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cards were available at the Festival in denominations of $6, $20 and $25. Digicels Top Up service from Canada to Guyana, Jamaica, Haiti and other Caribbean countries
is also now available at hundreds of Caribbeanowned community stores across the GTA, including Bramptons ASA Meats, Charlies West Indian and Niceys.
Community
Over two hundred guests attended the June 22 Evening With Guyanas Cricketing Heroes Gala, that was held at the Markham Hilton Suites Hotel. Unfortunately only two of the five Guyanese and West Indian cricketers that were being honored managed to actually make it to the Gala. Basil Butcher and Lance Gibbs were present, but the other award recipients, Stephen Camacho, Clive Lloyd and Joe Soloman were all unable to attend. A sixth award was presented posthumously to Roy Fredericks, the former Guyanese and West Indies opening batsman. Guyanas President Donald Ramotar took time from his hectic Canadian tour schedule to attend the Gala and present the Awards to Butcher and Gibbs. The awards were presented as tokens of appreciation for the cricketers respective outstanding performances, while representing Guyana and the West Indies. Highlights of the honored cricketers respective careers were presented by Ian McDonald (Clive Lloyd), Tony McWatt (Stephen Camacho and Lance Gibbs), Frank Bettencourt, (Roy Fredericks) and Kenty Khan (Joe Soloman). Longstanding Guyanese Dramatist and storyteller Ken Corsbie had the attendees in constant stitches, with humorous recollections of his boyhood daysgrowing up in Guyana. Canadian-
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Caribbean Graphics Advertisng Manager Lyn Balram is roseended by cricketing Award recipients Basil Butcher and Lance Gibbs.
based Guyanese-born calypsonian The Crooner also entertained the audience with renditions of his self written calypsos. Music for dancing was provided by the Bing Serrao led Ramblers.
Proceeds from the $125 plate Gala were in aid of the Guyana Mercy Hospital Rebuilding Fund. The hospital was severely damaged by fire in 2010.
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Caribbean Jewel
Melanie:
Lovely Melanie is a talented individual who is very much involved in the Caribbean community. She has been involved in making mas and modeling costumes for Caribana since she was 14. This year marks her debut as a Section Leader with Blues Carnival Fusion.
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Caribbean Perspective
URGENT NEED TO RESTORE CREDITIBILITY TO CARICOM
Caribbean Community Heads of Government at their annual summit in St. Lucia early next month need to move forward with recommendations to address the weakened nerve centre of the integration movement, the CARICOM Secretariat, put firm governance arrangements in place and begin implementing a five-year year development plan if they are to restore some credibility to CARICOM. Outgoing CARICOM Chairman, Surinames President Desi Bouterse, was optimistic at the start of his tenure as Chairman that 2012 would be a year of change. He will hopefully persuade his colleagues to make this a reality by taking urgent action on a number of fronts instead of the usual slow motion approach. Caribbean leaders also need to show in a tangible way that steps are being taken to move ahead with the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME) and that obstacles to freedom of movement within the region are removed by all fifteen member states once and for all. For this year, there have been many storm clouds with insufficient attention being paid to strategies to cushion the effects of the global financial crisis on the region including the current debt crisis in the Eurozone and social issues such as visible measures to stem the continuing brazen criminal activities in some Member States. Over the past few months, the ill-advised and unfortunate call by the Opposition Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) for Jamaica to pull out of CARICOM and the trade dispute between Trinidad and Tobago and its sister CARICOM States Jamaica and Barbados have brought added strain to an already shaky integration movement. No one who has followed Jamaican politics can be surprised at the antics of the JLP and it is widely known that the ruling Peoples National Party (PNP) has always been more pro-Caribbean. As for the trade spat involving Trinidad and Tobago, that countrys Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar needs to ensure that there is a level playing field when it comes to intra-regional trade. It is challenging for Caribbean countries to compete with a country whose cost of production is much less than its CARICOM partners due to the significantly lower energy costs in the oil-rich Republic. When non-tariff barriers are erected, it further aggravates producers in the affected countries, leading sometimes to damaging tit-for-tat policies. At next months Summit of CARICOM Sandra Ann leaders, there will be a focus on issues identified by Landell Mills Consultants who confirmed just how ailing the integration movement is and how much medicine, commitment and vision is needed to ensure that the regional grouping recovers. Hopefully, as planned at the February meeting of the Heads of Government in St. Kitts and Nevis, a Change Facilitator has been recruited to assist CARICOM Secretary-General Irwin la Rocque with the process of restructuring the Secretariat in accordance with the recommendations of the Mills Report, produced in January this year by three consultants Justice Duke Pollard, management consultant Richard Stoneman and financial expert Hugo Inniss. The CARICOM Bureau was expected to conduct a parallel exercise, working with an internal group from the Secretariat to facilitate improving regional governance and implementation and submit a Strategic Plan for consideration in St. Lucia. Thankfully, the Mills report threw cold water on the proposal by the CARICOM leaders to set up a permanent Committee of CARICOM Ambassadors as the main solution for the governance issues. The report did say such a committee could lend informal support by providing advice to the Secretary General and play a troubleshooting and coordinating role in their own countries. The Heads of Government ought to refresh themselves with the observations outlined in the report titled Turning Around CARICOM: Proposals to Restructure the CARICOM Secretariat. The report highlighted a plethora of deficiencies, chief among these the weakening of the Secretariat, including its lack or direction, outdated communication methods, and the absence of priorities and vision. The report identified three main requirements for the survival and recovery of CARICOM: the full and equivocal support of Member States; targeting the delivery of a narrow range of specific, practical and achievable benefits in a reasonable short time span; and a credible reorganisation and strengthening of the Secretariat and CARICOM institutions focused on the management of implementation. The report noted that around 25 per cent of senior level posts at the Secretariat are currently unfilled, with key vacancies in pivotal areas. The organisation needs an infusion of new blood, bringing new approaches and ideas, particularly at the senior levels, the report stated, adding that the Secretariat needs many more managers since very few staff had management training or showed leadership skills. It concluded that the vision of CARICOM needs to be updated to reflect todays world. It also observed that specific proposals are developed on a piecemeal basis and that there is no policy making in the think-thank sense. A lack of serious economic and financial evaluation means that mandated policy initiatives have little or no chance of even becoming reality, the report added. It also suggested that the format of annual meetings of Heads of Government, with the pomp, ceremony and lengthy speeches should be replaced with discussions in caucus and abandon all the frippery, expense and wasted time. It also advocated regular smaller meetings with more use of video-conferencing. The Mills report also said a fundamental improvement in relations with the private sector is long overdue. Instead of annual meetings with private sector organizations, the Mills report called for the CARICOM leaders to have direct dialogue with leading figures in the business community in the region. The Heads of Government were also advised to work more closely with the business community to promote investment to the Caribbean. The observation in the report that no one organization is truly representative of the regions private sector is a loud signal to the Caribbean business community and particularly the Caribbean Association of Industry and Commerce (CAIC) to get its act together. Indeed, it is both the regions government and private sector organisations that are in dire need of a major overhaul. (Sandra Ann Baptiste is a business consultant and Specialist in Caribbean Affairs).
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Having always had close cricketing ties with both of those esteemed gentlemen, it was indeed and honor for me to recapture for the audience some of the highlights of their outstanding achievements for Guyana and the West Indies. The presence in the audience of the likes of Steve Camachos brother Ian and his lovely wife Michelle, the Fisher brothers Mark and Nigel and their respective adorable wives Marje and Kim, as well as Ritchie Seymour, all of whom I have known since forever back in Guyana, made the evening that more special. As icing to that already delicious cake, Jeewan Darshanand and his wife Ann Clarke, two of my most treasured college mates from University of Torontos Scarborough Campus, were also seated at our table. So too were Bart Singh and his wife Jan. Bart and I had served together at the Ontario Cricket Association during its glory days back in the nineties. He was the Associations very competent Treasurer and I its Executive Director. For me it was therefore a very special and memorable evening indeed. On the following day, Saturday June 24th, Markhams Civic Centre served as venue for the Annual Guyana Independence Festival for the very first time. Since its inception, years ago in the nineties, the Festival had previously been held at Scarboroughs Lamoreaux Community Center. The change of venue to more remote, far less accessible Markham Civic Centre, unfortunately adversely affected the attendance. By my admittedly very unscientific estimation there were in the end only just about one third of the fifteen to twentyfive thousand who customarily attended the Festival in previous years. Despite its reduced attendance, the Markham Festival was however superbly organized. The far more spacious venue allowed all of the events impressive collection of sponsors to have their booths in the same area. It was much easier for attendees to access the booths and the crowding and congestion that had characterized the event at Lamoreaux was thankfully eliminated.
The venue also facilitated the staging of the Cultural Show, the Softball Cricket and the Dominoes Tournament, the Festivals three cornerstone activities within very close proximity of each other. The only thing lacking this year was the absence of the ever popular Bar area. Consul General Sattie Sawh and her cadre of volunteers, all of whom did such an excellent job managing this years Festival will undoubtedly want to seek to correct that omission for next year. Guyanas President Donald Ramotar certainly seemed to enjoy the Festival. He was absolutely in his political element during his walkabout, stopping at each and every booth to pose for photos and chat with the respective event staffers. Throughout his walkabout he was incessantly shadowed, almost comically, by his self-appointed photographer for the day, the Caribbean Cameras Gerald Paul. One can only wonder what Eyes will ever do with the literally hundreds of shots he took of the President at the Festival. On what was a very commendable display of Guyanese-Canadian community spirit over the weekend, the only blemish was the choice made by the Coconuts Restaurant and its management to stage their own Guyana Day events, in direct competition to the Independence Festival. With so many other weekends available throughout the year, their choice of June 23-24 for their own festivities was in very poor taste indeed. Having now been staged for years during third weekend in June as the Guyanese-Canadian Communitys official celebration of their countrys Independence the Festival deserved far more respect than accorded by the folks at Coconuts. Shame on you, Kishore. Notwithstanding that unfortunate demonstration of a lack of community spirit, it was nevertheless and outstanding weekend of displayed pride for the Guyanese Canadian community. Kudos to all who contributed to making it so.
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shortly in the Journal of Development Studies, on Climate Change and the Future of Caribbean Development, Matthew Bishop and Anthony Payne point out that small states are the least contributors to pollution and that they need help not with mitigation (reduction of domestic emissions) but with adaptation (establishing policies and infrastructure to cope with the effects of climate change). But such limited sums as have been made available are open to all developing countries. Small island developing countries have limited advocacy capacity to help them gain a slice of what is still a relatively meagre pie; there is no mechanism in place to ascertain which states are most in need of adaptation finance; and the vast majority of the money (all but approximately US$250 million) is being channelled through either the World Bank or Western NGOs and donor agencies, rather than the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), itself the most appropriate institution to make this and other key decisions about adaptation financing. Of the Caribbean countries, Barbados has invested resources and is one of the few countries in the Western Hemisphere to develop and implement a national policy for sustainable development. But, for all Caribbean countries, however good their national programmes, a regional response is necessary through empowered joint machinery to negotiate financing for the region. As Bishop and Payne put it: If Caribbean states and societies can develop a range of original and compelling approaches to the issue (as, in some respects, they have been seeking to do both individually and collectively), they may be able to help shift the nature of those structures a little further in the direction of a creative response. Rio+20 was not a turning point for a better future for the planet. But, at least, it was not a turning back. The Caribbean should now take advantage of the continued stated commitment to sustainable development (meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs) to ensure that, collectively, it gains access to the funding for adaptation it urgently needs. No one country can do it alone. (The writer is a Consultant and former Caribbean diplomat) Responses and previous commentaries: www.sirronaldsanders.com
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Caribbean Destinations
Nevis is an island in the Caribbean Sea. It is located near the northern end of the Lesser Antilles archipelago about 350 km east-southeast of Puerto Rico and 80 km west of Antigua. The 93 km island is part
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Nevis is special, a place that will seduce you, and tug at your heart strings after you leave. Like they say on Nevis: Youre only a stranger here once.
of the inner arc of the Leeward Islands chain of the West Indies. The capital of Nevis is Charlestown. Nevis and the island of Saint Kitts to the northwest form the Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis The two islands are separated by a shallow two-mile (3.22 km) channel known as The Narrows. Nevis
is conical in shape with a volcanic peak known as Nevis Peak at its center. The island is fringed on its western and northern coastlines by sandy beaches that are com-
posed of a mixture of white coral sand with brown and black sand which was eroded and washed down from the volcanic rocks that make up the island. The gently-sloping coastal plain (0.6 miles/1 km wide) has natural freshwater springs as well as nonpotable volcanic hot springs especially along the western coast. Nevis has natural vegetation that is unparalleled. The name, Nevis, is derived from the Spanish, Nuestra Seora de las Nieves , which means Our Lady of the Snows ; The name first appears on maps in the 16th century. Nevis is also known by the sobriquet
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Barbados Beat
However, some skepticism remains as to whether this new technology will be any more effective. Officials told the LA Times the Predator has not proven particularly successful at detecting small boats on the open sea. The technology being deployed in monitoring drug trafficking routes over the Bahamas border agents reported used a special variation of the Predator B UAV known as The Guardian. The UAV was equipped with a SeaVue radar system that is capable of scanning large areas of open water. The Guardian is able to check a ships unique radio pulse through a database which can identify the boats owner and ship type.
ers Unions (BWU) hotel lead negotiator LeVere Richards, made it clear that current staff would be carrying over the years spent with the company and that no one would be severed.
Party Problems
BRIDGETOWN, The heavy partying and feteing Barbadians enjoyed during the 2011 Crop Over season may be significantly reduced this year and not for financial, planning or religious reasons. Its simply because party promoters are having problems obtaining the necessary licenses to hold the weekday and weekend parties and limes. Some party promoters have already been refused entertainment licenses for the year and they are hopping mad! A note circulated to the promoters said: The limitations imposed by this new system not only affect our businesses but also the social pulse of the island. Anderson Connell, president of Party Animalz, said an application to hold his annual limes at the Boardwalk in Bridgetown on Tuesday nights had been turned down by the Town and Country Planning Department. I dont understand why we were turned down . . . . We held our parties there last year and it wasnt a problem. Now this year we have been turned down. They said that the Boardwalk is a pedestrian crossing. They want us to submit a plan just like if you are submitting a plan for a house and by the time that is approved Crop Over would be finished, Connell said
According to the 2012 BIBA annual report, the bulk of the contribution came from salaries and wages, legal fees, hotel accommodation and administrative expenses, which totaled $666.44 million two years ago. More importantly, the BIBA committee revealed that about 4 106 people mainly professionals were employed in the sector, earning some of the highest salaries on the island. (GE)
Budget Hope
BRIDGETOWN, Minister of Finance Chris Sinckler was on June 26 scheduled to deliver his third and most eagerly anticipated Budgetary Proposals since being appointed to the position in September 2010 by late Prime Minister David Thompson weeks before his death. With the country still fighting off the effects of a global economic slowdown that has hit hard Barbados main trading partners; the eagle eyes of two international rating agencies monitoring developments in the country; a hungry Opposition party; and a general election looming, what Sinckler delivers will be important on several fronts. Barbados Chamber of Commerce & Industry President Lalu Vaswani has asked Sinckler to use whatever methods he has at his disposal to put more money in the hands of
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consumers. He pointed out that many of the austere measures in the 2010 Budget had restricted consumer spending and had dampened activity in a consumer-driven economy.
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aircraft. So there is no inability to continue with regular maintenance of our aircraft in compliance with both ECCAA and the manufacturers requirements, Alexander added. As it relates to maintenance records which were destroyed in the fire, the Director of Maintenance said LIATs maintenance records are in fact digitally recorded on a network server. The maintenance records which were destroyed were hard copy, mainly of a historic nature, that would not normally have been referenced on a daily basis to ensure continued airworthiness, Alexander said. We are currently working, with assistance from the aircraft and power plant manufacturers, to reconstruct the historical records, he added.
additions will be a little different: All new cottages are going to be more spacious with outdoor living day beds and hammocks in the patios. Additional enhancements will be evident in the bathrooms which she says will feature outdoor rain forest showers with luxurious fittings. Scheduled to be unveiled by the start of the winter season in December, the room additions will be accompanied by added touches to the common areas. We are creating a larger and more comfortable lobby and reception area in the Great Estate house to include a library and Wi-Fi area for our guests. We are also refurbishing and upgrading our restaurants and kitchen to accommodate these changes.
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tination. He made a proposition, as well, for the two sides to explore ways of integrating their people, and marketing Guyana so that those from India can use Guyana as a place for vacation and a transit point to other countries, like Suriname and Brazil. Guyana and India will also work on advancing Guyanas eco-tourism products, as according to Ali, this country has the raw materials but needs expertise to build what is required. About the business aspect, Ali suggested that Guyana can be a major call centre, due to the fact that it is close to North America, and is strategically located for such a feasible initiative. With regard to housing and water, for which he is also responsible, the minister lobbied for technical assistance to find new opportunities and new areas that can be expanded, and create a city outside of Georgetown.
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Teacher Mourned
MONTEGO BAY, Students and staff of the Harrison Memorial High School in St James have been receiving counseling as they try to come to terms with the brutal slaying of one of their teachers. Thirtyseven- year-old Tania Lowe was stabbed to death at her home in Pitfour, on the evening of June 23, shortly after she arrived home from church. Her attacker remains at large. Neighbors reportedly heard loud screams coming from Lowes premises and her body was later found lying in a pool of blood on her lawn with a stab wound to the left side of her neck. The gruesome murder has left the entire community, the school, as well the Harrison Seventh-day Adventist Church in Catherine Hall, where she worshipped, in mourning. Vice-Principal at the school, Winsome Willis, told local reporters that guidance counselors from the Ministry of Education along with counselors from the Mount Alvernia and St James High schools had
Busy Signal tion hearing. The cocaine charges still exist, but because of extradition treaties, any future prosecution on those counts would have to be worked out between the Jamaican and US governments. Gordons attorney, Bill Mauzy, said in court that the US doesnt have jurisdiction to prosecute Gordon on the drug charges.
been offering support to the students at this difficult time. Willis, who worked with Lowe for over 17 years, described the deceased as the kind of teacher that you could ask to do anything. She taught geography, social studies, Spanish and music. We also asked her if she could work in the library, and she gladly did them all at the same time. She also worked part time for a number of years as assistant registrar. She was just a very versatile person, always pleasant and so willing to help in any way she could, Willis recalled. Lowe was the kind of teacher that any school would grab, she added, emphasizing that Harrison Memorial has suffered a great loss. Parents, students and past students are grief-stricken and devastated. No one can ever replace Tania; she will be terribly missed, said Willis. The police are yet to establish a motive for the killing.
KINGSTON, Amidst cheers of approval, student Deanna Robbins was crowned Miss Jamaica World 50 inside the ballroom of the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel in St Andrew on June 23. A crowd favorite throughout
the evenings presentation, the 21-year-old seemed shocked when her name was called as the new queen edging out 19 other beauties. Robbins will be representing Jamaica at Miss World in Inner Mongolia, China, on August 18. In her first media interview as Miss Jamaica World 50, Robbins, still sitting on the coronation throne, struggled to find the words to describe the moment. Im speechless, she told reporters, still shaking from the mix of nervousness and joy. This has been such a great journey and I can see so much growth in myself... I am truly proud of this win, she continued.
to the finish as all the contestants took to the stage with poise during the swimwear and evening wear segments. They all held their own during the dreaded interview segment. At the end of the night, second place went to the immensely-popular 24-year-old registered nurse Trishauna Clarke, while the statuesque Rashida Beckford took the third spot. Shona Bewley was fourth and Lauren McKay completed the top 5. The Top 10 finalists were completed by Adrianna Bryan, Kelly-Ann Diedrick, Chevell Powell, Claudiann Berry and Lauren McClure.
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Cabinet Reshuffled
Port-Of-Spain - Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar has made good on her May 24 promise to Trinidadians that she was going to carry out a reconfiguration of her Cabinet. Shortly before 8 p.m. on Friday, June 22, the Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister announced her major shifts in responsibilities and portfolios [in order] to get the most out of the best fit possible, she read from her prepared statement. Her shifts saw the exit of outgoing Minister impatient for great achievements, but ever conscious of the correct procedures. The new Cabinet was announced as follows: Minister of National Security - Jack Warner, M.P; Minister in the Ministry of National Security- Collin Partap, M.P; Minister of Legal Affairs - Prakash Ramadhar, M.P; Attorney General -Senator Anand Ramlogan; Minister of the People and Social Development - Dr. Glenn Ramadharsingh, M.P; Minister in the Ministry of the People
New over sized cabinet shortly after the swearing-in of new ministers at Knowsley building, Queens Park West, Port of Spain. Questioned on the cost to the taxpayers of this larger Cabinet, the Prime Minister said: There are so many issues to deal with. I do believe the composition of the Cabinet as it stands is better poised for greater delivery, greater performance and implementation.
Mother Of 4 Jailed
Port-Of-Spain, A single mother of four, who admitted in court o burning the hand of her eight-year-old daughter, has been sent to prison for three years. Kamla Ramcharan, 29, was given the sentence despite an appeal by her attorney who said his client was struggling to make ends meet without the help of the father, and had burned the child because she had allegedly stolen money at school for a third time. However, in imposing the prison term, Chaguanas Magistrate Gillian David-Scotland told the woman: That is a heinous way to punish a child. This child you give birth to, this child is innocent. She did not ask to come here. What interactions you have with her father have nothing to do with the child. Ramcharan, wept as the charge of assault
occasioning actual bodily harm was read in court. The maximum penalty for the offence is five years in prison. According to the charge, on June 16, at Ramcharans Railway Road, Longdenville home, Ramcharan held the childs hand on a hot tawah, a circular flat iron skillet used to make roti. The court prosecutor, Sgt Jackman, said a teacher at the Montrose Vedic Primary School had called Ramcharan from the Montrose Vedic School and informed her that the child had allegedly stolen money from a classmate. He said Ramcharan later went to the school and took her daughter home. In a statement given to police by Ramcharan, the mother said the girl denied stealing money.
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Home Affairs
Contracts
According to the dictionary, a contract is: An agreement between two or more persons which creates an obligation to do or not to do a particular thing In order for the agreement to be valid and enforceable, there are some prerequisites. Firstly, the parties entering into the agreement must be over the age of majority. In other words, the law recognizes that minors would not be competent to form binding legal obligations. Secondly, the parties entering into the agreement must have what is commonly referred to as a meeting of the minds. Essentially, the parties must have a common intention with respect to the subject matter. Furthermore,
the common intention must be to create a legal obligation. Thirdly, in order to be valid, Selwyn R. something of value must move from one party to the next. The Courts refer to this something of value as consideration. It is important to note that the consideration or thing of value need not necessarily be money. The Courts have recognized and stipulated that the consideration or thing of value can be something as small as a lollipop. Finally, in order to create a valid contract, the parties must enter into the agreement voluntarily. A common example where voluntariness would be lacking is where indivuals are invited to a sales seminar and promised a gift for attending. Upon attend-
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ing the person is locked into a room and the product is displayed, they are not given a gift nor are they allowed to leave until they have agreed to buy the product, which is aggressively marketed by sales people. In such cases one may feel constrained or compelled to sign on the dotted line. If you find yourself in this position, this contract may be questionable, so it might be advisable to see a lawyer. Does a contract have to be in writing to be valid? It is a common misconception that a contract must be in writing in order to be valid. Oral contracts are valid and enforceable. For obvious reasons a written contract is easier to prove in a Court in the event of a dispute. Furthermore, a written contract will leave less room for confusion and ambiguity. In the event that one party breaches a contract the other partys remedy is to seek
monetary compensation or what is commonly referred to as damages. In some cases money will not suffice. For instance, assume you are in the market to buy an exotic car; you have a collection of such cars but not a Porsche 959. You locate one and enter into an agreement to purchaser it. You pay a deposit but before delivery, the seller changes his mind. In such a case, the Court can order the seller to complete the transaction and sell you the car. Selwyn R. Baboolal in a partner at Oumarally Baboolal practicing in the area of litigation for the past 18 years. This is intended for information purposes only and you should consult a lawyer if you need legal representatation or a legal opinion.
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Halle Berrys Spiky Pixie Haircut There have been other every-which-way haircuts before and since, but none quite this amazing Slicked Back To get a smooth finish to the slicked back look, the secret is to rinse the hair
Dreadlocks, Cool and beautifulwhats not to love? hair with the fingers. Comb the hair with a to redefine the curls. Straight hair can be wide-tooth comb first to ensure there are no misted with a touch of shine enhancer and tangles, then switch to finer toothed combs to further smooth and define the styling. Big Volume Whether your hair is a medusas nest of snaky curls or sleek and straight, you can pump up the volume in your hair by approaching the problem upside down. Thats right, after shampooing and conditioning, apply some styling gel to the scalp ends of
Subtle Layers Cutting hair in gently cascading tiers breaks up a mass of hair and gives lift and bounce with warm water (as hot as can be tolerated) for a few minutes prior to applying the styling product. The application of heat and moisture will break the physical side bonds in the hair and allow it to be combed smooth and flat. All but the curliest of hair can be made to lie smooth and straight along the curve of the scalp. The styling product should be applied use a strong hold styling gel for maximum control and massage it through the
The High Bun A classic style that was reinvigorated in the 00s the hair and massage it through the hair to distribute it. Comb through the hair with a wide-tooth comb to evenly distribute the product then flip your head over. Dry the hair using your blow dryer on low heat setting or with a diffuser attachment. Start at the scalp and be sure to hold the hair out from the head to get maximum lift at the root ends of the hair. Continue to dry the remaining length of the hair until the hair is halfway dry along the shaft, at which point you can upright your head and finish drying the hair as desired. If you have curly hair you may need to lightly mist the hair with a styling spritz, spray gel or hair spray and scrunch the hair
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Sports Beat
Ace Trinidad and Tobago cyclist Njisane Phillip retained the US Grand Prix of Sprinting match sprint crown on June 24 in Colorado Springs, Colorado, after a blistering performance. Phillip pedaled to a new national and Pan American record in the Flying 200 metres event, clocking 9.775, the fourth best time overall as three GermansRobert Forstemann, Stefan Nimke, and Rene Enders in that orderall eclipsed the time. Forstemanns winning time was 9.652. However, Phillip was the overall winner, repeating his victory of a year ago. The three Germans pulled out of the late rounds of the competition. To get to the quarter-final, Phillip defeated another German, Robert Kantner, in the second round. Phillip also teamed up with Americans Gideon Massey and TJ Mathieson to finish third in 1:02.100 in the team sprint event, while the T&T trio of Quincy Alexander, Haseem McLean and Justin Roberts combined for seventh place of nine teams with a 1:03.480 clocking. During the competition, which started Friday, Roberts broke Phillips national
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Blazing Bledman
Keston Bledman Keston Bledman won his first senior national sprint title in style, bolting to victory in a personal best 9.86 seconds at the June 22 Championships held Hasely Crawford Stadium in Port of Spain. At the halfway mark, Blazing Bledman was in charge, motoring to the line for a commanding victory in the NAAA Sagicor/NGC National Open Track and Field Championship mens 100 metres final. Richard Torpedo Thompson did not achieve his beaver-trick goal, but had the satisfaction of getting home in an impressive 9.96 seconds to seize silver. Rondel Sorrillo clocked a new personal record (PR), 10.03, to claim bronze, ahead of Marc Burns (10.06), Emmanuel Callender (10.12), Jamol James (10.17), Darrel Brown (10.27) and Aaron Armstrong (10.51). Bledman had sounded a warning ahead of the final with a speedy victory in the second semifinal, clocking 10.04 seconds to beat Sorrillo (10.11) into second spot. After the championship race, Bledman told reporters he is extremely satisfied with his performance. Im just thanking the Lord for coming out injury free. Im very, very, very happy with the time. My fans came so I had to give them a show. No disrespect to (Usain) Bolt, (Yohan) Blake, my training Tyson Gay, but when I go to the Olympics, Im going to win. I aint going there to play around. I have at least 9.7 in me. Bledman is now joint-second on the alltime Trinidad and Tobago performance list, with quadruple Olympic medallist Ato Boldon. Thompson is in the number one spot with his 9.85 seconds national record. Kelly-Ann Baptiste whipped the T&T young brigade in the womens 100m final. The World Championship bronze medallist separated herself from the field early in the race, and by the halfway stage was in full control. Baptiste went on to win in 10.98 seconds, finishing well ahead of Semoy Hackett, the silver medallist in 11.14, Kai Selvon (11.24) and MichelleLee Ahye (11.29). A strong finish from Lalonde Gordon earned the 23-year-old athlete gold in the mens 400m. Gordon clocked 45.40 seconds to grab the title from Renny Quow, the 2011 champion finishing second in 45.60. Third spot went to 19-year-old Deon Lendore (45.74). Jarrin Solomon (45.88) copped fourth spot, and 17-year-old Machel Cedenio finished fifth in a personal best 46.02 seconds--a new national youth (under-18) record. Lendore, in lane three, made the early running in the one-lap final, quickly making up the stagger on Quow, in four. But Quow stepped up a gear in the second half of the race, catching Lendore about 60 metres from home. Gordon, though, was strongest in the dying stages, surging past the pair and thrusting an arm in the air to celebrate his first national title.
Njisane Phillip junior Flying 200 record with his 10.429 time, while Alexander, in his first season as a senior rider, clocked a personal best 10.345 in the same event
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So the West Indies have completed yet another unsuccessful tour of England, losing both the Test and One Day International Series to their hosts. As bitter as those defeats would have been, the tour has provided some useful lessons for the West Indies, in its continuous quest to regain some semblance of its former glory as a respected cricketing entity. The first of those lessons would have been the folly of exposing such an inexperienced to order as Adrian Barath, Darren Powell, Kirk Edwards and Darren Bravo to an English pace attack as seasoned as Messrs Anderson, Broad and Bresnan in conditions so favorable to the latter. That was almost as suicidal as it was foolhardy as reflected in the West Indies early loss of wickets throughout the Test Series. Kirk Edwards in particular was completely out of his league and eventually had to be mercifully dropped for the 3rd Test. The West Indies would have been far better served having the experience of a Chris Gayle or Ramnaresh Sarwan at the top of the order. The presence of either or both would have provided obviously needed guidance to the very talented but wantonly inexperienced youngsters, Barath, Powell and Bravo. Admittedly Gayles IPL commitments eventually rendered him unavailable for at the least the first two Tests. Sarwan however was otherwise occupied, scoring runs at will for Leicestershire. In the very same conditions that his less experienced fellow West Indians were finding so difficult to adjust to. Such is very sad politics of West Indies cricket today, that the appreciation of the value that Sarwans experience would have brought to the team at the top of the order, was completely lost on the selectors. So it was left to Marlon Samuels and Shiv Chanderpaul to constantly have to try to repair the damage done to the West Indies cause by the inevitable loss of early wickets. The loss of the Series proved how impossible a task that was. The West Indies can however at least be thankful for Samuels long awaited emergence as a reliable middle order batsman. His batting throughout the Series was a joy to behold. With him now settled at number six, Chanderpaul at five and Bravos obvious if yet unfulfilled talent still warranting tenure of the number four spot, the West Indies at last have a settled middle order. Chris Gayles much welcomed resolution of his longstanding differences and disputes with the West Indies Cricket Board, has allowed for his future availability at the top of the order.
Adrian Barath and Darren Powell are the two most suited by talent to join him. Their competition amongst each other as to who should be chosen will be very healthy for West Indies cricket. Almost a throwback to the days when Lawrence Rowe and Alvin Kallicharran were competing with each other for number three spot in West Indies batting order. The other two very obvious lessons to have emerged from the England Tour both involve West Indies current captain Darren Sammy. The first of these is the harsh reality that the West Indies simply will never win Test matches against any of the top ranked teams such as Australia, England, India, South Africa and even Pakistan, as long as their bowling is based on a four man attack of which Sammy is the third pacer. At Test Crickets highest levels, Sammys medium paced dibbly dobblies simply arent penetrative enough to do anything more than pick up the odd wicket here and there. As a bowler in Tests he has now taken 70 wickets from 27 matches, at an average of 32.40. Thats just slightly over two wickets per Test and one per innings. Taken to their logical conclusion those statistics signify that ff the West Indies were to be dependent upon Sammy alone to take all twenty-wickets required to win Test matches, they would only do so after the opposition had scored 320 runs in each innings or 640 in the match! With the bat Sammy, despite his ever so lucky, swiping century during the 2nd Test, still averages only 21.39 so even his status as an all-rounder is dubious at best. To my mind Jerome Taylor, whose 82 Test wickets in the 29 matches hes played to date have included a best of 5/11 against England, should be the rightful occupant of the third pacer spot behind Kemar Roach and Ravi Rampaul. Those three backed up by any one of Shane Shillingford, Sunil Naraine, Davendra Bishoo or Sulieman Benn, as the front line spinner, would constitute a bowling attack with a reasonable chance of bowling opposing teams out twice in a Test. Sadly, the second inescapable lesson to have emerged from England is that as long as Sammy remains guaranteed an automatic pick as captain, the West Indies will again never win Test matches against quality opponents. Not unless theres the aberration of a bad wicket or poor umpiring. Thats the harshest lesson to have emerged from the English tour. With Sammys St Lucian connections still entrenched at the helm of West Indies Cricket, in the personalities of the Boards President and its CEO, its a lesson that seems likely to remain unheeded until God knows when. As long as it does, fans like me will continue to suffer in abject frustration. Long live nepotism.
Samuel Badree
and the selectors felt it was the right time to introduce him to the team. West Indies were due to leave for the United States from the UK on Monday. The two T20s in Florida are followed by five ODIs and two Tests in the Caribbean. West Indies squad: Darren Sammy (capt), Samuel Badree, Dwayne Bravo, Johnson Charles, Fidel Edwards, Chris Gayle, Sunil Narine, Kieron Pollard, Denesh Ramdin, Ravi Rampaul, Marlon Samuels, Lendl Simmons, Dwayne Smith.
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