Edghill condemns acts of intimidation against Minister Parag

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Public Service Minister Sonia Parag on November 2 met with residents of Belladrum, West Coast Berbice to follow-up on commitments made by President Dr. Irfaan Ali during an outreach last month.

See full statement from Minister of Public Works Juan Edghill:

Today, as I reflect on some events of yesterday, I want to quickly note my perplexity at the news that the Hon. Sonia Parag, Minister of Public Service, was obstructed from engaging residents of Belladrum, Region Five, by a member of the APNU+AFC, who is also a Member of Parliament.

It disappoints me that an elected opposition, tasked with objectively representing the business of the people of Guyana, can scheme and seek to prevent and withhold development from communities, and citizens of this country they purport to love.

Today, I join with every right-thinking individual in Guyana to condemn, in the strongest possible term, the obstruction of the Hon. Sonia Parag in carrying out her duties and that of the government at Belladrum, Region Five, yesterday.

“No village is the personal property of any political group. Government ministers and other officials must have access to provide services through direct community engagements.

I urge people not to become guilty by association and allow themselves to be held hostage by participating in activities that they do not support or agree with, activities that seek to stymie their own or their community’s development.

“Resist their intimidation, use your voice, and stand against all forms of bullying.” The PPP/C government is not a government of its own supporters; we are a government for all of Guyana, regardless of your political persuasion, religion, or race.

This has been demonstrated time and time again in our projects and investments in every region of Guyana, in education, housing, job creation, youth, agriculture and infrastructure development, etc.

Our government, led by our President, Dr. Mohamed Irfaan Ali, continues to lead the charge in ensuring development in every community across Guyana, so again, I say, condemn every action by anyone seeking to stop or prevent your community’s development. Let’s support “One Guyana.”

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EDF Archipel Guadeloupe et le CHU vont signer une convention d’efficacité énergétique pour le futur CHU

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Les travaux du CHU se poursuivent • ELODIE SOUPAMA

EDF Archipel Guadeloupe et le Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Guadeloupe (CHU) signeront ce jeudi (10 novembre), une convention d’efficacité énergétique.

Cette convention d’efficacité énergétique s’appuie sur un partenariat avec le CHU de Guadeloupe.

Depuis 2014, les deux entités ont collaboré sur de nombreux projets d’amélioration des bâtiments du centre actuel.

Améliorer la performance énergétique du futur Chu

Cet engagement vise à améliorer les performances énergétiques du futur CHU grâce à l’installation d’équipements performants :

–  20 000 m² d’isolant thermique en toiture et aux murs pour un meilleur confort thermique

– 2 400 m² de baies protégées ;

– Des groupes froids d’une puissance totale de 10 MW 

– Plus de 300 000 kWh de besoin annuel en eau chaude assuré par l’énergie solaire ;

– Plusieurs kilomètres de canalisations du réseau de chaleur calorifugées afin d’éviter les déperditions ;

– Une Gestion Technique Centralisée (GTC) pilotant l’énergie d’un site de l’équivalent de 8 terrains de football, pour une meilleure maîtrise de la consommation globale.

Une économie immense sur la durée de vie des équipements

Cette convention se matérialisera par :

– Une aide financière d’EDF, au titre d’actions en faveur de l’environnement et de l’efficacité énergétique de la nouvelle structure hospitalière ;

– Des audits techniques de contrôle visant à s’assurer de la qualité des prestations réalisées et au bon fonctionnement des installations performantes, favorisant une diminution des factures d’électricité ;

L’ensemble des actions cumulées de maîtrise de l’énergie pourra permettre à terme une économie équivalnte à  la consommation annuelle d’une commune comme Anse-Bertrand en 2021.

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Un motard de 46 ans décède suite à un choc avec un véhicule aux Abymes

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Un motard de 46 ans a perdu la vie ce mercredi aux Abymes suite à un choc avec un véhicule.

Les secours ont été contactés peu avant midi ce mercredi (9 novembre) suite à un choc entre une moto et un véhicule au Boulevard du Pérou aux Abymes devant une grande enseigne de bricolage.

Arrivés sur place, les sapeurs pompiers ont découvert le motard, un homme de 46 ans en train d’être médicalisé par les medecins du Smur. Quelques minutes plus tard, son décès a été constaté.

Sur place, deux sapeurs pompiers, la Police Nationale et les équipes du Smur ont été mobilisés.

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CDB offers scholarship for postgraduate studies in Italy

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NIA CHARLESTOWN NEVIS (November 09, 2022) — The following is a notice from the Ministry of Human Resources on Nevis regarding study opportunities in Italy.

The Ministry of Human Resources in the Nevis Island Administration (NIA) wishes to inform you that the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) in collaboration with the Government of the Republic of Italy has announced the launch of its International Master in Public Procurement Management Scholarship at the Università di Roma Tor Vergata in Italy.

The programme will commence in March 2023 and end in February 2024 and is open to all citizens of CDB borrowing member countries. The selected candidate would be required to be based in Rome for a period of 4.25 months.

The scholarship will cover the following:

1. The full tuition fee for the postgraduate programme;

2. Travel costs to and from Italy for the programme; and

3. An allowance to cover room and board at the university campus and any additional living expenses.

The scholarship application process is now open and will close on Monday November 28, 2022 at 11:59 pm. All submissions should be sent to the CDB at MasterIPPM@caribank.org and should include:

1. A motivational cover letter explaining your interest in the scholarship programme and confirming that the candidate meets the eligibility requirements; and

2. A curriculum vitae (CV).

To access the scholarship eligibility requirements and additional information visit: Scholarship for International Master in Public Procurement Management at the University of Rome Tor Vergata Caribbean Development Bank (caribank.org), send an email to procurement@caribank.org or contact the following persons:

Ms. Shaniele Skeete

Mrs. Shelly Jones-Liburd

Mrs. Shanola Murrey-Gill

Ministry of Human Resources (NIA)

Tel. No.: (869) 469-5521 ext. 5164/6/3

Email: shaniele.skeete@niagov.com, shelly.jonesliburd@niagov.com, or shanola.murreygill@niagov.com

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Three myths diabetics (and everyone) should know Loop Jamaica

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If you’re Jamaican, you’ve probably heard people refer to the chronic health condition diabetes as “sugar”.

But, what is it?

Diabetes is a condition in which the body does not properly process food for use as energy.

In the body, the pancreas makes a hormone called insulin to help glucose get into the cells of people’s bodies. When you have diabetes, your body either does not make enough insulin or cannot use its own insulin as well as it should.

Accrding to the Ministry of Health and Wellness, this causes sugar to build up in your blood, which is why many people call diabetes “sugar”.

Diabetes affects all age groups. In fact, based on the Jamaica Health and Lifestyle Survey (2016-2017), the overall prevalence of diabetes among people 15 years and older was 12%.

Young poet Ngozi Wright presents a poem aimed at raising awareness about diabetes in November 2021. (Video: Ministry of Health and Wellness)

For this #WellnessWednesday and in recognition of Diabetes Awareness Month (November), Loop Lifestyle is sharing three myths about the condition that diabetics, (and everyone), should know:

Myth: Persons with diabetes can’t eat or drink anything with sugar.

Fact: This is not true. Sugar and starch are sources of energy that everyone, including persons with diabetes, needs in their daily diet. Persons with diabetes need to eat a healthy, balanced diet, which can include sugar and starch in moderation.

2. Myth: Only adults can get type 2 diabetes.

Fact: While it is true that persons can develop type 2 diabetes as they get older, in recent years more and more children and adolescents have been diagnosed with type 2 diabetes because of an increase in overweight and obesity, unhealthy eating habits and decreased physical activity in this age group.

3. Myth: If you are already at risk of getting diabetes, there’s nothing you can do to prevent it.

Fact: Changing your lifestyle – healthy eating, increased physical activity, maintaining a healthy weight, regular check-ups – can delay or prevent the development of type 2 diabetes in persons who have risk factors. This is also true for persons with pre-diabetes.

Source: Ministry of Health and Wellness

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Jamaica wants to supply oil-rich Guyana with skilled workers Loop Jamaica

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Jamaica is considering designing a skills exchange programme to supply Guyana’s labour market with short-term technically skilled personnel.

Minister of Investment, Industry and Commerce Senator Aubyn Hill outlined the plan following a recent trade visit to the CARICOM state, which is poised to be one of the world’s biggest oil producers by the end of this decade.

With the expected increase in workforce needs in Guyana, Hill seized the opportunity to highlight the capacity-building potential of HEART NSTA to deliver the National Council on Technical and Vocational Education and Training (NCTVET) certification.

He also stressed Jamaica’s ability to supply short-term technically skilled personnel to support the Guyanese expansion.

Guyana’s workforce needs will reach 2.5 million in the next three years, from a population base of 790,000, according to Richard Rambarran, President of the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce.

This presents expansive opportunities for an increased demand for food from which Jamaica’s agribusiness sector and its players could benefit.

There’s also an opportunity to export processed goods, explore joint ventures with Guyanese entities to utilise raw materials and create synergies along the supply chain for the mutual benefit of Jamaica and Guyana, it was revealed in a statement by the island’s investment agency, Jampro.

What’s more, Guyana’s current building boom requires an expansion of the building industry.

Jamaican contractors and developers with access to capital can find opportunities in this expansion, generating financial gains for Jamaica while supporting the infrastructure growth of Guyana, the release also stated.

The possibilities for the building boom are clear – 12 hotels are under construction, one of which is financed by a Jamaican institution and built by a Jamaican contractor.

A total of 20,000 houses are also expected to be built per year over the next few years to support the expected talent influx. In addition, some 700 km of roads are being built, including a major highway to northeast Brazil.

The growing need for capital to finance this building boom is more than the local institutions can provide, opening opportunities for Jamaica’s sophisticated private equity, debt financiers, micro-credit, and stock exchanges to market their products and services, the Jampro release also said.

“The financial services industry in Guyana is replete with opportunities for Jamaican business acumen and financial know-how to thrive. The Jamaican institutions can play a key role in bringing structured financial instruments to Guyana and support the transformation of the sector,” added Hill.

Steven Gooden, CEO of NCB Capital Markets said: “NCB Capital Markets is a firm supporter of regional integration. To this end, we are pleased with the level of discussions that occurred at the recent Jampro Trade Mission to Guyana. It is these partnerships that will help to forge stronger relationships with our Guyanese neighbours and enable collective dialogue that will facilitate enhanced growth and development for both regions. We look forward to continuing conversations on our return with the JAMPRO team.”

President of JAMPRO, Diane Edwards stated: “The spirit of collaboration and the opportunities unearthed were excellent and reinforced the need for deeper regional integration as the shared benefits will enhance the region as a whole.”

Conceptualised and led by Hill and organised by JAMPRO, the seven-day mission comprised a Jamaican delegation of 33 private sector and government officials.

JAMPRO arranged over 70 official business-to-business meetings for the Jamaican delegation with Guyanese companies and government agencies. This, with the support and collaboration of sponsor NCB, and key players such as the Guyanese Manufacturing and Services Association (GSMA), the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce (GCC), the Private Sector Council of Guyana and Go-Invest, the Guyanese government’s trade and investment agency.

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Antigua and Barbuda’s 41st anniversary of independence celebrated in Leicester

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Antigua and Barbuda’s 41st anniversary of independence was celebrated in Leicester at a thanksgiving service held at the St. Peter’s Anglican Church.

Scores of Antiguan and Barbudan citizens living in Leicester and surrounding areas attended the church service to celebrate the country’s independence.

The service is an initiative developed by the diaspora group, Wadadli Link, led by Sharon Frederick.

It has enjoyed the support of the High Commission since it was first held in 2017 and is now an annual event in the diaspora calendar around Independence.

This year the ceremony focused on the Independence theme of unity, strength and stability.

In her message, Antigua and Barbuda’s High Commissioner, Her Excellency Karen-Mae Hill told the audience that Antigua and Barbuda, despite the challenges it has faced in its relative youthfulness as an independent democracy, has achieved much for which we can give thanks.

She acknowledged the role of the Diaspora in nation building and thanked them for their contributions to the development of Antigua and Barbuda.

“Let’s now ensure that your children and their children share the connection we as adults feel to the land of our heritage. Creating avenues for our youth to develop this sense of identity and belonging is critical at all times, but especially in the conflicted world we now live in. I commend the example being shown by Wadadli Link whose executive and planning committee spans all generations,” the High Commissioner said.

This theme was repeated by Pastor Marvin Hector in his sermon and by President of Wadadli Link, Sharon Frederick.

Many Antiguans and Barbudan’s living abroad still feel very patriotic about their homeland of Antigua and Barbuda and wish to remain connected in some way to it despite residing abroad.

This was the inspiration behind Wadadli link which was formed by a group of likeminded individuals who wanted to bring together members, family, friends and the wider community for the benefit of Antiguans and Barbudans living in Leicester and the UK to celebrate and promote our shared heritage and culture.

The service enjoyed music from Pauline Browne-Matthuri, Carla Thomas, Jonathan Joseph, Leicester Central Seventh-day Adventist Church Choir and Contrast Steelband. Readings were led by Oscar Fortune, Sharon Frederick, Nijah Paul and Anton Thomas.

The Lord Mayor Councillor George Cole, the first black Lord Mayor of Leicester, and Mrs Cole attended the service. Deputy Lieutenant of Leicester, Professor Ivan Browne, a distinguished member of the Antiguan and Barbudan UK diaspora, was also in attendance.

The High Commission is pleased to support all of our Diaspora associations in the United Kingdom, namely Wadadli Link, Barbuda Rise, the Antigua and Barbuda National Association (London) and the Antigua and Barbuda, Waltham Forest and Dominica Twinning Association.

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Senate passes 2022 Finance Bill

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Minister of Finance Colm Imbert – Photo by Sureash Cholai

The Finance Bill 2022 was passed in the Senate on Tuesday after a short debate. One Opposition Senator was heard objecting to the passage of the bill.

In his wrap-up of the debate, Finance Minister Colm Imbert clarified concerns raised by Senator Wade Mark during his contribution. Mark objected to the proposed addition of WASA, TTEC and TTPost to the list of entities supplying information under the Valuation of Lands Act.

Imbert said under the act, the Commissioner of Valuations (CoV) was conceptually empowered to access information from the Board of Inland Revenue, the registrar of the High Court, and departments of government. He said the gathering of information from WASA, TTEC and TTPost is the same, as the information collected will be the addresses and other pertinent information that the Commissioner of Valuations will require for populating the valuation rolls.

“The purpose for which the information is required will determine the type of information. What the CoV will want to know is what do the records of WASA say with respect to the owner or occupant of a property, the address of a property, the type of property, commercial or residential.

“Similarly, with TTPost, they would have information on addresses, and even more helpfully, GIS coordinates with respect to the owners of properties and lands in TT, which will assist the CoV to cross-reference the information the valuation division will have already.

“TTEC will have information on addresses, owners, occupants, and type of structure.

“All of this information will assist the commissioner to be as accurate as possible in determining owner, address, and type of property, So that is the only purpose of the amendment.”

The bill was not sent to a committee of the whole Senate, was read a third time and passed with no opposition.

Opposition Senator Damian Lyder was heard shouting, “Everyone of allyuh is coward,” and the Senate President asked him to apologise.

His initial response was, “I apologise for talking the truth and calling them cowards,” for which he was again asked to apologise.

He then apologised for his comments.

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Griffith: Claim of 108 legal guns used in crimes is ‘effort to mislead’

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NTA political leader and former police commissioner Gary Griffith. FILE PHOTO –

FORMER police commissioner Gary Griffith says National Security Minister Fitzgerald Hinds and acting Commissioner of Police McDonald Jacob are bent on misleading the nation by saying 108 legal firearms were used in criminal activities, including four murders.

Speaking in the Senate on Tuesday, Hinds said information given to him by Jacob was that 108 legal guns were used in the commission of crimes, including murders, and this emerging trend was of concern to the police.

In a press release on Wednesday, under the aegis of the National Transformation Alliance – of which he is political leader – Griffith demanded Jacob and Hinds bring facts or evidence to prove their claim.

“I challenge both Jacob and Hinds to present the evidence, especially (of) the murders, and I want to once again categorically state that during my tenure as police commissioner, not one legal firearm was used in the committal of a crime, far less a murder,” Griffith said.

Adding that when the authorities say things such as TT is not experiencing a spike in murders, “when every other citizen knows we are,” Griffith said it would not surprise him if the 108 legal firearms referred to by Hinds were an aggregate of figures from some ten or even 20 years.

“In the same vein, the four murders they refer to may also be an aggregation of over a decade or decades, or it may include firearms issued to defence force personnel, police officers, and other arms of the protective services, and not civilian-issued firearms, which in the public’s mind is what is referred to by the term, legally-issued firearms.

“Maybe if Jacob didn’t dismantle things like the chip card for FUL holders, and virtually shut down online and app reporting for domestic violence victims, he too would be able to state that no crimes with legal firearms took place under his watch.”

He reiterated that law-abiding citizens should be given the opportunity to arm themselves.

“Call it desperation or plain insanity to focus on law-abiding citizens having legal firearms, as opposed to criminals having illegal ones, what Hinds’ response represents, and the information supplied by Jacob’s indicates, is a willingness to do anything possible to hoodwink the population into believing that legal firearms is what is denying them from feeling safe and secure, and not illegal ones.”

He promised that if the NTA is elected when the next general election is called, an NTA government would ensure suitably qualified citizens had a right to access legal guns to defend themselves against criminals.

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