Crise politique et crise de la connaissance en Ha?ti

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La crise ?conomique et politique sociale s’aggrave en Ha?ti au moment o? le nombre des Ha?tiennes et Ha?tiens dipl?m?s dans ce pays et ? l’ext?rieur tend ? augmenter. Voil? les signes d’une crise de la connaissance. C’est comme si les connaissances apprises ne servaient pas ? faire avancer la soci?t? ha?tienne. La mani?re dont les individus produisent la connaissance et dont les institutions l’utilisent est inappropri?e face aux d?fis ?conomiques et politiques de leur soci?t?.

Selon les d?clarations de nombreux acteurs, la r?ponse ? la crise doit ?maner des citoyens ha?tiens. Cependant personne ne parle de l’universit? comme une instance pouvant contribuer ? montrer les possibilit?s. Pourquoi ?carter l’universit? en pensant que les autres composantes de la soci?t? ont d?j? les bonnes r?flexions et la bonne r?ponse ? Pour leur part, les dirigeants ha?tiens n’ont aucune intention de faire appel ? l’universit? en tant qu’institution et lieu de production de savoir afin d’expliquer les causes de la crise. M?me les responsables universitaires ha?tiens n?gligent cette d?marche. En croyant que l’universit? est dysfonctionnelle, personne ne croit qu’une r?ponse pertinente peut venir de cette instance. Pourtant cette croyance est erron?e et elle est li?e ? une tradition de la connaissance qui dure depuis la p?riode de l’esclavage.

En g?n?ral, les soci?t?s ont toujours les connaissances qui leur permettent de r?pondre ? leur dysfonctionnement. Au cas o? un probl?me surgirait, il suffit aux penseurs de revisiter les connaissances d?j? produites, de constater leurs carences et de les corriger afin de trouver de nouvelles r?flexions qui aident ? sortir de la crise. Les grandes renaissances intellectuelles ont souvent d?but? avec l’examen des connaissances du pass?. Or, les intellectuels ha?tiens r?pugnent de revoir ou de lire les connaissances produites sur la soci?t? ha?tienne. Ils adoptent une attitude hautaine envers la litt?rature nationale, entendent bannir certains auteurs ou minimiser leurs apports dans la tradition intellectuelle nationale en pr?f?rant enseigner et faire circuler en Ha?ti les r?flexions produites dans d’autres pays.

Voil? un mod?le de gestion de la connaissance qui est en crise quand il s’agit de construire un corps de r?flexions dans tous les domaines des sciences sociales et de la nature, car les uns refusent de lire les contributions des autres, de se parler et de produire des r?flexions sur leurs r?alit?s. Si beaucoup d’intellectuels ha?tiens ont ?tudi? dans les grandes universit?s du monde entier et sont aussi brillants que leurs condisciples ?trangers. Mais leur fa?on de g?rer la connaissance diff?re de celles des autres soci?t?s.

En g?n?ral, les connaissances sont l?, car les individus se mettent ? en produire dans les diff?rents domaines o? ils interagissent ; elles peuvent ne pas r?pondre ? tous les besoins du moment. Mais il n’en manque pas. La relecture et la r?vision de celles qui existent permet aux savants de relever des failles et d’?laborer des r?flexions nouvelles et de proposer des r?ponses mieux construites en renfor?ant la tradition intellectuelle du pays. Cependant les universitaires ha?tiens refusent de faire ce travail de renouvellement des connaissances existantes et d’entrer dans une tradition intellectuelle qui les place en continuateurs ou en disciples de leurs ain?s. Ils se voient plut?t les continuateurs de savants d’autres pays. Ils ne veulent pas se d?signer comme des h?ritiers des penseurs ha?tiens. Ils en ont honte.

Le refus de consulter les connaissances produites en Ha?ti n’est pas d? ? la faiblesse de ces textes qu’il est toujours possible d’am?liorer mais ? des discriminations install?es depuis le pass? colonial d’Ha?ti. En effet, depuis la colonie s’est implant? dans l’espace ha?tien, comme dans toutes les colonies, une tradition intellectuelle voulant que le savoir doit venir de l’ext?rieur. D?s ce moment, les instances de gestion de la connaissance ne demandent aux individus de la colonie de produire leurs propres id?es. ? partir de l? s’enracine une tradition de pens?e qui montre que l’intellectuel ha?tien choisit de lire le texte d’un auteur fran?ais ou un rapport produit par une institution internationale au lieu de consulter un ouvrage d’un auteur ha?tien qui parle de son pays. M?me sans avoir consult? cette r?flexion, il la consid?re comme sans valeur. Il n’est pas rare de constater qu’ils se mettent ? citer les textes d’auteurs d’autres pays et des vid?os d’autres pays afin de montrer qu’ils s’int?ressent ? leur pays. Cette forme d’utilisation de la connaissance atteste que les individus refusent de parler de leur r?alit? ; ils s’interdisent de s’?couter et de s’entendre. Cette forme d’engagement des intellectuels sert ? maintenir de vieilles discriminations coloniales et ? pr?server une certaine relation entre le savoir et le pouvoir et certains rapports de force engendr?s au sein de l’institution universitaire.

Cette forme de mobilisation du savoir qui ?tait utilis?e pour r?duire les esclaves au silence pendant la colonie est ? l’origine de la crise actuelle d’Ha?ti. Elle est ? l’origine de la pauvret? et de la crise politique ha?tien. Outre le fait qu’elle emp?che les citoyens de partager le savoir avec les citoyens, elle freine la recherche scientifique, contribue ? provoquer la disqualification des individus et ? entra?ner la formation d’une soci?t? de masse dont les membres sont sans rep?re. Les gens deviennent pauvres et contestants, car ils sont d?poss?d?s de tout savoir pratique et de toute initiative sur leur milieu. De plus, ils tendent ? s’opposer ? leurs dirigeants qui appliquent des connaissances qui diff?rent de celles qui existent dans leur soci?t?. Il ne leur reste alors qu’? manifester dans les rues pour montrer leurs d?sarrois. C’est ainsi qu’une crise de la connaissance se transforme en une crise politique sans issue, car sans la connaissance, personne ne sait quoi faire.

Le constat est que la crise s’envenime quand les jeunes vont massivement ? l’universit?, car l’?ducation re?ue les porte ? m?priser les r?alit?s qu’ils sont en train de vivre et ? d?laisser la r?flexion scientifique sur le potentiel du pays. Les g?n?rations pass?es refuseront de relire les textes qu’ils avaient ignor?s et qu’ils ont consid?r?s comme inf?rieurs par rapport aux textes produits dans les autres soci?t?s. De ce fait, ils ne parviennent pas ? produire de nouvelles r?flexions m?me s’ils se montrent tr?s brillants en mobilisant les textes qu’ils ont lus dans les pays ?trangers. Il n’existe pas un manque de connaissance, mais une crise du mod?le de production de la connaissance qui exige une refonte du syst?me ?ducatif en Ha?ti.

Actuellement, les gens manifestent dans les rues contre un gouvernement d?pass? par la situation. Ils ne peuvent rentrer dans leurs foyers, relancer leurs activit?s de production et r?cup?rer une partie de leur autonomie que s’ils sont en mesure ? la fois de reconstituer leurs connaissances sur le milieu et de produire leurs propres id?es sur le processus social. Que l’on se garde de demander ? des intellectuels de retourner vers une litt?rature qu’ils ont appris ? ignorer. Que l’on se garde d’exiger que les agents de l’?tat relisent les textes, exercice qu’ils n’ont jamais appris ? faire pendant leur p?riode de scolarit?. Quand cet ?ge est d?j? pass?, il est trop tard. Les gens sont d?j? coup?s de la r?alit? et ont d?j? cultiv? des pr?jug?s qui ne dispara?tront pas du jour au lendemain. La r?ponse viendra certainement de l’?cole et de l’universit?.

Dans ces espaces, les jeunes pourront commencer ? lire les textes produits sur leur soci?t? et ? s’int?resser ? la recherche scientifique sur les produits existant dans leur milieu. En critiquant et en commentant les textes, ils apprennent ? donner leurs propres propositions. En apprenant ? observer leur milieu, ils sauront comment orienter la recherche scientifique et valoriser le potentiel du pays. ? ce moment, ils ne seront plus d?sarm?s si une difficult? survient en Ha?ti. La perspective d’un tel changement montre que la soci?t? ha?tienne peut d?passer la crise de la connaissance qui semble aujourd’hui insurmontable selon la tradition coloniale de la connaissance qui domine actuellement en Ha?ti.

Fr?d?ric G?rald Ch?ry

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Jamaica Moves in Communities revitalised Loop Jamaica

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The content originally appeared on: Jamaica News Loop News

The Ministry of Health and Wellness is renewing its Jamaica Moves in Communities initiative as part of the ongoing thrust to curtail the prevalence of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) among Jamaicans.

The initiative focuses on promoting the consumption of healthy foods, regular physical activity, and preventive health management at the community level.

It is an offshoot of the Jamaica Moves campaign, which aims to establish a multi-sectoral partnership to advance the promotion of healthy lifestyle practices.

These include healthy eating, physical activity and annual or age-appropriate health checks.

The promotion of mental wellness and the prevention of substance use are also significant aspects of the programme.

A forum was held recently at the Altamont Court Hotel in New Kingston, which focused on coordinating efforts and resources to support the expansion and implementation of comprehensive and targeted health promotion programmes across communities island-wide.

The event was attended by representatives from the public and private sectors, non-governmental organisations (NGOs), and faith-based and civil society groups.

State Minister in the Health Ministry, Juliet Cuthbert-Flynn, who addressed the session, said strengthening community action is key in promoting healthy lifestyle at the national level.

She said the ministry intends to collaborate with various stakeholders to drive public health policy and create supportive environments in the fight against NCDs.

“Poor nutrition, heightened by excessive consumption of salts, fats, along with an inactive lifestyle, are notable risk factors for NCDs. In other words, they are preventable, and if we are to build a healthier Jamaica, we must have all hands on deck,” the state minister said.

She cited the Jamaica Health and Lifestyle Survey (2016-2017), which showed that one in three Jamaicans, 15 years and older, suffers from hypertension; one in eight Jamaicans is diabetic; while four out of 10 Jamaicans with either diabetes or hypertension are unaware of their status.

At the same time, more than half of the population is either pre-obese or obese, especially among persons 35 to 64 years old.

“This increases the risk of cancer, heart disease, stroke and diabetes by 20 to 30 per cent. In Jamaica, 12 per cent of deaths is caused by physical inactivity,” Cuthbert Flynn pointed out.

She said 82 per cent of Jamaicans are engaged in low-level physical activity; 16 per cent are engaged in moderate activity; and only two per cent are engaged in high-level physical activity.

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Visiting Ethiopian prince hails Jamaica as a vibrant democracy Loop Jamaica

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Visiting President of the Crown Council of Ethiopia, Prince Ermias Sahle Selassie, has hailed Jamaica as a vibrant democracy and a good example for other countries.

“Democracies evolve and the Jamaican experience of different people, one nation is something that will resonate in any nation, and this is the challenge we hope that Africa can learn from,” he said.

The prince, who is the grandson of Emperor Haile Selassie I, arrived in Jamaica on Thursday, October 13. He is Jamaica’s special guest for National Heritage Week.

The prince said it is a special privilege for him to be in the room where his grandfather spoke several years ago.

“It’s a room I have witnessed on video only, during my grandfather’s address to the nation, so I feel a part of that history, and I am especially delighted that I have been invited to Jamaica by the Government,” he said.

He thanked Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Olivia Grange, and all who worked to make his visit possible.

“I look forward to further exchanges, and I want to thank the people of Jamaica for having given me this opportunity, and of course, thank you for giving me this chance to speak,” he said in the Senate.

Deputy Leader of Government Business in the Senate and Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Aubyn Hill, welcomed the visiting delegation, noting that Jamaica and Ethiopia share very strong and long ties.

“I am very pleased to be here today to see our visiting guest addressing us in Parliament as his grandfather did so amazingly, historically well in 1966,” Hill said.

President of the Senate, Tom Tavares-Finson (right), converses with President of the Crown Council of Ethiopia, Prince Ermias Sahle Selassie, while taking the prince on a tour of the Houses of Parliament on Friday. Prince Ermias is Jamaica’s special guest for National Heritage Week. His wife, Princess Woizero Saba Kebede, is also the trip.

In welcoming the prince and his delegation, Leader of Opposition Business in the Senate, Peter Bunting, also noted the ties the nations share.

“We recognise the powerful, historical and cultural ties that we have with your country and, indeed, more broadly, with the continent of Africa. We hope that you will enjoy your visit, and that you will continue to have good relations with the Government and people of Jamaica,” he said.

Senate President Tom Tavares-Finson noted that he and Opposition Senator Lambert Brown were students at Jamaica College when Emperor Haile Selassie I visited the school in 1966.

“So, it holds special importance for us that you are here today,” Tavares-Finson told the prince.

Prior to his address in the Upper House, the prince met the president of the Senate, Senate members; Speaker of the House of Representatives, Marisa Dalrymple Philibert, and Clerk of the Houses of Parliament, Valrie Curtis.

The prince is accompanied on his trip to Jamaica by his wife, Princess Woizero Saba Kebede.

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Police Seize Gun, Tactical Vest & Extended Magazines In Marchand – St. Lucia Times News

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About 11:30 am on Friday, October 14, 2022, a joint operation involving the Criminal Investigations Department Castries and Gros Islet, Bicycle Patrol Unit, Special Services Unit, Central Police Station and Drug Unit, was conducted in Marchand, Castries.

A Warrant to Search for Property was executed on a residence therein and the officers recovered the following items:

One .380 Barretta cal.6421
Six Glock selector switches
Two 30 round extended magazines
One Tactical Vest

One male was arrested in connection with the seizure for suspicion of having committed the following offenses:

1. Manufacturing of Prohibited Component Parts of a Firearm to with Selector Switches2. Possession of Prohibited Component Parts of a Firearm3. Possession of an Illegal Firearm under Section 21(a) of the FirearmsAmended Act of Saint Lucia No.18 of 2022.4. Violating Customs regulations

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Following the search two males were arrested for Obstruction during a Police Operation, Resisting Arrest and Assaulting a Police Officer during the Lawful Execution of their Duties.

All three remain in police custody pending charging. An update will be provided in due course.

SOURCE: Royal Saint Lucia Police Force/SLT. Headline photo: Officer takes part in police operation (File photo)

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Lil Baby, La La Anthony Helping Rikers Island Inmates Turn Life Around

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Rapper Lil Baby has joined reality tv star and actress La La Anthony on her Rikers Island jail outreach.

On Friday, the actress shared that Lil Baby chose to accompany her to Rikers Island to talk to inmates instead of celebrating his latest album release. “Can’t say thank you enough to @lilbaby his album dropped today & he could have been anywhere but he wanted to be at Rikers Island with me & Pastor Tim talking to the young men there about his experience and how he changed his life,” La la said in a caption of several photos of herself with Lil Baby and her son.

“It was so POWERFUL. a day none of us will ever forget. im forever grateful for his help changing lives,” she added.

Earlier this week, La La Anthony received high praise from prison authorities for working on a program to mentor young men in Rikers Island between the ages of 18-21 years of age to help them to work on their confidence and self-esteem so they can reintegrate back into society.

Correctional officers have also praised La la for the work she was doing, especially as many of the inmates were receptive to the work she was doing.

In the photos La La shared, she is seen posing with Lil Baby, Pastor Tim, and her son Kiyan Anthony who also accompanied her.

La La’s best friend Kim Kardashian also reposted her Instagram post as she shared a little on La La’s work with inmates, which has largely been kept low-key.

“I have to highlight my best friend! @lala has spent hours and hours inside Rikers Island over the last few months spending time when young men who are incarcerated and helping to give them advice and not only teaching them but coming home with a heavy heart and learning so much herself,” Kardashian wrote.

“I love you for fighting this fight and being such an inspiration to me and somany others!” she added.

La La also responded with an emotional message to Kardashian, who is also a prison reform advocate.

“Your gonna make me cry. I love you so much. Thank you for all your hard work to change lives as well. Can’t wait for your amazing future as a lawyer! The best lawyer!” she added.

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Frédéric Stanley Jean-Baptiste incarcéré au centre pénitentiaire de Rémire-Montjoly Guyaweb, site d’information et d’investigation en Guyane

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Après 96 heures placées en garde à vue (1), un déférement devant le procureur et une audience devant le juge des libertés et de la détention, celui-ci a décidé à 20 h30 passées de signer une ordonnance de mise en détention provisoire à l’encontre de Frédéric Stanley Jean-Baptiste qui passera donc en prison la nuit et les suivantes au moins jusqu’au procès prévu mardi après-midi… Explications. Né le 11 janvier 1992 à Cayenne, Frédéric Stanley Jean-Baptiste, 29 ans et demi dormira à la prison de Rémire-Montjoly à partir de ce soir et au moins jusqu’à mardi jour de son procès…

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NACTA: UNC needs to change leadership

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The content originally appeared on: Trinidad and Tobago Newsday

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Opposition Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar

THE Opposition UNC will need to change its current leadership and form an alliance with other political parties if it hopes to defeat the PNM in the 2025 general election. Unless both of these things happen, the PNM is likely to retain power from 2025-2030.

These were the findings of the latest North American Caribbean Teachers Association (NACTA) survey, which was released on Friday.

In June after being re-elected as UNC leader in the party’s internal elections, Opposition Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar said the party was open to new alliances to remove the PNM.

Persad-Bissessar has pledged to lead the UNC back into government.

The survey interviewed 520 voters randomly to represent the demographics of the population.

According to the survey, NACTA said, “The PNM and UNC are at a statistical dead heat in popular support at 34 per cent. But the UNC trails in projected seats in the 41-seat Parliament.”

Despite the PNM’s unpopularity with voters (including some of its traditional supporters who want political change), NACTA said the UNC and other political parties opposed to the PNM do not attract voters’ interest.

Floating voters, people who support no political party, describe the UNC as a turnoff because they say it is “saddled with too many tainted characters.”

NACTA said if the UNC were to transform itself under credible leadership and form an alliance similar to the National Alliance for Reconstruction (NAR) of 1986, it could defeat the PNM in the next general election. In that election, the NAR defeated the PNM 33-3.

The NAR subsequently collapsed as a result of internal political strife and lost to the PNM in the 1991 general election.

NACTA said the survey found that while the UNC has gained one per cent more support from people who supported the PNM in the August 10, 2020 general election “its traditional support has been whittling away.”

The survey, NACTA continued, showed people who voted for the UNC in 2020 will not vote for the party in 2025 because they are not attracted to the quality of people in its leadership. In terms of attracting critical floating-voter support to capture key marginal constituencies such as San Fernando West and St Joseph, NACTA said the UNC is unattractive to these voters.

NACTA claimed the PNM has been been gaining ground in the marginal seats of Pointe-a-Pierre, Chaguanas East, Barataria/San Juan and Moruga/Tableland, which are held by the UNC.

“Voters are of the view that all four UNC-held seats are imperilled while none of the four PNM-held marginals is under threat, strengthening the PNM’s hold on government for another term.”

UNC founder and former prime minister Basdeo Panday is among the people who voters believe can give the party a chance to win a future general election. Panday has publicly disassociated himself from the UNC, saying it is no longer the party he founded in 1988.

Oropouche East MP and UNC deputy leader Dr Roodal Moonilal and former UNC MPs Dr Fuad Khan and Vasant Bharath are other people who voters believe could restore credibility to the party.

After losing to Persad-Bissessar in the UNC’s internal elections in June, Khan decided to retire from active politics, saying he saw no future for the UNC while Persad-Bissessar remains its leader.

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More than 1,300 Venezuelans receive their passports

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Yanetzis Da Costa, Alfredo Bastidas, Katiuska Pantoja and Lizardis Navarro show their Venezuelan passports delivered by their country’s embassy in Port of Spain. Photo by Grevic Alvarado

OVER 1,300 Venezuelans received their passports for their home country this week at the Venezuelan embassy, Victoria Avenue, Port of Spain.

Venezuelan Katiuska Pantoja, who came to TT 14 years ago, received her passport on Thursday, which she needed for legal proceedings here.

“I am really happy I can have my passport. It was several months of waiting but it was worth it,” said Pantoja.

She is speeding up her paperwork to obtain Trinidadian residency. She needed a valid Venezuelan passport to continue the procedures.

Pantoja had two options for her passport: new or an extension. Both can be valid for five or ten years.

“The attention they gave us at the embassy was good. Both at the appointment and at the delivery of the passport they explain each step of the process to the person,” she said.

Álvaro Sánchez Cordero, the Venezuelan ambassador, told Newsday all the staff working at the embassy had been working tirelessly since the printed passports arrived from Caracas.

Cordero said the Venezuelans must first register on the website of the Administrative Service for Identification, Migration and Immigration of Venezuela (SAIME in Spanish). Depending on the country where the person is located, they will then request an appointment at their embassy.

“The appointment is confirmed by the electronic system, people come to present their identity documents, take their photo, signature and fingerprints to confirm the issuance process.”

Venezuelan passports have different prices for varying applications (extension or new), for adults or children, and the duration of the document.

According to data from the SAIME website, the passport extension process costs US$102.7. In the case of new passports with three years of validity, it costs US$ 102.7. For a document with five years of validity, in this case for children, it costs US$154. The price for a passport with a validity of ten years is US$205.57.

More than 1,300 passports arrived this week at the Venezuelan embassy in Port of Spain. Photo by Grevic Alvarado

Cordero said this week 1,203 new passports between adults and children arrived at TT, as well as 99 extensions.

He said passport appointments were suspended owing to the pandemic, but since they resumed in June 2021, “we have received 1,928 new passports with an expiration time of ten years, and 426 extensions.”

Cordero said they will continue with applications to issue new passports and extensions. The next batch of Venezuelan passports is expected to arrive at TT in early 2023.

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West Indies, Sri Lanka favoured in T20 World Cup’s first round Loop Barbados

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The content originally appeared on: Barbados News

BRISBANE, Australia (AP) — West Indies are the only team to win the Twenty20 World Cup twice, and 2014 champion Sri Lanka are the only three-time finalist in the championship for international cricket’s shortest format.

Even with those credentials, two of the game’s traditional entertainers are having to go through a preliminary stage with the lower-ranked teams to earn a spot in the T20 World Cup’s main round.

The tournament before the tournament starts Sunday, with Sri Lanka, coming off victory in the Asia Cup, opening Group A against Namibia at Kardinia Park in Geelong, west of Melbourne.

Nicholas Pooran will lead his West Indies lineup out against Scotland at Hobart in Group B on Monday, about the same time defending champion Australia have a scheduled practice match against India, the inaugural T20 champions in 2007.

“As a group we’re doing well, putting our ego aside, trying to move toward a team plan,” Pooran said after his team lost a two-game warmup series against Australia last week in Queensland state. “By the time of the World Cup … we’ll be ready.”

Provided the West Indies and Sri Lanka finish in the top two in their four-team groups next week, they’ll join the top eight-ranked teams in the Super 12 stage. That kicks off Oct. 22 with a 2021 final rematch between Australia and New Zealand in Sydney and features another intense derby the following day in Melbourne between India and Pakistan.

Jos Buttler’s England squad starts its bid to become dual white-ball world champions — they want to add the T20 trophy to their 50-over World Cup title in 2019 — against Afghanistan on Oct. 22. South Africa, aiming for their first global limited-overs cricket title of any kind, and Bangladesh are the other two teams already qualified.

The Australians have had less than a year to savor their first T20 world title, overcoming a group-stage loss to England and hot-and-cold form in the preparation phase to beat Pakistan in the semifinals and New Zealand in the final last November.

The 2022 final is scheduled for Nov. 13, two years after Australia were originally scheduled to host the tournament before it was postponed because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

ROUND ONE

The first phase includes eight teams seeded into two groups, with the top two advancing to the Super 12s and maintaining a shot at the title.

A Sri Lanka lineup led by Dasun Shanaka and featuring leg-spinner allrounder Wanindu Hasaranga should dominate Group A, which contains Netherlands and United Arab Emirates as well as Namibia. Group B is likely to be a tougher contest, with Ireland and Zimbabwe joining West Indies and Scotland.

It’s been 10 years since the West Indies won their first T20 championship and Pooran is determined to make it back to the playoffs after a disappointing group-stage exit last year at the tournament played in United Arab Emirates and Oman but officially hosted by India.

Johnson Charles was a young batter in that winning squad in 2012, was also involved in the 2016 title and now he’s back as a veteran.

“Ten years later it’s about trying to make it happen again for the people of the West Indies,” he said. “It feels good to be back and be part of the team as we look to make it three in 10 years. No other team has won it twice, so we have a rich legacy.”

The Windies showed some flashes of brilliance in a warmup series against Australia earlier this month before losing both games. Wicketkeeper-batter Pooran’s form will be crucial to the success of his team, along with top-order batter Brandon King and the bowling group containing paceman and former skipper Jason Holder and left-arm spinner Akeal Hosein.

Scotland have had limited opportunities for match time since making the Super 12s for the first time at the last tournament and will likely struggle against the more experienced teams.

Zimbabwe won five consecutive games to top the World T20 qualifying tournament on home soil and returns to the global event for the first time since 2016. First-round rivals will be wary given Zimbabwe’s history of producing upset results, including a five-wicket win over Australia at the inaugural event.

Zimbabwe open Monday in Hobart against Ireland, which had some narrow losses to India and New Zealand in white-ball series before edging Afghanistan 3-2 in a T20 series at home in August.

“We’ve had some great battles against Afghanistan, but I think this one was especially significant given the format,” Ireland wicketkeeper-batter Lorcan Tucker said. “To turn the past on its head and get a series win just before a World Cup was pretty inspiring.”

RULE CHANGES

Timing is everything with the new regulations introduced since the last T20 World Cup — the biggest being the in-match penalty for slow over-rates.

The failure of the fielding team to bowl their scheduled overs on time now leads to an additional fielder being forced inside the in-field circle for the remaining overs of the innings. That can leave some wide-open spaces in the outfield just when batters are trying to slog boundaries.

Also, there’ll be no more wires crossed when it comes to which batter takes strike after a catch is completed. Under the old rules, if the batters crossed before the ball was caught, the new player to the crease could go to the non-striker’s end. Under the revision, the incoming batter must always go to the striker’s end. That nullifies one of potential tactic of getting an in-form batter on strike during partnerships with tail-enders.

In other changes, umpires will have the authority to award five penalty runs to the batting seem if a fielder is deemed to have moved unfairly or deliberately distracted a batter while the bowler is in the run-up phase; and run-out regulations have been clarified to remove the “unfair play” section — and any ambiguity — when it comes to bowlers running-out batters who are out of their ground at the non-striker’s end.

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Filmmaker De Bree: ‘Verhaal koloniale geschiedenis anders vertellen’

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De relatie tussen de Suriname en Nederland fascineert Olivier de Bree (35) al sinds zijn tienertijd. In 2017 besloot deze

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