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The second match of the second round of Group A in the 2022 Concacaf Women’s Championship in Mexico ended with Haiti downing Mexico 3-0 on Thursday night at the Estadio BBVA.

This result also means that the United States, which whipped Jamaica 5-0 in the earlier game, cannot finish lower than second place in the group and have officially qualified for the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup.

The match started on a high for Haiti. In the 13th minute, Mexico’s Stephany Mayor committed a foul in her own area and the referee whistled a penalty in favour of Haiti. Roselord Borgella calmly made the shot, scoring the first goal for Haiti in this Concacaf Women’s Championship

Haiti kept pushing and in the 29th minute, Borgella scored what seemed to be the second goal for her team but, after a VAR review, the referee Marianela Araya ruled that Borgella was in an offside position.

Mexico looked to respond and in the 38th minute they had a dangerous free kick, but defender Rebeca Bernal’s shot hit the wall, keeping the score in favour for Haiti.

The second half started, and Haiti wanted to add to their lead. In the 65th minute goalkeeper Emily Alvarado committed a foul and, after receiving a yellow card, the referee whistled another penalty to Haiti. This time, the always ready Nerilia Mondesir was the one who took the ball, scoring the second goal for her team.

Mexico’s comeback task got tougher in the 77th minute when defender Greta Espinoza saw a yellow card, but then after a VAR review, the foul resulted in a red card.

A minute later, Sherly Jeudy scored the third one for Haiti from a free kick that went into the top left corner of goal. Haiti’s 3-0 win makes it the first time that the Caribbean side has beaten Mexico in a Concacaf Women’s Championship match.

The next game for Mexico will be against the now-qualified USA on Monday while Haiti will take the pitch against Jamaica for the second place in Group A.

Haiti could clinch their first World Cup berth with a tie or win over third-place Jamaica.

Eight teams, divided into two groups, are playing in the Concacaf Women’s Championship. The top two teams in each group qualify for the World Cup.

The two third-place teams will advance to an intercontinental playoff in New Zealand in February.

The winner of the Concacaf Women’s Championship will also qualify for the 2024 Olympics.

Canada, Costa Rica, Panama and Trinidad and Tobago are in the other group.

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After putting on a consistent display of poise, confidence and elegance throughout the competition, Miss BOSL Wise, Xenia Douglas has been crowned Saint Lucia’s National Carnival Queen for 2022.

This year’s National Carnival Queen Pageant boasted several unique elements, with changes to the format of the show.

The question segment started off this year’s competition, with all of the girls asked the same question.

Miss WASCO, Nyambi Jn. Baptiste, came with a never-before seen talent for Competition, painting a mural during the segment.

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Additionally, Miss Caribcation introduced a power soca song to the talent Segment.

The results for the 2022 National Carnival Queen Pageant are as follows:

Miss Photogenic – Miss Chestertons, Shaniah Richards
Miss Congeniality – Miss WASCO, Nyambi Jn. Baptiste
Best In Swimwear – Miss BOSL Wise, Xenia Douglas
Most Outstanding Talent – Miss WASCO, Nyambi Jn. Baptiste
Best In Costume – Miss Chestertons, Shaniah Richards
Best Evening Wear – Miss Chestertons, Shaniah Richards
Best Interview – Miss Massy Stores, Kejean Smith

The order of winners are as follows:

3rd Runner Up – Miss Windjammer Landing, Kurnisha Augustus
2nd Runner Up – Miss Massy Stores, Kejean Smith
1st Runner Up – Miss Chestertons, Shaniah Richards
2022 National Carnival Queen – Miss BOSL Wise, Xenia Douglas

After being crowned National Carnival Queen, Xenia Douglas said “The pageant has been very fulfilling, I enjoyed my time on stage and meeting my fellow contestants. During my reign I hope to spread the message of holistic health and wellness, physically, emotionally and mentally.”

Xenia Douglas will receive a 4-year scholarship from the Embassy of Morroco.

Source: Carnival Planning and Management Committee 

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For the 2021 general elections in the Cayman Islands, representatives from the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association British Islands and Mediterranean Region (CPA BIMR) were invited by the Governor of the Cayman Islands to observe the conduct of the elections. Although the exercise was completed virtually (and not physically as voters expected), the CPA BIMR team were able to produce a report on their observations. One of these recommendations, Recommendation 7 was to “allow for broader electoral participation on an equal basis” and to review candidature rights “in line with international standards and good practices.” To date, however, this recommendation remains unimplemented.

In particular, under Recommendation 7, it was suggested that any discrimination against persons with disabilities should be abolished, the blanket ban on the right to stand for all prisoners sentenced to imprisonment exceeding 12 months ought to be reviewed and/or include a distinction between the different types of offences, residency requirements could be reviewed in line with international good practice and dual citizenship legislation regarding the right to stand could be reviewed in line with international good practice.

Discrimination against persons with disabilities

Regarding persons with disabilities, the Cayman constitution says that “a person certified to be insane or otherwise adjudged to be of unsound mind under any law in force in the Cayman Islands” cannot register to vote and cannot run for office.

In the absence of a definition of “unsound mind” under the Cayman constitution, it appears that an unnecessarily broad category of people with mental illness or extreme age or blindness could be subject to the voting prohibition under the Cayman constitution.

This is not appropriate because some people in this broad category are able to conduct some of their affairs with or without the assistance of a guardian and, as such, could be deemed capable enough to indicate their preferences in the voting process.

In terms of international conventions on this position, the CPA BIMR team said in their report that “the restriction against persons with disabilities is contrary to the provisions of international law.” For this and other reasons outlined, rather than have the constitution exclude a wide category of persons on a blanket basis, the constitution should be amended to be more inclusive.

Prisoners

Another prohibition in the constitution is that a person is not entitled to be registered to vote if he or she is serving a sentence of imprisonment exceeding twelve months.

Regarding this, the CPA BIMR team said:

The ban in place for persons convicted for imprisonment exceeding twelve months does not make any distinction between the different types of offence. The ban in place for those convicted of an offence involving dishonesty is too broad.

Objectively speaking, the CPA BIMR team makes an important point and, perhaps, voters should consider whether they want to amend this part of the constitution to state that non-violent types of offences will not cause a prohibition in relation to the entitlement to register to vote.

Residency requirements

Residency is also a touchy topic when it comes to voter eligibility. In relation to this, the constitution says that a person will not be entitled to be registered as an elector for elections to Parliament unless he or she is a resident in the Cayman Islands at the date of registration or unless he or she has been resident in the Cayman Islands for a period or periods amounting to not less than two years out of the four years immediately preceding the date of registration.

The issue with this is that many Caymanians have been told that they must obtain international experience in order to get jobs or promotions in their own country and, as a result, some Caymanians have spent years working overseas to improve their skills. The wording in the constitution, however, penalises these Caymanians by deeming them not to be “resident” in Cayman due to their period of “absence”. This has to be corrected on an urgent basis because, otherwise, foreign workers gaining citizenship in Cayman and registering to vote will have more rights than generational Caymanians working overseas who have lost their right to vote because of their time spent outside Cayman.

Dual citizenship

While overseas, a Caymanian may also acquire an additional citizenship to facilitate their ability to work overseas. In addition, with over 100 nationalities represented in Cayman, when they finally become Caymanian, they are likely to possess two, sometimes three, citizenships.

A modern constitution should acknowledge these facts that are unique to Cayman and, perhaps, be amended accordingly. Otherwise, some really good generational Caymanians could be inadvertently excluded from the political process, Nickolas DaCosta being a fine example of such an exclusion in 2017.

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REAL NEWS: A Bolans man was wounded on Wednesday, July 6, by a teenager who reportedly was defending his younger brother. CLICK HERE TO JOIN OUR WHATS APP GROUP

During their investigations, police officers reportedly met the 34-year-old man lying on a table in a village shop, being attended to by his sister. She was said to be using a T-shirt to staunch the bleeding from a wound to his neck.

Allegations are that the man was choking an 11-year-old boy who reportedly had used indecent language to him.

Further reports are that a woman tried, but was unable, to stop the man’s assault on the child. Accordingly, it was his older brother, 15 years old, who had to intervene.

The youth reportedly grabbed a beer bottle, which he used to strike the man in the head, and stabbed him in the neck after the bottle broke.

The stabbing victim was transported to the Sir Lester Bird Medical Centre by the Emergency Medical Services, while the teenager was also seen by a doctor for injuries he sustained during the incident.

Reportedly, the youth was questioned by the Police but was released pending further investigations.

This incident reportedly occurred at about 1 p.m. on Wednesday.

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OPPOSITION Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar has condemned the assassination of former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe.

Abe, 67, was shot at twice by a gunman while he was giving a campaign speech on a street in the city of Nara on Friday. He was the first Japanese prime minister to visit Trinidad and Tobago.

Abe was in TT between July 27-28, 2014 for a Caricom-Japan summit. Persad-Bissessar was prime minister at the time.

At that summit, Abe pledged Japan’s solidarity with Caricom. He committed Japan to collaborate with Caricom on a wide range of issues of mutual interest.

These issues included climate change, energy, fisheries and disaster risk management

In a statement, Persad-Bissessar declared, “The United National Congress strongly condemns all forms of political violence and stresses that violence is never the answer.”

Persad-Bissessar extended her condolences to Abe’s family and to the people of Japan.

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