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Fortes pluies et orages : la Martinique passe en vigilance orange
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Une vaste masse d’air humide et instable concerne actuellement l’ensemble de l’arc antillais et génère de nombreux passages pluvieux et orageux. Une ligne de pluies soutenues pourrait affecter l’île dans les prochaines heures. Dans son bulletin de 17h, ce samedi 5 novembre, Météo France annonce le passage de la Martinique en vigilance Orange.
De fréquentes averses ont arrosé la moitié Est de la Martinique cet après-midi, toutefois sans cumuls de pluie conséquents. Cependant, une ligne de pluies orageuses plus marquées se rapproche actuellement de la façade Caraïbe. Cette ligne de pluies localement soutenues et orageuses affecte la Martinique dans les prochaines heures. Elle peut déjà entrainer des cumuls de pluie de l’ordre de 50 mm en 3h avant de s’évacuer
par l’Est du territoire en début de nuit prochaine.
Puissant axe orageux
Après une courte accalmie, des pluies d’une intensité supérieure se déclenchent en seconde partie de nuit prochaine. Elles sont associées à un puissant axe orageux qui se situe sur le Proche Atlantique et qui devrait déborder sur la Martinique. Sous ces orages, des cumuls de pluie entre 80 et 100 mm sont possibles en quelques heures. Les communes du littoral Atlantique devraient être les plus impactées. On observe néanmoins une forte incertitude sur la localisation des pluies les plus fortes qui pourraient rester en mer et affecter dans une moindre mesure le territoire.
A noter également que ces orages s’accompagnent d’une intense activité électrique et de fortes rafales de vent, comprises entre 50 et 70 km/h et atteignant 80 km/h sur le littoral Atlantique ainsi que le relief.
Malgré quelques pauses, cet épisode devrait se prolonger les jours suivants et de nouvelles averses localement fortes et orageuses sont prévues en journée de dimanche. ” C’est pourquoi, conclut Météo France, il convient de surveiller avec attention les accumulations de pluies sur l’ensemble de la période”.
Données observées
Les cumuls de pluie sur les dernières 24 heures sont raisonnables et compris entre 30 et 50 mm sur une grande partie centrale de la Martinique.
En particulier, on relève à 16h les cumuls suivants :
– 40 mm au Gros-Morne
– 35 mm à Saint-Esprit
– 31 mm au Lamentin
La fin de l’événement est estimée entre mardi 8 novembre et mercredi 9 novembre
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Cops identify two of the victims killed in Melrose Hill Bypass crash Loop Jamaica
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The police have released the names of two of the people, who were killed in a crash on Melrose High Bypass in Manchester on Friday.
The identity of another male, who was also killed in the two-vehicle crash, remains unidentified.
Reports are that at about 11:30 am, a taxi driver was operating a white motor vehicle when it collided with a grey van traveling in the opposite direction on the busy roadway.
Police sources report that eight people were traveling in each vehicle.
Three of the victims from the vehicle that was being used as a taxi later succumbed to their injuries at the hospital.
Reports are that the other 13 people were taken to a medical facility to undergo checks.
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Climat: des centaines d’activistes arrêtés à l’aéroport d’Amsterdam Schiphol
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Des centaines d’activistes pour le climat ont été arrêtés samedi à l’aéroport d’Amsterdam Schiphol après avoir franchi des clôtures et occupé une aire…
Des centaines d’activistes pour le climat ont été arrêtés samedi à l’aéroport d’Amsterdam Schiphol après avoir franchi des clôtures et occupé une aire de stationnement pour jets privés.
Les manifestants, dont beaucoup portaient des combinaisons blanches et certains étaient à vélo, ont envahi le tarmac vers 12h00 GMT, avant de s’asseoir devant au moins 14 avions privés. Il y avait également un transporteur C-130 de l’Aviation royale canadienne sur ce tarmac.
Entonnant des slogans comme “À bas les vols” ou “Schiphol pollueur de l’environnement”, ces militants des ONG Greenpeace et Extinction Rebellion ont fait le tour du tarmac, sous les applaudissements de spectateurs de l’autre côté des clôtures.
“L’action d’aujourd’hui signifie que l’aéroport de Schiphol doit réduire ses émissions, il doit y avoir moins de vols”, a commenté à l’AFP la porte-parole de Greenpeace Pays-Bas, Faiza Oulahsen. “Nous commençons par les vols dont nous n’avons absolument pas besoin, comme ceux des jets privés et les vols courts”.
Environ trois heures après le début de l’envahissement du tarmac, la police aux frontières néerlandaise a commencé à arrêter des militants, dont certains ont été traînés vers des bus après avoir résisté passivement.
“Nous prenons cela très au sérieux. Ces personnes sont dans un endroit où elles n’auraient pas dû se trouver”, a déclaré à l’AFP son porte-parole, le major Robert van Kapel.
Pour Greenpeace, la police a été “beaucoup trop dure contre les militants à vélo” et au moins une personne a été heurtée à la tête.
L’action est intervenue à la veille de l’ouverture dimanche en Egypte de la COP27, sommet de l’ONU sur le climat. La pollution des avions, “c’est un sujet dont ils doivent parler”, a déclaré à l’AFP Tessel Hofstede, porte-parole d’Extinction Rebellion.
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Des activistes pour le climat bloquent un jet privé sur un tarmac de l’aéroport de Schiphol, près d’Amsterdam
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Climat: des centaines d’activistes arrêtés à l’aéroport d’Amsterdam Schiphol
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Des centaines d’activistes pour le climat ont été arrêtés samedi à l’aéroport d’Amsterdam Schiphol après avoir franchi des clôtures et occupé une aire…
Des centaines d’activistes pour le climat ont été arrêtés samedi à l’aéroport d’Amsterdam Schiphol après avoir franchi des clôtures et occupé une aire de stationnement pour jets privés.
Les manifestants, dont beaucoup portaient des combinaisons blanches et certains étaient à vélo, ont envahi le tarmac vers 12h00 GMT, avant de s’asseoir devant au moins 14 avions privés. Il y avait également un transporteur C-130 de l’Aviation royale canadienne sur ce tarmac.
Entonnant des slogans comme “À bas les vols” ou “Schiphol pollueur de l’environnement”, ces militants des ONG Greenpeace et Extinction Rebellion ont fait le tour du tarmac, sous les applaudissements de spectateurs de l’autre côté des clôtures.
“L’action d’aujourd’hui signifie que l’aéroport de Schiphol doit réduire ses émissions, il doit y avoir moins de vols”, a commenté à l’AFP la porte-parole de Greenpeace Pays-Bas, Faiza Oulahsen. “Nous commençons par les vols dont nous n’avons absolument pas besoin, comme ceux des jets privés et les vols courts”.
Environ trois heures après le début de l’envahissement du tarmac, la police aux frontières néerlandaise a commencé à arrêter des militants, dont certains ont été traînés vers des bus après avoir résisté passivement.
“Nous prenons cela très au sérieux. Ces personnes sont dans un endroit où elles n’auraient pas dû se trouver”, a déclaré à l’AFP son porte-parole, le major Robert van Kapel.
Pour Greenpeace, la police a été “beaucoup trop dure contre les militants à vélo” et au moins une personne a été heurtée à la tête.
L’action est intervenue à la veille de l’ouverture dimanche en Egypte de la COP27, sommet de l’ONU sur le climat. La pollution des avions, “c’est un sujet dont ils doivent parler”, a déclaré à l’AFP Tessel Hofstede, porte-parole d’Extinction Rebellion.
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Des activistes pour le climat bloquent un jet privé sur un tarmac de l’aéroport de Schiphol, près d’Amsterdam
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Lovell promises to ‘roll out the blue carpet’ for former colleagues
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The leader of the country’s main opposition party said he will not close any doors for former members of the Democratic National Alliance (DNA) who may wish to return to the United Progressive Party (UPP).
Speaking on Observer AM yesterday, Harold Lovell said that he is willing to consider a collaboration between his party and the individuals who have recently resigned from the DNA.
“We are happy that Bruce Goodwin, Malaka Parker and Gatesworth James have certainly reconsidered their relationship with the DNA, and we would be willing to have them re-enter the fold of the [UPP] on terms that are comfortable to them,” he said.
Lovell also said that he believes that the priority should be to defeat Prime Minister Gaston Browne and the ruling Antigua Barbuda Labour Party (ABLP) administration in the next general elections which are constitutionally due in March 2023.
“The political imperative of Antigua at this time is that there ought to be a united force to fight the Labour Party administration,” Lovell stated.
Meanwhile, former DNA Chairperson Malaka Parker yesterday released a statement denying there were any alleged “secret talks” with the UPP regarding renewing her membership with the party.
Parker also challenged the leadership of the DNA and UPP to produce any evidence of secret contacts between her and the UPP.
Parker had previously stated that she will focus her energy on her non-profit organisation, the Hands Up Foundation.
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Two shot dead in Carenage gang-related hit
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Police are investigating a gang-related double murder in Carenage of a reputed gang leader and his second in command.
According to a police report, Kafele Pierre, 30, of Councilman Circular, Upper Sixth Avenue, Malick, Barataria, who police said described as the leader of a criminal gang and Levi Williams, 29, of the same area, were shot repeatedly by a gunman.
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Pierre and Williams were with a group of people in the driveway of a house at L’Anse Mitan Road, when they were shot. The gunman who was seen walking along the road in CCTV footage ran away after the shooting..
The other men managed to ran away to seek cover.
Williams and Pierre were taken to the Accident and Emergency Department of the St James hospital where they were declared dead.
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AG Benjamin: Interpol arrest warrant for DPP withdrawn
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Attorney General Stead- roy Benjamin has confirmed his chamber is aware that a Red Notice was issued by Interpol for the arrest of Anthony Armstrong – Antigua and Barbuda’s Director of Public Prosecution – that has since been withdrawn.
According to the International Police, “A Red Notice is a request to law enforcement worldwide to locate and provisionally arrest a person pending extradition, surrender, or similar legal action.”
The initial request dated 31st October, 2022, is believed to have been made by Jamaican authorities in relation to a matter in that country for which Armstrong was found guilty of professional misconduct by the General Legal Council.
Benjamin, who is acting prime minister while Prime Minister Gaston Browne attends COP 27 in Egypt, con- firmed that one day later on 1st November, the notice was withdrawn.
Kindly note that the Red Notice for this subject has been withdrawn based on some developments in the matter that will be dealt with locally. Whenever Mr. Armstrong comes to Jamaica, necessaries will be done,” the attorney general read from the Interpol advisory.
Benjamin said the withdrawal notice was signed by Ricardo Murphy, a law enforcement administrator from Jamaica.
“As soon as I have all the information together, I shall be issuing a more detailed statement touching all of these recent developments,” he assured.
Armstrong proceeded on special leave in February, 2022, to appeal a decision by Jamaica’s General Legal Council which found him guilty of professional mis- conduct in a matter involving the alleged sale of three properties belonging to a former client of his more than twenty years ago.
According to the General Legal Council, Armstrong acted in contravention of the laws of Jamaica when he signed a document as a witness for someone who was not physically present. It is unclear whether the appeal was filed and heard in Jamaica, but Anthony Armstrong resumed duties as Antigua and Barbuda’s chief prosecutor in May, 2022. POINTE XPRESS
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NGO seeks subvention for projects to help the needy
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WAND president Mona Khan, right, and board member Jan Bocas Ryan, left, present Sharon Rowley, wife of the Prime Minister, with a copy of The Story of WAND during a fundraising luncheon at Hyatt Regency, Port of Spain on Friday. Photo by Roger Jacob
Jan Bocas Ryan, board member of the NGO WAND, is asking the Government to consider giving it an annual subvention, “given our track record of good governance and delivery of projects on time, within budget, and timely reporting.”
Speaking at the Women in Action for the Needy and Destitute (WAND) fundraising luncheon at the Hyatt Regency, Port of Spain, on Friday, Ryan said all the funds collected went directly to its projects, since the organisation had no overheads.
“Our subvention request would be a targeted one, focused on achieving a very specific project as we are aware that Government cannot do everything, and we are happy to partner with others to get the job done.”
Its most recent project is a partnership with The Shelter, an NGO and charity for domestic violence survivors, founded by Diana Mahabir-Wyatt.
WAND president Mona Sheppard said the project, which will begin early in the new year, involved expanding the home, doubling the size of the accommodation, and creating a space that will be known as the WAND Wing.
Speaking to Sunday Newsday, she said when the NGO did a project, it did not give small donations.
“We do not fix a roof or build a room. We do projects, one at a time, and we do them well and leave them well run.
“We were going to do a transition home at The Shelter, but the chairman suggested the expansion. So we decided to partner with them to do the expansion, because they really needed more room for women and children.”
She said WAND had done such projects before and could not do it alone, especially as getting funds was very difficult in these trying times.
“So we are calling on the government and sponsors of any kind, be it bricks, paint, anything. We are open to all these things.”
During the programme she mentioned that during the height of the pandemic, with the help of Tatil, Scotiabank, and other sponsors, WAND helped several schools with face masks, computers, printers, and did a school feeding programme.
The organisation also published a book, The Story of WAND, which was compiled by Ryan and edited by veteran broadcaster Sandra Maharaj. It highlights the organisation’s history, objectives, fundraisers and projects since its inception in 1998, and more.
Ryan said between 1998 and 2020, WAND participated in over 50 projects, and raised over $10.75 million, which did not include “in kind” donations or funds raised during the covid19 period.
She encouraged other NGOs to document their programmes and occasions, and produce pictorial books to keep the memories sharp.
“The Story of WAND explains how we achieved our goals, and lists board members who served the organisation over the past 24 years. Also, projects and fundraisers. This is indeed the legacy of the first-generation WAND ladies, who made serious contributions and commitments to the growth of this organisation. In early years, most board members worked full time, managed their families, and attended social functions with spouses in the evenings.
“We learnt fast how to multi-task and had the ‘heart and love’ to continue working on helping others so that they too could experience the joy of life. In 2015, we recognised the need to expand, and adopted a mentoring process to ensure that when the first-generation ladies retired as board members, the organisation will be placed in secure hands.”
A new board will take over WAND in January 2023.
Ryan also thanked the wife of the Prime Minister, Sharon Rowley, for attending most of WAND’s fundraising luncheons and supporting it over the years.
Rowley commended members who have been “working assiduously” to contribute to needy women in TT, saying that they showed exemplary service of community service.
Also present were numerous women of note including veteran activist and Newsday columnist Mahabir-Wyatt; former deputy principal of UWI, St Augustine Prof Rhoda Reddock; Ministry of Health Principal Medical Officer Dr Maryam Abdool-Richards; and president of the TT Manufacturers’ Association Tricia Coosal.
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