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door Ivan Cairo PARAMARIBO — NPS-voorzitter Gregory Rusland hoopt dat de inzichten die oud-president Ronald Venetiaan vrijdagavond tijdens de lezing
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Les Etats-Unis ont d?clar? samedi 8 octobre 2022 qu’ils examinaient une demande d’assistance internationale de la part d’Ha?ti, qui dit rechercher une “force sp?cialis?e arm?e” pour faire face ? une crise caus?e par le blocus du principal port p?trolier du pays, selon une note du D?partement d’Etat am?ricain.
Le d?partement d’?tat am?ricain a d?clar? que des acteurs criminels sapaient les efforts d’Ha?ti pour enrayer la propagation du chol?ra. “Dans ce contexte, nous allons examiner la demande du gouvernement ha?tien en coordination avec les partenaires internationaux et d?terminer comment nous pouvons accro?tre notre soutien pour aider ? r?soudre la p?nurie de carburant et les contraintes de s?curit? en Ha?ti”, a-t-il d?clar? dans un communiqu?.
Le d?partement d’Etat n’a pas donn? de d?tails sur la mani?re dont les ?tats-Unis pourraient aider Ha?ti ? faire face ? ses probl?mes de s?curit?.
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The female proprietor at the agricultural seedling business shot and killed an armed bandit who tried to rob her on Saturday at Warren Munroe Road, Bejucal, Cunupia.
Police said the bandit dressed in dark blue coveralls and entered the business, Agricultural Supplies and Seedling Co (ASASCO), armed with a gun demanding cash. The man then took the woman to another room where he took her cash and jewellery while pointing the firearm at her.
The woman managed to use her licensed gun and shot the man several times before calling the Cunupia police.
Officers arrived at the scene and were awaiting crime scene investigators and other relevant authorities.
Police have not identified the dead man as yet.
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A Corentyne, Region Six (East Berbice-Corentyne) man is now hospitalised after being attacked and brutally chopped by another male, who was armed with a machete (cutlass).
The injured man has been identified as 56-year-old Lawrence Rodrigues, a labourer of Rose Hall Town, Corentyne.
The incident occurred on Friday at Rose Hall.
Police say the suspect, a 26-year-old cane harvester of Rose Hall Town, and Rodriques had an ongoing feud.
Rodrigues reportedly removed the suspect’s bicycle from in front of his house. This resulted in the cane harvester becoming upset and armed himself with a cutlass. He then confronted Rodrigues on the road and dealt him several chops about his body.
After the brutal attacked that was captured on video, the victim was rushed to the Port Mourant Public Hospital and later transfer to the New Amsterdam Public Hospital, where his condition is listed as serious.
Meanwhile, the suspect has been arrested and is in custody assisting with the investigation.
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he Department of Infrastructure, Ports, and Transport wishes to inform the General Public that the West Coast Road between the existing Cul-De-Sac Bridge and Massy Stores (Cul-De-Sac Supermarket) will be reduced to a single lane on Mondays to Saturdays from 7:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. from October 10, 2022 to October 29, 2022.
Traffic management measures will be implemented to control the alternating flow of traffic through this area. This single lane operation is necessary to facilitate the construction of the new junction between the byroad, located to the north of Massy Stores (Cul-De-Sac) and the southern approach road of the new Cul-De-Sac Bridge.
Motorists are asked to please be guided by the signs and flaggers which will be placed along the road. Delays should be expected during the undertaking of these works.
The Department of Infrastructure, Ports and Transport requests your continued cooperation and patience during the construction works and apologises for any inconvenience caused.
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PHILIPSBURG — MP Rolando Brison addressed the right to having a basic bank account during the recent meeting of the Inter-Parliamentary Kingdom Consultation (IPKO), but it remains unclear what he achieved by bringing the issue forward.
In a press release Brison states that “thousands of St. Maarteners” are not provided with timely bank accounts and proper services, even though it has never been established what exactly the scope of this issue really is.
Brison brought up the issue during a presentation by the Council of State about the application of treaties and European Union law to the islands of the kingdom. A European directive states that all European Union citizens have the right of timely access to at least a basic bank account. Fact is, St. Maarten is not a member of the European Union and therefore its citizens are not European Union citizens. Still, plenty of European law is also applicable in St. Maarten.
According to Brison’s press statement, Council of State members have said during the IPKO meeting that the union right of Dutch citizens in the Caribbean countries cannot be ignored based on the Treaty of Lisbon.
Referring to the European directive, Brison asserted that the part of it that is most ignored by banks in St. Maarten states that “opening a bank account shouldn’t be made too difficult or burdensome for the consumer.”
D66-parliamentarian Joost Sneller submitted in 2021 an initiative law that aims to give Dutch citizens living abroad the right to a basic bank account.
Nico Schrijver, a member of the Dutch senate for the labor party (PvdA) and also a member of the Department of Advice of the Council of State told Brison that European laws, and in particular human rights laws, are generally applicable to overseas territories. “The right to a basic bank account seems to be treated as an exception to this norm,” Schrijver said.
Brison has submitted his initiative banking law to the Minister of Finance (i.e: Minister Irion Ardwell) and states in his press release that it has been vetted by the Central Bank. Though Brison first announced his initiative law back in January, it still has not reached Parliament for handling.
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The draft law contains some debatable provisions. Brison proposes for instance that banks are allowed to refuse opening an account for applicants who have been irrevocably sentenced less than two years ago for some specific crimes: forgery, providing incorrect information, fraud, fraudulent bankruptcy and money laundering. The draft does not exclude applicants who have been sentenced for murder, robbery or theft from access to a bank account.
Brison’s initiative banking law has not yet been submitted for advice to the Council of Advice.
Read more online here: Update on the right to a bank account
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PHILIPSBURG — Hushang Ansary’s attempt to regain control of Sun Resorts and thereby of Mullet Bay has failed. The Court in First Instance ruled on Friday that Ennia Caribe Investments is the lawful owner.
The court forbade Ansary, Ralph Palm and Clarence Derby to pretend they are the statutory directors of Sun Resorts. They are also banned from taking any decision related to Sun Resorts and they are not allowed to call a new shareholders meeting for this company. The court ordered Palm and Derby to deregister as statutory Sun Resorts-directors from the registry at the Chamber of Commerce. Not complying with the court orders carries penalties of up to $10 million.
Ennia Caribe Investments holds 93.3 percent of the shares in Sun Resorts. Ansary claimed that ECI is not the owner of these shares because when they were acquired the blocking-regulation had not been respected.
Based on Sun Resorts’ articles of incorporation shares can only be transferred to a new owner after they have first been offered to Sun Resorts shareholders. The ruling acknowledges that the blocking-regulation has not been strictly obeyed with the transfer of the shares. “The transfer of shares to ECI has been flawed and was invalid.”
However, the court furthermore ruled that Ansary’s company Parman has guaranteed the ownership of the shares in several agreements. “These guarantees have been acknowledged by Sun Resorts and they signed for it,” the ruling states.
The court ruled that ECI acted in good faith when it acquired the shares and that it could rightly assume that the blocking-regulation had been respected. “The risk for not living up to the blocking-regulation lies with Sun Resorts,” the court ruled.
It furthermore points out that Parman stated in its 2010 annual account that all shares in Sun Resorts had been sold to ECH (Ennia Caribe Holding) and that the annual accounts of Sun Resorts for the years 2011-2015 confirm that ECI is its largest shareholder. In its own annual account, ECI claims that it owns 93.3 percent of the shares.
Ansary registered on June 18, 1985, as the statutory director of Sun Resorts with the Chamber of Commerce. Since 2011 he was the company’s only statutory director. Ansary holds 77.1 percent of the shares in Parman of which he is a statutory director. Parman is a shareholder of Ennia Caribe Holding.
Between 2005 and 2011 there was a flurry of share-transfers between Parman, Banco di Caribe, Ennia Caribe Holding and Ennia Caribe Investments.
Sun Resorts has one asset: Mullet Bay in St. Maarten. Since 2010 Mullet Bay represents more than 50 percent of Ennia’s assets, though the value of the property has been heavily manipulated. In the Sun Resorts books, Mullet Bay has a value of $436 million, but an appraisal ordered by the Central Bank and executed by Cushman & Wakefield and Jones Lang LaSalle showed the realistic value to be just $35 million.
After ECI called a special shareholders meeting of Sun Resorts in August whereby Ansary was fired as statutory director and replaced by Miguel Alexander and G.A.G. Martes, the Houston based Iranian-American businessman hit back by calling his own shareholders meeting where he reappointed himself and reinstalled Ralph Palm and Clarence Derby as statutory directors.
Ansary asked the court, among other things, to order that ECI and ECH publish a press release stating that they have unjustly presented themselves as shareholder of Sun Resorts and that Ansary, Palm and Derby are the lawful directors. The court dismissed this demand.
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A team of detectives is now on the scene where three men were fatally shot during a reported police operation in Trelawny.
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CMC: – The United States Coast Guard on Friday said it had seized more than 700 pounds of cocaine after intercepting a vessel in the Caribbean Sea.
The Coast Guard said that four men, who claimed to be Dominican Republic nationals, had been apprehended when the vessel was intercepted by the Coast Guard Cutter Winslow Griesser and that the Caribbean Corridor Strike Force agents had offloaded 721 pounds of cocaine in the Mona Passage near San Juan, Puerto Rico.
It also said that the men are facing federal prosecution in Puerto Rico for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute a controlled substance aboard a vessel subject to the jurisdiction of the United States.
The Coast Guard also said that this charge carries carry a minimum sentence of 10 years imprisonment and a maximum sentence of life imprisonment, while an additional charge of assaulting federal officers with a deadly weapon carries a maximum sentence of 20 years imprisonment
Meanwhile, the commanding officer of the Cutter Winslow Griesser, Lieutenant Mark Tatara, has commended his team for being instrumental in intercepting the vessel before the drugs could land on Puerto Rico’s shores.
“I cannot be prouder of the Winslow Griesser crew, especially our small boat crew, whose skill and professionalism were instrumental in stopping this drug smuggling go-fast vessel,” he said.
“We appreciate our customs and border protection and our coast guard, who worked seamlessly to ensure a successful outcome in this case that helped keep these drugs from reaching the shores of Puerto Rico and bring those responsible to justice,” he added.
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Minister of Health Terrence Deyalsingh.
The Ministry of Health has reported 346 confirmed influenza cases over the period of July to October.
Almost half, or 48 per cent were male while 52 per cent were female.
The ministry reminds the public that the symptoms are more severe than the common cold and if anyone experiences shortness of breath or any other serious symptom to seek immediate medical attention.
The symptoms listed were fever, runny nose, cough, sore throat, headache, malaise, chills and body pain or muscle pains.
The ministry also urged the public to follow personal health precautions – wash hands or use alcohol-based sanitizer, avoid touching eyes, nose and mouth, clean and disinfect surfaces and objects, avoid close contact with sick people, while sick, limit contact with others as much as possible and cover the nose and mouth with a tissue when coughing or sneezing.
More information of the influenza virus can be found on the ministry’s website at www.health.gov.tt.
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