Sunshine Girls maul USA at Americas Netball World Cup Qualifier Loop Jamaica

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Jamaica’s Sunshine Girls recorded a convincing 70-16 victory over the USA on day two of the Americas Netball World Cup Qualifier at the National Indoor Sports Centre on Monday night.

Goal shooter Amanda Pinkney led the Sunshine Girls who only trail once after the USA opened the scoring.

Pinkney ended with a 92 percent shooting accuracy by converting 22 goals from 24 attempts to power the Sunshine Girls to two straight victories.

Goal attack Gizelle Allison supported with 23 from 30, while captain Jhaniele Fowler, who was pulled from the game after the first quarter, converted 13 goals from 15 attempts and Kelsey Jonas had 12 from 17.

Seventeen-year-old goal attack Aniyah Langiagne and goal shooter Oshina Graham each had six goals for the 37th-ranked USA, which also suffered defeat on the opening day.

Trinidad and Tobago, Barbados, and Grenada also remained perfect on the day.

The 11th-ranked Trinidadians, who played twice on the opening day, secured their third straight victory by defeating 21st-ranked St Vincent and the Grenadines 49-42.

Grenada ranked 20th in the world also secured their third straight victory on day two by defeating 30th-ranked Antigua and Barbuda 62-29 to join Trinidad and Tobago atop the table with a maximum of six points each.

The top two are followed by Barbados and Jamaica, both on four points from two games each.

Barbados ranked 14th in the world secured their second straight victory by defeating 22nd-ranked St Lucia 58-26 in the final game on Monday night.

The regional qualifier will determine the last two qualifiers for the 2023 World Cup in Cape Town, South Africa

The host country of Jamaica is already qualified for the World Cup, so the next two highest-placed countries will be the ones to join them among the 16 teams competing in Cape Town.

New Zealand are the reigning Netball World Cup champions.

Day 3 schedule (Tuesday, October 18)6:15 pm – Grenada vs Trinidad and Tobago6:25 pm – Cayman Islands vs Jamaica8:15 pm – the USA vs Barbados8:25 pm – St Vincent & The Grenadines vs St Lucia

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Chief Sec: Private sector to get contracts, THA will pay later

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Road works in Tobago earlier this year under the THA Division of Infrastructure, Quarries and Urban Development. – THA

CHIEF SECRETARY Farley Augustine has said the Tobago House of Assembly (THA) will be relying on public-private partnerships to continue developing the island.

At the THA’s Mandate Monday briefing, Augustine said the administration is constrained by the limited resources from the national budget. Nonetheless, he said the THA will look at creative ways to fulfil its mandate.

The assembly received $2.5 billion for the 2022/2023 fiscal year, 4.3 per cent of the total national budget. It wanted $3.97 billion.

Augustine said the THA will utilise the design-build-finance procurement model.

“Design-build-finance means we are asking contractors to come with their own private money up front, do the work, and the THA takes its time to pay them back – not a case where you come with your money up front and demand your money two months after completion. No, the THA takes a long while, as agreed per contract.

“We appreciate, given the monies we have, we cannot complete all the infrastructural works on time.”

Augustine said tackling coastal erosion is one of the main priorities, including near the Scarborough Secondary School and in Lambeau.

However, he pointed out that a recent estimate by the Caribbean Development Bank projected that work to cost almost $1 billion.

“Where we getting that money from? Therefore, to fund public projects we will be calling on the private sector to front the investment and be paid over a long period of time. That will mean, like with any good hire purchase, the THA will eventually pay more.

“But we are left with no choice, if all we have for development financial for the island is $300 million at best.”

He said the coastal protection projects will include economic stimulators such as boardwalks, to allow residents to earn income

He said the public does not want excuses “when their house washing away, when their village washing away and the place flooding, and I am coming to tell them. ‘This is all the money we have, we cyah do anything else.’ As far as they concerned, there is a THA; we have to find a way to get the work done.”

He explained, “We are not allowed to take loans just so, but we are allowed to approach contractors using this mechanism, which means we could stretch the payments out and pay as we have money.”

He made it clear that these arrangements must be “done properly and not in the ad-hoc, hand-selected way we saw last year in the lead-up to the THA election.”

Augustine has been critical of the previous PNM administration’s handling of road paving and other contracts. He claims some select contractors were given multi-million-dollar contracts without the proper channels being followed.

PNM political leader Ancil Dennis has fired back, accusing Augustine of hypocrisy. He said the PDP administration was doing worse than what it is accusing the PNM of, and a few contractors from central and south Trinidad are being favoured over Tobago contractors. Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley echoed the criticism of Augustine at a PNM meeting in Diego Martin on Friday.

Augustine has denied favouring Trinidadian contractors and claimed Dr Rowley was spewing covert racist rhetoric.

On Monday, Augustine said Tobago’s development was ignored under the PNM, while skyscrapers, waterfronts and parkades were being built in Trinidad.

“We want the island’s development to take on a new look,” he said as he urged Tobagonians to dream big. “Granted, I don’t think Tobago should look like Miami or New York –that’s not the goal.”

He said Tobago’s best asset remains its natural environment.

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WATCH: Crusita Descartes-Pelius Creates RSLPF History – St. Lucia Times News

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For the first time in the history of the Royal Saint Lucia Police Force (RSLPF), a female  officer will helm the High Command in the capacity of Commissioner of Police.

On October 17, 2022, Prime Minister and Minister for National Security Hon. Philip J. Pierre announced Mrs. Crusita Descartes-Pelius will Act as Police Commissioner.

Commissioner Descartes-Pelius assumes her new role with more than three decades of experience in law enforcement under her belt.

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Milton Cato Memorial Hospital to serve as a Maternal and Child Health Hospital in the future

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Minister of Health Wellness and the Environment St. Clair Prince  has reiterated that the Milton Cato Memorial Hospital will serve as a Maternal and Child Health Hospital, once the Acute Referral Hospital  at Arnos Vale is completed.

Minister Prince made the point, as he responded to a question in Parliament this morning, from Member of Parliament for Central Kingstown St. Clair Leacock.

Mr. Leacock was seeking to determine if the Accident and Emergency services would continue at the Milton Cato Memorial Hospital; and what special provision will be put in place for Central Kingstown.

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Members of Parliament observed a minute of silence during this morning’s session, in memory of the late British Monarch, Queen Elizabeth the II; and the five men from Clare Valley who died in a tragic vehicle accident in Sandy Bay on September 11th.

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NBC’s Special Report – Monday October 17th 2022

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Contestant number five in the Miss SVG Pageant Arielle Ollivierre  said preparations for the Pageant are going well thus far.

Ms. Olliveirre who is sponsored by the St. Vincent Brewery Limited, is guided daily by the words:  Prayer, Faith, and Patience.

Rawdica Stephen tells us more in today’s special report.

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Minister Curtis Kings commends the SVG Robotics Team

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Minister of Education Curtis King has commended the SVG Robotics Team for its performance at the Global Robotics Competition which concluded in Geneva Switzerland  on Sunday October 16th

Speaking in Parliament this morning, Minister King congratulated the team on receiving a special award at in the competition.

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The FIRST Global Challenge was an international robotics competition at which each country was required to build and programme a robot to compete.

The competition was held from October 13th to 16th.

The St. Vincent and the Grenadines team was comprised of five students, as well as a mentor and team leader.

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SVG to host the 11th beekeeping congress

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St. Vincent and the Grenadines will be hosting the 11th beekeeping congress with the theme Building resilience of a bee keeping industry after a natural disaster

The conference is scheduled to take place from October 30th to November 3rd.

Speaking at the launch of the congress this morning Clinical Advisor of the SVG Beekeepers Association Allan Williams provided an overview of the conference which he said will be attended by a number of regional delegates.

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Mr. Williams is encouraging beekeepers and persons with an interest in beekeeping to register to attend the congress.

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Iamgold verkoopt belang Rosebel-goudmijn aan Chinees bedrijf voor US$ 360 miljoen

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door Ivan Cairo PARAMARIBO — De Canadese multinational Iamgold heeft dinsdag bekendgemaakt een deal te hebben getekend om haar 95

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Similar to Cayman, insane waterspout hits Cyrpus coastline Loop Cayman Islands

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Waterspout Hits Cyrpus Coastline

A British tourist captured this insane waterspout phenomenon during holiday in Cyprus.

Marc Gunjal, 39, from Morley, Leeds captured the waterspout while on holiday on the coast of Ayia Napa, Cyprus.

Marc and his family were enjoying a meat platter on the beachfront during their first day of the holiday when a big storm hit. This storm formed a waterspout and began sweeping the coastline.

Other tourists and staff were fascinated by this strange weather formation, but luckily they were all in a safe environment and far enough away to not be affected.

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Just the Facts: “DeeAnn Will Have to Work it Out With Her People”

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Now that a week has passed since the Honourable Dee-Ann-Kentish Rogers has re-joined the ranks of the APM, following a three-day term of resignation, the question remains: Should she explain her back-and-forth movement as a Government representative, and should she apologise for it?

The issue was raised on the radio programme, “Just the Facts” on Monday, 11th July when the host, the Honourable Cora Richardson Hodge, reflected on Ms. Kentish Rogers’ compelling speech, on 30th, in the House of Assembly, where she spoke as to why she had decided to cross the floor and join those on the opposition benches.Mrs. Cora Richardson Hodge alluded to an article in The Anguillian newspaper of 8th July, entitled “A Flip-Flop or What”. In that article, Ms. Kentish-Rogers spoke about how she crossed over to the Opposition; then she stated how she crossed back over again to Government.

“That was her explanation,” Mrs. Richardson-Hodge said, “as to why she was crossing the floor to sit with the Opposition. She said that she had listened to her constituents and they were of the prevailing view that she ought to have resigned from government [in the face of the controversial GST dilemma].

“Then, on Monday, July 4th, she made a statement saying: “‘My participation in Government is based upon the desire to ensure that the people’s voice is given primacy in the decision making process and that other means of economic development is pursued and explored. That is why I have accepted reappointment as a Minister of the Government of Anguilla.

“‘My commitment to championing the cause of every Anguillian, particularly those in Valley South, has remained, and I intend to remain steadfast and find avenues for their voices to be heard in Parliament, in Cabinet and in the Anguillian society.’”

“This is quite interesting,” Mrs. Richardson Hodge said, “because when she announced her resignation on June 30th, it was as a result of listening to her constituents and taking onboard their views. But when she crossed back over to rejoin the Government, that decision was taken based on her desire to ensure her people’s voice is given primacy, as she said, in the decision-making process. So her crossing back was not based on the views of her constituency, but it was based on other views.”Mrs. Richardson-Hodge invited the comments of her co-host, Mr. Cardigan Connor who said: “When Ms. Kentish-Rogers and Mr. Kyle Hodge voted ‘no’ to GST last year, it was expected that [both of them] would resign then. A number of people had thought that would be the case. But they were prepared to work along with the team on the matter of GST for the good of the people.

“But in this situation, when Ms. Kentish-Rogers went to the people, the general perception was that she should resign from Government if she wanted to represent them. The people said ‘no’ to her being in government, and not just for 48 hours, but for the long haul.

“So when she decided to go back to rejoin Government, the question one must ask is whether she did it on her own or whether she went back to the people again and told them of her decision to return to Government. As a District, there will be a number of questions that her constituents would continue to ask of her.”He stressed that no one likes the idea of a politician making a ‘flip-flopping’ because there is no surety as to where he or she stands on the issues – here today and not here tomorrow. He said that within time, DeeAnn will have to work it out with her people; she needs to come out to her people and explain her position. “Or her people will be very loud on her in time to come,” Mr. Connor said.

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