Join Cayman Connect’s Cook Club’s event on July 27 Loop Cayman Islands

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The content originally appeared on: Cayman Compass

Cayman Connection continues to provide ways for individuals connected to the Cayman Islands to remain connected. The upcoming virtual Cook Club meeting on July 27 is just one example of the efforts that Cayman Connection is making.

The July meeting via Microsoft Teams will focus on making plans for Cayman Day 2022 and for virtual cooking demonstrations. Cayman Connection says that no cooking experience is necessary and interested parties are invited to contribute personal or sourced recipes and to lead cook-a-longs.

Through the Cook Club, Cayman Connection also hopes to preserve treasured Caymanian recipes by sharing instructional videos featuring Caymanian cooks/chefs, providing information on Cayman district specialties as well as the history of ingredients and dishes, arranging competitions focusing on Caymanian cuisines and creating a library of traditional Caymanian dishes and beverages enjoyed by members.

Persons interested in joining Cayman Connection’s virtual Cook Club may send an email to hello@caymanconnection.org and may register for the upcoming event using the below link: https://caymanconnection.org/2022/06/17/cook-club-july-2022/

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ZIZ Evening News – July 13, 2022

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Weather Update for Thursday, 14th July 2022

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The content originally appeared on: ZIZ Broadcasting Corporation

Present Weather: Cloudy skies with light showers

Winds: A moderate breeze of 15mph from the Northeast

Temperature: 25°C / 76°F                      Humidity: 94%

Sea Level Pressure: 1017.0mbs or 30.03″

Sunset: Today, 6:49 pm                              Sunrise: Tomorrow, 5:45 am

Weather Forecast Valid until 8 am Tomorrow

Winds: East where speeds will range from 12 to 20 mph with possible gusts to as high as 31 mph mainly in elevated areas and over open waters.

Seas: 1.2 to 1.8 metres or 4 to 6 feet. today and increasing to 2.1 metres or 7 feet tonight. A small craft caution is currently in effect but will be upgraded to an advisory tonight.

Weather Forecast for St. Kitts & Nevis

Weather today: Mostly cloudy with showers with the chance of showers decreasing to 40 percent or moderate late this afternoon.

Weather tonight: Partly cloudy with a 40 percent or a moderate chance of showers.

Eastern Caribbean Forecast: A tropical wave is making its way across the Eastern Caribbean and will generate unsettled conditions as it passes. Cloudy spells with periodic showers are expected for most of the area with Trinidad and Tobago, The Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico being on the less receiving side. However, due to daytime heating activity thundershowers could develop over Puerto Rico. Meanwhile a moderate to fresh wind flow will keep the open waters exposed to the Atlantic Ocean at an elevated level. 

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Sir Lester Bird Medical Centre now has a full time cardiologist

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The content originally appeared on: Antigua News Room
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Cabinet Notes:

The Cabinet was informed that the Sir Lester Bird Medical Centre (SLBMC) now has a full time cardiologist.

That professional joins a full-time ophthalmologist, who has served the Medical Center for more than a year.

Six kidney transplants have been undertaken thus far in Antigua, and more kidney transplants are likely to take place.

Transplants are cheaper than dialysis but identifying suitable donors has proven to be a challenge.

A cardiology unit will be placed where the dialysis unit now occupies, and the Renal Unit will be moved to the refurbished Edward Ward at the Old Holberton Hospital.

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“Absolutely no need to go through any middleman” – Ali to investors

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President Dr Irfaan Ali speaking to reporters

President Dr Irfaan Ali has cautioned investors coming to do business in Guyana that there is no need for them to engage middlemen and lobbyists in setting up operations here, declaring that they could be held accountable if caught in any illegal act.

The Head of State made this remark in light of allegations made during a broadcast done by the US-based VICE News. In an extended video published last week, a VICE News Journalist went undercover and spoke with several persons from within the Chinese community here and they discussed “working the system”.

According to the Journalist, middlemen are allegedly paid money to get projects or other business done.

But President Ali told reporters on the sidelines of an event Wednesday evening that there was no need for investors to be getting involved with middlemen.

“This economy is going to expand. There are going to be more and more carpetbaggers coming in here; more persons claiming to be much more than they are. I am saying this very clearly to the public and to the investors, there is absolutely no need to go through any middleman; there is absolutely no need to engage any lobbyists, and there is absolutely no need for anyone coming to you [with shortcuts in setting up business in Guyana],” the Head of State contended.

He went on to point out that his Government would be going after those who continue to use middlemen to get things done illegally.

“We will have to deal with this situation because if you engage middlemen and lobbyists who want to claim that they have more than what they have, then you are also accountable and liable. Because it means that you are prepared to engage in something illegal. So, I’m warning [investors],” the Guyanese Leader noted.

According to President Ali, he has already instructed Attorney General Anil Nandlall, SC, to look at ways to further strengthen Guyana’s laws to clamp down on those middlemen as well as those who engage them.

Only last weekend, state-owned China Railway First Group Co Ltd (CRFG), the firm that won the contract to revive the highly-touted 165-megawatt Amaila Falls Hydropower Project (AFHP), denied corruption allegations made by VICE News.

In addition to shining the spotlight on the Amaila Falls Project – a flagship initiative of the governing People’s Progressive Party/Civic regime – the Journalist mentioned being shown a contract between embattled Chinese businessman Su Zhirong and China Railway for a major road project. CRFG had won the contract for “East Coast Demerara Public Road Widening and Improvement Project – Better Hope to Belfield Village” back in 2014.

But according to China Railway, in a statement over the weekend, the news piece is “misleading the public… on the groundless fabrication of so-called factors in an attempt to defame Chinese enterprises here in Guyana”.

The State-run Chinese construction firm solemnly stated that it has never signed any agreement with Su, nor has it conducted any actions that were shown in the footage.“Since its presence in Guyana from 2008, CRFG strictly abides by the laws and regulations of Guyana in conducting its business operations in the country. We express strong indignation on the behaviours that VICE News and Su Zhirong deliberately fabricated stories and spread such untruthful information on the Internet to mislead the public and damage the reputation of our company. We strongly condemn such behaviours of defaming Chinese enterprises,” the company said in the statement.

Already, the Ali-led Administration has criticised the news agency for attempts to paint top Government officials and the country at large as corrupt, specifically accepting bribes from Chinese investors, following the release of parts of the broadcast prior.

Moreover, in addition to the bribery scheme, the broadcast also claimed an alleged elaborate money-laundering scheme within the local Chinese community. On Monday, President Ali told reporters that the “self-confession” in the docu-series warranted a probe by local security forces.

Following on this remark on Wednesday evening, the Head of State explained that he could not instruct any of the security forces to conduct such an investigation, but noted that the onus was on them to look into it.

“I support any investigation into that person [who made the confession]… There is a self-confession where somebody said they are involved in something illegal and any security force or Police force would want to investigate that, but don’t ask me to direct anyone. I am a President that would never get involved in directing anyone. Everyone can rest assured that this President is going to work within the constructs and constraints of the Constitution of the Republic of Guyana,” President Ali posited.

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Chastanet Says Saint Lucia Economy Collapsing Under Pierre – St. Lucia Times News

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The content originally appeared on: St. Lucia Times News

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Rejecting an offer to present solutions to the government as Saint Lucia faces  unprecedented economic challenges, opposition leader Allen Chastanet has declared that the national economy is starting to collapse under Prime Minister Philip J. Pierre.

Chastanet made the comments Wednesday during the HTS Evening News.

He said he had zero confidence in Pierre’s offer to solve the problems.

“He has a problem with tourism. He has a problem with agriculture. He has a problem with manufacturing. In fact, the entire economy is starting to collapse under him, and he has no solutions,” Chastanet declared.

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The former Prime Minister recalled that he had made recommendations to Pierre before.

But he said the Prime Minister ridiculed the suggestions.

“We gave him a six-point plan. He laughed at it. He said it was a joke, so the fact is that this Prime Minister has shown no willingness to work with the opposition,” Chastanet told HTS Evening News.

Prime Minister Philip J. Pierre had invited all stakeholders, including the opposition, to provide solutions as Saint Lucia faces unprecedented challenges.

Citing climate change and the war in Ukraine, the Finance Minister has said there has never been a time, not even at the height of the COVID-19 crisis, that being in government has been ‘so tough’.

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“Poliamor filiatorio”: la Justicia argentina reconoce que un bebé tenga dos padres y una madre que se conocieron en una web para tener hijos

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The content originally appeared on: Radio Isla TV

Fernando y Juan (nombres ficticios) deseaban ser padres, pero descartaron la idea de una gestación subrogada o adoptar y, aconsejados por su terapeuta, decidieron buscar una mujer que también quisiese ser madre. 

La pareja, que vive en Argentina, encontró a la persona que buscaba en una página de “coparentalidad para hacer un bebé”, tal y como promociona el propio portal, que cuenta con más de 45.000 suscriptores y que conecta a las personas que buscan tener hijos. 

Tras conocerse y después de muchas conversaciones, la mujer se sometió a una técnica de fertilización asistida, uniendo el gameto de uno de los hombres con uno de ella. El bebé nació en junio y este miércoles la Justicia reconoció que el recién nacido tenga una familia pluriparental.

La jueza Myriam Cataldi, del Juzgado Nacional en lo Civil y Comercial Nº 7 de la ciudad de Buenos Aires, destacó “el derecho a la no discriminación con motivo o razón de la triple filiación o poliamor registral filiatorio”.

”El concepto jurídico del interés superior del niño es indeterminado”.”El niño no estaría en este mundo de no haberse recurrido a las TRHA por estas tres personas adultas que desearon fervientemente su existencia; tanto lo quisieron, que no pudiendo hacerlo por otro método”

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En su fallo, Cataldi detalló que los tres entablaron muchas conversaciones sobre la manera de crianza, el funcionamiento de la familia y cuestiones que eran importantes para cada uno.

“Estas íntimas conversaciones favorecieron la conformación de un entramado familiar sólido, puesto que compartían los mismos valores, estilos de crianza y, fundamentalmente, plan de vida”, afirmó. 

También hizo hincapié en que los tres estuvieron de acuerdo en formar una familia con una mamá y dos papás. “Un proyecto familiar donde el hijo o hija crecería en dos hogares distintos, con mucho amor de familia y amigos y amigas de sostén para el nuevo integrante”, apostilla.

La magistrada declaró así inconstitucional parte del artículo 558 del nuevo Código Civil y Comercial, en vigencia desde el 2015, que especifica que “ninguna persona puede tener más de dos vínculos filiales, cualquiera sea la naturaleza de la filiación”. A su juicio, este extremo quebranta los derechos de la Constitución y los instrumentos internacionales de derechos humanos.

“La realidad demuestra cotidianamente que no en toda familia existe una figura materna o una paterna, sin que ello obste a que esta pueda brindar el bienestar necesario para el desarrollo de niños y niñas”, justificó.

Único obstáculo 

Tras la sentencia, se emitió la partida de nacimiento del bebé, que tendrá los tres apellidos de los padres, y cuyos documentos de identidad, DNI y pasaporte, ya están en trámite. 

La fiscal Mónica Susana Mauri y el Defensor de Menores, Marcelo Gustavo Jalil, se opusieron a esta triple filiación, pero la inscripción ya había sido admitida. Sin embargo, no se descarta que el caso llegue al Tribunal Supremo. 

Andrés Gil Domínguez, abogado que representa a los padres y a la madre, explicó al canal de noticias Telenueve, que “el único obstáculo que se encontraron [los padres y la madre] fue el dictamen de la fiscal y del defensor de menores que apelarán el fallo, y que desconocen plenamente cómo funciona el modelo constitucional argentino tras la reforma del código”.

El abogado detalló que hay 21 casos en Argentina. “Hubo dos que se resolvieron por vía administrativa antes de la reforma del código civil y comercial y los otros se han resuelto por vía judicial”, apuntó. 

Domínguez hizo hincapié en que la particularidad de este caso es que desde “el momento cero los dos padres y la madre construyeron este proyecto de familia pluriparental basándose en un vínculo socioafectivo”. 

Noticia original RT en Español

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Senadores contemplan buscar que dinero para aliviar factura de luz no salga del Fondo del Seguro del Estado

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The content originally appeared on: Radio Isla TV

El senador por el Partido Popular Democrático (PPD), Juan Zaragoza, informó que la Legislatura está contemplando enmendar la medida que busca aliviar el costo de la factura de la luz para que los fondos no vengan de la Corporación del Fondo del Seguro del Estado (CFSE). 

Según Juan Zaragoza, los legisladores tienen como meta que ese dinero provenga del Plan de Rescate Americano (ARPA). “Estamos contemplando la posibilidad de someterle enmiendas (a la medida) para que el ‘funding’ de ese alivio sea a través de fondos federales y no sea sacrificando al Fondo del Seguro del Estado”, expresó Zaragoza. 

El Proyecto del Senado 931 que es la razón para las vistas públicas pretende asignarle a la AEE unos 220.5 millones de dólares provenientes de sobrantes de la CFSE, lo que representa el único proyecto que el gobernador Pedro Rafael Pierluisi Urrutia asignó para convocar la Sesión Extraordinaria.   

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Second part of Visual Arts Exhibition opens Loop Barbados

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The content originally appeared on: Barbados News

The second series of the three-part Crop Over 2022 Central Bank Visual Arts Exhibition will start today, Wednesday 13 at the Queen’s Park Gallery.

Following the first series which ended last week “Questions of Freedom”, the second series “#FutureFRWD” will run until Wednesday, August 3.

The “#FutureFRWD” Exhibit which can be viewed at its opening night event, is intended to encapsulate elements of youth through means of digital, interactive and new media. The night will feature performances and activities like live painting, projection art and a ‘sip & paint’ session.

For this exhibit, young artists both in age and experience were encouraged to express themselves and their identity relative to their connection to ‘nu media’.

`Through 2D, 3D, photography and ‘nu media’ artwork, this showcase seeks to ask its participating artists and viewers a series of questions, like “Are all empowered with the capacity to develop their natural gifts and talents?”; “Are we free to express ourselves?”.

The Central Bank of Barbados “Against All Odds” Crop Over Visual Arts Exhibition was inspired by a recognition of the resilience of

Barbadian people which was displayed through the paintings, prints and other workmanship of local artists.

As a complete body of work, “Against All Odds” was conceptualised to highlight how Barbadian strength of character has been fashioned by hardship and adversity, past and present. The themes addressed in the exhibition include plantation slavery, economic disenfranchisement and global factors like threats of war and the COVID-19 pandemic.

The NCF Cultural Officer for Visual Arts, Rodney Ifill served as the producer of the Crop Over Visual Arts Exhibition, assisted by Guest Curator Oneka Small.

After quoting major “acts of emancipation”, from the abolition of slavery to Barbados’ transition to a Republic, it is fitting that the first instalment of the exhibition sought to answer the titular “Questions of Freedom”.

Falling at the beginning of the Season of Emancipation, that exhibition ran from Wednesday, May 25 until Wednesday, July 6.

The final instalment of the exhibition called “Our Land”‘ will be available for viewing from Wednesday, August 10 to Wednesday, August 31. Artists were asked to create pieces that would interrogate how the Barbadian landscape is perceived and measured beyond its aesthetic value, focusing on the manipulation of natural resources and their utilitarian importance.

There are a total of 27 artists featured across the three segments of the exhibition, carefully selected from more than 33 entries.

Some of the artists include the prominent Ras Akyem Ramsay who was a recipient of the 2012 Caribbean Luminary of the Arts Award, the 2010 Lifetime Achievements Award in The Visual Arts and more.

Amidst the more senior artists, however, the works of many emerging artists are also featured including Jamila Greaves, Sian Pamprllonne, Akilah Watts and Shane Eastmond.

As Guest Curator, one of Small’s suggestions was to interview artists and have the information collected used to create artist profiles to be featured in a digital catalogue.

Samples of artwork which constitute one to two pieces per artist will be included in the catalogues, as seen in the first catalogue for “Questions of Freedom”. This will be in an effort to capture what Rodney Ifill describes as the artists’ oeuvre; the progression and trajectory of their bodies of work.

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Government plans year-long 60th Independence anniversary bash

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The content originally appeared on: Trinidad and Tobago Newsday

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PLANNING Minister Camille Robinson-Regis is heading a ministerial committee overseeing plans for the celebration of Trinidad and Tobago’s 60th anniversary of Independence, said a statement from the Office of the Prime Minister on Wednesday.

The statement was headlined, Commemorative stamps and coin, concerts and plays amongst multiple activities planned for 60th Independence anniversary celebrations.

“Plans for a year-long celebration of this country’s 60th anniversary of Independence were presented to a ministerial oversight committee yesterday, as the Government moves to mark this Diamond Jubilee. Trinidad and Tobago achieved its independence on August 31st, 1962.

“Several ministries and statutory bodies have been planning assiduously to ensure that this momentous milestone is celebrated with all the pomp and splendour it deserves.”

A working committee of the Office of the Prime Minister and the Ministries of Tourism, Culture and the Arts; Youth Development and National Service; Sport and Community Development; National Security and Foreign and Caricom Affairs, presented an outline for a year of a wide ranging series of local and national events.

The celebrations will include national parades (Port of Spain and Scarborough); diplomatic events; nationwide cultural activities, competitions and caravans; youth based activities; school based competitions and activities; community based activities, events, competitions; awards, dinners and ceremonies; television, radio and newspaper features and nationwide exhibitions.

“Among the events being planned are the launch of a national logo, 60th anniversary commemorative stamps and coin, national parades, gala concerts as well as other sporting and cultural events designed to showcase the multicultural, multi-ethnic, and truly cosmopolitan nature of TT. Care has also been taken to ensure that these activities are spread throughout TT.

“Speaking after yesterday’s meeting, the Honourable Camille Robinson-Regis who heads the ministerial committee noted that, “An initial, approved calendar of events encompassing national celebrations and events during the upcoming year, inclusive of the launch of the 60th anniversary theme and logo, will be shared with the public in the coming weeks and updates will continue to be shared across all available platforms.”

She said that while 60 years was still relatively young for any country, TT has achieved more than most in those 60 years, and that will be reflected in these events.

“There is already great anticipation within the national community for these diamond jubilee celebrations, and I am confident that as more details of the events are released, the national community will respond as we have always done, with pride in our achievements, and boundless faith in our destiny.”

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