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cinnabarb · 4 years

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MIDWEEK MINDFULNESS DIVINATION

As the EARTH maintains ‘rest in place’ how fitting that the DIVINATION for today was the Tarot card ‘HIGH PRIESTESS.’ In the I CHING, the Divine Feminine, the wife, and all the feminine aspects – i.e. intuition, inspiration, stability - symbolize EARTH. I found this gorgeous rose on our walk yesterday signifying the earthly gift of beauty and love. The reading speaks to our current state of health, how we need to listen to our inner knowing, and how the state of affairs is still within the realm of the unknown. Deep contemplation is needed now to stay calm, centred and healthy. We’ve begun to settle into this new routine of detachment from work, friends, even family members, and we are seeing how the planet is healing by our slowdown, how the air is cleaning with blue skies returning, the waters are clearing turning turquoise in colour, the trees, plants and flowers are sprouting happily blown about by the March winds, and the animals are taking back a bit of their territory crossing quiet roads that were once dangerous to their very existence. It seems like MOTHER NATURE is having her way, stopping our inane mindless state of being in the world. The divination also addresses our constant consummation of everything, especially in the West, how we have pushed our local communities and Gaia to her limits. More, more, more, for what? Just these last few weeks we’ve seen just how ridiculous this has become, with tales of people hoarding food, hand sanitizer, and the unbelievable toilet paper syndrome – thinking of only me, me, me, not thinking of the other, their neighbour. The possibility that someone else might also need to survive through this stressful period, the willingness to share, to think of another, has almost disappeared in our day-to-day dealings. Here’s a quote from the NY Times on these effects in the Hamptons: “On Long Island, private plane and jet traffic increased at East Hampton Airport, with everything from single-engine Cessnas and Piper Cubs to Gulf Streams and Falcon jets landing. “We’ve had helicopters, seaplanes, corporate planes,” said Jim Brundige, the airport director. “A little bit of everything.” Stores there have also been stripped. Some people are even buying extra freezers, residents said. “They want to make sure they have enough for a year,” said Jonathan Amaral, the house manager and chef at a gated estate on Southampton’s Main Street. “The shelves were bare. For us locals and middle class people, that hurts.” Thankfully we are now hearing some of the good that is being done not only by our courageous health workers, but also by the organized small and large groups taking care of and assisting the elderly, lonely and needy and it seems that the governments of the world are finally taking notice and implementing relief. We're seeing and sensing the opening of hearts like a good mother who takes care of her children and her family. If this incident is to teach us one thing it is that we are all one family, one globe, one energy system and we need to work together to survive. The push by our magazines, social media, and especially by Instagram Influencers fighting to be known as the best-dressed, the “must haves” showing the best and most expensive outfits, which by the way were mostly sewn by a near slave worker abroad doesn’t bother us at all – out of sight out of mind. Bigger, better, smarter, richer, prettier – this obsession with More and Beauty – just how much Botox can a woman put in her body or just how much money can one have? In my area, I am hearing of women demanding their hairdressers, their manicurists, and their estheticians come to their homes - who is going to see them?!? I am a Libra Rising, I adore Beauty and all things beautiful, but there is a limit. What if we used all this energy, power and influence to promote Beauty in other more natural ways? This 'alone time' might give us the creativity to come up with some amazing ways to put things back into perspective, to a natural balance – that’s that Libra part speaking! Our competitive nature, which used to be of the healthy kind, that stimulated invention, an honest good race, and a handshake in the end, has gone over the top into greed, slander, out and out lies, absurd manipulations of truth, and subversion of economic, political and everyday life in our current Neoliberal society. We’ve transferred control of economic factors to the private sector from the public sector with our bail-out of investment bankers, our sell out to drug, oil and large corporations instead of helping and bailing out the average citizen, but the most critical point which many of our young people are now up in arms about, is where we’ve put our environment in radical danger, our Mother in total stress, forgetting that she is the one who feeds us, clothes us, delights us with her natural beauty. How far away from our true nature we have strayed. But we can change this and I believe that we are being given our chance to reflect, to dig deep into the HEART, into that inner Feminine, SHE is a part of all of us, to find new ways to nurture, share and heal together as one family – we only have one MOTHER.

A quote from Grandmaster Hua-Ching Ni (OmNi) on the Trigram EARTH says it succinctly: “This hexagram expresses the essential process of self-development…these virtues are the essence of KUN and also of the Earth…Too many people struggle to be above, and this has led to all the disturbances and wars in the world. People never realise that their true significance and worth reside in the very being of their individual lives, and that MOTHER EARTH and the entire UNIVERSE embrace all beings equally. Is there any true advantage in being “above” someone else? If people stopped this useless vanity, there would be no more contention in the world. Every truthful individual life is like the EARTH, low and receptive, motherly and gentle, giving support to everyone and everything selflessly without discrimination. To be like the EARTH is to be like HEAVEN.”

I am compiling and mixing the meaning from the FENG SHUI TAROT with some classical meanings for this card and adding an interpretation for the TRIGRAM EARTH: II THE HIGH PRIESTESS: TRIGRAM & DOMINANT ELEMENT - EARTH ~ DIRECTION: SOUTH WEST ~ ASTRO: CANCER, Element of WATER The HIGH PRIESTESS is the archetype of Feminine Consciousness, intuition and inspiration. Her knowledge resides in the Heart. The number two represents balance. She prompts you to look deeply inside yourselves to cultivate your own wisdom, inner answers and study of nature because if you want the benefits of evolution, you will have to cooperate with spirit. It is important for the HIGH PRIESTESS to be centred and balanced in her site, enabling the strong foundations for her unbending faith and intuitive knowledge. In keeping with the HIGH PRIESTESS’ sense of aloofness and detachment, the Torah from traditional Tarot cards has been replaced in this image with a symbol more ambiguous – a ceramic pot with vapor, which represents the veiled knowledge of the HIGH PRIESTESS. The CORE ASPECT of the card urges the need to be mindful of shared confidences. Your intuition is truly an asset. Follow your feelings to success to more effectively bring your inner spiritual practice to the material world. Accept nothing at face value, as you don’t have all the information you need to make a decision. Question diagnosis, tests, and physicians – if it doesn’t feel right at gut level. Listen to your body, heed dreams, and be aware of synchronicities that pertain to your health. CONTEMPLATION: Mystery grows as we proceed; the answer comes when we need. Something is hidden in your life; a mystery or secret eludes you. The answer may be found in your memories or dreams of the past. Rely more on intuition than intellect now. DIRECTIVE: Subtle vibrations are working beneath the surface. The whole situation has not yet solidified. Patience will be rewarded. Things may be slow for a while, but surprise new opportunities may arise. You come up with a new way of doing something that increases your efficiency and saves you time. You may discover that you are becoming more attuned to your intuitive level as the situation begins to reveal itself to you. EARTH/KUN/FIELD: the womb that gives birth to all things. This spirit nourishes everything; without it nothing could exist or take shape. Its symbol is EARTH, its action is to yield, serve and bring forth and is reliable and dependable. In the family, it is the mother. As a spirit guide, FIELD opens, yields and closes all things to her. Earth's’ hands give blessings; she receives the dead. EARTH describes the wide surface of Earth on which everything grows. It maintains and preserves, promotes exchange and interchange, the central hub of pivot and place of transformation, centring movement and assuring a free flow of thought. Earth is the moment of transition between the YIN and YANG cycles, significant of deep changes, a moment without movement, a centred state of being. Read the full article

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thechasefiles · 5 years

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The Chase Files Daily Newscap 8/21/2019

Good Morning #realdreamchasers. Here is your daily news cap for Wednesday, August 21st, 2019. There is a lot to read and digest so take your time. Remember you can read full articles via Barbados Today (BT), or by purchasing a Midweek Nation Newspaper (MWN).

WATER “NEAR CRISIS”: WATER IN BARBADOS is almost at crisis levels. Barbados Water Authority (BWA) general manger Keithroy Halliday told of the dire situation yesterday, even as the state agency sent out an apology to residents in water-starved communities in St John, St George, St Andrew, St Joseph and St Thomas, who have been crying out as a result of having to go numerous days with dry taps.Halliday said the stark reality was there was no additional water to be pumped.“There is no more water. We are sending as much as we are producing. It is teetering toward crisis level, which is being driven by climate change factors, and the aquifers are not being given the chance to replenish over the years as we would want,” he explained.(MWN)

BRA “NO CHANGES”:Barbadians can still get discounts on their land tax bills, and the original deadline for this statutory requirement has not changed. The Barbados Revenue Authority (BRA) made this announcement yesterday as it sought to clear up confusion about due dates for payments.Property owners still have until the end of Government’s current financial year – March 31, 2020 – to pay their land tax in full, the BRA said.However, if people want to get the five per cent discount granted for early payment, they will have to pay the bill by August 31, unless they are among the group who qualify and have chosen to pay in instalments. (MWN)

BANKER STRICT RULES FOR LENDING:Commercial banks are not about to start lending money willy-nilly, despite calls for them to free up some of the $9 billion in deposits to help stimulate economic activity. The Barbados Bankers’ Association president Donna Wellington said banks were prepared to lend money for productive purposes and were doing so. “It’s well understood out there that banks may be a little . . . harder on people in terms of the stringent nature of our lending practices, but our regulators require us to be stringent,” the senior banker stressed.

Barbados Co-operative & Credit Union League Ltd general manager Anthony Pilgrim said some customers were shifting away from the banking sector “to finance companies that are offering better rates of return on deposits”. (MWN)

MASSY RECORDS SMALLER PROFITS IN SOME CARIBBEAN MARKETS:For the third straight quarter of the current financial year the Trinidad & Tobago-based conglomerate Massy Holdings Ltd has recorded a decline in the Barbados market. In his statement for the quarter ending June 30, 2019, which was recently posted, Chairman Robert Bermudez reported that year-to-date profit before tax from Barbados declined two per cent, due mainly to economic challenges. “While year-to-date profit before tax from Trinidad and Tobago and Barbados declined by three per cent and two per cent respectively, significant improvements were achieved from Guyana and Colombia, with gains of 16 per cent and 30 per cent, respectively,” he said. “The integrated business unit profit before tax declined by seven per cent with economic challenges faced by the retail business in Trinidad and the distribution business in Barbados in particular,” he said. There was also an eight per cent decline in St Lucia and St Vincent, which Bermudez said would “regularize itself by year end”. The statement reviewing the period showed that positive contributions came from the financial services line of business, with year-to-date profit before tax increasing by ten per cent. The chairman reported that the group’s third party revenue of $9.1 billion was one per cent below the revenue for the prior year.

“Group profit before tax of $642 million is however, 5.5 per cent higher than the profit before tax in quarter three prior year. Group profit after tax increased by 6.7 per cent from $390 million to $416 million and earnings per share improved by 6.4 per cent from $3.61 in prior year to $3.84,” he reported. He said in the coming financial year the company would execute on identified opportunities to improve efficiencies, effectiveness and user experience through automation, process standardization and the centralization of some activities. “The Group is proceeding with its plans to give greater autonomy and focus to its larger business units to pursue growth and performance improvements, and we expect this to be in place to start the new financial year,” said Bermudez. He said in the short term the group’s growth was likely to come from stronger profit and loss management of its larger business units, cost and efficiency initiatives and its operations in the growing economies of Guyana, Colombia and Jamaica. During the second quarter ending March 31, 2019, the company had reported moderate declines. And in the first quarter, which ended December 31, 2018, it also reported a decline in the Barbados market, which it said was due to reduced consumer spending.(BT)

EASE US: A senior insurance official is calling on Government to provide an ease to the industry so they can significantly boost investments and expand opportunities in Barbados and beyond. Edward Clarke, Executive Vice President and General Manager of Sagicor Life Inc.’s Barbados operations suggested financial institutions are currently very limited. Speaking during the Central Bank’s panel discussion on the 2018 Financial Stability Report, Clarke reported that both general and life insurance companies have been struggling over the last few years to accumulate profits and have started lowering their rates to attract larger portions of the local market. “We have seen years of constant contraction and you had to deal with things a lot differently than in the past,” said Clarke, while pleading for opportunities to “spread the risk on the investment side”. Currently, regulations allow equity, real estate, mortgages and investment grade bonds to be registered in their investment fund. However, the downgrade of Barbados’ Government bonds below investment grade has even further restricted investment opportunities along with foreign exchange limitations due to its scarcity. “In the past most companies, banks, insurance companies and financial institutions were allowed to invest in foreign investments, albeit a small percentage. That dried up for a number of years and we are hoping that would reopen since things seem to be on the way up, it is essential that we spread our risks and investment portfolio,” said Clarke, while pleading for a change in the current regulation of statutory funds. “The way that there are currently structured is very risk averse and you are basically forced into buying government paper and instruments in Barbados. They have dried up as we all know and so the industry long-term has got to find alternative channels for investment including developmental projects and long-term infrastructure type projects.” According to Clarke, insurance companies had already started to explore new development opportunities with the Financial Services Commission to find a compromise that would facilitate local investment in new projects, which he believes would bring future growth to Barbadians. “The funds that we have, we need a channel to invest these funds in, because there’s no more Government paper. That was the easy way and that was the way used to force us into investing in Government paper, but now that that is not there we need to work with our client base and find alternative channels to invest our funds,” said Clarke. In a brief interview with Barbados TODAY after the panel discussion, Clarke explained his appeal extended beyond overseas projects, noting that insurance companies should also be allowed to invest in long-term local projects. “Whether that is a medical complex or a retirement home or renewable energy projects and things for the development of Barbados long-term, that will provide a viable return for the policyholders as well,” said Clarke.(BT)

WATCHING AND WAITING: With Government’s gaze fixed on addressing this country’s squatting problem at Rock Hall, St Philip, squatters in Bellevue, Waterford, say they are keen to hear what solutions the Mia Mottleyadministration has for them. Last week Government announced plans to relocate squatters at Rock Hall, citing the proximity to the Grantley Adams International Airport as well as the fact that the land was once a landfill and could therefore pose some health risk. However, residents at Bellevue told Barbados TODAY that they feel as if they are in the same boat as their counterparts in Rock Hall. They too have established a squatters’ community in that area, designated a critical water zone for the island. Kiki Lomore, who has lived in the community for the last ten years, said that the squatters at Bellevue are on edge. She pointed out that like her, many of the residents are in this position because they simply had nowhere to turn and it would be unfair to revert them to that position. Lomore explained that she and her children were homeless when she decided to make a go of it at Bellevue.“I went to the Government trying to find somewhere to live and they told me that they had starter homes, but they were rather expensive and every time they were giving me the runaround. I had to look for some place for my children. I am not going to stay on the streets with my children because at one point I was on the streets with my kids and that simply was not going to work,” she said, adding that many of the residents had since improved their lots in life and were willing to pay for the land. She added, “The Government needs to help poor people, you can’t just help the people that up there [Rock Hall] because poor people need help too. People have already been asking about paying for the land but we still are getting the runaround about it all the time, but we are willing to pay for it.” Bar owner Carlos Watson who has been living in the area for 11 years, also expressed similar concerns, making it clear that generations were raised in the community and persons were willing to have frank and fair discussions with Government about the next step. “After seeing what is going on at Rock Hall people are a little anxious because we have people that have been living here for over 40 years. Many persons have been trying to help themselves and trying to get their own little piece of the rock. As long as Government isn’t trying to just force anything on us and willing to discuss the way forward, we are ready to sit down and come up with something that is best for everybody,” he said.In addition to the fears of being relocated, residents told Barbados TODAY that they feel as though they have for a long time been the forgotten people. They complained that they are unable to get water connections to their homes and have to rely on fetching water from the standpipe. They also revealed that they are battling with a rodent infestation but have been unable to get help from the Ministry of Health to address the problem. Residents also accused the authorities of treating squatters as if they were sub-human. “Our biggest issue is getting running water, we don’t have running water and we have to go the standpipe to bring back water all of the time. They say that down here is a watershed zone but yet the people just behind us have running water but yet we down here can’t get running water. We also have a lot of rats about the place and no matter how much times you call, the inspectors are not coming through to look at the situation. They forget us down in here, they don’t even study us down in here,” Lomore lamented.(BT)

BOSTIC PROMISES SWIFT ACTION AT ST PHILIP HOSPITAL:Nurses at the St Philip District Hospital are being assured that their concerns about poor working and environmental conditions have not fallen on deaf ears. Minister of Health Lieutenant Colonel Jeffrey Bostic this morning told Barbados TODAYhe has been fully apprised of the nurses’ concerns and plans to treat the matter with the utmost priority, even if it means diverting funds from other areas of his Ministry. “The district hospitals are in very bad condition, there is no doubt about it; and when I was informed on Friday about the situation at St Philip [District Hospital], I stopped whatever I was doing and I paid a visit to the facility and I did another visit with the Principal Nursing Officer and she outlined to me the areas of concern coming from staff. I cannot deny that there are issues there that need to be dealt with urgently,” said Bostic, who noted that the district hospitals across the island were in dire need of upgrade but that was an undertaking that was too great for the public coffers to bear alone. “So, first of all, we have to do some security upgrades and there are some other issues that we are dealing with and we will have to divert some funds from elsewhere within the Ministry to be able to deal with them. All of the district hospitals have issues and we have been trying to solicit some assistance from the private sector because we do not have all of the finances,” the Minister stressed. Barbados TODAY on Monday reported that mould in the building had resulted in some staff members suffering with respiratory illnesses, prompting them to call on Government to step in and take urgent action. Some workers complained that the situation has been ongoing for several years and has now come to a head, as they warned that the staff is ready to take “stern action” if a solution is not found soon. A recent test showed the presence of a fungal pathogen, acremonium (Cephalosporin) species, verticillium, scopulariopsis, paecilomyces, aspergillus, and penicillin species. Minister Bostic placed the blame for the poor state of the building on previous administrations, which he accused of failing to maintain the aging facilities, leaving his Ministry with a major headache in trying financial times. “From the time I became Minister of Health I recognized that our primary care facilities, meaning the polyclinics and district hospitals, did not get the level of attention that they deserved – especially the district hospitals, because they are old facilities,” he contended. “In terms of maintenance, there were a lot of issues that we identified and we have started to work on as many as we could under the financial constraints that we have.” Apart from the structural issues, nurses have complained of severe staff shortages, telling Barbados TODAY that their ability to properly care for patients was being severely hampered by lack of manpower and equipment. It was further revealed that, due to the workload, nurses have been consistently suffering muscular skeletal injuries; and that the nurse to patient ratio was significantly less than the standards set by the World Health Organization. However, Bostic gave the assurance that this problem, which is symptomatic of the island’s chronic nursing shortage, should be addressed when Government completes its recruitment of nurses from Ghana. “We acknowledge that we have a nursing shortage and we have to address that issue. The team is getting ready to go off to Ghana. Apart from that, there are some additional posts that we have to request through the Ministry of the Public Service. We must understand, however, that we are in an IMF programme, so there are going to be some constraints,” the Health Minister said.(BT)

REBUKE FOR PROSCUTORS:Fed up with the number of old cases that have no files, a Bridgetown magistrate yesterday chastised the prosecution as he urged lawmen and investigators to think about those who have been waiting for years to have their matters heard. “We have got to set standards. We have got to,” Magistrate Douglas Frederick declared in the District “A” Magistrates’ Court.He made the comments as he dismissed at least three cases, one dating back to 2012.At one point the magistrate noted it appeared that senior members of the Royal Barbados Police Force to whom, said one prosecutor, they had been appealing, were “not paying you all any mind. They are just sending you all out there”.(MWN)

‘HALF-BAKED’ CASES DISMISSED:There was no mincing of words by Magistrate Douglas Frederick today as he took the prosecutor’s desk to task for failing to have the necessary disclosure to move several dated cases forward. “This is not acceptable . . . this is a serious thing,” Frederick said as he was forced to dismiss three cases in the No. 1 District ‘A’ Magistrates’ Court. Julian Roland Holder, of Roberts Gap, Halls Road, St Michael and Junior Christopher Lowe, of no fixed place of abode, walked out of the court free of a burglary charge. The two were 39 and 38 years old respectively when they were charged with entering the house of Angela Bryan as trespassers on October 22, 2012 and stealing a number of items worth $1,655.75. Lowe was separately accused of having a screwdriver and ski mask, articles for use in connection with theft on the same day. The prosecutor requested an adjournment in the case. Accused Lowe addressed the court telling the magistrate that the case against him was almost seven years old and it “doesn’t seem that they have a file”. Holder meanwhile said the matter was taking too long. It was at that time the magistrate questioned why the prosecution was seeking another adjournment and the response was that they were not in possession of a file. “This is not acceptable. This is a matter from 2012. I am sure that this person [complainant] will be aggrieved. This is breaking and entering . . . it is alleged that Lowe had a ski mask and screwdriver,” the frustrated magistrate stated as he dismissed the matter for want of prosecution. Moments later he had to go the same route on a charge levelled against Shaneka Crystal Kyesha Nicholls, of Rose Hill, Kendal Hill, Christ Church. She was 24 years and had been on $5,000 bail, charged with wounding Renita Blackett on April 9, 2016 with intent to maim, disfigure or disable her or to do some serious bodily harm to her. In that case, the prosecution told the magistrate that the file had not yet been completed and gave the assurance that it would be “sorted” in a month. “This is a serious thing,” said the magistrate who went on to say that such a hold up was impacting all parties concerned. “You have to tell the investigators this. They are working, getting a salary,” Frederick said. Nicholls then informed Frederick that on the last sitting he had given a final adjournment on the matter. “They had ample time to do what they had to do. I was here long enough,” the accused stated. Frederick responded: “I had written final adjournment on it and he is asking me not to be a man of my word. “That’s the second time they did this for the day bringing half-baked things,” he added as he made reference to matter against Bertam Fabian Quintyne, of Manns Gap, Passage Road, St Michael which was dismissed earlier in the day. Quintyne had been accused of causing serious bodily harm to Terry Welch on August 3, 2015 with intent to maim, disfigure or disable him or to do some serious bodily harm to him. “They have to set a standard,” Magistrate Frederick stated.(BT)

HOMEOWNER DECEIVED AND ROBBED: Posing as a good Samaritan, an 18-year-old and her accomplice forced their way into the home of a Christ Church man and made away with $400 cash on April 25, 2019. Today, Destiny Malika Tori Johnson, of No. 5 Birch Path, Regent Hill, the Pine, St Michael appeared before Magistrate Douglas Frederick and pleaded guilty to entering the home of Milton Graham Tucker as a trespasser and stealing the money. Sergeant Edwin Pinder said the first time offender and a male accomplice went to the complainant’s house under the pretense of bringing him food. After they were able to convince him to open his door they barged into the house, searched it and took the money and escaped. A presentencing report has been ordered on Johnson. She was granted bail in the sum of $2,500 which she secured with one surety. She has been ordered to return to the District ‘A’ Magistrates’ Court on October 24. Johnson must also appear before the District ‘A’ Traffic Court tomorrow to answer five offences. She is charged with driving motorcar M1152 along Alkins Road on August 16 around 6:06 p.m. and not complying with a stop sign. It is further alleged that she drove the vehicle without the consent of the owner, without a driver’s licence and insurance and did so using fraudulent number plates. The accused is also charged with using the motorcar on the same road and failing to stop when the vehicle was involved in an accident. (BT)

MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO ASSAULT: A man who admitted assaulting a woman in December 2017 wants to know why the matter took so long to reach the law courts. Dwayne Ricardo Elliott, of Flagstaff Road, St Michael today pleaded guilty to committing the act against Kibibi Greenidge on December 8, occasioning her actual bodily harm. In his defence, the 33-year-old told Magistrate Douglas Frederick “the woman is a naggy woman. A naggy, naggy woman,” who was not “even my girlfriend”. Elliot said on the day of the incident he was at the van stand when Greenidge started telling him about another woman. He said he heard what she had to say and as he tried to walk off she grabbed onto his shirt. “I don’t let nobody treat me so, so I turn round and push she off . . . and she fall. I push she off me because she grabble me,” Elliott said. He then said, “That happen since 2017 and I now getting charge?”

Magistrate Frederick acknowledged that was a valid question. However, the prosecutor was unable to give an explanation at the time. From the police report the court heard that the two were involved in an intimate relationship for about a year. However the complainant put an end to the relationship because of verbal, physical and psychological abuse as well as the discovery that Elliot was involved with another female. According to the report Greenidge was walking along River Road that Friday in December when she realised the accused was following her. Elliot asked to speak with her and she agreed but the accused subsequently became aggressive and cuffed her in the chest. The matter was reported to the police. The magistrate adjourned the case until September 6 when the complainant is to appear in the District ‘A’ Magistrates’ Court. Elliot who was granted $2,500 bail has been warned to stay away from Greenidge. (BT)

JAMAICAN WOMAN FACING DRUG CHARGES: Earlier today, officers of the Drug Squad charged 22-year-old Shanice Sherika Smith, of Wales District, New Port P.O, Mandeville, Manchester, Jamaica in connection with several drug related offences. Smith was charged with possession of cannabis, possession of cannabis with intent to supply, trafficking cannabis and importation of cannabis. During a routine check of luggage at the Grantley Adams International Airport yesterday, the police canine unit indicated the presence of narcotics in a suitcase on board a Caribbean Airlines flight from Kingston, Jamaica. A subsequent investigation found that Smith was the owner of the suitcase. A search of her suitcase was conducted and four transparent vacuum sealed packages, each containing vegetable matter suspected to be cannabis, were discovered in a false compartment. As a result she was arrested and charged. The weight of the suspected cannabis was four pounds with an estimated street value of $16 000. Smith appeared before Magistrate Laurie-Anne Smith-Bovell at the District ‘B’ magistrates court today, where she pleaded guilty to all four offences. She was fined $10 000 or 18 months in prison on the trafficking charge, and was given a conviction reprimand and discharge on the other three offenses. The fine was not paid and she was remanded to HMP Dodds. (MWN)

BROTHER IN DARK OVER SIS DEATH: Ashton Elcock says he does not know much about what happened to his sister Natalie Crichlow, the 44-year-old British visitor who died under mysterious circumstances after being badly burnt late last month. Crichlow, who was visiting from London, was found at her brother’s home at Bartlett’s Tenantry, Sargeant’s Village, Christ Church, on July 29.(MWN)

GORDON’S FAREWELL – A lifetime of potential “snuffed away” by drugs. This was how relatives remembered their “loving, smart and witty” street character, Gordon Best moments before he was laid to rest. During an hour-long funeral service at the Abundant Life Assembly, dozens listened to touching tributes in honour of a vagrant who captured the attention of many in Bridgetown, but whose life’s story was mostly a mystery. Throughout the celebration of Gordon’s life, the mood was quietly reflective and tears flowed freely during a touching tribute from his daughter, Renae Burnham and the eulogy by his nephew Trevor Best. Mourners peered curiously at Gordon’s well-groomed and clean-cut appearance, as he lay peaceful in his casket. While this appearance differed from that of the vagrant Barbadians knew, he closely resembled the man family members knew in his youth.(BT)

LEGENDS INCLUDED IN GARNER’S PLAN – Former Barbados Cricket Association (BCA) president Joel Garner says it is a matter of regret that priceless assets like the legends of Barbados have not been consulted on the formulation of the association’s new five-year development plan. But it is an oversight that Garner, who is a candidate for the BCA presidency at its elections next week, intends to rectify if he is restored to the top cricket post. “There were no consultations on the BCA’s Cricket Development Plan 2019-2024 between the organisation and the public, interest groups, umpires, and the group of gentlemen that has the most cricket knowledge within the region, namely Cricket Legends of Barbados,” Garner pointed out. The fast bowling legend noted that on the website, the headline says only that the BCA invites comments on the plan “and then proceeds to use the Mission Statement and Vision Statement with sub-headings”.(MWN)

NECKLES EAGER TO SPUR YOUNG SWIMMERS: World triple crown masters backstroke champion Nicky Neckles is hoping to inspire a next generation of swimmers to even greater success on the world stage. That was the word from Barbados’ most decorated male swimmer after he returned from South Korea yesterday following his outstanding performances at the FINA World Masters Championships where he snatched the crowns and records in the 200, 100 and 50 metres backstroke.Not even over 15 hours of flying could erase the broad smile on Neckles’ face when he exited the arrivals hall to be mobbed by members of the swimming fraternity holding a banner outlining his victories and record times and waving Barbados Flags. Among the group was former Olympic bronze medallist Obadele Thompson, president of the Barbados Aquatic Sports Association, Tony Selby, former world masters champion Angus Edghill, Chris Gibbs and dad Trevor Neckles. (MWN)

KING ADVANCES TO SECOND ROUND OF QUALIFYING AT US OPEN:Darian King advanced to the second round of qualifying at this year’s US Open. Barbados’ best tennis player easily defeated Tunisian Malek Jaziri in straight sets, 6-2,6-4 earlier today at the USTA Billie Jean King Tennis Centre in Flushing Meadows, New York City. The 27-year-old baseliner had a great start leading 3-1 in the first set before winning 6-2. The Bajan King of Swing then finished his opponent off in an hour and 20 minutes, securing the match point on his serve in the second set. King will now face Spaniard Adrian Menendez-Maceiras on Thursday.(MWN)

MCGRATH: ‘ARCHER IS SPECIAL’: Australian fast-bowling great Glenn McGrath has described England speedster Jofra Acher as “something special” and has suggested that British fans should be happy to have him in their international line-up. McGrath, who took 563 wickets in a glittering 124-Test career, said he had been a big supporter of Archer for a long time and loved what he saw of the Barbados-born fast-bowler. “It’s quite rare to be able to bowl with pace and accuracy for such a long time. To have pace is so unique and with Archer, it is all natural. His action doesn’t look too stressful, he has a nice, smooth run-up and goes through the crease really well. It’s a fairly stress-free action and he’s young and fit. He keeps it simple: he just comes in, bowls good areas and with good pace. “At Lord’s he bowled some quite lengthy spells, but he maintained his pace throughout his overs. That is a brilliant sign that he can bowl long spells at top pace then come back and bowl second and third spells no problem at all. With a guy with his action and technique, I don’t see any reason why he can’t play plenty of Tests. It’s just experience that he needs and he will be fine,” McGrath said. McGrath, who is writing a column for the BBC during the Ashes series, said that because Archer was such a natural, fast bowling came quite easy to him. He said that accuracy was always going to be nearly second nature for the 24-year-old.“Archer hit 96mph at one point in the Lord’s Test – it is quite rare to see a guy bowling that pace and it has a positive effect on the bowler at the other end. I bowled in tandem with Brett Lee, who produced some fast, fiery spells. When you’ve got someone bowling up above 90mph, it has a fear factor that not many people really enjoy. “If you’ve got a guy bowling that pace and then you’re keeping it tight at the other end, you can really work in partnership and build pressure, because the batsmen have no scoring options,” he explained.(BT)

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