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On what should have been the first day back at school for three siblings, their family is today reeling after they perished in a fire at their home in Springfield district, Westmoreland, on Sunday night.
Another child was also injured in the blaze.
The deceased children have been identified as Jayden and Jorden Laing, both seven years old, and Adrianno Laing.
Reports from the Savanna-la-Mar police are that about 9:40pm, the children were at home with their father when he lit a candle due to a power outage in the area.
It is alleged that the man went outside and later realised the house was engulfed in flames.
Efforts were made to rescue the children, however, only one was saved. She has since been hospitalised, the police said.
Police in Westmoreland are investigating.
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Brian Frazer, who has a vast experience in trading, treasury, asset management, risk management, operations and product development, will work closely with VMIL CEO Rezworth Burchenson.
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Victoria Mutual Investments Limited (VMIL) has announced the appointment of Brian Frazer as deputy CEO.
Frazer, who has a vast experience in trading, treasury, asset management, risk management, operations and product development, will work closely with VMIL CEO Rezworth Burchenson in accelerating the implementation of the organisation’s strategic objectives.
Prior to taking up the post at VMIL, Frazer served as managing director at Scotia Investments Trinidad and Tobago. He worked at Scotia for 20 years, serving Scotia Asset Management Caribbean and Scotia Investments Jamaica.
He has led investment teams, with responsibility for the management of assets of over US$1.9 billion on behalf of unit trust funds, mutual funds, pension funds, corporate clients, and individual investors across the region.
Frazer also has experience developing the strategic direction for investment management and product development for mutual funds, unit trust funds and institutional asset management business lines across the English-speaking Caribbean.
He earned an undergraduate degree in Accounting and Economics at the University of the West Indies and received professional training in accounting, asset/liability, and risk management locally and overseas.
The new VMIL executive is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) Charterholder and is a member of the CFA Institute.
He is the founding President of CFA Society Jamaica and currently serves as a Director and the Chair of the Membership Committee of the Pension Industry Association of Jamaica.
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Trinidad and Tobago Film Festival excited to re-emerge in 2022
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Interim executive director of the Filmmakers Collaborative of TT (FILMCO) Mariel Brown. Photo by Marc Bain/ttff
THE TT Film Festival (TTFF) will return to in-person activities after a two-year hiatus caused by the restrictions of the covid19 pandemic.
This year, the festival’s 18th edition takes place from September 22-28.
In the last two years, TTFF offered a complete online experience. Customers were able to watch and buy the films that interest them.
In 2021 the festival experienced several technical issues, stemming from poor connectivity to audio difficulties, especially during the closing ceremony.
Nicola Cross, creative producer, consultant filmmaker and filmmaking workshop co-ordinator and facilitator, won best overall film in the 2021 festival.
At a press conference at National Library and Information System Authority (NALIS) on Monday, Mariel Brown, interim executive director of the Filmmakers Collaborative of TT (FILMCO), said, “We have gone to extraordinary lengths to make the programme exciting to encourage people to come back out to events to go to the cinema to see movies and to celebrate with us as we emerge from two years of the pandemic .”
Brown said the team has been working on its programming since March and after screening 300 submissions, 110 films will be featured at 27 events planned for the six-day festival.
The opening night will feature the Caribbean premiere o fChee$e –a 105-minute narrative feature by the award-winning director from TT Damian Marcano.
Film enthusiasts will also enjoy other narratives and documentaries, meet-and-greet, cocktail events and workshops with filmmakers from around the world.
There will be a special screening for secondary school students at NALIS.
Many of these events will be free.
Advance tickets for screenings are available via the TTFF office, 22 Jerningham Avenue, Belmont, or online at ttfilmfestival.com
The public can visit the website or e-mail: comms@ttfilmfestival.com for more information.
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Castara, Tobago road partly closed for repairs
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Heavy rainfall left the Northside Road in Castara in a treacherous condition. –
The Division of Infrastructure, Quarries and Urban Development (DIQUD) has said the Northside Road, between Castara Down River and the Welcome to Castara sign, will be opened temporarily to all vehicles from Monday until Thursday, between 5 am tand 9 am and 2 pm to 8 pm, and closed subsequently.
It said this arrangement has become necessary to allow ongoing work on the embankment and drainage crossing the road.
Drivers and pedestrians should take extreme care, particularly during bad weather, as rocks may fall from the adjacent embankment.
The division said it is committed to ensuring the road is safe for all users and apologised for the inconvenience.
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Jail for Princes Town man who gave cops bogus name
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A man who gave police a fake name when they arrested him for several offences has been jailed.
Jace Rondel Flores of Princes Town initially identified himself as Shovon Dick.
On August 17, PC Rebeiro of the Princes Town municipal police station arrested and charged him for failing to wear a seatbelt while his car was in motion and failing to produce an insurance certificate and a driver’s licence.
Rebeiro also charged him with driving while not being issued a licence, driving without a valid insurance certificate, and resisting arrest.
The police arrested him in a road traffic exercise co-ordinated by ASP Guzman near Cipero Road.
A justice of the peace had granted Flores $20,000 bail.
On Friday, the case went before Princes Town magistrate Indira R Misir-Gosine, and Flores pleaded not guilty. The prosecutor told the magistrateFlores had given the police a false name.
The magistrate stood down the case and ordered him to produce his national ID card. The card shows his name as Jace Rondel Flores.
He admitted to giving the police the false name.
Flores then changed his pleas to guilty.
The magistrate sentenced him to six months’ jail with hard labour for resisting arrest. She also sentenced him to one month each for the charges, totalling 11 months.
Misir-Gosine also disqualified him from holding or obtaining a licence for three years.
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Drivers urged to adhere to DHB traffic advisory as works still ongoing to fix damages
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Drivers urged to adhere to DHB traffic advisory
The DEMERARA HARBOUR BRIDGE CORPORATION is appealing to drivers to follow the direction advised and laid out by officers when using the bridge, as further inspection is currently being done in preparation for the start of a major rehabilitation of the damage caused to span nine (9) and at the junction of span seven (7) and eight (8).
This occurred on Sunday when a passing vessel hit the bridge and shifted a section out of alignment, which resulted in the closure of the bridge for several hours.
The Management of the DHBC says though the bridge has been reopened to vehicular traffic, remedial work is still ongoing and drivers are being reminded to adhere to the weight limit of 10 tons and below per vehicle, at the moment.
Drivers are especially urged to proceed with caution at span nine (9) and at the junction of span 7 and 8 (eight) (cones will indicate location). Span 7 and 8 junction is located before the retractor span going West and after the retractor span going East.
The public is also advised that there will be some interruption after midnight starting this week, to facilitate carriageway rehabilitation work, while undercarriage rehabilitation work will continue until the structural integrity of the spans has been restored.
Specific details of this will be posted on the DHBC’s Facebook page.
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Letter: Mayor Narine must accept responsibility
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Dear Editor,
Hats off to the Ministry of Human Services and Social Security, as indeed it is commendable that “Govt. (is) taking (a) hands-on approach to rid (the) city streets of vagrants…”
Even as I perused the news on this, I took sharp offence as regards “…accusations made by Mayor of Georgetown, Ubraj Narine, (saying that) too little is being done to address this protracted dilemma.” I therefore think that I need to voice a response.
First, Mayor Narine is way out of order in “describing the vagrants as “social rejects.” Maybe that is how loathsome they are to him, and others who use them for cheap labour. What Guyanese need to know is that “Homelessness (according to the UN) is a profound assault on dignity, social inclusion, and the right to life. It is a prima facie violation of the right to housing, and violates a number of other human rights in addition to the right to life, including non-discrimination, health, water and sanitation, security of the person, and freedom from cruel, degrading and inhuman treatment.” So, Narine’s deeming them as ‘rejects’ is the very defeat of anything he would ever want to do for them. In fact, he has already started playing politics with this issue.
I say this because he has vehemently and publicly “…expressed his dissatisfaction at the manner in which the Government has been handling the current issue.” His claim is that “…the City Council has not been receiving any help from the Government to initiate a proper plan to remove homeless individuals from the streets of Georgetown”.
However, I cannot give credence to Mayor Narine, and with good reason, too. For example, as I go back to January of this year, I note that the press highlighted that “Town Clerk Candace Nelson chided (the) City Mayor Ubraj Narine for stating that the Central Government did not provide a subvention for last year, even as she provided details on how the allocated Gy$30 million was spent.” This was necessary, as Narine was claiming that President Irfaan Ali had ignored his request for the subvention, and Ms. Nelson had to dispatch a letter (of memory) to the Mayor to upend his false claim.
At this juncture as well, more credibility destruction for the Mayor was advanced by A Partnership for National Unity+Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC) as, “…on the issue of the subvention, and stopping short of calling him a liar, the statement released was that “When you stand to represent a position, your stand ought to be grounded in truth, especially if you’re seated in a seat of authority and example. I say this again and again, the problem with City’s Government isn’t the employees, but rather the very governance.”
Now, I do agree with Mayor Narine that “…the Capital City Georgetown has been faced with them (homeless/ vagrants) for many decades,” but a reminder is timely here. It is that Mayorship from 1996-2015 was under Hamilton Green. During 2015-2018, Patricia Chase-Green held the post, and since 2018, Pandit Ubraj Narine himself took over. Yet nothing was achieved nor done in this regard. In fact, Mayorship of Georgetown and the City’s governance, even when the PPP/C was not in power, never manifested an acceptable level of performance.
I recall that in September last year, the shocking reality was that “After taking office, the People’s Progressive Party (PPP/C) Government had launched an audit into City Hall, targeting both the financial and operational makeup of the municipality.” Why? It was because, for the year before, there was no accountability for the $300 million Restoration Fund which was contributed to the Georgetown Mayor and City Council for the restoration of the dilapidated City Hall Building.
I suggest that the Mayor and City Council under the aegis of Ubraj Narine do what the Minister of Human Services and Social Security suggests. This means that the “…Mayor, too, puts his hands to the wheel…do his part, and get involved in this…(as) the Ministry is already doing its best to ensure that people are not on the streets.”
After all, Minister Persaud and the Government she represents are very much aware of the prevalent problem of homelessness in Georgetown. According to her, “The Ministry is very cognisant of this problem… and wants to ensure that people who are homeless have a safe space.”
In this regard, I remind all that the Public Night Shelter at East La Penitence, Georgetown can now accommodate even more persons following the completion of significant infrastructural works on the facility. A new wing was added to the facility at a cost of over $5 million, while the interior and exterior of the existing building were significantly enhanced.
Editor, let’s bear in mind that the homeless aren’t to be viewed as individuals of less value, or as nuisances. Many of them are simply unfortunate victims, and happen to find themselves without homes under circumstances that they cannot control. Let’s remember, too, that catering for the homeless is not tantamount to solving the problem, as no authority can force anyone to take advantage of provisions. As the Minister detailed, “It’s not prison, we can’t force people to stay there…the best efforts will be made to help persons in a situation of homelessness, no matter their age, ethnic background or gender.”
Yours truly,H Singh
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WATCH: Saint Lucia Fire Service Reports ‘Pleasantly Quiet’ Weekend – St. Lucia Times News
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After several busy weekends responding to shootings, road accidents, and fires, the Saint Lucia Fire Service has reported that last weekend was ‘pleasantly quiet’ in terms of the nature of calls it received.
On Monday, Communications Officer Stacy Joseph disclosed that most of the emergency responses were to medical calls.
Her complete statement appears below:
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Radican medida para tener remedios civiles en casos de maltrato de animales
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Los senadores Carmelo Ríos Santiago y Migdalia González, radicaron el Proyecto del Senado 896 el cual crea la ‘Ley de Remedios Civiles para la Protección de Animales’ para así establecer remedios civiles como medida para combatir el maltrato, la crueldad, el abandono y el abuso animal en la Isla.
“El maltrato a los animales es un asunto serio y un problema social que ha ido en incremento. Comprende comportamientos que causan dolor innecesario o estrés al animal. Los mismos pueden ser desde la negligencia en los cuidados básicos, hasta ocasionar la muerte. Por otro lado, la defensa de los animales se basa en un principio de tolerancia y respeto hacia la vida, tanto humana como no humana”, según establece la Exposición de Motivos de la medida.
El objetivo de la pieza legislativa es proveer un remedio de naturaleza civil para la protección y el trato digno de los animales, adicional a los remedios criminales disponibles, e independiente de los mismos. Mediante esta nueva Ley se permitiría que cualquier persona, aun aquella que no sea el guardián o poseedor de un animal, fungir como demandante para velar por su protección.
Cuando, a juicio del Tribunal, en una demanda jurada o apoyada por una declaración jurada, se aleguen hechos específicos que establezcan claramente que haya ocurrido un acto de crueldad, abandono o abuso contra un animal, el Tribunal podrá emitir una orden de custodia provisional, de así solicitarlo el demandante, otorgándole el derecho de proveer el cuidado apropiado al animal.
“Los animales son parte de nuestro entorno, son seres vivientes que merecen un trato justo y digno. Estos animales no tienen voz propia ni manera de reclamar sus derechos, por lo que, con la aprobación de esta medida, estamos otorgándole esa voz a través de personas que, preocupadas por sus mejores intereses, están dispuestas a defenderlos. Los actos de maltrato animal no tienen justificación, aun viniendo de su guardián”, expresó Ríos Santiago.
La orden de Custodia Provisional dispondrá la celebración de una vista dentro de 10 días, contados a partir de la fecha en que se expida dicha orden, para que la parte demandada muestre causa por la cual no debe expedirse una orden de interdicto preliminar en lo que se ventilan los derechos de todas las partes. Dicho término podrá prorrogarse si el Tribunal determina la existencia de circunstancias extraordinarias antes de que expire el término de la orden previa.
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