Senador Albert Torres Berrios enfrentará pesquisa del FEI

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Luego de un análisis de la prueba recopilada durante la investigación preliminar realizada por el Departamento de Justicia sobre posibles actuaciones contrarias a la ley del senador Albert Torres Berríos, el Panel Sobre el Fiscal Especial Independiente (PFEI) acogió el lunes la recomendación del secretario, Domingo Emanuelli Hernández, y designó un Fiscal Especial Independiente (FEI) para investigar al legislador.

Torres Berrios enfrentará una pesquisa formal sobre infracciones al Artículo 191 del Código Penal (extorsión) como al Artículo 3 de la Ley 115-1991 conocida como la Ley de Represalias contra el Empleado por ofrecer testimonio.

El Panel designó a la fiscal Zulma Fuster Troche para la investigación a fondo y se le concedió el término estatutario de 90 días para realizarla.

Según informó Emanuelli Hernández, la División de Integridad Pública y Asuntos del Contralor (DIPAC) entrevistó a empleados del legislador, así como, examinó la prueba documental y testifical sobre una querella levantada ante la Comisión Senatorial de Ética, donde se alegó que el legislador había solicitado dinero al esposo de una empleada para sus gastos personales. Además, que había intentado impedir el testimonio de ciertos testigos ante esa Comisión.

La empleada, Alba González Rivera, se encontraba en destaque en el Senado desde febrero de 2021. La funcionaria había planteado ante la Oficina de Recursos Humanos del Senado, que el senador Torres Berríos, había requerido a su esposo la entrega de dinero bajo apercibimiento de que, negarse a ella, resultaría en la pérdida de empleo de la señora González Rivera.

La investigación preliminar de Justicia le dio peso a la prueba recopilada y recomendó la designación de un FEl, según dispone la Ley 2-1988. El Panel encontró los criterios establecidos en derecho para actuar de conformidad, por la que emitió la autorización de un fiscal especial sobre las actuaciones del senador Albert Torres Berríos.

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New Zealand defeats West Indies in ODI series

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Four batsmen posted half centuries as New Zealand overhauled the West Indies’ total of 301-8 to win the 3rd One Day International (ODI) by 5 wickets last night at Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados to clinch the series 2-1.

Tom Latham scored 69 and put on 120 for the fourth wicket with Daryl Mitchell (63) in a stand which paced the run chase and carried New Zealand in sight of victory.

Martin Guptill (57) and Devon Conway (56) had earlier combined to add 82 runs for the second wicket to give New Zealand a platform for a demanding chase.

Mitchell was out with the score on 248 in the 42nd over and Latham at 259 in the 44th, with New Zealand still requiring 43 runs.

James Neesham settled the issue with a decisive innings of 34 from 11 deliveries, taking 18 runs from the 45th over bowled by leg-spinner, Yannic Cariah.

Neesham hit a six from the bowling of West Indies captain, Nicholas Pooran to end the chase with 17 balls remaining.

Latham appeared to have made a bad decision when he chose to bowl first and as the West Indies flourished in good batting conditions. Kyle Mayers made 105 in a 173-run opening partnership with Shai Hope (51), and Pooran smashed nine sixes in his 91 off 55 balls for the West Indies.

The pitch was much better for batting than those on which the West Indies won the first match by five wickets and New Zealand won the second by 50 runs. The highest previous total in the series was New Zealand’s 212 in the second match.

Mayers and Hope stayed together for almost 35 overs to shape the West Indies innings. Their partnership ended when Hope was out for 51 off 100 balls and, as often happens with large partnerships, Mayers was out two balls later and without addition to the total. Brandon King fell soon afterwards with the score at 181-3 in a sudden reversal for the West Indies.

But Pooran picked up the pace again, posting a half-century from 33 balls. He had hit nine sixes and 4 fours from 55 balls when he was out in the 49th over.

Mayers and Hope made a cautious start to the innings as they found the pace of the new pitch, crawling to 24 after 10 overs, negotiating a short rain break in the seventh over.

The final scores: The West Indies 301-8 off 50 overs, New Zealand 307-5 off 47.1 overs.

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Teachers Co-operative Credit Union Star Girls are the 2022 Netball Champions

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 Teachers Co-operative Credit Union Star Girls are the new Division 1 Champions of the Kingstown Co-operative Credit Union/Vita Malt/National Lotteries Authority Richland Park Netball Championship.

They defeated Defending Champions, High Park United 51-35 yesterday afternoon in front of a large and colourful crowd at the Hard Court of the Richland Park Government School.

JLC Warriors won the Division 2 Title by beating 3 Js Valley Strikers 34-20.

Last Saturday, Caesar’s Real Estate Dynamic Girls clinched 3rd Place in Division 2 with a 45-15 win over the Royal St Vincent and the Grenadines Police Force Gems, and Vultures beat J and G Scorchers 69-20 in the Division 1 3rd Play Play-off.

Former National goal shooter, Skiddy Francis with 251 goals was the top goal-scorer in Division1, and Aneka Dallaway of JLS Warriors scored the most goals in Division 2 finishing with 218.

The Division 1 Most Valuable Player (MVP) was Kishorn Lowman of Teachers Co-operative Credit Union Star Girls, and Aneka Dallaway of JLC Warriors was the Most Valuable (MVP) in Division 2.

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Singapore to decriminalize gay sex, but will limit change Loop Barbados

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Singapore announced Sunday it will decriminalize sex between men by repealing a colonial-era law while protecting the city-state’s traditional norms and its definition of marriage.

During his speech at the annual National Day Rally, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said he believed it is the “right thing to do now” as most Singaporeans will now accept it.

“Private sexual behaviour between consenting adults does not raise any law and order issue. There is no justification to prosecute people for it nor to make it a crime,” Lee said. “This will bring the law into line with current social mores and I hope provide some relief to gay Singaporeans.”

Lee vowed the repeal will be limited and not shake Singapore’s traditional family and societal norms including how marriage is defined, what children are taught in schools, what is shown on television and general public conduct.

He said the government will amend the constitution to ensure that there can be no constitutional challenge to allow same-sex marriage.

“Even as we repeal Section 377A, we will uphold and safeguard the institution of marriage,” Lee said. “We have to amend the Constitution to protect it. And we will do so. This will help us repeal Section 377A in a controlled and careful way.”

Section 377A of the Penal Code was introduced under British colonial rule in the 1930s. British rule over the island ended in 1963 when Singapore became a state of Malaysia. It became independent two years later but retained the Penal Code, which made sex between men punishable by up to two years in jail.

Since 2007 when Parliament last debated whether to repeal Section 377A, its position was to keep the law but not enforce it.

But gay men say the law hangs over their heads and discriminates against them. Thousands of activists annually stage a rally in the city-state known as the “Pink Dot” in support of the LGBTQ community.

Lee said he hopes the government’s move will help reconcile and accommodate both the concerns of conservative religious groups and the desires of gay Singaporeans to be respected and accepted.

“All groups should exercise restraint, because that is the only way we can move forward as a nation together,” he said. “I hope the new balance will enable Singapore to remain a tolerant and inclusive society for many years to come.”

One of Lee’s nephews, Li Huanwu, is gay. The son of Lee’s estranged younger brother Lee Hsien Yang married his partner in South Africa in 2019. Li Huanwu has attended Pink Dot events with his partner and parents.

Other former British colonies still retain similar laws that criminalize sex between men, including neighbouring Malaysia where a former deputy premier was jailed twice for sodomy. He was sentenced in 2000 and again in 2014, in cases that critics say were politically motivated.

In 2018, India decriminalized gay sex after its Supreme Court in a historic ruling struck down Section 377 that punished gay sex by up to 10 years in prison. Some Asian countries have also moved to legalize gay marriage, with Taiwan as the first in 2019. Thailand also recently approved plans allowing same-sex unions.

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Hoe marrons en inheemsen elkaar vonden

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Denise Jannah speelt hoofdrol in ‘Swart Wyn’

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PM calls depositor “greedy” after he sues Global Bank for $10 million of his deposits

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Prime Minister Gaston Browne is defending CEO of the Global Bank of Commerce Brian Stuart-Young.

Stuart young is being sued by a customer of the bank for failure to pay over US$10,000,000 in deposits.

Browne says the customer is “greedy” and that the lawsuit is meant to destroy the bank.

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Baby found in cardboard box at San Fernando General Hospital

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The area where the baby was found at the San Fernando General Hospital on Monday morning. Photo by Laurel V Williams

A newborn baby was found in a cardboard box at the San Fernando General Hospital on Monday morning.

A man was heading to the hospital when he saw the box on the ground at around 8.30 am

The child was awake and appeared to be in good health. The baby girl was wrapped in a brown blanket with only her face visible.

Two workers were passing by and the man and another passerby called out to them.

They took the baby inside to be medically examined.

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Tres policías de EE.UU. golpean violentamente a un hombre durante su arresto y chocan su cabeza contra la acera varias veces

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Un video difundido recientemente en las redes sociales captó el momento en el que tres policías del Estado de Arkansas (EE.UU.) golpearon brutalmente a un sospechoso bajo arresto este domingo por la mañana.

El detenido, que yace en el suelo sujetado por los agentes, recibe puñetazos y rodillazos en la cara y varias partes del cuerpo. En cierto momento, uno de los uniformados le agarra la cabeza y se la hace chocar contra el suelo en más de una ocasión.

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De acuerdo a un informe policial, el arresto se produjo después de que el sujeto, identificado como Randal Ray Worcester, de 27 años, escupiera en la cara de un empleado de una tienda y profiriera amenazas terroristas, recogen los medios locales. Asimismo, cuando los agentes procedieron a arrestar a Worcester, ese supuestamente empujó a un oficial al suelo y le dio un puñetazo en la parte posterior de la cabeza, informa AP. 

Tras la confrontación, el detenido fue trasladado a un hospital con “heridas leves” en la cabeza. Actualmente, enfrenta cargos de amenaza terrorista, resistencia al arresto y agresión, entre otros. 

Mientras tanto, el alguacil de Crawford, Jimmy Damante, emitió un comunicado en el que indicó que dos agentes de ese condado fueron suspendidos mientras dure la investigación sobre los hechos, que llevará a cabo la Policía estatal de Arkansas. “Responsabilizo a todos mis empleados por sus acciones y tomaré las medidas apropiadas en este asunto”, prometió.

Por su parte, el jefe de Policía de Mulberry, Shannon Gregory, agregó que el tercer oficial involucrado en la detención “está en licencia administrativa a la espera del resultado de la investigación”. “La ciudad de Mulberry y el Departamento de Policía de Mulberry se toman muy en serio estas investigaciones”, aseguró Gregory.

Noticia original de RT en Español. 

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Former local cricketer, Irvin Warrican passes away

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The cricket fraternity of St Vincent and the Grenadines and the Windward Islands was thrown into mourning yesterday when news broke that the former Radcliffe, St Vincent and the Grenadines and Windward Islands cricketer, Irvin Warrican died in the early hours of yesterday morning at his home in Colonarie on the North-Eastern coast of main-Island, St Vincent. He was 56 and had taken ill a few weeks ago.

Warrican, an off-spinner and batsman, was captain of Radcliffe Cricket Club in the National Cricket Championship, and also led St Vincent and the Grenadines in the Windward Islands Cricket Championship. He also served for several years as the Cricket Development Officer of the Windward Islands Cricket Board.

He was a teacher by profession and was attached to the Georgetown Secondary School where he was also the cricket coach.

Dead at the age of 56 is former, Radcliffe, St Vincent and the Grenadines and Windward Islands off-spinner and batsman, Irvin Warrican.

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