ANTIGUA BARBUDA TODAY (Monday February 12th 2024)

ANTIGUA BARBUDA TODAY (Monday February 12th 2024)

Live from the capital city of St John’s this is Antiga Barbuda today good morning it’s a start of a new week welcome to First Look this first hour of Antiga War be today right here on the Nation Station your station ABS TV radio I’m uril Charles Jr in with First Look

For today Monday the 12th day of February 2024 as usual we begin with a look at the top stories in local news this hour e your headline stories this Monday morning In the headlines former Olympian Conrad B Waring pleads guilty to molestation in the 1970s in the United States prime minister Gaston Brown unveils ambitious plans for leat 2020 the Caribbean’s first female commissioner police Delano Christopher has died and five countries in five years war an again fulfills her

Traveling goal but the top stories in local news this hour let’s delve now into the news in detail a former Olympian and herdler who represented Antiga war in the 1970s will serve the next 11 years in prison after pleading guilty to charges of SE sexually that is

Molesting young boys while working at a sports camp in Western Massachusetts in the 1970s Conrad manwaring who represented this country in the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal faced 12 counts of indecent assault and battery on a child over 14 and 14 counts of indecent assault and battery on a child

Under 14 the charges involved nine male victims here’s ABS is Terry Andrew with more on that story according to reports prosecutors detailed case after case in which the main Waring leveraged his Olympic credentials as part of a grooming technique used on boys attending Camp quock making the youngsters believe that the sexual

Assault would make them better athletes the abuse took place in the woods of around the camp in a van and near a tennis court among other places after details of the cases were presented main Waring in a wheelchair and wearing a mask said yes when asked by the judge if

He committed the offenses laid out in court he then said guilty after each of the charges was read out M Waring a 72-year-old Los Angeles resident and United Kingdom National molested campers from 1975 to 1979 while working working as a counselor at Camp Greylock in Becket authorities have said they believe there

Are many other victims in several States and outside the United States some of the camp victims who were as young as 13 and as old as 19 testified at Thursday’s hearing recalling the shame and the damage the abuse has caused them one victim called main Waring a danger to

Young men calling for a long jail sentence arguing that he be kept away from boys or young men and barred from coaching Massachusetts authorities started investigating main Waring following a 2019 ESPN report in which more than 50 men alleged they were abused by him some of them at Camp grock

He was arrested in 2021 on a fugitive warrant as he left a Los Angeles County Courthouse after rep plea in a separate case from 2019 he was sentenced to up to 11 years in state prison Terry Andrew ABS news thanks Terry and other National Developments The Rebirth of a regional

Icon is again on the horizon Le 2020 set to store with renewed services and expanded operations prime minister The Honorable Gaston Brown has shared more insight on these plans we hearing this ab’s Jamie j r report Le’s familiar counters have been quiet and his Plains grounded but Winds of Change are gusting

Through as late 2020 prepares for takeoff with a fresh FL and renewed whole uh the partnership with Ace uh that is still um intact in fact we should be getting about three aircraft within the next um probably 45 to 60 days um from Air piece so we expect to

Start 2020 with about I’d say six aircraft the revitalization doesn’t come cheap the government is investing heavily with around2 million earmarked for acquiring and refurbishing the other three aircraft from late 19 74 limited the Prime Minister says the government has about $4.1 million Us in escro that

Can be paid over immediately after the other shareholder governments and the court green light and taking by this $1.1 million aircraft purchase proposal um that will help L 2020 limited to get the AOC that is the air operating certificate and then within a 60-day period we’ll p paay a balance of $8

Million which we have already um determined The Source additional jobs might also be under Horizon with the expansion later 2020 could employ more individuals than its predecessor suggesting a boost for the regional economy well I would imagine with six aircraft you would need at least maybe a couple hundred people uh I stand

Corrected I’m not an expert in that field but that is my best guess because you know with the 21 two aircraft um that we’re operating for the last four years uh we had over 100 something people um L 2020s inaugural flights on Horizon signaling not just a new

Beginning for the airline but for regional connectivity as well Jamie j r ABS news more local developments now as this nation continues to mourn the loss of a trailblazing law enforcement leader following the death of a former Commissioner of police Delano Christopher she died at 10:30 a.m. yesterday after prolonged period of

Illness Christopher Who was appointed to head the force in 2005 made history as the first female police commissioner in the Caribbean and the only female commissioner in the Nation so far her unwavering commitment to Public Safety and her pioneering role in Breaking gender barriers in policing have left an

Indelible mark on the nation and the region her passing according to a media release from the police steeply felt by the law enforcement community and the people of Antiga and Barbuda Police Commissioner Atley Rodney met with Christopher’s Family Sunday morning offering condolences on behalf of the

Force as a nation reflects on her Legacy thoughts and are with commissioner Christopher his family friends and former colleagues during this their time of morning prime minister The Honorable Gaston Brown has expressed his condolences and admiration for the late cypo icon Justin heru Castle who passed

Away in his homeland of Mona last Monday the Prime Minister extended his condolences to Castle’s family and reminisced about the close friendship on the Brown and Brown talk show on point FM on Saturday uh Hero has iconic standing within the Caribbean region uh he’s well known his song um tiny whiny

MH and if I’m not mistaken he may have contributed to hot hot hot and would have written a number of songs um for his late brother um Arrow uh so very talented um person in fact he would have written for a number of antean um artists as well and um he did about

Three political songs to me the Prime Minister highlights Castle’s musical Legacy including his contributions to the region and his impact on Antiga barbuda’s political scene I considered him to have been a very good good friend and um I’m very um you know sorry to hear about his passing I mean yes he

Lived a full life I mean he was about about 8 years of age but not withstanding we had hoped um for his recovery from his um illness I’ve been in touch with his daughter Ana and um other family members and I again just want to let them know that we’re

Standing with them during this very difficult period and on the basis that I’m available I may well Journey over to mansat um to pay um last respect um to fall in brother in other news Thursday’s rainfall boosted the supply of water in a number of catchment areas across this

Country supervisor within ap’s Water Production unit Livingston Samuel says at potw work’s Dam a foot of water was recorded from the recent rainfall the dam now measures 13t 6 in samel tells ABS news Water Production at ptworks dam was scheduled to be halted in May but with the recent rainfall it will allow

Production to continue into early July he says other catchment also saw saw a boost the Fishers Dam Hamilton Dam and dunnings Dam will allow the water production unit to extract water for 6 to8 weeks each the unit has also returned to using water from the Big Creek area which contributes four to

Five week supply of water well it was a third place finish for director of culture K Cordis and the Republic Bank Exodus steel Orchestra in the Panorama finals of the large band category in Trinidad and Tobago Exodus placed third behind the historic tie for the title between Massi Trinidad all

Stars and BP Renegade steel Orchestra Exodus tallied 283 points with its rendition of Arrow’s classic tune long time both first place bands accumulated 285 points here’s a bit of exodus’s performance with Drill Master can Cordus And finally in September of 2023 Antiga and Barb Elisa Derek shared on Antiga Barbuda today her desire to complete five countries in five years go within a Southeastern Asian territory this year she’s doing just that ABS C for his reports Global girl Alyssa Derek has successfully made it to Southeast Asia

I’m actually in a place called changai City and yeah that’s in Thailand which is in Southeast Asia and Asia is the last continent that I decided that I was going to live in so four or five years ago I said I was going to live in different continents and Asia is The One

That Got Away Co caused a delay but Derk is back at it traveling to days to get to Thailand and visiting three cities since arriving there approximately 2 weeks ago Global gal says this is not her Norm usually she chooses her host country finds accommodation before her arrival and settles in that location

Before planning trips to surrounding areas however she’s trying a different approach be stubborn with your goals but flexible with your plans so for Southeast Asia it’s figuring out you know where can I legally stay the longest and to be honest I’ve just been winging it in terms of showing up

And then figuring out as I go The Traveler who lived in New Zealand Australia Ghana and Colombia for a year each shares how she plans on traveling through Southeastern Asia before choosing her home for the next year I’ve been either connected to people that live in specific countries around here

Slash I met people on my travels and we’ve stayed in contact and so so that’s kind of helping me because in these places some of them have been like hey you can stay with me for a little while or if you need to leave your suitcase

Here that’s fine so that helps in terms of I’m like okay if I go to this country I have a place to stay for a week so that allows me to save money Derek says due to the number of tourists from around the world which Thailand attracts

The country is quite easy to Traverse even when people do not speak English she says hello and thank you are all she has needed Sarika is hello and um kapunka is as a woman if you say that that’s thank you kapunka and so between those two things

I mean I’m good so far there are four to five countries on global y’s list of potential hosts but she would be happy to visit visit others as long as I can financially do it I’ll go to as many as I possibly can so that’s why Young to

Make sure you watch Global gal and spread the word because every little bit counts kicia humre ABS news and that’s how we end a look at local developments this hour stay with us for regional and international developments right after this Break join ABS radio from 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon for the big Sports show with host the big one Alex Nicholas the big game the big scores and a guest on ABS radio and Facebook live 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon you can’t afford to miss it every Monday Wednesday and Friday big

Sports welcome back we now delve into Regional and international developments this hour the Tobago government says it’s not ruling out seeking oversease assistance in dealing with an oil spill that is impacted Tobago prime minister Dr Keith Rowley who led a minister minial delegation that included his energy and energy Industries Minister

Stuart young and transport Minister Rohan sinan told a news conference Sunday that efforts are on way to determine the owners and names of the vessel at the center of the spill that began Wednesday last week he says an unknown vessel has apparently drifted upside down into Tobago’s Zone he says

The government does not know who the vessel belongs to where it came from or or that it contains he adds that the vessel is leaking some kind of hydrocarbon that soiling the water and the coastline well rowy told reporters that at the national level the country

May need outside help to salvage or get the vessel into a place where it could control the situation elsewhere Jamaica has experienced a significant decline in its total fertility rate or TFR dropping from 4.5 vers per female in the period between 1973 and 1975 to 1.9 in 2021

This decline has contributed to a decrease in the country’s population estimate these findings were revealed in the reprodu productive Health survey Jamaica 2021 which is recently released to the public by the national family planning board at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel according to Professor affet mobin an expert in sexual and reproductive

Health and epidemiology who presented the findings the age specific fertility rates decreased in all age groups except for those aged 25 to 29 years this trend likely indicates a delayed onset of childbearing until the late 20s as women focus on completing their education let’s turn to International developments

Now Israel says two male Israeli hostages have been rescued in Rafa as Israel’s air strikes hit the southern gazan city the Israeli military says Fernando Simon marman 60 and Luis har 70 are in good medical condition Israel says there was aerial coverage and a wave of strikes to accompany the hostage

Raid one official from the Hamas one Health Ministry says 48 Palestinians were killed in the strikes another says it’s about 100 it follows warnings from the the International Community over Israel’s plannned offensive in the city where 1.5 million people are now Sheltering in another international news NATO’s Chief says Donald Trump’s

Suggestion that the US would not protect NATO allies who failed to spend enough on defense undermine the security of NATO members Jen stoltenberg also suggested it put us and European troops at greater risk the Republican said he told allies he would encourage Russia to attack any NATO member that failed to

Meet the alliance a target of 2% of the GDP members of NATO commit to defend Any Nation in the block that gets attacked President Joe Biden calls Mr Trump’s comments appalling and dangerous suggesting his predecessor intended to give Russian President Vladimir Putin a green light for more war and

Violence and finally a story no doubt you’ll hear more about in spoing developments throughout the course of the day the men’s marathon world record holder Kenya’s Kelvin kiptum 24 has died in a road accident in his home country he was Ked killed alongside his coach

Rwanda’s Jes hakiim in a car on a road in Western Kenya Sunday kipa made a breakthrough in 2023 as a rival to compatriot Elliot Kip chog one of the greatest marathon runners and it was in Chicago last October that kiptum beted kipo’s achievement clocking the 26.2

Miles in 2 hours and 35 seconds the two athletes had been named in Kenya’s provisional Marathon team for the Paris Olympics later this year paying tribute to ktom Kenya’s Sports minister ababu namwamba wrot on X devastatingly sickening Kenya has lost a special gem lost for words that’s how we end our

Look at new stories outside Antiga Bara this morning stay with us Dale Destin joins us next for the national weather forecast musito bite you stop beat up yourself man instead of using harmful chemicals and pesticides try using a Greener and cleaner alternative mosquito traps available at Victory Center 11th

Hour daycare Old Road Primary School St Andrews and LOL church and the Church of God of Prophecy for more information on where you can get your mosquito traps and sticky pads visit www. environment. goo. a and hello there good morning Dale Destin in with your weather news a happy

Monday to you you and leading our weather package for this morning is the fact that the swells are up and as a result there’s a high self warning in effect that will continue into tomorrow morning our high self warning in effect mainly for Northern and North facing coastlines of Antiga and baruda this

Means for those affected areas persons would want to stay out of the water now the one morning goes until tomorrow morning at which time it will be downgraded to an advisory that is to say that conditions are going to improve by tomorrow morning but still high of

Advisory is something that you have to be mindful about especially if you’re not a swimmer you want to continue to avoid those Northern and North facing coastlines that have being impacted by these surfs so this is what we are looking at in terms of swell Heights

We’re looking at 9 ft F feet today tipping off to 7 ft tomorrow and then dropping down to relatively safe levels by Thursday at 4T and then picking back up on Friday by Friday evening they’ll be up again at around 6 ft at which time a high Sur advisory will go back into

Effect the air quality is going to fall to moderate levels once again in the next 24 hours and so for those of you who are susceptible to the dust you want to um mitigate against it and do as your doctor May advise you with respect to staying safe across the area satellite

Imagery shows just a few patches of clouds around um nothing with respect to rainfall that was seen based on um rain rain gauges across antig and baruda however we’re looking at the probability of showers increasing a bit today I’ll tell you a bit more about that in just a

Moment the overnight low temperature was 22° C of 72° fahit comfortable conditions i d say and conditions are likely to remain comfortable especially during the nighttime periods over the next several days here’s a look at the forecast for today at most 60% chance of showers taking place winds out of the

East at 12 to 18 mph and daytime High getting up to around 30° C or 86° fah for tonight probability for showers will be around 40% winds still out of the East at 12 to 18 mph and a comfortable overnight low temperature of 22° C or

72° fah here’s a look at the 4 day forecast and the probability of showers will remain generally below 50% through the next uh 4 to 5 days we’re looking at 40% on Tuesday Night 40 Wednesday night and also 40 Thursday night otherwise probably the shs will be quite low the

Winds are going to be pretty much the highest today um for the week and then tapering off to lighter levels becoming calm at times overnight and allowing for the overnight low temperatures to be quite comfortable around 20° C or in the upper 60s lower 7s on the far night

Scale but could be warmer than usual again whenever the wind go winds go light you tend to get the warmer days and the cooler nights finally before I go just to remind you that this is Black History Month and in celebration of Black History Month IID like to just Spotlight the

Contributions of one Cordell montgom Western still very much alive will be turning 77 next month but this gentleman can be seen or can be called the father of meteorology here in Anan baruda the first black director of The Met service when he’s also the first antean to earn

A BSC Dee in meteorology and Mathematics at University of West so we stand on the shoulders of giants this is one of the Giants of meteorology and we dare say have a long life uh Mr Weston and that’s where I leave you for today thanks have

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Limited available only from Total import Supplies time for us to take a look at our morning sporting developments for just a quick update of the Kansas City Chiefs fought back to beat the San Anton San Francisco 49ers 2522 in overtime and win their third Super Bowl in 5 years 49ers came into the first Super Bowl held in

Las Vegas as The Slight favorites and were twice on the brink of victory at Allegiance Stadium a last grass field goal by the chiefs made it 199 19 to send the game into overtime and although the 49ers Edge back in front Patrick Mahomes touchdown pass to mle Hardman me

Defending Champions Kansas City cemented their status as the first NFL Dynasty since the New England Patriots the Chiefs have reached four of the past five Super Bowls and became the first team to win back-to-back Titles since the Patriots in 2003 and 2004 Seasons at just 28 momes has become the sixth

Quarterback in NFL history to win three three or more Super Bowls while Andy Reid has become the fifth coach to win three or more Mahomes label Reid as the greatest coach this game has ever seen afterwards moving on to Cricket Inc convincing style Australia beat India to

Lift the under 19 World Cup trophy for the fourth time the Aussies prevailed by 79 runs in the final in Boni in South Africa reaching 253 for seven and routing the defending champions for 174 on a surface offering plenty zip and bounce haes Singh sh 55 and Skipper Hugh

Wan Olivia Peak and Daryl Harry Dixon all got into the 50s Raj limbani took three for 38 in his 10 overs in India’s reply Adas Singh got 47 and mugan abishek took 40 hit 42 while Mari bman snapped up three for 15 and Raph McMillan captured 3 for 43 it

Was Australia’s first Global on 19 title since 2010 Al fired by a record equal in fifth T20 International Century by an Unstoppable Glenn Maxwell Australia clinched the three match Series against West Indies Jack Matthew picks up that story Maxwell equal the mark of Roy sha as the Aussies top 200 for the second

Consecutive game and comfortably won by 34 runs in Adel the power hitter slammed on and beaten 120 off me 55 balls Club bring 12 fours and 8 sixes Maxwell propelled the host to 241 for four in which Jason holder grabbed 2 42 in his quarter but Philipa alzari Joseph was

The most economical with 1 for 31 in his allotment the total was Australia’s highest on home soil and the Western had no answer although they got to 200 for the second match running losing half the side for 63 made the chase demanding Captain robman po plundered 63 of 36

With five boundaries and four maximums and Andrew Russell raced the 37 but all in vain medium fast Marcus toes picked up 3 for 36 in his four the third and final T20 will begin at 1:30 a.m. on Tuesday in more Cricket West Indies Academy defeated lewood’s hurricanes by

Five wickets in the West Indies championship at Warner Park in sink it set 192 to win on the fourth and final day the academy reached 195 for five with kadim alen hitting 57 and mcky Joseph striking an undefeated 43 pace Jeremiah Louie picked up 3 for four earlier the hurricanes resuming on 124

For four fell for 232 with Jamal Hamilton hammering 70 hurricanes 137 and 232 Academy 177 and 232 the match between TNT red force and Ghana happy Eagles ended in a tame draw with play Poss Possible only on the first day rest Rising Sun Spartans beat sub

With as the golden eagles on the first innings in a Range shortened ABC a two-day match Eagles 138 opener Teran pay 63 cilo Allen 4 for 32 Shane Burton 3 for 23 Rising Sun 142 for3 junior Henry 54 Allan 44 no play was possible in the other matches because of wet

Conditions during Black History Month in 1990 the leewards performed up a phenomenal feat by affecting a clean sweep on the regional first class tournament on February 11th of that year the sub Regional cricketers achieved the landmark by defeating host Jamaica their fifth Victory follow wins against Barbados Guyana Trinidad Tobago and the

Wiws the squad included three stars who were later nighted in viven Richards Richie Richardson and ctle ambrew elen Baptist and Kenneth Benjamin were impactful players as well in the first ever Clean Sweep by the leewards well health and wellness coach Jess John is happy about juel Andrew’s overall development St John National

Shotput record holder and a relative of Andrew points to the cricketer’s physical and mental growth I’ve seen Joel just continue to develop each day and his strength and his mental wealth is just just absolutely just developing and so we’re just preparing for all the next big matchs coming up the former

National sportswoman of the Year predicts that Andrew will take on a legendary status he’s going to be a legend Fran Bob and once he continues to keep his head on keep focus and keep dedicated to his his talent his ability his his skill he’s going to make it up

There stilling Cricket fast bowling sensation Shamar Joseph is set to feature in the moneys spinning Indian Premier League here’s more Joseph has signed the deal valued at $362,000 with luck now super Giants CMC reports that the 24-year-old will replace England speeder Mark Wood who has been recalled to prepare for

Upcoming assignments at Super Giants Joseph will join fellow westan Kyle Mayers and fast Bowers Navin olak of Afghanistan and Englishman David Willie super Giants were good enough to make the playoffs of last season’s IPL before being knocked out by the Mumbai Indians on the football Arsenal fired

Six- pass West Ham without reply in the English Premier League on Sunday Saka netted twice in the 6- nil annihilation of West Ham their heaviest defeat on home soil the Gunners on 52 points are now two behind leaders Liverpool and level with Manchester City who have a game in hand elsewhere Manchester United

Sixth in the table beat Aston Villa two goals to one the rider GI bridges of Antiga and Bara is in France preparing to compete professionally head of the national cycling Federation stclair Williams notes that Bridges is engaged in intense training they’re in the training phase now um

Races will start somewhere in March so what they’re doing now they training in the Hills training on the flat they mixing up the training and then it’s a team that is comprised of about 12 cyclists so at any given time you will have probably a maximum of seven

Cyclists doing a race and it depends on the race that they’re doing as well because um you have different riders that they will have as GC contendant and when we say GC we talking about the General classification or the person to win the race Williams further explained that Riders are designated to play

Particular roles you will have the better Sprinter if it’s a flat race they will designate that person to win the race so all the other persons on the team will assist and to make sure that they put that person in the best possible position at the end of the race

To win the race and then you have the climber who whoever they choose to be the better climber um they will have all the other cyclist work together to assist him to deliver a win finally well strongman contestant Joshua Spencer is aiming to cement his status as a

Professional in the sport the antean explain the nature of the sport while on Sports 360 strong man is lifting objects and items that is twice three times four times your body weight and push them among the goal line so it refu or gauge from weights of lifting um logs pulling boats trains

Cars uh deadlifting weights amongst as you can see over here it’s one of those sport where you could go in and don’t worry about body POS uh body how you look it’s all about moving away Spencer also referred to one of his favorite events and highlighted the importance of good technique this

One is for reps so the more rep you could do over that bar it helps you to perform as you see that deep squat it helps so much in between the grind but done this incorrectly what could happen you see my arms goes over if I were to

Ever pick that ball here that would be detri to the bicep so you got to put your arm over technique use your tricep within your lats pull a ball Joshua’s next engagement will be China’s strongman competition in May that’s a wrap for morning Sports stay with us we

Have a lots more coming up for you here in first look I’m locked in I’m locked in I’m locked in ABS radio 90.5 FM I’m locked in welcome back to First Look time for information segment this morning following our look at weather and sports Antiga Barb continues to lead the charge

To Stamp Out cervical cancer not only Antiga Bara but of course lead the charge in the region on the weekend a very special ceremony was held at the Sandals Grand Antiga Resort and Spa to lead that charge we hear Now comments on the weekend from governor general his

Excellency Sir Rodney Williams from the health Minister The Honorable SN Joseph and from P’s advisor for community and family health Barbados in the Eastern Caribbean Dr Salam Kirby Johnson this is the very latest in our information segment thank you very much to our chair persons here this afternoon

Um Mr Garfield berford and Dr Terry and Joseph now one of the problems I have of course when I’m asked to do speeches is that I don’t know who will be here and I mean sometimes I sit there and I hear names being called and I don’t know who

The persons are so I’m going to adopt the protocol that is bestowed on Governor’s General so that I will just recognize the minister of Health Wellness the environment and social transformation sir mwin Joseph and other distinguished guests that’s the first thing the second thing I want to say

This evening is how proud I feel when I hear the abisa group playing music of the kind we heard this evening and proud to be patron of a be so long with my wife I remember when they started my wife and I raised some $300,000 to get the instruments and so I

Feel very proud to see the level they have reached now the second observation of course as I sat in my car waiting because you know we started a few minutes late and that’s always that’s Antiga time but I have always listened to Mr berford Garfield berford every evening I

Tried to be there to see the 7:00 news and I know he does a very good job bringing us the news but I didn’t know he could walk so fast I saw him walking into the hotel this afternoon I said we might have to send him to the Olympics next

Time but it is certainly a pleasure to join you all this afternoon As We Gather to Mark a significant milestone in our nation’s ongoing efforts to eliminate cervical cancer as a public health problem in Antiga and barbudo this occasion is not just a celebration of progress but also a commitment to the

Wellbeing of our Nations women reflecting our dedication to the principles of universal access to health coverage and the sustainable development goals cervical cancer is a leading cause of death among women in Latin America and the Caribbean and it is a stark reminder of the inequality the inequities that

Persist in wealth gender and access to health services the mortality rates are three times higher in our region Compared to North America and demand urgent and targeted inter interventions the stat the statistics are sobering with over 35,000 women losing their lives to this preventable disease annually in the

Americas today as we launched the elimination of cervical cancer program we are aligning ourselves with the global call to action the World Health assembly’s resolution in 2020 set a bold Target to eliminate cervical cancer by achieving an incident rate of less than four cases per 100,000 women achieving this goal rests on three

Key pillars the pillars are that one 90% of girls fully vaccinated with the HPV vaccine by age 15 should help us to achieve that 70% of women screened with a high performance test by age 35 and again by age 45 would help and 90% of women with pre-cancer treated and 90% of

Women with invasive cancer managed each country they feel should meet the 90 7090 targets by 2030 to get on the path to eliminate cervical cancer this is a visual that requires Collective effort commitment and the adoption of a comprehensive approach encapsulated in the pillars of prevention screening and treatment Antiga and baruda proudly

Leads the Eastern Caribbean countries in this critical initiative our journey began in Earnest in 2016 and over the years the members of our Med medical fraternity have worked diligently to establish a National survical Cancer task force conducting and needs assessment and implementing successful pilot project for high quality cervical cancer

Screening the collaboration with poo and wh and basic health International has been most helpful and we express our heartfelt gratitude for their support my understanding is that our achievements as evidenced by the successful completion of the pilot project surpassed expectations where over 1,500 women were screened and identifying at least at

Risk individuals who received timely treatment today we embark on the scaleup of paho W’s elimination strategy reinforcing our commitment to achieving the global targets mentioned earlier it is therefore quite in order to pause to applaud the team of healthc Care Professionals who have been leading the charge as well as those working

Behind the scenes to bring us to our present level of achievement in in eliminating this vexing cancer in fact not too long ago my wife and I dispatched a letter to congratulate Dr Sher toop on her selection of being in the top 10 from among 377 applicants from 86 countries to

Participate in the international young yeers program in global cancer control 2023 24 and I appreciate that because that that’s at this point in my speech I said let us give her a round of applause this recognition is a testament to Dr tullock’s exceptional dedication and significant contributions in the

Field of cancer control specifically in the elimination of cervical cancer in Antiga and Barbuda I am sure that there are many other unsung heroes like Dr toop in this program and I encourage you all to stay the course and to keep your eyes on the prize of the elimination of cical

Cancer I also want to encourage you to take a moment to read the insightful presentations delivered by our minister of Health sir mwin at the United Nations and the remarkable success stories from countries like Australia demonstrating the impact of concerted efforts in cervical cancer elimination in celebrating this remarkable accomplishment in the

Elimination of cervical cancer it is essential for us to recognize that our achievements are not isolated events but part of a larger Health Care landscape our Health Care system while making significant strides in cervical cancer prevention must continue to evolve to meet the holistic needs of our population one crucial aspect that

Demands our attention is the enhancement of our Primary Care Services strengthening our Primary Care Services serves as the foundation for a resilient Health Care System providing accessible and comprehensive services to individuals at the community level by bolstering primary care we can establish a proactive health care approach that goes beyond addressing specific

Diseases preventable care becomes a Cornerstone in this endeavor investing in public health campaigns and Community Education initiatives can raise awareness about the importance of regular checkups vaccinations and lifestyle choices that contribute to the overall well-being through these efforts we can Empower individuals to take charge of their own health and adopt healthier

Lifestyles ultimately preventing the onset of various health conditions inclusive of cervical cancer encouraging screening initiatives is is another pivotal component while our focus on survical canc screening has proven successful extending this mindset to other prevalent health concerns ensures that potential issues are identified in the early stages regular screenings for various

Conditions coupled with public health awareness can significantly contribute to early detection and timely intervention in disease processes ultimately improving Health outcomes for our citizens furthermore early treatment options should be readily accessible within our health care System the success of the cervical cancer screening pilot project was highlighted by the importance of prompt

Intervention by ensuring that individuals identified with health concerns had Swift access to effective treatments we can minimize the impct impact of diseases and improve the chances of successful recovery in promoting the General Health and well-being of our citizens we must consider Comprehensive Health Care initiatives that address not only

Specific diseases but also the broader determinance of Health these this includes socioeconomic factors mental health support and lifestyle intervention we will then create a Health Care system that is not only reactive to illnesses but also proactive in fostering a culture of well-being which is crucial for the long-term health of our

Communities I truly believe that we need to update our Primary Health Care policies our plans and our strategies we need a sustainable infrastructural plan along with improved access accessor services in our community clinics the significance of reliable public education along with the training of staff at all levels to

Optimize their roles and the continuing education of healthcare workers should not be overlooked in this process as we bask in the success of the cervical cancer elimination program let us use this momentum to propel us to broader healthc care reforms by by focusing on Primary Health Care preventative measures early intervention and comprehensive

Well-being we can create a Health Care system that truly serves the needs of every citizen promoting Health Equity and resilience for generations to come in conclusion I extend my heartfelt gratitude to all stakeholders for their unwavering commitment to this cause together let us strive for a future where cervical cancer is not just

Treated but is prevented I wish to say a special thanks to all who have been working and continue to work tirelessly in our healthc care system and may this initiative bring lasting health and prosperity to the women of Antiga and barbudo thank you very much let me pause to say that the

Government of Antiga Barbuda has already obtained the services of a surgeon an oncologist surgeon to be sure that we have the services available at this time if any of our women is detected having or requiring surgery for the virus in 201 18 our nation was the first in the

Caribbean to access the HPV vaccine through poo revolving fund and made it available to our young girls and boys to drastically reduce the future incidence of cervical cancer this proactive measure is now complemented by our national guidelines for cervic cancer screening which U utilize HPV testing to identify precancerous conditions early

When they are most treatable technical advancement and guidelines on thein our efforts we have invested in the latest Technologies and training for our Healthcare professionals to ensure high quality screening and treatment our Public Health policies are been designed to integrate with global best practices aligning with the World Health Organization strategy to eliminate

Cervical cancer or cervical cancer as a global health problem by reducing the incident rate to fewer than 4 per 100,000 women our commitment is further solidified to Partnerships at both the international and Loc local levels including collaboration with the panamerican Health Organization and I’d like to recognize

In our presence Dr Solan Kobe Jackson would you stand up please Dr Jackson and at the same time we are collaborate give a round of applause and basic health International represented by Dr Marsh would you please tell we are grateful for their guidance and support as we aim to create a program

That is inclusive effective and sustainable although we have made strides towards the elimination of cervical cancer as a public health problem our success in this feat hinges critically on the commitment of the government the strength of our regional and international Partners our community leaders and our healthc care providers the cervical cancer

Elimination program has developed as a standalone National document which is the end result of a process involving multiple stakeholders which was led by the Ministry of Health Wellness social transformation and the environment the National Cancer elimination program will be an area of focus in our national plan of

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As we look forward to this the second and third hours of the show this morning we’ve got to my immediate right I don’t know anything in Japanese sayara um Japanese I need a Japanese name you Mortal Combat character and I’m Notting my this morning good morning good morning listen I I was

Waiting for after inspiration and everything together to get something yeah get get into something please me up I’ve never I’ve never seen a those I saw still of that’s my that’s my 360 camera going somebody run around you I should have known 360 360 it’s did a good job

It’s inspired by um crazy Rich Asians if you watch the movie I watch crazy Asians crazy Rich Asians no no no no they have a movie crazy okay all right good okay yo that’s a good movie that’s a you know you know the wedding with the water yes and

She was walking out in the water when coming the island in the water me tell you that’s why they say crazy rich Asian you need to watch it it’s really nice it’s good it’s good is with money is going to inspire me yes no it will it

Will it will to what become Asian M but Listen one of the marks of a successful tree is that it bears fruit one of the marks of a successful person is that um we bear fruits you know and the fruit that tree Bears is not so much for itself a fruit is like a gift it’s like

Looking forward to to mangoes or to oranges it’s not for the tree but it’s for other people so I’ve been asking myself what fruits do I bear as I’m here you know I may see p but I benefit I feel I may do things to

To sort of increase my the honor if you like in my career but what do I do for others what gifts do I give because you see when all is said and done when you are here and you’re gone the only thing that really remains is the impact you’ve made what you have

Contributed I’m Dr Ken man Thank you of course Dr Ken let me tell you this if you don’t know you’re going to know because every funi pepper P right that’s the local that’s the local saying for today let’s get it out you look for me like weird will explain to us what that means well it’s

Something I say it all the time cuz sometime you see some people and you’re like how them they get ring no no but as I always say there is someone for everybody somebody had them somebody so every funi have pepper PT sometime the little big sometime the

Looki some have had the wrong funi and then to get another funji I have to get new F or change to yeah droppers Dr we we we didn’t come to break it down like every F pepper allz some people donkey bite me for for real but that’s a thing to kick

Me donkey bite me goat kick me donkey bite you is bad luck that’s what it means bad luck ug that’s what it means I’m sorry but because a lot a lot of people use it on social media push up a picture of joh do and and Jan so we to Bey

Me I understand but don’t drun youone other things C tip of the week let you again yeah boy all right so prevent Deni fever do your part cover water storage containers properly get rid of brm lead plants they are mosquito breeding sites turn over any containers that cannot be thrown

Away and protect them from rain clear roof guttering of leaves water and other debris so that they spouting yes clean we still have SP especially for folks who especially over the weekend with all this rain coming that came um I mean you have spting you have to get your something

Full up you your your high tank all that and with the drum too you put something in there and you have toover keep your M because I know after the rain look for some upcoming weeks you know what that mean fogging machine time yes fogging

Schedu for this week so we have uh this afternoon sweets Village at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday Morning 4:30 a.m. uper for Road and mckennon’s and 4:30 p.m. Buckley’s Village on a Wednesday morning Fort James and Buccaneer Cove and 4:30 p.m. law pasture Thursday morning Housey and Heights Community trade Wings Paradise

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Going find out one okay okay new developments over there your nerves all right yes cuz I need to know I’m distressed you’re distressed yes oh and Nissa good I think Nissa that’s her name good morning she said I have to tell her good morning today okay well

She no I don’t know that’s n Anessa Anessa how that name pronounce Nissa her name is Nissa I think she said but she said to tell good morning but good morning to the girl from the party last night all right I see that Mar Montana making way in this

Calypse but first he wasn’t participating at all and the IDE the caly you know he said while studying he was inspired by what he was studying to do the Calypso I was like yeah well he stud so I mean yeah yeah but then he’s like m m okay M show a vehicle and

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Suzuki you you went Tokyo last night you don’t know the word Suzuki Suzuki Suzuki yes Suzuki okay shut up yam you heard the story behind Suzuki though nope the the originator his daughter’s name was suie and there was some is with some key sometime and nothing go Anyway something put put it this way you know you just we call these Japanese names every day right you know to when I like I like when call word no but some say h and some say so what is the right name for that Japanese is Hundai Hundai Hundai it’s

Hundai H that is Korean I don’t know but the yeah yeah I learned that the other day they sound angry they always sound like they arguing that’s North Korea not South go sorry think that’s a di oh time for bre let’s take a get right back ladies and Gentlemen D fever chicken Guna zika and yellow fever are diseases carried by infected AES aegypti mosquitoes get rid of mosquito breeding places in and around your home by uprooting all bromad plants a message from the central Board of Health and the Ministry of Health well Ness in the environment for more

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All of us all right we I’m disappointed B good morning how you doing I’m good thanks Valerie good morning how you doing this good how you doing I’m good I’m good I’m good now before we start with um ran let me start off with you and asked this question about this

Relationship between the statistics Division and the Ministry of Health what what are we what are we doing how we targeting people and the importance of this um collaboration all right so good morning to your listeners and viewers and so um what we are collaborating with the statistics division on is the populationbased

Step survey which is our non-communicable diseases risk factor survey now what is happening is that chronic diseases is the number one cause of death worldwide so annually you have about 4.1 million persons worldwide dying from non-communicable diseases bringing it further home you have 2.2 million of that 4.1 occurs in our region

Latin America and the Caribbean and 85% of that 2.2 million occurs in person within low and middle inome societies so you see where that leads us and in that 85% those most of the persons affected are persons within the age range of 30 to 69 years old so persons are dying prematurely

From non-communicable diseases now as part of this sustainable development goals agenda Target 3.4 with those High numbers of non-communicable diseases attributes mble debts we as a country have to reduce our debts from ncds by 3.1% and therefore but yeah well a third sorry so and this we have to do by 2030

Because this is a part of the 2030 agenda and so what we’re doing now is the first round of our step survey is to collect data on our population so that we can see what it is that is causing for to die prematurely from non-communicable diseases and then that data will be able

To help us to form policies and programs to help to reduce deaths from non-communicable diseases all right we we we keep saying ncds and non-communicable diseases I mean we don’t want to assume that everybody know what we’re talking about so let’s tell them what are non-communicable diseases give some examples so they will

Understand where we’re going yes so non-communicable diseases are diseases that are not transferred from one person to the other so I can catch a noncommunicable disease from sitting beside you most of our non-communicable diseases are attributed to poor lifestyle choices so we have things like diabetes hypertension cardiovascular

Diseases you know our strokes and stuff like that these are the non-communicable diseases we’re referring to all right thank you now Ryan I mean let’s let’s go back to the departmental static statistics division in all this and I I’m sure people are asking so when are they going to start but we already

Started yes how long you’ve been doing this good morning Steve and good morning to listeners we have started this um activity since last year I think it’s about November last year and we would have bre taken a break dur Christmas time and started the problem is for some reason the

Residents and citizens of antean Bara have not been given us the kind of cooperation that we’re accustomed to the statistic division have been doing surveys all the time and we end up with a 90% And 90% um response rate all for this survey is just not happening so we

Here again begging people to participate give the enumerators your assistance you would have heard what valy just said about the um the amount of persons dying from this disease from these diseases worldwide and higher and the percentage even higher in our region so this information is critical towards developing strategies to mitigate

Against this disease so we here begging persons to participate when the um numerus comes around we using the term beg why how why how we got to this how we got to this place where now we have to beg is it that you think it’s Pride

Folks don’t want to know um let people know that hey I I’m diabetic I’m I’m whatever it is or they just don’t want to participate you the one going out there so you can I don’t think it’s that they diabetic because they don’t some they don’t know what’s um under question here

So it’s just since Co there is this and it’s happening re um probably throughout the world but we know of um regionally because we um collaborate with our colleagues in the region who who have done this census we have done our sensus we are in the planning stage of

Our census so we are collaborating with our colleagues regionally and they’re saying that the response rat is just gone down persons just don’t want to participate in surveys anymore reason probably Co maybe they still have this Co um fear that You Will Catch Co coming around something was but it’s just not

Happening it’s it’s not happening um M Miss Williams what do you think it is to me I think most of this has to do with health literacy in antean bar because some of the excuse that persons are giv you know while um I went to the

Doctor last week or last month you could have a blood pressure check last month but your blood pressure or even yesterday your blood pressure yesterday and your blood pressure today will not be the same and you what we explaining to persons is that the information that

We collect your name is not ending up in a report any place so it’s just the data from what we collect now we’re looking for information on your risk factors for non-communicable diseases so we asking you things about your alcohol consumption tobacco use um physical activity and your diet so those are the

Four uh risk factors that we asking questions about and then you have the measure measurements where you have your blood pressure be check your height and weight and your W circumference and then we collect a urine sample that is taken to the lab to check for your cholesterol

And you know well like fats in your blood and your glucose so that’s just basically the indicators that we’re working on and you know I mean it’s done in the privacy of your home because they persons come to your home and take these tests from you know right there at your house but

I don’t know if it’s the awareness well some persons are saying as much as we would have been doing some of these awareness even before we began we went into the field some of the householders are still saying you know well they haven’t heard about the survey they don’t know anything about the

Survey so we are just now you know doing this last minute mapup so to speak to get back out there again and to let people know that this is a survey that is done by the Ministry of Health for ante and Bar because in that number that I spoke to you about seven

Out of 10 of our debts in antean baruda are from non-communicable diseases and as I said this is happening to persons between the age of 30 to 70 years which mean is the working population reproductive population of our country that’s being affected and it’s not only you some persons are having the disease

Or you also have the complications the morbidities you know the disabilities which then also imp on their lives the life of their family and the country as a whole so what we’re trying to do now is to find ways where we can mitigate against this and have our people living

Longer healthier lives now Mr Mr Anthony let me ask this you you the guy you you go out you do with all the statistics and everything how or what do you think that we can do now to to bring awareness yes you’re here on the television but

What else you think we need to do to get the folks um more active activated to answer the necessary questionnaires and everything what what you think what is there that in your mind well this is this is the start of it we need more of this so tomorrow nurse Williams and the

P local representative will be on another meeting another media house we need to swarm the the country with um ads all over the radio on your phone you know those um yeah just keep just let people know social media yes social media everything let them know the

Importance of this because at the end of the day just William said you you are the information you provide number one it’s confidential so number two you are helping the country to mitigate against the non-communicable diseases and a third benefit is that you will get back that results from those urine tests and

That blood test you can follow that to your doctor for your own use without having gone to a lab to pay for that so it’s benefiting you both the country and benefiting yourself but in order to to to really get more input we have to ramp up our um communication and advocacy

Throughout the the length and breath of the country what are the days you go out you go out you go out every day every day and you map out where you’re going first yeah that has been done already that is the way the statistics division comes into play do you make an

Announcement like you know the the um thing where they say hey okay we’re going to this area this day do you do all that too no because we go to every area every day there’s a an enumerator assigned to every area every area that you have to go more than one

To depending on um the size of the area we because we go by enumeration districts that’s are some small areas and you do 10 persons in each in numeration District district so an enumerator is assigned to various generation District they go one at a time they are already assigned certain

Households in other households that they have to go to and they go there and they try to get their survey another thing that might be um a causing this delay is um the fact that the methodology that we using the enumerator is not um accustomed to

It and the general public too because I come to your household I take the the list of a person between 18 and 69 and the tablet chooses one randomly and only that person is required to provide information so we find sometime in the household another person is more

Willing to provide their information but they weren’t Chosen and the person that was chosen is not as willing so have and you can’t switch it up no that’s the methodology it can’t change only the person we selected um have to give the information so four of us in the house you choose one

Noto the machine yeah automatically choose one say okay let me use a a shy but B want to do it you can’t you have to use a right and might be saying come back tomorrow when you go back tomorrow a not there you have to go back again and the the enumerators getting

Frustrated and K not custom to that all right Miss Williams is is there a timeline on this for us to collect all the necessary information that is needed yes so we have moved our timeline like about four times so now we’re now to the end of

March wow and we have to get in all the necessary information we’re not even half the way yet yes exactly we not even half the way that mean you guys got to get out each and every day on the media and let folks understand and social

Media too and again the word oh the word I was looking for schedule I think you should put out schedule let people know hey we coming even though it’s every day as but as Mr Anthony said we’re in all the area so there’s an enumerator that

Works in different areas so he not the same the same person who’s in C Farm is not the same person in pars so there’s a different person in all the areas and the other thing too why it is so important for us and T and barie will be

Hosting the conference in May they’re going to be having an event about ncds how does it look that has the host country we are planning to do so many things but then we are not able to you know get this survey done that every other country in the area has completed

Some have done it twice and they third and so we have to step up as antean and we have to be more trusting because if that is the case where we’re not trusting the system we have to be able to listen understand and even read because the information is provided you

Know and for pliers and so on and understand the process and you have the opportunity you can speak to your doctor your nurse you know your healthare provider to get more information and what this step survey is all about because at the end of the day what we’re

Looking really and doing is to improve the Health and Welfare of the persons who live and resides in antean babud listen we we’re going to work on it we have to get this out we have to get people um hyped up about it we have to use all the necessary resources that we

Have to to just we’re educating but we want them to understand the importance behind the education um if you don’t believe in in us get your doctor ask your doctor questions and and let your doctor explain to you why is it important for them to come to your house

And ask questions and as you said it is not everybody a question in the system will choose one and then you go from there we just need just just some simple questions and answers that can save your life or help your life and your family yes definitely listen thank you guys

Guys for being here and I’m going to invite you um anytime again after this so do what you’re doing with the rounds and then come right back here again and let us um educate and get the people ready here in Antiga and Barbo because we’re helping each other this is what

This is about and especially with the health part cuz a lot of people dying and we just don’t know why exactly especially young people and that’s why we need that’s why we’re doing this because we need to know what’s going on we need to know Miss Williams thank you

And M Anthony thank thank you all right I’ve been speaking with ran Anthony senior statistician within the statistics Division and valy Williams NCD coordinator and step survey coordinator within the ministry of a let me tell you people listen to me answer the questions let’s get let’s we need to

Know if we don’t know we will never understand and we’re going to be keep it crying and blame all kind of things that they necessary so let’s go let’s get this right all right all right stay with us folks we’ve got more coming up right here on Antiga Barb today I’m seeing

Another nominee for Coach of the Year within the cycling Arena Mr St Clair Williams he’s in the studio T is going to sit with him right after this okay Bye essential but we must Have it can be detrimental so let’s pick up some good habits pap soda and juice are really putting your little life at Risk you may eventually get heart disease and diabetes hey you can live a longer life I say drink sugar beat at your home at school or play drink sugar blessing the rising obesity drink sugar you will appreciate it one day drink sugar drink sugar no dilute it with water drink sugar just

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Where you can get your mosquito traps and sticky pads visit www. environment. goo. AG Yeah but yeah it’s me again T in the kitchen still making coffee up to can’t cup but it’s a great pleasure for me to introduce to you Mr St Clair Williams a nominee for Coach of the Year in cycling at the sports national awards let me say

Good morning to you bro how you doing good morning good morning congratulations man well it’s a it’s another year it’s a lot of hard work so I’m happy to be here and be Nami for coach of the year once again how how long you’ve been involved in cycling

It’s a little over 10 years now and it’s been great as a cyclist then you know form the team and then trying to recruit a lot of the youngsters so I’m focusing in the club primarily on getting the youngsters you know up to speed and to

Next Level so that’s what it’s all about how do you feel being nominated for this prestigious award man well as I said it’s a it’s a lot of hard work and it seem as if you know when you put in the hard work it pays off it definitely okay cool

Um what do you believe contributed to your success uh for being nominated for Coach of the Year within cycling who you think watching you well I think um it’s just the result from the cyclist um you know what I do I make sure I put down a

Good program and follow the program and it has to be a coordinated effort between you and the cyclist because if they don’t put in the work you’re not going to get the results and if you’re not seeing the results from the cyclist you’re going to say that the coach is

Not doing what he’s supposed to do so again it’s a collaborative effort with the coach and also the cyclist your cyclist yourself not presently but you you did before some time ago yeah that s like yeah while back okay because I know some you have coaches and and trainers

Within the different sporting Arena but they just don’t play or ride or participate but they know the game yes I’m fulltime into the coaching now because I wear a lot of different hats so I also run the club and also do recruiting for the club do coaching and

Also you know at the national level I am the President of the cycling Federation so it’s a lot of different things I have to deal with outside of riding so riding is you know on the back burner for now all right um let me ask you so which

Club are you talking about okay made mention of Club wadle cycling Academy yes that was formed in 2015 because what I saw in 2015 was that the cycling Federation had quite a bit of senior Riders and we don’t have much of the younger Riders so that club

Started out to try to gather a lot of the youngsters so that we could have some level of continuity so whenever the older Riders decide to get off the bike there’s a smooth transition and I’ve been building that from since 2015 up until now um now we’re seeing you know

The fruits where we have you know one of the junior Riders you know elevating you know making a lot of waves in the you know region and also locally so I think it’s working and what we’re doing we just continue to do all right that’s about you talking about the the the club

Level now let’s talk about you now on a national level where you deal with the guys from the different clubs to right here in antika Barbuda and then the same different guys from different clubs you travel with them overseas to the region events and so forth how how are you as

That coach in that site because then you have your club but you’re dealing with other guys who are in other clubs with different coaches how does this work you see the beauty about it is that I’m there at every event so I see what is happening I see the weaknesses I see the

Strengths I know what I could do in terms of because I don’t coach everybody so those that I don’t coach I watch them during races to see where what what um what are the weak points what are the strong points and whenever we get putting together a team to travel what I

Have to do is just speak to them and tell them tell their coach or even speak to them on a oneone and say okay you need to work on this work on that because when we go over into the regional market or even you know Continental you know we have to drel as

A team and this is what you need to do when you get out there because I see a lot of different races i’ I’ve seen from the lowest race to the you know the highest race up to World Championship so I know what it takes to get to that

Level and I know what it takes to be in that pack R there and to stay there until the end of the race so I just try to coach them along that way I don’t have full-time coaching but when I get the team together is just the pep talks

And the encouragement you need to give them since you’re involved in coaching with the cyclist what are what are some of your highs and some of your lows over the 10 years well the high is when you you have um cyclist winning championships um locally winning you

Know the CH bringing back the champion jersey from a different country um those are the high points you know where you see that um your fruits are now coming in now right um you seeing your your cyc stocking up against persons from uh Colombia you talk about um Puerto Rico guad Loop

Marque um you know these countries that you definitely know have good cyclist and they can ride pedal to Pedal Toe to Toe as we would say and you know come out on top um that those are the highs um the lows that you know you’re going

To see cyclist that you put a lot into and then you know at the end of the day um sometimes you see they start to slack off they don’t show up for practice and then you start to get the excuses so that’s the low point after you would

Have put in a lot of hard work but you just have to continue if you want to see progress with your involvement now how far do you want to go as a coach as someone who is involved with cycling or how far do you want to see cycling goes

Here for antique Barb well we have seen strides now we have seen it um in the early 2010 12 going there when we have um you know in the Pres of Tamiko Butler who have um been out there on the semi-pro Pro level um we want to

Maintain that we want to surpass that we just had um J Bridges signing a contract uh with um team albo and this is what I want to see more cyclists coming on board signing these contracts turning pro riding continentally riding you know internationally and getting on the big

Stage on the biggest stage we want to see persons qualifying for things like the Olympics and the world championships and you know at a you know steady continuously so this is the thing this is what I’m looking at getting on the big stage and we just have to work

Together you know put on you know all the older guys with all the experience you know come assist the coaches come and assist you know other cyclist so that we could have a good rivalry here in Antigo so when we get on the big stage we’re ready for

Them what about getting involved with the different schools and being a part of the curriculum in education or PE how should say yes we have done that actually on Friday we would have partnered with the AOS comprehensive school because they would have Incorporated cycling as a sport for

Their sport sporting events for the sport um they had that on Friday and it was a good turnout actually I I saw some prospects that I may need to recruit and this is what I do I go to these um inter schools and you look at the different

Not necessarily have to be the person who won that race because you can see somebody with a lot of potential and maybe the person who won the race was just excited and they won but you can see someone who has the who has the dedication in them who excited about

Cycling and then you can choose that person start to groom them and then at the end of the day they’ll become a very good cyclist listen St CL wishing you all the best and be on being nominated to do what you’re doing bring the youths up in cycling take cycling to another

Level here in Antiga Barbuda and um I mean again nothing but success for you and the entire fraternity thank you all right folks been speaking to St CA Williams he’s a nominee for Coach of the Year in cycling right at the 2020 324 national sports award which comes up in

March and um we’re going to be dialoguing with a lot of these nominees as we get closer to March 16 all right stay with us we’ve got more coming up right here on Antiga Barb unit today when we get Back This very moment we believe in you as you believe in yourself in your desire to secure a future there when you’re needed most because confidence comes from understanding you’re always in safe hands and the security of knowing these are the moments for every achievement every step of the

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Is the owner CEO mixologist everything of Timmy Time cocktails for real good morning Timmy how are you good morning good morning s how are you I’m I’m good I’m good now as I mentioned earlier Timmy Time cocktails does not need any introduction we know who you are we’ve been seeing a

Lot of you for the past since Co 5 years right so tell us how Timmy Time cocktails came about all right um well let let me start and say good morning and I’m Timmy Timmy Thomas Timmy Time um it started at um during the co and during the pandemic really

You know I mean I was always known for the top top mix arst on island really but um yes I had this in plan the Timmy Time in plan but it was just that Stepping Stone from here to there you know I mean I was just waiting for the right time but you

Know Co came along and I you know I mean I embraced it it was good and bad for Co but um it was good for some of us and yeah I know all the bars were closed at that time yes people needed to get their their little drinks on everybody was home frustrated

And you know what I mean and I created a page and I said to myself let me let me try something you know you got to start somewhere right and I started making these fancy cocktails in bottles and you know people just I got to be all around

The island every day every dayak breaking the curfew sometimes but what I had was to eat you know what I mean right but it was all love it was all love though you know what I mean and then um from there took off by my spot where at right now at Queen Elizabeth

Highway mhm I started off with a Farmers Only Gino yes yeah he used to sell vegetables in town and one day he had he said he had too much watermelons and he said to me I want to create a cocktail and create a Vibe with some watermelons

And we started right there we created a little atmosphere with drinks doing non-alcoholic both alcoholic drinks made from watermelon he’s selling his vegetables and fruits and after G left my my right hand guy which is Jason you know Jason yes yes he said to me I move

You know we’re not moving from here you know what I mean and we stayed there and just get all the little paper work and everything you know what I mean and and then boom T me time B it’s like a little gas on some some and everything just

Blew up from there blow up from there and just stay there and you know I mean so where where did the name Timmy Time come from well we know the Timmy yes yes yes but how did you come up with that name Timmy Time I got that name when I

Was doing a lot of regional an international bartending representing Antiga you know what I mean I think it was the the bunch of mixologist from around the world because I had so much flare and I was from this small island they said say boy you they just gave me

That name Timmy Time Timmy Timmy you know what I mean cuz they lots of um competitions that I go to and even when I go to certain Islands the just the the appearance of and the way how Timmy carried himself and the way I portrayed myself they were just rooting for Timmy

Even though they their cont was in in in the competition you know I mean but um I’m just loving it right now you know I mean I’m just loving it how did you get your start cuz I as you mentioned you would have been Bartending for years and

You would have been one of our top bartenders if not the top topist right so how would you have gotten your start where did the love for bartending come from uh I think it was right after high school used to go to Princess Margaret so I finished Princess Margaret in 1995 or

’96 you tell your age they can’t say certain things sounding like a grandfather right now but yeah but um yeah I think I got a I was working during school at uh I was mixing paints at H&G paints but I got a side job also at uh Grand Pineapple yes

All right and so I started out as a barand or bar back at that time I couldn’t mix a drink I wasn’t allowed to mix no drinks I was just replenishing and making sure the guys areir is ready and but I’m a quick learner you to keep watching and asking questions questions

Right and use to mix paint so and also I love I love I have a passion for cooking Steve will tell you you know he always said I’m posting my stuff you know I have a real nasty passion for cooking so it’s just it’s just a blend of you know of both you

Know I mean so yeah started at Grand Pineapple worked there for a few years then after branched off from Grand Pineapple I think it was my first competition in 2009 pineapple mango Fest mhm I was scared to go in there but I had a flare and everybody keep encouraging I went in

There and it was a bunch of big guns in there right and I wanton it wow and from that I never look back and I want I want a few more then anger st came to n Ang fine RS and biders mhm and I won that competition like three times in a row

Here and place first run up abroad two times and they made me brand ambassador for angur right in Antiga so it was just growth always because I’m always pushing you know me but it’s a whole lot of love I got to love what you do but first you

Got to put God first of course if you know not God you know not love God is love right definitely what are some of your signature cocktails I I assume you would have bought the blue pill cuz that seems to be a a crowd favorite right

Right right tell us what some of your other signature cocktails are okay the blue pill is the infamous blue pill that’s what most people drink yeah that’s the biggest seller toy time I have another one which is a gin blueberry lemonade pink cocktail it’s called a kitty cat I never got never

Tried that if you’re a gin lover you would love that you so I’m saying I have like my after dinner drink for just like it’s like you have desserts after dinner so it’s more like a dessert drink instead of having that big piece of chocolate cake or I have a drink that

Just you know like a digestive diges your food properly and let you me yeah and I have quite out a few I have the Black Stallion which is a a cannabis based one but what it what it is I don’t use the Cannabis itself that I use the

Stems and the leaves and I dry it out for a few days in in the spirit okay but it smells the same like right right but yeah and if if if you have a cocktail in mind that you want cuz I do a lot of that too if you realize people are

Having parties and they use color schemes for parties and and baby showers people just call me over say to I need this color drink this is what I want power I got it covered and you got it you know mean just press play and I got

It all right um we see the basket here are you doing anything for Valentine well yes this is what we are doing for Valentine simy time I um kind of cooperate with this Flores girl Debbie my good friend she works at a floral floral place and yes we’re doing like a cocktail

Fruit chocolate basket you could get cocktail and all chocolates like chocolate chocolate for bang dog as we always say but um yeah and so love it easy on the pockets nice but look whatever cocktail you want and loaded with fruits this is just a rough sketch you will be

More packed up than that you know was hustling this morning all right tell tell us how we can contact you to get our baskets and just maybe to call you for um more information on the cocktails and so on uh easy telephone number 7234 N3 or you can go on the page Timmy

Time cocktails LTD same thing for IG and you will find everything right there you I mean and where we going to see you next mixing up your your specials uh well well third to Fridays right now we working on Sundays also you know I team up with backyard Chef too

Which is my cousin but Javid Big Ups to him always uh you know we do our stuff on Thursdays through Saturdays so we have a few plans in place we’re going to strike up some things there you know I mean we going to also maybe include a

Sunday Kind of brunch every Sunday okay from like 10: to about 4:00 coming up shortly it’s going to be nice you know I mean nice mixed Cuisine breakfast you know Javid does his thing of course of and also you be getting all your ice coffees ice lates and everything there

On Sundays and everything so you know I mean it’s just growth as you said constant growth constant constant um is has it been easy for you as an entrepreneur I mean this comes easy to you mixing your cocktails and so on but was it easy to Branch off

On your own no it was a risk right but you got to take risks you know I mean being an entrepreneur CE whatever you call it it’s a lot of work it’s it’s even more work than when you’re working for you know I mean a company or so cuz

You your mind got to be there all the time you got to be on the ball with everything you got to make sure all the eyes are that the teas across you know what I’m saying and yeah especially if you’re you want your business to

Progress I mean and as we may say the fastest way to get where you want to be is slow so that you got to take your time and not just rush it and produce like Quality quality over quantity is one of our MOS at the same time I mean

So all right well give them your number again so that they can call you and tell them where you’re located again for those I I don’t believe there’s anybody that don’t know where you are Hospital Hill right right hospit Hospital Hill que Elizabeth highway just by Rising Sun

Grounds that’s all location I give them your number again and number is 7234 93 timy cocktails TD IG same thing Timmy to cocktails Facebook easy to find all right you got the remote People Press place all right well there you have it it’s all about Timmy Time cocktails and

We have been speaking to Timmy Thomas who is the entrepreneur the CEO of Timmy Time Cocktails so of course you can call him up and get your Valentine’s baskets and it doesn’t even have to be Valentine you could just call him up get your bottle of cocktails just call him up for

Whatever he’ll be available and as he said he will beat curfew if he have to of course of course we’re going to take a break and we’ll be right back after This join me Coran Norton author counselor and consultant for sessions with Ken a brand new talk show unpacking the issues affecting our everyday lives here in Antiga and barbudo your your calls and social media comments are encouraged because we want to hear from you every Tuesday at 8:00 P.M

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Want to know more about me watch the show AB today team don’t miss It it is time now for our AP water and electricity update with jalik Hazelwood good morning jalik good morning good morning how are you I’m good how are you doing I’m fine thank you all right let’s get into the updates for this morning oh problem um on Monday 12th February

2024 the planned electricity outages will affect several areas to include from 8:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Crossroad Center andgo again from 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Crossroad Center Antigo also happening today from 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. a section of All Saints west of the secondary school again from 1:30 p.m. to

3:30 p.m. a section of All Saints west of the secondary school on Monday 12th February 2024 the payment center will be located at the Caribbean cinemas as on Frid Road from 9:00 a.m. to 1: p.m. and services include the payment of all utility bills and inet services including

Topups as for water distribution we would have noticed that the conservation schedule would have been relaxed therefore we do anticipate that all our customers will receive water services within a 24-hour period we ask for for individuals who have gone periods of 48 hours or longer without water to give us

A call at 211 so that we can best assist you going forward these are ending notices for Monday 12th February 2024 all right thank you so much jelik have a good day same to you all right joining us this morning is Miss Jina France and she is the manager of the

Prevention unit at the medical benefits scheme in Antiga and Barbuda and of course she is here to shed some light for us on their upcoming event the medical benefits schem glowing and growing at 45 heartbeats walk good morning Justina good morning how are you doing I’m good thanks all right it’s a

Pleasure to have you of course thank you now let’s get into the purpose of this walk it’s glowing and growing at 45 heartbeats walk tell us about that okay so this year medical benefits will be celebrating 45 years and so this is a prude to our anniversary which will um

Take place in October so we are growing we are growing still definitely right um and we’re growing CU we’re still providing services and every day we on every year we think of having always providing something new um for the general public okay so when and where will the

Event take place okay so heartbeat walk will take place on the 24th of February um it start at 5:30 um in the afternoon um so we’ll do a warmup um and I guess we’ll have a short message um from Dr Sher tulok um because we are collaborating with them this year

Usually we have our heartbeat walk on our own um because you know February is hot month love month and we want you to get the hot pumping and but this year um we’re joining them to bring awareness to cervical cancer and so they will collaborating with the Celesta bird um

Medical Center um cervical cancer task force so the route for this walk um we’ll be starting from MBS headquarters on NE Street and then we’re going up on we’ll turn take a left onto Independence um drive then right onto cross um Street straight over to fill road then we take

A turn by West IND o and then we go on to Marble Hill and right around to North coast hardware then onto longford’s Main Road straight back onto fill Road onto C Street back to Medical benefit scheme right so um that is the route for the

Walk for the walk yes is is there a registration process that we have to go through um yes um the registration process is just basically call in um the numbers um it’s 481 6266 6352 or 6361 um to register um however I know the cervical cancer task force um they

Will be um selling shirts um they haven’t finalized everything as yet and I know persons have been calling and asking because every time we have an event they’ll ask so you have any shirts um so they’ll be I show when they get everything finalized we’ll be able to

Communicate a little bit more on um the sale of the shirts and where they can um get them right um to for ease of comfort as well to because you know safety of our participants is of utmost importance to us we’ll have the police escort with

Us of course we’ll have the ambulance um along with us th we any case of any emergency and our Mobile water services will be there as well too so if you want water on the root and also some you know some gateway to give you a little energy

Um that will be um provided and refreshments at the end um of the Walk is there a fee also attached to the registration or is it free no the registration is free okay um but as I said you know the the shirts will be by the the cervical cancer task force all

Right can let’s get into a little bit of the the benefits of this walk for for the people that are going to be joining in cuz I I know you mentioned um you know it’s heart month and we need to get the heart pumping and so on give us some

Of the little benefits that are that are involved well at MBS we always encourage persons to engage in physical activity does your body good it helps to reduce non-communicable diseases and you know if you don’t exercise you get some you know around your waistline um we put on some weight

And so that’s why we encourage um our beneficiaries um to engage in physical activity even 30 minutes a day does the body good and that’s why we put on these activities is to um get our beneficiaries you know they heart pumping um you know you lose some burn

Some calories and that’s why we do them so you find um each year we’ll have like three um sets of um physical activity like we’ll do this one for the heartbeat and then somewhere in June we’ll do a um pre Father’s Day walk and then in November we’ll do our fitness challenge

All right well give us the numbers again before we go for those who are interested in the walk and they would want to register as well okay so it’s 481 6266 481 6352 and 6361 all right well that’s all the information we need need for now I’m

Sure we’re going to see you again sometime soon as you said um the pre Father’s Day walk will be coming up so we’ll see you again soon and just before that that the free pars day walk we hoping to have a fitness Jam of yes in

Yes in May in May and that is in observance of world move for health day cuz we usually have our sneakers on the Move in May as you know so that will fall um just in line with it as well too so having your sneakers and your Fitness

So you’ll be jamming definitely the sneakers all right then well thank you so much for joining us um Miss France and we will be hearing a lot more from you coming yes you will and thank you for having me as well of course always a pleasure that was Miss Justina France

And she is the manager of the prevention unit at the medical benefits scheme and of course it’s all about their glowing and growing at 45 heartbeats walk walk so medical benefits scheme will be celebrating their 45th anniversary this year so of course we’ll be seeing a lot

More from them coming up but after this break we have Dr namad Bell she is here for the Cupids draw Valentine’s raffle I hope my name is in that box or else but we’re going to take a break we’ll be right back after This want to stay informed about the latest developments in your community do you have an event or opportunity that you want to share with the public abst tv’s with dadly billboard is here your weekly destination for all things and tigga and Barbo getting featured is absolutely free you can provide your

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To the treasurer and finance director of roak Ana and we’re just going to be discussing talking about the raffle how it went on and everything and we’re going to be join eight different prizes today good morning ladies good morning wow and the Box filled with a lot of things it

Is how how did how how did this go overall it went pretty well we started maybe like a month ago and we sold over 100 books 100 books each book tiet what and and and and what are some of the prizes that folks will be winning here

Today so we have eight prizes we have a prize from tropical Adventures which is the Sunset Cruise for two then we have dinner for two at Escape Antiga located at nonsuch Bay we have dinner for two at Nicole’s restaurant at Veranda at Veranda Resort we have dinner for two at

ISM at G Resort dinner for two at the Palm at the Blue Waters Resort we also have dinner for two at carile Bay we have a photo shoot package with be media and then we have an Antiga full Island tour with Cal helicopter and I see you smiling over

There doc I mean um overall how how this is promotion went along for the team um it went really well as most of the publics this is actually a staple signature project that we have every year one of our biggest fundraisers and again we want to thank the public for

All their support as as always and even our sponsors who made these prizes possible we are eternally grateful noting that all these funds that are raised are going back into the community going back to spreading awareness going back into service in and fueling our signature project so again really really

Really really great job and we’re really excited so we ready yeah your name is in there already guys ready bring I I just call it just to show them that I call it you know so um so our first prize is for the Mystic Sunset Cruise with tropical

Adventures you you shake the box cuz yeah good sh yeah you shake the box too oh and I will do the picking so we’ll call the names for the person but you you guys will make the call correct all right ask the show after after the show

After the show after the show okay okay we we have this this uhhuh this this yeah one ticket and this one is what for the Mystic Sunset Cruise all right so congratulations to Mercedes Ryan we will call you we have your number y and I hope that you

Understand okay all right lovely un writing this is priz one so I have this number eight so we starting from eight yes all right so next we’re going for a dinner for two at Veranda Resort oh boy this is the recipe sugar spice everything nice okay good mhm me turn my back

Put how I do this one one one okay ashod over there in herberts we’ve got your number congratulations all right Ashford Ash so where are some of the why Shake where are some of the places you go and um do promotions like folks just contact

Y y went and did y Road shows and so forth for this mostly our favorite tool that’s taking over the world social media right so we did a lot of our promotions on Instagram and Facebook and of course Word of Mouth never never ever fails and again because this is a

Signature project most persons came to find us hey guys aren’t you going to have the raffle when can I get tickets so yeah shake I’m talking to me so this is for the dinner for two at Escape okay what what is next for R Rak Ana yeah I’m asking the question wait

Wait wait wait oh my hand okay one a one okay and this goes to Shireen BD over in Fr Hill so congratulations so hold that make sure you have them in order all right next as ask what next for so next we actually have a professional development seminar

Coming up on the weekend of March the 15 and 16 15 and 16 this is going to be our empowerment 360 navigating success in the professional realm so it’s a two-day uh professional seminar and we’re going to have topics such as financial literacy effectively navigating the workplace mindfulness and relaxation

Di um also networking and relationship building so a very full let’s be fair Jamal philli all right Jal sh I’m to show you why I’m going to show you why go ahead shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake I can’t pick my own name sorry I

Can’t I can’t I I can’t do it like that I’m sorry I got to be fair to the world this is number one two three yeah we have four here okay this is Arin Goodwin yes we have the number you just call problem this this one is

For that one was the fifth one so G four five yeah GBE dinner G we have three more pric the pH shoot and the T on Lu number three let’s go gosh okay wait wait make sure one is one is one one two wait I’m not looking so that’s fine all

Right Nikita black okay Nikita black in herur so um who will be joining the some of the speakers will be all involved in this so we’re going to roll those out little by little as there will be little surprises as the weeks go by so we just

Release the topics that we’re going to have and we’re inviting business places to come and join again this is something for young persons and I feel like it’s imperative that we spend time develop on developing ourselves not just personally but also professionally and even in terms of learning different stress Tech

Um relaxation techniques because we do work in a very high stress um environment these days adding Miss Matthew Mr Matthew we call you uh is it Adia or okay we have Matthew matth in your wi drops yeah in your win drops correct so this is the last one and this is the

Last one this is the one for helicopter the helicopter make sure make sure it’s the last one make sure make sure you have seven one two three four five six seven all right the helicopter s here in order and how how do one look something

How do one become a member of RoR so in order to start showing interest we always encourage persons to come to our meetings we have meetings every the first and third Wednesday of every month you can also contact us by Facebook or Instagram you come you come to some

Meetings you be termed a guest at that point um once you continue being committed to the to the to the to to our meetings and what we have going on you can eventually go through the different levels become a perspective member and then eventually get the opportunity to be a actual

Me um is okay yeah okay just just first all right so Ana got it Anya is the wi we just have to make sure I want to pronounce the name the right way so that’s why I Ana all right over in five violence congratulations to you you will get your tour on the

Helicopter so hey congratulations to all the winners say congratulations to them and congratulations everyone I sponsors for making this possible most definitely stay tuned for our upcoming projects yeah just follow our social media Pages because we’re always actively posting um when we ever have anything coming up again feel free to

Come to our meetings um our next meeting we’re going to actually have a a first aid course and who doesn’t need a little touchup on first aid um so it’s really important so you can join us on the 21st of February at rosary house for that session so will release more information

As the time goes along so please stay tuned and again thank you everyone for supporting us as always um next year it’ll be bigger and better as you know we just get we just get sweeter as time goes on right so again thank you so much

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The issues affecting our everyday lives here in Antiga and Barbuda your calls and social media comments are encouraged because we want to hear from you every Tuesday at 8:00 p.m. exclusively on ABS TV and online sessions with Karen see you there Welcome back to Antiga bar today now joining us this morning is Miss Natasha Le and she is a library assistant at the Antiga Barb the public library and of course it’s all about their Valentine’s cake sale and other things but she’s going to tell us all about that good

Morning Miss Le morning is it too late to say happy New Year no it’s not because this is the first time I’m seeing you so so it’s Happy New Year from the director management and staff of the National Public Library Happy New Year to you as well thank you all right

So Valentine’s is coming up let’s get into the Valentine’s Day cake sale tell us all the details on that well last year we decided to put on a cake sale in a of funds for our upcoming programs and before you know it all our cicks sold

Off right so this we said let’s go again and you know we are the cheapest on the island right now cuz where can you get a slice of cake for $3 starting at $3 oh yeah right exactly so this year we’re back again with our annual cake sale and

Proces in proces are in Aid of Library developments all right so you said starting at $3 what kind of cakes we getting for $3 and so for you can get plain cake we’ll have fruit cake we oh and we have our specialty Bailey’s cheesecake you make that no

No no last year the Bailey’s chees hardly even reach out the door and it was finished so this year you have to come early to sample the Bailey cheesecake and let me tell you it bang good it tastes good that I I was I asking if you were the one that makes

That because you didn’t bring any for us and you have to come on Wednesday come on Wednesday all right so it’s we we’re doing it Valentine’s Day times day itself on Wednesday the 14th right in the library’s parking lot what time does it start it starts from 11: to 3: 11:00

A.m. yes ma’am all right so Valentine’s Day at the public library parking lot and 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. yes all right now you said start at $3 how high the cake we can buy a whole cake you can buy a whole cake if you want a whole

Cake we have prices suited for whole cakes I have enough whole cake for everybody we will get it and we also accept a donations you know you know somebody wants to sponsor us you know the good things that the library is doing you can sponsor us the cake

Sponsor cake for purchase sponsor some you know ingredients if you don’t have the time to make the cake right is there going to be anything else on sale we have some juices and Waters and sale yes all right then and I heard you mention the proceeds are in Aid of upcoming

Programs yes let’s get a little bit into those that you have coming up now you know the library we always try to get the community involved in everything that we do now um first program one of the first program that we have coming up next month now this we do this every

Year for World water day as a patron come in the door we distribute water to them so do proceeds and AIDS of things like that we also have our adult camp coming up now last year we did our first adult camp yes yes and I tell you those

PE those senior citizens had a ball that they even wanted to extend the time and wanted more so this year we are having our adult camp again and this year it’s for two weeks one instead of one right right so we have that coming up we also

Have um our Easter Camp coming up um that will be held from April 2nd to April 5th it’s just 4 days because you know the school break how the school break ends now we just get holy holy THS from Holy Thursday to the following Friday so it’s from the

Second April to the 5th and we only have 75 spots available for that for that Easter camp we also have our summer camp coming up so Pro you know Library you know we need the funds so please support us cuz the things that we do at the

Library for the young children for the seniors for the teens we have a teen space Department that you um right now they just putting on some programs and they starting a book club for teens so we’re encouraging all the teens to come and and take part in their book book

Club and this starts you know after school from 2:00 to about 3:00 so we’re encouraging everyone to come for that we also have um last year we did a popup shop and um employees entrepreneur popop I remember that yes this year we also having that but we’re doing it with a

Little twist um we’re not just for employees of the library we going to extend it out to different Ministries and Etc so so it’s a little you know so yeah we’re getting there we’re doing our programs good um we spend the whole of January planning programs so this so now

We’re here to unv the program and you know further details will come in the when it comes gets closer also we have a a department that is completely sponsored by the US Embassy M and they are looking for youth ambassadors at this time um you can visit the embassy

Page to get more information or you can come and visit the American Corner as we call it at the national public library the ages for the Youth ambassadors is from 15 to 18 they also want adult Educators to serve as mentors so adults like teachers and stuff like that

Persons who work in the community can also take part in that all right that’s a lot of stuff that you guys have going on at the public library um are there any any organizations that normally collaborate with you guys to do these things or it’s all from the public library we do have

Organizations that collaborate with us I forgot to mention our health fair that’s coming up in April um we also collaborate with medical benefits it Secretariat um you know places like that to in know AA for our health fair so yes we do work along with other persons nice

Is there any other information that we’re forgetting cuz my mind on all of these cakes for Wednesday so we have the youth ambassador program from the American Corner through the embassy you can contact the American corner at the public library for more information on that we have our health fa coming up in

April World water day we distribute water to all our patrons once you come into the library you get a bottle of water we’re trying to encourage you to drink more water especially on world water day so we have that coming up we also have our Easter Camp coming up um

You can call 562 452 to to get more information on that youth services department we have our employees entrepreneur pop-up shop coming up with a Twist yes that’s coming up on the 3rd of May just in time for Mother’s Day right so we have that also coming up

Then we have our adult camp that’s also coming up and that R from age um 60 and up we don’t have a cut off age last year we had a lady who was 86 and she had a ball of a time time right and so we

Don’t have a cut off age for that once you’re able you encouraged to come then we have our summer camp coming up in July the once once through the month of July so yes we’re pretty busy at the library and you the public will be the public should know that as of

Today we resume our regular working hours from 9:00 to 5:00 Monday to Thursday and from 9: to 3:30 on Friday on Friday yes all right well for those people who may want to donate a cake or something like that for the Valentine’s Day cake sale and to make um donations

In general give them a number that they can contact or how email address or something like that you can contact 56243 or 562 4585 and just anyone that answer the phone you can make your donations we also accept books very important we also you know we need books yes so we also

Accept books but please make sure they’re in very good conditions you know um we can’t yes you’re giving us but we need something presentable to give to our patrons so please make sure they’re in very good conditions also we have other things at the library that you can

Also donate you know anything you want we can just donate we’re starting our hygiene packages for patients for patrons so you can also donate something in that order also um persons out there who have books you know you come to the library last year the year before and

You borrowed books and you haven’t return returned it yet please yes they we usually charge uh fee but we have amnesty or you can just come and drop it in a box by the door we have a bin by the door you can just come and drop it

Nobody has to know but if you you know that little angel on your shoulder touch you and tell you the right and pay the late fee please pay the late fee all right well thank you so much for joining us this morning and uh we’re looking forward to slices of cake

Here on Valentine’s Day you can just send over our slices before everybody come and eat out the you could always send an order call 562 4503 and make your order for the cake all right then stev here yes so Valentine’s Day with our first activity for the year our

Valentine’s Day cake sale all right then well thank you so much for joining us miss Natasha Le she is the library assistant at the Antiga and baruda National Public Library of course it’s all about their Valentine’s Day cake sale so that’s this Wednesday so go on out and support a worthy cause slices

Start at $3 you don’t get it any cheaper than that guys so we’ll be seeing you on Wednesday yes all right we’re going to take a break and we’ll be right back after This all about Vibes flashing our pretty Smiles we’re out here living we’re just keeping it Real introducing the subway series and all newway to Subway just order by name or number and we’ll do the rest from irresistible cheese steaks to our chicken Sensations Chef crafted greatness in every bite elevate your game only at Subway join ABS radio from 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon for the

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Without giving you something about our black history what is Black History Month did you know that every February Americans celebrate the achievements of African-Americans throughout history this special month of reflection is called Black History Month and today we are going to learn more about what it is

And why we celebrate it every year you have probably heard the names Martin Luther King Jr Rosa Parks Malcolm X and Ruby Bridges before and learned about their roles in the Civil Rights Movement you have also probably learned about Harriet Tubman’s courage during the Civil War and her role in the

Underground Railroad but the history of African-Americans in the United States has not always been so available which is why black history month is so important to understand more about the origins of Black History Month we have to go back in time way back to the 1600s in 1619 European colonizers

Brought 20 enslaved Africans to the mainland American colonies and many historians believe that the practice of enslavement in the region began even earlier dating back to the 1500s regardless of the exact date the arrival of enslaved peoples in what would eventually become the United States began one of the most tragic

Periods of American History a period of over 200 years when African-Americans were enslaved by white people and even when enslavement or slavery was officially abolished in the United States racism and inequity continued because of this as the years went on few people studied black history School textbooks did not even contain

Information about it can you imagine having a whole section of History left out of one of your textbooks on purpose you would miss out on learning a lot of important information that you should no something needed to change in 1915 an African-American historian named Carter G Woodson made it his mission to begin

To document black history born in 1875 to formerly enslaved parents Woodson graduated from Harvard University with a doctorate degree in history he eventually became a faculty member at Howard University while there he was banned from attending annual conferences held by the American historical Association because he was black he

Realized that the mostly white historical Association had no interest in giving black people credit for advances in science technology education engineering and other fields Woodson wrote you must give your own story to the world and that is what he tried to do in 1926 Woodson started the association for

The study of negro life and history declaring the second week in February as negro history week here is an interesting fact the association chose the second week of February because of two very important people’s birthdays Frederick Douglas and Abraham Lincoln why these two well they both were instrumental in the

Abolishment or ending of enslavement in the United States born in the early 1800s Douglas was born enslaved but escaped to New York City in 1838 he became an abolitionist meaning he wanted to end the practice of enslavement he met with Abraham Lincoln many times and may have influenced Lincoln’s ideas about enslavement in

1863 President Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation which freed all enslaved people 50 years later in 1976 President Gerald Ford proclaimed that this week-long celebration of African American history be expanded to a month which is why we now celebrate black history the entire month of February Black History Month continues

To be important because it is a vital window into the past and because it gives representation to a group of Americans who still face discrimination and marginalization even today to quote the words of former president Barack Obama during the national African-American history month we recognize ize these champions of

Justice and the sacrifices they made to bring us to this point we honor the contributions of African-Americans since our country’s beginning and we recommit to reaching for a day when no person is judged by anything but the content of their character what are some ways that you can respectfully celebrate Black History

Month and what are some ways that you can be an advocate for equality and justice oh man black history just reading up and looking at some things there definitely and um let me tell you it’s powerful tell I’m a powerful man I don’t worry about the different signs I

Don’t worry about when people say this or say that you when they come to this month the about the things we celebrate within this month and again as I was just telling today it’s so funny that black people been going through these times since whenever time begin or began

From the from then till now and then we’re still doing the same things but we’re doing it amongst ourselves to each other yeah yeah we’re doing it to each other right now that’s how it is um remember I spoke about Marsha manano oh yes yeah I think if I have my picture

Ready I think I have it up so he uh he came first he’s the winner the national Calypso Monarch winner in Trinidad and to well Trinidad and Tobago and Karen Ash you know she usually want win the crown or she in the second and chop Gord

In third so um this song is there you can go listen to the song I mean he won why 300 or 500,000 plus plus the Deep vitar so congratulations to you you know stranger to us here in Antigo Barbuda and um the song is there for you to

Listen folks just typing M man Calypso 2024 trainer at carnival and you get it right then and there I mean I see Dominique and all doing their thing with Carnival to go crazy I next year next year you doing next year Dom of can I’ve

I’ve done it twice back to back then Co happened then you understand right okay so me catch myself though okay and I have a strong feeling a very strong feeling that something extra sweet about Antiga Carnival this year we just how feeling because we we had the co we had

The co Carnival we’re trying to get back to things and we got that then we did that now we feel this is just year for us this going to say bam let’s go with all the different mask bands right now um launching and early you know what’s up we say okay I

Just for the artist and then for kicking now but I have a feeling that there is something special about our carival for 2024 that everybody go like murder wow I just see colors and I hear the music I just see colors all the different mask bands I’m seeing colors

Tongue do look colorful everything bright and right and nice and I just have that feeling but it’s it’s on us to make sure that definitely we do have an enjoy this thing definitely all right stay with us we’re going to take a commercial break and take before we go

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Way live in a better State of Mind with State Insurance Company Limited Dame Georgiana Nelly Robinson is the nation’s sole female national hero she was born on the 7th of December 1880 into the George and Margaret Robinson family of eight and spent her early childhood living on Newgate Street in a

Move that would turn out to be very significant for her Nelly was sent to the United States as a young child where she remained for most of her child childhood receiving an education in the American school system there she worked as a child nurse housew worker and

Governance from age 13 in April 1898 at the age of 18 her career as an educator began by teaching her siblings and children of some family friends those early efforts were the beginning of the T Memorial High School named after her brother Thomas Oliver Robinson who died

In his youth this was the beginning of an unforgettable and very precious teaching career that would span over the next 57 years ending in 1955 well I actually started the school the very year that Miss Nelly Robinson gave up head mistress and Miss AA loving took over

But miss Rob still used to come down and teach periodically you had to be on time she was a woman of principle if she says that so and so must be done it must be done so the children of that day the minute they heard her footsteps coming

If we were chatting or we were doing anything out of the way you make sure that when Miss Nelly appears every man is as still as a house it’s not that we were afraid of her but it’s just that we respected her in addition to her towering stature in the field of

Education the antean society also felt the presence of Miss Nelly Robinson in other important areas during World War I she was the only black woman on the mobilization committee rallying the local men to join the war effort lobbying for better living conditions for the recruits on the long SE Voyage to

Britain as a member of the water preservation Committee in 1912 she played an important role in the early efforts to expand pipe born water in the country she also led the first art and cultural Committee in Antiga thus supporting the development of Carnival in the 50s she was also one of the

Pioneers of the guides movement for girls and was an active Committee Member of the guide Association on the 25th anniversary of Independence Miss Nelly Robinson was posthumously awarded Dame champion of the most exalted order of national hero for services to education and in those days people used to say

Well whenever you got a t to work with you you knew that they came from the T because they had some respect they had that prompt um thing about them they took their work seriously you know because this is what she T she taught us wherever you go you must leave a mark

Nelly Robinson died on the 29th of April 1972 at the age of 92 He he have you ever heard of Rosa Parks Rosa had a very simple life growing up but her act of Bravery became became one of the most important events in the history of the Civil Rights Movement Rosa was born on February 4th 1913 in Tuskegee Alabama when she was a child she was

Often sick and sadly had to spend a lot of time in bed then when she was two their family moved to live with their grandparents on a farm in a town called Pine Level Rosa loved being on the farm with her family it gave her and her

Siblings lots of room to play and spend time with each other they explored the woods and streams nearby and she enjoyed the school there Rosa was safe in Pine Level but this wasn’t the case in other places in Alabama Rosa and her family were African-American and this was a time

When black people were treated poorly in Alabama they were forced to attend separate schools use separate bathrooms and to drink from different drinking fountains this is called segregation they were often called mean names or abused when Rosa was 11 she moved to Montgomery Alabama to go to a better school it was

Called the Montgomery industrial School for Girls the head of the school was a white woman named Alice white she didn’t go easy on the girls but this wasn’t because she was mean it was because she wanted them to learn and grow often people who love you do this because they

Want to see you be your best you this motivated Rosa to try her best in school and learn as much as she could she wanted to become a teacher like Miss Alice someday Rosa stayed at the school until her grandmother became sick so she moved back to Pine Level to help there she

Found jobs to help earn money for her family she worked very hard to support them when Rosa was 28 she met a young man named raymon raymon inspired her to take even more interest in the problems black black people were facing in Alabama and other places in the South he

Was part of the NAACP the National Association of the advancement of colored people Rosa was proud of Raymond’s interest in helping this cause he often put himself in danger for it Rosa and Raymond fell in love and were married in 1932 in 1934 Rosa finished high school then

Started working as a nurse’s assistant and later at an Army Air Force Base on her way home from work she rode a bus but like all African-Americans at the time she had to ride in the back of the bus it made her very upset to be treated differently she didn’t say anything at

The time but she was very angry deep inside around this time Rosa joined the nouble ACP and helped as a secretary for several years she also registered to vote at the time the government in Alabama made it very hard for black people to vote Rosa had to take a

Difficult test and pay a tax that was very expensive when she was finally able to vote she was very happy but also upset that so many of her friends and family were prevented from voting Rosa worked very hard for her family through these years and continued to help the

NAACP she was never able to have her own children but helped the youth through the NAACP she wanted them to have good lives and took the time to take care of them to get to and from work Rosa rode the bus every day like other buses in Alabama this one was segregated which

Means anyone who was black had to enter the bus from the back and sit at the back this day Rosa took courage and got on the bus through the front the driver told her to get off and get on through the back Rosa refused the driver told

Her to get off again she said she would not the driver grabbed her by the coat and pulled her towards the front of the bus she sat down again the driver continued to yell at her Rosa finally got off the bus but she had stood up for

Herself and made her point in 1954 Rosa made friends with a white woman named Virginia Durr who wanted to help her and other African-Americans Virginia encouraged Rosa to attend a workshop in Tennessee that trained people to fight for equal rights for blacks and workers who were treated unfairly people of all Races and

Different states came together to learn how to make the world a better place there she met Martin Luther King and Adam Clayton Powell Jr a black congressman from New York City there she began thinking about ways to fight racism in her own City on December 1st 1955 Rosa left home to catch the

Cleveland Avenue bus to go to work on that note ladies and gentlemen we’re going to leave you right here with that beautiful black historical message and you get them each and every day remember every funi High pepper pepp every funi High pepper pot that’s the local for today there’s somebody for

Everybody definitely you go just so well sign afterday guys I am T the Ford I’m Steve Freeland junr of course on behalf of the entire wait te Steve and my my fiance have the same birthday you did not tell the people in them that Michael Jordan’s birthday was the same day

Michael B Jordan yes Michael B Jordan and Steve Freeland Jr have the same birthday tell the people in him that you just did what you have to say about that happy belated bro guys see you Tomorrow