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Sleepiness linked to traffic noise and pollution
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Nodding off in the middle of the day may be down to pollution generated by traffic, suggests new research.
The study shows exposure to traffic pollution is a trigger for daytime sleepiness - and may also trigger SNORING.
More than 12,000 adults were included in the Respiratory Health in Northern Europe (RHINE) study.
The findings show that people exposed to high levels of pollution had a 65 per cent greater chance of suffering from daytime sleepiness, compared to those who had no exposure.
Traffic noise in the bedroom was also a trigger - with people 46 per cent more likely to feel sleepy in the day if exposed.
And the research also suggests that people are also 29 per cent more likely to be a habitual snorer if they are exposed to traffic noise while they sleep.
Daytime sleepiness affected one in five people involved in the study, while one in four reported habitual snoring.
Ane Johannessen, an epidemiologist at Bergen University in Norway, wrote the study together with Professor Thorarinn Gislason and other Northern European researchers.
She said: “Exposure to traffic should be taken into account when planning treatment for patients with sleep disturbances, because reducing noise and pollution exposure in the bedroom may have a beneficial effect.
“Reducing exposure through relocating the bedroom away from pollution sources or making the bedroom more soundproof to protect against traffic noise, as well as mapping alternative and less polluted outdoor everyday routes may help patients with their sleep disorders.”
The study also showed that men, older subjects, smokers and those with lower education were more likely to report habitual snoring.
They were usually less physically active, with a higher BMI, and more likely to have a diagnosis of obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA).
Women, older people, smokers, and those with lower education were more likely to report daytime sleepiness.
The new research is due to be presented at the European Respiratory Society’s International Congress in London next month.
Professor Jorgen Vestbo, President of ERS and Professor of Respiratory Medicine at the University of Manchester, said: “The question of who snores may be a running joke in some households but for many snoring is a serious issue, with direct links to physical and mental well being and the same is true for daytime sleepiness.
“We want people to think more about the environment around them and the impact it can have - from the way they sleep to the air they breathe.”
To coincide with Congress, the ERS will be holding some free public lung function testing, starting in Trafalgar Square on September 2 and 3.
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Southern Rail bosses are advising hundreds of thousands of Airbourne fans across Sussex not to get the train on the first two days of the four-day show as it clashes with a planned strike.
The RMT has called a five-day strike from August 8-12, with the last two days coinciding with the first two days of Airbourne (August 11-14) – the annual festival of flight on Eastbourne seafront.
The town’s Chamber of Commerce bosses had written an open letter to rail chiefs raising fears that many of the 500,000-700,000 people who travel to attend Airbourne would not be able to get to Eastbourne by train.
And they asked what steps Southern was taking to plan ahead.
But this morning (Wednesday, August 3) Southern has just advised people not to travel by train.
A Southern spokesman said, “Unfortunately, Thursday and Friday’s Eastbourne Airbourne events fall within the five-day strike that the RMT has announced. We are urging the union to call off this unnecessary action and are meeting with them at ACAS tomorrow, Wednesday, in an attempt to achieve this.
“The level of service we can offer during the strike is dependent on the contingency resources available and we will only be able to provide a much reduced service between Eastbourne and Brighton and no service at all between Ashford International and Eastbourne.
“In light of this, we have no option other than to advise air show goers to seek alternative ways to get to and from the event.”
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A superb all round performance from Sussex under-15s resulted in Sussex being crowned the winners of the A Division Royal London ECB under-15 Cup Final.
Having lost the toss Sussex were invited to field, and Staffs got off to a great start making 54 without loss.
Sussex wicketkeeper Mason Robinson got things moving with a spell-binding flying catch.
Skipper Tom Clark then turned their innings upside down with a double wicket maiden on route to figures of 3 for 17, and from that moment Sussex were on top. Max Lincoln wowed the crowds sprinting 30 yards to take a high catch in the deep, and it was left to Tom Gordon (3 for 39) to have Staffs floundering on 164 all out.
Alastair Orr completed the job with a well timed catch on the ropes.
In reply our openers faced a real barrage of pace and bounce as Staffs were not going to lie down easily.
The players jump for joy
At 68 for 5 Sussex were having their first and only wobble throughout the whole campaign. However our team is resilient and man of the match Tom Gordon lead the recovery with perhaps one of his most important innings thus far, and against a spirited and energised attack Tom grafted hard making a match winning 68 runs. He was backed up by Oliver Carter (39 not out) who demonstrated a very straight bat from the off. He was rewarded by hitting back to back cover drives to win the match.
Huge celebrations then ensued as Sussex became the 2016 Royal London ECB U15 Champions.
The squad: Oliver Carter - Seaford, Tom Clark - Horsham, Henry Crocombe - Hailsham, Tom Gordon - Eastbourne, Tom Hinley - Lindfield,
Scott Lenham - Eastbourne, Max Lincoln - Preston Nomads, Dominic Morgan - Lindfield, Alastair Orr - Lindfield, Joe Pocklington - Eastbourne, Mason Robinson - Preston Nomads, Louis Storey - East Preston, Freddie Longley - Lindfield
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Three of the men who died at Camber Sands yesterday (Wednesday, August 24) have been named in the national media.
Police identified Nitharsan Ravi as one of the victims after they found his car parked near the beach, his brother Ajirthan told BBC News.
Ajirthan identified two of the other men as Kobi and Ken Nathan, from Erith in south-east London.
Chief Superintendent Di Roskilly said: “We believe we now know who the men are and that they came to the beach together for the day.
“We believe they are all in their late teens and early 20s and come from the Greater London area.
“These men were not fully clothed when they were pulled from the sea but wearing clothes appropriate for being at the beach for the day.
“We have no further reports of anyone else missing from Camber and there are no on-going searches related to this incident.
“This has been an incredibly tragic incident and we are offering their next of kin support at this difficult time and our thoughts are with them.”
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This weekend the Rye Jazz and Blues Festival will delight music lovers from across the South East with a feast of top class ticketed and free music performances.
The headline concert on Saturday August 27 with UK Queen of Soul Mica Paris has been in high demand and organisers have announced additional standing tickets for this concert at £15.
Acclaimed Jazz singers Liane Carroll and Joe Stilgoe perform together on Monday August 29 and there are a handful of seats still available plus standing tickets just released at £10.
Book through the festival website and tickets may be also available on the door.
Friday August 26 sees Sky Arts guitar stars, Zayn Mohammed and Steve Morrison perform on the outdoor performance stage at the Kino Cinema from 7pm - one of many free events that take place at the festival.
On Friday night you can also experience the coolest Latin Jazz with Hastings-based Jazz Train at the Grapevine Champagne and Jazz Bar from 8pm and Andy Williams performs at La Maison store from 6pm. The Rye Bay Crew swing into the weekend at the Queens Head Rye from 8.30pm.
Saturday August 27 sees a free performance from midday at the Kino outside stage from the Fabulous Brass Funkeys who will play at various locations in Rye. The amazing Brillos take to the Kino stage from 1.30pm and Louis Turpin and his Trio play blues at the Butter Market from 3pm.
Saturday’s feast of vibrant free music continues with Zoe Schwarz Blue Commotion at the Kino stage from 5pm. Free music across both Sunday and Monday takes place at these venues with Cuban band Kandela Mi Son, The Fabulous Red Diesel, Dom Pipkin’s New Orleans edgy band the Ikos and Rod Pooley’s Funky Organ Trio. King Size Slim perform at a free event at the Standard Inn from 4pm.
On Sunday the Rye Lodge Hotel hosts a stunning jazz and champagne event on the terrace from 1-3pm with the superb Dave Barrett Jazz Trio. To book tickets for this event please call 01797 223838 or go to www.ryelodge.co.uk
Wrapping up this amazing weekend of music, on Monday Paul Richards and his Latin Trio perform the coolest Bossa Nova’s and Samba rhythms from midday at the Butter Market. The achingly cool Violet Jive perform outside the Kino and the jazz Funk Giants perform outside Simply Italian both from 3pm.
The old Borough Arms host the Paul Richards Latin Duo at 3.00pm and the Turpin Hubbard Blues Duo see out the weekend in style at the Ship Inn from 4pm.
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A heartfelt musical tribute to East Sussex’s own unsung war heroes
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A platform on a small railway station in our local countryside is one of the poignant venues for a series of concerts marking the centenary of the First World War.
With the 100th anniversary of the Battle of the Somme being remembered this summer, acclaimed folk trio Harp and a Monkey has teamed up with Arts Council England and the Western Front Association for this major musical project.
The trio’s latest series of free concerts at unusual sites across Britain with Great War links includes a show on Sunday September 4 at Bodiam Station, which is on the Kent and East Sussex Railway.
This performance is aimed at documenting the role that the rail network played in the war effort. It will take place in front of the railway wagon that bought home the body of Edith Cavell, the English nurse shot for spying, and later carried the body of the Unknown Warrior buried in Westminster Abbey.
The free concert follows the successful first phase of the project, which saw the band perform to the inmates of a prison that housed conscientious objectors, to disabled veterans on a community built for the maimed, and at the scene of a Zeppelin attack in the middle of the West Pennine Moors.
The performances will include field recordings and interviews with veterans, new songs and re-workings of traditional and contemporaneous songs and will be filmed for a documentary.
Harp and a Monkey front-man Martin Purdy, who is a First World War historian, author and broadcaster, said: “It is very exciting for us to perform this show at Bodiam as this railway is steeped in history and played its part in the war effort.
“The fact that we are being given the chance to have such a poignant and emotive backdrop as the Cavell Van is wonderful.
“We will be making a short documentary around the performance and intend to make sure that the role of the railways, including their attachment to some of the most interesting stories of the war, including those of Edith Cavell and the Unknown Warrior, are not forgotten.”
The railways were crucial for the movement of troops and equipment not only around Britain but also on foreign shores.
By the time Britain was just one month in to the war, trains travelling to just one of the key overseas departure points, at Southampton, had already transported 118,454 servicemen, 37,649 horses, 314 guns, 5,221 vehicles, 1,807 bicycles and 4,557 tons of baggage.
The other members of folk group Harp And A Monkey, which is making a big name for itself on the festival circuit, are Andy Smith, from Blackley in north Manchester and Simon Jones from Burnage, who is also an award winning photographer. All the shows are tied to the band’s critically acclaimed third album War Stories, released in July 2016.
The Bodiam concert will get underway in the station at 3pm on Sunday September 4 and is free to the public.
By Ged Henderson.
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We weren’t at our best today - Hughton
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Albion boss Chris Hughton was pleased to come away from Reading with a point as he admitted his side were not at their best this afternoon.
Reflecting on Brighton’s 2-2 draw which continued their unbeaten start to the season, Hughton said: “I think a draw was fair, we certainly weren’t at our best today and a point was probably fair because we ended up taking the lead but I thought they were better than us.
“For the levels we’ve been at for the three other games, I don’t think we reached those levels in the first half. There’s never a particular reason for that, we made a couple of changes but perhaps we didn’t have that rhythm we’ve had in our game in that first half, so in the end, I’m pleased a point.”
One plus point for Hughton was the performance of Anthony Knockaert: “He’s playing very well, certainly if I looked at the performance from us today, he’s one you could pick out and say he was on top of his game. He looks bright, sharp and like he can make something happen every time he gets the ball.”
Liam Rosenior limped off after a late challenge from Yann Kermorgant in the closing stages and Hughton said: “I don’t think it was intentional but I think it was a reckless challenge and Liam is very sore.”
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Little Common footballers past and present donned the boots for a special day at the Recreation Ground.
Four teams of players, including Cambridge United defender Leon Legge, turned out for the Ken Cherry Memorial Event on Sunday.
The event was held to remember club founder Ken Cherry, who was still chairman at the time of his sudden passing in January, and celebrate Common’s 50th anniversary.
"Sunday was an excellent day, really well turned out," said Common player-manager Russell Eldridge, one of Ken's grandsons. "There were over 60 players across the two games and probably in total another 100-odd people plus attended through the day.
"We're thankful for everyone that was able to attend, and I've already had some kind messages saying what a good day it was and how proud Ken would've been."
Eldridge was particularly grateful to Legge, who made the journey south from Cambridge despite the team being called in for extra training on Sunday morning at short notice.
Jamie Crone on the ball during the under-36s match. Picture courtesy Catherine Gurney
The 31-year-old Legge was born in the town and played his youth football for Common before rising through the non-league game into the Football League with, initially, Brentford, and subsequently Gillingham and Cambridge.
Legge, who scored for Cambridge in their 2-2 draw at home to Carlisle United in League Two on Saturday, brought with him a signed shirt which will soon be on display in Common's clubhouse.
Two football matches were played - a veterans’ match at 1pm followed by an under-36s game at 3pm. The teams were made up of past and present Common players.
The likes of Gerard Moyse, Chris Scott, Craig Willard, Mickey O'Callaghan, Steve Mote, Jon Saunders, Chris Copley, Steve Morris and Graham Morris played in the veterans’ match.
Andy Atkin on the ball during the veterans' match. Picture courtesy Catherine Gurney
Lee Carey, Ricky Mote, Sam Thompson, Ben Eldridge and Wes Tate joined existing Common players, including Eldridge, Lewis Hole and Jamie Crone, in the under-36s encounter.
Both games ended in honourable draws and in true Common style, there were plenty of goals. The veterans' match finished 5-5 and the subsequent game was 4-4.
As well as the football, there was food, a bar, a raffle and bouncy castle. Proceeds from the day will go towards a memorial bench for Ken and Common are now considering holding staging a similar sort of event on an annual basis.
Eldridge added: "A lot of hard work went into it and we're thankful and we're thankful to everyone who helped. From our point of view it was a really successful day."
Spectators enjoy the day at Little Common Recreation Ground. Picture courtesy Catherine Gurney
Ken set up Little Common FC back in 1966 and was very much the driving force behind its rise to where it is today as a senior level club with a thriving youth section, first class clubhouse, floodlights and spectator seating.
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Jay May scored a hat-trick as Hastings United's footballers drew 3-3 in an extraordinary game away to Chipstead today (Saturday).
United came from 3-0 down to earn a point in a Ryman Football League Division One South game where all the goals came during the opening 33 minutes.
May's third goal was scored from the centre circle and United also hit the crossbar four times in a match featuring three penalties.
United got off to a dreadful start, falling three goals behind in the opening quarter. Raheem Sterling-Parker opened the scoring with a seventh minute penalty and Chris O'Flaherty made it 2-0 in the 18th minute by converting the rebound after United goalkeeper Lenny Pidgeley had saved another spot-kick.
O'Flaherty added Chipstead's third in the 21st minute, but May punished a sloppy back pass to pull one back three minutes later and the same player converted the game's third penalty in the 27th minute for 3-2.
May then completed a 10-minute hat-trick and a remarkable United fightback with a wonder strike from inside the centre circle.
There was no further scoring after that, although May and Frannie Collin - who came off the bench to make his league debut for United - rattled the woodwork in the closing stages.
United: Pidgeley; Cole, Rowe, Smith, Welch; Cruttwell, Wilson (Temba); Stannard (Collin), Johnson, Bodkin; May.
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Andy Hamblin started his creative career at Southend School of Art and Design and was a successful international commercial artist for over 30 years, winning several creative industry awards.
A professional fine artist for the past five years, Andy is driven to capture in every painting his deep and profound love of the Sussex and Kent countryside and his personal connection with the wildlife he encounters. Andy portrays in his paintings the detailed beauty and intricate textures that nature creates, seemingly undiscovered by people.
Andy said: “In today’s fast-pace society, do people really see the natural beauty around them? After viewing my paintings, people often view landscapes in a totally different way, appreciating the complexity of trees close-up, the variety of landscapes around them and closely study the array of endless sky formations.”
People also connect to his paintings on an intimate level, having eye-to-eye contact with the wildlife encountered by Andy on canvas. Viewers often comment on the amazing ‘life-like appearance’ of the paintings with an emotional and personal response.
Andy spends weeks and sometimes months exploring and searching the perfect mix of lighting and weather conditions to suit a variety of scenery. From Petworth Park, South Downs, Ashdown Forest, Knole Park to the North Kent Marshes, he patiently captures an original photograph for studio reference, before committing to the canvas.
Since moving to his 16th Century cottage studio, Andy has absorbed the atmosphere around him, sensing the connection that the ‘great masters’ lived through when creating their classic landscapes. From the success of Andy’s ‘one man’ Ightham, Kent exhibition in May, his landscape paintings continue that journey of discovery. Exhibition open on Saturday November 12 and Saturday November 13 from 9-10pm.
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Bexhill's cricketers notched up their 10th Sussex Premier League victory of the season yesterday (Saturday).
A much-changed Bexhill side won by 16 runs away to Brighton & Hove, consolidating third place in the table with two matches remaining.
Having travelled to Brighton in sunshine, Bexhill won the toss and elected to bat on a strange looking wicket and slow outfield.
In an innings punctuated by four rain breaks, Bexhill recovered from 7-2 to post a good total of 216-8 from their 58 overs.
Two of the best youngsters in the division, Shawn Johnson (45) and Callum Guest (38), forged a third wicket stand of 81 before Johnson was bowled by a short ball which shot along the ground.
Guest continued his fine form - he now has 236 runs in his last four innings - despite getting hit on the gloves from one that lifted. Ethan Guest (18) batted well until being bowled going for a big drive, leaving Bexhill 147-5.
James Pilbeam (40), playing only his second first team league game and first since 2007, and Tom Powell (29), promoted from the seconds, put on 52 for the sixth wicket, justifying the decision to alter the side and get some more depth in the late middle order.
Both men fell within a run of each other before Ian May added 11 not out at the end. On a wicket which was doing things all afternoon, Simon Hetherton at one stage bowled 33 consecutive dot balls.
Brighton needed to eclipse their highest score of the season if they were to win the game and they weren't too far away as they were all out for 200 in 49.3 overs.
Johnson made the initial breakthrough by dismissing Sussex professional Phil Salt for 12 with the score 34.
Under-16 player Ethan Guest bowled well with the new ball, but Brighton were 87-1 until Bexhill captain Johnathan Haffenden showed what he is in the side for with a splendid bowling display which was key to the final outcome.
On a rare outing with the ball, Haffenden took a league best 4-46 from 15 overs with his medium pace dobbers, reducing Brighton to 104-5 with his victims including Bryce Hounsome (44) and Hetherton (43).
Back came Brighton as Chris Atherton (36) and Alasdair Wilson (28) put on 65 for the sixth wicket. Nick Peters saw off Atherton, but Wilson found another ally in Jack Chopping (17) and Brighton would've fancied their chances at 190-6.
Bexhill proceeded to take four wickets for 10 runs, however, to seal victory in their latest finish of the season. Callum Guest crucially picked up three wickets in his two overs and then held the match-winning catch to dismiss Chopping off the bowling of Johnson.
Standings (all played 17 matches): 1 Roffey 379pts, 2 Cuckfield 360, 3 BEXHILL 343, 4 Horsham 320, 5 HASTINGS PRIORY 285, 6 East Grinstead 275, 7 Preston Nomads 256, 8 Brighton & Hove 231, 9 Billingshurst 194, 10 Worthing 137.
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Revealed: The top UK companies for work-life balance
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A recruitment firm has been named the best company in the UK for work-life balance.
Financial recruiter Goodman Masson took first place in the list by jobs site Glassdoor, based on reviews submitted to its website by current and former staff.
The company, which is based in London and also has offices in Dusseldorf, was praised by staff for its “huge investment” in staff benefits and “great” parties twice a year.
“The attention paid to the wellbeing of staff is at a level rarely matched elsewhere,” said an anonymous employee working in the London office.
In second place was technology firm Cisco Systems, and in third place was insurer HomeServe.
West Midlands-based HomeServe, which employs 1,200 people at its headquarters in Walsall and has 2.1 million customers in the UK, was commended for its attitude towards the treatment of its staff.
“The salary is very competitive and you are rewarded very generously for your hard work and just for carrying out your role. The company has a great framework for career progression and is always looking to promote people internally for job roles,” said a water supply engineer working at the firm.
Greg Reed, chief marketing officer at HomeServe, said: “We believe if you take care of your people, they will take care of your customers. This means creating a culture where people genuinely enjoy coming to work every day because they feel what they do really makes a difference in our customers’ lives.”
Temping firm LOLA and Screwfix completed the top five. Other companies in the top 20 included Apple, American Express Lloyds Banking Group, Unilever and John Lewis.
Google is known for its plush offices, but doesn’t make the top 20 companies for work-life balance. Its new London office has sleep pods so workers can take a nap, although perhaps this is an indication of long hours.
For a company to have been considered, at least 50 work-life balance ratings must have been submitted by UK-based employees in the past year.
The top 20 companies for work-life balance:
1. Goodman Masson
2. Cisco Systems
3. HomeServe UK
4. LOLA Staffing
5. Screwfix
6. American Express
7. BP
8. Peninsula Business Services
9. ARM Holdings
10. Unilever
11.Thomson Reuters
12. Kantar Worldpanel
13. Atkins
14. Téléfonica
15. Credit Suisse
16. Rolls-Royce
17. John Lewis
18. Waitrose
19. Lloyds Banking Group
20. Apple
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Lifeguards will be stationed at Camber Sands following the tragic deaths of five men, the RNLI has confirmed.
In response to the deaths, which took place on Wednesday, the Royal National Lifeboat Institution is providing a team of five to six lifeguards and equipment over the Bank Holiday weekend.
It was recently revealed that the five men were friends from London who had visited for the day. Click here for the full story.
In a statement, the RNLI said it was to ‘provide reassurance to the public’ by providing a temporary lifeguard service which will work alongside the existing local authority personnel from Rother District Council.
The lifeguards will be there from 9am to 6pm, Saturday to Monday.
The RNLI offered to provide the lifeguards over the weekend and the Council accepted its offer.
In addition to the lifeguard service the RNLI said it will also be providing a team which will be on hand to provide safety information to all visitors at the beach.
The RNLI provides lifeguard cover on over 240 beaches throughout the UK.
The charity advised that anyone who is not familiar with Camber Sands should speak to the lifeguard before entering the water, and to visit RNLI.org/respectthewater before visiting.
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Court results from the Observer area
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A round-up of local cases from Hastings Magistrates’ Court from August 3 to August 16.
August 3:
Erham Yuksel (aged 32), of Shacklewell lane, London, pleaded guilty to producing a quantity of cannabis. The offence took place at Hastings on April 29. He was committed to Lewes Crown Court for sentencing.
Jamie Morley (aged 43), of Cornwallis Gardens, Hastings, pleaded guilty to driving a Rover car on South Terrace, Hastings, on May 14, with the controlled drug Benzoylecgonine in his system. He was fined £150 and banned from driving for one year.
August 9:
Michael Cassidy (aged 32), of Bristol Road, St Leonards, pleaded guilty to dishonestly making off with £45 of fuel from Ninfield Road Service Station, Bexhill Road, Ninfield, on May 5 without having paid. He was also found guilty, following a not guilty plea, of impersonating a Special Constable at Ninfield Service Station on the same date.
In addition, he pleaded guilty to driving without an MOT and to stealing a vehicle number plate from Church Road, Catsfield, on May 5. The court made a community order with a requirement of 100 hours of unpaid work and ordered him to pay £45 compensation.
Robert Marples (aged 25), of Trawden, Lancashire, was jailed for a total of 26 weeks for breaching a restraining order. The offence took place at Bexhill on July 2.
He also admitted being in breach of a suspended sentence, imposed by magistrates, for an earlier breach of a restraining order on May 6. Magistrates said that the reason for the custodial sentence was because of previous breaches, the repetitive nature of the offence and the psychological impact on the victim.
August 10:
Edgaras Beker, (aged 23), of London Road, St Leonards, pleaded guilty to stealing aftershave worth £85 from Boots at the Arndale Centre, Eastbourne, on July 21. He also pleaded guilty to being in possession of a quantity of heroin on the same date. The court made a community order with a requirement of 80 hours of unpaid work.
Stephen Brophy (aged 52) of Magdalen Road, St Leonards, pleaded guilty to driving a vehicle on Bohemia Road, St Leonards, on July 23, while over the drink drive limit. He gave a breath alcohol reading of 80 microgrammes. The legal limit is 35mg. He was fined £120 and banned from driving for 20 months.
Ian Crawford (aged 52), of St Pauls Cray, Orpington, Kent, pleaded guilty to assaulting a woman by beating and to using threatening behaviour. The offence took place at Junction Road, Bodiam on July 23. The court made a community order with an alcohol treatment requirement and fined him £150.
Theresa Feathers (aged 58), of Belle Hill, Bexhill, pleaded guilty to two charges of assaulting a police officer. The offences took place at Belle Hill, Bexhill and Hastings Police Station, Bohemia Road, on July 22. She was fined £80.
Julia Upton (aged 52), of Marley Close, Battle, pleaded guilty to driving a Peugeot car on Hillside Road, at Beauport Park Caravan Park, St Leonards, on July 23, while nearly three times over the drink drive limit.
She gave a breath alcohol reading of 99 microgrammes. The legal limit is 35mg. The court made a community order and banned her from driving for 23 months.
Jake Woolley (aged 24), of Farley Bank, Hastings, pleaded guilty to driving a Ford Fiesta on Mount Pleasant Road, Hastings, on July 23, while over the drink drive limit. He gave a breath alcohol reading of 58 microgrammes. The legal limit is 35mg.
He was fined £150 and banned from driving for one year.
Rakim Ali (aged 34), of Church Road, St Leonards, pleaded guilty to being in possession of £20 worth of cannabis. The offence took place at St Leonards on June 12. He was fined £200.
Mervyn Curtis (aged 42), of Tilebarn Road, St Leonards, pleaded guilty to being drunk and disorderly in a public place. The offence took place at Battle Road, St Leonards, on July 26. He was fined £50.
Kirsty Johnson, (aged 18), of Taylor Close, St Leonards, pleaded guilty to destroying furniture, walls, bedding and personal property of an unknown value. The offence took place at Eastbourne on March 2.
She was given a six month conditional discharge and ordered to pay £50 compensation.
Charlotte Harvey (aged 36), of Reginald Road, Bexhill, pleaded guilty to being in breach of a restraining order. The offence took place at Bexhill on March 21. The court made a community order with a requirement of 40 hours of unpaid work and ordered her to pay £150 compensation.
Ashley Apps (aged 20), of Harold Road, Hastings, admitted being in breach of a community order by failing to complete unpaid work and failing to provide evidence of absences. He was fined £40.
Ashley Fildes (aged 28), of Eversfield Place, St Leonards, pleaded guilty to being in breach of a community order by failing to turn up for unpaid work. He was fined £100.
August 16:
Billy Connell (aged 22), of Linley Drive, Hastings, pleaded guilty to assaulting a woman and causing her actual bodily harm, The offence took place at Middle Road, Hastings, on June 7. The court made a community order with a requirement to attend a domestic abuse programme.
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The second Hastings Fringe performance arts festival runs from August 30 to September 4 with over 50 performances from upcoming and established local and national professional talent.
The festival will take place in five venues which are The Stables Theatre and Arts Centre, Hastings Pier, Printworks, Owl & Pussycat Lounge and Nico’s Kitchen.
Over six days performers - writers, poets, musicians, comedians, and film-makers - will showcase a diverse range of work. This encompasses plays by well-known playwrights alongside original material by local writers, spoken word, cabaret, circus, comedy; music and song, and adult and children’s mask workshops.
On Saturday afternoon (September 3 from 1-4pm) there will be a variety of acts on Hastings Pier including a Singin’ in the Rain workshop led by a West End performer, circus, and a life-size Punch and Judy show.
Music ranges from acapella and music hall to jazz and blues and there will also be slam-dunk poetry and spoken-word readings.
Local writer and Daily Mirror music critic Gavin Martin, will perform his debut spoken-word album, Talking Musical Revolutions, on Wednesday August 31, at Printworks in Claremont from 9.45pm, free, and there will be an evening of short films closing with the world public premiere of the 90-minute drama, Shingetsu, directed by Paul Schoolman (Jail Caesar) starring Alice Krige (Chariots of Fire, Star Trek First Contact).
The fringe festival artistic director Heather Alexander said: “There was an overwhelming response to calls for performers to showcase work. There’s a strand of Free Fringe events taking place at all the venues, as well as ticketed events. We want the fringe to be as inclusive as possible. If people want to show work, we have tried to put it on and let the audience decide.”
For more details go to www.hastingsfringe.co.uk.
Look out for:
Forget-Me-Not Wears the Trousers
The Stables Theatre
Saturday September 3, 8.45pm
Tickets £8/£6 (members)
International cabaret artiste Forget-Me-Not, AKA Sharon Elizabeth, slips past the censor and turns up the heat, performing risqué and banned songs from the 20s and 30s and celebrating Jazz Age sexual liberation and gender cross-pollination! A fabulous feast of vocal versatility!
Devised, written and directed by Sharon Elizabeth AKA Forget-Me-Not with musical director Paul Lewis at the piano.
Suitable for 16+
www.forgetmenotcabaret.com
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Moonlight Dreams
Hastings Pier
Saturday September 3 1pm-1.45pm
Free
Breathtaking acts and circus skills.
Slow Races
Hastings Pier
Saturday September 3 1pm-4pm
Free
Garden gnomes gather for a very slow race. A playful intervention by seven performers.
Mask Workshops
Nico’s Kitchen
Saturday September 3,
10am-12pm Under 18
12.30pm-2.30pm Over 18
Tickets £5
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Take a mask and see how it changes your performance skills. Take the opportunity to discover how working with masks can engage you with your innate expressiveness. These workshops are facilitated by Michele Lester
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Flanders & Swann and Tom Lehrer
The Stables Theatre
Friday, September 2, 7.30pm
Tickets £8/£6 (members)
An evening of song, silliness and mud, glorious mud. Performed by Steve Scott with John Bruzon at the piano.
Featuring all the favourites from the masters of comic song, including The Gas-Man Cometh, Poisoning Pigeons in the Park and The Hippopotamus. You’ll be dancing to The Masochism Tango before the night is out!
A Taste of Brian Docherty
Printworks
Tuesday August 30, 6.30pm (30mins)
Free
Brian Docherty performs a taster of selected poems as a preview for the show Conscious & Verbal on Sun Sept 4.
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Foster double gives Common victory
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Little Common’s footballers returned from their longest trip of the season with a hard-fought win.
Liam Foster’s double blast gave the Commoners a 2-1 victory away to Selsey in Macron Store Southern Combination Football League Division One yesterday (Saturday).
The Bank Holiday traffic saw the Commoners arrive late at the Bunn Leisure Stadium, and player-manager Russell Eldridge was forced into two changes with Jamie Crone and George Aston unavailable.
In scorching conditions, Common were first to create a clearcut chance when Harry Saville found Lewis Hole, but his low effort was turned round the post by the home goalkeeper.
Cameron Burgon went close when his long range shot shaved the outside of the post following a neat pull-back from Hole, who was then unable to make full connection with a Saville cross when well placed.
The home team also saw chances go begging, firstly from a goalmouth scramble as the ball pinged around the area and then following a long throw when Common goalkeeper Matt Cruttwell got down well to push an effort past the post.
The Commoners opened the scoring in the 33rd minute when Hole pulled the ball back to the edge of the area for Foster to rifle a low first time shot into the corner of the net beyond the despairing dive of the home stopper.
Selsey continued to look dangerous from their long throws into the area, but the Commoners held firm to preserve a 1-0 half time lead.
Selsey began the second half the stronger of the two teams as they went in search of an equaliser, although the Common defence stood firm and dealt with the initial pressure before playing their way back into game and creating a chance for Hole which went agonisingly wide of the upright.
Cruttwell pushed a fierce drive wide of the post before Selsey drew level when another long throw into the Common area saw an unmarked Cameron Correll head beyond Cruttwell.
Jake Sherwood saw an effort just drift wide, but the Commoners did not have to wait long to retake the lead. Hole’s delivery across the area found an unmarked Foster, who buried his and Common’s second of the match.
Selsey were reduced to 10 men for the final 10 minutes following an injury to their forward, but then missed a glorious chance to equalise when the ball was blazed over from close range following a ricochet in the Common area.
Common continued to look dangerous on the break and were able to see out the closing stages relatively comfortably to earn three valuable points.
Common: Cruttwell, Cooper (Wells), Curteis, Eldridge, Ammoun, Cruikshank, Foster, Sherwood. Hole, Saville (Bristow), Burgon.
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Barnardo’s ball boys take a trip back to Wimbledon to mark anniversary
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A former Barnardo’s pupil returned to Wimbledon almost 60 years after being a ball boy as part of the charity’s anniversary celebrations.
Barnardo’s children’s charity is celebrating 70 years since beginning its special partnership with the All England Lawn Tennis Club and Wimbledon.
For twenty years from 1946, all the Wimbledon ball boys came from one of Barnardo’s residential schools in Hertfordshire where they learnt a valuable trade to help get them into work.
Being a ball boy was a prized role and as only one third of the school’s students aged 14 to 18 became ball boys, competition was fierce.
To celebrate this partnership during Barnardo’s 150th year, some of the former ball boys returned to Wimbledon to share memories and swap anecdotes about champions gone by, roaring crowds, and the strawberries and cream.
They also met today’s ball boys and girls as they trained for this year’s Championships and compared notes.
Former ball boy Chris Cachrimanis, 74, from Battle, said: “It was great being a ball boy. We were paid £2.10 shillings and could watch centre court matches for free.
“In 1958/59 I was a ball boy for one of the longest matches ever. We ran out of balls and had to run off court to get more boxes of balls. I had a great time as a ball boy and was really excited to be a part of Wimbledon.”
Mr Cachrimanis grew up in a small village in Southern Greece with his three older brothers and sisters. His home had been blazed in the Second World War, and both his parents died.
He was one of 15 Greek children chosen to start a new life in England. Aged 13, he was sent to Barnardo’s residential Goldings school where he learnt sheet metal work as a trade.
He is now a successful businessman and runs his own roofing company. He is happily married and has four children and five grandchildren and regularly keeps in touch with his family in Greece.
Coincidentally, his daughter’s great great grandfather was a winner at Wimbledon in 1878.
Barnardo’s chief executive Javed Khan said: “Being ball boys for 20 years was an opportunity for some Barnardo’s students to be part of something truly special and inspirational.”
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REVIEW: Strife at Minerva Theatre, Chichester
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It was first staged more than a century ago. Like the tin plate works on the Welsh borders where it’s set, it has become something of an industrial museum piece - rarely revisited despite being penned by John Galsworthy of The Forsyte Saga fame.
Now it’s back with its brutal judgement on industrial Britain of 1909 untarnished. Capital versus Labour. Poverty. Social injustice. Class divisions and female subjugation. Hefty issues in a world of heavy metals.
Still relevant? An opening sequence of audio news clips argues that the themes resonate just as clearly in 2016 where the fate of the steel works at Port Talbot remains hotly contested.
In the audience on the first night sits former Labour leader Neil Kinnock with his wife Lady Kinnock and he’s in no doubt that this is a story for today.
William Gaunt leads the cast as John Anthony, chairman of the company which owns the works - where the men strike and the wives and children freeze in the Welsh winter.
Anthony isn’t a man to concede. He’s faced down the workers four times in his 32 years at the top and despite the ravages of age and ill health he does not hesitate.
But workers’ revolutionary David Roberts (Ian Hughes) is the firebrand who is not for quitting either. This is a fight he’s been spoiling for - ever since he was paid £700 for a process which made the shareholders more than hundred times that amount.
Among the ranks of the striking workers, the men vacillate. Around the board room table, Anthony’s fellow directors count the mounting losses and weigh them against the point of principle.
In the tiny terraced homes, where the role of the wife and daughter is to stand by their man, they starve and shiver beside a coal-less fire and they die.
It’s not just tin plate that’s in short supply in this furnace of emotions. Concession hovers tantalisingly on both sides - within the grasp of all except for the main protagonists.
The set, with its metallic floor and dominating steel girder, is as uncompromisingly severe as the plot. But for a small theatre, this is lavishly populated with a cast who soften the blunt edges of industrial turmoil with a raw and empathetic humanity.
There is greyness, but Gaunt gives a masterfully understated performance - radiating power despite wheelchair and walking stick. Laying a tender hand on Roberts’ shoulder in the closing scene there’s a fleeting sense of his respect for the principle of his opponent contrasting with contempt for allies who would give way.
Galsworthy lived his last seven years a handful of miles from Chichester. His ashes were scattered across the adjoining South Downs. No hint of heavy industry here. No suggestion of social conscience in his privileged upbringing.
For all that he was an ardent reformer. As Lord Kinnock left the theatre he gave his verdict. Simply terrific. Galsworthy might have taken that as the finest accolade of them all.
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Brighton band Fickle Friends to play at Reading and Leeds
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Fickle Friends may be under the radar at the moment, but Charlotte Pearson predicts big things.
For anyone heading to Reading and Leeds festivals this weekend or Together the People next month, you might be forgiven for thinking that Fickle Friends are the new kids on the block.
However, the Brighton band have been a firm fixture on the festival circuit for the last two years playing Bestival, BBC Radio 1’s Big Weekend and Secret Garden Party.
“We have been going for a while,” says lead singer Natti Shiner. “But it isn’t until you get played on commercial radio that people say ‘oh wow those guys have come from nowhere’.
“The 1975 have been going for about eight years under different guises but it is only really now people are starting to take notice.”
Natti formed the band, made up of Harry Herrington on bass; Chris Hall on lead guitar; Sam Morris on drums and Jack Wilson on keyboards, about three years ago when the quintet met at the University of Brighton.
The name came not long after they formed, with Natti explaining that Fickle Friends was just meant to be a name to tide them over and the plan was initially to change it to something else.
“As time went on it kind of just stuck so we kept with it,” she smiles.
The band’s first EP Velvet was released in 2015 and Natti says they were very much a ‘DIY band’.
“That has shifted now as we have signed with a record label,” she explains. “The first EP we did ourselves and worked really hard to get it out.
“We have the luxury of someone else doing the work now and telling us when the singles are coming out.
“It is exciting and everything is a lot more structured than it was before.”
Releasing an EP was a great way for the band to show people what they are all about and Natti reveals that it got the band the buzz they needed to get noticed.
This lead to them being signed, with work then able to begin on an album which should be released at the end of this year.
The plan for the band is to record 17 songs and then pick the ones that will make the album.
“We are always writing and figuring out what we want the album to be,” explains Natti.
Fickle Friends’ sound has been described as upbeat with an 80s synth-pop feel to it, which is probably best illustrated by single ‘Swim’.
It is clear that many of their songs wouldn’t sound out of place on the 2011 film Drive’s motion picture soundtrack – something that crossed Natti’s mind when she heard former Radio 1’s DJ Zane Lowe curate such a thing with the likes of Bastille, The 1975, and CHVRCHES.
“I would love for the BBC, or anyone, to do a re-imagining of the soundtrack again. We would love to get on it and think our sound would fit really well,” she enthuses.
As for musical influences, Natti lists bands like Bombay Bicycle Club, Justice, Two Door Cinema Club, Friendly Fires and Michael Jackson, and admits you can hear a bit of all of them in Fickle Friends.
“Our sound has changed a lot over the years. I think it has got a lot more intelligent,” she reveals.
“Before it was really hectic and chaotic, but it would be because we would play bits and be like ‘oh I love that, put that in’, ‘that is great we need to have that’, so we would get it all in.
“Now we use sounds that complement each other so it works better as a song.”
The last few months have been hectic for the band, with a diary filled with festival appearances as well as trying to fit in recording their new album in LA.
“Our weekends would be filled with festivals then we would head over to America to record the album and then back over here for a performance,” reveals Natti.
The band have never played a festival in Brighton before so Natti says they are really looking forward to performing at Together the People this month at Preston Park.
The summer may be over, although many might debate it never really started, but thanks to Fickle Friends at least the sound of summer can continue well until the end of the year.
Fickle Friends will play the NME/Radio 1 stage at Reading Festival on Friday, August 26, and the same stage at Leeds Festival on Saturday, August 27.
Together the People takes place on September 3 and 4 at Preston Park, Brighton.
Other performers include Suede, Brian Wilson performing Pet Sounds, Peter Hook and the Light, The Horrors and Turin Breaks.
For more information on the line up and to buy tickets, visit www.togetherthepeople.co.uk
To find out more about Fickle Friends, visit www.ficklefriends.co.uk
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Charity appeals for specialists to help create therapeutic gardens
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The Sara Lee Trust is seeking imaginative garden specialists to help create therapeutic gardens for its new Therapy Centre.
The Sara Lee Trust aims to improve the lives and well-being of people living with cancer and other life-threatening illnesses in the Hastings and Rother area through the provision, free of charge, of psychological and counselling support, creative and complementary therapies, and therapeutic group activities.
The Trust, which is now in its 20th year, is in the process of opening its first dedicated Therapy Centre, which will be based in Sidley.
Claire Land, from Sara Lee Trust, said: “An important part of the space will be the therapeutic gardens which will enhance the specialist counselling and complementary therapy services we provide and create the much needed refuge where our patients can relax and become absorbed in nature.
“The Sara Lee Trust are now looking for enthusiastic garden designers, gardeners and volunteers to help with the challenge of turning the garden into a tranquil space for our patients to enjoy.
“We are appealing to local residents, businesses and garden specialists to get involved and support our new Therapy Centre and help to raise the £120,000 needed for its development. We aim to start the refurbishments and fitting out of the new Centre in autumn 2016 with a proposed opening date of summer 2017. If you would like to get involved in any way, Call us on 01424 420264, visit www.saraleetrust.org or email [email protected].”
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The suspected murder of a teenager has been reported to the body that oversees complaints against the police, Sussex Police has said.
The Independent Police Complaints Commission was notified by Sussex Police following the discovery of the 19-year-old woman’s body at an address in Chrisdory Road, Mile Oak yesterday.
Sussex Police said: “The death has been notified to the IPCC owing to there having been previous police contact with the deceased and other people.
“Her family have been informed of this development. We await the IPCC’s decision as to how any internal investigation will be conducted.”
As previously reported, a 27-year-old man from Portslade was arrested in Burgess Hill yesterday on suspicion of murder after the body was found. Click here for the full story.
Police added that a post-mortem is expected to take place in Brighton later today, and that the address is still a crime scene as forensic work continues.
They are not formally identifying the dead woman at this stage but said they will do so as soon as possible.
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TRAFFIC UPDATE: Motorway closed until ‘this evening’
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Sussex motorists who are travelling to Kent are being told the M20 motorway will be shut until at least this evening.
Highways England issued a statement saying that the M20 is closed between junctions one and four, and ‘is likely to remain closed until at approximately 6pm’.
The collision on the M20 is causing problems for anyone driving to Kent. Picture: Eddie Mitchell
The closure comes after a lorry struck a footbridge in Kent yesterday, causing it to collapse. Read more here.
Highways England said that diversions are also in place and it is likely the M26 which links the M25 to the M20 will also remain closed until the incident is cleared.
The diversion for the M20 is via the A2 or M2 using the A229 and A228, and the diversion for the M26, closed at M25 junction five, is to use the M25 junction two and then travel on the A2 or M2.
Highways England south east operations manager Gary Coleman said everything was being done to reopen the motorway again, but safety had to come first both for workers and drivers.
The collision on the M20 is causing problems for anyone driving to Kent. Picture: Eddie Mitchell
“We are facing a real challenge to lift two HGVs and a motorbike clear of the scene and deal with all of the rubble from the collapsed bridge strewn across both carriageways. “There is also the issue of the remaining part of the footbridge, which is still in place over the coast-bound side of the motorway. We have crews on scene ready to take action as soon as the police have completed their investigation. We also have cranes en route and lighting so work can continue through the night.
“We are doing everything we can to safely reopen the motorway, but we’d ask drivers to please bear with us as this is a complex operation and it will take time and skill to complete. We’ll keep everyone updated.”
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POLL: Do we need greater safety measures on our beaches?
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Following the search for a missing swimmer earlier today and a string of beach deaths in Sussex, the safety of our seas has been called into question.
Today’s search for the woman at Camber Sands in East Sussex was called off after she identified herself to the RNLI at 11.45am. A coastguard spokesperson said the reason for the large-scale search, which also involved the police, was because ‘it is a dangerous beach’ and it was reported before lifeguards were on duty at 9am. Read more here.
But it begs the question: can more be done to prevent deaths like the five men who lost their lives on Wednesday at Camber Sands, or the man who drowned in the sea at Bognor Regis?
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Sussex headteachers have shared their concerns about the rising cost of university education.
With a number of universities in England announcing they would be raising their annual fees above the £9,000 limit, there are fears higher education could once again become the playground of the elite.
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Michael Ferry, head of St Wilfrid’s School, in Crawley, said the idea of increasing fees was “alarming” and added: “This will only put students off from entering university as they will be saddled with increased amounts of debt.
“Although many schools, including St Wilfrid’s, spend a lot of time demystifying what you pay for and when, it will certainly put people off from applying if fees rise.
“If we are not careful as a society, we will go back in time to an age when only a small minority were able to access a university place and even they were given a grant to do so.”
Peter Woodman, head of The Weald School, in Billingshurst, said he did not think students had been put off by the high fees, but were more selective about their choices.
We should do everything we can to ensure that access to university is fair and that people get in on merit, not because of which school they went to or how much money their parents have. Michael Ferry, headteacher, St Wilfrid’s School
He added: “They want to go to a university where the teaching is good and the support first class. They do not just want a degree.
“They want the right course that is also value for money and provides them with the right educational experience for their next step in life.”
When it came to earning a place at university, Mr Woodman felt the increasingly difficult A-levels would lead to a fall in the numbers making the grade.
He agreed the rising fees could also see students from less well-off backgrounds deciding the cost was too high.
Currently, any student debts not paid back after 30 years are wiped out and there are that, if that safety net was withdrawn, talented youngsters would choose to enter employment or an apprenticeship rather than achieving their full potential at university.
Mr Woodman recognised the difficulties faced by the government when it scrapped free university education.
He pointed out the percentage of students participating in higher education had risen from 10 per cent in the 1980s to more than 40 per cent and added: “This comes at a cost.
“Providing virtually free higher education to 10 per centr of the population was one thing but providing it to over 40 per cent of the population is expensive.”
Summing up his feeling, Mr Ferry said: “Universities are great places for their further development and although not everyone wants to apply, we should do everything we can to ensure that access to university is fair and that people get in on merit, not because of which school they went to or how much money their parents have.”
Mr Woodman agreed, describing a framed extract of a speech made by playwright Alan Bennett, which hangs in his office.
Called Fair Play, it reads: “We all know that to educate, not according to ability but according to the social situation of the parents, is both wrong and a waste.”
He said: “I whole heartedly agree. As such, I worry that increasing university fees yet again will allow the sons and daughters of those who can afford university to go and those who cannot afford it, not to go.
“Unless mechanisms are put in place to encourage and support those students and families this would be both unfair and a tragic waste of potential.”
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Athletics ace Elise Lovell is basking in the glory of winning her first international medal.
The Hastings Athletic Club multi-eventer bagged a bronze in the women's long jump at the Manchester International.
She said: "The aim was to do myself proud and jump well enough to maybe challenge for the medals so I was really pleased to come away with a medal."
Competing in the evening for the first time, Lovell's best effort of 5.67m was just five centimetres adrift of runner-up Holly Mills (GB Juniors) and 26 behind Katie Stainton (Birchfield Harriers). Conditions were good with hardly any wind for the athletes to contend with.
"I feel like I jumped as well as I could at that track," she continued. "The distances were down for everybody and from previous experience at that track, it's not a brilliant track to jump at. I think I did well."
England were the overall winners with 277 points, 68 more than the second-placed combined British Athletics League/UK Women’s League team. The line-up was completed by GB Juniors, Wales, Scotland, Ulster & Northern Ireland and UK Armed Forces.
Lovell was selected for the event after setting a new Sussex record at the Counties Athletics Union Championships in Bedford. She was the first Sussex female to go through the six-metre barrier with a leap of 6.02m en route to a bronze medal.
The 24-year-old has now just about come to the end of a pretty busy outdoor season and is 'really pleased' with how it's gone.
"After the stress fracture in my foot (which caused her to withdraw from her defence of the England Senior Combined Events Championships in May), I thought that's going to be the end," she admitted. "But to come away selected to represent England in an individual event and get a bronze medal was a big surprise."
* MAYA Ramnarine, of Hastings Athletic Club, produced a personal best performance on Sussex duty at the weekend. The 13-year-old clocked a time of 2:27 to come fifth in the 800m in the under-15 age group at an inter-counties match in Oxford.
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Having been unbeaten at home for a season-and-a-half, Hastings Priory's cricketers have now lost three of their last five games at Horntye Park.
Fielding a depleted bowling attack, Priory went down by 46 runs against fellow mid-table side East Grinstead in the Sussex Premier League on Saturday.
After winning the toss and choosing to bat in windy conditions, Grinstead amassed 240-9 from their 58 overs thanks largely to some key knocks in the lower middle order.
Despite being without key bowlers Adam Barton, John Morgan and Elliot Hooper, Priory started well. Finn Hulbert dismissed Will Adkin for a duck with the score just two and fellow new ball bowler Bradley Payne (13-1-37-2) struck twice to leave Grinstead 39-3.
Tim Cummins (19) and Raj Chaudhuri (35) added 46 for the fourth wicket before falling within five runs of each other, both to Jed O'Brien (23-3-111-4).
With half the team gone for 90 between them, the second half of Grinstead's batting line-up scored a further 150 to give the visitors maximum batting points.
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Benjamin Davies (44) and Darryl Rebbetts (22) forged an important sixth wicket partnership of 60 until the former became O'Brien's third victim.
Rebbetts fell to Mick Glazier (15-1-52-2) to make it 169-7 and Glazier struck again 20 runs later, but number eight Ian Sturmer blasted a crucial 64 not out off just 52 balls. O'Brien picked up Priory's ninth and final wicket, his 46th in the league this summer.
Sturmer (3-66) then replicated his batting form with the ball, removing both opening batsmen as Priory slid to 48-4 despite a run-a-ball 23 from Joe Billings on his return to the first team after injury.
Leo Cammish led the resistance, however, initially during a fifth wicket stand of 73 with Hulbert (27). From 125-6, Cammish then added 45 for the seventh wicket with Harry Scowen.
Cammish, facing the club he played for last season, finally fell for a game-high 71 off 96 balls with eight fours and a six, and Scowen followed 13 runs later for 31. In the end Priory were all out for 194 in 48.3 overs.
Standings (all played 17 matches): 1 Roffey 379pts, 2 Cuckfield 360, 3 BEXHILL 343, 4 Horsham 320, 5 HASTINGS PRIORY 285, 6 East Grinstead 275, 7 Preston Nomads 256, 8 Brighton & Hove 231, 9 Billingshurst 194, 10 Worthing 137.
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England’s Medieval Festival, at Herstmonceux Castle, is the largest of its kind in the UK.
The festival has been taking place now for 24 years and it continues today (Monday, 29th August).
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Hastings United's footballers continued their unbeaten start to the season with a comfortable win this afternoon (Monday).
A goal in either half gave United a 2-0 victory at home to an East Grinstead Town side still seeking its first point of the Ryman Football League Division One South campaign.
After the drama of Saturday's rollercoaster 3-3 draw away to Chipstead, this was a pretty uneventful affair in which United got the job done, albeit without looking particularly impressive.
U's boss Darren Hare made four changes to his starting line-up. Steve Watt and Reece Butler returned in defence, while Frannie Collin and Bright Temba made their first starts of the season in attack.
Temba, in fact, had an early sight of goal as he latched on to a good ball over the top by Sam Cruttwell, but a heavy touch allowed Grinstead goalkeeper Pawel Szemelej to smother.
Jay May headed over from beyond the far post at a corner before United took a 32nd minute in somewhat fortunate and comical fashion.
May flicked on a long free kick and as Collin tried to bring the ball under control, Suliaman Bangura's attempted tackle only succeeded in sending the ball into the top corner.
Cruttwell, who had a decent game, fired Sam Cole's square pass over the top from just inside the box in the only other effort of note during the first half. Watt hobbled off five minutes before the break to be replaced by Richie Welch.
United started the second half pretty slowly, although Cole struck the crossbar with a looping right-foot volley from the edge of the box and Collin saw his close range finish from Welch's low cross ruled out for offside.
The U's just needed a second goal to kill the game off and it duly arrived in the 66th minute thanks to a piece of quality from man of the moment May.
Seconds after the impressive Simon Johnson was denied by a reflex save, May neatly stepped inside a couple of defenders and picked out the corner of the net with a splendid finish for his sixth goal already this season.
It was all very straightforward for United after that. Cole's angled strike was just too high and May couldn't direct his volley on target from a Wayne Wilson cross.
United goalkeeper Lenny Pidgeley barely had a save to make all afternoon, with Grinstead's best effort probably a shot from outside the box by substitute Alex Goggin which dropped just over.
United lie seventh in the fledgling league table with eight points from their first four games - two fewer than early leaders Corinthian-Casuals.
United: Pidgeley, Rowe, Butler (Wilson 80), Cruttwell, Watt (Welch 41), Smith, Cole, Johnson, May, Collin, Temba (Stannard 63). Sub not used: Nicholls. Attendance: 383.
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The focus at Sussex this season has been very much on nurturing players for the future.
Fast bowlers George Garton, Stuart Whittingham and Jofra Archer have all emerged and played their part in both red and white-ball cricket.
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But coach Mark Davis still relies on a core of experienced players – none more so than opening batsman Chris Nash who, along with skipper Luke Wright, is the last survivor of the team which became serial trophy winners a decade ago.
Nash was seriously considered for the captaincy when Ed Joyce stepped down at the end of last season but Davis opted for Wright instead.
The 33-year-old instead poured his energies into re-booting his technique in South Africa under the guidance of Gary Kirsten and on making sure he and Joyce gave Sussex a strong platform in the County Championship.
At Cardiff this week the peerless Joyce passed 1,000 runs for the ninth time in his career and, all being well, Nash will join him on that landmark after making 132 in the first innings against Glamorgan to move onto 994 runs.
Job done, according to Nash.
“At the start of the season we knew it would be a transitional season and that the senior players had to stand up,” he said.
“Ed Joyce and I have put a huge emphasis on our opening partnership and for him to go past 1,000 runs already and me to be on 994 is just what we wanted really, and there are still four more games to go to push on.
We have put a lot of the onus on ourselves to get off to good starts because it takes a bit of pressure off some of the less experienced guys behind us in the middle order.
“I was delighted with the way I played because, on the second day, Glamorgan bowled outstandingly.”
With Essex beating Leicestershire in three days to stretch their lead at the top, Sussex probably need to defeat Glamorgan and win another three matches to have any chance of finishing in the one promotion place.
The likelihood is that Sussex will still be in the second division next season but it remains to be seen whether Joyce, who turns 38 next month, will be striding out with Nash to open the batting.
Davis and Joyce, who is out of contract at the end of the season, will sit down soon to talk about the future but Joyce might be tempted to extend his stay so he can finish his career with 50 first-class hundreds. He is currently on 45.
Meanwhile Nash was among several Sussex players to offer messages of congratulation to coach Phil Hudson, who played club cricket at Horsham with Nash, and his Sussex under-15s after they beat Staffordshire on Thursday to win the Royal London National One-Day final at Kibworth. Among the Sussex team was opening batsman Scott Lenham, who could one day continue the family tradition which is woven into the fabric of Sussex cricket.
His father Neil and grandfather Les both played for the county - as opening batsmen.
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You did it! St Michael’s hospice has risen from the ashes to soar like a Phoenix
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Just a few months after the devastating fire at St Michael’s hospice the generosity and hard work of hundreds of people has come to the fore after it was announced that the £1m Phoenix Appeal target has been reached.
Making the announcement was Celia Pike-Lees, Chief Executive St Michael’s Hospice. She said she is “very pleased” to announce the total money pledged towards the Phoenix Appeal, launched at the beginning of the year to help fund the re-building of the hospice following the fire, has reached the £1m target. She added: “This tremendous result reflects the importance of St Michael’s Hospice to the local community, and the generosity of a wide range of individual donors and grant giving trusts.”
The shock of the fire last July reverberated throughout the country. It was an unthinkable thing to have happened in such a place of sanctuary and care, but in the face of adversity, in true Great British spirit, hospice staff, volunteers and the community pulled out all the stops to make the hospice fit for the future.
Celia says the past year has been tough but the support of local people and organisations has been tremendous and made such a big difference. “It has helped us both to continue to provide our specialist palliative care to people with life-limiting illnesses across Hastings and Rother and also, through the Phoenix Appeal, to renovate the Hospice so that it can be a great asset to our community for years to come.
“We are truly grateful and could not have achieved it without the generosity of so many.”
The newly refurbished Hospice is set to re-open to in-patients and clinical staff on Monday, September 5.
The Observer Series has been honoured to support the Phoenix Appeal and Editor in Chief Gary Shipton says he is delighted that St Michael’s Hospice has reached its £1m Phoenix Appeal target and can now look to the future.
“To have raised £1m in less than a year is a fantastic achievement and testament to the generosity of the organisations, businesses and the local community - many of whom excelled themselves with a vast range of fundraising ideas and events,” he said.
“This is a truly wonderful result and the Observer has been proud to sponsor the appeal and to support a charity that is vital to our local community.”
Recently the Hospice invited members of the public, supporters and volunteers on guided tours to see the changes and improvements made to the building in the past year.
Visitors were taken through the reception/café area, along the ground floor in-patient ward, to an in-patient bedroom, highlighting features such as the low level lighting, flat screen wall-mounted TV, fridge and the calming colour palette and artwork. All bedrooms are ensuite, with a number of bedrooms also benefitting from hoists, allowing quick and easy movement to patients.
Visitors were impressed with what they saw. Comments included: “Absolutely brilliant. The hard work and dedication of all involved to achieve all of this, and have staff and patients back in 14 months, is outstanding.”
Another said: “The new Hospice looks like it has been well thought out and flows well – it must be the best in the country!”
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Sussex collapse changes course of Glamorgan clash
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Graham Wagg’s three wicket burst in four balls completely changed the course of Sussex’s innings and also the game as the visitors lost their last eight wickets for only 51 runs in 25 overs.
The Glamorgan seamer thrived in the cloudy conditions, and during his spell also claimed his 200th first class wicket for Glamorgan.
Sussex were indebted to Chris Nash, who struck the 22nd century of his career, before Glamorgan reached 50 for 1 in their second innings- a lead of 19.
Sussex had resumed on 111 for 1 with night watchman Danny Briggs giving Nash useful support, and the second wicket pair had added 69 before Nash called his partner for a risky single in the last over before lunch with Briggs comfortably run out for 36.
Briggs had been fortunate to survive an excellent opening spell against Tim Van Der Gugten who regularly passed the outside edge, but Briggs’ determination carried him through until his dismissal.
Nash, meanwhile played watchfully, sharing a partnership of 52 with Luke Wells before Wells was bowled by Craig Meschede, and at 232 for 3, Sussex were in sight of a substantial first innings lead before Wagg’s dramatic over and the subsequent collapse.
Nash had completed his third championship century of the season from 284 balls with 18 fours, when Wagg began his 18th over; with his second ball Christian Davies edged to the wicketkeeper, his fourth dismissed Luke Wright who wafted outside the off stump, then the next delivery bowled David Wiese.
An early tea was then taken because of bad light, which might have made the three batsmen dismissed by Wagg wonder why the decision had not been taken before the over had started.
After the break, Nash’s six and half hour vigil ended when he was bowled by Van Der Gugten for 132, and the tail quickly followed with Glamorgan’s seamers rewarded for their accuracy throughout the innings.
Apart from David Lloyd, who only bowled one over, Van der Gugten, Meschede and Wagg’s economy rate was under three runs an over with Hogan’s under two.
When Glamorgan started their second innings, 31 runs adrift, Selman did manage to get off the mark after four successive ducks, but did not last long before he was leg before in Steve Magoffin’s second over.
Nash praised Glamorgan’s bowlers after his century: “They bowled really well, in the right areas, and kept it tight throughout the innings”.
He also praised Briggs who as nightwatchman put on 69 for the second wicket, saying: “Danny helped me a lot and is in the form of his life with the bat these days. We are still in the game, and need to fight back tomorrow.”
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The grounds at the Polegrove, Bexhill will be transformed into a haven for classic car enthusiasts on August Bank Holiday Monday.
Bexhill 100 Motoring Club is hosting its 12th classic car show, and they are anticipating in the region of 500 cars, ranging from vintage to modern and a selection of military vehicles.
Many other car clubs are joining them, along with a variety of trade stands and food stalls and entertainment for the children in the shape of an inflatable slide; assault course and Go-Karts.
The event runs from 10am - 4pm and admission is £3 adults, £1 children.
The classic cars in the special display to commemorate the ten decades of The Queen’s life range from a 1925 Bullnose Morris and a 1930s Morris 10 saloon to a 1957 Elva Courier (made in Bexhill) to the very latest Ford Mustang.
This year’s show will support: Homecall - a home visiting service for the visually impaired; Bexhill’s Golden Marigold Club; SERV Sussex – providing transportation of blood and urgent medical items and Bexhill’s Gateway Club.
Bexhill 100 Motoring Club would like to pass their thanks to their main sponsor, Drays of Western Road and also to the Show Committee, who have been working hard all year to ensure that everyone who visits will enjoy a day to remember.
Formed in 1999, the Bexhill 100 Motoring Club was established to cater for the needs of all motor enthusiasts, whether they drive a classic car, a commercial, motorcycle, or even a modern everyday vehicle. The benefits of membership are many.
The Club attends several local shows and events during the course of the season, including such prestigious events as the Senlac Classic Car Show, so members can show off their pride and joy.
The club also holds informal social meetings every fourth Friday of the month from 7.30pm for 8pm start, and will extend a warm welcome to any like-minded car enthusiasts.
Bexhill has been dubbed the birth of British motor racing after the first races in Britain were held on the seafront in 1902 with over 200 vehicles taking part.
Further information on the Show is available on the website: www.bexhill100mc.co.uk.
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England’s Medieval Festival will take place at Herstmonceux Castle over the bank holiday weekend.
Now in its 24th year, and thought to be the largest of its kind in the UK, the event will take place from August 27 to 29.
People can expect a range of activities and entertainment, such as jousting; falconry; daily grand parades, battles and an evening torch-lit procession; six stages with daily theatre, music, dance, storytelling and more; and hundreds of craftsmen, traders and workshops, such as wood weaving, blacksmith forging, calligraphy, brass rubbing, candle making, and stone carving.
There will also be an outdoor evening cinema, fire shows, skittles and on the Saturday (August 28) there will be a four-course banquet in the castle’s grand ballroom.
Other attractions include an archery tournament, battle siege and medieval music.
For children there is Kid’s Kingdom with circus skills workshops, dragon puppet shows, castle carriage rides and magicians.
A spokesperson for the festival said, “We are sure that you will have a magical medieval experience, whether this is the first time that you are attending our festival, or like many, are returning for another year - just as it is for many of the medieval re-enactors, performers and tradespeople who participate.
“Year over year, no two Festivals are alike, new faces appear, displays get bigger and more spectacular, and the number of visitors increase.
“England’s Medieval Festival is the most authentic, one-of-a-kind event with a very special blend of history and fun for the whole family.
“It is the largest of its kind in the UK, where you can always count on a warm welcome and a day out like no other.
“From the moment you enter the Festival you will be surrounded by the sights, smells and excitement of medieval times.”
For people wanting to make a whole weekend of it there is camping and glamping, or you could even live like a King or Queen and sleep in a Herstmonceux Castle room for the night overlooking the moat and beautiful gardens.
For more details, and to buy day, weekend or event tickets, visit www.englandsmedievalfestival.com.
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Bexhill United Football Club joint manager Ryan Light praised a 'sensational' response from his players in a proverbial game of two halves last night (Tuesday).
The Pirates were beaten 3-0 away to higher grade Shoreham in round two of the Peter Bentley Challenge Cup after producing a chalk and cheese performance.
Light said: "It was always going to be a tough evening. They're a good side and they would definitely hold their own in Ryman South (two tiers above the level Bexhill play at).
"We chased shadows for 45 minutes and didn't get near them. For the first time we had to rant and rave a bit at half time, and the players were left in no uncertain terms the standard we require.
"We made a couple of changes and we couldn't have been prouder of the response. The second half performance was sensational and Shoreham didn't know what hit them; they had to change their formation twice."
With two games coming up in three days over the Bank Holiday weekend, Bexhill used the match as an opportunity to rotate their squad and give some game time to players who have been substitutes of late.
They trailed 2-0 at half time, with Light attributing both goals to sloppy individual errors. Freddie Barker struck in the second minute and Ryan Stevens in the 37th.
Bexhill brought on Corey Wheeler and Wayne Giles at the break, assumed total control of the play during the second half. With Kyle Holden magnificent, the Pirates played some nice football and fashioned seven attempts at goal.
Shoreham added a third goal, however, with a moment of quality in the 70th minute. A neat move down their left ended with Richard Greenfield curling a lovely angled shot past Dan Rose.
Bexhill: Rose; Butchers (Robertson), A. Trickett, McFarlane, Ottley; Olujobi (Wheeler), B. Trickett, Holden, Cuddington, Shelton (Giles); Barden. Sub not used: Kidman.
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This coming August weekend the Rye Jazz & Blues Festival will draw music lovers from across the South East with a feast of top class ticketed and free music performances.
Headline concerts on Saturday August 27 with UK Queen of Soul Mica Paris have been in high demand and organisers are delighted to announce additional standing tickets at £15. Acclaimed jazz singers Liane Carroll and Joe Stilgoe perform on Monday and there are a handful of seats still available plus standing tickets just released at £10.
Book through the festival website www.ryejazz.com - tickets may also be available on the door.
Today (Friday) sees Sky Arts Guitar Stars, Zayn Mohammed and Steve Morrison perform on the outdoor stage at the Kino Cinema from 7pm onwards. You can also experience the coolest Latin Jazz with Jazz Train at the Grapevine Champagne and Jazz Bar from 8pm and Andy Williams solo jazz guitar performs at La Maison boutique from 6pm. The Rye Bay Crew swing into the weekend at the Queens Head Rye from 8.30pm.
The weekend sees a vast number of performances across town with the Brass Funkeys at various locations in Rye, The Brillos, Louis Turpin and his Trio, Zoe Schwarz Blue Commotion, Kandela Mi Son, The Fabulous Red Diesel, Dom Pipkin’s band the Ikos, and Rod Pooley’s Funky Organ Trio, King Size Slim, Dave Barrett Jazz Trio, Carter Burton Trio, Manhattan Magic, Paul Richards & his Latin Trio perform the coolest Bossa Nova’s and Samba rhythms from 12.00 Midday at the Butter Market. On Sunday Rye Cricket Club hosts a fun family day of music and BBQ with the Jazz Nights All Stars from midday.
Monday has a unique solo jazz performance at the Grapevine with New Orleans pianist Dom Pipkin from 3pm, following Paul Richards and his Latin Trio from midday at the Butter Market. Violet Jive perform at the Kino outdoor stage from 3pm and the Jazz Funk Giants perform outside Simply Italian from 3pm. The old Borough Arms host the Paul Richards Latin Duo at 3pm and the Turpin Hubbard Blues Duo see out the weekend in style at the Ship Inn from 4pm.
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None of the 119 services a day set to be restored to Southern train timetablse are in Sussex.
Govia Thameslink Railway brought in a revised weekday timetable in early July, which cancelled more than 300 services a day in response to staff shortages.
The rail operator has been locked in a bitter dispute with the RMT union for months over plans to change the role of conductors, with both sides blaming each other for the inadequate level of train crew available.
The new timetable saw most train services cancelled between Lewes and Seaford, with buses operating instead.
Southern announced today that 119 train services will be reinstated on Monday (September 5), but these will be in Surrey and in and out of London.
Charles Horton, GTR’s chief executive, said: “We know how difficult life has been for our passengers recently and we are sincerely sorry. Our aim has been to bring back as much of the timetable as quickly as we could and for several weeks we’ve had 5th September as our target to begin the reinstatement of trains.
“We’re pleased that we can restore a large chunk of our train timetable for our passengers on this date but we will not be satisfied until the full timetable is running, and running in a punctual way people can rely on.
“But with another RMT strike called for next week, passengers will be dismayed and angry, as we are, that the union has called yet further cynically-orchestrated action to try and scupper this improved service, and cause maximum disruption, damage and delay in the very week when many people go back to work and back to school after the summer break.”
“But we will not be thwarted in our determination to give passengers their trains back. In the face of an intransigent RMT leadership, we’re doing all we can to get our passengers back on track.
“The updated timetable will allow us to run a more comprehensive rush hour service with virtually a full peak service at London Bridge and 95% of peak train capacity at Victoria. We will continue to add services incrementally and we are aiming at restoring the full timetable in the coming weeks.
“However, while we’ll do all we can to restore the services, we are faced with an unparalleled wave of strikes, unjustified industrial disputes and abnormal levels of train crew sickness. We are also part of a live railway network which can result, however much we don’t want them, in unexpected incidents which do cause short notice cancellations and disruption. This is the start of the journey to restore the full timetable. It will take time to complete, but passengers can be assured it is now underway.”
The restored rail services are available in online journey planners.
Southern says that information on services during the RMT strike action on Wednesday and Thursday, 7 and 8 September will be announced in due course.
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A body has been found on a busy Sussex beach.
Sussex Police confirmed officers are currently dealing with a deceased person on Brighton beach, opposite the Grand Hotel and near the British Airways i360.
Brighton beach, taken in July this year by Eddie Mitchell
A police spokesperson said they were called at just before 1.50pm to the scene, and one vehicle was dispatched.
They confirmed that the ambulance service was also at the scene and undertakers had been called.
They also dismissed rumours that the body had been washed up.
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Many people are not aware of the harmful effects of Polystyrene, (including myself until very recently). This article aims to highlight some of the dangers, both to our health and to the environment.
Polystyrene is one of those materials that’s everywhere around us. Polystyrene is an inexpensive and hard plastic and probably only polyethylene is more common in your everyday life.
Did you know that the outside housing of your computer is probably made of polystyrene, as well as the housings of things like hair dryers, TVs and kitchen appliances? Model cars and airplanes are made from polystyrene, as well as many other toys. There’s also foam packaging and insulation, and a lot of the molded parts on the inside of your car, like the radio knobs.
Polystyrene is also used to make drinking cups and food containers – the hard plastic ones and also the soft foamy ones. A popular brand of polystyrene foam is called Styrofoam™.
It takes at least 500 years to decompose
When polystyrene is sent to the landfill, it is quickly covered and this process deprives it of water and oxygen, which would normally help it to break down.
Much of the disposable packaging that we eat from today will therefore still be around in 500 years. If the first settlers in Barbados in 1625 had been able to eat from polystyrene and the containers had been put into a landfill, the same containers would still be around today, (luckily they couldn’t – it was only invented in 1839).
By volume, the amount of space used up in landfills by all plastics is between 25 and 30 percent [1]. This could be a lot higher in Barbados.
What happens when we add hot food or drinks to Polystyrene?
Polystyrene contains the toxic substances Styrene and Benzene, suspected carcinogens and neurotoxins that are hazardous to humans. Hot foods and liquids actually start a partial breakdown of the Styrofoam, causing some toxins to be absorbed into our bloodstream and tissue.
Polystyrene food containers leach the toxin Styrene when they come into contact with warm food or drink, alcohol, oils and acidic foods causing human contamination and pose a health risk to people. Avoid drinking tea with lemon, coffee with dairy cream, fruit juices, alcoholic beverages and wine from Styrofoam cups. Red wine will instantly dissolve the Styrene monomer. Do not eat oily foods from Styrofoam containers.
Most interesting is the degradation of food that contains vitamin A (beta-carotene). In packaged foods with the addition of heat (such as microwave temperatures), vitamin A will decompose and produce m-xylene, toluene, and 2,6-dimethylnaphthalene. Toluene will aggressively dissolve polystyrene. This renders polystyrene as an unsuitable package for containing or micro waving products that contain vitamin A.
Do not microwave food in Polystyrene containers
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency is quite direct about micro waving in plastics: “Remove food from plastic wrap, freezer cartons, and/or Styrofoam trays before defrosting and cooking. They are not heat stable and could leak hazardous compounds from the container or plastic wrap to the food.” Food Inspection Agency website.
Over 100 US and Canadian, as well as some European and Asian cities, have banned polystyrene food packaging as a result of the negative impacts to humans and the environment.
If containers you use for the storage of food are not labeled “Microwave-safe”, then they are probably not.
Effect on Global Warming:
A 1986 EPA report on solid waste named the polystyrene manufacturing process as the fifth largest creator of hazardous waste in the United States. In the product manufacturing process as well as the use and disposal of the products, energy consumption, greenhouse gas effect, and total environmental effect, polystyrene’s environmental impacts were second highest, behind aluminium, according to the California Integrated Waste Management Board.
Polystyrene products are made with petroleum, a non-sustainable and heavily polluting resource.
Extruded polystyrene is usually made with hydro chlorofluorocarbons blowing agents which have effects on ozone depletion and on global warming. Their ozone depletion potential is greatly reduced relative to chlorofluorocarbons which were formerly used, but it still has 1000 times greater effect on global warming than carbon dioxide.
Do not burn polystyrene with your garden rubbish
Burning polystyrene on bonfires releases Carbon Monoxide and styrene monomers into the environment, which can be extremely hazardous to our health.
Marine Pollution:
The United Nations Environment Program estimated in 2006 that every square mile of ocean hosts 46,000 pieces of floating plastic.
Polystyrene foam presents unique management issues because of its lightweight nature, floatability, and likelihood to be blown from disposal sites even when disposed of properly. The lightweight and buoyant polystyrene travels easily through gutters and storm drains, eventually reaching the ocean. Plastic from urban runoff is the largest source of marine debris worldwide. Pollution of waterways and waterfront negatively affects tourism and quality of life. When polystyrene travels down waterways and storm drains into the ocean, it breaks down into smaller, non- biodegradable pieces that are ingested by marine life and other wildlife thus harming or killing them. In one Californian study, at least 162 marine species including most seabirds were reported to have eaten plastics and other marine litter.
As a result of the impacts on marine pollution and adverse effect to marine wildlife, several coastal cities across the United States, have banned the use of polystyrene food packaging altogether.
Public Contamination
Because polystyrene products are so common, many people assume they are safe, and that a government agency, such as the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), would not allow a health-threatening product to be marketed to the public. But the EPA National Human Adipose Tissue Survey for 1986 identified styrene residues in 100% of all samples of human fat tissue taken in 1982 in the US. Styrene is used to make polystyrene plastic and is a contaminant in all polystyrene foam packages. But the migration of styrene is nothing new. It was first documented in 1972 and then again in 1976.
A 1988 survey, published by the Foundation for Advancements in Science and Education also found styrene in human fatty tissue with a frequency of 100% at levels from 8 to 350 nanograms/gram (ng/g). The 350 ng/g level is one-third of levels known to cause neurotoxic symptoms. It determined that Styrofoam drinking cups leach Styrofoam into the liquids they contain. The cups apparently lose weight during the time they are at use.
Health Effects
The fact that styrene can adversely affect humans in a number of ways raises serious public health and safety questions regarding its build-up in human tissue. Although there is evidence that styrene causes cancer in animals, it has not yet been proven to cause cancer in humans. Styrene primarily exhibits its toxicity to humans as a neurotoxin by attacking the central and peripheral nervous systems. The accumulation of these highly lipid-soluble (fat-soluble) materials in the lipid-rich tissues of the brain, spinal cord, and peripheral nerves is correlated with acute or chronic functional impairment of the nervous system.
Can polystyrene be recycled?
Whilst the technology does exist in some countries to recycle polystyrene, the market for recycling it is small and shrinking. Polystyrene can be made into items such as packing fillers and cafeteria trays, but not into cups or food containers. Containers that have previously been used for food storage create a massive food hygiene issue for recyclers. For this reason, and due to the shrinking market for the recycled products, many recyclers do not accept polystyrene.
What can we do?
Be aware of the harmful effects of using polystyrene products and tell others. Use reusable cups at work instead of foam cups. When shopping for groceries, select items that are unwrapped, or wrapped in non-polystyrene materials: (e.g. vegetables, eggs, meat) Ask local takeaway restaurants and food suppliers to use a more environmentally friendly form of food packaging other than Styrofoam. Many alternatives are now available made from materials such as post-consumer recycled paper and corn-plastics.
Ask your Member of Parliament and The Minister of Environment to ban polystyrene in food packaging. There are many alternatives that will have less impact on the environment.
[1] -“Polystyrene Fact Sheet,” Foundation for Advancements in Science and Education, Los Angeles, California.
Written By Bart Sims – Operations Committee Member, Future Centre Trust
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The Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs, the Honourable Christopher Sinckler delivered the much anticipated Government’s Financial Statement and Budgetary Proposals on Tuesday, August 16, 2016. The following are extracts of the Minister’s presentation. The Minister declared that two key realities have emerged:
The Barbados economy has finally started to turn around with growth resuming, unemployment declining, and potential investment expanding.
While some setbacks have occurred in our fiscal consolidation processes it cannot be denied that the economy has made significant progress from the worst positions we were in.
The Minister noted that there was still significant work to be done to forge a faster rate of economic growth, supported by a more secured foreign exchange reserve position and by a fiscal deficit at a rate lower than that of GDP expansion to reverse debt growth while ensuring that government can sustain the provision of an acceptable quality of social services.
The Minister stated that Government had established the following priorities for the planning period 2016 – 2018:
Improving the foreign reserves position through continued disciplined fiscal policy and enhancement measures for higher earnings of foreign exchange; Accelerating GDP growth to reach at least 2.5 percent by the end of 2017; Further reducing the fiscal deficit by addressing both expenditures and revenues so that by 2018 the deficit will be no higher than the rate of growth of the economy Through the attainment of actions 2 and 3, stabilizing the national debt by 2018 and thereafter reducing it; and Preserving access to key social services provided at the highest quality and financed in a sustainable and credible manner.
The Minister reported that the Barbadian economy continues to be restructured and diversified by incentivizing and financing the growth of new sectors such as alternative energy and cultural industries.
In his view, the current reserves position in Barbados is more than adequate for the country’s needs. This is supported by the Central Bank’s second quarter review of the Barbados economy which showed that for the first six months of this year the economy utilized approximately $3,083 million of foreign exchange while recording inflows of $3,040 million notwithstanding the delays in the start-up of major private and some public sector projects.
For small, vulnerable and highly open economies like Barbados, the most important economic variable is that of the capacity to earn, save and ultimately retain foreign exchange.
Principal concerns at this stage as described by the Minister:
debt levels are way too high and still climbing;
the fiscal deficit is still too large and must be better controlled;
as a result of the two variables above, growth levels are being seriously restricted as the fiscal space cannot be found to assist in further unleashing growth; and
because of a combination of all three of the above, the social development system is increasingly being compromised as the cost of sustaining it becomes more challenging.
The fiscal deficit at the end of fiscal year 2013/14 was near 12% of GDP. By the end of fiscal year 2014/15 the deficit was reduced on a cash basis to 5.8%. However, the gains being made were lessened by the servicing of major debt service payments relating to Barbados Agriculture Management Company and Barbados Water Authority, resulting in a deficit of 6.9% on a cash basis in 2015/2016.
Based on information from the Accountant General, current revenue for the period April 1 to June 30th, 2016 was $602.6 million, an increase of $32.5 million or 5.7% more than the amount recorded for the corresponding period during 2015. The amount was $15.2 million less than originally projected. Total expenditure for April to June 2016 was $1,038.3 million compared to $1,006.6 million in the corresponding period for 2015. The original projection for the period was $1,050.8 million.
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Embracing Innovation in the IBFS Sector
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Introduction
Barbados’ International Business and Financial Services (IBFS) sector needs an injection of innovative ideas which will lead to the creation of new products and services. In comparison to other sectors on the island, innovation has not been embraced, but admittedly this could be due to legislative and legal restrictions. However, the rewards for creating new products and services are high and could lead to a strong revival of the sector, thus generating significant revenues.
The IBFS sector consists of businesses which offer asset management, banking, captive management, company management, corporate, family office, insurance, investment management and trust services. But there is a void which can only be filled with the introduction of new products and services which can appeal to new customers and strengthen the offerings of the industry. The challenge for businesses in this industry is to create a product that appeals to the customer experience and the customer’s specific needs for their money.
Barbados’ IBFS Sector
Barbados possesses several competitive and operative strengths which have made it an important investment partner regionally and internationally. The island has an established infrastructure, a relatively low crime rate, robust banking and financial regulations and reputable businesses and companies. Businesses in the sector benefit from concessions, favourable exchange controls and low tax rates, have access to a highly educated and skilled workforce and state-of-the-art service providers.
The sector has benefitted from several developments which were implemented by successive governments to create and grow the industry. Legislation was enacted to attract international investments to the sector which employs approximately four thousand Barbadians and managed seventy-five billion dollars in assets in 2015. This is a positive signal for a sector which was severely impacted by the global economic recession of 2008 and resulted in business closures and financial losses.
But recent global events such as Brexit and the Panama Papers have served as reminders of how vulnerable the sector could be, especially for business who do not adhere to international rules and regulations. Additional challenges facing the sector include keeping up to date with changing legislation and following legal protocol when conducting business.
The Road to Innovation
It is no secret that technology will play an integral role in how new products and services are created and marketed. Financial institutions that have already incorporated innovative banking solutions such as e-banking, mobile banking and mobile applications must be commended, but they should not be comfortable with this feat alone. In a world where technological advances are rapid and life changing, there is always the challenge and pressure to “do better.”
The customer profile may vary due to different factors such as geographic location and financial status and companies in the international business and financial services sector, may find it difficult to create tailored innovative products and services. Whilst the approach of businesses should be tailored around the “target customer”, all products and services that are created will operate on a playing field that is defined by certain trends.
One of the most important trends is the need for heightened security and authentication when conducting transactions. Several businesses have lost millions of dollars due to lax internal controls. Another trend is the increased focus on social media and digital marketing. It is now the norm for businesses to operate a website, develop social media campaigns and engage with potential clients through online initiatives such as webinars, seminars and courses. Business analysis has also been a worthy tool which has developed into a must-have for businesses committed to growth and strategy development and is sure to be the medium through which leverage in the sector can be achieved.
The road to innovation requires extensive research and development which will result in the compilation of precious intelligence on the international business marketplace. This intelligence and data gathering should be analysed to see what the next step should be. For the research activity to be successful there must be a keen focus on legislation, local, regional and global trends, stakeholders which include competitors as well as customers and employees. It may be seen as a large, costly task, but in a sector where risks are inherent, research and development should be seen as a welcomed risk management activity.
Conclusion
In order to be innovative, companies in the IBFS sector must be willing to engage in research and development activities. These activities will produce helpful data, from which conclusions on the existing market, future trends and the customer profile will be made. In this sector, innovation and technology are intertwined, and businesses must embrace new developments with open arms and manipulate them to their advantage. When faced with increased competition from the global market, players in the sector do not have a choice, but to take a competitive approach to ensure success in their operations.
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Turning the BREXIT Lemon into Lemonade for Barbados
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On June 23, 2016 the British public by a 52 to 48% margin voted for the United Kingdom (UK) to leave the European Union (EU). Although the UK has not yet triggered Article 50 of the Treaty of European Union (Treaty of Lisbon), there is understandable concern among Caribbean countries about what implications the UK’s possible exit from the EU (Brexit) will have for their relationships with both the UK and EU. While I believe that Brexit will pose challenges to Barbados, we need to think strategically and carefully about how we will turn this Brexit lemon into lemonade for Barbados in its relations with both trading partners.
Barbados and the UK have a longstanding relationship. The island was under continuous British rule from 1627 until gaining its independence in 1966 and retains strong diplomatic, historical and cultural bonds which will not necessarily change due to Brexit. Commercial bonds exist as well. The UK accounts for almost 40% of Barbados tourist arrivals and is our largest export market in Europe. According to data retrieved from ITC Trade Map, Barbados exported US $13,879,000 worth of goods to the UK in 2015 but imported US$68,198,000 from that country in the same year, reflecting a merchandise trade deficit in the UK’s favour of US$54,319,000.
One of the early impacts of Brexit is the depreciation of Sterling against the world’s major currencies, including the US dollar to which the Barbados dollar is pegged. Weaker Sterling would make UK goods and services cheaper for Barbadian importers. The increase in the importation of British goods would likely widen the island’s trade deficit with the UK. However, it will also provide cost savings for local businesses which import frequently from that country and for Barbadian consumers of UK services (e.g: education, travel) in all four modes of services supply. Although Barbados goods and services exports will be more expensive and less competitive to UK importers, one way Barbadian exporters could possibly mitigate this is by quoting their British buyers in British pounds. This would eliminate the currency risk for the British importer. The Barbadian exporter could build a small buffer into their pricing to mitigate some of the currency risk on their own end.
Most international law experts opine that once the UK has concluded its withdrawal from the EU it will cease to be a party to any EU trade treaties, including the CARIFORUM-EC Economic Partnership Agreement. The EPA, which was signed in 2008, provides CARIFORUM countries (CARICOM plus the Dominican Republic) with duty-free, quota-free access to the EU market on the basis of asymmetrical reciprocity – reciprocity which takes into account differences in size between the EU and CARIFORUM. A major value added of the EPA, besides its development component, is the market access concessions it provides for CARIFORUM service providers, particularly under Mode 4 (presence of natural persons), the most restricted mode of services supply.
Until a withdrawal agreement with the EU has been finalised, the UK will continue to be bound by its obligations under the EPA. However, to safeguard its trade interests within the post-Brexit UK market, Barbados, as part of CARICOM or CARIFORUM, should be proactive not only in monitoring the negotiations between the UK and the EU but also in lobbying for the negotiation of a new trade arrangement with the UK post-Brexit. Australia has already indicated its interest in negotiating a post-Brexit trade agreement with the UK. Although it is conceded that the Caribbean will unlikely be among those priority countries with which the UK seeks to secure new trade deals, other interim arrangements could be found.
Barbados’ existing DTA and BIT with the UK also provide further opportunities to enhance investment promotion efforts in the UK, particularly targeting those UK companies which may be seeking to re-domicile post-Brexit. Barbados has many factors which would make it attractive to British companies as a domicile of choice for international business, including a common language (English), the common law legal system, political stability, a well-educated labour force and excellent professional services firms. Barbados should continue to not only promote its attractiveness as a domicile of choice but continue to make reforms which will improve the ease of doing business. There is also the opportunity for the private sector to forge closer links with businesses and private sector organisations in the UK and seek out new business opportunities. In this vein, the Barbadian diaspora living in the UK, while an important source of remittance inflows, is a still largely undertapped resource as an export market and source of foreign direct investment.
Like most Commonwealth Caribbean territories, Barbados does not have traditionally close relationships with most other EU countries. This is the opportunity to expand our level of trade and investment flows with continental Europe under the EPA, as well as continue to widen our DTA and BIT network with these countries. The consensus so far is that nearly 10 years after the signing of the EPA, most CARIFORUM countries have not realised the benefits expected. Simply put, market access does not guarantee market penetration. Sound market research will be needed to identify specific niches within the EU market which Barbadian goods and services providers could tap into. Business support organisations will continue to play an important role in assisting Barbadian exporters in their preparedness to enter the EU market.
By no means is this article meant to downplay the serious implications that Brexit could have for Barbados nor does it aim to present an exhaustive list of the opportunities available. What it does argue that is that although Brexit does pose challenges for Barbados, we should use it as a catalyst and impetus not only strengthen the already strong bonds we have with the UK, but to expand and deepen our trade and diplomatic engagement with the remaining 27 EU countries with which we are yoked via the EPA.
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ICAB’s Comment on the Financial Statement and Budgetary Proposal 2016
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In the 2016 Budget the Minister of Finance further increased the tax burden of Barbadians in an effort to reduce the fiscal deficit and to meet the increasing cost of providing key social services. In addition the Minister of Finance announced some measures to engender growth in the economy especially in the vital tourism sector. Of concern however was the lack of detail in some of the proposals advanced.
The Budgetary Proposals were set in the context of the Governments’ policy priorities for the next three years as follows; increasing foreign reserves; achieving GDP growth of 2.5%; reducing the fiscal deficit; reducing the national debt; sustainable financing of key social services. These priorities are laudable and worthy of support.
Unsurprisingly the Minister spent considerable time seeking to calm concerns about the foreign exchange situation which arose following a decline in the level of foreign reserves and a comment from the Central Bank in the June 2016 report that “Foreign exchange outflows will be tightened by the measures to be announced in the forthcoming budget”. He sought to assure Barbadians that there are no plans to change the exchange rate, impose additional foreign exchange controls, and that the decline in the foreign reserves would soon be reversed by inflows from investments, development finance and sale of assets.
A major feature of the budget was the imposition of an additional $156.4 mil (per annum) in taxation through the Bank Assets Tax and the National Social Responsibility Levy. These taxes will eventually be reflected in increased prices for goods and banking services and negatively impact on the cost of living. The proposals for expenditure cuts are less definitive and include a cut of $50mil per year in transfers. This represents a clear policy preference by the Government for fiscal consolidation by increasing taxation rather than reducing expenditure. The ear-marking of the 2% tax on imports for spending on healthcare and sanitation also clearly signaled government’s intention to move towards direct payment by taxpayers for certain social services.
The measures to stimulate growth especially in the tourism sector are commendable. The proposed extension of the geographic areas eligible for special development incentives together with the amendments to the Tourism Development Act will stimulate investment and improve the quality of the tourism product. The technical and financial assistance to small business and manufacturing are also welcomed. However ICAB continues to advance the view that apart from specific incentives there is the need for the Government to focus on making it easy to do business in Barbados across all sectors as this will boost competitiveness. Between 2012 and 2016 Barbados has slipped from 84 to 119 of 189 countries according to the Doing Business Report of the World Bank. This ranking is lower than previous years and falls below the Latin American & Caribbean average of 104. Some of our higher ranked Caribbean neighbours and competitors were Jamaica (64), St. Lucia (77) and Trinidad & Tobago (88). These rankings may not be perfect measurement instruments of any individual country but they are used by investors to compare countries. Additionally a disaggregation of the 12 measures which comprise the ranking can provide very useful insight into areas for policy intervention.
They were a number of measures announced on which a comment cannot be meaningfully made because the proposals have not been fully formulated including; Duty-free zones; New legislation to replace the Fiscal Incentive Act; and National Policy Framework for MSMEs.
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The Matrimony of Transportation and Tech - A marriage made to last
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The marriage of technology and transportation is rapidly becoming a global phenomenon as we see significant growth in companies like Uber – the largest ridesharing service in the world, that owns no cars – to the driverless car by Tesla where soon, you’ll be able to get to work in your own car without ever touching the gas pedal!
What are the trends in transportation and what can we expect to see in the coming years in the Caribbean Region and internationally? As a company we, Caribbean Transit Solutions (CaribbeanTSI.com) – focused in providing realtime information on taxis and buses in the Caribbean, are interested in what is changing in the global transport space and ultimately how that will translate to regional improvements and growth!
California, USA
Driverless cars in Beverly Hills have been granted permission to run a programme that could replace LA’s public transport system. The city is to test the fleet of driverless shuttles and customers within the city would be able to access the service by using their smartphones. Google and Tesla are also developing autonomous vehicles, which will dramatically change how we view and interact with our transportation – as ownership will likely become a thing of the past and sharing vehicles will be the mode of the future.
Caribbean Region
The Caribbean Transport and Logistics Trade Fair (SCTL) was held in Fort-De-France in Martinique, from 11 – 13 May 2016. It is the first event of this kind, held in the Caribbean region. The event showcased new and varied options for transport & logistics stakeholders in the Greater Caribbean.
The objectives of the fair were to showcase equipment, products, new technologies and services for the industrial and logistics businesses; to contribute to the development and performance of the Logistics and Transport sector in the Greater Caribbean; and to connect the major operators of maritime and air transport: ports and airports around matters of the region. A second event is being discussed for Summer 2018.
Driverless Cars and the Interconnected Car
In Boston, MIT researchers have developed a conceptual traffic system that would enable driverless vehicles to speed through intersections without colliding, therefore reducing the number and severity of accidents. Elon Musk, the founder of Tesla believes that self-driving cars will be on the road within the next two years. Many designers and companies are supporting the infrastructure of this model as the technology becomes more tangible.
Uber – the major player in ride sharing services having just reached a valuation of $60B+ (June 2016), has confirmed they are testing self-navigating cars, which could spell the end of their own group of drivers – which is likely one major step towards their endgame (hypothesised as autonomous taxis) and one that could change how we think about public transit.
Imagine the situation where on-demand self driving cars are the norm and the interconnected car network can determine the best route for you to work or play – now we’ve got an on-demand efficient public transport network that will enable massive time and fuel efficiencies with fewer accidents and negative consequences. The US Department of Transportation, certainly seems to agree as in Jan 2016 they have pledged $4 billion to implement driverless cars across the USA over the next decade.
New forms of Public Transit
It is not only players in USA that are paving the way for change in the transport industry. China of course will always have an input in revolutionising how the future looks. A Beijing company has revealed an elevated bus which would be able to glide over China’s incredible and well-known traffic jams.
Called Transit Explore Bus (TEB) which was unveiled at a technology expo in Beijing in May 2016. The “straddling bus” is designed with two legs, blade runner style, which will run along rails along the roadside. It’s those legs that will enable the bus to glide over the traffic with speeds of up to 60km per hour. Vehicles that are less than 2 metres high will be able to drive under it even when it is stationary.
It is reported that the bus will be able to transport 1,400 commuters. One TEB could possibly replace 40 standard busses. The other advantage is that it would make very efficient use of existing road space and possibly ease pollution. While a trial run of a prototype is expected during Summer 2016, however we think that focusing on using existing roadways and infrastructure to enable new types of transport will have an even greater positive effect on transport systems.
While some countries want to diminish the use of busses, other countries are using alternatives as not everyone has the opportunity of implementing such designs!
Australia, Adelaide
The city introduced the first solar-powered bus in 2013 called Tindo. They are 100% electric therefore generating zero emissions. It runs on a battery that is charged at the central bus station before it goes on its routes, it can cover approximately 200km before it needs to be recharged.
With the ongoing growth in solar technology, and the need to improve highway systems we see significant advantages to improving, retrofitting and modernising our road networks. The use of solar roadways aims to generate clean renewable energy on roadways and any other surfaces that can be driven or walked on. It’s to collect solar energy from these surfaces which is not being utilized at present. Imagine the impact for modern infrastructure and smart power grids that could leverage this sun-road network to power houses and businesses nearby.
Is it possible that maybe by 2040 solar roads, solar busses and driverless cars, will all be standard for the world in which we live in?
Exciting Road Ahead
There are many more technologies that are being developed and commercialised such as the HyperLoop and water-skimming electric craft. What it shows is that we’re on the cusp of great developments in transport and the coming years will see an acceleration in the technologies to enable the next wave of transportation.
Of course these changes can positively impact our regional economies and enable a new wave of businesses and commerce. We are living in exciting times – it’s now for us to embrace them as they begin to enter our daily lives.
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Focus on Barbados Budget 2016
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“There is no magic wand”
Barbados came into this budget cycle against a continuing backdrop of one of the highest debt-to-GDP ratios in the region, second only to Jamaica, widening fiscal deficits in the range of 7.4% of GDP or $660 million, tightening foreign reserves and an increasing money supply. Expectations for the Government’s budget remain high.
Is there a strategy to address this deteriorating fiscal situation?
In his budget address, the Right Honourable Christopher Sinckler, Minister of Finance, outlined the principal concerns of our current economic condition as follows:
“our debt levels are way too high and still climbing” “our fiscal deficit is still too large and must be controlled” “…our growth levels are being seriously restricted as we cannot find the fiscal space to assist in further unleashing growth” “…our social development system is increasingly being compromised as the cost of sustaining it becomes more challenging”
The main objective of the presentation therefore was to reassure Barbadians of Government’s intention to institute necessary and often painful agendas and policies, which they consider to be in the overall best interest of the country. The Minister of Finance emphasised that deep, structural changes are required to stabilise the economy’s condition. The priorities he outlined to achieve this for the 2016 to 2018 planning period were:
Improve the foreign reserves position through continued disciplined fiscal policy and enhancement measures for higher earnings of foreign exchange.
Accelerate GDP growth to reach at least 2.5% by the end of 2017.
Further reduce the fiscal deficit by addressing both expenditures and revenues, so that by 2018, the deficit will be no higher than the rate of growth of the economy.
Stabilise the national debt by 2018 and thereafter reducing it.
Preserve access to key social services provided at the highest quality and financed in a sustainable and credible manner.
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A Brief History Of Natural Heritage Or Eco-Tourism In Barbados
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Within recent years Barbados’ tourism planners, recognising the fact that the island has become a mature touristic destination, have encouraged the diversification of Barbados’ touristic product to remain competitive in the international tourism market. One ‘new’ direction has been the recent emphasis on the development of eco-tourism or natural heritage tourism. What is ironic however is that this emphasis on Barbados’ natural heritage, its natural environment and endowments, as a means to attract visitors to the island is not new and is precisely what travellers visiting Barbados so keenly observed and reproduced in accounts of their sojourn to the island since the eighteenth century. Later in the nineteenth century when the island’s tourism industry was in its embryonic stages of development it was these natural characteristics – the climate, the seaside and seascapes, landscapes, vistas and flora and fauna – which dominated the imagination of travel writers and those promoting Barbados’ tourist industry to the international travel market. This article, the first in a two-part series, aims to reflect on those early accounts of writer-travellers who focused on Barbados’ natural heritage to sensitise those of the present generation, both tourism planners and lay persons as to how vital Barbados’ natural heritage has always been to its tourism product.
The Salubrious Climate: Barbados’ original touristic product
From as early as the last quarter of the seventeenth century doctors in Britain were advising the sick to visit places such as spas and seaside towns in coastal Europe as well as to indulge in sea bathing to aid in their recuperation. By the mid eighteenth century it had become fashionable in Europe, Britain and North America that exercise, visiting spas and the seaside was useful for improving health. This new theory in health was in all likelihood what informed Lawrence Washington’s doctor to advise him that he should travel to Barbados in the company of his brother George, to benefit from the island’s salubrious climate between 1750-51.
This concept, that a warm climate constantly refreshed by breezes from the sea, remained a mainstay of European travel culture and heavily informed the writings of several writers such as Sir Robert Schomburgk, who a century after the visit of the Washingtons’, dealt with this notion in his work, ‘The History of Barbados’. Schomburgk dealt extensively with the impact or potential impact of Barbados’ climate on people, especially those who were infirm and can be credited with starting the advocacy that Barbados should evolve into a health resort for the infirm of Europe. Of this Schomburgk noted: ‘Barbados is justly considered one of the healthiest islands in the West Indian Archipelago. It is open to sea breezes, and being cultivated throughout, injurious miasmata are unknown’. Further in relation to health and Barbados being recommended as a place to visit and convalesce, Schomburgk noted. ‘Tubercular consumption is almost unknown; the distressing intermitting fevers which prevail… in some of the adjacent islands, and which sometimes baffle the physicians skill, are not met with among the natives of Barbados; on the contrary, those who suffer from such causes are advised to resort to Barbados for the restoration of their health’.
It was not however until the late nineteenth century that an entire book was dedicated to the concept that Barbados could function as a health resort based primarily on its climate and environment. The book, ‘An account of a West Indian Sanatorium and a guide to Barbados’ was written by the Rev. J.H Sutton Moxly, Chaplin of the British Military forces in Barbados during the last decade and a half of the nineteenth century. Moxly was convinced, due to his residence in Barbados that the island’s environment was ideal for recuperation especially if the individual in question was suffering from some sort of pulmonary ailment.
A Coastal Culture
Of Barbados’ natural heritage and environment it was ultimately the coastline, especially (though not exclusively) the island’s Windward (Southern, East and Northern) coast which captured the imagination of many writer travellers. As far as this writer can ascertain it was Dr. George Pinckard , a surgeon attached to the Naval Hospital in Barbados during the campaigns of General Sir Ralph Abercrombie in the late eighteenth century who first informed the literate world of Barbados’ seaside culture when he made note of this cultural phenomenon in his book, ‘Notes on the West Indies’. Pinckard who observed much of Barbados during a ‘marooning expedition’, the precursor of the now many well established island tours of Barbados, noted the following in relation to the seaside:
‘We now proceeded to the sea-side, and our next place of call was at a cottage termed the bay-house, a neat little building erected by Mr. Haynes, under a rock upon the open beach, to serve as a place of rest and refreshment for such of his friends…We found it a rendezvous of entertainment and repose.’
The Bay House which Pinckard noted was located at Bathsheba, St. Joseph. Although purely speculative, it could be argued that Mr. Haynes, the owner of Joe’s River Plantation and the bay house which Pinckard wrote about pioneered this form seaside leisure culture in Barbados. Of Bathsheba and seabathing Pinckard commented,‘We rode along the sands to a spot called Beersheba, which is used as a natural bathing place, among the rocks, and from thence proceeded to a large mass of rocks, lying in the water, near to the edge of the sea…’.
Half a century later Schomburgk revealed that owning a house at the seaside, particularly in Bathsheba, had become an established part of the leisure culture of Barbadians and visitors to the island and noted, “Several houses extend along the shore between Joes River and St. Joseph Parsonage: these are called bay houses, and are resorted to for change of air and sea-bathing. Bathsheba and Tenby are the largest among them”. Indeed it is possibly Schomburgk who can be credited with locating historically the development of ‘bathing houses’ (such as the one featured in the picture below) along the south and lower West Coast of the island when he mentioned, ‘‘The advantages of sea-bathing, for which many arrangements are made at Fontabelle, Hastings and Worthing, are an additional recommendation”.
(Top to Bottom: Tenby Bay House, Bathsheba and Bath Houses at Hastings. Photo courtesy The Barbados Museum and Historical Society)
By the time the health resort-minded Moxly had started to write his book, Bathsheba had become one of the major vacationing spots on the island boasting not only beach houses but also hotels such as the Atlantis. Of Bathsheba Moxly noted: “The coast-line here is rugged, and the rocks, worn by
the tremendous surf, take fantastic shapes…’ Getting to Bathsheba is most easily reached by the railway, which, descending from the higher level by very steep gradients cut into the face of the cliff, gives the traveller, especially in the morning, some excellent glimpses of the coast scenery of Consett’s Bay.” The statement about the railway is insightful as it was the Atlantic stretch of the Barbados railway which both made the line profitable ferrying tourists to places such as The Crane and Bathsheba and ultimately aided in its collapse due to the high maintenance of that stretch of railway.
(Top to Bottom: The Atlantis Hotel, Bathsheba and the Barbados Railway, Bathsheba stretch. Photo courtesy The Barbados Museum and Historical Society)
Observations in relation to this sea side culture were not only limited to Bathsheba but included other popular spots on the coast such as the Crane. With regards to the Crane and seabathing, Moxly wrote the following: “In a country of skies less bright than those of Barbados, such rocks, thus ‘beetling o’er their base,” would form but gloomy chasms, while here the effect is merely that of a pleasing shade, and the translucent water, admitted through narrow and generally invisible crevices in the seaward bulwarks, lies on its bed of almost snow-white sand, inviting the visitor to plunge into its cool, clear depths”. However Moxly lamented, “Could but such air, such water, and such natural baths be transported to our English coasts, what multitudes of bathers would enjoy them, while here they are almost unknown and but little availed of!”
(The Crane Hotel and beach. Photo courtesy The Barbados Museum and Historical Society)
In relation to bay houses at the Crane, Moxly had the following to say,‘There are but some half-dozen “furnished houses” along the cliff and these are generally tenanted, at least during the warm season, by planters, who bring their families to spend a month or so in the fresh sea breeze”.
Ironically much of Moxly’s seaside experiences were limited to the east coast however he did describe the experience of bathing at Fresh Water Bay on the west coast, “All along the shore of this bay the bather feels the sand pushed up under his feet, and can trace in the clear water the ascending jets”.
(Fresh Water Bay, West Coast of Barbados. Photo courtesy The Barbados Museum and Historical Society)
By the turn of the century Barbadians had started to recognize how important tourism could be to the Barbados economy and shortly after the formation of the Barbados Publicity Committee during the early 1900s, the ‘ancient antecedent of the Barbados Tourism Association, the Barbados Tourist Guide was published. The author of this little book, building on nearly two centuries of writings about touristic activity based on the island’s climate and seaside culture noted, ‘There are numerous hotels and Bay houses along the Windward Coast as far as St. Lawrence as well as at Bathsheba in St. Joseph and at the Crane in St. Philip, where the ozone from the breakers along the windward coast greatly contribute to recuperation from any ailment.’
Clearly this natural heritage formula of the salubrious climate in concert with a vibrant seaside culture had come of age by the twentieth century and has remained to this day the core element of Barbados’ touristic experience.
Join me next month when I explore how Barbados’ landscape, vistas, flora and fauna also became vital elements of Barbados’ natural heritage inventory.
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The Graham Gooding Trust Fund commemorates the late E.G.B. “Graham” Gooding (1915-1987) who was born in Britain of Barbadian parents and educated at Harrison College and Cambridge University. He was a botanist, agriculturist, food technologist and environmentalist. He researched and published on the ecology and flora of Barbados and had a long career in food processing in Scotland, Colombia and the USA. One of the innovations for which he is remembered locally is the development of instant yam flakes which while very popular in their day have long ceased to be manufactured. He headed the Diversification Section of the Barbados Sugar Industry at a crucial juncture, leading to expansion of onion production and non-sugar agriculture. Through the Barbados National Trust and Government’s Town & Country Planning Advisory Committee, he worked unstintingly for conservation of the island’s natural heritage. The Graham Gooding Trust funds an annual Graham Gooding Biology Prize at the University of the West Indies and initiated the “Eat Bajan Day”, as an activity that builds on his legacy.
Eat Bajan Day is really to sensitise us to the importance of local agriculture and fisheries to our health and wealth and to the planet’s future. We are what we eat. Local food is fresher, tastier and more nutritious. Local food travels just a few miles from farm to fork, reducing our carbon footprint. Think of a meal of breadfruit coucou and pork stew, literally from around the corner, compared to “English” potatoes and New Zealand lamb, both of which travelled thousands of miles in refrigerated containers! Our centenarians are a regular reminder of the healthiness of meals based on local foods as against imported, processed food. There is also something to be said about living in tune with nature’s seasons, rather than eating whatever we want, whenever we want, flown in from the far flung corners of the globe. We also know much less about what chemicals were used to produce imported foods compared to those grown locally. Most importantly, local produce, meat and fish provide local jobs and save valuable foreign exchange that should be reserved for those things for which we really have no local substitute and cannot do without. We cannot truly be independent if we rely on others to feed us.
We encourage you to try to use only local food and drinks for your meals on “Eat Bajan Day”, Friday, October 12, 2012. Let’s see how we do and whether in the coming months we can transform our diet to one that is more local and regional, healthy and tasty, “green” and economically secure. The first step in lowering that ridiculously high food import bill and improving our well-being begins with you and me.
Written by Sean Carrington
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Growth Returns to the Barbados Economy. Trajectory is Not Assured. No Additional Direct Tax Measures to Support the International Business and Financial Services Sector (IBFSS). Emphasis on Public-Private Sector Partnership to Spur Growth in the IBFSS.
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FHA TAX ALERT – Barbados 2016 Budget
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Barbados Has A Well-Developed Health Care Infrastructure
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The Caribbean continues to hold pride of place as a tropical paradise for the pursuit of an enjoyable lifestyle and good health. George Washington was privy to this knowledge when he visited the island at age 19 with his half-brother Lawrence, hoping that the salutary climate would benefit his sibling who was then ill with tuberculosis. George developed smallpox, which fortunately for the rebelling colonists a few years later, might have altered the course of American history, given the resulting immunity, which he developed.
One of the attractions of living in Barbados is its good health care system, ranked among the best in the Caribbean. While there are challenges of gaining access to some highly specialized clinical and rehabilitative services, the core services are quite well developed. Given the fact that our society is highly westernized in its acculturation, the chronic non-communicable diseases are the major causes of ill-health in the adult population, similar to patterns evident in North America and Europe. As such, there has been a well developed cardiac surgical program in place for well over a decade at the principal tertiary institution, the Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH). Access to acute care has significantly expanded, particularly in the private sector, with care provided by highly trained emergency physicians at the FMH Emergency Clinic in Bridgetown and the Sandy Crest Clinic, Holetown, St. James. We have also witnessed increased provision of private laboratory and radiological services in recent years. Healthcare is available to all Barbadians either publicly through a network of polyclinics around the island, which provide primary and some secondary care, while the QEH provides tertiary care.
This 600-bed institution is located in Bridgetown, and provides a wide range of ambulatory services and acute care, including intensive care services. The institution is staffed by a highly trained cadre of physicians and surgeons, with access to equipment. Sophisticated surgical services include open-heart surgery, neurosurgery, joint replacements and scoliosis correction. The Bay View Hospital, located a half mile away, also provides inpatient care, with a high throughput of obstetric patients.
There is also a well-developed private healthcare infrastructure, for those who choose to pay for services, with doctors scattered throughout the island. There is also a well-organized drug benefit service, which provides free drugs for the major chronic diseases and for all persons aged 65 years and older, or under age 16. Many specialists practise in the Belleville area, located a mere stone’s throw away from the hospital, and many general practice clinics have sprung up with the conurbations that continue to arise across the island. Health care is therefore available for all and provided by highly competent doctors.
Much of the progress in medicine on the island has been underpinned by the Faculty of Medical Sciences, the University of the West Indies (UWI), which has been training highly skilled medical graduates for more than 45 years. Graduates continue to distinguish themselves locally, regionally and internationally, and the UWI lays special emphasis on expertise in clinical skills. Chances are, should you encounter a senior physician with a Bajan accent working in North America, he or she is most likely a graduate of the UWI.
The Faculty of Medical Sciences began its distinguished history in 1948 as the principal institution for medical education in the Commonwealth Caribbean, sited at the Mona Campus, Kingston, Jamaica. Founded as the University College of the West Indies, the faculty was conceived as a College of the University of London, until it was granted its regional charter in 1962. Today, the UWI has the unique status of being a truly international university, serving as the principal tertiary education institution for the Caribbean (CARICOM) countries, while hosting a growing number of international students.
The UWI has committed to expanding its training programme with the development of a state-of-the-art Medical Faculty in Barbados, to meet future national training needs. A brand new expanded Faculty of Medical Sciences opened in September 2008, due largely to the efforts of former Dean, Professor Henry Fraser. There was a significant expansion of academic staff coupled with the growth in the undergraduate student body. This expanded faculty has been an essential investment in the development of the country, where it has long been recognized that health is a developmental issue. The Heads of Government of the Caribbean declared in the Nassau Declaration (2001), that the health of the Region is the wealth of Region.
The Faculty has also made its mark on medical research globally through international collaboration. A long term effort, the Barbados Eye Studies, led by Distinguished Professor of Preventive Medicine and Ophthalmology at Stony Brook University, Cristina Leske, provided seminal information about open angle glaucoma in Barbados which has had worldwide ramifications, and informed public health policy regarding eye care in African Americans. More recently, a collaboration led by Professor Zhang, unearthed a novel glaucoma gene in Barbadians. Medical research in Barbados has largely been carried out at the Chronic Disease Research Centre of the UWI. This department has contributed to our understanding of factors underlying risk for diabetes related amputation and outcomes, occurrence and impact of diabetes and cardiovascular disease, and vascular mechanisms affecting wound healing in persons with diabetes, and collaborates with groups at Stony Brook University, Johns Hopkins University, Oxford, and the National Human Genome Research Institute, among others. The UWI has recognized the critical importance of research and development in education, and works assiduously to enhance its programmes and expertise in medical research.
In sum, there is a well-developed health care infrastructure in Barbados, serviced by highly competent doctors, able to provide affordable high quality care, with strong support services, in a most attractive tropical environment. Health tourism is therefore a major potential investment opportunity, with the capacity to capitalize on the experience of George Washington’s brother so many centuries ago, especially for those in the USA, Canada and Europe.
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B’s Bottle Depot was founded in June 1997, as a one door shop in Eagle Hall St Michael. The main focus of the business at the time was to purchase bottles for recycling purposes.At that point B’s had a staff of one person and me, Paul Bynoe. In 1998, I was able to afford my 1st truck and employed another staff member. By 1999, the demand for customer collections was evident and we had to purchase another vehicle whereby employing another three members of staff in order to serve our customers efficiently.
Within two years, the shop in Eagle Hall became too small to accommodate the amount of bottles being returned. This is what facilitated the move to our current location in Cane Garden St Thomas, where the original plan was to purchase the bottles at Eagle Hall and sort and store at the Cane Garden St Thomas location. However that did not last long as customer kept stopping, wanting to return the bottles to the Cane Garden location and as a result we permanently moved our operations there by April of 2001. From there, the business continued to grow.
In the 2003, we were responsible for collection and processing of the majority of plastic bottles on the islands. We were then approached on broadening our activities, which we did by introducing metals for recycling. Later that year we got involved with the Solid Waste project Unit Awareness Champagne, which was designed to reach out to the community and let teachers, restaurants, hoteliers, churches and small businesses know of recycling efforts in Barbados and options available to them.
Since having expanding our recycling efforts to metal scrap we then started recycling corrugated card and renaming our depot from B’s Bottle Depot to B’s Recycling
We currently take different types of recyclable items such as Plastic and Glass bottles, Batteries, Cans, Bumpers, Electronic Scrap, Card and all types of metal including old cars, fridges and stoves etc. There are several types of plastics accepted for recycling these include: – Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET) which when processed the end product looks like plastic flakes. The glass bottles are processed similar to the plastic bottles. They are received, sorted and then returned to their respective companies such as R.L. Seale & Co. Ltd. The batteries can be collected by or delivered to B’s Recycling there are then secured with plastic, containerized and shipped aboard for recycling. Metal comes in various forms such as steel and cast iron just to name a few and are sorted containerized and then shipped aboard for recycling.
Since recycling plays a big role in our lives and there are a lot more people being educated about recycling and how it can help the environment our customer base has been expanding and the staff members have increase from two person when we first started to sixty-three persons today.
B’s Recycling
Cane Garden St. Thomas
438-9285
Open 8am-5pm Monday – Saturday
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Would you expect a Human Resources consultancy to provide you with marketing advice? Would you let it handle your company’s advertising?
Not likely; but then most HR folks wouldn’t presume to offer such services.
So what would you think about an advertising agency offering advice on how to transform your corporate culture? Sound equally implausible? Well, the pitch may come sooner than you think.
Advertising and digital marketing agencies – which now refer to themselves as “brand agencies” or brand experts—are on the hunt for new revenue streams. Times are tough, competition is fierce, and every dollar of the corporate spend is now fair game.
No aspect of corporate management, or territory traditionally occupied by other professionals, is off-limits. And since the field of Public Relations was “annexed” years ago (and marginalized in the process), the more aggressive of these brand experts are now scratching at the door of Human Resources.
And what is their pitch? Simply this: every aspect, function and activity of a company is now part of its brand. And this of course includes employee behaviour. So if you want new behaviours, and must therefore “rebrand” your employees, who is best suited to help? Why, a brand agency of course.
The danger lies in the new behaviours that brand agencies may promise to help companies achieve. Take the example of a digital marketer promoting his services. His profile revealed a career spent entirely on the agency side, with no experience inside an organisation where he could have observed the culture and understood the internal issues and needs of employees. In essence, he was a consumer-focused career marketer.
His value proposition was this: he would come into your company and “coach” your employees in how to use their time on Facebook and other social media effectively on the company’s behalf. His firm would even help develop scripts.
One can see why this would appeal to top line (and bottom line) conscious senior executives: It promises to transform the entire workforce – not just sales and marketing people – into a virtual brand chorus, making sure the company’s music would be heard far and wide.
Is this a facet of employee engagement, you ask. Nope. It’s “employee brand engagement”. (There’s that word again.)
Sounds great in theory, but there is a major flaw: it’s a bad idea to pressure (forget coach) employees into publicly endorsing their company or its products and services. This can lead to resentment and resistance.
To be worth anything, such endorsements must be made freely; and most importantly they must be warranted. You can’t train employees to talk like parrots.
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Barbados Budget 2016
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Last night’s Budgetary proposals saw the Minister of Finance the Hon. Chris Sinckler attempting to strike a delicate balance between the need to address the fiscal and debt challenges facing Barbados and implement measures to stimulate growth while seeking to maintain existing levels of social services.
In his opening remarks, the Minister noted that the principal concerns are the high and climbing debt levels and the fiscal deficit above desired targets and that these issues have restricted Government’s capacity to stimulate growth and to maintain desired levels of social services.
The Minister also firmly addressed recent concerns about the current level of foreign reserves and reiterated Government’s policy for actively managing and monitoring reserves to minimize the risk to the Barbadian economy if they fell below acceptable levels. He also announced measures to shore up the reserves and to boost foreign exchange earnings.
The following priorities were established for the period 2016-2018:
improving the foreign reserves position;
accelerating GDP growth to reach at least 2.5% bythe end of 2017;
further reducing the fiscal deficit by addressingboth expenditures and revenues so that by 2018 the deficit will be no higher than the rate of growth of the economy;
stabilizing the national debt by 2018 and thereafter reducing it; and
preserving access to key social services provided at the highest quality and financed in a sustainable manner.
The Minister also announced that the Ministry of Finance will undertake a comprehensive mid-term review of all ministry and department performance against priorities to identify any implementation challenges and the need to reprioritize.
The major initiatives to improve the foreign reserve position include receipt of proceeds from the sale of the Barbados National Terminal Company and the Four Seasons project and Chinese financing for the Sam Lord’s Redevelopment. In addition, US$60m of loan disbursements are due from various multilateral agencies in the next quarter for several infrastructure and social projects.
The Government will also seek additional investment for tourism and other related development projects by amending the Special Development Areas Act to extend its geographic coverage and will establish a Special Committee to investigate and make recommendations for establishing new duty-free zones.
To stimulate new economic growth the Minister announced initiatives to:
amend the Tourism Development Act to permit eligible property owners in the sector to access concessions for multi-year refurbishment and renovation projects;
remove the duty requirement for yachts staying in Barbados waters longer than 6 months and replace with an annual license fee of $2,000 per boat;
establish a reimbursable grant of up to $50,000 to help local companies improve product and service quality to international standards;
implement new fiscal incentives for local producers which conform to WTO requirements; and
establish a special fund, capitalized to the tune of $50 million with resources from the Industrial Credit Fund for a blend of grants and soft loans to fund existing small and medium sized businesses and business start-ups.
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One of the most popular investment vehicles to grab the interest of the general public in the last decade has surely been foreign currency trading.
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Aspiring Currency Traders In Barbados Will Have Hurdles Along The Way
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One of the most popular investment vehicles to grab the interest of the general public in the last decade has surely been foreign currency trading. The community of individual traders has come to be known as “retail forex”, and both banks and non-bank forex brokers provide access to the world’s largest and most liquid market , with daily turnover exceeding US$4 trillion.
Prior to the millennium crossover, foreign exchange trading was the private domain of major banks, commercial interests, and wealthy investors, but modern technology, the Internet, and creative brokers have since enabled consumers across the planet to gain access to this investment medium. As with any investment activity, however, the factors for success are the same – knowledge, experience, and control of one’s emotions.
It is difficult to go anywhere on the Internet today and not see an ad touting the benefits of trading the currencies of the world, but how does a resident of Barbados find a way to participate in this new and fascinating genre? The answer to that question is not a simple one for a number of reasons.
To begin with, the Barbados government is in the midst of a long-tem program to shed a series of foreign exchange controls that have applied to domestic businesses, foreign investors, and local residents, as well. The laws related to having foreign exchange accounts or transferring funds are complex and changing. This relaxing of foreign exchange controls is meant to improve the Barbados economy over time.
Your first step would be to consult your local banker to familiarize yourself with domestic restrictions and to learn how to proceed. Forex trading is not the same as purchasing foreign currency at your bank or making a cross-border transfer. Forex brokers actually close and re-open all accounts at one point during the day to prevent the physical delivery of currency from ever taking place. You open and close “positions”, net of a commission, in the hopes of securing gains, but losses are also a possibility, too.
Assuming that an initial account deposit will not be a problem, your next step would be to find a reputable and secure forex broker. The brokerage community is expanding all the time, establishing branch offices in foreign districts wherever the laws are accommodating. If local banks or independent brokerage offices exist in Barbados, you will want to start here. It is always best to deal with someone regulated by local law for safety reasons and to prevent any opportunity for fraud.
If you prefer to use an offshore forex broker and the foreign exchange controls do not block this preference, then be prepared to do a little more due diligence in your search for the right business partner. There are many forex trading websites out there. One informative reference is ForexTraders.com (click here for website). Reviewing many of the options in the market will also provide invaluable knowledge. Many brokers have an abundance of free educational materials on their sites that will help also.
Be wary of marketing claims that seem to good to be true. They usually are, and the unscrupulous brokers that make them are to be avoided at all costs. There also is no need to transfer a large deposit to open an account. Most brokers will open a free “demo” account for you with “virtual” cash. Use this account to practice, give your broker a test ride, and to develop a disciplined approach to market trading.
Trading the world’s currencies in Barbados may be difficult at the moment, but look for more changes in local rules in the future.
Tom Cleveland has over 30 years of experience in the international payments industry and did graduate work in Finance at Georgia State University. Currently, Mr. Cleveland runs a consulting business and writes about the economy and investments.
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Renewable energy as a sector in Barbados has the potential to significantly reduce our annual expenditures.
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According to the 2014 Private Sector Assessment of Barbados, it was noted that the ‘Green Energy Sector‘ was among the largest and fastest growing sectors on the island. The utilization of and conversion to systems of energy production via renewable means, continues to grow much faster than was anticipated. However, various contingencies continue to decelerate the progress our nation has made.
Of these contingencies are: difficulties in finding compatible banking initiatives which facilitate green energy, a recent economic cap which makes business start-ups through financial institutions much harder as well as an austere sector of business averse to the industrial integration of renewable energy.
Fortunately, amidst the web of challenges, there is good news. Illuminating the future, the Barbados Renewable Energy Association (BREA) is spearheading the nation’s movement towards a “100% renewable future” as stated by the organisation’s Executive Director Clyde Griffith. BREA was founded as an NGO in 2011 and since then has contributed significantly to promoting renewable energy as an alternative to the use of fossil fuels and non-energy efficient practises. The work of BREA is vast, they have facilitated and supported the St. Lucy solar farm, conduct roadshows and have in fact attracted foreign direct investment and international prestige in the renewable energy world of CARICOM, GIZ Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Technical Assistance (REETA) project and the European Union (EU).
We are aware, that Barbados’ strategic location provides the opportunity for the country to capitalize on the vast amounts of energy that are accessible to us 365 days a year. However, what is not as understood by some, are the actual policies in place which act as incentives towards adopting renewables. For example, there is no VAT on renewable energy systems, the import duties on renewable energy systems has been reduced to zero, but arguably the most gripping of all the incentives is the “buy all/sell all” billing arrangement with the Barbados Light and Power.
Perhaps the most exciting news for Barbados at the moment, with respect to renewable energy, is the highly anticipated BREA conference on November 10th – 11th 2016, which will facilitate members of government, representatives of CARICOM, GIZ REETA and the EU dealing with issues pertaining to the next step toward accomplishing 100% renewable energy, not only in Barbados, but across the region.
Renewable energy as a sector in Barbados has the potential to significantly reduce our annual expenditures. As it stands, we derive over 90% of our energy demands from fossil fuels, the majority of which is imported. As a nation, switching to renewable energy not only lowers our national expenditure, but simultaneously reduces our carbon footprint. This can have the domino effect in further glamorizing Barbados in highly competitive tourism markets, as we would be globally recognized and credited for its exemplary attitude towards climate change and renewable energy.
As we look toward the future, there is no doubt renewable energy has a vital space there. It is our job therefore, not only to foster and accept the transition, but to acclimate ourselves with the wisdom of conservation, efficiency and sustainability when it comes to our precious resources.
Written by Adiel Batson Future Centre Trust, Barbados Youth Corps Intern ( BREA)
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Tamil polity should face on-going communal dispute in Mannaar with statesmanship [TamilNet, Monday, 08 August 2016, 23:30 GMT]
A conflict raging between Tamil-speaking Catholics and Muslims in Peasalai in Mannaar in recent weeks has again exposed serious lack of statesmanship on the part of secular Eezham Tamil political and civil activists, including Wigneswaran-led Northern Provincial Council, Sampanthan-led ITAK and the civil groups engaged in advancing the cause of Eezham Tamils in the North-East, particularly in the strategically-located Mannaar island, say independent and secular Tamil activists in Mannaar. Muslim leaders from Periya-karisal and Catholic leaders involved in TNA politics and civil activism on behalf of Eezham Tamils have been dragged into the communal dispute at Peasaalai, situated in the north-west of the Mannaar island.
The conflict between Catholics and Muslims at Periya-karisal and Chinna-karisal in Peasaalai started following the reports and allegations about a missing bell-structure of the colonial Dutch building at Periya-karisal.
Periya-karisal is a pre-dominant Muslim village and Chinna-karisal situated close to it constitutes largely of Catholics.
Tamil-speaking Saivites, Catholics and Islamic communities having equal historical roots in the district and who have been managed to co-exist amidst some isolated disruptions in the past.
After the criminal incident, which is believed to be the work of a treasure hunter squad with financial motives, the religious communities have come into conflict with each other. There were claims of the Dutch building being State property under the legal purview of the SL Archaeology Department and an attempt to clean up an access road or alleged expansion of a cemetery being opposed by the other community.
Politically motivated forces are using the dispute to recruit voters along religious lines, independent Tamil activists in Mannaar said.
The Sri Lankan electoral politics, now mobilising towards elections for local government, is again being deployed as a tool to divide the Tamil-speaking voters, the activists commented urging unity-efforts going beyond religious groupings and the electoral politics of the occupying SL State.
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[TamilNet, Monday, 08 August 2016, 23:30 GMT]The conflict between Catholics and Muslims at Periya-karisal and Chinna-karisal in Peasaalai started following the reports and allegations about a missing bell-structure of the colonial Dutch building at Periya-karisal.Periya-karisal is a pre-dominant Muslim village and Chinna-karisal situated close to it constitutes largely of Catholics.Tamil-speaking Saivites, Catholics and Islamic communities having equal historical roots in the district and who have been managed to co-exist amidst some isolated disruptions in the past.After the criminal incident, which is believed to be the work of a treasure hunter squad with financial motives, the religious communities have come into conflict with each other. There were claims of the Dutch building being State property under the legal purview of the SL Archaeology Department and an attempt to clean up an access road or alleged expansion of a cemetery being opposed by the other community.Politically motivated forces are using the dispute to recruit voters along religious lines, independent Tamil activists in Mannaar said.The Sri Lankan electoral politics, now mobilising towards elections for local government, is again being deployed as a tool to divide the Tamil-speaking voters, the activists commented urging unity-efforts going beyond religious groupings and the electoral politics of the occupying SL State.19.07.09 Castes, religions and Eezham Tamil nationalism
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[TamilNet, Wednesday, 24 August 2016, 20:09 GMT]35 Students had left the campus premises and the hostel on Tuesday and 14 more joined them on Wednesday. As one-third of the students are absent, the administration was forced to postpone the commencement of courses to Monday.Tamil students blamed the University administration for trying to impose an ultimatum of Monday as a deadline. They also condemned the SL Government and the University Grants Commission for observing silence.It was clearly a premeditated attack as the Tamil students returning from a temple Pongkal event and Muslim students coming from Mosque were targeted on Monday, a second-year Tamil student told TamilNet.A section of Sinhala students have been demanding similar security guarantees after the conflict at Jaffna University.The Sinhala students, who have become a majority in certain faculties in the universities in Jaffna, Trincomalee and Batticaloa have been deployed against Eezham Tamil students by the SL Military Intelligence in an attempt to contain the freedom of memorialization and the freedom of speech.As Colombo-regime and its UGC utterly failed to address the root cause in a proper context and succumbed to Sinhala-chauvinistic politics in the South, the issue has now escalated to Peradeniya University, the Tamil-speaking students complained.The Tamil students have also condemned the Opposition Leader R. Sampanthan and the Tamil National Alliance parliamentarians for failing to voice for the protection of Tamil students.The root cause of such continued and un-ending conflict lies not in the island, but in the reconciliation paradigm coming from Washington. The talk of reconciliation and multiculturalism, without delivery of justice and without meaningful political solution recognising nations and territories, serves only imperialist geopolitical interests. The exact meaning of reconciliation in Washingtons English dictionary is impunity and confirmation of genocide, commented independent academic observers in Peredeniya and Jaffna.
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Uprooted Tamils in Kilinochchi step up protest against SL military occupation of lands
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Uprooted Tamils in Kilinochchi step up protest against SL military occupation of lands [TamilNet, Monday, 15 August 2016, 21:55 GMT]
Uprooted Tamil families from Paravip-paagnchchaan, a fertile suburb situated in the heart of Kilinochchi town, have been protesting in front of the cantonment of occupying SL militarys 58 Division since Saturday. The protest comes a week after SL Defence Secretary visiting the site and the SL military is scheming permanent seizure of the lands. The families said they decided to launch round-the-clock protest as their earlier protests were completely ignored by the SL regime in Colombo. In the meantime, Sinhala Army soldiers have been harassing the news reporters who went to cover the peaceful protest Sunday night. 62 families are demanding resettlement in the 23 acres of lands seized by the SL military at Paravip-paagnchaan.
Tamil leader Sir Pon Ramanathan had initiated the settlement of Tamils in early 1900s at Paravip-paangchaan and most of the lands at the suburb of Ki'linochchi town belong to private land owners.
During the Norwegian-brokered Ceasefire between the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) and the Government of Sri Lanka, the Tigers were maintaining their political offices, including the Peace Secretariat, Political Head Office and the office of the Tamil Rehabilitation Organisation (TRO) at Paravip-paangchaan.
After 2009, the SL military was refusing to hand over the entire area back to its owners citing that the lands were used by the LTTE.
Only 20 acres were later released back to the land owners while the SL military was attempting to permanently seize the remaining 23 acres.
In August 2014, SL military wanted to consolidate its ownership of the seized lands and the Rajapaksa regime went to the extent of issuing a Gazette notice to legalise the appropriation of 7 acres of these private lands.
SL military is still keeping 3,705 acres of lands for its military cantonments in Kilinochchi district. Of these, 229.5 acres are lands that belong to private owners, according to Tamil civil sources at Kilinochchi District Secretariat.
In the meantime, Tamil officials at Karaichchi DS division said SL military is illegally occupying 231 acres of lands in the division alone. [TamilNet, Monday, 15 August 2016, 21:55 GMT]Tamil leader Sir Pon Ramanathan had initiated the settlement of Tamils in early 1900s at Paravip-paangchaan and most of the lands at the suburb of Ki'linochchi town belong to private land owners.During the Norwegian-brokered Ceasefire between the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) and the Government of Sri Lanka, the Tigers were maintaining their political offices, including the Peace Secretariat, Political Head Office and the office of the Tamil Rehabilitation Organisation (TRO) at Paravip-paangchaan.After 2009, the SL military was refusing to hand over the entire area back to its owners citing that the lands were used by the LTTE.Only 20 acres were later released back to the land owners while the SL military was attempting to permanently seize the remaining 23 acres.In August 2014, SL military wanted to consolidate its ownership of the seized lands and the Rajapaksa regime went to the extent of issuing a Gazette notice to legalise the appropriation of 7 acres of these private lands.SL military is still keeping 3,705 acres of lands for its military cantonments in Kilinochchi district. Of these, 229.5 acres are lands that belong to private owners, according to Tamil civil sources at Kilinochchi District Secretariat.In the meantime, Tamil officials at Karaichchi DS division said SL military is illegally occupying 231 acres of lands in the division alone.
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Colombo steps up deceptive preparations for Ban Ki-moon's inspection
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Colombo steps up deceptive preparations for Ban Ki-moon's inspection [TamilNet, Sunday, 28 August 2016, 21:59 GMT]
As UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon is scheduled to visit the island on a three-day tour on Wednesday, Colombo government has engaged its ministers for deceptive preparations for Mr Moon to claim that progress was being made by the SL State on the Human Rights front. In the meantime, the SL military intelligence has been given sweeping powers as the topmost agency for terror surveillance on Eezham Tamils. The occupying SL Army has also gained wide powers of spearheading the continued structural genocide by controlling the affairs of resettlement under the guise of Sinhala soldiers engaging in reconciliation housing schemes. Meanwhile, Tamil political prisoners in the prisons of genocidal Sri Lanka for more than 7 years have complained that Colombo was completely ignoring the release of Tamil Prisoners of War, especially those who have been detained since before May-2009.
SL Justice Minister, Resettlement Minister and Mr Sumanthiran of the TNA have worked out a plan to release some of the recently detained Tamil political prisoners while keeping the Prisoners of War in the prisons, informed sources said.
SL Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera is also preparing the grounds in Jaffna in advance of the scheduled visit by the UN Secretary-General.
The representatives of the uprooted people from Valikaamam North have complained that Mr Samaraweera was engaged in manipulating the scenes for Ban Ki-moons inspection.
Mr Ban Ki-moon, who has been alleged of aiding and abetting the regional and global State actors seeking geopolitical inroads in the island, has been instrumental in detracting UNs Responsibility to Protect (R2P) as Colombo waged a genocidal onslaught on Eezham Tamils in 2009.
Recently, he has appointed his son-in-law Siddharth Chatterjee, an Indian national, who took part in the war crimes committed against Eezham Tamils by the so-called Indian Peace Keeping Force (IPKF) in the late 1980s. [TamilNet, Sunday, 28 August 2016, 21:59 GMT]SL Justice Minister, Resettlement Minister and Mr Sumanthiran of the TNA have worked out a plan to release some of the recently detained Tamil political prisoners while keeping the Prisoners of War in the prisons, informed sources said.SL Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera is also preparing the grounds in Jaffna in advance of the scheduled visit by the UN Secretary-General.The representatives of the uprooted people from Valikaamam North have complained that Mr Samaraweera was engaged in manipulating the scenes for Ban Ki-moons inspection.Mr Ban Ki-moon, who has been alleged of aiding and abetting the regional and global State actors seeking geopolitical inroads in the island, has been instrumental in detracting UNs Responsibility to Protect (R2P) as Colombo waged a genocidal onslaught on Eezham Tamils in 2009.Recently, he has appointed his son-in-law Siddharth Chatterjee, an Indian national, who took part in the war crimes committed against Eezham Tamils by the so-called Indian Peace Keeping Force (IPKF) in the late 1980s.
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White van abduction reported in Ki'linochchi on International Day of Disappeared [TamilNet, Tuesday, 30 August 2016, 23:04 GMT]
A white-van squad has abducted a 26-year-old Tamil man, who was formerly a member of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) and released after the so-called military rehabilitation on Tuesday while Eezham Tamils from all the districts in the Northern and Eastern Provinces took to the streets on the International Day of the Disappeared demanding international investigations against the genocidal State of Sri Lanka on the burning issue of thousands of forcible disappearances carried out by the occupying Sinhala military and its paramilitaries. The latest abduction in Ki'linochchi, believed to be the work of SL Military Intelligence, is the military response to the destruction of Buddha statues in the early hours of the day, political activists in Ki'linochchi said.
Two small Buddha statues at a military-built mini-temple along A9 road at 155 Mile Post on Kanakarayan-ku'lam in Ki'linochchi were smashed by Tamils in the early hours of Tuesday. SL military is engaged in aggression at Kanakaraayan-ku'lam where it is constructing a large Buddha temple at the occupied lands of a Hindu temple.
The family said the victim had nothing to do with the destruction of Buddha statues.
When the family approached the SL Police in Ki'linochchi, the response was that they were not behind the act and instructed the family to check with the so-called Terrorist Investigation Division in Vavuniyaa. But, the TID in Vavuniyaa also said they had no knowledge about the incident.
In the meantime, hundreds of people took part every district of Northern Province in the demonstrations held on Tuesday.
The demonstrators were demanding international justice against the genocidal State which is not prepared to admit the whereabouts of thousands of forcibly disappeared Tamils who were either abducted, detained at undisclosed torture camps or subjected for forcible disappearances after they were handed over to the SL military at the last days of Vanni war in May 2009.
In addition to these targeted acts, 146,679 people are still unaccounted for in the last stages of 2009 genocidal onslaught.
According to the records of the SL Government Agent offices of Mullaiththeevu and Kilinochchi districts, the population of Vanni was 429,059 in October 2008.
The total number of people who got into SL government control after the war was 282,380, according to UN update as of 10 July 2009.
The kith and kin of Tamils subjected to forcible disappearances protest at Ki'linochchi
Due clarification should be made regarding what happened to 146,679 people, which is the discrepancy between the number of people who came to government controlled areas between October 2008 May 2009 and the population reported to be in Vanni in early October 2008, the Catholic Bishop of Mannaar in 2011, Rt. Rev. Dr. Rayappu Joseph, who boldly voiced at a sitting of the so-called Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission appointed by the Rajapaksa administration.
Families of persons subjected to disappearances protest in Mannaar Protest in Mannaar Protest by the relatives and families of persons subjected to forcible disappearances in Trincomalee district [TamilNet, Tuesday, 30 August 2016, 23:04 GMT]26-year-old Nishanthan Mohanaseelan was abducted at 155 Mile Post on A9 Road around 3:00 p.m.The family said the victim had nothing to do with the destruction of Buddha statues.When the family approached the SL Police in Ki'linochchi, the response was that they were not behind the act and instructed the family to check with the so-called Terrorist Investigation Division in Vavuniyaa. But, the TID in Vavuniyaa also said they had no knowledge about the incident.In the meantime, hundreds of people took part every district of Northern Province in the demonstrations held on Tuesday.The demonstrators were demanding international justice against the genocidal State which is not prepared to admit the whereabouts of thousands of forcibly disappeared Tamils who were either abducted, detained at undisclosed torture camps or subjected for forcible disappearances after they were handed over to the SL military at the last days of Vanni war in May 2009.In addition to these targeted acts, 146,679 people are still unaccounted for in the last stages of 2009 genocidal onslaught.According to the records of the SL Government Agent offices of Mullaiththeevu and Kilinochchi districts, the population of Vanni was 429,059 in October 2008.The total number of people who got into SL government control after the war was 282,380, according to UN update as of 10 July 2009.Due clarification should be made regarding what happened to 146,679 people, which is the discrepancy between the number of people who came to government controlled areas between October 2008 May 2009 and the population reported to be in Vanni in early October 2008, the Catholic Bishop of Mannaar in 2011, Rt. Rev. Dr. Rayappu Joseph, who boldly voiced at a sitting of the so-called Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission appointed by the Rajapaksa administration.
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Uprooted Tamils reject Colombo's crores of bribes for naval seizure of Pa'l'li-munai in Mannaar
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The Tamil fishermen belonging to Pa'l'li-munai in Mannaar city, whose houses, lands and the fishing market, have been occupied by the SL military since November 1990 moved 19 cases against the SL Navy and the SL State in February 2013 after they were thoroughly disappointed by the political inaction inside the island and after seeing the Geneva discourse not bringing any solutions home. The case has been scheduled for hearings 21 times and postponed each time citing requests or absence from the respondents. Despite the pending case against the SL Navy, Colombo's Survey Department officials were attempting to survey the lands for permanent seizure on 02 July. The poverty-stricken fishermen told TamilNet on Thursday that they have not yielded to the pressure from Colombo, including the offer of crores of rupees to abandon their case and settle for alternative arrangements.
The Sinhala lawyers, representing the navy of the SL State, have been attempting to offer two crores of rupees as a settlement fee and as compensation to the 19 complainants. In the conversations held outside the SL Court proceedings, the lawyers have been telling the fishermen that nothing would work in the favour of the uprooted Tamils. As the SL Navy was in a hurry to complete their Detachment status consolidation, Colombo was prepared to offer two crores of rupees for an off-the-record settlement.
But, the Tamil fishermen have been firm in denouncing the deceptive offer and continuing their struggle.
SL Military has seized the area from 21 Tamil families since 1990. On 20 July, the uprooted Tamils confronted the SL Survey Department officials who were brought silently to survey the lands for permanent seizure. The SL Navy is trying to consolidate its Naval Detachment and several other points along the coast of Mannaar, which is commanding both the Palk Bay and the Gulf of Mannaar as well as commanding the closest communication line with the Tamil Nadu coast.
The coastal village of Pa'l'li-munai is located within the urban limits of Mannaar city.
The occupying Army of genocidal Sri Lanka (SLA) seized more than 25 houses and the fish market belonging to the poverty-stricken fishermen at the locality on 30 November 1990.
SL Police was also deployed, together with the SLA, at the coastal village of Eezham Tamils.
The coastal lands were brought under the SL Navy in year 2000 and the SL Police accompanied.
While the territory under red circles mark the Sinhala military consolidation under Mahinda Rajapaksa seen as pro China, the coast under yellow circle mark the expansion of the consolidation started by Rajapaksa and continued by Ranil-Maithiri regime viewed as pro USA. New Delhi continues to have military-to-military relations with genocidal Sinhala military. The ultimate target is land and waters of Tamils in the Indian-Ocean. The places mentioned in the feature come under the yellow circle. [Satellite image courtesy: Google Earth. Legend by TamilNet]
After the end of genocidal onslaught in May 2009, the uprooted Tamil fishermen were expecting that the occupying military would vacate from their lands.
However, their repeated appeals went on deaf ears.
Their complaints to the then UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Ms Navanetham Pillay, also didn't work, they say.
The fishermen also complain that all shades of the Tamil polity have failed to fight for the retrieval of their lands seized by the SL Navy.
They were forced to file legal suits against the continued illegal seizure of their lands and the fish market. The cases were filed on 11 February 2013.
After Maithiripala Sirisena was sworn in the SL President and the UNP and SLFP politicians behind the decades long genocide against Eezham Tamils were joining hands claiming good governance, the fishermen hoped there might be a chance for resettling in their own lands if they appealed through the SL Minister of Prison Reforms, Rehabilitation, Resettlement and Hindu Religious Affairs Mr D. M. Swaminathan.
It didn't take long for them to realise that Mr Swaminathan couldn't deliver anything on the case. Swaminathan is Sellaak-kaasu [invalid currency], and he can't do anything in the cases of the occupying navy in Mannaar, a Pa'l'li-munai fisherman described.
Since January 2016, the occupying Sinhala military has been silently consolidating its temporary positions and camps into permanent structures.
The strategic part of the district, commanding both the Palk Bay and the Gulf of Mannaar as well as commanding the closest communication line with the Tamil Nadu coast, has become a hive of intense Sinhala militarisation and demographic changes in recent times.
The SL military manoeuvrings in the strategic part of the Eezham Tamil country facing the Tamil Nadu coast is viewed as long term preparations jointly undertaken by Washington and New Delhi, accompanied by shielding operations by the UN outfits such as the OHCHR headed by military minds in the guise of human rights, Tamil political activists commented.
Sri Lanka's large military establishments that choke Jaffna peninsula and threaten Indian security. Sinhala colonisation is carried out in places no 11, 13, 14, and 16. The locations: 1. High Security Zone, Valikaamam North, 2. Kaarainakar naval base, 3. Vallan, Pungkudutheevu, 4. Periyathu'rai and Saamiththoadda-munai, Delft (Key location for Kachchatheevu and Rameswaram), 5. Kunthavadi, Delft, 6. Thalai-mannaar, 7. Mannaar Fort, 8. Tha'l'laadi, 9. Poonakari Fort, 10. Elephant Pass, 11. Vettilaikkea'ni, 12. Naakarkoayil, 13. Ariyaalai East and the opposite sandbar Ma'n'niththalai, 14. Naavatkuzhi, 15. Ma'ndaitheevu,16. Jaffna city, 17. Kachcha-theevu and 18. Naachchik-kudaa. The innumerable small military posts and the newly planned cantonments in Vanni are not shown in the map. [Satellite Image courtesy: NASA, Visible Earth. Legend by TamilNet]
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11.08.16 Uprooted Tamils reject Colombo's crores of bribes .. 20.07.16 Tamil fishermen rise up against Colombo's move to .. 17.03.16 Sinhala military of US design consolidates along P.. 16.02.16 Colombo silently consolidates military positions f.. [TamilNet, Thursday, 11 August 2016, 23:50 GMT]The Sinhala lawyers, representing the navy of the SL State, have been attempting to offer two crores of rupees as a settlement fee and as compensation to the 19 complainants. In the conversations held outside the SL Court proceedings, the lawyers have been telling the fishermen that nothing would work in the favour of the uprooted Tamils. As the SL Navy was in a hurry to complete their Detachment status consolidation, Colombo was prepared to offer two crores of rupees for an off-the-record settlement.But, the Tamil fishermen have been firm in denouncing the deceptive offer and continuing their struggle.The coastal village of Pa'l'li-munai is located within the urban limits of Mannaar city.The occupying Army of genocidal Sri Lanka (SLA) seized more than 25 houses and the fish market belonging to the poverty-stricken fishermen at the locality on 30 November 1990.SL Police was also deployed, together with the SLA, at the coastal village of Eezham Tamils.The coastal lands were brought under the SL Navy in year 2000 and the SL Police accompanied.After the end of genocidal onslaught in May 2009, the uprooted Tamil fishermen were expecting that the occupying military would vacate from their lands.However, their repeated appeals went on deaf ears.Their complaints to the then UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Ms Navanetham Pillay, also didn't work, they say.The fishermen also complain that all shades of the Tamil polity have failed to fight for the retrieval of their lands seized by the SL Navy.They were forced to file legal suits against the continued illegal seizure of their lands and the fish market. The cases were filed on 11 February 2013.After Maithiripala Sirisena was sworn in the SL President and the UNP and SLFP politicians behind the decades long genocide against Eezham Tamils were joining hands claiming good governance, the fishermen hoped there might be a chance for resettling in their own lands if they appealed through the SL Minister of Prison Reforms, Rehabilitation, Resettlement and Hindu Religious Affairs Mr D. M. Swaminathan.It didn't take long for them to realise that Mr Swaminathan couldn't deliver anything on the case. Swaminathan is Sellaak-kaasu [invalid currency], and he can't do anything in the cases of the occupying navy in Mannaar, a Pa'l'li-munai fisherman described.Since January 2016, the occupying Sinhala military has been silently consolidating its temporary positions and camps into permanent structures.The strategic part of the district, commanding both the Palk Bay and the Gulf of Mannaar as well as commanding the closest communication line with the Tamil Nadu coast, has become a hive of intense Sinhala militarisation and demographic changes in recent times.The SL military manoeuvrings in the strategic part of the Eezham Tamil country facing the Tamil Nadu coast is viewed as long term preparations jointly undertaken by Washington and New Delhi, accompanied by shielding operations by the UN outfits such as the OHCHR headed by military minds in the guise of human rights, Tamil political activists commented.03.08.16 Eezham Tamils in Mullaiththeevu protest against expansion of.. 03.06.16 Colombo beefs up naval installations along eastern coast
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[TamilNet, Monday, 22 August 2016, 23:09 GMT]The mobilisation of more than 500 people marching from Paranthan Umaiyaa'l-puram Amman temple situated south of Elephant Pass to UNHRC Field Office in Ki'linochchi is seen as one of the biggest protests to take place in the Ki'linochchi district after the 2009 genocidal onslaught.The International Community has failed to deliver international investigations and the IC should call for immediate investigations on missing persons instead of entertaining the SL State which has come up with eyewash measures, the TNA parliamentarians dependent on grassroot support said.The organisers handed over an appeal at the Field Office of the UNCHR.Another protest and shut-down is scheduled on 07 September in Ki'linochchi district.
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Next phase details of continued structural genocide of Valikaamam come to light [TamilNet, Saturday, 27 August 2016, 23:08 GMT]
The commander of occupying SL military in Jaffna, Major General Mahesh Senanayake staged a hurriedly organised ceremony on Friday instructing a section of recipients selected for 20 of 100 houses in the military-constructed housing-scheme at limestone quarry lands in Keerimalai. Sinhala military personnel outnumbering the civilian recipients of the housing scheme were demonstrating how the people of Valikaamam North are going to be surrounded by the occupying military forever. While the occupying SL military has robbed more than 5,000 acres of fertile, residential lands in the Valikaamam North and the entire Mayiliddi coast with the most resource-rich sea beds in the North and evicted more than 50,000 people from their villages, the Sirisena blueprint now wants to create resettlement slums and make the people of Valikaamam North subordinate to Sinhala military.
The entire plan targets to buy the people away from their own villages.
The initial step seeks to create resettlement slums for landless people and the most poverty ridden sections with 20 perches of lands and a house per family constructed by military at infertile limestone quarry lands.
At the same time, by keeping the released lands surrounded with military fences and prying eyes of the occupying Sinhala soldiers, the people are discouraged to resettle in the released pockets.
The civil authority, constantly under the genocidal grip of Colombo, has been purposefully deprived of providing the needed infrastructure for resettlement in the released pockets of lands.
As a result, the uprooted people are forced to consider selling their lands in these pockets, and without no surprise, the buyer of these lands is going to be the genocidal State itself.
The military plan is to buy the un-used lands from the people at a cheaper rate and offer these to those still demanding resettlement with strong cases of land ownership in the lands and villages, which the occupying military is not prepared to release back to the people. By doing this, the SL military targets to contain the struggle of the uprooted people.
SL Government Agent of Jaffna District N. Vethanayahan, Thellippazhai Divisional Secretary K. Srimohanan and the District Additional Secretary for Land affairs Subramaniam Muralitharan were present at the military-organised event in Keerimalai where the SL Commander Mahesh Senanayake spoke.
In his address, the GA was using the term His Excellency the President more than the word resettlement.
The SL-GA was revealing some of the details of the next phase of Colombo's deceptive move in his address.
Sinhala military commander was saying that there are some pockets of lands to be released in the coming days. These pockets are from the GS areas of KKS Centre (J-234), KKS West (J-233), KKS South (J-235), Pazhai Veemankaamam North (J-236), Thaiyiddi South (J-236) and Thaiyiddi East (J-247).
But, Mahesh Senanayake made it clear that two military camps in the area will continue to remain.
Informed civil sources said that the military was only having 400 acres of lands to release and that too for only those who present themselves and claim their ownership to these lands.
The people are instructed to come to Divisional Secretariat in a short notice on Sunday.
The SL commander was also talking about a lucrative sum to be given to those willing to succumb to the military solution.
The GA was talking about 2 acres per family while the commander was sharp in telling that it was 20 perches of lands coming with the houses.
The military-built housing scheme is to be extended with 250 more houses in the next phase, the GA further said. He also said that it would be the SL military constructing houses in the lands that will be purchase by the government.
The blueprint for military solution has been completed and the SL President is expected to acknowledge it soon, Senanayake said.
There would be no Valikaamam North resettlement problem by the end of 2017, Senanayake said at the meeting in which he was also joking that he would be speaking Tamil when he completes the housing project.
Tamils have already seen Rajapaksa addressing UN Assembly in Tamil a year before the 2009 genocide, commented a GS officer present at the meeting.
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27.08.16 Next phase details of continued structural genocid.. 21.08.16 Colombo schemes permanent slum housing for uproote.. [TamilNet, Saturday, 27 August 2016, 23:08 GMT]The entire plan targets to buy the people away from their own villages.The initial step seeks to create resettlement slums for landless people and the most poverty ridden sections with 20 perches of lands and a house per family constructed by military at infertile limestone quarry lands.At the same time, by keeping the released lands surrounded with military fences and prying eyes of the occupying Sinhala soldiers, the people are discouraged to resettle in the released pockets.The civil authority, constantly under the genocidal grip of Colombo, has been purposefully deprived of providing the needed infrastructure for resettlement in the released pockets of lands.As a result, the uprooted people are forced to consider selling their lands in these pockets, and without no surprise, the buyer of these lands is going to be the genocidal State itself.The military plan is to buy the un-used lands from the people at a cheaper rate and offer these to those still demanding resettlement with strong cases of land ownership in the lands and villages, which the occupying military is not prepared to release back to the people. By doing this, the SL military targets to contain the struggle of the uprooted people.SL Government Agent of Jaffna District N. Vethanayahan, Thellippazhai Divisional Secretary K. Srimohanan and the District Additional Secretary for Land affairs Subramaniam Muralitharan were present at the military-organised event in Keerimalai where the SL Commander Mahesh Senanayake spoke.In his address, the GA was using the term His Excellency the President more than the word resettlement.The SL-GA was revealing some of the details of the next phase of Colombo's deceptive move in his address.Sinhala military commander was saying that there are some pockets of lands to be released in the coming days. These pockets are from the GS areas of KKS Centre (J-234), KKS West (J-233), KKS South (J-235), Pazhai Veemankaamam North (J-236), Thaiyiddi South (J-236) and Thaiyiddi East (J-247).But, Mahesh Senanayake made it clear that two military camps in the area will continue to remain.Informed civil sources said that the military was only having 400 acres of lands to release and that too for only those who present themselves and claim their ownership to these lands.The people are instructed to come to Divisional Secretariat in a short notice on Sunday.The SL commander was also talking about a lucrative sum to be given to those willing to succumb to the military solution.The GA was talking about 2 acres per family while the commander was sharp in telling that it was 20 perches of lands coming with the houses.The military-built housing scheme is to be extended with 250 more houses in the next phase, the GA further said. He also said that it would be the SL military constructing houses in the lands that will be purchase by the government.The blueprint for military solution has been completed and the SL President is expected to acknowledge it soon, Senanayake said.There would be no Valikaamam North resettlement problem by the end of 2017, Senanayake said at the meeting in which he was also joking that he would be speaking Tamil when he completes the housing project.Tamils have already seen Rajapaksa addressing UN Assembly in Tamil a year before the 2009 genocide, commented a GS officer present at the meeting.15.07.16 Encouraged by US appeasement, SL military strengthens genoci..
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[TamilNet, Saturday, 06 August 2016, 22:38 GMT]The deity Kankaampikai was conceived as the presiding deity of the tank by the Eezham Tamil demography of the locality.The Colombo government and its international backers are now making the symbolic gesture that they are determined to change the Tamil demography in military-genocidal way.Buddhicisation of all place symbolically important to Eezham Tamils is the agenda of genocidal Sinhala Buddhist State in Colombo and it takes place everywhere in the country of Eezham Tamils with the blessings of imperialists in Washington, New Delhi, London, Tokyo and in the Establishments in Europe.The controversial move comes as Saivites commenced the construction of 99-feet raja-gopuram at the Amman temple on 14 July 2016.Colombo's Ki'linochchi headquarters of the occupying military is located at Ira'nai-madu. SL military is occupying 4.5 acres of 13.5 acres of the temple lands and has constructed a Buddha statue near the Saiva temple after 2009.SL military also operates a torture chamber at Ira'nai-madu from where it coordinates abductions and illegal detention of Tamils in the district.
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Tamil graduates in East sidelined in education sector employments for 2016 [TamilNet, Thursday, 18 August 2016, 23:40 GMT]
The Secretary of Provincial Public Service Commission (PPSC) in the Eastern Province, H.E.M.W.G. Dissanayake has issued a notice in Sinhala and Tamil languages, inviting graduates from the three districts of Ampaarai, Batticaloa and Trincomalee to attend for Open Competitive Examination to fill vacancies of Provincial Schools in the Eastern Province. Except Tamil, History and certain Information Communication Technology related vacancies are in the medium of Sinhala language, complain Tamil teachers from Batticaloa. While side-lining Tamil-medium positions for Arts, Religion, Agriculture in all the three districts getting only four of thirteen subjects, Trincomalee district is allocated with all 13 subjects.
The discrimination in filling vacancies for the graduate teachers is taking place while the Minister of Education in the Eastern Province is a Tamil person, Singaravelu Thandauthapani, who represents the Tamil National Alliance.
The Secretary of PPSC is a Sinhalese.
In the meantime, the Head of Batticaloa District Graduate Association, T. Krishanth, said there is also a systematic neglect of employing Tamil graduates from Batticaloa district to vacant public positions in the district.
While there are 1,500 unemployed graduates in Batticaloa, almost all public positions allocated since 2012 have gone to Sinhalese from outside provinces, Mr Krishanth said.
While the Colombo-centric unitary State system is appointing Sinhalese to public positions under its control, the Eastern Provincial Council has also been manipulated by the Colombo-centric system to adhere to the same agenda, Tamil public sector employees in Batticaloa complain. They also added that the discrimination coming though the provincial system proved that the system is wrong.
UNP's Batticaloa District Organiser, Mr Aloysius Masilamani, who is also a retired Deputy Director of Education from the district and a former Councillor of the EPC, has also questioned what the Education Minister has brought for Tamils in the province. Mr Masilami in a recent video interview to TamilNet said there is no denying that UNP was responsible on the accountability for 1983 anti-Tamil pogrom. He has also gone on record stating that Batticaloa was still under the clutchers of Rajapaksa-installed administrative structure.
The following is the formula published by the PPSC on the recruitment of graduate teachers to fill vacancies of provincial schools in the Eastern Province in 2016 with a deadline falling on Wednesday next week.
Tamil advertisement for Open Competitive Examination of Sri Lanka Teachers Service
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[TamilNet, Thursday, 18 August 2016, 23:40 GMT]The discrimination in filling vacancies for the graduate teachers is taking place while the Minister of Education in the Eastern Province is a Tamil person, Singaravelu Thandauthapani, who represents the Tamil National Alliance.The Secretary of PPSC is a Sinhalese.In the meantime, the Head of Batticaloa District Graduate Association, T. Krishanth, said there is also a systematic neglect of employing Tamil graduates from Batticaloa district to vacant public positions in the district.While there are 1,500 unemployed graduates in Batticaloa, almost all public positions allocated since 2012 have gone to Sinhalese from outside provinces, Mr Krishanth said.While the Colombo-centric unitary State system is appointing Sinhalese to public positions under its control, the Eastern Provincial Council has also been manipulated by the Colombo-centric system to adhere to the same agenda, Tamil public sector employees in Batticaloa complain. They also added that the discrimination coming though the provincial system proved that the system is wrong.UNP's Batticaloa District Organiser, Mr Aloysius Masilamani, who is also a retired Deputy Director of Education from the district and a former Councillor of the EPC, has also questioned what the Education Minister has brought for Tamils in the province. Mr Masilami in a recent video interview to TamilNet said there is no denying that UNP was responsible on the accountability for 1983 anti-Tamil pogrom. He has also gone on record stating that Batticaloa was still under the clutchers of Rajapaksa-installed administrative structure.The following is the formula published by the PPSC on the recruitment of graduate teachers to fill vacancies of provincial schools in the Eastern Province in 2016 with a deadline falling on Wednesday next week.27.07.16 UNP answerable for 1983 genocidal pogrom: Batticaloa UNP Org.. 09.10.15 EPC CM cites administrative difficulties to buy time from pr.. 07.10.15 Eezham Tamils in Batticaloa protest against continued suppre.. 02.12.11 Unemployed Tamil graduates stage protest in SL militarized J.. 18.04.11 Trade unions allege politically motivated teacher transfer s..
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CGI in Jaffna marking Indian Independence Day at IPKF memorial site in SL military base in Palalai, Jaffna
[TamilNet, Tuesday, 16 August 2016, 23:53 GMT]The US Ambassador was talking of 200 years of his country's relationship with the people of Jaffna. It is quite typical of China that doesn't have leverage with peoples of the region to think of state-within-state formula just like it builds bases in artificial islands.It is also typical of the Sinhala state to accept any offer to complete and confirm the genocide. But, Establishments that have long people-to-people contact should have thought of avoiding the genocidal path to imperialism, commented Tamil political activists in Jaffna.Opposition Leader and TNA Parliamentarian R. Sampanthan, Northern Provincial Council Chief Minister Justice C.V.Wigneswaran and the UNP-aligned SL Minister Mano Ganesan took part in the US Pacific Command (USPACOM) Operation Pacific Angels meeting at Palaali on 15th August. All the TNA parliamentarians from North were also present at the US event.Mr Keshap was interpreting Colombo giving certificates of absence for missing persons as a positive step. He was also referring to the Tamil Prisoners of War in the prisons of genocidal Sri Lanka as security related detainees.The visiting US Ambassador also met Tamil civil groups while the USPACOM was engaged in Operation Pacific Angels with the occupying military of genocidal Sri Lanka.In the meantime, the Consulate General of India (CGI) in Jaffna was celebrating the Indian Independence Day at Palaali on the same day.The CGI circles were disappointed by the absence of TNA politicians in their celebrations held in Jaffna, informed sources in Jaffna said.13.03.15 New Delhi should stop looking at Eezham Tamils through Colom.. 22.06.09 Lessons to be learnt about China 16.11.07 Eelam and Indian Security: Averting a Catastrophe
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Two of the attacked Tamil students. Photos were provided to media by the fellow students.
[TamilNet, Tuesday, 23 August 2016, 23:37 GMT]The students who sustained serious injuries were Tamil students from Jaffna.The Tamil-speaking students who left the University premises on Tuesday told TamilNet that the attack on them on Monday was a racially motived attack.The Sinhala students, including those who attacked us, were trying to block us from leaving the campus premises. The administration was asking us not to create a situation alike the one in Jaffna by leaving the hostel. How can we stay here after witnessing such a racially motivated attack, asked a Tamil student who is receiving medical treatment.There were around 17 Tamil-speaking students. None of us were able to defend ourselves. Although 12 of them sustained injuries, only those with serious injuries were rushed to hospital, the student told TamilNet on condition of anonymity.The attack on Tamil students is a pre-mediated one. It has come following a series of ethnic-motivated attacks that have taken place in Trincomalee, Batticaloa and Jaffna.Colombo-based media and the University administration have been attempting to suppress the news coverage on the incident and the assaulted Tamil students have been told that they would risk losing their seats if they talked to media, the student further told TamilNet.The attack in Peradeniya comes two weeks after former SL President Chandrika Kumaratunga Bandaranaike visited the University of Jaffna and advised the student union leaders there to include Sinhala students in key positions of the Jaffna University Student Union in the future.There is a long list of ethnic-motivated attacks carried out by Sinhala students against Tamil students in the North-East after the 2009 genocidal onslaught on Eezham Tamils.
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Colombo schemes permanent slum housing for uprooted Tamils at limestone quarry lands [TamilNet, Sunday, 21 August 2016, 23:37 GMT]
The occupying military of genocidal Sri Lanka in Jaffna is attempting to nullify the demand for resettlement coming from the uprooted people of Valikaamam North who are languishing at 32 camps, by projecting the construction of houses at limestone quarry lands in Keerimalai/Maaviddapuram as a reconciliation initiative. Colombo is converting the project, which started off as a 100-houses scheme into a larger five-phased housing scheme and by marketing it as reconciliation and affordable housing scheme for uprooted people. The ulterior motive of the deceptive Keerimalai housing scheme is to weaken the demands coming from uprooted Tamils to release their military occupied fertile lands in Valikaamam North. The five-phased project is targeting to lump together the uprooted people into a 47-acre area.
Fresh military recruits from South and ex-LTTE members in CSD captivity are deployed as cheap labourers of SL Military Corporatism in the housing construction at Keerimalai
Colombo has also created a Joint Project Management Team incorporating military, civil mechanisms to enforce the military solution of structural genocide.
Colombo's resettlement ministry under D.M. Swamithan is funding the military construction of the housing scheme at Keerimalai.
Former SL President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga, who is now running the Office for National Unity and Reconciliation in Colombo has given a publicity boost to the deceptive military project by undertaking a visit to the scheme earlier this month during her trip to Jaffna.
Following CBK's visit, the SL military has started to harass the public sector officials in Jaffna to hand over the housing scheme projects to SL military, a District Secretariat official in Jaffna told TamilNet on condition of anonymity.
Former SL President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga, who now runs the so-called Office for National Unity and Reconciliation has visited the SL military commanders giving full backing to the project which is part of the structural genocide being committed on Eezham Tamils
The commanders of the occupying Sinhala military have also started to showcase their competitive rates to NGO providers engaged in housing schemes. The foreign powers promoting Colombo-centric solutions will also instruct the NGO circles to consider outsourcing their housing schemes to SL military, the civil sources at the District Secretariat in Jaffna said urging increased political awareness among Tamils on the latest deceptive designs of structural genocide.
Colombo is trying to market the military construction of houses while the grasroorts in North are mobilizing against the SL military-led Buddhiscisation and Sinhalicisation, which aim to structurally wedge the territorial integrity of the Tamil homeland.
SL military commanders plan to expand the scheme to a 5-phased 47-acre settlement at quarry lands to contain Tamil demands of resettlement in the fertile villages of Valikaamam North
On the one hand the SL military is dismantling and robbing off the roofs, window and doorframes from the houses situated in the area that people expect the SL military to release back to the people, but on the other hand it is posturing itself as a provider of housing scheme, the uprooted people who languish at 32 welfare camps complain.
The SL military is employing former Tamil fighters subjected to military rehabilitation as slave workers in the military-run projects along with Sinhala soldiers at the bottom of the military structure to construct the housing scheme at Keerimalai.
More than 80% of 1,000 Tamil workers, who were recruited by the SL military as skilled workers and later enlisted as military personnel, have managed to escape from the genocidal employer. However, a section of former Tamil fighters, subjected to military surveillance are unable to free them from the clutches of the genocidal military.
By marketing the workforce of slave workers and the military personnel to the public and NGO sector, the SL military is also threatening the employment of the native workers in the North-East through its reconciliation camouflage, the civil sources in Jaffna further said.
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[TamilNet, Sunday, 21 August 2016, 23:37 GMT]Colombo has also created a Joint Project Management Team incorporating military, civil mechanisms to enforce the military solution of structural genocide.Colombo's resettlement ministry under D.M. Swamithan is funding the military construction of the housing scheme at Keerimalai.Former SL President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga, who is now running the Office for National Unity and Reconciliation in Colombo has given a publicity boost to the deceptive military project by undertaking a visit to the scheme earlier this month during her trip to Jaffna.Following CBK's visit, the SL military has started to harass the public sector officials in Jaffna to hand over the housing scheme projects to SL military, a District Secretariat official in Jaffna told TamilNet on condition of anonymity.The commanders of the occupying Sinhala military have also started to showcase their competitive rates to NGO providers engaged in housing schemes. The foreign powers promoting Colombo-centric solutions will also instruct the NGO circles to consider outsourcing their housing schemes to SL military, the civil sources at the District Secretariat in Jaffna said urging increased political awareness among Tamils on the latest deceptive designs of structural genocide.Colombo is trying to market the military construction of houses while the grasroorts in North are mobilizing against the SL military-led Buddhiscisation and Sinhalicisation, which aim to structurally wedge the territorial integrity of the Tamil homeland.On the one hand the SL military is dismantling and robbing off the roofs, window and doorframes from the houses situated in the area that people expect the SL military to release back to the people, but on the other hand it is posturing itself as a provider of housing scheme, the uprooted people who languish at 32 welfare camps complain.The SL military is employing former Tamil fighters subjected to military rehabilitation as slave workers in the military-run projects along with Sinhala soldiers at the bottom of the military structure to construct the housing scheme at Keerimalai.More than 80% of 1,000 Tamil workers, who were recruited by the SL military as skilled workers and later enlisted as military personnel, have managed to escape from the genocidal employer. However, a section of former Tamil fighters, subjected to military surveillance are unable to free them from the clutches of the genocidal military.By marketing the workforce of slave workers and the military personnel to the public and NGO sector, the SL military is also threatening the employment of the native workers in the North-East through its reconciliation camouflage, the civil sources in Jaffna further said.13.07.16 SL military deployed to rob material remains of houses in Va.. 12.07.16 Colombo demonstrates military diktats over resettlement in J..
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[TamilNet, Saturday, 13 August 2016, 23:17 GMT]The federation of rural and women societies and the consortium of public organisations in Ki'linochchi district have urged the public to extend their support to the protest.Some of the ITAK Central Committee members and former parliamentarians from different parties and councillors of the Northern Provincial Council are expected to join the protests, news sources in Ki'linochchi said.The organisers have announced that the protests and shutdown were not about an isolated military construction of a Buddhist temple at I'ra'nai-madu. The protesters were demanding immediate end to illegal and military-involved Sinahal-Buddhist constructions on private, coastal and public lands in the North and East, from Nayinaa-theevu, Kokku'laay, Thirukkeatheesvaram and Thirukkoanesvaram.The SL Navy is refusing to release lands of several churches such as St Thomas church at Pa'l'lik-kudaa and St Anthonies Church at Ira'nai-madu, Catholic priests said.Mr Jeyakumar Karuppiah, the chairman of the federations of rural development societies and public organisations in Ki'linochchi district has urged all political, civil and religious groups to extend their fullest support to the mobilisation against Sinhala-Buddhisication of SL military occupied Ki'linochchi district.SL military has has erected several Buddha statues at Mangku'lam, Ira'nai-madu Junction, Paranthan, Ki'li-nochchi, Poonakari, Vaadiyadi, Kanakaraayan-ku'lam, Periya-ku'lam, Krishna-puram and Thiruk-keathees-varam in the Northern Province, Mr Jeyakumar told media.On Friday, TNA Parliamentarian S. Sritharan visited Ira'nai-madu Kanakaampikai Amman temple to inspect the situation. Although Mr Sritharan is an elected paraliamentarian in the SL Parliament, the SL military didn't allow him inside the barbed-wire construction area of the Buddhist site, which is located 100 meters close to the Saiva-temple at Ira'nai-madu, news sources in Ki'linochchi said.
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[TamilNet, Friday, 12 August 2016, 23:29 GMT]It is the Sri Lankan Parliament and the State-backed ethnic chauvinism in the island, which were responsible for the Tamil youth to resort to militant struggle. Those responsible are the ones who should be punished and not the former Tamil fighters, he said.Fr Sakthivel has condemned Tamil politicians going behind the collaborating agenda of the Colombo Establishment.He has also condemned the Indian agenda working against the release of former Tamil fighters in the Sri Lankan captivity.There should be a principled decision that all political prisoners should be released without any form of rehabilitation.The SL military intelligence should not be allowed to engage with surveillance and continued harassment of the released former Tamil fighters.There is no reconciliation without SL State learning to humanly deal with former Tamil fighters. Any reconciliation could only start with treating former Tamil fighters with dignity. Only a such approach will strengthen the case for a future political settlement to the ethnic conflict in the island, he said.There should be no conditioned attached to the release of former Tamil fighters.
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[TamilNet, Saturday, 20 August 2016, 23:16 GMT]Ms Segu Mohaideen Noorjan is barely managing to look after her three children with the income of rupees 500 per day through her makeshift food kiosk.Colombo-based Centre for Human Rights Development (CHRD) has been covering the legal expenses for the lawyer who has been representing her case since 2013. However, the CHRD has recently informed her that they were not having funds to cover the legal assistance anymore, Ms Mohaideen Noorjan, who has been taking part in the protests held in North demanding the release of political prisoners, told TamilNet.The plea for financial assistance has come as the Colombo regime was not prepared to release the political prisoners and was insisting to go through the SL judiciary. The fate of processing these cases are assigned to the SL Attorney Generals Department, which keeps political prisoners transferring from jail to jail and postponing the process.Almost all the so-called Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA) cases have been based on false confessions obtained through torture and the detainees like Umar Hattaaph, languishing in Anuradhapura prison are now facing transfer to prisons in Colombo.In the meantime, the cases of Sinhalese soldiers indicted in the brutal Kumarapuram massacre in Trincomalee was transferred to Anuradhapura Courts and they were all all acquitted.Instead of taking a principled political decision of releasing all prisoners of war and political prisoners, the SL State has been insisting upon military rehabilitation in detention even for the milder PTA cases.But, serious allegations have been levelled against the so-called military rehabilitation of former Tamil fighters in the captivity of SL State. As far as 103 former Tamil fighters, who have been released after the rehabilitation have been diagnosed with cancer while there are several cases of persons who have been subjected to the SL military programme having sustained nerve damage losing feelings below their abdomen.Fr M Sakthivel, a veteran human rights activist in Jaffna in a recent video interview to TamilNet described the military rehabilitation as politically-motivated genocide.Tamil political prisoners have urged renewed struggle to secure their release.Tamil National Alliance and Opposition Leader R. Sampanthan have come under severe criticism for failing demand immediate release of all political prisoners.In the meantime, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights and the US Ambassador in Colombo have been blamed of giving legitimacy to continued discriminatory and genocidal approach by the SL State by calling the Tamil-speaking political prisoners and prisoners of war as security related detainees while engaging with the genocidal Sinhala military that has been accused of genocide, war-crimes and crimes against humanity.
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[TamilNet, Sunday, 07 August 2016, 00:44 GMT]The survey, looking at the heritage from the point of religion, tutored by Colombo, and gratifying the needs of the genocidal Sinhala-Buddhist State for entry of Japan through tourism business, said that the island was a Buddhist kingdom first and Hinduism took root after Tamils relocated to the island from South India around the 10th century.What would the Japanese say if the heritage of their nation is projected as beginning from the Buddhism they received from the Koreans through Tamil Buddhist connections, forgetting their Yayoi burial culture and prehistoric past?But we have a bunch of Japanese to come and tell the nation of Eezham Tamils that they were migrants from South India and the Sinhala-Buddhists were original a gramophone record of the genocidal State in the island.Let us first provide a brief history of Hinduism in northern Sri Lanka. The relationship between northern Sri Lanka and India probably goes back to the pre-Christian era, but Hinduism took root in Sri Lanka after many Tamil people relocated to Sri Lanka from South India around the 10th century, when South India was ruled by the Chola Dynasty, said the Japanese report obviously prepared from word to word by a Sinhala-Buddhist team in Colombo.It can be said that a cooperative relationship exists between the military and public works in Sri Lanka, the report positively appreciated the Army and Archaeology genocidal agenda in the country of Eezham Tamils.On Kantharoadai , the first urban centre in Jaffna that originated from southern South Asian megalithic heritage, the report said, Kantharodai is a large Buddhist archaeological site that represents Jaffna. It is sometimes identified with the 3rd century B.C. Kadurugoda Temple mentioned in the Mahavansa.On Nayinaa-theevu , an islet off Jaffna in the Palk Bay, the report said, The island is familiarly known to Buddhists as Nagadipa, rather than Nainativ. History books say Buddha visited Sri Lanka three times, and visited this island on his second occasion, - a cock and bull story.On Ilangkaith-thurai in Trincomalee district, in which Ilangkai simply means an islet at the entrance to the port, the report said, Lanka Patuna is a Buddhist monument located north of a narrow water channel that connects Ullackalie Lagoon and the Bay of Bengal, approximately 60 km south-southeast across Koddiyar Bay from Trincomalee.On Trincomalee , the name of which originated from Koana, a Dravidian term [Dravidian Etymological Dictionary, 2209], the report said, Gokanna Viharaya is a Buddhist temple that takes the name Gokanna from Trincomalees ancient name.The LTTE was responsible for the destruction of Hindu temples and not the genocidal State, according to the report: However, after 1983, when the LTTE became even more active and the civil war intensified, Hindu temples that survived colonial rule by the Dutch and the British were also engulfed in the chaos of war and fell to ruin, the report said.The burning of Jaffna library was the work of a mob and not a planned action of the government in Colombo, according to the report, which said: In the evening of June 1, 1981, before the civil war even gained momentum, an organised mob drove up to the library on a bus and set fire to it, completely destroying the librarys entire collection of some 97,000 books.The purpose of the Japanese team was described as:Today, Sri Lanka is in the midst of a reconstruction phase following the end of the civil war, and is a beneficiary of various international cooperation efforts. In this situation, the conservation and utilisation of cultural heritages that relate directly to the countrys principal industry of tourism may be considered as an important area.To survey sites from where cultural properties have been discovered, with a focus on works of Buddhist art that have been stored in museums.The report concluded:Given existence and management of various Buddhist monuments located over a wide area in the Northeastern Province, the establishment of an information centre for these monuments in central Trincomalee could give a boost to the Department of Archaeologys plans for regional development based on cultural properties.The report was citing:The project team gained information that the Department is seeking ways to link cultural heritage protection and tourism development as a post-civil war initiative, and that toward realisation of such a linkage, there are plans for the reutilisation of historical buildings in Jaffna and Trincomalee as cultural complexes.Just a glance of the report, its language and projections would show that the report was neither researched and prepared nor written by the Japanese team, but was ghost-written by people in Colombo and was brought out in the name of the Japanese who wanted to enter into the island by hook or crook.The report cited a long list of local consultants for the survey of North and East, the country of Eezham Tamils in the island. But there were only one or two Tamil names. Enquiries showed that even they were not met by any Japanese, confirming the ghost writing of the report.The Japanese institutions and names of the team members involved in the report are given below for the awareness of the people and genuine academics in Japan who care for the honour of their nation and care for knowing what their government is doing in the island. The ongoing structural genocide, represented by mushrooming Sinhala-Buddhicisation of every part of the country of Eezham Tamils, results from the heritage sham, knowingly committed in the island by international partners.Japanese Mission Members:Yasuko Fukuyama (Associate Professor, Faculty of Intercultural Communication, Ryukoku University).Yoshihide Koizumi (Supervisor, Planning Division, Curatorial Planning Department, Tokyo National Museum).Chisa Inouchi (Research Fellow, JCIC-Heritage) Tomomi Haramoto (Research Fellow, JCIC-Heritage).In implementing the new survey, the JCIC-Heritage requested the cooperation of Yasuko Fukuyama, who undertook the previous international cooperation survey, and Yoshihide Koizumi of Tokyo National Museum, who supervised the Cultural Heritage of Sri Lanka The Land of Serendipity exhibition that was held in 2008, the report said.24.04.13 Sinhala military assaults Trinco villagers for calling their.. 28.12.12 Takasu, Tamils' adversary in UN Security Council? 25.08.12 Akashi comes to listen to people in Jaffna, Vanni 24.08.10 Cultural and psychological attack on Tamils in Jaffna 07.05.10 Naaka-naadu
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Jaffna GA's letters cause anger among uprooted Tamils from Valikaamam North [TamilNet, Monday, 29 August 2016, 23:31 GMT]
Occupying Colombo's Defence Ministry has instructed the SL Government Agent in Jaffna, Mr N. Vethanayagan to issue three different letters to the uprooted families in Valikaamam North, who are staying in the so-called welfare camps in Jaffna. A section of the people have been asked to prepare to move out of their camps and to accept alternative housing-scheme [being built by the occupying military]. Around 70 of the families staying at Sabapathipillai camp in Chunnaakam have received a second-type of letter that states that in the event their lands were to be permanently seized for military use, they would be compensated with suitable and lucrative alternatives. A third one asks the remaining to stay calm and wait for resettlement until the end of 2017. The letters have caused confusion and anger among the uprooted people who have been staying in the camps for more than 25 years.
The move indicates that the SL military is not prepared to release the fertile lands it has appropriated from the people of Valikaamam North, say the representatives of uprooted Tamils from Valikaamam North.
Informed sources at Jaffna District Secretariat told TamilNet that the GA was reluctant to issue such letters. But, he was instructed to do so after the insistance coming from Colombo after a high-level decision made by the SL Defence Ministry and the SL President Maithiripala Sirisena.
Currently, 1,030 families uprooted from Valikaamam North are residing in 31 so-called welfare camps in Jaffna. Most of them are poverty-stricken.
There are more than 54,000 uprooted Tamils who reside outside these camps. They have not received any letters.
The SL Military is trying to exert pressure on the poverty stricken families residing in the camps to accept alternative solutions in order to permanently seize their villages.
Letter from GA sent to the families residing at Ka'n'naki-mukaam at Uduvil
SL Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera has also been visiting some of these camps and asking the people to wait with patience to the end of 2017. The SL President Maithiripala Sirisena visited these camps earlier and promised a solution within 6 months. But, after 6 months, the families have now been informed that the occupying Colombo was trying buy them out of their native villages forever.
UNP parliamentarian Viayakala Maheswaran is also exerting pressure on the people to accept the lucrative compensation, the representatives of the uprooted people in Valikaamam North said.
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29.08.16 Jaffna GA's letters cause anger among uprooted Tam.. 27.08.16 Details of next-phase structural genocide of Valik.. 21.08.16 Colombo schemes permanent slum housing for uproote.. [TamilNet, Monday, 29 August 2016, 23:31 GMT]The move indicates that the SL military is not prepared to release the fertile lands it has appropriated from the people of Valikaamam North, say the representatives of uprooted Tamils from Valikaamam North.Informed sources at Jaffna District Secretariat told TamilNet that the GA was reluctant to issue such letters. But, he was instructed to do so after the insistance coming from Colombo after a high-level decision made by the SL Defence Ministry and the SL President Maithiripala Sirisena.Currently, 1,030 families uprooted from Valikaamam North are residing in 31 so-called welfare camps in Jaffna. Most of them are poverty-stricken.There are more than 54,000 uprooted Tamils who reside outside these camps. They have not received any letters.The SL Military is trying to exert pressure on the poverty stricken families residing in the camps to accept alternative solutions in order to permanently seize their villages.SL Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera has also been visiting some of these camps and asking the people to wait with patience to the end of 2017. The SL President Maithiripala Sirisena visited these camps earlier and promised a solution within 6 months. But, after 6 months, the families have now been informed that the occupying Colombo was trying buy them out of their native villages forever.UNP parliamentarian Viayakala Maheswaran is also exerting pressure on the people to accept the lucrative compensation, the representatives of the uprooted people in Valikaamam North said.
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Sampanthan, Sumanthiran attempt to quench Tamil uprising in North [TamilNet, Friday, 26 August 2016, 20:12 GMT]
Opposition Leader R. Sampanthan and pro-Establishment TNA parliamentarian M.A. Sumanthiran, have been staging a series of meetings in recent days in a die-hard attempt to quench the Tamil uprising, which has been scheduled to take place in Jaffna on 14 September. While the mobilisation which has been initiated by the Tamil Peoples Council (TPC), has drawn support from more than 54 grassroots and civil groups in the Northern Province, the deviatory leaders of the main Tamil polity, the TNA, have been instructed by the Establishments not to support the uprising. EPRLF and PLOTE leaders have been harassed by the Sampanthan polity not to be involved with the uprising. However, Dharmalingam Siddharthan and Suresh Premachandran have refused to yield to the pressure to change their stance, informed political sources in Jaffna told TamilNet.
Veteran leaders of EPRLF, TELO and PLOTE have joined hands with the TPC and the Tamil National Peoples Front (TNPF) in extending their support as they are all dependent on the support from the grassroots for their political existence.
Sampanthan and Sumanthiran who have no such dependency have been yielding to the pressure from Washington, New Delhi and SL Prime Minister Ranil Wickramasinghe, who has renewed genocidal Sri Lankas strategic partnership with China in recent weeks.
Mr Wickramasinghe has personally asked Mr Sampanthan to stop the mobilization, Sampanthan has went on record in an internal TNA meeting this week.
In the meantime, a few days ago Mr Wickramasinghe has also given fresh instructions to SL Military State Intelligence Service (SIS), which was formerly known as the National Intelligence Bureau (NIB), to function as the sole lead agency in the occupied country of Eezham Tamils.
The Tamil uprising is to be held while uprooted Eezham Tamils demanding de-militarization have started self-mobilised protests in the recent weeks as well as public sentiment is running against the full-fledged Sinhala Buddhisiciation being spearheaded by the occupying Sinhala Army and Navy in the North-East.
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26.08.16 Sampanthan, Sumanthiran attempt to quench Tamil up.. 15.08.16 Uprooted Tamils in Kilinochchi step up protest ag.. [TamilNet, Friday, 26 August 2016, 20:12 GMT]Veteran leaders of EPRLF, TELO and PLOTE have joined hands with the TPC and the Tamil National Peoples Front (TNPF) in extending their support as they are all dependent on the support from the grassroots for their political existence.Sampanthan and Sumanthiran who have no such dependency have been yielding to the pressure from Washington, New Delhi and SL Prime Minister Ranil Wickramasinghe, who has renewed genocidal Sri Lankas strategic partnership with China in recent weeks.Mr Wickramasinghe has personally asked Mr Sampanthan to stop the mobilization, Sampanthan has went on record in an internal TNA meeting this week.In the meantime, a few days ago Mr Wickramasinghe has also given fresh instructions to SL Military State Intelligence Service (SIS), which was formerly known as the National Intelligence Bureau (NIB), to function as the sole lead agency in the occupied country of Eezham Tamils.The Tamil uprising is to be held while uprooted Eezham Tamils demanding de-militarization have started self-mobilised protests in the recent weeks as well as public sentiment is running against the full-fledged Sinhala Buddhisiciation being spearheaded by the occupying Sinhala Army and Navy in the North-East.
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[TamilNet, Thursday, 25 August 2016, 20:18 GMT]Mr Cooray was behind giving a one-sided twist to the clash in Jaffna and the clash, which took place in Jaffna in July. The clash in Jaffna was a result of SL military-backed Sinhala students violently confronting Tamil students with Kandyan dance. But, in South, it was widely publicised as a racial assault on Sinhalese by the Tamil students in Jaffna.On Thursday, the Sinhala students, who took part in a meeting with the Tamil students in Jaffna as the University Administration was seeking to resolve the conflict peacefully, openly told the Administration that they were not prepared to withdraw their cases filed in the SL Courts without consulting Reginald Cooray.The accused Tamil students had to appear in the court on Thursday. The lawyer, supposed to represent the Tamil students was TNA Parliamentarian M.A. Sumanthiran. He didn't show up at the courts and the case has been postponed.For a long time, all the University Administrations in Batticaloa and Jaffna have swept the victorious Sinhala military-backed violent behaviour of Sinhala students against Tamil students under the carpet. Now, we are getting attacked in South, a Tamil student subjected to the racial attack at Peradeniya told TamilNet.The attacking Sinhala students on Monday instructed us to put our hands up in the air and indiscriminately assaulted us while telling us to go to Jaffna and tell what happened in Peradeniya, the student further said.Peradinya University Administration has not revealed the names of the Sinhala students subjected to the so-called disciplinary action. It has not even admitted that it was a racially motivated act, the Tamil student said.The Sinhala students becoming numerical majority at certain faculties in Batticaloa and Jaffna have been behind the behaviour of ethnic harassments and assaults against Tamil students for a long time since 2009 and the episode in Jaffna was not different from the evolving pattern over a long time.The root cause of such continued and un-ending conflict lies not in the island, but in the reconciliation paradigm coming from Washington. The talk of reconciliation and multiculturalism, without delivery of justice and without meaningful political solution recognising nations and territories, serves only imperialist geopolitical interests. The exact meaning of reconciliation in Washingtons English dictionary is impunity and confirmation of genocide, commented independent academic observers in Peredeniya and Jaffna.
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[TamilNet, Wednesday, 10 August 2016, 23:06 GMT]Opposition Leader R. Sampanthan, representing the Tamil National Alliance, has betrayed the political prisoners by urging them to place their trust on SL President, he said.The Colombo government and the SL Attorney General's Department have deceived the Tamil political prisoners in an attempt to contain their uprising in October 2015, the spokesperson said reading out a statement in Tamil on behalf of the Tamil political prisoners.The Tamil prisoners again wanted to launch their struggle on August 08, but Mr Sampanthan urged them through media that they should await till the Prevention of Terrorism Act is repealed. This is again a deceptive move, the spokesperson said pointing out a recent statement by Wiyeyadasa Rajapakshe, the SL Minister of Justice that the prisoners detained under the PTA would have to go through their cases under the SL Judicial System even though the PTA was repealed.The Tamil political prisoners said their cases were being unnecessarily dragged on with postponements and that their cases were being transferred away from Tamil areas.While the case on Sinhalese soldiers indicted in the brutal Kumarapuram massacre in Trincomalee was transferred to Anuradhapura Courts outside the Tamil homeland just to ensure the release of Sinhala soldiers, the cases of Tamil political prisoners were being transferred to Sinhala areas to block the Judges in Tamil areas from releasing the Tamil prisoners who dont have any legal basis for continued detention, the spokesperson of Tamil POWs said.
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[TamilNet, Tuesday, 09 August 2016, 23:41 GMT]We have gone through a protracted war and paid with blood and life for refusing to accept equal status for all. We have denied a secular State and have created a society that refuse to accept equality of status for religions that has led to violent clashes against religious minorities. It is this Sinhala Buddhist supremacy that both Malcolm Cardinal Ranjith and PM Wickramsinghe is pandering to, disregarding equality in a multi religious, multi cultural country, Kusal Perera said."Marxists" in coalition with the SLFP government of Madam Bandaranayake, sealed the fate of a secular society 44 years ago, when Dr. Colvin R de Silva as Minister of Constitutional Affairs helped create the first Republican Constitution. Buddhism was then written into it as a privileged religion. For 44 years the State has been gradually fashioned into a Buddhist State leaving other religious leaders outside the discussion on how Buddhism should be treated in the formulation of a new Constitution, Kusal Perera was hinting at the intervention of the Archbishop.The issue of religion and Buddhism in the Constitution often seem to gather undue importance with unwanted comments from privileged personalities who seem to lack common sense, Kusal Perera responded to Malcolm Ranjith saying that, Buddhism being a philosophy historically linked to Sri Lanka there is no necessity in changing the preferential status given to Buddhism in the Constitution.The thrust of Kusal Pereras feature was upholding secularism of State and was aiming at Sinhala-Buddhists reforming Buddhism in the island.But the realities acutely felt by the nation of Eezham Tamils could be different.It is not merely the agent genocidal State in Colombo that is ditching secularism. There is a larger international imperialist paradigm that is riding on religions for its pursuits. In the island the paradigm has chosen to ride on Sinhala military and Buddhism. Kusal Pereras multi religious, multi-cultural country is not in the actual agenda.All shades of Eezham Tamil militancy had built a secular model of polity for three decades. That was crushed in genocidal ways. Elements that crushed it know very well what alternative solutions should be made. But they dont deliver them. Rather they choose to confirm the genocidal ride. The constitution deception is a small part of the larger picture.Kusal Perera worrying about reformation of Buddhism in the South may not have realised the luring opportunities given to an ugly face of Buddhism in the country of Eezham Tamils and the resulting reactions.First a genocidal Buddha is allowed to mushroom in every part of the country of Eezham Tamils. Then the monkey god is brought in to counter that. Rather than recognising nations in the island and their peaceful coexistence, when confrontation is deliberately cultivated, there could only be action and reaction, and not reformation.Vivekananda and Anagarika Dharmapala going to Chicago is not the role model for reformation in the island today.Whether Rajapaksa or Sirisena-Wikramasinghe, Malcolm Ranjiths stand on saving the agent Sinhala State is well known.On yet another side, there are people (not Kusal Perera) who shed tears for secularism, while hiding behind certain Churches linked to imperialist agenda. They worry about devil-chasing rituals. Those devils are non-existent. But there are the real ones that have engineered the genocide of a nation. Who is going to talk about exorcising them? Certainly it cant be the people who received award for their services that failed to identify the ultimate elements at work.Kusal Perera has made a salient point to reiterate: Politically decided State patronage always accelerates the decline and degeneration of Buddhism, or any religion for that matter. If there is any doubt, the hundreds of Dutch churches that were left abandoned in the island at the end of the Dutch rule are good examples.Politically decided State patronage to any religion for that matter is not simply a local phenomenon today. While people have to be locally awakened to larger forces at work, peoples universally rising against all such religions is the real reformation.25.11.15 Theravada Buddhism worse than Brahmanism in language replace.. 07.12.14 Arundhati misses Buddhist casteism, Wigneswaran massages Hin.. 25.08.14 Hindutva needs edification from South 28.05.14 Acid test for Eezham Tamil Bishops, TN Archbishop should int.. 07.03.13 Sinhala Buddha-Sasana custodians not recognizing nuns accuse.. 06.01.13 SL Archbishop collaborates with Gotabhaya in militarization .. 07.09.12 Congress, BJP, religiously sanctify genocide 22.09.11 US Ambassador endorsed archbishop's plea for Rajapaksa impun.. 19.08.11 Archbishop praying for united Sri Lanka speaks on we and th..
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[TamilNet, Wednesday, 17 August 2016, 22:17 GMT]The latest move also comes after the empty pep talk by the US Ambassador of people-to-people relationships with Tamils in Jaffna, especially after Colombo increasing its strategic ties with China in recent weeks.The SL Military Intelligence cells run by the SIS have been attached to 11 divisions since 2006, a year after Gotabhaya Rajapaksa returned from USA with Pentagon ties to fight a genocidal war against Eezham Tamils.The SL Military Intelligence was re-structured by Gotabhaya Rajapaksa applying Pentagons counter-insurgency tactics against Eezham Tamils while the US Presidential Candidate Hillary Clinton in 2007 was signalling a nuanced approach to US approach on the question of approaching the Tamil struggle as terrorism.Eezham Tamils later witnessed how experts in the Pentagon, the IMF and the World Bank stood by genocidal Sri Lankas onslaught against Eezham Tamils in May 2009, especially when Ms Clinton was the US Secretary of State.As many as 11 of the total 12 divisions of the SL military have been deployed in the occupied country of Eezham Tamils.The SL Military Intelligence, re-structured by Gotabhaya Rajapkasa in 2006, has remained without any change in North-East.The same Sinhala military intelligence network has now been reinvigorated in the occupied country of Eezham Tamils.15.08.16 Uprooted Tamils in Kilinochchi step up protest against SL m.. 14.08.16 2006 Sencholai massacre victims commemorated in Jaffna 13.08.16 Ki'linochchi to mobilise against SL military erecting Buddhi.. 11.08.16 Uprooted Tamils reject Colombo's crores of bribes for naval .. 09.08.16 Sinhala journalist denounces State-patronized Buddhism
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The International Folk Dance Festival is back at the National Cultural Center (CENAC) in downtown San José, with dancers from Mexico, Colombia, Venezuela, Peru, Ecuador, El Salvador, and Costa Rica showing off their countries’ beloved dances (Saturday, August 27). Artist Patricia Erickson presents an exhibit of her acrylic paintings entitled “On Her Own Time” at Casa […]
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The International Folk Dance Festival is back at the National Cultural Center (CENAC) in downtown San José, with dancers from Mexico, Colombia, Venezuela, Peru, Ecuador, El Salvador, and Costa Rica showing off their countries’ beloved dances (Saturday, August 27).
Artist Patricia Erickson presents an exhibit of her acrylic paintings entitled “On Her Own Time” at Casa LTG, the home of the Little Theatre Group in Escazú. The weekend includes presentations by the artist September 3 and 4, both at 2 p.m.; the event on Sept. 4 also includes a reading of poetry inspired by her work. Detailed directions are here (Friday, September 2 – Sunday, September).
San Ramón de Alajuela hosts its annual patron saint festival with live music, processions, parades, and, of course, tons of delicious fried food; review all the goings-on here (through September 5).
A free Environmental Festival in Paso Ancho, San José, organized by the Costa Rican Climate Change Network, will feature theater, live music, indigenous art, and workshops; for more information write [email protected] or call 2244-8965, or find a map here (Saturday, August 27).
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Ligia Isabel Salazar seeks to create awareness about the social, cultural and nutritional value of Costa Rican blue corn through Proyecto Curubanda.
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Ligia Isabel Salazar is on a mission to create awareness about the social, cultural and nutritional value of Costa Rican blue corn through her initiative Proyecto Curubanda, which she launched in 2011.
“When I was young I used to love eating cornmeal made from maíz pujagua, but I often heard from my aunts that they were always having a hard time finding people who would sell this type of grain,” Salazar recalled. “This caused a lasting impression on me. I would never have expected to hear this about a crop that is native to our region.”
Five years ago, Salazar, a former social worker and tai chi instructor, decided to leave behind her then-formal occupation to dedicate herself entirely to saving the locally grown blue corn through an initiative she calls Proyecto Curubanda.
She began by reaching out to small suppliers of blue corn in Guanacaste province and agreeing to buy a certain amount of production during each year’s harvest season. As the project consolidated, the farmers were also given the opportunity for educational support in sustainable agricultural practices through the National Training Institute.
During its first years, the project supported various family-run businesses in the rural, northwestern region of Costa Rica. But difficulties arose when the initiative was challenged both by poor consumer knowledge and environmental causes.
Watch the documentary “No nos falte” about Costa Rican blue corn.
In 2015, Salazar took a big step towards creating awareness about the existence of this under-appreciated crop. She applied for a scholarship from the Culture Ministry and used it to create a documentary about native Costa Rican blue corn titled “No nos falte.”
Produced by Salazar herself and directed by Gabriel Girot, the film highlights the importance of blue corn at the epicenter of a culture built by the laboring hands and sweat of Ticos, and which will soon vanish if action isn’t taken.
“We should learn to appreciate what is ours, what is local,” Salazar said. “Otherwise, we are allowing for a part of Costa Rican legacy to be lost, along with its advantageous biogenetic material and great potential to feed and provide nutrition to the population.”
Maíz pujagua (endemic blue corn variety) has been used for years as a main ingredient in traditional home cooking in Guanacaste. Among the most popular products derived from the grain are blue corn tortillas and cornmeal and the beverages chicheme and pinolillo.
Locals have long suspected that the native crop contains high nutritional value, but it wasn’t until the Culture Ministry funds came in last year that samples were formally submitted to the National Center for Food Science and Technology for analysis.
“Research suggests that the color pigments found in fruits and vegetables, such as the blue anthocyanin found in blue corn, may be a powerful component of cancer prevention,” said Jeniffer Beadles, a Costa Rican-U.S. registered dietitian based in California. “Maíz pujagua has proven to have a higher protein content than conventional corn varieties commercialized in the country, making it an exemplary choice for health-conscious individuals.”
Despite its newfound benefits, the survival of locally grown blue corn is in doubt because of consumer indifference and a lack of government support. Salazar said farmers have expressed concerns about their difficulty in finding blue corn seeds, the challenges of selling surplus corn and, most importantly, facing the Guanacaste drought.
Without irrigation, blue corn can only survive if there is constant rain for at least three months during the rainy season.
Costa Rican blue corn
Despite the challenges, Proyecto Curubanda has proven resilient — even though it is now able to secure just one-quarter the amount of blue corn it got just two years ago.
“I’ve found a niche market for my products,” Salazar said. “Curubanda is present in various agricultural and conscious-living markets around the country, including the Feria Verde [both in Ciudad Colón and Aranjuez], Feria del Trueque and the Mercadito Azul. I’ve also recently formed good business alliances with well-known shops like Green Center and Automercado, where I sell my pujagua cornmeal in the gluten-free section.”
Salazar hopes Proyecto Curubanda will gain strength as more and more people become aware of the precarious state of Costa Rican blue corn. She hopes to begin expansion plans for her enterprise sometime in the near future.
For more information on Proyecto Curubanda you can access the project’s Facebook page, blog or contact its office directly via e-mail at [email protected] or by calling its customer service line at 8411-9142.
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An increase in rainfall in Costa Rica expected for August due to La Niña weather phenomenon did not occur. But meteorologists expect rain to pick up soon.
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An increase in rainfall levels expected for August due to the pending influence of a La Niña weather phenomenon did not occur, the National Meteorological Institute (IMN) confirmed.
Earlier this year, the IMN predicted that precipitation levels would return to normal after a dry 2015 rainy season. But, rainfall has been lower than expected this year and lower than the monthly average in various regions.
During August, the Central Valley, Northern Zone and central Caribbean have received 37 to 72 percent less rain than normal, IMN’s Meteorologist Luis Fernando Alvarado said. The driest places were the capital San José, the northwestern province of Guanacaste and the northern Alajuela cantons of Upala, Los Chiles and Guatuso.
Accumulated rainfall in all other regions of the country was within the expected ranges, Alvarado said.
An IMN report in June predicted that La Niña would likely cause an increase in rains starting in July, by some 30 percent overall and up to 70 percent in Guanacaste, with above-average rainfall along the Pacific coast and in the Central Valley.
Now, forecasters think La Niña will develop and strengthen in the coming months, though the weather phenomenon will likely be shorter and less intense than expected.
Weekly forecast
Despite the delay, IMN experts are expecting an increase in general rainfall levels starting this week, along with an increase in relative humidity and atmospheric instability.
These conditions will likely cause warmer temperatures during the mornings that will favor conditions for moderate to high intensity showers during the afternoons and evenings, mainly along the Pacific coast and in the Central Valley.
IMN also expects occasional showers in the Northern Zone and in the mountains of the Caribbean region.
High winds toward the end of the week are expected to bring heavy rains to the central and southern Pacific regions. IMN also expects scattered showers for the northern Pacific region.
Meteorologists said they expect rainfall levels to keep intensifying in the coming weeks.
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The country's mobile phone carriers scored high in coverage and quality, but low on internet speed, according to a recent report.
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Costa Rica’s mobile carriers perform well with their 2G and 3G networks, but they need improvements in coverage and quality of their 4G networks. These are some of the main findings of the latest quality evaluation conducted by the Telecommunications Superintendency (SUTEL).
During six months last year, the agency evaluated the performance of mobile and mobile Internet services of state-owned ICE-kölbi, Spanish carrier Telefónica, which operates here under its Movistar brand, and Claro, owned by Mexico’s América Móvil.
The evaluation included on-the-ground measurements of mobile coverage, network capacity to complete calls without interruptions, voice quality and transfer speeds of Internet data.
Call quality
The three carriers scored high with values ranging between 89 and 99 percent in coverage and voice quality over their 2G and 3G networks. Values, however, varied depending on each network’s national coverage.
Benchmarks for the 3G network, the most widely-used here, placed ICE-kölbi first with a national coverage of 93 percent. Claro was second with 81 percent and Movistar followed with 79 percent.
ICE also topped the evaluation for the 4G network with a national coverage of 89 percent. Claro and Movistar obtained 71 and 46 percent, respectively.
SUTEL’s report also states that the carriers scored high in their networks’ capacity to allow customers to complete phone calls without interruptions.
Claro got the top spot with only 5 percent of dropped calls. Only 10 percent of Movistar customers experienced interruptions during their conversations while 14 percent of ICE-Kölbi’s customers were unable to complete their calls.
Low speed benchmarks
The main differences among the carriers in SUTEL’s study are in the average speeds of their mobile Internet networks.
The study found that, on average, Claro offers the best data download speed on 3G networks, with 3,629kilobytes per second (kbps). Movistar is second with 2,620 kbps while ICE-Kölbi offers 1,244 kbps.
Overall, downloading data on mobile phones is slow in Costa Rica compared to many other countries.
London-based tech consultant OpenSignal recently released the results of its Global State of Mobile Networks, an evaluation of mobile data performance in 95 countries.
South Korea tops the list with an average speed of over 41,000 kbps while Costa Rica’s average of 2,550 kbps placed it only above Afghanistan.
Uruguay, at 10,200 kbps, ranks first in Latin America. OpenSignal’s study, however, only included 15 countries in the region.
Service compliance
SUTEL’s study found that all three carriers failed to comply with download speeds promised by their plans, reaching on average 72 percent of the promised download velocity.
Claro customers who signed a 5 Megabytes per second (Mbps) plan received, on average, actual speed of 3.6 Mbps.
Movistar customers got 2.6 Mbps on their 4 Mbps plans.
ICE-Kölbi customers who signed a 3 Mbps plan received 1.2 Mbps on average, making it the least compliant.
Claro offers the best mobile internet speed in 4G networks, with an average of 13.4 Mbps. ICE-Kölbi is second with 5.9 Mbps and Movistar is third at 5.7 Mbps.
SUTEL’s Fallas hopes the research can help consumers make a more informed decision when signing a mobile phone plan.
The agency conducted its research between June and December 2015 through on-the-ground tests along 31,393 kilometers across the country.
According to SUTEL, there were 7.5 million mobile phone lines in Costa Rica at the end of 2015, of which 5.4 million (72 percent) included mobile internet plans.
Internet data traffic in Costa Rica in the last two years has shown noticeable growth. Mobile internet users transferred 24.2 Terabytes of data in 2013. They transferred triple that amount last year.
Full results of SUTEL’s mobile service quality evaluation are available on the agency’s website.
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Research found that one hectare of Costa Rica’s marine territory has the potential to harvest 40 tons of edible seaweed per year.
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Experts from the University of Costa Rica (UCR) are proposing edible seaweed as a food option in the face of water and land shortages and climate change.
Research from the UCR’s School of Agricultural Engineering and Biosystems aims at proving that seaweed varieties from the country’s oceans are an excellent food source for human consumption and commercial purposes.
Laboratory tests found that edible seaweeds are rich in fiber and protein. They also have minerals such as iron and calcium, high-value fatty acids such as Omega 3 and 6, and vitamins from the B12 complex.
The investigation concluded that Costa Rica has big potential to develop seaweed farming along its Pacific and Caribbean coasts.
The study, which began in 2013, looked at the feasibility of growing seaweed in marine gardens. These gardens consist of a large net anchored with sandbags along the seabed at 30 meters deep. Seaweed adheres to the ropes, allowing researchers to harvest it.
UCR investigators selected ten local varieties of edible seaweed and cultivated them in marine gardens at Costa de Pájaros and Cuajiniquil on the Pacific coast; and in Puerto Viejo, Cahuita and Manzanillo on the Caribbean coast.
Seaweed farms consist of nets of ropes anchored along the seabed. Ropes also allow for an easy way to harvest the produce.
Marine gardens offer environmental benefits
Ricardo Radulovich, director of the UCR’s School of Agricultural Engineering and Biosystems and lead investigator on the project, said seaweed farming could provide social and environmental benefits as well as economic ones.
He said seaweed helps clean ocean water by removing excess nutrients. It also produces oxygen and removes carbon dioxide through photosynthesis.
Marine gardens also promote biodiversity by providing shelter and food for various marine species such as barracudas, manta rays, dolphins and sharks.
Radulovich said two companies — one local and one foreign — have contacted the UCR to request information about marine farming.
Market for edible seaweed
A variety of cookbooks describe the types of edible seaweed and provide recipes for dishes ranging from snacks, salads, pastas and even desserts and beverages.
There are more than 10,000 species of seaweed categorized as red, brown or green. Red seaweed or red algae comprise the group with the highest diversity, with over 6,000 species.
People in Asia, mostly in Korea, China, Japan and Thailand, consume various types of seaweed as part of their daily diet.
Consumption in Europe and in the U.S. is also increasing, along with Mexico and Chile in Latin America.
A seaweed version of “Barbudos” as Ticos call green beans dipped in egg and fried.
Commercial farming
Radulovich said the next step of the UCR project is to scale seaweed production and cultivate it for commercial purposes.
Researchers estimate that each hectare of Costa Rica’s marine territory has the potential to produce 40 tons of seaweed per year.
According to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), demand for food — to feed an additional 2.3 billion people — will increase by 70 percent by 2050.
The UCR project’s main goal now is to promote seaweed farming among coastal communities, he said.
Researchers found a good market opportunity to replace the seaweed already consumed in Costa Rica, which is all imported, with a local product.
Radulovich said global production of seaweed five years ago was about 21 million tons, of which 80 percent was destined for human consumption and the rest for various industrial processes.
He estimated that current world production is around 30 million tons.
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Costa Rica President Luis Guillermo Solís spoke Monday at Washington D.C.'s Wilson Center about the country's growing role in hosting migrants and refugees.
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WASHINGTON — Speaking to an overflow crowd in Washington D.C., Costa Rica President Luis Guillermo Solís addressed the issue of immigration in the Central American country, saying “immigrants deserve dignity.”
Solís was in Washington to meet with President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden to discuss several key issues between the two countries, including an agreement that Costa Rica will begin next month to offer temporary protection to refugees fleeing violence in Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras.
“I had a great meeting with the U.S. president,” Solís told the overflow crowd at the Wilson Center, a prominent think tank in the U.S. capital.
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security reports that the number of people from El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras seeking asylum in the U.S. has increased to more than 100,000 in the last year, five times what it was three years ago.
In Costa Rica, the number of Salvadorans seeking asylum has also skyrocketed in recent years. Salvadorans are now poised to surpass Colombians as the top group of asylum-seekers in Costa Rica.
“It’s a humanitarian crisis that Costa Rica has never experienced before,” Solís said during his remarks. “Violence continues to be a challenge in Central America.”
Costa Rica is one of the safest and most prosperous countries in Central America and because of that it has attracted a large number of migrants and refugees. Under the so-called Protection Transfer Agreement with the Obama administration for Central American refugees, Costa Rica — along with the United Nations — will help identify and preselect the most vulnerable people in Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras, a region commonly referred to as Central America’s Northern Triangle.
Costa Rica has agreed to allow up to 200 refugees at a time for six months before resettling in the United States.
The country recently hosted an unexpected surge of Cubans fleeing to the U.S., and is now seeing a continued flow of migrants from Africa, Asia and Haiti on the same route north.
Costa Rica received nearly $1 million from the U.S. to maintain shelters for Cuban migrants heading to the United States last year. Costa Rica Interior Vice-Minister Carmen Muñoz said the U.S. had recently donated 1,500 tents for the new wave of migrants.
“This is a completely different phenomena than what we have been used to,” Solís told the gathering at the Wilson Center, adding that Costa Rica has also seen an increase in the number of people who arrive in the country with no intention of leaving.
“Many don’t want to go back to their countries, and this is putting a serious financial stress on us. We are paying for their medical costs but we have neither the mandate nor the money to pay for it, and Costa Ricans in poor regions of the country are asking, ‘Why are you helping foreigners and not helping us?’ But if the government doesn’t take care of migrants, they will be blamed for everything.”
Solís said his administration is currently negotiating a new tax with the Costa Rican legislature to help pay for these additional costs, but it is a controversial endeavor with no guarantee of passage. “Fiscal reform is going to be fundamental for Costa Rica,” he said, adding, “Not all expensive democracies are good, but all good democracies are expensive.”
Solís said he dislikes the word “illegal” to describe migrants without documents, preferring to call the phenomenon “irregular migration.” He said Costa Rica is taking the approach that immigrants, regardless of legal status, deserve to be treated well.
“My great grandmother came from Jamaica in the early 1920s. This is not about criminalizing migration,” he said.
Migration was a key sticking point in Costa Rica opting to leave — albeit temporarily — the Central American Integration System (SICA, in Spanish) earlier this year. Costa Rica bowed out of the regional entity’s main forums over disagreements on how to handle the 8,000 Cuban migrants who got stuck in Costa Rica last year after Nicaragua closed its borders to Cuban migration.
“I was very upset with the lack of solidarity among other Central American countries. We deserve a more regional understanding of our issues,” Solís said. Costa Rica returned to SICA after a six-month absence, saying it was satisfied with promises to implement several reforms.
Solís also spoke Monday of neighboring Nicaragua, a relationship he has labeled “complicated” in previous remarks. Nicaragua is currently in the throes of a controversial presidential campaign that has seen that country’s Supreme Court stripping opposition parties of their legal status and creating what critics say is a one-party election favoring current President Daniel Ortega in November.
The Nicaraguan government has also been criticized for cracking down on protestors and imposing other limits on those not favoring the Ortega government.
The Costa Rican president said that he respects a democratic political and electoral process. “It’s not comfortable to see a government acquiring as much power as the Nicaragua government is acquiring,” he said.
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Costa Rican graphic designer Juan José Guerrero's love for art took him from Costa Rica to Italy to the front of his own T-shirts.
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Holding the canvas in one hand and pointing out the figures and patterns of his artwork with the other, Juan José Guerrero explains the world that comes to life during the journey from his computer to a canvas or T-shirt.
The graphic designer went to the Castella Conservatory, a public arts-focused high school in Heredia, where he studied drawing, painting, sculpture and design, among other things. As time went by, he decided he would continue in the art world but through technology: he would create his art on his computer and print it on shirts. He uses several programs to complete his designs, creating what he calls a blend of techniques.
Guerrero visited The Tico Times on a bright August morning to talk about his projects and the feelings he wants to transmit through his art. Excerpts follow.
How did Arte Vita get started?
My idea had always been to print my designs on canvas and sell them. Once, I went to a gallery and asked about displaying my designs there, but the girl told me it would be really difficult to sell them because people preferred paintings. I sold a few, so I realize it was possible to sell my work – I have some at Vanguardista, a Costa Rican digital art store – but then the idea of the T-shirts came.
At university I took a serigraphy course, and I made a shirt. The ink was for paper, not cloth, but it worked and it was nice. In 2015 I started looking for places where I could make them and found some, and it wasn’t too expensive. So I started to advertise them via Facebook.
What do you want to communicate with your designs?
Every design is different, so each one transmits something different. The idea is to experiment, most of all. I like to make colorful designs that transmit happiness, with vivid colors and attractive designs. I don’t like to create dark designs. I’d rather make colorful ones, positive things, take those aspects from nature that make people happy.
How do you apply your knowledge of art to graphic design?
Since March of this year, I have been studying drawing at the Casa del Artista, and later I want to study painting to refresh my memory. When you start designing on a computer, sometimes with the passage of the years you forget about drawing on paper.
When I’m doing a drawing on the computer, if there’s not a sketch [first] the result is kind of tense, inexpressive. Now that I’m studying the human figure again – shadows, lights, perspective – I have started to remember. It has become easier to make the transition from the sketch in my head to the computer.
Why did you choose graphic design?
When I was finishing high school, I had a teacher who was a really good [graphic] designer. He saw my drawings and said the composition was very good. He taught me some basics of graphic design, and a lot of art. I really liked his work, what he did, so I decided I’d like to study it…. I also thought that if I studied painting it was going to be kind of difficult to get work.
Where did you go from there?
After I finished high school, my aunt, who lived in Italy, took me with her for a few months. It was amazing, Florence, Rome, Venice, all the artwork in the museums and the churches. My aunt met [famed Costa Rican sculptor] Jorge Jiménez Deredia; she asked him if I could visit [his Italian workshop] and he accepted. It was a really nice experience. He showed my his workshop, took me to the Carrara quarries, we had lunch.
When I came back to Costa Rica I went to FUNDATEC for a technical degree, but I wanted something more complete, so I went to the Hispano-American University to study Advertising Design. I learned a lot of drawing and graphic design, but later I thought it would had been better to continue with the technical course. Now I’m trying to [make up for that], taking shorter but useful courses on a variety of subjects.
Find more info about Guerrero’s work at the ArteVita Facebook page.
Read more Weekend Arts Spotlight interviews here.
Our “Weekend Arts Spotlight” presents Sunday interviews with artists who are from, working in, or inspired by Costa Rica, ranging from writers and actors to dancers and musicians. Do you know of an artist we should consider, whether a long-time favorite or an up-and-comer? Email us at [email protected].
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A right of reply to "Inside Costa Rica's Sloth Sanctuary: Horror show or a solution to a complicated issue?" published on Aug. 1, 2016, from the lawyer representing the two former Sloth Sanctuary veterinarians who filed a formal complaint against the wildlife refuge.
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Editor’s note: In Costa Rica, any party who feels they have been the subject of incorrect or false information in a news publication has a legal right of reply. The following is a right of reply to “Inside Costa Rica’s Sloth Sanctuary: Horror show or a solution to a complicated issue?” published on Aug. 1, 2016, from the lawyer representing the two former Sloth Sanctuary veterinarians who filed a formal complaint against the wildlife refuge.
Sloth papers
Ms. Camila Dunner and Mr. Gabriel Pastor agreed that there is an area in the back of Costa Rica’s Sloth Sanctuary in Limón that most visitors do not see. There are 191 sloths in total in condition of residents, not all of them are injured.
Due to the absence of a management plan in the Sloth Sanctuary, we can found some adult sloths that were admitted into the sanctuary without any injury and they were illegally captured and locked into cages to “prevent” accidents (most of these animals were crossing a street or climbing wires, etc), instead of release them immediately in their natural habitat.
The Investigation
Since 2015, Ms. Dunner, Mr. Pastor and the Sloth Sanctuary were working together in collaboration with the Austral University of Chile in the first investigation on sloths. This university was offered to finance this investigation, which consists in recovering samples of soft tissues and blood to be analyzed in Chile and then introduce the results to the scientific community. Mr. Dunner was designated by the Sloth Sanctuary and the Austral University of Chile as the main investigator.
Curiously, when all samples were ready to be send to Chile and the only pending issue was to obtain the import license, AVIARIOS DEL CARIBE, S.A. (Owner of the Sloth Sanctuary) desisted in the formal request at the CONAGEBIO (National Commission for the Management of Biodiversity, under the Environment Ministry) and decided to abandon the investigation breaching all relationship with this university and Ms. Dunner and Mr. Pastor. Why didn’t Ms. Avey-Arroyo want to finish the investigation in collaboration with the Austral University of Chile?
The Dark side of the Sloth Sanctuary
Ms. Dunner and Mr. Pastor were working for the Sloth Sanctuary since July 2015 as veterinarians until March 2016, when Ms. Avey-Arroyo dismissed them without any reason.
During all this months they were working under very bad conditions, below minimum salary, no payment of extra hours, never were recorded as employees at the Social Security System of Costa Rica (CCSS) and they did not have workers risk insurance.
Due to the violation of their rights Ms. Dunner and Mr. Pastor had no other choice and they filed a labor claim against the Sloth Sanctuary, first at the MTSS (Labor Ministry) and then at the Labor Court in Limón. Ms. Avey-Arroyo does not want to conciliate with them at the MTSS, so currently we are waiting for the court to schedule the hearing.
On the other hand, Ms. Avey-Arroyo filed a criminal claim against Ms. Dunner and Mr. Pastor saying that the samples regarding the investigation of the sloths were stolen by Ms. Dunner and Mr. Pastor. The samples were NEVER stolen, they were under the custody of the main investigator, Ms. Camila Dunner, and she was obligated to protect those samples from any threat of destruction in order to conclude the investigation with the Austral University of Chile.
With this action the reputation of Ms. Dunner and Mr. Pastor was severely affected. They went to the Criminal Court in Limón to give their statement and they offered to deliver the samples to the Criminal Court for custody. The Court ordered MINAE (Environment Ministry) to pick up the samples and preserve them. Unfortunately, Ms. Dunner and Mr. Pastor have not had any response from the MINAE despite many attempts to contact them (emails to the Ministry, phone calls and meetings with Shirley Ramírez and many others).
Finally, regarding this Criminal Claim, the Prosecutor asked the Judge to close the case because there was no crime to investigate.
Save the Sloths
Last April, Ms. Dunner and Mr. Pastor filed a claim at the MINAE because of the animal abuse and overcrowding suffered by the sloths, and many other irregular situations regarding the operation of the Sloth Sanctuary which violate the articles 45, 78, 80, 106, 144 of the Decree N° 32633-MINAE “Ley de Vida Silvestre.”
Absence of a management plan
Absence of the regent agent 24/7 (just appears once every three months)
Absence of permission to register births in captivity
Absence of maintenance of the cages suitable for the species
Absent of marking techniques
Absence of a complete logbook
Absence of separation of display areas and rehabilitation
Shirley Ramírez, wildlife advisor of the MINAE, said Ministry representatives are scheduling a visit to the Sloth Sanctuary in the near future. However, to date (August 2016) there has been no progress on the investigation and the sloths remain in captivity. Some of these sloths are perfect candidates for release. Why does the main institution in charge of protecting animals not have any interest in helping the sloths? Or if they have it, why is it taking so much time?
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Each year on August 24, Costa Rica celebrates its national parks, one of the country's most impressive legacies. These photos illustrate their beauty.
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ational parks, one of the country’s most impressive legacies. More than one-quarter of this small country’s land is protected.
The national park system was created in 1984. The country’s national parks, wildlife refuges and other protected areas make up the National System of Conservation Areas (SINAC), a branch of the Environment Ministry.
The national parks — and their trees, flowers, vines and critters — are among the most iconic representations of Costa Rica. We put together a photo gallery of some of our favorite sights in Costa Rica’s protected areas.
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The U.S. announced an unprecedented donation of security equipment for Costa Rica on Monday during Costa Rica President Solís' visit to Washington.
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Presidents Obama, Solís sign historic donation to Costa Rica
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Costa Rica President Luis Guillermo Solís, U.S. President Barack Obama and Vice President Joseph Biden announced an unprecedented donation of security equipment for Costa Rica on Monday during Solís’ visit to Washington.
They also agreed on the terms for joint projects aimed at curbing problems related to organized crime, migration and public security.
Solís described the aid from the U.S. government as “the biggest assistance granted in the last 30 years” and a reflection of the good relations between the two countries.
The extensive donation list includes aircraft, speedboats, biometric equipment for identifying undocumented migrants in the field, equipment and training for the National Police and communication equipment and other resources for park rangers.
The list also includes emergency supplies and equipment for attending natural disasters, kits for rape victims, scholarships and funding for education programs, among others. Some of the listed donations are ongoing or had been previously announced.
Although Solís initially was scheduled to meet only with Vice President Biden, Obama also met with Solís and members of his entourage.
The presidents talked about current challenges that organized crime and drug trafficking pose to both countries, Casa Presidencial reported.
Solís said the meeting at the White House increased “as never before, the bilateral cooperation in the fight against organized crime.” Donations will be used primarily to block operations of international criminal organizations.
Among the most important actions, the new resources are meant to reduce the amount of drugs passing through Costa Rica bound for the U.S. and also prevent crime in vulnerable communities of the country.
President Solís said the U.S. donations will result in a noticeable improvement of resources and training of Costa Rican police officers.
The president also expressed to Obama his concerns about the remilitarization of Nicaragua. Daniel Ortega’s government last week displayed part of the new military equipment bought from Russia, including a tank.
Solís told Obama that he does not expect these military resources to be used against Costa Rica, but highlighted that his administration “is not comfortable with Nicaragua’s rearmament.”
Clean energy, women’s empowerment
The meeting at the White House also included discussions about energy concerns and access to clean and renewable energy sources.
The leaders also discussed programs and policies aimed at empowering women. That conversation followed negotiations that began during separate visits to Costa Rica by President Obama and second lady Jill Biden.
Solís also took the opportunity to request U.S. support for Costa Rican Christiana Figueres’ bid for the General Secretariat of the United Nations.
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A year after U.S. resident David "Cuba Dave" Strecker was arrested in Costa Rica, the trial against him for promoting sex tourism started Monday.
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Following a year in preventive detention in Costa Rica, a potentially historic trial against noted sex tourist David Strecker has finally gotten underway. The trial began Monday but was postponed until Sept. 9 after Strecker told the judge he had not been made aware of the actual charges until Monday and had not had time to build a proper defense.
Strecker is most widely known by his nickname Cuba Dave, which became a brand name used for a chain of websites and social media pages recounting Strecker’s sexual adventures in Costa Rica and other Latin American countries.
The charges
The Prosecutor’s Office has alleged that Strecker used the websites to illegally promote sex tourism and advertise the country to North American tourists as a place where legal prostitution is easy to find.
Prostitution is legal in Costa Rica but promoting sex tourism is not.
The country’s 2013 Human Trafficking Law prohibits anyone from using a medium, like a website or blog, “to promote the country at the national and international level as a tourist destination accessible for the exploitation of sexual commerce or for the prostitution of persons of any sex or age.”
Cuba Dave, seen here during a March interview in the senior wing of La Reforma prison, will be the first ever person on trial for Costa Rica’s 2013 Sex Tourism Law.
According to Strecker’s new defense lawyer, Luís Diego Chacón, who just started working for the 66-year-old Florida native this week, prosecutors have levied three charges against Strecker for allegedly violating the Human Trafficking Law. One charge each was filed for a Cuba Dave Facebook page, the CubaDave.com website, and a YouTube video posted to the sex tourism forum Ticaland.com, Chacón told The Tico Times on Tuesday.
If convicted on these charges, Strecker would face up to 12 years in prison.
Chacón said he is “very confident” that Strecker will be cleared of all charges. “If you go to the Legislative Assembly and look at the ruling on this particular article,” Chacón said, referring to the sex tourism article of the Human Trafficking Law, “you’d know it was intended for organized crime.
“It wasn’t intended for people who have a travel site. If you looked at [Strecker]’s website you wouldn’t have seen any language deemed inappropriate in his home country in the United States.”
Speaking on the phone Tuesday from La Reforma prison in Alajuela, Strecker told The Tico Times that he has a renewed sense of optimism that his case will soon be resolved.
“This is the first positive news I’ve had since I’ve been here,” Strecker said. “It gives you at least a hint that the system might be fair.”
Scarce legal resources delay trial
Strecker was arrested at the Juan Santamaría Airport in Alajuela on Sept. 4, 2015. Authorities confiscated his camera, laptop and cell phone at the time.
Chacón said Strecker’s case took a long time to get to court because of the amount of digital evidence involved. He said legal technicians are required to help extract evidence from hard drives and memory cards, and there are only four or five such technicians in the entire country.
“The reason this probably took so long is that they needed to assign resources that weren’t readily available,” Chacón said. “Opening up the information, classifying that information, sifting through the information, and getting a judicial order take some time.”
Strecker has had a revolving door of lawyers, both private and public defenders. Going into his trial, he said he was able to hire Chacón for a reduced price because the attorney had heard his story during jail visits to another client and became intrigued by the case.
Strecker lamented that thousands of dollars, raised through a fundraiser on cubadave.com, had gone to other attorneys with little results to show for it.
“All I want to do is get this over with,” Strecker said.
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The startup competition Yo Emprendedor seeks to help Costa Rican entrepreneurs get started on their new business or nonprofit ideas.
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It’s Saturday morning and there is a long line of people at the door of the Chamber of Construction offices in Tibás, where a competition is about to take place. While waiting to enter, some whisper to themselves, practicing for their presentation in front of a large audience. Others stand silently, going over every word of their presentation in their head. The nervous energy is palpable.
All are about to participate in the annual competition Yo Emprendedor, a non-profit organization that seeks to promote entrepreneurship in Costa Rica. Through the organization, entrepreneurs get help turning their ideas into reality and exposure to private and public investors and potential clients.
“The startup culture has not yet permeated Costa Rica in the best way,” said Fernando Arce, director of the organization. “We are studying and preparing to be employees and not necessarily to be employers and to have our own business.”
Based on this premise, the main objectives of Yo Emprendedor are to improve, through specific tools, the chances of success, to foster a better culture of entrepreneurship and to seed an ecosystem in which more and better projects can emerge in Costa Rica.
In its eight years of existence, the Yo Emprendedor competition has been very successful, according to Arce.
“We have a success rate of over 50 percent in terms of projects that are still active,” Arce explained. He defines success as startup ideas that have met their goals in terms of obtaining outside investment, contact with mentors or outside consultation.
More than 2,600 startup projects have participated in the competition since its inception, Arce said.
The stages of Yo Emprendedor
In the auditorium at the Chamber of Construction, the wouldbe entrepreneurs wait to be called up to present their ideas. One by one, they are get up on stage and run through their pitch. Some show confidence and poise, others stutter.
Each participant has just one minute to present the idea to four judges, experts in the field, who will analyze and scrutinize the pitch.
The competition is divided into four stages, starting with signup. In the second stage, participants take a seminar designed to walk them through key elements of starting or furthering a successful business. It’s in this stage that participants must perfect and deliver their “elevator pitch” in front of an audience.
The semifinalists from this stage move onto the third stage, where they get more specific training on issues like innovation, adding value, marketing and business models. These trainings are carried out by Central American businesses and organizations, giving the participants exposure to potential funders and clients.
In the fourth stage, the top projects move on to the finals, where they are presented to government representatives, media, potential clients and employers. Cash prizes are handed out, and Yo Emprendedor helps the winners present their projects to more investors and customers.
Francisco Paz, who won the competition in 2014, said the importance of these competitions is that they allow ideas to come to light and not remain within the circle of entrepreneurs. Paz’s product seeks to help the hearing-impaired hear through gloves outfitted with transmitters.
Costa Rican entrepreneurs evolve
Paz said Costa Rican entrepreneurs have evolved in recent years. “This year’s ideas are much more attainable than two years ago,” he said. “In years past [the ideas] were too large, technologically impractical and very theoretical.
“Now they’re much more practical,” Paz said.
But this doesn’t mean the ideas are less creative. Irene Mena, a consultant who helps judge the first stage of the competition, there’s a lot of talent among Costa Rican entrepreneurs.
“We have a very high sense of creativity,” Mena said. “When you see this type of competition, you realize that these ideas are at the same level as ideas being generated in the U.S. and Europe.”
But, for her, entrepreneurs have to be very clear that buyers these days have changed. They’re looking for the brand that tells the best story, for example, rather than the one that’s cheapest.
Entrepreneurial marketer and Yo Emprendedor judge Andrés Riggioni agrees.
“The mind of the entrepreneur is the same as the mind of the consumer, or at least it should be,” Riggioni said.
Challenges for entrepreneurs in Costa Rica
Irene Mena said creativity must be accompanied by a global vision and the capacity for rapid execution.
“You have to bring something different to the table and execute it efficiently. If you take three years to develop a product, they’re going to beat you and they’re going to take it from you,” she said.
Riggioni believes that the passion of local entrepreneurs is notable, but being an entrepreneur is being able to turn that passion into a business.
“In order for it to work and be a real company, it has to generate. The catch is that many people have a good idea, they generate employment for themselves and don’t go any further. That’s different than creating a company,” Riggioni said, adding that such projects tend to not be sustainable.
For the participant Priscilla Chaves, a key problem is the a lack of information for entrepreneurs about what opportunities exist, how to participate in the various projects designed to help entrepreneurs and where to find training and courses that can help them overcome weaknesses. Through her project Humanitarian Experiences, Chaves organizes trips that mix tourism with providing free medical services to excluded communities.
“We know there are great opportunities for entrepreneurs. But many people don’t get past the first stage or don’t work very hard to find programs like these,” Chaves said.
Sofia Herra, whose project seeks to make Costa Rica an international leader in animal welfare, said if contests like Yo Emprendedor didn’t exist, many entrepreneurs would be stuck learning through trial and error. Herra’s project designs educational programs for teaching responsible pet ownership.
“Everything I’ve done, I learned step by step, without much guidance,” Herra said, “so it helps to participate in these projects. [Without them] there’s definitely a lack of information on what are the next steps,” said Herra, who’s a veterinarian.
Yo Emprendedor seeks to provide the necessary guidance to push all of these entrepreneurs forward.
Each tool that’s provides brings a new challenge. For Herra, like all the other applicants, on that recent Saturday it was time to put to use all of the lessons learned in the seminar, stand firm, control ones nerves and walk to the front of the auditorium. Breathe once and smile, while the timer starts counting the seconds.
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The high number of crocodile attacks on humans in Costa Rica is forcing the government, tourism leaders and conservationists to look for solutions.
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Around 7 a.m. on July 22, 59-year-old Jon Becker had finished surfing off of Tamarindo’s Playa Grande. Becker put one foot in the Playa Grande Estuary, which separates the town’s two main beaches, but before he could even hop on his surfboard to paddle across, a crocodile clamped down on his leg.
With help from a friend and a lifeguard, Becker got free of the crocodile and back to shore. Doctors at the Enrique Baltodano Hospital in Liberia were able to save Becker’s life, but not his right leg, which was amputated below the knee.
The incident was the third crocodile attack in the Playa Grande Estuary since 2013, and the seventh reported attack in Costa Rica this year. Despite its small size and population, Costa Rica is tied with Brazil for the most reported crocodile attacks in the Americas this year, according to CrocBITE, which compiles reports of croc attacks worldwide.
The severity of the latest attack and its occurrence at a popular vacation spot spurred an instant reaction from tourism leaders, who complained that the Environment Ministry (MINAE) has not done enough to manage the country’s croc populations. Local surfers also protested on the beach after the attack, holding painted surfboards with slogans like, “stop crocodiles.”
Employees of the National System of Conservation Areas (SINAC) in Tamarindo have now teamed up with the Tamarindo Development Association (ADIT) to try and address the town’s problems with crocodile-human conflict. But the issue persists in the rest of the country. Despite complaints, MINAE has yet to announce a comprehensive plan to deal with Costa Rica’s high number of croc attacks.
The Tamarindo Plan
Positioned near both Tamarindo’s most popular surf break and the entrance to Las Baulas National Park, the Playa Grande Estuary is the perfect hotbed for croc-human conflict. Surfers crossing from Playa Grande back to Tamarindo have to either cross through or near the estuary or drive the 30-minute roundabout route that circumnavigates the park. Because of the popularity of the Playa Grande waves and the protected status of the approximately 88 American Crocodiles in Las Baulas National Park, neither group is willing to budge.
Instead of removing crocodiles or banning surfing in the area, SINAC and ADIT hope to allow the two groups to coexist. Warning signs have already been placed around the estuary, but the groups are putting most of their efforts behind stopping illegal feeding of crocodiles by boat tour operators and accidental feeding by fishermen gutting their fish near the estuary.
According to crocodile experts, crocodiles that have been fed by humans can begin to associate people with food and become more aggressive.
“That is the biggest problem and we are solving it,” said Rotney Piedra, the administrator of Las Baulas National Park. “We are sending out documentation to tour companies so they will have to register to take their boats into the park and we are doing more frequent patrols of the area.”
ADIT has also promised to place a surveillance camera near the estuary to help monitor illegal feeding, and SINAC is going to conduct population studies to determine if any crocodiles need to be removed to prevent future attacks.
“To me, the idea of removing a crocodile violates the entire premise of a national park,” Piedra said, “but if one crocodile is going to continue attacking, we need to take that into account.”
Tamarindo surfers recently painted boards to warn about crocs in the estuary.
Crocodile sanctuary
To reduce conflict, crocodile conservations say more efforts are needed throughout the entire country. Illegal crocodile feeding occurs regularly at tourist hotspots like the Tárcoles River bridge. Besides these hotspots, many attacks occur in rural areas where people live in close contact with crocodiles.
On August 1, Costa Rica’s National Tourism Chamber (Canatur), announced it would not support any tours that feature wildlife feeding, and asked visitors to avoid taking such tours. The announcement comes two years after SINAC promised to crack down on crocodile feeding tours on the Tárcoles River.
For Shawn Heflick, a conservation biologist and crocodile researcher based near the Tárcoles, the problem is more complex than simply banning crocodile feeding tours.
“What you have is a lack of education,” Heflick said. “People know the crocs are there but they perceive these crocodiles as something harmless like green iguanas. Because there has never been a major attack in their area or the attacks don’t happen frequently enough, people don’t behave differently.”
Heflick has already taken the first steps toward building the education plans he believes Costa Rica needs by building a crocodile sanctuary near the Tárcoles bridge. The sanctuary, Crocodile Conservation International, has been awaiting MINAE approval since October. If opened, it would take in crocs slated to be killed by MINAE due to aggression or for population control.
According to Heflick, the crocodiles would be displayed to the public and used in educational workshops. The money gathered from the sanctuary would be used to fund crocodile research and educational campaigns.
Kill the crocs?
While crocodile conservationists across the board believe that education and cracking down on feeding is part of the solution, some don’t believe it goes far enough. Juan Bolaños, a member of the Association of Central America Crocodile Specialists and a frequent consultant for SINAC, believes that MINAE needs to start killing more crocs.
“There needs to be an institutional effort to get control of the population,” Bolaños said. “Any aggressive crocodiles need to go.”
For the last six years, Bolaños has worked with SINAC in the Tempisque River to select crocodiles to kill or relocate before breeding season. The annual crocodile cull was deemed necessary in 2010 after the discovery of a severe imbalance in the sex ratio.
Crocodile sex, as with many reptiles, is determined by the temperature during egg incubation. Scientists believe that climate change and deforestation are driving the temperature too high and causing a surplus of male crocodiles.
Unable to find mates, male crocodiles have become more aggressive, a trait Bolaños believes endangers the species as a whole.
“If we don’t do away with aggressive crocodiles in a responsible way, people are going to start doing it for us,” he said.
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Prices of premium and regular unleaded gasoline will drop by ₡24 and ₡22 per liter respectively this week.
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Prices of premium and regular unleaded gasoline will drop by ₡24 and ₡22 per liter respectively this week, thanks to a new fuel price setting approved by the Public Services Regulatory Authority (ARESEP).
The agency passed the cut in fuel prices after taking into account recent changes in the international price of oil.
The price calculation also resulted in lower prices for diesel, though the per-liter price will go down by only ₡5.
New fuel prices will come into effect the day after their publication in the official newspaper La Gaceta, which is expected to occur later this week.
Approved cuts mean a liter of premium, commonly known as “Super,” will go from ₡590 to ₡566 ($1.60-1.01). A liter of regular, known as “Plus,” will drop from ₡563 to ₡541 ($1.01-0.97), and a liter of diesel will slip from ₡448 to ₡443 ($0.80-0.79).
This is the third cut in gas prices approved this year. ARESEP in late July approved a ₡13 cut in the per-liter prices of Super and Plus gasoline, as well as a ₡4 reduction for a liter of diesel.
The National Oil Refinery said growing inventories recorded between July 28 and Aug. 11 translated into lower costs for finished fuels acquired this month.
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Japan has agreed to loan Costa Rica $224 million to finance part of the construction of a geothermal project in Liberia, Guanacaste.
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Japan has agreed to loan Costa Rica $224 million to finance part of the construction of a geothermal project in Liberia, Guanacaste.
Representatives of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), the Costa Rican Electricity Institute (ICE) and the Finance Ministry signed the agreement last week, ICE reported.
The agencies will meet again in February to sign the loan agreement after Japanese officials conduct an inspection in December.
The accord followed a two-week visit to Costa Rica of a JICA mission headed by Takeharu Nakagawa, director for Central America and the Caribbean.
During this visit, JICA representatives and ICE officials agreed on the construction, investment and procurement plans, as well as technical, legal, environmental and financial aspects of the project.
ICE’s executive director, Carlos Obregón, said he is confident the project will be successfully completed.
Obregón said he believes that Japan in the future will offer more support to Costa Rica for developing clean energy projects.
JICA granted the loan under favorable conditions for ICE, including a 40-year term with a 10-year grace period at 0.6 percent interest.
The geothermal project
The project consists of building three geothermal power plants – Pailas II and Borinquen I and II – in an area near Rincón de la Vieja Volcano National Park. These plants will harness the power of the high-temperature magma that is abundant underground in this area.
The plants are initially expected to generate 55 megawatts each. Estimated costs are approximately $234 million for Borinquen I, $167 million for Las Pailas II and $157 million for Borinquen II.
ICE will cover the remainder of the costs with its own funds and a $70 million loan from the European Investment Bank, approved in 2014.
ICE is already working on the Las Pailas II project, which is about 40 percent complete, the agency reported last Friday. The plant is scheduled to launch operations in 2019.
The Borinquen I plant is expected to be operational in 2023, while Borinquen II is expected to enter into operations in 2025.
ICE estimates that Costa Rica’s installed geothermal capacity, once all three plants are fully operational, will be of some 372 megawatts.
The agency earlier this year reported that Costa Rica in 2015 generated 99 percent of its electricity from renewable sources, using hydroelectric, geothermal, wind, biomass and solar power.
In July ICE reported that 96.4 percent of its energy generation for the first half of this year came from renewable sources.
The agency projects to end the year with 97 percent of electricity obtained from clean sources.
Last year Costa Rica made headlines worldwide with two clean energy streaks. In March, the country ended 75 days of running the grid on 100 percent renewable sources, and in August it broke that record by running 94 days on renewable energy.
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Renowned writer and activist Quince Duncan, now the Commissioner of the Ministry of Afro-Costa Rican Affairs, sits down with The Tico Times to talk about his latest writing projects, efforts to support Limón, and racism.
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About six years ago, when I was a just novice getting my feet wet in research about slavery in colonial Costa Rica, I managed to get an interview with the renowned writer Quince Duncan. Born in 1940 in San José, don Quince is celebrated as Costa Rica’s first Afro-Caribbean writer in the Spanish language. His literary production is prolific: he has written and co-authored over 40 books, including “Hombres Curtidos,” “Kimbo,” “El Pueblo Afrodescendiente,” “Un Señor de Chocolate,” “Los cuatro espejos” and “La Paz del pueblo.” His novel “A Message from Rosa” is written in English and Spanish.
His work focuses on the Afro-Caribbean population living on Costa Rica’s Caribbean coast, particularly around the city of Puerto Limón, though his current writing focuses on the indigenous populations in Costa Rica.
His novels and short stories have been awarded Costa Rica’s National Literature Prize and the Costa Rican Editorial Prize. A growing number of global scholars writing on AfroLatin@s are clamoring for more work by Duncan in English, and scholarly texts have explored his considerable contributions to the canon, including Dorothy Mosby’s “Quince Duncan: Writing Afro-Costa Rican and Caribbean Identity” and Dellita Martin-Ogunsola’s “The Eve/Hagar Paradigm in the Fiction of Quince Duncan.”
My initial interview with don Quince took place six years ago when I was visiting family over the Christmas holidays. It was my first solo venture in a bus and taxi in Costa Rica, from Quesada Durán in Zapote to don Quince’s house in Heredia, and I struggled with the directions – which, of course, included something like “500 meters to the house with the brown fence, then 200 meters to the pulperia.” Eventually, I got there accompanied by several neighborhood dogs. The night before I had spoken to my Costa Rican mother in New York, telling her how excited I was to meet the famous writer. She stopped me in mid-sentence, asking what I knew about him. Little had I known that my mother knew don Quince through the Anglican Church in Siquirres, Limón, in the 1960s. Having this connection felt like a blessing when I finally arrived at his door.
I have always felt the elegance of Quince Duncan, from that first meeting when he allowed me to quiz him on Costa Rican history and his writing practice. I cringe now at the uninformed questions I must have asked – I’m not searching for that tape recording anytime soon – but the amount that I learned has made me see him as a “padrino” and a mentor. Because of his fifty-plus years of dedicated literary production and human rights activism, Quince Duncan is truly Costa Rica’s national treasure. (My question is, who from the younger generation will support his current work and keep the torch going? I am ready to volunteer!)
Now, six years later, we are long familiars, and I had a chance to sit down with him again this month. As the new Commissioner of the Ministry of Afro-Costa Rican Affairs, don Quince invited me to his office at the Casa Presidencial, where we discussed the state of Afro-Costa Rican affairs and his current writing projects. I also had the chance to congratulate him on the President’s Award he was given on June 4 in St. Martin at their 14th Annual Book Fair.
Excerpts follow.
Please share the current writing projects that you are involved in.
I am working on a collection of three short stories about the indigenous populations in Limón, focusing on the Matina Rebellion against the Europeans; the last Chief of the Talamanca region who was poisoned when he was vocal against the United Fruit Company; and lastly, the rebellion in Talamanca where the Europeans could not conquer the city. This collection is expected to be published at the end of 2016. The next novel is about the rebellion “de color,” by people of color during the Revolution in Cuba.
Some additional good news is that the University of Alabama may be publishing translations of two of my published novels. Lastly, I am working on a large project about the culture and history of Afro-descended populations in Latin America which is expected to be part of the AfroLatin@ Diasporas Book Series by Palgrave in the United States that should be out by late 2017.
The Ministry of Afro-Costa Ricans Affairs was established last year as part of the United Nation’s Decade of the Afro-Descendants. How did this come to pass?
The Office was set up at the request of the Costa Rican Afro-descended population during the campaign of [President Luis Guillermo Solís] and came to fruition in February 2015. Right now the Ministry has 17 goals that we hope can get accomplished by 2018.
What are the major initiatives of your office?
With the Ministry of Health, we have established a health protocol to focus a health initiative for Afro-descended populations who have historically been left out of the general social services in Costa Rica. We are targeting populations where we find concentrations of diseases such as glaucoma, which has a higher prevalence rate in people of African descent. We found higher concentrations in the people of Guanacaste than in Limón, which confirms that area had a large heritage of Afro-descendants starting from the 16th century. Within this initiative we are trying to create programs that are also culturally sensitive so that patients and doctors can communicate better. This program should be up and running by April 2017.
My office is also initiating an English-language program in Limón that will be funded by the National Learning Institute (INA). The goal is to train 2,000 people in English within 18 months. This project seeks not only to restore the use of English in this community but also to prepare for the new port that is being built in Moin, which promises jobs that require English. We are in partnership with the University of Costa Rica and other institutions where these courses can be offered. We are also working on the formal recognition of Creole English in Limón as part of the cultural and linguistic heritage of the community.
Through a process of working with local Black organizations in Limón, 170 young people have been identified to begin a skills training program that they can take alongside their high-school courses. Some of these young people are also outside the school system and are being supported so that they can get employment. This program is being co-sponsored by the Ministry of Labor and Finance.
Can you tell me about your work on the issue of racism?
Along with Dr. Rina Caceres and several others, I have begun a program of racial sensitivity training and workshops for the judiciary system, the police force and other policy makers. Once a month, regional activities around racism are being conducted. What we have found is that the need for information is so great that we are creating a course on a CD with an additional booklet that can be used in any professional setting for this type of training, as there are too few people doing this necessary work.
What I have found in these workshops is that most Ticos are unaware that they hold racist tendencies. Once they gain knowledge of this, they are open to self-reflect and do the work that will make the country more inclusive.
Once of the outstanding take-aways in some of these workshops is that many Ticos do not recognize what racism actually is. They have seen the public markers of racism in South African Apartheid or the Jim Crow Laws of the Southern United States. Signs that separated races were clearly racist. Since these public signposts were not used in Costa Rica, people automatically assumed there was no racism here and so, for instance, they cannot understand why “Cocori” is an offensive book to the Afro-Costa Rican population. These workshops opened up these types of radical, honest discussions.
Read more from Natasha Gordon-Chipembere here.
Natasha Gordon-Chipembere holds a PhD in English. She is a writer, professor and founder of the Tengo Sed Writers Retreats. In June 2014, she moved to Heredia, Costa Rica with her family from New York. She may be reached at [email protected]. Her column “Musings from an Afro-Costa Rican” is published monthly.
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Tech consultancy firm Konrad Group opened its doors in Costa Rica this week, its first operation outside of North America.
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Tech consultancy firm Konrad Group opened its doors in Costa Rica this week, its first operation outside of North America.
The Toronto-based company has 45 employees here and is in the process of recruiting 85 more for its new offices in Tres Ríos, between San José and Cartago.
The company is looking for bilingual (English-Spanish) engineers in the computer sciences and software developers with experience in applications for web and mobile devices.
Job-seekers can apply through the company’s website: konradgroup.com/careers.
The company currently provides strategy, design and development services mainly for companies in the U.S. and Canada, including Fortune 500 businesses such as McDonald’s, Target and PayPal.
Marco Fernández, Konrad Group’s general manager in Costa Rica, said the company is committed to the country and the opening of its new offices here represents the beginning of an ambitious plan.
“Our operation will not move from one country to another to lower costs. Our business model is not based on costs but on human talent,” Fernández said during an opening ceremony on Monday attended by Vice President Ana Helena Chacón, Foreign Trade Minister Alexander Mora and other officials.
Growing sector
Jorge Sequeira, general director of the Costa Rican Investment Promotion Agency (CINDE), said the launch of Konrad Group’s operations here is proof of the quality of the country’s professionals in the digital services sector.
Some 140 companies make up Costa Rica’s services cluster in areas including financial analysis, software development, information technology, engineering and graphic design, according to a recent CINDE report. These companies provide approximately 50,000 direct jobs and 17,000 indirect jobs.
Costa Rica is the main exporter of value-added services in Latin America, according to CINDE, surpassing Chile, Brazil, Argentina and Peru.
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Can someone explain what exactly it is that our tax dollars are paying Benton County “Animal Control” to do? Because I know what they won’t do ...
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2:05 Jobs of NASCAR: Meet a NASCAR hauler driver and tour the 'storage space on wheels'
1:12 Kahlotus resident Mirela Haurdic tells about fire evacuation
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Q: My ex has lived with a woman for about a year and a half. It was fine at first and I didn't mind, but they recently went on a trip with the kids, ages 8 and 11, and I realized this isn't ok with me - to the point where I feel my boys have betrayed me by going on an overnight with them. I don't want to even talk to them when they come home. I'm to the point where I want to tell them either choose me or her. In my mind a new woman will never be in my kid's family-ever - and the next time they go on vacation I think I should be included because I don't think it is right that she spend time with my children if I want to be there. What's good ex-etiquette?
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Q: My ex has lived with a woman for about a year and a half. It was fine at first and I didn't mind, but they recently went on a trip with the kids, ages 8 and 11, and I realized this isn't ok with me - to the point where I feel my boys have betrayed me by going on an overnight with them. I don't want to even talk to them when they come home. I'm to the point where I want to tell them either choose me or her. In my mind a new woman will never be in my kid's family-ever - and the next time they go on vacation I think I should be included because I don't think it is right that she spend time with my children if I want to be there. What's good ex-etiquette?
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Twitter was flooded with Fifis and Fidos on Friday as people celebrated #NationalDogDay. What about this year’s candidates for presidential dogs? What dogs do Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump own?
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2:57 Meet Merrick Garland, Supreme Court nominee
4:00 Democrats debate issues important to Latino voters, and diplomatic relations with Cuba
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1:22 A Supreme Court without Scalia
1:23 Democratic debate highlights: Who loves Obama more?
1:29 California congressman vapes in hearing to make his point
0:37 Talking with Chiawana High School football player Caleb Weber
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A monumental task: Getting Mainers to support a new park
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