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Tuesday, October 13, 2009
BELVEDERE--A woman chased
her husband out of another woman’s home early Saturday, sending the man onto the street in his
underwear for his alleged infidelity.
Police confirmed Monday that
the man J.R., a notable political
figure, had been involved in a domestic dispute with his significant
other, but refused to elaborate on
the details of the incident.
The Daily Herald understands
that R. was caught being unfaithful and was forced to flee the
woman’s residence. Police were
called.
“The parties decided to settle
it among themselves,” police
spokesman Inspector Ricardo
Henson said Monday. He would
not reveal the identity of the man
in question, referring to him only
by initials.
THE HAGUE--The Dutch Government has postponed payment
of debts of Bonaire’s government,
State Secretary of Kingdom Relations Ank Bijleveld-Schouten announced on Monday.
The decision has to do with the
uncertainty that has evolved after
the course Bonaire’s new Executive Council has taken. BijleveldSchouten, through her spokesman on Monday, confirmed
CAY BAY--The GEBE power
plant experienced mechanical
problems with three generators
that led to several power outages
in certain districts of St. Maarten
on Saturday.
Diesel generator (DG) #16 developed a heavy leak in one of the
cylinder heads that resulted in its
being taken offline for repairs.
In addition, DGs #15 and #17
tripped, resulting in a loss of an
additional 13 megawatts.
The power plant technicians
worked diligently to bring the
machines back online, but expe
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statements by Bonaire’s leader of
government Jopie Abraham that
she had stopped payment of NAf.
52 million to pay off debts to general pension fund APNA.
“Bonaire’s position is totally
unclear, after the new Executive
Council seems to have made a
fundamentally different choice
than we had agreed on earlier,”
stated
Bijleveld-Schouten’s
spokesperson.
“We have an agreement with
Bonaire that it will become part
of the Netherlands as a public
entity, together with Saba and
St. Eustatius. If the Island Government suddenly chooses a free
association, it effectively opts for
independence,” the spokesperson
added.
The developments in Bonaire put
the entire package of Bonaire as
a public entity up for discussion.
“It is only logical that the Netherlands puts things on hold until
it is clear what Bonaire wants,
especially when it concerns large
amounts like the debt to APNA,”
he said, but stressed that all other
activities en route to October 10,
Continued on page 1
IN BRIEF
• Philipsburg
LEGAL
ACTION
St. Maarten Chamber of Commerce
has threatened to take legal action
against utilities company GEBE if it
does not receive clarity on the situation at the company, which has come
in for criticism for the recent spate of
power outages. Page 3.
• Philipsburg
TELEM
BOARD
Former TelEm employee Kendall
Dupersoy and Chief Executive Officer
(CEO) of NAGICO Insurances Imran
McSood have been proposed and
accepted by the NA/Heyliger Executive Council as new members to be
appointed on the board of the TelEm
Group of Companies. Page 3.
• Philipsburg
UNEMPLOYMENT
FIGURES UP
Thirty-one per cent more people registered as unemployed at the Labour
Department between January and
July compared to the corresponding
period last year. Page 5.
U.S. 50 CENTS / NAf. 1.-- / EC$ 1.25
Education Ministers Ronald Plasterk of the Netherlands and Omayra
Leeflang of the Netherlands Antilles shake hands after signing a protocol
in The Hague on Tuesday, to invest in University of St. Martin (USM)
and University of the Netherlands Antilles (UNA). (Photo courtesy of the
Antillean House/Studio FVS)
THE HAGUE--The Dutch Government has agreed to invest
690,000 euros in higher education in the Netherlands Antilles,
via University of the Netherlands
Antilles (UNA) and University
of St. Martin (USM). The money will be used to make higher
education on the islands “more
attractive” and to prevent brain
drain.
Dutch Minister of Education
Ronald Plasterk and his Antillean colleague Omayra Leeflang
signed a protocol in The Hague
on Monday, in which it was agreed
that USM would receive 138,000
euros and UNA 552,000 euros for
the academic year 2009-2010.
The amount for USM is earmarked for activities in relation
to the accreditation of the teachers’ programme, and to stimulate
appreciation of studying at the
university. The money serves to
give content to the cooperation
agreement that USM and UNA
signed in May 2006.
According to the protocol, the
funds are meant as allowances
for UNA and USM students, to
encourage active participation in
social activities, international internships, or to be applied as gestures of appreciation for achieving good study results. The allowances are meant for full-time
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South of the local region.
Outlook until Wednesday evening: Partly cloudy, with an early morning
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The Dutch Government’s decision to postpone the payment of Bonaire’s
outstanding bills as part of the debt relief accompanying the process of constitutional change in the Netherlands Antilles is being likened by some to
blackmail. After all, it is because the new ADB/Nicolaas Executive Council
wants to deviate from the agreements made with the former UPB Executive Council that The Hague now wants to “close the money faucet.”
The new Island Government coalition led by Jopie Abraham of “Aliansa
Demokratiko Boneriano” (ADB) not only wants another referendum on
what has been negotiated so far, which could delay the entire process, but
has expressed a preference for a “free association” status rather than that of
overseas public entity of the Netherlands as agreed on. Dutch State Secretary
of Kingdom Relations Ank Bijleveld-Schouten considers the latter effectively opting for independence, which, of course, changes the entire ballgame.
When judging whether withholding payment of Bonaire’s debt to the Antillean pension fund APNA is an appropriate reaction, one has to take into
account that it’s not just about Bonaire. It involves the dismantling of the
Netherlands Antilles as a whole with Curaçao and St. Maarten to become
autonomous countries within the Dutch Kingdom, while the so-called
“smaller islands” with structural deficits Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba
would go under The Hague’s wing as the BES islands.
The latter is crucial, because it means that any change in plans concerning
Bonaire could have an impact on those pertaining to particularly Statia and
Saba. Dutch officials have said each of the future overseas public entities
must be seen separately, but the reality is that they have been grouped together and are very much being dealt with in that manner as well.
So while the current “power play” by the Dutch when it comes to Bonaire
raises questions, the other islands need to keep in mind what is at stake. It
will be difficult enough as it is to prepare for the new Kingdom relations
scheduled to go into effect less than a year from now on 10-10-10, with an
election for the last Antillean Parliament in January and another one for
the new Parliaments of the countries Curaçao and St. Maarten in June.
It is important to be ready to take over as many tasks as possible by then
from the to-be-eliminated Central Government, because those the future
country in question cannot yet carry, according to the recent agreements
made, will be dealt with through a General Governance Measure at the
Kingdom level for a maximum two-year period, with one extension for another two years possible.
What should not be overlooked is that there are elections for the Dutch
Parliament in 2011 and, considering recent polls, a new government that
is less sympathetic towards the Antilles is not unlikely. Having the fewest
possible number of tasks fall under the Kingdom Government at that time
would seem desirable, to say the least.
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~ Threatens to take legal action ~
Kendall Dupersoy (left) and Imran McSood.
PHILIPSBURG--Former
TelEm employee Kendall
Dupersoy and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of
Nagico Insurances Imran
McSood have been proposed and accepted by the
NA/Heyliger
Executive
Council as new members to
be appointed on the board
of the TelEm Group of
Companies.
Whether that board will
be in its current composition or undergo additional
changes was not divulged
by Commissioner in charge
of
Telecommunications
William Marlin. “They will
form part of a board,” the
Commissioner said.
The Commissioner did
confirm that Dupersoy and
McSood are aware of their
nominations to the board
and that the Executive
Council has accepted their
nominations.
The TelEm board currently has three vacancies. The
current board members of
the company are Chairman
Raphael Boasman, Jairo
Bloem, Steven Constance
and Paul Marsham.
Dupersoy worked at TelNET for a number of years
before moving on to head
the IT Department at the
Princess Juliana International Airport (PJIA), a position he still holds. He was
also a candidate on the slate
of the National Alliance in
the last Island Council and
Parliamentary elections.
McSood is one of the most
influential businessmen on
the island who, through
Nagico, have supported
many organizations over
the years. He also caused
a stir during the last Island
Council election campaign
by publicly declaring his
support for the National
Alliance.
In the meantime, the process to find a new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) for
the TelEm Group of companies continues. Commissioner Marlin said last
week that no decision has
yet been made about who
will be appointed to guide
the company.
Five persons joined the Civil Servants Corps of St. Maarten last week when they took the
oath of office during a ceremony at the Dr. A.C. Wathey Legislative Hall. The oath was
read by C. Jansen in the presence of Lt. Governor Franklyn Richards. Personnel Affairs
Commissioner Xavier Blackman welcomed the new civil servants. In photo: the group of
civil servants with Richards, Blackman and Jansen
PHILIPSBURG--The St.
Maarten Chamber of Commerce has threatened to
take legal action against
utilities company GEBE if
it does not receive clarity
on the situation at the company, which has come in
for criticism for the recent
spate of power outages and
the spiralling light and water bills residents and businesses have been receiving.
Chamber President Glen
Carty told The Daily Herald
on Monday the Chamber
has been receiving a barrage of complaints from
businesses over the past
few months about the constant power outages. He
said this is adversely affecting businesses, especially
those without generators.
They lose money when the
power goes off.
The power outages, he
added, affect productivity
and slow down business activity.
He said while the Chamber had taken a “wait and
see” attitude in the past,
The Daily Herald’s report
Monday quoting Energy
Affairs
Commissioner
Theo Heyliger as saying
he is exhausted and tired
with GEBE, shows the severity of the situation and
the need for urgent clarity
and action. (See report on
GEBE’s press release on
page 1).
“If the Commissioner is
exhausted, then what about
the businesses?” Carty
asked. “We need to know
this week what the situation is and whether the situation will be stabilised and
what’s going on at GEBE.
If the situation is not explained to Chamber and
stabilised, we will have no
other choice than to take
legal action against GEBE
for losing money. If no one
has generators, everything
would go flat and the entire
economy would go down.
The chamber took a wait
and see attitude to see what
will happen, but we’re not
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seeing any light at the end
of the tunnel.”
Carty said it appears as
though there is no “control”
or “grip” of the situation at
the water and electricity
company. “I will be the last
to deny that outages are not
possible, but the frequency
of outages and the fact that
there is no clear cut explanation shows that there is a
problem. No information is
forthcoming and businesses
have been complaining bitterly about it.”
He said Article 16 of the
Central Government decree on electricity concession published on March
27, 1963 gives the Chamber
the right to take litigation
against the company in this
situation. “The Chamber
has sought legal advice on
this,” Carty said.
PHILIPSBURG--Democratic Party (DP) leader Island Councilwoman Sarah
Wescot-Williams said yesterday that government’s latest
response to the situation at
GEBE was worrisome. She
said the Executive Council
should assume its responsibility and act on providing
consumers with relief.
Reacting to Commissioner Theo Heyliger’s statement that his hands were
somewhat tied and he too
struggled to obtain information from GEBE, WescotWilliams said government
should not simply “throw up
its hands in despair. This is
not the way to handle a government-owned company,”
she said.
She said her party would
request a meeting of the
Central Committee of the
Island Council to discuss the
situation at GEBE. She said
the board and management
of GEBE should be invited
to this meeting “to provide
answers to the people.”
Should a meeting of the
Central Committee not be
convened for whatever reason, Wescot-Williams said,
then her faction will request
a public meeting of the Island Council.
“The prices consumers
are asked to pay for their
utilities have our concern.
Throwing up your arms in
despair is not a plausible
action for the people of St.
Maarten who are not only
asking about high prices, but
have to endure constant outages,” she said.
DP Island Councilman
Roy Marlin added that during his tenure as Commissioner in charge of energy,
the DP government had
ensured that the people received relief even when the
price of fuel was skyrocketing worldwide. “We did this
so that our people would
not feel the brunt of what
was happening on a global
scale,” Marlin said.
Marlin said the onus fell
on the Executive Council to
“step up” and regulate the
price of electricity, possibly
through the price regulatory
authority government had
at its disposal. “I believe the
same method that regulates
gasoline, bread and other
basic food items can be used
for regulating electricity and
not leave it up to the managing director of the company,” Marlin said.
“The Executive Council simply has to act. It has
nothing to do with Saba and
Statia. It has to do with government offering relief to its
people. The consumer cannot deal with rising electricity cost of 30 to 40 per cent
monthly, especially low wage
earners,” Marlin added.
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THE DAILY HERALD, Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Competitors in Sunday’s JCI Youth Speech Contest display their certificates of participation for presenting on global warming. From left: Learning Unlimited (LU) Preparatory
School’s Carla Vlaun, St. Dominic High School’s Hydie Thomas and Kabir Suhkrani,
and LU’s Hesroy Golden Philbert, with JCI Director Ingrid Delgado.
PHILIPSBURG--Students competing in the
annual Junior Chamber International (JCI)
Speech Contest were
applauded for presentation, but they all needed
polish, organisers and
audience said after the
event Sunday.
Learning Unlimited (LU) Preparatory
School’s Carla Vlaun
won her second-straight
JCI contest with her
presentation on global
warming. Only four
students of two schools
– LU and St. Dominic
High School – competed
for the chance to represent St. Maarten at
the regional JCI contest
later this week.
JCI President Elroy
Hughes said the students had done well, but
their nerves had showed.
He recommended that
students master delivering their speeches, instead of trying to commit
them to memory. “Don’t
memorise your speech,
know your speech or
try to know it,” said
Hughes, who has organised the contest as local
president twice and as
national president.
Students were given
three to five minutes to
discuss the dangers of
climate change and suggest solutions to planetwide heating from carbon emissions. Vlaun
spoke for four minutes
and 47 seconds, not 3:47,
as incorrectly stated in
Monday’s edition.
Former JCI-winner
Donellis Browne applauded the students for
their delivery. “I found
pitch and pace and timing very good,” said
Browne, a broadcast
journalist.
An audience member
complained, though, that
organisers and schools
should have trained
them before they competed. “These kids did
not seem prepared,” said
the young man, who has
helped his brother prepare for contests in the
past. He admitted that
they had made strong arguments. “They did have
valid points.”
Browne, LU Principal
Susan Dennis and others in the audience suggested that organisers do
more next year to interest other students. The
audience at the Philipsburg Cultural and Community Centre also was
sparse.
Vlaun is headed to Bonaire later this week for
the Dutch Antilles JCI
contest.
PHILIPSBURG--The Positive Foundation’s Pink Concert scheduled for Thursday, October 15 at the Philipsburg Cultural and Community Centre will feature
a powerful combination of
education and entertainment, this is according to
event organisers.
The Pink Concert is a
new part of the Positive
Foundation’s annual Breast
Awareness Campaign, held
during the month of October. The foundation believes that this initiative will
go a long way towards educating the communities of
St. Maarten and St. Martin
concerning breast cancer,
self-examinations and early
detection.
Foundation President
Shelly Alphonso maintains that the best protection against succumbing to
breast cancer is early detection and is encouraging
women across the island to
get involved in the month’s
activities and become informed.
Organisers said the event
will begin at 8:00pm with
an informative and inspirational speech by Susan
Barnes-Pereira, who is
based in the United States.
Barnes-Pereira, who is a
trained ballerina, is herself
a breast cancer survivor
and will speak about the
personal and medical strategies she used to overcome
the disease.
Her speech will be followed
by performances from local
artists including LaVaune
Henry, Imbali, Helen Hart,
Lydia Smith, Adrenalin
Dancers, Lorenzo “Sigma”
Gomez, Dion Gumbs and
Cabaret Tropicale with the
Divas.
Tickets cost US $10 and
are available from Positive Foundation members.
These members can be
contacted at 580-9658, 5567815, 580-9005. Tickets are
also available from Lions
Club members and at Van
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Foundation members are
urging the public to come
out and enjoy the concert
and more importantly to receive the information about
breast cancer survival that
Barnes-Pereira is able to
share with them.
The Positive Foundation is
also reminding all persons
that this week, free clinical
breast examinations will be
conducted on Wednesday,
October 14 at Dr. Deketh
and Associates Medical
Practice in Mullet Bay between 1:00 and 3:00pm and
at the Union Road Clinic in
Cole Bay between 9:00am
and 5:00pm.
The Family Medical Practice in Cay Hill will be offering the same services on Saturday, October 17 between
10:00am and 12:00noon
and so will Dr. Spencer in
Saunders between 9:00am
and 12:00pm.
GEBE technicians at work on parts of the troublesome generators.
FAULTY GEBE GENERATORS
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rienced several technical
setbacks that resulted in
power interruptions lasting
up to half an hour.
Areas such as Saunders,
St. Peters, Guana Bay,
Oyster Pond, Madame Estate, Belvedere and Beacon
Hill-Cupecoy experienced
power outages between
12:30pm and 8:00pm on
Saturday. All power was
restored by approximately
8:00pm and there were no
other interruptions during
the weekend.
According to GEBE, the
power plant is still operating on a very tight production schedule and short
power outages continue to
be possible until the new
generators are online in
December.
The peak demand measured on Saturday was
49MW, an increase of close
to 10 per cent compared to
the same period in 2008.
However, according to a
GEBE statement, some
manoeuvring room may
become available by the
weekend. GEBE technicians are finalising work on
DG#7, which should add
another 6MW of capacity
by the end of this week.
The final stages of work on
DG#7, which was severely
damaged by a fire last year,
consist of replacing and refitting the lube oil coolers.
The coolers consist of approximately 100 individual
plates that need to be meticulously installed and attached, to avoid water and
oil leaks. If all goes well
the generator will undergo
its first test run by the end
of the week and could be
in full production by next
week.
The increased capacity
should reduce the frequency of outages experienced
by the public until the new
generators are commissioned.
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~ 201 dismissal requests filed up to July ~
PHILIPSBURG--Thirtyone per cent more people
registered at the Labour
Department as unemployed
between January and July
compared to the corresponding period last year.
Figures provided by Democratic Party (DP) Island
Councilwoman Maria Buncamper-Molanus also show
that a total of 201 dismissal
requests were filed during
the same period (JanuaryJuly): 140 for economic
reasons and 61 for personal
reasons.
Some 48 of these requests
were withdrawn by the employers and 51 were deemed
“not valid” based on incomplete information being provided, Buncamper-Molanus
said during the Democratic
Party (DP) press conference
at the Parliament Building
on Monday.
The DP formed the government up to early June
this year when its third
consecutive term in office
ended prematurely and it
was replaced by a National
Alliance/Theo Heyliger coalition on June 8.
“The bottom line is that
102 valid job dismissals
have either been processed
or are being processed,” she
said.
The Island Councilwoman,
who had made repeated requests for the statistics in
earlier Island Council meetings, said she had received
the answers on October 2
after Island Council chairman Lt. Governor Franklyn
Richards intervened. She
said she didn’t have an account of the “current situation” because figures had
been given up to July while
“we are now already in October.”
She said a total of 335
persons had registered at
the Labour Department as
unemployed up until July
2009, compared to 256 who
had registered for the corresponding period last year.
This represents a 31 per
cent increase.
“So up until July of this
year we can conclude that
unemployment has increased, although these are
not official unemployment
figures [because] officially
unemployment
figures,
which also include persons
not legally registered on the
island, are provided by the
Central Bureau of Statistics
and are usually available a
year later.
“Nevertheless, the 31 per
cent increase in persons
registering for work clearly
indicates a trend that unemployment is on the rise,” she
said.
“What is peculiar and worthy of further investigation
is the drop in the number
of persons on the social
welfare list to 744 for the
period January to July 2009
compared to 812 during the
same period last year. This
equals an 8.3 per cent decrease,” she said.
The former economic affairs commissioner said
NAf. 2,613,157 had been
paid out for social welfare
up to and including August,
adding that government
had spent NAf. 2,314,597
in social welfare for the
corresponding period last
year and a total of NAf.
2,502,022 in social welfare
for the entire 2008.
“So while more persons are looking for work,
fewer people are registering for financial assistance
from Government and the
amount for financial assistance being paid to unemployed persons has decreased. It is rather strange.
Perhaps government’s financial situation, in particular its liquidity position that
the Executive Council has
been mute about, is influencing this development,”
she said.
“It is important for the
Executive Council to be
forthcoming with this information, albeit to avoid
any speculations, or moreover to ensure that people
who in fact need assistance
are encouraged to apply
for such. After all, Government’s 2009 budget has an
amount of NAf. 4.7 million
reserved for social welfare
assistance and this amount
does not include the NAf.
3 million also reserved for
supplementary pension.”
PHILIPSBURG--A total of
1,773 employment permit
requests were submitted
to the Labour Department
between January and July
2009, Democratic Party
(DP) Island Councilwoman
Maria Buncamper-Mola-
The Indian festival “Dandiya Raas” was celebrated in St. Maarten by the Indian Community at Celebration Palace on Saturday night. Dandiya Raas is one of the most celebrated
festivals of the Hindu calendar and is known for setting the festive mood. Patrons are seen
in this photo performing the patriotic dance, in association with the festival. The dance
is the dramatisation of a mock fight between the Goddess and Mahishasura – the mighty
demon-king. The colourful sticks used as Dandiya Raas props are usually made of bamboo, and therefore the performance is known as “stick dance.” (Photo courtesy of Raju
Thawani)
nus told reporters at a press
conference on Monday.
She said the top five most
frequently requested positions to be filled by foreign
employees are managers,
maids, security guard officers, teachers and cleaners.
The Island Councilwoman, who had made repeated
requests for the statistics in
earlier Island Council meetings, said she received the
answers on October 2 after
the intervention of Island
Council chairman Lt. Gov-
ernor Franklyn Richards.
She expressed hope that
the Executive Council will
use the information as it
addresses the labour situation in St. Maarten.
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W I L L E M S TA D - Prime Minister Emily de Jongh-Elhage of
the Netherlands Antilles and visiting Dutch
Justice Minister Ernst
Hirsch Ballin discussed
the proposal for a Kingdom Law on Movement
of People in Willemstad
Monday, it was stated in
a joint press release.
The release further stat-
Islands
ed that Minister Hirsch
Ballin has explained this
proposal. He wanted to
eliminate existing blockades for persons of European Dutch, Antillean
and Aruban nationality
to make it possible to
travel freely within the
Kingdom.
Prime Minister De
Jongh-Elhage has explained her concerns
From left: Dutch Justice Minister Ernst Hirsch Ballin, Antillean Justice Minister Magali Jacoba and Prime Minister
Emily de Jong-Elhage.
THE DAILY HERALD, Tuesday, October 13, 2009
concerning an entry ban
in the case of serious infringements of the public order.
It was agreed that Minister Hirsch Ballin will
enter into consultations
with the governments
concerned (Netherlands
Antilles, Aruba, Curaçao and Sint Maarten)
as soon as possible, and
that improvements of the
proposed Kingdom Law
where it concerns these
parts will be looked at.
The discussion took
place in a good atmosphere, the release said.
Minister Hirsch Ball
was also introduced to
the new Justice Minister of the Netherlands
Antilles, Magali Jacoba.
The two Ministers have
agreed to collaborate in
the fight against criminality, and in particular
focus on individuals. Extra attention will be paid
to youth criminality.
The Ministers also discussed the progress in
the providing of support
for Bon Futuro prison.
The Marigot Dominica Corporation conducted a cleanup of the nurses’ flats at the back of
St. Maarten Medical Center, as part of their community service programme on Saturday.
Viotty Backhoe, DLS Trucking, Joe Construction N.V. and Serdia Trucking were the local
businesses that contributed to the cleanup. The group cleared the area of overgrown bush
and debris. (John Halley photo)
PHILIPSBURG--Parents,
if your children are caught
egging cars or other property, you will pay – literally.
This is the police stance on
young children and teens
tossing eggs, a tradition
among young people on
the island around the Halloween season each year.
Police said Sunday that
children had started egging
cars during last week’s midterm break. They called the
act of throwing eggs at cars
“dangerous” and “intoler-
able.”
Police warned that tossing
eggs could damage cars and
ruin clothing. “The throwing of eggs at any moving
vehicles can be very dangerous … and can cause a
lot of material damage,”
police spokesman Inspector Ricardo Henson said
Sunday.
Parents will be held accountable, Henson cautioned. “We are making
serious pleas to all parents
to talk to their kids about
refraining from this type
of dangerous and intolerable behaviour. We want to
make it known to all parents that they will be held
responsible for any damage
that is caused by their child
or children as a result of
this type of behaviour,” he
said.
If police catch children
egging property, they will
be detained at the station.
Police will also call their
parents in and make them
pay for any damage.
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THE DAILY HERALD, Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Dr. Nicole Erna Mae Francis and Deputy Minister Plenipotentiary of the Netherlands Antilles Mavis Brooks-Salomon pose with Francis’ book and CD during her book launch in the
Netherlands. (Photo: Nico van der Ven)
PHILIPSBURG--Dr. Nicole
Erna Mae Francis, author of
How to Thrive in Trying Times
recently went on a mini book
tour with her message of
hope.
Francis first launched her
book and complementary
CD project “Poetic Vibes
to Help You Thrive” earlier
this year, on May 9. Since her
launch in St. Maarten, the
author has taken her message
of hope and perseverance to
Antigua, where she launched
the project on August 30.
Media and public response in
Antigua, where she was born,
were phenomenal, according
to Francis. FirstCaribbean
Bank of Antigua purchased
40 sets of Francis’ CDs and
books, which were donated
to the staff and students of
their adopted schools.
Francis said she was grateful to the bank for this, for
believing in her work and desiring to further impact the
youth and teachers. In addition, a percentage of this sale
was contributed to Victorious
Living Family and Friends
Network™ – a mentorship
programme developed by
Francis for youth ages five to
19 and their parents.
Francis went on to launch
her book and CD in the
Netherlands on September
28 at the Antillean House.
It was organised by Antillean House Media Director Drs. Marije Berkhouwer
and hosted by Deputy Minister Plenipotentiary of the
Netherlands Antilles Mavis
Brooks Salmon.
Francis spoke to an intimate audience of ministers
and other dignitaries about
her reason for publishing
How to Thrive in Trying Times
and her complementary CD
“Poetic Vibes to Help You
Thrive.”
During Francis’ time in the
Netherlands, she had the opportunity to meet with Coor-
dinator Alette Broekens of
The Hague’s recently constructed Centre for Youth
and Families, who shared
with her how their system
worked.
Francis said it was an inspiring experience, as she had
been developing a similar
concept for her work here in
St. Maarten, whereby multiple agencies would work
together to impact the youth
and families who required
assistance.
For more information or inquiries, persons may contact
Francis by telephone at 5422663, 524-8731 or [001] (305)
407-9260, by e-mail at victorious.foundation@gmail.com
or they may visit
www.victoriouslivingsxm.org.
PHILIPSBURG--Police
missed their tentative date
to open the new Immigration and Naturalisation Department (IND) building
Monday due to “technical
difficulties.” Immigration
officials refuse to announce
any dates until they are certain, police said.
It is the third delay in relocating the Immigration
and Naturalisation Departments to the IND building
since its completion late
July.
Police said two weeks ago
that they would miss their
planned September 28
opening date due to “unforeseen circumstances.”
They hoped to open by October 12.
But the office was still vacant Monday; none of the
workers from the Police
Immigration Affairs and Lt.
Governor’s Naturalisation
Office has started using the
new building on A.Th. Illidge Road.
Police spokesman Inspector Ricardo Henson,
speaking on behalf of Interim IND head R. Barbij,
confirmed that authorities
would not start using the
building any time soon.
“We will continue operat-
ing here until we are ready,”
Henson said.
The Daily Herald understands that telecommunications problems have
prevented workers from
using the new Immigration
logging system in the new
building.
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Antillean Justice Minister Magali Jacoba assured
recently that the building,
which will replace police
headquarters and the Sun
Color building as places for
non-nationals to regulate
their papers, would be used
soon.
Pictured is visiting Bajan Instructor/Dancer Deyon Bovell
who will be offering Modern Dance, Jazz, West African
and African dance classes throughout this week at Imbali.
Classes are scheduled between 6:00 to 8:30pm and those
interested should contact Imbali Centre for Creative Movement at 554-9364, 523-0730, or 580-9002 for exact times
and genres of classes. Clara Reyes, Director of Imbali, said
that she was extremely proud to have Deyon teaching at
her dance school for the week and encourages everyone to
come and learn from his expertise.
THE UNUSUAL TRANSACTIONS REPORTING CENTER (MOT)
TRAINING SESSION FOR INSURANCE COMPANIES ON SINT
MAARTEN: USE OF INDICATORS
On Wednesday, October 14th, 2009, the Unusual Transactions Reporting Center
(MOT) will be organizing a training for insurance companies regarding among
others the use of indicators when reporting unusual transactions.
During this training, general information of the Reporting Center will be given,
the reporting form will be reviewed and the different indicators will be dealt with,
making use of cases regarding the proper use of indicators.
The training will be held on Wednesday, October 14th, from 06.00 PM – 08.00
PM. The venue will be John Larmonie Center, Long Wall Road no. 18 in St.
Maarten.
In principle a maximum of only two persons per company, including the compliance officer, can attend the meeting. With a view to timely reservations of the
venue of this meeting, we kindly request you to register with the Reporting Center
and confirm your attendance by sending an email to: mot.na@gov.an, by telephone
number 462-6588 ext. 21 or 22 or fax 462-6522.
Kenneth Dambruck LL.M. CAMS
Head Reporting Center Netherlands Antilles
Islands
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THE DAILY HERALD, Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Laugh Out Loud (LOL) Productions will be hosting monthly comedy events at Heritage
House bar and lounge in Philipsburg. “The atmosphere is perfect for patrons to enjoy a
relaxing funny night in an enjoyable atmosphere,” LOL said. New comedians Gerelda
James, Melisa Coutar, Carlos Woods will perform at the inaugural event on November 1.
DUTCH FUNDS FOR USM
students who started their
studies at USM or UNA
in the academic year 20092010 or later.
The first results of the
initiative will be evaluated
next year. Based on this
evaluation, parties will decide whether to continue
making funds available for
USM and UNA.
By making higher education more attractive on the
islands, Leeflang hopes to
reduce brain drain. Some
600 students from the islands per year go to the
Netherlands to study. The
majority don’t return to the
islands. This has a negative
impact on middle management in the islands. Young
talent has become even
more important to build
Countries Curaçao and St.
Maarten.
Investing in higher education in Curaçao and St.
Maarten is also to the benefit of the Netherlands,
because of the new constitutional relations. When
Bonaire, Saba and St. Eustatius become part of the
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Netherlands as public entities next year, students will
continue to study at UNA
and USM.
Ministers Plasterk and
Leeflang also agreed to
publish basic grammar of
the Papiamentu language
in Aruba, Curaçao and
Bonaire, and for the Papiamentu-speaking community in the Netherlands. This
should be the first initiative
for a Papiamentu language
union in the Kingdom.
PHILIPSBURG--Sundial
School students showed appreciation to their teachers
in celebration of Teacher’s
Appreciation Day recently.
The students hosted a
well-received appreciation
programme in the school’s
gym hall which had been
decorated with balloons.
Teachers were escorted
to their seats to enjoy the
variety programme which
was put together by classes
ZSEP4 and EHOP4 and
coordinated by mentor R.
Pantophlet. Skits, songs
and dances were among the
performances by selected
class representatives.
“In the eyes of our students the highlight of the
celebration was the moment when teachers were
called forward to show off
their dancing skills. Director Mireille PetersonRegales…was awarded a
Dancing Skills Certificate
from the organizers,” the
release stated.
Certificates were also
awarded to the strictest
teachers, the best dressed
teachers, the most understanding teachers, the most
organized teachers amongst
other certificates.
In consultation with the
directorate and teaching
staff, two parents were publicly thanked for volunteering time to assist the mentor of their students during
extra curricular activities
and when otherwise called
upon.
“At Sundial we deeply appreciate parents who volunteer time to assist where
and whenever necessary.
Again we say thanks to Jacqueline Gumbs and Caroline Brown as we anticipate
more cooperation from other parents/guardians who
are welcome on the team of
volunteers,” the school said
in a press release.
After the students were
dismissed at the end of the
day the teachers continued
the day’s celebration in the
staffroom with a drink and
wholesome fun. PetersonRegales shared the gifts that
were donated by a handful
of faithful business community patrons who annually
contribute to making this
celebration meaningful.
“We are immensely grateful to the business patrons
for responding positively
to our request to bring a
smile on the faces of our
dedicated teachers. Since
the number of teaching
staff outnumbered the gift
items, some were ‘raffled’
and each teacher’s curiosity
got the upper hand wanting
to know who would receive
what,” it was stated in the
release.
“The star of the day was
undoubtedly William Barry
who was selected as the recipient of the Commissioner of Education’s Award to
teachers who make a difference and deserve to be in
the limelight. Certainly Mr.
Barry is by no means the
only Sundial teacher who
deserves to be in the spotlight at Teachers’ Appreciation Day, but he was chosen
to stand out as a role model
to the young men he teaches and the young men in the
wider community.
“We are sure that he has
what it takes to challenge
them to make a difference
in education and to pursue
a meaningful career in the
St. Maarten society,” the
school said in the release.
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THE DAILY HERALD, Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Maduro Travel Agency donated two tickets to St. Maarten Toastmasters Alston Lourens
(left) and Trumane Trotman (second left) for their trip to Barbados this week for the
regional humorous and evaluation speech contests. Seventeen St. Maarten Toastmasters
will represent the island at the event on Saturday, October 17. Also in photo: Maduro representative Yvonette Dedier (centre) presents the tickets as Area Governor Valerie Brazier
and Assistant Area Governor Rolando Tobias look on.
The Filipino Community of St. Maarten Association (FCSMA) hosted a fundraiser barbeque on the parking lot of F.W. Vlaun and Sons on Sunday in efforts to raise funds
to assist the flood victims devastated by the recent Philippine typhoons “Ketsana” and
“Pepeng.” Typhoon Ketsana which struck on September 26 left over 270 people dead and
over two million Filipinos affected. The second typhoon “Pepeng,” which struck on October 3 left about 100 dead and over 1.4 million affected. (John Halley photo)
PHILIPSBURG--Organisers of the Claudius Philips
dance concert on Saturday
insist that the long-time
musician will be performing
with his entire Oreo Band.
Responding to rumours
that the local Control Band
would replace Philips’ regu-
lar 13-man accompaniment,
promoters at Miller Production confirmed Monday
that Oreo was scheduled to
play at the event. “People
feel like it’s just Claudius
Philips who’s coming,” the
promoters said. “All 13
members of Oreo Band are
coming, too.”
Philips is scheduled to arrive on-island this Thursday and meet the press that
afternoon. Oreo members
arrive the next day and will
be at Deja Vu restaurant
and nightspot for a meetand-greet with fans from
WILLEMSTAD--Police in
Curaçao have appealed for
information to help solve
the case of the missing US
vice consul James Hogan in
a special television broadcast.
The 49-year-old vice consul
went missing on September
24 after he went out for a
walk at about 11:00pm. His
wife reported him missing
the next morning.
Since then, some of his
clothes - a pair of jeans,
socks and shoes - neatly
folded but covered with
blood, were found on Baya
Beach, many kilometres
from his home. A large
kitchen knife covered in
blood was found nearby.
Tests revealed the blood
was Hogan’s. His mobile
telephone was also found
later in the water.
In the TV broadcast, police asked the public for information about events that
night and general information on Hogan’s social life
as rumours circulating the
island about his private life
are contradictory.
The rumours range from
his visits to gay bars to his
having a preference for Lat-
7:00pm.
The concert at Tropical
Ballroom atop Tropicana
Casino in Cole Bay, billed
a “Claudius Philips dance
party,” starts at 9:00pm Saturday, October 17.
in American women. Police
are also asking viewers to
identify the knife, which
was an expensive brand.
During a reconstruction
of events that night, places
and times were mentioned
regarding the vice consul’s
possible movements. The
police are especially keen
to get in touch with the
driver of a white two-door
BMW, although no reason
was given as to why.
Antillean coastguard
and US Navy helicopters
and underwater robots
have been used to scour
the whole island and the
sea around it. The water
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between Baya Beach and
Spanish Water (an inlet
with an open passage to the
sea) has been dredged.
Police had thought the
vice consul’s body might
have been washed into the
lake by the strong currents
around the lesser Antillean island. Posters have
been distributed and local
residents have been questioned.
The FBI and US State Department have also been involved in the search for the
missing man. The Dutch
Forensic Institute is also
helping with the investigation.
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2010 would continue.
“The State Secretary wants
activities that directly benefit the people, like improvements in education and
health care, to continue.
The moratorium doesn’t include the Regional Service
Centre RSC and the Committee for Financial Supervision CFT.
In response to questions
posed by Dutch Members
of Parliament John Leerdam and Jan Boelhouwer,
both of the Labour Party
PvdA, Bijleveld-Schouten
stated on Monday that it
was up to Bonaire’s Island
Council to hold a referendum.
“But I do point out that it
would not be in conformity
with agreements if members of government or the
Island Council were to put
a different option to the
people than the one followed in the current process
to execute constitutional
change,” stated BijleveldSchouten.
According to the State
Secretary, Bonaire’s Island
Council and members of
government committed to
the current process. Bonaire’s delegation leader
Ramoncito Booi had signed
the Final Declaration of
October 11, 2006, in which
it was agreed that Bonaire,
Saba and St. Eustatius
would become part of the
Netherlands as public entities in the sense of Article
134 of the Dutch Constitution. Bonaire’s Island
Council had unanimously
approved the Final Declaration in a meeting on October 17, 2006.
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MARIGOT--Cédric Annicette, the young man who
involuntary killed Gendarme Raphaël Clin with
his motor cycle in a February 12, 2006 accident on
the RN7 between the Cole
Bay border and Bellevue,
Marigot, received a twoyear suspended prison sentence handed down by the
court in Guadeloupe.
Annicette was riding towards Marigot early that
morning when his motorbike struck Clin head-on,
fatally injuring the Gendarme.
He was also fined 300 euros for each of the offences
connected to the motorbike. He did not have insurance or a license to ride a
MARIGOT--Gendarmes
responded to a fight in progress outside Collège Mont
des Accords in Concordia,
around 4:15pm Monday.
However, when the patrols
arrived on the scene, they
were informed the protagonists had taken their dis-
motorcycle of that powerful calibre on the public
highway, neither were the
modifications made to the
motorbike approved for the
French territory.
However, in the civil suit
brought against Annicette
by Clin’s widow, he was
ordered by the court to
pay some 400,000 euros
in damages to the family.
Clin’s lawyer had asked for
one million euros’ compensation.
Justin Annicette, the father of Cédric, told The
Daily Herald on Monday he
was not planning to appeal
the damages.
“But I am waiting to get
the official documents from
our lawyer,” said Annicette
pute into Marigot in the St.
James sector.
When the patrols arrived
in St. James, there was no
sign of any fight, and those
involved had sorted out
their differences and dispersed.
PRESCRIPTIVE RIGHTS
By deed of prescriptive rights Joseph Lancelot Hassell,
as successive possessor of Tina Florence Simmons
and Dudley Edward Simmons, intends to claim the
ownerhip of the parcel of land, presently described in C/
A 33/2008, having an area of 2927m2, situated on Saba,
district of Upper Hell’s Gate, bounded to the N by lands
of the heirs of Daniel Hassell and Anthony Granger
(a.k.a. Jackson), to the E by a common path and lands
of the heirs of Clifton Ambrose Hassell, to the S by C/A
5/1966, 12/2006 and 3/1989, to the W by C/A 6/1997.
Whoever has any objections against the above
indicated intention or claim is requested to file these
objections in person or in writing at/to the office of
Paul J.E.M. Steeman, Prof. Office Park, Osprey Drive
1, Unit 2B, Sint Maarten. Tel. 542-5388, Fax 542-1760,
e-mail: pjem@sintmaarten.net, before November 5th,
2009.
THE DAILY HERALD, Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Snr. “I was happy in one
sense that he did not have
to go to prison, but very disappointed about the damages he has to pay which I
find outrageous. I’m just
waiting for the official documents to confirm what the
newspapers are saying.”
Cédric Annicette spent
weeks in a Guadeloupe hospital in a coma as a result
of the injuries he received.
He was unable to help investigators piece together
circumstances surrounding
the accident. But he later
recalled he had not been
part of the drag racing that
was going on that morning.
In the confusion of cars
and motorbikes Annicette apparently had not noticed Clin, who reportedly
stepped into the middle
of the road attempting to
control traffic and stop the
racing.
The only other person
brought to trial following
the accident was Romanus
Dariah, also known as “Reality Rasta”, but charges
against him of inciting racism were dropped by the
court due to lack of evidence or proof.
The grieving widow of
Raphaël Clin branded St.
Martin a racist island based
on incidents that occurred
at the accident scene and
at the hospital, and fall out
from the alleged incidents
was picked up by the national media. In the weeks
following the notorious
accident, Mayor Albert
Fleming and other elected
officials went into damage
control mode, writing letters to ministers in Paris
attempting to correct the
mistaken racist image.
Cédric Annicette, who has
now recovered, remains in
Guadeloupe until permission is granted for him to
return to St. Martin.
In photo: Hanisha Alwani of LU Parent Advisory Committee, Dr. William “Pat” Taylor of
SAIS, Dr. Stephen “Steve” Robinson of SAIS, Commissioner Frans Richardson, Lt. Governor Franklyn Richards, First Lady Angela Richards-Huggins, Robert “Bob” Chambers of
SAIS, Island Councilman Roy Marlin, Susan Dennis and Dr. Pouneh Alcott.
PHILIPSBURG--Over the
last week, representatives
from the Southern Association of Independent Schools
(SAIS) were in St. Maarten
performing a continuation
review for Learning Unlimited (LU) Preparatory
School’s worldwide accreditation.
During the process, SAIS
representatives, Dr. Stephen Robinson, Dr. William
Taylor and Robert Chambers, met with Lt. Governor
Franklyn Richards and First
Lady Angela Richards-Huggins, Commissioner Frans
Richardson and Island
Councilman Roy Marlin to
discuss education.
The SAIS representatives
on island also represented
the Southern Association
of Colleges and Schools
Council on Accreditation
and School Improvement
(SACS/CASI), via a dual
accreditation arrangement
both parties recognise.
SAIS began its organisational life in 1903, and has
338 member schools from
11 south eastern US states,
the Caribbean, and Latin
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America, making SAIS one
of the largest regional independent school associations
in the United States.
Founded in 1895, SACS/
CASI accredits over 13,000
schools and school systems
throughout the United
States and overseas.
School accreditation engages the entire school community in a continuous process of self-evaluation, reflection, and improvement,
LU said in a press release
on Sunday.
The accreditation process
is a comprehensive review
of the school’s curriculum,
abilities, management, facilities and students, and it
occurs every five years. It
is ongoing. Students transferring or graduating from
an SAIS-SACS accredited
school will have their curriculum and extra-curricular
credits fully recognised.
During the past week, the
SAIS representatives met
with LU students, parents,
teachers and management.
For three days the SAIS
team attended classes, ate
lunch in the lunchroom with
students, stayed for school
meetings and got to know
the Learning Unlimited
community. LU has spent
a year preparing required
review documents and programmes for this accreditation review, and the SAIS
team looked at every aspect
with intensity.
At the end of the week
after the SAIS representatives completed the Learning Unlimited accreditation
review, they gave a closing
presentation to the school
to inform LU about their
findings.
Dr. Steve Robinson stated:
“Learning Unlimited is an
incredible community, very
diverse and an amazing mixture of cultures and ideas
– something any of our 340
schools should have. During the last three days we
attended classes, we saw
great things. We will return
to the US and prepare our
report on Learning Unlimited in St. Maarten – and
our report will recommend
further SAIS-SACS accreditation for LU. I would
expect a renewed accreditation certificate to be granted
within 30 days.”
Dr. Pouneh Alcott, Executive Director of Learning
Unlimited stated: “I am so
very happy and proud of
our school, our students,
teachers and parents. We
have spent the last year preparing our review for the
SAIS team, and everyone
has worked extremely hard.
There is nothing more rewarding as an educator than
to have your school recognised as one of the best.
We look forward to another
five years of dual accreditation and welcome the SAISSACS team anytime as they
are part of our extended
family.”
Susan Dennis, Principal of
Learning Unlimited commented: “Our objective as
a school is to provide the
best environment for the
students and this means
constantly looking at the
curriculum, teachers and
techniques. Our teachers
and administration believe
in substantial professional
development in order to
stay on the cutting edge with
the latest education tools.
One of the primary tenets
of education is teaching students ‘how to learn’, and we
as educators must subscribe
to the same ideas as well.”
Islands
THE DAILY HERALD, Tuesday, October 13, 2009
PHILIPSBURG-- Island
Councilmember
Maria
Buncamper-Molanus said
on Monday that although
no clear picture has been
provided by the NA/Heyliger government regarding
its intention with respect to
the proposal amending the
building code ordinance,
government should act on
suggestions put forward by
the DP faction.
The amendment of the
building ordinance, as suggested by law firm Lexwell
N.V., would provide the Island Government with the
authority to have owners
of severely derelict buildings repair these buildings
or demolish them and face
fines of Naf 3,000 and two
months’ imprisonment.
“We heard from the NA/
Heyliger Executive Council
of their concern about the
debris that a demolition of
the dilapidated buildings
at Mullet Bay would cause.
It must be clear that the
owners would be responsible for disposing of the
debris,” Buncamper-Molanus said.
The Council lady says that
there are suggestions that
the Executive Council can
look into. One such sug-
gestion is that the metal
could probably be taken to
the scrap metal recycling
plant next to the landfill.
The concrete debris, on the
other hand, can be crushed
and reused as is currently
done by several contractors on the island.
“In fact this crushed concrete is often used in the
mixture of road foundation stabilizers. If that is
not possible, the crushed
concrete can be used to
cover the landfill instead
of using precious fill material that comes from excavation, which costs the
government anywhere between US $10 and US $15
per m3,” she said.
Buncamper-Molanus says
that while the DP faction
certainly shares the concern of the NA/Heyliger
Executive Council on this
debris issue, one can conclude that this was already
taken into consideration in
the 2009 budget.
“Our suggestion to the
NA/Heyliger
Executive
Council is to use part of
this budget to have the
draft amendments to the
building ordinance made
since the legal affairs department is unable to deal
with this matter at the moment,” she said.
Councilmember Maria
Buncamper-Molanus emphasized that the DP faction is cognizant of the fact
that the legal affairs department is overwhelmed
with issues directly related
to the constitutional process, “but obviously this
was already taken into consideration when the 2009
budget was prepared and
approved.”
“We should as much as
possible try to avoid introducing ad hoc policies. It
is evident that the Democratic Party Executive
Council recognized this
and therefore established
in the Social Economic
Initiatives (SEI), the project ‘St. Maarten Zoning’.
The objective of this project is to establish spatial
development regulations
by means of zoning plans.
These regulations will contribute toward sustainable
economic
development
and provide a judicial,
economic, infrastructural
and social framework for
further development of
St. Maarten,” BuncamperMolanus said.
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Many guests attended the reception for the opening of Corinna and Norma Trimborn’s latest art exhibition at Amahoro Gallery, Le Shore, in Grand Case last week Friday evening.
For this exhibition, the sisters collaborated on the same subject – female figures – to celebrate Breast Cancer Awareness Month. The female form is a new medium in painting for
Corinna. Guests appreciated the contrast in the two sisters’ styles. The exhibition remains
at Le Shore until the end of the month.
BRITAIN--Horizon Yacht
Charters has been voted
Best Caribbean Yacht
Charter Company 2009 at
the Caribbean World International Travel Awards
2009.
The Caribbean World
Annual Awards, now in
their 15th year, is firmly established among Britain’s
foremost prize giving ceremonies and has become
an exclusive club within Caribbean tourism, honouring
excellence among islands
and services that provide
comfort,
entertainment
and enjoyment for those
who make the Caribbean
their favourite holiday destination. These prestigious
awards are voted by the
magazine and its readers.
Horizon Yacht Charters
has an extensive fleet of
yachts – catamarans and
monohulls - throughout
the Caribbean with bases in
Antigua & St Martin, Grenada and in the British Virgin Islands.
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Islands
Fish biologist Anya Watson with Saba octopus hiding in a conch shell.
THE DAILY HERALD, Tuesday, October 13, 2009
SABA--Sea & Learn speaker Anya Watson gave an animated talk on her Master’s
Degree work on underwater
camouflage at Queen’s Garden Resort Sunday.
Watson, a master’s student of Oceanography at
the University of Connecticut and Marine Biological
Laboratory in Woods Hole,
MA, has returned to Saba
to share information on how
fish and cephalopods (octopus family) disguise themselves. She holds lectures
and talks on dive boats and
in schools.
Watson’s presentation
showed that underwater
creatures disguise themselves by changing colour,
skin texture, and even be-
haviours. Her work is specifically on groupers.
After filming groupers,
Watson entered information into the computer and
was able to make clear comparisons of the different
skin patters. She mapped
and timed the changes,
which can occur within one
second. Science has not answered the reason why the
largest grouper, the Goliath
Grouper, undertakes these
changes, since it has no
known predator.
ST. EUSTATIUS--Marcel
Daniels of the Netherlands
Red Cross Chapter visited
the island of St. Eustatius
to discuss the merging of
Red Cross chapters. Statia
Red Cross President Militza Maduro met him upon
his arrival at the airport.
The Netherlands Red
Cross has decided to try
and merge all of its chapters, including the overseas
branches. Daniels has been
designated as the contact
person for the overseas
branches and the Netherlands.
The Netherlands Red Cross
will be financially assisting
the branches on the different islands and also will
conduct training sessions,
providing that some conditions are agreed upon.
Watson also showed pictures of behaviour changes
in octopuses. She credited
Saba diver Michael Chammaa with seeing the first
octopus in the Caribbean
showing behaviours mimicking a flounder.
Chammaa, owner and chef
of the Brigadoon Restaurant in Windwardside, was
diving with octopus expert
Roger Hanlon, just a day
after Hanlon’s lecture saying that such behaviours
had only been observed in
the Pacific Ocean.
However, Chammaa saw
an octopus leave a conch
shell, pull all of its tentacles
behind it, and undulate at
great speed along the sandy
bottom, just like a Peacock
Flounder.
He shot at least 50 pictures
without using the viewfinder, since the octopus was
moving too fast.
Back on the dive boat, Hanlon reviewed Chammaa’s
film and was able to observe
the same behaviour the very
next day in the Saba Marine
Park.
On a subsequent Sea &
Learn visit to Saba at which
Watson was present, Hanlon
took extensive video footage
of this behaviour plus an octopus imitating a seabed rock.
Hanlon will be the closing
speaker at Tropics Café on
Friday, October 30 on the
topic Cephalopods--The Absolute Masters of Disguise.
Islands
THE DAILY HERALD, Tuesday, October 13, 2009
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AGENDA
ST. EUSTATIUS
Police Station 182333
Emergency 111
Hot Line 108
Fire Department 120
Hospital 182211/182371
Landsradio 182210
Post Office 182207
St. Eustatius Historical
Foundation Museum 182288
Winair Office 182362
Lions Club meets every 1st and
3rd Wednesday at the “Den”
next to the Airport
Drug Prevention Foundation
meets every Tuesday 5:30pm at
the Golden Era Hotel.
Coastguard NA&A 113
St. Eustatius National parks:
Gallows Bay: 318 2884
SABA
Police Station
The Bottom, tel. 4163237
Emergency 111/112
Hospital
The Bottom, tel. 4163288/4163289
Fire Department Airport
Flat Point tel. 4162210
SATEL
The Bottom, tel. 4163211
WINAIR, Airport
Flat Point, tel. 4162255/2713
Taxi Service Airport
Flat Point, tel. 160
Administration Building
The Bottom, tel.
4163311/4163312/4163313
Tourist Office
Windwardside, tel. 4162231
Harbour Office
Fort Bay, tel. 4163294
Saba Marine Park
Fort Bay, tel. 4163295
Nature & Hike Guide
James Johnson
The Bottom, tel. 4163307
Service Club
Saba Lions Club general
meeting every 1st and 3rd
Tuesday 8:00 p.m. at Eugenius
A. Johnson Center.
Coastguard NA&A 113
Red Cross
General meeting every last
Monday, 6 p.m, Eugenius A.
Johnson Center.
ANGUILLA
EMERGENCY
Police 911
Fire 911
Ambulance 911
Police Station 497 2333
Hospital 497 2551
Dental clinic 497 2343
Radio Anguilla 497 2218
Tourism Department 497 2759
Crimestoppers 0800 7777777
AIRLINES
American Eagle 497 3501
Winair 497 2748
Liat 497 5000
Tyden Air 497 2719
Air Anguilla 497 2643
Trans Anguilla 497 8690
COURIER SERVICE
DHL 497 3400
Federal Express 497 2719
UPS 497 2239
SERVICE CLUBS
Rotary Club of Anguilla
Roy’s Restaurant 6:00 p.m. 8:00 p.m. Every Thursday.
Soroptimist International
Day Care Centre
4.30 p.m. 2nd Tuesday
in each month Tel: 497 3509
Lions Club
The Valley Primary School
1st and 3rd Tuesday at 8.00 p.m.
Tel: 497 6259
National Council of Women
Arts and Craft Centre
4.30 p.m. 1st Monday in month.
Interact Club of Anguilla
Meets every Friday at 3.15 p.m.
at theAlbena Lake Hodge
Comprehensive School
Alcoholic Anonymous meetings
every Sunday at 8:30 am and
Monday at 5:00 pm on Shoal
Bay picnic area.
Subscribe to
PHONE 5425253
SABA--A Windwardside
restaurant was broken
into on Monday morning; US $100 plus an HP
laptop computer were
taken. Owners said the
thieves were very tidy,
and very little was disturbed. It is assumed
they came in through a
louvered window.
Chief Inspector Wendell Thode has asked
the population to place
a confidential call to the
Police Station if they
know of a laptop computer that is being sold
or if a person who nor-
mally does not have a
computer suddenly has
one.
Thode also pointed out
that it is a good idea for
the owners of expensive
electronics to write down
and keep in a safe place
the make, model number, and serial number
of any high-tech equipment.
This important information can be added to
the police report and
help the police to positively identify as stolen
any suspicious goods.
From left: Harold Arends, Immigration Officer Lydianne Hook, Acting Lt. Governor
Louis Brown, Immigration Officer Pierre Pandt and two employees of St Maarten Office
Systems inside the new police station.
ST. EUSTATIUS--The furniture for the new police
station of St. Eustatius arrived in St. Maarten on
Wednesday, October 7 and
was sent to St. Eustatius
on Monday by St. Maarten
Office Systems on Juancho
Yrausquin Boulevard.
Supplier of the furniture
is Harold Arends, father
of Rueben Arends. The
supplier explained that
Saba Police take testimony from restaurant operators.
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from Europe via Colombia
and the USA, among other
countries.
Two employees of St
Maarten Office Systems
were seen busy at the new
police station setting up the
furniture on Monday.
Acting Lt. Governor Louis
Brown, together with Immigration officers Pierre
Pandt and Lydianne Hook
were at the police station
checking the work.
Windward Roads Construction is the constructor
of the new police station
and employees of this company were also on hand.
The building was being
fine-tuned in preparation
for the official opening
schedule on Thursday, November 5.
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SABA--The local Lions
Club International celebrated
International
Lions’ Day on Sunday
by inviting Saba’s elders
to lunch. More than 200
lunches
were
served.
Many senior citizens attended the church service
in Windwardside and then
adjourned to the Eugenius
A. Johnson Centre for a
sit down lunch.
Islands
Many other lunches were
delivered to seniors in the
community who were unable to leave their homes.
The large crowd at the Lions Den spilled out onto
the grassy area. There
people enjoying their
meals while they sat on
the wall.
Lion President Shirley
Woods welcomed everyone and Anglican Pastor
THE DAILY HERALD, Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Sinclair Williams gave the
benediction.
The Leos, in their purple
vests, were busy to and
from the kitchen to make
sure everyone was served
beverage, soup, main meal
and dessert.
The Occasionals Band, under the direction of Senator
Ray Hassell, played throughout the entire luncheon and
into the afternoon.
Saba Lions President Shirley Woods (right) has just welcomed island senior citizens to
International Lions’ Day.
14a
Curaçao sailing yacht “Chamba” turned out to be the overall winner of the 42nd annual
Bonaire Regatta. There were a total of 189 participants in the different categories, 27 fewer
than the 216 who took part last year.
ANGUILLA--Jan Tibaldi,
General Manager of Viceroy, Anguilla has announced
the appointments of Michael
Rauter as Executive Chef
and Patrick Dang as Chef de
Cuisine for the hotel.
Rauter will oversee all culinary operations for the resort
including menu creations at
Bamboo Bar and Grill, Half
Shell, Sunset Lounge and
Aleta, as well as for private
dining, special events and the
spa cuisine.
Dang is expected to focus on
the menu design, kitchen op-
erations and the conceptual
development at Coba, paying
particular attention to securing the freshest ingredients.
Coba is the signature restaurant of the resort and
along with Sunset Lounge
is the only one currently
opened. Signature dishes will
include Gingerbread consommé with Challans duck
and compressed rhubarb and
Sole dorsal filet with roasted
chicken jacket and Chestnut
caramel. Sunset Lounge is
complemented by the bar’s
collection of aged rums, Cu-
ban cigars and fine champagnes.
Tibaldi said, “Michael and
Patrick are a culinary tagteam of the highest order for
Viceroy Anguilla, bringing
exceptional experience earned
in the kitchens of renowned
properties around the world.
We look forward to seeing
their culinary creativity at
work on local ingredients from
throughout the Caribbean.”
He is currently finalizing the
resort staff in time for the
property’s grand opening in
November this year.
Islands
THE DAILY HERALD, Tuesday, October 13, 2009
WILLEMSTAD--Further
study into the aviation
policy for future Country
Curaçao is necessary. According to Economic Affairs Commissioner David
Dick (PAR), that is the
most important final conclusion of a report drawn
up, at the Executive Council’s request, by the island’s
Aviation Committee.
Dick recently received
a copy of the report and
said he would discuss this
“peacefully” with Antillean
Transport Minister Maurice
Adriaens (FOL), shortly.
The surplus at Valentijnsbaai on Isla grounds
WILLEMSTAD--Venezuelan state-owned oil company PdVSA, that operates
Isla oil refinery in Curaçao,
is forbidden by government
to export anything to Colombia at the moment. Until recently, sulphur from
Isla refinery was shipped to
Venezuela’s neighbour.
Sulphur used to be a
worthless waste product,
but nowadays is a soughtafter residual product used
to produce matches and
for the chemical industry,
for example. Due to the
trade embargo against
Colombia by Venezuela,
the sulphur surplus at the
refinery is increasing.
Thanks to the nearly stagnated production of Isla
during the past month,
due to problems with the
energy supply, the sulphur
surplus is still manageable.
As soon as production is
well under way again – expected to happen shortly
– it is important that the
sulphur be sold again.
Although there is currently no buyer, there appears to be more interest
for the waste product. For
that matter, Isla is not allowed to sell any products
on the local market.
Potential buyers on the
island are therefore requested to contact fuel
distributor Curoil. Isla
refers foreign buyers to
PdVSA in Venezuela.
Venezuela’s trade embargo against neighbouring country Colombia
came about last year, after the murder of Revolutionary Armed Forces of
Columbia FARC leader
Raul Reyes in Ecuador,
which led to a border
clash in which Venezuela
interfered. In doing so,
the Chavez government
invited suspicion on itself
of being affiliated with
the guerrilla movement,
resulting in economic
sanctions.
WILLEMSTAD--Nel S.,
the main suspect in the
murder of former brothel
owner Giovanni van Ierland, was released from
protective custody in Curaçao.
Lawyer Everett Wilsoe
filed a suspension of detention request, for the
umpteenth time, and this
time it was granted by the
judge, after several earlier
rejections.
There are insufficient serious arguments to keep S.
in protective custody any
longer, said the judge. According to Wilsoe, the current state of affairs in the
investigation is unclear.
“For the time being, samples investigated by Netherlands Forensic Institute
(NFI) do not prove that my
client was in the automobile used for the murder
of Van Ierland on January
27. No DNA material was
found in the automobile.”
Former Campo Alegre
boss Van Ierland had been
shot dead in his car by
someone in another passing car. This had occurred
near electronic store “El
Camú” at Rio Canario, at
his wife’s shop.
The car driven by the
shooter had been found in
front of S.’s sports centre
on Pater Euwensweg a few
days later and S. had been
apprehended later on.
His lawyer had lodged
an appeal against his summons, but the court had
adjourned last week’s case
again until November 24.
Things were not going
well with Wilsoe’s client
S., as he was coping with
health problems. However,
things are going a bit bet-
ter again, now that he has
been released, the lawyer
said.
Other suspects in this
case had also been apprehended, including an uncle
of S. and a former security
guard of the brothel. The
uncle had been released,
but apprehended again a
month later.
The examining judge ordered a further detention
of 30 days. That term will
expire this month.
The other two suspects
had been released quite a
while ago.
Dick was referring to
the differences of opinions and discussions that
had recently occurred between the Island Territory
and the Central Government regarding aviation
policy. “In the interest
of Curaçao’s economic
development and of local
companies in the aviation
sector, there should be
more agreement regarding the implementation
of aviation policy,” said
Dick.
The Aviation Policy
Committee consisted of
15
representatives from Curaçao Airport Partners
(CAP), Curaçao Airport
Holding (CAH), Curaçao
Tourism Bureau (CTB)
and Curaçao Hospitality
and Tourism Association
(CHATA), which did not
sign the report, according
to Dick.
Committee Chairman
Clift Christiaan does not
wish to comment, as the
committee acted by order
of the Executive Council,
so it is up to the Executive
Council to publish the report.
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By Matt Kaplan
MIAMI, Florida--Strong
hurricanes have been
known to wipe out bird
and bat populations,
but a new study has discovered a silver lining in
those storm clouds.
Hurricanes may actually blow helpless bats in
the Caribbean from one
island to another, eventually reconnecting geographically isolated species and boosting genetic
diversity, the research
found.
“After Hurricane Ivan
slammed into the West
Indies, we were not particularly surprised to
THE DAILY HERALD, Tuesday, October 13, 2009
find bat populations depressed,” said study lead
author Ted Fleming at
the University of Miami
in Florida.
“With such powerful
winds, there was going
to be high mortality, but
we never expected to find
what we found.”
Fleming and colleague
Kevin Murray analyzed
bat species in the West
Indies before and after
Hurricane Ivan slammed
into the region in 2004.
The team used nets and
tools to collect small bits
of live bats’ wing tissue
for DNA analysis.
While all species showed
population declines following the event, one
population of the common fruit bat on Grand
Cayman Island actually
showed an increase in genetic diversity.
Winds of Change
Before the storm, only
one genetic variant of the
fruit bat was common on
Grand Cayman, Fleming
said, but afterward, two
other variants appeared.
The only other island
where these different
bats lived was Cayman
Brac, 87 miles (140 kilometers) away.
There is little chance
that the bats voluntarily
flew this distance over
water, the team said,
which suggests that the
hurricane literally picked
up a few bats off Cayman
Brac and plopped them
on Grand Cayman.
“When you hear about
winds distributing animals, it is typically anecdotal,” Fleming said.
“We got lucky and just
happened to be analyzing
the right animals at the
right time.”
Genetic diversity is important for keeping animal populations robust.
For example, if a population has little genetic variation, offspring become
weaker and may eventually become inbred.
Biologist Scott Pedersen
at South Dakota State
University in Brookings
was not involved in the
study.
“It’s good work and is a
very welcome bit of data
that we all pretty much
suspected, [because] our
own radio-tracking shows
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that bats are not moving
amongst islands on their
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Perfect Storm
Fleming cautioned that
hurricanes do not always
have this distributing effect.
In the Bahamas, for instance, bats did not become more genetically
diverse after Hurricanes
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Clearly, a perfect storm
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“It looks like it takes really powerful storms to
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THE DAILY HERALD, Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Primary school principals with EMS members.
ANGUILLA--Emergency
Medical Services (EMS)
personnel presented a set
of First Aid kits to the principals of primary schools
Monday morning, as activities to mark EMS Week got
underway.
EMS is currently celebrating its seventh anniversary
and this year’s celebration
theme is “Serving on the
Health Care Front Line.”
Emergency Medical Tech-
WILLEMSTAD--A young
man was killed in Curaçao
during a shooting in Frederickstraat, Otrobanda.
When police responded to
a call they found the lifeless
body of 23-year-old Railvis
Girigorio Martina lying in
the street with a bullet in
the head. The victim had
reportedly returned about
a month ago from the Neth-
erlands, where he had lived
since he was small.
In unrelated news, 59-yearold Jozef Supriano Job was
killed in a traffic accident
on Kaminda Prospero Rojer, Curaçao. The victim
was apparently walking in
the poorly illuminated area
at night and hit by a passing vehicle, with fatal consequences.
ST. KITTS--A passenger on
a LIAT flight out of Puerto
Rico was found in possession a 9mm and a .380 pistol along with 12 rounds of
assorted ammunition on his
arrival at Robert L. Bradshaw Airport on Saturday.
A police report Sunday
said that on arrival the
passenger, Demitrius Martin (39) of Conaree, had
presented himself to Customs to be checked and on
checking his luggage, the
Customs Officer on duty
found the illegal arms and
ammunition.
“The weapons and ammunition were seized and
turned over to the police
along with the passenger,
(who was) arrested and
charged for possession of
firearm and possession of
ammunition. He remains
in police custody and is expected to be charged by the
Customs Department with
Customs-related offences,”
the police said in their report.
The police also reported
that officers had responded
around 11:15am on Sunday
to a report of shooting at
Fiennes Avenue.
“Investigations revealed
that a group of young men
were sitting on a lounge
chair in an alley between
Fiennes and Thibou Avenues when they were approached by two masked
men who opened fire on
them. Glen Browne of Dorset sustained multiple injuries and was taken to the
JNF Hospital where he was
treated and warded,” the
police said.
nician (EMT) Wendy Lloyd
welcomed those present at
the handing over ceremony.
She described the donation
as an act of love and said all
EMS members were very
excited about it. She expressed the hope that the
needs of the children will
be met through the donation.
Senior EMT Steve McDowall explained that on
visits to the schools he has
asked to see the First Aid
kits and found that many
times they had expired or
the supplies were not sterile. He noted that the EMS
staff members have paid
for the kits themselves. He
assured the schools that the
EMS will replenish them
when necessary. The kits
contain a variety of bandages, dressings, plasters,
antibiotic cream, and other
first aid items.
McDowall thanked his
staff for their dedication
and noted that they are always willing and ready to
assist. He boasted that in
eleven years all patients
that they have picked up
alive have arrived in that
condition at the hospital.
Cara Brooks (EMT) presented two plaques to Fire
Officer Elridge Richardson
and Nurse Boyd for their
special assistance to the
EMS.
Activities for the remainder of the week include
visits to the schools, and a
screening for blood pressure and blood sugar at the
Post Office on Thursday
October 15. There will be
a special Fun Day on Saturday when the Health Authority team will come up
against a team from various
businesses in games and
knock-out cricket.
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in Curaçao will be able to
fuel up with clean diesel at
the end of this month, Energy Commissioner Humphrey
Davelaar (PNP) announced
during the Executive Council’s weekly press conference.
The supply of clean diesel
by government-owned fuel
distribution company Curoil
is part of the environmental
plans. According to Davelaar, it had been the intention that clean diesel would
be available around the 15th
of this month, but as the supply will arrive on the island
that day, he expects gas stations will start selling it at
month end.
For that matter, government
had previously announced
that clean diesel would be on
the market per August 1. Apparently, Curoil had not succeeded at the time in buying
the ultra-low-sulphur diesel
from local Isla oil refinery
operator PdVSA at a favourable price. It is known that
the Venezuelan oil company
produces the ultra-low-sulphur diesel in that country,
but not at Isla.
The diesel currently sold
on the island contains a very
high sulphur concentration
of 5,000 parts per million
(ppm). That which will be-
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come available at the end
of this month contains less
than 500 ppm. By now, diesel contains even less than
50 ppm (ultra-low) in many
countries.
The commissioner does not
think the new, cleaner diesel will be more expensive,
as it is purchased in bulk at
a reasonable price. For that
matter, heavy diesel will continue to be sold on the island,
the commissioner indicated,
as it is required for large generators.
The new, cleaner diesel will
be stored in a barge moored
in Schottegat Bay. Former
storage tanks for regular
(leaded) gasoline, removed
from the market a few
months ago, will probably be
used by Curoil trucks for the
transhipment, to supply the
gas stations.
The Executive Council,
together with Curoil and
refinery owning company
“Refineria di Kòrsou,” are
currently negotiating a permanent storage facility for
the new, cleaner diesel in the
empty tanks at Bullenbaai.
By increasing storage facilities for the local market, government hopes that economical prices can be agreed on
in negotiations with foreign
suppliers.
According to Davelaar,
there are also plans to build
a storage tank at the Motetwerf.
ARUBA--Dorothy Adelle
Hassell (73) was found
dead in her home at Savaneta in Aruba with various
injuries.
The apparent murder of
the elderly woman shocked
the local community and
especially the neighbourhood. Considering the injuries, the prosecution is
viewing it as a “death by
violence” case.
A large-scale investigation has been launched and
an autopsy ordered, but so
far there appear to be no
leads.
The victim was found lying on the floor in the living room by her grandson.
She lived alone directly
across from the residency
of Governor Fredis Refunjol, which is guarded.
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THE DAILY HERALD, Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Islands/Dutch Kingdom
THE DAILY HERALD, Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Press surround the entrance of DSB bank in Amsterdam, reporting on the announcement of
Dutch Central Bank’s takeover of consumer bank DSB on Monday.
A M S T E R D A M - -T h e
Dutch government has intervened in another bank’s
business, not because of the
credit crisis this time, but
because of a run on DSB, a
bank notorious for the way
it sold loans to customers.
Dutch Central Bank took
control of consumer bank
DSB on Monday, after an
attempted sell-off of the
bank fell through over the
weekend. DSB, named for
its founder Dirk Scheringa,
is famous in the Netherlands for its sponsorship of
football champions AZ, but
mostly for its cutting-edge
loans, mortgages and connected insurance policies.
The bank did not fall victim to the credit crisis, but
got in trouble after a foundation representing DSB
customers who felt duped
by the bank encouraged
all savers to withdraw their
money. Pieter Lakeman
of HypotheekLeed (Mortgage Suffering) foundation
said on October 1 he hoped
the company would collapse, because bankruptcy
was the best prospect for
people who had taken out
excessive mortgages with
the bank in recent years.
DSB told critics at the start
of October it had 1.5 billion
euros in cash – enough of
a buffer to withstand a run
on its 4.3 billion euros in
deposits. At a press conference on Monday, Central Bank President Nout
Wellink said around a sixth
of the bank’s total deposits had been withdrawn
since the beginning of the
month.
According to owner Dirk
Scheringa, civil servants at
the Finance Ministry worsened the run on DSB by
leaking information about
the impending curatorship
to Dutch daily De Volkskrant over the weekend. Savers subsequently withdrew
their funds en masse, leaving the bank unable to meet
its payment requirements.
The Amsterdam court imposed emergency control
on the company on Monday morning. “A large outflow of liquidity has put the
survival of DSB at risk,” the
court agreed with the central bank.
Central bankers and people from the ministry tried
to prevent bankruptcy by
selling DSB to a consortium
of other Dutch banks over
the weekend. Negotiations
with ABN Amro, ING, Fortis Bank Nederland, SNS
and Rabobank failed, mostly because the banks feared
claims from customers who
felt deceived by DSB.
For years, DSB had been
criticised for the way it sold
loans, sometimes to customers unable to carry the
interest burden. The catch
with loans and mortgages
taken at DSB was that
they came with expensive,
single-premium insurance
policies. DSB received high
premiums for the policies,
while its customers were
forced to borrow more
money than their homes
were worth, in order to pay
for them.
The emergency regulation
now imposed does not mean
the bank is bankrupt. All
funds are frozen and customers’ mortgage and savings accounts will be placed
with other banks. What will
happen to pending claims
of unsatisfied customers,
and to the AZ football club,
which is owned by Scheringa, remains to be seen.
A M S T E R DA M - -T h e
Amsterdam city council
is going to combine forces with police to prevent
human trafficking in the
red light district.
The city council will
recruit and train special
council workers to assist
police in various duties
that aim to stem illegal prostitution. Special
council workers’ main
duty will be checking
prostitutes’ papers to
make sure they are working legally.
Currently, only police
check whether prostitutes working in the sex
industry are legal immigrants and not forced
into the trade. Special
council workers will also
be trained to spot signs
of human trafficking.
If they come across
other criminal activities,
such as money-laundering, they will pass the
information on to the
police. It is possible that
council workers will be
granted special status,
making them special investigating officers.
Amsterdam is the first
city council to take such
measures. The new system will be introduced
for three years and will
be evaluated every year.
The city council announced a crackdown
on crime in the red light
district in 2007. A series
of measures, including
screening entrepreneurs
for criminal records before allowing them a licence in the area, were
introduced to rid the
area of its sleazy image.
Many of the windows
once occupied by prostitutes are now filled by
shop window dummies
wearing designs by fashion students. The area
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has also been earmarked
for an upgrade. The
council hopes to attract
more restaurants, cultural institutes and businesses from the creative
sector.
The transformation, which has been
dubbed Coalition Project 1012 after the area’s
postal code, is due to take
10 years. Many Amsterdammers feel the council
is taking its nanny state
tactics too far, and there
have been a number of
demonstrations against
the council’s plans.
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Regional
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados--It’s official. Barbados
Public Workers’ Cooperative Credit Union Limited
(BPWCCUL) will be the
new owner of CLICO
Mortgage & Finance Corporation (CMFC).
The board of directors of
CLICO Holdings Barbados
Limited, after more than
two weeks of deliberation,
has accepted the takeover
offer from BPWCCUL.
The board communicated
its approval to the credit
union’s top brass on Friday.
CLICO’s operations in
Barbados thus loses another subsidiary following the
decision two weeks ago to
sell CLICO General Insurance Company to Consumers’ Guarantee Insurance.
Confirmation of the latest
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados--A new census of population and housing is set for
the middle of next year.
This announcement was
made by director of the
Barbados Statistical Service
Angela Hunte Sunday at
the St John Parish Church
during a service to open
Statistics Week.
She joked that unlike the
Roman emperor Caesar
Augustus, the Statistical
Service was not conducting the census for taxation
purposes.
“[We are conducting the
census] for planning purposes, such as for the provision of services, utilities, the
provision of schools, clinics,
hospitals and for other social and economic interventions. The information is
used mainly for the benefit
of the entire population,”
she told the congregation.
The next census will take
place between May and
June 2010, ten years after
the last one was carried
out.
Hunte added that there
were other occasions during the year when statistical
officers were likely to visit
households and businesses
to conduct surveys such as
that of the labour force in
order to gauge employment
and unemployment figures.
At present the Statistical
Service is carrying out an
island-wide survey, entitled
the Household Budget Survey, in order to estimate the
private consumption expen-
Angela Hunte
diture of Bajans.
“We may also visit you to
update our index of retail
prices which gives an idea
of the general movement of
prices of goods and services
purchased by households,”
the director said.
Business surveys are also
included in the data collection processes.
“We may also visit your
workplace to collect data
on the performance of your
establishment in which you
work. This is usually done
to compare estimates of the
economic performance of
our economy,” Hunte said.
She said that the Statistical
Service relied on both Government and the private
sector agencies to compile
data for successful planning
and the formulation of policies. All information taken
and processed were treated
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development came from
BPWCCUL president Anthony Griffin, who told the
Sunday Sun he was pleased
with the CLICO board’s
decision.
While declining to give details on the purchase price
for the CLICO subsidiary,
Griffin said: “We are very
happy, and I know that the
135,000 credit union members in Barbados are happy
for us.”
BPWCCUL is about six
times larger than CMFC
with its asset base of B$100
million. BPWCCUL’s asset
base stands at B$600 million and its 51,000 members
hold deposits of B$484 million.
A six-member committee comprising directors
of CLICO, and headed by
Ministry of Finance Permanent Secretary William
Layne, was established earlier this year to oversee the
operation and possible sale
of four finance companies
in the CLICO Group, including CMFC.
The committee had recommended the credit union
over bids from the Barbados National Bank (BNB)
and Consolidated Finance.
BNB however submitted a
revised offer directly to the
CLICO board.
BNB managing director
Robert Le Hunte later offered his congratulations to
the BPWCCUL.
Local credit unions, including BPWCCUL, had
more than B$25 million invested in CLICO Holdings
Barbados, and following
the cash flow crisis facing
CLICO’s parent company
CL Financial in Trinidad
and Tobago, a BPWCCUL
source said the credit union
had considered buying out
the company and securing
its investments.
“The CMFC portfolio
is much like the credit
union’s with its mortgages
spread over a large number
of people, rather than concentrated in the hands of a
few big clients,” the credit
union official added. (Barbados Sunday Sun)
Baldwin Spencer
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados--Barbados and Antigua
and Barbuda have been
bearing the brunt of regional migration.
And Prime Minister Baldwin Spencer of Antigua
and Barbuda has called on
the Caribbean Community
(Caricom) to do an impact
study on the effect of regional migration on his
country.
“Barbados and Antigua
and Barbados are basically
in the same boat; and when
you examine it closely, these
two countries have been the
ones that have been bearing
the burden.
“I think it is important for
us to begin to look more
closely on how this is impacting on member states,”
he told the Daily Nation
last Friday at the end of a
two-day Convocation On
the Caricom Single Market
And Economy.
“In as much as we have
practised an open-door
policy over the years and
a lot of these people have
made significant contributions to the development of
Antigua and Barbuda, the
reality is that it is posing a
problem for us.
“We are seeking now to
ensure that we control the
situation as best as we can
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Spencer stressed: “We
don’t want to have a situation where we are unable to
meet our obligations to the
residents of Antigua and
Barbuda because the influx
is not controlled and poses
a problem for us in the delivery of services.”
He said: “I have asked the
Caricom Secretariat, and
the Caricom Heads have
agreed that an impact study
be carried out in Antigua
and Barbuda to determine
what the real situation is on
the ground.”
Declaring he was committed to “free movement
of Caribbean nationals,”
Spencer said:“We have
thousands of our Caricom
brothers and sisters, particularly from Jamaica and
Guyana, the Dominican
Republic and to a lesser
extent Dominica, . . . who
have been coming to Antigua and Barbuda.”
But, he added: “We have
made the case for some
degree of derogation with
respect to the application
of certain treaty matters as
it relates to the freedom of
movement and other issues
. . . especially at this time
when the economy of Antigua and Barbuda is in a
state of decline.”
The Caricom leader expressed support for the free
movement of skilled labour
under the CSME, remarking, “that is what CSME
is all about.” However,
he said it had to “be done
within context.”
GEORGETOWN, Guyana-The Guyana Police Force
appears to be stumped in
making the arrest of an army
lieutenant who is alleged to
be involved in an ammunition
theft.
The police have since
searched two homes where
the platoon commander might
have gone but have turned up
empty-handed and it is now
believed that he has gone into
hiding.
When contacted for a comment Sunday, Commodore
Gary Best said that he was
not too familiar with the issue
since he had only just returned
to the country and he was
aware that police were conducting an investigation into
the matter.
Police recently, acting on a tip
off, arrested a man who had in
his possession a “large quantity” of 7.62 x 39 rounds and he
was subsequently charged.
Police officials reported that
the ammunition is used in Ak47 and M-70 assault rifles. In
2006, the army lost 30 Ak-47
rifles that mysteriously disappeared from Camp Ayanganna.
Appearing before acting
Chief Magistrate Melissa
Robertson at the Georgetown
Magistrates’ Court, Charles
Richards, pleaded guilty to the
ammunition charge.
The defendant said that he
was in a financial crisis and
accepted the offer of transporting the ammunition to an
individual who said he would
be waiting in the Stabroek
Market area.
The defendant also claimed
that he would have been paid
G$5,000 if the transportation
was a success. Richards, of 119
“A” Field Sophia, while in the
vicinity of Stabroek Market,
had in his belongings a large
quantity of live rounds without being a holder of a firearm licence, according to the
charges.
Police Prosecutor, Krishnadat Ramana, in his report stated that police ranks who acted
on information, nabbed the
defendant and subsequently
found the ammunition under
the seat of the defendant’s
motorcycle.
The Magistrate fined Richards $50,000 and jailed him
for two years.
The Sophia resident had implicated the army lieutenant in
question and another man in
attempts to sell the ammunition.
An army official had told Kaieteur News that investigators
have been unable to locate the
implicated lieutenant, who is
at present on annual leave and
police have also been unable
to locate the third suspect.
(Kaieteur News)
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THE DAILY HERALD, Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Christian entertainer Prodigal Son performs for hundreds at Genesis 2009. (File photo,
Jamaica Observer)
KINGSTON, Jamaica--White
sand beaches, reggae music
and images of Bob Marley
have long been selling points
for Jamaica as a tourist destination. But over the past few
years, the Tourism Ministry
has been trying to sell the island as the ideal location for
Christian-based travel and
events.
Last year, Minister of Tourism Edmund Bartlett commissioned a faith-based committee, headed by Reverend
Al Miller and Bishop Herro
Blair, to examine and explore
the possibilities of this form of
tourism.
Miller said the faith-based
tourism operations committee
has been meeting regularly to
develop strategies and marketing plans to target other
churches in the United States,
the United Kingdom, Europe
and Canada.
“It’s a niche market, and
it’s a market that we need to
plan and prepare for, just as
we would any other market,”
he said. “You have to make
the faith-based community be
aware of Jamaica as a destination.”
Miller said the island is an
ideal destination for church
retreats, conferences and
conventions, as well as family excursions. He pointed to
Jamaica’s wide range of historical churches that would
interest tourist from around
the world.
“The community is already
here, so we just need to develop the product,” he said.
“If we really put more effort
in doing so, then we have the
potential to bring in a lot more
money.”
Faith-based tourism is projected to bring in an estimated J$1.2 billion annually to
the island, and with the right
amount of marketing, this
figure is expected to increase
overtime, according to information out of the committee.
Miller noted that more fami-
Rev. Al Miller
ly-based entertainment, which
is comfortable for people of
faith, should be encouraged at
resorts.
Beverly Stewart, who also sits
on the committee, agreed. She
said the group has been working on developing a series of
events slated for next year,
which could attract more visitors to the island.
“We have decided that events
are the way to go for faithbased tourism. We feel that
events bring in a lot of people
in a concentrated period; it
creates a lot of focus and excitement,” she said.
Events such as “Genesis”,
“Fun in the Son” and the Jamaica Broilers “Best Dressed
Chicken 50 Fest” which at its
first staging last year attracted
more than 200,000 people,
should be sold to tourist overseas and not just to the Jamaican public, Stewart noted.
She, along with the four
other committee members,
have already identified three
major events they plan to
work on for next year, which
they believe has the potential
to attract a number of tourist.
These include the seven-yearold gospel event “Fun in the
Son”, a “Kingdom leaders golf
conference” to be hosted in
Montego Bay next May, and a
huge thanksgiving celebration
next December, which they
hope will draw families from
different countries.
In addition, Stewart said
there are a number of mission
trips that come in each year.
“Most of them will come in
as medical teams and they can
be as small as (groups of) five
and 10 (while others) could
(comprise as many) as 250. So
you can have small teams of
technical experts, engineers,
doctors and so on to come in
to work on practical projects
- and most of them would stay
for a week,” she said.
Stewart added that most of
these individuals usually do
a lot of spending, so that by
virtue of being here, they are
benefiting the Jamaican community.
“These are the ones who
would go to Faiths Pen, Little
Ochi and they are in every
nook and cranny. They are not
averse to leaving gifts with the
churches and they bring down
thousands of US dollars worth
of equipment for churches and
schools,” she said.
According to Stewart, a number of mission groups from
overseas have helped to develop the Jamaican communities by providing their medical
expertise and financial assistance.
“They want to know that
their church is supporting a
local church in a particular
development area. They can
help in the basic school... with
the clinic... with the men’s missions and so on,” she said.
Stewart added that Jamaica’s
rising crime rate is not a deterrent to mission groups planning to work in communities
on the island.
“The type of things that
would terrify the average tourist is not going to terrify the
mission people. I don’t think
for them the crime is a deterrent. They go to Haiti, and if
they go there then Jamaica
won’t be a problem,” she said.
(Jamaica Observer)
PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad--It is rare that the Government and the Opposition in the elected House
- the House of Representatives - agree on a measure,
but decide to give in to the
“unanimous” view of the
Independent Senators.
But that happened on Friday with a particular provision in the Financial Intelligence Unit Bill.
The Bill was first approved
by the House of Representatives.
But the Senate – principally Independent Senators Dana Seetahal, Subhas Ramkhelawan, Helen
Drayton and, to a lesser
extent, Corrine Baptiste
McKnight and Gail Merhair - worked tirelessly late
Wednesday night with the
Government led by Attorney General John Jeremie
and Minister in the Ministry of Finance Mariano
Browne, and the Opposition, led by Wade Mark, to
make crucial amendments
to the bill.
When the amendments
came back to the elected
House, there was one Senate amendment which did
not find favour - the provision which limited the FIU
to getting staff from the
public service via the Public
Service Commission. The
original proposal was to
allow the Minister to hire
persons on contract.
Tabaquite MP Ramesh
Lawrence Maharaj expressed concern that the
limiting of the FIU to the
public service would pose
difficulties in getting the
kinds of skills needed to
run the organisation effectively.
“This is a specialist field
and you are tying the hand
of the unit behind its back,”
he said.
He added: “With the
greatest respect to the other place, Government has
to make a policy decision:
is it going to succumb at all
times just to be nice, without looking at the issue?”
he asked.
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He contended that the
FIU was the “pit”, “the
substance” and the “engine” of the bill designed
to fight money-laundering.
He urged the Government
to explain to the senators
that the limiting of the FIU
to the public service was
wrong.
Jeremie said Maharaj was
quite right.
“Government wanted the
flexibility in terms of employment. But when we
got to the other place (the
Senate) we encountered,
I think, unanimity in the
Independent bench. It is a
matter that we feel strongly about. But we need to
continue to speak, and to
explain to them in greater
detail and continue to work
with them. But it was necessary for us to make this
concession for the bill to be
passed in the other place,”
the Attorney General said.
Works Minister Colm Imbert said this issue needed
to be revisited.
“As the Attorney General
has said, we will continue
to talk with the members
of the other place to see if
the points you (Maharaj)
made, which are very valid,
can be accommodated,”
Imbert said.
The bill, which required
a three-fifths majority, was
passed with unanimous
support in the Senate and
had to be passed and proclaimed on Friday night
to beat the international
deadline for complying
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with the Financial Action
Task Force (FATF).
Earlier Jeremie, in response to statements from
Maharaj about the lack of
prosecutions and convictions for money laundering
since 2001, said the Counter Task Force established
to fight money laundering
was active.
Jeremie said there were
some 13,400 financial transactions which were brought
to its attention as suspicious
activity reports.
He said only about 200
of these were investigated,
since the other 13,200 were
considered not to be related
to any criminal activity.
“So they are investigating
perhaps 200 SAR. But they
are doing that without legislative support. Because
your (former attorney general Maharaj’s) Proceeds of
Crime Bill was held to be
unconstitutional (in February, 2009)”, Jeremie said.
Maharaj also raised the issue which was found to be
true overseas, of charities
being used by drug dealers
to launder money.
Jeremie said the Terrorism Financial Bill, which is
to come, would deal with
charities.
Noting that 9/11 took place
with the use of charitable
financing as a conduit, Jeremie said the Terrorism Financial Bill, which is ready,
would address this issue.
(Trinidad Express)
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US/World
OSLO--A rising population will make it harder for
the United States to make
2050 cuts in greenhouse gas
emissions than for Russia
and some other rich nations
with shrinking populations,
a Reuters survey showed.
Leaders of the Group of
Eight agreed in July to cut
developed nations’ emissions by 80 percent on average by 2050 in a costly
shift to renewable energies.
They said the target could
aid a U.N. climate pact due
to be agreed in December.
But the goal--if implemented by each nation-would allow Russian citizens to emit almost twice
as much as Americans in
2050, according to Reuters
comparisons of emissions
and U.N. Population Division projections.
“The biggest contrast is
between the United States
and the other industrialised
countries. The demographic differences with Russia
are stark,” Brian O’Neill, a
scientist at the U.S. National Center for Atmospheric
Research, said of the data.
“Some countries could say:
`how come your emissions
can be more than twice
ours in a world where we’re
all meant to be doing our
fair share?” said O’Neill,
who also works at the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis in
Austria.
Americans, with population growth projected at almost 60 percent from 1990
to 2050, will have to share
falling emissions rights
among ever more people. A
projected 20 percent population fall for Russia would
cushion the impact of emissions cuts.
Each American would emit
3 tonnes of greenhouse gases in 2050, down from 24 in
1990, if President Barack
Obama achieves his goal of
an 80 percent cut in national emissions from 1990 and
the population rises to 400
million by 2050. The projected 116 million Russians
would have 5.7 tonnes of
greenhouse gases per year
in 2050. Populations of Japan and Germany are also
set to fall over the period.
French citizens would
have the lowest emissions
in 2050, at 1.7 tonnes,
since their emissions were
less than half Russian or
U.S. levels in 1990. Italians would have 1.8 tonnes
each, Britons 2.1, Japanese
BARCHA, Afghanistan-Winning ground is one
thing. Convincing Afghan
villagers you will not leave,
abandoning them to a
vengeful Taliban, is a bigger
challenge for U.S. Marines
advancing deep into southern Helmand province.
The Marines, part of a
10,000-strong force sent to
Afghanistan this year, have
pushed south into hostile
terrain, winning ground
and pledging to build the
long-term trust and security needed to prevent insurgents from returning. A
day after taking over the
former home of a local doctor which had been used
as a post by the Taliban,
the Marines were building
it into a base and trying to
win over local people.
“You have to make a decision, please. You want to
work with us or you want to
work with the Taliban?” the
clean-shaven young Marine
Captain Junwei Sun asked
a wizened and bearded village elder at the first “shura”--or meeting--with local
people.
The base is a sprawling, dry
mud compound of rooms
and a large courtyard,
topped by a watch room
which gives a panoramic
view of the surrounding
cornfields and villages.
“I’m good at fighting people like this (the Taliban).
If you help me, I guarantee,
over time we’ll get security here,” First Lieutenant
Samuel Oliver said.
It took 200 men from the
2nd battalion 8th Marines
two days to advance just
4km (2.5 miles) to Barcha
in the face of insurgent attacks and a string of roadside explosive traps.
The eight-year-old war
is at its most intense, with
more than 400 NATO
troops dead this year. U.S.
Afghan commander Stanley McChrystal has told
President Barack Obama
he needs 40,000 troops
to push back a resurgent
Taliban and convince the
population insurgents will
not win.
The Marines in Helmand
are field-testing McChrystal’s
counter-insurgency
strategy of marching into
populated areas and holding them so that government institutions can be
THE DAILY HERALD, Tuesday, October 13, 2009
2.5, Canadians 2.7 and Germans 3.4.
Obama and EU nations
want to cut by 80 percent
from 1990 levels, but the
G8’s goal was less precise
as part of a global strategy
to avert heatwaves, rising
sea levels, floods, droughts
and more powerful storms.
It said cuts of at least 80
percent should be “in aggregate” for the rich and be
“from 1990 or more recent
years”.
Astrid Schulz, a climate
research analyst at the German Advisory Council on
Global Change (WBGU),
said the data showed the
difficulties of working out
fair cuts. “You can say that
some countries have growing populations so they
should have more rights to
emit,” she said. “Or you
might say that some have
more need for heating,
some have more need for
cooling. One Russian suggestion was that you should
also look at the distance
between metropolitan areas to decide.” Bigger distances between towns--as in
Russia--means more need
for transport burning fossil
fuels.
A WBGU study suggested
a carbon dioxide “budget”
for 2010-50 that would
amount to yearly allowances of about 2.7 tonnes
for everyone in the world.
Countries could buy and
sell quotas.
O’Neill noted that the G8
goals were not set in stone
and could be adjusted in
coming years. The G8 goal
has been criticised by poor
nations for omitting midterm 2020 goals more relevant for a U.N. climate
treaty due to be agreed in
Copenhagen in December.
Latest talks on the pact
ended in Bangkok on Friday with no breakthroughs
on emissions. Developing
nations want the rich to cut
by between 25 and 40 percent below 1990 levels by
2020.
Population is rarely discussed at the climate talks
as many developing nations say it smacks of interference in development
by imposing birth control.
David Satterthwaite, of the
International Institute for
Environment and Development (IIED), said population growth in poor nations
was often exaggerated as a
factor in emissions.
The world’s population
is set to rise to 9 billion by
2050 from about 6.8 billion now, meaning more
demand for energy, water
and food. But many countries with high population
growth, such as in Africa,
have extremely low green-
house gas emissions.
“It’s consumption that
drives dangerous climate
change, not population,”
he said. “There is at most a
weak link between population growth and rising emissions of greenhouse gases.”
WA S H I N G T O N - -T h e
White House on Monday
blasted a report from the
health insurance industry
that said Senate healthcare
legislation would lead to
increases in annual insurance premiums of as much
as $4,000 by 2019.
The report for the industry trade group America’s
Health Insurance Plans
represented a shot across
the bow at Democratic
plans to overhaul the $2.5
trillion healthcare system
as President Barack Obama
has been gaining momentum on the issue.
A top goal of Obama in
seeking to revamp healthcare is to rein in costs that
have soared in recent decades. The report, prepared
by consultants PricewaterhouseCoopers and posted
on the industry group’s
website over the weekend,
said costs would increase
for Americans rather than
decline.
“Health reform could have
a significant impact on the
cost of private health insurance coverage,” the report
concluded.
The report’s release comes
as the Senate Finance Committee plans to vote on Tuesday on its healthcare bill
after budget analysts gave it
a rosy report card, saying it
would meet Obama’s goal
of reducing the budget deficit over 10 years. A Finance
Committee aide called the
report “blatantly false and
misleading.”
The finance panel bill calls
for sweeping insurance
market reforms, requires
most individuals to obtain
medical policies and provides tax subsidies to help
people afford coverage. The
bill also would tax high-cost
insurance plans and would
place a $500,000 limit on
the amount of executive
pay that health insurance
companies could deduct
from taxable income.
The insurance industry
group, which represents
Aetna Inc, Cigna Corp,
UnitedHealth Group Inc,
WellPoint Inc and others,
defended the report, saying
lawmakers have abandoned
any effort to slow healthcare costs. Instead, the bill
looks to raise money from
insurance companies and,
ultimately consumers and
employers, to help pay for
healthcare costs that outpace wages each year, the
group’s president Karen Ignagni told reporters.
“Because we don’t see
comprehensive cost control
in any piece of legislation,
we’re looking at continuing
those projected 6.2 percentage point increases. I think
it’s time to bring that back,”
she said.
A spokesman for Senate
Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus said the
report “excludes all the
provisions that will actually
lower the cost of coverage,”
SPC Jeremy Blair from the U.S. army’s Able troop, 3rd Squadron, 71st Cavalry of 10th Mountain Division based in Fort Drum, New York, takes up position in the village of Ahmadak in
Baraki Barak district, Logar province, during a joint patrol with Afghan soldiers on Monday.
set up. Obama, under pressure from Democrats to
pull back from the war and
from Republicans to meet
military requests, has said
he will review overall strategy before deciding on reinforcements.
Villagers complained it
was unsafe to walk to the
local mosque, that there
were no schools and that
the Marines had detained
an innocent man as a suspected Taliban member.
“If you tell me he is not
Taliban, then I will let him
go ... you promise me he is
not Taliban?” Captain Sun
asked.
The elders raised their
hands and in unison said,
“no he is not”. The heavily
armed Marines outside released the detainee.
But winning trust, while
judging friend from foe, is
not easy. In nearby Darbishan village, Abdul Razak,
18, who lives in a simple mud
brick hut in a cornfield, is
having his eyeballs scanned
by a U.S. Marine sergeant.
Razak is not an “individual
of interest”, or suspected
insurgent, but Marines say
keeping biometric data will
enable them to track who
lives nearby and build an
informal census.
Razak knows the Marines outside his home
and mosque, where he
runs a small school, want
information about the Taliban. “The Taliban and the
Americans come here and
push us around ... I don’t
mind if they don’t upset us,
they can come here, but we
are not the Taliban, they
are not from here,” said
Razak.
Continued on page 29
International
THE DAILY HERALD, Tuesday, October 13, 2009
PARIS--Two-thirds
of
French people do not want
Culture Minister Frederic
Mitterrand to resign for
having written about paying
young male prostitutes for
sex in Thailand, an opinion
poll showed on Monday.
Mitterrand has rejected
calls for his resignation,
sparked by revelations in
his 2005 autobiography,
“The Bad Life”, and said
the male prostitutes were
consenting adults. The
French government has
also come out in support of
Mitterrand, who has threatened legal action to protect
his reputation.
The controversy surfaced
after Mitterrand defended
film-maker Roman Polanski, who faces extradition
from Switzerland to the
United States for having
had sex with a 13-year-old
girl in 1977. Both the farright National Front party
and main Socialist opposition party said he should
step down.
However, 67 percent
of French people do not
want Mitterrand to resign,
against 20 percent who
think he should, according
to the survey of 1,005 people carried out by pollster
BVA on Oct. 9-10.
Mitterrand has called his
experiences in Thailand,
described in the book that
mixes autobiography and
more dreamlike reflection,
as “a mistake, certainly, a
crime, no”.
“I got into the habit of
paying for boys,” Mitterrand wrote. “All these
rituals of the market for
youths, the slave market excited me enormously ... the
abundance of very attractive and immediately available young boys put me in a
state of desire.”
the Tehrik-e-Taliban (TTP),
or Pakistani Taliban, in the
tribal areas of Pakistan.
“All roads lead to South
Waziristan,” Interior Minister Rehman Malik said on
Saturday, after a week of
violence which included an
attack on a U.N. office in
Islamabad and a suspected
suicide bombing which killed
49 people in Peshawar. “Now
the government has no other
option but to launch an offensive.”
But even if the military manages to pin down Pakistani
Taliban fighters in South Waziristan, the country remains
vulnerable to attacks by Punjab-based militants acting either in concert with the TTP
or alone. “South Punjab has
become the hub of jihadism,”
Pakistani analyst Ayesha Siddiqa wrote in a magazine article last month.
“Yet, somehow, there are
still many people in Pakistan
who refuse to acknowledge
this threat,” she wrote.
The province is home to
an array of militant organisations including anti-Shia
sectarian groups and those
originally used to fight India
in Kashmir. Security officials
said a militant arrested after
the 22-hour-long attack and
hostage-taking at army headquarters was believed be a
member of the Lashkar-eJhangvi, an al Qaeda-linked
Punjab-based group.
Some hostage takers’ phone
calls were intercepted and
they were speaking Punjabi,
another security official said.
STOCKHOLM--A
U.S.
academic who proved that
communities can trump
state control and corporations became the first woman to win the Nobel prize
in economics on Monday,
sharing it with an expert on
how companies make decisions whose work could
influence post-crisis regulation.
Elinor Ostrom of Indiana
University defied conventional wisdom with studies that showed that usermanaged properties--such
as community fish stocks
or woodland areas--more
often than not were better
run than standard theories
predicted.
University of California,
Berkeley economist Oliver Williamson, the other
winner, looked at how incentives within companies,
government and other organizations affect decisions,
adding human dimensions
such as social norms to a
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LONDON--An attack on the
Pakistan Army headquarters
has highlighted the threat not
just from militants in tribal
areas bordering Afghanistan,
but from those based in the
country’s heartland Punjab
province.
Security officials said some
of the militants involved
in the attack in the city of
Rawalpindi, next door to the
capital, Islamabad, appeared
to have links to Punjab. The
attack came as the army prepared an offensive in South
Waziristan, the stronghold of
Interior Minister Rehman
Malik said, however, it was
too early to say whether
Punjab-based groups were
involved.
North West Frontier Province Information Minister
Iftikhar Hussain called on
Saturday for the elimination
of militant bases in Punjab.
Even if a South Waziristan
offensive was successful militants would still get help from
Punjab, he told reporters.
But targetting all of Pakistan’s militants at once could
create an even more dangerous coalition by driving dis-
parate groups closer together
to make common cause with
the Pakistani Taliban and al
Qaeda in fighting the state,
analysts say. The army also
draws many of its recruits
from Punjab, making any
efforts to root out militants
there all the harder.
“Deploying the military is
not an option. In the Punjab this will create a division
within the powerful army
because of regional loyalty,”
wrote Siddiqa.
But the police force in the
province is woefully inadequate and unlikely to be able
Williamson
Ostrom
field often thought of in
terms of a hypothetical perfect market. The two will
share the Royal Swedish
Academy of Sciences award
of 10 million Swedish crown
($1.4 million) prize.
Before Ostrom, the previously accepted view was
that common property
was poorly managed and
should be either regulated
centrally or privatized.
“Since we have found that
bureaucrats sometimes do
not have the correct information while citizens and
users of resources do, we
hope it helps encourage a
sense of capacity and power,” Ostrom told a news
conference via telephone.
to take on the thousands of
armed men belonging to different militant groups. And
confronting militant organisations directly could make
them more dangerous by
driving them underground,
and creating splinter groups
that would be even harder to
control, diplomats and analysts say.
Complicating the picture
further are pressures from
both the United States and
India. Washington wants
Pakistan to target militants
fighting in Afghanistan, including the Afghan Taliban
After a week of Nobel
drama that included the
gasp-inducing
selection
of U.S. President Barack
Obama for the peace prize,
the economics category
risked being an anti-climax.
But the choice of a woman
for a prize in a field dominated by men added a final
twist to this year’s awards,
showing again the Nobel
committees’ penchant for
springing surprises.
“There are many, many
people who have struggled
mightily and to be chosen
for this prize is a great honor and I’m still a little bit in
shock,” Ostrom, a professor in political science, told
the news conference.
Studies of how organizations function may sound
dry but the examples that
pepper Ostrom’s work are
anything but. A colorful
case in point: grasslands in
Mongolia, China and Russia.
When China and Russia
23
led by Mullah Omar who
it says is based in Quetta in
Baluchistan province. India
is pressing for action against
the Lashkar-e-Taiba, the militant group blamed for last
year’s attack on Mumbai.
Yet unlike other Punjabbased groups including the
Lashkar-e-Jhangvi and Jaishe-Mohammad, the Laskhare-Taiba has avoided staging
attacks within Pakistan, instead targetting India, and
also sending fighters to Afghanistan, analysts say. Pakistan has focused largely on
acting against groups which
represent a direct domestic
threat, leading some analysts
to suggest it may want to retain groups like the Afghan
Taliban and Lashkar-e-Taiba
to be used as “strategic assets” against India.
But defence analyst Brian
Cloughley said the attack
on the army’s headquarters
showed how little support
Islamist militants had in the
military and its powerful
Inter-Services Intelligence
(ISI) spy agency. “The ISI is
hardly going to support militants--even “selected” militants--when it is obvious that
main targets are their own
people,” he said.
The Islamist militants initially took root in Pakistan
during the Soviet occupation
of Afghanistan from 1979 to
1989 when they were encouraged by the ISI, with U.S.
support and funding, to fight
the Russians during the Cold
War. Saudi Arabia also sup-
Continued on page 24
imposed agricultural collectives, the grasslands became more heavily degraded than in Mongolia, where
nomads moved herds with
the seasons. When China
later privatized some grasslands the land became even
more degraded.
“Both socialism and privatization are associated with
worse long-term outcomes
than those observed in
traditional
group-based
governance,” the academy
noted.
The academy said Ostrom
and Williamson helped explain that economic analysis can shed light on most
forms of social organization. “Economic transactions take place not only
in markets, but also within
firms, associations, households, and agencies,” it
said, adding that economic
theory delved deeply into
markets but had not sufficiently explored this huge
area of activity.
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International
TEHRAN--Iranian
opposition leader Mirhossein
Mousavi has accused hardliners of using Inquisition-style
methods to clamp down on
reformers after the Islamic
Republic’s disputed election
in June.
He made the comment during a meeting with pro-reform cleric Mehdi Karoubi,
the Etemad newspaper reported on Monday. “It seems
some people are trying to
take us back to the Inquisition era,” Mousavi said in
Saturday’s meeting, referring
to the holding of mass trials,
the closure of pro-reform
newspapers and restrictions
on political parties, it re-
ported.
The Inquisition--a tribunal
of the Catholic Church which
used imprisonment and torture--reached its height in
the 16th century to counter
the Reformation in Europe.
Mousavi and Karoubi,
who finished second and
fourth respectively, say the
June 12 poll was rigged to
secure hardline President
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s
re-election. The authorities
have rejected the allegations
and in August began a series
of mass trials of at least 100
people accused of fomenting
the huge opposition protests
that erupted in the days after
the election. Those in the
Zin om mee te werken aan
de staatkundige reorganisatie
van de Nederlandse Antillen?
dock include former government officials, journalists,
lawyers and others.
Ahmadinejad’s allies have
portrayed the street protests as a foreign-backed bid
to undermine the Islamic
state’s clerical establishment
through a “soft” or “velvet
revolution” with the help of
intellectuals and others inside Iran. “What was proven
during these trials? ... What
are they seeking by using
the terms of soft threats
and overthrowing and other
academic issues which must
be discussed in the universities not in a court session?”
Mousavi said.
Reformist former President
THE DAILY HERALD, Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Iranian opposition leader Mirhossein Mousavi (L) meets with pro-reform cleric Mehdi Karoubi
in Tehran on Saturday.
Mohammad Khatami, who
backed Mousavi in the election, has said confessions
made at the trials were ob-
Werk je bij het Rijk, dan werk je aan zaken die het hele land
raken. En soms het hele Koninkrijk. De Nederlandse Antillen
staan aan de vooravond van een historische gebeurtenis.
De vijf eilanden die nu nog één land vormen, gaan eind 2010
uit elkaar. Curaçao en Sint Maarten worden nieuwe landen,
terwijl Bonaire, Sint Eustatius en Saba ieder een soort
Nederlandse gemeente worden. Een enorme reorganisatie
waarvoor veel werk moet worden verzet. Belangrijk is dat
gedurende dit proces de eilanden goed bestuurd worden.
De Gouverneur van de Nederlandse Antillen en de
Gezaghebbers van de vijf eilanden vervullen hierin een
vooraanstaande rol. Daarbij is er behoefte aan tijdelijk
versterking door ervaren en deskundige medewerkers die
gewend zijn te werken in een politieke omgeving. De functie
van Gezaghebber is enigszins vergelijkbaar met die van onze
burgemeesters. Inhoudelijk en administratief worden ze
ondersteund door hun kabinetten. Resultaatgerichte mensen
met analytische en diplomatieke capaciteiten, wacht hier een
tijdelijke, mooie post.
tained under “extraordinary
conditions” and were invalid.
Analysts see the mass trials
as an attempt by the authorities to uproot the moderate
opposition.
The June election plunged
Iran into its deepest internal
crisis since the 1979 Islamic
revolution, when the U.S.backed shah was toppled.
The opposition says more
than 70 people were killed in
the unrest, more than double
the official estimate.
On Saturday, Iran’s ISNA
news agency said a court had
sentenced three people to
death over post-election unrest and links to exiled opposition groups. It was the first
official statement of death
sentences in connection with
the poll.
Mousavi also criticised state
broadcaster for biased reporting: “Mr Karoubi and I
were not able to defend ourselves even for three minutes
there,” he said.
PUNJAB POSES SERIOUS RISK
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ported the mujahideen, in
part, analysts say, to encourage a Sunni movement which
would offset the regional influences of Shia Iran, pouring in funds which led to the
creation of thousands of madrasas, or Islamic schools.
When the Soviets withdrew
from Afghanistan in 1989,
some militants were turned
against India in Kashmir,
where a separatist revolt had
broken out against Indian
rule. Now Islamist militancy
thrives in the poorer regions
of Pakistan, including in Punjab, picking up new recruits
in madrasas while its leadership turns on its erstwhile
benefactors in the Pakistani
state.
“It is difficult to dismount
from a raging tiger. You are
likely to be mauled; and that
is exactly what is going on,”
said Cloughley. “Pakistan’s
fight against domestic terrorism can be expected to
become even more intense,
but there will undoubtedly
be more attacks.”
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THE DAILY HERALD, Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (bottom) attends the opening of the winter session of the Knesset, the Israeli parliament, in Jerusalem on Monday.
JERUSALEM--Israeli Prime
Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gave no ground on
peace with the Palestinians
in a speech on Monday, reasserting they must recognise
Israel as a Jewish state if they
wanted a deal for a state of
their own.
In the policy speech, Netanyahu again attacked a U.N.
report that accused Israel,
along with Hamas militants,
of war crimes in the December-January Gaza conflict.
He said Israel would resist
any attempt to try its leaders
on such charges abroad.
Opening the winter session
of parliament, Netanyahu
gave no indication that intense efforts by U.S. President Barack Obama to restart Israeli-Palestinian peace
negotiations suspended since
December were making any
progress.
“There is no alternative to
Palestinian leaders showing
courage by recognising the
Jewish state,” he said. “This
has been and remains the
true key to peace.”
He made no mention of a
main issue holding up a return to talks on Palestinian
statehood--building in Jewish
settlements in the occupied
M O S C O W- - Pr e s i d e n t
Dmitry Medvedev said on
Monday a crushing win by
Russia’s ruling party in local
elections proved its moral
and legal right to run the
regions, but the opposition
and independent observers
said the voting was rigged.
Medvedev backed the outcome of Sunday’s polls even
though two months ago he
had said “new democratic
times are beginning” and
promised to break the
party’s near-monopoly on
power.
Prime Minister Vladimir
Putin’s United Russia was
confirmed as the strongest
party in just about every
poll, retaining power in key
locations, including elections for Moscow city, the
most populous and affluent region. Putin nominally
leads the party which is
backed by Medvedev.
Russia has been badly hit
by the economic crisis, with
GDP set to contract by
more than 8.5 percent this
year and the number of unemployed nearly 50 percent
higher than a year ago, exposing the country’s dependence on energy exports for
revenue. Just three opposition members, all from the
Communist Party, were set
to enter Moscow’s 52-seat
parliament, with all other
seats going to United Russia, based on forecast results giving it 66 percent of
votes but more than 90 percent of seats.
“The party has proved that
it has a right, not only moral, but also legal, to form
executive administrations
in the regions. The outcome
of yesterday’s elections is
convincing proof of that,”
Medvedev said during talks
with party leaders.
Regional, mayoral and
district polls were held in
76 of Russia’s 83 regions,
comprising 30 million voters. Results were still being
confirmed on Monday but
all showed the same pattern.
West Bank that Palestinians
say must stop in accordance
with a 2003 peace “road
map”. Palestinian President
Mahmoud Abbas has rejected Netanyahu’s recognition
demand on the grounds it did
not figure in interim agreements and would, Palestinian
officials argue, prejudge the
outcome of negotiations on
the fate of Palestinian refugees.
Washington’s Middle East
envoy, George Mitchell, ended his latest shuttle mission
to the region on Sunday with
no sign of any breakthrough
in a peace quest that Obama,
who won the Nobel Peace
Prize on Friday, has embraced against tough odds.
Speaking only in general
terms, Netanyahu told parliament: “We are working to
ensure that our efforts with
the Obama administration
will bring about their resumption soon.”
Netanyahu’s office said on
Sunday that two Israeli envoys would hold talks with
U.S. officials in Washington
this week. Obama has said he
wants a progress report on
Mitchell’s efforts from Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in mid-October.
In the address, Netanyahu described as absurd
a U.N. report that alleged
war crimes in the 22-day offensive that Israel launched
last December in the Hamascontrolled Gaza Strip with
the declared aim of ending
cross-border rocket attacks.
The report, issued last month
by South African jurist Richard Goldstone, urges the
U.N. Security Council to refer war crimes allegations to
the International Criminal
Court in The Hague if either
Israeli or Palestinian authorities fail to investigate those
suspected offenses within six
months.
LONDON--A coalition
of women’s rights campaigners on Monday
backed government plans
to criminalise men who
go to prostitutes, urging
the House of Lords to
pass a proposed new law.
The plans would make it
an offence for anyone to
buy, or try to buy, sexual
services from a prostitute
who has been subjected
to violence, threats or coercion. Campaigners call
clause 13 in the Policing
and Crime Bill “revolutionary” because it shifts
the burden of criminal
responsibility away from
prostitutes onto people
who use their services.
“What we hope with
clause 13 is that we will
see the traffickers in the
dock and also a couple of
the punters too,” Catherine Briddick, Senior
Legal Office at the group
Rights of Women told
Reuters.
The proposal has been
approved by the House
of Commons and needs
to be passed by the Lords
before it can become law.
The vote is due towards
the end of October or
early November.
The plans are opposed
by the English Collective
of Prostitutes which argues the law would force
prostitution underground
and put women at greater
risk of violence.
Fiona Mactaggart MP,
who chairs the Commons All-Party Group
on Prostitution and the
Global Sex Trade, said
there had also been some
opposition from peers
who believed the strict liability offence was unfair.
“A number of members
of the House of Lords
whose imaginations put
themselves more easily
into the shoes of a buyer
of sexual services than
in the shoes of exploited
women, do see it as controversial,” Mactaggart
told Reuters.
“If we can show them the
reality of life for women
who have been exploited
in this way I think they
will support the clause,”
she said.
Campaigners acknowledged that clause 13
would be difficult to en-
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force but hoped it would
serve to deter people
from using prostitutes in
the first place. “There is
a reasonable chance that
there will be a substantial change in behaviour,
which will mean women
will become less marketable commodities,” said
Mactaggart.
She believes the law
would change public attitudes to prostitutes
like attitudes to wearing
seat belts dramatically
changed when the law
came in enforcing them,
despite there having been
very few actual prosecutions.
The coalition of groups
supporting clause 13 includes leading women’s
rights
organisations,
those working with trafficked women and children and asylum seekers. In a statement, they
equated prostitution with
violence against women,
saying that 71 percent
of prostitutes had been
physically attacked, 63
percent raped and 68
percent had suffered post
traumatic stress disorder.
EILANDGEBIED SINT MAARTEN
NEDERLANDSE ANTILLEN
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dynamisch momentum. Het Eilandgebied is zich aan het voorbereiden
op een landstatus binnen het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden. Dit betekent
dat de overheidsorganisatie zich continue aan het professionaliseren
is naar een meer klantgerichte, transparante, efficiënte en effectieve
organisatie ten behoeve van burgers en bedrijven van het Eilandgebied
Sint Maarten.
Ter voorbereiding op het verkrijgen van de landstatus heeft het Eilandgebied besloten de structuur van de Nieuwe Bestuursorganisatie (NBO)
nu al in te voeren als Ministeries/Sectoren. De hoogste functie binnen
een Ministerie/Sector is die van Secretaris Generaal. Besloten is deze
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De overheid van het toekomstige Land Sint Maarten zal bestaan uit een
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• Ministerie van Algemene Zaken
• Ministerie van Financiën
• Ministerie van Toerisme, Economie, Verkeer en Telecommunicatie
• Ministerie van Volksgezondheid, Sociale Zaken en Arbeid
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• Ministerie van Justitie
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THE DAILY HERALD, Tuesday, October 13, 2009
KABUL--Afghan President
Hamid Karzai’s main election challenger on Monday
opened the door to working
with his rival in a unity government, softening his opposition to future collaboration with the incumbent.
Abdullah Abdullah, 49,
who served as Karzai’s foreign minister from 2001
to 2006, told Reuters that
when the result of the Aug.
20 vote was finally known it
was possible to “talk about
different scenarios”.
“At this stage my whole
focus will be on the (electoral) process, yes, to get
it right and get it on track
so the outcome will be acceptable to the people of
Afghanistan,” said Abdullah. “Post announcement
(of the result) there will be
a new environment.”
Abdullah has in the past
ruled out returning to a
Karzai government, but in
the interview he suggested
his stance could soften after the election result is announced. Asked if he still
ruled it out, he replied: “At
the moment that is my position.”
When asked if that position could change, he responded: “Take it as it is,
but different ideas and different scenarios could be
talked about in their context rather than the context
of today’s situation where
we have to focus on the
(election) process.”
Hundreds of ballot boxes
are still being checked for
cheating, nearly two months
after Afghans trudged to
the polls. The vote was
widely condemned as highly
fraudulent and state bodies
systematically acted to favour Karzai, says Abdullah.
Rows have erupted over
how the fraud can be corrected. Abdullah said he
was satisfied with the election watchdog’s procedures
and remained convinced
it would declare sufficient
votes invalid to require a
run-off round between him
and Karzai.
“It looks like it will be
impossible for him to win
(in the first round),” said
Abdullah, an urbane, fluent English-speaking eye
doctor. “Fraud will not be
ignored.”
Karzai won a preliminary
54.6 percent of the vote,
to Abdullah’s 27.8 percent. Around 1 million of
the 5.66 million votes cast
would have to be found
fraudulent to push Karzai
below the 50 percent level
needed to trigger a second
round.
BERLIN--A German man mooning at railway staff in a
departing train got his trousers caught in a carriage door
and ended up being dragged half naked along the platform, out of the station and onto the tracks.
The 22-year-old journalism student shoved his backside
against the window of a low-slung double-decker train
when staff forced him off in Lauenbrueck for travelling
without a ticket, a spokesman for police in the northern
city of Bremen said.
“It’s a miracle he wasn’t badly hurt,” the spokesman said
on Monday. “This sort of thing can end up killing you.”
Instead, dangling by his trousers, the man got pulled
along for about 200 metres, all the while managing to
keep his legs away from the wheels of the train. The ordeal ended when a passenger pulled the emergency brake.
Rescues services were called in, causing rail services between Bremen and Hamburg to be suspended for over an
hour, delaying 23 trains.
The man--unharmed except for cuts and bruises--now
faces charges of dangerous interference in rail transport,
insulting the train staff, and may face sizeable a compensation claim for the delays he caused, police said.
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A police officer looks for evidence after a bomb blast at the
Santa Barbara Army station in Milan, Italy on Monday.
COTONOU--Six
African
leaders have joined former
French President Jacques
Chirac
in
campaigning
against the trade in fake medicines that are used widely on
the world’s poorest continent
but threaten patients and
state revenues.
Thousands of pharmacies,
market stalls or street peddlers sell the cheap, counterfeit drugs. But the World
Health Organisation (WHO)
says fake or altered antimalarials alone kill about
100,000 Africans annually
while the black market trade
means a loss of 2.5-5 percent
in government revenues.
“With this appeal, (they)
vow to fight against the ac-
ceptance of the manufacturing and sale of fake pharmaceutical products,” Chirac
said of the leaders of Benin,
Burkina Faso, Niger, Central
African Republic, CongoRepublic and Senegal.
Chirac, speaking after meeting the heads of mostly former French colonies in Benin
on Monday, said the leaders
had pledged to support public and private initiatives to
raise awareness of the risks
of fake drugs and stamp out
the trade. Benin’s President
Yaya Boni said losses to his
country’s legal pharmaceutical trade totalled 30 billion
CFA francs ($67.41 million)
a year while the tiny West
African nation’s government
MILAN--A Libyan man
threw a bomb at an Italian army barracks in Milan
early on Monday and was
injured in the explosion,
losing a hand, police said,
but there was no immediate explanation of the motive for the attack.
An Italian soldier was
slightly hurt in the attack
at the Santa Barbara barracks near San Siro soccer
stadium. Police said the
man, carrying a small bomb
in his bag, got into the barrack compound and threw
the bomb while shouting in
Arabic.
An army corporal on guard
duty managed to stop the
man getting closer to the
building, helping to avoid
lost out on 5 billion CFA in
taxes.
Some 85 percent of the
population relied on fake
drugs, which they bought
from more than 10,000 traders in the streets or markets,
Laurent Assogbathe, head of
the state health protection
agency, added.
The former French leader’s
Chirac Foundation wants the
United Nations to weigh in
and ratify a ban on the trade.
The WHO says the trade in
illegal drugs is valued around
45 billion euros ($66.22 billion) and represents some 10
percent of the pharmaceutical industry.
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more damage or casualties,
police said.
Police identified the attacker as 35-year-old Mohammed Game and said
he was a Libyan immigrant
with a proper residence
permit who was married to
an Italian woman and has
lived in Italy since 2003.
Game prayed regularly at
Milan’s main Jenner Street
mosque but did not appear to be an extremist, the
mosque’s president, Abdel
Hamid Shaari, told Ansa
news agency.
“He dresses like a westerner, with a very short
beard. If we had suspected
anything we would have
told the police,” he said.
The head of parliament’s
security committee, Francesco Rutelli, said it seemed
to be an “isolated incident”
but added: “Earlier investigations turned up a conversation that talked about
these barracks as a possible
target.”
Political violence in Italy
in recent years has consisted mostly of small-scale
incidents linked to remnants of the leftist Red Brigade guerrillas active in the
1970s and ‘80s.
Intelligence reports and
arrests show militant Islamic groups linked to al
Qaeda, especially in North
Africa, are active in Italy,
mostly recruiting and financing for attacks planned
elsewhere in Europe. Italian troops are stationed in
Afghanistan and Lebanon,
but Italy pulled out of Iraq
in 2006.
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Schoolchildren wash their hands during an activity for the upcoming Global Handwashing Day
on Mondy. October 15 has been appointed Global Handwashing Day in accordance with the
year 2008 as the International Year of Sanitation by the UN.
THE DAILY HERALD, Tuesday, October 13, 2009
SEOUL--North Korea testfired short-range missiles on
Monday, South Korean media reported, sparking consternation just as the reclusive state had been signalling
to the outside world it might
return to nuclear talks.
U.S. Secretary of State
Hillary Clinton, reacting to
the reported launches, said
Washington would continue
to work towards a nuclearfree Korean peninsula, while
a Russian official expressed
bewilderment.
South Korea’s Yonhap news
agency quoted a government
source as saying Pyongyang
had launched five missiles off
its east coast and declared
a “no sail” zone in the area
from Oct. 10-20. South Korean government officials were
not immediately available for
comment and North Korean
state media, by late evening,
had made no reference to
any incident.
The latest launches, the
first in about three months,
come as Pyongyang has said
it is ready to return to international talks on its nuclear
weapons programme, though
it has insisted it holds talks
first with the United States.
A South Korea military official told Reuters that if the
report was true, it was a surprise but could not say if the
firings were a provocation
because “they do it pretty often”. But they coincided with
local media reports that the
United States is planning to
send its aircraft carrier USS
George Washington to the
South Korean port of Busan
on Tuesday.
Clinton, speaking at a news
conference in Belfast, said
the United States and its allies were trying to demonstrate to North Korea that
the international community
would not accept its continuing nuclear programme.
“Our goals remain the same.
We intend to work toward a
nuclear-free Korean peninsula,” she said.
Russia was more forthright
in its criticism of the North.
“The launch of short-range
missiles by the Korean People’s Democratic Republic
causes bewilderment,” ItarTass news agency quoted a
Russian Foreign Ministry
source as saying.
“It was not the most suitable
time to do this now, when all
efforts are made to restart
six-way talks on Korea’s nuclear problem,” the source
was quoted as saying.
North Korea said last week
during a rare visit by Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao
that it was willing to return
to the negotiations which it
walked away from late last
year and subsequently said
were “dead”. The talks are
with China, Japan, Russia,
South Korea and the United
States.
BEIJING--A Chinese court
in the restive far western region of Xinjiang on Monday
sentenced six people to death
for murder and other crimes
committed during ethnic rioting in July in which almost
200 people died.
It was not clear from the
report by the official Xinhua news agency if any of
the death sentences would
be commuted, as sometimes happens in China, or
appealed against. Another
person was given life imprisonment, Xinhua said.
The reported names of
those convicted left little
doubt that they were Uighurs, a Muslim, Turkicspeaking people native to
Xinjiang. But the report did
not specify their ethnicity.
They were the first people
to be convicted for involvement in the riots, and the
convictions may revive
memories of the discontent
and bloodshed that have left
Xinjiang increasingly divided. “All seven men had been
convicted of murder, and
some of them were also convicted of arson or robbery,”
the report said.
At least one of the men was
found guilty of murdering
five “innocents” with a dagger or beating them to death,
Xinhua added. Another was
found guilty of burning five
people to death when he set
fire to a shop, it said.
But Dilxat Raxit, spokesman for the exiled World Uyghur Congress, said the trial
had been a sham, adding he
feared those charged after
the riots had been tortured
in detention. “The whole
process lacked transparency
and was unfair,” he said by
telephone. “They were not
given any kind of legal aid.
Uighurs have no protection
under the law.”
State television showed
deserted streets and heavy
security around the courthouse, which it said was
closed for all other business.
Last month, China announced the first charges to
be laid in connection with
the unrest, with 21 people
charged with murder, arson, robbery and damaging
property during ethnic riots
that erupted in Urumqi,
Xinjiang’s capital, on July
5. In Xinjiang’s worst ethnic violence in decades, Uighurs attacked majority Han
Chinese in Urumqi, after
taking to the streets to protest against attacks on Uighur workers at a factory in
southern China in June that
left two Uighurs dead.
Han Chinese in Urumqi
sought revenge two days
later. The violence left 197
people dead, mostly Han
Chinese, and wounded more
than 1,600, according to official figures.
Business
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Guinea regime eyes Chinese offer of lifeline
Guinea is in talks with a Chinese fund over investment in its natural
resources. Oil and minerals deals worth up to $7 billion could provide the
lifeline the military junta needs as it faces the threat of international
sanctions after the massacre in September of 150 opposition protesters
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including tax credits and an
increased enrollment.
The Obama White House
had sought to work with
the industry but the report
was a clear indication that
this strategy was no longer
operative. It has brokered
deals with drugmakers and
hospitals, but no such deal
has been struck with insurers.
“This is a self-serving
analysis from the insurance
industry, one of the major
opponents of health insurance reform,” White House
spokesman Reid Cherlin
said. “It comes on the eve
of a vote that will reduce
the industry’s profits. It is
hard to take it seriously,”
he added.
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GUINEABISSAU
G U I N E A
Guinea has world’s largest
reserves of bauxite, and has
significant deposits of gold,
diamond and iron ore
Conakry
DEPOSITS
Bauxite
Gold ATLANTIC
OCEAN
Iron
Diamond
SIERRA
LEONE
WORLD BAUXITE RESERVES
(Reserve Base, billions of
tonnes, 2008)
LIBERIA
World total: 38.0
France has called
for international
intervention and
African Union
threatens sanctions
if Captain Moussa
Dadis Camara, who
seized power in
December after death
of long-term dictator
Lansana Conte – does not
step down before January elections
Sources: USGS, ACP
Picture: Getty Images
Guinea
8.6
Australia
7.9
Vietnam
5.4
Brazil
Jamaica
Others
LONDON--Guinea’s ruling
regime is in talks with China
over investment in its natural
resources, the west African
country’s minister of mines
said, according to British
newspaper the Financial
Times on Monday.
Mohamed Thiam said talks
could be concluded by the
end of the year between the
regime in Conakry and the
Hong Kong-based China
International Fund (CIF) to
bring in billions of dollars of
financing for infrastructure,
minerals projects and oil
prospecting, according to the
business daily.
The deals would be among
the largest of their kind in
Africa, said the FT. The CIF
would pump in seven billion
dollars of finance for projects
ranging from the creation of
an airline to power generation.
The fund would also join
forces with Angolan state oil
company Sonangol to explore
for oil offshore. The Guinean
regime, CIF and Sonangol
had signed a memorandum
of understanding on a prospecting deal, Thiam said.
“We think over the next five
years there’s going to be in
excess of seven billion dollars
in investment in the Guinea
Development Corporation’s
various projects,” said the
former UBS banker. “Instead
of just giving natural resources in exchange for promises
of developing our infrastructure, we decided to take the
2.5
2.5
11.1
joint venture approach and
co-own not only the infrastructure development companies and projects, but also
whatever natural resource
conpanies or projects are developed jointly.”
Guinea is the world’s largest bauxite exporter and also
has large gold, uranium, diamonds and iron ore deposits. Opposition leader Sidya
Toure, prime minister from
1996 to 1999, said: “I do not
understand how you can believe that we can inject this
kind of money into the econ-
© GRAPHIC NEWS
omy of Guinea where the total gross domestic product is
only three billion dollars.”
The Chinese commerce
ministry declined comment
when contacted by reporters, with a press officer saying that China International
Fund was a Hong Kong
company that the ministry
“knows nothing about”. The
officer, who refused to give
his name, also declined comment on possible criticism of
China for dealing with Guinea’s government.
Stock Market Report
Key Stock Movements October 12 2009
CHANGE
IN POINTS HIGH
+20.86
9,864.94
(Oct 09)
LONDON
5,210.17
+48.30
5,210.17
(Oct 12)
TOKYO
MARKET HOLIDAY 10,639.71
(Aug 26)
FRANKFURT 5,783.23
+71.35
5,783.23
(Oct 12)
NEW YORK
DAY’S
CLOSE
9,885.80
LOW
6,594.44
(Mar 05)
3,512.09
(Mar 03)
7,054.98
(Mar 10)
3,690.72
(Mar 03)
London Currency Fixing Rates October 12 2009
Following are the middle exchange rates
for leading currencies against the dollar:
CURRENT HIGH LOW
1.477
1.4813 1.4677
89.85
90.46
89.64
1.5798
1.5882 1.5729
1.0267
1.0354 1.0233
0.9069
0.9083 0.8984
1.7407
1.0346
1.0451 1.0318
7.7495
7.7501 7.7501
13.2485
13.306 13.1865
7.2838
7.482
7.2953
Euro
Japanese Yen
British Pound
Swiss Franc
Australian Dollar
Brazilian Real
Canadian Dollar
Hong Kong Dollar
Mexican Peso
South African Rand
Gold (ounce) $1056.30 (1048.10)
COTE
D’IVOIRE
ROME--Food commodities
prices are likely to stay high
and volatile in the medium
term, while a repeat of the
2007-2008 price spikes is
seen as a realistic possibility, the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organisation said
on Monday.
Between 2006 and 2008,
international prices for basic food commodities shot
up by 60 percent while
grain prices doubled. By
mid-2008, food prices
on international markets
reached their highest level
in nearly 30 years, causing
riots and hoarding in some
countries and sparking a
drive by import-dependent
rich nations to secure farmland mainly in poorer countries. The food price spikes
caused a sharp rise in the
number of hungry people
around the world to more
than 1 billion this year.
While prices have fallen
back since, they remain high
and are not likely to dip below their 2006 level, FAO
said in a report discussed at
a forum of 300 agriculture
and development experts in
Rome on Monday and Tuesday. “Available mid-term to
longer-term projections indicate that prices may stay
above pre-2006 levels, at
least in the medium term,”
the report said.
Graphics published in the
report showed prices for
commodities such as wheat,
rice, oilseeds, raw and refined sugar were expected
to hold above pre-2006 levels through to 2018.
100km
MALI
LONDON--Britain froze
business ties with an Iranian bank and state-run
shipping firm on Monday,
citing fears that they were
involved in helping the Islamic Republic to develop
nuclear weapons.
Iran dismissed the move
and a separate U.S. warning that major powers
would not wait forever
for Tehran to prove it was
not developing nuclear
bombs, saying any threats
or deadlines would have
no impact.
The freeze targets Bank
Mellat and Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping
Lines, both of which have
previously faced sanctions
from the United States.
The U.S. Treasury welcomed the action, calling
it a step forward in protecting the financial system.
Making an order under
counter-terrorism
laws
rather than U.N. sanctions, Britain said it was
convinced that Iran’s disputed nuclear programme
was a threat to its security.
“The Treasury is satisfied,
as required by the Act,
that activity in Iran that
facilitates the development or production of
nuclear weapons poses
a significant risk to the
national interests of the
UK,” Treasury minister
Sarah McCarthy-Fry said
in a written statement to
parliament.
The Treasury said it welcomed recent talks between Iran and six world
powers, including Britain,
but said that action was
needed now against the
two businesses, accusing
them of links to nuclear
weapons and ballistic missile programmes. Asked
about the timing of the
move, a Treasury spokesman said “When the government identifies such
activities, it is committed
to curtailing them.”
The action follows criticism of Iran from U.S.
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and British
Foreign Secretary David
Miliband at a news conference in London on
Sunday.
Iran, which says its nuclear work is for peaceful electricity generation,
agreed at a meeting in
Geneva on Oct. 1 to allow
U.N. inspectors access to
a newly disclosed uranium enrichment plant near
the city of Qom. The Islamic state has repeatedly
rejected demands to halt
its sensitive nuclear work,
despite three rounds of
U.N. sanctions since 2006.
Progress in the Geneva
talks was seen as heading
off calls for an immediate
round of tougher sanctions.
Iranian suspicions of
London date back to
British imperial rule in
the Middle East and Iran
warned Britain that its latest move was likely to rebound on it. “If the British
government decided to
impose sanctions against
Iran this would show that
Britain is getting far from
the realities of the current
world and such a trend will
be against the interests of
the British people,” Ali
Akbar Javanfekr, a media
adviser to President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, told
Reuters.
Britain does far less business with Iran than other
European countries such
as Germany, Italy and
France.
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bedroom rental apartment, gated
Dawn Beach Estates. Washer/dryer,
A/C, parking, pool. Asking $419,000,
financing available, $75,000 down
payment/7.5% interest. Email:jryoung917@aol.com, call:001-917623-0529, local(Terry):(599)5817507.
1 BMW, 4 doors. In very good condition! One owner! Price $10,000.
Call:581-0484.
1991 Mercedes Benz 300 E limo.
Nice old timer and still good to go!
Price to be negotiated. Call:580-2060.
1998 Hyundai Accent for sale.
Price $800. Contact:523-8498.
Ford
Explorer Jeep. Price $2,700.
Call:587-1200.
Cole Bay:2 bedrooms, 1 bath
house Koolbaai Villa, Cole Bay.
Storage room and common pool.
Price $230,000. For more information call:586-2375 or 00590-69057-48-05.
2000 Jeep Wrangler 4.0 Sport. In
excellent condition, new tires, new
top, $12,000. Call:553-8980.
2000 Subaru Impreza, automatic,
A/C, CD player, power windows,
just serviced. In excellent condition,
$3,500. Call:580-5902.
2001 Hyundai Elantra GLE. Imported from US. New timing belt,
brakes, battery and more. Custom
radio, power everything, A/C. Leaving
island, must sell! $4,250 o.b.o. In great
shape. Call:(00599)554-6283.
2005 Hyundai Elantra, in excellent condition, ice cold A/C, very
clean, only $ 5,500. 1998 Mitsubishi Galant, in very good condition,
A/C, CD player, $3,500. Prices negotiable. Call:581-6191.
2007 Daihatsu Sirion, fully loaded,
in new condition. Call:524-5823.
Hiace
standard transmission van
for sale. Call Mike:581-7171
or 587-2323.
Brand new Scooter 4 wheel
125cc. Price $1,000 or best offer.
Call:555-7914.
Rav 4 SUV
Jeep 2008. Pearl White, Like
new! Price $19,800.
Tel:
581-7171/ 553-8578
3 bedroom, 3 bath, right on the water Simpson Bay Yacht Club. Price
$550,000. Call:00590-690-55-7046 or 587-0247.
1 bedroom apartment for rent,
$500, utilities not included. 1 bachelor room for rent, $400, utilities
not included. Only serious callers!
Tel:524-0250/556-8839.
available, Simpson Bay, Pelican,
Cole Bay, Cay Hill, Pointe
Blanche. Call:553-0121 or
580-9744 for more information.
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Professional, 26’. Great
boat for offshore fishing,
island hopping and beaching! Rugged hull construction with twin Suzuki 140hp
4-stroke outboard power.
$39,900. Steal a deal!
Call:520-5801 www.sxmmarine.com.
luxury apartments 140 m² at “ Harbour
View”,
Philipsburg.
Tel:00590-690-61-03-58.
g l o r i a l c @ c a r i b s e r ve . n e t
Website:www.immodere.com
/apartment-saint.martin.php.
House for sale, Guana Bay Road
area. Quiet area, 4 bedrooms, 4 bath24,000 lb. Aluminum boat lift. Brand room with jacuzzi, 2 big living rooms
new, heavy duty construction & pil- and kitchen. Price $650.000. Contact:
ings for complete installation. Call emadefreitas@caribserve.net.
Gary:00590-690-88-80-86.
Land for sale, Simpson Bay,
Yacht. 2100m2, $400,000. 3 bedroom vilGreat for charter or 2nd la, panoramic view in Oyster Pond
home, $225,000. Call:553- Marina with garden, $630,000.Villa,
8980.
Pelican:2 bedrooms/1 independent
studio, private pool/garage, garden,
for sale. $500 furnished, $890,000. Call:(599)553each! Great for any retail 6700/524-4294.
store. Buy all 5 and get a
deal on them. All showcases Pointe Blanche, gorgeous oceanhave built in lights. Call:523- front villa, 3 bedrooms, 3.5 baths.
New plantation furnishings, large
1716 or 0690-88-88-57.
veranda, electric shutters, gardens,
Hot dog machine for sale. 56 hot- pool, gated with 2 rental apartdogs, 40 buns, bun warmer included. ments. Appraised for $985,000,
Electrical powered, various power asking $875,000. Call:522-1255.
settings, $700.Tel:523-9384.
Pointe Blanche, Tamarind Hotel,
On Saturday October 3,10, 17, 24 fully furnished & equipped 1 bedand 31, yard sale from 1pm-4pm, room/1 bath apartment. Ocean
indoor/outdoor furniture, carpet, view, extremely good rental history,
picture, frames. Photo albums, common pool. $115,000 ($10,000
games, children items, toaster, cof- under appraisal value)not negofeemaker, DVD/stereo and much tiable. Please call:522-5131 for
more. Call:581-6323.
viewing.
Rosetta Stone (27 languages)
For sale:Toyota Scion 2008, low $50. 500 GB exterior drive connect
mileage, $13,000. Suzuki Ignis to TV with remote & 500 movies,
2005, low mileage, $4,500. Suzuki $380. Phone:586-1280.
Liana 2005, $4,500, low mileage.
Call:580-0267.
Nordic Track Commercial
with heart rate monitor,
incline/MP3 hookup, 28 exercise programs, the works!
Cost $1,750 with shipping
and setup. Too big for home.
Make offer. Call:522-2176.
Pointe Blanche:Fully furnished 2
bedroom/2.5 bath townhouse, A/C,
hurricane shutters, covered parking,
amazing view, common swimming
pool. Just for $350,000 negotiable.
For viewing please call:522-5131.
Wow! 40 ft. Magnum Express, Super
fast! This is a completely refit, like new!
Beauty 2-600 hp M.A.N engines. Call
Gary:00590-690-88-80-56.
Rainbow Beach Club at Cupecoy,
direct from owner. Great ocean
views, brand new, fully furnished. 2
bedrooms, 2 bathrooms. $300,000.
Call:(599)580-9755.
, white
color.
Price
$5,000.
Call:00590-690-55-95-94 or
526-2181.
in Barbados. Khus Khus
Apartments, St.Philip. US
Embassy and airport transport. Cable TV A/C, kitchenette,
US$45/$55
Tel:246-243-1396 khuskhusapts82@yahoo.com.
www.khuskhusapartments.c
om.
Property for sale. 800 m2 of slightly sloped property located in Defiance with wonderful ocean view.
Last lot for sale. Asking $80,000
(non negotiable). Serious inquiries,
call:554-4801.
Club
for sale by owner:Large one
Must sell! 2002 Jeep Grand Cherbedroom, 2 bath apartment.
okee, $3,000 or best offer. Call:586- 2 bedroom apartment,quiet area 90 square meters, 24 hours
5828.
off Guana Bay Road. Minutes from security, pool, garden view,
fully furnished, washer/dryer
Must sell, Land Cruiser, model Philipsburg. Nice views, gated com- & tennis courts. Call:5222005. 3 door, brand new, only munity with intercom. Full SS kitchen 5140/557-1135.
14,000 miles. $20,000 price ne- with granite counter top. Call:520gotiable. Call:524-5489 or beau- 6514. Pre-construction. $235,000 Union Farm state:3 bedroom/2.5
delivery November 2009.
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bath house for sale. Gated, parking
Aqua Marina, beautiful 2 bed- for 3 vehicles, yard space, back
room, 2.5 bath apartment for sale. deck. Storage room, 2 bedroom
24/7 security, water taxi, gym, apartment with separate
sauna, pool, garden, spacious stor- entrance,all for only $260,000.
age and parking for 2 cars inside. Call:586-8757. Email:futurdevelopLowered price $549,500. Call:553- mentsxm@gmail.com
0121.
2 bedroom, 1 bath spacious apartment. Water heater, cistern, cable
TV, GEBE and telephone line. Hurricane shutters, quiet area, $650 p/m.
Entrance Union Farm Estate, Lower
Princess Quarter.Tel:524-2102.
2 bedroom/1 bathroom apartment in Bush Road next Domino
Pizza. Private and quiet area. Rent
$900 per month, utilities included,
1 month deposit required. Tel:5422646/520-7939.
3 bedroom/2 bathroom house in
Cay Hill, large living area, A/C, diningroom, kitchen/TV room, hot/cold
water, large porch, washingroom.
Private yard with parking, $1,500
p/m, 2 months deposit required.
Tel:554-3778.
Accommodations in Barbados
& Airport pick up. 5 minutes drive
to U.S. Embassy Reasonable
rates. Call Janice Ward, Rossomar
Guest House for more information:
001-(246) 424-0098 E-mail: rossomarrentals@hotmail.com Website:
http://barbados.org/apt/rossomar.
in
Beacon Hill:2 bedroom/2
bath fully furnished with
gated community, shutters,
night security. Breathtaking
views from your balcony or
roof top terrace with jacuzzi.
$2,950 p/m. cocott@caribserve.net. Tel:553-7434.
Pelican
Key. Apartments available for
rent, fully furnished, ocean
view,
great
location.
Telephone, cable TV, airco,
pool. Beach right across the
street. For appointment call
Wilma: 544-2356/523-9314.
, 2
bedroom/2.5 bath located on
Simpson Bay Beach. Fully
furnished with view of pool
and beach. Shutters, night
security, ample parking,
$2,450 p/m. Call:553-7434,
cocott@caribserve.net.
Cole Bay Lagoon:2 bedrooms/1
bath apartment for rent. Kitchen,
dining, living area & two large balconies. $900, two months deposit,
one month rent. Call:581-2171.
Dawn Beach area, Tamarind Hill,
Unique! Beautiful, very safe location! Fully furnished apartments,
airco/laundry/generator!
Great
ocean view, nice terrace, 24hour
security, pool. 1 bedroom from
$800. No pets. Tel:580-6653.
/bath
apartment, fully furnished in
a secured residence in
Cupecoy (swimming pool,
gym). Perfect for students.
$1,200/month. Tel:544-4137.
retail space
320 sq.ft. $1,300 in the
Three
Palm
Plaza
in
Simpson Bay. Great location,
high traffic area. Great deal!
Call:520-6789.
Pointe Blanche oceanfront, fabulous views, private terrace/gate.
New furniture and paint, spacious
1 bedroom, A/C, washer hook
up. Professional adults, no pets!
2 months security, $850 includes
gebe. Tel:522-1255.
Pointe Blanche: (2) 1 bedroom
apartment for rent $500 & $700,
excluding utilities. Call:522-9269.
Pointe Blanche:Panoramic oceanfront fully furnished 2 bedroom/2
bath apartment with A/C, washing
For rent: 3 bedroom, 2 bathroom machine and covered porch. Beacon
apartment in Madame Estate. Con- Hill:1 bedroom/1 bath apartment with
A/C excluding utilities, no pets. For
tact:581-9599.
viewing call:520-2244.
For rent:Philipsburg, living directly at the beautiful sandy beach. Recently constructed one bedStudios, 1 bedroom/1 bath and 2 room apartment in Betty’s Estate.
bedroom/2 bath apartments. Start- Great view, alarm system, common
ing at $680 p/m. Please call for pool. In process are private parking,
burglar bars, hot/cold water. $650
viewing:522-5131. Thank you!
per month/one month security.
Fully furnished house with 6 bed- Call:554-8239.
room/2 bathrooms for rent. Monthly
fee $2,500. Located Mariana Es- SBYC:1 bedroom/2 bath furtate. Contract guaranteed longer nished duplex unit. Marina view,
than 3 years month fee $2,000. Call washer/dryer, A/C, hurricane shutMiguel:523-7327/524-7588, log on: ters. Complex 24 hours security,
tennis, pool, restaurants & more.
www.arrindellm-o.com.
Available immediately, $2,100 p/m.
Hope Estate:(2) 2 bedroom apart- Call:(599)581-5030.
ment for rent. Spacious included
hurricane shutters and indoor launClub:One large bedroom, 2
dry. Between $700 & up. Call be- bath apartment. Washer
tween business hours:553-3151.
dryer,
A/C,
American
kitchen, 24 hours security,
for
safe, pool view, fully furfurnished
house
from
nished. Call:522-5140/557January 10th, 2010, Monte
1135.
Vista Pointe Blanche, 2 double bedrooms, 2 bath, pool,
gated.
$2,500
p/m.
Special, now until December
Contact:bmyacht1@yahoo.c
2009. A recession and ecoom. tel:001-868-320-4061.
nomic package. Rent a room
New, 2 bedroom/1 bathroom, large at Sea Breeze Hotel, $700, 1
dining room, front & back porch, big month/extended stay prices
negotiable. Maximum stay
yard space. Quiet area! $850, 1
(2)people, room service
month deposit. Located in Defiance
included. Call:542-6055/542Road. Call:524-1931/524-4184.
6056.seabreezehotel@aol.c
One (1) bedroom unfurnished om.
apartment. One (2) bedroom unStudio apartments for rent in
furnished apartment and one (2)
Nazareth, perfect for a single perbedroom furnished apartment for
son or couple. $400, light & water
rent in Simpson Bay. Contact:520included. For more information
6298/557-1184.
call:586-8757/580-8676.
One 2 bedroom, 2.5 bath, nice fulUpperPrincessQuarter:2bedroom,
ly furnished condo. Beautiful view,
1 bath, unfurnished, hot & cold water,
Aquamarina. $3,300 per month.
private backyard, quiet neighborhood.
Tel:581-0484.
Nice view, close to Philipsburg. $800
One bedroom apartment for rent. monthly. Call:580-8315.
Fully furnished with A/C and utilities. $640 per month, #6 Lily Road,
Saunders. Tel:526-7669.
One bedroom apartment, fully
furnished with A/C, satellite TV,
shutters. Daily, weekly or monthly
rental. 5 min. from town. Very attractive rates. Call:581-8148.
One
bedroom
apartment,
St.Peters. A/C in bedroom and car
park. $500 per month. CallL:5207728 or 520-5581.
One bedroom/1 bath apartment
Cole Bay. Quiet, panoramic view
of ocean and Lagoon. Semi furnished, renovated including utilities, kitchen, large porch, hurricane
shutters. Rent $1,100 p/m, one
month security. Call:580-5921.
Pelican Key:One bedroom apartment, gated, private yard, parking,
cable TV, $1,275/month. Studio,
Simpson bay, close to the beach
includes cable, hot/cold water,
cleaning, cooking gas, $725/month.
Call:522-6865 anytime.
Pelican, for rent one bedroom
apartment, fully furnished with A/C,
washer/dryer. Amazing ocean view.
$1,000. Tel:522-4502.
Philipsburg, great location, near
all banks, 1 bedroom/2 bath, 2 level
Ebenezer, studio room for rent penthouse apartment. 2 months
semi furnished, utilities included. deposit, available immediatelyy,
$1,100, no agents. Call:520-1954.
$400 per month, preferable for one
person. Phone:580-9728.
for
Masseuse (female), Barber
(male). Pleasant personality,
customer service oriented.
Relevant diplomas a must. 3
or more years of experience.
Flexible
hours.
Only
Antilleans need to apply.
Email
resume
to:
maxconsultancy@caribserve.net.
for:Beautician therapist, hairstylist. CARITA certified,
must present diploma. No
training available, 3 or more
years of relevant experience.
Flexible
hours.
Only
Antilleans needs to apply.
Submit
application
and
resume
to
Labour
Department, email copy to
maxconsultancy@caribserve.net.
is looking for a cleaner. Applicant
must be able to work odd
hours, must be physically fit
and able to move around
semi heavy objects. Please
drop
of
resume
to
Enterprises S & Y and the
Labour Department.
Business
THE DAILY HERALD, Tuesday, October 13, 2009
is looking for
a young, intelligent, energetic and charismatic Sales
Representative.
Benefits:
Attractive salary, friendly
work atmosphere, opportunity
to
work
with
International brands, great
potential for growth. Please
fax resume to:543-7023.
N.V.
on
St.Eustatius is looking for a
carpenter with more than 23
years
of
experience.
Interested persons can call
tel:318-2583 or cell:3181481.
wanted.
0139.
Scooter
Riders
Please call:526-
A mature lady is looking for 2 days
work cleaning or ironing or part time in
a restaurant. Please call:580-4301.
Do you have second hand shelves,
refrigerators? Please call:553-8949
or 554-1661.
English speaking lady is seeking
a job a live-in helper, taking care of
an elderly, babysitter, day work, just
about anything. Please call:5536627 anytime.
Female lady is seeking a job as
a housekeeper, babysitter, ironing,
day work or to take care for the elderly. Call:553-6175.
Honest hard working Christian lady
is looking for a job as housekeeper,
days work, wash/iron, clean, babysitter, take care of an elderly, caretaker
for your home while away. Call:5880970/522-0358.
Honest hard working lady is seeking for a job as housekeeper, babysitter, care giver for elderly person.
God bless you. Please call:5548773 or 523-3011.
Honest hard working lady seeks
employment as a live in helper,
babysitter, to care for the elderly or
days work. Please call:554-3793.
Lady seeking a job as a housekeeper. I have my documents.
Please call:527-4295. Thanks!
and reliable
accountant offers, its services to small companies. We
prepare your balance sheet,
income statement, payroll
monthly. We do also computer repairs. Call:580-5807
for information.
cash!
Cultural Food Festival @
Tropicana Casino parking lot.
Prepare some of your country’s traditional food and
raise cash. Anyone can participate. Sign up now!
Call:523-9933/581-1253.
Members.
General elections will be
held to appoint a new
ASEWI board. Date:October
16th, 2009, WIFOL building
Philipsburg,
14pm-18pm,
Together we can make a difference!!
Maltese 6 months old male puppy
for sale. Asking $800, all white.
Call:522-9148.
Yard sale! Moving out! Furniture,
fridge and clothing. Call:580-1723.
SAN DIEGO--Small companies create more than
half of America’s jobs, but
the entrepreneurs who drive
this part of the economy
continue to complain that
access to credit two years
into the recession remains
scarce.
Small business owners say
banks remain extremely
wary of risk and a world
away from the carefree
lending that inflated an epic
boom in housing values that
went bust and pushed America into its worst economic
downturn in decades.
They say their home equity
lines of credit have been
cut, business credit lines
withdrawn and credit card
limits slashed. Still profitable firms complain of a
major pullback by banks,
which many warn will leave
a U.S. economic recovery
stillborn.
“It’s like we’ve gone back
15 years in time,” said Carmine Ryan, who founded
Ryan Bros Coffee in San
Diego with his brothers
Tom and Harry in the early
1990s, using credit cards.
“We have a proven track
record, we pay our bills early and we’re profitable,” he
said. “But banks are so gunshy now that no one would
touch us. They’re just sitting
on the money.”
The Ryans developed a
wholesale coffee business
and opened a second coffee shop earlier this year.
After they opened it, they
sought a loan of $120,000
to finance operations. Nonprofit lender CDC Small
Business Finance was able
to arrange a $90,000 loan.
The rest they had to come
up with themselves.
“This is not the way it
should be right now,” Harry
Ryan said. “Banks should be
lending to people like us.”
A few miles away, Yi Ping
Lai runs an online business,
Heart to Heart Gifts, which
sells toys and decorations
ranging in price from $6 to
$100 for girls up to six years
of age. Last year, her sales
passed $1 million. With the
downturn, her revenue will
end up about 50 percent
lower this year. But she will
still turn a profit, she says.
In August, she got a letter from her bank canceling
her $55,000 business line of
credit. She said the bank
cited routine credit checks
that had reduced her credit
score.
“All of those credit checks
were for legitimate personal
reasons,” Yi said. “For instance, I move apartment
and my landlord ran a credit check on me. I tried to ex-
plain that to the bank. But
they said I was now a risky
option for them.”
The bank later restored
$20,000 in credit. But Yi
said she is being hampered
in developing a new product
line. “I need that cash flow
for my business,” she said.
Susan Lamping, a senior
community loan officer at
the nonprofit CDC in San
Diego, helped Yi obtain
$35,000 in credit. “Financing is extremely hard to
come by and many businesses can’t get help through the
available to consumers to
buy homes with no money
down and use them like
cash machines as property
values rose became available to entrepreneurs to expand and hire people.
“Many self-employed people just starting out couldn’t
get a business loan,” said
Namoch Sokhom, director
of the business development center at the Pacific
Asian Consortium in Employment in Los Angeles.
“But then the bank would
point out they had hundreds
Brothers Carmine (L) and Tom Ryan pose for a picture in the
front coffee shop of their coffee factory on a main street in
San Diego, California, September 21, 2009.
banks,” she said.
Economic Backbone
Small business representatives like Todd McCracken,
president of the National
Small Business Association
(NSBA), warn that unless
more credit becomes available, America’s entrepreneurs cannot expand, hire
people and grow the economy.
“The situation when it
comes to credit is just as bad
as it has been for months,”
he said. “But it’s now that
we see some signs of a potential recovery that we
need credit the most. Without credit, the recovery is
not going to happen.”
Small business is the backbone of America’s job market. According to U.S. Census Bureau data, in 2002
the United States had 112
million workers on payrolls.
About 56.4 million of them,
more than 50 percent,
worked at small businesses.
Such businesses vary in
size, but usually have no
more than 500 employees,
if the company is a manufacturer. Retailers in this
category usually have below
$7 million in sales and construction firms below $31
million.
During the recent property
boom, the same easy credit
of thousands of dollars in
home equity. They would
offer them a personal loan
based on that.”
But the home equity line
of credit, a common source
of loans for small businesses
during the boom, has dried
up. “All of a sudden, unless
you had perfect capital, perfect collateral and perfect
cash flow, you couldn’t get
a loan from a bank,” said
Roberto Barragan, head of
nonprofit lender Valley Economic Development Center
in Van Nuys, California.
Small businesses also found
all existing credit tightened.
Rich Frostig, owner of media consultant Pinnacle Media Relations LLC, said he
lost a major client in 2008
and fell behind on his payments on his American Express credit card.
Then the monthly interest rate on his credit card
jumped to 27.2 percent from
15 percent. When he complained, American Express
told him his rate would be
reviewed in January 2010.
“I’m going to be looking for
a new bank with which to do
business,” he said.
But two years into the recession, there have been
only a few signs that bank
credit may be loosening
slightly. In a quarterly U.S.
Federal Reserve survey of
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bank loan officers in July,
3.7 percent of respondents
said their lending standards
had “eased somewhat” to
firms with annual sales under $50 million, the first
easing since July 2007. But
35.2 percent of respondents
also said their lending standards had “tightened somewhat,” indicating there is
still a long way to go.
Credit Clamps
Small businesses say they
have seen little improvement. In its half-year survey in July, 38 percent of
respondents told the NSBA
they had seen a decrease in
credit lines or their creditcard limits in the past six
months, up from 28 percent in December. Sixtyseven percent said they had
been affected by the credit
crunch, up from 55 percent.
“If you have suffered any
kind of sales decline, banks
are running for the hills,”
said George Cloutier, head
of Orlando, Florida-based
American
Management
Services Inc, which has
6,000 small business clients
in 30 U.S. states. “Half of
our clients are making 50
percent or less of what they
made in 2007.”
Even loans backed up to
100 percent by the U.S.
Small Business Administration have dried up. So banks
are balking at the risk even
if the government covers
losses. Sokhom said he arranged more than 500 SBAbacked loans in 2007, which
fell to 82 in 2008 and will
not pass 50 this year.
Daniel Berch, founder of
research company Anything
Research, said that some
regions of the country have
not been as badly affected
as others. Small banks were
key, he said.
“Those with relationships
with local banks are suffering the least because when
the big national banks pull
back, they do so across the
board,” he said.
Barragan said that to help
small businesses grow, the
SBA should treat the housing crisis as if it were a natural disaster like an earthquake. He wants the SBA
not just to guarantee bank
loans, but to lend directly to
small businesses.
“Otherwise, this situation
will feed upon itself,” he
said. “If small businesses
can’t get credit, they can’t
hire people and (instead,
they) lay off employees. So
no one creates jobs, small
businesses lose sales and
banks won’t lend to them.
It’s a vicious loop that we’ve
got to stop.”
Opinion
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By Eugene Robinson
WASHINGTON -- Somebody explain this to me:
The president of the United States wins the Nobel
Peace Prize, and Rush
Limbaugh joins with the
Taliban in bitterly denouncing the award? Glenn Beck
has a conniption fit and demands that the president
not accept what may be the
world’s most prestigious
honor? The Republican
National Committee issues
a statement sarcastically
mocking our nation’s leader – elected, you will recall,
by a healthy majority – as
unworthy of such recognition?
Why, oh why, do conservatives hate America so?
OK, I know, it’s just some
conservatives who’ve been
exhibiting what they, in a
different context, surely
would describe as “Hanoi
Jane” behavior. Others
who haven’t taken leave of
their political senses – and
are familiar with the concept of manners – responded to President Obama’s
unexpected award with
equanimity and even grace.
Senator John McCain, for
example, offered his goodnatured congratulations.
With profound sadness we announce the death of
our beloved son,father, brother and uncle.
Wanklyn
Algive Barry
Affectionately known
as Baba aka AI
Son of the late Bernard Algive
(Gigi) Barry
Sunrise: 11 -01-1955
Sunset: 10-09-2009
Left to mourn are his:
Mother:
Gloria Barry
Daughter:
Alnaika Kadisha Barry
Ex-Wife:
Niuka Arrindell
Brothers:
Tony Barry & Oldain Hodge
Sisters:
Mercedes Richardson, Bernadette Barry
& Norma Sirriram Barry
Nephews:
Tony Barry Jr., Shaquille Peters, Anthony
Donker, & Sizzla Peters
Nieces:
Sheena Barry, Alsha Thomas, & Elizabeth Sirriram
Aunts:
Rita Richardson & fam (Aruba), Estella
Ray & fam (Curaçao)
Alix Matheson & fame (U.S.A.),Veronica
Lyfrock & fam (St.Eustatius)
Suzette Vlaun & fame (Aruba),Lisette
Barry & fam
Clemence Barry & fam., Christobelle
Maynard & fam (U.S.A.)
Irene Richardson, Maudrey Joseph (Anguilla),
Selina Lindo & fam (Canada), Madge
Hodge & fame (U.K.),
Stella Horsford & fam. (Anguilla)
Uncle:
Alcede Lake & fam
Sister-in-law:
Christine Barry
Brother-in-law:
Prakash Sirriram
Godfather:
Vincent Doncher
Close Cousins:
Steve Mc.Caulley, Gertrude SimmonBlake & fam (Curaçao) Marie Blake &
fam (Curaçao), Ida Richardson-Blake
& fam, Amelia Wellington-Blake & fam,
Countess Rey & fam (Anguilla),the
Vlauns on Front Street, Christine Martis
& fam.(Cur), Rev. lrad Hodge & Fam,
Blanche Gumbs & fam
Close Friends:
Hayacinth(Waterboy)Matthew, Walter
Plantz, Domino Boys Under the Tree on
Front Street, Saith’s Muffler Shop boys,
Sandra Smith & fam,(Curaçao)Franco &
the former Laguna Staff & Employees,
Yvonne Friday & fam., Olive Fleming,
Sonesta Maho Staff & Employees, Novelette Thomas, Veronica Peterson, Elenita
Romney, Gwendolyn Carty & fam
He was related to the:
Barry, Fleming, Hodge, Horsford, Richardson, Cocks, Glascow, Gumbs, Vlaun, Doncher, Friday, Matheson, Lyfrock
and Nestor-Hubert families.
Funeral Service on Wednesday, October 14th, 2009
at the S.S. Simon & Jude Anglican Church, Back
Street,Philipsburg, St. Maarten.
Viewing: 2:00 - 3:00 pm
Service at 3:00 pm
Interment at the Cul-de-Sac Cemetry
THE DAILY HERALD, Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Some of Obama’s most
strident critics, however,
just can’t give it a rest. They
use words like “farce” and
“travesty,” as if there were
always universal agreement on the worthiness of
the Nobel peace laureate.
Does anyone remember
the controversy over Henry
Kissinger or Yasser Arafat
or F.W. de Klerk?
The problem for the addlebrained Obama-rejectionists is that the president, as
far as they are concerned,
couldn’t possibly do anything right, and thus is unworthy of any conceivable
recognition. If Obama ended all hunger in the world,
they’d accuse him of promoting obesity. If he solved
global warming, they’d
complain it was getting
chilly. If he got Mahmoud
Abbas and Binyamin Netanyahu to join him around
the campfire in a chorus of
“Kumbaya,” the rejectionists would claim that his
singing was out of tune.
Let the rejectionists fulminate and sputter until they
wear themselves out. Politically, they’re only bashing
themselves. As Republican leaders – except RNC
Chairman Michael Steele
– are beginning to realize, “I’m With the Taliban
Against America” is not
likely to be a winning slogan.
More interesting, but no
less goofy, is the recommendation – by otherwise
sane commentators – that
Obama should decline the
award. This is ridiculous.
If the award just represented the political views
of a handful of left-leaning, self-satisfied Norwegian Eurocrats, as some
critics have charged, then
it wouldn’t matter whether
Obama won it or not. But
The recent articles in The Daily Herald about cleaning up
and rebuilding the old Mullet Bay resort should ignite the
island community. Just the clean-up would help tourism
while a rebuild would change the island economy and improve the lives of families all over the island.
My suggestion is that we should all spread the word
among our friends and neighbours to write letters to
newspaper for publication to express to the government
the demands of the people.
After 14 years of continual disruption of our lives, Mr.
Ansari, who is supposedly a friend of Sint Maarten,
should be forced to start acting like one. Tell the government “We won’t take less. Fix Mullet’s mess!”
Name withheld
of course it means much
more. The Nobel Peace
Prize, irrespective of the
idiosyncratic process that
selects its winner, is universally recognized as a stamp
of the world’s approval. For
an American president to
reject such a token of approval would be absurdly
counterproductive.
Obama has shifted U.S.
foreign policy away from
George W. Bush’s cowboy
ethos toward a multilateral
approach. He envisions, and
has begun to implement,
a different kind of U.S.
leadership that I believe is
more likely to succeed in an
interconnected, multipolar
world. That this shift is being noticed and recognized
is to Obama’s credit – and
to our country’s.
The peace prize comes
as Obama is in the midst
reviewing war strategy in
Afghanistan. Some advocates for sending additional
troops are complaining
– and some advocates of a
pullout are hoping – that
the award may somehow
limit the president’s options. But the prize is nothing more than an acknowledgment of what Obama
has been saying and doing
thus far. He hardly needs
to be reminded of his philosophy of international
relations – or that he once
called Afghanistan a “war
of necessity.” Threading
that needle is not made any
easier or harder by the Nobel committee’s decision.
What I really don’t understand is the view that somehow there’s a tremendous
downside for Obama in the
award. It raises expectations,
these commentators say – as
if expectations of any American president, and especially this one, were not already
sky high. Obama has taken
on the rescue of the U.S. financial system and the longterm restructuring of the
economy. He has launched
historic initiatives to revolutionize health care, energy
policy and the way we educate our children. He said
flatly during the campaign
that he wants to be remembered as a transformational
president.
The only reasonable response is McCain’s: Congratulations. Nothing, not
even the Nobel Peace Prize,
can set the bar any higher
for President Obama than
he’s already set it for himself.
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Once upon a time, it used
to be that communist
countries like China had
more
business-phobic
bureaucracies, more red
tape and a worse business
environment than capitalist ones. Not anymore.
According to Doing Business in 2010, a new World
Bank study published this
week, China – and, increasingly, Vietnam – of-
Opinion
fer better conditions to
local and foreign business
people than most Latin
American countries.
The study, conducted
for the seventh consecutive year, measures various concrete examples of
how easy it is to conduct
business in 183 countries.
Among its conclusions:
* To open a new business,
regardless of whether it’s
THE DAILY HERALD, Tuesday, October 13, 2009
The Oppenheimer Report
a hotdog stand or a factory, you need to fulfill three
legal procedures in Hong
Kong, and 14 in mainland
China. By comparison, you
need to fulfill 15 legal procedures in Argentina and
Bolivia, and 16 in Brazil
and Venezuela.
* Measured in number of
days taken by the legal procedures necessary to open
a legal business, it takes
six days in Hong Kong,
and 37 days in mainland
China. Comparatively, it
takes 41 days in Peru, 50
days in Bolivia, 60 days in
Costa Rica, 64 days in Ecuador, 65 days in Uruguay,
120 days in Brazil, and 141
days in Venezuela.
* The cost of going
through the legal steps to
start a business is equivalent to, respectively, 5 percent of the country’s per
capita income in China, 7
percent in Chile, 11 percent in Argentina, 12 percent in Mexico, 13 percent
in Colombia, 20 percent in
Costa Rica, 24 percent in
Peru, 38 percent in Ecuador, 99 percent in Bolivia
and 111 percent in Nicaragua.
* Once you have your factory going, if you want
to fire a low-performing
worker, you have to pay
10 weeks of salary in Hong
Kong, and 91 weeks of
salary in mainland China.
Comparatively, you have
to pay 95 weeks of salary
in Argentina and Honduras, 99 weeks in Paraguay,
and 135 in Ecuador.
By Andres Oppenheimer
In Venezuela and Bolivia, it’s forbidden for a
business owner to fire an
employee – no matter if
the latter spends the day
sleeping on the job. Venezuela and Bolivia are the
world champions of employment rigidity, according to the study.
* If you want to export
your products, you have to
fill out four documents in
Hong Kong, and seven in
mainland China. In Latin
America, it’s eight documents in Brazil, El Salvador, Bolivia, and Paraguay, nine documents in
Argentina and Ecuador,
and 10 documents in Guatemala and Uruguay.
* To import goods, you
need to fill out five documents in mainland China,
seven in Argentina, Brazil,
and Chile, eight in Colombia and Peru, nine in Ven-
ezuela, and 10 in Guatemala, Honduras, Paraguay
and Uruguay.
You get the picture. Overall, an aggregate ranking
of the 10 categories in the
World Bank study shows
that China puts up fewer
regulatory hurdles to business people than Argentina, Brazil, Venezuela and
most other Latin American countries. Among the
few nations that do better
than China in that ranking
are Colombia, Chile and
Mexico.
Sylvia Solf, one of the authors of the study, told me
that some Latin American
countries have taken important steps to cut red
tape last year.
“Colombia and Peru have
done a lot of reforms, but
in the rest of the region
the reforms have been
mostly timid,” she said.
Citing a “snowball effect”
of measures to ease business regulations in Eastern Europe, the Middle
East and North Africa, she
added, “There is positive
news in Latin America,
but there is more positive
news in other parts of the
world.”
My opinion: It’s no coincidence that Asian countries have grown faster
and reduced poverty much
more rapidly than Latin
America in recent years.
In Asia, they have not
only created a more business-friendly climate for
foreign investors, but have
also made it much easier
for their own people to
become capitalists, and to
create wealth.
If Latin American leaders
are serious about reducing
poverty, they should start
by copying much more aggressively what has been
done in other parts of the
world – including in communist countries.
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THE DAILY HERALD, Tuesday, October 13, 2009
PSALM 27: The Lord is my Light and my salvation
We regret to announce the sudden death of our beloved
daughter, mother, sister, aunt, cousin and friend.
Ann
Philogene
But the mercy of the LORD is from
everlasting to everlasting, Psalm 103:17
It is with deep sadness that we announce the tragic
passing of our beloved
Son, Father, Brother, Uncle, Cousin, Family and Friend.
David Fernando EUSTACE
Sunrise: July 28th, 1968
Sunset: October 9th, 2009
affectionately known as
“David Priest”
Left to mourn:
With sadness in our hearts we
announce the passing of:
Beatrice Lillian Simmons-Heyliger
Sunrise: January 26th,1921- Sunset: October 10th, 2009
She leaves to mourn her:
Son:
Nedville Heyliger on Saba
Daughter-In-Law : Tiny Heyliger on Saba
Grandchildren:
Edric Heyliger on Saba
Angela Jeffers-Heyliger & Fam on St.Maarten
Lambertus Levestone on Saba
Sylvester Heyliger on Saba
Antonio Heyliger on Saba
Johannes Heyliger on Saba
Beatrix Heyliger on Saba
Reginald Jones in Holland
Robert Jones in Holland
Eviton Heyliger on Saba
Corette Heyliger on Saba
Great-grands too numerous to mention
Special Thanks to:
Hon Henry Carlyle Every Aged Home & Staff
A.M.Edwards Medical Center & Staff
Saba Health Care
St.Maarten Medical Center & Staff
Island Government of Saba
Father Williams
For those who called, visited and said prayers in the
time of her sickness
Funeral Service will be held at Christ Church in
The Bottom Saba, Wednesday, October 14th, 2009.
Viewing from 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm. Service starts at 3:00 pm
Her father: Maynard Julian Philogene (SXM)
Her step-mother:
Catherine Philogene (SXM)
Her grand-mother:
Wildina Wayland (Dominica)
Her children: Roy Meykayel Philogene (SXM)
Vernessa Charles (SXM)
Denzel Shillingford (SXM)
Lucas Philogene (SXM)
Leandra Mills (SXM)
Kyan Philogene (SXM)
Boyfriend: Gregory Hilaire aka Teddo (SXM)
Sisters:
Jocelyne Raymond (SXM)
Norla Lisa Xavier and family (Dominica)
Vyleen Raymond and family
(St. Thomas)
Alix Sylvester and family (USA)
Catherine Tavernier and family(Dominica)
Brother:
Davis Philogene (SXM)
Step-sisters: Ovina George and family (SXM)
Denise Shillingford and family (SXM)
Step-brothers:
Orlando Philogene and family (SXM)
Oven Philogene and family (SXM)
Aunts:
Fanella Huskins (USA)
Ophelia John Baptiste (Dominica)
Lydia Langlais (USA)
Martina Langlais (SXM)
Nazarine Robineau and family (SXM)
Uncles:
Ralph Joseph (Dominica)
Herald Joseph (Dominica)
Wilmolth Poxen (Antigua)
Clem Charles (Dominica)
Rosvelt Wayland (USA)
Gerald Wayland (USA)
Bolley Gardier (USA)
Hector Langlais (Dominica)
Nieces:
Katyah Philogene
Amayah Philogene
Dayna Raymond
Kimra Xavier
Nephews:
Dylon Raymond
Many more nieces and nephews too numerous
to mention.
Close cousins: Sandra Watt and family (SXM)
Felix Richarson (SXM)
Chrispin Richardson (SXM)
Dexter Mingeau (USA)
Honarable Ronald Toulon (Dominica)
Lina Joseph (Dominica)
Many more too numeros to mention
Close friends: Delma Durand (SXM)
Christopher a.k.a Mouse (SXM)
Donna Philogene (SXM)
Maria Chistopher (SXM)
Billy Durand and family (SXM)
Herma Richardson and family (SXM)
Funeral service will be on Wednesday, October 14th,
2009 at the Apostolic Faith Church in Sandy Ground.
Tributes and viewing of the body will be from 1:30pm to
2:30pm. Service will commence at 3:00pm.
Interment thereafter at the Sandy Ground Cemetery.
May her soul rest in peace.
Sunrise: November 7th, 1964 ~ Sunset: October 2nd, 2009
He leaves to mourn:
Father:
Mother:
Children:
Brothers:
Sisters:
Uncles:
Aunts:
Great Uncle:
Great Aunts:
Best Friends:
David Eustace better known as
Bambino & Family (Aruba)
Carmen Priest
David Jonathan Eustace (USA)
David Nicolas Eustace (St. Dom.)
John David Larry Eustace (St. Dom.)
McQuincy Reiph & Family
Xiomaro Eustace b.k.a. Nicky & Family
(HOL)
Omar Eustace (HOL)
Jessica Reiph
Naury Medina Priest & Family (USA)
Nivola Priest (USA)
Ashanti Eustace (Aruba)
Prince Priest & Family (USA)
Bernard Lee Priest & Family (USA)
Angel Priest & Family
Johan Priest & Family
Lenny Priest & Family
Agusto Priest & Family
Roy Eustace & Family (Aruba)
Benedict Henry & Family
Priscilla Priest
Brenda Eustace D’Isle
George Priest & Family (Cur.)
Susanna Blyden – Priest
Atica Gumbs – Priest (Aruba)
Marie Panthophlet – Priest (Aruba)
Scottie Priest
Belto Richardson
Leroy Richardson
Cousins and Family too numerous to mention.
He was related to:
Eustace, Priest, Reiph, Medina, Arrindell, Carty, Chittick,
D’Isle, Ellis, Illis, Gumbs,Henry,Hodge, Illidge, Marlin,
Moore Panthoplet, Richardson, Stewart, Violenus, and
others too numerous to mention
Funeral service will be held on Friday, October 16th, 2009
at the Royal Funeral Home
Viewing: 2:00pm to 3:00pm.
Service: 3:00pm.
Followed by interment at the Catholic Cemetery,
Philipsburg
May His Soul Rest in Peace
THE WAKE-NIGHT WILL BE HELD AT HIS MOTHER’S HOME.
AS FOR HIS WISHES PLEASE DRESS AS HE DID IN LIFE
WHITE T-SHIRT/SHIRT AND LIGHT BLUE JEANS
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Comics
THE DAILY HERALD, Tuesday, October 13, 2009
By Linda C. Black
Today’s Birthday (October 13) -- Take time to
remember previous birthdays when everybody
was able to get together. Even if people are
missing now, you can enjoy reminiscing. Drag
out an old scrapbook and add new pictures.
To get the advantage, check the day’s rating: 10
is the easiest day, 0 the most challenging.
Aries (March 21-April 19) -- Today is a 9 -- Passions flare. If you don’t want to get burned,
stand back and enjoy the scenery for just a moment.
Taurus (April 20-May 20) -- Today is an 8 -What looks like a grim commentary on romance
in the morning becomes a delightful escapade
after dinner.
Gemini (May 21-June 21) -- Today is a 9 -- Put
on the Ritz and go out dancing! A little glamour goes a long way towards building romantic
tension.
Cancer (June 22-July 22) -- Today is an 8 -What you see today is what you get. Dress it
up and you have something even better. Your
partner will thank you.
Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) -- Today is a 7 -- You feel
like romance has dried up around the edges.
You’re tempted to soak it in alcohol. Don’t.
Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) -- Today is an 8 -- You’re
torn between fantasy and reality. Reality can be
dressed up to look a lot more interesting.
Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) -- Today is a 7 -- Triedand-true methods get you what you need now.
Save your bright ideas for another day.
Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) -- Today is an 8 -- Focus on the feminine. Ground your imagination
in practical ways.
Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) -- Today is an 8
-- There’s no need to talk today. Take care of
business first, then pleasure. It’s all good.
Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) -- Today is a 7 -An older person re-enters your life. The relationship will be different. If your feelings have
changed, say so.
Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) -- Today is an 8 -Sometimes the finishing touches are the most
difficult. Today you must at least try. Apply a
touch of glamour.
Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) -- Today is an 8 -Other people come up with all the information
they’d promised. Sort through it at your leisure.
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and the seniors are set to start November 7. Deadline for Club meets at Philipsburg Jubilee Library on the second
registration is October 14. For more information contact and fourth Thursday of every month, 7:30-9:00pm.
Disciples Toastmasters Club meets at the Belvedere
522-7560 or 555-1826.
Church on the second and fourth Sunday of every month,
5:00-6:30pm.
Meditation Course
Brahma Kumaris local centre is hosting free meditation, with Soualiga Corporate Toastmasters Club meets at the Govthe aim of learning to stay focused, calm and positive amid ernment Administration Building on the second and
rapid and constant changes, at 16 Front Street. Call 524-2554 fourth Wednesday of every month, 5:00-6:30pm.
Visit our Website: sxm-toastmasters.com .
for more details.
School Registration
Shorac Preschool, Daycare and Afternoon School in Cole
Bay is registering children age 0-4 years. Afterschool programme includes homework help, other school work and
activities including language enrichment and swimming.
For more information visit the school at 38 Union Road for
Dear Queenie,
My new boyfriend and I have been going out for a couple information and viewing or call 520-8175/55-37512 emailof weeks and almost from the beginning he has been talking shoracministries@hotmail.com
about spending the night with me and moving in together.
I like him a lot but I’m not sure this is going to be a long Youth Baseball Training
relationship, but he is talking like it is a permanent one and St. Martin Pony League former trainer Hendrick “Cubano”
Sanchez plans to return to the island and with ex-Dodger
making all sorts of plans.
I tried to tell him to slow down and cool it and he agreed, major league player and now scout for the Chicago Cubs
but then he went right ahead with the same kind of stuff. It’s Ramsel Correa, to conduct youth baseball training for youth
getting old already and it’s only been a couple of weeks. The of the Eastern Caribbean area 5-19 years, starting October
15. To register for the training or for further information call
more he does this the more I want to back off.
523-2113.
Queenie, what do you think?—Uneasy
Dear Uneasy,
I think you are right to want to back off. This guy is either unreasonably needy or a control freak, or both, or even worse.
A thought: Does he have any former girlfriends (or boyfriends; you didn’t indicate your gender) with whom you
could compare notes? Learning the reasons for their “former” status might be very revealing.
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NUMANSDORP, Netherlands--When Aart van der
Waal chose 20 years ago
to fish for eel rather than
join the legal profession,
he didn’t expect to be told
someday to make a choice
between making a living
and breaking the law.
The burly 40 year-old, a tattoo-bearing Rolling Stones
fan, says he has made a
comfortable enough living
so far. Now he would have
extra benefit of the dark
moon in October.
Not only is it the time to
catch most eels, but also
the cover may help as he
breaks a Dutch government
ban on commercial eel fishing, risking a fine of 3,000
euros ($4,400). Fishing the
muddy, shallow canals near
his home for plump, fat-
tened eels that the Dutch
consider a delicacy smoked
on toast or in bread--and
which are eaten in stews
across Europe--is no longer allowed during October
and November.
“I’m just going to keep
fishing,” he said, hauling
up dozens of writhing eels
from a 4 metre-long trap
net. “That’s what I do.”
Bringing his catch back
to a wooden shed reeking
of dried slime and muddy
fish, he will be defying a
government ban aimed
at stemming a 95 percent
slide in the European eel
population in the past four
decades. It has prompted
the International Union
for Conservation of Nature
and Natural Resources to
classify Anguilla anguilla,
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THE DAILY HERALD, Tuesday, October 13, 2009
or the European eel, as
“critically
endangered”.
Eel catches in Asia have
also fallen 82 percent since
1969, researchers say.
The Dutch ban will increase to three months in
coming years, and despite
planned compensation has
aroused anger in the vastly
depleted community of fishermen in a country where
in the 19th century people
rioted for days about eels.
Just over 900 tonnes of eel
are caught in Dutch canals,
lakes and rivers every year.
Europe’s total annual eel
catch is estimated by the
European Union at 18,000
tonnes.
The government will pay a
total of 700,000 euros, which
fishermen say amounts to
about 1,000 euros each per
month. Van der Waal says
he sells 9,000 euros worth
of eels monthly.
Mysteries
The ban, a unilateral step,
has been complicated by
the fact no one knows what
is behind the decline. “Nobody knows why, that’s the
bottom line,” said Willem
Dekker, senior scientist
and eel researcher at Dutch
marine ecology institute
IMARES.
Several theories exist,
ranging from the presence
of pollutants in ocean waters through over-fishing
to a viral infection. The
sures, tending to be activist
on environmental issues,
said Koen Van den Bossche
of the Institute for European Environmental Policy.
“The Dutch want to tackle
this issue,” Van den Bossche said.
Eel smoker Joost Kant prepares eels for smoking in the southern Dutch village of s’Gravendeel September 30, 2009.
Dutch arm of environmental group WWF, supporting
the ban, blames fishing for
70 percent of eel deaths in
the Netherlands, and says
eating an eel roll is like consuming a panda sandwich.
“There is a high chance European eel becomes extinct
if we don’t do anything,”
said Clarisse Buma, a WWF
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spokeswoman. “We know
it’s a problem for fishermen
but if we don’t do anything,
we will never be able to eat
eel in the future.”
The European Commission has been telling member states for the past five
years to restrict eel fishing.
Non-member Norway has
adopted restrictions this
year, but the Dutch are the
first EU member state to
adopt a ban.
The Dutch are often the
first to adopt such mea-
Breeding
A long dark-grey snakelike fish with a silver belly,
the eel’s decline acquires
significance in the light of
the fact that restoring their
numbers through breeding isn’t an option, because
the eel’s life cycle remains a
mystery to science.
European eels spend most
of their lives in freshwater tributaries and canals
along the coast of Europe
and the Mediterranean,
but return 5,000 km (3,100
miles) to the Sargasso Sea
in the North Atlantic to reproduce. They have never
been observed mating or
spawning in the wild, captive breeding has been unsuccessful and the only way
to farm them has been by
capturing and raising wild
baby eels.
Many blame the harvesting of these young fish,
known as “glass eels” because they are transparent,
for the decline. Apart from
being caught on the coast
of Spain and France, glass
eels are also bought by fishermen in Europe and Asia
to stock aquaculture farms,
where they are raised for
consumption.
Van der Waal drives to
France every year to buy
Continued on page 39
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THE DAILY HERALD, Tuesday, October 13, 2009
BEVERLY HILLS, California--Singer and actress
Barbra Streisand will auction hundreds of pieces of
furniture, art, clothes and
other possessions this week
in a Beverly Hills charity
auction.
The auction on Saturday
and Sunday comes as the
67-year-old Streisand’s latest album “Love Is the Answer” has landed her back
at No. 1 on the U.S. pop
chart, making her the first
artist to top the chart in five
consecutive decades. Together, the items are worth
up to $600,000 but they are
expected to sell for more
because they belonged to
Streisand.
All proceeds from the sale
will go to The Streisand
Foundation, which distributes funds to several causes,
from the Natural Resources
Defense Council to Human
Rights Watch.
Among the items is a gold
painted wooden “A” that
she kept in her kitchen for
years as a memento to her
decision to drop an “a”
from the spelling of her first
name four decades ago.
Streisand is also selling a
painting believed to be from
Dutch artist Kees van Dongen worth up to $200,000,
along with a chipped antique phonograph, shoes,
books and a dental cabinet
with more than a dozen slim
drawers originally used for
tools, that Streisand bought
at age 18 for her jewelry.
“A lot of these items are
very difficult for her to part
with,” said Darren Julien,
the auctioneer handling
the sale. “Like the dental
cabinet, it was her first purchase.”
Julien said Streisand is selling the items, which span
everything from art nouveau pieces to American
Indian baskets, and Georgian furniture to Americana
knickknacks, because they
do not fit with the re-design
of her Malibu home. “If
you really can’t use it, why
not let someone else enjoy
it?” Streisand was quoted
as telling the Los Angeles
Times last week.
Streisand previously auctioned her furniture, art
and personal items, including a 2004 memorabilia auction that generated about
$500,000 in sales.
Known for her liberal activism, Streisand is selling a
piano that brings together
her musical career and her
passion for Democratic
politics. It comes with a
picture of her sitting at the
keys, with portraits of herself with President Barack
Obama and former President Bill Clinton placed
behind her.
While some of the sale
items are valuable on
their own, such as a pair
of George III mahogany
bookcase cabinets from
1790 worth up to $40,000,
others are more affordable.
There are several books,
revealing an interest in author Elie Wiesel, along with
dozens of Streisand’s shoes
and a rust-colored rabbit
fur coat.
Bloom
LOS
ANGELES--Actor
Orlando Bloom, star of the
“Pirates of the Caribbean”
and “Lord of the Rings”
movies, was named a goodwill ambassador for the
United Nations children’s
organization UNICEF on
Monday.
The 32-year-old British actor has supported the work
of UNICEF since 2007, visiting projects in Nepal, Russia and Sarajevo that bring
clean water, education and
shelters to children. He also
took part in a local school
radio production put on by
children in one of the poorest regions of Nepal.
Bloom, regarded as one
of the hottest male celebrities in the world, will follow
in the footsteps of Audrey
Hepburn, soccer player
David Beckham, Colombian singer Shakira and
actress Mia Farrow. He
said he wanted to be an active ambassador for UNICEF, which works to help
children in more than 150
countries.
“I look forward to working with UNICEF as they
continue to make the world
a better place for children,”
Bloom said in a statement.
UNICEF executive director, Ann M. Veneman said
that the work of goodwill
ambassadors “helps build
momentum to improve the
lives of children around the
world.”
“We are proud to have Orlando Bloom as one of the
strong voices for vulnerable
children,” Veneman said.
Bloom’s first job will be to
record a public service announcement for UNICEF
on the importance of access
to clean drinking water. His
latest movie, the romantic anthology “New York,
I Love You” opens in the
United States on Friday.
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Various wardrobe items owned by Barbra Streisand are shown at a press preview of items
from the auction “The Collection of Barbra Streisand” in Beverly Hills on Monday.
There are also objects that
show Streisand’s creativity
as an interior designer, including a Gothic-style table
with carved sphinxes that wasn’t a singer or an actress
she had planned to turn she would have been a deinto a vanity sink, before signer,” Julien said.
changing her mind. “If she
HOLLAND’S VANISHING EELS
Contiued from page 38
glass eel from coastal fishermen, and releases them
in the canals where he fishes. It’s a significant investment: restocking costs him
up to 12,000 euros yearly
and eels take 15 years to
reach maturity.
A cheap fish decades ago,
eels now cost upwards of
10 euros per kg. In Europe, grown eels are mostly caught in the Nordics,
Netherlands and Italy.
Dikes
Eels hold a special place in
Dutch history: in the 19th
century, people died in the
“eel uprising” that followed
a ban on the sport of “eel
pulling”, which involved
stringing a rope across a
canal and hanging an eel
for people on boats to try
to grab. Many ended up in
the water.
But Dutch livelihoods
threatened by the ban already represent a shrinking
tradition. Only about 240
eel fisheries remain in the
Netherlands,
employing
715 people. That is about a
tenth of what it used to be,
nearly mirroring the decline
in the eel population.
Even farmed eel is bad
news for 69-year old eel
smoker Joost Kant as he
gutted fresh fish and strung
them for smoking. “It’s a
disaster,” he said, pungent
fumes rising in the room.
“Smoking’s not the same
without wild eel.”
Another factor that may
be aggravating the decline
is the way eels are caught
in the Netherlands. Usually
fished in coastal freshwaters, the Dutch also catch
them when their route to
sea is blocked by the pumps
and dikes used to manage
water.
Fishermen like Van der
Waal set traps near the
pumps, which eventually
lead out to bigger rivers and
canals and out to sea. “I’m
trying to turn the polders
and dikes into aquaculture
areas,” he said.
The Dutch Commercial
Fishers Association, opposing the fishing ban, argues
these obstacles are more
to blame. The association
has proposed transporting
157 tonnes of the catch to
the sea so mature eels can
return to their spawning
waters.
But Europe’s regulators
say not enough eels are returning to spawn: the fishing bans aim to allow 4 out
of every 10 eels to return to
the seas.
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Sports
THE DAILY HERALD, Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Donnella Pantophlet and Deborah Rombley display their internationally recognized Level I
Track and Field Coaches Certificates.
P H I L I P S B U R G - -Tr a c k
and Field trainers Deborah Rombley and Donnella
Pantophlet have passed
their Level 1 International
Amateur Athletics Federation Coaches Course.
The pair, along with
coaches from Saba and St.
Eustatius, travelled to Curaçao and joined the class
of 19 from October 2 to 11.
Gene Herbert from Statia
and Kim Terielle and Derick Spense from Saba also
PHILIPSBURG--Fifteenyear-old Mario Romario entered his first Open
(adult) Pool Competition
Friday. The game was 8Ball. Each match was the
best of three games. Romario did not fancy his
chances of winning, but his
pool and billiard coach Rudolph Hyman believed in
the teenager.
The field comprised 12
shooters including some of
the best players on the island. The competition was
organized by Hyman and
his Pool and Billiard School
located at the L.B. Scott
Sport Auditorium.
In the first round, Romario drew fellow pool student Franklin Davis. Romario swept the first match
in two games. Next up was
Jose Annichiarico, a season
veteran. Annichiarico won
the first game. To the small
crowd’s amazement Romario won the second game
and came on strong to win
game three and the series.
Romario lost in the third
round to competition win-
passed the course.
The course was held in
conjunction with the Netherlands Antilles Olympic
Committee which is striving to ensure only properly
trained coaches work with
young athletes to achieve
maximum performance in a
safe manner.
“The training we received
on St. Maarten really prepared us for this course,”
said Rombley and Pantophlet. The pair received
their technical track skills
from St. Maarten Amateur
Athletics Association and
LAB Sports Academy at
Raoul Illidge Sports Complex. They also completed
the St. Maarten Sports Federations Level one to three
General Coach Principles
and Planning Courses.
Coaches that scored 80
per cent or higher will be
able to attend the Level II
Course.
Mario Romario lines up a shot at the RH Pool and Billiard
School at L.B. Scott Sports Auditorium.
ner Michael Paris.
“I came in third,” said Romario with a smile. Monday he was back at the pool
school practicing.
Jermain Prentice placed
second.
The evening Open event
continues at the Sports Auditorium Friday. First break
is set for 8:30pm.
MIAMI-- When the Denver Broncos replaced longserving head coach Mike
Shanahan with 33-year-old
Josh McDaniels, eyebrows
were raised at the choice of
a rookie to take charge of an
underachieving team and a
difficult locker room.
But after the Broncos 5-0
start to the season, their boyish head coach is the talk of
the league and his team are
the surprise package of the
young season.
Sunday’s comeback 20-17
victory over the New England
Patriots where McDaniels
served as assistant to threetimes Super Bowl-winning
head coach Bill Belichick,
put an end to suggestions the
Broncos’ start had been due
to a kind schedule.
The highly symbolic win
over Belichick’s Patriots
saw McDaniels celebrate in
a manner unthinkable for
his famously dour mentor -racing to the home fans and
punching the air and screaming in delight.
Such outbursts are rare for
NFL coaches, but McDaniels,
whose father Thom built a
reputation as a college coach
in Ohio, is hardly bashful
about letting his enthusiasm
for the game pour out.
“I don’t know the answer as
to why other people may enjoy or celebrate or share that
(moment) with somebody
else differently, but I grew up
the son of a coach and losing
stinks,” McDaniels told reporters on Monday.
“We work too hard to not
enjoy the wins or we work
too hard to try to minimize
any success we might have in
a weekend.”
McDaniels had a tough initiation as head coach when
a dispute over a potential
trade for Jay Cutler became
a media soap opera in the
off-season and ended with
the disaffected quarter-back
leaving for Chicago.
McDaniels’ intended replacement, former New
England back-up quarterback Matt Cassel, eventually
joined Kansas City, leaving
the coach with the much
less-fancied Kyle Orton from
Chicago.
McDaniels then had to
handle a tricky situation with
wide-receiver Brandon Marshall, whom he suspended
for two pre-season games
after being unhappy with his
attitude in training.
The quarterback change,
just one part of a major
overhaul of the roster, has
worked out well so far, with
the steady but unspectacular Orton fitting neatly into
Denver’s offense.
Marshall’s return to the
team has seen him score four
touchdowns in the last three
games, including two against
the Patriots.
But the biggest change has
been the creation of a defense which is currently the
second best in the NFL and
which has helped produce
five wins that open up the
real chance of a first play-off
place since 2005.
Experienced cornerback
Champ Bailey places the
credit for the team’s turnaround from their 8-8 record
last season firmly with McDaniels and the changes he
has made.
“I tell you what, just being
under Josh McDaniels for a
few months now, he’s a guy
that is going to have you as
prepared as you can be for a
game and that’s something
that throughout my 11 years
I haven’t had a lot of.
“I’ve had some great coaches including Shanahan, but
he’s (McDaniels) definitely
one of a kind in the way that
he approaches the game,” he
said before Sunday’s clash.
“With the guys we brought
in and the guys that were left
here, we got rid of a lot of
bad apples and we brought in
a lot of good ones and I think
that that was the key to really getting this thing turned
around,” he said.
The ‘bad apples’ may be
gone but the Broncos’ schedule gets tougher now with
trips to San Diego and Baltimore and a home game with
champions the Pittsburgh
Steelers.
McDaniels is relishing the
challenge as much as he is
enjoying his first season as a
head coach.
“It is a lot of fun... You get
to compete against the best
coaches and players in the
world. It is a great challenge.
“It is everything that any
coach would want it to be.
It is challenging. It is difficult. (We) put in a lot of hard
work, time, preparation, but
then the reward is worth it
when you come out on top.”
NAGICO
Continued from page 44
gene with the score on 237
for seven. The captain hit
six fours.
Fast bowler Brent De Fraitas who is also the captain
of the team grabbed four
for 57 in 10 overs. Vaden
Walker (three for 60 in 10
overs), Maxford Pipe (two
for 41 in nine overs) and
Dorion Auguiste (one for
48 in eight overs) were the
other wicket takers.
BVI’s response started off
shakily when Richard Frederick (9) drove slackly to be
caught at second slip (29
for 1) and then the other
opening batsman in Robin
Bacchus (14) was dismissed
off an outstanding acrobatic effort from David off his
own bowling (30 for 2).
Maxford Pipe, a Leeward
Islands all-rounder fell in
medium Doodnauth’s first
over to a sharp catch by
Colin Hamer at short extra
cover (47 for 3).
A brief but heavy shower
of rain interrupted play
with the score on 55 for
three and when the match
restarted the umpires asked
BVI to score 200 more runs
in 32 overs.
On the resumption, Doodnauth bowled Auguiste
for two (59 for 4). Off spinner Asa Edwards was then
given the ball and bowled
8.3 consecutive overs to record best figures of five for
12 with an unheard of five
maidens.
Edwards confounded the
batsmen with sheer flight
and guile as they found it
difficult to score runs off his
bowling. The other wicket
takers for the winners were
David two for 30 off seven
overs, Doodnauth two for
17 off six overs and Marlon
Brutus one for 44 off five
overs.
In the other matches played
yesterday in the NAGICO
sponsored tournament, in
St. Kitts the home team
beat Montserrat by 98 runs.
Scores in that match: St.
Kitts 285 for five, Montserrat 187 for nine. Nevis clobbered Unites States Virgin
Islands (USVI) by 152 runs.
Nevis 208 for three in 40
overs, USVI 56 all out. In
Anguilla, five-time defending champions Antigua and
Barbuda whipped Anguilla
by six wickets. Anguilla 265
for five, Antigua and Barbuda 266 for four.
The matches scheduled
for today in Group B are
BVI against Antigua and
Barbuda in Anguilla, St.
Maarten face Anguilla at
Caribe Lumber Ballpark.
In Group A which is hosted
by St. Kitts, USVI compete
against the home team at
Monoluix and Nevis square
up against Montserrat at
Cayon.
All matches start at
9:15am.
Sports
THE DAILY HERALD, Tuesday, October 13, 2009
LONDON-- New Zealand
was not the first-choice
venue for Andrew Strauss
to relaunch his England career after he was banished
to the wilderness two years
ago.
Strauss, omitted from the
side to tour Sri Lanka in
2007, had planned to play
in South Africa, the land of
his birth 32 years ago.
Instead he ended up in the
New Zealand North Island
town of Hamilton and was
playing for Northern Districts without much success
when he got a break which
illustrated the tissue-thin
divide between success and
failure in the life of an elite
sportsman.
In his final innings for
Northern Districts, Strauss
lobbed the second ball to
mid-on, “the easiest catch I
have ever seen in my life”.
To Strauss’s astonishment
the catch went down. His
equally dumbfounded batting partner was run out
while he watched in disbelief from the middle of the
pitch.
Strauss went on to make a
hundred which was to lead
to his recall to the England
team who were touring New
Zealand early last year.
“It was in a losing cause,
admittedly, but this innings
set me on the road to recovery and redemption,” he
recorded in his new book
“Testing Times.”
Further trials were to
come. New Zealand unexpectedly won the first test
and, although England
bounced back by winning
the second, Strauss’s personal form was still unconvincing.
Before the second innings
of the third test, Strauss had
not scored a century for 15
41
tests. For the first time in his
life he had trouble sleeping,
knowing another failure
could mean the end of a
test career which had begun with a century against
New Zealand at Lord’s.
Strauss was distraught
after making a duck in the
first innings before showing
his character and determination with 177 in a winning cause in the second
which secured his place.
The subsequent 18 months
have been a period of almost uninterrupted success
for Strauss.
He has been fluent and
prolific with the bat and,
after he was elevated to
the England captaincy this
year, he led the team to victory against the odds in the
Ashes series against Australia.
Talking to reporters at the
launch of “Testing Times”,
last week Strauss reflected
on what had been in effect
an enforced sabbatical and
the power of positive thinking which helped him to recapture his England place.
“It was a chance for me to
step back and assess over
the last three or four years
when I’ve been playing for
England what was it that I
have actually been doing
well, what had contributed
to me not playing well for
England,” he said.
“There were a number of
things. One of them was a
technical thing but a lot of
it was a mindset thing and
I think that was the biggest
lesson I learned.”
Strauss had already had
a brief, successful stint as
England captain, leading
the team to victory over
Pakistan in 2006 when Michael Vaughan and Andrew
Flintoff were injured.
Flintoff returned to lead
England in their 5-0 Ashes
defeat in Australia in 20067. Vaughan took charge
again but struggled with declining form and a serious
knee injury which contributed to his decision to resign the captaincy last year.
Kevin Pietersen’s brief
tenure as national captain
ended in disarray when he
resigned and head coach
Peter Moores was sacked
shortly before the tour of
the Caribbean this year.
Strauss took over at short
notice and, although England lost 1-0 after their batting collapsed in Jamaica,
his form with the bat and
the spirited fashion in which
his side fought back after
the first test defeat meant
he was at last his country’s
first-choice skipper.
“While I was out of the
side the big goal was to get
back in and if I did to make
sure I appreciated it and
enjoyed it,” Strauss said.
“The captaincy thing was
something that looked as
though it had passed me
by. But even at the time
you never knew what was
around the corner. Michael
Vaughan was still captain
but we all knew he didn’t
have a huge amount of time
left.
“He probably went out
sooner than we thought he
would and you always know
that the next captain is chosen on the basis of his own
form, his place in the side
as well as his ability to lead
the team.
“I hadn’t ruled it out completely in my mind but it just
seemed a long way off.”
Now Strauss is a member
of an elite group of captains who have regained
the Ashes. In the absence
of the injured Pietersen,
he has been England’s best
batsman and one of a rare
group whose batting average increases rather than
declines with the added responsibility of leadership.
Determined to avoid the
euphoria which lingered too
long after the 2005 Ashes
win, Strauss and Moores’s
replacement, Zimbabwean
Andy Flower, remain firmly
rooted in reality.
“I think what Andy and I
have tried to do as much as
possible is be honest and so
when we feel disappointed
or let down we’ll let the
players know,” Strauss
said.
“I think we are at where
the rankings say we are, five
in the world in test cricket, below that in one-day
cricket, so there’s a lot of
improvement required.
“I am very happy with the
direction we are going in as
a test side. There’s a lot of
scope for improvement but
the way the guys stood up
to pressure in the Ashes is
very encouraging.”
Ferrari Formula One driver Felipe Massa of Brazil drives a F2007 car during a test at the
team’s Fiorano track October 12, 2009. Massa took his first test drive on Monday after he
fractured his skull at July’s Hungarian Grand Prix.
ROME-- Italy captain Fabio Cannavaro was cleared
of doping on Monday after
failing a drugs test following treatment for an insect
sting, the Italian Olympic
Committee (CONI) said.
“(CONI’s anti-doping
tribunal) has dropped proceedings against Fabio
Cannavaro,
considering
well-founded the prosecutor’s request for them to be
dropped,” read a statement
on CONI’s website (www.
coni.it).
The Juventus defender received emergency cortisone
treatment for a sting on
Aug. 28 and failed a dope
test after a Serie A match
two days later.
The 36-year-old had requested an exemption for
the medication but did not
receive it before he was
tested because of a mix-up
over the documentation.
Cannavaro said on Monday his club had messed up
with the exemption request
but blasted the media for
their handling of the story.
“I’m furious,” Cannavaro
told reporters at the training centre near Florence
where Italy are preparing
for their final 2010 World
Cup qualifier against Cyprus. “My conscience is
clean.
“You get stung by a bee
and then you find yourself
in the newspaper as if you
had been doping. Some
newspapers and television
channels went too far.
“It’s the second time in my
life that I’ve found myself
gratuitously in the newspapers for a story like this.
“I hope this story does not
follow me beyond today.
My career has always been
distinguished by respect for
the rules.”
Cannavaro was famously
videoed inserting a drip
into his arm on the eve of a
3-0 victory over Olympique
Marseille in the 1999 UEFA
Cup final when playing for
Parma.
His lawyer confirmed the
drip contained Neoton, a
drug used in cardiac surgery to protect the heart,
and was not on the World
Anti-Doping Agency’s list
of banned substances.
The defender is expected to
return for Italy against Cyprus in Parma on Wednesday. He missed Saturday’s
2-2 draw with Ireland in
Dublin, which secured the
world champions’s place in
South Africa, through suspension.
ROME-- Ferrari’s Brazilian
driver Felipe Massa said he
felt like his old self when he
got back behind the wheel
of a Formula One car on
Monday for the first time
since his life-threatening
accident at the Hungarian
Grand Prix.
“It went very well. It seems
that what happened in July
hasn’t changed anything,”
he told reporters after driving the 2007 Ferrari race
car in a rain-hit session at
the Fiorano circuit near the
Italian team’s Maranello
headquarters.
“I didn’t manage to do
many laps because of the
rain but everything we’ve
done up to now has been
normal like before. It’s
positive for me and for the
team to see I’m the same as
before.”
Last week Massa, who
fractured his skull after being hit by bouncing debris
during qualifying in Hungary, said he had slight hopes
of racing in the season-ending Abu Dhabi grand prix
on Nov. 1.
But the team made it
clear before Monday’s test
that he would not make his
competitive return until the
start of next season and the
driver has accepted this.
“I didn’t have any vision
problems and today I would
be ready to do, not one
race, but two straight after
each other,” he said.
“Naturally there is a peri-
od of time that must elapse
first for precautionary reasons. But, having been in
the car, I can say that I’m
the same as before the accident.”
He said he now keen to
start work on next year’s
race car so that he and his
soon-to-be team mate Fernando Alonso will have the
raw materials to be able to
bounce back from a difficult season.
“(We can) start preparing
for next year, which won’t
be an easy year because
this one has been hard, and
work to have a good car
and fight for the championship,” he said.
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THE DAILY HERALD, Tuesday, October 13, 2009
LONDON- Britain’s David
Haye expects world heavyweight champion Nikolai
Valuev to be an ugly opponent when they fight for the
WBA title next month, but
the smell also worries him.
Haye, who fights the “Beast
from the East” in Germany
on Nov. 7, was not so much
stirring up a hornets nest at
a trash-talking news conference on Monday as wading in
with a smile and the biggest
stick at his disposal.
The 28-year-old said he
Philadelphia Phillies Ryan Howard hits a two RBI double against the Colorado Rockies in hoped to get under the giant
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Denver, October 12.
into the Nuremberg ring
with real hatred clouding his
vision.
Continued from page 44
“I always fight better when
my opponent’s angry,” said
helped the Rockies mount Utley and shortstop Jimmy Torrealba crushed a boom- Haye, who traded insults
their three-run rally. Dex- Rollins was unable to han- ing two-run double to right- with a ‘look alike’ Valuev in
ter Fowler avoided a force dle the toss at the bag.
center to lift the Rockies hooded robe and Halloween
at second base when he
Jason Giambi tied the into a short-lived 4-2 lead. fright mask before punching
the head off a lifesize cardhurdled over the shoulder game 2-2 with a pinch-hit
board cutout.
of second baseman Chase single to left and Yorvit
“I relish that, I need him to
come out there and throw a
lot of punches. I thrive off
that excitement and that an-
PHILLIES
WASHINGTON-- Washington coach Jim Zorn said
he was “hurting” after the
team’s 20-17 defeat to the
previously winless Carolina
Panthers, the latest side to
break their drought against
the floundering Redskins.
Washington are 2-3 despite playing the easy part
of their schedule. Sunday’s
game against the Kansas
City Chiefs will mark the
team’s sixth consecutive
game against a winless
team.
“I want to win, that’s what
I’m here for,” Zorn told reporters on Monday. “That’s
what the Redskins are all
about. We’ve lost two tough
games. I feel bad and I’m
hurting.
“Our team is as well. These
guys are guys with resolve.
I’m a man of resolve and
we’re going to get back at
it, but it’s less than 24 hours
after the game.”
The Redskins handed the
LONDON-- Ivory Coast forward Salomon Kalou has
signed a new three-year contract with Chelsea.
“I am very pleased Salomon has signed a new contract
with us as he is an important player for this club,” manager Carlo Ancelotti told the Premier League team’s website (www.chelseafc.com) on Monday.
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Detroit Lions their first
victory in nearly two years
(19-14) late last month and
squandered a 15-point lead
against the Panthers on
Sunday.
Washington’s victories
against the St Louis Rams
(9-7) and Tampa Bay Buccaneers (16-13) were against
teams with a collective 0-10
record this season.
The Redskins’ next opponents, the Chiefs, lost to
the Dallas Cowboys 26-20
in overtime on Sunday.
“We are 2-3, the season is
not over,” said Redskins’
running back Rock Cartwright. “We’ve still got 11
games left. We are just going to focus on them one at
a time.
“Kansas City had a tough
battle against Dallas yesterday so those guys are going
to come in here fired up.
We just got to find a way
to execute and continue to
score points.”
The Redskins play the
Chiefs on home turf, where
they have scraped to two
narrow victories over struggling teams.
“Good football teams have
to win at home and on the
road,” said Cartwright.
“We had that opportunity yesterday, but we just
didn’t take advantage of it.
We’ve got to move forward,
we can’t harp on it, and
you can’t cry over spoiled
milk.”
ticipation before a fight,” he
told Reuters.
“I’m going to get him in
a position where he really
wants to not only beat me but
to kill me.
“I know he’s big on hunting,
on shooting bears and pigs
and whatever. I want him to
go out there and treat me
the same way he tries to treat
those animals.”
Haye, who has a 21-1 winning record, will be giving
away 90 pounds in weight
and a foot in height to the
tallest and heaviest champion ever -- and one who has
yet to be floored in a 16 year
professional career with just
one defeat in 52 fights.
Haye, who has previously
called Valuev “the ugliest
thing I have ever seen”, said
there would be nothing pretty about the David v Goliath
battle.
“All you’ve got to do is look
at a picture of the guy and
that speaks volumes. I consider him more of a circus
show freak that happens to
be boxing,” he said.
“He’s an ugly type of fighter,
he tries to lean on you, tries
to brawl and comes out with
a really hairy chest that gets
matted and is disgusting.
“I’ve never been a big fan
of the matted hair in my face.
The size I am, I sort of come
up to his chest and apparently the word around the
campfire is that he doesn’t
smell too sweet,” added the
“Hayemaker”.
“I’ve talked to a few guys
that have been in the ring
with him and they say that’s
the first thing they notice,
just the stench,” he added.
“Hopefully he runs a cold
tap over himself or someone
hoses him down outside before he comes in.”
Haye, a former cruiserweight world champion,
would be Britain’s first heavyweight title holder since Lennox Lewis retired six years
ago and he said he would do
“anything humanly possible”
to succeed.
He recognised it would be
tough, but refused to be intimidated.
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New York Jets during an NFL football game in Miami, Monday, Oct. 12, 2009. Defending are
New York Jets linebacker Calvin Pace and safety Kerry Rhodes. The Dolphins came from
behind to win 31-27.
NEWPORT, Wales-- Captain Corey Pavin will have
no problem if home fans
celebrate missed putts from
his U.S. team at next year’s
Ryder Cup -- as long as they
leave a polite gap before applauding.
Pavin is promising an understated style of captaincy
at next October’s event and
the American would ideally
like a corresponding performance from the crowd.
“Obviously the fans (make it
difficult),” Pavin told Reuters
in an interview on Monday
after playing nine holes of
the Celtic Manor course that
will host next year’s event.
“Eighty percent are going
to be cheering for the home
team and that’s tough.”
He added: “I think it’s OK
to applaud after a proper
pause, whatever that might
be.
“It’s fine to have some applause to show your team’s
just won a hole but you can’t
be disrespectful to the U.S.
players, and vice-versa.”
The slightly built American,
U.S. Open champion in 1995,
cut a quiet, understated figure in Monday’s match and
that is a style crowds will get
used to next year.
“I think I’m not going to be
running around all over the
place and patting players on
the butt,” Pavin said after
the light-hearted match pitting himself and Welsh opera
singer Bryn Terfel against rival skipper Colin Montgomerie and radio presenter Chris
Evans had finished all-square
in glorious weather.
“There might be a player
who needs a word of encouragement here and there but
all these guys are professionals, they know how to play
and to compete and I expect
them to come in here and be
ready to go.
“They know how to deal
with the pressure. I might say
something here and there
but for the most part I’ll be a
quiet captain.”
Pavin was a playing member
of the last U.S. team to win
the Ryder Cup on European
soil, back in 1993. He knows
the quest to repeat that feat
could prove to be frustrating
on a personal level.
“As a player ... I have control,” he said. “As a captain,
I’m at the mercy of my players.”
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THE DAILY HERALD, Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Malta on Wednesday will their reach a few months
secure them a place in the ago.
playoffs for the 2010 finals
Switzerland and Slovakia
that looked way beyond look set to secure the two
remaining automatic European slots while there are
World Cup European qualifying fixtures
also four playoff berths up
for grabs on the final night
Playing on Wednesday (times GMT)
Group One
of qualifying.
Portugal
v Malta, Guimaraes
(1845)
Most of Europe’s big guns
Denmark
v Hungary, Copenhagen
(1845)
are already booking their
Sweden
v Albania, Stockholm
(1845)
Group Two
accommodation in South
Switzerland
v Israel, Basel
(1800)
Africa, though France still
Latvia
v Moldova, Riga
(1800)
have to run the gauntlet of
Greece
v Luxembourg, Athens
(1800)
the now-seeded November
Group Three
Poland
v Slovakia, Chorzow
(1830)
playoffs.
Czech Republic v Northern Ireland, Prague
(1830)
While France, runners up
San Marino
v Slovenia, Serravalle
(1930)
in the 2006 final, are disapGroup Four
pointed to have finished
Germany
v Finland, Hamburg
(1600)
Azerbaijan
v Russia, Baku
(1600)
second behind Serbia, PorLiechtenstein v Wales, Vaduz
(1800)
tugal -- the side they beat in
Group Five
the semi-finals three years
Bosnia
v Spain, Zenica
(1800)
ago -- will be overjoyed
Turkey
v Armenia, Bursa
(1800)
Estonia
v Belgium, Tallinn
(1830)
to join them in the playGroup Six
offs. After starting their
Andorra
v Ukraine, Andorra La Vella (1530)
Group One campaign with
Kazakhstan
v Croatia, Astana
(1530)
England
v Belarus, London
(1900)
a win over Malta they lost
Group Seven
at home to Denmark then
Romania
v Faroe Islands, Piatra Neamt (1800)
produced three successive
Lithuania
v Serbia, Marijampole
(1800)
goalless draws - including
France
v Austria, Paris
(1900)
Group Eight
at home to Albania.
Bulgaria
v Georgia, Sofia
(1800)
In June they were headIreland
v Montenegro, Dublin
(1800)
ing for what would have
Italy
v Cyprus, Parma
(1800)
been another calamitous
1-1 draw in Albania when
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LONDON-- Portugal look
likely to complete a remarkable World Cup recovery
when a home victory over
NETHERLANDS
“We started training hard
with some different methods than they were used
to. At the start, all the guys
were sweating heavily all
over but the beginning and
end test showed everyone
made tremendous progress
in three weeks,” Hiddink
told Dutch TV last year
when Russia were preparing for Euro 2008.
Adapting to local culture
was equally important.
Verbeek sang Australia’s
national anthem live on
television after they qualified for the 2010 World
Cup, while Van Gaal
dressed up in lederhosen
to join in Munich’s annual
Oktoberfest this month.
The Netherlands, where
soccer is the number one
team sport, rose to prominence as a footballing nation in the 1970s, when the
team reached the World
Cup final against West Germany under the leadership
of coach Rinus Michels
and captain Johan Cruyff
in 1974. They won the European Championship in
1988, again led by Michels.
Currently, the Netherlands
are third in the FIFA world
rankings, behind Brazil and
Spain.
The soccer style created
by Michels, dubbed “total
football”, focused on quick
moves and the versatility
of players’ positions on the
field and was epitomised
by Cruyff’s ability to lead a
match.
“Our teams have played in
a different way since then - looking for attacks, being
creative, trying to dominate
the game,” said Remy Reynierse, who teaches coaches
at the Dutch national soccer association (KNVB).
The KNVB also promoted soccer internationally, receiving coaches from
abroad and giving courses
in European and African
countries, Reynierse said.
With a large number of
professional coaches and a
limited number of clubs at
home, many Dutch coaches
went abroad, helped by the
KNVB’s network.
The Dutch soccer style was
popular around the world,
said Frank van Eekeren,
senior advisor at Utrecht
School of Governance. “It
is adventurous, attacking
and fun to watch,” he said.
Dutch coaches paid little
attention to a player’s status, preferring to focus on
team participation, said
Reynierse.
“A Dutch coach sits down
and asks: ‘What do you
think we should do?’ That’s
something players are not
used to abroad. We want to
make everyone involved.”
Not all Dutch coaches
Continued from page 44
abroad have been successful. Poland sacked Leo
Beenhakker last month
after the country failed to
qualify for the World Cup,
while Kazakhstan fired
Arno Pijpers last year.
Belgium, however, turned
to Dutchman Dick Advocaat after failing to qualify
for South Africa, asking
him to start three months
early last month to begin
preparations for the 2012
European Championship.
The status and success of
Dutch players and coaches
abroad, from Cruyff to Rijkaard, from Dennis Bergkamp to Hiddink, continued to convince foreign
teams to hire Dutch talent,
Van Marrewijk said.
“The orange team has a
very big name. Abroad, you
can always start a conversation about Cruyff. Dutch
soccer is well known; it’s
like a brand which sells itself and the trainers.”
Germany’s coach Joachim Loew (R) controls a ball during a soccer training session in Hamburg October 12, 2009. The team will play a World Cup 2010 qualifying match against Finland
in Hamburg on Wednesday.
Bruno Alves popped up
with a winner two minutes
into injury time.
Defeat away to eventual
group winners Denmark
also looked on the cards in
September until Liedson
grabbed an 86th-minute
equaliser for a 1-1 draw
four minutes from time.
The late goals, coming
alongside Sweden and
Hungary dropping points,
somehow prized the door
back open and a 3-0 home
win over Hungary last Saturday combined with Sweden’s late loss to Denmark
completed the unlikely
turnaround.
Now, they again have control of their own destiny.
Even without the injured
Cristiano Ronaldo it would
be unthinkable for Portugal
to fail to beat Malta in Guimares.
If it happened though, a
draw could let in Sweden,
who are at home to Albania, while even Hungary
have an outside chance if
they win in Denmark.
On paper Group three
looks even more congested,
with four teams still chasing
the top two places. In reality, however, Switzerland,
three points clear, should
get the point they need at
home to Israel to secure automatic qualification while
Greece should go into the
playoffs with a home win
over Luxembourg.
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need to thrash Moldova
and pray for an unlikely
Luxembourg success.
Slovenia’s 2-0 win in Slovakia on Saturday ensured
Group Three would go to
the wire, although Slovakia still look well placed to
reach the finals for the first
time.
They are two points clear
of Slovenia and visit Poland,
who are now out of the running. Slovenia should win
at San Marino, which will
secure a playoff berth and
would send them through
automatically if Slovakia
fail to win.
Czech Republic must beat
Northern Ireland and hope
for San Marino to claim an
unlikely draw.
Ukraine’s 1-0 win over already-qualified England on
Saturday leapfrogged them
above Croatia in Group Six
and another win in Andorra
will secure second place.
Croatia, a point behind
with an inferior goal difference, must win at Kazakhstan to have any chance.
The playoff berths go to
the best eight runners-up
from the nine European
groups. Norway, second
in the five-team Group
Six, look to be the ones to
miss out - though there is
a mathematical chance of
them making it if Group
One produces a highly unlikely trio of results.
PARIS-- Former classics specialist Frank Vandenbroucke
of Belgium has died at the age of 34, a source close to the
rider’s family told Reuters on Monday.
“It is very sad news,” said the source who declined to be
identified.
Belgian media reported that Vandenbroucke, at one
stage considered to be one of his country’s greatest cycling hopes, was found dead in a hotel room in Senegal.
The nephew of former Belgian great Jean-Luc Vandenbroucke, he started his professional career in 1994 and
rode for the Lotto, Mapei, Cofidis and Lampre teams.
Frank triumphed in the Paris-Nice stage race in 1998 and
1999, claimed the Liege-Bastogne-Liege classic and won
two stages of the Tour of Spain.
However, his career was then derailed and he was
dropped by the Mitsubishi-Jartazi team after his name
appeared in a drugs-related investigation.
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THE DAILY HERALD, Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Netherlands’ fans smile during the Group C Euro 2008 soccer match against France at the
Stade de Suisse stadium in Bern in this June 13, 2008 file photo. The Netherlands, where
soccer is the number one team sport, rose to prominence as a footballing nation in the 1970s,
when the team reached the World Cup final against West Germany under the leadership of
coach Rinus Michels and captain Johan Cruyff in 1974. They won the European Championship
in 1988, again led by Michels. Currently, the Netherlands are third in the FIFA world rankings,
behind Brazil and Spain.
AMSTERDAM-Blunt
manners, a willingness to
adapt to local surroundings
and the love of adventurous, attacking soccer make
Dutch coaches favourites
around the world.
The qualifying tournament
for next year’s World Cup
has seen five Dutch coaches
in action. Two -- Australia’s
Pim Verbeek and Bert van
Marwijk back home in the
Netherlands -- have already
helped their teams to secure places in the finals.
DENVER-- The Philadelphia Phillies answered a
three-run Rockies rally in
the eighth inning with three
runs in the ninth for a 5-4
win over Colorado on Monday that sent them to the
National League Championship Series.
The final-inning burst gave
the World Series champions a 3-1 triumph in the
best-of-five division series
and put them into a league
championship showdown
against the Los Angeles
Dodgers.
The best-of-seven NLCS
series begins Thursday in
Guus Hiddink has taken
Russia to the European
playoffs for a place in South
Africa while Erwin Koeman’s Hungary and Mart
Nooij’s Mozambique are
coming to accept that they
will not make it to the 32team finals.
At least five more Dutch
coaches are training clubs
abroad, including Louis van
Gaal at Germany’s Bayern
Munich, Frank Rijkaard
at Turkey’s Galatasaray
and Arie Haan at China’s
Los Angeles, followed the
next day by the start of the
American League Championship Series between the
Yankees and Los Angeles
Angels in New York.
The winners will meet in
the World Series.
A two-out, two-run double
by Ryan Howard off Colorado closer Huston Street
tied the game 4-4 in the
ninth and Jayson Werth
poked a soft single to center to put the Phillies in
front for good.
An unusual error in the
bottom of the eighth
Continued on page 42
Chongqing as the country of 16.5 million makes
its presence felt on soccer
pitches around the world.
A Dutch tendency to be
outspoken and direct was
one of the traits valued by
clubs and national teams,
said Alfons van Marrewijk,
professor in business anthropology at VU University Amsterdam.
“This bluntness is normally almost seen as offensive but in this context it is
perceived as honesty which
is appreciated. It allows a
coach to tell a player he is
not performing well.
“There is a sensibility to
learn the language and
adapt quickly to the morals
of a country. Then they will
introduce a different way
of playing,” Van Marrewijk
told Reuters.
Hiddink, who led South
Korea to the 2002 World
Cup semi-finals, changed
the way he selected players for the team, choosing
quality instead of group or
school background.
He has been Russia’s
coach since 2006 and is
known as ‘Tsar Hiddink’ in
the country, which reached
the European Championship semi-finals last year.
Continued on page 43
NEW YORK-- New York
Giants quarterback Eli Manning’s sore left heel is improving and he cannot wait
to go back to New Orleans to
take on the Saints this weekend, he said on Monday.
The 5-0 Giants play the 4-0
Saints on Sunday in the Superdome, a few miles from
where Manning grew up
and where his father Archie
played quarterback for the
NFL team.
“It is always fun to go to
your hometown and play a
game especially since I was a
Saints fan growing up,” Manning told reporters.
“I am excited about the opportunity to go in there and
get to play in the Superdo-
me (for the first time). The
Saints are playing extremely
well this year ... it should be a
great atmosphere.”
Manning was unsure if he
would take the field for last
Sunday’s game against Oakland but he played most of
the first half in the 44-7 rout
of the Raiders.
After completing 8-of-10
passes including two touchdown
throws,
Manning
watched the rest of the game
from the sidelines.
“It feels good. I am able to
move around and I didn’t
have a setback,” he said. “It
felt like it is getting better every day.”
Manning is optimistic about
getting in a full week of prac-
tice ahead of the game at the
Superdome where his father
also did TV commentary of
Saints games.
“He was announcing games
when I was growing up so (I
have) a lot of fond memories
going to Saints games with
my brothers,” he said.
“A place where you grew up
a Saints fan, you’ve been into
the stadium so many times
and to get to play there is
something you look forward
to.
“Their defense is playing
outstanding. Their offense is
very explosive, they score a
lot of points. It is a big game
and they are playing very well
this year,” added Manning.
British Virgin Islands, batting, faced St. Maarten in the NAGICO Leeward Islands one-day
tournament at the Caribe Lumber Ballpark, yesterday. St. Maarten won by 134 runs.
CUL-DE-SAC--Local master batsman John Eugene
spanked a sparkling century against British Virgin
Islands (BVI) to help St.
Maarten win by a massive
134 in their first match in
the NAGICO Leeward Islands one-day tournament
at the Caribe Lumber Ballpark, yesterday.
St. Maarten batted first
and posted 269 all out in
48 overs to which the visitors responded with 135 all
out in 32.3 overs. The losers, who their coach Charlie Jackson labelled as a
batting team two days ago,
scored only half the runs
required for victory.
Eugene strode to the
crease with his team in a
spot of bother at 28 for
three in the fifth over.
Sherwin Peters was given
out lbw off the first ball of
the match, Romain Doodnauth (14) hit a ball low
to the cover fielder (18 for
2) and then Moreland Le
Blanc (4) failed to execute
a proper pull shot and was
caught by the bowler with
the score on 28 for three.
Nevertheless, Eugene adjusted himself well to the
conditions and the match
situation to later punish the
BVI bowlers much to the
delight of the partisan fans.
Even when Royston Trocard drove loosely to be
caught at first slip for eight
(51 for 4) and Anil Persaud (17) gave the first slip
fielder catching practice
(88 for 5), Eugene stood
resolute. At this stage, the
home team sank into further trouble until Kenroy
David with a determined 26
and captain Lionel Ritchie
a busy 48 joined Eugene for
partnerships of 68 and 81
respectively.
During these partnerships,
the centurion drove, cut
and pulled exquisitely to
register 10 fours and three
sixes in his 104-ball innings.
He became the first player
to score a century in the
Leeward Islands tournament.
Ritchie’s inning shepherded the lower order batsmen
after the dismissal of Eu
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