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“Do not leave a secure location. Use caution allowing others into your residence,” RCMP Saskatchewan said, urging residents not to pick up hitchhikers.
SOURCE: BBC News. Headline photo: The suspects have been identified as Damien Sanderson (left) and Myles Sanderson
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Tropical Storm Earl expected to become a hurricane
UPDATE: Flash flood warning discontinued
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The northern Leeward Islands escaped the wrath of Tropical Storm Earl as it passed north of the island chain.
The US National Hurricane Centre (NHC) said TS Earl’s eye is 85 miles (140 kilometres) north-northeast of St Thomas in the US Virgin Islands.
There are no warnings in effect.
TS Earl has maximum sustained winds that are near 50 mph (85 km/h) with higher gusts, according to the NHC’s forecast. Tropical-storm-force winds extend outward up to 105 miles (165 km) from the centre of circulation.
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Slow strengthening is forecast over the next several days, and Earl could become a hurricane.
NHC said TS Earl is meandering with an estimated motion toward the northwest near 3 mph (6 km/h). A slow turn to the north-northwest is expected to begin tomorrow followed by a turn northward later this week.
Heavy rainfall could cause some flooding in Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands and Northern Sotavento Islands tonight.
The incident happened in Lynches, St Philip
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FirstCaribbean International Bank (Barbados) Limited will cease operations in Dominica in January 2023
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He was baptised on Saturday in Brooklyn, New York
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ORANJESTAD(AAN): Diadomingo Braves a sigui riba bon caminda rumbo pa playoffs, cu otro victoria.
E biaha aki Braves a gana Brazil Hawks, cu a cuminza e dia cu apenas 1 wega perdi.
Braves a bati un total di 8 hit y tabata tin 1 error, mientras cu Hawks a bati 4 hit y a comete 3 error.
Pitcher ganador tabata Oneal Taveras, mientras cu e pitcher perdedor tabata Zefrinthian Kerr.
Mihor bateadornan pa Hawks tabata Brandon Kerr 1-1, Clayder Polanco 1-1, Jossiel Jacobs 3-1 y Jordan Pimienta 3-1.
Pa Braves a destaca na plato Daniree Tromp 3-1, Samir Webb 3-1, Ralph Dinzey 3-1 y Alvaro Rodriguez 3-1.
Standings:
North Indians 5-1
Red Machine 4-1
Braves 4-2
Brazil Hawks 3-2
QCC Sluggers 2-4
Scorpions 2-4
Rockets 0-6
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Drpd Dilanti: Ruben Phillips, Tenchie Hoftijzer, Clyde Harms, Abraham” Bambino Lake”,
Nestor Arrindell, Edgar Hillman, Austin” Baby” Phillips, Juan Perez, Leo Kuiperi,
Atras : Joe Proterra, Sergio Raven ( batboy)
Guillermo Richardson, Roy Harms, James” Sloggo” Bryson, Ellilio Marlin, Sylvain Reed,Pedro” Pep” Richards, Efrain “Boe” Brion, Joseph Patterson y Lionel Harms.
Compila pa Roberto Croes
Nos Historia Nos Herencia
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ORANJESTAD (AAN)—Di Stefano Wernet a asumi e posicion di Tesorero di Fundacion Rancho, den su directiva nobo.
Den entrevista cu DIARIO, durante e “soft opening”, el a bisa cu e kier yuda como boluntario, pasobra e ta kere den Playa, e ta kere den Aruba su economia, y den nos hubentud.
Di Stefano ta haya cu mester uni e barionan, scol y deporte, pa por lanta e progreso, y ser humano cu Aruba mester, unda cu henter e pueblo por biba feliz y trankilo.
“Nos tin un pandemia, berdad; pero nos tin cu acepta e retonan di nos economia. Nos tin un Fundacion Rancho, cu tin bon contacto cu CEDE, cu UNESCO, y mi ta kere cu nos mester haci mas uso di globalizacion. Globalizacion kiermen cooperacion. Kiermen, nos no tin cu depende solamente di gobierno. Nos tin un acuerdo di cooperacion tambe cu e gobierno actual, no di cen pero riba tereno di investigacion, y esey ta importante pasobra ta trata di cultura, historia. Esey tambe Fundacion Rancho ta para pe, y nos tin un directiva nobo, dinamico, y nos ta bay traha hunto den team, cu un curazon honesto y sincero”, Di Stefano Wernet a comenta.
Finalmente, el a gradici tur invitado presente pa nan acogida, prensa entre nan, y tambe pueblo di Aruba pa su sosten na Fundacion Rancho.
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ORANJESTAD (AAN): Despues di 2 aña un biaha mas Aruba Bank hunto cu su partners Subway y IBiSAta organiza e tan gusta Aruba Bank Walk & Run y e aña aki esaki ta bay ta di 26 pa 29 di September.
Diamars atardi durante un conferencia di prensa, Marketing y PR Manager di Aruba Bank Tamara Waldron a gradici tur hende cu a yuda cu e evento, mientras cu el a duna un bon bini special na Lilly Prins di partner honorario Koningin Wilhelmina Fonds (KWF).
“Ta asina cu na 2019 nos a sinta cu KWF pa planea nos prome ‘Walk and Run for the Roses’, caminda e intencion tabata pa yuda nan cu sigui cu prevencion di cancer den nos comunidad y pa sigui yuda pashentnan di cancer na Aruba”.
Lamentablemente e evento no a bay door, pero nos a sigui cu nos donacion na KWF.
E aña aki porfin nos por realiza nos prome evento na memoria di tur e sernan cu a perde nan bataya contra cancer, segun Waldron.
El a splica cu Aruba Bank ta bay tuma 5 florin di cada registracion y haci un donacion na KWF cu esaki.
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MSJ political leader David Abdulah. FILE PHOTO –
MOVEMENT for Social Justice (MSJ) political leader David Abdulah said he was left disappointed by the “Spotlight on the economy” event last Friday. He said the forum did not pay attention to the needs of the people.
The event was held by the Finance Ministry at the Hyatt Regency Hotel, Port of Spain. At a virtual news conference on Sunday, Abdulah said, “Our spotlight is on the people. That’s where we should begin.”
While accepting that data about TT’s macroeconomic indicators is important, Abdulah claimed both Dr Rowley and Imbert missed the point of what a budget is supposed to do.
A budget, he continued, is supposed to organise the collective resources of a country to benefit its people.
Abdulah said that conversation was not had during the spotlight event.
Referring to the opening of the new school term on Monday, Abdulah said the fact that nearly 50 per cent of students who wrote the Secondary Entrance Assessment (SEA) examination did not pass, points to ongoing deficiencies in the education system.
He asked what was Government doing to address this as the new school year opens.
Abdulah suggested that Government use some of its additional revenues to digitise textbooks used by primary and secondary school students to avoid their parents having to physically purchase them from bookstores.
He also suggested a proper transport system to take students to and from school.
Abdulah said discussions could be held with various maxi taxi associations to arrange a system whereby maxi taxi transport could be dedicated only to students at specific times of the day.
He wondered whether Imbert’s comments about Rowley wanting to further reduce the fuel subsidy, translated to a further increase in fuel prices. Abdulah was concerned that this could have a knock on effect on the cost of other goods and services.
On September 2, Imbert said the fuel subsidy was currently $2.6 billion and a $2.1 billion figure was being projected for next year. He added that Rowley wants a limit on this amount, to use the rest of such funds for other purposes.
Abdulah also asked what Government was doing to help people deal with the rising cost of food.
He suggested that property tax be implemented on commercial properties first instead of residential ones.
Abdulah also reiterated the MSJ’s call for Government to impose greater taxes on wealthier individuals and companies in TT as opposed to poor people.
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THE Central Statistical Office (CSO) has reported that the economy declined by four per cent in the first quarter of this year.
This was indicated on Sunday in the CSO’s release of the quarterly Gross Domestic Product for the first quarter 2022.
The CSO said, “This was due to contractions in both the energy and non-energy Industries of 1.3 per cent and 5.2 per cent respectively.”
The former recorded declines in asphalt (56.1 per cent), petroleum support services (46.7 per cent), crude oil exploration and extraction (5.2 per cent) and manufacture of petrochemicals (5.1 per cent).
In the latter, there were declines in trade and repairs (excluding natural gas and petroleum distribution)- 15.2 per cent, other service activities – 10.2 per cent, construction – 9.2 per cent, electricity (excluding gas) – 3.8 per cent and textiles, clothing, leather, wood, paper and printing – 5.3 per cent.
The CSO said decline in parts of the energy sector were offset by increases in other parts
These were refining (including LNG-liquefied natural gas) – 12.1 per cent, natural gas exploration and extraction – 5.5 per cent, condensate extraction – 4.5 per cent and petroleum and natural gas distribution – 0.5 per cent.
The decline in areas of the non-energy sector were similarly offset by increases in other areas of the sector.
These were food, beverages and tobacco products- 8.9 per cent; other manufactured products – 5.6 per cent; transport and storage – 4.2 per cent and accommodation and food services – 1.9 per cent.
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CHARGED: Anthony Hoyte. PHOTO COURTESY TTPS –
CENTRAL Division police have made a breakthrough in a robbery incident involving bandits pretending to be police officers.
A police press release said on Sunday, that Anthony Hoyte, 30, of Roystonia, Couva was expected to appear before a Chaguanas magistrate on Monday to answer 11 charges, namely three counts of robbery with violence, two counts of assault with intent to rob, one count of robbery with aggravation and five counts of false imprisonment.
Hoyte was charged on Saturday.
According to reports, five men all dressed in police tactical wear and all armed, held up a man at Derrick Road, Chase Village last week. The men took the man to a nearby house where they relieved him of his cell phone.
The suspects then entered the house where they confronted the three occupants and tied up two of them. The three occupants were relieved of a quantity of cash and jewellery.
The bandits also stole a white Toyota Fielder which they used in a bid to escape. The police press release said the men were later forced to abandon the vehicle. One man was subsequently arrested.
Investigations were led by Snr Supt Curt Simon, Supt Edwards, ASP Dipchand and officers of the Chaguanas CID, the Central Division Gang Unit and the Freeport CID.
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FLASHBACK: A Venezuelan family arrives at the port in Cedros. Many Venezuelans are still unable to send their children to local schools although they have been granted legal status by the TT Government. FILE PHOTO –
OVER three years after this country’s government granted legal protection for Venezuelan migrants fleeing political oppression and economic hardship in their home country, there is still a major challenge in getting migrant children into the local school system.
On June 6, 2019, at a post-Cabinet press conference, the Prime Minister said Government could not prevent Catholic schools from educating the children of Venezuelan migrants.
Since then, more than 1,500 Venezuelan children have been studying under the Equal Place programme – a joint effort by the UN Human Rights Commission (UNHCR), the UN Refugee Agency, UNICEF, Living Water Community and TTVSOLNET (TT Venezuela Solidarity Network).
In December that year, speaking at a press conference, Archbishop Jayson Gordon said among the top priorities of the church was enrolling immigrant children in schools.
He said then, “The ministers of Education, National Security and myself have met and worked to make this happen. The PM has said the Catholic Church will educate immigrant children and we have been struggling with very little time and resources to catch up on this.”
According to data from the Equal Place online platform, 1,177 children are enrolled in the primary education programme and 485, in the secondary programme, as of June 30. However, many migrant children are still not placed in schools in TT.
Among the asylum-seekers and refugees registered with the UNHCR, there are 4,000 children between the ages of five and 17 or 18 per cent of the 19,648 Venezuelans requesting refuge or asylum in TT, as of July 31.
According to R4V – a regional co-ordination platform set up in response to the Venezuela situation, there are an estimated 6,900 children in TT who need education support as part of the Refugee and Migrant Response Plan (RMRP).
The data managed by the R4V reports 2,900 more than the UNHCR’s reported 4,000, since it includes the numbers managed by the International Organization for Migration (IOM).
Opposition leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar is on record as calling for migrant children to be given places in government schools. She said every child has a right to education.
She said TT citizens who migrate, expect their children to be enrolled in schools in the countries they go to, and the same courtesy should be extended to migrant children, especially those who have come here from Venezuela.
“You accepted them, you gave them licence to stay in TT,” she told the prime minister.
Yermaris Almeida told Newsday she agrees with Persad-Bissessar’s position but asked that the plight of migrant children not be politicised.
“Venezuelan migrants are not here by choice, but by obligation. Our children are human beings who deserve respect and the same opportunities for education, food and health as any other child in the world,” she said.
Almeida said many Venezuelan families here are being separated because of the lack of schools for their children.
Venezuelan families here are making the decision to send mothers with their children back home so they can study. The fathers remain in TT to continue working in order to send money to loved ones back in Venezuela.
“All I know is that the Equal Place programme was to prepare our children to enter Catholic schools here, but it’s been three years and we have no news and no hope,” Almeida added.
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