Guyana’s CAPE pass rate increases to 93.2%

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Bhedesh Persaud, Vish Kistama and Atishta Seenarine

Guyana’s pass rate at the Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination (CAPE) increased to 93.22% this year, Chief Education Officer (CEO) Dr. Marcel Hutson announced today.

The Ministry of Education is hosting its official CSEC and CAPE announcement ceremony at Anna Regina in Region Two (Pomeroon-Supenaam). He said the results being released are preliminary.

In 2021, the CAPE pass rate was 90.86%. For that year, 723 candidates wrote the exams.

For 2022, a total of 671 students from 12 secondary schools and four private centers wrote CAPE.

There were 17 examination centers across the country, the most recent additions being  the West Demerara Secondary School and the Anna Regina Multilateral School.

Bhedesh Persaud of Queen’s College secured 14 Ones and 1 Grade Three at CAPE while Vish Kistama of Berbice High School secured 10 Grade Ones and 2 Grade Twos.

Atishta Seenarine of the Saraswati Vidya Niketan School copped 9 Grade Ones.

Meanwhile, Treni Edwards of St Stanislaus College secured 6 Grade Ones, 3 Grade Twos, 3 Grade Threes and 1 Grade Four.

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Ministry Of Health Urges Vigilance Against COVID-19 And Hand, Foot & Mouth Disease – St. Lucia Times News

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Saint Lucia’s Ministry of Health has cautioned against COVID-19 and hand, foot, and mouth disease as schools reopened on Monday.

And the Ministry has alerted educators, parents, and children to take the necessary precautions to ensure safety at school.

In a statement on Monday, Medical Surveillance Officer – Dr. Dana DaCosta Gomez observed that despite the recent relaxation of the COVID-19 protocols, the threat of the virus remains.

In addition, she disclosed that Saint Lucia’s epidemic curve indicates a sustained transmission of the virus, at an average rate of 43 cases daily over the past eight weeks.

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At the same time, DaCosta Gomez indicated that the Ministry of Health had received several reports of hand, foot, and mouth disease.

The disease is endemic in Saint Lucia and mostly affects children under five.

But DaCosta Gomez explained that the disease is highly contagious and can spread quickly.

Her complete statement appears below:

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Dos hombres resultan heridos de bala en Vega Alta

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Dos personas resultaron heridas de bala a las 11:50 de la mañana de hoy en el Barrio Corea frente al negocio en Vega Alta.  

De acuerdo a la información preliminar, se alega que mientras se encontraban en el balcón del negocio Bar 22, un individuo llegó en un vehículo y de inmediato se bajó del mismo y realizó varios disparos, resultando heridos José M. González Vázquez y Alex Hernández Ruiz, ambos de 24 años, en circunstancias que se encuentran bajo investigación.  

El primero de éstos resultó herido en el glúteo izquierdo y el segundo en el brazo y costado izquierdo.  

Agentes del Cuerpo de Investigaciones Criminales (CIC) de Vega Baja investigan los hechos.    

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Se reporta accidente fatal con peatón en Guayama

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Las autoridades  investigan un choque de auto de carácter fatal, en un accidente ocurrido en la carretera 3, kilómetro 141.8, en el sector Melania en Guayama.

Según surge de la investigación, mientras Waleska Santiago Félix de 44 años, residente de Guayama, transitaba por la referida vía en un vehículo Toyota Camry, impactó con su vehículo a  Rafael Ortiz Márquez de 77 años , que intentaba cruzar la calle.

 A  Santiago Félix se le realizó la prueba de aliento, arrojando 0.00% de alcohol en su organismo.

El agente Héctor Moscoso, adscrito a la División Patrulla de Carretera, junto a la fiscal Jessica Gotay de fiscalía de Guayama, se hicieron cargo de la investigación.

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NBC’s Special Report- Monday September 5th 2022

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 St. Vincent and the Grenadines will join the global community in observing World Physiotherapy Day this Thursday September 8th.

This year the day will be observed with attention focused on  Osteo-arthritis.

Recardo Wilson has more in today’s Special Report.

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The Ministry of Health to launch a month of activities to coincide with Caribbean Wellness Day

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An official launch will be held tomorrow, to unveil a month of activities hosted by the Ministry of Health Wellness and the Environment, to coincide with Caribbean Wellness Day.

St. Vincent and the Grenadines will join countries across the region in observing Caribbean Wellness Day on Saturday September 10th.

The month of activities will be launched tomorrow Tuesday September 6, at the Beachcombers Hotel Conference Room from 9-11 a.m.

NBC Radio will bring live coverage of the launch from nine tomorrow morning.

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TRINIDAD-ENERGY-Trinidad and Tobago receives commitment from major methanol producer

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On what should have been the first day back at school for three siblings, their family is today reeling after they perished in a fire at their home in Springfield district, Westmoreland, on Sunday night.

Another child was also injured in the blaze.

The deceased children have been identified as Jayden and Jorden Laing, both seven years old, and Adrianno Laing.

Reports from the Savanna-la-Mar police are that about 9:40pm, the children were at home with their father when he lit a candle due to a power outage in the area.

It is alleged that the man went outside and later realised the house was engulfed in flames.

Efforts were made to rescue the children, however, only one was saved. She has since been hospitalised, the police said.

Police in Westmoreland are investigating.

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Brian Frazer appointed deputy CEO at VMIL Loop Jamaica

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Victoria Mutual Investments Limited (VMIL) has announced the appointment of Brian Frazer as deputy CEO.

Frazer, who has a vast experience in trading, treasury, asset management, risk management, operations and product development, will work closely with VMIL CEO Rezworth Burchenson in accelerating the implementation of the organisation’s strategic objectives.

Prior to taking up the post at VMIL, Frazer served as managing director at Scotia Investments Trinidad and Tobago. He worked at Scotia for 20 years, serving Scotia Asset Management Caribbean and Scotia Investments Jamaica.

He has led investment teams, with responsibility for the management of assets of over US$1.9 billion on behalf of unit trust funds, mutual funds, pension funds, corporate clients, and individual investors across the region.

Frazer also has experience developing the strategic direction for investment management and product development for mutual funds, unit trust funds and institutional asset management business lines across the English-speaking Caribbean.

He earned an undergraduate degree in Accounting and Economics at the University of the West Indies and received professional training in accounting, asset/liability, and risk management locally and overseas.

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Trinidad and Tobago Film Festival excited to re-emerge in 2022

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Interim executive director of the Filmmakers Collaborative of TT (FILMCO) Mariel Brown. Photo by Marc Bain/ttff

THE TT Film Festival (TTFF) will return to in-person activities after a two-year hiatus caused by the restrictions of the covid19 pandemic.

This year, the festival’s 18th edition takes place from September 22-28.

In the last two years, TTFF offered a complete online experience. Customers were able to watch and buy the films that interest them.

In 2021 the festival experienced several technical issues, stemming from poor connectivity to audio difficulties, especially during the closing ceremony.

Nicola Cross, creative producer, consultant filmmaker and filmmaking workshop co-ordinator and facilitator, won best overall film in the 2021 festival.

At a press conference at National Library and Information System Authority (NALIS) on Monday, Mariel Brown, interim executive director of the Filmmakers Collaborative of TT (FILMCO), said, “We have gone to extraordinary lengths to make the programme exciting to encourage people to come back out to events to go to the cinema to see movies and to celebrate with us as we emerge from two years of the pandemic .”

Brown said the team has been working on its programming since March and after screening 300 submissions, 110 films will be featured at 27 events planned for the six-day festival.

The opening night will feature the Caribbean premiere o fChee$e –a 105-minute narrative feature by the award-winning director from TT Damian Marcano.

Film enthusiasts will also enjoy other narratives and documentaries, meet-and-greet, cocktail events and workshops with filmmakers from around the world.

There will be a special screening for secondary school students at NALIS.

Many of these events will be free.

Advance tickets for screenings are available via the TTFF office, 22 Jerningham Avenue, Belmont, or online at ttfilmfestival.com

The public can visit the website or e-mail: comms@ttfilmfestival.com for more information.

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