Flash flood warning in effect for some parishes — Met Service Loop Jamaica

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The Meteorological Service has issued a flash flood warning for flood-prone areas of several parishes across Jamaica.

Though Tropical Storm Ian is not a direct threat to Jamaica, the Met Service had said on Saturday when it discontinued the tropical storm watch for the country that Ian would continue to produce a large area of showers and thunderstorms that could impact the weather over Jamaica through Monday.

In a tweet Sunday morning, the Meterological Service said the flash flood warning is in effect for St Mary, Portland, St Thomas, Kingston, St Andrew, St Catherine, and Clarendon. This means that flooding has been reported or will occur shortly.

The Met Service also said a flash flood watch is in effect for similar areas of Manchester, St Elizabeth and Westmoreland. This means that flooding is possible.

In its forecast at 5am Sunday, the Met Service said Ian was to begin rapidly strengthening later Sunday, with the risk of significant wind and storm surge impacts increasing in western Cuba.

“On the forecast track, the centre of Ian is forecast to pass well southwest of Jamaica Sunday, and pass near or west of the Cayman Islands early Monday. Ian will then move near or over western Cuba Monday night and early Tuesday and emerge over the southeastern Gulf of Mexico on Tuesday,” the Met Service said.

It also said that Ian is expected to become a hurricane later Sunday or Sunday night and reach major hurricane strength by late Monday or Monday night before it reaches western Cuba.

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The Meteorological Service said it will continue to monitor the progress of Ian.

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CPL’s 10th anniversary: Tournament can be used for Caribbean to market itself globally – Pres Ali

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President Dr Irfaan Ali addressing the gathering at CPL’s 10th Anniversary Dinner at the Pegasus Suites in Georgetown on Friday evening

…will aid in developing Cricket Carnival as Guyana’s brand

In keeping with Guyana’s growing status as a regional destination and with the benefits of sports tourism in mind, the Government plans to build another stadium in the next three years.

This is according to President Dr Irfaan Ali, during the Caribbean Premier League’s (CPL) 10th anniversary dinner at the Pegasus Hotel on Friday. According to the President, this will complement efforts to develop the Cricket Carnival product for Guyana, adding to the importance of the Government getting involved in sports development.

He pointed out that Caribbean Premier League (CPL) must be seen as more than just an event but a platform for the Caribbean region to market itself globally.

“I think every single Government must come on board. We have to give as much support to this tournament as possible because this tournament has much more than the event and the game of cricket in it for us. This tournament has the ability to bring our people in this region together, cementing us, and fusing our culture. Giving us an opportunity to meet each other, to network and these are things you cannot attach a value to,” the President stated.

President Ali is of the view that the regional leaders, the private sector and all stakeholders should find ways to work with CPL to create a product that will be one of the best globally.He said the CPL showcases that cricket is alive in the region and also reminded the audience that cricket forms part of the culture of the people in the Caribbean.

“We are looking at two to three years to have at least one new stadium added to the country because we are looking down the road… that is why we have developed a product for Guyana and this product can be for the region, that is the Cricket Carnival,” he said.

“We cannot expect West Indies cricket and the players to do better if we are not involved in building a system and supporting a system that helps them to develop and help them to get better. We have to be part of that system,” he also said.

President Dr Irfaan Ali and First Lady Arya Ali chatting with Guyanese cricket legend Shivnarine “Shiv” Chanderpaul at the CPL’s 10th Anniversary dinner hosted at the Pegasus Hotel on Friday evening

In April of this year, the President had announced plans to construct an international stadium and urban centre at Palmyra in Region Six (East Berbice-Corentyne), as well as state-of-the-art hotels and malls. This will result in the region undergoing a period of massive economic and infrastructural transformation in the coming years.

“You will have your own National Stadium in Berbice and to support that national stadium we are going to build an entirely new urban centre,” President Ali had said at the time, adding that already, proposals for a state-of-the-art modern hotel, malls, and a private hospital have been received by the Government.

The importance of sports tourism is reflected in the Finance Ministry’s Mid-Year Report. It states that over 150,000 visitors have been recorded arriving in Guyana in the first half of the year and over 150,000 more are expected in the second half of 2022, largely due to Guyana hosting games from the 2022 Hero Caribbean Premier League.

According to the mid-year report, Guyana has seen an increase in visitor arrivals compared to 2021. The report notes that there was a 103 per cent increase in visitor arrival from January to May, compared to the same period last year.

It was revealed that 105,905 visitors were recorded during that time period. The reason for this increase is multi-dimensional. While a lot of people visited due to increased oil and gas activities, the resumption of tourist attractions like the Bartica Regatta was also a factor.

“There was a 103 per cent increase in visitor arrivals from January to May 2022 from 48,626 to 105,905, when compared to the same period in 2021. This is primarily due to increased oil and gas activities as well as the resumption of tourist activities such as the Bartica Regatta and Pakaraima Safaris,” the report said.

The report, meanwhile, expects 158,223 additional visitors will be recorded in the second half of the year. This is attributed to sports tourism.

The Guyana National Stadium at Providence was built in 2006, to host the Super Eight matches in the 2007 Cricket World Cup. It has gone on to host a plethora of events, including Test and One Day International matches and CPL games.

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Guyana will stand up for its fishermen – VP Jagdeo reassures

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Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo speaking with fishermen on Saturday at the Agriculture Ministry

The Guyana Government has admitted that efforts at a diplomatic resolution of the Suriname fishing licence impasse have so far failed, with Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo standing firm following the summoning of Guyana’s Ambassador and the Ministry’s issuance of a statement telling Guyana to wait for a diplomatic solution.

On Saturday, Jagdeo made it clear that Guyana will not be waiting but will be acting to protect its people. Recently, the Vice President had said that Surinamese businesses in Guyana would receive reciprocal treatment, a statement that seems to have drawn rancour in Suriname.

“When I raised the matter, for one and a half years we been trying, through diplomatic channels, to resolve this. And they promised us, in writing, 150 licences to our fishermen… I raised it and said there must be reciprocity in international trade and relations. The way you treat us, we will treat you,” Jagdeo said.

“So, I saw they issued a statement, their Foreign Ministry, that I must be patient and await diplomatic efforts. But we’ve waited a very long time. And our fishermen are being harassed there. And the diplomatic efforts are not yielding any results. That’s a merry go round they have us on there. But we’ll stand up for the people of this country.”

Meanwhile, the Foreign Affairs Ministry released a statement recounting the sequence of events from the time it got involved in attempting to resolve the fishing licence impasse between Suriname and Guyana.

The matter was first raised at the presidential level in 2020, at the 1st convening of the Agriculture Working Group. According to the Ministry, despite agreeing at the time to grant the licences, this did not materialise.

“In agreeing to the granting of the licences, the Government of Suriname indicated that it would set up a Government -owned company to be the business partner of the Guyanese fishermen with which they will sign a Vessel basing Agreement, and which will take care of the registration of the vessels of the Guyanese fishermen. This was in keeping with Suriname’s fishing legislation.”

“The Government of Suriname also proposed the conclusion of a Fisheries Agreement between the two countries which would also address the granting of licences. Guyana continued to engage in the discussions with Suriname in good faith with the expectation that they would result in a mutually beneficial arrangement.”

Guyana’s Ambassador in Suriname, Keith George, was recently summoned to a meeting with the Surinamese Foreign Minister, Krishna Mathoera

A situation had arisen whereby persons in Suriname were renting licences to Guyanese at exorbitant prices. It was explained that the Surinamese Ministry of Agriculture had requested the names of these middlemen from whom the Guyanese fishermen were renting their licences. Further, a number of criteria were outlined for the formation of the company.

The Ministry noted that Guyana complied with all the requirements Suriname set out for granting the licences. They explained that Guyana has not received formal or substantive communication from Suriname since January 2022.

According to the Foreign Affairs Ministry in the statement, it is evident that diplomacy has so far failed at getting the licences for the fishermen to fish, unharassed. However, Guyana remains committed to good neighbourly relations with Suriname.

“While the foregoing diplomatic and political initiatives were being undertaken, Guyanese fishermen continued to be harassed in Surinamese waters as they attempted to continue to ply their trade for their subsistence and that of their families. Matters escalated this year when Suriname confiscated three Guyanese fishing vessels along with their nets and engines and sold the catch.”

“Following the conclusion of the matter, Guyana reached out to Suriname to release the vessels on humanitarian grounds, but there was no accommodation to this effect. It is evident that the diplomatic engagement has so far not reaped the desired outcome. Guyana remains committed to good neighbourly relations with Suriname,” the Ministry said.

Following the high-level meeting in Guyana during August 2021 between President Ali and President Santokhi, the two leaders had issued a joint press statement indicating that the age-old issue of licences for Guyanese fisherfolk to operate in Suriname’s territorial waters would be addressed.

These fishermen operate from the Corentyne coast and have to use the Corentyne to get access to the Atlantic where they get most of their catch. The Corentyne River is considered Surinamese territory. Currently, the licences are issued to Surinamese businessmen at US$100 per year and rented to the Guyanese fisherfolk at US$3000 annually.

Guyana has already said that it will be bringing this matter before the Caribbean Community (Caricom), since Suriname is also a member state. Moreover, Attorney General Anil Nandlall has also said that legal measures could be taken, if necessary, to get compensation for the fishing boats and equipment that Suriname had seized and subsequently sold.

These remarks from Government had resulted in Guyana’s Ambassador in Suriname, Keith George, being summoned recently to a meeting with the Surinamese Foreign Minister, Krishna Mathoera, on this very issue.

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Saint Lucia Celebrates World Tourism Day – St. Lucia Times News

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Tuesday, September 27, 2022 has been designated by the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), as World Tourism Day, under the theme “Rethinking Tourism”.

According to Zurab Pololikashvili, Secretary General of the UNWTO, “Tourism’s relevance has never been clearer. The time is now to seize this opportunity to rethink how we do tourism”.

Against this backdrop, the Ministry of Tourism, Investment, Creative Industries, Culture and Information has earmarked the following in observance of the World Tourism Day:

Address by Minister of Tourism
Address by Junior Minister of Tourism
Official launch of Community Tourism, sub-theme “Tourism Comes To Your Community”;
Industry Perspectives on the theme “Rethinking Tourism”;
Call to Industry to wear BLUE in observance of World Tourism Day

Given the challenges faced by the tourism industry due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Ministry of Tourism embraces the theme “Rethinking Tourism” and sees it as an urgent appeal for re-evaluating the methodologies used to operate within the industry, thus challenging industry stakeholders and operators to be more innovative and creative in their approach to ensure more widespread economic benefits to citizens.

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COVID-19: 6 muertos y 212 hospitalizados

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El informe preliminar de COVID-19 del Departamento de Salud (DS) reportó el domingo 6 muertes y 212 personas hospitalizadas.

El total de muertes atribuidas es de 5,115.

Hay 190 adultos hospitalizados y 22 menores. El monitoreo cubre el periodo del 8 al 22 de septiembre de 2022.

La tasa de positividad está a 14.7 por ciento.

Se reportan 6 defunciones adicionales a causa del COVID-19. Unas 212 personas están hospitalizadas; 190 adultos y 22 pediátricos. Al medio día se ofrece una actualización de los datos que incluye el status de vacunación; https://t.co/8KaFLZcGta

— Departamento de Salud de Puerto Rico (@desaludpr) September 25, 2022

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Irán debe “lidiar decisivamente” con disturbios que se desataron tras la muerte de Mahsa Amini, dice el presidente del país

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El presidente de Irán, Ebrahim Raisi, calificó como disturbios las protestas que se desataron en el país tras la muerte de la joven Mahsa Amini, quien falleció poco después de haber sido detenida por la llamada ‘Policía de la moralidad’ por llevar su hiyab incorrectamente.

Teherán debe “lidiar decisivamente con aquellos que se oponen a la seguridad del país y la tranquilidad”, declaró este sábado, citado por Reuters.

Además, los medios locales señalan que el mandatario “subrayó la necesidad de distinguir entre una protesta y alteración del orden público y de la seguridad, y calificó los acontecimientos […] como disturbios”.

Las autoridades iraníes no revelaron el número exacto de las personas que fallecieron durante las protestas, pero la televisión estatal recoge, basándose en su propio conteo, que al menos 41 personas murieron en los disturbios.

Previamente, esta semana, el alto clérigo de Irán Ahmad Khatami acusó a EE.UU. de estar detrás de las protestas. De acuerdo con sus palabras, los enemigos de la nación buscan “eclipsar” los “éxitos” de la República Islámica respecto a su ingreso a la Organización de Cooperación de Shanghái. En ese contexto, afirmó que el presidente de EE.UU. “dirige estos disturbios desde la Organización de Naciones Unidas”.

De acuerdo con Reuters, se trata de las mayores protestas en el país desde 2019, cuando se celebraron multitudinarias manifestaciones por el aumento del precio del petróleo.

Noticia original de RT en Español

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Sambel Trasie in grote zaal De Doelen Rotterdam

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door Steven Seedo PARAMARIBO — “intussen hebben we al tien theaterproducties gedaan in Suriname, optredens op privéfeestjes in en buiten

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L’Italie vote en nombre, l’extrême droite se…

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Les Italiens se rendaient en nombre aux urnes dimanche pour élire leur parlement, où sauf surprise l’extrême droite devrait entrer en force et proposer le Premier ministre qui succédera à Mario Draghi.

Selon le ministère de l’Intérieur, l’affluence était de plus de 19% à 10H00 GMT, en ligne avec les législatives de 2018, et de nombreuses files d’attente se sont formées devant les bureaux de vote dans diverses régions du pays.

A seulement 45 ans, Giorgia Meloni, la cheffe du parti post-fasciste Fratelli d’Italia, crédité de près d’un quart des voix dans les derniers sondages, est favorite pour prendre la tête d’un gouvernement de coalition au sein duquel l’extrême droite dominerait largement la droite classique.

Un séisme à l’échelle de l’Italie, pays fondateur de l’Europe communautaire et troisième économie de la zone euro, mais aussi de l’UE, qui devrait composer avec cette idéologue proche du Premier ministre hongrois Viktor Orban.

“Je joue pour gagner, pas pour participer”, a déclaré en allant voter Matteo Salvini, chef de la Ligue anti-immigrés, qui voit son parti “sur le podium: premier, deuxième, au pire troisième” à l’issue du scrutin.

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“Je suis impatient de revenir à partir de demain au gouvernement de ce pays extraordinaire”, a ajouté M. Salvini, qui était vice-Premier ministre et ministre de l’Intérieur dans le premier gouvernement de Giuseppe Conte (2018-2019).

“En Europe, ils sont tous inquiets de voir Meloni au gouvernement (…) La fête est finie, l’Italie va commencer à défendre ses intérêts nationaux”, a mis en garde Giorgia Meloni durant sa campagne.

Cette ex-fan de Mussolini, dont la devise est “Dieu, patrie, famille”, a réussi à dédiaboliser son parti et catalyser sur son nom les mécontentements et frustrations de ses compatriotes en campant résolument dans l’opposition au gouvernement d’unité nationale de Mario Draghi.

Mais la messe n’est pas dite: “imprévisibles, les élections se jouent sur l’émotion et au dernier moment”, rappelle à l’AFP Emiliana De Blasio, professeure de sociologie à l’université Luiss de Rome, tout en soulignant le rôle-clé des indécis, estimés à 20% environ.

Les scores du Mouvement 5 Etoiles (M5S, ex-antisystème), crédité d’avoir institué un revenu minimum pour les plus pauvres, et du Parti Démocrate (PD, centre-gauche), bien implanté localement, pourraient réserver des surprises, notamment dans le sud du pays.

“Je vote pour le PD. J’ai toujours voté à droite mais maintenant j’ai peur de Mme Meloni, c’est la droite de l’intolérance”, a déclaré à l’AFP à Bologne (centre) Benedetta Tinti, 28 ans, employée dans une entreprise métallurgique.

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Quel que soit le gouvernement issu des élections, son chemin apparaît d’ores déjà semé d’embûches.

Il devra gérer la crise causée par la flambée des prix alors que l’Italie croule sous une dette représentant 150% du PIB, le ratio le plus élevé de la zone euro derrière la Grèce. Dans ce contexte, la manne du plan européen de relance post-pandémie, dont l’Italie est de loin le premier bénéficiaire, sera indispensable pour maintenir à flot la péninsule.

“L’Italie ne peut pas se permettre de se priver de ces sommes d’argent”, observe pour l’AFP l’historien Marc Lazar, jugeant donc “très limitée la marge de manœuvre de Meloni” sur l’économie. Elle pourrait en revanche ferrailler contre Bruxelles aux côtés de Varsovie et Budapest “sur les questions de défense de l’intérêt national par rapport aux intérêts européens”.

Giorgia Meloni réclame en outre une “révision des règles du Pacte de stabilité”, suspendues en raison de la crise sanitaire, qui fixent un plafond de 3% du PIB pour le déficit et de 60% pour la dette.

Sur les questions de société, cette Romaine pur jus s’affiche ultra-conservatrice: “Oui à la famille naturelle, non au lobby LGBT! Oui à l’identité sexuelle, non à l’idéologie du genre! Oui à la culture de la vie, non à l’abîme de la mort!”, a clamé en juin celle qui promet aussi de se battre “contre l’islamisation de l’Europe”.

Son arrivée au pouvoir se traduirait également par un cadenassage du pays, où débarquent chaque année des dizaines de milliers de migrants, une perspective qui inquiète les ONG humanitaires.

Alors que l’instabilité gouvernementale de l’Italie est légendaire, les experts s’accordent déjà sur la courte espérance de vie de cette coalition où Mme Meloni aura fort à faire pour gérer ses encombrants alliés, que ce soit l’inusable Silvio Berlusconi ou Matteo Salvini.

Le scrutin se terminera à 21H00 GMT. Les premiers sondages à la sortie des urnes donneront alors un aperçu des résultats.

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Revivez le 4ème Hub Économie France-Antilles « La Guadeloupe : Territoire en transition durable »

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Le 4ème Hub Économie organisé par France-Antilles le jeudi 22 septembre 2022 s’est déroulé au Mémorial ACTe à Pointe-à-Pitre – DR

La 4ème édition du rendez-vous du « Hub économie » France-Antilles s’est tenue jeudi soir (22 septembre) au Mémorial ACTe à Pointe-à-Pitre. « La Guadeloupe : Territoire en transition durable », a été le thème abordé avec de nombreux intervenants et invités. Revivez cet évènement en vidéo.

« Comment peut-on accélérer la transition Durable dont la Guadeloupe a besoin ? ». C’est le sujet retenu dans le cadre du 4ème Hub Économie organisé par France-Antilles. Il s’est déroulé au Mémorial ACTe (à Pointe-à-Pitre) et a donné la parole aux acteurs du territoire qui contribuent à tout mettre en oeuvre pour accélérer la transition durable.

  Innovation : le 3ème Hub Économie …

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