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Residents across Antigua and Barbuda can look forward to an extra 500,000 gallons of potable water being added to the everyday supply of 7 million gallons following the commissioning of the new reverse osmosis plant at Fort James Beach.

Observer media did a walk through of the facility on Friday along with Minister of Public Utilities Sir Robin Yearwood and other top officials in the Antigua Public Utilities Authority (APUA) Water Department.

Although the civil work at the plant has not yet been fully completed along with the construction of the two main water storage units, operations at the plant are already up and running with villagers in the surrounding communities of Villa, Yorks, Fort Road, McKinnons, Point and other areas expected to be receiving water daily.

For those who may not have been getting water over the past few days, APUA’s Water Business Unit’s Manager, Ian Lewis explained that the plant had been off — due to a maintenance issue — but it is now back up and pumping water.

Lewis further explained that although the two water storage units are not yet finished, technicians have set up a temporary solution, as a smaller tank is being used until the two units are complete.

When those tanks are completed, they are each expected to hold over 200,000 gallons of purified water.

Antigua and Barbuda’s long-standing inadequate supply of running water has been well documented, and many residents will be hoping the new facility will improve the situation.

In fact, Minister Yearwood expressed his delight over the plant, adding that there is still some more work to be done to address the water issue in the country.-OBSERVER

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The hope of one doctor in Barbados is to have at least CPR-trained individual in every household across the island.

Medical Director of the Emergency Cardiac Care Department (ECC) at the Heart & Stroke Foundation Dr Anne-Marie Cruickshank wants more Barbadians certified in first-aid and CPR [Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation].

at least person in each household should know CPR. So we encourage corporate Barbados to come

Dr Cruickshank was on-hand at the Ministry of Health and Wellness’s Wellness Day event at the Botanical Gardens today (September 10) to mark Caribbean Wellness Day.

She told Loop News that “at the moment we do have several corporate companies” in Barbados who have “stepped up” and sent their employees to be CPR trained. However, “we want to encourage many, many, many companies to send their employees.”

Having already trained first responders and several other persons over the years, Dr Cruickshank says that the ECC takes its mandate very seriously and refuses to rest on its laurels or drop the ball in this hope to keep educating and training more and more Bajans constantly and consistently.

“Our mandate is [we believe] at least person in each household should know CPR. So we encourage corporate Barbados to come and do the Heart Saver course, which is a one-day course to learn basic CPR – adult, infant and child, and first-aid.”

And she believes that this is a highly achievable target, but only with the buy-in of businesses and citizens.

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Kingston College (KC) kick-started the title defense of their ISSA Digicel Manning Cup crown by dismissing Calabar High 5-1 on the opening day of the 2022 schoolboy football competition at Sabina Park on Saturday.

The game was the second of a triple-header at the venue. In the opening game reigning daCosta Cup champions, Garvey Maceo had to settle for a 2-2 draw against Kemps Hill in their Zone N fixture.

The much-talked about Dujuan Richards known as “Whisper” scored twice in the 27th and 59th minutes while substitute Nashordo Gibbs also notched a double in the 77th and 90th minutes. Ashanie Kennedy also got on the scoresheet in the 60th minute.

Dujaun Richards of Kingston College reacts after scoring. (PHOTO: Marlon Reid).

Omar Walker scored a consolation goal for Calabar in the Group A fixture with a powerful drive through a wall of players in the 84th minute.

It was a very good win by the champions as they showed that despite losing a reported 19 players from last season, they will be a force to be reckoned with.

It was such a dominant display that the score line should have been much wider had KC and Jaheem Johnson been more clinical.

Richards got things rolling by cutting inside a defender and fired home much to the delight of his Phoenix Academy coach Craig Butler.

He then doubled KC’s advantage with a beautiful volley from a high cross and before the celebrations subsided Ashanie Kennedy rammed home from an acute angle making it 3-0 on the hour mark.

Substitute Gibbs tapped home in the fourth goal after the ball ping-pong around in the box for his first goal.

Omar Walker then brought some level of respectability to the score line for Calabar by firing home in the 84th minute to make the score 4-1/

That goal lifted the Red Hills Road-based school and its fans as they went on the attack with more vigour and energy. But that energy was sapped quickly as KC responded with their fifth goal as Gibbs got his second goal on the stroke of full time, tapping home after goalkeeper Xavier Codling failed to gather.

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