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Upcoming artistes Phabian and Simon Splinta are being hailed from near and far across the globe for the increasing relevance of the message in their single, ‘Love to the World’, which was released in late May of this year by Studio Jah Bless.

The single is picking up a buzz, especially in the United States, and is being seen almost in a prophetic vein by music lovers and others increasingly concerned about the seemingly unending violence besetting Jamaica over recent times, including children becoming both perpetrators and victims of homicides.

Having released the single just ahead of the horrific murder of a young mother and her four children in June, which shocked the nation and forced many persons into deep reflection on the violent trends within the society, another major tragedy has hit home relative to the message from the song.

The recent stabbing death of a 16-year-old student of Kingston Technical High School by a 17-year-old schoolmate of hers, has again put much spotlight on the need for true ‘Love to the World’, including capturing the imagination of the ‘boys and the girls’, as was penned in the song.

In responding to the positives coming from the release, Phabian said he and Simon Splinta are musically saying to people that they (the artistes) would love to see a change in the world towards peace and goodwill, especially in Jamaica.

“If you really listen to the catchy chorus you will catch the love we are trying to generate; loved to the world, including the ghetto boys and girls,” he indicated.

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“Look at it, life is your greatest gift and if you lose it, you cannot have it renewed, so life is the greatest thing, and everybody only gets one,” he elaborated.

He gave thanks for the “many calls we have been getting from across the world, as far away as Africa and Asia, about the relevance of the message in the song.”

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Phabian said as an artiste, he intends to remain true to his purpose in life generally, and “my primary focus has to be on the positive impact of the music on people, so I am grateful that it is reaching far and wide and impacting positively.”

Love to the World focuses on the ongoing crime monster nationally, and chastises persons for acts like “cutting women and children’s throats” and “killing the girls like goats”, which before the Clarendon massacre, may have been seen as merely melodious rhyming in song.

But after the exact references made by the duo through only artistic application and interpretation of some of the harsh realities of present-day life in the society, many have become glued to the song and its more than clear relevance to many of the latest shocking incidents nationally, and so much of what transpired before.

“One message mi want to send out. When Yuh touch di road, di best mi want yuh bring out

“Death (mi) nah promote, badness mi definitely nah guh support.

Yuh caan kill di girls dem like dem a goat, can’t shoot baby an cut dem throat.”

“Yuh know seh badness nah run di route, settle dung and be a good scout.”

That came from the artistes less than a month before what has now been widely labelled as the ‘Clarendon Massacre’, with the young woman and her four children being all discovered lifeless at their home with their throats cut.

Phabian (left) performing in the company of fellow recording artiste, Tyrical, in Barbican, St Andrew during Reggae Month celebrations in 2019.

Then, from friends, colleagues and associates, Phabian – real name Fabian Robinson – started coming in for much more attention than before because of the relevance of the very positive message in the song and, of course, its unfortunate timeliness.

The Love to the World artiste said then that he is intrinsically against violence, and intends to continue to do his part to get the message of peace and love back on the front burner of life globally, including in his beloved Jamaica.

With an increasing audience and fan base as the problem of violence in societies intensifies in many places, including in Jamaica, Phabian said it is extremely positive to get calls from fans about the single.

“From many places, including on the other side of the globe in many cases, people simply want to directly associate with me and Simon because of the relevance and catchiness of the music that we have put out and are continuing to put out.”

He conceded that as artistes, they are looking to make it big in music materially, but said it “will have to be with the kind of foundation, substance and relevance that will keep you in the hearts of the fans for a long, long time, and not just about hitting the glitz and glamour of the moment.”

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BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, 6 October 2022 – At least one hundred Geography students are meeting this morning with local professionals whose careers are based on the subject of Geography.

Second-form students from each high school, both public and private are targeted, according to the Acting Director of the Urban Development Unit, Rhon Boddie.He said, “The objective of the event is to offer Geography students an insight into possible professional careers in which Geography is essential, through presentations fromprofessionals in the work environment.”

The students will get first-hand accounts from professionals who work in Air Traffic Control,Planning Department, Statistics Department, an Airline Pilot, Boat Captain, Forecaster and anan officer from the Urban Development Unit.

The hope is that with this awareness, the students when selecting their subjects upon being promoted to Form three, would be encouraged to select Geography at the CXC level.The half-day event is hosted by the Urban Development Unit as part of its week of activities that will end tomorrow Friday with a Demonstration project in the Independence Square.

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Five thousand sixty-eight point five (5,069.5), that is the averaged daily number of flights arriving, departing, or transiting through Taiwan in 2019. That equals to 1.85 million flights in the whole year, with a total of 72 million travelers on board. Among them, few would have noticed a shocking fact: they are flying through the Taipei Flight Information Region (Taipei FIR), which is completely overlooked by the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) solely on political grounds.

Yes, ICAO has been sacrificing aviation safety since 1971 only to serve a wildly false political claim – that Taiwan is part of China and thus cannot participate in international organisations. That is a false claim because the People’s Republic of China has never governed Taiwan for one single day. Such a self-imposed doctrine based on non-facts is not only absurd but harmful: by excluding Taiwan, ICAO effectively creates a loophole in its supposedly seamless network of over 300 FIRs, contradicting its own goal of enhancing global civil aviation safety.

Being left out from ICAO meetings, mechanisms and activities, Taiwan has been forced to rely on information shared by friendly countries, such as St. Kitts and Nevis, but that sometimes comes belatedly. Take one example on aviation security measures. In September 2016, ICAO formulated its New Policy Direction on Air Cargo Security, requiring unapproved account consignors to be phased out by June 30, 2021. Without any direct access to related information from ICAO, Taiwan only became aware of this policy in September 2019, when it obtained second-handed information from friendly countries. Taiwan did manage to meet the requirement by the deadline in 2021. Despite being left out in the dark for years, the country has spared no effort to keep up with ICAO Standards and Recommended Practices (SARPs). We have been doing our upmost to surmount political discrimination and maintain the highest standards of aviation security and safety in the Taipei FIR, not because we love to, but because we have to.

The ICAO’s political discrimination against Taiwan is in the detriment of regional and global aviation development and safety. Such an unjust exclusion of a relevant and contributing stakeholder must not continue. It is high time that Taiwan be invited to participate in ICAO meetings, mechanisms and activities, so as to have a direct and timely access to crucial ICAO information, and exchange aviation experiences with other countries in a meaningful and constructive way. Taiwan deeply appreciates the increasing support from friends and allies in the international community for its participation in ICAO. Once again, and in line with the ICAO 41st Assembly session’s theme “reconnecting the world”, we call on ICAO to reconnect with Taiwan in a collective effort to promote global aviation recovery and achieve the goal of a seamless sky.

H.E. Michael Chau-Horng Lin

Ambassador of the Republic of China (Taiwan) to the Federation of St. Kitts and Nevis

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PARAMARIBO — Het tekort aan meubilair op scholen zal binnenkort zijn verholpen, garandeert het ministerie van Onderwijs, Wetenschap en Cultuur

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