Good Morning #REALDREAMCHASERS especially those on the hustle who continuously remain positive. Here is your daily newscap DEFAMATION OF CHARACTER - The defamation lawsuit filed by St Andrew member of parliament George Payne against his Opposition Barbados Labour Party (BLP) colleague Edmund Hinkson is moving ahead. Two other parliamentarians have lodged statements in the Supreme Court confirming that the defamatory statements were made against the defendant, while another parliamentarian has promised to enter evidence in defence of Hinkson. There are also reports that attempts by elders of the party to have the matter settled out of court failed, while it is unclear if Mottley has used her office to bring both parties to an amicable settlement. WIPA BOSS SUED - Just weeks after being asked to step down as WIPA’s head by West Indies captain, Dwayne Bravo, following the ill-fated tour of India, Hinds now finds himself at the centre of a defamation lawsuit which has been brought against him by former Barbados cricket manager, Hartley Reid. The lawsuit accuses Hinds of making false and malicious allegations against Reid during this year’s NAGICO Super-50 cricket competition. It stems from the highly publicized incident, which took place in February and resulted in former Barbados captain Kirk Edwards being sent home from Trinidad and Tobago for refusing to sign for his team uniforms. Hinds, who acted as Edwards’ representative in the matter and WIPA director Michael Hall, had tried unsuccessfully to resolve the issue with both Edwards and Reid prior to the player’s expulsion. SCOTIABANK CUTS - Some of Scotiabank branches here may be closed and workers displaced in a major restructuring plan announced by the Canadian bank. As many as 35 branches of the bank’s 200 branches in the region are to be closed or downsized, said the bank. The bank will also be writing down CAN$109 million loan losses in the Caribbean. In total, the restructuring plan will result in 1 500 staff being laid off in Canada, the Caribbean and elsewhere, and closure or shrinkage of 120 branches overseas.The changes were announced by Brian Porter, Scotiabank’s chief executive officer, on Tuesday. IMFS WAY NO GOOD - THE INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND’s (IMF) recommendations on tax reform for Barbados would not solve Government’s fiscal challenges in a meaningful way, says Jeremy Stephen, the Barbados Economic Society’s (BEC) president. He warned Government that if it implements the IMF’s “most asinine” suggestion that Value Added Tax (VAT) be charged on the sale of properties, it risks a crippling “freeze” on the middle class housing market. The economist and financial analyst said far from favouring the tax reform suggestions that were 20 years “too late” and would not solve Government’s fiscal challenges meaningfully, he believed the “true problem” the Freundel Stuart-administration now faced was its high interest costs. COCONUT ATTACK - THREE MALES are in police custody following an altercation with a man at Warrens, St Michael, yesterday. According to Acting Station Sergeant Roland Cobbler, a 35-year-old man approached three coconut vendors on the Massy compound at Warrens, St Michael, where an exchange of words between the parties resulted in a clash. The man received lacerations to his right calf and his left hand from cutlasses.He was taken to the Queen Elizabeth hospital by ambulance and three suspects – two males in their late 20s and a juvenile – are in police custody assisting with investigations. Police did not release any names up to Press time. MINISTRY OF EDUCATION MUST ACT - REIN IN PRINCIPALS Jeff Broomes and Valdez Francis and avoid greater teacher dissatisfaction at their schools. That is what the Barbados Union of Teachers’ (BUT) is calling on the Ministry of Education to do as a matter of urgency. The call came after the union held separate talks with its membership and the ministry on the actions of both principals yesterday. BUT president Pedro Shepherd said while there was no “direct call for the removal” of Broomes, the principal at Parkinson Memorial Secondary, during yesterday’s meeting at the ministry, teachers “did say that they can no longer work with the principal”. DRY TIMES AHEAD - DRY TIMES are predicted for Barbados and other regional countries due to climate change. According to Dr Dale Rankine of the University of the West Indies Climate Studies group, Caribbean people will have to adapt and retool as predictions suggest the islands could get 40 per cent less rain and more periods of drought in the future. EBOLA READY - Prime Minister Freundel Stuart yesterday expressed general satisfaction with Barbados’ level of readiness to face any possible threat of Ebola, while telling reporters that the island could only go so far in terms of its preparedness. In his first public statement at home on the Ebola situation, which comes amid rising fears about the deadly disease, the Prime Minister, who has just returned home from a special Caribbean Community (CARICOM) leaders’ summit on the matter, assured that “we have done most of what we had to do. TEACHERS FIRM - Despite welcoming the news that the controversial isolation unit at the Enmore Centre will not be used to treat patients with infectious, airborne illnesses, parents and teachers of the Ursuline Convent School are sticking to their guns that the facility should be moved. The school’s administrator Susan Chennery stated that they would push on with their efforts to have it moved away from the school. She said while she was happy with the decision announced yesterday that the centre would only be used to treat Ebola patients, it did not appease all the fears of those responsible for the 600 students at the educational institution. CHIKUNGUNYA COURT CASE- THE BATTLE AGAINST Chikungunya, dengue and other mosquito borne diseases took a dramatic twist yesterday. That’s when two people appeared before the District ‘A’ Magistrates’ Court to answer charges of knowingly permitting stagnant water to remain on their premises. Funeral director Michael St Hill pleaded not guilty to having a number of containers on his Bush Hall, St Michael property which were found to be breeding mosquitoes, on October 8. In the second case, Margaret Manning denied having containers on her premises at Perseverance Drive, Canewood Road, Jackson, St Michael, on October 13. One of the containers allegedly had mosquitoes breeding in it. Well thats all for now. Remember the opinions of people who dont like you and never will does NOT matter when you are working towards being a better person. There are those who relish in the misery of others but this is only because they are miserable with their own existence so never let the actions of insignificant people put a damper on your spirits. Continue to be true to yourself, be happy and strive. Your best revenge is #SUCCESS and #HAPPINESS. Have a #TERRIFIC Tueday ;) Shalom
Posted on: Thu, 06 Nov 2014 07:38:11 +0000
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