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6-year-old boy not seen since Sept 2; cops appeal for help to find him Loop Jamaica

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A High Alert has been activated for six-year-old Niaheim Johnson of Passage Fort in Portmore, St Catherine, who has been missing since Friday, September 2.

He is of brown complexion, slim build and about 91 centimetres (3 feet) tall.

Reports from the Mandeville police are that about 5pm, Niaheim was last seen in Duhaney Park, Kingston 20.

The police said his mode of dress at the time is unknown, and he has not been heard from since.

Anyone knowing the whereabouts of Niaheim Johnson is being asked to contact the Mandeville police at 876-961-5538, police 119 emergency number or the nearest police station.

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Probe into 2020 elections: GECOM votes to release documents submitted by APNU/AFC in attempt to discredit voters’ list

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Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) Justice Claudette Singh

…as Opposition Commissioners attempt to block release

The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) has voted to release documents requested by Attorney General Anil Nandlall, SC, to investigate Opposition claims of rigging at the 2020 elections, notwithstanding efforts by the Opposition-nominated Commissioners to block this.

The matter came up for a vote at GECOM’s statutory meeting on Tuesday, during which the A Partnership for National Unity/Alliance For Change (APNU/AFC) nominated Commissioners vehemently objected to the release of the documents.

According to People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) nominated Commissioner Manoj Narayan, the Opposition’s objections to the release of the documents were premised on reasons that include their claims that the information in the documents are contained in the election petition. According to Narayan, the Government side argued that this was not true.

People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) nominated Commissioner Manoj Narayan

Narayan said that the Opposition Commissioners also advanced the argument that GECOM is a constitutional agency and does not have to release the documents. However, Narayan noted that the Commission, as custodians of the requested documents, had no issue with cooperating with a State agency.

“The Commissioners who were appointed by the now Opposition, they were all against it. They voted against it. They did not want any of those documents to be released to the Attorney General, even though on the other side (we) argued that in the interest of fairness and transparency, we need to release those documents as requested,” Narayan said.

According to Narayan, GECOM Chair, Retired Justice Claudette Singh voted in favour of releasing the documents. As such, he explained that the documents will be released as soon as possible.

The Opposition nominated GECOM Commissioners are Vincent Alexander, Charles Corbin and Desmond Trotman, while on the Government side sits Narayan, Sase Gunraj and Clement Rohee.

Private information

Last week, Nandlall had written GECOM seeking information on how private citizens’ data was provided to it by the then ruling APNU/AFC during the controversial 2020 General and Regional Elections.

It is a first step in the direction of an investigation that the AG had previously announced would be held into how immigration and registration data of citizens ended up in the hands of APNU/AFC; data it then submitted to GECOM in an effort to discredit the voters’ list.

According to his letter addressed to GECOM Chairperson, Retired Justice Claudette Singh, Nandlall noted that APNU/AFC delivered to GECOM, documents claiming to show that dead people and persons who were overseas on Election Day, voted at the elections, as well as documents to claim that there were cases of multiple voting.

Opposition-nominated Commissioners, Vincent Alexander, Charles Corbin and Desmond Trotman

“These allegations continue to be peddled in the public domain by leaders and representatives of the aforesaid political entity. At the time and until now, the impression conveyed is that these documents and/or data were generated by and obtained from the official lawful repository of the specific information, for example, the immigration department, the Guyana Police Force and the General Registrar’s Office.”

“It is important that the relevant State agency enquires into the source of this information, upon whose directions they were sourced and, perhaps, most importantly, to officially reconfirm their inaccuracy, for public record. In the circumstances, I hereby request a copy of these documents to initiate this process,” Nandlall wrote.

In a previous edition of his programme “Issues in the News”, Nandlall had pointed out that back in 2020, when APNU/AFC first made its erroneous claims, the PPP/C did investigations of its own. During its investigations, the PPP/C was able to find many of the persons that APNU/AFC claimed were out of the jurisdiction or dead.

In fact, at the time, many of these persons had come forward to protest against and dispute APNU/AFC’s claims. This publication published several such persons, who had been accused by the then ruling party of being either dead or out of the jurisdiction when their vote was recorded.

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Destructive wind storm: CDC procuring supplies for wind-swept ECD households

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Some of the damages caused by strong winds at Bareroot and Dazzel Housing Scheme, ECD [Guyana Police Force photos]

The Civil Defence Commission (CDC) is already procuring supplies for the wind-swept households of Bareroot and Dazzel Housing Scheme, who were battered by a storm on Monday that damaged a number of houses.

On Monday, strong winds caused major damages to several houses located at Bareroot and Dazzel Housing Scheme, East Coast Demerara. At the back of Dazzel Housing Scheme, ECD, the roofs of several houses between Eighteenth and Twentieth Streets were detached due to heavy winds.

Speaking to Inews on Tuesday, CDC Deputy Director Major Loring Benons explained that the Commission has already been active in the area, having gone and done assessments of the damages on Monday.

CDC Deputy Director, Major Loring Benons

“We were there yesterday and did an assessment and continue to do it, to know the direct requirement of zinc sheets. After we place the order and draw the zinc sheets, we’re hoping to get it worked out by tomorrow,” Benons said.

Benons noted that there is a possibility that even after their assessment and the procurement of zinc sheets, more supplies may be required. They are prepared for this and he was hopeful that by this weekend, all the necessary materials for the residents will have been purchased.

One of the houses that was destroyed by the heavy winds

Meanwhile during a press conference by the Office of the Leader of Opposition, a call was made for support to be provided to the residents. People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) member Hazel Pyle Lewis detailed the damages that were observed when the party visited.

“Upon our visit to the affected areas, Bareroot and Dazzel, there were five houses in Bareroot. The residents there were affected severely. You had the walls removed, the roofs were removed and everything in the homes were wet.”

Opposition Leader Aubrey Norton

“The residents in Dazzel, one house was blown completely down and that family of two and the wife is pregnant. So, they were housed in the neighbour on the opposite side. Residents on twentieth Street, the entire roof was blown off and went straight into Bareroot,” she said.

Over the past few months, there has been continuous rainfall accompanied by heavy winds. Several houses along the East Coast of Demerara, interior locations and sections of Georgetown were left without a roof.

In fact, in June, several residents of Sophia, Greater Georgetown, were counting their losses after heavy winds damaged their houses. Bernard Samuel, 67, of C Field Sophia, Greater Georgetown, was left in shock after the roof of an opposing house was completely blown off and found its way on top of his.

This led to a series of damages to his home which he shares with his wife. The entire western side of the roof collapsed. Earlier in May, a freak storm damaged several homes and utility poles at the Bath Settlement area, West Coast Berbice (WCB).

Families were displaced during the incident which brought heavy rain and forced utility workers and firefighters to respond after power lines fell on fences and were sparking.

The storm caused 17 houses at Plantation Hope and two at Experiment to be damaged. Many were asleep at the time when the heavy winds coupled with rain ripped out zinc sheets from the roofs of some houses.

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Visiting UNICEF Official Says Children Bear The Brunt Of The COVID-19 Pandemic – St. Lucia Times News

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UNICEF’s Eastern Caribbean representative Pieter Bult during a recent visit to Saint Lucia highlighted the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on children, indicating that they have been hardest hit.

“I would say that children actually bear the brunt of the pandemic,” Bult asserted during an appearance on the Government Information Service (GIS) Programme Issues and Answers.

He explained that lockdowns had affected children’s mental health, their psycho-social well-being, and their education.

According to the UNICEF official, many children were unable to follow online learning.

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“I think even more than half probably were not able to follow online learning. So we have lost two years of education,” Bult noted.

In addition, he  noted that poverty had increased during the COVID-19 pandemic.

“We noted an increase in violence – domestic violence. Families being at home, not being able to go, no livelihoods – increasing demands and pressures on households,” the UNICEF official observed.

He indicated that this impacted mental health and contributed to increased violence.

Bult said the pandemic did a lot of damage with children bearing the brunt of it.

“And this is something now, coming out of the pandemic, we really have to focus on and address,” Bult declared.

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LUMA Energy admite aún no cuentan con suficientes celadores adiestrados para trabajar líneas vivas

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El vicepresidente de Asuntos Estratégicos de Luma Energy, Kevin Acevedo, confirmó que aún no cuentan con suficientes celadores adiestrados para atender las líneas vivas en el sistema eléctrico del país. La carencia de dicho personal redunda en el cese del servicio para atender una avería única en un lugar, afectando a más personas de las que originalmente no cuentan con el servicio.

“Sé que ya hay discusiones acerca de eso. Parte de la meta de LUMA es tener un personal especializado y, no tan solo eso, sino bien entrenado […] Estamos estableciendo una escuela para certificar los celadores a nivel de Estados Unidos con un programa del Departamento del Trabajo […] Todavía en LUMA no tenemos esas personas, te digo la verdad, pero se está en conversaciones para poder llegar a ese lugar en los próximos meses. ¿Cuándo? No lo sé. Ese detalle no lo tengo”, indicó Acevedo.

El funcionario admitió que la empresa ha sido técnica en su labor, pero reconoció que ya hay 432 celadores adiestrados y que añadirán 50 a la plantilla. Además, señaló que, en efecto, dicha movida pudiera costar más.

Kevin Acevedo, vicepresidente de Asuntos Energéticos de LUMA Energy

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Asimismo, el funcionario informó que han traído nueva tecnología para la limpieza de la vegetación que, en ocasiones, ha sido protagonista o precursora de algunos apagones, puesto que la acumulación de dicho material ha sido una de las excusas de por qué los abonados se quedan sin el servicio. Lo anterior sucede mientras Acevedo afirmó que están preparados para enfrentar un huracán, evento al que Puerto Rico se encuentra vulnerable de cara a las próximas semanas.

“Ya se han trabajado más de 700 millas alrededor de la isla de vegetación. Se han hecho cambios en algunas de esas compañías para buscar compañías que puedan traer nuevas tecnologías”, informó Acevedo respecto a las empresas que trabajan dicha labor, que fueron contratadas bajo la Autoridad de Energía Eléctrica (AEE) y que han sido eje de controversia por su desempeño y la inversión que se ha hecho en ellas.

“Se ha hecho el trabajo, lo que estamos tratando es intensificar el trabajo […] No creo que decir que el trabajo no se ha hecho sería lo adecuado”, expresó.

Nota relacionada: AEE advierte sobre posibles apagones selectivos tras averías en AES y Costa Sur

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Por su parte, el representante novoprogresista Víctor Parés Otero exigió a la privatizadora contar con 500 celadores previo al 30 de noviembre, fecha en que caduca el contrato suplementario de LUMA. Según datos compartidos en una vista pública, este personal ascendía a 1,100 bajo la AEE.

“Es importante que ese número aumente”, expresó el legislador al señalar que es hora de traer de vuelta a quienes trabajaron bajo la AEE: “… Esos empleados que están en Puerto Rico, (hay que) llamarlos y, obviamente, reclutarlos […] De hecho, hay varios de esos empleados celadores que están en muchas agencias de Gobierno que me han llamado dispuestos a irse a LUMA”, finalizó Parés Otero.

Hace unas semanas, la privatizadora anunció la implementación de un task force para responder e investigar con inmediatez los eventos de apagones que aquejan al país, aparte del desempeño general de LUMA.

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Madres y padres denuncian condiciones en escuela vocacional de Comerío amenazan la salud de estudiantes y educadores

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Madres y padres de la escuela superior vocacional Antolín Santos Negrón, en Comerío, denunciaron, mediante un paro, cómo afecta la falta de aire acondicionado en el plantel el proceso educativo del estudiantado, aparte de que se ve amenazada su salud, puesto que, informaron, la estructura está diseñada para operar con acondicionadores de aire.

“Las condiciones de calor en las que se encuentran los estudiantes y todo el personal que labora en la institución atentan contra la salud de los seres humanos que allí se desempeñan. De igual forma, el pobre mantenimiento que se le ofrece a los aires acondicionados ocasiona que se cree un espacio contaminado y lleno de bacterias. Somos la voz de todas y todos los que no pueden estar físicamente, pero apoyan nuestro reclamo”, establecieron en un comunicado.

El colectivo achacó a la mala gestión del Departamento de Educación (DE) las condiciones actuales de la escuela, además de que señalaron que también carecen de un maestro o maestra de inglés y personal de enfermería.

Aparte de la ventilación y el problema de reclutamiento de personal, exigieron la restauración de la cancha escolar; la exterminación de, al menos, dos plagas; y que se reestructuren ventanas y corrijan liqueos.

Puede acceder a las declaraciones en este documento: PARO-COMUNICADO DE PRENSA Escuela ANTOLIN SANTOS-COMERIO

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More families seeking help for back-to-school Loop Barbados

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Eden Lodge Charitable Trust is encouraging private Barbados to give back recognising the influx of families seeking assistance islandwide.

Public relations officer of the Eden Lodge Charitable Trust, Billie-June Langdon shared that over 400 families have sought help from the charity leading up to start of the new school year.

The popular Back-To-School Programme facilitated by the Trust supplies students with basic necessities – pays petty fees, equips students with textbooks, uniforms, stationary, and more.

“It has to be due to COVID but the numbers have increased dramatically. This year we saw over 400 odd families that we had to assist in just our Back-to-School alone,” Langdon commented during the presentation ceremony of uniforms to students at Abed’s Swan Street, Bridgetown.

“I want to take this time to plead to corporate Barbados and those who can help to come onboard with this charity and other charities as well and assist us,” she asserted.

The presentation ceremony was attended by sponsors – Pippa Challis of the Sandy Lane Charitable Trust, Alicia Hintzen, sales and marketing specialist of the Caribbean Broadcasting Corporation, Michelle Doyle strategic account executive of Barbados Today and Alex Abed, operations director of Abed’s Co & Ltd.

Alex Abed, operations officer of the Abed’s Co & Ltd, expressed that the retailer was also recognised that more families watching their pockets and reaching out for help post-COVID-19.

“There is always those who need and those who need more and some parents have to decide between buying more than one uniform for four children or one for each of them. So, there is definitely those in need so we are just thankful that we can lend a hand and assist these agencies in doing the job that they do.”

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Fortes pluies et orages : la vigilance Jaune est maintenue en Martinique

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Mercredi 7 Septembre 2022 – 10h11

Vigilance jaune forte pluies – DR

La vigilance Jaune est maintenue en Martinique ce mercredi 7 septembre, en raison de la formation de foyers orageux selon le dernier bulletin de Météo-France publié à 5h40.

L’atmosphère humide et instable et les vents faibles de Sud-Sud-Est favorisent à nouveau les développements de foyers orageux à partir de la mi-journée.

Après une matinée assez calme, des nuages se développent sur le Nord et la côte Atlantique et engendrent des averses fortes voire orageuses. Elle s’étendent ensuite au reste de l’île jusqu’en soirée. Les cumuls de pluies pourraient rapidement atteindre 30 à 50 mm en 1 heure voire 50 à 80 mm en 3 heures. Une accalmie est attendue pour la nuit prochaine jusqu’en matinée de demain avant de nouvelles averses orageuses demain après-midi.

Le prochain bulletin sera publié ce mercredi 7 septembre vers 17h.

Vigilance jaune : soyez attentifs !

1 : Renseignez-vous sur les conditions météorologiques :

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

– Si vous ou vos activités sont situées dans une zone exposée, sur terre comme sur mer.

2 : En cas d’orage, évitez l’utilisation des téléphones et des appareils électriques. Ne vous abritez pas dans une zone boisée.

J3 : En cas de fortes pluies, soyez très prudent à proximité des cours d’eau. Les passages de gué peuvent devenir vite très dangereux. Attention à leurs traversées.

 

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September is “Recovery Month”: helping people to live happy lives Loop Cayman Islands

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Every September, thousands of prevention, treatment, and recovery programmes and facilities around the world celebrate Recovery Month.

“Recovery Month is an important observance because it serves two purposes,” explains Minister for Health and Wellness, Hon. Sabrina Turner. “The first is to celebrate the gains made by those in recovery. The second is to educate the community about the importance of substance use treatment and mental health services to the recovery process. These services play a key role in helping individuals with substance use and mental disorders live happy, healthy and fulfilling lives,” she added.

The Cayman Islands has been celebrating Recovery Month since 2009 in an effort to help destigmatise and facilitate access to services for mental health and substance use disorders in our community. “The impact of mental health and substance use disorders is apparent in our local community as many individuals and families are affected by these conditions,” states Kimberly Febres, Clinical Supervisor for Caribbean Haven Residential Centre.

Substance use disorders have far reaching social, economic, financial, and health consequences. “As a Ministry, we cannot reach our goal of strengthening national public health without addressing substance use disorders, which is why services that empower individuals towards recovery are so vital,” Minister Turner added.

Recovery is a journey made possible through commitment, support and access to services. It is for that reason that every year local and international organisations stress that “Recovery is For Everyone: Every Person. Every Family. Every Community”.

Recovery Month activities will be coordinated locally through the Department of Counselling Services’ (DCS) subsidiary units – The Counselling Centre (TCC), the Family Resource Centre (FRC) and Caribbean Haven Residential Centre (CHRC).

In an effort to continue to advocate for openness about recovery and to show the many opportunities for support, education, therapeutic services and empowerment in the Cayman Islands, a list of events has been scheduled throughout the month of September:

o September 5th at 12:10pm, Mental Health Matters, Radio Cayman 89.9 FM

o September 13th at 8pm, Rethink Parenting, on Bobo 89.1 FM

o September 15th, Therapeutic Thursday, webinar

o September 24th, time/venue TBA, Family Fun Day

o September 27th at 6pm, Talk Early Talk Often Recovery Month Edition, webinar

o September 30th at 1-4pm, Open House: Showcasing the New Residential Programme, Caribbean Haven Residential Centre, 2409 Bodden Town Rd, Breakers

For further information and support call CHRC at 947-9992, Caribbean.Haven@gov.ky, or visit the DCS website at www.dcs.gov.ky.

(Source: Ministry of Health & Wellness)

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Tuchel fired by Chelsea in ruthless call by US ownership Loop Jamaica

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Chelsea’s new American owners are proving to be just as ruthless as the man they replaced.

Thomas Tuchel was fired by the Premier League club on Wednesday, only one month into the season and just days after Chelsea’s recently installed ownership — fronted by Los Angeles Dodgers part-owner Todd Boehly — concluded a Europe-high spending spree of nearly $300 million in the transfer window.

Chelsea were renowned for regularly changing managers in the 19-year tenure of Roman Abramovich, the Russian oligarch who had to sell the London club after being sanctioned by the British government for what it called his enabling of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s “brutal and barbaric invasion” of Ukraine.

Boehly was the face of the consortium that bought Chelsea for 2.5 billion pounds ($3.1 billion) in May and, despite having little football experience, quickly made himself chairman as well as interim sporting director in charge of transfers.

Not only has he overseen a record splurge on new players, Boehly has now decided Tuchel — the coach who led Chelsea to the Champions League title last year — is no longer the right person to lead the team in the new era.

The decision to fire Tuchel, who was manager for 20 months, came a day after Chelsea surprisingly lost to Dinamo Zagreb 1-0 in their first group match of the Champions League. Chelsea have also lost two of their first six games — to Leeds and Southampton — in an underwhelming start to the Premier League that has seen the team’s new signings fail to gel.

Tuchel has been a frustrated and prickly figure after matches this season. In interviews after the loss to Dinamo, he said “everything is missing” when asked to sum up Chelsea’s performance and complained that his players “lacked hunger.”

In a feisty Premier League game against Tottenham, Tuchel was sent off — along with rival manager Antonio Conte — and later fined after they went head-to-head in a post-match scuffle because Tuchel failed to let go of his grip in the traditional handshake.

“As the new ownership group reaches 100 days since taking over the club, and as it continues its hard work to take the club forward, the new owners believe it is the right time to make this transition,” Chelsea said in a statement, which also said Tuchel “will rightly have a place” in the club’s history.

After all, the 49-year-old German guided Chelsea to the Champions League title less than six months after taking over as manager in January 2021, as the replacement for Frank Lampard. Tuchel only had one full season at the helm and that saw Chelsea eliminated in the quarterfinals of the Champions League — to eventual champion Real Madrid — before finishing third in the Premier League, 19 points behind champion Manchester City.

A big reason why Chelsea faded in the second half of last season was the turbulence caused by the change of ownership and it was a wild offseason at Stamford Bridge, too, with dozens of players — including Cristiano Ronaldo — linked with a move to the London club as Boehly looked to make his presence felt in the transfer market.

Raheem Sterling, Kalidou Koulibaly and Marc Cucurella came in for big fees, before the final days of the transfer window saw Chelsea spend 75 million pounds ($87 million) on French center back Wesley Fofana and then bring in Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang from Barcelona to plug a gap in its striker options.

Aubameyang cited playing under Tuchel before — at Borussia Dortmund — as a benefit of the move and was handed a debut against Dinamo. That proved to be Tuchel’s last game in charge, perhaps leaving Aubameyang’s long-term status uncertain.

That will depend who comes in to replace Tuchel. British media has already linked Graham Potter, currently manager of in-form Premier League club Brighton, and Mauricio Pochettino, with the vacancy.

Potter has no real experience of handling a squad of star players but is highly regarded for his tactical astuteness and entertaining style of play. Pochettino has experience of overseeing a locker room of egos — he was recently coach of a Paris Saint-Germain team containing Kylian Mbapp?, Lionel Messi and Neymar — and has been out of work since parting ways with the French champions in July.

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