110 students honoured for making Golf history at CSEC® 2022

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The content originally appeared on: INews Guyana

On Friday, 110 students who undertook Golf for the Caribbean Secondary Examinations Certificate (CSEC®) 2022 were honoured for their outstanding performance.

This was the first time in Guyana the sport was offered on the Physical Education (PE) Syllabus. In January 2021, it was announced that the sport is now being offered. As such, the Ministry of Education’s Allied Arts Unit partnered with the Guyana Golf Association and Nexgen Golf Academy to train teachers. In March 2021, six schools entered into a pilot program and a ‘Train the Trainers’ program was developed along with a syllabus and examination guidelines for teachers.

Despite the challenges of the pandemic coupled with Golf being a new sport being introduced to the education curriculum, the students excelled 88 achieving Grade 1s and 22 Grade 2s at the examinations.

During brief remarks, Deputy Chief Education Officer- Technical, Dr Ritesh Tularam deemed the occasion a momentous one as it demonstrates the efforts being made by the Ministry of Education to ensure students are exposed to a sport, foreign language and a musical instrument before they graduate secondary school.

He highlighted that sports is essential in educational pursuits and development.

The Honourable Minister of Culture Youth and Sport, Charles Ramson Jr. extended congratulations to the students on their achievements. He told the youths that they are the pioneers of the Golf programme and have set the bar for others to follow.

Acting Administrator of the Allied Arts Unit, Mr Kurt Braithwaite explained that it is the mandate of the unit to sports and culture among students. He noted that once introduced, students, particularly girls, were very receptive to Golf.

He further called on the students to use their knowledge of the sport and lend support to their respective schools.

Founder of the Guyana Golf Association, Aleem Hussain, congratulated the students for their high pass rate at CSEC® 2022. He acknowledged the Ministry’s Allied Arts Department for its full cooperation and support needed to ensure the students’ success.

Also present were the Deputy Mayor of Georgetown and Golf Champion, Mr Alfred Mentore and former Mayor of Georgetown, Mr Hamilton Green. Both men expressed congratulations to the students for their achievements.

The students who opted to take Golf for Physical Education at the 2022 CSEC® examinations were from President’s College, Anna Regina Secondary School, Rosignol Secondary School, Friendship Secondary School, and Wisburg Secondary School.

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Minister Caesar hands over tractor to Bishop’s College Kingstown

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A hand tractor valued at $4,500.00 EC was handed over to the  Bishop’s College Kingstown yesterday, by Minister of Agriculture, Saboto Caesar, to be used in the Schools Agriculture Programme.

Delivering brief remarks at the handing over ceremony, Minister Caesar encouraged the students to eat more locally produced food to help to reduce the food import bill.

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Meanwhile, 40 hand tractors are being handed distributed today to Farmers, Producers Co-operatives and Farm workers.

The Adelphi Secondary School, North Union Secondary School and the Liberty Lodge Boys Training Centre will also receive hand tractors as part of the first phase of the Agriculture Mechanization Programme. The Technical College had already received support.

Minister Caesar said, during the second phase of the program all Secondary Schools with an Agriculture Programme will receive hand tractors.

The Minister stated that it is critical to provide the next generation of farmers with the technology to boost agricultural production in St. Vincent and the Grenadines.

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Special traffic arrangements to be in place tomorrow in Biabou

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The Traffic Department of the Royal St. Vincent and the Grenadines Police Force says special traffic arrangements would be in place tomorrow Saturday October 22nd, due to a funeral service scheduled to take place at the Biabou Methodist Church

The Department says Motorists travelling along the Windward Highway would do so along the usual route.  However, persons travelling from the direction of Georgetown and Peruvian Vale to Simon would not be allowed to make a right or left turn at the Biabou Bridge.

Traffic travelling from the direction of Georgetown to Simon would make a right turn, and motorists coming from the direction of Peruvian Vale would make a left turn at the junction opposite the Biabou Playing Field towards Simon.

Persons attending the funeral would be permitted to park at the Biabou Primary School Yard and the Biabou Playing Field.

The police are soliciting the cooperation of the public in this regard.

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Ministry of Health launches report on a Vaccine Hesitancy Study

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A report on a Vaccine Hesitancy Study which was carried, out in St. Vincent and the Grenadines was officially launched here today by the Ministry of Health Wellness and the Environment.

The second study was carried out in seven Caribbean countries,  by the Caribbean Development Research Services Inc (CADRES),  which was commissioned by UNICEF and USAID.

This morning’s launch at the Bechcombers’s Hotel, heard remarks from Chief Medical Officer Dr. Simone Keizer Beache, who said the results of the study will provide valuable information to guide  the Ministry of Health, in shaping its polices.

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This morning’s launch also hear remarks from Lisa Maclean-Trotman, who is responsible for Social and Behaviour Change at the UNICEF Office for the Eastern Caribbean.  Mrs. Maclean-Trotman explained why the results of the study are important and still relevant.

The results of the study were outlined by Director of the Caribbean Development Research Services Inc, Peter Wickham

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The Pink Cap City Walk slated for this afternoon

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The St. Vincent and the Grenadines Medical Association will host its Pink Cap City Walk this afternoon, as part of activities to observe Breast Cancer Awareness Month

President of the Association, Dr. Rosalind Ambrose says the walk will begin at Heritage Square at three-thirty this afternoon.

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Dr. Ambrose said the activities are held each year to heighten awareness on the importance of early detection in tackling breast cancer.

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West Indies Knocked Out Of Twenty20 World Cup

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News Americas, HOBART, Ireland, Fri. Oct. 21, 2022: The West Indies team has been unceremoniously knocked out of the Twenty20 World Cup after going down by nine wickets to Ireland in a must-win final qualifier.

The Caribbean side entered the game as one of four teams in Group B on two points, and needing to win in order to seal their qualification to the Super12 main draw.

However, they managed only 146 for five off their 20 overs after choosing to bat first at Bellerive Oval, with Brandon King lashing an unbeaten 62 from 48 balls.

ntering the final must-win Group B qualifier with high hopes of reaching the Super 12s main draw, West Indies hardly troubled an audacious Irish side, gathering an inadequate 146 for five from their 20 overs and then watching as the target was overhauled with 15 balls to spare at Bellerive Oval.

West Indies were tormented by veteran opener Paul Stirling, the 32-year-old lashing an unbeaten 66 from 48 deliveries to guide Ireland into the next round along with Zimbabwe from Group B, the African nation defeating Scotland by five wickets in the other do-or-die qualifier.

The aggressive Stirling posted successive half-century stands – 73 for the first wicket with captain Andy Balbirnie who made 37 and a further 77 in an unbroken second wicket partnership with Lorcan Tucker who struck 45 not out from 35 deliveries.

The defeat means the two-time former champions finished bottom of the tour-team group on just two points, and it comes on the heels of their disastrous performance at last year’s showpiece in United Arab Emirates when they lost four of five games to miss out on the semi-finals.

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Dopage : le Conseil d’Etat valide la sanction de l’athlète Teddy Attine-Venel

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Contrôlé positif en 2017 puis sanctionné à cause d’une concentration trop élevée de sulbutamol, l’athlète martiniquais avait saisi l’instance suprême qui a rejeté sa requête.

Le 2 février 2018, la fédération française d’athlétisme prononce à l’encontre du Martiniquais Teddy Atine-Venel une interdiction pendant une durée de cinq mois de participer directement ou indirectement à toute manifestation sportive. 

L’agence française de lutte contre le dopage a enjoint la Fédération Française d’Athlétisme d’annuler ses résultats obtenus à compter du 16 juillet 2017, avec toutes les conséquences en découlant, y compris le retrait de médailles. 

Le sprinter du club de Savigny-Sénart a battu le 28 mai 2017 son record en 45,39 secondes et l’égale le 16 juillet lors des Championnats de France à Marseille. Bien qu’il échoue à réaliser les minimas pour les championnats du monde de Londres (à 45,30 secondes), la FFA le sélectionne le 18 juillet pour participer à l’épreuve, c’est sa première sélection en championnat mondial depuis sa dernière participation à Berlin en 2009. 

Il clame son innocence

C’est sans compter un contrôle antidopage survenu le 17 juillet : les analyses effectuées sur les échantillons prélevés lors du contrôle antidopage du 16 juillet 2017 ont fait ressortir la présence dans les urines de M. Atine-Venel d’une concentration de 1 400 nanogrammes par millilitre, de salbutamol. 

L’athlète clame son innocence, justifiant d’une utilisation thérapeutique. Sanctionné, il fait appel devant le Conseil d’État. L’instance administrative suprême a rendu sa décision ce vendredi 21 octobre. 

La commission des sanctions ayant réduit de deux ans à cinq mois la durée des interdictions et n’ayant pas prononcé d’interdiction d’exercer une activité d’enseignement ou d’animation d’une activité sportive contre rémunération, et considérant que l’intéressé était un sportif de haut-niveau expérimenté, le conseil d’État n’a pas jugé la sanction prononcée disproportionnée. 

La requête de Teddy Attine-Venel pour annuler sa sanction a été rejetée.

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Ultime hommage à Lola, ses parents rejettent toute récupération

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Des dizaines de personnes étaient réunies vendredi à Fouquereuil (Pas-de-Calais) pour un hommage à la petite Lola, tuée à Paris le 14 octobre, lors d’un rassemblement officiel et volontairement apolitique, ses…

Des dizaines de personnes étaient réunies vendredi à Fouquereuil (Pas-de-Calais) pour un hommage à la petite Lola, tuée à Paris le 14 octobre, lors d’un rassemblement officiel et volontairement apolitique, ses parents rejetant fermement toute tentative de récupération.

Les habitants, dont quelques enfants, se sont succédé en silence, les yeux humides, parfois munis de roses blanches, devant une salle dans cette commune proche de Béthune, d’où est originaire le père de Lola, pour signer l’un des quatre registres de condoléances.

Pas de prise de parole, mais un portrait de la fillette, orné de nombreuses fleurs, avec quelques mots signés par ses deux grands frères, Jordan et Thibault, présents sur place: “Tu étais le soleil de nos vies tu seras l’étoile de nos nuits”.

Deux jeunes habitantes, Alyah et Chloé, 11 et 13 ans, sont venues déposer leurs dessins. “Moi je lui ai écrit un poème, ma mère m’a un peu aidée”, déclare la plus jeune. Chloé a elle voulu représenter “un ange, car c’est un peu l’ange de ses parents, et la colombe pour la représenter elle dans le ciel qui veille sur ses proches”.

“Laisser un mot, ça ne ramènera personne. Mais que les parents voient qu’ils sont soutenus, ça leur donnera de l’énergie”, espère une voisine, Laetitia Sibilleau, 45 ans, accompagnée de ses deux filles vêtues de noir. 

Des larmes ruissellent sur les joues de l’une d’elles, Kimberly, qui la connaissait “un peu”.

“Stricte intimité”

“Ce cahier sera gardé longtemps par les parents, jusqu’à la fin de leur vie”, imagine, la gorge serrée, Daniel Konieczko, un ancien capitaine de gendarmerie. “Ils vont aller puiser dans ces messages pour se remémorer leur fille et tous les gens qui l’ont aimée.”

Plus loin, Eléonore Poulet, 28 ans, se dit très émue “qu’autant de personnes se soient déplacées” dans cette commune d’environ 1.600 habitants.

Les obsèques de la fillette, tuée à l’âge de 12 ans dans des conditions tragiques puis retrouvée dans une malle, auront lieu lundi à 14H30 à Lillers (Pas-de-Calais), commune d’origine de sa mère.

La cérémonie, célébrée par l’évêque d’Arras, sera ouverte “à toutes celles et ceux qui souhaitent lui rendre un dernier hommage”, mais “l’inhumation au cimetière se fera dans la plus stricte intimité”, ont précisé les parents jeudi dans un communiqué.

Gérald Darmanin sera présent sur invitation de la famille, a indiqué l’entourage du ministre de l’Intérieur, confirmant une information de BFM TV.

Les circonstances de la mort de Lola et le profil de la suspecte, de nationalité algérienne et sous le coup d’une obligation de quitter le territoire français (OQTF), ont suscité de vives critiques à droite et à l’extrême droite.

“Affection de la nation”

Mais les parents s’opposent fermement à “toute utilisation du nom et de l’image de leur enfant à des fins politiques”, comme ils l’ont souligné vendredi via un communiqué de leur avocate.

La famille de la fillette “a d’abord et avant tout besoin du respect et de l’affection de la nation”, a déclaré vendredi le président de la République Emmanuel Macron, en marge d’un sommet européen à Bruxelles, estimant que “tous les parents vivent dans leur chair ce que vivent les parents de Lola”.

En dépit des accusations de récupération, des centaines de personnes se sont réunies jeudi soir à Paris en présence d’Eric Zemmour. Certains manifestants portaient des pancartes sur lesquelles figurait le visage de la collégienne.

Le RN, qui devait dans un premier temps participer au rassemblement, a finalement organisé une minute de silence au même moment devant l’Assemblée nationale.

Une autre minute de silence a été organisée vendredi soir à Perpignan, à l’initiative du maire RN Louis Aliot, réunissant une quarantaine de personnes.

La députée RN du Pas-de-Calais, Caroline Parmentier, était elle présente à Fouquereuil mais “en tant que citoyenne et représentante des habitants” de sa circonscription, a-t-elle expliqué. Elle se rendra aux obsèques.

Vendredi, des tags –“État laxiste, revanche nationaliste” et “Justice pour Lola”– ont été découverts sur une mosquée de Pessac, près de Bordeaux.

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Rassemblement en hommage à Lola à Fouquereuil, d’où son père est originaire
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Des personnes signent le registre de condoléances lors d’un dernier hommage à Lola, la collégienne assassinée, le 21 octobre 2022 à Fouquereuil, dans le Pas-de-Calais
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Des personnes rendent un dernier hommage à Lola, la collégienne assassinée, le 21 octobre 2022 à Fouquereuil, dans le Pas-de-Calais
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Des personnes rendent un dernier hommage à Lola, la collégienne assassinée, le 21 octobre 2022 à Fouquereuil, dans le Pas-de-Calais
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La famille de la jeune Lola “a besoin du respect et de l’affection de la nation” (Macron)
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Le maire RN de Perpignan Louis Aliot (4e d) et la députée Michelle Martines observent une minute de silence en hommage à Lola, la collégienne assassinée, le 21 octobre 2022 devant la mairie de Perpignan
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Friendship Day to return on Saturday

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The content originally appeared on: The BVI Beacon

A celebration marking the 50th anniversary of British Virgin Islands-United States VI Friendship Day will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday at the Cyril B. Romney Tortola Pier Park under the theme “Our Golden Jubilee: A Resilient Bond of Friendship.”

Governor John Rankin, Premier Dr. Natalio “Sowande” Wheatley and other government officials will welcome USVI Governor Albert Bryan Jr. and his delegation for the first formal celebration of the day since 2019.

The previous Friendship Day celebration took place in 2019 on St. Thomas.

Council meeting

The celebration comes on the heels of the ninth meeting of the Inter-Virgin Islands Council, which last month marked the first formal summit between the territories’ governments since 2020.

During that session, Dr. Wheatley said afterwards, the delegations reached an agreement that “will result in greater cooperation between the BVI and USVI on marine and maritime issues that will support our tourism industry on this side.”

He also said to expect announcements about the agreement during this Saturday’s celebration.

Premier’s Office Permanent Secretary Carolyn Stoutt Igwe said the premier was particularly keen to hold the observance this year.

“Premier Wheatley wanted to ensure that this year’s celebration happened as 50 years is a significant milestone and cannot go unnoticed,” Ms. Stoutt Igwe said in an Oct. 11 press release. “This is an exciting time in the relationship of both territories. The day promises to be a memorable one. We want the people to come out in numbers as we celebrate our friendship with the government and people of the USVI.”

Poetry, drinks, music

The celebration is set to include food, drinks, music, poetry, demonstrations and displays of the territories’ culture.

The public is invited to attend in territorial wear.

The first Friendship Day celebration took place in Tortola in 1972 following a proclamation by this territory’s Acting Governor Norman Derek Matthews.

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Gov’t Programme Hands over 18th Home

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More than five years after Hurricane Irma, another resident has received a brand-new home to replace the one she and her family lost in the 2017 storms, government announced.

Thanks to the Housing Recovery Assistance Programme, Bernerdean Brazier received the keys to her new home in Greenland during a short handover ceremony last Thursday.

Since the programme launched in early 2018, 18 social homes have been built and more than 200 have been repaired, according to a press release from the Ministry of Health and Social Development.

Currently, nine more social home projects are at various stages of the public tendering process, the release added.

Two more new homes are scheduled to be completed by next month for homeowners on Anegada and Jost Van Dyke, according to the ministry.

‘More to come’

In his remarks at the handover ceremony last Thursday, Health and Social Development Minister Marlon Penn said the initiative is important to those who may not have the means to rebuild their homes from the ground up.

“This is something that I was a part of in 2018 when I was minister and I am happy to see the support for deserving families materialise,” he said. “We are excited for this opportunity to hand over this home and many more to come in the coming weeks and months. It is a good initiative, and it is one that we will continue to fund in the next budget cycle to bring more relief and support to persons in need.

Ms. Brazier said she was “very happy” with the home, according to the ministry.

“I really appreciate the government doing this for me,” she said. “We have our own home, and I thank God and everyone who did it for us.”

Programme

The programme also offers financial assistance via loans and grants to repair hurricane-damaged structures. When government launched it, leaders said they planned to spend more than $40 million to repair affected homes.

The ministry did not provide an update last week on the total spend to date.

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