The FAO to allocate 400,000 USD to assist the Ministry of Agriculture in an upcoming project

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The Food and Agriculture Organization FAO is allocating more than 400-thousand US Dollars to a project to be spearheaded by the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries.

Officials from the Ministry of Agriculture and the FAO met this week for the signing of a Technical Cooperation Agreement for the Trade in Agriculture Commodities Project.

Minister of Agriculture, Saboto Caesar said he is grateful for the support of the Food and Agriculture Organization.

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Minister Caesar also spoke of plans to establish a Food Terminal Market between St. Vincent and the Grenadines and Barbados.

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The Government is seeking to tighten the regulations for Micro Finance Institutions

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The Government is seeking to tighten the regulations for Micro Finance Institutions operating here in St. Vincent and the Grenadines.

This will be done with the passage of the Money Services Business Amendment Bill, which was tabled by Minister of Finance Camillo Gonsalves.

The Minister says the amendment will better govern the operations of Courts; Fast Cash; Quick Cash; Advanced Cash and Cashwiz.

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The Minister also spoke about recommendations made by an International Agency

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NBC’s Covid-19 Update – Wednesday August 31st 2022

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Local Health Officials are continuing to advocate that persons take responsibility for the health as the COVID-19 pandemic is still a threat.

Here’s more in today’s COVID 19 Update.

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One new positive Covid-19 case recorded here in SVG

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One new positive COVID-19 case was recorded here yesterday, bringing the total number of cases to seventeen.

The Ministry of Health, Wellness and the Environment says the case was recorded from eight tests carried out yesterday.

Health officials say to date there are 9,429 COVID-19 cases here and 9,297 total recoveries

Currently, three people are hospitalized, one of whom is fully vaccinated and two are unvaccinated.

A total of 72,537 COVID-19 vaccines have been administered here.  37,151 persons received their first dose. 31,258 persons had their second dose and 4,128 received boosters.

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Se entrega al FBI el banquero venezolano Julio Martín Herrera Velutini

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El banquero venezolano Julio Martín Herrera Velutini se entregó hoy, miércoles, a las autoridades federales en Puerto Rico, donde enfrenta cargos como coacusado en relación con el caso por corrupción de la exgobernadora Wanda Vázquez Garced.

Esta tarde, se llevará a cabo una vista por videoconferencia ante la magistrada federal Giselle López Soler. La vista está pautada para la 1:30 p.m.

Vázquez Garced fue puesta bajo arresto el pasado 4 de agosto por las autoridades federales. Según la acusación federal, desde diciembre de 2019 hasta junio de 2020, la entonces gobernadora de Puerto Rico, Wanda Vázquez Garced, de San Juan, supuestamente participó en un plan de soborno con varias personas, entre ellas Julio Martín Herrera Velutini, Frances Díaz, Mark Rossini, y John Blakeman para financiar la campaña electoral para gobernadora de 2020 de Vázquez Garced, dijo el fiscal federal W. Stephen Muldrow en conferencia de prensa.

Herrera Velutini, de 50 años, con doble nacionalidad venezolana e italiana y residente en Londres, Reino Unido, era propietario de Bancrédito, que operaba en San Juan. Díaz, de 50 años, de Puerto Rico, fue director ejecutivo y presidente del banco internacional, propiedad de Herrera Velutini. Rossini, de 60 años, de Madrid, España, es un exagente especial del FBI que brindó servicios de consultoría a Herrera Velutini. Blakeman, de 53 años, de Puerto Rico, es un consultor político que trabajó en la campaña del 2020 de Vázquez Garced, añadió.

Según la acusación, a partir de 2019, el banco de Herrera Velutini fue objeto de un examen por parte de la Oficina del Comisionado de Instituciones Financieras (OCIF) de Puerto Rico, una agencia reguladora que supervisa las instituciones financieras que operan en Puerto Rico. A través de intermediarios, Herrera Velutini y Rossini supuestamente prometieron proporcionar fondos para apoyar la campaña electoral para gobernadora de 2020 de Vázquez Garced a cambio de que Vázquez Garced despidiera al Comisionado de la OCIF y nombrara un nuevo comisionado a elección de Herrera Velutini. La acusación formal alega que Vázquez Garced aceptó la oferta de soborno y, en febrero de 2020, tomó medidas oficiales para exigir la renuncia del Comisionado A de la OCIF y, en mayo de 2020, designar al Comisionado B de la OCIF, un exconsultor del banco internacional propiedad de Herrera Velutini – quien había sido seleccionado personalmente por Herrera Velutini. A cambio, Herrera Velutini y Rossini, supuestamente, pagaron más de 300 mil dólares a consultores políticos en apoyo a la campaña de Vázquez Garced.

La acusación formal alega, además, que luego de la derrota en las elecciones primarias de Vázquez Garced en agosto de 2020, Herrera Velutini trató de sobornar a su sucesor, el Funcionario Público A, ofreciendo fondos en apoyo de la campaña del Funcionario Público A, a cambio de que el Funcionario Público A terminara la auditoría del banco de Herrera Velutini por parte de la OCIF en condiciones favorables a Herrera Velutini. Según la acusación, entre abril de 2021 y agosto de 2021, Herrera Velutini supuestamente utilizó intermediarios para transmitir su oferta de soborno a un testigo que se presentaba como representante del Funcionario Público A, pero que en realidad actuaba bajo la dirección del FBI. Como se señala en la acusación formal, el testigo actuó bajo la dirección del FBI durante este período de tiempo y en realidad no sirvió como intermediario ni actuó en nombre del funcionario público A.

En agosto de 2021, Herrera Velutini, supuestamente, dirigió un pago de 25 mil dólares a un comité de acción política asociado al Funcionario Público A, en el entendimiento y expectativa de que el Funcionario Público A resolvería la auditoría de la OCIF al banco de Herrera Velutini en la forma solicitada por Herrera Velutini.

Vázquez Garced, Herrera Velutini y Rossini están acusados de conspiración, soborno a programas federales y fraude electrónico de servicios honestos.

Si son condenados por todos los cargos, cada uno enfrenta una pena total máxima de 20 años de prisión.

En relación con esto, el departamento también anunció las declaraciones de culpabilidad de dos personas en relación con los esquemas para sobornar a Vázquez Garced y al funcionario público A.

Según documentos judiciales, en marzo, Frances Díaz se declaró culpable de conspirar con Herrera Velutini y otros para sobornar al funcionario público A. Díaz fue, hasta febrero de 2022, director ejecutivo y presidente del banco internacional propiedad de Herrera Velutini. En marzo, John Blakeman se declaró culpable de conspirar con Herrera Velutini y Rossini para sobornar a Vázquez Garced, y con Herrera Velutini para sobornar al funcionario público A.

Tanto Díaz como Blakeman enfrentan hasta cinco años de prisión. Sus audiencias de sentencia aún no han sido programadas. Un juez de la corte federal de distrito determinará cualquier sentencia después de considerar la decisión de los EE. UU.

Tanto Vázquez Garced como Rossini se declararon no culpables.

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ALBINA — Het ontzielde lichaam van de 53-jarige Guyanese visser Aslim Ramdat is door vier bemanningsleden van een vissersboot uit

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Jennifer Galap, de l’escrime aux plateaux TV, il n’y a qu’un pas

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Ancienne escrimeuse de haut niveau, Jennifer Galap est désormais présente sur le petit écran. 

Jennifer Galap est née le 11 avril 1991 à Montivilliers (Seine-Maritime). C’est la fille de Camille Galap, ancien recteur de l’académie de Guadeloupe, d’origine martiniquaise et de Marilyne Galap, ancienne agent hospitalier, originaire de Guadeloupe. Durant ses années passées dans l’Hexagone, elle rêvait de faire de la danse moderne, mais son trop jeune âge l’en a empêché. Lorsqu’elle habitait au Havre, elle choisit l’escrime en raison de la présence d’une salle d’armes non loin de…


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Le tribunal administratif ordonne la réintégration d’une suspendue

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MANIF COLLECTIF SYNDICAL. Les manifestants passant devant le CHU. – Dominique CHOMEREAU-LAMOTTE

Du nouveau pour les soignants opposés à l’obligation vaccinale en Guadeloupe ! La semaine dernière le tribunal administratif a ordonné la réintégration d’une aide-soignante suspendue. Une avancée considérable pour ses confrères en lutte. 

Le cas de Madame B. désormais ex-suspendue est désormais le nouveau visage de la lutte contre l’obligation vaccinale. En clair, cette aide-soignante recevait le 8 juin 2022 une notification de la part de l’administration du CHUG, lui informant de sa suspension de manière rétroactive et ce dès le 15 janvier 2022. Une décision prise suite à la loi devenue effective le 5 août 2021. Ainsi, le conseil de l’aide-soignante a obtenu gain de cause en prouvant que l’éviction de sa cliente non vaccinée ne s’est pas produite dans les délais légaux. La plaignante retrouvera donc son poste et le bénéfice de ses salaires. Une décision qui sonne comme une victoire pour le Collectif mobilisé depuis plus d’un an. Désormais, les suspendus s’attendent à ce que cette décision fasse jurisprudence et qu’ils soient tous réintégrés.

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11.7% COVID-positivity rate; 35 new cases, no death recorded Loop Jamaica

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Jamaica’s COVID-positivity rate decreased to 11.7 per cent amid 35 new COVID-19 cases recorded over a 24-hour period up to Tuesday afternoon.

There was no coronavirus-related death recorded for the one-day reporting period.

The overall coronavirus death toll in Jamaica remains at 3,254.

However, the deaths of two COVID-19 patients are under investigation by health officials.

There were 97 recoveries on the day, bringing that tally to 96,611.

The newly confirmed COVID-19 cases brought the total number on record for the island to 149,798.

Notably, the 11.7 per cent positivity rate was based on the samples that were tested on Tuesday.

Of the newly confirmed cases, 19 are females and 16 are males, with ages ranging from one to 98 years.

The case count was made up of Kingston and St Andrew (15), St Catherine (five), Clarendon (four), St Elizabeth (three), Manchester (two), Westmoreland (two), St Ann (two), St James (one), and St Thomas (one).

There are 26 moderately ill patients, eight severely ill patients and six critically ill patients among 1,091 active cases now under observation in Jamaica.

A total of 130 COVID-19 patients are now hospitalised locally.

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Twenty-year-old Dimario Campbell, otherwise called ‘G-Man’, of Old Road, Whithorn, Westmoreland, has been charged with murder and illegal possession of firearm following in relation to an incident in Logwood in the parish on Monday, February 28 this year.

Campbell was charged with the murder of Lamark Allen, otherwise called ‘Happy’, a farmer of Logwood district, also in Whithorn.

Reports from the Savanna-la-Mar police are that about 12:10 pm on February 28, Allen was at his gate when he was approached by Campbell and another man, who had a brief discussion with Allen.

The men then reportedly opened gunfire at Allen, who ran, but was chased and shot multiple times before collapsing at the back of a premises.

He was taken to the hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

On Wednesday, August 24, Campbell turned himself in to the police, and was subsequently charged.

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