Chol?ra et p?nuries, Ha?ti s’enfonce dans une autre crise

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C’est confirm? par les plus hautes autorit?s le dimanche 2 octobre 2022, Ha?ti vient de conna?tre ses premiers d?c?s suite au chol?ra et plusieurs patients sont hospitalis?s provenant de quartiers tr?s peupl?s de la r?gion m?tropolitaine de Port-au-Prince.

<< Le minist?re de la Sant? publique et de la Population informe la population de la d?tection d’un cas confirm? de chol?ra ? Savanne Pistache/ Decayette dans la commune de Port au Prince et de cas suspects ? Brooklyn dans la commune de Cit? Soleil”, selon une note de la direction g?n?rale du MSPP.

Le directeur g?n?ral du MSPP, le Dr Laur? Adrien, a pr?cis? qu’il y a deux foyers infectieux identifi?s ? Brooklyn ? Cit? Soleil et ? Decayette ? Carrefour Feuille. Ces deux foyers ont d?j? provoqu? entre 7 et 8 d?c?s.”

Malheureusement, a-t-il expliqu?, ces d?c?s sont survenus dans les communaut?s, c’est pourquoi nous n’avons pas de chiffres exacts.

Ce n’est pas encore une ?pid?mie comme celle apparue en octobre 2010 qui avait tu? plus de dix mille personnes et affect? plus de huit cent mille, mais ce retour d’une maladie hydrique, qui avait ?t? officiellement ?radiqu?e du territoire apr?s trois ans sans aucun cas, est une tr?s mauvaise nouvelle.

Pour contenir toute ?ventuelle flamb?e, le Dr Jean William Pape, responsable des centres Gheskio, a appel?, en ces temps de crise, ? l’?tablissement d’un couloir humanitaire pour soigner les malades qui sont dans des communaut?s pr?caires.

Pour le Dr Pape, la crise ?nerg?tique, l’absence d’acc?s ? l’eau potable, la difficult? de se procurer les intrants pour traiter l’eau, l’incapacit? ? ?vacuer les d?chets, constituent un terreau fertile ? la r?surgence du chol?ra que les professionnels de sant? en Ha?ti savent soigner.

L’annonce du retour du chol?ra, dimanche 2 octobre, intervient le m?me jour qu’une autre annonce. Celle de la soci?t? Culligan, le plus ancien et plus important fournisseur d’eau trait?e du pays, arr?te ses activit?s de traitement et de vente d’eau potable faute de carburant pour pouvoir poursuivre ses op?rations.

La Caribbean Bottling Company (CBC), embouteilleur de l’eau Culligan, peut-on lire dans une note <>.

<>, selon Culligan.

La compagnie Culligan qui s’arr?te de travailler n’est que la pointe de l’iceberg. Depuis des semaines, les uns apr?s les autres, les petits producteurs et transporteurs d’eau ?taient dans l’impossibilit? de produire ou de livrer de l’eau ? domicile o? dans les ?choppes qui vendent le pr?cieux liquide. Toujours ? cause de l’indisponibilit? de carburant ou des routes bloqu?es.

Le chol?ra revient en Ha?ti ? un moment o? les Ha?tiens boivent n’importe quelle eau faute de mieux. Les produits pour traiter l’eau sont tout aussi rares que le carburant apr?s des semaines de blocage des ports et centres de stockage des produits p?troliers sous les yeux impuissants des autorit?s.

En quelques mots, le dimanche 2 octobre 2022, la personnalit? la plus connue de la Digicel, principale compagnie de t?l?communications en Ha?ti, Maarten Boute, a d?crit sur Twitter un tableau de la situation actuelle d’Ha?ti comme il le fait p?riodiquement : <>, a-t-il tweet?, ? quelques heures de la r?ouverture officielle des classes et de l’ann?e judiciaire.

Le tweet de Maarten Boute intervient au moment o?, autour de 18 heures, ce dimanche 2 octobre, des rafales d’armes automatiques ?taient entendues autour du terminal de Varreux. <>, a confi? au journal Le Nouvelliste une source proche de l’industrie p?troli?re.

Ces derniers jours, il y a eu pas moins de cinq op?rations des forces de l’ordre pour essayer de briser l’?tau qui enserre le principal de centre de stockage de produits p?troliers du pays, assi?g? par des gangs qui r?clament le d?part du premier Ariel Henry. Aucune des op?rations n’a ?t? couronn?e de succ?s.

<>, a poursuivi cette source qui promet d’informer le journal en cas d’?volution alors que le fil des messages WhatsApp permet de dimensionner l’impact de la violence, de l’aggravation de la crise ?nerg?tique sur presque tous les secteurs d’activit?s.

Les banques priv?es ont d?cid? ce week-end d’ouvrir leurs guichets aux clients que trois jours par semaine faute de carburant pour op?rer et ? cause des difficult?s de plus en plus grandes que rencontre leur personnel pour venir travailler.

<>, peut-on lire dans une note de presse.

Les messages d’institutions qui, les unes apr?s les autres, annoncent leur fermeture ou la r?duction de leurs activit?s c?toient les images de routes bloqu?es dans la r?gion m?tropolitaine et en province.

La Conf?rence ha?tienne des religieux, dans une note interne consult?e par Le Nouvelliste, demande aux ?coles congr?ganistes de <>.

Selon cette note en date du 28 septembre, il est ?galement demand? ? ces ?coles de <>.

Les ?coles catholiques repr?sentent 15% de l’offre scolaire en Ha?ti, selon un document de la Conf?rence ha?tienne des religieux consult? par Le Nouvelliste.

Entretemps, le dimanche 2 octobre, l’institution Saint-Louis de Gonzague, l’un des plus prestigieux ?tablissements d’?ducation du pays, a annonc? qu’elle ne re?oit pas d’?l?ves ce 3 octobre et ce jusqu’? nouvel ordre.

<>, peut-on lire dans cette note sign?e du D+S Fr?re Simon Alphonse, directeur.

Il y aussi d’autres ?coles non publiques qui sont dans l’expectative. Face ? l’impossibilit? de travailler in situ, d’autres options sont envisag?es, a expliqu? une source qui met en avant les contraintes ?nerg?tiques qui impactent tout le monde.

Le minist?re de l’?ducation nationale et de la Formation professionnelle (MENFP) prend note des diff?rents appels ?manant d’institutions ?ducatives et de diff?rents secteurs de la population appelant ? un climat s?curitaire et un meilleur cadre devant faciliter les d?placements des ?coliers, des parents et des enseignants pour la rentr?e des classes, selon une note de presse du minist?re ? l’occasion du 3 octobre.

<>, a indiqu? la note de presse.

<>, selon cette note.

Fleuron des supermarch?s, la Caribbean Supermarket, a annonc? ce dimanche qu’en raison de la s?v?re crise de carburant ? laquelle fait face le pays, la direction est contrainte d’adopter un horaire sp?cial de fonctionnement jusqu’? la r?gularisation de l’approvisionnement. A partir de ce lundi 3 octobre 2022, La Caribbean ouvre ses portes du Lundi au Samedi de 8h a.m. ? 4h p.m et le dimanche de 8h am. ? 2h p.m.

Dans un autre avis, c’est une entreprise de ramassage d’ordures, la Ampo Services S.A. qui indique qu’elle se voit dans l’obligation d’arr?ter ses services de ramassage ? partir du 16 Octobre 2022. Ceci est d? ? : l’impossibilit? de trouver du carburant, l’impossibilit? d’arriver chez les clients et aussi l’impossibilit? d’arriver aux diff?rents sites de d?charges dans la zone m?tropolitaine, peut-on lire dans cet avis, un ?ni?me parmi tant d’autres qui illustrent l’asphyxie des entreprises et la descente aux enfers des communaut?s qui devront d?sormais composer avec la r?surgence du chol?ra.

Le plus important supermarch? qui r?duit ses heures d’ouverture illustre la situation d’un secteur qui doit composer avec des rayons d?garnis et l’impossibilit? de g?n?rer de l’?lectricit? faute de diesel pour garder au frais les aliments. Ce qui est vrai pour l’entreprise priv?e de ramassage de d?tritus l’est aussi pour le service public de collecte des r?sidus solides. C’est dans les rues sales, les maisons priv?es qui gardent leur fatras et dans une ville qui a des difficult?s ? trouver de l’eau de qualit? que le chol?ra fait son retour.

<>, d’apr?s un communiqu? de l’ONU.

<>, poursuit le communiqu?.

A cause de la rupture de ses r?serves de carburant, Nreca a ferm? depuis plus d’une semaine la centrale ?lectrique qui alimente le parc industriel de Caracol qui emploie 12 000 personnes.

Vendredi, des pillages au parc industriel de Codevi, ont occasionn? la fermeture temporaire de cet autre parc ? Ouanaminthe qui donne du travail ? 20 000 personnes dont 18 000 Ha?tiens. Cette situation est catastrophique pour cette industrie.

Elle l’est tout aussi pour les petites entreprises, se d?sole une source proche de l’ADIH interrog?e par Le Nouvelliste. Des parcs industriels au niveau de la zone m?tropolitaine, comme celui de Digneron, ? Croix-des-Bouquets, qui ?taient impact?s par l’ins?curit?, sont maintenant frapp?s de plein fouet par la crise du carburant. Les rares usines qui ont encore un peu de stock, fonctionnent au ralenti, avec un personnel r?duit.

<>, a confi? le manager d’une usine qui s’inqui?te de l’impact des difficult?s rencontr?es ces temps sur les commandes que placeront les donneurs d’ordre en janvier 2023.

<>, a ajout? cette source.

Sur le plan politique, rien ne bouge. C’est l’ind?cision. <>, a tweet? le 1er octobre l’ex-pr?sident provisoire, Jocelerme Privert. C’est son ?ni?me appel ? trouver une solution pour stopper la descente aux enfers.

Si l’ancien pr?sident communique p?riodiquement, les acteurs politiques de l’opposition et le gouvernement m?nent silencieusement leurs batailles qui conduisent Ha?ti et les Ha?tiens aux portes de l’enfer, ce lundi 3 octobre 2022.

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15-y-o student from Spanish Town gone missing in Half-Way Tree Loop Jamaica

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An Ananda Alert has been activated and a search is on for 14-year-old Micheal Murray of Spanish Town, St Catherine, who has been missing since Monday, October 3.

He is of brown complexion, medium build and is about 152 centimetres (five feet) tall.

Reports from the Spanish Town police are that about 3pm, Micheal was last seen in Half-Way Tree, St Andrew wearing a khaki suit of clothing.

He has not been heard from since then.

Anyone knowing the whereabouts of Micheal Murray is being asked to contact the Spanish Town police at 876-984-2305, the police 119 emergency number, or the nearest police station.

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Man Hospitalised After Suffering Electric Shock In Castries – St. Lucia Times News

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A Saint Lucia Fire Service (SLFS) ambulance transported a thirty-two-year-old man to the OKEU Hospital after a report that he suffered an electric shock at Patterson’s Gap, Castries.

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POSTUUM — ‘Standvastige’ Jules Walker bleef De Arend trouw tot de dood

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Cap-Ha?tien: des manifestants ? nouveau dans les rues contre Ariel Henry

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Moins d’une semaine apr?s le pillage des locaux d’un supermarch? au Cap-Ha?tien, des manifestants ont saccag?, ce lundi 3 octobre 2022, une succursale du magasin Valerio Canez au centre-ville du Cap-Ha?tien. L’intervention de la police a emp?ch? le pillage complet du magasin. Plusieurs mat?riels ?lectrom?nagers ont ?t? emport?s en d?but d’apr?s-midi. En d?pit de la pr?sence d’une patrouille polici?re, des manifestants visiblement violents ont ?t? remarqu?s aux abords imm?diats du magasin. Ils ont prof?r? des menaces aux journalistes pr?sents sur les lieux, qui selon eux, seraient des <> du Premier ministre Ariel contest?. Voulant continuer avec le pillage du magasin, les individus n’ont pas dig?r? les photos et vid?os des journalistes.

En effet, la ville a connu une journ?e de turbulences avec dans un premier temps, dans la matin?e, une manifestation regroupant des protestataires v?tus d’uniforme d’?coles. Ces jeunes manifestants ont pris position contre la rentr?e officielle des classes qui ?tait pr?vue ce lundi 3 octobre.

<>, ont d?nonc? les manifestants r?clamant la d?mission dans les meilleurs d?lais du premier ministre Ariel Henry.

<>, se demandait un manifestant.

La manifestation a imm?diatement cr?? une situation de panique ? leur arriv?e au centre-ville.

Des banques commerciales, des magasins ont d? pr?cipitamment fermer leurs portes ? l’annonce des manifestants <>, quoique pacifique.

Arriv?s aux pieds des monuments de Verti?res, deux autres groupes de manifestants r?unissant des milliers de personnes ont pris le relais.D?non?ant entres autres, l’ins?curit?, la hausse des prix et la non disponibilit? du carburant sur le march?, les manifestants ont aussi r?clam? le d?part du premier ministre Ariel Henry.

Aucun ?tablissement scolaire n’a ouvert ses portes, ce lundi, au Cap-Ha?tien et dans le reste du d?partement.

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Codevi red?marre ses op?rations

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Le parc industriel Codevi a red?marr? ses op?rations, a inform? une <>, lundi 3 octobre 2022. <>, peut-on lire dans cette d?claration.

<>, a poursuivi cette d?claration apr?s les ?v?nements de vendredi. La Compagnie de d?veloppement industriel (Codevi), via une note de presse transmise ? Le Nouvelliste par son responsable, Fernando Capellan, a inform? qu’elle ferme provisoirement le parc apr?s l’intrusion de <> qui ont <> des d?p?ts de nourriture et d?truit une partie des installations, jeudi 29 septembre 2022.

<>, peut-on lire dans cette note de presse.

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Ha?ti: la rentr?e scolaire avort?e

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La rentr?e scolaire n’a pas ?t? effective ? Port-au-Prince et dans les autres r?gions du pays. Fix?e au pr?alable au 5 septembre, report?e au 3 octobre, la rentr?e des classes a avort? ce lundi. La rue a ?t? une nouvelle fois clairsem?e. Un climat de peur s’?tablit un peu partout. Aucun ?l?ve en uniforme n’a pas ?t? remarqu?. Sauf devant le lyc?e national de P?tion-Ville o? des gens en uniforme organisaient une marche improvis?e pour critiquer les autorit?s du pouvoir qui n’ont pas pris leur responsabilit? pour faciliter la r?ouverture des classes. M?me le minist?re de l’?ducation nationale et de la Formation professionnelle (MENFP) n’a pas r?alis? sa traditionnelle rentr?e.

Les ?coles priv?es, eux aussi, n’ont pas ouvert leurs portes. Le Coll?ge Catts Pressoir demande aux parents de garder leurs enfants ? la maison. Idem pour la direction de l’Institution Saint-Louis de Gonzague. “Apr?s une large consultation aupr?s de la communaut? saint-louisienne: parents, professeurs, personnels administratifs et de soutien, la direction de l’Institution Saint-Louis de Gonzague vous informe qu’elle ne re?oit pas d’?l?ves le 3 octobre 2022 et cela jusqu’? nouvel ordre”, peut-on lire dans une note publi?e par l’institution.

La Direction du Coll?ge Canado-Ha?tien, quant ? elle, a inform? les ?l?ves du report de la messe d’accueil des ?l?ves de 7e A.F, ? une date ult?rieure qui leur sera communiqu?e, en temps opportun.

Dans la capitale, toutes les activit?s sont une nouvelle fois paralys?es pour un quatri?me d?but de semaine cons?cutive. Depuis plusieurs mois, le pays fait face ? une crise de carburant et la population se r?volte contre la hausse des prix des produits p?troliers par le gouvernement. Une trentaine d’?coles ont ?t? victimes d’actes de vandalisme durant les mouvements de protestation.

Alors que le minist?re de l’?ducation nationale n’a pas annonc? le report de la rentr?e scolaire, les ?coles publiques gardent leurs portes ferm?es.

Rentr?e scolaire progressive et difficile, pr?voit le MENFP

Dans un communiqu? de presse, le minist?re de l’?ducation nationale et de la Formation professionnelle (MENFP) dit prendre note des diff?rents appels ?manant d’institutions ?ducatives et de diff?rents secteurs de la population appelant ? un climat s?curitaire et un meilleur cadre devant faciliter les d?placements des ?coliers, des parents et des enseignants pour la rentr?e des classes.

“Le MENFP reconna?t que la premi?re semaine du calendrier scolaire 2022-2023 d?marrant le 3 octobre sera difficile pour la relance des activit?s scolaires dans plusieurs endroits du pays et s’attend ? une rentr?e scolaire progressive et difficile”, a admis le MENFP, qui annonce que ce sujet a ?t? port? ? l’attention du Conseil du gouvernement du 2 octobre 2022 qui s’engage, une fois de plus, ? cr?er un cadre s?curitaire appropri? et un dispositif ad?quat afin de faciliter le d?placement de la population en g?n?ral et des ?coliers, en particulier.

Le MENFP en profite pour appeler au respect du <>, reconnues par les conventions internationales ratifi?es par Ha?ti.

“L’?cole, ?tant un bien public, doit ?tre sauvegard?e et pr?serv?e en tout temps. Il appartient ? tous les acteurs d’y contribuer pour le bien et le futur de nos enfants”, a motiv? le MENFP.

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More delay for Reid, Pinnock corruption case Loop Jamaica

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There has been a further delay in the fraud and corruption case involving former Education Minister, Ruel Reid, and former Caribbean Maritime University (CMU) President, Professor Fritz Pinnock.

The matter was set for mention again on January 9, 2023 when it was called up in the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court on Monday.

The men’s attorney, Hugh Wildman, confirmed the new date when he was contacted by Loop News.

With the mention date, Reid, Pinnock and Reid’s wife, Sharen; his daughter, Sharelle; and Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) Councillor for the Brown’s Town Division in St Ann, Kim Brown-Lawrence, all had their bails extended until next year.

In July, the parish court had heard that the trial in the case had been put on hold following an order by the Supreme Court.

The hold in the case is due to a judicial review hearing that has been scheduled for the matter, for which a date has now been set for February 6 and February 7 of next year.

Reid and Pinnock were successful in their application to get a judicial review of a February 2021 ruling by Chief Parish Judge, Chester Crooks, that the cases against the men should go to trial.

The accused men are contending that Crooks should have removed himself from the hearing of the case in the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court because he is a past student of Munro College in St Elizabeth, which Reid also attended.

Consequently, the accused are suggesting that Crooks should not have made any ruling in the case because of what they are contending was a conflict of interest on his part.

Accordingly, the men filed an application in the Supreme Court seeking leave to go to the Judicial Review Court to determine whether Crooks’ ruling should be quashed.

That decision was granted earlier last year.

Hugh Small, the attorney representing the Financial Investigations Division (FID), had made an application to allow the fraud trial to go ahead, despite the judicial review application being granted.

However, the Supreme Court, in March of this year, dismissed the FID’s attempt to have the trial proceed.

The FID, through its legal team, made an application to appeal that Supreme Court ruling, which was granted by another judge of the Supreme Court on Friday.

Reid, Pinnock and their co-accused were charged in October 2019 on allegations that millions of dollars were defrauded from both the Ministry of Education and the CMU.

Reid and Pinnock are facing the bulk of the charges. They are charged with breaches of the Corruption Prevention Act, conspiracy to defraud, misconduct in a public office at common law, and beaches of the Proceeds of Crime Act.

Sharen Reid and her daughter, as well as Brown-Lawrence, are all charged with possession of criminal property and conspiracy to defraud.

Wildman has long argued, even before Judge Crooks in December 2020, that the case against his clients should be dismissed because the FID Act does not empower the body to make arrests.

Wildman said the FID is purely an investigative body.

But Crooks disagreed with Wildman’s submissions.

Last November, the Court of Appeal refused both Reid and Pinnock leave to go to the United Kingdom Privy Council to seek to the have fraud charges against them dropped.

The accused were seeking to challenge the Financial Investigations (FID) Act in the Privy Council because the Supreme Court and later the Court of Appeal, ruled that both men should mount their legal challenges in the parish court.

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Eyewitness: Fighting…Venezuelan bullyism

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Here we go again!!! Venezuela’s kvetching that Pres Ali declared before the General Assembly last month: “In the matter of Guyana’s sovereignty and territorial integrity – challenged and threatened by Venezuela as it is, we remain – to quote the Secretary General at the opening of the General Debate yesterday – “committed to make the most of every diplomatic tool for the pacific settlement of disputes, as set out in the Charter of the United Nations.” The tool, of course, was “judicial settlement” – as recommended by the Secretary General!!

Can you imagine that?? Venezuela’s Maduro’s bitching that we used the forum – the UN system of which it’s a member along with some TWO HUNDRED OTHER COUNTRIES – to settle the controversy they precipitated back in 1962!! Payback’s a bitch!! At that time, ironically, it was conniving with the US that wanted to get rid of the PPP Government under Cheddi Jagan. It was another prong to the CIA-inspired riots unleashed in the country on Black Friday, Feb 16 1962!! Now the shoe’s on the other foot!! On our own, we’d taken refuge to the World Court back in March 2018 and it confirmed in 2020 that it had the jurisdiction! Now Venezuela had already officially complained that it doesn’t recognise the World Court’s jurisdiction…so what’s their point now??

The bottom line in 1962…and the bottom line now…is that it doesn’t matter who’s in power in Venezuela, it’s an article of faith to every man jack in that country that Essequibo is theirs!! It’s taught to every schoolchild…it’s in every book…on every map that Essequibo is their Zona Reclamacion…the zone to be reclaimed because they wuz robbed by the big, bad British back in 1899!! In the twists and turns of history, the Americans were then wary of British expansionism and they were the ones that arranged the Tribunal to begin with!! As the golden rule of International Affairs declares – there are no permanent friends or permanent enemies – just permanent interests.

So while we’re condemning Maduro for not holding elections and keeping their Opposition out, let’s be reminded that it doesn’t matter who heads that opposition – capitalist Guido or communist Maduro!! If either gets into power, they’ll use that power to try annexing Essequibo!! And let’s not forget that they have the largest oil reserves in the WORLD – THREE HUNDRED BILLION compared to our 11 billion. If an American-friendly Government takes over, who’d you think the US is gonna back if push comes to shove?? Interests baby, interests!!

Anyhow, our Opposition should be issuing very strong statements condemning Venezuelan bullyism. Jagan did back in the day – even though Burnham had just pulled off one of his several election riggings!!Let’s hear it Aubrey…all for one (Guyana) and one (Guyana) for all!!

…the outside provocateurs

Let’s face it…while your Eyewitness thinks overseas Guyanese also want what’s best for Guyana, because they’re not here to live with the consequences of some of their suggestions, you’d hope they’d be a bit more circumspect in their advice. Why would some push for a return to “slow fyaah; mo’ fyaah”?? Even a return of the “freedom fighters”?!! Did those strategies fix whatever it was the PNC was complaining about back then?? Aren’t those the identical complaints being ventilated now? “Discrimination”…”marginalization”…”ethnic cleansing”…”elections rigging””??But in addition to not fixing the problems, have our outside peeps considered the EFFECTS of those strategies on the PPP’s AND PNC’s constituencies?? Hasn’t Guyana lost a whole generation on the killing fields of Georgetown and the East Coast – from both sides of the divide?? Does the “satisfaction” of saying “me gie dem good!!” justify the callusing of the moral fibre of those who were recruited to do the killing – on both sides of the divide??Some said, “Not in my name”.

…corruption

Surely the PPP Government can’t be surprised at the crescendo of corruption complaints. With more money flooding the system – and human nature remaining the same mixture of the sacred and the profane – what else can be expected.But forewarned should’ve been “forearmed”!!

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Jamaicans linked to gang violence surge in Turks and Caicos Loop Jamaica

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Governor of the Turks and Caicos Islands Nigel John Dakin has addressed the House of Assembly in connection with the surge in gang violence in the territory.

Efforts are being made to end the ongoing crime situation, which, he said, is related to Jamaican gangs and serious transnational crime.

In a bid to get control of the situation, the governor stated firearms specialists from the UK arrived on Sunday’s British Airways flight and were at work Monday with the TCI’s Tactical Firearms Unit. More UK resources will follow during the coming week.

In addition, an Anti-Gangs Team of 24 detectives, funded by the UK, to an initial tune of ?3 million, is being recruited. Its forward elements arrive shortly.

Addressing the latest shooting incident, Governor Dakin said on Sunday night, following an attack in Long Bay against those who were allegedly associated with local drug dealers, and where an innocent visitor from the United States was killed, a Police Tactical Unit – on patrol and deployed with the express mission to arrest violent criminals – intercepted the assailants.

The police vehicle was hit by multiple strikes from high-velocity rounds.

“How an officer was not killed is remarkable. Our Tactical Unit returned fire and while it is still to be confirmed (and I may need to revise this), we believe one of the deceased – whose body was dropped in Dockyard by his fellow gang members – had been shot in the forehead as a result of our officers returning accurate fire under extraordinary pressure.”

Explaining the lead-up to the surge in shootings and gang violence in September, the governor said several months ago two local gangs lost their leadership.

One extremely violent local gang leader was shot dead by police while resisting arrest. The other, a Haitian gang leader, who the police had made four separate attempts to arrest in the shanty areas of ‘Romy Yard’ was killed — by one of his own — before he could be arrested.

The vacuum and confusion this created, allowed a predominantly Jamaican gang — with a relatively small footprint in the TCI — to reinforce from Jamaica. They had been seeking to kill one of their local rivals, following his attempt to steal from them.

Governor Dakin told Members of the House to remember the three days of shooting in Five Cays during April as this initial feud played out.

He said using military grade high-velocity weaponry, the vast majority of the murders in September have been targeted and linked to this enlarged and now emboldened gang trying to remove who they believe are the local drug and arms smuggling competition.

Those local criminals, already established in the TCI, are fighting back.

“I need to stress, not everyone killed has been involved in criminality, as one example. Some will recall I attended the funeral of Justin Cox-Beckles whose murder was utterly senseless. That murder is indicative of a wider issue: of the many eyewitnesses, none will give evidence. In this murder, CCTV was instrumental in generating an arrest.

“But it is also true that many who have been murdered have been linked to criminality and a spiral of reprisal killings, including to avenge some innocent as well as criminal victims, has been the result.

“Some who know that they are being targeted have left the Islands. Some of those who have been murdered were themselves murderers. Some having executed their crime, have slipped away through fast boat,” he said.

The TCI governor said, despite these challenges, there have been arrests but current legislation only allows the police to hold for 48 hours, and with witnesses and victims not prepared to talk — even those who have been shot — the policing challenge is significant.

He added that the police’s heavy presence in Five Cays, after the double murders, saw the gang relocate to Dockyard. Significant policing operations in that unregulated development saw the police go through the doors of more than 30 properties, where they came under fire from third parties.

Several days ago, there was an exchange of fire with one Jamaican, who dropped his weapon but escaped. On Saturday night a high-speed police pursuit resulted in three arrests and seized weaponry.

There have been calls for the resignation of Governor Dakin due to the current climate. The governor on Monday said he will not be resigning, as he stated:

I start by saying that some who have called for my resignation have no personal credibility to make that demand, and if it were just them, they would not warrant serious attention.

The governor said while some Members of the House have called for the commissioner’s resignation, he would not accept the commissioner’s resignation if offered because it would help the gangs and not the territory.

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