Black Immigrant Daily News
Tekst en beeld Audry Wajwakana PARAMARIBO — Er zijn in Suriname jongeren die hun talent professioneel inzetten en geld ermee
NewsAmericasNow.com
Black Immigrant Daily News
Watch out for perps stealing motor vehicle registration plates
Senior Execs being removed from OfReg board under proposed changes
Road closed for Pirates Festival preparations
Public Health Dept confirms “no outbreak of dengue in Cayman Brac”
Second man charged in relation to murder of Harry Elliott
#LoopGoodNewsDay: Hats off to our volunteers, charitable organisations
Candice Czeremuszkin says ‘Be the change you want to see in the world’
Jennifer West finds pleasure in giving back with Meals on Wheels
#LoopGoodNewsDay: ‘Mo’vember’ to see focus on well-being of men
#LoopGoodNewsDay: Romellia Welcome, advocating for better communities
2 hrs ago
The Royal Cayman Islands Police Service (RCIPS) is advising motor vehicle owners to be vigilant, as criminals are stealing registration plates.
The RCIPS said it has recently received numerous reports of vehicle registration plates being stolen.
“In at least one instance, stolen registration plates have been placed on other vehicles which have then been used during the commission of other offences,” the RCIPS said in a statement.
“The RCIPS is advising the public to be vigilant that their plates are always attached to their vehicles and if found to be missing to report the matter immediately,” it said.
Persons can report lost or stolen registration plates by contacting their nearest police station.
The passenger recently thanked him
Motivated by her motto, she is constantly driven to make contributions to the local community
Meet Romellia Welcome, the activist, who spends her time advocating for improved services from state agencies and for cleaner, safer communities.
Welcome is president of the recently formed non-pro
A second man has been arrested and charged with murder and possession of an unlicensed firearm in relation to the fatal shooting of Harry Elliott on Monday 25 April.
The 21-year-old accus
The Miss Cayman Islands Universe Committee has announced that the 1st Runner Up in the 2022 pageant, Chloe Powery-Doxey has been selected as the alternate who will represent the Cayman Islands at the
According to draft legislation published in a Legislation Gazette dated November 7, 2022, Parliament will be considering changes to the way the Utility Regulation and Competition Office (OfReg) is run
NewsAmericasNow.com
Black Immigrant Daily News
Apr?s une c?r?monie priv?e en pr?sence de la famille et de proches amis, puis une <> en Floride, la semaine derni?re, le public ha?tien va pouvoir dire adieu ? l’artiste, au terroir.
En effet, des fun?railles de Michael Benjamin en Ha?ti se tiendront le mardi 15 novembre 2022 ? 10 h 30 a.m., exactement 1 mois apr?s son d?c?s ? Paris, ? l’?glise Saint-Pierre de P?tion-Ville, annonce une note publi?e ce vendredi sur la page Facebook du chanteur. Les salutations d?marreront d?s 9 h a.m. et le port du blanc est requis pour l’occasion.
NewsAmericasNow.com
Black Immigrant Daily News
The Supreme Ventures Foundation (SVF) has announced the return of its flagship social enterprise programme Supreme Heroes.
Supreme Heroes is a capacity-building programme that recognises and supports micro businesses that also support the social sustainability of their communities.
Four small businesses doing impactful community work with limited resources have been named as part of the newest group of Supreme Heroes.
Among the four shortlisted businesses are a shopkeeper in rural St Andrew who uses the proceeds from her shop to host back-to-school treats and a seamstress in western Jamaica who offers adult literacy classes to persons in the community.
SVF Director Heather Goldson expressed her pride in the return of the programme and a new cohort of participants.
“We were very pleased with the first cohort of Heroes and very proud of the results of the programme. Being able to build on this programme and welcome the second cohort of diverse local unsung heroes is very gratifying. Persons were engaged and interested in nominating members of their community and our judges have shortlisted a really wonderful group of persons to vie for the title of Ultimate Supreme Hero.”
This year’s cohort of community heroes includes Andrea Kerr of Kerr’s Decor n More, Emeelia McCallum of Bamboo Fever Restaurant, both in Mount Salem, St James; Aneisha Miller of FarmerDex Wholesale and Matthew Prendergast of Jamaica Bike Life in St Andrew.
The project is being facilitated through Changemakers Limited, which has done considerable background research to validate the new cohort, working closely with the Mona Entrepreneurial and Commercialisation Centre (MECC), which will conduct the retooling training course that the new heroes will participate.
“A key component of the Supreme Heroes programme is to strengthen the business capacity in addition to providing them with grant funding that will take their social interventions to the next level. Our partnerships with Change Makers and the Mona Entrepreneurial and Commercialisation Centre allow us to provide training and coaching across a number of basic business disciplines from finance and marketing to leadership,” Goldson shared.
At the end of the programme, each participant should be registered as both a business and a charitable organisation, if applicable, and will have a unique five-year business plan inclusive of a comprehensive financial plan which will be a road map to sustainability.
Participants will also have a better working knowledge of basic business practices. Their community projects will also have expanded their benefits to lucky beneficiaries in their communities.
NewsAmericasNow.com
Black Immigrant Daily News
Senator Kamina Johnson Smith, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, has said the joint operation between the Jamaican and Colombian coast guards to facilitate the return of 34 Jamaican fishermen from that country, is to take place on Friday, November 11, earlier than was previously announced.
According to Johnson Smith, “The Jamaican fishermen are expected to arrive in Port Royal at approximately 11pm on Friday, November 11, subject to favourable conditions at sea.
“The Jamaican and Colombian Coast Guards have agreed to meet at a coordinating point at 8am tomorrow (Friday) to allow for the transfer of the crew members from the Colombian vessel to the Jamaican vessel. Two representatives of PICA (Passport, Immigration and Citizenship Agency) will also be present alongside the JDF to receive the crew.”
Regarding the foreign nationals who are also members of the crew, the minister indicated that, “checks have revealed that four nationals from the Dominican Republic are legally employed to operate in Jamaica, and will therefore be included in the repatriation to Jamaica on Friday.
“The Honduran and Nicaraguan authorities have been advised of the circumstances of their nationals who have not been able to demonstrate a legal right to work in Jamaica,” she further stated.
Johnson Smith further explained that the owner of the seized Jamaican vessel has made arrangements for receiving the crew members and transporting them to their respective destinations.
NewsAmericasNow.com
Black Immigrant Daily News
Justice Ricky Rahim
A HIGH COURT judge on Wednesday stuck out negligence claims against former directors of the Sports Company (Sport TT) and its then chief executive arising from the failed LifeSport programme.
However, the 14 former directors and the then chief executive officer will still have to answer to the company’s breach of fiduciary duty claim filed against them in 2017 in relation to a contract with eBeam Interact Ltd in June 2013.
The matter is set for trial before Justice Ricky Rahim, starting on Tuesday.
Named as defendants in Sport TT’s claim are former directors Sebastian Paddington, Chlea Lamsee-Ebanks, Reynold Bala, Morris Blanc, Nisa Dass, Anly Gopeesingh, Sabrenah Khayyam, Cheemattee Martin, Matthew Quamina, Annan Ramnansingh, Kent Samlal, Harnarine Seeram Singh, Milton Siboo and former CEO John Mollenthiel.
The judge ruled on an application by Mollenthiel to strike out the entire claim against him or the relief for the $34 million.
In his ruling, Rahim agreed to strike out the company’s negligence claim against not only Mollenthiel but also the other 13 former directors. And while he left the allegation of breach of fiduciary duty for the trial, the judge also struck out Sport TT’s claim for equitable compensation of $34 million.
He said that claim for $34 million, even under breach of fiduciary duty, could not be made out since the case, on a whole, did not appear to disclose clear, ascertainable evidence of loss suffered.
Rahim said such a claim had to be proven by evidence. “The absence of proof of actual loss or damage is fatal to that cause of action as actual loss is an element of the tort of negligence.”
He said it may be open to the court, if it finds there was a breach of fiduciary duty after the evidence is presented, to craft an order to do justice of the case.
“In so far as the claim sought equitable compensation for $34 million for breach of fiduciary this cannot be made out so that will be struck out.”
And, as part of his ruling, he also struck out those reliefs sought by Sport TT that related to the $34 million claim.
NewsAmericasNow.com
Black Immigrant Daily News
Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the discovery of human skeletal remains at a house located at Coconut Walk, Lancaster, Mahaica, East Coast Demerara (ECD).
The remains are suspected to be that of 33-year-old Rodrick Applesammy.
Applesammy’s brother, Alvin Rambishun of Mon Repos, ECD said he was out at sea when he received information from some of his workmates that his brother, who resided in the house, was found dead and his remains were under the said house.
The brother said he related this information to his sister, Tavener Persaud, who visited the area were the skeletal remains of a body was found under the building.
The matter was reported to the police, who processed the scene and removed the skeletal remains.
Investigations are ongoing.
NewsAmericasNow.com
Black Immigrant Daily News
Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of a 53-year-old man whose body was pulled out of a trench at Ogle, East Coast Demerara (ECD).
The victim has been identified as Gangaram Isharm of Industry Housing Scheme, ECD. Police said no marks of violence were seen on the body.
Reports are that police received information from an unknown caller and proceeded to the trench in front of the Ogle Center Ground at around 06:00h on Thursday where they discovered the body.
The man’s body was found facedown with the head and body underwater, in a sitting position on a green and black bicycle.
The victim’s sister told investigators that her brother is an alcoholic and had no known medical condition.
Investigations into his death are ongoing.
NewsAmericasNow.com
Black Immigrant Daily News
Road closed for Pirates Festival preparations Loop Cayman Islands
Watch out for perps stealing motor vehicle registration plates
Senior Execs being removed from OfReg board under proposed changes
Road closed for Pirates Festival preparations
Public Health Dept confirms “no outbreak of dengue in Cayman Brac”
Second man charged in relation to murder of Harry Elliott
#LoopGoodNewsDay: Hats off to our volunteers, charitable organisations
Candice Czeremuszkin says ‘Be the change you want to see in the world’
Jennifer West finds pleasure in giving back with Meals on Wheels
#LoopGoodNewsDay: ‘Mo’vember’ to see focus on well-being of men
#LoopGoodNewsDay: Romellia Welcome, advocating for better communities
2 hrs ago
The passenger recently thanked him
Motivated by her motto, she is constantly driven to make contributions to the local community
The Miss Cayman Islands Universe Committee has announced that the 1st Runner Up in the 2022 pageant, Chloe Powery-Doxey has been selected as the alternate who will represent the Cayman Islands at the
Meet Romellia Welcome, the activist, who spends her time advocating for improved services from state agencies and for cleaner, safer communities.
Welcome is president of the recently formed non-pro
A second man has been arrested and charged with murder and possession of an unlicensed firearm in relation to the fatal shooting of Harry Elliott on Monday 25 April.
The 21-year-old accus
‘I have been an active member in the community, helping different charities and persons from a very young age’
NewsAmericasNow.com
Black Immigrant Daily News
According to draft legislation published in a Legislation Gazette dated November 7, 2022, Parliament will be considering changes to the way the Utility Regulation and Competition Office (OfReg) is run, including who may sit on board of directors of OfReg and what acts the board members be indemnified for.
OfReg Board
Regarding how OfReg is run, prior to the current proposal, there were executive directors who were in charge of different sections of OfReg on a day-to-day basis. These included the Chief Executive Officer, Executive Director of Information, the Executive Director of Energy and the Chief Fuels Inspector, all of whom were also members of the OfReg board of directors.
If the draft legislation passes in its current form, then the following changes will take place:
total number of board members will increase from 10 to 11 membersthe Executive Director of Information, the Executive Director of Energy and the Chief Fuels Inspector will be removed from the board the number of non-executive directors sitting on the OfReg board will go from five to nine
In addition, the Chief Executive Officer will remain on the board, but as a non-voting, ex officio executive member.
Indemnification for acts of board members
Regarding legal protections offered to OfReg board members, the previous rule for indemnification of board members stated that they would be indemnified against all claims except claims, damages, costs, charges or expenses caused by the negligence or bad faith of those persons.
Under the new changes, “bad faith” will be the only item that OfReg board members will not be indemnified for. The new indemnity provision will therefore read as follows:
Indemnity
110. The Government shall indemnify a member of the Office, a member of the Board, an executive member, a member of the staff, and the Secretary against all claims, damages, costs, charges or expenses incurred by those respective persons in the discharge or purported discharge of their functions and powers under this Act, except claims, damages, costs, charges or expenses caused by the bad faith of those persons.
A copy of the draft legislation can be found using the following link:
http://gazettes.gov.ky/portal/pls/portal/docs/1/13216561.PDF
NewsAmericasNow.com
