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Following Term Finance’s acquisition and integration of FastCash (St Lucia), the company has moved to acquire FastCash (Barbados), FastCash (St Vincent) and CaribCash (Jamaica).

The two entities signed asset purchase agreements on October 26, 2022.

Term Finance will be adding the FastCash and CaribCash brands to its portfolio and will maintain most of the current operations on each island.

“What the employees of FastCash and CaribCash have achieved over their years of existence and through the Covid pandemic is really impressive. We want to retain their skills and market knowledge as we bring these two entities together.” This deal puts Term Finance directly in touch with over 100,000 credit-worthy employees and small businesses across the Caribbean and positions the Company to continue on its growth mission.

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Safaree Says Kimbella Matos Relationship Ended Despite Love & Hip Hop Appearance

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Safaree says he is not in a relationship with Kimbella Matos, the woman who had a blow-up with his ex-wife Erica Mena shortly after the couple announced their divorce.

Kimbella Matos was spotted out with Safaree for his birthday last year while his wife gave birth to their son Legend. They were later linked together as dating after Erica Mena confirmed that the Instagram model was seeing Safaree.

Erica was not particularly pleased and had even had words with Kimbella over her decision to be with Safaree. On Thursday, Kimbella appeared on a clip of an upcoming episode of Love & Hip Hop Atlanta where she and Safaree talked about his relationship with Erica, and Safaree also clarified that she is just his lady friend.

“You get your own bag, I like that. I like a woman who hustles and have ambition because all I do is work,” Safaree tells Kimbella as they are seen walking and holding hands and later kissing in public.

Erica & Safaree @iamerica_mena

“You just make me very happy. I respect you and I respect your situation all the way. I would never come interfere and I feel like I don’t want no issues with anything because I really have nothing to do with that,” Kimbella says without mentioning Safaree’s issues with the mother of his two children.

Safaree, however, reassures Kimbella that his decision to agree to Erica’s divorce had nothing to do with the 26-year-old.

“You’re not the reason I got a divorce ok,” he says while she added, “and that’s what a lot of people think. People think and got this narrative of me that I caused your relationship to end.”

In a cutaway scene, a producer asks Safaree an important question about his relationship with Matos, “Erica knows about this girl…how do you think Erica will react when she sees you with Kimbella?” a producer asks Safaree.

“She’s not my girlfriend,” Safaree says as he adds, “honestly this is just a stage of me and Kimbella getting to know each other. As far as how my ex would feel, that’s really not my problem.”

In the comments under the post, many people called Safaree out for claiming that Kimbella is not his girlfriend despite their homemade porn videos leaking on the internet.

“This was filmed 7 months ago stop tagging me,” Safaree urged.

Some comments also flamed Safaree for his comments and response.

“You brought her on the show and was gassing her up Jean vest! That’s so bad,” one person said.

“7 months so wasn’t you married still?” another asked.

“Why bring her on the show then,” another asked.

It’s unclear if Safaree and Kimbella are still together or finally together.

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A better me beg than steal; street youth side hustle inspires motorist Loop Jamaica

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Street children are minors who live and survive on the streets.

They often grow up in public landfills, train stations, or in various sections of major towns. Because of conflicts with their family, these children many times don’t want to or can’t return home.

Jamaica has its fair share of youngsters living under these conditions. Cases where youth, are frequently seen at traffic intersections, hoping to ask for money to purchase their next meal are not unique.

But a video captured on social media, showing a young boy waiting close to a popular fast-food restaurant trying to earn funds to secure his next meal has captured the hearts of many Jamaicans.

What drew many of the readers’ attention was the fact that in spite of his situation, the youngster managed to display a fighting spirit, and even though he did not have anything to eat, he was not seen with his two empty hands. He instead had three onions and two carrots in a plastic bag trying to catch a sale.

Obviously moved by what he saw, a motorist was heard questioning the youngster about his plans both for school and his business of selling ground provision, which appeared to be his side hustle.

Soon after the motorist presented the youngster with three thousand dollars a move that drew a look of relief on the face of the young man who appeared to be no more than 12.

The conversation ended with the motorist telling the young man that if he got the opportunity he would pass again to offer further help.

Social media users while still trying to find out if the act was done by the motorist to get more attention on his social media page, or if it was done to inspire, said, whatever the case, they were happy that help was going to one of the nation’s youth.

“Tears come a my eye when I see this, blessings to you big man,” said one social media user.

“We need more of this across Jamaica,” said another user.

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SEOUL — In de Zuid-Koreaanse hoofdstad Seoul zijn zaterdagavond zeker 146 mensen om het leven gekomen en het dodental zal

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Cinq cadavres retrouv?s ? Juv?nat, samedi 29 octobre

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Les corps sans vie de cinq individus ont ?t? retrouv?s, ce samedi 29 octobre 2022, t?t dans la matin?e dans le quartier de Juv?nat, ? proximit? du coll?ge Union School.

La majorit? des cadavres pr?sentait des blessures ? l’arme blanche. L’identit? des victimes restent inconnues. Toutefois, des riverains racontent qu’elles proviennent de D?sermite, un bidonville de P?tion-Ville.

La Police nationale d’Ha?ti n’a pas r?pondu aux sollicitations du journal sur les circonstances de ces meurtres. Toutefois, selon une note circulant sur WhatsApp, ces 5 personnes auraient ?t? tu?es parce qu’elles seraient accus?es de sorcellerie.

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L’ambassade des ?tats-Unis ? Port-au-Prince a publi? un tweet dans lequel il ?voque les victimes retrouv?es ? Juv?nat et l’assassinat du secr?taire g?n?ral du RDNP, ?ric Jean Baptiste. <>, peut-on lire sur le compte Twitter de l’ambassade am?ricaine.

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Wallerfield man and friend killed over land, not cow police say

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In this May file photo, people gather near Luke and Tenisha Wholesale Company Ltd, Quesnel Street, Arima where Luke Dalipsingh was murdered. His relative Sean Dalipsingh was one of two men killed in Wallerfield on October 19. –

HOMICIDE detectives say the shooting death of a Wallerfield man and his friend, first thought to be over a slaughtered cow, has now shifted and may be as a result of an ongoing land dispute.

Speaking with Sunday Newsday on Friday, detectives said the initial information was based on reports which identified the men’s most recent altercation was over a cow.

Police reported that on October 19, Sheldon “Reddo ” Lewis and Sean Dalipsingh were killed at Dalipsingh’s home at Tractor Pool Road, Wallerfield.

Relatives at the time said the men were killed because Lewis slaughtered a cow belonging to a man in the area who had been repeatedly told about his roaming animal. They suspected that Dalipsingh was shot so he could not identify the killers.

The theory held weight with police as Lewis admitted to Dalipsingh’s relatives that he slaughtered the cow a day before they were killed. Police also confirmed with the owner of the cow that his animal was killed by Lewis.

Police later learnt that Dalipsingh is the third member of his family murdered this year after all were made beneficiaries of land in Sangre Grande and Wallerfield.

On May 29, Dalipsingh’s aunt Linda Dalipsingh, 38, of Crescent Drive, Mausica Road, D’Abadie was gunned down. It was reported that at about 7 pm Linda was with 27-year-old Romario Beggs, of Waterhole, Cocorite, when they saw a man dressed in black walking by the wall of her home. The man walked into the yard and shot at Dalipsingh and Beggs.

Both were taken to the Arima Health Facility where Linda was declared dead at about 9.45 pm.

Two months later, Dalipsingh’s cousin, Luke Dalipsingh, was shot dead at his business – Luke and Tenisha Wholesale Company Ltd on Quesnel Street, Arima.

Police reported that at about 11.20 am, a gunman walked up to Luke and shot him once in the head. The killer escaped in a white Nissan Wingroad.

This murder was recorded on CCTV camera and shared on social media. It showed the killer stepping out of the car wearing a hoodie, mask and cap, walking up to Luke who was assisting a customer to his vehicle, and shot him once in the head.

Luke’s murder came months after his business was shot at on May 14 at about 3.41 am.

Police said a female relative of Dalipsingh moved out of the Wallerfield home weeks before the murders because of growing tensions over the property, which included the Wallerfield house

A relative, who assisted the police with the link to the slaughtered cow, denied there was any family rift when contacted on Friday. The man said he told police that the only person Dalipsingh had an argument with in recent times was the owner of the cow.

Dalipsingh was buried on October 23 and Lewis will be buried on October 31.

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TT teams advance to NORCECA Under-23 quarters

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TT beach volleyballers (left-right) Nicholas Williams, Britney Choon, Tsyan Selvon and Joshua Persaud. –

TRINIDAD AND Tobago’s male and female teams advanced to the quarter-finals of the North, Central America and Caribbean Volleyball Confederation (NORCECA) Under-23 Beach Volleyball Tournament in Cayman Islands on Saturday.

In the women’s division, TT’s Britney Choon and Tsyan Selvon finished second (five points) in Pool B after notching two wins and a loss on the opening day.

TT lost their opening match against USA’s Ella Connor/Piper Ferch 21-12, 21-11. Choon and Selvon however, rebounded to defeat two Cayman Islands’ teams – Anjia Delapenha/Lucie Finlason 13-21, 21-13, 15-10 and Brianna Delapenha/Joanna Robinson 21-18, 21-8.

Topping the group was USA’s Connor/Ferch (six points)

For a spot in the semi-finals, the TT team faces another Cayman Islands pair of D Tulloch/C Gaetos from 9.50 am on Sunday. In other quarter-final bouts, Canada face Cayman Islands and USA play another host-nation team.

In the men’s category, TT’s Joshua Persaud and Nicholas Williams squeezed into the quarter-final round after recording one-win and two losses on Saturday. They finished third in Pool B on four points.

Persaud/Williams lost their opening match 22-20, 21-16 against Jamaica’s Lovelet Blake/Andrae Robb and again fell to 21-13, 21-13 defeat in their second against USA’s Caleb Blanchette/Dylan McClung.

But in their final group match against Cayman Islands’ Declan Van Dam/Jabari Powery, the TT men romped to 21-10, 21-7 victory and, in the process, sealed a spot in the quarters.

They also chase a semi-final spot against Canada from 10.40 am on Sunday.

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Carter bags fifth gold at FINA World Cup

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In this July 25, 2021 file photo, Dylan Carter, of Trinidad and Tobago, swims in a heat during the men’s 100-metre backstroke at the 2020 Summer Olympics, in Tokyo, Japan. (AP PHOTO) –

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TRINIDAD AND Tobago swimmer Dylan Carter extended his flawless run of form at the second leg of the FINA Swimming World Cup in Toronto, Canada, on Saturday, when he splashed to men’s 50-metre backstroke gold in yet another national short course record.

Swimming out of lane seven at the Toronto Pan Am Sports Centre, Carter had the third fastest reaction time (0.55s) but still commandeered the race to victory in 22.94 seconds.

He touched the wall ahead of Poland’s Kacper Stokowski, who clocked 23.01, and bronze medallist American Justin Ress (23.07).

Carter’s impressive time saw him wipe away his own national 50m short course backstroke record of 23.15, which was set during his golden performance at the first leg of the World Cup in Berlin, Germany, eight days ago.

In the heats, Carter placed third in heat three in 23.80 and was sixth fastest advancing finalist.

After the win, Carter was asked if he had his eyes set on the additional U$$10,000 jackpot which could be his if he wins the same event at the third and final World Cup leg in Indianapolis, USA, from Thursday.

He replied, “One step at a time. We still have the 50 fly (on Sunday) and 100m freestyle (on Saturday evening), so we’ll think about that in ‘Indi’. It’s been great fun, great crowd and great competitors, so it’s been really good.”

And in 100m freestyle final, which was contested just 30 minutes after he won the 50m backstroke, Carter still swam impressively but finished just outside the medals in fourth place.

He clocked 46.36 as rival Australian Kyle Chalmers (45.52) splashed to gold, Italian Thomas Ceccon (46.15) earned silver and American Brooks Curry (46.32) grabbed bronze.

In heat six, Carter was second in 47.37, and was the fifth fastest finalist.

On Friday night, the TT swimmer also swam to gold in the 50m freestyle. Swimming out of lane four, the 26-year old touched the wall in 20.91. He beat to the line Curry (21.07) and Chalmers (21.10), who were second and third respectively.

In the heats, Carter raced in heat six and topped the field in 20.91. He time was also fastest of the advancing finalists.

At last week’s first leg in Berlin, Carter’s won the 50m freestyle, 50m backstroke and the 50m butterfly. He also set a pair of national records in the 50m freestyle and 50m backstroke.

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Criminal Bar wants full probe of Nelson, Al-Rawi deal

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Vincent Nelson –

The Criminal Bar Association says it is disappointed Attorney General Reginald Armour has opted not to provide details to the Law Association about the role of a former attorney general in signing off a plea deal with a witness against a political opponent.

In a statement signed by its president Israel Khan, SC, the association said the terms of the indemnity agreement signed by former attorney general Faris Al-Rawi and attorney Vincent Nelson “must be ventilated under due process of law in our courts” to determine whether any criminal offences were committed.

Armour has opted not to answer the Law Association on the basis that the civil case filed by Nelson is yet to be determined and there was a possibility of the criminal charges being relaid. Al-Rawi said he relied on the advice of two senior counsel on the terms of the indemnity agreement.

Nelson was the main witness against former attorney general Anand Ramlogan and former UNC senator Gerald Ramdeen in a series of criminal offences relating to legal fees kickback scheme but on October 10, Director of Public Prosecutions Roger Gaspard discontinued the charges on the basis of demands from the witness to settle a purported breach of the indemnity agreement.

Nelson who pleaded guilty to the offences had been fined $2.5 million and has up to January 2023 to pay. But he is claiming that he will not testify if the Attorney General does not hold up its end of the indemnity agreement which includes paying his fine.

In its statement, the association said the DPP, AG and the Prime Minister owe it to the public to give full explanations “in the fullness of time” of all the circumstances which led to the dropping of the charges against Ramlogan and Ramdeen.

The association reiterated the questions the Law Association posed to the Attorney General about Al-Rawi’s role in getting the witness to co-operate.

In his response to the Law Association, Armour said it was inappropriate for him to comment further in the matter as his office was the defendant in the $100 million civil claim filed by Nelson seeking compensation for an alleged breach of the indemnity agreement.

The Law Association in its statement on the matter said if the terms of the indemnity agreement were accurate, “it is simply wrong; criminal investigations and prosecutions should carry no political taint.”

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Ministry Of Health Offers Food Safety Tips for Jounen Kwéyòl – St. Lucia Times News

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In the observance of Jounen Kwéyòl celebrations the Ministry of Health Wellness and Elderly Affairs would like to urge vendors and patrons to be extra vigilant when preparing, storing, purchasing and handling food and food products.

In particular vendors/food handlers must follow these guidelines to prevent food-borne illnesses:

Wear adequate head covering
Be properly attired to handle food
Be in possession of a valid health card
Be in possession of a valid temporary health license

Also observe the Basic Food Safety Principles:

Keep foods at required temperature
Cold foods 40 °F and below
Hot foods 140 °F and above
Separate raw from cooked foods
Cook foods thoroughly in an effort to kill bacteria
Keep all surfaces and environments clean
Use safe water and products
Wash hands regularly. Before, during and after food handling and after using the washroom
Have Separate persons dealing with food and money
Change gloves regularly
Refrain from wearing jewelry
Prepare foods as close as possible to eating time and avoid storing large batches of cooked food at room temperature.

Consumers, remember to take personal responsibility for your health and well being in an effort to protect yourself from food borne diseases and food allergies.

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Bon Fete Kwéyòl!

SOURCE: Ministry of Health Wellness and Elderly Affairs

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