June 21, 2012

Along with their delegationsthey discussed topics of com-mon interest and matters ofshared interest. The next FourCountries Justice Deliberationwill take place in The Hagueon the 12th of December 2012.The Ministers expressed that,without exception, every dele-gation came well prepared tothe meeting, which enabledthem to handle business effi-ciently and provided for an ex-cellent atmosphere.

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The Ministers of Justice of theDutch Kingdom met in Arubaon Tuesday for the so called“Justitieel Vierlanden Over-leg,” the Four Countries Jus-tice Deliberation. The delibe -rations were held in the presti-gious Renaissance ConventionCenter with the followingMinisters in attendance: Mi -nister I. Opstelten of Holland,Minister E. Wilsoe of Curacao,Minister R. Duncan of SintMaarten, and their host, Mi -nister A. Dowers of Aruba.

legislative level as well as in thelevel of local awareness. Thereport mentions the investiga-tions conducted in Aruba, aswell as the determination of theisland to prosecute anyone par-ticipating in human trafficking.

Both the 2011 TIP Reportand the TIP Hero Award arerecognitions of Aruba’s com-mitment to unite with theglobal community in the fightagainst human trafficking.

The Morning News joinswith the rest of the Arubancommunity to congratulateJeannette Richardson-Baars forher exemplary work and welldeserved TIP Hero Award.

lation of human rights.Jeannette said: “This is the

result of not just my work, butthe result of the dedication ofeveryone involved in the TaskForce of Human Trafficking ofAruba. She indicated too thatthe Minister of Justice pro-vided the opportunity andspace for her team to work andthat he too considered the fightagainst human trafficking ex-tremely necessary and impor-tant for the welfare of theAruban community.

Aruba received a good eval-uation in the TIP Report of2011. The report recognizes theefforts and steps taken at the

Last Tuesday US Secretary ofState Hilary Clinton namedAruba’s Interim Commissionerof Police, Jeannette Richard-son-Baars and Coordinator ofthe Task Force against HumanTrafficking, a global hero inthe fight against human traf-ficking.

Jeannette Richardson-Baarsreceived this prestigious recog-nition because of her efforts tobring the fight against humantrafficking to the attention ofthe Aruban community. Shecreated a platform for collabo-ration which made it possiblefor stakeholders in Aruba andregionally to recognize, takeaction against and to sentencethose who became guilty ofhuman trafficking. This plat-form also provides the victimsof human trafficking a safeplace away from danger.

This US recognition is de -dicated to Richardson-Baars’work in the Caribbean regionand the efforts of Aruba toeliminate human trafficking, asstipulated in the section of theTraffic in Persons (TIP) of theUS State Department. Thissection supervises how coun-tries coordinate their efforts toeliminate human trafficking,which is considered the grea -test crime against humanity ofthe 21st Century.

This recognition has comeas a total surprise to me,” saidJeannette Richardson-Baars.Apparently it was the US Con-sulate in Curacao who submit-ted Jeannette’s name to beconsidered for the nominationof the TIP Hero Award. UnderJeannette’s leadership, Arubatook giant steps to combat thetrafficking of humans, throughawareness campaigns.

Aruba implemented an in-tensive campaign to teach thecommunity how to recognizethe signs of human traffickingand what steps to take againstthis. The community was madeaware that human traffickingand the exploitation and abuseof people in the area of prosti-tution or employment is a vio-

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productive deliberation

erage,” according to Rosenthal. There is no international

weapons embargo against theSyrian regime, which meansRussia is allowed to sellweapons to Syria. But the EUhas implemented a weaponsembargo, which prohibits in-surance companies from pro-viding coverage for shipscarrying weapons to Syria.Uninsured ships are not al-lowed to enter most ports,which means they must eithercontinue sailing in interna-tional waters or return to theport from which they departed.

Since the uprising began inSyria, in the first months of2011, the United Nations esti-mates that at least 10,000 peo-ple have been killed. SyrianPresident Bashar al-Assad’sgovernment says it is fightingagainst terrorists and foreignelements, who are conspiringto undermine the legitimategovernment of the Syrian peo-ple. But the opposition andmembers of the internationalcommunity have accused theregime of committing atroci-ties against civilians.

-- The Dutch navy was in-volved in the international ef-fort to stop a potential weaponsdelivery to Syria, according tocaretaker Minister of ForeignAffairs Uri Rosenthal.

The British Minister of Fo -reign Affairs William Haguesays the ship in question, theMV Alaed, is on its way backto Russia. There are indica-tions that the ship is loadedwith weapons, including attackhelicopters. It does not appearthat the MV Alaed sailed intoDutch waters but MinisterRosenthal says the Nether-lands played its role in the EUweapons embargo against theSyrian regime.

The MV Alaed is registeredon Curaçao, one of the coun-tries within the Kingdom of theNetherlands. Via authorities onCuraçao, an attempt was madeto inspect the ship. The crewdid not submit to the requestfor inspection and the MVAlaed subsequently disap-peared from radar, after the sig-naling system was turned off.“This led the insurance com-pany to revoke the ship’s cov-

fice, the Police and theGuardianship Counsel(Voogdijraad).

In conclusion, the Ministeralso indicated that severallaws were discussed, such asthe new written Code of Lawrecently published for Arubaand different other topics likethe improvement of the qual-ity of our police service.

with the carrying out of sen-tencing in the event of pris-oner exchanges and how todeal with the expenses in-volved in such cases.

Another important topicdeliberated which does notspecifically relate to Aruba,but which must be reckonedwith within the judicialsphere on Aruba, is the devel-opment regarding the “Raadvoor de Rechtshandhaving”(the Counsel of the Mainte-nance of Law). According toDowers, this is the institutionthat inspects the different ju-dicial organizations, such asthe Public Prosecutor’s Of-

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Aruba’s Minister Dowers ex-pressed that the foundationhas been laid for the continu-ation of these meetings andthat they will continue tobuild on the positive relation-ships which exists betweenthe Ministers of Justice of theDutch Kingdom.

Minister Wilsoe of Cura-cao commented that the top-ics that are discussed duringthis type of meeting are ofgeneral interest so that thisFour Countries Justice Delib-eration is an instrument thatcan ultimately help eachMinister to serve his commu-nity better.

Minister Dowers summa-rized the topics discussed:

With respect to the Com-mon Court of Law and theRST (collaborative work ofpolice detectives), the 2012budgets were approved. Forthe RST they received the an-nual fiscal and activities re-ports

For Warda Costa (CoastGuard) they decided to installa commission to revise theirefficiency and expenses toreach a consensus regardingthese matters.

A major topic was regard-ing the Public Prosecutor’sOffice. They discussed therecommendations dealing

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solved. They have since de-cided to create a more justscenario in conformity withthe existing rules with respectto the changes at the airport.They agreed that as of the 1stof September the new systemat the airport will take effectand as of July 1st the airportwill make it possible for any-one who wishes to offer theirservices to the airport, toapply for this. Later the nec-essary steps will be taken foreveryone to obtain their li-cense, and sticker. It is ex-pected that by mid July thenew infrastructure at the air-port entrance will be com-pleted.

They also agreed that theyearly tariff of Afls.125 willremain valid for a period of 5and not for the previously ac-corded 3 years. The Ministeralso indicated that where everthere is room for adjustmentor improvement, they willcontinue to evaluate and to-gether with the airport makechanges, as long as these arein the interest and for the be -nefit of everyone.

tariff is part and parcel of thereduction of the yearly wharftariff of Afl.270 to Afls.125per year. This tariff for boththe airport and the wharf(where they had a similar sit-uation) will go into effect asof September 2012.

The unpleasant situationthat had presented due tomisinformation from the air-port was clarified and re-

on vacation now and duringtheir days of vacation use as-sistant chaffeurs from thepool of drivers created by andregistered with DIP.

With respect to the Air-port, they discussed themonthly maintenance levy ofFls.8,50 for the purpose ofmaintenance and the im-provement of the service ren-dered the taxi drivers. This

very own vehicle. This iscontrary to the existing situa-tion, where the assistant isobliged to drive the permitholder’s taxi.

Also in the context ofservice and quality, the lawnow allows taxi drivers toimport a work vehicle importduty free every three insteadof 4 years.

Taxi chaffeurs can also go

Last Tuesday afternoon theMinister in charge of PublicTransport, Otmar Oduber,met with the Taxi associa-tions, representatives of theindependent taxi chauffeursand the airport of Aruba.

The purpose of this mee -ting was to address and re-solve the situation whichsurfaced recently between thetaxi chauffeurs and the air-port.

Six taxi associations werein attendance at this meetingtogether with representativesof the private chauffeurs. TheCounsel of Ministers ap-proved a protocol that wasdeliberated with the taxi asso-ciations and chauffeurs abouta year ago. Later they addedsubstance to the protocol andthe Counsel of Ministersgave the necessary approvalto implement changes to bemade into laws, to take effectas of July 1st in anticipationof the law.

One of the changes is thatas of now an assistant chauf-feur may operate for the Taxichauffeur and even use his

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Government reaches agreement with Taxi Association

and Airport

The difference could cer-tainly be detected by those whowere experienced tequiladrinkers and she explained thatthe Don Julio Real could becompared to a fine cognac, en-joyed as an after dinner drinkand perhaps paired with choco-lates. Spirit competitions agree:Real tequila was awarded agold medal at the 2008 SanFrancisco World Spirits Com-petition. Priced on Aruba at

about $250 a bottle, it is a bar-gain compared to most outletsasking $300 or more. In a num-ber of gourmet tastings, theAñejo proved an excellent foilto some tangy acidic dishessuch as ceviche, a regional fa-vorite, with many chefs choos-ing to pair the fine Don Juliotequilas as an alternative towines.

The world of fine liquor wasmade particularly fascina tingby Romar Trading’s elegantpresentation and Rebecca’s pas-sion for and know ledge of herproduct. Spirits can be enjoyedresponsibly, they emphasized.When savored properly for theardent dedication that goes intoproducing a beverage of suchquality and character, it is in-deed a privilege to enjoy,slowly, allowing them to en-hance the

by Rosalie Klein

of Guatamala, more than 2300meters above sea level. Theconditions allow for long timeaging, which mellows the rumand encourages interesting un-dertones to develop. The twoselections sampled were RonZacapa 23, aged 23 years, andthe Solera Grand Reserve XO,aged 25 -26 years, dependingon its peak. The So lera methodof aging is traditionally usedfor Sherries and this brand isthe only one in the world touse concentrated first-press-ing sugar cane juice, called“virgin sugar cane honey.”Lorena Vazquez is theirMaster Blender.

Ron Zacapa has wonawards from several interna-tional competitions and isthe first rum to be includedin the International RumFestival’s Hall of Fame. TheBeverage Testing Institutehas given Zacapa a 95 pointrating, some dubbing it “Thebest tasting rum in theworld,” They have five dif-ferent labels of varying age,with XO being the top of theline, bottled in a fine crystaldecanter made for them inFrance, which can be reused.

The real surprise for manywas the Don Julio Tequilas,taste testers being treated to theAñejo and their top of the line:Real, which also comes in astunning bottle and package,ideal for gift-giving. Legitimatetequila is only produced inMexico from the blue agaveplant; Agave tequilana is a na-tive succulent of Jalisco, Mex-ico, where the Don Juliodistillery is located. Only theheart of the plant is used, andonly once it is 12 years old. Re-becca pointed out that consider-ing the time for growth,harvesting, distilling and agingprocess, it takes at least 14years to produce a batch of finetequila; finer quality “vintages”aged even longer. “Tequila hasgotten a bad rap as a cheapliquor,” she contends.

word of mouth, Diageo wasdistributing one million cases ayear to the U.S by 2002, theirfirst ad campaign followed ayear later. To sample this finetasting liquor that mixes well toenhance nearly any cocktailrecipe, attendees were treatedto an alternative to mojitos,made with Ketel One, freshgrapefruit sections, sugar andcrushed fresh mint; it was a de-lightful refreshing start to theevening. The expert advisedthat vodka is also a viable alter-native for those watching theircalories; it has only 63 perounce, compared to sugar-based rum, which has 105.

However, Ron Zacapa Rumwas the starthat night,along with pre-mium DonJulio Tequila,both of whichbrought gaspsof surprise anddelight fromtaste testersduring a sniff-ing and sippingsession. Theseare liquors of aquality sosmooth theystand alone, notneeding to bemixed to be en-joyed. Ron Za-capa rum is left

to ferment for decades in spe-cial oak casks in the mountains

Ron Zacapa. Herpresentation washighly enlight-ening; these arebrands that arehand craftedwith dedicationand deserving ofsavoring and ap-preciation onewould award toa fine wine orcognac.

Media wasintroduced to theKetel One, pro-duced in Hol-land of 100%wheat in copper

pot stills, which imparts a dis-tinctive fla-vor, whichhas earned itthe name of“The Bar-t e n d e r ’ sVodka,” Re-becca ex-p l a i n e dwhen ini-tially launch-ing it in theU.S. in SanFrancisco “av o d k atown,” backin 1983, theywere distrib-uting per-haps 500cases a yearin the States. Without any sortof promotion and strictly by

Romar Trading welcomed acontingent of island media toTexas de Brazil Restaurant onTuesday evening, June 19, tointroduced Rebecca Quiñonez,Regional Brand Ambassadorfor Ron Zacapa Rum, KetelOne Vodka and Don JulioTequila, new brands being car-ried by the agency and avail-able at the signature La BodegaWine Cellar and Spi rits Shop.

Rebecca, who originallystudied to be a history teacher,feels she is quite fortunate tohave had the opportunity totravel the world as a BrandAmbassador for Diageo, theworld’s distributor of qualityspirits. Prior to joining them in2003, she was the FloridaTequila Ambassador, but since2008 has also represented theluxury brands Ketel One and


The fine art of luxurious liquors with Rebecca Quinoñez-

Regional Brand Ambassador

Don Julio Real and Anejo

Ron Zacapa Premium rums

Beto Wernet hands out half shot of DonJulia Real

Rebecca Quinonez and Beto Wernet

SAN NICOLAS -- EveryThursday evening, islandersflock to San Nicolas to enjoythe fabulous bargains and en-tertainment of the CarubbianFestival, a mix of Aruban andCaribbean traditions kept aliveby the multi-cultural make upof Aruba’s “Sunrise City.”

Originally populated by thethousands that came from allover the Caribbean to work atthe refinery, the town has sa-vored and preserved the food,music and dance that manybrought with them from theirvarious regions. The festival,from 6:00 to 9:15 p.m., revels inthe diverse background of SanNicolas, offering unique dishesand be v erages, along with a fulleve ning of island entertainment.

This week, “2SWEET”opens the show. A full roster ofsome of Aruba’s finest criolloentertainers follows includinglocal musical band “Tico y susEstrellas,” dance groups “Sun-rise Dancers,”“The SuperDancers,” and “Baile Folk-lorico Sta Cruz,” duo father &son “The Jacobs”,” limbodance by “Miguel Philips” andCarnival show by “Carna-Aruba,” and this is only on themain stage! At Dragon CD:Demonstration of Dera Gay.

Scattered throughout themain street of San Nicolas areperformance areas surround byseating where you can settle inwith an island snack or dinner,including music by steel panTouch of Steel on the stage atCMB Bank and OBS Brassband.”

Island visitors can enjoy theCarubbian festival as part of acomplete package available atall De Palm and conciergedesks, which include trans-portation. You can customizeyou evening by purchasingwith or without food and re-freshments. A variety of localhandicrafts are offered for saleand the event guarantees agood time for all, with an au-thentic introduction to the is-land experience.

Friso was buried in an ava-lanche while skiing in Austria.Since the beginning of March,Friso has been receiving treat-ment at Wellington Hospitalin London. In all likelihoodthe prince will never again re-gain consciousness.

“This is a terrible set of cir-cumstances,” says Van Vollen-hoven. “This is an enormousburden for my sister-in-lawand Mabel and the only thingwe can do is wait and hope.Friso and his family are con-stantly in our thoughts.”

Van Vollenhoven says heand Princess Margriet havenot been to visit Friso becausethey do not want to imposeupon his wife, PrincessMabel. "She is very busy withdaily visits with her husbandand taking care of their twochildren.”

Vollenhoven emphasisedthat Friso and his family willbenefit most from being left inpeace. “That’s why wehaven’t been to visit him. Mysons have also not been tovisit their cousin.”

On February 17th, Prince

Queen Beatrix flies to Lon-don, every weekend, to visitwith her son, Prince Friso,who lies in a coma at Welling-ton Hospital.

Rumors of the queen’sweekly trips to London wereconfirmed by her brother-in-law, Pieter van Vollenhoven,who spoke to the Dutch enter-tainment magazine de Story.Van Vollenhoven is married tothe queen’s sister PrincessMargriet.

“Only his mother, spouseand brothers have been to visithim,” Van Vollenhoven says.


“Dera Gaytonight atCarubbianFestival

Queen makes weekly trips to visit Friso

Prince Johan Friso

around the world."Impunity is a problem all

around in terms of humanisedviolations, but for journaliststhere is a more emphatic focuswith a lack of interest fromstates and justice systems to in-vestigate violence," he said.

The reasons for this rangefrom the fact that journalistsput themselves in danger by in-vestigating governments, largecompanies, organised crime ormoney laundering.

In their reports the expertsalso highlighted the associatedproblems of self-censorshipowing to intimidation.

One of the most immediatechallenges is implementing in-ternational laws regarding theprotection of journalists andmaking sure that these "are re-flected in domestic laws andpractices," said La Rue.

journalists "that would empha-size the recognised obligationsof states with regard to the pro-tection of the right of life andsafety of journalists."

Frank La Rue, special rap-porteur on freedom of expres-sion, said on the sidelines ofthe council meeting: "What weare asking for in the report isthat in countries that are not inan armed conflict situation, butthat are in a situation of ex-treme violence because theyare combating organised crimethat harasses journalism fromdifferent angles ... that thereshould be a mechanism of pro-tection."

La Rue said successfulsteps had been taken in coun-tries including Colombia that"actually saved lives", but themain threat to journalists re-mained the impunity withwhich many are targeted

GENEVA (AFP) - An alarmingnumber of journalists are killedeach year and those responsi-ble are rarely brought to jus-tice, UN experts said yes -ter day.

"Journalists who play a cru-cial role in ensuring a societythat takes informed decisions,are killed at an alarming rateby state and non-state actors,"said special rapporteur Chris -tof Heyns in a report to the UNHuman Rights Council.

Sixty-five journalists werekilled in the first five monthsof 2012 around the world, a 50percent rise on 2011, accordingto Swiss news agency ATS.

Of those, Syria saw at least15 victims, Mexico seven andSomalia six.

In his report Heyns, rappor-teur on extrajudicial killings,called for a new specific dec-laration on the protection of

to treat them with," activistAbu Bilal told AFP in Beirutvia Skype.

"The shelling is practicallyconstant, and we can't get any-body out of the besieged dis-tricts," he added.

Last week the Observatorysaid more than 1,000 familieswere stuck in the regionaround Homs and spoke ofdozens of people wounded inurgent need of medical care.

"Electricity has been cut offfor four days" in the Old Cityof Homs and "there's no moreflour to bake bread. There re-ally is nothing to eat," said AbuBilal.

The International Commit-tee of the Red Cross said it washoping to evacuate civiliansstranded in Homs city andbring in relief aid and medicalsupplies with the help of theSyrian Arab Red Crescent.

"We believe that nobodyhas the right to decide for othernations who should be inpower and who should not,"Russian President VladimirPutin said Tuesday after a G20summit in Mexico.

The US State Departmentsaid Secretary of State HillaryClinton would meet her Rus -sian counterpart Sergei Lavrovin Saint Petersburg next week,as the two sides struggle tofind a common stance to endthe conflict.

Violence yesterday killed atleast 61 people, more than athird of them governmenttroops, the Syrian Observatoryfor Human Rights said, as anactivists spoke of a "desperate"situation in and around Homs.

"Every day there are manywounded from the shelling,and we can't do anything forthem because we have nothing

DAMASCUS (AFP) - TheRed Cross said yesterday itwill try to evacuate hundredsof civilians trapped by fiercefighting in and around therestive city of Homs, as vio-lence killed dozens of peopleacross Syria.

The head of the UN Super-vision Mission in Syria, mean-while, told the UN SecurityCouncil of the intensifying vi-olence in the country but saidthe nearly 300 unarmed moni-tors were "morally obliged" tostay.

"We are going nowhere,"Major General Robert Moodsaid after the closed meeting.

On the political front, Rus-sia resisted Western pleas tohelp remove Syria's PresidentBashar Assad from power de-spite the escalating hostilitiesthat have battered a UN-backed peace initiative.

Red Cross eyes evacuation ofSyrian civilians

claim of executive privilege,Deputy Attorney GeneralJames Cole wrote in a four-page letter to Issa, who chairsthe House Oversight and Go -vernment Reform Committee.

Cole cited "the many stepswe have taken to address thecommittee's concerns and toaccommodate the committee'slegitimate oversight interestsregarding Operation Fast andFurious."

But he stressed that theforced production "of these in-ternal executive branch docu-ments generated in the courseof the deliberative process...would have significant, dam-aging consequences."

Holder met Tuesday nightwith Issa and ranking DemocratElijah Cummings, and offeredto provide a briefing on thematter and assurances that fur-ther documents would be pro-vided. The offer was rejected byIssa who had demanded thedocuments be handed over be-fore the committee meeting.

WASHINGTON (AFP) - Pre -sident Barack Obama assertedexecutive privilege yesterdayin withholding documents in agun-running probe, sharpeninga battle between the WhiteHouse and foes in Congressover citing Attorney GeneralEric Holder for contempt.

The claim of executiveprivilege, announced in a letterfrom Holder's deputy to Rep-resentative Darrell Issa, cameas Issa chaired a House deli -beration on placing Holder incontempt for failure to handover documents related to aflawed program that saw gunsknowingly smuggled acrossthe border to Mexico.

The program called "Fastand Furious" was a botchedgovernment effort to trackarms flows, and Republicanshave seized on determining ex-actly when Holder knew of theprogram, and who in the ad-ministration was aware of it.

"We regret that we have ar-rived at this point" of Obama's


INTERNATIONAL NEWS

Obama moves to withholdpapers in Mexico armsprobe

BURKINA FASO, Mentao: AFP photo shows refugeesgathering at the refugee camp in Mentao village, some190 km from Ouagadougou, on June 20, 2012, on theWorld Refugee Day "1 Family Torn Apart By War is TooMany" by UN High Commissioner for Refugees(UNHCR).

UN experts call for greater protectionfor journalists

thorities have also linked to ex-prime minister and former Ty-moshenko ally PavloLazarenko.

"We have enough proof con-firming Tymoshenko's implica-tion in this murder and we areintending to present her with

KIEV (AFP) - The lawyer forUkraine's jailed former primeminister Yulia Tymoshenkosaid it was absurd that the op-position leader could facecharges over the murder of alawmaker in 1996.

"They are starting to inventall kinds of madness so as toshow the West that she is acriminal," said the lawyer, Ser-gui Vlassenko. "But their accu-sations are absurd.

"They have a savage desireto keep Yulia Tymoshenko inprison under no matter whatpretext," he added.

Deputy Prosecutor GeneralRenat Kuzmin said in a news-paper interview that he wasplanning to charge Ty-moshenko over the murder oflawmaker Yevgen Shcherbanin 1996, and that the only ob-stacle was her current hospital-isation for severe back pain.

The lawmaker was gunneddown along with his wife atDonetsk airport in a contractkilling the Ukrainian legal au-


charges," Kuzmin told theUkrainian edition of Kommer-sant on Monday.

Tymoshenko is already serv-ing a seven-year sentence forabuse of power while in office,which she says was ordered byPresident Viktor Yanukovych

Murder charge against Tymoshenko'absurd': lawyer

International News

But the DREAM Act, op-posed by Romney and CapitolHill conservatives, has repeat-edly failed to pass Congressand become law, leading tofrustration among the Hispaniccommunity.

Obama promised to worktowards comprehensive immi-gration reform when he ran foroffice but has made littleprogress. Now the president ispledging to tackle the issue ifhe wins a second term.

"I'm very grateful that Pres-ident Obama has decided, aftera great amount of pressurefrom DREAMers, to give usadministrative relief," said ac-tivist Felipe Matos, nationaldirector of the GetEqual.orgcampaign, which defends therights of undocumented stu-dents.

Matos, who is of Brazilianorigin, is one of the hundredsof thousands of young peoplewho will benefit from Obama'sreform.

But he warned Romney "isin trouble with Latino votersand he will continue to dig adeep hole for himself unless hedecides to support PresidentObama's decision to stop de-portation of DREAMers."

"Ninety percent of Latinovoters support the DREAMAct, and he pledged to veto it.Now he doesn't seem com-pelled to give us a clear answerwhether or not he would com-mence deporting DREAM Acteligible youth if he getselected."

In an NBC/Wall StreetJournal poll last month,Obama led Romney amongregistered Hispanic voters, 61to 27 percent.

Romney has taken a toughstand on illegal immigrants,and at one point was proposingthat those in the country ille-gally should voluntarily goback to their countries and jointhe back of the line for a visa.

Questioning the president'stiming in unveiling the policy,Romney on Sunday accusedObama of political brinkman-ship in relying on "stopgapmeasures" rather than a long-term fix.

MIAMI (AFP) - US PresidentBarack Obama and his Repub-lican challenger Mitt Romneywill openly vie for the key His-panic vote when they addressa major Latino conference inFlorida this week.

In a historic move, Obamalast week suspended the de-portations of young illegal im-migrants brought to the UnitedStates before the age of 16,who are currently under 30.

The scheme, which appliesto people who are in school orhave graduated from highschool, or have served in themilitary and have not beenconvicted of a felony, has beenlargely welcomed by theLatino community.

But Romney has dismissedthe move as being driven bypolitics, although he hasdodged questions aboutwhether he would repeal it.

National Association ofLatino Elected and AppointedOfficials (NALEO) is hostingthe Orlando conference whichwill be addressed by Romneytoday and Obama on Friday --exactly a week after his moveto try to bring some of the na-tion's millions of illegal immi-grants out of the shadows.

Other top officials to speakinclude Governor Rick Scott,former governor Jeb Bush,Cuban-born Senator MarcoRubio, who is being widelytouted as a possible vice-pres-idential pick by Romney andLabor Secretary Hilda Solis.

Hispanic voters are a keyvoting bloc and voted indroves for Obama when hewon the November 2008 elec-tions.

There are 11.5 million ille-gal immigrants living in theUnited States, mostly of His-panic origin, and efforts to dealwith their status havefoundered over sharp politicaldivisions.

Obama's decision unveiledon Friday will go some way toenshrining the goals of theDREAM Act, legislationbacked by the White Housethat could lead to young illegalimmigrants gaining permanentresidency.

Obama, Romney towoo key Latino vote

the baby's blood type wasB while her and her hus-band's were groups O andA, a scientific impossibil-ity if they were the two bi-ological parents.

The baby remains in thecouple's care but theStraits Times, citing courtdocuments, reported thatthe two were "utterly dev-

astated" by the incident.Thomson Fertility Centre

said in a statement emailed toAFP that it "acknowledged theunfortunate incident and ac-cepted its responsibilities inthe IVF matter".

(AFP) - Coca-Cola CEO Muhtar Kent insists his companyis not responsible for the rise in US obesity despite NewYork Mayor Michael Bloomberg's recent moves to limitthe consumption of sugary drinks. His remarks came justweeks after the health-conscious Bloomberg proposeda ban on super-sized soft drinks that would restrict thesale to 16-ounce servings, more than an average can butfar less than the bucket-sized beverages offered at cine-mas, service stations and sporting events. Kent saidCoca-Cola has diversified from its namesake, offering awide range of healthy teas, juices, sports drinks andother products. Bloomberg said the proposed ban wasneeded to confront the "epidemic" of obesity in theUnited States, which contributes to rising healthcosts.Critics have derided the proposed ban as a "nannystate" overreach of government power.

poor from 1997 to 2011.Meanwhile, the rate of pri-

vate coverage among low-in-come children was 25.1percentage points lower in2011 than in 1997.

Private coverage held byadults also declined over theperiod studied.

The survey comes as theUS Supreme Court is expectedto rule any day on lawsuitschallenging President BarackObama's signature health carereform package.

The ruling could halt keyparts or all of the package,which aimed at requiring allcitizens to have health carecoverage and at creatingcheaper coverage options.

SINGAPORE (AFP) - A Sin-gapore mother is suing a clinicfor alleged negligence after itmixed up her husband's spermwith that of a stranger duringin vitro fertilisation, a reportsaid Wednesday.

The ethnic Chinese womanfirst suspected that somethingwas amiss when her baby, whowas born in 2010, hadmarkedly different skin toneand hair colour from her Cau-casian husband, the StraitsTimes newspaper reported.

Thomson Fertility Centre, aSingapore clinic which carriedout the IVF procedure, has ad-mitted the error and said it isup now up to the courts to de-cide on the level of compensa-tion.

The 36-year-old, who can-not be named because thebaby girl is a minor, is suingthe centre for unspecifieddamages on grounds that themix-up has caused her per-sonal trauma, the report said.

She is also suing the cen-tre's parent company, Thom-son Medical Group, and thetwo embryologists who wereinvolved in her IVF.

According to the report, thewoman's husband has refusedto acknowledge the baby girlas his daughter in a move thathas financial implications forthe mother.

Her suspicions about a mix-up were confirmed after herpaediatrician informed her that

to the data from the Centersfor Disease Control and Pre-vention.

The study recorded thefewest uninsured adults in1997 (13.9 percent). The highpoint came in 2010 when 22.3percent of the population wasuninsured.

"There has been a generallyincreasing trend in the percent-age of adults aged 18-64 wholacked coverage at the time ofinterview," said the study,which was based on survey re-sults from 32 of the 50 states.

The change in children'scoverage status was largelyexplained by a 36.5 percentagepoint rise in government-spon-sored public coverage for the

WASHINGTON (AFP) - Atotal of 46.3 million people inthe United States do not havehealth coverage, a trend thathas been rising in the past 15years, said a US survey pub-lished Tuesday.

There was good news forchildren in the data from the2011 National Health Inter-view Survey, which showedthat seven percent of USyouths were uninsured lastyear at the time of the inter-view, compared to 13.9 per-cent in 1997.

But for adults aged 18-64,it was a different story. Forthat group, lack of health in-surance coverage was 21.3percent in 2011, making up40.7 million people, according


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7. Asparagus 8. Mangoes 9. Eggplant 10. Kiwi 11. Domestic cantaloupe 12. Sweet potatoes 13. Grapefruit 14. Watermelon 15. MushroomsSome other notes from thestudy: -Approximately 98% of con-ventionally-grown appleshave detectable levels of pes-ticides.-Domestic blueberries testedpositive for 42 different pes-ticide residues.-78 different pesticides werefound on lettuce samples.-Every single nectarine theUSDA tested had measurablepesticide residues.-Grapes have more types ofpesticides than any otherfruit, with 64 different chem-icals found in the category al-together.-13 different pesticides weremeasured on a single samplecelery and of strawberries.The category was created thisyear to highlight crops thatdid not meet traditional DirtyDozen criteria but are stillcommonly contaminatedwith organophosphate insec-ticides, which are toxic to thenervous system.

At the top of the list — theproduce found to contain thehighest amount of pesticides— is the Dirty Dozen. Theseare the 12 foods that they rec-ommend consumers alwayspurchase in their organicform.But even after being washed,peeled and prepped, theamount of pesticide in someproduce is shocking: apples,celery, lettuce and bell pep-pers once again are on top ofthe list. The EnvironmentalWorking Group's annual listof the produce that containthe highest levels of pesti-cides is out.2012 Dirty Dozen1. Apples 2. Celery 3. Sweet bell peppers 4. Peaches 5. Strawberries 6. Imported nectarines 7. Grapes 8. Spinach 9. Lettuce 10. Cucumbers 11. Domestic blueberries 12. Potatoes 2012 Clean Fifteen1. Onions 2. Sweet corn 3. Pineapples 4. Avocado 5. Cabbage 6. Sweet peas

were accused of logging out-side their concession area.

The focus on India marks ashift in Greenpeace's strategyto consumers in developingcountries.

"Asian countries will beamong the first to feel the ef-fects of climate change, so wecan no longer act as if it's Eu-rope or America's problem,"Abisaputra said.

Indonesia has implementeda two-year moratorium on is-suing new logging conces-sions on peatland and otherhigh-conservation forest. Butunsustainable logging contin-ues within companies' existingconcessions.

Before the moratorium, 80percent of Indonesia's green-house gas emissions camefrom deforestation, UN datashow, making it the world'sthird-biggest emitter.

LOS ANGELES, CA -AFP: The Microsoft tablet Surfacewith Touch Type is unveiled during a news conference atMilk Studios on June 18, 2012 in Los Angeles, California.The new Surface tablet utilizes a 10.6 inch screen with acover that contains a full multitouch keyboard.


Sci-Tech

One company targeted bythe group is Duta Palma,which owns 155,000 hectaresof palm oil plantations in In-donesia, the report says.

The company is deforestingpeatland up to eight metresdeep on the islands of Sumatraand Borneo, the report says,despite a law banning theclearance of peatland morethan three metres deep.

Greenpeace also claimsfires continue to burn on peat-land within the company'sconcession, even though theslash-and-burn technique forforest clearance is illegal.

The report comes after astring of successful consumer-targeted Greenpeace cam-paigns, in which brands likeBarbie-maker Mattel andfood-maker Kraft droppedpaper packaging contractswith Asia Pulp & Paper, who

(AFP) - Surging demand forpalm oil in India for cookingand everyday grocery items isdriving tropical forest destruc-tion in Indonesia, Greenpeacesaid.

"We are asking Indian con-sumers now to stop buyingproducts made from unsus-tainable Indonesian palm oil."

Greenpeace forest cam-paigner Mohammed IqbalAbisaputra said in Jakarta.

Booming India is theworld's hungriest nation forpalm oil, consuming almost7.4 million tonnes last year, or15 percent of global produc-tion, almost all of it imported,US Foreign Agricultural Serv-ice data show.

Of that amount, 5.8 milliontonnes is imported from In-donesian companies, many ofwhich Greenpeace claims areillegally clearing carbon-richpeatland.

Palm oil for India 'destroyingIndonesian forests'

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tions" of the bailout funds tobuy bonds, "there are no con-crete plans" to do so, Merkelsaid after talks with her Dutchcounterpart Mark Rutte here.

"There are no concreteplans that I know of but thereis the possibility in the EFSFand the ESM to buy bonds onthe secondary market, boundup of course always with con-ditions," Merkel said.

"But that is a purely theoret-ical comment about the con-tractual situation," she stressed."This is not a subject for debateright now."

According to media reports,Italian Prime Minister MarioMonti said EU leaders wereconsidering using the bloc'sbailout funds to buy bonds ofstruggling countries in a bid topull down high borrowing costs.

A spokesman for the Ger-man government told a newsconference earlier yesterdaythat the terms of the funds, theEFSF and the ESM, already al-lowed for buying bonds andthat such purchases were at-tached to conditions.

BERLIN (AFP) - GermanChancellor Angela Merkel saidyesterday there were "no con-crete plans" for the EU bailoutfunds to buy the bonds ofstruggling countries to drivedown their borrowing costs.

While it is "one of the op-

sponsors of terror and othersanctioned entities with accessto the US financial system, al-lowing them to move billionsof dollars through US banksfor illicit purchases and otheractivities."

ING Bank last week said ithad "cooperated closely andconstructively with regulators"investigating the violations,and that it had closed officesand ended relationships thathad given rise to the problems.

The Treasury Departmentsaid the settlement is thelargest of any kind with theTreasury's Office of ForeignAssets Control (OFAC) todate, the department said.

HAVANA (AFP) - Cuba yes-terday denounced as a "joke" a$619 million fine imposed lastweek by the US Treasury De-partment against Dutch bankING for transactions with Ha-vana and other blacklisted gov-ernments.

"The government of Cubadenounces before the entireworld this latest affront" by theUS government, Havana saidin a statement.

The measure "constitutes ajoke in the face of the universaldemand that the United Statesput an end to its embargoagainst Cuba," the statementsaid.

The US government an-nounced last week that it hadreached a settlement with thebank over its transactions withCuba, Iran, Myanmar, Sudanand now-repealed sanctionsagainst Libya.

"ING Bank's apparent vio-lations, which totaled morethan $1.6 billion routedthrough the United States de-spite US sanctions, arose outof policies at multiple officesof ING Bank's WholesaleBanking Division," the USstatement said.

"For more than a decade,ING Bank helped provide state

for a full EU summit in Brus-sels on June 28-29.

The aim of the summit is tocome up with a pro-growthstrategy to bring down recordunemployment, but govern-ments are divided overwhether to tone down the aus-terity drive championed byGermany.

Europeans are also underpressure to deepen economicand fiscal integration withinthe 17-nation eurozone.

But a key report on inte-grating eurozone economicand monetary union has yet tobe shared around capitals;plans for a banking union arebeing considered only on astep-by-step basis; and ideasfor strengthening financialfirefighting capacity remainmired in disagreement.

The United States, the In-ternational Monetary Fund andthe European Central Bankhave all urged greater bankingintegration in Europe.

Another idea, allowing theeurozone rescue fund to buyItalian and Spanish bonds tolower the countries' soaringborrowing costs, was de-scribed by the European Com-mission as a temporarysolution.

nomy, an EU diplomat said. The crisis-hit Mediter-

ranean island will "first try toget a bilateral loan from Rus-sia" this week totalling be-tween 3.0-5.0 billion euros, thediplomat said on condition ofanonymity.

Cyprus, which is takingover the European Union's ro-tating presidency as soon asJuly 1, has already secured a2.5-billion-euro low-interestloan from Russia to cover itsrefinancing needs for this year.

Estimates are that Cyprusneeds around 4.0 billion eurosto prop up its banks and helpnarrow the budget deficit,which widened last year todouble the EU ceiling of threepercent of gross domesticproduct (GDP).

EU leaders, fresh from aG20 summit in Mexico thatended Tuesday, are gearing upfor a series of meetings thismonth focused on containingthe crisis, which has put theeconomies of Spain and Italyat risk.

Finance ministers meettoday while the leaders of theeurozone's Big Four of Ger-many, France, Italy and Spaingather in Rome on Friday. Thetalks will lay the groundwork

.. The eurozone crisis widenedyesterday as a diplomat saidCyprus would soon request aidfrom Russia and EU partners,while Spain battled fears it willneed a full debt rescue.

European leaders also facedmounting pressure from G20partners to restore growth andaccelerate integration to end acrisis threatening to tear apartthe 17-nation eurozone and un-dermine the global economy.

In Greece, at the heart ofthe debt nightmare, conserva-tive leader Antonis Samaraswas sworn in as prime ministerof a pro-euro coalition govern-ment bent on changing termsof its bailout to ease publicanger over austerity measures.

And as a relative politicalstability returned in Athens,Spain was to officially requestup to 100 billion euros ($127billion) to recapitalise its ailingbanks at a meeting of eurozonefinance ministers on Thursday.

But Spanish Budget Minis-ter Cristobal Montoro insistedthat his country would notneed a full-blown rescue likeGreece, Ireland and Portugalbefore it.

"Spain has not been rescuedbecause it does not need to berescued," Montoro told thecountry's parliament.

Taking a cue from Spain,Cyprus will probably requestnext week eurozone aid to saveits banks, which are heavilyexposed to the Greek eco -

Eurozone crisis spreads as Spain

fights bailout fears

seen as roughly stable, at 1.7-2.0 percent.

For the longer term, theFed lowered its GDP growthr ea d ings for 2013 and 2015.Top growth for 2013 was es-timated at 2.8 percent, downfrom 3.1 percent in April.

The revision was consid-erably smaller for 2014: topgrowth of 3.0 percent, a tenthpoint lower.

Unemployment was ex-pected to fall more slowlythan previously estimated, toa maximum rate of 8.0 per-cent in 2013 and 7.7 percentin 2014. In April, the top endwas seen at 7.7 percent and7.4 percent, respectively.

WASHINGTON (AFP) - TheFederal Reserve yesterdayslashed its estimate for theeconomy's growth this yearby a half point, and projectedunemployment would behigher than it thought justtwo months ago.

The Fed projected grossdomestic product wouldgrow a maximum of 2.4 per-cent by the end of the year,and the jobless rate wouldrise to as high as 8.2 percent.

The central bank showed amore pessimistic view of theeconomy since its April 25projections, when it put max-imum GDP growth at 2.9 per-cent and the jobless ratefalling to an upper-end 8.0percent.

With the economy grow-ing slowly and energy prices,especially gasoline, on thedownswing, inflationarypressures were lower thanthought. The Fed cut its esti-mates for inflation to a rangeof 1.2-1.7 percent, comparedwith the April projection of1.9-2.0 percent.

Core inflation, excludingfood and energy prices, was

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and restaurants. Walter hasbeen visiting the Island for 147times and Joellyn for 127times consecutively, duringthese 20 years. Many are thefriends and relatives whomhave been coming to the islandwith the couple through theyears, and some of them evenbought houses here. TheAruba Tourism Authority con-gratulates Walter and Joellynfor being an Ambassador ofGood Will of Aruba andwishes to see them for manymore years in Aruba.. The cer-tificate was presented by Mr.Ernest Giel representing the

Aruba Tourism Authority inthe company of the Garside’sbest Aruban friends,Taxi driv-ers Mr. Rudolf Noquera andMr. Erwin Geerman and otherAruban friends.

guests who visit Aruba for 20or more consecutive years.

The honorees are Mr. Wal-ter and Mrs. Joellyn Garsidefrom Salem, New Hampshire,USA. Walter and Joellyn lovethe Island very much becauseof the friendly people and theculture, the climate, beaches

Recently the Aruba TourismAuthority had the great pleas-ure of honoring a very nicecouple, whom are loyal andfriendly visitors of Aruba, attheir home away from home inSabana Liber Noord, as Am-bassadors of Good Will ofAruba. The symbolic honorarytitle is presented in the nameof the Minister of Tourism asa token of appreciation to


Walter and Joellyn Garside honored as special friends of Aruba

"Little Red Riding Hood".While holding the audience

spellbound with her playing,she also won over the largelyBritish crowd of some 2,500by referring to the evening as aspecial night not because ofher performance, but it coin-cided with England meetingco-hosts Ukraine at the Euro2012 football tournament.

The concert will be broad-cast in full on YouTube at alater date.

Lisitsa, who began playingthe piano at the age of three inKiev, began promoting herselfon the video-sharing websitefive years ago when she posteda video of herself playing theRachmaninov etude.

Since then, her 180-oddvideos have garnered morethan 43 million hits and shehas been signed by the DeccaClassics label owned by Uni-versal.

LONDON (AFP) - A pianistwho launched her career byposting videos of herself onYouTube translated her onlinesuccess into reality with a soloperformance at one of theworld's most famous musicvenues on Tuesday.

Ukrainian-born ValentinaLisitsa dazzled a crowd ofthousands at London's RoyalAlbert Hall, her fingers flyingthrough a two-and-a-half-hourvirtuoso performance.

The blonde 42-year-old,known as the Justin Bieber ofthe classical music world be-cause of her route to fame, hadadvertised the concert on herYouTube page and website, al-lowing fans from around theworld to pick her programme.

The final selection includedtwo pieces that are among hermost-viewed hits on YouTube,Beethoven's "MoonlightSonata" and Rachmaninov'setude, popularly known as

YouTube piano sensationmakes London debut

open-mouthed and the audi-ence cheered.

She was voted through tothe next round by two malejudges, to the dismay of thesole female judge. The show'sproducer was not available tocomment.

Despite Thailand's flourish-ing sex industry, officials inthe kingdom often criticiseraunchy activities in public.

Last week the Culture Min-istry said it had filed a com-plaint to police against US popdiva Lady Gaga for using theThai flag during her show lastmonth while wearing a skimpyoutfit.

BANGKOK (AFP) - Thai-land's Culture Ministry onMonday demanded an expla-nation from the producer of atalent show which broadcast afemale contestant paintingwith her bare breasts on na-tional television.

"Society has criticised thisshow and we need to seek ananswer," Culture MinisterSukumol Kunplome told AFP.

The contestant on the Sun-day show of "Thailand's GotTalent" removed her shirt andbra before pouring tins ofcoloured paint on her breasts,which she rubbed on the can-vas as the judges watched


clap and indulge in "loud andvigorous spells of laughter".

"They laugh at the top oftheir voices; every memberencourages the others to laughto their heart's content," thecomplainant said.

Laughing yoga was madepopular as an exercise routineby Indian physician MadanKataria in Mumbai in 1995,based on the principle thatlaughter has physiologicalbenefits.

Laughter clubs, at which

members burst into infectious

giggles, have since caught on

in many cities in India and

abroad.

The court on Monday gave

police a week to inform judges

how they planned to restrain

the club from causing prob-

lems.

MUMBAI (AFP) - They aredesigned to reduce stress andimprove well-being, but onelaughing yoga club in Mumbaihas been ordered to stop itsearly morning giggling ses-sions after complaints fromgrumpy neighbours.

The Bombay High Courttold police to clamp down onthe laughing yoga group aftera 78-year-old resident com-plained it caused "mentalagony, pain and public nui-sance", the DNA newspaperreported.

"It is not proper to gatheroutside somebody's house andlaugh," judges said while hear-ing the public interest lawsuitfiled by Vinayak Shirsat fromthe Kurla suburb of Mumbai.

According to Shirsat's peti-tion, 10 to 15 members of thegroup gather at 7:00 am to sing,

No laughing matter as

India yoga gigglers banned

San Juan, they expanded thetradition, where now mennamed Juan have preferenceover the others. The man isspinned around so that he getdisoriented and no longerknows the exact location ofthe rooster. Then with a cornstick, he has to hit the rooster'shead. He has 3 chances, and ifhe misses another man isgiven the opportunity. An ex-perienced dancer is guided bythe wind and uses his foot tofeel the ground in search ofthe rooster, because as a ruleyou are not to feel the groundwith the stick.

During these festivities,women are dressed with longyellow dresses and yellow hairholders dancing in a choreo-graphed manner. The musi-cians are dressed in yellow orred with a colorful band tight-ened on their hips. The instru-ments used consist mostly ofdrums and other noisemakerdevices. While the musicplays, the dancer has to hit therooster, but the stick is not totouch the ground, or he looseshis turn. This is done to sym-

bolize the three times the roos-ter sang when Saint Peter liedabout not knowing Jesus, ac-cording to the bible.

Up to this day, Dera Gai isstill celebrated in every town.Needless to say that the fire de-partment has their hands veryfull putting out some of thefires that get out of hand …

San Juan's Eve. The tradition to bury a li -

ving rooster (dera = bury andgai = rooster) was very com-mon in those days. Nowadaysit is obviously unthinkable to

do such a thing. Every town had it's own

festivity. The most importantdance was where a rooster isburied leaving only it's head

above the ground. Over theyears this has been replacedwith a calabash gourd, andnowadays a synthetic rooster isplaced above the ground. Aman is then selected from thecrowd and is blindfolded. He isthen asked to kill the rooster byhitting its head real hard with astick.

After the incorporation of

Fiesta di San Juan y Dera Gaiis an Aruban tradition cele-brated every year on June 24.History tells that San Juan fes-tivities originated on the Southpart of Mexico and came downto Guatemala and other coun-tries in Central America reach-ing Venezuela and passeddown to Aruba.

It is a custom brought bythe missionaries who evange -lized the villages, by introdu -cing a tradition for theremembrance to the sacrificeof apostle San Juan Bautista,who according to the Biblicalhistory was decapitated byorder of King Herodes, sincehe liked princess Salomé.

When the Spanish ruled theisland, they brought a coupleof missionaries to educate thelocals about Christianity. Theplace they started to preach iswhere the Alto Vista Chapel issituated now. The first 2 mis-sionaries are still to be foundburied on the right front sideof the chapel entrance. Themissionaries allowed the na-tives by then to preserve someof their pagan celebrations likeDera Gai, Dande and the Car-nival. That is why they com-bined the harvesting cele -bration with Saint John day.

Aruba celebrates San Juanin a unique way. San Juan fes-tivities in the early times hadto do more with superstition.Mainly because the natives be-lieved in spirits and severalGods, and they were veryafraid of them. In order to bein the good grace of the Godsand spirits, they had to makese veral offerings. One of thesewas for the harvest. The pur-pose of the festival of harvestwas to thank the many Godsfor the good harvest year andto request them to bless theharvests for the following year.

In early times cunukeronan(coo-noo-ker-o-nan, Aru banfarmers) after harvesting, theystored the trunks of the severalplants like corn and other typesof wood, so that they could beburned on San Juan (SaintJohn's Day). The farmerswould then burn the woods, onthe night before San Juan aswell as throughout the day.Fire means purification and itscares away bad luck resultingin a better harvest the follow-ing year.

During the festivities, therewere several games like jump-ing over fire, typical dances,singing, stories and jokedbeing told, all this done aroundthe fire. This festivity wassomething big in Aruba - it wasa holiday. In the past, on June23rd workers were given theafternoon off and the June 24the whole day. The festivitiesstart when the night arrives on

Fiesta di San Juan y Dera Gai

Topless painter causes stiron Thai talent show

Poborsky, who was the oldman of the team in 2004 whichfeatured present squad mem-bers Petr Cech, TomasRosicky and Milan Baros, saidthe Czechs could upset thePortuguese.

"Just like us in 1996, theboys haven't started very well,but after that found thestrength to bounce back," hesaid. "It is crucial that theyplay as a team and repeat theperformance they put togetherin the second-half of theirgroup match against Poland,"added Poborsky, referring tothe 1-0 win in the final groupmatch last Saturday that sawthem top the group.

One element that doesn'tcome under strategy is theform of captain and star playerCristiano Ronaldo, who burstinto life in Portugal's lastgroup game with a brace todown the Netherlands 2-1.

And Bento says with aplayer like that he simply triesto guide him in the right direc-tion.

Ronaldo may dominate theheadlnes but his midfieldteam-mate Moutinho says it'sjustified.

If the Czechs were hopingfor any tips from Moutinho onhow to stop Ronaldo, theywere to be disappointed.

Meanwhile Paulo Bentosaid he won't be changing histactics as his Portugal teamtake on the Czech Republic inthe Euro 2012 quarter-finals inWarsaw today.

Czech coach Michal Bilekhad already admitted he wouldbe setting his team out moredefensively to cope with theattacking threat of Portugalcaptain Cristiano Ronaldo.

But adapting his team tocater for others is not part ofBento's plan.

"All of us are trying to hidesome aspects of our strategybut one thing that alwayschanges your strategy is agoal," he said.


PRAGUE (AFP) - The CzechRepublic's most capped playerKarel Poborsky said onWednesday that he saw simi-larities between the Euro '96finalists and the one compet-ing here at Euro 2012.

Poborsky, who won 118caps between 1994-2006, saidthat just as in 1996 this Czechside had made a bad start onlyto get better as it went along,and like 1996 they face Portu-gal in the quarter-finals.

The 40-year-old formerManchester United and Laziostar decided that match with astunning lob which completelycaught Portuguese goalkeeperVitor Baia unawares - theCzechs subsequently beat theFrench in the semi-finals onlyto lose to an Oliver Bierhoffgolden goal for Germany inthe final.

Poborsky, who was also tobe part of the flair-filled Czechside that reached the 2004semi-finals, said he could seea similar type of goal provingthe difference in today’s match

"Everyone remembers thatgoal, everyone talks about it,"he said.

euro '96 hero poborsky sees history repeating itself

1996-Karel poborsky's superb lobbed goal in 53rd minuteagainst portugal, which sent the team into the semi-finals.

THU, JUNE 21, 2:45 p.m. FRI, JUNE 22, 2:45 p.m

CZECH REp.VS.

pORTUGAL

GERmANY VS.

GREECE

SAT, JUNE 23, 2:45 p.m. SUN, JUNE 24, 2:45 p.m.

SpAIN VS

FRANCE

ENGLANDVS.

ITALY

Quarter-Finals Quarter-Finals

Quarter-Finals Quarter-Finals

SemI-FINALS

FINALSUNDAY, JULY 1 - 2:45 p.m.

WED. JUNE 27 - 2:45 p.m. THU. JUNE 28 - 2:45 p.m.

VS.

lowest score ever fired by anamateur in a PGA event. Heeventually shared 24th and theeffort helped him decide toturn professional.

Ishikawa is a special tempo-rary member who is on theverge of obtaining full PGAmembership for next year aftera runner-up showing in PuertoRico and a share of ninth ear-lier this month at the Memo-rial.

the Masters, he has missedthree of six cuts and finishedno better than 24th.

American Patrick Cantlaywill make his professionaldebut this week, playingalongside fellow 20-year-oldRyo Ishikawa of Japana andJohn Peterson, an Americanwho shared fourth at the USOpen.

Cantlay fired a course-record 60 in the second roundof last year's Travelers, the

"I said, 'You're going tohave more fans. You're goingto have more people wantingyou to sign, and your agent isgoing to have more things foryou to do -- you are just goingto have to be able to say noand do what's right for you andyour family, not what's rightfor other people,'" Watsonsaid.

Watson spent two days afterthe Masters on a whirlwindmedia tour before playing inNew Orleans and then takinga month off, he and his wifeAngie having just adopted ababy son before the Masters.

Watson is still finalizing theadoption paperwork and mak-ing a move from North Car-olina to Orlando. He hasmissed two of three cuts sincewinning the Masters but tryingto find his top form and settlethe chaos outside of golf.

process."Watson's first career title

came at the 2010 Travelers,also in a playoff.

Bradley is trying to regainhis form as well after a strongstart to the season that saw himshare second at Phoenix andmanage seven other top-20finishes. Since placing 27th at

skipping the tournament, re-paying the loyalty shownwhen sponsors gave him anexemption in 2008 to playwhen he was just out of col-lege.

"It's a great week for me tokind of unwind from the USOpen, but be able to put myfocus elsewhere and kind ofget away from just reflectingand thinking about it and try-ing to put my focus on tryingto win this golf tournament."

Simpson caught a late-nightflight from California on Sun-day after his US Open victoryat The Olympic Club andsnubbed offers from talkshows to focus on giving hisbest this week at TPC RiverHighlands.

Simpson, who was 13th atthe Travelers a year ago, isalso committed to missingnext month's British Open tobe with his wife for the birth oftheir second child.

Simpson is following theadvice he sought after his USOpen triumph from Watson,who won the Masters lastApril in a dramatic playoff, onhow to cope with the extra at-tention of being a major cham-pion.

CROMWELL, (AFP) - NewUS Open champion WebbSimpson is making a quickPGA return this week, joiningfellow reigning US majorchampions Bubba Watson andKeegan Bradley at the Travel-ers Championship.

Masters champion Watsonand 2011 PGA Championshipwinner Bradley will play to-gether with Simpson onThursday afternoon and startfrom the 10th tee on Fridaymorning at the $6 millionevent.

Simpson never considered


Webb joins Bubba, Keegan in major champs trio

then made the free throw.For the first time since

game one of the series, Durantwasn't in foul trouble in thethird. He had just two foulsheading into the final quarterso was able to stay in the gameduring key stretches in thethird as the Thunder kept thescore close.

After their blazing start, theThunder shot just 30 percentfrom the field in the secondquarter.

The Thunder finished offthe scoring in the third quarterwith a three-point play to cutthe Heat lead to four, 79-75.With just three seconds left,Westbrook hit a jumper andDurant was fouled in the paint

Westbrook was the catalystfor the Thunder, scoring 17points in the fourth, including13 straight Oklahoma Citypoints during one stretch in thefinal quarter to keep the scoreclose.

With Westbrook ignitingthe offence, the Thunder hadstormed out of the gate byshooting 62 percent from thefloor in the first quarter. West-brook scored 10 points as theThunder led 33-19 at the endof the period.

Wade and James answeredfor the Heat, pacing the attackin the second as the Heat wenton a 13-0 scoring run to thestart the quarter and tied thegame 35-35 in the first fourminutes.

Miami never led in the sec-ond quarter but they closed thegap to 49-46 at the intermis-sion with the help of sevenpoints by Wade and Jameswho almost had a triple doubleat halftime.

the first quarter but couldn'texecute as well as the Heatdown the stretch.

James nailed a three-pointshot to break a 94-94 tie late inthe fourth. The basket cameabout a minute after he had re-entered the game, having in-jured his left thigh earlier inthe quarter when he slipped ona drive to the basket.

He sat out for just over aminute the first time he hurtthe leg, returned to action andsank the crucial three pointer.He then had to be helped to thebench a second time andstayed there for the finalminute of the game to gettreatment from the trainerswhile his teammates closed itout.

Spoelstra said James's prob-lem wasn't serious but itcaused him a lot of pain in thefinal minutes of the fourth andhe couldn't risk leaving himout there.

"LeBron had cramps,"Spoelstra said. "We talkedabout playing with an intensityuntil you had nothing left bythe end of the game and hedid. It was warm in the build-ing. He just had some crampsat the end."

It was a physical contestwith huge momentum swingsin the first half as the Heat hadto overcome a 17-point deficitin the first quarter.

MIAMI (AFP) - A hobbledLeBron James hit the go-ahead three-pointer with 2:51to play Tuesday as the MiamiHeat rallied to beat the Okla-homa City Thunder 104-98 tomove within one victory of theNBA title.

James had 26 points, 12 as-sists and nine rebounds, whileDwyane Wade and MarioChalmers each scored 25points for the Heat -- who tooka 3-1 stranglehold on the best-of-seven championship series.

"Four or five plays, that'swhat this series is comingdown to," said Miami coachErik Spoelstra. "That is whatthis game came down to.

"This is competition at itsfiercest."

The Heat, who won the titlein 2006, can win their secondchampionship in franchise his-tory with a victory in gamefive today in Miami.

With James on the benchsuffering from bad leg crampsin the fourth, Chalmers helpedsecure the victory with a layupwith 44 seconds left that madeit 101-96.

The victory spoiled a bril-liant offensive performance byThunder guard Russell West-brook, who finished with agame-high 43 points.

Kevin Durant had 28 pointsfor the Thunder, who got off totheir best start of the series in


Kevin Durant #35 of the Oklahoma City Thunder drives for a

shot attempt against Shane Battier #31 and Udonis Haslem

#40 of the Miami Heat in Game Four

NBA: Heat one win away from second title

LeBron James (C) of the Miami Heat goes the basket against

Kendrick Perkins (L) and Thabo Sefolosha (R) of the Okla-

homa City Thunder during Game Four

The case has shocked theUnited States, where many areobsessed by college sports andhold up their American foot-ball team's coaches asdemigods.

Prosecutors said Sanduskyrecruited his victims throughhis Second Mile charity, whichwent bankrupt last month afterdonations dried up in the wakeof the scandal.

Two university officials,former athletic director TimCurley and vice president GarySchultz are also charged withlying to the grand jury regard-ing what they knew about sex-ual abuse allegations andfailing to report them.

They are to be tried sepa-rately. Prosecutors are also saidto be eyeing charges againstthe university president Gra-ham Spanier for failing to re-port the incidents.

State, one of the nation's topcollege American footballteams.

Sandusky, who stands ac-cused of molesting nine boysover a 15-year period, al-legedly recruited his youngvictims under the guise of aprogram he ran for abused andneglected youth. Charges relat-ing to a 10th boy were droppedbecause his testimony showedit was barred by the statute oflimitations.

Prosecutors have dubbedSandusky a "systematic serialpredator" with adult witnessescoming forward to allege thatas teenagers they were sexu-ally abused and raped by him.

But Sandusky's defense teamhas sought to cast doubt on thecredibility of the alleged victims,implying at times they were fab-ricating stories hoping for a largepayout from a lawsuit.

BELLEFONTE (AFP) - USdefense lawyers on Wednesdayrested their case in the pe-dophilia trial of former assis-tant football coach JerrySandusky, without calling himto the stand.

Closing arguments are nowexpected in the trial of San-dusky, 68, once a well-re-spected assistant coach at Penn

Defense rests in pedophile trialof US coach

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