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TRINIDAD AND Tobago’s Kwesi Browne powered to the inaugural Caribbean Track Cycling Championships men’s sprint title at the National Cycling Centre in Balmain, Couva, on Saturday.

Against Cuban sprinter Brayan Lopez Perez in the final, the TT Olympian used his home advantage to win two consecutive rides in commanding style for the 2022 sprint crown in front of a chanting crowd.

Compatriot and fellow sprinter Zion Pulido also pedalled to bronze in the two-race ride-off against countryman Ryan D’Abreau.

Browne, however, was favoured to win gold from the get-go since he was the fastest qualifier in the opening round of flying 200-metre qualification after Saturday’s morning session. He clocked a nippy 10.356 seconds and topped the field, which comprised ten cyclists.

Pulido (10.778) and Lopez Bryan (10.950s were the second and third fastest qualifiers respectively.

In the quarter-final stage, Browne defeated Cuba’s Tony Garcia Lasaga, D’Abreau beat Jamaica’s Malik Reid and Lopez Perez bettered TT’s Kyle Caraby; all in straight rides.

Pulido though, had to rally back from losing the opening race to eventually pip Jamaican Lamin Wright in the second and third races.

In the semis, Browne eased past D’Abreau in consecutive rides while Lopez Perez did the same against Pulido.

In other races, Devante Laurence was crowned junior sprint champion as he also clawed back from a race down to snatch the title from compatriot Jarel Mohammed in the final.

Devante Laurence (left) and Samuel Meloney battle for gold in the junior men’s sprint final, at the Caribbean Track Cycling Championships on Saturday, at the National Cycling Centre, Couva. – Photo by Roger Jacob

Additionally, TT’s Samuel Melony earned bronze as he defeated countryman Raul Garcia in the third place ride-off.

Meanwhile, TT’s women’s pro road cyclist Alexi Ramirez showed mettle when she topped the field in the elite women’s scratch race final.

Alexi Ramirez crosses the finish line, with her hand over her chest as a gesture to the crowd for their encouragement, after winning the elite women scratch race final on Saturday, in the Caribbean Track Cycling Championships. – Photo by Roger Jacob

Ramirez completed the 10km, 40-lap course in 13 minutes and 48 seconds (13:48) ahead of Barbados’ Amber Joseph, who was the runner-up, and Cuba’s Claudia Baro Arango, who took bronze.

On Friday, Bajan Jamol Eastmond, who plies his trade with cycling club Heatwave, won the 15km, 60 laps elite men scratch race final. He finished in 18:57 and beat to the line a TT pair of Tariq Woods and Enrique De Comarmond respectively.

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A stunning hat-trick from Dujuan Richards propelled Kingston College (KC) to a pulsating 4-2 win over Mona High on Saturday’s final day of quarter-final action in the ISSA/Digicel Manning Cup football competition at the Stadium East field.

Both teams had already secured their spots in the semi-finals along with many-time champions Jamaica College and St Andrew Technical High School (STATHS).

With the victory, KC – the reigning champions – secured the top spot in Group 1 of the quarterfinal round.

KC finished with a maximum of nine points from their three games after victories over St George’s College (4-1) and Charlie Smith 5-0.

Mona High having tasted defeat for the first time this season ended second on six points.

KC will now move on to the semi-final as group winners and will play Group 2 second-place team STATHS while Mona will tackle Group 2 winners JC on November 22.

In front of a packed Stadium East field, Richards – popularly know as Whisper – continued his outstanding display to score his goals in the 13th, 35th, and 87th minutes to take his goal tally to an impressive 23 – the most in school football this season.

Sixteen-year-old Nashordo Gibbs got KC’s fourth goal in the 90+1 minute with his 13th goal of the campaign.

Richards, who celebrated his 17th birthday on Friday, gave KC a two-goal cushion, scoring both from the penalty spot.

Mona, however, roared back after the break and Damoi Whitfield pulled one back in the 48th minute with a tame-looking shot that KC’s custodian should have done better with.

Zhaine Pinnock converted a penalty in the 58th to make it 2-2 as Mona took the game to KC. However, the champions never yielded and Richards pounced and rammed home his third in the 87th minute before Gibbs put the icing on the cake with a calm finish in time added on.

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The Police Complaints Authority (PCA) agrees that errant police officers ought to be held personally liable for their actions and pay some of the compensation for abusing their power in civil cases.

It said consideration should be given to widening the provision in Section 38 (1) of the State Liability and Proceedings Act, Chapter 8:02 to encompass all actions brought in tort against the state so all available damages can be recovered by the state from errant police officers.

The authority was responding to the statement by Attorney General Reginald Armour in the Senate on Tuesday that the state is developing a policy on the issue of errant police officers being held personally liable for damages awarded in malicious prosecution cases.

Armour said consultations began with the police service and the National Security Ministry in March 2021 during a meeting to discuss the amendments to the Police Authority Act, where a proposal to amend the State Liability and Proceedings Act was briefly mentioned.

“The concern shared by everyone in attendance was that police officers should be given some burden of paying awards of damages for which they are currently insulated under the act.”

Armour said the policy discussion was still at the developmental stage, with three pieces of Australian legislation being considered where police officers are held liable in civil proceedings to pay damages in certain circumstances, in particular Section 74:2 of the Victoria Police Act, where the state is liable for all police torts, unless it can be established that the conduct giving rise to such a tort was serious and wilful misconduct.

Responding to the issue on Friday in Parliament, the Prime Minister said government has taken no such decision.

“What has been said is that in a meeting of a group that does review of legislation, this matter came up in conversation en passant.”

The PCA in an opinion paper said where judgment is made in favour of these claimants, the award of damages is paid by the state and not the offending police officer. It said judges have commented that damages awarded for exemplary damages do not have the intended effect on police officers.

Among the disciplinary offences the PCA investigates are complaints of unlawful or unnecessary exercise of authority, wrongful arrest and insubordinate or oppressive conduct. It said between 2014 and 2020, the majority of the 1,045 complaints it received were for unlawful or unnecessary exercise of authority. It said once an investigation is concluded, the Commissioner of Police considers the initiation of disciplinary proceedings.

The penalties which the CoP may impose in disciplinary proceedings against a police officer include as severe as dismissal; demotion with an immediate reduction in pay; reduction of remuneration; deferment of increment, that is, a postponement of the date on which the next increment is due, with corresponding postponements in subsequent years; stoppage of increment; penalties; fines; and, reprimand.

Acting Commissioner of Police McDonald Jacob said the proposal was made in 2019, and the discussion was still in the infancy stages.

“The AG and the Minister have to engage me and my executive to have further discussions on what direction we are going with that. I wouldn’t want to express my personal feelings or opinion concerning that matter at this point in time. What I can say is that once police officers are found to be malicious prosecution (sic) they are normally charged before the criminal court, and then we have our disciplinary process and people normally will be suspended.”

He said he was not fully aware of the matrix of the recommendation and did not want to give his opinion on the matter yet.

Police Service Social and Welfare Association president Gideon Dickson said if the AG was planning to change the law, it should be done for every public servant who provides a service to the public, starting with ministers.

“I have no problem with the proposal, once it is done across the board. Ministers, judges, and magistrates should be included, down to the typist or receptionist, should have been included. If you want to be fair, then it should be levelled across the board, so that anyone who does acts that infringe, no matter how slight, on members of the public, who are executing their duties, will be held accountable the same way.”

Dickson said the state needed to stop using police officers as soft targets.

“We are law enforcement officers, here to uphold the law that exists, and in so doing we expect to get a level of protection from the State, as long as we were acting within our legal remits.”

He said the association was not included in the initial consultations by the state which began in 2021, which he said was unfair and disingenuous, but typical of the authorities.

The Prime Minister said if the issue came up for contemplation, he expected government to consult with the relevant stakeholders, which in this case would be the police and their representatives.

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PARAMARIBO — President Chandrikapersad Santokhi reist niet meer af naar Indonesië voor de G20-top. Dit wegens de huidige binnenlandse ontwikkelingen.

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