Dart announces new and enhanced employee benefits with focus on family Loop Cayman Islands

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Dart recently announced new and enhanced employee leave benefits, which support families and provide flexibility in how paid time off is used.

Pre-pandemic internal research highlighted benefits that employees hoped to see added to Dart’s already extensive benefits package, while post-pandemic realities made family, flexibility, and time off more important than ever.

Dart’s benefits team proposed new and enhanced benefits which, along with the existing benefits package including life insurance and the more recently added long-term disability for all employees, represents a deliberate and meaningful focus on people.

“We understand the growing importance of paid family leave and of supporting a multigenerational workforce,” commented Anya Edun, VP People and Culture. The new offering enhances existing paid-time benefits and adds new time off options which can be taken independently or added to other paid leave benefits to extend them.

NEW: Five personal days, providing maximum flexibility, which can be taken for any reason. Personal days may be added to vacation, or other paid leave options, providing greater flexibility in planning longer periods of time off if desired. ENHANCED: Paternity leave has been a part of Dart’s benefit package for some time. Understanding the importance of this family time, Dart is adding five paid days to the current benefit, making it 10 days paid, with the option of adding five paid personal days and any unused vacation and unpaid leave. ENHANCED: Dart continues to provide strong maternity leave benefits with new mothers receiving three months’ leave with full pay and may choose to add a combination of other paid leave options – adding up to potentially another month and a half at full pay. In addition to paid leave, mothers may add unpaid days for up to six months at home with their newborn baby, with all relevant employee benefits fully paid by the company (i.e., 100% health insurance premiums for the mother, life Insurance, long term disability etc.) (*Paternity and maternity leave benefits also apply to adoption leave. )NEW: Dart continues to lead the local market in its commitment and investment in the health and well-being of its employees and now offers one paid day off a year for employees to complete preventative medical and health screenings. This day adds to the existing wellness programme, 100% health insurance premiums paid for employees and a built-in preventative claim benefit.

“We strive to offer our people a Total Rewards package that is comprehensive, flexible and competitive, which includes quantifiable benefits and an array of work-life programmes and policies, resulting in engaged, productive and motivated employees,” commented Leif Edwards-Best, benefits manager at Dart.

Our people remain our most important investment and we are pleased to continue to provide a wide range of market-leading benefits in support of our employees’ holistic well-being.

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IDB appoints new general manager for the Caribbean Loop Jamaica

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Tariq Alli, General Manager of the Caribbean Country Department and IDB Country Representative for Jamaica.

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The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has appointed Tariq Alli, a citizen of Trinidad and Tobago, as General Manager of the Caribbean Country Department and IDB Country Representative for Jamaica.

Alli has over 20 years of experience in corporate finance spanning debt capital markets, deal origination, syndication, and structuring.

He previously held several roles including Assistant Vice President and Vice President across various indigenous financial institutions in Trinidad & Tobago before he joined the First Citizens Group in 2011.

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Most recently he served as General Manager – Corporate and Investment Banking Unit where he had overall responsibility for the Unit’s Private Sector, LATAM, Government of Trinidad & Tobago and Debt Capital Markets Business Units.

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Investigators assigned to the Area One branch of the Major Investigation Division (MID) are probing the circumstances surrounding the shooting death of two men and two other people, including a toddler, by unknown assailants on the Goodwill main road in St James on Tuesday.

The deceased, both of St James addresses, have been identified as 37-year-old Venroy Crooks, a musician of Content district, and 34-year-old Kenique Llewellyn, a shopkeeper of Goodwill.

Reports from the police are that about 3:45pm, Crooks and Llewellyn were among a group of people standing at a shop at a section of Goodwill main road when they were pounced upon by gunmen who alighted from a Toyota Premio motor car.

The men opened gunfire on the group.

When the shooting subsided, four people, including the toddler, were wounded.

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Falmouth Harbour Marina Brings Relief To Liberta School

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The locally owned Falmouth Harbour Marina has responded positively to the needs of the Liberta Primary School.

The Marina has donated 9 heavy duty fans to provide relief to the students and teachers during this extremely hot summer.

The Company’s Accountant, Ms. Iline Bailey said that Falmouth Harbour Marina has a long association with the schools close to the marina and have made regular contributions over the years, to both the Liberta and Cobbs Cross schools.

“ I am a past student of this school, as are my two sons, and I am so happy that we are able to assist to make the classrooms a little more comfortable and bearable in this extreme heat. In fact, our General Manager, Bobby Reis, raised this issue since last week, but it took time to source the fans. We must thank Edward Mansoor at Townhouse for his recommendations on the type of fan and a generous discount.

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Met Office: Saint Lucia Not Experiencing Record High Temperatures – St. Lucia Times News

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Despite complaints about the heat and a warning from the Chief Medical Officer to Saint Lucians to protect themselves from heat-related illnesses, the Saint Lucia Meteorological Services says the Island has not been experiencing record temperatures.

Meteorological Services Director Andre Joyeux observed that there is a heatwave in the United States and most people would associate it with the local situation.

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“The most we have gotten so far is 32 degrees Celsius,” he disclosed.

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However, the Meteorological Services Director recalled  that Saint Lucia recorded 34 degrees in 1973.

“So this time around it’s not as hot as before,” Joyeux told St Lucia Times.

“What is happening right now is the early morning – it gets hotter very early. From seven, eight, you already have 31 degrees Celsius,” he noted.

“The temperature we record is the air temperature,” he noted, adding that direct sunlight is not recorded.

Joyeux told St Lucia Times that due to infrastructural developments concrete structures and roads capture and radiate heat, creating a hotter environment.

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However, he indicated that the current situation does not require a severe heat warning.

“If we get to thirty-three degrees that is something we hardly see and then we could put out a severe heat warning,” Joyeux told St Lucia Times.

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Gasolineras denuncian DACO les cobra por servicios que consumen inspectores de las estaciones

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El presidente de la Asociación de Detallistas de Gasolina, Esdras Vélez, denunció que el Departamento de Asuntos del Consumidor (DACO) les está cobrando a las gasolineras un cargo extra por servicios de peaje, millaje y dieta que consumen inspectores de la agencia que visitan las estaciones para supervisar el despacho de combustible.

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“Yo no sé si es legal eso. Estamos hablando que un empleado público tiene su sueldo. El trabajo que realizan estos inspectores… la realidad es que sí, que trabajan. Pero el cobro de peajes, o sea, esto es algo absurdo. Gasolina también hay que pagarle al DACO. Tras de que nos tienen los márgenes congelados desde febrero… ¿Él habrá tomado en consideración esos gastos también en su análisis?”, cuestionó el líder.

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Residents in parts of St Michael, St James and St Thomas may experience low water pressure or outages today.

The Barbados Water Authority (BWA) reported this afternoon that one of its facilities in St Michael is currently offline following an electrical supply issue.

The affected areas may include:

In St Michael:

Lodge Hill, Hinds Hill, Clermont, Warrens Heights, Warrens Terrace, Warrens Park,

Warrens, Rock Dundo, University Drive, Airlie Tenantry, Grazettes, Clermont, Well Gap and surrounding areas.

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Husbands, Clearview Heights, Meadow Vale Heights, Crystal Heights, Hoytes Village,

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Plumtree, Blowers, Bagatelle Gardens, Bagatelle Terrace, Welches, Welches Terrace,

Welches Gardens, Redmans Village, Melrose, Welches Grove, Bagatelle Park, Arthur Seat, Welches Heights, Kew Land, Padmore Village, Clover Crescent and surrounding areas.

Tankers have been dispatched to assist, and residents will be updated on the progress of the work.

The BWA apologises to the public for the inconvenience this service disruption may cause.

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Rapatriements de familles de jihadistes : la France condamnée par la Cour européenne des droits de l’homme

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Les proches de familles de jihadistes français, deux mères et leurs enfants détenus dans des camps en Syrie, ont fait condamner mercredi la France par la Cour européenne des droits de l’homme (CEDH), un revers pour Paris mais qui ne consacre pas pour autant un “droit général au rapatriement” pour les personnes toujours retenues dans les camps syriens.

“En exécution de son arrêt, la Cour précise qu’il incombe au gouvernement français de reprendre l’examen des demandes des requérants dans les plus brefs délais en l’entourant des garanties appropriées contre l’arbitraire”, a indiqué la Grande chambre de la CEDH, sa plus haute instance.

Selon la Cour basée à Strasbourg, “le rejet d’une demande de retour présentée dans ce contexte doit pouvoir faire l’objet d’un examen individuel (…) par un organe indépendant”.

“Fait du prince” 

Paris devra verser 18.000 euros à l’une des familles de requérants et 13.200 euros à l’autre au titre des frais et dépens.

“C’est la fin du fait du prince et la fin de l’arbitraire”, a commenté Me Marie Dosé, l’une des avocates des quatre requérants, parents de deux jeunes Françaises bloquées dans des camps en Syrie avec leurs enfants.

L’avocate réclame le rapatriement de toutes les femmes et enfants restants : “En trois opérations, c’est fait”.

Ses clients avaient demandé en vain aux autorités françaises le rapatriement de leurs proches, avant de se résoudre à saisir la juridiction européenne, estimant que leurs filles et petits-enfants étaient exposés dans les camps à des “traitements inhumains et dégradants”.

Dans son arrêt, la CEDH pointe notamment “l’absence de toute décision formalisée” de la part des autorités françaises quant au refus de rapatrier les proches des requérants, qui ont écrit, sans obtenir de réponse, au président de la République Emmanuel Macron et à son ministre des Affaires étrangères.

Leurs filles avaient quitté la France en 2014 et 2015 pour rejoindre la Syrie où elles ont donné naissance à deux enfants pour l’une, à un pour l’autre. Désormais âgées de 31 et 33 ans, elles sont retenues avec eux depuis début 2019 dans les camps d’Al-Hol et de Roj (nord-est).

La Cour a conclu à la violation par Paris de l’article 3.2 du protocole 4 de la Convention européenne des droits de l’homme, texte qui stipule que “nul ne peut être privé d’entrer sur le territoire de l’Etat dont il est le ressortissant”.

“On est soulagé parce que ça a été un combat de trois ans”, a réagi le père d’une des deux jeunes femmes, qui souhaite garder l’anonymat. “Ma fille va aussi bien qu’elle peut, il y a beaucoup de fatigue. Mon petit fils n’a toujours pas vu un arbre, à part du sable”, a-t-il ajouté.

Pour autant, la CEDH n’a pas consacré avec cet arrêt un droit systématique au rapatriement des nationaux, notamment liés au jihadisme : “la Cour considère que les citoyens français retenus dans les camps du nord-est de la Syrie ne sont pas fondés à réclamer le bénéfice d’un droit général au rapatriement”, précise la juridiction.

En revanche, la France peut avoir à le faire lors de “circonstances exceptionnelles”, comme lorsque “l’intégrité physique” est en jeu ou qu’un enfant se trouve “dans une situation de grande vulnérabilité”, comme c’est le cas dans ce dossier.

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Cet arrêt, qui vise au premier chef la France, concerne également les autres pays membres du Conseil de l’Europe et leurs ressortissants détenus en Syrie.

Lors de la lecture de la décision, outre la représentante de la France, des représentants d’autres pays (Danemark, Suède, Royaume-Uni, Norvège, Pays-Bas, Espagne) étaient égalemnt présents.

Ailleurs en Europe, des pays comme l’Allemagne ou la Belgique ont déjà récupéré la plus grande partie de leurs jihadistes. De son côté, au grand dam des familles et des ONG, Paris a longtemps privilégié le “cas par cas”.

Mais début juillet, la France a fait revenir 35 mineurs et 16 mères, premier rapatriement massif depuis la chute en 2019 du “califat” du groupe État islamique (EI). Jusqu’alors, seuls quelques enfants avaient été ramenés.

“On n’a pas attendu la décision de la CEDH pour avancer”, a réagi le porte-parole du gouvernement, Olivier Véran, après l’arrêt de la Cour. Selon lui “chaque dossier, chaque situation humaine au fond, fait l’objet d’un examen attentif, minutieux”.

Il reste une centaine de femmes et près de 250 enfants français dans des camps en Syrie.

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