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A Canada-based Guyanese, who is accused of breaking into a home and stealing several household appliances, was remanded to prison on Monday.

Kurt Savoury, 56, who resides locally at Mango Lane, South Ruimveldt, Georgetown, was arraigned before Principal Magistrate Sherdel Isaacs-Marcus.

It is alleged that between July 31 and August 5, at Mango Lane, South Ruimveldt, Georgetown, he broke into the dwelling house of Handel Legion, and stole a vacuum cleaner, electric iron, fan, microwave, and other items totalling $614,000.

An unrepresented Savoury pleaded not guilty to the charge and begged the Magistrate to release him on self-bail, telling her to “hold” his passport. “I will kill myself; remand is not for me, I’m not built for Guyanese prison,” he begged.

According to Police Prosecutor Sanj Singh, Savoury, who was arrested in August, led Police ranks to a location where some of the stolen articles were recovered.

Following Savoury’s arrest, the prosecutor told the court that the man was released on self-bail and ordered to report to the Police Station but never did.

However, he was arrested again on September 15, in relation to an armed robbery which is still under probe. In light of this, Prosecutor Singh made serious objections to the defendant being granted bail, citing that he poses a risk of flight since the Police received a “tip off” that he was in the process of fleeing the country.

Magistrate Isaacs-Marcus upheld the prosecutor’s objections and remanded Savoury to prison. The case will continue on September 26.

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El alcalde de Cabo Rojo, Jorge Morales Wiscovitch, lamentó las complicaciones que dejó el paso del huracán Fiona por su municipio, las cuales aún hoy, martes, luego del rescate de comunidades, sigue teniendo impacto en pacientes que reciben tratamiento de diálisis, por ejemplo.

Aparte de los daños en vegetación y postes, Morales Wiscovith informó que en la carretera Bajura, en colindancia con Mayagüez, un motel de la zona quedó bajo agua, por lo cual las autoridades de la Guardia Nacional diligenciaron un rescate de un número indefinido de personas en el techo del edificio. No obstante, aún no han logrado llegar a las zonas rurales para sacar personas que, inclusive, son pacientes de diálisis. Precisamente ayer, lunes, solo llegaron 32 de las 90 personas que se dializan.

Informó que, junto a personal y equipo de voluntariado, quienes llevan trabajando desde la madrugada, intentaron pasar entre hoy y mañana “a los caminos rurales para poder sacar la gente […] En estos sitios tenemos problemas de personas, por ejemplo, que se dan diálisis, que no han podido salir. Hablando con uno de los doctores que están a cargo de los centros de diálisis, ayer llegaron solamente 32 de 90 turnos, y todos los que llegaron fueron por ellos mismos. O sea, que no se están moviendo con la transportación”, reclamó el funcionario al alertar sobre las muertes que ocurrieron en el huracán María por dicha situación.

Por otra parte, a cinco años del mencionado evento, reiteró que Fiona ha sido más fuerte.

“Mucho más fuerte. Mucho más fuerte. Tal vez en María se cayeron un poco más de postes de luz, pero aquí se cayeron más o menos similar. El agua en María no fue ni la mitad de lo que estamos viendo en estos momentos en Cabo Rojo”, expresó Morales Wiscovitch.

Por último, el alcalde informó que esperan que tras una limpieza, las personas puedan transitar por la carretera principal de Joyudas. No obstante, ya se puede pasar por las carreteras Monte Grande, Guaniquilla (PR-307), Puerto Real y la PR-100.

“Anoche continuó la lluvia y con truenos tremendos. Estamos [con] mucha preocupación. Hay muchas áreas afectadas. Y luego del paso del huracán, a las 11 de la noche, estuve en una comunidad que se inunda visitándola, en la cancha de baloncesto. Estaba todo en perfecto orden. Luego de las lluvias de la madrugada, usted va a la misma cancha y tiene de 12 a 14 pies de agua, tapada la cancha completamente. Eso es en el barrio Cerrillos de Cabo Rojo. Tenemos hoy un trabajo difícil que la Guardia Nacional nos va a colaborar para sacar varias personas que están encerradas allí”, finalizó el primer ejecutivo municipal.

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À peine un mois après les finales du championnat du monde, Daryl Polor était de nouveau sur les barres à Paris samedi dernier, pour les championnats de France de Street Workout dans la catégorie freestyle. Il a pu exprimer tout son talent et passer toutes les étapes pour décrocher le titre de champion de France.

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If Health Minister Dr Christopher Tufton has his way, nurses would be able to work in Jamaica for part of the year and in the United States for the remainder of the year.

Dr Tufton says flexible contracts enabling Jamaican nurses to earn higher salaries abroad while maintaining their employment in Jamaica could be part of the solution to the migration of nurses, which has increased since the pandemic.

“We need to embrace the concept of flexible work contracts. I see the day when a nurse can work for five months in Miami and seven months in Jamaica, and I see no problem with the system allowing that. The rules would obviously have to change,” Dr Tufton said.

Speaking at the Masters of Medicine conference in Kingston last Thursday, the health minister said the motivation for working and the rules under which individuals worked, have changed dramatically since the pandemic.

He suggested that the motivation for health care professionals migrating was economic and that many would stay in Jamaica if ways could be explored for them to work part-time and earn better salaries in the US.

Dr Tufton said he has started a dialogue between the Nursing Council of Jamaica and equivalent bodies in the US as to how they can recognise the qualifications of nurses in both countries.

He also expressed support for suitably qualified nurses writing prescriptions, despite the opposition of some doctors.

“I am now championing the cause for prescriptive rights for advanced nursing practitioners, as happens in other countries. I know a lot of doctors don’t want it,” Dr Tufton said.

“They (the doctors) may feel that authority should reside with a doctor…They may feel that the nurses are not trained enough. But, I can tell you that advanced nursing practitioners way up in the bush (rural areas) oftentimes write prescriptions based on a conversation with the doctor in a town centre,” the Minister noted, adding that he would like to make this practice official.

Dr Tufton admitted that it was a challenge to make changes in the health sector.

“The public health system is very territorial. [Stakeholders] are very guarded in protecting their authority and their legitimacy to offer solutions, even at the risk of delayed care”, he noted.

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Julia Simpson, the president of the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC), believes it’s time for the Caribbean to have its own airline.

“I know it’s been discussed for many many years but the Caribbean needs to act as an entity to build capacity (that will) benefit everyone. Demand is there and I believe investors are there too,” said Simpson, while delivering a special message to attendees of the International Air Transport Association’s (IATA) Caribbean Aviation Day in the Cayman Islands last week.

Simpson also called for lower air taxes to drive business and investment. “We know that this stimulates customer demand while making it more commercially viable for the airlines to operate,” said Simpson as she showered praise on the Government of Antigua and Barbuda for announcing a 50 percent reduction in taxes on airline tickets for travel within several Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries.

“More countries need to follow in these footsteps. In fact, by the Caribbean adopting some common policies, it will make the whole of the region much more powerful,” she stated.

Senator Lisa Cummins, Barbados’ Minister of Tourism and International Transport, brought energy and optimism to the recent Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) meetings in the Cayman Islands, where she updated the media on the island’s tourism progress following a difficult pandemic period.

The minister reported that despite global airlift challenges, Barbados is forecast to return to 80 percent of 2019 visitation levels by the end of this year, a conservative estimate, she explained.

While all of Barbados’ source markets have shown a relatively consistent recovery pattern since traffic began returning in mid-2021, the U.K. has been the strongest performer this year.

Ensuring that resilience is built into the destination’s recovery strategy, Barbados is making a push into emerging markets such as Latin America, while continuing to strengthen lift from traditional markets in Europe and North America.

The minister reported that Wyndham Sam Lord’s Castle will open this December and spoke of the impressive performance of the Sandals Barbados and Sandals Royal Barbados properties.

The Barbados tourism minister announced the cruise sector was returning in a meaningful way, with a promising winter season on the horizon.

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