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PARAMARIBO — Newmont Suriname en de Newmont Werknemersorganisatie (NWO) hebben de hulp van de Bemiddelingsraad voor geheel Suriname ingeroepen nadat
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Jamaica’s Tina Clayton celebrates after winning the gold medal in the women’s at the World Under-20 Championships in Cali, Colombia on Wednesday, August 3, 2022. (PHOTO: Anthony Foster).
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Talented Jamaican young sprinter Tina Clayton broke her national junior record to easily win the women’s 100m final at the World Under-20 Championships in Cali, Colombia on Wednesday night.
The 17-year-old destroyed the opposition to retain her title in an impressive 10.95 seconds, which also represents a championship record.
Gold medallist Tina Clayton (left) and silver medallist Serena Cole celebrate following the women’s 100m final. (PHOTO: Anthony Foster).
The 10.95 surpassed the previous national Under-20 record she set on June 24 at the Jamaican trials when beating the 10.97 recorded by Briana Williams in 2021.
It was a one-two finish for Jamaica as Serena Williams secured the silver medal in 11.14 seconds.
US champion Shawnti Jackson, the daughter of 2005 world 400m hurdles champion Bershawn Jackson, won the bronze medal in 11.15, which represents a new personal best.
Talented Jamaican young sprinter Tina Clayton and her compatriot Serena Cole have safely progressed out of the preliminary round of the women’s 100m on day two of the World Athletics Under-20 Champion
Olympic champion Elaine Thompson-Herah won her first major title this season by taking the 100m gold medal at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham on Wednesday.
In a result that surprised no one bu
Earlier, Jamaica’s 4x400m mixed relay team captured the bronze medal and Kobe Lawrence secured silver in the men’s shot put
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Two members of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) were on Tuesday placed before the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court, to answer to a murder charge and other related offences.
“These charges we
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A combination of the inter-tropical convergence zone (ITCZ) and a low-level trough resulted in rain, storms, and thunderstorms in TT on Wednesday.
Northeastern Trinidad bore the brunt of the bad weather, with flooding being reported at Arima Old Road, Tumpuna Old Road, Malabar and the Eastern Main Road in Arouca, as well as Congo Hill Trace in Barrackpore. Portions of the Priority Bus Route were also reported as experiencing flooding.
The Guanapo River at Manuel Congo Road, Tumpuna South, the Caroni River at Tumpuna Road, San Raphael, and the Arouca River in the vicinity of Arouca Road overflowed their banks
The SWRHA closed six health centres because of the bad weather. These were at Moruga, Rochard Douglas, Todd’s Road, Flanagin, Tabaquite, and Lengua.
Councillor for Biche/Charuma Charlene Moona said heavy rainfall beginning in the early hours of the morning resulted in flooding in several areas.
“There has been flooding in the Plum Mitan, Cushe and Lasalle areas. The disaster management unit has been out all day assisting to get people who would have gone to work to get them back home. In Plum Mitan, the road became impassable, so we provided a truck and the workers were there to assist them to get across.”
The TT Meteorological Service issued two yellow-level adverse weather alerts, beginning at 2 am on Wednesday. It said periods of rain and/or showers of varying intensities have been observed from early morning. The alert was discontinued at 4:51 pm on Wednesday.
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ATHLÉTISME
A l’initiative de Cédric Gold-Dalg, une rencontre intergénérationnelle d’anciennes gloires de l’athlétisme martiniquais s’est tenue, dimanche, à la plage des Salines.
L’objectif, à moyen terme, est de former un collectif qui rechausserait les pointes pour les prochains championnats du monde masters.
Certains ont pris quelques kilos, d’autres sont restés affûtés, tous ont le point commun d’avoir porté le maillot de l’équipe de France d’athlétisme.
Cédric Gold-Dalg, 43 ans, ancien du Club Franciscain, sept sélections en équipe de France jeunes (1995-1999), vice-champion d’Europe espoirs en 1999 à Göteborg, a réactivé son projet, stoppé par…
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Le Domaine de la Vallée a accueilli dernièrement une dizaine de familles pour une journée ludique et pédagogique. Cette sortie était proposée par la Société Saint-Vincent-de-Paul dans le cadre d’un programme axé sur le soutien à la parentalité.
La Société Saint-Vincent-de- Paul organisait, du lundi 18 au vendredi 22 juillet, une semaine de vacances ludiques et pédagogiques sans hébergement, à l’attention de onze familles des quatre coins de l’île. Tout a été mis en place pour que petits et grands passent une semaine agréable et conviviale. Cette initiative axée sur le soutien à la parentalité a permis de mettre en avant le vivre-ensemble, favoriser l’autonomie des familles tout en découvrant le patrimoine local au…
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Après l’Assemblée nationale lors de l’examen du projet de loi de finances rectificative, le Sénat a adopté la possibilité de monétiser les jours de RTT non pris.
Nouveauté en matière de paiement des RTT (réductions du temps de travail). Comme l’Assemblée nationale avant lui, le Sénat a validé, lundi 1er août, en première lecture, le projet de loi de finances rectificative. Celui-ci prévoit notamment le rachat de leurs RTT par les salariés. Pour être définitivement adopté, le texte doit désormais être voté dans les mêmes termes par les deux chambres. En cas de feu vert, il donnera la possibilité aux travailleurs de renoncer à…
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PORTRAITs de yoleurs
A 17 ans, Sullyvan Tacra, équipier de la yole Mc Donald’s, vit son premier Tour de Martinique des yoles rondes. Pour celui qui aimerait devenir un jour capitaine, c’est véritablement un rêve qui se réalise cette semaine.
«C’est mon grand frère », nous indique, fièrement, un petit garçon avant de prendre dans ses bras Sullyvan Tacra. Ce jeune homme de 17 ans, originaire de Saint-Joseph, vient d’arriver à terre, après le prologue de dimanche dernier. Encore sur la plage, le visage recouvert de crème solaire, il précise rapidement : « C’est mon premier Tour de Martinique des yoles rondes ». Engagé depuis un an dans l’équipage McDonald’s, « j’étais auparavant équipier de la yole Mr…
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PRISON Officers Association (POA) head Ceron Richards and Fire Service Association (FSA) head Leo Ramkissoon on Wednesday each voiced their upset to Newsday over the four per cent wage hike for 2014-2019 maintained by CPO Dr Darryl Dindial. This came after his initial offer of two per cent.
The proposed four per cent represents zero, zero, two, zero, zero, two for each year successively from 2014-2019.
Ramkissoon told Newsday, “We do not accept that offer.”
He said his association has presented rationale arguments for a better offer, to the CPO.
Ramkissoon said, at their meeting on Tuesday Dindial had viewed their arguments as quite compelling but had intimated that the state of the economy was a keep back, and even undertook to let known the FSA’s position to Finance Minister Colm Imbert.
“He (Dindial) will return within the two weeks, in writing, to respond.”
However, Ramkissoon said it was “demotivating and disappointing” to see four per cent still on the table.
“For us, the four per cent represents a cut in salary, a cut in wages. It does not in actuality, in real income, amount to an increase because the rate of inflation has far surpassed four per cent over that period.
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“The rate of inflation would be more equivalent to a 44 per cent increase in the cost of living for that very same period. So four per cent for us doesn’t say anything of any real value to us.
“It’s a very difficult pill to swallow for fire officers. We cannot accept that at this time. We are advocating for better sense to prevail and great consideration to improve that offer.”
Ramkissoon said now was the time for a wage-hike, with the uplift in the economy.
“We’ve had at least one deposit into the Heritage and Stabilisation Fund and that’s always a good sign as it could only happen if there’s a surplus.
“We find it a difficult, difficult thing for us to accept a ‘wage cut’ while you are experiencing an improved economy, especially after the last ten years when we have gone without an increase, an improvement to wages and we did so without protest.
Richards, likewise, told Newsday, “We staunchly reject that offer, as we did before.”
The POA met the CPO on Tuesday.
Richards said officers were existing on 2013 salaries, even as inflation had raged through the economy since then to now.
“Prison officers have an additional situation in which their safety and security are being compromised by the work environment. For prison officers to maintain safety and security for themselves and their families, they have to spend money.
“We made it very clear from the onset that the basis upon which salaries must be developed for this period is, one, by looking at the market and then looking at what prison officers are continually exposed to.
“If the prison officer has to purchase a home, he cannot purchase a home in compromised areas.
“Members of the public can purchase a home anywhere and just mind their business and try to keep a low profile, but that situation does not exist for the prison officer who has no other choice but to purchase a home in an area which is upward of $1 million.”
Newsday was unable to contact Dindial.
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PHILIPSBURG — The boys and girls at Teen Times are having a lot of fun with their annual evaluation of local politicians. They do their homework on this topic, and they don’t mince their words either. For the electorate, their findings come across as a breath of fresh air.
Click here to review their 2022 grading of MPs and Ministers>>>
Evaluating politicians is tricky business, as we learned from several position papers posted on the website of Lawrence Talks! This is an interdisciplinary media platform for the community of the town of Lawrence in the state of Kansas.
Why is it tricky? Politics is not like sports, where it is possible to declare a winner in a basketball match or in any track and field discipline. If you run faster than others, you are a winner. That is not how it works in politics because there is no objective standard.
Matthew Herbert, a Lawrence city commissioner puts it like this: “In politics, perception is reality. The will of the people is just that; what they will to be, so it is.”
Herbert notes that the success or failure of a commissioner depends largely on how resources are allocated. He refers to a remark from US President Joe Biden: “Don’t tell me your priorities. Show me your budget and I will tell you what your priorities are.”
Shola Aromona, who studies for a doctorate in journalism and mass communication at the University of Kansas, notes that “everyone is selfish.” Politicians “present their best selves during an election campaign but they use the media for image laundering or as a tool to suppress opposition and criticism after an election.”
Aromona wondered why politicians do this “and why voters continue to make decisions that do not serve the public good in the long term. Her conclusion: “Everyone – politicians and voters – is selfish. We are all subjective in the use of the tools available to us.”
The assertive writers at Teen Times use a different approach to evaluate the fifteen members of St. Maarten’s Parliament, but they are mostly on the mark because they go beyond party politics and assess what parliamentarians have actually done.
MP Hyacinth Richardson gets the worst report card from Teen Times: a zero. Comment: “Speaking of unproductive and a waste of money. Ladies and gentlemen, Exhibit A.”
On a scale from 1 to 10 (whereby 10 is the best) quite some other MPs get a low approval rating as well: Chanel Brownbill and Akeem Arrindell (0), George Pantophlet and Sidharth Bijlani (1) and William Marlin (2).
The highest scores are for MPs Raeyhon Peterson and Melissa Gumbs (Party for Progress) and for Sarah Wescot-Williams (United Democrats). All three get an 8 from Teen Times. Other well-scoring MPs are Solange Duncan (7), Angelique Roumou and Christophe Emmanuel (7).
In the middle of the pack, with a bleak 5 are parliament-chair Grisha Heyliger-Marten and MPs Rolando Brison and Ludmilla de Weever.
Teen times also gave a report card to members of the Council of Ministers. Top is Omar Ottley (9), followed by Anna Richardson (7). More moderate scores are for ministers Samuel (5), Jacobs and Doran (4). The lowest score, a 3, is for Finance Minister Ardwell Irion. We guess it is time for us to highlight the unrecognized good work the Minister of Finance has been doing behind the scenes improving the country’s finances.
In the meantime, read Doing business in St. Maarten: bottlenecks and solutions., which highlights the challenges the incoming new minister of TEATT will be facing based on a report titled “Spurring Entrepreneurship in Sint Maarten”, that apparently the Finance Minister Ardwell Irion also contributed to.
Minister of TEATT Roger Lawrence, who was not graded by Teen Times due to his short time in office and subsequent illness, submitted his resignation last week, which was confirmed by Prime Minister Jacobs.
See related story: Prime Minister Jacobs announces TEATT Minister resignation.
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PHILIPSBURG — The seemingly bitter fight between the civil aviation authorities in the Dominican Republic and St. Maarten has fizzled before it even started. Winair can continue offering flights on this route, but in the meantime it will have to obtain an operating license in the Dominican Republic.
The dispute began when the Junta Aviacion Civil (JAC) informed St. Maarten that Winair would no longer be allowed to offer services on the route between the two destinations. Louis Halley, head of the St. Maarten civil aviation authority retaliated on August 1 by threatening to ban flights from the Dominican Republic by August 5.
Minister Omar Ottley (Tourism, Economic Affairs, Transport and Telecommunication) intervened by calling an urgent meeting to solve the situation a day later. Halley’s letter was withdrawn and the Dominican Republic airlines are allowed to continue services until August 31.
By then the airline must have obtained an operating permit.
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