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Pépite de la semaine

Tout comme Mathias Sylvanise, Mathis Adélaïde est au Pôle espoir ultramarin de Hyères (Var). Le jeune homme de 18 ans a découvert la discipline sur le tard mais a déjà montré de belles aptitudes lors du championnat de France en août dernier. 

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“That invasion violates so many norms of international law. It also threatens the international security, and it creates a precedent that Belize, who is claimed by another country, cannot compromise on,” Minister Courtenay said.

BELIZE CITY, Fri. Sept. 30, 2022

Belize has joined the world in condemning the Russian annexation of four Ukrainian territories following its unilateral, “sham” referendum in those partially occupied provinces. A tweet posted by Foreign Minister Hon. Eamon Courtenay on Friday stated, “Belize absolutely rejects the purported annexation of Ukrainian territory by Russia. This illegality will not stand! Belize deplores the most recent attack by Russia on Ukrainian civilians.”

The territories of Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson, and Zaporizhia were declared a part of Russia on Friday during a conference which was followed by a concert organized by the Kremlin in the historic Russian Red Square. This has been considered a major escalation in the war between the two Eastern European countries that began on February 24.

Moscow has claimed that the voters of the region have indicated a desire to join Russia through a 5-day referendum. This vote has been called a sham by Kyiv and its Western allies. The United Nations Secretary-General, before the announcement on Friday, stated, “It is time to step back from the brink,” warning that a formal annexation would put at risk any possibility for peace. The UN pointed out in its comments that the annexation would have “no legal value.”

Ukraine has fast-tracked its application to join NATO, its president Volodymyr Zelensky said on Friday, after signing an application formally. During his remarks on the supposed annexation by Russia, he said, “The entire territory of our country will be liberated from this enemy—the enemy not only of Ukraine but also of life itself, humanity, law, and truth.”

NATO has reaffirmed its “unwavering support” for Ukraine, its secretary general Jens Stoltenberg said recently.

And while Ukraine is not a formal member of NATO as yet, the United States president, Joe Biden, in comments on the Russian annexation has said, “America is fully prepared with our NATO allies to defend every single inch of NATO territory, every single inch, so Mr. Putin, don’t misunderstand what I’m saying, every inch.”

In a recent interview, Belize’s Foreign Minister, Hon. Eamon Courtenay said, “We have deplored and we continue to deplore the illegal, unprovoked invasion of Ukraine by the Russian Federation. We have issued a very strong statement on it. We will join when a new resolution comes to the United Nations General Assembly. It failed yesterday in the Security Council because Russia vetoed it, but come to the General Assembly and we will vote strongly in favor of it. That invasion violates so many norms of international law; it also threatens the international security, and it creates a precedent that Belize, who is claimed by another country, cannot compromise on,” Hon. Courtenay said.

“If Russia is allowed to get away with this, believe me, there are other countries that are looking on and are getting ready to do the same thing. If the international community is ineffective in ensuring that the internationally recognized borders of Ukraine are not returned and restored, we have a fundamental problem in the international community,” Hon. Courtenay further pointed out.

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Miguel Angel Gomez, 68, a man with an alleged history of chopping incidents and other offensive behavior, has been charged with the murder of 71-year-old Ramona Morales Ramirez.

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BENQUE VIEJO, Cayo District, Mon. Oct. 3, 2022

Ramona Morales Ramirez, 71, had been walking from her brother’s home on Church Street in the town of Benque Viejo on Saturday morning when she was attacked and repeatedly chopped by Miguel Angel Gomez, who also resides on that street. Police at this time are still trying to find out what prompted the 68-year-old man to commit such a crime; however, Ramirez’s son is claiming that Gomez has shown erratic behavior for a number of years but has never been held accountable under the law.

“For someone to be walking on the street that they lived … and just being attacked by a neighbor, we would want to answer all the questions,” said Police Communications Director, ASP Fitzroy Yearwood in an interview on Monday.

“Yes, we have charged him for the crime committed, but that doesn’t mean we aren’t canvassing the area to see what we can get that will help us to find a motive for that murder,” he later added.

Esduid Ariel Morales, the son of Ramona Morales Ramirez, told PLUS TV reporters that, many years ago, Miguel Angel Gomez allegedly smashed one of the glass windows at his family’s home. The 68-year-old labourer also often made lewd comments towards both Morales’ mother and grandmother. He had a habit of urinating in public, and most notably, he allegedly chopped at least two other persons in the past. Even more shocking, however, is the fact that, according to Morales, Gomez had previously attempted to chop his mother back in 2019. He stated that the family filed a report, but claims that, due to political intervention by a UDP minister, Gomez faced little to no repercussions.

When Ramona Morales Ramirez left home, she told her son that she would be going to feed the family’s ducks and chickens. After a while, however, he noticed that his mother was taking a while to return. At first, he assumed that she had simply stopped along the way to talk with a friend. He was sitting inside their home when he heard several screams. He looked out the window and noticed a woman leaning forward, not realizing at first that it was his mother.

“I thought dogs were attacking her,” said Morales, who immediately ran outside to render aid. “When I was just in the middle of the street … I saw it was my mother,” he said.

She was bleeding profusely from a cut wound to her upper shoulder. Another of his relatives who was nearby at the time told him that the assailant, Gomez, had inflicted two chop wounds on her. The seventy-one-year-old woman was rushed to the San Ignacio Hospital, but succumbed to her injuries.

“My mother, on her left hand, she was bringing a bed sheet with dirty clothes that she was going to wash and a couple bags of groceries that she had bought at the shop—brown sugar, Nutrioli oil, and Blue Bonnet margarine; that’s what she used to do coconut crust. And she did not drop those things when she got hit,” said Morales.

It wasn’t until she crossed the drain in front of her home that she dropped her bags and leaned against the wall. Ms. Morales later collapsed. Her son made attempts to stop her bleeding with a towel while waiting for transportation to the hospital.

A number of neighbors saw Gomez fleeing the scene.

“He just waited to see that my mom was already going to die, then he ran across the creek, across the highway, and then up that mountain,” recounted Morales.

Ariel Morales says that he believes Gomez’s animosity toward his mother stemmed from a property dispute. He also said that he does not believe Gomez suffers from any kind of mental illness and blames the failure of the justice system, as a result of political interference, for his mother’s death.

“He’s just evil, and they did not punish him accordingly,” he said.

On Monday, residents from the surrounding area, along with friends and family, held a candlelight memorial in honor of Ms. Morales Ramirez. According to her son, she will be remembered fondly as a hardworking woman who was always willing to sacrifice for the sake of her family.

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Indonesia’s President Joko Widodo said on Wednesday that locked gates had contributed to the crush at the soccer stadium that left 131 dead and more than 400 injured when police fired tear gas and set off a panicked run for the exits.

Widodo made the statement after touring the Kanjuruhan soccer stadium in East Java’s Malang city for a first-hand look at the scene of one of the world’s deadliest disasters at a sporting event.

He also visited the victims recovering at Saiful Anwar General Hospital and pledged a thorough investigation into what had transpired on Saturday night.

Police continued to insist that the gates were open but were too narrow and could only accommodate two people at a time when hundreds were trying to escape.

Indonesia’s national soccer association said that because of a lack of workers, only a few people were ordered to open the gates, and they had not yet reached some doors when spectators began rushing to escape tear gas fired by police in an attempt to control fans who had entered the pitch.

Police acted after some of the 42,000 Arema FC fans ran onto the field in anger after their team was defeated 3-2, its first loss at home against visiting Persebaya Surabaya in 23 years.

“As an illustration, I saw the problem was there are locked doors, steep stairs and panic,” Widodo said in a news conference. “But all of this will be concluded later by an inquiry team.”

Widodo said that he spoke by phone with FIFA President Gianni Infantino on Monday to brief him on the investigation. They also discussed Indonesia’s preparations in hosting the 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup.

Widodo said that Infantino assured him that “FIFA is ready to help us to improve our football management.”

“I think we really need a total evaluation of our entire football management of the matches, stadiums, spectators, time, and security,” he said. “So that this stadium disaster will never occur again.”

According to recommendations by FIFA and the Asian Football Confederation, exits at stadiums must be unlocked at all times during a game for safety purposes. Those rules don’t necessarily apply to domestic or national leagues, but nevertheless are a safety standard, as is the recommendation against the use of tear gas as a crowd-control measure.

The deaths at the stadium included 17 children while 440 people were injured. At least 61 remained in the hospital as of Wednesday, 29 of them in critical condition.

Widodo ordered that the injured are given the best medical treatment and said the government will pay their bills. He also said the government will provide 50 million rupiah (US$3,300) to each family that lost their loved ones.

Several institutions and the East Java provincial administration will give an additional compensation of between 10 million and 15 million rupiah (US$650 and US$1,000) to each of the victims’ families.

The Football Association of Indonesia has banned Arema from hosting any matches attended by its supporters in Malang until next year. The club’s chief executive, Abdul Harris, and the security coordinator, Suko Sutrisno, have been banned from participating in soccer for life because they had not secured the field and delayed the opening of the gates.

An Indonesian police chief and nine elite officers were removed from their posts Monday and 18 others were being investigated for responsibility in the firing of tear gas.

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