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Twitter catches UK media house in lie about Meghan Markle Loop Cayman Islands

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The content originally appeared on: Cayman Compass

Via his Twitter account, Edwin Hayward shared what some describe as a “disingenuous” post about Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, during the mourning of Queen Elizabeth II.

The Tweet, allegedly published by a UK media house, claims that the former American actress (born Rachel Meghan Markle), did not stay and greet mourners as they offered condolences for the passing of the Queen.

Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, greeting crowd (source: Twitter)

Responding to the Tweet, Mr Hayward said that “It seems Rebecca English (Royal Editor of the Daily Mail) deleted her tweet as her lie couldn’t stand up to the irresistible force of reality.”

The Daily Mail’s industrial levels of hate-mongering aimed at Meghan Markle barely slowed as the nation mourned.

Mr Hayward added.

Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, greeting the public (Source: Twitter)

Also reacting, another member of the public said:

It needs to stop. My heart goes out to both Harry and Meghan especially in their time of sorrow.

Other members of the public suggested that Meghan is being targeted because she is a “woman of color” and that the publication by the media outlet was “Another gas lighting and untruthful comment to insight hatred and divide.”

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Las máximas fluctuarán entre los altos 80s y bajos 90s

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The content originally appeared on: Radio Isla TV

El cielo estuvo de despejado a parcialmente nublado durante la noche a través de las islas. Aguaceros pasajeros se movieron sobre sectores del este de Puerto Rico, con estimados de lluvia cerca de un cuarto de pulgada.

Las mínimas estuvieron en los medios 70s a bajos 80s a través de áreas costeras y los altos 60s en elevaciones altas. El viento estuvo leve y variable.

Para el resto de la mañana, se esperan cielos soleados a parcialmente nublados. Las máximas fluctuarán entre los altos 80s y bajos 90s a través de elevaciones bajas. Luego en la tarde, el calor diurno contribuirá al desarrollo de aguaceros y tronadas aisladas para sectores del interior y oeste. Se esperan inundaciones urbanas y de riachuelos. El viento estará de hasta 15 mph para el este.

A través de las aguas regionales, se espera oleaje de hasta 4 pies con vientos de suaves a moderados. Existe riesgo moderado para Culebra y desde el noroeste al este de Puerto Rico.

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Los alimentos ultraprocesados ‘te hacen comer más’

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The content originally appeared on: Radio Isla TV

El primer ensayo para evaluar su impacto sugiere que los alimentos ultraprocesados ​​hacen que las personas coman más y aumenten de peso.

Los voluntarios monitorearon cada bocado de alimento que comieron durante un mes.

Y cuando se les dio alimentos ultraprocesados, consumieron 500 calorías al día más que cuando recibieron comidas sin procesar.

Los Institutos Nacionales de la Salud de EE. UU. dijeron que los alimentos ultraprocesados ​​pueden estar afectando las hormonas del hambre en el cuerpo, lo que lleva a las personas a seguir comiendo.

Hay argumentos científicos sobre la definición de alimentos ultraprocesados, pero el investigador principal, el Dr. Kevin Hall, dijo que era como «pornografía: es difícil de definir, pero lo sabes cuando lo ves«.

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Ingredientes que no puedes pronunciar.
Más de cinco ingredientes listados en el paquete.
Cualquier cosa que tu abuela no reconociera como comida.

Alimento ultraprocesado que consiste en quesadillas, frijoles refritos y limonada dietética.

Almuerzo sin procesar de ensalada de espinacas con pechuga de pollo, rodajas de manzana, bulgur y semillas de girasol y uvas.

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Veinte personas apartaron un mes de su tiempo para vivir en un laboratorio.

Durante quince días recibieron comidas ultraprocesadas o no procesadas y luego se cambiaron las dietas para la segunda mitad del estudio.

A los participantes se les permitió comer todo lo que querían y los investigadores monitorearon de cerca lo que pasaron por sus labios.

Durante la quincena de alimentos ultraprocesados, los voluntarios, en promedio, comieron 508 calorías adicionales al día y engordaron 2 lb (1 kg).

El Dr. Hall, del Instituto Nacional de Diabetes y Enfermedades Digestivas y Renales, dijo a BBC News: «Este es el primer estudio que demuestra que. existe una relación causal”

«Los alimentos ultraprocesados ​​condujeron a aumentos en la ingesta de calorías y en el peso corporal y en la grasa”.

«Es sugerente que esto puede estar jugando un papel en la población más grande«.

El Dr. Hall dijo que estudios anteriores habían estimado que la «epidemia de obesidad» en los EE. UU. era causada por personas que ingerían entre 250 y 300 calorías adicionales por día.

¿Pero por qué?

La explicación es, por ahora, esquiva.

Los conejillos de indias humanos informaron que ambas comidas eran igualmente sabrosas, por lo que la preferencia por el ultraprocesado no tenía la culpa.

El contenido nutricional de las dos dietas también se combinó cuidadosamente para garantizar que tuvieran cantidades iguales de azúcares, otros carbohidratos, grasas y fibra.

Una posible explicación es el impacto de los alimentos procesados ​​industrialmente en las hormonas que alteran el deseo de comer.

El Dr. Hall dijo a BBC News: «Cuando las personas consumían la dieta no procesada, una de las hormonas de supresión del apetito, que se ha demostrado en otros estudios que se relaciona con restringir el apetito de las personas, en realidad aumentó a pesar del hecho de que ahora están comiendo menos calorías«.

El estudio también mostró que los niveles de la hormona del hambre grelina bajaron en la dieta no procesada.

¿Esto explica la crisis de la obesidad?

El estudio es solo para un número limitado de personas y por un corto período de tiempo, por lo que no está claro si los resultados se aplican de manera más amplia.

Algunas personas en la dieta comieron 1,500 calorías adicionales en la dieta ultraprocesada, mientras que otras comieron aproximadamente lo mismo.

El Dr. Gunter Kuhnle, de la Universidad de Reading, dijo que el procesamiento de alimentos a menudo era importante «para la saborización, la seguridad y la conservación».

Dijo: «Este es un estudio bien diseñado y bien conducido con resultados interesantes, aunque quizás no sorprendentes”.

«Parece que los participantes consideraron que los alimentos ultraprocesados ​​eran más sabrosos, comían más rápido y, en consecuencia, más, posiblemente porque les llevó más tiempo sentirse llenos”.

«Un resultado muy interesante del estudio es el costo por energía: la dieta ultraprocesada fue considerablemente más barata que la dieta de control sin procesar y es probable que esto tenga implicaciones desde el punto de vista de la salud pública«.

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Rastafari Federatie Suriname pleit voor begrip en acceptatie dreadlocks als haardracht

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The content originally appeared on: De Ware Tijd Online

PARAMARIBO — De Rastafari Federatie Suriname (RFS) zet zich vanaf het ingaan van de grote schoolvakantie in om door middel

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No need to worry about gunmen with new Firearms Act in place – commish Loop Jamaica

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The content originally appeared on: Jamaica News Loop News

Police Commissioner, Major General Antony Anderson, has hailed the passage of the new Firearms (Prohibition, Restriction and Regulation) Act in Parliament this week, declaring that citizens will no longer have to “worry” about violent criminals with illegal guns.

The senior lawman said the Act will enable the police to remove violent criminals from the streets for up to 15 years.

“It (the new Firearms Act) is on its way to the Senate. What that means is that those people in the illegal gun trade, whether you possess it, traffic it, transport it, bring it into the country or whatever you do it, you will be facing sentences of 15 years and upwards,” said Anderson.

He was speaking to officers and members of the religious community in Westmoreland on Thursday, two days after the Act was passed without amendment in the House of Representatives.

“This will have significant impact,” the commissioner said further of the new Firearms Act.

According to him, persons will “no longer have to worry” about the person who they saw with an illegal gun once the new Firearms Act becomes law.

“It means that the guy who you saw with the gun and (he) gets caught, you won’t have to worry about him for a long, long time.

“That is first, as police officers, that will make a huge difference, because the team in Westmoreland (for example) has seen these guys like a revolving door,” stated Anderson.

He lamented that individuals have been in and out of police custody, where they have been charged with illegal firearms; they pay their fines and spend approximately a year in prison.

“… And then they are back out to do the same things that they were doing,” added Anderson.

The new Act will repeal and replace the Firearms Act of 1967. It addresses the current criminal landscape in Jamaica, and presents a strong response to the proliferation of illegal firearms in the country.

This was outlined by National Security Minister, Dr Horace Chang, in Parliament during the final debate on the Act.

He highlighted that the consequential amendments made to the Offences Against the Person Act will increase penalty provisions for Sections 13, 16 and 17 by including a mandatory minimum sentence of 15 years for offences involving the use of a firearm.

In addition, under section 20(2), the mandatory sentence has been increased from 15 years to 20 years, in keeping with the proposed penalty regime in the current Bill.

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– Faits divers en Guadeloupe

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The content originally appeared on: Guadeloupe FranceAntilles

Lésion par arme à feu sur la voie publique

Une femme d’environ 30 ans a été retrouvée gravement blessée, en arrêt cardiorespiratoire par les secours, à 2 heures du matin ce dimanche rue Raspail, à Pointe-à-Pitre. Elle était allongée sur le ventre et présentait plusieurs impacts de balles. La victime serait originaire de la République Dominicaine.

3 sapeurs-pompiers à bord d’un véhicule de secours et d’assistance aux victimes (VSAV) ont été dépêchés sur les lieux. La police nationale et une structure mobile d’urgence et de réanimation (SMUR) se sont également rendues sur place. Malheureusement le médecin SMUR a constaté son décès. Les circonstances du drame restent encore à définir, une enquête de Police en cours. 

Accident deux-roues 

Ce dimanche matin aux alentours de 3 heures, un accident de deux-roues est survenu rue François Fresneau, à Jarry, Baie-Mahault. 

La victime,  une jeune femme de 23 ans est seule impliquée. A l’arrivée des secours, elle était en arrêt cardio-respiratoire. 4 sapeurs-pompiers, dont 1 officier, ainsi que la gendarmerie et une structure mobile d’urgence et de réanimation inter-hospitalière ont été mobilisés. Un attroupement de personnes sur place les ont contraints à se déplacer avec elle, les gestes de premiers secours étant impossible à prodiguer. 

Suite à des tentatives de réanimation cardiopulmonaire et de médicalisation restées sans succès, le décès de la victime a été déclaré par le médecin SMUR.

Perdu en forêt

Ce samedi 10 septembre, à 16 h 08, les sapeurs-pompiers se sont engagés dans la recherche d’une personne perdue en forêt au sommet du Nez Cassé, à Saint-Claude.

La victime, un homme de 29 ans marchait depuis 10 heures le matin. Le temps incertain et la densité de la végétation seraient à l’origine de son égarement.

Après l’interruption des recherches par l’hélicoptère Dragon971 hier au soir, le jeune homme a été retrouvé et ramené par la Gendarmerie à la Clinique les eaux vives à SAINT CLAUDE. Après le bilan SAMU, il a été laissé sur place à la charge de ses proches.

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Final of three cops charged with tiler’s murder now granted bail Loop Jamaica

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The content originally appeared on: Jamaica News Loop News

Corporal Miguel Ebanks, the last remaining policeman in custody relative to the killing of a tiler whose death allegedly resulted from his refusal to pay a bribe, has been granted bail.

The lawman was offered bail in the sum of $1 million by Parish Judge Leighton Morris when he recently appeared in the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court.

Ebanks and two other cops are charged with shooting with intent and other offences in relation to the fatal shooting of Phillip Wallace at East Kirkland Heights in St Andrew on Saturday, July 16, 2022.

Ebanks was further charged with two counts of committing an act of corruption, contrary to section 14(1)(a) of the Corruption (Prevention) Act.

A week ago, his two co-accused, Corporal Kemar Dennis and Constable Purcell Carter, were granted $1.5 million bail in the Supreme Court after they were denied bail in August by Morris.

As part of Ebanks’ bail application, his attorney contended that there is no need for the lawman to remain in police custody, given that his colleagues were granted bail by the High Court.

The parish judge subsequently granted bail, but imposed strict conditions, including Ebanks reporting to the police three times weekly.

All three lawmen are to return to the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court on October 19.

It was reported that Wallace was shot dead while outside a bar in his community of Green Glide Close in Red Hills, St Andrew on July 16.

A woman escaped serious injury during the gun attack.

It is alleged that the policemen requested $100,000 from Wallace to drop a case against him.

A report was made to the Constant Spring Police Station and a corruption probe was subsequently launched relative to the three lawmen.

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Corentyne taxi driver in custody for raping 14-yr-old girl

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The content originally appeared on: INews Guyana

A Corentyne, Berbice, taxi driver is currently in custody as police investigate a report of a teenager being raped.

This publication understands that the girl is 14 years old.

Divisional Commander Senior Superintendent Shivpersaud Bacchus said the alleged rape of a child under 16 years of age occurred on Friday on the Corentyne.

The Commander revealed that there were 24 cases of reported instances of rape so far in Region Six for the year. That figure equals the figure for the corresponding period last year.

Rape has been the highest individual crime committed in the region so far this year.

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Pedestrian killed in hit-and-run accident at Annandale

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The content originally appeared on: INews Guyana

Police on the East Coast of Demerara are investigating the death of a male pedestrian who was killed in a hit and run accident in the wee hours of today.

The pedestrian, whose age, name and address are so far unknown, is of East Indian ancestry.

According to the police, the accident occurred sometime around 00:48 hrs on the Annandale Public Road, East Coast Demerara.

Investigations so far revealed that the pedestrian was crossing the northern carriage way from South to North when he was struck down by a speeding motor car, which drove away from the scene.

The pedestrian was subsequently picked up in a motionless condition and placed into a Guyana Police Force vehicle and conveyed to Georgetown Public Hospital (GPHC) where he was pronounced dead on arrival.

Checks were made in the area for CCTV footage and same were observed and will be reviewed as investigations continue.

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Barnett: Economic Integration At Core Of Regional Integration – St. Lucia Times News

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The content originally appeared on: St. Lucia Times News

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CARICOM’s recent experience at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic is a reminder that economic integration is at the core of the regional integration process to which the other pillars – foreign policy coordination, human and social development, and security cooperation – are aligned.

Delivering the Second Distinguished Owen Arthur Memorial Lecture on Monday at the UWI Cave Hill Campus, CARICOM Secretary-General, Dr. Carla Barnett, pointed out that over the past two years, CARICOM has functioned as a “highly collaborative mechanism.”

She pointed to the collaboration among regional institutions and national agencies to monitor the evolution of the pandemic, coordinate information-sharing within the Community and with the international/bilateral organisations.

“We coordinated access to vaccines through bilateral and international programmes – and shared vaccines among ourselves – in a context in which we had neither the resources nor market size to demand attention. At the national levels, we did what we could with the resources available to boost social safety nets to ensure that, in the context of the virtual shutdown of tourism, the main source of economic activity for many, some help could be offered to the unemployed,” the Secretary-General said.

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Dr. Barnett also highlighted the significant costs associated with the pandemic and related shocks, which threaten to erode the “development gains that we have achieved within our Community.”

She alluded to the “visible threats” to food security in the Region, “real difficulties” to access medical supplies, and “stumbling blocks” to access development financing “at the scale and scope needed to address our vulnerability to external shocks.”

Those factors, she said, emphasise the need to work more effectively together within the Community and demonstrate the positive results of doing so, hence the accelerated work on regional agricultural production, industrial policy, and strengthened south-south collaboration.

“Our recent experience has reminded us that economic integration, as embodied in the vision for the CSME, is the core of the CARICOM Integration process against which the other pillars – foreign policy coordination, human and social development, and security cooperation – are all aligned. Indeed, it would appear that the vital importance of regional integration is also being increasingly recognised by the international financial institutions and our bilateral partners who acknowledge that given our small size and the prevailing global landscape, deepening economic integration and collaboration is important to future development. A recent World Bank Report entitled 360o Resilience has acknowledged the good functioning of regional coordination and the social protection programmes to respond to crises,” the Secretary-General said during the lecture.

The lecture was delivered under the theme ‘The Future of CARICOM; Charting a Vision for the Region’s Economic Advancement’. The sub-title was – Making the CARICOM Single Market and Economy a Lived Reality Towards Building Sustainable Economic Development and Resilience.

Dr. Barnett said the Community is at a moment in time that requires the reasoned and practical vision that Arthur, the longest serving Barbados Prime Minister, shared during his journey as Statesman, Regionalist, Academic and Professional Economist.

His outstanding contribution to regional integration, his leadership and sage advice, she said, played no small part in shaping the CARICOM that is now increasingly being seen as having a vital role in the Region’s efforts to deal with unprecedented shocks that demanded a collective response.

“Owen Arthur was of the view that Caribbean integration and, especially the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME), was essential as a driver of regional economic growth, social mobility, prosperity and sustainable development. He believed that integration strengthens the resilience of our region and reinforces our capacity to withstand the shocks and manage the risks emanating from the global economy and provides a basis for engaging on the international stage where our combined impact would be greater than the sum of our individual efforts.

While she acknowledged the slow pace of progress on the CSME, the Secretary-General said that “this grouping of small sovereign states, with the will and contribution of all its peoples, has the capacity to create our own transformation into resilient, competitive economies and societies where all can prosper. We have a solid foundation in the Revised Treaty of Chaguaramas which remains our roadmap for regional integration. We have the Charter of Civil Society which represents shared values and operational principles on which CARICOM stands as individual sovereign member states and as a region.

While our implementation of the CSME has not kept pace with the vision of the architects of the Treaty, I am convinced that a momentum is building towards implementing key outstanding commitments arising from the Revised Treaty and to shape a 21st century agenda that focuses on the critical issues that must be addressed in order to deliver a sustainable future for our region and our people.”

The Shridath Ramphal Centre at the University of the West Indies Cave Hill Campus and the Caribbean Development Bank organised the lecture.

SOURCE: CARICOM Today/ SLT. Headline photo: Stock image

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