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The Ministry of Health, Wellness, and Elderly Affairs is encouraging Saint Lucians to obtain medicines only from a pharmacy while noting that all medicines have risks and benefits.
Chief Pharmacist Donna Daniel has advised citizens to be familiar with their medicines and take them at the same time each day.
“Check them to see if they are in good condition. Keep a list of your medicines to determine which ones are missing. Check your prescription to ensure that it is valid,” Daniel said in a statement on Friday.
The complete statement appears below:
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Over 300 children have benefited from a project aimed at improving the performance of Tobago school students.
So said adviser to the THA Secretary of Education, Research and Technology Ann Natasha Second as she addressed Friday’s virtual post-Executive Council media briefing at the Shaw Park Cultural Complex.
IMPACT (Inspiring Matriculation through Performance Assessment and Curriculum Transformation) is a long-term performance-enhancement project geared toward improving students’ competencies.
Second said the programme catered to the island’s students who sat the 2022 Secondary Entrance Assessment (SEA) examination and scored less than 50 per cent. She said approximately 78.7 per cent of the students were eligible, but only 51 per cent of that figure participated.
She said through a collaborative, innovative and creative effort, a curriculum was delivered for four weeks.
“For this phase one cycle, students would have been exposed to literacy, enhancement, mathematics, English language, creative arts.
“They would have also done a number of technical vocational activities – dancing, drumming. We had table-setting. We had teachers among us who had skills like plumbing, and they would have introduced these students to these tasks.”
She said at the end of the session, there was an achievement day activity at each of the 20 centres.
“Of the entire 378 students who participated, all of them would have reported on that day how much of a positive impact this programme had on their life.”
She said the division will close off the first phase with a graduation ceremony.
The next phase will “develop a very professional network.
“For phase two, we are hoping to include teaching at the school to support the current system that we have from members who have been additionally trained or professionally trained to help students who need additional support with both reading and mathematics.”
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Minister of Education Dr Nyan Gadsby-Dolly. – FILE PHOTO/JEFF K MAYERS
SOME 355 students, who recently sat the Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination (CAPE), have been awarded grants by the Ministry of Education with a total value of $30,058,378.
The ministry made the announcement on Friday. The grants are being issued under the National Bursaries Programme and will provide tuition, compulsory fees, a book allowance and a monthly personal allowance.
The ministry launched the programme in November 2020, creating a “means for ensuring that the most vulnerable groups, most talented students, and most targeted areas for national development are supported.”
The grant awardees met the criteria of the National Bursary Means Test and were assessed and assigned scores based on their field of study, the ministry said, “and its alignment to national development, their involvement in extracurricular activities, contribution to community, country and the quality and content of their purpose statement.”
The ministry and the government, it said, is focused on transforming the education system to allow for access to learning for all.
Education Minister Dr Nyan Gadsby-Dolly said the National Bursary programmme has expanded access to tertiary education from 400 students to 600 students.
“Through the award of scholarships and national bursaries we now have a more strategic rationalisation of funding mechanisms, and we can ensure that the well-performing and talented students have access to higher education, regardless of their socio-economic background,” Gadsby-Dolly said.
Successful candidates will be required to sign an agreement of obligatory service to the State.
The list of successful candidates can be found on the ministry’s website moe.gov.tt and the ministry’s social media pages.
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A Tunapuna father was murdered on Friday morning, two days after his son was killed. In all, three men were killed in the area in two days.
Police reports say Kerwin Warner, 50, of Pasea Road Extension, died at the Eric Williams Medical Sciences Complex after he was shot in the abdomen.
Police reported that, at about 9 am, Warner was at Barney’s Variety, Eastern Main Road, Tunapuna when two men came in and shot him. Police said nothing was stolen from the store and believe his killing was a hit.
On August 30, Warner’s son Kester Warner was killed at a car wash in Tunapuna. Police reported that, at about 3 pm, the 22-year-old was at the car wash along St Vincent Street Tunapuna when he was killed. Residents reported hearing gunshots and found his body shortly after.
When Newsday visited their home, a relative declined to speak saying they could not say anything. A neighbour described the family as quiet people who kept to themselves and moved into the area about three years ago.
The other man murdered in Tunapuna was Richard “Wally” Drayton, also 50 of Tunapuna Road, Tunapuna.
Police listed his killing as gang-related.
Police said, at about 8.30 pm on Thursday, they responded to a report of a shooting near the Church on The Way on Tunapuna Road. On arrival, they found Drayton’s body.
In another murder outside of Tunapuna, a one-legged man was killed on Thursday night.
Police reported that Stephon Alexander, 49, of Nizam Street, St James, was liming at a bar on Bournes Road at about 7.45 pm when he was killed.
Alexander had his right leg amputated years ago, police said.
Police said Alexander was the intended target as his killers ignored all who were there and went directly towards him.
Police said Alexander was not known to them and suspect he may have had a previous falling-out with someone who decided to kill him.
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FirstCaribbean International Bank Limited (CIBC FirstCaribbean) has announced the appointment of Mark St Hill as the next Chief Executive Officer, subject to regulatory approval.
St Hill will assume the post on November 1, 2022, with the retirement of the bank’s current CEO, Colette Delaney.
In making the announcement, Chair of the Board of Directors, David Ritch, noted: “We are proud to appoint the first Caribbean national to hold the post of CIBC FirstCaribbean’s Chief Executive Officer. With Mark taking the CEO’s chair it marks the 4th consecutive appointment of a regional person to an executive role, which reflects our focus on recognising and developing regional talent.”
St Hill brings to the post, 32 years of practical and technical experience in banking having worked his way through the bank from the post of bank teller.
Most recently he has driven the execution of our bank’s digitalization strategy.
“He is perfectly positioned to lead the bank at this time of transformation within the financial services industry. Like his predecessor, Colette Delaney, he is an expert in one of the key pillars of our strategy – developing relationships, whether it be with our clients, our employees, or our suppliers,” Ritch said.
St Hill has served the bank in various positions spanning Insurance Brokerage, Retail Banking, Corporate Banking, Credit Risk, International Banking and Wealth Management.
He has also held senior management positions in several countries in the Caribbean such as Grenada, British Virgin Islands and Barbados. In addition, he sits on a number of the boards of the bank’s operating companies and is a trustee of the FirstCaribbean International ComTrust Foundation, the bank’s charitable foundation.
St Hill is a Fellow of the British Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators, a graduate of the FirstCaribbean Executive Leadership Programme with Wharton Business School and has recently completed the Master’s Certificate Programme in Financial Services Leadership in conjunction with Schulich School of Business and CIBC. He is also the President of the Barbados Hockey Federation. Mark is married to Simone and is the proud father of three children.
In other news, the bank announced that its subsidiary, FirstCaribbean International Bank (Barbados) Limited will cease operations in Dominica on January 31, 2023. It will start contacting its clients in Dominica within the coming days, to advise of timelines for its withdrawal from Dominica and what clients need to do ahead of the closure date.
St Hill’s appointment comes as the bank prepares to say farewell to its CEO of the past four years, Colette Delaney, who assumed the role on November 1, 2018.
Colette Delaney assumed the role as CEO on November 1, 2018.
Delaney joined CIBC FirstCaribbean in 2013, and amongst other roles, she has served as the bank’s Chief Risk and Administrative Officer. She was appointed Chief Operating Officer on December 8, 2017, and is a member of the board of CIBC FirstCaribbean International Bank. She also served as Chair of the bank’s charitable organization, FirstCaribbean International ComTrust Foundation.
“Colette’s appointment as Chief Executive Officer, the first woman to be appointed to the role, was a landmark in the bank’s history. She brought to her tenure as CEO the steady hand that the bank needed during the past two years as we struggled with the COVID-19 pandemic and its effect on our region. Her ability to reassure both employees and clients of the bank’s stability and support helped to assuage the concerns of our various stakeholders during a testing period, Ritch said.
CIBC FirstCaribbean also announced the retirement of Dan Wright, Managing Director of Wealth Management, effective February 28, 2023. Wright joined CIBC FirstCaribbean in December 2012, as Director, Private Wealth Management.
Pim van der Burg, FCIB’s Managing Director, Corporate and Investment Banking, will assume responsibility for the Wealth portfolio effective September 5, 2022. The two executives will work together on transition activities until Wright’s retirement.
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The Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) says it will continue to exchange ?20 and ?50 paper banknotes even as its counterpart in England withdraws the legal tender status of those bills on September 30.
The BOJ said it would continue to follow the usual verification of the authenticity of the notes and customer due diligence, as required by the Bank’s Anti-Money Laundering (AML) policy and operating procedures.
It accepts all foreign currencies for which it publishes a counter rate. A listing of these is available on the BOJ website.
Therefore, until otherwise advised, Jamaica’s central bank will continue to accept these ?20 and ?50 paper banknotes for exchange at its banking counters.
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Double Olympic sprint champion Elaine Thompson-Herah of Jamaica lost to Sha’Carri Richardson of the USA in the women’s 100m at the Spitzen Leichtathletik, a World Athletics Continental Tour
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HEALTH Minister Terrence Deyalsingh is continuing to recuperate at home.
Ministry officials, speaking on condition of anonymity on Friday, said Deyalsingh is in good spirits and recovering at home.
They were confident it would not be long before he’s back on the job again.
In a statement on Monday, the ministry said Deyalsingh displayed flu-like symptoms and went to the Arima General Hospital for treatment.
Doctors were able to rule out covid19 but he was kept for observation out of an abundance of caution.
In a subsequent statement on Wednesday, the ministry said the medical team at the Arima General Hospital reviewed his condition and subsequently discharged him.
He will continue his recovery at home.
The statement added, “The minister would like to thank the staff of Eric Williams Medical Sciences Complex Accident and Emergency Department for their initial attention and also the staff at the Arima General Hospital for their caring professionalism.”
Deyalsingh, according to the statement, also expressed his “deep gratitude for the hundreds of messages of prayer and support” received, especially from his constituents of St Joseph.
Deyalsingh was first elected St Joseph MP in a bye-election on November 4, 2013.
He was re-elected as MP on September 7, 2015 and August 10, 2020.
Deyalsingh has served as health minister since September 11, 2015.
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<>, a argu? Youri Latortue ? l’?mission Panel Magik ce vendredi. L’ancien s?nateur de l’Artibonite a d?nonc? des franchises ill?gales accord?es ? des particuliers. <>, a d?plor? Youri Latortue.
L’ancien s?nateur croit que le gouvernement devrait faire la lumi?re sur cette question afin d’identifier ceux qui b?n?ficient des franchises de mani?re indue en privant l’?tat de ressources financi?res, sans compter que leurs actes portent pr?judice ? des entrepreneurs qui respectent la loi et qui sont victimes d’une concurrence d?loyale. <>, a r?v?l? Youry Latortue, pr?cisant qu’il n’a pas de donn?es actualis?es pour les deux derni?res ann?es. <>, a-t-il d?nonc?.
Le dossier de trafic d’armes et de munitions au warf de l’Autorit? portuaire nationale (APN), impliquant l’?glise ?piscopale d’Ha?ti est une occasion pour l’?tat ha?tien de revoir l’octroi des franchises, selon Youri Latortue. Il invite l’?tat ? ?tre plus vigilant dans le suivi du dossier des entreprises qui soumettent des demandes de franchise. <>, a-t-il fait savoir.
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Du haut de ses 25 ans d’existence, la Fondation Barbancourt, en signant ce partenariat renouvelable chaque ann?e avec la F?d?ration Ha?tienne de Basket-ball au profit de la grande famille du sport num?ro deux du pays, s’implique de plus en plus dans le social. D?j? d?tentrice d’un terrain de basket, sis ? Damien (Plaine du Cul-de-Sac) et d’une ?cole de basket-ball comportant 150 athl?tes dont 40 filles, la Fondation Barbancourt entend apporter sa pierre dans la construction de l’?difice du basket-ball dans le pays.
S’exprimant ? propos de ce partenariat renouvelable avec la F?d?ration Ha?tienne de Basket-ball, la PDG de la Fondation Barbancourt, accompagn?e de Gr?gory Morissette de la Direction de la Fondation Barbancourt, croit savoir que la signature de ce protocole d’accord renforcera la capacit? des moniteurs et entra?neurs de l’?cole de basket-ball de sa Fondation et optimisera l’exp?rience des jeunes qui s’y trouvent. Elle en a profit? pour fixer l’objectif de l’entit? qu’elle dirige.
<>, a clairement fait savoir Mme Delphine Gard?re.
Pour sa part, le pr?sident de la F?d?ration Ha?tienne de Basket-ball, Joseph Henri Jean, assist? par le vice-pr?sident de la FHB, Alph P?lissier Ulysse, se dit fier de travailler en ?troite collaboration avec la Fondation Barbancourt, car dit-il, ce partenariat contribuera au d?veloppement du basket en Ha?ti.
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<>, a clairement fait savoir Joseph Henri Jean.
Dans le protocole d’accord sign? par les deux parties, il est clairement ?crit que la Fondation Barbancourt s’engage ? mettre ? disposition des techniciens de la FHB, le terrain, les mat?riels et les ?quipements n?cessaires au fonctionnement de l’?cole de basket-ball de la Fondation, affilier l’?cole de basket-ball de la Fondation ? la FHB et exiger que tous les moniteurs de l’?cole soient affili?s ? la FHB avant le 15 octobre 2022 (date limite). Assurer la promotion de ce partenariat ? travers les r?seaux sociaux et les autres canaux de communication, organiser conjointement avec la FHB toutes les activit?s relatives ? l’?cole de basket-ball de la Fondation Barbancourt.
Parall?lement, la FHB a pour obligation de mettre de fa?on permanente deux ou trois techniciens au profit de l’?cole. Ils auront pour responsabilit? de superviser et aider les moniteurs ? ?laborer un plan d’entra?nement, ?valuer les moniteurs, soumettre un rapport mensuel ? la Direction technique de la FHB. Ce rapport sera partag? ? la Fondation avec des recommandations. Organiser des s?ances de formations pour les moniteurs, arbitres et aspirants arbitres et moniteurs de la zone. Faire un inventaire des mat?riels et ?quipements utilis?s et soumettre ? la Fondation la liste des mat?riels et ?quipements adapt?s ? chaque cat?gorie. Organiser au moins deux fois l’an, des camps de formation pour les jeunes avec des entra?neurs am?ricains, membres du staff technique de la s?lection nationale. Inviter les meilleurs jeunes de l’?cole de basket-ball de la Fondation ? participer aux camps de d?tection de la FHB. Organiser des tournois de basket-ball 3×3 et 5×5 au profit des jeunes de l’?cole de basket-ball de la Fondation dans diff?rentes cat?gories. Inviter les ?quipes de jeunes de l’?cole ? participer aux autres tournois organis?s par la FHB. Faire l’acquisition de certains mat?riels et ?quipements au profit de l’?cole.
Assurer la promotion des activit?s de l’?cole ? travers les canaux de communication de la FHB. Les messages et graphisme seront fourmis par la Fondation Barbancourt suivant sa strat?gie de marketing et ses normes de communication. Fournir un rapport trimestriel des activit?s r?alis?es : objectifs et r?alisations et fournir un rapport final annuel des activit?s r?alis?es : objectifs et r?alisations.
Il est ? signaler que ni la Fondation Barbancourt ni la F?d?ration Ha?tienne de Basket-ball n’ont pas r?v?l? le montant du partenariat renouvelable chaque ann?e, sign? pour une dur?e de trois ans. Toujours est-il que les jeunes pratiquants du basket-ball ? travers le pays en g?n?ral, et en particulier ceux et celles de l’?cole de basket-ball de la Fondation Barbancourt, seront les grands b?n?ficiaires de ce partenariat qui a enchant? le coeur de la grande famille du basket-ball ha?tien.
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