Sevana fined $300,000 in death by dangerous driving case Loop Jamaica

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Reggae singer Sevana was fined $300,000 in the Westmoreland Circuit Court on Thursday after pleading guilty to a death by dangerous driving charge, escaping serious prison time.

She appeared before Justice Courtney Daye, who ordered that she pay the fine or face two years in prison.

The ‘Mango’ singer also had her driver’s license suspended for two years.

The accident claimed the life of a 32-year-old woman in May of last year.

In Jamaica, the maximum penalty for causing death by dangerous driving is five years imprisonment at hard labour.

The 30-year-old singer, whose real name is Anna Blake, wept in court during Thursday’s proceedings.

“Sevana is just glad that she will be able to get on with her life. The case was taking an emotional and mental impact on her,” attorney-at-law Everton Dewar, who represented the singer, told Loop News.

Reports are that she was travelling along the Scott Cove main road in Whitehouse, Westmoreland, when the Honda City motor car she was driving collided with a Honda Fit travelling in the opposite direction.

Ordia Cordiel, who was a passenger travelling in the Honda Fit, sustained severe injuries and was admitted to the Black River Hospital. She died on May 30.

Sevana is known for the singles ‘Mango’, ‘If You Only Knew’ and ‘Man Down’.

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Senegal forward Man? ruled out of World Cup with leg injury Loop Jamaica

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Senegal’s Sadio Mane tries to shoot during a qualifying football match against Egypt, for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 at Cairo International stadium in Cairo, Egypt, Friday, March 25, 2022. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil, File).

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DOHA, Qatar (AP) — Senegal forward Sadio Man? will miss the World Cup because of a leg injury, the Senegalese football federation said Thursday.

Man? was injured in a German league game between Bayern Munich and Werder Bremen on Nov. 8.

“Unfortunately, today’s MRI shows us that the progress was not as favourable as we had hoped,” team doctor Manuel Afonso said Thursday. “The result is unfortunately us withdrawing Sadio from the World Cup.”

The Senegalese star might also need surgery, Afonso said.

Most of Senegal’s squad arrived in Qatar for the World Cup on Sunday. The team’s first game in Qatar is against the Netherlands on Monday.

Senegal, the reigning African champion, had hoped that Man? could return at some point during the tournament.

Senegal play host Qatar four days after they face the Netherlands. Their final game in Group A is against Ecuador on Nov. 29.

Man? was injured early in the Bayern game. The Bundesliga club said the two-time African player of the year had an injury to the head of the fibula bone in his lower right leg.

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Trinidad and Tobago Parliament to host 11th Commonwealth Youth Parliament

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The Parliament of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago and CPA Trinidad and Tobago Branch, in collaboration with the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association Headquarters, will host the 11th Commonwealth Youth Parliament (CYP) from 20 to 24 November 2022.

The 11th Commonwealth Youth Parliament will bring together fifty-eight young people aged 18 to 29 from 33 Commonwealth jurisdictions.

It will be formally opened at The Red House, Port of Spain by the Acting President, Her Excellency Christine Kangaloo, who will deliver the feature address at the Opening Ceremony on 21 November 2022.

Ahead of the 11th Commonwealth Youth Parliament, the Speaker of the Trinidad and Tobago House of Representatives and Joint CPA Trinidad and Tobago Branch President, Hon. Bridgid Annisette-George said:

“I am delighted to welcome such a diverse group of young people from across the Commonwealth to Trinidad and Tobago to participate in

this 11th Commonwealth Youth Parliament. In the context of the national landscape of Trinidad and Tobago, youth engagement is critical to

ensuring a health democracy.”

During the week, youth participants will act as elected representatives of a fictional jurisdiction and debate a mock Parliamentary Bill related to remote working and alternative working patterns.

They will be mentored by serving Members of Parliament from the British Virgin Islands, St Lucia and Trinidad and Tobago. Hon. Anita Haynes, a Member of the House of Representatives of Trinidad and Tobago, will act as the Presiding Officer of this year’s Commonwealth Youth Parliament.

The CPA Secretary-General, Stephen Twigg said: “The Commonwealth Parliamentary Association has a proud history of enabling and

promoting youth engagement in politics and Parliament, and we hope that this 11th Commonwealth Youth Parliament will contribute to this successful legacy by inspiring the next generation of young leaders.”

The Commonwealth Youth Parliament is an annual event designed to introduce young Commonwealthcitizens to the role and purpose of Parliaments as democratic institutions and providers of good governance.

Organised by the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA), it allows attendees to meet other young people from across the

Commonwealth, empowering them to shape their own jurisdictions and engage with their local Legislature.

The Commonwealth Youth Parliament has been organised by the CPA since 1997, however it is the first time since 2019 that the event has been hosted in-person due to travel restrictions in recent years caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Staff from the National Assembly of Zambia, which is in the process of establishing its own youth Parliament,

will observe how the programme is managed this year.

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Fearless Fight for Climate Fairness

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By Sir Ronald Sanders 

(The writer is Antigua and Barbuda’s Ambassador to the United States of America and the Organization of American States.   He is also a Senior Fellow at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies, University of London and Massey College in the University of Toronto) 

 

Showing all the frankness that he demonstrates in his domestic politics, Antigua and Barbuda’s Prime Minister, Gaston Browne, marched fearlessly like Daniel in the Lion’s Den, when he made several demands in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt where COP 27 is being held.

At the heart of his presentation was the preservation of the homelands of his own fellow Antiguans and Barbudans, and, also of the homelands of all small island states everywhere in the world.

To one bad extent or another, Climate Change, and its attendant global warming, is destroying island nations by increasingly frequent and more intense storms, and by constant erosion of their limited and precious land mass.

Prime Minister Browne spoke for the people of these countries when he told world leaders at COP 27, “We don’t want to be climate refugees in anybody’s country. We want to maintain our civilizations that have existed for hundreds of years”.

The Antigua and Barbuda Prime Minister, who is also the Chair of the 39-member Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS), insisted that the world’s major polluters, which have contributed the most to the destructive impact of Climate Change, have a responsibility to pay for the damage that they have caused and continue to inflict.  He was fearless in calling out not only the longest polluting countries, such as the United States of America (U.S.) and European nations, but also China and India – more recent large polluters.

The current accurate data on the world’s biggest CO2 emitters, compiled by Emissions Database for Global Atmospheric Research, reveals that the top 6 countries, at October 2021 by percentage of global emissions, were: China (32.48), the U.S. (12.61) the 27 European Union (E.U.) countries (7.29), India (6.71), Russia (4.66) and Japan (2.95).  This means that, excluding the 27 EU countries, the other 5 countries are responsible for 59.41% of the emissions that cause Climate Change.   When the E.U. countries are added, the total is 66.7%.

It can hardly be fair or just that the governments of 32 nations should be pursuing policies that result in the destruction of livelihoods in almost 200 territories, particularly as the latter contribute the least to global pollution.  For instance, the 39 small island states of AOSIS together contribute less than 1% of global CO2 emissions.

While arguing that “large-polluting countries must take responsibility for the torts that they are committing on all humanity”, Browne accepts that China and India should be accorded “special and differential treatment” in meeting their responsibilities.

In making the case for “loss and damage” to be included in the agenda of COP 27, and for the launch of a Fund to provide monies for impacted countries to build resilience to Climate Change, the Prime Minister acknowledged that China and India, although now large CO2 emitters, should not be required to contribute in the same way as countries in Europe and North America that have been creating the conditions of Climate Change for almost two centuries.

He was right to spell out the problem as courageously as he did.  As he explained, China and India should pay “what is equitable and fair”, but the “bigger share of responsibilities still lies with the developed countries that have been historically responsible for planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions”.

In all of this, Browne was championing the rights of the people of all small island states.  Standing up for those rights requires a commitment to justice and equity.  It also requires fearlessness and gumption, both of which Gaston Browne has shown he will employ in defense of the rights of his own people and the people of other small island states whose existence is severely threatened.

As matters now stand at COP 27, no one should hold their breath that anything concrete will be delivered regarding “loss and damage”.   On the date this commentary is being written, November 17, a 20-page draft agreement is on the table for negotiation in Egypt, but, so far, it only “welcomes” the beginning of discussions on launching a loss and damage fund.  The draft includes no details for launching it.

It is unlikely that the world’s polluters will agree to a Fund for loss and damage.  China and India have already made it clear that such a Fund should be established by Western nations.  Countries, like the U.S. and the EU, do not accept that China, now the second largest economy in the world, and India, now the fifth largest global economy, can any longer describe themselves as “developing countries”, or escape their obligations in the context of Climate Change.

On November 16, the EU Commissioner for Climate Action, Frans Timmerman, declared that “China is one of the biggest economies on the planet with a lot of financial strength. Why should they not be co-responsible for funding loss and damage?”

Clearly, Gaston Browne was realistic enough to have no high expectation that COP 27 would effectively address loss and damage, even though he might have held out a remote hope.  Therefore, at COP 27, he also called for the major oil and gas corporations to pay a global carbon tax which could be included in a loss and damage fund.  He pointed out that, in the first half of this year, six fossil fuel companies alone had made nearly US$70 billion in profits – “more than enough money to cover the costs of major climate damages in developing nations”.  This call was also made by U.N. Secretary General, António Guterres, Barbados’ Prime Minister Mia Mottley and leaders of Pacific island-states.

But the oil majors have argued that if they are taxed, they will not be able to invest in new oil production, which the U.S and the E.U. nations want them to do, to compensate for not buying Russian oil.  The powerful oil lobbies in North America and Europe will work to ensure their governments continue to protect them.

Nonetheless, Browne was right to expose the huge profits that are being made by the major oil companies, and to identify, for the governments of large polluting nations, a large source of the money needed to create a loss and damage fund.

At COP 27, the Antigua and Barbuda Prime Minister acknowledged that small countries can be ignored, and their interests shunted aside by large and powerful nations.  Consequently, he announced that “not as an act of hostility, but to seek justice for small island states”, he and the leaders of Tuvalu, Palau and Niue will use international law and international arbitration “to explore the responsibility of States for injuries arising from internationally wrongful acts caused by the breach of their obligations”.  Seventeen seasoned international lawyers will advance that case to the International Tribunal of the Law of the Sea.

Prime Minister Browne has shown his fearlessness in standing up for the small and the vulnerable in a world which, increasingly, is witnessing a return to the dangerous policy that might is right.  There is benefit in his gumption and his candour in fighting for justice.

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Antigua and Barbuda ‘Will Not Leave’ Without a Loss and Damage Fun (AOSIS)

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‘The potential to stall talks and land a devastating blow for us as small island developing states, is looming. But Antigua and Barbuda will not leave here without a loss and damage fund,’ says Conrod Hunte, lead negotiator for the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS), during his COP27 speech in Egypt.

The Antigua Newsroom’s news department was not involved in the creation of the content above. This story was produced by AFP. For more information go to AFP.com.© Agence France-Presse

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Police receive crime fighting equipment from a company based in the United States

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POLICE RECEIVE CRIME-FIGHTING EQUIPMENT

The Royal Police Force of Antigua and Barbuda on Thursday received several pieces of crime-fighting equipment from a company based in the United States.

A representative of Francis Criminologist’s Law was on island and made the presentation to the police force. During the brief ceremony, Mr. Everson Francis express his delight in making a contribution to the police force in helping to fight crime.

The items include Desktop and Laptop Computers, Body Cameras, Projectors, Police Radios and other accessories.

Deputy Commissioner Everton Jeffers accepted the items on behalf of the Police Force. He said they are much-needed items that came at an oppotune time for the police, and will be put to immediate use.

He further express gratitude to Mr. Francis and his company for partnering with the police and is looking forward to continue this working relationship.

Mr. Francis is originally from the Village of Bolans and last attended the Jennings Secondary school before migrating to the United States.

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UWI Open Campus student wins Rhodes Scholarship

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2022 Rhodes Scholar Alyssa Mohammed

UWI Open Campus is celebrating its alumna Alyssa Mohammed, who has won the 2023 Commonwealth Caribbean Rhodes Scholarship.

A media release from the Office of the Pro Vice-Chancellor and principal of the UWI Open Campus said Mohammed outperformed ten candidates from across the Caribbean.

Mohammed, a TT national, graduated in 2022 with a BSc in sociology with first-class honours. She is currently doing a postgraduate diploma in gender and development studies at UWI, St Augustine. Said to be passionate about gender equity, Mohammed hopes to work to advance the position of women in the Caribbean.

She said, “I have a long history of working for and volunteering with local nonprofit women’s organisations, especially Muslim women’s organisations, and I am very passionate about improving the gender inequality situation at home and at large.”

She hopes to study the MSc in sociology or the MPhil in sociology and demography at Oxford. She will take up her scholarship at the university in October 2023, and will be among a cohort of over 100 global scholars doing fully sponsored postgraduate studies.

She said, “I hope (it) will allow me to look at gender issues on a macro scale…the interconnections between gender and other institutions and social processes in society.

She hoped it will allow her “to make a tenable gender impact, especially in the areas of sexual health and reproductive rights and agency.”

Gary Asselberg, Mohammed’s teacher at Open Campus, and coach for the Rhodes Scholarship interview, hoped all Open Campus students follow her path to learning.

That path, he said, “is the ability to grasp core concepts in one context and then apply that knowledge in an unrelated context to produce a fresh and exciting explanation of how things are and why. Her ability for transference is a talent that is difficult to teach, yet Alyssa did learn, and so can you.

“She intuitively understood the concept of confirming negatives, that a failed investigation has the potential to bring us closer to the truth.

“These character traits are a prerequisite if one is to thrive under the spotlight as a young leader for gender issues in the Caribbean.”

Pro vice-chancellor and principal at Open Campus Dr Francis Severin was delighted by the news.

He said, “Alyssa’s accomplishment in this rigorous and competitive Rhodes Scholarship, underscores the critical importance of the Open Campus, its mission of empowering the hitherto under-served in the Caribbean, and unequivocally proves that those who do not see the value of the Open Campus beyond the ‘conventional’ towns and cities, are tragically misguided and deluded.

“Alyssa Mohammed bears incontrovertible witness to our tremendous value. Well done!”

The release said the Rhodes Scholarship is the oldest and most prestigious international scholarship programme. The Rhodes Scholar is chosen based on stringent criteria, including academic achievement, personal energy, a desire to make a difference and the capacity to collaborate with others to accomplish one’s goals.

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Gasparillo man, 34, charged after $300k goes missing

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Richard Deonarinesingh, 34, was granted bail of $170,000 by a justice of the peace on Wednesday after being charged with larceny. Deonarinesingh, from Gasparillo, was charged with larceny by a servant amounting to $316,501.78 and is expected to appear in court on December 5.

A police report alleged that between December 1, 2017, and September 28, 2018, Deonarinesingh, an accountant at an engineering company, collected the money, allegedly failed to deposit it into the company’s bank account and did not provide an explanation for the missing money. The missing money was discovered during an internal audit of the company’s sales.

The matter was reported last March to the Fraud Squad Office in San Fernando, where acting Cpl Ramdial did investigations which led to the arrest of Deonarinesingh on Tuesday. He was charged on Wednesday.

Investigations were led by Supt Ruben, co-ordinated by ASP Samuel and supervised by acting Insp Seepersad.

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Shopkeeper shot dead in Curepe

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A 39-year-old shopkeeper was shot dead at his Curepe businessplace on Thursday afternoon.

Police said Makesi Le Maite was at his shop on Jackson Street, at around 12.10 pm when he was shot by a gunman who ran away.

Residents saw Le Maite stumble out of the shop bleeding from a wound to his chest.

An ambulance was called and Le Maite was taken to the Eric Williams Medical Sciences Centre, where he was declared dead.

Police from the North Central Task Force visited the scene with investigators from the Special Evidence Recovery Unit (SERU) and found one spent shell.

Officers from the Homicide Bureau of Investigations Region II are expected to view security-camera footage of the murder.

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Pierre Administration Invests XCD 16.8 Million EU Grant In Youth Job Training – St. Lucia Times News

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Pierre Administration Invests XCD 16.8 Million EU Grant In Youth Job Training – St. Lucia Times News

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The European Union has agreed to provide monetary support to the Generation of Employment through Private Sector Development Project (GEPSED).

On November 16, Prime Minister Hon. Philip J. Pierre and Ambassador of the E.U to Barbados & Eastern Caribbean States H.E Malgorzata Wasilewska officially signed a XCD 16.8 million Grant to support the GEPSED Project.

At least 600 Saint Lucians will benefit from the implementation.

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