1 million dollars to be added venture capital fund to be operated by the Entrepreneurial Development Program

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CABINET NOTES

The Cabinet has raised $1,000,000.00 to add to a venture capital fund to be operated by the Entrepreneurial Development Program (EDP).

A significant portion of the fund was contributed by the Peoples Republic of China and the other portion will come from the Citizenship by Investment Program.

Any funds utilized by entrepreneurs must sooner or later be repaid; or, if utilized for a venture capital enterprise with the EDP as partner, the shares can be sold to the EDP in order to reduce the businesses’ liability.

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Department of Environment Completes Community Distribution of Mosquito Traps

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The Department of Environment (DOE), and the Minister of Health, Wellness and the Environment, Hon. Sir Molwyn Joseph, would like to thank all community members who participated in the Department of Environment’s “Waterway Management, Vector Control, and Illegal Dumping and Climate Change Adaptation” Campaign, which was funded by the DOE’s Adaptation Fund and Green Climate Fund Projects.

This campaign was conducted in collaboration with the Antigua Barbuda Defence Force, the National Solid Waste Management Authority, and the Central Board of Health.

The participants included those from the communities of McKinnons (to include Gambles, Yorks, and Upper Fort Road) as well as the communities of Belmont, Briggins, Cashew Hill, Golden Grove, Bendals Road and Whenner Road from Monday 10th October – Tuesday 18th October.

The Department of Environment is currently assessing the number of traps distributed, as well as the overall success of the distribution.

Unfortunately, the Department of Environment has exhausted the current available supply of traps to distribute to the community.

Additional traps will be made available during the Department of Environment’s month of activities in November for Arbour Month 2022.

This will culminate in the Arbour Day Plant Fair and Climate Fest on Thursday 24th November at the Department of Environment.

We would like to thank all who have been a part of this important initiative, and we look forward to continuing to work with communities, NGO’s, CBOs, and other partners for the rest of 2022 and into 2023.

Additional traps are also on order to be distributed to communities and entities such as schools within Antigua and Barbuda in early 2023.

A number of these traps will be made available at a reduced price to local stores and community groups for sale and fundraising purposes.

For those who have received the mosquito traps, the DOE is requesting to send photos of the sticky pads to [email protected] and cc Mr. Vekash Khan at [email protected].

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Bowen denies desertion claims and says PM Browne lies to score political points, create confusion and provoke opponents

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Sherfield Bowen – the second United Progressive Party Candidate alleged by Prime Minister Gaston Browne to be planning a desertion – is denying those claims.

Bowen joins Sean Bird, the UPP Candidate for St. John’s Rural East who was also named, in going public to refute Browne’s allegations.

Bowen, the St. Phillip’s South Candidate, says the Prime Minister must not be in his right mind to make such utterances, and he accuses Browne of lying to score political points, cause confusion, and provoke his opponents.

Earlier, Bird said the Prime Minister is running scared; therefore, Browne is seeking to attack him and Bowen since it is obvious they are leading in their constituencies.

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AG meets with stakeholders on sexual harassment bill

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COME CLEAN SIR: Attorney General Reginald Armour, SC.

Attorney General Reginald Armour and members of his ministry met with stakeholders on Thursday to discuss the working draft of the Sexual Harassment Bill, 2022.

This bill was formulated on the basis of a Cabinet-approved policy in 2019.

In a release, the Office of the Attorney General and Ministry of Legal Affairs (AGLA) said stakeholders present included the Ministry of Labour (Conciliation Unit), Equal Opportunity Commission, Industrial Court, UWI, Coalition Against Domestic Violence, Alliance for State Action to end Gender Based Violence, PEAPSL Consultancy Ltd, the Law Reform Commission and the Criminal Justice Unit of the AGLA.

The release said stakeholders presented several key recommendations to strengthen the draft legislation and the ministry intends to return to the Cabinet with a reformulated bill to be introduced in the Parliament at the earliest opportunity.

At the beginning of the meeting, a moment of silence was observed in honour of the late Hazel Brown, a pioneering voice for domestic and female workers, who died in September.

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Adverse weather alert now orange: Tropical wave on Friday

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Drivers take a chance through the flood at Whim Village, Tobago, Wednesday. Photo by David Reid

TRINIDAD and Tobago is now under an orange-level adverse weather alert.

Previously, it was under a lower, yellow-level alert which began on 9am on Tuesday and was set to end at 3pm on Saturday.

But in an update on Thursday afternoon, the Met Office said it is now at orange level, but set to end on the same day and time.

It said a tropical wave is expected on Friday.

It warned: “Prolonged periods of rain and intense showers are expected overnight into (Friday) morning, with a high (80 per cent) chance of thunderstorm activity.

It said there could be more than 75mm of rain, and gusty winds of over 55 km/h, especially in the area odheavy showers or thunderstorms. It said flooding is likely and warned that seas can “become agitated at times.”

Landslides are also possible, it added.

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Heavy rain cuts water production at 9 WASA facilities

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WASA’s St Joseph compound. Photo by Sureash Cholai

THE Water and Sewerage Authority (WASA) has said nine of its facilities are experiencing reduced water production owing to heavy rain.

The country is under an orange-level adverse weather alert until Saturday afternoon.

In a public advisory on Thursday afternoon, WASA said it will continue to update the public while “every effort is being made to return these facilities to service at the earliest possible time.”

It explained that water treatment plants are experiencing reduced production or have been stopped because of high turbidity as a result of flooded river conditions.

These conditions were continually being assessed and work had started at some facilities, it said.

Affected facilities:

La Pastora

Mc David

Acono

Guanapo

Tompire

Matura

Valencia

St Ann’s

Maraval

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Ministry warns: Rivers nearing full capacity

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AS the country continues to experience heavy rain because of a yellow-level adverse weather alert, some rivers are nearing their capacity.

The alert is set to end on Saturday at 3pm.

In a public advisory just before 3pm on Thursday, the Ministry of Rural Development and Local Government said the Caroni River (El Carmen) was at 80 per cent capacity.

It said the North Oropouche River was at 71 per cent capacity, the Caroni River at Bamboo Settlement number three was at 64 per cent, the Arouca River, 40 per cent and the Aripo River, 35 per cent.

It added that there was flooding in La Romaine, Sangre Grande and Debe.

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Geen behandeling nieuwe aanvragen vuurwapenvergunningen

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PARAMARIBO — Het Openbaar Ministerie (OM) neem de komende twee maanden geen nieuwe vergunningsaanvragen van vuurwapens in behandeling. Het OM

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Four Youngsters Injured In Vehicle Collision At Massade – St. Lucia Times News

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Saint Lucia Fire Service (SLFS) personnel assessed, stabilised, and transported four youngsters between 6 and seventeen to the Gros Islet Polyclinic after two vehicles collided at Massade, Gros Islet.

SLFS spokeswoman Stacy Joseph disclosed that at about 3:45 pm on Wednesday, the Gros Islet fire station responded after receiving a distress call.

Joseph said the responders found the four youngsters, all occupants of one of the vehicles in the collision, sitting on the roadside.

“They sustained various injuries, but all complained of pain to their heads and necks,” the SLFS Communications Officer stated.

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According to Joseph, the two drivers and others involved indicated that they were unharmed and had no complaints.

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Chaleur: les sauveteurs des plages des Landes jouent les prolongations

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Terrasses bondées, baigneurs et surfeurs à l’assaut des vagues: des communes littorales landaises ont dû étendre la surveillance de leurs plages jusqu’à fin octobre en raison de la vague de chaleur actuelle, un phénomène exceptionnel qui pourrait…

Terrasses bondées, baigneurs et surfeurs à l’assaut des vagues: des communes littorales landaises ont dû étendre la surveillance de leurs plages jusqu’à fin octobre en raison de la vague de chaleur actuelle, un phénomène exceptionnel qui pourrait devenir la norme avec le réchauffement climatique.  

Une pointe annoncée à 29/30 degrés ce jeudi, une eau à 19 degrés: même les habitués des plages de Capbreton et Hossegor avouent leur surprise en cette première semaine des vacances de la Toussaint.

“Je viens régulièrement à cette période de l’année sans forcément me baigner mais là il fait particulièrement chaud”, dit Christophe, ingénieur, venu profiter du beau temps dans sa résidence secondaire. 

“On vient au printemps ou au mois d’août mais jamais à ce moment-là”, raconte pour sa part Cathy, technicienne, encouragée par les températures estivales à prendre la route depuis Toulouse.  

Cet afflux de vacanciers a poussé plusieurs stations balnéaires landaises à prolonger la surveillance de leurs plages jusqu’à dimanche, jour du passage à l’heure d’hiver.

“On a été obligés de s’adapter car il y a énormément de monde, notamment des familles”, relève Louis Galdos, premier adjoint à la mairie de Capbreton, chargé notamment des plages. 

Dans cette station, comme chez sa voisine Hossegor, des sauveteurs surveillent la plage centrale tous les jours de la mi-journée à 19h00 et patrouillent régulièrement sur les autres plages.   

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Un tel dispositif représente un coût important pour les mairies qui assument seules cette responsabilité. “Ce n’est pas neutre pour le budget des communes, c’est un engagement fort de leur part!”, explique Julien Lalanne, responsable de la surveillance des plages à Hossegor. 

Une semaine supplémentaire de surveillance complète avoisine les 5.000 euros, selon les deux communes. 

Malgré ce coût, une “réflexion est en cours afin de savoir si on garde le dispositif en place pour la deuxième semaine des vacances scolaires en fonction des prévisions météos attendues”, souligne Julien Lalanne, également nageur-sauveteur.  

La côte landaise peut en effet être dangereuse, notamment pour les enfants et les personnes âgées, en raison de la présence de baïnes, ces courants qui se créent autour des bancs de sable, et de la force de certaines vagues qui se cassent en bord de plage (“shorebreaks” ou rouleaux de bord).

Depuis le début des vacances scolaires, les sauveteurs de la plage centrale de Capbreton “effectuent au minimum trois interventions par jour”, indique Jérôme Abadia, directeur du pôle associations, jeunesse, sports et plages de la commune. 

Surveillance à l’année?

Pour Corinne Labarbe, infirmière, installée sous un parasol avec ses deux enfants, cette surveillance est “rassurante”.  

Les communes songent à la pérenniser sur une période de plus en plus étendue en raison de la hausse des températures.

“Cela va nous obliger à repenser nos systèmes qui étaient focalisés sur l’été”, reconnaît M. Lalanne. Il estime toutefois que les stations ont déjà “fait un grand pas” pendant les périodes de mi-saison “en mettant en place ce système hydride et flexible avec des patrouilles en semaine et de la surveillance les week-ends ou pendant les vacances scolaires”.  

Depuis 2019, “on s’adapte aux conditions climatiques pendant environ sept mois”, des vacances de Pâques à celles de la Toussaint, confirme M. Galdos, qui pense même qu’à l’avenir “on va certainement surveiller les plages à l’année”. 

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Des sauveteurs de la plage La Centrale, à Hossegor, dans les Landes, le 27 octobre 2022
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Des promeneurs sur la plage La Centrale, à Hossegor, dans les Landes, le 27 octobre 2022
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