2 new COVID-19 cases from 205 tests

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The content originally appeared on: INews Guyana

Only two new COVID-19 cases were detected from some 205 tests conducted in the last 24 hours.

This takes active cases in Guyana up to 43, that is, one person is in institutional isolation and the remaining 42 persons are in home isolation.

According to the Health Ministry’s updated Dashboard for today, there is no patient in the COVID-19 ICU nor is there anyone in institutional quarantine.

Moreover, Guyana’s COVID-19 death toll remains at 1281 while some 70,076 persons have recovered from the life-threatening virus to date.

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French Authorities Seize Over 200 Kilos Of Cocaine In Container From Martinique – St. Lucia Times News

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French authorities this week seized 232 kilos of cocaine in a waste container arriving from Fort de France, Martinique.

A joint operation involving Customs and Police officers discovered the cocaine concealed in waste shipped for recycling.

According to local reports, officers arrested two men, aged 27 and 29, who went to clear the container at the port in Loire-Atlantique on the Atlantic coast of western France.

The online publication France-Antilles reported that in October 2021 and January 2022, ten defendants, including four dockers at the Montoir port in France, were sentenced to four to ten years in jail for importing cocaine in containers from the West Indies.

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And at the end of May, the French customs services also intercepted a shipment of 364 kg of cocaine.

The cocaine was in containers at the port of Montoir.

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Towards Transformation Of The Development Model In Latin America And The Caribbean

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By José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs

News Americas, NEW YORK, NY, Sat. Oct. 15, 2022: In 2022, Latin American and Caribbean countries are facing the effects of a series of shocks that have deteriorated their investment and production conditions, including the global financial crisis, economic tensions between major poles of the global economy, the COVID-19 pandemic, the war in Ukraine and the resurgence of inflation, in a context in which the environmental emergency is worsening and the technological revolution is accelerating. Numerous analysts and international organizations talk about a series of cascading crises, citing among them the crises related to the climate, health, employment, social matters, education, food security, energy and the cost of living – all of which have impacts of varying intensity and characteristics on numerous countries, including those in Latin America and the Caribbean.

The fight against inflation has toughened global financial conditions and increased volatility in financial markets and risk aversion. This has raised the cost of debt service, further reducing fiscal space and increasing the risk of a recession in the global economy in 2023. The growth rates estimated for the vast majority of the world’s countries in 2023 have been revised downward recently by various organizations.

In the region, the combination of external and domestic factors stemming from the policy decisions made, or from the absence of such decisions, has reduced the capacity for economic growth and quality job creation and hampered its fight against poverty and extreme poverty. Its economic and social structures have weakened and have fallen into situations that reinforce the inertia of a weak economic performance.

Faced with this reality, ECLAC advocates for Latin America and the Caribbean to redouble its efforts to both reactivate its economies as well as to transform countries’ development models, centering these efforts around policies for productive transformation and diversification along with a big, public and private investment push, which would allow for accelerating structural change and technological and digital transformation to achieve high, sustained growth and sustainable and inclusive development.

In that strategy, the sectoral dimension is crucial, because that is where company strategies, business models, and processes of capital formation and job creation are defined. Although the specific sectors should be defined in each national context, ECLAC proposes ten sectors or areas that are particularly promising: the energy transition, electromobility, the circular economy, the bioeconomy, the healthcare-manufacturing industry, and the digital transformation – which are at the center of innovation processes – while the care economy, tourism, Micro, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises, and the social economy are great generators of employment, with the ensuing effects on income and the inclusion of disadvantaged social sectors.

Harnessing the potential in these areas entails transforming the region’s development model to create favorable conditions for investment, growth, inclusion and sustainability.

Transformation of this model requires decisive action in multiple areas: development planning in order to coordinate policies; improvement in governance and the institutional quality of the institutions in charge of the different areas; macroeconomic policies to accelerate growth and tackle inflation; the construction of welfare states; strengthening care systems as a pillar of a rights-based social state; guaranteeing the rights of especially vulnerable populations; mitigation and adaptation vis-à-vis the environmental emergency; new governance of natural resources; implementation of industrial and technological policies; and regional integration in the face of the new geopolitics of globalization.

This is an ambitious agenda, but the reality is that this is not a time for gradual or tepid changes – ambitious and transformational changes are needed. Only by boosting the level of ambition can we respond to this quantity of simultaneous challenges and shocks, and to the complexity of our region’s economies and societies. In order to articulate the proposed strategies and policies, and to ensure their effective implementation and adjustments to new realities over time, new forms of experimentalist governance are needed, based on iterative and participatory processes for policy formulation and implementation. In some cases, new fiscal, productive, social and environmental compacts will be necessary to surmount the problems of this current juncture and move in the long term towards societies that are sustainable, cohesive and resilient – characteristics that entail advancing towards the realization of welfare states in the framework of more efficient and productive economies.

At this time of action for overcoming limitations and harnessing opportunities, ECLAC will present the analyses and proposals summarized in these lines at its most important biennial meeting: the thirty-ninth session, which will take place on October 24-26 in Buenos Aires, Argentina, with the participation of senior authorities from throughout our region. We invite all those who are committed to working for the progress of Latin America and the Caribbean to participate in the debates.

EDITOR’S NOTE: José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs is the Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), of the United Nations.

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Hof van Justitie Suriname en Gemeenschappelijk Hof ‘Antillen’ tekenen samenwerkingsovereenkomst

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PARAMARIBO — Het Hof van Justitie Suriname en het Gemeenschappelijk Hof van Justitie van Aruba, Curaçao, Sint Maarten en van Bonaire, Sint Eustatius

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La goélette scientifique Tara de retour après un périple de 70.000 km

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 Après un voyage de 70.000 km autour du globe, la goélette scientifique Tara a fait samedi son retour à Lorient, avec des milliers de prélèvements de micro-organismes dont l’analyse doit permettre de mieux comprendre le fonctionnement du plancton océanique.

“On n’a pas de découverte à vous révéler aujourd’hui (samedi)”, a prévenu d’emblée Romain Troublé, directeur de la Fondation Tara, au cours d’une conférence de presse sur l’île de Groix.

Après presque deux ans de mission “Microbiome”, le célèbre voilier-laboratoire a fait escale sur l’île bretonne avant de rejoindre Lorient, son port d’attache.

Escortée par une armada de plusieurs dizaines de voiliers, Tara a été acclamée par un public nombreux venu l’accueillir sur les quais de Lorient, samedi après-midi.

Au cours de son trajet du Chili à l’Afrique, en passant par l’Amazonie et l’Antarctique, le bateau conçu par l’explorateur Jean-Louis Etienne a réalisé près de 25.000 prélèvements de micro-organismes marins (virus, bactéries, prostites, animaux, etc.).

“Toutes ces données vont être analysées. D’ici 18 mois à deux ans, on commencera à avoir les premières découvertes de cette mission car pendant qu’on est en mer, il y a 300 chercheurs qui travaillent”, a indiqué M. Troublé.

A la base de la chaîne alimentaire, ces micro-organismes, “peuple invisible de la mer”, constituent plus des deux tiers de la biomasse marine. Ils captent le CO2 atmosphérique et fournissent la moitié de l’oxygène que nous respirons.

“La question qu’on se pose, c’est: comment ça marche? Comment tous ces virus, ces bactéries, ces microalgues marines arrivent à interagir pour produire de l’oxygène, stocker du carbone et produire des protéines?”, a expliqué Romain Troublé. “Et comment ça va changer demain avec le changement climatique et la pollution?” 

– Sargasses et pollution plastique –

La goélette s’est notamment intéressée à l’impact du fleuve Amazone, dont le débit avoisine les 200 millions de litres par seconde, sur la vie du microbiome océanique.

“On pense que l’Amazone a un rôle dans le développement des sargasses”, a relevé Samuel Chaffront, chercheur CNRS à Nantes Université.

Ces algues, qui prolifèrent dans les Antilles, dégagent des émanations nauséabondes et toxiques quand elles pourrissent sur le rivage.

“Une des hypothèses est que la déforestation du Brésil et l’agriculture croissante ont augmenté la décharge d’engrais nitraté dans l’Amazone”, a dit M. Chaffront. “Cela peut permettre le développement de ces sargasses qui sont des espèces invasives et qu’on retrouve jusqu’aux côtes africaines”.

Les données récoltées par Tara lors de ses précédentes missions ont donné lieu à plus de 250 publications dans la presse scientifique. Le rôle de la pollution plastique a également été étudié durant les 22 mois écoulés depuis son départ le 12 décembre 2020, en pleine crise sanitaire.

“C’est un petit écosystème qui se passe sur chaque morceau de plastique dans les océans”, a expliqué Jean-François Ghiglione, directeur de recherche CNRS au laboratoire d’océanographie microbienne de Banyuls-sur-Mer (Pyrénées-Orientales). “On veut voir si les microorganismes pathogènes qui vivent sur ces petits radeaux de plastique vont aller se balader dans les océans”, a-t-il ajouté.

La goélette de 36 m de long et 10 m de large, avec plusieurs laboratoires à bord, accueille 14 personnes, dont une demi-douzaine de scientifiques de toutes nationalités. Ces derniers se sont relayés à plusieurs reprises au gré de leurs sujets de recherche.

Chaque partie de la mission a reçu le nom d’une femme scientifique “pour rendre hommage” à ces chercheuses, a dit Flora Vincent, cheffe d’équipe au laboratoire européen de biologie moléculaire (EMBL) à Heidelberg, en Allemagne.

“Tara est emblématique d’un outil scientifique qui mêle la recherche de pointe (…) et la parole des scientifiques au service de la société. Il n’y a pas plus bel exemple”, a salué la ministre de la Recherche Sylvie Retailleau, au cours d’un point de presse.

Après plusieurs mois en cale sèche, la goélette larguera à nouveau les amarres au printemps 2023 pour une nouvelle mission sur la pollution chimique au large des côtes européennes.

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70-year-old woman dies after experiencing difficulties diving Loop Cayman Islands

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The Royal Cayman Islands Police Service (RCIPS) reported today (October 14) that a 70-year-old woman from the United States died after experiencing difficulties near the West Bay Public Beach dock.

According to the RCIPS, it was reported that a woman had been out diving when she experienced difficulties.

Officers were then dispatched shortly before 9:50am and responded to a report of a person in distress on the shore at the West Bay Public Beach dock.

The woman was brought back on board the boat by which time she had become unresponsive.

She was brought to shore and emergency services attended the location and transported her to the Cayman Islands Hospital via ambulance, where she was subsequently pronounced dead.

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Explainer: Cabinet bringing into force parts of Legal Services Act Loop Cayman Islands

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The content originally appeared on: Cayman Compass

On October 13, the Cayman Islands Government issued a press release stating that “Cabinet approved the commencement of Parts 1 and 2, as well as sections 99 and 101, of the Legal Services Act (LSA) effective Friday, 14 October 2022.”

For people who are interested in learning more about Parts 1 and 2 and 99 and 101, it is useful to provide a brief explainer.

Members of the public are reminded, however, that nothing mentioned in this explainer is deemed legal advice and it is just the sharing of information to help members of the public to understand why the Legal Services Act has been so controversial for decades.

Part 1

To start, Part 1 contains helpful definitions, including what activities are covered by the term “legal services” and an explanation of what it means to practice Cayman Islands law.

Part 2

Part 2 then deals with the establishment of the Cayman Islands Legal Services Council to regulate the practice of law in the Cayman Islands.

Now, the purpose of Council is, generally speaking, not controversial because everyone agrees that the practice of law should be regulated.

What is controversial, however, is the composition of the Council.

According to the Legal Services Act, the council will consist of seven members, including

(a) the Chief Justice

(b) the Attorney General

(c) a non-practising attorney-at-law who is a Caymanian appointed by the Premier

(d) a non-practising attorney-at-law who is a Caymanian appointed by the Leader of the Opposition

(e) two practising attorneys-at-law who are Caymanians appointed by the Premier after consultation with the bodies representing the legal profession

(f) a practising attorney-at-law who is a Caymanian appointed by the Leader of the Opposition after consultation with the bodies representing the legal profession.

Some professional say that the challenge with the proposed membership of the Council is that the powers of so many powerful people are concentrated in one place. This is problematic for many reasons, especially the possibility of breaching the doctrine of separation of powers.

Now, if you are asking what is the doctrine of separation of powers, it is an important concept that suggests that the powers of the judiciary (i.e., the court), the Executive (i.e., Cabinet, which the Attorney General is a part of) and the Legislature (which the Attorney General is also a part of) should not be mixed together in one place and should remain separate.

If separation is not practiced, then too much power from different arms of government might become heavily concentrated in one place. This is not good from the perspective of good governance, especially independence.

The mixture of persons from the Legislature, the Judiciary and the Executive on the Council may also pose issues for someone who wishes to challenge a decision of the Council.

For example, if a sitting judge or the Attorney General is the chairperson of the Council responsible for disciplining an attorney, then when the attorney challenges the decision of the Council, the attorney may have questions about whether he or she will have a chance at a fair trial when he or she goes to court.

This concern arises because it would have been an active, sitting judge on the Council that was part of the decision-making to discipline the attorney in the first place.

Some serious thought therefore needs to be given to the possibility of conflicts of interest like this between the courts and the Council.

This is important because such conflicts could threaten the right to a fair trial.

The other issue is that there are several political appointments to the Council. These include persons appointed by the Premier and the Leader of the Opposition.

The fear in this case is that political appointees may carry out the wishes of politicians rather than follow a strict code of conduct.

While one could expand on the concerns here, it is more useful point to provide some solutions that have been proposed over the years. These are set out below.

The Council should not include the Attorney General or any active, sitting judgeThe Council should not include any political appointeesInstead, a variety of people should make up the Council, including retired law firm partners, retired audit firm partners and other governance professionalsAll of these positions should also be advertised in a transparent way and selections should be based on competencies and not hand-picked in secret

The other controversial issue is that, even if the Council is set up properly, the intention under the Legal Services Act is for the Council to carry out the functions imposed on the Council under the Proceeds of Crime Act (2020 Revision) ins questionable regarding the expectation that the Council will act as a Supervisory Authority or a regulator to ensure that lawyers stay in line with anti-money laundering and anti-terrorist financing requirements.

The reason that some professionals have pushed back on this is because they say that the Cayman Islands Monetary Authority (“CIMA”) is already in place as a regulator for anti-money laundering and anti-terrorist financing purposes.

In fact, CIMA inspects very complex structures and assists international regulators including the Securities and Exchange Commission to solve important crimes.

Once CIMA is provided with more funding and more staff to regulate lawyers for anti-money laundering and anti-terrorist financing, CIMA will competently to do the job, in the same way that CIMA has done so for big banks, investment management companies and other complex structures.

With CIMA being such an obvious solution as a regulator, it is challenging to understand why there may be resistance to CIMA as a regulator for lawyers for anti-money laundering and anti-terrorist financing purposes.

Section 99 and 101 of the Legal Services Act

Tomorrow, the explainer will continue, covering the regulations that can be made by Cabinet under section 99 of the Legal Services Act and the types of transitional provisions that can be made under section 101 of the Legal Services Act, including what Cabinet might suggest as transitional provisions to penalize or forgive persons who have been practising Cayman Islands law for years overseas without any Cayman legal practice certificates.

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West Bay man dies after stabbing incident Friday night Loop Cayman Islands

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The Royal Cayman Islands Police Service (RCIPS) reported that, shortly before 11:00pm on October 14, the 9-1-1 Communications Centre dispatched officers to a report of a stabbing incident at an address on Birch Tree Hill Road, in the vicinity of Captains Joe and Osbert Road.

According to the RCIPS, it was reported that a 51-year-old man of West Bay had been stabbed during an altercation.

The RCIPS said that the culprit(s) left the location prior to the arrival of police.

Emergency services attended the location and the man was transported to the Cayman Islands Hospital for treatment, however, he succumbed to his injuries and was subsequently pronounced dead.

Police say that the matter is currently under investigation and anyone who witnessed the incident or has any information is asked to contact West Bay CID at 949-3999.

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More doctors and nurses to be deployed at Emergency Room and clinics, while construction of new Renal Centre is underway

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This week, again, the Cabinet reportedly held discussions about the time spent seeking attention at the Sir Lester Bird Medical Centre.   In some instances, patients have said, it can take up to 12 hours before one sees a doctor.

The Director of the hospital and the Chairperson of its Board reportedly told the Executive that the challenge of any emergency room is determined by the volume of patients seeking emergency care.

Reportedly, more than 40,000 patients visit the hospital on an annual basis, and earlier research revealed that most of those who visit the Emergency Room require “urgent care” and not “emergency care.”  However, all who show up are treated.

Therefore, the hospital officials say, they are working to increase the number of doctors and nurses in the Emergency Room in order to reduce patients’ wait time.

There will also be an increase in the number of doctors at the clinics, since “urgent care” is dispensed at these healthcare facilities, as well.

According to this week’s Cabinet Notes, the clinics fall under the control of the Chief Medical Officer; therefore, increases in the number of personnel, as well as scheduling changes, are not the remit of the hospital Director.

The proposed changes to the functioning of the clinics will be addressed shortly, the Notes say.

Meanwhile, construction of the new Renal and Dialysis Centre at the old Edward Ward on the Holberton Hospital compound is reportedly underway and within prospective deadlines.

Upon completion, the old unit at the hospital will be converted into a Cardiology and Heart Health Unit, in collaboration with a world-renowned medical centre from the United States.

In the meantime, the Ministry of Health will begin to screen residents for rheumatic fever.

Minister of Health Sir Molwyn Joseph says that an epidemiological unit is to be built by the Ministry of Works, and this will improve upon the one which now exists.

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Police seek public help to solve homicides

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Commissioner of Police – Atlee P. Rodney

OBSERVER: A fresh appeal has been made to those persons who may information pertaining to the shocking double murder at Pillar Rock to come forward.

Police Commissioner, Atlee Rodney, made the appeal during a recent media appearance where he was speaking briefly on a number of murder cases that remain unsolved.

He is encouraging persons to speak up.

“This is still under active investigation. It has been one of those tedious cases where you don’t have a lot of information that is coming forward, and it is so gruesome, and not only that one, but the one in Golden Grove, the double murders have been very troubling to law enforcement, but I am looking at what the investigators are doing and we have been doing a tremendous job, and I am just hoping that we will put our hand on some credible information and evidence that can lead us to an arrest.

“We will continue to appeal to the public about anybody who saw something in the area, you can talk to the police, a police friend, a police relative or if you just want to talk to the Tip Number that would assist us, because we need some additional information. Yes, we have some information that we are working with, we have some theories that we are following, but we are still hoping that we can get some credible information that can assist us in the investigation,” Rodney said.

A Mexican national is said to be assisting the police with their investigation into the murder of two Mexican nationals that took place last month.

Reliable sources disclosed that he was taken into custody but has since been released.

Thirty-nine-year-old Rodolfo Sandoval Stone and 36-year-old Cesar Santos Ramirez were fatally shot at Pillar Rock on September 7.

It was reported that one of the men was found with multiple gunshot wounds to his body.

The second man, who had earlier been reported missing, was later found dead in a pool with multiple gunshot wounds to his body as well.

Both men reportedly held management positions at a leading local resort.

Nevertheless, Rodney gave the commitment of his officers in continuing their investigations into all of the unsolved homicides.

Persons can call crime stoppers at 1-800 TIPS or 1-800-8477 if they have any information.

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