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Statutory Instruments ........... Post Nos.: TD23R/P5/647
The following documents are published with and Grade : P.5
form part of this Gazette: Duty Station : Yaounde, Cameroon
Statutory Instruments
Date of Entry: As soon as possible
No. 49 of 2009 — Fiscal Incentives (Transwood Products
Ltd) Order. Type of Appointment: Fixed-Term for two years
No. 50 of 2009 — Anse La Raye Village Council Functions: Head, ITU Area Office for Central Africa
(Appointments) Notice
Deadline for Application: 29 May, 2009
No. 51 of 2009 — Dennery Village Council (Appoint-
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ments) Notice
For further information on the above vacancy notice
No. 52 of 2009 — Dennery North District Council
please contact ITU at:
(Appointments) Notice
Place des Nations
No. 53 of 2009 — Gros Islet Town Council (Appoint-
CH-1211 Geneva 20
ments) Notice
SwITzERLAND
No. 54 of 2009 — Choiseul Village Council
Tel: +41 22 730 51 11
(Appointments) Notice
Fax:+41 22 733 72 56
No. 55 of 2009 — Canaries Village Council (Appoint- + 41 22 730 65 00
ments) Notice website:www.itu.int/employment
No. 56 of 2009 — Soufriere Town Council (Appoint- Email: recruitment@itu.int.
ments) Notice
No. 57 of 2009 — Micoud Village Council (Appoint-
ments) Notice
No. 58 of 2009 — Micoud South District Council
(Appointments) Notice Notices ...........
No. 59 of 2009 — Laborie Village Council (Appoint-
ments) Notice
Public Service Board of Appeal
Notice of Sitting
A
Sitting of the Public Service Board of Appeal
will take place on Thursday, 16th April, 2009 in
the Training Room of the Ministry of the Public
Service and Human Resource Development, 1st Floor,
Sir Stanislaus James Building, The waterfront, Castries
at 2:00 p.m.
Take Notice that All correspondence to the Public
Service Board of Appeal should be addressed to:
The Secretary
Public Service Board of Appeal
c/o Saint Lucia National Commission for UNESCO
2nd Floor
International Francis Compton Building
Telecommunication Union (ITU) The waterfront
Castries
Vacancy No. P14 – 2009 Saint Lucia
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Development Control Authority Notice of Company in Dissolution
T
HE Development Control Authority is considering (International Business Companies
an application for Change of Land Use from Act, Cap 12.14)
Residential to Industrial use upon Block and
Parcel 1053B 12, 779 and 784, located at Trouya, Gros
RH ST. LUCIA LTD.
Islet.
No. 2005 - 00470
The total area comprises of 1.29 acres and is bounded
T
as follows: AKE NOTICE that the International Business
North : 8.23m Access Road Company RH St. Lucia Ltd., No. 2005-00470
which was incorporated on December 30, 2005 has
South : 8.23m Access Road. registered its articles of dissolution.
East : Trouya Main Road
Take Notice that the dissolution of the above named
West : Parcel l053B 616 and a proposed
8.23m road Company commenced on 24th March, 2009 and that the
name and address of the liquidator are as follows:
Any resident or landowner wishing to make comments
and/or recommendations on this proposed development RICHARD N.C. PETERKIN
is required to make a submission in writing by April 28, Pointe Seraphine
2009 to the Executive Secretary, Development Control Castries
Authority, P.O. BOX 709, Castries. SAINT LUCIA
Further details of the application can be obtained from
the Office of the Authority. Dated this 24th day of March, 2009.
Executive Secretary Lester D. Martyr
Development Control Authority Registrar
International Business Companies
Change of Name of
International Business Company
Notice of Voluntary Liquidation
(International Business Companies Act,
Cap. 12.14 Section (5)) Castries Investments Ltd.
Company No. C022 of 2007
T AKE notice that the International Business Company
incorporated on 13th February, 2008 as:
T
AKE Notice that the Sole Shareholders of Castries
AMEROSSI ENERGY CARIBBEAN Investments Ltd., at a special meeting duly called
INCORPORATED for the purpose and held on the 25th day of
No. 2008-00092 February 2009, passed a Special Resolution requiring the
said company to be liquidated and dissolved voluntarily
has registered an amendment to its Articles and
Memorandum of Association and has changed its name under the provisions of the Companies Act Cap. 13.01 of
to : the Revised Laws, 2001,
MONTAZ AGRO INC. Dated this 25th day of February, 2009.
Dated this 25th day of March, 2009.
Lester D. Martyr Presented for filing by: DuBoulay, Anthony & Co., of Chambers #6 Brazil
Registrar Street, Castries, Tel: (758) 452-5111, Fax: (758) 452-5114, Email: dac2@
International Business Companies slulaw.com
Saint Lucia Government Gazette Monday April 13, 2009 • Issue 15 407
Customs Exchange Rates
Effective Monday,
6th April, 2009
I
T is notified for general information that under the provisions of section 78 (2) of the Customs (Control and
Management) Act No. 23 of 1990 as amended that the under-mentioned rates of exchange shall be used for
determining their equivalent in E.C. dollars.
U. K. Pound $3.9011
U.S.A $2.7169
Canadian Dollar $2.1549
D.Krs. (Danish Kroners) $0.4816
NZ (New Zealand Dollar) $1.7085
Australian Dollar $1.8803
Jamaican Dollar $0.0305
Japanese Yen $0.0273
Guyanese Dollar $0.0135
Swedish Kroners $0.3289
Venezuelan Bolivars $0.0013
Barbados Dollar $1.3542
Euro $3.5870
Swiss Franc $2.3617
Trinidad & Tobago $0.4545
TERENCE LEONARD,
Comptroller of Customs & Excise.
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Trademark Applications
RegistRy of Companies & intelleCtual pRopeRty
saint luCia
N OTICE is hereby given that the following trademark applications have been accepted for registration. Any
person who has grounds of Opposition to the registration of any of the Marks advertised herein according
to the classes under the heading “Trademarks Applications advertised before Registration”, may within three (3)
months from the date of this publication, file Notice of Opposition accompanied by a fee of $200.00.
N.B. All trademarks are published under the NICE CLASSIFICATION (EIGHTH EDITION) NCL (8).
__________________________
File No (210): TM/2008/ 000283
Mark name: CONVERSE
CONVERSE Applicant (730): Converse, Inc.
Filing date (220): 08/10/2008
Class (511): 25 (Footwear and apparel.)
Agent: Nicholas John & Co
File No (210): TM/2009/ 000011
Mark name: VOGUE CARACTERE
Applicant (730): American-Cigarette Company (Overseas) Limited
Filing date (220): 09/01/2009
Class (511): 34 (Cigarettes; tobacco; tobacco products; lighters; matches;
smokers’ articles.)
Agent: Nicholas John & Co
Priority claimed : 10/02/2008 Switzerland 574601
File No (210): TM/2009/ 000020
Mark name: VOGUE PLATINE
VOGUE Applicant (730): American-Cigarette Company (Overseas) Limited
Filing date (220): 23/01/2009
PLATINE Class (511): 34 (Tobacco, tobacco products, cigarettes, smokers’ articles,
lighters, matches.)
Agent: Nicholas John & Co
Priority claimed : 25/07/2008 Russia 2008723791
File No (210): TM/2009/ 000048
VICTORIA’S Mark name: VICTORIA’S SECRET PINK
Applicant (730): Victoria’s Secret Stores Brand Management, Inc.
SECRET PINK Filing date (220): 25/02/2009
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Class (511): 3 (Personal care products, cosmetics, lotions, creams, makeup,
toiletries, bath powder, body powder; fragrances, perfumes and
essential oils for personal use.)
Agent: Nicholas John & Co
File No (210): TM/2009/ 000049
Mark name: SEÑOR PICO
Applicant (730): Nubeco, LLC
Filing date (220): 25/02/2009
Class (511): 43 (Restaurant services.)
Agent: Nicholas John & Co
Priority claimed: 25/08/2008 U.S.A. 77/555,091
File No (210): TM/2009/ 000051
Mark name: SPAA IN LIGHT
Applicant (730): American Airlines, Inc
Filing date (220): 27/02/2009
SPAA IN Class (511): 3 (Travel amenity kit, consisting primarily of toothpaste,
mouthwash, pre-moistened cosmetic tissues, shaving lotion, skin
LIGHT cleansing lotion, skin lotion, lip balm, shaving balm, anti-bacterial soap,
deodorant soap, shaving soap, skin soap, waterless soap, body mask
cream, cold cream, cuticle cream, eye cream, hand cream, lip cream,
nail cream, night cream, non-medicated foot cream, shaving cream, skin
cleansing cream, skin cream, eye mask.)
39 (Air transportation services, namely providing amenity kits distributed
to travelers during flight consisting primarily of toiletries and personal
care items.)
Agent: Nicholas John & Co
File No (210): TM/2009/ 000052
Mark name: Jw MARRIOTT
Applicant (730): Marriott worldwide Corporation
Filing date (220): 03/03/2009
Class (511): 41 (Health club services, namely providing instruction and
JW consultation in the field of physical exercise; rental of exercise equipment;
providing fitness and exercise facilities; golf club, golf course and golf
MARRIOTT instruction services; education; providing of training; entertainment;
sporting and cultural activities; education and entertainment, namely
arranging conferences, organization of exhibitions for cultural or
educational purposes; providing facilities for recreation activities;
providing facilities and services for swimming pools and water sports;
providing tennis facilities, rental of tennis courts and tennis instruction;
night clubs.),
43 (Hotel services; restaurant, catering, bar and lounge services; resort and
lodging services; provision of general-purpose facilities for meetings,
conferences and exhibitions; provision of banquet and social function
410 Saint Lucia Government Gazette Monday April 13, 2009 • Issue 15
facilities for special occasions; and reservations services for hotel
accommodations.)
44 (Spa services, namely, providing facial, hair, skin and body treatments,
manicure and pedicure services, massage services, body waxing services
and beauty salon services.)
Agent: Nicholas John & Co.
File No (210): TM/2009/ 000053
Mark name:
Applicant (730): Marriott worldwide Corporation
Filing date (220): 03/03/2009
Class (511): 41 (Health club services, namely providing instruction and
consultation in the field of physical exercise; rental of exercise equipment;
providing fitness and exercise facilities; golf club, golf course and golf
instruction services; education; providing of training; entertainment;
sporting and cultural activities; education and entertainment, namely
arranging conferences, organization of exhibitions for cultural or
educational purposes; providing facilities for recreation activities;
providing facilities and services for swimming pools and water sports;
providing tennis facilities, rental of tennis courts and tennis instruction;
night clubs.),
43 (Hotel services; restaurant, catering, bar and lounge services; resort and
lodging services; provision of general-purpose facilities for meetings,
conferences and exhibitions; provision of banquet and social function
facilities for specialities for special occasions; and reservations services
for hotel accommodations.)
44 (Spa services, namely, providing facial, hair, skin and body treatments,
manicure and pedicure services, massage services, body waxing services
and beauty salon services.)
Agent: Nicholas John & Co
File No (210): TM/2009/ 000059
Mark name:
Applicant (730): Philip Morris Products S.A.
Filing date (220): 05/03/2009
Class (511): 34 (Tobacco, raw or manufactured; tobacco products, including
cigars, cigarettes, cigarillos, tobacco for roll your own cigarettes, pipe
tobacco, chewing tobacco, snuff tobacco, kretek; tobacco substitutes (not
for medical purposes); smokers’ articles, including cigarette paper and
tubes, cigarette filters, tobacco tins, cigarette cases and ashtrays, pipes,
pocket apparatus for rolling cigarettes, lighters; matches.)
Agent: Nicholas John & Co
Priority claimed : 17/12/2008 Switzerland 65300/2008
File No (210): TM/2009/ 000062
BATH & BODY Mark name: BATH & BODY wORKS
Applicant (730): Bath & Body works Brand Management, Inc.
WORKS Filing date (220): 09/03/2009
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Class (511): 3 (Personal care products and perfumery products, namely,
perfume, eau de parfum, eau de cologne, eau de toilette, scented body
spray, scented body mist, scented body splash; essential oils; body oil
body scrub, body powder, body butter, body wash, body cream, face
cream, eye cream; lip cream, lip balm, lip gloss, lip color; cuticle cream,
hand cream, foot cream; bubble bath, shower gel, shower cream, bath
oil, bath beads, bath salts; skin exfoliators; eye gels, facial masks, face
mist, face scrub, foot soaks; body lotion, hand lotion, face lotion, skin
moisturizers, non-medicated face cleansers, non-medicated face serum,
non-medicated hand cleansers; body soap, face soap, hand soap;
deodorants and antiperspirants for personal use; sunless tanning lotion,
suntan lotion, sunscreen lotion, bronzing lotion; hair shampoo and
conditioner, hair styling gel, hair spray; air fresheners, room sprays,
linen sprays, room fragrance oils.)
Agent: Nicholas John & Co
File No (210): TM/2009/ 000063
Mark name: C.O. BIGELOw
Applicant (730): Bigelow Merchandising, LLC
Filing date (220): 09/03/2009
Class (511): 3 (Personal care products and perfumery products, namely,
perfume, eau de parfum, eau de cologne, eau de toilette, scented body
C.O. BIGELOW spray, scented body mist, scented body splash; essential oils; body
oil, body scrub, body powder, body butter, body wash, body cream,
face cream, eye cream; lip cream, lip balm, lip gloss, lip color; cuticle
cream, hand cream, foot cream; bubble bath, shower gel, shower cream,
bath oil, bath beads, bath salts; skin exfoliators; eye gels, facial masks,
face mist, face scrub, foot soaks; body lotion, hand lotion, face lotion,
skin moisturizers, non-medicated face cleansers, non-medicated face
serum, non-medicated hand cleansers; body soap, face soap, hand soap;
deodorants and antiperspirants for personal use; sunless tanning lotion,
suntan lotion, sunscreen lotion, bronzing lotion; hair shampoo and
conditioner, hair styling gel, hair spray; air fresheners, room sprays,
linen sprays, room fragrance oils.)
Agent: Nicholas John & Co
File No (210): TM/2009/ 000064
Mark name: RBC ROYAL BANK
Applicant (730): Royal Bank of Canada
Filing date (220): 09/03/2009
Class (511): 36 (Financial services, namely banking services; cash
RBC ROYAL management services; credit services namely credit cards, loans and
mortgages; currency services, namely money market, clearing, trade,
BANK foreign exchange, lending and currency management services; custodial
and pension services; debit card services; deposit services, namely
savings, chequing and guaranteed investment accounts; electronic
banking; employee benefit trusts; financial advice; financial leasing;
financial planning and tax registered plans; fixed income research,
sales and trading; individual pension plans; insurance; investment
and portfolio management services; investment advice, counselling
and advisory services; investment banking; lending and currency
management services; merchant banking; mergers and acquisitions
412 Saint Lucia Government Gazette Monday April 13, 2009 • Issue 15
advice and execution; mutual fund services, namely mutual fund
brokerage, mutual fund investment and mutual fund distribution; project
financing; real estate investment advice and property management
services; real estate advisory services; real estate brokerage; securities
brokerage services; services related to administration of assets namely
custody and settlement, securities administration, financial reporting,
securities lending; securities trading; services related to the management
of pooled funds and pension funds; share plans; stock brokerage;
syndicated loans and asset securitization and structured finance; tax
advice; trade financing services; trading of equities, equity derivatives,
swaps and options; transaction processing in the global securities, cash
management, payments and trade business in select markets; trust and
estate services; trust and asset management; venture capital investment;
and wealth management services Insurance and reinsurance services,
namely property and casualty insurance; life and health insurance;
annuities; segregated funds; travel insurance; life, health, property
and casualty reinsurance, structured finance; creditor insurance;
underwriting insurance services; services related to the administration
of insurance; information and advice relating to insurance and re-
insurance.)
Agent: Nicholas John & Co
File No (210): TM/2009/ 000068
Mark name: BATH & BODY wORKS
BATH & BODY Applicant (730): Bath & Body works Brand Management, Inc.
WORKS Filing date (220): 17/03/2009
Class (511): 35 (Retail store services, mail order catalog services and on-
line retail store services all featuring personal care products, perfumery
products and home fragrance products and their accessories.)
Agent: Nicholas John & Co
File No (210): TM/2009/ 000069
Mark name: HILTON PRESTIGE PORTFOLIO
Applicant (730): HLT International IP LLC
Filing date (220): 17/03/2009
Class (511): 41 (Live entertainment and musical entertainment services;
HILTON nightclub services; health and leisure club services; provision of sport,
leisure and recreational facilities; arranging and conducting of functions,
PRESTIGE conferences, conventions, exhibitions, seminars and meetings; theatre,
opera and concert ticket reservations.),
PORTFOLIO 43 (Retail of temporary accomodation; reservations (temporary
accommodation); hotel, motel, bar, café, restaurant, banqueting and
catering services; rental of rooms for holding functions, conferences,
conventions, exhibitions, seminars and meetings.)
44 (Beauty salons, hairdressing salons, barber services; massage services;
health spa services; provision of sauna, whirlpool, Turkish bath, solarium
and sun deck facilities; aromatherapy services; beauty, hairdressing and
aromatherapy advice.)
Agent: Nicholas John & Co
Priority claimed : 27/11/2008 United Kingdom 2503546
Saint Lucia Government Gazette Monday April 13, 2009 • Issue 15 413
ERRATUM
P
lEAsE be advised that Trade Mark 322 of 2008 which was published in the Gazette dated March 23
2009, Issue 12 page 302 was published with an error in the classification. The following is the correct
classification with respect to Trade Mark 322 of 2008.
Class (511): 34 Tobacco, raw or manufactured; tobacco products, including cigars, cigarettes, cigarillos, tobacco
for roll your own cigarettes, pipe tobacco, chewing tobacco, snuff tobacco, kretek; tobacco substitutes
(not for medical purposes); smokers' articles, including cigarette paper and tubes, cigarette filters,
tobacco tins, cigarette cases and ashtrays, pipes, pocket apparatus for rolling cigarettes, lighters;
matches.
Deputy Registrar
Registry of Companies & Intellectual Property
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NOTICE
U
NDER provisions of Fisheries (snorkelling and licence) Regulations, No. 223 of 2000, the following establishments
are hereby authorised to operate a snorkelling facility to undertake snorkelling activities in the waters of saint lucia
from January 2009 - December 2009:
Name of Operations Name of Operation Address Name of Vessels
Manager
Mr. Bernd Rac scuba st. lucia Anse Chastanet, sereanity, Miss Ina, Miss Bertha,
soufriere Another Peach on Earth,
Jenny Marie
shirley smith scuba steves Diving ltd P.O. Box CP 6289, shirley
Castries
Mr. James Emmanuel le sport Hotel P.O. Box 437, Castries scuba Diva
Cariblue Beach
Cap Estate
Miss Marie Jean Rainbow Divers Union, Castries sea Duca
Virus Joyeux Jalousie Plantation P.O. Box 251, Jalousie scuba Diva
soufriere
Thomas J de Nobrega Frogs Diving P. O. Box 3049, Cett
la Clery
Andre st.Omer Dive Fair Helen/Helen P.O. Box MF 7071, Dive Helen I,
Divers Castries Dive Fair Helen II
Vaughn A. Charles
for Chief Fisheries Officer
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NOTICE
U
NDER provisions of section 43 of the Fisheries Regulations, No. 9 of 1994, the following establishments are hereby
authorised to operate a scuba Diving facility to undertake scuba Diving activities in the waters of saint lucia from
January 2009 - December 2009:
Name of Operations Name of Operation Address Name of Vessel/s
Manager
Mr. Bernd Rac scuba st. lucia Anse Chastanet, Miss Ina, Miss Bertha,
soufriere Another Peach on Earth,
Jenny Marie
Miss Marie Jean Rainbow Divers Union, Castries sea Duca
Mr. James Emmanuel le sport Hotel P.O. Box 437, Castries scuba Diva
Cariblue Beach
Cap Estate
shirley smith scuba steves Diving ltd P.O. Box CP 6289, shirley
Castries
Andre st.Omer Dive Fair Helen/Helen P.O. Box MF 7071, Dive Helen I,
Divers Castries Dive Fair Helen II
Thomas J de Nobrega Frogs Diving P. O. Box 3049, Cett
la Clery
Virus Joyeux Jalousie Plantation P.O. Box 251, Jalousie scuba Diva
soufriere
Vaughn A. Charles
for Chief Fisheries Officer
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LIST OF ATTORNEYS
With Practicing Certificates for 2009 as at 2nd April, 2009
A DUBOULAY, David E.M.
DUBOULAY, Geoffrey
ALCIDE, Alfred
DUBOULAY-CHASTANET, Raquel
ALEXANDER, Thea J.
ALLAIN, Joseph Baden E
ANTHONY, Slyvester
EDGAR, Effrem O.
ANTHONY, Kenny D.
EDGAR, Emmanuel O.
ANTHONY-DESIR, Michelle A.
ELLIOT, Al C.
ANTOINE, Thaddeus M. .
ELLIOT, Lydia
ARTHUR, Andre T.M.
AUGUSTIN, Patricia F
B FAISAl, lydia
FLOISSAC, Sir Vincent
BARNARD, Owen
FLOISSAC-FLEMING, Brenda
BARNARD, Veronica
BARROw, Robert C. FOSTER, Colin
BRISTOL, Anthony F.L FOSTER, Peter I.
BRISTOL, James A.L. FRANCIS, Danny D.
FRANCIS, Eugenie
C
FRANCIS, Lorenzo Rudolph
CADASSE-POLIUS, Candace FRANCIS, Mary
CALDERON, Evans FRANCIS, Norman
CENAC, Veronica S. P. FRANCIS, Paulette
CHARLEMAGNE, George F. FRANCOIS, Martinus
CHARLES, Mary Juliana
FRASER, Horace R.
CHARLES, Samantha S.
FREDERICK, Tiris M.
CHASE, Julia S.
FRENCH, Ellaine T.
CHITOLIE, Synther
FRENCH, Gillian S.
CHONG, Keva K.O.
CHONG, Tyrone D. G
COMBIE MARTYR, Cynthia
COMPTON, Petrus GEDEON-CLOVIS, Carol
COzIER, Trevor Lee GEORGE, Andie G.
GILL, Kendell M.
D GILL, C. Vern
D’AUVERGNE, Ira GIRARD, Ewa S.
DANIEL, Delia GLACE, Lorraine D.
DANIEL, Mahla T.N. GLASGOw, Trudy O.
DETERVILLE, Hilford D.A. GllTzENHIRN AUGUSTIN, Natalie
DETERVILLE, Nandi A.O. GODDARD-DORVILLE, Cheryl
DICKSON, Eugenia L.G. GOKOOL, Leon
DOwNES, Beverley GOKOOL-FOSTER, Andra
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GORDON, Michael B.G. LOUIS-HARRIS, wauneen
GREENE, Daarsrean C.G LOUISY, Sir Allan F.L.
GREENE-ERNEST, Esther LUCIO-BARROw, Terese
GREENE-MALAYKHAN, Claire
M
GREENIDGE, Lionel D.
MATTHEw, Sygna A.J.
H
MARAGH, Mark D.
HARROw, Camillus w. MARTYR, Daune Lester
HERELLE, Leevie D. MCNAMARA, Christopher A.
HERMANSTEIN, Roseanne L.A. MCNAMARA, Christopher A. B.
HINKSON, winston
MCNAMARA, Desmond A.
HINKSON-OUHLA, Cynthia
MCNAMARA, Jonathan C.
HIPPOLYTE, Clemar B.
MCNAMARA, Rhory D.
I MCNAMARA, Stephen D. R.
INNOCENT, Shawn MCNAMARA, zinaida C.
MICHEL, Mario R.F.
J MODESTE, Eghan L.K.
JACOBIE, Donna MOISE, Ermin N.
JAMES, Vernantius MONDESIR, Leslie
JEAN-BAPTISTE, Nicholas MONPLAISIR, Kenneth
JEFFREY-NELSON, Edith Petra MORGAN, Vanessa M.
JOHN, Ferguson MOYSTON, David P.
JOHN, Kelvin
N
JOHN, Marcellina
NICHOLAS, Huggins N.
JOHN, Maureen M.
JOHN, Nicholas P
JOHN, Sandy PAUL, Tessa
JOLlE, Loraine D.
PHILIP, Gail V.
JOSEPH, Henry F.
PIERRE, Francis
JN BAPTISTE, Aisha C.
JN BAPTISTE, Venessa
R
JUDE, Vandyke
JULIEN, Stephen C.J. RAMBALLY, Clarence
RAVENEAU, Ramon
L REMY, Jennifer
LA CORBINIERE, Victor P. RICHELIEU, Alberton
lAFEUILLEE, Cosmos A. ROHEMAN, Kimberley
LANDERS, Cyril
LANSIQUOT, Shirley S
LARCHER, Oswald w. ST. CATHERINE, Michael
LAY-MOYSTON, Dawn
ST. CLAIR, Alvin
LEE, Deale
ST. ROSE, Kim C.
LEwIS, Shirley M.
ST. ROSE, Renee T.
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ST.ROSE-ALBERTINI, Cadie V
SHILLINGFORD, Isabella O. VARGAS, Barbara
STEPHEN-DALTON, Karen VERNEUIL, Leandra G.
STOwE, Duncan G.
STRAUGHN, Patrick M.A. W
wALTERS, Jeannot-Michel
T
WILLIAM, Vanessa J.
THEOBALDS, Thomas R.H.
wILLIAMS, Gerard R.
THEODORE, Dexter
wILLIE-MATOORAH, Shana
THEODORE-JOHN, Leanne
wILLIE-TROTMAN, Raquel
THEOPHILUS, Lorne
wILSON, Marius
THOMAS, Arthur
THOMAS, Diana M.
Dated: 2nd April, 2009.
THOMPSON, Charles A.P.
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IN THE EASTERN CARIBBEAN SUPREME COURT
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE
(CIVIL)
SAINT LUCIA
CLAIM NO. SLUHCV2009/0161
IN THE MATTER of an application for Declaration
of Title by Prescription under s. 103 A of
the Civil Code Cap. 2.01 of the Revised
Laws of Saint Lucia 2001.
and
IN THE MATTER of Statutory Rules and Orders
No, 7 of 1970,
and
IN THE MATTER of the Supreme Court-
Prescription by Thirty Years (Declaration
of Title) Saint Lucia Rules.
SUMMONS
wHEREAS CATHERINE PAUL of Degazon/Grande Riviere in the Quarter of Gras Islet in the ,State of Saint
Lucia by her petition filed in the High Court of Justice on the 13th day of February, 2009 claims to have acquired
title by 30 years prescription to the property described in the Schedule hereto and has applied to the Court for a
declaration of title.
All persons claiming an interest in the said property are hereby required to enter an appearance in the Registry,
in person or by solicitor, within two months from the date of the last publication of this summons which is being
published twice in the Gazette.
All that piece or parcel of land situate at Degazon, Gras Islet in the State of Saint Lucia and known as Block
1250B Parcel 68 bounded on the North by Parcels 1250B 161,164,191; on the South by Parcels 1250B 589 and 602;
on the East by Parcel 1250B 720 and on the west by Parcel 1250B 67. The whole comprising an area of 2.40 hectares
or 5.92 acres as shown on Plan of Survey GI 3859R by Licenced Land Surveyor Allan J. Hippolyte dated 10th July,
1997.
Registrar.
THIS SUMMONS is filed by wINSTON HINKSON & ASSOCIATES Per: winston Hinkson of Chambers No.7 Bridge Street, Castries, St. Lucia;
Tel: (758)452 1665; Fax: (758)452 1655; email: winhinkson@yahoo.com
[ First Publication ]
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IN THE EASTERN CARIBBEAN SUPREME COURT
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE
(CIVIL)
SAINT LUCIA
CLAIM NO. SLUHCV2008/1189
BETwEEN:
DAVID JOHN Executor of the Estate of the Late
GEORGE JOSEPH also known as Antoine Joseph
Claimant
and
(1) Heirs of CHARLES ERNEST
(2) Heirs of ROSITA ERNEST (De Charles Ernest)
Defendants
BEFORE: THE HONOURABLE JUSTICE EPHIRAIM GEORGES (Ag.)
(A JUDGE IN CHAMBERS)
TO: (1) Heirs of CHARLES ERNEST
(2) Heirs of ROSITA ERNEST (De Charles Ernest)
whose last known address in Saint Lucia is unknown
NOTICE
TAKE NOTICE that the Claimant DAVID JOHN Executor of the Estate of the Late GEORGE JOSEPH also
known as Antoine Joseph has filed an Application against you for the extinction of the Vendors Privilege in the
Deed of Sale by (1) CHARLES ERNEST (2) ROSITA ERNEST (De Charles Ernest) to GEORGE JOSEPH also known
as ANTOINE JOSEPH, executed before JOSEPH FERNAND Le GRAND, Notary Royal on the 18th. September, 1956
and registered at the Office of Deeds and Mortgages on the 9th. July, 1957 in Vol. 98 No. 65629 and recorded on the
Land Register for Block 1041B Parcel 13 at the Land Registry of Saint Lucia on the 14th. July, 1987 in favour of the
Defendants/Creditors CHARLES ERNEST and ROSITA ERNEST against BLOCK 1041B PARCEL 13 in accordance
with Article 1966 (8) of the Civil Code of Saint Lucia 1957, by virtue of prescription.
AND IT HAS BEEN ORDERED that service of the Application in this action be effected on you by advertisement
in two (2) consecutive issues of the Official Saint Lucia Gazette and in two (2) consecutive issues of a newspaper
circulating in Saint Lucia.
Acknowledgment of Service must be filed within 42 days from the date of the last publication.
BY THE COURT
Deputy Registrar.
This NOTICE was filed by ALBERTON RICHELlEU CHAMBERS, Legal Practitioner for the Claimant, whose address for service is: Chambers,
Cnr. Chaussee Road & St. Louis Street, Castries, Saint Lucia, Tel # 452-4515, Fax # 452-3329, E-mail address: richelieuassoc@candw.lc
The Court Office is at Peynier Street, Castries telephone number 453-1916, FAX 453-2071. The Office is open between 9:00a.m and 2:00p.m
Monday to Thursday and 9:00am and 3:00pm on Fridays except public holidays.
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NOTICE
sAINT lUCIA
DEClARATION OF ACQUIsITION PURsUANT TO sECTION 3 OF THE lAND
ACQUIsITION ORDINANCE (CHAPTER 5.04)
And
IN THE MATTER of a Declaration by the Governor General acting on the advice of
Cabinet that a Parcel of land situate at Forestiere, quarter of Castries in the
island of saint lucia is likely to be acquired for a public purpose.
DEClARATION OF ACQUIsITION OF lAND
WHEREAs, it is enacted by section 3 of the land Acquisition Ordinance Chapter 5.04 that if the Governor General
acting on the advice of Cabinet considers that any land should be acquired for a public purpose, she may cause a Declaration
to that effect to be made;
AND WHEREAs, it is considered by the Governor General acting on the advice of Cabinet that the lands mentioned
and described in the schedule hereto should be acquired for a public purpose to wit: sporting Facilities.
NOW THEREFORE, it is hereby declared by the Governor General acting in accordance with the advice of Cabinet,
that upon the second Publication of this Declaration in the Gazette, the lands mentioned in the schedule hereto shall be vested
absolutely for a public purpose to wit: sporting Facilities.
sCHEDUlE 1
All that piece of land being part of Parcel 1245B 61 situate at Forestiere, in the Quarter of Castries belonging to Julia
Johnson as Executrix of the Estate of stephen Mc Donald Brown and is bounded as follows:
lOT 1
North : By the remainder of Parcel 1245B 61
south : By lots 2 and 3
East : By the Main Road
West : By the remainder of Parcel 1245B 61
The whole containing lot 1, measuring 19,750 sq. ft. as shown on Plan of survey by Dunstan Joseph, licensed land
surveyor dated November 12th, 2008 and lodged in the survey Office on March 5th, 2009 as Drawing No. C 11463 Rand
recorded as sM 432/2008.
lOT 2
North : By lot 1
south : By Parcel 1245B 136 (Access Road)
East : By the Main Road
West : By lot 3
The whole containing lot 2, measuring 9,863 sq. ft. as shown on Plan of survey by Dunstan Joseph, licensed land
surveyor dated November 12th, 2008 and lodged in the survey Office on March 5th, 2009 as Drawing No. C 11463 R and
recorded as sM 432/2008.
lOT 3
North : By lot 1
south : By Parcel 1245B 136 (Access Road)
East : By lot 2
West : By lot 4
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The whole containing lot 3, measuring 12,020 sq. ft. as shown on Plan of survey by Dunstan Joseph, licensed land
surveyor dated November 12th, 2008 and lodged in the survey Office on March 5th, 2009 as Drawing No. C 11463 R and
recorded as sM 432/2008.
lOT 4
North : By the remainder of Parcel 1245B 61 and a Vehicular Access
south : By Parcel 1245B 140, Parcel 1245B 136 (Access Road) and Parcel 1045B 73
East : By the Main Road
West : By the remainder of Parcel 1245B 61
The whole containing lot 4, measuring 14.30 acres as shown on Plan of survey by Dunstan Joseph, licensed land
surveyor dated November 12th, 2008 and lodged in the survey Office on March 5th, 2009 as Drawing No. C 11463 R and
recorded as sM 432/2008.
Together with any other easements which may be necessary.
Dated this 26th day of March, 2009.
COsMOs RICHARDsON.
secretary to the Cabinet
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GOVERNMENT NOTICE
T
HE public is hereby notified that, effective 16th March, 2009 and until further notice, I Hon. Stephenson King,
Minister of Finance, acting in accordance with the Consumption Tax (Amendment) (No.92) Order 2000,
approve the following rates of consumption tax as corresponding to the description of goods and HS Tariff
Numbers specified:
HS Tariff Number Description of Goods Rate of Tax/Duty
27.10.13.90 Gasolene (Unleaded) 470.52 cents per imperial gallon
27.10.22.10 Illuminating Kerosene exported 49.98 cents per imperial gallon
under processing agreement
27.10.22.90 Other Illuminating Kerosene 49.98 cents per imperial gallon
27.10.31.10 Diesel Oil exported under the 589.05 cents per imperial gallon
processing agreement
27.10.31.90 Other Diesel oil 589.05 cents per imperial gallon
27.10.39.10 Other diesel oil exported under 589.05 cents per imperial gallon
processing agreement
27.10.39.90 Other 589.05 cents per imperial gallon
27.11.12.00 Liquid Propane - Bulk 99.33 cents per pound
(More than 100 lbs)
Liquified Propane - (100 lbs) 50.33 cents per pound
Liquified propane - (20 lbs) -8.67 cents per pound
27.11.13.00 Liquified Butane - Bulk 99.33 cents per pound
(More than 100 lbs )
Liquified Butane (100 lbs) 50.33 cents per pound
Liquified Butane (20 lbs) -8.67 cents per pound
27.11.11.00 Liquified Natural Gas - Bulk 99.33 cents per pound
(More than 100 lbs )
Liquified Natural Gas (100 lbs) 50.33 cents per pound
Liquified Natural Gas (20 lbs) -8.67 cents per pound
27.11.14.00 Ethelyne, Propylene, Buthelyne 99.33 cents per pound
Bulk (More than 100 lbs)
Ethelyne, Propylene, Buthelyne 50.33 cents per pound
(100 lbs)
Ethelyne, Propylene, Buthelyne -8.67 cents per pound
(20 lbs)
__________________________________________________________________________________________________
HON. STEPHENSON KING,
Minister of Finance.
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GOVERNMENT NOTICE
T
HE public is hereby notified that, effective 17th March, 2009 and until further notice, I Hon. Stephenson King,
Minister of Finance, acting in accordance with the Consumption Tax (Amendment) (No.92) Order 2000,
approve the following rates of consumption tax as corresponding to the description of goods and HS Tariff
Numbers specified:
HS Tariff Number Description of Goods Rate of Tax/Duty
27.10.13.90 Gasolene (Unleaded) 458.53 cents per imperial gallon
27.10.22.10 Illuminating Kerosene exported 41.42 cents per imperial gallon
under processing agreement
27.10.22.90 Other Illuminating Kerosene 41.42 cents per imperial gallon
27.10.31.10 Diesel Oil exported under the 578.77 cents per imperial gallon
processing agreement
27.10.31.90 Other Diesel oil 578.77 cents per imperial gallon
27.10.39.10 Other diesel oil exported under 578.77 cents per imperial gallon
processing agreement
27.10.39.90 Other 578.77 cents per imperial gallon
27.11.12.00 Liquid Propane - Bulk 97.90 cents per pound
(More than 100 lbs)
Liquified Propane - (100 lbs) 48.90 cents per pound
Liquified propane - (20 lbs) -10.10 cents per pound
27.11.13.00 Liquified Butane - Bulk 97.90 cents per pound
(More than 100 lbs )
Liquified Butane (100 lbs) 48.90 cents per pound
Liquified Butane (20 lbs) -10.10 cents per pound
27.11.11.00 Liquified Natural Gas - Bulk 97.90 cents per pound
(More than 100 lbs )
Liquified Natural Gas (100 lbs) 48.90 cents per pound
Liquified Natural Gas (20 lbs) -10.10 cents per pound
27.11.14.00 Ethelyne, Propylene, Buthelyne 97.90 cents per pound
Bulk (More than 100 lbs)
Ethelyne, Propylene, Buthelyne 48.90 cents per pound
(100 lbs)
Ethelyne, Propylene, Buthelyne -10.10 cents per pound
(20 lbs)
__________________________________________________________________________________________________
HON. STEPHENSON KING,
Minister of Finance.
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GOVERNMENT NOTICE
T
HE public is hereby notified that, effective 19th March, 2009 and until further notice, I Hon. Stephenson King,
Minister of Finance, acting in accordance with the Consumption Tax (Amendment) (No.92) Order 2000,
approve the following rates of consumption tax as corresponding to the description of goods and HS Tariff
Numbers specified:
HS Tariff Number Description of Goods Rate of Tax/Duty
27.10.13.90 Gasolene (Unleaded) 448.25 cents per imperial gallon
27.10.22.10 Illuminating Kerosene exported 15.72 cents per imperial gallon
under processing agreement
27.10.22.90 Other Illuminating Kerosene 15.72 cents per imperial gallon
27.10.31.10 Diesel Oil exported under the 553.07 cents per imperial gallon
processing agreement
27.10.31.90 Other Diesel oil 553.07 cents per imperial gallon
27.10.39.10 Other diesel oil exported under 553.07 cents per imperial gallon
processing agreement
27.10.39.90 Other 553.07 cents per imperial gallon
27.11.12.00 Liquid Propane - Bulk 93.61 cents per pound
(More than 100 lbs)
Liquified Propane - (100 lbs) 44.61 cents per pound
Liquified propane - (20 lbs) -14.39 cents per pound
27.11.13.00 Liquified Butane - Bulk 93.61 cents per pound
(More than 100 lbs )
Liquified Butane (100 lbs) 44.61 cents per pound
Liquified Butane (20 lbs) -14.39 cents per pound
27.11.11.00 Liquified Natural Gas - Bulk 93.61 cents per pound
(More than 100 lbs )
Liquified Natural Gas (100 lbs) 44.61 cents per pound
Liquified Natural Gas (20 lbs) -14.39 cents per pound
27.11.14.00 Ethelyne, Propylene, Buthelyne 93.61 cents per pound
Bulk (More than 100 lbs)
Ethelyne, Propylene, Buthelyne 44.61 cents per pound
(100 lbs)
Ethelyne, Propylene, Buthelyne -14.39 cents per pound
(20 lbs)
__________________________________________________________________________________________________
HON. STEPHENSON KING,
Minister of Finance.
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GOVERNMENT NOTICE
T
HE public is hereby notified that, effective 20th March, 2009 and until further notice, I Hon. Stephenson King,
Minister of Finance, acting in accordance with the Consumption Tax (Amendment) (No.92) Order 2000,
approve the following rates of consumption tax as corresponding to the description of goods and HS Tariff
Numbers specified:
HS Tariff Number Description of Goods Rate of Tax/Duty
27.10.13.90 Gasolene (Unleaded) 444.82 cents per imperial gallon
27.10.22.10 Illuminating Kerosene exported -4.83 cents per imperial gallon
under processing agreement
27.10.22.90 Other Illuminating Kerosene -4.83 cents per imperial gallon
27.10.31.10 Diesel Oil exported under the 553.94 cents per imperial gallon
processing agreement
27.10.31.90 Other Diesel oil 553.94 cents per imperial gallon
27.10.39.10 Other diesel oil exported under 553.94 cents per imperial gallon
processing agreement
27.10.39.90 Other 553.94 cents per imperial gallon
27.11.12.00 Liquid Propane - Bulk 90.18 cents per pound
(More than 100 lbs)
Liquified Propane - (100 lbs) 41.18 cents per pound
Liquified propane - (20 lbs) -17.82 cents per pound
27.11.13.00 Liquified Butane - Bulk 90.18 cents per pound
(More than 100 lbs )
Liquified Butane (100 lbs) 41.18 cents per pound
Liquified Butane (20 lbs) -17.82 cents per pound
27.11.11.00 Liquified Natural Gas - Bulk 90.18 cents per pound
(More than 100 lbs )
Liquified Natural Gas (100 lbs) 41.18 cents per pound
Liquified Natural Gas (20 lbs) -17.82 cents per pound
27.11.14.00 Ethelyne, Propylene, Buthelyne 90.18 cents per pound
Bulk (More than 100 lbs)
Ethelyne, Propylene, Buthelyne 41.18 cents per pound
(100 lbs)
Ethelyne, Propylene, Buthelyne -17.82 cents per pound
(20 lbs)
__________________________________________________________________________________________________
HON. STEPHENSON KING,
Minister of Finance.
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GOVERNMENT NOTICE
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HE public is hereby notified that, effective 23rd March, 2009 and until further notice, I Hon. Stephenson King,
Minister of Finance, acting in accordance with the Consumption Tax (Amendment) (No.92) Order 2000,
approve the following rates of consumption tax as corresponding to the description of goods and HS Tariff
Numbers specified:
HS Tariff Number Description of Goods Rate of Tax/Duty
27.10.13.90 Gasolene (Unleaded) 424.27 cents per imperial gallon
27.10.22.10 Illuminating Kerosene exported 42.52 cents per imperial gallon
under processing agreement
27.10.22.90 Other Illuminating Kerosene 42.52 cents per imperial gallon
27.10.31.10 Diesel Oil exported under the 499.97 cents per imperial gallon
processing agreement
27.10.31.90 Other Diesel oil 499.97 cents per imperial gallon
27.10.39.10 Other diesel oil exported under 499.97 cents per imperial gallon
processing agreement
27.10.39.90 Other 499.97 cents per imperial gallon
27.11.12.00 Liquid Propane - Bulk 83.89 cents per pound
(More than 100 lbs)
Liquified Propane - (100 lbs) 34.89 cents per pound
Liquified propane - (20 lbs) -24.11 cents per pound
27.11.13.00 Liquified Butane - Bulk 83.89 cents per pound
(More than 100 lbs )
Liquified Butane (100 lbs) 34.89 cents per pound
Liquified Butane (20 lbs) -24.11 cents per pound
27.11.11.00 Liquified Natural Gas - Bulk 83.89 cents per pound
(More than 100 lbs )
Liquified Natural Gas (100 lbs) 34.89 cents per pound
Liquified Natural Gas (20 lbs) -24.11 cents per pound
27.11.14.00 Ethelyne, Propylene, Buthelyne 83.89 cents per pound
Bulk (More than 100 lbs)
Ethelyne, Propylene, Buthelyne 34.89 cents per pound
(100 lbs)
Ethelyne, Propylene, Buthelyne -24.11 cents per pound
(20 lbs)
__________________________________________________________________________________________________
HON. STEPHENSON KING,
Minister of Finance.
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Technology
Saint Lucia Government Gazette
new software inside remote controls sensing TV is a more tangible way to
Monday April 13, from Issue 15
or experimenting with new user stand out 2009 •other brands on 431 the
interfaces onscreen. shelf beyond slight improvements in
At least one major TV manufacturer contrast resolution and refresh rates,
has been actively looking at how noted Rubin.
The new TV to bring a remote-less TV into the TV makers “need to be conscious
mainstream. Hitachi approached of bottom line, but in the time period
remote: Your Silicon Valley-based GestureTek before we have the next picture-
about using its software with a depth quality breakthrough in OLED,
camera to track movement and there’s a scramble to add things
bare hand? translate it into onscreen commands. to the television experience that
It’s still just a prototype, but Hitachi manufacturers have been reluctant to
demonstrated it at Ceatec last year add before,” he said. “The industry is
The TV remote control of the future and at CES in January. looking beyond low-hanging fruit to
isn’t an expensive device with an It works like this: The camera is attract new buyers, particularly at the
LCD screen and blinking lights. It’s affixed somewhere below the screen, high end.”
your hand. and locks on to one hand of a person The remoteless TV, when it does
The classic TV remote control standing in front of it, picking up eventually hit stores, will almost
most of us have grown up with has predetermined gestures (waving to certainly be available only on
been around in essentially the same the side will navigate left or right, premium sets.
incarnation for half a century. It’s been lingering over a certain spot is the “The gating factor right now is the
tweaked over the years, but now one equivalent of clicking with a mouse). cost of the depth cameras,” william
company is looking at ditching the The software tells the camera to ignore Leckonby, CEO of GestureTek, said
remote altogether and using a camera extraneous movements or other recently in an interview.
mounted below a TV screen that people’s hands, should they come into Depth cameras cost 10 to 20 times
senses hand motions instead of button the view of the camera--thus fighting more than a webcam today, but they
pushes. The result is something that over the remote control will take on a can do things web cams can’t, like
seems right out of Minority Report. whole new meaning. taking out background movement.
But the high-tech user interface Tom The camera is a depth camera, which But that price difference “won’t be an
Cruise coolly manipulates onscreen means it senses movement that is issue” in the next 18 months, Leckonby
isn’t even all that far-fetched now, horizontal, vertical, toward, and away says. There are a handful of companies
thanks to incremental improvements. from it. The gestures can be tuned to working to get the cost of each camera
Until now, the most innovative new page through menus and select letters down to about $50 each, which
input for entertainment in the living to search show titles. But the actual Leckonby hopes will push not only
room has been the wii-mote, the capabilities will be determined by TV manufacturers, but also set-top
motion-sensing remote control/ each TV manufacturer, who would box and other entertainment device
wand that has made Nintendo’s decide how such an interface would makers to include his technology in
game console a cultural phenomenon. work on their TV. their devices.
Swing it like a tennis racket and you GestureTek has been around for Leckonby says all the major TV
can pretend you’re playing tennis, two decades, and has been making manufacturers are at least thinking
point it at the screen and use it like a motion-control software for nearly about incorporating motion control
mouse to navigate menus. that long. The software has been used abilities into their products, and even
Televisions have progressed as in games for cell phones in Japan, some PC makers.
well, with better picture quality and as well as add-on devices to game Problems can be expected, of course,
capability. Now TVs can record TV consoles, like the EyeToy for Sony’s when a device requires a whole new
shows, stream Netflix movies, check PlayStation and the webcam for the way of interacting. Though pointing
the weather, read news headlines, and Xbox 360. and hand gestures are fairly basic
skim RSS feeds. The menus on those The company says that gesture- human functions, pantomiming in
TVs appear more and more like what based controls are the ultimate solution front of a TV set may be difficult or
we see on our computer screens, so a for entertainment in the living room- just undesirable for some consumers.
new interface that operates more like -no more hunting for the remote that Simplicity will be key. If they can’t
a mouse seems almost inevitable. has once again lodged itself between learn it quickly on the show floor at
“The variety of information and sofa cushions, or remembering which Best Buy or within the first day the
programming on television is certainly drawer you put the game controller TV is brought home, the technology
stretching the limits of the four-way in. may never take off widely, as Rubin
control pad, so manufacturers are... But besides that, this could be points out: “A new form of consumer
seeing a lot of complexity start to yet another way besides extras behavior as people sit in front of TV
creep in,” noted Ross Rubin, director like onscreen widgets or Netflix- sets is always challenging to create in
of industry analysis for The NPD streaming capability that TV makers a relatively short amount of time.”
Group. As a result, TV manufacturers can add to bump up the price of some
are trying new things, like putting LCD or plasma. Having a motion- by Erica Ogg
SPoRTS
432 Saint Lucia Government Gazette Monday April 13, 2009 • Issue 15
cRIcKeT Lanka players pull out [of the England tour] because
their board are aware that the key players have IPL
contracts and therefore they allow the players to get
Bravo jets off to IPl income another way.”
In the same interview, Bravo revealed he had not
after tour omission been paid by the wICB during his enforced eight-
month lay-off after undergoing surgery to his damaged
left ankle. “It is just upsetting,” he said. “The little bit
Dwayne Bravo’s surgically-repaired ankle has been
that I’ve made representing the west Indies for the last
deemed too fragile for west Indies’ Test series in
four years, I have to live off it.”
England, but strong enough to withstand the rigours
Bravo was in a more conciliatory mood this week
of Twenty20 cricket. Bravo, speaking prior to boarding
when discussing the circumstances under which he
a Durban-bound flight on Tuesday, confirmed he will
will be allowed to play for the Mumbai Indians while
represent the Mumbai Indians in the IPL while his west
his west Indian teammates are engaged in a Test series
Indian team-mates play two Tests against England.
in England.
“This is a situation forced on me,” Bravo told
“The tour is going on and the west Indies will take
Cricinfo. “It is not a decision I made. It was made by
part in that series [in England],” he said. “I am excluded
the [west Indies] team medical staff and the selectors.
because of my situation with the injury. I have played
The situation is that I have been advised by doctors to
five one-day games for the west Indies but I am yet
get my ankle stronger before I can play five-day cricket.
to play in any longer forms of the game. I still am
The plan is to join the [west Indian] team in England
experiencing side effects [with the ankle]. I am trying
when the one-day series begins.”
to monitor it as best I can and work with the physio
Bravo, who played all five one-day internationals
and the team doctor to get myself 100 percent fit. I will
against England in the recently-completed series in
look to play in the Test series against Bangladesh later
the Caribbean, insists his appearance in the IPL is not
in the year and the one-day series in England before
related to the simmering feud between the west Indies
that.”
board and its players. “I think everyone knows that
Bravo, rated one of international cricket’s premier
Test cricket is the most important,” he said. “Everyone
all-rounders, was reported last year to have signed a
wants to play it.”
contract worth between $200,000 and $250,000 with
That, though, contrasts with the views expressed by
the Mukesh Ambani-owned Mumbai franchise, and
the all-rounder in an interview published last week,
rewarded them with 11 wickets at 21.09 and 178 runs
during which he spoke of the conflict experienced
at 29.66. So desperate were they for him to play a ninth
by west Indian players in deciding whether to tour
and final game in 2008 - against Deccan Chargers on
England or play in the IPL. Speaking a day after his
May 18 - the Indians agreed to fly Bravo to Jamaica via
captain, Chris Gayle, hinted at a possible player boycott
private jet to allow him to play the first Test against
of the fifth one-day international in St Lucia, Bravo
Australia beginning at Sabina Park four days later.
expressed dissatisfaction with the wICB for organising
Mumbai might opt for a similar course of action
the tour of England, which overlaps with the IPL,
in 2009, should Bravo prove similarly valuable in
without consulting players. The tour was arranged at
South Africa. The first match of the one-day series
short notice after the withdrawal of Sri Lanka - whose
between the west Indies and England will be played
hand was forced when 13 players demanded they be
at Headingley on May 21; the same day the Indians are
allowed to play in the IPL - and falls outside the Future
due to play Delhi in their final home-and-away match
Tours Programme.
of the IPL season.
“[The] England tour came up, where the wICB went
Meanwhile, Kolkata coach John Buchanan has
on and signed that tour without letting wIPA know
been informed Gayle, the west Indies captain, will be
anything about the tour,” Bravo told Caribbeancricket.
available for the first seven games of this year’s IPL.
com. “we signed our contract to go and represent our
Should that eventuate, Gayle will remain in South
IPL team, now we are in a position where we have
Africa until May 1, and join the west Indies ahead of
to choose whether to go and play IPL for the first six
the first Test at Lord’s, which begins on May 6.
weeks or go to England.
“As far as we know we’ve got him for about the first
“It is a tricky situation. If we choose to go and play
seven games here,” Buchanan said. “we expect him at
IPL, they will say why the players, they want their
this stage to be leaving us in the first couple of days
money. we will be going to play in England so I don’t
of May, so that under the current schedule means he
know where it came about from, but it is something
should play about seven games for us this time.”
we need to look at in the near future and see how the
board do things. They have to understand that the Sri Cricinfo staff