May 25, 2012

Friday, May 25, 2012

CARACAS (AFP) - Vene-zuela yesterday said it or-dered 3,000 soldiers to itsnorthwestern border, justdays after leftist Colombianguerrillas ambushed aColombian army patrol andkilled 12 soldiers.

The Colombian militarysaid it was "very likely" thatrebels with the RevolutionaryArmed Forces of Colombia(FARC) crossed fromVenezuela to stage the attackin a remote area on the Gua-jira Peninsula, then fled backacross the border.

Two brigades fromVenezuela's National ArmedForces and a large number oftroops from the regional AirForce Command have beendispatched to the border areasince Monday, boosting apermanent army presencethere, Defense MinisterHenry Rangel told Telesurtelevision.

"We are conducting veryspecific tasks to search forand find possible elements ofthe armed groups that havepenetrated the Venezuelanterritory," Rangel said.

Bogota had called onCaracas to take "effective"action against the rebels.

Rangel spoke ahead of ameeting of Venezuelan andColombian foreign ministersto discuss border security co-operation.

Any rebels found will facethe "iron hand" of Venezue-lan security forces, he said.

Acknowledging that thelong border of over 2,000 kilo-meters (1,240 miles) has histor-ically been "very permeable,"Rangel said that security "hasimproved," with the army con-solidating its presence.

Bogota in the past has ac-cused the leftist governmentof Venezuelan PresidentHugo Chavez of providingrefuge to Colombian guerril-las, but tensions between thetwo governments have easedunder Santos, who has culti-vated better relations withCaracas than his hard-linepredecessor Alvaro Uribe.

The FARC have steppedup attacks on Colombian se-curity forces over the pastyear in remote parts of thecountry.

In April, 15 soldiers werekilled in fighting in the south-ern department of Caqueta,while on March 11 other sol-diers were ambushed andkilled in the eastern depart-ment of Arauca, which alsoborders Venezuela.

The FARC is the country'soldest and largest insurgentgroup with about 9,200 menunder arms, according toColombian defense ministryestimates.

Venezuela strengthens securityon Colombia border

Aruba Airport Authority ispleased to announce Deltaservice increase nonstop dailyservice between New York(JFK) and Aruba beginningDecember 15, 2012.

Delta has been servicingthe Aruba market for over 10years, and has shown a strongpartnership and commitmentto Aruba. After American Air-lines announced cancelationof JFK route last November2011, the JFK-Aruba routewas faced with an imminent

shortage of capacity, thatcould only partly be filled byJetBlue.

Additional to the JFK serv-ices, Delta offers daily flightsfrom Atlanta and seasonalservices from La Guardia.

The new flight will operatedaily with a B737-800 aircraftconfiguration of 160 seats be-tween JFK and Aruba, startingon December 15, 2012. Thedaily flights are operated fromJFK at 8.10 a.m and arrive inAruba at 2:12 p.m. – the re-turn flights leave Aruba at3:15 p.m and arrive in JFK at7:36 p.m.

The total amount of Winter2012-2013 seats is with thataddition 62,988 for all carriersJFK-Aruba combined show-ing an increase of 27.2% com-pared to winter 2011-2012.

Delta continues New Yorkgrowth with expanded Carib-bean services. Delta is opti-mizing its schedule at JFK tofacilitate connections to inter-national flights. JFK is amajor global gateway for

Delta, which operates nonstopto more than 45 internationaldestinations from the airport.

At JFK, Delta, in coopera-tion with Schiphol Group andthe Port Authority, is currentlyunder way on a $1.2 billionprogram to enhance and ex-pand Terminal 4, adding ninegates. Terminal 4 is managedby Schiphol Group andSchiphol also engineers andrealizes the $ 1.2 billion ex-pansion. The enlarged Termi-nal 4 will open in Spring 2013.

“We are extremely pleasedwith the service expansion,daily flights out of JFK fromDelta” said Peter Steinmetz,CEO of AAA N.V.. “It clearlyillustrates that were an exist-ing market is underservedmarket forces move to reach anew equilibrium between sup-ply and demand. Personally, Iam also thrilled by expandedservices with JFK Terminal 4,that is managed by my col-leagues of Schiphol Group. Itgives a special flavor to thisexcellent news.”

Winter 2012-2013

Aruba Airport Authority N.V. announcesDelta Airlines service increase daily non-

stop year –round service between JFKand Aruba

Connecting two airport facilities managed in cooperation with Schiphol Group

Myanmar opposition lea-der Aung San Suu Kyi, pic-tured on May 2, afterattending a session at thelower house of parliamentin Naypyidaw. Suu Kyi willtravel overseas next weekfor the first time in morethan two decades to attendan economic forum inBangkok, according to herparty. (see story on pg 7)

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The website detailing the his-tory of Aruba, www.historia-diaruba.aw, has received anew page with more images.These are old images thatwere being shown in theatersback then.

The oldest films date backto the time of the SecondWorld War in 1942. That waswhen the Germans attackedthe Lago Refinery and shipswith a torpedo. You could seetankers on fire, holes in thetanks at Lago and the torpedothat washed up on the beachat Punto Brabo. During thedismantling of the torpedo, itexploded and killed 4 Dutchmarines.

There are also images ofthe day that Princes Julianatravelled from Canada tocome and visit Aruba. Amer-icans also came to Aruba totry and save the refinery.Right after the war a docu-mentary was prepared of thefuneral of Boy Ecury.

There are different presen-tations in the film of the royalvisits of Princes Beatrix andQueen Juliana and of theround table conference heldin 1954. This conference wasto discuss the new Statutes of

the islands of the Antilles.The pictures show the DutchQueen signing the document.

The film of the 70’s showsso many images. The PrimeMinister of Holland, DenUyhl also visited the islandand toured Tarabana and theSan Nicolaas Village. Thestruggle for the Status Apartewithin the Dutch Kingdomaccounted for many interest-ing images, among others,the ceremony of the inaugu-ration of our national anthemand flag in 1976, and the cov-

erage of Betico Croes in Hol-land, and Henny Eman’sspeech in the Island Counsel.There is also a report aboutthe problems that took placein Curacao in May 1969.

The series of recordingsconcludes with variousmovies shot by amateursshowing something of the lifeon Aruba during the 50’s andearly 60’s. In one scene, ahousewife is seen shoppingin the Main Street in SanNicolaas.

Other scenes show a bit ofCarnival leaving the CaribeClub and the end at the Wil-helmina Stadium. In stillfilming there is a scene witha family on their way tospend a day at the CaribbeanHotel which had recentlyopened.

All of these recorded filmscan be seen on the page of thehistorical films in the histori-cal website on Aruba,www.historiadiaruba.aw. Theentire project (website) wassponsored by SETAR.

In addition to the differentchapters about the history ofAruba, there are also highquality photos taken by adoctor in the Lago Refinery,Dr. Arthur Meiners, taken inthe 50’s, 60’s and 70’s.

Aruba’s historical website receivesmore images of the past!

The probability of a cruisevisitor returning to a destina-tion depends greatly upon thelevel of satisfaction experi-enced by the passenger, thebetter the experience the morelikely they are to return.Hence our interest in uncov-ering how pleased our visitorsactually are with our port,whether this influences theirdesire to return to Aruba andhow these visits impact the is-land’s economy. According toAlfonso Boekhoudt, Directorof the Aruba Ports Authority,“It is crucial that we are ableto measure these factors, theyare far more relevant to deter-mining whether or not our in-dustry is growing in the rightdirection than concluding thismerely by the quantity of pas-sengers on a visiting ship.”

To seek the answers tothese question and to studythe impression that our porthas on cruise passengers, stu-dents from the Faculty ofTourism at the University ofAruba, under guidance ofProfessor Dr. Ryan R. Peter-son, conducted a series of indepth interviews with visitingpassengers at our port in2011. The inquiries focusedprimarily on the calculationof the direct and indirect im-pact on the revenues pro-duced by port activities andthe direct and indirect effectson the island’s economy(mainly the center of our cityOranjesad).

We calculated the spend-ing patterns in specific areasof our economy, such as:food & beverage, commerce,transportation and others. Wewere able to identify the totalcontribution of the port on oureconomy which include di-rect and indirect factors.

We also identified experi-ential components that playan important role in our econ-omy such as:

a. The quality of ourport and its components

b. The quality of ourdestination and elements ofinfluence.

Continue on pg 11

Annual Port and UniversityStudy HighlightsPresented to the Media

Alfonso Boekhoudt

Friday, May 25, 2012 3

The 10th edition of the SoulBeach Music Festival to beconducted on Aruba returnsto its roots and the great feelof a colossal beach party withLL Cool J and Ledisi centerstage at the Nikky BeachAmpitheater tomorrow night.Audiences can expect heart-pounding vibrations from thispower packed line-up.

The first round of fire-works with begin with per-formances by LL COOL Jfeaturing DJ Z-Trip. A two-time Grammy® Award win-ner, recording artist, talentedactor, author, NAACP ImageAward winner, entrepreneurand philanthropist, LL con-tinues to display his widerange of talents with everyproject. First introduced tothe world in 1984 as a DefJam Records flagship artist,LL is the first rap artist toamass ten consecutive plat-inum-plus selling albums.The multi-platinum artist andtwo-time Rock and Roll Hallof Fame nominee is currentlytied for third place for mostBillboard chart debuts by a

rapper. As an actor, LLCOOL J has successfullytransitioned to one of theconsistently highest ratedshows on television as leadco-star of the CBS hit prime-time drama series, “NCIS:LOS ANGELES.” His per-formance on the show gar-nered him a NAACP ImageAward in 2011 and 2012 forhis role of ‘Special AgentSam Hanna.’

With her new albumPIECES OF ME, Ledisi un-doubtedly proves that she is awoman to know. Loaded withemotion and charged with

unparalleled soul, this recordadds another dimension tothe persona the singer hasbeen sharing with audiencessince her explosive entranceon the music scene a fewshort years ago. Her last twoalbums put a spotlight on thisdynamic performer. 2007’sbreakthrough hit “Lost andFound”, was nominated fortwo Grammy® awards in-cluding Best New Artist, andin 2009, the attention-stealing“Turn Me Loose”, garneredtwo Grammy® nods and aNo. 1 debut position on theBillboard R&B chart.PIECES OF ME is a naturalprogression for a singer whois compelled to grow and ma-ture with each creative effort.

The SBMF is proud to

present the ArubaAll Stars, a groupentirely comprisedof Arubans whohave achie-vedfame at interna-tional levels. Theirmusic is rooted intraditional Carib-bean, reggae, jazz

rhythm and blues, whichtransforms any venue theyplay into a very special trop-ical world. The aim has al-ways been to spread the joyof the Caribbean and to beseen as ambassadors of thisauthentic music. The band-leader, Roger Peterson, is oneof the most well knownsinger songwriters in Aruba,with an extensive fan base inEurope and the U.S. Eachperformer in this band is aleader of their own bands insome way and part of the pre-miere singers, musicians andsongwriters from Aruba.

For information about ticketsales, accommodations and thelatest updates sign up for CLUBSOUL BEACH, athttp://www.soulbeach.net or

visit http://www.aruba.com. Jointhe Soul Beach Music Festivalcommunity: follow us on Twit-ter @SoulBeachMusic and be-come a fan of 2012 Soul BeachMusic Festival on www.Face-book/soulbeachmusic.

Ticket prices for theSOUL BEACH MUSICFESTIVAL are $70 US (AFL126) per concert or $200 US(AFL 360) for a three-nightconcert package (plus appli-cable service charges).

*De Palm Tours Desks atMajor Hotels

Dragon CD & Electronics– San Nicolas

MooMba Beach: PalmBeach

Nikky Beach Club - Oran-jestad

SETAR – at Selected Lo-cations

Sopranos Piano Bar -Oranjestad

Valero – Boulevard,Valero – Essoville, Valero –Palm Beach, Valero - Ponton,Valero - Santa Cruz, Valero –Palm Beach, Valero - Ponton

*Venue Box Office TwoHours Before Showtime

It’s back to the beach for the 2012 SoulBeach Music Festival tomorrow night


The Crystal & Seaport Casi-nos have just revealed theirSummer Cash promotionawarding players great cashprizes with Crystal & Sea-port Casinos “ Summer CashCampaign! While the cam-paign will be starting FridayJune 1st and will be ongoing

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By accumulatingpoints they can then par-ticipate in the campaign orredeem their points forgreat prizes.

The Summer CashCampaign will have atotal of 40 winners, so,you can be one of theluckky ones .The Crystal Casino raffle

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Picture depicts local birds: The Trupiaal (L) and the Pri-kichi (R)

Beautiful!

Recently SETAR N.V.heldtheir first informative session“SETAR mas serca di bo!”

This event was organizedto give information to thepublic on different topicsand services, such as cellularandroid phones, Prepaidpackages, 4G WirelessBroadband (Internet), Fixed

line and Cable services. Eachpresentation lasted about 20minutes and all present alsohad the opportunity to askquestions.

Everyone at the informa-tive evening “SETAR masserca di bo!” also received anice gift and 3 prizes wereraffled all present.

The next session of

“SETAR mas serca di bo!”will take place on June 26,2012 at the Teleshop SanNicolas. SETAR inviteseveryone interested in theabove mentioned topics toregister online via theSETAR website:www.setar.aw or call 114.Due to limited space (max.35 persons) please register assoon as possible. In July thesession will held be in thedistrict of Sta. Cruz.

Photos depict the publicpresent at the teleshopIrausquin Plein and theevening’s winners, whichwere Mirla Tromp who wona cellular LG, John Thodewon 2 gift certificates andLudwina Pena-Kock won a 2month subscription for thenew package of Fixed linetelephone, TeleGratis.

SETAR closer to you…

A lot of information given during thefirst “SETAR Mas serca di bo!” session


Aruba’s Barracudas SynchroClub are in Toronto, Canada.These swimmers who fallunder the Arubaanse Zwem-bond.

These very gifted youngpeople will be competing inthe “CanadianEspoir Cham-p i o n s h i p s . ”This competi-tion is dividedinto twogroups; one ofages 12 andless, and theother ages 13to 15.

In Canada, only the verybest athletes of everyprovince are permitted to par-ticipate in the championship.After this competition,Canada will choose their na-tional selection of the agegroups which will representCanada at international com-petitions the following year.

The level of this athleticcompetition is extremely

high.In the 12 year and under

age group category, a total of66 athletes will be participat-ing. And, in the 13 to 15 yrs.age group 242 athletes willbe participating.

Aruba has,in both cate-gories, 8 ath-letes who willbe performingfigures, solo,duets andteam routines.This will bean enormous

experience for our Arubanathletes.

The competition wasscheduled to begin yesterdayMay 24th and will last untilSunday May 27th.

For those interested inwatching the events live, theycan do so via the website ofSynchro Canada: www.syn-chro.ca. We are extremelyproud of our Aruban team,and wish them great success!

Aruba’s synchronizedswimmers are off to Canada

CANNES -- (AFP) "7 Daysin Havana", a snapshot of theiconic Cuban capital broughtto the big screen in sevenchapters by seven top inter-national film-makers, held itsworld premiere Wednesdayin Cannes.

Oscar-winning actor Beni-

cio Del Toro makes his di-recting debut with the first ofthe chapters, about a youngAmerican tourist in Havanafor the first time who gets atouristic tour of the city thatis anything but traditional.

Each director takes histurn to describe how a visitor

spends a day in the city, withthe seven stories looselylinked through locations orthrough characters that slipfrom one chapter to the next.

Palestinian Elia Suleiman,whose film "Palestine" wonthe Jury Prize at the 2002Cannes Film Festival, directs

chapter four, about a youngPalestinian assigned to con-duct an interview with aprominent Cuban figure inthe city.

The other directors areLaurent Cantet, the Frenchwinner of Cannes' top Palmed'Or prize in 2008, Spain's

Julio Medem, Cuba's "Straw-berry and Chocolate" directorJuan Carlos Tabeo, France'sGaspar Noe, and Pablo Trap-ero of Argentina.

The film was shown out ofcompetition at the Cannesfestival.

Seven top directors take seven slices of Havana to Cannes

since British rule.His sentencing was an-

nounced two days after USPresident Barack Obama ap-peared to snub Pakistani Pres-ident Asif Ali Zardari at aNATO summit in Chicagoover Islamabad's refusal to lifta six-month blockade on tran-sit routes into Afghanistan.

Afridi ran a fake vaccina-tion program designed to col-lect bin Laden family DNAfrom the compound in the gar-rison town of Abbottabad, nearIslamabad, where the Al-Qaedaleader was shot dead in a UScommando raid in May 2011.

The US government saysPakistan has no basis to holdAfridi, whom an official at Pe-shawar central jail said was inpoor health and being keptaway from other prisoners toavoid any danger to his life.

quiring organizers to notifyauthorities eight hours aheadof public demonstrations.

Of those arrested in Mon-treal, 506 were held for unlaw-ful assembly but among theother 12 detentions one personwas held for "armed aggres-sion," two others for assaultingpolice, and one more was de-tained for wearing a mask.

Protesters said they werehandcuffed and their arms heldbehind their back, local mediareported.

Demonstrations have ragedin Montreal since mid-Febru-ary over a plan by provincialPremier Jean Charest and hisLiberal Party to raise tuitionfees at Quebec universities by82 percent, or $1,700, overfive years in order to rein in abudget deficit.

Some of the demonstrationshave turned violent, with store

MONTREAL (AFP) - Nearly700 people were arrestedovernight in rowdy demon-strations in Montreal and Que-bec over a planned hike instudent tuition fees with rocksbeing hurled at police, aspokesman said Thursday.

Police in Montreal had saidthe unsanctioned protestwould be tolerated if there wasno trouble but after some un-ruly behavior around midnightthey moved in and arrested518 demonstrators. Another170 people were detained inQuebec.

All were issued with amore-than $600 fine and re-leased on Thursday morning,the police spokesman said.

Several thousand demon-strators had poured into Mon-treal's central square lateWednesday for the rally, defy-ing a law passed last week re-


fronts smashed.The conflict escalated on

Sunday with more than 300overnight arrests after thepassing of the controversialnew law governing demon-strations.

Bill 78 prohibits freedom ofassembly anywhere in thefrancophone province withoutprior police approval and re-quires protesters to give theauthorities eight hours' noticebefore an event and follow aplanned route.

Rather than quelling the un-rest, it appears to have madethings worse for the embattledpremier.

The crisis has already felledone cabinet member, educa-tion minister Line Beauchamp,who said she was quitting pol-itics altogether because shehad "lost confidence in thegoodwill of student leaders."

Nearly 700 arrested in Canadastudent protests: police

WASHINGTON (AFP) - ASenate panel voted to cut aid toPakistan by a symbolic $33million on Thursday, $1 mil-lion for each year of jail timehanded to a Pakistani doctorconvicted of treason for help-ing the United States trackdown Osama bin Laden.

"We need Pakistan, Pak-istan needs us, but we don'tneed Pakistan double-dealing

and not seeing the justice inbringing Osama bin Laden toan end," said Republican sena-tor Lindsey Graham, whopressed for the measure.

Afridi was found guilty oftreason, sentenced Wednesdayto 33 years in prison and fined320,000 rupees ($3,500) underan archaic tribal justice systemthat has governed Pakistan'ssemi-autonomous tribal belt

US panel cuts Pakistan fundingover doctor row

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chambers of the Polish par-liament, the proposed reformstill requires approval from ofPresident Bronislaw Ko-morowski to take effect.

The law would still allowearly retirement for women at62 and men at 65, but withthe trade-off of a pension re-duced by half. Women wouldalso still need to accumulate35 years of work, and men40, to opt for the early retire-ment.

An AFP photographer saidThursday's protests sawabout 1,000 Solidarity unionmembers congregate undertheir union's flag in front ofthe presidential palace inWarsaw, where the head ofstate was expected to meetSolidarity chairman PiotrDuda.

On May 11, Solidarityunion members blocked alldoors at the parliament build-ing in Warsaw for severalhours, preventing MPs fromcoming and going after theyhad voted through the newretirement law.

In late March, over 10,000people took to the streets inWarsaw under Solidarity ban-ners to protest against thechanges.

WARSAW (AFP) - Polishunion members took to thestreets of the capital Thurs-day in the latest protestsagainst a new law that willgradually raise the retirementage to 67.

Under legislation pushedthrough by Prime MinisterDonald Tusk's centrist gov-ernment, the current retire-ment ages of 60 for womenand 65 for men will graduallyincrease to 67 by 2020 formen, and 2040 for women.

The reform has been lam-basted by unions and opposi-tion parties on the right andleft but the government in-sists the move is key to keep-ing the pension systemsolvent given the ex-commu-nist EU nation's low birth rateand ageing population.

Tusk's governing party haspointed to the risk of "a dra-matic labour shortage inPoland expected around2040."

It has also compared thereform to similar moves infellow EU states Denmark,Germany, Spain and theNetherlands which are cur-rently phasing-in 67 as theirofficial retirement age.

Already adopted by both

Polish union protestsagainst retirement at 67

Mexico later on Thursday, thehurricane center said.

The National Oceanic andAtmospheric Administration(NOAA), a US federal agency,meanwhile issued its AtlanticHurricane Season outlook,predicting that a "near-normalseason is most likely."

The Atlantic hurricane re-gion includes the northern At-lantic, the Caribbean Sea, andthe Gulf of Mexico.

some 250 miles southwest ofthe coastal town of Man-zanillo, with maximum sus-tained winds of 105 miles perhour, according to the USmonitors.

The NHC however issued atropical storm watch for thecoastline from Punta SanTelmo to La Fortuna, indicat-ing that storm conditions werepossible within the next 48hours.

MEXICO (AFP) - Mexicanauthorities were on stand-byThursday as the first easternPacific hurricane of the 2012season, named Bud, strength-ened to a category two stormoff the southwestern coast.

The Miami-based NationalHurricane Center said thestorm had strengthened to acategory two, but posed no im-mediate threat to land.

It was roiling in the sea


The storm was moving tothe north at a speed of ninetmiles (13 kilometers) per hourand was not expected to ap-proach the Mexican coast untillate Friday, at which point itwas expected to weakenslightly.

Storm swells causing "life-threatening surf and rip currentconditions" were expectedalong portions of the southernand southwestern coast of

Mexico on alert as hurricane Bud gathers force

Suu Kyi:Reforms bearing 'buds,'not fruit WASHINGTON (AFP) - Pro-democracy icon Aung San SuuKyi on Thursday voiced cau-tion about changes in Myan-mar, saying that a year ofreforms have started to "bearbuds" but not yet yield fruit.

Suu Kyi, who spent most ofthe past two decades underhouse arrest, entered parlia-ment this month in the mostdramatic sign of reform yet inthe country earlier known asBurma. But she has repeatedlysaid that reforms are fragile.

"It has been very satisfyingfor all of us in Burma to knowthat our efforts to promotehuman rights have begun to --I wouldn't say bear fruit -- butbear buds," Suu Kyi said in avideo message to the graduat-ing class of Johns HopkinsUniversity in Baltimore, whichpresented her with an honorarydegree.

"The buds have yet to blos-som and the blossoms have yetto turn to fruit. But at leastthey're beginning to bearbuds," Suu Kyi said.

The Nobel Peace Prize win-ner also appealed to JohnsHopkins University and otherUS educational institutions tolook for ways to help Myan-mar meet a "great need" to im-prove its young people's skills.

"There are vast numbers ofunemployed graduates inBurma because the universitieshave not given them the kindof basic education that wouldenable them to find jobs," SuuKyi said.

President Thein Sein, anominal civilian, has surprisedeven many critics since takingover last year by undertakingreforms including freeing po-litical prisoners and starting di-alogue with Suu Kyi andethnic rebels.

The United States has easeda limited number of sanctionson Myanmar, but both Suu Kyiand US officials have calledfor a careful and gradualprocess in order to preserveleverage and encouragechange by the leaders.

Suu Kyi plans next week totravel abroad for the first timesince 1988 to address an eco-nomic forum in Bangkok. Shelater plans to visit Britain, Nor-way and Switzerland.

In Oslo, she will make aspeech to accept the NobelPeace Prize that was awardedto her in 1991 and accepted byher British husband MichaelAris, who died in 1999, andtheir two sons.

The report was based on in-terviews with over 22,200Romas and non-Romas in 11countries -- France, Italy, Por-tugal, Greece, Portugal, Spain,Bulgaria, Czech Republic,Hungary, Poland, Romaniaand Slovakia -- representingmuch of Europe's Roma popu-lation.

The findings are to be usedto inform the European Com-mission's policy on Roma,with Kjaerum calling for moreinvestment into educatingyoung people from this com-munity.

"This is key to unlock theirfuture potential, and it willequip young Roma with theskills they need to escape thevicious cycle of discrimina-tion, exclusion and poverty,"he said.

The Roma minority in Eu-rope has a population of 10-12million people, according toFRA estimates.

young Romas in the EuropeanUnion have a secondary edu-cation or vocational training.

This compares with over 70percent for non-Romas wholive in similar conditionsnearby, according to the re-port, which made a point of in-terviewing people from thetwo communities who shared"the same environment, labourmarket and social infrastruc-ture."

VIENNA (AFP) - Only one insix of Europe's young Romashave studied beyond primaryschool, while half of the pop-ulation lacks a toilet, showeror electricity, a new reportsaid.

The study, conductedjointly by the EU FundamentalRights Agency (FRA), the UNdevelopmment programme(UNDP) and the World Bank,found that only 15 percent of


Health & Living

Navarro distanced herselffrom a lawmaker who sug-gested the deaths, which oc-curred between April 13 andMay 20, were caused by watercontaminated by leaking liq-uid gas.

To prevent further fatalities,vaccination teams have beenrushed to the affected Camanacommunity of 720 people thatcan only be reached by river.

In February 2011, at leastsix children in another regionof the Amazon, in Peru'snortheast, died of rabies car-ried by bats.

LIMA (AFP) - Seven childrenhave died from rabies in Peruover the past two months afterbeing bitten by bats, an officialsaid Wednesday.

The children, aged 11months to 14, hailed from a re-mote region about 1,160 kilo-meters (721 miles) southeastof the capital Lima, HealthMinistry official Ana MariaNavarro told AFP.

"According to the symp-toms and medical reports, itappears the seven indigenouschildren died of rabies," shesaid.

Rabid bats kill 7 childrenin Peru: health ministry

Half of Roma population lackshousehold sanitation: study

"Our results suggest thatsecond- or third-trimesterH1N1 vaccination was associ-ated with improved fetal andneonatal outcomes during therecent pandemic," the re-searchers write in an abstractthat also underscored that thefindings need to be confirmedby future studies.

Earlier this month, anothergroup of Canadian researchersdiscovered that the "swine flu"vaccine triggered a series ofantibodies that protect againstmany other types of flu, in-cluding the highly lethalH5N1 bird flu strain.

MONTREAL (AFP) - Womenwho get flu shots while preg-nant could also be protectingthe health of their babies be-fore and after birth, a newstudy suggests.

Using statistics from theCanadian province of Ontario,the findings, published thisweek in the American Journalof Public Health, are based oncomparisons between expect-ing women who did and didnot receive an H1N1 vaccineduring the 2009-2010 "swineflu" pandemic that killed morethan 14,000 people world-wide.

Flu shots during pregnancycould benefit babies: study

Environmental datashowed a greater influence ofa shorter-lived radionuclidethan longer-lasting ones, thereport said.

With Chernobyl about 30percent of the lifetime dosewas delivered during the firstyear and 70 percent in thefirst 15 years.

In Fukushima prefecturethe radiation was mostly re-ceived via ground depositswhereas elsewhere in Japanfood ingestion was the mainpath.

GENEVA (AFP) - Radiationaffecting residents in Japan'sFukushima prefecture sincethe nuclear plant disaster isbelow the reference level forpublic exposure in all but twoareas, the World Health Or-ganization said.

The report compiled byexperts and based on dataavailable up to Septemberlast year also said radiationdoses received beyond thefirst year are likely to belower than that after the 1986Chernobyl catastrophe.

Fukushima radiation mostlywithin accepted levels: WHO


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NEW YORK (AFP) - Thedollar extended its gainsagainst the euro and othermajor currencies Thursday asinvestors sought safety as Eu-rope's leaders struggle to con-tain Greece's debt crisis.

The euro was traded at$1.2532 around 2100 GMT,down from $1.2582 at thesame time Wednesday.

The dollar also strength-ened against the Japanesecurrency from a day ago, to79.59 yen from 79.45 yen.

The embattled Europeancurrency earlier had plungedto $1.2516, its lowest levelsince July 2010, after a Euro-pean Union summit lateWednesday produced noclear path forward in the debtcrisis and markets were be-sieged by a slew of discour-aging economic data for theeurozone and Britain.

"Nothing in the data...suggests that economic con-ditions in the UK and Europeare easing against a backdropof policy paralysis across Eu-rope," CMC Markets analystMichael Hewson told AFP.

"Unless policymakerscome up with radical new so-lutions... they will soon befaced with the prospect of de-livering closer fiscal integra-tion or overseeing thebreakup of the euro," he said.

Kathy Lien, head of cur-rency research at GFT, saidthe European Central Bank"unfortunately... is just sittingon the sidelines waiting forthe heads of states in the re-gion to end their politicalgridlock."

"Europe, the euro and theworld for that matter desper-ately needs helps from the Eu-

ropean Central Bank who hasit within their power to stopthe EUR/USD from falling,"she said. "The next stop couldbe a six-year low of $1.20."

The latest US economicindicators were subdued,showing the tentative recov-ery remained on track despitehigh unemployment.

New claims for US unem-ployment benefits fell lastweek, signaling a slow stabi-lization in the pace of layoffs.

Big-ticket manufacturingrose in April, with durablegoods orders up a modest 0.2percent. Excluding the defensesector, they jumped 1.2 percent.

"There were no major up-side surprises but the modestdecline in jobless claims andthe rebound in durable goodsorders confirm that the USeconomy is recovering,"GFT's Lien said.

Against the Swiss cur-rency, the dollar rose to0.9584 francs from 0.9543late Wednesday.

The pound fell to $1.5668from $1.5689.

Dollar hits 22-monthpeak vs. euro

c. Satisfaction and loy-alty factors

The analysis of the portcompetitiveness suggests thatour cruise port enjoys a highrating compared to ports inthe region. Services such ascleanliness, friendliness ofport staff, and port safetygenerated a high score. Thestudy did reveal however thatthe impact of the port on thegeneral satisfaction level didnot have a primary role in in-fluencing the decision to re-turn to the destination.

Further analysis also re-vealed that the port’s totaleconomic impact on theeconomy of Aruba is aboutUS 150 million dollars. Theaverage spending per passen-ger on our island was aboutUS 170 dollars, which is asubstantial increase from thelatest figures published byour Central Bureau of Statis-tics in 2005 (US112.11 dol-

lars). Cruise tourism is an essen-

tial component of our tourismindustry. In addition to bene-fitting our country it has atremendous potential of con-tinuing to generate financialgains on a long term basis. Itis our intention that this studyhighlights the importance ofthe port as the primary pointof contact with the passengerupon disembarkation butmore importantly we want todraw attention to the revenuethat the cruise industry gener-ates for our island and howthat impacts the lives of ourpeople. On behalf of theAruba Ports Authority N.V.we thank the students of theUniversity of Aruba for a jobwell done during the inter-views.

Aruba Ports AuthorityN.V. together with the Uni-versity of Aruba signed anMoU in 2011 to conduct

studies pertinent to our portand its impact on the econ-omy of Aruba. The study isdistributed with authorization

of the University of Aruba.For additional informationc o n t a c t :[email protected]

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not immediately respond to re-quests for confirmation, or fur-ther details.

the nation that wins the eventplays host to the competitionthe following year.

Pastora Soler, who will rep-resent Spain on Saturday inBaku with her ballad "QuedateConmigo" ("Stay With Me"),said that when she met direc-tors from broadcaster TVE,they joked: "Please, don'twin!"

"I think it is not the mo-ment, neither for Spain nor forSpanish public to win Eurovi-sion. If we won, I think itwould be impossible to stagethe next edition because itcosts so much money," shetold ABC Punto Radio.

Spain's conservative gov-ernment has slashed spendingand raised taxes to reduce thenation's public deficit.

The spending cuts have af-fected all areas, including pub-lic television TV which hasbeen forced to cancel severalpopular television shows as aresult.

The winner of the Eurovi-sion contest -- which began in1956 as an elegant black-tieevent -- is selected by a juryand online and telephone votesfrom viewers.

Mocked for its "bubblegumpop" and overtly political vot-ing, the contest has been wontwice by Spain.

The event boasts a televi-sion audience estimated ataround 125 million peopleeach year.

MADRID (AFP) - Spanishpublic television directorsurged the country's EurovisionSong Contest entry not to winthis weekend's event becausethey would not be able to af-ford to stage it next year if shedid.

Under the rules of the con-test, the public broadcaster of

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Spanish Eurovisionsinger urged to go for'nul point'

fans is sorry I can't be withyou."

Publicists for the singer did

LOS ANGELES (AFP) - EltonJohn has canceled three showsin Las Vegas this week afterbeing hospitalized for a "seri-ous respiratory infection" inLos Angeles, he said in a state-ment reported Thursday.

The British singer spent theday Wednesday at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center where heunderwent extensive tests, itsaid, announcing the cancela-tion of his "Million DollarPiano" tour shows on Thurs-day, Saturday and Sunday thisweek.

"Elton developed a seriousrespiratory infection last week-end while performing at TheColosseum (in Vegas) on Sun-day, May 20," said the state-ment, apparently from hiswebsite, reported by the LATimes.

"This week the conditionworsened, even with medica-tion and rest, resulting in Eltonbeing hospitalized at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center where heremained throughout the dayfor extensive tests.

"Those tests resulted in theattending... physician recom-mending that Elton not per-form any concerts forapproximately seven days withcomplete rest and antibiotictreatment to cure his respira-tory infection and prevent anydamage."

In the statement -- whichwas not immediately viewableon his website, Twitter feed orFacebook page -- John said hewas "very disappointed" athaving to cancel.

"It feels strange not to beable to perform these 'MillionDollar Piano' concerts at TheColosseum," John said.

"I love performing thisshow and I will be thrilledwhen we return to The Colos-seum in October to completethe 11 concerts soon to bescheduled. All I can say to the

Elton John cancels US shows dueto illness: reports

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and drop-off; they even boasta shopping service to stockyour shelves before arrival.

Gold Coast accommoda-tions are elegant and spa-cious, offering privacy forparents or a few couples.

Beautifully appointedkitchens and bathrooms graceeach abode; barbecues andlounges are provided forfriendly cookouts and trulysavoring the island life. Allhomes come with cable TV,

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rental cars, spa appointments,activities and restaurant reser-vations are all part of thepackage.

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“The greater portion ofhome owners are using their“home away from home” inAruba to escape the wintermonths, or spend holidayswith the family on the is-land,” noted Gold Coast de-veloper Fito Croes. To assistin the demand for more com-plete facilities for groupsand fa mi- lies, famed hote-lier Ed Ma-lone has beenplaced in charge of the rentalprogram.

Staying at Gold Coast is avery attractive proposition forthose traveling with groupsthat would require multiplehotel rooms. Two and threebedroom Villas or TownHomes accommodate largenumbers and offer extensiveamenities along with a finalcost resulting in considerablesavings. The community isminutes to the best beachesand all the casino action, andoffers a quiet and secludedgetaway with two swimmingpools and specialized serviceswith more on the way, such asa fitness room, tennis courtsand mini-mall. Ed canarrange maid service, babysit-ters, caterers, airline pick-up

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Idaho potatoes, is enough tobe shared by two. He wasvery amused to watch a fa-mous French chef demon-strating the best way tomake fried potatoes on agourmet cooking show andcould only comment “Hestole my recipe!” Try themthe English way-with vine-gar, and you’ll wonder howyou ever ate fries without it.This same 5-star chef alsoswears by Gouda as the besttopping for the ideal gour-

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Expatriates from Boston,Massachusetts,residingon Aruba, Aaron andRosie Walisever are liv-ing their dream: a homeon paradise while wel-coming all and sundry totheir proud undertaking, 5Burgers Aruba. Somemay be quite well ac-quainted with a nationallyknown U.S franchisebearing the name “5”,and patrons can expectthe same great quality be-tween the buns, but an ex-panded menu and Rosieand Aaron’s fanaticaldedication to giving theircustomers what they re-ally want has resulted ina unique menu.

“You never get a secondchance to make a first impres-sion,” comments Aaron; andupon entering 5 BurgersAruba in The Village Mall inPalm Beach, one is struck byutterly spotless surroundingsand a smiling, friendly, atten-tive service crew. Of course,the main item on the menu isburgers-the way they weremeant to be, thick and juicy,made fresh daily and 100%pure beef, the kind that madethe hamburger a traditionalAmerican treat.

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produced the greatest numberof assists in qualifying, acrossall groups.

Sweden's task is tough in agroup containing hostsUkraine and traditional powersEngland and France.

However, those last twocertainly won't be taking theSwedes lightly.

Back in 1992 they wereagain considered the favouritesin a group containing Swedenand Denmark but the Swedescame top and both Englandand France crashed out.

That is perhaps a little harshas it is naturally tougher to findspace and be effective againstbetter teams but Ibrahimovicstill has a lot to prove.

He was his team's top scorerin the group stages but his roleis more than just finishingthings off in the box. He is afocal point for bringing thelikes of Kim Kallstrom, Sebas-tian Larsson and Johan Elman-der into the game.

Kallstrom is another crucialelement to the team as, along-side Germany's Mesut Ozil, he

Krakow zoo director TeresaGrega told AFP on Thursday.

With fruit for her crystalball, Citta will call the out-come of the June 8 Poland-Greece match at the WarsawNational Stadium by pickingbetween three apples -- two la-belled with country names andthe third in case of a tie.

The Indian-born elephant -- who spent twenty-odd yearsin a German circus beforemoving to Austria, Spain andKrakow in 2006 -- appears toreally enjoy football, accord-ing to Grega.

In 2010, Paul the Octopusbecame the world's most fa-mous mollusk when he fore-told the results of every matchplayed by Germany at theWorld Cup in South Africa, aswell as Spain's victory againstthe Netherlands in the final.

Paul has since died, leavingit up to Citta to take up the an-imal-soothsayer mantel inPoland, while co-host Ukrainehas chosen a pig in capitalKiev to divine outcomes.

Getting in on the animal acttoo are a sausage dog calledSissi and Rossi an octopus,both from Germany, andNicholas, an English-basedllama.

Krakow, will make her firsttournament prophecy on June6, two days before the kick-offof the 16-nation contest co-hosted this year by Poland andUkraine.

"During her meet-and-greetwith the media, she swalloweda football: it was leather notplastic and had no adverse ef-fect on her digestive system,"

placed team in qualifyingthanks to a 3-2 win over theNetherlands in their last groupgame.

That ended the Dutchteam's 17 match group stagewinning run and proved thatSweden are capable of mixingit with the big guns.

Their best Euros resultcame when they hosted theevent in 1992 when theyreached the semi-finals but thisis a competition that has not al-ways been won by thefavourites.

Denmark's victory in 1992and Greece's in 2004 are testa-ment to the surprises the Euroscan produce.

Sweden are built around asolid and organised defencelooking to launch quickcounter-attacks, somethingsimilar to tactics Greece usedto great success in 2004.

A lot depends on Sweden'stalisman, AC Milan strikerZlatan Ibrahimovic.

Outside of his homelandand Italy he is often consideredto be someone who looks agenuis against minnows butfails to produce the goodswhen the going gets tough.

1992.But since then they have

been regulars at both majorevents, missing out only twiceon World Cup qualificationand once at the Euros since1990.

They have become some-thing of a steady but unspec-tacular presence at mostinternational events.

Their qualification for thistournament was quite impres-sive considering they missedout on the 2010 World Cup.

They pipped Portugal andCroatia as the best second

STOCKHOLM (AFP) - Hav-ing failed to reach the 2010World Cup in South Africa,Euro 2012 is an importanttournament for Sweden toprove they have overcome thatsetback.

Prior to the 1990s, Sweden'squalification record for bigtournaments was patchy to saythe least.

Although they had qualifiedfor seven out of 12 WorldCups from 1934 to 1986, theyhad never made it to a Euro-pean Championship finals be-fore hosting the competition in

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Sweden looking for redemption at Euros

WARSAW (AFP) - An ele-phant in Poland is set to sniffout winners in the Euro 2012football championships, usingher trunk where Germany'sPaul the Octopus used his wilyarms to prophesy for the 2010World Cup.

Citta, a 33-year-old femaleelephant from a zoo in thesouthern Polish city of

Citta the elephant to sniff outEuro 2012 wins

Swedish Petter Hansson ( Sweden beat defending champi-ons Greece 2-0 in their opening Euro 2008 Group D match)

AFP/Photo

Citta, a 33-year-old female elephantAFP/Photo

The last time the 76ers andCeltics squared off in a gameseven was 1982. The rivalrybegan back in 1949-50 whenthe 76ers were based in Syra-cuse.

"Game sevens are whatthey are," Rivers said. "It isnice to have it at home butyou have got to go get it."

The 76ers and Celticshave met in the postseason 11times with Boston winningseven of those.

Frenchman MickaelPietrus drained a 22-footjumper from beyond the arcto give the Celtics a 36-33lead at halftime.

Philadelphia stepped it upin the third quarter, buildinga 60-56 lead going into thefourth.

and centre Andrew Bynum.The third team comprises

guards Rajon Rondo andDwyane Wade, forwardsCarmelo Anthony and DirkNowitzki and centre TysonChandler.

This is Chandler's secondaward this month as he wasrecently named the NBA De-fensive Player of the Year.

NEW YORK (AFP) - KobeBryant, Kevin Durant andleague MVP LeBron Jameshighlight the National Basket-ball Association's All-Starteam which was announced onThursday.

That trio are joined byChris Paul and DwightHoward. For Bryant, it markshis seventh consecutive and10th first All-Star team selec-tion.

Durant, who edged Bryantfor the scoring title with an av-erage of 28 points per game,earned 117 first team votes.

James received 118 of 120first team votes to make hisfifth-consecutive team.

He led Miami in scoring(27.1 points per game), assists(6.2 assists per game) and re-bounding (7.9 rebounds pergame). James also shot a ca-reer-best 53.1 percent fromthe floor this season.

The second team consistsof guards Russell Westbrookand Tony Parker, forwardsKevin Love and Blake Griffin

phia. "We had a lot of emptypossessions offensively."

Game five hero BrandonBass finished with just eightpoints on two-of-12 shooting.His 27 points sparked Bostonto a 101-85 rout on Mondayand a series lead.

Boston was equally inept attimes, shooting just 33 per-cent from the floor and com-mitting 17 turnovers.

Paul Pierce and KevinGarnett provided 24 and 20points for Boston, who keptwithin striking distance bymaking 20-of-23 from thefree-throw line.

"They had a lot of energytonight and I just think theyoutplayed us," Celtics coachDoc Rivers said of Philadel-

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Brandon Bass #30 of the Boston celtics gets his hand tied

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plan for hosting the games.Japanese Prime Minister

Yoshihiko Nodo said hostingthe Games would "serve as asymbol of Japan's recoveryfrom last year's tragedy."

As in 2008, Tokyo is con-sidered the frontrunner withthe best technical file, but isfacing fewer rivals this round,with the total number of can-didate cities down from fivelast time.

With the 2018 WinterOlympics being held inPyeongchang, however, theremay be a reluctance to holdback-to-back events in Asia.

Ordinarily Madrid wouldbe seen as running close withTokyo, having beaten them inthe race for 2016 only to finisha runner-up to Rio de Janeiro.Madrid also offers some of thebest conditions for athletes.

But the specter of Spain'sdire financial crisis hangs overthe bid.

months to make final impres-sions upon the IOC to boosttheir candidacy.

Tokyo 2020 bid chiefTsunekazu Takeda saidWednesday that being on theshort list would help boost thespirits of the Japanese peopleafter last year's devastatingearthquake and tsunam.

Tokyo is the only one of thecandidates to have hosted theevent before, doing so in 1964,and many see Tokyo as thepacesetter because of its sound

QUEBEC CITY(AFP) -Tokyo, Istanbul and Madridmade the first cut among bid-ders to host the 2020Olympics, as the InternationalOlympic Committee an-nounced that Baku and Dohawere dropped from the run-ning.

The IOC will decide whichcity will host the 2020Olympics in a final vote onSeptember 7, 2013 in BuenosAires. That gives the remain-ing hopefuls more than 15

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PHILADELPHIA (AFP) - ThePhiladelphia 76ers kept theirseason alive with an 82-75victory over the BostonCeltics Wednesday to force aseventh game in their EasternConference playoff series.

Jrue Holiday finished witha team-high 20 points and sixassists while Elton Brand had13 points and 10 rebounds forthe Sixers who evened the sec-ond round series at threegames each.

"We competed every pos-session. It was a battle,"Philadelphia head coach DougCollins said. "Our guys did areally good job tonight."

Game seven takes place inBoston on Saturday.

"We have given ourselves achance. All we wanted was towin tonight and give ourselvesa chance," Collins added.

Philadelphia reboundedfrom a 101-85 loss in gamefive by rallying in the secondhalf to beat the favouredCeltics.

Philadelphia missed 11 freethrows, hit just one-of-ninefrom three-point range andwere outrebounded 48-37. Butthe Sixers had five playersreach double figures in scor-ing.

"That was a gutty win tosay the least," said Collins."We had 33 points at halftimewith five missed free throwsand nine turnovers. It wasn't amasterpiece. In the secondhalf we took away a lot ofthose dunks and layups. Sec-ond half, we only had threeturnovers.

"The one thing I wanted usto do was keep pushing."

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