Le gouvernement ha?tien doit express?ment demander l’aide des Etats-Unis pour stopper les gangs

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<>, a d?clar? le professeur Jean Antoine Mathias Laur?us ? l’?mission Panel Magik, sur Magik 9, lundi 26 septembre 2022, en insistant surtout sur les capacit?s technologiques des USA. N?anmoins, a-t-il ajout?, puisque le ph?nom?ne de gangs traverse la soci?t? dans toutes ses composantes, ils ne pourront pas le r?soudre de mani?re p?renne. <>, a-t-il dit.

<>, a sugg?r? le professeur Laur?us.

M?me s’il se dit, par principe, contre toutes interventions ?trang?res dans le pays, Jean Antoine Mathias Laur?us pense que la nouvelle d’une aide am?ricaine en ce sens suffira pour d?stabiliser les gangs. <>, pense-t-il.

Selon M. Laur?us, compter sur la Police nationale d’Ha?ti pour venir ? bout des gangs n’est peut-?tre pas le meilleur choix. <>, a affirm? le professeur qui pense que la ligne gouvernementale de l’?quipe au pouvoir ne conduira le pays nulle part.

<>, a par ailleurs sugg?r? Jean Antoine Mathias Laur?us.

“Les gangs n’agissent jamais seuls”

Jean Antoine Mathias Laur?us nous invite ? r?fl?chir sur les gangs dans leur transversalit?. Selon lui, les gangs n’agissent jamais seuls si ce n’est pour se d?fendre face aux gangs rivaux ou la police. Comme il l’a toujours soutenu, le professeur a fait savoir que les gangs sont instrumentalis?s dans le pays, tant?t par les politiciens tant?t par des membres du secteur priv?. Et la situation que l’on conna?t actuellement dans le pays ?tait pr?visible, a-t-il estim?, car l’?tat s’est retir?. Dans plusieurs axes de la capitale, depuis un long moment, il faut des arrangements avec les gangs pour que les activit?s r?guli?res puissent se tenir.

<>, a expliqu? le professeur. << Dans un tel environnement, les gangs d?couvrent progressivement leurs forces. Car ils se rendent compte que le bon d?roulement des activit?s d?pend d’eux. S’ils le veulent, pendant une journ?e ou une semaine, ils peuvent bloquer toutes les activit?s.

Dans ce jeu d’instrumentalisation, les politiques instrumentalisent les gangs qui les aident ? se renforcer, ou bien pour les aider ? provoquer l’alternance au pouvoir, ou bien pour d?stabiliser le pouvoir. Selon le professeur Laur?us, vu que les membres de la soci?t? civile n’organisent pas de grosses manifestations, les politiques de l’opposition demandent aux gangs de les aider dans les manifestations qu’ils organisent et ceux du pouvoir, a poursuivi M. Laur?us, demandent aux gangs de les aider ? d?stabiliser les manifestations, soit en habillant les gangs comme des policiers soit en se servant d’eux pour d?l?gitimer les mouvements.

<>, a soutenu le professeur avant d’ajouter que les gangs sont au centre des actions des politiciens de l’opposition, du pouvoir et des membres du secteur priv? proches du pouvoir ou de l’opposition.

Un gros risque se dessine alors. Comme aux temps des Cacos, Jean Antoine Mathias Laur?us dit croire qu’? tout moment les gangs peuvent d?cider de qui doit prendre le pouvoir dans le pays. <>, a-t-il indiqu?.

<>, a martel? le professeur.

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Gr?ve de syndicats de transport, les activit?s une nouvelle fois paralys?es ? Port-au-prince

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Au niveau de la route de Delmas, de Nazon, de Bourdon, de Lalue de G?rald-Bataille, entre autres, les rues ?taient pratiquement vides. Par ailleurs, au niveau de l’intersection la route de Delmas et Delmas 30, des individus ont dress? des barricades de pneus enflamm?s et lanc? des pierres en direction de quelques motards. Quelques centaines de manifestants ont ?t? remarqu?s en milieu de journ?e au niveau de Ma?s-G?t?. Il n’y a pas eu d’incidents majeurs signal?s.

Pourtant, dans la commune de Carrefour, au sud de Port-au-Prince, plusieurs milliers de personnes sont descendues dans les rues pour protester contre la d?cision du gouvernement d’augmenter le prix du p?trole ? la pompe.

Le journal a observ? un renforcement des patrouilles polici?res dans les rues de la capitale. En plus des points fixes, des agents de l’ordre de diff?rentes unit?s sp?cialis?es de la Police nationale d’Ha?ti ont ?t? constat?s.

Le syndicaliste Mehu Changeux de l’Association des propri?taires et chauffeurs d’Haiti (APCH) qui a support? le mot d’ordre de gr?ve lanc? par le Front Unifi? des Transporteurs et des Travailleurs d’Ha?ti (FUTRAH) se dit satisfait de cette premi?re journ?e. <>, a d?clar? Mehu Changeux en interview au journal ce lundi apr?s-midi.

Depuis l’annonce du gouvernement d’ajuster le prix du p?trole, les stations d’essence sont totalement hors service. Le parc industriel de Caracol qui emploie plus de 12 500 personnes ferme ses portes ce dimanche 25 septembre ? cause de l’?puisement des r?serves carburant de sa centrale ?lectrique, a appris Le Nouvelliste.

L’Association des professionnels du p?trole (APPE) a appel? l’Etat ? rendre accessible le terminal de Varreux pour que les stocks, en quantit? suffisante actuellement, puissent avitailler tous les stations-services avant de pouvoir les rouvrir avec les nouveaux prix, afin d’?viter qu’elles ne soient prises d’assaut et/ou d?truites, peut-on lire dans une lettre du pr?sident de l’APPE, Randolph Rameau, au ministre de l’Economie et des Finances, Michel Patrick Boisvert, le 22 septembre 2022.

<>, selon cette correspondance.

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Sizzla Calls For Vybz Kartel, Ninjaman Freedom, Performs Buju Banton’s ‘Boom Bye Bye’

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Sizzla shout-out some dancehall legends in prison, namely Vybz Kartel and Ninjaman, while paying homage to Buju Banton by performing the now disbanded classic single “Boom Bye Bye.”

The Judgement Yard icon was in his element last weekend when he performed at the Good Times party in Kingston, along with new artists he is mentoring. If you’re a fan of Sizzla, then you will know he has been one of the best live performers in reggae/dancehall for the past decades, and he is never one to shy away from controversial moments like fire burn the LGBTQ community or calling out other artists.

Around midway through his performance, Kalonji paused to hail his family and some of his comrades behind bars, including Vybz Kartel and Ninjaman, while calling for their freedom. “Big up all the youths them in a jail, Kartel, Ninjaman, and the whole a dem. Big up all a me family its time leggo the black people them now,” he said on stage before diving into performing his classic “Dry Cry.”

Vybz Kartel and Ninjaman, who have both beefed in the past, are both serving life sentences for murder. It’s unclear if they are currently housed at the same prison facility, but we do know that the former Portmore Empire leader is currently at the Horizon Remand Center.

Sizzla also caught the attention of dancehall fans who have been reacting on Twitter when he injected some lyrics from Buju Banton’s controversial single, “Boom Bye Bye.” During the performance, Kalonji said, “All ah the people them weh know say them love da party yah seh boom bye.”

Sizzla also questioned if he even could single the song. “Ah who sing da song deh?” he asked. “Mi cyaan sing da song deh, cause them fraid fi sing it?”

Urban Islandz reported in 2019 that Buju Banton issued a permanent ban on the song he released in 1992. The reggae/dancehall icon recorded and released the song when he was a teenager, something he said he has since grown and now has a different perspective.

“I recognize that the song has caused much pain to listeners, as well as to my fans, my family and myself,” Buju said in a statement sent to Urban Islandz. “After all the adversity we’ve been through I am determined to put this song in the past and continue moving forward as an artist and as a man.”

Buju Banton issued the ban just before his big performance at Summerjam in Germany. At the time, he had recently been released from prison, leaving some fans to speculate that he was pressured by the LGBTQ community to denounce “Boom Bye Bye.” His rep at the time, Ronnie Tomlinson, later denied that the singer was pressured to disband the song.

Banton has not performed “Boom Bye Bye” since around 2007, before his arrest in the United States and subsequent 10-year prison sentence for a drug conviction. It’s very unlikely he will ever perform the song again after causing him a lot of problems overseas in the past.

“Boom Bye Bye” is undoubtedly one of the most infamous anti-gay songs in reggae/dancehall history. Sizzla Kalonji might just help revive it from the trash bin.

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Business networking-event focust op werk-leven balans

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door Tascha AvelooPARAMARIBO — UM-tech organiseert in samenwerking met Chef Thro een derde business en networking-evenement. Het thema is dit

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70% chance of another tropical depression in 48 hours Loop Cayman Islands

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The National Hurricane Center reported on September 26, 2022 that another disturbance has made its way off the coast of Africa. It has a 70 per cent chance of developing into a tropical depression in the next 48 hours.

Currently, the system is producing showers and thunderstorms and environmental conditions are conducive for the system to further develop.

The disturbance is forecast to meander for the next day or two and then turn north-northwestward by early Thursday.

Due to the unpredictability of the system, interests in the Caribbean area should remain vigilant and monitor how it develops.

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Le DG de l’ONAPE et trois autres employ?s du minist?re de l’Education kidnapp?s

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Le directeur g?n?ral de l’ONAPE, le Dr Herv? Boursiquot, a ?t? enlev? dimanche soir sur la route de Fr?res, commune de P?tion-Ville. Selon une source, M. Boursiquot ?tait seul ? bord de sa voiture quand il a ?t? kidnapp?. Cet enl?vement s’est produit quelques heures apr?s celui de six employ?s du minist?re de l’Education nationale (trois se sont ?chapp?s avec le support de la police). Ces derniers travaillent pour la plupart au service de paiement de la Direction administrative du minist?re. Ils ?taient convoqu?s afin d’acc?l?rer le processus de paiement des enseignants dans l’Ouest.

Alors qu’ils ?taient ? bord d’une Toyota Land Cruiser tout-terrain (Zo Reken, chez nous), les employ?s sont tomb?s d’ans une embuscade de kidnappeurs lourdements arm?s, ? bord du m?me mod?le de v?hicule, ? l’avenue N, au niveau de Turgeau.

L’action s’est d?roul?e au moment de l’arriv?e d’une patrouille de police qui, notre source, a pris en chasse les kidnappeurs. Un des ces derniers a ?t? abattu alors qu’un autre a pris le contr?le du v?hicule du minist?re avec des employ?s ? bord. La course de ce kidnappeur va prendre fin au Champ de Mars o? il a ?t? ?galement abattu.

Avec le support de la police, trois des employ?s se sont ?chapp?s des filets des kidnappeurs qui ont r?ussi ? repartir avec trois autres.

Selon une source, les ravisseurs ont exig? une forte somme d’argent comme ran?on, avan?ant qu’ils ont perdu <>.

Dans un communiqu?, le minist?re <>.

<< Ces salari?s ?taient mobilis?s, un dimanche, en vue d’assurer le service public pour le paiement des enseignants du r?seau d’?coles publiques dans l’Ouest. Heureusement, trois d’entre eux ont r?ussi ? s’enfuir avec le soutien de la Police nationale d’Ha?ti.

Le MENFP demande, de toute urgence, la lib?ration de ses employ?s, des serviteurs publics travaillant un dimanche au b?n?fice de nos enseignants >>, indique le minist?re, qui exprime <>

<>, fait remarquer le le minist?re dans le communiqu?.

Le MENFP appelle la population, la communaut? ?ducative, ? prot?ger les ?coles qui sont le <>. <>, soutient le minist?re.

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Cabinet okays team to probe farm work conditions for J’cans in Canada Loop Jamaica

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The Ministry of Labour and Social Security is reporting that the Cabinet has approved the appointment of a seven-member fact-finding team to conduct investigations into the working conditions of Jamaican workers under the Canadian Seasonal Agricultural Workers (farm work) Programme.

A release from the ministry said the development comes after Portfolio Minister Karl Samuda recently announced the appointment of a tripartite team.

That move followed a correspondence to Samuda, purportedly on behalf of some Jamaican farm workers in Canada who were said to be concerned about several aspects of their seasonal working arrangements and conditions.

Samuda himself visited a number of farms in Canada where Jamaican workers are employed, earlier this year after the complaint, and later said he saw no evidence of any justifiable basis for the expressed concerns.

However, the issues and concerns have not died down since then.

The members of the fact-finding team now appointed to look deeper into the matter are as follows:

1. Helene Davis-Whyte (Chair) – President, Jamaica Confederation of Trade Union (JCTU)

2. Donald (Danny) Roberts – Deputy Chairman, Industrial Disputes Tribunal (IDT)

3. Wayne Chen – President, Caribbean Employers’ Federation

4. Raymond Eytle – Second Vice-President, Jamaican Employers’ Federation s

5. Wayne Jones – Deputy Financial Secretary, Strategic Human Resource Management, Ministry of Finance and Public Service

6. Sidia Madden – Chief Internal Auditor, Ministry of Labour and Social Security

7. Kandre Leveridge – Researcher/Community Development Specialist

The fact-finding team is to:

o Conduct random selection of Canadian farms covering all provinces to which Jamaican farmworkers are employed;

o Collect data on the working conditions of Jamaican workers employed under the Seasonal Agricultural Workers Programme (SAWP);

o Interview workers who have been injured to assess the level of care and responsiveness to their needs by the Jamaica Liaison Service in Canada and the Ministry of Labour and Social Security;

o Speak to employers and other interested groups to hear concerns;

o Provide a report outlining the team’s findings, with recommendations to improve the Jamaican Overseas Employment Programme in Canada.

The team is to visit all provinces where Jamaican farmworkers are employed over a two-week period, following which a comprehensive report is to be provided to the portfolio minister.

The report is to be presented to Cabinet and subsequently tabled in Parliament.

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St James man linked to string of robberies nabbed Loop Jamaica

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The St James police have apprehended a man who has allegedly been committing a string of armed robberies in and around the parish, some of which were caught on CCTV camera.

He is 25-year-old Akeem Bailey, otherwise called ‘Stamma’, of Albion Lane in St James. He was listed as one of the most wanted men in St James.

Bailey, who was arrested on September 23, is also known to frequent Aboukir in St Ann.

Bailey was allegedly captured in CCTV footage that went viral on social media, robbing gas station pump attendants, armed with a handgun.

Following the launch of Operation Relentless II, the St James police began several operations targeted at apprehending the parish’s wanted men. He was arrested during a high-level, intelligence-driven operation that took place in the Albion Lane community last Friday.

Bailey was charged on Monday with robbery with aggravation after giving a caution statement to investigators.

The police said he is also a suspect in a string of armed robberies committed at service stations, a hairdressing parlour and gambling houses in St James, St Ann, Trelawny, and Hanover.

Meanwhile, a number of subsidiary investigations have been initiated following Bailey’s capture. One of his associates, whose name is being withheld pending an identification parade, is also in custody after being held by the police on September 19 in a stolen motor vehicle.

The JCF is urging anyone who may have been a victim of the alleged perpetrator to report to the: St James CIB at 876 953-6191, Hanover CIB at 876 956-2304, Trelawny CIB at 876 955-2758, or the St Ann CIB at 876 972-2209.

People may also contact the JCF Tip Line at 811 or Crime Stop at 311.

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Recurrent expenditure concerns Tobago Business Chamber

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Tobago Business Chamber president Martin George. –

The Tobago Business Chamber has described the 2023 budget presentation as “bereft of ideas and innovation and shows no clear growth path for Tobago’s fiscal independence and long-term economic stability.”

On Monday, Finance Minister Colm Imbert delivered the budget in the Red House, Port of Spain, announcing that the Tobago House of Assembly (THA) will receive an allocation of $2.521 billion.

This, he said represents 4.3 per cent of the budget. Of that sum, Imbert said $194 million will be allocated for recurrent expenditure, $300 million for development and $9.2 million for CEPEP.

In a WhatsApp video sent to Newsday immediately after the budget, chairman Martin George expressed concern over the recurrent figure.

“We have continuously advocated that this is way too much of your budgetary allocation to be on recurrent expenditure. This represents 87.2 per cent of your budgetary allocation. Last year, it was 88 per cent.

“So these figures are way too high for this to be on recurrent expenditure.”

He said recurrent expenditure simply means spending money to stay afloat.

“This is not anything that you are building, any capital development or any infrastructural development or any capital-intensive programmes. No, this is simply money to stay afloat. You’re paying your expenses, your bills, your rents, your leases – you’re just spending money basically to stay in the same position.”

He said that does not represent the type of growth or development the chamber would like to see for the island.

He said also the chamber has not seen any indication of a comprehensive long-term plan for the island to begin its financial sustainability and economic independence, as well as the repeal of the Foreign Investment Act.

“We keep making the point that TT is in a foreign-exchange crisis. Why would the government not repeal this legislation, which is a direct block and bar to foreign investment in Tobago?

“We have several persons who have approached us and they wish to make huge investments in Tobago. but once they see the requirements of that Foreign Investment Act and all the red tape that is involved, they immediately abandon the idea and they go to the other islands, where it is much easier to make that investment.”

He said he would also have liked to see his suggestion implemented on the removal of VAT, making Tobago a VAT-free or duty-free zone.

“We keep making the point to the Minister of Finance. in the hope that one day, these suggestions would bear fruit.”

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Rowley: 4% wage offer is what country can afford

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Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley in Parliament. – FILE PHOTO/SUREASH CHOLAI

The Prime Minister says the Government is offering public servants a four per cent wage increase because that is what the country could afford.

Speaking at a press conference at the Red House after the 2023 budget on Monday, Dr Rowley said, “I don’t have any problem with people advocating for the best for them, but at the end of the day there has to be reason.”

This after, the Industrial Court granted the Minister of Labour an ex-parte injunction, on Sunday, ordering teachers to go to work rather than engaging in industrial action planned for Monday.

He said he was aware public servants had not had a salary increase for a long time but the government had already borrowed $6 billion to pay public servants back pay, and money for anything more than four per cent was not available.

And if the unions did not agree with the four per cent, the final decision would be with the Industrial Court, not the Government.

Rowley also said he believed the Minister of Finance, Colm Imbert, presented the best national budget in eight years.

“Not very long ago we were in a situation that was dire and it largely had to do with our accustomed expenditure level and finding ourselves in a situation of significantly reduced revenues.”

He said the country had to go into a lot of debt to keep public servants’ jobs and the economy going during the pandemic. And TT’s situation improved mainly because of external factors outside of the government’s control, specifically the Russian/ Ukraine war, which increased oil prices.

The budget was based on an oil price of US$92.50 a barrel and gas price of $US6 per MMBtu. As such, the 2023 budget deficit was less than one per cent, which, according to the PM, was a very good position to be in.

He said because energy prices fluctuate, the country’s economic situation was temporary so the government had to monitor the situation and be cautious. However, he said, if oil prices collapse and the revenue did not “pan out” as the Minister of Finance anticipated, the deficit would increase but “it would not kill us.”

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