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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

Government Substituting Failed Sugar With The Failing Rice Industry Recently the government revealed that it plans to convert 485 acres of lands at the Wales Estate into rice production.

Chief Executive Officer of the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo), Errol Hanoman had noted that this move is in an attempt to diversify the current sugar industry. into rice plantation. It is the opinion of some that the government is replacing a failed product with another failing product. The rice industry in Guyana, which provides employment for at least 100,000 persons, is in shambles. It is struggling for its own survival now that it has been straddled by many dilemmas, including debts owed by farmers and millers to banks and the closure of the lucrative Venezuelan market. The Venezuelan government has officially booted Guyana from signing another PetroCaribe deal to see the exchange of rice and fuel, as the Spanish-speaking nation has now teamed up with Suriname to pursue such an agreement.

Rice farmers across the country are contemplating their move for the next crop, since they are unsure about the market for their paddy. On the campaign trail the APNU+AFC Government promised rice farmers $9000 a bag for paddy, however the farmers are getting a mere $1800 per bag. President David Granger and his government have distanced themselves from the plight of rice industry. The President recently insisted that the crisis of the rice industry was not Government’s problem and quoted as saying, “It’s a private arrangement… Farmer-millermarket… It’s not a Government arrangement.” The situation in the rice industry is so severe that rice farmers have already signaled their intention to reduce cultivation in excess of 30% in the coming crops, given the uncertainty, low prices and lack of support from the

Government. Many experts have used in animal feed. Steady demand for suggested that Guyana will be better off soybean derivatives also confirms with Soya bean cultivation. As the sustained need for food-grade soybeans, second largest producer of soybeans including specialty varieties, organic, worldwide, Brazil accounts for 30 non-GMO, and IP beans. The soybean percent of the global production of the derivatives market is segmented on the crop. The country has over 29 million basis of its applications into feed, food, hectares of land available and used for and others (biodiesel, soy-based wood farming soybean. In the four most recent adhesives, soy ink, soy crayons, soygrowing seasons up to 2014-15, based lubricants). It is also segmented soybean production has been on a on the basis of lecithin processing into steady rise, according to USDA. Annual water, acid, and enzyme. By type, the production quantities in that time span market is segmented into soybean, soy have ranged from 66.5 to 94.5 million meal, and soy oil. Soy meal is further metric tons. In 2013, soybean exports segmented into soy milk and soy protein earned the country $23 billion USD concentrate. Likewise, soy oil is further according to MIT data. Soybeans grown segmented into soy lecithin. The soy in Brazil have higher protein levels than meal segment was the largest in 2014, those grown in many other parts of the and is projected to grow as a result of the world, and thereby fetch higher prices in increasing demand from the food and international markets, according to other functional industries. According Commodity Basis. The country also to Research and Market, The market for produces a large quantity of non- soybean derivatives is estimated to be genetically modified (non-GMO) worth $176,921.05 million in 2015, and soybeans, which are also pricier than is projected to reach$254,913.10 genetically modified ones. According to million by 2020. reports. Guyana should not miss out on the opportunity to cultivate soya bean. The market for s o y b e a n derivatives has m a d e a noteworthy impact on the f o o d & beverage industry and on other industries as well. The soybean crop is processed into soy meal and vegetable oil, Chief Executive Officer of the Guyana Sugar and almost all Corporation (GuySuCo), Errol Hanoman of that meal is

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THE Ministry of Education on Sunday last launched a ‘Literacy Clinic’ at Fun City, Ramada Princess Hotel, East Bank Demerara, targeting children from nursery to secondary schools in Guyana .Acting Chief Education Officer Marcel Hutson said the initiative is one of several efforts by the Ministry to enhance literacy in Guyana. “If you can’t read, all other areas in your life will be affected,” he said, pointing out that the aim of this clinic is to “sensitise parents and sensitise the community” of the value of literacy. According to Samantha Williams, Education Officer attached to the Literacy Unit at the Ministry of Education, the Literacy Clinic is part of education month activities, noting that this is a good opportunity for the Ministry to get all the stakeholders involve. She said that it is an opportunity for parents to bring their children to be tested in Literacy and show the parents how important literacy is for the children. She also said that the activity will be taken to all the regions of the country, after it is fully established. She is of the opinion that the activity should be held on a regular basis and is hoping that it is extended to communities and the low performing schools in those areas. The official further stated said the clinic involves assessing children and “putting forward strategies to improve their literacy, to their parents”. The strategies used at the clinic, she noted, are strategies that are part of the schools’ curricula.

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Participants at yesterday's Literacy Clinic

Government Must Do More To Boost Coconut Industry to get into more international markets and export more but there

The Government of Guyana is focusing on the coconut industry, but not much effort is being made to boost the industry.

According to Bloomberg Commodity, the Caribbean might soon run out of coconut, the report stated that the demand for coconut and coconut products are high, however there is also limited supply. Apart from the lack of motivation from farmers to grow coconut on a large scale, Guyana lacks value added products of coconut. Some of the over 50 products that can be produced from coconut are: activated carbon ball, copra brooms, coconut biscuit, coconut chips, coconut chutney powder, coconut flakes, coconut honey, coconut husk, coconut husk handicrafts, coconut jiggery, coconut jam, coconut milk, and cream coconut milk powder, coconut oil, medicated coconut oil, virgin coconut oil, solvent extracted, coconut oilcake, coconut pickles, coconut seedlings and many others.

Coconut farmers have started to focus mainly on coconut water for export, thus reducing the chances of the many other value added derivatives from coconut. Goya is Guyana’s largest importer of coconut, which is then being imported back into Guyana in various forms as value added products. According to one coconut farmer, Vilma Da Silva, she is currently cultivating 35 acres of their land in the Pomeroon. She focuses mainly on coconut water for exports, and she buys from about 60 other small farms along the Pomeroon River, then bottle the water and export it, receiving approximately $1.50 per liter. “We want

aren’t enough supply available to buy from,” Da Silva said.

Diversification of coconut product may reduce importation, attracts additional revenues, and can result in the maintenance of continuous momentum of activities in the coconut sector.

There are numerous areas in diversification in which small scale farmers can add value to the coconut, such as technological advancement and market access, instead of continued beating the drum on sugar and rice.

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Administrative Works Delay Establishing PPC

The Public Procurement Commission (PPC) will soon be established and put in operation as administrative details is now being dealt with. Speaking to the State Newspaper, the Prime Minister said that “I am told that a lot of progress has been made,” and that “the process is now awaiting some administrative procedures, including finalising the remuneration packages.” The Prime Minster related to the newspaper that a building has already been identified and operations will begin when the members are sworn in by the president.

After key legislation was passed in the National Assembly in August, PPC was expected to be put in place shortly after as the names of the members of the PPC had been sent to President David Granger. The members who were nominated by the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of the National Assembly are Emily Dodson, Carol Corbin, Ivor English, Sukrishnalall Pasha, and former Labour Minister, Dr Nanda Kishore Gopaul and approved by two-thirds of the elected members of the National Assembly on August 8.

Under provisions of the Constitution, the President could only appoint members of the PPC after their nomination has been approved in the House, and by a two-thirds majority. The purpose of the PPC will be to monitor public procurement and the procedure to ensure that the procurement of goods, services and execution of works are conducted in a fair, transparent competitive and cost effective manner.

According the legislation, the Commission shall be

independent, impartial, and consists of five members with experience of procurement, legal, financial and administrative matters. Mr. Ivor English is the former head of the Transport and Harbours Department (T&HD); Pasha served as chairman of the Small Business Council; Corbin was Programme Manager at Caricom Secretariat; and Dodson is an experienced attorney–atlaw.

When the commission is established and fully functionally, it will effectively bring to an end the government cabinet’s role in the award of multi-million dollar contracts. The PPC has been a contributing factor that predated the holding of the General and regional elections in May 2015, as the then opposition had insisted that Cabinet should cease the practice of giving ‘no objection’ to contracts for state projects and services, in favour of appeals by aggrieved contractors to the PPC.

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Public Health Ministry Continues To Promote Exclusive Breastfeeding

The Ministry of Public Health continues to promote exclusive breastfeeding as Minister within the Ministry of Public Health, Dr. Keren Cummings during her feature address at the launch of National Breastfeeding Week 2016 urged women to endorse exclusive breastfeeding which is the best option for the majority of infants.

“Today, I urge you all to continue to promote exclusive breastfeeding in

whatever way you can so that our babies can enjoy healthy lives from birth and that you use all available channels to spread the virtues of exclusive breast feeding,” said addressing participants of a walk- athon to kick off the week’s activities.

Launched under the theme, ‘Breastfeeding: a key to sustainable development’, the week of activities seeks to further equip maternal health care workers, mothers and even fathers with the requisite knowledge and information to achieve 100% e x c l u s i v e breastfeeding across Guyana. The Public Health Ministry last month said that will be h e i g h t e n i n g promotion and awareness of the need for mothers to practice e x c l u s i v e breastfeeding.

Minister of Public Health, Dr. George Norton noted that the breastfeeding programme will now reach out to all aspects of monitoring to foster a more efficient breastfeeding rate.

In an effort to creating awareness of the importance of e x c l u s i v e b r e a s t f e e d i n g D r.

Cummings stated that

medical and maternal care personnel would be advocate the breastfeeding programme at various hospital across the country. “Registered dieticians, nutritionists and dietetic technicians should continue efforts to shift the norm of infant feeding away from the use of human milk substitute towards human milk feeds.”

The minister explained. The World health Organisation (WHO) had stated that women should breastfeed their babies for six months since it reduces the risk of babies becoming infected, and it creates bonding between mother and child, and prevents ovarian cancer.

As it stands Guyana current breastfeeding rate stands at only 23%, according to a United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) report.

National Breastfeeding Week will continue with a number of countrywide symposiums and workshops that will further educate mothers and promote exclusive breastfeeding. (GINA)

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GUYANA DAILY NEWS Statement By His Excellency President David Granger At The High-level Meeting On Large Movements Of Refugees And Migrants -19 September 2016 PAGE 8

Mr President, Excellencies, The Cooperative Republic of Guyana welcomes the convening of this High-level Meeting on Large Movements of Refugees and Migrants. The ‘Meeting’ offers the international community the opportunity to commit to a comprehensive solution to a complex and chronic problem.

The refugee and migrant crises confronting the world today represent grave challenges to the international community.

Images and accounts of men, women and children, who are forced to flee their homes and homelands in search of safety are transmitted daily and graphically by the mass and social media.

The international community can no longer ignore the plight of these desperate refugees and migrants. Their conditions and situations demand a commitment to address both the root causes, as well as the human consequences, which accompany these refugee and migration crises.

Conflicts within and among states are mainly responsible for most of the mass movements of refugees and migrants that we are witnessing in the world today. Refugees and migrants, however, are not the only ones affected. Conflicts between states, if left unattended or unresolved, can escalate into regional and even global crises, which can threaten the existence of larger numbers of persons in wider areas, even beyond their country’s borders.

The root causes of conflicts around the world, which have spawned refugee and migrant crises must be addressed.

Conflict-prevention and resolution must be part of the longterm response to the crisis of refugees and migrants.

The international community has a responsibility to prevent these conflicts and to usher in an era of security and of the preservation of peace between states.

Excellency, Natural disaster has also, been a cause of the refugee and migrant problem. The global community must not ignore the impact which catastrophic natural disasters, including those caused by climate change, has had in triggering, which produces refugees and migrants.

Guyana is a member of the Caribbean Community. Six years ago, we were overwhelmed by the death, disease, dislocation and destruction inflicted on the Caribbean state of Haiti, a sister member of our Community.

The earthquake left thousands of persons dead and consigned thousands of others to a life as refugees in their own country.

Haiti’s agony is being compounded today by the creation of new waves of refugees from the Dominican Republic.

Excellency,

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The Political Declaration on Large Movements of Refugees and Migrants offers a path towards addressing the problem of large movements of refugees and migrants, in a more coherent and comprehensive manner. The ‘Declaration’ must be backed, however, by the determination of the United Nations, to bring an end to international terrorism, state and intra-state conflicts that are active, incipient and latent.

Guyana supports the protection of the rights of all migrants.

Guyana welcomes the process that this meeting will initiate for the convening, in 2018, of an intergovernmental conference on international migration with a view to the adoption of a Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration.

Guyana intends to play an active role in that process. We intend to ensure that the root causes of conflict are eliminated and that peace will prevail in the world.

Mr. President, I thank you for your attention.

MOTP Press Release

President David Granger

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President Granger At 71st UN General Assembly Meeting President David Granger is currently attending the 71st Regular Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York, USA. The President is, this morning, participating in a high-level Summit on Refugees and Migrants, which aims to address the movement of large numbers of refugees and migrants with the view of coming up with a framework for a better international response.

President David Granger with Guyana's Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Ambassador Rudolph Michael Ten-Pow

Govt To Join Forces To End Child Molestation

President David Granger at the High-level Summit on Refugees and Migrants

As child molestation and abuse is on the rise, Minister of Social Protection, Volda Lawrence has once again raised her voice sounding for the nation to unite in the fight against child molestation. In a recent interview with the Government Information Agency, Minister Lawrence called the offenders of children rights "vicious and cruel" pointing out that what they are doing is morally wrong and instead of abusing the children they should nurture them and encourage them along a proper line of growth. She said that initially children should not be placed in such situations where they cannot defend themselves from their perpetrators. However the Minister stressed that the individuals of the community and society need to come together in the fight against the scourge of child abuse and molestation. The Minister reaffirmed that in order to cut down and eventually bring the unlawful activities to an end her Ministry plans to interlink with other ministries in an effort to widen the scope of officials in the rural areas by decentralizing their offices so that officers are able to carry out a more effective job. The fight against child abuse is one which has been predominantly discussed over the past few weeks stemming from major reports of underage sexual activities such as trafficking in persons in the hinterland region where the presence of government officials and police ranks are not greatly felt. In her address at the National Toshaos Conference the Minister said that in the absence of ranks the leaders of the community need to step up to the plate and stop the illegal activities.

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CAL plane Lands Safely After Glitch A CARIBBEAN AIRLINES flight between Tobago and Trinidad experienced “a technical issue” yesterday, before making a safe landing at Piarco International Airport.

According to a news release from Caribbean Airlines yesterday evening, Flight BW 1527, an ATR aircraft, took off from ANR Robinson International Airport in Tobago.

“The flight crew followed all standard operational procedures and as a precautionary measure requested airport services to meet and inspect the aircraft upon its arrival. The aircraft landed safely and all passengers and crew disembarked,” the

release stated. “The aircraft has been withdrawn from service and all appropriate inspections and procedures are in progress,” it added. (Trinidad Express)

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Four CARICOM Leaders At NAM Summit In Venezuela

MARGARITA ISLAND, Venezuela -- Only four Caribbean Community (CARICOM) leaders were among the kings, presidents and prime ministers of the 120-member Non Aligned Movement (NAM), which started its two-day summit in Margarita Island, Venezuela on Saturday -- and only two were expected to be present when the final declaration is adopted Sunday. But altogether, ten of CARICOM’s 15 member-states are represented at the third such summit to be held on a Caribbean island, which started with a meeting of officials on Tuesday and of foreign affairs ministers on Thursday.

Known more for its beaches and tropical tourism fare than as a venue for meetings of world leaders, the tiny island has been home to the CARICOM delegations since the 17th NAM Summit started earlier this week. The four prime ministers -- Gaston Browne of Antigua and Barbuda, Roosevelt Skeritt of Dominica, Dr Timothy Harris of St Kitts and Nevis and Dr Ralph Gonsalves of St Vincent and the Grenadines -- were in Margarita Island on Saturday, when the two-day summit began.

But Harris and Skeritt both returned home on Saturday evening. Six other CARICOM member-states are also represented, with Senator Peter David leading the Grenada delegation, and Saint Lucia represented by non-resident ambassador to ALBA and PetroCaribe Eustace Vitalis. Other states represented by their resident ambassadors in Venezuela were Belize, Guyana, Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago.

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro was expected to address the weekend summit on its last day.

He hinted before it started on Saturday that he would propose to transform the Non-Aligned Movement into “an international organization that defiantly says no to the new colonialism”.

Under the slogan "United on the Path for Peace,” Venezuelan Foreign Minister Delcy Rodríguez gave the inaugural address on Tuesday, saying that during the weekend summit her country “will also ratify the defence of the right of the people of the world to fight for peace and sovereignty”.

"Emancipation, anti-imperialism and peace are the flags that define the XVII NAM Summit Venezuela 2016," said Rodriguez. Among other ideals being promoted by the NAM, she added, are respect for independence, self-determination, sovereignty and the promotion of cooperative relations on the basis of mutual respect. The organization also strives towards preservation of world peace and strongly opposes social exclusion. It also advocates non-interference in the internal affairs of states, as well as the disarmament and the fight against all forms of manifestation of imperial domination.

Venezuela has assumed NAM's rotating presidency for the next three years, after taking over from Iran. With 120 member states, NAM is the second largest international body after the United Nations. It has 53 members from Africa, 39 from Asia, 26 from Latin America and the Caribbean, 17 observer countries and 10 observer organizations. This is the third time a Caribbean island has hosted a NAM summit and the fourth time for a Latin American country. Cuba hosted the NAM summit and assumed the presidency in 1979 and 2006 and Venezuela’s neighbour, Colombia, hosted the 1995 summit. (Caribbean News Now!)

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New CBI Projects In Dominica To 'Transform Economy’

By Caribbean News Now contributor ROSEAU, Dominica -- Earlier this month, the government of Dominica signed agreements for three additional major developments under the citizenship by investment (CBI) programme, which it said will “transform the economy”. At a signing ceremony on Monday, September 5, 2016, agreements were signed with Bois Cotlette Development Inc for the development of Bois Cotlette Estate in Soufriere; Ay Ay Holdings Caribbean Ltd for Jungle Bay Resort in Morne Acouma, Soufriere and Oriental Developers Caribbean Ltd for the development of Silver Beach Resort and Spa in Picard, Portsmouth.

These three major investments have been months in making and, along with existing approved projects, are expected to create thousands of jobs in Dominica. Following a process of vetting, prime minister and minister for finance, Roosevelt Skerrit, said he is confident that the developers will carry through with the terms and conditions of the contracts. The three new projects join the Cabrits Resort Kempinski, which is currently under construction and due for completion in 2018 [and the planned construction of 316 residential units for displaced residents of Petite Savanne following the passage of Tropical Storm Erika, to be financed by the CBI programme].

Developed by award-winning international property company Range Developments, the Cabrits Resort Kempinski was designed by Arcadia Design Architects. The building work is being carried out by contractor NH International (Caribbean) Ltd. It will be run

by Europe’s oldest luxury hotel group, the Kempinski Hotels, which was founded in 1897 and manages a portfolio of 75 five-star hotels in 31 countries. On completion, the

Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit (L) hands over the development agreement for Silver Beach Resort and Spa to CBI agent Alick Lawrence

resort in Douglas Bay, near Portsmouth, will boast a 160-room hotel with a spa, and a selection of swimming pools, beach bars and restaurants. It is expected to employ 400 people daily on site once up and running.

“The Cabrits Resort Kempinski, currently under construction by Range Developments, is not only the first CBI approved project in Dominica, but the most advanced in the country as the only CBI approved project under construction in Dominica,” said Mohammed Asaria, vice chairman of Range Developments. “It is the company's second major development in the Caribbean and will benefit not only its investors but all the citizens of Dominica.”

Meanwhile, work will commence on the Silver Beach Resort and Spa early next year and is forecast to take about two-and-a-half years. The resort, in Picard, also near Portsmouth, will feature a 200-capacity room with conference and banquet facilities, a wellness spa, swimming pools including, an infinity and lagoon pool and top end restaurants. The five-star hotel will employ 600 staff when fully operational.

Alick Lawrence, CBI agent for the Silver Beach developers, promised the resort would contribute to surrounding communities, and plans to partner with government and the town of Portsmouth to construct a community centre for Zicack and Chance. “Silver Beach will not be just another resort. It will be one which represents and showcases the natural attributes of the Nature Isle,” he added.

Status of current projects Two developers responded to requests for details of the latest status of their projects: 1. The Cabrits Resort Kempinski Development name: The Cabrits Resort Kempinski, Dominica Developer: Range Developments Architect: Arcadia Design Architects Contractor: NH International (Caribbean) Ltd Location: Douglas Bay, close to the town of Portsmouth in the north of Dominica Size and facilities: 160-room hotel with swimming pools, spa, beach bars and restaurants Status: Construction began in June 2016, with completion scheduled for 2018. The mockup room has been completed.

The current number of workers on the site: 100 people daily Projected number of workers on the site: 400 people daily Developer experience: Range Developments is an international property company focusing on hotel resorts in the Caribbean. This is Range Developments’ second project in the Caribbean. The Park Hyatt St Kitts, currently under construction with completion due within months, won the prestigious Best New Hotel Construction and Design in the Caribbean 2014-2015 award at The International Property Awards 2014-2015. It also won the coveted award of Best International New Hotel Construction and Design 2014-2015.

The Kempinski hotel group: Created in 1897, Kempinski Hotels is Europe’s oldest luxury hotel group. Kempinski’s rich heritage of impeccable personal service and superb hospitality is complemented by the exclusivity and individuality of its properties. Kempinski now manages a portfolio of 75 five-star hotels in 31 countries and continues to add new properties in Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia.

Each one reflects the strength and success of the Kempinski brand without losing sight of its heritage. Kempinski is a founding member of the Global Hotel Alliance (GHA), the world’s largest alliance of independent hotel brands.

2. Silver Beach Resort and Spa Development name: Silver Beach Resort and Spa Developer: Oriental Developers (Caribbean) Ltd Architect: Arkiplan Location: Picard, Dominica Size and facilities: 200-room, luxury resort inclusive of conference/banquet facilities; wellness spa; swim up pools, infinity pool, lagoon pool; grand, master, and presidential suites; water sport activities; fine dining restaurants, and all the amenities of a fivestar resort Status: Date approved: Agreement officially signed with the government of Dominica on September 5, 2016 Construction started: To commence first quarter 2017 Completion scheduled: 30 months after the start of construction (Caribbean News Now!)

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PM Calls On NAM Members To Support Antigua-Barbuda In WTO Gaming Dispute

MARGARITA ISLAND, Venezuela -Prime minister of Antigua and Barbuda, Gaston Browne, has called on his colleagues in the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) to support his country’s efforts in reaching a settlement with the United States in the World Trade Organisation (WTO) internet gaming dispute. The country’s leader was speaking at the NAM Summit held in Venezuela on September 17 and 18.

After chronicling the over 13-year-old dispute with the United States on the matter, Browne called on his colleagues to stand up for the founding principles of the NonAligned Movement. “I call on this great body of nations in the Non-Aligned Movement to stand up for those principles upon which it was founded, in showing active solidarity with my country as we seek justice that has been awarded to us by the competent international body – the World Trade Organization,” he stated.

The country’s leader also raised the issue of “de-risking”, calling on leaders at the

summit to ventilate the issue within various fora within the international community. “I call on non-aligned members of the G20 to represent the interests of small, developing countries that have no seat at the table. This issue must be ventilated by hearing more than the side of the industrialized nations who sit at the G20. “If NAM does not represent us, we are left defenceless in a world where only the powerful rule.

At this meeting here in Margarita Island, NAM should make clear its solidarity with all over developing nations, including the small and vulnerable. “The threat we face is real; the danger is imminent.

NAM has a duty to

ensure that the international system works in the interest of a few, but in the interest of all.

Something is broken, and I call on all of us to fix it,” Browne said. (Caribbean News Now!)

Prime Minister Gaston Browne (at right) led the Antigua and Barbuda delegation

Deportations Of Haitians Commence From French Guiana PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti -- Overnight Thursday of last week, about 15 Haitian undocumented migrants in French Guiana were expelled and repatriated by plane to Port-au-Prince, HaitiLibre reported. The operation occurred a few weeks after the decision of the authorities in French Guiana in August to suspend asylum claims due to mass influx of illegal immigrants since the beginning of the year, mostly of Haitian origin.

Nearly 4,000 asylum applications files were pending in August, according to the French Office for Protection of Refugees and Stateless Persons (OFPRA). Recently, following a complaint from France, Suriname, a neighbouring country that unwittingly serves as a gateway to illegal Haitian migrants to enter French Guiana, was imposed a visa requirement on Haitians visitors, which came into force on September 15, 2016.

The Inter-Movements Committee Near the Evacuated (CIMADE), a French association for the defence of the rights of foreigners founded in 1939, considers the expulsions as unacceptable and illegal, noting that collective expulsions are prohibited by the European Convention on Human Rights.

The CIMADE pointed out that, after these first expulsions, there are still 27 Haitian detainees at the Administrative Retention Centre (CRA) Félix-Éboué. However, the Prefecture remaine (Caribbean News Now!)

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Results Of 2016 Curacao Election Independent Polling Research

By Josefina Josepha Caribbean News Now Curacao correspondent WILLEMSTAD,

Curacao -- Independent polling conducted

by Caribbean News Now demonstrated that, if elections were to be held today in Curacao, the Democratic Party (DP) would walk away with a greater percentage of parliamentary seats, followed by Movementu Progressivo (MP).

This was contrary to the overall dominance of Korsou di Nos Tur (KDNT) placing in the 2016 Primary Selection Day (PSD-2016); however, there seemed to be an adverse effect in which they finished fifth in the preelection polling research just slightly ahead of MFK, with Pro Korsou rounding out the last spot just less than a percentage point behind the political parties that are pending judgement for entry into Curacao's 2016 general

elections. The independent poll was conducted over three days, using three modes of survey collection methods: via mobile, online form and en vivo questionnaire.

It was found that a large number of voters were less hesitant to respond in person with their opinion; however, in anonymity the electorate was 2,300 percent more expressive on the disapproval of the branches of the Curacao government and the current coalition of political parties, including especially (i) Bernard Whiteman of Pueblo Soberano; and (ii) Alex Rosaria, l e a d e r o f PA I S ; b u t w e r e ( i i i ) overwhelmingly disheartened/disgusted with Gerrit Schotte. (Caribbean News Now!)

USVI-BVI Celebrate 43rd Friendship Day

ST THOMAS, USVI -- US Virgin Islands Governor Kenneth Mapp welcomed Dr Orlando Smith, the premier of the British Virgin Islands, and the BVI delegation to St Thomas on Saturday for a full day of cultural exchange, marking the 43rd anniversary of the USVIBVI Friendship Day, appropriately themed: “Ties across the water that bind us”. The day’s activities began with a local breakfast at the historic Catherineberg estate.

USVI dignitaries including former Governor Charles Turnbull and members of the senate joined the BVI delegation to kick off the celebration. Policy advisor of external affairs, Shelley Moorhead introduced members of the delegation and announced the day’s

activities. Breakfast was followed by an educational program on the history and culture of the Virgin Islands hosted at the Reichhold Center of the Arts. Vendors were on hand to provide samples of foods, snacks and crafts native to Virgin Islands culture.

Beautiful renditions of the Star-Spangled Banner and the Virgin Islands March were sung by the CAHS Hawks Concert Choir. BVI singers Kenrico Christoper and Kaywanna Pope offered solos of God Save the Queen and Oh Beautiful Virgin Islands respectively. AY-AY Cultural Dance company travelled from St Croix to entertain the crowd with classic quadrille dancing.

One of the program highlights was the presentation of the Tale of Four Wharves written by Glen Davis, Carmen Dennis and Denise Humphery. This was highlighted by the Cultural Extravaganza performed by the Caribbean Ritual Dancers. In his remarks, Mapp thanked all for coming to the friendship celebration of the “greater Virgin Islands”, a term he says was coined by former Governor Turnbull.

Mapp went on to say, “Our islands share a unique culture and a deep connection that families have shared between these islands for generations and it must be celebrated.” Mapp also indicated that efforts to make travel between the Virgin Islands are a top priority following the Inter Virgin Islands Council (IVIC) meetings earlier this month. Mapp announced that the USVI/BVI Friendship Day for 2018 would take place in St Croix for the first time since its inception. (Caribbean News Now!)

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St Kitts-Nevis Reports First Three Cases Of Zika

BASSETERRE, St Kitts -- The ministry of health in St Kitts and Nevis, via the office of the chief medical officer (CMO), has officially announced receipt of confirmation from the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) that three serum samples tested on September 11, 2016, were positive for the zika virus. These positive results are therefore the federation's first confirmed cases of zika in the local population.

The ministry further confirmed that these samples were sent to CARPHA at the end of August 2016, but that the Trinidad-based epidemiological agency submitted the results to St Kitts and Nevis on September 15, 2016 – largely due to the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) laboratory's inundation with over 1,300 zika test requests within the last three weeks. The ministry has officially notified all three individuals of their test results.

The ministry said that the announcement of these zika results is not cause for panic and reminded the public that the zika virus is generally considered to be a mild illness with up to 80 percent of affected persons not

showing any symptoms. Symptoms include fever, rash, and body aches and pains. In rare cases, the virus has been known to cause Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS), which affects the body's peripheral nervous system.

Zika has also been confirmed by the World Health Organisation (WHO) as having causal association with microcephaly in newborns (children born with abnormally small heads) at a very low rate of 0.3 percent of cases.

As a result of the recent confirmation of zika in the general population, the environmental health department within the ministry of health will be sustaining and, in some cases, accelerating its vector control measures such as inspection, enforcement and education; fogging; ova-trapping; and eradication of mosquito breeding sites in an effort to control the spread of the Aedes aegypti mosquito, which carries the virus. Zika is also spread by sexual contact.

As such, the ministry encouraged residents to prevent the spread of the illness via appropriate and consistent condom use, and

abstinence. The public is strongly encouraged to support the work of the environmental health department by ensuring that every effort is made to destroy mosquito breeding sites around their homes, yards and businesses, to use safe insect repellant when outdoors, to stay indoors whenever possible, and to wear long-sleeved clothing when outdoors. Care should be taken to drain flower pots, discarded tyres, tin cans and other receptacles with stagnant water in order to discourage the breeding of mosquitoes.

The ministry of health noted that St Kitts and Nevis has now joined 46 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean with confirmed cases of the zika virus. These countries include Antigua and Barbuda, Martinique, Barbados, Grenada, St Barthelemy, Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands (USVI), Haiti, St Maarten, Jamaica, the British Virgin Islands, Guadeloupe, Dominican Republic, Belize, Trinidad and Tobago, Barbados, Anguilla and The Bahamas. (Caribbean News Now!)

Saint Lucia Encourages Open Skies Policy CMC – The St Lucia government said it is undertaking initiatives to encourage an open sky policy and introduce competition. “Our government is in discussion with Seaborne Airlines with the hope of attracting a Puerto Rico flight here. We are also having discussions with Caribbean Airlines,” said Prime Minister Allen Chastanet, a critic of the cash-strapped regional airline, LIAT.

PM Allen Chastanet

Chastanet, a former tourism and aviation minister here, pointed to the need to address what he described as the Civil Aviation Authority problem in the sub-regional Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) to ensure that investors are treated fairly.

“The authority needs to do what it is supposed to do and act as a regulatory agency as it pertains to the safety of the traveling public and not be involved in the commercial aspect of civil aviation,” he said.

I n J u l y, C h a s t a n e t announced that St Lucia would not provide any financial support to the regional airline until it is restructured.

LIAT is owned by the

shareholder governments of Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Dominica and St Vincent and the Grenadines. Last week, St Vincent and the Grenadines Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves said Kingstown would not give financial support to the regional carrier until it improves its service to the island. Similar threats had been made earlier by the Dominica government, while the St Kitts-Nevis and Grenada governments have complained also at the shoddy service being offered to their territories by the Antiguabased carrier.

At the Caribbean Tourism Organisation (CTO) State of the Industry Conference (SOTIC) which ended in Barbados over the weekend, regional tourism ministers were urged to resolve the problems related to inter-regional travel. Aviation experts addressing the conference said opening the market to other carriers would benefit the entire region and help reduce the cost and increase travel across the region. (St. Lucia News Online)

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Gov’t Wants To Create Greater Agriculture–tourism Linkages

One strategy to reduce Saint Lucia’s high food import bill is to encourage the use of locally grown agricultural products by the hotel sector, something Tourism Minister Dominic Fedee said his government plans to expand. The minister said he has started discussions with his cabinet colleague, Agriculture Minister Ezechiel Joseph who understand the role that tourism sector could play to drive agriculture. “The two of us have been having tremendous discussions on where we can take agriculture-tourism linkage.

But I think this is a time for us to act and not talk too much,” Fedee told St. Lucia News Online (SNO) in a recent interview. Several studies have been done in this area and Fedee is of the opinion that the only left to do now, is to carry out several consultation to determine the future of this important partnership. The minister, a former communications professional who worked in the tourism sector, told SNO that during that time, he witnessed first-hand how successful agriculture-tourism linkage can be.

He said it takes a simple approach, which is to “get out there and do it.” “Tell the farmers what you want, sign the contract and have them deliver at the quantity and quality that you require,” he added. He continue, “I think we take for granted the genius and creativity of our people, and I think if we give the farmers the direction to say to them

that these are the crops that hoteliers are buying, these are the prices, they will deliver.” Research in Saint Lucia suggests that promoting linkages between hotels and groups of farmers such as cooperatives has the greatest potential to stimulate local agricultural production for hotel and domestic consumption. However, in recent times, there have been issues of cash flow.

“That has now been taken care of, where the industry has come together and they have mobilized many credit unions and the Saint Lucia Development Bank for there to be an establishment of a funding mechanism, so that farmers could sell their produce to a hotel, but yet be paid in a convenient by a credit union or a bank.”

The minister told SNO that these funding mechanisms have been well established with various farmers’ cooperatives and there is need to build more cooperatives and their capacity to deliver. “…so that the hotel will be encouraged and gain the confidence in the farming community and not see the farming community as a well fragmented project but as a project that is organised and efficient.” Fedee noted that market is huge and is worth millions of dollars and there is great potential of expanding.

The government over the years have been working to create a sustainable linkage between these two key sectors and has managed to make some progress at various levels. Earlier this year, the Saint Lucia Hotel and Tourism Association through partnership with the Tourism Enhancement Fund appointed a sector liaison officer for agriculture and tourism. Agriculture continues to be a critical sector for the island although its contribution to Gross Domestic Product has been steadily declining over the last 10 years. The sector contributed approximately 3.1% to GDP in 2014. The country is a net-food importing country, with a growing trade deficit in its food bill over the last 10 years. (St. Lucia News Online)

Tourism Minister Dominic Fedee

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New York Bombing Suspect Named As Ahmad Khan Rahami

Police released this photo of Ahmad Khan Rahami(NYPD)

US officials are looking for Ahmad Khan Rahami, a naturalised US citizen who was born in Afghanistan, for questioning over explosions in New York and New Jersey on Saturday. The FBI warned that the suspect is "armed and dangerous". Further devices exploded in Elizabeth, New Jersey, in the early hours of Monday as a police robot investigated a bag. No-one was injured.

The FBI has been searching the 28-yearold suspect's family home in Elizabeth.The bomb that hit Manhattan's Chelsea district on Saturday evening injured 29, and an unexploded device was found nearby.

Early on Saturday a pipe bomb exploded in a New Jersey shore town ahead of a charity race. No-one was hurt. Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has

urged jittery Americans to be "vigilant but not afraid". "It is crucial that we continue to build up trust between law enforcement and Muslim American communities," she said. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said there were "certain commonalities" between the bombs. New Jersey State Police said that the FBI was linking the Manhattan explosion to that in Seaside Park, New Jersey.Millions of New York residents received a phone alert on Monday morning after the Notify NYC alert system was used to name the suspect.

"Anyone who sees this individual or knows anything about him or his whereabouts needs to call it in right away," New York Mayor Bill de Blasio said on CNN. Both the bomb that went off in New York on Saturday and the unexploded device found four blocks away were shrapnel-filled pressure cookers, according to US media. Mr Cuomo said on Monday that there might be a foreign connection to the Manhattan attack.

Officials had said over the weekend there were no confirmed links to international terrorist groups.President Barack Obama, who is in New York for the United Nations General Assembly, is being kept up to date with the investigation, a White House spokesman said. Early on Monday, a New Jersey police robot inspected a backpack

found in a bin near the railway station in Elizabeth, causing it to explode.The bag had been picked out of the bin by two men on Sunday evening. They thought it could contain something of value but saw wires and notified the police. "That was not a controlled explosion," said Elizabeth Mayor Christian Bollwage. Map showing New York and New Jersey explosive devices These are the attacks in the US over the weekend that caused security alerts: A pipe bomb exploded on the route of a charity race in New Jersey on Saturday, forcing the event to be cancelled but causing no injuries Also on Saturday, nine people were stabbed at a shopping mall in the US state of Minnesota, in an attack apparently carried out by a 22-year-old ethnic Somali.

At least 29 people were injured in an "intentional" explosion in the Chelsea area of Manhattan at around 21:00 (01:00 GMT on Sunday) Another device was later found four blocks from the site of the blast and destroyed in a controlled explosion A backpack containing suspicious devices was found in Elizabeth, New Jersey, late on Sunday One device found in Elizabeth exploded early on Monday as a bomb disposal robot tried to deactivate it (BBC)

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Syria Conflict: Hopes Fade For Truce As Violence Flares

Activists said barrel bombs were dropped on a rebel-held town in Deraa province on Sunday(REUTERS) A week-old truce in Syria brokered by the US and Russia appears close to unravelling, with alleged violations by government and rebel forces mounting. A US-backed rebel group in the divided northern city of Aleppo said the initiative had "practically failed".

The Syrian military said its seven-day "regime of calm" had expired and did not say if it would be renewed. US Secretary of State John Kerry, however, described the cessation of hostilities as "holding but fragile".He said US and Russian officials were meeting in Geneva on Monday to discuss developments. Earlier, Russia's defence ministry said rebel violations had made it "pointless" for Syrian forces to uphold the truce. "Considering that the conditions of the ceasefire are not being respected by the rebels, we consider it pointless for the Syrian government forces to respect it unilaterally," Lt Gen Sergei Rudskoi said in a televised statement. Syria government warplanes meanwhile bombed rebel positions in Hama province. State media reported that the strikes had killed dozens of fighters from the jihadist group Jabhat Fateh al-Sham, which was known as al-Nusra Front until it broke off formal ties with al-Qaeda in July.

On Sunday, the Syrian air force reportedly targeted rebel-held areas of Aleppo for the first time since last Monday and dropped barrel bombs on a town in the south. The BBC's James Longman in Beirut says there were never high hopes for the cessation of hostilities, but after just one week it looks to be in serious trouble. "I believe that practically it has failed and has ended," Zakaria Malahifji, head of the political office of the Aleppo-based group Fastaqim, told the Reuters news agency on Monday morning. Asked whether he expected aid to be delivered to the 250,000 people living in the city's besieged rebel-held east - a key part of the truce deal - Mr Malahifji said: "There is no hope. It has been a number of days of procrastination.

Every day there is a pretext." The UN's aid chief, Stephen O'Brien, said on Monday that he was "pained and disappointed" that a 20lorry aid convoy destined for eastern Aleppo was still stuck on the border with Turkey because it had not received necessary

permissions and safety guarantees from the Syrian government. A number of leading rebel factions also warned that if the government pressed ahead with its plan to evacuate more rebel fighters from the besieged Homs suburb of al-Wair, it would "have clearly ended its commitment to any proposed truce".

A pro-government Lebanese TV channel reported that the rebels and their families had left on Monday, but a local official later told Reuters that the evacuation had been postponed until Tuesday. The truce was dealt another blow on Saturday when warplanes from the US-led coalition against so-called Islamic State (IS) accidentally bombed Syrian troops in the eastern city of Deir al-Zour. President Bashar al-Assad called the strikes, which officials said killed more than 60 soldiers, the "latest example of flagrant American aggression against Syrian army positions in the interests of the terrorist organisation Daesh [IS]". On Monday, the Ministry of Defence in London confirmed that the British aircraft - believed to be unmanned, remotely-piloted Reaper drones - had been involved in the strike, along with jets from Australia and Denmark.A statement said the UK was "fully cooperating with the coalition investigation" and stressed that it "would not intentionally target Syrian military units". Meanwhile, Turkishbacked Syrian rebel forces might extend their zone of control in northern Syria and seek to capture the IS stronghold of al-Bab, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said. Mr Erdogan told a news conference in Istanbul that 900 sq km (350 sq miles) of IS territory had been cleared since last month, and that he envisaged the "safe zone" eventually extending up to 5,000 sq km. (BBC)

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Hardware Hack Defeats iPhone Passcode Security

Many people use a pin code to lock their phone when it is not in use(REUTERS) Iphone passcodes can be bypassed using just £75 ($100) of electronic components, research suggests. A Cambridge computer scientist cloned iPhone memory chips, allowing him an unlimited number of attempts to guess a passcode. The work contradicts a claim made by the FBI earlier this year that this approach would not work. The FBI made the claim as it sought access to San Bernardino gunman Syed Rizwan Farook's iPhone.

Cheap trick Farook and his wife killed 14 people in the California city last December before police fatally shot them. The FBI believed his iPhone 5C contained information about collaborators, but its security system prevented easy access. The agency pressured Apple to give it a software backdoor into the phone, and, when it refused, reportedly paid $1m to a security company to retrieve data from the phone.Now, Dr Sergei Skorobogatov, from the University of

Cambridge computer laboratory, has spent four months building a testing rig to bypass iPhone 5C pin codes. In a YouTube video, Dr Skorobogatov showed how he had removed a Nand chip from an iPhone 5C - the main memory storage system used on many Apple devices. He then worked out how the memory system communicated with the phone so he could clone the chip.

And the target phone was modified so its Nand chip sat on an external board and copied versions could be easily plugged in or removed. In the video, Dr Skorobogatov demonstrated locking an iPhone 5C by trying too many incorrect combinations. He then removed the Nand chip and substituted a fresh clone, which had its pin attempt counter set at zero, to allow him to keep trying different codes. "Because I can create as many clones as I want, I can repeat the process many many times until the passcode is found," he said. Known as Nand mirroring, the technique is one FBI director James Comey said would not work on Farook's phone. Finding a four-digit code took about 40 hours of work, Dr Skorobogatov said. And finding a six-digit code could potentially take hundreds of hours Using a slightly more sophisticated set-up should make it possible to clone memory chips from other iPhones, including more recent models such as the iPhone 6. However, Dr Skorobogatov said, more information was needed about the way Apple stored data in memory on more recent phones. The different techniques could make it "more challenging to analyse and copy", he added. Apple has not responded to a request for comment on Dr Skorobogatov's research. Susan Landau, on the Lawfare news blog, said the work showed law enforcement agencies should not look for software backdoors to help their investigations but should develop or cultivate hardware and computer security skills. "Skorobogatov was able to do what the FBI said was impossible," she said. (BBC)

DR Congo Election: 17 Dead In Anti-Kabila Protests

Mr Kabila took power in 2001 after his father Laurent Kabila was assassinated(GETTY IMAGES) At least 17 people have died in the Democratic Republic of Congo during protests calling for President Joseph Kabila to step down.

Three of them were police officers, one of whom was burnt alive, according to the Interior Minister, Evariste Boshab. Protesters set up

barricades and torched cars on one of the main roads in Kinshasa, the country's capital.Police fired tear gas to disperse the demonstrators.

One witness said police fired live ammunition into the crowd. The bodies of people who had died were seen lying in the streets after protests ended. The electoral commission was meant to announce a date for presidential elections, due in November, on Monday, but has said it will not be possible to hold them then.

The opposition says Mr Kabila is trying to delay the elections in order to remain in power beyond his two-term limit, which finishes in December. Police have made at least 10 arrests, with hundreds of protesters out on the streets, reports BBC Afrique's Poly Muzalia from the capital. Most schools and shops are closed in Kinshasa, with those not involved in the protests staying inside to avoid any trouble, our reporter adds.A government-backed effort to work out a solution to the political crisis, called a "national dialogue", has been boycotted by most opposition parties. Mr Kabila's second term, the maximum allowed under the country's constitution, is due to expire on 20 December. Last year at least 12 people died in similar protests.

DR Congo has never had a smooth transfer of power since independence more than 55 years ago. (BBC)

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Google: Don’t Let 'Local' Brexit Distract UK

The most senior Google executive outside Silicon Valley has said Britain should not be distracted by Brexit and should focus on supporting the growth of global technology companies. Matt Brittin, the head of Google's Europe, Middle East and Africa business, said the conditions for success in the UK were now better than in 2010, when David Cameron said the founders of the tech giant believed they could never have built their company in Britain. "I think it is getting better all the time, the conditions for big tech success here in the UK," Mr Brittin told me.

He said that although the vote to leave the European Union had caused uncertainty, it was a "local" issue and the government should concentrate on creating the right conditions for entrepreneurs to flourish globally. "I think clearly there is uncertainty, and that is never helpful for investment," he told me. "But in the big scheme of things the major trend that is happening is that the internet population is doubling from 2.7bn people to over 5bn people in a four to five year period.

"That is the trend entrepreneurs need to be paying attention to - and ultimately I am sure the government will sort out solutions for the local issues around Brexit. "The thing entrepreneurs need to be doing is investing in that huge change globally because we're already world leaders in Britain - we're a big net exporter [in

technology], we're creating jobs growth and opportunity through entrepreneurs today and they need to seize that opportunity now and not be distracted by short-term turmoil or uncertainty the markets are seeing." Takeovers Mr Brittin said it was vital that talent in the technology industry could move freely between different countries and a "consistent rule book" existed for as many countries as possible.,The European Union has been criticised for not moving more quickly towards a digital single market. "It is important for every company to be able to sell their product and services around the world," Mr Brittin said. "It is easier if the rule book is consistent in m o r e countries, and the s i n g l e m a r k e t project is not complete in Europe so there is still a lot of work t o d o . " Despite concerns raised over r e c e n t takeovers by

foreign firms of British businesses - such as Japanese Softbank's takeover of Arm, which designs computer chips - Mr Brittin said it was not a good idea for the government to intervene.

"I think the dynamic global economy is one where investment from all sources should be welcomed - it is for founders and decision makers to decide the best options," he said. "If you restrict financing options, investment options, in one area it makes it a less healthy market." Global ambition The Google president argued the UK had good conditions for fast-growing technology companies. "You need entrepreneurs, skills and finance," he said, when I asked him what was necessary for success. "My sense is we have amazing skills. Google employs 4,000 plus people in the UK, they are as good as anywhere in the world. "Access to finance is getting b e t t e r a n d b e t t e r. " I t h i n k t h e entrepreneurial piece is the one we can learn from Silicon Valley, and the appetite for risk and the ambition to do something big. "If you start a company in Silicon Valley five years ago you are thinking about reaching the US population - 300 million. "If you start in the UK you're reaching the national population - 60 million. "Everybody should think, when you're starting a tech company, you can reach the entire world because that's the way things are moving." (BBC)

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Berlin Election: Merkel Links Migrant Crisis To CDU Defeat

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has accepted responsibility for her Christian Democratic party's "bitter defeat" in Berlin state elections. She voiced regret over mistakes that contributed to last summer's migrant crisis in Germany.

More than a million migrants reached Germany - a record. "If I could, I would turn back time for many, many years, to prepare better," she told reporters. Her CDU party can no longer run Berlin with the Social Democrats (SPD). The centreright CDU won 17.6% of the vote - its worst-ever result in Berlin. Mrs Merkel conceded that her open-door policy towards migrants - embodied in her phrase "wir schaffen das" (we can manage it) - was a factor in the election. She has now distanced herself from that phrase, calling it "a sort of simplified motto". She has been widely criticised in Germany for the policy, which was a humanitarian gesture faced with the desperate plight of migrants, many of them refugees from the war in Syria. The right-wing, anti-migrant party Alternative for Germany (AfD) will enter the Berlin state parliament for the first time with 14% of the vote. The AfD is now represented in 10 of Germany's 16 regional parliaments.Earlier this month it pushed the CDU into third place in the northern state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. Looking back at the migrant

crisis, Ms Merkel defended her policy as "absolutely correct on balance, but ultimately it meant that for a long time we did not have enough control". "Nobody wants a repeat of that situation - including me." She said she needed to work harder to explain her migrant policies. 'Wake-up call' The SPD emerged as the strongest party with about 22%, in spite of losing almost 7% of its voters, and said it would hold talks on forming a coalition with all parties except AfD. It is expected to drop the CDU as a coalition partner in favour of the left-wing Die Linke and the Greens.

Sunday's election in Berlin, a city-state of 3.5 million people, was dominated by local issues including poor public services, crumbling school buildings, late trains and a housing shortage, as well as problems in coping with the migrant influx.

AfD co-chairman Joerg Meuthen said the party was strongly positioned for next year's national elections and colleague Beatrix von Storch predicted that it would become the third largest political force in Germany in 2017. "We're witnessing in 2017 Angela Merkel's battle for survival," she said. It's being described as the "Merkel malaise". For the second time in a month, Angela Merkel's conservatives have suffered a humiliating defeat at the regional ballot box. Both votes are widely

seen as a verdict on Mrs Merkel's refugee policy. But the result also reflects growing disillusionment with Germany's establishment parties. The Social Democrats may have won the election here but they lost voters; their success is being described as the weakest victory of all time. Germany's political landscape is changing. The anti-migrant, anti-Muslim rhetoric of AfD resonates with the electorate. The party is now almost certain to win seats in the national parliament next year, which could complicate coalition-building.

Commentators predict the start of a more complex politics. And many blame Angela Merkel. For the first time, the chancellor's political future feels uncertain. Don't expect her to stand down any time soon.

But, increasingly, her own party views her as irrevocably tainted by her refugee policy. Bavarian Finance Minister Markus Soeder, from the CDU's sister party CSU, was quick to call it the "second massive wake-up call" in two weeks. "A long-term and massive loss in trust among traditional voters threatens the conservative bloc," he told the Bild daily, adding Ms Merkel's right-left national coalition had to win back support by changing course on its immigration policy. What went wrong? Media on failings of mainstream politics "Protest election turns capital into tatters," proclaims daily tabloid Bild, which describes Berlin's SPD mayor as Germany's "weakest election winner of all time". The rise of the right-wing AfD is driven by voters who feel "forgotten and m a rg i n a l i s e d " , s a y s F r a n k f u r t e r Allgemeine Zeitung. On the fate of the chancellor, Spiegel says that while her CDU "crashed", she is likely to be able to blame local factors, rather than anger at her welcoming stance on migrants.

Sueddeutsche Zeitung sees a party revolt as unlikely: "No one knows how things will carry on without her." (BBC)

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Great Barrier Reef Disaster: Chinese Coal Ship To Pay $29m

Sydney medical student Zeynab Alshelh wanted to show solidarity with Muslim women in France(CHANNEL 7) A Muslim woman from Australia has told how she was forced to leave a beach in France for wearing a burkini. Zeynab Alshelh, a 23year-old medical student, told Australian media she had travelled to Europe to show solidarity with local Muslim women. Footage broadcast on Channel 7 showed local people saying they would call the police if she didn't leave. The ban on burkinis in several French Riviera towns was overruled in August by the top administrative court. Local mayors who brought in the laws said the full- body swimsuits were a symbol of Islam and potentially provocative after the July terror atrocity in Nice. Ms Alshelh said she and her family travelled to France to learn more about the situation and see if there was "anything that we can do to help these girls just live a normal life". She told the BBC's Newsday she "couldn't comprehend how it was illegal" to go a public beach in a burkini. She went to VilleneuveLoubet beach, where the ban had already been overturned, but "the

locals decided they didn't want us there so they told us to leave, and if we didn't leave they would call the cops". "We left because we didn't want to cause any problems The video footage aired on the Channel 7 show Sunday Night showed a man threatening to call the police if they did not leave the beach. Other beachgoers gestured at her or made disapproving comments. Ms Alshelh said she didn't feel she had been "inflammatory" by going to the beach. She said she "just went as a tourist". "I looked at the beach and you just want to swim."

What is a burkini? A burkini is a full-body swimsuit that covers everything except the face, hands and feet The name is a mix of the words "burka" and "bikini" Unlike burkas, burkinis leave the face free Burkinis are marketed to Muslim women as a way for them to swim in public while adhering to strict modesty edicts The French bans have referred to religious clothing and as they were loosely phrased, came to be understood to include full-length clothing and head coverings worn on the beach - not just burkini swimsuitsPauline Hanson, the leader of the anti-immigration One Nation party, last week called for a ban on the burka saying that Australia was at risk of being "swamped by Muslims". Aheda Zanetti, the Australian woman credited with creating the burkini, said the swimwear represents freedom and healthy living, not oppression. "It is as Australian as you can get, it was born in Australia and it started off in Australia," Ms Zanetti said. "Why would they ban something when I designed a swimsuit that was part of integration within Australian lifestyle?" What French law says on secularism and religious clothing In 2010, France became the first European country to ban the full-face veil in public A 2004 law forbids the wearing of religious emblems in schools and colleges In 1905, a law was passed that aimed to separate church and state. That law of separation guaranteed freedom of religion, and built on earlier laws enshrining secularism in education. No reference was made to clothing. (BBC) t

Great Barrier Reef Disaster: Chinese Coal Ship To Pay $29m The Australian government has agreed a $29.6m (£22m) settlement with the owners of a Chinese coal carrier that caused significant damage to the Great Barrier Reef more than six years ago. The Shen Neng 1 hit a shoal in April 2010, leaking tonnes of heavy fuel oil.

Conservationists have described the settlement, which is less than a third of the full clean-up cost of $105m (£80m), as "woefully inadequate".The clean-up operation will begin mid next year. The 230m (750 ft) ship had ground against a coral shoal for more than a kilometre, turning coral into dust. Shenzhen Energy Transport, the firm behind the carrier, refused to accept responsibility for the damage for six years. They argued the reef was self-healing and the company should not have to pay the bill. n Monday, the two sides reached an out-of-court settlement. The settlement showed Australia would "use every available means to pursue ship owners who are negligent in causing damage to the reef", Environment Minister Josh The Chinese company behind the carrier had argued the reef Frydenberg said. The funds will allow the Great Barrier Reef Marine was self-healing and that they should not have to pay the bill Park Authority to remove toxic anti-fouling paint and rubble, (GETTY IMAGES) allowing the reef to be restored. However, Greenpeace Australia called the settlement "disappointing". "The government has said the figure is disappointing," Greenpeace's Pacific reef campaigner Shani full clean up will cost more than $105m so to settle for such a small Tager told news agency AFP. (BBC)

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Michael Schumacher 'Cannot Walk', German Court Hears

Schumacher suffered a head injury in a skiing accident in 2013(AFP)

A lawyer for Michael Schumacher has told a court in Germany that the former Formula 1 world champion "cannot walk" following his skiing

injury. Felix Damm was detailing the extent of Schumacher's injuries in a lawsuit against German magazine, Bunte. The magazine had reported last Christmas that the seven-time world champion could walk again. But Mr Damm said that Schumacher, 47, "cannot walk" more than two and a half years after the accident. Bunte had quoted a source at the end of last year as saying that Schumacher could manage some steps with the help of therapists and could raise an arm. At the time, Schumacher's agent, Sabine Kehm, released a statement denying the story, saying: "Unfortunately we are forced by a recent press report to clarify that the assertion that Michael could move again is not true. "Such speculation is irresponsible, because given the seriousness of his injuries, his privacy is very important.

Unfortunately they also give false hopes to many involved people."

Schumacher suffered a head injury in a skiing accident in France in 2013.

He was placed in a medically induced coma for six months before being transferred to his home in Switzerland to continue his treatment. Very little is known of the sports icon's recovery as his family has strongly protected his privacy. In February, his former boss at Ferrari, Luca di Montezemolo, said: "I have news and unfortunately it is not good." (BBC)

Russian Election: Big Victory For Putin-Backed Party United Russia United Russia, b a c k e d b y President Vladimir Putin, has won a majority in the c o u n t r y ' s parliamentary election, far ahead of rival parties.

Mr Putin (R) appeared alongside Mr Medvedev to With 93% of the congratulate United Russia party activists(REUTERS) votes counted, the party has secured 54.2% of ballots and 343 seats in the 450-member parliament, officials say. Mr Putin said his party had "achieved a very good result", however the turnout was a record low of 47.8%. The Communist Party and nationalist LDPR both secured just over 13%. The party A Just Russia gained just over 6% of the votes.All four parties are loyal to Mr Putin and dominated the last parliament, or State Duma. Mr Putin has enjoyed 17 years in power as either president or prime minister. 'Utmost regret' Voting irregularities were reported in several areas and the head of the election commission suggested that the results might be cancelled in three polling stations. Liberal opposition parties failed to get enough votes for party-list representation. "To my utmost regret, not one other party managed to get over the 5% barrier," said Central Election Commission head Ella Pamfilova. The two main opposition parties allowed to field candidates, Yabloko and Parnas, received just 1.89% and 0.7% respectively.Half the seats were also being contested in constituencies but even there the small number of opposition candidates failed to win. The result increases United Russia's majority, after it achieved 49% of the vote in the 2011 Duma elections. The party, led by Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, will take more seats in parliament, up from 238. However, the turnout, based on partial figures, was the lowest in Russia's modern history and significantly down on the 60% turnout in 2011. Election commission head Ella Pamfilova - a respected human rights activist - said she was "fully confident that the elections are proceeding in a quite legitimate way".But later she warned that results at three polling stations might be cancelled because of irregularities. There were reports of serious irregularities in one Siberian region, with suggestions of "carousel" voting - people bussed around polling stations - in the city of Barnaul. In the Caucasus, youths smashed up a polling station in the Khunzakh district of Dagestan, accusing officials of stuffing ballots to favour one candidate, Ms Pamfilova said. And in the

southern region of Rostov a criminal case was opened for alleged electoral fraud, she said.Some voters unhappy with the election posted pictures of their spoiled ballots on Twitter and Instagram. Some of them mockingly voted for "Pikachu" - fictional creatures from the hugely popular Pokemon Go game. Chechen leader gets 98% For the first time, people voted in Crimea, annexed from Ukraine in 2014 in a move condemned internationally.United Russia won all the region's constituency seats, in a vote that prompted protests in the Ukrainian capital, Kiev. Chechnya's leader Ramzan Kadyrov - a firm ally of Mr Putin who runs his troubled North Caucasus republic with an iron fist - swept to victory with 98% support, with 78% of votes counted. Vote-rigging sparked big antigovernment street protests after Russia's last parliamentary election in 2011. In the system of "managed democracy" crafted by the Kremlin, it was unthinkable that President Putin's control of parliament would weaken, the BBC's Steve Rosenberg reports from Moscow. Mr Putin will be hoping that this time his personal popularity, combined with widespread apathy, will mean that Russians accept the result, he says.

The independent election monitoring group Golos said that "although the level of violations in this election campaign was lower than in 2011 there were many in the run-up to the voting". It said the elections were "far from what could be called really free and fair". The number of independent observers at polling stations was lower than before, and there were cases of ballot-stuffing, carousel voting and other abuses, Golos complained.

Russian papers see the result largely as a vote of confidence in President Putin - and as pretty much predictable."The election is primarily an informal referendum on trust in the person who is in charge of making all the key decisions," tabloid Moskovsky Komsomolets declares. The news website Gazeta.ru says the vote "brought no sensations", while the influential business daily Kommersant's editorial is simply headlined: "The party of power is in power again". Russian state Rossiya 24 TV mentioned allegations of election fraud, but said they were not significant and were being investigated.But business daily Vedomosti says that - despite the authorities' promises - the election "was not a model of honesty". After the vote Mr Putin visited the headquarters of United Russia with Mr Medvedev to congratulate activists on their victory. "We know that life is hard for people, there are lots of problems, lots of unresolved problems," Mr Putin said. "Nevertheless, we have this result."Despite Russia's economic malaise and tensions with the West over the conflicts in Ukraine and Syria, the poor turnout reflected widespread apathy among voters. (BBC)

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Fired Windies Coach Simmons Mulls Legal Action Recently dismissed West Indies coach Phil Simmons is reportedly considering legal action against the West Indies Cricket Board. According to reports published in The Telegraph the coach is expected to meet with his lawyer over the course of the next couple of days before coming to a decision. Simmons was fired as the head of the regional team last week, with the WICB citing ‘differences in culture and strategic approach’ for dismissing the former player. Despite the WICB not being more specific as to why the coach was relieved of his duties, one major bone of contention between the parties stemmed from the player selection process. Simmons was keen to get several players currently on the fringes of the West Indies team back into selection contention, while the selection panel routinely looked in other directions. In November of last year Simmons was suspended for alleging outside interference in the selection process. The coach was,

however, later re-instated. The West Indies are currently on tour against Pakistan in the United Arab Emirates.

Henderson Springer, the assistant coach, is the acting head coach. (SportsMax)

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Firmino Returns To Liverpool Training Ahead Of Derby Trip A groin strain kept Roberto Firmino out of Liverpool's victory over Chelsea last Friday and Jurgen Klopp confirmed he is training again. Roberto Firmino has returned to Liverpool training ahead of the EFL Cup third-round match with Derby County on Tuesday, coach Jurgen Klopp confirmed. A groin strain made Firmino, who struck twice in the 4-1 win over defending Premier League champions Leicester City on September 10, unavailable for the 3-1 victory over Chelsea that followed on Friday The Brazilian may not be risked for the trip to the iPro Stadium, with Klopp not interested in resting players when they are fully fit. "In my opinion we only have strong lineups. That's good news. We will find a strong line-up. We won't rest 100 per cent fit players," said Klopp. "No decisions [on the line-up have been made] yet as the session this afternoon [Monday] will be important, but Firmino is back in training.

"We gave him yesterday [off] because the medical department suggested it. He could have played but I decided against it. They told me if we give him three days off it will be perfect. Today is the fourth day. "It's all about taking risks in football, but not with players who are not 100 per cent." Mamadou Sakho has not featured for Liverpool since being sent home from the preseason tour to the United States for breaking rules three times.

The centre-back remains short of fitness, but according to Klopp that will not be the key factor in determining when he is ready for selection. He added: "He's still working on his fitness.

It's a big difference to being match fit. It's not about how the player feels, it's about how I feel. It's a long, long time since he played." Joel Matip has stepped up in the Frenchman's absence and Klopp has been delighted with the start to his Liverpool

career. "If you lived or worked in Germany you would have known much more about him. It was pretty clear it would make sense to sign him," said the German. "He needed to work on his fitness but there was never a doubt over his quality. It's very important because of the situation in the centre-back position."

Liverpool were runners-up to Manchester City in the competition last season and Klopp wants to go one better this term. "We don't think about what league our opponents are in.

We want to win this competition. This is our next step to do it," Klopp said. "I watch a lot of Championship football. Derby are an ambitious club. We have a really competitive game against a strong side. "It's not about speaking about trophies. Everyone knows we are ambitious but it doesn't help to talk about it."

(SportsMax)

Veteran Mascots Lead Out AIK Swedish side AIK asked an older generation of fans to lead the think this is something special." AIK won the game 1-0. players out for Sunday's game with Gefle. AIK had mascots (SportsMax) with a difference for their Allsvenskan game at home to Gefle on Sunday. Rather than ask local youngsters to accompany the players on to the pitch, the Swedish side instead invited their oldest living members to carry out the duties instead. The pensioners were led out by Stockholm resident and AIK supporter Lennart Johansson, the former president of UEFA, as part of a campaign to promote ticket discounts and free shuttle buses to and from retirement homes Johansson said: "There are a lot of us who have lived with AIK all of our lives but who can't, for various reasons, get to the stadium these days. That doesn't mean that we care less about the club. Maybe just that we have a little bit more difficulty travelling and moving around.” Ake Jigstedt, at 96 years of age the oldest living AIK member, added to the Aftonbladet newspaper: "This is a very classy gesture. I am touched. "I have been with the association since 1936 and I

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Konjuh Through In Guangzhou, Gibbs Suffers Seoul Loss Mona Barthel. There were routine victories for the three seeds in action on day one of the Guangzhou International Women's Open. Ana Konjuh, Alison Riske and Danka Kovinic all progressed to round two without dropping a set. Third seed Konjuh was a 6-2 6-2 winner against Tatjana Maria, while Riske and Kovinic got the better of home hopes Xun Fang Ying and Wang Yafan respectively. Zhu Lin ensured there was one Chinese victory on Monday, beating Lyudmyla Kichenok of Ukraine 6-4 6-3. The day's other first-round match saw Jennifer Brady progress when qualifier Anastasia Pivovarova retired while trailing 4-0 in a deciding set. At the Korea Open in Seoul, seventh seed Nicole Gibbs made an early exit at the hands of Mona Barthel, the German coming from behind to triumph 5-7 6-4 6-2. Eighth seed Louisa Chirico beat Duan Ying-Ying 7-5 63, while Jana Cepelova, Sara Sorribes Tormo, Patricia Maria Tig and Camila Giorgi were also victorious. (SportsMax) Seeds generally fared well in Guangzhou and Seoul on Monday, but Nicole Gibbs was beaten at the latter venue by

Tuchel Would Support Bundesliga Title Play-offs

The top four Bundesliga sides participating in a knockout competition for the title has the backing of Borussia Dortmund boss Thomas Tuchel. Borussia Dortmund coach Thomas Tuchel would support the introduction of play-offs for the Bundesliga title. Dortmund won back-to-back championships in 2011 and 2012, but Bayern Munich have once again asserted their dominance in Germany, topping the pile in each of the past four seasons. The Bavarian giants have won their opening three matches of the current campaign with an aggregate score of 111, with former German Football League (DFL) president and Bayer Leverkusen chief executive Wolfgang Holzhauser telling Kicker on Monday that championship play-offs were "more

relevant than ever". Asked for his opinion on the idea, Tuchel said: "Why not? It would give the runners-up, third and fourth the chance to be champion. "I do not think play-offs are farfetched. I am basically very open to rule changes." Dortmund made a number of changes to their line-up, but ran out 6-0 winners over Darmstadt on Saturday, following on from a victory by the same scoreline over Legia Warsaw in the Champions League last Wednesday. Tuchel expects to have the majority of his players available for Tuesday's trip to Wolfsburg, but Andre Schurrle is likely to miss a return to his former club with a knee issue while Sven Bender remains sidelined. "Schurrle remains out. He has not trained to ease his knee and today [Monday] we trained with very, very low intensity. Otherwise there are no new injuries," said the Dortmund coach. "[Bender] is still nursing the injury he picked up in the Olympic semi-final, with which he played in the final.

He is still feeling pain in his ankle even without movement. He is yet to train with us. "Wolfsburg always look very dangerous in their games. They attack down the wings a lot. We expect to see a team that wants to beat us. "The next games against Wolfsburg, Freiburg and what comes after will give us a better idea of our competitive level. "We made the most out of the last two games. Looking at the performances and the data, we can allow ourselves to acknowledge that. You need top performances to get results like that [successive 6-0 wins]."

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Bremen Hunt For Skripnik Successor As Nouri Takes Charge

Sporting director Frank Baumann is unable to predict when Werder Bremen will secure a new long-term head coach. Werder Bremen are "scouring the market" for candidates to replace sacked head coach Viktor Skripnik, according to sporting director Frank Baumann. Skripnik was dismissed after Werder lost 4-1 at Borussia Monchengladbach, leaving them bottom of the Bundesliga and without a point from the first three matches of the season. With the match at home to Mainz on Wednesday

fast approaching, Alexander Nouri has taken over the first team on an interim basis, as the club seeks a long-term replacement. "Viktor proved his quality but we had to make a decision on Saturday," Baumann told a news conference. "Alex will be in charge for Wednesday's game but I can't say how many more after that. "We're scouring the market and will hold talks with suitable candidates. I can't see the future, I don't know when we'll find a suitable candidate. It's likely that Alex will also lead the team [against Wolfsburg] on Saturday." Baumann refused to discuss speculation former Werder player and coach Thomas Schaaf, who led the team from 1999 to 2013, could return. "I won't comment on any specific names or rule anyone out, so I won't say anything about Thomas Schaaf," he said. Having been promoted from his role with the reserve team, Nouri is embracing an opportunity to show what he can do at the highest level, regardless of how short-lived his spell in the hot seat may prove to be. "I'm full of energy and want to help the team achieve better results," he said. "I'm living in the moment, I'll do what I can. I'm not looking too far into the future. "I called Skripnik and [Florian] Kohfeldt yesterday, I respect them and their work greatly." (SportsMax)

Dortmund's Castro Hopeful Of Germany Recall

A flying start to the season has led to calls Gonzalo Castro should be in contention for a return to Germany selection.

Borussia Dortmund's Gonzalo Castro says he would welcome a long-awaited Germany recall after impressing early in 2016-17.

Castro, 29, has not featured for the national team since November 2007, winning just five caps during more than a decade in the Bayer Leverkusen first team. He joined Dortmund

last year and has shone under Thomas Tuchel so far this season, helping his young team-mates to record eye-catching successive 6-0 wins over Legia Warsaw and Darmstadt.

Following his fine form, the midfielder stressed he would like to hear from Germany head coach Joachim Low ahead of the World Cup qualifiers at home to Czech Republic and Northern Ireland next month. "I always try to do my best," he said to Bild "Sure, it would be nice to be invited again. But if it is not enough, then it's not enough." Quizzed on the reason for his displays in recent weeks, he added: "It's been going well for me for some time, but at the moment [my game] just fits perfectly with the team. "The coach demands that we apply full throttle until the end [and] even after going 3-0 ahead, not to drop off.

This benefits my game." Dortmund's sporting director Michael Zorc endorsed the suggestion Castro deserves another chance on the international stage. "Gonzalo is a very good and intelligent footballer," he said. "He was formerly selected and deserves to be called up again." Next up for Dortmund is a Bundesliga match away to Wolfsburg on Tuesday. "A tough game, but we are in good shape and want to win," Castro said.

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Martial Injury Prompts Call For Concussion Protocol Review In Football Brain injury charity Headway wants in independent review of the implementation of concussion protocols in professional football in England. Anthony Martial played on after suffering a head injury in Manchester United's Premier League defeat to Watford and brain injury charity Headway have called for a review on concussion protocols in football. A clash of heads with Daryl Janmaat in the 26th minute of Sunday's match at Vicarage Road left the Dutchman and Martial requiring medical attention. Both played on, but a challenge eight minutes later left the United forward looking groggy as he made his way off when being replaced by Ashley Young. The Premier League introduced new rules that included the requirement of a 'tunnel doctor' to support team medics in identifying suspected concussions and assessing their fitness to continue playing.

However, Headway believes a further review of concussion protocols are required following Sunday's scenes. "Headway welcomed the strengthening of football's approach to concussion when these new rules were introduced, but serious questions now have to be asked about whether they are being fully implemented," said charity spokesperson Luke Griggs.

"The rules state that if a concussion is even suspected the player should be removed and not allowed to return to the game. This is a vital detail as concussion can be notoriously difficult to diagnose on the spot – particularly on the pitch with doctors under intense pressure to make big decisions that could influence matches. "But it's vital that a safety-first approach is taken. Too often over the course of the past few seasons we have seen players return to games following a head injury only to be substituted a short time later showing more obvious signs of

concussion. "The danger is that period between the initial injury and the substitution. If the concussed player receives a secondary blow to the head in that time, the damage to their brain could be increased significantly. "Elite-level football has to set a better example for the millions of youngsters around the world who take their lead from their idols. It must ensure that the principle of 'if in doubt, sit it out!' is applied in all cases of suspected concussion. "We would like to see an independent review of the way in which professional football in this country is implementing its own concussion protocols in order to reduce the risk to not just professional athletes, but also to youngsters and amateurs who do not have doctors on the side of the pitch to provide medical support and advice." (SportsMax)

Anderson Back As A Batsman For Black Caps

Having proved his fitness in several trial games, Corey Anderson has been recalled to New Zealand's ODI squad, initially as a batsman only. Corey Anderson will return from injury as a specialist batsman for New Zealand's one-day internationals against India. All-rounder Anderson has not represented his country since February, having

been sidelined by a back injury. However, he has been recalled to a 15man squad for New Zealand's five ODIs in India, which follow two Tests later this month. "Corey's superb professionalism throughout his rehab process has led to this point, and it's a credit to him and the hard work he's put in," said selector Gavin Larsen. "We're excited to have Corey back. He provides power through the middle-order and knows the conditions in India well. "He's still working on his bowling and we'll continue to monitor that, but for this series he will be used solely as a specialist batsman." Tim Southee is also included in New Zealand's ODI party, despite having been ruled out of the Tests last week due to an ankle problem. Anton Devcich, Jimmy Neesham and BJ Watling have earned recalls, but there is no place for the injured trio of Mitchell McClenaghan, Colin Munro and Adam Milne, or Henry Nicholls. New Zealand ODI squad to face India: Kane Williamson (captain), Corey Anderson, Trent Boult, Doug Bracewell, Anton Devcich, Martin Guptill, Matt Henry, Tom Latham, Jimmy Neesham, Luke Ronchi, Mitchell Santner, Ish Sodhi, Tim Southee, Ross Taylor, BJ Watling. (SportsMax)

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Real Madrid Will Not Give Anything Away After Title Heartbreak - Carvajal

'Marlon Has No Manners' - Feud Between Samuels, Stokes Continues As Bowler Releases Autobiography

Dani Carvajal hopes Real Madrid can keep up their winning streak in LaLiga in a bid to put missing out on last season's title behind them. After missing out on the title by one point last season, Dani Carvajal says Real Madrid will not be giving anything away this term.

Madrid pushed Barcelona all the way to the final day of 2015-16 but were unable to topple the Catalan giants, with both sides winning their final matches. Zinedine Zidane's team maintained their 100 per cent record at the start of the new campaign with a 2-0 victory over Espanyol on Sunday, a result which saw them equal Barca's record of 16 successive LaLiga victories achieved in 2010-11. Carvajal is desperate for Madrid to drop as few points as possible having missed out by such a small margin last term.“It's a nice record to equal the 16 victories, but we must keep thinking game by game," said the right-back. "Now we are thinking about three points on Wednesday against Villarreal, but what we are seeing is a reflection of the great work from Zidane and the team.

"LaLiga has just started, we are going into matchday five and there are 38. We think about adding three [points] because last year at the end we lost by one point. "All are important and we are not going to give any away." Zidane took over at Santiago Bernabeu in January and under his stewardship Madrid have dropped just seven points in LaLiga. The 1998 World Cup winner's man-management has been key to the club's stellar run, according to Carvajal. "He has found the key to making everyone feel important and keeping the egos apart - that is the basis for success today and I hope it remains so," he added.

(SportsMax)

The feud between West Indies star Marlon Samuels and Englishman Ben Stokes has shown no intention of dying down anytime soon after the bowler described the batsman as ‘lacking manners’. The pair of cricketers have had bad blood brewing between them since last year when they exchanged words on-field as the West Indies hosted England during a tour of the Caribbean. Samuels famously saluted Stokes after he was dismissed during the Test match in Grenada. The two renewed their rivalry during the ICC Twenty20 World Cup final when England lost to the West Indies. Samuels made an unbeaten 85, rescuing the West Indies from a position of 14 for three before going on to win the game. The unfortunate Stokes was hit for four sixes in the final over by Carlos Brathwaite, during which Samuels had more words for Stokes. He was subsequently fined 30 per cent of his match fee. In the subsequent press conference Samuel’s claimed Stokes ‘never learns.’ “Marlon Samuels lacks respect. You get that if you have spent any time with him on a cricket field. Marlon’s conduct after West Indies’ victory over us in this year’s World Twenty20 final showed a total disrespect for the game,” said Stokes, in his autobiography, Firestarter: Me, Cricket and The Heat of the Moment. “Without removing his batting pads, Marlon walked into a press conference, sat down and placed his feet on the desk. Totally lacking manners,” he wrote. “It didn’t require him to give me a character assassination — bizarrely claiming I am some sort of ‘nervous laddie’ — to help me form the opinion that I do not like him one bit. I believe in the saying ‘respect the game’. I don’t think he respects the game,” said Stokes. Stokes admitted that the feud was re-ignited as a result of comments he made to Samuels when West Indies were reduced to 14 for three. “His mannerisms got me involved with Marlon. I was at mid-off and, in my enthusiasm, found myself creeping in from my position and I noticed that Samuels, at the non-striker’s end, was walking around like the big easy. I couldn’t resist,” Stokes confessed. (SportsMax)

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Positive Start For Puig In Tokyo Day one of the Pan Pacific Open brought victories for Monica Puig and Naomi Osaka, the latter getting the better of Japan's number one. Olympic champion Monica Puig made light work of her first-round match at the Pan Pacific Open on Monday, to set up a potential tie with Petra Kvitova in Tokyo. Puig won the first eight games against Varvara Lepchenko, en route to a 6-0 63 triumph in round one of the WTA Premier event. Although Lepchenko had break points in two of Puig's service games during the first set, the American failed to take her chances and struggled badly on her own serve. Lepchenko finally got on the board with a break in set two, but Puig soon reclaimed the advantage before sealing victory at the fourth time of asking.

Puig will now face the winner of the meeting between seventh seed Kvitova and Madison Brengle. Monday's other main-draw contest saw Japan's number two, wildcard Naomi Osaka, get the better of the country's number one, Misaki Doi. Osaka won 6-4 6-4 and will now face either Dominika Cibulkova or Lucie Safarova in round two. (SportsMax)

Brook: I Could Have Been Blinded Had Golovkin Fight Continued Doctors have told Kell Brook his sight could have been threatened had he taken more blows to the eye he damaged against Gennady Golovkin. Kell Brook has reiterated that trainer Dominic Ingle made the right decision in bringing an end to his fight with Gennady Golovkin, suggesting his sight could have come under threat had he taken more punishment to his damaged eye. IBF welterweight champion Brook stepped up two weight divisions to make a bold challenge for Golovkin's WBC and IBF middleweight titles in a much-hyped bout at the London O2 Arena earlier this month. A thrilling contest ended in the fifth round, Ingle throwing in the towel as Brook - whose right eye socket had been damaged earlier in the fight - received a barrage of blows. The Briton is set to undergo surgery later this week and expects to be out of action for "a good few months".

Brook told Sky Sports News: "I told him [Ingle] in round two that my eye was broken and that I couldn't see so he was aware of what was going on. "He's obviously seen me taking shots, couldn't see, and he kept seeing me trying to refocus my eye.

That's when he got in and waved it off. "Looking back now, at the time I did want to fight because I am a fighter but in the long run, the doctors have said if I had carried on getting bigger shots on the eye, I could have ended up being blind. "We live to fight another day. It was definitely the right choice because I could hardly see in the fight. "I've got an operation this Friday. I went down to see the surgeons and they wanted to plan it right and look into everything. "They're looking to put a titanium plate in the eye but they're looking at other materials. They're not

rushing it but it looks like this Friday. I'm more scared of getting put to sleep than I was getting in with Golovkin." Brook again talked up the possibility of facing Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez in 2017 following the Mexican's victory over Liam Smith on Saturday.

"I think he [Alvarez] is [a potential opponent]," added Brook. "I think 154 [pounds] would be more my weight class. Obviously when I start getting back training we need to see if I could make 147 ... that's also a possibility because I am world champion at 147. "But Canelo, I'd love that fight. I just want to be in those big fights now. I've had a taste of this one with the Golovkin fight and the attention and the stuff around it is exciting for a fighter to be in. "I think it could have been a completely different fight [against Golovkin] if my eye hadn't gone. I'm gutted, because I could have shocked the world that night. I think I had weathered the storm. I was definitely in the fight." (SportsMax)