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LIAT - A history of aviation in the Caribbean - compiled by Darrel Lou-Hing

1950 SIR FRANK HENRY SAPENNE DELISLE

The founder of Leeward Islands Air Transport Ltd. LIAT

A bit of history

Frank Sapenne Delisle O.B.E.

Managing Director, Leeward Islands Air Transport Ltd.

Director, Montserrat Co. Ltd.

Born: St Kitts Dec. 5, 1918.

Educ: St Kitts Grammar school and St Mary's College Halifax Nova Scotia.

Dept of Agriculture, St Kitts 1936-46;

Married March 4, 1941, Valentine May, daughter of Dr. W.A. Slack Medical Officer of St Kitts. 3 daughters, Marie Yvonne (Mrs Randolph) Jeanne Marie, Marie Therese.

Joined Montserrat, Co. Ltd. as Estate Man'gr., 1945; Man'gr.

1948; served as member executive council, Mont.,

1952; Member Montserrat Cotton Growers' Assoc. Fruit and Veg. Prod. Adv'y Bd.

Represented Montserrat at W.I. Sea Is. Cotton Conf St Vincent 1952 and at Livestock course in Br. Guiana. Club: New. Sport: Tennis.

Founded L.I.A.T. Airline, 1956.

Member Airline Operations Committee. Recreation Swimming Address Hodges Bay Antigua.

Prime Ministers laud Kittitian founder of LIAT airline

Fifty-five years after the establishment of LIAT (1974) Ltd by Mr. Frank Delisle, a national of St. Kitts and Nevis, in October 1956, with a single Piper Apache aircraft, the airline continues to advance the goal of Sir Frank to provide safe and reliable air transport to the islands and peoples of the eastern Caribbean.

Shareholder Prime Ministers Dr. the Hon. Ralph Gonsalves of St. Vincent and the Grenadines; Dr. the Hon. Baldwin Spencer of Antigua and Barbuda and the Hon. Freundel Stuart of Barbados in a joint statement noted that from such humble beginnings, today’s LIAT now represents the primary mover of people within the Caribbean region

Sir Frank Henry Sapenne Delisle, was born on the island of St. Kitts on the 5th Dec 1918, the Son of Harry Delisle and May (Stephens) Delisle. Frank received his early education in Halifax, Canada then went to neighbouring Anguilla as a young man to work in the Agriculture Department.

Frank Delisle, got the aviation bug after some unofficial trips on US Marine Corps anti-submarine patrols from Anguilla during the Second World War.

He then migrated to Montserrat where he was employed with the Montserrat Company Ltd. as a manager of a fruit plantation in Montserrat, he took time out to take flying lessons and began flying a two-seat Aeronca from Montserrat in the early 1950s. It was there that his love and interest in aviation developed.

A former airline captain, Frank S. Delisle, is one of the most engaging and resourceful characters one could wish to meet on one's Caribbean.

Sir Frank played a tremendous role in bringing aviation to the Caribbean region.

Sir Frank DeLisle was the founder of the Leeward Islands Air Transport (better known Caribbean-wide as LIAT), the oldest airline in the sub-Caribbean region.

With a vision of transforming air transportation in the region, Delisle started the Leeward Islands Air Transport Service Ltd. on 20 October 1956, on the island of Montserrat the year of the opening of Blackburne Airport.

This was preceded by operating from small landing strip he built on his plantation in Olveston in 1953. The strip was only 800 ft long and had a six degree incline. All take-offs were down hill and often down wind. Landings were made against the incline.

In those days LIAT was a privately owned one-man operation with a fleet of one aircraft and a non-scheduled service between Montserrat and Antigua a sector distance of just 35-miles, blue water passage, using a Twin engine Piper Apache. His available payload was just three passengers and/or some freight which could amount to little more than an arm full of parcels.

Nevertheless the service was popular among the islanders and the next year, the airlines schedule was widened to include St. Kitts, St. Eustatius, and St. Marteen.

Soon the Apache was reinforced with a twin engine Beechcraft Bonanza that could carry six passengers.

Gradually each island in the chain carved out miniature airports so that they can become aerially linked.

LIAT was incorporated in the Colony of Antigua, British West Indies, in 1956. At the time of its incorporation, its immediate purpose was to was to conduct a local inter-island operation with small aircraft within the British Caribbean area.

With the support of the late V.C. Bird, former Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda, DeLisle’s vision grew and LIAT moved its headquarters from Montserrat to Antigua and their Hanger, a 60ft x 60ft structure, was erected to accommodate the Herons. Alongside the first Hanger was the fuselage of another Heron which was modified to become an office of the accounting department.

The airline continued to grow and develop with the co-operation of other regional leaders.

In 1957 shortly after its incorporation, control of LIAT through purchase of 75% of its issued and outstanding stock was acquired by British West Indian Airways (BWIA). LIAT became a subsidiary of BWIA.

It was considered that control of LIAT by BWIA would be mutually advantageous in that BWIA would participate through LIAT in providing local inter-island service with small aircraft and that LIAT would receive financial and other assistance in the conduct and expansion of its local service operations.

LIAT maintained a home base at Coolidge Airport Antigua, equipped for routine maintenance and for training of personnel, its fleet consisted of four six passenger Twin Bonanza aircraft recently augmented by two 48 passenger AVRO-748 aircraft, there were over 90 employees, including 14 pilots; its capital structure consisted of 1,500 common shares of $100 par value, of which 805 shares were issued and outstanding of which 75% of such outstanding shares were owned by BWIA; not withstanding the a measure of autonomy LIAT was financially and administratively dependant on an integrated with BWIA.

By 1960 LIAT had six aircraft four Bonanzas, a pair of de Havilland Herons and was flying as far as Trinidad.

By now the airline was flying scheduled services in a 1,400 mile arc in one direction to Puerto Rico(via St. Thomas) and to Trinidad via Guadeloupe, Dominica, Barbados and St. Vincent in the other.

In 1965 Delisle obtained his first turbo prop, an Avro 748, registered VP-LIK, and a second one a year later in 1966 due to the airline's decision to phase out the Herons, the Airlines Headquarters moving to Coolidge Airport to allow the Avro 748 to be operated.

In 1968, LIAT was operating some flights via an agreement with Eastern Air Lines to provide passenger feed at this U.S. based air carrier's hub located in San Juan, Puerto Rico and was flying "Eastern Partner" service between San Juan and Antigua, St. Kitts and St. Maarten

For the first time LIAT operated two 19 seat Twin Otters, which were replaced by 1970 by five Britten Norman Islanders.

Every winter from 1967 onwards, LIAT leased a single 748 from Autair and later from Court.

In October 1971 Court Line acquired a 75% interest in LIAT from British West Indian Airways, BWIA the National Airline of Trinidad & Tobago and the remaining 25% on the 1st October 1972 for the total cost of £790,000, at that time LIAT’s liabilities exceeded the book value of tangable assets by £1,461,000 so the total cost of LIAT’s goodwill was £2,251,000.

LIAT consistently made losses up to the time of the takeover. The purchase agreement required BWIA to convert US$ 2,500,000current account with LIAT into a long term loan.

In 1972 (Sir) Frank Delisle founded Carib Aviation with a single twin-prop aircraft.

Carib Aviation provided charter and scheduled flights throughout the Caribbean from its main base in Antigua.

At its peak the company employed 63 personnel, including some 15 pilots and 22 engineering staff.

The office facilities were at VC Bird International Airport, accommodating administration, accounts, operations and traffic departments.

An additional terminal office facility was located at Robert L. Bradshaw International Airport in Saint Kitts and Nevis. Carib Aviation also operated the DOMINICA AIR TAXI service between Antigua, Saint Lucia and Canefield Airport as well as a local feeder for LIAT.

On Tuesday 30 September 2008, Bruce Kaufman, new owner and CEO of the airline, announced that he was forced to cancel all flights the very same day because of no flight crews available.

He accused LIAT to have hired 7 of his Twin Otter pilots within a few days, breaking an agreement between the two airlines signed earlier in 2008 and leaving him with no choice to stop all operations.

Sir Frank DeLisle also founded Radio Montserrat, the first radio station in the sub-region, which is still operational today.

Frank Sapenne Delisle died at age 83 on Friday, November 1st, 2002.

It was the same day that he was honoured with a knighthood for his outstanding contribution to the aviation industry in Antigua and Barbuda and the Caribbean as a whole.

Frank is buried in St John's Public Cemetery, Antigua and Barbuda.

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Saturday, July 3, 2021

BC’s heat and fire (Washington Post) Lytton, British Columbia broke successive Canadian heat records early this week, with temperatures peaking at 121 degrees on Tuesday afternoon. Then the fires swept in. Lytton’s 250-odd residents were ordered to evacuate Wednesday. By Thursday, officials said most homes and structures in the town had been destroyed. “Our poor little town of Lytton is gone,” one resident, Edith Loring Kuhanga, wrote on Facebook. Lytton’s evacuation came amid a broader swath of wildfires.

Hundreds believed dead in heat wave despite efforts to help (AP) Many of the dead were found alone, in homes without air conditioning or fans. Some were elderly—one as old as 97. The body of an immigrant farm laborer was found in an Oregon nursery. As forecasters warned of a record-breaking heat wave in the Pacific Northwest and western Canada last weekend, officials set up cooling centers, distributed water to the homeless and took other steps. Still, hundreds of people are believed to have died from Friday to Tuesday. An excessive heat warning remained in effect for parts of the interior Northwest and western Canada Thursday. The death toll in Oregon alone reached 79, the Oregon state medical examiner said Thursday, with most occurring in Multnomah County, which encompasses Portland.

16 Injured In Botched Illegal Firework Detonation By Police (CBS News) At least 16 people, including 10 law enforcement officers, were injured and several cars and structures were damaged Wednesday evening when police attempted to safely detonate approximately 5,000 pounds of illegal fireworks that were seized in South Los Angeles. “It felt like a really hard earthquake like we never felt before, said Jazmin Vazquez, a resident. Other neighbors said they were shaken out of their beds and rattled off their couches from the impact of the explosion.

U.S. Budget Deficit to Reach Near-Record $3 Trillion in 2021, CBO Says (Bloomberg) The U.S. will see a $3 trillion budget deficit this year, close to the 2020 record, while the economy will expand notably more than previously forecast, the Congressional Budget Office said as it incorporated the impact of President Joe Biden’s Covid-19 relief program. The deficit for the full 2020 fiscal year was $3.13 trillion, the biggest relative to the size of the economy since World War II. The totals amount to 13.4% of GDP in 2021 and 4.7% next year, and mark an increase from prior forecasts, as the CBO factored in the Biden administration’s $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan, which was passed in March.

Happy Birthday Eve, America (1440) Sunday marks the 245th commemoration of the adoption of the Declaration of Independence by the Second Continental Congress. The Congress actually voted to separate from Great Britain two days earlier, and possibly didn’t sign the document until early August. Still, the country has since grown from 13 colonies and roughly 2.5 million people, to 50 states and 14 territories with a population of more than 330 million. The economy has swelled to almost $21T, and while income and wealth disparities remain an issue, economic output per person has risen by a factor of 30 over two centuries. Advances in public health have cut the child mortality rate from more than 45% to under 1%, and our citizens live 35 years longer on average. Educational attainment has skyrocketed, with more than 200 million people having at least finished high school, compared to 18 million in 1940. We’ve built almost 3 million miles of paved roads and more than 5,000 public airports. Millions of miles of power lines electrify the country and almost 80% of adults have access to broadband internet. In 1800, 95% of the population lived in rural areas; more than 80% now live in urban cities and towns.

Elsa strengthens into season’s 1st hurricane in Caribbean (AP) Elsa strengthened into the first hurricane of the Atlantic season on Friday as it blew off roofs and snapped trees in the eastern Caribbean, where officials closed schools, businesses and airports. It appeared headed eventually in the general direction of Florida. The Category 1 storm is the first hurricane to hit Barbados in more than 60 years, unleashing heavy rains and winds on the island and then on St. Vincent and the Grenadines, which are struggling to recover from recent massive volcanic eruptions. The long-term forecast track showed it heading toward Florida as a tropical storm by Tuesday morning, but some models would carry it into the Gulf or up the Atlantic Coast.

Drought Economy (Foreign Policy) When Mexico’s central bank hiked its interest rates last week, it cited the ongoing drought as a major inflation risk. Meanwhile, Brazil’s inflation has risen to over 8 percent annually amid drought-induced food and electricity price increases. Inflation is just one hardship that droughts are currently causing in the two countries and their neighbors: Lack of rain is also driving crop loss, migration, and more severe forest fires. The droughts and all their consequences are exacerbated by rising temperatures as well.

Sweden stunned by rare shooting of police officer as gang violence worries grow (Reuters) Swedish caretaker Prime Minister Stefan Lofven expressed outrage on Thursday over the killing of an on-duty police officer, a rarity in the Nordic country, calling it an “attack on our open society” amid growing concerns over gang violence. The police officer in his 30s was shot and killed late on Wednesday while on duty in Biskopsgarden, a Gothenburg suburb that has been plagued by gang violence in recent years and where police have had an increased presence. The crime has shocked a country where fatal attacks on police officers are rare, with three killed in the last 20 years, including Wednesday’s victim. Gang violence has been in the spotlight after shootings and explosives attacks that have sometimes killed bystanders, and has become a political battleground, with left and right each seeking to claim the tougher line.

Coronavirus cases rise in Europe for first time in 10 weeks (Washington Post) The number of new coronavirus cases increased across Europe for the first time in 10 weeks, the World Health Organization said Thursday, ending a stretch that had raised hopes the pandemic would recede as vaccinations were on the rise. New infections jumped 10 percent over the past week in the 53 countries that make up the WHO European region, the agency’s regional director for Europe, Hans Kluge, said in a briefing. He attributed the rise to increased mixing, summer travel and the rapid spread of the more contagious delta variant first identified in India.

US hands Bagram Airfield to Afghans after nearly 20 years (AP) After nearly 20 years, the U.S. military left Bagram Airfield, the epicenter of its war to oust the Taliban and hunt down the al-Qaida perpetrators of the 9/11 terrorist attacks on America, two U.S. officials said Friday. Afghanistan’s district administrator for Bagram, Darwaish Raufi, said the American departure was done overnight without any coordination with local officials, and as a result early Friday dozens of local looters stormed through the unprotected gates before Afghan forces regained control. “They were stopped and some have been arrested and the rest have been cleared from the base,” Raufi told The Associated Press, adding that the looters ransacked several buildings before being arrested and the Afghan National Security and Defense Forces (ANDSF) took control. The withdrawal from Bagram Airfield is the clearest indication that the last of the 2,500-3,500 U.S. troops have left Afghanistan or are nearing a departure, months ahead of President Joe Biden’s promise that they would be gone by Sept. 11.

Anxious Afghans fear tomorrow; many seeking to leave (AP) Imtiaz Mohmand, just 19, makes a living selling melons out of a crate perched on his three-wheel motorcycle in the Afghan capital’s Kart-e-Now neighborhood. He only managed to finish Grade 7 before being sent to work to help support a family of 13. He has been robbed twice. Both times, his mobile phone was taken, along with his meager earnings of the day. In four days, he and four friends will leave Afghanistan. They have paid a smuggler to sneak them across the border to Iran and into Turkey. “There’s no job, no security here. There are thieves everywhere. I tried to make a living but I can’t,” said Mohmand, who has seven friends already on their way to Turkey. Mohmand’s frustration and anxieties run like a theme through most conversations in today’s Afghanistan as Afghans witness the final withdrawal of the U.S. military and its NATO allies. Afghans say international forces are leaving a country deeply impoverished, on the brink of another civil war and with a worsening lawlessness that terrifies some more than the advancing Taliban insurgency. The warlords with whom the U.S.-led coalition partnered to oust the Taliban are resurrecting militias with a history of devastating violence to fight the insurgents, who have made gains even in the warlords’ northern strongholds. Outside the Turkish Visa Center in Kabul’s city center, the road is crowded with four-wheel drive vehicles and new Toyota corollas belonging to the wealthier who are looking for visas to leave. Since the announcement of the final withdrawal, thousands of visa applications have inundated the Turkish Embassy in Kabul. Other embassies have also reported a dramatic increase. The closure of some Western embassies and warnings by others for their citizens to leave only deepen the sense of dread.

The Chinese Communist Party Is Scared of Christianity (Foreign Policy) As the Chinese Communist Party celebrates its centenary, Christianity—and other faiths—remain among the challengers it fears most. Religious controls have been part of communist practice since the foundation of the People’s Republic of China. But since 2018, many churches have been shut down—mostly unsanctioned ones but including some officially recognized groups. Between 5,000 and 10,000 Christian churchgoers have been arrested, some prominent Protestant clergy have been given long prison sentences, and around two-thirds of China’s Protestants have resorted to underground churches in an attempt to avoid police harassment. Government officials have been asked to compile more details of worshippers, feeding into discrimination in employment, especially in official posts. All children under age 18 have been strictly prohibited from attending any kind of religious education—theoretically already the case but not strongly enforced beforehand. Religious leaders are now expected to spend more time extolling the CCP and Chinese President Xi Jinping personally than they do seeing to their flock. In some churches, icons of Jesus or Mary have already been replaced with portraits of Xi. The ultimate goal seems to be to suppress any kind of identity—religious, ethnic, or ideological—that might challenge the CCP’s authority, whether now or in the future. Chinese leadership have studied the fall of the Soviet bloc intensely and are well aware of the role both Catholic and Protestant faith contributed to the collapse of communism in Eastern Europe.

Philippine Volcano Leads To Evacuations (NBC News) Mass evacuations were underway in the Philippines Thursday after the alert status was raised for the Taal volcano, located 45 miles south of Manila. Although it’s one of the world’s smallest active volcanoes, standing at only 1,020 feet, Taal can be deadly. An eruption in 1911 killed more than 1,300 people. In January 2020, Taal shot a column of ash and steam almost 10 miles into the sky, forcing more than 100,000 people to abandon their homes and causing widespread flight cancellations and heavy ash falls in Manila.

Australia locks out thousands more citizens as virus slip-ups mount (Washington Post) Facing outbreaks of the contagious delta variant and a floundering vaccination campaign, Australia moved Friday to further seal itself off from the world as its earlier success in tackling the coronavirus continued to unravel. Officials agreed to halve the number of people permitted to enter the nation under an already strict border policy that bars entry to nearly everyone except returning citizens, residents and their immediate families, who must quarantine for two weeks in a hotel at their own expense. Unlike many countries where the virus has long circulated in the community, Australia has pursued an aggressive suppression strategy of zero transmission, with low tolerance for even single-digit daily cases. Effective July 14, the number of international arrivals will be cut to about 3,000 a week, dimming repatriation hopes for some 34,000 Australians stranded overseas and many more who want to visit their loved ones but can’t get on a flight. The approach—which Morrison indicated would persist at least until year-end—has earned the country the tags “hermit kingdom” and “Fortress Australia.”

Railguns (AP) The U.S. Navy has mothballed its electromagnetic railgun program after spending around $500 million on R&D for the weapon, which uses electricity to fire projectiles at seven times the speed of sound. Instead, they’re funding hypersonic missiles, directed energy systems and electronic warfare. The key issue was that the operating range of 110 miles meant that a ship with a railgun would be in range of missiles, so, whoops. Another problem is that while a normal gun can be fired 600 times before needing a refurbished barrel, the prototype railgun had to be replaced anywhere between a dozen or two dozen shots.

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Gordon ‘Butch’ Stewart, Founder of Sandals Resorts, Dies at 79

Gordon Stewart, who bought a rundown beachfront hotel in his native Jamaica and built it into a chain of all-inclusive resorts as the founder of Sandals Resorts International, died on Monday. He was 79.

His death was confirmed in a statement by his family, who did not give a cause or say where he died, other than to say that he died in the United States.

His son Adam Stewart said in an interview on Tuesday that his father’s death was related to a recent medical diagnosis that Mr. Stewart, who was known as Butch, had kept private because he did not want to “be anyone else’s burden.”

“He didn’t even want his closest friends to worry for him,” Adam Stewart said.

Despite his illness, Mr. Stewart had continued to work long hours until the end of his life, his son said. Adam Stewart became chairman of Sandals Resorts International after his father’s death.

Mr. Stewart began his resorts business in 1981, when he took the money he had made selling air-conditioning units in Jamaica and invested it in developing a hotel on the island’s North Coast. Naming it Sandals Montego Bay, it would become the flagship resort of a chain of luxury vacation destinations. Sandals now operates 15 resorts, including six in Jamaica.

Mr. Stewart established Sandals Resorts International with a couples-oriented focus before branching out with the more family-oriented Beaches Resorts. That business was in the process of expanding in St. Vincent and the Dutch island of Curaçao at his death, his family said.

Gordon Arthur Cyril Stewart was born in Kingston, Jamaica, on July 6, 1941, the oldest of three children of Gordon Leslie Stewart and Jean (Townsend) Stewart. He grew up in St. Ann Parish, on the island’s North Coast. The family struggled financially, and Mr. Stewart felt compelled from a young age to take an active role in supporting them.

At 12, he began selling freshly caught fish to local hotels. “He always called himself an old fisherman,” his son said. “The first boat he had was a dugout canoe that he made out of an old tree.”

Mr. Stewart studied in England for about a year when he was in his late teens. He returned to Jamaica and took a job at the Dutch-owned Curaçao Trading Company, where he became sales manager.

But he itched to start his own company, the family said, and seized an opportunity in 1968 when he recognized the appeal of air-conditioning for people living in an island climate. He founded his first business, Appliance Traders Ltd., after he persuaded the Fedders Corp. of Edison, N.J., to allow him to represent the brand in Jamaica.

From there, Mr. Stewart developed his overarching business philosophy: “Find out what people want, give it to them and, in doing so, exceed their expectations.” This at first involved being willing to install air-conditioners for his customers any time, day or night, his son said.

Mr. Stewart’s work with the Sandals and Beaches resorts led to leadership roles in Jamaica’s tourism industry, including director of the Jamaica Tourist Board for a decade. In 1992, his Butch Stewart Initiative pumped $1 million a week into the foreign exchange market to help halt the slide of the Jamaican dollar.

In 1994, he led a group of investors that took control of Air Jamaica, the Caribbean’s largest regional carrier. He put together an investment group that paid $37.5 million for 70 percent of the airline, giving himself a 46 percent stake.

The move was the kind of grand public gesture that Mr. Stewart had become famous for, as The New York Times reported in an article about the move.

At the helm of the troubled state-owned airline, Mr. Stewart began adding routes and improving service. As part of the turnaround, he increased the airline’s revenue and grabbed market share from competitors.

“One thing you have to give Butch Stewart, he is going to try everything to make the company work,” Peter J. Dolara, a senior vice president of American Airlines at the time, told The Times. “The man is a ferocious competitor.”

In 2009, Mr. Stewart created the Sandals Foundation, which supports school construction, education and health care access on the islands where the company operates resorts. He was a recipient of Jamaica’s highest national distinctions, including the Order of Jamaica.

In addition to his son Adam, he is survived by his wife, Cheryl; his mother, Jean; a sister, Pat; three other sons, Brian, Bobby and Gordon; his daughters, Jaime, Sabrina and Kelly; 12 grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. A fifth son, Jonathan, died in a car accident in 1989. Mr. Stewart’s brother, Peter, died in 2004.

Adam Stewart summed up his father’s work ethic as “grit, hard work, and put people first.”

“He outworked the best of them,” the son said. “He always taught us that the fast road is not the right road.”

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“You can have my body but I’m not taking a shot”

It’s been a long tiring week at the hospital/beach. I had surgery all day Thursday which was interesting - saw repair of a broken femur and some carpel tunnel surgery along with the other 30 students in the theatre - there’s a lot of keen bean Caribbean students and we eventually escaped at 2pm to head to the beach much to the dismay of the local students who thought we’d stay till 7pm... The others had already gone to Young Island which is a stones throw away from St Vincent but you have to call a water taxi from the end of the pier to come pick you up. I met our favourite soca artist, Farmer Nappy, on the boat! But sadly didn’t recognise him even when he said he was a singer performing at the steel drum night and instead just spoke about my time in St Vincent - nailed it. By the time I got there the weather had taken a Mancunian turn and there was a huge thunderstorm with lighting which we sat inside and watched - well worth the taxi over! We headed back home to get ready for our second carnival event of the season - the Steel and Glitter party!

We had high hopes for this one for being slightly more wholesome than wet fete...we were right unfortunately. As Amy predicted early on, this was like a school orchestra competition, where instead of a orchestra, there were steel drums...the bands were actually good however, in true Caribbean time, it took 30 minutes for the band to come on, 10 minutes to perform and another 30 minutes to leave the stage ...and there were 7 bands. Luckily we were ‘entertained’ with up and coming Vincy talent on the ‘pan stage left’ (whatever that was) where locals butchered soca songs for our entertainment, we were more focussed on the rabid bat that was flying around the stadium. We left the wonders of the steel party (did not see any glitter) with our ears ringing with the noise of 70 steel pans...

After 5 hours sleep (and we all know I don’t deal well with less than 7 hours sleep) I went to the orthopaedic clinic on Friday morning. To say it was different to a clinic in the UK was an understatement. This ‘clinic’ consisted of the medical students doing the work, taking the histories and writing the notes, simultaneously in the same room, so there would be 4 patients in the same room - so much for confidentiality. Diclofenac (a type of pain relief medication) was pretty much prescribed for everything but by the end of the clinic I was shook - even ten intern asked if I was ok - a combination of no sleep and several st vincent locals telling me about their sore knees in clinic was enough for one day. I somehow made it back to the beach on the crazy bus and proceeded to pass out the whole afternoon - Ellena out.

On Saturday it was Robyn’s birthday and we decided to go to Young Island 2.0, hoping for better weather. This time we had glorious sunshine all day! We spent time on the coconut bar, drinking (strong) cocktails, had a lovely lunch and Amy spent a large proportion of time on a hammock reading in her happy place. It was the kind of day we’d imagined in the depths of revision when the elective was a distant thought that might not ever have happened. The perfect Caribbean day! We headed back to Paradise beach hotel for birthday dinner (again) and went to bed dreaming of Caribbean weekends and rum punch.

Today we’ve been back to the beach (what a surprise) for French Verandah 2.0 - it’s £20 of an open bar and buffet and we made sure we were economical about it of course. Robyn was so adamant not to do shots, she offered her body for us to do shots off of, which we declined of course like mature adults and stuck to the rum in cups. So, 5 rum punches later, Amy had managed to avoid being dragged up to sing by the band, we ran into the sea to cool off. Somehow managed to avoid the masses of sea urchins just chilling near our feet....

Tomorrow it’s almost the end of carnival!! For reasons best known to ourselves we’re aiming to get a taxi at 4am to head to Kingstown as we’re not entirely sure of what’s going on tomorrow, only that it involves paint and sunrise - wish us luck

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The Chase Files Daily Newscap 3/28/2019

Good MORNING #realdreamchasers! Here is The Chase Files Daily News Cap for Thursday 28Th March 2019. Remember you can read full articles for FREE via Barbados Today (BT) or Barbados Government Information Services (BGIS) OR by purchasing by purchasing a Daily Nation Newspaper (DN).

PSVS: HIKE TOO HIGH – Some public service vehicle (PSV) operators are lamenting that the bus fare hike to $3.50 from next month is way too much at this time. But one group representing the owners said it had arrived right on time, though another comprising operators said the hike was more to bail out the ailing Transport Board than assist them. At the Constitution River Bus Terminal in The City, some operators said they were sympathetic to the plight of the travelling public following Government’s announcement of a 75 per cent hike. During last week’s Financial Statement and Budgetary Proposals, Prime Minister Mia Mottley revealed that bus fare would be moving from $2 to $3.50, effective April 15. However, on Monday night, the Prime Minister said that frequent commuters of the Transport Board would save between 30 and 50 cents if they purchased ticket packages. (DN)

EXEMPT HOMELESS – The hike in bus fare from $2 to $3.50 will have a significant impact on the homeless. This assessment has come from the President and Founder of the Barbados Vagrants and Homeless Society (BVHS) Kemar Saffrey who is appealing to Government to exempt the homeless from having to pay bus fare. Saffrey told Barbados TODAY that his request was relevant since almost on a daily basis, the Society assists several clients with money to pay for transportation to and from various destinations to conduct personal business. He said clients often needed to travel to various Government departments to reapply for identification cards, seek health care, or collect medication among other necessary activities. Saffrey argued that the increase would put a dent in the finances of the organisation, which does not receive a subvention from Government, but depends on donations from private entities. “That would be on an every day basis, depending on who has to get ID cards, who has to get medication, who has to go for job interviews, who has to get to work for a week or two before they could support themselves, who has to go to look for rooms through the welfare system. People would come and tell us they have to go and look for a house today but they don’t have any bus fare. “And this has nothing to do with the other financial assistance that we give to people. When you could have given a guy $4 to run around, now you got to look to give him $7. It would have a serious impact on the less fortunate, and it would have a serious effect on the homeless.” During last Wednesday’s Budget Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley announced the increase in bus fare and two days ago, she outlined a system in which frequent travellers on Transport Board buses could benefit from discounted fares by buying multi-fare packages. “I am not saying the Government should accommodate everybody and give away free for all rides. But again, we need to look at the times that we are in, and the fact that it would become problematic for some people to get around, especially those who are unemployed and have to go one place and that place for a stamp and the next. So we need to look at this in a serious way,” Saffrey said. (BT)

SENATOR SLAMS ‘POOR BUS SERVICE HURTING STUDENTS’ – Students who spend an “unacceptable”, inordinate amount of time commuting to and from school are being seriously disadvantaged, according to Senator the Reverend John Rogers. Speaking during a wide-ranging presentation in the Upper House today, the Anglican cleric urged Government to improve its bus service in short order. “There is a link between education and transport at this time. While we understand that there is a shortage of buses I believe that every child in this nation should have an equal opportunity if not we cannot measure them by the same yardstick neither can we treat them the same way.” He cited instances relayed to him by a principal of students waiting at a bus stop up to three hours after school was dismissed. Senator Rev Rogers said: “I am concerned about the lack of transport of some children in our nation on evenings. I had a chat with a principal of a rural secondary school he was telling me that sometimes the children of that school, some who have to catch two buses are there at 7 o’clock at night because the bus hasn’t come. “Sometimes a private citizen has to take them in their car to a place where they can get a connecting bus. This is unfair to those children by the time they get home after 9 or 10. They have no time to reflect on homework. No time to do the things that children do. It is just time to sleep and get up to the grind of the next day. That is not good enough.” The Senator said while he understood there had to be an increase of bus fare, a quality service is also needed. “I know that we have heard much about the raise in bus fare and while I understand the raise and the need for the raise. I also believe that a person should receive a service commensurate with the rate being charged. I encourage the Government to get the buses here as soon as possible,” the Senator said. (BT)

‘GO CASHLESS, GROW THE ECONOMY’ – A senator and a player in the digital economy here has argued for digitisation to become a driving force behind economic growth. Senator Rawdon Adams, chief executive of digital financial services firm, BITT, told the Upper House today during the Appropriations Bill debate that digitisation can increase productivity while at the same time reduce costs to Government. He said: “Digitisation speaks to another form of growth — that is productivity. When you have efforts to digitise payments or reduce the amount of cash in an economy that is a huge driver of productivity and a reducer of cost in your economy. There is a body of research: The Federal (Reserve) Bank of St Louis, the Bank of England also. “The Fed research says if you are able to substitute a third of the paper noted and coins in your economy for digital cash you can expect a permanent increase in your rate of growth of a three per cent point. If you substitute 30 per cent of your economy to digital you will push your growth rate up.” The Government senator said while he had no intentions of bashing commercial banks, there was a significant cost attached to carrying out simple bank transactions daily. Senator Adams continued: “Carrying cash is expensive. There is cost of convenience. You get in a car you go down to the bank to draw out your cash. There is a cost to that. Cost in terms of convenience cost in terms of time. Somebody has calculated that time spent per month doing that is 20 minutes. 20 minutes in your car or in a bus just to pull out your money . . . . Over time that could equate to a month. What if you could do that whole process digitally?” The Bitt Inc CEO said digitising the economy could also address the menace of companies collecting Value Added Tax and not paying it over to Government. The senator said: “There are quite a few ways you can imagine that digitising can help. I know there is a lot about people who aren’t paying VAT if it is digitised it is far harder for you to escape that method of taxation.” Saying that world trends, global studies and figures could prove how digitisation can enhance an economy, Senator Adams suggested that neighbouring economies had already recognised the need to go digital. “There are many savings you can extract through digitisation,” he said. “Some countries are putting their money where their mouths are. [The] Eastern Caribbean Central Bank intends to reduce the amount of cash in their economy by 50 per cent over four years.” (BT)

LIAT DEADLINE – The final decision on the future of cash-strapped LIAT is expected later this week as the regional airline came into focus during an all-day meeting at Hilton Barbados. Prime Minister Mia Mottley; Minister of Tourism Kerrie Symmonds; chairman of the LIAT shareholder governments, Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves of St Vincent, and trade union representatives were at the negotiating table for more than eight hours before calling it quits just after 5:30 p.m. THE NATION has been reliably informed that officials have been asked to come up with a number of proposals to present to Mottley before weekend. “A number of positions were explored and those present are to now get back to the governments later this week regarding the positions that were tabled,” a source close to the negotiations said. (DN)

NO BIG DEAL – Former Prime Minister Owen Arthur is warning Caribbean leaders not to expect a major trade deal with the UK when it leaves the European Union (EU). “I do not think, based on history, that the region can expect any major benefits from England, the UK, when it exits the EU,” Arthur told a public lecture on BREXIT and the new Caribbean Trade Agenda at the Sagicor Cave Hill School of Business and Management on Tuesday night. With the opportunity to negotiate new independent trade deals, Britain would gravitate to more powerful nations and the region would be excluded, he argued. “The Caribbean can hardly occupy any special place on the UK’s agenda once it leaves the European Union,” he said. Instead, he is advising the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) to ensure that any future trade deal brokered with the UK should be one of “a developmental corporation regime”. Pointing to uncertainties surrounding Brexit and pointing to past experiences under trade deals with the EU, Arthur said there was an urgent need for the region to “recalibrate its trade agenda to remove all of the constraints that is standing in the way of its enterprises penetrating and holding market access and sustained activity on a competitive basis”. The former Prime Minister told the gathering: “In short, the region needs to build a genuine export culture to be able to function successfully in a globalized economy where trade liberalization has become the dominant practice.” Arthur said the region failed to take full advantage of the ten-year-old Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA), which was signed between the regional bloc CARIFORUM and the EU to promote trade between the EU member states and African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP)states. He said information sourced from the UK revenue and customs report showed that British imports from CARIFORUM countries declined from £662 million in 2008 to £449 million in 2017. “Only the middle income public seemed to have taken advantage of the generous market access offered by the EPA,” Arthur declared. Despite the “generous market access” for CARIFORUM under the EPA, “the region has not been able to significantly diversify its exports to the European market in any substantial way”, said the economist and former finance minister. The region’s tourism industry has also been unable to receive any “bounty” as a result of the EPA, he added. Arthur told the audience: “There is no reason to believe that there has been any radical improvement in the penetration of Caribbean service providers to the European Union or the European market. “In order for the region to have taken advantage of the provisions in the EPA for the movement of natural persons, the market access of the EPA would have to be supplemented by a mutual recognition agreement and visa application agreements between nations from the two groups of nations. “These matters seemed not to have received the requisite attention since 2008.”. He called on Caribbean nations to increase their capacity to export, adding that greater focus should be placed on services industries. But the senior statesman also took a swipe at the EU, accusing Brussels of “launching an assault” on the Caribbean financial services sector through the creation of blacklists and threats of sanctions. Arthur said: “There is no basis in international public law for the European Union to first of all ask other countries to change their tax laws, and secondly, to do so on the threat that they would enforce sanctions.” (BT)

CANDIDACY CONCERNS – Barbados Union of Teachers’ (BUT) presidential candidate Pedro Shepherd has refuted claims that he plans to use the post to boost his political agenda if he is elected in next month’s elections. A post being circulated to BUT members on social media, warns that Shepherd, who has publicly expressed interest in running for the Democratic Labour Party (DLP), would use his position as BUT president to attack Government if successful in the April 12 elections. “Please let Pedro Shepherd who has signalled his intention to run for party politics know that we will not allow him to use BUT as a forum for him or the DLP to attack Government,” the post states. However, in an interview with Barbados TODAY, Shepherd, who served as BUT president from 2012 to 2018, maintained that he was only interested in representing the interests of teachers. Furthermore, he said this was not the first time he had expressed an interest in representing the DLP, as he had done so on two previous occasions. In fact, Shepherd who was defeated by Shawn Spencer in last year’s BUT elections said he had agitated for teachers when the DLP was in power. “For a person to make those comments shows that person clearly does not know me because this is not the first time that I have expressed an interest in running for the DLP. I expressed an interest as far back as 2013 and then again in 2018 and now I’m doing it for a third time so it is not new. “And anybody who followed my trade unionism, as well as my political life, would know that the DLP was in office from 2008 until 2018 and I as the president of the BUT, was the most vocal person against Minister [of Education] Ronald Jones and by extension, other members of the Cabinet. So if it had anything to do with politics, I would have been the most quiet BUT president over the last six years,” Shepherd contended. He said he had been asked to run for president by the union’s members, because of his strong representation in the past. Shepherd said during his six-year stint as president, he had always put the needs of teachers first. “It is not about politics, it’s about teachers. Whoever is in power and there is reason for me to have to represent the interests of teachers that is what I am going to do. “It doesn’t matter if the BLP is in power, the DLP is in power, Solutions Barbados in power, the UPP in power or Atherley’s party is in power, as president of the BUT I am representing teachers,” Shepherd said. (BT)

EASTMOND STEPS DOWN AS UPP CHAIR – Three years in, the United Progressive Party (UPP) will have a new leader later this week. Founder and first-time chairman, attorney Lynette Eastmond, has stepped down. Eastmond confirmed yesterday she would not be offering herself for re-election when members vote for a new executive today. “Don’t get it confused with other parties. They may have one leader in because the leader might be in Parliament and is the Leader of the Opposition. But the chairman of the party is another thing,” Eastmond told the media yesterday. “But because we don’t have anyone in Parliament, we don’t have a leader; it’s different,” the former minister in a Barbados Labour Party Government said. “But amongst all the parties, you tend to change leadership over a period of time. The chairman does not remain the same person,” she added. Eastmond revealed that Ambrose Grovesnor, Everton Holligan and Wayne Griffith would be vying to replace her. A notice on the UPP’s website last night posted by public relations officer Griffith said: “The United Progressive Party is in the process of choosing its executive committee for 2019-2020. Nominations for positions are being processed via online nominations and voting which also help to facilitate our overseas membership. The names and positions of the new UPP executive will be made public on Friday, March 29.” Political scientist Peter Wickham said the decision would not have much of an effect on the political landscape: “I don’t know that it changes the world,” he said last night. “Lynette Eastmond’s showing at the polls left much to be desired. She scored just slightly more votes than [Independent candidate] Natalie Harewood (a former sex worker) and that speaks volumes to the extent of what is taken seriously by the public,” he added. (DN)

NEW ‘SOCIAL JUSTICE GROUP’ IN PARTNERSHIP – Sex workers, members of the lesbian, gay and bisexual community and people with disabilities have been given a place at the table of the Social Partnership in a new body alongside faith-based and a raft of non-governmental organisations. With the decision, the Labour Party Government has moved to keep a campaign promise to introduce a “Social Justice Committee” to broaden the membership of the tripartite Social Partnership to include a wider range of interest groups. Introducing the committee on Wednesday, Minister of Labour and Social Partnership Relations Colin Jordan said the committee was in line with the principles of the International Labour Organisation (ILO). Jordan, who is the social justice committee’s chairman, said its main objective was to consider and make recommendations to Government, directly through the Social Partnership and Cabinet, on social justice issues. The committee’s remit includes poverty alleviation; the role of the family in fostering cultural and social norms and values; discrimination; access to education; integration of people with disabilities; access to employment; safety and security and the environment. “It is not intended for this committee to be a talk shop,” said Jordan, who added that the time had long come for civil and non-governmental organizations to be involved in discussions with Government on issues affecting residents. The committee is made up of 23 individuals, 19 of whom are appointed by the Labour Minister. Each member is to serve for a period of two years. The deputy chair of the committee is the Minister of People Empowerment and Elder Affairs Cynthia Forde. Other representatives on the committee come from trade unions, the Rastafarian community, women and men organizations, the media, youth development organisations, the credit union movement, parent teachers associations, social workers, the private sector and the Family Planning Association. The committee will meet once per month and will report to the Social Partnership and Cabinet quarterly and also annually within three months of Government’s fiscal year, which ends on March 31. Jordan said: “A social justice committee, from its name, has to do with ensuring that people across the country can function…. So feel free to share your views as strongly as possible always being respectful to the rest of us. “What we want to do is to speak from our perspectives as representing organizations. We know what is happening in our organisations, we know what is happening on the ground. Sometimes though, we are going to need to have some research to drive that discussion and decision making.” He pledged to call on the University of the West Indies and other institutions to provide research support. The representatives of the various groups told the convening of the Social Justice Committee they welcomed the opportunity, expressing the hope that their members’ concerns would be adequately addressed through the new framework. (BT)

CONCERN OVER MULTIPLE PARTNERS - Barbadians are having sex with multiple partners at the same time, but using condoms less and more are refusing to get tested for HIV. These were some of the major findings of the most recent study by the National HIV/AIDS Commission, released at the Warrens Office Complex, St Michael. Assistant director Nicole Drakes said the Report On Knowledge, Attitudes, Beliefs And Sexual Practices Survey Among Adults Ages 15 to 49 In Barbados 2016-2017, was of major concern. “The fight is not over. We still have a lot of work to do in terms of behavioural changes . . . . “Because of stigma and discrimination, a lot of people don’t get tested – a lot from key populations like sex workers, persons with disabilities and men who have sex with men who are not going to get tested and put themselves at risk,” she said. (DN)

STIS ON THE RISE – While cases of HIV have declined marginally over the past decade, health authorities are struggling to combat outbreaks of other Sexually Transmitted Infections and diseases (STIs/STDs) including chlamydia, gonorrhea and syphilis. Senior Medical Officer, Dr Anton Best said health officials recorded a sharp increase in sexually transmitted diseases, revealing that the ministry had since been unsuccessful in bringing the troubling outbreak under control. Dr Best was delivering the feature address at the National HIV/AIDS Commission’s report on the findings of the Knowledge, Attitudes, Beliefs and Sexual Practices Survey. “Data is showing us that we have sustained high rates of chlamydia and gonorrhea and then there has been an outbreak of syphilis and since then the annual rates of syphilis have remained high. “These observations are further indications that behavioural campaigns have not been as effective as we would have liked,” Dr Best revealed. He said while public awareness campaigns, studies and other forms of research focus mainly on the transmission of HIV, other STIs could not be ignored. “Please appreciate that our goals and objectives of our national HIV program also speak to the need to prevent and control the spread of other sexually transmitted infections in Barbados. “So while this survey is an integral part of the research agenda for HIV, we must utilize these findings in conjunction with others in teaching information to design and implement evidence-informed interventions and policies to better control and prevent HIV and STIs in Barbados,” he said. Frowning on the seemingly nonchalant attitudes displayed by some Barbadians to the transmission of STIs, Best argued that a tremendous amount of work was needed to combat the infections and diseases. He was responding to new information which indicates that a lack of condom use, reduced STI testing and numerous sex partners have stifled the efforts of authorities. “Our behaviors and sexual practices are the result of our cultural norms and social structures. Social research is therefore key for us to have the best possible understanding of the local context of HIV vulnerabilities. “Best available evidence is indicating that this is due to the use of antiretroviral therapy rather than the alteration of sexual habits of people in Barbados. So we are faced with a conundrum and need to find more effective ways to modify people’s attitudes and their behaviours,” said the senior medical officer. He further expressed hope that some of the strides made in the reduction of HIV would be transferred to other sexually transmitted diseases. (BT)

MARSHALL LAW – With mounting public frustration over the matter of bail being granted to persons accused of murder, Government may be seeking to make adjustments to the 1996 Bail Act, in response to this issue. This revelation was made by Attorney General Dale Marshall, who told Barbados TODAY that while he was not in a position to state the nature of the proposed changes, as the measures have not yet received Cabinet’s stamp of approval, it was clear that it could not be business as usual. “While an individual will have his personal views on who should or should not get bail, our 1996 Bail Act allows for every defendant to receive bail. The whole idea that a murder accused can’t get bail is not now supported by our law,” he said noting that even though the law has been in existence since 1996, it was not until 2007 that a murder accused was first granted bail. He added: “There are a number of things which we have to do including making amendments to the Bail Act so as to tighten up on the system of bail.” However, the AG made it clear that any tightening of bail granted to murder accused must be accompanied by speedy trials for these persons. “We can’t just deal with bail and tightening the grant of bail unless we also deal with the speed at which justice is dispensed. Every accused also has rights and to delay trials for five and ten years does not benefit the society. In some cases, witnesses’ memories will go dim and persons who are innocent would be left with this [Sword of] Damocles over their heads for over a decade,” he explained. In addition to the proposed revisions to the Bail Act, Marshall told Barbados TODAYthat Government was seeking to implement measures to take out some of the discretionary components to sentencing and replace them with a system similar to that of the US with mandatory minimum sentencing for certain categories of crimes. “Another measure that we are seeking to put in place is a practice direction issue as it relates to sentence indicators. The whole idea is to create a logic to sentencing and not a case where a judge decides to give one individual five years and give another ten years for the same crime. That is not how sentencing works. There has to be a structure to sentencing so that the law is consistent. Individuals with similar charges and similar circumstances should be able to expect a similar sentence. That is what justice is, it has to be equal across the board,” he explained. The Attorney General argued that this system would also be helpful in moving the judicial system along faster, as perpetrators would be more inclined to plead guilty since they would be able to gauge their length of stay in prison. “The system of minimum sentencing indicators would allow for an accused person to make a determination as to the kind of sentencing regime he would be subject to if he pleads guilty. We have already seen some of this bearing fruit as we see those who will say ‘this is the type of sentencing range I would get, so maybe I should consider pleading guilty.’ This would be in cases where the evidence is strong,” he contended. (BT)

JOCKEY HIGH COURT BOUND – A 54-year-old jockey is headed to the High Court for sentencing. Magistrate Kristie Cuffy-Sargeant committed the case against Ray Anderson Herbert, of no fixed place of abode, to the criminal assizes today. “Ma’am I want to go and plead guilty in the High Court,” he stated from the docks when his matter was called. Herbert is accused of committing an indictable offence when he allegedly entered the home of a woman on January 21, 2018 as a trespasser with intent to assault another female in the house. The accused has been on remand since his first appearance before the District ‘A’ Magistrates’ Court in January last year. He is now waiting his day in the High Court. (BT)

HIGH COURT APPLICATION – Queen’s Counsel Michael Lashley today revealed that he had made a bail application in the High Court for a female murder accused. The defence attorney was addressing Magistrate Kristie Cuffy-Sargeant as he appeared on behalf of 34-year-old fish boner Verna Isilma Vasilka Cuffy and 24-year-old labourer Dave Fedel Aristide James, both of Wavell Gardens, Black Rock, St Michael. The two are charged with the September 7, 2018 murder of fish vendor Stephen “Molly” Small. The accused have been on remand at Dodds for the past six months since their first appearance before the magistrate. Lashley told the magistrate that he and his team of Dayna Taylor-Lavine and Kadisha Wickham will return to the High Court on May 10, 2019 in relation to an application made on accused Cuffy’s behalf. Following the announcement the magistrate again remanded the two for a further 28-days. Cuffy, is also facing September 8, 2018 charges of possession of cannabis and cultivation of the plants. The accused will return to the No. 1 District ‘A’ Magistrates’ Court on April 25. (BT)

TEEN CHARGED WITH ASSISTING SUSPECT GRANTED BAIL – Nineteen-year-old Akela Keanna Gittens was granted $8,000 bail when she appeared in the Holetown Magistrate’s Court today on a charge of assisting a man who is suspected to have committed a capital offence. It is alleged that Gittens of 5F Madison Terrace, St Michael, believing that Kadeem Clarke had committed murder, provided accommodation and financial assistance to him with intent to impede his arrest. She was not required to plea to the indictable charge, which is alleged to have occurred between February 16 and March 23, 2019. As part of her bail conditions the accused must now report to the Black Rock Police Station every Monday and Friday before 9 a.m. Gittens will reappear before Magistrate Wanda Blair on September 17, 2019. (BT)

RILEY BACKS SKERRITT – Barbados Cricket Association (BCA) president Conde Riley has vowed unstinting support for new Cricket West Indies (CWI) president Ricky Skerritt. “This is not about Skerritt, Cameron or Riley, it is about cricket. The elections are over and it is time to move on. “I am very comfortable and committed to regional cricket. I have to get help from Skerritt right now as we are negotiating for a (financial) facility, and we need to be calm and focused as to where we are going to take West Indies cricket,” said Riley. The CWI director was speaking on the aftermath of the CWI presidential elections on Sunday when Skerritt defeated incumbent Dave Cameron 8-4 for the top post. Riley defended the BCA’s decision to support the 47-year-old Cameron, who was seeking a fourth term as president. (DN)

REGISTRATION DEPARTMENT REOPENS ON APRIL 1 – The Registration Department will now reopen on Monday, April 1, at the Whitepark Road, St Michael complex, and not tomorrow, March 28, as previously announced. However, urgent applications for births, deaths, the registering of deaths, marriage certificates and the registering of marriages where the parties are non-resident will continue at the Whitepark Road, St Michael complex. Meanwhile, certificates that were to be collected on or before March 21 may be collected up to Friday, March 29, at the complex. Court will continue to be heard at the Manor Lodge Complex and the Cane Garden Complex until Friday, April 5. (BGIS)

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Why is it hard to get into medical school?

Why is it difficult to enter college, and possibly, medical school?Should students consider alternate options if they cannot enter medicine?Over to You – What’s your decision?

Research indicates that students from upper-income backgrounds and strata are more likely to reap academic advantages. They also reap them more from an earl age. Parental income and child achievement have become more closely linked in recent years. In most countries, income has been a strong predictor of success in students. However, in developed countries; such is the opposite because student success at school level does not solely depend on parental income but rather on parental role in child development.

However, getting to college has become difficult because of ever cumbersome requirements at the college’s end. Most parents dream of their children leading their homes by earning an associate or a bachelor’s degree at most so they can not just become breadwinners, but also become the ones bringing a change in society as well.

Recent news has revealed how competitive it has become for top notch students to make it to college. Affluent families have been accused of debauchery, using their finances to influence college executives and coaches to get their children in renown colleges. Though the extent of such debauchery is under control, the requirements of colleges have become cumbersome.

High school graduates have to go through numerous obstacles in their path to higher education. When it comes to medical school, things become quite sour. The pre-med program is a necessity for almost all medical schools across the United States and Canada. Another obstacle that comes before the pre-med program is high school GPA. MCAT scores are a must.

There have been calls for reduction in the importance of standardized tests in undergraduate admissions in the United States. Such has led to 1,000 colleges and universities in the United States having a ‘test-optional policy. However, the test-optional policy has its own requirements and not everyone can avail such an option.

Indicators other than standardized tests are being taken in consideration. Score gaps among different ethnicities in SAT in the United States are still evident, with Caucasians and Asians scoring more than their Hispanic and African counterparts. However, completely removing standardized tests will only encourage affirmative action policies which are against the educational and societal essence stateside.

Data from the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) reveals 10,000 graduates applied to medical school during the school year 2018-19. The applicant rate increased by 25%. The Acceptance rate was however, hovering around 7-8%. A variety of factors other than finances were the reasons of rejection. Though, medical school graduation rates in the United States remained around 80% and above.

Once students are admitted to the medicine program, they remain there until they have completed their program.

Students have different kinds of alternate options when they are not accepted into a stateside medical school. They can wait for the whole year to try again; they can choose another field of study or they can choose to study medicine abroad. They can choose to study in the European Union, Latin America, East Asia, Oceania or the Caribbean.

The Caribbean is one such option which American and Canadian students can take into consideration. The island nations of the Caribbean are blessed with natural beauty, hospitable culture, good education standards, a good healthcare system and human development which is classified as high. Most Caribbean island nations are members of the World Health Organization (WHO) and are actively involved in its programs.

Trinidad and Tobago, Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, St. Lucia, Grenada, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Jamaica, St. Kitts and Nevis, Puerto Rico, Aruba, Saba and Curacao are among the nations that have good medical schools.

Medical schools in the Caribbean are much affordable than stateside medical schools. The admissions policy is relaxed; the MCAT scores and High School GPA are not sole indicators for admission and intakes are taken twice a year. The accreditation of Caribbean medical schools is quite good and a lot of doctors in the United States graduated from Caribbean medical schools.

Studying medicine in the Caribbean is not a bad option. The Caribbean islands are not just a tropical paradise but also are making strides in healthcare. The United States is a net importer of doctors and lateral methods are appreciated by American healthcare professionals. Windsor University School of Medicine ranks among the best Caribbean medical school and is located in St Kitts and Nevis.

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Beautiful St. Vincent And The Grenadines St. Vincent & the Grenadines is a nation of 32 islands located in the Lesser Antilles. It is the largest of the islands and has a spectacular forest-covered mountainous interior with immaculate beaches. It consists of the main island of St. Vincent and the northern two-thirds of the Grenadines, which & Discover St Vincent and the Grenadines.

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The Mystery of the Ownership of the Trinity School of Medicine

Trinity School of Medicine Vice President Boasts that It Is "Not the Same" As Most Offshore Medical Schools A post promoting the Trinity School of Medicine just appeared on the KevinMD blog. It was entitled "Addressing the 'ugly truth' about Caribbean medical schools: Why they’re not all the same." Its purpose seemed to be to persuade the reader in particular that the Trinity School of Medicine, (located conveniently in St Vincent and the Grenadines, "high on a hillside in the Ratho Mill district of Kingstown, the capital of St. Vincent and the Grenadines," conveniently near the Young Island Resort and "Living the Dream" sailboat cruises, per Google) is not the same as, and in fact is superior to other offshore medical schools. In particular, Stacy Meyer, Vice President for Enrollment, asserted that the school would address the problem of huge attrition rates at offshore schools by embracing "a principle of mutual support," seek out faculty who would actually spend time with students, and would actually have "office hours," and provide tutoring and an "Academic Progress Committee." She promised to provide good housing with "privacy, a full kitchen, air conditioning and high speed internet." She stated that the school would deal with the stress of medical training by providing "on-campus access to professional help and a culture of openness." She concluded with "better support, better quality of life for the students? It will only mean better doctors." It sounds nice, but her post was remarkable for what it left out. Does that extras "support" translate into an attrition rate lower that other comparable schools? Is there any data that the doctors produced are "better?" What about the school's curriculum, the quality of its faculty, and the accountability of its leadership? In fact, review of the school's website provides little hard information. While the school aims to attract US and Canadian students, I could not find a single member of its regular faculty who has a medical degree from a US or Canadian school. Its faculty is tiny, 22 regular faculty members plus 3 deans and a chancellor, much smaller than the faculty of a conventional US or Canadian school. Information about its curriculum is fragmentary. The school claims an 85% match rate, but provides no information about attrition, and hence the denominator for that rate. What Is Trinity School of Medicine? Who Runs It? Who Benefits From It? Even more curious, I could find very little information, and that which I found was rather contradictory, about who actually is accountable for the operations of Trinith School of Medicine, and who, if anyone, owns it. The school's website, including its "about" page, say nothing about the nature of its organization, basically whether it is a for-profit company, or not for profit organization. Wikipedia simply says the school is "private." Although the school is located in St Vincent and the Grenadines, its website lists its address as 925 Woodstock Road, Suite 200, Roswell, GA 30075. On the other hand, the Manta database says the school is located in Alpharetta, GA, and is a "single location business" with 10 employees. The school's website"administration" page has a headline next to a picture of Steven R Wilson stating he is "CEO and President." However, accompanying text states that he is the president and CEO of "Trinity LLC." I can find no further explanation on the website of "Trinity LLC." (Note that the website has no search function.) There is a Hoover's profile on a Trinity LLC located in Atlanta GA, listed as a private company, but it appears to be a "site preparation contractor." Mr Wilson apparently is a businessman who

served as President and CEO of several highly regarded institutions over the past 22 years. Prior to Trinity School of Medicine, Mr. Wilson was President of TSYS Loyalty, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of TSYS, TSS on the NY stock exchange from 2003 until 2006 when he left to pursue the start-up of Trinity School of Medicine. Prior to TSYS, Mr. Wilson was President and CEO of Enhancement Services Corporation from 1998 to 2003, an institution that provided loyalty transaction processing and fulfillment services to the world's largest financial institutions. Mr. Wilson was also the President and CEO of Business Travel, Inc. from 1986 to 1997.

Although his background seems to have no relevance to biomedical science, medicine, or health care, his official profile states

Mr. Wilson's background and experience are a vital element in Trinity's success as it endeavors to become one of the finest Caribbean medical schools available to students from North America and around the globe.

The Trinity website includes a listing of the members of its "board of trustees." Non-profit institutions generally have boards of trustees whose role is be stewards of the organizations. However, Trinity appears to be a privately held business. Such businesses may have "boards of directors," but the power of such boards in closely held private businesses may be negligible. The website does not explain the actual relationship of the "board of trustees" to the school. The board has only four members, one of whom is a physician, and three of whom are business people. There qualifications to be stewards of a medical school, if that in fact is their role, are not evident. So what exactly is the Trinity School of Medicine? Who is accountable for how it operates? Who, if anyone,exterts stewardship over it? Who benefits from its operation? Given its opacities, is it a shell company? These are all mysteries. We need Sherlock Holmes.

Why Should We Care? As we have said a few times before, most recently here, this is not just about the leadership, governance and ownership of the Trinity School of Medicine. It is about off-shore medical schools, and ultimately about the leadership and governance of health care in the US. As we most recently noted here, Admission to US medical schools is increasingly difficult. So many who seek medical careers may be tempted to apply to schools outside the US. In the last 30 years, American entrepreneurs have opened offshore medical schools, mostly in the Caribbean, that cater to US students. They teach in English, and do not require immersion in an unfamiliar culture, so may be more attractive than medical schools in other countries whose mission is to educate physicians to practice in those countries. In 2010, Eckhert documented that the number of offshore medical schools, "for-profit institutions whose purpose is to train U.S. and Canadian students who intend to return home to practice," but not to train physicians to practice in the countries in which these schools are located, was rapidly growing.(1) By 2010, there were 33 such schools, 20 of which were new since 2000. Such offshore medical schools exist in a grey area. The small countries or colonies in which they are located usually do not seek to regulate them, since the physicians they produce are going to practice elsewhere. There is no requirement that these offshore medical schools be accredited in the US. Such accreditation is currently not required for individual graduates of such schools to be admitted to US house-staff programs or for US licensure. So perhaps it is not surprising that little is known about these schools. How they choose students, the qualifications or even names of their faculty, their curriculum, how they supervise clinical training (which is mostly done by affiliated North American hospitals), and what happens to their graduates are obscure. Eckhert attempted to describe what is known, but noted "variability exists in the availability of information on faculty; where data exists, it is noted that most of the permanent on-site basic science faculty are internationally trained, many have no documented medical education experience in the United States, and it is not uncommon for them to be OMS [offshore medical school] alumni." As we also noted, most recently here, Even less is known about who leads these schools, who if anyone is responsible for their stewardship, and even who owns them. For comparison, most US schools provide extensive information about their leadership. Just as an example, see the introductory page on the Dean of the University Washington medical school. Many US medical schools have their own boards of trustees who are supposed to provide stewardship. For example, the UW board is here. Their membership is generally known. Furthermore, most US medical schools report to university leadership, again whose identity is known, and are subject to governance by a university board of trustees. We have certainly criticized the leadership and governance of US academic medicine. At least, however, it is possible to find out the names of the people responsible. While Eckhert wrote in 2010 that the increasing presence of offshore medical graduates in the US "obligates U.S. medicine to take a closer look at these educational programs," no such scrutiny has occurred since then. While offshore medical schools account for the training of an increasing proportion of US (and presumably Canadian) physicians, we know next to nothing about their leadership and governance. This seems to be just another part of the decreasing accountability of the leadership of US health care, and the increasing opacity of the governance and stewardship of US health care organizations. True US health care reform would make leadership transparent and accountable. This case also illustrates why we must reexamine our fascination for "market based" approaches to health care, when almost nothing about any part of health care resembles, or could resemble a free market (see this post). We need to make health care more transparent, and shine more sunshine on the nooks and crannies, like off-shore but US corporate owned medical schools. Finally, as an aside, in this day and age, the possibility that Trinity School of Medicine is actually owned by an anonymous LLC is particularly alarming. Such anonymous shell companies have been implicated in global corruption. Transparency International says this about shell companies

A shell company or corporation is a limited liability entity having no physical presence in their jurisdiction, no employees and no commercial activity. It is usually formed in a tax haven or secrecy jurisdiction and its main or sole purpose is to insulate the real beneficial owner from taxes, disclosure or both.

We really need Sherlock Holmes. Article source:Health Care Renewal

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See this story at CaribbeanLifeNews.com.

By Nelson A. King

The United Vincie Cultural Group of Brooklyn (UVCGB) on Saturday held another very successful cultural show in Brooklyn in its continuing efforts in raising funds to assist, with medical supplies, hospitals and health centers in St. Vincent and the Grenadines.

The 14th annual, 2 ½-hour event took place at Meyer Levin Intermediate School 285, on Ralph Avenue and Beverley Road.

As in previous years, the cultural package attracted a large number of Caribbean nationals, including a significant amount of Jamaicans who worship with some UVCGB members at Miracle Temple Ministries, an evangelical church in the Brownsville section of Brooklyn.

UVCGB members performed several folk songs and speeches, including “Keep We Culture Alive,” “SVG Diaspora,” “Green Peas Soup,” “Fish Fuh So” and “Plenty Wuk Fuh School Pickney.”

The latter was written by Olsen Peters, a cultural icon in St. Vincent and the Grenadines, who went to the Great Beyond earlier this year. A moment of silence was observed for Peters, and UVCGB president Dr. Roxie Irish paid a brief tribute to him.

Jonathan Yearwood, a New Jersey resident, of Vincentian and Indian parentage, captivated the appreciative audience, triggering their participation in his rendition of Bob Marley’s “One Love” and Taurus Riley’s “Just the Way You Are, Girl.”

Trinidadian Nadia Douglas, performed, on steel pan, the folk song “Ole Woman Walk a Mile” and the spiritual “How Great Thou Art.”

“Steel pan has always been a passion for me,” said Douglas, who began playing pan at 12, while attending the Belmont Junior Secondary School, on the environs of Trinidad’s capital, Port-of-Spain.

In New York, Douglas played with her compatriot Jeffrey Pierre’s Unique Sound Ablest, performing at, among other places, panorama, churches and colleges, such as Medgar Evers, Baruch and St. John’s.

At show’s end, Vincentian philanthropist Georgietha “Aunty G” Nanton sang against the use of drugs, and the Brooklyn-based Garifuna Indigenous People of St. Vincent and the Grenadines (GIPSVG) danced quadrille.

But the highlight of the event was a skit, “Comess fuh So,” written by UVCGB’s songwriter and choreographer Randolph “Randy” Liverpool.

The main characters were: Judith “Baffie” Cuffy-Murray, as Sammy’s wife, Mabel; Lilius Hamblin as Gertrude (Comess woman); Gwendolyn Holder as Carol (Mabel’s best friend) and Vennis Alleyne as Mavis (Gertrude’s best friend).

Other members of the cast were: Maurisa Adams as the ticket agent; Ralphie Cunningham as Mr. Cruikshank, the funeral director; Zachary Spence as the mailman; and Ann Franklyn, La Fleur Gumbs and Sonia Morris as Mabel’s friends.

The skit was based on Mabel’s residence in the US for over 20 years, without a green card, and failing to progress economically and educationally – essentially in the same position as she left home.

Mabel’s husband Sammy contracts AIDS and dies, leaving her a pauper.

Carol discloses Mabel’s private affairs to Gertrude, who starts “the comess” (gossip), even while vowing to keep the “secret” strictly confidential.

Gertrude even adds more to “the comess” than what Carol reveals.

Mabel wants to take Sammy’s body back home for the funeral, as she had promised him in life, but lacks the financial resources. So, her friends agree to “to stand the expense.”

Wishing to take gifts to her friends back home — clearly unable to send a barrel — Mabel places the gifts in the casket, with Sammy’s body.

After the funeral, Gertrude tells Mabel that she does not have “a friend in Carol” and not to trust her.

Gertrude then reveals to Mabel everything that Carol told her about her [Mabel], ruining the friendship between Mabel and Carol.

St. Vincent and the Grenadines’ New York Council General Howie Prince and president of the umbrella, Brooklyn-based Council of St. Vincent and the Grenadines Organizations, U.S.A., Inc. (COSAGO), Laverne McDowald-Thompson, also addressed patrons.

Founded in 2003 by its president, Dr. Irish, a former national netball star in St. Vincent and the Grenadines and a Born-Again Christian, UVCGB, has, over the years, used funds raised at concerts and other activities, to assist clinics and hospitals in St. Vincent and the Grenadines with medical supplies.

Among other UVCGB goals is the promotion of Vincentian culture in North America and other places through folk songs, chorale speeches, skits, storytelling, plays, poems and dances.

Besides concerts, the group performs at, among others, prayer breakfasts and Christmas serenades.

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