, election auditors Harri Hursti, right, and Mark Lindeman, lot we sent out that was Mark Lindeman, one of the catalog ballot boxes in Pembroke, N.H., during a forensic audit of the 2020 New Hampshire scored over an oval,” he legislative election. three auditors and the act- Associated Press said. ing co-director of Verified While it’s unknown how Voting, a nonpartisan non- to finish Thursday. It was fraud have burrowed into But not everyone was con- many other communities profit organization, said. “I called by lawmakers from American politics, even at vinced the audit would find might use a folding ma- have heard no one actu- both parties after a re- the local level. the reason for the discrep- chines like the one Wind- ally articulate a credible count requested by a los- Kristi St. Laurent, the los- ancy in the counts or that ham did, Gardner said he hypothesis of how fraud ing Democratic candidate ing Democratic candi- auditors had done enough suspects that few, if any, could account for what we in one of the legislative rac- date who requested the to look at fraud or other do. While the number of found.” es showed the Republicans recount, was watching the factors. absentee ballots skyrock- The town used the machine getting hundreds more audit wrap up Thursday at “I wish it wasn’t ending. eted due to the pandemic, to fold the absentee bal- votes than were originally the Edward Cross Training There is still a lot more work they generally make up a lots before sending them counted. No matter the Center in Pembroke. She that needs to be done. If small percentage of the to voters. After they were audit findings, the results was satisfied with the audit you are going to turn over votes and communities returned, the ballots were won’t change. and was counting on either every rock and look at ev- don’t have a problem fold- fed into a counting ma- The discrepancy drew the the legislature or the sec- ery possibility, there is a lot ing ballots by hand. chine. Because the folds on attention of Trump and his retary of state’s office take of evidence that hasn’t Gardner has overseen 549 some ballots went through supporters in their effort to action to ensure the prob- been looked at,” said Tom recounts in his 44 years as a Democrats name, the find evidence of his wider lem doesn’t happen again. Murray, a contractor from secretary of state, includ- ballot was either not count- claim of election fraud “They have been very thor- Windham who was watch- ing 16 after the November ed or a vote was wrongly from 2020. Trump’s cheer- ough, very transparent and ing the audit. He said he elections. Those recounts given to the Democrat. leading of skeptics in Wind- it’s also clear that it’s mul- has “less faith in the integ- involved 168,000 ballots The audit, mandated by ham shows how his search tiple factors that led to the rity of the system now than — 22% of the total cast the legislature and started for evidence to support results we had on election I did before this audit start- statewide — and 65 polling earlier this month, is set his false claims of election night” she said. ed.” places.q Facebook won’t remove posts claiming COVID-19 is human-made There is rising pressure not effective or that they Fazio said. “It’s also a re- worldwide to investigate are toxic. minder to be humble and the origins of the pandem- Lisa Fazio, a professor of that for some questions the ic, including the possibility psychology at Vanderbilt best current answer is “we that it came from a lab. University, said the rever- don’t know yet” or “it’s Since the pandemic be- sal shows the difficulty of possible, but experts think gan, Facebook has been fact-checking in general, it’s unlikely.” changing what it allows on particularly with something Facebook’s reversal the topic and what it bans. unprecedented like the comes as President Joe In February, it announced coronavirus, when experts Biden ordered U.S. intelli- The Facebook app is shown on a smart phone, Friday, April 23, a host of new claims it can disagree and change gence officials to “redou- 2021, in Surfside, Fla. would be prohibiting -- in- their minds with new evi- ble” their efforts to investi- Associated Press cluding that COVID-19 was dence. gate the origins of the CO- Facebook says it will no of ongoing investigations created in a Chinese lab. “It’s one reason that con- VID-19 pandemic, includ- longer remove claims that into the origin of COVID-19 Other claims it added at tent moderation shouldn’t ing any possibility the trail COVID-19 is human-made and in consultation with the time included the false be static, scientific consen- might lead to a Chinese or manufactured “in light public health experts.” notion that vaccines are sus changes over time,” laboratory. q A5 WORLD NEWS Friday 28 May 2021 UN rights chief: Israeli strikes in Gaza may be war crimes By JAMEY KEATEN member of the 47-member Associated Press state body — did not take GENEVA (AP) — The top part, even in its status as an U.N. human rights body on observer state. An array of Thursday passed a resolu- countries denounced the tion aimed to intensify scru- latest violence and urged tiny of Israel’s treatment of efforts to address the roots Palestinians, after the U.N. of the Mideast conflict. rights chief said Israeli forc- After the vote, the U.S. mis- es may have committed sion in Geneva said the war crimes and faulted the United States “deeply re- militant group Hamas for grets” the move to create violations of international an “open-ended” Commis- law in their 11-day war this sion of Inquiry. month. It said some unspecified The 24-9 vote, with 14 ab- member states of the coun- stentions, capped a special cil “have chosen to en- Human Rights Council ses- gage in a distraction that sion on the rights situation adds nothing to ongoing faced by Palestinians. The diplomatic and humanitar- session and the resolution ian efforts” in the region. were arranged by Organi- U.N. High Commissioner zation of Islamic Coopera- for Human Rights Michelle tion countries, which have UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet, is displayed on a screen as she Bachelet, who spoke early strongly supported Palestin- delivers her speech during a special session of the UN Human Rights Council to discuss situation in in the session, called on Is- the Occupied Palestinian Territory, at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, ians in their struggles with rael to allow an indepen- Switzerland, Thursday, May 27, 2021. Israel. Associated Press dent probe of military ac- The resolution, which will al- tions in the latest spasm most certainly go unheed- pression, according to the Israel. Russian envoy Olga Vo- of deadly violence, which ed by Israel, calls for the text. Amid signs that the China and Russia were rontsova said the resolution left devastation and death creation of a permanent resolution would pass, its among those voting in fa- “has the goal of establish- in the Gaza Strip before a “Commission of Inquiry” authors added more teeth vor. Several Western and ing all of the facts behind cease-fire last week. the most potent tool at the to its language with a late African countries voted no. all alleged violations in the The 11-day war killed at council’s disposal to moni- revision on Wednesday. British ambassador Simon latest period.” least 248 in Gaza, including tor and report on rights vio- The revised text calls on Manley said the commis- Venezuelan Ambassador 66 children and 39 women. lations in Israel, Gaza and states to refrain from “trans- sion’s “overly expansive Hector Constant Rosales In Israel, 12 people also the West Bank. It would be ferring arms” the recipients mandate ... risks harden- said a resolution “con- died, including two chil- the first such COI with an were not specified when ing positions on both sides,” demning the genocidal dren. “ongoing” mandate. they asses “a clear risk” and Austrian ambassador, action of the Israeli govern- “Air strikes in such densely The commission is also to that such weapons might Elisabeth Tichy-Fisslberger, ment” was urgently need- populated areas resulted investigate “all underlying be used to commit serious said the session “continues ed. in a high level of civilian fa- root causes of recurrent violations of human rights the regrettable practice of Israel had called on talities and injuries, as well tensions, instability and pro- or humanitarian law. That singling out Israel for criti- “friendly” countries to op- as the widespread destruc- traction of conflict” includ- appeared aimed to coun- cism in the Human Rights pose the meeting, and the tion of civilian infrastruc- ing discrimination and re- tries that ship weapons to Council.” United States — while not a ture,” Bachelet said. q Trudeau apologizes to Italian Canadians for WW2 internment By ROB GILLIES who were taken to pris- who are no longer with us nocent Italian-Canadians lini’s fascist regime in Italy, Associated Press oner of war camps or jail to hear this apology To who were labelled ene- Canada did not also have TORONTO (AP) — Prime without charge people the tens of thousands of in- my aliens To the children to declare war on Italian- Minister Justin Trudeau on and grandchildren who Canadians,” Trudeau said. Thursday made a formal have carried a past gen- “To stand up to the Italian apology for the internment eration’s shame and hurt regime that had sided with of Italian-Canadians dur- And to their community a Nazi Germany that was ing the Second World War. community that has given right. But to scapegoat After Italy declared war so much to our country We law-abiding Italian-Cana- against Canada in 1940, are sorry,” Trudeau said. dians that was wrong.” Canada interned more Trudeau noted that the Trudeau said internees than 600 people of Italian parents of Frank Iaco- weren’t afforded due le- heritage and declared bucci, a former justice gal process. about 31,000 as “enemy of Canada’s Supreme “When the authorities aliens.” Court, were among those came to their door, when Trudeau said in Parlia- labeled enemy aliens un- they were detained; there ment Thursday that those der a policy he said went were no formal charges, labeled “enemy aliens” against the values ​​that no ability to defend them- were fingerprinted, scruti- Canada had gone to war selves in an open and fair nized and forced to report to defend. trial, no chance to pres- to local registrars once a Prime Minister Justin Trudeau holds a news conference in Ottawa “When, on June 10th 1940, ent or rebut evidence,” month. on Tuesday, May 18, 2021. this House of Commons Trudeau said.q “To the men and women Associated Press declared war on Musso- A6 Friday 28 May 2021 WORLD NEWS Thai officials vow to curb risks by fighting wildlife trade By ELAINE KURTENBACH seminar hosted by the anti- AP Business Writer trafficking group Freeland BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand at the Foreign Correspon- is ramping up efforts to curb dents Club of Thailand. trade in wildlife to help re- At the same time, destruc- duce the risk of future pan- tion of habitat is increas- demics, officials said Thurs- ingly forcing animals and day, though it was unclear people into closer proxim- whether that would mean ity. Poaching is a significant an end to all sales of exotic problem and demand for species in the wildlife traf- some species, especially in ficking hub. China, is a key factor driv- The government intends to ing the wildlife trade. make Thailand “free of the “It is vital to tackle the sales legal wildlife trade” while and consumption of high- also combatting illegal traf- risk wildlife as its supply ficking in wild animals, Min- chain is the source of the ister for Natural Resources highest risk of zoonotic dis- and the Environment Wara- eases. We need to stop the vut Silpa-archa said Thurs- supply chain,” the minister day. said. Speaking in pre-recorded “The best way to end the addresses, Silpa-archa and illegal wildlife trade is to other officials said the pan- break its supply chain.” demic has raised the ur- In this Dec. 20, 2019, file photo, Cola, 10-year-old female orangutan waits in a cage to be sent The coronavirus that causes gency of shutting down the back to Indonesia at a Suvarnabhumi Airport in a collaborative effort to combat the illicit wildlife COVID-19 is thought to supply chain of wildlife and trade in Bangkok, Thailand. have emerged from wild game meat that is thought Associated Press bats or other species, to be a key factor in the ities plan to shutter markets Bangkok, but the number that are believed to spread though the exact origins of spread of COVID-19, Ebola that still sell a variety of ex- of infections remained low from animals to humans. the disease, which spread and other illnesses. otic species, even in down- until this April, when cases Thailand has one of the from the central Chinese The motto for the cam- town Bangkok. surged despite strict quar- strongest enforcement re- city of Wuhan in early 2020, paign, he said, is, “Stop Some markets are closed, antines for people entering gimes in the region, at least are a subject of intense de- disease and extinctions: at least for now, as Thai- the country. on paper. bate. Never eat, buy, hunt or sell land grapples with its worst Officials, meanwhile, are The minimum fine for traf- In February 2020, the Chi- wildlife.” wave of coronavirus out- turning their attention to ficking in protected species nese government an- Since the minister delivered breaks since the pandemic preventing future crises is $9,000, together with im- nounced a broad ban on his remarks remotely, it was began. The first case out- linked to the spread of dis- prisonment of more than 10 the consumption of wild not possible to ask if author- side of China surfaced in eases such as COVID-19 years, Silpa-archa said at a animals. q

European privacy groups challenge facial scan firm Clearview

By KELVIN CHAN cess this data under the “Extracting our unique AP Business Writer European Union’s General facial features or even LONDON (AP) — Privacy Data Protection Regula- sharing them with the po- campaign groups filed le- tion, which covers facial lice and other companies gal complaints Thursday image data. Britain adopt- goes far beyond what with European regulators ed its own version of the EU we could ever expect as against Clearview AI, al- privacy rules after it left the online users,” said Ioannis leging the facial recog- bloc. Kouvakas, London-based nition technology it pro- “Clearview AI has never Privacy International’s le- vides to law enforcement had any contracts with gal officer. agencies and businesses any EU customer and is Italy’s Hermes Center for breaches stringent Euro- not currently available to Transparency and Digital pean Union privacy rules. EU customers,” CEO Hoan Human Rights, Greece’s Four groups complained Ton-That said in a state- Homo Digitalis and Aus- to data protection au- ment. tria’s noyb were also part thorities in France, Austria, News of Clearview’s stock- of the challenge. The com- Greece, Italy and the U.K. pile, first reported by The plaints are partly based on In this file photo dated Friday Jan. 22, 2021, the European about Clearview’s prac- New York Times, raised requests individuals can Union flag flies outside Europe House in London. Associated Press tices. They say the com- concerns that the type of file to see what data a pany stockpiled biometric surveillance seen in China company holds on them. ing global scrutiny. from sites including Face- data on more than 3 bil- could happen in Western Ton-That said Clearview American civil liberties ac- book, Twitter, Google and lion people without their democracies. “voluntarily processed” tivists filed a similar legal Venmo. knowledge or permission Privacy International said the requests, which “only challenge in March that Meanwhile, privacy by “scraping” their images European data protection contain publicly available sought to bar Clearview watchdogs in Britain, Aus- from websites. laws clearly outline the information, just like thou- from collecting biometric tralia and Canada have The complaints say Clear- purposes for which com- sands of others we have information in California opened investigations into view didn’t have any legal panies can use personal processed.” and force it to delete data the company. q basis to collect and pro- data. Clearview is already fac- on Californians collected A7 WORLD NEWS Friday 28 May 2021 Thousands evacuate Congo’s Goma amid renewed volcano threat

By JUSTIN KABUMBA KA- volcanos, turned the dark TUMWA and AL-HADJI KU- sky fiery red Saturday night DRA MALIRO and then spewed torrents Associated Press of lava into villages on the GOMA, Congo (AP) — Tens outskirts of Goma destroy- of thousands of people are ing more than 500 homes fleeing the city of Goma and resulting in the deaths in eastern Congo fearing of more than 32 people. another volcanic erup- Scientists at the volcano tion by Mount Nyiragongo, observatory weren’t able which spewed lava near to adequately warn the the city last week. Traffic public of the eruption be- was jammed and pedestri- cause of a funding cut, ans streamed through the according to the scientific streets, desperate to es- director of the Volcanic cape the impending dan- Observatory of Goma, Ce- ger. lestin Kasereka Mahinda. A new eruption could occur A partnership between the at any moment, the military government and the World governor of Congo’s North Bank that had supported Kivu province, Lt. Gen. the observatory was cut in Constant Ndima Kongba, October 2020 because of announced Thursday. He the coronavirus pandemic, ordered the evacuation of leaving the observatory 10 of the 18 neighborhoods Traffic clogs a main road as residents try to flee Goma, Congo, Thursday, May 27, 2021 , five days without even internet, he in the city of nearly 2 million after Mount Nyiragongo erupted. Evacuation orders were given to most of the town, fearing further said. The observatory had residents. eruptions and tremors. just started to resume oper- Full of fear, residents from Associated Press ations last month thanks to many of the unlisted neigh- currently rule out an erup- to return to their homes until heading toward Sake, af- new funding from the U.S. borhoods also fled after tion on land or under the advised by authorities. Au- ter leaving my home. My Geological Survey’s Vol- no warnings of Saturday’s lake. And this could hap- thorities provided vehicles husband is on a mission in cano Disaster Assistance eruption left so many in pen with very little, or no, for the evacuations. Kinshasa and I don’t know Program, which means the harm’s way. warning,” he said. An erup- Many people were seen how I’m going to meet observatory can at least The center of Goma, which tion under Lake Kivu could heading northwest toward him,” she said. “I don’t gather data after the erup- was spared when the vol- also have harmful conse- the town of Sake and east think about my house be- tion. Data wasn’t needed cano erupted last week, is quences by leading to an toward Rwanda. Interna- cause my family’s safety for many who felt hundreds now under threat, with ac- explosion of gas in the lake, tional organizations such as and health come first. I of aftershocks this past tivity being reported near which could destroy parts the U.N. mission in Congo can build another house if week that have left gigan- the urban area and Lake of Goma and Gisenyi in had on Wednesday al- I want to. I know that my tic cracks in the ground Kivu, Kongba said. neighboring Rwanda. ready begun evacuating God will save Goma.” and destroyed buildings. “Based on these scientific Residents were advised to their staff. Mount Nyiragongo, one The volcano sits about 6 observations, we cannot carry very little and told not “I am with my two children of the world’s most active miles from Goma. q

Mayoral candidate killed in Mexico; 34 dead so far MEXICO CITY (AP) — Yet June 6 elections. firm said the overwhelm- stentionism, the mafias ry, and in Citizen’s Move- another mayoral can- President Andrés Man- ing majority of the 34 slain dominate the elections,” ment we are not willing to didate in north-central uel López Obrador said candidates were vying for the president said. act as if that is normal.” Mexico has been killed, Wednesday the killing was nominations or running for Barragán was running on Moroleón is located near bringing to 34 the number “without doubt” the work local posts. the ticket of the small Citi- the border with Micho- of candidates murdered of organized crime gangs. Alma Barragán was killed zen’s Movement party, acán state, also hit by nationwide ahead of the The Etellekt consulting Tuesday while campaign- which said in a statement drug cartel violence. ing for the mayorship of that, “It is unthinkable that The insurgent Jalisco car- the city of Moroleón in vio- participating in political tel has been fighting lo- lence-plagued Guanajua- life means putting one’s cal gangs backed by the to state. life at risk.” Sinaloa cartel for control Experts say drug gangs “This is the most violent of Guanajuato.q want to place sympathet- election in Mexican histo- ic candidates in town halls and city governments, so they can operate without interference from police SOLD BY OWNER and extort money from lo- cal businesses and govern- Small Car Rental! Price Awg. 248.000 ment budgets. 35 licence plates López Obrador said the gangs were killing candi- 25 for cars and/or UTV's A woman attends the wake of mayoral candidate Alma dates to scare voters away 10 for any kind of motorcycle Barragan in Moroleon, Mexico, Wednesday, May 26, 2021. from the polls. Associated Press “When there is a lot of ab- For more information please contact 737.8484 After 4pm! A8 Friday 28 May 2021 local New beginnings after the kitchen table and beyond with new restaurant: Infini by Chef Urvin Croes

PALM BEACH — After spear- heading The Kitchen Table for five years, receiving notable recognitions in USA Today, The Daily Meal and earning the #1 spot on Tripadvisor’s list of Fine Dining Restaurants in the Carib- bean, Chef Urvin Croes has now moved on to higher heights. In- fini, his new chef’s table, which managed renowned Chef Den- opened at the Blue Residences nis Huwaë’s Restaurant Daalder in November 2020, allows the in Amsterdam, is a true storyteller. Michelin-trained Aruban culi- From the moment she serves the nary artist to create gastronomic Salinity welcome drink and the cu- experiences unconfined by cul- linary tale begins, she takes you on tural or regional expectations. an adventure around the world The former The Kitchen Table to discover never-before-tasted space has since been reno- combinations. Then, towards the vated into a suitable culinary end of the night, it is his time to studio to host this vision. In de- shine — Pastry Chef Jean-Claude scribing these changes, Croes Werleman, that is. After spending says: “We opened up the entire the last two years perfecting his kitchen and elevated the din- recipes in the Pastry Department of ing tables so guests have a front the Ritz Carlton Aruba, Werleman row stadium-like view of each joins Infini to continue exploring his step of the preparations. The passion for experimenting with col- spotlights, which we carefully ors and bold flavors. choreograph, follow the plates’ transition from blank canvas into "It's time to show that Aruba is a cu- culinary works of art.” catarian menu dedicated to Lent, turned to Aruba, Chef Maduro is linary destination of its own" of which Croes has to say: “I want- thrilled to be reunited with his first “The goal is to leave our visitors ed to focus on the finest fish in the mentor and hopes to secure Aru- speechless. The look on their faces “It is a flavor that you cannot de- world, they are the protagonists ba’s space on the global map of whenever they take the first bite fine, but you can create." of this season.” Visitors can expe- unique culinary experiences. Simi- says it all and it is priceless'', shares He had been sitting on the first rience the second Chef’s Impres- larly, after four years working in the Croes, with a smile. Reclaiming the menu for over a year. Inspired by sion until May 2021, at which point two-Michelin starred restaurant spot of number one restaurant in umami, one of the five basic tastes, Croes and his team will reveal ex- Spectrum, Chef de Partie Moises the Caribbean is also in sight, but and also Japanese for “essence of citing new flavors for the summer. Ramirez returned home to share this time he will not stop there. “In deliciousness”, Chef Croes strived his vast experience in formulating the end, we want Aruba to be to organically produce this palate "Without a great team, there is no recipes with meticulous attention recognized for its culinary mastery. in each dish of the eight-course great chef” to detail and consistency. Further We have trained the best culinary Chef’s Impression. “It is a flavor that “There is very little I can do by my- down the kitchen line, Chef de artists right here on the island and you cannot define, but you can self. Without a great team, there is Partie Alvaro Yi, who has worked they have proven themselves in- create. Take our popular langous- no great chef”, says Croes, while at the two-Michelin starred FG ternationally in the most renowned tine for example; we combined raving about the six young profes- Restaurant, is all about expressing kitchens in the world. Now it is time elements that are rarely paired sionals sharing his kitchen. All grad- himself through cooking and plat- to show that Aruba is a culinary together: the bitter, sour and salty uates of Aruba’s EPI College and ing to create art that you can eat. destination of its own. Who knows flavors of the lemon cream, kom- familiar faces to the Chef as each Mixologist Marc-Anthony Rannis where that will take us; hopefully to bucha, green grapes, watercress one has completed their culinary brings eight years of experience in infinity and beyond.” and achiote, fused with the sweet internship under his guidance. In the fine dining industry to Infini. His and delicate taste of the langous- fact, Infini’s Chef de Cuisine, Ash- fine craftsmanship is displayed in Infini located at Blue Residenc- tine induce ultimate umami.” win Maduro, was Urvin’s very first the unparalleled wine pairings and es currently serves an eight- student, before relocating to Am- signature cocktails, which include course Chef’s Impression to up After hosting the first menu for sterdam, where he worked at sev- his personally homemade syrups, to 21 guests starting at 6:30PM. three months, the Executive Chef eral Michelin-starred restaurants, garnishes and fresh local ingredi- To make reservations visit www. introduced a second tour de force including &moshik (formally &Sam- ents. Maître D’ and Junior Somme- infiniaruba.com or call +297- in February 2021 — this time a pes- houd Places). Having recently re- lier Jessica Theysen, who previously 699-3982.q A9 LOCAL Friday 28 May 2021

Distinguished Visitors honored at Eagle Aruba Resort

EAGLE BEACH — Recently, Kimberley Richardson of the Aruba Tourism Authority had the great pleasure to honor Aruba’s loyal and friendly visitors as Distinguished Visitors of Aruba. The Distinguished visitor certificate is presented on behalf of the Minister of Tourism, as a token of appre- ciation to the guests who visit Aruba 10 years and more consecutively.

The honorees were the lovely couple Mr. Brian & Mrs. Gin- ger Ziskal from South Carolina, USA!

This lovely couple stated that they love the island very much, especially for its year-round sunny weather, nice sandy beaches, its safety, and Aruba’s warm and friendly people whom became like family to them.

Richardson together with the representatives of the Eagle Aruba Resort & Casino presented the certificate to the honorees, handed over some presents and also thanked them for choosing Aruba as their favorite vacation desti- nation and as their home-away-from-home.q

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baseball, René and Roman. Rosen- Laveist Sport Park) was officially in- do, his only brother who did not augurated in March 1941. play baseball became a profes- sional soccer player in the Venezu- During the WWII years, baseball got elan league. Rosendo was nick- a big lift from the influx of Puerto Ri- named “Cabeza de oro” (golden can and US soldiers stationed here. head) for a memorable header he As LAGO was playing a very impor- scored to win a game for his team. tant role in the struggle against Hit- ler, it was able to get all the sports Interestingly, it was in Aruba that equipment needed here to allow Luis Aparicio played his first game more people to participate. outside of Venezuela. This took place in 1950 when he played In the ‘40s only the Lago Sports Park shortstop for the school he attend- organized baseball championship ed. Later he played for “Cabimas” games. The first teams to partici- in a doubleheader of the Venezu- pate were Artraco, (Aruba Trading elan Western League. These official Co.), Esso Garage and Botica San games of the league were autho- Lucas. In 1945 Venezuelan employ- rized to be played in Aruba by the ees of the Lago refinery participat- Professional Baseball Organization ed under the name of “Cafenol”, time ever in the Amateur Baseball ORANJESTAD — Baseball was of Venezuela. Several others who a very popular Venezuelan coffee World Series that took place in played on the island of Aruba in played in those games have also brand. Two other groups of Ven- Havana, Cuba in September. Sur- the 1930’s, but only by United States been enshrined. ezuelan immigrants formed the prisingly, Aruba won two of its six expatriates working for LAGO and teams “Cerveceria” (named after games and became the darling living inside the LAGO colony. Jim Luis Aparicio’s father was the super the iconic team Cerveceria Cara- of the Havana fans. Nell Harms of Bluejacket, the legendary US In- popular Luis “El Grande” (the great cas), and “Venezuela”, although the Aruban team was named the dian who had played in two major one) after whom the baseball sta- not all members of these teams “Outstanding player of the week” league teams, worked for LAGO dium in Maracaibo is named. He were Venezuelans. This was also for his performance against Hondu- during 14 years and was a key fac- and his brother owned the profes- the year that the team sponsored ras. He allowed just two hits, struck tor in the growth of the popularity of sional baseball teams “Gavilanes” by Roxy Café started to play as out 15 and hit the only homerun the game in the colony. There is no which later became the “Aguilas”, “Dodgers”. of the game. Joe Cambria, the record of Bluejacket ever playing and the “Cabimas”. Dodgers became the dominant famous scout for the Washington outside the colony. baseball powerhouse till the 1950s. Senators offered him a contract, but Nel was not interested, but the Outside the colony, the game of Other teams that entered the base- next year, at the Amateur Baseball baseball was introduced to Aruba ball scene in the late 1940s: Pepsi World Series in Caracas, Venezu- by Venezuelan immigrants and Cola (Oranjestad) and St. Thomas ela, Nel and Ruben Phillips did sign sailors on the Venezuelan fishing Boys (former students of St. Thomas and in 1954 they played profes- boats that used Aruba as their College, Oranjestad). “Baby Ruth” sional baseball the Georgia-Florida home port. They formed pick-up in San Nicolas played initially under League and the Texas-New Mexi- teams and played games on Sun- the name “Camel” and “Barnes` co League. They were the first Aru- days on an open field behind what Ramblers” the only team consisting bans to play professionally, but not is now the Court of Justice. One of Lago Colony players to partici- the only ones. of the Venezuelans that comes to pate in the Lago Sport Park cham- mind is Felix Garrido, grandfather pionships. “Red Rock Cola” was of our current Prime-Minister. formed in Oranjestad in 1950. In 1952 the team Pepsi Cola be- came “Nesbitt’s” and had players of seven countries, including two American expats from Lago Colo- In the early ‘40s, another group, ny. mostly immigrants from the Domini- can Republic also became very In 1950 a group of prominent active with pickup teams. Some of members of the Aruba commu- During the games in Havana, con- these remained active in baseball nity founded the Amateur Base- tacts were made with the orga- well into the early ‘50s; as umpires, ball Bond of Aruba (ABBA) to give nizers of Little League Baseball in managers even as players. Among structure to the management of Cuba which eventually resulted these were Nestor “Pantin” Guer- the sport and became the orga- in the introduction of Little League rero who also had a musical band. nizers of official championship in Aruba. Little League of Aruba Perhaps not so coincidentally, games. While maintaining the ex- has been extremely successful: It many of Pantin’s players were also isting teams in a league that was has produced many players who musicians. Luthai Pantophlet who referred to as A-class, ABBA estab- earned baseball scholarships at umpired many years was a well- lished a B-class league in which the universities in the United States, known drummer. Gaston Hazel “Budweiser’ and “Braves” played a few who played profession- was a bongo player; José Bryson the first years. ally in the Netherlands and dif- In the late 30s the leader of this and the brothers Nicholson, Teddy ferent countries in the Caribbean group was Raúl Aparicio, a cous- and Julio, all played several instru- By 1952 Aruba became a mem- and five who reached the major in of Luis Aparicio who is now ments. ber of the International Amateur leagues: Calvin Maduro, Eugene enshrined in the Hall of Fame in Baseball Association and fielded Kingsale, Radhames Dijkhoff, Syd- Cooperstown. The Aparicios were In San Nicolas, baseball was a team managed by Joe Proterra, ney Ponson, and Xander Bogaerts evidently very good at sports. Raúl played on the grounds next to (former pitcher of “Barnes’ Ram- one of the brightest stars of Boston had two brothers who also played where the LAGO Sport Park (now blers”), that would play for the first Red Sox.q A11 BUSINESS Friday 28 May 2021 Shoppers go back to stores, but retailers face challenges

By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO that same period in 2019, AP Retail Writer says mobile-device loca- NEW YORK (AP) — Ameri- tion data from foot-traffic cans are going back to analytics firm Placer.ai. In one of their favorite pas- clothing, customer counts times: store shopping. soared more than two-fold With more people getting for the same timeframe, vaccinated and dropping but it was down 11.2% on a their face masks, retailers two-year basis. For big-box from Walmart to Macy’s stores like Target, customer are seeing an eager return counts were up 5.3% for to their stores after more the same period but down than a year of their custom- 4.9% on a two-year basis. ers migrating online during Analysts are carefully the pandemic. watching the battered Marcia Williams, who lives department store sec- in a Philadelphia suburb tor’s market share, which and who stuck to online shrunk from 3% in 2019 to shopping only during the 2% last year and has re- height of COVID-19, went mained at that figure for back to her local mall right the first four months of the after she was fully vacci- Troy Hemlin visiting Chicago from Springfield Il., crosses the street carrying shopping bags, year, according to NPD. In nated last month. That was Wednesday, May 26, 2021, in downtown Chicago. comparison, discounters’ her first time in more than a Associated Press market share held steady year make their purchases at pers) buy more product.” vices and experiences. at 21% last year from 2019 “I am definitely getting the store 8% compared Still, retailers particularly Many retailers like Macy’s but ticked up to 22% for the out,” said Williams, a hair with 25% for online, accord- mall-based stores and oth- are still recovering from the early part of this year. and makeup artist who ing to Forrester Research. er specialty stores that were pandemic, which forced The pandemic pulled for- spent nearly $1,000 on And store customers tend struggling even before the them to temporarily close ward the pace of online clothing for herself and her to do more impulse buying. pandemic face plenty of early last year, driving more spending by about two three children during sev- For clothing, for instance, challenges to keep cus- traffic to big box stores that years. Online shopping is eral buying trips. “I do feel 25% of purchases are done tomers coming back. They were allowed to stay open. expected to account for more comfortable. I like on a whim versus 16% on- face stepped up compe- And overall store traffic, 21% of overall sales, or $794 the experience of trying line, says market research tition online and from dis- while rebounding, is still not billion, in 2020 compared to on clothes. I love grocery firm NPD Group Inc. counters that thrived in the back to where it was two the prior year and should in- shopping. It’s my outlet.” “Retailers want you in the last year. Experts also say years ago. crease to 27%, or $1.1 trillion The return to store shop- store,” said Marshal Cohen, that post-pandemic shop- Customer counts at over- in 2023, Forrester says. How- ping, highlighted in many NPD’s chief industry advi- pers will be even more all stores surged 43.2% for ever, online sales growth is retailers’ earnings reports sor. “They need you to be demanding: After being the week starting May 10 slowing down, from 29.5% in recent days, offers a big in the store so you gener- forced to stay close to compared to the year- last year to a projected relief in part because shop- ate more traffic. Crowds home, they’re looking for ago period, but that num- 15.6% this year and 10% pers return less when they bring more crowds. (Shop- better and convenient ser- ber was still down 5.6% for next year. q

Acorns’ stock to take root after investing app OKs merger

NEW YORK (AP) — Acorns which can take more time in U.S. finance with more company’s $1 plan offers special-purpose acquisi- Grow, whose app encour- and invite more scrutiny. than four million subscrib- an investment account tions company, which are ages people to save and Acorns says it’s the larg- ers, and that “from acorns, and helps people auto- also known as SPACs. They invest with subscriptions for est subscription service mighty oaks do grow.” The matically steer their spare were exploding in popular- as little as $1 per month, change from everyday ity early this year, as inves- plans to soon have its own purchases into ETF invest- tors welcomed the possibil- stock trading on the Nas- ments. Its higher-tier plans ity of getting their money daq. offer checking accounts, into the next hot thing, but The financial technology a “heavy metal debit SPACs have slowed re- company said Thursday card” and other services cently as the stock market that it will combine with Pi- for $3 and $5 monthly sub- has become volatile. oneer Merger, a so-called scriptions. Still, SPACs have raised blank-check company The combined company more than $104 billion al- whose stock trades on the expects to trade under the ready in 2021, up from less Nasdaq but had no real ticker symbol “OAKS” after than $84 billion in all of last business except for look- the deal closes, which may year and less than $14 bil- ing for another business to happen in the second half lion in 2019. The deal be- merge with. The deal val- of the year. tween Acorns and Pioneer ues Acorns at about $2.2 Some big-name institu- has approvals from the billion and would allow its tional investors are putting boards of both compa- shares to trade on a pub- money into the company nies, but it still needs an OK lic exchange without hav- In this Sept. 20, 2018 file photo, Acorns CEO Noah Kerner as part of the deal, includ- from Pioneer’s stockhold- ing to go through a tradi- participates in the Yahoo Finance All Markets Summit: A World ing Wellington Manage- ers, among other things, tional initial public offering, of Change at The TimesCenter in New York. ment. Pioneer Merger is a before closing.q Associated Press A12 Friday 28 May 2021 SCIENCE ‘Nothing looks good’ preparing for summer wildfire season

In this Sept. 11, 2020, file photo, firefighters light a controlled burn along Nacimiento-Fergusson Road to help contain the Dolan Fire near Big Sur, Calif. Associated Press

By ANDREW SELSKY for prescribed burning. “All pose blackouts when those Associated Press these steps are in the right lines threaten to spark a SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Wear- direction, but the chal- fire. Armies of firefighters ing soot-smudged, fire-resis- lenge is big and complex,” are being beefed up. And tant clothing and helmets, said John Bailey, profes- communities are offering several wildland firefighters sor of silviculture and fire incentives for residents to armed with hoes moved management at Oregon make their own proper- through a stand of pon- State University. “And more ties fire-resistant. Still, much derosa pines as flames tore needs to be done to even work remains to change through the underbrush. turn the corner.” the West’s trajectory with The firefighters weren’t Severe drought has turned fire, particularly in two there to extinguish the fire. forests and grasslands into fundamental areas, said They had started it. dry fuels, ready to ignite Scott Stephens, professor The prescribed burn, ig- from a careless camper of wildland fire science at nited this month near the or a lightning strike. More the University of California, scenic mountain town of people are building in ar- Berkeley. “One is getting Bend, is part of a massive eas bordering wildlands, people better prepared for effort in wildlands across expanding the so-called the inevitability of fire in ar- the U.S. West to prepare wildland-urban interface, eas like the wildland urban for a fire season that’s ex- an area where wildfires interface. That includes pected to be even worse impact people the most. new construction,” he said. than last year’s record- Invasive, highly flammable “And the second is getting shattering one. The U.S. vegetation is spreading un- our ecosystems better pre- Forest Service and the Bu- controlled across the West. pared for climate change reau of Land Management “I’m seeing probably the and fire impacts.” have thinned by hand, worst combination of con- On the local level, individu- machines and prescribed ditions in my lifetime,” said als and communities need burns about 1.8 million Derrick DeGroot, a county to create defensible spac- acres (728,000 hectares) commissioner in southern es and evacuation plans, of forest and brushland Oregon’s Klamath County. Stephens said. since last season, officials “We have an enormous On the government level, a from the agencies told fuel load in the forests, and lot more resources need to The Associated Press. They we are looking at a drought go to managing the forests typically treat some 3 mil- unlike we’ve seen probably through prescribed burns lion (1.2 million hectares) in the last 115 years.” and thinning. “I think we’ve acres every year.All that Asked how worried he is got one to two decades,” activity, though, has barely about the 2021 fire season, he said. “If we don’t do this scratched the surface. The DeGroot said: “On a scale in earnest, we’re frankly federal government owns of 1 to 10, I’m a 12. Noth- just going to be watching roughly 640 million acres ing looks good.” In other the forest change right in (260 million hectares) in the prevention measures, utility front of our eyes from fire, U.S. All but 4% of it lies in companies are removing climate change, drought, the West, including Alaska, vegetation around power insects, things of that na- with some of it unsuitable lines and are ready to im- ture.” q A13 classifieds Friday 28 May 2021 HEALTH Forecast: 40% chance Earth to dOCTOR ON DUTY be hotter than Paris goal soon Oranjestad Hospital 7:00 pm / 10:00pm Tel. 527 4000 San Nicolas Imsan 24 hours Tel.524 8833 Women in Difficulties PHARMACY ON DUTY Oranjestad: Oduber Tel. 582 1780 San Nicolas: San Nicolas Tel. 584 5712 Women in Difficulties OTHER Dental Clinic 587 9850 Blood Bank Aruba 587 0002 Urgent Care 586 0448 Walk-In Doctor’s Clinic +297 588 0539 Women in Difficulties EMERGENCY Police 100 Oranjestad 527 3140 Noord 527 3200 Sta. 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recalls thinking of him. But she didn’t let that intimi- date her. “He’s quite sure of what he wants. He’s quite focused and specific. So you just kind of go, ‘Uh huh, uh huh, OK.’ But then when you saw the work: ‘I need to be a full partner.’ And he understood and re- spected that.” After that, the two of them “went through a lot.” From mountainous muddy roads in Mexico to oppres- sive desert heat in Africa, filming their first two films was a true adventure. “The War of the Roses” also had its challenges, despite 90% of the film taking place in a house. Turner said she and Doug- las recently had a laugh about the film’s famous last scene, in which their war- ring characters become precariously stuck on a gi- This image released by Netflix shows Michael Douglas, from left, Sarah Baker and Kathleen Turner in a scene from the third and final ant chandelier. The actors season of “The Kominsky Method.” had to sit in the chandelier Associated Press for hours and hours over the course of two weeks to By AMANDA LEE MYERS sharp-tongued ex-wife, back and watch and had Douglas said. “It was a little get all the shots. Associated Press who’s introduced during a a front-row seat, which was bit of a risk ... but I felt strong “It was very painful,” Turner LOS ANGELES (AP) — Near- phone call. The idea came amazing.” enough for the other char- said. “Continuity loved it ly four decades ago, “Ro- to Douglas immediately Paul Reiser, who plays Bak- acters.” because all you had to do mancing the Stone” intro- when creator/writer Chuck er’s fiance, said he was Douglas said he’s sad the was lie down on the line of duced audiences to the Lorre mentioned introduc- struck by the uniqueness of show is ending but that he the bruises, you know? The crackling chemistry be- ing an ex-wife to the show. Douglas’ and Turner’s rela- appreciates what it has arms, you just lined up the tween Michael Douglas “I just smiled and I said, ‘This tionship. taught him. bruises, and then you were and Kathleen Turner. is ‘The War of the Roses’ “There aren’t that many “One of the main reasons in the right position ... That Now at 76 and 66 years revisited 30 years later,’” pairings of actors ... There why I did it was just to kind was a real test of many old, Douglas and Turner are Douglas said. “We’ve al- aren’t that many that of learn a little more about things.” back on screen together in ready got our back stories you’ve seen repeatedly,” comedy and how you do it Turner also continues to the third and final season and we’re all set.” he said. “You’ve got De and your timing,” he said. challenge herself with new of Netflix’s “The Kominsky As in the film, Turner often Niro and Pesci. Walter Mat- “At this point in your career experiences, developing a Method.” Despite the many uses R-rated terms when thau and Jack Lemmon. ... you kind of say, ‘What have one-woman cabaret show, years that have passed speaking to Douglas’ char- You subconsciously have you done? What haven’t “Finding My Voice,” which since their third and last film acter, which never fails to this history that the minute you done?’” got rave reviews and re- together, their reunion was delight her in real life. you see them. It almost The experience has been peatedly sold out in New seamless. “(There are) two times at breaks the frame in a good “a joy,” he said, pointing in York, London and other cit- “Like riding a bicycle,” least when she gets to go, way. It makes what you’re particular to Reiser’s come- ies between 2017 and 2020. Douglas said over a video ‘No, I’m f------with you, a-- watching seem a piece of dic timing and Lorre’s writ- “I now sing, baby!” said call earlier this week. “We’d ----!” Turner recalled, laugh- what you’ve been watch- ing. Turner in her trademark look at each other, and ing. “It was just such fun. ing for years. It’s a real treat Douglas is ready for his next smoky voice. “It’s one more there’s a lot of memories And he takes it very well, I to have that.” acting challenge. He is thing I haven’t done yet, so coming back.” have to say.” Turner’s presence — along about to start filming on the why not?” The Los Angeles-set “Komin- Seeing the two of them act with an expanded role for third “Ant-Man,” which will Turner is currently filming an sky Method” doesn’t place together again was “thrill- Reiser and smaller parts be his first time performing independent musical ro- the pair in the same exotic ing,” said Sarah Baker, who for Oscar winners Morgan in a movie using a green mance called “The Swear- locations as 1984’s “Ro- plays Douglas’ daughter in Freeman and Allison Jan- screen. ing Jar” in Canada. mancing the Stone” or its the show. ney — helps make up for “I wanted to see what it As for her time on “The sequel “Jewel of the Nile.” “I like to think of myself as the third season’s absence was like,” he said. Kominsky Method,” Turner But it does include the type the ‘Romancing the Stone’ of Alan Arkin, who left the His reunion with Turner gave said it was a no-brainer. of caustic barbs from their baby,” she joked. “The show after its second sea- both of them a chance to “All I had to do was really last film together, 1989’s chemistry is just there, that son. His banter with and reflect on their early ca- sort of fit into the whole “The War of the Roses.” timing, the rapport be- needling of Douglas was reers. thing,” she said. “It was It was with that in mind that tween them. It’s the kind pitch perfect and earned Turner recalled first meet- already working ... And Douglas thought to invite of thing, it’s very difficult both men Emmy nomina- ing Douglas over Mexican Michael is my friend. You Turner to join “The Kominsky to fake, so when you have tions. food before filming “Ro- know, we’re just, ‘Whoa, it’s Method” in its second sea- that just inherently be- “He was such an instrumen- mancing the Stone.” you.’”q son to play his character’s tween you, we just got to sit tal part of our success,” “’Oh, he’s very sexy,’” she A15 sports Friday 28 May 2021 Djokovic, Nadal, Federer grouped in same half at French Open

By HOWARD FENDRICH Other possible women’s AP Tennis Writer quarterfinals: No. 1 Ash Bar- Well, here’s a new one for ty vs. No. 5 Elina Svitolina, the Big Three of men’s ten- No. 4 Sofia Kenin vs. No. 8 nis: Novak Djokovic, Rafael Iga Swiatek in what would Nadal and Roger Federer be a rematch of the 2020 ended up in the same half final won by Swiatek, and of the French Open field. No. 2 Naomi Osaka vs. No. Thursday’s draw in Paris 6 Bianca Andreesscu. marks the first time in their Four-time major cham- long and distinguished ca- pion Osaka announced reers that Djokovic, Nadal Wednesday on Twitter that and Federer all are on one she would not be doing side of the bracket at any news conferences during Grand Slam tournament, the French Open. according to the Interna- A year after withdrawing tional Tennis Federation. from Roland Garros before It means that no more than the second round because one of them can reach of an injured left Achil- the final at Roland Garros, les, Williams will face 74th- where play begins Sun- ranked Irina-Camelia Begu day. The trio tops the lea- of Romania to begin things. derboard for major men’s They met once before, with singles tennis titles: Federer Roger Federer of Switzerland, left, Novak Djokovic of Serbia, second left, and Rafael Nadal of Williams winning, on clay and Nadal are tied at 20 Spain watch an exhibition tennis match in Melbourne, Australia, in this Sunday Jan. 17, 2010, file in Rome in 2016, the year photo. trophies, while Djokovic has Begu reached the fourth Associated Press 18. No one else has more round in Paris for the deep- than 14. side and No. 2 Daniil Med- No. 8 after playing only Open and twice has been est French Open run of her Nadal beat Djokovic in vedev on the other; Nadal three matches over the the runner-up in Paris. career. straight sets in the 2020 fi- and No. 4 Dominic Thiem past 15 months because Serena Williams, who has Other first-round matches nal for his record-extending were randomly placed of two operations on his won three of her profes- include Swiatek against 13th championship on the and could have shown up right knee. He could meet sional-era record 23 Grand Kaja Juvan, a 20-year-old French Open’s red clay, in either half. Djokovic in the quarterfi- Slam titles in Paris, is in a from Slovenia who beat but if they meet again this What no one knows is how nals. quarter of the women’s Kerber in the first round in time, it would have to be in many more Grand Slam The other possible quarterfi- draw filled with familiar fac- Paris last year; Azarenka the semifinals. tournaments will feature nal on their side is Nadal vs. es. That includes possible against another owner of Djokovic is seeded No. 1, all three of the sport’s top No. 7 Andrey Rublev. matchups with three-time two major trophies, Svetla- and Nadal is seeded No. men. Federer, whose re- The two remaining poten- major champion Angelique na Kuznetsova; and Kenin, 3 — the seedings adhere cord for most weeks at tial quarterfinals are Med- Kerber in the third round, last year’s Australian Open strictly to the ATP rankings, No. 1 in the ATP rankings vedev vs. No. 5 Stefanos two-time Wimbledon champion, against 2017 so the Spaniard’s unprec- recently was broken by Tsitsipas, and Thiem vs. No. champ Petra Kvitova in the French Open champion edented previous success Djokovic, turns 40 on Aug. 6 Alexander Zverev. fourth, then either two-time Jelena Ostapenko. in Paris is irrelevant. 8. Nadal’s 35th birthday is Medvedev is a two-time Australian Open champ Nadal and Swiatek are the The only certainties be- next week; Djokovic’s 34th Grand Slam finalist but is 0-4 Victoria Azarenka or No. 3 favorites to win the singles fore the draw were that was last week. for his French Open career. seed Aryna Sabalenka in titles, according to FanDuel Djokovic would be on one Federer is currently ranked Thiem won last year’s U.S. the quarterfinals. Sportsbook.q Bettiol gets 1st Grand Tour stage win, Bernal keeps lead

STRADELLA, Italy (AP) — Ital- for the people that always egory Castana climb and ian cyclist Alberto Bettiol believe in me,” the 27-year- crossing with a 28-second timed his attack perfectly old Bettiol said. “It’s a gift advantage, but Bettiol to win the 18th stage of the that I want to go to my for- had set off in pursuit and Giro d’Italia on Thursday for mer agent, Mauro Batta- caught and passed the his first victory in a Grand glini, that passed away last French time-trial champion Tour, and Egan Bernal kept year, and was like a second with about seven kilome- the leader’s pink jersey at father for me, so this victory ters remaining. the end of the race’s lon- is for him that for sure he “The final was really hec- Italy’s Alberto Bettiol pedals on his way to win the 18th stage of gest leg. looks on me from the sky.” tic because a lot of guys the Giro d’Italia cycling race, from Rovereto to Stradella, Italy, Thursday, May 27, 2021. Bettiol, who rides for EF Edu- The 231-kilometer (144- looked at me, everybody Associated Press cation–Nippo, had plenty mile) route from Rovereto were in my wheel, and I of time to sit up on his bicy- to Stradella was mainly flat was sure that a strong guy mediately attacked.” the peloton, more than 23 cle and repeatedly lift up but ended with a series of like Rémi Cavagna would Simone Consonni led the minutes behind. The 2019 his hands to encourage the short climbs through the try something,” Bettiol said. rest of the breakaway Tour de France champion home fans that lined the rolling Pavia winelands. “Fortunately the final was across, 17 seconds behind maintained his lead of 2 route to cheer louder as he Rémi Cavagna appeared really, really strong and re- Bettiol. Nicolas Roche was minutes, 21 seconds over approached the finish line. to be heading for the win ally, really hard, and I could third to complete an all- Damiano Caruso and 3:23 “It means really, really a lot after attacking on the ap- use my legs ... and in the Italian podium. ahead of third-place Simon for me, for my team, and proach to the fourth-cat- end I catch him, and I im- Bernal crossed the line in Yates.q A16 Friday 28 May 2021 sports Callaway banned through at least 2022 after harassment probe

By RONALD BLUM Dolan said in a statement. AP Baseball Writer “While we were not provid- NEW YORK (AP) — Former ed with details of the report New York Mets manager or of individual experiences Mickey Callaway was sus- or accounts, there was no pended by Major League finding against the Cleve- Baseball on Wednesday land Indians related to the through at least the end of Callaway matter.” the 2022 season following Dolan went on to say “the an investigation of sexual information the commis- harassment allegations. sioner’s office shared rein- Shortly after MLB’s an- forces our own conclusion nouncement of the suspen- that we did not do enough sion, the Los Angeles Angels as an organization to cre- said they had fired Cal- ate an environment where laway, the team’s pitching people felt comfortable re- coach since October 2019. porting the inappropriate The Angels suspended him conduct they experienced on Feb. 2 at the start of or witnessed. We have con- MLB’s investigation. tracted with an external ex- Commissioner Rob Man- pert with extensive experi- fred did not release details ence related to workplace of what MLB’s probe deter- culture and reporting prac- mined, but said in a state- tices to help strengthen the ment “I have concluded In this Sunday, April 28, 2019, file photo, then-New York Mets manager Mickey Callaway stands organization.” by the dugout before a baseball game against the Milwaukee Brewers at Citi Field, in New York. that Mr. Callaway violated Indians general manager Associated Press MLB’s policies, and that Chris Antonetti said the placement on the ineligible comfortable and on one 2022 season ends, Calla- However, those are my club was not penalized as list is warranted.” occasion “thrust his crotch way can apply for possible own blind spots, and I take a result of the investigation In a report published on near the face of a report- reinstatement. responsibility for the conse- but, like Dolan, lamented Feb. 1, The Athletic said er” while she interviewed Callaway did not respond quences.” the team had not pro- Callaway “aggressively him, The Athletic said. to a text from The Associat- The 46-year-old was the duced a work culture in pursued” several women “We want to thank the ed Press seeking comment. Cleveland Indians’ pitching which women were com- who work in sports media many people who cooper- ESPN reported a statement coach for five years before fortable reporting sexual and sent three of them in- ated with our Department it said was from Callaway managing the Mets from harassment. appropriate photos. of Investigations in their that it quoted as saying: “I 2018-19. “That’s what bothers me,” Callaway sent uninvited work, which spanned Mr. apologize to the women “In an effort to understand Antonetti said. “So I want and sometimes unan- Callaway’s positions with who shared with inves- and learn from this experi- to make sure that we do swered messages to the three different clubs,” Man- tigators any interaction ence, the commissioner’s everything that we can women via email, text or fred said. “The clubs that that made them feel un- office shared with us - for to create a better envi- social media and asked employed Mr. Callaway comfortable. To be clear, ward-looking recommen- ronment moving forward. one to send nude photos in each fully cooperated with I never intended to make dations based on insights That’s what I and we are return, according to the re- DOI, including providing anyone feel this way and they gleaned from the time exclusively focused on port. He often commented emails and assisting with didn’t understand that Mickey Callaway was a is how do we continue on their appearance in a identifying key witnesses.” these interactions might do member of our organiza- to grow and get better way that made them un- Manfred said once the that or violate MLB policies. tion,” Indians owner Paul organizationally.”q Wait what? Bizarre sequence helps Cubs top Pirates 5-3 cago Cubs shortstop ran Craig curiously decided to home run since 2018 for the first baseline back- follow Báez. the Cubs, who have won ward while being chased The move bought enough eight of nine. Contreras, by Pittsburgh first baseman time for Contreras to Bryant and Wisdom fin- Will Craig in the top of the round third and sprint ished with two hits each. third inning on Thursday, home. Craig attempted Tyler Anderson (3-5) leading to a comedy of a flip to catcher Michael dropped his second con- errors during a two-run ral- Pérez, but Contreras slid secutive decision thanks in ly in Chicago’s 5-3 victory. under the tag while Báez part to Craig’s baffling de- Chicago’s Willson Contre- took off for first. Pérez’s cision and a little bit of bad ras was on second with throw to first sailed past luck. Anderson appeared two outs when Báez hit a second baseman Adam to hit Wisdom leading off Pittsburgh Pirates first baseman Will Craig, right, tosses the routine grounder to third Frazier attempting to cov- the fourth, a call that was ball to catcher Michael Perez, left, after Chicago Cubs’ Javier baseman Erik González. er the bag, allowing Báez reversed to a foul ball on Baez (9) hit a fielder’s choice third to first and was caught in a González’s throw to Craig to race to second. replay. Four pitches later rundown between home and first during the third inning of a at first was up the line. Báez Báez scored moments lat- Wisdom sent a fly ball over baseball game in Pittsburgh, Thursday, May 27, 2021. Associated Press hit the brakes to avoid er on a single by Ian Happ the fence in left-center Craig’s tag and started to give the Cubs a three- field to make it 4-0. The By WILL GRAVES chaos ensued. Embarrass- backtracking toward the run lead they wouldn’t re- homer was Wisdom’s first AP Sports Writer ment too for the reeling plate. Rather than turn linquish. Kris Bryant hit his in the major leagues since PITTSBURGH (AP) — Ja- Pittsburgh Pirates. and jog a few steps to first 11th home run, and Pat- Sept. 15, 2018 when he vier Báez hit reverse and The unpredictable Chi- for an inning-ending force, rick Wisdom added his first played for St. Louis.q