ACTIF 2022 Opens New Trade And Investment Path Between The Caribbean And Africa

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News Americas, LONDON, England, Fri., Sept. 16, 2022: CS Global Partners, one of the world’s leading government advisory agencies, is the official representative of the governments of the Commonwealth of Dominica, Saint Lucia and St Kitts and Nevis all of whom took part in the first-ever Afri-Caribbean Trade and Investment Forum (ACTIF2022), which took place in Bridgetown, Barbados, from 1 to 3 September 2022. The forum opened a new chapter for the relations between the Caribbean and Africa. Held under the theme, ‘One People, One Destiny, Uniting and Reimagining Our Future’, the forum set in motion various initiatives to further deepen and build new trade and investment relationships between Africa and the Caribbean.

The three-day forum was convened by African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank), the Government of Barbados in collaboration with the African Union Commission (AUC), African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Secretariat, Africa Business Council, the Caribbean Community Secretariat, and the Caribbean Export Development Agency.

The Prime Minister of Barbados – Mia Amor Mottley, expressed pleasure at being selected as the host country for ACTIF 2022. She asserted that Africa and the Caribbean share common roots and need to work and act together in various sectors. Participants committed to building a commercial bridge between the two regions for their prosperous future. 

ACTIF 2022 was the first forum of its kind between the two regions and aimed to provide an opportunity for the Caribbean and African business communities, as well as governments, to establish new commercial and strategic relationships with the goal of expanding trade and investment between both the regions. The high-level support between the two regions is intended to boost bilateral cooperation and engagement in trade, investment, technology transfer, innovation, tourism, culture and other sectors. The forum also opened doors to effective business matchmaking between the two regions. 

The three-day conference featured various panel discussions on several topics, which were based on business-to-business engagements. The delegates discussed topics such as: developing special economic zones (SEZs) and industrial parks; boosting industrialization and manufacturing; improving infrastructure, financing and trade logistics, including regional integration, promoting trade and tourism, creating the environment to accelerate private sector investment, improving agricultural productivity and increasing agribusiness opportunities and food security.

Along with this, the forum also witnessed the signing ceremony of two partnership agreements, 10 MoUs and three finance facilities. The star document of the forum, which signified the success of the summit, was the partnership agreement between seven members of the Caribbean Community and Afreximbank to promote and finance South-South trade and investment between Africa and the Caribbean. Its ultimate goal is to promote and provide insurance and guarantee services covering commercial and non-commercial risks associated with African and Caribbean exports.

Caribbean countries such as Barbados, the Republic of Suriname, the Federation of St Kitts and Nevis, the Commonwealth of Dominica, Saint Lucia, Antigua and Barbuda and St Vincent and the Grenadines signed the agreement with African Export-Import Bank.

The agreement will help to boost knowledge sharing between Africa and the Caribbean region with technical cooperation, research and several joint events. It also has the potential to accelerate the membership of CARICOM nations in Afreximbank as it will enable the bank to operate in the region and deliver on the new vision. 

Over and above this, in order to mobilise trade and investment between the two regions, Afreximbank also signed a US$250 million Trade and Investment Agreement with the Central Bank of Barbados. 

Further, Afreximbank outlined their aim to establish the export-import as they signed a MoU with the Caribbean Association of Banks. The signing ceremony took place in the presence of hundreds of delegates comprising African and Caribbean business leaders and government officials discussing how to improve trade and investment between the two regions. It was signed by the Chief Executive Officer, CAB, Wendy Delmar, and the Executive Vice President of Afreximbank, Denys Denya.

To sustain these efforts, Africa-Caribbean Business Council, CARICOM Private Sector Organisation and Afreximbank also signed another MoU. The rest of the memos included Ghana Export Promotion Authority and Barbados Investment and Development Corporation signed by BIDC’s Hill and GEPA’s Dr Afua Asare, and BIDC, GUTA’s Dr Joseph Obeng and BCCI’s Anthony Branker, Ghana Union of Trade Association and Barbados Chamber of Commerce and Industry signed by Hill. 

Various senior government representatives, business leaders, representatives of business associations, prospective investors and buyers, project promoters, development agencies, multilateral finance institutions, think tanks and research institutions from Africa and the Caribbean were in attendance at ACTIF 2022 with more than 1,500 delegates representing 93 countries (comprising 48 African countries, 12 Caribbean countries, and 33 other countries).

The specific objectives of ACTIF2022 were: 

Promotion of inter-bank relationships, which includes financial flow and fostering payment.

Development of cultural and creative engagements between two regions that can be commercially viable.

Creation of a business case for a potential AfriCaribbean Free Trade Area.

Creating a suitable platform which helps to disseminate trade and investment information and other products and initiatives of the bank, which will support trade between Africa and Africans in the diaspora.

Help in the reduction of the counterpart risk perception among African and Caribbean businesses in dealing among themselves.

Promotion of trade and investment between Africa and the Caribbean as the forum served as the platform for market identification, building business partnerships, exchange of trade and market information, and co-investments.

The forum also facilitates Afri-Caribbean investments by fostering and bolstering cross-regional business and investment linkages. 

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Director di Hospital cu audiencia na Gobernador di Aruba

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ORANJESYAD (AAN):  Parti di e funcionamento (actividadnan di trabou) di un Hunta di Directiva ta reuni regularmente cu alto dignatarionan y stakeholdernan importante.

Ta esencial pa informa otro di asuntonan cu ta andando, pa ‘brainstorm’ riba opcionnan y tambe futuro.

            Horacio Oduber Hospital tin un impacto social di sumo importancia pa e comunidad di Aruba, turistanan y tambe e indocumentadonan. E importancia pa tin un hospital cu ta operaciona mane debe ser, ta financieramente saludabel, amabel y calitativamente fuerte ta esencial pa e salud publico y e continuacion di turismo cual ta e pilar economico.

            Durante combersacionnan asina no solamente ta intercambia conocemento pero tambe ta comparti preocupacionnan, retonan cu ta encontra y alabes busca solucionnan pa e cambionan necesario.

Inseguridadnan mundial actual pa loke ta trata inflacion cu ta aumenta continuamente, prijsnan cu ta sigui subi y un posibel recesion ta afecta un y tur.

            Den cuadro di esey, nos como hospital, ta busca riba diferente tereno solucionnan sostenibel cu ta yuda garantisa e cuido pa pashentnan y alabes garantia di trabou y ofrece compensacion laboral adecuado. 

            Durante e audiencia  Gobernador a wordo informa door di sr. Vroegop tocante e desaroyonan cu ta afecta hospital.

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Ya por haci pago poco-poco pa bo keda cla na tempo cu Plachi Number di 2023

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DIMP su sistema ta full cla caba

ORANJESTAD (AAN): Algun siman pasa, DIARIO a publica relaciona cu e plan cu Departamento di Impuesto tin pa yuda comunidad haci pago na un forma mas suave pa Impuesto di Motor di 2023.

   Diahuebs mainta durante un conferencia di prensa, Meverly Romano di DIMP a confirma cu ya caba automobilistanan por cuminza paga nan Nummerplaat di 2023 cerca nan.  Esaki ta un paso importante, unda ta habri e posibilidad di pago mucho mas trempan compara cu December.

   Awor cu DIMP tin e sistema di pago parcial cu ta brinda e automobilista mas espacio financiero pa nan completa e pago di impuesto na tempo, pues no mas laat cu 31 di Januari 2023.

   Ta cuminza awor mas trempan y awe ya caba bo por cuminza haci e pagonan parcial, otro luna na October bo ta haci atrobe parcial, y na November mescos.

   DIARIO a compronde cu hopi ciudadano ta haciendo uso di e sistema di ‘paga poco-poco’ pa bo keda cla cu pago di Nummerplaat na tempo, y adelanta!  Pasobra corda bon, cu bo Nummerplaat bo no por pag’e despues di e deadline.  Pasobra bo ta haya extra boet y gasto innecesario e ora ey.

   DIMP a habri espacio pa tur hende paga poco-poco di awor fin di September, te cu fin di Januari 2023 pa  haci e pago.  Cada automobilista ta haya mas tempo, pa nan cuminza paga riba nan impuesto, y cu e meta pa ora e deadline yega, ya e no mester di stress mas, ni para den rij, ni haya boet.

   Kiermeen awor e chens pa paga Nummerplaat poco-poco, por ehemplo pagando 50 Florin awor na September, etc., e automobilista lo tin pa Januari 2023 sigur e prome mitar di aña paga.  (Cada categoria tin un diferente minimum, pues si bo tin un nummerplaat cu nomber ‘personaliza’, e minimum pa luna ta 200 Florin).

   Esaki sigur ta un situacion ‘win-win’ pa esnan cu ta paga mucho mas hopi pa nan nummerplaat, e.o. esnan cu tin Bus grandi, vehiculo Diesel, y companianan cu tin mas cu un auto… lo sali beneficia pagando poco-poco cu e sistema aki.

   E sistema di pago parcial ta un beneficio cu DIMP ta duna tur automobilista pa nan por cumpli cu nan Impuesto na tempo.  Djis  tene cuenta cu e pago minimo mensual cu ta exigi:  Pa A-nummer ta 50 Florin.  Pa MFA-nummer ta 50 Florin.  Pa Autobus chikito ta 50 Florin.   Autobus grandi ta 200 Florin pa luna.  Truck di Diesel ta minimo 200 Florin pa luna.

   DIMP ta pidi esnan cu ta haci pago Online via e app di nan banco, pa por fabor haci uso di e sistema di ‘Bill Payments’, y evita di usa pago via Transfer.  Pasobra Bill Payments ta uno cu ta integra facilmente pa DIMP procesa e pago.

   Percura tambe pa bo inclui bo Persoonsnummer, e number di plachi (incluyendo si ta A, MFA, DT, etc) y e number di plachi, y tambe e periodo di pago, pues aki bo ta hinca e aña pa cual bo ta pagando, esta ‘2023’.  No ta necesario hinca si ta 1er aña of full aña.  Djis pone ‘2023’.

   Corda cu e persoonsnummer mester cuadra cu esun registra na DIMP cu e plachi di number!  Un cliente cu ta haci pago pa plachi number di su mama, tin di corda pone e persoonsnummer di e mama ora di haci e pago ey.

   Romano a admiti cu tin hopi hende ta comete e eror ey, y pesey varios pago ta keda sin wordo procesa, debi cu erornan vago asina ta pone nan imposible di haci e proceso.  Simplemente corda cu e Persoonsnummer tin di cuadra cu e registro oficial di e persona na cual e nomber ta poni pa e plachi di number.

   DIMP lo acepta e pago di 2023 solamente si bo impuesto di 2022 ta completamente paga.  Pa 2023 tambe, lo keda usa e mesun plachinan cora cu blanco di aña 2020.  E decision ey ta debi cu e ta yuda baha gasto di Gobierno.

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Poutine et Xi se posent en contrepoids à…

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Les présidents chinois Xi Jinping et russe Vladimir Poutine se sont posés vendredi en contrepoids à l’influence occidentale, lors d’un sommet régional réunissant plusieurs pays aux relations tendues avec les Etats-Unis.

Les deux dirigeants sont en tête d’affiche d’un sommet de l’Organisation de coopération de Shanghai (OCS), un groupe qui entend concurrencer les institutions occidentales, à Samarcande (Ouzbékistan).

Ce sommet intervient au moment où Moscou et Pékin ont des relations extrêmement tendues avec les Etats-Unis, à cause de l’invasion russe de l’Ukraine et du soutien américain à Taïwan.

Lors de la session principale du sommet de l’OCS, M. Xi a appelé les dirigeants réunis à “travailler ensemble à la promotion d’un ordre international qui aille dans une direction plus juste et rationnelle”.

“Il convient de promouvoir les valeurs communes de l’humanité, d’abandonner les jeux à somme nulle et la politique consistant à créer des blocs”, a-t-il poursuivi. Il n’a cité aucun pays, mais Pékin utilise généralement ce vocabulaire pour dénoncer les Etats-Unis et leurs proches alliés.

Le président russe, de son côté, s’est félicité du “rôle croissant des nouveaux centres de pouvoir” qui, selon lui, “devient de plus en plus évident”.

M. Poutine a affirmé que la coopération entre les pays membres de l’OCS, à la différence des Occidentaux, se basait sur des principes “dénués d’égoïsme”.

L’OCS, dont les membres sont la Chine, la Russie, l’Inde, le Pakistan et quatre ex-républiques soviétiques d’Asie centrale, a été créée en 2001 en tant que plateforme de coopération concurrente des organisations occidentales.

– Poutine en quête d’alliés –

Les déclarations de MM. Xi et Poutine illustrent les turbulences qui secouent depuis plusieurs mois les relations internationales, en particulier depuis le début de l’invasion de l’Ukraine par la Russie, fin février.

La Russie est visée depuis par de lourdes sanctions économiques occidentales et se tourne de plus en plus vers l’Asie pour chercher des soutiens économiques et diplomatiques.

M. Poutine a ainsi multiplié depuis jeudi les rencontres bilatérales en marge du sommet.

Lors d’un entretien jeudi avec M. Xi, M. Poutine a remercié son homologue chinois pour sa “position équilibrée” sur l’invasion de l’Ukraine par Moscou, tout en lui promettant des “explications” face à ses “inquiétudes”.

Vendredi, le président russe doit s’entretenir avec le Premier ministre indien Narendra Modi, dont le pays achète de plus en plus d’hydrocarbures à Moscou malgré les sanctions occidentales.

Il verra ensuite le président turc Recep Tayyip Erdogan, avec qui il veut rediscuter d’un accord ayant permis de débloquer les exportations de céréales ukrainiennes affectées par la guerre.

Puis viendra un entretien avec le président azerbaïdjanais Ilham Aliev, après des affrontements entre l’Azerbaïdjan et l’Arménie qui ont fait plus de 200 morts et suscité la crainte d’une nouvelle guerre dans le Caucase, zone d’influence traditionnelle de Moscou.

– Routes de la soie –

M. Xi, qui effectue en Asie centrale son premier déplacement à l’étranger depuis le début de la pandémie de coronavirus, espère encore renforcer sa stature de dirigeant de premier plan avant un congrès du Parti communiste chinois en octobre au cours duquel il brigue un nouveau mandat.

Le choix de l’Asie centrale comme première destination étrangère en plus de deux ans illustre surtout l’importance que Pékin accorde à cette région, qui est traversée par les “nouvelles routes de la soie”, un projet titanesque porté par M. Xi pour renforcer les liaisons commerciales avec le monde.

Or, plusieurs pays d’Asie centrale ont connu cette année des troubles, comme des émeutes meurtrières au Kazakhstan ou encore des affrontements vendredi entre le Kirghizstan et le Tadjikistan, dont les dirigeants sont présents à Samarcande.

Avant le sommet, M. Xi s’était rendu mercredi au Kazakhstan, promettant de l’aider à “sauvegarder sa souveraineté” alors que ce pays traditionnellement allié de Moscou s’inquiète des ambitions russes après l’invasion de l’Ukraine.

M. Xi s’est en outre entretenu vendredi avec M. Erdogan et le dirigeant iranien Ebrahim Raïssi, au moment où les négociations sur le nucléaire iranien patinent.

Aucune rencontre n’a été annoncée en revanche entre MM. Xi et Modi, dont les deux pays, des puissances nucléaires, traversent une période de tensions depuis des affrontements frontaliers meurtriers en 2020.

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Tempête Fiona : L’Express des Îles annule la liaison Martinique – Guadeloupe ce vendredi matin

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Vendredi 16 Septembre 2022 – 06h32

Vedette Express des Iles – © Roberto Birhus

L’arrivée de la tempête Fiona perturbe également les liaisons maritimes entre la Guadeloupe, Marie-Galante, la Dominique et la Martinique.

La compagnie maritime l’Express-des-Iles a annoncé sur ses réseaux sociaux la suspension de ses dessertes en raison de l’approche de la tempête tropicale Fiona.

Pointe-à-Pitre et Marie-Galante

Annulation de l’ensemble des rotations au départ de Pointe-à-Pitre  pour la journée du Vendredi 16 septembre.

Toutes les rotations entre Marie-Galante et Pointe-à-Pitre et inversement sont annulées et reprendront le samedi 17 septembre à 6h00 entre Grand-Bourg et Pointe-à-Pitre, si l’état de la mer le permet.

Pointe-à-Pitre / Martinique

Le départ de 8h00 de Pointe-à-Pitre vers la Dominique et la Martinique est également annulé ce vendredi 16 septembre.

Seul le tronçon Fort-de-France (Martinique)/Castries (Sainte Lucie) est maintenu.

Le départ de Fort de France est programmé à 13H15.

Le retour à la normale est prévu dès le samedi 17 septembre sur l’ensemble de nos lignes, si l’état de la mer le permet.

Le service clientèle de la compagnie est disponible au 0590919520 

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Tropical Storm Fiona to hit Leeward Islands Friday night Loop Cayman Islands

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Tropical Storm Fiona

(Image: NOAA, GOES-East Mesoscale view)

The National Hurricane Center forecast puts Tropical Storm Fiona to the northern area of the Leeward Islands tonight.

With tropical-storm-force winds extending outward up to 125 miles from the center, this means heavy rains, storm surge and swells for the Leeward Islands.

After passing through the Leeward Islands in the region of 50 to 60 mph, Tropical Storm Fiona is expected to impact the Virgin Islands, Turks and Caicos, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, Haiti.

As Fiona approaches Haiti, different computer models suggest that the storm may start to turn north.

However, these are just projections, which may change at any time.

In the meantime, a Tropical Storm Warning is in effect for:

Antigua, Barbuda, St. Kitts, Nevis, Montserrat, and AnguillaSaba and St. EustatiusSt. MaartenGuadeloupe, St. Barthelemy, and St. Martin

A Tropical Storm Watch is in effect for:

Puerto Rico, including Vieques and CulebraU.S. Virgin IslandsBritish Virgin Islands

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Spanish Town Hospital gets three new dialysis machines Loop Jamaica

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The National Health Fund (NHF), in partnership with the Transport Authority, has donated three new haemodialysis machines to the Spanish Town Hospital in St Catherine.

The $12-million project culminated in an official handover ceremony held on the hospital grounds on Wednesday.

The Renal Dialysis Unit at the facility sees approximately 4,500 kidney patients within a 12-month period. The additional renal equipment will allow more people to receive treatment, and positively increase the quality of life for many, NHF said in a release.

Director of Pharmacy Services, NHF, Ainsley Jones, speaking at the event on behalf of Chief Executive Officer Everton Anderson, expressed that NHF is committed to providing support to the healthcare sector through various projects.

“Within the 2021/2022 fiscal year, $612.05 million was approved for 10 Institutional Benefits Projects, 66.50 million being allocated to the South East Regional Health Authority. Additionally, the NHF has budgeted $100 million for this fiscal year 2022/2023 to support the infrastructural development across the South East Region,” he said.

“The NHF team is happy that the agency has played a significant part in a project that has improved another healthcare facility as well as patient care. We are dedicated to strengthening Jamaica’s healthcare system, whether through collaboration or as an individual entity,” Jones added.

This marks the second collaborative effort between the NHF and the Transport Authority. The Fund has previously teamed up with the organisation to provide screening tests, including PSA/DRE exams, for taxi drivers within varying parishes.

Managing Director at the Transport Authority, Willard Hylton, emphasised the importance of partnership among organisations.

“The signal that we are sending to the country is that when we partner as agencies of the government we can get more done. You can find another agency who is willing to partner with you and that is how we are going to get things moving in Jamaica,” said Hylton.

The NHF said it continues to work closely with several partners, including the Ministry of Health and Wellness and the Regional Authorities, to improve the health services in Jamaica.

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‘Diplomats’ with fake St Kitts & Nevis documents smuggled into Europe Loop Jamaica

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Police in Italy and Belgium have arrested five people accused of smuggling migrants carrying fake diplomatic passports into Europe aboard luxury jets, Italian police said Thursday.

Migrants paid up to 10,000 euros each to be flown from Turkey into European countries aboard jets that the smugglers fraudulently booked for diplomats, said Costantino Scuderi, police chief in the southern Italian city of Bari.

At least five such flights were made between October and December 2020, transporting the migrants to five separate countries. One flight landed in Bari in November 2020.

The migrants were mostly Kurds or Iraqi citizens carrying counterfeit diplomatic documents from St Kitts & Nevis, and flight plans indicated the Caribbean nation as the final destination after layovers in Europe.

Once they arrived in Europe, however, the passengers declared their real nationalities and requested asylum, according to Italian police.

The smuggling operation was headed by an Egyptian man living in Brussels who is also a pilot. He was arrested on Wednesday in Brussels along with a Tunisian woman, while two of his brothers were arrested in Rome with an Italian suspect.

Italian police said the arrests were the culmination of an investigation involving police in Germany, France and Austria, in addition to Italy and Belgium, coordinated by Europol, with the cooperation of US Homeland Security.

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Guyanese makeup artist transforms herself into J’can dancehall acts Loop Jamaica

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Makeup transformations are usually amazing, but ultra-talented makeup artist, Annada Aaliyah Anthon is creating a buzz on social media with her jaw-dropping creations.

The Guyanese woman is transforming herself into almost anyone, including popular dancehall and reggae artistes, with a flick of her wrist and a small army of vibrant pencils, powders and palettes.

She is sharing these transformations with her more than 43,000 followers on Instagram and 76,000 followers on TikTok and they are loving them.

“It was always my ambition. I love doing makeup basically, but I never thought about doing artistes,” she told Loop News.

“One day, I was fooling around. I actually did one with Shenseea where I was mocking her, and at the bottom of the comments, people were calling different [names of] artistes [and] I picked Skeng.

“I said I am going to try doing my face like him, and when I tried, it actually looked like him,” the spunky 20-year-old said.

Annada Anthon as entertainers Skillibeng (left) and Skeng

She said she then began to do other artistes.

“People are approaching me more and more, but I am getting a lot of heat from my own country. No one in my country doesn’t want to do interviews and these stuff with me, and my fan base is more in Jamaica,” she told Loop News.

Asked to define “heat”, she responded:

“They don’t like me, I don’t know why.”

The young woman has a growing fan base in Jamaica, especially among dancehall artistes. She recently did a make-up transformation to look like Beenie Man, recording herself as the ‘Girls Dem Sugar’ while performing ‘Dude’.

The Doctor himself reposted the TikTok video of her ‘Beenie-rific’ transformation on his Instagram account with audio of ‘King of the Dancehall’ bouncing in the background and giving Anthon his stamp of approval.

Jada Kingdom, one of the other recording artistes Anthon has transformed herself to look like, recently performed at a stage show in Guyana and invited the young woman to join her.

“She called me up and said, ‘I think you should come and chill with me,’ and she sent her number to me on Instagram, and I called her,” she said.

Among the other dancehall and reggae artistes she has recreated looks of are Skillibeng, Spice, Bob Marey, D’Yani, Kemar Highcon, Ninjaman, Ding Dong, and Laa Lee.

The Guyanese makeup artiste even recreated Jamaica’s Prime Minister Andrew Holness.

Annada as dancehall artistes D’Yani, Jada Kingdom and Kemar Highcon

Born and raised in Guyana, she still lives in the South American country. Anthon went to Tutorial Secondary in Berbice, New Amsterdam, which is located on the eastern bank of the Berbice River. The town of New Amsterdam is the regional capital of East Berbice-Corentyne, Guyana, and one of the country’s largest towns, located about 100 kilometres from the capital, Georgetown.

She previously worked as a cashier before her social media influencer career took off. Now, Anthon wants to go overseas to hone her skills.

“One of my biggest plans is to migrate from my country to another country where I can develop and improve my talent. Another one of my future plans is to work along with some of the artistes I do (recreate) in some way,” she said.

Annada Anthon, 20, has her sights set on migrating to be able to hone her skills as a make-up artist.

The young woman also hopes to one day work in the movie mecca of Hollywood as a make-up artist.

Anthon is among women using makeup for self-expression as they tweak their looks in a largely post-lockdown world. Many women are hungry for methods to showcase their individuality, and when it comes to self-expression, the 20-year-old has that in abundance.

“I don’t do makeup like other people; I do makeup on my own level. I can’t answer for all females, but I will be able to answer from my perspective makeup is important to me coming out of a pandemic era because…let’s just say, it has helped me make a lot of money and push what I want more out there and get me to the public,” she told Loop News.

Today, the Caribbean. Tomorrow, Hollywood movies and the world.

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South Castries Cricket Association Congratulates Johnson Charles – St. Lucia Times News

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The  Executive and affiliates hereby extend Congratulations to Johnson, who is also the captain of the South Castries Lions, on his selection to the West Indies team for the upcoming ICC World Cup to be staged in Australia.

Johnson, who last wore West Indies colors in 2016,  was part of the winning West Indies Team who were twice crowned Champions of the ICC T/20 World Cup.

We have seen him mature tremendously, exhibiting admirable team work, consistency, composure and leadership skills.

The South Castries Cricket Association’s male and female teams,we would like to wish Johno all the best on his Journey to the ICC  World Cup in Australia and hope that his selection serves as a source of inspiration to other young aspiring  cricketers in South Castries and other communities islandwide.

Bravo Johno! quite deserving and keep soaring high as you visualize on these successful CPL innings and ponder on  the main characteristics of the Lion.

Keep batting! and continue to tell yourself; “Yes I can”.

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