JMD Football Finals 2010

      It was the 2010 JMD Bousquet Football Tournament Finals. Over two thousand fans of both teams had turned out to give their support. The atmosphere was exhillarating.

   The feeling on the ground was in favour of Harambe. This team noted for its radicalism was two years ago banned from local competition. Added to thie five players were banned last year.
However they rose to the occassion, defeating the big guns like Ebony, Retired Young and Champion Crew. They deserved their place in this finals.
   Piaye on the other hand, relatively new, promised to offer some resistance. They looked a very young and energetic bunch.
   It was an historical occassion, as both teams have never made any Finals before.
   The crowds kept coming and they were starting to get impatient as the officials were tardy in getting the match started. The toss was won by Harambe and they Chose their side of the field.

From the onstart one could see the determination of the Piaye team as they relentlessly attacked the Harambe's defence. This quickly paid off as in the 17th minute Kapil Joseph netted Piaye's first goal. The crowd went silent. Piaye's fans started their jubilations. In the 31st minute Piaye again scored from the boots of Dwayne Griffin.

By then Harambe was diorganized even to the point where Michele Xavier had to be given a red card. Harambe had their backs to the wall. At half time, Piaye 2 Harambe 0.

Harambe started the second halk with a bang when they scored theira goal in the 47th minute. But this was all the luck they were going to have, as Piaye sealed the game by scoring two more goals.. End of game Piaye 4, Harambe 1.
 At the presentation ceremony numerous monetary prizes were awarded to the officials who helped in making this tournament a success.

 The District rep, the sponsor during his address made a great pronouncement. " I want to let you know that I intend to build a mini stadium here and at this moment there is over eight hundred thousand dollars with the Village Council towards this project" he said. This brought a loud cheer from the sportsfans.

The trophy was presented to the Piaye team  and there followed the partying and jubilations.For his contribution to the sport the Youth and Sports Council presented a plaque of appreciation to the Rep.

The SLP Choiseul branch and its operatives, which include one school principal who is a known Labour party agent from Mongouge, and four other public servants, are currently engaging in a campaign of lies, deceit and misrepresentation. Remarkably, Lorne of all people has decided to go down the road of name calling and finger pointing!


The UWP camp want these operatives to know that we are aware of all the tricks that they are attempting to engage in; including going into people’s homes and telling the occupants that they are representatives of our hardworking and popular District Representative, Rufus Bousquet.

Once inside, they attempt to get information and sully the good name of the District Rep with vicious lies and misrepresentations.

They even go as far as to bad mouth the many good works that the Hon. Rufus Bousquet has delivered to the poor people of Choiseul/Saltibus during the past four years:

Playing fields and computers for the youth, support for schools, roads, driveways, community roads and footpaths to many poor communities, an ambulance for Choiseul after many years of promises by the former administration, annual sponsoring of carnival and support for the Choiseul Village Council - to name just a few.

The individual support for the elderly, Club 60, La Rose and other cultural groups, including the Choiseul Youth and Sport Council through the sponsorship of sporting competitions and events.

To attack the Rep is a sure sign of desperation by a group who have no answers to Mr. Bousquet’s ability to provide for the needs of the people of Choiseul/Saltibus

That type of campaign is not working. The people of Choiseul are being warned to be on the lookout for the persons who come to their homes pretending to be supporters of the District Rep.

Bousquet tours constituency after Tomas

As always, Bousquet is in his constituency as often as he possibly can, taking into consideration the hectic Foreign Affairs Ministry’s demand. Upon hearing the weather announcement he headed down to his constituency to see first hand how the constituents were getting prepared.

Saturday October 30, 2010 found the Rep experiencing with his constituents, the raving force of hurricane Tomas.

Isn’t that the quality of a true leader, to be there with his people through thick and thin?

Come Sunday morning Bousquet was up and running with a group of volunteers, touring every community to see first hand the damage which persons had suffered and offering what ever help was needed – clearing roads, drains etc.

It was clear that the constituency has suffered major damage, roads were blocked, landslides were everywhere, and roofs were blown off. Major slides could be seen in the Village, Victoria, Saltibus, Jetrine, Daban, Morne Jacques and Roblot. Drains were clogged with debris and almost every where huge trees had fallen across the roadway.

It was a pitiful site. Taking a once- in- a -while glance at the Rep during this painful tour, one could see the pensiveness in him. This is nature’s work.

Seeing first hand the damage done, Bousquet had to report to his colleagues on his assessment of the damage and what relief would be forthcoming to his people. But wait! All forms of communications were down; the roads to Castries were impassable.

But check the ingenuity of the man. “I will travel by one of these fiberglass boats.” he uttered. Through some form of luck Lime came on for a short while on Monday morning and Bousquet quickly took advantage of this window and called in a chopper to take him to the city.


Follow this blog for the relief efforts.

Bousquet Presents Computers

At a presentation ceremony at Morne Sion, on September 29,2010,Rufus Bousquet presented eight laptops to the top Common Entrance students within the constituency.The top student from every primary school in the district received a machine
The Ceremony was attend by His Excellency Tom Chou, the Taiwanese Ambassador to St. Lucia, the parents and teachers ,and persons in the community..
Both the Ambassaor and the District Rep. showered the reciepients of the laptops with much praise for the dedication to their studies.

During his address Mr. Bousquet made mention of an email that was sent to him asking him to consider the CXC students as well. This he said he will surely give some thought and thanked the writer for the suggestion.

Presentation Ceremony Slated for Wednesday Sept. 29, 2010

Reports reaching this blog suggests that the top students from the seven Primary Schools in the constituency will be presented with prizes for their outstanding achievements at this year's Common Entrance Examinations.
The students are - Benjamin Theodille - 90.67,Kathy Ann Z. Mason - 91.33, Nelcia Charlemagne - 88.67, Jeanelle N. Albert - 88.00, Britani Z. Nicholas - 87.33, Wyomia T. Dedier - 84.0, Emila C. Joseph - 83.33, and Jeanique D. Harris.
The ceremony will take place at the Morne Sion on Wednesday. Information is being circulated to the schools to get the students prepared.
Bousquet has religiously kept his promise to recognise the achievements of the youths in this constituency. Last year he gave away six computers and printers to the top Common Entrance Students.
Later after the ceremony a community road is scheduled to be opened in Morne Sion.

Another project completed

Bousquet, once again has stood up to the occassion. As promised at a presentation ceremony in Morne Sion, Bousquet has kept his promise and provided the residents of the community a 200 metre driveway an two bridges. the project commenced way back in May.
Financing for the project came from the Taiwanese government to the tune of over $70,000.00.

Motorists can now access the drive-way into the community.

Bousquet annual Common Entrance presentation coming soon

Rufus Bousquet has religiously kept to his word for the past three years. Work is presently ongoing to select the top performers in the constituency for this year's Common Entrance results. It is not clear what format the Rep will use this year to select the recipients for the laptops and printers. The Dugard school placed first in the district.There are seven schools in the rep's constituency. The student' scores range fom 83 to 95 percent.