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imjustthemechanic · 6 years ago

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Natalie Jones and the Golden Ship

Part 1/? - A Meeting at the Palace Part 2/? - Curry Talk Part 3/? - Princess Sitamun Part 4/? - Not At Rest Part 5/? - Dead Men Tell no Tales Part 6/? - Sitamun Rises Again Part 7/? - The Curse of Madame Desrosiers Part 8/? - Sabotage at Guedelon Part 9/? - A Miracle Part 10/? - Desrosiers’ Elixir Part 11/? - Athens in October Part 12/? - The Man in Black Part 13/? - Mr. Neustadt Part 14/? - The Other Side of the Story Part 15/? - A Favour Part 16/? - A Knock on the Window Part 17/? - Sir Stephen and Buckeye Part 18/? - Books of Alchemy Part 19/? - The Answers Part 20/? - A Gift Left Behind Part 21/? - Santorini Part 22/? - What the Doves Found Part 23/? - A Thief in the Night Part 24/? - Healing Part 25/? - Newton’s Code Part 26/? - Montenegro Part 27/? - The Lost Relic Part 28/? - The Homunculinus Part 29/? - The End is Near Part 30/? - The Face of Evil Part 31/? - The Morning After Part 32/? - Next Stop Part 33/? - A Sighting in Messina Part 34/? - Taormina Part 35/? - Burning Part 36/? - Recovery Part 37/? - Pilgrimage to Vesuvius Part 38/? - The Scent of Hell Part 39/? - She’ll be Coming Down the Mountain Part 40/? - Stowaways Part 41/? - Bon Voyage Part 42/? - Turnabout Part 43/? - The Apple

It’s quiet. Too quiet.

For a moment there was silence. It was Sir Stephen who broke it.

“If we are to agree,” he said, “then there must be one thing I insist upon.”

“And what’s that?” Newton asked cautiously.

“You must make no more of those.” He nodded at the Steward homunculus. “And you must give me the remains you have used as a template, so I may have them properly interred on English soil. That man was my friend, Sir James Buckeye, and I am weary of seeing his face everywhere and having it not know me.”

Newton looked at the steward, then at Jim, then at Sir Stephen again. Sir Stephen nodded gravely. He was sitting up straight, his hands clasped on the table in front of him, and he looked like a rock in the face of a storm.

“Very well,” said Newton. “The remains aren’t here, though – they’re at my workshop in Athens. I’ll give them to you when we’re finished in Barcelona.”

“I would like some token, to show that you mean it,” said Sir Stephen.

Newton beckoned the Steward homunculus to come closer. It obeyed, whereupon Newton stood, and reached to pinch the man’s throat on either side of the windpipe. The empty uniform dropped to the ground in a puff of gray dust.

Jim quickly lowered his head. He hadn’t wanted to see that, but now he was too late not to.

“Is that token enough?” asked Newton.

“It will do,” Sir Stephen decided.

Natasha had never been on a cruise ship. She’d travelled by boat, as both passenger and crew, but never in this sort of luxury, and she was out of practice at elegant dining. The CAAP had eaten with royalty a couple of times, but even that wasn’t this formal – her Majesty the Queen preferred to eat good wholesome food with her family and would drink brandy until she was telling bawdy jokes and somebody had to send the children to bed early. Here there was a string quartet playing, waiters were constantly at their elbow to top up her wine glass, and the room was full of the murmur of quiet conversations and the clink of silver and crystal.

As he’d promised, Newton had pulled some strings to get them a room they didn’t have to share with the Contessa’s menagerie, and had even found them some evening wear, apparently at shops on board the ship. Nat was wearing a pink cocktail dress with a matching purse, and Sharon was in a powder blue gown that could have been fresh off a Milan runway. Sir Stephen’s tuxedo was a little too small for him, so he was moving very carefully as he ate, worried about tearing it. Allen, not a formal diner by nature, barely dared move at all. Jim’s long hair was pulled back in a man-bun and he’d shaved, and in a tux Nat had to admit he looked very good indeed.

“So the apple,” Sam said.

“The apple!” Newton laughed. He was in a suit and tie, although his own long hair hung down, and for the first time he was not wearing a hat. Nat was a little disappointed to find that he wasn’t bald on top. “I never expected that to end up being the story I was famous for. It came from an argument with one of my students. I was trying to explain that the same force which causes things to fall on Earth also keeps things moving in the heavens, and he simply refused to understand. The thought experiment with the cannon was doing nothing for him. He said that when he shook a tree, the apples fell down, rather than going into orbit – so I picked up an apple and threw it, and asked him to imagine that it kept going so fast that by the time it reached where the ground ought to be, the ground had curved away from it, and he finally understood!

“Then I thought,” Newton went on, “what is the apple? What does it mean?” He looked expectantly around the table.

“Knowledge?” offered Allen.

“Yes, exactly!” Newton nodded, a smile on his face. “The apple which opened the eyes of Adam and Eve to the truth! You see, people think alchemists are a bunch of superstitious fools, finding correspondences in things and basing all their practices around them, but you can’t argue when it works! Thereafter I used a falling apple as an example of something under the influence of gravity, and the rest of the story, that one had hit me on the head and inspired me, grew all on its own.” He snorted. “I think people like to find outside explanation’s for a great man’s insights. It makes them feel better that they don’t share his genius.”

Nat was still nervous. This was all too nice. Maybe it was just that she’d never been at a formal dinner where something wasn’t going on behind the scenes, but the idea that they were all just friends now seemed absurd. Was she too comfortable with secrets, that she couldn’t feel at ease with open-ness?

Despite her nervousness, though, she still looked perfectly at ease as she sipped her wine. “What are you going to do with your gold, once you get it?” she asked. “Is there something you’re planning to spend it on, or are you just going to make a big heap and sit on it?”

“Oh, I’m not going to make gold, actually,” said Newton. “The Philosopher’s Stone can make anything, as long as its structure is fairly simple. I’m going to use it to create large perfect sapphires for interstellar lasers.”

Natasha had been about to ask him where the feather from the Holy Dove came in, but her train of thought abruptly derailed when he started talking in terms of actual science. “I’m sorry?” she asked, not sure she’d heard right.

“You’re… you’re trying to communicate with aliens?” asked Sam, equally astonished.

“Yes!” said Newton. “Alchemy is nothing but a search for the truth, for the templates of nature, as you so eloquently put it yourselves. Other beings in the cosmos must be doing the same thing, and their templates will be slightly different, because their DNA is different, their language is different, their whole way of codifying information must be different, and it’s the codification that gives information power. Think what we could learn from each other?”

“Alien alchemists.” Sam shook his head. “There’s a phrase I never thought I’d hear.”

Nat caught Sir Stephen’s eye. He gave a slight nod, and she returned it. He was worried, too. She tried Allen next, and found he still hadn’t touched his vichyssoise.

“It’s soup, Dad,” she murmured. “You’re supposed to eat it.”

“It’s cold,” he replied.

“It’s supposed to be,” said Nat. “Blame the French.”

He picked up his spoon. “I think you’ve been living in Britain too long, Ginger Snap,” he said.

“Not really,” she replied. “The French have a lot to answer for. Mayonnaise, for example.”

Allen chuckled, then had to raise his voice as the string quartet bowed before taking a break, and applause filled the room. “So are you going to marry Jim?” he asked.

He’d intended it to be a private question, but the applause ended a little too soon, and he spoke the words marry Jim into the silence left behind. The other people at the table turned to look at him and Nat, and Jim himself muttered a curse as he banged his elbow on the edge of the table in his surrise.

“Sorry,” said Allen quickly. “What I meant was… well, obviously it’s up to you.” He was speaking quietly now, but it was too late – everybody was already listening, including some people at neighbouring tables. “But I wanted to say, don’t do it just for the soul thing. If you’re going to marry him, be sure that you love him.”

“Dad,” Nat said. Didn’t he realize he was just forcing his foot further and further down his throat?

He seemed to, but he was determined to continue regardless. “What I’m saying is, don’t rush. Newton said he could live a long time, so don’t feel you have to hurry. Your mother and I knew each other for two years before we settled down.”

“Dad,” she repeated.

“We figured if we could put up with each other that long, fight, and forgive each other, then we were okay for lie.”

“Dad!” Nat insisted. “Just… please stop.” She held up a hand between them, as if to physically block his words.

Allen turned red. “Sorry,” he said, and took a big mouthful of his cold soup.

Unfortunately, Sir Stephen decided to chime in. “I have thought for the beginning that Buckeye would have liked you, Natalie,” he said. “He would have approved the match. Jim, I know you said you do not care what Buckeye would have thought, but I know he would have felt responsible for you, as for a younger brother or even a son.”

Jim was still rubbing his elbow. “You know what?” he asked. “Nat’s right. Just stop.”

The other people at the table – and at a couple of nearby tables – laughed. The strangers around them might not understand the situation, but they could tell that somebody was having their relationship discussed in public by friends and family, and laughed to ease the tension. Natasha laughed too, because her own anxiety was high. It didn’t help.

After dinner there was a comedian performing in the ship’s theatre, and more dancing in the piazza. The big-screen TVs in the Orion Pub were showing a soccer game. The spa and casino were open for business. There were a million options for people who wanted to enjoy themselves, but Nat wasn’t interested in any of them. She went out onto the Lido Deck where the last light of sunset was still visible in the sky, and leaned on the railing at the back of the ship, watching the stars come out to the east. The lights of Naples, or at least of the Italian coastline, were still just barely visible on the horizon.

Sir Stephen joined her. “This isn’t right,” he said.

“You noticed,” Nat observed. The dry sarcasm covered up her relief – she’d been itching to have a conversation about it, but couldn’t do so in front of Newton and Desrosiers. She was actually surprised they’d let her leave.

“Newton is luring us into a trap, and Madame Desrosiers as well,” Sir Stephen said. “We are all trapped already, here on this ship with the land far away. It is a gilded cage, but a cage nonetheless.”

“Yes, yes it is,” Natasha agreed. “I’ve been thinking. If Newton wants to destroy civilization using the philosopher’s stone, could he do it on a ship? We’re out in the middle of nowhere with nobody to stop him. He said himself that we’ll be at sea all day tomorrow. What if he makes the stone right here and uses the ocean somehow? We’re on a fault line. It’s not as convenient as a volcano, but it might still work.”

“I think it more likely he means to destroy the ship,” said Sir Stephen. “Or to abandon it and return to Naples, leaving us all stranded and unable to stop him.”

“If he can get off, we can get off,” said Nat. “He would have to do something to be sure we couldn’t follow him.” The idea of sinking the ship seemed plausible enough. Newton wouldn’t care about all the people on board – they would just get a head start on his end of the world.

The sky to the east was quite dark now. The lights of the Scorpio II, with its many rooms, clubs, and parties, meant that only the very brightest stars were visible, and it was also possible to see a glint of orange sunlight, illuminating the summit of Mount Vesuvius.

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phgq · 4 years ago

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Gov't to push through with airport project in NegOr town: Tugade

#PHnews: Gov't to push through with airport project in NegOr town: Tugade

DUMAGUETE CITY – Transportation Secretary Arthur Tugade on Thursday said the proposed airport project in Bacong, Negros Oriental would push through as planned.

Tugade spoke to reporters at the Dumaguete-Sibulan airport hours before the arrival of President Rodrigo Duterte here to lead the inauguration of two projects backed by the Department of Transportation (DOTr).

“Yung sinasabing feasibility study at plano upang magkaroon ng paliparan, ginagawa at tinatapos (The feasibility study and plan for that airport are now being finalized),” he said in response to queries on whether the proposed new airport project has been shelved.

Tugade, however, did not give a definite timeline for the project.

Other concerns, such as the right of way, are being addressed, he said, adding that Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) director general, Jim Sydiongco, wants to break ground for the project by next year.

Tugade also said the administration is implementing “Build, Build, Build” projects in Luzon, the Visayas, and Mindanao, and does not favor any particular area.

“Si Presidente Duterte, hindi siya presidente sa Central Luzon lang, presidente siya ng pangkalahatan at pangkabuohang Pilipinas (President Duterte is not just the president of Central Luzon but the entire Philippines),” he said.

He cited as an example the Philippine Ports Authority (PPA), under which more than 300 projects are being implemented nationwide.

“Malaking bahagi diyan ay sa Visayas (A big portion of that is in the Visayas),” he said.

The President led the inauguration of the Dumaguete-Sibulan airport rehabilitation project that includes the re-blocking of the apron, construction of two taxiways, expansion of the existing passenger terminal building, runway asphalt overlay and shoulder grade correction, and expansion of the CAAP Administrative Building.

These improvements have upgraded the airport’s capability to accommodate heavier aircraft and have increased the terminal’s passenger capacity from 330 to 450 people.

Duterte also proceeded to the city seaport for the inauguration of the newly constructed two-story Port Operations Building. Its new passenger terminal could now accommodate about 500 people.

These projects are the Duterte administration’s response to “make the Filipino life convenient and comfortable” and to make travel easier for locals and tourists alike, Tugade said. (PNA)

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References:

* Philippine News Agency. "Gov't to push through with airport project in NegOr town: Tugade." Philippine News Agency. https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1133287 (accessed March 12, 2021 at 06:26AM UTC+14).

* Philippine News Agency. "Gov't to push through with airport project in NegOr town: Tugade." Archive Today. https://archive.ph/?run=1&url=https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1133287 (archived).

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thietkewebsite · 4 years ago

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Những lợi thế và điểm yếu khi thiết kế web bằng Bootstrap

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grammarlyapp · 7 years ago

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Caap denies flight attendant's drug bust

The Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (Caap) on Thursday denied reports posted on several news blogs that a Philippine Airlines (PAL) flight attendant was caught on Tuesday night with “shabu” (crystal meth) worth P1.6 million concealed in her underwear. “In response to a recent supposed ... http://ift.tt/2AumQpT

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maryanntorreson · 4 years ago

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The best paying jobs in the Philippines

The best-paying jobs in the Philippines cover a broad range of industries. Although you’ll find many that are in the finance, healthcare, and IT sectors, there are plenty of other high-paying roles in other areas. We take a look at a range of positions that provide a high salary. We also outline some courses and learning areas that might help for each role.

Of course, there are plenty of other factors aside from money to consider when you’re choosing a career. As well as how much a job pays, you should also consider whether it’s a good fit for you. Work environment, work-life balance, and your own passions and interests should all play a part.

Aircraft pilot

What is an aircraft pilot?

Aircraft pilots are responsible for the operation, navigation, and overall safety of aircraft. It’s about more than just sitting at the controls – they take information about the route, weather, and passengers/cargo to make a flight plan. They also have to brief the cabin crew and communicate with air traffic control during the flight. It’s a role with a lot of responsibility, and as such is one of the best-paying jobs in the Philippines.

How do you become an aircraft pilot?

To become a pilot, you’ll need to work towards a license and certificate from the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP). You’ll also have to pass the Aviation Training Organization (ATO) requirements. To reach this level, you’ll first have to become a licensed private pilot.

How much do aircraft pilots make?

The average salary for an airline pilot in the Philippines is ₱2,365,574.

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A finance broker is a professional that arranges transactions between buyers and sellers. They act as a go-between for the two parties, facilitating large-scale financial transactions. Financial brokers often work with stocks, but there are other fields too. Mortgages, insurance, and currency are also the remit of brokers.

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To get into a career as a financial broker, you’ll need to understand how markets work, as well as how to navigate them. A good place to start is with a degree in a subject related to finance. From there, an internship or experience with a firm is the next step. Although it can be a long journey to the top, it’s one of the best-paying jobs in the Philippines.

How much do financial brokers make?

The average salary for a stockbroker in the Philippines is ₱350,000.

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How do you become a civil engineer?

If you want to become a licenced civil engineer in the Philippines, you’ll first need to pass the five-year Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering. From there, you’ll have to pass the Civil Engineering Licensure Examination, which you can take after some on-the-job training.

How much do civil engineers make?

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How do you become an actuary?

You’ll want to start with a bachelor’s degree in either accountancy or mathematics. A relevant postgraduate qualification may also be beneficial. You’ll then need to pass qualifications to become a member of the Actuarial Society of the Philippines.

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How do you become a computer programmer?

If you want to work as a computer programmer, you’ll first need a detailed and extensive knowledge of a range of IT systems. As such, you’ll need a degree in an IT-related field, such as computer science. Once you have your qualifications, you’ll need to build up as much experience as possible to find a role in this industry.

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The average salary for a computer programmer in the Philippines is ₱200,219.

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What is an accountant?

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Bacolod-Silay Airport to hold emergency exercise

BACOLOD CITY, Sept. 20 (PIA) –The Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) is currently conducting successive consultation meetings with its stakeholders for the holding Airport Emergency Exercise on October 26, 2018.

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Ports of LA Update

Ports of LA, Long Beach at clean-air crossroads as they update pollution battle plan

By Rachel Uranga, LA Daily News

POSTED: 07/15/17, 5:44 PM PDT | UPDATED: 2 DAYS AGO

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Can one of Southern California’s biggest sources of pollution turn itself into a model of green energy?

That’s what the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach aim to do this week when they release their much-anticipated update to the Clean Air Action Plan.

Decision-makers from this mammoth economic hub, where countless trucks, ships and trains produce a toxic stew of pollutants, will map out specifics on reducing the diesel-dependent port’s reliance on carbon fuels.

Nobody thinks it will be easy. Industry officials and truckers raise concerns about the price tag, while environmentalists push for more speed on the path to zero emissions.

Ratcheting up the expectations, self-proclaimed “climate mayors” Eric Garcetti of Los Angeles and Robert Garcia of Long Beach vowed near-zero emissions at the ports by 2035. How to get there? Investment in promising but expensive technology, including broader testing of clean big-rig trucks and cleaner-burning cargo handling equipment.

Here are the key questions as the countdown clicks away toward the cleaner-port plan’s release.

• What is CAAP, anyway?

Facing intense pressure from community and activists over pollution and exhaust spewing from trucks and ships, port officials adopted the clean-air plan in 2006.

• What was the goal?

Simply stated: Reduce pollution drastically.

• How?

Strategies included the arrival of some cleaner-burning trucks, new vessel pollution-reduction programs for ships, and advanced technology, such as the world’s first hybrid tugboat.

• Did it work?

Very well, at first. The effort cut diesel particulate matter by 85 percent.

• Then why issue an update?

The pace of the improvement has tapered off.

In some cases, environmentalist accuse the ports of backsliding.

A draft released last fall was heavily criticized by environmentalists for not setting ambitious enough goals.

The draft to be released Wednesday is the ports’ response.

• What’s the timetable for this plan?

The ports’ harbor commissions are expected to vote on the plan by fall.

• What are its main roadblocks?

1) Money. A zero-emissions port complex won’t come cheap.

Some say it could hurt shippers’ competitive edge.

One study from consulting firm Moffat & Nichol estimates it would cost $23 billion for the two ports and upstate peer-port Oakland to replace equipment with all zero- or near zero-emission technology.

2) Scope. It’s a huge job.

There are 16,000 big rigs that service the port, plus dozens of cranes, forklifts and other diesel-powered cargo-moving machines along the dock.

Also, emissions from dirty bunker fuel used by ships would need to be contained.

• Who’s going to pay for it?

It’s not clear.

Port officials must be ready to spend billions of dollars or find some generous funders.

Concerns have arisen in and out of the ports. Drivers fear the ports will pass the cost on to trucking companies who lease them their rigs, and those companies will expect them to foot the bill for pricey clean-burning rigs.

The trucking industry complains that it already spent more than $1 billion in the first wave of actions.

The lockstep-walking mayors have said they will work with all parties to find a solution, but haven’t offered specific funding strategies.

• Does all the tech exist to make these goals?

Not yet. But things are moving quickly,

While electric cars seem to get better every month, there isn’t yet a fleet of big rigs with the range to make continual short-haul trips from the port to distribution points all day long.

However, some cutting-edge technology is already in place. The $1.5 billion Middle Harbor project at Long Beach, an ambitious project featuring next-generation automated cargo-moving gear, will dramatically reduce pollution while it aims to improve efficiency.

• Are lawmakers on board?

Yes and no.

Gov. Jerry Brown’s passion for combatting climate changes helped motivate the ports to include greenhouse gasses in their list of targeted pollutions.

With Barack Obama in the White House, California could generally rely that the executive branch shared the state’s environmental goals. But with President Donald Trump at the helm, that’s no longer so certain.

But even in the state legislature, recent efforts have arisen that could create new hurdles. A plan approved by the legislature and signed by the governor earlier this year to hike gas taxes and vehicle fees — part of a drive to raise more than $5 billion a year to repair crumbling roads — included a concession for truckers.

Lawmakers agreed to block the state from requiring drivers from retrofitting or retiring a truck before it reaches 800,000 miles or 13 years on the road.

That could allow some big-rig owners to keep their trucks — and the resulting diesel emissions — on the road for 18 years.

Currently, the ports ban all trucks that did not meet 2007 emission requirements. In an early draft, the clean-air plan calls for a zero-emission port truck fleet by 2035 and a ban of all pre-2010 by 2020.

Also, trailers slapped onto two transportation-budget bills — Senate Bill 103 and Assembly Bill 118 — could prevent California from buying any automated cargo handling equipment that could potentially displace workers.

The International Longshore and Warehouse Union, which represents dockworkers, decries any project that would result in fewer crane handlers and forklift drivers.

• Is this just about the port?

That’s a loaded question.

The port is the largest stationary emitter of pollution in the region, but the pollution certainly doesn’t stop at its gates.

Along the arteries of the 710, 60 and 10 Freeways, thousands of diesel-powered trucks daily pick up goods from across the world and ferry them to retailers and distribution centers. Along the way, they leave behind diesel particulate matter and other pollutants.

Nowhere in the country is smog worse than in the Southern California basin.

• Will cutting emissions improve health?

In the end, that’s what makes spending all that money worth it, proponents believe.

Clear-air activists fear a worsening ribbon of pollutants winding from the ports inland and back again.

The stew of exhaust produced by diesel-burning trucks and other gear drives up the rate of cancer, asthma and other respiratory problems for people living nearby.

Researchers estimate the pollution kills 2,149 people in Los Angeles, San Bernardino and Riverside counties every year. Some have labeled the 710 freeway corridor from the port “the diesel death zone.”

Much of the smog generated in Los Angeles gets blown east and trapped by the mountains, leaving stagnant crud hovering over the Inland Empire.

A boom in distribution centers in the IE, fueled by the ports’ constant stream of goods from China and elsewhere in Asia, has multiplied truck traffic and the resulting emissions.

Scores of cleaner burning trucks run on hydrogen fuel, electricity or LNG trucks could ease that growth.

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Natalie Jones and the Golden Ship

The group track down the elusive Madame Desrosiers. She is not cooperative.

Guedelon Castle was just a few minutes outside Triegny – they pulled up into an entirely modern car park, separated from the building site by a row of trees. A path led around to the other side of those, and there, very intentionally like something out of another time was the castle itself. Construction had been going on for some fifteen years now and was expected to take ten more, with all the work being done in the same way as it would have been in the thirteenth century – right down to the workers dressing in period-appropriate clothing. The only concession to modernity was the hard hats and steel-toed boots required by the safety laws, and a couple of cars and trailers that must have belonged to employees, parked a short distance away.

Natasha had been looking forward to seeing how Sir Stephen would react to the place, and how close he thought it was to the fantasy middle ages he came from. It was, however, Clint whose eyes lit up eagerly as they approached the building site.

“I… I remember seeing repairs being made to the castle in Nottingham!” he said, referring to his other life as Robin Hood. “It was just like this, with the treadwheel crane and the mason’s lodge… I recognize all of this!” He laughed. “It’s weird how this stuff pops up so strongly when something reminds me. Like a childhood memory I’ve almost forgotten, and then it comes back!”

His delight was infectious – Natasha smiled back at him. “Are you still working on your book?” she asked.

“Uh… not really. Not since I got back,” Clint admitted. “It would feel like cheating now, like the whole story is already written for me.”

“You’re still the one who came up with it,” Nat told him.

Sir Stephen looked up at the crane, powered by two men in what looked like a giant wooden hamster wheel, hauling blocks of sandstone up to the top of one of the towers. He nodded, as if he approved, then lowered his eyes to look at the woman who was coming up to greet them. She was small and plump, dressed in a shapeless forest-green dress and a wimple.

“Can I help you?” she asked in French, a little sharply. “We’re closed to visitors!”

It was almost six-thirty – they would probably be stopping work for the night soon. Nat wondered if she and the others should have waited for tomorrow, but Sir Stephen bowed to the woman as if she were a great lady, and then took out his CAAP badge. “I am Sir Stephen of Rogsey,” he replied, in perfect French, “of the Committee for the Appraisal of Archaeological Peril in London. My colleagues and I are looking for Madame Helene Desrosiers.”

“Oh,” said the woman, a bit startled by his behaviour. “I’m Sylvia Lefevre, the site director. What do you want with Madame Desrosiers?”

“We have some questions for her about the stolen Egyptian mummy. We understand she had a family interest in it,” Sir Stephen explained.

Lefevre looked worried now. “Madame Desrosiers said she would be leaving tonight. You might still catch her at her trailer.”

They looked towards the small cluster of employees’ vehicles – and at that moment, they heard an engine start. At the end of the row was a particularly large and expensive-looking RV, which was now humming as it prepared to drive away.

Nat grabbed Sir Stephen’s hand. “Quick!” she said.

They ran back to the car park, where they were in time to see a woman lugging what must have been a very heavy suitcase up the steps to the RV door with her teeth gritted. To Nat’s surprise, she was not European but East Asian, with fair skin and shiny black hair in a neat bun at the back of her head. She remembered Wainfleet mentioning that she’d taken over the attempt to reclaim the mummy from her mother-in-law, and wondered what Monsieur Desrosiers thought about the whole thing… or indeed, whether his opinion mattered.

“Madame Desrosiers!” Natasha called out.

The woman looked up. “I am in a hurry!” she said. Her accent was French, meaning she’d probably grown up in the country – most likely in Paris or its suburbs. “I cannot talk!”

“Going to visit your Mummy?” asked Sam.

Helene Desrosiers paused a moment, as if what he’d said had surprised her, but then she shook her head. “I am going to see Monsieur Wainfleet in England!” she snarled. “To give him a piece of my mind about his little stunt! That sarcophagus belongs to me!”

Nat came closer. “So nobody’s told you they found it?” she asked.

That made Desrosiers stop cold. She searched Nat’s face for a moment, looking perhaps for a sign that she was lying. “Where?” she demanded.

“At the side of the road, smashed,” said Nat. She hadn’t had time to look at a newspaper that day, but was guessing the Gendarmerie hadn’t told the press. Possibly because they hoped to keep the information private in order to test any tips or confessions they received, but just as likely because they wanted to avoid embarrassment.

Desrosiers stared a moment longer, then hissed something through her teeth. Nat couldn’t quite make out what she’d said, but it sounded like German.

“What did you say?” asked Nat.

“I know who did it,” Desrosiers declared, “and I will deal with him. You foreigners,” she added, “your job was to protect the sarcophagus and you have clearly failed at that, so you are no longer needed.” She hauled her suitcase up the last step. “Laurent!” she called to somebody else. “Allons-y!”

“Oui, Madame!” came a reply from up front.

Desrosiers was about to shut the door, but Sir Stephen put his hand in it to stop her. “Wait!” he said. “Who are the men who look like Buckeye?”

“The men who… who?” she asked, blinking at him in confusion.

“The identical men!” Sir Stephen insisted. “There were two of them in the party that robbed the train, and they turned to ash when their faces were shown!”

Nat saw recognition flit across Desrosiers’ face, settling a moment later into annoyance. “Of course there were!” the woman snarled. “That is not your business, either.” She slammed the door on Sir Stephen’s fingers, forcing him to yank his hand back. It would take a lot more than that to stop him, though – still shaking his fingers to get rid of the sting, he ran to stand in front of the vehicle as it passed along the dirt track between the mason’s lodge and the castle moat. The driver, a man in his early twenties with the sides of his head shaved, looked nervous for a moment but then revved up the engine, and Sir Stephen was forced to hurry aside.

“She knows!” Sir Stephen said, pointing a furious finger at the RV. “She knows and she will not tell!”

“She doesn’t have to if she doesn’t want to,” Natasha pointed out. “We don’t actually have any authority in France.”

“We cannot go home without answers!” Sir Stephen declared. “I will not allow it!”

The rest of the group had caught up with him now, and were gathering around to try to calm him down – but then Clint’s eyes suddenly went wide. “Hey!” he shouted, taking off to chase the RV. “Wait! Stop!”

Whatever he’d seen, he was too late to stop it. There was a crack from high up on top of the half-finished tower, and the immense wooden crane broke. Its arm swung down to fall into the moat, which fortunately was only a ditch, not yet filled with water, and the load of stones it had been lifting came crashing down on the front of Desrosiers’ RV.

There was no hesitation on the part of any CAAP member – they rushed forward. Sir Stephen ripped the RV door off its hinges to get at the crushed driver’s seat. The young man named Laurent was lying there, covered in glass from the shattered windshield and with his legs trapped under the collapsed dashboard. Sharon shot the lock off the passenger door and she and Natasha climbed in. Madame Desrosiers was sitting on the floor just inside the doorway between the cab and the living space, clutching some crumpled paper to her chest and staring in horror at what was in front of her. Had she been a foot further forward, she would have been killed.

“Come with us,” said Sharon. She and Natasha took Desrosiers’ arms and escorted her out of the vehicle.

Outside, people were gathering from all over the castle grounds to see what had happened. Allen was comforting Madame Lefevre with one arm around her shoulder, while she buried her face in this stranger’s shirt so she wouldn’t have to look at the accident. With his other hand he was trying to dial his phone.

“Nine-nine-nine doesn’t work!” he told Natasha.

“It’s one-one-two on the continent,” she said.

Sam had pushed Sir Stephen out of the way to get a look at Laurent. Natasha caught his eye, and saw him shake his head.

“This one’s dead,” Sam said. “How’s Madame Desrosiers?”

“I’m perfectly all right,” Desrosiers replied stiffly, though she was trembling. “I have to leave. I’m going to miss my flight.”

“We’ll get you out,” Sam promised. “Sir Steve?” This got no response, and Sam looked around. “Sir Steve?” he repeated.”

“He went with Clint,” said Allen, briefly waving his phone in the direction of the castle before putting it to his ear. “Hello?” he asked whoever had answered. “Hi, do you speak English?”

Nat turned towards the stone walls. Clint was halfway up the scaffolding, with his bow and arrows on his back, but had paused to look down. Sir Stephen was at first nowhere to be seen, but a moment later there was a fuss halfway along the outer wall. A man jumped down to land in a heap and roll down into the moat, with Sir Stephen right behind him.

The first man started to get up, but Clint clung to the scaffold with his legs while he fired an arrow, and hit the man in the back of the shoulder. This was not a sharp arrow, though, but one of the taser ones the young scientists at Shrivenham had made – the victim went stiff, and then fell to the ground all over again. Clint began climbing back down.

Sir Stephen had landed on his feet a couple of metres away. He slid down the side of the moat to grab the fallen man by the shoulders and drag him to his feet. It turned out, however, that the man either recovered quickly or had only been faking being stunned – he rolled over, kicked Sir Stephen in the face, and got up to confront Clint, who was now coming at him from the other side. Clint pulled out a second stun arrow and made to jab at him with it physically, perhaps with the idea that he hadn’t hit the right spot the first time. The man responded by parrying the arrow with one arm, while the other pulled a hunting knife out of his belt and stabbed Clint in the side with it.

“Shit!” Nat exclaimed. She left Madame Desrosiers in Sharon’s care, and dashed towards the fight.

“Shit!” Sam agreed, and went with her.

Clint had collapsed, clutching his wound. The man who’d jumped from the wall was dressed, like the other workers, in a medieval tunic, hose, and hood, with a leather vest that had perhaps blocked the shock from the stun arrow. A yellow hard hat and a pair of safety goggles made it difficult to see his face. While Sam and Nat were still on their way, Sir Stephen managed to knock the knife out of the man’s hand and then ripped the hat and goggles off in him in a single motion.

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CAAP airports ‘ready’ for influx of holiday travelers

#PHnews: CAAP airports ‘ready’ for influx of holiday travelers

MANILA – The Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) on Monday said it has placed its airports on heightened alert to address the expected large number of passengers during the holidays.

In a statement, the CAAP said it added security measures aside from deploying more service and security personnel in all 12 areas handling CAAP commercial airports in response to the Department of Transportation’s (DOTr) “Oplan Biyaheng Ayos: Implementation of Heightened Alert Status during the Pasko 2020”.

Running from Dec. 16, 2020, to Jan. 5, 2021, it said the program will help ensure “safe, reliable, and convenient airport operations” to returning overseas Filipinos, civilians, and tourists.

“Concerned government agencies operating at the airports, including the Office of Transportation Security (OTS) and the Philippine National Police Aviation Security Group (PNP-AVSEGROUP), will also deploy personnel at areas of concern to ensure smooth passenger flow while strictly implementing new normal minimum health protocols,” the CAAP said.

These health protocols include mandatory wearing of face mask and shield, social distancing, temperature checks, provision of foot baths, hand sanitizing stations, and regular disinfection and inspection of airport facilities.

It urged air passengers to be ready to present valid health forms and other requirements of local government units (LGUs) to avoid inconvenience on their departure and arrival.

“Passengers are also reminded to download the Traze app ahead of their arrival at the airport for faster scanning of QR codes in entry/exit points and designated areas,” CAAP said.

From Dec. 1 to 31, 2019, it said domestic and international passengers at CAAP airports reached 2.5 million out of the year’s 29.2 million passengers. (PNA)

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References:

* Philippine News Agency. "CAAP airports ‘ready’ for influx of holiday travelers." Philippine News Agency. https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1125378 (accessed December 22, 2020 at 02:37AM UTC+14).

* Philippine News Agency. "CAAP airports ‘ready’ for influx of holiday travelers." Archive Today. https://archive.ph/?run=1&url=https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1125378 (archived).

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Bajan Newscap 6/7/2017

Good Morning #realdreamchasers. Here is your daily news cap for Wednesday 7th June 2017. Remember you can read full articles via Barbados Today (BT), or by purchasing a Mid-Week Nation Newspaper (MWN).

NOT ME – Opposition Leader Mia Mottley has dismissed as total nonsense, claims that she earned legal fees of $4 million for work done on the stalled Four Seasons hotel project. “This notion that Elliott D Mottley & Company earned $4 million in fees from a private company is a nonsense and a falsehood. I have indicated that eight lawyers working over a period of time did not even reach a half or a 1/3 of that amount. They are still owed funds and it was not for one transaction, but for s series of transactions. The claim against Mottley has surfaced following her response to the 2017-2018 Financial Statement and Budgetary Proposals in Parliament last week in which she claimed that attorney-at-law Hal Gollop, QC, a legal partner of Prime Minister Freundel Stuart, had received fees $1.5 million for work done on the newly constructed Barbados Water Authority headquarters building in Pinelands, St Michael. While promising to uncover and root out corruption in both high and low places, Mottley had also charged that Gollop was instrumental in Stuart’s re-election in St Michael South constituency. Tuesday, the Opposition Leader took a further swipe at the governing Democratic Labour Party, reminding that “I was not a Prime Minister charging $3.3 million for legal work done for CLICO while being the Prime Minister of a country”. It was a clear reference to allegations made against former Prime Minister David Thompson following his death in 2010. The Opposition Barbados Labour Party leader also gave the country the assurance that the notion that lawyers can charge four and five times more than their counterparts in the same transaction, was wrong. Mottley argued that there was a minimum scale of fees which informed lawyers most of the time, stressing that they usually charged according to the scale of fees. Mottley added that if the client felt that he had been charged excessive fees he could go for taxation of the fees as well from the Registrar of the Supreme Court. On the final night of the Budget debate Prime Minister Freundel Stuart sprang to Gollop’s defence against what he said were attempts by Mottley to sully the character of his friend of 50 years. Both Stuart and Gollop challenged Mottley to come out into an open forum and repeat the scurrilous allegations she had made against them in the House of Assembly. (BT)

MIA TELLS WHY BLP DIDN’T CALL VOTE – It would have been pointless for the Opposition to call a divide on the Budget since it did not have the numbers to defeat the proposal. That was the position of Leader of the Opposition Mia Mottley yesterday, as she reacted to public criticisms of last week’s Financial Statement And Budgetary Proposals and her reply. On the ruling Democratic Labour Party’s (DLP) side, two members – Minister of Commerce Donville Inniss and Minister of Agriculture Dr David Estwick – spoke against some of the measures introduced on the Tuesday by Minister of Finance Chris Sinckler to deal with the fiscal deficit and halt the decline in the foreign reserves. His imposition of a two per cent tax on foreign exchange transactions and a 400 per cent increase in the National Social Responsibility Levy (NSRL) were lambasted by the public and businesses. (MWN)

WORRELL: CUTS & IMF THE WAY TO GO - Former Governor of the Central Bank Dr DeLisle Worrell is convinced that Government needs to take a leaf out of the books of some economies in Europe and slash spending while seeking help from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), if it wants to get the economy on solid footing again. And while he acknowledged there would be some pain for citizens if the Freundel Stuart administration went that route, Worrell believes it would be worth it in the long run. In his June newsletter, the third in a series of personal economic letters he has focused attention on since his dismissal in February, Worrell pointed to Cyprus, Iceland, Ireland and Latvia, as examples for Barbados which is struggling with a wide fiscal deficit of about six per cent of Gross Domestic Product, due to Government’s continued high spending. He noted that the four countries, like Barbados, were all small open economies that were highly integrated into international financial markets, with foreign banks and financial institutions, and financial links to major centres such as London and New York. Worrell suggested that they had even bigger issues than Barbados but still managed to overcome them with the right prescription. (BT)

JONES: FOCUS ON TEACHING – Minister of Education Ronald Jones yesterday launched a broadside against militant secondary school teachers and their unions, saying they should concentrate on teaching and not on striking for “basic things”. In an obvious reference to the Mary Redman-led Barbados Secondary Teachers’ Union, Jones told a Caribbean Development Bank/UNESCO four-day workshop on education at Accra Beach Hotel, Christ Church, that too many of the island’s teachers spent too much time arguing for too many basic things – salaries, wages and good conditions of service. “And therefore (they) become distracted from developing quality methods to impact on our children. So how do we correct that or can we correct that? Let us march rather than teach. And then to find the march didn’t go anywhere and didn’t do anything.” (MWN)

SECURING REGION – Terrorism not only poses a threat to the security of the region, but it could lead to it losing its place as a premier tourist destination. This point was underscored by Prime Minister Freundel Stuart yesterday when he addressed the start of Exercise Tradewinds, the United States-led regional training response to natural disasters, terrorism and transnational organised crime. “This year, Exercise Tradewinds is being conducted against the backdrop of a tense and uncertain global security environment, with many more flashpoints in existence now than was the case when the last Exercise Tradewinds was held in Barbados in 2012,” Stuart said during a ceremony at Barbados Defence Force headquarters. (MWN)

TRADEWINDS “CRITICAL TIMES OF TERROR” – Though Barbados, and to a larger extent the region, have been fortunate to be among the few nations not directly affected by terrorist attacks, programmes such as Exercise Tradewinds are still critically important at this time. This is so, according to Canada’s High Commissioner to Barbados Marie Legault, particularly in light of the recent attacks on global cities like London, Manchester and Paris. Her comments came during a special Whit Monday reception on board Canadian military vessel HMCS Kingston that will be berthed in the Bridgetown Port for the duration of the June 6-12 exercise. Legault maintained that countries needed to work together to fend off these type of attacks as well as to be well equipped in times of national disasters. (MWN)

PROTEST AT ISRAELI FORUM – The Barbados-based group Caribbean Against Apartheid In Palestine (CAAP) says it will be picketing the Israeli Trade Conference, which starts this morning at Hilton Barbados. The picket will be at the corner of Aquatic Gap and Bay Street, St Michael, starting at 8 a.m. and lasting for an hour. CAAP secretary Lalu Hanuman said the action was necessary since millions in Palestine had been subjected to oppression. “The Republic of Israel of today has more in common with apartheid South Africa than it does with any biblical kingdom of Israel.” (MWN)

TOWN PLANNING APPROVES SKEETE’S BAY DEVELOPMENT - After waiting in limbo for the past five years, developer Paul Doyle has been given the green light by Government to proceed with construction this year of his controversial $200 million Skeete’s Bay Tourism Development Project. Back in 2012, popular calypsonians Stedson Red Plastic Bag Wiltshire and Mac Fingall had led a public campaign by residents against the proposed St Philip development, charging that it would have a negative impact on their community. Amid fears that the villa project would also block access by residents to the public beach, the then Minister of Housing and Lands Michael Lashley, who is also the parliamentary representative for the area which is known for its fishing, had given his personal assurance that Skeete’s Bay would remain the property of the Crown. However, the Town & Country Development Office had given the official go ahead to Doyle, who is the owner of the Crane, to start construction on the 67 luxury units overlooking Culpepper Island and Skeete’s Bay and the businessman could not be happier. Doyle said his current focus was on designing 67 “very contemporary” units, which he said would operate “in the same business way that Crane does, except the units are not in five storey apartments, they are single-storey villas” overlooking the sea. The Canadian developer, who had previously welcomed plans by Government to redevelop the Sam Lord’s Castle Hotel into the Wyndham resort, said his luxury villas also aimed to attract upmarket clientele. He pointed out that each villa will have a 55-foot private pool, and that the units cannot be seen “from anywhere” because they are going to be built into the hill and the landscaping will be “very” green. (BT)

MANOR IN LIMBO – The Garrison is synonymous with horse racing but a local credit union is in no hurry to redevelop a property it owns in the historic area. For the last few years, officials of The Light & Power Employees Co-operative Credit Union Ltd. (LPECCUL) have been scratching their heads trying to figure out what to do with the Horseshoe Manor property, which is named among the listed buildings within Historic Bridgetown and its Garrison. The holding is valued at about $1.5 million but it will cost between $5 million and $7 million to renovate. Having already spent about $350 000 including fees for an architect, quantity surveyors, engineers, and ground testing, LPECCUL has put the project on the backburner. Beyond financial considerations, their decision was informed by concerns about a reduced uptake for properties in the Garrison area. In the cooperative’s annual report issued to members ahead of their annual general meeting about two months ago, LPECCUL’s board of directors said they “deferred plans for commencement of the refurbishment of the Horseshoe Manor property due to the anticipated cost factor, as well as the depressed commercial real estate market”. BARBADOS BUSINESS AUTHORITY learnt that the management and members of the credit union were so concerned about what to do with the property that they held a special general meeting on the matter last December 14 in the Barbados Light & Power Company Limited’s, The Christie Conference Room. At the end of that meeting, a motion “to halt the renovations to Horseshoe Manor property and assess the market conditions with the possibility of selling” was moved and approved by a majority vote. According to the minutes of the special meeting, members were told that the credit union bought the Horseshoe Manor property in the late 1990s and it was tenanted until about four years ago when it became derelict. It is now a case of wait-and-see for the Horseshoe Manor property which cannot be demolished and its original architecture must be maintained. (MWN)

NOTHING WRONG WITH MINIMUM SPEND POLICY, SAYS BBA – The commercial banks here have slammed the door shut on Barbadian customers hoping for some form of redress against retailers who impose a minimum spend on those wishing to pay for their purchases with debit cards. Contrary to assurances given recently by Caribbean Integrated Financial Services Inc (CarIFS), the provider of the technological infrastructure that facilitates payments via debit card at points-of-sale locations, the bankers are making it clear that the retailers are free to set their own rules. In fact, President of the Barbados Banking Association Donna Wellington said the financial institutions would not police the retail establishments that use their machines. “The banking association will not be policing this matter. They [the retailers] have rented or purchased a machine from us that can be used for their own purposes to collect their own revenue. They can choose not to put one [card machine] in their stores. It is not a mandatory thing. There will be no situation in where the commercials banks in Barbados police retailers all across this island to see if they are putting up signs or not. That is not our affair,” Wellington told Barbados TODAY in the wake of widespread condemnation of Rubis petrol station in Kendall Hill after a customer posted a video online in which he complained of being asked to spend at least $20 if he wished to use his card for a transaction. It was the latest in a series of complaints by customers who said the practice was unfair. Prism Financial Services, the parent company of CarIFS said it had been so inundated with calls that it issued a statement in April warning businesses that its regulations prohibited merchants from directly or indirectly enforcing a minimum spend requirement for point-of-sale purchases. However, with some businesses refusing to back down, CarIFS spokeswoman Claire Odle told Barbados TODAY last month that those who defied the order would likely be fined by the banks, or have the equipment taken away altogether. However, in sheer contradiction to this statement, Wellington insisted it was up to the merchants to decide how the use the machines and there was nothing illegal about the minimum spend requirement. In fact, she suggested that customers who did not like the condition set by the merchants could pay by cash or cheque. (BT)

NEW ACCOUNTING STANDARD – The insurance industry in Barbados and the region should prepare for significant impact from a new accounting standard. Recently professional services firm PricewaterhouseCoopers gave notice of the pending introduction of International Financial Reporting Standard (IFRS) 17. Now, the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) is also highlighting the importance of the provision. ACCA’s head of corporate reporting Richard Martin said it was a “significant moment” when the International Accounting Standards Board’s project on insurance accounting “comes to fruition after 20 years of development”. “Existing insurance accounting treatments around the world are very variable and none are the same as IFRS17. They will by 2021 be replaced by a consistent treatment in all countries using global standards. The scope of this standard is limited because it applies only to the relatively restricted number of insurance companies, but they do form a very significant sector in the economy.” He added: “But for those companies the impact will be very significant – both in terms of the changed accounting numbers that they will report and in terms of the data that may need to be assembled. Investors and other users of those financial statements will also have to adapt to the new numbers.” Martin said despite the long development period for IFRS17 “not all parties may be content with all aspects of the new standard”. However, he said its “consistent accounting treatments will be a major advance, and the imperfections perceived by some are an inevitable price that has to be paid”. (MWN)

BHTA CONGRATULATES AFFONSO-DASS ON CHTA APPOINTMENT – The Barbados Hotel and Tourism Association (BHTA) has extended congratulations to Patricia Affonso-Dass, who was named the Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association's (CHTA) president-elect at its annual general meeting last week in Miami. Affonso-Dass, who served as president of the BHTA from June 2012 to June 2014, is the group general manager at Ocean Hotels. BHTA chairman Roseanne Myers congratulated the new president-elect and said: “The BHTA is very pleased that as it celebrates 65 years this month, as the oldest national tourism organisation in the Caribbean, one of its recent past presidents Patricia Affonso-Dass has been voted president-elect 2017 of the CHTA. “It seems only fitting as it was with the urging of the Barbados Hotel Association’s (now BHTA) founding members that the Caribbean Hotel Association was formed and that the subsequent change to CHTA occurred. The BHTA pledges it support for the development of Caribbean tourism and to President-Elect Affonso-Dass throughout her tenure. Adding to this, CEO of the Association, Rudy Grant, who attended the AGM, said: “Mrs. Affonso-Dass has had an extensive career in the tourism industry in Barbados and the wider Caribbean. We are confident that with her experience and background she will do well in this new post, which will see her moving onto the position of president of the CHTA in a year. “As a past president of the BHTA, and a board member for several years, the Association has had a long-standing relationship with Mrs Dass and pledge our continued support as she takes on this new venture.” (MWN)

CENTRAL BANK APPOINTS NEW ACTING DEPUTY - The Central Bank of Barbados today named Michelle Doyle-Lowe as acting Deputy Governor, effective June 2, 2017. Doyle-Lowe, a career central banker, joined the Bank as an economist in 1997 and has held the posts of Deputy Director, Banking, Currency and Investments, Adviser to the Governor, and most recently Director of Research and Economic Analysis Department.

A Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) since 2005, Doyle-Lowe also possesses a B.Sc. (Hons) Economics from the University of the West Indies and an M.Phil. in International Finance from the University of Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom. Doyle-Lowe, a longstanding member of the Barbados Economic Society, replaces Elson Gaskin who has returned to his substantive post of Bank Secretary. The changes come in the wake of the sacking back in February of then Central Bank Governor Dr DeLisle Worrell at the height of his disagreement with Government on the way forward economically, amid dwindling foreign reserves which had fallen well below the required 12 weeks of import cover to under $700 million. Worrell has since been replaced by Acting Governor Cleviston Haynes, amid a worrying national debt, which is said to be in excess of 160 per cent of Gross Domestic Product. (BT)

CALL FOR REGISTRY OF APPLIANCES – Faced with tonnes of illegally dumped appliances in a St Thomas gully, an advocate for the environment says the problem can be tackled if a registry of appliances was established and policed by the Future Centre Trust. In addition, Future Centre director Kammie Holder said he believed waste haulers should not be paid until they proved they had delivered their cargo to the landfill or to a recycler. Holder made the comments after he and several volunteers from the St Thomas Parish Independence Committee conceded defeat when they discovered many discarded appliances in Bucks gully last weekend. Noting that the serial numbers on the dumped televisions, washing machines, stoves and fridges could be easily seen, he said that if Barbados had a registry of appliances, the owners could be easily traced. (MWN)

DOVER PATROL PLEA – Recent criminal activity in the Dover and St Lawrence areas in Christ Church has led to an outcry from residents and business owners, who have called for a greater police presence. The most brazen of seven recent incidents left a 15-year-old Trinidadian girl, who was visiting with her mother, brother and friends, traumatised after a gun was placed to her head by one of three assailants who scaled the wall of a guest house in Dover. According to reports, on Sunday around 9 p.m., the visitors, who had just returned to the guest house after dining out, were sitting by the pool when the gun-toting assailants surprised them and demanded they place their money and cellphones on the table. Several members of the group were part of the X-Men Football Trinidad team who participated in the XXI Banks Barbados International Masters Football Festival. (MWN)

SHOCKING FIND – Sy Yearwood got the shock of his life when he broke the windows and door of his mother’s Parkinson Field, Pine, St Michael home on Saturday morning. Apart from the nauseating stench and the horrible site of flies and insects, his 66-year-old mother Virginia Yearwood’s decomposing body was covered in white lime. It’s a memory that’s now etched permanently in Sy’s mind – a memory he wishes he could sooner forget, but one that simply will not be easily erased. Unable to re-enter his mother’s home since then, the 46–year–old spoke to Barbados TODAY from his neighbour’s living room Monday evening. With the anguish still clearly written all over his face, Sy explained that his mother had apparently been dead for at least three weeks. However, he accused two relatives who were her caregivers of deliberately concealing her death and of pretending that she was alive and well. Despite his reluctance to relive that horrible Saturday afternoon when he and his brother Albert Gittens arrived and broke down the door to enter their mother’s home, Sy said he was both appalled and shocked at the great lengths to which the relatives went daily to apply white lime on her decaying body. So shocked was he, that on Saturday, immediately after the gruesome discovery was made, he sat in the road for nearly four hours in disbelief over all that had gone down. “I open that door and saw white lime thrown over she, I opened the window and I told my brother it better be a dummy in there covered over,” he said, questioning, “How could you look at [Virginia] for three weeks every day and putting white lime over her to kill the scent?” Adamant that his mother did not deserve such treatment, Sy recalled that the dead woman always did her best. However, he explained that after the birth of her second son, Virginia suffered a stroke and was dependent on the Welfare Department and her two sons for financial support. The woman also has three daughters. However, being the oldest of her five children, Sy took on the responsibility as head of the household. He insisted that his mother’s life was never easy. When informed of her death, Chairman of the National Assistance Board (NAB) Senator David Durant was horrified to learn of the circumstances surrounding Virginia’s passing. In fact, he said it was an example of the mistreatment and disrespect that the elderly were exposed to by their caregivers. The outspoken Government Senator also suggested that caregivers needed to undergo training. Police are continuing investigations into the woman’s death with results still pending from her autopsy. (BT)

MIDDLE-AGED MEN BEFORE THE COURT – A 54-year-old man must be on his best behaviour for the next six months if he wants to avoid spending time behind bars at HMP Dodds. Magistrate Kristie Cuffy-Sargeant imposed the six-month bond on Michael Gladstone Callendar over the weekend after he appeared in the District ‘A’ Magistrates’ Court on three drug charges. Callendar, who was recorded as having no fixed place of abode, pleaded guilty to possession, possession with intent to supply, and possession of a trafficable quantity of cocaine. According to police prosecutor Sergeant Cameron Gibbons, lawmen were conducting an operation in the Goodland, St Michael area when they saw the accused. He was stopped and a search was requested, which he consented to, and a vial containing a crystalized substance was found in his pants pocket. Callendar was asked to give an account for it and he admitted knowledge and ownership of the illicit drug, which weighed 5.42 grammes and had an estimated street value of $82. “I am guilty as charged, Ma’am. I ask the court for leniency in this matter, seeing that I had it for my own use,” Callendar said. “I put myself at the mercy of the court.” Asked why he had no fixed place of abode, Callendar responded that while he lived on the streets, he had a house and he gave the magistrate the address. If he breaches the bond imposed on him, he will spend two months in prison. In another case before Magistrate Cuffy-Sargeant over the weekend, a 50-year-old man was not required to plead to two indictable charges. Andrew Hamilton Thomas, of Headley Road, Deacons Road, St Michael is accused of entering the home of Augustus Skeete as a trespasser on December 19, 2016, with intent to commit serious bodily harm and at the time had with him a cutlass. It is also alleged that the unemployed man assaulted the same man on the same date, occasioning him actual bodily harm. Thomas was not required to plead to the charges and with no objections to bail from the prosecutor he was released on $8,000 bail which he secured with one surety. However, his freedom came with conditions. He now has to report to the Black Rock Police Station every Tuesday and Friday before noon with valid identification, and he was warned to stay away from Skeete and his property. Thomas is scheduled to make his second appearance in the District ‘A’ Criminal Court on September 13. (BT)

MESSENGER CHARGED WITH THEFT – A 65-year-old messenger accused of stealing more than $24 000 from the Barbados Fertility Centre was granted bail yesterday in the District “A” Magistrates’ Court. Grantley St Clair Nurse, of Skeete’s Road, Jackman’s, St Michael, was not required to plead to two indictable charges before Magistrate Douglas Frederick. He was charged with stealing $19 641 from the Centre between May 24 and 30, and another $4 950 from the same place between May 23 and 30. Bail was set at $10 000 and the matter adjourned until September 13. (MWN)

TWO ADMIT TO ASSAULTING POLICE – Three men appeared in the District ‘A’ Magistrates’ Court Tuesday on separate assault charges, but left under different circumstances – one on bail, the others with an order to perform community service. Kelvin Richard Nixon of Light Foot Lane, St Michael told Magistrate Douglas Frederick he was not guilty of assaulting Samuel Agard on June 5, occasioning him actual bodily harm. There were no objections to bail from the police prosecutor and the 38-year-old was released on a $3,000 surety. He returns to court on September 13. In another case, Rhudi Tiadjoe Barton, 19, of Duncans, St Philip admitted to assaulting, resisting and obstructing Police Constable Lamar Cook in the execution of his duties on June 3. Magistrate Douglas Frederick imposed 80 hours of community service on the teenager after the police prosecutor Sergeant Martin Rock outlined the facts. Rajani O’Brian Parris, 21, of Luca Street, St Philip also has the same on amount of community service to perform for assaulting, resisting and obstructing Police Constable Akeel Grant in the execution of his duties on June 3. Barton, who is a porter, and Parris, a general worker, have to return to the court on August 28 to give an update of their service. (BT)

EVERSLEY ON REMAND UNTIL ADDRESS VERIFIED – A 28-year-old man will spend a week on remand at HMP Dodds, after appearing in the Oistins Magistrates’ Court Tuesday on three criminal charges. Lamar Keelan Eversley, who was recorded as having no fixed place of abode, pleaded guilty to having in his possession, apparatus for the misuse of cocaine on June 2. It is also alleged that Eversley stole a cellular phone worth $2,250, a handbag worth $22.50, a pair of headphones worth $150, a $15 scarf, a bottle of water worth $2.75, and two bottles of suntan lotion belonging to Katie Cochrane on March 20. While he told Magistrate Elwood Watts he was not guilty of the charge, he was also not required to plead to the charge that on May 28, he stole a cellular phone belonging to Paul Ward. That offence allegedly occurred in the District ‘A’ jurisdiction and as such the accused will appear before the District ‘A’ Magistrates’ Court on Thursday to answer that charge. In relation to the guilty plea, police prosecutor Sergeant Rudolph Burnett told the court that police were on duty in the area of Sargeant’s Village, Christ Church when they received a report about a stolen vehicle. They went on patrol and saw Eversley running away for the vehicle which was parked in an open spot next to a house. He was pursued, apprehended and a search was conducted. The apparatus – a bottle – was found in his pants pocket. It was examined and found to have a white residue at the bottom. Police told him of their suspicion and he responded: “Officer, this is for when I smoking my dope.” Eversley, who has four prior convictions, including \ criminal damage and theft, told Magistrate Watts Tuesday: “I would like to get a bond or bail.” He said he had been working on a ZR van for three months but was currently out of work. Asked why he had no fixed place of abode, he claimed that he lived with his mother in Haggatt Hall. However, the magistrate informed him that someone would have to verify his address. He was then remanded until next Tuesday, June 13. As he was being escorted out of the court by a police officer, Eversley told the magistrate that he would like a recommendation for Verdun House to take part in the drug programme there. Magistrate Watts told him that he could raise the matter at his next court appearance. (BT)

A FRIEND IN NEED – A St Michael man who said he was doing a “favour” for a friend now has to complete 240 hours of community service if he wants to keep his criminal record clean. Julian David Alleyne, of No. 31 Kensington Lodge, St Michael pleaded guilty before Magistrate Douglas Frederick to possession, possession with intent to supply and having a trafficable quantity of cocaine in his possession on June 5. In outlining the facts in the No. 1 District ‘A’ Magistrates’ Court Tuesday, Sergeant Martin Rock said police were travelling along 8th Avenue New Orleans, St Michael when they saw Alleyne sitting with another man. On seeing lawmen, Alleyne attempted to walk away but was intercepted. A search was requested and he consented and in his clenched fist were 29 pieces of a crystallized substance suspected to be cocaine. He admitted that he had the illicit drug for sale when asked to give an account. But addressing Magistrate Frederick Tuesday, Alleyne said he had never sold nor used the drug. He claimed that a friend had given him the substance and asked him to “hold down the corner”. The 39-year-old, who is not known to the law courts, admitted to the magistrate that he had made a “poor decision”. Magistrate Frederick then imposed the community service on Alleyne who returns to court on September 29 to give a progress report. In another drug case presided over by Magistrate Frederick, a 32-year-old man was put on a bond to keep the peace and be on good behaviour for the next six months. If Daymond Laron Nicholls of Spring Farm, St Thomas breaches the order, he will spend three months at HMP Dodds. Nicholls pleaded guilty to possession, possession with intent to supply and having a trafficable quantity on cannabis in his possession on June 4. The drugs were found when police executed a search warrant at a residence where Nicholls was seen. Some of the lawmen approached from the back and observed Nicholls sitting near some banana trees. He was kept under observation while other officers approached the front of the house with the warrant. A woman then ran to the back and informed Nicholls that the police were at the house. He got up and police observed a green bag in his hand which he then threw away. Nicholls was apprehended and the bag was searched and found to contain 30 greaseproof wrappings of marijuana along with some cannabis seeds. He admitted that the drugs, which had an estimate street value of $160, were his. (BT)

SOCA SWEETNESS - Soca Gold was short but sweet and sumptuous, as calypso lovers got a rich taste of their favourite hits of yesteryear at the cosy seaside Hilton Barbados venue on Sunday. From the legendary Lord Nelson, who opened the three-hour show, to Mighty Gabby, Baron, Red Plastic Bag and Crazy, it was a night for an old wine as the five veteran calypsonians journeyed down memory lane with some sentimental soca songs. Trinbagonian soca pioneer Lord Nelson, dressed in a trademark pink jump suit, put the middle-aged, mature crowd in an early dancing mood with his funky Disco Daddy and La La. The 1989 Uncrowned Carnival King also showed he can still wine at 86 years old when a woman joined him on stage for the pulsating Meh Lover, before climaxing with the humorous King Liar as he lied about his tailor’s skill at making suits. (MWN)

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