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Manager of the St. Vincent and the Grenadines Meteorological Service Billy Jeffers is advising Vincentians to remain vigilant, as the 2022 Atlantic Hurricane Season is now at its peak.
Rawdica Stephen tells us more in today’s Special Report.
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Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves is now back in the state following a successful visit to the Republic of China, Taiwan.
Speaking on Radio this morning, the Prime Minister said he held fruitful discussions with several Taiwanese officials, during the one-week State visit.
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The Prime Minister will host a Media Conference at Cabinet Room tomorrow, to update the nation on his visit toTaiwan, as well as other issues of national importance.
The Media Conference begins at 10am and will be broadcast live on NBC Radio.
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Jamaica’s Opposition Leader Mark Golding on Monday took another swipe at the Andrew Holness-led Administration over its refusal to cast a larger social safety net for vulnerable Jamaicans, by pointing to Barbados’ most recent adjustment to fuel prices.
Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley in a press conference on Monday evening announced measures to further shield gasoline and diesel consumers in Barbados effective this Friday, August 19, 2022, until January 31, 2023.
On Twitter, in response, Golding tweeted:
This is what cushioning the crisis looks like, as it regards the rapid hike in gas prices this year. The JA government’s paltry “targetted” effort is simply inadequate. #CushionTheCrisis
And the PNP’s Twitter page tweeted: “For months, Golding’s People’s National Party has been pushing a cap on fuel prices in Jamaica at US$67.50, a suggestion rejected by the administration.”
Moreover, Golding has repeatedly called for Jamaica’s Government to provide up to JA $40 billion in relief, but this has been brushed aside by Prime Minister Andrew Holness and Finance Minister Dr Nigel Clarke as being reckless, with the latter insisting that the country must maintain fiscal discipline.
The Holness-led Administration has offered roughly JA $3.8 billion in relief.
Despite Jamaicans being hit with significantly higher petrol prices since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, made worse by the Ukraine-Russia war, the Holness-Administration has rejected calls to remove any of the taxes that apply to petroleum products.
Mottley earlier in the year during her Budget speech capped the VAT on gasoline and diesel and she also announced that the cost of freight would be capped at $7,350 per 20-foot container and $8,000 for 40-foot containers, which represented the average costs of freight in 2019.
“We shall hold these costs for 12 months,” she said.
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Kraft Heinz is recalling thousands of pouches of Capri Sun in the US after some cleaning solution accidentally mixed with the juice on a production line.
The company said it’s recalling about 5,760 cases of Capri Sun Wild Cherry flavoured juice blend.
The “Best When Used By” date on the packages is June 25, 2023.
Kraft Heinz said the diluted cleaning solution is used on its food processing equipment. The company said it discovered that the solution had accidentally mixed with the juice after getting consumer complaints about the juice’s taste.
The recall does not apply to products sold outside of the US.
Kraft Heinz, which is co-headquartered in Pittsburgh and Chicago, said in a statement Friday it is working with retailers to remove the product from circulation.
Consumers who bought the affected Capri Sun should not consume it and should return it to the store where it was purchased to receive a refund.
By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer
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Mardi 16 Août 2022 – 09h49
Les pompiers sont intervenus sur un faccident à Lamentin – Laurianne Nomel
Les sapeurs pompiers ont été appelés peu avant une heure du matin (mardi) pour un accident de la circulation. Sur la route, au niveau de Blanchet/ Gourbeyre, l’ambulance des secours a heurté un deux-roues alors qu’elle se dirigeait à Trois-Rivières. On dénombre une victime – le conducteur du deux-roues – médicalisée sur place et conduite au centre hospitalier de Basse-Terre. L’ambulance accidentée a été remorquée au centre de Saint-Claude.
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PHILIPSBURG — The tender for solid waste collection for the period 2021-2026 was not only unfair and not transparent, as the Ombudsman states in its report about its systemic investigation into this matter, it was also rigged.
This appears from documents that were delivered anonymously to the faction of the Party for Progress; the PFP submitted these documents to parliament and they became part of a debate about the tender during a central committee meeting on Monday.
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Independent MP Christophe Emmanuel lit the fire by quoting from the documents. He referred to the terms of reference that state, among other things, that bidders have to submit certain documents. If one of those documents is missing, the bidding contractor would be disqualified.
MP Emmanuel elaborately showed that two contractors, Avyanna and Garden Boyz, were disqualified from the tender because their bids were incomplete. One other company also submitted an incomplete bid: Leonard Enterprises, a company that has been hauling garbage in St. Maarten for many years.
But of these three companies, only Leonard Enterprises did not get a contract. Avyanna en Garden Boyz mysteriously completed their bid-documents after they had been disqualified.
“How did Avyanna know that a bank statement was missing?” Emanuel wondered. “Because a staff member at the ministry told them. Leonard enterprises failed to submit a plan of action for the execution of the work. Were they also notified? If the answer is no, then this bid was rigged. This is fraud,” Emmanuel said. “This is what you call bid rigging. It should be re-tendered.”
Emmanuel showed all sixteen tender documents the PFP faction had submitted.”When I look at all these documents I see that Quality Sweepers passed, but they did not get a contract. And the ones that failed have a contract today.”
Because the terms of reference have been approved by the Council of Ministers, Emmanuel said that the whole COM is complicit. “The issue for me is not the companies that got the contracts. The issue is how all this was manipulated.”
Earlier, Emmanuel already asked for a copy of the advice that was sent to the Governor. “He should be put on notice as well. What kind of due diligence did he do? But no matter how you flip the coin, there is no way the Governor would have signed off on this tender if he had received all these documents.”
MP Angélique Roumou asked where the documents had come from and MP Melissa Gumbs answered that they had been delivered anonymously in an envelope.
VROMI-Minister Doran is in parliament on Wednesday to answer questions from parliamentarians about the irregularities.
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Opposition Leader Mark Golding on Monday took another swipe at the Andrew Holness-led Administration over its refusal to cast a larger social safety net for vulnerable Jamaicans, by pointing to Barbados.
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Through the creation of an incentivized teaching scholarship programme, the University of the West Indies, Mona (UWI) in partnership with the NCB Foundation aims to slow down the migration of our teachers from Jamaica.
The Building Out Our STEM Teachers (BOOST) Scholarship which started in 2021 facilitates the advancement of teachers in pursuit of specialisation in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics.
With the Foundation now on board with a whopping $9 million investment, special emphasis will be placed on producing high-quality teachers in digital studies.
Scholarship recipient Thea May was delighted for the assistance to complete the final year of her computer studies major in education and liberal studies. Her passion for inspiring a love for digital studies remains resolute as she prepares to enter the education workforce.
“Jamaica is in dire need of more proficient educators. We have so many young minds that are curious about the way things work and how to make them better. My role as a teacher is to inspire, motivate and make learning enjoyable,” said May.
With the resignation of 400 teachers since the start of the year, the BOOST programme will help to make teaching more attractive. Through the programme, student teachers will receive grants to cover their student loans and an increase in their salaries. Scholarship recipients will also benefit from specially-designed mentorship schemes, summer training, outreach programmes, and networking opportunities.
Successful NCB BOOST scholars will be placed in high schools to teach subjects such as Information Technology, Webpage Design, and Programming at the high school level.
“The shortage of qualified teachers in Jamaica has significantly impacted the development of the human resources within the island. Through the BOOST programme, the UWI will aid in creating a steady supply of quality STEM educators,” stated Professor Michael Taylor, Dean of the Faculty of Science and Technology at UWI’s Mona campus.
In her remarks at the signing of the partnership agreement on July 28, CEO of the N.C.B Foundation, Nadeen Matthews Blair is ready to expand the pipeline of digital talent in Jamaica. “The N.C.B. Foundation is on an urgent journey to enable the digital transformation of our country through expansion of the pipeline for digital talent, but these digital practitioners can’t teach themselves,” stated Blair.
She explained that it is critical for the country to find innovative ways to attract and retain its teachers. “BOOST is a win-win. The NCB Foundation is also delighted that it provides a pathway for our own digital scholars to give back after getting their tertiary education fully funded by the N.C.B Foundation,” said Blair.
For more information about the BOOST Scholarship programme visit the UWI Science and Technology homepage www.mona.uwi.edu/fst/.
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Prime Minister Gaston Browne is defending the country’s main hospital.
Browne says the Sir Lester Bird Medical Center provides a high level of health care comparable to major hospitals in the United States.
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Dear Editor,
It is quite ironic that when we find ourselves stepping up in the socio-economic ladder, we tend to allow the human components of empathy & humilty to vanish from our modus of operandi.
As a manager & moreso as a Christian, I will confess that I have witnessed some unethical & unscrupulous practices among my colleagues, in the way how they go about with an “undertone” of hiring and promoting persons up the cooperate ladder, especially in the Statutory & Public sector.
Such practices has now forced me as a Christian to ask the question, does the ” knee in the neck ” syndrome exist on the job sites?
Just about 2 years ago, we heard about George Floyd, an Afroamerican man, met his untimely death due to a knee that was placed in his neck by someone who was considered to be in authority. Obviously, discrimination & exercising power was a part of that screen play.
Interestingly, it is my view, that the same “knee in the neck” syndrome exists on the job sites of today.. Similar to Mr. Floyd, who was at the time pursuing his own ambition, an employee likewise, has as one of his or her own ambition to climb the cooperate ladder, some day.
Unfortunately & sad to say, some persons on the job never fulfill their ambitions because they become a victim of discrimination, and hence, are been overlooked or get pushed at the back of the bus or even have the corporate ladder pulled from under them inspite of the hard work & dedication they put into the organization. As a result, within the walls of the workplace you can silently hear the voices ” I am dead but I am still breathing “.
Of course, I will certainly agree & also give kudos to those of us who, as employees work feverishly & academically to get to the top of the cooperate ladder. On the other hand, for some unforeseen circumstances others may just cruise their way just to get themselves to the next level. Still kudos to them!
Regardless of the situation, each employee should be looked at in a fair manner & be treated with utmost respect. On the job, all employees should be faced with a level playing field.
As managers, many of us may have a different style of managing however, we should operate on a common ground of professionalism, fairness, empathy and invoke the Christian principle of ” do unto others just like you would like others do unto you”.
Of course, it is expected that the heads of every organization will set a standard and a criteria for hiring and promoting individuals. Be that as it is, the process of hiring or promoting should be impartial, so that what goes for one…. should go for all, regardless if that person is a friend, a family member, is liked or otherwise.
Sadly, I have seen friends, family members & close associates of managers been highered or promoted all because of that ” knee in the neck syndrome ” of nepotism or cronyism, thus causing other staff members to be stifled on the job. Strange enough, some of these persons who have been hired or promoted may not even have the proper work ethics or the required qualification for the job.
We are now in the 21st century where we as managers are better trained than before. As a result, I am making a plea that we become more cognizant of the health & culture of our organizations. Sometimes, the way we operate & the way treat our subordinates tend to be the source of creating an environment of hostility & demotivation within the workplace.
Let us avoid been kings & queens of all survey and act more professional & impartial towards our staff. Remember today may be for us but who knows, tomorrow that coin may flip and that day may just be for them.
Fitzroy
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