[EN VIVO] Rey Carlos III se dirige al mundo vez como monarca por primera tras la muerte de la reina Isabel II
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[EN VIVO] Rey Carlos III se dirige al mundo por primera vez como monarca tras la muerte de la reina Isabel II
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COVID-19 protocols relaxed for the resumption of school Loop Barbados
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Students will resume face-to-face instruction when school gates swing open again on September 19, but some COVID-19 protocols will be out of the door.
The three feet distancing will no longer be observed, mask-wearing outdoors will be optional and general assembly and extra-curricular activities will be allowed.
These were some of the changes highlighted by chief education officer Ramona Archer-Bradshaw in a circular to principals dated September 7, 2022.
In addition to the relaxation of COVID-19 protocols, school hours will revert to “pre-pandemic scheduling” with schools returning to their previous 9 am to 3 pm or 8 am to 2 pm sessions.
The pandemic forced adjustments to school schedules with the school day contracted by one hour and ending at 2 pm. Several schools adopted a blended learning approach, incorporating online classes, therefore reducing the number of students on the school premises and adhering to the three-feet social distancing protocol.
However, when school resumes for students in just over a week, mask-wearing indoors will continue, and mask breaks will only be permitted outdoors. During physical education classes or outdoor physical activity, students will not be required to don face coverings.
While frequent hand sanitising is to be “encouraged”, it is mandatory upon entry onto the school’s compound. Staff and students who exhibit any symptoms of COVID-19 while on a school’s compound were encouraged to seek medical attention and be tested for the viral illness.
The Ministry of Education memo stressed that “vaccination was not a requirement for entering the school plant” but appealed to parents and guardians not to send sick children to school.
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Solidarité: Distribution de serviettes hygiéniques
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L’association Lycara en collaboration avec Rèv Guadeloupe propose un coup de pouce pour les étudiantes afin de réduire la précarité menstruelle.
Pour cela, le samedi 24 septembre, les associations Rèv Guadeloupe et Lycara feront une distribution de serviettes hygiéniques à la résidence Les Lauriers à Pointe-à-Pitre.
La prochaine action concernera une distribution de cabas alimentaire pilotée par Rèv Guadeloupe.
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Access boss says Dolla ‘takeover’ letter is ‘nothing to consider’ Loop Jamaica
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For Marcus James, executive chairman of Access Financial Services Limited (AFS),the recent letter from rival Dolla Financial Services (Dolla) about an interest in acquiring the company is “nothing to consider”.
AFS is instead focused on aggressively growing its business loan portfolio and positioning itself to take advantage of expansion opportunities locally and internationally.
The company offers a range of business and personal loans to the microfinance sector.
Responding to questions about Dolla’s letter and talks of a possible takeover, James told AFS’ annual general meeting (AGM) on Thursday that he had not received an offer it could present to shareholders.
“If an offer was made, we would be duty bound to take that to shareholders. I imagine anybody who would make an offer would do so in accordance with the JSE rules,” James said.
The executive chairman also told shareholders that AFS is not going to sell.
One outspoken shareholder, Orette Staple, quizzed James on the matter.
“Can we leave this meeting feeling that you are not going to sell and that Access will remain as Access as far as we shareholders are concerned”, Staple asked.
In response James said: “absolutely”.
Access Financial executive chairman Marcus James (left) in conversation with outspoken shareholder Orette Staple at the company’s annual general meeting on September 8, 2022. (Photo: Marlon Reid)
In respect of its ambition to acquire AFS, Dolla could take the route of a hostile takeover and indirectly obtain control of the management of AFS.
Asked whether he had been approached about a buyout of his interest in Access, James declined to comment.
“I think any private discussions that may have taken place or are likely to take place should be private,” James said, adding that decisions taken as an entity do not relate to AFS overall,” he said.
Springhill Holdings, which is connected to James, has the largest AFS shareholding with 47.33 per cent interest.
James was, however, keener to comment on the growth targets of the micro credit firm.
“The future looks bright in terms of the continuing growth of the economy and where we are positioned to take advantage of the opportunities, especially as a licensed entity, we will examine those opportunities both locally and internationally,” James said.
Access Financial CEO Fredrick Williams speaking at the company’s annual general meeting.
AFS became the first microcredit company to be licensed under the Micro Credit Act by the Bank of Jamaica on August 1, 2022. The licence enables AFS to provide microcredit services such as the granting of loans or business advisory services to individuals and MSMEs.
AFS also signalled its intention to aggressively grow its business loan portfolio.
“The rebounding of the economy will determine how fast we will grow because we are looking for persons who want to reinvest in their business and grow their business,” said AFS CEO Frederick Williams.
To grow its loan portfolio, Williams said the company would utilise the Access Business Loan Centre, which provides a one-stop shop for customers to process business loans and receive support with online loan applications.
Located in Cross Roads, the centre is a hub for team members serving the parishes of Kingston & St Andrew, St Catherine and St Thomas.
In addition to eight loan officers stationed there, AFS has another 20 team members dedicated to serving business clients across the island.
Williams said AFS would also utilise technology to aid in the expansion of the business loan portfolio.
“We have the technology that can allow us to complete a loan at the business place of the customer, and we are going to be using this to reach more customers.”
AFS is also seeking to grow its footprint in Florida through its subsidiary, Embassy Loans Inc.
“In a matter of weeks, Embassy will open another branch, and we are actually looking to expand further within the Florida market,” Williams said.
For the year ended March 2022, AFS generated revenues of $1.98 billion, a nine per cent increase compared to the similar period last year of $1.82 billion.
Consolidated net profit after tax was $438 million, or 65 per cent higher than the prior-year amount of $266 million, driven by a 10.2 per cent improvement in its operating efficiency ratio to 71.1 per cent.
Embassy Loans saw a 79 per cent increase in disbursements year over year.
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Cabinet addresses problem of long wait times in the emergency room
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The Cabinet questioned the Minister of Health on the SLBMC Emergency Room challenge, where those residents who go there for treatment must seemingly wait for a very long time to receive attention.
The Minister of Health explained that it is not uncommon for personnel assigned to the Emergency Room to call-in sick and, therefore, to reduce the number of personnel available to treat the sick.
He also explained that many patients who show up at the emergency room are really in need of “urgent care” and not “emergency care”.
He said that the Director of the SLBMC surveyed a number of patients who sought treatment at the Emergency Room (E.R.) in a fixed period; the diagnosis offered by the doctors concluded that less than 50% of the patients were of real “emergencies”, but in need of “urgent care”.
The Sir Lester Bird Medical Center is therefore planning to increase the number of doctors and nurses assigned to thhe Emergency Room and to quickly determine which patients fall into which of the two groups and to treat them accordingly.
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Gun Amnesty Coming Soon
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Not the actual gun
Cabinet Notes:
The Cabinet has agreed to reintroduce a Gun Amnesty that will last until the end of the year 2022.
Illegal firearms can be turned over to any police station in exchange for which a sum of money is to be offered.
The object is to take illegal guns off the streets and out of the hands of criminals.
The start of the program will soon be announced.
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Kambon:Queen was a symbol of oppression
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Queen Elizabeth II arrives att he Piarco International Airport for CHOGM on November 26 2009. – File Photo
While some in TT are mourning the death of Queen Elizabeth II, the head of the Emancipation Support Committee, Kafra Kambon, said TT should not feel any emotions on the queen’s passing, as she was a symbol of oppression to not just the African diaspora in TT, but all cultures in TT that experienced oppression under British rule.
“If we understand what she was a symbol of – a symbol of colonial oppression – we should not be in any emotional state over the queen’s death. The queen is dead. Fine.”
“Her death has no emotional meaning for me,” he added.
“It is just that someone has died. A symbol of an oppressive empire has died – one that I buried in my mind a long time ago.
“Someone told me about the queen’s death. I didn’t hear it on the news. When I heard the news I simply said ‘OK.’”
He said the queen was a symbol of an empire which plundered countries all over the world.
“Look at how old she was when she died. She was kept alive that long because of the plunder of countries like ours. It was that plunder that allowed them to live the lives of luxury that they did.”
He said that crimes committed by British colonisers were so horrendous that they were ordered to be destroyed, but symbols of the British empire in the form of statues and monuments remained to solidify the psychological colonisation of the minds of the people they once ruled over.
Khafra Kambon, co-founder if the Emancipation Support Committee.
“Remember, the queen is not a powerful figure, that power was psychological,” he said.
“The aura that was created around the queen was part of Britain’s strategy for power – because power is not just in the gun it is in the psychology. They really worked on the psychology of the colonies and that is why, up to today, people would not want to take down symbols of those people who represented terror and cruelty for us in TT and in the Caribbean.
“If someone killed your grandmother, would you put up a portrait of them in your living room? You wouldn’t, because they represent something that is painful for you to remember.
“The colonisation of the minds was embedded in those symbols they left in our environment. Those symbols were part of a psychological terror and domination,” he said.
On Thursday, news of the queen’s death spread around the world. Various bodies including the Prime Minister, Opposition Leader, the British High Commission and several figureheads expressed public condolences over her death.
Queen Elizabeth II died at the age of 96.
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Accidente con camión volcado provoca congestión vehicular entre Orocovis y Morovis
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Agentes adscritos al distrito Ciales investigan el viernes un accidente con camión volcado ocurrido en horas de la mañana en la carretera 155, kilómetro 40.3, en dirección de Orocovis hacia Morovis.
El conductor y el pasajero fueron transportados por paramédicos de Emergencias Médicas al hospital en Doctor Center en Manatí. Su condición fue descrita como estable. Estos transportaban hielo.
La policía municipal de Ciales, el personal de Manejo de Emergencias, Bomberos y el Negociado de Transportación, se encuentran en el lugar trabajando la situación.
El tránsito está congestionado debido al accidente. Las autoridades exhortan a los conductores a manejar con precaución.
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Gobierno anuncia incentivo económico para cerca de 500 pescadores
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El gobernador Pedro Pierluisi y el secretario del Departamento de Agricultura, Ramón González Beiró, anunciaron una partida federal de $2.9 millones para mejorar la industria pesquera, la cual impactará a casi 500 pescadores, y la inauguración de la Villa Pesquera Los Machos, en Ceiba, tras una inversión de $124,018.11.
“Han sido grandes los retos que nuestros pescadores han tenido que enfrentar. Es por esto que nos propusimos identificar las ayudas necesarias para lograr el crecimiento de la industria pesquera, tanto en producción como en mejores condiciones de trabajo. Hoy inauguramos la Villa Pesquera Los Machos para que nuestros pescadores de Ceiba, que fueron afectados luego del paso del huracán María, puedan crecer, trabajar con dignidad y llevarle el sustento a sus familias. La reconstrucción de Puerto Rico sigue viento en popa y continuaremos apoyando la pesca y la agricultura en toda la isla, con el fin de aumentar el potencial de crecimiento de ambas industrias y fomentar el desarrollo económico”, indicó el gobernador.
A través del Grant NOAA Fisheries (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration), los pescadores experimentarán mejores condiciones laborales que redundará en su calidad de vida, según el comunicado. Quienes se personaron a la actividad, recibieron cheques de $2,600. Para recibir el incentivo mediante Agricultura, los pescadores deben tener su licencia de pescador comerciante activa, deben haber presentado sus estadísticas operacionales del 2019 y tienen que estar registrados bajo el Departamento.
“El sector pesquero fue uno de los más afectados tras el paso de los huracanes Irma y María, por lo que nuestro enfoque es mantener y reactivar la producción y demanda local para que más personas consuman lo de aquí, lo de nosotros. Para lograrlo, es necesario que cuenten con los recursos y las herramientas que tenemos disponibles. Asimismo, con estas facilidades renovadas estaremos atrayendo jóvenes al sector pesquero y así podemos encaminar el relevo generacional del sector que tanto lo necesita”, indicó Gonzalez Beiro.
Por otra parte, tanto el primer ejecutivo como el funcionario destacaron las mejoras en la estructura de Villa Pesquera, que incluyó la remodelación de techos, paredes, ventanas, iluminación, entre otros elementos. De hecho, hay otras tres villas en remodelación actualmente: “La Coal”, en San Juan ($773,832.92), la villa en Mayagüez ($437,510.82) y Punta Pozuelo, en Guayama ($425,810.38).
Asimismo, el alcalde Ceiba, Samuel “Sammy” Rivera Báez, reconoció la gesta del gobierno en favor de la industria: “Esto representa un logro más para los pescadores, con el fin de que puedan darle continuidad a su trabajo, mediante las mejoras a las instalaciones. De esta forma, se beneficiará, no solo a los residentes del pueblo de Ceiba, sino a residentes y visitantes de áreas limítrofes para que puedan consumir productos frescos. Agradecemos al gobernador y al secretario del Departamento de Agricultura por delinear acciones encaminadas a fortalecer la industria pesquera en el municipio. Estamos preparados para recibir visitantes de todo Puerto Rico para seguir dando lo mejor de nosotros”.
A modo de recordatorio, el gobernador añadió que todos los agroempresarios de la industria tienen hasta septiembre 30 para solicitar incentivos adicionales de otra subvención de $12.7 millones anunciada el mes pasado mediante el Programa Agrícola Regional.
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