Over 50 students receive scholarships from TIP Friendly Society Loop Jamaica

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To mark its silver anniversary, TIP Friendly Society – the friendly society for employees in the education sector – has contributed $3.86 million in scholarships to 54 students for the current school term.

In addition, a member of the Friendly Society, Fabian Wainwright, Education Officer at the Ministry of Education was the successful recipient of the TIP President’s 25th Anniversary Scholarship Award in the amount of $200,000.

The recipients were presented with their cheques at a Scholarship Awards Ceremony on Monday, September 26 at the Terra Nova.

Among the scholarship awardees are 28 top boys and top girls in the PEP examinations per parish; five children of staff members; six repeat PEP awardees; seven undergraduates, six postgraduate students and two education grants.

Since the launch of the TIP Friendly Society Scholarship Awards programme in 2002, more than 950 students have benefitted.

Guest speaker, Jazeel Martin, Associate of Myers, Fletcher & Gordon, kept his audience spellbound with his “rags to riches’ story. He illustrated his times when he lacked money and food as a student from August Town, St Andrew attending St George’s College.

“But my mother taught me to put on a brave face and not tell people my business,” he said to nods of agreement from the adults in the audience. To illustrate the point that when in such circumstances persons have to do what they have to do to survive, he spoke about cleaning houses for the upper echelon where he was paid premium rates, because of his diligence to the job.

Judy Miller-Smith (left), Marketing Manager, TIP Friendly Society presents a plaque with the words “Everything you do, do it for the greater glory of God” to guest speaker Jezeel Martin at the TIP Friendly Scholarship Awards Ceremony at the Terra Nova Hotel

In addition, Martin said his movement up the education ladder was only possible through the altruism of several persons, who covered his school fees, books, transport and lunch. He benefited from these contributions right up to the tertiary level of studies at the University of the West Indies and then Norman Manley Law School.

“About three months before I graduated from law school, two of the most prestigious law firms in Jamaica offered me jobs and I took the one at Myers, Fletcher & Gordon,” he related.

He is now serving five years with that prestigious law firm; having worked on some major transactions, including a US$2 billion deal. At 26 years old, he owns a 4-bedroom house in a sought-after residential community and credits his success to his mother’s cheerleading and God’s mercies.

“I am telling you my personal story, not to brag and boast, but I want you to know that although your circumstances can be challenging now, you must remain focused and not yield to distractions because you can be whatever you want to be no matter where you come from,” he noted.

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Ding Dong promises ‘pure excitement’ at birthday party Loop Jamaica

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Dancing king Ding Dong promises an explosion of vibes and fun for his birthday ‘bash’ on Saturday, October 1, at the National Stadium car park in Kingston.

The ‘Bounce’ artiste took to Instagram to let his fans know, promising a night of fun, vibes and high energy.

“Well, you know me and you know we do it big – so it’s big vibes, big energy, pure excitement and fun. This is a call to all my fans, unno come out come celebrate with me on October 1st, it nah go normal. The ravers will be there and an exciting line-up of artistes. Unno can’t afford to miss it so just pull up!” the Magnum brand ambassador said.

The event, which is being presented by Magnum Tonic Wine and Romeich Entertainment, is expected to be a stellar celebration for the artiste’s big day.

Regional Marketing Manager for Magnum, Kamal Powell, says Ding Dong deserves the best.

“Ding Dong has been a big part of the Magnum family for years and we are grateful for what we have accomplished together as a team. He deserves the best, and so we are excited to participate in his celebrations and help him to have a great birthday when it comes,” he said.

The line-up of artistes for the event includes Moyan, Jashii, Marcy Chin, and Laalee. There will also be an appearance from Love and Hip Hop reality star, Safaree.

Presold tickets are $2000 for females and $3000 for males. At the gate, it is $3000 for females and $5000 for males.

Presold tickets can be purchased online here.

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Nick Cannon welcomes baby number 10, Rise Messiah Loop Jamaica

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Just two weeks after welcoming his ninth child with model LaNisha Cole, Nick Cannon is back on daddy duty, announcing the birth of another child, a son named Rise Messiah Cannon.

The entertainer shared the news of the birth of his 10th child with Brittany Bell, the 34-year-old pageant queen with whom he has two other children.

“Welcome Rise Messiah Cannon,” Cannon wrote via Instagram Stories on Friday. He added that the baby was born on September 23.

The 41-year-old ‘Mask Singer’ host expressed gratitude for his other “blessing”.

“As my journey on this planet becomes more and more remarkable and unfathomable, all I can do is thank God and continue to ask the Most High to order my steps,” he wrote. “He has given me stewardship and dominion over a family dynamic that to some is unimaginable.”

He revealed to his more than five million followers that the birth of his 10th child was hard.

“Probably the most difficult labour and delivery I have ever witnessed!” he shared. “[Forty-eight] hours of excruciating pain and life-risking danger to welcome 10 pounds of love and joy.”

He expressed his gratitude to Bell for being the “rock and foundation of his fatherhood journey”, saying, “She has taught me so much about parenting, psychology, spirituality, love, and just life in general.”

Cannon welcomed son Golden in February 2017 and daughter Powerful in December 2020, both with Bell.

He also shares children with Mariah Carey, Abby De La Rosa, Bre Tiesi, and Lanisha Cole.

In April 2011, he welcomed twins, Moroccan and Monroe, 11, with Carey. Another set of twins, Zion and Zillion, was born to De La Rosa in June 2021.

Also in June 2021, he welcomed a baby boy with Alyssa Scott, however, the baby died in December after battling brain cancer.

By June the next year, another son named Lengendary was born to Tiesi, and earlier this month a daughter, Onyx, arrived with Cole.

“I am so indebted and grateful for the matriarch energy in my time of need,” Cannon wrote.

Cannon is also expecting another child, his 11th offspring, with de la Rosa.

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Divali Nagar more than cultural extravaganza – now a thriving enterprise

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File photo: Visitors to Divali Nagar scout for the best prices at a booth in 2018.

AFTER an absence of two years, Divali Nagar will return to the Chaguanas site in all its glory and splendour for nine spectacular nights. It will run between October 15-23.

Preceding that, however, the annual yagna, officiated by pundit Abhedanand Persad Sharma, will begin on Monday and end on October 9.

National Council of Indian Culture PRO Surujdeo Mangaroo told Sunday Newsday that the celebration, now in its 34th year, has matured from being just a celebration of East Indian culture – including religion, cuisine and fashion – into a thriving business enterprise.

“Divali Nagar has grown to be a huge economic and business enterprise with over 80 large, medium and small companies participating locally, and from the Caribbean and India, among other places.

“Divali Nagar provides employment for scores of people from the ground level – entertainers, orchestras, musicians, tassa drummers and stage personnel, as well as security personnel.”

File photo: Amritam Shakti dancers perform at Divali Nagar, Chaguanas in 2018.

He said the cultural extravaganza has also captured the attention of countries which have a large Indian composition or following, and which now want to emulate what cultural activist Hans Hanoomansingh, who led the NCIC for 20 years, introduced to this country.

“The NCIC has had requests and have become consultants to several Caribbean and even North American communities who want to know more about the organisation of this annual show,” Mangaroo said.

For the 2022 return, he pointed out the event has attracted a large following of tourists from Canada, the US, England, the Caribbean, Guyana, Suriname, Holland, India and a network of diaspora countries in Africa, Asia and the Pacific who have already relayed their intention to come to Trinidad.

“Our flagship event has been able to foster further ethnic unity in our land, and other countries are taking a page from our social, religious and cultural disposition, all of which augur well for the unity and brotherhood of all mankind.

“Divali Nagar fosters social mobility and it is an interactive model, worthy of emulation worldwide.

“The president and members of the NCIC board and chairman of Divali Nagar, Shri Sahadeo Partap, are pleased to announce the staging of the 34th annual Divali Nagar celebrations and welcome one and all to this cultural extravaganza,” Mangaroo said.

“Divali Nagar has now become a national, and probably, an international institution in terms of its total presentation, glamour, originality and content.”

He said he was happy for the much longed for opportunity to stage a full-fledged Divali Nagar once again.

Continuing the trend of Divali Nagar presentations held in 2018 and 2019, when the themes were Hindu Sant (Hindu saints), and Hindu Granth (Hindu sacred books), the NCIC has chosen as its theme for 2022, Hindu Panth (Hindu Denominations).

Divali Nagar, a nine-day event, usually precedes the observance of Divali – the festival of lights – each year. Divali will be celebrated on October 24.

File photo: Dancers with the Zee TV Shiv Shakti Dance Group perform at Divali Nagar, Chaguanas in 2019.

Two of the highlights of Divali Nagar are the dance competition, on October 19, and the Youth Champ Competition, on October 21.

“Our nightly main stage entertainment begins at 7 pm with the exception of the final night when the activities begin at 6.30 pm.

In addition, some folk traditions will be showcased through the folk theatre segment.

“The Indian diaspora can proudly claim that it has become its natural contribution to the socio-economic and cultural disposition in the national state of TT.

This huge cultural extravaganza , which will take place at the Divali Nagar site, Chaguanas, is free to the public and a cordial invitation is extended to one and all, Mangaroo said.

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Duke slams budget, an ‘evil, wicked plan’

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Embattled Progressive Democratic Patriots political leader Watson Duke has said the government is in “a hot mess.”

He was commenting on the $57.6 billion budget, which the Finance Minister, Colm Imbert, read on Monday in the Parliament.

In a video posted in his Facebook page, on Saturday, Duke said the PDP intends to reverse ‘”every evil and wicked plan that Rowley would have instituted in the national budget.” But he did not say how he plans to do this. Duke claimed the government’s decision to raise fuel prices “is to ensure that poor people don’t eat and that they continue feeding our children in the nation’s schools.”

In the same vein, he claimed its plan to reintroduce property tax is to ensure that citizens do not own a home.

“So we will continue to be vagrants in our country….”

Regarding the fare increases on the sea and air bridge, which come into effect on January 1, Duke said, “We believe the fact that airfare has gone up and boat fare has gone up, he is saying to the people stay in your home.”

On Saturday, Duke spent a part of the day in Trinidad at Maracas Beach and the fishing depot assisting members of the community in a clean-up drive.

In a video, Duke claimed residents had invited him to the exercise. “It is about people helping people. Putting people before politics.”

Duke chatted with some of the residents, including fishermen. One man said the drive was about self-empowerment. “It have plenty youths pushing a positive head,” the man said. Duke praised the effort, saying there are many people in TT doing positive things. He also described Maracas as the home of bake and shark.

Duke was resigned as deputy THA Chief Secretary last month after he removed Chief Secretary Farley Augustine as a deputy PDP leader. He also removed two other deputies – Dr Faith BYisrael and Alicia Roberts-Patterson. BYisrael has since been appointed deputy THA Chief Secretary. The power struggle between Duke and Augustine arose over after Duke’s rebuke of the THA’s treatment of some 27 members of the Roxborough Folk Performers who were due to perform at several events during Labor Day celebrations in New York last month.

Augustine had planned to review Duke’s role in the THA but he resigned. Duke has since said he will set on the opposition side in the THA but not in association with the PNM minority leader.

Duke this year opened a PDP office in Trinidad as part of plans to contest national elections.

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Tobago farmers pleased with $1.3b for agriculture

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Farmer Kyle Joseph, left, and NKosi Toney, hold kids at Melchi Farms Ltd, Carnbee, Tobago. File photo/David Reid

The Tobago Agriculture Society says it is pleased with the measures that have been announced for the sector in the 2023 budget.

Agriculture received an allocation of $1.3 billion.

In his presentation in the House of Representatives on Monday, Finance Minister Colm Imbert said the government was committed to boosting local production geared toward agro-processing to reduce the reliance on highly processed imported food. This, he said, is in keeping with the Caricom agenda.

He added the government also intends to build a more effective sector based on sustainable value chains using innovation, digitisation and technology, engagement of the private sector, small farmers, youth and women.

Imbert said the government was also focusing on root crop flour as a cheaper alternative to wheat flour, the price of which continues to increase as a result of the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict.

Micheson Neptune, a farmer for the last 20 years, cuts lettuce for sale at his garden in Mt Pleasant, Tobago. File photo/David Reid

The minister said the government intends to expand the enterprise base for root drop flour by extending the financial coverage of the Grant Fund Facility from 50 to 75 per cent and increase the maximum funding amount from $250,000 to $340,000 for all producers of alternatives to wheat flour.

On Thursday, the Tobago Agricultural Society’s PRO Hollis Alexander told Newsday agriculture “seems to be on the right track.” However, he said he is yet to determine if this is really so as “I am not in possession of all the data on areas of agriculture, vegetative and animal husbandry, farming acreage, techniques, projected yields, pest and diseases and market capacity to give a definite answer as to agricultural growth.”

Alexander said many of these areas were “touched on by financial inputs” in the presentation.”But it remains to be verified whether such inputs are enough or less than adequate.”

Alexander said the society is of the view that the $57.6 billion budget was balanced. He said they have seen positive growth patterns over the last three years in various key sectors of the economy, the targeted areas of growth for the next fiscal year, the focus on sustainable development in manufacturing, tourism, digitisation, infrastructure, housing and agriculture in both Trinidad and Tobago.

“We cannot help but conclude that it is balanced and well thought out with a view to continuing to build on what has been an attempt to diversify revenue, income streams, while decreasing expenditure overall plus managing debt repayment responsibly.”

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CANU finds $4.7M in marijuana at WCB

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Ranks of the Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) discovered over 34 pounds of marijuana during an operation conducted at Experiment Bath, West Coast Berbice, earlier today.

Reports are that CANU officers went to lot 365 Experiment Bath, where a search was conducted on a minibus, bearing license plate number BZZ 4342, during which a quantity of suspected cannabis was discovered.

A further search was conducted on motor car, PTT 7821, which was also at the location and this resulted in the discovery of another quantity of suspected cannabis.

Pramal Madray, 38, of the same address, was arrested and escorted to CANU’s Headquarters along with the narcotics and both motor vehicles.

The 10 parcels of narcotics tested positive for Cannabis and weighed 15.8 kilogrammes with a street value of approximately GY$4.7M.

Investigations are ongoing.

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Ari Fletcher Denies Moneybagg Yo Cheating, Reveals Recent Miscarriage

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Ari Fletcher has confirmed on her cooking show “Dinner With Don” that she was pregnant with her boyfriend, Moneybagg Yo’s baby.

Fletcher spoke on several things, including the current status of her relationship with the CMG rapper and dealing with a miscarriage. Earlier this month, fans speculated that Fletcher was pregnant after Moneybagg Yo shared an image of a woman with what appears to be a pregnant stomach. The now-deleted image showed the woman wearing a large diamond ring that resembled the one that Ari has,

Ari Fletcher confirmed that she was pregnant, but they, unfortunately, lost the baby. “Yes. That was me in the picture, pregnant, holding my stomach like this — ‘Whoop!’ That was me.”

She continued. “And unfortunately, I had a miscarriage and God just you know – But yes I did, I was pregnant and I did have a miscarriage. That is that.”

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Echoing a comment by her co-host, she added, “God said not right now. Probably in the future.” She also confirmed that she and Moneybagg are still together despite breaking up weeks ago.

“Happy, paid and single! Ready for everything new!” she had posted on Twitter days after she was spotted out with her beau at the launch of her make-up line.

“I did break up with that m*thaf*****, yes I did because he had me f**ked up.” Fletcher, however, denied the rumors about Moneybagg Yo flying another woman out to Colombia or that there was cheating involved. Back in August, her Lamborghini truck that was gifted to her by Moneybagg for her birthday last year was also repossessed, sparking assumptions that the rapper had taken back the vehicle after they broke up.

She, however, said the break-up had nothing to do with those things. “Wasn’t bout no cheating. It didn’t have nothing to do with anyone else, it was something solely between me and him.”

In recent weeks, Ari Fletcher has shared her lavish gifts and flowers, presumably from Moneybagg. It seems that all is well with the hip-hop couple for now.

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Three Grand Cayman Amazon parrots set free at Botanic Park today Loop Cayman Islands

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Three Grand Cayman Amazon parrots, Klakker, Chonky and Slim Jim, were set free at the Queen Elizabeth II Botanic Park today (Saturday).

Assisting with the parrots’ release was Jane H?konsson, a zoologist and research officer with the Terrestrial Resources Unit at the Department of Environment (DoE).

Explaining how the parrots ended up at the Queen Elizabeth II Botanic Park, H?konsson explained that the trio were initially rescued last year from the Dart Nursery in West Bay after a Royal Palm tree they were nesting in fell over.

Describing why the Queen Elizabeth II Botanic Park may be an appropriate home for Klakker, Chonky and Slim Jim, H?konsson said that parrots “like more natural areas” and they can usually be found “literally anywhere there are fruit trees. “

Habitat being destroyed

H?konsson cautioned, however, that the available habitat for Grand Cayman parrots is decreasing.

With all the bulldozing of every natural habitat you can imagine, there is just enough breeding spaces for them.

[And] every time we look at satellite images, more and more green spaces disappear. So, they are at a real risk of extinction, especially on the Brac.

H?konsson said.

H?konsson also explained that there are matters beyond our control that impact habitat. One example is a natural disaster, like a hurricane.

With Grace we lost a lot of nesting trees.

[Then] when we had Paloma go through, we lost over 50 per cent of the Brac population.

If we have two consecutive storms, we would likely lose the Grand Cayman parrot.

H?konsson noted, however, that, notwithstanding the challenges there are things that the DoE can do to help with the parrot population.

H?konsson said:

What we can do as natural resource managers is to increase the population’s resilience so that they are more resilient to storms. But obviously, we’re not doing that. We’re decreasing their resilience by continually seeing declining populations due to mostly development, but also [through the] pet trade [where] people keep them for pets and farmers still shoot them because they would eat their mangoes.

Working with farmers

In relation to farmers, H?konsson referred to her existing working relationships with farmers.

H?konsson said:

I work with farmers to deter parrots from their farms through audio cues.

Every time I get a rescue bird, they scream when you are trying to take them to the vet and stuff.

So I’ve recorded those screams and we put it on the speaker system and parrots actually stay out of the farms when they hear other parrots in pain.

So it has really worked this year.

This year, I only tried on one farm, but he lost not a single mango.

H?konsson indicated that the DoE will continue to build good relationships with farmers, with the aim of helping them to protect their crops from parrots, while keeping the parrots safe.

More about Cayman Amazon Parrots

There are two Cayman parrots, one being the Grand Cayman Amazon and the other is the Cayman Brac Amazon. These are understood to be sub-species of the Cuban Amazon.

The Grand Cayman Amazons are endemic to Grand Cayman. According to a census completed by DoE and the United States Fish and Wildlife Service in 2015, it is estimated that there are 6000 parrots.

The Cayman Brac Amazons are endemic to Cayman Brac. The foregoing census indicated that there are about 600 parrots in Cayman Brac, some of which go to Little Cayman from time to time.

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