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Jamaican entertainer Charly Black will release a new single for the summer, “Whine for Me”, on August 5, 2022.

“Whine for Me” was produced by Kevin Balgobin and his brother, Troy Balgobin, from the Slingerz Entertainment label based in Guyana and the US.

Charly Black said he penned the track with the women in mind.

“It always feels good writing songs that compliment the females and their image. It makes me happy to make good music for the females that helps their self-esteem,” Black said.

He added, “This song is going to live on because it’s like “One In a Million”, “Perfect”, tracks that women really love.”

Charly Black believes the track will perform well because it incorporates dancehall and reggaet?n beats.

Balgobin agreed, adding that the track was produced to bring an “international type of vibe, but we still wanted to include dancehall, which is very energetic and infectious and will have you moving the minute the song comes on.”

He said Slingerz has been producing dancehall music for quite some time now and is happy to have Black on the track.

“We’ve been in the dancehall industry for a few years now, but we actually started producing in 2018, and since then, we were able to work and record some of the biggest names in the dancehall industry.”

Balgobin said he had previously worked with Charly Black in Guyana, making the recent partnership between the two seamless.

“We did business in the past where we booked him for major show events in Guyana, so it was a pleasure being able to work with him again in our new journey of producing,” the label boss said.

The music video “Whine for Me” was shot in Portland, Jamaica and edited by Xtreme Arts.

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Several Local Chinese associations stood in solidarity with China as it spoke out against US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan on August 2.

In a statement to the media on Tuesday, the TT China Society, Fui Toong On Association, Sun Wai Association, Chung Shan Association, Enping Association and the TT Association for the Peaceful Reunification of China condemned Pelosi’s visit.

“Pelosi is the third-highest ranking official in the US Government. Her visit to Taiwan seriously violates the one-China principle that the US has pursued since the establishment of diplomatic relations with China, consciously sends a wrong signal to the ‘Taiwan Independence’ separatist forces and seriously undermines the peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait.”

The release said Taiwan has been a part of China since ancient times.

“It is the common aspiration of Chinese at home and abroad to realise the reunification of the motherland,” the release said. “The 1.4 billion sons and daughters of the Chinese nation will never allow the ‘Taiwan independence’ separatist forces to separate Taiwan from China in any name or in any way.”

The associations reiterated in the release that China and the Chinese People’s Liberation Army had the capacity to defend its borders. They urged the US Government to abide by the one-China principle.

The Chinese Embassy commended TT for its friendly policy toward China in a media release.

“Since China and Trinidad and Tobago established diplomatic ties 48 years ago, the two countries have always been committed to equality, mutual respect, mutual trust, mutual benefit and win-win co-operation.

“China stands ready to continue to work with TT to support each other’s core interests and major concerns and push for greater development of the bilateral comprehensive co-operative partnership. We are confident that the government and people of TT will continue to support China’s just position.”

A release from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China warned the US against continued attempts to undermine the one-China policy.

“The Taiwan authorities have kept seeking US support for their independence agenda. They refuse to recognise the 1992 Consensus. The US for its part has been attempting to use Taiwan to contain China. These moves are very dangerous. Those who play with fire will perish by it,” the release said.

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Girls Say Yes participants with members of the Ryu Dan Empowerment Foundation’s Young Leaders Team at the launch of the foundation’s peace initiative on July 24 at its resource centre in Enterprise. PHOTO COURTESY RYU DAN EMPOWERMENT FOUNDATION –

THE Ryu Dan Empowerment Foundation launched its Girls Say Yes peace initiative on July 24, using sport to fight crime and violence in the Enterprise community.

Ryu Dan’s co-founder and executive director Shihan Marva John-Logan said the six-month youth mentorship initiative, which is supported by the UN Development Programme (UNDP), will encourage positive psychosocial change using netball to sustainably groom its 35 participants, aged 12-20, to become “peace ambassadors” in their communities.

“In Enterprise, there are so many borderlines and boundaries and in every one of those boundaries there is a brother, sister, aunt or uncle who knows someone on the other side but can’t cross border lines.

“But if these girls come together through a sport like netball and they work together for six months, learn the sport, apply the personal development training, get conflict resolution skills and do our group dynamics and personal development workshops, we are going to break down those bridges and borderlines to foster beautiful relationships.

“We want these girls to be peace ambassadors not only with each other but also within their own homes which will transcend into their communities.”

John-Logan said after her team’s school-based assessmen, which found a lot of division between the girls, and the videos circulating on social media showing girls involved in school fights, she and her team decided to help change this negative narrative.

The foundation collaborated with another Enterprise non-profit group, the Dass Trace Youth Empowerment Committee, to create a netball team that would “bring together warring factions of the Enterprise community under one banner.”

“We know the research shows that women can play a crucial role in the prevention of crime and violence. The 35 participants hail from streets and alleys that are traditionally at odds with each other.”

In addition, she said, the young women will be mentored in areas such as anger management, team-building, etiquette and deportment and art therapy.

John-Logan said participants will work together to transform the neglected areas in the Enterprise community like Train Line Park into what will be called “Unity Park.”

“The girls will create signage and graphics communicating positive messages to be displayed on the park’s perimeter fence. This park will now represent a safe space where members of all groups within the community can harmoniously enjoy time with their families.”

Through this initiative,the foundation hopes to produce “35 peace ambassadors who will continue to break down barriers by continuously promoting peace and unity long after the formal project.”

The foundation uses a “sports plus” model that offers martial arts, netball and football in addition to services which include counselling, academic support and entrepreneurship programmes to Enterprise youth.

At the launch at the foundation’s resource centre were UNDP-assigned project coach Colin Bartholomew, councillor Jinelle Joe-Ryan and alderman Chah Stacey Mc Sween, who represented the Chaguanas Borough Corporation.

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Update: 11pm, August 3, 2022

The two men who were found dead at Long Beach, Christ Church have been identified.

They are:

Loris Malik Rasheed Gittens, 22 years, Wildey, St Michael.

Michael Keenan Blackett, 27 years, Flat Rock, St George.

[Original story: 5:19 pm, August 2, 2022]

The bodies of two young men were found at Long Beach, Christ Church.

Police responded to the scene after the Police Operations Control Room received a telephone call about 11:13 am today, Tuesday, August 2, 2022, from an individual who alerted them to the discovery of the two lifeless bodies.

Police from the southern division Oistins Station responded and are are currently conducting investigations.

The identities of the two men are yet to be confirmed.

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