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Chile issues first i.d. not requiring people to identify gender
Lindsay steps down from government boards
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Island Primary, a new option for students in September 2023
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Shane Aguila Cienfuegos Cortes posted a series of stories on an Instagram account yesterday confirming that Cienfuegos has become the first person in Chile to receive a national identification card as a non-binary person.
For those who are unfamiliar with the term “non-binary,” various sources indicate that the reference means that a person “does not fit into the traditional binary categories of male and female.”
Explaining more on the subject, Lee Phillips, psychotherapist and certified sex and couples counsellor, said on Oprahdaily.com that: “Gender identity is an identifier someone uses to communicate how they understand their personal gender, navigate within or outside our societal gender systems, and/or desire to be perceived by others. Non-binary means existing or identifying outside the sex/gender binary, neither man nor woman, or being partially or a combination of these things.”
So, rather than meaning identified as a male or female, an “X” will appear under the gender section of Cienfuegos’ identification. As such, Cienfuegos is now free to enjoy a life without those labels.
Customs & Border Control Service (CBC) would like to advise the public of their upcoming Public Auction on undeclared and seized goods.
According to CBC, various categories of goods will be au
Cayman’s newest 17-classroom school, Island Primary, said they are opening their doors to students from the Reception year up to Year 6 for the 2023/2024 school year, which begins in September 2023.
The Royal Cayman Islands Police Service (RCIPS) reported that, shortly before 11:00pm on October 14, the 9-1-1 Communications Centre dispatched officers to a report of a stabbing incident at an addres
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The Royal Cayman Islands Police Service (RCIPS) reported today (October 14) that a 70-year-old woman from the United States died after experiencing difficulties near the West Bay Public Beach dock.
On Thursday, the Securities and Exchange Commission charged New Jersey-based National Realty Investment Advisors LLC (NRIA) and four of its former executives with running a Ponzi-like scheme that rais
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President Dr Irfaan Ali said that the aspirations of the people must be embodied in the innovative direction of the Government.
He said that when this “dynamic blend” is achieved, then the transformational objectives of the country can be realised.
During the feature address at the opening of the Berbice Expo and Trade Fair 2022 on Friday evening at the Albion Sports Complex, the President outlined a number of initiatives on the cards for the region to further catalyse growth and development.
These included the consideration of a new, more modern bridge across the Berbice River and the creation of a stadium at Palmyra.
President Dr Irfaan Ali
President Ali said that his administration is moving ahead with establishing an oil refinery in Region Six (East Berbice-Corentyne) and will soon be inviting potential investors to submit their proposals for the construction of the 30,000-barrel facility.
The Government, he reiterated, is working on a series of initiatives at the national level that will lead to the transition and the transformation of the country and its economy.
2030 AND BEYOND
“We are putting the investments in the infrastructure, the human resources, the institutional capacity and the building out of the right adaptable technology that will situate our economy on a platform to perform in a world 2030 and beyond.”
President Ali assured that the structure, dynamism and diversity of the economy that his administration is building will be “so integrated and multi-dimensional, that we will be able to compete among the best economies in the world in every area of structural development that we are pursuing”.
He stated that while his Government is pursuing long-term initiatives, they will focus on building programmes that will deliver short-term results as the country transitions to perennial economic growth and prosperity.
PILLARS OF DEVELOPMENT
Dr Ali listed several pillars upon which the country’s transformation will be built, including healthcare and education systems to satisfy the locals and attract Guyanese in the diaspora, an improved ICT sector and by positioning Guyana to become a global leader in food security and energy development.
“We are not pursuing a one-sided growth approach, but a multi-dimensional approach.”
He added that his administration is also seeking to position Guyana as a leader in environmental and biodiversity services.
“When we speak about the future, we cannot speak about the future without understanding that environmental services and biodiversity system, ecological services will be an important part of the modern economy in the world 2030 and beyond.”
He assured that amidst all of this, Region Six and Five are well positioned to be the centrepiece for growth and development.
The goal, he continued, is to work together to bring prosperity to every single home, to bring development to every household to advance and uplift the lives of every single citizen.
“It is not only about love, but loving each other. It is linked to the development of our country. It is linked to the aspirations of our people. It is linked to the development trajectory and the transformation that we are going after—bringing a new wave of development and a new wave of prosperity.”
President Ali emphasised that this requires every single stakeholder to shoulder the responsibility of transforming Guyana into a leading economy.
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Caribbean Community (CARICOM) National Security Ministers have expressed concern over illegal gun trafficking at the 24th Meeting of the CARICOM Council for National Security and Law Enforcement (CONSLE).
The Ministers, Police Chiefs, and other security officials met on October 6 in Jamaica.
According to a CARICOM release, after the Meeting, Jamaica’s Deputy Prime Minister, Dr. Horace Chang, disclosed that delegates focused heavily on firearms trafficking.
He observed that gun trafficking was “maybe the greatest threat risk to the Caribbean countries,” where firearms are widely used in homicides, the release said.
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It also said Chang, responsible for National Security, had earlier observed that countries in the region do not manufacture firearms.
However, he observed that the ill effects of the proliferation of guns and the contribution to gang violence and transnational criminal activities in the region permeate individual territories and are responsible for more than 70% of homicides in CARICOM.
“It’s a Caribbean problem and we need to get on top of that issue,” Chang said.
The CONSLE Chair said that regional cooperation is integral to establishing the requisite infrastructure needed to deal with firearms trafficking and the associated criminality, such as drug trafficking and, almost simultaneously, expanding cybercrime activity.
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Alric Lindsay, who serves as a member of the Grand Cayman Liquor Licensing Board, Utility Regulation and Competition Office (“OfReg”) and National Roads Authority (“NRA”) confirmed that he has resigned from those roles, effective this fourth quarter.
Lindsay explained to Loop that, “although board resignations are sometimes accompanied by some form of controversy, there was no quarrel in this case.”
He further explained: “My time on these boards was rewarding because of the opportunity it gave me to serve the public interest. In doing so, I realized that I had to balance the perception of members of the public that board members should be doing more and the reality that there are limitations under the Public Authorities Act as to what government boards are permitted to do. In any event, I enjoyed helping the boards implement what they could within the boundaries of the Act.”
During his time, in particular as chairman of the NRA, Lindsay encouraged full transparency, accountability and worked to improve public engagement.
Going forward as a non-board member, he said that he “hoped that this transparency would continue and ultimately, revisions would be made to the Public Authorities Act to allow all agreements between government entities and third parties to be published so that members of the public could understand how public funds are being spent and whether value for money is being obtained.”
Lindsay, whose non-governmental board job has always been as a director of Cayman-based investment funds, said he will now turn his focus to more volunteer activities in the community, including with non-profit organisations where he currently delivers meals weekly to the elderly and shut-ins.
His resignations from government boards are effective on the following dates:
Grand Cayman Liquor Licensing Board: October 31, 2022OfReg: October 31, 2022NRA: November 30, 2022
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Police seeking to clamp down on players in the deadly child trafficking scheme, which continues to leave families across the island devastated, say they have apprehended two women who they believe are facilitators in the underground ring.
Police say the women are in their 30s and were apprehended in a recent operation.
Details of the clampdown are yet to be provided by law enforcement officers but in a post on their social media pages, police identified the women as Nicola Brissett, a 33-year-old resident of Lucea, Hanover, and Nicola Johnson, a 39-year-old resident of St Thomas.
The women were apprehended by members of the JCF’s Anti Trafficking Vice Squad in early October.
Police said the women were charged with trafficking three girls, all under the age of 16 years old.
The information has triggered shock and anger among social media users.
“Women are the biggest facilitators in child trafficking in terms of getting people to trust them,” said one user.
The police say they will provide more information on the case as their probe into the matter intensifies.
The Ministry of National Security in August of this year said it was collaborating with the Ministry of Education and Youth to inform children about human trafficking.
Director of Children and Family Programmes at the Child Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA), Warren Thompson, said the initiative was necessary, as children are vulnerable to human trafficking.
“There is the inclusion of the trafficking in persons content in the Home Family Life Education curriculum in schools, where we want children and teachers to be sensitive and have an awareness to the issue,” Thompson said.
He continued, “they have an internal committee and a plan of action, aimed at basically doing some preventative work in schools across the island, so a number of things are happening in the education sector”.
Manager of the Trafficking in Persons Secretariat in the Ministry of National Security, Audrey Budhi, said following the creation of Anti-Trafficking in Persons (ATIP) clubs in schools in 2019, the National Taskforce Against Trafficking in Persons had further dialogue on engagement.
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Recording artiste Shaneil Muir collapsed on Saturday in her home city of Montego Bay, St James.
A release from her manager, Cara Vickers, a short while ago, said Muir was taken to GWest Urgent Care where she was assessed and sent on seven days leave due to stress-related symptoms and exhaustion.
According to the release, the stress-related symptoms and exhaustion led to her collapsing on Saturday.
Having been billed to perform at Shades Pon-Di-Beach and Cups Up in Ocho Rios, St Ann, Saturday and Hartford, Connecticut on Sunday, respectively, the ‘Yamabella’ deejay has apologised to her fans and the promoters of the two events.
According to the release, she has also vowed to take better care of her own health thus ensuring that she is able to honour her commitments to her fans as she continues to pursue the career she loves.
The ‘Top Gyal’ singer has also committed to speaking openly about her situation via her social media pages as soon as she is physically and mentally able to do so.
Dancehall artistes Chronic Law and D’Yani are also billed to perform at Shades Pon-Di-Beach at Sugar Pot Beach.
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Five people, including a policeman were shot during an attack by gunmen in Kingston on Saturday.
Reports are that at about 11:30 pm, a group of people were at a a wake when gunshots were heard.
Few minutes later five people were found suffering from gunshot wounds.
They were rushed to hospital where they have been admitted.
The extent of their injuries is not clear at this time.
Recording artiste Shaneil Muir collapsed on Saturday in her home city of Montego Bay, St James.
A release from her manager, Cara Vickers, a short while ago, said Muir was taken to GWest Urgent Care
A High Alert has been activated for 12-year-old Carissa Woodhouse of Seaview Garden, St Andrew, who has been missing since Wednesday, October 12.
She is of brown complexion, medium build, and is ab
An amazing teenager dubbed the ‘World’s Most Flexible Girl’ has set a new record for a mind-blowing contortion.
Liberty Barros, 14, completed the world record for the
Victims were at wake when gunshots were heard
Miller-Uibo of the Bahamas also among the women nominees
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As the National Solid Wasted Management Authority’s (NSWMA) Western Parks and Markets (WPM) Waste Management Limited faces challenges relative to garbage collection, residents of St James have turned to burning or illegally dumping their garbage in rivers and drains.
The disclosure was made by Public Cleansing Manager at WPM, Mark Jones, during the monthly meeting of the St James Municipal Corporation (STJMC) on Thursday.
Jones told councillors that there are not enough garbage trucks to collect waste from the 334 districts in the parish.
“For the month of September, the WPM Waste Management continued to experience backlog within a number of districts,” he outlined.
“The WPM notes that when the waste collection is inconsistent, people choose to burn or dump their waste in nearby drains or rivers.
“The main reason for this is owing to the resource constraints that the company has been facing. Both the Government and supplementary (garbage collection) units are not sufficient to clean the 334 districts in the parish,” Jones stated.
Like St James, several other parishes have been plagued by inadequate garbage collection, resulting in solid waste being littered across various communities and town centres.
Two Thursdays ago, Local Government and Rural Development Minister, Desmond McKenzie, urged citizens to be patient, as the Government had acquired 50 new garbage trucks which are on the way to the island.
Jones told the STJMC that despite the resource constraints, “efforts are continuously being made to have the waste removed in a timely manner.”
Among the efforts by the WPM Waste Management Limited are the use of “six Government units and five supplementary units,” which “worked in the parish on average during the period.
“Additionally, the team swept the town centres, village squares and main roads,” said Jones.
However, he noted that there were other challenges that continued to exist, affecting the increase in the amount of waste in the parish.
Frequent downtime of both supplementary and Government-owned units were among the factors contributing to the amount of uncollected waste in the parish, Jones indicated.
In addition, “both residential and commercial customers use improper disposal practices, such as refusing to bag their waste and creation of illegal dump sites,” he reported.
“During the month of August, there were 42 communities in backlog (relative to garbage collection).
“September saw an increase, with 76 backlog communities,” stated Jones.
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Each year the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) celebrates World Food Day and this year the theme is “Leave No-one Behind, Better production, Better Nutrition, Better Environment, and A Better Life.”
The FAO in collaboration with The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Barbuda Affairs, has embarked on a week of activities in commemoration of this day.
One such activity is a “PLANT A SEED” initiative with schools across Antigua.
The Backyard Gardening Unit within the Agricultural Extension Division hosted practical sessions with the St. Andrew’s Primary School with both kindergarten and Grade one (1) students.
The Unit also visited the Pares Secondary School fourth (4) form Agriculture Science Students and Grade (4) and five (5) students from the Potters Primary School where they learned about the importance of school gardening as a way to promote healthy living.
Assisting this initiative were newly appointed FAO National Correspondent, Ika Fergus and Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture National Specialist, Craig Thomas.
“Youth have a vital role in transforming agrifood systems.
Their energy, ideas, and stake make them important in our agricultural development. Engaging the youth and providing them with hands-on experience in growing their own vegetables, while raising awareness about the importance of school gardens, would auger well for our overall food security endeavors, by ensuring access to safe food to meet the nutritional requirements for a healthy, active life,” says FAO Correspondent, Ika Fergus.
Last week, the Backyard Garden Unit assisted St. Andrew’s Primary School with preparing the area where the school will be utilizing tires for crop propagation.
Students engaged in the planting of corn, sweet potato, cassava, and table squash (Three sister garden), which were donated by the Caribbean Agricultural Research and Development Institute (CARDI).
The unit has pledged to provide the necessary technical assistance in a bid to foster more youth involvement in Agricultural programs in both primary and secondary schools across our twin-island state.
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