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Minister Endy Croes: 

ORANJESTAD (AAN): Siman pasa Kabinet Gouverneur a tuma despedida di trabou di nan Director sr. John Newton cu a traha pa varios aña aki na Aruba. Den un bon ambiente y ceremonia na Surfside Marina Gobernador sr. Alfonso Boekhoudt a yama danki na sr. John Newton y gradicie pa su excelente trabou desplega durante tur e añanan aki.

            Sigui pa sr. John Newton cu tambe a hiba palabra y a comparti varios di su experiencia trahando aki na Aruba pa Kabinet Gouverneur.

            Prome Minister di Aruba sra. Evelyn Wever – Croes y Minister sr. Endy Croes presente na e ceremonia aki tambe a desea sr. John Newton hopi exito den su trabou nobo. Mas di e bunita ceremonia aki por wordo aprecia riba e potretnan adhunto.

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Te ainda profetanan tin problema pa haya reconocemento na nan pais — *Tres di cada diez studiante na Hulanda ta traha pa por cubri gasto — *Studiantenan ta haya oferta na Hulanda prome cu termina estudio

ORANJESTAD(AAN)—E persona cu ta encarga cu limpiesa di e baño cu cliente di un restaurant bishita, por ta su futuro dokter, abogado, bankero, experto den cushina di hotel.

Segun cifranan mas recien, alrededor di tres di cada diez studiante na Hulanda ta traha pa por cubri gastonan di estudio avansa na Hulanda.

Studia na Hulanda ta costo hopi placa pero e diplomanan y preparacion cu un persona ta obtene, tin reconocemento halto mundial y sigur na Hulanda mes.

E siman aki, por a tuma nota di declaracion di e Secretario di Estado Hulandes pa Relacionnan den Reino, Alexandra van Huffelen cu a papia di e cantidad di expertonan cu ta termina nan estudio na Hulanda pero no ta bolbe Aruba.

Un berdad, cu tin motibo tambe.

Na prome lugar mester tene na consideracion cu e studiante Arubano cu ta dicidi di bay sigui estudio den exterior pa profesionalisa su mes riba tur tereno, ta bandona Aruba na un edad hoben, gran maroria di bez soltero, cu gran ansiedad pa conkista tur oportunidad cu mundo tin pa ofrece.

E ta bandona su isla caminda mayoria di hende conoce otro, como un hoben cu ta bandona cas di su mayornan pa bay hiba un bida completamente diferente y sigur mucho mas exigente y pisa cu bida na Aruba.

Por bisa cu e fase di hoben pa adulto ta inicia, na momento cu e tuma despedida di su famia.

E diploma Hulandes tin reconocemento sumamente halto na mundo. Studia na Hulanda, ta exigi seriedad y sacrificio grandi di un persona irespecto e estudio pa cual e dicidi.

E hoben studiante mester busca un lugar pa e biba, loke ta e prome problema pa studiantenan Hulandes tambe. Pa mayoria di studiante Arubano “cas” ta bira un camber.

E mester costumbra den su ambiente nobo, cu cambio riba practicamente tur tereno.

E mester maneha placa y den 75 porciento di casonan na Hulanda pues, e hoben studiante mester busca un trabou di mas humilde, cu ta produci placa pa e por paga tur su gastonan cu den e ultimo dos aña a subi drasticamete.

Den su bida personal e mester bira adulto den e sentido cu e por maneha tur su necesidadnan personalmente.

Hulanda ta conoce pa su salarionan mas halto cu Aruba. Su gastonan tambe ta mas halto cu na Aruba.

Bida no ta facil pa un studiante na Hulanda, pais di profesionalismo y exigencia halto.

Pais tambe caminda companianan, institutonan y tur instancia cu mester di personal, ta sumamente atento pa e personanan cu bay core stage, tempo di practica, cerca nan.

Den hopi caso, aki ya oportunidadnan di trabou ta habri pa e studiante, cu a forma un circulo di amistad, un bida nobo y hasta famia.

Studiante cu debe tambe pa paga y cu mester di placa pero na prome lugar e oportunidad pa demostra su capacidad, crea su Curriculum Vitae, cu ta bira su base profesional.

Kico ta ofrece e studiante ora e bolbe Aruba? E hoben cu a bay studia, no ta existi mas. Un profesional ta bolbe Aruba, e cas cu e stima, pero caminda e mester haya reconocemento profesional pero tambe oportunidad pa paga su debenan, instala su mes y tur loke ta bini acerca.

Esaki ta e problema, cu hopi hende ta silencia. E salida di un studiante y e regreso di un profesional, cu mester sigui profesionalisa su mes resto di su bida a base di cambionan cu ta presenta.

Un profesional, cu tin derecho riba un bon entrada, pasobra su gastonan ta halto y cu no por wordo atende como profesional di segundo clase, pasobra el a nace na su pais y asina ta un cara conoci for di momento cu el a nace.

E Arubiano den e gran mayoria di caso, ta keda Arubiano cu e anhelo pa ta na su cas. Pero su cas tambe mester acepta su sacrificio, su lucha pa a alcansa loke el a alcansa.

Un futuro nobo ta spera Aruba, cu a produci cantidad di Arubiano capacita, pero tambe portador di Arubianismo, e ingrediente tan importante pa construi un nacion!

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Women in the health and care sector face a larger gender pay gap than in other economic sectors, earning on average of 24 per cent less than peers who are men, according to a new joint report by the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the World Health Organization (WHO).

The report, the world’s most comprehensive analysis on gender pay inequities in health, finds a raw gender pay gap of approximately 20 percentage points, which jumps to 24 percentage points when accounting for factors such as age, education and working time. This highlights that women are underpaid for their labour market attributes when compared to men.

Much of the wage gap is unexplained, perhaps due to discrimination towards women – who account for 67 per cent of health and care workers worldwide. The report also finds that that wages in the health and care sector tend to be lower overall, when compared with other economic sectors. This is consistent with the finding that wages are often lower in economic sectors where women are predominant.

The gender pay gap in the health and care sector: A global analysis in the time of COVID-19 finds that, even with the COVID-19 pandemic and the crucial role played by health and care workers, there were only marginal improvements in pay equality between 2019 and 2020.

It also finds a wide variation in gender pay gaps in different countries, suggesting that pay gaps in the sector are not inevitable and that more can be done to close these gaps. Within countries, gender pay gaps tend to be wider in higher pay categories, where men are over-represented. Women are over-represented in the lower pay categories.

Mothers working in the health and care sector appear to suffer additional penalties. During a woman’s reproductive years, employment and gender pay gaps in the sector significantly increase. These gaps then persist throughout the rest of a woman’s working life. The report observes that a more equitable sharing of family duties between men and women could, in many instances, lead to women making different occupational choices.

The analysis also looks at the factors that are driving the sector’s gender pay gaps. Differences in age, education, working time and the difference in the participation of men and women in the public or private sectors only address part of the problem. The reasons why women are paid less than men with similar labour market profiles in the health and care sector across the world remains, to a large extent, unexplained by labour market factors, the report says.

“We cannot have better-quality health and care services without better and fairer working conditions, including fairer wages, for health and care workers, the majority of whom are women. The time has arrived for decisive policy action, including the necessary policy dialogue between institutions.”

Manuela Tomei, Director of the Conditions of Work and Equality Department, ILO

“The health and care sector has endured low pay in general, stubbornly large gender pay gaps, and very demanding working conditions. The COVID-19 pandemic clearly exposed this situation while also demonstrating how vital the sector and its workers are in keeping families, societies and economies going,” said Manuela Tomei, Director of the Conditions of Work and Equality Department at the International Labour Organization. “There will be no inclusive, resilient and sustainable recovery without a stronger health and care sector. We cannot have better-quality health and care services without better and fairer working conditions, including fairer wages, for health and care workers, the majority of whom are women. The time has arrived for decisive policy action, including the necessary policy dialogue between institutions. We hope this detailed and authoritative report will help stimulate the dialogue and action needed to create this.”

“Women comprise the majority of workers in the health and care sector, yet in far too many countries systemic biases are resulting in pernicious pay penalties against them. The evidence and analysis in this ground-breaking report must inform governments, employers and workers to take effective action.”

Jim Campbell, WHO Director of Health Workforce

“Women comprise the majority of workers in the health and care sector, yet in far too many countries systemic biases are resulting in pernicious pay penalties against them,” said Jim Campbell, WHO Director of Health Workforce. “The evidence and analysis in this ground-breaking report must inform governments, employers and workers to take effective action. Encouragingly, the success stories in several countries show the way; including wage increases and political commitment to pay equity.”

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St John and St James Anglican Church, Parish of Holy Saviour, Eastern Main Road, Petti Bourg. Photo by Roger Jacob

PAULA LINDO

WITH REPORTING BY ELIZABETH GONZALES

From manhole covers to TSTT wires to WASA fittings to a church bell. Scrap Iron Dealers Association President Allan Ferguson was close to tears at a media conference on Thursday as he apologised to the nation after the theft of a bell from the St John’s Anglican Church, Petit Bourg, San Juan.

He said he understood that people in TT were upset by the many inconveniences they had been subject to.

“Up to this morning I would have been listening that they gone with a bell from a church and it’s very hurtful to hear these things. I want to really apologise, because it doesn’t matter if somebody comes off the street and they’re not a scrap guy, and they just decided to steal whatever it might be and they bring it to our yards, or they’re not bound to bring it to our yards and they keep it, it will still look bad for us. We as scrap dealers have to understand that a lot of wrong is taking place in our industry, a lot of wrong is being acted out on people, a lot of people have lost things because of this industry. I want to say I humbly apologise to TT.”

Ferguson said a general meeting of all scrap iron dealers and van men was held on Wednesday to be part of what the executive wanted to send to the government in terms of new regulations for the industry. He said new rules were being formulated for van men and scrap yards in order to reduce the theft being associated with the industry.

“We decided to put some strong rules in place to make sure that all these thefts all around TT are something from the past. I cannot give you the assurance that it will go down 100 per cent, but I could tell you what we decided to do to make sure they stop is to do something serious with this industry, to make it very difficult for people to steal things and bring them to our yards. We decided to put some serious rules in place for the van men and make sure we have a strong data system in place to make sure that these things will be captured easily so we will know who are the people doing things they’re not supposed to do.”

He said he was looking forward to meeting with the government to discuss regulations and new policies to discuss the crime and theft. He said the association had been informed a meeting would take place next week.

Ferguson said he has asked former association secretary general Kenny Plaza and TT Automotive Dealers Association vice president Rhondall Feeles to assist him with getting the measures right and they have accepted.

Plaza said up to 2011 there had been discussions with previous governments, with plans being made to upgrade the recycling of scrap metal to first world status, but little to no progress has been made since then.

“We would like to sit with the government to continue those discussions, and have a conversation with the public about the importance of recycling, recyclers and scrap iron dealers.”

Feeles said he understood the challenges being faced by the association as the used car industry had faced similar challenges in the past.

“I am looking forward to working with them and the government on impartial laws and bylaws that van men and yards will have to abide by. Now that I have a better understanding of what is happening in the industry, I appeal to the nation to forgive the association. I also appeal to the people who may be pillaging the community and casting bad imagery on the industry to behave yourself in a better manner. This is an opportunity to do things the right way.”

Speaking to Newsday via telephone, Anglican Bishop Claude Berkley confirmed that the bell, which he described as medium, had gone missing in the last week of June. He said this is the first incident he can recall of a bell being stolen.

“I don’t know the bell per se but from the discussion of those in the congregation is that the bell is too big for one person to carry, which tells you it’s probably over 100 pounds. It is described as medium because you could have very large bells that you could hardly span or give a hug and cover completely. Their understanding is that it’s not a bell that can be lifted easily by one person, which gives an idea of the size and weight. I think it would mostly be made of brass.”

He said it would be a costly undertaking to replace the bell, especially if it had to be made to the specifications of the original. He said it would have to be imported as those bells are not made here.

“Bells serve as a form of communication with the community surrounding the church, informing people of when services are taking place, funerals, weddings, and other events. It’s strong communication, a community sound because it is sentimental to people, some people would have grown up hearing it all the time. The bells have made significant notice to the community that there is a church here and worship is going on.”

Berkley said the police had been informed and investigations were taking place. He said to his knowledge there were no CCTV cameras present.

“There is a way in which we responded to the church as a sacred place. The church is less sacred for a greater number of people these days. That is a change that has happened or is happening, and therefore we need to exercise greater diligence and apply greater security measures to the artifacts and other devices of the church that assist our worship.”

The PM on July 8 stated his intention to seek advice from Attorney General Reginald Armour, SC, on banning the marketing of used metals following the theft of cables, manhole covers, pipe fittings and other infrastructural materials. Attempts to reach out to the AG and Minister in the Ministry Renuka Sagramsingh-Sooklal about the issue were not successful.

In addition to affecting thousands of people relying on water and electricity, at least three people have died while stealing copper cable. Ferguson has been asking for a temporary halt on copper exports to deal with the situation.

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El informe preliminar de COVID-19 del Departamento de Salud (DS) reportó el viernes 5 muertos y 350 personas hospitalizadas.

Por ello, el total de muertes atribuidas es de 4,668.

Hay 322 adultos y 30 menores hospitalizados. Este monitoreo cubre el periodo del 28 de junio al 12 de julio de 2022.

La tasa de positividad está a 32.56 por ciento.

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