Public Servants to receive a salary increase in 2023

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Public Servants across St. Vincent and the Grenadines have been assured that they will receive a salary increase from the Government.

This assurance came from Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves, during NBC’s Face to Face programme this morning.

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The Prime Minister highlighted the significant benefits to which Public Servants are entitled.

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Retailers report steady back-to-school sales Loop Barbados

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Retailers are elated to see a surge in back-to-school shopping ahead of the September 19 start.

The Ministry of Education, Vocational and Technological Training has yet to confirm the format for the new school year, but parents have wasted no time to race to Bridgetown to purchase school necessities.

Operations director of Swan Street store, Abed’s Co & Ltd, Alex Abed reported a noticeable surge in sales in comparison to 2021, when classes resumed online.

“Compared to last year where back-to-school didn’t happen for COVID-19, the demand is definitely noticeable. With Cave Shepherd no longer doing school clothes, we have seen an uptake in the amount of people for back-to-school. There are always those in need and those who need more having to decide between buying more than one uniform of four children or one for each of them,” he shared.

The Swan Street branch of Abed’s was noticeably bustling with a crowd swarming the uniform section of the store.

Meanwhile, managing director of department store Woolworth, Martin Bryan told Loop News there has been a steady flow of customers but he expected business to get hectic on the weekend before school commenced.

“Bajans are last minute so it has been quite steady but we reckon in the next two weeks it will be brisk because you have…two more weekends and we reckon we will have an influx of customers by then,” Bryan said.

He added: “The last two years there have been no back-to-school so we were struggling in terms of uniforms. We were stuck with a lot of the uniforms but this year we have definitely seen a drastic increase….We are grateful for that so we hope life continues as normal.”

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Hear the accent? First look at Bajan Niko Terho on Grey’s Academy Loop Barbados

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Barbados’ Niko Terho may or may not be the intern who is living in the hospital below the radar in this new residency programme at the Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital on Season 19 of Grey’s Anatomy.

He’s trying to prove that he deserves to be there

In a sneak peek trailer dropped yesterday, the new class of Grey meet with Sloan and learn “You will save lives and you will end some”. But this entire new cohort seems to be getting a second chance. Sloan calls on the “diamonds in the rough” to “prove the doubters wrong” and it seems they have “a lot to prove”.

In his introduction, Terho says his character, “Lucas Adams, is trying to prove himself. He’s trying to prove that he deserves to be there.”

But when caught either with his hands in his pants or with his pants partially down, and asked what is he doing, he replies smoothly, “Was working till 4am, thought I’d put on fresh underwear.” To which he is met with a doubtful reply of, “Please don’t tell me you’re living here.”

Terho slips his hands into his white jacket and we are all left with no answer.

Asked what it’s like being a part of this explosion of newness on the set of Grey’s Anatomy, Terho says he likens every day on the set to when you first go to Disney World in your childhood, “and stepping into the kingdom”.

The new season kicks off Thursday, October 6, 2022.

Terho is born to a Barbadian mom and a Finnish dad.

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Tekashi 6ix9ine Not Happy About Court Ordered Protection From Girlfriend

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6ix9ine says he doesn’t need a court to protect him from his girlfriend who recently put the paws on him.

Tekashi 6ix9ine’s girlfriend has been ordered by a court to stay away from the rapper after her domestic violence arrest last week in which she allegedly battered the “Trollz” rapper at a Miami nightclub. Jade and Tekashi have been together for more than four years, but it seems that their relationship has broken down. Despite the arrest and charge, Tekashi doesn’t seem keen on having her suffer consequences, TMZ reported.

6ix9ine’s girlfriend has been issued an extensive protective order to keep no contact with the rapper. This includes not only all forms of remote contact, such as phone calls, texts, letters, and social media but also physical contact. Jade must also stay at least 500 feet away from the Brooklyn rapper.

It doesn’t seem that Tekashi or Jade will follow the order. The rapper stated that their relationship is doing well, meaning that they are still together despite the incident. He recently went on Instagram Live and tell fans that they are in a good place with their relationship but admitted that he found himself in a dark place frequently, so he is taking a break.

The rapper also says he is allowing Jade and her child to remain in residence at his house in Florida until they take care of the legal issues. 6ix9ine, on the other hand, will stay in a hotel until that is sorted out, but he does indicate that there is a possibility that he will move back into the home with her and her child.

Last month Jade was arrested for throwing hands at 6ix9ine. At the time, the rapper said that her friends had encouraged her to fight with him. Part of the altercation was also videoed and shared online.

Despite Jade being the aggressor, 6ix9ine had said that he was going to pay her bond so she could be released from bail. At the time, she was placed on a $1500 bond.

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Five shot, two fatally in Westmoreland Loop Jamaica

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Five people, said to be all men, were shot in Red Ground, Negril, Westmoreland, shortly after 9am on Tuesday.

Two of them have since died.

Reports are that a group of people were at a bar in the community when armed men opened fire at them.

Five received gunshot wounds and were taken to hospital where two later died while being treated.

The dead men have not yet been identified.

In a separate shooting incident that occurred in Grange Hill, also in the parish this morning, another man was killed.

That incident occurred after 8am. He has also not yet been identified.

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URGENT NOTICE: Slow moving traffic

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Urgent NOTICE ​​

Date: Sep 7th 2022

Ongoing works associated with the Government of Antigua and Barbuda National Street Lighting Project will result in slow moving traffic as well as single lane traffic a section of Sir George Walter Highway (SSWH) for two days. Details of the traffic interventions are as follow:

 

Road users are urged to plan their route to ensure they arrive at the destination on time as ongoing road work could cause traffic delays.

 

North bound Lane Closure on Sir George Walter Highway (SGWH) -Ongoing.

Date: Wednesday 7 and Thursday 8 September, 2022.

Time: 8:00am to 4:00pm daily. 

 

The northbound lane on a section of Sir George Walter Highway (SSWH) will be closed for the duration of two (2) days on Wednesday 7th September and Thursday 8th September 2022. This lane closure will facilitate work associated with the national street lighting project now underway by the Antigua Public Utilities Authority. 

 

Location of Ln closure: between CPR Equipment Services Ltd and Powells Main Road junction.

Road users are advised to proceed with caution when traveling in the work zones.  

For additional inform please contact the PIMU via email: [email protected] or call us: 562-9174/6 or 562-778

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Valencia man killed, friend injured

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A 29-year-old Valencia man was killed on Tuesday night after gunmen shot at him while he and others were liming outside his home.

Police reported that at about 7.25 pm Cpl Beharry and PC Johnson responded to a report of gunshots at Sun Shade Grocery along the Valencia Old Road, Valencia.

On arrival they found Michael “TC” Trancoso, who lived on the same compound, and Calvin Lopez on the ground, with people around them assisting them.

The two were taken to the Sangre Grande Hospital, where Trancoso, 26, was declared dead at about 7.49 pm.

Lopez, 29, of Alexander Street, Valencia, remains in a critical condition.

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Government Adopts Shock Responsive Social Protection – St. Lucia Times News

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Pandemics, extreme weather events and natural disasters can lead to shocks to the economy and lives of persons around the world.

These shocks can lead to issues such as unemployment, decreased income and threats to food security.

COVID-19 and inflation have highlighted the speed at which the world’s trajectory can be altered.

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Policy and Program Officer in the Ministry of Equity, Social Justice and Empowerment, Eulampius Frederick, describes the adaptive shock response mechanism aimed at addressing these events.

“Shock responsive social protection is a special form of social protection where you adapt your current social protection programs to prepare for, mitigate and respond to co-variant shocks. Co-variant shocks affect large sections of the population, perhaps even an entire region—things like hurricanes, natural disasters or even the recent the pandemic.”

The shock responsive social protection mechanism is an integral component of the updated National Social Protection Policy.

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Cámara de Representantes solicita intervenir en el pleito incoado por la JCF sobre Reforma Laboral

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A menos de una semana de que la Junta de Control Fiscal (JCF) impugnara la validez de la Reforma Laboral (Ley 41-2022) ante el Tribunal Federal, el presidente de la Cámara de Representantes, Rafael Hernández Montañez, anunció el miércoles que ese cuerpo legislativo presentó un recurso legal para intervenir en la demanda, con el fin de defender la validez del estatuto.

“Con nuestra intervención en esta demanda litigaremos en los méritos para evidenciar que la JCF miente con sus argumentos meramente filosóficos, y que se equivoca al intentar reglamentar un asunto concerniente al sector privado”, afirmó Hernández Montañez en declaraciones escritas.

En su demanda, en la que solamente incluyeron al gobernador, por lo que la Cámara se vio obligada a solicitarle al tribunal intervenir en el pleito, la JCF argumenta que la entrada en vigor de la Ley 41-2022 sería perjudicial para la economía del país. Sin embargo, el organismo fiscal fundamenta esa posición utilizando una presentación de PowerPoint que no incluye datos empíricos sobre la condición económica de la isla.

Por su parte, el presidente de la Comisión de Asuntos Laborales de la Cámara, Domingo Torres García, sostuvo que “la implementación de la Reforma Laboral no ha rendido los frutos que la JCF aseguró hace cinco años. La Reforma, impulsada por la administración del Partido Nuevo Progresista y la JCF, fue un experimento fallido”.

Asimismo, el presidente cameral señaló que la realidad económica del 2017, cuando se enmendó el estado de derecho laboral en la isla, es completamente distinta al panorama actual. “La JCF no puede establecer ni fundamentar su posición de que la Reforma haya impulsado el desarrollo económico, por lo que tampoco puede sostener que la implementación de la Ley 41-2022 tendrá el efecto contrario”, agregó Hernández Montañez.

Torres García indicó que está confiado en que la postura de la Cámara prevalecerá, y añadió “que tal y como lo hicimos con la Ley de Retiro Digno, no descansaremos hasta agotar los últimos recursos y acudir a todos los foros pertinentes para defender la validez de esta Ley y garantizarle los derechos a todos los empleados y empleadas del sector privado”.

La Ley 41-2022 fue firmada el pasado 20 de junio, luego de 18 meses de diálogo y negociaciones entre todos los partidos representados en la Asamblea Legislativa, y de innumerables vistas públicas en las que todas las partes interesadas tuvieron la oportunidad de participar y expresar sus posturas.

Hernández Montañez recordó que “en estos dieciocho meses, esta Cámara lideró el proceso de aprobar los primeros dos presupuestos balanceados en cinco años, que iniciaron el conteo regresivo para la salida de la JCF; reestructuró la deuda del gobierno central garantizando la prestación de los servicios esenciales, sin despedir a ningún empleado público, con cero recortes a las pensiones y con más fondos para la Universidad de Puerto Rico (UPR) y los municipios; creó la estructura legal para estabilizar las finanzas públicas; aprobó aumentos salariales para los maestros y policías, y aumentó el salario mínimo para hacerle justicia a los trabajadores del sector privado, entre muchas otras iniciativas”.

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Alcaldes siguen la pista a las aseguradoras en procesos de reconstrucción posMaría

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Los alcaldes de Coamo y Ponce, Juan Carlos García Padilla y Luis Irizarry Pabón, respectivamente, viven escenarios diferentes en sus municipios respecto al proceso de reconstrucción de infraestructura tras el paso del huracán María en el 2017.

En el caso de Coamo, Gracía Padilla confirmó que “estamos en el tribunal todavía […] Hay 15 propiedades aseguradas que no hemos podido trabajarlas”, puesto que el seguro no procede a pagar lo que la Agencia Federal para el Manejo de Emergencia (FEMA) sugiere a las aseguradoras costear.

Un ejemplo es el Coliseo Edwin ‘Puruco’ Nolasco, cuya reclamación es de más de $3 millones, de la que ya cuentan con $1.3 millones por parte de FEMA, mientras que las aseguradoras solo les quieren cubrir unos $180 mil.

“Estamos en el tribunal […] Mientras tanto, se queda paralizado porque FEMA lo que entiende es que el seguro me tiene que dar la cantidad que ellos entienden o que ellos proponen como aseguradora principal”, explicó el ejecutivo municipal.

Asimismo, indicó que cada municipio involucrado dirigirá su demanda aparte, y denunció que el proceso se ha atrasado porque la defensa de las aseguradoras se retractan, por lo cual los casos se caen.

Por su parte, Irizarry Pabón, titular de Ponce, reconoció que en su municipio, aunque en principio fue lenta la reconstrucción, ahora está adelantada.

“Te diría que Ponce es uno de los municipios que más adelantado está en la recuperación y en cuanto a lo que se llama la reconstrucción, y pudimos abonar más costos a lo que habían asignado inicialmente”, expresó el alcalde con satisfacción, mientras recalcó que el issue con las aseguradoras es algo a lo que están acostumbrados.

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