The Montserrat Reporter - January 04 2013

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Today’s Scripture

Week Ending Friday, January 04, 2013

Le t t hem g i ve

thanks to the LORD

for his unfailing love. -

Psalm 107:15 (NIV)www.themontserratreporter.com

First John Bassy Awards...pg 5Bible flawed...pg 7

New home for CARICOM...pg 7‘Poverty barons’...pg 2

Festival 50 Awards...pg 4

Kenneth Scotland honoured...pg 2

Miss Pan VaniceTuitt is the new Miss Teen 2012 – Festival 50

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Khadija Furlonge is crowned Miss Montserrat 2012

Miss Teen 2012 Vanice Tuitt (Miss Pan)

Khadija Furlonge easy crown favou-rite at the festival 50 queen show 2012

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By Staff WriterThe crowd at the Montserrat

festival 50 teenage pageant open-ing scene sensed professionalism as they ‘oohed’ and ‘awwwed’ with the Sunrise Production organizers seem to outdo themselves at this

year’s pageant which they named ‘I am Festival!’

There were six segments that made up this year’s show, but only fi ve were judged.

The five contestants each represented a part of festival for

over the fi fty years. Contestant No. 1 Stavika Rodney- Miss Pageantry, Contestant No. 2 VaniceTuit- Miss Pan, Contestant No. 3 Dwaynifa Joseph- Miss Socalypso, Con-testant No. 4 Juniah Allen- Miss

By Staff WriterMiss M.S Osborne, Khadija

Furlonge walked proudly away with the 2012 Festival 50 Queen Show crown amidst the glitz and glamour she and her fellow contestants pre-sented to a sizable and appreciable

audience at the festival city in Little Bay, for the Festival 50 Queen Show 2012.

The fi ve beautiful young la-dies made a show to dazzle the audience at the December 29, 2012 show, as contestants, they

appeared in appearance order: Miss Montserrat Utilities Limited, Maureen Madu; Miss M.S Osborne, KhadijaFurlonge; Miss St. Patricks Co-operation Credit Union, Charlene Sam; Miss MONFEST Bingo Fan,

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‘Poverty barons’ who make a fortune from taxpayer-funded aid budget

World Cancer Day - highlights disease

for Montserrat

Kenneth Scotland named in Queen’s New

Year’s Honours list

OVERSEAS TERRITORY OF MONTSERRATIN THE HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE

A.D. 2012LEGAL NOTICE

In the Estate of EDWARD TOLMAN ALLEN, deceasedNOTICE is hereby given that after the expiration of fourteen (14) days from the date hereof, application will be made in the Registry of the High Court of Justice for an Order that Letters of Administration to the Estate of EDWARD TOLMAN ALLEN late of St. Peters Montserrat who died on the 14th of February 2005 be granted to DESNEE MIRANDA SHIELL of St. Peters Montserrat the Personal Representative of the de-ceased estate.

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

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

DATED this 27th day of December 2012

Kharl MarkhamAllen Markham & Associates

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OVERSEAS TERRITORY OF MONTSERRATIN THE HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE


In the Estate of MARY OLIVIA TUITT, deceasedNOTICE is hereby given that after the expiration of fourteen (14) days from the date hereof, application will be made in the Registry of the High Court of Justice for an Order that Probate to the Estate of MARY OLIVIA TUITT also known as MARY MATILDA OLIVIA TUITT late of the Golden Years Home Brades Montserrat who died on the 19th of November 2011 be granted to CLAYTON WEEKES of Olveston Montserrat the Executor and Administrator of the Estate.

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

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

DATED this 27th day of December 2012

Kharl MarkhamAllen Markham & Associates

TERRITORY OF MONTSERRATHIGH COURT OF JUSTICE


In the Estate JOHN JOSEPH RYNER, deceasedNOTICE is hereby given that after the expiration of fourteen (14) days from the date hereof Application will be made in the Registry of the High Court of Justice for Letters of Administration to the estate of JOHN JOSEPH RYNER late of Birmingham, England who died on the 29th October, 2001 be granted to SARAH RYNER lawful widow and relict of the deceased.

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

FURTHER any person objecting to the issuance of Letters of Administration to the Applicant should notify the Registrar of the High Court, Brades Montserrat not later than fourteen (14) days from the date of this notice.

Dated this 04th day of January, 2013

Hogarth SergeantSolicitor for the Applicant

A Government House press release on Decem-ber 30, 2012 informed that “Buckingham Palace an-nounced that Mr Kenneth Scotland, the Director of So-cial Security in Montserrat has been awarded the British Empire Medal (BEM) for his services to the Com-

World Cancer Day in this year 2013 will be on February 4, 2013 and the focus on the day will be on Target Five of the World Cancer Declaration: Dispel damaging myths and miscon-ceptions about cancer, under the tagline “Cancer - Did you know?”.

The World Health Or-ganisation (WHO) is promot-ing that World Cancer Day is a chance to raise our collec-tive voices in the name of im-proving general knowledge around cancer and dismissing misconceptions about the disease.

Ag. Chief Medical Of-ficer Dr. Krishnamurphy-Gopal in a report is speaks about cancer as it relates to Montserrat and its people. The doctor suggests that it is a significant disease

that Montserrat should more aware about.

He says that in Montser-rat alone, “there were 31 deaths in the last fi ve years due to cancer.” He reported that over twelve of them were from prostate cancer, five of them from breast cancer, six of them from colon and glands…”

From a global level, the WHO will be focusing their messaging on the four myths below. They state: “In addi-tion to being in-line with our global advocacy goals, we be-lieve these overarching myths leave a lot of fl exibility for members, partners and sup-porters to adapt and expand on for their own needs.”

Myth 1: Cancer is just a health issue

Truth: Cancer is not just a health issue. It has wide-

reaching social, economic, development, and human rights implications.

Myth 2: Cancer is a dis-ease of the wealthy, elderly and developed countries

Truth: Cancer does not discriminate. It is a global epidemic, affecting all ages, with low- and middle-income countries bearing a dispropor-tionate burden.

Myth 3: Cancer is a death sentence

Truth: Many cancers that were once considered a death sentence can now be cured and for many more people their cancer can now be treated effectively.

Myth 4: Cancer is my fate

Truth: With the right strategies, more than one in every three cancers can be prevented.

munity. The award was part of

her Majesty The Queen’s New Years Honours List.”

Mr. Scotland receives his award for his services to the elderly at Golden Years Home, and Meals on Wheels, a program that was started by Mr. James

Granger deceased of Span-ish Pointe. The program now serves up to 42 persons each day.

According to the re-lease, His Excellency the Governor, Mr Arian Davis has already congratulated Mr Scotland on his well deserved award.

By Andrew GilliganThe Department for Inter-

national Development (DFID) paid almost £500million (in 2011) toconsultants, mostly British, many of whom earn six, even seven-fi gure incomes, courtesy of thetaxpayer.

DFID also funds dozens of foreign consultancy firms. It is paying £6million to the Univer-sity of CapeTown to investigate

mental health issues in southern Africa and millions of pounds to US-basedorganisations, including the Clinton Foundation, the In-ternational Food Policy Research Institute andFamily Health Inter-national.

It is paying a Washington-based group, Search for Common Ground, £3.9million to “support theelectoral cycle in Sierra Leone”. Consultancy firms in India and

Uganda are also receiving large sums.

DFID spent more than £20million in 2011 on hotels, including many five-star ones. Next month it willopen a 40,000 sqft Indian branch offi ce in Delhi with 18 meeting rooms and 280 desks — even thoughthe then International Development Sec-retary, Andrew Mitchell, said in 2011 DFID would not be inIndia

for “very much longer”. The furni-ture bill for the outpost comes to almost £400,000.

A Sunday Telegraph investi-gation shows just how lucrative the aid business can be for the privatecompanies that dominate DFID’s roster.

The managing director of the London-based development consultancy Adam Smith Inter-national (ASI),which gets most of its income from DFID, paid himself a salary and dividends totalling almost£1.3million in 2010.

William Morrison earned £200,000 from ASI and collected

dividends worth £1.06million from itsparent company, Amphion Group, wholly owned by him and three of his fellow directors.

Amphion Group’s accounts state that its purpose is to act as a holding company for ASI.

Mr Morrison’s salary rose by a quarter 2011, to £253,000. He and the three fellow directors shared dividends of £7.5million, or almost £1.9million each, which they paid to Amphion Group.

The directors collected sala-ries averaging £125,000 each.

Adam Smith International — which grew out of, but is now not

related to, the Right-wing think-tank, the Adam Smith Institute — was paid £37million by DFID in 2011 to promote the free market in the Third World. Its total turn-over that year was £53.6million, with profi ts of £5million, up 10 per cent on 2010.

Its work for DFID includes tax reform in Afghanistan, school capacity building in Pakistan and a market development programme in Nepal.

A director of ASI and Am-phion, Peter Young, justifi ed the payments, saying: “We have got


Let them give thanks to the LORD for his unfailing love. - Psalm 107:15 (NIV)

Once a week or so, my husband and I go on a date. Though we’ve been married over 30 years, we still find that a quiet meal or a walk along the river gives us the time we need to reconnect. Something similar is true in my relationship with God. If I don’t spend regular time with God, our relationship could grow cold. This is what happened to members of the church at Ephesus. In Revelation 2:4-5, Jesus says to them, “Yet I hold this against you: You have forsaken the love you had at first. Consider how far you have fallen! Repent and do

Clinging to Christthe things you did at first.” When my husband and I haven’t had enough time together, we find that doing what we did at first — going on a date — helps to rekindle our love. When I first came to believe in God, I remember feeling delightfully overwhelmed by love. I was full of love for God and for the people around me, and I knew that because of God’s love for me I could endure anything that came at me. God continually calls us back to our first love, to God’s unfailing love.

Prayer: Dear Lord, help us make time with you a part of every day and to share your love with the people near to us. Amen.

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E D I T O R I A L Pu lses : Foods to ge t pass iona te about

Have you heard the news that eating beans and other legumes might actually make women happier? The reason isn’t clear, but I suspect that it has less to do with enjoyment of sophomoric jokes about “musical fruits” and more to do with these foods’ myriad health benefi ts.

In fact, I’m hoping to inspire you to develop a passion for the foods known as pulses, which are the edible seeds of leguminous plants such as beans, peas and lentils. (Technically, the pulse is the seed and the legume is the pod, but for common usage the terms are interchangeable.) No mat-ter what you call them, pulses are nutritional powerhouses packed with protein, potassium, iron, zinc, niacin, folate and fi ber. According to recent research, pulses may help…

• Boost emotional well-being. The fascinating study I alluded to earlier, published in Journal of Food Research, suggested that regular consumption of legumes was linked with lower levels of stress, emotional distress, anxiety and depression in women ages 60 to 80.

• Increase longevity. In an international study of seniors, the risk for death over a seven-year period dropped by 7% to 8% for each 0.7 ounces (about one-quarter cup cooked) of beans consumed daily.

• Fight cardiovascular dis-ease. Pulses’ soluble fi ber and healthful unsaturated fats help control produc-tion of artery-clogging cholesterol…and their potassium helps reduce blood pressure by counteracting the effects of sodium.

• Guard against diabetes. The complex carbohydrates that pulses provide are digested slowly, thus helping to maintain steady blood sugar levels.

• Keep us slim. I heard this enticing tidbit from Donna Winham, DrPH, a public health nutritionist who has been studying the effects of pulses for years. “Pulses are very fi lling—so when you eat them fi rst or as part of

your meal, you’re less likely to eat a lot of other food afterward because you feel full,” she told me.

Despite these impressive ben-efi ts, pulses are not super-popular in the US. Is fear of fl atulence holding you back? Stop worrying. Dr. Winham explained, “In our research, we found that the majority of people didn’t have any symptoms of fl atulence after the fi rst week of consuming one-half cup of beans on a daily basis.” If certain beans or other pulses do make you gassy and symptoms persist even after an adjustment period of several weeks, try experimenting with various types to see which suit you best.

Now that your heart is beating faster in eager anticipation of adding more pulses to your meals, here are some ideas to get you started…

• Chickpeas (aka garbanzo beans) are gaining ground. Current US consumption is a whopping 58% higher than it was about a decade ago, due in part to the growing popularity of hummus, of which chickpeas are the key ingredient. If you are on a gluten-free diet, note that chickpea fl our is a good alternative to wheat. Easy side dish: Chickpeas drizzled with extra-virgin olive oil and sprinkled with paprika.

• Black beans are firm, round pulses commonly known as fri-joles negros in Latin American cuisine. As a treat, visit a Brazilian restaurant or try your hand at making the national

FoodNetwork.com at http://bit.ly/gFwar5).

• Adzuki beans—a small, deep-red variety that is becoming easier to fi nd—are particularly high in fi ber with about 12 grams in one-half cup. As beans go, they are naturally sweet and faintly nutty…in fact, in Japan, they’re often used in desserts, including ice cream. Simple serving suggestions:Add adzuki beans to tossed salads…or combine them with brown rice.

• Lentils are easy to cook from scratch because they don’t require soaking, so most types are ready in under an hour. You’re probably picturing the standard brown variety or maybe the fancy French green ones, which are both fi ne—but why not try the red type, too? Simmer lentils in a big pot with your favorite aromatic spices and they’ll break down into a thick soup that’ll knock your socks off.

Source: Donna Winham, DrPH, is a senior research consultant at Howell Research Associates, LLC in Queen Creek, Arizona, and an adjunct faculty member in the department of health sciences at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs. As a Master Certifi ed Health Education Specialist and public health nutrition-ist, she investigates the role of beans in reducing risk factors for heart disease and diabetes and also evaluates con-sumer attitudes about beans.

dish called feijoa-da. When I lived in Sao Paulo, I simply could not get enough of this hearty stew, which combines black beans with various cuts of pork and beef. Plenty of recipes can be found on-line (for instance, Emeril Lagasse’s feijoada is on

As the New Year 2013 opens, it brings down the curtains on the celebra-tion of another festival, only this time it was the jubilee festival talked about and planned for, perhaps in hindsight a little too late. Montserrat Festival 50, a cultural festival, supposed to have been a homecoming for many nation-als now living around the world, who were forced to migrate after volcanic activity began in July 1995, as well as bringing back some of the allurement that made it an economic year end/beginning for Montserrat.

It is of course early, if we would ever know whether all desires and goals were achieved, but whichever way that is, it would be unsafe to judge based on the comments and reviews that have been so far expressed. This is so because we have found that depending on who is asking and who is listening, ad even who is speaking, it will be that there were some disappointed visitors and promoters, add hopefuls (positive and negatives) to the mix.

If the events and shows left anyone wanting, the winding down or climax sent everyone away believing there was good much hope for even better in the years to come. The feelings were that the parade of troupes which out-numbered previous years gave a feeling of some joy and splendour to those participating, observing and those speculating!

Among the plans for the festival, because it was hoped that many of those coming back and visiting would include those interested in the future development and those planning or desiring to return to the paradise they once knew, there would be the showcasing of plans and potentials especially surrounding the Little Bay development, new town and port developments, and of course Montserrat in general.

Tours were organised as well as forums for showing plans and hearing or sharing the thoughts from the Diaspora as well as the expectations of those at home. Reports from the tours were glowing, but it would appear the forums did not achieve much.

In any case, as far as our exposure to the developments in that regard, many were left unclear to the point of thinking, that overall, there isn’t clar-ity as to exactly what the plans really are. Part of that must have been the inability to show and say exactly what the port will be like since to date the plans had to be redone and only 60% complete, that infrastructure being an absolute necessity to the island.

As we listen to all that have been touted, including the economic boost of producing tobacco products that will aid in slowly annihilating those outside of Montserrat, including Montserratians who smoke out there, the development of Little Bay and its environs, with the exception of the port development which should really include the airport, given serious thought, our planners are still missing the boat.

If Montserrat is serious about real economic development, for a progres-sive, productive future, there are a few things we very humbly suggest that should be considered and effected seriously and soon.

Actively seek to construct a permanent and effective airport that can eventually take a dash-8 or its equivalent. That will open up the Silver Hills, Rendezvous, (this area is the other part of Montserrat’s ‘gold mine’); the ferry is not a viable plan into the future without numbers of regular day tours and other tourism geared events. Get the Vue Pointe Hotel, (conference services etc.) and its environs back into active service. Recapture what worked and build from there.

They are already 60% in the design stage of a port (an absolute necessity), a town will evolve; the plan if it involves the US$2 million dollar properties overlooking the port and the town would be artifi cial, suspect and misunder-standing the wealthy and their tourist, holiday needs and what Montserrat can offer. The extravagance cannot really appeal to the local wealth, it is very small and the bids are expensive. Many so called businesses have not yet had the refunding via recovery of losses experienced from 16 years ago. Take the 5-star hotel to Rendezvous while Silver Hills is developed, airport, golf course, residential villas to support. Make our port a transshipment one, it is said to be the most ideally placed in the region, Freeport… Pay a visit to Dover in the UK. Continue to develop from Cudjoe Head down to Carrs Bay, even a mall of some kind can line the lane coming down, the market can be developed into the beginning of a mall. Let the minds of those who feel settled and comfortable think about their children, cut the selfi shness and greed. We can feed ourselves, cut the imports, use the fruits.

This is a rough, it is principally wrong to be concentrating so much on plans that are proving diffi cult to sell except that the deception continues where these plans do not honestly include the Montserrat almost non-existent private sector. And when will these materialize while geothermal comes and meet us not ready? Make holistic plans and let the vision be well known.

Only a holistic plan and approach will work


Festival 50 awards honour key fi gures in its cultural history

GIU (adapted) – According to reports, sixty seven (67)persons were recognized during the island’s first ever festival Awards Banquet which was held at the Montserrat Cultural Centre on Wednesday night, (Jan 2). The honorees included39 former festival queens, 16 past calypso monarchs, and twelve special awardees, acknowledged for their invaluable contribu-tion to Montserrat over the past 50 years.

This was the final event on the Montserrat Festival 50 calendar. The festival committee paid tribute to past queens, calypsonians and community leaders and organisations who supported the annual celebration which turned 50 in 2012.

The red carpet affair organised by Yvette-Ryan and her team was hosted by Shirley Osborne, daughter of the late Chief Minister Dr. John A. Osborne and George “JGP” Piper, radio personality on the Caribbean SuperStation.

The Honourable Premier Reuben T. Meade in his remarks said the award celebration wasalso “a precursor to other things to come”tothe National Awards which is being estab-lished and should come into effect this year once it passes through the Legislative Assembly.

Awards designed in the shape of Montserrat were pre-sented to all of the past queens or the families of those now deceased. Present to accept their awards was the Montser-rat’s first pageant winner in 1962 Edna Tuitt-Baptiste, Rose Willock from 1965, Ruthlyn Gerald-Wyke from 1973, 1979’s Glendena Taylor, 1983 winner Daphne Christopher-Cabey, the queens from 1999 to 2003 Jodine Meade, Estelle-Furlonge-Keil, Lyandra Hobson, Maudella Daley, and Francelise White-Morton . Miss Montserrat 2005 Janelle Weekes and the Claris Yearwood who handed her crown over to the current queen

who helped to grow the art form and said he was retiring from active competition.

Specia l awards were given to ZJB Radio Montser-rat, Clifford Tuitt now de-ceased who was the island’s premier costume bui lder , Denise Phillip for her work on the festival committee, Hilton Howson who worked on the festival committee, Basil Morgan for his work in calypso and Cedric Osborne for his work as chairman of the festival committee.

Awards were also given to Bruce Farara for sponsor-ship support and being part of the committee management team over the years; James “Titus” Freder ick for h is work with masquerade, M.S. Osborne Ltd for its annual sponsorship of the festival, John E. Wyke for his work on the committee, Jeweline Rob-erts Riley for pageantry and costume building; and Cable & Wireless who has been a continued major sponsor of Montserrat’s festival.

Entertainment through-out the evening as provided by the 1963 calypso mon-arch Warrior, 2002 monarch Pops, local vocalist Chezline Riley, and dancers Tazia and Sharise.

The evening ended with music from the very popular DJ Tyrone.

also received awards.Miss Montserrat 1962 presented awards to the

past kings who won crowns for one or two times. The former monarchs were Lorenzo “Challenger” Cassell from 1964, Winston “Young Warrior” Christopher 1968, Ishmael “Cutter” Skerritt in 1977, Kelvin “Tabu” Du-berry in 1991, Lenroy “Patriot” Tuitt in 1996, Joseph “Pops” Morris in 2002, Garnett “Sylk” Thompson in 2011, Earl “Hustler” Browne in 1988 and 2001, An-derson “Andy” Kirnon in 2004 and 2005, and Keithroy “De Bear” Morson in 1992 and 1993.

Upon accepting his award De Bear, who is the reigning calypso monarch for Antigua and the Leeward Islands Calypso Monarch said he was thankful for the award and promises to continue to be a thorn in the sides of others as he tells the truth through music.

Receiving awards for winning the crown three or more times were: Alfred “Warrior” Christopher who won in 1963, 1966, and 1967; Roland “Kenzie” John-son in 1994, 1995, and 1997; Herman “Cupid” Francis in 1998, 2008, and 2010; the late Alphonsus “Arrow” Cassell in 1974, 1975, and 1976; Silvina “Khandie” Malone in 2000, 2003, 2006 and 2009; Everton “Real-ity” Weekes in 1978, 1979, 1980, 1982, and 1984; and Cecil “Cepeke” Lake in 1987, 1990 and 1999.

Most notable was Justin “Hero” Cassell who was the island’s first calypso monarch in 1962 and won the crown ten times. Hero went on to win in 1965, 1972, 1973, 1981, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1989 and 2007. Hero honoured Reality and many of the other calypsonians

Miss Montserrat 1965 Rose Willock accepts her award from the reigning calypso king Herman “Cupid” Francis at the Montserrat Festival 50 Awards Ceremony and Banquet on January 2, 2013 at the Cultural Centre. (A Wayne Fenton Photo)

Newly crowned Miss Montserrat Khadija Furlonge presents award to King Reality at Festival 50 Awards Ceremony and Banquet on January 2, 2013 at the Cultural Centre. (A Wayne Fenton Photo)

Justin “Hero” Cassell who won Montserrat’s Calypso crown a record ten times accepts his award at the Montserrat Festival 50 Awards Ceremony and Banquet on January 2, 2013 at the Cultural Centre. (A Wayne Fenton Photo)


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The Inaugural John Bassey Award for Commentary in Calypso

Teen Pageant 2012

The Inaugural John BasseyAward for Com-mentary in Calypso

The 50th anniversary of Montserrat’s Annual Christmas Festivaldubbed ‘Festival 50’,will see the first Annual John Bassey Award for the Best Social/Political Commentary in Calypso, in memory of late Chief Minister John Alfred Osborne, who was also very well-known by his nickname “JohnBassey”.

The announcement came in a press release issued on December 11, 2012, by Shirley Osborne, daughter of the late Chief Minister.

The release said, “The award will consist of a tro-phy and a financial award

which is intended to in-crease each year as the number and qual i ty of submissions increase.“

Shirley announced an-other award saying that “the winner, and possibly some of the other artists will also have the oppor-tunity to perform at each year’s “The Gift of The Gab” which will form part of the John Alfred Osborne Debates and Speaker Se-ries, the inaugural event of which will take place in May 2013.

She explained the deci-sion for the annual awards: “Politics and public speak-ing were two of the skills at which my father excelled, and both of these require knowledge, logic, analysis,

and self-confidence among other things, she said, add-ing, “calypso is an art-from as well as a formidable social commentary vehicle that requires the same set of skills.”

The decision was that “one of the best ways to honour our father’s mem-ory and make an ongoing contribution to Montserrat and its people, would be to provide opportunity for Montserratians to develop some of these skills, en-gage in and support their development in others, and enjoy the events in which these skills will be showcased for public en-joyment, uplift and infor-mation,” she informed.

She closed the release

Masquerade and Contestant No. 5 Akeila Clarke- Miss Mas.

The introductory dance was done by the New AlphaNew Al-pha Entertainment group from Antigua, who danced to a mixture of local and international music; Arrow’s Ohh Ooh La lalaSoca and

JovitaWhite; Miss Caribbean Cable Communications, Tiahna Howe.

Khadija Furlonge was a popu-lar choice with everyone. Under the Miss M.S Osbornesash she won four out of the six major segments of the pageant; best swimwear, best performing talent,

further explaining: “We chose his nickname for the calypso award because calypsonians always use a nickname, and because that award will be conferred mostly by the public, so we wanted to ensure that the process was not exces-sively formal.

“ T h e D e b a t e s a n d Speaker Series will also be a mix of formality and fun, with serious debates on im-portant issues, comedy and satire, as well as calypso,” Osborne also said.

Shirley Osborne deliv-ering one of the calyp-so awards during the Awards ceremony on January 2, 2013.

best eveningwear and a triple way tie along with Miss MONFEST Bingo Fan, JovitaWhite and Miss Caribbean Cable Communications, Tiahna Howe for best Introductory Speech.

First runner-up went to Miss MONFEST Bingo Fan, while the

Tabu’s TGIF made the mix. It was Scrappy’s Masquerader’sCome that saw aadditional group of dancers, the Montserrat junior masqueraders on stage.

The introductory speech was not a judged segment for the con-testant. The girls came out one at a time wearing a black short jumper

with a gold belt with beads, a feather head dress and accessories giving it a costume effect.

As the stage open to a scene set at a juice hut where the contes-tants were given their interview as they were handed a glass of juice which must have helped to calm and relax them. They were escorted by

a stilt walker. They were asked to put their hand a bag and pick out their question. The fi rst judged segment for the evening, was the question and answer. The contes-tants had to do research on part of festival they represented and do a presentation. Then for the casual wear segment, the contestants

were able to show the taste and style they would wear for a casual occasion. In the talent segment the contestants did a combination of drama, singing and dancing.

The fi nal segment was the evening gown wear. The girls were beautifully presented in evening gowns suitable for teenagers.

The segment winners were Best Interview -Miss Pan Van-iceTuitt. Best Research – Miss PageantryStavika Rodney. Best Talent – Miss SocalypsoDwaynifa Joseph. Best Casual Wear – Miss Pan VaniceTuit. Best Evening Wear – Miss SocalypsoDwaynifa

Joseph.Miss Congeniality and Miss

Photogenic – Miss Pan VaniceTuitt. 2nd Runner Up – Miss Pageantry – Stavika Rodney – 214 pts. 1st Runner Up – Miss SocalypsoD-waynifa Joseph – 219 pts. Winner Miss Teen Pageant – Miss Pan VaniceTuitt – 233pts.

The Winner was crowned by the re igning Miss Teen 2010,LoiseManzueta.

second runner up spot went to Miss St. Patricks Co-operation Credit Union, Charlene Sam.

Best costume and Best ques-tion and answer went to MONFEST Bingo Fan, JovitaWhite. While Miss Congeniality went to Miss Montserrat Utilities Limited, Mau-reen Madu.

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ORGANISATION OF EASTERN CARIBBEAN STATES

Consultancy Services

The Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) Secretariat with support from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), is seeking to procure consultancy services for the

“Oecs Juvenile Justice Reform Project Member State Legislative Review”

The Secretariat thus wishes to invite suitable individuals or firms to indicate their interest in providing the required services. Interested applicants are directed to obtain further details from the OECS website www.oecs.org or the following URL address: www.caricom.org ; www.eccaa.aero

ORGANISATION OF EASTERN CARIBBEAN STATES

Consultancy Services

The Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) Secretariat with support from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), is seeking to procure consultancy services for the

“Development of Member State National Strategies Towards the Reform of the Juvenile

Justice System”

The Secretariat thus wishes to invite suitable individuals or firms to indicate their interest in providing the required services. Interested applicants are directed to obtain further details from the OECS website www.oecs.org or the following URL address: www.caricom.org ; www.eccaa.aero

‘ Poverty barons’...cont’d. from page 2tax revenues in Afghanistan up from next to nothing to £2billion. If you want to get a good job done, you have to get people who know what they’re doing. Our profit margins are on the low side for consultancies.”

Mr Young, who paid himself a dividend of £800,000 in 2010, said ASI employed “low hundreds” of staff on DFID contracts. Most earned between £300 and £850 a day.

He said: “If you hire a plumber in London, you’re going to be pay-ing £1,000 a day, if not more.”

Not all the money paid by DFID stayed with ASI, Mr Young said. Much of it was passed to other suppliers.

Another development consul-tancy fi rm, Maxwell Stamp, was paid £16.4million by DFID in 2011 for projects including commu-nity legal services in Bangladesh and opposing child marriage in Ethiopia. Its highest-paid director earned at least £326,000, double his salary the year before.

Dozens of other staff of development consultancies sub-stantially funded by DFID pay themselves six-fi gure salaries. At Hertfordshire-based HTSPE, which got about a third of its turnover from DFID in 2011, the highest-

paid director is on £144,000. The company earned £12.1million from DFID in 2010/11, and is currently involved in the department’s nu-merous programmes. It is also paid by DFID to run policy development for the governments of Malawi and Nigeria.

Options Consultancy Ser-vices, a subsidiary of the abortion rights charity Marie Stopes, runs projects for DFID in India, Africa and Nepal. Its turnover in 2011 was £12.6million — about half of it from the British aid budget. Its highest-paid director earned £233,000.

Sussex-based Health Part-ners International collected £7mil-lion from DFID in 2010/11, more than half its turnover. Consultancy salaries are up to £133,500 a year.

At Oxford Policy Manage-ment, which runs DFID’s “oil sector transparency” initiative and several other programmes, the highest-paid director earned £125,000 in 2011, up 25 per cent in a year.

However, the company’s annual report warns that the Gov-ernment has “initiated effi ciency measures that may have an impact on the profi tability of the work available”.

Several of the best-paid consultants are former DFID of-fi cials who appear to have gained substantial increases in their personal wealth since leaving the department, even though they are still doing essentially the same work.

While almost all other depart-ments are cutting spending, minis-ters have committed to increases in DFID’s budget, which will rise by 35 per cent in real terms in the next three years, or more than £3billion a year.

Because it is cutting staff it is turning to consultants to deliver programmes, prompting concerns about value for money from MPs on the international development select committee.

“We question why the de-partment was paying consultants large amounts of public money in fees for development work,” the MPs said earlier this year.

Jo Johnson, a Conservative MP on the public accounts com-mittee, said DFID was having to “shovel money out of the door” to meet its spending target.

Matthew Sinclair, chief ex-ecutive of the TaxPayers’ Alliance, said: “This is further evidence that the department is failing to ensure that taxpayers’ cash is being spent

wisely. Ministers have insisted that they need more money to help the world’s poorest, but taxpayers will be appalled that hundreds of millions of pounds is being channelled to pricey consul-tancy fi rms.

“Spending these vast sums on consultants looks like a bad deal for the taxpayer.”

A DFID spokesman said:

“Taxpayers rightly expect DFID to monitor development and hu-manitarian programmes. That can involve using expert organisations to help ensure delivery and close oversight of the effectiveness of aid projects on the ground, which can often take place in remote or rural areas.

“Those organisations have won contracts to work for DFID

through a best value, competitive bid process.”

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Sir Dennis: Press serves society best when independent of political control

Abstract: by Clive BacchusSt. Kitts (WINN): President of

the Caribbean Court of Justice Sir Dennis Byron describes the role of the free press in a democracy as “not to be underestimated” and identifi es several similarities be-tween the best journalists and the best judges. Sir Dennis, former Chief Justice of the Eastern Ca-ribbean Supreme Court and two –term President of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda , is now leading efforts to enhance the performance of the CCJ which serves as the court of fi nal appeal for member states of CARICOM, and original jurisdiction for disputes

arising out of the Revised Treaty of Chaguaramas.

“As we forge a democratic society the role of the press can-not be underestimated…there are several similarities between the best journalists and the best judges- they have to share quali-

diligently and without fear and favour. They demand accountability they attack injustice and the abuse of power.”

Sir Dennis said like the judicia-ry, the press serves the society best when it is completely independent of political control or alliance.

ties of fair mindedness, honesty, balance and impartiality,” Sir Den-nis told close to 200 guests attending the 10th Anniversary Ball of the privately owned radio station WINN98.9 on St. Kitts. “They have to carry out their duties Si

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Piers Morgan tells Americans the Bible is ‘fl awed’

New home for CARICOM offi ces in Barbados



In the Estate JAMES CHRISTOPHER WILLIAM FAGAN aka JAMES A. FAGHAN, deceased

NOTICE is hereby given that after the expiration of fourteen (14) days from the date hereof Application will be made in the Registry of the High Court for a Grant of Probate to the estate of JAMES CHRISTOPHER WILLIAM FAGAN aka JAMES A. FAGHAN who died on the 25th. August 2010 be granted to MARY ELIZABETH FAGAN Executrix of the deceased.



Dated this 02 day of January, 2013




In the Estate WILLIAM DOWDY aka WILLIAM SEMPER, deceasedNOTICE is hereby given that after the expiration of fourteen (14) days from the date hereof Application will be made in the Registry of the High Court for Letters of Administration in the estate of WILLIAM DOWDY aka WILLIAM SEMPER late of Look out, Montserrat who died on the 06th December, 2012 be granted to WILFRED DOWDY aka WILFRED SEMPER brother and personal representative of the deceased.



Dated this 02 day of January, 2013


Comes after a petition to have h im deported after he criticised pro gun cam-paigners attracts more than 84,000 signaturesA second petition set up to make him stay 'as British do not want him'By Daily Mail Reporter

CNN host Piers Morgan has said he believes the Bible and the U.S. Constitution are 'inherently flawed' and that the Bible needs an amendment changing its stance on same-sex marriage.

T h e b o l d s t a t e m e n t s come days after the British journa l i s t d iv ided Amer ica with his strict stance on gun l aws fo l l ow ing the Sandy Hook massacre, even sparking e-petitions to deport him.

While interviewing Pas-tor Rick Warren on his CNN s h o w , h e s a i d : ' B o t h t h e Bib le and the Const i tut ion were we l l i n tent ioned but they are basically, inherently flawed. Hence, the need to amend it.'

Warren, who is against same-sex marr iage repl ied: 'Not a chance. What I believe is flawed is human opinion, be-cause it constantly changes.'

Outspoken: In an inter-

ter he upset Americans with his stance on guns, sparking petitions to deport him

Now a second petit ion on the White House website now insists he must stay in the US, not only because he has a constitutional right to free speech but also 'more important' because 'no one in the UK wants him back'

It is just the latest of Morgan 's outspoken op in -ions to be spotlighted after he o f fended thousands o f Americans with his anti-gun remarks.

He has demanded tighter U.S. gun laws following the Sandy Hook massacre and last week on Piers Morgan Tonight, he interviewed a gun advocate and called him an 'unbelievably stupid man'.

On December 21, a man in Texas launched a petition on the White House e-petition website demanding Morgan be deported immediately for 'exploiting his position as a national network television host to stage attacks against the rights of American citi-zens'.

T h e p e t i t i o n a c c u s e s Morgan of engaging in a 'hos-tile attack against the U.S. Constitution' by targeting the Second Amendment - the right to bear arms.

Anger : Peop le took to Twitter to lambast his latest remarks, adding to the voices who want him deported

It has already garnered more than 84,000 signatures - far exceeding the 25,000 sig-nature threshold required to get a White House response.

But Morgan seemed un-fazed by the effort to oust him.

(and he doesn’t think much of their US constitution either)

view with Pastor Rick Warren, Piers Morgan called the Bible 'flawed'

Opinionated: He said that the Bible should be amended to change its stance on gay rights

'But you and I know the Bible is, in many places, a f lawed document, ' Morgan continued. 'My point to you about gay rights for example - it's time for an amendment to the Bible. You should compile a new Bible.'

With Warren responding that he believes that the Bible reveals the truth - and the truth is never outdated - Mor-gan quipped: 'We’re going to agree to disagree on that.'

His remarks sparked an-ge r among conse rva t i ves , inc lud ing Paul Kengor , the execut i ve d i r ec to r o f The Center for Vision and Values at Grove City College.

'It's remarkable to watch secular liberals like Piers Mor-gan assume unto themselves the extraordinary authority to divine what in the Bible is true and what is not, what is flawed and what is not, and where certain "amendments" supposedly need to occur,' he told Fox News.

Movement: It comes af-

In a ser ies of Twitter messages, he urged his fol-lowers to sign the petit ion and in response to one article about the petition even said: 'Bring it on'.

He wrote: ' I f I do get deported from America for wanting fewer gun murders, are there any other countries that will have me?'

BARBADOS - New facilities for two sections of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat, as well as a Regional institution, all based in Bridgetown, Barbados, were offi cially opened on Monday by the Hon. Freundel Stuart, Prime Minister of Barbados.

The two sections of the Sec-retariat – the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME) Unit and the Offi ce of Trade Negotia-tions (OTN) – and the CARICOM Development Fund (CDF) previously were housed in different locations. They now have a permanent home in Mall Internationale, Haggatt Hall, St. Michael.

Speaking at the opening of the new offi ces, Ambassador Irwin LaRocque, CARICOM Secretary-General, expressed gratitude to Prime Minister Stuart, the Govern-ment and people of Barbados.

“The two CARICOM Secre-tariat sections and the CDF have had separate homes. However, over the years, the Government of Barbados has steadfastly worked to ensure that they have been equipped with the resources nec-essary to undertake their tasks while at the same time bringing to bear considerable energy in help-ing to acquire common and more permanent premises. The provision of these modern facilities is testa-

ment to the fruits of that labour,” the Secretary-General said.

He added that the develop-ment refl ected not only Barbados’ lead responsibility for the realisation of the Single Market and Economy, but its fi rm commitment to Regional integration and development.

The Secretary-General re-ferred to staff members’ adaptation to the new environment as well as to the adaptation by the Secretariat and the Community to current chal-lenges. He said that the opening of the new offi ces should signal that the Secretariat and the Community had begun to transform and that there was recognition of the sense of urgency which needed to be infused into the integration process and the Region’s development.

“In these times, transforma-tion and reform are inevitable, and necessary. Indeed, the people of the Region have demanded that the Secretariat and the Community transform the effi ciency and effec-tiveness of our service delivery.

“We have been compelled to confront the expectations of the people of the Region to make a real and meaningful impact on their lives. Whether it is through the implementation of the CARICOM Single Market and Economy, the negotiation of trade agreements, or the provision of development

support for the Less Developed Countries (LDC) of the Community, the main focus and benefi ciaries of our efforts must be the people of our Community,” he pointed out.

He added that the consolida-tion of the offi ces in the shared facilities was indicative of a wider initiative “upon which we have embarked towards the improve-ment of the administration and governance of the Secretariat and all Community institutions.

“The newly arranged prox-imity of these sections of the Secretariat and the CDF, physical and otherwise, is intended to improve the linkages and coordina-tion between them and to advance efficiencies in the discharge of their critically related tasks and responsibilities within the Com-munity,” he said.

Ambassador Irwin LaRocque


President of the United States, Barack Obama

House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio)

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JUS WONDERINJus wonderin how many people will

not make the effort because they do not have computer or access to computer, or simply do not take the trouble to go to the “Government website” to see who the Festival 50 awardees were.

Jus wonderin if all those people de-serve to suffer and be starved of the infor-mation because they do not have computers or cannot afford to own a computer and pay for the internet or smart phone access fees to get the information government is obligated to provide to them.

Jus wonderin how many people will admit that even with access to computer they for any number of reasons including health prefer not to use the computer.

Jus wonderin how pure the motive or the ignorance and understanding the tech-nology of communication and dissemina-tion of information.

Jus wonderin if the Governor and his

government always need to be reminded of the requirement for EIAs of everything that they would like to see happen or not happen in Montserrat.

Jus wandering if is hard times so hard that even baby nah born.

Jus wonderin if the governor’s offi ce is fronting for DFID

Jus wonderin why governor offi ce say it close wid the door is open and no one in site answerin or present.

Jus wonderIn why de returnin calypso man made it all de way to de calypso fi nals singing party song.

Jus wonderin why dem no say de disappointing comments and only sayin de good ones and call dem ‘rave reviews’.

Jus wonderin if it is true that the outsourcing of the school bus and feeding program at the schools have brought severe hardships on the less unfortunates.

Jus wonderin if this is wickedness.

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Fiscal Clif f deal forged in flur ry of final talks

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — They

had 80 hours to finish or fail.Stuck in a “fiscal cliff”

stalemate, trust nearing tatters, President Barack Obama and Senate Republicans changed the game after Christmas. It took the rekindling of an old friend-ship between Vice President Joe Biden and GOP Sen. Mitch McCo-nnell, an extraordinary flurry of secret offers, a pre-dawn Senate vote on New Year’s Day and the legislative muscling that defines Washington on deadline.

The House, despite Re-publican resistance, passed the Senate bill late Tuesday, sending the measure to Obama for his signature.

How the final days of pri-vate negotiations pulled the country back from the precipice of the fiscal cliff marked a rare moment of bipartisanship for a divided government. Several officials familiar with talks re-quested anonymity to discuss them because they were not

authorized to discuss the private details publicly.

Obama, having cut short his Christmas vacation in Ha-waii, huddled with congressional leaders Friday afternoon at the White House. Talks between the president and House Speaker John Boehner had failed, so Obama put the fate of the fiscal cliff in the hands of McConnell and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid.

McConnell made the first move. The Kentucky Republican proposed a plan late Friday night that would extend tax cuts expir-ing Jan. 1 on family income up to $750,000 a year, according to officials. He also wanted to keep tax rates on wealthy estates at 35 percent, slow the growth of Social Security cost-of-living in-creases, and pay for an offset of the sequester — Congress’s term for across-the-board spending cuts __ by means-testing Medi-care. His offer did not include the extension of unemployment benefits Obama had demanded.

Democrats balked and be-gan preparing a counteroffer. It called for extending tax cuts for family income up to $350,000, a concession from Obama’s cam-paign pledge to cap the threshold at $250,000. The Democratic leader also insisted that any deal include a way to deal with the sequester, plus an extension of the jobless benefits for 2 million Americans. Vice President Joseph Biden

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky)

The negot iat ing teams traded ideas back and forth on a wintry Saturday. Shortly be-fore 7 p.m., McConnell presented another offer. He dropped the tax cut threshold to $550,000, put the sequester on the table, and offered a one-year extension of the jobless benefits as long as they were paid for through Social Security savings.

Rather than make a coun-teroffer, the Senate Democratic negotiating team said it was going home for the night. They

spending cuts were due to kick in — but still had nothing new to present to McConnell.

Reid’s inaction, officials said, was due in part to Mc-Connell’s insistence on keeping the tax cut threshold above $500,000, a level Obama re-fused to agree to.

A frustrated McConnell felt he had one last option. He called Biden, his longtime Senate col-league and frequent negotiating partner, and implored him to step in. Seeking to up the pressure on the White House, McConnell publicly announced that he was reaching out to Biden during remarks from the Senate floor during the rare Sunday session.

Until this late stage, Biden had played a secondary role in the “fiscal cliff” talks. He spent Saturday at his home in Wilm-ington, Del., and was planning to travel to the Caribbean island of St. Croix with his family for the New Year’s holiday.

Obama and Re id bo th

and any delay must be offset through a combination of spend-ing cuts and revenue increases. And Obama demanded that the jobless benefits be extended for one year without a way to make up the $30 billion cost.

Shortly after midnight, Biden had McConnell’s consent on nearly all of the outstand-ing issues. Only the sequester was unresolved, though both men were open to a plan that called for a separate vote on the sequester, pending Reid’s consent.

The president, vice presi-dent and senior staff met in the Oval Office until 2 a.m. to talk through the final details. Obama’s legislative director, Rob Nabors, then headed to Capitol Hill to join Senate negotiators in drafting the outlines of a bill that could be moved on quickly Monday.

Nabors worked continuous-ly throughout the final stages, stopping at home only to change

reconvened Sunday morning — less than two days before the combination of tax hikes and

agreed that Biden, a 36-year veteran of the Senate, should take the lead. And once he did, negotiations with McConnell rapidly accelerated.

Around 8 p.m. Sunday, Obama, Biden and staffers met

in the Oval Office to discuss what the vice president would deliver to McConnell as the administra-tion’s final offer.

The president set the upper limit for the tax cut exten-sion at family income of $450,000. The sequester must be dealt with, he said,

his shirt after leaving the Capitol and before heading to the White House before 7 a.m. Monday.

By then, the White House had spoken to Reid, who rejected the notion of holding a separate sequester vote. Biden broke the news to McConnell in a pre-dawn phone call.

The sequester remained the sticking point throughout Monday, with Biden trading proposals with McConnell’s of-fice for much of the day. By early evening, discussions coalesced around delaying the automatic spending cuts by two months and paying for the move through a combination of new spending cuts and revenue increases. A hiccup over the estate tax was also resolved.

Shortly before 9 p.m., with three hours until the deadline, Biden and McConnell agreed to the final deal. After Obama called Reid and Pelosi to get their sign-off, the vice president headed up to Capitol Hill to sell the bill to Senate Democrats.

Lawmakers and staff rang in the new year in cramped of-fices in the West Wing and on Capitol Hill, surrounded by empty pizza boxes and the stray bottle of cheap champagne.

Midnight also marked the moment the government techni-cally went over the “fiscal cliff,” although financial markets were closed Tuesday for the holiday. But optimism ran high on both ends of Pennsylvania Avenue that the impact would be negli-gible. The Senate overwhelming approved the Biden-McConnell deal in the early hours of Tues-day morning and sent the bill to the House for final approval.

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