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The aunt of Saint Lucia’s latest homicide victim has appealed for an end to the violence plaguing the country, particularly gun violence.

“Put the guns down,” Lydia Poul declared on Monday after her 27-year-old nephew Kevin Mc Phee succumbed to multiple gunshot wounds overnight at Monchy, Gros Islet.

The death of the Caye Mange resident brings to 43 the number of homicides so far for the year.

His aunt told St Lucia Times that the fatal shooting had traumatised a female who was with the deceased at the time of the incident.

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“Them boys have to pray, ask God to change them, and put the guns down,” the aunt declared.

“God will deal with the person because God sees everything. If you want to play violent and think your turn will not come, one day your turn will come,” she stated.

And the aunt recalled that Kevin Mc Phee’s younger brother also died violently.

Kareem Mc Phee

Police received a report that the body of twenty-three-year-old Kareem Mc Phee was inside a parked motor vehicle near the Pigeon Island Causeway in September 2020.

He had been shot multiple times.

Headline photo: Kevin Mc Phee

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Extensive Road Repair works will be carried out in the Marriaqua Constituency this week, commencing tomorrow.

Word of this came from Minister of Health and Parliamentary Representative for the Marriaqua Constituency, St. Claire Prince during his address at a sports event yesterday.

Minister Prince said he has been informed by the contractors that the work which begins tomorrow is expected to significantly enhance the road network in the Marriaqua Valley.

And he appealed for the co-operation the public, as there will be some inconvenience.

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Update on Investigation of the vessel Alfa Nero 

St. John’s, Antigua, August 22… Antigua and Barbuda’s Foreign Minister, the Honourable E. Paul “Chet” Greene today issued the following further information on the investigation of the Russian-owned Super Yacht, Alfa Nero.

As promised, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is keeping the public informed, regarding the investigation of the Super-Yacht, Alfa Nero, which commenced on Saturday, 20th August.

The investigation is continuing.  It is being conducted by a multi-agency task force of local law enforcement officials and observed by the officers of the US Federal Bureaus of Investigation (FBI), pursuant to a Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty (MLAT) request made to the Attorney-General of Antigua and Barbuda by the Competent Authority of Government of the United States.

In order not to prejudice the investigation, or the rights of any persons involved, no further information, concerning the investigation will be released at this time.  However, the Foreign Ministry will provide further information, as appropriate, consistent with maintaining the integrity of the matter.

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Prime Minister Philip J. Pierre told reporters on Monday that the Verification Section of the Immigration Department has not been relocated to a Saint Lucia Labour Party (SLP) office as some news reports have indicated.

He explained that it is not an SLP office.

“It was never an SLP office. It’s a government office. It’s an office of the leader of the Opposition,” Pierre declared, adding that taxpayers are paying the bill.

In this regard, the Castries East MP recalled that former Prime Minister Stephenson King and former Micoud North MP Dr. Gale Rigobert were there when they served as opposition leaders.

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However, Pierre asserted that current opposition leader Allen Chastanet found the office ‘unfit for his status’.

“What’s happening now is that it was available for the Immigration Department and the Ministry of the Public Service visited and found it was convenient. So we have a Verification Centre where people can get their documents cleared,” he explained.

According to Pierre, those individuals could then proceed to the Immigration Office.

He spoke hours after the Royal Saint Lucia Police Force (RSLPF) announced that to improve processing services at the current office, the Verification Section of the Immigration Department has relocated.

As of Monday, August 22, 2022, the RSLPF has requested people seeking to submit passport applications to do so at the Ward Building on the corner of High and Chisel Streets, Castries.

Applicants will get an appointment at the Immigration Department, for completion of the process.

An RSLPF release noted that no applications will be accepted at the Immigration Department on Bridge Street, Castries until further notice.

And the release promised detailed updates ‘in due course’.

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El representante Luis Raúl Torres Cruz dijo el lunes que, a su juicio, la prioridad es cancelar el contrato de transmisión y distribución de energía eléctrica a LUMA Energy, y luego, se atienden los demás asuntos relacionados a la transición.“Cada cosa va paso a paso. El primer paso, no renovar el contrato. Segundo, transferencia de todos los activos y la operación a la Autoridad de Energía Eléctrica y a futuro, lo demás hay que trabajarlo”, dijo el representante en conferencia de prensa.

En reacción a la conferencia de prensa de Torres Cruz, un portavoz del consorcio en declaraciones escritas expuso que “No somos políticos. Somos trabajadores de servicios públicos”.

Uno de los asuntos que habrá que trabajarse en el futuro (si finalmente se logra cancelar el contrato) tiene que ver con los empleados de LUMA, cobijados ahora bajo la Unión Insular de Trabajadores Eléctricos (UITICE).

“Esa unión se queda ahí con sus empleados y la Autoridad (de Energía Eléctrica) tiene que reconocerla y manejar con esos empleados el proceso. Cuando determinemos como país, si vamos a dejar a la Autoridad permanentemente o vamos a traer otra Alianza Publico Privada o vamos a crear otro ente- porque hay varias propuestas-, mientras tanto, el proceso de transición es sencillo. La Autoridad sigue operando con los empleados y la unión que tiene LUMA ahí, por el momento y lo que si puede hacer la Autoridad, es traer una nueva plantilla de empleados para ampliar y poder atender más prontamente, más eficientemente, la situación de los apagones del sistema de transmisión y distribución y los nuevos proyectos que hay que desarrollar”, sostuvo el legislador independiente.

Otro asunto que quedaría pendiente de atender seria la aprobación de la Agencia federal de Manejo de Emergencias (FEMA).

De acuerdo a Torres Cruz y los representantes de los partidos Popular Democrático, Independentista Puertorriqueño, Movimiento Victoria Ciudadana y Proyecto Dignidad, el proceso de transición se puede dar a través del Artículo 16 del contrato de LUMA Energy y el Gobierno de Puerto Rico. La interpretación de los representantes, es que LUMA Energy tiene que comenzar un proceso de transición con la Autoridad de Energía Eléctrica para transferirle toda la propiedad (que incluye documentos, programas de computadoras, registros, etcétera).

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