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VOL. 8, NO. 21 November 5, 2014 Website: www.caribbeangraphic.ca Tel: 905.831-4402 Fax: 416.292.2943 Email: [email protected]

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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

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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-

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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

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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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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.

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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

your home and the thought ofany additional cost that is notmandatory may seem unreason-able and this is understandable.For the record in Ontario, Title Insur-

ance is not always required/mandatory.

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

shed or deck in the backyard is actually

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