Caribbean News Highlight

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 Regional

Exam results are out, all over the Caribbean and there are no shortage of success stories making the rounds in the newspapers, on television and on social media.

That said, you might want to hold the champagne, as the Ministry of Education in Jamaica, has written to the Chairman of the Caribbean Examination Council (CXC), Sir Hillary Beckles, requesting a thorough investigation into several anomalies that have been brought to the ministry's attention.

This follows widespread backlash and outrage from students after the Tuesday, September 22 release of the results in which many students received what they labelled as “inaccurate” results. Several results also came back “ungraded” or “absent”.

Also of concern, the circumstances that led to results being sent directly to students before schools and the ministry, thereby preventing the ministry from identifying, in advance, anomalies or errors in the results.

In a statement, the Barbados-based Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) said it is open to a review of the challenges as presented by the relevant authorities across the region.

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Jamaica’s Ambassador to the United States, Audrey Marks, is thanking the United States government for donating a 70-bed mobile field hospital to Jamaica, one of three projected for the island, which continues to experience a spike in coronavirus cases.

Jamaica has recorded just 5,500 cases of the virus with a death toll of 77.

Meanwhile, the Opposition PNP says it is not in support of any move to discontinue the COVID-19 pretesting requirement for tourists.

Health Minister Dr Cristopher Tufton recently indicated that the Government could discontinue the protocol which it effected on July 10, as part of measures to stem the flow of positive COVID-19 cases into the island.

The pretesting requirement was implemented for four American states initially, as well as a number of other jurisdictions, including the United Kingdom.

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National

Demonstrations are continuing in Louisville, Kentucky, and other part of the nation, after a grand jury declined to charge police officers with the killing of Breonna Taylor.

A lawyer for Taylor's family called the Kentucky attorney general's investigation into her death, a cover up and demanded transparency.

A federal probe and a police review could still yield more details in the case, but it's not clear if either will result in more charges.

 

 

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Sports

FIFA has suspended Trinidad and Tobago for “grave violations” of its statutes after a local court challenge to its imposition of a new committee, following serious mismanagement.

World football's governing body said the Caribbean island nation would not be allowed back in, until it recognized the legitimacy of the “normalization committee” installed by FIFA to run its affairs.

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The 145th running of the Preakness Stakes (G1), on Saturday, October 3, will be an authentic affair. Kentucky Derby winner Authentic is expected to have winning jockey John Velazquez aboard for this important outing.

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Olympic champion Elaine Thompson, continued her impressive form with an easy win in the women's 100 metres Diamond League meeting in Doha, Qatar, last Friday.

The Jamaican charged home in 10.87 seconds, ahead of Marie-Josee Ta Lou of the Ivory Coast, a distant 0.34 seconds behind in second, after failing to get her usual fast start.

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