NGC conducting work on Wrigtson Road

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COMMUTERS on Wrightson Road will experience a disturbance in the flow of traffic as NGC is conducting works on a pipeline on the road on Monday.

In a media release on Monday the National Gas Company of TT Limited (NGC) advised that it will extend construction works to divert a segment of its existing 16-inch low-pressure pipeline on Wrightson Road.

The work is expected to be done between 8 am on Monday and 4 am on Tuesday.

NGC said a traffic management plan will be put in place with the assistance of the TTPS to ensure the project is conducted safely and that there is minimal inconvenience to the public.

When workers are on the western carriageway, the traffic will be diverted to the eastern carriageway and when workers are on the eastern carriageway, the traffic will be diverted to the west. NGC said there would be cones to separate the lanes and there will be advanced signs and notices of the work being done.

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ECCB Governor Speaks On Inflation – St. Lucia Times News

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ECCB Governor, Mr. Timothy Antoine, spoke recently on inflation and the impact of the global increase in interest rates on islands within the Eastern Caribbean Currency Union.

“One of the issues that is top of mind is inflation. It is a difficult problem at the moment for countries large and small,” he said.

“The consensus is that the major central banks must do whatever it takes to get inflation under control. That means raising interest rates and ultimately, there is a possibility that a recession may occur as a result of the efforts of central banks globally to try to address the recession. In the ECCU, we import inflation, principally from the US and also from Europe our major trading partners. So there is nothing that the ECCB can do about inflation. We are not raising interest rates. The countries raising interest rates are the big central banks in the US, UK and China. So we have to grapple with this issue.”

The US Federal Reserve on July 27 enacted its second consecutive 0.75 percentage-point interest rate increase in an effort to curb inflation. For the US, this affects short term loans, adjustable mortgages, auto loans and credit cards.

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The ECCB governor said that within the ECCU, there is no immediate impact to the cost of borrowing. The real concern is the cost of inflation.

“In terms of interest costs I think the concern is what does that mean potentially for the cost of borrowing. Those costs really depend on where you’re borrowing. So if you’re borrowing in US dollars from foreign markets you will be paying more. That is why mortgages in the United States are now becoming more expensive. But if you borrow in EC dollars there is no immediate impact because the ECCB is not raising interest rates. The determination of the lending rate in the region is really competition among the financial institutions. If you notice, over the last decade, mortgages in the ECCU have come down significantly, and the reason for that is because of competition. So there is no immediate worry about borrowing costs, but there is a real concern about inflation because we import so many things. Every price increase on food, fuel and fertilizers, we’re importing those things.”

Mr. Antoine explained that this has negatively impacted Eastern Caribbean territories, as governments seek to cushion their populations from the devastating impacts of inflation.

“The Governments are really in a bind because they are making efforts to try to cushion the effects of inflation on the population. For example, in Saint Lucia, a 20-pound cylinder is $43. At the moment the government is subsidizing these gas cylinders by $22. That means if the government did not provide a subsidy, Saint Lucians would be paying $65 per 20-pound cylinder. As a result, government revenues ae hurting and its ability to service other areas is compromised. So that is a major concern for the ECCU, the question of when will inflation decrease.”

Inflation affects consumers negatively because rising prices result in a loss of purchasing power. And while global interest rate hikes are implemented with the aim to curb inflation, Mr. Antoine says it’s anyone’s guess when the current trajectory will take a downward turn.

Source: Government Information Service

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Betty West celebrates 31 years of traditional costume design Loop Barbados

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Boasting 31 years of revelry and costume design, Betty West returned for 2022 under the theme Time to Break Away.

The costume legend showcased five sections on ABC Highway. These included: On De Road; Feel De Soca; Wine and Go Down; Ready To Party and Jump and Wave.

Barbadian entertainer, Ishaka McNeil was amongst the droves having a blast in West’s band this Emancipation Day. McNeil was excited for the return of Grand Kadooment after a two-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

“It is August 1, Emancipation Day and we are free! Free to be on the road again after COVID,” said McNeil who added that he didn’t know until the last minute that he will be jumping.”

“It is all about Crop Over 2022 and beyond from here because we going to be outside all the time!” he continued

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‘In Suriname leren we heel weinig van onze fouten’

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Hoe verder met Brokopondo Het was even schrikken enkele dagen terug toen de bewoners van Brokopondo in niet mis te

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La France traverse une troisième canicule estivale sur fond de sécheresse record

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Un troisième épisode de canicule estivale a débuté lundi dans le sud-est de la France et devrait s’étendre à la majeure partie du pays, toujours en proie à une sécheresse historique après avoir connu son mois de juillet le moins pluvieux jamais enregistré.

Avec 9,7 millimètres de précipitations agrégées en France métropolitaine, juillet 2022 se place juste derrière le minima de 7,8 mm de mars 1961. C’est aussi nettement plus aride que le précédent mois de juillet le plus sec, en 2020 (16,7 mm), selon Météo-France, dont les premiers relevés remontent à août 1958.

La sécheresse et la répétition rapprochée de ces vagues de chaleur, directement imputées par le consensus scientifique au changement climatique, ont sévèrement fait chuter les débits des cours d’eaux dans de nombreuses régions.

A Gérardmer (Vosges), le débit des sources est tellement faible que la commune va approvisionner avec l’eau du lac son réseau d’eau public. Résultat, à partir du 3 août, l’eau sera déclarée non-potable, a priori pour 48h, le temps de réaliser des tests bactériologiques.

Ce n’est jamais arrivé “aussi tôt” dans la saison : “on a deux mois d’avance par rapport à des étés chauds”, regrette le maire Stessy Speissman, indiquant qu’il s’agit d’une “solution d’urgence qui met en danger le lac”.

En Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, à cause de l’étiage bas des cours d’eau, les loueurs de canoë-kayak rapportent une perte de 35% de chiffre d’affaires, selon leur Fédération nationale professionnelle. Pierre Capiez, gérant d’une société de location de canoë-kayak dans la Drôme, a dû fermer temporairement son activité: “Ça devenait ridicule pour les touristes et dangereux pour l’environnement”, abîmé par le passage des gens obligés de débarquer aux points de passage trop difficiles.

Dans les Hautes-Alpes, le très faible niveau d’eau du lac de barrage de Serre-Ponçon, attraction touristique de la région, a entraîné la fermeture au public de plusieurs points de baignade depuis la mi-juillet.

Pic de chaleur mercredi et jeudi 

Concernant le nouvel épisode caniculaire, son “intensité et (sa) durée seront moindres que celles de l’épisode précédent” quelques jours plus tôt, a répété Météo-France dans son bulletin lundi.

Quatre départements du Sud-Est (Ardèche, Drôme, Gard et Vaucluse) et les Pyrénées-Orientales restent placés en vigilance orange par Météo-France, qui a étendu pour mardi son niveau d’alerte jaune à 50 autres départements au sud d’une ligne allant de la Charente-Maritime jusqu’à l’Alsace.

“Un épisode de canicule se confirme pour le milieu de semaine, centré sur mercredi et jeudi avec des températures maximales entre 34 à 38 °C et localement 40°C”, a indiqué Météo-France, qui ne se prononce pas encore sur la fin de cet épisode.

Au sud de Nîmes (Gard), attisé par le Mistral et la Tramontane, un incendie a détruit 370 hectares de pinède dimanche soir, avant d’être fixé dans la nuit. Quatre pompiers ont été blessés dont un gravement, brûlé aux mains et au visage.

L’incendie qui a débuté dimanche en fin de journée sur la commune forestière de Mano (Landes) à la frontière avec la Gironde, “ne progresse plus” après avoir parcouru une zone de 300 hectares. Un autre feu, “inaccessible” aux équipes terrestres, a ravagé lundi “au moins 200 hectares” de maquis sur la commune de Santo-Pietro di Tenda en Haute-Corse, sans qu’il ne menace d’habitation.

Cette multiplication d’épisodes de fortes chaleurs est une conséquence directe du réchauffement climatique selon les scientifiques, les émissions de gaz à effet de serre (liées à la production d’énergie, aux transports, à l’industrie) augmentant à la fois leur intensité, leur durée et leur fréquence.

57 départements en crise sécheresse

A différents niveaux, 93 des 96 départements de métropole connaissaient des alertes sécheresse, synonymes de restrictions d’usage d’eau, a rappelé lundi le ministre de la Transition écologique Christophe Béchu, en visite dans l’Isère.

Seuls les départements des Hauts-de-Seine, de Paris et de la Seine-Saint-Denis ne sont pas concernés à ce stade par ces restrictions, qui ont été localement portées au niveau maximal de crise dans 57 préfectures, selon le site de l’information sécheresse du gouvernement Propluvia.

“C’est cette adaptation humaine qui est nécessaire (…), on diminue nos consommations en eau, on économise, on lutte contre le gaspillage”, a prôné Christophe Béchu.

L’Europe occidentale a fait face en juillet à une sécheresse historique et à deux vagues de chaleur en à peine un mois, au cours desquelles se sont déclenchés des feux de forêt ravageurs, de la Gironde à la Grèce.

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Loi sanitaire face au Covid: le Conseil constitutionnel donne son aval

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Le Conseil constitutionnel a donné son feu vert samedi aux dispositions concernant les outre-mer dans la nouvelle loi sanitaire face au Covid, après une saisine des députés LFI.

Définitivement adopté par le Parlement mardi, ce nouveau texte de loi permet un possible contrôle sanitaire aux frontières – un test de dépistage au Covid négatif –  en cas d’apparition d’un nouveau variant particulièrement dangereux. 

Un dispositif identique pourra s’appliquer pour les voyages de l’hexagone à destination des collectivités ultramarines, par exemple, “en cas de risque de saturation” de leur système de santé.

Les députés LFI avaient annoncé un recours au sujet des territoires ultramarins en estimant qu’ils faisaient l’objet d’une différence de traitement “injustifiée”.

Le Conseil constitutionnel a toutefois jugé conformes à la Constitution les dispositions incriminées.

“Le principe d’égalité ne s’oppose ni à ce que le législateur règle de façon différente des situations différentes, ni à ce qu’il déroge à l’égalité pour des raisons d’intérêt général, pourvu que, dans l’un et l’autre cas, la différence de traitement qui en résulte soit en rapport direct avec l’objet de la loi qui l’établit”, souligne-t-il.

Cette loi met par ailleurs explicitement fin le 1er août au pass sanitaire et autres mesures d’exception contre le Covid-19.

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Garvin Park closure extended to August 4 for sargassum cleanup Loop Cayman Islands

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The Ministry of Sustainability & Climate Resiliency and the Department of Environment advise that the closure to Garvin Park (Liars Tree) in West Bay is extended through Thursday, August 4 to continue the sargassum clean-up work started over the weekend.

Boat owners may request access to the park with the gate security throughout the work period. Questions may be sent by email to doe@gov.ky or by phone during business hours on 949-8469.

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World U20 Champs: Davison, Bouwahjgie easily qualify for 100m semis Loop Jamaica

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Sandrey Davison and Bouwahjgie Nkrumie have safely progressed out of the preliminary round of the men’s 100m in the morning session on the opening day of the World Athletics Under-20 Championships in Cali, Colombia on Monday.

Davison of St Catherine High, who won the sprint double at the Jamaica U20 trials in June, easily won his preliminary round race in 10.25 seconds to progress to Tuesday’s semifinals. The time represents the third quickest going into the semifinals.

Japan’s Hiroto Fujiwara (10.41) and Carlos Florez Angulo (10.45, a season’s best) of the host country finished second and third, respectively in the heat.

Nkrumie also won his heat to book his spot in the semifinals. He crossed the line in 10.39 seconds, easily beating Eddie Reddemann (10.56) of France, who took the other automatic qualifying spot.

Nkrumie’s 10.39 represents the 11th quickest out of the heats.

Letsile Tebogo of Botswana, the stand-out performer, heading into Cali has already stamped his authority with a championship record of 10 seconds flat in his heat.

Tebogo is the big gold medal favourite following his 9.94 World U20 record in the heats at the World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Oregon a fortnight ago.

The 19-year-old 100m victor and 200m silver medallist in Nairobi also boasts a 10.12 fifth-place finish from the Wanda Diamond League in Eugene back in May, further illustrating his fine credentials ahead of a title defence few would bet against Tebogo succeeding in.

Puripol Boonson of Thailand is the second quickest going into the semifinals with 10.20 seconds.

Also through to the semifinals is Nairobi 2021 silver medallist Benjamin Richardson of South Africa, who won heat two in 10.33 seconds, the fifth quickest qualifying time.

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Police 119 emergency number down Loop Jamaica

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Members of the public are being advised that the Police 119 emergency number is currently out of service.

A release from the Corporate Communication Unit (CCU), reported that a technical team–from their telecommunications provider is currently working to resolve the issue.

Police high command has since apologized for any inconvenience this may cause.

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The motionless body of the proprietor of Universal DVD Club and Stationary Solutions at Main and Trinity Street, New Amsterdam, Berbice was on Monday found in the bottom flat of his two-storey home with a stab wound to his back.

Dead is 53-year-old Vickram Seubarran of  No.2 Village, East Canje, Berbice. He was also the President of the Port Mourant Cricket Club. The evening news understands that man’s body was found on the kitchen floor lifeless in a pool of blood by a cousin.

The relative immediately raised an alarm and the police were contacted. From reports received, the man might have died for quite some time before his body was found. The dead businessman’s house was also ransacked.

An investigation is ongoing.

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