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VOL 16 NO. 272
Tuesday, April 10, 2007
U.S. 50 CENTS / NAf. 1.-- / EC$ 1.25
~ Will have one loan of US $78M ~
PHILIPSBURG--The
TelEm
Group of Companies intends
to consolidate its outstanding
loans in one loan of US $78 million, Telecommunications Commissioner Franklin Meyers told
last Wednesday’s Island Council
meeting.
He said that information had
been given to members of the
Executive Council in a meeting
with representatives of the TelEm
group last week.
During that meeting the Island
This Hyundai SUV was reportedly being driven towards Oyster Pond on Saturday around 4:30pm when the
driver lost control of the steering wheel and landed in a ditch on the roadside, causing the vehicle to overturn.
Unconfirmed reports are that at least three persons inside the vehicle were taken to St. Maarten Medical Center with injuries. Photo by John Halley.
PHILIPSBURG--Police
were
kept busy during the Easter
Weekend with more than twenty
reported thefts, five cases of destruction of property and three
cases of mistreatment.
One case ended with a police
chase and the firing of several
warning shots as suspected members of a Cul de Sac gang were
apprehended following a clash
with a gang from Sucker Garden on Saturday, April 8, around
10:45am.
Police spokesman Inspector
Ricardo Henson said a large
contingent of patrol officers and
detectives had been dispatched to
Rainbow Grocery in Sucker Garden where they were told that at
least two gunshots had been fired
Continued on page 1
~ MPC called ‘murder people children’ ~
PHILIPSBURG--The rowdy behaviour of some local high school
students is featured on the World
Wide Web on You Tube, the same
Website that generated some controversy late last month by featuring a video clip made at Bon Futuro Prison in Curaçao.
Fights among students at several
local secondary students have
been uploaded to You Tube.com.
In one of the postings, the abbreviation for Milton Peters College
(MPC) was referred to as “Mur-
IN BRIEF
• Philipsburg
DRIVER
BEATEN
A local female motorist was attacked and beaten by bandits who
hijacked her car, leaving her bruised
and alone on Welgelegen Road near
Builders Paradise around 2:30am Friday. Page 3.
• Anguilla
ARTEFACTS
FOUND
Archaeological digs carried out by
a team of 11 archaeologists at Rendezvous Bay have revealed that there
was a large Amerindian village in
the area between 400 and 1400AD.
Page 15.
CUL DE SAC--Thieves were on They stole computers and other
the rampage at the academic sec- electronic equipment valued at
tion of St. Maarten Academy be- thousands of dollars and school
tween Holy Thursday and Good officials believe the burglary
Friday evening.
most probably was carried out on
Good Friday. They explained that
students had been on the premises up to late Thursday preparing
for the Caribbean Examinations
Council (CXC) exams.
The break-in was discovered
Continued on page 1
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Necklaces,
earrings, bracelets,
hairclips and more . .
Motorists using the partially completed W.J.A. Nisbeth Road roundabout
will be faced with a change in the
traffic situation tonight. Page 3.
next to Domino’s Pizza Simpson Bay
TRAFFIC
CHANGES
Council discussed the decision
for TelEm to pay $1.2 million for
the construction of a stage at the
Festival Centre.
Meyers also told the Island
Council meeting that no employees would be laid off after elections and that TelCell was doing
really well.
The commercial contract between TelEm and the Festival
Village will include a 14 by 1.75
metre advertising spot above the
Continued on page 1
JUST RECEIVED
More handpainted
Easter Eggs.
MO - FR: 10AM - 10PM
SAT: 10AM - 5PM
3 Palm Plaza Tel: 544-4407
der People Children.”
The most recent fight was uploaded on Sunday, April 1, with
the headline “St. Maarten girls
fighting over man.” It features a
fight among mostly female students dressed in St. Maarten
Academy and Milton Peters College (MPC) uniforms. The fight
appears to have taken place outside the Academy PSVE campus.
Continued on page 1
Editorial
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THE DAILY HERALD, Tuesday, April 10, 2007
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WEATHER
Today: Partly cloudy, with no significant precipitation.
Winds: East-Southeasterly, 8-16mph.
Sea conditions: Moderate chop.
Wind force: 3-4.
Seas: 3-5 feet.
Forecast high: 30°C 86°F
Forecast low: 24°C 75°F
SYNOPSIS: A weak frontal system has moved East to the Windward
Passage and continues to drift East and gradually dissipate. High pressure across the central Bahamas continues to extend East, providing our
region with a gentle to moderate trade wind flow during this forecast
period. Mariners should expect winds of 15 knots or less and seas of 5
feet or less across the regional waters.
SPECIAL FEATURES: None.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK: None.
VOLCANIC ACTIVITY: None.
The announcement that there will be no layoffs at the TelEm
Group of Companies is no doubt welcome among the employees.
The labour union SMCU has a point, though, when it questions
promises that are not made in black-on-white.
After all, it is well-known that when it comes to landlines, the
Island Government-owned company has been getting some stiff
competition from Internet long distance telephone providers as
well as wireless services. Under the circumstances, the decision to
invest US $1.2 million in the stage at Festival Village raises questions, to say the least.
One of those questions is why it is suddenly so important to merge
the different companies in the TelEm Group, when less than a
decade ago it was decided to spilt them up. One of the objectives
of such a reorganisation is usually to streamline and/or downsize,
but as it has been stated that there will be no layoffs, that is obviously not the case here.
Then there is the new building on Pondfill, not too long after Smitcoms opened a brand new building Over the Bank. What happens
to the other buildings owned by the TelEm Group is not clear,
however.
Of course, the fact that TelEm is government-owned and has a
monopoly when it comes to landlines should not stop the company from operating on a commercial basis in the highly competitive telecommunications market, and aggressive advertising
is certainly part of that. If the return on investment on the stage
indeed proves to be 64 per cent, one could argue it’s a good deal,
but that’s not necessarily the view among employees uncertain of
their future and subscribers grappling with continued problems
regarding price and service.
There is no reason to doubt that TelEm’s shareholders, board of
directors and management know what they are doing. Considering that the company’s loans apparently total US $78 million,
however, a reasonable measure of prudence when it comes to incurring more cost would seem called for.
Outlook until Wednesday midday: Mainly partly cloudy.
Rainfall probability: Less than 20 per cent.
Rainfall potential: No significant amount.
CORRECTION
Thursday’s editorial wrongly mentioned that GEBE is owned by the Central Government. It was transferred to the Windward Islands last year. The
transfer of Winair is still pending. Our apologies for the oversight.
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at 7:30pm
SERVICE CLUBS
ROTARY meeting at Divi Little Bay Beach
Resort, every Wednesday at 12:30 p.m.
Rotary Mid Isle meets every Tuesday
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Islander Club, Maho Plaza.
LIONS meeting at the Upper Princess
Quarter Community Centre Lions Den in
Sucker Garden every 1st and 3rd Tuesday
of the month at 8 p.m.
ST.MAARTEN LEO CLUB meeting at
Jubilee Library 1st, 3rd Friday every month
at 6:30 p.m.
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Thursday each month at 7.30pm. Kiwanis
Key Club of the St. Maarten Academy
Agenda St. Maarten / St. Martin
meeting at the St. Maarten Academy every
Friday at 1.30 p.m.
KIWANIS SOUALIGA 1st & 3rd Monday 7:
00pm Holland House
JCI St. Maarten (JAYCEES) meeting at
the UTS Training and Development Center
every last Thursday of the month.
PHILIPSBURG TOASTMASTERS CLUB
bi-monthly sessions every first and third
Thursday of every month at the Library
conference room at 8:00 p.m.
STMARTIN MUSEUM
Frontstreet 7, Philipsburg, tel 542-4917
Opening hours from March 1st:
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Saturday: 10 a.m. - 12 noon
Sundays: closed.
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Road. Saturday and Sunday at Mullet Bay
beach next to restaurant 8.30-9:30am. Tel.
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AIDS COORDINATOR Shanna van Eer
tel 5422079 Health Department, e-mail:
healthaf@sintmaarten.net.
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Open: Mo: 4-6.30, Tu: 9-12.30/4-9, We/
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Tel-Cell). Monday - Friday 9am-5pm. Tel:
542-7940, Fax: 542-7941.
E-mail: womensdesk@sintmaarten.net
SAFE HAVEN, providing shelter and support
to victims of family violence. POB 636;
Hotline: 9333; Office 9277; Fax: 9368
CUSTOMS
DEPARTMENT,
E.C.
Richardson street 11-b; Tel. 542-1000/5421008; Fax: 542-1001
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Fax: (00590) 879625. E-mail: Stanislas.
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Free advise on personal legal issues.
Administration Building, tel. 5422337
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Marigot at 7.30 p.m.
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THE DAILY HERALD, Tuesday, April 10, 2007
PHILIPSBURG--A local
female motorist was attacked and beaten by bandits who hijacked her car,
leaving her bruised and
alone on Welgelegen Road
near Builders Paradise
around 2:30am Friday.
Police spokesman Inspector Ricardo Henson gave
details of the incident as it
had been recalled by the
victim B.D.H., saying there
had been at least three ban-
dits on two scooters who
orchestrated the violent hijacking.
The victim reportedly
was travelling along A.J.C.
Brouwer Road when she
was suddenly confronted
with two scooters blocking
her path. In a bid to escape
she turned off A.J.C. Brouwer Road, drove through
Cay Hill and onto Welgelegen Road, headed again towards A.J.C. Brouwer Road
PHILIPSBURG--Commissioner Sarah Wescot-Williams was not in the Government
Administration
Building when a tearful Joan
Verwoord, proprietor of Ms.
B’s Island Spot, issued a call
to her to come out and talk
on Friday, March 29.
Wescot-Williams said
Wednesday that if she was in
the building she would have
invited Verwoord, who believes government is not doing enough to protect local
businesses and the beaches,
to come in the building and
air her grievances.
“What was I to do? Join in
something against a govern-
ment that I represent,” she
questioned. “It is clear that
there were different agendas
being served in front of the
government building at that
particular time.”
The commissioner added
that despite who calls on her,
she would not be the one to
go and “ridicule a constituent of mine.”
Asked if she prescribed to
the claim that government
does not protect local entrepreneurs, Wescot-Williams
said that government has
been dragged to court for
allowing entrepreneurs like
Verwoord to operate on the
beaches.
near Builders Paradise, but
the bandits were ahead of
her and again blocked her
path.
It was not stated whether
she had been able to identify the suspects or if she
knew any of them, but police said she had decided
to stop her car rather than
take the chance of injuring
one of the attackers,.
Once the car came to a
stop, a passenger on one of
the scooters and rushed to
the driver’s side door of the
victim’s car, opened the unlocked door, pulled her out
and proceeded to beat her
severely.
According to police,
B.D.H. suffered a swollen right eye and several
bruises about her body as a
result of the beating. Once
the hijacker was done beating her he took her car and
personal belongings and
drove away, leaving her on
the roadside.
She later made her way
to the Philipsburg police
station where she filed her
complaint. Police are investigating the matter, searching for the stolen vehicle
and the persons who committed the robbery.
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Two-way traffic on the section of the new roundabout, as seen in photo, will become a thing
of the past when the other section is opened tonight.
PHILIPSBURG--Motorists using the partially completed W.J.A. Nisbeth Road
roundabout will be faced
with a change in the traffic situation tonight. Twoway traffic on the finished
half of the roundabout will
cease at 9:00pm as the other half is opened.
Motorists coming from
Sucker Garden and Pointe
Blanche will continue passing the roundabout on the
right. Traffic approaching
the roundabout from the
West will use the newly
completed section of the
roundabout close to the
Government Administration Building.
Head of New Projects Development and Planning
Kurt Ruan urged motorists to take care when approaching the roundabout
and to pay keen attention
to the traffic changes.
D.A. Peterson Street and
Soualiga Road will remain
closed for the next week
to facilitate repaving and
upgrading works. Work on
the roundabout will also
continue and should be
completed in time for the
Carnival festivities scheduled to start on Saturday,
April 21.
Trees were planted along
Soualiga Road over the
weekend with project initiator Commissioner Theo
Heyliger on the scene to
oversee the work.
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old ambulance became too worn and shredded. This resulted in the motorcycle rider being
taken from the scene of the accident on Cannegieter Street to the Medical Centre via a
private vehicle. Meanwhile a brand new ambulance sitting in the parking lot on the Walter
Nisbeth Road near the Social Insurance Bank SVB, where the ambulance attendants are
housed, awaiting licence plates and inspection. It is said to be similar to other ambulances
used in the past, except that this one has a standing oxygen tank and an extra seat for a
single person accompanying an injured party.
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THE DAILY HERALD, Tuesday, April 10, 2007
This vehicle was confiscated by police on Saturday following a clash between a group of
men from Sucker Garden and members of what police say was a Cul de Sac gang of bandits. Three machetes were found in the vehicle, which was intercepted near Yuppie gas station in Sucker Garden. According to police, the bandits were on their way to the Hungry’s
Towing yard to recover another car they had used during a fight in Sucker Garden earlier
on Saturday. Photo by John Halley.
THEFTS, FIGHTS
during a clash between two
groups of men.
On arrival, detectives
learnt that a group of bandits from the Cul de Sac
area had driven to Sucker
Garden in a gold-coloured
car and had started battling with another group of
young men who were playing dominos under a tree in
the area of the grocery.
Henson said no one had
been injured by the gunshots and detectives had
learnt that once the shots
were fired the group from
Cul de Sac had fled the
scene on foot, leaving their
vehicle behind. Detectives
were able to recover two
spent cartridges from what
they believe to be a flare
gun. They also confiscated
the gold-coloured car.
However, while collecting
information at the scene of
the crime in Sucker Garden, police were called to
the storage yard of Hungry’s Towing, the company
that had towed away the
gold-coloured car only mo-
ments before.
Reports indicate that the
bandits had learnt where
the gold-coloured car was
being stored and had gone
to the towing company’s
yard, driving this time in a
blue SUV, with intent to reclaim the car that had been
confiscated by detectives
for the purpose of their investigation.
As police and detectives
headed towards the towing
company’s storage yard in
several police vehicles, they
met and surrounded the
blue SUV. One of the suspects, T.C. who is believed
to be the main suspect behind the Sucker Garden/
Cul de Sac clash, exited the
car once it was surrounded,
and fled on foot, leaving his
fellow gang members S.C.,
D.W., S.A., J.A. and L.A.
behind. They were immediately detained by police
and taken to the Philipsburg police station.
Several other police officers and detectives chased
T.C. on foot and during
Continued from page 1.
that chase several warning
shots were fired in the air,
none of which the suspect
heeded.
Police eventually managed
to apprehend him and took
him to the Philipsburg police station.
The police found three
machetes during a search
of the blue SUV, and the
vehicle and the machetes
were confiscated pending
further investigations. After questioning, T.C., S.C.
and L.A. were kept in custody for further investigation, while the others were
released.
Henson said the police officers had reported that residents in the Sucker Garden
area had been very cooperative, had allowed them
to do their jobs without interruption and had offered
information regarding the
incident.
This cooperation is something the police appreciate
very much and continue to
look for from the community, Henson said.
PHILIPSBURG--The
tourist Product of St.
Maarten can be improved and the wealth of
the island could be more
equitably distributed, according to Charles Lindo
candidate number 19 on
the People’s Progressive
Alliance (PPA) list. He
also believes that sports
is a proven method of involving young people in
the development of St.
Maarten.
Lindo, who has a MBA
degree in Business and
Hospitality
Administration, feels that the
tourism industry on St.
Maarten is not all what
it is drafted up to be. “As
one of the main tourist
destinations in the Caribbean, we are not getting our fair share of the
tourism pie. We should
be attracting more ‘high
end’ tourists with more
spending power,” Lindo
said.
He continued stating:
It’s not productive that
we are comfortable with
what we have and show
little interest in finding
that niche that would attract more affluent visitors to our island.”
He believes as well
that government must
see to it that there are
more locals working in
the top positions in local
hotels. Lindo who in addition has a BA degree
in Hotel & Restaurant
Institutional Management and an AS degree
in Food and Beverage
Management feels that
Charles Lindo
due to the fact that St.
Maarten’s main source
of income is the hospitality industry, the island
should be more hospitable.
“Service is not being
rendered as in the days
I started in the business
as a Front Office Agent
at Pelican Beach Resort
in Simpson Bay.” Lindo
YOU TUBE
Another video uploaded
in November 2006 shows a
fight on the MPC premises.
The video clip is entitled
“MPC girl fight” and mentions the names of two students: one girl in uniform
walks up to another girl
(out of uniform) who was
sitting on a bench outside
the school and starts arguing. A fight erupts.
Another video also uploaded in November 2006 shows
a student in MPC uniform
approaching a Sundial
School student (both girls)
on the street. They start arguing. The MPC student is
shown pointing her hands
in the face of the Sundial
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said too that the St.
Maarten people should
be more service-conscious and remember
the golden rule in the
service industry: “The
guest is always right.”
Lindo strongly believes
in sports as a vehicle to
involve young people in
organised activities. “I
have spent a lot of time
introducing young people to sports because it’s
a great way to a healthy
body and a very productive mind, and teaches
discipline and shapes
them in becoming great
future leaders. There are
too many brilliant young
minds in our community
who are going nowhere
and few are trying to
help,” he said.
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student as if instigating
a fight. She subsequently
deals the Sundial student
several blows before the
Sundial student walks away
without lifting a finger.
Fighting at local schools
has been a big problem in
recent years and is something that several schools
have been trying to tackle.
Some of the fights have
been violent and have landed several students in the
hospital.
It is believed that the clips
on You Tube must have
been taken by other students who witnessed the
fights and used the cameras
of their cellular phones.
Islands
THE DAILY HERALD, Tuesday, April 10, 2007
Commissioner Theo Heyliger douses the highest point of the festival centre with champagne.
Also in photo are head of New Projects Development and Planning Kurt Ruan and Peter
Paul Vries of Koop St. Maarten N.V. Building Division.
~ Open house on Saturday ~
POND ISLAND--The highest point of St. Maarten
Festival Village, the top of
the stage, was reached on
Saturday. To mark this construction milestone, Commissioner Theo Heyliger,
aided by a lift, doused the
frame with champagne.
The village will open one
week ahead of schedule
with an open house on Saturday, April 14. Heyliger,
who initiated the project,
said the construction is
moving ahead of schedule,
allowing for the opening to
the public to take place, before the start of carnival on
Saturday, April 21.
The open house idea was
conceived as a way for the
public to get a look at how
what was the Carnival Village, an open area with
makeshift booths around
the perimeter, has been
transformed into a large
open space with some 68
permanent booths.
The booths have all the
utility connections and
were built about three and
a half feet from the ground
to safeguard against flooding.
The stage is twice the size
of the old stage and has
six dressing rooms for performers to change and is accessible via a back entrance
for equipment and other
materials to be loaded on
or off.
At the entrance, there
are three ticket booths and
turnstiles to keep count of
the number of people in the
festival village which has
the capacity for more than
12,000 people.
The premises have been
checked out and approved
by the Fire Department,
according to Heyliger. “A
lot of thought and planning
went into this project and
we involved the Fire Department every step of the
way.”
Commenting on the stage
deal with St. Maarten Telephone Company TelEm,
Heyliger said only the company has exclusive rights to
the stage. The rest of the
village is open to all sponsors. However, if a sponsor
wants to advertise on the
stage, this would have to be
negotiated with TelEm and
royalties would have to be
paid to the telephone company.
He said it was important
to give the local telephone
company exposure in the
festival village, especially
because of the investment
in the underwater cable
that was pulled in recently.
With the capabilities of this
cable, the village is already
wired to transmit live concerts and events via television and internet.
PHILIPSBURG--All Sundial School third formers
will learn about the world of
work when they temporarily
enter the job market for the
school’s annual Work Experience Programme (WEP)
May 7-25.
Students will be graded.
The three-week programme
is important, as it will determine whether students move
on to the fourth form, General WEP Coordinator Seon
France said Friday.
France said many businesses and other schools were
partners in the programme
and would help to expose the
students to their respective
fields and provide them with
hands-on training.
The Work Experience Programme also prepares students for the job market.
France said students of the
basic health sector would be
working at various healthrelated institutions such as
St. Maarten Medical Center (SMMC), St. Martin’s
Home, pharmacies and clinics around the island. During the three weeks students
are expected to learn about
working in the health care industry and about the responsibilities involved in patient
care.
Students of the cosmetology
sector will work at several
salons and spas. They are expected to learn about facials,
makeup application, massage, and nail and hair care,
among other things.
Some students will also
be placed at elementary
schools.
All students who complete
the programme will be evalu-
ated. They will also have to
compile reports on their experiences, detail what they
learnt during the programme
and explain the response of
clients and their colleagues.
When they enter the fourth
form the students will be sent
on additional work study
programmes to sharpen their
skills even further.
The school will hold a mandatory information evening
for parents and guardians at
the school on Thursday, May
TELEM
stage and exclusive provider
rights for providing video.
The contract will be for 20
years and TelEm will provide pay phones and prepaid phones for the booths
at the Festival Centre.
Payment of the $1.2 million, according to the financial agreement between
TelEm and Koop N.V. for
the construction of the
stage, will take place in six
annual payments. The first
payment of $250,144 took
place in January 2007 while
the last payment will be in
January 2012.
The decision to honour the
idea of TelEm investing in
the stage is based on commercial opportunity for the
company, the development
of capital and the development of the local cultural
industry.
The venture will provide
TelEm with the opportunity
to provide company awareness with advertising space,
live feed by means of camera matrix setup, to develop
5
3, at 7:00pm. Parents and
guardians will be enlightened about the programme
and how it will benefit their
children. Parents are asked
to make a concerted effort to
attend.
France thanked the businesses that supported the
project, as it would go a long
way in moulding students as
they prepare to leave their
secondary education and enter the job market.
Continued from page 1.
Internet protocol and television possibilities, mobile
possibilities for streaming,
live audio feed via telephony/internet
protocol
to radio stations and other
media providers, rights of
prepaid landlines for the
booths in the Festival Centre and five to 10 pay-phone
booths for visitors.
The overall financial input will only grant TelEm
access to the facilities. The
company will still have to
perform and develop the
marketing possibilities for
its product lines.
Economic Affairs Commissioner Theo Heyliger
said return on investment
was calculated at 64 per
cent, based on experience
the company has had with
hosting shows in the past.
“We will be able to host
shows throughout the year
and will attract residents
from the region. It’s up to
the company to market its
products,” Heyliger said.
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Rotary Club of St. Maarten recently celebrated its 35th anniversary with a gala evening
at Sonesta Maho Beach Resort and Casino. Evening highlights included the induction
of new member Isa de Luca and presentation to recipients of the prestigious Paul Harris
Fellowship Award for outstanding service to the community. Awardees were First Lady
Angela Richards, for her work with the Special Olympics, and Coach Les Brown. Both
were praised for their continued support and dedication to the youth of the island. The
evening ended with a satirical celebration and synopsis of the past 35 years from the only
remaining charter member Richard Gibson. In photo: Rotarians Bonita Hart and Liesa
Euton with awardees Angela Richards and Les Brown.
MARIGOT--Lonely hearts
who have not had any luck
with on-line dating agencies may well meet their
life partner or soul mate in
person at an event specifically organised for singles
to be held on April 28 in
the Columbus Room of Le
Flamboyant Hotel in Baie
Nettle.
The event, open to male
and female singles on both
sides of the island, is being
organised for the first time
by Rose Kerline Messeroux, owner of Les Petites
is exactly that, a chance to
strike up conversations over
drinks in a relaxed and convivial atmosphere. A modelling and dance show has
also been organised for the
evening, as well as a grand
buffet. There will also be
two MCs and a well known
DJ performing.
Sponsors of the event are
HE Corporation, Players
Kerline Messeroux
Club, Felicien Maccow,
Bombes lingerie store in Eric, Billy Dee and Alaska
Marigot.
Water, Kali Foods, Phil Car
The social evening is Rental, Chez Coco, La Mainamed “Sip and Chat” and son Creole, Adult Toy Box,
J&B, White Label, Black
Label, and Baileys.
The evening begins at
8:30pm. Entry fee is 15 euros or US $18. The price for
the buffet is also 15 euros
or $18. More information
from Kerline Messeroux
Tel. (0690) 88.92.11
THE DAILY HERALD, Tuesday, April 10, 2007
SUCKER
GARDEN-Members of Animals R
Friends Foundation were
called by residents of Sucker Garden on Saturday,
April 7, informing them that
somebody had mistreated a
dog with a machete.
The dog was rushed to a
veterinarian, who operated
immediately.
Residents of the Sucker
Garden area had told Animals R. Friends they had
to put their dogs inside or
on a chain at night to protect them, because more of
these cruel acts seem to be
happening in this area.
Animals R Friends Foundation is very worried about
cruelty to animals, Foundation President Monique
Hofman stated in a press
release issued on Monday.
“It is proven that there is
a link between violence towards animals and violence
towards humans. Violence
against animals almost al-
PHILIPSBURG--Police
are searching for at least
two persons who were spotted by an off-duty police officer driving two suspected
stolen vehicles along L.B.
Scott Road on Friday, April
6, around 6:45pm.
Police spokesman Inspector Ricardo Henson told reporters on Monday that an
off-duty police officer had
phoned in to the police central dispatch and reported
that he had just been overtaken by two motorists driving a gold-coloured Mazda
323 with French licence
plate and a blue Toyota Corolla without licence plate.
The officer reported that
both vehicles were travel-
The wounded dog
ways leads to violence towards people,” Hofman
stated.
“Animals R Friends, together with the Prosecutor’s
Office, will do anything
to bring the person who
abused this dog to justice.”
according to Hofman. “We
hope that Government will
now realise that we do need
an Ordinance for the Pro-
tection of Animals.”
Animals R Friends is asking residents to contact it if
they know anything about
the person or persons who
mistreated the dog. One
can contact Animals R
Friends at 556-1191 or 5563688 or by e-mail at
ARF_SXM@yahoo.com .
Tips will be handled confidentially.
ling at very high speed towards Bush Road from the
St. Peters area. Henson said
a team of police officers
and detectives had been
alerted of the situation and
sent towards the Bush Road
area where they found the
gold-coloured Mazda 323
with French licence plate
217ZAP971 abandoned.
The vehicle was confiscated pending further investigation and later during the
night a female resident of
the French side reported to
police in Dutch St. Maarten
that her car, a Mazda 323
with French licence plate
217ZAP971, had been
stolen from her home in
French St. Martin earlier in
the day.
Police said the vehicle had
been returned to the complainant when she showed
proof of ownership. No arrests have been made and
the suspects are still being
sought.
WILLEMSTAD--The Dominicano hotel association
“Asonahores”
announced
that the US airline American
Eagle is going to fly to Aruba
and Curaçao from the Dominican Republic.
The Dominican Republic
does not have a national airline company of its own anymore. Government therefore
allows foreign airlines to operate from the country.
The hotel body applauds
the plans of American Eagle
to expand. The Dominicano
authorities have to specifically give permission to fly on
new routes though.
American Eagle will also
start flying to Port-au-Prince,
the capital of Haiti, from
Santo Domingo. When these
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THE DAILY HERALD, Tuesday, April 10, 2007
ACADEMY ROBBED
Leader of the Democratic Party Sarah Wescot-Williams celebrated her birthday at the
Emilio Wilson Park on Easter Sunday. A large crowd gathered at the park where there
was free food and drinks for everybody. The celebrations started at 1:00pm and lasted till
6:00pm. A large birthday cake was brought up to the podium and Wescot-Williams cut her
birthday cake in front of the whole crowd.
PHILIPSBURG--St.
Maarten Communications
Union (SMCU) President
Ludson Evers says the promises being made by government regarding the reorganisation of the TelEm Group
of Companies sound like an
election gimmick since everyone is steering clear of
committing to his promises
in black and white.
The union was referring to
statements made by Telecommunications Commissioner
Franklin Meyers during last
Thursday’s Island Council
meeting that none of the
company’s employees would
be sent home before or after
the elections.
“We have heard this before
and we still don’t believe it,”
Evers and SMCU Secretary
Ruth York said in a press release.
“The Commissioner of
Tourism also stated that
government would continue stretching out its hand
for TelEm, but these words
sound only like the type of
promises that normally come
from Government.
“If no one is going home,
why is the structure not presented to SMCU as requested?” the union questioned.
“Why is it a problem to start
negotiations of the Social
Plan for the transfer of the
employees from the TelEm
Group and SMITCOMS to
the Operating Company?
Why is it a problem for the
Negotiation Team of the
TelEm Group of Companies
and SMITCOMS to put all
functions back in the CLA?
“Why is it a problem to make
changes in the CLA regarding Collective dismissal?
Why is Government not instructing the Board of Directors to direct Management to
sign the CLA/Social Plan for
the employees? Why is the
Commissioner of Finance
and Leader of Government
(Sarah Wescot-Williams) not
answering our correspondence that we sent to her
regarding the problems that
we are facing?” SMCU questioned.
The union said a letter has
also been sent to the negotiating team of the TelEm
Group of Companies and
SMITCOMS
informing
them of the union’s position
on certain issues but claims
no “interest” has been shown
in their position.
“This is a clear indication
that they have no interest in
the position of the employees
as well. A letter has also been
sent to the Negotiation Team
setting an ultimatum that the
CLA should be concluded by
April 13, 2007, because since
August 8, 2006, we requested
to negotiate a new CLA. The
TelEm Group of Companies
and SMITCOMS have been
neglecting the employees for
years and this Board of the
SMCU doesn’t plan to sit and
let it continue to happen.”
The union spoke of a report
from the Government Mediator Kenneth Lopes which
it said alleged wrongdoings
within the TelEm Group of
Companies.
around 6:00am Saturday
and Academy Executive
Director Vance James was
contacted immediately.
“When school officials and
detectives visited the premises, they saw that several
offices had been broken
into, including the main
office of the Department
of Student Affairs,” the
school said. The matter was
reported to the police.
The burglar(s) gained
entry to the school by severing the burglar bars of
the Student Affairs office.
They removed a printer,
the school’s digital camera
and a new DVD player that
had been obtained recently
to conduct a current series
of parenting workshops.
In an adjoining office in
which the school’s newspaper The Academy Journal
is stored, a new computer,
scanner and printer, all
acquired through the Parent Teachers Association
(PTA) at a cost of close
to US $3,000, were stolen. School officials said
the robbery had dealt the
school a severe blow, as
the entire 30th anniversary
commemorative yearbook,
which was nearing completion, was gone.
The burglar bars were also
cut at the main science lab,
an adjoining classroom and
the school’s cafeteria. The
thieves carted away another computer, printer and a
view cam, as well as US $20
from the cafeteria.
“The burglary put a damper on the holiday weekend
for both students and staff,
who are appealing for the
return of these items, especially the computers which
have vital information and
student records stored.
“The computer and printer stolen from the main science lab were also used to
assist students in research
and displays for the recently
“The Managing Director,
(Edward) Benjamin, is blatantly refusing to give us information about the consultants currently working for
the company. Such as what
they are doing and for what
period of time they have
been contracted to carry out
the work,” the union said.
“The law states that consultants are contracted for
a specific job for a specific
period of time and TelEm
has consultants working in
the company for years doing
nothing and yet still collecting a lucrative salary every
month. By terminating the
contract of those consultants
the company might be in a
better financial position.”
The union also said it was
brought to its attention that
management stated that the
Union has agreed with the
plan the company has for
the employees and that the
CLA/Social Plan has been
signed but noted that this is
not the case. “For the sake of
clarity, we would like to emphatically state that we have
never agreed to any of our
members being sent home,”
the union said.
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concluded Inter-Scholastic
Science Fair at which they
won numerous accolades.”
The officials said the
break-in came at a time
when the institution and
the community had begun
to make inroads in creating
a more positive atmosphere
at the school.
“We want to take back
control. … We have gotten great cooperation from
parents, the community and
students and as a result we
have seen the improvement
in grades and behaviour,”
said school counsellor Tallulah
Baly-Vanterpool.
“The students are taking
responsibility and are shying away from negative influences. They are sending
the message that it is not
business as usual.”
The school is asking the
community to be on the
lookout for any suspicious
activities such as persons
attempting to sell them any
of the items stolen. The stolen items include two black
flat-screen Sceptre monitors; a black Systemax Venture CPU tower, a black
desktop CPU; an Epson
Stylus CX 4600 printer/
scanner/copier/fax; a silvercoloured Olympus Stylus
600 6.0 megapixel digital
camera with a 2.5-inch colour LCD; a silver-coloured
multi-system Pioneer DVD
player; and two grey HP
DeskJet 3650 printers.
“The message students
and staff want to send to
the thieves is: you can steal
our things, but you can’t
break our spirit,” school officials said.
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THE DAILY HERALD, Tuesday, April 10, 2007
UTRECHT--The Netherlands is the biggest distributor of animal pornography
worldwide. Of an inventory
of 1,500 films, more than
eighty per cent came from
Dutch distributors.
“Dutch companies buy
Children searching for Easter eggs at the Velasquez family’s seventh annual Easter Egg Hunt cheap films abroad en
masse and distribute them
and Family Fun Day last Sunday.
via the Internet,” according
to an anonymous former
staff member of a distributor. “We control the world
market.”
The
domain
names of hundreds of animal pornography sites are
BELLE PLAINE--It was
an afternoon of fun and
excitement as scores of
children played games and
hunted for Easter eggs on
the spacious Belle Plaine
Estate Sunday.
The event was the seventh
annual Easter Egg Hunt
and Family Fun Day. Some
5,000 eggs were scattered
throughout the estate for
children to find.
The afternoon started
off quietly with many parents and children trickling
into the venue and enjoying family time together as
Tanny and the Boys provided soothing live entertain-
ment.
There was also an abundance of traditional eateries on sale.
Towards the end of the
afternoon, many children
won prizes for jumpingin-the-bag races that were
held.
Then the moment came
that all the anxious children had been waiting for:
The barricades bordering
the estate were swung open
and children rushed onto
the field to find the hidden
eggs.
Some came back emptyhanded but most children
were lucky enough to find
eggs. No one left emptyhanded, since all the children who participated were
treated to party bags and
snacks.
The child who found the
golden egg was supposed
to receive a grand prize of
a bicycle and other nice
items. Some 60 other gift
baskets were available for
other winners in the children’s category.
An adult Easter egg hunt
was held at a separate location on the estate, but there
were mixed reactions from
adults about this event.
also registered in the Netherlands.
Another producer said
in the Algemeen Dagblad
newspaper that the films
were particularly popular
with Germans and Americans. Many films are made
in Eastern Europe. Films
with horses often come
from Brazil.
Films in which men and
women have sex with animals are also made in the
Netherlands. A company in
Nieuwegein, near Utrecht,
produces about 20 films a
9
month in a shed, according to the newspaper. The
recordings can be watched
live via “hundreds of linked
Websites” on the Internet
for 30 euros a month.
Justice Minister Ernst Hirsch Ballin announced last
week that the making and
distribution of animal pornography was to become a
punishable offence. In the
Netherlands, sex with animals is currently still legal,
as long as the animal is not
shown to suffer from it.
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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.
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Garbage piled up at the landfill and alongside the road leading to it
ST.
EUSTATIUS--Residents taking their garbage
to the dumpsite situated
at Smith Ghaut have been
complaining during these
past weeks about the condition of the dump.
It was said that various
members of government
and department heads were
contacted, but nothing has
been done to alleviate what
has been described as a
“dangerous situation.”
The dump is a health hazard; flies are all over the
place, and garbage is being
disposed of not only on the
dump but also alongside
the road leading up to the
dump. The entrance to the
dump is actually blocked by
garbage so that no one can
enter into the area that is
allotted for garbage.
The sanitation truck is
blocked from entering the
landfill that is being used
for the dumpsite. The entire area is covered by plastic bags and other trash
almost as far as Zeelandia
Road.
“This situation needs the
immediate attention of the
Health Department and
others who are in charge.
When entering that area
you cannot tell where the
dump starts or where it
ends,” a member of the
public commented.
Sanitation workers said
the entrance to the dump
is completely barred by garbage.
NOORDWIJK--The European Space Agency (ESA),
whose operational centre is
in the Dutch city of Noordwijk along the North Sea
coast, is looking for volunteers to take part in a simulated 500-day journey to
Mars. Two of the six volunteers will be Europeans and
the experiment will take
SABA--Commissioner of
Health Lisa Hassell will
be signing an agreement
in the coming weeks,
which will cement some
of the new agreements
to improve the financial
position of Saba’s health
care sector.
Saba’s health care portfolio has been difficult,
said outgoing Commissioner Hassell, with its
expenses eating up about
40 per cent of the island’s
budget. Hassell said she
is very pleased with the
new arrangements, which
will drop NAf. 748,000
immediately into government coffers to cover existing bills as soon as the
place in Moscow starting
next year.
The aim is to make the
experiment as realistic as
possible, says Marc Heppener, ESA’s head of scientific research. “The lights
going out or someone getting appendicitis will not be
sufficient reason to stop.”
A number of disasters and
near-disasters will also be
simulated.
The aim is to determine
what the psychological and
physical affects of a manned
mission to Mars would be.
ESA launched Europe’s
first ever spacecraft to Mars
in 2003.
The volunteers will be
isolated in metal tanks for
18 months. The tanks will
be fitted out for different
functions, such as a medical
unit, research lab, kitchen
and living quarters.
Saba Planning Bureau has
completed the necessary
USONA project paper
work.
In addition, there will be
significant changes in the
structure of health care
on the island so that past
problems are not repeated. Some of the new ideas
will include turning the
Saba Medical Centre into
a foundation rather than a
government department
and adopting the Bonaire
model of increased home
care by qualified nursing
professionals to reduce
hospital stays, and thereby
reduce costs.
Hassell said she was very
impressed with the new
model, which she viewed
first hand during the recent health care meeting
in Bonaire.
She said an agreement
would be signed later this
month between Bonaire,
St. Eustatius and Saba and
the Central Government
to formalize the transition
arrangement.
Hassell said Curaçao had
been very helpful in assigning Siegfried Victorina and K. van Laarhoven
as special advisors to assist Saba in drawing up its
health care position paper, pharmacy handbook,
and Health Care Coverage Plan.
During the preparatory
work, it was discovered
that Saba scores higher
than the other two small
islands in the percentage
of chronic conditions in
its population. Saba has a
high percentage of heart
problems and hypertension, and 13 per cent of
the population is uninsured.
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Dr. Jack Buchanan (back row) accepts a baby scale and infant car seats on behalf of the
hospital from the Leos and the University Women’s Medical Association.
SABA--The Saba University from Windwardside to the President Elmira “Ellie”
Women’s Student Medical University Campus in The Sadeghi-Razlighi said the
Association hosted a Sat- Bottom.
hike was called a “Hike for
urday morning public hike
Outgoing Association Safety” since the organization was making several
donations to the A.M. Edwards Medical Centre.
Island doctor Jack Buchanan was on hand to accept
donations from the organisation: a baby scale and five
infant car seats, which the
hospital will be distributing.
The University Women’s
Group was assisted by the
Leos group, who joined in
the hike and had a donation of their own. The Leos
earned NAf. 600 in a recent fundraiser, which they
turned over to the Women’s Group to assist with
Statians partying on Easter Sunday
the medical purchases.
After the hike, there was an
Easter egg hunt around the
grounds of the Med School
and snacks were served as
the hikers socialised.
The University organizaST.
EUSTATIUS--The join in the Easter celebraNumber One band held tions on Statia. They also tion will continue its protheir annual Easter Sunday had fun partying with the gramme under new copresidents Amy Welsh and
night jam session on Sun- Minus band.
Jessica Pasko.
day, and the crowd could be
seen jumping to the music.
On Easter Monday morning the Rebels Band held
their annual J’ouvert morning jump-up, which ended
at the beach.
Also on Easter Monday
people in Statia traditionally go to the beach to enjoy family picnics or just a
swim.
The road from Oranjestad
to the harbour was partially
blocked on Sunday night
to accommodate the concert. Traffic had to go at a
slow pace as the crowd was
dancing the night away.
Several people from neighbouring Saba came over to
W I L L E M S TA D - - PA R
leader Emily de Jongh-Elhage, the current Prime
Minister of the Netherlands Antilles, is the most
reliable and popular politician in Curaçao, according
to a poll on the April 20
Island Council elections by
Key Research, a division of
the University of the Dutch
Caribbean (UDC) in cooperation with the Dutch
research bureau Interview
NSS.
According to the survey,
PAR would rake in 8 of the
21 (18 per cent) seats on
the Island Council (the yellow party has 5 currently)
and with this be the biggest
party if the elections took
place today.
Four years ago, it was FOL
that won the election with 8
seats.
Based on the poll, MAN
would follow in second
place with 4 seats (9.6 per
cent), a little more than
half of PAR, but still double of what the blue party
currently has in the Island
Council.
Six parties follow with a
“vote” of between 4.7 and
2.9 per cent; PNP with 2
seats (4.7 per cent) and
FOL with 1 seat (4 per cent;
the orange party had 8 seats
in the last Island Council
election).
Most of the traditional
FOL supporters seem to
have turned to parties like
Pueblo Soberano (PS) of
Helmin Wiels that scored 2
seats (4.3 per cent)
DP with Norbert George
would get 2 seats (4.1 per
cent).
Forsa Korsou, which took
2 seats in the Parliament
elections and is now participating for the first time
in the Island Council elections, would end up with
just 1 seat (4 per cent).
NPA with Nelson Pierre
would keep its 1 seat (2.9
per cent).
PLKP of Errol Cova and
MSL of Cesar Prince with
1.4 and 0.2 per cent respectively would fail to earn any
seats.
None of the interviewees
said they would vote for Un
Pueblo Nobo of Josephine
Bakhuis-Trinidad.
It must be mentioned that
the biggest percentage of
the interviewees, 34.1 per
cent, does not know yet
who it is going to vote for,
while 12.9 per cent didn’t
want to say.
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“Thus it’s going to be very
tense in these next few
weeks,” said the interviewers.
One question on the
minds of many in Curaçao
is whether the majority
would be in favour of the
final statement. Depending
on the DP, which first didn’t
know, then turned out to be
in favour, the parties in favour of the Final Statement
would just have a majority
according to this poll result.
Together, PAR and PNP
will be good for 10 of the 21
seats and with DP, it would
be 12.
All decked out in Easter bonnets decorated with bunny
ears and flowers, ladies set out on their own Easter parade
around St. Eustatius last Sunday. Driving is Karen Matis,
with June Boulton riding shotgun. In back from left, Jana
Mason, Debbie Prisock, and Wendy Walsh smiling for the
camera.
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NEVIS--Minister of Health
in the Nevis Island Administration Hensley Daniel
commended health workers
in Nevis for their contribution to human and social development and said that the
key to economic and social
advancement rested in their
hands.
The Minister made the
comment in an address to
mark the World Health Organisation (WHO) World
Health Day on April 7 in
Nevis. This year’s theme is
“International Health Security” with the slogan “Invest in health, build a safer
Islands
Minister Hensley Daniel
future.”
Daniel said the Nevis Reformation Party-led Nevis
Island Administration was
committed to ensuring that
health systems remained a
priority and it had shifted its
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focus from curative care to
prevention.
“We have strengthened
the Health Promotion Unit
to raise the awareness of
health care and secure a
greater commitment at the
individual family and community level.
“We will shortly start a recruitment process for nurses
that will include the financing of training. We will also
introduce ‘sessional’ nursing
to address the nursing shortage in the short to medium
term,” he said.
He said when health
threats become great and
threaten a country’s infrastructure, health system and
its neighbours, only a global
vision of health shared by all
countries and promoted by
the WHO could build trust
and improve international
health security.
He stated each nation’s
capacity to prevent and
manage public health emergencies and to be a part of
joint initiatives with other
countries was vital to the
decreased vulnerability of
health threats, increased international health security,
broader partnerships and to
build diplomatic relations.
Daniel noted that the
world would be in a position
to address any challenges if
all stakeholders worked together in an effective manner to address local public
health challenges.
In his view, there were five
key issues which impacted
public health: economic
stability,
environmental
change, AIDS, building
health security and strengthening health systems.
With regard to economic
stability, he explained that
global challenges resulted in
health and economic consequences but management of
the international spread of
disease was a prerequisite
to economic and social development.
The DVDs are presented to representatives of Statia’s school.
ST. EUSTATIUS--Community activist Dwight Barran
has presented DVDs with
information on the environment to all schools in
St. Eustatius.
Barran made his presentation at the Innovation Bureau in the presence of Renee Reehuis and Reginald
Zaandam.
Barran said that because
of his love for the environment, he wanted children
to be aware of the importance of keeping a clean
and healthy environment.
He spoke of the way they
were trying to rebuild the
reef in St. Maarten and said
he hoped the same situation would not befall Statia.
He said he hoped Statia
would not wait until all the
natural habitats had been
destroyed.
Barran also mentioned the
foundations in Statia that
are helpful in protecting the
environment. St. Eustatius
Historical Foundation was
founded in 1974 to save and
protect the island’s heritage. St. Eustatius National
Park Stenapa protects the
environment, both on the
land and the ocean. Stenapa is also involved with the
protection of endangered
turtles and other protected
species on the island.
Barran, who now resides
in St. Eustatius, said he had
visited the island during last
year’s Statia/America Day
week of activities and had
decided to move from St.
Maarten to Statia. He said
the friendliness of the people and its tranquillity had
drawn him to the island.
On accepting the DVDs,
the teachers promised to
have the children view the
information.
ST. KITTS--Acting Director
of Sport Dave Connor says
residents have been heeding
a recent appeal for community vigilance to prevent the
wanton vandalism of various
sporting facilities.
Connor said the Department of Sport has had fruitful meetings with sporting organizations and had received
feedback from community
members who are willing to
lend their services.
He was reported as saying
in an interview with the Government Information Service
that it was important for the
facilities to be kept in top
condition as they are vital
to the Ministry of Tourism,
Sport and Culture’s sport
tourism initiatives.
He cited the passage of the
Cricket World Cup through
St. Kitts and Nevis and noted
that the same facilities will be
used by the young cricketers
from the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) currently on
island as well as other groups
slated to visit during the
year.
He remarked that the, “facilities were built for use by
the people and we believe
the people should share in
ensuring that the facilities
are maintained and managed
properly and we want to ensure that we have a good
working relationship with all
the communities. People in
the community have to stand
up and be counted and let
the vandals know that they
won’t stand for it.”
The Ministry of Sports had
issued a press release on
March 18, detailing the frequency and nature of vandalism at a number of sporting
facilities particularly in the
Gardens, Newtown, Sandy
Point, Newton Ground and
Saddler’s communities.
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ANGUILLA--Five of Anguilla’s young artists are
currently showing their talents in an exhibition at Devonish Art Gallery. Many
persons admired their work
at the opening on Saturday,
April 7.
“This is the third year
I have exhibited work of
young artists to encourage
the next generation of Anguillian artists and to give
them exposure. I hope the
Anguillian public will give
them support,” Courtney
Devonish, owner of the gallery, told The Daily Herald.
He said that in the future
he hopes to include the
work of some of the school
children.
Exhibiting at the show were
Daryl Ruan, Davan Ruan,
Daryl Thompson, Shanicia
Richardson and Magueda
Jackson. Thompson has a
BA degree in Art with concentration in digital art and
design. The other exhibitors
paint as a hobby.
Davan likes to paint in
water colour and some of
his work was also pencil
sketches. His brother Daryl
paints in acrylic on canvas.
Thompson’s work was water colours of flowers and
leaves with six originals displayed and many prints also
on sale. He plans to open
his own gallery in the near
future.
Richardson paints in acrylic
on canvas and enjoys painting sky and sea scenes. Jackson has the most work in
the exhibition with 15 acrylics depicting exotic flowers, music, women and the
beauty of Anguilla. She has
taken some lessons in painting and hopes to further her
studies in art.
The exhibition continues
until the end of the month.
ARUBA--Rudy Lampe of
the Aruba opposition party
RED wants an international
investigation into the Namdar controversy. On behalf
of his party, he sent a letter
to the Dutch Justice Minister
Ernst Hirsch Ballin (CDA)
on April 2, with the request
to also involve the United
States in this investigation.
Lampe also sent the US
Consulate-general
Robert
Sorenson a copy of the letter.
He wrote that several ministers were mentioned in the
letter of Namdar, including
former minister Glenbert
Croes of OLA, as well as
former MEP minister and
current Governor of Aruba
Fredis Reunfjol.
In his letter, Lampe points
out article 43 of the Kingdom Charter on the guarantee function of the Kingdom
Government. He concludes
his letter with the hope that
this case will be investigated
thoroughly.
Glenbert Croes has said that
only Michael Williams was
aware of the content of Namdar’s letter and that none of
the names mentioned in the
letter were involved with the
case, neither those of Ivan
Strick (FOL) and Gerrit
Schotte (ex-MPK and now
MAN) of Curaçao.
On Friday and Saturday
Williams was questioned for
hours at the Police Station in
Noord. His lawyer Duineveld
said that he gave his view on
the case.
The police are especially
interested in documentation
on this case. According to
unconfirmed reports, Williams has more compromising correspondence.
He told the police that
the letter he published has
nothing to do with the case
in Curaçao, where also government people had contact
with Royal Caribbean Cruise
Lines and with Namdar, but
those contacts are from last
year November and not from
before 2004, the year that
surfaced in the letter of H.J.
Namdar.
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Artists exhibiting at Devonish Gallery. From left to right: Shanicia Richardson, Davan
Ruan, Daryl Thompson and Magueda Jackson.
WILLEMSTAD--A special
entity should be established
to work specifically on Curaçao’s debt problem. This
is one of the recommendations mentioned in the final
report of the committee Financial Perspectives of the
State of Curaçao that was
recently presented to Finance Commissioner Renfred Rojer (FOL).
The main idea in the report is that Curaçao must
be capable itself to solve its
financial problems.
The committee is chaired
by former Plenipotentiary
Minister in Brussels Caryl
Monte, who was recommended by the MAN party
to do this job. Other members of the committee are
accountant Terry Hernandez, former civil servant
and financial expert Luis
ou
rs
Pinedo, and Island Receiver Errol Goeloe.
The entity that’s going to
work on the debt problem
of Curaçao was given the
name Debt Agency. The
persons who are going to be
part of the “Debt Agency”
must fit a certain profile, established in advance.
By founding this special
agency, the committee
wants to relieve the Finance
Department and its successor in the State of Curaçao. The agency will have
to propose suggestions on
how to refinance Curaçao‘s
NAf. 2.5-billion debt.
Other than the Debt
Agency, there will also be
a bank for the permanent
economic
development.
This bank will get its money from the local market,
but also via proceeds from
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government-owned companies.
The committee has also
recommended that all
government
companies
be placed under a special
organization that will be
charged with stimulating
coordination and harmony
between and among the
companies.
The profits of the government companies will be
used to pay off the debt and
for economic investment
and development.
The committee furthermore indicates that there
will be stringent rules and
standards for the management of the budget. These
standards will go together
with sanctions, and so force
the budget management.
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ANGUILLA--Archaeological digs carried out by
a team of 11 archaeologists
at Rendezvous Bay have
revealed that there was a
large Amerindian village
in the area between 400
and 1400AD. The team has
found many interesting artefacts in the area.
The team has been in Anguilla for the past two weeks
under the direction of John
Crock, Assistant professor
of the Department of Anthropology at the University of Vermont.
The dig was initiated by
owners of Rendezvous Bay
Hotel Alan, Una, Clyde
and Duane Gumbs, who
are planning to build in the
area, but first wanted to
make sure there were no
interesting archaeological
remains.
Director of Environment
Karim Hodge has commended the Gumbs family
highly, saying that it was the
first time developers had
taken such a step before
building.
The Gumbs paid the airfare, accommodation and
meals for the 11 archaeologists for two weeks.
Crock said the artefacts
found at Rendezvous Bay
include decorated beads,
decorated pots, ornaments,
zemis, parts of a griddle, a
quartz crystal that had been
drilled through and a large
zemi.
Small zemis, usually threesided and carved with the
face of a creature, were
believed to have supernat-
ural powers and were put
in fields to encourage the
growth of crops.
Larger zemis were worshipped. Much of the material is from St. Martin and
other nearby islands and
has volcanic sand in it. but
this is not surprising, according to Crock as it is
believed that Anguilla was
a major trade centre for
many items and also a ceremonial site.
A large number of zemis
have been found throughout the island and Crock
noted that this may be related to the island’s high
cosmological
position
within the region. It may
be in part because of the
Fountain Cavern ceremonial centre, and zemis manufactured in Anguilla were,
“somehow imbued with
spiritual power by virtue of
their origin.”
Other large Amerindian
villages existed in Shoal
Bay and Sandy Ground
and smaller ones at Sandy
Hill, Barnes Bay, the Forest, Cove Bay and Island
Harbour.
In addition to the pottery
remains large numbers of
conch shells and fish bones
were found indicating that
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Crock and the late Jim Petersen have been visiting
Anguilla for the past 20
years and many artefacts
have been found throughout the island.
On Saturday, April 7, Governor Andrew George and
his wife visited the archaeological site at Rendezvous
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the archaeologists about
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Crock will be returning to
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The Government of Aruba has decided to withdraw the stop put on permits for water
sport facilities in 2004. Requests can be made again until December 31, but the number of
permits has been limited in consultation with the stakeholders. The regulations and conditions in the permit have also been sharpened. The police will be made aware of the content
so they can act if necessary.
WA G E N I N G E N - -T h e
Netherlands will have to
spend 26 billion euros over
15 years on widening and
deepening the country’s
rivers to cope with consequences of global warming, Wageningen University
environmental economist
Ekko van Ierland said on
Friday.
Experts now believe the
main danger facing the
Netherlands from global
warming is not rising sea
water but the threat of inland flooding. Although the
sea level is expected to rise
1.5 metres, the country’s
dykes and coastal defences
are considered by most ex-
perts to be strong enough
to cope.
But the higher level of the
sea means the river Rhine,
which flows from Switzerland to Rotterdam, will not
be able to release enough
water into the sea, said environmental planning agency MNP on Friday.
Nor will the Rhine be able
to cope with surges in water levels caused by melting glaciers and storms.
This means Rotterdam and
other low-lying areas are
particularly vulnerable to
flooding, the agency said.
To remove the threat, the
Netherlands should divert
the Rhine towards the Zee-
land Delta in the southwest
of the country or to the IJsselmeer – the lake that was
once an inlet of the North
Sea, MNP suggested.
“There is no reason to
panic, but we have to think
about the future after
2100,” a NMP spokeswoman said. Some two-thirds of
the Dutch population lives
below sea level.
The MNP report coincides
with the publication of the
second United Nations report on climate change.
The final text of the UN
document was drafted in
Brussels on Friday.
ST. KITTS--The St. Kitts
Tourism Authority recently
met with students of the
Irish Town, Sandy Point
and Tyrell Williams Primary
Schools and Basseterre and
Sandy Point High Schools
who participated in the
Florida-Caribbean Cruise
Association’s (FCCA) annual regional poster competition.
Each student had to depict
three aspects of their environment and illustrate ways
in which these areas could
be safeguarded. The local
segment of the competition resulted in a national
winner being selected from
both the junior and senior
categories.
K-Resha Browne of Tyrell
Williams Primary and Lizca
Bass of Basseterre High
School, were the respective category winners. KResha placed third in her
category regionally in 2005
and has won the top spot in
the junior category for the
last three years. K-Resha
and Lizca each received a
cheque for US $200 courtesy of the FCCA, while all 11
participants were rewarded
with a collection of art supplies by the St. Kitts Tourism Authority.
CEO of the Tourism Authority Christine Walwyn
remarked at the brief ceremony held at their Port
Zante office “we wish to
encourage the students to
continue developing their
artistic abilities. I wish to
commend the Irish Town
Primary School especially
for submitting the most entrants and welcome them
Lizca Bass (left) and K-Resha Brown, winners of the St.
Kitts leg of the FCCA poster competition (Photo courtesy
Willett’s Photo Studio).
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hiatus.”
Walwyn stated that the
competition “helps our
youth to develop their talent and is an opportunity
to showcase their creativity
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Lee’s Meat Center
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Suki Supermarket
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Shell Gas Station (Yuppie)
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THE DAILY HERALD, Tuesday, April 10, 2007
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Forming part of a large organization with links to an international hotel chain, these hotel
properties are currently in search of a qualified Group Director of Human Resources to join this
expanding company boasting 2 quality resorts with over 800 hotel rooms, vacational residencies and highly acclaimed casinos.
The position will demand someone with extensive all round knowledge of the hospitality industry with a strong emphasis on training and people skills and development, performance
management techniques and delivery. You will have also held a similar position for a minimum
of 3 years and be armed with a proven track record that will include large scale establishments
preferably within the Caribbean.
As the Group Director of Human resources you will revisit existing company human resources
policies, practices and procedures and revise to implement new under the guidance of the General Managers and owning company representatives. You will demonstrate exceptional communication and presentation skills, lead by example and build positive relationships with the
entire work force, senior management and local government, labor and union offices.
Job Requirements:
• Educated to a university degree level or higher.
• Have previous working experience in international hotels and in a similar role. Demonstrates
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• Possess exceptional problem solving and decision making skills.
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• Be innovative, computer literate including full knowledge of electronic payroll systems.
• Professional and Full understanding of the Netherlands Antilles labor laws.
• Is able to instigate, drive and deliver change.
• Employee evaluations, exit interviews, transfers and/or secondments. Maximizing all resources including group cross exposure programs. Employee incentive and recognition programs.
• Disciplinary procedures.
Special Skills:
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Reporting directly to the financial controller and a natural “dotted line” to the General Manager you will ensure all purchasing, stores and departmental control policies, practices and
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De Stichting tot bevordering van het Voortgezet Onderwijs Bovenwindse Eilanden (SVOBE)
zoekt met ingang van 1 augustus 2007 voor de afdeling VSBO- TKL van het Milton Peters
College een:
You will also be involved in assisting/planning of annual capital budgets, staff training and
development and able to set performance related objectives. Ideally you will have held a similar
position for a minimum of 3 years in a large scale organization with a proven track record that
includes the Caribbean.
Het afdelingshoofd geeft onder verantwoordelijkheid van de algemeen directeur van het
Milton Peters College leiding aan de Vsbo-Tkl afdeling.
Hij/zij behartigt en vertegenwoordigt de belangen van de afdeling binnen de Stichting en
levert een bijdrage aan het tot stand komen van beleid in aIle zaken betreffende het Milton Peters college. Hij/zij draagt bij aan de totstandkoming van strategische beleidsplannen van de school.
Job Requirements:
• Educated to a university degree.
• Previous experience in a large international hotel in a similar role.
• Demonstrates precision for their work and be a highly disciplined and motivated individual.
• Fully conversant with local and overseas suppliers/markets.
• Be Innovative, and have a full understanding of import/export procedures.
• Employee evaluations and disciplinary procedures.
• Creative maximizing all resources to ensure best possible buying power.
• Experience with Fidello, Accpac, Excel and Micros 9700 materials program.
• Be fully responsible in managing the Purchasing and Storeroom department.
• Maintaining professional relationships with all departments, vendors, local customs freight
and shipping companies.
• Conduct market surveys, ensure stock rotation.
Special Skills:
Brilliant negotiator, highly organized, meets deadlines, sets priorities, displays a positive attitude, clear communicator, team player, multi-lingual in Dutch, French, Spanish and English.
Both candidates will receive a competitive salary that will be based on specific qualifications
and previous experience. If you feel you can make the difference, be part of a very successful
operation and simply have what it takes - we would like to hear from you. Please send your
resume, full length photo, copy of diplomas and references from your previous 3 assignments
including a covering letter detailing “’why you” to info@greatbaybeachresort.com
Please note applications will only be accepted via this e-mail address and applicants must be in
possession of a legal and valid work permit. No phone calls and/or personal walk-ins please.
Closing date for both applications is Wednesday, April 25th, 2007
and only short listed candidates will be contacted to attend a
series of interviews in early May.
Afdelingshoofd VSBO - TKL (v/m)
Functie-eisen:
- managementervaring in het voortgezet onderwijs;
- kennis van en inzicht in onderwijskundige ontwikkelingen;
- vaardigheid in het leiden van teams en het motiveren van teamleden;
- goede contactuele eigenschappen.
Uw kwaliteiten:
- onderwijskundig leiderschap: u bent in staat om samenhang en afstemming op
onderwijskundig gebied te creëren. U bent in staat de onderwijskundige belangen van
de afdeling te behartigen bij de bestuursmanager;
- inzicht in organisaties: u bent in staat een heldere structuur aan te brengen in beleid
en organisatie binnen de afdeling. U hebt overzicht en u beschikt over een goed analytisch vermogen;.
- resultaatgerichtheid: u formuleert voor zichzelf en anderen toetsbare doelen en ziet
er op toe dat deze gerealiseerd worden. U bent in staat om andere personeelsleden te
motiveren;
- communicatieve vaardigheden: u legt gemakkelijk contacten met collegadirectieleden, personeelsleden en ouders; u durft anderen aan te spreken op hun verantwoordelijkheid en u beschikt over relativeringsvermogen en tact.
Salaris:
Het salaris is conform de geldende rechtspositieregeling voor directeuren.
Sollicatieprocedure:
U stuurt uw sollicitatiebrief met uitgebreid cv vóór 16 april a.s. per brief, e-mail of fax,
gericht aan de voorzitter van het Algemeen Bestuur, mevrouw B. Pompier-Halley.
Uitvoerige informatie kunt u per e-mail verkrijgen bij de bestuursmanager, de heer drs. J.
R. H. Rogers.
ADRESGEGEVENS:
W.J.A. Nisbeth Road # 99a, Philipsburg.
Tel: 54-23427 / 23190 Fax: 54-22329 E-mail: svobe@sintmaarten.net
Regional
THE DAILY HERALD, Tuesday, April 10, 2007
PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad--Prime Minister Patrick Manning has held a secret meeting with members
of the Indo-Trinidadian
business community in an
effort to woo their support
for the ruling People’s National Movement in the upcoming polls.
The meeting was organised by perceived frontline
UNC supporter, president
of the Hindu Credit Union
(HCU), Harry Harnarine.
It took place on Tuesday
at the Farm Road, Valsayn,
home of an HCU employee
from 7:30pm and lasted
about two hours, sources
said.
It was not without initial
drama.
Cloaked in secrecy, and
in many ways confusing to
many of the invitees (who
received notification just
one day before), sources
said many initially refused
to attend, causing panic
among the HCU organisers and resulting in several
businessmen being called at
the last minute on Tuesday
around 5:00pm by one employee who begged them to
attend.
In the end, about 50 businessmen and, to a lesser
extent,
businesswomen,
showed up, and were addressed by Minister in the
Ministry of Finance, Christine Sahadeo.
Sahadeo, in a brief telephone interview yesterday,
confirmed her attendance.
She said she gave a brief
address on Caroni lands
and the Government’s industrial drive, but had to
leave early because of a
prior commitment.
Manning, in his address,
sources said, essentially
sought to assure the group
that the PNM was committed to racial integration and
fairness.
He also spoke about his
government’s
economic
policies.
Manning made direct reference to this secret meeting at a political meeting at
the Aranjuez Government
Secondary School on Saturday evening, where he
boasted of some success
in his mission to politically
convert the one community
that had consistently criticised his administration in
the past five years.
“I went to a cottage meeting this week and a gentleman told me, ‘he said: ‘I
came to this cottage meeting very sceptical, as far as
I am concerned you are a
dictator and a racist, but
after I heard you talk this
evening I can’t believe what
I was hearing. Some of the
things I was hearing for the
first time. And if I had to
vote tomorrow morning I
would vote for the PNM’,”
Manning said.
At the Aranjuez meeting, Manning echoed many
of the sentiments which,
sources said, he expressed
at the Valsayn meeting,
throwing out campaign
platitudes like: “Whatever
else you may say about the
PNM, we are determined
to ensure that the base of
the PNM is as broad as possible and that in the PNM
every creed and race find
an equal place.”
Manning publicly reiterated the pledge to the East
Indian businessmen he met
Flashback: Prime Minister Patrick Manning, left, and HCU
president Harry Harnarine during a protest outside Balisier
House, Port of Spain, in 2002. (Trinidad Express photo)
on Tuesday, sources said,
when he spoke to Aranjuez
supporters: “No matter
what race you might be, you
must be able to come into
the PNM and feel welcome
and comfortable, and the
leadership of the PNM at
this time is determined to
ensure that is indeed so.”
And while Manning was
busy making his election
promises at the Valsayn
meeting, sources said HCU
president Harnarine was
giving the impression that
the solidarity deal was
sealed, making frequent
references to “we” when
speaking about Government’s policies.
It is this seemingly sudden
shift of Harnarine’s political allegiance that has the
community most baffled,
sources said.
Noting that in the past few
years, he has often openly
endorsed the Opposition
UNC, sources said speculation was now rife that the
HCU president was seeking a beneficial alliance
with the ruling party.
Sources pointed out that
the HCU has outstanding
applications for radio and
television licences in the
pipeline.
They also noted that, as a
major credit union in the
country, the HCU could
also be affected, like the rest
of the credit union industry,
by Government’s proposed
legislation to scrutinise all
credit unions.
Numerous attempts to
reach Harnarine for comment and clarification Sunday were unsuccessful, as
his cell phone was switched
off with no option to leave
a voice message, while his
home number automatically refused all calls. (Trinidad
Express)
PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad--Police on duty at the
highly-anticipated “Best of
Both Worlds” concert on
Saturday night used teargas
to disperse a disgruntled
crowd at 3:00am, after the
show ended abruptly with
none of the headline acts
having performed.
“The promoters don’t
even have the courtesy to
come and say something,”
a woman in the VIP section
remarked. “That’s unfair.”
Many patrons began
leaving the venue around
2:00am but a large contingent remained until 3 a.m.,
when the music was suddenly stopped and police
officers began asking those
in front to head to the exits.
At this point, patrons still
had not been advised of any
change in the line-up, so
many were reluctant and
started throwing cups and
cans at the stage.
Fifteen minutes after the
music was stopped, police
officers deployed tear-gas,
creating pandemonium as
patrons scrambled toward
the exits in fear.
Several vendors plying
their trade were also affect-
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ed by the tear-gas and ran
out the backstage exit.
Instead of receiving assistance for their burning eyes
and faces, they were warned
against returning inside to
collect their belongings and
advised to go home.
Another young lady in the
general admission section
said: “It’s absolutely disgusting because I feel like
I did not get my money’s
worth at all. I got here late,
expecting to see the best
performers already onstage, not this.”
Approximately 1,500 patrons attended the show,
with some paying as much
as TT$400 for VIP tickets
and coming from around
the country, even as far as
Rio Claro.
Headline acts, Jamaican
dancehall superstars Elephant Man, Vybz Kartel
and Busy Signal, as well
as reggae sensation Richie
Spice failed to show, despite confirmed reports of
their presence in the country since Good Friday.
Promoters for the event
never showed their faces on
the night and could not be
reached for comment afterwards. (Trinidad Express)
Goddard Catering Group St. Maarten
requires an Executive
Chef
Requirements are as follows:
5 years experience
Knowledge of executing the C.T.R/ lean manufacturing programs
Knowledge of executing the H.A.C.C.P. program
To be fully familiar with conducting and reporting monthly and
yearly airline food and hygiene audits based on I.F.C.A/I.F-S.A and
Madina standards.
To effectively conduct yearly certified H.A.C.C.P. training for
employees.
To conduct [Airline food presentation] through the creation of
menus specification based on the nutritional and dietary
requirements
Co ordinating the activities of purchasing /operations/kitchen
departments to ensure quality standards as per airline requirements
Good purchasing, communication skills and knowledge of food
cost in association with the inflair program
Computer literate in Word, Lotus, Exel, Power Point
since much of the work is computer generated
Good Managerial skills to handle airline/employee matters
Only suitably qualified Antilleans may apply by sending CV
to our office at the Princess Juliana International Airport.
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THE DAILY HERALD, Tuesday, April 10, 2007
NOTICE FOR CUSTOMERS
Disconnection TELEm
Telephone Bills: February 2007
TELEm is currently in the process of bringing its outstanding billing up to date and therefore informs its valued customers that Tuesday, April 10th, 2007 will be the final
day for payment of February 2007 Postpaid Landline
telephone bills.
In order to avoid the reconnection fees, payment of
all overdue accounts should be made by April 10th,
2007 at the latest. All payments received after April
10th, 2007 are subject to a reconnection fee of NAf.
25.00 per telephone line.
Please take note that all reconnections will take place by the
end of the day on which payment is made or the following
morning, depending on the time of the day, the due bill
and when reconnection fee was paid.
If for any reason you have not received your telephone bill
for the month of February 2007, please call our CUSTOMER SERVICE Department 546-0200, ext. 173, 353,
358, 359, 364, 366 or 369 for more information before
the disconnection date.
TELEm sincerely apologizes for any inconvenience the interruption of service may cause.
Management,
The Sint Maarten
Telephone Company N.V.
Regional
THE DAILY HERALD, Tuesday, April 10, 2007
PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad--Sending a child to
school costs Government
TT$14,000, on average,
each year for every child,
Education Minister Hazel
Manning has disclosed.
She said that the Ministry of Education had spent
more than TT$450 million on the management of
primary schools in 2006 to
improve the quality of local
education.
“At our last count, we
were spending approximately TT$14,000 per year
per student, that’s a lot of
money. We are spending
over TT$14,000 as we support our children through
the education system,” said
Manning.
She was addressing supporters on Saturday at the
Aranjuez Secondary School
following a PNM party
walkabout in the area.
“We have discovered that
a lot of the students who
get into trouble at the secondary school level are the
students who have great
difficulty in reading and
writing. We have discovered that a large percentage of the young men, and
women, who are in prison
have a serious challenge (in
reading and writing) and
we are saying that we are
willing to walk slowly as we
support those who take a
little longer to get there.”
Manning said the ministry’s expenditures included
providing textbooks, school
nutrition services, psychosocial support, security assistance and janitorial and
maintenance services.
She noted that Government had spent more than
TT$155 million in 2006 on
the repairs and upgrading
of schools.
“Last year we repaired
over 500 schools, though I
saw an ad in the newspaper
saying that they (the Ministry of Education) repaired
seven schools in six years.
We are repairing 200 and
300 schools in one year,”
~ Refusal to make changes tantamount to blackmail, says LOC official ~
lies told the Sunday Observer
that they faced similar charges from funeral homes.
“We will certainly be investigating this and if it is so, we
will certainly meet as a group
to advocate against this because we do not support any
form of discrimination in life
or death, for that matter, and
I can think of no clear reason
why more should be charged
for these bodies,” said Annmarie Dobson, the director of public education for
JASL.
A representative of a popular funeral home in Montego
Bay, who did not wish to be
named, said that he charges
extra to handle the bodies
of people who had died of
AIDS. “Yes, we do charge
more for HIV bodies, but
that is for handling,” he said.
He said the price ranged
between
J$45,000
and
J$350,000 for a body without AIDS and an additional
$5,000 to $6,000 for those
with the disease. (Jamaica
Observer)
KINGSTON, Jamaica--Caribbean countries hosting
Cricket World Cup (CWC)
2007 were pressured to either sign a contentious Host
Venue Agreement (HVA)
or lose the opportunity to
host the event, officials of at
least three Local Organising
Committees (LOCs) admitted to the Sunday Observer
Saturday.
According to one official,
some countries fought unsuccessfully against the conditions in the HVA before
surrendering in order to
put up a show of Caribbean
unity.
The LOC official did not
name the countries that
opposed the HVA terms.
However, he said that insistence against any changes
came early from Cricket
World Cup West Indies Inc,
in accordance with instructions from the International Cricket Council (ICC),
owners of the Cricket World
Cup.
The refusal to make
changes to the HVA was
“tantamount to a form of
blackmail” and a court of
law should be able to determine that the “agreement
was substantially in favour
of the ICC”, said the LOC
official.
“The pressures for compliance became enormous,
knowing that we had to collectively show unanimity,”
said another LOC official.
The stipulated conditions
to which the West Indies
Cricket Board (WICB) had
committed itself in negotiations with the ICC included
security
arrangements,
overseas marketing with
“packaged deals” for tickets, travel and accommodation arrangements and entrances for the 51 matches
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados--The police should never be barred from entering
any community, household
or building.
Attorney-General Dale
Marshall has issued this
warning in light of the recent dispute involving the
Millennium Heights gated
community and the alleged
refusal to allow police entry.
He made the comments
after receiving the keys
to a new rescue tender at
Fire Service Headquarters,
Probyn Street, The City,
Saturday.
Marshall said police had
an obligation in law to carry
out their duties; therefore no one could stand
in their way regardless of
the “boundaries of private
property”.
“The police have an overriding obligation to protect
citizens’ lives and preserve
the peace. It is not something that a modern society
should countenance that
any community, household
or building should bar the
police from proper entry.
“Clearly people who are
employed to work and man
gates and so on perhaps
feel that they have a duty
to their employers, and that
may be, but the over-riding
responsibility of any country is to safeguard lives and
welfare, and I stand firmly
behind the Commissioner
of Police on this matter.”
Marshall, the Minister
of Home Affairs, said the
powers of the police were
well known and he wanted
to reinforce in the minds of
the public that the police
were not going to stand by
and allow themselves to be
Hazel Manning
Manning said.
“I also want to say that I
saw an ad that talked about
somebody building 35
schools in six years. I want
to say that we have built 45
schools up to the year 2006
and I’m not even counting
the schools that are under
construction right now.
“We are doing quiet a lot
to ensure that at the end of
that we provide quality education for all our children.”
Manning added that her
husband, Prime Minster
Patrick Manning, would
officially open one of the
50 early childhood care
centres, which were being
constructed by the ministry
this year, later this month.
(Trinidad Express)
~ Say extra cost is for additional material ~
MONTEGO BAY, Jamaica-Jamaica AIDS Support for
Life (JASL) says it intends to
investigate allegations that
funeral homes are discriminating by charging higher
prices to handle HIV/AIDS
victims. But morticians deny
the charge of prejudice, saying that the extra cost reflects
additional material needed
to treat the bodies.
“If it is more, it is because
we have to use additional
materials, such as disposables and disinfectants to
treat the body, that is what
accrues the extra expense,”
Leslie Madden Snr, the director of Maddens Funeral
Home in St James, told the
Sunday Observer.
“There was a time when it
was considered high-risk and
we had to pay employees
more to handle the bodies,
but there is not that amount
of fear anymore,” he said.
“It’s not a matter of prejudice, any corpse can cost additional.”
The accusation of bias was
levelled recently by a family
member of one of JASL’s clients who lodged an informal
complaint that the funeral
home which was storing the
body had demanded that
they pay extra for burial because the body had HIV.
Subsequently, other fami-
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over a 47-day period from
March 13 to April 28.
Last Tuesday, Jamaica’s
finance minister, Dr Omar
Davies, told a meeting of
Parliament’s Standing Finance Committee that the
nine Caribbean host countries were dissatisfied with
the revenue sharing arrangements with the ICC,
and suggested that the
courts could be asked to
rule on the issue.
“There is a clear need to
examine whether there is
any legal recourse,” Davies
said in response to Opposition MP Clive Mullings’
question as to whether
Caribbean
governments
would share in the revenue
the ICC was making from
television rights, given the
enormous debts the region
would be left with after the
tournament.
Mullings had raised the
question against the background of a press article
suggesting that the ICC,
world cricket’s governing
body, will be making significantly more than US$550
million from its deal with
ESPN STAR Sports, as its
global media and production partner for audio-visual
rights for its events, including CWC 2007, between
2007 and 2015.
Davies said that while he
had seen the report, he
needed first to check whether it was accurate before
giving Mullings a definitive
answer. However, he said
he was “aware that serious
questions are being posed
about the way in which the
revenues are shared”.
The Caribbean spent
more than US$400 million
to stage the tournament.
The Jamaican Government
pumped at least J$8 billion
stopped from gaining access
from any place whatsoever,
no matter what internal
rules might run a particular
venue or event.
“. . . I am sure that the police are well aware of the
powers that they have and I
expect that as we go forward
the communities wherever
they are will have a better
appreciation of the importance of co-operating with
the police officers, and not
putting stumbling blocks in
their way,” he said. (Daily
Nation)
into preparing the country.
Of this amount, a combined
US$60 million was spent
on the Trelawny Multi-purpose Stadium, which hosted
warm-up games and the
opening ceremony, and on
Sabina Park in Kingston
where all Group D firstround matches were played.
Saturday, the LOC officials revealed that strong
objections from regional
operators and hoteliers to a
controversial procurement
process pursued by CWC
Inc, by which one major
United Kingdom-based tour
operator was given preferential treatment, were also
brushed aside.
Initial protests on other
matters from at least four
host countries had to also
eventually give way in the
face of insistence for “uniformity” in compliance with
ICC demands before the
signing of the HVA document, the Sunday Observer
was told.
Antigua and Barbuda’s
sports and health minister,
John Maginley, who chairs
his country’s LOC, had stated his own frustrations by
declaring that “in several instances” he and other LOC
representatives had “fought
with the ICC to get them to
temper their demands and
their expectations with reality”. In Barbados, former
prime minister and minister
of finance, Sir Erskine Sandiford, told the Saturday
Sun newspaper that the stipulated regulations to which
the CWC Inc had genuflected to the ICC for hosting
the World Cup were “more
intrusive than demands of
the International Monetary
Fund...”
Now, in the face of dwindling revenue expectations,
originally estimated at approximately US$500 million by ICC/CWC Inc and
shared at ministerial briefings, the host countries’ collective intake could be less
than one-fifth of the overall
cost to the region, according
to current assessments.
Meanwhile, initiatives are
currently being pursued by
some LOCs and affiliates
of the West Indies Cricket
Board to demand that a
“due diligence” exercise be
undertaken, as a matter of
priority, to determine the
extent to which countries
suffered “financial losses,
as well as national pride”
by virtue of yielding to the
“dictated” arrangements to
host the World Cup. (Ricky
Singh, Jamaica Observer)
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the amount of $ 76,114.16 (Seventy Six Thousand and One Hundred and Fourteen and
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This is NOTICE to any and all persons or entities that may have a claim of debt against
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and Abadjieff Medical Center, N.V. A hearing is scheduled for April 27, 2007, so claims
should be filed before then. .
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Tasks and responsibilities:
• Responsible for sales to walk-in customers.
• Ensure that customers receive proper service and correct advice on
products and solutions to yacht related problems.
• Correspond with technical departments from International suppliers.
If you have a claim please call Abadjieff Medical Center, N.V. or Dr. Danielle
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NEW
ORLEANS--As
homes in New Orleans’
flood-stricken zones inch
toward habitability, a bureaucratic storm is brewing
between state and federal
relief agencies that could
derail the city’s recovery
from Hurricane Katrina.
The dispute over how
$7.5 billion in federal aid is
handed out is slowing disbursal to more than 120,000
homeowners whose houses
were damaged or destroyed
by the storm on Aug. 29,
2005 and by subsequent
flooding.
Officials from the state
of Louisiana contend that
a new federal requirement
that aid checks be issued
jointly to homeowners
and their mortgage lend-
ers could mean that money
bypasses the owners--many
of whom lost their jobs as a
result of Katrina--and goes
straight to paying their defaulted mortgage payments.
A federal official said the
government, in demanding
a change in payout procedures, was relying on lenders to act fairly to New Orleans homeowners.
“If banks simply grab this
money as a way to compensate for their subprime
losses, we would not consider that the moral thing
to do,” said Bruce Sullivan,
a spokesman for the U.S.
Department of Housing
and Urban Development.
But state officials note that
banks are feeling a pinch all
over the nation because of
YUMA,
Arizona--His
chances for domestic policy
wins dimming and overshadowed by debate over
Iraq, President George W.
Bush visited the U.S.-Mexican border on Monday to
demand that lawmakers
work with him to overhaul
immigration law.
Standing along the border
on a hot day, Bush saw a
new double-layer of fencing
that Border Patrol officials
say has cut attempted crossings by illegal immigrants in
the past year.
Bush’s appeal for immigration reform was short
on specifics, and he didn’t
mention that much of the
opposition to his proposed
guest-worker plan has come
from members of his own
Republican Party.
The president also made
no reference to his standoff with congressional
Democrats over Iraq. Tens
of thousands of protesters
marched there on Monday, the fourth anniversary
of the fall of Baghdad, demanding the withdrawal of
U.S. forces.
Bush used his second visit
to what had been a porous
part of the U.S. border to
try to regain momentum
for his domestic agenda,
which has been stalled since
Democrats took control of
Congress. Besides immigration, Bush has been unable
to pass priorities including
making tax cuts permanent
and overhauling the Social
Security retirement program.
Bush wants an immigration deal with congressional leaders by August. His
proposals to find a way to
put illegal immigrants in a
guest-worker program to
give them a legal status have
generally had more support
from Democrats than Republicans.
But the top House of
Representatives Democrat,
Speaker Nancy Pelosi, has
informed Bush he must deliver dozens of Republican
votes before she would be
willing to bring any legislation to a vote. That is likely
to be difficult for Bush to
achieve with the 2008 presidential race already under
way.
House lawmakers last year
backed a tougher security
program, but opposed any
effort to grant citizenship
to illegal immigrants. The
White House is hoping that
if a major bipartisan bill
passes the Senate first, it
may spur momentum in the
House, where there are opponents in both parties to
any overhaul that could be
construed as “amnesty” for
illegal workers.
Bush is locked in a bitter
struggle with Democrats
over $100 billion in funding for the Iraq and Afghan wars, but said he saw
a chance at a compromise
on immigration. “I think
the atmosphere up there is
good right now. I think people genuinely want to come
together and put a good bill
together,” he said.
An estimated 12 million
immigrants are living illegally in the United States,
putting a strain on state
budgets. Bush said the
problem has been decades
in the making and blamed
past failures to fix the problem.
Barbara Johnson poses for a photograph in front of her house,
severely flooded in Hurricane Katrina, in New Orleans, Louisiana in this March 27, 2007 file photo.
Johnson has been waiting
for funds from the Federal
Emergency Management
Agency and the staterun, federally funded and
roundly criticized Road
Home program since being rescued from her attic days after Katrina hit
the U.S. Gulf Coast. The
Road Home program has
received more than 121,000
applications and has 60,000
still to process, and has
closed on fewer than 6,100
of them. Of $7.5 billion in
funding, some $4.7 billion
has been allocated, but not
necessarily paid out.
The standoff between state
and federal officials makes
it even less likely that residents like Johnson will see
any money, unless banks
agree not to claim the back
mortgage payments. It has
also prevented the state
from rolling out a new software program that was supposed to help reduce the
backlog of claims.
a crisis in subprime mort- to charity.
“I am so grateful for the
gages and many would be
likely to grab the Katrina love of these groups that
come in, because the city
cash.
is not doing a `blah blah’
Grateful
thing,” Johnson said as colMeanwhile, Katrina victims lege kids on spring vacation
grow older and angrier as ripped out water-logged
their woes go unanswered debris and piled it roofamid endless government high in her front yard.
Throughout St. Bernard,
bickering. Barbara Johnson, 79, has all but lost faith the Ninth Ward and Lakevthat the government will iew, some of the hardest-hit
come through with the aid neighborhoods, temporary
she needs to rebuild her trailers pop up as residents
mold-infested home on a return. But the city’s popunearly deserted block of lation is only about half
1940s bungalows in St. Ber- of what it was before the
nard parish, so she turned storm.
Stalled
As state and federal officials try to resolve their differences, the state is struggling to keep money flowing and “maintain some
kind of protection for the
homeowners to do repairs
on the property,” said Natalie Wyeth, spokeswoman
for the Louisiana Recovery
Authority.
Wyeth said the state and
HUD expect to announce
this week how aid will flow
to homeowners with mortgages, and what lenders
are likely to deduct from
grants, which average about
CHICAGO--Few topics are
more likely to cause argument among doctors than
the influence of religion on
healing, but a survey suggests most physicians bring
their ideas about religion
into their practice, U.S.
researchers reported on
Monday.
Physicians have been debating studies about the influence of religion and spirituality on patient health
for more than a decade,
but little consensus has
emerged. A new study may
give clues about why, said
Dr. Farr Curlin, a University of Chicago researcher
whose findings appear in
this week’s Archives of Internal Medicine.
Curlin and colleagues surveyed U.S. doctors about
their views on religion and
only 6 percent say it often
changes “hard” medical
outcomes, reflecting some
sort of miraculous healing.
About three quarters of
those surveyed say spirituality helps patients cope
and believe it gives them
a positive state of mind.
About 7 percent, however,
said it often causes negative
emotions such as guilt and
anxiety and some 4 percent
think patients use spirituality to avoid taking responsibility for their health.
Doctors who are most religious are more likely to
see the positive influence of
religion on their patients.
These physicians are much
more likely to report that
their patients bring up religion and issues of spirituality. They are much more
likely to say religion has a
spirituality and healing and
found a strong association
between physicians’ views
and their own religious
beliefs. “This is yet more
evidence that doctors are
not just objective, neutral
scientists. Their religious or
secular commitments influence the way they respond
to patients and the way they
interpret data,” Curlin said
in a telephone interview.
Curlin and colleagues
mailed a survey in 2003 to
a random sample of 2,000
practicing U.S. doctors
aged 65 or younger from
all specialties. Some 63
percent responded and the
average age of respondents
was 49.
They found that 85 percent of those surveyed believe religion or spirituality is generally positive, but
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$76,000. The state agreed
last week to pay out grants
to homeowners without
mortgages in lump sums
and with less oversight to
ensure that the funds were
spent on repairs.
Most streets in once-submerged
neighborhoods
remain deserted. Despite
a burst of grants from the
state program last month
that fueled new construction, some residents are angry at the slow recovery.
“It doesn’t make sense.
Everywhere we been, we
build other people’s (countries) but when it come to
ourselves it’s completely
different,” said Vernon
Lawrence, 75, pointing to
the cost of the Iraq war and
reconstruction. “Here we
are in this country suffering
like hell.”
Lawrence was speaking
after coming out of the
Road Home’s office in East
New Orleans, not far from
where his two-story home
flooded during the storm.
He was applying for a grant
and was pessimistic.
After his insurance company failed to pay out on
his homeowners policy, he
managed to gut his home
and make it livable with a
$15,000 grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency. He doesn’t
hold out much hope of getting relief from the government any time soon.
“They going to preach
a good sermon but I just
wonder if they’re going to
deliver the things they said
they’re going to,” he said.
strong influence on health
and to interpret religion
and spirituality in positive
rather than negative ways.
“Physicians’ notions about
the relationships between
religion and spirituality and
patients’ health are strongly
associated with physicians’
own religious characteristics,” Curlin’s team wrote.
Based on the findings, the
researchers said doctors
should be aware that their
own views of religion could
influence how they provide
care and patients should
take note of their doctors’
biases. “Their doctor’s
own religious beliefs will
influence how the doctor
responds to the patient’s
spiritual concerns,” Curlin
said.
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THE DAILY HERALD, Tuesday, April 10, 2007
International
THE DAILY HERALD, Tuesday, April 10, 2007
NATANZ, Iran--Iran announced on Monday it had
begun industrial-scale nuclear fuel production in a fresh
snub to the U.N. Security
Council, which has imposed
two rounds of sanctions on
it for refusing to halt such
work.
The announcement marks
a shift from experimental
atomic fuel work involving
a few hundred centrifuges
used for enriching uranium
to a process that will involve
thousands of machines.
Western nations fear this
will bring Tehran closer to
what they say is its aim of
building atomic bombs. Iran,
the world’s fourth largest oil
exporter, insists it only wants
the fuel for generating electricity so it can export more
of its oil and gas.
“I proudly announce that
as of today Iran is among
the countries which produce
nuclear fuel on an industrial
scale,” President Mahmoud
Ahmadinejad told a gathering at the Natanz uranium
enrichment facility in central
Iran.
Washington swiftly denounced the declaration, saying it was a further sign Iran
was defying the international
community.
Iran, which announced a
year ago it had produced its
first tiny batch of enriched
uranium, had said it would
install 3,000 centrifuges as
a first stage towards “industrial-scale” output. Chief
nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani was quoted by Mehr
News Agency as saying Iran
had “reached the capacity of
3,000”. Asked if feedstock
uranium gas had been injected into them, he told report-
ers: “Yes, we have injected
gas.”
Diplomats previously said
Iran had set up a third of the
3,000 machines but had not
introduced feedstock. An
Iranian official told ISNA
news agency U.N inspectors
who routinely visit would
confirm centrifuge numbers
in 20 days’ time.
Analysts say Iran has used
such announcements of
atomic progress in the past to
strengthen its bargaining position with the West, but that
such statements have often
glossed over technical glitches they say have plagued
Iran’s nuclear work.
Iran aims to build 54,000
centrifuges, which spin at
high speeds to produce fuel
for power plants or, if it is
enriched further, bombs.
With 3,000, Iran could make
enough material for a bomb
in one year if it wanted to,
Western experts say.
Ahmadinejad said Iran
would not bow to pressure to
stop its atomic work, which
he insisted was a right under
the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT). The West
says Iran must prove its programme has no military aims
to enjoy that right.
“Iran has so far moved in
a completely peaceful path
and wants to continue following this path, they should
avoid doing something which
forces this nation to review
its behaviour,” Ahmadinejad
said.
U.S. State Department
spokesman Sean McCormack said Iran’s announcement was “another signal
that Iran is defying the international
community”.
The White House said it was
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had started industrial atomic
work.
U.N. Secretary-General
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Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad speaks during a ceremony at the Natanz nuclear
enrichment facility 350 kilometres (220 miles) south of Tehran on Monday.
30
International
KABUL--The Afghan government should execute
Taliban prisoners, an Afghan daily said on Monday,
the day after the rebels
killed the translator of an
Italian journalist.
Meanwhile, a spokesman
for the Taliban commander
holding five Afghan Health
Ministry officials said the
militants would kill one
of the hostages unless Kabul opened talks with the
group.
Spokesman Shahabuddin
Atal said translator Ajmal
Naqshbandi had been beheaded on Sunday after the
government refused to free
several insurgent prisoners.
Government officials later
confirmed the man was
killed.
“Martyring Ajmal Naqshbandi and their other crimes
happen as the government
shows extreme leniency towards Taliban prisoners,”
the daily Arman-e-Millie
said in an editorial.
“There has been no implementation of punishment
for any criminal and killer
Taliban who has been sentenced to heavy punishment by the judicial authorities,” it said. “From now
on, criminal Taliban should
be executed.”
Newly married Naqshbandi was seized in early
March, along with La Repubblica reporter Daniele
Mastrogiacomo and his local driver. The Taliban freed
the Italian after about two
weeks when Kabul released
five of its senior members.
The swap happened after
the group beheaded Mastrogiacomo’s driver, but the
rebels had held on to his
translator in a bid to secure
the release of more of their
men.
Another daily, Cheragh,
criticised President Hamid
Karzai’s government for
failing to free Naqshbandi
but going ahead with a deal
to secure Mastrogiacomo’s
freedom and save Italy’s
fragile government from
embarrassment. “Mr. Kar-
THE DAILY HERALD, Tuesday, April 10, 2007
zai, no doubt, you managed
to save the Italian government from falling. But with
regret, you could not save
the life of an Afghan and
someone who had voted for
you,” it said.
Karzai condemned the
execution and said Naqshbandi’s release was part of
the deal involving the Italian journalist. “While efforts were going on from
the government side for his
release, this human killer
group murdered him mercilessly,” a presidential palace statement quoted Karzai as saying.
A group representing Afghan journalists said the
execution had caused local
reporters to fear covering
areas where the Taliban are
active. As a sign of protest,
some Afghan journalists
vowed to omit Taliban comments or statements from
their stories for a week and
urged foreign media to fol-
low suit.
The Mastrogiacomo deal
was widely criticised in Italy
and Afghanistan. Security
experts said it would trigger
more abductions of foreigners. Last week, two French
aid workers--a man and a
woman--were kidnapped
along with three Afghan
colleagues in rugged, lawless Nimroz province between Iran and Afghanistan’s opium heartland of
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TOKYO--The top U.S. negotiator with North Korea
said on Monday it was becoming difficult for Pyongyang to meet a mid-April
deadline to close a nuclear
reactor, but Washington
would not accept a partial
shutdown.
Speaking to reporters in
Tokyo, Assistant Secretary
of State Christopher Hill
urged Pyongyang to implement a nuclear disarmament agreement regardless
of a dispute over the transfer of frozen funds to North
Korea.
“Clearly we are aiming for
a complete fulfilment of the
February agreement and
we’d like to get it done by
day 60,” Hill said, referring
to the Feb. 13 agreement
that gave the North 60 days
to shut its nuclear facilities
in return for energy aid.
“But obviously that timeline is becoming difficult,
but certainly there is no
such thing as partial,” added Hill, when asked if a par-
tial shutdown of the reactor
would be acceptable.
Hill, the top U.S. negotiator on North Korea’s
nuclear programme, met
Japanese officials later on
Monday. He is to have more
talks on the North Korean
nuclear issue in Seoul on
Tuesday and Wednesday
and in Beijing on Thursday
and Friday.
North Korea walked out
of six-party talks aimed at
ending its nuclear weapons programme last month
when the transfer of $25
million in funds held at
Banco Delta Asia (BDA) in
Macau failed to go through.
Japan’s top government
spokesman said the fund
dispute should not hold up
implementation of the February agreement among
the two Koreas, the United
States, Japan, China and
Russia.
“The BDA issue is outside the framework of the
six-party talks. They cannot
make that an excuse not to
abide by the 30- or the 60day deadlines. We need to
resume the six-party process,” Chief Cabinet Secretary Yasuhisa Shiozaki told
a news conference.
The U.S. State Department last week said the
United States had found
a way for the frozen funds
to be transferred to North
Korea, but on Monday appeared less certain this may
resolve the dispute, saying
there may be other ways
to settle the matter. “That
pathway was valid and it
certainly could work,” said
State Department spokesman Sean McCormack.
“I’m sure that there are
other ways that this could
get done,” he added, saying
it was up to North Korean,
Chinese and Macanese
authorities to decide how
to handle the funds, which
were frozen after U.S. authorities designated the
Macau bank a “primary
money-laundering
concern” in September 2005.
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THE DAILY HERALD, Tuesday, April 10, 2007
AMMAN--Mainstream
Sunni Muslim clerics in Iraq
have formed a body to issue
edicts aimed at curbing the
influence of al Qaeda militants whose activities kill
civilians, not only foreign
troops, a leading cleric said
on Monday.
Sheikh Ahmed Abdul
Ghafour al-Samarrai told
Reuters the “council of
ulama of Iraq”, set up by a
founding committee of 40
prominent religious scholars in Amman last week,
was prompted by a need for
balanced fatwas--religious
edicts--within his community as violence grew in Iraq.
“It’s high time our clerics unify their utterances.
Religious scholars have to
work on teaching Muslims
respect for the others,” he
said referring to radical
Islamists with ideological
links to al Qaeda.
Sunni Islamist al Qaeda
in Iraq wields influence in
several western and central
provinces. Its militants are
gaining support by their
preaching in a country beset
by U.S.-led foreign troops
and sectarian fighting with
Shi’ite militia.
But their indiscriminate
killing of civilians and a
strict interpretation of
Sunni Islam have alienated traditionally minded
tribal leaders and escalated
a power struggle in Sunni
ranks. Suicide bombings by
Sunni militants have not
only killed Shi’ites indiscriminately, but also have
been directed at fellow Sunnis seen as collaborators
with the Iraqi government
or U.S.-led forces.
Samarrai, who ran a state
body that oversaw Sunni religious sites in Iraq but was
fired last February for criticising Prime Minister Nuri
al-Maliki, a Shi’ite Islamist,
said extremist groups who
killed on flimsy evidence
must be fought. “They kill
by suspicion and commit
senseless bloodletting and
boast about it. Whoever kills
a Muslim believer should be
penalised by going to Hell,”
he added.
The new grouping includes
some of the most illustrious Sunni scholars in the
first such body to be formed
since the U.S.-led invasion
of Iraq in 2003. Sheikh Abdul Malik al-Saadi, Iraq’s
leading Sunni cleric who
is regarded as the de facto
mufti of the community,
will head a group within the
council that was empowered
with issuing fatwas drawing
on Islamic beliefs and sharia
(Islamic law) doctrine.
Samarrai said he believed
Iraq’s mainstream nationalist insurgent groups that
focused their energies on
fighting U.S troops, and
not on fellow Iraqis, would
regard the scholars’ edicts
as their sole religious authority. “Our scholars will
meet and issue fatwas and I
am full of hope the proper
resistance that does not kill
fellow Iraqis will heed the
views of these scholars,” he
told Reuters.
“The authentic resistance
considers the blood of Iraqis as sacrosanct. But those
who masquerade as resistance and for whom the
lives of Iraqis are cheap-this is not resistance against
the occupier, this is terror,”
he added.
LONDON--Britain’s Ministry of Defence on Monday
banned any more of the 15
sailors and marines held in
Iran from selling their stories to the media, reversing
a previous decision after
widespread criticism.
Defence Secretary Des
Browne announced a “review of the regulations”
concerning payment for
stories after defence experts, former military commanders and members of
the public expressed outrage that some had profited
from their captivity. “No
further service personnel
will be allowed to talk to
the media about their experiences in return for pay-
ment,” Browne said in a
statement.
The ministry had faced a
barrage of criticism after
two of the captives, following permission to do so
by the same ministry, sold
their stories to the media.
Faye Turney, the 25-yearold mother who was the only
woman captive, gave exclusive interviews to Britain’s
leading tabloid newspaper
and to a television news
programme, earning what
one newspaper said was
100,000 pounds ($200,000).
She said the Iranians asked
how she felt about dying for
her country and warned she
may never see her daughter
again.
Demonstrators chant slogans during a peaceful rally marking the fourth anniversary of the fall
of Baghdad to invading American troops, in Najaf, on Monday.
NAJAF, Iraq--Tens of thousands of people waving Iraqi
flags staged a peaceful rally
in the southern city of Najaf
on Monday to demand the
withdrawal of U.S. forces,
four years to the day after
Baghdad fell to invading
American troops.
The streets of the Iraqi
capital itself were largely
empty after authorities
clamped a 24-hour ban on
vehicles to prevent any insurgent attacks, especially
car bombings.
The anniversary comes
as Iraq’s Shi’ite-led government is trying to avert
full-scale civil war between
majority Shi’ites and minority Sunnis who were
dominant under Saddam
Hussein. Sunni and Shi’ite
clerics marched side by side
in Najaf.
U.S. military spokesman
Rear Admiral Mark Fox
said that four years ago began a crackdown on vioU.S.-led forces had “liber- lence in Baghdad and was
ated Iraq from Saddam’s not at the rally. The U.S.
republic of fear”. That had military says he is in Iran,
allowed Iraqis to exercise but his aides insist he is still
their democratic rights and in Iraq, possibly Najaf.
stage protests such as the
His ability to muster such
one in Najaf.
a large gathering was a sig“While there have been nal to the Iraqi government
substantial
accomplish- and Washington that, dements, the first four years spite his absence from pubhave also been disappoint- lic view, he is still a force to
ing, frustrating and increas- be reckoned with.
ingly dangerous in many
Reuters journalists estiparts of Iraq,” he said.
mated the size of the crowd
The protesters in Najaf at tens of thousands, while
were responding to a call organisers said the number
by powerful anti-American was far greater. The U.S.
cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, military said aerial surveilwho blames the March lance pictures showed that
2003 invasion for the coun- 15,000 took part.
try’s woes and wants a timeThe young cleric, popular
table set for a U.S. troop among Iraq’s Shi’ite poor,
withdrawal. Waving red, led two uprisings against
white and black Iraqi flags, U.S. forces in 2004 but
marchers choked the 7 km has since become a major
long road between Najaf political player. His moveand neighbouring Kufa and ment holds a quarter of the
clogged streets leading to seats in the ruling Shi’ite
Sadrayn Square, the main Alliance.
rallying point. Many had
Washington accuses his
come from Baghdad and Mehdi Army militia of fuelShi’ite towns and cities in ling sectarian violence and
the south.
says it is now the biggest
Iran freed the captives Sadr has kept out of sight threat to peace in Iraq, a
on Thursday, 13 days after since U.S. and Iraqi forces charge Sadr denies.
surrounding their boats in
what it said was its territory
but Britain said was Iraq’s.
Arthur Batchelor, the
youngest captive at 20, also
sold his story, saying he
“cried like a baby” in his
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ANKARA--Turkey on Monday warned Iraqi Kurdish
leader Massoud Barzani
over comments he made
about Ankara’s policy towards northern Iraq, saying
Barzani would “be crushed
by his own words”.
Barzani said in a television
interview at the weekend
that if Ankara interfered
in northern Iraq, as it has
threatened to do, Iraqi Kurds
would interfere in Kurdish
cities in Turkey.
“They should be very careful
in their use of words ... otherwise they will be crushed
by those words ... Barzani
has again exceeded the limits,” Turkish Prime Minister
Tayyip Erdogan told reporters in televised remarks.
A Barzani aide later said the
Kurd leader’s comments had
not been meant as a threat.
In Washington, U.S. State
Department
spokesman
Sean McCormack called
Barzani’s comments unhelpful. “They certainly do not
further the goal of greater
Turkish-Iraqi cooperation
on issues of common concern, including fighting the
PKK (the outlawed Kurdish
Workers’ Party).”
Ankara is deeply concerned
about what it sees as moves
by Iraqi Kurds to build an
independent state in northern Iraq, fearing this could
in turn reignite separatism
among its own Kurdish population in southeast Turkey.
Turkish government spokesman Cemil Cicek said Ankara had a legitimate interest
in developments in northern
Iraq because Turkish Kurdish rebels used the region as
a springboard to launch attacks on military and civilian
targets inside Turkey. Turkey blames the PKK for the
deaths of more than 30,000
people since the group
launched its armed campaign
for an ethnic homeland in
southeast Turkey in 1984.
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PARIS--Right-wing presidential hopeful Nicolas
Sarkozy has extended his
lead over his main rival, Socialist Segolene Royal, but
a poll on Sunday showed
nearly half of French voters
were undecided over who
to back.
With just two weeks to the
first round of the presidential election, the CSA poll
for Le Parisien newspaper
said 42 percent were unsure which way to vote. The
number is slightly higher
than before previous presidential ballots and highlights the unpredictable
nature of this election.
“People are hesitating
more and more between
the candidates and will decide at the last moment,”
said Roland Cayrol, director of the CSA institute.
Although election sparring has been going on for
months, Monday marked
the official start of the campaign when candidates unveil media spots and stick
up posters.
Sarkozy has consistently
led opinion polls and has
picked up a few points
over his main rivals in recent days. The tough former interior minister has
benefited from a renewed
focus on immigration and
security issues and violence
between youths and police
at a Paris rail station.
An IFOP survey for Journal du Dimanche newspaper on Sunday gave Sarkozy 29.5 points in the first
round vote on April 22, a
three and a half point rise
from the previous IFOP
poll.
Royal’s first round position
dropped three points to 22
and the survey showed that
Sarkozy would comfortably
beat her with 54 points to
46 in the second round on
May 6.
Royal’s campaign has been
struggling, with members of
her party complaining she
lacks a clear strategy. She
angered some Socialists
last week with a plan to encourage small firms to hire
THE DAILY HERALD, Tuesday, April 10, 2007
school leavers, while rivals
called it costly and unrealistic.
Sensing the election is
wide open, the third and
fourth placed candidates
have stepped up attacks on
the poll leaders. Centrist
Francois Bayrou, in third
place, has sought to take
advantage of Royal’s weaknesses by talking about social issues and he has tried
to win right-wing votes by
criticising Sarkozy. The
former education minister
has portrayed himself as an
alternative to the pair and
has climbed steadily in the
polls since the beginning of
the year.
Pakistani Minister of Tourism Nilofar Bakhtiar smiles during
a function in Islamabad on Monday. The chief of a radical
mosque in the Pakistani capital has issued a decree calling
on the government to sack Bakhtiar after a photograph was
published showing her hugging a foreign man. The demand,
contained in a decree known as a fatwa, is the latest challenge from the pro-Taliban mosque to the government of
President Pervez Musharraf. Pakistani newspapers carried a
photograph last week showing Bakhtiar hugging a man, apparently her para-jumping instructor, after completing a jump
in France.
SINGAPORE--Singapore’s
prime minister, Lee Hsien
Loong, will earn five times
more than U.S. President
George Bush this year after a
pay rise on Monday boosted
his annual salary to S$3.1
million ($2.1 million).
A minister told parliament
on Monday that other Singapore government ministers-who are already among the
best paid in the world--will
also see their salaries jump
by about 60 percent to an average of S$1.9 million ($1.26
million).
“For the public service to
remain an attractive employer, our terms must keep
pace with the private sector,”
Defence Minister Teo Chee
Hean, who is also minister
in charge of the civil service,
said in parliament.
The ministerial salary increase--which will take effect
in two steps by the end of next
year--is slightly smaller than
the government had originally proposed. Lee said last
month the salaries of ministers and top civil servants
might have to rise by as much
as S$1 million ($660,000) to
S$2.2 million ($1.45 million)
because they had fallen way
below benchmark top salaries in the private sector.
Lee’s announcement
sparked an outcry, with hundreds of Singaporeans signing an online petition and
writing to newspapers to protest against the move. Some
Singaporeans said the ministerial salaries did not reflect
the country’s economy or the
government’s performance,
adding that the government
was tactless to raise ministers’ salaries now given Singapore’s widening income
gap.
One regional politician
questioned the size of the increase. “From the announcement today, I sense that it is
a bit too high,” said Anwar
Ibrahim, Malaysia’s former deputy prime ministerturned-dissident, at a Foreign
Correspondents’ Association
dinner in Singapore.
Anwar said that politicians
needed to be paid reasonably
well but that salaries should
not be “blatantly high, unreasonably high” as this could
erode the sense of public
service.
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THE DAILY HERALD, Tuesday, April 10, 2007
paradise.
Many locals have taken up
mining after abandoning
pepper farming due to low
prices for the spice on the
world market. “I don’t have
money to start a business. I
didn’t even finish school,”
said Suhandri as he puffed
a cigarette under a makeshift shelter after spending
hours partially submerged
in one of the small craters
in Sunghin in search of ore.
The heavy machinery digging new mine shafts are a
grim reminder of the devastation the rampant mining
is taking on the landscape
of Bangka, east of the island of Sumatra. “Tell me
what else I can do?” asked
Suhandri, a 49-year-old father of five.
Indonesia is the world’s
second-largest tin producer
after China, accounting for
some 40 percent of global
tin supplies. The world’s
largest integrated tin miner,
PT Timah Tbk, once owned
the mines at Sunghin. The
company refilled the craters with earth and planted
acacia and cashew nut trees
when it wrapped up operations in the early 1990s.
But locals began digging
up the old mines in 1998 at
the height of the economic
crisis in Indonesia.
BEIJING--China’s ruling
Communist Party has fired
a local official for having
too many children--both
with his wife and a mistress--in violation of strict
family planning policies,
a state newspaper said on
Monday.
Qin Huaiwen, who headed
a construction bureau in
Yulin in the northwestern
province of Shaanxi, had
three daughters with his
wife and a son and a daughter by his mistress, who was
almost 20 years his junior,
the Beijing News said. Most
urban Chinese couples are
only allowed to have one
child.
One of his daughters by
his wife was registered as
being his wife’s sister’s,
while the two children he
had with his mistress took
their mother’s surname and
lived with their grandparents, the report said.
The family ties only came
to light after the mistress
began complaining about
a lack of child support and
her second-rate position
to Qin’s wife, the newspaper added. Qin denied his
mistress’ children were related to him, but DNA tests
proved otherwise, it said.
Qin was also charged with
adultery, and was expelled
from the party as well as
losing his job, it said.
VACANCY
SUNGHIN, Indonesia--The
coconut palms on the tropical beaches of the Indonesian island of Bangka open
up to reveal a landscape so
devastated by mining that it
bears an eerie resemblance
to the surface of the moon.
Deep craters as big as
football fields pockmark
the land. Smaller craters
filled with turquoise water
glitter deceptively in the
tropical sun. The water is
highly acidic.
Welcome to the tin mines
of Bangka where miners
dig deep into the earth in
search of tin ore--the raw
material for the metal used
in coating soft drink cans
and solders for computer
chips. Battling with malaria
and constantly facing the
risks of accidents such as
drowning and landslides,
dozens of miners have set
up camps in Sunghin village
in the jungles of Indonesia
as they forage for tin deposits in disused mines.
Tight global supplies have
propelled the price of the
silvery and malleable metal to a record high above
$14,000 a tonne on the
London Metal Exchange
where it is traded. Yet, the
miners of Bangka see little
of the riches as they eke
out a living on their tropical
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Rizal Bachri, an Indonesian tin miner, wears a diving suit at a floating mine site before jumping into the water to collect tin ore off Bangka Island in this February 25, 2007 file photo.
Using pans and a constant flow of water, miners
search for the grey-black
tin ore which they filter out
of the sand taken from the
craters. The water becomes
highly acidic when it is
mixed with the grey-black
tin ore extracted from the
earth.
“Poor people like us just
don’t have a choice,” said
25-year-old Andy. “I will
still mine but the number
of buyers have declined. I
am not sure what the future
is going to be.”
Many miners lament last
year’s closure of dozens of
small smelters, which have
been accused of damaging
the environment and operating without licences. The
government
crackdown
against these smelters last
year helped fuel tin’s meteoric rise in the global market but the leap in prices
has not made its way down
to the miners.
Andy, who works near the
provincial capital Pangkalpinang, was startled when
told the price of tin had
gone through the roof. “It
looks like the reality is rather different,” he said.
The International Tin Research Institute (ITRI) has
forecast a market deficit of
30,000 tonnes in 2007 because of supply constraints
for the metal, also used in
electronics and packaging.
ITRI, largely funded by
major tin producers and
smelters, supports the tin
industry and encourages tin
use. It says global consumption grew by 8.6 percent in
2006.
Ironically, the closure of
the small smelters in Bangka set up to get around an
Indonesian
government
ban on exports of tin ore in
2002 put downward pressure on local prices of the
ore. Before the crackdown
aimed at preventing environmental destruction on
the island, a kilogram of tin
could fetch 41,000 rupiah
a kg ($4.49) in Pangkalpinang.
But the price has since
fallen to 27,500 a kilogram
simply because the small
smelters, which used to
buy ore from miners, are
not active anymore. These
days the buyers of tin ore
on Bangka are able to set
prices as they wish.
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The miners have no recourse. PT Timah does buy
ore from local miners but
only from selected middlemen, while the island’s second-largest refiner, Koba
Tin, has suspended shipments after police detained
three company directors on
suspicion of illegally obtaining tin ore and operating
outside its mining area.
Indonesia has issued new
guidelines aimed at curbing
illegal mining but authorities in Bangka are keen
to see locals shift to other
sectors such as trade and
fishing. “People have to be
prosperous without tin,”
Bangka-Belitung governor
Hudarni Rani told Reuters
after casting a ballot at a
recent gubernatorial election.
“Tin will definitely run out
one day. The next governor
should know what to do
next. Mining is definitely
disruptive,” he said.
Rani lost the election. The
next governor will be inaugurated later in April.
ATHENS--Experts struggled on Monday to disperse an
oil spill along the coast of the Greek island of Santorini
caused by the sinking of a cruise ship as a search took
place to try and locate two missing French passengers.
“Efforts to clean up the oil spill caused by the shipwreck
are continuing with a 1,700-tonne dock assisting in the
transfusion,” said an official at Greece’s Merchant Marine Ministry.
“We are awaiting the arrival of a specialised deep sea
vessel tomorrow, to help in the search for the two missing
passengers,” the official said.
A Greek prosecutor charged the captain and five other
crew of the cruise ship which ran aground near the Aegean island.
The 22,412-tonne Sea Diamond, run by Louis Cruise
Lines, hit a reef on Thursday close to the shore of the
picturesque island of Santorini, one of Greece’s most
popular tourist destinations. It listed and was evacuated
within hours.
A 45-year-old Frenchman and his 16-year-old daughter are unaccounted for. His wife and son were among
1,156 passengers and 391 crew safely evacuated from the
Greek-registered ship.
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NEW DELHI--Two Air India planes made emergency
landings on Monday at New
Delhi’s international airport,
with the nose of one aircraft
later hitting the ground as
its front undercarriage collapsed while being towed
away. No one was hurt in either incident, officials said.
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several hours after the first
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plane, an Airbus A310 flying
from Shanghai and Bangkok,
made the emergency landing
around 7 a.m. (0130 GMT)
following problems with its
landing gear. The passengers
disembarked safely onto the
runway but as the plane was
being towed away its front
wheel collapsed, leaving its
tail jutting out upwards onto
the runway near one end of An Air India Airbus A310 is seen after it made an emergency landing at the international
the strip.
airport in New Delhi on Monday.
The second emergency landing was of an Air India Boe- 3:15 p.m. (0945 GMT). The fault and landed the plane safely after at least two ating 767, which took place at pilot reported a technical with 54 passengers on board tempts, an Air India official
said.
Television channels reported the pilot received a warning about a problem with the
plane’s undercarriage. The
Air India official said a “defective instrument panel” led
to the incident.
Air India has a fleet of 48
planes, some of which are
around 20 years old. Last
year, India’s national carrier
ordered 68 Boeing aircraft,
including the latest 787s as
well as long-range 777s.
BEIJING--Internet game
operators in China must deter young people from playing more than three hours a
day to combat online addiction, according to a circular
issued by eight government
departments on Monday.
The number of Internet
users in China reached 123
million in mid-2006, the Xinhua news agency said on
Monday, citing official statistics. About 15 percent-or 18 million--are under the
age of 18.
Game companies must develop a system that cancels
half a minor’s earned gaming credits if they remain
online for more than three
hours a day. If the young
person plays for more than
five hours a day all of their
credits will be taken away.
Online gamers will also be
required to register using
their real names and identity card numbers which will
indicate if they are under
the age of 18. Companies
must develop an anti-addiction system by June 15,
fully test it by July 15 and
implement it thereafter, according to the circular.
It was issued by eight government departments, including the State Press and
Publication Administration,
the Ministry of Education
and the Ministry of Public
Security.
THE DAILY HERALD, Tuesday, April 10, 2007
JINZHU VILLAGE, China-Zhang Fengjiao might not
be a development expert, but
she knows what she needs
to improve her lot--a proper
road to her village so she can
take her products to market
with relative ease.
Her wish is on its way to
being granted under a pilot
project that is cautiously exploring the potential for the
Chinese government to work
with non-governmental organisations (NGOs) in tackling poverty in the world’s
most populous country.
“If that road can be finished,
it’ll make a big difference,”
said the 37-year-old mother
of two, her neighbours huddling around out of curiosity.
Zhang currently has to
trudge about 2-1/2 km (1.6
miles) along a muddy, reddirt path just to get from her
home to the main part of
Jinzhu, a remote village in a
mountainous part of Jiangxi
province in China’s southern
interior. But the promise of
a new road has given Zhang
and her husband enough
confidence to plant an orchard of lychee trees and
medicinal herbs--products
that fetch higher prices, but
are more risky than staples
like rice if the market is hard
to reach.
“I have the spirit to do more
with my land. I have enough
land--I just haven’t made
good enough use of it yet,”
she said.
That the Chinese government would pay for such a
road is nothing new--conscious of the threat of unrest resulting from growing
inequalities, it is increasing
spending on rural areas, especially on health and education. What sets this pilot project apart is that it addresses
the need for more nimble
efforts to help the 21.5 million people living below the
official absolute poverty line
of 693 yuan ($90) a year, who
are increasingly clustered in
hard-to-reach areas.
That’s where NGOs come
N ’ D JA M E N A / K H A RTOUM--Chad
said
it
routed a major rebel attack launched from Sudan
on Monday to destabilise
its government, but Khartoum accused Chad’s army
of killing 17 of its troops
and threatened a strong response.
The accusations marked a
deterioration in the volatile
relations between the two
central African neighbours,
marred by violence spilling across the frontier of
Sudan’s Darfur region.
Chadian Information
Minister Hourmadji Moussa Doumgor said a convoy
of 200 rebel vehicles from
Sudan was defeated after
attacking army positions in
the border village of Aldjirema. At least eight Chadian soldiers and numerous
rebels were killed, he said.
“Chad expects the international community to unequivocally condemn this
enemy aggression led from
Sudan against Chad and
take appropriate measures
to compel the Sudanese
government to abandon its
expansionist plans to destabilise Chad,” the minister
said in a statement.
However, Sudanese armed
forces spokesman Mohammed Aghbash said Chadian troops backed by seven
armoured vehicles and 140
armed off-road vehicles has
crossed the border and attacked Sudanese troops
before being forced to
withdraw. Seventeen army
and police personnel were
killed while 40 others were
wounded in the attack,
which also left numerous
civilian casualties, he said.
“We send a strong message to all traitors and
those who seek to escalate the situation that the
response would be strong
and through all legitimate
means,” Aghbash said in
the statement carried on
the official Sudanese news
agency SUNA.
A Chadian presidency official in N’Djamena, who
asked not to be identified,
denied the army had crossed
the border or clashed with
Sudanese forces.
The accusations came just
two months after Chadian President Idriss Deby
and Sudanese leader Omar
Hassan al-Bashir signed a
non-aggression pact in the
Libyan capital Tripoli in an
effort to calm rising regional
tensions. The four-year war
in Darfur, which has killed
an estimated 200,000 people, has driven hundreds of
thousands of refugees into
Chad and prompted the
United Nations to study a
peacekeeping force for the
country’s lawless east.
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in. The government increasingly recognises their
strengths in reaching out to
disadvantaged groups, and so
it is experimenting in Jiangxi
with essentially sub-contracting some of its poverty relief
work to NGOs, through a
bidding process.
The selected NGOs go to
their assigned villages to listen to residents about how
they want their 500,000 yuan
in government aid to be
spent. They then help implement the plans.
Each NGO receives up Locals walk in front of a home in Jinzhu village of south China’s Jiangxi province March 21,
to 50,000 yuan per village 2007.
to cover its costs, provided
by the Asian Development
“It suggests that terms like to operate without official ADB’s Spohr said the projBank (ADB), which is as`building a harmonious permission. But so far the ex- ect could also be a model
sisting in the project with the
society’ and `government periment, limited to NGOs for local governments and
help of British funding.
role transformation’ are not registered with the govern- civil society to provide other
merely rhetoric, but are be- ment, appears to be riding services like health care and
Basic Amenities
ing at least cautiously ex- that fine line successfully.
basic education at the grassChris Spohr, an economist
plored and pushed ahead,”
roots level--something he
with the ADB in Beijing, said
Spohr said, referring to two Like Eating Crab
said had been successful in
the government’s readiness
stock phrases the leadership During a recent training ses- countries from Bangladesh
to take NGOs on as parthas employed to etch out its sion for the project held in to South Korea. “The ultiners showed its commitment
priorities for reform.
Jiangxi, the NGO staff and mate beneficiaries are the
to spreading the benefits of
What is happening in the local development officials poor villagers themselves,”
prosperity more evenly.
19 Jiangxi villages that are were surprisingly open about he said.
part of the project hardly ap- their mutual strengths and Huyan Qin, a project officer
pears revolutionary--Jinzhu weaknesses.
with an NGO, has noticed a
residents are using their cash Zhang Zhihao, the efferves- difference in the attitudes of
to help build two roads, up- cent head of Jiangxi’s pov- many of Jinzhu’s residents
grade the water supply, and erty alleviation office, said over the past year or so.
install a small bridge and a he was glad to implement a
When Huyan first went
public toilet. But the step project that would help put there to help Zhang Fengjiao
N’Djamena accuses Sudan of transferring government into practice two of Beijing’s and her neighbours work out
of supporting Chadian reb- funds to the bank account of priorities--to modernise the how to spend their 500,000
els based in Darfur, while a civil society organisation, bureaucracy and improve yuan, many of them were
Sudanese Arab militia for it to spend on behalf of transparency. “We’re the sceptical whether a system
known as “Janjaweed” are citizens, could be seen as un- first to eat the crab,” Zhang for converting pig manure
raiding ever further into dercutting the power of local said, using a Chinese saying into cooking gas was worth
eastern Chad. Khartoum officials to control the purse to describe a pioneer.
the effort. After visiting
has denied any support for strings.
Many of the participating another village to see how
Beijing itself has tradition- NGOs said they saw the proj- it worked, they added it to
Chadian insurgents but accuses N’Djamena in turn of ally been cautious towards ect as a way to raise their pro- their wish list, he said. “Now
backing the rebels in Dar- NGOs, maintaining strict files while finding a steadier they think more about how
registration
requirements source of income than inter- to change their lives.”
fur.
that have led many of them national aid money.
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International
THE DAILY HERALD, Tuesday, April 10, 2007
an ally of Ramos-Horta, is
not running for re-election
but plans to seek the more
hands-on post of prime
minister in a separate parliamentary election later
this year.
Ramos-Horta appeared
upbeat in comments on the
elections he made to Reuters at a Dili hotel. “So far
I think very positive, enormous participation of the
people. The incidents are
marginal,” he said.
Around 3,000 international troops and police
are patrolling during the
elections, while about
200 international observ-
East Timorese President Xanana Gusmao carries his son
Daniel (R) as he casts his ballot at a Balibar polling station
in Dili on Monday.
DILI--The counting of votes
for a new president began
in East Timor on Monday
after a poll that many hope
can help end deep divisions
and instability in one of the
world’s youngest and poorest nations.
Over half a million people
were eligible to vote in the
election, which outgoing
President Xanana Gusmao
described as a chance to
demonstrate his nation is
no failed state. Supporters
of rival candidates clashed
during campaigning last
week, injuring more than
30 people and prompting
international troops to fire
tear gas and warning shots.
“This election is important
for the country’s future.
I hope the new president
will lift us out of the crisis,”
said Rogerio dos Santos, a
30-year-old farmer, before
casting his ballot at a polling station in an elementary
school.
The turnout appeared to
be high and, although official results are not due until
next week, an election commission spokesman said
preliminary results could
emerge on Tuesday.
Eight candidates are running, including Prime Min-
ister Jose Ramos-Horta, a
Nobel peace prize winner
who spearheaded an overseas campaign for independence from Indonesia. If no
one wins more than half the
vote, a run-off will be held,
a scenario some analysts
see as likely.
The election commission
spokesman told a news
conference that phone text
messages from poll officials
put Ramos-Horta, former
guerrilla fighter and Fretilin Party candidate Francisco Guterres and the Democratic Party’s Fernando
de Araujo ahead. “There
is some consistency in the
numbers,” he said, declining to say who was receiving
the most votes.
Dili, the capital, was calm
during the day, although
residents said that overnight two soldiers they described as drunk had fired
shots while stopping traffic.
No one was hurt in the incident, they said.
Campaigns have focused
on how to reunite East
Timorese, split by an eastwest divide that erupted
into bloodshed last May
after the sacking of 600
mutinous troops from the
western region. Gusmao,
ers monitored the voting.
“There have been a few
problems in the districts
but it’s completely normal
in any election,” said Javier
Pomes Ruiz of the European Union’s monitoring
mission.
Some of the 700 polling
stations are so remote ballot papers had to be delivered on horses.
Gusmao has blamed last
week’s clashes on the Fretilin Party of ousted Prime
Minister Mari Alkatiri, accusing its leaders of allowing supporters to provoke
violence. The party, the
country’s ruling political
machine, has denied the
charges.
Pro-Jakarta militiamen
went on a violent rampage
following a 1999 vote for independence, killing about
1,000 people and destroying much of the territory’s
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infrastructure. In the chaos
after the mutiny by some
troops last May, more than
30 people were killed and
100,000 fled their homes,
until the government asked
foreign troops to quell the
unrest.
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. Call Super Bikes:
544-2704/544-2779 or visit
our
website
www.sxmcars.com.
2002 Kia Rio RS for sale! Automatic, great AC, new paint job,
inspection good until Aug. 2007.
Registration done for 2007, good
condition. Asking price $3,600. Call
Jeff: 581-3857.
2005 Chevrolet Celta. Color
white, 30k miles, $5,500. Please
call: 523-4997.
-Trail, 4x4.
Good condition & low mileage. Price $15,000. Call:
520-1083.
FX4. Like
new only 8k miles. Perfect
condition. Black exterior,
black leather interior. Over
$6,000 in upgrades & modifications. Asking $33,000.
Call: 522-2567 for more info.
THE DAILY HERALD, Tuesday, April 10, 2007
$450. Sunfish sailing boat $500.Tel:
Hyundai Trajet. In excellent condi- 523-5395.
tion. 7 seater, $6,500. Phone: 557For sale: Grady White 208 Adven2400.
ture. Walk around Cuddy Cabin,
Leaving the island. 2000 Kia 150 Yamaha HPDI. Swim ladder,
Sportage, automatic, A/C, CD play- VHF radio. Well maintained. Tel:
er, power windows, central locks, 00590-590-87-41-16/00590-690power steering. Papers valid until 22-71-16.
2008. $4,000. Call: 581-7278.
For sale: Wellcraft Cuddy Cabin
Nissan Sentra 2002 for sale. Au- 25ft boat. 2x 150 HP Mercury and
tomatic, A/C, 61,000 miles. $4,900. trailer, $15,000. Call: 523-6738.
Please call: 522-1939.
Ikea 2007 furniture for sale (brand
new!). Closets, chairs, tables,
couches, carpet, mirror, bed etc.
Available for quick disposal! Call:
523-6170 and come and see on
Saturday.
. Fully loaded. Please
call: 527-1136/527-4242.
electric stoves
with 4 burners and oven $50
each. 22 dishwashers $45
each and more things for
sale. Waterloo Market,
Sucker Garden Rd # 49.
Call: 522-6513.
For sale: Nissan Sentra 2000,
76,800 miles. Very good condition,
control technique French side 2008.
$3,950. Call: 00590-690-86-96-24.
For sale: Toyota Corolla 2004.
Price $9,995. Contact: 553-8686.
Oyster Pond: Just released, great
investment, high end. Spacious
condominiums, ocean front, very
fair price. Please call for more
information: 522-5131 or leave a
message at 542-2851.
For sale: 42” Cabo Rico
Cutter 2000. St.Maarten,
very
clean.
Yanmar
400hours, 4.5kw generator.
Best gear, solar panels, wind
generator, 2500W inverter/
130A charger, AGM batteries. Agent Jim Macfarlan:
001-954-761-1122.
new
wooden
TV
cabinets,
Cherry color, sliding doors
built in, 150X70 X 150cm (L
X B X H) US$500.00. Call:
557-1177, 543-2121 ask for
Ramesh / Avinash
For rent: One bedroom apartment
on the lagoon, Wellington Road.
Fully furnished $1,000, 2 months
security deposit. Call: 553-2790.
Large studio with terrace and
beautiful ocean view. Located in
Pelican Key for rent. Fully furnished,
parking for 2 cars. Tel: 581-1614.
Monte Vista Hill, fully furnished.
New 2 bedrooms, 2½ bathrooms
with beautiful ocean views. A/C,
common pool, security, no pets,
utilities excluded. $2,000. Appointments call: 524-9099 after 2 pm.
Pelican Key: Just reduced! 2
bed, 2½ bath condo. Partly ocean Monthly and short term rental.
view, beautiful kitchen, dishwash- Beautifully furnished one bedroom
er, washer/dryer, garage. Brand apt, 2 min from Juliana Airport,
Immediate sale: Dining table, 3 pc new, Great investment, $375,000.
sofa set, queen & single bed with Please call fast: 522-5131 or 542- close to beaches. Appliances,
cable, large porch overlooking
mattress, TV unit, counter stools. 2851. Thank you.
the lagoon. Very attractive rates.
Must sell immediately. Any reason(599)557-1778/(599)548-4050,
able offer accepted. Call Rita: 5431
7355.
email:sxmapt@yahoo.com.
bedroom condo, 3rd floor.
Tel: 554-8979 between 6 - 10 pm.
Email: dandgrealty@gmail.com.
A million dollar view- 8 ocean front
condos. Beacon Hill, one bedroom
deluxe beachfront condos competitively priced. Simply can’t find a
better deal or view than this! From
$275,000. 554-6275.
Belair: Overlooking ocean. 3
bedrooms, 2½ baths, terrace
lounge, dining, kitchen, utility, full
airco. Patio, garden, parking, 2
swimming pools, garden. In good
order. Best offer over $350,000. Tel:
542-2382/524-6377.
For sale: Blue Daewoo Matiz
2000. Manual gears (standard).
$1,500 or nearest offer. Tel: 00590690-54-65-64.
For sale: Jeep Liberty 2002, 6
cylinder, blue. Very clean, 50,000
miles, new tires. For a quick sale
$13,000. Tel: 526-0380.
per year on $200,000 loan.
Secured by developer, 3
years
term.
Call:
(00599)581-4173.
Leaving the island, furniture for Huge balcony overlooking
Caribbean
$380,000.
sale. Beachwood fair table with 2 Designer kitchens, washer/
glass plates $450. Beachwood din- dryer, direct pool/beach
ing table with 4 chairs $450. Black access, financing. 2 beddressoir made from beachwood rooms
available.
Piet,
(2) Yamaha Wave runner. 1 in $450. Call: 581-0277.
Nanda,
Caribbean
Al.
perfect condition, 1 have engine
Tel:544-3005 ext 1141.
damage. $3,500 for both. Phone: Leaving the island, furniture for
557-2400.
sale. Wooden garden set with 2 Pointe Pirouette: Aqua Marina,
tables, 2 chairs + 1 bench. $1,100.
brand new. Fully furnished 1
Call: 581-0277.
bed/1½ bath condo, two balconies,
Maki 19’6” Bowrider with 150HP nice view, generator, common
Yamaha 4 stroke and many extras, pool, satellite TV, internet, central
$15,000. Phone: 557-2400.
airco, gym, sauna $380,000 (not
negotiable). 522-5131.
Motorbike Yamaha XT600. Built
1989, engine, brakes, frame ok. Rainbow Beach Club at Cupecoy.
Needs new tires and cosmetic Tower building level 6. Direct ocean
work. $1,800 o.b.o. Call: 522-8144. views. Fully furnished, 2 bedroom,
with pad2 bathrooms. No brokers please.
dles. $250 per or $450 for
$425,000. Please call: 580-9755.
both. Call: 557-1880.
Simpson Bay Yacht Club. Water3 refrigerators, 2 used & one
front, beautifully furnished, updated
brand new. One stove used. Used 801m² land. Mary’s Fancy, beau- studio apartment with boat slip in$150 each, new $500. Tel: 553- tiful view on valley sloped, all utili- cluded. $275,000 by owner. Please
ties available. For sale by owner
0484/523-5363.
$95,000. Serious inquiries only. call: 554-1004.
Car
Sale. Quality warrantee cars.
Bank financing available. Tel:
520-0624.
engine, automatic. Leather
interior, CD player. Asking
price $3,750. Call: 526-7893
or driedel@marianum.nl.
great valley and partially ocean
view. Price reduced $349,000. Call:
557-1880.
Accommodation 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.
Beacon Hill: 2 bedrooms, 1 bath,
furnished. A/C, parking $1,200.
3 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, semi
furnished, washer/dryer, fridge &
Cupecoy Beach, Ocean Club. stove $1,300. Call: 522-5139.
Time share week 5 only. Studio,
ocean & lagoon view, parking, low
Pelican
maintenance $2,900. Call: 557- Key. Apartment available for
1880.
rent,
fully
furnished.
Telephone, cable TV, airco,
pool. For appointment call
propWilma: 544-2356.
erties for sale Dutch and
French side commercial &
residential beach front properties, houses and apartment complex for sale. Also
in Anguilla, Nevis-St.Kitts
and Dominican Rep. Call:
ECL N.V. Real Estate Agent.
L. J. Gumbs. Tel: 599-5455551. Fax: 599-545-2375.
Tele/Fax: 599-548-4916. Em
a
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eurocaribbeanlinkup@caribserve.net or our website
www.eclsxm.com.
Huge lot In Whitestone , Pelican
Key. Fantastic Scenic view overlooking St. Barths & Saba. $398,000
Dapper Dan 557-6200.
For sale: Fiber glass 3 seats row- Mary’s Fancy: 4 bedrooms, 2
ing dingy. Suitable for a 2 HP engine bathrooms. Completely remodeled,
Close to the beach. 3 bedrooms,
2 baths apartment, small pool, no
pets, children. Satellite, A/C, cable.
Semi furnished. Available June 1st
$1,800 month. Call Alex: 520-7088.
For rent: Apartments in Cole Bay,
Pelican Key area. Starting at $850
p/m. For rent or for sale by owner
3 bedroom apartment/studio. Call:
57-0683 between 12am - 5pm. No
brokers.
For rent: Large, spacious 3 bedroom house with yard. Nice for
children in quiet Retreat Estate.
$1,250 monthly. 2 months deposit
required. Available immediately.
Call: 581-3625.
Nice and spacious apartments.
Tamarind Hill, Dawn Beach. Fully
furnished with airco, washer/dryer,
generator, nice terrace, own parking. Wonderful ocean view, 24-hrs
security. From $900, no pets. Tel:
580-6653.
One bedroom apartment for rent
in Pelican. Fully, newly furnished.
Private parking AC/TV, $1,000 a
month plus utilities. Call: 544-3607.
One bedroom apartment in
Cupecoy. Fully furnished for rent,
$1,100. Also one studio, fully furnished $800. Tel: 522-8463.
Pointe Blanche: One bedroom
furnished apartment. Fantastic
views, pool, laundry, internet,
airco, sat.TV and more. $1,100
per month. Phone: 526-0159. jane.
c.richardson@gmail.com.
Pointe Blanche: Beautiful new 2
bedroom, 1 bathroom apartments.
Available now. Convenient location,
off street parking, terrace. Kitchen
appliances, security, intercom, internet included. $1,200 per month
plus utilities. Call: 553-5710.
Simpson Bay Yacht Club. Fully
furnished 2 bedroom, 2 bath apartment, lagoon view. Common
pools, tennis court. 24 hours security. April 15, December 31, 2007.
$3,000 per month. Call: 581-6854.
Simpson Bay. July 1st, luxury fully
furnished 2 bedroom/1bathroom
apartment in perfect condition. 10
steps to the Simpson Bay beach.
Long term $1,750 includes: cable
TV, 24/7 security. Tel: 545-2167.
St. John’s beautiful four bedroom,
two bathroom house. Large living &
diningroom, excellent kitchen, large
master bedroom. Includes swing in
the porch, shutters, burglars bars.
Perfect for a family. Call: 543-7355.
St. John’s Estate: 2 bed/2½ bath
house in a gated community. A/C,
washroom, yard, private parking,
all new appliances. Community
playground, quiet neighborhood.
Available immediately. $1,500 one
month deposit. Call: 522-2066.
:
One male 20-30 years old.
Must be Antillean, have valid
papers, police record not
older then 6 months. If interested please call: 544-3538
from 9:30 to 3:30pm.
for tailor with experience in
making clothes for men,
women and children. Must
also be able to repair alter
clothing. Contact Wanda
Suares, St. Eustatius tel
5863356.
for a
receptionist
male/female.
Must
have
experience.
Speaking Dutch and English.
If you are interested call:
526-4976.
Services
need automotive mechanic
St. Eustatius with 5 years
experience in gasoline, diesel engines, electrical electronic, airconditioning, computer systems, fuel injection, transmission rebuilding. Call 599 318 1135.
looking for 2 qualified care givers. Must have L.B.O.
Resume requested. Pass by
Dr.Tjon-Sie-Fat St. #23, Cole
Bay. Please call: 580-7866/
520-4979.
energetic female
sales associate capable of
managing a small, dynamic
store. Must have good physical health, enjoy swimming,
boating, have great interpersonal and communication
skills, good computer and
basic office skills and enjoy
working in the tourism industry. Antillean Working Papers
or Dutch Nationality. Call 586
5339.
Caretaker looking for apartment/
cottage to rent. Will manage property and care for animals. Mature
American female. Speaks French.
Call Lynne: 552-2134 or 524-2720.
Hard working Jamaican woman
is seeking a job has a housekeeper
for a small family. To take care for
the elderly or to work in a hotel. Call:
586-7596.
Looking to buy a rotweiller puppy.
If you can help, please call José
Luis Arenas on Saba at 0522-2641
or 0416-5589.
Urgent! 1 bedroom apartment
for rent in the Philipsburg area or
nearby. Price range $350-$450 per
month. Please call Albert: 555-9004
or 586-3931.
Wanted: Hurricane shutter installer. For more information contact:
Studio for rent. Fully furnished & 542-3167/552-7236/527-0444.
equipped, garden, A/C, shutters.
Almond Grove area. Available im- We are looking to buy a 2 or 3
mediately. $800 month. Call: 557- bedroom house. Tel: 524-3102.
0247/00590-690-55-70-46.
Young experienced hard working
White Sands Beach Club, on the lady is seeking a job as a housemile long beach of Simpson Bay, keeper for a small family. Take care
left of Beacon Hill. One & two bed- for the elderly or to work as a waitrooms from $500 weekly. Longer ress. Please call: 581-6348.
stays upon request. Appointments
only.
Tel:
545-4496
Business
THE DAILY HERALD, Tuesday, April 10, 2007
U.S. Trade Rep. Susan Schwab holds up a pirated DVD as she talks about two WTO cases
against China during a news conference in Washington on Monday.
WASHINGTON--The Bush
administration, under pressure from Congress to get
tougher on trade, said on
Monday it would take legal
action against China for failing to stop widespread piracy
and counterfeiting of American goods.
“Inadequate protection of
intellectual property rights
in China costs U.S. firms and
workers billions of dollars
each year,” Schwab said in
a statement announcing two
separate cases against China
at the World Trade Organization.
The move came as congressional anger over last year’s
record $232 billion U.S.
trade deficit with China is
hampering Bush administra-
tion efforts to win renewal
of trade promotion authority, which the White House
needs to finish negotiations
on the Doha round of world
trade talks.
Schwab told reporters the
two requests for dispute settlement consultations--the
first steps in bringing a complaint at the WTO--”should
not be viewed as hostile action against China” and also
rejected suggestions the two
countries risked slipping into
a trade war.
The United States recognizes Beijing has already
taken some important action
to crack down on piracy and
remains open to a negotiated settlement without going through the WTO, which
WASHINGTON--World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz said
on Monday he accepted full responsibility for the promotion
of a staffer with whom he is romantically involved.
The bank’s staff association last week questioned Shaha Riza’s promotion and pay increases, and the bank’s board said
on Friday they would look into whether the actions possibly
violated the bank’s staff rules.
Wolfowitz told the bank’s staff in an e-mail that he would
ensure the board has access to the facts in the case “in a manner that also respects the bank’s rules concerning the right
of every staff member to the confidentiality of his or her records.”
He said he accepted “full responsibility for the actions taken
in this case” and that he had always acted to uphold bank
rules on employee rights and treatment. A copy of the letter
was obtained by Reuters.
Riza had been given an external assignment to the U.S.
State Department in September 2005, when her involvement
with Wolfowitz was made public. Both are divorced. Riza
worked at the bank for eight years and was a senior communications adviser in its Middle East Department when she
was transferred to the State Department. She remained on
the bank’s payroll.
Wolfowitz joined the World Bank in mid-2005 after serving
as U.S. deputy defense secretary, a position in which he acted
as a leading architect of the Iraq War.
State Department spokesman Sean McCormack said Riza
was no longer working for the department and since September 2006 had been working for the Foundation for the Future, an international nongovernmental organization largely
funded by the United States. The foundation provides grants
to civil society in the broader Middle East and North Africa
region to “advance freedom and democratic values and practice,” according to the State Department’s Web site.
could take 18 months or
more, Schwab said.
But pointing to a table displaying 500 pirated copies of
music CDs and Hollywood
blockbusters like “Walk the
Line,” “Mr. and Mrs. Smith”
and “The Da Vinci Code,”
Schwab complained it was
too easy for pirates in China
to avoid jail time. “If I took
just one DVD off the pile
back there, leaving 499 still
there, and there was a raid,
the most Chinese authorities
could do would be to seize
the goods and impose an
administrative fine” because
the current threshold for
criminal prosecution is 500
copies, Schwab said.
Although China appears
to have taken some steps to
close that legal loophole,
the United States believes
Beijing needs to go further.
It also wants China to make
other changes to beef up legal protections for copyrighted and trademarked U.S.
products, Schwab said.
The United States’ second
WTO complaint focuses on
market access barriers that
make it difficult for U.S.
movie, music and publishing
companies to offer legitimate
products that could compete
for sales with pirated goods.
“Only specially authorized
state-owned companies are
permitted to import movies,
DVDs, music, books, journals and other publications,”
despite China’s commitment
to end such monopolies when
it joined the WTO, Schwab
said.
U.S. movie and recording
groups applauded the action
at the WTO, but the Business
Software Alliance was unenthusiastic--even though U.S.
software piracy losses in China totaled an estimated $1.95
billion in 2006, compared to
$206 million for U.S. records
and music in the same year
and $244 million for U.S.
motion pictures in 2005.
DOHA--Leading gas powers
on Monday took a small step
towards setting up an OPECstyle group, but sought to
reassure consumer nations
it was business as usual for
now.
The Gas Exporting Countries Forum, at its first meeting in two years, decided to
establish a group of experts
to study how to strengthen
the previously toothless organisation.
“In the long term we
are moving towards a gas
OPEC,” Algerian Energy
and Mines Minister Chakib
Khelil said. “It will take a
long time.”
“We are trying to strengthen
the cooperation among gas
producers to avoid harmful
competition. Some will say it
is like OPEC, some will say it
is just coodination among gas
producers,” said Shokri Ghanem, head of Libya’s energy
sector.
The study group, chaired
by the world’s leading gas
exporter Russia, will look at
factors including pricing, infrastructure and the relationship between producers and
consumers, ministers said. It
will report back to the gas forum’s next ministerial meeting in Moscow in 2008.
The energy minister of Qatar, host to Monday’s meeting
and home to the world’s third
largest gas reserves, placed
the emphasis on improved
dialogue between producers
and consumers. “We should
work towards greater cooperation to stabilise the market, to give confidence to our
consumers. We should send
a very positive statement to
our customers that we are
with you, not against you,”
Abdullah al-Attiyah said.
He took exception to the
term cartel, saying he preferred club or group. “I hate
the word cartel,” he said.
Russia also rejected the
implication producers would
collaborate at consumer expense. “We do not, and will
not, set ourselves the goal of
ganging up on anybody. It
would be destructive and it
would make no sense at all,”
Russian Energy Minister Viktor Khristenko said ahead of
MOSCOW--Russia
plans
to launch a direct competitor to the U.S. GPS satellite
navigation system next year
using military technology
developed in the Cold War
era, project leaders said on
Monday.
Drivers, hill walkers, sailors and army commanders
around the world navigate
using satellite technology developed by the U.S. military.
Soon they will be able to
switch to a Soviet-designed
rival--GLONASS.
“We are planning to deliver
all sorts of devices already
available on GPS,” said Alexander Gurko, the chairman of M2M Telematics
which manufacturers satellite navigation equipment.
GPS stands for Global Positioning System.
“From next year we will
start producing a consumer
product from GLONASS,”
Gurko said.
He was speaking at a
press briefing alongside
Yuri Nosenko, the deputy
head of the Russian space
agency Roskosmos, and
other GLONASS project
leaders. Russia will spend
10 billion roubles ($385 million) this year on developing
GLONASS and firing more
satellites into orbit but will
also be looking for private
partners, Nosenko said.
The Soviet Union started work on developing
GLONASS, which stands
for Global Navigation Satellite System, in the mid-1970s
to give its army exact bearings around the world. But
the collapse of the Russian
economy in the late 1990s
drained funds away from
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Monday’s meeting.
Since its formation in 2001,
the gas producers’ forum,
whose members are responsible for around 60 percent
of world gas exports, has
been viewed by analysts as
a talking shop. The prospect
of converting it into a more
forceful body was rekindled
in January by Iran’s supreme
leader and more hawkish energy ministers seized on the
idea.
A plant of U.S. chemical producer Dow near the eastern German village of Lippendorf, south of Leipzig, is seen in this
March 25, 2004 file photo. A consortium of Middle Eastern investors and American buyout firms is preparing a $50 billion
approach for Dow Chemical Co. in what could be the world’s
biggest ever leveraged buyout, UK tabloid paper The Sunday
Express reported on Sunday.
GLONASS and the satellite
system frayed.
Now though, it has become
a favoured project of Russian
President Vladimir Putin,
whose seven years in power
have been marked by resurgent Russian national pride
alongside burgeoning oil revenues.
Since the U.S. military
turned on the GPS system
for the consumer market in
1993, it has become a multibillion-dollar industry. “Consumers don’t care whether its
GPS, GLONASS or Galileo,
they just want a signal,” said
Yuri Urchich, head of the
Russian institute of space
equipment engineering.
Galileo is the European
Union’s satellite navigation
system which it says will start
beaming coordinates to customers by 2011.
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Dear Sarah,
While thanking you for being able to find my “e-mail
address” in order to invite
me to attend your “political birthday” in the Emilio
Wilson Park, let me remind
you carefully of the following:
On Friday, March 30, you
refused to even for a moment come to the square in
town to address and comfort the native, indigenous
St. Martin people from all
over the island, who came
out despite the rain, to support the cause of Ms. Joan
Verwoord as well as many
local indigenous people.
No one asked you, or expected you to criticise your
own Government. That is a
poor excuse for any ‘leader’
Sarah.
You insulted the goodfaith of these and other
St. Maarteners, who out
of genuine and non-political motives to express deep
concern for the very unfair
manner in which the socalled ‘Friendly-island’ is
being developed, which is
at the exclusion of its own
native people.
You have consistently sided with others against the
rights of native, indigenous
St. Maarteners to be host,
and the prime beneficiaries
of any progress in their own
and only home.
Recently, you not even
responded to the invitation sent to you, to be guest
on our programme NATIONtalk, even after repeated requests.
You are now able to use
the Emilio Wilson park to
host a “political bash” under the pretence of inviting
people to celebrate your
birthday.
Because of the concern,
love and courage of many
people to stand up in protection of this property against
your government once more,
being ready to sell it to socalled investors. If it had not
Opinion
THE DAILY HERALD, Tuesday, April 10, 2007
~ Open letter to Leader of Govt, Sarah Wescot-Williams ~
been for brave, proud and
courageous St. Maarteners
and others such as Andre
Patrick, Jadira Veen, Dwight
Barran, school-children and
others, most probably there
would be no park for people like us to go to and join
in with you in celebration of
your “birthday.”
Dear Leader of Government, do you really think
that St. Maarten people are
so foolish and without pride
that they do not understand
your real motives?
Do you think that the people will forget, how you as a
St. Maarten woman, mother, a grandmother, a sister,
a daughter (and a) professional… refused to even
come out and show at least
a sense of caring for a local
St. Maarten young lady, who
has gone through intense
operations and harassment
by a foreign investor ?
You could have perhaps
at least try to “charm” the
people again with your
wonderful smile and rhetoric, but even that you felt
we were not worthy of.
At least, you could have
learned from your friend
and master politician, Albert Fleming, who when
they are in need, never at
that moment for sure turns
his back on them. Even if
he was in Baghdad, or Sierra Leone, he would have
taken the very first flight
back to be with “my people”.
Do you really think that
St. Maarten people are
“hungry” and have no
pride and would come out
like hungry wolves to eat
your food while knowing
what you and your Government are doing to Joan
Verwoord and other local,
native St. Martiners?
Maybe I am wrong Sarah, but I think this time
around, you and your
“Team-DP” will have to go
where you never have gone
before, to be successful in
fooling St. Martiners people again.
Still, Sarah, I wish you happy birthday but, especially,
don’t wait for me and don’t
save a “gift-basket” for me.
Instead, try to make up for
turning your back on Joan
Verwoord and other St.
Martiners, whose plight
By Eugene Robinson
WASHINGTON -- “We’ve
got to stay awake because
we have a march to finish,”
Hillary Clinton said earlier
this month in Alabama, attempting the singsong cadence of a Baptist preacher
calling sinners to the Lord.
Clinton’s subject was the
ongoing struggle for civil
rights, but she might as well
have been talking about
this Bataan Death March
of a presidential campaign,
which – unbelievably – has
only just begun.
Clinton went on to quote
James Cleveland’s famous
Gospel anthem:
I don’t feel no ways tired,
I come too far from where I
started from.
Nobody told me that the
road would be easy
I don’t believe He brought
me this far to leave me.
Well, that’s easy for her
and the other candidates
to say. Also for the speechwriters, logisticians, media
consultants, journalists and
others whose ambitions or
livelihoods are tied up in
the campaign.
Everybody else has the
right to feel tired already.
It probably had to be this
way. This is the first presi-
dential race in decades with
no sitting president or vice
president in the running,
which lowers the bar for
entry – you don’t need universal name-recognition to
believe you can be competitive. Hence the candidacy
of someone like Jim Gilmore, the former governor
of Virginia, who could walk
down the street incognito
in just about any city outside his home state.
If you want to win either
party’s nomination, though,
you have to lose your anonymity fast. Which is why
so many candidates started
so early.
Clinton, Barack Obama,
John McCain, Rudy Giuliani, John Edwards and
maybe one or two others
don’t have to worry that
people don’t know who they
are. But of course they have
to worry about raising absurd amounts of money – at
this point, largely to avoid
the perception that some
other candidate is able to
raise even more money and
thus is more “viable,” whatever that means.
Now Washington is buzzing with the rumor that
another recognizable face –
that of former Senator Fred
Dalton Thompson, better
known as District Attorney
Arthur Branch on “Law
& Order” – is about to get
into the race. Which might
mean, by the way, that stations would have to stop
airing all of Thompson’s
“Law & Order” reruns to
avoid having to give other
candidates equal time.
More candidates? Less
“Law & Order”? I can’t help
but think of Thompson’s
great line as the gruff admiral – his comfort zone as
an actor pretty much starts
and ends at gruff – in “The
Hunt for Red October.” As
U.S. and Soviet forces converge in the North Atlantic,
Thompson grumbles, “This
business will get out of control. It will get out of control and we’ll be lucky to
live through it.”
Starting the campaign this
early gives the whole thing
an oddly hypothetical air,
since the overriding issue
– the war in Iraq – is such
a moving target. It means
little to hear from the candidates how they would
handle Iraq after taking
office, since no one knows
what the war will look like
22 months from now. Will
the president’s escalation
have fizzled? Will even
more U.S. troops be on the
way? Will Congress have
cut off the war’s funding?
Are the candidates supposed to give us a plan for
every contingency?
That’s impossible, of
course, so what they do instead is react to events as if
they were “shadow” presidents – not a terribly meaningful exercise. George W.
Bush’s approval ratings are
down in the neighborhood
of 30 percent. Guess what?
Every single candidate for
president, Democrat or
Republican, says he or she
would have handled Iraq
differently.
Look, I love politics,
but I have a vested interest – I need something to
write about twice a week.
And I find it heartening
Dear Editor,
I am responding to the
article published in The
Daily Herald of Thursday,
April 5, 2007 in the opinion column entitled: “Answers needed from PJD2
Management.”
I am proud to be living in
a democracy where there
is freedom of speech and
freedom of press. However, I also believe in truth,
honesty and integrity.
If the disc jockeys feel the
way that I do, then they will
never again play “Empty
Promises.”
Tell me, Stuart Johnson,
why aren’t you a candidate
in the 2007 Island Council
Elections? After all, in the
2006 Parliamentary elections you were a candidate
on the DP slate.
You were campaigning
and trying to convince the
St. Maarten people to elect
you to represent us. You
were on every radio station
and in every newspaper.
Now tell the St. Maarten
people why you are not
a candidate in one of the
most important elections
on this island where St.
Maarten is about to become a country within the
Kingdom?
Were you also subjected
to bribery like The Baker
by the Democratic Party?
Did the number 4 DP
candidate ask you to stay
off the list so that you
wouldn’t recycle his votes
or did you realise that you
were a donkey and had no
call in horse race? What
happened to the voices of
of being excluded, she so
strongly symbolises.
Do not be surprised if the
“March of Joan”, becomes
our own St. Maarteners
historic refusal to take
it any more - like Rosa
Parks. Remember who that
was, and what made her a
true heroine?
Of course, Rosa Parks is
no longer physically with
us, but look into the eyes
of Joan Verwoord good
and draw your own conclusions.
Have a nice election birthday bash Sarah - without
me that is….
Leopold James
that people are so eager to
look beyond this disastrous
presidency. But I do worry
that fatigue will set in, enervating not just the public
but the candidates themselves. The front-runners
have to worry that they will
become too familiar, that
the excitement will fade
– and that this summer or
fall, around the time a normal presidential race would
begin, a fresher set of candidates will pile in and capture everyone’s attention.
They have to worry that
by the time Election Day
comes around, it will seem
as if the nominees have already been “president” for
a couple of years.
Hello? Are you still with
me? Wake up, people, because Hillary Clinton was
right: We’ve got a long, long
way to go.
the youth in the Democratic Party? Where have they
gone?
Did they come to realise
that the Democratic Party can only offer “empty
promises?” You should
have stayed on the DP list
to be a voice for the youth
of this island going into
country St. Maarten. This
shows that you are a failure
and a quitter and can’t be
counted on, and that you
are full of “Empty Promises.”
Shame on those who
forced you to step off the
DP slate and to those who
bribed The Baker!
Juliette Arnell
A local who loves St.
Maarten
Opinion
THE DAILY HERALD, Tuesday, April 10, 2007
By Charles Krauthammer
“Our bill calls for the redeployment of U.S. troops out
of Iraq so that we can focus
more fully on the real war on ing Democratic candidates
terror, which is in Afghani- for the presidency, Hillary
stan.” – Speaker Nancy Pe- Clinton, Barack Obama
and John Edwards. It is the
losi, March 8
constant refrain of their
WASHINGTON -- The last presidential candidate,
Senate and the House John Kerry, and of their
have both passed bills for current party leader, Howending the Iraq War, or at ard Dean, who complains
least liquidating the Ameri- “we don’t have enough
can involvement in it. The troops in Afghanistan.
resolutions, approved by That’s where the real war
the barest majorities, were on terror is.”
Of all the arguments
underpinned by one unmistakable theme: wrong war, for pulling out of Iraq, its
wrong place, distracting us comparative unimportance
from the real war that is vis- a-vis Afghanistan is the
least serious.
elsewhere.
And not just because this
Where? In Afghanistan.
The emphasis on Afghani- argument assumes that the
stan echoed across the world’s one superpower,
Democratic aisle in Con- which spends more on degress from Representative fense every year than the rest
Sheila Jackson Lee to for- of the world combined, does
mer admiral and now Rep- not have the capacity to
resentative Joe Sestak. It is fight an insurgency in Iraq
a staple of the three lead- as well as in Afghanistan.
Having the same drive and
passion to excel in everything they do, be it academically or in their sport, it is
understandable that people who do not know Louise and Roxanne, mistake
them for sisters. And they
get that a lot.
Besides their love for
scuba diving and being avid
horseback riders, they also
have their love for nature
and their concern for the
environment in common.
This concern was brought
into the open during the
13th annual Science Fair,
where Louise Lycklama a
Nijeholt and Roxanne Constanzo displayed and presented their project ‘How
little is too much?’ to the
judges, elementary schools
and the general public.
The project was about
the water pollution on St.
Maarten and the concern
that if nothing is done, the
damage to the island will
be irreversible. Louise and
Roxanne showed pollution
levels in certain areas of St.
Maarten that were, saying
the least, scary and very disturbing. At the end of the
three-day science fair they
were awarded the first prize
in the 14-15 years category.
Louise and Roxanne are
not planning to let this be.
The science fair being over
does not mean that the pollution on the island or the
awareness of this major
problem is over.
According to these teenagers (Louise is 16 and
Roxanne 14) this is only the
beginning for them. They
are planning to bring and
promote awareness of the
pollution on St. Maarten to
the youth.
As they said, “We as young
people speak the same language. The environmental
groups on the island are
doing a tremendous job
already. They cannot do it
alone though. We all need
to get involved: environmental groups, people of St.
Maarten and Government.
Let us all get on that train
to clean up St. Maarten,
one step at a time.”
Both girls have received
a lot of media attention already.
This project started out as
an entry to the school science fair and from there
to the island wide science
fair. But now it has developed into something big-
But because it assumes that
Afghanistan is strategically
more important than Iraq.
Thought experiment:
Bring in a completely neutral observer – a Martian
– and point out to him
that the United States is
involved in two hot wars
against radical Islamic
insurgents. One is in Afghanistan, a geographically
marginal backwater with no
resources, no industrial and
no technological infrastructure. The other is in Iraq,
one of the three principal
Arab states, with untold oil
wealth, an educated population, an advanced military and technological infrastructure which, though
suffering decay in the later
Saddam years, could easily be revived if it falls into
the right (i.e. wrong) hands.
Add to that the fact that
its strategic location would
give its rulers inordinate
influence over the entire
Persian Gulf region, including Saudi Arabia, Kuwait
and the Gulf states. Then
ask your Martian: Which is
the more important battle?
He would not even understand why you are asking
the question.
Al-Qaeda has provided
the answer many times.
Osama bin Laden, the one
whose presence in Afghanistan presumably makes it
the central front in the war
on terror, has been explicit
that “the most serious issue
today for the whole world is
this Third World War that is
raging in Iraq.” Al-Qaeda’s
No. 2, Ayman al-Zawahiri,
has declared that Iraq “is
now the place for the greatest battle of Islam in this
era.”
And it’s not just what alQaeda says, it’s what al-Qaeda does. Where are they
ger. It has become a goal
for Louise and Roxanne to
make sure people get involved. They hope that they
can make presentations at
schools and other institutions.
They are promoting the
installation of the Blue
Flag programme on St.
Maarten, which could
make St. Maarten not only
the friendly island, but the
friendly island with some of
the environmentally safest
and cleanest beaches in the
world.
The girls realise that this
will take a lot of work and
perseverance, and will not
be easy, but anybody who
knows them will tell you
that they certainly do not
lack passion, perseverance
and drive to reach their
goal.
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Stockings
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Fixation
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Helping
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precipitous
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cookie
Nighttime
hooter
Goober
Virtuous
conduct
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Scottish Gaelic
Cash penalties
Immoral deeds
Had dinner
Wise lawgiver
Got up
Expression of
gratitude
Illegal activities
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center
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soldiers
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dinner
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funneling the worldwide recruits for jihad? Where do
all the deranged suicidists
who want to die for Allah
gravitate? It’s no longer Afghanistan, but Iraq. That’s
because they recognize the
greater prize.
The Democratic insistence
on the primacy of Afghanistan makes no strategic
sense. Instead, it reflects
a sensibility. They would
rather support the Afghan
War because its origins
are cleaner, the casus belli
clearer, the moral texture
of the enterprise more
comfortable. Afghanistan
is a war of righteous revenge and restitution, law
enforcement on the grandest of scales. As senator
and presidential candidate
Joe Biden put it, “If there
was a totally just war since
World War II, it is the war
in Afghanistan.”
If our resources are so
stretched that we have to
Get together
Club Med, e.g.
Sheeplike
Zodiac lion
Sea eagles
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access
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Cut with shears
Prong
Tarot reader
Plains people
Legal wrongs
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Pants fold
Third planet
Perplexed
Born in
Bordeaux
Yoked pair
Local lingo
High-strung
Affirmatives
Fodder storage
structure
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songbird
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choose one front, the Martian would choose Iraq.
But that is because, unlike
a majority of Democratic
senators, he did not vote
four years earlier to authorize the war in Iraq, a
vote for which many have a
guilty conscience to be now
soothed retroactively by
pulling out and fighting the
“totally just war.”
But you do not decide
where to fight on the basis
of history; you decide on the
basis of strategic realities of
the ground. You can argue
about our role in creating
this new front and question whether it was worth
taking that risk in order to
topple Saddam Hussein.
But you cannot reasonably
argue that in 2007 Iraq is
not the most critical strategic front in the war on terror. There’s no escaping its
centrality. Nostalgia for the
“good war” in Afghanistan
is perhaps useful in encouraging anti-war Democrats
to increase funding that is
really needed there. But
it is not an argument for
abandoning Iraq.
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intense
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relative
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51 Once more
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Loca"
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Scotland
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56 Neutral tone
57 Catch fly balls
58 Sawbucks
61 Lock horns
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Comics
THE DAILY HERALD, Tuesday, April 10, 2007
By Linda C. Black
Today’s Birthday (April 10). You’ve always been
smart but this year, you’ll be absolutely brilliant.
You’ll be able to express yourself well, and your fame
grows the more you do. Publish.
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 - You’re getting more decisive, and you’re not making snap decisions. You’ve been thinking about this stuff for a long
time. Now take action.
Taurus (April 20-May 20) - Today is an 8 - Figuring out the best course to take is interesting, and yet,
it can be rather devoid of passion. Today, factor in
what you really want.
Gemini (May 21-June 21) - Today is a 7 - A person
you thought didn’t like you will become one of your
best friends. Wait and see what develops over the
next few days.
Cancer (June 22-July 22) - Today is an 8 - You’re
learning a very useful skill. Don’t talk much about it.
The proof that you’ve got the lesson down pat will be
when you are able to do it.
Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) - Today is a 7 - Temporary confusion leads to an argument, which leads to a better
fix for the problem. In this case, conflict turns out to
be a good thing.
Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) - Today is a 7 - Discuss your
plans with your partner but don’t worry if you can’t
agree. You can reach a good compromise within the
next couple of days. Hang in there.
Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) - Today is a 6 - Get used to
hearing what people have been holding back. For the
next two weeks, they’re going to feel less inhibited.
Exceptional patience will be required, but it will be
interesting.
Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) - Today is a 7 - At first, it
looks like what you’re doing isn’t going to work. Actually, this is a test. You can pass with flying colours.
Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) - Today is an 8 - You’re
doing well financially. This is a wonderful feeling.
Don’t get too wrapped up in it, though. More study
is required soon, to keep yourself in the black.
Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) - Today is a 5 - Remember all those household chores you’ve been meaning
to do. Better get into that list for the next two weeks,
or you’ll be nagged to death.
Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) - Today is a 6 - One never thinks one’s mind has been closed until it begins
to open. All those new, bright possibilities could be
kind of scary, at first. Don’t worry, you’ll get used to
them, fast.
Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) - Today is an 8 - Confer
with your team and inspire them. Let them inspire
you. Figure out ways to make money for everybody
involved. By the way, there’s no shortage of money.
It’s everywhere.
Community
THE DAILY HERALD, Tuesday, April 10, 2007
Dear Queenie,
My wife’s sister told me she wants to have a baby and asked
me to be the “sperm donor.” She said she doesn’t want to get
married and isn’t interested in having me be a father to the
baby, she just wants me to help her get pregnant.
Queenie, I’m not sure this is a good idea. I’m not sure I
would be satisfied to be just the baby’s uncle, knowing it was
mine. And I have two children with my wife. How would they
be related to her baby?—Undecided
Dear Undecided,
It certainly is not a good idea, for the reasons you mentioned
and a couple of others as well.
For example, just how does your sister-in-law intend to get
pregnant with your sperm? If she plans to use the traditional
method, she is asking you to commit adultery and I very much
doubt your wife would approve. In fact, your wife probably
wouldn’t approve of your even being asked.
Furthermore, legally you would be the baby’s father, so you
would have legal obligations to him or her, your sister-in-law’s
disclaimer notwithstanding. Even if she signed a contract releasing you from those obligations, I doubt it would be legally
valid.
In addition, the baby would be a half-sister or -brother to
your children with your wife, with all the confusion that would
entail. Remember the old calypso “Shame and Scandal”?
Tell your sister-in-law to find some other donor and leave
you in peace.
Only notices of fund-raising events for non-profit or educational organisations will be placed in the Events/Notices
column. Notices/Events should be sent to
notices@thedailyherald.com in the format used on this
page. Do not send fliers or press releases to this address.
EVENTS
Wednesday, April 11
OPEN-AIR MOVIE
Organised by Cineclub St. Maarten
Feature: “Stage Beauty”
Place: Loterie Farm
Time: 8:00pm
Tickets: US $5
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invite teenagers to a course on teenage parenting. Topics hosting a training course for telephone counsellors. Interto be discussed include child development, family planning, ested persons can collect registration forms at Philipsburg
sex education, budgeting, time management etc. The course Jubilee Library.
is planned for March to July. For more information contact
Story Hour at the Library
SIFMA at: 543-7298/ 543-7299.
All children are welcome at the weekly story hour of the library. The story hour will be held every Thursday afternoon
Volunteers needed
Island Vision Foundation is seeking exhibitors and volunteers from 3:00-4:00pm. For more information, call the library, tel.
for upcoming environmental events. A forum of speakers, 542-2970.
films, educational activities, entertainers, green organizations
and food/beverage providers who offer healthy, creative and Volunteers Needed
fun alternatives to what is commonly available in mainstream Nature Foundation needs storytelling volunteers (English
venues will be provided. Nominations will also be accepted and/or Dutch speaking), to record pirate stories for a new edfor the awards. For more details, contact islandvisionfounda- ucational programme. Help is also requested for performing
the “turtle puppet show” in schools. For more information,
tion@gmail.com or call 556 4746.
contact Dominique at dominique@naturefoundationsxm.
org, call 544-4267 or fax 544-4678.
Essay Contest
House of Nehesi Publishers in collaboration with Conscious
Lyrics Foundation and sponsored by Kwik Bargains is orga- Volunteers Needed
nising an essay competition for six graders. Students inter- The Special Olympics Foundation is looking for volunteers
ested in participating select a topic 1 - The History of Carnival to assist in the training of athletes in football, track and field,
in St. Martin (South) 2 - What Does Carnival Mean To Me? 3 bocci ball, swimming and tennis. Volunteers are also needed
- Write an Essay about Your Favourite Calypsonian (based on to set up and maintain a database on the athletes’ training
an interview with him or her) and submit the essay by April and progress. Interested persons are encouraged to call Na19. Contact the principal and 6th grade teacher of your school tional Director Eileen Healy at 520-8408.
for essay contest rules and more details.
Volunteers Needed
St. Maarten Animal Welfare foundation is seeking volunteers
Tae Kwon Do Classes
Dragon Princess Tae Kwon Do School is registering students during the morning hours for special activities. For more infor classes in Simpson Bay Tuesdays, Thursdays and Satur- formation call 520-8887.
days, 5:00-6:30pm and in St. Peters Monday, Wednesday and
Volunteers Needed
Fridays, 5:00-6:30pm. For more information call 526-6073.
Animals R Friends is looking for active Animal Lovers to
help with different tasks. If you want to join us, please call
Baby Clinic Move
White & Yellow Cross Backstreet Baby Clinic informs the 556-1191 or 556-3688.
general public that it has moved from Back Street 29 to:
St. Johns Road 6, St. Johns. Opening hours: Mondays, 8:30am Practice Sessions
St. Martin Pony Baseball/Softball League informs all players
to 12:30pm and 1:15-3:30pm; Fridays, 8:30am to 12:30pm.
Adventist Church Building, Belvedere. Opening hours: of the Belvedere, Dutch Quarter and Middle Region areas
that practice sessions will take place at Belvedere Ballpark
Thursday 8:30am to 12:30pm and 1:15-3:30pm.
every Monday, Wednesday and Friday, 3:00-6:00pm.
Patients are advised to start using the new locations.
Please note that the Clinic hours for Cole Bay on Tuesdays,
and in St. Johns Estate on Wednesdays will remain the same. Tai Chi classes
For more information tel: 54-84128 or email us at dnursing@ The Buddhist Compassionate Organisation Tzu Chi is offering free Tai Chi classes at John Larmonie Centre on Long
whiteyellowcross.org
Wall Road on Saturdays 8:30-10:00am and Sundays 8:3010:30am.
Kinder Care Center Registration
Kinder Care Center is accepting three-year-olds for its Head
Start and Early Stimulation in Preparation for Kindergarten. Daytime Bible Study
God Answers Prayer (GAP) Ministries meets for Bible Study
Call tel. 524-1122 or 553-5475.
at Rupert I. Maynard Community Centre, St. Peters Road,
St. Peters, every Thursday, 10:00am to 12:00 noon. EverySchool Volunteers
The Community Schools Project of St. Maarten is looking for one is welcome to attend. For more information call 548qualified volunteers to assist and share their skills with our 3031 or 554-9590, or e-mail
youngsters. Persons skilled in drama, local dance, track and gapministries-sxm@hotmail.com.
field, cooking, story telling, handicrafts, aerobics, computers,
Math, English, Dutch and other areas are needed. For more Taxi Number
information, call Project Leader Lusandra Wilson, tel. 542- Airport Taxi Association’s telephone number 546-7759 at
2056.
Princess Juliana International Airport is now fully opera-
The Law in Focus April:
The last Island Council Elections within the Netherlands
Antilles, with Mr. Louis Duzanson, and comments from the
three Political leaders represented in the Island Council, followed by the rights of the citizen against (non) actions or decisions taken by Government, through Administrative Legal
proceedings.
The Law in Focus is aired on St. Maarten Cable TV Channel
15 every Thursday, 9:30-10:00pm, with rebroadcasts on the
Wednesday following, 6:00-6:30pm; on Saba Cable TV Mondays and Statia Cable TV Tuesdays, 7:00-7:30pm; on Radio
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People
THE DAILY HERALD, Tuesday, April 10, 2007
NEW YORK--Don Imus,
one of the biggest U.S. radio
stars, apologized to an unreceptive civil rights leader Al
Sharpton on Monday for racist and sexist comments about
a women’s basketball team
that have spurred nationwide
calls for his firing and a boycott of his sponsors.
Host of the syndicated program “Imus In the Morning,”
Imus has been publicly apologizing after he referred to the
predominantly black Rutgers
University team as “nappyheaded hos (whores)” last
Wednesday.
Sharpton joined calls from
black leaders across the
country for Imus to be fired
for the comment, made after
Rutgers lost to Tennessee in
the national collegiate championship game. Sharpton did
not retract the calls when
Imus spoke on Sharpton’s
own radio show.
In Chicago, civil rights leader Jesse Jackson marched
with about 50 other protesters chanting “Imus must go”
in front of NBC Tower. NBC
Universal, a unit of General
Electric Co, carries the program on its MSNBC cable
television network.
Jackson also called for a
boycott of NBC sponsors.
“These walls of bigotry are
coming down,” Jackson said.
The Imus show, which often features irreverent interviews with leading politicians, reaches 90 U.S. stations and an audience of
more than 10 million. Broadcasters that carry him agreed
the comments were wrong
but stopped short of axing
the program. NBC Universal
said “the matter remains under review.”
The Viacom unit CBS Radio, which owns WFAN radio where the Imus program
originates, called the comments inappropriate and said
it would monitor future content. Syndicator Westwood
One did not immediately return calls seeking comment.
Imus, sounding contrite
but forceful, said he was not
thinking racially when he
made the remark, which he
said was “repugnant” and
“repulsive” and detracted
from the team’s accomplishments. “Our agenda is to try
to be funny and sometimes
we go too far, and sometimes
we go way too far,” Imus told
Sharpton on Sharpton’s radio and Internet program.
Sharpton said the comments did not make Imus
a bad man, but he gave no
ground on the calls for his
ouster. “You have anchormen from network news,
you have senators, you have
presidential candidates that
come on your show. Are we
saying that it is acceptable in
the middle of these kinds of
candidates and anchorman
for you to call my daughter
a ho?” Sharpton said. Sharpton said such comments “devalued” all women.
The Imus comments came
as black leaders have called
for an end to using racially
charged words that have
been used with increasing frequency in hip-hop
music and popular culture.
New York City’s city council
passed a symbolic moratorium on the word “nigger” in
February after comedian Michael Richards, from NBC’s
“Seinfeld” show, used it repeatedly in a tirade during a
routine in Los Angeles.
LOS ANGELES--The classical music world was handed a new star on Monday as
charismatic 26-year-old Venezuelan conductor Gustavo
Dudamel was introduced
as the next music director
of the Los Angeles Philharmonic.
Dudamel, a graduate of
his country’s unique youth
orchestra system aimed at
poor students, has been
hailed as the “boy wonder”
of classical music. “For me,
it is very special to be here
in front of one of the best
orchestras not only in the
United States, but in the
world,” Dudamel said at a
press conference in which
it was announced he would
replace the orchestra’s
longtime head, Essa-Pekka
Salonen, at the end of the
2008-09 season.
“This is a dream come
true,” Dudamel said, adding that when he takes up
the baton in 2009 his scant
English should be much improved.
Dudamel, a conducting
prodigy who was named
music director of the Simon
Bolivar Youth Orchestra in
Venezuela in 1999, declared
jokingly, “I need to study.”
He addressed the audience
in Spanish for several minutes, before concluding, in
English, that the orchestra
would have a “delicious
time” with him.
“We will speak again with
music, that is our language,”
Dudamel said.
He replaces another former “boy wonder” of the
music world, Finnish-born
Salonen, now 48, who first
conducted the L.A. Philharmonic at 26. He took over
the orchestra when he was
in his 30s, turning it into
one of the most adventurous orchestras in the United
States.
Salonen will leave as as music director at the end of the
2008-09 season after 15 years
to be able to compose more,
and Dudamel will take over
in September 2009 when he
will be 28. “This a joyous
day. When I started to think
about exiting some time ago,
I wanted it to be like this,”
Salonen said at the press
conference held at Disney
Hall, the philharmonic’s
sparkling new home.
Praising his successor as a
rare natural talent, Salonen
added that it was wonder- Peka Salonen, from Finland, director of the Los Angeles Philful “to pass on the baton harmonic announces he is leaving his position at the concluto someone who is so bril- sion of the 2008-2009 season to devote more time to comliant.”
posing, during a news conference at the Walt Disney concert
Salonen dispelled any ques- hall in Los Angeles on Monday.
tions about Dudamel’s youth
as he introduced him to the interested in the future.”
Venezuela before taking the
press. “We are not trying to
Dudamel will be conduct- post. The time will be valurecreate the glories of the ing orchestras in Norway able for him to prepare, he
past,” said Salonen. “We are and back in his home of said.
Radio talk-show host Don Imus speaks with Rev. Al Sharpton during Sharpton’s radio show,
in New York, on Monday, to apologize for insensitive remarks made last week by Imus about
the Rutgers women’s basketball team.
ROME--An Italian film
showing Jesus Christ
drinking
Coca-Cola
sparked such strong protest from the soft-drinks
giant that it blocked the
film’s Easter weekend
premiere, the film makers
said.
The film “7 km from
Jerusalem” is about an
Italian advertising executive who is soul searching
after losing his job and
marriage. He flies to Jerusalem, where he runs into
Jesus.
According to local press
reports, he offers the returned Christ a can of
Coca-Cola and, seeing Jesus drinking the beverage,
thinks: “What a testimonial!”
Apparently Coca-Cola
disagreed. “The multinational’s Italian unit sent
a legal letter forcing the
elimination of the scene
in which Jesus drinks the
well-known
beverage,”
the producers said on the
film’s Web site.
Italian media reported
that the company felt that
the use of its brand was
unacceptable and could
get the company a bad image. The director, Claudio
Malaponti, said that if
further talks were unsuccessful, the scene would
indeed be cut.
“This recasting requires
about 20 days and the
hope is to be able to have
in cinemas by the end of
April,” Malaponti was
quoted as saying on the
Web site. A preview of
the film can be seen on
the movie’s website: http:/
www.7kmdagerusalemme.
it/media/trailer.htm
It was not the first time
that a controversial film
about Jesus was meant
to open just before the
Easter holiday. Mel Gibson’s “The Passion of the
Christ”, which depicted
Christ’s scourging and
crucifixion in blood-dripping detail, opened across
Europe just before Easter
2004.
Catholics in Italy largely
applauded the film, whose
scenes of Christ’s final
hours were filmed in the
ancient Italian stone city
of Matera. Jewish leaders
across Europe expressed
concern that the film’s
unflattering depiction of
Biblical-era Jews could
boost an anti-Semitism.
LOS ANGELES--Canadian pop singer Avril Lavigne and
her rock-star husband have paid about $9.5 million for a
home in the upscale Los Angeles neighborhood of BelAir, the Los Angeles Times reported on Sunday.
The three-story house, which 22-year-old Lavigne will
share with Sum 41 frontman Deryck Whibley, her husband of nine months, has eight bedrooms and 10-1/2
bathrooms. Other amenities include an elevator, sauna
and garage space for 10 cars, the newspaper said.
Lavigne, famed for such feisty, girl-empowerment tunes
as “Complicated” and “Sk8er Boi,” will release her third
album, “The Best Damn Thing,” next week.
People
THE DAILY HERALD, Tuesday, April 10, 2007
LONDON--Here
comes
the bride, all dressed in-green.
White weddings might
have been the dream of
fashionable brides of old.
But the trendiest British
weddings are now at least
metaphorically green as
couples seek to reduce the
impact of their nuptials
on the environment. That
means everything from recycled wedding dresses and
guests arriving by bicycle,
to home-grown flowers and
locally produced food for
the wedding buffet.
“A year ago there was
nothing green at wedding
shows. I was really struggling to get the message
across that green weddings
are about `eco-chic’, not
lentils and hessian,” said
green wedding planner
Ruth Culver. “Now specialist venues, products and
services are being launched
every week.”
British celebrity Liz Hurley might have hoped to set
new fashion standards with
her lavish jetset wedding
last month. But her celebrations broke all the “green”
wedding rules, and were
dubbed “Liz Hurley’s big fat
not-so green wedding” by
The Independent newspaper, which pored over every
opulent detail to determine
its environmental impact.
The wedding, which flew
in dozens of guests to India
from Britain for a series of
parties, produced an estimated 200 tonnes of carbon
emissions--more than the
average couple produces in
a decade, according to researchers.
Bride-to-be Libby Smit
will do her bit to make up
for this on her wedding day
in Northern Ireland this
summer. “We are using the
parish church that is literally around the corner,” Smit,
30, said. “On the morning
of the wedding, the bridesmaids and I are going to be
walking to the church.”
An undated handout photo shows a bridal couple.
that are environmentally
aware. Guests are getting
into the spirit with their
gifts.
After charity gift-lists
raised millions of pounds
over Christmas, environmental groups WWF and
Friends of the Earth have
launched similar services
for weddings. Guests can
donate to charities on behalf of newly weds, makGreen Gifts Too
ing up to 20,000 pounds
It’s not just the ceremonies ($39,000) a month for green
and ethical causes, accordTV 15 (local)
ing to www.weddinglistgivSt. Maarten Cable TV
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a party in Britain to pre11:00pm
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vent her family members
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from needing to fly across
the globe. She is also makBVN (Dutch/Flemish) TV
ing sure her wedding buffet
Channel 46 St. Maarten Cable TV
is locally produced: “We’re
not crusty hippies or anyLocal times
Programme
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from is part of our lifestyle,” she said.
One of the biggest concerns for “green” brides is
how to find that all-important dress, and the Internet
is where they begin their
search. “There is the charity shop option, there are
vintage shops, where you
could find something a bit
more stylish or you can
have a design made from
scratch using fair-trade fabrics,” said Katie Fewings,
who launched www.ethicalweddings.com in 2006.
Her site lets brides share
advice on how to source
tricky items--from organic
confetti to recycled invitations--with nearly 130
registered members in its
discussion forum. With the
average cost of a British
wedding set to rise to nearly 18,500 pounds ($36,500)
this year according to UKbased insurer Weddingplan,
couples say the homemade
approach personalises the
celebrations.
BUENOS AIRES--Argentine soccer great
Diego Maradona is responding well to treatment for alcohol abuse,
but his personal doctor
said on Monday the hardest part of his recovery
has just begun.
A daily medical report
on Monday said Mara-
dona was recovering from
alcohol-induced hepatitis
but was still being sedated to ease his withdrawal
symptoms.
Maradona’s personal
doctor, Alfredo Cahe,
told local radio that his
patient faced “the most
difficult part now, which is
the treatment of psychopathological or abnormal
aspects” of his illness,
referring to Maradona’s
addictive tendencies and
his recent depression.
The treatment will now
include “an analysis of
his true personality,”
Cahe said.
Known as one of the
game’s greatest players,
Maradona has had repeated health problems
since retiring 10 years
ago. The 46-year-old was
hospitalized in 2000 and
2004 with severe heart
trouble related to cocaine use and worsened
by obesity.
Soccer’s governing body,
FIFA, named Maradona-the former captain who
TeleCuraçao
Channel 30 St. Maarten Cable TV
Local time
Programme
Tuesday, April 9
6:30am
Moru Bondia
9:30am
Ban Halsa e Standarte
10:00am
Sitcoms
11:30am
Buen Provecho
12:00pm
Al Dia
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Telenotisia Merdia
1:00pm
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3:30pm
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4:30pm
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5:30pm
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6:00pm
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745pm
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8:00pm
Telenotisia
8:55pm
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9:00pm
Wega di Number Korspu
9:05pm
Partisipashon di Morto
9:15pm
Programa PAR
10:15pm
Programa Partido Demokrat
10:45pm
Telenotisia (r)
11:45pm
Estreno
Home-Grown Salad
London-based Rebecca, a
35-year-old bride-to-be who
posts on the ethical weddings site, is being helped
by her father, who will be
growing lettuces and tomatoes to help feed 150 guests
at her wedding reception
this summer.
He is also providing a flo-
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ral touch: “I love wild and
home-grown flowers, so my
dad has offered to grow all
the flowers for me. Cornflowers are my favourite,”
Rebecca told Reuters, asking to be known by her first
name only.
Her fiance Doron, 36, said
although some people have
found the couple’s choices
unusual, the planning has
paid off. “For those for
whom the environment is
not a prime concern, it initially jars, perhaps, but once
everything is explained
we’ve had 100 percent support.”
The couples say their wedding is not supposed to be
fashionable: “Fashion is of
absolutely no concern to us,
we want to make it really
memorable without exploitation,” Rebecca said.
Campaigners say couples
planning green weddings
tend to already lead an environmentally friendly lifestyle, but increased awareness about green issues can
take the trend to a wider audience. “The trend actually
gets the message out there
and fortunately it also gets
the resources for people to
be able do this,” said Kim
Ritch, WWF’s manager of
partner marketing.
led Argentina to a World
Cup victory in 1986--and
Brazil’s Pele as the two
greatest players of the
20th century.
Maradona became obese
after retiring from soccer
and underwent drug rehabilitation in Cuba and
Argentina before a stomach-stapling operation
in 2005 helped him lose
weight. Later that year,
he hosted a TV talk show
in Argentina after declaring himself fully recovered. In photographs taken soon before his most
recent
hospitalization,
Maradona looked overweight and was shown
smoking cigars.
Over the weekend, the
medical director of the
Guemes clinic where
Maradona has been
treated for the last 12
days said the soccer hero
could leave the hospital
by mid-week. But Cahe
was not nearly as optimistic. “We still have a long
time left,” he said.
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THE DAILY HERALD, Tuesday, April 10, 2007
In the arms of an angel far away from,
Keona Cara Halley
May you find your comfort there.
From your daddy Tony,
mommy Symone,
big brother Matthew
and little sister Ashley.
We will love you forever!
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THE DAILY HERALD, Tuesday, April 10, 2007
Mama is het woord, waar het leven mee begint,
Mama is een woord, dat hoort bij ieder kind
Bless the Lord, O my soul.
And all that is within me, bless His Holy Name….
(Psalm 103)
Een woord om zacht te zeggen,
Niet om luid te schreeuwen
Het hoeft niets uit te leggen
En gaat door alle eeuwen
Saddened, but thankful for everything that she
has done for us and for others during her long
and fruitful life, we announce the peaceful passing
of our beloved mother, grandmother and greatgrandmother:
Mama is het woord waar de mensheid mee begint
Mama is een ander woord voor Liefde
Dankbaar voor alles wat zij in haar zeer
zorgzame en toegewijde leven voor ons
en voor velen heeft betekend en gedaan,
delen wij mede dat in haar Heer en Heiland
rustig is ontslapen onze allerliefste maatje,
grootmoeder en overgrootmoeder
GEERTJE VAN VIEGEN-LUSIKOOY
Zonsopgang:
Bandoeng-Indonesie
27 december 1919
Zonsondergang: Pt. Blanche, St. Maarten
06 april 2007
Lotty & Joe Peterson en Familie (St. Maarten)
Tonnie van Viegen en Familie (Nederland)
Ingrid & Dennis Berridge en Familie (St. Maarten)
De uitvaart zal plaatsvinden op donderdag,
12 april 2007 vanuit de Royal Funeral Home
in Sucker Garden, alwaar U gelegenheid tot
condoleren heeft van 3.00 tot 4.00 pm., gevolgd
door ter aarde bestelling in de Cul-de-Sac
begraafplaats
Nooit zul je door de tuin meer lopen
Waar iedere bloem en iedere plant
Getuigde van je zorgende hand
En een andere tuin ging voor jou open
O, die vertrouwde kleine dingen,
Die jij zo onopvallend deed,
Die zullen we zo missen,
totdat dit leed verzacht is tot mooie
herinneringen.
Nu vertrokken op haar laatste reis
naar het Hemels Paradijs:
Onze lieve, lieve oma en overgrootmoeder
Herinneringen aan jou zullen altijd bij ons
een glimlach teweeg brengen!
Kleinkinderen:
Joan, Martha en Roel (Duitsland/Nederland)
Melissa en Samantha (St. Maarten/Nederland)
Dionne (St. Maarten)
Achterkleinkinderen:
Dolf en Aimee (Nederland)
Cousins:
Pascal Arntz (Belgium)
Zoe Arntz (Belgium)
Barbara & Wouter (Nederland)
Cornelis Heemskerk
Ricky Heemskerk
Joseph Heemskerk
Samantha Heemskerk
Lukas Hassell
Natacha Porteles (Pointa Cana)
Victoria Marinario (Pointa Cana)
Keona Cara Halley
The day she fell from Heaven and landed into our lives
26 February 1994
The day she left us to return to Heaven
8 April 2007
She leaves to mourn:
Tony Halley (Astro Boy)
Symone Halley
Matthew Halley
Ashley Halley
Gerard H. Arntz
Annie Arntz
Fritz Halley
Angela Halley
Henk & Monique Arntz
Annelies & Jos Bischops
(Nederland)
Cathy Heemskerk Hassell
Rick Heemskerk
Gregory & Davida Hassell
Caroline Hassell
Father
Mother
Brother
Sister
Opa (Nederland)
Oma (Nederland)
Grandpa
Grandma
Oom & Tante (Belgium)
Tante & Oom
Aunt
Uncle
Uncle & Aunt
Aunt
Nina Peterson
Daniel & Judith Peterson
Norman Peterson
Joyce Peterson
Paul Peterson
Gina Halsley Peterson
Tommie Peterson
Suzan Davis
Greg Peterson
Allan & Suzan Peterson
Rosie & Clive Webster
Monica Peterson
Gloria Augusta
James Williams
Great-grandmother
Great-uncle & -aunt
Great-uncle
Great-aunt
Great-uncle
Great-aunt
Great-uncle
Great-aunt
Great-uncle
Great-uncle & -aunt
Great-aunt & -uncle
Great-aunt
Great-aunt
Great-uncle
Family Driessen
(Nederland)
Jan Arntz
(Nederland)
Henk Artnz
(Nederland)
Marie Neyenhuis
(Nederland)
Bernard Richardson and family
Eddie Richardson and family
Great Cousins:
Steven, Jessee Peterson
Daniela Peterson and family
Feleena & Leon Wilson and family
Diana Peterson and family
GEERTJE VAN VIEGEN-LUSIKOOY
Sunrise: Bandoeng-Indonesia
December 27th 1919
Sunset:
Pt. Blanche, St. Maarten
April 6th 2007
Lotty & Joe Peterson and Family (St. Maarten)
Tonnie van Viegen and Family (Holland)
Ingrid & Dennis Berridge and Family (St. Maarten)
The funeral service will take place on Thursday
April 12th 2007 at the Royal Funeral Home in
Sucker Garden from 3.00 to 4.00 p.m., followed by
interment at the Cul-de-Sac cemetery
“I will be glad in the Lord. Bless thou the Lord,
O my soul. Praise ye the Lord.”
Paul Peterson Jr. and family
George, Rosalie Peterson
Richard & Grace Berry (Canada)
Alison & Jerald Robertson and family (U.S.A.)
Sean Peterson
Dillon, Jaime Peterson
Derrick Peterson
Keona’s special friends:
Greta and Staff Sister Basilia Centre
Chi Wing and Brian, Adesh.
Family Special Friends: Mervin Hendrickson (Chicken)
Mark Peterson, Jason Peterson, Nicole Carty, Michael
Jeffers, Michael & Arlene Kew and family, Helen Hodge,
Piet & Ankie Zomers, George Greaux and family, Cindy
Carter and family, Caroline Belzer & Sarah, Poonam
Khanna and family Edu, Inge, Sonja (Nederland)
School Colleagues: Yvette, Winnie, Winnifred, Sarafina,
Oldine, Julienne, Sidonia, Gerald, Edna, Ruth R., also
all of my students T.K.L.-M.P.C. and plenty of others too
numerous to mention.
Funeral Thursday, 12 April 2007.
Royal Funeral Home & Crematorium
Suckergarden Rd. #33, St. Maarten
From 10:00am to 11:00am.
There will be a private viewing for family only
from 9:00am to 10:00am
Family requests no flowers, instead requests donations
be given at the funeral for Sister Basilia Centre and
the Pediatric Ward at SMMC.
Sports
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PHILIPSBURG--Jeremy Illidge hit the first home run of
the 2007 St. Maarten
Little League season opening day at the stadium on the
Pondfill, Saturday.
Illidge led his team Abu
Ghazi Shwarma as they faced
the defending
champions Scotiabank.
The first game of the new
season, which marks the 30th
anniversary of
Little League Baseball on St.
Maarten, was a battle royal
and blood was
spilled.
Prior to the game the teams
marched onto the field. This
year the Little
League boasts 27 teams divided into five age brackets.
In the T-ball group, also
called “peewees,” the four
to eight year-olds will be organized into nine teams with
11 players on each team.
The teams will be Marlins,
Red Socks, Pirates, Tigers,
Braves, Dodgers, Blue Jays,
Mets and Giants.
Four teams will compete in
the Little League minor division. The nine to 10 year
olds will compete as Lions,
Vidanova, 78 Inc., or Fatum.
The Little League major
division will feature seven
teams for athlete’s age 11 to
12. In addition to Scotiabank
and Abu Ghazi Shwarma,
there will be Photo Gumbs,
Elle Si Belle, Windward Islands Bank, Sagicor, and
The Who Cares Foundation youth soccer team midfielder tries
to play a shot between two defenders at the annual Easter
Soccer competition at Raoul Illidge Sports Complex Sunday.
PHILIPSBURG--Football Club Marigot took top
honours in Pool A of the
annual Who Cares Foundation Easter Weekend
Youth Soccer Competition at Raoul Illidge Sports
Complex Sunday. St. Kitts
II won Pool B, the younger
division title.
Six teams competed in
the tournament. St. Martin Football Clubs Marigot
and Flamingos along with
St. Kitts I and Who Cares I
played in Pool A.
St. Kitts II and Who Cares
II completed in Pool B. As
only two teams were in the
pool, the teams were scheduled to play the best of
three series. St. Kitts won
the first two games.
“The competition was
good,” organizer Nickie
Owen of Who Cares said.
“St. Kitts has invited us to
visit their Island and play,
soon.”
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GEBE.
Five teams will compete in
the 13 to 14 Junior League.
Tropicana Car Rental, Super Kleen, Juliana Airport,
78 Inc. and RMG (Rohan
Maintenance Group) will
field squads.
Fast Shoe Repair and Nagico will be the two teams
in the Senior League comprise of 15 to 16 year-olds.
Last season the local Little
League featured 19 teams.
Sidonie Gibs was given the
honour of throwing the first
pitch. Gibs has been with
the league for years and at
various times served as a
scorekeeper, umpire and
coach. Many days she rushes
straight from work not stopping even to change out of
her heels, but instead taking
her position on the diamond
as an umpire so games could
start on time.
Saturday Gibs was the
scorekeeper as Scotiabank
jumped out to a 1-0 lead
in the first inning.
Illidge, Shwarma’s first
baseman stepped up to the
plate as the first batter
in the second. Three pitches
later he was rounding the
bases having tied the
game and recording the first
four bagger of the season.
Shwarma went on to score a
second run in the inning and
extended the lead
to 3-2 in the third.
In the bottom of the sixth,
the last inning for the 11 to
12 division, Shwarma lead
5-3.
Francisco Blanco had started on the mound for Shwarma. He faced 23
batters and struck out 12.
He gave up three hits and
four walks before
reaching his 85 pitch per day
limit.
This season the Little
League is using actual pitches thrown instead of
innings pitched to determine
when a pitcher must be replaced. A pitcher age
13-16 can throw up to 95
pitches a day. Eleven to 12
year-olds can hurl 85
balls, while the 10 and under
pitchers are limited to 75.
Rules require three days rest
for any pitcher who throws
65 pitches. Two days rest
are required after a pitcher
throws 41 to 60 balls and one
day rest is needed for 21 to
40 pitches.
Louis Valmo came in looking for the save. Scotiabank’s
lead-off batter
hit a double and the next
batter also doubled. A run
scored to make the game 5-4.
Two batters went down swinging and the third walked.
The tying run was on second. The winning run was at
first. The ball was
hit to right field. Mike
The 2006 defending Little League champions, Scotiabank march onto the field opening day as
the league celebrates 30 years of youth baseball on St. Maarten. This season the league has
27 teams up from 19 last year.
Ramirez scooped it up and
relayed to Valmo. The
pitcher pivoted and rifled the
ball to the plate.
Elon Lovell made the catch
and prepared for the tag. At
four foot five
inches and 60 pounds, Lovell
moved to block the plate.
There was a collision.
Lovell showed the umpire
the ball. The runner was
called out. The game was
over. Abu Ghazi Shwarma
had won.
Jaylen Carty led Shwarma
in batting as he went two for
two. Malacai Williams went
two for three for Scotiabank.
The team ran to the plate
to congratulate their catcher.
That’s when
they noticed blood trickling
from Lovell’s nose. He was
quickly taken to
the dug out to get cleaned
up. The catcher would have
nothing of it. He
took the medicated gauze
pushed it up his nose and ran
back on the field
still in shin guards and chest
protector to celebrate with
his team.
The 2007 season is open.
Action continues at the Little League Stadium Wednesday. GEBE will face Photo
Gumbs. First pitch is set for
4:30pm.
Son Latino Super Stars, batting, faced and beat the Cariblink Services Gradz in St. Maarten
Softball Association action at John Cooper Jose Lake Sr. Ballpark Sunday.
PHILIPSBURG--The St.
Maarten Softball Association annual male and female division’s competition
continued at John Cooper
Jose Lake Sr. Ballpark this
weekend.
The Burger King Rebels
got the ball rolling as they
faced CaribTrans Freight
Stars Saturday. The Rebels
won 17-10 as the team collected 14 hits and committed five errors. Sylvester De
Castro went three for four
for the Rebels. Jorge Gomez got two of the Freight
Stars five hits.
RMG Zodiacs trashed
Smitcoms Connectors in
the second game of the day.
Zodiacs connected for 15
hits and made one error in
a 13-3 rout. Michael Hyman
led the Zodiac offence as
he stroked two singles and
a triple in three abats. The
Connectors scored three
runs off five hits. Luis Soto
led the team with two hits.
Koop and Smecon Heat
defeated SBS and Key Real
Estate Pirates 14-12. Heat
had 17 hits while the Pirates
had 11.
The Freebirds squeezed
past Landsloterij Windward Roads Young Guns
18-17. The Freebirds had
15 hits with Kevin Arrindell
connecting for three singles
in three abats. Gunz out hit
the Freebirds as the team
banged out 19 hits.
In other games Sunday,
Son Latino Super Stars
defeated the Cariblink Services Gradz, while the Sky
is the Limit Foundation
Babylon beat Atlantis Casino Hawks and Windward
Islands Bank Lions with
their new pitcher cooled off
Frans Richardson Extinguishers. .
In the female division,
the Frans Richardson Lady
Hawks got the best of the
defending champions Coca
Cola Steelers.
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THE DAILY HERALD, Tuesday, April 10, 2007
B A LT I M O R E - - M a j o r
League Baseball announced
Monday an expanded initiative to help increase the
number of African-Americans playing the game.
MLB President Bob Dupuy
said the Reviving Baseball in
Inner Cities (RBI) program
would be expanded by 30
percent and nearly $1 million
in equipment and cash grants
provided through a joint effort with the Cal Ripken Sr.
Foundation.
“It is an issue that a number
of African-American players
in the major leagues have
dropped to a low of eight
percent and steps are being
taken to deal with that,” Dupuy told Reuters.
The 18-year-old RBI program currently has schemes
in more than 200 cities worldwide and provides some
100,000 boys and girls with a
chance to play baseball and
softball each year.
Despite baseball’s attempts
to jump-start interest in the
black community, Detroit Tigers outfielder Gary Sheffield
said he was not surprised by
the downward trend.
“I was always taught when I
first got in the league that you
always pass things down,”
said Sheffield, an AfricanAmerican. “I got knowledge
when I came in from black
players. It was my obligation
to pass it down from the guys
who came behind me.
“And when I looked behind
me, I didn’t see that much.”
In 1974, African-American
represented 27 percent of
major league players. Sheffield said African-American
children today had few people to emulate.
“You don’t see a black face
promoting baseball,” he said.
“If you don’t have a black
face, kids at home when
they’re looking at TV, if nobody looks like them or talks
like them, who are they going
to follow?
“Get us out there in the
community to lure these kids
in because it’s a beautiful
game and if they’re not going
to play it, it’s going to suffer,”
Sheffield added.
Dupuy said baseball’s efforts were working, noting
that Philadelphia Phillies
shortstop Jimmy Rollins and
Florida Marlins pitcher Dontrelle Willis are among 150
players drafted who participated in the RBI program.
“There’s no question though
we’ve got work to do,” said
Dupuy, adding that baseball
has given more than $20 million to the RBI program over
the last 15 years.
Sheffield, who has donated
time and money to the RBI
program, was a little more
blunt.
He said inner-city children
tell him they forego baseball
“because it’s a white sport.
It’s a simple as that.”
Most valuable Player of the Youth Beat Foundation Secondary
Schools competition Traval Bryan from St. Maarten Academy
accepts his trophy at L.B. Scott Sports Auditorium Saturday.
P H I L I P S B U R G - - Ru b y
Labega School won the
Youth Beat Foundation
Primary School competition at L.B. Scott Sports
Auditorium Saturday. St.
Maarten Academy won the
Secondary Schools competition.
Labega and St. Maarten
Academy raced through the
competition without loss.
Ruby Labega tipped off
against St. Joseph School
in the primary division final and emerged with a
52-40 win. Julio Meyers
top scored for the Labega
squad with 28 points He
was also named Most Valuable Player. Joshua Bowers led the St. Joseph attack
with 10 points.
In the Secondary School
division games, St. Maarten
Academy beat University
of St. Martin, 77-64. Traval
Bryan had the hot hand for
Academy. He was good for
28 points and was named
Most Valuable Player. Edison Hodge had 21 points
for University team.
MIAMI-- The PGA Tour, which introduced Mexico to its
schedule for the first time earlier this season, will stage an
official event in Puerto Rico next year.
The Puerto Rico Open will be played at the Tom Kite-designed Coco Beach Golf & Country Club in Rio Grande
from March 20-23, officials said on Monday.
The tournament, to be held in the same week as the
WGC-CA Championship at Doral, will offer a purse of
$3.5 million with a first prize of $630,000.
“We are thrilled to add the Puerto Rico Open to our
2008 schedule,” PGA Tour commissioner Tim Finchem
said in a statement.
“We know golf fans in Puerto Rico will support this event
and we look forward to watching some of the world’s best
players tackle the challenging and exciting Coco Beach
Golf & Country Club.”
Mexico staged its first PGA Tour event in late February
when 50-year-old American Fred Funk became the fifth
oldest champion in Tour history by winning the Mayakoba
Classic in a playoff.
The 2007 PGA Tour schedule also features stops in Scotland, for the July 19-22 British Open at Carnoustie, and
in Canada, for the July 26-29 Canadian Open outside Toronto.
ST JOHN’S, Antigua--Local fans, angered by high
ticket prices and myriad
restrictions, opted to stay
away from the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium during the World Cup Super
Eights in Antigua which
concluded on Sunday.
Visiting supporters from
England, Australia and
New Zealand made the
journey to the brand new
stadium but expressed their
disappointment at the absence of the special Caribbean atmosphere they had
been promised.
Both groups have blamed
the International Cricket
Council (ICC) for setting
inflated ticket prices and
imposing unnecessary restrictions in the stadiums.
“The ICC should be
sued,” local resident Alexis
Jacobs told Reuters. “They
charge first-world prices
in a third-world country.
They stopped the carnival
atmosphere. Cricket in the
Caribbean should be fun in
the sun.”
Richards, himself, told reporters: “It’s like holding us
by the throat and asking us
not to shout anymore.”
Australia vice-captain
Adam Gilchrist gave a player’s perspective.
“You come to the Caribbean to experience that
unique atmosphere that is
Caribbean cricket,” he told
reporters. “There really is
an element of the sterile
feel about it.”
Spectators at the stadium,
never more than half full
until Sunday’s match between Australia and England, could entertain themselves in quieter moments
by reading the official programme.
“The Caribbean atmosphere is uniquely special,
fuelled by a cacophony of
noises from various musical instruments including
drums, bugles, cymbals and
triangles,” said one article.
“Added to the sounds
of calypso and reggae, it
makes for an electrifying
setting.”
Electrifying was not the
word which sprang first to
mind in Antigua.
Mystified was a more appropriate term when ICC
chief executive Malcolm
Speed explained a policy
which required anybody
wishing to take a musical
instrument into the ground
to seek permission first
from the local organising
committee.
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“There is a protocol,”
Speed told reporters in
Georgetown, Guyana. “We
want the Caribbean atmosphere to be here.”
Equating a cricket ground
in the Caribbean with the
decorum demanded at Augusta made little sense to
West Indies’ fans.
“The ICC didn’t understand how we really do
cricket here,” Antigua Minister of Health John Maginley, chairman of the local
organising committee, told
the Antigua Sun.
“So for the first match
played here between Australia and West Indies, it
was the government who
paid for Red Hott Flames,
for Claudette, Sleepy and
for Tizzy to perform.”
Fans complained about
the steep prices of tickets, a
minimum of U.S.$25, overzealous security guards and
the difficulty in getting food
in the ground.
“With the ‘million’ restrictions placed in and around
the tournament every Antiguan who would have
wanted to make his or her
presence felt at such a significant occasion would
have stayed away in some
sort of protest at the surgical precision with which the
ICC had emasculated the
Antiguan cricket fan,” said
an editorial in the Antigua
Sun.
Speed said the ticket prices had been determined by
the tournament organisers
and local organising committees. He also said the
World Cup was a global and
not a domestic event.
“There needs to be a world
sporting event flavour,” he
said. “We moved up a step
from domestic bilateral
cricket here, into the area
of a major world sporting
event.”
The danger remains that
the 2007 World Cup has
become an event designed
primarily for visitors and
television audiences, who
are fed pictures of coconut
palms, blue skies and seas
and selective crowd shots
which hide the reality of
half-empty stadiums.
KA RAC H I - - Pa k i s t a n ’ s
Inzamam-ul-Haq has said
the World Cup would have
been halted anywhere else
in the world other than
the Caribbean after the
suspected murder there of
coach Bob Woolmer.
In an interview with
Geo Super sports channel
on Monday, Inzamam who
stepped down as captain
after his team’s shock firstround exit from the World
Cup, suggested the death
of Pakistan coach Woolmer
was due to a security lapse.
“If this terrible tragedy
had occurred in any other
country. If such a security lapse had taken place
anywhere else they would
stopped the World Cup,”
he said.
Woolmer, 58, was found
lifeless in his hotel room
in Kingston, Jamaica on
March 18, one day after
Pakistan had lost to Ireland
and were knocked out of
the World Cup.
The Pakistan coach was
pronounced dead later in
hospital and Jamaican police are investigating his
death as a murder.
Woolmer’s death being
linked to “betting mafia” is
also being investigated.
Inzamam also criticised
the Pakistan Cricket Board
(PCB) for not doing enough
to support the players after
Woolmer’s death.
“The seven days we spent
after Woolmer’s death were
the most tense of our lives.
And we were surprised that
the Pakistan board didn’t
rush someone out immediately to assist us,” he said.
Inzamam also said the
longer the Pakistan cricket
authorities delayed announcing the captain to
replace him the more harm
it would cause Pakistan
cricket.
“A delay will be harmful. I am surprised that
the same people who were
in my time pushing Younis Khan to replace me as
captain are now discussing
other names,” he said.
Inzamam said he was clear
in his mind that Younis was
the automatic choice to replace him as captain.
The senior batsman
also insisted his decision to
retire from one-day internationals was final and he
would not change it.
“I want to continue playing Test cricket and I am
ready to play under any
captain,” he added.
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THE DAILY HERALD, Tuesday, April 10, 2007
New York Mets runner Carlos Delgado (21) slides home as he beats a reaching tag by Philadelphia Phillies catcher Carlos Ruiz (L) in the fourth inning of their National League MLB
baseball game in New York yesterday. The Mets won 11-5.
BALTIMORE-Looking
relaxed, sounding confident
and clearly relieved to be
out of New York, Gary Sheffield feels he could be what
the Detroit Tigers need to
win their first World Series
in nearly 25 years.
“I just feel like I’m a guy
that can change some things
once I start playing well,”
Sheffield told Reuters. “This
team is winning and we’re
not even really playing well.
“The thing about it is once
everybody starts going, it can
mean for a long day (for opponents). That’s what we’re
looking forward to.”
The Tigers reached the
World Series last season
for the first time since 1984
when they defeated the San
Diego Padres in five games
for their last championship.
But after being whipped by
the St Louis Cardinals four
games to one a year ago, the
Tigers acquired the powerhitting Sheffield in an offseason trade with the New
York Yankees.
The Yankees apparently
tired of Sheffield’s lockerroom tirades against management and felt at 38 his
best years were behind him.
Detroit, obviously happy
to land the career .297 hitter, immediately extended
his contract another three
years.
“I wouldn’t say my time in
New York wasn’t fun,” he
said during a locker-room
interview. “It’s a different
kind of fun everywhere you
go. Everybody brings something different.
“Obviously being here, you
don’t get the exposure you
do being a Yankee. At the
same time, I’m not in it for
the exposure, I’m in it for
winning.
“If I’m able to win with this
team, it’s just as fun as playing for the Yankees. And I
think we have just as much
an opportunity to win as
New York does.”
Sheffield was hitless in four
at-bats Monday as the Tigers
lost to the Baltimore Orioles
6-2. Detroit is just 3-3 and
Sheffield is hitting just .143
but he says it is early.
“I’m not there yet,” Sheffield said. “It’s just one of
those off-and-on things.
One at-bat you feel good,
the next at-bat you don’t.
I’m trying to find a rhythm.”
The muscular 6-foot, 215pound Sheffield said he is
still adjusting to his new role
as the Tigers’ designated hitter.
“I felt I could just go pick
up a bat and hit anytime,”
the nine-times All-Star outfielder said. “There’s a mental part of it that I didn’t
really break down. Sitting
there watching a baseball
game for nine innings is difficult.
“I just have to focus on the
at-bats instead of watching
the game.”
Thirteen-times All-Star
catcher Ivan Rodriguez believes Sheffield could be the
ingredient that the Tigers
need to end their World Series drought.
“He’s a great hitter and
knows how to hit in different
situations,” he said. “And
he’s also a tremendous team
mate. He has presence, as a
player and as a person. He
definitely makes us better.”
NEW YORK--Former U.S.
Olympic sprinter Tim Montgomery, barred from competition in 2005 because of
his role in a steroid scandal,
pleaded guilty on Monday to
charges related to a $5 million fraud and money-laundering scheme.
Montgomery, 32, was indicted for conspiracy for depositing or trying to deposit three
checks worth $775,000 into
an account he controlled.
He was one of 11 co-conspirators named in the in-
dictment, including Montgomery’s former track coach,
1976 Olympic gold medalist
Steven Riddick.
Montgomery pleaded guilty
to one count of conspiracy
and two counts of bank fraud,
for which he could face up
to 46 months in prison. His
lawyers said the guilty plea
“reflects his minor role in
the charged bank fraud conspiracy.”
Montgomery’s plea agreement does not force him
to cooperate with prosecutors, and his lawyers said he
has no plans to testify in the
trial of the other defendants,
scheduled to begin on Tuesday at U.S. District Court in
Manhattan.
“I sincerely regret the role
I played in this unfortunate
episode. I have disappointed
many people, and for that I
am truly sorry,” Montgomery
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LONDON-- Marat Safin
once again proved Russia’s
Davis Cup hero of the
hour, putting the defending
champions into the semifinals with a victory in the
deciding rubber against
France on Sunday.
The former world number
one’s 7-6 6-3 6-2 triumph
over Paul-Henri Mathieu
gave Russia a 3-2 win and a
place in September’s semifinals against Germany.
Safin had performed a
similarly vital role in four
previous deciding rubbers
in Davis Cup, including in
last year’s final when he
clinched victory over Argentina to give the Russians
their second title.
Sunday’s win in Moscow’s
Luzhniki Arena kept intact
Russia’s unbeaten record at
home since the 1995 final.
Germany, Sweden and the
United States had already
secured semi-final places
after Saturday’s doubles.
Germany failed to complete a fifth successive
whitewash of neighbours
Belgium on Sunday. The
Belgians won both the reverse singles in Ostend to
make the final scoreline 32.
Former champions Sweden, who will host the U.S.
in the Sept. 21-23 semifinals, finished with a 4-1
scoreline against Argentina after Jonas Bjorkman
won the first of the reverse
singles for the home side
in Gothenburg and JuanMartin Del Potro took a
said in a statement.
The scheme involved a couple, Douglas Shyne and Natasha Singh, who are accused
of receiving stolen checks, altering legitimate checks and
receiving copies of checks
that had been processed by
bank employees, which they
then counterfeited, prosecutors said.
The conspiracy involved
approximately 20 checks totaling more than $5 million,
prosecutors said.
In 2000, Montgomery won
a gold medal as a member of
the United States 4x100-meter relay team. Two years later, he set a 100-meter world
record of 9.78 seconds, but
the time was erased from the
record books after the U.S.
antidoping agency found him
to have received steroids. He
retired from the sport immediately afterward.
consolation point for the
visitors.
Safin, the world number
27, had been dropped from
Saturday’s doubles because
of a foot injury. He wore
a bandage on Sunday but
still dominated the match
against Mathieu who was
unable to break the big
Russian.
The rubber was the shortest match of the three-day
tie and Safin, a late replacement for Mikhail Youzhny,
declared that the outcome
again this year.”
The 18-year-old Del
Potro’s 7-6 6-4 win over
Robert Lindstedt in Sunday’s final, dead rubber,
was the only bright spot for
Argentina who struggled
with the fast, indoor carpet
surface in Gothenburg’s
Convention Centre.
Seven-times champions
Sweden will have choice
of surface again when they
play the Americans in the
last four.
Led by world number
Russia’s Marat Safin serves to France’s Paul-Henri Mathieu
during their quarter-final Davis Cup tennis match in Moscow
Sunday.
had never been in question.
“I had no doubts that I
would win,” he told reporters. “And confidence is everything in tennis.”
Sebastien Grosjean had
levelled the tie at 2-2 earlier on Sunday by beating
Igor Andreev 7-5 4-6 2-6
6-3 6-4 in the first reverse
singles.
World number four Nikolay Davydenko, who replaced Safin for the doubles,
and Andreev beat Grosjean
and Michael Llodra 3-6 7-5
6-3 3-6 6-3 on Saturday after Friday’s opening singles
had ended all square with
wins for Mathieu and Youzhny.
Russia will have home
advantage again against
Germany in September and
French captain Guy Forget
said he expected another
Russian victory.
“They are the best team
in the world,” Forget told
reporters. “They can win
three Andy Roddick, the
Americans had wrapped
up their win over Spain by
the end of the second day
in Winston-Salem, North
Carolina.
URRETXU, Spain--A late
breakaway by Spaniard Juan
Jose Cobo earned him the
first leader’s jersey of the
Tour of the Basque Country
on Monday.
Spaniard Constantino Zaballa was second on a rainswept 139 km opening stage
with compatriot Oscar Sevilla in third place.
Saunier Duval Prodir rider
Cobo took off on the final
climb of the day, the Alto de
Santa Barbara, from a group
containing three other riders
for a solo win.
“I am more than happy because this is the first win of
my career.”
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Having struggled for his
best form for much of the
day, he hit a superb longiron into the green which
span back down the slope
to within three feet of the
hole.
Woods tapped in the putt
to get to three over par, two
behind Johnson.
However, he failed to
build on that momentum
and found water at the parfive 15th en route to a regulation par.
He missed a 10-foot birdie
putt at the 16th before parring the last two holes.
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THE DAILY HERALD, Tuesday, April 10, 2007
Real Madrid’s Ruud van Nistelrooy (L) is challenged by Osasuna’s Javier Cuellar during their
Spanish first division soccer match at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium in Madrid Sunday.
MADRID-- Third-placed
Real Madrid closed to
within two points of leaders
Barcelona with a 2-0 home
win over Osasuna in the
Primera Liga on Sunday.
Striker Raul scored after
24 minutes and late in the
second half Robinho broke
away to seal the side’s third
win in a row.
The victory allowed them
to make the most of slip ups
from the leading two this
weekend, moving on to 54
points.
Barcelona have 56 after
falling 1-0 at Real Zaragoza on Saturday. Secondplaced Sevilla could only
draw 0-0 at home with Racing Santander, and moved
on to 55.
“We are still behind but
we have closed the points
gap and are in high spirits.
We are improving and this
will be vital in the coming
decisive games,” said Real
coach Fabio Cappello.
There are nine matches
left this season.
Sevilla, who rested key
players ahead of their
UEFA Cup quarter-final
return against Tottenham
Hotspur, had the best of
their game but missed the
chance to go top.
Racing goalkeeper Tono
pulled off a string of top
class saves and when Sevilla
did finally manage to beat
him Daniel Alves’s 30-metre shot hit the crossbar.
Zaragoza are fourth on 50
points the same as Valencia, who lost 1-0 at Athletic
Bilbao on Saturday.
Three points further back
are sixth-placed Atletico
Madrid who ground out a
1-0 away win at Villarreal
with a header from Brazilian defender Fabiano Eller.
Recreativo Huelva are
seventh on 45 points after
sweeping aside struggling
Celta Vigo 4-2 with two
goals from Romanian forward Laurentiu Rosu.
The bottom three are Gimnastic, Real Sociedad and
Celta Vigo, who all lost.
Real started brightly in
the Bernabeu forcing Osasuna goalkeeper Ricardo
into sharp saves from Gonzalo Higuain and Ruud van
Nistelrooy.
UEFA Cup quarter-finalists Osasuna were depleted
with suspensions and injury
and although David Lopez
forced Iker Casillas into a
fine one-handed save in the
10th minute, offered little.
Real took the lead when
Mahamadou Diarra’s lofted pass was nodded down
in the area by Emerson for
the arriving Raul to steer
home.
After the break, Ricardo
saved well from an Emerson header and a long
range effort from Sergio
Ramos before lively Brazilian forward Robinho broke
from an Osasuna corner in
the 80th minute.
He fed Higuain on the
right and as Ricardo flapped
at the Argentine’s return
cross drilled home his third
goal in as many games.
LONDON-- Bolton Wanderers squandered a chance
to leap into the Champions
League places when they
were held 1-1 at home
by Everton while fourthplaced Arsenal drew 0-0
at Newcastle United in the
Premier League on Monday.
Arsenal stay two points
ahead of Bolton on 56 while
leaders Manchester United,
who have 78 points, secondplaced champions Chelsea, on 75, and Liverpool,
who have 60, prepared for
Champions League quarter-final, second leg matches this week.
Striker Kevin Davies put
Bolton ahead in the 18th
minute when he beat the
offside trap to volley home
Ivan Campo’s free kick but
James Vaughan equalised
for Everton in the 33rd
against the run of play.
At St James’ Park, Arsenal
ended a run of three consecutive defeats but they
have only scored once in
four games.
“At end of day it was important not to lose,” Arsenal manager Arsene
Wenger said.
“If you want to improve
your confidence it’s not a
bad result,” he told Sky
Sports.
Newcastle defender Nolberto Solano twice saved on
the line from Gilberto Silva
in a goalmouth scramble
near the end of a second
half that began with James
Milner hitting the Arsenal
bar with a swerving cross
from well out on the right.
Manchester City passed
their relegation worries
to Fulham with a surprise
3-1 win in London, their
PARIS--Renato
Civelli
and Mamadou Niang each
scored twice as Olympique
Marseille revived their
hopes of clinching a Champions League berth with
a 4-1 whipping of 10-man
Lille in Ligue 1 on Sunday.
The Provence side moved
up to fifth on 45 points with
seven matches left and trail
second-placed RC Lens by
four points.
Lille dropped to eighth
on 43 points after having
Brazilian midfielder Emerson harshly sent off in the
eighth minute at the Stade
Velodrome.
Referee Herve Piccirillo
ruled that Emerson fouled
Marseille striker Mickael
Pagis in the box but TV
footage clearly showed
there was no contact between the two players.
Senegal striker Niang converted the resulting penalty, only for Lille defender
Michel Bastos to cancel the
advantage, also from the
spot.
Marseille made it 2-1 eight
minutes from the interval
when centre back Civelli
fired home from a Franck
Ribery corner kick. The
hosts put the result beyond
doubt in the 63rd minute
with Civelli again on the
spot in a carbon copy of his
first goal.
Niang rubbed salt on
Lille’s wounds in the dying
minutes with a fine curling
shot from just inside the
box.
Earlier on Sunday, Toulouse climbed to third place
third away in succession, to
climb to 12th on 40 points.
Fulham, on 35, are only
four points above the drop
zone.
Wigan Athletic’s 1-1 draw
at Aston Villa left them
three points above the relegation zone. Wigan played
with 10 men for 56 minutes
after Ecuador’s Luis Antonio Valencia was sent off
for a two-footed lunge at
Villa’s Dutch defender Wilfred Bouma.
Bottom club Watford
romped to their biggest win
of the league season, 4-2 at
home to Portsmouth, with
two goals from their French
forward Hameur Bouazza.
The victory has, however,
almost certainly come too
late to help Watford avoid
relegation. They are nine
points from safety with five
games left.
with a 2-0 win at relegation
threatened Sedan.
Defenders Paulo Cesar
and Albin Ebondo scored
in the 78th and 86th minutes and Elie Baup’s side
now trail second-placed
Racing Lens only on goal
difference.
Lens stumbled to a 1-0
defeat at Rennes on Saturday and now have 49 points
from 31 matches in a tight
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race for France’s second
direct Champions League
qualifying spot.
Leaders Olympique Lyon,
who have 66 points and one
game in hand, remain firmly on track for a record sixth
consecutive title following
a goalless draw at Valenciennes on Saturday.
Sedan stay second from
bottom on 30 points.
MADRID--Villarreal have accused Atletico Madrid
of unsporting behaviour after Fabiano Eller headed
the only goal in Sunday’s Primera Liga match while a
player was down injured in the area.
Villarreal striker Guillermo Franco went down just
near the goal line after an Atletico corner was cleared
in the 31st minute.
The visitors collected the ball, put it out wide to striker
Sergio Aguero, whose cross was flicked on allowing unopposed Brazilian defender Eller to head the winner.
“I am furious. They have used the fact we had a player
down injured. They talk about fair play but we don’t
see this on the pitch,” Villarreal president Fernando
Roig was quoted as saying in Spanish media on Monday.
Home coach Manuel Pellegrini said: “Atletico should
be proud of themselves for this goal.
“The referee should have stopped the play. He thought
Franco only had a slight injury. It was so insignificant I
had to change him at halftime.”
Goalscorer Eller claimed he had not seen Franco
down in the area.
“It’s a shame my first goal in Spain has caused such
a big fuss. I didn’t see him as everything happened so
quickly. It was only when I was celebrating the goal I
saw the player in the area,” he said.
The three points kept Atletico in the UEFA Cup qualification slots in sixth place. Villarreal are 12th.
Newcastle United’s Oguchi Onyewu (L) fights for the ball with
Arsenal’s Julio Baptista during their English Premier League
soccer match in Newcastle yesterday.
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VALENCIA, Spain--Manager Jose Mourinho paid
tribute to Ivory Coast
striker Didier Drogba on
the eve of Chelsea’s Champions League quarter-final
second leg in Valencia.
“He’s more than a goalscorer, he’s the kind of
player who even if he
doesn’t score still makes an
important contribution,”
Mourinho told a news conference on Monday.
“His work rate is unbelievable. He’s the kind of
player I have to play every
game...so there’s no rest for
the boy. He’s been magnifi-
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cent all season.”
Drogba scored Chelsea’s
equaliser in last week’s 1-1
draw at Stamford Bridge,
taking his tally for the season to 30 goals, and also
played in the 1-0 win over
Tottenham Hotspur at the
weekend.
Mourinho said he could
not follow Valencia coach
Quique Sanchez Flores’s
example by giving his leading striker a break.
“Quique rested nearly all
of his team at the weekend
and I couldn’t afford to do
that,” said the Portuguese
coach. “That’s the differ-
Chelsea’s Didier Drogba (R) and Claude Makelele attend a
training session at the Mestalla stadium in Valencia yesterday. Valencia are due to play Chelsea in the quarter-final soccer match of the Champions League on Tuesday.
BUENOS AIRES--Argentine soccer great Diego
Maradona is responding
well to treatment for alcohol abuse, but his personal
doctor said on Monday the
hardest part of his recovery
has just begun.
A daily medical report on
Monday said Maradona was
recovering from alcohol-induced hepatitis but was still
being sedated to ease his
withdrawal symptoms.
Maradona’s personal doctor, Alfredo Cahe, told local radio that his patient
faced “the most difficult
part now, which is the treatment of psychopathological
or abnormal aspects” of his
illness, referring to Maradona’s addictive tendencies
and his recent depression.
The treatment will now
include “an analysis of his
true personality,” Cahe
said.
Known as one of the game’s
greatest players, Maradona
has had repeated health
problems since retiring 10
years ago. The 46-year-old
was hospitalized in 2000
and 2004 with severe heart
trouble related to cocaine
use and worsened by obesity.
Soccer’s governing body,
FIFA, named Maradona -the former captain who led
Argentina to a World Cup
victory in 1986 -- and Brazil’s Pele as the two greatest
players of the 20th century.
Maradona became obese
after retiring from soccer
and underwent drug reha-
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ence between a team trying
to win just the Champions
League and a team trying
to win everything.
“We are (also) second in
the Premier League and in
the semi-finals of the FA
Cup.”
Mourinho hoped Ghana
midfielder Michael Essien
could return after a knee
injury.
“I want one last look. I
asked him yesterday if he
was on holiday or wanted
to play and he told me he
wanted to play,” said the
coach. “I hope I’m happy
with the training session as
I’d like to play him.”
Like Sanchez Flores,
Mourinho said Tuesday’s
game was likely to be decided by the smallest of
details.
“The game is only over
when the referee tells us to
go home. We have to fight
until the last minute...maybe the last minute will be
crucial, maybe we’ll need to
score then or maybe we’ll
need to defend.”
Valencia have met English
opposition on 11 occasions
in Europe at the Mestalla
and never lost.
But full back Ashley Cole,
who got to the final with Arsenal last year, said Chelsea
were sure they could break
the hoodoo.
“We are confident we can
score the two goals we need
and keep a clean sheet,”
said Cole.
“It takes a lot of guts, determination and good players to get here. I’ve been in
the final before and hopefully I can get there again.”
bilitation in Cuba and Argentina before a stomachstapling operation in 2005
helped him lose weight.
Later that year, he hosted a
TV talk show in Argentina
after declaring himself fully
recovered.
In photographs taken
soon before his most recent
hospitalization, Maradona
looked overweight and was
shown smoking cigars.
Over the weekend, the
medical director of the
Guemes clinic where Maradona has been treated for
the last 12 days said the
soccer hero could leave the
hospital by mid-week.
But Cahe was not nearly as
optimistic. “We still have a
long time left,” he said.
AS Roma’s players carry a goalpost during a training session at Old Trafford in Manchester,
northern England, yesterday. Manchester United are set to play AS Roma in their Champion’s
League quarter-final second leg soccer match today.
GEORGETOWN, Guyana-- Bangladesh shocked
world number one-ranked
South Africa with a 67-run
victory in the World Cup
Super Eights on Saturday
which has turned the tournament on its head.
The Bangladeshis, who
progressed to the second
phase against the odds after
a surprise win over India in
the group stage, followed
their World Cup record total of 251 for eight by dismissing the South Africans
for 184 at the Providence
Stadium.
The result seriously damaged strongly fancied South
Africa’s hopes of reaching
the last four from the second stage and gave fresh
hope to hosts West Indies
and England who had
looked to be heading out of
the competition.
It was a match which South
Africa were expected to
cruise to a comfortable two
points and move towards
to the semi-finals from the
round-robin Super Eights.
Instead, Bangladesh, who
lost heavily to Australia
and New Zealand in the
last eight days, completely
dominated to win their first
points of the Super Eights
and could even qualify
themselves if they win their
remaining games.
“It was a poor day for us,
a very poor day, but credit
to them,” South African
captain Graeme Smith told
reporters. “If you don’t get
your basics right you don’t
deserve to win.”
Bangladesh’s innings was
dominated by a flamboyant
87 off 83 balls by 22-yearold number five batsman
Mohammed Ashraful, the
man of the match.
His innings shone with
improvised
stroke-play
and general unorthodoxy.
South African pace bowler
Andre Nel claimed a career
one-day best 5-45 but that
was overshadowed by the
youngster’s exuberance and
flair.
Bangladesh, ranked ninth
from 11 in the one-day
world rankings, had to recover from 84-4 in the 24th
over. They eventually took
80 from their last 10 overs.
South Africa’s innings
began poorly when Smith
(12) missed a cut shot to a
straight ball from left-arm
seam bowler Syed Rasel.
The match then swung
dramatically from 63-1 to
87-6, as key man Jacques
Kallis played a mistimed
lofted on-drive and was
caught off Rasel for 32 and
Abdur Razzak bowled AB
de Villiers (15) seven balls
later.
Ashwell Prince was run out,
Mark Boucher followed a
six over long-off to Saqibul
Hasan with a catch to the
same region next ball and
then Justin Kemp lobbed
up a simple return catch to
Saqibul a ball later.
As the Bangladeshis scent-
ed victory, every wicket was
met by excited dance jigs by
a team whose average age
is 23.
Herschelle Gibbs, who
fielded only for a short period because of a calf strain,
batted at seven with a runner. He bravely contributed
56 not out.
His stand of 45 with Shaun
Pollock was ended by a run
out after a sharp pick-up
and throw at the stumps by
Tamim Iqbal.
Charl Langeveldt made
nine before missing a
straight delivery from Razzak and the victory was
rounded off when Makhaya
Ntini holed out from a ballooning thick edge for eight,
again off Razzak.
It was Bangladesh’s fifth
victory in their third World
Cup -- and probably their
best.
South Africa meet tournament hosts West Indies in
Grenada on Tuesday and
after three defeats already
in the Super Eights, the
hosts will be doubly determined to make the most of
a golden chance to resurrect their campaign.
BERLIN--Werder Bremen centre-back Per Mertesacker will miss most of the rest of the season after suffering a knee injury in Sunday’s 1-0 win over Nuremberg.
Werder said in a statement the German international
would have an operation on Tuesdayand would need
between three and four weeks to recover.
Werder are in second place in the Bundesliga, two
points behind Schalke 04, with six games to play. They
are also still in the UEFA Cup, with the second leg of
their quarter-final against AZ Alkmaar to come on
Thursday.
“His loss is a grave one for us,” Werder sporting director Klaus Allofs told reporters.
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ST GEORGE’S, Grenada-West Indies captain Brian
Lara said he plans to turn
up the pressure early on
against South Africa with
bat or ball in the hosts’
must-win World Cup Super
Eights clash on Tuesday.
Lara’s team lost their first
three Super Eights games
with defeats against Australia, New Zealand and Sri
Lanka leaving them with no
further room for error although South Africa’s loss
to Bangladesh on Saturday
had given the West Indians
a lift.
“We have three games left
in the tournament and if we
win all three games we have
a great chance of making
the semi-finals and that is
enough motivation,” said
Lara on Monday.
“The most important
thing is to put the (South
African) team under pressure. In the games we won
in the group stage we put
the opposition under pressure early on and similarly
in the games we lost ... we
were under pressure from
the burden of the situation.
“Our aim is going to be to
get our heads in front at the
beginning of the game and
that can create a lot of pressure for the other side.”
No host team has ever
won the World Cup but
Lara denied his side were
struggling to cope with the
responsibility of playing at
home and believes that a
packed stadium in Grenada
could help his team.
“There are advantages. I
am sure the support is going to be great and that is
a positive. If we can gain
some momentum, I think
the crowd support and the
fact that we are at home
will be a huge advantage,”
he said.
Lara said he was unconcerned about opening batsman Chris Gayle’s recent
slump in form, believing his
side has enough quality up
the order to get a competitive total on the board.
“We have to improve.
It doesn’t matter if Chris
Gayle comes out tomorrow
and doesn’t score -- we’ve
got guys who are capable of
winning matches and putting partnerships together,”
he said.
Lara and his fellow selectors have a number of options ahead of them. While
it is unlikely that Lara will
drop any of his frontline
batsmen, he has choices
to make with regard to his
bowling attack.
Left-armer Ian Bradshaw
and medium-pacer Corey
Collymore have been rotated with paceman Jerome
Taylor being preferred as
the partner to in-form opening bowler Daren Powell.
South Africa coach Mickey
Arthur said his players have
got over their surprise loss
to Bangladesh.
“The guys hurt a lot, which
is a good thing. We’ve had a
good chat and we’ve put the
Bangladesh game behind
us. We’ve closed the book
on it. We still hold the key
to our destiny in the competition,” he said.
Arthur anticipates a real
battle between two sides
who have a lot of pride to
restore.
“I expect the West Indies
to be hungry, I expect them
to play with a lot of fire, to
play with a lot of passion
and I expect them to be
desperate -- just like we are
going to be,” he added.
MUMBAI,
India--India’s
newly appointed cricket manager Ravi Shastri is backing
the infusion of fresh blood
into the team following last
month’s early World Cup exit
in the Caribbean.
On Saturday, the 44-yearold Shastri was handed the
task of guiding the team for
next month’s tour of Bangladesh after Australian Greg
Chappell resigned as coach
in the wake of the World Cup
debacle.
“You need to look at youth
in whatever walk of life at
some stage. There is a shelfperiod for everything,” Shastri told CNN-IBN news television channel on Monday.
India, touted favourites
back home, were knocked
out of the World Cup in the
group phase after defeats to
Bangladesh and Sri Lanka,
prompting several former
players and fans to call for
large-scale changes to the
team.
The powerful working committee of the board advised
the selection committee to
send a young team to Bangladesh under an experienced
captain on Saturday, and on
the same afternoon, Rahul
Dravid was retained as skipper for the next three tours.
“If you have got to experiment and try and do something, do it against Bangladesh,” said Shastri, who
played 80 tests and 150 oneday internationals between
1981 and 1992.
The former captain, currently a commentator with a
leading sports broadcaster,
was given the role on an interim basis.
Starting on May 10, the tour
consists of three one-day internationals and two tests.
A combination image shows New Zealand’s Brendon McCullum hitting a six (L) and the window in one of the pavillions that was broken by this McCullum shot during their
World Cup cricket Super Eights match against Ireland in
Georgetown yesterday.
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rounder Andre Botha
and hoped he would be
fit for Friday’s match
against Australia.
Despite the drubbing,
Johnston was happy with
his team’s achievement.
“I told (Kiwi skipper)
Stephen Fleming that
if someone had told me
before I left Dublin that
our worst game was going to be in the Super
Eights I would have
been pretty happy about
that,” Johnston said.
“Days like this just
make you want to train
harder and put in a better performance against
Australia.”
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Australia fans celebrate a six from Andrew Symonds during the World Cup cricket Super
Eights match against England in St. John’s on Antigua Sunday.
ST JOHN’S, Antigua-- Australia first contained then
crushed England on Sunday
with another ruthless exhibition of one-day cricket in the
World Cup Super Eights.
After restricting England
to 247 in 49.5 overs, despite
Kevin Pietersen’s first oneday century against the old
enemy, the defending champions coasted to victory with
seven wickets and 16 balls to
spare.
Australia, bidding to become the first team to win
a hat-trick of World Cups,
moved two points clear of
Sri Lanka and New Zealand
in the second-round standings with eight.
England, still on two, have
to win each of their three
remaining matches to have
any chance of qualifying for
the semi-finals on April 24
and 25.
Pietersen’s 104 was a
strangely muted affair after
he reached his half-century
from 49 balls with five fours
and a six.
He took another 68 balls
to get to his fourth one-day
hundred and struck only one
more boundary.
Pietersen was also the ben-
eficiary of some unusually
fallible Australian fielding
with Ricky Ponting missing
a difficult chance at mid-on
and Matthew Hayden dropping a simple catch running
to mid-on as the batsman
started walking off the field.
England, who had elected
to bat before the largest
crowd yet to assemble at the
Sir Vivian Richards Stadium for the final World Cup
match in Antigua, lost captain Michael Vaughan (5)
and Andrew Strauss, playing
his first game of the tournament, for seven.
Ian Bell, promoted to opener, again looked in prime
form, taking three fours
through the off-side from
one Glenn McGrath over
and playing fluently on both
side of the wicket during a
third-wicket partnership of
140 with Pietersen.
His dismissal for 77, caught
from a tame push to Michael Hussey at cover off
McGrath, signalled the end
of England’s bid to set a demanding total as the wickets
tumbled.
Only a six in the final over
by Paul Nixon brought them
close to the 250 which was a
minimum requirement on a
somnolent pitch.
Australia set about their run
chase in typically businesslike fashion. Openers Adam
Gilchrist (27) and Matthew
Hayden (41) each survived
lbw appeals in the first two
overs which could have gone
the other way before posting
an opening stand of 57.
Ponting, who got off the
mark with a lofted on-drive
off Monty Panesar for four,
and Michael Clarke collected runs with deft placements
and swift running between
the wickets.
The Australia captain
reached his half-century
from 69 balls and seemed
set for his second hundred
off the tournament when he
was run out for 86 by a direct
hit from Paul Collingwood
at point.
There was time for Clarke
(55 not out) to reach an assured half-century and some
brief excitement near the
end when Andrew Symonds
(28 not out) was caught by
Pietersen on the boundary.
After taking five steps inside
the ropes the fielder stepped
over and the batsman was
given not out.
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AUGUSTA,
Georgia-American Zach Johnson
held off a late challenge by
Tiger Woods to claim his
first major title by two shots
at the Masters on Sunday.
Two off the pace overnight,
the 31-year-old Johnson
fired a three-under-par 69
at a sun-drenched Augusta
National to finish on oneover 289.
Johnson, whose only previous PGA Tour victory came
at the 2004 BellSouth Classic, reeled off three birdies
in four holes from the 13th
to take control.
Although he bogeyed 17
after missing a five-foot
putt, he displayed strong
nerves to get up and down
from beside the green at
the last and save par.
“I had some people looking after me today,” a tearful Johnson told reporters
after equalling the highest
winning Masters total set
by Sam Snead (1954) and
Jack Burke junior (1956).
“This being Easter, Jesus
was with me every step. I
felt him. It was awesome.”
World number one Woods,
hunting his third consecutive major and a fifth green
jacket at Augusta, had to
settle for a share of second
place with South Africans
Retief Goosen (69) and
Rory Sabbatini (69) after
closing with a 72.
Britain’s Justin Rose, who
double-bogeyed the 17th,
posted a 73 to tie for fifth
with American Jerry Kelly
(70) at four over.
One of six players tied for
the lead early on in a wildly
fluctuating final round,
Johnson set the tone by
chipping in for birdie on the
eighth before tightening his
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grip after the turn.
Out in one-under 35, the
U.S. Ryder Cup player
rolled in a curling 10-footer at the par-four 14th to
stretch his lead to two.
After parring the 15th, he
hit his tee shot to 10 feet at
the par-three 16th before
ramming home the putt to
go three shots clear, pumping his fist in celebration.
Despite his stumble at the
par-four 17th, Johnson held
on to secure the biggest
victory of his career and a
cheque for $1.26 million.
Woods had spectacularly
eagled the par-five 13th to
stay in the hunt for a 13th
major title as the 71st Masters headed for a tight finish.
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Zach Johnson of the U.S. chips to the 18th green during the final round of the 2007 Masters golf tournament at the Augusta
National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia, Sunday.
Ireland’s Kevin O’Brien hits a six during their World Cup
cricket Super Eights match against New Zealand in Georgetown yesterday.
GEORGETOWN, Guyana--World Cup debutants Ireland admitted
their inexperience finally
caught up with them
after they lost to New
Zealand by 129 runs on
Monday.
New Zealand joined
defending
champions
Australia on eight points
in the Super Eights
standings, while Ireland
are now on the edge of
elimination.
Ireland’s bowlers troubled the Black Caps as
they restricted them to
83 for three and then 189
for seven. But after conceding 59 runs in the last
five overs which allowed
the Kiwis to finish on 263
AMSTERDAM-- Ajax Amsterdam missed the chance to
go level with Dutch leaders PSV Eindhoven on Sunday
after they were held to a 2-2 draw at RKC Waalwijk.
The capital side slipped to third place after AZ Alkmaar
beat NAC Breda 4-1 to move the UEFA Cup quarter-finalists up to second.
With three matches remaining PSV, who lost 2-1 against
NEC Nijmegen on Saturday, are top with 68 points, two
more then Alkmaar and Ajax.
Spaniard Gabri struck after nine minutes for Ajax but
RKC’s Jan Vertonghen, on loan from the former European champions, equalised a minute later.
Wesley Sneijder restored the lead midway through the
first half but with 19 minutes remaining Ruud Berger salvaged a point for RKC, who finished with 10 men after a
late red card for Tarik Sektioui.
Danny Koevermans struck twice to earn Alkmaar a comfortable 4-1 win at Breda.
Twente Enschede remain fourth after a 1-1 derby draw
against Heracles Almelo while fifth-placed Feyenoord
slumped to a 4-0 home defeat against Groningen after
Goran Lovre and Koen van der Laak hit second half
doubles.
for eight, the Irish never
realistically expected to
win.
“The first half a dozen
overs were not up to
scratch,” Ireland skipper Trent Johnston told
reporters.
“Our last half a dozen
overs were also belowpar and you can’t do
that at this standard of
cricket.
“We fought back really well as our spinners
bowled superbly but
then in the last half a
dozen overs we let it slip
again. To chase 260 (sic)
on that wicket was always
going to be very tough.
We always had our backs
against the wall.
“I suppose it was our
lack of experience but
(James) Franklin has
a test match hundred
and we don’t have these
types of players. We are
learning and we can only
try to keep improving.”
Brendon McCullum, 47
for 37 balls, and number
nine batsman Franklin,
34 not out off 22, took
the game away from Ireland.
Ireland were bowled
out for 134 and lost their
last seven wickets for
just 24 runs as they tried
desperately to meet the
required run rate.
Johnston said they
missed injured allContinued on page 55