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More than 160 migrant boys and girls who study at LLI Chaguanas learn the traditions of TT. Photo by Grevic Alvarado

Migrant children studying English at the Langdons Language Institute (LLI) in Chaguanas celebrated Divali, the Hindu festival of lights, on Friday.

More than 160 boys and girls of various ages carried out traditional activities.

The school’s director Susan Langdon said the children of migrants were mostly dressed in traditional East Indian wear for Hindu festivals.

They took part in rangoli competitions and learned how to decorate the deyas. They shared Hindu sweets made by the representatives and teachers and enjoyed the traditional music of the teacher Deo Nanan who delighted the children playing the tabla and the dhantal.

“These are activities framed in the educational plan of our institution for boys and girls. The Divali festivities are Trinidad and Tobago traditions our students should and want to know about,” said Langdon.

For lunch the boys and girls ate roti.

“Parents have been collaborators in everything. The teachers and staff of our institution have also been involved in every activity so that the students know every detail of the Divali,” she said.

The students of the Langdons Language Institute (LLI) of Chaguanas carried out traditional activities of the Divali celebrations together with their teachers. Photo by Grevic Alvarado

LLI is a language academy endorsed by the University of Cambridge. For several years they have been working on the education of migrant children who have not had the opportunity to enter the TT educational system.

These migrant children are studying their traditional subjects and are also getting to know the TT culture.

Maria Suarez, mother of two students, said she wants her children to know the TT culture.

“TT has opened its doors for us so Venezuelans can have a better quality of life and in gratitude for that we respect and value their culture, which is beautiful. My children are happy to wear their Divali outfits,” said Suarez.

She said she will continue to teach her children the TT traditions.

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The Royal Cayman Islands Police Service (RCIPS) reported that, on October 22, officers received a report of an incident which had taken place at about 2:20am the same day where a man, who was in a vehicle outside a bar on Shedden Road, was robbed and assaulted.

According to the RCIPS, the victim was approached by three masked men who assaulted him and stole jewellery. The men then fled the location in a vehicle.

One of the suspects is described as being of dark complexion, medium build, about 5’11” tall, and was wearing a ski mask and a black jacket.

Another was about 6’1″ tall, of slim build, and wearing a mask covering his nose and chin.

The third man was of larger build, about 5’11” tall and was wearing a full mask.

Shortly afterwards, officers located a vehicle fitting the description of the one used by the suspects at a location on Canal Point Drive.

Officers approached the vehicle and spoke to the driver who fit the description of one of the suspects.

The man, age 23 of George Town, was arrested on suspicion of robbery. He remains in custody as investigations continue.

Investigators are appealing for anyone who may have witnessed the incident or have any information contact George Town CID at 949-4222.

Anonymous tips can be provided directly to the RCIPS via the RCIPS Confidential Tip Line at 949-7777, or via the RCIPS website.

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MOSCOW (AP) — A Russian warplane slammed into a residential building in the Siberian city of Irkutsk on Sunday, killing both crewmembers, authorities said. It was the second time in less than a week that a combat jet crashed in a residential area in Russia.

The Irkutsk region’s governor, Igor Kobzev, said the Su-30 fighter jet came down on a private, two-story building housing two families. He said that there were no casualties on the ground as the building’s five residents were out at the moment of the crash.

He said the residents would be offered temporary accommodation and compensation.

The cause of the crash wasn’t immediately known and an official probe has started. On Oct. 17, an Su-34 bomber crashed near an apartment building in the Sea of Azov port of Yeysk and exploded in a giant fireball, killing 15 and injuring another 19.

The crashes might reflect the growing strain that the fighting in Ukraine has put on the Russian air force.

The United Aircraft Corporation, a state-controlled conglomerate of Russian aircraft-making plants, said in a statement that the plane in Sunday’s incident came down during a training flight before its delivery to the air force. The jet carried no weapons during the flight.

Surveillance camera videos posted on Russian social networks showed the fighter in a nearly vertical dive and then exploding. Other videos showed the building engulfed by flames and firefighters deployed to extinguish the blaze.

Irkutsk, a major industrial centre of more than 600,000 in eastern Siberia, is home to an aircraft factory producing Su-30s, a supersonic twin-engine, two-seat fighter that has been a key component of the Russian air force. China, India and many other countries also use the planes.

Sunday’s crash was the 11th reported noncombat crash of a Russian warplane since Moscow sent its troops into Ukraine on Feb. 24. Military experts have noted that as the number of Russian military flights increased sharply during the fighting, so did the number of crashes.

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This month, the Cayman Islands’ financial services industry received some good news about Cayman-based investment funds whose assets were frozen under regulation 64 of the Russia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (the “Russia Regulations”) as extended to the Cayman Islands (with modifications) (the “Modified Regulations”) by the Russia (Sanctions) (Overseas Territories) Order 2020.

This news, which came in the form of a licence issued by the Governor of the Cayman Islands on October 4, 2022 (the “Licence”), allows certain investors to redeem or withdraw their interests from these investment funds.

In addition, these investment funds may pay out disbursements to cover basic needs, including fees of service providers.

Limits on redemption or withdrawals

To facilitate the wishes of investors who wish to exit, the Licence states that the investment funds (or a person who is empowered to direct the business of the investment fund, or act on its behalf) may redeem, withdraw or otherwise deal with a share, trust unit, partnership interest or other right that carries an entitlement to participate in the profits or gains of the investment fund.

However, such redemptions or withdrawals or dealings cannot be made in respect of a person who is designated from time to time by the Secretary of State under the Russia Regulations (“Designated Person”) or in circumstances where it can be shown that there is control (directly or indirectly) by a Designated Person.

Further, no funds or economic resources shall be made available directly or indirectly to, or for the benefit of, a Designated Person or any person (including any individual, body of persons corporate or unincorporate, any organisation and any association or combination of persons) which is owned or controlled directly or indirectly by a Designated Person.

With respect to all of the foregoing, the relevant redemption, withdrawal or other dealing must be in accordance with the Licence and the investment fund’s constitutional and contractual documents.

Paying disbursements

In addition to these permitted redemptions or withdrawals, the Licence states that investment funds may pay the following expenses:

insurance premiums, audit fees, accounting fees, regulatory fees, corporate services and registered office fees, director fees, professional service provider fees (including legal fees) and any other reasonable routine expensesreasonable fees or reasonable service charges arising from the routine holding and maintenance of the investment fund’s frozen funds or economic resources

In connection with the foregoing, the investment fund or the fund manager must keep accurate, complete and readable records, on paper or electronically, of any activity purporting to have been permitted under the Licence for a minimum of six (6) years.

Notification Requirements

In relation to the redemption and fee payment permissions, the investment fund or the investment fund’s manager (defined as a person who is empowered to direct the business of the investment fund, or act on its behalf) must do the following:

report to the Governor (which may be provided by email to GovernorsOffice.CaymantBfcdo.oov.uk) as soon as practicable the first time this Licence is relied upon, and, subsequently, must report to the Governor on the 16th of every month setting out any activities carried out in the preceding month where the investment fund is regulated by the Cayman Islands Monetary Authority (“CIMA”), the investment fund or the fund manager must notify CIMA of its use of the Licence within three business days of such use

It should be noted, however, that any notification provided above does not constitute verification by the Governor that the activity purporting to be permitted under the Licence is permitted.

Consequences for breach

According to the Licence, failure to comply with any conditions attaching to the Licence may lead to prosecution under the Modified Regulations.

In addition, the permissions granted under the Licence do not authorize any act which the person carrying out the act knows, or has reasonable grounds for suspecting, will result in funds or economic resources, being dealt with or made available in breach of the Modified Regulations.

Licence expiration date and possible Licence amendments

Those having the benefit of the Licence should also be aware that, while the Licence takes effect from October 4, 2022, it expires on April 4, 2023 (the Licence, once issued, is also not transferable to any other party).

In addition, stakeholders should note that the Governor may vary, revoke or suspend the Licence at any time, which may prove to be beneficial to the financial services industry if the Governor decides to vary the Licence to allow investment funds to take certain actions in relation to sanctioned investors.

Such actions, if deemed prudent by the Governor, could include amendments to the wording of the Licence to include “permitted dealing,” which would allow the following (subject to the terms of the entity’s limited partnership agreement, trust deed, articles of association or other governing document):

permitting the relevant investment fund to effect a compulsory redemption of shares, interests or units held in the names of (or controlled by) sanctioned investors and placing those investors in a liquidating trust or other special purpose vehicle whose assets and activities would be frozen (regarding this, no persons connected to sanctioned investors or other sanctioned persons should be appointed as directors or trustees or general partners of the new vehicle)permitting directors or trustees or general partners (not connected to sanctioned investors or other sanctioned persons) to designate separate share classes, units or partnership interests. In this scenario, sanctioned investors would be redeemed out of existing share classes and placed in newly designated classes or side pockets. All dealings in these newly designated share classes and side pockets could then be prohibited (regarding this, the directors (or trustees or general partners) of the relevant investment fund may need to consider whether it is feasible to, or how to, attribute a portion of the assets, being frozen assets, to the side pockets)

These scenarios for future permitted dealing might make it easier for investment funds to continue rather than to simply collapse or experience permanent uncertainty just because of the existence of sanctioned investors.

(Note that none of the foregoing is legal advice and the Cayman Islands’ legal counsel for the relevant investment fund must be consulted in connection with the ability to deal with any share, interest or unit in the relevant Cayman fund subject to sanctions or otherwise.)

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