MPs get $21 million each for Christmas work programme Loop Jamaica

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The country’s 63 Members of Parliament (MPs) have each been allocated $21 million for a total of $1.32 billion to undertake the traditional Christmas work programme in their various constituencies.

Prime Minister Andrew Holness made the announcement in a statement in the House of Representatives on Tuesday. He noted that the amount was more than the $16 million allocated for the work programme in 2021.

The bulk of the money, $10 million, has been allocated for road repairs, $5 million is set aside for de-bushing which must be carried out along a thoroughfare, $5 million for garbage collection, and $1 million for drain cleaning.

MPs have the option of reallocating funds and can spend up to $15 million for road repairs.

Two state agencies – the National Works Agency and the National Solid Waste Management Authority – will manage the programme.

While de-bushing, drain cleaning and the collection of garbage must be completed before Christmas, road works could go into early 2023, Holness said.

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UPP … Take warning, God nar sleep

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The content originally appeared on: Antigua News Room

Dear Editor,

It is quite evident that God nar sleep!  What is happening at Observer Newsco the opposition’s aligned radio station, is not happening by coincidence but it’s a divine intervention to bring the hidden agenda of the establishment’s administration to light.

That day when Kieron Murdoch resigned from the radio station, it created a dark day in the history of the station’s existence and by extension a very dark day in the history of Antigua.

Kieron is one of the nation’s young brilliant minds. His Sunday program, The Big Issues, attracted a wide listenership, regardless of one’s political party affiliation. He was very astute, impartial, very objective & to say the least, very much nonpartisan.

It was very unfortunate that under such unforeseen circumstances, Kieron had to throw in his towel as an employee of Observer Newsco, due to the lack of ethics & professionlism that existed among the administration within that establishment .

Furthermore, to throw more oil into the fire, Daren Matthew – Ward, another young brilliant mind, whose morning program stood out and formed  the beacon of all morning programs, also packed his bundle and left immediately after. To me, his sad farewell speech painted a very gloomy picture of his former bosses at Observer Newsco.

Some months ago, ZDK experienced the same fate.  The senior & very experienced broadcasters did not hesitate to take off with quick speed. It is obvious that the administration of both radio stations have something in common.

Interestingly, the common factor is that the head of each radio stations are both UPP candidates for the upcoming election. Both have similar attributes, hence their political & personal vendetta, envy & hate has taken precedence over professionalism & work ethics. As a result, their emotions have taken the best of them, and so it is obvious that they have began to act like dictators.

Certainly, their behavior is yet to be desired and definitely leaves a very poor taste in one’s mouth. Their modus of operandi show the public at large that they are not capable of running the affairs of a country and there is no doubt that they can lead the nation into civil arrest.

Now let us not forget or overlook the mindset of other members of the UPP hierarchy who gave instructions to the public to ” chop up the tax collectors” . Others wished for a license to  go and kill. Others used derogatory terms to embarrass & belittle our Caricom brothers & sisters and referred to them  as paupers & thieves.

Let us take heed and commit ourselves
to
building

A nation, that is free from strife & poverty.

And avoid the return of the IMF program

Which will return under a misfit UPP.

So gird
your
loins
and
join
the
battle

To get rid of the lies & hate of UPP.

As pirates, they should be dumped in the political dustbin

So we can live in peace under the Labour party.

Fitzroy

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His Majesty the King Congratulates Governor-General of Antigua and Barbuda on National Day

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His Majesty King Mohammed VI sent a message of congratulations to the Governor-General of Antigua and Barbuda, Rodney Williams, on the occasion of his country’s National Day.

In this message, the Sovereign expresses His warmest congratulations to Williams and His sincere wishes for further progress and prosperity to the people of Antigua and Barbuda.

HM the King takes this opportunity to voice His satisfaction with the bilateral relations based on friendship and cooperation, stressing His determination to work together with the Governor-General of Antigua and Barbuda to strengthen the ties between the two countries for the common interests of both peoples.

Distributed by APO Group on behalf of Kingdom of Morocco – Ministry of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation and Moroccan Expatriates.

This Press Release has been issued by APO. The content is not monitored by the editorial team of African Business and not of the content has been checked or validated by our editorial teams, proof readers or fact checkers. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement.

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Pierre Looks Forward To Opening ‘Much Needed’ St. Jude Hospital – St. Lucia Times News

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Prime Minister Philip J. Pierre is looking forward to opening the ‘much needed’ St. Jude Hospital to serve the people of Saint Lucia.

On Tuesday, Pierre opened the medical facility’s new construction phase after more than five years of inactivity at the previously abandoned site.

“We did not take this decision to finish the original St. Jude Hospital lightly. We listened to the experts and are confident that we can construct a patient-friendly, fully functional hospital to serve the people of Saint Lucia, particularly the people of the south of the island,” Pierre wrote on Facebook.

He explained that several government agencies are collaborating to ensure the project’s completion within the shortest possible timeframe and to oversee the spending of taxpayers’ money.

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“There has been too much wastage, and people must be held accountable,” the Castries East MP declared.

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La Russie retourne à l’accord céréalier, le trafic reprend en mer Noire

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La Russie a repris mercredi sa participation à l’accord sur les exportations de céréales ukrainiennes après avoir reçu des “garanties écrites” de la part de l’Ukraine sur la démilitarisation…

La Russie a repris mercredi sa participation à l’accord sur les exportations de céréales ukrainiennes après avoir reçu des “garanties écrites” de la part de l’Ukraine sur la démilitarisation du couloir utilisé pour leur transport.

Le président turc Recep Tayyip Erdogan, dont le pays est garant de cet accord crucial pour l’approvisionnement alimentaire mondial, a confirmé la reprise à partir de mercredi à la mi journée des exportations ukrainiennes en mer Noire via ce couloir sécurisé.

“La Russie considère que les garanties reçues jusqu’à présent semblent suffisantes et reprend la mise en oeuvre de l’accord”, a indiqué le ministère russe de la Défense sur Telegram.

Moscou avait suspendu samedi sa participation à l’accord céréalier après une attaque menée aux drones sur sa flotte basée en baie de Sébastopol, en Crimée annexée. L’armée russe a imputé cette opération à l’Ukraine avec l’aide “d’experts britanniques” et assuré qu’elle avait été menée notamment depuis le couloir maritime réservé aux exportations ukrainiennes.

Une série d’appels téléphoniques ces derniers jours entre responsables russes et turcs, notamment mardi entre M. Erdogan et le président Vladimir Poutine, et l’intercession de l’ONU, autre garant de l’accord, semble avoir convaincu Moscou de revoir sa position.

“Grâce à l’implication d’une organisation internationale, ainsi qu’à la coopération de la Turquie, des garanties écrites nécessaires ont été obtenues de la part de l’Ukraine sur la non-utilisation du couloir humanitaire et des ports ukrainiens désignés pour l’exportation de produits agricoles pour des actes hostiles contre la Russie”, a indiqué l’armée russe.

M. Erdogan a annoncé dans la foulée que les exportations reprenaient “comme avant” à partir de 9H00 GMT. “Suite à mon entretien avec Poutine hier, les expéditions de céréales se poursuivront à partir de midi aujourd’hui”, a-t-il déclaré.

“Protection fiable”

Les cargos chargés de céréales, au centre d’un enjeu mondial de sécurité alimentaire, étaient jusque-là en grande partie coincés dans les ports d’Ukraine depuis samedi.

Les Occidentaux avaient vivement dénoncé la suspension par Moscou de l’accord signé en juillet, tandis que Kiev avait dénoncé dans l’attaque de Sébastopol un “faux prétexte” et appelé à faire pression sur le Kremlin pour qu’il “respecte à nouveau ses engagements”.

“Le couloir céréalier a besoin d’une protection fiable et à long terme”, avait indiqué le président ukrainien Volodymyr Zelensky mardi soir, menaçant Moscou d’une “réponse mondiale sévère à toute mesure qui perturbe nos exportations”.

La Russie avait riposté lundi en lançant une nouvelle vague de frappes massives sur les infrastructures critiques ukrainiennes, provoquant des coupures de l’approvisionnement en eau et électricité, notamment à Kiev.

L’opérateur ukrainien Ukrenergo a annoncé mercredi de nouvelles restrictions d’électricité, tandis que le maire de la capitale ukrainienne, Vitali Klitschko, a promis de déployer un millier de “points de chauffage” pour les habitants d’ici l’hiver.

M. Zelensky a précisé que les frappes russes avaient endommagé 40% des installations énergétiques ukrainiennes, ce qui a poussé le pays à stopper ses exportations vers l’UE, où les prix flambent.

Alors que Moscou et Téhéran continuent de nier des livraisons de drones de combat iraniens à l’armée russe, les Etats-Unis se sont dits mardi “préoccupés” par la potentielle livraison cette fois de missiles sol-sol iraniens.

Sur le front, l’état-major ukrainien a rapporté mercredi des combats surtout dans l’Est et des bombardements sur 25 localités dans l’Est, le centre et le Sud.

Le gouverneur de la région de Donetsk, dans l’Est, Pavlo Kyrylenko, a rapporté la mort de 4 civils ces dernières 24 heures.

Les journalistes de l’AFP ont constaté d’importantes destructions dans le village de Bilozirka, sur le front de Kherson, dans le Sud, la capitale régionale où les forces russes fortifient leurs positions en vue d’un prochain assaut ukrainien.

A Bilozirka, les forces russes tirent des salves depuis l’extrémité Sud de la route, où elles sont retranchées depuis leur retrait de ce village au cours du mois de mars.

“Au début, on ne pensait qu’au moment où ça allait enfin se terminer. Mais maintenant, cela semble normal. On s’y est habitué”, a raconté une habitante Angelika Boryssenko, âgée de 20 ans.

Les autorités d’occupation russe de la région de Kherson ont annoncé mardi de nouvelles évacuations de milliers d’habitants de cette zone, après avoir transféré près de 70.000 personnes la semaine dernière.

L’Ukraine dénonce ces évacuations comme des “déportations” de sa population par la Russie.

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C1: éjecté de l’Europe, l’OM au bord de la crise

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“On ne va pas se tirer les uns sur les autres, mais…” A l’image d’Amine Harit, terriblement amer après la défaite 2-1 contre Tottenham mardi, l’Olympique de Marseille a douloureusement vécu l’élimination en Ligue des champions, qui…

“On ne va pas se tirer les uns sur les autres, mais…” A l’image d’Amine Harit, terriblement amer après la défaite 2-1 contre Tottenham mardi, l’Olympique de Marseille a douloureusement vécu l’élimination en Ligue des champions, qui place l’entraîneur Igor Tudor sous une immense pression.

. “Une erreur qui fait mal”

Comment l’OM a-t-il pu laisser échapper la qualification pour la Ligue Europa que son match nul contre Tottenham lui offrait ? Les Marseillais avaient en mains ce qui n’est certes qu’un lot de consolation, mais qui ouvrait de nouvelles perspectives européennes en février.

En se jetant à l’assaut sans aucune maîtrise dans le temps additionnel, ils ont au contraire permis à Tottenham de marquer en contre à la 95e minute et se retrouvent sans rien.

Pourquoi les joueurs cadres n’ont-ils pas appelé au calme ? Savaient-ils que la victoire de Francfort contre le Sporting Portugal dans l’autre match leur garantissait alors la C3 ? Pourquoi Tudor n’a-t-il pas demandé à ses joueurs de se contenter de ce qu’ils avaient ?

“C’est un manque de communication flagrant”, a reconnu Harit. “On ne va pas se tirer les uns sur les autres, mais… Vous dire que je ne suis pas dégouté que l’info ne soit pas remontée jusqu’à nous, ce serait mentir.”

Même discours chez Matteo Guendouzi, qui a parlé de “résultat catastrophique”. “Si on avait su que Francfort gagnait, on ne serait pas parti à l’abordage, on aurait au moins gardé notre ligne défensive. Il y a eu une incompréhension et des erreurs de la part de tous. Il va falloir assumer”, a-t-il tranché.

Tudor s’est lui réfugié derrière “le bruit”, sans vraiment convaincre. “Ca n’a pas permis de bien expliquer aux garçons. Ils voulaient marquer”, a dit l’entraîneur marseillais.

. Trois fois quatrième

Si les circonstances sont particulières, cette défaite renvoie l’OM à une place à laquelle il est habitué en Ligue des champions, la quatrième et dernière, comme en 2013 et 2020 lors de ses deux dernières participations.

La défaite de mardi est aussi une mauvaise nouvelle au plan économique puisqu’une qualification en C1 aurait permis de faire entrer au moins entre 15 et 20 millions d’euros supplémentaires dans les caisses.

Les deux victoires face au Sporting ont tout de même redonné un peu de dignité européenne à l’OM, qui a mis fin à une pénible et embarrassante série de défaites en C1. L’approche des matchs a aussi été positive, Marseille ne tremblant pas devant Tottenham, ni à l’aller ni au retour, et se montrant globalement à la hauteur de la compétition.

Et l’OM est vraiment passé tout près, avec cette tête facile de Kolasinac pourtant manquée à la 87e minute. “S’il la met, on est en Ligue des champions”, a résumé Tudor.

Difficile donc d’être définitif quant au niveau réel de l’OM, qui est passé de tout à rien en cinq minutes. Mais le constat factuel demeure, Marseille a fini 4e d’un groupe sans terreurs et risque de regretter la Ligue Europa, une épreuve à son échelle.

. Pression avant le Mondial

A 10 jours de l’arrêt des championnats pour laisser place à la Coupe du Monde, la position de Tudor se révèle extrêmement précaire avant la réception de Lyon dimanche et le déplacement à Monaco le 13 novembre.

Choix fort du président Pablo Longoria, dont la responsabilité est logiquement engagée elle-aussi, le technicien croate doit absolument prendre des points face à ces deux rivaux directs pour la qualification en Ligue des champions, deux équipes aux airs de faiseurs de crise.

Car l’OM est en difficulté aussi en Championnat, avec un seul point pris lors des quatre dernières journées.

Entraîneur jeune, Tudor a des idées claires mais sa lecture des matches a semblé défaillante ces derniers temps, avec des changements douteux et des deuxièmes périodes régulièrement souffreteuses. Il doit aussi gérer le mal-être de Gerson et tenter de relancer Payet, qu’il utilise très peu.

“Le seul moyen de sortir de cette spirale négative, c’est d’aborder le match de dimanche avec les crocs”, a jugé Harit. “On n’a plus d’excuses. On a juste à remonter au classement et à faire une belle saison de L1”.

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Police investigate armed robbery in East End Loop Cayman Islands

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The Royal Cayman Islands Police Service (RCIPS) reported that, shortly before 7:00pm on October 31, the 9-1-1 Communications Centre dispatched officers to a report of a robbery at a restaurant on Queens Highway in East End.

According to the RCIPS, it was reported that a masked man entered the restaurant, brandished a firearm and demanded cash from workers there. He then fled the scene with a quantity of cash.

The suspect is described as being about 5’10” in height, of light complexion, and was dressed in all black, with black pants, shoes, gloves and a mask. The man was reported to have left in a silver sedan.

The matter is under investigation by Bodden Town CID. Anyone with any information is asked to contact 947-2220.

Anonymous tips can be provided directly to the RCIPS via the RCIPS Confidential Tip Line at 949-7777, or via the RCIPS website.

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Two men arrested in North Side for suspected cocaine Loop Cayman Islands

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The Royal Cayman Islands Police Service (RCIPS) reported that, during a search under the Misuse of Drugs Act on Monday afternoon (October 31), RCIPS officers recovered a plastic bag containing a significant quantity of suspected cocaine, along with drug paraphernalia at an address off Frank Sound Road in North Side.

As a result, two men, ages 29 and 31 of North Side, were arrested on suspicion of possession of cocaine with intent to supply.

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Consultation period extended for proposed Seabird Conservation Plan Loop Cayman Islands

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The Cayman Islands Department of Environment shared on their Facebook page that the public consultation period for the proposed Seabird Conservation Plan has been extended through 11 November.

Regarding this, members of the public are invited to community meetings in Cayman Brac at East End Lighthouse on Monday, November 7 and in Grand Cayman at Pedro St. James on Tuesday, November 8, to hear about the Conservation Plan in greater detail and how it specifically pertains to the bluff top and face of those areas.

Both meetings will be held outdoors and seating not provided.

Refreshments will be provided and presentations will be kept short, with the majority of focus on answering your questions. .

Members of the public may learn more about the proposed Seabird Conservation Plan, aimed at protecting the nesting habitats for six of Cayman’s most threatened native nesting seabirds, by visiting the following link: conservation.ky/seabirds.

Members of the public are also encouraged to the survey at www.surveymonkey.com/r/GSMBFFB or email conservationcouncil@gov.ky with comments.

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Hydrological Service releases flood forecast

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Tropical Storm Lisa formed this morning in the Caribbean Sea and is expected to make landfall in Belize later this week 

BELIZE CITY, Mon. Oct. 31, 2022

The National Hydrological Service has informed the public that rivers across the country are expected to possibly rise to the flood stage with the passing of Tropical Storm Lisa, which is expected to make landfall between Wednesday and Thursday. Waterways in most areas are expected to continue receding (after their levels peaked due to recent floods) and to remain at relatively normal levels until rains from Tropical Storm Lisa increase the level of those waterways to the flood stage.

In Region 7 the Rio Hondo and the New River are both expected to remain at above-normal levels, with an expected increase later in the week. In Region 9 on the Mopan, Macal, and Belize Rivers and the Crooked Tree Lagoon, waters are receding, but these areas are expected to become flooded with the passage of TS Lisa.

In Region 11, over the next two days, the Sibun River and Southern Lagoon are projected to continue receding. Decreasing water levels are expected in the eastern slopes of the Mayan Mountain and Sittee River at Kendal Bridge as well. The Monkey River, Deep River, and Rio Grande were expected to be below normal levels and to be decreasing as well. Those areas are expected to become more flooded with the passage of TS Lisa.

And in Region 13, the Sarstoon River will remain at a normal level for now, but is also expected to increase to the flood stage level once the storm passes.

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