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Les élus ont rencontré les ministres et le président
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Le président de la République a reçu à dîner, hier soir, une cinquantaine d’élus de Martinique, Guadeloupe, Saint-Barthélemy, Saint-Martin, Guyane, Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, Mayotte et La Réunion.
Sur la liste des invités du chef de l’État, les députés et les sénateurs, les présidents des exécutifs (Régions, Départements, Territoires), les députés européens et les présidents des associations des maires. Côté État, le président a invité la Première ministre, le ministre de l’Intérieur et des Outre-mer, son ministre délégué ainsi que les préfets des territoires concernés. Il s’agit pour Emmanuel Macron de reprendre le dialogue après une période plus distendue dans le contexte du Covid et après l’élection présidentielle.
Le président honorait également un engagement pris en janvier 2021 (lors d’un échange en visio sur le Covid) de revoir les élus, et secondairement seulement, de répondre à l’Appel de Fort-de-France, puisque ce sont Gérald Darmanin et Jean-François Carenco qui étaient en charge de recevoir auparavant les seuls signataires de l’Appel. (lire ci-dessous).
Les sujets du quotidien
Ainsi qu’ils l’avaient demandé, ces sept signataires ont été reçus ensuite à part par Emmanuel Macron qui aura le souhait d’entendre les présidents d’exécutifs mais qui aura aussi le souhait de ne pas faire attendre ses invités pour ce dîner de travail…
L’enjeu était pour le président Macron d’avoir un temps d’échange avec les élus sur des sujets « importants » aux yeux des citoyens : sécurité, emploi, vie chère, infrastructures. Il s’inscrit dans la continuité des rendez-vous de juin 2018 (il avait alors reçu une centaine d’élus ultramarins à dîner avant la présentation du livre bleu outre-mer) qui avaient abouti à la signature des premiers contrats de convergence et de transformation en juillet 2019.
L’objectif est de parvenir, avec les élus, à renforcer l’efficacité de l’action publique outre-mer tant du côté de l’État que des collectivités concernées. Le chef de l’État souhaite partir des attentes des habitants des outre-mer et de leur apporter des réponses le plus adéquates possibles, organisationnelles, réglementaires, législatives, dans la continuité de son action engagée au profit des outre-mer depuis son premier quinquennat. Et sur l’institutionnel et l’autonomie des territoires, le président l’a déjà dit pendant la campagne électorale : « Pas de tabou ». Si la question statutaire doit émerger, cela passera par la consultation des populations.
La feuille de route
Les maîtres-mots d’Emmanuel Macron devraient être « différenciation et responsabilité ». La différenciation doit permettre de répondre aux différents enjeux qui importent aux citoyens en tenant compte des contraintes que peuvent connaître leurs collectivités. La différenciation s’inscrirait dans une forme d’égalité des droits avec l’idée de renforcer l’action publique au profit des citoyens. Car pour le chef de l’État, la priorité est sur les sujets du quotidien.
Les présidents des collectivités ont fait savoir la veille de ce rendez-vous qu’ils attendaient une « parole forte » du président, relative à leur Appel.
De l’autre côté, on parlait d’écoute, même si, bien sûr, le président avait la volonté d’être clair et d’apporter des conclusions opérationnelles à cet échange direct.
Dans le contexte post-Covid et de guerre en Ukraine avec la crise énergétique et l’inflation, l’Élysée souhaite que les outre-mer continuent d’avancer dans leurs stratégies de transition énergétique, écologiques et d’autonomie alimentaire. La deuxième génération des contrats de convergence et de transformation qui seront bouclés dans un an devra accompagner ce mouvement.
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Les signataires de l’Appel de Fort-de-France chez le ministre de l’intérieur
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Les sept signataires de l’Appel de Fort-de-France ont convenu d’une méthode, d’une stratégie et d’une position commune avant de se rendre au dîner auquel ils sont invités ce mercredi soir au palais de l’Élysée. – FXG
Le ministre de l’Intérieur Gérald Darmanin a évoqué la fenêtre de réforme constitutionnelle autour de la Nouvelle-Calédonie pour nourrir l’espoir de réformes des signataires de l’Appel de Fort-de-France.
A 19 h 40, ce mercredi (7 septembre), a pris fin l’entretien accordé par le ministre de l’Intérieur aux sept signataires de l’Appel de Fort-de-France en présence du ministre délégué.Les sept présidents de collectivités ont aussitôt traversé la rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré pour rejoindre l’Elysée où les attendait le chef de l’Etat. Ils n’ont guère eu l’occasion de faire de compte-rendu à la presse qui les attendait sur le carrefour de la place Beauvau.Pour autant, on sait que Gérald Darmanin était là pour accueillir ses hôtes. Il a pris le premier et longuement la parole pour leur dire le bonheur qu’il avait à les recevoir et son désir de renouveler et d’institutionnaliser ce type de rencontres. « C’était son moment, a confié une source. Carenco a laissé l’espace à son ministre de tutelle. » Le ministre a indiqué que le président avait souhaité répondre à l’Appel de Fort-de-France et les présidents ont rappelé ce « besoin d’élasticité » dans la relation entre l’Etat et les Collectivités. Entre les lignes, Gérald Darmanin a laissé entendre que le président allait leur faire un certain nombre d’annonces par la suite. Chacun des représentants des collectivités invitées a pu ensuite prendre la parole à tour de rôle. Chacun a fait part des problématiques spécifiques à son territoire, donc ça a été d’abord un moment de constats puis ensuite des propositions. Par exemple, Huguette Bello (Réunion) a expliqué qu’elle voulait faire sauter le verrou de l’amendement Virapoullé, la Martinique son besoin d’avoir davantage de capacités de leviers de décision locale, la Guyane a mis en avant son statut en préparation…
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Shark kills US tourist snorkelling in Bahamas Loop Jamaica
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A shark attacked and killed a US cruise ship passenger who was snorkelling in waters around the Bahamas on Tuesday, according to authorities.
The incident involved a 58-year-old woman from Pennsylvania and occurred at a popular snorkelling spot near Green Cay in the northern Bahamas, police spokeswoman Chief Superintendent Chrislyn Skippings told The Associated Press.
“It’s unfortunate,” she said.
Skippings said the woman’s family identified it as a bull shark.
Royal Caribbean International said in a statement to the AP that the person died after arriving at a local hospital for treatment and that the company is helping their loved ones. They said the guest was participating in an independent shore excursion in Nassau and had been sailing on Harmony of the Seas, which is on a seven-night trip after departing Florida on Sunday.
The majority of shark attacks in the Caribbean have occurred in the Bahamas, with two reported in 2019, one of them fatal. That incident involved a Southern California woman who was on vacation and was attacked by three sharks near Rose Island, located just a half mile from where Tuesday’s attack occurred.
In December 2020, a fatal shark attack was reported in the French Caribbean territory of St. Martin, the first such incident in that region.
Overall, at least 32 shark attacks have been reported in the Bahamas since 1749, followed by 13 attacks in Cuba during that time period, including one in 2019, according to the Florida-based International Shark Attack File.
Michael Heithaus, a marine biologist at Florida International University in Miami, said in a phone interview that the high number of attacks in the Bahamas is likely linked to the fact that there are a lot of people in the water in that area and that it has a robust marine ecosystem.
He said the Bahamas has a variety of shark species, the majority of which do not pay attention to people, except for bull sharks and tiger sharks.
“They get to very large sizes, and they eat big prey,” Heithaus said, adding that sharks have incredible sensory systems and can be attracted to food, sounds and smells in the water.
But overall, shark attacks remain rare, he stressed.
Worldwide, there were 137 shark attacks last year, 73 of them unprovoked, according to the International Shark Attack File.
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VIDEO: Shericka Jackson targets Flo-Jo 200m world record in Zurich Loop Jamaica
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Jamaican Shericka Jackson says she is targeting the 34-year-old 200m world record on Thursday when the Wanda Diamond League season reaches its climax in Zurich, Switzerland.
American great Florence Griffith-Joyner also known at Flo-Jo clocked 21.34 seconds to set the record when winning the Olympic gold medal at Seoul in 1988.
Jackson ran the second fastest time in history – 21.45 seconds – to win gold at the World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Oregon on July 21.
“I’m very great at the 200m,” said Jackson with a smile. “I am definitely looking for a fast, fast time.”
“At the World Championships I had a lot in my legs and was still able to run 21.4 seconds so to come out here, I expect to perform at my best.”
Jackson will also compete in the 100m final which is 80 minutes before she runs in attempts to break the 200m world record.
The Jamaican played down fears that the time between the races may hamper her.
“That recovery is enough for me. I want to challenge myself, and I think here is the best place to do it,” she added.
Jackson revealed that she set her World Championships-winning time as a goal earlier in the season and has since revised it downwards.
“Before this season I wrote that exact time on a piece of paper,” she said.
“I left it on my trophy stand so every time I step in my house or go to training I know I have that target…. I wanted it so badly.
“I went back home [after the Worlds], and I wrote another time because I definitely want to go faster, and I think I am capable of doing that.
“If it is not done tomorrow then definitely I come back next year and work even harder.”
Asked if her new goal would break Joyner-Griffiths’ world record, she replied that it was “definitely round about there”.
Apart from targeting Joyner-Griffiths’ world record, Jackson will be aiming to win the sprint double.
Since the Diamond League Final became a one-meeting affair last year, no athlete has yet managed to win more than one trophy in any given season. But Jackson could become the first to achieve that feat.
Of course, before turning her attention to her specialist event, the 200m, she would have to win the 100m – which is no mean feat but also not impossible, given she won in Brussels last weekend.
In Brussels, Jackson defeated her fellow Jamaican Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, the five-time world champion, by 0.01 seconds. It was the first defeat for Fraser-Pryce over 100m this season following a streak of sub-10.70 runs.
It was far from a disaster for Fraser-Pryce, though, who still clocked a remarkable 10.74. And that race could be just the motivation she needs to secure another Diamond Trophy in Zurich.
Jackson will no doubt be her toughest rival once again, while the competitive line-up also includes African record-holder Marie-Josee Ta Lou, Jamaica’s Natasha Morrison, US trio Aleia Hobbs, Sha’Carri Richardson and Twanisha Terry, and Britain’s Daryll Neita.
The 35-year-old Fraser-Pryce believes she can end her season by improving on the 10.60-second personal best she set in Lausanne in 2021.
Only two women have ever run faster. Olympic champion Elaine Thompson-Herah clocked 10.54 in the wake of her win in Tokyo, while Griffith-Joyner’s 10.49 world record has remained out of reach since July 1988.
Fraser-Pryce has hit new levels of consistency this year. She has run six of the 18 fastest times in history this season.
“What drives me is that I am at this point of my career, is that I have dreamt of running 10.6 seconds and now being able to do that consistently, I want to challenge myself every time I step to the line,” she said.
“I am definitely chasing a personal best.”
Fraser-Pryce also revealed that she is only taking part in Zurich after her five-year son Zyon’s return to school was delayed.
“It was going to be his first day and Zurich was not going to happen,” she added.
“I was ready to go home and it was like divine intervention in that I got an email from his school saying they were postponing, so that is why I am here.”
But whatever happens in the shorter sprint, Jackson will start as the overwhelming favourite for the 200m.
Olympic bronze medallist Gabby Thomas is the only woman to have beaten Jackson over 200m this year, but that was back in May in Doha when the Jamaican wasn’t near her peak and before Thomas picked up a niggling injury. The US sprinter has recovered enough to compete in Zurich, and will be joined on the start line by European champion Mujinga Kambundji and world finalist Tamara Clark.
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Ishawna signs with New York-based Payday Records Loop Jamaica
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Dancehall artiste Ishawna has signed her first international record deal with New York-based record label, Payday Records.
The ‘Equal Rights’ singer made the announcement in an Instagram post on Wednesday.
“Signed, sealed, and ready to deliver!!! I am super excited to announce that I just signed my first major international record deal,” she told followers.
She was clad in a pink pant suit and was accompanied by Downsound Records music producer, Cordel “Skatta” Burrell.
She continued; “Thank you Patrick Moxey @paydayrecords @ultrapublishing and the entire team. I’m so grateful to now have you as part of my journey. Thank you @skattaburrell for always being there for me, I’m so happy to share this moment with you.”
This achievement follows her collaboration with international artiste Ed Sheeran on the single ‘Brace It’.
While thanking her fans for their support over the years, ‘Miss Legendary’ advised them that this was only the beginning.
The hip hop label Payday Records was launched in 1992 by Patrick Moxey. The label reportedly helped launch the careers of some of the biggest and most influential names in hip hop, including Jay Z and Showbiz & AG.
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Over 300 St Mary residents benefit from health, back-to-school fair Loop Jamaica
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More than 300 adults and children from Gully Road, Chela Bay and the Boscobel communities in St Mary were recent beneficiaries of free health care services and back-to-school supplies provided by members of Beaches Ocho Rios Resort and its philanthropic arm, the Sandals Foundation at the Boscobel Primary School.
The event, which was executed in partnership with the Ministry of Health and Wellness (MOHW), saw residents receiving services including blood pressure and cholesterol checks, health talks, advice on positive lifestyle habits, foot care and treatment as well as mental wellness support.
Heidi Clarke, Executive Director of the Sandals Foundation, shared her delight at the overwhelming turnout.
“It was incredible to see so many children and families attend this event, and together with our team members from Beaches Ocho Rios, as well as our partners, we were able to provide these services and assist families in balancing some of the costs associated with back-to-school preparations,” said Clarke.
One resident, Althea Rowe shared: “The back-to-school supplies that we received from Sandals Foundation will go a far way in helping me to provide the best opportunity for my two children to go back to school. The books and bags are high quality and the number of pens and pencils that we receive will be able to serve them for the entire school term.”
All the children on hand were assisted with school supplies, medicals, and general guidance in maintaining a healthy lifestyle.
Dorreth Miller, a senior citizen who was on hand with her grandson shared, “this event is timely and well needed. I travelled from Highgate to be here in order to not only get my health checks but my grandson was also able to enjoy a full day of physical activities and receive school supplies from the Sandals Foundation.”
A senior couple, Canute and Genneth Johnson valued the one-on-one time spent with the medical practitioners, with Genneth noting: “This event was very good for my family. My husband and I were able to get our regular checks done and had a chance to have uninterrupted conversations with the doctors right here in our community.”
Recognising the value of having other senior citizens benefit, the couple said they also shared news of the fair with their community network.
“We heard about this health fair and were able to promote it in our senior citizens’ meetings and that allowed many of the elderly within our communities to come and experience all that the health ministry and Sandals Foundation were able to do for us. This was the biggest event that we have had since the pandemic. The exercise sessions (with Jamaica Moves) allowed all age groups to participate even while we were able to play games and win prizes,” Genneth Johnson said.
Of the numerous services offered, foot care was the most popular as older residents, many living with diabetes had the opportunity to have consultations, conduct exams and receive advice on how to properly care for their feet.
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Lower Newgate Street was abuzz with activity in the capital Wednesday morning as employees of the Antigua Public Utilities Authority (APUA) congregated outside the headquarters of the Antigua and Barbuda Workers Union (ABWU) as their shop stewards were locked in negotiations with union officials regarding a proposed 3% pay increase.
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Former cop who was beaten in prison seeks justice for injuries he suffered and assistance for further medical treatment
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REAL NEWS- Almost three years after he was released from Her Majesty’s Prison, former Police Constable Joseph Peters reportedly is still seeking medical treatment for injuries he sustained while serving his sentence.
An inside source tells REAL News that Peters was beaten severely – allegedly by prison officers – while in custody. The source further alleges that although he was seriously wounded, the authorities kept the former policeman hidden in a cell until another inmate made the matter public.
The source claims the injured man was not seen by a prison doctor until 10 days after the alleged beating, during which his nose was fractured.
Reportedly, the doctor was appalled that medical attention had not been sought earlier, and Peters was permitted to undergo surgery.
While further surgery was recommended on his discharge from prison, the injured man reportedly has been unable to access treatment for his damaged nose.
Neither has Peters been able to get justice for the beating he endured, the source says – despite the matter having been reported to the Police authorities.
“To date, the matter – which is an indictable offensee because of the extent of Peters’ injury – remains somewhere in a drawer at the Criminal Investigations Department (CID),” the inside source charges. “No arrest has been executed although the perpetrators were named and identified by Peters,” the source alleges further.
Reportedly, the injured man has made numerous – but futile –appeals to the Police authorities, since he is unable to afford a lawyer to further the matter, and because he is not able to pay for the additional surgery he needs.
The source says he is making the matter public now in the hope that the Police Commissioner will launch an investigation and charge the persons responsible for Peters’ injuries. He also hopes the former police officer will get the justice he deserves – as well as assistance to pursue medical treatment.
Peters, along with the mother of a then-minor girl, had been convicted and sentenced to four years in prison for corrupt practices with respect to the child.
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