Apr?s des adieux historiques, Elizabeth II inhum?e au ch?teau de Windsor

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Elizabeth II repose dans sa derni?re demeure, la chapelle Saint-Georges de son ch?teau de Windsor, apr?s des adieux en grande pompe et emplis d’?motion, saluant lundi la m?moire d’une souveraine ? la popularit? plan?taire et au r?gne incomparable.

A l’issue d’une ultime procession solennelle, au pas ? travers un domaine de Windsor noir de monde et une c?r?monie religieuse devant 800 personnes, le cercueil a ?t? lentement descendu dans le caveau royal de la chapelle.

Peu avant, le lord-chambellan avait bris? son b?ton puis l’avait plac? sur le cercueil, geste symbolique pour signifier la fin de son r?gne.

Elizabeth II, d?c?d?e la semaine derni?re ? 96 ans, a ensuite disparu ? jamais des yeux du monde, elle qui, souvent souriante, toujours calme, ?tait devenue une ic?ne famili?re pendant ses 70 ans, sept mois et deux jours sur le tr?ne. L’hymne britannique a ensuite retenti.

Dans la soir?e, sa d?pouille a ?t? transf?r?e, avec celle de son ?poux Philip, mort en 2021, dans le m?morial George VI de la chapelle, o? elle a ?t? inhum?e en pr?sence de sa famille proche, a annonc? la famille royale dans un communiqu?.

Ils y reposent d?sormais aux c?t?s des parents de la reine et des cendres de sa soeur Margaret.

Le dernier voyage de la reine a ?t? accompagn? dans la journ?e par des centaines de dignitaires ?trangers et des milliers de Britanniques.

Depuis sa mort le 8 septembre dans sa r?sidence ?cossaise de Balmoral, son cercueil clos a travers? son royaume, dans un corbillard ? travers la campagne ?cossaise, un avion de la Royal Air Force, ou lors de lents cort?ges fun?bres sur des airs tristes jou?s par des fanfares, tir? par des chevaux ou des marins.

A Edimbourg puis Londres, des centaines de milliers de personnes ont patient? des heures, parfois toute la nuit, pour se recueillir devant la d?pouille de la seule monarque que la plupart des Britanniques aient jamais connue, dont le visage, pr?sent sur les billets de banques et timbres, ?tait reconnu dans le monde entier.

“Capacit? ? rassembler “

Un chapitre de l’Histoire mondiale se referme avec ces adieux ? la monarque qui a travers? les ?poques avec un constant sens du devoir, sans jamais partager publiquement une opinion, mais remplissant ses fonctions de cheffe d’Etat avec s?rieux, bienveillance, et un humour pince-sans-rire parfois irr?sistible.

A Windsor, Pauline Huxtable, 64 ans, ?tait venue f?ter la “vie extraordinaire” d’une reine empreinte de “dignit?”: c’?tait une “figure maternelle”.

“Je ne verrai jamais une autre reine de mon vivant, car maintenant c’est le roi Charles III, puis ce sera le prince William, puis George”, observe Caroline Lachman, 48 ans, sur le parcours du cort?ge.

“Elizabeth II a eu cette capacit? ? rassembler pendant 70 ans, elle ?tait incroyable”, ajoute-t-elle, d?crivant une atmosph?re “triste”, mais “en m?me temps de c?l?bration”.

La derni?re journ?e d’adieux ? la souveraine aura ?t? ? l’image des 12 jours qui ont suivi son d?c?s: charg?e d’une immense ?motion populaire, soigneusement mise en sc?ne, avec toute la pompe des traditions s?culaires de la monarchie britannique. Elle avait ?t? planifi?e depuis au moins 20 ans.

En milieu de matin?e, au son des cornemuses, le cercueil, surmont? de la scintillante couronne imp?riale, a quitt? Westminster Hall, la partie la plus ancienne du Parlement pour rejoindre l’abbaye de Westminster voisine.

Des dizaines de marins le tiraient, suivis du roi Charles III, ses fr?res et soeur et ses enfants, les fr?res William, l’h?ritier, et Harry, le Californien, en froid.

Dans l’abbaye, la reine consort Camilla, Kate, la nouvelle princesse de Galles, et Meghan, l’?pouse d’Harry, les rejoignent.

Mais aussi les deux a?n?s de William et Kate, George, 9 ans, d?sormais deuxi?me dans l’ordre de succession, et Charlotte, 7 ans, tr?s impressionn?e sous son petit chapeau noir.

Dans l’assistance, le gratin des dirigeants de la plan?te, dont les pr?sidents am?ricain Joe Biden et fran?ais Emmanuel Macron, les six anciens Premiers ministres britanniques encore en vie, de John Major ? Boris Johnson, et les t?tes couronn?es europ?ennes, du roi d’Espagne Felipe VI au roi Philippe de Belgique en passant par le prince Albert de Monaco.

Reine “joyeuse”

“Dans un discours connu, prononc? pour ses 21 ans, sa d?funte Majest? a d?clar? que sa vie enti?re serait consacr?e au service de la nation et du Commonwealth”, a rappel? l’archev?que de Canterbury Justin Welby, chef spirituel de l’Eglise anglicane qui ?tait dirig?e par la reine.

“Rarement une promesse aura ?t? aussi bien tenue”, a-t-il ajout?, rendant hommage ? une reine “joyeuse, pr?sente pour tant de monde, touchant une multitude de vies”.

La c?r?monie s’est achev?e par deux minutes d’un silence poignant, observ?es ? travers le pays, avant l’hymne national qui d?sormais c?l?bre Charles III, “God Save the King”.

Apr?s un d?fil? r?unissant 6.000 soldats ? travers Londres, le cercueil a rejoint Windsor, ? une quarantaine de kilom?tres ? l’ouest. Jetant une fleur, applaudissant ou essuyant une larme, des milliers de personnes se sont mass?es le long des routes menant ? la r?sidence o? Elizabeth, encore princesse, s’?tait r?fugi?e pendant la Seconde guerre mondiale, puis a pass? l’essentiel de ses derni?res ann?es.

La procession, encadr?e des gardes royaux ? uniforme rouge et bonnets de fourrure noire, est arriv?e en parcourant au pas la Longue promenade (“Long Walk”) traversant le domaine.

Sur le perron du ch?teau: les deux corgis (ces chiens pour toujours associ?s ? Elizabeth II) de la reine, Muick et Sandy, d?sormais confi?s ? son fils Andrew.

Popularit? en hausse

De plus en plus fr?le ces derniers mois, souffrant de probl?mes de mobilit?, Elizabeth II recevait encore, souriante, deux jours avant son d?c?s, la toute nouvelle Premi?re ministre Liz Truss, sa derni?re photo publique.

C’?tait la dirigeante en exercice la plus ?g?e du monde. Durant sa vie, elle a travers? la Seconde Guerre mondiale, vu la dissolution de l’Empire britannique, l’entr?e puis la sortie de l’Union europ?enne.

Apr?s des jours ?puisants de voyages dans les quatre nations constitutives du Royaume Uni, de bains de foule conjugu?s au deuil d’une m?re, Charles III devra ?crire sa propre histoire.

Certains r?vaient d’une transition rapide avec le nouveau prince de Galles, son fils William, 40 ans. Mais le roi a promis, comme sa m?re, de servir toute sa vie.

Si sa cote de popularit? a grimp? en fl?che, ? 70% selon YouGov, les d?fis, nombreux, ne font que commencer, certains pays du Commonwealth ne cachant pas leur d?sir de se d?tacher de la monarchie.

D?s mardi, le Royaume-Uni reprend le cours de sa vie suspendu depuis le 8 septembre, avec la crise ?conomique et les mouvements sociaux en premier plan.

Charlotte DURAND et Juliette MANSOUR avec Martine PAUWELS et Germain MOYON ? Londres

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Eyewitness: The end…of ethnic Opposition?

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Well…well…well. Who woulda thought that a bunch of statistics could make so many of our political types jump up and down like fowl-cocks in heat?!? They’ve NEVER been moved by numbers – unless there’s a dollar sign slapped in front of them!!! But these statistics were from a survey (LAPOP) done by an American University (Vanderbilt) that’s been churning them out for years – to inform folks about “the pulse” of Latin America and the Caribbean. The mavens that run LAPOP says it provides a “Barometer” for the Americas.

A barometer, your Eyewitness knows, measures pressure so that gives us a clue that maybe the polls are meant to alert its principals as to when things might just blow up in a country or a region?? Since its funded by USAID, one can safely hazard a guess that it might be to keep those cloak and dagger types at Langley abreast of what’s going down in our neck of the woods!! Unlike us natives, they don’t go on just gossip – like what’s coming out in the accusations following the “Case of the Execution on Main Street!”

The thing about these polls though, is you can design the questions to tell you just what you want to hear – and the respondents can also tell you just what they figure you want to hear. So the bottom line is we gotta take them with a pinch of salt!! So what is it that got our local chatterati all a twitter and – for some politicians – their drawers all in a knot!??! Well, it was the “finding” that claimed that the vast majority of Guyanese don’t really give a hoot about elections – they just want come bread and to have it buttered, thank you!!

That’s right…they don’t just not care whether elections are rigged or not but also don’t care whether elections are held our not!! This, of course, puts the Opposition in a fix – to put it mildly!! Their entire strategy after the March 2 elections was to kvetch that the West and the Rest conspired to remove them from office! And that the PPP rigged the elections to provide reasonable grounds for that conspiracy!! So if that angle doesn’t matter to – even to most of their supporters – the question is where are they gonna find bread to hand out??

The PPP, of course, has their paws on the nation’s purse strings and they’ve been handing out not only buttered bread, but cheese on the side!! So with all of your Eyewitness scepticism about polls, what unfolded at Mocha with Pres Ali and “traditional” PNC supporters, does give LAPOP some cred!!But since our democracy needs an Opposition, what’s the PNC to do??

…of the Monarchy??

Who says silver linings don’t show up behind dark clouds?? With all the weeping and wailing and queueing to pass by QE II’s casket, her passing has stirred a very much-needed discussion across the ex-colonial world about the lingering effects of that experience. Much ground has been covered and your Eyewitness is very proud of the reactions by Africans across the continent!! It’s very clear that most Guyanese are still in thrall with the hegemony that was imposed by the Crown and it’s tentacles – like schools and Church.

But there are also some hopeful signs that the discussion in Britain about whether a Monarch is still necessary in this 21st century and beyond is reviving. QEII’s passing fell at a time when Britain’s economy is on the fritz and inflation’s making millions into precariats. Surely something has to give when folks can’t get decent lodgings and Charles III will have six palaces and a STIPEND of US$99 million!!Not what happened to Charles I but…

…reversed

More than anything else, it was hunting by the British overlords of India and their local Maharajah flunkeys, that cheetahs became extinct in India in 1952 – when Elizabeth was crowned. This year, PM Modi brought some back – from Africa.

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Hurricane Fiona moves into the Atlantic Ocean after pounding the DR Loop Barbados

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The US National Hurricane Centre (NHC) has said Hurricane Fiona is now moving off the Dominican Republic and into the Atlantic Ocean.

At 2 pm, the NHC said Fiona is 270 kilometres southeast of Grand Turk.

Fiona has caused devastating flooding across the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico after dumping more than inches of rain across the island of Hispaniola.

“These rains will continue to produce life-threatening and catastrophic flooding along with mudslides and landslides across Puerto Rico. Life-threatening flash and urban flooding is likely for eastern portions of the Dominican Republic,” NHC said.

Fiona is packing winds of 150 km per hour but NHC forecast that it will become a major hurricane by Wednesday.

On the forecast track, the center of Fiona will pass near or to the east of the Turks and Caicos on Tuesday.

SUMMARY OF WATCHES AND WARNINGS IN EFFECT:

A Hurricane Warning is in effect for:

The coast of the Dominican Republic from Cabo Caucedo to Cabo.

Frances Viejo.

Turks and Caicos.

A Hurricane Watch is in effect for:

North coast of the Dominican Republic from Cabo Frances Viejo westward to Puerto Plata.

Photo: NOAA

A Tropical Storm Warning is in effect for:

Puerto Rico, including Vieques and Culebra

North coast of the Dominican Republic from Cabo Frances Viejo westward to Puerto Plata.

Southeastern Bahamas, including the Acklins, Crooked Island, Long Cay, the Inaguas, Mayaguana, and the Ragged Islands.

A Tropical Storm Watch is in effect for:

South coast of the Dominican Republic west of Cabo Caucedo to Barahona

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Tau Battice Encourages Kittitians and Nevisians to Tap Into Their Visual and Creative Faculties

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Basseterre, St. Kitts, September 15, 2022 (SKNIS): Professor and world-renowned photographer, a son of the soil, and featured speaker for the Prime Minister’s Independence Lecture Series, Valdon Tau Battice, encouraged Kittitians and Nevisians to tap into their visual and creative faculties as they envision where they would like to see St. Kitts and Nevis.

“As you re-envision what you can be and what this country can be, I ask you to tap into the art of visualizing and when I say visualizing I don’t just mean seeing with your two eyes, but more importantly seeing with your mind’s eyes,” said Mr. Battice, as he spoke to packed crowed on Wednesday, September 14, at the St. Kitts Marriott Resort Ballroom. “You need to be creative with this visualization. Creative visualization just like the laws of gravity and nature work for all, but you must continually visualize and create and re-create what you see in your physical world through your thoughts.”

Mr. Battice, who is also a Professor at Guttman College of the City University of New York, appealed to the younger generation to pen and post their vision.

“Please, particularly young people or the younger amongst us, write down your vision. I advise with a pen and paper but whether with pen and paper or electronically, post it somewhere where it can beckon you constantly. If you move to your car your vision will speak and it will not lie,” he said.

In questioning what they see for themselves, as well as for St. Kitts and Nevis, Mr. Battice called on every citizen to be imaginative.

“I call on you to be imaginative. Imagining isn’t just stuff of babies or of carefree children, it is in fact the hallmark of the creative mind – the mature mind. The secret of visualization is in imagining the outcome. Begin with the outcome and constantly refocus on that outcome,” he said. “I say this to you as individuals but I also say this to our leaders. Leaders, I remind you to be imaginative in pursuing our common good. So, I say to you whatever good and great you have envisioned for yourself, for your country, whatever those visions are, get to focusing and refocusing on them.”

The Prime Minister’s annual Lecture Series formed part of St. Kitts and Nevis’ Independence celebrations and features prominent speakers from various spheres of influence from St. Kitts and Nevis. The Lecture Series focused on the theme for this year’s Independence which is “Refocus, Re-create, Redesign: Independence 39”.

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Cabinet Concludes Successful School Tours for 39th Anniversary of Independence

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Basseterre, St. Kitts, September 15, 2022 (SKNIS): The Cabinet of Ministers completed the school tours in St. Kitts for the 39th anniversary of Independence on Wednesday, September 14, 2022, having imparted words of wisdom and best wishes to students, faculty and staff at public and private primary and secondary schools.

During a visit to the Verchilds High School (VHS), the Honourable Samal Duggins, Minister responsible for the Creative Economy, told the assembled students that the school provides a good foundation to help children develop into successful adults. This was emphasized using a story shared by the current VHS Principal, Miguel Thomas.

“He [Mr. Thomas] made it clear that I was once his teacher. And he is now the Principal of the same school that I once taught him at,” the Minister stated. “What I want you to understand here and now as students, is that where we stand today, you will stand tomorrow. Where we are today, will be your space tomorrow, so our duty here today is to ensure that we offer you the best. We want to offer you the best of the resources, guidance, and teaching so that tomorrow when you stand in our position, you will be the best that you can be.”

Meanwhile, on a visit to his alma mater, the Dean Glasford Primary School, Prime Minister the Honourable Dr. Terrance Drew and the Cabinet were welcomed by a cultural performance featuring The Monkey Hill Bull Troupe, St. Peter’s Explorer’s Bull Troupe, and the St. Peter’s Actors. The performers were primarily young people.

Prime Minister Drew expressed delight to see that the cultural traditions are alive and well in the community. In sharing remarks on Independence, he credited the five National Heroes of St. Kitts and Nevis, namely, the Late Excellencies Sir Robert Llewellyn Bradshaw, Sir C. A. Paul Southwell, Sir Joseph N. France, and Sir Simeon Daniel. The fifth National Hero is Dr. the Right Excellent and the Right Honourable Sir Kennedy A. Simmonds.

“I want to pay homage to our National Heroes who would have contributed and dedicated themselves to making us an independent nation today. But I also want you to recognize those who may have participated … given their sweat and blood to make us an independent nation,” Honourable Drew said.

Those heroes mentioned included the grandmothers and grandfathers who sacrificed by working in the sugar cane fields, marching and striking for workers’ rights decades ago.

The Independence 39 School Tours took place on Friday, September 09, Tuesday, September 13, and Wednesday, September 14.

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Minister Phillip Thanks Professor Battice for Delivering a Very Engaging Prime Minister’s Lecture

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 Basseterre, St. Kitts, September 15, 2022 (SKNIS): The Honourable Isalean Phillip, Junior Minister in the Federal Cabinet of St. Kitts and Nevis thanked the Featured Speaker for the Prime Minister’s Independence Lecture Series, Valdon Tau Battice, for delivering a very engaging and thought-provoking message on September 14.

“I believe that others would agree that your presentation was very engaging not only audibly but also visually as you really challenged us to think about how we as citizens, residents and leaders can refocus our vision for the future outcomes of our great Federation,” said Minister Phillip, who was tasked with responding to the lecture. “You not only challenged us to dream big as we re-envision what we want, can be and all that we will be as a people and as a nation, but you have also called us to action. You have called us to be innovative and to re-create our institutions, systems, culture and social life for more self-sufficiency and improved quality of life.”

Minister Phillip said that in light of St. Kitts and Nevis’ 39 Years of Independence, Mr. Battice has asked some very pertinent questions.

“These questions cause us to think about where we are now, who we are and what we want to become. I believe that for a developing nation like ours, this question about what we envision and how we want to re-create and redesign ourselves is timeless. We should always be thinking about who we are and who we want to become,” said Senator Phillip.

Junior Minister Phillip in her response to the questions asked by Mr. Battice said that her vision and by extension that of the Government of St. Kitts and Nevis is simply greatness.

“My vision for St. Kitts and Nevis is that wherever our flag is flown or the name of our country is mentioned, I want people to say… they are the smallest country in the Western Hemisphere and the people are so talented, well-educated, poised and progressive,” she said. “My vision for this land of beauty is for us to blossom and for us to take up space on every stage. Like the Royal Poinciana, our National Flower, I see our people growing and evolving with certitude, assurance and confidence as the unstoppable force that we are.”

As St. Kitts and Nevis celebrates 39 years of Independence, Junior Minister Phillip said that “luckily for all of us we are celebrating with a new Prime Minister, the Honourable Dr. Terrance Drew, who is ably supported and complemented by a highly competent and capable team of ministers whose visions and dreams for greatness similarly align. With all this newness, there would be no better time for us to Refocus our vision, Re-create for self-sufficiency and to Redesign for innovation as we celebrate Independence 39.”

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Nineteen Citizens of St. Kitts and Nevis Recognized for Their Sterling Contribution to Nation-Building

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Basseterre, St. Kitts, September 16, 2022 (SKNIS): In keeping with the National Honours Act, nineteen (19) citizens of St. Kitts and Nevis were recognized for their sterling contribution to nation-building. The names were revealed during the National Heroes’ Day Observance Address by Prime Minister of St. Kitts and Nevis, the Honourable Dr. Terrance Drew on National Heroes’ Day on Friday, September 16, 2022.

The National Honours Act established a trio of merit-based awards, which includes the Medal of Honour, the Companion of the Star of Merit, and the Order of National Hero. The Companion of the Star of Merit, which is awarded for long and meritorious service, or for loyal and devoted service to the nation was awarded to 16 nationals of St. Kitts and Nevis, two of whom received it posthumously.

They are: Eileen Grey for her contribution to Education, Culture and Sports; Dennis Richards for Education, Arts and Culture; Lorraine Browne, Wayland Vaughan, Violet Jones-Mawnlawde and Dr. Lincoln Carty for their contribution to Education; Sylvester Charles for Education, Music, Sports and Volunteerism; Maxwell Bass Senior for Music and Security Services, while  Nathan Esdaille and Elsie ‘Teacher Elsie’ Mills were recognized for their contribution to  Education and Religion.

Shirley Kelly was awarded for her contribution to Nursing Education; Lorna Ava Henry for Culture and the Arts; Pastor Lincoln Connor for Nation-Building and Youth Development, and Clement ‘Juni’ Liburd for Broadcasting. The late Lloyd Lazar and Kenrick Georges were awarded posthumously for their contributions to Education and Sports and Arts and Music respectively.

The Medal of Honour was awared to Mable Morton for Community Service and Entrepreneurship; Clyde Richardson for Music and the Arts, and James ‘Mickey’ Frederick was awarded for Performing Arts and Culture. This award is given to nationals for their outstanding and meritorious service to the nation.

Prime Minister Dr. Drew congratulated this year’s recipients adding that they are all well-deserving of the honour.

“It brings me great pleasure to bestow this honour to you. You have served your country well and I pray your lives continue to be an example and inspiration to all,” said Prime Minister Drew. “I look forward to the day when we as a nation recognize and salute our brave women who have brought about transformative change to our twin-island Federation, by esteeming them with the ultimate honour of National Hero.”

Prime Minister the Honourable Dr. Drew added “Inside each of you, there is a hero telling you to cast your fears aside, telling you not to wait and see, but to believe in yourself and to go for it. Chase your dreams. Allow the legacy of our national heroes to inspire a revolution and an awakening of self-pride and consciousness, individually and as a nation.”

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