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Johnʼs, Antigua Saturday, October 20, 2018

TWO FOUND
HANGING

Bharat Kumar and Lotoya Craig were reported missing after the two left the city with Craig’s three-year-old son on
Tuesday to go to a property in English Harbour. Craig and her son had been reported missing on Thursday. However, the
toddler was found alive yesterday in a house in English Harbour where the two adult corpses were found.
(Social media photos). Read story on page 3.

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Missing trio found, two dead
L- Scene of the crime. R - Undertakers removed the bodies from the scene late last night.
By Tameika Malone
tameika.malone@antiguaob-
server.com
The police are probing
what appears to be a murder
suicide following the discovery
of the bodies of two adults who
had reportedly not been seen or
heard from by relatives since
Tuesday.
A tearful relative of one of
the deceased, told OBSERVER
media via phone last night that
the police confirmed that the
female deceased is Latoya
Craig of Clare Hall and the
male deceased is the man with
whom she once shared a rela-
tionship.
The family identified the
man as Bharat Kumar and said
he was the one who called
Craig on Tuesday and later
picked her up, along with her
three year old son Alanzo
Jones, and took them out "to
English Harbour."
It is alleged that before
Police officer stabbed, hospitalised
Charges are pending
against a man who allegedly
stabbed a police officer in the
stomach earlier this
week while the lawman was
executing his duties at
the V.C. Bird International
Airport.
Corporal Michael Grigg
was rushed to the Mount St.
John’s Medical Centre with a
stab wound to the abdomen,
one inch away from his kid-
ney and two stab wounds to
the leg, injuries he sustained
while trying to arrest a man
for disorderly conduct.
A source close to the in-
T H E D A I LY
going with the man, Craig told
her current partner where she
was going and with whom. It is
alleged she said he was taking
her "to clean a property in Eng-
lish Harbour" which is used as
a place of worship.
But, she never returned
home and the following day
relatives tried desperately to
get in touch with her.
Two days ago, Craig's
mother reported the matter to
police after waiting the "48-
hour" period required to file a
missing person report.
But, even up to yesterday,
lawmen had not issued public
notices of the missing woman
and child. It was a sister who
made it public on social media
and shared contact numbers for
the people to reach the
family.
Around mid-afternoon
yesterday, Craig's three year
old son was found, in good
health, and taken to the Mount
St. John's Medical Centre.
vestigation said Corporal
Grigg was admitted to hospi-
tal with a serious and life-
threatening injury and was
still at the hospital up to yes-
terday.
The 23-year-old accused
stabber who is to be charged
with wounding with intent,
battery on police, resisting ar-
rest and disorderly conduct
was not charged with the of-
fences, up to press time.
Grigg, who is stationed at
the airport outpost, was re-
sponding to a report made by
a woman who also works at
the airport that her one-year-
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While, the bodies of his
mother and her ex partner were
at the property of a business-
man who is said to be the
adopted father of the male de-
ceased.
Some describe the location
as English Habour while others
say it is actually in the Liberta
area.
Last night, investigators
combed the scene for evidence
to determine what exactly hap-
pened since both bodies were
found hanging - the woman
was in the dining area, and the
man outside by a tree. The
child was also found on the
scene and taken to hospital for
dehydration.
Initial reports suggest that
the woman appeared to have
been dead longer than the male
and both bodies bore signs of vi-
olence as if the two adults were
involved in an altercation.
Undertakers removed the
bodies from the scene late last
night, several hours after they
old daughter had
been taken from daycare
without her knowing and
after contacting the child’s fa-
ther he admitted to having the
child and disconnected the
call.
The officer contacted the
father and instructed him
to bring the toddler to
the airport to settle the
matter.
However, reports indicate
that when the mediator be-
tween the parents asked
about the child’s lack of
footwear and hat at 7 p.m.,
the father reportedly became
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were first discovered.
Up to press time, police
had not officially confirmed the
identities of the two corpses.
The property in which the
bodies were found is located on
a steep hill, in a secluded area
overlooking Falmouth and its
open, green landscape.
Earlier yesterday, Craig’s
mother, Jocelyn King, said she
had been calling her daughter’s
phone but had not gotten an
answer.
She said the family
reached out to Kumar's father
to find out what was going on.
“I was told [Thursday]
morning from his father that he
wasn’t there, he never reached
the house so I don’t know
where he [went]. No answer,
every time I calling, no answer
from her phone, so [Thursday]
I told [Kumar’s father] him if
by the time they don’t see
her come I am going to the sta-
tion to make a report,” King
said.
The mother said she made
the report at the Criminal In-
vestigations Department.
After getting confirmation
of her daughter's death, the
mother took ill and had to be
rushed to hospital. She com-
plained of heart pain and her
blood pressure was elevated,
one of her daughter's said last
night.
According to the daughter,
the family has to return to
Barnes Funeral home today to
do a viewing of the body. (With
additional reports from Martina
Johnson)
aggravated and disorderly.
The report further stated
that Grigg told the father that
he would be arresting him for
his disorderly conduct, but,
that enraged the accused who
started punching the officer
who was holding the child.
The report added that the
officer was dealt several stabs
with a pair of scissors, pierc-
ing his right leg in two places
and his abdomen.
The injured cop was
rushed to hospital while his
colleagues detained the al-
leged stabber who is said to
be the son of a former police-
man who recently died and a
current permanent secretary.
(Tameika Malone)
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Stiffer penalties coming for
human trafficking offences
By Martina Johnson
The first step toward in-
creasing the penalties for
human trafficking offences in
Antigua and Barbuda has
been completed.
The Lower House passed
the Trafficking in Persons Pre-
vention Amendment Bill 2018
on Thursday and now it has
to go to the Senate.
Attorney General Stead-
roy "Cutie" Benjamin ex-
plained that the proposal is to
remove the option of a fine or
a term of imprisonment and
replace that with mandatory
imposition of both forms of
punishments if someone is
found guilty of human traf-
ficking.
Specifically, the Amend-
ment of section 13 the princi-
pal Act is amended “by
repealing the entire subsec-
tions (6) and (7) and substitut-
ing the following— “(6) A
person who commits the of-
fence of trafficking in persons
or who facilitates that offence
is liable on conviction on in-
dictment to a fine not exceed-
ing four hundred thousand
dollars and to imprisonment
for a term not exceeding
twenty years. (7) Every per-
son who receives a financial
or other benefit knowing that
it results from the offence of
trafficking in persons com-
mits an offence and is liable
on conviction on indictment
to a fine not exceeding four
hundred thousand dollars
and to imprisonment for a
term not exceeding twenty
years.”
Benjamin said the Bill
also seeks to amend the law
when it comes to punishing a
person for promoting human
trafficking.
Here too, the law is to be
changed and a fine and con-
finement would not be op-
tional, but both would be
mandatory.
The proposed change
outlines, “Amendment of sec-
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tion 24 The principal Act is
amended in section 24—(a) by
repealing subsection (1) and
substituting the following—
“(1). A person who advertises,
publishes, prints, broadcasts,
distributes or causes the ad-
vertisement, publication,
printing, broadcast or distri-
bution of information that fa-
cilitates or promotes
trafficking in persons by any
means, including the use of
the Internet or other informa-
tion technology; commits an
offence and is liable on indict-
ment to a fine not exceeding
four hundred thousand dol-
lars and to imprisonment for
a term not exceeding twenty
years.”
Benjamin also proudly
announced the proposed in-
troduction of changes to the
human trafficking law where
the child is the victim.
The special penalty
where trafficked person is a
child states, “(1) Where an of-
fence under section 13 or 14 is
committed in relation to a
child, subject to subsections
(2) and (3) and section 16, the
person convicted for that of-
fence is liable on conviction
on indictment to a fine not ex-
ceeding six hundred thou-
sand dollars and to
imprisonment for a term not
exceeding twenty-five years.”
It continues, “(2) Where
an offence under section 13 or
14 is committed for the sexual
exploitation of a child, subject
to section 16, the person con-
victed for that offence is liable
on conviction on indictment
to a fine not exceeding one
million dollars and to impris-
onment for a term not exceed-
ing twenty-five years.”
Benjamin said the penal-
ties are going to be stiffer to
curb the crime of human traf-
ficking and it would bring the
laws here in line with laws in
other Caribbean Community
countries and in compliance
with international obligations
accordingly.
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Sir Gerald chides attorney general over
stalled changes to Standing Orders
Sir Gerald Watt Q.C. (file photo)
By Martina Johnson
The one-year unex-
plained delay of action on a
report proposing changes to
the Standing Orders that
govern the conduct of parlia-
ment, has caused one of the
authors of the report to chide
the attorney general, Stead-
roy “Cutie” Benjamin in Par-
liament.
Speaker of the House,
Sir Gerald Watt Q.C., who
chaired the committee that
prepared and submitted the
report a year ago, told the
Parliament on Thursday that
he is not happy with the
way the matter has been
handled.
He also said he’s not im-
pressed with Benjamin re-
fusing to see him ahead of
parliament on Thursday on
the matter which he consid-
ers an urgent one given
that the committee com-
pleted its task to review the
T H E D A I LY
Standing Orders in August
2017, and he, Sir Gerald sub-
mitted the report in October
last year.
“I as chairman, sent the
draft to your department in
October of last year. So, I just
want the members of the
House to know that we have
acted with alacrity and so I
am a little puzzled as to why
on earth this matter cannot
be brought to the House in a
year. But, so be it,” he said.
In response to Sir Ger-
ald’s remarks, the attorney
general offered up two ex-
cuses.
Benjamin said his de-
partment returned the docu-
ment to the Committee with
suggestions for the adapta-
tion of some provisions from
the Trinidad Standing Or-
ders. And, he added that the
committee lost two of its
members who were never
replaced.
“It is my intention at the
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Steadroy “Cutie” Benjamin
(file photo)
end of the sitting today by
way of motions today, to ask
that the honourable Mr.
[Jamal] Pringle and Mr.
[Trevor] Walker be substi-
tuted and included in the ab-
sence of former United
Progressive Party (UPP) par-
liamentarians Mr. Baldwin
Spencer and Ms. Joanne
Massiah. So Mr. Speaker,
your concerns are noted, but
the delay has nothing to do
with, Mr. Speaker, any lapse
of judgment on the part of
anyone in any division,”
Benjamin said.
But Sir Gerald rejected
the excuses saying several
months ago he received a re-
sponse from Benjamin’s de-
partment with
recommendations.
“Those were minor, that
didn’t have to come back to,
with all due respect Mr. AG.
All that needed if that was a
change, prepare the change
and bring it before parlia-
ment,” he said.
The speaker explained
why the second excuse was
without any merit.
“As regards the mem-
bers on the other side…there
is nothing else to do. I don’t
know that we need to in-
volve the other members of
the opposition other than
they will be served with the
draft and they’ll be able to
peruse it on the first sitting
and then they will be able to
make their contributions,”
Sir Gerald said, and Ben-
jamin replied, “Mr. Speaker,
I am so guided.”
Soon after he was ap-
pointed Speaker of the
House in 2014, Sir Gerald
noted that the current Stand-
ing Orders, compiled since
August 1967, were outdated.
He said he would volun-
tarily work with others to
bring the Lower House of
Parliament into the 21st cen-
tury.
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PM Browne indifferent to recent passport ranking

By Jeff Trotman

Although Prime Minis-

ter Gaston Browne expressed
indifference to the recent up-
grading of the Antigua and
Barbuda passport by one
point by the Henley Passport
Index, he has stated that “we
welcome anything that says
improvement”.
According to the latest
results of the Henley Pass-
port Index, Antigua and Bar-
buda has climbed the Global
Passport Ranking to a score
of 149— up one point, mak-
ing the twin island state 2nd
in the Eastern Caribbean re-
gion, and securing the
27th place globally, with visa-
free/visa-on-arrival.
When asked to comment
on the improvement, bearing
in mind on-going criticisms
of the country’s Citizenship
by Investment Programme
(CIP), the Prime Minister
told OBSERVER media yes-
terday, “There is one other
practitioner, who said that
we are falling. This one said
that we have improved. So, it
shows that there is some sub-
jectivity in these rankings.
But, in any case, we welcome
anything that says improve- Antigua and Barbuda passport
ment”.
“But having said that,” opment to know that at least crease our efforts to score 89th.
he added in the brief tele- one practitioner in the higher, in order to benefit According to the find-
phone conversation, “I am industry would have seen an from the opportunities at- ings, the main differentiator
confident that we have a improvement and would tached to passport power,” is access to the Schengen
very good CIP product and I have recorded it accord- she said. Area, which all the Eastern
have no doubt about the in- ingly.” She added: “I am confi- Caribbean states enjoy.
tegrity of my country’s pass- Holders of the Antigua dent that Henley and Part- St. Kitts holds the
port and we would have and Barbuda passport enjoy ners, together with Antigua strongest passport in the
taken some bad hits from visa free travel to 150 desti- and Barbuda’s CIP Unit will Eastern Caribbean region,
some people, who would nations, including the UK continue to create further in- and enjoys the 26th strongest
have spoken with spite and and the countries of the ternational ties to strengthen passport in the world,
who sought to undermine Schengen area. our passport power.” with 151 destinations
our programme. Director of Henley & According to the recent accessible visa-free or with a
“But I am quite sure the Partners Gaye Hechme ex- Henley and Partners find- visa on arrival. Saint Lucia
people of Antigua and Bar- pressed satisfaction at the re- ings, the “Eastern Caribbean ranks 3rdd in the Eastern
buda believe in the integrity cent report. countries far outperform Caribbean region and 31st
of my government and … “We are pleased that our their peers in the greater worldwide.
that they would know that passport power continues to Caribbean region: Jamaica, Meanwhile, the Grena-
we would not do anything to climb and compete against for example, is ranked 61st, dian passport is currently
reduce the integrity of our major global states. While we Dominican Republican is ranked 33rd strongest in the
passport. celebrate this small mile- ranked 75th , Cuba is ranked world while Dominica is at
“It is a welcome devel- stone, we must however, in- 76th , and Haiti is ranked 37th globally.
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Support of the family is key to academic success
Keondre Herbert and his parents Julia and Keith Herbert with Governor General
Sir Rodney Williams (far left) (Social media photo)
Keondre Herbert’s passes in 20 CSEC subjects (Courtesy family)
By Martina Johnson
A busy teen he is, so it
took us several days to be
T H E D A I LY
able to pin him down, along
with his parents, to talk about
the road to success in becom-
ing the region’s top student
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in this year’s Caribbean Sec-
ondary Examination Council
with 20 grade one passes.
As we congratulated 17-
year-old Keondre Herbert for
his achievement, he identi-
fied family support, good
friends, and his own ability to
focus, find balance and be or-
ganised as the core things
that made him who he is
today.
FAMILY: “Throughout
my educational journey they
have provided all the neces-
sary tools and basic require-
ments that I needed to be
successful…whether it was
making sure that I had
enough water to carry to
school, I had enough food to
carry me throughout the
school day, that had made a
big impact on how I was able
to learn and take in the infor-
mation and to deal with the
stress of having to undertake
so [many]subjects.
I believe that the family
or the support system that
the family provides for the
students or for young ones is
one of the most important
things that will ensure that a
child on an educational jour-
ney would be successful. It is
just not enough to provide fi-
nancial support or to provide
discipline. Emotional support
is also necessary. Without
emotional support, the child
would not have self-esteem
or confidence and when the
child is having a rough day,
they may have suicidal
thoughts and without emo-
tional support then these sui-
cidal thoughts can actually
manifest into suicidal behav-
iour.”
BALANCE: “I feel that
always being on track with
your studies will help to
eliminate some of the stress
that would come from deal-
ing with extra-curricular ac-
tivities while preparing for
the CSEC examinations.
While I was preparing for
CSEC, I was involved in
panorama during the first
term of my fifth form
school year and the Interact
S a t u r d a y, O c t o b e r 2 0 , 2 0 1 8
Keondre Herbert at his graduation (Social media photo)
Club.
This would have in-
volved me spending [many]
nights practicing at the pan
yard, [many] nights prepar-
ing for the fundraisers we
would have had with the In-
teract Club. I knew I was tak-
ing the time out to perform
these activities and so what I
did, I compensated the time
taken out to complete these
extra-curricular activities for
my free time so that my
study time wasn’t compro-
mised.”
ADVICE: “The best ad-
vice I can give to students
preparing to take CSEC exam
is to set a plan in place. There
is no point in waiting until
last minute to begin prepara-
tions for the examinations. In
fact, if you wait until the last
minute then you’re basically
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T H E D A I LY O b se rv er
planning to fail. Your chance
of success will be much less
than if you had spent the
time earlier and made sure
you had a study plan in
place.
“Also, it is best that you
identify your weaknesses
and work on those instead of
working on what you know
you already can do.”
Keondre’s parents, Keith
and Julia Herbert, also spoke
with OBSERVER media, ex-
pressing how proud they are
of his achievements and how
satisfying it is to support him
on his current journey at Is-
land Academy where he is
enrolled in the International
Baccalaureate (IB) pro-
gramme which is for two
years. After that, the plan is
that he would go on to study
medicine.
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Former magistrate charged with sexual assault
ST. GEORGE’S,
Grenada (CMC)—A former
magistrate has been released
on EC$10,000 (One EC dol-
lar=US$0.37 cents) bail after
he was charged Thursday
with sexually assaulting a 24-
year-old woman.
The attorney, who is now
in private practice, will appear
in court on November 27 for
the start of preliminary inves-
tigations in the allegations
against him.
The 68-year-old, who is
accused of touching the fe-
male in different parts of her
body without consent, faces
the possibility of being sen-
tenced to prison for 14 years if
convicted.
According to the Crimi-
nal Code, a person commits
the offence of sexual assault if
he or she unlawfully pene-
Former radio talk show
host shot and killed
Ricardo Welch. (File photo courtesy CANA)
PORT OF SPAIN,
Trinidad (CMC)—Police
were searching for three
gunmen who shot and killed
a former radio talk show
host as he left his home in
T H E D A I LY
(Photo courtesy CANA)
trates the genital organs of an-
other person with, any part of
the body of another person or
that person.
Sexual assault also occurs
if the other person does not
Santa Cruz, north of here on
Friday morning.
Police said that Ricardo
Welch, known as the “Gladi-
ator” was shot as he pulled
out of his driveway in the
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Our Neighbours
Former president of the
Grenada Bar Association,
Ruggles Ferguson, said that as
a member of the legal profes-
sion there is no automatic dis-
barment if the attorney is
convicted.
“Any form of discipline
after a conviction has to be in
accordance with the legal pro-
fession act and it must be
noted that disbarment is the
ultimate form of discipline,
there are other actions that can
be taken like suspension,” he
said.
NOTICE
LETTERS OF
consent to the penetration and ADMINISTRATION FORM P7
if he or she does not believe Rule 15
THE EASTERN CARIBBEAN
that the other person consents SUPREME COURT
to such penetration or is reck- IN THE HIGH COURT
less as to whether the other OF JUSTICE
ANTIGUA
person consents or not. AND BARBUDA
(Probate)
company of a 20-year-old
relative, who was not injured In the Estate of Charles
Manasah Winter a.k.a Charles
during the attacks.
Emanuel Frederick a.k.a
The police said that the Charles Frederick, late of Old
men escaped in a waiting ve- Road, St. Maryʼs, Antigua,
hicle. Deceased
Last year, Welch 54, was ADVERTISEMENT OF
awarded TT$700,000 (One APPLICATION FOR GRANT
TT dollar=US$0.16 cents) FIRST PUBLICATION
plus interest in damages, TAKE NOTICE that an applica-
after a High Court judge tion has been filed by Rhohan
ruled that three of his col- Niran Frederick of Old Road, St.
leagues had defamed his Maryʼs, Antigua for a Grant of
Letters of Administration to the
name when they accused Applicant who is son of the de-
him on their radio shows of ceased, the deceased having
being a homosexual, along died intestate on the 8th day of
November, 2008.
with other derogatory com- Any person having an objection
ments. to the grant of Letters of Admin-
The three had also ac- istration to the Applicant shall file
cused him of stealing public an objection within fourteen (14)
days of the publication of this No-
funds by extorting money tice.
from the People’s National
Movement (PNM). Dated this 19th day
of October, 2018.
One of the three ap-
pealed the judgement. Filed by Gail A.J. Christian,
So far, more than 400 Montgomery Chambers Inc., At-
torneys-at-law whose address
people have been murdered for service is All Saints Road, St.
here this year. Johnʼs, Antigua.
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Black ‘lynching’ ad illustrates race
overtones, anger in US campaign ads
NEW YORK (Reuters)—
Many political ads in this year’s
U.S. elections pack an unusually
harsh and personal punch -
some with racial overtones.
In Arkansas, a radio ad this
week suggests white Democrats
might start lynching black men.
In New York, a congressman’s
supporters drew attention to his
black rival’s history as a rapper.
In California, Ohio and Virginia,
candidates and their supporters
cast their opponents as terror-
ists. In Pennsylvania, a state
senator threatened to “stomp all
over” his rival’s face with golf
spikes.
And in Arizona, a law-
maker’s six siblings urged vot-
ers not to reelect their
Republican brother.
While angry advertise-
ments are a longstanding fea-
ture of U.S. politics, many ads
this year made little effort to dis-
guise their candidates’ rage, a
vivid illustration of what many
experts see as a coarsening of
public dialogue since President
Donald Trump shook up Amer-
ican politics.
Heavy spending for a non-
presidential election cycle and
the speed with which ads are
spreading online is magnifying
the effect. Political spending on
television spots is up 19 percent
from 2014, the last U.S. congres-
sional midterm election cycle, to
$2.9 billion - levels closer to
spending for a presidential elec-
tion, according to MAGNA, an
arm of advertising agency IPG
Mediabrands.
“As the amount of money
in campaigns increases I think
the volume of negative ads is in-
creasing,” said Nathan Gonza-
les of Inside Elections, a
nonpartisan campaign analysis
group.
The shift in tone comes as
Democrats are fighting for ma-
jorities in the U.S. House of Rep-
resentatives and Senate, which
would give them more power to
T H E D A I LY
oppose the Republican presi-
dent’s agenda.
Opinion polls generally
show Democrats with a strong
chance of gaining the 23 House
seats they need to take a major-
ity, with a harder battle to pick
up the two seats they would
need for a Senate majority in the
Nov. 6 elections.
That partly explains the pre-
ponderance of negative televi-
sion ads in the Senate races - with
half the ads running from Sept. 4
through Oct. 1 taking a negative
tone, according to an analysis by
the Wesleyan Media Project,
which tracks political advertis-
ing. More than the 40.8 percent of
House ads and 43.2 percent of
governors’ ads took a negative
tone, according to the study.
It found that more than a
third of Republican TV ads for
Senate and House races were
negative, which it defined as
ads that solely focus on a candi-
date’s rival.
That is sharply higher than
the 18.3 percent of Democratic
Senate ads and 14.1 percent of
Democratic House ads that
were negative in tone. It also
represented a switch from 2014,
when ads by Democrats were
substantially more negative
than those by Republicans.
A radio ad in Arkansas in
support of Republican U.S. Rep-
resentative French Hill aired
this week featuring women
with exaggerated and stereo-
typed African-American accents
saying black voters should sup-
port Hill and Republicans be-
cause Democrats will lynch
Black men when “a white girl
screams rape.”
It cites the accusation that
Supreme Court Justice Brett Ka-
vanaugh sexually assaulted a
woman when he was a
teenager. Kavanaugh denied the
accusation, which dominated
the final days of his Senate con-
firmation and which prompted
Republicans to say Democrats
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World View
had abandoned the idea of pre-
sumption of innocence.
In the ad, a woman says,
“white Democrats will be lynch-
ing Black folk again.”
“We have to protect our
men and boys,” the woman
says. “We can’t afford to let
white Democrats take us back to
bad old days of race verdicts, life
sentences and lynchings when a
white girl screams rape.”
Bruce Bartlett, a senior pol-
icy advisor in the Republican
administrations of Ronald Rea-
gan and George H.W. Bush,
called it “the most racist ad by a
Republican I have ever come
across.”
Hill condemned the ad
Thursday, calling it “outra-
geous.” Vernon Robinson of
Black Americans for the Presi-
dent’s Agenda, a political action
committee, produced it. Robin-
son told NBC News that the ad
ran in Little Rock, the state cap-
ital whose population is nearly
half African-American.
Malik Russell, a spokesman
for the NAACP civil rights
group, called the ad sickening
and said it was “one of the
worst examples of racist igno-
rance and historic misappropri-
ation.”
He blamed the Trump
White House for setting the
tone, saying in a statement,
“The racism, hateful and disre-
spectful rhetoric targeting im-
migrants, women and
communities of color coming
from the White House has
served as a powerful enabler to
those around the nation who
support white supremacy.”
Other 2018 election ads
came in for criticism for threat-
ening violence or perceived
xenophobia.
Scott Wagner, a Republican
challenging Democratic incum-
bent Tom Wolf for governor of
Pennsylvania, threatened his
rival with the “golf spikes” ad.
Polls show Wolf has a wide
lead.
“Governor Wolf, let me tell
you what, between now and
Nov. 6, you’d better put a
catcher’s mask on your face be-
cause I’m going to stomp all
over your face with golf spikes,”
Wagner said in the video.
Wagner later took the ad
down amid criticism from na-
tional Republican leaders, say-
ing he had “chosen a poor
metaphor.”
New York Congressman
John Faso has repeatedly run
spots against his Democratic
challenger, a Black former
Rhodes scholar and Harvard-
educated lawyer, highlighting
offensive language Antonio
Delgado used as a young aspir-
ing rapper.
Delgado responded by say-
ing his past lyrics were taken
out of context in an attempt to
“otherize” him from voters in
one of the whitest districts of the
state.
California Republican Con-
gressman Duncan Hunter ran a
spot accusing his challenger,
Ammar Campa-Najjar, of trying
“to hide his family’s ties to ter-
rorism.” The ad focuses on his
heritage – his mother is Mexi-
can-American and his father is
Palestinian. It calls him a “Pales-
tinian, Mexican, millennial De-
mocrat” who is funded by “the
Muslim Brotherhood” and a
“security risk.”
Campa-Najjar worked in
President Barack Obama’s
White House and later in the
Department of Labor - jobs that
require security clearance. Al-
though his Palestinian grandfa-
ther, Muhammad Yusuf
al-Najjar, was accused by Israel
of being involved in the 1972
massacre of Israeli athletes at
the Munich Olympics, Campa-
Najjar was born 16 years after
Yusuf al-Najjar died.
Democratic candidates for
Congress in Ohio and California
have been similarly labeled for
their respective work at a law
firm that once handled lawsuits
involving Libya and for having
been a substitute English
teacher at a Muslim high school.
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S a t u r d a y, O c t o b e r 2 0 , 2 0 1 8
OUR OPINION
The title of today’s piece
is an English translation of a
line from Virgil’s AENEID.
The original Latin reads,
“Timeo danaos et dona fer-
entes” or “Beware of Greeks
bearing gifts!” A more actual
translation is, “I fear the
Greeks, even those bearing
gifts!” For those not so famil-
iar with Greek literature,
here is a synopsis of the story
of a people who blithely ac-
cepted a gift, notwithstand-
ing words of warning.
According to Virgil, the
Greeks were intent on cap-
turing the prized city of Troy.
Since they could not breach
the formidable walls of the
city by military force, they
decided to resort to sub-
T H E D A I LY
Beware of Greeks bearing gifts!
terfuge. They built a huge,
hollow, wooden horse, filled
it with top military person-
nel and presented it, with
much fanfare (signing cere-
mony, Memorandum of Un-
derstanding and the usual
sweet-sounding speeches),
to the fawning and gullible
people of Troy. Of course,
there were some Trojans, like
Laocoon and Cassandra,
who urged caution in the ac-
cepting of the gift. But the
Trojan leaders were giddy
and reckless (perhaps greedy
and desperate, as well), and
they refused to hearken. The
rest is history: that night, the
Greek soldiers inside the
horse came out and opened
the gates of Troy to the wait-
ing Greek army.
Naturally, our reader-
O b se rv er
ship can see where we are
going with this. After all,
there was much fanfare sur-
rounding the Chinese gift of
EC$100 million for the con-
struction of 150 affordable
homes at Booby Alley in
Point, 50 in Bolans and 50 in
Barbuda. All well and good!
We certainly thank the Chi-
nese for their generosity and
the magnanimous way in
which they have opened the
purse strings to help us here
in Antigua and Barbuda.
Much like our brothers and
sisters in other Caribbean is-
lands and many African
countries, we can easily
point to any number of proj-
ects that have been funded,
and are being funded, by
Beijing. Many of these proj-
ects are massive undertak-
ings that have proven to be a
boon rather than a bane to
many of our economies. This
is especially so, since the
Chinese are filling the in-
vestment vacuum left by the
withdrawal of many of our
traditional sources of fund-
ing.
Nonetheless, the watch-
word ought to be “Caveat
emptor!” (Latin) (Buyer be-
ware)! Notwithstanding the
fact that our Prime Minister
seemed to be quite cavalier
about proceeding with cau-
tion when entering into
long-term relationships with
the Chinese (see Yida), we
are still suggesting that we
avoid loan agreements that
are beyond our means to
repay, such as is now the
case with many countries in
Africa. We ought to be care-
ful not to eat the sour grapes
and set the teeth of future
generations on edge. Yes,
never mind the Prime Minis-
ter’s breezy, dismissive (and
some say joking) response to
the legitimate concerns of
many about “a new Chinese
colonialism,” and Chinese
funding becoming mill-
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stones around the necks of
Third World peoples, we
ought to remain vigilant.
And we ought not to be
afraid to voice our concerns!
Interestingly, Chinese
funding activism is on the
minds of think tanks, econo-
mists, political scholars and
journalists, as is evidenced
by the plethora of writings
on the matter in our region
and elsewhere. Here are a
few of the recent headlines
from notable sources having
to do with the actions of the
Chinese in our region: China
Makes Inroads in Caribbean
Nations Through Aid, Trade
(Dan Southerland for Radio
Free Asia). Chinese Rise In The
Caribbean: What Does It Mean
for Caribbean Stakeholders?
(Mark Wenner and Dillon
Clarke for the Inter-Ameri-
can Development Bank) Fill-
ing The Void: China’s
Expanding Caribbean Presence
(Ben Tannenbaum, extramu-
ral contributor at the Coun-
cil on Hemispheric Affairs).
China Buying Control Of The
Caribbean (Callum Wood in
The Trumpet). Why Is China
Spending Billions In The
Caribbean? (Ezra Fieser in the
Global Post) Making Sense Of
China’s Caribbean Policy
(Jared Ward for The
Jamestown Foundation).
And so on and so forth! So
when Antiguans and Barbu-
dans urge caution and pru-
dence, they ought not to be
dismissed with a flippant
wave of the hand and a re-
mark about bringing on Chi-
nese colonialism. After all, we
are not too far removed from
the horror and indignities of
British colonialism. In any
event, we would do well to
heed the words of our elders,
to wit, “Those who pay the
Piper call the tunes!”
We invite you to visit
www.antiguaobserver.com and
give us your feedback on our
opinions.
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Dear Koren,
I don’t know if you’re a
mother but what I want to
know is how far am I sup-
posed to go to protect my
child? My daughter is an
adult. She is 24 years old and
she is dating a slimy boy
from the village who is a
good for nothing like his fa-
ther. She finished college and
has a good job. He is working
but smokes and is very rude
and is a bad influence. Her
grandmother left a little
house for her, and he is en-
couraging her to move out
from her parents into the
house with him. My husband
thinks I am too protective,
but it’s my only child and he
didn’t carry her for 9 months.
How can I get some help for
my daughter from this bam-
boozelment?
Concerned mother
Dear concerned mother,
At 24, your daughter is
T H E D A I LY
He is
NO
GOOD
free to choose who she wants
to be with. All you can do is
pray for her and be there for
her when she comes to you for
advice. The worst possible
thing that you can possibly do
is try to break up her relation-
ship with this guy. The more
you attack him, the more she
will defend him and soon she
will see you as the enemy. By
criticising him, you are not
only drawing swords at the
man she loves, but in her mind
you will also be criticising her
choice, overstepping your
boundaries and, in essence,
telling her that she is not an
adult, but still a helpless child.
The time to influence
your children and change
their behavior is when they
are children. From the time
they become teenagers it’s an
uphill battle. If they are under
18 and need you for financial
and other support and are
living under your roof, you
can wield some power; how-
S a t u r d a y, O c t o b e r 2 0 , 2 0 1 8
O b se rv er
ever your daughter is 24 and
working and a college gradu-
ate, so she will see herself as
the authority on her life.
You can ask her to stay
with you in the home a bit
longer because you would
like to have her close by. That
is a comfortable and non-
threatening position that
would be easy for her to un-
derstand and accept. If she
gets along well with her fa-
ther, have him express the
same sentiments to her and
that will make it harder to
leave if the relationship is
positive and she knows you
both like having her around.
It sounds as if you have
some kind of history with
this boy’s father. He is not his
father and whatever it is he is
doing or whoever he is, it’s
not fair to compare him to
someone else. He should be
judged based on his own be-
havior and attitude. I suggest
you try to be fair and get to
know him. You don’t have to
agree with his smoking but if
he is allowed to visit the
home and you have an open
mind, then your daughter
will be more trustful of you
and your attitude. If she has
any doubts about him, she is
much more likely to then
bring them to you for your
“objective” opinion. If you
are “gung ho” set against
him, she will not tell you
when something goes wrong
as she does not want to hear
“I told you so,” and you will
lose the opportunity to be
able to influence her posi-
tively.
Caring about someone
does not give us the right to
try to control his or her life.
She is an adult and you have
to respect that. As your rela-
tionship with her improves
and deepens, she will reach
out to you for advice or just
conversation and you will be
able to share your views.
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T H E D A I LY O b se rv er

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Pa g e 1 8 S a t u r d a y, O c t o b e r 2 0 , 2 0 1 8
T H E D A I LY O b se rv er

STELLA WILDER

Born today, you always seem to be carrying on a love-hate re-

lationship with your life. You are quick to take advantage of oppor-
tunities as they present themselves, and yet this is likely to result,
much of the time, in disappointment at the developments that fol-
low. You do not always give the choices in your life the thought they
really deserve! You are creative and energetic and always on the
lookout for that outlet which gives you both license and opportu-
nity to do things your way! You may have trouble doubling-down
on success, simply because you donʼt always want to stick with
something after you have first mastered it.
The truth is that you are easily distracted by the thought that
something out there is better for you than what you have — and this
is true when it comes to love and romance as well. You may go
through periods of difficulty that are caused by a wandering eye —
and the willingness to follow where that eye leads!
Also born on this date are: Snoop Dogg, rapper; Viggo
Mortensen, actor; Danny Boyle, filmmaker; Tom Petty, rocker;
Jerry Orbach, actor; Mickey Mantle, baseball player; Art Buch-
wald, humorist; Bela Lugosi, actor; Christopher Wren, archi-
tect.
To see what is in store for you tomorrow, find your birthday and
read the corresponding paragraph. Let your birthday star be your
daily guide.

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 21
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) — Reminders of what youʼve been
missing inspire you to make a plan. When the time comes, you may
be able to relive a past glory.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) — Youʼre likely to be satisfied by
the simplest of pleasures today — at least for a while. Later, your
tastes run to the more “exotic.”
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) — Traveling here and there

Answer to previous Sudoku Puzzle

is likely to be a little more complicated than expected today. Take
precautions — and a known route.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Youʼll be tempted to reach
out to someone who has made it clear that no such gesture is nec-
essary. Still, what harm can it do?
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) — Itʼs a fine day for you to take
the high road — but then, when is it not? You should be able to in-
fluence people quite positively.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) — A big change is on the hori-
zon, and you have plenty of time to prepare for all that is likely to
transpire. Donʼt procrastinate.
ARIES (March 21-April 19) — Attend to your duties one at a
time, and donʼt be tempted to double-up as you sometimes do. You
need your hands free.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20) — You may not realize yet just
how someone is influencing you against your will. Soon, youʼll dis-
cover just what youʼre putting on the line.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20) — A teacher or mentor is likely to
grant you a little more freedom to choose for yourself today. You
can make habit of this, to be sure!
CANCER (June 21-July 22) — You need a little distraction
today, even while tending to some serious business. Donʼt forget to
laugh now and then, too!
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) — Itʼs a good day to address one or
two habits that simply do not mesh with your current style. Whether
yours or anotherʼs, they can be broken.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — You may be waiting on some-
one else to take care of certain routine tasks — but if you wait any
longer, you might as well do them yourself.
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T H E D A I LY O b se rv er

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Despite series win, Sunshine Girls’
coach sees room for improvement
KINGSTON, Jamaica
(CMC) – Following their re-
cent 3-0 whitewash of world
number two England Roses,
Sunshine Girls’ head coach
Marvette Anderson believes
that there is still room for im-
provement.
The fourth-ranked Ja-
maicans ended the series on
a winning note by defeating
the Roses 58-43 on Monday
in their game at the National
Indoor Sports Centre.
The Sunshine Girls
won the first two contests
Defending champions bounce back
By Carlena Knight
carlena.knight@antiguaob-
server.com
Defending Antigua and
Barbuda Amateur Volleyball
Association (ABAVA) Busi-
ness league champions, An-
tigua and Barbuda
International Institute of
Technology (ABIIT) Mill-
blades, rediscovered their
T H E D A I LY
Sunshine Girls’ head coach, Marvette Anderson.
55-43 and 58-39
respectively.
However, despite their
success, Anderson still feels
there are areas that need to
be improved, including re-
ducing turnovers.
“It is about keeping pos-
session of the ball and being
disciplined when we have
that ball in our hands. It is a
work in progress, but we are
going to continue plugging
at it and see how best we
come out at the end,” Ander-
son said.
winning ways.
The champions who
were in action on Thursday
night at the YMCA Volleyball
Indoor facility, flexed their
muscles on newbies Antigua
Commercial Bank (ACB) in
straight sets.
The 25-15, 25-16 Zone 1
victory gives the champions
a 2-2 record.
In the feature match of
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She did praise the team’s
performance, saying it was
an impressive win despite
playing without two key
players in defender Geva
Mentor and goal shooter
Romelda Aiken.
“It was a good perform-
ance from the ladies because
I think it showed that they
have guts, they have re-
silience, and they know the
task that is at hand.
“This is just the tip of the
iceberg because they have
the World Cup to prepare
the night, Police pushed their
undefeated streak to 3-0.
The lawmen put the
cuffs on returning team, In-
land Revenue Department
(IRD), winning in straight
sets 25-11, 25-8 in their Zone
2 match-up.
With this win, Police
move to the top of the stand-
ings.
The top team in each
for, and so we are not going
to take this as ‘yes, we are
ready’ but just use it as a
marker to assess where we
are now and what we need
to do in the future,” Ander-
son said.
“Whatever practice you
can get from the top-ranked
teams in the world, you are
going to make use of it, and
so after this series, we will be
able to assess where our
players are and what we
need to do to perform on the
world stage.”
group will automatically ad-
vance to the semi-finals
while the second and third
place teams will face off in
the quarter-finals.
Matches will continue
tonight as Ministry of Na-
tional Festivals, Arts, Culture
and Sports will battle Inland
Revenue Department (IRD)
at 6:30 p.m. while at 7:30 p.m.
Media will face ABIIT.
S a t u r d a y, O c t o b e r 2 0 , 2 0 1 8 Pa g e 2 1
T H E D A I LY O b se rv er

Pakistan beat Australia to claim

biggest ever Test win and clinch series

Mohammed Abbas became the first fast bowler to take a 10-wicket haul in the United Arab Emirates.

Pakistan beat Australia
by 373 runs in the second
Test to claim a 1-0 series vic-
tory in Abu Dhabi.
Pakistan bowler Mo-
hammed Abbas, 28, had fig-
ures of 62-5 from Australia’s
second innings to register a
10-wicket haul.
After being set a target
of 538, Australia could only
manage 164-9 as opener
Usman Khawaja did not bat
after suffering a knee injury
on Thursday.
That made it Pakistan’s
biggest Test win in terms of
runs - and Australia’s fourth
heaviest Test defeat.
Despite fighting back to
claim a draw in the first Test
of the two-Test series, Aus-
tralia had no reply to the
Pakistan bowling attack on
Friday.
Australia offered some
resistance in the form of
Marnus Labuschagne (43)
and Travis Head (36) but
were defeated after
spinner Yasir Shah dismissed
the tail, finishing with
3-45.
Australia will look to
bounce back as the two sides
face each other in a best-of-
three T20 series in the United
Arab Emirates, which begins
on Wednesday, 24 October.
(BBC Sport)

Potters, All Saints show grit in President’s Cup

By Neto Baptiste
Former Premier Divi-
sion contenders, Potters FC
and All Saints United FC,
were huge winners in the
Antigua and Barbuda Foot-
ball Association (ABFA)
President’s Cup when the
competition continued on
Thursday.
Playing at home, Potters
blanked Flow Bethesda 4-1
following a double strike by
Lloyd Jeremy who scored in
minutes 31 and 78. There
were single strikes from
Tremayne Jeremy and Keon
Greene in minutes 53 and 61
respectively. Bethesda’s only
goal came from the boot of
Jeremy in minute 44 as he
inadvertently put the
ball into the back of his own
net.
The results however put
Potters into the next round
of the knockout competition
while Bethesda has been
eliminated.
Meanwhile, All Saints
United booked their
place in the next round of the
competition following a
3-0 victory over JSC
Progressors at McPond in All
Saints.
Ajarnie Thomas scored
twice as he hit the back of the
net in minutes 56 and 60
while the other conversion
came from Gres Samuel in
minute 36.
In other results, Police
defeated Blue Jays 1-0 with
Nijah Hope scoring the lone
goal of the contest. Bolans
beat Lion Hill 1-0.
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Lady Pitbulls confident of chances
By Carlena Knight
carlena.knight@antiguaob-
server.com
The first ever 3x3 female
national Under-18 basketball
team, the Lady Pitbulls, are
confident of their chances in
a successful run in the Inter-
national Basketball Founda-
tion (IBF) Antilles 3X3
Hoops Championships.
The four-man team that
is comprised of Karel
Knight, Kahtalia Valentine,
Athalia Ralph and captain
Transport Board hands Kennedys first loss of the season
By Carlena Knight
carlena.knight@antiguaob-
server.com
Defending champions,
Antigua and Barbuda Trans-
port Board (ABTB) handed
Kennedys their first loss of
the 2018 edition of the Cool
and Smooth Antigua and
Barbuda Basketball Associa-
tion (ABBA) Business
league.
Transport board, led by
Marlon “Buju” Charles
with 21 points, defeated the
T H E D A I LY
Laumeca Charles left for
Guyana on Thursday to com-
pete in Group B versus
Guadeloupe and Martinique.
The ladies earned the
national selection after win-
ning the local 3x3 tourna-
ment put on by the Antigua
and Barbuda Basketball As-
sociation (ABBA).
“I feel confident about
our chances in the tourna-
ment, we had practices and
trained very hard for this and
I really think that once we go
out and do our best then we
former champs 69-57 in the
feature match at the JSC
Sports Complex.
Charles was assisted by
national player, Kareem
“Macky” Edwards who
sank 20 points and Bryan
“Hollywood” Matthew, 14.
Kennedys’ Xavier
“Xman” Meade had 16
points while teammates,
Sheldon Abrams and Lind-
say McDonald netted 11 and
10 points in a losing effort.
With this victory, Trans-
port Board now moves to the
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will be successful,” stated
Charles who spoke exclu-
sively with OBSERVER media.
Charles shut down con-
cerns of them playing two
teams they have never met
before which include de-
fending champions, Mar-
tinique.
“We all were a part of
the fourth-place team that
represented Antigua and
Barbuda at the Under-16 fe-
male regional tournament in
Guyana so we have some ex-
perience and although we
top of the standings with a
10-1 record.
Newbies, Pointe FM
bounced back from their up-
setting loss to Eye Mobile Vi-
sion Care last week to
defeat Fitzroy Rewinding 59-
36.
Selassie Braithwaite led
the victors in scoring by net-
ting 17 points with assis-
tance from teammate,
Russell Daley who had 16.
Fitzroy’s Nkenge “Beef”
Drew had 16 points.
Police Vertex found
never saw these two teams
we are not intimidated and
will just go out and play An-
tigua basketball.”
“We do expect a tough
game from both teams but
we are ready and hope to
make everyone proud.”
The team that left on
Thursday afternoon thanked
their parents, their trainers
Carl and Olena Knight, the
ABBA Executive mainly Jen-
nell Willette, Kebra Nanton
and Gemma Hazelwood for
their support thus far.
themselves outside of the
winner’s circle once again,
this time falling to Eye Mo-
bile Vision Care 69-59.
Daryl Goodwin had a
game high 26 points for the
victors with teammates,
Bernard Andrew and Ado-
nis Humphreys contributing
21 and 10 points respectively.
Dale Gore and Leroy
Jeffery had 14 and 12 points
for the lawmen.
Dixie lost by default to
APUA Head Office as they
failed to produce a team.
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Cornwall’s century sends USA to fifth defeat

Cornwall smashed six fours and 10 sixes as he slammed an unbeaten 125 from just 93 deliveries. (CWI media)

BRIDGETOWN, Barba-
dos (CMC) – Rahkeem Corn-
wall’s scintillating unbeaten
century condemned USA
Cricket to their fifth loss in
six games, as they went
down by 47 runs via the
Duckworth/Lewis method
to the Leeward Islands Hur-
ricanes in their rain-affected
Group B match in the Re-
gional Super50 at the Three
W’s Oval in Barbados Thurs-
day.
The 25-year-old
slammed an unbeaten 125
from just 93 deliveries to
lead the Hurricanes to 248
for seven, after the inclement
weather had reduced their
innings to 49 overs.
USA then struggled to
get up to 131 for seven off 36
overs when heavy showers
eventually ended play, with
them 47 runs short of the re-
quired target at that stage.
Cornwall came to the
crease with his side in trou-
ble at 74 for four in the 21st
over and helped stage a re-
markable recovery.
Nosthush Kenjige had
given USA a good start by
removing openers Keacy
Carty for one and Montcin
Hodge for 13, while Kyle
Philip dismissed Jaison Pe-
ters (8).
Skipper Devon Thomas
fought back with an enter-
prising knock of 43, but fell
just short of his half-century
after he was removed by
Timil Patel.
Akeem Saunders and
Chesney Hughes made just
one and eight respectively
before they both fell to leave
the score 97 for six.
However, Cornwall
found a worthwhile partner
in Orlando Peters with the
two putting on 114 runs for
the seventh wicket.
Cornwall was especially
dominant in this partner-
ship, with Peters contribut-
ing just 27 runs.
And when Peters was
dismissed in the 47th over,
Cornwall and Terance Ward
added 37 runs in quick suc-
cession with Cornwall scor-
ing all but eight of those
runs.
By the time the innings
came to an end, Cornwall
had smashed six fours and
10 sixes.
Kenjige was the top USA
bowler taking 3-62 and
Philip took 2-28.
Apart from a 42-run
partnership between USA
captain Jaskaran Malho-
tram who top-scored with 40
and Steven Taylor who made
23 for the second wicket,
their run-chase never mate-
rialised.
Once Taylor was dis-
missed with the score 64 for
two, USA lost wickets
steadily.
Cornwall also con-
tributed with the
ball, snagging the important
wicket of Malhotram as
well as Aaron Jones as they
fell to 96 for five in the 32nd
over.
By the time the rains
came the Hurricanes were
well on their way to victory,
with the Duckworth/Lewis
method eventually having
the final say.
Both Cornwall and Pe-
ters took two wickets.
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Warri Head: We Are Not A

Member Of International Body
President of the Antigua and Barbuda Warri Association (ABWA), Joel Carr. (Photo by Neto Baptiste)
By Neto Baptiste
President of the Antigua
and Barbuda Warri Associa-
tion (ABWA), Joel Carr, has
confirmed that the organisa-
tion is not yet affiliated to its
international body, the Inter-
national Oware Players Asso-
ciation (IOPA).
Carr, in an interview on
the Good Morning JoJo
Sports show, said it is how-
ever not for a lack of trying.
“It was something that
was discussed at executive
level and we took a decision
to pursue that. I subse-
quently would have con-
tacted the president of that
body to get some specific in-
formation as to what are the
benefits and stuff that can be
derived for an association
that would join the body,” he
said.
“The association [inter-
national body] has the ability
for you to become a member
on an individual basis and
that is mostly what has been
happening. But, we thought
the approach would be best
served if we approached as
an association and all of our
membership obviously,
would get whatever bene-
fits,” he added.
The president was re-
sponding to claims by former
head of the association,
Trevor Cranston, the local
body had registered as a
member of the international
affiliate in 2012 when a team
of players traveled to
Switzerland for a tourna-
ment.
Carr refuted this claim,
stating that what was paid in
2012, were registration fees
for the tournament in
Switzerland.
The association head re-
vealed however, that players
could register as individual
members of the international
body and receive similar ben-
efits to that of Antiguan and
international players Trevor
Simon and September
Christian.
“I can speak specifically
of Trevor Simon and I think
September Christian would
have even been an executive
member, a vice president, so
from time to time when the
association [international
body] put on tournaments,
they would send invitations
to their membership and so if
you and I are members in our
personal capacity and this as-
sociation that we are mem-
bers of is going to put on a
tournament, they would
send and invite me to be part
of this tournament and so
that has happened obviously,
on a number of occasions
concerning the two individu-
als I just mentioned,” he said.
Both Simon and Chris-
tian recently represented An-
tigua and Barbuda at the
World Nomad Games held in
Kyrgyzstan in September
with Simon claiming the top
individual prize while the
duo had joined forces to win
the team award. Christian
placed second in the individ-
ual competition.
Carr said the relationship
between the association and
both gentlemen has always
been a healthy one.
“From time to time I
speak to them and I get ad-
vice. Trevor Simon, some-
times, do frequent where we
play some warri with the
guys. I haven’t really seen
September in that particular
capacity for a while but the
working relationship is quite
good,” he said.
Efforts, according to the
president, will be made to
bring the association’s mem-
bership together in hopes of
approving changes to the
constitution.

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