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An Ananda Alert has been activated for 14-year-old K’Issac Chambers of Jerico, Hanover, and Cliffton Boy’s Home, who has been missing since Tuesday, August 9.

He is of dark complexion, slim build and about 144 centimetres (4 feet 9 inches) tall.

Reports from the Darliston police are that about 2pm, K’Issac was at summer school, however, he did not return to class following lunch break.

His mode of dress was a black T-shirt, black jeans and a pair of grey slippers. He has not been heard from since.

Anyone knowing the whereabouts of K’Issac Chambers is asked to call the Darliston police at 876-955-0088, police 119 emergency number or the nearest police station.

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Jereem awarded for breaking 200m Commonwealth record

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The content originally appeared on: Trinidad and Tobago Newsday

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In this screengrab from a video posted to TT track and field athlete Jereem Richards’ Facebook page, Richards poses with the commemorative timepiece and certificate he received for breaking the men’s 200-metre games record at the 2022 Birmingham Commonwealth Games.

Trinidad and Tobago track and field athlete Jereem Richards received a commemorative timepiece and certificate for breaking the men’s 200-metre games record at the 2022 Birmingham Commonwealth Games.

On Saturday, Richards won the 200m race in 19.80 seconds to erase the previous Commonwealth Games record of 19.97, held by Frankie Fredericks of Namibia since 1994.

It was also a personal best for Richards, as he lowered his mark of 19.83.

In a ceremony in Birmingham, Richards said defending his 200m Commonwealth Games title has been on his mind since his victory four years ago.

“I have actually been thinking about it since (the Commonwealth Games in) Gold Coast in 2018,” Richards said.

“I know that I would have to come here and defend the title…it is just a blessing to be able to defend it and to even run a games record to break the great Frankie Fredericks’s record. It is something exceptional.”

He is elated to be in the “history books.”

Richards also teamed up with Machel Cedenio, Asa Guevara and Dwight St Hillaire to win gold in the men’s 4x400m relay a day later.

Richards remembered former TT athlete Deon Lendore, saying, “That (relay) was definitely something very special for us. We lost a team-mate this year in January – the great Deon Lendore. That was a big blow for TT and to just go out there and make him proud and keep the 4×4 spirit of TT alive and show them we are still a force to be reckoned with in the 4×4 was something very important.”

Lendore, 29, died in a car accident in January in Texas, US. He was one of this country’s best 400m runners.

Richards said, “May his soul rest in peace and may he always be remembered.”

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Deyalsingh rejects UNC ‘monkeypox mischief’

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Minister of Health Terrence Deyalsingh – Photo by Ayanna Kinsale

HEALTH Minister Terrence Deyalsingh rejected what he described as continued mischief being spread by the Opposition UNC about monkeypox and Trinidad and Tobago’s ability to deal with it

At a news conference on August 7, Caroni East MP Dr Rishad Seecheran said the Health Ministry should ask developed countries for donations of the monkeypox vaccine and not depend on the Pan American Health Organisation (PAHO) to acquire the vaccine.

Addressing the virtual covid19 news conference on Wednesday, Deyalsingh said those comments provided further evidence that the only people who continued to make the same mistake on all issues were the UNC, because they did not have the facts of the matters they spoke about.

Nine DNA samples sent overseas by the ministry to test for monkeypox have returned negative, indicating the virus is not present in TT at this time.

Deyalsingh said it was necessary for him to update the public on TT’s efforts to acquire the monkeypox vaccine to “dispel the misinformation and disinformation being put out by the UNC and their spokespersons.”

He advised the population to disregard all comments coming from the UNC because it had no credible information to support any of its statements.

“As we have the information, we will bring it to you.”

The ministry was part of meetings with PAHO on July 15 and August 5 on acquiring the monkeypox vaccine. The latter meeting involved Deyalsingh and all his Caricom counterparts.

Deyalsingh said a resolution was passed at the August 5 by all Caricom health ministers, allowing PAHO to engage in negotiations with the manufacturer of the vaccine and acquire it for Caricom.

“As I indicated earlier, TT was one of the first countries (in Caricom) to indicate interest to acquire (monkeypox) vaccines.”

Bavarian Nordic is the only monkeypox vaccine manufacturer in the world.

Referring to information from PAHO director Dr Clarissa Etienne, Deyalsingh said, “While supplies of the vaccine are extremely limited, PAHO has engaged in early negotiations with the sole manufacturer.”

This, he continued, shattered the myth being perpetuated by the UNC that the vaccine is “available in a drugstore and you can buy it on a shelf.”

Deyalsingh added that against the background of limited vaccine supplies, larger countries could be trying to hoard those supplies.

“But the manufacturer has indicated there is an understanding that it will deal with PAHO and maybe not individual countries.”

Through PAHO, Deyalsingh reiterated, TT is in the market for the vaccine. On August 3, he said the ministry placed an order with PAHO for 2,000 doses of the vaccine.

There remains no confirmation on the price for the vaccine or its arrival date in TT.

But Deyalsingh said the ministry now has information on the vaccine’s shelf life. Bavarian Nordic had told PAHO, he said, the exact date of the vaccine’s expiration will be given once a contract to acquire the vaccines has been signed.

Deyalsingh said the information from Bavarian Nordic indicates that if the vaccine is stored at temperatures of -50 degrees celsius or -20 degrees celsius, it will last five and three years respectively.

He reminded the public that the ministry had already established cold-storage facilities which have successfully stored covid19 vaccines over the last two years.

‘We have the capacity in country to store it at both -20 (degrees celsius) and for a shelf life of three years and -50 (degrees celsius) for a shelf life of five years.”

Deyalsingh said people who have no interest in helping TT should “desist from misleading the population.”

He also told the UNC that if it really wanted to be helpful to the population, there is one thing it could do.

“If you want to raise your voice, join me as Minister of Health, as I have been doing for the past month, urging the larger countries to share vaccines.”

Chief Medical Officer Dr Roshan Parasram said as of August 4, there were 26,000 globally confirmed cases of monkeypox in 85 countries, 9,000 of them in the Americas.

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Young optimistic over new Touchstone wells

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Energy Minister Stuart Young.

ENERGY Minister Stuart Young has expressed optimism over two new wells being drilled onshore in the Ortoire Licence area by an independent Canadian company, Touchstone Exploration.

These are the Coho and Cascadura wells.

In a tweet on Wednesday, Young said, “Looking forward to good news from @TouchstoneExp in the not too distant future on its onshore first gas production (Coho) and pushing for more to come by year end. Met with (Touchstone president) Paul Baay and @MoonXav (exploration manager Xavier Moonan) this morning as we continue to work to increase production in TT.”

A ministry statement said in Young’s continuing engagements with key energy stakeholders, he had Baay at the ministry.

“The discussions focused on Touchstone’s work programme and specifically the Coho and Cascadura wells. The parties also discussed potential future exploration and production.”

He said Coho and Cascadura wells are conventional gas developments onshore in Trinidad and Tobago and both in block Ortoire.

“Paul Baay estimates that both blocks will flow both liquids and gas for many years to come and provided details as to planned future drillings.”

Young was pleased with the updates and expressed the continued willingness of the Government to work with Touchstone.

The Touchstone Facebook page displayed an article on the website proactiveinvestor.co.uk, dated last Monday. This reported Baay’s pleasure that the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) at its Cascadura well has been completed. He was quoted as saying the impact of this news will be “huge” going forward and he was very optimistic that now good relations have been established with the Environmental Management Authority, the way has been paved for “the next ten years.”

The same website cited him as reporting “good headway” on the Coho asset.

It said, “Coho will be the first new onshore natural gas project to come onstream in in TT for 20 years. In that context, a short delay shouldn’t mean very much. Nevertheless, Baay explains that the biggest challenge has been that three different parties are tied into the project and redesign changes pushed the project back by a month.”

The article said while Baay admitted to being downbeat about timelines, he reiterated: “We are making progress.”

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British Airways to commence operations in Guyana in 2023

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The content originally appeared on: INews Guyana

British Airways will commence operations from the United Kingdon to Guyana in 2023 but tickets are expected to go on sale from this week. British Airways joins several other airlines that provide air travel out of Guyana.

The announcement was made on Tuesday at a press conference at the Public Works Ministry.

“Today’s announcement and the start of selling of tickets are to ensure the adequate lead time and a proper rollout of this service,” Public Works Minister, Bishop Juan Edghill noted.

He stated that the airline will operate twice weekly service to Guyana. The aircraft, a Boeing 777 has a 332-seating capacity.

Ministers, Bishop Edghill, Deodat Indar and Oneidge Walrond along with UK’s High Commissioner to Guyana Jane Miller at the press conference on Wednesday

This now doubles the amount that is carried by any other aircraft at the CJIA. The cost of fights is also expected to be cheaper due to the size of the aircraft.

However, there will not be direct flights from Guyana to London since the aircraft will be in transited in St. Lucia which will also open new opportunities for that country.

“These flights will be coming through St Lucia and that means that were opening up really a new market apart from British airways bringing in European visitors or tourists, the fact that the flight will be coming in and out through St Lucia, it gives St Lucia a direct link with Guyana and that could also bring in a lot of people from the eastern Caribbean into Guyana directly,” Edghill noted.

Meanwhile, British High Commissioner to Guyana Jane Miller stated that this developmment will open new opportunities that will strengthen Guyana and UK relations.

“It reflects a growing confidence globally in Guyana both in its tourism as an economic hub for the Latin American and the Caribbean, so it thinks with that new confidence people like British Airways are coming in seeing huge opportunities,” she explained.

In addition, she added that this will give an opportunity to the people of the UK to experience Guyana’s rich biodiversity and tourist attractions.

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Police now institute murder charge against youth for death of Berbice businessman

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Murder accused, Dave Singh and murdered businessman,Vickram Seubarran

The prosecution on Wednesday withdrew the manslaughter charge which was instituted against Dave Singh last week and is now charging the 23-year-old man with murder.

Singh is now being charged for the murder committed on 53-year-old Vickram Seubarran who was found with a knife stuck in his back on August 1, 2022.

At the New Amsterdam Magistrate on Wednesday, Prosecutor, Morrison told the court that the new murder charge was instituted following advice from the Director of Public Prosecution (DPP).

Murder accused, Dave Singh and murdered businessman,Vickram Seubarran

Magistrate Renita Singh told the accused who appaired virtually that while manslaughter is a bailable offense, murder is not, and as such, he was remanded to prison until September 13, 2022.

Singh was on Friday last granted bail in the sum of $750,000 on the unlawful killing charge.

The 23-year-old labourer had reportedly confessed to killing Seubarran after he was arrested by the Police one day after the businessman’s body was found.

Upon his arrest, the suspect told investigators that he and the victim had shared a sexual relationship and that he used to visit the man’s home quite regularly.

He confessed that, on July 31, 2022, the victim had invited him to his home, and they had consumed alcohol and were engaged in sexual intercourse.

Further, he stated that as he was leaving, the victim wanted to have more sexual intercourse, but he refused. This led to an argument and ultimately a scuffle.

He told detectives that he went into the kitchen, took a knife, and stabbed the victim three times, after which he left the house.

Following his confession, he was taken back to the scene, where he pointed detectives to the area where he had disposed of the handle of the murder weapon. The area was searched, but the handle was not recovered.

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WATCH: Brazil Donates Medication To Saint Lucia – St. Lucia Times News

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Suspenden a empleado del municipio de San Sebastián señalado por agresión sexual

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El alcalde de San Sebastián, Javier Jiménez Pérez, confirmó hoy en RADIO ISLA que su ayudante especial, que tiene 71 años de edad y a quien se le imputó de haber cometido agresión sexual en contra de una joven de 25 años, fue suspendido de su empleo.

“Es un ayudante mío, sí, los detalles del caso están bajo investigación”, manifestó Jiménez Pérez. 

Pendientes a RADIO ISLA para más información.

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Anuncian feria de empleos para este viernes en Guaynabo

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Unas 500 ofertas de empleo están disponibles para diferentes plazas en el área metropolitana, por lo que Caribbean Temporary Services (CTS) realizará una feria de empleo este viernes, 12 de agosto, en el Museo del Deporte de Guaynabo.

La portavoz de CTS, Glenda Burgos, detalló que las posiciones disponibles son para trabajar en call centers, en áreas de servicio al cliente, producción, almacenes, choferes, vendedores casa por casa, así como puestos de oficina, contabilidad y en el área de hoteles (food and beverage).

“En estos momentos en que los ciudadanos toman determinaciones importantes, Caribbean Temporary Services se une a nuestros clientes en el esfuerzo de atraer recursos a nuestra fuerza trabajadora, sirviendo de vehículo para simplificar el proceso de reclutamiento. Para este evento estamos solicitando que la persona llegue preparada para ser entrevistada y contratada al momento”, explicó Burgos.

Los interesados en participar deben llevar resumé, una identificación con foto vigente o pasaporte en original, certificado de nacimiento o tarjeta de seguro social y certificado de antecedentes penales, – que puede obtener a través de https://servicios.pr.gov/ o en la comandancia más cercana-, tarjeta de vacunación y evidencia del último grado académico completado.

“Todas esas personas que han tomado la decisión de insertarse en el mundo laboral, de aportar al país y mejorar sus condiciones de vida, están invitados a darse cita en esta feria de empleo que comenzará a las 9:00 am y durará hasta las 3:00 p.m”, expresó Burgos.

Para mayor información o preguntas sobre el proceso, los interesados pueden comunicarse al 787-724-5643.

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