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François Durpaire, historien et consultant sur BFMTV, est accusé par une ex-compagne de l’avoir violée en 2011.
Elle affirme avoir été violée alors qu’elle était venue lui demander des explications, écrit le quotidien.
En 2020, les deux anciens amants se seraient revus et se seraient « mis d’accord sur une transaction financière » de 60 000 euros mais la femme se serait ravisée et aurait alors porté plainte, poursuit le journal.
« Contrôle judiciaire léger »
Contactée par l’AFP, l’avocate de François Durpaire, Me Dorothée Bisaccia-Bernstein, a estimé que l’ouverture de cette information judiciaire offrait à son client « l’opportunité de s’exprimer de façon contradictoire face à ces accusations », et a souligné que les juges d’instruction avaient considéré « qu’il était suffisamment digne de confiance pour lui imposer un contrôle judiciaire assez léger ».
« Il est normal et légitime que la parole des femmes soit entendue, mais il est aussi légitime qu’une instruction soit ouverte pour permettre la manifestation de la vérité », a-t-elle ajouté.
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The man who was on Monday morning being sought by the police in relation to a threat to kidnap women and girls in Mandeville, Manchester, is now in police custody.
Head of the Manchester Police Division Superintendent Shane McCalla confirmed on Monday afternoon that the man was “picked up” and is undergoing interviews by investigators.
“Initial observation that has been made is that the young man is displaying signs of mental health issues and, as such, whilst we do our part as the police, there is also another aspect to it where the Ministry of Health personnel are also on board and are actively involved in the process,” he said on Monday afternoon.
The man, whose name has not been released by the police, was seen in a video circulated on social media promising that when school reopens today, September 5, he would be driving around and “taking all girl kids” and women because they are needed for an experiment.
The police issued an appeal late Sunday night for him to immediately surrender at the nearest police station. The police also appealed to the public to help them identify the man in the video.
On Monday afternoon, Superintendent McCalla thanked everyone who assisted the police “in the speedy resolution to this particular matter”.
The senior cop also urged Jamaicans to be observant and seek assistance once individuals observe any signs that a family member, a friend, or a co-worker may be showing any signs of mental health problems.
“It is a serious issue that affects a large number of persons in our society, and sometimes it goes unnoticed and untreated,” he said.
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Jamaica’s COVID-positivity rate increased to 20.3 per cent amid 127 new COVID-19 cases recorded over a 24-hour period up to Sunday afternoon.
A COVID-19 death that occurred in September was also recorded on Sunday, bringing the overall coronavirus death toll in Jamaica to 3,268.
An 86-year-old woman from Kingston and St Andrew is the latest COVID fatality nationally.
There were 83 recoveries on the day, bringing that tally to 97,095.
The newly confirmed COVID-19 cases brought the total number on record for the island to 150,307.
Notably, the 20.3 per cent positivity rate was based on the samples that were tested on Monday.
Of the newly confirmed cases, 78 are females and 49 are males, with ages ranging from one month to 92 years.
The case count was made up of Kingston and St Andrew (35), St Catherine (17), St Thomas (11), St Elizabeth (11), St Ann (10), Manchester (10), St James (10), Clarendon (nine), Portland (six), Westmoreland (three), St Mary (three), Hanover (one), and Trelawny (one).
There are 37 moderately ill patients and six severely ill patients among 1,115 active cases now under observation in Jamaica.
A total of 120 COVID-19 patients are now hospitalised locally.
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Teachers are prepared to go the extra mile to reintegrate students into the classroom as the new academic term commenced on Monday.
This will be done to tackle the major learning loss students suffered when schools across the country were closed to face-to-face sessions due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
DPI visited various schools along the east bank corridor, where teachers detailed plans, they are implementing to help bring their students up to speed.
Headteacher of Peters Hall Primary, Wonita Henry, expressed delight over the reopening of school, as she highlighted the many plans for her students.
“It’s one of the most amazing things. The children are happy to be out again and the teachers are well prepared. As usual, we do our remedial teaching but this year, we implemented a new system. Where we are working with the slow learners in a separate group, so as to push them over the pass mark to get back into the normal stream.”
At the Diamond Secondary School, 78 per cent of students turned out on the first day. The school’s Graduate Senior Mistress Melisa Gordon said majority of the students were at a disadvantage when classes were held online.
“Even though we embrace technology, we can’t deny the facts that lots of our students are at a disadvantage because of connectivity issues in terms of the internet and getting access to devices to attend classes online. So, I am happy that they came back in school fully, where they can continue learning as they use to before the pandemic,” she pointed out.
To this end, Gordon said teachers will we assisting students after school to ensure they are on the path of success.
“We are taking great initiatives to work with them beyond the call of duty to ensure that they get back at least a high percentage so that they can move forward and go on to be successful. Some of the classes will actually be done after school, we will be working with them giving them extra assignments among other activities.”
Houston Secondary School’s Graduate Headmaster Kevin Williamson shared similar sentiments as he highlighted that majority of the student population are from deprived communities.
“The students would’ve lost a lot during that pandemic period. So, I think the reopening of school and having them in the classroom will help them especially students coming from areas that feed our school. Which is a lot of deprived communities so, what we find is a lot of those students were notengaged on the online classroom and so that absences had a negative impact on them learning. So, bringing them back into the classroom will definitely help them in making them successful for life ahead,” he noted.
Further, the headmaster stated that the school will be implementing the Ministry of Education’s consolidated curriculum to reintegrate over 480 students to face-to face learning.
“It will start off with an assessment, we will check to see where the students are and from there, we will know how far back we have to go to bring them to where they are supposed to be,” he said.
Additionally, Assistant Mistress of Grove Primary School, Annalisa Persaud said “I think it is a great idea to have school reopen because the children have been facing a lot of learning loss. I think they have been missing that and the school experience is very important for them. So, it’s a great initiative to have school open fully.”
To address this growing issue, Persaud said the school will be rolling a new curriculum.
“That curriculum allows us to target each child individually so we are excited to have that work. So, that we can look at each child individually and how well their learning preference will go with the curriculum,” she said.
At present, some 610 students returned to the school for the new term.
Meanwhile, parents who accompanied their children welcomed the reopening.
Nicola Griffith said “well, the online learning at home was hitting him back a little. I believe working at school give him a better reaction with teacher kids, helps him to improve better.”
Another parent, Leah Emmanuel shared similar sentiments.
“It’s more convenient because sometimes you’re home and so busy you don’t have the time to help them fully do their work so it’s more convenient to bring them to school.”
Sharon Thomas said with the reopening of school her child is sure to excel.
“Well, I am glad to come out for the first day at school for September. I am glad my child is entering a new class today and I feel so proud. I know she will do it now because the school open all round and when she brings percentage, she will bring more the next term,” she told DPI.
Safety measures and protocols are still in effect to protect students from COVID-19. [Extracted from DPI]
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The northern Leeward Islands escaped the wrath of Tropical Storm Earl as it passed north of the island chain.
The US National Hurricane Centre (NHC) said TS Earl’s eye is 85 miles (140 kilometres) north-northeast of St Thomas in the US Virgin Islands.
There are no warnings in effect.
TS Earl has maximum sustained winds that are near 50 mph (85 km/h) with higher gusts, according to the NHC’s forecast. Tropical-storm-force winds extend outward up to 105 miles (165 km) from the centre of circulation.
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Slow strengthening is forecast over the next several days, and Earl could become a hurricane.
NHC said TS Earl is meandering with an estimated motion toward the northwest near 3 mph (6 km/h). A slow turn to the north-northwest is expected to begin tomorrow followed by a turn northward later this week.
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Hier matin, le président du Guadeloupe unie solidaire et responsable (GUSR) a réuni des universitaires, des experts pour lancer ses travaux. Les débats ont commencé, le parti se propose de poursuivre afin d’avoir l’adhésion de la population.
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STATEMENT FROM THE GOVERNMENT OF GUYANA
The Government of Guyana condemns, in its strongest possible terms, the most recent harassment being meted out to our Guyanese fisherfolk by the Surinamese government, inclusive of its failure to grant licenses to our fishermen in keeping with a commitment made to His Excellency, Dr Mohamed Irfaan Ali, President of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana on 26 November 2020, during a visit to Suriname.
During that visit, the Hon. Zulfikar Mustapha, Minister of Agriculture of Guyana, met with Hon. Parmanand Sewdien, Minister of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries of Suriname and requested the issuance of 150 SK licences which will allow Guyanese fishermen to ply their trade in Suriname Ocean waters.
Minister Mustapha recalled the earlier discussions between their Excellencies President Ali and the President of the Republic Suriname, Chandrikapersaud Santokhi, that there should be an agreement on the issuance of the number of licenses requested by Guyana.
Minister Sewdien also indicated that his government would form a company that will deal with the issuing of licences to the Guyanese fishermen.
At the last meeting of President Ali and President Santokhi in Georgetown, it was agreed that by 1 January 2022, arrangements would have been put in place to facilitate the issuance of the 150 SK licences to Guyanese fishermen.
Taking into account this decision, the Minister of Agriculture of Guyana communicated the names of the persons interested in being issued licenses via a letter dated 16 November 2021 to his Surinamese counterpart.
To date, the Government of Guyana has not been advised on the status of the establishment of the company referred to, nor on the issuances of the licenses.
In the absence of the issuance of these licences, our fisherfolk continue to face harassment at the hands of the Surinamese authorities, including fishing vessels that are stranded in Suriname and cannot return to Guyana for fear of losing their licences.
The Government of Guyana, therefore, calls on the Government of Suriname to not renege in its commitment and to make known the current position of the issuance of the licences.
End.
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Strong winds today caused major damages to several houses located at Bareroot and Dazzel Housing Scheme, East Coast Demerara (ECD).
In the aftermath of the damage done to several homes, police ranks within Regional Division 4 ‘C’ visited the affected communities and residents.
Sergeant Robin, Detective Corporal Liverpool along with a party of police ranks went to the back of Dazzel Housing Scheme, ECD, where the roofs of several houses between Eighteenth and Twentieth Streets were detached due to heavy winds. There, the police ranks met with several persons who suffered losses.
Meanwhile, Sergeant Wellington and a party of police ranks visited Bareroot and spoke with the affected residents.
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A male relative of the second victim who died after last week’s shooting on Chaussee Road, Castries, has appealed for an end to violent crime, warning that ‘all bad man’ will eventually end up in the Choc cemetery.
Police said twenty-seven-year-old Mergatette Joseph succumbed on Friday.
Family members referred to the deceased as Bolom.
“Today you all kill Bolom, tomorrow it going to be your turn. It going to reach on you too. You can’t sleep. You have to be turning your back every day to see who coming,” one of the deceased’s cousins declared.
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“Messieurs put down the guns. Stop the killing because all of you all now all bad man where you seeing them? They lying down at Choc (cemetery) watching plane belly when it taking off,” the cousin, who spoke on anonymity asserted.
The relative described the deceased as fun-loving and jovial.
And he disclosed that the death was a hard blow to the family.
According to the cousin, three bullets hit Joseph, including one to the head.
“We were expecting him to really pull through. But when we saw from what his uncle and auntie told me the way they saw him he wasn’t responding,” he recalled.
In appealing for an end to the gun violence that has been plaguing Saint Lucia, the cousin advised people to find other means of settling whatever disputes they may have.
“What I would like to say to the fellas outside there, killing people brothers, fathers, uncles – messieurs that ain’t playing no role. Put down the guns, please. That not making no sense,” he stated.
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