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Aaron Jarvis makes history Loop Cayman Islands
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Aaron Jarvis, aged just 19 years old, made history for the Cayman Islands yesterday in making the cut in The 150th Open at The Old Course, St Andrews. Jarvis is the first golfer from the Cayman Islands to compete in The Open and qualified following a memorable triumph in the 2022 Latin America Amateur Championship (LAAC) at Casa de Campo.
Following a challenging first round, Jarvis, playing alongside Major winners Sergio Garcia and Stewart Cink, carded a brilliant three under par second round to make the cut and sit on even par for the Championship. One of four amateur golfers to make the cut this year, Jarvis remains in contention to win the Silver Medal.
Reacting to the news, Kenneth Bryan, Minister for Tourism and Transport said:
On behalf of the Ministry of Tourism and the Cayman Islands, I extend my congratulations to Aaron Jarvis on this history-making achievement.
Aaron is an inspiring example of how passion, hard work, and dedication can lead to overcoming challenges–such as the Cayman Islands only having one public golf course–and reaching great heights. He is a wonderful ambassador for the Cayman Islands as he plays at the Home of Golf this week.
Aaron Jarvis has recently finished his freshman year at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV). Jarvis was inspired to play golf after watching his older brother, Andrew, play in the Caribbean Amateur Junior Golf Championships when it was held in Cayman in 2013. After developing a passion for the sport, he moved to Florida for high school to train at the Leadbetter Junior Golf Academy.
The Cayman Islands remains his family home and he is still to be found practising on the local North Sound Golf Club course when on-island. Many on the Cayman Islands have been following Jarvis and sending their support for his Open debut.
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Cayman joins Maccabiah games in israel Loop Cayman Islands
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Cayman based Miriam Schwabe and Alex Cohen are representing the Cayman Islands in gymnastics at the 21st Maccabiah Games, an international Jewish and Israeli multi-sport event currently ongoing in Israel.
Approximately 10,000 athletes from 80 countries are expected to compete in 42 sports categories at the games, making it the world’s largest sporting event for the year 2022.
Competitions at the Maccabiah are organized into four divisions, including Open (Seniors), Juniors, Masters and Disabled.
The Maccabiah is staged under the auspices of the Maccabi World Union (MWU), a worldwide youth and sports organization devoted to furthering Jewish identity and traditions through cultural, social, and educational activities. The MWU is headquartered in Israel.
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Au moins 234 morts ou bless?s ? Cit? Soleil entre le 8 et le 12 juillet, selon l’ONU
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Au moins 234 personnes ont ?t? tu?es ou bless?es entre le 8 et le 12 juillet, victimes de la violence des gangs qui s?vissent ? Cit? Soleil, la commune la plus d?favoris?e de l’agglom?ration de Port-au-Prince, la capitale d’Ha?ti, a annonc? l’ONU samedi.
“La pupart des victimes ne sont pas directement li?es aux gangs mais ont ?t? vis?es par des membres des gangs et nous avons aussi re?u de nouvelles informations sur des violences sexuelles”, ?crit le Haut commissariat des Nations unies aux droits de l’homme, qui a enregistr? 934 meurtres, 684 bless?s et 680 enl?vements sur la p?riode de janvier ? fin juin 2022.
Un pr?c?dent bilan du R?seau national de d?fense des droits humains – une ONG – faisait ?tat de 89 morts, 74 bless?s et 16 disparus.
“Nous nous inqui?tons profond?ment de l’aggravation des violences ? Port-au-Prince et de la hausse des violations des droits humains qui sont commises contre la population locale par des gangs lourdement arm?s”, ?crit Jeremy Laurence, porte-parole du Haut commissariat.
“Nous exhortons les autorit?s ? faire respecter tous les droits humains et ? les mettre au coeur de leurs actions dans cette crise”, poursuit-il.
“La lutte contre l’impunit? et les violences sexuelles, tout comme le renforcement des droits humains et la surveillance de leur mise en application doivent rester une priorit?”, explique-t-il.
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“Nous appelons ceux qui sont responsables et soutiennent cette violence arm?e ? cesser imm?diatement et ? respecter les vies et le travail de tous les Ha?tiens, qui pour la plupart vivent dans la pauvret?”, a lanc? le porte-parole, dans un appel qui n’a gu?re de chances d’?tre entendu.
Depuis vendredi, les rafales d’armes automatiques cr?pitent ? longueur de journ?e ? Cit? Soleil, commune la plus d?favoris?e et la plus dens?ment peupl?e de l’aire m?tropolitaine: deux factions de gangs s’y affrontent sans que la police, en manque d’hommes et d’?quipements, n’intervienne.
Le long des corridors de bidonvilles qui s’y sont form?s au fil des quatre derni?res d?cennies, des milliers de familles n’ont d’autre choix que de se terrer chez elles, sans pouvoir se ravitailler en eau et nourriture.
Certains habitants sont victimes de balles perdues ? l’int?rieur m?me de leurs modestes logements, faits de simples t?les, mais les ambulances ne sont pas autoris?es ? circuler librement dans la zone pour venir en aide aux bless?s.
Ces affrontements meurtriers entre gangs affectent l’ensemble des activit?s ? travers la capitale car c’est ? Cit? Soleil que se situe le terminal p?trolier qui alimente Port-au-Prince et tout le nord d’Ha?ti.
A travers la capitale, les stations-service ne distribuent plus une goutte de carburant, faisant drastiquement flamber les prix au march? noir.
Depuis plus de deux ans, les gangs multiplient les rapts crapuleux dans la ville, s?questrant des personnes de toutes origines socio-?conomiques et de toutes nationalit?s.
Jouissant d’une tr?s large impunit?, les bandes criminelles ont amplifi? leurs actions au fil des semaines: au moins 155 enl?vements ont ?t? commis en juin contre 118 au mois de mai, a signal? le Centre d’analyse et de recherches en droits humains, dans son dernier rapport publi? mercredi.
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Duke gets edge in tricky feature race Loop Jamaica
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Gary Subratie’s run-on sprinter, DUKE, is aiming at back-to-back grade one victories against familiar rivals, but reports nine pounds heavier in Saturday’s six-furlong Thoroughbred Racing Hall-of-Fane Stakes at Caymanas Park.
The six-year-old grey had weight in his favour for his June 25 win at five and a half furlongs over imported DOUBLE DIVA. Sitting level at 115lb with GO DEH GIRL, DUKE was able to close from off the pace as a team with DOUBLE DIVA to run out a half-length winner.
GO DEH GIRL and GOD OF LOVE had cancelled each other on the lead in fast splits of 23.1, 34.2, 45.3 and 58.3, which benefitted DUKE, who out-finished DOUBLE DIVA to win in 1:05.2.
Though United States-bred GO DEH GIRL returns five pounds heavier, she could enjoy an unmolested lead should fellow importee, JORDON REIGN’s, get off to a slow start again.
JORDON REIGN’S was tailed off down the backstretch in his last race before motoring late in the stretch run to beat LURE OF LUCY at six and a half furlongs.
LURE OF LUCY, who has champion jockey Anthony Thomas aboard, could be the main bother for GO DEH GIRL on the lead. The American rebounded from her loss against JORDON REIGN’s with a gate-to-wire victory at six furlongs, posting 1:12.2 two weeks later.
Though she has a great chance on the lead, LURE OF LUCY could also set up the race for her closing stablemates, EAGLE ONE and KING ARTHUR.
Title-chasing Dane Dawkins, who trails Thomas by one winner in their battle atop the jockeys’ standings, is back aboard DUKE in what could turn out to be a tricky feature, the seventh event on a 10-race card.
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Jamaica’s unemployment rate falls to new record low – STATIN Loop Jamaica
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Jamaica’s unemployment rate fell to a new record low of six per cent in April 2022, to continue the downward trajectory occurring in recent months.
This outturn, according to the Statistical Institute of Jamaica’s (STATIN) April Labour Force Survey, is 0.2 percentage point lower than the figure for January 2022.
Director General, Carol Coy, said it also represents a three-percentage point decline on the April 2021 outturn.
She was speaking during STATIN’s digital quarterly media briefing, on Friday (July 15).
Coy indicated that the male unemployment rate fell from 7.5 per cent to 4.7 per cent, while the corresponding figure for females dropped 3.2 percentage points to 7.6 per cent.
The unemployment rate for youth, age 14 to 24, was 15.5 per cent in April 2022, an 8.6-percentage point decline compared to the same period last year.
Coy advised that male youth unemployment fell six percentage points to 15.1 per cent, while the rate for females dropped from 28 per cent to 15.9 per cent.
Meanwhile, the number of employed persons who were engaged in economic activities for at least one hour during the March 20 to 26 Survey reference week, increased by 5.2 per cent to 1,269,300.
Coy indicated that females accounted for just over one-half of the increase, 33,600 persons or 53.1 per cent.
“Female employment grew by 6.2 per cent, while male employment increased by 4.5 per cent,” she further advised.
The overall number of persons in the labour force in April 2022 rose by 24,900 or 1.9 per cent to 1,350,300.
Coy advised that the number of individuals, 14 years and older, outside the labour force who were classified as neither employed nor unemployed, fell by 22,600 to 746,400, compared to April 2021.
“The number of males outside the labour force declined by 8,900, while the number of females declined by 13,700,” she further informed.
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Immigrant fears that work-permit exemption for amnesty-seekers could be a gimmick to induce non-national voters
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The recipient of an amnesty certificate fears the immigrant community is being conned by the Browne Administration in the matter of work-permit requirements. CLICK HERE TO JOIN OUR WHATSAPP GROUP FOR NEWS UPDATES.
According to the man, he was given a three-month extension by the Immigration Department, along with a one-year window in which to apply for citizenship. He says he was also advised that, within that year, he is to seek an extension every three months to preserve his regularized status.
The man says, however, that he is aware of a decision by the Cabinet which exempts applicants for amnesty from applying for work permits while they are being processed.
That notice was published on June 23, 2022.
However, the man reports that when he advised the Immigration Department of this exemption, officers there said they were unaware of the provision, and so they directed him to the Labour Department.
The man says that officers at that department acknowledged they had heard of the exemption via the media, but said they had received no official word or instruction on the amnesty applicants being relieved of the work-permit requirement.
In the absence of an official exemption, the man points out, no employer is going to take the word of an immigrant worker that he or she does not need a permit during the processing period.
He is further concerned that the citizenship-application fees, which used to be just over $1,000, have been doubled. If an immigrant cannot get a job without a work permit, he asks, then how can they afford to spend more than $2,000 to apply for citizenship.
Accordingly, the man says he fears the exemption notice is merely a political gimmick that is designed to trap the immigrant community into voting for the Antigua Labour Party in the upcoming elections. — REAL News
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Floods, landslides as tropical wave passes over Trinidad and Tobago
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SEVERAL areas in Trinidad experienced flooding, landslides and interruption in utility service on Friday as a result of the passage of a tropical wave.
On Thursday, the Meteorological Service issued a yellow-level adverse weather alert from 6 am to 6 pm on Friday. In an update on Friday afternoon, that alert was extended to noon on Sunday as the Met Office said that TT would be affected by another tropical wave from Saturday afternoon.
On Friday, rain from the first system began prior to 5 am in some areas. The Ministry of Rural Development and Local Government said all 14 corporations, the Rural Development Corporation, CEPEP and the municipal police were deployed at 5 am.
The Office of Disaster Preparedness and Management (ODPM) said there were reports of street flooding in Diego Martin, Tabaquite, Las Lomas, Gasparillo, Brasso Road, and Todd’s Road. Residential flooding was reported in Princes Town and San Fernando.
It said landslides were reported in St Augustine, Barrackpore, and at the 10km marker along the North Coast Road, as well as fallen trees in the North Coast Road and in the vicinity of Cleaver Woods.
The Ministry of Works and Transport, in a press release, said a major landslip on the North Coast Road, 11km mark (between the lookout and Maracas Bay), meant the road was open to single-lane traffic only as of 3 pm on Friday.
A technical team from the ministry was on site to assess the scale of repair work needed to restore full connectivity to traffic.
Later, Minister of Works Rohan Sinanan advised commuters to avoid travel on the North Coast Road this weekend.
The ODPM said responding agencies included the Ministry of Works, the fire service, and the disaster management units of the relevant regional corporations.
WASA said as the result of the tropical wave’s heavy rains, operations at several of its surface water treatment facilities were affected. It said several water treatment plants had been stopped due to high turbidity resulting in flooded river conditions and clogged intake screens.
These included facilities at Caura, La Pastora, Luengo/Naranjo, Aripo, Guanapo, Tompire, North Oropouche, Quare, Tyrico, Las Cuevas, La Fillette, Blanchisseuse, Santa Cruz, Matura, Biche, and the St Ann’s reservoir. The Highlands Road facility in Tobago was also affected.
The Navet plant was out of operation owing to power failure, affecting the areas of Princes Town, Tabaquite, Piparo, Rio Claro, parts of Mayaro, Tableland, Ste Madeleine, and Barrackpore. The Sans Souci and Gran Riviere plants were also without power.
Earlier in the day, street and flash flooding was reported in Williamsville, Union Hall, Barrackpore, Daisy Road, the M1 Tasker Road between Ste Madeleine and Princes Town, Eastern Main Road in Tunapuna, Champs Fleurs, and Arouca, Edinburgh 500, Las Lomas, Arima Old Road, Malabar, and Cocorite.
The TT Electricity Commission said several areas island-wide had experienced service disruption as a result of the adverse weather for several hours.
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Pierre Defends The Integrity Of Professionals In The Public Service – St. Lucia Times News
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The work and integrity of senior level professionals employed in the public service briefly came into focus during the July 12 Sitting of the Lower House of Assembly.
Prime Minister Hon. Philip J. Pierre citing documented reports from the Finance Ministry was able to set the record straight and preserve the integrity of the policy makers advising the Cabinet.
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Un estudio sugiere que los jugadores de videojuegos desarrollan una mayor actividad cerebral y habilidad para tomar decisiones
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Investigadores de la Universidad Estatal de Georgia (EE.UU.) determinaron que los individuos que juegan con frecuencia a los videojuegos poseen más habilidades de “toma de decisiones sensoriomotoras y una mayor actividad en regiones clave del cerebro” que el resto de las personas.
“La abrumadora mayoría de nuestros jóvenes juega a los videojuegos más de tres horas por semana, pero los efectos beneficiosos sobre la capacidad de toma de decisiones y el cerebro no se conocen exactamente”, comunicó el investigador Mukesh Dhamala, asegurando que durante el proyecto salieron a la luz las ventajas de jugar a los videojuegos.
Para demostrarlo, un total de 47 personas de edad universitaria, de las que 28 eran jugadores habituales de videojuegos, tomaron parte en el experimento. Los participantes fueron introducidos dentro de una máquina de resonancia magnética funcional, en la que veían una pantalla con puntos en movimiento y tenían que apretar un botón con la mano derecha o la izquierda para indicar la dirección en la que se desplazaban los puntos o no hacer nada si permanecían estáticos.
La prueba reveló que los ‘gamers’ eran “más rápidos y precisos en sus respuestas” debido a una mayor actividad en ciertas partes del cerebro, detectada por el escáner, reza el comunicado universitario, publicado este 11 de julio.
Según los investigadores, “estos resultados indican que jugar a los videojuegos mejora potencialmente varios de los subprocesos de sensación, percepción y mapeo de la acción para mejorar las habilidades de toma de decisiones”, a la vez que sugieren que “los videojuegos son un buen candidato para el entrenamiento cognitivo en lo que respecta a la toma de decisiones”.
Por su parte, el autor principal del estudio, Tim Jordan, también expuso su ejemplo personal para señalar los beneficios que los videojuegos pueden aportar al cerebro. De niño el científico tenía visión débil en un ojo y cuando tenía unos cinco años participó en un proyecto de investigación en el que la tapaban el ojo bueno y se le fortalecía el otro mediante los videojuegos. Jordan afirma que ese entrenamiento le ayudó a pasar de ser legalmente ciego de un ojo a desarrollar una gran capacidad para el procesamiento visual.
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