Marie Sofonie Louis, une passionn?e du ballon rond

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Chroniqueuse sportive, coach, dirigeante, Marie Sofonie Louis vit par et pour le football. Dans un monde domin? par les hommes, l’entra?neuse de l’?quipe des joueuses amput?es et la directrice administrative de l’?quipe des joueurs amput?s a su se tracer un chemin et imposer son talent. Portrait d’une femme amoureuse du ballon rond.

Le football comme passion

D?s sa plus tendre enfance, Marie Sofonie Louis a fait le bonheur des passionn?s du football dans son quartier ? Delmas 18. Au milieu des petits gar?ons de la zone, celle qui est n?e le 14 mars 1985 driblait, jonglait avec le ballon et marquait des buts. Si sa m?re avait des r?serves, son p?re qui ?tait son plus grand fan, l’encourageait grandement tout en lui rappelant qu’elle devait continuer ses ?tudes. <>, lui rappelait-il.

Sofonie a continu? de jouer dans son quartier jouissant de sa passion sans barri?re et sans discrimination jusque-l?. Durant son adolescence, elle a fait partie de la p?pini?re du club Aigle Brillant avec le coach Irlandal. A sa mort, Sofonie a cess? de fr?quenter le club. Au Lyc?e Marie Jeanne, ?tablissement dans lequel elle a fait ses ?tudes secondaires, Sofonie s’est retrouv?e ? jouer au basket faute de trouver une ?quipe de football ? int?grer.

Le football pour profession

Connaissant la r?alit? du monde du sport, Sofonie n’avait jamais consid?r? le football comme un m?tier potentiel. Apr?s l’?cole classique, elle a poursuivi des ?tudes en sciences informatiques ? l’INUKA. Rattrap?e par sa passion, la footballeuse se dirige ? l’ISNAC pour devenir chroniqueuse sportive. C’est en 2015, invit?e par Fermont Delouis ? la Radio Nouvelle Lumi?re (WPBR), que Sofonie a eu la chance d’analyser et de commenter son premier match. En 2016, elle a ?t? amen?e par un ami ? Vision 2000 ? l’?mission Magazine Sport 2000 afin de poursuivre dans la m?me veine.

Son ancien professeur Rudy Bruggman lui demande ensuite de venir ? Storm pour la Coupe d’Europe et la Copa America toujours pour les commentaires et analyses de match. Gamal Augustin, directeur de la RTNH lui a aussi donn? une place de chroniqueuse ? cette station. Une aventure qui ne va pas durer.

Le football pour vocation

Fatigu?e des mauvais traitements subis dans la presse en particulier ? cause de son sexe, elle laisse le micro. C’est avec plaisir qu’elle accueille la proposition de devenir coach de l’?quipe des joueuses amput?es en 2018. Cette ?quipe form?e huit ans apr?s celle des hommes avait besoin d’un entra?neur. Fid?le ? sa passion mais aussi voulant continuer son combat pour l’?galit? entre hommes et femmes dans tous les domaines, Sofonie accepte sans h?siter. <>, d?clare-t-elle avec conviction.

Au d?but, l’adaptation n’a pas ?t? facile. Entrain?e dans un premier temps par des hommes, le premier groupe avait des r?ticences quant ? la capacit? d’une femme ? mener ? bien un projet pareil. Aujourd’hui, les r?sultats en t?moignent. L’?quipe entrain?e par Sofonie Louis remporte le premier tournoi International de joueuses amput?es en R?publique Dominicaine en janvier 2020. Le 8 mars 2020, elle remporte ?galement le match amical disput? sur le territoire face ? la R?publique Dominicaine.

Survivre dans un monde d’hommes

Malgr? le talent qu’on lui reconnaissait, travailler en tant que chroniqueuse n’a pas ?t? chose ais?e. Le travail d’une femme n’?tant pas aussi consid?r? que celui d’un homme. Sofonie a fait les frais de commentaires sexistes et d?gradants dans l’exercice de son m?tier. Des avances ont ?t? lanc?es sous forme de plaisanteries mais la chroniqueuse n’a pas ?t? dupe. Gr?ce ? sa force de caract?re, elle a continu? ? faire son m?tier et ? remettre ? leur place ceux qui d?passaient les bornes.

Plut?t que de la voir comme une coll?gue, certain coachs masculins la voyaient comme une menace. Mais Sofonie est une battante. <>, r?p?te-t-elle avec force. En d?pit des mauvais traitements, la coach se fraie tous les jours un chemin vers la r?ussite. Ce n’est pas toujours chose facile, reconnait-elle car des fois, pour un travail ?gal, elle per?oit assez souvent un salaire moins ?lev? que celui d’un homme. Mais ce n’est pas ce qui va arr?ter celle qui consid?re son travail de coach comme un combat et un d?fi ? relever.

Directrice administrative de la s?lection des joueurs amput?s

Apr?s avoir travaill? avec les femmes, Marie Sofonie Louis se retrouve directrice administrative de l’?quipe des joueurs amput?s. <>, explique l’ancienne chroniqueuse. Un acharnement qui a pay?. Car l’?quipe non seulement s’est qualifi?e pour la Coupe du monde des amput?s, mais a pu atteindre les demi-finales en terminant au bas du podium ? la quatri?me place. Jamais une ?quipe ha?tienne n’avait fait mieux en Coupe du monde. Pour la plupart des observateurs, cet exploit est d? pour beaucoup ? la pers?v?rance de Marie Sofonie Louis qui s’est battue corps et ?me pour que ses prot?g?s puissent prendre part ? cette comp?tition. Au cours des matches, elle s’est ?rig?e en fan num?ro un et grande animatrice des stades, m?gaphone en main encourageant ses joueurs.

A la fin de la comp?tition, on se souviendra encore de son message rempli d’humilit? post? sur les r?seaux sociaux s’excusant de ne pas avoir apport? la coupe au pays. Toutefois, Marie Sofonie Louis ne compte pas s’arr?ter l?. Autant chez les hommes que chez les femmes, les entrainements continuent en attendant les prochaines comp?titions internationales. Qui sait si dans les jours ? venir, les joueurs amput?s ne feront pas une surprise ? leurs fans ? La coach n’en dit pas plus. Il n’est que d’attendre.

Footballeuse et f?ministe

Coordonnatrice et fondatrice de l’Organisation des Citoyens ha?tiens pour le respect des droits humains et des patrimoines (OCHARDHOP), Marie Sofonie Louis s’engage dans la lutte pour le respect des droits des femmes. Se battre pour l’?galit? et l’?quilibre entre hommes et femmes, voil? le leitmotiv de la lutte de cette jeune femme qui, en 2022, esp?re encore que son travail sera autant valoris? que celui de ses coll?gues masculins. Sachant que la partie ne sera pas facile, Sofonie s’arme tous les jours de courage pour porter la voix et les revendications de ses consoeurs. Au-del? des comp?titions sportives, c’est donc un long match avec prolongation et tirs au but que joue chaque jour Marie Sofonie Louis pour la reconnaissance de ses capacit?s en tant que femme dans un monde peupl? d’hommes !

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Right backs, left backs are Brazil’s weak spots at World Cup Loop Jamaica

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SAO PAULO (AP) — When Brazil coach Tite uttered the name of veteran Dani Alves in his call for the World Cup squad, reactions around the country spanned from anger to disappointment.

The Brazil coach, who has faced little criticism in his six years on the job, described his pick in a paused, not-so-confident tone.

“The criteria for Daniel Alves is the criteria for all,” Tite said. “It is about rewarding individual skill, his fitness and his mental aspect. Just like the others.”

Alves himself, however, recognized that many didn’t want him in the squad for Qatar.

“I am not here to please everyone,” he said in a video.

The rancor has nothing to do with the right back’s brilliant past, but the presence of a 39-year-old player who has struggled to play for any club in the past year laid bare the lack of options Brazil has on both flanks of the defense.

Tite’s most likely options to start at the World Cup are right back Danilo, who has become more of a central defender at Juventus, and Alex Sandro, a player with little background as a typical Brazilian left back that runs from box to box.

Neither Danilo nor Alex Sandro are regarded as two of the best in the world in their positions, such as predecessors Cafu, Roberto Carlos, Marcelo and the peak Alves of 10 years ago were. At the same time, the duo has not caused Brazil much defensive trouble, being part of a team that conceded only five goals in South American qualifying.

Alves and Alex Telles are expected to be on the bench in Qatar, with Eder Milit?o also capable of playing as a right back and midfielder Fabinho as a left back.

“They are OK,” former Brazil left back Junior, now a TV commentator, said this month about Tite’s options. “They are not players who will be up front all the time. They are more cautious. But I don’t see any other choices that would be better to start at this time.”

Over the last year, Tite lost another two options that could have helped.

Fagner, a 33-year-old right back who replaced an injured Alves four years ago in Russia, had a poor season at Corinthians. Former Sevilla left back Guilherme Arana picked up a knee injury in September, ruling him out of the World Cup.

Brazil’s coach also found little reason to bring back Renan Lodi, who was loaned to Nottingham Forest after struggling at Atletico Madrid.

Lodi was blamed for Brazil’s 1-0 loss to Argentina in the 2021 Copa America final, with goal scorer ?ngel di Maria saying he knew the Brazilian “slept a little” during matches. The left back didn’t find any sympathy from Tite after he missed a callup earlier in the year because he wasn’t vaccinated against COVID-19.

Brazil’s right back at the World Cup, whoever he may be, could also face increased pressure playing alongside 38-year-old defender Thiago Silva.

Silva has been less consistent than usual at Chelsea, highlighted by a dreadful performance in the 4-1 loss to Brighton in the Premier League last month. A right back that can also run for an aging Silva could be key to avoid conceding goals in Qatar.

Cafu, who was on Brazil’s World Cup-winning team in 2002, said protecting Silva is one of the reasons why Tite will eventually use Milit?o as a starting right back during the World Cup. He also trusts Brazil to do well in Qatar regardless of the lack of options at the back.

“I don’t know why we have this shortage of players for those positions. But it is not only for the national team, we see that in clubs, too,” Cafu said in an interview last month. “Coaches are adapting midfielders to that position because they don’t know how to specifically work with right and left backs.

“Also, it is unfair to compare these players with us. Anyone playing as a right or left back today has a lot of responsibility. They have to replace people who made history for Brazil.”

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No family, no problem: Move to Canada on your own Loop Jamaica

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The United States of America is the most popular North American destination among Jamaicans who immigrate abroad. The majority of those immigrants move through family ties, whether through marriage or some other family relation.

There are many Jamaicans who wish to immigrate overseas but are unable to do so by way of family sponsorship. Canada is a promising option that should not be overlooked.

Canada’s immigration policy is driven by economic immigration with the majority of persons moving through self-sponsorship as opposed to family ties.

Canada plans to welcome approximately half a million immigrants next year

Last year Canada welcomed over 405,000 newcomers–the most we’ve ever welcomed in a single year,” said Sean Fraser, Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, in a press statement last month. “The Government is continuing that ambition by setting targets in the new levels plan of 465,000 permanent residents in 2023, 485,000 in 2024 and 500,000 in 2025. . . . This plan helps cement Canada’s place among the world’s top destinations for talent, creating a strong foundation for continued economic growth, while also reuniting family members with their loved ones and fulfilling Canada’s humanitarian commitments.”

Economic immigrants are selected based on their skills and ability to contribute to the Canadian economy. Economic immigrants include highly skilled persons in professions such as information technology, engineering, and nursing and include persons in the skilled trades such as electrical technicians, cooks and caregivers. Economic immigrants comprise persons from many occupations and so the examples given above are not exhaustive but rather a few examples.

The included occupations are varied and involve persons at different skill levels. What is clear is that Canada values persons with various levels of education and skills and recognises their contribution to the economy. Whether you are a person that is highly educated or has a skills certificate for a trade Canada may very well have an immigration programme for you.

Canada selects immigrants at the federal, provincial and regional levels. Federal programmes allow persons to immigrate to any province of their liking while provincial programmes target the economic needs of the particular province and are targeted to individuals who have the intention of settling in that particular province. Regional programmes target the economic needs of a particular region and target individuals who wish to settle in a particular region of the country such as the Atlantic Immigration Programme, which includes the provinces of New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island or Newfoundland and Labrador.

Federal Programmes for experienced professionals and persons in the skilled trades

The Express Entry Programme is Canada’s main pathway to welcome experienced professionals and trade persons into the country. Canada ranks applicants by points and considers your age, education, work experience and language skills.

Persons with the highest scores are selected to apply for permanent residency to immigrate to Canada and can move to any province within the country with the exception of Quebec. Canadian provinces include Ontario, British Columbia, Alberta, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nunavut, North-western Territories and Yukon. The Canadian province of Quebec has its own immigration programmes.

Persons selected can also apply for their immediate family to immigrate with them which includes their common-law partner or spouse, dependent children, dependent children of common law partner or spouse and dependent children of dependent children.

Provincial Programmes

In addition to federal immigration Canadian provinces also have their own immigration programmes to fill the labour needs of their province. Eligibility for these programmes is varied and candidates are ranked based on various factors, which may include work experience, whether their occupation is in demand, whether they have received a job offer from an employer within the province or even whether they studied a course in the province. Each province has many programmes that consider various factors and like the federal programmes you are able to file for yourself and dependents.

Start a business or expand a business

Canada also has federal and provincial programmes for entrepreneurs. Whether you are an established entrepreneur and wish to expand your business to Canada or a start-up the government of Canada has programmes that allow entrepreneurs and their employees to immigrate to the country with work visas for employees transferring between companies meeting the established criteria being approved in as little as two weeks.

Work and Study alternative

If you are interested in furthering your education and gaining north American experience, you may also wish to work and study in Canada. The cost of education in Canada is relatively lower than in its north American counterpart, the United States of America.

In addition to the lower cost of education, Canada also allows international students to work while they study with the government of Canada announcing on October 7, 2022, a temporary measure that will allow international students to work an unlimited amount of hours while they undertake their course of study.

In addition to the ability to work while they study students who attend a designated learning institution for at least a year may be eligible for a work permit after their studies which allows them to remain in Canada and gain Canadian work experience. If after graduation you wish to remain in Canada, there are various immigration programmes for persons with Canadian work experience and education which you may qualify for.

*This article does not constitute legal advice and is intended for informational purposes only.

Carissa Mears is a triple-qualified lawyer authorised to practice immigration law throughout Canada and licensed to practice law in Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago. She has served as an adjunct lecturer in law at the University of the West Indies Mona and The University of the Commonwealth Caribbean. She is passionate about making legal issues understandable to the general public. You can contact her at info@nextmovecanada.com

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Provisions of new Bail Act to balance right, security needs – minister Loop Jamaica

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Minister of Legal and Constitutional Affairs, Marlene Malahoo Forte, says the review of provisions in the Bail Bill will focus on balancing human rights with safety and security needs.

Speaking at a JIS ‘Think Tank’ on Wednesday, Malahoo Forte said while the high level of criminality, violence, chaos and disorder in the society is not accepted as normal, the Government is not at liberty to disregard the laws and guarantees that Parliament has made for the protection of Jamaican citizens.

“Those protection measures are inherent to our humanity, and that is why when we consider what we have been grappling with and we looked at the constitutional context, we thought it important to address the issue of the need to allow time to investigate matters, and the liberty of those who are under suspicion, defined in the Bail Bill as the defendant,” she said.

Malahoo Forte, who recently tabled the Bill in Parliament, also noted that it will address the matter of people being in custody without charge or trial within a reasonable time, this while ensuring that persons who commit serious crimes are not able to threaten, intimidate or harm witnesses.

“We don’t want people to languish in custody because a junior-rank police officer may not be as diligent (as he/she should be), or there may be administrative slip ups. Everyone who is taken into custody must be properly documented, must get information in prescribed forms about decisions (that are) taken,” the minister said.

The Bail Act, which is currently under review by a Joint Select Committee of Parliament chaired by Malahoo Forte, prescribes that the records kept must be given to the defendant or his representative, as well as to the prosecution, including the police. Another major provision under the new Bill is that of pre-charge bail, which allows for those persons who have been detained, but do not need to continue to be detained while under investigation, to be granted bail on conditions.

“We will limit the rights as least as possible. But where it is found that you are under investigation and you need to be separated from the community, we place that matter before the court and we place the responsibility on the police officer to satisfy the court on a number of things, and those are clearly set out in the law,” the minister said.

Areas of consideration by the court include when a suspect is brought in and the issue of bail has to be dealt with. They include the grounds on which it is alleged that there is reason to believe that the defendant committed an offence.

So, it’s not a matter of unfounded suspicion. The court will also assess the conduct of the defendant and reasons given why a charge has not been made, the stage at which the investigation has reached, and the manner in which it has been conducted, to make an assessment as to whether there is diligence or purposefulness in dealing with this suspect, will also be looked at by the court,” the minister said.

Other areas of consideration and assessment include whether further time would enable a charge to be preferred.

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Antigua and Barbuda will have a new Financial Secretary in the person of Mrs. Rasona Davis-Crump

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CABINET NOTES:

Effective January 1st, 2023, the Government of Antigua and Barbuda will have a new Financial Secretary in the person of Mrs. Rasona Davis-Crump.

She is a competent and experienced female who will become the country’s first-ever woman to hold this position.

The Cabinet thanked Mr. Whitfield Harris for his outstanding service to his country and to the Ministry of Finance.

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Une femme de 64 ans retrouvée morte à Cap Chevalier à son domicile

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À Cap Chevalier (Sainte-Anne). une femme âgée de 64 ans a été découverte morte à son domicile. Une enquête est ouverte.

Découverte macabre ce matin pour les habitants de Cap Chevalier à Sainte-Anne. Une femme âgée de 64 ans a été retrouvée morte à son domicile, l’information nous a été confirmée par les gendarmes qui sont toujours sur les lieux. Malgré l’intervention des secours, le décès a été constaté sur place par le médecin du SMUR.

Une enquête de gendarmerie est ouverte pour déterminer les circonstances du décès, qui selon les premières information pourrait être dû à un malaise.

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Privy Council dismisses Jack Warner’s appeal to avoid US extradition Loop Cayman Islands

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According to a judgment delivered by the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council on November 17, 2022, Jack Warner, a politician, businessman and former Vice President of F?d?ration Internationale de Football Association (“FIFA”) lost his battle to avoid extradition from the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago to the United States.

The judgment follows a series of challenges made by Warner in the courts of Trinidad where Warner previously raised issues with the Extradition (United States of America) Order, 2000 (“the USA Order”), in particular whether the USA Order purportedly issued by the Attorney General was done within the correct legal power or authority under the Extradition (Commonwealth and Territories) Act 1985 (“the Act”).

Warner had also previously asked the Trinidad courts to decide whether the decision of the Attorney General to issue an authority to proceed (“ATP”) in respect of the USA’s request for his extradition was in breach of his right to procedural fairness, whether the Attorney General was entitled to rely on a certificate without disclosing the specialty arrangement with the USA and whether the Attorney General acted in conformity with the Constitution of Trinidad and Tobago.

After losing his appeal to the Court of Appeal of Trinidad, Warner appealed to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, the highest court for many countries in the Commonwealth.

Delivering the judgment in his case and dismissing his Privy Council appeal, the Privy Council said that there was no unfairness in the procedure leading to the issue of the ATP and the certificate provided by the Attorney General disclosed a specialty arrangement which complied with the Act and which the USA could be expected to honour.

Warner is now expected to face allegations in the US, set out in a 2015 indictment filed with the US District Court (Eastern District of New York, Criminal Division), some of which are as follows:

In Trinidad and Tobago and elsewhere, Warner allegedly established and controlled numerous bank accounts and corporate entities in which he mingled his personal assets and those of CONCACAF and, among other things, Warner allegedly began to solicit and accept bribes in connection with his official duties, including the selection of the host nation for the World Cups held in 1998 and 2010, which he participated in as a member of the FIFA executive committeeAllegedly diverting FIFA and CONCACAF funds into accounts that Warner controlled and used for his personal benefit, including a 2005 purchase of a Miami, Florida condominiumAllegedly devising a scheme and artifice to defraud certain organizations, and to obtain money and property by means of materially false and fraudulent pretenses, representations, and promises

A full copy of the US indictment can be found on https://www.justice.gov/opa/file/450211/download

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Men killed in attack on six people in St James identified Loop Jamaica

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The two men, who were shot and killed by gunmen in Norwood, St James on Wednesday have been identified.

The shooting incident took place a day after a State of Emergency was imposed in the parish.

The deceased have been identified as Delano Christie, a 31-year-old shopkeeper of Norwood, St James, and Jordain Brown, a 26-year-old unemployed man of Norwood, St James.

Four other persons including a baby were also injured, the police said.

Reports are that a group of people were at a shop in the community playing a game of dominoes when two gunmen came to the area and opened fire at members of the group.

The criminals then fled the area.

The police were called and during a search, six people were found suffering from gunshot wounds.

They were rushed to the hospital where two of the victims Christie and Brown succumbed. The other injured persons including a baby have been admitted to a hospital.

Prime Minister Andrew Holness on Tuesday declared a State of Public Emergency (SOE) in the parishes of Clarendon, St Catherine, and sections of Kingston and St Andrew. An SOE was also established for the parishes of St James, Westmoreland, and Hanover.

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Barbados’ Amanda Reifer receives first Grammy nomination Loop Barbados

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It has been an amazing year for Bajan singer and songwriter Amanda Reifer, and it just gotten even better – with a Grammy Nomination.

The Recording Academy announced the nominees for the 2023 Grammys on Tuesday, November 15 and our ‘Crazy’ artiste was on the list.

Reifer was nominated for her feature on Kendrick Lamar’s track ‘Die Hard’, which also includes Blxst.

The song which is on Kendrick’s fifth studio album Mr Morale & The Big Steppers was a hit, debuting at No 1 on the Billboard Hot R&B Songs Chart this May.

‘Die Hard’ will be competing against ‘Beautiful’ by DJ Khaled featuring Future and Sza; ‘Wait For U’ by Future featuring Drake and Tems; ‘Big Energy’ by Latto and Jack Harlow’s ‘First Class’ for Best Melodic Rap Performance.

Reifer took to her Instagram to share her excitement and gratitude.

“This is my first time as a Grammy Nominee!! (as an artist and as a writer) and I can’t figure out how exactly to put my BIG gratitude into this little caption,” she wrote while also thanking the Recording Academy, Kendrick Lamar and all involved in the studio project.

The 65th Grammy Awards will take place on Sunday, February 5.

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