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Jamaica records another monkeypox case Loop Jamaica

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A doctor shows a sore on a patient’s hand caused by monkeypox at the Arzobispo Loayza hospital in Lima, Peru, Tuesday, August 16, 2022. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)

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An additional case of monkeypox has been recorded in Jamaica, in Kingston and St Andrew.

The Ministry of Health and Wellness made the disclosure in its weekly monkeypox update on Monday, relative to up to Sunday, September 18.

The latest case, which is a male patient who tested positive between September 12 and 18, brings the island’s total to 13 cases.

The number of active cases currently stands at seven, while two additional recoveries have brought the total number of recoveries to five.

Two of the confirmed cases of monkeypox were imported, while 11 were locally transmitted.

Meanwhile, the separate death of one monkeypox patient recorded a week ago remains under investigation by health officials.

A total of 28 tests for the disease have been conducted locally.

As of September 16, monkeypox infections stood at a total 60,841 cases across 104 countries and territories globally, with 23 deaths, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).

Monkeypox is a rare disease resulting from infection by the monkeypox virus. The monkeypox virus is a zoonotic disease and is part of the family of viruses known as variola virus, which causes smallpox.

The monkeypox symptoms are similar to those characteristic of smallpox, but milder.

Monkeypox has been deemed as being rarely fatal.

The signs and symptoms associated with the disease include fever, chills, intense headache, extreme exhaustion, muscle and backaches, swollen lymph nodes, and a rash that usually appears one to three days after the onset of the fever.

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Chastanet Calls Out Government Over St. Jude Hospital Reconstruction – St. Lucia Times News

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Opposition leader Allen Chastanet has accused the government of continuing to peddle a ‘deliberate lie’ regarding the reconstruction of St. Jude Hospital.

In a post on Facebook, the former Prime Minister asserted that saying that the building was 30 percent complete constituted a ‘blatant lie’.

“When we left office in July of 2021, the hospital which we had started to construct was over 70% complete, only 6 months away from full completion,” the Micoud South MP asserted.

He said the external work on the structure had already been completed including the complete installation of the cladding, windows, and doors.

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In addition, the United Workers Party (UWP) leader noted that work was ongoing on the sewage, electricals, and partitions inside the building.

“We had already begun placing orders for the medical equipment,” Chastanet disclosed.

And he pointed to what he described as another important fact that the SLP continues to ‘conveniently omit’.

“The main contractor for the St. Jude Hospital was Taiwanese construction firm Overseas Engineering and Construction Company (OECC),” Chastanet stated.

“We relied heavily on the expertise and experience of OECC to ensure that this project would live up to the world-class standards and expectations that we had set for this project,” he explained.

But Chastanet asserted that one year later, all Prime Minister Philip J. Pierre can announce about the St. Jude Project is that they will proceed with the fencing of the old building

” If this project wasn’t so serious I would think that this was a joke,” the former Prime Minister declared.

According to Chastanet, the St. Jude Hospital project is a sensitive matter with which the Government must stop playing politics.

“The problems associated with the structure proposed by the Prime Minister have been well documented: low ceilings, poor ventilation, and lighting, electrical wires mixed with the plumbing system. Another disaster waiting to happen,” the opposition leader declared.

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Pris pour presque 1,2 kilo de drogue parmi des dizaines de voyages, un Guyanais de 35 ans écope de 2 ans et demi de prison… à Lille Guyaweb, site d’information et d’investigation en Guyane

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José Konisso en provenance de Guyane a été arrêté le 29 juin 2022 dans le TGV Paris-Lille. A son procès, mercredi 17 août 2022, il a été condamné à 30 mois de prison ferme. Il a multiplié les voyages avant d’être arrêté. « Je n’ai même pas pensé au danger. Je voulais amasser suffisamment d’argent pour quitter la Guyane. Je ne pensais qu’à ça. » déclare José Konisso s’adressant au tribunal de Lille. José Konisso explique au tribunal qu’en Guyane, il est marginalisé parce qu’il est homosexuel. Il gagne sa vie en faisant des photos ou en tant qu’escort. Sur…

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Spurs Blank Village 2-1 in Super Six Playoffs

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Basseterre, St. Kitts, September 17, 2022 (SKNFA) — Hobson Enterprises Garden Hotspurs became the second of two teams in the Super Six Playoffs to record a win when they defeated their West Basseterre neighbours Rams Village Superstars 2-1 on Wednesday at the Warner Park. 

Scoring for Village 

Scoring for Spurs 

Steve Archibald (pk) 10th min 

Raheem Francis (Village) own goal 73rd min 

Red cards 

Joseph Wilkes (Village) 33rd min 

(Serious foul play) 

Diandre Challenger (Spurs) 75th min

(Receiving a 2nd yellow card during the match) 

Spurs Coach Austin Huggins said thy started off the first half slowly, but the penalty gave them a spark for the rest of the match. “The penalty gave us a little more energy, a little more organization in our play.  We started to gain our composure…I think the guys played hard,” Huggins said. “We have to keep fighting. It ain’t going to be easy but we got to keep fighting.” 

In the night’s earlier match, Flow 4G Cayon Rockets drew 1-1 with Sol IAS Conaree FC.

FLOW 4G CAYON ROCKETS vs SOL ISLAND AUTO CONAREE

     (halftime score 1 – 0  in favour of Conaree) 

FINAL SCORE 1 – 1 

Scoring for Conaree 

Malik Henderson (Cayon) own goal 23rd min 

Scoring for Cayon 

Jayan Duncan 72nd min 

Coach George Isaac said his team came out “weak” and they have to get it right on the training ground if they are to do well for the rest of the competition. “We just have to go back to the playing field and getting it right for the (remaining) three games,” he said.  For coach Al Richards of Conaree, he admired the fighting spirit of his team to hold out to draw the match. He too will be retooling on the training ground to get his team ready for the next match. “Well done to my team. I think it is was a tough game…we just have to go back to the drawing board and prepare for Tuesday for Spurs and come better— work on the weaknesses, work on the mistakes and try and get better,” Richards said.

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His Holiness Pope Francis Congratulates St. Kitts and Nevis on Its 39th Anniversary of Independence

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BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, September 17, 2022 (SKNIS) — His Holiness Pope Francis (Jorge Mario Bergoglio), Bishop of Rome, Supreme Pontiff of the Universal Church and Sovereign of the State of Vatican City, has congratulated the Government and people of the Federation of St. Kitts and Nevis on their attainment of 39 years as an independent nation.

In a congratulatory message addressed to His Excellency Sir Samuel Weymouth Tapley Seaton, Governor-General of the Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis, His Holiness wrote:

“As you celebrate the National Day of Saint Kitts and Nevis, I send cordial greetings to Your Excellency. In praying that the people of the Federation will ever dwell in harmony and fraternal solidarity, I invoke upon the Nation the abundant blessing of Almighty God.

“I avail myself of this opportunity to renew to Your Excellency the assurances of my highest consideration.”

The message was conveyed via the Apostolic Nunciature in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago.

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Sandy Point FC Wins Division 1 Championship

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Basseterre, St. Kitts, September 17, 2022 (SKNFA) — E & K Mini Mart Sandy Point FC are the 2021 SKNFA Division 1 Champions after they defeated Elco Ltd Security Forces FC 4-1 on Sunday at the Warner Park Cricket stadium. 

Scoring for Security Forces 

Donyelle Francis 64th min 

 

Scoring for Sandy Point 

Elzhandai Warner 22nd min 

Jahlyan Burt (pk) 38th min 

Deacon Liddie 43rd min 

Shaquan Pemberton 85th min 

 

Abidjan Woodley (Sandy Point) 72nd min 

(Serious foul play) 

The players burst into celebrations on the field at the sound of the final whistle. They were presented with their championship trophy by SKNFA President Atiba Harris and former SKNFA Vice President Don Grant. After the match we spoke to Sandy Point Coach Kenneth Douglas. “Congratulations to my players. All week we have been training a certain way and they went out there and did it,” Coach Douglas said. Sandy Point player Tijanie Fahie said at half time, the coach told them to continue playing what they have been playing in the first half and hit the opponents on the counter attack. “We did it for the fans because it’s been a while Sandy Point didn’t make it to Premier League. We decided we would do it for our family, community, sponsor and our coaches. They were asking for it and we told them we are going to bring it home,” he said. Both Sandy Point and Security Forces have been promoted to the SKNFA Premier League for next season.

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St. Paul’s Draw First Blood in Super Six Playoffs

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Basseterre, St. Kitts, September 17, 2022 (SKNFA) — The second annual Super Six playoffs tournament kicked off last weekend with three blockbuster matches at the Warner Park Cricket stadium. It started with a doubleheader on Saturday, both ending in 1-1 draws between Flow 4G Cayon Rockets and Rams Village Superstars and Hobson Enterprises Garden Hotspurs and St. Peters.

Scoring for Village 

Malique Roberts (Cayon) own goal – 11th min 

Scoring for Cayon 

Mervin Lewis (pk) 90th + 2mins 

Scoring for St. Peters 

Dave Warner (Spurs) own goal – 3rd min 

Scoring for Garden Hotspurs

Dahjal Kelly (pk) 9th min 

Meanwhile, last week Sunday, S.L. Horsfords St. Paul’s FC brushed aside SOL IAS Conaree FC 3-0; two of those goals coming from the penalty spot in the first half. 

Scoring for St. Paul’s 

Vinceroy Nelson struck two penalties –  16th & 23rd min 

Keithroy Freeman 52nd min 

St. Paul’s goalkeeper Jamal Jeffers, after the match said: “We came out victorious, it was a hard-fought game; you know Conaree wouldn’t have been easy. We had to stick to our game plan. We got two early penalties—kudos to Vinceroy Nelson who put them in the back of the net and then we had a late chance by Keithroy Freeman, who also executed well. For Conaree Coach Al Richards, his team started the game badly.  “We kinda came back in the second half; we got our chances…but we didn’t not execute,” he said.

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Apr?s des adieux historiques, Elizabeth II inhum?e au ch?teau de Windsor

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Elizabeth II repose dans sa derni?re demeure, la chapelle Saint-Georges de son ch?teau de Windsor, apr?s des adieux en grande pompe et emplis d’?motion, saluant lundi la m?moire d’une souveraine ? la popularit? plan?taire et au r?gne incomparable.

A l’issue d’une ultime procession solennelle, au pas ? travers un domaine de Windsor noir de monde et une c?r?monie religieuse devant 800 personnes, le cercueil a ?t? lentement descendu dans le caveau royal de la chapelle.

Peu avant, le lord-chambellan avait bris? son b?ton puis l’avait plac? sur le cercueil, geste symbolique pour signifier la fin de son r?gne.

Elizabeth II, d?c?d?e la semaine derni?re ? 96 ans, a ensuite disparu ? jamais des yeux du monde, elle qui, souvent souriante, toujours calme, ?tait devenue une ic?ne famili?re pendant ses 70 ans, sept mois et deux jours sur le tr?ne. L’hymne britannique a ensuite retenti.

Dans la soir?e, sa d?pouille a ?t? transf?r?e, avec celle de son ?poux Philip, mort en 2021, dans le m?morial George VI de la chapelle, o? elle a ?t? inhum?e en pr?sence de sa famille proche, a annonc? la famille royale dans un communiqu?.

Ils y reposent d?sormais aux c?t?s des parents de la reine et des cendres de sa soeur Margaret.

Le dernier voyage de la reine a ?t? accompagn? dans la journ?e par des centaines de dignitaires ?trangers et des milliers de Britanniques.

Depuis sa mort le 8 septembre dans sa r?sidence ?cossaise de Balmoral, son cercueil clos a travers? son royaume, dans un corbillard ? travers la campagne ?cossaise, un avion de la Royal Air Force, ou lors de lents cort?ges fun?bres sur des airs tristes jou?s par des fanfares, tir? par des chevaux ou des marins.

A Edimbourg puis Londres, des centaines de milliers de personnes ont patient? des heures, parfois toute la nuit, pour se recueillir devant la d?pouille de la seule monarque que la plupart des Britanniques aient jamais connue, dont le visage, pr?sent sur les billets de banques et timbres, ?tait reconnu dans le monde entier.

“Capacit? ? rassembler “

Un chapitre de l’Histoire mondiale se referme avec ces adieux ? la monarque qui a travers? les ?poques avec un constant sens du devoir, sans jamais partager publiquement une opinion, mais remplissant ses fonctions de cheffe d’Etat avec s?rieux, bienveillance, et un humour pince-sans-rire parfois irr?sistible.

A Windsor, Pauline Huxtable, 64 ans, ?tait venue f?ter la “vie extraordinaire” d’une reine empreinte de “dignit?”: c’?tait une “figure maternelle”.

“Je ne verrai jamais une autre reine de mon vivant, car maintenant c’est le roi Charles III, puis ce sera le prince William, puis George”, observe Caroline Lachman, 48 ans, sur le parcours du cort?ge.

“Elizabeth II a eu cette capacit? ? rassembler pendant 70 ans, elle ?tait incroyable”, ajoute-t-elle, d?crivant une atmosph?re “triste”, mais “en m?me temps de c?l?bration”.

La derni?re journ?e d’adieux ? la souveraine aura ?t? ? l’image des 12 jours qui ont suivi son d?c?s: charg?e d’une immense ?motion populaire, soigneusement mise en sc?ne, avec toute la pompe des traditions s?culaires de la monarchie britannique. Elle avait ?t? planifi?e depuis au moins 20 ans.

En milieu de matin?e, au son des cornemuses, le cercueil, surmont? de la scintillante couronne imp?riale, a quitt? Westminster Hall, la partie la plus ancienne du Parlement pour rejoindre l’abbaye de Westminster voisine.

Des dizaines de marins le tiraient, suivis du roi Charles III, ses fr?res et soeur et ses enfants, les fr?res William, l’h?ritier, et Harry, le Californien, en froid.

Dans l’abbaye, la reine consort Camilla, Kate, la nouvelle princesse de Galles, et Meghan, l’?pouse d’Harry, les rejoignent.

Mais aussi les deux a?n?s de William et Kate, George, 9 ans, d?sormais deuxi?me dans l’ordre de succession, et Charlotte, 7 ans, tr?s impressionn?e sous son petit chapeau noir.

Dans l’assistance, le gratin des dirigeants de la plan?te, dont les pr?sidents am?ricain Joe Biden et fran?ais Emmanuel Macron, les six anciens Premiers ministres britanniques encore en vie, de John Major ? Boris Johnson, et les t?tes couronn?es europ?ennes, du roi d’Espagne Felipe VI au roi Philippe de Belgique en passant par le prince Albert de Monaco.

Reine “joyeuse”

“Dans un discours connu, prononc? pour ses 21 ans, sa d?funte Majest? a d?clar? que sa vie enti?re serait consacr?e au service de la nation et du Commonwealth”, a rappel? l’archev?que de Canterbury Justin Welby, chef spirituel de l’Eglise anglicane qui ?tait dirig?e par la reine.

“Rarement une promesse aura ?t? aussi bien tenue”, a-t-il ajout?, rendant hommage ? une reine “joyeuse, pr?sente pour tant de monde, touchant une multitude de vies”.

La c?r?monie s’est achev?e par deux minutes d’un silence poignant, observ?es ? travers le pays, avant l’hymne national qui d?sormais c?l?bre Charles III, “God Save the King”.

Apr?s un d?fil? r?unissant 6.000 soldats ? travers Londres, le cercueil a rejoint Windsor, ? une quarantaine de kilom?tres ? l’ouest. Jetant une fleur, applaudissant ou essuyant une larme, des milliers de personnes se sont mass?es le long des routes menant ? la r?sidence o? Elizabeth, encore princesse, s’?tait r?fugi?e pendant la Seconde guerre mondiale, puis a pass? l’essentiel de ses derni?res ann?es.

La procession, encadr?e des gardes royaux ? uniforme rouge et bonnets de fourrure noire, est arriv?e en parcourant au pas la Longue promenade (“Long Walk”) traversant le domaine.

Sur le perron du ch?teau: les deux corgis (ces chiens pour toujours associ?s ? Elizabeth II) de la reine, Muick et Sandy, d?sormais confi?s ? son fils Andrew.

Popularit? en hausse

De plus en plus fr?le ces derniers mois, souffrant de probl?mes de mobilit?, Elizabeth II recevait encore, souriante, deux jours avant son d?c?s, la toute nouvelle Premi?re ministre Liz Truss, sa derni?re photo publique.

C’?tait la dirigeante en exercice la plus ?g?e du monde. Durant sa vie, elle a travers? la Seconde Guerre mondiale, vu la dissolution de l’Empire britannique, l’entr?e puis la sortie de l’Union europ?enne.

Apr?s des jours ?puisants de voyages dans les quatre nations constitutives du Royaume Uni, de bains de foule conjugu?s au deuil d’une m?re, Charles III devra ?crire sa propre histoire.

Certains r?vaient d’une transition rapide avec le nouveau prince de Galles, son fils William, 40 ans. Mais le roi a promis, comme sa m?re, de servir toute sa vie.

Si sa cote de popularit? a grimp? en fl?che, ? 70% selon YouGov, les d?fis, nombreux, ne font que commencer, certains pays du Commonwealth ne cachant pas leur d?sir de se d?tacher de la monarchie.

D?s mardi, le Royaume-Uni reprend le cours de sa vie suspendu depuis le 8 septembre, avec la crise ?conomique et les mouvements sociaux en premier plan.

Charlotte DURAND et Juliette MANSOUR avec Martine PAUWELS et Germain MOYON ? Londres

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Eyewitness: The end…of ethnic Opposition?

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The content originally appeared on: INews Guyana

Well…well…well. Who woulda thought that a bunch of statistics could make so many of our political types jump up and down like fowl-cocks in heat?!? They’ve NEVER been moved by numbers – unless there’s a dollar sign slapped in front of them!!! But these statistics were from a survey (LAPOP) done by an American University (Vanderbilt) that’s been churning them out for years – to inform folks about “the pulse” of Latin America and the Caribbean. The mavens that run LAPOP says it provides a “Barometer” for the Americas.

A barometer, your Eyewitness knows, measures pressure so that gives us a clue that maybe the polls are meant to alert its principals as to when things might just blow up in a country or a region?? Since its funded by USAID, one can safely hazard a guess that it might be to keep those cloak and dagger types at Langley abreast of what’s going down in our neck of the woods!! Unlike us natives, they don’t go on just gossip – like what’s coming out in the accusations following the “Case of the Execution on Main Street!”

The thing about these polls though, is you can design the questions to tell you just what you want to hear – and the respondents can also tell you just what they figure you want to hear. So the bottom line is we gotta take them with a pinch of salt!! So what is it that got our local chatterati all a twitter and – for some politicians – their drawers all in a knot!??! Well, it was the “finding” that claimed that the vast majority of Guyanese don’t really give a hoot about elections – they just want come bread and to have it buttered, thank you!!

That’s right…they don’t just not care whether elections are rigged or not but also don’t care whether elections are held our not!! This, of course, puts the Opposition in a fix – to put it mildly!! Their entire strategy after the March 2 elections was to kvetch that the West and the Rest conspired to remove them from office! And that the PPP rigged the elections to provide reasonable grounds for that conspiracy!! So if that angle doesn’t matter to – even to most of their supporters – the question is where are they gonna find bread to hand out??

The PPP, of course, has their paws on the nation’s purse strings and they’ve been handing out not only buttered bread, but cheese on the side!! So with all of your Eyewitness scepticism about polls, what unfolded at Mocha with Pres Ali and “traditional” PNC supporters, does give LAPOP some cred!!But since our democracy needs an Opposition, what’s the PNC to do??

…of the Monarchy??

Who says silver linings don’t show up behind dark clouds?? With all the weeping and wailing and queueing to pass by QE II’s casket, her passing has stirred a very much-needed discussion across the ex-colonial world about the lingering effects of that experience. Much ground has been covered and your Eyewitness is very proud of the reactions by Africans across the continent!! It’s very clear that most Guyanese are still in thrall with the hegemony that was imposed by the Crown and it’s tentacles – like schools and Church.

But there are also some hopeful signs that the discussion in Britain about whether a Monarch is still necessary in this 21st century and beyond is reviving. QEII’s passing fell at a time when Britain’s economy is on the fritz and inflation’s making millions into precariats. Surely something has to give when folks can’t get decent lodgings and Charles III will have six palaces and a STIPEND of US$99 million!!Not what happened to Charles I but…

…reversed

More than anything else, it was hunting by the British overlords of India and their local Maharajah flunkeys, that cheetahs became extinct in India in 1952 – when Elizabeth was crowned. This year, PM Modi brought some back – from Africa.

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Hurricane Fiona moves into the Atlantic Ocean after pounding the DR Loop Barbados

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The US National Hurricane Centre (NHC) has said Hurricane Fiona is now moving off the Dominican Republic and into the Atlantic Ocean.

At 2 pm, the NHC said Fiona is 270 kilometres southeast of Grand Turk.

Fiona has caused devastating flooding across the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico after dumping more than inches of rain across the island of Hispaniola.

“These rains will continue to produce life-threatening and catastrophic flooding along with mudslides and landslides across Puerto Rico. Life-threatening flash and urban flooding is likely for eastern portions of the Dominican Republic,” NHC said.

Fiona is packing winds of 150 km per hour but NHC forecast that it will become a major hurricane by Wednesday.

On the forecast track, the center of Fiona will pass near or to the east of the Turks and Caicos on Tuesday.

SUMMARY OF WATCHES AND WARNINGS IN EFFECT:

A Hurricane Warning is in effect for:

The coast of the Dominican Republic from Cabo Caucedo to Cabo.

Frances Viejo.

Turks and Caicos.

A Hurricane Watch is in effect for:

North coast of the Dominican Republic from Cabo Frances Viejo westward to Puerto Plata.

Photo: NOAA

A Tropical Storm Warning is in effect for:

Puerto Rico, including Vieques and Culebra

North coast of the Dominican Republic from Cabo Frances Viejo westward to Puerto Plata.

Southeastern Bahamas, including the Acklins, Crooked Island, Long Cay, the Inaguas, Mayaguana, and the Ragged Islands.

A Tropical Storm Watch is in effect for:

South coast of the Dominican Republic west of Cabo Caucedo to Barahona

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