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Nederlandse premier Mark Rutte aangekomen in Suriname

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Van onze redactie ZANDERIJ — De Nederlandse premier Mark Rutte is maandagmiddag aangekomen in Suriname. Op het vliegveld van de

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Un motard en urgence absolue après un choc frontal au Marigot

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Un motard de 30 ans sera héliporté vers le CHU Pierre Zobda Quitman après un violent choc frontal sur la RN1 au Marigot au lieu-dit Massé.

C’est aux alentours 13h ce lundi 12 septembre que le Service Territorial d’Incendies et de Secours a été appelé pour intervenir sur un accident entre une moto et une voiture au lieu-dit Massé sur la route nationale 1 au Marigot. Le motard, casqué aurait fait un choc frontal avec la voiture alors que cette dernière était occupée par trois personnes.

Les trois occupants du véhicule léger, une femme de 28 ans souffrants de douleurs au genoux, un homme de 39 ans souffrant de douleurs au thorax ainsi qu’une fillette d’un an et demi souffrant d’un choc émotionnel seront transportés en urgence relative au CHU Pierre Zobda Quitman. Le motard, lui, sera héliporté en urgence absolue à bord de l’hélicoptère de la sécurité civile Dragon 972 qui est en route pour les lieux de l’accident. Il souffre de multiples fractures ouvertes aux jambes et aux bras.

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Attentats contre le journal satirique Charlie…

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Sept ans et demi après le choc des attentats contre la rédaction de l’hebdomadaire satirique Charlie Hebdo et un magasin Hyper Cacher, le procès en appel de deux soutiens présumés des auteurs des attaques jihadistes s’est ouvert lundi à Paris.

Pendant trois jours de terreur, du 7 au 9 janvier 2015, les frères Saïd et Chérif Kouachi et Amedy Coulibaly portaient le combat jihadiste sur le sol français, tuant 17 personnes, dont les caricaturistes Cabu et Wolinski.

Leur périple meurtrier et coordonné avait pris fin avec leur mort lors d’un double assaut policier.

Rejugé pour complicité de ces crimes, deux ans après avoir été condamné à trente ans de réclusion criminelle, Ali Riza Polat, Franco-Turc de 37 ans, s’est défendu en fin de journée, dès son premier interrogatoire, d’être “un terroriste”.

“On dit que j’ai fait ceci, que j’ai fait ça. C’est des mensonges”, s’est agacé M. Polat, qui avait marqué la première audience par ses coups de colère.

A quelques mètres de lui dans le box, les traits tirés et les muscles saillants sous son tee-shirt couleur parme, Amar Ramdani a été beaucoup moins prolixe, répondant du bout des lèvres aux questions sur son parcours de vie.

La voix de l’accusé de 41 ans s’est brisé à l’évocation de son enfance et de son départ d’Algérie pour la France à l’âge de 6 ans, sans ses frères et soeurs.

Amar Ramdani était lui aussi un proche d’Amedy Coulibaly, qu’il avait connu en détention. “J’ai été trahi par mon ami”, avait-il déclaré au cours de la procédure.

Accusé de soutien logistique, il avait fait appel après avoir écopé de vingt ans de réclusion.

– Zones d’ombre –

L’instruction titanesque et les débats en première instance n’ont pas permis de dissiper toutes les zones d’ombre entourant les attentats, du circuit des armes aux commanditaires des tueries commises au nom d’Al-Qaïda dans la péninsule arabique (Aqpa) pour les Kouachi et de l’Etat islamique (EI) pour Coulibaly.

Ali Riza Polat est notamment soupçonné d’avoir organisé la recherche d’armes pour Amedy Coulibaly, originaire de la même ville de banlieue parisienne, et d’être intervenu à tous les stades des préparatifs des attaques, ce qu’il rejette en bloc.

“Ce procès sera l’ultime occasion de corriger les erreurs d’une chaîne judiciaire dépassée par l’ampleur de ces attentats, et de revenir à la raison quant au rôle exact de M. Polat, délinquant de droit commun à qui l’on a attribué à tort un rôle qu’il n’a jamais joué”, estiment ses avocats, MMes Moad Nefati et Rachid Madid.

Ce nouveau procès en appel est prévu jusqu’au 21 octobre.

Seules quelques parties civiles – sur les près de 300 constituées – étaient présentes à l’ouverture des débats.

Parmi elles, le directeur de la publication de Charlie Hebdo, Riss, blessé dans l’attentat, l’ex-chroniqueuse Sigolène Vinson, rescapée de l’attaque, ou l’ex-otage de l’Hyper Cacher Lassana Bathily.

“Nos vies ont été détruites il y a sept ans”, a souligné Gala Renaud, la veuve de Michel Renaud, assassiné dans les locaux de Charlie Hebdo le 7 janvier 2015.

“En ce qui concerne les parties civiles, ce qu’on espère, c’est que peut-être quelques zones d’ombre seront levées”, a fait valoir Me Elie Korchia, avocat de victimes de l’Hyper Cacher.

“Il y a un second procès, c’est difficile pour nous, c’est douloureux, mais au moins il faut qu’il soit utile, qu’il serve à quelque chose”, souligne l’avocat de Charlie Hebdo, Me Richard Malka.

Les attentats de janvier 2015 ont marqué le début d’une funeste série d’attaques jihadistes en France, avec celles du 13 novembre 2015 en région parisienne et celle de la promenade des Anglais à Nice le 14 juillet 2016, actuellement jugée au sein du même palais de justice.

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Former Puerto Rico legislator imprisoned for bribery, kickback scheme Loop Cayman Islands

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Former Puerto Rico legislator Nelson Del Valle Colon was recently sentenced to 57 months in prison for engaging in a bribery and kickback scheme.

He was also ordered to pay US$190,000 in restitution.

Del Valle Colon, 56, of Dorado, Puerto Rico, pleaded guilty in the District of Puerto Rico to federal program bribery in March.

According to court documents, Del Valle Colon was elected to be a member of the Puerto Rico House of Representatives in 2016. He thereafter hired Mildred Estrada-Rojas, 55, and her daughter, Nickolle Santos-Estrada, 33, both of Bayamon, Puerto Rico, to work in his legislative office.

In exchange for their employment and their salaries, however, Estrada and Santos paid biweekly kickbacks to Del Valle Colon of between approximately $500 and $1,300 from early 2017 until approximately July 2020.

According to statements made in connection with their pleas, Del Valle Colon, Estrada, and Santos admitted that the biweekly kickbacks were paid in a variety of ways.

Estrada and Santos generally paid their biweekly cash kickbacks in envelopes that they provided to Del Valle Colon in offices in the Capitol building in Old San Juan.

Estrada sometimes paid her kickback to Del Valle Colon over ATH M?vil, a mobile phone cash transfer application.

Estrada is scheduled to be sentenced on September 28. Santos is scheduled to be sentenced on September 16.

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Red Stripe increases payout for bottle returns Loop Jamaica

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Red Stripe today announced the increase in the bottle deposit for its products. The brewery will now refund $30, up from $20 for the return of each bottle and $840 for a whole crate.

Red Stripe expects that the new value of bottles will result in a surge in returns.

“As you know, we have experienced increased bottle shortages over the last two years and especially now with the delays in shipping and increased freight costs, new glass is much harder to source,” said Luis Prata, Managing Director, Red Stripe.

Patra further said that Red Stripe’s recycling efforts have become progressively important in its production cycle to ensure a sustained supply of Jamaica’s favourite brews to our consumers.

This, coupled with the fact that it is important that we reduce our environmental footprint, renders it an urgent imperative for the company to provide a greater incentive for closed-loop recycling of bottles, in which bottles come back into the production cycle and are cleaned and refilled with the same product,” said Prata.

With its durability, a glass bottle can be reused up to six times in the production cycle without losing its purity and quality, said Red Stripe.

Red Stripe Managing Director Luis Prata

Recycling figures have declined over the last decade, coming from a high in 2009 with 95 per cent of recycled bottles, to just 80 per cent in August this year.

“Now, more than ever, we must do all we can to improve recycling rates so that fewer bottles end up in landfills, we deliver on our commitment of net zero carbon emissions in production by 2030 and we can supply market demand in a consistent and sustained way,” said Prata.

To facilitate this increased activity, Red Stripe is facilitating bottle returns at wholesales across the island and at Red Stripe 214 Exchange in Kingston.

Red Stripe reserves the right to reject bottles and crates that do not meet its quality standards.

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Argument at bar lands 19-year-old behind bars Loop Jamaica

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A young man is now waiting for his court date to be finalised after an argument with another man in a St Thomas bar led to him being arrested.

Nineteen-year-old Devon Scott, otherwise called ‘Tommy’, of Morant district in Morant Bay, St Thomas was charged with wounding with intent following the incident that occurred on September 2.

Reports from the Morant Bay police are that about 11:40pm, Scott was at the bar when an argument that developed between him and another man escalated into a tussle.

Scott reportedly used a pair of scissors to stab the man several times.

The man was transported to hospital where he was admitted in critical condition.

Scott was taken into custody and later charged.

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SKNYPA Elects New Executive for 2022-2023

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Basseterre, St. Kitts, September 12, 2022 (SKNYPA) — Mr. Mauriel Knight has retained his post as President of the St. Kitts National Youth Parliament Association (SKNYPA) following its Annual General Meeting on Sunday, September 11, 2022.

Results from Sunday’s AGM will see Mr. Malakhi Ferguson continuing as Vice President; Ms. Duanna Bradley as General Secretary; and Mr. Jalen Monzac as Treasurer. Mr. Hasani McDonald has been elected to serve as Public Relations Officer succeeding Mr. Devonne Cornelius. The electoral process was supervised by Chairman of the Electoral Council, Mr. Dennis Knight and two honorary members Mr. Sam Condor and Mr. Dwyer Astaphan.

The AGM was held under the theme “Innovation, Compassion, Integrity: Building Our Future, Securing Our Legacy.”

Mr. Mauriel Knight, who served as President for the 2021-2022 SKNYPA year, in presenting his End of Year Report, listed some of the significant accomplishments of the Association which include the establishment of a formal relationship with the National Youth Parliament Association of Antigua and Barbuda; diplomatic talks with the Montserrat Youth Parliament; and increased Nevisian membership.

“When I was elected some 12 months ago, I made a commitment to all that the confidence placed in me as the youngest individual elected to serve as President would not be taken for granted. Promises of integrity, transparency, and accountability were made and I am pleased to report that so said, so done and so accomplished,” President Knight said.

Special mention was made of Ms. Patrice Harris, Mr. Haniff Charles, Ms. Kerissa Roberts, Ms. Leanne Knight, Ms. Azuree Liburd and Mr. Devonne Cornelius who are leaving as General Members of the Association. The President recognised and thanked them for their years of service to the SKNYPA.

The Featured Speaker was SKNYPA Alumnus, the Hon. Isalean Phillip who serves as Junior Minister with responsibility for Youth Empowerment in the Government of St. Kitts and Nevis.

“I remember the impact SKNYPA had on my own personal growth and development…lessons I learned about parliamentary procedures, the electoral process and good governance and so SKNYPA really helped to instill in me the practice of being in touch and staying in the know when it comes to listening to the news and formulating informed opinions about matters of national interest. During my membership, I remember ‘Inside the News’ [on WINN FM] and we always had a permanent spot on Inside the News and there was always a spot for a youth representative from SKNYPA.

SKNYPA, as a youth development organization, can attest to its success at molding country men and women to become government leaders. You have a history and there is evidence of that. Today, I want to reinforce and encourage all of you as current members and executives to continue doing the work,” Hon. Phillip said.

The 21st Annual General Meeting, chaired by General Secretary Ms. Bradley, took place at the CUNA Caribbean Conference Center at the Caribbean Confederation of Credit Unions Headquarters. Among those in attendance was former SKNYPA President, Ms. Azilla Clarke.

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JUTC buses on St Andrew hill routes back out after roads cleared Loop Jamaica

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Managing Director of the Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC), Paul Abrahams says that the fleet of buses that ply the hill routes in St Andrew West Rural has been redeployed as mounted roadblocks have now been cleared.

Upset operators of public passenger vehicles withdrew their services in protest Monday morning, mounting roadblocks in some sections of Stony Hill, leaving scores of commuters stranded.

Scores of commuters, including students, in St Andrew West Rural, were left stranded on Monday morning after bus operators withdrew their services. There were also reports that some roads were blocked with debris and burning tyres, and commuters who live in areas such as Above Rocks, Golden Spring, Parks Road, Stony Hill, and Lawrence Tavern were unable to move around.

“We had to retreat the buses to Half-Way-Tree when the roads were blocked, but the roads are now cleared. So we’ve dispatched them to the hill routes,” Abrahams told Loop News on Monday.

President of the Transport Operators Development Sustainable Services, Egeton Newman told Loop News on Monday that he had tried to intervene before the protest.

“I had a marathon meeting with them last night and begged them not to take strike action. Scores of bus operators voiced their concerns, and I told them I would be communicating with the minister (of Transport), but the operators took the action this morning,” he said.

According to Newman, the bus operators are very angry at the level of harassment from the police force.

Newman pointed to the bus operators’ claim that there is collusion between police officers and some companies that offer wrecker services based on alleged shared profits for impounding buses.

“There are police officers who benefit from the practice of wrecking buses,” Newman alleged.

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