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A distraught mother is hoping for the safe return of her missing teenage son.

Nineteen-year-old Simeon Benjamin James left his Ti Rocher, Castries home on Saturday to view a football match in the Dennery valley.

His mother, Unica James, told St Lucia Times that the youngster had asked her permission to go.

The mother explained that the teenager would not go without asking permission.

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She said that after staying with a childhood friend, Simeon was due back home on Monday to prepare for his Bocage Secondary School graduation on Thursday.

Unica said her only son, the second of three children, has never stayed out and not called her.

“If he is going to stay out another day, he will make sure he called me even if his phone goes dead, he would find another phone and call me – ‘Mommy, that’s me. That’s Simeon. My phone is dead. I am just calling you to tell you I am okay. I am on a bus coming down’ or ‘I am not coming down today. I will come down tomorrow’.”

The distraught mother said she made a missing person’s report to the police.

“I am trying to keep my faith up and don’t believe any negativity,” Unica told St Lucia Times.

Headline photo: Simeon Benjamin James  – Reported Missing

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The Premier League clubs continue to exude their dominance in the Barbados Football Association (BFA) Republic Cup.

Last weekend the island’s top football clubs produced commanding displays and took one step closer towards the playoffs.

Perennial powerhouse Weymouth Wales was the biggest winner of the weekend as they made lightwork of Benfica by defeating them 10-1 at the Dover playing field.

Also playing at Dover on Saturday evening, Wales’ Premier League counterparts, Empire SC smashed six unanswered goals beyond the Barbados Soccer Academy.

At Briar Hall, two more Premier League representatives were on show.

In the opening encounter Wotton FC defeated Kickstart Rush 2-0 and in the feature match, the University of the West Indies (UWI) Blackbirds were 8-0 winners over Potential Ballers.

At the Greens playing field, L& R United and Deacons FC played to a goalless draw, however the fans were treated to a goal feast in the second match as Ellerton FC defeated Spartans FC 7-0.

Over at the St George Secondary School on Saturday night, former Premiership champions Paradise FC and Claytons Kola Tonic Notre Dame were held to draws by lower league opponents.

In the first match Paradise needed to come from behind to earn a 2-2 draw with Fitts Village FC and Notre Dame regretted wasted opportunities as they drew 1-1 with Checker Hall FC.

On Sunday evening WRBSSC handed out a heavy serving of goals, when they defeated College Savannah 8-1 in Speighstown.

Home boys Cosmos FC played to a 2-2 tie with Hothersal Turning in the feature match.

Beverley Hills FC emerged 3-2 victors over a youthful Mavericks SC in the opening encounter at the Dover playing field, while Caribbean United continued their good run of form with a 4-1 win over FC Bydes Mill.

Technique FC won their first game of the tournament when they defeated Greens 2-1 and Parish Land edged Villa United 1-0.

Eastern United and Carlton Red & White were also in winners’ row. Earning victories versus Dayrells Road (2-0) and Chickmont FC (4-2) respectively.

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By the end of the year, there will be an upgraded water protection and land use zoning policy.

While speaking at the Frederick Smith Secondary School for St James Speaks town hall meeting on Wednesday, September 28, Deputy Prime Minister Santia Bradshaw stated the revised zoning legislation will be coming soon.

“We have been working on the Water Reuse Legislation, both Minister Symmonds and myself through the BNSI [Barbados National Standards Institution] and the Ministry, particularly the Barbados Water Authority on the zoning legislation,” she shared.

“I am hoping for before the end of the year,”continued the Deputy Prime Minister on the revised zoning legislation which marks the replacement of Zones One to Five with zones A to E.

The Green Paper on the 2020 Water Protection and Land Use Zoning Policy proposed the existing zones be replaced with Zone A being a strict exclusion zone, smaller in area than the existing Zone 1, with no new developments and restricted agriculture. Zone B, a pathogen management zone with stricter rules for sewage treatment and disposal; Zone C a chemicals management zone; Zone D is a recharged controlling zone, which encompasses additional limestone areas with continued standards for wastewater treatment; and Zone E a non-recharged contributing area, a non-recharge contributing area that primarily consists of areas that do not contribute to the recharge of aquifers [ Scotland District].

When questioned about when the new zones will take effect, Bradshaw stressed that Government was in the process of fine-tuning the legislation.

“We have had to look not only at introduction of the legislation but also how are we going to practically get people to look at the issues of plumbing codes when the legislation actually comes into effect….We wanted to make sure that we also have the water protection zones also sorted and so the teams have been examining that and we have had to go back and add a few zones,” she revealed.

“I believe in the next few weeks we will be able to complete that, with the view to be able to bring that to Parliament, but there is a lot of other work that has to go on behind the scenes to make sure when we bring the legislation, we can bring relief to the number of persons who have been affected in the Zone One areas,” the Deputy Prime Minister continued.

She emphasized that the Government sought to provide clear demarcation of the zones so residents will be able to identify those that can be used for housing.

“I hear the cry for being able to have one house on the land but I think you can appreciate that we are trying to protect the groundwater supply and so we have been very careful to identify what we can do in particular areas so as to stop the contaminants from being able to go into the groundwater,” Bradshaw insisted.

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Police recorded eight ‘incidents’ involving mentally ill people within the previous month, they said Friday.

Given this upsurge, they are calling for caregivers to seek assistance at the first signs of any behavioural changes in their charges.

In one recent instance, a woman was accused of entering two establishments in Road Town and grabbing patrons’ handbags, according to the Police Information Office. Onlookers assisted in retrieving the handbags, and the woman was taken to the Behavioral Ward of the Dr. D. Orlando Smith Hospital for treatment, police said.

In another incident, a man in dirty clothing swung a bag at a female tourist while she was walking on Main Street, according to the PIO. She fell back, and he tried to continue his assault before being chased away by people in the area, the PIO stated, adding that the tourist received minor bruises to her knee.

Also this month, “a registered mental patient” was seen illegally entering a vessel at Frenchmans Cay, police said. When questioned by police officers, he allegedly responded incoherently, but nothing was removed from the vessel, the PIO stated.

Three days later, however, the same man was reportedly seen pounding the hood of a vehicle while holding the driver at knifepoint, police said. He was apprehended by police officers and taken to the Behavioral Ward, where he was being treated as of Friday, according to the PIO.

Another man was reportedly seen exiting an unlocked vehicle parked in Sea Cows Bay. Police said his unresponsive behaviour led officers to take him to the Behavioral Ward for evaluation. Anyone who sees someone they suspect may harm others is asked to call the police Control Room number, 311.

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