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Jamaica will be the host of the International Conference on Inclusive Insurance (ICII) scheduled to take place from October 24 – 28 at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel in Kingston.
The hybrid Conference is being hosted by the Insurance Association of Jamaica in partnership with the Munich Re Foundation and the Microinsurance Network. It will attract over 400 international delegates from over 50 countries.
President of the Insurance Association of Jamaica, (IAJ) Sharon Donaldson stated that it is the first time in 20 years that the conference is being held in the Caribbean and Jamaica is extremely proud to be the host country.
The conference will provide a platform for stakeholders to present and discuss issues, policies, and state-of-the-art solutions for efficient, sustainable, and inclusive insurance products; and promote the development and proliferation of good-value insurance for emerging economies. It also aims to enhance awareness of the demand for insurance in the low-income segment and its potential.
According to Donaldson many countries have large informal sectors which face a range of challenges, including the death of a breadwinner, precarious traditional livelihoods, compromised food security and damage to homes and infrastructure due to the climate crisis.
Also citing the devastating effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, which has affected children’s education and caused many small businesses to close their doors, she said “many low-income groups are often unaware of steps they can take to protect themselves financially. The insurance industry has a critical role to play to provide innovative insurance and financial products and education geared to these groups” she said.
Dirk Reinhard, Vice Chair, Munich Re Foundation and Chairman of the Steering Committee of the ICII 2022 said that risk management including insurance plays a key role to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals.
“Recent floods, droughts and wildfires have shown that climate change threatens the livelihood of billions of people that do not have access to affordable safety nets. Small island states are particularly vulnerable which is why we are very honored that IAJ is hosting this year’s International Conference on Inclusive Insurance in Jamaica and for the first time in the Caribbean. How to reach scale in small countries will be among the key topics that will be discussed at this conference,” Reinhard stated.
Katharine Pulvermacher, Executive Director of the Microinsurance Network, said: “Insurance has the potential to make a significant and enduring contribution to public policy goals and to closing the global people protection gap. Only a tiny fraction of emerging customers and small-scale producers around the world have insurance of any kind, even for smaller, more frequent risks that can have a devastating effect on their economic well-being.”
Apart from insurance industry representatives, business persons, development partners, multilateral agencies, technology companies, academia, other policy experts and media are also encouraged to attend.
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Supreme Court Judge, Justice Vinette Graham-Allen, has urged prosecutors to ensure that the case files are ready so that a trial cab be commenced in reasonable time for two St Mary brothers who are charged with two double murders, including of a Chinese couple in St Elizabeth.
The accused men – 21-year-old Nigel Walters, otherwise called ‘Troy’, and 24-year-old Nicholas Walters, both residents of Charles Town district, St Mary – appeared in the Home Circuit Court via video link last week.
They have been jointly charged with four counts of murder.
The brothers have been implicated in the December 23, 2021 killing of 53-year-old Shiyun Shu and 48-year-old Haikong Wan during a robbery at their supermarket in southern St Elizabeth.
The men are also charged with the January 12, 2022 murders of 45-year-old businesswoman Sophia Brown and 58-year-old Bernie Lewis, a farmer and domestic helper, both of Long Hill district, Whitehouse, Westmoreland.
When the case was mentioned last week, Graham-Allen was informed by prosecutors that a further statement from the arresting officer was still outstanding in the matter.
The judge, at that juncture, ordered that all outstanding documents were to be submitted to the defence by the end of July next year.
Nicholas is being represented by attorneys CJ Mitchell and Kerry-Ann Wilson, while Nigel has retained the services of attorney Denise Walker.
Graham-Allen pointed to the fact that the murders occurred between 2021 and early this year, and said: “everything must be ready for the case to be tried”.
The judge stressed as well, the need for the trial to take place in a reasonable time within the next two years.
The brothers were further remanded in custody until November 24 for a plea and case management hearing.
The police reported that the Chinese couple who operated Jojo’s Supermarket in Bellevue district, Southfield in St Elizabeth for eight years, was shot and killed by one of three robbers who posed as customers before making their deadly move on December 23, 2021.
The men subsequently fled the scene, but police later published their photographs, which were obtained from CCTV footage at the supermarket, which captured the incident.
The brothers allegedly also struck in Westmoreland, where they reportedly went to a grocery store and wholesale which was operated by Brown in Long Hill in that parish.
Reports are that on Wednesday, January 12 at about 2:10 pm, Brown was at her business establishment when the brothers allegedly entered the establishment posing as customers.
Brown, along with Lewis, who was also at the establishment, were assisting the men when the two men opened gunfire at them.
Both men then proceeded to take an undetermined sum of cash and grocery items from the business establishment.
The women were taken to the hospital, where they were both pronounced dead.
On Monday, February 7, both men were identified by a witness from CCTV footage that was taken from the establishment, which captured the incident.
They were charged days later following question-and-answer sessions with investigators.
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President Joe Biden on Monday officially kicked off the application process for his student debt cancellation programme and announced that eight million borrowers had already applied for loan relief during the federal government’s soft launch period over the weekend.
He encouraged the tens of millions eligible for potential relief to visit studentaid.gov and touted the application form that the president said would take less than five minutes to complete. An early, “beta launch” version of the online form released late Friday handled the early stream of applications “without a glitch or any difficulty,” Biden said.
“It means more than eight million Americans are — starting this week — on their way to receiving life-changing relief,” Biden, accompanied by Education Secretary Miguel Cardona, said Monday.
The president called his programme a “game-changer” for millions of Americans saddled with student loan debt.
The number of borrowers who applied during the testing period already amounts to more than one-fourth of the total number of applicants the administration had projected would submit forms, underscoring the popularity of the programme and the eagerness of borrowers to receive the debt relief.
Some 8 million borrowers who have income information already on file with the Education Department would see their debt cancelled without applying.
Biden’s plan calls for US$10,000 in federal student debt cancellation for those with incomes below US$125,000 a year, or households that make less than US$250,000 a year. Those who received federal Pell Grants to attend college are eligible for an additional US$10,000. The plan makes 20 million eligible to get their federal student debt erased entirely.
Biden promised to pursue widespread student debt forgiveness as a presidential candidate, but the issue went through more than a year of internal deliberation amid questions about its legality. His plan sparked intense debate ahead of the midterm elections, with Republicans and some Democrats saying it’s an unfair handout for college graduates.
But on Monday, Biden offered a full-throated defence of his decision.
“My commitment was if elected president, I was going to make government work to deliver for the people,” Biden said. “This rollout keeps that commitment.”
He also took aim at Republican officials who have either criticised the plan or are working in court to defeat it.
“Their outrage is wrong and it’s hypocritical,” Biden said. “I will never apologise for helping working Americans and middle-class people as they recover from the pandemic.
Biden on Monday said the White House has received more than 10,000 comments and calls of thanks from borrowers. Indeed, thousands took to social media to share the form, with many saying they submitted their applications with little trouble.
The Biden administration has touted it as a “simple, straightforward” application. It asks for the borrower’s name, Social Security number, contact information, and date of birth. It does not require income information but asks users to check a box attesting that they are eligible under the programme’s income limits.
That information will be checked against Education Department records to help identify applicants who are likely to exceed the income limits, the administration says. Those people will be asked for more information to prove their incomes.
An estimated one million to five million people will be required to provide that extra documentation, the Education Department said in a recent submission to the White House’s Office of Management and Budget.
Creating and processing the form is estimated to cost nearly US$100 million, a figure that angered advocates who view the application as an unnecessary barrier. The form is meant to help exclude the roughly five per cent of borrowers who exceed the income limits, but advocates say it could also deter some lower-income Americans who need the relief.
Once the Education Department begins processing applications, borrowers should expect to see their debt forgiven in four to six weeks, officials say. Most applications submitted by mid-November will be processed by January1 — the day federal student loan payments are set to resume after being paused during the pandemic.
Borrowers will be able to submit applications through the end of 2023.
The Biden administration is pushing ahead with the debt cancellation even as it fights a growing number of legal challenges. Six Republican-led states are suing to block the plan, saying it oversteps Biden’s authority and will lead to financial losses for student loan servicers, which are hired to manage federal student loans and earn revenue on the interest.
A federal judge in St Louis is now weighing the states’ request for an injunction to halt the plan. In court documents, the Education Department has vowed not to finalise any of the debt cancellation before October 23.
Biden acknowledged Monday that litigation is ongoing but said his administration believes the lawsuits won’t ultimately affect the programme.___
By COLLIN BINKLEY and SEUNG MIN KIM
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The Police are investigating an apparent robbery attempt.
Reports are that a Parham Town businesswoman, the proprietor of Shay Shay restaurant on upper Church Street, had a close call with a gunman at her place of operation in the early hours of October 11.
Reports say she arrived at her business place at about 4:30 a.m. and observed the alleged assailant sitting on the steps.
He was dressed in a grey long-sleeved hooded shirt and a pair of long blue jeans.
She was unable to see his face; so, instead of getting out of her vehicle, she began to honk her horn until he left the area.
Subsequently, while setting up the restaurant she went outside and saw the same man on her compound.
He appeared to be carrying a black firearm in his right hand while scaling the gate.
The woman immediately ran into the restaurant, but was followed by the gunman, who began to pound on the door.
He later left after she placed a call to the CID.
This incident reportedly occurred at about 5:45 a.m.
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An All Saints Road business woman was defrauded of thousands of dollars by a Jamaican man.
Reportedly, the unknown male went to her business place on October 14 and changed US$8,300.
In return, she gave him EC$22,245.00, but later discovered that the money consisted of US$150, made up of a US$100 note and 50 US$1.00 notes.
The matter was immediately reported to the Police and officers quickly went into action.
The Jamaican man was traced to Joe Mike’s Hotel, where he later handed over the monies to the victim, who requested no further police action.
However, the man was arrested on suspicion of fraud after giving the Police a statement.
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Well-known convict Eric Burton, of the Villa Area, has been imprisoned for breaking into a house and stealing a number of items.
Burton, 58, appeared before Chief Magistrate Joanne Walsh in the St. John’s Magistrates’ Court, charged with house breaking and larceny – to which he pleaded not guilty – and with receiving.
However, he pleaded guilty to the charge of receiving and was sentenced to one year in prison.
Burton was arrested and charged for breaking into the dwelling house of Nathan Thomas of the United Kingdom about two weeks ago.
An anonymous caller reported the matter to the Police after seeing Burton, on October 6, leaving Thomas’s Villa home with a number of items, including a flat screen television set, a 20-pound gas cylinder, a circuit breaker, and a coffee grinder, of a combined value of $1,205.
Meanwhile, Desmond Lammie of Paynters and Sydney Norville of Five Islands – who were indicted on charges of possession of cannabis; possession with intent to transfer; and drug trafficking – both pleaded guilty to possession of the controlled drug. They will be sentenced on October 21.
They pleaded not guilty to the other two charges before Justice Collin Williams.
In another case, Alejandro Daniel Castro and Wascal Perez, both of Tindale Road, pleaded guilty to robbery before Justice Williams and were each sentenced to serve one year’s imprisonment.
In the meantime, Casroy Joseph of Grays Farm, who also appeared before Justice Williams on an indictment of unlawful wounding, pleaded guilty to the charge and will be sentenced on October 24.
His offence reportedly occurred on August 17, 2020, in Grays Farm.- REAL NEWS
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Shouts and screams echoed around 8th Avenue Harts Gap, Christ Church earlier today, October 17, when a fire completely destroyed an abandoned house in the area.
Residents who quickly gathered on the scene which was engulfed in smoke from around 10:30 am openly voiced their frustrations about the fire they believed was intentionally lit.
I have my suspicions but I care not to voice them on air. I will let the authorities deal with that situation
Speaking to Loop News resident James Codrington recounted the day’s ordeal which began with a loud explosion.
“This morning I heard the popping of bottles, probably a gas bottle exploded and there were shouts and screams from people in the neighbourhood, so I ran out. Well, I had two physically challenged people here on the inside of my dwelling so everybody was shouting saying, ‘James! James! Get them out!’, which I did and they are parked right below here in the cool. But the heat was so intense and the smoke was threatening to the gentlemen because they were unable to run.”
Codrington who professed that his neighbourhood is usually “peaceful and welcoming” revealed that a mere few months ago another fire occurred in the neighbourhood.
“This is the second fire that we’ve had. The first one was approximately next door to it, that was on the 28th of April on National Heroes Day and the second one now, as it is quietly now burning, is the second one to go.”
Explaining that he had his beliefs, the mature gentleman maintained that he would “let the authorities deal with that situation.”
“Your guess is as good as mine as to what is the cause. Fortunately, there is no loss of life, praise God! So now God will rebuild. I have my suspicions but I care not to voice them on air. I will let the authorities deal with that situation.”
Codrington however praised the Barbados Fire Service for their fast-acting efforts.
“The authorities can just do what they can, but in this case, I must commend the Barbados Fire Service for a quick and prompt response because I put in a call and the dispatcher told me that so many calls had came in before, and within five minutes of placing the call, the fire truck was here. They were very very quick and active.”
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Cédric Boyer, délégué national Alliance police en charge des Outre-Mers
Du 1er au 8 décembre auront lieu les élections professionnelles de la fonction publique. A cette occasion, Cédric Boyer a entamé sa tournée syndicale des Outre-mers afin de présenter la liste unique qui regroupe les 13 syndicats majeurs de la police nationale.
Je suis venu présenter aux effectifs le nouveau bloc syndical qui a réussi le pari de réunir sur une liste unique les 13 syndicats les plus importants de la police nationale, ce qui devrait représenter au lendemain de l’élection entre 60 et 70% de la totalité des effectifs de la police nationale. Nous sommes mobilisés pour faire barrage à toute réforme qui ne serait pas bénéfique à la police nationale…
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