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most popular and Rincon Boyzwon the title of Most Consis-tent Band.

Aruba’s Minister ofTourism, Transport and Labor,Otmar Oduber pleasantly sur-prised the community by beingone of the performers alongwith the band Upgrade Music,and won the “Tumba Loco”category. The king wascrowned at 1:45 A.M. in a fit-ting end to an exhilaratingevening at the Aruba Entertain-ment Center, which utterly em-bodied the spirit and energy ofCarnival. This year’s festivalwas dedicated to FedericoMartes and Richard Quant,with a welcome warm up per-formance by veteran Ike Je-serum and the Zeta Band.

by Rosalie Klein

Taking the title of TumbaKing again with the song“Den Historia” was last year’swinner, Chendell Beaumont,accompanied by RinconBoyz.

2nd place winner was Jef-frey Kelly with "Chu chubi taCanta" accompanied byRobert Maduro and his SoloBanda. 3rd Place went toRichard "Tatoo" Quant and theZeta Band with "Basha pa miBai" and

4th and 5th place was wonby Chicho Kock and JerrinoRidderstap performing "Micartera ta Fluit" and the song"Papiamento,” both accompa-nied by D’Licious Band.Richard Quant was named

Most Consistent Performer,Roderick Franken was namedCarnival 58 witnessed a spec-

tacular Tumba Festival on Sat-urday evening, January 28, as13 bands performed alongside23 vocalists presenting thesame number of entries for thefavorite Tumba song of 2012.

Press Gabriela Demonzain. The Democratic assault on

Romney and Gingrich cameone day before Florida's no -minating primary, a key bat-tle in the war for theRepublican nomination totake on Obama in the No-vember elections.

Roughly 22.5 percent ofthe population in Florida, acritical battleground, is ofHispanic origin, as is 16.3percent for the United Statesas a whole, and Obama en-joys a robust lead over his po-tential rivals nationwideamong the group.

He would beat Romney67-25 percent and Gingrich70-22 percent in a hypotheti-cal match-up today amongHispanics, according to apublic opinion poll by Univi-sion/ Latino Decisions.

President Barack Obama's re-election campaign yesterdaycharged that top RepublicanWhite House hopefuls MittRomney and Newt Gingrichhad alienated Latino voterswith "extreme rhetoric" onimmigration.

In a memo sent to journa -lists, the campaign said Rom-ney and Gingrich "may verywell have already sealed thepolitical fate of their partywith the Hispanic electorate -- the fastest growing votingbloc in the country."

"Their extreme rhetoric onimmigration during the tele-vised debates has rejected ourhistory as a nation of immi-grants and alienated millionsof Hispanic voters nation-ally," said "Obama for Amer-ica" pollster Sergio Bendixenand Director of Hispanic

Tuesday, January 31, 2012

Check it out at: http://www.themorningnewsaruba.com/index.php/photography-contest

Tumba King for the second consecutive year:

Chendell Beaumont and RinconBoyz do it again!

Obama camp slamsRepublicans on Hispanics

Chendell Beaumont

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is this working together of allour partners is what is produc-ing the kind of fruit we are ex-periencing in Aruba’s tourismtoday. Hendrik Croes con-cluded his remarks saying…itis important too, to observethat everyone is working to-gether with a unified view onthe quality of our tourismproduct.

bigger aircrafts to handle theincrease in passengers.

Thus, the charter section aswell as the commercial flightsregistered a sizeable increasein 2011. The Department ofMarketing of the AAA, ATAand AHATA have worked verydilligently which efforts pro-duced the results we have seenin 2011. According to Croes, it

The Aruba Airport and thegovernment are extremelypleased with the results of2011 with respect to passengerarrivals to our Queen BeatrixInternational Airport and forthe increase in airline trafficand new airlines that have beenadded.

Spokesman for the ArubaAirport Authority, HendrikCroes, reported that the in-crease was a whopping 5.4%.He indicated that the smoothhandling of the flow of arrivalswas the result of the combinedefforts of every section and de-partment of the airport,namely, Immigration, Cus-toms, and others. Croes alsocited the airlines operating inthe airport for their contribu-tion to this success.

The airport’s spokesman in-dicated that the 5.4% visitorincrease can be attributed notonly to the regular flights, butespecially to the number of air-crafts visiting the island. Therewas an increase of 0.9% in thenumber of aircrafts that visitedthe island. This number in-cluded many private air-crafts…private flights haveincreased considerably, ac-cording to Hendrik Croes.

Management of the Airportand the government, who fore-saw the increase in private air-crafts for the future, approvedthe creation of special installa-tions for private flights. Cur-rently, two new hangers areunder construction on thesouthside of the Airport. Theexpansion of this facility isnecessary in view of the rapidgrowth of this section of ourairport. The growth encom-passes not only the regularcommercial flights but also theincrease in charter flights com-ing to the island.

Last December the airporthad announced the addition ofseveral new flights. Therewere also airlines that had an-nounced the addition of flights,while others began flying with

Airport PR confirms increase of5.4% of passengers for 2011

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ORANJESTAD -- The fitnessguru’s tell us that to be healthywe must eat a balanced dietcombined with exercise andphysical move ment 30 minutesevery day. It is in this vein thatAruba has become an officialmember of the Pan Americanorganization RAFA-PANA.

RAFA-PANA is the net-work of physical activities ofthe Americas. The main objec-tive of this organization is thepromotion of physical activityamong the countries in theAmericas. This objective theybelieve can only be achievedthrough the creation of a net-work between public and pri-vate entities.

The Ministry of PublicHealth and Sports has begunthe process of creating a net-work of physical activities onAruba. In order to accomplishthis they are requesting allpublic and private organiza-

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AIB, for a loan of 5.5 millionAruban florins, at a very rea-sonable rate.

This action will financethe purchase of 15 new busesthe refinancing and resolutionof accumulated debt from thepast six years, during whichtime, Arubus officers con-firmed, the company hasbeen operating at a deficit.

Reasons cited wereincrea sing personnel costsand vola tile gas prices, withthe necessity of keeping busfares at an affordable rate forthe demographic that relieson public transport. Changesin the operation of the com-pany will include more effi-cient systems as well asdownsizing; some em ployees

an agreement between Aru -ba’s public mass transportpro vider, Arubus, and theAruba Investment Bank,

Yesterday morning, January30, Minister of Tourism,Transport & Labor, OtmarOduber, hosted the signing of

Tuesday, January 31, 2012 3

Agreement signed for re-financing of Arubus

Signing for Arubus Glenn Marugg and Managing Director

Theo Croes

Gerald Croes, Frendsel Giel of AIB, Minister Oduber abd,

Theo Croes of Arubus

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avoid a closure of the refinerywith its dire consequences forAruba. A closure of the refi -nery would have a quantum ef-fect on our economy, hence thereason for having Valero on thetop of the government’s list ofpriorities.

Later the Minister also metwith representatives of theUnion in Valero, the IOWA.Reportedly, they understandand share the concern the gov-ernment has regarding Valerobecause of the many peopleworking with the refinery.IOWA understands the govern-ment’s position with respect toValero. They thanked the Mi -nister for the information re-ceived and for involving themin the discussions; they offeredtheir help in whatever waypossible. The government iscontinuing to do everythingpossible to find a solution forthe situation of the ValeroAruba Refinery.

David Yrausquin and AndinBikker and members AlexTromp, Xiomara Ruiz-Ma -duro, Mervin Wyatt-Ras andDonny Rasmijn.

The Minister informed theParliamentarians about the pre-carious situation of the ValeroAruba Refinery. He sharedwhat the Valero Refinery andthe government are doing to

Last Friday the Minister of Fi-nance and Energy, Mike deMeza, met with the permanentcommission of Parliament onFinance and Energy to providethem a detailed explanation ofthe global, regional and localenergy situation. Present at thismeeting were the presidents ofthe various commissions,namely: Parliamentarian Juan

previous visit.Because of her interest in

the future development ofAruba, she decided to makecontact with two ministers forinformation on the develop-ments. The two ministers,Mike Eman and Michelle Win-klaar-Hooyboer provided Ponwith extensive information re-garding the plans and develop-ments on Aruba. Reportedly,Mrs. Pon’s visit and enthusi-asm regarding Aruba’s planswill certainly stimulate invest-ment on Aruba from other in-vestors.

Frederique Pon remarked toMinister Michelle Winklaar-Hooyboer that...”Aruba to meis not an island, but a countryin development and I’m proudfor the oppotunity to lend ahand in it.”

Last week, Mrs. FrederiquePon, daughter of the legendaryMijndert Pon paid a courtesyvisit to the Prime Minister ofAruba and to the Minister ofEconomic and Social Affairs.Mr. Pon is wellknown for his“Pon” auto industry and for hisworld renown Volkswagen,Porsch, Audi, Skoda automo-biles. Pon is also owner of amonument and restaurant inHolland as well as proprietorof the Salentein winery inMendoza, Argentina fromwhere he exports more than 1million bottles of wine to theworld every year.

Frederique Pon has been toAruba before, but during herrecent travels through the citycenter she noticed the work inprogress in the mainstreet andthe many changes since her


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clared independence from for-mer civil war enemies in northSudan in July -- is already reel-ing from multiple crises, in-cluding ethnic clashes, rebelattacks and some 3 millionpeople needing food aid.

Over 80,000 refugees havealready fled Sudan's civil warregions of Southern Kordofanand Blue Nile since last June,where Khartoum is battlingrebel forces formerly allied tothe now independent SouthSudanese army.

The delegates will discussmeasures to reduce the threat ofnuclear terrorism and crackdown on the illegal trade in nu-clear materials. “Nuclear ter-rorism is one of the greatestand most acute threats to globalsecurity,” writes Mr Rosenthal.

Prime Minister Mark Ruttewill lead the Dutch delegationto the summit in Seoul. Thefirst nuclear security summitwas held in 2010 after USPresident Barack Obama initi-ated the idea

The Netherlands could behosting the third – and for thetime being last - summit on nu-clear security in 2014.

In a letter to parliament For-eign Minister Uri Rosenthalsays a decision will be takenby government leaders at asecond summit in South Koreaat the end of March. MrRosenthal writes that theDutch government has reactedpositively to the request fromthe current chair South Koreato host the next summit.

As of July 1, new buses fromInternational, a U.S. Company,will go into services featuringa new Smart Card System,which will precipitate a newtariff. Commuters and othersfrequently deploying the bussystem can purchase a SmartCard at Arubus headquarters inWayaca for 7.50 Arubanflorins. These cards can berecharged at any number ofstations that will be set up atvarious outlets, similar to thosethat now contain vending ma-chines for phone cards.

Buses will still take cashfor the occasional user. Fareswill rise as of July 1 from 2.25Aruban florins per ride to 4.00Aruban florins and there willno longer be round trip ticketssold at a discount.The Aruban government sub-

sidizes the island’s mass transitsystem, but even with that, ris-ing operating costs and a staffof over 100 employees withcontracted cost of living payincreases still had the companyopera ting at a deficit; the priceof fuel is a mitigating factor inthe increased tariff.

Signing the Loan Agree-ment, which was facilitated bythe offices of the Minister ofTransport, were Frendsel Giel,Director of AIB and GeraldCroes, Chief Executive Corpo-rate Loan Officer, and on be-half of Arubus, ManagingDirector Theo Croes andGlenn Marugg.

by Rosalie Klein


Agreementsigned forre-financingof ArubusContinued from page 3

The Netherlands asked toorganise third nuclearsecurity summit

JUBA (AFP) - Up to half amillion starving refugees couldflee violence in Sudan withinmonths, sparking a massivefood crisis in newly independ-ent South Sudan, the UN'sWorld Food Program (WFP)has warned.

WFP's Deputy ExecutiveDirector Ramiro Lopes daSilva said relief agencies werepreparing for the worst, withSudan's government in Khar-toum blocking emergency aidinto border regions where it is

battling rebel forces."The numbers being used

for planning purposes in thecontext of a worst case sce-nario, we are speaking of some-where between 300-500,000people" set to flee to SouthSudan, Da Silva said. "In a cou-ple of months we are in what istypically the hunger season,both in Sudan and SouthSudan, and obviously the im-pact on those populations ispotentially very serious."

South Sudan -- which de-

Up to 500,000 could flee Sudan fighting

to S.Sudan

sure over the weekend in theBaltic state of Lithuania.

In the Czech Republic, a26-year-old man was foundfrozen to death on Saturday.

Forecasters have warnedtemperatures are likely toplunge to minus 30C in thecountry this week, after hittingminus 20C (minus 4F) in someplaces Sunday.

In Slovakia a 63-year-oldman was found dead outsidehis house.

In Bulgaria, five died insnow storms last week, localmedia reported yesterday.

Four more people died overthe past 24 hours in Romania,the health ministry said, rais-ing the overall death toll to six

An 81-year-old woman wasfound dead in her own home inSerbia, a news agency saidyesterday..

Freezing weather has killeddozens of people in central andeastern Europe over the pastfew days and temperatures areset to drop even further, au-thorities warned yesterday.

In Poland, police said 10died over the weekend as tem-peratures plunged to minus 27degrees Celsius (minus 16Fahrenheit), raising the deathtoll from exposure to 46 sincethe start of the winter, whichhad been unusually mild up tillnow.

The Ukraine's health min-istry said 18 people have diedof hypothermia in the last fourdays. Most of them werehomeless who froze to death inthe streets or old people whodied in their flats or after hos-pitalisation.

Police also reported that atleast three people died of expo-

set in motion special measuresto assist them.

On January 10, the govern-ment of President DilmaRousseff, who is scheduled tovisit Port-au-Prince tomorrow,granted residence visas to the4,000 undocumented Haitiansimmigrants already in thecountry, while vowing to crackdown on people-smugglingfrom the desperately poorCaribbean nation.

Authorities also set a limit of1,200 five-year work visas an-nually for the Haitians, in addi-tion to visas granted for tourism,study or temporary work.

Haitian and Bolivian mi-grants have been flocking toBrazil, Latin America's domi-nant economy, lured by ongo-ing massive infrastructureprojects linked to the country'shosting of the 2014 footballWorld Cup and the 2016 Sum-mer Olympics.

vastating earthquake in theirhomeland two years ago.

Some 15 percent of Haiti'sentire population of almost 10million were either killed ordisplaced by the January 12,2010 quake, one of the worstnatural disasters of moderntimes.

Most of the Haitians havecrossed into Brazil over thepast few weeks in precarioushealth conditions and in searchof work, forcing authorities to

BRASILIA (AFP) - TheBrazilian government has allo-cated more than $500,000 infresh aid for the more than4,000 Haitian immigrants whoare being granted permanentresidence visas, an official an-nouncement said yesterday.

The official Agencia Brasilsaid $517,000 dollars wouldgo to the northern states ofAcre and Amazonas whichborder Peru and which haveseen an influx of undocu -

for the hostages.She made the appeal after

the Colombian government re-jected the idea of using foreignmilitary aircraft and crews tohelp in a rescue effort.

Pinzon said, "The importantthing is that the government isalways ready, with all its ca-pacity, to bring these peoplesafe and sound to their homesas soon as possible."

In late December, FARCagreed to deliver six of thehostages to Colombians forPeace from among a group ofat least 11 police and soldiersthey continue to hold.

"Let them go now, we'llcome get them and use the se-curity procedures that we lack,"Pinzon said yesterday. "That isthe will of the government."

The defense minister saidrepresentatives of the Interna-tional Committee of the RedCross have studied the situa-tion for several weeks.

BOGOTA (AFP) - The Colom-bian government refused yes-terday to seek private fundingto pay ransom for the releaseof five policemen and a soldierkidnapped by FARC guerrillas.

The ransom was suggestedby a non-govermental organi-zation to which the rebel grouppledged to deliver the hostages.

FARC, whose name trans-lates to Revolutionary ArmedForces of Colombia, is a Marx-ist-Leninist revolutionaryguerrilla group.

"Frankly, it is not necessaryseek funding for anything,"Defense Minister Juan CarlosPinzon told reporters. "If theytell us tomorrow where thehos tages are, we could sendmilitary helicopters or any air-craft."

Pinzon was responding toformer senator Piedad Cor-doba, director of Colombiansfor Peace, who on Sundaycalled on business leaders tocontribute the ransom money

Colombia rejects private

funds to free hostages

and war.On the edge of the tarpaulin

painted with dreamy crescentmoons and shooting stars, atheme-setting poster read: "Letus sleep so we can dream."

Park Service camping ban."This is what democracy

looks like!" the festive crowdchanted, as they took turns de-nouncing income inequality,bank bailouts, corporate influ-ence on politics, student debt

WASHINGTON (AFP) - Oc-cupy DC protesters defied athreatened police clampdownon their tent colony yesterdayby pitching a massive "tent ofdreams" in the park near theWhite House they took overfour months ago.

With several hundred cheer-ing supporters looking on, butno police in sight, they hoisteda deep-blue tarpaulin over anequestrian statue of Civil Wargeneral James McPherson inthe downtown Washingtonsquare that bears his name.

Under the tarp, and sur-rounding the granite base ofthe statue, were about 18smaller tents and pet igloos, aswell as sleeping bags, signal-ing Occupy DC's intention tostay put and defy the National


INTERNATIONAL NEWS

Occupy DC defies ban, hoists 'tent

of dreams'

Brazil earmarks $500,000 to helpresettle Haitians Freeze kills dozens in

eastern Europe

The daughter of Ukraine's jailed former primemi nister Yulia Tymoshenko said yesterday thatshe has been invited to address US senators asshe campaigns to secure her mother's release.

"I will deliver a speech" to the Senate's Sub-committee on European Affairs, 31-year-oldYevgeniya Carr, Tymoshenko's only child, toldAFP by phone ahead of her visit to Washington.

"Our side will have an opportunity to tell thetruth of how political prisoners are treated in theUkraine. We will spread as much as possible in-formation about the way the country's authori-ties deal with their political opponents."

Senators are due to discuss the situation inthe Ukraine on Wednesday.

the operation was called offafter the sea turned rough.

Italian navy frogmen mean-while set off explosive chargesto open more holes in the sideof the cruise liner yesterday toallow access to deck five, butbad weather meant divers wereunable to search for bodies ofvictims.

The 114,500-ton ship ranaground on rocks with morethan 4,200 people aboard onJanuary 13 in a tragedy whichleft 32 people presumed dead.

A total of 17 bodies havebeen recovered -- of which 16have so far been identified --and 15 people remain missing.

The head of Italy's civilprotection agency, FrancoGabrielli, assured relatives of"the moral imperative to returnthe bodies to their families."

ahead of the summer 2012 sea-son.

A fuel leak from the CostaConcordia into one of Europe'sbiggest marine parks wouldnot only be environmentallydisastrous, it would deal aheavy blow to restaurants, barsand hotels which thrive ontourism, locals say.

Dolphin-spotting in theTuscan archipelago's emeraldwaters has been replaced fornow by day-trip tourists whocome to photograph the vastluxury cruiser and the emer-gency crews swarming aroundthe stricken vessel.

Technicians from the Dutchcompany Smit Salvage hadplanned to begin syphoning offthe estimated 2,380 tons offuel in the Costa Concordia'stanks over the weekend, but

ROME (AFP) - Residents ofthe Italian island of Giglio yes-terday voiced concern for theirlivelihoods after officials saidit could take 10 months to re-move the wreck of a cruiseship blighting the tourist hot-spot.

The population on the Tus-can island swells from 800 to5,000 in the summer months astourists flock to swim, snorkeland dive in the crystal-clearwaters, but islanders fear thebeached ship and pollutionrisks may put off tourists.

"Take the ship away, forfuck's sake!" read a bannerhung on a local hotel by resi-dents, echoing a coast guard'sfrantic order to the captain ofthe Costa Concordia on thenight of the disaster to get backonto the ship.

An audio recording of theheated telephone exchange be-tween the coast guard and cap-tain Francesco Schettino -- inwhich the former yells "getback on board, for fuck's sake!"-- has received more than 2.327million You Tube hits.

Over 200 residents attendeda meeting on the island yester-day to form a new civic com-mittee to ask for assistance

fight the corruption charges,his lawyer Frizto Canton said.

He said Duvalier "has al-ready been judged three times"on these charges in France andSwitzerland and cannot be re-tried for the same accusations.

Duvalier, 60, led a brutaldictatorship in the impove -rished Caribbean nation from1971 to 1986 before being dri -ven out of office and the coun-try. He is the son of Francois"Papa Doc" Duvalier, whoruled Haiti from 1957 until hedied in 1971.

PORT-AU-PRINCE (AFP) -Former Haitian dictator Jean-Claude Duvalier should facetrial for alleged embezzlementduring his 15-year rule, the in-vestigating judge said yester-day.

The judge, Jean Carves,told AFP that the former dicta-tor, known as "Baby Doc,"should not face charges for thetime-being for allegations ofcrimes against humanity.

The ex-dictator, who re-turned to Haiti in 2011 after 25years of exile in France, will

On December 23 it uphelda million-euro fine againstTrafigura for violating EUlaws on the import and exportof toxic waste on board theship Probo Koala, which wasprevented from offloading theresidues for treatment in Ams-terdam's port on July 2, 2006.The shipment was conse-quently redirected to Abidjanand dumped on public wastetips around the city.

Trafigura, which denies anylink between the waste andsubsequent deaths, reached outof court settlements for 33 mil-lion euros and 152 millioneuros in Britain and IvoryCoast that exempted it fromlegal proceedings.

But a United Nations reportpublished in September 2009found "strong" evidence blam-ing the waste for at least 15deaths and several hospitalisa-tions. The dumping caused 17deaths and thousands of casesof poisoning, Ivorian judgessaid.

THE HAGUE (AFP) - ADutch court ruled yesterdaythat multinational oil traderTrafigura's French co-foundercould be prosecuted for illegalexport of toxic waste, laterdumped in Ivory Coast after astopover in the Netherlands.

"The Amsterdam AppealsCourt decided today that Trafi -gura director Claude Dauphincan be prosecuted," the courtsaid in a statement, adding "heis alleged to have led the... il-legal export of waste byTrafigura."

The Amsterdam regionalcourt decided in 2008 not toprosecute Dauphin -- who in1993 founded the petrol tankercompany and remains one ofits directors.

Prosecutors appealed thecourt's decision but wereturned down, resulting in an-other appeal being lodged andthe Supreme Court referringthe case to the Amsterdam Ap-peals Court, which reviewedthe original decision.


INTERNATIONAL NEWS

Trafigura director can beprosecuted says Dutchcourt

Haiti judge seeks 'Baby Doc'

embezzlement trial

Salvage delay worries residents ofItaly's shipwreck island

Daughter of Ukrainian ex-PM to speak

to US Senate

is in a resting phase (dias-tolic).

Published in the Britishmedical journal The Lancet,the findings suggest that both-arm blood pressure checksshould become standard prac-tise, the researchers said.

The probe reviewed 28studies with data on the differ-ence in systolic blood pres-sure between arms.

They concluded that a gapof 15mm of mercury or morewas linked with an increasedrisk of the narrowing andhardening of the arteries thatsupply blood to the legs andfeet.

It was also associated withpre-existing cerebrovasculardisease, which affects bloodsupply to the brain and cancontribute to dementia.

Above this threshold, deathrates due to cardiovascularproblems likewise went up.

Most such cases are "clini-cally silent" and double-armchecks would better identifythose at risk, the study said.

(AFP) - Measuring bloodpressure on both arms ratherthan only one can reveal an el-evated risk of heart disease oreven death, according to astudy released Monday.

In a review of medical liter-ature, researchers at the Uni-versity of Exeter found that adifference in the so-calledsystolic blood pressure be-tween arms can be a useful in-dicator of the likelihood ofheart trouble.

People with high bloodpressure -- also called hyper-tension -- have an increasedrisk of developing heart dis-ease, stroke, kidney diseaseand dementia, previous re-search has shown.

High blood pressure is de-fined by the World Health Or-ganisation (WHO) as 140over 90 millimetres of mer-cury or more. Mercury is usedin blood-pressure gauges.

The first number measuresmaximum heart pressure (sys-tolic), while the second meas-ures pressure when the heart


Health & Living Doctors 'shouldcheck blood pressureon both arms'

by the United States, Britainand United Arab Emiratesgovernments, the Bill &Melinda Gates Foundationand the World Bank.

The drugs will target suffer-ers of so-called NeglectedTropical Diseases (NTDs)such as leprosy and sleepingsickness which together affect1.4 billion people, most ofthem among the world's poor-est.

The initiative, which aimsto eliminate or get under con-trol 10 NTDs by 2020, willalso see an estimated $785million (598 million euros)spent on research and devel-opment that could lead to newtreatments, the Gates Founda-

(AFP) - Key players in thepharmaceutical industrypledged on Monday to do-nate 14 billion drug treat-ments as part of a new,global push to eradicate trop-ical diseases.

Thirteen companies in-cluding Novartis and Glaxo-SmithKline have committedto the programme being led

tion said. "With the boost to this mo-

mentum being made today, Iam confident almost all ofthese diseases can be elimi-nated or controlled by theend of this decade," saidWorld Health Organisationchief Margaret Chan in astatement.

The WTO had previouslycalled for a boost in resourcesto fight tropical diseases.

GlaxoSmithKline chief ex-ecutive Sir Andrew Witty saidthe battle needed a joint ap-proach.

"No one company or organ-isation can do it alone," hesaid in a statement on behalfof the pharmaceutical compa-nies involved.

"Today we pledge to workhand-in-hand to revolutionizethe way we fight these dis-eases now and in the future."

As part of the push, Novar-tis said it would extend its do-nation of drugs to treatleprosy, expected to reach850,000 patients.

Drug firms sign up to newtropical disease fight


(AFP) - The world can nolonger afford to ignore the en-vironmental cost of economicgrowth and must redefine thevery concept of nationalwealth, a UN panel of headsof state and environment min-isters said Monday.

The panel challenged lead-ers to recognise that "currentglobal development is unsus-tainable."

"We need to chart a new,more sustainable course forthe future, one that strength-ens equality and economicgrowth while protecting ourplanet," UN Secretary Gen-eral Ban Ki-moon said inAddis Ababa to mark the re-lease of the panel's report,which outlines more than 50policy recommendations.

By 2030, the report

warned, the planet will needat least 50 percent more food,45 percent more energy and30 percent more water.

These needs are emerging"at a time when environmen-tal boundaries are throwingup new limits to supply," itsaid.

Continuing along the samepath as today risks "irre-versible damage to bothecosystems and human com-munities."

Entitled "Resilient People,Resilient Planet: A FutureWorth Choosing," the 100-page report seeks to shape inbroad strokes the agenda forthe Rio+20 summit this sum-mer.

The June 20-22 event inRio de Janeiro takes place 20years after the landmark 1992

Earth Summit that set downthe UN conventions for pro-tecting biodiversity and tack-ling global warming.

Led by Finnish PresidentTarja Halonen and SouthAfrican President JacobZuma, the 22-member panelsaid a new blueprint forgrowth and low-carbon pros-perity must be "main-streamed" into economicpolicy as quickly as possible.

Social and environmentalcosts must be factored intohow the world prices andmeasures economic activity,and into a revised measure ofwealth that goes beyond thenarrow calculus of gross do-mestic product (GDP), it said.

The report called for:-- a new nexus between

food, water and energy. "Allthree need to be fully inte-grated, not treated separately,if we are to deal with theglobal food security crisis";

-- a stronger interface be-tween science and policy. "Wemust define what scientistsrefer to as planetary bound-aries" beyond which humanactivity could wreck theplanet;

-- reducing social exclu-sion and closing the wideninggap of social inequality.

European Union Commis-sioner for Climate ActionConnie Hedegaard, one of thereport's authors, said it shouldbe a "wake up" call for action.

"Government support forfossil fuel industry is aboutseven times more than for re-newable energy," she said in astatement.

Hedegaard said the Rio+20summit was an opportunity to"kick off this global transitiontowards a sustainable growthmodel for the 21st century."

UN panel says retool worldeconomy for sustainability

TOKYO (AFP) - Japanese sci-entists are studying how radi-ation has affected plants andanimals living near the crip-pled Fukushima nuclear plant,according to an official.

Researchers are examiningfield mice, red pine trees, acertain type of shellfish andother wild flora and fauna inand around the 20 kilometre(12 mile) no-go zone sur-rounding the plant, an Envi-ronment Ministry official saidon Monday.

They will also grow seedsfrom plant samples and moni-tor the offspring of animals inthe research.

The study began in Novem-ber and an initial report on thefindings is expected in March,he said.

The Fukushima Daiichi nu-clear power plant, some 220kilometres north of Tokyo,suffered blasts and fires afterthe March 11 quake andtsunami crippled its coolingsystems, releasing radiationinto the environment.

Parts of the exclusion zoneare expected to be reclassifiedto allow people to move backto their homes over the nextfew years, but other areas areexpected to be uninhabitablefor several decades.

Japan studies flora andfauna near Fukushimaplant

Sci-Tech

"In technological terms,this tablet is equivalent to allthose to be found on the mar-ket," said Mankou, referring tothe US giant Apple's iPad andits competitors.

The Way-C was conceivedin Congo, where it was firstpresented to the public in Sep-tember 2011, but it is assem-bled in China, "for the simplereason that Congo has no fac-tories and for price reasons,"Mankou added.

For the moment, the Way-C will be sold exclusively in

(AFP) - Africa has its firsthandheld tablet to rival theiPad and similar western in-ventions, which went on salein the Republic of Congo onMonday, its inventor VeroneMankou said.

The tablet is called theWay-C - "the light of the stars"in a dialect of northern Congo.It measures 19 x 17 x 1.2 cen-timetres (7.4 x 6.7 x O.5inches) and weighs 380grammes (13.4 ounces) andhas integrated Wi-Fi circuitryand a 4.0 GB memory.

Airtel Congo stores in Braz-zaville and Pointe-Noire, a pri-vate mobile telephonecompany which is a subsidiaryof the Indian group Bharti.

The financing of the proj-

ect, launched in 2006, cost

more than 80 million CFA

francs (almost 122,000 euros),

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magnesium, manganese, sili-con metal, silicon carbide, yel-low phosphorus and zinc --many of them vital to thechemical and metal industriesfor producing things like me -dicines, fridges and juice cans.

Both the United States andthe European Union claimedvictory after the publication ofthe appeal body's report.

be found outside China,pushed up prices on the foreignmarket and lowered costs fordomestic producers.

In its defence Beijing saidmeasures on some were justi-fied to conserve its natural re-sources. Officials launched anappeal on August 31.

The dispute centers onbauxite, coking coal, fluorspar,

GENEVA(AFP) - The WorldTrade Organization yesterdayupheld its ruling that Chineserestrictions on key raw mate-rial exports broke trade rulesfollowing an appeal by Bei-jing.

China must bring its dutyand export quota measures onelements including magnesiumand zinc into line with itsWTO obligations, an appealbody said.

The WTO found in favourof the United States, EuropeanUnion and Mexico in July fol-lowing a complaint that Chinahad failed to meet the promisesit made when joining the body.

They argued that restric-tions on the export of the ma-terials, some of which cannot

relaunch growth and createjobs as recession looms largeover Europe.

Sarkozy is facing a presi-dential election in threemonths that he is tipped to loseto his Socialist rival FrancoisHollande.

Sarkozy's supporters say hebelieves the reforms will showthat, unlike Hollande, he iscourageous enough to do thedirty work to save France fromeconomic meltdown.

PARIS -- TheFrench govern-ment yesterdayhalved its 2012growth forecast,piling more pres-sure on NicolasSarkozy a day afterthe president un-veiled a raft ofmeasures he hopeswill jumpstart theeconomy.

The downwardrevision from 1.0percent to 0.5 per-cent was made to"take into accountthe deterioration ofthe economic situa-tion," Prime Minis-ter Francois Fillontold reporters.

But Fillon in-sisted that "growth will takeoff again in the eurozone andparticularly in France beforethe end of the first half of theyear" largely thanks to meas-ures taken to fight the sover-eign debt crisis.

The announcement cameas European Union leaders metin Brussels for a summitmainly aimed at finalising anew pact to toughen budgetdiscipline and finding ways to

tourism posted 15,140 lesspassengers compared to No-vember 2010, Aruba wel-comed 43,441 morepassengers in the period Janu-ary - November 2011, com-pared to the same period lastyear.

The consumer price index(CPI) for November 2011 reg-istered a 6.2 percent rise, com-pared to the same month of2010. The main componentsthat contributed to this acceler-ation were transport and food.When excluding the effects ofthe energy (which partly affectthe housing and transport com-ponents) and food compo-nents, the CPI showed a 1.5percent increase compared toNovember 2010. The rise inthe core CPI can be attributedto a surge in the prices of trans-port, restaurant and hotels(catering services), and recre-ation & culture. The 12-monthaverage inflation rate reached3.8 percent in November2011.

Tax revenue for the monthof November 2011 amountedto Afl. 81.2 million, a growthof Afl. 17 million (+26.5 per-cent), compared to the samemonth of the previous year.The most significant increaseswere registered in the cate-gories profit ta-x (+Afl. 9.0million), foreign exchange tax(+Afl. 3.5 million), and taxeson commodities (+Afl. 4.3million), related chiefly to arise in excises on gasoline(+Afl. 4.7 million).

The number of stay-overvisitors reached 66,799 in No-vember 2011, i.e., 5.6 percent(+3,557 visitors) more thanNovember 2010. The year-to-date number of stay-over visi-tors grew by 5.7 percentcompared to the same period(January – November) of2010, largely due to 2,285more visitors from LatinAmerica (Venezuela and Ar-gentina) and 521 more visitorsfrom Europe (Italy and Scan-dinavia). Eventhough cruise

ORANJESTAD -- The Cen-trale Bank van Aruba (CBA)concludes in its Monthly Bul-letin of November 2011 thatthe money supply grew by Afl.32 million to Afl. 3,242.6 mil-lion at the end of November2011, resulting from an Afl.45.2 million increase in netforeign assets (excludingrevaluation differences of goldand foreign exchange hold-ings) which was partially off-set by an Afl. 13.2 milliondecline in the domestic com-ponent of the money supply.The shrinkage in net domesticassets was attributable to anAfl. 21.5 million decrease innet claims on the public sector.Furthermore, non-credit re-lated balance sheet items andclaims on the private sector ex-panded by, respectively, Afl.6.9 million and Afl. 1.4 mil-lion (+0.1 percent), the lattermainly due to higher housingmortgages. Business loans, onthe other hand, fell by Afl. 1.8million (-0.2 percent).


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lending programs," referring tosmall- and medium-sized en-terprises.

"The funds are there, usethem," Barroso said after talkswith Spanish premier MarianoRajoy.

He said Spain could unlock10.4 billion euros in this way,Italy 8.0 billion euros, Greece4.3 billion euros and non-euromember Britain 1.4 billioneuros. Powerhouse economyGermany could grab 5.8 bil-lion euros.

But there is that catch --local authorities would need tomatch such funding, whichwill not be easy to decide at atime of austerity budgets.

BRUSSELS (AFP) - The EUexecutive yesterday dangledwhat it said was 82 billioneuros of unclaimed funds fromthe bloc's budget that could beused to kick-start growth andjob creation if matched bymoney at national level.

"There is quite a large sumof money still to be allocatedunder the structural funds -- 82billion euros in total," Euro-pean Commission chief JoseManuel Barroso told leaders atan EU summit, according to apresentation placed online bystaff.

Barroso told the leaders that"at least some of this moneycould be redirected into SME

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China exports broke trade rules: WTOappeal body

content of the film, which hasgrossed 185 million dollarsworldwide.

"The Censor Board has ad-judged the film unsuitable forpublic viewing in its unalteredform," the statement said.

"And while we are commit-ted to maintaining and protect-ing the vision of the director,we will, as always, respect theguidelines set by the board."

The movie directed byDavid Fincher, whose previ-ous hits include "Fight Club"and "The Social Network", isthe first US interpretation of ahugely popular book series bylate Swedish writer Stieg Lars-son.

Over 1,700 foreign filmsare released in India every yearafter passing certification testsby India's powerful censorboard.

(AFP) - Sony Pictures will notrelease its blockbuster movie"The Girl with The DragonTattoo" in India after censorsdemanded that scenes showing"bare bottoms" be blurred.

The Hollywood film star-ring Daniel Craig about a jour-nalist's search for a womanmissing for 40 years was dueto be released on February 10,but it ran into problems withIndia's Central Board of FilmCertification (CBFC).

"Bare bottom and bare-breast scenes are not allowedin India," J.P. Singh, an officialat CBFC, told AFP.

"We objected to severalscenes in 'The Girl with TheDragon Tattoo' and wantedthem to be blurred."

Sony Pictures in India ac-knowledged in a statementsent to AFP on Monday that itwould not compromise on the

three local indigenous commu-nities -- the Piaroa, theYanomami and the Bare.

"In their cuisine they usejungle insects, palm worms,tarantulas and vachacos, whichare giant ants," said Mendezwho is a Bare.

He acknowledges that theuse of these ingredients "canbe a cultural shock for a West-erner" so he tries to combinethese "atypical products" withclassic recipes.

The indigenous tribes of theAmazon eat giant tarantulasthat are roasted. Mendez, how-ever, transforms them into anencrusted croquette that isserved with a spicy guavasauce.

Palm worms are trans-formed into a mousse that isbaked, wrapped in a puff pas-try made with cassava flour.

"There are a variety of fruitsand animal species in theAmazon that are not very wellknown," said Mendez, who ad-vocates for the need to developsustainable cuisine with asmaller environmental impact.

"We are not going to plun-der this pantry, I would say itdoes not have one Michelinstar but ten."

Ek is confident that "re-gional cuisines" are poised fora huge comeback.

"People are very proud ofthe dishes which have beenprepared for generations. Ofcourse they want to reform itbut also preserve its roots," hesaid.

ish chef Rene Redzepi, whoserestaurant Noma in Copen-hagen is currently regarded byfood critics as the world's best.

The raw materials used atNoma are all local -- either for-aged from the sea, the shore orthe forest -- or grown by or-ganic producers. Redzepi re-fuses to use air transport tosubvert the natural rhythm ofthe seasons.

Biodiversity offers cooksunlimited possibilities, saidVenezuelan chef NelsonMendez, adding that he haddiscovered in the foods eatenby Amazon Indians a "largepantry" of flavours littleknown by the "white man".

Mendez gave up preparingFrench cuisine at luxury hotelrestaurants in Caracas a decadeago to move to Puerto Ayacu-cho in the Venezuelan Ama-zon.

From the town he supplieshimself with the products thatare gathered and grown by

MADRID (AFP) - Wild herbs,leaves and even giant ants andtarantulas are in demand by theworld's top chefs who are put-ting a renewed focus on tradi-tional recipes and the use oflocally sourced raw ingredi-ents.

A number of leading chefsat last week's Madrid Fusion,an annual gastronomy fair,said they preferred to use pri-mary products on their cre-ations -- and are in some caseseven gathering them them-selves.

Swedish chef Magnus Eksaid he gathers leaves, barkand wild herbs each morningfrom the grounds around hisaward-winning restaurant,Oaxen Skargardskrog, on theSwedish island of Oaxen, foruse in his recipes.

His restaurant is part of aScandinavian gastronomicrevolution that defends the useof local cooking traditions.The movement is led by Dan-


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mistaken for having a racialnature.

Balotelli was even abusedby Italy fans when on interna-tional duty against Romania ina friendly in Austria in No-vember 2010.

And he admitted to beinghurt by the chants he suffered.

Back in 2007 before Man-chester United played Roma ina Champions League match,Frenchman Louis Sahaclaimed he was expecting tobe racially abused.

"We are travelling to Italy,and in those kind of places itseems like they are used to it.They don't fight it like wehave done in England," saidSaha, then of United but nowat Everton.

"They are starting to recog-nise it and think about it, butnot very strongly - whereasEngland is a good example ofwhere it has been tackled."

The next year former Celticstar Shunsuke Nakamura, whohad played in Italy for Reg-gina, said racism in the coun-try discouraged foreignersfrom moving to Serie A.

galvanise certain sections ofthe Juve support who pro-ceeded to regularly targetBalotelli, even when not play-ing against his team.

The next season the clubwas punished four times, in-cluding a partial stand closureonce, for fans anti-Balotellichants.

That season they were hitwith 25,000-euro and 20,000-euro fines as well as the clo-sure of the stand holding their'Ultra' fans for one match,whereas this season the sanc-tions have been tame in com-parison.

It's not just Juve involvedin racist chanting, though asCagliari and Brescia have alsobeen fined for the same of-fence over the last couple ofyears.

Last season's Cagliari-Interclash was briefly suspendeddue to such chants -- althoughthe Sardinian club's then coachPierpaolo Bisoli suggested af-terwards that normal angrychants against an opponent'splayer, Samuel Eto'o, had been

to the Philippines' lower houseof parliament, often cites Godas the source of his success,and wears a rosary around hisneck before and after hisfights.

But the ultra-rich sportsmanhas not escaped intrigue, andreports of him womanisingand gambling have becomerich tabloid fodder.

In an interview with Philip-pine TV station ABS-CBN thismonth, Pacquiao said he hadrecently renewed his faith andgiven up vices following an"encounter with God" during adream.

In the dream, Pacquiao saidhe found himself in a forest,where a bright light shone, be-lieved to be God, asking thefighter why he was veeringaway from Him.

"I woke up crying. I remem-ber I was crying in my dreamand when I touched my pillow,it was wet," he said.

"If I had died last year or inthe last two years, I'm sure Iwould have gone straight tohell. My faith in Him wasthere, 100 percent, but behindit, after prayers, I would stilldo evil things."

Pacquiao said he now im-mersed himself in Bible studyand spent more time when notin training with wife Jinkeeand his four children, accord-ing to ABS-CBN.

be a big help to usbrother Manny', but hehas not pledged hispartnership yet."

He said Pacquiaocould follow the exam-ple of the Philippine-born National FootballLeague star Tebow, adevout Christiandubbed by some in thepress as "God's quarter-back."

"Tim Tebow becamevery popular by pro-moting the word ofGod," David said."Some have referred toManny Pacquiao as the

Tim Tebow of the Philip-pines."

Tebow, born in Manila in1987 to a Baptist missionarycouple, has emerged as Amer-ica's hottest football star withhis come-from-behind heroicsfor the Broncos.

Tebow has been very vocalabout his Christianity and re-cently pledged to help fund a$3 million hospital in thesouthern Philippines.

Pacquiao is regarded as oneof the greatest boxers in his-tory, amassing a 54-3 win-lossrecord with two drawn bouts.He holds a record eight worldtitles in as many weight divi-sions.

Pacquiao, who is also apolitician and recently elected

MANILA (AFP) - The influ-ential Catholic church in thePhilippines said Monday it hadasked boxing superstar MannyPacquiao to follow in the foot-steps of NFL hero Tim Tebowand become a "bible ambassa-dor".

Bishop Pablo VirgilioDavid, who presides over theCatholic Bishops' Conferenceof the Philippines' (CBCP)bible ministry, said churchleaders had approached Pac-quiao with the idea, but re-ceived no feedback from the32-year-old fighter.

"We asked him to partnerwith us in promoting the read-ing of the Bible amongCatholics," David told re-porters.

"We told him: 'You would


Church asks Pacquiaoto be 'bible ambassador'

ROME (AFP) - Juventus havebeen fined once again forracist chanting by their fansduring Saturday's 2-1 victoryagainst Udinese in Serie A.

Colombian wing-backPablo Armero and CapeVerde-born Switzerland mid-fielder Gelson Fernandes werethe victims of racist chantingduring both the first and sec-ond half.

Juve have been hit with a10,000-euro fine, the sameamount they were docked inOctober after racist chantingduring their win at Inter Milan.

The Old Lady of Turin'sfans have a sorry record whenit comes to racist chants asthey regularly abused Man-chester City striker MarioBalotelli -- an Italian ofGhanaian origin -- during hisInter days.

In 2008/09 Juve had to playa match behind closed doorsafter their fans racially abusedBalotelli following a contro-versial incident during theteam's clash with Inter.

That seemed to anger and

Football: Juventus hit withanother racism fine

made his 9,936th careerfield goal, passing KareemAbdul-Jabbar atop the clubcareer list.

He finished by making 14of his 29 attempts from thefloor and has a career totalof 9,946 field goals.

The Lakers superstar,however, was more pleasedto get a rare road victory,just the team's second innine away games in thislockout-shortened season.

"Hopefully we can takethis and learn from it," saidBryant, who thought theLakers played better thanthey did in a loss to the Mil-waukee Bucks on Saturdaynight.

However, the Lakers stillhave plenty of things towork on after seeing an 18-

point third-quarter lead evapo-rate.

Minnesota edged ahead latein the fourth, but the Lakersheld on as Bryant and Gasolplayed the entire second half.

"We just executed prettywell," Bryant said of the Lak-ers' response to the Timber-wolves' late surge.

However, he was concernedthat the Timberwolves out-re-bounded the Lakers 52-41 --and dominated 24-7 in offen-sive rebounds.

MINNEAPOLIS (AFP) - TheLos Angeles Lakers reversedtheir recent road fortunes witha victory at Minnesota on Sun-day, holding off the tenaciousTimberwolves for a 106-101NBA triumph.

Kobe Bryant scored 35points and Pau Gasol added 28as the Lakers also ended ateam-record streak of 13straight games of less than 100points.

Bryant set a Lakers recordin the second quarter when he

two minutes left in the fourthbut cut the margin to onepoint when Rose drained athree pointer with 49 secondsto play.

Rose had a chance to giveChicago the lead late butmissed two free throws and ajump shot as the Heat heldfor the victory.

"Both teams have compet-itive players," Spoelstra said."And you get into a game likethis in the trenches, at the lineof scrimmage. You'll getsome skirmishes. And theywere clean skirmishes. Bothteams try to do it with force."

Wade was playing in hissecond game for the Heatafter missing six with asprained right ankle.

He shot four of 16 fromthe field and made seven of10 free throws. He also cameup with seven assists.

ties to get here. You try tocommunicate with all theyoung players how special it isbecause you never know if youare ever going to be back."

"I've got to find somebodyquickly and get the ball tosomebody who can do some-thing with it. You're not goingto have a lot of time backthere."

Mankins, whose task as aguard will be to protect Bradyfrom the pass rush, accepts thechallenge he faces.

"They have the personnel toreally get after you," Mankinssaid. "It's their speed and theyknow how to rush the passer.They are good with theirmoves and they are very ath-letic. They can do a lot of dif-ferent things."

Brady tries to educate hisyounger teammates not to takeSuper Bowls for granted evenas he prepares for a fifth.

"They are all pretty spe-cial," Brady said. "We're veryfortunate to be here. We haveovercome quite a few adversi-

between the teams since theHeat eliminated the Bulls infive games during the semi-finals of last year's playoffs.

"In many regards it was atypical Miami-Chicago bas-ketball game," said Miamicoach Erik Spoelstra. "To get

MIAMI (AFP) - The MiamiHeat won the battle of theEastern Conference giants onSunday beating the ChicagoBulls 97-93 behind asparkling 35-point perform-ance from LeBron James.

It marked the first game


the win showed some tough-ness and resiliency."

Former two-time leagueMost Valuable Player Jamesalso had 11 rebounds and fiveassists for the Heat who havewon four in a row and sevenof their last eight games over-all.

Chris Bosh finished with24 points and 12 reboundswhile Dwyane Wade had 15points for Miami who arenow one game back of theBulls in the conference stand-ings.

Reigning NBA MVP Der-rick Rose had 34 points, sixrebounds and six assists forChicago who have a leaguebest 17 wins to go with justfive losses.

Bosh helped clinch thevictory by sinking two lastfree throws for Miami.

The Bulls were behind byeight points with just over

NBA: Heat burn Bulls in East finalsrematch

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Minnesota Timberwolves'Kevin Love, left, and AnthonyRandolph, right, and Los Ange-les Lakers' Kobe Bryant vie fora rebound

NBA: Lakers beat'Wolves to reverseroad fortunes

kept Brady under pressurethroughout the game.

"It has been a strength oftheir team for as long as I canremember," Brady said."They really go after thepasser.

"Any time you can limitthe quarterback the time ittakes to make accurate readsand accurate throws, it'smuch more challenging."

Brady threw for a per-sonal-best 5,235 yards and 39touchdowns this season,making the Patriots the topyardage gainers in Americanfootball by quickly analyzingand picking apart defensiveschemes.

New York will counterwith pass rushers Justin Tuckand Osi Umenyiora, whosejob will be to make certainBrady does not have enoughtime to find his receivers.

continues on page 15

"It all comes down topreparation and going outthere with confidence. We'vehad a couple of good days ofpractice trying to understandthe Giants' defense. We'vegot to work hard on that thisweek."

The Patriots will face theGiants in Super Bowl 46 in adomed stadium at chilly Indi-anapolis, a rematch of the2008 championship spectaclein which New York edgedNew England to deny the Pa-triots an unbeaten title run.

"I remember we lost andthat still burns some of us,"Patriots blocker LoganMankins said. "We can learna lot from that."

New England won theSuper Bowl in 2002, 2004and 2005, all under Brady'sdirection, just as the 2008loss was, thanks in part to aGiants defensive unit that

INDIANAPOLIS (AFP) -While Tom Brady is chasingSuper Bowl history next Sun-day, the New York Giants aregoing to be chasing him allover the gridiron.

How well the New Eng-land Patriots star quarterbackeludes the pursuers andthrows to his receivers willlikely play a major role inwhether or not Brady canmatch an all-time record withhis fourth Super Bowl vic-tory.

Brady will equal the SuperBowl quarterback record fivestarts of former Denver starJohn Elway. But can he equalthe record of four victories ofboyhood idol Joe Montana ofSan Francisco and Pittsburghlegend Terry Bradshaw?

"I haven't given muchthought to any records. Thisgame is more about the chal-lenge the Giants give us,"Brady said.


After high expectations aboutPrime Minister Eman’s race atPalo Marga Raceway, it cannow be said that he broke hisown record on Friday night.

Friday night, Prime Minis-ter Mike Eman, hit PaloMarga’s drag strip, during theraces organized by the 3GRacing team, behind the wheelof Deco’s Racing Team’s road-ster, a car which can run 9.90.After a good burnout, PrimeMinister Eman took off downthe strip and put a new recordto his name.

He broke his own recordrunning the quarter mike in10.16 seconds. The fans tookto their feet to watch the race.Upon his return, the primeminister was warmly by fansas he got out of the car, with abig smile on his face. He washugged by his wife Doina,who for sure was very nerv-ous, according to the the primeminister. In an interview uponhis return, the prime ministersaid that his next challenge isto lower his time under 10 sec-onds and that he will preparehimself for that. For this year’srace the Prime Minister gottips from the famous DougHerbert, who has many titlesto his name in the US as wellas internationally.

Doug, now residing in Con-cord, NC, gives credit to hisdad Chet, who is a NHRA Hallof Famer and Billy Williams,as having the biggest influenceon his racing career.

In the Top Fuel Class,Doug has 10 IHRA National

Events wins and 20 NHRANational Events wins for atotal of 30 National Eventwins, which has led him to 4IHRA World Championshipsas well as being the 2nd mem-ber of the 300 MPH Club. Aformer Eagle Scout and Pilot,Doug is building a car that hewill race at the Bonneville SaltFlats with the goal of running500 MPH, which will breakthe world land speed record.

Doug is presently theowner and operator of DougHerbert Performance in Char-lotte, North Carolina as well asthe founder of B.R.A.K.E.S.,Be Responsible And KeepEveryone Safe, an organiza-tion designed to prevent in-juries and save lives bytraining and education teenagedrivers and their familiesabout the importance of safeand responsible driving, form-ing B.R.A.K.E.S. was a deci-sion Doug made aftertragically loosing his sons, Jonand James in 2008 do to an au-tomobile accident. Persever-ance is what has made Doug agreat racer and a Hall ofFamer)

Doug’s visit to Aruba wasto check out the 3G TeamRaces as well as to explain hisvery successful program, inthe US called B.R.A.K.E.S.that he runs to help young kidsdrive safely to the governmentsince this government hassafety for drivers, especiallythe youth at the top of theirpriority list.

Prime Minister MikeEman breaks his oldrecord and hits 10.160n the drag strip

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January 31, 2012

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