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| Tuesday, October 20, 2009 1:36 PM |
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News Stories- October 20th 2009
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Mondesir Assaulted
Story By
Carmy Joseph |
The Queens Counsel says he was incensed over a letter that was sent to him on Friday afternoon by attorney Peter Foster. Kenneth Monplaisir says that missive has been sent all over Saint Lucia, the region and the world. It was for this reason this scuffle happened – the Queen’s Counsel assaulting HTS Photojournalist Andrew Mondesir. |
Monplaisir apologized for his action mere hours after it happened. Before it was a number of frantic conferences between himself and other attorneys and a request from a Police Officer of Mondesir to see if he wanted to press charges. Monplaisir also spoke candidly about what precipitated his behaviour – one of the conditions for avoiding a legal case.
Monplaisir is the Lead Attorney representing the government in the Richard Frederick matter. It was the reason he appeared before Justice Georges on Monday morning. The Judge wanted an explanation for the Consent order Monplaisir gave then rescinded and then gave again in relation to the release of three vehicles in the case.
Monplaisir says he takes strong objection to the attack of his integrity in the matter. Video footage of the Housing Minister’s garage revealed one of the vehicles in question was not where it was legally supposed to be.
Additionally – Peter Foster – the Junior Counsel in the matter withdrew from the case on Friday – in a letter Monplaisir says has been bandied around. In it – Foster says he does not want to be Party to the consent order – still defended by the QC. Despite that – the QC says he is satisfied that granting consent to release the vehicles – two belonging to the Minister – the other to his brother is above reproach. The matter – though called up on Monday remains unresolved.
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PM On Education
Story By
Lovely St.Aimee |
Prime Minister Stephenson King says pursuing regional and international avenues for St. Lucians to pursue higher learning continues to be a top priority for his government. His comments follow news of a special agreement between the OECS and the University of Puerto Rico. The Prime Minister says meeting the global challenges of that small island developing states like Saint Lucia means pursuing any available |
opportunities for development. OECS Director General, Len Ishmael said the partnership speaks to the integration of our space in the Caribbean. She noted that students who go to Puerto Rico will help to build bridges and will be future ambassadors for Puerto Rico. The Prime Minister says support of the initiative does not mean abandonment of the plan to have St. Lucia’s own university. He says plans to turn Sir Arthur Lewis into a full fledged university are still on stream.
The agreement between the OECS and the University of Puerto Rico provides for nationals of OECS Member States who enroll at the UPR to be accorded the same status as Puerto Rican students, with the attendant advantages and benefits. Under the agreement the University of Puerto Rico will also offer scholarships to OECS nationals admitted to the University. |
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UWP Convention
Story By
Carmy Joseph |
Prime Minister Stephenson King says pursuing regional and international avenues for St. Lucians to pursue higher learning continues to be a top priority for his government. His comments follow news of a special agreement between the OECS and the University of Puerto Rico. The Prime Minister says meeting the global challenges of that small island developing states like Saint Lucia means pursuing any available |
opportunities for development. OECS Director General, Len Ishmael said the partnership speaks to the integration of our space in the Caribbean. She noted that students who go to Puerto Rico will help to build bridges and will be future ambassadors for Puerto Rico. The Prime Minister says support of the initiative does not mean abandonment of the plan to have St. Lucia’s own university. He says plans to turn Sir Arthur Lewis into a full fledged university are still on stream.
The agreement between the OECS and the University of Puerto Rico provides for nationals of OECS Member States who enroll at the UPR to be accorded the same status as Puerto Rican students, with the attendant advantages and benefits. Under the agreement the University of Puerto Rico will also offer scholarships to OECS nationals admitted to the University.
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Fighting Violence Against Women
Story By
Carmy Joseph |
The representative for the United Nations Development Fund for Women UNIFEM, Tonnian Bordber, says the focus of the consultation was to answer one important question: ‘How is the Caribbean going to work together to end the common problem of violence against women?’ Bordber says the statistics are staggering. Caribbean countries, she says, have a higher rate of sexual violence than the world average. |
CAFRA Chairperson - Flavia Cherry - says the sixteen days of activism campaign against gender violence will be used to confront the issues of an existing violent culture in the Caribbean. UN resident coordinator for Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean, Michel Gyles- Mc Donnough says advancing the movement to end violence against women is in keeping with the UN Millennium Development Goals - goals to be achieved by 2015 that respond to the world's main development challenges.
UNIFEM officials say it’s important that men not be left out of this movement and to this end they will actively engage men’s groups to ensure their voices are heard on the matter. |
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Meet The Science Whiz Kid
Story By
Desmond Collymore |
A young boy from Desruisseaux is making strides in the science world. On Sunday - he held a private science fair at his residence that attracted quite a few on-lookers. |
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Orchestra Unleashed
Story By
Carmy Joseph |
Officials of the Ministry of Social Transformation say they’re one step closer to the realization of a Marchand Youth Orchestra. In recent days - a Latin American contingent of instructors undertook an intense eight day training workshop with a group of interested St. Lucians. The Social Transformation Ministry will soon source instrucd Youth Orchestra project. Social Transformation officer, Dorine Gustave, says |
the initiative will use music as a tool to bring about positive changes in the lives of youthtors from that pool of trainees to take over the Marchand. The Ministry says the next step is to get youth registered for the programme. The closing ceremony for the Train the Trainers workshop ended with a performance at the Human Resource Development Center in Entrepot. |
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Brandon Has New Single
Story By
Lovely St.Aimee |
Young entertainer Brandon Harding has released a new single he hopes will propel him to international stardom. Brandon’s label, Jako Productions, says he is one of the production houses brightest young stars. ‘In my World’ was penned by noted poet, Modeste Downes, who was the 2005 winner of the M&C prize for Literature. Harding and former arranger Itoobaa were reunited on the track. |
Harding says the song presented him with an opportunity to dabble in R&B, his favourite genre. The young artiste says ‘In My World’ is a step up from his last single Black Cinderella. He says the song allows him to show of his versatility and his range. A video for the single is set to be released at the beginning of next year. It can also be heard on all local radio stations including Radio 100.
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