Salada Foods strengthens its workforce | Loop Jamaica

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In a companywide process operator training session held last week at Salada Foods Jamaica Limited’s Bell Road location, Salada equipped 33 operators – including two women- with upgraded machine operating skills.

As the first initiative of its kind undertaken by the coffee exporter, the training was designed specifically to upgrade/certify the operators at the company.

“At Salada investing in our people is important. As part of our ongoing commitment to our surrounding community, we continue to find new ways to empower our employees. Currently, most of the operators are from surrounding communities. This training exercise will provide our team with valuable trade skills while optimising productivity and quality in our operations,” said Tamii Brown, General Manager at Salada.

Tamii Brown, Salada Foods General Manager presents to staff as part of a companywide Machine Operator training programme held at the Company’s Bell Road location on July 5.

The four-hour training session spanned three key areas; quality, production and engineering. The session led by the Quality/Production/Engineering Managers of Salada delved into the theoretical content of the training programme, which is slated to continue for the next two months.

Combining industry best practices in manufacturing with key competency standards from the National Vocational Qualification (NVQ) in Agro-Food Processing Operations, the Salada Process Operator Training Programme was developed to standardize and operationalize protocols and procedures for all new and existing operators.

Ajani Miller who joined the company just over a year ago was happy with what he was able to learn from the training exercise.

“I have grown and developed a lot since I have come to Salada. I am more detailed in the things that I do and I take the work more seriously than I did at my first job.

“I come in earlier because of what they have taught us about the seriousness of the job and about being prompt and that is something that they went over in the training.”

Ornel Jackson has been at Salada for seven years and he too found benefit in the training programme.

“The training was very helpful,” he said. “Even though you know the things, sometimes you really need a revision to look back and these new things that you learn, you can use them in the future, so it was very beneficial.”

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Bangladesh clinch ODI series from Windies after 9-wicket win | Loop Jamaica

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GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AP) — Bangladesh won the One-Day International (ODI) series from the West Indies on Wednesday, bouncing back from losing the test and Twenty20 series.

Bangladesh made West Indies bat first and bowled out the home side for 108 in 35 overs. The Bangladeshis took less than 21 overs to reach the target, for the loss of one wicket.

The visitors have won the two ODIs by six and nine wickets for a fifth successive bilateral series win.

The last ODI and tour match is on Saturday at the same Providence Stadium and Bangladesh will be favoured to beat West Indies an 11th straight time since late 2018.

West Indies couldn’t handle spin again, as Nasum Ahmed took his first ODI wickets to start the West Indies collapse and Mehidy Hasan Miraz finished the rout with four for 29.

The home side rode some early luck when openers Kyle Mayers survived a messed-up stumping chance off Mehidy, and Shai Hope overturned an lbw decision to Nasum. But the batters didn’t last much longer.

Mayers was bowled by Mosaddek Hossain trying to defend on the front foot. Then Shamarh Brooks was bowled by Nasum for his first ODI wicket in his second match.

Mosaddek caught Hope who mishit an attempted slog sweep, and in the same over Nasum got captain Nicholas Pooran dragging on. West Indies was 45 for four and Nasum had three for nine from six overs, three of them maidens.

Mosaddek bowled out his 10 overs by the 25th over. He had one for 37, but the pressure he and Nasum built led to West Indies taking more frustrated swings.

Rovman Powell was out for 13 trying to flick medium-pacer Shoriful Islam, and Brandon King charged and missed Mehidy to be bowled on 11.

Akeal Hosein was too slow coming from the non-striker’s end and run out on two and West Indies were 72 for seven.

Nasum was brought back for his last two overs and finished with three for 19 off 10, earning the man of the match.

As soon as he left, Romario Shepherd was bowled by Mehidy on four and Alzarri Joseph edged Mehidy behind and West Indies were 86 for nine.

Mehidy claimed Gudakesh Motie-Kanhai to leave tailender Keemo Paul stranded on 25 not out.

Moti-Kanhai got the wicket of Najmul Hossain Shanto but fellow opener Tamim Iqbal and Liton Das made no drama of the chase. Tamim finished the game with his seventh boundary to be 50 not out off 62 balls for his 53rd ODI fifty. Liton was 32 not out off 27 with six boundaries.

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Former Miss Jamaica Universe, Kaci Fennell, robbed in St Andrew | Loop Jamaica

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Jamaica Food & Drink Festival Ambassador, Kaci Fennell, at the event in 2017.

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Former Miss Jamaica Universe, Kaci Fennell, has shared that she was robbed while entering a business establishment in St Andrew on Wednesday.

Fennell took to Twitter to express frustration after her handbag was grabbed by one of two men who approached her on a bike as she was about to enter the General Foods establishment on Old Hope Road.

She said she tried to retrieve her bag.

“You are literally safe nowhere in this country and it’s so frustrating. Why am I walking into General Foods… about to enter through the doors and two men on a bike pull up and grab my bag. I tried so hard to get it back,” said Fennel.

In a subsequent tweet, the former beauty queen said the thieves have already attempted to make purchases using her cards.

“Already blocked all my cards, get an alert that they trying to buy clothes at… No man, I have to laugh, because if it’s not laughter, it’s tears,” she tweeted.

Fennell won the Miss Jamaica Universe crown in 2014.

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Antigua and Barbuda Celebrating Emancipation 2022

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The Antigua and Barbuda Reparations Support Commission joins with the rest of the Caribbean in celebrating Emancipation 2022 under the theme ‘Celebrating African Royalty and Heritage from July 29 to August 12.

Activities for this year’s celebration will include the hosting of His Royal Majesty King Bhungane(bonganay) 3rd and his wife of the Embo Kingdom of South Africa, the 14th annual Watchnight Gathering, African Dress Day, Exhibition and televised Lectures. 

According to Anthony ‘Mamba’ Liverpool, Vice Chair of the ABRSC, “the activities will begin on July 29th with the African Dress Day, a call for all nationals and residents to don their African dashikis and cultural wear, in a show of pride for our African heritage and to honour the Ancestors who struggled to ensure our freedom as a nation.”

As we commemorate the 188 years since our emancipation from chattel slavery in 1834, the people of the Caribbean have made great strides in our efforts to build and nurture a Caribbean society that has produced world champions and achievers in athletics, cricket, literature, economics and health,” he said.

The 14th Annual Watchnight Gathering will be held on 31st July at the Botanical Gardens featuring cultural performances from King Zachary, Shiva Dance Company, Ras Freeman Nyabinghi Drummers, reggae singer Zambai, Kadeem Joseph and many more…

The Emancipation celebrations continue with the hosting of the annual Emancipation Day Church Service at the Green Bay Moravian Church on Monday 1st August and the broadcasting of two special lectures on August 5th and 12th, 2022 on ABS.

More details about the various activities will follow in the coming days.

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Development of Amerindian communities paramount – President Ali

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President Dr Irfaan Ali today urged the participants of the National Toshaos Conference (NTC) to work together to identify issues within their communities and to come up with core plans to address them.

The Head of State made this call as he interacted with indigenous leaders on day three of the NTC at the Arthur Chung Conference Centre.

“Having reviewed every single thing that you have said so far, I will suggest to you a methodology for us to achieve some results. In this methodology, I want us to spend the rest of this afternoon defining some core issues and come up with some core plans that could come to accelerate your needs and accelerate the implementation of your ideas.”

The main aim, he emphasised, is for the participants to devise an action plan to accelerate the projects identified. These projects, with the agreement of the participants, have been grouped into nine categories, including food security and agriculture, women’s affairs, pensioners and the elderly, children and youth, human resources, facilities, services, economic activities and empowerment, and infrastructure.

“As leaders, that is what I want us to think about; what is it we want to achieve?”

President Ali tasked cabinet ministers and their technical teams to work along with the indigenous leaders and community representatives to identify their needs in these areas and to present their plans for discussions before the end of the day.

The President also pointed to the importance of monitoring and evaluating projects in hinterland communities and announced that a team would be set up to oversee the implementation of needed projects. The aim, he emphasised, is to ensure that indigenous communities have equal developmental opportunities.

The NTC is being held this week under the theme “Good Governance and Fast-Tracking Amerindian Development”. It brings together indigenous leaders from over 200 Amerindian communities across the country.

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Attempted Break-Ins At FRC, Silver Shadow Performing Arts Academy – St. Lucia Times News

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Two cultural organizations which have been at the vanguard of cultural development and preservation, the Monsignor Patrick Anthony Folk Research Centre(FRC) and the Silver Shadow Dance Academy, have been the victims of two attempted break-ins within the span of two weeks.

The two organizations which are housed in the Intramacs building, formerly home of the Monroe College, are engaged in documentation, research education and training.

They do not keep cash on their premises.

The FRC is presently in the process of rebuilding its archives following the fire which destroyed its premises and archival holdings at Mount Pleasant, in order to ensure that present and future generations fully understand and appreciate the tremendous richness and value of our culture.

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The management of the FRC and the Silver Shadow Dance Academy denounce the behavior of the individuals behind these attempted break-ins and is appealing to the members of public to assist in the collective safeguarding of their places of operations and the valuable archives and records which they keep for use by the public.

Our wealth is rooted in our people, research and documentation, which we freely share with all without discrimination. We would like to do so for present and future generations.

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La mayor y más brillante superluna de 2022 iluminará el cielo este miércoles: ¿cómo verla?

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Una superluna llena conocida como ‘Luna del Ciervo’ o ‘Luna de Trueno’ iluminará el cielo de nuestro planeta este miércoles, alcanzado su punto máximo de brillo a las 18:37 GMT.

Los aficionados a la astronomía deberán mirar hacia el sureste después de la puesta de sol para ver cómo se eleva en el cielo.

Las superlunas se definen como cualquier luna llena situada a una distancia de al menos el 90 % del perigeo, es decir, el punto en el que la luna está más cerca de la Tierra. La ‘Luna del Ciervo’ orbitará más cerca de nuestro planeta que cualquier otra luna llena de este año –estará a 357.418 kilómetros de la Tierra–, lo que la convertirá en la mayor y más brillante superluna del 2022.

¿Cómo ver la superluna llena?

Dado que las lunas llenas dominan el cielo nocturno y ocultan los objetos más tenues, es un buen momento para centrar los esfuerzos de observación usando los propios ojos, prismáticos o un telescopio para examinar las características lunares.

A simple vista, este miércoles se podrán ver las tierras altas y bajas de la superficie lunar, que pueden adoptar ciertas formas con significados culturales. Con unos prismáticos o un telescopio, se podrán apreciar detalles de los cráteres, montañas, crestas y otras formaciones.

Por otra parte, también se podrá observar a nuestro satélite natural en una transmisión en vivo a las 19:00 GMT a través del sitio del Proyecto de Telescopio Virtual.

¿A qué se debe su nombre?

Según distintas tradiciones de los nativos norteamericanos, julio suele ser el mes en el que la nueva cornamenta de los ciervos emerge de su frente con una capa de piel aterciopelada, de ahí uno de los nombres de esta superluna. Mientras, el nombre ‘Luna de Trueno’ se debe a las frecuentes tormentas eléctricas que ocurren durante este cálido y seco mes del verano boreal.

Nota original de RT Español.

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