OPERATIONS FUTURE RICHARD CAINES CALLS FOR ELECTIONS REFORM ...Pg7 $2 Friday , August 12th, 2016 Issue #1137 KIWIE DAN’S DESIGN HITS OLYMMPPIICCPS age 12 SKN Athletes Uniforms Among the Best Essence Says PM HARRIS WITH SLAIN POLICE OFFICER’S FAMILY IN DOMINICA ..Pg 9 Brown’s Assailants Disregard God, Fires at him on Church Steps Page 3 C M Y K Page 2 The St. Kitts-Nevis Observer. Friday August 12, 2016 LOCAL NEWS LOCAL NEWS The St. Kitts-Nevis Observer. Friday August 12, 2016 Page 3 Gunmen go after Rawlins Pasture resident — Again ! By Monique Washington issued a statement stating gations revealed that two and he was unharmed. they were “investigating unknown masked A second attempt was a shooting incident with assailants fired several The Observer under - made to shoot 29-year- intent that occurred gunshots at an individual stands that Brown was old Analdo Brown after around 7:45p.m. , who had just left a exiting The Church of Sunday worship when Wednesday (April 13) in church service in the God of Prophecy at gun-toting assailants the Rawlins Pasture area area . Investigators from Fenton Hill on the showed fearlessness by in Newcastle. Investiga- the Violent Crimes Unit , island’s main road, when opening fire at the tions of the first attempt the Criminal Investiga- masked assailants Rawlins Pasture resident revealed that a group of tions Department and opened fire. Brown in front of a Gingerland three persons pulled up technicians from the allegedly ran from the Church . at a friend’s home for a Forensics Services Unit gun fire and escaped sus - social call and upon exit - have canvassed the scene taining only minor bruis - The second attempt to ing their vehicle were processed by the police .” had been a shooting in for evidence,” it states. es. harm Brown took place shot at by an unknown the Gingerland Area. four months after he had assailant(s) driving by in On Sunday , after the “The shooting occurred On Monday Brown con - The police have yet to a similar occurrence on a vehicle. No one was most recent incident, at around 1p .m. Sunday firmed via social media find the triggermen who April 13. After the first injured. The scene was police issued a press (Aug . 7). Initial investi - that someone shot at him shot at Brown . shooting, the police release stating that there Page 4 The St. Kitts-Nevis Observer. Friday August 12, 2016 COMMENTARY NEWS Editorial The Pervasiveness of Contro-rama Negativity Controversy and Culturama. They go together. Just like the love By TDheihaanppnineessPof.yoCurolilfle ins and marriage and horse and carriage of old. Depends on the quality of your thoughts Deli-Ranks sang his way into Culturama and Soca history by Marcus Aurelius (AD 121-180) winning three crowns at a blow. Except that he did so with a In the world around us trator(s) will have little our body chemistry, our song that was already sang! That he was able to win the groovy we are constantly or no affect on the child. immune system. The soca competition with an old Lord Nelson song is a testament exposed to negativity. In Negativity is restrictive constant stress causes the to the ability of the artist to camouflage the song with a bit of my opinion there ought and positivity is expan - levels of the stress hor - improvisation from the string band. That he was able to fool the to be a “Health Hazard!” sive, creative. mone cortisol to rise and judges is a condemnation of them, the judges, and the cultura - warning given before the then the immune system video presentation of I am presenting two sce - becomes compromised ma committee. It tells us that neither the judges nor the commit - some of the political narios which illustrate and illness normally fol - tee know enough about soca and Caribbean history to properly speeches in the current the power of negative lows. Research has run the festival anymore. United States presiden - thoughts: proven that optimists tial elections. These live longer than pes - Dis and Dat’s MBE worked. He wrested the crown from King politicians often resort to The first scenario simists. Optimists have Astro. In the process he informed that Astro isn’t a calypsonian negative statements as involves a person who a zest for life and for the they prey on the fears of wakes up in the morning most part deal with any - because he cannot compose a song, rather he depends on writ - preparing to go to work, ers and composers; that makes him just a singer. Dis and Dat the electorate, implying thing that life throws at that the country will be they accidentally break them, without feeling the won with a tune that sounded hauntingly familiar and reminis - doomed if their political something and immedi - hapless victim. Our cent of, well, Dis and Dat. In other words, with a recycled tune, opponent gains the presi - ately the person is con - thoughts are things and Mr MBE denied Astro more history, by preventing him from win - dency. The negative sce - vinced that they are can affect us for good or ning back to back Calypso Monarchy. “Form is temporary but narios are scary. They going to have a bad day. bad. Life has its ups and conjure up fearsome The person arrives at downs, ultimately devel - class will last” sang the 2016 champion. The truth is though, work in a bad mood and that the King was really the best of a bad lot! thoughts in the minds of oping a spiritual practice the unwary, and spur a colleague may ask and other coping mecha - unruly minds into nega - what is wrong. The per - nisms can help us in How did Ms Culture 2014/15 manage to be the representative tive actions. These son may reply dealing with the vicissi - at the 2016/17 Ms Jaycees Caribbean, a full two years after her thoughts may also have “Everything is going bad tudes of every day exis - reign? What happened to the outgoing 2015/16 Ms Culturama disturbing influences on today”, and so the day tence. This has been my that prevented her from enjoying her just deserts? Oh sure, we health and well being of turns out to be bad as solution. We can congratulate Ms Fergus on her performance in Antigua, but the otherwise normal citi - surmised. Sometimes empower ourselves to process of her selection is shrouded in controversy. Does this zens. people make mountains overcome negativity, by out of mole hills. awareness of our mean that Ms Thibou will go to Antigua next year? Meanwhile, On another level, chil - thoughts and the affect here at home, the queen show results say that two of the three dren are often subjected The second scenario they have on us and our best looking girls in Nevis for 2016/17 are from St Kitts! to negative statements involves someone who is relationships with other when they are growing in a bad mood as some - people. If we change our Why do we still refer to the parade as cultural? Why do we give up. For example, they thing in their life is not thoughts we change our - aren’t smart enough, going right. Friends try selves, our lives. them such a long route but so few judging points? The end to coax this person to go result is that the troupes straggle along in no particular forma - pretty enough etc. The constant repetition of out for a change of I am not inspired by the tion with huge noisy speakers that drown out the real cultural negative statements like scenery. The person negativity in the speech - music. The young excitable children gather for a 3 o’ clock start these can become self- replies “I don’t want to I es of the current presi - and the adults come for 5 o’clock. Poor tired hungry children. fulfilling prophecies that am in a bad mood”. So dential candidates in the Next year, take back the stage to Cultural village, let’s have a become internalized and this person would rather U.S. I remember as a night parade and stop the pretence. can cause a child to stay home and wallow in child watching some of develop an inferiority misery, rather than going the late President Bring back Culturama. End the controversies. complex. As a result, out and possibly gain a Kennedy’s speeches and their mental and emo - different perspective on I was awe inspired not tional growth can their issue(s). only by his words, but by become stunted. On the the way he said them. other hand another child It has been shown by “Let us never negotiate with a higher self esteem research that negativity out of fear but let us will rise above this state is detrimental to our well never fear to negotiate”. of affairs and the perpe - being, thoughts affect Publisher/Editor-in-Chief: Kenneth Williams Advisory from General Manager: Julio Rosario St. Kitts Nevis The St. Kitts-Nevis Observer... POB 657, Market Street #1 Observer Plaza, Observer Drive Basseterre, St. Kitts, W.I. Charlestown, Nevis, W.I. Tel.: (869) 466-4994 Tel.: (869) 469-5907 Fax: (869) 466-4995 Fax: (869) 469-5891 BBewEWareAoRfEcoTrHreEspSoCnAdeMnMceEwRhSic! h Email:observsk@sisterisles.kn Email: observnv@sisterisles.kn purports to make you rich overnight. 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