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Different & Dynamic. Bigga, Brighta, Betta!
El Dorado Rum Cocktails To Be FeaturedOn Caribbean Airlines Flights
Caribbean AirlinesLimited (CAL)is poised to an-
nounce the achieve-ment of two signicantmilestones for 2014:the immediate removal of
fuel surcharges on all routes
between North America and
the Caribbean and within the
Caribbean, and the provision
of signature cocktails featur-
ing El Dorado rums and Nestle
Orchard fruit juices.
In a press statement, the
company has expressed ela-
tion on the recent develop-
ments, adding that passengers
ying on Caribbean Airlines
would now be able to enjoy
signature cocktails featuring
El Dorado rums and Nestle
Orchard fruit juices as part of
a programme of showcasing
partnerships with premium
Caribbean brands.
Demerara County, Guyana,
has been steeped in the history
of sugar and rum production
since the 17th century. Demer-
ara Distillers Limited (DDL)
operates the last remaining
distillery in Guyana; it is
located at Plantation Diamond,
East Bank Demerara. DDL has
consolidated all the old original
stills, marques and traditional
skills which make Demerara
Rum so distinctive. With its
nine dierent stills, no other
rum distillery in the world
oers such a variety and range
of over twenty dierent styles
of rum.
Starting on December
1, Caribbean Airlines will
serve three specially curated
cocktails complimentary to all
passengers. Stephanie Holt,
International Brand Ambas-
sador for El Dorado Rums,
designed the three cocktails
Caribbean Spice, Caribbean
Vibe and Golden Paradise
incorporating the Nestle
Orchard exotic avours.
Alicia Cabrera, Senior
Marketing Manager of Carib-
bean Airlines Limited, said:
The company is thrilled to be
working with the award-win-
ning brand El Dorado to show-
case the attributes of what it
means to be Caribbean.
Toronto Alumni RestoresSt Josephs High School Grounds
Thanks to theToronto Chapterof Guyanas St.
Joseph High School,the schools students
now have a newly-refurbished playgroundto engage in a variety of
physical disciplines.On Monday October 27, the
ribbon was ocially cut to
declare the reopening of the St
Josephs High School ground
after a rehabilitation projectthat lasted four years.
Present at the Georgetown
ceremony were Presi-
dent of the Boardof Directors of St.
Joseph High, Wazim
Khan, ocials from
Guyanas Ministry of
Education, members
of the Canadian
Chapter, as well as
teachers and students
of the school.
In his address,
Khan stated that the Canadi-
an Chapter has been support-
ing the school for many years.
He noted that in the 2005
great ood, the ground was
destroyed and after beinginformed of this, the Chapter
raised funds and assisted the
Board in getting the ground
back in shape.
Khan also stated that the
rehabilitation of the ground
which began four years ago
was funded by the CanadianChapter which worked dili-
gently to raise $6.2M to carry
out the works.
According to Director of
the Canadian Chapter, Regina
Chung, they will continue to
support St. Joseph High.
She noted that they contrib-
uted to the rehabilitation of
the ground because they want
to promote physical activities
among students in the school.
Chung in closing encour-
aged the students to make full
use of the ground and to take
care of what they have becausenot every school is fortunate to
have such an opportunity.
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Ann-Marie Layne: Antigua & BarbudasToronto Consul General
November 1stmarkedthe 23rdAnniversary of
Antigua and BarbudasIndependence. In celebration
we are pleased to publish thisocial Bio of the countrys
Toronto Consul General Ann-Marie Layne, who just recentlycompleted her rst year in ocehaving assumed ocial dutieson October 1, 2013.
Ann-Marie Layne is a career diplo-
mat with 19 years of experience in the
Foreign Service of Antigua and Bar-
buda. Prior to assuming her Toronto
duties she was previously posted to the
Embassy and Permanent Mission of An-
tigua and Barbuda in Washington, D.C,
since January 2001.
In 1999, she was awarded a graduate
scholarship from the Organization of
American States (OAS), and pursued a
Masters of Arts Degree in InternationalRelations at The Fletcher School of Law
and Diplomacy, Tufts University, Boston
Massachusetts. Her area of concentra-
tion was International Negotiations
and Conict Resolution. She also holds
a Bachelors of Arts Degree in Interna-
tional Development Studies from Saint
Marys University in Halifax, Nova
Scotia, Canada and a post-graduate
diploma (Hon)
in International
Relations from
the University of
the West Indies,
St. Augustine
Campus.In her capacity
as Deputy Chief of
Mission and Min-
ister Counselor at
the Mission of An-
tigua and Barbuda
in Washington,
D.C, Ms. Layne
had the opportu-
nity to represent
the Government of Antigua and Barbuda
in its relations with the United States
of America and at the Organization of
American States. In 2002, she was part
of the Antigua and Barbuda delegation
which negotiated a Tax InformationExchange Agreement with the United
States of America and for the past six
years, she has been a team member in
the negotiations aimed at resolving Anti-
gua and Barbudas Cross Border Internet
Gaming dispute with the United States of
America. At the Organization of Ameri-
can States, she played a leadership role
on behalf of the Antigua and Barbuda
Mission on a wide range of issues related
to the strengthening of the OAS Develop-
ment agenda. Ms. Layne was also one of
the Alternate Delegates for Antigua and
Barbuda at the Inter-American Com-
mission of Women (CIM), which is the
principal forum for generating hemi-
spheric policy to advance womens rights
and gender equality.
As a diplomat from a Small Island
Developing State, Ms. Layne has a keeninterest in the socio-economic develop-
ment of the Caribbean region. Areas of
special interest include: hemispheric
security related to Small Island Devel-
oping States, Migration, particularly as
it relates to the tracking of women and
children, Tourism related issues, Natu-
ral Disasters and Climate Change.
Ms. Layne has extensive knowledge
of hemispheric and regional issues and
has represented her country in numer-
ous meetings. She is married to Richard
E.M. Campbell and is the mother of a
six (6) year old son.
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MISSPOPULARITY:Gorgeous Marissa Arjunenwas adjudged Miss Popular-ity at the recently concludedMiss West Indian Cana-dian 2104 Pageant. Marissa,whose roots are Guyanese,was as a 2012 lead dancerat Daizydanzers. Shes afree lance model for photoshoots and a gifted musicianas well, capable of playingthe violin, guitar and key-boards.
Barbados TourismsCheryl Carter UK Bound
Having functionedas Head of Barba-dos Tourisms To-
ronto oces for the pastthirteen years, Cheryl
Carter is now UK bound.She has been appointedBarbados Tourism Mar-keting Inc. (BTMI) Direc-tor for UK, and will now
be based in London as ofthis winter.
Mr Peter Mayers will be-
come BTMI director Canada,
after eight years as business
and senior business develop-
ment manager for the Barbados
Tourism Authority in the USA.
The appointment are part of
Barbados Tourism recently
announced alignment into two
new divisions of tourism - theBarbados Tourism Marketing Inc.
(BTMI) and the Barbados Tourism
Product Authority (BTPA).
The BTMI has also conrmed the
appointment of a prominent new CEO
and an industry-leading team of global
directors. Mr William Grith has been
appointed Chief Executive Ocer and
commenced his role on 13, October
2014. In addition to Cheryl Carter and
Peter Mayers two more new global di-
rectors have also been appointed to the
BTMI. Former interim CEO, Ms Petra
Roach, will now move to the position of
director USA having previously heldthe position of vice president, UK for
more than 10 years. She will spearhead
innovative marketing and sales cam-
paigns for this important source market
to contribute to the continued growth of
tourism to Barbados.
The position of BTMI director Carib-
bean and Lat in American regions will
be undertaken by Ms Vicky Chandler,
who is a marketing expert with more
than 21 years experience with the Bar-
bados Tourism Authority. Her previous
roles included development manager in
the US oce.
Cheryl Carter
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Publisher/Editor: Tony McWatt
Contributors: Sandra Ann Baptiste, Akua Hinds,
Christine Reid, Sir Ronald Sanders,
Legal: Oumarally and Baboolal
Graphic Design: Adryan Manasan (www.echodesign.ca | 416.716.2362)
Website: www.caribbeangraphic.ca Tel: 905.831-4402 Fax: 416.292.2943 Email: [email protected]
THE PASSING OF COMRADENAVIN CHANDARPAL,
A GREAT SON OF GUYANA
November Reections!
November has always beenprime reection timefor myself, the primary
reason for which being that itsthe month of my birthday. Itsalso the month in which Carib-
bean Graphic was re-introduced
as a community newspaper aftera lengthy, arguably unnecessaryseven year hiatus. So over thenow past ve years since thatauspicious event Ive had twiceas much incentive to engage inreection.
As one gets older, especially for those
of us who have been fortunate enough
to have enjoyed a half a century or more
of living, birthdays tend to be a time for
taking stock as to where you are in life
and how happy you, are all things con-
sidered. Personally, within recent years
Ive found myself less inclined to do so
and far more prone to be engaged in ever
grateful counting of my many blessings.While it has not in any way proven
itself to be nearly as economically re-
warding as Id hoped and need it to be,
I do consider my current role as Carib-
bean Graphics Publisher to be foremost
among my blessings. The engagement
in bi-weekly attempts to continuously
publish Issues of a newspaper, of which
every member of our Caribbean Canadi-
an community can be justiably proud
is for me for the greater part, most joy-
ful and much appreciated activity.
Im ever grateful to all those who have
provided their outstanding support to
Caribbean Graphic during the years that
have passed since its November 2011reintroduction. Im particularly grateful
to our current Graphic Designer Adryan
Manasan and his wife Melinda for their
outstanding support and generosity.
Ditto for our contributors. The gen-
erosity of the time it takes for them to
compose and submit their articles that
are the lifeblood of any newspaper such
as this, is always gratefully appreciated.
Same for our Advertisers, especially
those who readily honour their invoices,
in a most timely manner.
One often hears grumblings about
how much of a pain it is to do business
with our own Caribbean peoples. To
anyone who harbours such thoughts Ican readily provide the names of an im-
pressive number of Caribbean business
owners dealing with whom is invariably
always an absolute pleasure.
Engaged as I am in fullling, if not as
yet economically rewarding work, I am
also increasingly ever conscious of the
many blessings I have to be grateful for
in my personal life. Foremost amongst
these is the fact that my mother, having
just recently celebrated her eighty-ninth
birthday is sti ll with us. As expected
shes now experiencing all the minor im-
perfections of well being that come with
such an advanced age, but amazingly all
of her senses are still in very good work-
ing order. She still lives by herself in her
seniors apartment and can still cook as
well as anyone Ive ever known.With all the traumas that can and
so far too often plague teenage lives,
especially in todays mega fast societies,
I am extremely grateful for the fact that
my three sons, Andy, Zack and Matthew,
now aged 22, 20 and 18 respectively, all
managed to negotiate their teen years
without any major drama. As the young-
est Matt still has two more years to go
before he turns 2o, my dai ly hopes and
prayers are for him to get there, and well
beyond, safely.
Ive also been blessed with three
sisters, each of whom has supported me
in their own unique, much appreciated
way. My dear sadly departed father oncetold me that if you can count your true
friends on one hand and not have any
unused ngers left, youve done okay in
life. I guess if I think hard enough I can
now identify the required ve individu-
als who would allow me to consider
myself so blessed.
All facetiousness aside, I have been ex-
tremely fortunate to have met and known
some amazing people in this life. Hope-
fully by now those that matter most to me
should know themselves, for Id like to
think Ive done an okay job of demonstrat-
ing my appreciation for their friendship.
One should have absolutely no doubts
as to how I feel about her is of course
the Resident Love Goddess. Next March
will be three years since she ca me into
my life and I now swear without anyfear of rebuttal that my love for her just
keeps growing stronger. In ways that
words are inadequate to convey, shes
simply proven herself to be the most
amazing woman Ive ever known. Next
to my three sons and my dog, the in-
comparable Rocky who is totally deserv-
ing of a Commentary all on his own, she
is unquestionably the very best thing
that has ever happened to me.
With all the above going for me, Im
sure that any and everyone would agree
that I now have much to be grateful for
and should rightfully feel truly blessed.
As if that were not sucient, I can now
also say with all honesty that with eachpassing year my love for, appreciation
of and gratitude to God above has only
gotten greater. First thing every morn-
ing and last thing every night, I now
give thanks and praise to God Almighty,
from whom all blessings ow. Cheers to
another November. Hallelujah!
- Tony McWatt
BY MANI SINGH
Ihave penned this tributeto my friend and Comrade,the late Navin Chandarpal,
former Presidential Adviser andMinister of Agriculture, Guyana.
I was very saddened to learn of the
passing of Cde. Navin Chandarpal, long
time stalwart of our great Party, the
People's Progressive Party, on Oct. 28th,
at his home in Guyana after a two year
struggle with cancer.
I met and chatted with Cde. Navin
on numerous occasions during my
many trips back home, and a lso, here
in Toronto.
The last time I saw him was at the
30th Congress of the PPP which was
held in August 2013 in Port Mourant,
Berbice, where we shared some lengthy
discussions about the Party, Guyana and
World Aairs.
Cde. Navin was a man of vast intellect
and a deep reservoir of knowledge and
information. Amongst other social and
political issues, he was very passionate
about our late President, Dr. Cheddi
Jagans vision for a New Global Human
Order. And yet, he was very humble and
befriending to ordinary
comrades like myself.
Navin Chandarpal,
was bor n on Apr il 2 5,
1951, at No. 71 Village,
Corentyne. He gradu-
ated with a B.Sc. Degree
in Physics and Math
from the University of
Guyana. He lectured at
several institutions in-
cluding the Cyril Potter
College of Education and
the University of Guyana
for several years before
and on entering poli-
tics, serving as the first
Secretary of the Progres-
sive Youth Organization
(PYO), from 1976 to
1986. From 1992 to 2001,
he served as Presidential
Adv ise r on Ener gy, Nat u-
ral Resources, Technolo-
gy and the Environment
and from 2001 to 2003,
he served as Agricultural Minister
and a Member of Parliament. The pas t
10 years saw him serving as Presiden-
tial Adviser on Sustainable Develop-
ment, Science and Technology and
Principal of the GAWU Labour Col-
lege from 2010 to 2011. He chaired,
and was a member of several boards,
including the Guyana Forestry Com-
mission and the Guyana G old Board,
the Environmental Protection Agen-
cy, and Caricoms Task Force on the
Environment, among several others.
In the late 70s, Cde. Navin was alsoinstrumental in organizing picket-
ing exercises and lectures to protest
the then PNC dictatorships refusal to
hire Professor Walter Rodney, Profes-
sor Insanally and others.... Guyanese
comrades who dared to oppose the late
L.F.S. Burnham and his rigged PNC
Government.
Cde. Navin Chandarpal served
our Party, our Government and our
Country with tr emendous distinction
and honour.
He was a Teacher, a Revolutionar y,
and a Comrade to the many people
who were for tunate enough to have
known him.
I will miss him very much, especially
at our Party Congresses.
I would like to extend my deep-
est Condolences to his wife, Cde.
Indranie Chandarpal, a veteran PPP
politician and former Minister of
Housing and Human Development,
and to his children, Rabindranauth
and Gitanjali, along with other fam-
ily members.
I would also like to extend my Condo-
lences to all the Comrades of the PPP for
this tremendous loss to our Party.
Rest in Peace, Comrade! YOU
SERVED YOUR COUNTRY WELL!!
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CARE AT RISKBRIDGETOWN, Quality care forsome of the 207 patients at privatesenior citizens homes could be un-der threat due to the non-paymentof fees over the last two months.
Seniors living in the 31 homeswhich are subsidised by Govern-ment under the alternative careprogramme could see a reductionin the quality of food as well as thenumber of meals they get each day,because of this development.
It could also lead to fewer diapersbeing used daily per patient, andresult in reduced hours for workersat those homes which are severelyaffected. It could even lead tosome cases of abuse where someworkers may take out their frustra-tion on the seniors.
These views came from twoowners of homes who said theirlast payment from the Ministry ofHealth was in September, and that
was for August. They are now owedfor September and October.One owner explained that her
monthly expenses totalled about$24 000 $12 000 for salaries, $3
000 for food, $5 000 in rent. andutilities, $3 000.
DEPLORABLEDEMOLITIONBRIDGETOWN, Minister of CultureStephen Lashley has expressed dis-satisfaction with the demolition of a100-year-old chapel situated at the
Lazaretto site, Black Rock, St Michael.He described the developmentas regrettable, and said that whenthe project came to his atten-tion he asked the ministry to havediscussions with the University ofthe West Indies, Cave Hill Campus,which is responsible for it, witha view to ensuring that we couldpreserve the chapel.
My view is that the chapelshould have been preserved. Idont in any way condone thedestruction of buildings that are ofimmense heritage value to Barba-dos and it is regrettable that that
has occurred.I believe the most important as-pect of regret is that you should notreally proceed to do that withoutthe widest possible consultation.
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March Court Date ForNation Trio Sex CaseBRIDGETOWN,
Despite pleas for a
speedy start to the
preliminary inquiry
(PI) in the sex photo
case involving three
senior Nation Publish-
ing Company employ-
ees, a magistrate has
adjourned the matter
until March next year.
Acting Magistrate Al-
liston Seale said the case against CEOand publisher Vivian-Anne Gittens,
Editor-in-Chief Roy Morris and Editor
Sanka Price was no more important
than any other case.
When the matter came up in the
District A Magistrates Court on
October 31, Prosecutor Sergeant Janice
Ill told the court that the statements
of witnesses had been delivered to the
accused and a date for the PI had to be
set. Queens Counsel Alair Shepherd and
attorney-at-law Ezra Alleyne both ap-
pealed for an expeditious PI in the case
that was led a year ago.
The charge of publishing an indecentphotograph of two 14-year-olds engaged
in a sexual act, stem from the October 26,
2013 publication of a photograph of two
students apparently having sex in a class-
room. The photograph had accompanied a
back page story entitled Sex Scene.
Seale, noting that there were other ac-
cused who have been waiting as long as
ve years to have their matters adjudi-
cated, said no case . . . will take priority
over any case.At the same time, he said,
the preliminary inquiry should not be
dragged on. He set March 9, 2015 as the
next court date for the trio.
Burntout SchoolchildrenBRIDGETOWN, With schoolchildrenexperiencing burnout from theirworkload, losing interest in study andfacing alienation, its time to shakeup the system governing the annualtransfer of students from primary tosecondary schools.
This suggestion came fromretired teacher John Goddard ashe delivered the October 29 JohnCumberbatch Memorial Lecture atAlmond Bay Caterers in Hastings,Christ Church.
Goddard said the system had its
share of problems, requiring someteachers to spend most of theirworking lives struggling to teachstudents whose poor reading and
writing skills militate against effectivelearning, and who have been turnedoff from school anyway.
Another problem stemming fromour preoccupation with the CommonEntrance Examination is that by therst year of secondary school, many ofour children are burnt out from theironerous workload in classes 2 to 4 ofprimary school, Goddard added.
The competitive nature of theexam means that primary schoolsspend valuable time with conceptswhich should best be left to the
secondary level. Our children wouldbe better served trying to master thebasic skills necessary for their gradu-ation to secondary school.
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OECS NATIONALSFREE TO DRIVEIN ST LUCIACASTRIES, St Lucia, The St Luciagovernment says citizens from thenine-member Organisation of East-ern Caribbean States (OECS) willno longer need a driving permit todrive motor vehicles on the island,
as the Economic Union of the sub-region strengthens.
Parliament has passed the neces-sary legislation authorizing theimplementation of a non-visitordriving permit for citizens of OECSmember states in St Lucia.
Deputy Prime Minister Philip JPierre said the new arrangement isin compliance with the free move-ment provisions within the OECSEconomic Union agreement.
If someone comes to St Luciafrom protocol member states of theOECS, they do not need to go tothe ministry and purchase a visi-tors permit; they can use the validlicence from their country to drivein St Lucia, he said.
The OECS groups the islands of
Anguilla, Antigua & Barbuda, theBritish Virgin Islands, Dominica,Grenada, St Kitts-Nevis, St Lucia,Montserrat and St Vincent & theGrenadines.
VINCY ROADACCIDENT
KILLS FRENCHMOTORCYCLISTKINGSTOWN, St. Vincent, Policesaid Frenchman, Jeslin EmmanuelGorearvia, died over the October25 weekend after his motor cyclecame into contact with the leftwheel of a truck while travellingfrom Arnos Vale to the capital.
They said the 51-year-old cyclisthad arrived here to participate ina motorcycle event marking the35th anniversary of the islands po-litical independence from Britain.
Gorearvia from the French islandof Martinique, was well-knownacross the region for his stunts.He was taken to the Milton CatoMemorial Hospital, where he waspronounced dead.
UN Ocial Warns Of Caribbean Sea RiseNAROBI, Kenya, A top United Na-tions ocial has warned that the small
islands of the Caribbean will be the
rst territories in the region to suer
the eects of rising sea levels due to
climate change.
Executive director of the United
Nations Environment Program,
Ach im Steiner, s aid on Nove mbe r
1 that the effects of climate change
threaten the Caribbeans tourism in-
dustries and, eventually, their very
existence.
Speaking ahead of the November
2 release of the Fifth Asses sment
Report from the Intergovernmental
Panel on Climate Change, Steiner said
sea-level rise will have an immedi-
ate impact in economic terms on the
Caribbean Small Island Developing
States (SIDS), stating that the Carib -
bea ns tou ris m in fra str ucture is 99
per cent along the coastline
Many small island nations are in a far
more exposed situation simply because
their territory is sometimes only two,
three, four meters (6.5-13 ft.) above sea
level, he said, adding therefore their
very existence is being threatened.
The changes also in, for instance,
coral reefs and mangroves that are
natural barriers and help strengthen
the resilience of these countries, if coral
reefs are dying then clearly countries
become more vulnerable, he added.
Steiner also cited the impact of more
intense hurricanes and other extreme
weather events on countries whose
economies cannot bear the cost of re-
construction.
Barbuda Inline For US$250 Million Development ProjectST JOHNS, Antigua, Barbuda is in linefor a 250 million US dollar develop-
ment project. Prime Minister Gaston
Browne made the announcement during
his Independence Day message to markAntigua & Barbudas 33rd birthday.
Browne said the luxury for high
network tourists will be developed by
a renowned American celebrity and anAustralia n billionaire.
Our government pledged to treat
Barbuda and Barbudans as our co-
equals and we will ensure that Bar-
buda is de veloped con-current ly with
Antigua. This 250 million Unite d
States dollars investment project will
change the economic landscape of
Barbuda for the better, providing in-
vestment opp ortunit ies and hu ndreds
of sustainable jobs for Barbudans,
Browne said.
These and several other smaller
properties will break ground in 2015,
stimulating economic growth anddevelopment, thereby reversing the
many years of economic misfortune.
Meantime, Browne said over six mil-
lion dollars will be spent to turn the
Ant igua State College into the coun-
trys newest secondary school. The PM
said work is expected to begin within
the next two months.
In his Independence Day message
Browne boasted of his administrations
achievements after only four months
in oce. Antigua & Barbuda attained
political Independence from Britain on
November 1, 1981.
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Anglican Parishioners RobbedIn Church At Gunpoint
4 GUYANESE AMONGPIRATES NABBEDIN SURINAME
GEORGETOWN, Several Sunday morn-
ing parishioners of St. Phillips Anglican
Church were robbed of cash and jewel-
lery three armed men shortly before
Mass was about to begin.
We were just about to begin our
morning Mass...and I heard this
shouting telling people give me what
you h ave but we just locked ourselves
in the vestry until they went away,
Father Oswald Barnes told report-
ers. The incident occurred about 7:25
AM at t he h istoric pla ce o f wor ship
located at St. Phillips Green, Werk-
en-Rust between Smyth Street a nd
High Streets.
There are conicting accounts of how
many persons were robbed, with one
person saying 15 and the priest saying
four Father Barnes said that among
those robbed was the Churchs Trea-
surer. The bandits took away GUY$300
away from him but left behind an enve-
lope that contained a large quantity of
cash, said the priest.
.An eyewitness said the bandits ar-rived on pedal cycles and one of them
whipped out a gun at the northern
entrance to the church, demandingvaluables and cash from several per-
sons. Two others remained outside and
also robbed anyone in sight including a
chaueur who takes an elderly person to
worship. No one was injured.
Father Barnes expressed grave con-
cern that the society has descended so
low that we just can expect anything
now and then we have to look and pray
to God for some state of aairs where
we can have a serv ice without being
fearful. The priest said that steps would
be taken o beef up security around the
church to look over our church during
Mass. We would be looking at it a nd
taking steps to ensure that people arenot scared when they are worshiping.
GEORGETOWN, Four Guyaneseshermen are among eight mennabbed in neighbouring Suri-name following a report of piracycommitted on a shing boat on
October 15, last. The act of pi-racy reportedly happened at themouth of the Copenamme Riverin Suriname.
Whilst two of the men havegiven Suriname addresses, theother two have given addressesin Guyana.The four Guyaneseare Roopchand Sarwan, calledVishal, 26, of the District ofCoronie in Suriname; SewchanMahadeo, called Youth man,21, of Lot 38 Albion, Corentyne,Berbice; Prakash Bharat, 54, ofLot 44 Annandale, East CoastDemerara; and Roy Lalas, 33, alsoof Coronie.
The incident is alleged to haveoccurred around 20:00 hrs on Oc-tober 15, at Plaats Waar Gepleegd,
at the mouth of the CopenameRiver in Suriname. The eight pi-rates are alleged to have attackedand robbed a shing boat of one60Hp outboard motor engine, one
mobile telephone, one wrist watchand a quantity of sh, sh glue andother materials from the boat.
The boat, which was part of aeet shing in the river at the time,belongs to a Guyanese who is liv-ing in Suriname. The police havesince recovered a shot gun and anoutboard engine suspected to thestolen engine.
Following investigations, theeight men were arrested and takeninto custody. They are chargedwith Piracy and robbery underarms, and are in custody awaitingtrial in Suriname as investigationscontinue into the incident.Top Guyanese sleuths also visitedSuriname and are assisting withthe investigation.
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TOURISMMONTHLAUNCHEDGEORGETOWN, With an eye on100,000 Guyanese returning homeTourism Awareness Month 2014 waslaunched on October 31 eveningwith the aim of raising awareness ofthe countrys tourism potential, as the
Government continues to promotetourism as a sector that has potentialfor signicant economic growth.
The 20th Tourism AwarenessMonth was launched under thetheme: Tourism entrepreneur andambassadors mobilised. The tour-ism ambassador programme is notunique to Guyana, but is patternedafter a Trinidad model.
Speaking during the launch at theAmerindian Village located in theSophia Exhibition Complex, TourismMinister (ag) Irfaan Ali stressed on theneed for Guyanese to be remindedof the importance of the sector in
Guyanas future. The growth of thissector cannot be achieved alone,we need partners in order to moveforward, the Minister said.
He stated that the Ministry has avision that is critical for the develop-ment of the sector. Minister Ali saidthat the industry is in its develop-mental stage, where protocols andguidelines are being established. Theneed for sport shing and its poten-tial was reiterated by the Minister ashe went on to state that the Ministryhas implemented incentives to aid
in reduced cost for local travellers toexplore the beauty of Guyana.
The need for infrastructure andan environment which meet interna-tional standards to attract tourists washighlighted while the Private Sectorwas urged to become members of theTourism and Hospitality Associationof Guyana (THAG) since it will openopportunities for the enjoyment of the
income expected from the 100,000Guyanese who are anticipated toreturn to Guyana in 2015 as GuyanaHomecoming 2015 takes off.
The Ministry is working with THAGand various airlines to design a mar-keting strategy for the homecomingcampaign. Extensive social mediamarketing is an aspect of the strat-egy. Better yet, with Guyana adopt-ing a booking engine, designed byan international company, bookingsfor trips to Guyana will be doneeasily and simultaneously, which willincrease tourists and income. Thisfeature will be added to the tourism
website and is expected to be upand running by the end of November.
The Private Sector has investedheavily in the Tourism Sector tocreate the environment and facili-ties to drive tourism. Private SectorCommission Chairman RameshPersaud said Guyana is a place ofmany unexplored business oppor-tunities, especially in the TourismSector. Persaud said Guyana isgaining greater recognition in-ternationally from the numerousdevelopments taking place.
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Kaieteur News PublisherLall Wanted By PoliceGEORGETOWN, The Guyana Police
Force (GPF) has stres sed that it is not
desirous of making a public relations
issue over the invitation for the pub-
lisher of the Kaieteur News, Mr. Glenn
Lall, to appear for an interview. TheGPF rapped the embattled publisher
for untruths related to the fact that an
invitation was indeed made; conten-
tions he expressed in ar ticles published
in Fridays publications of the Kaieteur
News and Stabroek News.
The Force insists that Mr. Glenn
Lall presents himself to the Brickdam
Police Station, to either the Divisional
Commander Senior Superintendent
Clifton Hicken or Detective Deputy
Superintendent Michael Kingston, so
that the interview can be conducted,
the police said.
Accor ding to La ll, in an art icle in
the Kaieteur News, the police are nowattempting to hoodwink the nation
adding that he is willing to meet with
investigating ranks in order to en-
sure that they get whatever informa-
tion they require, so as to facilitate a
speedy investigation. However, a GPF
statement said: The Guyana Police
Force admits that Mr. Glenn Lall did
speak to Detective Deputy Superinten-
dent Michael Kingston on Thursday
October 30, 2014, who, among other
things, reiterated the invitation by the
Divisional Commander of A Division
for him to attend the Brickdam Police
Station in order that an interview can
be conducted to c lar ify some i ssue s in
his statements.
As soon as Detective Deputy Su-
perintendent Michael Kingston told
Mr. Glenn Lall that he has to attendBrickdam for that reason, Mr. Glenn
Lall hung up the phone. the police
are aware of the telephone numbers
of Mr. Glenn Lalls office and several
calls were made by the Div isional
Commander who was informed that
he was not available. Consequently,
messages were left for him to come
in to Brickdam, prior to the letter
being w rit ten by t he Divi sional Com-
mander.
GPF pointed out that by his own
admission Mr. Glenn Lall has acknowl-
edged that he received the letter from
the Divisional Commander and that
he had called Deputy SuperintendentMichael Kingston, implying that he has
telephone contact information with
Kingston who he also acknowledges as
the senior investigator in the matter.
Yet he claimed that in response to the
letter from the Divisional Commander
he showed up at Brickdam and could not
make contact with anyone responsible,
the statement said.
Additionally, the Police Force is cur-
rently in possession of two of the state-
ments, which were submitted along with
the audio recording and the transcript
of that recording by Lall.
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Jamaican WomenRaping Young BoysKINGSTON, Although a number
of Jamaican men still smirk at the
idea of a woman raping a man, the
increasing number of calls to the
Marge Roper Counselling Service
and the National Family Planning
Board hotline are showing that
more and more males are reporting
rape and are pointing towards older
wome n a s t he p erpetra tor s.
A number of men are now report-
ing rape, National Family Planning
Board Chair Dr Sandra Knight said.Men who are in the 16 to 20 age groups
are reporting rape, men in the 30 to 35
age group are reporting now that older
women are raping them.
This is nothing new. Older women
have always been having sex with our
boys. But I think now, with the sensi-
tisation that is out there, boys are now
realising that if I did not consent to it, it
is rape, she said.
Although some men still say that th is
cannot be true, Dr Knight said that male
rape should be taken seriously.
While there is the issue of older
women in their 20s, 30s, and 40s hav-
ing sex with younger men, Dr Knight
said that there is also a problem with
teenage girls forcing teenage boys into
sexual activities, while adolescent males
are also being raped or sexually abused
by adult females.
At present, statistics do not show the
amount of male rapes by females as the
agencies dealing with rape and abuse
only does compilation of male children
who are raped and not adults.
Dr Knight said that the psychologi-cal trauma is just as much for a man as
with women who are raped, as the men
involved are traumatised, especially if
the rape was by a female who is a family
member or a one that they would not
naturally be attracted to.
Shauna-Kaye Rowe, monitoring and
evaluation Ocer at the Jamaica Red
Cross, which operates a psychosocial
department that includes counselling
services for men who have been sexu-
ally abused, agreed that rape of men by
women is in fact a reality, but that the
men are too ashamed to report it.
KINGSTON, Businessman DavidBernard has accused the policeof barring him from attending theSt Andrew Resident MagistratesCourt in Half-Way-Tree for a mostbizarre reason he was wearing abush jacket.
Bernard, who has been involvedin a legal matter with the policeand the ofce of the Director of
Public Prosecutions (DPP) for thelast three years, said in a state-ment submitted to the PoliceComplaints Department that hewas initially denied entry to acourtroom because of his attire.
He was arrested on terrorism-
related charges in March 2011,following an incident at NormanManley International Airport, butwas released after the DPP ruledthat the department had no evi-dence to support the charges.
However, Bernard, 51, hasclaimed that since that incidenthe has been attacked, harassedand ridiculed by the police.
Bernard said that on October 6this year, he was initially bar redfrom entering the court by a po-licewoman, but was later allowedin, following the intervention ofthe judge, to whom the mat terwas referred.
KINGSTON, A Trinidadian man who
failed to declare US$45,000 at the Nor-
man Manley International Airport has
been sentenced. The Financial Investiga-
tion Division (FID) says Kevin Anthony
Dyer,29, an apprentice Custom Clerk from
Chaguanas, pleaded guilty and was ned
or sentenced to three months imprison-
ment for failure to declare the money.
According to the FID, ocers of the
Transnational Crime and Narcotics
Division intercepted Dyer on October
28 as he was about to check in to board
a Caribbean Airlines ight destined for
the twin island republic.
A preliminar y interview was conduct-
ed with Dyer during which he indicated
to the police that he only had US$2,000
in his possession.
A suitcase which he had was searched
and the US$45,000 found. The Trinida-
dian indicated that he won the money
at a recent sound system clash in the
southern parish of St. Elizabeth.
The cash was seized and he was
charged with failure to declare under
the Proceeds of Crime Act.
Meanwhile, FID is conducting a sepa-
rate cash seizure investigation regarding
the case and an application will be made
for the forfeiture of the cash.
Acting Chief Technical Director of the
FID, Albert Stephens, says in keeping
with the Proceeds of Crime Act, anyone
who transports more than US$10,000 in
or out of the country must declare it. The
declaration should be made to the FID be-
fore the person enters or leaves Jamaica.
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Lie Detector tests ForSensitive Job Holders
CALLS FORNORMALCYAFTER DRIVE-BYSHOOTINGKINGSTON, Police CommissionerDr Carl Williams has sought to as-sure residents in Whiteld Town,St Andrew that measures arebeing put in place to ensure that
normalcy is restored to their com-munity.
That assurance follows an October31 drive-by shooting in the commu-nity that left one man dead and veothers nursing gunshot wounds. Thedead man has been identied as31-year-old Sheldon Brown, of Cock-burn Pen, also in St Andrew.
The Hunts Bay Police report thatjust before 9 oclock Brown wasamong a group of persons playinggames at a bar along Berwick Lanewhen a car with several men insideapproached and opened re.
The police say three of the
injured men remain hospitalisedin stable condition while the otherhave been treated and released.
In a November 1 statementCommissioner Williams con-demned what he said were thebrutal attacks on citizens byheartless criminals who continueto intimidate, wound and murdertheir fellow citizens.
He says a high level investigationis already underway and adds thatthe police will do all they can torestore normalcy in the community.
PJ Awarded J$12.5Million In Libel Case
KINGSTON, The oce of the Prime
Minister (OPM) heads a list of organ-
isations that could soon be subjected
to lie detector testing as Government
moves to make polygraphs the norm
for persons seeking to work in sensitivepositions. Minister of National Secu-
rity Peter Bunting made the disclosure
on October 30 and explained that this
was in keeping with the Governments
thrust to stamp out corruption, which
is ranked second to crime, as a major
impediment to the growth and develop-
ment of the Jamaican economy.
Bunting said the OPM, the Ministry
of Finance and the national security
ministry will be among those subjected
to the exercise. He did not give a date for
the implementation of the system.
Bunting was speaking at the ocialopening of the Major Organised Crime
& Anti-Corruption Agency state-of-the
art Polygraph Centre and Vetting Unit at
the National Police College of Jamaica,
Twickenham Park, St Catherine.
The Director General of MOCA, Colonel
Desmond Edwards, said in his address
that discussions regarding the establish-
ment of the Polygraph Centre began in
2006 as the need for an anti-corruption
entity within the JCF was perceived, and
on the eve of the establishment of the
JCFs Anti-Corruption Branch in 2007,
the Polygraph Unit was formed.
He added that the expansion of the
centre was part of a bigger anti-corrup-
tion drive, which was mandated by the
Government of Jamaica and undertaken
with funding f rom key partners such asthe governments of Canada, the United
Kingdom and the United States.
The expanded centre boasts addition-
al suites, training rooms, and residen-
tial facilities, which will allow MOCA to
evolve into a regional centre of excel-
lence for training polygraph examiners
from across the Caribbean.
KINGSTON, Former Jamaican Prime
Minister P.J. Patterson has beenawarded J$12.5 million (One Jamaicadollar =US$0.0089 cents) in damag-es the libel case against NationwideNews Network and its head CliffHughes. The award resulted from anews article aired in 2009 that de-famed Patterson.
It concerned an incident at Nor-man Manley International Airportinvolving a special charter ightfrom Cuba. Mr. Patterson wasamong the passengers. In a 135paragraph judgement, JusticePaulette Williams highlighted key
issues in coming to her conclusion.
Justice Williams argued in partthat: the fact that at the time theinformation was received, it maywell have been considered to be asubject matter of public concern,and the information turned out to befalse and this meant, that in realitythe public received misinformation.
Justice Williams added that thestory was broadcast to many listen-ers and ought not to have enteredthe public domain.
The Judge also noted that Na-tionwide contended that it hadreceived 20 pieces of information
throughout the day and this wasfollowed by information receivedfrom the Solicitor General.
Nationwide also contended that ithad asserted, in its defence, that thebroadcast addressed issues of public
interest and, in all the circumstances,it was under a moral and social dutyto broadcast the information aboutPatterson.
Meanwhile, K.D Knight, lead coun-sel for Patterson, said the outcomewas not a surprise.
He said several attempts weremade to have the matter dealt without of court, to no avail; and hav-ing to court, we felt very comfort-able with the case that we had todeal with.
He said money was never an issuefor the former Prime Minister.
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Furore Over Trini President Wifes Dress StylePORT-OF-SPAIN, Long beforethe furore broke surroundingthe black midri outt worn
in New York, USA, by Reema
Carmona, wife of President An-
thony Carmona, concerns were
raised at the level of the Oce
of the Prime Minister regarding
her dress code. Eyebrows were
reportedly initially raised on
February 19, 2013 following the
publication of a photo showing
Carmona posing with his wife
and family after receiving his
instrument of appointment.
On that occasion Mrs Car-mona wore a chignon and red
knee-length dress with black
open toe shoes.
Her outt was accessorised
with gold jewelry.
However, while Government ocials
commented on her debut appearance, it
was felt that she would have been trans-
formed by stylists to look more elegant
when the couple took up residency.
Mrs Carmona turned heads at the
inauguration ceremony of her husband
on March 17, 2013. Striding hand in hand
along the red carpet at the National Stadi-
um, Port of Spain with her husband, Mrs
Carmona wooed many when she stepped
out in style wearing a sleeveless blue dress
adorned with a sliver belt and purse.
The dress worn by Mrs Carmona
resembles one from high-end New York-
based fashion designer Michael Kors.
However the gold strapless high
heeled shoes she wore to go with the
outt may have proven to be uncom-
fortable as later at the inauguration
dinner Mrs Carmona was seen wearing
pointed-tip heels. It was a photograph
published in a daily newspaper show-
ing Mrs Carmona wearing the change of
footwear at the dinner that also prompt-
ed fashionistas to begin commenting
about what they would have done dif-
ferently to ensure that Mrs Carmona
was fashionably comfortable.
Mrs Carmona was criticised on social
media at the 2013 Independence Day
Parade when she wore a sleeveless red
and white dress with a black waistband.
She wore a pair of white open toe plat-form shoes with the outt and a white
purse with a chunky black strap was
draped on her shoulder.
The red, white and black sweetheart
neckline dress she wore at the 2013 Na-
tional Awards at the Southern Academy
for the Performing Arts in San Fernando
also got negative reviews, with one fash-
ionista describing it as the national ag.
Local fashion experts said that while
it was normal for women in public life
to have the occasional fashion faux pas,
the outt worn by Mrs Carmona at the
recent Fashion for Development event
during the 69th Session of the United
Nations General Assembly in New York
in September took many by surprise.
She also created a stir when she was
photographed wearing a black outt that
comprised a skirt and lace shirt and tubetop that bared her mid-section, stand-
ing alongside a conservatively dressed
Ban Soon-taek, wife of United Nations
secretary-general Ban Ki-moon.
NO STOPPING2015 CARNIVALPORT-OF-SPAIN, Carnival 2015is on. Both Minister of Arts andMulticulturalism Dr Lincoln Douglasand National Security Minister GaryGrifth have said that there wereno plans to cancel or postponeCarnival celebrations 2015 despite
the threat of Ebola. Both men alsomaintained while Carnival 2015preparations are under way, plansare in place to protect the popula-tion from Ebola by monitoring thevirus on the international circuit.
Douglas said: We made no deci-sion to postpone or stop Carnival.
Grifth said: There is no link be-tween Carnival and Ebola.They made these statements duringan October 31 media conference toupdate the media on the NationalCarnival Commission (NCC) Stake-holders Meeting on Ebola VirusDisease at the VIP Lounge, QueensPark Savannah (QPS), Port of Spain.Carnival celebrations are scheduledfor February 16 and 17, 2015.Earlier on, several Carnival and cul-tural stakeholders including TrinbagoCalypsonians Organisation (TUCO),president Lutalo Masimba (BrotherResistance) and NCC CEO MichaelGuyadeen met to discuss Carnivalsfuture in light of the Ebola scare.
Grifth added: The issue is notbanning Carnival. We have an inuxof about 40,000 people coming inhere. Are we going to ban peoplefor Christmas? Are we going to ban
people for Divali? It is the emphasisthat is being placed on Carnival.There is no link between Carnivaland Ebola.
He also said if people ap-proached Ebola and Carnival withparanoia and hysteria then it canturn everything else.we wouldhave a state of emergency andpeople would not be able to go on
the streets.In the aftermath of the Ebola
outbreak in West Africa, HealthMinister Dr Fuad Khan announceda ban on travellers entering T&Tfrom Sierra Leone, Guinea, Demo-cratic Republic of Congo, Liberiaand Nigeria . The ban on Nigeriawas subsequently lifted. He also
said citizens who have visited thebanned countries will be quaran-tined for 21 days upon arrival.
JOURNALIST ONDUI CHARGEPORT-OF-SPAIN, A newspaperjournalist will return to court onJanuary 5, next year after refusingto take a breathalyser test and forfailing to have proper control of amotor vehicle.
Political reporter Anna Ramdass,31, appeared before Senior Magis-trate Rae Roopchand on the charg-es, but was released on TT$5,000(One TT dollar =US$0.16 cents) bail.Ramdass pleaded not guilty to thecharges.
The court heard that on thenight of October 29, the journalistwas driving on the outskirts of thecapital when she was stopped bypolice ofcers who observed thatthe vehicle was swerving along theroadway.
The ofcers asked Ramdass tosubmit to a eld sobriety test whichgave a positive reading of 87 mi-crogrammes. The legal alcohol limit
for a driver is 35 microgrammes forevery 100 millilitres of breath. Ram-dass was taken to the Central PoliceStation where she was asked tosubmit another specimen of breath.
But the police said she refusedthe request, and as a result she wascharged under Section 70 of theMotor Vehicles and Road TrafcAct(Amended) 48:50.
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Robbery Footage Shocks TV Viewers
COURTWARNING FORUNDERWEARTHIEFPORT-OF-SPAIN, A HANDYMAN
who allegedly stole a womans $40
tiger print underwear after he broke
into her house has been ordered to
have no contact with the woman he
claimed once employed him.
Daryl Peele of Cunupia appeared
before Chaguanas Third Court
magistrate Alicia Chankar on
October 31.
He is charged with breaking and
entering the Chaguanas home of
the 35-year-old woman and steal-
ing her underwear, valued at $40.
Peele pleaded guilty to the
charge. The evidence was read by
police prosecutor Sergeant Ken Ali.
The underwear and photographs
taken by the woman of Peele in her
laundry room, were tendered intoevidence.
Chankar asked attorney Joseph
Honore to assist in the matter as
she said she wanted to hear Peeles
side of the story.
After speaking to Peele, Honore
told the court the 41-year-old man
used to work at the womans home
and returned to nish a job.
He said Peele denied he ever
tried to break into the house. The
magistrate entered a not guilty
plea on Peeles behalf.
Peele who had a clean criminal
record was placed on $5,000 bail
and ordered to have no communica-tion with the alleged victim. He will
return to court on November 27.
It is alleged that Peele entered a
laundry room through a gate and
took several undergarments from
a clothes line. He was charged by
constable Paulette Elcock after an
item of underwear was allegedly
found in his possession.
Shots Fired At Guyanese-born AttorneyPORT-OF-SPAIN, Guyanese-born
attorney Odai Ramischand was house-
bound, but not intimidated, following
an attempt on his life in the car park
of a supermarket near his Maracas, St
Joseph home.
Ramischand said a single shot red by
an unknown person from a van missed
him by an inch or two, but has left himtotally shaken.
Having been threatened before, Ra-
mischand said he will not be deterred
from doing his work.
If I have to die while doing my job, so
be it, Ramischand said.
He recalled the assassination last May
of his close friend, senior counsel Dana
Seetahal, who he said died an honour-
able death. Ramischand was leavingthe supermarket around 11.10 a.m.,
to make his way to his oce, when a
gold-coloured pick-up, proceeding south
along Maracas Royal Road, swerved
from the left lane towards him. One of
the heavily-tinted windows went down,
he said, and a raised hand was seen.
Ramischand said he realised an at-
tempt was about to be made to shoot
him and while he initially thought torun into the grocery, he changed his
mind and stood his ground. A shot
was red that had people scampering,
he said, and the bullet hit the ground
nearby.
Ramischand said he then noticed
another black pick-up behind the one
carrying his assailant, but both vehicles
then got back in lane and sped o,
presumably to avoid a head-on collisionwith an oncoming vehicle.
PORT-OF-SPAIN Crime Watch hostIan Alleyne shocked many viewerswhen he recently aired disturbingfootage of a father and his three-year-old daughter being robbed atgunpoint by bandits as they wereabout to enter their home. The inci-dent took place at St Vincent Street,Tunapuna, on October 22. Alleynegot footage from the attempted rob-
bery, cleaned it up and aired it.The footage showed that shortly
after entering their yard, the fatherand child were approached by a gun-
man. The frightened father appearedto be trying to talk his way out, butthe gunman called an accomplicewho was apparently standing guardoutside the gate. A desperate fatherthen ran out the yard when the ban-dits seemed to be distracted, leavinghis daughter behind. The banditsthen ran out behind him but he was
able to escape them. His daughtersoon picked up her things and wentseeking her father.
Alleyne was able to get clear im-ages of the bandits from he footageand told them he will leave no stoneunturned in tracking them down. Thehunt is on, turn yourself in, Alleynetold the suspects on air.
Alleyne also aired footage of awoman and her ten-year-old sonbeing ambushed and robbed by abandit at Tumpuna Road, Arima, Oc-tober 10. The two had just returnedto their car after coming out a res-taurant around 3.40 pm when, afterthe woman got into the front seat,the bandit rushed her son as he wasentering the back of the car, held himdown, then grabbed several itemsand ran off.
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HEALTH MATTERS
Dr. Richard LaiDental Surgeon
Dr George Traitses
Avoiding AlzheimersThe idea that Alzheimers is entirelygenetic and unpreventable is perhapsthe greatest misconception about thedisease, says Gary Small, M.D., direc-tor of the UCLA Center on Aging.
Researchers now know that Alzheim-
ers, like heart disease and cancer, devel-
ops over decades and can be influencedby li fe st yl e f ac tor s i nc lud in g c hol es te rol ,
blo od pr es sur e, obe sit y, d ep re ss ion ,
education, nutrition, sleep and mental,
physical and social activity.
The big news: Mountains of research reveals
that simple things you do every day might
cut your odds of losing your mind to Al-
zheimers. In search of scientic ways to delay
and outlive Alzheimers and other dementias,
I tracked down thousands of studies and
interviewed dozens of experts. The results in
a new book: 100 Simple Things You Can Do to
Prevent Alzheimers and Age-Related MemoryLoss (Little, Brown; $19.99).
Here are 10 somewhat surprising
strategies
1.Have coee. In an amazing ip-op, coee
is the new brain tonic. A large European study
showed that drinking three to ve cups of cof-
fee a day in midlife cut Alzheimers risk 65% in
late life. University of South Florida researcher
Gary Arendash credits caeine: He says it
reduces dementia-causing amyloid in animal
brains. Others cre dit coees antioxidants. So
drink up, Arendash advises, unless your doctor
says you shouldnt.
2.Floss. Oddly, the health of your teeth
and gums can help predict dementia.
University of Southern California research
found that having periodontal disease be-fore age 35 quadrupled the odds of dementia
year s la ter. O lder peop le w ith t ooth and
gum disease score lower on memory and
cognition tests, other studies show. Experts
speculate that inflammation in diseased
mouths migrates to the brain.
3.Google. Doing an online search can stim-
ulate your aging brain even more than reading
a book, says UCLAs Gary Small, who used
brain MRIs to prove it. The biggest surprise:
Novice Internet surfers, ages 55 to 78, activatedkey memory and learning centers
in the brain after only a week of web surng for
an hour a day.
4. Grow new brain cells. Impossible, scien-
tists used to say. Now its believed that thou-
sands of brain cells are born daily. The trick is
to keep the newborns a live. What works: aerobic
exercise (such as a brisk 30-minute walk e very
day), strenuous mentalactivity, eating salmon
and other fatty sh, and avoiding obesity
chronic stress, sleep deprivation, heavy drink ing
and vitamin B deciency.
5. Drink apple juice. Apple juice can push
production of the memory chemical acetyl-
choline; thats the way the popular Alzheimers
drug Aricept works, says Thomas Shea, Ph.D.,
of the University of Massachusetts. He was sur-
prised that old mice given apple juice did betteron learning and memory tests than mice that
received water. A dose for humans: 16 ounces, or
two to three apples a day.
6.Protect your head. Blows to the head,
even mild ones early in life, increase odds
of dementia years later. Pro football players
have 19 times the ty pical rate of memory-
related diseases. Alzheimers is four times
more common in elderly who suffer a head
injury, Columbia University finds. Acciden-
tal falls doubled an older persons odds of
dementia five years later in another study.
Wear seat belt s an d hel mets , fa ll- proof your
house, and dont take risks.
7.Meditate. Brain scans show that people
who meditate regularly have less cognitive
decline and brain shrinkage - a classic sign of
Alzheimers - as they age. Andre w Newberg of
the University
of Pennsylvania School of Medicine says yoga
meditation of 12 minutes a day for two months
improved blood ow and cognitive functioningin seniors with memory problems.
8.Take D. A severe deciency of vitamin Dboosts older Americans
risk of cognitive impairment 394%, an alarming
study by Englands University of Exeter nds.
And most Americans lack vitamin D. Experts
recommend a daily dose of 800 IU to 2,000 IU of
vitamin D3.
9.Fill your brain. Its called cognitive re-
serve. A rich accumulation
of life experiences - education, marriage, social-
izing, a stimulating job, language skills, having
a purpose in life, physical activity a nd mentally
demanding leisure activities - makes your brain
better able to tolerate plaques and tangles. You
can even have signicant A lzheimers pathology
and no symptoms of dementia if you have high
cognitive reserve, says David Bennett, M.D., of
Chicagos Rush University Medical Center.
10.Avoid infection. Astonishing new evi-dence ties Alzheimers to cold sores, gastric
ulcers, Lyme disease, pneumonia and the u.Ruth Itzhaki, Ph.D., of the University of Man-
chester in England
estimates the cold-sore herpes simplex virus is
incriminated in 60% of Alzheimers cases. The
theory: Infections trigger excessive beta amy-
loid gunk that kills brain cells. Proof is still
lacking, but why not avoid common infections
and take appropriate vaccines,
antibiotics and antiviral agents?
SLEEPAPNEA
W
e have all heard of sleepapnea, but what is it ex-actly? Sleep apnea is a sleep
disorder where during sleep, youroxygen intake is decreased by a pausein breathe. The end result is a lackof oxygen supply to the body; moreimportantly the heart and the brain.
When the heart or brain is not get-ting enough oxygen it can lead to a lifethreatening situation. When denedlike this, it sounds very serious andthe truth is, it is very serious!
The obvious anticipated question is, how
do I know if I have sleep apnea? First, lets
look at the typical symptoms of sleep apnea
which include: d aytime s leepines s, loud
snoring followed by silent pauses, gasping or
choking during sleep, morning headache, ir-
ritability or mood changes, poor concentration
or memory loss, lowered sex drive, and fallingasleep while driving.
Just because you may have one or moreof these symptoms does not mean that you
have sleep apnea. But it is denitely a warn-
ing ag advising you to take a closer look. The
denitive answer of whether or not someone
has sleep apnea is achieved by having a sleep
test done. Sleep tests are covered in Ontario
through the Ontario Health Insurance Plan
(OHIP). Once a sleep test is completed, if you
are diagnosed with sleep apnea you will fall
into one of 3 categories: mild, moderate or
severe sleep apnea.
The category is determined by your Apnea
Hypopnea Index (AHI). For a simple expla-
nation, AHI is determined by the number of
times breathing stops during an hour of sleep.
An AHI value of 0-4 indicate s no sleep apneapresent and is considered normal. An AHI of
5-14 is mild, with 15-29 being moderate and 30
or more as severe sleep apnea. In order to have
a sleep test completed, you need a referral fromyour family physician. At the moment, dentists
cannot refer a patient to a sleep clinic.
Speaking of dentists, this is a dental article,
so why are we talking about sleep apnea? Well,
in general, the treatment for sleep apnea is withthe use of a continuous positive airway pres-
sure (CPAP) machine. The CPAP machine uses
a mask which creates positive pressure to force
air into your lungs while you are asleep. This
in turn, prevents the oxygen concentration in
your body from dropping too low. However, as
you could imagine the CPAP machine is not for
everyone. The alternative to the CPAP machine
is an oral appliance.
Now before all of you at home start jumping
for joy and throwing your CPAP machines out
the window, it is important to take note that
an oral appliance will not work for everyone
with sleep apnea. This is pr imarily because of
its mechanism of action. Oral appliances are
only suitable for mild to moderate sleep apnea
patients. They work by moving the jaw slightly
forward, thereby opening the airway andproviding an obstructed free pathway for air to
the lungs. The premise behind this mechanismof action is that of a passive increase in oxygen
pressure; by clearing the path, we hope that
the body will increase the oxygen intake. In
contrast, the CPAP machine forces air into the
lungs with positive pressure.
There are different types of oral appliances
which c an t reat s leep apnea , as a genera l
rule, most of them consist of a tray which
goes over the top teeth and a tray which goes
over the bottom teeth. Thre e of the more
popular oral appliance are the Ultra APM
Positioner, the Somnodent appliance and the
TAP appliance. All of these trays are fabri-
cated by taking an impression of your top and
bottom teet h and w orking with a lab orator y
to fabricate the device.If you do have sleep apnea, bring your sleep
tests to your dentist to nd out if you are a
candidate for an oral appliance. If arent sure
whether you have sleep apnea, but experienceone or two of the aforementioned symptoms, go
to your physician and get a referral for a sleep
test. Its FREE, and its a decision that could
save your life.
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1. FLORAL MISHAPWhat the heck is going on here? said an angry man storming intothe orist shop. I just lost one of my main clients and its your fault!Why dont you calm down a bit said the lady behind the counter,and let us know what exactly happened. Well, said the man Mybiggest client moved to a new location, and to be nice I called youguys up and asked you to send him some owers with a note say-
ing congratulations on your new location. He calls me up and saysto me whats the big deal with sending me a note that says rest inpeace?! Oh no! she sighed, now I know why I got a nasty messagefrom the funeral parlor!
3. AGE FACTORAn older couple were walking on a beach when the husband trippedover a bottle and a genie came out. You can each have one wish,said the genie. The wife made her wish rst I would like to travelaround the world, with my husband,. Suddenly there appeared in herhand two tickets for travel around the world. Now it was the husbandsturn, Well said the husband, with a naughty look on his face I wishI can have a younger companion, . The words were barely out of hismouth when poof, he aged 20 years!
2. TOO MANY COMPLAINTSA young Catholic priest decided to enter a monastery. He joined oneparticularly strict sect. The head monk told him, at his indoctrination,that they were sworn to TOTAL silence. They could not speak one wordat all. However, every ten years, they would be permitted to speaktwo words.After 10 years of total silence, the head monk indicated itwas now time for him to speak his two words. The monk said, Bedhard! And then he resumed his silent study and work.Another 10 yearspassed and the head monk again indicated it was time for him to speakhis two words. The monk said, Food bad! And then he resumed his
silent study and work.Another 10 years passed and the head monkagain indicated it was time for him to speak his two words. The monksaid, I quit!The head monk shook his head and said, I knew this wascoming. Youve done nothing but complain for the past 30 years!
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HOME AFFAIRS
Advice To The Purchaser The Real Deal
Buying a new hone of teninvolves major anxietyand tension in a per-
sons life, espec ially if it is afirst-time purchase. There
are a myriad of th ings to do:obtain financing and makemoving arra ngements are
jus t two such th ings. How-ever, when it comes down to
budget ing for the purchase,most clients believe thatlegal expenses are limitedto a lawyers fees, and they
budget accordingly. Theyare shocked later when theyfind out the realit y of thesituation; fees are one th ing,disbursements, governmentcharges and taxes are quiteanother.
The fact that many buyers fail to
take into consideration the costs
involved, over and above what the
lawyer charges as his or her fee, is a
direct result of their lack of knowl-
edge as to what the lawyers role is,and how much actually goes into a
purchase transaction. It is crucial
to inform the buyer early on, whey
we have to incur al l these disburse-
ments on their behalf, and what are
the other expenses they will inevi-
tably have to bear to complete the
purchase transaction.
Wh ile it is imp os sible to go
into all the details in a purchase
transaction, the following is a
br ief and gener al lo ok at wh at
additional costs a purchaser can
expect, and why.
Every lawyer must do a title
search and execution search ofthe property, since our role is to
check that the purchaser is getting
good title for what he is paying for.
Generally, a law yer will have his/
her clerk or an experienced convey-
ancer do the search at the registry
office. The cost for this search is
usual ly about $55.00. Remember
for a condo that has a parking and
locker that is $55.00 x 3 as we have
to search each unit. Plus the law yer
has to search each name involved
(both buyers and sellers) at the
Sheriffs office to ensure that no
one is being sued by any one. As
the purchaser you want to makesure, no one can lien your property
after you purchase it due to debts
from the seller and the purchasers
names have to be searched for
the mortgage company to ensure
they are clear as well. Each name
searched costs $11.00. These names
must be re-searched on the day of
closing as well.
Next the lawyer notifies the
wate r, hydro and gas depa rt ments
to read the meters on the day of
closing and to change the accounts
to the new buyers name. We will
recommend that the purchaser also
contact the utility companies as
there is some personal in formation
that they require that we will not
provide to them.
The lawyer then arranges for title
insurance to be put into place for
the property and the cost of this
is a one-time fee of approximately
$350-500 depending on the mort-
gage amount. Title insurance iscompulsory these days if you are
placing a mortgage on your prop-
erty as almost every mortgage
company will require that you
have title insurance on the prop-
erty. Due to the placing of this title
insurance, the lawyer can save
costs for the buyer as the lawyer
no longer has to obtain a building
department clearance that would
cost $150, a tax certificate that
costs $65 and utility clearances
that would cost $75 and up.
In addition to these costs, there
are the cost of photocopying, send-
ing and receiving faxes, postageand courier costs and the convey-
ancer costs.
On the day of closing, the deed
and mortgage have to be registered
at a cost of $71.30 each. Execu-
tion searches have to be conducted
against the names of the purchasers
and the vendors at a cost of $11 per
name both before and on registra-
tion. Often not factored in by the
purchaser, is Land Transfer Tax.
This is based on the purchase price
of the home (e.g. for a $150,000
home, land transfer tax would be
$1225). Final ly, there is H.S.T. on
the legal fees and most disburse-ments. If you are a first time buyer,
however, you would qualify for a
rebate of the land transfer tax in t he
amount of $2,000.00 by complet-
ing an affidavit to that effect, which
your lawyer would do for your pr ior
to closing.
Thus, it is important to inform
purchasers, who expect to pay $600
for legals, of the real deal. No
transaction is that simple, and t here
are quite a few other expenses that
wi ll have to be budgeted for, before
they can enjoy their new home.
Selwyn R. Baboolal i s a part ner at
Oumarally Baboolal practicing in
the area of litigation for the past 20
years.
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Frequently, homeownersask about title insuranceand if its mandatory and
why should they take it? Afterall, as a homeowner, you havealready spent a lot of your hardearned income just to purchase
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That being said, here are some things
to consider as to why Title Insurance is
important and why its recommended
that a homeowner takes it.
The rst thing is to understand what
is Title Insurance?
Title Insurance is an insurance that
protects residential or commercial prop-
erty owners and their lenders against
losses related to the propertys title or
ownership. Some of those losses could
arise due to the following challenges:
fraud, forgery or theft, survey errors,
existing undisclosed liens, easements,
zoning non-compliance or others havinginterest in your property. These are all
challenges that could cost a homeowner
hundreds or even thousands of dollars
or even risk losing their home.
Unlike traditional insurance policies
that protect against what may happen
in the future, title insurance provides
coverage for title defects that may have
occurred in the past, prior to them pur-
chasing their home. This is all covered
in a low cost with a one-time premium
and no deductible.
Having title insurance helps by hav-
ing a wide range of coverage beyond just
a solicitors opinion on title which could
cost over $2,000 after all of the work
is done by the solicitor. If there are title
defects, the title insurer will take the
necessary steps to rectify the problems.
Instead of having to possibly pay thou-
sands of dollars to remedy title defects,
theyre covered by their Title Insurance
coverage which may have only cost them
between $250 - $700, depending on the
size of the purchase. In some instances,
a homeowner may not know that their
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