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The police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the drowning of a Chinese national that occurred at Pelican Beach in Johnson’s Point.

Approximately 5:10 pm on Sunday, July 27, police officers attached to the Johnson’s Point Police Station responded to a report and found the lifeless body of a 47-year-old Chinese national, residing at Lower All Saints Road, lying on the sand on his back. He was dressed in burgundy shorts and a white shirt.

Reports indicate that the deceased was at the beach with friends when he went snorkeling. Shortly after, he encountered difficulty, and signaled for help, prompting his companions to pull him from the water. CPR was administered by Emergency Medical Personnel; however, he remained unresponsive.

The District Medical Doctor arrived at the scene and pronounced him dead at 6:13 p.m.

The Police Administration extends sincere condolences to the family and friends of the deceased and are continuing inquiries into the incident.

Dear Editor,

Please allow me some space on your platform to express my disgust of how some of us, as managers, abuse our position to elevate and bring onboard friends & cronies into the establishment that we work for.

Such actions seem to be very prevalent in the govt and statutory sectors, causing some of the beneficiaries to become square pegs in round wholes.

Many of us who are in an authoritative position, sometimes allow our ego to become inflated and hence, allow the devine human attribute of humility, respect, empathy & compassion to be swept out of the window, causing our subordinates to be treated with disdain and in a condescending manner.

As a manager & simultaneously a strong believer in Christ, I have made a pledge to speak out against any injustice that I think has been metted out to any coworker of mine, whether that person is a messenger, a clerk or a fellow manager.

Isaiah 10:1-2 states “Woe to those who make unjust laws, to those who issue oppressive decrees, to deprive the poor of their rights…”Fair must be fair. The job site should be a level playing field for all. What goes for Peter should go for Paul.

In recent times, where I am employed, I have seen several wrongs metted out to some of my colleagues, resulting from the improper & unprofessional decisions, made by the hierarchy to hire & promote persons up the corporate ladder…..

For instance, persons have been seen dining frequently at the same dinner table with those in authority and not producing as much as their peers but yet get promoted infront of others who deserves a promotion. In addition, it also been seen that persons who belong to the same extracurricular organization as the respective manager, slips through the cracks to get hired. Of course such actions prompt many questions.

Obviously, the ” knee in the neck ” trauma that the Afro American Mr George Floyd experienced, comes to mind and it seems as though it has become a prevailing epidemic within the work place. Unfortunately, a selective set of employees are left to be stifled on the job, due to the dishonorable practices executed from some of those in authority.

Sadly, although the records may show that hard work & dedication have been put into the organization by many of these sidelined employees, some have become victims of discrimination and nepotism and hence, they have been (1) overlooked (2) pushed to the back of the corporate bus and (3) have the corporate ladder pulled from under them causing such employees to be stagnant in the organization.

It is very unfortunate, that the colleagues of these victims choose not to advocate loud enough for justice on their behalf. Perhaps their voices will only be heard when that ” injustice ” reaches to their front door.

If we are Christian nation and follow the doctrines and principles of Jesus Christ, then now is the time to be our brother’s keeper. While Jesus was on His mission, He got radical and spoke out against the wrongs that He saw, so why can’t I?

Alex

A prominent Syrian businessman has criticised the three-year prison sentence handed to the teenager who fatally shot Roudi Shmali during a failed robbery in May 2023.

“He did nothing to deserve being killed this way,” said Tony, voicing frustration over what he and others see as a lenient punishment.

The teen, who was 16 at the time of the crime, pleaded guilty earlier this year and received the maximum sentence allowed under Antigua and Barbuda’s juvenile laws. Now 18, he will receive credit for 550 days already served.

His release conditions include a curfew and regular police check-ins. Authorities will monitor compliance and may revisit the sentence if breached.

The case has stirred anger within the local Syrian community, with many calling for tougher sentencing. Another suspect, believed to be in his twenties, is still awaiting arraignment.

The Science of a Winkup by Dr. Lester Simon

1. Science thrives where there is doubt, uncertainty and unanswered questions. Can we use science to answer the challenging question: Why does a respectable woman or man engage in a lewd winkup in public during carnival?

2. Let’s start by ignoring those couples, mixed or unmixed, who are carrying on undercover within or without the band. They are having sex or getting off some other way. They are not our primary concern in this exploration of lewd winkup at carnival. Neither are we overtly concerned about the hapless man who was told to go aside and “Wet you hand and wait for me.” Poor man. He’s still whetting.

3. We are concerned with the ones in public view. Without the staring eyes of the public,including those doing the winkup and those spectators not doing the winkup, there is no strong impetus to winkup, especially to do the lewd winkup.

4. The science comes in if we regard and try to apply the seminal work on drug addiction by American psychologist, Dr Bruce Alexander.

5. Rats in cages have access to two types of bottles. One bottle has water only. The other bottle has water infused with mind-altering drugs. The rats almost invariably choose the water with the drugs, even to the point of their death.

6. Dr Alexander changed the experiment. He put the rats in cages that have the same two types of water bottles but instead of isolated cages, the rats are in a huge common cage called Rat Park. In Rat Park, they also have cheese, tunnels, other rats to play with and opportunity for plenty sex.

7. In Rat Park, he discovered that the rats use less or none of the water with the drugs and more or all of the water without the mind-altering drugs. A paradigm environmental shift.

8. Can it be that there is something missing in the lives of those respectable women and men doing the lewd winkup? What would happen if they were exposed to regular outings of drama, plays, music and theatre, dance, community gardens and games, public parks, good healthy food and plain water, and some really good, regular kinky or even plain, unadulterated, missionary sex at home? Would they be less likely to engage in public lewdness at carnival?

9. And what about getting away from the incessant use of smart phones, with promenades after lots to park their vehicles, regular street festivals and other real public social media events of different types at different times of the year? Tourism begins at home. Real public access to every single one of our 365 beaches. And learn how to swim. Maybe we need some regular volumes of public Air on the G String, for those who haven’t heard Johann Sebastian Bach. Or they need to hear, see and traverse the Trail of the Boomsie by David Rudder.

10. An alternative view is that we don’t need to invoke science to explain the public lewdness. Maybe it’s a jealous reaction to the alleged goings on at some very exclusive private carnival parties. There are whispers and zippers of private sexual games. Designed for pusillanimous patrons stinkingly full of cash but devoid of basal human love and kindness, thirsting for the quenching waters from the ancient wells of our ancestors and families. Replaced by a cocktail of games with deliberate playful misinterpretations of native songs, such as Lucinda Tight, Tight, Tight; Fire in the Backseat; and the crowd pleaser, Ah Coming Down to Talk to You. Good grief! Your vileness inches to infinity.

11. Whichever is the explanation, there will always be winkup. Winkup will never die. Winkup is the anatomy of being. What if we change the environment in which people live, work, play, interact and interplay in our social intercourse, will we be able to reduce the lewdness and the public addiction to crassness?

12. However, one caveat attends. We may have to face one serious and unhealthy side effect with any such social and environmental changes.

13. The humongous rats in the city may join us!