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MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Brazil winger Antony looks set to complete a move to Manchester United for $95 million, joining Lisandro Martinez in making a big-money switch from Dutch club Ajax to the English giant in the transfer window.

The clubs said on Tuesday they have reached agreement on Antony’s transfer, subject to a medical examination, his contract being finalized, and international clearance.

The 22-year-old Antony, a skilful and quick left-footed attacker, has spent just two full seasons at Ajax but appears to have done enough to convince United to make him their second most expensive signing after Paul Pogba in 2016.

He will be the fourth costliest player to join an English team, after Jack Grealish to Manchester City, Romelu Lukaku to Chelsea, and Pogba.

The impending arrival of Antony, who is likely to be part of Brazil’s squad at the World Cup in Qatar, sees United again look to the Dutch league in their latest rebuild.

First, Erik ten Hag left Ajax to join as manager and he has brought Martinez — the Argentina center back arrived for nearly $58 million — and now Antony with him from the Amsterdam club. Tyrell Malacia was signed from Feyenoord and Christian Eriksen, a former Ajax player, has joined on a free transfer.

United also signed Brazil midfielder Casemiro from Real Madrid last week in a spending splurge in the final days of the transfer window by a club whose ownership, the Glazer family, is in the eye of a storm. Fans have been protesting about the direction of the club under the Glazers after almost a decade of underachievement, disgruntlement that became more pronounced after United lost their first two games of the season in the Premier League.

With his tricks and skills, Antony will bring some flair to United while also adding more competition to the wide positions, where Marcus Rashford, Jadon Sancho and Anthony Elanga are vying for spots.

It also adds to the uncertainty surrounding another forward at United, Cristiano Ronaldo, who has been pushing to leave for a club playing in the Champions League.

United will reportedly pay Ajax a further 5 million euros ($5 million) in potential add-ons for Antony, who complained last week in an interview with Italian journalist Fabrizio Romano that the Dutch champions were not allowing him to leave.

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El ayudante general de la Guardia Nacional en Puerto Rico (GNPR), José Reyes, aseguró en RADIO ISLA que están listos para enfrentar cualquier amenaza atmosférica en la temporada de huracanes. 

“La Guardia Nacional está lista. La Guardia Nacional aprendimos mucho con todas las emergencias que hemos vivido en los pasados cinco años que va desde huracanes, terremotos, pandemia, hasta recogido de gomas. Uno siempre aprende mucho”, aseguró José Reyes.

José Reyes informó que adquirieron nuevos equipos de comunicación debido a que los que tenían, los teléfonos satelitales, “no fueron efectivos” en el huracán María. Además, adquirieron una base de comunicaciones para mantener comunicación con todas las agencias del gobierno.

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An arriving passenger at John F Kennedy International Airport in New York, USA, had his trip turned sour when US Customs and Border Protection officers seized his potentially hallucinating whole milk.

On August 19, US citizen Anthony Xavier Nassy Tyrell arrived on a flight from Kingston, Jamaica. CBP officers conducted a baggage exam on Tyrell’s luggage, discovering eight bags of a Jamaican brand of powdered milk, the CBP said in a recent release.

CBP officers escorted Tyrell to a private search room where the bags were examined, revealing a white powder that tested positive for cocaine.

Tyrell was arrested for the importation of a controlled substance and was turned over to Homeland Security Investigations, the release said.

The weight of the cocaine seized was approximately nine pounds, with an estimated street value of US$150,000.

According to the CBP, this translates to approximately 25,000 doses (100-200 mg). A lethal dose of cocaine is roughly one to three grams, so the amount seized by CBP and kept out of our neighbourhoods would be roughly 2,000 lethal doses.

“The smuggling of illicit drugs poses a significant threat to our nation, and CBP is determined to keep these drugs off our streets,” said Francis J Russo, Director of CBP’s New York Field Operations. “As America’s unified border security agency, our employees are dedicated to working with our law enforcement partners to protect the public from these substances.”

Tyrell now faces federal narcotics smuggling charges and will be prosecuted by the US Attorney’s Office in the US Eastern District Court of New York.

All defendants are considered innocent unless and until proven guilty.

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Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness and Trinidad and Tobago’s Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley said CARICOM is pressing the US to assist the region in cracking down on illegal gun shipments into the Caribbean.

Speaking with media at the Diplomatic Centre in Port of Spain during Holness’ visit to Trinidad and Tobago for the country’s 60th independence anniversary celebrations, Holness said that Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago will be working together to address the flow of illegal weapons into both countries by collaborating and sharing information.

we had to impress upon the United States as CARICOM, that you cannot turn a blind eye to us

“Weapons are an enabler of violence, how they get into our countries and the people who are financing and sending them, there’s incredible commonality. Along the lines of sharing information, we will be collaborating on that…politically we need to amplify our voices…we don’t make guns and ammunition but they’re available so widely in our society.”

Dr Rowley said CARICOM members have made a united front in pressing the US government to step up measures to detect the movement of illegal gun shipments bound for the Caribbean.

“The United States has made a statement about focusing on the flow of arms and ammunition in the Caribbean. That didn’t come about by accident. We all have been pressing our point to the US as a supplier.”

“It is turning out that the biggest challenge is national security in Jamaica which we are also facing here…a huge national security challenge via a flow of arms and ammunition…and that is something which we had to impress upon the United States as CARICOM, that you cannot turn a blind eye to us, where every CARICOM country is in this predicament.”

“It’s something that we’re cooperating on and today we signed on to that…and we had some discussions for further closer cooperation in information sharing on this particular matter of the external forces that affects small arms and assault weapons coming from the Unites States.”

Holness added that there is a concern regarding the movement of illegal weapons through legal ports of entry and the implications of corruption.

“The importation of weapons [into Jamaica] comes in both via legal ports and illegal methods. The ones we’re really concerned about are the ones coming through our legal ports…If it’s coming through your ports it speaks to a high level of possible corruption in the port system and the customs system.”

Holness said the Jamaican government is addressing this challenge via a multipronged strategy and regarding entry via illegal ports of entry, they have also stepped up patrols.

He said there is also the problem of organised or enterprise crime, whose agents infiltrate state organisations and corrupt institutions in order to facilitate illegal trade.

He added that like Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica also is working on implementing measures to address domestic crime via a multidimensional strategy.

Dr Rowley said Trinidad and Tobago and Jamaica will be sharing information and working together to combat these issues.

Holness said overall, the instability created by global supply issues and the COVID-19 pandemic has shown that a stronger CARICOM is needed if the region is to move forward.

“What we’ve seen coming out of the [9th] Summit of the Americas is that…In a world of uncertainty where there can be an exogenous shock…we will need each other more than ever and so it’s important that there’s a strong relationship, government to government, regionally, to be able to withstand shocks.

“We need to be stronger regionally…we need to secure our food supply, our energy supply. Equally, we need to secure the labour that we need and….the financing that we need. Once we realise that we need to come together and work as a region so that we can become resilient to sustain these external shocks, we’ll have a clearer path toward the prosperity of our people.”

Both leaders also signed a Memorandum of Understanding to resolve a trade dispute and engaged in bilateral talks on various matters of mutual interest including national security, sport and tourism.

Holness will be in the country to observe independence day celebrations on August 31 and is due to depart on September 1.

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