BARBADOS-ECONOMY-Political economist has warning for MSME as Barbados seeks another IMF loan
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CARIBBEAN-FINANCE-IDB president critical of “unprecedented investigation” into financial institution
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Alzheimer : prendre la maladie à contrepied
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La Journée mondiale Alzheimer a lieu comme chaque année le 21 septembre. L’occasion d’informer et de sensibiliser le public sur cette maladie qui touche de plus en plus de nos aînés, mais aussi des personnes de plus en plus jeunes.
Pour cette édition 2022, c’est la ville du François qui accueille toute la journée, ce mercredi, sur la place de l’église, une grande manifestation autour de la maladie d’Alzheimer. Le but est de sensibiliser le grand public à cette affection souvent connue de nom mais méconnue dans ses effets et conséquences. Au programme, de 9 heures à 18h30, différentes animations. Jocelyne Béroard fera une prestation après la signature de la charte. Ensuite la public pourra découvrir des…
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Three generations of family living off salvaged waste from dump Loop Jamaica
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The content originally appeared on: Jamaica News Loop News
Tameka is a 38-year-old mother of four. She has lived in the tough inner-city community of Riverton City off Spanish Town Road in St Andrew all her life.
Her four children — ages 21, 16, nine, and one — were born in Riverton City, the site of the largest dump in the country.
Tameka, who declined to give her full name, and others like her living in Riverton City have had to endure the stigma which goes with “living on the dump”. But, she is undeterred.
Her singular aim is to provide for her children and the dump is where she hustles. In fact, she said the dump has made her into an independent woman.
The polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottle, referred to as the “trouble” bottle by those who eke out a living on the dump, is what she collects each day to send her children to school. She also collects plastic buckets and scrap metal.
PET bottles and other items collected by Angella ‘Dimples’ Christie and her daughter Tameka are stacked just off the road in their community of Riverton City in St Andrew.
“Mi nuh work, a dis mi do fi a living,” Tameka told Loop News on a recent visit to the dump site.
“Yuh just go pon di landfill and collect dem and bag dem up and sell dem a week time or whenever you want. Is it we live off,” Tameka added while pointing to several large bags filled with PET bottles that she and family members had collected from the landfill.
The single mother said she gets no support from any of her children’s fathers.
“Is me and God and my pickney dem and the dump,” she declared.
Tameka said her one-year-old son started Riverton Meadows Early Childhood Institution at the beginning of the new school year. Her other school-age children attend Denham Town High and Seaview Gardens Primary schools.
She said her 21-year-old son is into sales.
“Him doing him own thing,” Tameka said.
Like other residents, Tameka is on edge since the announcement on August 5 by Prime Minister Andrew Holness that the Riverton City dump and others will be closed. No details were given, but the prime minister said he will be meeting in September with the Member of Parliament for the area, Anthony Hylton.
Tameka told Loop News that her only wish is that the authorities provide her with some assistance before the dump is closed.
“A hope dem ago find sumn fi wi do. Dem just cyaa lef wi high and dry so wid nutten. Dem haffi do sumn fi wi,” she said.
Asked whether residents have yet been told anything by those in authority, Tameka said: “The only thing wi hear is that it (the land they live on) ago sell and by the next three years we haffi move from down here because the entire land sell.”
Tameka and other residents are of the view that having endured the shame of living on the dump for decades, they should be given first preference if/when the land in the area is sold.
“It was pure swamp. A we dump it up; a we build and develop roun here so,” she stated.
Since the announcement in the Parliament by the prime minister, Tameka claimed she is yet to hear from Hylton.
“We nuh hear nutten from anybody,” she said as she was joined by her mother Angella Christie, called ‘Dimples’, who has lived on the dump for more than 50 years.
Christie’s five children, including Tameka, were all born in Riverton City.
“From me know me self is the dump me live pon,” said Christie.
The grandmother said she was able to school her children off her earnings from the dump, adding that the schools they attended included Tredegar Park Primary, Penwood High, and Haile Selassie High.
Family matriarch Angella ‘Dimples’ Christie examines plastic buckets she collected from the Riverton City dump for sale in Corporate Area markets.
Apart from PET bottles, she showed the news team some five-gallon buckets that previously contained paint that she had collected at the dump and was getting ready to sell.
She explained that anything of value that can be sold is collected at the waste disposal site.
Christie said some individuals journey to Riverton to make purchases. However, for the most part, she travels to Coronation Market in downtown Kingston as well as to the Spanish Town and Linstead markets in St Catherine and as far away as May Pen, Clarendon to sell the buckets and other items of value she picks from the landfill.
“A it mi live off a,” she declared.
As to what she would want if she has to leave the site she has called home all her life, Christie said she would be grateful for some help in purchasing a piece of land in Red Hills, St Andrew.
“If dem even come fi di land we just need a likkle help to start back life somewhere else. Just a likkle help,” said Christie.
Meanwhile, 52-year-old George Ford has been living in Riverton City for 30 years.
He collects scrap metal and buckets from the dump, which he then sells to supplement his income from his job as a cutter (he uses a welding torch to cut metal).
George Ford examines some of the plastic buckets he retrieved from the dump.
Ford lives with his girlfriend and their daughter.
“If me see hustling [on the dump], mi wi collect stuff and sell but mi nuh really tek it fi habit,” he told Loop News.
Ford noted that when the dump closes the livelihood of many people will be impacted. Yet, he has no confidence that any help will be forthcoming from the authorities.
“We would appreciate any help, but I don’t see any coming. We just haffi go mek it on we own,” he said.
“Mi see 50 years and nuh see nutten from dem, so mi nuh expect fi see it again,” Ford added.
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How a mom helped her sons develop a love for reading Loop Jamaica
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The content originally appeared on: Jamaica News Loop News
Among the champions in the 2021 National Reading Competition is a duo from the Clarendon Parish Library Network, who share more than just a love for reading.
Fellow contestants may have noticed that the 9-11 National Champion, Kyle Bennett, calls the 21 and over National Champion, Marjorie Howitt Bennett, “Mom”.
An educator, Bennett said she became a member of the library from a very young age as she held a love for books. This was later shown in her children.
“The librarians there [at the Clarendon Parish Library] were used to seeing me twice on weekdays as I went to exchange the books I had read. Years later, I would sit with my sons in that same library from when they were just a few months old, reading to them, allowing them to touch the books, and as I hoped, they too began to read and appreciate the written word really early,” the mother of two explained.
Her younger son, Kyle, got the opportunity to become a member of the library early as he would always complain that he did not want to use his mother’s ticket, but wanted his own.
Bennett pointed out, however, that the future champion did not like to read for himself during those younger years.
“The books that I bought him would just sit on his shelf unless someone read to him, and so I decided to let him enter the National Reading Competition as soon as he turned six. As I expected, he was very distraught when he did not win because he had not read all the books,” she said.
This turn of events motivated young Kyle to develop a love for reading, as “he likes to excel at anything he does”.
He entered the competition again in 2018 and 2020 but was unsuccessful in claiming the national title.
In 2021, he made another entry, but this time with his mother.
“He and my older son signed me up for the competition, as well, and I was rather surprised when I got a call reminding me to pick up the material to read. I was reluctant at first because of time constraints, but my sons and a few of the librarians persuaded me,” Bennett said.
No stranger to the contest, Bennett had entered in 2006, and she was crowned the National Runner-Up for that year.
Fifteen years later and now with her son, the duo endured rounds of competition at the parish level and then the national level. Finally, the 2021 winners were announced.
“It was an amazing feeling hearing my son’s name and then mine being announced as the national champions,” she recalled.
The two, as well as other national champions and runners-up, received prizes from various sponsors in a presentation ceremony at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel on August 26.
Kyle, now 10, moved on to second form at Glenmuir High School in Clarendon, at the start of the new school year in September.
Bennett hailed the contest for being “a good example for my sons, my students and all the youngsters whose lives I touch”.
“I hope that more adults will get up and lead the younger generation, not just by preaching to them, but by doing it with them,” she added.
The National Reading Competition is an initiative of the Jamaica Library Service and has been held consecutively for the past 35 years. It is the flagship event of the organisation, which is aimed at fostering a love for reading, literature and literacy in general.
— JIS News
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Alfred Athill in India for major conference
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The country’s Director of Pharmaceutical Service, Mr. Alfred Athill is presently in Dehli, India attending a Global Regulators Conclave and the 8th edition of the International Exhibition for the Pharmaceutical Industry and Healthcare (IPHEX) schedule to take place September 21-23, 2022.
The Conclave will bring together Drug Regulatory Agencies of top one hundred (100) export destinations of Indian Pharmaceutical products on a common platform to exchange information, best practices and collaborative approaches related to regulation of medical products and strategies to address drug shortages especially during the current challenging times of the COVID-19 pandemic. Some of the objectives of the Global Regulators Conclave include:
Possible cooperation on Harmonization of Regulatory Standards within and between regions.
Exploring the possibilities of Mutual Collaboration between National Drug Council (NDC) and Central Drugs Standard Control Organization (CDSCO) – the National Drug Regulatory Authority of India by signing a MOU/Regulatory Cooperation Agreement to facilitate accessibility of medicines.
Ensuring Supply Chain Resiliency of Medical products.
Mr. Athill is scheduled to deliver a presentation at the Conclave on the topic “Migrating from Routine to Risk Based Inspections – Optimizing the Human Resources in Post Pandemic” on Thursday afternoon.
The Regulators Conclave and the International Exhibition are sponsored by the Pharmaceuticals Export Promotion Council of India (Pharmexcil) an entity established by the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of India.
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CARICOM, WFP Survey Points To Rising Caribbean Food Insecurity – St. Lucia Times News
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The number of people estimated to be facing moderate to severe levels of food insecurity in the English-speaking Caribbean has risen by an alarming 46 percent over the last six months.
Nearly 4.1 million people or 57 percent of the population now face food insecurity, according to a recent survey conducted by the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP).
While severe food insecurity in the region remained largely unchanged, when compared to February 2022, there has been a significant increase in households that have fallen into moderate levels of food insecurity.
Overall, the number of food insecure people has increased by 1.3 million over the past six months. The deterioration has been attributed to rising costs for food and other commodities, as the ripple effect of the Ukraine conflict and a slow recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic is felt throughout Latin America and the Caribbean.
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Nearly six percent of people in the English-speaking Caribbean reported going an entire day without eating in the week leading up to the survey, which is a one percent increase since February 2022.
Another 36 percent of respondents skipped meals or ate less than usual, and 32 percent ate less preferred foods in the week leading up to the survey.
In February these figures were at 30 and 25 percent, respectively.
“We are seeing worrying trends in the region with people selling off their assets and using their savings to meet basic needs. This was unheard of in the region previously”, said Regis Chapman, Representative and Country Director WFP Caribbean Multi-Country Office.
“These negative coping strategies are unsustainable, and we fear that these short-term measures will lead to a further increase in the number of people who are unable to meet their daily food requirements”
The Caribbean region continues to be impacted by external factors which threaten livelihoods and the ability of people to meet their basic needs.
On average, food inflation in the English and Dutch-speaking Caribbean has risen by 10.2 percent across 20 countries as of March 2022. High energy prices are exacerbating the food price crisis.
Ninety-seven percent of people surveyed reported seeing higher prices for food items compared to 59 percent in April 2020.
“For the first time in over two years, people’s inability to meet food and essential needs were top concerns, followed by unemployment,” said Joseph Cox, Assistant Secretary-General, Economic Integration, Innovation and Development, CARICOM Secretariat.
“CARICOM recognizes that further support is necessary to reduce the level of need in the region and establish systems which facilitate access to nutritious food for all. Leaders in the region are actively engaging with decision makers across all relevant sectors to identify solutions for increasing food production and reducing import dependency within the region in order to reduce the cost of food.”
The most recent survey results and an interactive dashboard are available to carry out a full comparison of data across all five rounds of the survey and the different countries that are covered.
The dashboard now has additional information specifically on the impact of economic conditions on the farming and fishing sectors along with livelihoods, markets, and food security.
CARICOM, WFP and other partners continue to work together to increase people’s resilience to shocks through stronger disaster management, social protection and food systems that are more effective, sustainable and responsive in meeting the needs of those most affected by crises.
Social protection programmes and other government support has been scaled up throughout the Caribbean, helping offset the impacts of the crisis. Investments in agriculture are aimed at reducing the reliance on imports.
The survey has been made possible with the support of the European Union and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Bureau of Humanitarian Assistance.
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Rescatarán a mujer embarazada y su familia que quedaron varados tras paso de Fiona
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La alcaldesa de Aguas Buenas, Karina Nieves, informó en RADIO ISLA que en horas de la manaña de hoy rescatarán a una mujer con ocho meses de embarazo y su familia que quedaron varados en una residencia tras el paso del huracán Fiona por Puerto Rico.
Karina Nieves comunicó que anoche estuvo con el comisionado del Negociado Para el Manejo de Emergencias y Administración de Desastres (NMEAD), Nino Correa, trabajando en la situación. Esta mujer se encuentra en la residencia de sus padres donde también están sus progenitores y otra persona menor de edad.
La primera mandataria municipal agregó que todos en la familia están estables. “Hoy se va a retirar todo el material vegetativo que tiene en el camino para poder darles acceso a su residencia. Tenemos muchas personas incomunicadas, porque hubo muchos deslizamientos” de terreno.
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Comportacion publico den e condicionnan actual di tempo
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Fiona ta sigui su rumbo devastador como horcan mayor
*Calor y humedad ta afecta pashentnan di varios malesa
*Na tera y riba lama tambe hende tin riesgo den su man
ORANJESTAD (AAN) — Un disturbio na entrada di region di Caribe ta duna indicacion cu e ta kita atencion for di Fiona, e sistema cu a tuma e rumbo pa Noord di region di Caribe, caminda el a crea un desastre natural.
Cu Fiona como horcan mayor pa Noord di region di Caribe, e situacion cu e ta crea pa henter e region di cual Aruba ta forma parti, ta uno di instabilidad enorme, cu cualkier momento por provoca formacion di nubianan pisa capaz di produci yobida, strena y lamper.
Na momento cu otro sistema kier drenta region, ta bon pa recorda publico cu National Hurricane Center di Merca a wordo acepta como e autoridad cu ta centralisa tur accion necesario pa informa Region di Caribe, Golfo di Mexico y e region Atlantico den cooperacion estrecho cu tur servicio meteorologico den e region.
Nan ta experto cu ta guia publico, cu durante e temporada aki di horcan tin un tarea sumamente importante den su man.
Ningun hende por dicidi con clima ta comporta su mes. Hende, sinembargo, por dicidi con hende ta comporta su mes.
Na e momentonan aki Aruba y henter e region di Caribe ta experencia condicionnan di tempo cu ta uni humedad cu un calor intenso. Esaki ta e base ideal pa yobidanan pisa cu strena y lamper.
Yobida fuerte causa pa situacionnan manera Aruba conoce actualmente, ta dificil pa pronostica sin mas.
Autoridad meteorologico ta menciona cu e condicionnan ta favorabel y ta guia Pueblo. Pero ta imposibel pa nan bisa cu 5 minut prome cu 5or, un nubia cu por produci yobida pisa, ta cuminsa crece.
Na Aruba, tur hende por nota cu tin cambio den condicion di tempo.
Arubianonan ta conciente cu biento no ta bini di e direccion normal, cu biento ta debil, cu yobida por presenta.
For di momento cu temporada di horcan tabata na caminda y sigur ora el a cuminsa, a pidi tur hende pa ta prepara pa un temporada activo.
Na e cumbre di temporada di horcan, tur hende tin un responsabilidad grandi y esaki ta, evita peliger pa nan mes.
E calor cu tin Aruba basta dia den su gara, tin resultado pa hendenan cu ta sufri di cierto malesa. Personanan cu problema cu presion di sanger, pulmon, curazon sigur ta den e grupo cu mester cuida nan mes.
Percura pa tuma medicamento y evita situacionnan cu ta afecta salud of ta crea emergencia pa profesionalnan cu mester atende cu nan.
E comportacion di biento, cu ta wordo spera di normalisa mientras Fiona ta aleha, ta crea condicion di tempo peligroso pasobra e ta deshaci di e brisa cu cual publico na Aruba a costumbra.
Den e temporada aki tin un grupo cu mester evita bebida alcoholico, mester evita situacionnan cu ta produci hopi cansancio.
Cu e condicion di tempo ta afecta lama tambe, tur hende sa. Informacion concreto a wordo duna con e pasashi di horcannan ta afecta coriente di lama por ehempel.
Mester tene esaki na consideracion.
No crea situacion cu autoridad mester brinda asistencia den circumstancia peligroso.
Ta e momento cu mester haci tur tereno rond di cas limpi pa evita problema na momento di yobida fuerte.
Mester trece e puntonan aki dilanti pasobra tin un grupo den comunidad cu mester subi caya pa brinda asistencia. Nan tambe tin famia. Nan tambe ta hende.
Rond mundo ta topa cu e fenomeno di hende, cu kier crea situacionnan peligroso pa nan mes y pa otro.
Mas y mas autoridad internacional ta registra personanan cu ta spera pa ora lama bira bruto, nan bay enfrenta ola. Pa ora situacion ta mas peligroso cu nunca riba caretera, nan bay crea e impresion cu nan no tin miedo mientras nan man ta tembla.
Mundialmente organisacionnan cu ta brinda asistencia, ta registra mas caso di persona cu ta pone nan mes na peliger y ta crea peliger pa otronan.
Naturalesa no ta juguete.
Mester pensa semper riba personanan cu mester bandona nan cas pa bay traha y brinda asistencia na hende den problema manera personal di seguridad pero tambe di hospital y tur cu mester drenta den accion pa presta asistencia.
Cuida bo mes! Esaki ta e advertencia mas importante cu e condicionnan di clima, ta entrega hende cu tin como miho proteccion, su sentido di responsabilidad pa su mes y pa otro.
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