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The 2022 Blackheart Knockout Football Tournament got off to a fighting start last weekend with four matches played at the Soufriere Stadium.

On Saturday night, Desruisseaux defeated Laborie 1-0, thanks to a goal from Brent Willie in the 54th minute.

In the second match on Saturday, Vieux Fort South scored two goals in quick succession in the first half: one in the 44th minute and the other in the first minute of extra time. Goal scorers were Noah Nicholas and Moses Henry respectively.

However, in the second half, Canaries managed to get one into the net via Rio Longville in the 89th minute after the team lost a player who was issued a red card. Final score: Vieux Fort South 2, Canaries 1.

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The sizzling football action continued on Sunday night, beginning with Micoud taking on Gros Islet in the first encounter. At halftime, both teams were goal-less.

But it was goals galore in the second half as Micoud’s Kyran Marcellin opened the scoring in the 47th minute. Gros Islet responded in the 66th minute with a goal from Aron Richard. Goals from Gros Islet in the 71st minute (Brandon Eugene) and 75th minute (Baggio Edward) put Gros Islet ahead by 3-1.

Micoud fought back, though, with Cody Fanus picking up a goal in the 81st minute before Gros Islet’s Baggio Edward sealed Micoud’s fate with another goal in the 6th minute of extra time. Final score: Gros Islet 4, Micoud 2.

The final match-up on Sunday night was another thriller, with hosts Soufriere going up against Vieux Fort North. Soufriere’s Jardel Phillip opened the scoring in the game (8th minute) and Vieux Fort North finally equalized in the 32nd minute to leave the score-line at 1-1 at half-time.

In the second half, another goal from Jardel Phillip in the 88th minute put the boys from Sulphur City in the lead by 2-1. Final score: Soufriere 2, Vieux Fort North 1.

After two years of not hosting the tournament due to the COVID-19 pandemic, player performance, crowd support and interest in the tournament have been impressive thus far this year. On both nights, the ambience was electrifying both on and off the field.

The action continues at the Soufriere Stadium this Wednesday, October 12 with two matches: Marchand vs South Castries from 6:00 p.m., and La Clery vs Babonneau from 8:00 p.m. On Saturday, October 15 from 6:00 p.m., Dennery will clash with Central Castries, while Mabouya Valley will take on Anse La Raye from 8:00 p.m.

Meanwhile, tournament organizers have been forced to host more matches than previously scheduled at the Soufriere Stadium due to the unfavourable soggy and marsh-like conditions at the La Ressource Playing Field caused by persistent inclement weather.

SOURCE: Blackheart Productions. Headline photo: The Soufriere team capped off an action-packed weekend of Blackheart Football with a win over Vieux Fort North.

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[Update: 9:50 am, October 10]

The flash flood watch has been upgraded to a flash flood warning by the Barbados Meteorological Services.

This alert message is valid from 9:45 am Monday, October 10, 2022 and will be updated or terminated at 12 noon Monday, October 10, 2022 or sooner if conditions warrant.

A flash-flood warning is issued when rapid flooding due to heavy or excessive rainfall in a short period of time (generally less than 6hours) is occurring or is imminent in the warning area.

Explanation:

A favourable mid to upper-level environment has been enhancing convection around the island.

Maximum rainfall accumulations reaching up to 35 mm have been observed across eastern portions of the island, mainly St Philip and Christ Church. As the morningcontinues further accumulations of 25.0 to 50.0 mm are anticipated in heavy to violent showers.

Due to the saturated nature of the soils further shower activity is likely to cause flooding.

[Original story: 8:40am, October 10]

The entire island is now under a flash flood watch.

The Barbados Meteorological Services issued the weather alert minutes ago and it is valid from 8:30 am today, Monday, October 10, 2022 and will be updated or terminated at 12 noon today, or sooner if conditions warrant.

Reason

A favourable mid to upper-level environment has been enhancing convection around the island.

As a result, maximum rainfall accumulations of 20.0 to 40.0 mm in moderate to heavy showers are possible throughout the morning.

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The International Monetary Fund is downgrading its outlook for the world economy for 2023, citing a long list of threats that include Russia’s war against Ukraine, chronic inflation pressures, punishing interest rates and the lingering consequences of the global pandemic.

The 190-country lending agency forecast Tuesday that the global economy would eke out growth of just 2.7 per cent next year, down from the 2.9 per cent it had estimated in July. The IMF left unchanged its forecast for international growth this year — a modest 3.2 per cent, a sharp deceleration from last year’s 6 per cent expansion.

The bleaker forecast was no surprise. IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva, noting the grim backdrop to this week’s fall meetings of the IMF and the World Bank in Washington, warned that the “risks of recession are rising” around the world and that the global economy is facing a “period of historic fragility.”

In its latest estimates, the IMF slashed its outlook for growth in the United States to 1.6 per cent this year, down from a July forecast of 2.3 per cent. It expects meagre 1 per cent US growth next year.

The fund foresees China’s economy growing just 3.2 per cent this year, down drastically from 8.1 per cent last year. Beijing has instituted draconian zero-COVID policy and has cracked down on excessive real estate lending, disrupting business activity. China’s growth is forecast to accelerate to 4.4 per cent next year, still tepid by Chinese standards.

In the IMF’s view, the collective economy of the 19 European countries that share the euro currency, reeling from crushingly high energy prices caused by Russia’s attack on Ukraine and Western sanctions against Moscow, will grow just 0.5 per cent in 2023.

The world economy has endured a wild ride since COVID-19 hit in early 2020. First, the pandemic and the lockdowns it generated brought the world economy to a standstill in the spring of 2020. Then, vast infusions of government spending and ultra-low borrowing rates engineered by the Federal Reserve and other central banks fueled an unexpectedly strong and speedy recovery from the pandemic recession.

But the stimulus came at a high cost. Factories, ports and freight yards were overwhelmed by powerful consumer demand for manufactured goods, especially in the United States, resulting in delays, shortages and higher prices. (The IMF expects worldwide consumer prices to rise 8.8 per cent this year, up from 4.7 per cent in 2021.)

In response, the Fed and other central banks have reversed course and begun raising rates dramatically, risking a sharp slowdown and potentially a recession. The Fed has raised its benchmark short-term rate five times this year. Higher rates in the United States have lured investment away from other countries and strengthened the value of the dollar against other currencies.

Outside the United States, the higher dollar makes imports that are sold in the American currency, including oil, more expensive and therefore heightens global inflationary pressures. It also forces foreign countries to raise their own rates — and burden their economies with higher borrowing costs — to defend their currencies.

Maurice Obstfeld, a former IMF chief economist who now teaches at the University of California, Berkeley, has warned that an overly aggressive Fed could “drive the world economy into an unnecessarily harsh contraction.”

By PAUL WISEMAN and FATIMA HUSSEIN

Associated Press

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The Fire Department and the Police are investigating a house fire on Bay Street, Villa, in the vicinity of the football field.

Reports say the St. John’s Fire Station received the call early Saturday morning, October 8, and the No. 10 and 15 trucks, a water tank, and a rescue jeep were deployed to the scene.

Firefighters quickly went into action and put out the blaze, which allegedly started in a concrete house measuring 20 × 40 feet.

Although there were no injuries, reports say the interior of the structure was completely destroyed.

The house reportedly was abandoned and uninsured, but it was being used as a storage unit by 65-year-old Victor Clarke, alias “Sunku,” of Bay Street.

Clarke reportedly told investigators he did not know the cause of the fire.  However, it is alleged that electricity was attached to the house via a drop cord from a neighbour.  Accordingly, fire officials are continuing their inquiries.

The Police were notified about the incident and visited the scene at about 12:10 a.m. REAL NEWS

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