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A team of officers assigned to the Westmoreland Police Division charged one man in relation to the seizure of a firearm and ammunition during an operation on the Seaford Town main road, Westmoreland on Monday, August 15.
He is 32-year-old Clament Bernard, a delivery man of Seaford Town, Bethel Town in the parish. Reports from the Savanna-La-Mar police are that at about 8:00 pm, lawmen were in the area when they saw a group of men standing on the roadway.
On seeing the police, Bernard removed an object from his waistband and threw it to the ground. The object was retrieved and found to be a Bursa 9mm pistol with a magazine containing one 9mm round of ammunition.
He was subsequently arrested and charged with Illegal possession of firearm and ammunition following a question and answer session in the presence of his attorney. His court date is being finalized.
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Cop charged after daughter’s death bearing torment of losing her Loop Jamaica
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The St Elizabeth policeman charged with manslaughter after his 18-month-old daughter was locked in his car and subsequently died, continues to bear the torment of losing his child.
This is according to his attorney, Thomas Levene, who spoke to Loop News on Monday after his client appeared in the St Elizabeth Parish Court and was offered $750,000 bail.
“Detective Sergeant [Sheldon] Dobson continues to bear the torment of losing his beloved daughter. However, the ruling by the Honourable Director of Public Prosecutions, though unfortunate, is understandable given the public interest,” Levene told Loop News.
Eighteen-month-old Shaleah Dobson died two days after she was left in her father’s car for several hours.
Detective Sergeant Dobson was charged for the January 17 incident in which he left his daughter inside the car while at work in Black River in the parish.
Dobson is assigned to the Black River Police Station and was to The child’s mother is also a sergeant of police in the St Elizabeth Police Division.
The policeman’s team is preparing to go to trial.
“The Honourable Director has chosen the venue for the issues to be ventilated before an impartial tribunal of law and facts, and Detective Sergeant Dobson and all members of his legal team are preparing for trial,” he said.
The attorney said his client is an exemplary member of the Jamaica Constabulary Force.
“It must be noted that the tone and tenor of the documents served on Counsel today [Monday] support the fact that Detective Sergeant Dobson was passionate about his daughter and his job, and was, and continues, to be an impeccable senior member of the JCF,” he said.
The policeman is to return to court in Balaclava on October 25.
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Virgin’s digital art gallery will feature the work of artists from across the Caribbean, including Antigua
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Virgin Atlantic is putting local artists from the Caribbean at the forefront of its Upper Class experience thanks to its art gallery in the sky.
Available throughout Virgin Atlantic’s fleet, the gallery will showcase some of the many incredible artists who hail from the Caribbean.
The art will take centre stage in Virgin Atlantic’s industry leading social spaces, including its onboard bar and loft concepts. The art is available across Virgin Atlantic’s global route network, which spans the US, Caribbean, China, India and South Africa.
Michelle Bowe is a self taught Bajan artist who is inspired by the beauty of the island she lives on. The self taught artist uses famous Barbados scenes as inspiration, particularly marine life, flora and fauna.
Heidi Berger, takes inspiration from the beauty and dignity of the people of Barbados, particular the island’s women. She loves the tactile and weathered surfaces of mixed media – especially those involving wax.
Grenadian born portrait artist, Roxanne Marquez-Augustine love for people and animals is reflected in her paintings. She works with acrylics on canvas, using bold colours and capturing the personalities of her subjects to the best of her abilities.
Pelicans and flamingos are popular in Sally Harker’s work in which she’s developed a unique technique of painting on wooden shingles using oil paint and gold leaf. The resulting pieces have a textured, almost sculptural quality.
She’s the owner of Fig Tree Studio Art Gallergy in Antigua, where she sells her own paintings and the work of other established artists.
The portfolio also features the work from artists including Arnold Toulon from St Lucia, Chris Thomas from Tobago and Suelin Low Chew Tung from Grenada.
Hannah Swift, Country Manager, Caribbean, commented;
“The Caribbean is at the heart of Virgin Atlantic’s leisure programme and we love to celebrate our destinations whenever we can. Living in the Caribbean myself, I know the art scene across the islands is absolutely incredible and I’m so proud we can share it on the world stage where it belongs. I’m thrilled we can reaffirm our commitment to the entire region by showcasing each of these unique, brilliant artists.”
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Barataria councillor helps constituents get job-ready
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Barataria councillor Kimberly Small hosted an “interview preparation caravan” at the Barataria Community Centre on Tuesday morning.
The event, hosted in collaboration with Catherine Gordon’s Institute of Finishing Elements, was geared towards equipping unemployed people in the Barataria community with the necessary tools to get into the workforce. Skills such as proper interview preparation, effective resume writing, successful job hunting and proper dress attire for interviews were covered at the inaugural, one-day workshop.
The caravan, initially primarily aimed at Barataria’s teenage population, was also attended by a few older people.
Asked about this by Newsday, Small said, “The facilitator, Catherine Gordon, specialises in teaching persons between ages 16-29.
“But when people started to call us, we realised there are people out there who are around 35 that are still looking for jobs, or you know, sometimes you find yourself in a dead-end situation and you want to access better.”
She said as a result they opened up the target audience and accepted anyone currently on the job market, although the event was still predominantly attended by secondary-school students.
Asked why she felt it necessary to host such an event, Small said a lot of people have the necessary skills and competencies to work, but are not given the opportunities to put that on display because their resume or interview preparedness may be lacking.
“Remember, if an employer is getting 30 resumes, you must have something that jumps out at them and differentiates you from the rest.
“Sometimes they might also go to the interview and they’re not properly dressed, they’re not prepared.
“So while they may have the skills, their first impression and actually going through the interview –they are not making it past that stage.”
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Kamla defends David Lee over tax-exempt car
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David Lee
OPPOSITION Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar is defending one of her deputy political leaders, David Lee, who is being investigated by police.
They are seeking to establish whether his tax and duty exemption from his purchase of a luxury vehicle benefited someone else.
Challenging the police to charge Lee if they had evidence, Persad-Bissessar asserted that he had done nothing illegal. She said it was an attempt to “nasty people’s names” with an old matter that had no substance.
She warned the United National Congress (UNC) had enough good lawyers to successfully defend him.
At the UNC virtual meeting on Monday night, Persad-Bissessar said the matter is being put on the national agenda to change the narrative from the “PNM pandemic of hopelessness” the country is facing.
Lee, the MP for Pointe-a-Pierre, was questioned last Monday by the police Financial Investigation Branch (FIB) in connection with the purchase of a Mercedes-Benz valued at $2.3 million which attracted a $1.4 million tax exemption.
It is being alleged that Lee was not using the vehicle and a party financier may have benefited.
Reminding her live and virtual audience the matter of whether he bought the vehicle for someone else was raised years ago, Persad-Bissessar charged, “They are using this as a distraction to change the narrative.”
She raised questions of her own, about the transfer of a vehicle between former AG Faris Al-Rawi and Roger Kawalsingh, documents relating to which are not lodged at the licensing office, or the alleged purchase of a Maybach by another minister for a contractor.
On the same platform, MP Dinesh Rambally disparaged the Government’s decision to ban the export of scrap iron and copper for the next six months as an anti-crime measure.
“How on earth is throwing the honest and hardworking scrap iron dealers on the breadline going to stop thieves? Shutting down the industry for six months will only fuel the thieves. But this is the dotish logic of the Rowley-led PNM.”
He said he was suspicious there was an agenda, and put everyone on alert for the setting up of sub-committees for the granting of licences for scrap iron dealers among friends, family and financiers of the PNM.
“So while the country drowning in bloodshed and more people now on the breadline, the Rowley-led Cabinet will once again be looking out for their friends, family and financiers. While scrap-iron dealers suffering, the PNM will be eating a food.”
On the issue of fireworks, Rambally said the consultation held last Friday was a mockery of fair and proper consultation according to law.
“It is trite law, a matter of common sense, that where a public authority embarks on consultation, it should do so properly. Participants were denied open and frank dialogue with the AG’s representatives.
“Feedback only took the form of typed questions on a Facebook chat, and even then, they seemed to be somewhat selectively represented by the host.”
He said regulation of fireworks is a matter for which the population has been clamouring.
“Unregulated use has incensed many in our society, to such an extent that there is a call for an outright ban. Animal-rights activists have expressed heartfelt and genuine concern over the cruel impact of fireworks on animals.
“I call upon the AG to immediately correct the curtailed manner in which he has conducted these consultations. Get the facts and bring legislation accordingly.”
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Prime Minister laments calibre of local, regional journalism
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Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley
The Prime Minister has lamented the calibre of journalism in TT and other parts of the region.
He described the profession as being largely based on what he called “publish, beat down, ‘gotcha’ or simply ‘he say, she say,’ all largely, frequently, without context or recorded history.
“A listener, reader or viewer is not helped or educated through the democratic process when a journalist has a story that searches for a counterpoint. Full stop. That is it.”
Dr Rowley argued there must be context, a wider, deeper background within and to that story which helps the receiver.
He was delivering the keynote address at the opening of the 53rd general assembly of the Caribbean Broadcasting Union (CBU) on Monday night at the Magdalena Grand Beach & Golf Resort, Lowlands, Tobago.
The theme of the two-day event, held in collaboration with the UN Educational Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO), is Media and Information Literacy.
Rowley said journalism today must go beyond “attempts to reach Mr and Mrs So and So for comment failed.
“Again, that is it. Story gone.”
Rowley said regional journalists must see every story they write as reporting on the history and uniqueness of Caribbean condition.
“What’s been argued as free and independent reporting has to be seen wider than the metropolitan model or context and carrying that flavour of our West-Indianness.”
He said journalism must visit and keep revisiting the volumes written on the dangers of cultural imperialism and what it has done and continues to do to the minds of West Indian people, particularly its youth.
Rowley also complained that radio stations’ schedules are “predominantly American pop or worse, American gangster, as opposed to meaningful conscious, West Indian music, art and drama.
“Worse, there are sections of the radio frequencies dedicated to the illiterate musings of the hired hitman, spewing indignation and libel for free and a fee.”
Rowley applauded the CBU and UNESCO for promoting the discussion on media and information literacy for journalism, “as a clear relevant counter to the clear and present dangers of misinformation a disinformation.”
He noted that the handbook for the assembly referred to highlights of the misinformation and disinformation dating back to the era of Cleopatra in ancient Egypt to Cambridge Analytica.
Rowley said according to verifiable reports in the British media, Cambridge Analytica’s misinformation originated in TT ten-15 years ago, then went on to the “larger playfield” in the US presidential politics.
“Interestingly, as I speak to you today, those wheels are still turning in Washington, Arizona, Georgia, New York and in some quarters here in TT.”
He urged media practitioners not to take information at face value without precautionary fact-checking.
“This is the era of the big lie or just avalanche of the common or garden lies, since shame has been reduced in its societal tempering role.
“We are now required to spend so much of our time and resources debunking lies in search of the truth.”
Rowley said TT is not only known for steelpan, calypso and soca music, but “we… in part are responsible for the modern-day popularisation of misinformation and disinformation.”
Journalism in the developing world, he suggested, should focus, investigate, interpret, educate and report on the development processes of countries.
Rowley added journalists must be guardians of the Caribbean’s history and be understanding and sympathetic to the realistic challenges confronting developing islands.
“Most importantly, journalists must be able to do so without any government guidance or intervention. As such, they must cultivate and view their world with the so-called jeweller’s eye – interpreting, educating and helping their fellow citizens to locate themselves and their interests in the wider world.”
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One man killed, one shot in separate incidents
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Police are investigating a murder and a shooting that occurred within 24 hours in the Port of Spain and Chaguanas areas.
On Monday night residents of Blue Wing Drive, Guayamare Village in Charlieville reported hearing gunshots around 9.05 pm.
Police found a red Ford Focus parked in an open area. On checking the van they found the body of an unidentified man.
Approximately 400 metres away they also found an empty white Hyundai Elantra crashed into a ditch off the road.
On Tuesday morning, a man was treated at the Port of Spain General Hospital after being shot by masked gunmen.
Police said Jessie Bramble, 33, of Las Alturas, Lady Young Road, was in the carpark of his home preparing to go to work when a man dressed in construction clothing fired several shots at him. He was hit in the head and neck. His wife took him to hospital.
No one has been held in connection with the shooting.
Investigations into the incidents are ongoing.
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Emiten aviso de inundaciones para municipios de la zona metropolitana
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El Servicio Nacional de Meteorología (SNM) en San Juan, emitió el martes, un aviso de inundaciones para municipios de la zona metropolitana.
Según el SNM, los municipios de Guaynabo y San Juan permanecerán bajo aviso de inundaciones hasta las 3:30 de la tarde.
El radar Doppler detectó a eso de la 2:12 de esta tarde, unas bandas de tronadas fuertes sobre el área advertida que causarán fuertes aguaceros de una a dos pulgadas de lluvia.
Se esperan acumulaciones adicionales de hasta 2 pulgadas de lluvia.
El SNM exhortó a mantener precaución.
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Gobernador rechaza ser defensor de LUMA Energy
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El gobernador Pedro Rafael Pierluisi Urrutia rechazó el martes la premisa de que defiende la gestión de la empresa LUMA Energy a cargo de la transmisión y distribución de energía eléctrica.
“Yo no defiendo (a LUMA) eso lo dices en tu pregunta, pero no. O sea, yo lo que esto es, yo fiscalizo a ambas entidades, a LUMA y a la Autoridad de Energía Eléctrica. Yo velo porque se cumpla con la Ley de Transformación del Sistema Eléctrico de Puerto Rico. Yo velo por que se cumpla con la Política Pública Energética. Les recuerdo a todos que LUMA es el resultado de una transformación que está en curso. Obviamente no queremos el monopolio que hubo en el pasado en manos de la Autoridad en transmisión y distribución. Eso no es una opción. Lo importante es que siga mejorando su desempeño, en el caso de LUMA”, dijo el gobernador a preguntas de la prensa.
“En el caso de la Autoridad de igual manera la Ley de Transformación del Sistema Eléctrico dispone que debemos también pasarle el control de la generación a una alianza público privada y eso también está en curso. Mi función como gobernador es velar por que se cumplan con las leyes, incluyendo las que rigen del sistema eléctrico de Puerto Rico y de igual manera, si, defender al pueblo ante cualquier incumplimiento de ley o de obligaciones ministeriales”, añadió.
En cuanto a la responsabilidad por los apagones que se han reportado recientemente, Pierluisi Urrutia insistió que le corresponde al Negociado de Energía multar a LUMA Energy o a la Autoridad de Energía Eléctrica si se demuestra negligencia.
“Aquí hay un esfuerzo continuo de fiscalización, lo hace el Negociado de Energía que es el regulador, puede multar a LUMA o a la Autoridad de Energía Eléctrica si incumplen con sus obligaciones contractuales. De igual manera la Autoridad para las Alianzas Público Privadas fiscaliza, La Fortaleza fiscaliza, la Cámara y el Senado. La fiscalización se va a seguir dando”, concluyó.
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