Caribbean Times 99th issue - Thursday 28th April 2016

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12 c a r i b b e a n t i m e s . a g Thursday 28th April 2016 Two new Zika cases confirmed in USVI ST THOMAS - The US Virgin Islands Department of Health on Tuesday confirmed one additional case of the Zika virus on St Croix and one in St Thomas. The total confirmed Zika cases are now 16; 14 of which are on St Croix and two on St. Thomas. “Today’s report shows that we must continue to protect ourselves from mosquito-borne illnesses,” Commissioner Nominee, Dr Michelle Davis stated in response to the updated report. “With Carnival, Jump Up, Ironman Triathalon, and so many other outdoor events this week, it is important to wear repellent and PORT OF SPAIN - 80-year-old woman in Trinidad and Tobago died Tuesday night, just over 24 hours after being hit by a policeman’s stray bullet while in the bathroom of her home. Sona Lalloo sustained the gunshot wound on Monday night, when the 21-year-old officer’s gun was discharged as he chased two suspects near her house. The shooting occurred around 7:45 that night, as members of the South Western Division Task Force responded to a report that a group of gunmen were seen walking along the road in Johnson Trace, Rancho Quemado in the south of the twin-island republic. When they arrived on the scene they saw two men, one of whom was protective clothing.” This advice is especially true for pregnant women, as Zika can be passed to her unborn baby and can cause serious birth defects in babies of women who had Zika virus while pregnant. The Department of Health will also inspect the homes of pregnant women for mosquitoes and mosquito larvae and provide treatment, as needed in the homes of those pregnant women who receive testing. Elderly woman accidentally killed by police in Trinidad holding an object that resembled a gun. The men ran when they saw the police approaching and the officer in question attempted to climb over a chain-link fence in his pursuit of one of the men. According to police reports, the fence collapsed and the officer fell and as his gun, which was drawn, hit the ground, it discharged two bullets. It was subsequently discovered that one of them went through the wall of Lalloo’s bathroom and hit her in the head. President of the Police Social Welfare Association president, Inspector Anand Ramesar, told the Trinidad Guardian that the officer was shaken up by the “most unfortunate” incident. “From the information the association has received, we are inclined to Pregnant women are also eligible to receive a free Zika prevention kit from 14 healthcare clinics across the US Virgin Islands. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently delivered 750 kits to St Croix, St John, and St Thomas. Each kit includes educational materials in English and Spanish, EPA-registered insect repellent, permethrin spray repellent for treating clothing, condoms to avoid sexual transmission of zika, treatment tabs for preventing mosquitoes from breeding in standing water, and a bed net. (Caribbean News Now). believe that the circumstance of the officer having operational possession of his firearm was justifiable. The circumstances of the firearm being discharged was most unfortunate and we are advised that the officer himself is quite shaken up by the accident,” he said. (Caribbean360).
Thursday 28th April 2016 c a r i b b e a n t i m e s . a g 13 Paris attacks suspect charged with terrorist murders PARIS - Paris attacks suspect Salah Abdeslam was charged Wednesday with terrorist murders and using bombs and weapons for the deadly November assaults that killed 130 people, his lawyer said. The preliminary charges were filed in Paris after Abdeslam, 26, was extradited from Belgium to the French capital Wednesday. After the court hearing, he was sent to Fleury-Merogis, a high-security prison 19 miles south of Paris, attorney Frank Berton said. Abdeslam, the last known survivor of those known to carry out the Nov. 13 attacks, will be held in isolation in a special camera-equipped cell until his next hearing May 20. Berton said his client has “volunteered that he would explain himself at some later date,” the Associated Press reported. The Belgium Federal Prosecutor’s Office said Abdeslam was delivered to the French authorities under a European arrest warrant accusing him of helping plan and execute the Paris attacks at restaurants, a music hall and a sports stadium outside city. The Islamic State claimed responsibility. Abdeslam, a Belgian citizen, was on the run for months before being captured in the Brussels neighborhood of Molenbeek on March 18 four days before terrorist attacks there killed 32 people at the Brussels Airport and at a subway stop. A note found on a computer abandoned by one of the terrorists in the Brussels attacks suggested that the arrest of Abdeslam, who had links to the Belgian extremists, led them to move ahead the date of the attacks. Abdeslam told Belgian authorities he was supposed to kill himself during the Paris attacks but abandoned his suicide vest and fled the country, entering Belgium the same night. Sven Mary, Abdeslam’s Belgian lawyer, described his client as having “the intelligence of an empty ashtray” and as “a little jerk among Molenbeek’s little delinquents, more a follower than a leader” in a profile published Wednesday by the Liberation newspaper. (USA TODAY). JetBlue pilot accused of flying plane drunk NEW YORK - A JetBlue pilot has been charged with flying under the influence of alcohol. A federal complaint made public Wednesday says that Dennis Murphy Jr. was selected for a random alcohol test last year after piloting a flight from Orlando, Florida, to New York on April 21, 2015. Murphy, who was only hired January 7 of 2015, was behind the controls of flight 583 with 119 passengers to Orlando. Later that day, he flew flight 584 with 151 passengers back to New York City, CBS News’ Kris Van Cleave reports. Upon landing at JFK he was selected for random alcohol testing VIENNA - Austria has passed a controversial new law that restricts the right of asylum and allows most claimants to be rejected directly at the border. Rights groups say the law undermines the principle of protection from war and persecution. It comes days after Austria’s far-right came top in the first round of a presidential election. Austrian officials say they are also considering building a fence at the main border crossing with Italy. The new asylum law lets the government declare a “state of emergency” over the migrant crisis and reject most asylum-seekers, including those from war-torn countries such as Syria. It also limits any successful asylum claim to three years. “These amendments are a glaring attempt to keep people out of Austria and its asylum system,” said where he registered a blood-alcohol level of .111, which is above the legal limit for a person driving an automobile. When tested again 15 minutes later, he blew a .091. He apparently told the person administering the test that the results must be due to the gum he was chewing, Van Cleave reports. JetBlue says it has a “zero tolerance” drug and alcohol policy. It says Murphy no longer works there. He is set to be arraigned in federal court in Brooklyn on Wednesday afternoon. The name of his attorney wasn’t immediately available. (CBS News). Austria passes controversial new asylum law Amnesty Europe director Gauri van Gulik. “But Interior Minister Wolfgang Sobotka said Austria had no other choice as long as “so many other EU members fail to do their part” to limit the influx of migrants and refugees. “We cannot shoulder the whole world’s burden,” he said. (BBC).
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