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Au Qatar depuis le 15 septembre pour la saison de championnat hippique, le jeune sportif, formé à l’Hippocampe de Carrère au Lamentin, a remporté sa première course lors de la première journée de sa saison de course hippique.
Une première victoire en compétition nationale. Et pas n’importe où : ce mercredi 12 octobre, Arnaud de Lépine, numéro 9 (Shawesh) a remporté la 5ème course du meeting de la Al Ghariya Cup à l’hippodrome de Al Rayyan, au Qatar ! Un beau succès martiniquais lors de l’ouverture de la saison de course hippique.
« C’est la première journée, je ne pouvais pas rêver mieux », affirme, radieux, celui qui a été formé à l’Hippocampe de Carrère au Lamentin et a commencé à monter des chevaux de courses avec son meilleur ami, Yohann Babot, un autre jockey martiniquais.
Mercredi, après avoir disputé quatre courses, Arnaud de Lépine a donc fini, au finish, en tête de la 5ème. Une fierté pour ce jeune Martiniquais parti de l’île à 15 ans pour se former pendant 3 ans à l’école des courses hippiques AFASEC de Chantilly.
L’an passé, une fois son diplôme obtenu en 2021, il a rejoint une écurie du sud-ouest de la France à La Teste-de-Buch (Gironde). Une année difficile pour le jeune sportif, malgré sa détermination à réussir. « J’ai eu un accident avec une douleur à l’épaule dont j’ai eu du mal à me remettre et, quand je commençais à aller mieux, j’ai eu l’appendicite ». C’était un mois avant son départ au Qatar.
« J’ai été approché en juin par Amad Al-Jehani, un entraîneur de chevaux et j’ai saisi l’opportunité de m’y rendre ». Installé sur la petite péninsule du Golfe persique jusqu’en avril pour toute la saison hippique au Qatar, le jockey qui a grandi à Ducos commence donc de la meilleure des manières, même s’il n’a pas connu le même succès aujourd’hui (13 octobre), malgré ses bonnes sensations initiales.
« Je me désespérais de gagner une course, je me dis que tous mes efforts, depuis des années, n’ont pas été vains. Maintenant, la saison est très longue et j’espère qu’il y aura encore beaucoup de belles choses ».
Depuis la Martinique, il a été « impressionné » du nombre de messages de félicitations de ses proches, de ses amis. Reconnaissant, le Martiniquais pense en particulier à Luana Lalun-Depelin, la seule femme jockey de Martinique. Sa « marraine » et celle qui l’a beaucoup conseillé, en le formant à la filière courses. Celle « sans qui il ne serait pas là aujourd’hui, heureux de représenter la Martinique à l’autre bout du monde ».
√ Son portrait plus complet à retrouver dans une prochaine édition.
Le jeune jockey a terminé en tête de la 5ème course.
– DR
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Par le biais d’EDF Martinique, Elite Ecologie aura une indication moyenne de la consommation électrique habituelle sur le créneau horaire 20h/21h. – DR
Elite Ecologie invite les Martiniquais à éteindre leurs lumières, ce soir, de 20h à 21h. Elle relaie chez nous la manifestation nationale intitulée “Le Jour de la Nuit”.
L’action est symbolique et destinée à sensibiliser le grand public sur la pollution lumineuse. Ce soir (samedi 15 octobre), de 20h à 21h, les Martiniquais sont invités à éteindre leurs lumières. Une opération qui entre dans le cadre de la manifestation nationale intitulée “Le Jour de la Nuit” (14ème édition) organisée par Agir pour l’environnement que relaie en Martinique et en Guadeloupe Elite Ecologie. Cette structure a pour objectif premier de faire de la prévention en sensibilisant et en faisant évoluer les mentalités sur la catastrophe écologique que notre planète encourt. Par le biais d’EDF Guadeloupe et d’EDF Martinique, Elite Ecologie aura une indication moyenne de la consommation électrique habituelle sur le créneau horaire 20h/21h, ainsi que cette même indication, ce soir, avant et après extinction des lumières.
Ce matin (samedi 15 octobre), de 9h à 13h, se déroulent également des “ateliers Zeste”, à Petite-Cocotte, à Ducos, dans les locaux du partenaire d’Elite Ecologie, Soliha Martinique. Ces ateliers ont pour but de découvrir de façon ludique et conviviale comment réaliser des économies d’énergie au quotidien (cf. lien https://elite-ecologie.com/ateliers-zeste/). Rappelons que la pollution lumineuse est une cause majeure de disparition des insectes au même titre que les insecticides. Elle menace la pollinisation, perturbe les écosystèmes marins jusqu’à 200 mètres sous l’océan. En France, l’éclairage public représente 41% de la consommation d’électricité des communes, soit un coût annuel de 2 milliards d’euros.
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On October 13, the Cayman Islands Government issued a press release stating that “Cabinet approved the commencement of Parts 1 and 2, as well as sections 99 and 101, of the Legal Services Act (LSA) effective Friday, 14 October 2022.”
For people who are interested in learning more about Parts 1 and 2 and 99 and 101, it is useful to provide a brief explainer.
Members of the public are reminded, however, that nothing mentioned in this explainer is deemed legal advice and it is just the sharing of information to help members of the public to understand why the Legal Services Act has been so controversial for decades.
Part 1
To start, Part 1 contains helpful definitions, including what activities are covered by the term “legal services” and an explanation of what it means to practice Cayman Islands law.
Part 2
Part 2 then deals with the establishment of the Cayman Islands Legal Services Council to regulate the practice of law in the Cayman Islands.
Now, the purpose of Council is, generally speaking, not controversial because everyone agrees that the practice of law should be regulated.
What is controversial, however, is the composition of the Council.
According to the Legal Services Act, the council will consist of seven members, including
(a) the Chief Justice
(b) the Attorney General
(c) a non-practising attorney-at-law who is a Caymanian appointed by the Premier
(d) a non-practising attorney-at-law who is a Caymanian appointed by the Leader of the Opposition
(e) two practising attorneys-at-law who are Caymanians appointed by the Premier after consultation with the bodies representing the legal profession
(f) a practising attorney-at-law who is a Caymanian appointed by the Leader of the Opposition after consultation with the bodies representing the legal profession.
Some professional say that the challenge with the proposed membership of the Council is that the powers of so many powerful people are concentrated in one place. This is problematic for many reasons, especially the possibility of breaching the doctrine of separation of powers.
Now, if you are asking what is the doctrine of separation of powers, it is an important concept that suggests that the powers of the judiciary (i.e., the court), the Executive (i.e., Cabinet, which the Attorney General is a part of) and the Legislature (which the Attorney General is also a part of) should not be mixed together in one place and should remain separate.
If separation is not practiced, then too much power from different arms of government might become heavily concentrated in one place. This is not good from the perspective of good governance, especially independence.
The mixture of persons from the Legislature, the Judiciary and the Executive on the Council may also pose issues for someone who wishes to challenge a decision of the Council.
For example, if a sitting judge or the Attorney General is the chairperson of the Council responsible for disciplining an attorney, then when the attorney challenges the decision of the Council, the attorney may have questions about whether he or she will have a chance at a fair trial when he or she goes to court.
This concern arises because it would have been an active, sitting judge on the Council that was part of the decision-making to discipline the attorney in the first place.
Some serious thought therefore needs to be given to the possibility of conflicts of interest like this between the courts and the Council.
This is important because such conflicts could threaten the right to a fair trial.
The other issue is that there are several political appointments to the Council. These include persons appointed by the Premier and the Leader of the Opposition.
The fear in this case is that political appointees may carry out the wishes of politicians rather than follow a strict code of conduct.
While one could expand on the concerns here, it is more useful point to provide some solutions that have been proposed over the years. These are set out below.
The Council should not include the Attorney General or any active, sitting judgeThe Council should not include any political appointeesInstead, a variety of people should make up the Council, including retired law firm partners, retired audit firm partners and other governance professionalsAll of these positions should also be advertised in a transparent way and selections should be based on competencies and not hand-picked in secret
The other controversial issue is that, even if the Council is set up properly, the intention under the Legal Services Act is for the Council to carry out the functions imposed on the Council under the Proceeds of Crime Act (2020 Revision) ins questionable regarding the expectation that the Council will act as a Supervisory Authority or a regulator to ensure that lawyers stay in line with anti-money laundering and anti-terrorist financing requirements.
The reason that some professionals have pushed back on this is because they say that the Cayman Islands Monetary Authority (“CIMA”) is already in place as a regulator for anti-money laundering and anti-terrorist financing purposes.
In fact, CIMA inspects very complex structures and assists international regulators including the Securities and Exchange Commission to solve important crimes.
Once CIMA is provided with more funding and more staff to regulate lawyers for anti-money laundering and anti-terrorist financing, CIMA will competently to do the job, in the same way that CIMA has done so for big banks, investment management companies and other complex structures.
With CIMA being such an obvious solution as a regulator, it is challenging to understand why there may be resistance to CIMA as a regulator for lawyers for anti-money laundering and anti-terrorist financing purposes.
Section 99 and 101 of the Legal Services Act
Tomorrow, the explainer will continue, covering the regulations that can be made by Cabinet under section 99 of the Legal Services Act and the types of transitional provisions that can be made under section 101 of the Legal Services Act, including what Cabinet might suggest as transitional provisions to penalize or forgive persons who have been practising Cayman Islands law for years overseas without any Cayman legal practice certificates.
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Leicester City’s James Maddison goes to ground and is booked for a dive during the Premier League match against Crystal Palace at the King Power Stadium in Leicester, Britain, Saturday Oct. 15, 2022. (Tim Goode/PA via AP).
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LEICESTER, England (AP) — Leicester missed the chance to climb out of the English Premier League’s (EPL) bottom three with a 0-0 draw at home against Crystal Palace on Saturday.
But a point was enough to move them off the bottom ahead of Nottingham Forest on goal difference — even if only temporarily.
In the day’s early kick-off at the King Power Stadium, Leicester manager Brendan Rodgers knew it was a chance to lift his team out of the relegation zone with a win. And with Wolverhampton and Forest meeting on Saturday as well, it was an opportunity to capitalize on their closest rivals going head-to-head.
The result means Leicester could still end the day back at the bottom of the table to keep the pressure on Rodgers.
“The modern game, if you are not winning, it opens you up to criticism and I accept that,” he told BT Sport. “The players are fighting and running and giving everything.
“I always felt after the summer market we would have to fight our way through the season, but the players are doing that and hopefully we will get better results as the season goes on.”
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Reggae Boyz goalkeeper and captain Andre Blake has been nominated for two individual awards for the 2022 Major League Soccer (MLS) Year-End awards.
Blake, who plays for Philadelphia Union, has been nominated for the 2022 MLS Save of the Year presented by Allstate and is a finalist for the Landon Donovan Most Valuable Player award.
Blake’s big save took place on May 1 in Nashville SC’s home opener at the new GEODIS Park. With the home team pushing for an early goal, they ran into Blake as they were denied in the 23rd minute with his huge stop on Alex Muhl at the doorstep of the Union goal after a Nashville SC corner.
MLS Year-End Award winners will be announced over the coming weeks, culminating in the presentation of the MLS MVP award in early November during the week of the MLS Cup.
Blake has been an integral part of the Union’s best regular season in club history.
The two-time MLS Goalkeeper of the Year led the league in clean sheets and has kept the Union at a league-low 26 goals to establish a new league record for the fewest goals allowed in a 34-game season.
His 15 shutouts this season set a new club record (previously 12) and set the single-season record for wins (19). The four-time MLS All-Star, holds the Union’s all-time records for goalkeepers in games played, games started, minutes played, saves and clean sheets, as well as the single-season saves record.
The nomination for MLS MVP is the second of his career and makes him the first goalkeeper in MLS history to be a finalist twice, with his other finalist appearance coming in 2020.
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The People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) Government is moving ahead with the establishment of an oil refinery in Region Six (East Berbice-Corentyne) and will soon be inviting potential investors to submit their proposals for the construction of a 30,000-barrel facility.
This was revealed by President Dr Irfaan Ali on Friday evening at the opening of the Berbice Expo and Trade Fair at the Albion Community Centre Ground, Corentyne.According to the Head of State, this refinery is to ensure Guyana’s energy security in the future.
“We are about to launch a new ad for a Request For Proposal (RFP) for a new 30,000 refinery, for national security, to be built in Guyana, here in Region Six. In two months’ time, we’ll be receiving the submissions from those who are interested in investing in this 30,000-barrel refinery to be established right here in Region Six,” he stated.
This announcement comes months after President Ali had first disclosed that the Government had received six proposals from investors interested in building small oil refineries in the East Berbice-Corentyne region.
At the time, the Guyanese leader was meeting with residents of New Amsterdam, Berbice, in April and told them that such a project can be the catalyst for transforming the region into an economic hub.
In fact, the Head of State reiterated during Friday’s address in Albion that “In all of this, Regions Six and Five (Mahaica-Berbice) are well positioned to be the centrepiece for growth and development… The opportunities this [oil refinery] will create for the transport and logistics, the services industry, the construction industry, and the rental industry are enormous and will bring tremendous benefit to the people of this region.”
President Ali further noted that this move is part of his Administration’s plan of positioning Guyana as an energy leader in the world – not only in fossil fuel but also in renewable energy.
“The potential of the Amaila Falls Hydro Project, the catalysing of our gas field will be an important part of the supply of energy around the Guyana Shield corridor,” he contended.
Currently, Guyana, Suriname, and Brazil are in talks on the establishment of an energy corridor and unlocking the potential for a series of manufacturing and industrial developments. Other Caribbean nations such as Trinidad and Tobago as well as Barbados are also looking to tap into this initiative.
Successive Governments have been cautious on the matter of building a refinery in Guyana that is State-owned, resulting in the only takers for this initiative coming from the private sector. The former A Partnership for National Unity/Alliance For Change (APNU/AFC) Government had previously hired a consultant, Pedro Haas, to carry out a feasibility study into constructing an oil refinery.
The results of the study did not favour building a refinery, particularly one with a capacity to produce over 100,000 barrels per day. In his study, Haas looked at the cost of building an oil refinery with a capacity of producing more than 100,000 barrels of oil per day. The study had come up with a US$5 billion price tag in order to construct the refinery in Guyana.
The expert also suggested that as an alternative to the establishment of an oil refinery, the Government could pursue maximising income from commercialising crude oil. Another suggestion was that the Government swap or toll crude oil for products on the global market or create joint ventures with offshore refineries, as well as acquire stock in refining companies.
However, the study was done at a time when oil giant ExxonMobil was the only operator in Guyana’s waters to find oil in commercial quantities. Members of the private sector have previously urged that the construction of a refinery be re-explored when more operators find oil.
Back in August, Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo had stated that while the Government has received several proposals for big refineries to be set up here, there is a need for at least one small refinery in the country to process the crude for local consumption in order to ensure the country’s energy security in the future.
“Having a small refinery here could make a big difference for energy security because if we have, for example, hurricanes or any other disaster [in the Region] and we can’t get our supply of gas or kerosene or anything else, then having a local refinery – a small one – can make a big difference for national energy security,” the Vice President had posited.
In fact, VP Jagdeo had previously said that Government is prepared to support the establishment of a small refinery, and even sell limited amounts of Guyana’s crude to such a facility.
Already, a United States investor – Chemtech Limited – is planning to set up a US$200 million oil refinery and integrated petrochemical manufacturing complex on the East Bank of Demerara (EBD) that will employ some 750 persons during its construction and another 300 permanent workers.
According to Chemtech in its project summary, they have already received no-objection letters from the Guyana Office for Investment (GO-Invest) and the Region Four (Demerara-Mahaica) Regional Democratic Council (RDC) for the project which has a proposed site on 492 acres of land at Plantation York.
The company said the oil refinery will take between 24 and 30 months to construct, while the integrated complex will take between 18 and 24. The project, it assured, would not need natural gas but would utilise products already made from natural gas, such as methanol and urea.
Meanwhile, the Government of Guyana is currently progressing with its hallmark gas-to-shore project, which includes a power plant and a Natural Gas Liquid (NGL) plant, that is aimed at delivering rich gas by the end of 2024.
The US$900 million initiative is slated to generate 250 to 300 megawatts of power using natural gas from offshore production activities in the ExxonMobil-operated Stabroek Block, thus significantly reducing the country’s high cost of electricity.
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Two former employees of Kaieteur News were among seven men remanded to prison on Friday for a robbery at the newspaper’s Saffon Street, Charlestown, Georgetown office.
Joshua Junor, 35, a security officer of Middle Street, La Penitence, Georgetown, and Ryan Wharton, 33, a Research Assistant, of Canary Street, Tucville, Georgetown, both former employees of Kaieteur News; Lemuel Grant, 23, a clerk, of Russell Street, Charlestown, Georgetown; 36-year-old Harry Stongster of Hyde Park, Timehri, East Bank Demerara (EBD) and Ivor Belingie called “Wild Life” appeared at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts.
The joint charge read to them stated that between October 9 and 10 at Lot 24 Saffon Street, Charlestown, Georgetown, while being armed with a gun, they robbed Kaieteur News owned by Glenn Lall of $38.8 million in cash, a Republic Bank cheque valued at $9.1 million, US$9360, a .32 Taurus pistol and ammunition valued at $515,000, a firearm case valued at $25,000, six magazines valued at $60,000, among other items.
They were also charged with robbing Noel Junior of $5000 and Wayne Little of a cellular phone worth $44,000. After pleading not guilty to the charges, the men were remanded to prison until November 10 by Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan, who in justifying her decision to remand them, cited the serious nature of the offence and the public’s safety.
Grant was represented by lawyer Eusi Anderson, who submitted that the only part his client played in the commissioning of the crime, was lending his motor car to Wharton, who is his cousin, unknowing that he was going to use the car to commit a crime.
According to him, at the time of the robbery, his client was at a popular bar, and CCTV footage from the establishment will be presented to support his alibi.
Collis Heywood and Kevin France, on the other hand, were separately charged for the unlawful possession of guns and ammunition. The two charges read to Heywood, a 40-year-old chef, of Lot R2-578 Canary Street, Tucville, Georgetown, stated that on October 10 at Georgetown, he had a .32 ammunition and 210 matching rounds in his possession, when he was not the holder of a firearm licence enforced at the time.
Meanwhile, France, 35, a taxi driver of East Ruimveldt, Georgetown, was accused of having a 9mm pistol along with 10 matching rounds in his possession when he was not the holder of a firearm licence enforced at the time, on the said date at his home. The pair pleaded not guilty to the charges and were remanded to prison until November 9.
Police Prosecutor Neville Jeffers told the court that investigations revealed that the robbery was planned a week prior by Wharton, the mastermind.
According to the prosecutor, a probe into the robbery led to the arrest of Heywood and France—both of whom were found with the company firearm in their possession.
Reports are that three bandits walked into Kaieteur News and held three of its employees at gunpoint, before carting off millions of dollars in cash.
Wharton, who had previously worked with the company as a Research Assistant, was arrested on Monday and confessed to plotting the armed robbery.
He implicated Joshua Junor, who at the time of the robbery, was one of the company’s on-duty security guards. Joshua Junor was the security officer that was seen on CCTV footage of the robbery, being held at gunpoint and forced into a room at the company.
Wharton told investigators that while he used to work with Kaieteur News in 2021, he became friends with Joshua Junor. After he left the job, he admitted that he told Joshua Junor that they could “thief money” from Kaieteur News and he reportedly agreed.
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The Demerara Full Court on Friday unanimously refused to grant interim orders and injunctions requested by eight suspended APNU/AFC Members of Parliament (MPs) which, among other things, would have allowed them to attend sittings of the National Assembly.
Opposition Chief Whip Christopher Jones, Ganesh Mahipaul, Sherod Duncan, Natasha Singh-Lewis, Annette Ferguson, Vinceroy Jordan, Tabitha Sarabo-Halley and Maureen Philadelphia were, in July, officially suspended for participating in the infamous grabbing of the Speaker’s Mace — the most significant symbol in the National Assembly – and for disrupting the sitting of the National Assembly on December 29, 2021 during their protest against the second and third readings of the Natural Resource Fund (NRF) Bill.
Through Senior Counsel Roysdale Forde, the MPs had mounted a challenge against their suspension at the Demerara High Court, arguing, inter alia, that it was unconstitutional.
Pending the hearing and determination of the substantive matter, they had requested several conservatory orders and injunctions which, if granted, would have allowed them to attend Parliament.
But High Court Judge Damone Younge declined to grant the orders requested, including an interim order suspending any decision to suspend these MPs. In so doing, Justice Younge declared that, firstly, she wanted to determine if she has jurisdiction to hear the case, before addressing her mind to the reliefs the MPs are seeking. Consequently, she has adjourned the case until November 1, 2022 for a full hearing on the issue of jurisdiction, as well as to address an application filed by Attorney General Anil Nandlall, SC, for the case to be dismissed.
The MPs then turned to the Full Court to appeal Justice Younge’s refusal to grant the reliefs they requested.
Finding that the issues raised in the suspended MPs’ appeal were “premature” and identical to those raised before Justice Younge, the Full Court — comprising Justices Sandil Kissoon and Jo-Ann Barlow — dismissed their appeal without awarding costs against them.
In delivering the court’s ruling, Justice Barlow held that since there is no final decision/order by the lower court on the issues: of the question of jurisdiction and the grant of conservatory orders/injunctions, there can be no appeal to the Full Court.
Justice Barlow has made clear that the Full Court has not pronounced on the issue of jurisdiction, only that, given the grave public interest nature of the case, it must be determined and disposed of with alacrity.
Before the Full Court, Forde had contended that the absence of his clients in the National Assembly would not only negatively affect the interest of the persons who had elected them, but also the strength of the Parliamentary Opposition and the general public interest.
Further, he aruged that their suspension would deny them the right, as MPs, to examine and approve the Government’s proposed budgetary expenditure and withdrawals from the Consolidated Fund.
Alluding to the Government’s announcement of its intention to table amendments to electoral legislation at the next sitting of the National Assembly, Forde had submitted that the Parliamentarians’ presence in the House is vital.
The decision to suspend the eight APNU/AFC MPs was made by the Parliamentary Committee of Privileges. Among other things, that Committee had found that the behaviour of these MPs during the sitting had violated Standing Orders and established customs and practices regarding acceptable behaviour of Parliamentarians.
The Committee of Privileges was tasked with considering a Privilege Motion which stated that the eight Opposition Members, in attempting to prevent the second and third readings of the Natural Resource Fund (NRF) Bill, No. 20 of 2021, had conducted themselves in a gross, disorderly, contumacious and disrespectful manner, and had repeatedly ignored the authority of the National Assembly and that of the Speaker, thereby committing contempt and breaches of privileges.
Following investigations, the Parliamentary Committee of Privileges delivered its report in mid-July, recommending the suspension of these eight Opposition MPs for violating Standing Orders and established customs and practices regarding acceptable behaviour of Parliamentarians.
It was therefore determined that the appropriate sanction available for the National Assembly to impose is suspension from service in the House.
Consequently, Jones, Mahipaul, Duncan and Singh-Lewis were each suspended for four consecutive sittings: for attempting to prevent the second and third readings of the NRF Bill; for conducting themselves in a gross, disorderly, contumacious and disrespectful manner; and for repeatedly ignoring the authority of the Assembly and that of the Speaker, thereby committing contempt and breaches of privileges.
MPs Ferguson and Jordan were each suspended for six consecutive sittings for similar offences. However, their suspension was higher, since the Privileges Committee concurred that they had committed “serious violations which were severe and egregious, by unauthorisedly removing the Parliamentary Mace from its rightful position in a disorderly fashion, causing damage to the Mace; and injuring and assaulting a staff of the Parliament Office while attempting to remove the Mace from the Chamber”.
A similar suspension for six consecutive sittings was imposed against Sarabo-Halley, whose violations were found to be “severe and egregious with regard to unauthorisedly entering the Communication Control Room of the ACCC and destroying several pieces of audio-visual equipment, being public property”.
MP Philadelphia is also facing a suspension of six consecutive sittings over her severe and egregious violations, by which she “verbally assaulted a staff of the Parliament Office within the precincts of the National Assembly”.
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Un homme d’une trentaine d’années a été évacué hier (vendredi 14 octobre) vers l’hôpital Pierre-Zobda-Quitman par l’hélicoptère de la Sécurité civile . – DR
Des violences ont été commises à l’aide d’armes à feu hier soir (vendredi 14 octobre), à Sainte-Luce, et en fin de nuit, aujourd’hui (samedi 15 octobre), au Lamentin. Bilan : deux hommes blessés.
Vendredi soir (14 octobre), vers 21 heures, à la résidence Pavillon, à Sainte-Luce, un homme d’une trentaine d’années a été blessé par balles. Il a été évacué vers l’hôpital Pierre-Zobda-Quitman par l’hélicoptère de la Sécurité civile. Puis, aujourd’hui (samedi 15 octobre), à 4 heures, un autre homme a été la cible de tirs. La scène s’est cette fois déroulée, à Mangot-Vulcin, au Lamentin. Les pompiers, dépêchés sur place, ont transporté la victime, consciente, vers le CHU La Meynard. On ne connaît pas encore les circonstances de ces agressions par arme à feu. C’est ce que vont tenter de déterminer les enquêtes des forces de l’ordre.
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