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Le ministre de l’Intérieur Gérald Darmanin a évoqué la fenêtre de réforme constitutionnelle autour de la Nouvelle-Calédonie pour nourrir l’espoir de réformes des signataires de l’Appel de Fort-de-France.

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Jamaican Shericka Jackson says she is targeting the 34-year-old 200m world record on Thursday when the Wanda Diamond League season reaches its climax in Zurich, Switzerland.

American great Florence Griffith-Joyner also known at Flo-Jo clocked 21.34 seconds to set the record when winning the Olympic gold medal at Seoul in 1988.

Jackson ran the second fastest time in history – 21.45 seconds – to win gold at the World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Oregon on July 21.

“I’m very great at the 200m,” said Jackson with a smile. “I am definitely looking for a fast, fast time.”

“At the World Championships I had a lot in my legs and was still able to run 21.4 seconds so to come out here, I expect to perform at my best.”

Jackson will also compete in the 100m final which is 80 minutes before she runs in attempts to break the 200m world record.

The Jamaican played down fears that the time between the races may hamper her.

“That recovery is enough for me. I want to challenge myself, and I think here is the best place to do it,” she added.

Jackson revealed that she set her World Championships-winning time as a goal earlier in the season and has since revised it downwards.

“Before this season I wrote that exact time on a piece of paper,” she said.

“I left it on my trophy stand so every time I step in my house or go to training I know I have that target…. I wanted it so badly.

“I went back home [after the Worlds], and I wrote another time because I definitely want to go faster, and I think I am capable of doing that.

“If it is not done tomorrow then definitely I come back next year and work even harder.”

Asked if her new goal would break Joyner-Griffiths’ world record, she replied that it was “definitely round about there”.

Apart from targeting Joyner-Griffiths’ world record, Jackson will be aiming to win the sprint double.

Since the Diamond League Final became a one-meeting affair last year, no athlete has yet managed to win more than one trophy in any given season. But Jackson could become the first to achieve that feat.

Of course, before turning her attention to her specialist event, the 200m, she would have to win the 100m – which is no mean feat but also not impossible, given she won in Brussels last weekend.

In Brussels, Jackson defeated her fellow Jamaican Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, the five-time world champion, by 0.01 seconds. It was the first defeat for Fraser-Pryce over 100m this season following a streak of sub-10.70 runs.

It was far from a disaster for Fraser-Pryce, though, who still clocked a remarkable 10.74. And that race could be just the motivation she needs to secure another Diamond Trophy in Zurich.

Jackson will no doubt be her toughest rival once again, while the competitive line-up also includes African record-holder Marie-Josee Ta Lou, Jamaica’s Natasha Morrison, US trio Aleia Hobbs, Sha’Carri Richardson and Twanisha Terry, and Britain’s Daryll Neita.

The 35-year-old Fraser-Pryce believes she can end her season by improving on the 10.60-second personal best she set in Lausanne in 2021.

Only two women have ever run faster. Olympic champion Elaine Thompson-Herah clocked 10.54 in the wake of her win in Tokyo, while Griffith-Joyner’s 10.49 world record has remained out of reach since July 1988.

Fraser-Pryce has hit new levels of consistency this year. She has run six of the 18 fastest times in history this season.

“What drives me is that I am at this point of my career, is that I have dreamt of running 10.6 seconds and now being able to do that consistently, I want to challenge myself every time I step to the line,” she said.

“I am definitely chasing a personal best.”

Fraser-Pryce also revealed that she is only taking part in Zurich after her five-year son Zyon’s return to school was delayed.

“It was going to be his first day and Zurich was not going to happen,” she added.

“I was ready to go home and it was like divine intervention in that I got an email from his school saying they were postponing, so that is why I am here.”

But whatever happens in the shorter sprint, Jackson will start as the overwhelming favourite for the 200m.

Olympic bronze medallist Gabby Thomas is the only woman to have beaten Jackson over 200m this year, but that was back in May in Doha when the Jamaican wasn’t near her peak and before Thomas picked up a niggling injury. The US sprinter has recovered enough to compete in Zurich, and will be joined on the start line by European champion Mujinga Kambundji and world finalist Tamara Clark.

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More than 300 adults and children from Gully Road, Chela Bay and the Boscobel communities in St Mary were recent beneficiaries of free health care services and back-to-school supplies provided by members of Beaches Ocho Rios Resort and its philanthropic arm, the Sandals Foundation at the Boscobel Primary School.

The event, which was executed in partnership with the Ministry of Health and Wellness (MOHW), saw residents receiving services including blood pressure and cholesterol checks, health talks, advice on positive lifestyle habits, foot care and treatment as well as mental wellness support.

Heidi Clarke, Executive Director of the Sandals Foundation, shared her delight at the overwhelming turnout.

“It was incredible to see so many children and families attend this event, and together with our team members from Beaches Ocho Rios, as well as our partners, we were able to provide these services and assist families in balancing some of the costs associated with back-to-school preparations,” said Clarke.

One resident, Althea Rowe shared: “The back-to-school supplies that we received from Sandals Foundation will go a far way in helping me to provide the best opportunity for my two children to go back to school. The books and bags are high quality and the number of pens and pencils that we receive will be able to serve them for the entire school term.”

All the children on hand were assisted with school supplies, medicals, and general guidance in maintaining a healthy lifestyle.

Dorreth Miller, a senior citizen who was on hand with her grandson shared, “this event is timely and well needed. I travelled from Highgate to be here in order to not only get my health checks but my grandson was also able to enjoy a full day of physical activities and receive school supplies from the Sandals Foundation.”

A senior couple, Canute and Genneth Johnson valued the one-on-one time spent with the medical practitioners, with Genneth noting: “This event was very good for my family. My husband and I were able to get our regular checks done and had a chance to have uninterrupted conversations with the doctors right here in our community.”

Recognising the value of having other senior citizens benefit, the couple said they also shared news of the fair with their community network.

“We heard about this health fair and were able to promote it in our senior citizens’ meetings and that allowed many of the elderly within our communities to come and experience all that the health ministry and Sandals Foundation were able to do for us. This was the biggest event that we have had since the pandemic. The exercise sessions (with Jamaica Moves) allowed all age groups to participate even while we were able to play games and win prizes,” Genneth Johnson said.

Of the numerous services offered, foot care was the most popular as older residents, many living with diabetes had the opportunity to have consultations, conduct exams and receive advice on how to properly care for their feet.

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REAL NEWS- Almost three years after he was released from Her Majesty’s Prison, former Police Constable Joseph Peters reportedly is still seeking medical treatment for injuries he sustained while serving his sentence.

An inside source tells REAL News that Peters was beaten severely – allegedly by prison officers – while in custody. The source further alleges that although he was seriously wounded, the authorities kept the former policeman hidden in a cell until another inmate made the matter public.

The source claims the injured man was not seen by a prison doctor until 10 days after the alleged beating, during which his nose was fractured.

Reportedly, the doctor was appalled that medical attention had not been sought earlier, and Peters was permitted to undergo surgery.

While further surgery was recommended on his discharge from prison, the injured man reportedly has been unable to access treatment for his damaged nose.

Neither has Peters been able to get justice for the beating he endured, the source says – despite the matter having been reported to the Police authorities.

“To date, the matter – which is an indictable offensee because of the extent of Peters’ injury – remains somewhere in a drawer at the Criminal Investigations Department (CID),” the inside source charges. “No arrest has been executed although the perpetrators were named and identified by Peters,” the source alleges further.

Reportedly, the injured man has made numerous – but futile –appeals to the Police authorities, since he is unable to afford a lawyer to further the matter, and because he is not able to pay for the additional surgery he needs.

The source says he is making the matter public now in the hope that the Police Commissioner will launch an investigation and charge the persons responsible for Peters’ injuries. He also hopes the former police officer will get the justice he deserves – as well as assistance to pursue medical treatment.

Peters, along with the mother of a then-minor girl, had been convicted and sentenced to four years in prison for corrupt practices with respect to the child.

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Police in Mahdia, Region Eight (Potaro-Siparuni) have launched an investigation into the death of a four-year-old child who was found in an abandoned car on Tuesday.

Dead is Kamal Ramsammy. Reports are that the child’s mother, who had to work the night shift at a popular hotel and bar in Mahdia, left him in the care of his grandmother.

Kamal Ramsammy

This publication was told that when the mother returned home from work at about 10:30h on Tuesday morning, she enquired whether the child was sent to school.

It was then that family members in the house realized that the child was missing. This led to a search of the area during which the lad was found in a car.

He was pulled from the vehicle in an unconscious state and taken to the Mahdia Hospital where doctors attempted to revive him.

A relative told this publication that the child temporarily became responsive and called for his mom but died shortly after.

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