Revue de presse du jeudi 02 août 2018
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REVUE DE PRESSE DU JEUDI 02 AOUT 2018
ECONOMIE – AFFAIRE – FINANCE
OECS
Source : Now Grenada
New Chairman of the St Kitts-based Eastern Caribbean Monetary Council, Prime Minister of Grenada, Dr Keith Mitchell, has announced that he will be meeting with crime and security agencies of CARICOM namely the Joint Regional Communications Centre (JRCC) and Implementing Agency for Crime and Security (IMPACS) to discuss whether the region’s citizenship by investment programmes (CIPs) are making it mandatory for their applicants to go through regional security due diligence, as they have committed to doing.
SOCIETE CIVILE – PATRIMOINE
SAINT VINCENT
Minister wants Britain to fund Chatoyer National Park
Source : I Witness News
During a ceremony to rename the Rabacca National Park on Emancipation Day – in honour of St Vincent and the Grenadines’ National Hero, to the Chatoyer National Park, Minister for Housing, Informal Human Settlements, Lands and Survey and Physical Planning, Hon. Montgomery Daniel said that Britain should contribute the EC$18.5 million required for the establishment and five-year operation of the park. The Minister noted that this request is being made as part of reparatory justice for the people of Garifuna. Chatoyer was the Garifuna chief who led the revolt against the British colonial government of St Vincent in 1795.
SECURITE – JUSTICE – DROITS HUMAINS
SAINT LUCIA
“Disturbing” Saint Lucia crime documentary aired in Martinique - Mayor
Source : St Lucia Times
During a recent visit to Martinique, Mayor of Castries Peterson Francis, says that two of his Councillors saw a crime documentary on Saint Lucia which was being televised, and which painted the country negatively. The Mayor, who was successful in meeting with the producers of the documentary, calls the production “disturbing” and said that the damage control has been done. Nonetheless, the producers have given their word that they will visit St Lucia soon to try to correct the situation.
SAINT VINCENT
Criminals seem to have taken over SVG - Friday
Source : I Witness News
Opposition Leader Godwin Friday says he is alarmed by the most recent spate of violent killings in the country. Friday says that while he agrees that everyone has a role to play in addressing the crime issue, the Government has been soft on crime and the causes of crime, although the Prime Minister, who is also the Minister for National Security, previously said that the criminals would be given no space to operate.
ANTIGUA
CARICOM team investigating suspended Police Commissioner
Source : Antigua Observer
A three member team from CARICOM Implementing Agency for Crime and Security (IMPACS) has arrived in the country to conduct investigations into the allegations made against Commissioner Wendel Robinson, who was suspended in April this year amid allegations of sexual misconduct levelled against him by three male officers. A report will be submitted to the Police Service Commission upon conclusion.
ENVIRONNEMENT - ENERGIE – LOGEMENT – CHANGEMENT CLIMATIQUE
SAINT LUCIA
PM outlines Sargussum control measures
Source : St Lucia Times
According to Prime Minister Allen Chastanet, while the Sargussum seaweed is not only affecting Saint Lucia, measures are being undertaken to deal with the problem which is seriously affecting several coastal communities. The Prime Minister says tthe Government will provide support to a young entrepreneur who has begun experimenting with formulations to create valuable organic agricultural inputs from the seaweed.
GRENADA
Major flooding as tropical wave several inches of rain on the island
Source : Caribbean News Service
Yesterday, the National Disaster Management Authority of Grenada (NaDMA) received several reports of landslides, flooded homes and roadway slippages throughout the country, as a tropical wave brought heavy rains and thunder showers to the island.