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Toddler among four shot at shop in St James Loop Jamaica

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Investigators assigned to the Area One branch of the Major Investigation Division (MID) are probing the circumstances surrounding the shooting death of two men and two other people, including a toddler, by unknown assailants on the Goodwill main road in St James on Tuesday.

The deceased, both of St James addresses, have been identified as 37-year-old Venroy Crooks, a musician of Content district, and 34-year-old Kenique Llewellyn, a shopkeeper of Goodwill.

Reports from the police are that about 3:45pm, Crooks and Llewellyn were among a group of people standing at a shop at a section of Goodwill main road when they were pounced upon by gunmen who alighted from a Toyota Premio motor car.

The men opened gunfire on the group.

When the shooting subsided, four people, including the toddler, were wounded.

The police were alerted and Crooks, Llewellyn, the toddler, and another man were taken to hospital where Crooks and Llewellyn were pronounced dead.

The others were admitted for treatment.

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Falmouth Harbour Marina Brings Relief To Liberta School

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The locally owned Falmouth Harbour Marina has responded positively to the needs of the Liberta Primary School.

The Marina has donated 9 heavy duty fans to provide relief to the students and teachers during this extremely hot summer.

The Company’s Accountant, Ms. Iline Bailey said that Falmouth Harbour Marina has a long association with the schools close to the marina and have made regular contributions over the years, to both the Liberta and Cobbs Cross schools.

“ I am a past student of this school, as are my two sons, and I am so happy that we are able to assist to make the classrooms a little more comfortable and bearable in this extreme heat. In fact, our General Manager, Bobby Reis, raised this issue since last week, but it took time to source the fans. We must thank Edward Mansoor at Townhouse for his recommendations on the type of fan and a generous discount.

Meanwhile the Headmistress of the school, Mrs. Arian Fleming-Thomas expressed her thanks to the marina and said it was a timely gift which will offer relief to the students and staff.

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Met Office: Saint Lucia Not Experiencing Record High Temperatures – St. Lucia Times News

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Despite complaints about the heat and a warning from the Chief Medical Officer to Saint Lucians to protect themselves from heat-related illnesses, the Saint Lucia Meteorological Services says the Island has not been experiencing record temperatures.

Meteorological Services Director Andre Joyeux observed that there is a heatwave in the United States and most people would associate it with the local situation.

But Joyeux explained that Saint Lucia’s temperature readings do not reflect excessive heat.

“The most we have gotten so far is 32 degrees Celsius,” he disclosed.

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However, the Meteorological Services Director recalled  that Saint Lucia recorded 34 degrees in 1973.

“So this time around it’s not as hot as before,” Joyeux told St Lucia Times.

“What is happening right now is the early morning – it gets hotter very early. From seven, eight, you already have 31 degrees Celsius,” he noted.

“The temperature we record is the air temperature,” he noted, adding that direct sunlight is not recorded.

Joyeux told St Lucia Times that due to infrastructural developments concrete structures and roads capture and radiate heat, creating a hotter environment.

As a result, he advised people to stay hydrated and stay out of the sun as much as possible.

However, he indicated that the current situation does not require a severe heat warning.

“If we get to thirty-three degrees that is something we hardly see and then we could put out a severe heat warning,” Joyeux told St Lucia Times.

According to the Meteorological Services Director, the hurricane season coincides with a period of hotter temperatures.

“One of the issues was that we had a number of systems in the area around last week coming into this week,” he observed.

In addition, Joyeux said currently a system is North East of Saint Lucia and will pull moisture, resulting in very humid conditions and less cloud cover.

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Gasolineras denuncian DACO les cobra por servicios que consumen inspectores de las estaciones

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El presidente de la Asociación de Detallistas de Gasolina, Esdras Vélez, denunció que el Departamento de Asuntos del Consumidor (DACO) les está cobrando a las gasolineras un cargo extra por servicios de peaje, millaje y dieta que consumen inspectores de la agencia que visitan las estaciones para supervisar el despacho de combustible.

“No nos quitan el puño de la cara. Nos están cobrando millaje, peaje, dieta”, expresó.

Vélez informó que en una visita hay un costo de $15, a los cuales se les añade el gasto que haga cada inspector que esté en la estación junto a lo que gaste su vehículo, Tras eso, facturan la cantidad que la estación debe pagar, mediante cheque, al Departamento de Hacienda por correo.

“Yo no sé si es legal eso. Estamos hablando que un empleado público tiene su sueldo. El trabajo que realizan estos inspectores… la realidad es que sí, que trabajan. Pero el cobro de peajes, o sea, esto es algo absurdo. Gasolina también hay que pagarle al DACO. Tras de que nos tienen los márgenes congelados desde febrero… ¿Él habrá tomado en consideración esos gastos también en su análisis?”, cuestionó el líder.

Por otra parte, tras el anuncio de que una depresión tropical, con posibilidad de convertirse en tormenta tropical entre hoy y mañana, el líder indicó que el país no está listo para enfrentar un evento atmosférico, aunque reiteró que las gasolineras tienen sus abastos.

“La realidad es que me gustaría decirte que sí, que estamos preparados, pero no es así […] Lo importante es no perder la calma y recordar que siempre hay abasto suficiente en las estaciones. Algo que nos ha ayudado a tener nuestro abasto suficiente es que ha bajado el costo, y la gran mayoría de las estaciones tienen sus inventarios saludables”, advirtió Vélez.

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Sri Lanka Legends beat England Legends

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Sri Lanka Legends beat England Legends 7 wickets with 33 balls remaining in the Legends Series in India yesterday.

The scores: England Legends 78 off 19 0vers, Sri Lanka Legends 79-3 off 14.3 overs.

Today’s match will be between India Legends and the West Indies Legends at 10.00 a. m Eastern Caribbean Time.

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Water outages expected across 3 parishes Loop Barbados

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Residents in parts of St Michael, St James and St Thomas may experience low water pressure or outages today.

The Barbados Water Authority (BWA) reported this afternoon that one of its facilities in St Michael is currently offline following an electrical supply issue.

The affected areas may include:

In St Michael:

Lodge Hill, Hinds Hill, Clermont, Warrens Heights, Warrens Terrace, Warrens Park,

Warrens, Rock Dundo, University Drive, Airlie Tenantry, Grazettes, Clermont, Well Gap and surrounding areas.

In St James:

Husbands, Clearview Heights, Meadow Vale Heights, Crystal Heights, Hoytes Village,

Hoytes Terrace, Prior Park, Holders Hill, Durant Village, John Plains, West Terrace Gardens, West Terrace Heights, Husbands Gardens, Husbands Heights, Oxnards, Prior Park, Wanstead Heights, Wanstead Gardens, Thorpes, Haynesville, Bamboo Ridge, Seaview, Walcott’s Road- Sandy Lane, Bennetts Road and surrounding districts.

In St Thomas:

Plumtree, Blowers, Bagatelle Gardens, Bagatelle Terrace, Welches, Welches Terrace,

Welches Gardens, Redmans Village, Melrose, Welches Grove, Bagatelle Park, Arthur Seat, Welches Heights, Kew Land, Padmore Village, Clover Crescent and surrounding areas.

Tankers have been dispatched to assist, and residents will be updated on the progress of the work.

The BWA apologises to the public for the inconvenience this service disruption may cause.

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Rapatriements de familles de jihadistes : la France condamnée par la Cour européenne des droits de l’homme

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Les proches de familles de jihadistes français, deux mères et leurs enfants détenus dans des camps en Syrie, ont fait condamner mercredi la France par la Cour européenne des droits de l’homme (CEDH), un revers pour Paris mais qui ne consacre pas pour autant un “droit général au rapatriement” pour les personnes toujours retenues dans les camps syriens.

“En exécution de son arrêt, la Cour précise qu’il incombe au gouvernement français de reprendre l’examen des demandes des requérants dans les plus brefs délais en l’entourant des garanties appropriées contre l’arbitraire”, a indiqué la Grande chambre de la CEDH, sa plus haute instance.

Selon la Cour basée à Strasbourg, “le rejet d’une demande de retour présentée dans ce contexte doit pouvoir faire l’objet d’un examen individuel (…) par un organe indépendant”.

“Fait du prince” 

Paris devra verser 18.000 euros à l’une des familles de requérants et 13.200 euros à l’autre au titre des frais et dépens.

“C’est la fin du fait du prince et la fin de l’arbitraire”, a commenté Me Marie Dosé, l’une des avocates des quatre requérants, parents de deux jeunes Françaises bloquées dans des camps en Syrie avec leurs enfants.

L’avocate réclame le rapatriement de toutes les femmes et enfants restants : “En trois opérations, c’est fait”.

Ses clients avaient demandé en vain aux autorités françaises le rapatriement de leurs proches, avant de se résoudre à saisir la juridiction européenne, estimant que leurs filles et petits-enfants étaient exposés dans les camps à des “traitements inhumains et dégradants”.

Dans son arrêt, la CEDH pointe notamment “l’absence de toute décision formalisée” de la part des autorités françaises quant au refus de rapatrier les proches des requérants, qui ont écrit, sans obtenir de réponse, au président de la République Emmanuel Macron et à son ministre des Affaires étrangères.

Leurs filles avaient quitté la France en 2014 et 2015 pour rejoindre la Syrie où elles ont donné naissance à deux enfants pour l’une, à un pour l’autre. Désormais âgées de 31 et 33 ans, elles sont retenues avec eux depuis début 2019 dans les camps d’Al-Hol et de Roj (nord-est).

La Cour a conclu à la violation par Paris de l’article 3.2 du protocole 4 de la Convention européenne des droits de l’homme, texte qui stipule que “nul ne peut être privé d’entrer sur le territoire de l’Etat dont il est le ressortissant”.

“On est soulagé parce que ça a été un combat de trois ans”, a réagi le père d’une des deux jeunes femmes, qui souhaite garder l’anonymat. “Ma fille va aussi bien qu’elle peut, il y a beaucoup de fatigue. Mon petit fils n’a toujours pas vu un arbre, à part du sable”, a-t-il ajouté.

Pour autant, la CEDH n’a pas consacré avec cet arrêt un droit systématique au rapatriement des nationaux, notamment liés au jihadisme : “la Cour considère que les citoyens français retenus dans les camps du nord-est de la Syrie ne sont pas fondés à réclamer le bénéfice d’un droit général au rapatriement”, précise la juridiction.

En revanche, la France peut avoir à le faire lors de “circonstances exceptionnelles”, comme lorsque “l’intégrité physique” est en jeu ou qu’un enfant se trouve “dans une situation de grande vulnérabilité”, comme c’est le cas dans ce dossier.

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Cet arrêt, qui vise au premier chef la France, concerne également les autres pays membres du Conseil de l’Europe et leurs ressortissants détenus en Syrie.

Lors de la lecture de la décision, outre la représentante de la France, des représentants d’autres pays (Danemark, Suède, Royaume-Uni, Norvège, Pays-Bas, Espagne) étaient égalemnt présents.

Ailleurs en Europe, des pays comme l’Allemagne ou la Belgique ont déjà récupéré la plus grande partie de leurs jihadistes. De son côté, au grand dam des familles et des ONG, Paris a longtemps privilégié le “cas par cas”.

Mais début juillet, la France a fait revenir 35 mineurs et 16 mères, premier rapatriement massif depuis la chute en 2019 du “califat” du groupe État islamique (EI). Jusqu’alors, seuls quelques enfants avaient été ramenés.

“On n’a pas attendu la décision de la CEDH pour avancer”, a réagi le porte-parole du gouvernement, Olivier Véran, après l’arrêt de la Cour. Selon lui “chaque dossier, chaque situation humaine au fond, fait l’objet d’un examen attentif, minutieux”.

Il reste une centaine de femmes et près de 250 enfants français dans des camps en Syrie.

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La Guadeloupe reste en vigilance jaune pour fortes pluies et orages

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L’archipel est placé en vigilance jaune jusqu’en fin de journée, en raison du risque de fortes pluies issues de l’ex ouragan Earl.

Situation actuelle

La mer s’amortit, elle reste agitée mais la houle devient moins énergétique, la période redescendant vers 10 à 12 secondes pour des creux d’1m80 environ. Dans le même temps, une masse d’air humide et instable traversera toujours l’archipel, favorable au développement de fortes averses et d’orages localisés surtout cet près-midi et en soirée.

Prévisions 

De fortes averses et des orages sont attendus l’après-midi, notamment entre les Grands Fonds et le Nord Basse-Terre, sur un axe Gosier / Pointe-Noire en passant par la région pointoise, ainsi que sur les Saintes.

Des cumuls de pluie de l’ordre de 20 à 30 mm en 1 heure, et de 30 à 60 mm en 3 heures sont à envisager.

Données observées

De forts cumuls de pluies ont été enregistrés en montagne:

16 mm à Basse terre, 19,4 mm à Gourbeyre, 16,1 mm à St Claude la citerne.

Mesures individuelles de comportement préconisées par la préfecture :

S’informer de la situation météorologique et être particulièrement prudents:

– si vous devez pratiquer des sports à risque en extérieur,

– si vos activités de plein air sont situées dans une zone exposée, sur terre, notamment en montagne, près des cours d’eau, comme en mer aussi,

– si vous devez circuler dans des zones inondables (franchissement de gués ou de passages bas encaissés),

– en cas d’orage: évitez l’utilisation des téléphones et des appareils électriques.

Ne pas s’abriter pas dans une zone boisée, tout près de pylônes ou poteaux.

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Luther Buchanan bows out as PNP chairman for Westmoreland Eastern Loop Jamaica

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The chairmanship for the Opposition People’s National Party (PNP) Westmoreland Eastern constituency is now vacant following the resignation of Luther Buchanan, effective Wednesday, September 14.

In a letter to PNP President Mark Golding, Buchanan pointed out that he still remains a loyal Comrade.

“Having served as Councillor, Member of Parliament and as Deputy General Secretary, I remain a faithful Comrade nonetheless,” stated a part of a letter to the party president, bearing the signature of Buchanan.

In the September 2020 General Election, theJamaica Labour Party’s Daniel Lawrence defeated Buchanan in a major upset in a constituency that was once considered impregnable PNP territory.

Lawrence prevailed by 11 votes following a magisterial recount after the seat was initially declared for Buchanan.

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Sygnus to host alternative investment summit on September 22 Loop Jamaica

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Sygnus is hosting an alternative investment summit on September 22, 2022, in Kingston, Jamaica.

The conference, dubbed “Sygnus Day”, will be held under the theme: “The Emergence of Regional Alternative Investments” in a hybrid format.

Participants will be invited to explore the dynamic world of alternative investments and how they can enhance growth for their businesses and their investment portfolios.

An alternative investment is a financial asset that doesn’t fall within conventional asset categories such as stocks and bonds. These types of investments typically include private credit, private equity, real estate, venture capital, hedge funds and commodities.

Alternatives are expected to produce half of the industry revenue in a few years, despite representing just 12 per cent of the $153 trillion global investable market in 2020, according to Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst (CAIA), the global professional body dedicated to Alternative Investments.

Sygnus has played a major part in the growth of alternative investments across the region for the past five years, with established offices in Puerto Rico and St Lucia.

The firm currently has over US$400 million under administration, in which it utilise alternative forms of investment such as private credit, real estate finance and private equity.

Sygnus utlises the funds to satisfy the unmet demands for innovative investment opportunities, unlock capital for growing companies, and contribute to economic development across the region.

“As a part of our commitment to fuelling economic growth across the region through innovative and creative financing, we wanted to create a platform in the form of a one-day summit that would allow our team of experts and partners to showcase the power of alternatives regionally and globally,” stated Berisford Grey, President and CEO at Sygnus Capital.

This summit will help not just institutional and individual investors to have a broader perspective of the services offered under alternative investments but also help other stakeholders to garner a deeper understanding of the various forms of alternative investments, Grey added.

The Alternative Investment summit which has been endorsed by the Caribbean Alternative Investment Association (CARAIA) will be hosted by Dr Terri-Karelle Reid.

The audience will be guided through engaging fireside chats and a keynote presentation by Ladell Robbins, Managing Director of BlackRock on the Global Perspective of Alternative Investments. BlackRock is the world’s largest asset manager, with US$8.5 trillion in assets under management as of June 2022.

Grey concluded: “We believe this will be a transformative event that will catalyse the growth of Alternative Investments in the Caribbean.”

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