People trapped, 2.7m without power as Hurricane Ian drenches Florida Loop Jamaica

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Hurricane Ian destroyed a cross-section of Florida, trapping people in flooded homes, forcing patients from nursing homes and hospitals, cutting off a popular barrier island, and obliterating a historic waterfront pier.

Nearly 2.7 million people lost power as rain fell and waters rose.

Floodwaters rose waist-high near Orlando, far inland, as one of the strongest hurricanes to ever hit the United States crossed the peninsula. Ian’s tropical-storm-force winds extended outward up to 415 miles (665 km), drenching much of Florida and the south-eastern Atlantic coast.

“It crushed us,” Lee County Sheriff Carmine Marceno told ABC’s “Good Morning America.”

He said roads and bridges remained impassable, stranding thousands in the county where Ian made landfall just north of Fort Myers.

“We still cannot access many of the people that are in need.”

Authorities confirmed at least one storm death in Florida — a 72-year-old man in Deltona who fell into a canal while using a hose to drain his pool in the heavy rain, the Volusia County Sheriff’s Office said. Two people died in Cuba after Ian struck there.

Marceno said that while he lacked any details, he believed the death toll would be “in the hundreds”. Gov Ron DeSantis later said that toll was not confirmed and was likely an estimate based on 911 calls.

President Joe Biden formally issued a disaster declaration Thursday, and Deanne Criswell, administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, said the agency is supporting search and rescue efforts. The US Coast Guard also began rescues on southwest Florida’s barrier islands early Thursday, as soon as winds died down, DeSantis said.

“The Coast Guard had people who were in their attics and got saved off their rooftops,” DeSantis said. “We’ve never seen storm surge of this magnitude … The amount of water that’s been rising, and will likely continue to rise today even as the storm is passing, is basically a 500-year flooding event.”

A chunk of the Sanibel Causeway fell into the sea, cutting off access to the barrier island where 6,300 people normally live. How many heeded mandatory evacuation orders before the storm surge washed over the island wasn’t known.

South of Sanibel, towering waves destroyed the historic beachfront pier in Naples, tearing out even the pilings underneath.

“Right now, there is no pier,” said Penny Taylor, a commissioner in Collier County, which includes Naples.

Emergency crews sawed through toppled trees to reach flooded homes, but with no electricity and virtually no cell service, it was impossible for many people to call for help when the surge filled their living rooms.

“Portable towers are on the way for cell service. Chances are your loved ones do not have ability to contact you,” said the sheriff’s office in Collier County, which includes Naples. “We can tell you as daylight reveals the aftermath, it’s going to be a hard day.”

In Fort Myers, Valerie Bartley was terrified as her family spent desperate hours holding a dining room table against their patio door as debris slammed into their house.

“We just assumed that it was tearing our house apart,” she said. As the storm raged outside, she said her four-year-old daughter grabbed her hand and said: “I’m scared too, but it’s going to be okay.”

Ian made landfall Wednesday near Cayo Costa, a barrier island just west of heavily populated Fort Myers, as a category 4 hurricane with 150 mph (241 kph) winds, tying it for the fifth-strongest hurricane, when measured by wind speed, ever to strike the US.

Ian’s centre came ashore more than 100 miles (160 kilometres) south of Tampa and St Petersburg, sparing them their first direct hit by a major hurricane since 1921. Water drained from Tampa Bay as it approached, then returned with a surge.

The National Hurricane Center said Ian was expected to regain near-hurricane strength after emerging over Atlantic waters near Cape Canaveral, with South Carolina in its sights for a second US landfall on Friday.

NASA’s Kennedy Space Center remained closed and off-limits, except for a small ride-out team that spent the night there. SpaceX’s next astronaut launch to the International Space Station, meanwhile, was delayed until at least October 5, two days late because of Ian.

Ocean waters were receding after a storm surge brought destructive waves to downtown areas from Englewood to Bonita Beach, including Charlotte Harbor and Fort Myers. Cities from Orlando to Daytona Beach in north-west Florida got their turn for severe flooding before Ian moved out to sea.

Paramedics rolled residents out of the Avante Orlando nursing home on stretchers and wheelchairs through floodwaters to ambulances and waiting buses Thursday morning. A hospital system in south-west Florida was evacuating at least 1,200 patients for lack of safe drinking water. And in Port Charlotte, staff crowded patients into the middle two floors after the emergency room flooded and winds tore off the roof over the intensive care unit.

The Florida Highway Patrol shut down the Florida Turnpike in the Orlando area due to significant flooding and said the main artery in the middle of the state will remain closed until water subsides.

Calls from people trapped in flooded homes or from worried relatives flooded 911 lines. Pleas were also posted on social media sites, some with video showing debris-covered water sloshing toward the eaves of their homes.

Aerial photo of the damaged Sanibel Causeway that connects Fort Myers, Florida, to the island community seen in the aftermath of Hurricane Ian on Thursday, Sept 29, 2022, in Fort Myers. (Joe Cavaretta/South Florida Sun-Sentinel via AP)

Brittany Hailer, a journalist in Pittsburgh, contacted rescuers about her mother in North Fort Myers, whose home was swamped by five feet (1.5 metres) of water.

“We don’t know when the water’s going to go down. We don’t know how they’re going to leave, their cars are totalled,” Hailer said. “Her only way out is on a boat.”

Another boat, carrying Cuban migrants, sank Wednesday in stormy weather east of Key West.

The US Coast Guard initiated a search and rescue mission for 23 people and managed to find three survivors about two miles (three kilometres) south of the Florida Keys, officials said. Four other Cubans swam to Stock Island, just east of Key West, the US Border Patrol said. Air crews continued to search for possibly 20 remaining migrants.

The storm previously killed two people in Cuba, and brought down the country’s electrical grid.

More than 2.5 million Florida homes and businesses were left without electricity, according to the PowerOutage.us site. Most of the homes and businesses in 12 counties were without power.

At 8am Thursday, the storm was about 40 miles (70 km) east of Orlando and 10 miles (15 kilometres) south-west of Cape Canaveral, carrying maximum sustained winds of 65 mph (100 kph) and moving toward the cape at 8 mph (13 kmh), the centre said.

Up to a foot (30 centimetres) of rain forecast for parts of Northeast Florida, coastal Georgia and the Lowcountry of South Carolina. As much as six inches (15 centimetres) could fall in southern Virginia as the storm moves inland over the Carolinas, and the centre said landslides were possible in the southern Appalachian mountains.

The governors of South Carolina, North Carolina, Georgia, and Virginia all preemptively declared states of emergency.___

By CURT ANDERSON

Associated Press contributors include Christina Mesquita in Havana, Cuba; Cody Jackson and Adriana Gomez Licon in Tampa, Florida; Freida Frisaro in Miami; Anthony Izaguirre in Tallahassee, Florida; Mike Schneider in Orlando, Florida; Seth Borenstein and Aamer Madhani in Washington; Bobby Caina Calvan in New York; Andrew Welsh-Huggins in Columbus, Ohio; Jay Reeves in Birmingham, Alabama, and Alina Hartounian in Phoenix, Arizona.

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Henry helps West Indies beat New Zealand by one run in first T201 Loop Jamaica

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Jamaican all-rounder Chinelle Henry produced a good bowling performance to lead West Indies to a thrilling one-run victory over New Zealand in the first of five T20 Internationals in Antigua on Wednesday.

Henry, bowling her medium pace, picked up three for 26 from her four overs as New Zealand – chasing 116 for victory – were restricted to 114 for nine off their allotted 20 overs.

In a low-scoring match, Henry’s new-ball spell proved decisive.

Henry got going when she trapped Suzie Bates lbw for five in the third to secure the first wicket of the New Zealand innings.

New Zealand were reduced to 25 for two in the fourth overs when Hayley Matthews had Georgia Plimmer holing out to long-on.

Henry returned in the fifth over to secure the wicket of captain Sophine Devine, caught at mid-on for 23, to have New Zealand reeling at 32 for three. In her previous over, Devine had lofted the Jamaican seamer over wide long-on for a six.

Henry then brilliantly caught Amelia Kerr off her own bowling for three and then saw Maddy Green run out two balls later. At that stage, New Zealand were struggling on 46 for five in seven overs and could not recover as spinners Matthews, Karishma Ramharack and Afy Fletcher further applied the pressure.

New Zealand approached the final over needing to get 20 runs with just one wicket remaining.

Hannah Rowe whipped Aaliyah Alleyne for four off the first ball to reduce the deficit to 12 from the final two deliveries. However, she could only manage 10 runs, a four and a six, to end on 27 not out from 21 balls, the top score for her team.

Earlier, New Zealand won the toss and put West Indies in. Alleyne joined Matthews in the middle after Natasha McLean departed without scoring and one run on the board.

Alleyne then took charge of the run-scoring as she looked like a woman on a mission, taking the odd boundaries that New Zealand offered up, but more importantly she seized the opportunities of quick singles or twos to keep the scorecard ticking.

Matthews departed for 15 then Chedean Nation for two. With wickets falling around her Alleyne soldiered on. But on 49 and within touching distance of her maiden T20I half-century, she chucked a Kerr delivery onto her stumps.

Rashada Williams added a quick 15 and Henry a run-a-ball 10, as the West Indies posted 115 all out in 20 overs.

Kerr was the pick of the New Zealand bowlers finishing with three for 16 off four overs, followed by Fran Jonas with two for 13.

“The coaches told us to go out there and be fearless,” said Henry, who was named Player of the Match. “We wanted more than 115 but that didn’t happen, so we went out there as a bowling unit to get the job done. Going into the second game, we’re obviously looking to improve in both batting and bowling. To see Aaliyah going out at number three and almost getting her maiden T20I half-century showed that we have a lot of depth in the squad, so it’s just for us to keep up that team performance.

Both teams meet on the weekend for the second and third T20Is.

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Man said to be ex-soldier shot dead off Maxfield Avenue Loop Jamaica

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A man said to be an ex-soldier was shot and killed by gunmen on Maxfield Avenue on Thursday.

The deceased has been identified as 38-year-old Andre Stewart of a Zimbabwe address in the community.

Reports are that Stewart was fixing his vehicle on Sunlight Street off Maxfield Avenue when he was approached by men who shot him multiple times.

He was pronounced dead at the hospital.

The incident has left some tension in the area. Police report that there is also an ongoing gang feud in the area.

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Al-Rawi, Sinanan upbeat about San Fernando infrastructure projects

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Minister of Works and Transport Rohan Sinanan, Chairman of the Coosal group of companies Sieunarine Persad Coosal, San Fernando West MP Faris Al Rawi and children of the Embaccadre use the the Rienzi Kirton Highway Overpass. Photo by Lincoln Holder

RURAL Development and Local Government Minister Faris Al-Rawi and Works and Transport Minister Rohan Sinanan are optimistic about infrastructural improvements coming for San Fernando in the coming fiscal year.

They expressed their optimism at the opening of the Rienzi Kirton Overpass in San Fernando on Wednesday

Construction of the overpass began in 2020 and cost approximately $16 million. The overpass is part of the wider San Fernando waterfront development project. It was built by the Works and Transport Ministry’s PURE division and Coosals Construction Company.

Al- Rawi, who is also San Fernando West MP, said, “This is a project that impacts a community in a very significant way.”

Between 2013 and 2015, he continued, people were killed trying to cross the Rienzi-Kirton Highway near where the overpass now stands.

“Young children were killed as they were crossing to go to school.”

Al-Rawi reminded the media there were many schools close by, such as ASJA Girls’ and Boys’ Colleges and San Fernando Government Secondary School.

As someone who grew up in the area, Al-Rawi said, it was impossible to have 200,000 people living close to a major highway with no means of crossing it safely.

“You are standing on a walkway that didn’t really exist before.”

Al-Rawi viewed the overpass as an important component in the wider San Fernando waterfront development project.

“This is the connectivity to get there. We are going to be agitating for another walkway closer to Skinner Park as we build a secondary ground. We are going to ask Cabinet to consider that.”

Al-Rawi reminded the media that in his budget presentation on Monday, Finance Minister Colm Imbert mentioned significant development and redevelopment being identified for San Fernando in fiscal 2023.

“San Fernando has waited a very long time to get its turn at development. Under this government and with me as its MP, if I may be bold enough to say so, we are seeing development now that we have not seen for 40 years.”

Sinanan agreed with Al-Rawi.

“San Fernando will see a drastic change in redevelopment of the San Fernando waterfront project.”

Sinanan said at his ministry, “We don’t just talk, we’re about action.”

While general construction activities were delayed over the last two years owing to the covid19 pandemic, Sinanan was happy the overpass had been completed on time, within budget and at miminum inconvenience to the public.

The Rienzi Kirton Highway Overpass. Photo by Lincoln Holder

At 52 metres in length, Sinanan said the overpass is one of the largest in TT.

Al-Rawi thanked Sinanan and Coosal Group of Companies executive chairman Sieunarine Persad Coosal for ensuring the overpass was built on time and within budget. He also praised Persad Coosal for ensuring residents from the surrounding communities were employed in the construction of the overpass.

On Monday, Imbert said, “The San Fernando Waterfront Redevelopment will modernise the city of San Fernando and the surrounding communities. The project is being advanced in phases. with phase one being constructed at a cost of $247 million, involving eight projects.”

One these projects is the construction of a new coastal projection system along Lady Hailes Avenue between Hatter’s Bay and the San Fernando water taxi terminal, at a cost of $67 million. This project is scheduled for completion in 2024.

When it is completed, Imbert said, ” The frequency and severity of coastal erosion and coastal flooding to the area will be reduced,”

Another project is widening Lady Hailes Avenue into a dual carriageway at a cost of $136 million. This is schedued for completion in 2023.

Imbert said commercial and residential squatters are being relocated from the San Fernando waterfront redevelopment area “through a collaborative effort between the Land Settlement Agency and Udecottat a cost of $43 million.”

Another project under the San Fernando waterfront redevelopment is the the reclamation of 3.8 hectares of land at King’s Wharf North. Imbert said this is being done at a cost of $78 million.

“Construction has begun, with completion in 2023.”

He also said a new fishing facility is being built at King’s Wharf at a cost of $38 million.This project is scheduled for completion next year.

Imbert said, “The new facility and jetty will accommodate 72 fishermen and 50 fishing vessels.”

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Family: Baby Selieen was loved by her dad, not abandoned

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A photo of a sleeping Selieen Ramsaroop.

HOURS before baby Selieen Ramsaroop’s final farewell, her paternal relatives are speaking out, denying she was abandoned by her father Sunil Ramlal, as other relatives have said.

The baby, who was reportedly poisoned by a female relative, is to be laid to rest at 1 pm today. A service is to be held at Boodoo’s Funeral Chapel, Penal, after which she will be interred at the Batchyia Cemetery, Penal.

Selieen’s father claimed her body and has made the funeral arrangements, said one of his aunts, a businesswoman who was only willing to give her name as Savi.

Savi said her nephew was always present in Salieen’s life from birth until three weeks before her death.

“My nephew (Ramlal) is not a person who like media or social media. He is being accused of all kinds of things, I don’t want to be biased, but they are not true.

“He took care of his children. He went to the San Fernando General Hospital (SFGH) to pick them up, but she was gone when he got there.”

She did not know why the baby was taken to her maternal grandparents’ home at New Grant after leaving the SFGH three weeks ago.

She said Selieen was always a healthy and happy child. She didn’t know whether her mother was suffering from depression.

Savi said the family heard and read reports of a child dying after being fed poison, but did not know her identity until the following day.

“All of this is causing this family more grief. Sunil would have wanted to be there when his daughter took her last breath. Maybe he could not have saved her, but he could have lifted her fingers, lifted her foot, touched her. He would have been with her in her last moments.

“He was a good father. He loved his daughter.”

In the aftermath of the child’s death and the police detention of a close female relative, Savi said she was worried about the future of Selieen’s two older brothers, who were living with their father.

The baby also had another brother, ten, who lives with her grandparents at New Grant.

“I am looking at these two innocent children and I am worried about their future. I look at my nephew and see a single father.

“Anywhere you saw him, the woman (Selieen’s female relative) was always with him. They were inseparable. I don’t know how he will live now…It is really a difficult time for us.”

The aunt said she was one of the perople who identified the baby’s body at the Forensic Science Centre: “And when it hit me – this lifeless body was that of my (great) niece, who was leaving this life before getting a chance to live it – it is painful.”

Savi disputed reports that Selieen had tested positive for covid19, saying there was no mention of the ailment on the autopsy report.

The report, by forensic pathologist Dr at Dr Somu Gajula, gave the cause of death as pulmonary oedema, pending a toxicology report. Pulmonary oedema is a condition caused by too much fluid in the lungs, which makes breathing difficult.

Savi said some people has called the family to say they would not be at Thursday’s funeral because they were afraid of contracting the disease.

Selieen’s maternal stepgrandmother Sharmela Deonarine insisted a covid test done on the baby at the Princes Town District facility, where she was treated on September 21, came back positive.

Savi asked why, if the baby tested positive, her maternal relatives were not quarantined. She said this information was not conveyed to the funeral home, either.

Homicide Region III, which is investigating the baby’s death, has sent a file to the office of the Director of Public Prosecution for advice on the detention of a 30-year-old mother of four, before any charges can be laid.

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Al-Rawi: No local government election date yet

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Minister of Works and Transport Rohan Sinanan, Chairman of the Coosal group of companies Sieunarine Persad Coosal, San Fernando West MP Faris Al Rawi and children of the Embaccadre use the the Rienzi Kirton Highway Overpass. Photo by Lincoln Holder

RURAL Development and Local Government Minister Faris Al-Rawi has said no date has been set for the next local government elections.

He spoke at the opening of the Rienzi-Kirton Overpass in San Fernando on Wednesday.

In response to a question from one reporter about the budget debate being over, Al-Rawi said, ” Budget over? The budget (debate) has just begun.”

He reminded the media that after Finance Minister Colm Imbert presented the 2022./2023 budget on Monday, the budget debate begins in the House on Friday from 1.30 pm, with Opposition Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar’s response to it.

By established parliamentary convention, Persad-Bissessar will have the same speaking time as Imbert did on Monday. His presentation lasted four hours.

Al-Rawi said, “The budget (process in Parliament) is one month in length.”

That process includes the budget debate in the House, a review by the House’s Standing Finance Committee for five days (at the end of which the budget is officially passed), and then the Senate will debate the budget. Under its standing orders, the Senate cannot vote on the budget as the House does because it cannot vote on money bills.

While hinting at the possibility of weekend House sittings to facilitate the budget debate, Al-Rawi said those particulars are matters for Leader of Government Business Camille Robinson-Regis and Opposition Whip David Lee to work out.

“As to dates for elections, there is a Constitution where there is someone called the Prime Minister of the republic of Trinidad and Tobago. You will have to ask him about dates.”

Al-Rawi previously said the life of local government bodies ends in December and the law allows for a period up to next March in which the elections can be called. The 14 local government corporations in Trinidad are evenly divided between the PNM and UNC.

He dismissed any notion of infrastructure being prioritised on the basis of politics.

Ali-Rawi said the newly formed Secondary Road Repair and Improvement Company, which falls under his ministry, has $200 million to undertake work under its remit. He added that $250 million was allocated to the Works and Transport Ministry’s PURE programme for roadworks.

“So there is a significant pool of money, and remember we’re coming off of the back of covid with a $13-14 billion deficit. So we could not attend to roads, secondary roads, in the manner that we wanted to, before now.”

Al-Rawi reiterated, “Road repair is a priority for the Government.”

Works and Transport Minister Rohan Sinanan said he does not decide which road works take precedence.

“There is a system at the ministry were we actually use data to tell us which of the roads should be prioritised.”

Sinanan recalled that over 300 infrastructural projects were done by the ministry in fiscal 2022.

“Yes, we would have gotten some licks for the condition of the roads, and based on the allocation that we got, we were able to do over 300 road projects.”

For fiscal 2023, Sinanan said the ministry will use its data to determine which roads are in need of repair and use its budgetary allocation to address them accordingly.

Al-Rawi also said the ranks of the municipal police force will be increased from 771 to 1,500 officers this year.

Asked about safety features at the overpass and preventing people from crossing the highway without using the overpass, Al-Rawi said municipal police will collaborate with residents to ensure this does not happen.

“San Fernando is a very disciplined place.”

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3 taken into custody as missing girl found

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Twelve-year-old Ashley Persaud, a student of Wales Primary School and a resident of Singh Street, Wales, West Bank Demerara, who was reported missing, was discovered at a home in Corentyne, Berbice.

Acting on information received, Police in Regional Division #6 at about 00:50 hours this morning (Thursday September 29, 2022), went to a house in 12 Street, Whim Village in Corentyne, Berbice where a search was conducted and the missing girl was found.

The occupants of the home – a father, mother and their teenage son – were all taken into custody at the Whim Police Station where they are assisting with the investigations.

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Justicia recomienda FEI contra exfuncionarios de la Autoridad de Tierras

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El secretario del Departamento de Justicia, Domingo Emanuelli Hernández, recomendó hoy a la Oficina del Panel sobre el Fiscal Especial Independiente (OPFEI) la designación de un Fiscal Especial Independiente (FEI) para que investigue a la exdirectora ejecutiva de la Autoridad de Tierras de Puerto Rico (ATPR), Dorally Rivera Martínez, y otros exfuncionarios de dicha corporación pública, por malversación de fondos asignados por la Asamblea Legislativa.

Al concluir una investigación preliminar, la División de Integridad Pública y Oficina de Asuntos del Contralor (DIPAC) del Departamento de Justicia determinó que existe causa suficiente para creer que la exdirectora ejecutiva de la ATPR, Dorally Rivera Martínez, la exdirectora de Finanzas, Astrid Rivera Febres, y el director del Programa de Infraestructura Rural y Mejoras Permanentes, Miguel Santiago Irizarry, cometieron el delito de malversación de fondos públicos, según dispuesto en el Artículo 264 del Código Penal de Puerto Rico.

Además, durante la investigación se obtuvo información en torno a que la exdirectora ejecutiva autorizó el uso de un vehículo oficial de la ATPR, corporación pública adscrita al Departamento de Agricultura, para que el ingeniero Santiago Irizarry le diera uso privado. Al evaluar esta información, la DIPAC concluyó que existe causa suficiente para creer que ambos también infringieron el Artículo 4.2(b) de la Ley Núm. 1-2012, conocida como la Ley de Ética Gubernamental de Puerto Rico. 

La investigación se originó mediante un referido del secretario de Agricultura, Ramón González Beiró, que incluyó los hallazgos preliminares de una evaluación de los contratos y desembolsos de fondos legislativos asignados a entidades sin fines de lucro a través del Programa de Infraestructura Rural y Mejoras Permanentes de la ATPR, en virtud de la Ley Núm. 173-2020, que enmendó el Código de Rentas Internas de Puerto Rico. Mediante esta ley, la Asamblea Legislativa de Puerto Rico determinaba las entidades a las que se les hacia la transferencia de dinero del Fondo de Mejoras Municipales. Sin embargo, la Autoridad de Tierras tenía el deber ministerial de distribuirlos salvaguardando la legitimidad y velando por los mejores intereses de Puerto Rico. 

La investigación preliminar realizada por la DIPAC reveló que la exdirectora ejecutiva de la ATPR, y la exdirectora de Finanzas autorizaron el desembolso de los fondos públicos a las entidades sin fines de lucro contrario a la ley.    

Conforme los hallazgos, la norma legal vigente y el quantum de prueba exigido en esta etapa de los procedimientos, la DIPAC le aconsejó al secretario de Justicia que recomendara la designación de un Fiscal Especial Independiente en el presente caso.

“Acogemos la recomendación de la División de Integridad Pública y Oficina de Asuntos del Contralor del Departamento de Justicia y, a esos efectos, recomendamos a la Oficina del Panel sobre el Fiscal Especial Independiente que designe un Fiscal Especial Independiente con relación a las actuaciones imputadas”, lee la notificación emitida por el secretario en el día de ayer. 

Debido a que la investigación continúa, ahora en la OPFEI, el secretario y los funcionarios del Departamento de Justicia no emitirán comentarios adicionales sobre este caso en particular.

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Antigua and Barbuda Represented at GCF Global Programming Conference 2022

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Ambassador Diann Black-Layne making a presentation during the session on “Integrated Resilience Planning” at the GCF Global Programming Conference, photo is courtesy of the Green Climate Fund (GCF).

On September 13 -15, 2022, Director of the Antigua and Barbuda Department of Environment,  Ambassador Diann Black-Layne and the Deputy Project Coordinator of the Enhanced Direct Access (EDA) Project, Christa-Joy Burton, along with a range of global leaders, experts and companies attended the fifth (5th) annual Green Climate Fund (GCF) Global Programming Conference (GPC).

The event, hosted in Incheon, South Korea, brought together private and public sector stakeholders to explore innovative ways the private sector can mobilize and scale up finance to accelerate climate action in developing countries like Antigua and Barbuda.

The GPC 2022 focused on unlocking capital for climate action by providing a platform to address market failures, showcase new ideas, and forge new partnerships within the climate finance sector.

Attendees left the conference with a new perspective and shared experiences on innovations and best practices for scaling up public-private partnerships toward climate action.

According to Ms. Burton “As one of the first accredited Direct Access Entity (DAEs) to have a regional EDA pilot project approved by the GCF, it was important to be in attendance to share on our progress and lessons learnt thus far.

Through the in-person bilaterals and joint sessions, we were able to have candid discussions with the GCF representatives on the effectiveness of the technical support and funding procedures provided by the GCF, and also had the opportunity to strengthen our partnerships not only with the GCF, but with other NDAs and AEs.

I think this is especially key to improving climate action and project support across developing countries through the sharing of new and best practices, and exploring areas for innovation for climate action.”

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