Santa Cruz man shot dead Friday afternoon

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A Santa Cruz man died in hospital after he was shot on Friday afternoon.

Police said around 1.20 pm Dylan Maitland, 25, of Pipiol Circular, was near his home when a man walked up and shot him several times.

He was taken to the Eric Williams Medical Sciences Complex, Mt Hope, where he was pronounced dead on arrival.

As of Friday morning, the murder toll stood at 382.

The country recorded 58 murders over the last 25 days.

For the same period in 2021, the toll was 242 and in August last year, there were 26 murders.

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Two Chaguaramas bodies still unidentified

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A week after the grisly discovery in Chaguaramas of two men who had been tied up and shot dead, police are still trying to determine their identities. As a result they have issued a press release seeking the public’s assistance.

On August 19, shortly after noon, a farmer on his way to tend his crops discovered two bodies along Guave Road, off Macqueripe Road, Chaguaramas.

One man was approximately five feet seven inches tall. He had long black hair with a black and greying beard. He was brown in complexion, slim built and appeared to be of East Indian descent. He was wearing a green jersey, three-quarter cream-coloured pants, a silver watch and grey Nike slippers.

The other man was approximately five feet ten inches tall, with short hair and a black beard. He was fair in complexion, medium-built and appeared to be of mixed descent. He was wearing a white vest, blue three-quarter pants and a black-and-white Jordans.

Anyone with information that can help identify these bodies is encouraged to contact the Homicide Bureau of Investigations, Region One Office. 625-8234/624-5230. All calls are confidential.

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Acting commissioner chides prison officers over social media use

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Acting Commissioner of Prisons Deopersad Ramoutar has cautioned all prison officers to exercise due diligence and astuteness, especially when off duty.

An advisory sent out by the communications department on Friday morning said he was also warning officers to be mindful of information they put in the public domain via social media.

Contacted to confirm the authenticity of the release circulating online, Ramoutar said he had observed some disturbing behaviour among officers on social media and felt it was important to remind them of the standards they are expected to uphold.

In a brief phone interview on Friday afternoon, he said, “It has to do with my officers on social media prancing about the place, behaving as if they are civilians, and that upsets me a lot, so I have decided to remind them of who they are, the type of job they engage in.”

The release said Ramoutar cited the practice of publishing personal information such as location, address and relatives, which could lead to their becoming targets for criminals. He reiterated that officers do not owe social media any information and said this practice could do more harm than good.

Hence he was “reminding his members of staff that once recruited, a prisons officer cannot fully function as an average person, as everything they do and say will be judged as a prisons officer.”

He added that not everyone understands or appreciates the virtue of being a prisons officer and officers must strive to meet the standard of the roles they took an oath to fulfil.

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17 new Covid cases recorded

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A total of 70,943 novel coronavirus infections have been detected in the country since the first case was recorded in March 2020.

Within the last 24-hours, 17 new infections were registered. There are currently six persons in the hospitals, two of whom are in the ICU while 281 are isolating at home.

Three individuals are in institutional quarantine, 69,376 have recovered, and 1,278 have died.

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Keanu Reeves sorprende a una pareja de recién casados al colarse en su banquete de bodas

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Una pareja de recién casados recibió una sorpresa inesperada el día de su boda cuando el actor canadiense Keanu Reeves hizo una inesperada aparición como invitado en la recepción.

James y Nikki Roadnight se casaron el pasado fin de semana delante de sus familiares y amigos en el hotel Fawsley Hall de Northamptonshire, en el Reino Unido. Casualmente el actor de ‘Matrix’ también se alojaba allí ese mismo día.

“Mi marido le vio en la zona del bar y le dijo que se acababa de casar e invitó a Keanu a acercarse a saludar y a tomar una copa con nosotros si quería”, dijo la novia a Newsweek. “Fue muy amable y dijo que lo haría más tarde. No sabíamos si lo haría o no, pero estuvo genial que mi marido hubiera hablado con él”, agregó.

Una hora más tarde, un miembro del personal del hotel se acercó a la novia y le dijo que “un huésped muy importante” la estaba esperando fuera para saludarla.

Según los medios locales, se cree que Keanu, aficionado a la Fórmula 1, se alojaba en el lujoso hotel mientras trabaja en un documental sobre la liga de carreras para Disney+.

“La boda fue absolutamente perfecta de todos modos y tuvimos el día más mágico”, comentó la novia. “Que Keanu Reeves se pasara a saludar fue algo fuera de este mundo. Algo para recordar y el comienzo de muchas más aventuras juntos”.

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Premium Friday experience at Heineken After Work series Loop Jamaica

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Kickstart the weekend on Fridays with the Heineken After Work series. Designed to provide a premium experience, Heineken has seized the opportunity to bring patrons together with great music from local and international DJs paired with the premium brew of Heineken.

The series kicked off on August 19 at TacBar in Kingston and will continue with pop-ups at different locations until September 9. To find out where the next Heineken After work series will be hosted, visit @HeinekenJamaica on Instagram.

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109 new COVID cases, 2 deaths, 22.8% positivity rate recorded Loop Jamaica

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The Ministry of Health and Wellness is reporting that 109 new COVID-19 cases were recorded over a 24-hour period up to Thursday afternoon.

Two COVID-19 deaths that occurred from April to September 2021 were also recorded on Thursday, bringing the overall coronavirus death toll in Jamaica to 3,241.

An 81-year-old woman from St Mary and an 84-year-old woman from St Catherine are the latest recorded COVID fatalities nationally.

There were 61 recoveries on the day, bringing that tally to 96,159.

The newly confirmed COVID-19 cases brought the total number on record for the island to 149,327.

Notably, the island recorded a 22.8 per cent positivity rate based on the samples that were tested on Thursday.

Of the newly confirmed cases, 57 are females and 52 are males, with ages ranging from seven months to 94 years.

The case count was made up of Kingston and St Andrew (28), St Ann (17), St Catherine (11), St James (nine), Manchester (nine), Clarendon (eight), St Mary (six), Hanover (four), St Thomas (three), St Elizabeth (two), and Westmoreland (two).

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COVID-19 Protocols For August 28 To September 10, 2022 – St. Lucia Times News

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The current protocols for the management of COVID-19 have been extended until Saturday September 10, 2022.

During this short extension of the Protocols, the Cabinet of Ministers will deliberate on major changes to the management of COVID-19 in Saint Lucia, based on advice from the COVID-19 Management Centre.

It is expected that all aspects of the current management of COVID-19 will be assessed and possibly reviewed.

Fully vaccinated travelers are required to provide proof of vaccination on arrival and do not require a COVID-19 test.

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Unvaccinated travelers are required to provide a negative PCR test taken within five days prior to arrival in Saint Lucia. Quarantine requirements have been removed in relation to travelers.

For mass crowd events (two hundred and more persons), all event organizers are required to submit their plans to National Emergency Management Organization NEMO in accordance to the regular mass crowd guidelines.

Presently, home testing for COVID-19 is authorized in Saint Lucia. All restrictions on the importation of rapid antigen test kits has been removed. The rapid antigen test is to be used as a screening tool and would require confirmation with a PCR test.

Positive antigen rapid tests are required to be reported to the Epidemiology Unit in the Ministry of Health within 24 hours.

All other protocols will remain in effect for this period.

Saint Lucians are asked to continue following the protocols of wearing a face mask in public places and maintaining general sanitation measures. Let us take personal responsibility and protect ourselves, family, friends and others from the COVID-19 virus.

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