Commencement Date For Double Decker Demolition Still In The Air
By Carlena Knight
There is still no definite date for the start of demolition for the historic West indies Oil Company (WIOC) Double Decker stand.
The Minister of Sports, Daryll Matthew had previously announced that the Double Decker Stand is to be dismantled beginning in April but with 20 days in there is still no specific date that has been identified.
The vendors will be placed north of the Government Printery in the green space next to the CWI ticket booth.
After the demolition, the newly-created space in the Antigua Recreation Grounds will remain open for a short time before re-construction commences.
Ode to Bertram, The Ultimate Newspaperman!
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I never asked Bertram what his real or full name was, but when I got the news Saturday morning that my favorite newspaper vendor had died, my heart simply dropped – meaning, it skipped a beat.
Bertram Emmanuel
The bearer of this bad news fellow VOICE columnist Carlton Ishmael knew Bertram was the only vendor I sourced all my newspapers from on Wednesday and Saturday mornings.
Perched ever-comfortably every ‘newspaper day’ in his wheelchair outside the entrance to Massey’s Waterfront outlet, he’d have his parcels of all four-weekend papers (VOICE, Star, Mirror and One Caribbean) wrapped and encircled in elastic bands with names appended, monthly clients (like me) simply picking-up our handed parcels on arrival and either engaging him in a brief chat, or simply collecting and moving on like clockwork.
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Roosevelt Skerrit (born 8 June 1972) is a Dominican politician who has been Prime Minister of Dominica since 2004; he has also been the Member of Parliament for the Vieille Case constituency since 2000. Regionally, he has served as the Chairman of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) and most recently as Chairman of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) in 2010.
Early Life
Skerrit was born in the village of Vieille Case. He began his studies at the University of New Mexico, Las Cruces, New Mexico, USA. He later transferred to the University of Mississippi, Ole Miss, Oxford, Mississippi, where in 1997, he acquired a Bachelor s (Honors) degree in Psychology (B.Sc.) and English (BA).