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Opposition leader Allen Chastanet has again taken the Saint Lucia Labour Party (SLP) government to task over the state of Saint Lucia’s roads.

“Join the campaign to get our roads fixed,” the United Workers Party (UWP) leader urged in a Facebook post.

The former Prime Minister asserted that before leaving office in July 2021, his government had initiated the “largest road reconstruction Programme ever experienced in Saint Lucia”.

“Some of you would remember the famous chant by the SLP that “People don’t eat roads” as their counter to this unprecedented initiative to provide citizens with roads which would reduce their vehicle maintenance costs, improve traveling times and bolster road safety,” Chastanet said.

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But he observed that unfortunately, the new Government has stopped the programme.

According to the Micoud South MP, the result has been that many roads which would have already been completely rebuilt had the projects not been stopped, are now in deplorable condition.

He said a key example is the Rodney Bay Highway.

And Chastanet also mentioned the recently renamed Sir Julian Hunte Highway.

“Have you seen the state of the SLP’s newly renamed Sir Julian Hunte Highway? What an insult to a man that they claim to respect! You deserve better,” the UWP leader declared.

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High schools in St Thomas will be competing for prizes valued at over $500,000 in the Paul Bogle and The Warriors Debating Competition which gets underway this week.

The competition which is now in its second year, seeks to foster, particularly among students enrolled in high schools, a greater measure of positive involvement in the socio-cultural, political, and economic dynamics of their communities, parish, and Jamaica within the context of the Morant Bay War (Rebellion) of 1865.

The participating schools this year are Robert Lightbourne High, Paul Bogle High, Seaforth High, Morant Bay High, The Academy of Yallahs High, and St Thomas Technical High School.

Morant Bay High won the inaugural debate in 2021.

The St Thomas Renaissance Foundation, a for-impact organisation whose mandate is to spur economic and social development within the parish, is the conceptualiser and organiser of the debate competition.

The foundation has partnered with the country’s accomplished debate planner, the Jamaican Association for Debating and Empowerment, JADE, to execute the competition. First Heritage Cooperative Credit Union, FHC Credit Union, has come on board as the competition’s main sponsor.

The six high schools within the parish will begin their debates during the week of September 20, in three matches based on a randomised draw.

This will result in three winners who will automatically advance to the next round. The team with the lowest score is automatically eliminated at this stage.

The two remaining losing teams will face off and the winner of this match will advance along with the previous three winners to compete in the semi-final rounds.

The semifinals will be in two rounds. The finalists will be the two teams with the highest combination of team and individual points at the end of both rounds. Teams will be awarded three points for each win and one point for each loss. Speaker points will also be awarded to individuals on each team. The two highest-scoring teams will play in the grand finale. The third and fourth-ranked teams will face off for third place.

The motions for the competition were crafted to reflect the historical, cultural, and contemporary issues of the parish. Among the hot button topics to be debated are: ‘This House Believes that the Morant Bay War has done more good than harm to the parish of St Thomas’.

‘This House Believes that St Thomas continues to suffer from neglect by successive political and private sector interests for daring to stage the Morant Bay War’. ‘This House as the British Government of 1865 would sentence Governor Edward Eyre to the death penalty for crimes against humanity which he sanctioned during the Morant Bay War of 1865’.

The winning school and its team members will receive the coveted trophy, cash prizes from FHC Credit Union, and Chromebooks courtesy of the Foundation, among other prizes. The winning team will also be afforded the opportunity to compete in a debate tournament at the University of West Georgia in the United States. Sectional prizes will also be presented to the best speakers and the schools’ coaches.

The grand finals will be held on October 11, the day that marked the beginning of the Morant Bay War when the residents of St Thomas rose up against the injustices that were meted out against them by their colonial masters in 1865.

The St Thomas Renaissance Foundation Inc. is a non-profit organisation dedicated to supporting education, healthcare, economic development, and social initiatives in the parish of St Thomas, Jamaica.

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A Jamaican man has been charged with soliciting a Pensacola minor for sex after he allegedly messaged undercover Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) agents.

He has been identified as 31-year-old Taje Ghavri Samuels, whose address is listed as Kingston, Jamaica.

He is charged with one count of travelling to meet a minor to engage in sexual conduct, seven counts of transmission of harmful material to minors and one count of using a two-way communication device to facilitate a felony, according to an FDLE press release.

“FDLE began its investigation in August when Samuels initiated online contact with undercover agents posing as a 14-year-old female,” the release stated.

“Using a common messenger application, he sent lewd photos of himself and arranged to travel to meet the agent,” the release said.

Samuels is currently being held in Escambia County Jail without bond, according to Escambia jail records.

The FDLE has pointed out that the offences for which Samuels have been charged are illegal in Jamaica.

Jamaican law prevents a citizen from engaging in this conduct not only in Jamaica but “in any part of the world”, the FDLE said.

The Pensacola Police Department and the US Department of Homeland Security assisted in the investigation.

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