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Today’s Scripture

Week Ending Friday, November 23, 2012

[Joseph] kissed all of his brothers and wept, embracing them. After that, his brothers were finally able to talk to him.

— Genesis 45:15 (CEB)

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Small business fi nancing launched at MDC and SPCCU

On October 8, 2012, Pre-mier the Hon. Reuben T Meade proudly declared the launch of a long awaited “Business Financing Facility” (BFF) which will be oper-ated by the MDC in collaboration with the SPCCU.

After officially launching the BFF which followed an over-view of a Financial Management workshop (FMW) by Mrs. Teresa Silcott, and an overview of the BFF by Mrs. Angela Greenaway,

the Premier in a short feature ad-dress for the dual occasion told the gathering that the BFF will make available small business loans to prospective and ‘strug-gling’ entrepreneurs.

He said it is: “…a pleasure to be here speaking after the launch of this facility many many years after it should’ve been launched we have been talking about this facility since the days of Dr. Lewis

when he was Chief Minister ,” taking this back to 2006 and even further.

He explained the project as, “…a collaboration where projects are identifi ed, the MDC will be re-sponsible in determining whether or not it fi ts within the particular criteria, and then the funding is being disbursed and repaid through the SPCCU.”

The Premier attempted to be candid in that address. He went

on to describe the problems as he saw them. “Government talks a lot about engaging with the private sector. Part of the diffi culties of the private sector in Montserrat; 1. It is small; 2. Financing is dif-fi cult; and of course Government is very, very diffi cult and providing the support,” he concluded.

He referred to the workshop facilitator as having said that “…government is not very sensitive to responding to the needs of the private sector.”

“As a consequence,” he said, We will be handing over to the MDC the facility of a one-stop shop.”

Mrs. Greenaway told the would be participants at the work-shop that the project will be via loans (eventually revealed to be at 5% interest) in up to two tranches

of $40,000.00 each, up to fi ve years, from resources that “we have obtained from department for international development (DFID) and these resources will be provided through the St. Patrick’s cooperative credit union.”

She explained, “…we know that there are a lot of very good business ideas in Montserrat that may just need that little extra amount of fi nancing to launch it in a big way, and sometimes your ability to access that fi nancing is just not there and that really is the basis of the development of the business fi nancing facility…”

Mrs. Agatha Aspin the busi-ness coordinator chaired the pro-ceedings which she had informed was a two fold exercise. “We have the start of the financial exercise and the offi cial launch of the MDC fi nancing program the business fi nancing facility,”as she further explained, “the business sector of Montserrat has been receiving of training and other business development initiatives from the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) through its CTCS program.”

She noted that CDB had

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Can the new Barristers make a positive impact on Montserrat

By Claude GeraldThe criminal justice system on Montserrat is ailing, rapidly deterio-

rating and for the foreseeable future, perhaps hopeless even by moderate standards of judgement.

The creation of this problem is not acknowledged generally. Neither is the solution materially on hand to ensure the theoretical certainty, which the rule of law, in its impurity, uses as the touchstone to decisions mak-ing. Frankly no one seems to care of the perils lurking in this arm of our democracy, oblivious to the essential parameters that can be imperilled, given the embracing nature of the law’s range.

The Director of Public Prosecutor’s offi ce, a recent creation empow-ered by the constitution is a cesspool of interpersonal fi re fi ghts, back stabbing and turf protection. Tales emanating from that hallowed hall is fodder for the gossip circuits, giving rise to reasonable speculation that the need for professionalism, required for effi ciency and effectiveness, is in such a state that it could oxygen-starve the body proper.

The current mess is bed rocked in policy decisions of the past which failed to match job specifi cations fi ttingly. We have suffered in this and other sectors from the illusion that to be certifi ed is to be qualifi ed. Thus we load our offi ces with human investments of low asset value. We thus sow seeds of disharmony which rubbish designed policy objectives.

This is not necessarily a slight on the leadership of Kathy-Anne Pyke, the Director of Public Prosecution, in this important endeavour. She maybe a well intentioned professional who may suffer natural hostility, being a woman in a tough job, in a new culture of tiny minds and generalized sloppiness in formal circles. The latter is a major bottle neck to organized growth and the legal sector is vulnerable more so to this seasoned trend of accepted ineffi ciency. Yet the DPP cannot afford to alienate or to be alienated in managing to its best the human resources at her disposal to legally defend and vigorously promote the state’s interest.

By coincidence on Friday last, a historical calling to the bar of three aspirants was preceded by Justice Tommy Asptahan’s uphold of a no case submission, acquitting a veteran police offi cer of more serious charges of assault. Both events captured the minds of locals given the social function of the law. What lessons could bar-newcomers take from a prosecution that fails again to take the case even to the jury, whilst the defence gallops to another victory?

Strip aside the accepted platitudes designed for such a ceremony, the larger question centres on the nature of the legal culture that will confront these young women; the impact it will have on their careers and crucially the nature of their contribution to the process of change to platform the future. Their coming as a trio at this time is pivotal to the direction travelled in securing the fundamentals against intrusions of extra-judicial power and infl uence in the court, which intuitively may

have been countenanced in a recent profi led case.If they return as were, socialized by an unquestioning and placid

society, with many friends and family to prosecute and to defend and take the path least resisted, thus failing to live and ‘mistress’ the law – the enslavement instruct of Justice Astaphan at swearing in – their training will add to nought. Rather if they become case centred, their obvious growth in fi ve years, judged by bar presentations will open the fl oodgates to a new and improved jurisprudence on Montserrat. Not by any means a facile charge by the Judge as old habits die hard and mere exposures to the elements of law equip them only to begin to practice, Astaphan cautioned.

The trade off to this mandate in a cloistered society is mind-boggling and that is the most enduring challenge. How can they succeed on a path of impartiality without compromise and not suffer alienation of different kinds? Can they remain internally fortifi ed in carrying out this acid test of maturity and introspection? Can they be a part of the world but not of it as required by members of the Bench, the ideal test of legal maturity? Could they stomach a pariah existence in the face of defending their ‘mistress’ that may not be accepted by many?

Practitioners must seek to distinguish themselves by their behaviour. Squabble in the DPP’s offi ce send bickering vibrations and divided loyalty signals across the legal landscape that retards institutional growth and progress. Animosity and antagonism cycle out of control and young exponents are likely to be sucked into the melee, to take sides in this garrison politics that can create legal rascals.

How can we be sure that Offi cer Labourde’s submission would have succeeded if the DPP’s offi ce was at full throttle? Assuming it is factual, why was Crown Prosecutor Sullivan not severely reprimanded by the court and employers, for announcing in court that he enjoys a close friendship with the then accused Labourde, thus adopting hands off approach, supposedly not even peering at the fi les? His presence with local knowledge would have been advantageous to the people, to share notes and be a reservoir to back up as the defence lessoned and tag-teamed. Rightfully it is his role. He would have shone and grown in prosecuting his friend who fully understands the rules of the legal game as a police prosecutor himself.

Prosecute him mercilessly and then plea in the style of the late Bazil

empaneled a cadre of persons capable of facilitating the training exercises. She explained therefore, that the private sector around the region had no longer any need to

bring trainers to conduct training in any one island. She said that was done is to train those persons within the island to do what CDB asks of them.

She then announced the

workshops facilitator. “So this morning we are fortunate in that we have our own facilitator Mrs. Teresa Silcott who will be con-ducting the training for us over the ten nights,” pointing out that Mrs.

Silcott is a qualifi ed accountant, who had previously gone to CDB for the requisite CDB training.

Mrs. Silcott gave a brief overview of the course and her expectations. “At the end of the

workshop, participants would be able to understand the funda-mental component of business, how a business operates. They would understand the regulatory requirements for setting up and reporting on business; understand and interpret simple income and balance sheet statements; use

simple variants analysis to access changes in business operation, look at budgets, and break even …”

“However,” she said, “I would like to say that beyond the class-work, I would like the participants to develop relation-ships with each other as business people…”

Prior to his address, the Premier, accompanied by the MDC new Ex-ecutive Chairman, Mr. John Ryan, delivered instruments to Mr. Denzil West, president of the SPCCU.

Thirty eight (38) persons registered for the management course but at the end during a graduation ceremony it was revealed that only twenty seven stayed the distance, covering October 8 -24. They were presented with

certificates at the closing cer-emony Wednesday night.

Both the training workshop and the opening ceremony which included the BFF launch were held at the Grand View Bed & Breakfast facility.

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[Joseph] kissed all of his brothers and wept, embracing them. After that, his brothers were finally able to talk to him. — Genesis 45:15 (CEB)

When we answered the telephone, we were excited to hear our four-year-old grandson’s voice. After telling us about preschool, he said, “I need to ask you a question: Why didn’t God help Joseph’s brothers when they were hungry?” We had talked about Joseph when our grandson was in vacation Bible school. Our grandson remembered that Joseph’s brothers had taken Joseph’s coat without his permission and had put him in a pit. I said that God did help Joseph’s brothers by leading them to Joseph. Since Joseph worked for the

So Little?king, he was able to give them food and a place to live. Also, I told him that God helped Joseph to forgive his brothers even though they were afraid that Joseph was still angry with them. He seemed satisfied with my answer and gave his mom the phone. She said they had discussed Joseph during chapel at my grandson’s preschool. Regardless of his reasons for asking, I realized again the joy of being able to follow God’s word in Psalm 78:4: “We will tell the next generation about the Lord’s power and his great deeds and the wonderful things he has done.”

Dan W. Moore (North Carolina, USA)

Thank you, God, for opportunities to talk about you with those around us. Amen.

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E D I T O R I A L

Montserrat is experiencing a situation which is taking its people back to years many especially resident know nothing of, or cannot remember or do not wish to remember.

It is one that we have echoed and mentioned time and time over, but which unfortunately exits and encouraged because it suits a style to which many are either ignorant or willfully support to perpetuation. Some of the ignorant just do not know any better and the others are really the ones who may just be plain blind or are among the few who benefi t know matter what. They just do not care. But they need to get quickly to the reality that on that ground it is like the sand some of us hear about or read in the Holy Scriptures.

Ever since the volcanic crisis began there has been that problem of land ownership and land uses in Montserrat. We were told in very recent times that it would not be too long before all in Montserrat would enjoy the knowledge of what each square foot of land would be allowed to have constructed or left alone as seen fi t and accepted by most.

Not too long ago that area that called Piper’s Pond was designated as “largest remaining wetland habitat remaining on Montserrat. It was said to, “have potential as an educational resource. Its rehabilitation can serve to raise public awareness on conservation issues, and develop ap-preciation of wetlands as a signifi cant component of the environment on Montserrat.”

Legislation confi rmed its existence, but in a fl ash it was reversed and is now a signifi cant location to form part of the new town in Montserrat.

The problem here is that when the fi shermen of Montserrat almost a hundred of them were told there area of operation is required to form part of the planned new port, they had in mind an earlier plan to use that pond as a fi shers safe harbour, while maintaining its historical and natural value.

So the fi shermen are displaced with no home in sight and the fi sh-ermen livelihood at stake and the food of Montserrat takes a further dive.

There is also another big environmental blow. The wetland was also designated as a wildlife reserve, and there were plans to implement conservation practices and management controls in a buffer zone (des-ignated as a conservation area), in order to limit. The birds were forced to fi nd a home and already have been the subject of near tragedy in the area of our international airport.

Then in addition, there is the issue of Murphy and the efforts to relo-cate him from an area some are now calling ‘a landmark’. All this is part of the new thrust to develop a port, a new town and a ‘progressive’ and economically viable future for Montserrat. The mistaken idea of placing full focus in the Little Bay and Carrs Bay area.

There have been plans gone over many times since 1998. Unfortu-nately those plans have been nothing more than that, now there is still slow agreement as to what shape those plans should take. Then failure slips in. It is what the recent DFID review team found lacking when they visited to do a mid-term review of the framework of a “strategic growth package for Montserrat”.

This was so important because, “It is expected that the successful implementation of the reform programme will put Montserrat on a clear path to faster economic growth and reduced dependence on UK budget-ary support.”

The communication methods are lacking in that either people are doubtful or have no confi dence in what is being said, do not believe that it has anything to do with them, or that they are left with this perception especially all they are told they can go to this or that website and see what is being planned for them.

It must be understood that government can acquire or displace anyone for the public good, but this should be done by informing and advising and discussing the compensation well in advance of time before aggra-vation and bad feelings. All the discussion that is taking place around these issues being faced in Carrs Bay and its environs should have been in the open long before the struggle to get them there now.

Conditions and Quality of our Montserrat supermarkets

New Barristers’ impact

The lack of sincere desire to inform will destroy progress by Capt. John

Based on a recent trip that I made to neighbouring Nevis, was so amazed to see not two or three, but fi ve fi rst class supermarkets, with aisles and aisles of fi rst class (unblemished) fruit and vegetables; isles of frozen meats and fish; and a huge selection of groceries; foods; beverages, etc. in class with or better than I have seen in Canada or the USA.

Now I will admit that we on Montserrat have had our chal-lenges with Nature, but how long are we to live with this TEMPO-RARY THING!?, it has been over 17 years since our volcano came to life, and rebuilding on Montser-rat is expensive! but I do not think that we as customers have to be held at ransom, paying exorbitant prices, and even more now that the new price structure has come into force!, as a News item on ZJB Radio quoted yesterday 13th. November!

I have been in to three Montserrat supermarkets over the past three days, and noted that all the Fruit and Vegetable produce

there was less than third grade, garbage, basically it is stuff that appears to have been rejected by the large chain supermarkets and restaurants, and our supermarkets are buying it very cheap, then turn-ing around and charging top dollar, and because they are the only ones in town, if we want to eat, WE GOT TO BUY IT!! there is NO WHERE ELSE TO GO!, unless we are able to grow some of our own, and hopefully the lose livestock or two legged rats don't eat it fi rst!

Nevis has the same popula-tion as we did prior to the Volcano crisis, but also the prices there are at least 25% less than we pay here. Also, in the Nevis Su-permarkets, you do not see them packing shelves in the day time or smell fresh herring as soon as you enter the door. In addition the supermarkets are very well lit, so you can read the labels and easily check for expiry dates, plus they are air conditioned too!

One or more of the Super-markets here are affi liated to the ones in Nevis, and are the main wholesale distributors to the other

supermarkets and small grocery stores here, yet they still are price gouging the customers.

Montserratians, are trying so hard to be resilient, that they have forgotten to notice the things around them that make their life diffi cult. So much so that they are NOT ever prepared (too scared) to comment or complain about it to the Authorities!

Montserratians please! it is your own good hard earned money that you are spending!! Where is our Price Control Offi cers and Health and Safety Inspectors?, if any, they should start to crack down on the Price Gouging; Money Hungry; Supermarket Owners.

Notice that Almost ALL the Supermarkets are owned by ‘For-eigners’!

We should start a club to import food stuff and toiletries in bulk and distribute them like the Post Offi ce and Reggie used to do prior to the Volcano tragedies. The Supermarkets would get a rude awakening.

Lord Please help our little island..

grace and honour and humour.Selectivity in prosecutions is

most reprehensible. It is an assault that crosses swords with the court itself. This ugly practice of select-ing who must bear the brunt of one’s enthusiasm to prosecute is personal, revengeful, corruptible, petty and contemptuous giving rise to the notion of a persecution displacing a prosecution.

It sublimely informs the jury process with all its social problems, nurturing jurors in the art of corrupt

verdicts as they follow the pace set by legal minds in leadership, whether as Justice Ministers or other deviants in the system.

Every case deserves proper adjudication as the antagonists on either side guide the court with a calm zeal on the elements as perceived. If the ranking police officer’s case was high profile how come the State selected not to treat it so with a high fl ying prosecution team? The DPP’s offi ce was hamstrung clearly and this must not be the norm.

Despite the theory of separa-tion of powers, the executive arm must not roll over stupefied. It must execute changes to foster keen management of the Legal Department. It must be proactive hovering over and determining the game play of justice maintenance on our shores.

Friendship coupled with se-rious business remains mortal enemies.

Claude Gerald is a social commentator on Montserrat. Cee-gee15@hotmail.com

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Persons wishing to travel on the Ferry to and from Montserrat for the 2012 Christmas Festival season, are asked to book in advance with the Montserrat Tourist Board by calling 664 491 2230 or 664 491 8730 or email: info@montserrattourism.ms. Bookings may also be made directly with Mrs. Icilma Fenton-Riley on 664 491 5802 or 664 491 5803, email: fentoni@gov.ms. Persons are encouraged to make arrangements for advance payments in order to guarantee seats.

Adults ChildrenReturn Fare EC$300 Return Fare EC$150One Way Fare EC$150 One Way Fare EC$75.00

Passengers are allowed two (2) pieces of baggage free. Any additional baggage is charged at EC$50.00 per piece.

According to a Government of Montserrat Memorandum each household on Montserrat will once again be able to re-ceive barrels over the Christmas period, starting now, without having to pay the normal import duty charges.

The memo which is based on SR&O No. 56/2012 informs of Cabinet’s approval of the waiver of the customs duties on barrels for the period No-vember 1, 2012, to January 15, 2013.

There will be a fl at fee of

$50 per barrel arriving at Port Little Bay and no importer will be allowed to use this measure to bring in items for resale.

This practice has become the norm over the last several years. Each household will be limited to two barrels.

Montserrat waives import duties on barrels for Christmas season

First female Chief Justice for the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court

Turks and Caicos General E lect ion: after 3 years direct Brit ish rule PNP wins 8 seats, PDM 7

As the Hon. Justice Pereira progresses from acting the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court has its fi rst female Chief Justice.

In a letter to His Excellency the Governor Adrian Davis, the

Honourable Justice Janice Mesa-dis Pereira stated that on Tuesday, 16 October, she received notifi ca-tion from the Crown Offi ce of the Ministry of Justice in England about confirmation of her ap-

pointment to be Chief Justice for the ECSC.

The notice included a copy of the Letters Patent signed by Her Majesty the Queen on 28 Sep-tember 2012, appointing Pereira

School in 1981. Mrs. Pereira was called to

the Bar in the British Virgin Islands in 1981 and the Bar in St. Kitts and Nevis in 2000. Between 1981 and 1984 Mrs. Pereira served as Acting Registrar General; Acting Registrar of the Supreme Court and Registrar of Companies, BVI between 1981 and 1984. She served as Additional Magistrate and acted as Magistrate, BVI between 1981 and 1985.

She was an Associate At-torney at Law, J.S. Archibald and Company, Tortola between 1985 and 1989; Associate Attorney, Harney Westwood & Riegels, Tor-tola, BVI in 1989 and Attorney at Law (Civil Litigation, Commercial and Banking), McW Todman & Co

(1991 to 2003).She served as a

law partner in Farara George-Creque & Ker-rins and engaged in active practice at the Bar in the conduct of matters at all levels of the Courts from 1985 to 2003 in Tortola, BVI.

to be Chief Justice. The notice of appointment was published in the London Ga-zette on 4 October 2012.

Chief Justice Pereira was born on Virgin Gorda in the British Virgin Islands, succeeds Nevisian-born Sir Hugh Rawlins. She obtained her law degree with honours from the University of the West In-dies in 1979 and the Legal Education Certifi cate from the Norman Manley Law

Her Ladyship served as a High Court Judge of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court from 2003 to 2008 and Court of Appeal from 2009 to 2012 and Acting Chief Justice from 1 August, 2012.

She also served s a high court judge in Montserrat for several years. Reprsenting the Montserrat’s bar, Attorney at

Law Jean Kelsick says Justice Pereira brought patience and a willingness to listen to the bench. “…she showed herself to be a sound, independent and temperate judge, who was quite willing to fi nd against government when this was warranted. A welcome quality that she brought to the bench was patience and her willingness to listen,” Kelsick said.

Turks and Caicos General Election After 3 years direct British rule PNP wins 8 seats, PDM 7

It was late one summer Friday afternoon in mid-August, the rem-nants of the British Empire grew

a little bit larger; the Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI) were declared back under direct British rule.

A statement from the British Governor in the TCI stated on 14 August: “We have today signed

a proclamation, published in the Gazette, which brings into force the Order in Council suspending parts of the Turks and Caicos Islands constitution.”

The reason: a British-ordered

inquiry into the British dependency which shone a light on widespread corruption.

The fi nal report recommended a two-year suspension of island government while the British Gov-ernor cleans up administrative and constitutional activity in the TCI.

Since then TCI residents amidst protests back and forth, saw two years come and go, but on November 9, 2012, in what Hayden Boyce, Publisher & Editor-in-Chief of the Turks and Caicos SUN reports was the closest general elections in the history of the Turks and Caicos Islands, the Progressive National Party (PNP) reclaimed the government, winning eight (8) seats to the People’s Democratic Movement’s (PDM) seven (7).

The PNP’s razor-thin vic-tory in the Friday November 9th poll, came in the form of six con-stituency seats and two At-Large (country-wide) seats.

The PDM won four (4) con-stituency seats and three (3) At-Large seats.

When the votes in the 10 electoral districts were tallied just after 1 a.m. on Saturday Novem-ber 10, the PNP won six seats: George Lightbourne in Grand Turk North; Norman Saunders in South Caicos; DonHue Gardiner in North and Middle Caicos; Akeirra Missick in Leeward; Portia Stubbs-Smith in The Bight; and Amanda Missick in Cheshire Hall/Richmond Hills.

The PDM won four con-stituency seats: Delroy Williams in Wheeland; Sean Astwood in Five Cays; Goldray Ewing in Blue Hills; and Edwin Astwood in Grand Turk South. The PDM won three of the At-Large seats (Sharlene Cart-wright, Derek Taylor and Josephine Connolly), while the PNP won with Dr. Rufus Ewing and Washington

Misick.The overall election results

were delayed because the At-Large numbers had to be recounted and the final results were only an-nounced at 5:30 p.m. on Saturday, November 10.

However, PDM leader Oswald Skippings a former chief minister, suffered a shocking defeat, plac-ing eighth among 11 At-Large candidates. He asked for a recount which took place on Monday, November 12 at Dillon Hall, Grand Turk.

After an all-day recount of the At-Large votes on Monday No-vember 12th, Rushbook confi rmed that the PNP won eight seats and is the largest party in the House of Assembly, and that the PDM has seven seats. Later, Rufus Ewing, PNP leader wrote to the Governor advising he is able to form the new Government.

On Wednesday, November 14, 2012 six Cabinet Ministers in the Turks and Caicos Islands were sworn in by Governor Ric Todd, but no portfolios had been assigned as yet.

The ceremony took place at the Governor’s Offi cial Residence at Waterloo, Grand Turk and fol-lows on from new Forty-four-year-old surgeon, Premier Dr. Rufus Ewing receiving his instrument of appointment on Tuesday following the election on November 9.

Dr. Rufus Washington Ewing was sworn in as the third Premier of the Turks and Caicos Islands Premier. He would further consider the assignment of responsibilities to Ministers and in accordance with his advice (Constitution Art 36) appointments were made by The Governor.

The full team of Turks and Caicos Ministers is: Premier, with

responsibility for Investment and Trade - Dr Rufus Washington Ew-ing; Deputy Premier and Ministry of Education, Youth, Sports and Cul-ture - Akierra Missick; Ministry of Finance and Tourism - Washington Misick; Ministry of Environment and Home Affairs - Porsha Stubbs-Smith; Ministry of Health and Human Services (Gender Affairs, Social Services) - Amanda Misick; Ministry of Border Control and Labour - Ricardo Don-Hue Gardiner; and, Government Support Services - George Lightbourne.

In addition to chairing Cabinet meetings, the Governor fulfi ls a number of Constitutional func-tions including being responsible for defence, external affairs, the regulation of international fi nancial services, internal security, includ-ing the Police Force, and appoint-ments to public offi ce.

The other Cabinet Members are the Deputy Governor, Anya Williams, who acts on behalf of the Governor and is Head of the Public Service, and Attorney General, Huw Shepheard, the legal advisor to the Government and the House of Assembly.

Immediately after the cere-mony the team travelled to the NJS Francis House of Assembly building to attend the fi rst Cabinet Meeting convened by the Governor.

After the meeting the Gov-ernor and the Premier issued a joint press statement: “I am very pleased to report that the first Cabinet meeting was welcomed by all present, and was held in a very cordial and businesslike atmo-sphere,” said Governor Todd. “All Cabinet members expressed their determination to work together for the benefi t of the Turks and Caicos Islands.

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Living healthy for Festival 50

TCI Elections cont’d. from page 5

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OVERSEAS TERRITORY OF MONTSERRATIN THE HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE

A.D. 2012LEGAL NOTICE

In the estate of ANNYA VANESSA DUNCAN, deceasedNOTICE is hereby given that after the expiration of fourteen (14) days from the date hereof, application will be made in the Registry of the High Court of Justice for an Order that Letters of Administration to the Estate of ANNYA VANESSA DUNCAN late of Nix-ons Montserrat who died on the 7th of October 2012 be granted to KHARL MARKHAM of Allen Markham & Associates Banks Montserrat, the Lawful Attorney of COSWELL THEODOLPH DUNCAN the father and Personal Representative of the deceased.

ALL persons claiming to be benefi cially interested therein are requested forthwith to send particulars to me the undersigned.

FURTHER, any person objecting to the issuance of a Grant to the Applicant should notify the Registrar of the High Court of Justice no later than fourteen (14) days from the date of this notice.

DATED this 8th day of November 2012

Kharl MarkhamAllen Markham & Associates

Red Cross Variety Show and Auction this Saturday to

fund emergency equipment

Criminal probe into Caribbean fi rm (CLICO)

This Saturday, November 26, 2012, the Montserrat Red Cross (MRC) will host a variety show and auction with the goal of rais-ing enough funds to purchase two automated external defi brillators.

According to Red Cross Pa-tron Mrs Sujue Davis, the wife of His Excellency the Governor Adrian Davis, the evening will begin at 6:30pm at Government House, Palm Loop, Woodlands and will also include a raffl e. Tickets for this variety show are $50.00 each.

Montserrat currently has one ambulance that is shared

and operated by the fi re service between them and the hospital since 2010.

Mrs. Davis, said “the re-sponse distance from the north to the furthest habitable part of Montserrat (Isle Bay Hill) is 12 minutes. In a worst case medical/trauma scenario it takes a few minutes for a person’s condition to deteriorate and the chance of survival reduced.

“Having an AED in close prox-imity and where it can be used im-mediately will signifi cantly improve the chance of survival. In the light

of this, the MRC board agreed on a project that seeks to improve the medical/trauma response and treatment to patients mainly but not limited to the Southern part of the Island. Procuring the machines is a start and the Red Cross will provide the necessary training in basic fi rst aid and the use of the AEDs,” Mrs. Davis explained.

The Red Cross is still look-ing for sponsors, and welcomes items to be auctioned and raffl ed with all of the proceeds going to acquire the two machines for use by emergency services.

“One of the fi rst pieces of business was to fi x the date of the recall and inauguration of the House of Assembly as Wed, 28 Nov 2012. We also agreed that Cabinet would meet fortnightly on a Wednesday, with the exception of the next session which will happen on Thursday November 29th, due to the events of the previous day.

Election results to be chal-lenged in court

A petition fi led by PDM can-didate Oral Isaac Selver in relation

to Electoral District Number 7 (Cheshire Hall and Richmond Hills, Providenciales) is grounded in an alleged failure by a third party candidate, Edward E. Smith of the Peoples Progressive Party (PPP), to declare his US citizenship. This runs against Section 49(1)(a) of the TCI Constitution which provides that “No person shall be qualifi ed to be an elected member of the House of Assembly who, on the date of his or her nomination for election… is, by virtue of his or her own act,

under any acknowledgement of al-legiance, obedience or adherence to any foreign power or state.

Section 50(1) of the constitu-tion goes on to provide that “Each candidate for election to the House of Assembly shall, on the date of his or her nomination for election, make a written declaration to the Supervisor of Elections that he or she is qualifi ed for election under section 46 and that no disquali-fi cation mentioned in section 49 applies to him or her.”

By Cathy BuffongeAs Montserrat prepares to

celebrate the fi ftieth anniversary of its annual year-end Festival in December, there is an initiative to encourage and promote healthy lifestyles in the weeks leading up to the Festival. This voluntary initiative is spearheaded by electronic techni-cian and former Festival committee chairman Gregory Willock, and Albrun Semper, both of Punch and Get out Productions, together with a team of volunteers, in a move towards a healthier population.

For the past weeks community members have been invited to join the challenge, with its slogan Fifty strong: Living Healthy for Festival 50 and beyond. The programme involves several competing teams of highly motivated persons both male and female, although predominately female in spite of encouragement for men to join. Among the men is Minister of Agriculture the Hon Easton Taylor Farrell, setting an example for the community. The programme has exceeded its goal

of having 50 persons involved, and is planned to cover 50 days, ending on December 26.

Fully behind the project is US based cardiologist/ researcher Dr Janice Scobie, together with events coordinator Gilda Hansen, who were both on island for the launch of the programme. Both work closely with US based Montserratian cardiologist Dr Icilma Fergus Rowe, who has visited Montserrat from time to time with her team to provide specialist services and monitor the cardiac health of the population.

While here, Dr Scobie and Ms Hansen conducted pre-programme health checks on all participants, including weight and height, blood pressure, blood sugar and cholester-ol, giving the participants something to aim for when they are fi nished. They also brought with them pe-dometers, blood pressure monitors, T-shirts and activity folders for each participant, as well as other items for the programme.

The very attractive folders, entitled ‘Social health leads to social

wealth’, contain sections on healthy lifestyle, exercise instructions including warming up and cooling down, guidelines for physical activ-ity from the American Heart Asso-ciation, daily food diary forms, and guidelines on what each group must do on each day of the week.

Each group is expected to complete a wide variety of activities on particular days, Including walk-ing, aerobics, football, basketball and swimming. Each activity has a coach, who guides the various groups in what they are doing. The coaches include Andre West for aerobics, Vachel Murraine for basketball, Kenny Dyer for football, James ‘Fittest Man’ Greenaway for walking, and Stanford Kelly for swimming.

In addition the participants keep a daily record of everything they eat at each meal and in be-tween. Gregory points out that they are not told what to eat, but keeping a daily record will help them to be-come aware of what they are actu-ally eating and will motivate them to

make some adjustments, especially as they monitor their weight, blood pressure and exercise levels.

On Sundays the entire group meets for a group discussion, with each group making a fi ve minute presentation on some aspect of health as related to physical activity and a healthy lifestyle.

Scobie and Hansen will keep in touch with local organizer Gregory Willock to provide support and as-sist with any problems. They explain that a group in the US is following the same routine as those who have joined locally. In addition the Montserrat Progressive Society of

New York, which has been active for many years, is taking a keen interest in the project and is assisting with fund raising and the provision of items needed for the project.

A few years ago the Healthy Lifestyle Challenge was spear-headed by the Nutrition and Health Promotion sections of the Ministry of Health for two years running, with groups and individuals involved in healthy eating and exercise targets, also a very praiseworthy effort. This time it’s the non-health and voluntary sector which has taken the initiative, and this fulfi ls one of the goals of health promotion

in having community members take responsibility for health.

With chronic non-communica-ble diseases like diabetes and hyper-tension on the rise, this programme is just the right approach to help prevent and control these conditions by encouraging participants and the whole population to keep fi t and healthy, especially as Festival brings with it over-eating and over-drinking on the part of many. It’s especially praiseworthy coming from the vol-untary sector of the community, and a noteworthy effort to supplement the ongoing work being done by health staff.

By BERT WILKINSON Special to the NY AmsterdamNews

Will this bring final closure and recompense to Montserrat and the rest?

Authorities in Trinidad are preparing to launch a criminal probe into the 2009 collapse of the English-speaking Caribbean’s largest single company to determine why the con-glomerate went belly up and who were the main benefi ciaries of the hundreds of millions of private inves-tor funds that were either stolen or spectacularly mismanaged.

Trinidad headquarters, where pres-sure has been mounting for months to determine what exactly had hap-pened. The planned investigation is being undertaken in spite of the fact that the administration of Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bisessar is convening a separate commission of inquiry into what many consider to be a scandal of Bernie Madoff-like pro-portions in the Caribbean. At the same time, some governments are trying to either repay investors from state and other funds or are simply winding up

Caribbean Life Insurance Com-pany (CLICO), which had branches stretching from the Bahamas in the north Caribbean to Guyana and Suriname on the South American mainland, collapsed in January 2009, leaving hundreds of thousands of investors in the lurch, including many Caribbean nationals who had their life savings and pension funds in its high-dividend premium schemes.

But even as many policyholders have written off their investments as a bad chapter in their lives, the issue is raising its head again in CLICO’s

Page 8 Friday, November 23, 2012

Kids time - In your own korner

by Joseph Jacobs

All the birds of the air came to the magpie and asked her to teach them how to build nests. For the magpie is the clever-est bird of all at building nests. So she put all the birds round her and began to show them how to do

it. First of all she took some mud and made a sort of round cake with it.

“Oh, that’s how it’s done!” said the thrush, and away it flew - and so that’s how thrushes build their nests.

Then the magpie took some twigs and arranged them round in the mud.

“Now I know all about it!” said the blackbird, and off it flew - and that’s how the blackbirds make their nests to this very day.

Then the magpie put an-other layer of mud over the twigs.

Hello everyone – It is kid’s time with Auntie Lyka “In Your own Korner”. I hope you are doing your homework. Keep study-ing. Choose your friends wisely. Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great. Remember to read a book It will take you places.

Pre-School CornerHello to you my preschool friends. This week we will look at COLOURING ALPHBET PICTURES. I hope you enjoy Letter P

“Oh, that’s quite obvious!” said the wise owl, and away it flew - and owls have never made better nests since.

After this the magpie took some twigs and twined them round the outside.

“The very thing!” said the sparrow, and off he went - so sparrows make rather slov-enly nests to this day.

Well, then Madge magpie took some feathers and stuff, and lined the nest very comfortably with it.

“That suits me!” cried the starling, and off it flew - and very comfortable nests have starlings.

So it went on, every bird taking away some knowledge of how to build nests, but none of them waiting to the end.

Meanwhile Madge magpie went on working and work-ing without looking up, till the only bird that remained

was the turtle-dove, and that hadn’t paid any attention all along, but only kept on saying its silly cry, “Take two, Taffy, take two-o-o-o!”

At last the magpie heard this just as she was putting a twig across, so she said, “One’s enough.”

But the turtle-dove kept on saying, “Take two, Taffy, take two-o-o-o!”

Then the magpie got angry and said, “One’s enough, I tell you!”

Still the turtle-dove cried, “Take two, Taffy, take two-o-o-o!”

At last, and at last, the magpie looked up and saw nobody near her but the silly turtle-dove, and then she got rarely angry and flew away and refused to tell the birds how to build nests again.

And that is why different birds build their nests dif-ferently.

The Magpie’s Nest

What is as big as an elephant but weighs nothing?

Have you ever wondered which holds more: a short, wide container or a tall, skinny one?Do this experiment to find out.Line up several kitchen objects of different sizes and shapes—a mug, a tall glass, a soup bowl, a pie pan, and so on. Guess which will hold the most water and which will hold the least. Then measure how much each one can hold. Any surprises?

Brain Teasers

Can You Find the Numbers

Fill Them Up

Hidden Objects

An elephant’s shadowMatch the Animals to their Home

By Xu LiPhoto by Hank SchneiderWhat You’ll Need:• paint• heavy paper• leaves• seeds• glue• markersHow to Make It:Paint heavy paper, and let it dry.Collect leaves and seeds. Arrange them to look like fish.Glue the fish on the paper. Use markers to add details.

There are nine numbers in the box between 36 and 96.The numbers increase by five. Can you work out which numbers are missing?

ARCH, BATH, BEACH, DEPTH, DISH, EACH, EARTH, ENOUGH, FINISH, FRESH, HIGH, LENGTH, MARCH, MONTH, MYTH, PEACH, RICH, ROUGH, SCRATCH, SMOOTH, STOMACH, TOUCH, VANISH, WASH, WATCH.

Can you find the hidden words? Each word ends with the letter H. The words may be horizontal or vertical.

ALPHA-SEARCH

Leaf Fish

See you next week right here

In Your Own Korner. Where we will have funKids write your stories, tell us about your-selves. Email or post - Write to Aunty Lyka, at P.O. Box 306, Davy Hill, or send email to: kidstime@themontserratreporter.com

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NAME NAME (cont’d) ACCOUNT NBR ADDRESS (Line 1) MASTER #

ALLIOGANA FARM/GARDEN SUPPLIES C/O LORENZO GREAVES 101-237-6 SALEM VILLAGE 6797245

AMY A DALEY 731-035-2 711 SW 49TH TERRACE, FLORIDA

CARIBBEAN SAND & AGGREGATE LIMITED 100-030-6 P O BOX 25 6702427

CLAUDINA DALEY &/OR JAMES DALEY 704-925-7 107 LORNA ROAD 6763395

DAWNE L KIRWAN 704-847-3 ST PATRICKS 6790612

DENNIS JACK HAUSDORF 501-873-4 LIME KILN BEACH ROAD 6788830

DR JERRY THORNTON OR MRS BETSY THORNTON 501-891-6 1209 N 8TH STREET 6788129

HELICONIA BOOK CENTER 101-107-1 P. O. BOX 512 6782445

INSURANCE SERVICES MONTSERRAT LIMITED 706-348-0 C/O ACCOUNTANT, INSURANCE 6749428

JACQUIE RYAN ENTERPRISES 101-124-6 P.O. BOX 425 6779243

JANITHA JOSEPH 708-078-1 RYNERS VILLAGE 6799936

JENNIFER LE BLANC 707-936-1 DAGENHAM 6799563

L BURNS/E BROWNE & C PHILLP 101-552-8 C/O LESTER BURNS 6805667

LLOYD H WEEKES 706-932-1 P.O. BOX 482 6798672

M/RAT ANTILLES PLASTICS LTD 709-228-1 P O BOX 843 6788855

M/RAT PROPERTY OWNERS ASSOC 100-042-1 C/O A. PAUL JONES 6806244

MARGARET A LINDSAY HERMAN L LINDSAY 735-478-0 1875 DORCHESTER AVE. 6805998

MARIAN O’GARRO 704-187-4 GEORGE STREET 6787006

MICHELLE HARDING OR MARIA N BERGH 501-860-1 P O BOX 15 6788897

MILTA RYAN OR MARGARET RYAN 709-183-8 160-30-110 AVE 6804231

MISS DENISE C DYER 731-332-3 ST PATRICKS MRT

MISS DOROTHY GREENAWAY OR MS MAUDE GREENAWAY 500-244-9 6 THE WYE, GROVEHILL 6746564

MISS JESTINA DANIEL “JOSOA’S A/C” 702-456-5 MOLYNEUX 6712186

MR MATTHEW WHITE OR MS SARAH FRANCIS LEE 711-911-8 12 HOLMROOD ROAD 6723670

MR & MRS GERALD TITUS 500-783-6 12965 DEXTER STREET 6707616

MR ADOLPHUS JOHNATHAN TUITT OR MARY ROSE TUITT 701-037-4 HARNEY STREET 6741623

MR ALFRED PARSON OR MS LUCY MARY ANN PARSON 704-679-0 HARRIS’ 6714448

MR ALLEN R MALCOLM 501-011-1 841 EAST BROAD STREET 6755896

MR ANDREW MARGLIN MRS JOAN MARGLIN 500-216-7 C/O KELMAR SYSTEMS INC. 6706501

MR ANTHONY D LYNCH/ MRS DOREEN LYNCH 501-774-4 SPANISH POINTE 6737647

MR ARNOLD BERNIER OR MRS RACHEL BERNIER 500-531-9 110 VILLAGE HILL 6703680

MR BERNARD MEADE 701-713-0 AMERSHAM 6764112

MR BORIS SOKOLOFF OR MRS JOAN SOKOLOFF 100-578-4 98 PUTNAM PARK 6701833

MR CHARLES E. DALEY 709-085-5 P O BOX 317 6806319

MR CLEMENT PIPER OR MS LORNA PIPER 709-841-1 68 CAMPBELL AVE. BARKINGSIDE 6723241

MR CLIFFORD GREEN JO ANN GREEN 100-391-2 P.O BOX 2022 6700793

MR CURTIS BROOKS 709-390-9 P O BOX 38 6744650

MR DAVID E CORBETT OR MS DESIREE HARRIS 101-044-6 C/O P O BOX 302784 6776983

MR DENZIL YEARWOOD 714-121-1 PARSONS ROAD 6731426

MR DONELL CAMERON OR MR BRIAN CAMERON 100-309-4 976 GOODRICH AVE 6700991

MR EMMANUEL GALLOWAY 501-876-7 ST JOHNS 6711352

MR EMMANUEL JOSEPH CABEY 709-139-0 DYER’S VILLAGE 6720577

MR EUSTACE CHARLES 713-176-6 VICTORIA VILLAGE 6734552

MR FRED UPHILL OR MS JOAN KINLEY 500-638-2 55 CENTRAL PK BLVD SOUTH 6705180

MR GARRY KNIGHT/MS NINA KNIGHT MR NEVILLE BRADSHAW 501-225-7 150 GILLIES LANE 6759567

MR GEORGE F HOWSON 501-863-5 RICHMOND HILL 6783617

MR GEORGE T R ELWIN MRS IRENE ELWIN 732-163-1 WEBBS EXTENSION

MR GERT DALEY 730-256-5 ST JOHN’S MRT

MR IAN R. GIBSON 714-750-7 MAGNOLIA DRIVE 6772388

MR IROD LINDSEY/& MRS MARIE LINDSEY 500-108-6 55 SMITH ROAD 6706055

MR JAMES EAGLESON 200-360-6 2210 VERSITY VILLA 6707129

MR JAMES HARPER 100-986-9 BRADES 6703649

MR JAMES M D LEE 712-160-1 BETHEL 6757249

MR JAMES T SMITH/MS JANE SMITH /MS PAM HILLIARD 500-092-2 4268 FORTNER DRIVE 6705974

MR JASON TITLEY 709-680-3 KINSALE 6803076

MR JOHN D R CASHIN 500-335-5 55 THE WILLOUGHBYS 6803951

MR JOHN EDWARD DYER 716-519-4 100 THIRD AVE 6734222

MR JOHN WEEKES & OR MRS DIANA WEST 703-899-5 TUTU 331 - A4 6777304

MR JOSEPH EMMANUEL TUITT 704-944-8 FARMS VILLAGE 6715734

MR KENNETH G BRYFOGLE OR MRS BARBARA BRYFOGLE 500-078-1 R D 8 BOX 209 B 6705917

MR LENOX GREENAWAY MS DIANA GREENAWAY 714-215-1 ST. JOHN’S 6731251

MR LIONEL R O’BRIEN 713-106-3 KINSALE 6731442

MR LLOYD DYETT OR MS PATRICIA DYETT 501-463-4 6 BADGERS CLOSE ENFIELD 6762330

MR LYNDON SKERRITT 101-228-5 KINSALE 6796585

MR NOEL A RILEY 501-246-3 HARRIS 6746796

IN accordance with the Banking (Abandoned Property) Regulation under section 34 of the Banking Act 2005 (No. 2 of 2005) Section No. 62. The following customers are hereby advised that the balance on their ac-count will be transferred to the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank, if no claim is made within thirty (30) days of the date of this notice. All claims should be made to “Royal Bank of Canada, Brades, Montserrat”.

ROYAL BANK OF CANADABRADES, MONTSERRAT

As at November 23, 2012Abandoned Property – Over 15 years

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MR OLIVE FURLONGE-WARNER MRS EDITH FURLONGE/-MAYNARD 714-136-9 PARSONS 6731582

MR PAUL COUGHLAN OR MS PHYLLIS COUGHLAN 100-327-6 106 PEMBROKE STREET, 6701155

MR PHILLIP G. FORRESTER 705-040-4 PARSONS RD. 6746457

MR RICHARD ALLEN SEMPER/& MS. MAUDLYN BURROWES 735-033-3 SHAMROCK VILLAS 6762223

MR RICHARD H LINDSEY OR MS CHRISTINA E LINDSEY 710-749-3 16 YERNINGHAM AVENUE 6738512

MR ROBERT ALFRED STONG 501-857-7 1407 E SLIGH AVE 6786917

MR ROBERT ALFRED STONG 704-195-7 1407 E SLIGH AVE 6786917

MR ROBERT J HEYWARD OR MS YVONNE D HEYWARD 713-335-8 139 NORTH FULTON AVENUE 6736946

MR ROBERT MCWHA OR MRS JOYCE MCWHA 500-343-9 125 COLONEL DANFORTH TRAIL 6707095

MR RONALD CHARLES 701-857-5 54 CHATSWORTH STREET 6708945

MR SAMUEL CORBETT OR MRS VIOLET CORBETT 706-407-4 MOLYNEAUX 6715403

MR THOMAS B. GREENAWAY 705-940-5 19 SCHUYLER STREET 6714471

MR THOMAS GAGE OR MRS ALBERTHA GAGE 710-375-7 PARSONS 6738215

MR THOMAS SHIELL 500-595-4 ST PETER’S 6704480

MR WAYNE LAMON OR MRS JANICE LAMON 500-978-2 84 JOHNSON STREET 6754691

MR WERNER AMHOF 500-628-3 MUHLESTR 2 6705073

MR WILFRED MCCONKEY OR MRS JANET MCCONKEY 500-074-0 941 BEDFORD ROAD 6705875

MR.LIONEL LINDSEY 101-273-1 FRITHS 6753529

MRS ANNE E STRONG 500-262-1 427 ELMER STREET 6706709

MRS CAROLINE CABEY OR “CYNTHIA CABEY’S A/C” 713-223-6 PARSONS ROAD 6718886

MRS CATHERINE LENA FENTON 500-513-7 LEES 6703540

MRS CHARLOTTE JAMES 711-722-9 WAPPING 6721401

MRS ELVIRA FENTON & MR CADEMON FENTON 714-131-0 MOLYNEAUX 6731525

MRS JANE V. WEEKES OR MR EDWARD SEMPER. 700-148-0 SALEM, 6755110

MRS MARGARET CARTER 200-287-1 50 EXETER RD 6705883

MRS MARY ELIZABETH LEE OR MR JOHN EDWARD LEE 702-754-3 WEEKES 6712475

MRS MARY L ALLEN OR MRS WILHEMINA CHARLES 704-985-1 LEGION STREET 6715890

MRS MARY SEMPER/ MR THOMAS R SEMPER 707-665-6 5 SALTDENE 6737860

MRS ROSALIND WADE ‘ANDERSON J WADE A/C’ 701-634-8 WEEKES 6708622

MRS SYLVONNIE EDGECOMBE 714-422-3 WEBBS VILLAGE 6748628

MRS TRACY M ALLEN OR MR ROBERT S ALLEN 501-059-0 425 HILLSIDE ROAD 6758189

MRS. CLARA M MULCARE 709-622-5 4 HOLLARD PARK AVENUE 6736359

MS ANGELA FARRELL OR MS MARY FARRELL 712-458-9 LONG GROUND 6757389

MS CAROLYN TAYLOR MR JOHN PINKERTON 500-663-0 55 EMERALD GROVE DRIVE 6705156

MS CICELY IRENE PETERS 500-362-9 2579 RUE MOREAU 6722052

MS CURLETTE ALLEN 709-888-2 CORK HILL 6745095

MS CYNTHIA HOGAN OR ELAIN HOGAN 709-839-5 MOLYNEAUX 6803241MS DOREEN &/OR COURTNEY DALEY &/OR MS ANN DALEY 706-383-7 FORT BARRINGTON 6715338MS ELEANOR E CABEY MS UNA CANDACE DYER 709-250-5 WALL STREET 6721120MS ELSIE AGATHA MOLYNEUX 716-581-4 106 ALLISON ROAD 6737787MS INEITA FENTON MS ALISON FENTON 700-796-6 CORK HILL 6711576MS IRENE RILEY 710-668-5 20 CARLUKE CRESENT 6736805MS JACQUELINE P. BROWNE 706-517-0 MOLYNEAUX 6796312MS JOANNA M BLACKWOOD MS CLAUDIA V KIRNON 7321185MS JOSEPHINE MULCARE 703-743-5 HARRIS 6715056MS LISELOTTE E BERNARD SKERRIT MS VIRGINIA GERALD 735-229-7 7977 QUERBES AVENUE 6776207MS LOUISA ANNETTE DYER 700-192-8 20 NEW CROFT HOUSE 6734404MS LUCY FENTON-DALEY MR CEITTO DALEY 732-047-6 JUDY PIECE MONTSERRATMS MARY ANN ELIZABETH FERGUS 703-525-6 189 ACKLAM ROAD 6735799MS MARY FARRELL 700-432-8 KINSALE 6806723MS MARY PARSON OR MS MIRIAM PARSON 712-981-0 HARRIS HILL 6728240MS MERYL SKERRITT 706-220-1 SALEM 6745772MS MIRIAM ALLEN OR MR RICHARD ALLEN 701-404-6 BRADES 6708242MS MIRIAM PARSON OR MR JOEL PARSON 710-656-0 HARRIS’ 6724355MS ROSALYN RYAN 712-665-9 KINSALE 6760516MS ROSE THOMAS OR MS EMILE J ROGERS 713-944-7 1.WEEKES RD M/RAT 6730006MS SARAH R PEMBERTON MR JEREMIAH BRAMBLE 712-057-9 100 TERRACE AVENUE APT 307 6756415MS SARAH WILLOCK & MS ROSANNA DYER 710-444-1 TUITTS 6725832MS SUSANNA DALEY 703-041-4 HARRIS HILL 6782148MS VALERIE ROMEO OR MR JULIAN ROMEO 500-198-7 SALEM 6797351MS VERONICA GREAVES 712-484-5 25 GLENDALE CRESCENT 6755011

NEVILLE BRADSHAW OR MAHESH VALECHHA 101-215-2 C/O COLONY HOUSE 6794705

NICHOLAS O’BRIEN OR JOSEA CABEY 707-983-3 WEBBS EXTENSION 6801021

OLIVETTE PENTECOSTAL CHURCH 100-157-7 P O BOX 76 6703193

PAULA MARGLIN LA COMBA 500-413-0 P O BOX 413 6799076

PLYMOUTH CONSTITUENCY 701-314-7 C/O BRUNEL MEADE 6804884

REBECCA ALLEN 735-367-5 ST PETERS 6793533

RUPERT H ROBINSON OR MARY ROBINSON 501-369-3 21 DURANTS ROAD 6774822

SAMUEL J MATSON OR CHARLOTTE E MATSON 501-828-8 C/O PETER RAMOND 6786784

SENTINEL INSURANCE CO. LTD 101-072-7 ANTIGUA MILL HOTEL 6777312

THE HOUR OF DELIVERANCE 700-273-6 C/O ICILMA FENTON 6806038

UNITED SECURITY LIFE INS. CO. LIMITED 100-214-6 C/O WILLIS DANIEL 6702625

VALIERE MOWERS OR LEO MOWERS 200-359-8 RR3 6775142

YVONNE DANIEL 706-870-3 89 CHESTER CLOSE 6798508

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President Obama wins re-election with room to spare

President Obama overcame a bad economy, high unemployment and a fractured political landscape to win a second term in the White House Tuesday night, defeating challenger Mitt Romney by taking several key battleground states.

Long before he hit the cam-paign trail, President Obama and the members of his team said the strategy of Republicans to re-take the White House was simple: dig in their heels, forget bipartisan solutions to America’s problems; thwart all of his initiatives to drag the country out of the depths of the Great Recession; count on the economy getting worse over four years; and then come election time blame it all on him.

If that was the strategy – and at times, it appeared to many, observers and all, as though it could have been - the American public did not buy it.

Despite being hammered over four years by a well funded opposition party that blamed the state of the economy and unem-ployment on his alleged ineptitude and bad choices, Barack Obama was re-elected president of the United States on Tuesday and

it wasn’t even a nail-biter photo fi nish end as many people thought it would be.

CNN was projecting Obama the winner by Electoral College votes with room to spare. By mid-night Eastern Standard Time (EST) with vote results in from most states, Mr. Obama had secured the 270 votes in the Electoral College needed to win re-election and a second term as President of the United States.

In beating challenger Mitt Romney, Mr. Obama carried Wis-consin, Iowa, New Hampshire, Colorado and Virginia and was holding on to a narrow advantage in Ohio and Florida late Tuesday night.

Early on it became obvious the path to victory for Mr. Romney was narrow and it got narrower as the night wore on.

Mr. Romney conceded the race to President Obama early Wednesday, telling supporters he had wished Mr. Obama well during a telephone call moments before coming on stage at his headquarters.

“This is a time of great challenges for America, and I

pray that the president will be successful in guiding our nation,” said Romney.

In one of the most closely watched Senate races in the coun-try, Elizabeth Warren defeated Republican Sen. Scott Brown in Massachusetts. Despite the loss at the top of the ticket, the GOP retained its control of the House.

Following projections by the Associated Press and all the major networks that he had won, Obama tweeted on his offi cial Twitter ac-count: “We’re all in this together. That’s how we campaigned, and that’s who we are. Thank you.”

In the end, President Barack Obama won re-election exactly the way his campaign had pre-dicted: running up big margins with women and minorities, mobi-lizing a sophisticated registration and get-out-the-vote operation, and focusing narrowly on the battleground states that would determine the election.

It wasn’t always exciting, and it was hardly transforma-tional. But it worked.

“The Obama campaign laid out its plan, told everyone what they were doing and executed,”

said Anita Dunn, a former Obama White House offi cial who advised the campaign through the fall. “No one should be surprised.”

Obama won in part by build-ing a strong coalition of young people, minorities, and college educated women and then crank-

ing up a powerful ground game that turned those supporters out to vote in droves in crucial states like Ohio, Iowa and Wisconsin.

The popular vote nation-ally however was split down the middle indicating a still polarized America.

For the President his re-election also confi rms the popular-ity of his overhaul of the country’s health care laws - The Affordable Care Act - which Mr. Romney had vowed to repeal if he were elected.

More next issue…

company branches altogether.Earlier this month, Director of

Public Prosecutions Roger Gaspard announced plans for the criminal probe to go along with a similar investigation of the embarrassing collapse of the once-very prosper-ous Hindu Credit Union (HCH), also in Trinidad. Thousands of investors had also lost large sums of money and life savings.

CLICO had been the umbrella agency for 65 companies in 32 countries, including the U.S., where it had invested millions in the now very soft Florida real estate market that

eventually led to the fi rm’s collapse. The companies had included forays into timber concessions, ethanol and rum production, the insurance sector, housing and a security fi rm, among others.

Attorney General Anand Ram-logan had recently told the island’s Senate that government had spent about $80 million in both bailing out the company before its eventual collapse and in legal fees, hiring at-torneys and other experts to trace various sums of money executives had withdrawn from bank accounts for a plethora of dubious schemes, including high rises and condominiums

in South Florida.“The fall was quite possibly

the biggest fi nancial collapse of a fi nancial institution in the country,” Ramlogan said, adding that CLICO was a fi nancial empire that dominated the social economic environment and had tentacles in almost every sector of the economy.

Said Ramlogan, “The govern-ment is committed to the pursuit of justice on behalf of the people of both the CLICO and the HCU matters and is therefore committed to providing the necessary resources to the police service and prosecutors to facilitate this investigation.”

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Criminal probe into CLICO