Gleaner, The (Newspaper) - August 1, 1990, Kingston, Kingston Whittingham is Miss Spartan Body Beautiful 8 INDEX Sporti Aerate PCD members to fast during Summit 24 180 ESTABLISHED 1834 KINGSTON JAMAICA WEDNESDAY AUGUST 1 1990 PRICE but future unclear From Franklin McKnight Port of Spain July 31 THE FUTURE of Prime Minister Robinson ia the Trinidad and Tobago Government was unclear on Tuesday night after he was released from nearly four days in captivity The country is still in crisis a leading member of the Government said Anthony Smart Attorney General told reporters In the capital Port of Spain the Prime Minister is he was released at this Is In good spirits We pray for the safe release of the others being by tant Black Muslims He said discussions were continuing to secure the release of the other hostages being held at the parliament from which Mr Robinson was released and at the government television station Mr Smart confirmed reports by other ministers that dead bodies were still inside the two buildings but he could give no details He refused to answer questions about the reported imminent nation of Prime Minister Robinson Crisis A radio report here Tuesday ing said that one of the conditions laid down by the rebels for an end to the crisis was that Mr Robinson would resign and that elections be called in 90 days Mr Smart ever suggested several times that Prime Minister Robinson would hot be able because of his health to take active part in the affairs of Government any time soon The Prime Minister as you know is not he said in re- sponse to a question about the possibility Robinson again taking charge of the Government He told reporters about three hours after Mr Robinson's release I am told that he has an injury to his leg It is a flesh wound He confirmed that the Prime Minister was ing from glaucoma and from tigue Mr Smart stressed that the sis which has gripped this country of 1.2 million people was not over This crisis is far from the Attorney General said He said that the discussions were at a delicate stage that could jeopardise the safety of the other hostages He also said that if was known that Richardson Minister of tional Security has a wound to his leg In giving details of son's release Mr said that the Cross hr ped t remove Mr Robinson f pa building to Camp me tary headquarters and later to pital He said also that Mr son was escorted by two persons out of Red House who were in the Red House one was possibly a hostage taker and one was a ge Speaking at the same press con- ference Commissioner of Police Jules Bernard said All the cells around Port Of Spain are filled at this time with looters He said possibly a 100 or more looters and others have been arrested He said that the police were doing all they could to control the looting and at this time the looting is under complete The Government of Trinidad is Insisting that there are no overseas troops here Customs shake-up A MAJOR shake-up of the Island's Customs Department takes place today when 16 custom officers with between 20 and 10 years service are transferred to various other government offices Confirming the shake-up yesterday a source close to Customs said the transfers were made by the Services Commission and communicated by letter to the persons involved He said those affected had the right of appeal under the Civil Service regulations This movement of personnel Is part of a wider programme to i clean-up the Customs service to make it more accountable and plug loopholes a government official said An estimated million in excise and other duties did not reach the Government's coffers last year as importers devised various schemes to evade the Customs at the various ports of entry It is understood that executives of the Service Association meeting yesterday at their in Cross Roads to consider the situation affecting Its members REGIONAL These four Caribbean leaders from acting Jamaican Prime Minister and CARICOM chairman Patterson Barbadian Prime Minister Erskine j and Belizean THE Heads of Government Summit opened in Kingston yesterday with calls by regional leaders for the ing of regional integration In his address acting can Prime Minister and COM chairman Patterson This process of integration is not born of mere sentiment He said it was a necessity for our survival and economic and the Caribbean not participate in the world ket without developing economies of scale which flow from regional production This kind of productive ity in all sectors is critical to laying the basis for a rise in the standard of living of our ples Mr Patterson told the large audience at the Jamaica Conference Centre Duke and Port Royal Streets downtown Kingston The acting Prime Minister pointed out that in view of the forthcoming single market in Europe In there was the necessity to counteract this massive economic power bloc by joining hands In the Caribbean as well He The tion will never forgive us if we fail to accelerate the process of the regional Integration movement and open the doors to a broader participation They will look at a united Europe a co-operative Asia a Latin Junior Dowie photos Prime Minister George Price addressed the issue of the deepening of regional integration at the or ning of the CARICOM of Government Summit Jamaica Conference Duke and Port Royal Streets in downtown Kingston y Calls Deeper regional unity see integration as way to progress ica which is attempting to set up free trade areas and begin to der what went wrong in the bean Mr Patterson Here in Kingston we must resolve this sue meet our deadlines and clear the way for the logic of Caribbean integration to proceed deeper and wider Also looking at the deepening of integration Barbadian Prime Minister L Erskine ford in his address bean unity is not an end to itself It is merely a way of achieving nable economic social progress and improvement of our people If anyone knows another way to achieve this goal other than through Caribbean unity I would like to hear It Certainly rampant nationalism is not the the Barbadian leader said He said the dilemma was the retention of one's independence sovereignty Identity while being a larger Ing that was itself part of a larger world Prime Minister Sandlford said if regional Integration was to become deeper we must extend our efforts beyond the reduction trade riers and include steps to deepen economic policy tion and monetary co-operation Both Grenadian and Belizean Prime Ministers Nicholas waite and George Price endorsed the need for the deepening of regional tion Prime Minister Brathwaite said his Government was deeply committed to the integration process THERE ARE THERE ARE THEN THERE ARE ror grips W Kingston RESIDENTS of certain sections of West Kingston have been living In fear these past few weeks as land stalks in the form of frequent of especially young men Following the gruesome find on- Monday morning of the riddled bodies of three teenagers in a handcart at West Street near to the Redemption Ground Market the body of an unidentified man with gunshot wounds was found around 8.30 p.m at Rose Lane and Heywood Street not far from the market Residents said heavy gunfire was Youths being gunned down heard in the area before the body was found and that killing as well as earlier murders was linked to the same feud which resulted In the vicious of the three teenagers The police are yet to establish a motive for the Also at about 7 p.m on Monday the body of another unidentified man was found la a pool of blood at Livingston Street and Jamaica Street Arnett dens Kingston 12 after a team of police on mobile patrol heard shots and went to the area to In- Tension was high Centra Kingston too the discovery Monday morning of the bodies of the three teenagers and In the night several and lanes In the area Including Street Street GoM Street were blocked off Two of the 15 and Onid Andrew Sewdl 18 lived in the Gold Lane areas of The third youth only as Mark lived at Oxford Street Wist Kingston Motorists going east on Harbour Street morning had to at a section near to the intersection with Gold Street was blocked debris and a blazing pile not until about 10 that the police were successful in clearing the blocked roadways YouM of said they the roads to pre- vent invasion by outside also in protest against of and I Tradition at 1 lo MALL PLAZA Spring Road Tel: MANOR CENTRE 195 Spring Road Tel: THURSDAYS GAS COO Wt MAKE MANUFACTURING CO LTD 20 Red Hills Road Kingston 10
