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By Tony McWatt Played 21, Won 5 Lost 16. That is this year’s 2022 record of One Day International (ODI) matches played by the West Indies team following its 1-2 loss to New Zealand in the Barbados-hosted August 17-21 three-match series. A record made even more dismal by the actuality of no less than […]
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\"Our Parliament has been reduced to a fish market with members jostling for five minutes of infamy. Is this the example our representatives want to set for our youth looking on?\"
Our Parliament has been reduced to a fish market with members jostling for 5 mins of infamy. Is this the example our representatives want to set for our youth looking on?
— Mickela (@mickelapanday) October 21, 2021
Leader of the Movement for Social Justice (MSJ) David Abdulah said, \"Does the UNC understand what they are doing? Their actions are seeking to dangerously divide the country. It is not about democracy. They are laying the basis for justifying why their motion will not succeed.
\"This is a serious issue but I am reminded of Explainer's Calypso – In Parliament they kicksin. The motion will be defeated
Governor Mutua, through lawyer Harrison Kinyanjui, demands Bonface Mwangi pulls down defamatory video.
The content originally appeared on: Trinidad and Tobago Newsday News The meeting of the Electoral College. Parliament was filled with verbal chaos, confusion and many disruptions on Thursday over the Leader of the Opposition's motion to remove the President over the police commissioner/Police Service Commission crisis, under Section 36 of the Constitution. It began during the extraordinary sitting of the House of Representatives where government MPs sat in silence while Opposition MPs challenged the Speaker, Bridgid Annisette-George, after she rejected […]
“We are seeing a rise in Islamophobia in nearly every corner of the globe,\" the Democratic representative said.
The top brass of the Barbados Fire Service has declared that it has no part in an ongoing five-month Government-imposed ban on operations at the B’s Recycling Plant. Chief Fire Officer Errol Maynard on Tuesday told Barbados TODAY that an operation at the establishment at Cane Garden, St Thomas was completed some months ago and […]
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Missouri CongresswomanCori Bushcalled out the US Senate this week for holding the confirmation hearing forRahm Emanuelon the anniversary ofLaquan McDonald’sdeath. McDonald, a 17-year-old Black teen was shot 16 times by Chicago police in October 2014. The officer who shot McDonald was eventually convicted, found guilty […]
The post Congresswoman Cori Bush Says Rahm Emanuel Confirmation Shows Disregard For Black Lives appeared first on The New York Beacon.
Barbados’ efforts to fight the spread of COVID-19 got some added help on Tuesday with the donation of a mobile vaccination unit to the Barbados Defence Force (BDF) from the twelve local companies in the Goddard Enterprises Limited (GEL) group. The fully branded Nissan Urvan 2020, which will be part of the country’s mobile vaccination […]
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Plans for the deportation of Mario Antonio Palacios Palacios, one of the key suspects behind the July 7 assassination of then Haitian President Jovenel Moise, were in train when they were serendipitously scuttled when the high-profile target in one...
Vice President Kamala Harris encouraged a few hundred people in Prince William County, Virginia, at a campaign rally Thursday for Democratic gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe to stay vigilant as the increasingly close race enters the home stretch.
The post VP Kamala Harris Stumps for McAuliffe in Tight Virginia Governor's Race appeared first on The Washington Informer.
Four star general Colin L. Powell, who became the first Black leader of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the first Black Secretary of State, died Monday from complications related to Covid-19 at the age of 84. While fully vaccinated, Powell also suffered from multiple myeloma, a cancer of plasma cells that suppresses the body’s immune response. He also had […]
SPEAKER of the House of Representatives Bridgid Annisette-George temporarily suspended an extraordinary sitting of the House of Representatives on Thursday, after repeated interruptions and claims by Opposition MPs that the proceedings were dictatorial.
The MPs complained they were being denied the right to speak on a motion, filed by Opposition Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar, for the appointment of a tribunal to investigate the removal of President Paula-Mae Weekes from office.
Persad-Bissessar's motion is in relation to events that led to the collapse of the Police Service Commission (PSC) last month, and the failure of a merit list of candidates for a commissioner of police (CoP) to be sent to the House for consideration.
As the sitting got under way around 10.30 am, Annisette-George sought to address questions raised by Persad-Bissessar about no debate being allowed on the motion in accordance with Section 36 of the Constitution which allows for the establishment of the tribunal.
She also sought to raise questions of bias levelled against her and Independent Senator Charrise Seepersad, by Persad-Bissessar. Seepersad is the sister of former PSC chairman Bliss Seepersad.
Annisette-George said it was not her intention to address the sitting, but the questions raised by Persad-Bissessar warranted that she respond. But as she tried to address the matters raised by Persad-Bissessar, she was repeatedly interrupted by complaints from UNC MPs about what authority she had to make her statements, and that attempts were being made to silence the Opposition.
In the midst of the repeated interjections from MPs Rudranath Indarsingh, Anita Haynes, Rodney Charles, Saddam Hosein and Dinesh Rambally, Annisette-George said there were some motions, such as those which fall under Section 36 of the Constitution, on which debate is not allowed and all MPs, including Persad-Bissessar knew this.
As Opposition MPs continued to complain, Annisette-George suspended the sitting for 15 minutes.
Earlier, St Augustine MP Khadijah Ameen complained the Opposition's MPs microphones were being shut off and Annisette-George was delaying the sitting.
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[Premium Times] The ruling party says Nigerians have realised that the APC-led federal government means well for them and will deliver infrastructure to them despite the global economic downturn.
The MDC Alliance claimed on Tuesday that its leader had survived an assassination attempt while campaigning in Manicaland province.
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[Nation] Kenya's Harambee Stars has dropped two spots to 104th in the latest Fifa World rankings announced on Thursday.
SOURCE: CMC- The Electoral College Thursday voted down an opposition inspired motion aimed at impeaching President Paula Mae Weekes, with opposition legislators consistently disrupting the proceedings and shouting that “democracy is dead” in Trinidad and Tobago. The Electoral College, comprising the 72 members of the House of Assembly and the Senate, voted by a 47-24 […]
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\"I created TRUTH Social and TMTG to stand up to the tyranny of Big Tech,\" Trump, who was banned from Twitter and Facebook for stoking the attack at the US Capitol on 6 January, was quoted as saying in the statement.
The post Trump announces plans to launch new social network ‘TRUTH Social’ appeared first on NewsDay Zimbabwe.
[This Day] A report by the International Maritime Bureau (IMB) has revealed that piracy and armed robbery in Nigerian waters has continued to decline.
Mnangagwa conducted a ground-breaking ceremony in the run-up to the 2018 general elections.
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CRICKET West Indies (CWI) has confirmed that the West Indies Women are set to tour Pakistan for three One-Day Internationals (ODIs) from November 8-14.
A CWI media release on Thursday said the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) confirmed all the tour logistics and submitted detailed medical and security plans to CWI for final review.
The West Indies Women are due to arrive in Pakistan on November 1 for the ODI series, scheduled to be played at the National Stadium in Karachi.
This will be the West Indies Women’s third bilateral series in 2021, after hosting Pakistan and South Africa in the Caribbean this summer. The West Indies players are currently in Antigua for a high performance training camp as part of the team’s preparation for the upcoming Cricket World Cup qualifiers.
They will travel directly to Zimbabwe after the ODI series for the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup qualifiers from November 21-December 5. They will be one of ten teams, along with Pakistan, aiming to secure one of three qualifying places for the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup in New Zealand in February 2022.
CWI’s CEO Johnny Grave said, “This reciprocal tour to Pakistan is an important part of our preparation plans ahead of the World Cup qualifying tournament that is scheduled to take place in Zimbabwe in mid-November. This tour to Pakistan will give the team the chance to play in different conditions compared to the Caribbean and have more high-level competitive cricket ahead of aiming to secure one of the three qualifying spots available for the Women’s Cricket World Cup next year.”
Grave said measures are in place for a safe tour.
“The security plan arranged by the PCB is the same high level that the West Indies men’s and women’s teams received when they last toured Pakistan in 2018 and 2019, respectively. Independent security advisers, Eastern Star International (ESI) have confirmed to both CWI and WIPA (West Indies Players Association) that they are satisfied that the risk is manageable and can be mitigated to an acceptable level of safety. We will now take a final recommendation to our board of directors before the selection panel confirms the squad.”
The West Indies Women toured Pakistan in January 2019 for three T20 Internationals in Karachi.
MATCH SCHEDULE
1st ODI – November 8 at National Stadium, Karachi
2nd ODI – November 11 at National Stadium, Karachi
3rd ODI –November 14 at National Stadium, Karachi
The post West Indies Women set to tour Pakistan for 3 ODIs appeared first on Trinidad and Tobago Newsday.
THE EDITOR: If MPs could only master the same level of decorum and use of language as our esteemed President, this would be a more gentle place. I contrast the language of the President with the language of the Prime Minister and feel sick to my gut. Our Prime Minister recently referred to the Opposition … Continue reading Mr PM, please emulate the President
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The police are warning against an illegal march to culminate at Jamaica House and King's House today.\tAmong the groups said to be organising the illegal march are 'We the People (United Nations)', a group led by entertainer Shawn...
There has been an upsurge in the number of middle and upper-class Haitians thronging Dominican consulates to seek visas to eventually settle in the neighboring Caribbean nation, Dominican Today reported. The development was confirmed to the news outlet by a Dominican diplomatic source in the Haitian city of Cap Haitien. The rise in the number...
The content originally appeared on: Urban Islandz Lil Durk and India Royale stepped forward to dismiss breakup rumors. The Hip Hop couple started trending on Thursday night after fans speculated that they were no longer together after they unfollowed each other on Instagram and India Royale deleted all her photos of her. Lil Durk also cleared his feed. Hours before, the rapper was alleged to have been caught by India entertaining a trans woman, and India broke up with him […]
The content originally appeared on: Trinidad and Tobago Newsday News Colm Imbert - Finance Minister Colm Imbert has dismissed claims that First Citizens’ Bank (FCB) was involved in a “growing Ponzi scheme” as described by Senator Wade Mark earlier this week. On Wednesday during the Senate’s budget debate in Parliament, Imbert said the Bank’s investment in Jamaican company, Barita, has proved to be successful and was a part of the Bank’s strategy to diversify. He said, “FCB is diversifying outside […]
Finance Minister Colm Imbert has dismissed claims that First Citizens’ Bank (FCB) was involved in a “growing Ponzi scheme” as described by Senator Wade Mark earlier this week.
On Wednesday during the Senate’s budget debate in Parliament, Imbert said the Bank’s investment in Jamaican company, Barita, has proved to be successful and was a part of the Bank’s strategy to diversify.
He said, “FCB is diversifying outside TT with the full support of the Government. FCB is seeking to make investments throughout the Caribbean, seeking to acquire banks throughout the Caribbean – in the northern Caribbean, in the southern Caribbean and even outside of the Caribbean – and we are encouraging it.
In Mark’s contribution to the budget debate in the Senate on Monday, he said FCB was recently involved in an investment with a paper company and called for an internal forensic audit into the sale of 10,869,565 of ordinary shares.
He also demanded the resignation of FCB’s CEO and board of directors if no audit took place.
Imbert countered, saying, companies’ growth required diversifying outside of the country, and pointed to Massy and Republic Bank Ltd’s investments in the region and globally.
He said FCB’s investment in Barita since 2019 has seen a gain in its investment to Barita of TT $130 million from an investment of $260 million and a dividend income of over five per cent.
“Since acquiring the shares between 2019 and 2020 the value of that portfolio has grown from TT $260 million to TT $390 million.
“If making TT $130 million on a $260 million is bad, then I don’t know what is good. That was just Senator Mark making one of his usual wild, groundless, baseless, scandalous, frivolous and useless allegations,” Imbert said.
He added that in order for economic growth, Caricom countries needed to invest more in each other and not be insular.
“If we cry down Trinidadian investment in Jamaica, it creates an atmosphere and anti-Trinidadian atmosphere like a former prime minister some years ago created such a bad relationship with Jamaica by saying that TT is not the ATM of the Caribbean.”
The post Imbert: FCB investment in Barita a good thing appeared first on Trinidad and Tobago Newsday.
Press Release:- On 20th October 2021, the Saint Lucia National Trust (SLNT) hosted two stakeholder consultations as part of an ecological assessment of the Ma Kôté mangrove forest being undertaken by the Institute of Marine Affairs based in Trinidad and Tobago. In 2015, a ground-truthing exercise undertaken by the SLNT, the Departments of Forestry and Fisheries, and the Aupicon Charcoal and Agricultural Producers Group confirmed a severe case of mangrove die-back which had first been revealed through Google Earth imagery. However, satellite images showed that a die-back was present from as far back as 2010. The team of consultants from
The content originally appeared on: CNN At least 201 deaths have been reported across Nepal and the Indian states of Kerala and Uttarakhand as of Friday. Nepal began receiving heavy rainfall on Monday after a low-pressure system formed over northern India, bringing in moisture from the Bay of Bengal. At least 70 people have died in the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand, which also experienced flooding, Uttarakhand's director general of police Ashok Kumar told CNN. Nainital district in Uttarakhand was […]
The mother of one of the victims of Sunday’s triple killing at the Kevin Smith-led Pathways International Kingdom Restoration Ministries in Paradise, St James is claiming that her son was tricked into visiting the church with a promise of a much-needed kidney.
[Capital FM] Nairobi -- President Uhuru Kenyatta used the Mashujaa Day celebrations on Wednesday to highlight his administration's accomplishments 10 months to the lapse of his tenure in office.
It is now too late to get your two doses of Pfizer in time for the start of South Africa's traditional peak travel season.
