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Dans la nuit de samedi à dimanche (15 au 16 octobre), six hommes ont braqué la pizzeria Delice 32, dans le bourg du Lamentin et détroussé les clients. Les investigations sont en cours.
« Un commando armé ». Dans la bouche des policiers, c’est véritablement à cela que les gérants, employés et clients d’une pizzeria ont eu affaire dans la nuit de samedi à dimanche, au Lamentin.
Ce soir-là, six hommes, munis de bandanas, de capuches pour certains, mais le visage découvert pour d’autres se sont présentés au Délice 32 pour braquer l’établissement situé dans le bourg du Lamentin.
Trois d’entre eux, dont deux armés, sont entrés dans le snack et demandé la caisse. Ils ont mis la main sur 350 euros.
Les braqueurs ont profité de cette scène violente pour dépouiller les clients présents de leurs téléphones, bijoux et autres effets personnels.
L’un d’eux, qui refusait de se laisser faire, a été pris pour cible et blessé par balle. Hospitalisé, son pronostic n’est heureusement pas menacé.
Une enquête de police, pilotée par la Direction Territoriale de la Police Nationale, a été aussitôt ouverte. Des constatations ont été effectuées sur les lieux. Les policiers exploitent les éléments afin de retrouver au plus vite les six braqueurs.
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La semaine nationale de la Résilience en Guadeloupe s’est achevée samedi au centre commercial de Destreland. L’ensemble des acteurs associatifs et institutionnels spécialiste dans la gestion de crise était mobilisé. Des animations et des démonstrations ont été proposées au grand public.
La journée nationale de la Résilience, une fois n’est pas coutume, s’est muée en semaine, ponctuée de différentes actions et interventions à destination des scolaires et du grand public comme l’explique le préfet, Alexandre Rochatte. Il est venu à la rencontre des différents acteurs de la prévention et de la gestion des risques naturels. « Nous avons l’habitude en Guadeloupe de faire un certain nombre de journée ou de semaine de sensibilisation et d’information aux risques…
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Michael Gordon (left), Chief Innovation Officer, University of the Commonwealth Caribbean (UCC) and Adrian Dunkley, CEO, StarApple Analytics shake hands following the signing of an MOU at the UCC’s Worthington Avenue campus.
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The University of the Commonwealth Caribbean (UCC) and StarApple A.I have entered into a strategic partnership, to combine data science and artificial intelligence (A.I) solutions with academic innovations.
With data and technology playing an increasingly important role in the state of the planet, economies and our everyday lives, an unrelenting drive for innovation and future thinking is required to ensure the Caribbean is at the forefront of global technology.
“Jamaica’s creativity per square mile is unmatched, we can channel that into a technological renaissance that will benefit all Jamaicans,” said Adrian Dunkley, Founder of StarApple A.I and President of the Jamaica Technology and Digital Alliance.
Dunkley noted that the UCC-StarApple partnership is a powerful combination and a catalyst for regional change using human-centred technology.
Michael Gordon, UCC’s Chief Innovation Officer said the institution is “focused on developing the next generation of leaders with transformative education and economic growth as our driver, together we will unlock the full potential of the Jamaican Technology ecosystem.”
The partnership has already proven fruitful, with pilots of several solutions including an A.I supported financial aid tools to help working students, a sports lab utilising A.I drones and gamified learning labs teaching private and public-sector professionals how to apply data analytics in their daily work efficiently.
Police High Command condemns brutal murder
Three others nursing bullet wounds
A St Catherine building contractor was shot dead by an unknown assailant in Five East, Greater Portmore, St Catherine on Saturday, October 15.
He has been identified as 54 year-old Garfield Jones,
Police detectives have charged the man who is suspected of fatally stabbing his sister at a house they shared in Content Gardens, Ocho Rios, St Ann earlier this month.
Norman Campbell, 45, was last
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The Westmoreland police are probing the murder of a Clarendon man who was gunned down in the resort town of Negril in the western parish on Friday night.
The deceased has been identified as Nickald
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St, Johns, Antigua, October 17, 2022, … As the cruise industry continues its strong recovery, the Chief Executive Officer, (CEO) of the Antigua and Barbuda Tourism Authority, (ABTA) Mr. Colin James led a delegation comprising stakeholders from the Ministry of Tourism, The Antigua and Barbuda Port Authority, and Executive members of the St Johns Taxi Association to the Florida-Caribbean Cruise Association (FCCA) 28th Annual Conference, held in Santa Domingo, Dominican Republic, October 11th -14th.
The team comprised Mr. St. Clair Soleyn, Senior Project Manager, and Ms. Simone Richards, Policy Specialist, both at the Ministry of Tourism & Investment, and Mr. Darwin Telemaque, CEO, Antigua and Barbuda Port Authority, among others.
The delegation participated in high-level meetings with major players in the cruise tourism industry. Mr. James commented, “Cruise tourism is a fast-growing component of our tourism industry. Since we’re now experiencing a strong recovery after being at a standstill due to the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, the staging of the conference is timely.” Mr. James continued, “The upcoming winter season promises to be record-breaking for cruise arrivals. Some 182,120 passengers from 108 calls are expected during the last quarter of this year with January 2023 projected to be our busiest month for the season with 79 calls and 135,810 passengers to St. Johns.”
The team held meetings with executives representing over 10 cruise lines as well as executives of the FCCA. The Ministry of Tourism and Investment, with the ABTA, was also able to facilitate the attendance of three members of the St, Johns Taxi Association, President, Mr. Patrick Bennet, Mr. Leroy Baptiste, and Mr. Sean Beazer for meetings with the leadership of the FCCA. The meetings were frank and productive, incorporating a presentation from the Taxi Association that resulted in the FCCA entertaining the possibility of an increase in transportation charges that has been static for the past 17 years.
As the dynamics of travel platforms continue to evolve, discussions varied by cruise companies. Hundreds of Antiguans and Barbudans continue to benefit from the career opportunities that Royal Caribbean and MSC cruise lines offer. Simultaneously, the delegation was pleased with the announcement that Virgin Voyages’, whose deployment to the region this year was delayed due to logistical challenges will be calling on Antigua in 2023.
Cruise lines are now mandated to reduce their carbon footprint, a regulation with which they must comply. This will affect the ports they deploy in their itineraries. The delegation shared the news that Antigua has now commenced installation of 6 Liquified Natural Gas, (LNG) generators which will be deployed in April 2023. In that regard, Princess Cruise Lines advised they will also be launching their Sun Princess, which carries 4,300 passengers, its first LNG vessel, to call on St. Johns in 2023. With the stringent U.S. policies concerning emissions, Antigua anticipates that more USA-based ships will make the island a port of call.
Simultaneously, a high-level delegation of 6 executives from Carnival, UK P&O Cruise lines will visit Antigua in mid-November for meetings with the Honorable Prime Minister, Mr. Gaston Browne and with the Honorable Minister of Tourism & Investment, Mr. Charles ‘Max’ Fernandez on the commitment to commence homeporting their new vessel “Ariva” in St. Johns as of January 2023. This meeting will be followed by technical meetings with the respective government agencies. Additionally with a huge percent of the overall cruise traffic coming from the United States, homeporting from other lines in Antigua is also now under serious consideration.
The Antigua delegation shared with cruise line executives that after successful negotiations, St. Johns will be the only port in the Eastern Caribbean offering electronic clearance for arriving vessels. By submitting the ship’s manifests to Antigua’s port regulatory agencies, the evening before arrival in St. Johns, their passengers will clear immigration and customs in advance so that once berthed, disembarkation may immediately begin.
CEO James also spoke optimistically of an increase in arrivals for summer 2023. He shared that summer 2022, was a challenge for the entire region with only 4 cruise ship calls reported. However, some 18 calls are already projected for the period May to September 2023.
This year’s conference had over 1,500 delegates in attendance, including Prime Ministers and Ministers responsible for Tourism, CEOs of tourism agencies, Directors of Tourism, Destination Representatives, Tour Companies, Marketing, and Promotional Companies, and executives from various major cruise lines.
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The Union representing Sanitation Service Authority (SSA) workers said they have had enough!
This as workers from the SSA walked off the job today to take a stance against unfair working conditions in their eyes.
Together the SSA workers are saying they “want the manager [Janice Jones] removed”. National Union of Public Workers (NUPW) Deputy General Secretary Wayne Walrond told Loop News, they submitted their decision calling for dismissal “with immediate effect” today, but he says that they are cognisant of due process.
He said that today’s industrial action was a direct result of the workers reaching their wit’s end. He said that the unplugging of the stove, removal of the microwave and transfer of the maid, which all aspects of their environment that made life at work somewhat more comfortable, and the manner in which it was done, feels “insensitive”.
In addition, he said that this straw which broke the camel’s back today, comes on the heels of the workers feeling as though they are not recognized for the role they play in keeping the island of Barbados clean and its citizens and visitors healthy.
Walrond said the frustrated and “very emotional” workers reiterated the fact that they were not mentioned in the frontline workers to be honoured despite working through COVID and the ashfall. He said it is another example of them being seen as “second-class citizens” in this Barbados.
Chair fair, but workers want speedy results
As it pertains to the relationship between the workers and their representative NUPW, Walrond said, “We have a reasonable relationship” with the Board especially with the Chairman. He urged despite contentious issues arising, the Chairman in their opinion always strives for “balance and fairness”.
However, he said that there still appears to be a communication challenge or issue where the workers want not just fair but timely feedback into the workers. The last meeting was in June, and the “workers feel that is slow”. He said the workers don’t feel that they are not getting the representation, “but they want the results they desire, not just representation but results!”
He said today’s action shows that the workers want resolutions with a “sense of urgency”.
Amongst the outstanding issues was the challenge of hazard pay which was previously highlighted. The SSA workers currently get about $13 per day or approximately $70 weekly and it is taxed, plus only given for on-the-job. Walrond said that the SSA team feels they should get pay similar to other sewage people, in the vicinity of $250 weekly.
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Aujourd’hui s’est déroulée la cérémonie de remise du Ballon d’or. Le Français du Real Madrid Karim Benzema, favori, a décroché le titre et se hisse sur le toit du monde.
Cette année, c’est le joueur français Karim Benzema qui se hisse à la tête du classement pour le Ballon d’Or. L’attaquant du Réal Madrid obtient le titre, devant le sénégalais Sadio Mené, joueur du Bayern Munich, et le belge Kevin De Bruyne évoluant à Manchester City.
C’est Zinedine Zidane, entraineur du Réal Madrid et de Karim Benzema depuis plusieurs années, qui lui a remis le fameux titre, après de longues secondes de suspenses à l’annonce de son nom.
Mbappé, 6ème
“Je réalise un rêve de gosse”, déclare le joueur, qui depuis petit a pour ambition d’être parmi les plus grands.
Kylian Mbappé, le joueur français évoluant au Paris Saint-Germain, a décroché la 6e place dans la course au Ballon d’Or.
Le Real compte sur son buteur Karim Benzema pour inverser la tendance cet après-midi, à domicile, face à City.
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Relaxée en première instance, l’ancienne élue à la ville de Fort-de-France a été condamnée par la cour d’appel à une peine d’amende.
Du plaider-coupable refusé, à la relaxe du tribunal correctionnel et, finalement, à la condamnation devant la cour d’appel… Ce jeudi 13 octobre, Elisabeth Landi, jugée le 31 mars dernier en appel a été reconnue coupable de ” prise illégale d’intérêts “.
La justice reproche à l’ancienne élue municipale de Fort-de-France, en charge du patrimoine culturel, l’achat d’un immeuble au 33 bis de la rue Moreau-de-Jonnes. Un immeuble qui avait fait l’objet, comme beaucoup d’autres, d’une procédure…
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Zinedine Zidane remet le Ballon d’Or à Karim Benzema – DR
Aujourd’hui s’est déroulée la cérémonie de remise du Ballon d’or. Le Français du Real Madrid Karim Benzema, favori, a décroché le titre et se hisse sur le toit du monde.
Cette année, c’est le joueur français Karim Benzema qui se hisse à la tête du classement pour le Ballon d’Or. L’attaquant du Réal Madrid obtient le titre, devant le sénégalais Sadio Mené, joueur du Bayern Munich, et le belge Kevin De Bruyne évoluant à Manchester City.
C’est Zinedine Zidane, entraineur du Réal Madrid et de Karim Benzema depuis plusieurs années, qui lui a remis le fameux titre, après de longues secondes de suspenses à l’annonce de son nom.
« Je réalise un rêve de gosse », déclare le joueur qui, depuis petit, a pour ambition d’être parmi les plus grands.
Kylian Mbappé, le joueur français évoluant au Paris Saint-Germain, a décroché la 6e place dans la course au Ballon d’Or.
Le Real compte sur son buteur Karim Benzema pour inverser la tendance cet après-midi, à domicile, face à City.
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