Caribbean Times 87th Issue - Tuesday 31st January 2017

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6 c a r i b b e a n t i m e s . a g Tuesday 31st January 2017 Grays Farm man charged in series of breakings 21-year old Jahfari Harper of Armstrong Road, Grays Farm, is now the second person to be charged by the police in connection with the recent spate of Breakings in the Grays Farm area. Harper was jointly charged with Rashard Peters of Green Bay for breaking into the dwelling house of a Green Bay man. The duo is accused of stealing a 32- inch Samsung Flat Screen Television, a Samsung DVD player and an undisclosed sum of money on the 20th of January. Peters had earlier confessed to several Breakings and Attempted Breakings during an ongoing police investigation. He was convicted and sentenced to three years at Her Majesty’s Prison last Thursday, having plead- Rashard Peters ed guilty to charges of Breaking and Attempted Breaking. Jahfari Harper
Tuesday 31st January 2017 c a r i b b e a n t i m e s . a g 7 ABUT issues statement on student injury by teacher The Antigua and Barbuda Union of Teachers yesterday issued the following statement regarding the incident that occurred last Tuesday which resulted in injury of a Clare Hall Secondary School student by a teacher. Teachers train students to make judgement or to arrive at conclusions based on facts. This way, we aim to build a society of progressive and informed thinkers. We have investigated the matter at the Clare Hall Secondary School where a student was injured by a stone thrown by a teacher. Even though we are satisfied that the stone was not thrown at the student, we accept that the teacher demonstrated a lapse in judgement which caused bodily harm to the student. While the action was irresponsible, and while we respect and support the work and professionalism of the police, we strongly beg to disagree that there was any malice in the teacher’s action that would support the conclusion, that there was intent to murder that student or any other by the teacher in question. In light of this, we make an impassioned plea for the review and possible amendment of the charges. Furthermore, in the circumstances, the Union joins the teacher in expressing heartfelt sorrow to the student and his family for the unfortunate situation, and our gratefulness that this did not result in worse consequences. We are therefore asking all our members to take note and ensure there is no repetition. Meanwhile, we will stand with our member teacher in overcoming the trauma of this incident and to continue his great work for the advancement of our nation’s youths.
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