Offset Honors Late Migos Group Member Takeoff On Instagram

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Offset is yet to break his silence and speak on his cousin and Migos brother Takeoff’s death, but on Wednesday, he publicly reacted by showing love to the late rapper.

No doubt, the death of his cousin and Migos band member, Takeoff, who was shot and killed on Monday night (October 31), is weighing heavy on Offset, who not only grew up with Takeoff but they were also very close and remained on good terms despite the split of Migos earlier this year.

There’s been a somber mood in the hip-hop world following Takeoff’s death as fans, and other celebrities attempt to make sense of the tragedy.

On Wednesday, Offset changed his display photo to a close-up of Takeoff wearing dark sunglasses and smiling.

The other member of the Migos, Quavo, who was present when the incident took place, has not spoken about the tragedy. In videos shared online of the shooting, Quavo was seen screaming and crying in agony after realizing that Takeoff was shot and lay bleeding with a pool of blood around his head.

Instagram screenshot of Offset display photo

Meanwhile, fans have been reminiscing on the life of Takeoff. Videos of the late rapper’s many freestyles and clips from Migos’ music videos have been shared by fans who express the deep sense of loss many people felt after learning about the rapper’s passing.

A throwback video from 106 & Park in 2015 was also shared by another fan, where Bow Wow spoke to the three rappers and noted that up to that point, the Migos’ first men were Takeoff and Quavo, who held the group down while Offset was in jail.

In the video, Offset is asked about finally being able to join his family members, Takeoff and Quavo.

“First of all, it’s a blessing to come out of a situation like that but I been going in the studio,” Offset says, while Takeoff later adds that the group won’t stop.

On Twitter, many also shared messages of comfort and camaraderie for Offset and Quavo as they mourn Takeoff.

“Quavo and Offset gotta come back together and carry the Migos legacy. Do it for Takeoff man,” one fan wrote.

“Takeoff gone, quavo and offset on bad terms, its over but we need to celebrate migos run – a decade of hits, one of hiphops greatest groups, and probably the most influential atlanta artists in recent years outside of future thug and gucci,” another wrote.

“Offset was really looking like a whole proud father the way he reacted to Takeoff’s freestyle,” a third fan added.

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Dutch court continues Jah Cure’s incarceration, trial likely for 2023 Loop Cayman Islands

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Authorities in the Netherlands confirmed to Loop today that, following a pro-forma hearing yesterday (November 1), a judge ruled to keep Jah Cure in detention.

As a result of the ruling, Jah Cure (whose real name is Siccature Alock), will continue serving a six-year sentence in the Netherlands for attempted manslaughter.

Unhappy that the court did not find Jah Cure guilty of attempted murder (and only attempted manslaughter), Netherlands’ authorities said previously that they “lodged an appeal to the Court of Appeal” to challenge “the acquittal for attempted murder.”

Regarding the next court hearing, the authorities in the Netherlands revealed that “There’s another pro forma hearing planned for January 24th, 2023, while the case is being prepared for the actual trial.”

As to where Jah Cure is being held up during this time and the conditions of the facility, a representative from the authorities in the Netherlands said: “Due to privacy law I cannot disclose any information on the representation of the suspect or the specific facility/location where the suspect is incarcerated.”

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Third missing teen Jahsmine Ebanks located Loop Cayman Islands

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Jahsmine Ebanks has now been located. (Photo: Courtesy RCIPS)

The Royal Cayman Island Police Service (RCIPS) is reporting that missing teen Jahsmine Ebanks has been located.

According to the RCIPS, the teen has returned home safely and appears to be in good health.

“The RCIPS thanks the public for their assistance in this matter,” the service said in a statement.

Ebanks was among a group of three teens reported missing in late October.

The others are Mackailia Cunningham and Austina Williams.

The RCIPS reported on 30 October that Cunningham and Williams have returned home and are in good health.

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UU Secretary-general Pledges Continued Support to St. Kitts and Nevis in Areas Such as Climate Change and Agriculture

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Basseterre, St. Kitts, November 01, 2022 (SKNIS): The Federation of St. Kitts and Nevis will continue to receive support from the United Nations in areas such as climate change, financing for development, human resource development, and health and agriculture as they work together for the common good of the people, said UN Secretary-General António Guterres.

Secretary-General Guterres was at the time welcoming St. Kitts and Nevis’ New Permanent Representative to the United Nations Her Excellency Nerys Dockery as she presented her credentials on October 24, 2022.

“I am delighted to receive you and to tell you very clearly that the support to St. Kitts and Nevis and to Small Island Developing States (SIDS) is an actual priority for us,” said United Nations (UN) Secretary-General António Guterres. “We know the difficulties that you face, the challenges that you face, how much the world economic order is against the needs and interest of the people of the Small Island Developing States mainly in the Caribbean.”

Secretary-General Guterres welcomed Her Excellency Dockery to her new role and expressed a desire to work closely with her.“I want to tell you that we very much welcome your presence here and we hope that you will allow us to testify to the close relationship with your country and also in the context of CARICOM. It is one of the regional organizations that has a closer cooperation with the UN,” he said.

“So, you are very much welcome. We will work together; we are very happy that the new administration has taken the decisions that you have mentioned that you will do everything to make sure that those commitments and that very strong approach to multilateralism will be successful.”

Her Excellency Dockery congratulated Secretary-General Guterres on his reelection to serve a second term in the said position of the United Nations.

“Thank you for the excellent stewardship that you have provided during your last term and for being such a fierce defender of small island developing states. You have truly been outstanding in the manner in which you have fulfilled the mandate of this august body,” Her Excellency Dockery said.

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Major crimes up by 3.5 per cent, but… Loop Jamaica

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While murders have declined in several parishes, due in part to the police’s latest crime-fighting strategy, Operation Relentless II, there is a 3.5 per cent increase in major crimes across the island so far this year, when compared to the corresponding period in 2021.

Speaking at the police’s monthly press conference on Tuesday, Commissioner, Major General Antony Anderson, said year-on-year, murders for the period January 1 to October 31 are up by “just under eight per cent”.

“Shootings are down by six per cent, rape is down by 12 per cent, break-ins are up by nine per cent, and robberies up 20 per cent,” he outlined.

The commissioner said when the homicide data is disaggregated, not much has changed relative to the major causes.

He elaborated that, “Eighty-seven per cent of everyone who has been murdered since the start of the year has either been involved in a gang, are associated with gangsters, or in conflict with someone they probably know well.

“A further five per cent of homicides have been in furtherance of a crime, one per cent were mob killings, and we have about seven per cent we are always working on to properly attribute them.”

In relation to Operation Relentless II, which was launched at the end of September, Anderson said there has been some clear successes under the initiative that was initially aimed at targeting gangs and gangsters involved in major crimes.

“In the 38 days since the launch of the operations, there has been a significant reduction in murders in all five of the focus divisions.

“In St James, murder is 19 per cent down; Westmoreland has seen a 50 per cent reduction; St Andrew South is down 36 per cent; and St Catherine North is 50 per cent down,” said the commissioner.

Additionally, the St Catherine South Police Division has recorded a 44 per cent reduction in murders when compared with the 38-day prior to the start of Operation Relentless II.

During the period, however, there has been a flare-up of violence in the St Ann, Kingston Eastern and Kingston Western police divisions.

“In Kingston Western particularly, it is largely a result of a conflict in the Lincoln Road, Orange Villa section of the division.

“However, this is an anomaly, because when we examine the entire police Area Four (network), which covers most of the Corporate Area, we have registered 100 fewer murders at this point in 2022, when compared with the corresponding period last year,” stated Anderson.

On the weekend, a triple murder was recorded in the Lincoln Road section of the Corporate Area.

Meanwhile, the police have also seized 91 firearms and more than 1,200 rounds of ammunition since the start of the latest crime initiative, the top cop reported.

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Sygnus donates $500,000 towards breast cancer fight Loop Jamaica

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Alternative Investments firm Sygnus has continued in its tradition of supporting the Jamaica Cancer Society (JCS). This year, the company added Jamaica Reach to Recovery by presenting $500,000 to aid women and men across the island with mammogram screenings and financial support for treatments.

The investment company, for the last three years, has stood firmly in the cause for breast cancer awareness, and this year $300,000 from their total donation will provide 60 women with the opportunity to get free mammogram screenings which will assist with the early detection of breast cancer.

Mammograms are specialised medical imaging of the breast and are usually encouraged to be done around the age of 40. While this screening is essential, many are not able to afford it.

Acting Executive Director, Michael Leslie, who was on location at the cheque handover, expressed his gratitude to the Sygnus Group and shared the battles many women face with affording a mammogram.

“First of all, I must formally thank the Sygnus Group for their continued contribution and support to the Jamaica Cancer Society. As you know the JCS recommends that women get their mammograms at the age of 40, as this is the gold standard, and this test will allow us to detect a lump as small as a pinhead. However, not all women can afford it. With Sygnus on board for the past three years, their contribution and their donation has helped us to help others who need a mammogram and can’t afford to pay for it,” Leslie said, adding his hopes for a continued partnership with the alternative investment company.

This year, Sygnus has also extended its support to the Jamaica Reach To Recovery with $200,000 for their initiative which will go towards providing financial aid for those suffering from the disease.

Also present at the handover, Jamaica Reach To Recovery’s Chairman, Carolind Graham noted that with these funds they are able to “assist women in accessing tests and treatments. Because a diagnosis of breast cancer entails several tests and several treatments along the way, and they are all expensive. In many cases, women simply can’t afford them. So they come to us and we assist them in getting these things done.”

The JR2R, a group of breast cancer survivor volunteers, for the past 45 years, has been supporting both women and men who have been diagnosed with the disease and are on their journey to recovery. While noting that they do not act in the capacity of a doctor or counsellor, the JR2R chairman expressed, having gone through similar experiences, volunteers are able to assist persons in successfully charting their road to recovery.

Though annually observed in the month of October, the fight still goes on for those battling cancer daily, and Sygnus has committed itself to not only assisting with early detection but survival as well.

“Over the last two years, Sygnus has donated over J$1,000,000 to the Jamaica Cancer Society to help with screening at least 200 women, awarding them free mammograms to ensure early detection. This year, however, we decided to include a donation to the JR2R as well. With this, we can help not only those seeking early detection but those on their journey to recovery. We can aid in increasing the number of survivors of one of the most common cancers found in Jamaican women, and a leading cause of cancer-related deaths,” said Elizabeth James, Vice President and Head of Wealth and Client Strategy at Sygnus Capital.

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Family of man killed in prison hauls the AG and Police Commissioner to court claiming they are liable for his death

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SOURCE- OBSERVER NEWSCO-The sister and the son of murdered detainee, Leroy Caesar is suing the Commissioner of Police and by extension the Office of the Attorney General for negligence, which they believe led to the death of their family member.

The duo argue that Caesar should not have been placed in the same cell with another inmate who was known to have mental issues.

The 64-year-old died in the custody of law enforcement on December 29th, 2021 after getting into a scuffle with prisoner Ziggy Beazer, who shortly after the altercation was deemed “unfit to stand trial” because of mental health reasons.

Caesar’s cause of death was listed as multiple trauma with bilateral rib fractures, penetrating lung injuries, hemothorax, penetrating liver injuries and hemoperitoneum which means that he had multiple internal injuries.

The deceased man’s sister, Iris Browne and his son, Elvis Caesar said that like Beazer, Caesar had also been diagnosed with a mental disorder and had been a known patient at the Clarevue Psychiatric Hospital since October 2000.

A hospital report submitted to the court on February 1st, 2022, described Caesar’s condition as “schizoaffective disorder” which is a mental health disorder that is marked by a combination of schizophrenia symptoms, such as hallucinations or delusions, and mood disorder symptoms, such as depression or mania.

The report stated that the man had a “long history of non-compliance with treatment over the years”.

Meanwhile, the man who allegedly killed Caesar was also diagnosed with a “major psychiatric illness, Schizophrenia”.

An earlier report on Beazer’s condition dated June 28th, 2019, concluded that he was “not mentally competent or fit to plea” at the time he was remanded for the death of another man.

According to the report by consultant psychiatrist, Dr Griffin Benjamin, recommendations were presented to initiate medication treatment in an attempt to stabilise Beazer’s mental functions and “arrive at the point of mental competence”. But he only received medication treatment one year later in May 2019 following a new court order on May 27, 2019.

“He manifested gross psychotic features of paranoid delusions, auditory and visual hallucinations and gross disorganisation of his behaviour and speech,” the report read.

Again, on January 18th, 2021, Dr Philmore Benjamin said he gave the impression of being mentally ill, having been brought in by his family for evaluation.

It is on that premise that the family of Leroy Caesar has applied to the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court (ECSC) seeking damages relating to various costs incurred as well as compensation for his funeral expenses.

They are accusing the police of failing to acknowledge the “obvious risk” of detaining whom their attorney Wendel Robinson described as “two known lunatics” in the same cell; as well failing to take the necessary precautions to keep the two men separated despite a similar situation which occurred at the St John’s Police Station earlier that year.

The police, they are claiming, also failed to notify Caesar’s family of his detention and that their action or inaction, directly resulted in the incident and ultimately the death of the 64-year-old man.

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Police Superintendent reportedly tipped to replace Weaver; but Fire Department officers said to prefer an inside man

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Inside sources allege that Fire Chief Elvis Weaver will finally retire at the end of the year and that a Superintendent of Police is tipped to succeed him.

The Superintendent is said to be moving over to the Fire Department as of Wednesday, November 2, to understudy Weaver, who will retire officially on December 31.

Weaver, the longest-serving Fire Chief, had been granted two extensions of time to facilitate the separation of the Fire Department from the Police Force, as has long been recommended.

However, insiders say nothing has been done to advance the separation since.

Two officers were previously identified as likely successors to Weaver; however, it is alleged that one man expressed his unwillingness to hold the position.

The sources claim he is unhappy that the retirement age of public servants was extended, since he had long expressed his intention to retire as soon as he reached the age of 60 – and that time has passed.

The other officer reportedly has fallen out of favour with the Administration and the Police Service Commission over his political views.

Meanwhile, the sources claim there is simmering resentment among the rank and file of the Fire Department, who, reportedly, are supporting a certain superintendent within the Department to replace the outgoing Chief.

They say the man tipped to replace Weaver has never served in the Fire Department, although he is said to have held a senior position at the Sir Wright George Police Academy and is a veteran of more than 35 years with the Force.

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Bartica man gets $150K bail for alleged rape of girl

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Yusuf Hinds, 26, of Bartica, Region Seven (Cuyuni-Mazaruni) has been granted bail in the sum of $150,000 after he was charged for raping an underaged girl.

Hinds appeared before the Bartica Magistrate Court on Tuesday where he was not required to plead to the indictable charge.

It is alleged that the girl was raped between October 1 and 7, 2022.

Hinds was placed on bail and the batter was adjourned to November 21.

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Opposition willing to support Govt on changing laws to include biometrics for voting

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The A Partnership for National Unity/Alliance For Change (APNU/AFC) coalition Opposition would be willing to support the Government if it brings legislative and constitutional changes to the National Assembly to include biometrics as a requirement for voting.

Opposition Leader Aubrey Norton made the coalition’s position known during a press conference on Tuesday. During the press conference, Norton reiterated that his party wants biometrics, which generally includes biological data such as fingerprints, to be made a condition for persons to vote.

The only requirements for someone to vote, as set out in Articles 59 and 159 of the Constitution, are that that person must be 18 years or older, and must be a Guyanese citizen or a Commonwealth citizen resident and domiciled in Guyana.

It was pointed out to Norton that any deviation from this could set the stage for the elections to be overturned, as occurred in 2001 in the Esther Perreira petition that sought to overturn the results of the 1997 General and Regional Elections due to the use of ID cards. According to Norton, however, the law can be changed with support of the APNU/AFC.

“We can go to Parliament and change the law, and all the issues they would have (been) raised (can) become passe… If the Government comes with a proposal to give credible list so we can get credible elections, the Opposition will work with them on the issue.”

Norton was also reminded that the Opposition has a history of not cooperating with the Government on various issues, such as the composition of the Natural Resource Fund committees.

Despite the investment and oversight committees being appointed months ago, the Opposition are yet to submit their nominees, as the law provides for. However, Norton said the changes to the Constitution that his party is calling for could open the door for them to cooperate on other issues.

“It might very well pave the way for us to cooperate on other issues. But you’re not going to seek to dominate and control and want us to cooperate. So, you can say to the Government, ‘This is a good opportunity for you to engage the Opposition’, and once we can get over that hurdle, you would have created conditions propitious to getting over the other hurdles,” Norton said.

This comes even as the Government is preparing to embark on constitutional reform consultations early next year. The constitutional reform process would be spearheaded by the Constitutional Reform Commission once it is set up, and it will allow stakeholders to make suggestions on much-needed areas of reform in the Constitution.

Back in August of this year, the Government presented the Constitution Reform Commission Bill 2022 in the National Assembly. It seeks the establishment of a Constitution Reform Commission to review the country’s supreme laws.

According to the provisions of the Bill, the commission will review the Constitution to provide for the current and future rights, duties, liabilities, and obligations of the Guyanese people. It is mandated for that purpose to receive, consider, and evaluate submissions for the alteration of the Constitution, and report its recommendations to the Standing Committee for transmission to the National Assembly.

In conducting the review, the Commission will also consider the full protection of the fundamental rights and freedoms of the Guyanese people under law; the rights of Indigenous people of Guyana; the rights of children; eliminating discrimination in all forms; and improving ethnic relations, while promoting ethnic security and equal opportunity.

According to the explanatory memorandum of the Bill, the proposed Constitutional Reform Commission would consist of 20 members who would be drawn from the governing People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C), the Opposition A Partnership for National Unity/Alliance For Change (APNU/AFC), and one member from political party A New and United Guyana (ANUG).

One member each would also be drawn from the Guyana Bar Association, the Labour Movement, the National Toshaos Council, the Private Sector, representatives of women’s organisations, youth organisations, Christian, Hindu and Muslim organisations, as well as a nominee representing farmers.

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