RICE AND SPLIT PEAS; VEGETABLE RICE;
MACARONI PIE; COU COU;
TURKEY SOUP; BBQ SPARERIBS;
BAKED CHICKEN; BAKED PORK
FRIED KING FISH; FRIED SNAPPER
GRILLED FISH; LAMB STEW
FISH GRAVY; STEAMED VEGETABLES
TOSSED SALAD; COLE SLAW
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – The University of the West Indies (UWI) is offering to accommodate more than 100 Haitian students whose studies have been affected by the devastating earthquake, a senior UWI official has announced.
UWI Vice Chancellor Dr Nigel Harris said the initiative was being led by the university’s Mona Campus in Jamaica and that the other two campuses – Cave Hill in Barbados and St Augustine in Trinidad – were also giving it consideration.
“They want to invite students who can’t get into the university (in Haiti) this year because the Haitian university is in trouble, to bring them to all campuses to be educated, to join programmes,” Dr. Harris told the Sunday Sun newspaper.
He said officials at the Mona Campus had already indicated that they would be willing to take 100 students from neighbouring Haiti. (Antigua Sun)
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - The African Union (AU) agreed on Sunday to consider a Senegalese proposal to resettle Haiti’s earthquake homeless and possibly create a state for them in Africa.
The idea was first floated by Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade who said the history of Haitians as descendants of African slaves gave them the right to a new life on the continent. AU chairman Jean Ping told African leaders at its annual summit in Addis Ababa that they would discuss the proposal during the three-day event. The AU had opened an account for Haiti with the African Development Bank, he said. “It is out of a sense of duty and memory and solidarity that we can further the proposal of Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade to create in Africa the conditions for the return of Haitians who wish to return after the effect of the disaster that ravaged Haiti,” Ping said. Wade said Senegal and other African states should naturalize any Haitians who sought new nationality, and he urged a mass adoption programme across the continent for orphans of the quake, feared to have killed as many as 200,000. The idea for a new state is reminiscent of the 19th century creation of Liberia by freed US slaves. The West African country is currently recovering from a 1999 civil war and is hoping to benefit from recent oil discoveries off its coast. “We have attachment and links to that country,” Ping said of Haiti. “The first black republic in 1804, that carried high the flame of liberation and freedom for the black people.” (Caribnet) |
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Words of hope and prayers continued to pour in for Vice Chancellor Emeritus of the University of the West Indies (UWI), Prof Rex Nettleford yesterday. He remains in critical condition at a United States hospital. Nettleford, 76, was admitted to the intensive care unit of the Washington DC hospital after collapsing at a hotel Wednesday evening. He is yet to regain consciousness after suffering what was said to be a massive heart attack. Social networks Twitter and Facebook continued being the hub for messages with people residing from as far as England wishing Nettleford a speedy recovery. A statement from the University of the West Indies said Nettleford, who is co-founder of the National Dance Theatre Company, was in Washington DC to attend a fund-raising gala for the university. (Trinidad Express) |
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Labour Minister Rennie Dumas says the Government hopes to double the credit available to the small business community. As he once again appealed for private sector lending to small business on Saturday, Dumas said he hoped to make the leap through the State’s ’Policy Package for Stepping up Credit to SMEs’, which was announced in the National Budget presentation for 2009/2010. ’Gone are the days when the business limelight was reserved almost entirely for the captains in the corporate sector, while small businesses remained in the shadows,’ Dumas said while addressing the Awards Ceremony to Commemorate Small Business Month at the Hyatt Regency Trinidad in Port of Spain. January was small business month. Micro and small enterprises create about 75 per cent of private sector employment locally, Dumas said, and that field has the potential to be a substantial contributor to balanced local and regional growth. ’We will need to create the environment to help move the majority of our small businesses from the informal sector into the formal sector,’ the Minister said, later adding: ’I hope we can double the credit flow to this sector within the next year. I urge our banks and financial institutions to come forward and support the SMEs, especially through risk and venture capital support.’ Chief executive of bpTT Robert Riley, who also delivered an address, said citizens should support small businesses, as this sector fed an entrepreneurial spirit and the passion for innovation while acting as a remedy for social ills like poverty. Riley spoke about bpTT’s own micro-business support entity, the Mayaro Initiative for Private Enterprise Development (MIPED). Awards given on Saturday were: Most Outstanding Small Business- Edward Skinner, Summit Cosmetics. Most Outstanding Micro Business- Sharon Wilson, Earthscents. Most Innovative Business- Kerry Peters, Yearbooks Caribe Co Ltd and The Student Press. Social Entrepreneur-Winston Graham, Winston Graham Manufacturing Co. Best Business Plan-’Child Care Plan’ from Kim Lewis, Ordellia Darlington, Nicole Lutchman, Larry Khan and Kevin Gooptar, College of Science of Technology and Applied Arts of Trinidad and Tobago (COSTATT). Most Outstanding Essay-Davie Christo, Naparima Girls High School. (Trinidad Express) |
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A British trainer attached to the Special Anti Crime Unit of Trinidad and Tobago (SAUTT) was killed in a vehicular accident yesterday. The road fatality figure continued its upward spiral following the death of the officer attached to the SAUTT. Ian Parry, 47, died instantly when his Nissan Almera car crashed into the traffic lights at the El Socorro intersection. Police reports indicated that around 12.50 a.m. Parry was driving east along the Churchill Roosevelt Highway when he lost control of his vehicle and struck the traffic lights. Another vehicle driven by Samuel Clarke of Block 22, Laventille which was travelling behind Parry’s car also crashed. Clarke remains at hospital in a stable condition. Investigators said Parry’s vehicle flipped over several times, pinning him inside. A statement from SAUTT said Parry, a senior trainer, was employed with the unit since 2006 and was heading to his home at Trincity, when his car collided with the traffic light pole. Prior to joining SAUTT, Parry spent more than 20 years as a police officer with the Wiltshire Police in England and ’was very involved in the Trinidad and Tobago rugby scene’. Director of SAUTT Brig Peter Joseph, in expressing condolences, said: ’Ian’s death has come as a dreadful shock to everyone at SAUTT. He was a very professional trainer, who was also a larger-than-life character. ’Ian will be remembered for his commitment, friendliness and helpfulness, as well as his sense of humour and booming laugh. Although he came to us from England, Ian was very much part of the SAUTT family. ’He loved Trinidad and Tobago and was dedicated to helping to make this a better place to live. He was a very popular man and will be sorely missed by all who knew him. My thoughts and sympathy go out to Ian’s colleagues, many friends and family.’ SAUTT is liaising with Parry’s relatives in England to finalise funeral arrangements. Barataria police officers are continuing investigations into the accident. (Trinidad Express) |
STARTING TODAY, customers are expected to dig deeper into their pockets when purchasing a bag of cement.Carib Cement Company Limited is increasing the price of its product by seven and a half per cent
The company said the increases have become necessary following the increase in haulage and fuel cost.
The cement company said it had also been forced to increase prices based on the new petroleum tax, and added that the new increase will apply to the last reduced prices.
The increase is the first since August 2008 when the company hiked its price to the tune of 15 per cent. (Jamaica Gleaner)
Holness: Students should be mindful of the difficult fiscal circumstances of the country. - File THE GOVERNMENT has agreed to consider, for the next financial year, a programme of support for tertiary students in dire financial distress and at risk of deregistration.
Students qualifying for this programme would be determined by means testing and on the recommendation of the institutions, the Ministry of Education has said.
Minister of Education Andrew Holness promised to consider the support plan after some tertiary students voiced concerns about possible increase in their tuition fees.
A group of University of West Indies (UWI) students last week said the decision by the Government to freeze subsidies to tertiary institution as a condition of accessing a US$1.2-billion standby loan facility from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) could adversely affect their ability to afford tertiary education.
Reallocation of funds
In a statement issued on Friday, Holness said the tertiary-support programme would not mean an increase in the Budget. He said money would to be reallocated from elsewhere in the allotment to education.
The minister also reassured students of the University of Technology (UTech) and UWI that the Government is targeting to maintain its subsidy to tertiary institutions at current levels, as indicated in the letter of intent to the IMF.
Holness said the target was based on the best projection of revenues and that students should be mindful of the difficult fiscal circumstances of the country.
“The Government has already indicated that in keeping with the target of maintaining our subsidy levels, we are expecting the universities to maintain their fees at current levels, with adjustments for inflation only where necessary,” he said.
Meanwhile, as it relates to the fees that will eventually be charged to students, Holness said the universities, through their internal processes and with consultation and reference to the Government and its contribution, will set the exact fee levels.
Currently, the Government subsidises approximately 80 per cent of the tuition cost of UWI students and about 50 per cent of the tuition cost of UTech students. (Jamaica Gleaner)
AMID REPORTS of child trafficking on the rise and reports that Haitian police have arrested 10 US citizens caught trying to take 33 children out of the earthquake-stricken country, the Jamaica Association of Young Professionals is calling for the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) to play a greater role in protecting children made orphans.
The catastrophic earthquake, which hit the Caribbean state on January 12 claiming over 150,000 lives, has left many children without parents. This is where chairman of the association, Junior Rose, believes that the CARICOM should come in.
“CARICOM countries should provide temporary shelter for some of these orphans, particularly those under 10 years old. The regional body should set up a fund that would support these orphans being housed in respective countries. Hence, the financial burden would not necessarily be on the governments of the region or the national budgets,” he said.
According to statistics from the United Nations Children’s Fund, about 380,000 children lived in the nation before the earthquake.
With the number set to increase, the association believes that the region should look out for the most vulnerable of the population affected by the earthquake.
Since the earthquake, CARICOM has taken a multi-pronged approach to the disaster responding in cash and kind. CARICOM is also part of a coordination committee involved in the reconstruction of Haiti, along with other international organisations and states. (Jamaica Gleaner)
