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Accident entre deux bateaux dans la baie de Fort-de-France : un corps retrouvé, sept blessés
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Une collision entre deux bateaux est survenue hier soir (jeudi 4 août), vers 23h30, dans la baie de Fort-de-France. De gros moyens ont été engagés, un corps sans vie a été retrouvé ce matin.
Deux bateaux sont entrés en collision hier soir, vers 23h30, dans la baie de Fort-de-France, après la course des yoles. Le bilan est lourd avec 8 personnes impliquées, selon les pompiers.
Sept personnes ont pu regagner la terre ferme mais un des occupants du bateau, âgé de 30 ans, est resté en mer a été porté disparu.
De gros moyens ont été rapidement engagés dans la nuit pour le retrouver : six véhicules des sapeurs-pompiers, une vingtaine d’hommes, la police, la gendarmerie, l’hélicoptère Dragon 972 de la Sécurité Civile, la vedette SNSM (Société Nationale de Sauvetage en Mer) de Fort-de-France.
Le corps localisé à 6h
Après toute une nuit de recherches, c’est au petit matin, à 6h, que la SNSM a retrouvé un corps dans l’eau qui correspondrait avec le jeune homme porté disparu depuis la veille.
Les sept autres personnes arrivées à terre ont été prises en charge par les pompiers dans la nuit. Six des victimes ont été transportées au CHUM pour divers traumatismes au corps, aux bras et aux jambes. Une autre a signé une décharge et refusé d’être acheminée à l’hôpital.
Une enquête est ouverte pour déterminer les circonstances de cet accident.
Ce n’est pas la première fois que des « after yoles » se terminent de façon dramatique dans la baie de Fort-de-France. En 2018 déjà, une collision entre deux navires avait fait un blessé grave.
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Justice, école et sport, la commune du Lamentin à la tête aux travaux
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Vendredi, le sous-préfet de Guadeloupe s’est rendu dans la commune, l’occasion de faire le point des chantiers dans le territoire communal, en partie financés par les deniers de l’Etat.
Un palais de justice flambant neuf
La commune recèle un patrimoine architectural unique en France, l’ensemble de bâtiments dessinés par l’architecte Ali Tur. « Le plus grand ensemble de France et de Navarre », a précisé le responsable des affaires culturelles. Seulement, les six bâtiments classés et les deux autres inscrits aux Monuments historiques édifiés dans les années 1930 ont connu les affres du temps. La commune a donc fait appel à un cabinet d’architecture afin de mener une mission de…
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La magie du Jardin d’eau
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Si vous aimez les beaux jardins, le Jardin d’eau est l’endroit où il faut absolument s’arrêter. Plus qu’un lieu de visite et de loisirs c’est aussi un petit bout de l’histoire d’une famille.
En bordure de rivière, le Jardin d’eau est un parc d’agrément dédié à la thématique de l’eau. Il s’étale sur une superficie de 8ha section La Rose, sur la route de Blonzac à Goyave. Vous arrivez sur une belle aire de stationnement, vous êtes agréablement reçu par une hôtesse à l’accueil qui vous remet une carte du site. Au Jardin d’eau, il fait bon se promener, pour y découvrir la faune et la flore, mais on y vient surtout pour s’y baigner. C’est un lieu particulier comme enveloppé…
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Liquidation du centre d’alcoologie de Basse-Terre : des salariés dans la tourmente
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L’Association basse-terrienne pour la prévention et le traitement des addictions (ABPTA), gestionnaire du centre de soins, d’accompagnement et de prévention en addictologie (CSAPA) a validé sa dissolution et désigné un liquidateur pour procéder, au licenciement du personnel. Cela, dans l’incompréhension la plus totale.
Nos différentes tentatives n’ont pas permis que nous nous entretenions avec la présidente de l’ABPTA, Elvire Edouard-Durizot. Elle nous aurait aidés à comprendre les tenants et aboutissants d’une décision lourde de conséquences qui interpelle tous ceux qui gravitent, à Basse-Terre, autour de l’accueil des publics en difficultés. Mais nous sommes tout de même parvenus à nous procurer le procès-verbal de l’assemblée générale extraordinaire de l’ABPTA du 24 juin dernier.
Et à la lecture des…
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UPDATE: Missing twins found — police Loop Jamaica
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Nine-year-old twins Yahamalit and Tiwahrisah Holness of Norwood, St James who were reported missing on Wednesday, August 3, have been located.
The police provided the update on Thursday but did not offer details.
A High Alert was activated for the nine-year-old twins on Wednesday after they had reportedly been missing since Tuesday, June 14.
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DeFreitas worried about Government’s relationship with PLH, noting similarities to that with fallen Stanford Empire
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The similarities between the Peace Love and Happiness (PLH) project and the former Stanford Empire are causing some concern to Franz deFreitas, the United Progressive Party (UPP) Candidate for St. John’s City South.
The PLH’s relationship with the Browne Administration has seen the investor group providing the Government with money that Finance Minister Gaston Browne claims is not a loan, a fire truck, and infrastructure on the sister-island, among other known contributions.
PLH is also likely to dominate the employment landscape in Barbuda – as deFreitas notes the Administration’s boast about the number of people already hired and those to be employed once the project is completed.
However, de Freitas says, he remembers this was the same tune being sung with R.Allen Stanford, who is now serving more than 100 years in a United States prison for running what amounted to a Ponzi scheme here.
The Labour Party Administration apparently does not learn from its past experiences and mistakes, deFreitas says. REAL NEWS
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No cash deposit required of $10k bail for three accused in Customs fraud; source says ‘connections’ are at work here
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The three persons charged charged with fraud related to the Antigua and Barbuda Customs Department reportedly were not required to deposit any cash to secure bail from the High Court, and sources close to the matter are crying foul.
Customs Officer Joezine Christian and brokers Rowan Matthew and Foston George are alleged to have siphoned thousands of dollars from the Department almost five years ago, and they were arrested and charged last Friday, July 29.
To secure their release from custody, attorney-at-law Wendel Robinson made a bail application before High Court Judge Colin Williams. According to a document obtained by REAL News, the application was submitted via email, reportedly because of its urgency and because it was over the Carnival holidays.
In the court papers dated August 1 – which was a public holiday –Commissioner of Police Atlee Rodney and Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Anthony Armstrong were named as the respondents and were represented by Daniel Lattery, a Crown Counsel in the Office of the DPP.
The accused were subsequently granted bail in the sum of $10,000, each, with two sureties. No cash deposit was required.
The High Court Judge also ordered the trio to attend the St. John’s Magistrates Court on Wednesday, August 3 –d which they did and were given October 5 as the committal date.
Other conditions of the bail included the surrender of travel documents and the requirement that any travel outside this country must have the express approval of a High Court judge.
The accused must remain in residence at their current addresses and may move only with written consent of the court. All three are required to report to the nearest police station once a week, and they are not allowed communication with any witnesses involved in the case.
The judge also ordered that if the accused are arrested for any indictable offence while on bail, or if they fail to observe any of the bail conditions set, they will be taken back before the Court for consideration of a forfeiture of their recognizance and/or a revocation of their bail.
Meanwhile, a legal source says he finds it very odd that the Magistrates Court – the court of first instance – was bypassed and the bail application was taken directly to the High Court.
Just as strange, he says, is that for an offence of this magnitude – where persons are alleged to have stolen from the public purse –the accused were released on bail without a cash deposit.
He notes that others have been taken before the court on lesser charges, including drug offences, and have had to pay large cash deposits.
The source refers specifically to a matter involving well-known personality Washington Bramble, who was granted bail on Thursday, August 4, for offences under the Electronic Crimes Act.
Bramble’s bail was the same $10,000, the source says, but in this instance there was a 10 percent – or $1,000 – cash deposit.
While Bramble’s alleged offence is a serious matter, the source continues, it has not deprived anyone of anything. But in the case of the Customs Department, the Government reportedly has been deprived of revenue, he says.
According to the source, the justice system in Antigua and Barbuda is skewed, and persons who “are connected can get away with murder.”
To illustrate his point, he refers to the case involving former Executive Secretary of the Board of Education D. Gisele Isaac and Algernon “Serpent” Watts, who both paid significant cash deposits as conditions of their bail.
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NEW PLAN: Consultant to advise regional leaders on getting transportation back to pre-COVID levels
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The decision was made at a meeting chaired by the Barbados-based Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) and attended by leaders of the sub-regional Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS), a Barbados representative, and Guyana’s President Irfaan Ali on Tuesday.
Grenada’s Prime Minister Dickon Mitchell reported at a post-Cabinet news conference in his country on Wednesday that the leaders met to discuss the situation regarding air transportation in the Caribbean amidst concerns that both regional and international travellers were finding it very expensive and difficult to travel.
“It was agreed that we would retain a consultant to provide advice to the heads of the region as to how we can address the critical need to have . . . air transportation resumed at a level that existed prior to COVID-19,” he told reporters.
Mitchell said leaders were at the stage of looking for “appropriate” options for intraregional air transport to fill the void left by LIAT (1974) Limited which went into court-appointed administration in 2020 after a High Court judge in Antigua and Barbuda granted a petition for the cash-strapped carrier’s reorganisation.
“Whether it is LIAT, a new version of LIAT or any other carrier, we are really interested in finding appropriate air travel for the OECS. I can certainly say it will not be LIAT (1974) Limited because obviously that entity is bankrupt and no one is reviving that entity. As you may be aware, I think there is LIAT (2020) which currently operates out of Antigua and has two planes in service,” the Grenadian leader said.
“The question may be whether that service is extended or whether a new entity is created. There is also InterCaribbean Airways [and] whether there [can be] a combination of both of those. Where we are is that we want to ensure that there are appropriate air services in the Caribbean, and we are committed to helping in any way we can.”
Mitchell said the new initiative may mean “direct financial contribution, whether from an equity perspective [or] from a loan perspective”.
“It may mean looking at the taxes on landing charges and fees that are charged at our airport. We are open to looking at all of the possibilities in coming up with the best solutions,” he added.
At their summit in Suriname last month, Caribbean Community (CARICOM) leaders agreed on a new Multilateral Air Services Agreement (MASA) that will create a new framework within which air transportation will operate in the region.
St Vincent and the Grenadines’ Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves said that countries, particularly those in the Eastern Caribbean were being severely affected by the loss of thousands of seats “because LIAT as it was is no longer before us”.
LIAT is owned by the governments of Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Dominica and St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG). Antigua and Barbuda Prime Minister Gaston Browne said previously that a decision had been taken that would allow Barbados and SVG to turn over their shares in LIAT to Antigua for EC$1 (BDS$0.74).
The airline owes former employees millions of dollars in severance and other payments.
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Salud reporta 4 muertes y 345 hospitalizaciones por COVID-19
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El informe preliminar de COVID-19 del Departamento de Salud (DS), reportó el viernes 4 muertes y 345 personas hospitalizadas.
La cantidad de muertes atribuidas a la enfermedad es de 4,795.
Hay 309 adultos y 36 menores hospitalizados. El monitoreo cubre el periodo del 20 de julio al tres de agosto de 2022.
La tasa de positividad está a 35.99 por ciento.
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