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With continuous growth in Intellectual Property (IP) filing activities worldwide, India has witnessed a remarkable upsurge in Industrial Design, patent, and trademark filings in the last year, i.e., 2018. Where on one side, the nation saw more than 20% hike in trademark filing, on the other side, it witnessed a rise of 13.6% in the industrial design applications. While global applications for obtaining the Patent Protection increased by 5.2 %, Indian patent filings grew to 7.5%. Furthermore, the number of pending applications in the country hit a reduction of 25% in 2018 as compared to 2017. All these statistics have brought India onto the top tenth (10th) position amongst 49 countries ranked on the basis of the total (abroad and resident) IP filing activities.

Who’s At the First Position?

With over 50% of the overall applications, including trademarks, patents, and designs, the most a global increase in the IP filings were made by China – as per World Intellectual Property Indicator of 2019. When compared with the year 2017’s IP filings, China received around 160,400 more applications in 2018. If considered globally, Trademark Applications calculated 14.3 million, up 15.5%, industrial design fillings amounted to 1.3 million, and patent ones representing a growth of 5.2% in comparison to figures for 2017 exceeded 3.3 million.

Who Stood Second?

Listed as the second rank nation – the US, unfortunately, witnessed a 1.6% fall in patent filings in 2018. Though the country’s trademark filing activity rose by 4.3%, yet fall in Patent Applications, which is the first decline the nation faced in the previous a decade is a point of worry.

As per Francis Gurry, the director-general of WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organization), Asia is persistently emerging as the global hub for IP filings.

Coming back to India, the count of domestic applications for patents in this nation is continually increasing. It jumped from 22% in 2013-14 to 34% in 2018-19. According to the data provided by DPIIT (Department of Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade), the IP filings in the country have seen a notable rise in almost every sector, covering information technology (IT), science, and computer science. Moreover, startups, along with small and medium-sized enterprises, are also adding a lot in the IP fillings figures of India. For instance, IP applications by these industries saw a nearly 200% raise, and the numbers became 511 from 160 in 2016-17. In terms of patent filings related to the IT field, IT companies – Wipro and Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) were ranked 1st and 2nd respectively, while Hike, the seven-year-old startup, stood at the third position.

Though Kavin Bharti The Mittal-led firm has been working in the field of R&D (research and development), including Natural Language Processing (NLP), Computer Vision, and Social Network Analysis, it has not yet uncovered reasons for filing 66 patents. Intended to incentivizes the employees with rewards and grants in addition to providing prospective patent filers with legal and market guidance, the company has recently launched a Hike Patent Program.

Undoubtedly, many other firms, whether related to IT or other fields, are also on the same path. It shows that the individuals, companies, whether startups, small, medium, or large, are recognizing the importance of Intellectual Property Protection. Besides, not just the businesses or entrepreneurs but even the government of India, is actively taking part in flourishing the IP filing scale of the nation. For instance, the Ministry of Commerce and Industry had reduced the patent filing fees for startups and MSMEs to Rs. 1600 from Rs. 4,000. It is one of the many steps that the department took to encourage people to come up with new ideas, inventions, designs, etc.

Ultimately, with over 60% of youth constituting India’s population and growing use of the internet and technology, pushing India further amongst the top five (or above) nations in the IP fillings worldwide should not be a big hurdle. However, it needs efforts on the part of both – the organizations and the government as the rise in IP filings will boost innovation and R&D activity, and the need to safeguard the innovations and products will grow the IP fillings in the country. ✅ For view-source: https://bit.ly/2Cidfpn

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The Chase Files Daily Newscap 1/21/2019

Good MORNING #realdreamchasers! Here is The Chase Files Daily News Cap for Monday 21st January 2019. Remember you can read full articles for FREE via Barbados Today (BT) or Barbados Government Information Services (BGIS) OR by purchasing by purchasing a Daily Nation Newspaper (DN).

EMULATE BARROW – As Barbadians mark Errol Barrow Day today, they are being called upon to remember what the National Hero stood for, and to stamp that across the length and breadth of the island. The challenge was thrown out by Verla DePeiza, president of the Democratic Labour Party that Barrow founded, during a service at the St David’s Anglican Church yesterday to commemorate the life and work of Barrow. “What Errol Barrow means to the Democratic Labour Party, I don’t think any book can ever capture. What he means to this country will live on for generations to come. But what it should mean for each one of us is a motivation to dig deep within ourselves, and find a way that we too, can have a lasting impact on our society,” she told the congregation. She added the country was at a crossroad and asked the citizens to join with the party, which suffered a humiliating 30-0 defeat in last May’s General Election, as it worked to steer the nation back on the right path. (DN)

PSV BOSSES LET’S TALK – If a national consultation on transportation is ever called, the owners of public service vehicles (PSVs) say one of the items they want high on the agenda is the conversion to electric vehicles and its potential to transform the industry. Both Morris Lee and Roy Raphael welcomed the recent call from the Congress of Trade Unions and Staff Associations of Barbados (CTUSAB) for a national consultation and review of the sector. In a media release last week, CTUSAB general secretary Dennis De Peiza said transportation was too important a plank in the social and economic well-being of a country and an efficient service was a necessity. He warned that over time, issues which emerged had called into question the management, regulation, coordination, policing and efficiency of the system, and if ignored, could create a “national crisis”. Chairman of the Alliance Owners of Public Transport (AOPT), Roy Raphael, said they had also called for a consultation because they wanted their voice to be heard and were too important to be left out. (DN)

A 'VERY GOOD' YEAR FOR TOURISM, SAYS SYMMONDS – Minister of Tourism and International Transport, Kerrie Symmonds says the tourism industry’s end of year results for 2018 were “very good”. But he warns that gun violence can possibly put a damper on the sector. Symmonds, who was speaking with members of the media on the sidelines of a reception for repeat visitors held at the Gun Hill Signal Station, revealed that the shooting in St Lawrence Gap last year could have left a bad impression on the visitors who witnessed it. “Tourism is our business. Running about the street with a gun and shooting one another over foolishness is unacceptable! We have to spend long hours working on something that we shouldn’t spend long hours working on because we have to try to contain the fallout of every instance when that happens,” said Symmonds. He pointed out that the marketing point of the island’s tourism sector of cleanliness, friendliness and safety was in a bind. He stressed that the threat to the island’s safety needed to be wrestled to the ground. “We will destroy the Barbados economy if it is that we have people shooting one another because somebody get horn or because somebody’s girlfriend chose to be with another man. We have to come to an understanding that every time this happens we are losing a massive amount of not only money but our reputation is taking a massive hit out there.” Symmonds also revealed that the recently established Cruise Development Commission will soon be providing a final audit of the ports of entry and overall visitor experience. “ I think we have to sit with the people in the craft sector as a whole . . . I have told the BTMI (Barbados Tourism Marketing Inc) that we have to have an opportunity to bring all the craft vendors in Bridgetown onto Trevor’s Way on a Friday night. Bring with them the music and the food and we have an opportunity for visitors to experience Bridgetown by night.” He argued that competitors across the region were creating opportunities for visitors to experience culture and the arts and Barbados could not afford to be satisfied with its current product while the industry was constantly transforming. (BT)

OPPOSITION TEAM COVERING ALL BASES – Opposition Leader Bishop Joseph Atherley presented his official Opposition Spokespersons Team earlier today. He stressed that it was not the launch of a political party, but said that would come in due course. This new team includes several familiar faces who ran in the 2018 General Election under the Solutions Barbados and United Progressive Party (UPP) banners. Thirteen members were announced today with three more to be announced at a later date. The following is the list of team members and the portfolios that they will speak on. Irwin Belgrave – Home Affairs related matters; Rev. John Carter – Agriculture, food security and maritime economy; Dr Philip Corbin – Energy, water resources, telecommunications; Akil Daley – Youth and small business facilitation; Senator Crystal Drakes – Economic, sustainable development and climate change; Paul Forte – Housing, property ownership works and maintenance; Senator Caswell Franklyn – Labour, social security, corporatives and civil establishments; Paul Gibson – Health, wellness services development and environment; Sylvan Greenidge – Transportation, sanitation and sewage service; Bruce Hennis – Internal business and trade, manufacturing and commerce; Maria Philips – Justice, law enforcement, penal system; Alan Springer – Creative economy and sports industry development; Scott Weatherhead – Tourism, regional and international transport. (DN)

EDGEHILL FOLK SHAKEN – The latest accident along Edgehill, St Thomas, has left some residents counting their lucky stars and one with a sleepless night. Shortly after 2 a.m on Sunday, people living in an apartment complex near the bend of the steep slope were rudely awakened when a minibus crashed into the building. It is understood three of the six passengers reported injuries and were taken by ambulance to hospital. The minibus was reportedly coming from a bus crawl when the brakes apparently failed. Up to press time police reports were not forthcoming, but some eyewitnesses said the minibus flipped at least once after striking a utility pole, before coming to rest outside the bedroom of a tenant, who recounted her experience. “I was sleeping and then I heard a funny noise, then a crash and the building shook. That got me right up out my bed. I made sure everybody was good and then I called the police,” she said. (DN)

JONES SMASHES FORDE’S 400M INDOOR RECORD – Jonathan Jones has taken his record-breaking track feats to the United States. Jones’ fast start to his collegiate career continued on Friday when he shattered the Barbados national 400 metres indoor record on the first day of the Clemson Invitational. The University of Texas freshman, who was named BIG 12 Conference Male Athlete Of The Week for his dazzling debut triumph at the Ted Nelson Invitational last week, won the 400 metres in an impressive 46.21 seconds from teammate Micaiah Harris (46.84). The time, which is third on the IAAF list this year, also surpassed the official national record of 46.34 previously set by Elvis Forde in 1987. However, another outstanding quarter-miler, Seibert Straughn, still has the fastest time ever recorded by a Barbadian. Straughn clocked 46.14 seconds at an oversized track in March 1991 while competing at a meet in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, in the United States. Jones now has the second fastest time on the US collegiate circuit this season behind Guyanese Arinze Chance, who replaced him at the top of the NCAA rankings with his 46.15 clocking at the inaugural Gamecock meet. (DN)

FOGGING SCHEDULE 22ND - 25TH JANUARY - The Vector Control Unit of the Ministry of Health resumes its fogging programme next week in Christ Church between 4:30 and 7:30 p.m. each day. On Tuesday, January 22, the team will fog Rendezvous Hill, Rendezvous Ridge, Rendezvous Gardens, Amity Lodge with Avenues and environs. On Wednesday, January 23, they will be spraying Lower Amity Lodge, Rendezvous Hill, Brewster Road, Worthing with Avenues, Bamboo Road, Harmony Hall, Top Rock and surrounding areas. On Thursday, January 24, areas targeted will be St Lawrence Gap, Paradise Village, Highway 7, Worthing Main Road and neighbouring districts. The fogging exercise concludes on Friday, January 25, in Dover Gardens, Headley Road, Dover Terrace, Dover with Avenues and environs.

Householders are asked to cooperate with the officers of the Vector Control Unit by opening their doors and windows to allow the spray to enter. (BGIS)

SKYWATCHERS AWAIT 'SUPER BLOOD WOLF MOON' – Skywatchers are gearing up for a lunar eclipse, which some are referring to as a “super blood wolf moon”. During the spectacular event, the Earth’s natural satellite turns a striking shade of red. The entire eclipse will be visible from North and South America, as well as parts of western Europe (including the UK) and north Africa. (BT)

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Rijiju interacts with Sports Ministers of 17 states, UTs - Click on link to subscribe my channel https://ift.tt/34vXvMA Facebook - https://ift.tt/2Vjiyz6 Twitter - https://twitter.com/HsrSports Pinterest - https://ift.tt/2ywdZIH Tumblr - https://ift.tt/2z5qwmL Blog - https://ift.tt/2VlBDRu #Sports #Sports_News #Tournament Kiren Rijiju, Union Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports (Twitter Photo / @RijijuOffice) Youth Affairs and Sports Ministers & senior officials of 17 states and UTs interacted with @KirenRijiju over video… https://t.co/g58kWNDqrl — Kiren Rijiju Office (@RijijuOffice) 1594709515000 NEW DELHI: Union Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports Kiren Rijiju on Tuesday interacted with sports ministers and senior officials of 17 states and Union Territories over video conference."Youth Affairs and Sports Ministers and senior officials of 17 states and UTs interacted with @KirenRijiju over video conference to plan a collaborative roadmap to further sports and youth related activities across India. The activities undertaken during Covid19 were also reviewed," Rijiju tweeted.Earlier, it was announced that Rijiju will meet ministers in charge of the Department of Youth Affairs and Sports from all states and Union Territories in a two-day video conference on July 14 and 15.The aim of the two-day video conference is to chart out the roadmap for grassroots-level sports development as well as the activities of Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan (NYKS) and National Service Scheme (NSS) across the country.The agenda of the meeting includes a review of the action taken during COVID-19, as well as discussions on restarting sporting activities at the state-level and identification of budding sports talent through competitions at block and district levels in states and UTs.Inclusion of fitness and sports as part of the curriculum in all schools across the country will also be discussed. Plans to conduct Khelo India events and Youth Festivals later this year or early next year will be decided.Rijiju had stressed that it is 'crucial' to strengthen the sports ecosystem at the grassroot level if we want to make it to the top 10 countries at the Olympic podium in 2028. He had also said that Sports Ministry has decided to set up Khelo India State Center of Excellence (KISCE) in all states and UTs."Strengthening of the sports ecosystem at the grassroot level is crucial if we want to realise the dream of making India one of the top 10 countries at the Olympic podium in 2028, and we must start that process now. The Sports Ministry has already decided to set up Khelo India State Center of Excellence (KISCE) in all states and UTs," he had said in a statement."Further, 1000 Khelo India Centers (KIC) at the district level (will come up) to enable local talent to be identified and trained in 14 identified Olympic sport and traditional sports. Both the KISCEs and KICs will strengthen the grassroot-level sports ecosystem in India in a big way, and states have a big role to play in it."Also, the 'One State One Sport' policy that the government has made needs to be discussed and implemented early. We hope to exchange ideas with all states to ensure that there is one collaborative roadmap towards making India a sporting superpower," Rijiju had added. Credit : Times of India Source: https://ift.tt/2B0YVoi

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mikemortgage · 6 years ago

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Doug Ford’s fix for Toronto’s housing crisis is easy: Just build more homes

Ontario Premier Doug Ford is pushing to eliminate housing shortages in Canada’s largest province, as policy makers seek to deflate pricey markets in places like Toronto without triggering a correction.

Ford’s housing minister, Steve Clark, began consultations this month on proposed reforms that would give local governments more control over their own housing mix to unlock supply and attract investment. In a background document released in November, the ministry touted the economic benefits of adding 10,000 housing starts a year, an amount builders estimate would bring supply closer to demand.

Supply side measures are seen as critical to restoring affordability in some of Canada’s largest cities like Toronto, where prices have doubled since 2010. They would also ease pressure on policy makers to implement demand curbs that are seen as unnecessarily disruptive.

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“We have to remove the barriers and the red tape that are getting ahead of housing being built at a more affordable cost,” Clark said in a telephone interview, describing the affordability issue as a “crisis.”

There is already growing concern that tighter mortgage regulations and other recent changes may have overshot, given last year’s plunge in transactions. Demand measures are blunt instruments that apply to all markets regardless of affordability, and disproportionately affect low-income households and youth. Supply measures, in comparison, allow markets to continue growing, albeit at a more sustainable pace.

Toronto, along with Vancouver on the Pacific coast, has the lowest price elasticity of any urban market in Canada, meaning supply is the most out of sync with demand, according to a report last year from the federal housing agency.

Developers agree. It takes about a decade and as many as 52 different reports, studies, checklists and plans to complete a development project in Toronto, according to the Building Industry and Land Development Association. The group estimates the GTA needs 50,000 new units a year to meet projected demand, but only about 40,000 are being built on average.

“The issue in our view for the sharp rise in prices and the affordability issue fundamentally is the supply side not being able to adjust quickly enough to demand,” Robert Hogue, senior economist at RBC Capital Markets, said by phone from Toronto. “So a big part of the solution is on the supply side. Except you have to be more patient, because it takes a while.” He said Clark’s proposals ” are the right types of measures” to ensure market imbalances get addressed more quickly.

Infrastructure Delays

It’s unclear how Clark’s reforms would affect one major contributor to supply bottlenecks: delays to infrastructure projects such as highways and sewer systems. The minister’s proposed changes to the growth plan for the Greater Golden Horseshoe, the swath of cities surrounding Toronto that’s home to a quarter of Canada’s population, deal more with speeding up development approvals and updating zoning and intensification targets, rather than streamlining infrastructure regulations that are seen as excessive and unpredictable.

It takes about a decade and as many as 52 different reports, studies, checklists and plans to complete a development project in Toronto, according to the Building Industry and Land Development Association.

The previous government’s focus on policy ideas just ended up “grinding things down to a halt,” said Joe Vaccaro, chief executive officer at the Ontario Home Builders’ Association. He’s calling on Ford to “clear the decks and get things moving again” by making decisions on several stalled infrastructure projects.

One of those is the Upper York Sewage Solutions Project, a $715 million (US$541 million) wastewater treatment system that was supposed to service 30,000 new homes in three towns in York Region, a municipality of about 1.1 million people north of Toronto.

Stalled Sewer

Mike Rabeau, director of capital planning in the region’s environmental services division, began work on the environmental assessment in 2009. Five years and $25 million later, he submitted the 16,000 page report to Ontario’s environment ministry, expecting a decision within eight months. More than four years later, he’s still waiting.

“If you can’t flush a toilet, you can’t build a home,” Rabeau said by phone, adding the expected project completion date is now 2026 at the earliest.

After early signals the project would be approved, environment ministry officials told Rabeau in late 2016 there were some outstanding issues concerning the duty to consult indigenous groups. Discussions between these groups, the provincial government and York Region are ongoing, according to a ministry spokesman.

The delay is typical of a broader problem with building infrastructure in the GTA. “We’re growing at a fairly rapid rate, and we’ve got this conundrum that infrastructure has to go through quite a complex approval process,” James McKellar, a professor at the Schulich School of Business at York University, said in a phone interview. “Our ability to bring infrastructure online in a timely way just doesn’t exist.”

Michael Fenn, a former Ontario deputy minister and a visiting fellow at the Ivey Business School’s Lawrence National Centre, says housing should be given particular emphasis when it comes to infrastructure development. “Keeping housing of a variety of types affordable and available is crucial to the economic success” of the GTA and the country generally, he said.

Clark acknowledges housing supply is a “very complex problem,” and he stopped short of saying the environment minister should approve the York sewage project. He nevertheless understands the municipality’s frustration. “That’s an example of something that, if you talk to the region, is taking way too long to get approved,” he said.

–With assistance from Erik Hertzberg and Melinda Grenier.

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International Day of Rural Women Celebration

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International Day of Rural Women Celebration

Recipient of Rural Girl Award

The Bureau of Gender Affairs (BGA) has put on an island-wide observance of the International Day of Rural Women (IDRW). The purpose of this international celebration as explained on the UN website, “recognizes “the critical role and contribution of rural women, including indigenous women, in enhancing agricultural and rural development, improving food security and eradicating rural poverty.”

On Friday October 26 at Brimmer Vale High School in St. Mary, the BGA highlighted the importance of empowering our girls in the rural communities. Dubbed “Rural Girls Rock Award”, three (3) girls were specially recognised. The awards are the brain-child of the BGA division of the Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment & Sport (MCGES). The Bureau partnered with NGO partner, the Jamaica Network of Rural Women Producers (JNRWP) on the initiative. Another partner included the St. Mary Police, recipient of the BGA’s Inspiring Change Award 2014.

The keynote address was given by the Retired Matron, Port Maria Hospital, Mrs. Linda Sutherland-Hines. The Bureau stated that the forum aimed to empower young rural girls and highlight their hard work and achievements toward community and national development. Also present at the event were the Jamaica Red Cross, the National Youth Service, and the College of Agricultural Science & Education. Each did presentations to educate and celebrate the rural members and their impact on Jamaica.

Ms. Abby-Gayle Clarke, Rural Sociologist at the Bureau of Gender Affairs presented “The Beautiful Girl is Me”. ‘The Beautiful Girl is Me’ was done “to build self-esteem and to remind the girls that they are all beautiful and that they should always try to encourage and empower each other and not criticize and lower each other’s self esteem”. Stated Ms. Sharon Coburn Robinson, Director a the Bureau of Gender Affairs.

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The final event for the month will take place on October 30 at St. Matthews Anglican Church in St. Elizabeth. The event will be a capacity building forum dubbed “Empowering Rural Women: Fostering Entrepreneurship”. This forum will provide information to rural female entrepreneurs on ways to improve the productivity of their business, whilst balancing their role within the family. Topics will include: marketing techniques, business etiquette, decision-making skills, customer service skills, climate change and disaster risk management and report and project proposal writing.

The month has been packed with 5 events so far spanning the island. Each event has had an impact and today’s final installment is looking up to do just the same.

Kudos to the BGA for taking on this initiative and putting together an empowering month-long schedule of events.

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15.03.17: (CTEC708/12 - Global Challenges & Creative Workflows) Research for Youth Suicide

As mentioned in the previous post, I decided to take on further research to answer all the questions that came up in my mind. So, one at a time, you can watch how my brain unfolds through Tumblr. (By the way) These questions won’t be placed in order. I’m going to write them on this post like how my brain comes up them so it is raw research, if that’s what you call it.

1. Why is it that men have a higher suicide rate than women? For men in general (not only focusing on youth), there are various reasons (obviously) but the most interesting one that stood out to me is because of HIV/AIDS. With men who are diagnosed with AIDS, they believe suicide is the only way out (e.g. in 2005 45 male deaths were attributed to AIDS in Canada in contrast to 2857 male deaths from suicide). Other reasonings include because of the pressure of who they are that they cannot control - their race, sexual orientation, and age. Age? Because as men grow older, in general and specifically in some countries, there is pressure for them to be “successful and attractive”. They must earn enough income for even a woman to be attracted to them, and for them to live the lifestyle they want to live. Some even have to have enough to give the family of their “fiancé” money to show respect and thankfulness - all part of the tradition. Families often rely on the man of the house to make the most income, and so with the stress, I believe that men will be constantly pressurised. For men in general, they are not as open to their family and friends about their issues they are facing.

2. Does the government do anything to try change the youth suicide rates in New Zealand? There are organisations that focus on youth (e.g. Youthline, Whatsup, Kidsline, Lifeline) and at a given time, Youthline was working with 30 young people at immediate risk of suicide. To add on to that, Ministry of Mental Health health director, John Crawshaw, said that improving the rates of youth suicide is a priority. To do this, the government wants to grow a stronger bond with these organisations and start up more programmes to reduce child abuse, family violence, and helping “vulnerable families” - these are also some of the reasons to what triggers youth suicide. The government is spending $5 million on suicide prevention strategies annually, and now they are wanting to target education systems and communities for young people to learn about suicide prevention and mental health.

The New Zealand government has also set up a suicide prevention strategy (2006-2016) which was launched by the Ministry of Health in June 2006. Its aim is to reduce the rate of suicidal behaviour and its effects on lives of New Zealanders, whilst taking into account that suicide affects certain groups more than others. This strategy aims to achieve seven different goals:

Promote mental health and well-being, and prevent mental health problems.

Improve the care of people who are experiencing mental disorders associated with suicidal behaviour.

Improve the care of people who make non-fatal suicide attempts.

Reduce access to the means of suicide.

Promote the safe reporting and portrayal of suicidal behaviour by the media.

Support families/whānau, friends and others affected by a suicide or suicide attempt.

Expand the evidence about the rates, causes and effective interventions.

There was also a New Zealand suicide prevention action plan set up focusing between 2013 and 2016. This three year action plan outlines a programme of actions the Government is implementing in the final 4 years of the strategy. It is a cross-government action plan bringing together the work of eight agencies. The action plan includes actions that are designed to:

Address the impact of suicide on families, whānau and communities by strengthening support for family, whānau and communities.

Build the evidence base, specifically around what works for Māori and Pasifika.

Extend existing services, specifically addressing geographical gaps in the coverage of services.

Strengthen suicide prevention targeted to high risk populations who are in contact with agencies.

The eight agencies (as mentioned earlier) are the Ministries of Health, Education, Justice, Social Development and Youth Development; Ministry for Vulnerable Children, Oranga Tamariki; the Department of Corrections and New Zealand Police. Most importantly, the Government has committed $25 million over four years to implement the 30 actions in the New Zealand Suicide Prevention Action Plan 2013–2016. These actions are listed at Suicide Prevention Action Plan 2013–2016: Initiatives.

Bibliography

McConnell, G. (2016, October 16). The highest rate of teen suicide in the developed world. Retrieved March 2017, from Stuff: http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/85305366/the-highest-rate-of-teen-suicide-in-the-developed-world

Dan Bilsker, P. J. (2011, December). The silent epidemic of male suicide. Back to the December, 53, No. 10(BCMJ), 529-534

Ministry of Health. (2017, March). What the Government is doing to prevent suicide. Retrieved March 15, 2017, from Ministry of Health: http://www.health.govt.nz/our-work/mental-health-and-addictions/working-prevent-suicide/what-government-doing-prevent-suicide

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The Chase Files Daily Newscap 4/8/2019

Good MORNING #realdreamchasers! Here is The Chase Files Daily News Cap for Monday April 8th 2019. Remember you can read full articles for FREE via Barbados Today (BT) or Barbados Government Information Services (BGIS) OR by purchasing by purchasing a Daily Nation Newspaper (DN).

QUICK FIX - Government may have jumped the gun by amending the Bail Act, charges a leading criminal defence attorney. Instead, argues Queen’s Counsel Andrew Pilgrim, it should first deal with the issue of delayed murder trials than simply “lock up people for two years before we do anything with them”. “As we speed towards this thing about keeping people for two years, I want us to set that in the context that we have not done a murder trial, I think, for about nine months,” Pilgrim said, while speaking on Starcom Network’s Brass Tacks Sunday call-in programme. “We have . . . an impediment to doing any murder trials right now. A part of the impediment is passing a bill in the House. So before we address passing that bill in the House that would allow us to do murder trials, we are saying we are going to lock up people for two years . . . before we consider granting them bail,” he said. “Don’t you think that one of those things should happen first before the other?” he asked pointedly. (DN)

MORE FOR GAS, LESS FOR DIESEL – Effective midnight Sunday, April 7, the retail prices of gasoline and kerosene will increase, while the price of diesel will decrease. Meanwhile, those for liquefied petroleum products will remain unchanged. The retail price of gasoline will be adjusted from BDS $3.57 per litre to BDS $3.82 per litre, an increase of 0.25 cents. The price of kerosene will increase by 0.02 cents, moving from $1.40 per litre to $1.42 per litre. There will be a reduction in the price of diesel by 0.01 cent, therefore diesel will now retail at $3.08. Liquefied petroleum gas will continue to retail as adjusted at December 2, 2018. The 100lb cylinder will retail for $163.07; the 25lb cylinder at $45.87; the 22lb cylinder at $40.53; and the 20lb cylinder at $36.84. (BGIS)

TCL WANT HIGHER TARIFF – Trinidad Cement Limited (TCL) isn’t planning on waiting for the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) to determine what’s next in the cement war against Barbados-based Rock Hard Cement after all. The NATION has been reliably informed that the regional cement powerhouse has officially written the country’s final appellate court to have it determine that Rock Hard Cement should pay more than a five per cent tax, which was suggested last month by CARICOM’s Council of Trade and Economic Development (COTED). Two weeks ago, TCL’s public relations manager Michelle Langton said the company would make its next move only after the CCJ had ruled on COTED’s classification between June 11 and 12. That was after COTED had last month classified Rock Hard’s product imported from Portugal as “other hydraulic cement”, which would make it eligible for only a five per cent tariff. TCL had been arguing in a substantive case to the CCJ that the product should attract a 60 per cent tax since it was imported from outside CARICOM and was in fact “building cement grey”. Rock Hard’s managing director Mark Maloney, who two weeks ago indicated he fully expected TCL to raise the stakes, said he was not shocked at this latest development. (DN)

NOT US - A mere coincidence. That was how police public relations officer, Acting Inspector Rodney Inniss, described motorists being reported for making the illegal right turn onto Highway X from The Glebe in St George, following temporary traffic changes last Wednesday. With regards to a video making the rounds on social media of two officers reporting motorists making the now illegal turn, Inniss said he did not know when the changes occurred because he was not informed. “I saw the video and the point should be made that police officers should be allowed to enforce the laws. We also do educational programmes so if people don’t know, we have a way of informing them [about what] they should know. It is not our remit to deal with things like that. We have no control over that; that was strictly MTW [Ministry of Transport, Works and Maintenance],” he stressed. “It would appear as if police were there deliberately for that. That is because of the changes coinciding with the police doing their job, but the police were other places as well. The point is well made, but we will want to reassure the public that we are there to help with MTW to do proper law enforcement and safety on the road. We would not deliberately set out to put people before the court with new measures like that,” he maintained. (DN)

CALL TO STOP AIMLESS BURNING – Barbados is on fire these days, and it’s not from the hot weather.Rather, it’s firebugs, and for the first 94 days (January 1 to April 4) this year, they have been responsible for more than 800 fires. Because of this, officers of The Barbados Fire Service at times battle more than 10 fires daily. “As soon as they get back from one, they have to head out to another, or in some cases, while they are on their way back, they have to make an about turn to attend to another incident or fire. At times it is taxing,” said Andrew Taylor of the Barbados Fire Service’s (BFS) Research and Planning Unit. Taylor told the Nation that officers have so far responded to 1 041 incidents of which 886 were fires, as compared to 622 incidents with 542 fires for the corresponding period in 2018. (DN)

COACH DISMISSES CLAIMS – Head Coach of the Barbados Under-17 football team Renaldo Gilkes has joined technical director Ahmed Mohamed in pouring cold water over comments made by George LasCaris, which indicated that the Barbados Football Association (BFA) threatened players who participate in the annual Barbados Cup tournament. Last week, LasCaris, a former president of the BFA and national player, wrote a letter to the Nation, stating that there will be no Under-19 competition in this year’s Barbados Cup, because players were told they would lose their spot on the national team if they participated. However, Mohamed rejected the charge.“We never said you are not allowed to play in that tournament. No written communication was given, signed by me or by the general secretary forbidding the players. Going forward we need to focus on the national Under-17 team. The players are also now in camp as we are using the school holidays to have a mini camp,” he said at the time. The Barbados Cup was introduced by LasCaris in an effort to expose local players to feature against overseas opponents which would help their development process. (DN)

STEWART BACK WITH A BANG – Shaquille Stewart made a triumphant return to form and to the starting line up as he hit four goals to help Mark’s Auto Spares Porey Spring United to a morale-boosting 6-0 success over relegation candidates Youth Milan on Saturday night at the Wildey Turf. It was a welcome win for Porey Spring who had gone scoreless while conceding 15 goals in their last three Barbados Football Association Premier League assignments, but Milan’s winless woes continued since their last victory on December 9. In the other Premier League contest, Scotty’s Car Rentals St Andrew Lions shared a heated 2-2 draw with Brittons Hill United who were backed by a brace by forward Kishmar Wade. Due to Weymouth Wales’ overseas assignment in Curacao at the Concacaf Caribbean Club Shield, their slot on the card was filled by a Division 1 clash between Christ Church rivals Wotton and Abrahams United Silver Sands which was decided by a late Narell George goal to give Wotton a 3-2 victory. (DN)

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Young Jobseekers Benefiting from Electronic Labour Exchange

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Young Jobseekers Benefiting from Electronic Labour Exchange

Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Shahine Robinson, says the Electronic Labour Exchange (ELE) is positively impacting the lives of young jobseekers.

The ELE matches employers and jobseekers, and provides career counselling, résumé writing, and access to information on scholarships and loans.

“In recent times, we have been working with persons in the Zones of Special Operations (ZOSOs) by providing job-readiness training and employment placement. I have had the chance to see them as they visit our office, and I am proud to share that the programmes offered by the ELE have created a sense of hope for them and their families,” the Minister said.

She informed that officials from St. Kitts and Nevis, Barbados, and Grenada conducted a study tour of the programme earlier this month, to see whether it could be used as a model to address youth unemployment in their respective countries. The visit was funded by the Organization of American States (OAS).

Mrs. Robinson was speaking at the first in the series of ‘Labour and You’ roadshows on Wednesday (September 19) in Mandeville, Manchester.

The two-day event addressed issues related to industrial relations, the job market, occupational safety and health, efforts to eliminate child labour, as well as local and overseas employment programmes.

Minister Robinson, in her presentation, stressed the importance of improving skills and being prepared for the job market in an era when the notion of having one job over a lifetime is a thing of the past.

She noted that in order to ensure the greatest level of productivity over the 47 years of one’s working life, intervention programmes are needed to facilitate skilling, re-skilling and upskilling.

“Gone are the days that workers complete training which lasts a lifetime. With the rapid changes in the way we manage businesses and perform work, the skills learnt up to age 18 will become outdated by mid-career. To that end, the roadshows will be a vehicle for directing people to improving their skills,” she said.

The Minister, in the meantime, cautioned prospective jobseekers to be wary of unscrupulous persons, who will fleece them out of hard-earned money by offering them fake overseas employment opportunities.

She said that the Ministry has help desks and qualified officers, who can provide them with credible information about registered employment agencies.

Meanwhile, Director of Industrial Relations and Allied Services in the Ministry, Gillian Corrodus, said the roadshow, which will travel across the island, will address a number of critical issues related to the labour market, including the labour laws.

“When we look at the number of concerns and complaints that are shared with us by employers and employees, we recognise that we need to have greater dialogue,” she said.

“So the concept of this regional roadshow is to roll up our sleeves and speak to some of these issues to see if we can achieve growth and achieve our sustainable development goals,” Ms. Corrodus added.

Among the agencies of the Ministry represented were the Industrial Relations Department, Child Labour Unit, Electronic Labour Exchange, Employment Agencies Unit, Pay and Conditions of Employment Branch, Social Intervention Programme and the Occupational Safety and Health Department.

The roadshows, which will travel across the island, involve collaboration with the Jamaica Employers’ Federation and the Jamaica Confederation of Trade Unions.

The show will next stop in St. Ann October 30 and 31; Kingston and St. Andrew, November 21 and 22; St. James, January 16 and 17; and St. Thomas, February 27 and 28.

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Boys' Town - A Model For Every Community

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Boys' Town - A Model For Every Community

Boys’ Town has served over 75 years as a good example of partnership between government, private sector, civil society and community in promoting social development, particularly of children and youth; as well as promoting good governance at the community, local and national levels.

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The idea for Boys’ Town came out of a commission of enquiry in the 1930s, with the aim to establish work for young males in the prison system. After it was accepted and approved by the governor at the time, the Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA), alongside Father Hugh Sherlock, broke ground at the Jones Town Baptist Church in 1940, for what was named the Kingston Boys’ Club, before it moved to its current location in Trench Town, two years later.

The all-age school was established to accommodate 200 children, and sometime after that came youth/work integrated community development which, because of its reach, is occasionally confused with individual community-based programmes, community research, and other forms of community interventions.

Junior Lincoln, vice-chairman and president of the Boys’ Town Old Boys” Association, told The Gleaner: “In the 1980s, it became a matter of importance to meet with other organisations that come into the community, whether for an interest in sports, charitable outreach or cultural education and exchange, to show them Boys’ Town can help to achieve the goals as a team in order to properly benefit the five districts that make up Trench Town. That’s how the Community Development Committee (CDC) arm in association with Boys’ Town was formed.”

Now, some 1,000 individuals benefit from the Boys’ Town Community Intervention Programme on a day-to-day basis. Areas of the programme incorporate the infant and primary school, after-school activities, vocational training, sports, scholarship support, community outreach, sports clubs, spiritual and cultural activities.

Developing The Whole Human Being

Professor Winston Davidson

The infant and primary school caters to 350 students; the HEART vocational training centre has a graduation number of 300 per year; the sports education facilities and clubs host another 300 youths; and about 40 to 50 persons are a part of the senior club at Boys’ Town.

“The programme carries with it a three-prong model; it is a triangle of developing the whole human being to become a whole citizen. First is the spirit guided by a value system instead of denomination as we are not a church, but which gets the young people involved in Bible studies and various Sunday school programmes. Second is the mind tied into the education as well as the training and the cultural component. And, finally, the body, involved in sports and nutrition for the inner-city,” said the organisation’s chief executive officer, Trevor Spence.

The school and staff are funded by Ministry of Education, and Boys’ Town partners with a number of stakeholders, including churches, service groups, and educational institutions across the island, HEART Trust/NTA, among other non-governmental and private-sector organisations, such as the CB Facey Foundation.

Its greatest resource, however, is the level of voluntarism from persons who have benefited, live in and around the community or have heard about the extensive programme and want to assist.

Many of Jamaica’s local and international musicians and sportsmen (athletes and coaches) who have contributed to and positioned culture on the global map are products of Boys’ Town. Some of them are Alton ‘I’m Still in Love With You’ Ellis; Joe Higgs known for tutoring Bob Marley and the Wailers; Hortense ‘I’m Just a Girl’ Ellis; Oneal Gordon Smith (Collie Smith); Locksley Comrie, past president of the Jamaica Football Federation; Carl Brown, professional footballer and coach.

Boys’ Town is a model for other groups to follow, according to chairman, Professor Winston Davidson, “in the sense that the numerous successes have had great impact on all areas of cultural, social, economic and spiritual life in the inner city.”

“When applied in the right way, it can create the conditions for the kind of sustainable development using the voluntarism of persons within the communities. One aspect of vital importance is how it

has given leadership in the communities in such a way as to reinforce and disseminate in the communities that are sustainable,” said Davidson.

The objective of the diverse programmes provided by Boys’ Town is made clear in its vision statement: “To empower people and communities and contribute to nation-building through development of human potential and training in responsible citizenship.”