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The Cayman Islands Cadet Corps (CICC) welcomed just over 35 cadets from contingents around the region for its 20th Anniversary Cadet Camp.

Representatives from the Jamaica Combined Cadet Force (JCCF), Turks and Caicos Islands Cadet Corps (TCICC), and Barbados Cadet Corps (BCC) are attending the camp which will run from 2-16 July 2022 at the Clifton Hunter High School, with scheduled rotations through East End Civic Centre and the Agricultural Grounds.

The two-week camp forms part of CICC’s yearlong 20th Anniversary Celebrations of the Cayman Islands Cadet Corps. Local cadets came from both Grand Cayman and Sister Islands. This year’s camp theme is “20 years of youth development, utilising the past to fortify the future.”

Over the next two weeks, cadets from all contingents will engage in activities such as orienteering, field/camp craft, adventurous training, archery, watermanship, culinary arts, first aid, drill, and personal hygiene, among others.

Training will focus on: building team spirit through a set of highly competitive activities. Standardising cadet training across the Caribbean Region will be important through Cayman Cadets working alongside their counterparts.

Speaking at the Opening ceremony on Sunday, 3 July, CICC Acting Commandant Lt. Col. Errol Brathwaite welcomed the Cadets to the 20th Anniversary Camp and noted: “This is an exciting time, as we gather together from across the region for the first time since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Our goal over the next two weeks is to learn and build capacity together, sharing various levels of skill while executing various tasks with a high level of precision.”

I would like to take this opportunity to thank all the participating countries for their continued support of CICCs development. As CICC continues to celebrate our 20th anniversary, through this camp we will build on the Corps’ great impact on Cayman Islands’ youth and support for our nation’s wider community.

Lt. Col. Brathwaite remarked.

Cadetting has already proven to be beneficial to the Cayman Islands, and its economy, through “Cadet Tourism.” The CICC hosted the Caribbean Cadet Commandants Conference and Caribbean Cadet Camp in 2012, with groups from individual Caribbean territories and the United Kingdom in attendance.

Minister of Home Affairs, Hon. Sabrina Turner, commented:

The Ministry of Home Affairs is committed through CICC to the development and mentorship of Cayman’s young men and women across all three islands. Programmes like the Cadet Corps align with the Ministry’s priority of building a safer, stronger, inclusive, and resilient community.

“I encourage our young people from ages 11- 17 years to serve our community, and build leadership skills through joining and participating in the Cayman Islands Cadet Corps,” the Minister added.

Now celebrating its 20th Anniversary, the CICC continues to empower youth with the tools and life skills for personal development and growth. The cadets play a key role in the development of the Cayman Islands’ resilience and national security, across all three Islands.

In addition, over the years many young Caymanian cadets have matriculated into employment opportunities in entities such as Cayman Islands Coast Guard, Cayman Islands Fire Service, Royal Cayman Islands Police Service, Customs and Border Control, Cayman Islands Regiment, Department of Public Safety Communications (911) and Hazard Management Cayman Islands. The Ministry of Home Affairs, alongside the Cadet Corps, is also strengthening the process by which Cadets may undertake a career in the uniformed services, as part of a broader strategy of enhancing public safety.

CICC will conclude its 20th Anniversary Camp on 15 July 2022 with a closing and awards ceremony, which will highlight the achievements of an outstanding team and individual performances during the camp.

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Dushi!! Welcome to Curacao, an island that ignites your senses with its riot of colour everywhere and beautiful backdrops for the perfect destination wedding.

An autonomous country within the Dutch Kingdom, Curacao is located just outside of the hurricane belt which makes it ideal for those looking to tie the knot in the Caribbean during the hurricane season.

Summer is said to be the best time to get married on the island as the rainy season usually is heaviest around October.

Curacao is serviced by major airlines out of the United States – American Airlines, JetBlue, United, from Canada – WestJet, Air Canada and Air Canada Rouge, from Europe with Belgium Air, KLM and TUI, from Central America with Copa Airlines, South America with Avianca, Sarpa, Wingo, Surinam Airways, Fly All Ways and from the Caribbean by Caribbean Airlines, Surinam Air, WinAir, and other smaller airlines.

Curacao has a number of stunning beaches with white sand and crystal clear water, coves, marine sites that are popular for diving, historic houses, the oldest surviving synagogue in the Americas, The Mikv? Israel-Emanuel Synagogue, in Willemstad, museums, nightlife, restaurants and several other activities for you and your bridal party.

A beach in Curacao. Photo: iStock

If you are considering tying the knot on this Dutch island, the first thing you need to know is the legal requirements.

It is advised that you liaise with a wedding planner on the destination to help guide you through the process.

The couple must sign and must send a written request to the municipality informing them that you want to get married along with birth certificates, and an international declaration of not being married issued by the civil registry of your country. The documents must be submitted within six months of your proposed wedding date.

If you are divorced or widowed, you must submit a copy of the certificate of divorce or death of the spouse. The certification must be carried out by the embassy of the Netherlands in your country of residence

If you decide to bring a witness, he or she must be a minimum of 21 years old. In order to register a witness submit their full name, address and date of birth. The witness will need a current copy of their passport.

For more information visit: https://www.curacao.com/

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Members of the TT Postal Workers Union were part of the motorcade. – Angelo Marcelle

Despite heavy rain throughout the country, dozens of people turned out on Sunday for a motorcade by trade unions, which began in Sangre Grande and ended in Port of Spain.

Joint Trade Union Movement (JTUM) president Ancel Roget, at the meeting point at North Eastern College in Sangre Grande, said the motorcade was organised to gather support for and draw attention to the symbolic no-confidence motion passed by the trade union movement against the Prime Minister and his government on Labour Day.

“We did not come to that decision lightly. It is after all the problems and issues experienced and, of course, the most ridiculous offer by the government for the settlement of negotiations which are nine and, in some cases, 12 years outstanding.

“This was rejected by the union movement as being ridiculous. It (the motion) was also passed on the basis of the treatment and the attack on workers, the retrenchment of many thousands of workers, the decimation of many state enterprises, the privatisation, wanting to send home public officers without these negotiations settled, all of which point to an attack on workers with paying jobs and working people in the country.”

Roget said Sunday’s motorcade, as well as one the previous week from Palmiste to PoS, was part of a mobilisation towards a bigger initiative which he could not yet disclose.

PSA president Leroy Baptiste said the macro-economic policies of the government were causing the middle class to be decimated.

Trade union members drive along Foster Road in Sangre Grande on Sunday to demonstrate their disgust with the government. – Angelo Marcelle

“This country is going down a direction where the gap between the haves and have nots is widening, and this must come to a halt. Workers have a right to be able to take care of themselves and their families, to put a roof over their heads, to proper healthcare, and the reality is that they can’t, based on the macroeconomic policies being driven in this country.

Baptiste asked who could afford to buy a house on the open market, given that many people were getting low wages and were on contract for many years.

“By making us temporary contract workers, they’re not giving us security of tenure. Who could accept a situation where the government is attacking organised labour and the trade union movement? The only vehicle to ensure workers could achieve a good-paying job is under attack.”

Retrenchment is becoming the norm, he said.

“Enough is enough, workers will fight back for their families, to put a roof over the heads of their families, for their children, and their children’s children. That is our right.”

Among the unions present were the Public Services’ Association, the Postal Workers’ Union, the Industrial, General and Sanitation Workers’ Union, the Banking, Insurance and General Workers’ Union, the Transport Industrial Workers’ Union, the Fire Services Association, the Aviation, Communication and Allied Workers’ Union, the National Union of General and Federated Workers, the TT Unified Teachers’ Association, and the Seamen and Waterfront Workers Trade Union.

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The Guyana Police Force (GPF) has issued a statement detailing what transpired leading up to a detainee in the Vigilance Police Station lockups being burnt about his body.

See full statement:

RE: Complaint made against a Police rank by Johiem Peters of alleged Inflicting Grievous Bodily Harm

Johiem Peters, a 17-year-old male of Annandale, East Coast Demerara has accused a Guyana Police Force rank stationed at the Vigilance Police Station of torturing him.

The Police Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR) is looking into his claim.

The inquiry has so far shown that on July 10, 2022, at around 10:30hrs, Peters was arrested pending an investigation into an allegation of an alleged robbery under arms in which he was recognized as one of the attackers and was assisting the Police with the said investigation.

Peters told investigators that while he was detained, two of his friends —names withheld—were also brought into custody.

They were sitting on the prisoner’s bench in front of the lockups with another male detainee when Peters asked one of them for a cigarette lighter and his friend gave him a lighter.

The other prisoner admitted to seeing when Peter’s friend gave him the cigarette lighter but claimed that he only heard Peters screaming while he was alone in the cell.

The police officer on duty at the Vigilance Police Station rushed to the cell and removed Peters while his shirt was still on fire.

Peters, who was subsequently questioned by the EMTs, claimed that he had been smoking in the lockups when he slept off and the cigarette had caught on his shirt.

Two other civilian witnesses informed the investigators that they had heard Peters screaming from his cell while they were at the station and that when the Police on duty took him outside, they saw fire on his shirt.

The investigation is ongoing.

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