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www.themorningnewsaruba.com + [email protected] TeMGRNING is Your Source for local news in AS Wednesday, January 8, 2014 aya G.F. Betico Croes 111 T. 588-9517 F. 5889518. Seroe Preto City of Lights marks the change of seasons SAN NICOLAS -- One of Aruba's most beloved holiday traditions, the Seroe Preto City of Lights, went dark on Monday evening. The festive event, attended by hundreds, officially signals the end of the holiday mood for many, and heralds in the camival season ‘A volunteer effort by the Youth Union of Seroe Preto, the stunning lighting display features a different theme each year. The lights go on in mid-December, and admis- sion to walk through this fan- tasy world and take pictures is free On weekends, local bands will perform, bringing out families and neighbors to share the festive ambiance The final night of the Seroe Preto light display is Epiphany, or Three King's Day, January 6. which is the end of the Twelve Days of Christmas. The Greek Ortho- dox celebrate the baptism of Jesus on Epiphany and consider the day to be more important than Christmas ‘Though itis an official public holiday in the U'S,, itis not on Aruba. However, gather- ing at Seroe Preto to greet friends and wish them well throughout the year, is a beloved tradition on this day. As the evening work on towards midnight, the entire community filled the street of the City of Lights This year, TST Band provided the entertainment. As the evening progressed and midnight approached, the music segued from favorite Christmas songs to Carnival favorites, and all welcomed the upcoming season of rev- elry and pageantry. The first official Carnival 60 event vill be this coming Saturday evening in Oranjestad, as the Torch Parade inaugurates the season. By Rosalie Klein Obama presses Republicans on jobless benefits WASHINGTON (AFP) - President Barack Obama made an emotional, moral and economic case for extending long term unemployment benefits on Tuesday, Jacking off his first skirmish ofthe year with Republicans ‘The spat over prolonging the lifeline to 1.3 million ‘Americans, among millions more also looking for work, represents the first political test of wills in Washington at the start of a mid-term elec- tion year. "I can't name atime when I met an Amencan who would rather have an unemployment check than the pride of having a_ job," Obama said, surrounded by people who lost their benefits when Congress failed to act last “The unemployed are not lazy, they are not lacking in motivation, they are coping with the aftermath of the sis in gen- Obama said at the White House. ‘Moments before the president spoke, in an early sign of the nsing political pressure on the issue, the Senate nar- rowly advanced efforts to provide long term jobless benefits ‘The federal government's emergency unemployment compensation program, which extends benefits beyond the 26 weeks provided by most states, expired on December 28, leaving hundreds of thousands of families in the lurch just three days after Christmas Most Republicans ob- jected to the $6.5-billion price tag for the proposed three-month extension, and the lack of a plan to pay for the cost without expanding the national debt. Continued on pg6 Peace talks deadline may be extended: Israel minister JERUSALEM (AFP) - Mid- dle East peace talks could be extended beyond their April deadline, Israel's defence minister said Tuesday, insist- ing current negotiations were aimed solely at providing a framework for final talks ‘The remarks came a day after US Secretary of State John Kerry left following four days of intense meetings with Israeli and Palestinian leaders, during which he failed to broker agreement on a framework to guide the talks forward “We are now trying to reach a framework to continue negotiations for a period beyond the nine months some thought would suffi reaching apermanent ac Defence Minister Moshe Yaalon told reporters during a tour of a military base. “We are not working on a framework agreement, but on a framework for negotiations, for continuing negotiations for a longer period," Yaalon was quoted as saying in a statement from his office Kerry kicked-started nine months of direct peace negotiations in July after a three- year hiatus But his latest visit was clouded by bitter recrimina- tions, with leaders on both sides accusing each other of not being serious partners in the search for peace to Israeli media, Kerry was due back in the region next week = Are you ready! 2 THE MORNING NEWS / LOCAL NEWS Wednesday, Janaury 8, 2014 Hours: - All you can eat WV sam - 10pm ish Sunday-Thursday pancakes ane eee ee ) 8am - 3am ish Friday & Saturday 36.99 Phone number 586-3904 = 2Eggs Toast | Se 4 OW Serving = , $4.99 | Noreakfast Seam | lunch and dinner Coffee or » Tea ; | inlimites —_— : as .2ee —nsnus"toe Burgers, Fries.. & More! © —_ Aruba represented at Manizales, Colombia ;Cas Animal Cont'd _ Georgina Martinus representing | A very promising Aruba at the ‘Reinado beginning to 2014! Internacional del Café 2014 This family has two new babies The Cas Animal Sanctuary imal founder, Kirsten Amdt, and Foundation of Aruba is has discovered hundreds of dedicated to rescuing aban- times over that with proper doned and abused dogs offis-. medical care, they can be re- land streets, ideally to be habilitated to be a wonderful placed in a good home, No friend to aloving person, matter how badly injured or weakened by disease, Cas An RELISH Seafood WwiiySeafooa — B_ 297-280-6666 4 Lb Fresh Fish USS 10.85 AFls. 19.00 includes: 4c funci, fried plantains french fis, creole sauce & pickled onions) 4 Lb Fresh Shrimps US$ 15.40 AFis. 27.00] (inciudes: 2-p funchi ied plantains french fries, tartar sauce & pickled onions) |Calco “Conch” in Creole or garlic sauce US$ 2170 AFls. 38.00 (Includes: Rice, coleslaw, french fries & fried plantain) Panfried Lobster 6 oz. 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Cont. from pg 2 Often, their afflictions are only superficial, but rendenng them unattractive, which isno reason, in Kirsten's opinion, to deprive them of a happy life and the chance to be a loyal, loving companion Kirsten is very happy and optimistic regarding the year 2014. She foresees breaking ground on the full-size sanctuary and clinic on the drawing board, with land promised her by the government years ago Also, on avery positive note, five ‘adoptions have opened the new year, which is always a great reason to celebrate ‘Two of the puppies at the shelter were adopted by Luis and Shomaira of Aruba, and be great companions to their two children. Cas Animal also provides free animal am- toulance service for life for the dogs adopted from the shelter If they are in need of medical attention, shots or neutering and the families that have taken them in have not time or transport to see it done, Cas Animal will ferry them to the veterinary clinic when neces- sary. There are still more puppies available from the same litter, if anyone else wishes to start of the year be providing a good home ‘Avisitor from Philadelphia has taken in a third puppy, Aaron, who winged his way to the US. on Monday. Two more grown dogs the vaca toner found on the streets will be joining him as soon as they are certified as healthy enough to travel. Kirsten hopes this is a harbinger of the year to me, with many more suc sful adoptions Presently, Cas Animal has everything in place to embark on its ultimate mission: the construction of Aruba's first strictly no-kill dog shelter. The facility will house close to 300 dogs, plus cats and have an onsite-clinic It has been de- signed to run on renewable energy and be wholly sustain- able. Until then, Kirsten has converted her home into a temporary sanctuary Presently, she cares for around 50 dogs she has rescued, with the ever-present hope of plac- ing them in good homes Whether they are adopted or not, she will continue to care for and love them, despite lost limbs from accidents, or a missing eye. They have a happy life and the companion- ship they crave, With only a few bureaucratic kinks to iron out, construction should begin early this year ‘Anyone who may be inter- ested in adopting a dog can, even if you are not an island resident. Call Kirsten at 742- 8732 and she will help you through the process of acquir- ing the papers and a carrier needed to take home one of our sweet, affectionate cunucu dogs, who make excellent watch dogs, too. As this story demonstrates, this is done reg- ularly and many happy own- ers find great pleasure in being reminded every day of Aruba by the loving new companion The medical and feeding costs of rescued animals is never ending, Those wishing to support Kirsten's work with donations can do so in the form of payment to the Cas Animal Foundation account at the Contreras Veterinary Clin- ll, $87-0917. Donations bbe made directly to the foundation's account: Cas An- a a~ nfocu — OBOBICANA Buz GR00. GBOBDICANA. ARUBA RESORT & CASINO Government to embark on six mayor projects and construction of school in Noord ORANJESTAD -- Dunng a recent press conference, the Minister of Infrastructure, Minister Benny Sievinger, elaborated on the govern ment's vision for the next four years, He focused on the various infrastructure projects, such as the renovation and construction ofroads and gov- emment buildings During the past administra- tion several mayor renovation projects were successfully completed, to mention: the Mana College, Abraham de Veer School, Paulus School, Cristo Rey, St. Anna School and Mon Plaisir School, In addition, there were a group of schools which were main- tained which contributed to an investment of about 30 million Florins In the current administra- tion of the Eman Cabinet, they haved already prepared a pri- ority list of school buildings to be renovated. The schools mentioned are Bonifacius School, Arco Ins School, Prinses Amalia Basis School, Antonius College, Colegio Arubano San Nicolaas, and ‘Augustinus College. There are also plans for building a new MAVO/HAVO and VWO school in Noord. ‘With respet to this project, the government indicated that the drawings are ready and that the department in ques- tion is working on the law to go to Parliament for approval. This school building project this year at lose to the Frans Figaroa Sport Complex. This project alone is expected to cost 16 million Florins PPV Caiso & Soca Monarch 2014 available now at Early Bird price! ORANJESTAD -- Fundacion Musica (Music Foundation of ‘Amba are organizing the Caiso & Soca Monarch 2014 The pre-finals will be on February 11, 12 and 13 with the grand final on February 15th 2014. SETAR Cable Services is makcing it possible for everyone who cannot assist this event to be still able to view this “live” via Pay per View in the comfort of their own home ‘As a special SETAR is of- fering this package at an Early Bird price of Afl. 85,- whichis valid until January 17th, 2014 After this date the package will be sold at its normal price ‘The package will include all the pre-final nights and the grand final of the Caiso & Soca Monarch 2014. Packages are obtainable at all SETAR teleshops and SETAR store. One can also call 5251700. Sponsors of the Caiso PPV are SETAR, Romar Trading and Aruba Bank THE MORNING NEWS / LOCAL NEWS Wednesday, January 8, 2014 4 Exclusive interview with i = Leonardo DiCaprio Aruban cinemas will opeaon by Hollywood Correspondent to THE MORNING _ tivna value, it's provento be Thursday with the latest feature film of the latest Martin Scorsese film "The World of WallStreet" starring Leonardo DiCaprio. Based on the true story of Jordan Belfort, from his rise to a wealthy stockbroker living the high life, to his fall in- volving crime, corruption and the federal government, the film has already eamed two Golden Globe nominations and a dozen more from other film organizations, including Best Picture and Best for DiCaprio. Some critics have cited it as Scorsese's “finest film since "Goodfel- las." “Leo roars like a tiger in the Wolf of Wall Street, in which he plays a hustler seeking to get rich off of other people’s money," De Souza writes. "It is a per- formance that already has Oscar buzz." NDS: DO YOU THINK THAT PEOPLE IN GER- ERAL ARE GREEDY? LDC I have tned to attnb- ute it to a time period of a civilization and you come to realize that greed is inher- ently a part of life, nothing ‘would survive without oppor- tunism and greed. No species out there would not take over another species ifit could not survive We are all homo- sapiens, these intelligent life forms, able to progress beyond that and find a way to live in harmony with others without taking advantage But ultimately, what [leamed from the character I play in the film is that I feel guilt for the things that 1 have done, and yet, when talking to people who where actually np- ping people off many of them got off on taking advantage of these people. It made them happy in a way. NDS: HAVE YOU EVER THOUGHT THAT YOU HAVE ENOUGH MONEY, OR THAT YOU NEED MORE? LDC:I have seen people play that game, the game of obtaining more and more wealth. If they don’t have anything else to fulfil their life, I have met people like that, it motivates them twenty-four hours a day. But often, people like that who I have met don’t have a foundation of much else around them that feeds them. Not to say that some of the richest men in the world aren’t incredibly healthy, normal peo- the same as dog bone. But for NEWS Noel de Souza some reason, their bone is Di Caprio in “The World of Wallstreet” ple, but it’s like this addiction to greed that I see constantly, where people just only think about how they can get more and achieve more. So I of course want to be successful, Iwant to do stuff to a degree to make money, and I think everyone likes to make money, but ultimately, you can’t let it be your obsession in life. Otherwise it becomes pretty miserable NDS: POWER IS IN- TOXICATING- LEONARDO, YOU CAN PRETTY WELL GET ANY THING THAT YOU WISHE. TO HAVE, THERE ARE ALWAYS ‘YES’ PEOPLE AROUND YOU. SO HOW DO YOU KEEP FROM GOING EXCESSIVE? LDC: It is always important to have abalance. If you don’t have the right people around you always checking you, and in alot of ways itis a period that you go through and I remember that when I was young. I had a period where I thought that I knew every thing, and a couple of people checked me early on, and then you get the realiza- tion that all of this is. in alot of ways, some imaginary ‘world really, andit’s based on art and your achievements in the arts- that is an important thing to remember Ulti- mately we are not changing the society, and solving world hunger. NDS: BUT YOU GET ACCESS TO A LOT OF THINGS THAT OTHER PEOPLE DON’T. LDC: Yes, my life is completely different than it was ten, fifteen years ago. And thal’s the nature of the beast, that’s what happens. And i am just grateful to be able to do what I do, what I do hon- estly. And yes, advantages come with it and so do disad- vantages, but I feel incredibly lucky to be where I am, to be able to do the work that I do and have the life that I have NDS: YOU WILL BE FORTY YEARS OLD BE- FORE LONG, YOU ARE 39 NOW, COULD YOU RE- FLECT UPON WHAT YOU ARE MOST PROUND OF IN YOUR LIFE, AND WHAT YOU HOPE THAT THE FUTURE WILL HOLD FOR YOU? LDC: I think a lot about the time when I was sixteen and what has changed as an actor, for me, And I think to be very honest, I am not at all different than I was then as far as the actor that I wanted to become, and the movies that I wanted to do, that’s for some reason the same. I am actually surprised, if there is one thing I am proud of as a young man is the choices that Imade, Iook back and I say, who was this little snot nosed kid that I am proud of, the choices that I made and stick- ing to my guns. But as an actor I am always trying to get better, be free and take more chances, I took almost a year off after doing three movies in a row and it’s been a luxury to have that time off I did alot of environmental work in that time. But I also got to recon- nect with me and see what I enjoy. And not have the stress of that thing that I was yeam- ing in me as a sixteen year old boy, which is go out there and achieve, go and be ag- gressive as you possibly can, and be the most ambitious ground up for, basically, ere tions. We have gotten the opportunity with this new grant actor you possibly can and I am not stopping and I am going to look for another project soon, but it has been '0 steate four new parks wath good to have the time to re- comidors to keep the popula- flect and to know that there ton healthy, so we have cre- are other things in life, which @ted_@ new sanctuary in are equally interesting and Nepal for them to survive. It worth my ime is really the World Wildlife NDS” SO WHAT DID Fund that is doing the day to YOU ACTUALLY DO IN day work of documentation YOUR YEAR OFF? with their cameras stopping LDC. We did this great the killing. They are promot- auction this year, which was 26 Seb noene te get- amazing. I worked on it for "2S a pndgeanes almost a year while I was Communities to be the shep- filming, it was for Christie's, herds ofthe land and actually We, not to brag about it, but | Participate with them, as op- am’ made thirty eight million Posed to going into the jungle dollars for the environment. i ae Stead ink stern We got all these great artists the habitat of the ammals. to donate their works, we ut the tiger is on top of the went to all their studios, and food chain, so it really pro- Wwe got the right people in the fects the eulire region, Ce tht rightroom to bidthis stuffup. 08 that live under it, an Beno had a great one re. everything that lives in these cently, they earned a lot of Paks. We did one park last money as well, and now this Year and since then it's given has been alot about allocat- birth to about forty new ing those funds, and we are 88ers. I know that does not starting to do it We have sound like a lot, but given found the projects. I have ees oes Shoe: been traveling alot and get- ct ting into the art world as well LDC: TALKING ABOUT NDS: YOU HAVE AL. SALESMANSHIP THIS IS LOCATED SOME OF WHAT THESE GUYS IN THAT MONEY TOWARDS ae ae eet SAVING THE TIGERS IN - NEPAL, COULD you EVER, BOUGHT SOME TALK ABOUT THAT? THING AFTER LISTNING LDC: From the auction we eae we got to do a Hugh grant this, LDC: Ohihell yeab, Wein year, to create more national back scratchers and things parks in Nepal which is a like that. Sunglasses where Breat wild tiger refuge. The YoU can see at night and tele- are three thousand tigers left S°OPeS. ' in the wild on planet earth, , NDS.WHEN YOU SEE A They are constantly beng GIRL YOU LIKE, HOW poached for tiger bone wine, WOULD YOU GO ABOUT and their pelts Although the GAINING HER LOVE’ bone of a tiger has no nutri- Cont. on pgS °S tandoor the Indian Grill house Lunch Buffet Saturday - Sunday 12:00 - 3 p.m. Dinner Monday - Sunday 6:00 - 11:00 p.m Palm Beach Center - Palm Beach Aruba - Tel: 5860944 Wednesday, January 8, 2014 THE MORNING NEWS / LOCAL NEWS 5 Exclusive interview with Leonardo DiCaprio Cont. from pg 4 LDC: I guess you basically have to consistently remain yourself You have to consistently spend time and not give up. Be yourself because ifit ever comes around, you don’t want to give a false representation of who you I have a weird thing about jackets- it’s like this thing that women have for shoes. I have one that looks exactly like it but the collar is alittle bit different, it’s a little fluffier, it’s a little softer Looks the same but I've got are And my attitude has al- to have it ways been, 1fit's meant to be NDS: WHAT IS THE itis meant to be, andiftwo MOST EXPENSIVE THING THAT YOU HAVE EVER PURCHASED AND WHAT KIND OF ART DO YOU COLLECT? LDC: Well, I collect other stuff too, but the most expensive thing that I ever purchased was a house for my mother Ibought it very early on and then I got her another one that was the most expen- people like each other, they are going to like each other, there’s not much you can do to try and manipulate that. NDS: WHAT DO YOU SPLURGE ON? LDC: Jackets. I have too many jackets, Iam not big on fancy cars, private planes and things like that. I don’t have those things. Art and jackets sive. And as far as the art piece that I got that was expensive, it was an Andy Warhol NDS: WHAT DO YOU DO TO KEEP FIT? I don’t do extreme sports anymore, as you know I injured myself, so Ihave sort of ‘anormal regimen, I do some exercise here and there. But I used to do alot more extreme sports, and there have been many, many times where I have gotten very close to not good situations. The healthi- est thing I can do is to just Jand of moderately exercise, relax, and don’t put myselfin situations where I can die That's basically whet I do New Advisory services Partner at KPMG in de Dutch Caribbean & Suriname B.V. located in Curagao. Ron Wijnstekers worked for KPMG Netherlands for over 25 jaar as Part- ner Ron Wijnstekers RA started his career in 1987 at KPMG Netherlands originally with a focus on Public Sector accounts. He was founder of KPMG Management Services (1989) in the Netherlands, which is a successful part of the KPMG NL_ practice ‘Also he started KPMG CT (1996), joint ven- ture of KPMG wath Cambridge Technology which is a spin-off from Harvard University and Mas- sachusetts Institute of Tech- nology (MIT), where Ron studied Ron Winstekers knows the Dutch Caribbean region rather well, ashe is active locally on Curacao and also the other DC islands for quite some time Ron Wijnstekers WILLEMSTAD -- KPMG in de Dutch Canbbean & Suri- name has expanded its lead- ership team. Ron Wiynstekers RA was appointed as of Jan- uary 1 2014 as Managing Di- rector (Advisory Partner) of KPMG Advisory Services Department of Economic Affairs, Commerce and Industry Minister of Beonomic Affi, Communication, and Energy announces a change in prices of ol products, as of January 8, 2014: Gasoline unleaded-premium Diesel LS Kerosine 219.5 cent lite. (+ 4,4 cent) 205,8 cent plltr. (+ 4,3 cent) 199,9 cent piltr. (+ 6,3 cent) Above mentioned prices includes BBO. Ron Wijnstekers was rather successful in the ‘Netherlands in initiating and leading complex outsourcing projects. He was also respon- sible from the very beginning of intemet for the design and building of internet technology based IT projects for banks, insurance companies in Europe and the US. In the Executive Board of KPMG ‘Netherlands Ron was respon- sible for years for the innova- tion portfolio. Also he was member of the Steenng Com- mittee of KPMG Europe, Middle East, Africa and India with attention on Public S: tor, Healthcare and Infra- structure, Ron held several executive board functions, where he leveraged his tal- ents for the benefit of the community. “Although I was active since May last year as Gen- eral Director of an international Italian fashion, retail and real estate conglomerete, the attraction of the blue of Curacao and KPMG brought me back and after consider- ing thoroughly I accepted the offer of the KPMG practice to strengthen the team’, said Wijnstekers. “With Ron's vast experience, we think he will be a valued addition to our practice”, concluded Lin- domar Scoop, Chairman KPMG DC&s About KPMG: KPMG in the Dutch Caribbean & Suriname is a member firm of the KPMG global network of mdepend- ent firms which include more than 152,000 professionals in 156 countries. 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Tel: (297) 582-0697 / 583-7484 Fax: 583-5203 E-mail: [email protected] - Website: www arubaqualityapartments.com THE MORNING NEWS / INTERNATIONALNEWS Wednesday, January 8, 2014 Panama offers $283 JPMorgan to pay $2.6 bn for role in mn fund to end Madoff Ponzi fraud canal spat NEWYORK (AFP) -JPMor- scam So far the trustee has _ billions of Ponzi proc: gan Chase will pay $2.6 bil- recovered about $9.8 billion, sentially through a sinj PANAMA CITY (AFP) - after Spanish Public Works tonto resolve charges thatits including the JPMorgan pay. of accounts at JPMorgan," Panama canal officials of- Minister Ana Pastorheld sep- lax oversight enabled the ment said US Attomey Preet fered Tuesday to share the arate meetings on Monday multibillion-dollar Ponzi _ The cases spotlighted JP- Bharara "The bank repeat- burden in a $283 million fund with Panamanian President scheme of Bernard Madoff, Morgan's role as Madoff's edly ignored warning signs" to end a spat with a consor- Ricardo Martinelli, company which collapsed spectacu- main bank in the largest - Once a prominent Wall ium threatening to halt executives and canal offi- larly in 2008 nancial fraud to rock Wall Street broker and chairman of waterway's expansion over cials ‘The amount, part ofa US Street. the Nasdaq exchange, Mad- hhuge cost overruns. The GUPC, which in- settlementdeal over criminal Over more than two off was arrested in December e proposal came after cludes Impreglio of Italy, charges, comprises $2.24 bil- decades, some 4,000 clients 2008 for fabricating account two days of intense talks Belgium's Jan de Nul and lion destined for victims of entrusted Madoff with bil- statements for tens of billions undermediation ofaSpanish Constructora Urbana of the Madoff scam and another lions of dollars to manage. of dollars he managed cabinet minister who flew to Panama, agreed to negotiate $350 million in penalties to Instead of investing the His firm, Bemard L. Mad- Panama City for emergency with the canal authority the Office ofthe Comptroller money, he moved it in and off Investment Securities, meetings aimed at preventing within the contrac of the Curren: out of the JPMorgan ac- collapsed with just $300 mil- ashutdown of the major proj- The already delayed proj- ‘The $2.24 billionincludes counts, and reported to his lionin assets, after having re- ect ect aims to make the 80-Ialo- $1 7billion settlement tobe clients huge, ultimately illu- ported $65 billion, The “If they don't accept the meter (S0-mile) waterway, paid to victims through the sory gains savings of many investors, proposal and they don't with- whichhandles five percentof Justice Department, the | Bankstaffharboredsuspi- foundations and families draw the work suspension global maritime tra largest penalty ever for avio- cions of Madoffs activities were wiped out in the col threat, then we would take enough to handle new, lation of the Bank Secrecy dating back to at least 1994, lapse, and efforts continue to the next step to terminate tl cargo ships that Act. yet never alerted JPMorgan claw them back. contract, ifnecessary," canal 12,000 containers In addition, $543 million anti-money laundering staff After admitting that his administrator Jorge Quijano _ GUPC has a $3.2 billion will be paid to the trustee orregulators about their con- firm was a Ponzi scheme, said after two hours of nego- contract to build athird set of seeking to recover $17.5 bil- cerns Madoff was sentenced to 150 fiations with the companies. locks for the century-old The Panama Canal Au- canal, which currently wel- thority said it was ready to comes ships thet carry up to provide $183 million while 5,000 containers. the Grupo Unidos por el The work began in 2009 Canal (GUPC) consortium, and was supposed to con- Ted by Spanish builder Sacyr, clude this year, but it is nine would have to contribute months behind schedule and "For Bemie years in prison. Madoff was able to launder $100 million is now expected to be fin- The consortium has threat- ished in June 2015. ened to suspend the expan- But GUPC says it ran into sion work by January 20 unforeseen costs because the unless Panama pays for $1.6 canal authority gave the billion in extra charges builders the wrong information The authority's proposal regarding the area's geology “does not mean that every- The canal authonty has thing is resolved," Quijano countered that the contrac- said, adding that the GUPC tor's clams “lack any founda- will study the offer but that tion" and that GUPC must officials want to find along- make its complaint in the term solution. legal bodies outlined in the The negotiations began contract. Obama presses Republicans... Cont. from pg 1 Six Republicans joined ma- ment rates and who is the jonty Democrats in the 60-37 lone Republican co-sponsor roll call to move to a final of the bill, said it was "just vote on the measure which not nght" to have the benefits could come later this week. expire But the tll faces a tough “I understand my cal battle in the Republ leagues’ concems about the House of Representatives. cost and their desires to pay Obama argued that there for this extension. I too want was a strong moral case to to see our federal debt extending the benefits, saying brought under control," that anyone could find them- Heller said late Monday. selves out of work and out of |__But “helping those in need luck, and requinng govern- should not be a partisan menthelp to getback on their issue," he added. “Providing feet a limited social safety net is But he also said that the one of the responsibilities of money for jobless benefits the federal government." would be ly injected White House officials say back into the economy and they are prepared to talk to would help spur economic Republicans on paying for growth. the benefits in the long term, “Letting unemployment but only once a three month insurance expire for millions _ extension is agree of Americans 1s wrong Con- ‘While the US econom gress should make things has improved slightly, wi Emmasraot Paco Margarit night," Obama said the jobless rate now at a five- ee Senator Dean Heller, from year low of 7.0 percent, mil- Lc Sachonneel er Maia! the state of Nevada which ions of Americans are taking leads thenationinunemploy- longer to find work. 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He said he expected the changes to clear parliament and enter into force by early next year “The police stop hundreds of drunk drivers every weekend in Poland, where the limit for driversis 0.2 grammes of alco- hol per litre of blood At the moment most drunk drivers receive suspended sen- tences if caught, and the gov- emment would like to see more of them -- especially the repeat offenders -- sent to jail It also proposes to up the minimum fine for dnving under influence, as well as the ‘minimum amount of time for which a driver's licence is con- fiscated, Tusk said. He added that all cars should be equipped with breathalyzer tests starting next year. ‘The government's propos- als come after aman lost control ofhis vehicle and careened into pedestrians on January 1 innorthem Poland. Six people died, including one child. Tests om the driver revealed he had two grammes of alco- hol perlitre of blood. He faces 12 years behind bars STRASBOURG (AFP) Italy on Tuesday lost along battle to hold on to one of its ancient family traditions: requiring children of married couples to take the father's sumame only. An Italian law excluding offspring from having the op- tion to be registered under the mother's maiden name was “patriarchal”, “discriminatory” and a nghts violation, the Eu- ropean Court of Human Rights ruled, ordenng it be ended The patronymic practice constituted a "difference of treatment between men and ‘women," the Strasbourg-based court said in its judgement In doing so, st sided with an Italian couple who have fought for 13 years to have their children camry the wife's maiden name, rather than the hus- band’s last name. Alessandra Cusan and Luigi Fazzo had taken their case to the top European court after losing all their battles in Italy's courts to have their daughter bom in 1999 named Mad- dalena Cusan instead of Mad- dalena Fazzo, as authonties t | Italy rapped for forcing kids to take father's surname required. They also wanted Cusan to be the sumame of their two subsequent children The requirement they stick to the father's surname was an infringement of their private lives, they argued. They won a half-victory at the end of 2012 by gaining per- mission from local authorities to add the mother’s name to that of the father's for Mad- dalena, but that was not suffi- cient and they took the issue to the European rights court While recognising thet Italy's legal tradition had its roots in a practice dating back to the ancient Roman era, the court said it was today incom- patible with the Italian consti- tution’s principle of gender equality. 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Restaurant EARLY BIRD SPECIAL Risk of dying from cancer down 20 percent: US study WASHINGTON — (AFP) ‘The risk of dying from c in the United States has de- wa Stop Cancer - PEreemoem Knowledge is power past two decades, according tothe Amenican Cancer Soci- alethal disease that once you ety's annual report out Tues- have it, very often you will day. die of it," Oh told AFP However, cancer, acom- People are also being diag- plex disease that has largely nosed sooner and receiving cluded attempts at acure, will better treatments today than remain a top killer in 2014, 20 years ago, said Oh, who taking some 1,600 US lives was not involved in the study. per day, it wamed. The report predicts there ‘The group's yearly reportis will be 1,665,540 new cancer based on data from the Cen- cases and 585,720 cancer ters for Disease Control and deaths in the United States in Prevention, the National Can- 2014 cer Institute and the National Over the past 20 years, Center for Health Statistics. cancer death rates have con. The most common cancers tnually declined, avoiding for women are breast, lung more than 1.3 million deaths and colon cancer, while in from 1991 to 2010 men they are prostate, lung ‘The combined cancer and colon cancer, it said death rate registered at 215.1 Breast cancer is expected per 100,000 in 1991 but fell to account for 29 percent of to 171.8 per 100,000 in 2010. new cancers in women. More men's lives have Lung cancer remains the been saved (952,700) than most lethal, and is responsi- women's (387,700) over that ble for one in four cancer time span. deaths among men and Women are still getting ‘women combined. cancer at about the same rate, The declining popularity of at least over the past five smoking among US adults is years for which data are the main reason why cancer available (2006-2010), while deaths are going down, said in men cancer incidence has William Oh, chief ofmedical declined 0.6 percent per year oncology at Mount Sinai hos- Cancer death rates have pital in New York fallen 1.8 percent per year in “Abigpartofthis decrease men and 14 percent in in. mortality is certainly women over those five years inked to the decrease in ig- But while advances have arette smoking because we been made in treatment and know that lung canceris such diagnosis, the complexity of Come, stay with Us! val sitvatd, ke nn aid 26 luxury maine. Please check us out ot Moderately wuideaninon (a tumors and how they develop in different parts of the body continues to thwart the most expert bids to eradicate cancer “One of the key issues around cancer is itis not just one disease. [tis truly malti- ple diseases," Oh said “It makes it hard to find one drug that will treat every single person with lung cancer, or one treatment that wall work in every single person with breast cancer * The report said the greatest success against cancer has been seen in Afncan-Amen- can men aged 40 to 49, with a 55 percent decline in cancer death rates from 1991 to 2010. “The halving of the risk of cancer death among middle aged black men in just two decades is extraordinary," said John Seffrin, chief exe ulive officer of the American Cancer Society. “But itis immediately tem- pered by the knowledge that death rates are still higher among black men than white men for nearly every major cancer and for all cancers combined." Stephanie Berik, chief of surgical oncology at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York, described the report's findings as "welcome news." “We have made great strides in gaining knowledge as to how cancer starts and how it can be prevented and treated," she said in an email to AFP “Obviously, more work needs to be done, but the de- creasing rate of cancer is an encouraging sign that we are heading in the right dire ton." New bacteria found in IV nutrient bags that caused Eteneh baby deaths IV bags from the batch used to give the newborns nutrients while in the hospital's neonatal intensive care ward showed they all contained bacteria ‘Tests showed it was a “type of environmental enterobacte- na that was unknown until now and has no name," sad Jean-Claude Manuguerra from the Pasteur Institut. France's health minister, PARIS (AFP) - France’ Marisol Touraine, said Tu teur Institut said Tuesday a day that six of the IV bags new type of bacteria had been showed the presence of a “a found in nutrient bags used by Stele and similar germ of an a hospital in the Alps to feed ®8Vironmental origin" but did babies intravenously and ot give details thought to be sesponsible for ‘Tests had been conducted thine deaths. on a total of 10 pouches. ‘The findings came after the Mansol said the “place or parents of the three newboms, method of contamination" was who died on separate days in ot yet clear early December, filed criminal A, total of 137 nutrient complaints for manslaughter Pouches produced by French ahcheitdacteereg, f1m Laboratoire Marette on of Chambery in southeast November 28 and distnbuted France to seven hospitals have been "Analyses of several unused ?¢called following the deaths Let’s Be Dengue Free 9 THE MORNING NEWS /LIVING/ART/ENT Wednesday, January 8, 2014 UINI@A SA PALM BEACH # 184 © UI CASA TEI: (297) 586-8540 arket » Next to eae eS Grand Victoria Bar & Restaurant D www we ‘Close to the traffic lights. PZ Opening hours: ‘and high rise hotel area, londay, - Saturday, 8a.m: Op.m Al a | i As is . THE ISLAND ... connecting with you www.rexaruba.com Former Miss Venezuela, partner shot dead sexe! ae ICARACAS (AFP) - A former Miss Venezuela and her| US duo releases fi rst-ever N. Korea British-born partner were shot dead while their five-year-| 7 SacecnerePan woursessesngarepcmaredses| TAP Video robbery that shocked the nation, authorities said Tues-| day. Monica Spear, a 29-year-old soap opera star, and| WASHINGTON (AFP) - enced no problems not prohibit Americans from [Thomas Henry Berry, 39, were killed after their carbroke| What's likely the first rap “We leamed about their visiting North Korea despite down on a highway in northwestern Venezuela late Mon-| video ever made in North leaders and why they have Pyongyang's human nights day, prosecutors said in statement. Their daughter, Maya| Korea went online Tuesday to problems with America," Peso record and a nuclear program Berry Spear, was wounded in the right leg but stable after] the delight of the young and said “All the Koreans we met widely seen as a threat to East receiving medical treatment in an assault that puta spot-| ambitious Washington hiphop were cool... Itwasalllove over Asian regional secuntty. light on the country's soaring murder rate. Five people| duo that created it. there. It wasn't how what peo- Ontlionme Ihave been detained and are being interrogated in con-| Pacman and posted ple was saying it would be.” http: /Avwwyoutube.com/user! Inection with the crime, Interior Minister Miguel Ro-| “Escape to North Korea’ on The US government does FHTMG?feature=watch driguez said after a televised meeting with President] their YouTube site on the eve > = Nicolas Maduro. Spear, who was a quarter-finalist inthe] of the 3ist birthday of the lc vareity 6 2008 twiss Universe contest, appeared in the Mami| Commuain’ sues supreme SNL' fills diversity gap based Telemundo series "Pasion Prohibida' ("Forbidden| les ea An f - Passion") "and "Flor Salvaje” (savage rlowers)| “Men me with NY comedienne |Venezuela has one of the world's highest murder rates, yideo and did something no- |with 79 homicides per 100,000 inhabitants in 2013, ac-| body has done so | feel great cording to the non-profit Venezuelan Observatory of Vi-} about i," said Pacman through lolence. his manager. Following in the footsteps of basketball star Dennis Rod- man, who's in Pyongyang this week, Anthony Bobb (Pac- man) and Dontray Ennis (Peso) traveled halfway around the world in November to shoot their video on the streets of the North Korea capital. NEW YORK (AFP) - "Saturday Night Live" has picked a By doing so, with financial [ew York-based stand-up comedienne as its first black help from Kickstarter contrib- /remale cast member since 2007, as it aims to put a flap| utors and a New York hedge over its lack of racial and gender diversity behind it, fund manager, the dreadlocked |g sheer Zamata will make her debut appearance on the| rappers hoped to set them- |popular weekend comedy sketch show on January 18,| selves apart in Washington's said NBC television in a statement. She'll be a featured hi homegrown hip hop scene player -- one of the younger second-tier cast members| WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA (AFP) - (L-R) Bono, Director] Their trip coincided with who typically appear less often than the repertory actors| |Jim Sheridan and The Edge attend The Weinstein Com-| North Korea's month-long de-_ |who get top billing on the show. Executive producer| pany Hosts A Private Party With U2 In Support Of Their| tention of 85-year-old Korean _|Lorne Michaels had auditioned several candidates, amid| Original Song "Ordinary Love" From "MANDELA: LONG| War veteran Mermll Newman, _|a furor over the lingering absence of African-American| IWALK TO FREEDOM" at Sunset Marquis Hotel & Villas| but Pacman, 19, and Peso, 20, women on "SNL" after the show this season added six| Jon January 6, 2014 in West Hollywood, California. said they personally expe |new cast members, all of them white. 10 THE MORNING NEWS / SCI & TECH Wednesday, January 8, 2014 State of emergency due to ‘Polar vortex’ winter storm - Much of the United States has plunged into a deep freeze from record low temperatures. sue |AFP - Mist rises from Lake Michigan as temperatures| dipped well below zero in Chicago, Illinois. < ES |AFP - A person takes a picture along the shore of Lake| Michigan as temperatures remain in the negative digits Jon January 7, 2014 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. A ‘polar vor-| |tex' of frigid air centered on the North Pole dropped temperatures to the negative double digits at its worst. What is a polar vortex? What distinguishes it? [The polar vortex, as it sounds, is circulation of strong, upper-level winds that normally surround the northern pole in a counterclockwise direction -- a polar low-pres-| sure system. These winds tend to keep the bitter cold Jair locked in the Arctic regions of the Northern Hemi sphere. itis not a single storm. On occasion, this vortex can become distorted and dip much farther south than] lyou would normally find it, allowing cold air to spill southward. - a Sony unveils game service as PS4 sales top 4.2 million LAS VEGAS (AFP) - Sony on Tuesday announced ahotly- anticipated streaming game service along with the news that it sold more than 4.2 million PlayStation 4 consoles by the start of this year. PlayStation Now, set to begin a test phase this month and launch in the United States mid-year, promised to let gamers access blockbuster ti- tlesin the Intemet "cloud" and play them on an array of devices intended to expand over time. ‘The new streaming game service will provide PlaySta- tion gamers access to games they love from prior generation consoles and grow to ex- tend play to other Intemet linked devices such as smart- phones and tablets, according to Sony Computer Entertain- ment president Andrew House. Alament of gamers shifting to new-generation consoles is that the devices don't play games tailored for earlier models. Sony's service will begin by providing hit titles for play on PS4 and PS3 consoles, and then the Japanese entertainment titan's handheld Vita at the Consumer Electronics Show, which will continue here through Friday. ‘The goal of the service is to let people "play where ever they want, when ever they want" and incorporates technology from cloud gaming company Gaikai, which Sony bought in 2012 for $380 mil- ion Gamers will be able to rent titles at Play/Station Now or pay for monthly subscriptions to the service, according to House, House updated PlayStation 4 sales figures to say that 4.2 million consoles had been sold as of December 28 of last year Sony launched the PS4 in on. November 15. Sony Entertainment Net- work will begin testing later this year a cloud-based television service in the United States, according to House The service will combine popular live television pro- grams with a large library of on-demand content, according to Sony. Shows or films will stream to an array of devices, including tablets or smart- phones made by competitors game devices House heralded the new tel- “We are thnilled to deliver evision service as a natural entertainment experiences evolution of Sony's moves to only possible from PlayStation through our new streaming game service," said House. Sony was demonstrating the service on some Bravia smart television models at its booth combine strengths in entertainment, gaming and consumer electronics Pricing details for the gaming and television services were not revealed Wave sweeps three family members out to sea in Spain MADRID (AFP) - Rescuers found the body of aman Tues- day on Spain's northwestern coast where three members of the same family were swept out to sea by a huge wave while reportedly scattering the ashes of a dead relative. Police found the body on a beach on the rocky coast of Valdovino in Galicia, police sad in a message on their ‘Twitter account. ‘Spanish media said the man was a 67-year-old who was swept out to sea along with his niece and his brother-in-law on. Monday while they were standing on a cliff Private television station Telecinco said they had gone to scatter the ashes of a dead relative and were caught up by ahuge wave during a storm ‘Two helicopters searched on. Tuesday the coast of Galicia, which continued to be lashed by strong winds and waves as high as 12 metres (40 feet). Website airs video of beheaded inmates in Brazil jail BRASILIA (AFP) - A grue- some video showing three beheaded inmates in a northeastern Brazilian jail hit ‘by rampant gang violence was aired Tuesday on the website of the daily Folha de Sao Paulo. ‘The pictures were filmed on December 17 by other pnson- ers following a mutiny result- ing from a clash between two rival gangs in the penitentiary in Sao Luis, capital of Maran- hao state, the daily sad. Shown were the bodies of three inmates lying in a pool of blood, including two with their heads completely cut off and the third with the head hanging All three had various stab wounds and bums on the torso. Folha said it received the video from the union representing prison workers in Maranhao ‘Gang violence in the over- crowded Pedninhas facility, which was built for 1,700 in- ‘mates but houses 2,500, was detailed in an official probe that concluded that the state of Maranhao was incapable to maintaining order inside