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kikilefangirl · 4 years ago

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New Beginnings For Late Bloomers

Bucky Barnes x Reader

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You answered the Wakandan prince and princess’ call almost immediately. You quietly and swiftly made your way from your room, taking the familiar route south to the lab.

King T’Chaka’s death was so recent that his presence was still very much felt around the palace. Everyone, of all ranks, collectively mourning the loss. As you passed through the halls, you thought of his children—you couldn’t imagine losing your father, especially in such a jarring way. You bristled before turning the corner, bracing yourself for whatever was on the other side.

A pale skinned, dark haired man appeared to be sleeping in a large tube. Beside it, Prince T’Challa and Princess Shuri were in deep conversation with another white man, this one blonde. He stood opposite them and face to face with you.

You weren’t one for rudeness, but you had never seen a white man in person before, and it was strange. You found yourself switching back and forth between the and his sleeping friend. The first and second white men you had seen up close. They both had white skin tinged with pink, and their hair really was bone straight. The blonde gave you a warm smile, maintaining a slight recline and dropped shoulders.

You weren’t very good at interrupting or with strangers; your shyness was a terrible hindrance, and it was a wonder you even had friends in the royal family. The stranger’s reaction saved you the trouble, causing both siblings to do the same. Immediately, your eyes drifted the man in the tube, lightly pressing your fingers on the glass.

T’Challa cleared his throat and gestured at the blonde, “Y/N, this is Captain Rogers.”

You nodded at him and followed his downward gaze––to the other white man. Because you were closer, you could see his breath fog up the glass in front of his nose.

“We need you to watch over Sergeant Barnes while he is within our borders,” Shuri said. Though he looked relatively peaceful, what this Sergeant Barnes was like when he was awake must be hard.

“Your daily tasks will be to tend to him.” T'Challa explained.

Your gaze softened when you glanced at Captain Rogers. His concern was plain to see, enough to make you muster up whatever courage you had to speak.

“I will do as I am asked. Sergeant Barnes will be well cared for during his time here.” You replied. You gave him a small smile.

The man nodded at your reassurance, and you excused yourself. You had a lot of work ahead of you.

…

The sound of giggling and shuffling feet took you out of your reverie.

You were greeted to the sight of children laughing and chasing each other on the river bank. You smiled at their antics, but had to shoo them away. They were playing outside of Sergeant Barnes’—erm, Bucky’s hut while he was sleeping. You noticed how little the man allowed his body to rest, and you did your best to prolong it.

You knew the kids had broken his sleep, so you entered his hut, anyway. As you expected, the man was on his back looking at you with heavy lidded eyes.

“Please, try and go back to sleep,” you whispered, averting your gaze.

Out of the corner of your eye, you saw him tilt his head back on his bed. You took the opportunity to light an incense on the outer edge of the hut while you went about your daily tasks. It was the one that usually lulled him back to sleep, but Bucky was wide awake.

You occupied yourself with menial work in an effort to ignore his eyes on you. You were taking out an old blanket but when you touched the other side, you felt a thick, runny liquid. The harsh smell of iron hit your nostrils almost immediately.

Blood.

“I had another one after you left.” A raspy voice called from behind you.

You quickly wrapped the blanket in your arms, doing your best to hide the sight. Bucky was sitting up; he may have been looking at you, but his eyes were much farther away. The color wasn’t familiar to you, but the distant sadness in them was. You could see fresh scratches poking out from his tunic and the slight grimace on his face.

Gently, you set the blanket back down and grabbed the tin of shea butter from your supply bag. You unscrewed the cap and scooped the product out. You made your way to his bed, sitting on your knees beside him.

You pulled the cloth down to reveal the familiar nub where his arm used to be.

“Your head therapy with Dr. Amari has been switched to Tuesdays and Thursdays, for now. Shuri needs time to grieve the king and the mind must come before the body, in your case. ” You said softly, applying the shea butter evenly and without fanfare.

Bucky was leaning away from you, but he nodded nonetheless. You never had to yell or shout to get his attention––he always heard you, no matter how quiet you were.

When you were done, Bucky offered you a tired smile, but you couldn’t return it. You felt your face get hot and averted your gaze. It was different when you had nothing more to do, and he was just staring at you.

“I will get you new bedding and clothing when I return.”

You darted out of the hut as fast as you could, only stopping to let out the breath you had been holding.

…

“I don’t know if your treatment is working, Shuri.”

The princess was busy working on a new project. With heavy protective goggles on, and a wicked grin, there was no telling what she was up to. Carefully, Shuri shut the lid on it, and spun towards you.

You held up the bloody fabric, and Shuri frowned.

“Ah, Y/N, Sergeant Barnes’ brain will take more work than his body.” She said, scanning the blanket.

“He claws at himself while he sleeps.” You replied. The memories of his episodes were so clear in your mind. For a man who was fairly quiet and calm, in those moments he was mechanical and unflinchingly cruel. It was the first time a cold feeling settled in the pit of your stomach and it was truly awful.

Shuri was periodically glancing up at you as she read Bucky’s file. The farther she read, the more the princess looked puzzled. She clicked her tongue, then suddenly clapped loudly. The sound made you jump.

“Shuri!” You hissed. The girl was bouncing on the balls of her feet, animatedly. An especially devious smirk made its way onto her face.

“He is from New York City, ah! The city where dreams are made of!” She sang. Her off key version made you cringe at first, but a smile soon replaced it.

The Wakandan princess’s bubbly mood was the thing you enjoyed most about her. She was always so excited to explore and plot anything she wanted; it was refreshing to see.

“Take Sergeant Barnes to the market! It is a city environment to remind him of home.” Shuri exclaimed wildly.

Your eyes widened in horror at her suggestion. Shuri lit up, her ideas kept coming.

“He needs you to go with him. It can be a date!” You nearly choked.

“Princess Shuri!” You cried out. It was actually more of a high pitched squeak.

You gazed down at the blanket. It’s rich brown color was tinged with a darker one. The sickly smell of blood—Bucky’s blood—still invaded your senses. Your job was to care for him while he was in your country’s custody.

You sighed and agreed.

…

Bucky knew something was wrong the second you found the blanket.

The slight downturn of your chin as the realization dawned on you—he should’ve buried it when he had the chance.

The scratches were deep this time, but Bucky healed fast. It had been just over eleven hours since they happened. He had since changed into new clothes, so as to spare you from seeing the gashes, but he didn’t have the tools to get rid of the blood on hand.

Bucky heard your approaching steps, and went out to greet you. It was the height of the late afternoon heat; the dark haired man could see you approach through the vapors.

He knew it had been a long time since he’d been around a woman as Bucky, not the Winter Soldier. That was the exact reason why he wasn’t used to how you looked then. Your deep brown skin glowed as you came closer. A gold armband sat on your upper left arm, shining in the sunlight. You had on a green two-piece, decorated in bright Wakandan prints.

Bucky missed his phantom limb during times like this. It meant he was still capable of being the smooth, confident guy from Brooklyn and not the mess he truly was. He shifted his weight, bracing himself for your arrival.

…

“Would you like to come with me to the market?” You asked.

You wouldn’t look up at him for more than a second, but you did sit near him during the escort over. On his left side, too.

Once you two made it to the market entrance, it was in full swing. Hundreds of people were mingling through the stalls. A woman was haggling a tailor for a shoddy job he’d done. The smell of spices and roots hung in the air.

You snuck a glance at Bucky, giggling at the curious stares he received. And what a strange sight he was—a very white man in Wakanda. It was unheard of.

“I was told you were from New York City. Manhattan?” You said.

Bucky turned to you, mildly offended.

“Brooklyn, doll. Real different.” He said. You watched him inhale, taking in the bustling vendors and patrons.

You put a slight pressure on his shoulder, leading him to a street show. The performance was fun and free as the drummers played their sing song rhythms. Even you felt the urge to sway your hips to the beat.

A crowd had gathered, stomping and clapping as they went along, growing more boisterous as the dancers went on. Lost in the moment, you failed to notice Bucky’s balled fists and his blank stare. The only reason you did, was because in the middle of your small dance, you bumped into a hard body. The way you bounced off of him jostled you back to reality.

You got him some water, pouring it on your hand and then on his forehead. The cold shock worked, but with it came those scared, disoriented eyes. Ordinarily, you wouldn’t try and steer the big man any direction. You never could, Bucky was just kind enough to oblige most times. This time, he seemed so splintered, he followed without protest.

You led Bucky into an empty alleyway.

“I’m sorry. Please, let me take you back.” You said, apologetically.

You thought it would help him, not this. You leaned back on the wall opposite to him, waiting for Bucky to decide what to do. Slowly, heavy breathing subsided and he lifted his head from the ground.

“I don’t want you to think I didn’t like it. I did. But the people and the sounds and the—I know I was raised in a big city, but it’s been a long time since then.” Bucky said, finally.

He met your concerned gaze and almost looked relieved. The man stood up to his full height in one swift motion.

“I don’t think I like them anymore.” He admitted in a low, gravelly voice.

Your heart sank at his omission. Bucky had no idea who he was anymore, or what made him happy. He needed some peace that didn’t come from his place at the river, that was too familiar.

“I know a place you might enjoy, but it will take time to get there.”

Bucky had complete faith in you, and nodded imperceptibly.

…

It was a quiet ride up the mound.

By now, it was nearing dusk. The sky was a vibrant mix of purples and oranges and reds. Bucky hadn’t spoken again, and you hadn’t pressed him.

“It’s an undeveloped hot spring, Prince T’Challa and I found it together as children. No one will bother us here.”

You stalked through the heavy foliage with a clear head, muscle memory guiding the way to the cave. You were very aware of Bucky’s silent presence behind you. He navigated the vegetation with ease, carrying the food and water in a basket.

You huffed just taking the towels and blanket, and he looked unfazed. The both of you finally reached the mouth of the cave as soon as the last rays of sunlight faded. You watched as Bucky’s face darkened in the dim light.

“There are lights on the far end, vibranium powered so they will last.” You said. Bucky had far better sight than you, and he successfully found and turned them on.

He pointed the bright light toward the cave ceiling, setting off a series of shadows and patterns above you. You smiled softly, satisfied with your work. Bucky was still shook up from the market, but once he stepped into the hot spring he physically seemed more comfortable.

“Don’t stay in too long, it could be dangerous,” you warned him. A blast of warm air hit you, and you laid down on the blanket.

“Got it.” Bucky replied.

Occasionally, you heard the sound of water sloshing around, but you were too lazy to turn your head. There was no one around for miles to interrupt the calm, so you finally closed your eyes.

You heard water streaming to the cave floor as Bucky drew nearer. You thought nothing of it, until you felt warm, sopping wet hands wrap around you. You gasped the intrusion—if you hadn’t known who it was you would’ve screamed.

Bucky pulled you into him. Your face rested on his bare chest, catching the heat emanating from his warm skin. You didn’t have time to freak out.

What he did next wasn’t quite like a cry. The noise was so soft you thought you misheard it at first. It was a strangled, ghost of a sob.

“I-I can’t stop saying I don’t know.”

Bucky clung to you, letting all of his frustration and pain roll off him in waves. You took your cheek off his chest, the warm water leaving your face hotter than normal.

You stopped Bucky before he could recoil—gripping his shoulder.

“Horrific things happened to you Bucky, and I am sorry for that,” you started, staring off at the hot spring behind him. Steam rolled off its surface and wafted upwards and into nothing.

“You are rebuilding yourself and that is alright.”

Bucky peered down at you with a hardened kind of fascination. His eyes raked over you and he broke out in a grateful smile. A true smile.

“Thank you.”

He paused as he regarded you, dropping his shoulders.

“Doll? Can I kiss you?” The request sent you toppling over on the inside. You swallowed hard.

“Why?” Your voice was small. It was the cost to stare Bucky in the eyes while you asked. He needed to see how dead serious you were. You could be fragile, too. You blinked rapidly in anticipation, trying to concentrate over the roar of blood rushing through your veins.

“You never asked me to be someone, now I can be someone else.”

Your jaw dropped. You mustered all the courage you had and met his lips. The kiss was hesitant and soft. There were no expectations, just a sweet moment for two people that needed more of them.

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The Chase Files Daily Newscap 18/2/2020

Good Morning #realdreamchasers ! Here is your daily news cap for Tuesday 18th February, 2020. There is a lot to read and digest so take your time. Remember you can read full articles via Barbados Government Information Service (BGIS), Barbados Today (BT), or by purchasing a Daily Nation Newspaper (DN).

VAUXHALL IN, GRAYDON SEALY OUT –Students of Vauxhall Primary School will be back in the classroom today, but staff and students at Graydon Sealy Secondary School will be at home. Classes ground to a halt last Wednesday after parents and staff raised concerns about an infestation of rats, termites and cockroaches at the Christ Church primary school. Parents said their children were constantly ill and were out of classes for extended periods, while teachers complained of respiratory complications. After a walk-through by Parent-Teacher Association president Adrian Husbands, parents decided not to allow their children back in the classrooms until the issue was addressed by the Ministry of Education. Last Wednesday, Minister of Education Santia Bradshaw, Acting Chief Education Officer Joy Adamson and other ministry officials toured the compound for three hours and said classes would be closed for the rest of the week to allow for the start of refurbishment works, beginning with the female bathrooms, which would extend over the weekend. (DN)

MILLIONS DOWN DRAIN –The Barbados Water Authority (BWA) will be working around the clock to repair a 16-inch burst main at Searles/Woodbourne that apparently is the reason why customers in Christ Church and St Philip have been without water for the past three days. Described as one of the “worst burst mains”, engineers at the BWA unearthed the massive leak yesterday morning while carrying out an investigation of the entire system linked to the Hampton Pumping Station, to determine why the water levels had not returned to normal, following repairs to the pump last Thursday. Taking the media on a tour of the waterlogged area yesterday evening, Minister of Water Resources Wilfred Abrahams lamented that millions of gallons of water had already been lost before the leak was detected. As a result, he said management had taken a decision to shut off the water supply at 7:30 last night in order to give customers time to store water. However, he pointed out that it would take time to repair the main since the wooded area had to first be cleared of trees and bush, then the water which had created a large swamp had to be pumped off before work crews could access the main. “It is not going to be an easy fix,” the minister said as he warned that “to actually do the fix is going to cause significant disruption to service. It cannot be avoided”. (DN)

MORE WATER OUTAGES FOR CHRIST CHURCH & ST. PHILIP – Residents in Christ Church and parts of St Philip who were experiencing sporadic service will be without water for a few more days. Earlier today, a crew from the Barbados Water Authority (BWA) discovered a massive 16-inch burst main in the region of Woodbourne/Searles, Christ Church. The magnitude of the leak created a huge swampy area, from which workers at the BWA will first have to clear wood and debris and then pump off the excess water before repairs can be effected. As a result, the water will be turned off at 7 p.m. today. Minister of Water Resources Management Wilfred Abrahams says they had a crisis meeting with management and the engineers and decided to explore every option because they could not understand why the levels were not returning. “Millions of gallons of water is being lost out here, but to actually do the fix will cause significant disruption for customers,” he said. Work started immediately and they are getting assistance from several companies. The BWA will put contingency plans in place, including sending out water tankers, but residents in those areas are being urged to do what they can to deal with their own situation. Some parts of St Philip and Christ Church have been without water for the last three days. Last Thursday, after a disruption in electrical power, the BWA suffered pumping equipment failure at Hampton, and later that night, one pump was repaired and another replaced. There was also a 10-inch burst the following night at Pilgrim Road, Christ Church, and it was repaired that same day. (DN)

ISOLATION CENTRE POSES NO RISK TO PUBLIC – The Ministry of Health and Wellness has assured schools, businesses and residents in the vicinity of the Isolation Centre at Enmore, Collymore Rock, St Michael, that the area remains safe. Acting Chief Medical Officer, Dr Kenneth George, was responding today to concerns raised by some members of the public after the Centre was identified as the facility where anyone arriving in Barbados with symptoms related to the coronavirus (COVID-19) would be placed in isolation and treated. Dr George explained that in the construction of the facility, which has been in place since the public health threat posed by Ebola in 2014, special emphasis was placed on safety and security. “There is a double filtration system that involves HEPA (high efficiency particulate air) filtration, as well as UV (ultraviolet) filtration. These systems combined make sure that all the air emanating from the facility is safe.” He shared that the Centre had also been recognised by the Pan American Health Organization as being representative of “best practice”, and posed no risk to the public. The Chief Medical Officer emphasised: “This type of facility was so designed to not only treat Ebola, but also to treat any new and emerging respiratory viruses, such as COVID-19. “In addition, there are bio-security features which relate to the movement of staff and patients into and out of the building,” he assured. He said that the Ministry was committed to providing the public with up-to-date information on this public health challenge and to putting all necessary measures in place to protect residents. (BGIS)

MET OFFICE MONITORING SAHARA DUST MOVING INTO REGION – People with respiratory ailments are being asked to take precautions this week. The Barbados Meteorological Services is monitoring the progress of a thick concentration of Saharan dust haze located in the central Atlantic. The Model data indicates that the plume of dust haze is forecast to affect Barbados as early as Wednesday morning, with an improvement expected around Friday. Impacts will vary due to the sensitivity of individuals and extent of exposure. People with respiratory ailments such as asthma and sinusitis could be affected. Symptoms include irritation of the eyes, nose and throat, sneezing, wheezing and coughing. Precautions should be taken to reducing exposure to this dust. (PR/SAT)

DEMOLITION STARTS ON FIRE STATION IN THE CITY –Demolition of the Barbados Fire Service complex on Probyn Street, The City is underway. Work men started around 8:30 a.m., excavated a wall and demolished a small building in the yard. An official estimated that the main building would be taken down around noon. To accommodate the work, traffic on Probyn Street has been reduced to a single lane, but all surroundings roads, including Fairchild Street are unaffected. The removal of the station is the first stage of government’s plan to develop Golden Square Freedom Park. The temporary market and the old National Insurance Scheme building are also scheduled to be demolished. (DN)

PROBYN STREET NOW ONE LANE DURING DEMOLITION – As part of the demolition of the old National Insurance Scheme (NIS) building and the Bridgetown Fire Station, the Ministry of Transport Works and Maintenance will be making some changes to traffic flow. Workers will be removing the traffic signal mast arm from the Probyn Street section of the Fairchild Street/Bridge Street junction today. The other traffic signals at this junction will remain in operation. Motorists are advised to observe the directions and signage of the contractors and workmen on site and road users should also note that Probyn Street will be reduced to one lane only. The old NIS building, Fire Service headquarters and temporary market located along the street are being demolished to make way for the Golden Square Freedom Park. (DN)

COPS ‘IN HIGH GEAR’ ON MURDER CASES –There is a great chance police will soon crack another murder case, says Acting Commissioner of Police Erwin Boyce. During a press conference at the police headquarters in Roebuck Street, Bridgetown, yesterday, he said three out of five murders for 2020 had been solved as far as bringing charges. He added this was a testament to investigators who were relentless in their efforts. “We have never taken off our gloves in the fight of crime and we will never take off our gloves in the fight of crime. The ones that have not been solved are actively being pursued. In some instances, there is light at the end of the tunnel for some. “Three were solved and the possibility exists that we might solve a fourth in a not too distant time,” Boyce said. In relation to the record 49 murders in 2019, the senior lawman said that 60 per cent of them had been solved, and once Barbadians continued to offer them support, police would be able to do their jobs. (DN)

PERFUME THEIF SEND FOR EVALUATION – The details of how a 57-year-old man made off with a $209.99 cologne belonging to a popular Broad Street store will be given in court in three weeks before his sentencing. But that is all based on what doctors at the Psychiatric Hospital have to say in a report requested by Magistrate Kristie Cuffy-Sargeant, about Richard Carmichael Best, of no fixed place of abode. Best was sent to the Black Rock, St Michael institution after he appeared before the magistrate and pleaded guilty to stealing the item from Cave Shepherd on February 15. “I want to pay back in a week,” Best said before he was given a March 9 date to return before the District ‘A’ Magistrates’ Court. (BT)

DEPORTATION FOR WOMAN CAUGHT STEALING – Jamaican Marjorie AnnMarie Campbell is to be placed on the next available fight home. Magistrate Kristie Cuffy-Sargeant today ordered that the 46-year-old babysitter who resided at Charles Rowe Bridge, St George be deported after she admitted to theft. Campbell, who had been in the country since February 2013 and was given a six-month stay but failed to regularise her status after it expired pleaded guilty to stealing a number of food items including, chicken, lamb, cheese, pigtails, salt fish and chocolate mix from Popular Discounts on February 15. They were valued at $129.40. She apologised for her actions in the No. 2 District ‘A’ Magistrates’ Court. Police prosecutor Victoria Taitt revealed that Campbell entered the store around 11 a.m. and was kept under observation by a security officer. She went through the aisles picking up the items as well as to the area of the meats. At one point she was seen putting some of the items in a green Popular Discounts reusable bag. The convicted woman then went to the cashier and paid for some items and when she tried to leave, a search was requested and the groceries that she had not paid for were found in the reusable bag and in another plastic bag. (BT)

ASSAULT CASE ADJOURNED UNTIL MAY – Teenager Keon Kenrico Waithe was granted bail today in connection with an offence against a female teen. The 17-year-old Waithe, of Bosvigo Gap, Eagle Hall, St Michael is accused of unlawfully and maliciously wounding Jammie-Ann McConney on February 15. He pleaded not guilty to the charge and was granted bail in the sum of $1,000. Magistrate Kristie Cuffy-Sargeant has ordered him to stay away from McConney until the matter is adjudicated. The case comes up again in the District ‘A’ Magistrates’ Court on May 11. In the meantime, the accused must report to the Black Rock Police Station every Wednesday by noon with valid identification. (BT)

BULLETS FOUND IN SOCK – When police executed a search warrant at the home of a St Joseph man in 2015 they discovered five rounds of ammunition under his mattress. Today, Kevin Jamar Parris, of Bissex Housing Area, pleaded guilty to the almost five-year-old charge, which occurred on August 26. Crown Counsel Rudolph Burnett told Justice Christopher Birch in Supreme Court No. 5A that lawmen ventured to Parris’ home around 6:25 a.m. After speaking to him and handing over the necessary documents they executed the search. The court heard that in a bedroom under a mattress was a green plastic bag containing a white sock in which there was another green plastic bag. In there was a Styrofoam crate with the illegal ammunition. “I went to a party at St John about two weeks ago and find them up there,” Parris allegedly told police at the time. However, when he was arrested and taken to the police station he denied possession of the bullets. A pre-sentencing report has been ordered on the first time offender who is being represented by attorneys-at-law Amilcar Branche and Sherise King. Parris remains on bail until April 27 when he returns to the High Court. (BT)

NOT DOING ENOUGH – Businesses and charitable organisations are still not doing enough to assist with the reintegration of ex-criminals into society, according to Home Affairs Minister Edmund Hinkson. As he addressed Sunday’s Prison After Care Committee’s Church service at a Nazarene congregation at Westmorland, St. James, Hinkson noted a large number of former prisoners are trapped in a cycle in which they end up behind bars just four years after their release. Citing an InterAmerican Development Bank (IADB) study conducted last year, Hinkson disclosed that 61 percent of the approximately 760 prisoners at Her Majesty’s Prison (HMP) Dodds had already been in prison. The average time between their previous release and their current arrest, according to the study, is just 44 months and according to the Home Affairs Minister, the business community in particular has a massive role to play. “Coming out of Dodds, there’s a challenge with reintegration into our communities and their involvement in the socio-economic life of this country. The issue, as we said, is that a lot of employers don’t wish to give these people an opportunity and that therefore speaks directly to the issue of the police certificate of character and the Attorney General has stated this is an issue that we will have to take another look at,” Minister Hinkson acknowledged. But he stressed: “The problem is not one for the prisons or the Minister of Home Affairs or the Government. It is a problem for all of us in this society when these issues are our reality. The prison has done a fine job over the last five years for its programming for the reintegration and reformation of its prisoners including the expansion to those who are on remand.” Turning his attention to the aftercare committee, the Home Affairs Minister suggested the organisation’s role is critical in any attempt to strengthen the relationship between ex-convicts and the private sector. “We must look to strengthen the relationship between the private sector and the employers in this country, service organisations, community service organisations, the lions club of Barbados. We have to look to strengthen our links between these types of organisations and business organisations, as well as community service organisations in terms of giving everybody a stake in the rehabilitation and reform of those who have unfortunately come into conflict with the criminal justice system. Because we are all in this together,” Hinkson said. As part of government’s efforts to address the problem, the administration has extended its rehabilitation programmes to incarcerated persons who are on remand. He added that the recent appointment of five new judges and the hiring of judges to deal exclusively with criminal trials would assist in keeping innocent persons out of the system. Preventative measures he added could be found in Government push toward education reform along with initiatives like the youth advance scheme, the building blocks initiative, and the national training initiative. “Prisons can’t be looked at in a vacuum or in a unique situation. All of this is tied up in how we seek to programme and address our societal issues,” said Hinkson. (BT)

ST LUCIA ZOUKS SOLD TO INDIAN COMPANY – The St Lucia Zouks have been sold to a group of investors with extensive experience in high-profile cricket, says principals of the Hero Caribbean Premier League (CPL). According to a media release issued today, K.P.H. Dream Cricket Private Limited is based in India and has “knowledgeable owners who have a track record of success on and off the field in major events. They will bring a huge amount of experience to the tournament and to the St Lucian team”. The Zouks have been part of the CPL since the league’s inception, making the playoffs during the 2016 season. They play their home games at the Daren Sammy International Cricket Ground, a stadium named after the man who has captained them for six of their seven seasons. Last year the Zouks team featured Sammy, Fawad Ahmed, Rahkeem Cornwall, Andre Fletcher, Colin de Grandhomme and Thisara Perera. Speaking about the purchase of the St Lucia Zouks, Mohit Burman of K.P.H. Dream Cricket Private Limited said: “We are excited at the opportunity to invest in one of the most exciting sporting tournaments in the world, and we have been impressed by the vibrancy of CPL over the last seven years. We visualise taking the franchise to the next level and showcasing St Lucia in the best possible light over the coming years.” Pete Russell, Chief Operating Officer of the Hero CPL, said: “We are hugely excited to welcome this ownership team to the CPL family and we are looking forward to seeing where they take the Zouks during the upcoming season and beyond. They bring with them a wealth of experience, which is fantastic news for both the CPL and St Lucia as a whole. During the 2019 tournament the CPL made a positive economic impact of US$13 670 260 in St Lucia and this new ownership group will be working hard to see this figure increase.” St Lucia’s Prime Minister Allen Chastenet welcomed the new owners amidst the hope “new energy and drive will inspire the team to excel”. He added: “Saint Lucians continue to root for the Zouks and we are encouraged by the confidence that Mr Mohit Burman and his team have placed in the players and Saint Lucia. The Government of Saint Lucia looks forward to working closely with the new owners to create a team we can all be proud of.” (DN)

AMAZON SAYS IT WILL START COLLECTING 17.5% VAT – After several false starts, the Mia-Mottley administration appears to have made a major breakthrough in a controversial bid to collect Value Added Tax (VAT) on online purchases from some major retailers. The “Amazon” tax as it has become known, is to be implemented next month according to multinational e-commerce giant, Amazon. The company on Monday informed customers that effective March 1, 2020, “Amazon World Service (AWS) would begin to charge Value Added Tax at a rate of 17.5% to Barbadian customers. The Seattle-based company detailed its intention in an email correspondence titled “Important Announcement” in which it noted that the new measures are consistent with tax legislation which came into effect on December 1, 2019. The company said that a tax compliant invoice would be issued to Barbadian customers from April 1 this year. The email was reportedly sent to all customers whose records indicate that their Billing Address or Contact Address is in Barbados. It explained to customers that the website calculates taxes based on the customer location, which is determined by Amazon’s Account Location hierarchy. To ensure compliance, Amazon has urged Barbadian residents whose accounts are not listed in Barbados, to update their details by visiting the Billing Address and Contact Address page of the AWS Billing Console. “Tax invoices will appear in the Bills page of the AWS Billing Console along with your anniversary and subscription summary invoices starting on April 1, 2020,” the email further explained. “If you receive your anniversary or subscription invoices via email today, you will also receive tax invoices via email starting on April 1, 2020,” it added. Barbados TODAY’s efforts to reach Minister in the Ministry of Finance and Economic Affairs Ryan Straughn for a comment on the developments were unsuccessful. The measure known as the “Amazon tax”, announced during Prime Minister Mia Mottley’s June 2018 budget was initially to begin in October of that year but was shifted two months later to December 1 and then to December 15th. The following year, legislation was introduced to allow the Barbados Revenue Authority (BRA) to outsource tax-collecting powers to an online third-party and the measure was to be introduced by July 1. This also was unsuccessful. When first introduced, numerous businessmen including former Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BCCI) President, Eddy Abed praised the move for placing local retailers and wholesalers on a level playing field with their overseas counterparts. Smaller businesses, however, complained that the measures could cripple their chances of survival by significantly increasing their costs. Nevertheless, changes were made to the Value Added Tax Act last December adding further scrutiny to the VAT collection process. Shortly after, current BCCI president Trisha Tannis expressed concern about compliance from popular international online companies like Amazon, Wal-Mart, Alibaba. Amazon’s expression of an intent to comply therefore suggests a major breakthrough in the Government’s efforts to implement the tax. It is still unclear if other international retailers will follow suit. (BT)

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The whimsical text tone of his Stark-issued phone pulls Peter kicking and screaming from a rare deep sleep, and his arm fumbles out of the warm down comforter to flop like a dead fish onto his nightstand. He reels the glowing screen toward his one cracked-open eye.

Johnny: Do you think Cap will wear his American Flag boxer-briefs to the funeral?

Peter types with one thumb. Absolutely. They’re his lucky underwear.

He tosses the phone on the sheets and rolls over, chasing sleep for a few more hours. He’s almost drifted off, wrapped up like a human burrito, when his traitorous brain finally breaks the surface. He grabs the phone again.

Wait. Who died?

*****

And that’s how Peter Parker finds himself standing in the queue of superheroes waiting to bid adieu to Deadpool, a man they all, at one point or another, claimed to despise.

Tony Stark is dressed in a seven thousand dollar slate-blue Armani jacket—likely tricked out with enough StarkTech to rival his Iron Man suit—but all the other’s are in full costume. The viewing line stretches out the doors of a funeral home that hasn’t been updated since the nineteen-eighties, and by the time Peter finally reaches the casket he wants to borrow one of Wade’s beloved katanas and carve a swath through the faux-mourners and dated decor.

The sickly-sweet scent of decomposing flowers and the squeaking of vinyl-coated chairs under heavy hero asses is giving Peter a throbbing headache.

In front of him, Wolverine leans over Deadpool’s recumbent body, muttering about the great frozen north in the sky while he stuffs a bottle of booze, a handgun, and an obscene number of knives between Deadpool’s red and black leathers and the white satin lining of the coffin. Peter steps forward, tapping Wolverine on the shoulder and almost earns an Adamantium claw through his chest.

“Sorry to cut your goodbye short, Logan, but do you think I could have a moment alone with him?”

The claws retract. “Yeah, sure kid. Of course. I wasn’t always nice to him, like you were, so I just wanted to give Wade a proper send off.”

Peter nods, even though it’s not true. He’s been plenty mean to Wade too, but at least that’s in the past. “He’ll definitely be…well equipped.”

He watches as Wolverine walks away, pulling a flask out of his yellow suit. When Peter is sure Logan and the rest of the mourners are preoccupied, he steps up to the mahogany casket.

Deadpool is dressed in his red and black suit, minus the mask, which lies next to his pockmarked face on the pillow. Peter bends down, head bowed, and murmurs against the deformed shell of Deadpool’s ear, “Now listen, I know you’re not dead.”

Wade missed his calling as a ventriloquist because Peter swears his lips never move when he whispers back, “Yeah, no shit.”

*****

“You’re not leaving, are you?” Tony’s hand against his chest stops Peter’s momentum toward the exit. “You should deliver the eulogy, Spiderman. You knew him best.”

“Yeah, no, I think… I don’t...that’s a terrible—“

“Nonsense!” Tony leads Peter back toward the casket, next to which the funeral director places a podium. “Knock em dead, er, I mean, I’m sure you’ll do a great job. You’re a natural orator.” That’s Tony’s polite way of saying Peter talks a lot of shit.

“But Mr. Stark, I’ve never given a eulogy before! I have no idea what I’m supposed to say.”

“Tell us something nice about him. Tell us why we should remember him.” Tony shoos him toward the lectern at the foot of the coffin like he’s herding a skittish animal, and takes his seat in the audience.

Peter grips the edge of the wooden stand so tightly it cracks. The funeral director gives him the stink eye. He probably read the Daily Bugle.

Oh god oh god oh god what do I say?

“Uh, good afternoon, everyone. I’m Spiderman, and I guess…” In the front row sits Captain America, nodding encouragingly at him, while Johnny Storm grins and gives Peter the finger from the back of the room. He pauses, restarts with more conviction. “I’m Deadpool’s best friend.”

A hundred spectators lock eyes on Spiderman, but Peter can’t keep help looking to Wade’s still form.

There could be a million reasons why Deadpool, immortal mercenary, has faked his death. Maybe he needs protection. Maybe he’s bored and wants to pull a prank on everyone. Whatever the reason, as Peter stands in front of his superhuman peers, he realizes the entire ordeal has taught him a valuable lesson.

The spandex Spiderman suit leaves no breathing room for fear, but as he swung here, his disbelief ebbing and flowing with each catch and release of his web, Peter found he was scared. It can’t be true. Thwip. What if it is? Thwip. No. Wade can’t die. Thwip. What if he doesn’t come back this time? Thwip. I don’t want to be without him.

“Years ago, Wade Wilson—a mercenary, an ex-soldier, a man dying from cancer—walked into a genetic research facility, and Deadpool walked out. For better or for worse—and for too long I mistakenly believed it was worse—Deadpool came to New York City. He came for me.”

Peter looks out at a room full of colorful costumes and conflicted faces. “He came for all of us; to learn, to change. There are people sitting in this room who hate Deadpool, and always will. There are people here who’ve grown to respect him, to work side-by-side with him, to trust him. I thought I’d always be the former, but I’m the latter.”

Fear’s a hell of a teacher, but Peter’s not scared anymore.

“If there’s one thing I’d want anyone to know about Deadpool, it’s this: Weapon X didn’t create a monster-” Peter smiles- “They unwittingly made a hero. And I’m kind of in love with him.”

Deadpool sits straight up in his coffin, and a dozen of Earth’s mightiest heroes scream like little kids. “You know I’ve actually died fifty-six times in your presence over the years. Where was this heartfelt profession before?”

Peter climbs into the casket and kisses Wade full on the mouth.

*****

“Nice speech, Spiderman,” Johnny says as everyone files out of the funeral home. Wade, with one arm flung over Peter’s shoulder, gives him a quick squeeze. “But I’m kind of pissed we never found out if Captain America was sporting a star-spangled ass.”

Peter shakes his head. “I can say with one hundred percent certainty, he is not.”

Johnny and Wade wear matching skeptical expressions, so Peter pulls the waist of his spandex pants away from his body. “I made a pit-stop on my way here.”

“Now that’s a patriotic dick.” Wade whistles.

Johnny laughs so hard he cries. “Why the hell did you steal Captain America’s underwear?”

Peter looks at Wade, and feels pretty damn lucky.

He may never give them back.

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Based on this tumblr post. For @jennoasis my spideypool buddy :-)

[also on AO3]

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As Courier Six walked the road to Novac listening to Mr. New Vegas making announcements about something or another, something inside her just didn’t feel right. She was tired of being treated like a piece of meat, looked at as if they were free for the taking. All these damn men can’t keep their eyes to themselves. After the way that man in the dog head looked at her, she felt gross. Just thinking about his voice made her skin crawl, and her stomach feel nauseous.

The sun had fully risen as she reached the gates of Novac and everything thing seemed to be looking up. She looked at the tiny town with hope and slight fear, something seemed off about it maybe even a bit eery. As she walked up to the gate she noticed a family shade of blue just behind the town sign. It was Victor. What the hell? Is he following me? She didn’t know what to make of it. She knew she couldn’t trust him but there was no real reason to be rude but she had every reason to be cautious. “Victor?” She approached slowly “Well butter my butt and call me a biscuit, if it ain’t my old friend from Goodsprings!” She raised an eyebrow while crossing her arms “What are you doing in Novac? Are you following me?” He beeped a little and shook his arms “Don’t rightly know. I just got the notion to make my way to New Vegas. Reckon I’ll find out when I get there.” She knew he would avoid the her last question but did he really not know?

She felt a little betrayed. This was the robot that saved her life or what was left of it. Why was he following her? Was he lying this whole time? “Quite a coincidence us meeting like this.” She tapped her foot on the floor a little as she grew more anxious “Seeing as how this is the only road around, I’d be a sight more surprised if we didn’t run into each other from time to time.” She fidgeted with her hands as she looked down at her feet “Its nice to see a friendly face out here I guess.” He beeped again processing her words “Likewise friend! If your ever in New Vegas look your old pal up!” She nodded and headed her way to the front office. Can’t let him catch onto me. Better get inside quick.

As she entered she shut the door behind her. Looking around it seemed pretty simple, small advertising posters from pre-war, filing cabinet, front desk, and a old women sweeping in the middle of if. As soon as she noticed the Courier her eyes lit up but the vibe she gave Six was off. “Well. Welcome to you. You look tired from the road. Why don’t you relax a spell, let this fine town take care of you?” Maybe it was the way she said it but from the moment she walked in she felt on edge. “I’m looking for a man in a checkered coat. Have you seen anyone like that?” The women stopped sweeping and nodded curtly “Well he might have been wearing a fancy outfit, but he wasn’t any kind of gentleman to me.” She patted her broom on the ground in a fit “Had his nose stuck so high in the air, you couldn’t see it above the clouds. City folks, they always think they deserve better then what they got.” She signed and swept a little “Those hoodlums he was with seemed to know Manny for some reason. He’s our daily sniper, up in the dinosaur mouth.” Six nodded “I’d like to rent a room if possible.” The women’s eyes lit up and she smiled brightly “Alrighty! It’s 150 caps, It’ll be the first room on the top floor.” Six handed her the caps in exchange for the key and walked out feeling a bit burned out One step forward two steps back.

Six sighed as she dropped her pack off in her room. She wanted a nap, and some clean clothes, along with a new gun. “This rifle Sunny gave me isn’t going to last much longer.” She set it down near the couch in her new room. Everything had a light layer of dust on it but it was a nice room and at least she didn’t have to block the door with an old bookcase. She plopped down onto the old bed feeling slightly dizzy “Ah one of the many side affects of being shot in the head.” She ran her fingers along the stitches that traced the right side of her skull and then down to her eyelid “Who am I doing this for?” She got up and headed to the bathroom. Looking in the mirror was still a hard thing to face “Who are you?” She placed a hand on the old cracked mirror “Is this the right decision? What will I do once I catch up to him?” We kill him. The voice in her head suddenly sounded so clear and that scared her. “Is revenge really what I’m looking for? Or is it just answers?” Revenge. She probably sounded crazy and hell maybe she was but all she felt when she though of him, the man that shot her, that had thugs beat her, that killed whoever she used to be was anger. She hated him, she wanted to make him hurt the way he hurt her. She wanted him to feel the fear she felt when she was on her knees alone and helpless.

She looked down at her hands and felt the sting of the gash. She was so focused on getting her, on forgetting what happened at Nipton that she completely forgot about her hand. She took out a small pocket med kit she traded for some jet she found on a Powder Ganger. Taking out vodka, a needle, and some thread she cleaned her gash and sewed it back up then wrapped it carefully with a fresh bandage. “Guess I gotta go ask a sniper some questions.” She drank some nuka-cola and headed out to the dinosaur head.

Clif was an over good buy, he sold supplies in the dinosaur. His selection of goods were okay until she saw a specific gun that caught her eye “Excuse me...what kind of gun is that?” It was smaller and heavy but not too heavy. “Oh this is called That Gun. It’s a heavily modified pared down .223 pistol, it shoots 5.56 bullets and does some decent damage.” Her eyes marveled at it “How much?” He chuckled and held it in the air looking at it “Well normally it’s original price is 1000 caps but since you got a room here at the motel I’ll knock upon a hundred caps.” The hope in her eyes faded “Oh uh...I’m sorry I don’t have that much.” She traded some extra supplies she had and headed up.

The man that had his back to her was slightly built, a little taller then her, and seemed to be in deep focus “Uh excuse me?” His shoulders moved slightly and he turned around with a confused on his face “What’s going on man?” He asked crossing his arms “You must me Manny right? The lady at the front desk told me you might know a man I’m looking for. He was wearing a checkered suit.” Manny chuckled and rubbed his face downward “Sure I know him. What do you want with him?” Six sighed in relief a little “Well he...has something of mine.” Manny looked her up and down questioningly “Must be pretty important to be chasing him around like this.” Six nodded ecstatically “Well listen, I can definitely help you find him but I’ve got problems of my own. Maybe we can do a trade. You need my help. There’s something I need too.” She blinked a little but understood what he was saying “Well okay then, what do you need?” He went on to tell her that ghouls have been coming from an old repconn test site and he wanted her to clear it out. She groaned slightly knowing that this was going to be one hell of a job. “Guess I got my work cut out for me tomorrow.”

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Once you find the puzzle, you’ll want to do the following: The puzzle is on the upper floors of the temple on Yavin 4.

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Our Lego Star Wars : The Skywalker Saga Yavin 4 tile puzzle guide explains how to solve the puzzle and get the Kyber Brick. If you step on the tiles to flip them all to the Rebel Alliance symbol, you’ll get a Kyber Brick. On Yavin 4 in Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga, you’ll find a tile puzzle with the Galactic Republic and Rebel Alliance symbols on them. The mosaic image in the newly released Star Wars 9 set photo looks to be the same circular Prime Jedi mosaic that was previously seen on Ahch-To in The Last Jedi.

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Joseph Pappas Dead: Mark Hausknecht Suspect Found

Joseph Pappas, the former Texas constable wanted in the murder of respected Houston cardiologist Mark Hausknecht, has committed suicide and is dead, police say. Police previously announced that they suspected Joseph Pappas was the killer of Hausknecht, who was gunned down while riding his bicycle in broad daylight on his way to work. Pappas was also riding a bicycle when he turned around and fired at least twice at the doctor, killing him, police said. The slaying was mysterious because people said Hausknecht had no known enemies; however, police say they believe Pappas, who owned a realty at one point, carried a 20-year grudge against the prominent doctor after his mother died in surgery under Hausknecht’s care. “This is our suspect,” police said in announcing the death of Joseph Pappas. “This is our suspect.” Police say Joseph Pappas killed himself less than an hour ago. #KHOU11 pic.twitter.com/FoS4HqOgVG — Matt Dougherty (@MattKHOU) August 3, 2018 Here’s what you need to know: Pappas Was Wearing Body Armor When He Shot Himself, Police Say #BREAKING: Police say the suspect in the death of a prominent Houston doctor found dead this morning. Investigators say Joseph Pappas committed suicide pic.twitter.com/Pf9hZbeaCb — WBAP 24/7 NEWS (@WBAP247NEWS) August 3, 2018 Joseph Pappas, who was being actively sought by Houston police and was believed to be dangerous and possibly armed, committed suicide on August 3, 2018, police announced. Pappas had “put together an ‘extensive file’ on Dr. Mark Hausknecht before killing him and had a sheet of paper with other names on it,” CBS News reported. Joseph Pappas had put together an "extensive file" on Dr. Mark Hausknecht before killing him and had a sheet of paper with other names on it https://t.co/GVgnneU7e4 pic.twitter.com/glOoqe6ohA — CBS News (@CBSNews) August 3, 2018 Pappas has been found dead after committing suicide in southwest Houston. He was wearing body armor and shot himself in the head, police said. Joseph Pappas shot, killed himself during encounter with police https://t.co/FejaKGtUlD pic.twitter.com/mFsnS3Au9k — KYTX CBS19 (@kytxcbs19) August 3, 2018 Pappas “was found with snub-nose revolver, backpack, bulletproof vest and a baseball cap,” reported KPRC-TV. According to Fox26 reporter Sally McDonald, writing on Twitter, “The witness who saw Joseph Pappas works for the Houston Parks Board. He first saw him around 9:20AM near the JCC and believed he looked like the suspect in dr.’s murder. Minutes later he found a wallet Pappas dropped w/ ID in it.” At 9:21AM a call came in of an individual chasing a suspicious person. At 9:25 the caller said he was near the Jewish Community Center and that he believed the suspicious person was Joseph Pappas. — Sally MacDonald (@SallyMacFox26) August 3, 2018 McDonald also reported that it was possible the suspect had been camping while on the run. We believe there's a possibility Joseph Pappas was camping in the days since he was identified as the suspect in Dr. Mark Hausknecht's death. Pappas was found dead from a self inflicted gunshot wound. Found w/ a backpack and bullet proof vest under this shirt. @FOX26Houston — Sally MacDonald (@SallyMacFox26) August 3, 2018 Police feared Hausknecht might go out in a hail of gunfire, saying, “You don’t normally put on a bulletproof vest when you are thinking about committing suicide.” Hausknecht once treated former President George H.W. Bush. The suspect’s full name is Joseph James Pappas, and police said from the start that they believed he was suicidal. “He was a brilliant physician, and he’s touched a lot of lives,” Houston Police Chief Art Acevedo said of the victim. The chief extended his condolences to the Hausknecht family. Of Pappas, Acevedo said before he was caught: “He’s considered to be armed and dangerous, and people should not try to deal with him directly…Evidence has been obtained that ties this man to this crime, and we believe that this absolutely is the killer of Dr. Hausknecht…He’s very dangerous, and we need to get him into custody.” According to Acevedo, police believe Pappas may have once been a constable years ago in Harris County, Texas. Later news reports confirmed Pappas had worked for years as a deputy constable in Texas. The Mother of Joseph Pappas Died Under Dr. Hausknecht’s Care 20 Years Ago, Police Say & Pappas Worked in Law Enforcement Police: Houston Dr. Mark Hausknecht killed by man whose mother died during surgery https://t.co/Hng0ThGm2Q pic.twitter.com/TYmmXXQ9Gj — David Cantu (@duckm4st3r) August 1, 2018 Houston police think the motive dates back 20 years, when the mother of Joseph Pappas died in the care of Mark Hausknecht. They allege that hardened into a “grudge” that never left and spiraled into murder. Acevedo said an arrest warrant was issued in the case against Joseph Pappas. “We said we believed he (Hausknecht) was targeted and indeed he was. One of the tips included the fact that the suspect’s mother was a patient of the doctor and died during surgery over 20 years ago,” the chief said. “So it appears this may have been a 20-year-old grudge that this man held.” Julia Pappas died in 1997. According to The New York Daily News, Pappas’s father died in 2010, and he also has a sister. Asked by a reporter if there were any other links between Hausknecht and Pappas, Acevedo repeated, “He (Hausknecht) operated on his mother 20 years ago and she died during surgery.” He added at another point in the news conference, “The only tie between the doc and him is that we have confirmed his mom died on the operating table…the doctor who’s the victim in this case operated on our suspect’s mom.” The chief did not indicate whether there was a trigger that set the suspect off more recently, but he said that multiple firearms were recovered. “I don’t know when he decided to do this, but I’m very familiar with how this murder was committed. And there was a lot of planning that went into this. There was a lot of planning and, sadly, some skill. The shots that he took, took some skill,”...

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sensex today: Stock Market LIVE Updates: Retail investors make beeline for Zomato IPO. IT stocks in high demand. Profit booking in realty stocks. Mindtree jumps 8%. Wipro 4%

Domestic stock benchmarks started Wednesday’s session on a flat note amid selling pressure in private bank stocks. Tech Mahindra was the top Nifty50 early deal winner, up 0.70 percent. L&T, Adani Ports, Wipro, and HCL Tech were among the other blue-chip top performers. On the other hand, ICICI Bank was the biggest straggler, down 0.65 percent. Other losers include UltraTech Cement, HDFC Bank, Axis Bank and Eicher Motor. Just Dial gained 4 percent while Quess Corp lost 3 percent in early trading.

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Tata Metaliks stock is up over 8% over June quarter earnings

Tata Metaliks Ltd shares rose over 8 percent on Wednesday after the company reported net income of Rs 94.72 billion for the quarter ended June 30, 2021. After getting off to a firm start, the stock rose 8.06 percent to 1,299 rupees for the BSE.

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The rupee drops 12 paises in early trading to reach 74.61 against the US dollar

The Indian rupee lost 12 paises to 74.61 against the US dollar in opening trading on Wednesday as the strong US currency and weak domestic stocks weighed on investor sentiment.

Info Edge adds 1% to Zomato’s IPO

Info Edge’s shares rose over 1 percent in trading Wednesday as Zomato launched its initial public offering of Rs 9,375 billion. The Zomato issue includes an offer to sell from Info Edge, India, valued at Rs 375 crore, which owns 18.55 percent of the online grocery delivery and restaurant discovery platform.

NMDC shares up 2% after co-board approves the demerger of NMDC Steel

The state-run NMDC said Tuesday that its board of directors had approved the demerger of NMDC Steel Limited. In a BSE filing, NMDC said that NMDC Steel is its wholly owned subsidiary, which is not currently doing business.

We continue to believe that any significant correction in the market should be used as an opportunity to get into quality stocks

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Bank stocks trade lower

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Nifty appears to be consolidating in the 15,600–15,900 range: analysts

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Happiest Minds, Just Dial, Vakrangee, Mindtree, Mphasis and Coforge were winners in the field, while Quess Corps, Shilpa Medicare, Edelweiss Financials, Max Financial, Oberoi Realty and Bank of India were under selling pressure.

There may be a sharp correction or the bull may keep running. Whatever the result, security lies in high-quality largecaps that now only move slowly, rather than smallcaps that fly away. There is a bubble in small caps that will end badly for new retail investors chasing those small caps. Investors can book some gains and invest the money in fixed income securities and continue to invest in high quality largecaps in the IT, metals, pharmaceuticals, cement and FMCG sectors

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Pre-open session: Sensex up 20 points, Nifty below 15,800

Q1 results today

Mindtree, Tata Metaliks, Shree Ganesh Remedies, Deccan HealthCare, WS Industries (India) and Gagan Gases are among the companies that will announce their quarterly results today.

Zomato’s initial public offering of Rs 9.375 billion opens today

The highly anticipated Zomato IPO opens for subscription today. The online grocery and restaurant platform raised Rs 4.197 billion from 186 anchor investors on Tuesday ahead of its initial public offering. The company told the exchanges that it had allotted Rs 55.22 billion of shares for Rs 76 per share to anchor investors.

SGX Nifty signals a negative start

Nifty Futures on the Singapore Exchange traded 53.5 points, or 0.34 percent, lower at 15,781, suggesting Dalal Street was off to a negative start on Wednesday.

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Nifty50 had a positive session on Tuesday as it easily broke its immediate resistance at 15,750. The index formed a small bullish candle with a long wick on the daily scale, indicating that every intraday sale was bought. Analysts said the 15,900-15,915 zone would be a major hurdle and the 15,650-632 range would act as immediate support for the future.

Tokyo stocks open lower US falls

Tokyo stocks opened lower on Wall Street on Wednesday after falling as investors weighed how a rise in US inflation data would affect monetary policy. The benchmark index Nikkei 225 lost 0.74 percent or 211.64 points to 28,506.60 in early trading, while the broader Topix index fell 0.54 percent or 10.63 points to 1,957.01.

US CPI inflation climbs to 5.4% in June

The US Department of Labor report showed that the consumer price index rose 5.4 percent (non-seasonally adjusted) in the 12 months ended June, its highest level since August 2008. Even though leading Fed officials say the big price increases are temporary Persistently high inflation could lead policymakers to distance themselves from the massive economic policies that markets have loved since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic.

US stocks have leveled off

Major US stock indices closed lower Tuesday after government data showed inflation continued to rise in June. All three major indices had finished on Monday with records, but by the close of trading on Tuesday the Dow Jones Industrial Average benchmark was 0.3 percent lower at 34,888.79. The broad-based S&P 500 lost 0.4 percent to finish at 4,369.21, while the tech-rich Nasdaq Composite Index fell 0.4 percent to 14,677.65.

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The rupee gained 9 paise to close at 74.49 against the US dollar on Tuesday, marking the third straight day of gains from foreign fund inflows and positive domestic stocks. On the interbank foreign exchange market, the local unit opened higher at 74.49 versus the greenback and experienced an intraday high of 74.41 and a low of 74.50 during the session.

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The Chase Files Daily Newscap 16/1/2020

Good Morning #realdreamchasers. Here is your daily news cap for Thursday January 16th, 2020. There is a lot to read and digest so take your time. Remember you can read full articles via Barbados Government Information Service (BGIS), Barbados Today (BT), or by purchasing a Daily Nation Newspaper (DN)

MURDER PLOT REVEALED – Fidel Nkomo Alleyne and Malissa Carla Griffith made history in the High Court when they became the first accused to plead guilty to murder under the amended Offences Against the Persons Act 2018. This afternoon the confessed murderers took responsibility for the shooting death of 22-year-old Lamar Carter which occurred between February 9 and 10, 2015. They will however not be facing the death penalty even though the amended legislation at section 2 of Cap. 141 stipulates that punishment for a person who commits the offence of murder may be liable on conviction on indictment to (a) suffer death or; (b) imprisonment for life. For Alleyne, of No. 116 Denton Road, Grazettes, St Michael and Griffith, of Rochester Way, Grazettes, St Michael, their murder pleas mean they will not face the death penalty as their matter has been classified as a non capital murder. Acting Deputy Director of Public Prosecutions Anthony Blackman in accepting the pleas on behalf of the Crown in the No. 3 Supreme Court before Justice Carlisle Greaves explained that he had discussed the case with the Director of Public Prosecutions Donna Babb-Agard, QC. “We both agreed that this is the type of murder in accordance with No. 32 of 2018 which amended the Offences Against the Persons Act Chapter 141. As it relates to punishment at Section 2 Subsection 1 we are both agreed that this matter does not attract the death sentence. I think that should settle our position in relation to punishment on that matter,” the acting Deputy DPP revealed. He then revealed to the court what occurred before Carter, formerly of Spring Farm, St Thomas, was found dead in a car at Lancaster, St James. Blackman told the sitting that Carter and Griffith were involved in a “troublesome” relationship. Investigations showed, that Griffith suffered physical abuse at Carter’s hand and would discuss the abuse with Alleyne with whom she eventually also had a relationship. During one of those discussions Griffith indicated that she wanted Alleyne to do something for her. “Based on the statements and police investigations, Griffith really wanted Alleyne to permanently take care of Carter,” Blackman said. Investigations showed that the two planned to lure Carter to an area on the premise of conducting “certain business”. Griffith furnished Alleyne with Carter’s number and arrangements were made for the parties to meet in the area of Bagatelle, St Thomas. Carter borrowed a friend’s car to get to the area while Alleyne met him armed with cable ties and a firearm. They then left the area and while travelling along a road in St James, Alleyne ordered Carter to stop and get out the car at gunpoint. A confrontation followed and led to Alleyne hitting Carter with a stone. Alleyne then overpowered Carter, bound him, placed him in the trunk of the motorcar and drove off. He stopped the car again when he heard a cellular phone ringing. “When he went to the trunk and opened it, the obvious happened. Carter bolted and Alleyne gave chase, aimed the firearm in his direction and Carter was shot. Alleyne then took Carter from the area . . . placed him inside the car and drove off.” At one point Alleyne sought the help of a relative on what to do. “The plan was to purchase some gasoline and light the car with the body and dispose of whatever evidence there was.” However police on duty approached Alleyne and his relative while they were checking the source of scraping sound coming from the car. They drove off after being questioned but one of the officers realized that the substance which he had seen on Alleyne’s pants appeared to be blood and the police gave chase. The two were able to evade the cops. Alleyne was later caught at the Grantley Adams International airport where he was about to purchase a ticket to New York. Acting Deputy DPP Blackman explained that during that deadly incident Griffith was in Guyana, which was part of plan. She was detained on her return to Barbados and interviewed. A postmortem attributed Carter’s death to a gunshot to the head, he told the court. The prosecutor also disclosed that while police discovered physical evidence during their investigations, the gun was never found. Alleyne told police he lost the weapon during his escape. (BT)

PLOT TO MURDER LOVER – Frustrated with the abuse sustained at the hands of the late Lamar Carter confessed murderer Malissa Carla Griffith told her friend Fidel Alleyne the deceased “liked to buy weed” and “anybody can catch Lamar like that”. That evidence was revealed today as Acting Deputy Director of Public Prosecutions Anthony Blackman detailed the facts of Carter’s shooting death, which occurred between February 9, and 10, 2015 moments after Griffith pleaded guilty to murder in the High Court. Griffith, of Rochester Way, Grazettes, St Michael, was 25 at the time. In a statement to police she revealed that she met Carter in 2010 at a cock fight in St Thomas. They exchanged numbers and she “started to fall in love with Lamar”. They eventually entered into a relationship but things “started to go downhill” during the second year. “Every time I attempt to leave the relationship Lamar would put a black handle knife to my throat and tell me that I can’t leave him. I was afraid of Lamar.” She also alleged that Carter beat her three times when they took a trip to Canada in 2013. “I started to get frustrated and wanted to leave the relationship . . . sometimes I would tell my friend Fidel Alleyne . . . Fidel would often tell me to leave out Lamar,” the statement said. Griffith further revealed that in December 2014 they got into another argument and “he slap me in my face twice and shocked me with a black taser”. She relayed that incident to Alleyne telling him that she wanted to be happy. “Fidel told me not to worry that just now I will be happy.” She subsequently travelled to Guyana in January 2015 to purchase clothes and informed Carter during a conversation that she might be pregnant. “He told me to do what I want to do. I got so vex and curse Lamar . . and blocked his number”. According to the statement read by the prosecutor, Griffith got in contact with Alleyne the following day and told him she was vexed with Lamar and frustrated and that “I wanted him out of my f****** life and that I wanted him dead.” “My head was so offset that I told Fidel that Lamar like to buy weed and tell him anybody can catch Lamar like that and gave him Lamar’s cellular phone number.” The statement continued: “I messaged Fidel the Sunday and ask him if he collect my money and do the things for me. All he reported and say was that he going to make me happy.” Griffith said she was informed by a friend on February 10, 2015 that Carter had been killed. “I did not believe him so I messaged Lamar’s [relative] and she told me Lamar was dead. Griffith will know her fate when she reappears in the No. 3 Supreme Court before Justice Carlisle Greaves on Friday, January 31. Her attorney-at-law Angella Mitchell Gittens waived a request for a pre-sentencing report. Her bail was revoked today and she is now on remand at Dodds. (BT)

CONFESSED MURDERER SAYS HE WAS SO BLINDED, HE DID NOT KNOW RIGHT FROM WRONG – Fidel Nkomo Alleyne told police he was “so blinded by love” for his co-conspirator that he took the life of 22-year-old Lamar Carter back in February 2015. Alleyne, of No. 116 Denton Road, Grazettes, St Michael made the confession to police when he dictated a statement on what led to Carter’s shooting death between February 9 and 10. Acting Deputy Director of Public Prosecutions Anthony Blackman gave the details of that statement taken on February 11, 2015 moments after Alleyne pleaded guilty to murder in the No. 3 Supreme Court before Justice Carlisle Greaves. Reading the statement Blackman said Alleyne told police that his co accused Malissa Carla Griffith, who today also pleaded guilty to the same murder, confided in him about a year before that Carter “does abuse she” and she had to visit a health facility on many occasions. The statement said that after discussing the situation with Griffith several times, she ask him if he could help her. “I ask how? She say like do he something.” However, he kept putting if off, following months of conversations about what he was do . “I was so in love with she that I was blinded by love of what is right from wrong. Finally we come to a decision that the best time to do it would be when she was out of the island,” the prosecutor revealed to the court. Despite this he told police he tried to avoid the situation for weeks while Griffith was overseas but she kept calling asking ‘when I gine do it?’ He finally responded ‘tomorrow’, meaning February 9, 2015. “She told me that if I don’t do it, we friendship over. I did not want to lose her friendship because she is the only thing I have gine on in my life right now,” the statement read by Blackman said. “I was just suppose to beat up on he.” Alleyne and Carter later met at the Bagatelle roundabout. “I get in he car and we drove a little way down the road and I pull out my gun and I tell he to get out the car . . . He ask me what gine on and I tell he this is a robbery. We start to scuffle and I tried to subdue he. He went down on the ground and I pulled the trigger and the gun went off hitting he head,” Alleyne said in the statement. He said police later approached him but he subsequently drove off. He later realised the police had on the flashing lights but he did not stop. During that time he apologized to his relative for getting him involved. They evaded police and got out the car on a hill and ran across a pasture. It was at that time that he lost the gun. He then took back roads, changed clothes, and contacted his relative to find out whether he had gotten home and messaged Griffith. “She asked me if I do the thing and I tell she ‘yes it turn bad’. She asked me what I do with the phone and I tell she I left it in the car. She tell me I is a c***. I tell she you believe I do that fuh you and all she could tell me is that I is a c***.” Griffith then told him that she was returning to the island the following day and she would “link up”. But he borrowed a suitcase and sweater from a friend, went to the Grantley Adams International Airport and purchased a ticket to New York. “I tell myself that if the police hold me I gine confess,” the statement said. Alleyne returns before Justice Greaves on Friday, January 31 for sentencing after his attorney-at-law Andrew Pilgrim, Q.C. waived the request for a pre-sentencing report. Alleyne’s bail was revoked today and he was remanded to HMP Dodds. (BT)

TWO CHARGED WITH ROBBING KFC – Investigators of the Royal Barbados Police Force need an “unfettered chance” to find the other suspects connected to the Kentucky Fried Chicken (Barbados) Limited robbery, Magistrate Douglas Frederick today said as he remanded two men charged with the offence to Her Majesty’s Prison Dodds for the next 28-days. Junior supervisor at the fast food franchise Alvin George Chung, 36, of Searles Plantation, Christ Church and Noel Lionel Taylor, 42, of Galloway Lane, Waterford, St Michael will be housed at the St Philip jail until February 12. The duo is charged with robbing Llewelun Walthrust, on December 31, 2019, of BDS$69, 881.68 and US$1,259.50 belonging to the KFC. Police say the robbery took place at KFC’s corporate offices located on Hincks Street, St Micheal around 10:40 a.m. The charge is indictable and as such the accused could not enter pleas. Sergeant Krishna Graham objected to bail on the grounds that police were still on the hunt for two other persons and there were fears that the two men would interfere with investigations if released at this time. The prosecutor also submitted that society needed protection from the accused as she informed Magistrate Frederick that Taylor is alleged to have committed the crime while on bail for a pending matter. But in arguing for her client’s pretrial liberty, attorney-at-law Angela Mitchell-Gittens while conceding that Taylor was on bail said the matter was two years old. The lawyer added that her client reported for his court hearings whenever he was required to do so. She urged the court not use the pending charge “to his detriment” given the time span between the two allegations. Regarding the fact that police were still searching for other suspects Mitchell-Gittens stated that the objection had a “shelf life”. She also revealed that Taylor had been in police custody for the past 13 days describing it as “an inordinate” amount of time for a person to be held. “I do not know how it will benefit Taylor . . . the fact that these persons are being sought should not affect his right to his liberty.” “The protection of society is a serious matter but persons are charged, not convicted . . . . At this stage what they have is an allegation. Even though the charges are serious they are not so serious that bail can’t be extended even further,” Mitchell-Gittens submitted. Kaviar Callendar is legal counsel for Chung. He echoed the senior lawyer’s arguments for bail but went on to inform the court that his client was before the District ‘A’ Magistrates’ Court with a clean slate as he was not known to any court in the jurisdiction. Callendar noted that the objections aimed at protecting society were “premature” at this stage as the public had “nothing to fear” from Chung given that the charge against him was at this time, a mere allegation. Urging the court to exercise its discretion in granting his client bail, Callendar informed the magistrate that Chung was a father of an eight-year-old and played an active role in his life. He however, admitted that the one “aggravating” feature was Chung was employed as a manager with KFC and given the complaint, would be out of a job. Magistrate Frederick acknowledged the “good points” coming from both sides but also noted that police investigations were still active. “We still have to give the police an unfettered chance at finding these people. But this [objection] has a shelf life. It will be difficult for you to get bail,” he said before remanding the two accused. (BT)

LEGALISE SAME SEX MARRIAGE - It is “unfortunate” that well-known public figure and political consultant, Peter Wickham could not be married in his country of citizenship, a regional gay rights advocate has said. Maurice Tomlinson, a Jamaican working closely with the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights to have the country’s sodomy laws struck from the Offences Against the Person Act is challenging the Mia Mottley administration to go the distance by not only legalising same-sex intimacy, but marriage as well. “Many people have said that we should just do decriminalisation first and then do marriage equality as has happened in many other jurisdictions. My position is that there is no need for the Caribbean to proceed in that way. There is clear evidence that neither decriminalisation, nor marriage equality harms the society,” said the Jamaican advocate. “They actually help the societies because for one thing, Caribbean people will now be sure that their partners are with them because they want to be. Partners of the opposite sex will not just be with them because societal pressure forces it,” noted. Over the weekend, Peter Wickham married his partner of ten years in Strasbourg, France witnessed by friends and family. The event has become a talking point for many on social media since it was reported in the local press. But according to Tomlinson, quite a few of “us” have been married outside of our jurisdiction. “This is very unfortunate considering how we as Caribbean people view family, weddings and marriages. This means that many of our family members are denied the opportunity of partaking in these joyous occasions because of our restrictive laws. But the sheer sadness is just one aspect of our reality,” he said. In fact, Tomlinson, who is married to a man and splits time between Canada and Jamaica, has urged the Barbados government, to move as swiftly on gay rights issues as it has with the ban on single-use plastics and marijuana legalisation for certain purposes. In addition to his argument on human rights, Tomlinson says the move would allow more homosexuals to come forward for treatment with issues like HIV. He argued it would also help to address issues relating to immigration, taxation, property and inheritance, allowing tourists to have the same protections under spousal laws as they have in their own jurisdictions. This he claimed was preventing Barbados and many other regional countries from taking advantage of almost two billion dollar global LGBT-tourism industry. “If for example a tourist falls sick at the hotel and they go to the hospital, the other partner would be a legal stranger under our laws and couldn’t make any decisions for them,” he explained. Tomlinson, who believes one day very soon, Barbados will have no choice but to adjust its policy believes when that day comes, there will be further implications for other Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries. He explained: “The absence of the recognition is in direct violation of the convention which opens us to sanctions from the Organisation of American States, but it will also create complications if Peter [Wickham] or someone in Barbados wants to have their marriage recognised under the convention. “If they relocate to another Caribbean country and their family wishes to join them, then those relationships must be recognised by those Caribbean countries or they would not only be in breach of the Inter American convention, but also the CARICOM Revised Treaty of Chaguaramas, because the CARICOM treaty provides for the Right of Establishment including bringing your family, and I cannot see how the CCJ would find in any other way,” Tomlinson contends. Government has not responded to the challenge to Barbados’ buggery laws lodged by the Inter American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR), which for Tomlinson represents an admission that those laws are indefensible. He added that after conversations with representatives from the IACHR the deadline had been extended in early 2019 but expired at the end of the year. “Because the Caribbean has the dishonour of having the last remaining anti-sodomy laws in the Western Hemisphere, and Barbados’ life imprisonment is by far the worst penalty, the court is very interested in taking up this matter so I expect it will be prioritised and expedited,” he said. (BT)

PATH TO CITIZENSHIP FOR WEALTHY – Government is building a new immigration platform to allow high-net-worth individuals who want to reside and invest in Barbados to get permanent residency status and ultimately citizenship. Minister of Home Affairs Edmund Hinkson said Cabinet recently approved the new immigration policy which would make it easier for those who want to invest in Barbados’ economy. “Cabinet has approved that persons who fulfill that category, similar to Canadian immigration and some other countries, we will allow them permanent residence in this country, and after being here as an ordinary resident for three years out of five or six years following that, to become citizens of this country,” he said. Speaking to members of the media at St Alban’s Primary where he delivered remarks to students during a special presentation today, Minister Hinkson noted that the change in policy was a significant undertaking because of the need to give persons such as high-net-worth individuals “a psychological feeling” that they are part of Barbados and can commit to help build this country. “We can’t do it with the population that we have now, in terms of building this country and moving us to the next level, which is the vision of the Mia Mottley administration. We have to look to open up our country a bit more to people who can be productive. “Now we are not talking about people who are going to be a security risk, or people who are criminals or who would be looking to bring drugs and create havoc in this country because obviously we have security testing and scrutiny to ensure that we get the best of people,” he said. “We have a lovely country here to offer and these are people who would be able to build businesses in Barbados to create employment. These are people who will buy properties in Barbados and obviously to buy properties you will need to employ people who are in the construction industry. “We need to build capacity and to increase our population with productive people and this is going to happen in a way by building platforms to attract both CARICOM citizens and also people from outside of CARICOM who are willing to help build our country,” Minister Hinkson added. (BT)

FIREMEN TO GET STATE OF THE ART STATION – The Barbados Fire Service (BFS) will be headquartered at Prince Road, Pine, St Michael, on the same compound as the CXC buildings. This announcement came from Minister of Home Affairs Edmund Hinkson who also told journalists today that the proposed state-of-the-art facility will replace the Probyn Street Bridgetown headquarters earmarked for demolition. After that takes place, he said, some firefighters would be relocated to a temporary fire station at Prince Road while others would be accommodated at the Worthing, Christ Church, and Arch Hall, St Thomas, stations. “Arrangements are being made to retrofit a building in the same compound as the proposed new fire station in Prince Road. The building is managed by the Ministry of Transport, Public Works and Maintenance. But that building has to be refurbished. The Barbados Tourism Inc. is facilitating and providing funding for this. “But we are also looking in the longer term while the construction of the new fire station takes place, at the British American buildings in Upper Collymore Rock, St Michael. But again that building would have to be refurbished and retrofitted to accommodate a temporary fire station on the first and second floors,” he said. Following Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley’s announcement that the fire station and nearby old NIS building at Fairchild Street would be demolished to accommodate the Golden Square Freedom Square, it was reported that firefighters were unhappy with a relocation to outfitted containers at Bay Street. However, Minister Hinkson put this down to the firefighters not being aware of planned developments. He explained that the containers were an outpost for firefighters carrying out inspection and other duties in the City to relax and take a break. “The executive of the Fire Service Association is involved and has been kept abreast of these developments and my understanding is that they are satisfied that the best is being done and they don’t have any issues,” Hinkson said. The Home Affairs minister said the National Insurance Scheme (NIS) has agreed to fund the construction of the new station for which the survey plan was recorded at the land registry last week. He explained that the Ministry of Housing was now preparing a paper outlining further details for the proposed fire station which is to be presented to Cabinet for further approval. “Ultimately we will ensure the improvement of the fire service’s framework and what we offer to the people of Barbados. We do not know when a natural disaster will come, but we have to be prepared for it. “I can assure you as Minister of Home Affairs that we are creating the environment for the improvement of the Fire Service both in terms of infrastructure, development, training, and administration,” he added. (BT)

POLICE BAND SOS – After 130 years, the future of the Royal Barbados Police Force Band is being threatened by a lack of fresh blood, a member of the police high command has warned. But Deputy Commissioner of Police Oral Williams’s suggestion that Government lower the age for entry into the police cadet corps from 16 to 14 so as to replenish numbers, was met with scepticism from the minister for the police – Attorney General Dale Marshall. Marshall was present as Williams spoke at a medals ceremony to mark the band’s anniversary at Prince Cave Hall at the band’s headquarters, the St Cecilia Barracks at District ‘A’ complex on Station Hill. Directing his comments to the Attorney General, Williams said: “Like the general force, this institution is short-staffed. “The situation I am told has nothing to do with the non-existence of applicants ready to join the institutions. Currently, we have no cadets on our premises.” “The previous practice of bringing staff in at age 14 was based on the principle of being able to bend the tree while it is young. “As it stands now we have to wait until age 16 and then until age 19 in order for them to become a constable. “This state of affairs must change if the band is to survive and perform the way where we are internationally recognized.” The Deputy Commissioner revealed that in the meantime, stop-gap measures have had to be employed in order to ensure the band’s continued survival while making it clear that this state of affairs was untenable. Williams said: “I have had discussions with the management of the band and made suggestions to avoid a diminution in sound quality and performances occasioned by the sparsity in numbers, at least for the short term. “We can’t afford to do business as usual and lose this institution.” As he followed Williams with his own speech, Marshall gave an assurance that the issue would be addressed but expressed doubt about lowering the recruitment age for cadets. He declared that that police band was too vital an institution to lose, as it remains one of the key examples of the softer side of policing, one that is loved by all Barbadians. Marshall said: “Even when some members of the public seem to be losing respect for police officers as they do their jobs in enforcing the law, everybody in the police band is loved by the public. “It demonstrates the other side of policing, outside of the show force and apprehending criminals. “The side that the Royal Barbados Police Force band represents is an equally important side.” (BT)

BLUE ECONOMY BIZ START UP REVEALED – Turning sargassum seaweed into bioplastic and fish offal into fuel are among four maritime industry startups to receive backing from the United Nations Development Programme, the UNDP has announced. The ventures were unveiled at a UNDP blue economy accelerator lab’s Blue Tank session at UN House. During the Blue Tank, eight innovators pitched their concepts to a panel of judges who provided them with feedback. In the end, four of them were selected for “blue lab funding”. The quartet of startups selected receive funding of up to $30,000 (US$15,000), were Bio Plastic Creation, focusing on making biodegradable products from sargassum seaweed and cassava starch; Bajan Digital Creations Inc. which focused on coral reef mapping using underwater drones; Ten Habitat, which focused on developing a traceable fisheries brand; and NRG, which will develop biogas and fuel from fish offal. The blue lab is part of 60 UNDP global accelerator labs working to reimagine development in several areas for the 21st century, according to UNDP officials. The lab for Barbados is focused on the blue economy and is aimed at supporting innovative solutions to some of the problems. Magdy Martinez-Soliman, UNDP resident representative for Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean, gave the participants the assurance that they would receive the necessary backing throughout the life of their projects. He said while there was a need for fresh ideas, he believed some old concepts could be dusted off and tweaked in order to solve some of the region’s problems. Adding that Barbados and the rest of the Caribbean could come up with their own solutions by creating a “culture of innovation”, Martinez-Soliman said the blue economy was one area that could do with some innovative ideas. Ahead of the presentations, he said: “I do think business-as-usual has a place in some sectors of the industry.“I think that repeat of tested and travelled pathways have a place and can be presented as an economically viable alternative. “So I don’t see it necessarily as something that is wrong. “But I do value it as something that is wrong in the knowledge management sector. “In the knowledge management sector, the new idea needs to supersede the old idea. “The new ways of doing things need to somehow get rid of the old ways that are obsolete, and that is why our blue lab encourages innovation.” Martinez-Soliman said the UNDP was keen on providing support for local, grassroots innovators because it believed that the power of local knowledge is important to developing solutions to “intractable problems”. It was last year that the UNDP Blue Lab issued a call for solutions in November last year. After receiving 35 proposals, officials then narrowed down to eight. During Monday’s session, all the groups were given five minutes to make their pitch, which was then followed by questions from the audience and the judges. Nikola Simpson, head of Exploration for the Blue Lab UNDP Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean, said she was pleased with the steps being taken by local authorities to develop and protect the blue and green economies. She said the UNDP was also pleased about the new initiatives that were being developed by the young people in the Blue Tank “We are really excited about the level of innovation that we are seeing from innovators within the region,” she said. Pointing out that the region depended heavily on the blue economy for a lot of its revenue, she said all residents had a key role to play in protecting it. Simpson also gave the assurance that all the project concepts would be monitored and evaluated carefully by both the innovators and the UNDP. (BT)

WEIR: FARMING, TREE PLANTING CONFLICT RIDICULOUS – Minister of Agriculture Indar Weir has rushed to the defence of the National Tree Planting Project, dismissing as bordering on “ridiculous” farmers’ concerns of trees taking up valuable pasture lands for their livestock. Outcry emerged after it was announced that substantial grasslands at Hope Plantation, St Lucy are to be used as part of the ambitious exercise to plant two million trees across the island by the end of 2020. Weir told Barbados TODAY that he failed to see the farmers’ complaints as there is no arrangement for anyone to use the lands at Hope Plantation. He said: “I don’t know of any farmers’ concerns because no one has approached me. “Secondly, I don’t know of any farmer whose rights have been infringed upon at the Hope Plantation because those lands have been identified for a major project by the Ministry of Education. “The fact that a farmer has been using the Hope Plantation to provide grass or hay for other farmers, would mean that the farmer must demonstrate that he has a legitimate right to do so in terms of an agreement.” The Minister said the issue was brought to his attention by head of the Barbados Agricultural Society (BAS) James Paul. Weir pointed out that through Paul, an invitation was extended to farmers to come to his office and discuss any concerns that they may have about the tree planting exercise. But, he said, no farmer has so far taken up the offer. Weir declared: “I extended that invitation to the farmers and no one has come to me to complain about how the tree planting exercise was affecting them. “I also spoke to James Paul and I told him to inform the farmers that they can come to me if they have any concerns because we are a Government about empowerment, not disenfranchisement. “I am yet to hear from any farmer that feels like there is a threat to his or her existence by way of the tree planting exercise. “There is a systematic way that the tree planting exercise is being done, so I don’t see how it is going to affect farmers. “There are distances between the trees, and you can still get the hay if you need it. Equally, there are alternative lands that can be used. “You can’t complain about access to lands when there is no arrangement in place. This is Barbados and we must have discipline in this country.” Weir suggested critics needed to familiarise themselves with the project before they start “accusing Government wrongfully.” He assured farmers that the tree planting initiative will not interfere with farming, noting that intercropping was an available option. “Farmers can still plant crops such as legumes and peanuts between the trees. “So, I do not see a major issue. The last time I checked, one could still plant things like yam and potatoes under trees. “So, the whole notion that farmers would be impacted, is a conversation that borders on ridiculous.” Paul suggested the BAS backed the livestock farmers’ concerns. He questioned where Government would find the land space to facilitate a project of this magnitude. He told Barbados TODAY: “Farmers have been coming to me with concerns about where Government is going to plant all of these trees. “Even the number that they are talking, which is a million to two million trees, we have to ask ourselves how they are going to accomplish this when some of this land is farmland. “It may be grassland, but it is still farmland and we have to ask ourselves if this number of trees is really realistic in the context of the Barbadian land space. “From the way I see it, they are compromising the ability of farmers to use the land to plant on or use it for grass for their animals. “We need to know how much more grasslands have been identified for this project because it makes no sense that one would use agricultural land to do it.” (BT)

GOVT TURNING BACK ON SMALL MARIJUANA FARMERS – Government is using liberal policies on marijuana to secure economic opportunities for the rich, while denying small farmers a stake in the billion-dollar industry. In the process the Rastafarian community is being disrespected, according to Democratic Labour Party (DLP) President, Verla DePeiza. While large investors line up for grower’s licences permitting them to plant cannabis for medicinal purposes, DePeiza fears government’s five-acre allotments represent a deliberate attempt to exclude working-class farmers. “The ordinary Barbadian does not have access to that quantity of land for that piece of legislation to have any meaningful impact in their lives. Once again it is relegating our people to be workers for others instead of creating opportunities for entrepreneurship and that is why I registered my objection to that piece of legislation,” DePeiza recently contended. Despite the objections, Minister of Agriculture, Indar Weir yesterday revealed the first licences would be issued no later than the beginning of February. When pressed on whether the average citizen would be able to afford a medicinal marijuana licence, Weir replied: “Frankly, I don’t know what the average man means; the average man cannot invest in Coca-Cola.” Meanwhile, DePeiza argued this was not the only instance in which government appeared to be uncaring on the issue of marijuana. She also accused authorities of marginalising the Rastafarian community in the way it constructed the Sacramental Cannabis Bill tabled in Parliament late last year which allows marijuana use only in the precincts of their place of worship. “Again, how that piece of legislation is scripted pits them directly against the church, directly against people who are in the illegal drugs trade, pits them directly against the code of society and they very rightly have rejected it,” DePeiza stressed as she backed The Ichirouganaim Council for the Advancement of Rastafari (ICAR)’s decision to blank the bill. “It has no meaningful application in any event if you tell them that they have a constitutional right and then you seek to hide them off from everybody else. You are creating an ‘us against them’ situation once again. It makes them outcasts once again. We have to find ways to deal with difficult questions. Difficult questions must be faced head-on and I am not satisfied that we have gone in the right direction under this administration in terms of rectifying the wrongs,” the DLP leader said. And, as the government prepares to distribute the marijuana cultivation licences, DePeiza, a long-time advocate for marijuana decriminalisation, has asked government to move more speedily to pardon those Rastafarians criminalised by the previous system. She also warned that numerous young people have gravitated to a life of crime after convictions for possession of small quantities of cannabis has left them with blemishes on their criminal record. “Unwittingly, we have set a significant portion of our young people outside of society. Not just by the use, but by the fact that if they receive a conviction, they can no longer get a police certificate of character and cannot find meaningful employment on the right side of society. That immediately puts them at cross purposes with society. They are immediately out of contemplation for any legitimate job opportunities and that is one of the first paths to crime,” DePeiza contended She added: “Because we have ostracised them for years, we know how it has impacted on the Rastafarian community. I have put my neck on the line since the 1990’s campaigning for the decriminalisation of marijuana precisely because I observed how it separated young people, not that only young people use, but they tend to be the ones who get caught.” (BT)

CITY SHELTER NOW OPEN, GREETS FIVE – First five then eight people have spent the first two nights in the City’s first purpose-built homeless shelter since the Barbados Alliance to End Homelessness officially opened its doors on Spry Street. The association’s president Kemar Saffrey said five men slept at the shelter on Monday night, and about eight people, including women, were there the following night. And people are already showing interest in the shelter’s services, he reported. Saffrey told Barbados TODAY: “It is yet early and people are still finding out that the shelter is now open, but we are seeing that growing interest. “The numbers picking up and people are calling. “Since Monday, we find that the guys coming to register early in the day to come back the night but sometimes they don’t turn up because they may be out late working for people or doing something else and when they finish they may think it is too late to come, but we would try to accommodate some of them.” The shelter opens at 6 p.m. and closes at 10 p.m. until the following morning when breakfast is served. He pointed out that while most people seeking to use the shelter are from St Michael and Christ Church, the Alliance to End Homelessness’ has been working with a number of non-governmental organisations (NGOs) who would be able to use the shelter for their purposes as well. Saffrey said: “We have been out on the road on Monday and Tuesday letting our clients know that, yes, we have opened officially. “The first night my office team went home as late as 11 o’clock making sure that everything was in order. “So we are in our early days yet and we have been working hard to ensure that people are comfortable when they get here.” The shelter is equipped to accommodate 90 persons per night, according to Saffrey. He added: “The important thing is that even if one person sleeps a night, that is one person that we know that we took off the streets and we feel good about it. “Before, there was no other place that these people who we consider to be homeless could go, but now they do. “And we are seeing homelessness from different perspectives. We are seeing fire victims who have nowhere to go, and we are seeing men living on the streets. “We are seeing women with nowhere to go and we are seeing men coming out of jail and have nowhere to go. “So we know that there are people who will need to use our shelter and we are just asking Barbadians for their continued support and to help anyhow they can.” The alliance president also issued a reminder that the shelter was not intended to be a residential centre, but rather a place where people sleep at night. During the day, the shelter’s staff would be available to provide those in need with the necessary tools for their reintegration into society, said Saffrey. (BT)

LAWRENCE T GAY CLOSED FOR REST OF THE WEEK – The Lawrence T. Gay Memorial Primary School will remain closed for the rest of the week while the Ministry of Education, Technological and Vocational Training looks for an alternative venue. The school, which is located at Spooner’s Hill, St Michael, was closed today and Ministry officials met with staff to hear their complaints and concerns. Officials also met with representatives of the Ministry of Health and Wellness and the Ministry of Labour and Social Partnership Relations. The latter Ministry continued investigations in the surrounding community today amidst complaints by staff and students of itchy skin and burning eyes. This will be an ongoing exercise. At the conclusion of all meetings, Minister of Education, Technological and Vocational Training, Santia Bradshaw, agreed that the school would be closed for the next two days and her Ministry would again engage the services of REA Environmental International to monitor and conduct air quality tests at the site. This requires samples being sent overseas. Over the next two days, the Ministry will investigate possible locations to house the 496 students and staff of this school, starting with the Class 4 students. Identifying a location requires space for school furniture, adequate bathrooms and serving area for lunch and security. There is also a need to transfer furniture and materials from the school to the new site and securing insurance for the duration of the occupation of the site. Officials from the Ministry of Education will address parents of the school at a planned PTA meeting tomorrow, Thursday, at 5 p.m. at the nearby Grace Hill Moravian Church. (BGIS)

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I anticipate abounding investors accept been accommodating to accord Wells Fargo (NYSE:WFC) the annual of the agnosticism over the accomplished few years. Afterwards its phony-account aspersion in 2016, the coffer agreed to pay a massive $3 billion settlement. Then the Federal Assets placed a $1.95 abundance asset cap on the bank. Then the coronavirus communicable hit.

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While the company’s banal amount connected to fall, abounding saw it as an befalling to get in on a coffer with a able business archetypal that’s too big to fail. The upside seemed enormous, and still could be.

But afterwards a adverse additional division consistent in a $2.4 billion accident and an 80% abridgement in the annual dividend, it’s adamantine to accomplish excuses for Wells Fargo’s affliction division back the Great Recession.

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Wells Fargo’s $2.4 billion accident ($0.66 per share) was far worse than best analysts expected. I’ll accord the coffer a canyon for its bead in revenue, which beneath $3.7 billion from the additional division of 2019. Afterwards all, the asset cap prevents Wells Fargo from accretion its antithesis sheet, which is the capital way to adverse abate accommodation spreads consistent from the Fed bottomward absorption ante to zero.

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What’s adamantine to alibi is the absurdly aerial $9.5 billion accouterment amount (cash that banks set abreast to awning abeyant accommodation losses) that Wells Fargo took in the additional quarter, which is added than bifold what it took in the aboriginal quarter.

As you can see above, added ample banks took big accoutrement as well. But Wells Fargo is abundant abate than JPMorgan Chase in agreement of absolute assets. Furthermore, it has a abundant abate acclaim agenda accommodation book, which tends to accept college losses, than both JPMorgan and Citigroup. In agreement of bartering and credit-card accommodation exposure, its accommodation book is abundant added agnate to that of Coffer of America, which alone took a $5.1 billion annual acclaim provision.

The affliction for Wells Fargo came from its bartering accommodation portfolio. The coffer additional affluence to annual for abeyant bartering losses by about $6.4 billion in the quarter. Bartering loans are adverse astronomic burden back the communicable not alone awfully reduces bottom cartage at businesses and in public, but additionally changes the abeyant amount and appeal for some buildings, not to acknowledgment affliction the oil and gas industry. In its antithesis presentation, Wells Fargo projects that bartering absolute acreage prices will abatement about in the low- to mid-teen percentages.

I don’t accept an affair with the coffer accessories conservatively, but the acumen it had to booty such a big accouterment in the additional division is that it did such a poor job of appropriately bulging losses and bread-and-butter altitude in the aboriginal quarter.

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As you can see above, Wells Fargo set abreast far beneath banknote to awning absolute abeyant accommodation losses than its peers, not aloof from a absolute banknote perspective, but additionally as a allotment of absolute loans (coverage ratio), which is a bigger comparison.

The way Wells Fargo affected its allowance for acclaim losses in the aboriginal division of the year seemed added hopeful than conservative. Abounding banks in the aboriginal quarter, including Wells Fargo, adopted a new accounting adjustment alleged the accepted accepted acclaim losses (CECL) method, which about requires banks to anticipation losses on the activity of a accommodation as anon as that accommodation is originated and added to the antithesis sheet.

While abounding banks concluded up decidedly accretion their absolute affluence to annual for this new methodology, Wells Fargo said CECL absolutely decreased its absolute affluence by $1.3 billion. So, alike back the coffer took a $3.8 billion acclaim accouterment in the aboriginal division to annual for abeyant accommodation losses from the coronavirus pandemic, it alone concluded up accretion its affluence to awning abeyant losses from bartering and automated loans by $630 actor in the aboriginal quarter, a bashful cardinal because bread-and-butter conditions.

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The coffer additionally concluded up abbreviating its affluence to awning abeyant losses on bartering absolute acreage and bartering absolute acreage architecture loans in the aboriginal division by $388 actor and added than a $1 billion, respectively. I apperceive accounting behavior are complex, but this makes actual little faculty to me. Back the aboriginal division ended, abounding states had already amorphous to apparatus shelter-in-place orders, and abounding banks were already animating for huge losses. Seems like an odd time to abatement affluence for these bartering categories.

CEO Charlie Scharf said on the company’s antithesis alarm that “our appearance of the breadth and severity of the bread-and-butter abatement has attenuated appreciably from the assumptions acclimated aftermost quarter, which collection the $8.4 billion accession to our acclaim accident assets in the additional quarter.” He additionally accustomed that “we are acutely aghast in both our second-quarter results,” and that admitting the pandemic, “our authorization should accomplish better.”

Scharf was brought in to apple-pie up Wells Fargo afterwards the bank’s phony-accounts scandal. He has decades of acquaintance in controlling roles at cyberbanking institutions, ahead confined as the CEO of Visa and the Coffer of New York Mellon, and captivation added assorted administration roles at Citigroup and JPMorgan. He is a protege of JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon. So it’s apropos to see addition with so abundant acquaintance acquiesce the aggregation to use such upbeat and ultimately amiss assumptions. Isn’t a big aphorism in cyberbanking to consistently be bourgeois and adapt for the worst?

Wells Fargo has never absolutely been accepted to accept acclaim problems; alike in the Great Recession, the coffer performed analytic able-bodied compared to others. Now would be the affliction time for the coffer to add addition affair to its list.

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To Scharf’s credit, he did basically accede the coffer messed up. Also, the bank’s allowance for acclaim losses as a allotment of absolute loans is now in a abundant bigger abode at 2.19%, up a accomplished allotment point from Q1. Scharf is additionally in the action of revamping chief administration and said the coffer needs to cut $10 billion in expenses.

All of this should abundantly advice the aggregation if accomplished properly, but the additional division did not reflect able-bodied on Scharf or the blow of Wells Fargo’s administration team, and now administration charge do better.

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Name: Robert Alexander Clarington Jr Nickname: Robbie, Rob, Robin, Bobby Age: 30 Birthday: September 6, 1988 Hometown: Houston, TX Sexuality: Bisexual Astrological Sign: Virgo Pets: Dodger [mutt] Current Occupation Night Security Guard at the Museum of Natural History Qualifications - High School Diploma -Sergeant in the US Army

PHYSICAL APPEARANCE Eye Colour: Blue Hair Colour: Dirty Blonde/Brown Build: Fit, muscular Height: 6′0″ (183 cm) Glasses/Contacts: No, 20/20 vision. Tattoos: Yes, many scattered across his body, including his chest, his arms, his back, and the side of his leg. It was one of the easiest ways he could think of to express himself while in the Army.

Background Place of Birth: Tripler Medical Center Army Base ,Honolulu, HI Current Residence: Hell’s Kitchen, New York Heritage: American Accent: Mild Southern, mostly undistinguishable

FAMILY/RELATIONSHIPS - Mother (close relationship): Diane Clarington - Father (close relationship): Robert Clarington, Sr. [deceased] - Sister (close relationship): Sarah [Clarington] Spencer -Nephew (close relationship): Gabriel (Gabe) Spencer - Brother (distant relationship): Hunter Clarington - Partner (developing relationship): Cooper Anderson - Best Friend (past): Chase Reynolds [deceased] - Best Friend (current): Frankie Knox

Skills Sports: Football, Wrestling, Baseball, Cross Country Running Languages: English, fluent; proficient in Spanish and French; dabbles in German Instruments: Ha Other: Writing, Directing, Drawing/Sketching/Painting, Piggy Back rides

HABITS - He has a very solidified daily routine; he’s flexible, but there are certain things he has to accomplish throughout the day. Once he wakes up, he immediately showers, brushes his teeth, makes breakfast, etc. If one pays enough attention, they’ll be able to map out certain parts of his day to a T. -It rarely happens, but if he spaces out, his hand will go to his leg and rub an old injury of his. It’s usually never out of nerves or even out of a distant memory, it’s just a weird response his body has.

FAVOURITES Favourite Food: BBQ (pork, chicken, beef, anything and everything about it) Favourite Drink: Dr. Pepper, a variety of juices, Whiskey Favourite Colour: Blue Favourite Music: He’s rather indifferent, he can find enjoyment in any genre Favourite Literature: He enjoys Historical Fiction most, but give him any book and he’ll probably read it. Favourite Season: Summer or Fall. Favourite Place: Anywhere in Central Park Favourite Superhero: Captain America (he realizes how ironic this is, but Cap is the man, in his eyes) Favourite Activity: Reading or watching movies Favourite Words: Blooper (it made him laugh as a kid and he’s never let it go)

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HOW DO THEY SPEND THEIR DAY OFF? More often than not, his days off involve a trip to the gym that’s a bit more intense than the other days of the week, and typically a trip to Central Park with Dodger, but mostly, it’s just time to himself; cleaning up the apartment, reading, sketching, talking to his family. Some days will find him venturing out to see his sister or to explore the city, but he’s a homebody; he likes his own time.

SLEEPING HABITS/POSITIONS: Without fail he’s falling asleep on the right side of the bed, on his side facing the door with his arms folded into his middle and his legs curled close to him. This is usually unchanging, whether he be sleeping alone or has someone else with him in the bed, and it’s mostly to do with the small sleeping spaces he encountered in the Army, as well as the secure feeling it gives him. If he should be with a significant other, he’ll usually sleep with his arms around them and with them pulled close, and the rare, rare occasions his nephew has slept with him, it usually ends up with one of his arms being pinned under Gabe’s head. With Gabe, his usual tight sleeping position comes in handy, seeing as the kid likes to take up as much room as possible on the bed.

MORNING ROUTINE: As mentioned, it’s fairly routine, and he’s gotten it down to a science. His work schedule is steady enough that he wakes up at the same time almost every morning, after four hours of sleep (five to seven if Cooper is staying with him). Regardless of when he wakes up though, he’s always got enough time to take care of what he needs. On a typical morning alone, he’ll shower, brush his teeth and then make breakfast, usually just cereal (except for his full days off, where he’ll make toast with egg whites and a shake). If Cooper is with him, he’ll make a fuller breakfast: eggs, bacon, pancakes.

Even though he sleeps longer and better if Cooper is with him, the younger man very rarely wakes up before him. In the case that Robbie wakes up first, he’ll stay in bed for a little bit, one to see if Cooper will wake up soon, and two, to just observe him as he sleeps. He’ll go about his business until he hears Cooper stirring, in which he’ll go back and give him the attention he needs. On the occasions that Robbie is the last to wake, Cooper is usually his alarm clock.

Facts - Has a scar from a bullet wound on his left thigh. It causes him pain from time to time, but for the most part, it doesn’t bother him. - Tattoos: Right arm- “Loyalty” written across the top of his shoulder; a Kanji Japanese Symbol for “Family” just under the former; Left arm- Tribal Taurus symbol for his father; while Robert Sr was never one for Zodiacs, he’d always enjoyed that his ‘sign’ was the bull, symbolizing strength. Chest- Eckhart Tolle quote: “When you lose touch with inner stillness, you lose touch with yourself. When you lose touch with yourself, you lose yourself in the world.” Lower Abdomen- “In Loving Memory; Reynolds, With Me Always” for the friend he lost overseas. Ankle- “RSH”, the initials of the Clarington kids, who were each others best friends until they settled in Texas.

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3 trends to watch in the Chinese New Year

For those celebrating the Lunar New Year, 2020 is the Year of the Rat, the first of the 12-year cycle of animals that name the years. In Chinese mythology, a race was held to determine the rank of the twelve Chinese zodiacs. You might be wondering how could the tiny creature beat tigers and dragons to win the first-place honor? Legend has it that the Rat tricked the Ox into giving him a ride in the race, and as they arrived at the finish line, the Rat jumped down and landed ahead of the Ox.

Coincidentally, 2020 marks both the start of a brand-new decade and a 12-year cycle in the lunar calendar. For investors, then, this could be a good time to look ahead to future trends that could shape China’s economy, and impact investors. These include:

1. Financial market reform

Under the U.S. and China’s phase one trade deal signed in January, China has pledged to buy additional U.S. goods and to improve protection of intellectual property rights. In addition, China is committed to open up its domestic financial market by allowing more foreign capital access.

China announced last year that it would remove the quota limits on two cross-border investment schemes, Qualified Foreign Institutional Investor and Renminbi Qualified Foreign Institutional Investor, allowing more foreign players to enter China’s asset management, pension management and currency brokerage sectors.

After successful Chinese A shares index inclusions, additional bond index inclusions and the 11-point liberalization plan allowing foreign agencies to rate all bonds traded on local securities markets lead to growing foreign interest in Chinese fixed income markets this year.

For U.S. investors, this could mean more choice and better access to the companies benefiting from China’s growth.

2.Urbanization

For decades, China has experienced a massive internal migration of people from rural areas to the cities. Nonetheless, the “Hukou system,” a household registration system designed to regulate population distribution, limited the ability of people to move freely to the cities. In late last year, however, China lifted residency curbs in smaller cities, as well as increasing infrastructure spending. By relaxing the Hukou rules, rural migrants should find moving to and settling down in nearby cities much easier.

This could have a profound impact on the Chinese economy in the long run. As urban populations not only tend to have a higher income level on average, but also a higher consumption rate compared to rural residents, the increased urban population could boost consumption and revive slowing economic growth.

3. Technological innovation

While global markets celebrated U.S. and China’s agreement to sign a phase one trade deal, the tensions between the U.S. and China on technology is likely to persist in the long run. At the same time, China’s technological advancement is continuing.

China has placed higher strategic priority on domestic technological research and innovation. In 2018, China accounted for nearly half of global patent filings with a record 1.39 million applications (see Figure 2).[1]

While original scientific research in China still lags the U.S., China has proved itself more successful in business integration. For example, China rolled out the world’s largest 5G deployments with 130,000 base stations in 2019[2]. Continued government support and the low cost, high skill workforce, could abet China’s competitive advantage in technology. That in turn could contribute to its economic growth in the next few years.

After a decade of robust economic growth, China is likely to face challenges, including economic slowdown in the next few years. However, these trends could help to bring some new opportunities for U.S. investors. As China’s importance to the global economy continues to grow, it will be critical for investors to understand and monitor these developments in China.

Chris Dhanraj is the Head of the iShares Investment Strategy team and a regular contributor to The Blog. Jasmine Fan contributed to this article.

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[2] Chinese Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, as of November 2019.

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IndyCar headed into its season finale Sunday afternoon at WeatherTech Raceway at Laguna Seca with a roughly 10% increase in linear TV viewership and attendance jumps at half of its races this year. This was the first year of NBC Sports’ full-season media-rights pact with IndyCar, which had a new title sponsor in Japanese tech company NTT. According to SportsBusiness Daily, Hulman & Co. CEO Mark Miles believes the series had a good year when looking at key performance indicators, in addition to being a “terrific year on the track.” Miles said, “The two biggest things commercially were NTT as series entitlement partner, and we’re very happy with that…Then NBC -- we think they’ve done a great job.” The season finale was held at Laguna Seca this year after the series dropped Sonoma Raceway from its schedule. On Sunday, Josef Newgarden was crowned IndyCar champion as Colton Herta won at Laguna Seca.

Women’s World Cup drew close to $100 million in U.S. ad sales. Ad-tracker Kantar reported that the Women’s World Cup, which the U.S. team won in July, brought in an estimated $96 million in U.S. ad sales, more than double the company’s earlier estimate of $43 million. “Demand was high for the Women’s World Cup in the U.S.,” said Jeremy Carey, managing director at Omnicom Group sports ad buying agency Optimum Sports. “[Fox] sold every impression they could sell.” Kantar’s initial projection "did not include ad revenue generated by Spanish-language networks owned by Comcast Corp.’s NBCUniversal, including Telemundo, which accounted for about 11%" of the $96 million. Strong ad sales and ratings for a World Cup reflect team popularity and translate into revenue for U.S. Soccer. According to the Wall Street Journal, the "flood of ad dollars highlights the appeal of the tournament on Madison Avenue and its ability to drive revenue for TV networks." There’s been an “awakening” in terms of how brand clients are thinking about the Women’s World Cup.

As Oklahoma football celebrates its 125th year in program history, longtime OU partner Coca-Cola will pay tribute to the program by serving as “OU 125” presenting sponsor and introducing an integrated fan campaign for 2019-2020. According to Cynopsis Sports, fans can purchase commemorative 8-oz. glass Coca-Cola bottles customized with the OU 125 logo available while OU-branded 20-oz. Coke or Coke Zero Sugar bottles will offer an exclusive augmented reality feature showcasing milestone Sooner football moments with a cell phone and OU app. Coca-Cola also is developing an OU 125 photo mosaic built over the season through pre-game fan festivities during home games and online. This week, after an early season bye, OU dives into conference action against Texas Tech on the road to another target CFP semifinal berth. The OU-Coca-Cola tie up is only one of dozens of brand activations around college football’s big sesquicentennial celebration this year.

Online lender Social Finance, known as SoFi, will pay more than $30 million annually for the next 20 years to entitle the new NFL stadium under construction in Los Angeles, making it the largest deal in U.S. naming rights history. According to multiple sources, the partnership eclipses the previous NFL high-water mark of $20 million annually at MetLife Stadium, and Chase’s $30 million annual deal with MSG for extensive promotional rights that stop short of entitlement. It may also eclipse Scotiabank’s $40 million deal to rename Air Canada Centre in Toronto in 2017. SoFi’s CEO is Anthony Noto, the NFL’s former CFO. Along with stadium rights, SoFi becomes a sponsor of both tenants, the Chargers and Rams, and will sponsor the adjacent performance venue. SoFi becomes one of Silicon Valley’s biggest sports spenders; it has spent more than $200 million annually on marketing in recent years. It currently claims 800,000 members, with products including student loans, mortgages, personal loans, and wealth management. The company believes the venue will help it become a household financial brand.

Endeavor IPO is back on, aims to raise about $600 million. After a postponement in early August, entertainment giant Endeavor Group filed revised paperwork with the SEC as they move forward with an IPO. The company plans to offer approximately 19.35 million shares of stock for sale, at an estimated price of $30 to $32 per share. (As usual, the underwriters have an option for additional shares.) The company estimates they will received net proceeds of $547-$632 million after expenses. Public investors will own a piece of a money-losing company that carries $4.57 billion in long-term debt. And it will be firmly controlled by the top two executives (Ari Emanuel and Patrick Whitesell) and the controlling investor, Silver Lake Partners; together they will control about 88.5% of the voting power. Endeavor has expanded far beyond its traditional talent agency roots. In the past few years it has acquired the UFC mixed-martial arts circuit, fashion, and sports management group IMG, the Professional Bull Riders tour and streaming provider NeuLion. The transactions are key reasons why the company reported $4.5 billion in debt as of June 30.

The NHL and NHLPA are "believed to be making progress towards a potential three-year extension" of the CBA that would run through 2025, according to Sportsnet. The NHLPA's decision yesterday "not to trigger an early end to the current agreement ... should also raise hopes that an even longer extension might be in the offing." This development is a "welcome change for a league that has experienced three straight lockouts" and saw the entire 2004-2005 season "shuttered before the salary cap was instituted." It has "come about because the owners feel they have a fair system where revenues are split 50-50 and the cap is tied to the overall growth of the business." The NHL had "previously let its own deadline to re-open the CBA pass on September 1." Had the players "decided to trigger" a September 2020 end to the CBA, there was "some fear that it might derail the positive bargaining" that has already happened. Now the work can "continue without the semi-imminent threat of a deadline.” Commissioner Gary Bettman said that the league is "pleased with the players’ decision and looked 'forward to continuing to work with the NHLPA for the benefit of all stakeholders.'"

Emmy Awards force WNBA playoff game to move venues. The WNBA L.A. Sparks' semifinal game on Sunday against the Connecticut Sun marked the end of the Sparks’ season, all without "playing a single game in their usual home arena" during the series. According to the Los Angeles Times, the Emmys were being "held across the street at Microsoft Theater," but Staples Center was being used for the event as well. The Sparks, who "average over 10,000 fans per game, settled on the 4,000-seat Walter Pyramid at Cal State Long Beach" for Sunday's game. This was the fifth playoff game since 2015 the Sparks have had to "play away from Staples Center." Meanwhile, a previously booked event "prevented the Sparks from practicing at their temporary home" on Saturday, "forcing them to go to a local community college." Piling on these indignities, the Sparks were swept by the Connecticut Sun in the WNBA semis; the Sun now face the Las Vegas Aces in the finals.

Digital media rights will be the key driver for the growth of the sports industry over the next five years, with the fourth edition of PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) Sports Survey predicting growth in that sector of up to 9.7%. While the PwC paper is enthusiastic on the unrealized potential of digital, it does cast doubts as to whether sports organizations can benefit from online growth, with concerns that the major technology firms will instead be the ones to reap the benefits as both gatekeepers and producers of content. Also a factor, according to the study, will be “much lower growth rates” seen across traditional media streams, which are estimated to be at no more than 4.1% during the same period. Overall, the PwC paper does paint a positive picture of the overall sports market, predicting the industry to grow at a healthy annual rate of 6.4% over the next three to five years. That is below the 7.4% growth of the past three to five years, however, the study insists growth remains "robust."

HBO Sports laid out plans for its new all-access college football series set to debut in October with the docuseries 24/7 College Football. According to Cynopsis Sports, four programs will take part - Florida, Penn State, Arizona State, and Washington State – as “they meet the demands and challenges leading up to and through game day.” The series is narrated by Liev Schreiber and will run for four consecutive weeks starting October 2 with an hour-long special spotlighting the Florida Gators. “For many years, we have been enamored with the storylines and unrivaled traditions of college football, and we’re excited for the opportunity to expand the 24/7 franchise into the realm of college sports,” said Rick Bernstein, executive producer, HBO Sports. “Viewers will feel the tremendous electricity of some of the best atmospheres in the country, and see the meticulous preparation and challenges facing these programs in the build-up to game day and during the game action.” The series is a collaboration between HBO Sports and Lucky 27 Media and Sport & Story.

The Ryder Cup and Aon, a global professional services firm, unlocked a multi-year agreement establishing Aon as a Worldwide Partner of The Ryder Cup. Beginning in 2020, The Ryder Cup and Aon will introduce a multi-platform partnership that focuses on the risk reward narrative so authentic to the event. Aon has signed a multiyear deal to become a worldwide partner of the Ryder Cup. Financial terms were not disclosed, but the deal includes the 2020 Ryder Cup at Whistling Straits; the 2022 Ryder Cup at Marco Simone Golf and Country Club in Rome; and the 2024 Ryder Cup at Bethpage Black on Long Island. Activation plans include the creation of a new award based around “defining moments” of the Ryder Cup. Details of the award are to come over the next few months. Aon already sponsors the Aon Risk Reward Challenge on both the PGA Tour and the LPGA that awards $1 million to the winning player on each tour who posts the lowest score on 65 designated holes at tournaments throughout the season. Aon joins BWM as the second worldwide Ryder Cup partner and deepens the company’s investment in golf.

The Trump administration has announced a national youth sports strategy that will reach beyond in-school physical education and into community-based programs. It will be funded by a legacy endowment with a goal of raising $100 million to provide grants intended to drive increased participation. Developed by the Department of Health & Human Services and the President’s Council on Sports, Fitness & Nutrition, the strategy largely will mirror a draft report issued in June. That report echoed many of the recommendations of those who previously studied participation declines, including the Aspen Institute’s Project Play. Among the focus areas: Recruiting and training of coaches and volunteers, creation of safe places to play, provision of quality equipment and strategies to increase participation among girls. Among the first to sign on in support of the endowment is NBC Sports Group’s Sports Engine -- a leading software provider for youth sports organizations -- which will offer a Premier League Fan Fest trip and other prizes in a sweepstakes to raise funds for the NEYS. Other founding supporters include the NHL, MiLB, UFC, Monumental Sports & Entertainment, the AAU, the Sports & Fitness Industry Association and Boston Scientific.

Athletes attend Harvard to “Crossover Into Business.” The program, taught by Harvard Business School professor Anita Elberse, is "built to help professional athletes be better prepared for business activities during and after their active sports careers,” per Harvard's course description. Participants will each be matched with a pair of Harvard Business School MBA student mentors who will “develop their business acumen and empower them to make better business decisions.” The program is tailored to fit athletes' schedules and interests all while leveraging the "acclaimed Harvard Business School case method.” Athletes taking part in the latest cycle of Harvard Business School's Crossover Into Business program, according to the Boston Herald, include: figure skater Ashley Wagner; tennis players Caroline Wozniacki, Bethanie Mattek-Sands, and Andrea Petkovic; former NFLer Will Beatty; Knicks forward Reggie Bullock; Magic forward Amile Jefferson; NBA free agent Jose Calderon; and former NBAer David Lee. Last year NBA star Kyrie Irving attended the program, along with former NFL tight end Martellus Bennett; NBA players Paul Millsap, Zaza Pachulia, and Spencer Dinwiddie; and other athletes from the WNBA, MLS, UFC, and the American Ballet Theater.

Officials from MLS, the Independent Supporters Council, and supporters groups of the Timbers and Sounders met for "more than three hours on Thursday in Las Vegas" regarding the league's Fan Code of Conduct policy, and agreed to "continue talks on Tuesday," according to Soccer America. The meeting was called in an effort to resolve an ongoing dispute over the "ban on the display of Iron Front flags or banners" at MLS games. Supporters "want MLS to work with international experts on human rights to craft language in the Fan Code of Conduct that reflects and supports radical inclusion and anti-discrimination." MLS proposed an "evaluation of the treatment of the Iron Front flag" for the remainder of the 2019 season and a "broader evaluation of the Fan Code of Conduct.” Timbers Owner and CEO Merritt Paulson "praised the efforts of the two sides." He said, "We have always been advocates for soccer supporters uniquely having a right to exercise their voice on matters of human rights at games.” MLS has confirmed that for now, its policy banning the Iron Front flag remains.

The San Diego Padres are fine with Petco Park hosting the annual KAABOO festival beginning next September. The team has "taken strides to greatly improve how it protects the ballpark's playing surface," according to the San Diego Union-Tribune. Padres President of Business Operations Erik Greupner said that the team "upgraded the protective flooring it uses during in-season non-baseball events a couple years ago." The ballpark in recent years has hosted several concerts and Comic-Con with "no visible damage to the field.” KAABOO, an "upscale music, comedy, art and culinary festival" set to be held September 18-20, 2020, is heading to Petco "after being held for its first five years at the Del Mar Racetrack and adjacent fairgrounds." There is a multiyear contract to hold the event at the ballpark, and Padres season ticket holders will have "access to a special 'loyalty discount'" for the festival. Greupner said landing KAABOO is a "fulfillment of our promise to the people of San Diego that this publicly funded ballpark will (have) more than just baseball."

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Esports will get a 24/7 mobile channel with VENN. According to USA Today, the online channel will debut next year with live studios in New York and Los Angeles and aims to be an online video home for esports and game culture - similar to that of ESPN for sports. The channel will be available as an app on streaming and mobile devices, and will offer channels on current video game and esports destinations such as Twitch and YouTube. VENN also plans to put itself on live streaming services such as Sling, YouTube TV, Hulu, and PlutoTV, as well as Snapchat and TikTok for a fittingly full digital presence. Although some of the content will be behind a paywall for enhanced viewer experiences, the majority of the content will be free to watch. In terms of funding, the network's co-CEOs announced $17 million and some of its investors include Twitch co-founder Kevin Lin, Riot Games co-founder Marc Merrill, Blizzard Entertainment co-founder Mike Morhaime, and Blizzard's former global esports head Amy Morhaime. With esports on the rise across pop culture, it is fitting that they will have a space with the best coverage 24/7 on an online platform.

Esports’ Team SoloMid is working on a state of the art, $13 million training facility. The stadium will be the biggest esports training facility in North America at 25,000 square feet and will be finished by February, 2020. According to win.gg, TSM’s location will feature not only training rooms, but also a built-in gym and wellness center for the professional gamers. Determined to recreate the same successes found in traditional sports training facilities, TSM will also have an in-house sports psychologist. TSM’s goal is to optimize all aspects of its training processes and make esports teams just as well cared for as those in on-field sports. Although Team SoloMid has been dealing with a variety of difficulties in recent years, their new L.A. training location should put the team into a growth mindset.

Ex-punter and sports personality Pat McAfee signs a deal with FanDuel. The new multi-year partnership makes FanDuel the exclusive sports betting, daily fantasy sports, casino, and horse racing partner of Pat McAfee. In addition to promotions, McAfee will make weekly appearances on FanDuel’s “More Ways to Win” TV show. The show is hosted by former ESPN “Sports Center” anchor Lisa Kerney, former L.A. Rams and Seattle Seahawks reporter Dani Klupenger, TVG’s Dave Weaver, and FanDuel Sportsbook oddsmaker John Sheeran. In addition to his “More Ways to Win” appearances, McAfee will appear on various FanDuel podcasts, make regular appearances at FanDuel Sportsbooks, host daily fantasy contests on FanDuel, and take over FanDuel social media accounts throughout the NFL season. This is another example of FanDuel expanding as it is rapidly becoming one of the biggest sportsbook operators in the U.S.

Sports media company Whistle and the digital content studio OTRO have announced a multi-year commercial partnership. According to Variety, the two companies will collaborate on programming strategy, co-creating premium original content, and developing experiential activations. They will also work together on the development and monetization of content and IP formats globally. OTRO has tons of big names on its roster including David Beckham, Lionel Messi, Zinedine Zidane, Neymar Jr., and Eric Cantona to name a few. In addition to co-creating content, Whistle will also help manage OTRO’S online merchandise store, which has recently begun to sell direct-to-consumer products. OTRO’s platform is to deliver player-made content directly to fans, a concept that is catching on quickly in the podcasting world.

The NFL and Facebook expand their content deal. According to Advanced Television, the multi-year partnership extension will see more NFL video content streamed globally through Facebook Watch. The move will expand on existing arrangements between the two which began in 2017. Over 22 million people watched at least a minute of an NFL recap on Facebook in 2017 and 2018, with 28% of these views coming from outside the U.S., showing global growth in the sport. Meanwhile unique viewers of the recaps grew by 32% in 2018 compared to the previous year. The NFL will continue distributing recaps from all 256 regular season games, as well as playoff matchups and the Super Bowl, plus video highlights from postseason tent pole events such as the Pro Bowl, NFL Scouting Combine, and NFL Draft. In addition to game recaps, the NFL will utilize Facebook Watch for distribution of a vast array of unique content, all of which make the NFL a more dynamic digital process.

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The Travelers Championship in Connecticut raises $2.1 million for 150 local charities. According to the Hartford Courant, representatives from all of the charities — including the primary beneficiary, The Hole in the Wall Gang Camp — were at TPC River Highlands in Cromwell last Tuesday to receive their respective shares. Since taking over as the title sponsor in 2007, Travelers has generated a charitable haul of nearly $20 million. The Travelers Championship donates 100% of its net proceeds to charity, and this year's effort brings the amount generated by the tournament to nearly $20 million since Travelers became title sponsor in 2007. At least 750 charities have benefited over that time. Next year, the tournament will have a huge international name added to the list in the likes of Reigning PGA Tour Player of the Year Rory McIlroy, which will bring even more charity attention to the event.

After Steph Curry's business dabble into golf, he hosts his first charity golf event in San Francisco. According to ABC 7, the charity golf tournament was held at San Francisco's Harding Park golf course with San Francisco Mayor London Breed on hand to help kick off the day as teams gathered in their golf carts to listen to opening remarks. The tournament was presented by Workday and will benefit PGA Reach and Eat, Learn, Play - Steph and Ayesha Curry's new foundation that focuses on providing meals, education, and a safe place to play for underprivileged kids. Even though it is just Curry’s first charity tournament, the event proves his popularity as all 50 two-person teams were filled. The intent was to raise $1 million and the tournament was able to nearly achieve that goal by totaling $975,000.

Proctor and Gamble brand will buy 9,000 tickets to support equal pay for women. The consumer goods corporation’s Secret deodorant will spend $200,000 to buy 9,000 tickets to National Women’s Soccer League games in September and October as part of the brand’s growing effort to support equal pay and opportunity for women’ soccer players. According to Ad Age, Secret will buy 1,000 tickets at one home game for each of the league’s nine teams, offering seats to women’s organizations, youth sports teams, not-for-profit organizations, and other local partners. The brand will also give away Secret products, T-shirts and spirit towels to the first thousand fans at one game in each city. The effort follows an ad Secret launched in March promoting equal pay for the U.S. Women’s National Soccer Team and a $529,000 donation split across the 23 USWNT players in July after it won the Women’s World Cup. Brands have been backing women’s sports, which have also seen a resurgence of interest in broadcast time thanks to digital platforms.

Colin Kaepernick is enshrined as a diamond necklace piece and auctioned off for charity. According to TMZ, Moses the Jeweler in New York City created the piece of Kaepernick and it took him a year to complete. The piece of jewelry cost $90,000 to make, and it was produced with 18k yellow gold. The jewelry is a replication of the famous moment when Kaepernick first began kneeling for the National Anthem as a member of the 49ers back in 2016. All of the profits from the piece will be donated directly to Kaepernick’s Know Your Rights Camp, an organization that preaches equality for all. Bidding for the piece starts in a couple weeks with the starting price being set at $90,000, with the potential to draw in even greater numbers.

UFC fighter Dustin Poirier’s shirt worn by rival Khabib Nurmagomedov brings in $100,000 for charity. According to RT, following their UFC lightweight title fight in Abu Dhabi, Khabib and Poirier donned each other’s shirt as a symbol respect, and later, the clothing articles made a positive impact with the proceeds from Khabib’s shirt going to charity. Not only was the impact felt for Khabib, but Nurmagomedov vowed to auction his shirt off to help Poirier’s “The Good Fight” charity with the funds to be used to build water wells and repair water supplies at an orphanage and school in Uganda.

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