What's up everyone take down here welcome back to another video today I'm gonna be sharing my thoughts and predictions on the 2019 WWE money in the bank pay per view I honestly am pretty excited There is a lot of matches and it seems like it could be promising Of course in my opinion some of the matches could have been a little bit better and done differently But I'm pretty excited to see what is going to happen at money in the bank since there's a lot of matches I'm just gonna try to get right into it right now as always. I have the matches right in front of me So let's get started up first. We have the WWE cruise weight championship match the champion at Tony niece versus de Vary If you ask me months and months ago, these two here were not in contendership for the championship We're honestly not given too many opportunities But to me it's about time that they're getting pushed and I like to see this happen Honestly, whenever it comes to the cruise weight division because for a long time for me It felt like it was going in a cave It felt like it was going to flop but Tony niece won the cruise weight championship at WrestleMania of all places So going against a very I think very in the future will have an opportunity and win the championship But as of right now, I think it's too soon for Tony niece to lose the championship I don't think they're gonna do that to him right now because of course winning it at WrestleMania Why wait till the next pay-per-view to have them lose maybe the one after that? Depends on who he's facing but for this prediction right here just on the fact that I don't think they're gonna have Tony niece lose it right away My opinion is my prediction is gonna be Tony niece is gonna win this match as my final prediction De Vary in the future will get opportunities and hopefully get an opportunity and win the championship But I don't think it's gonna happen right now Next is the United States championship match current champion Samoa Joe versus Rey Mysterio This one here in my opinion is another repeat Rey Mysterio lost to Samoa Joe for the United States championship Really quick at WrestleMania. I didn't expect that to happen But something tells me this match at Money the Bank is going to be a lot better and hopefully a little bit longer Honestly though for a championship that was a Smackdown championship and it got transitioned over to raw whenever Samoa Joe got drafted to raw Rey Mysterio got drafted from Smackdown to raw in my opinion this match Honestly should be somebody who was already on raw going against Samoa Joe Not having a repeat from two people that were in almost a rivalry Whenever they're on Smackdown to have it continue now that they're on raw. I don't agree with but for this match here Since it is a repeat something tells me that Rey Mysterio is going to win the United States championship That's honestly gonna be my final prediction. I see the match going a little bit longer I see Dominic maybe will be involved in the match and Hopefully it happens because I have a strong feeling it's going to and I think that'd be epic to have him be the reason Rey Mysterio wins maybe but Honestly if Samoa Joe loses the United States championship I honestly see him going for the Universal Championship and getting opportunities leading up to Summer Slam That's my prediction right now Next is Roman Reigns versus Elias. We've seen what happened on Smackdown Both these guys came and they're now on Smackdown, but with the new rule Vince McMahon did Roman Reigns is Appearing on both Smackdown and raw at times. So to me, I don't agree with it I think that's a really crappy rule if you want superstars to be both on Smackdown and raw Just make them both on Smackdown and raw. You don't have to do this where it's a random person every week Three people from Smackdown can compete on raw and three people from rock and compete on Smackdown I don't like that rule But for this match here, even though I'm getting behind Elias right now I feel it's gonna go in the favor of Roman Reigns because it's Roman Reigns He looks to be a heel right now and Elias seems to be face the fans love him even though Elias is heel technically But the fans are starting to love Elias and the fans always hated Roman Reigns So I honestly see it going to Roman Reigns though. Next is the Smackdown women's championship match Becky Lynch versus Charlotte Becky Lynch is actually defending both titles at this pay-per-view, but separately in two separate matches Which I was not expecting Honestly if it wasn't for Charlotte facing Becky Lynch for the Smackdown women's championship if it was somebody else on the Smackdown roster My prediction would have been that they were to win because in my opinion now that Becky Lynch is on raw She shouldn't be holding the Smackdown women's championship. That's my honest opinion I feel that the Smackdown women should be given more opportunities and have the championship for Somebody that is on Smackdown right now is a great idea the fact that it's Charlotte once again It seems like Charlotte is just getting hand out after hand out championship match after championship match And I'm honestly tired of it and extremely bored with it as you can tell I'm not a fan of Charlotte But because she is facing Charlotte my prediction for this match is gonna be simple Becky Lynch is going to win I would have rather to see her lose the championship and only hold the raw championship but going against Charlotte I don't want to see Charlotte hold another title. So that's my final prediction for this match Next is the Miz versus Shane McMahon. This is gonna be a steel cage match, which I'm excited for it's very interesting the facts that a Smackdown rivalry now that the Miz is part of raw and Shane McMahon of course is part of the McMahon family which transitions and is on raw and Smackdown now That fact that they have a rivalry from Smackdown Continuing over on raw. I don't know how I feel about that but more so I would have predicted a better match And I think it could have made a better match I think honestly the Miz could have been part of the Money in the Bank ladder match this year and This would have added more fuel to the fire if Shane McMahon was the reason that the Miz Did not win the briefcase and then that would add more attention to the rivalry and make it a little bit more epic But just just have them face each other in a steel cage match I'm not too excited with it Even though it is a steel cage match anything could happen and maybe that will change my mind Maybe something awesome will happen in this match, but My final prediction is going to be the Miz. I think it's time the fans are getting behind him I love him right now. He's doing great things and I see championship opportunities for him in the future But he just has to get past Shane McMahon right now, and I think now it's the time for him to win Next so that's my final prediction. I just wanted to mention that next is the raw women's championship match Becky Lynch versus Lacey Evans Lacey Evans just came up from NXT not too long ago I like that she's getting opportunities, but I don't think it's her time to win the title yet Becky Lynch like I said already for the Smackdown women's championship match I would rather her see and Only hold the raw women's championship and lose the Smackdown women's championship, but since she's facing Charlotte I think Becky Lynch is gonna win the Smackdown women's championship, but facing Lacey Evans I also think that Becky Lynch is going to retain the raw women's championship So final prediction is Becky Lynch is going to walk out of money in the bank with both the Smackdown women's And the raw women's the fact that she's facing two people in two separate matches If the raw women's championship is first if Becky Lynch was facing somebody else I would have predicted she would lose the second match for the Smackdown, but that's just not the case So final prediction is Becky Lynch Next is the woman's money in the bank ladder match. We have Naomi Natalia Dana Brooke Which got a lot of heat whenever she was announced for this match Alexa Bliss Bailey Ember Moon Carmella and Mandy Rose So right off the back for me, even though I'm a fan of Alexa Bliss and I love her but Honestly because her and Carmella won the briefcase before I don't see since the woman's briefcase is so new to WWE I don't see them having a repeat and having somebody who's already won it win it again at least not yet So to me those two are out Mandy Rose is out Dana Brooke is out Natalia would be interesting because in my opinion She's a legend Naomi would be interesting But my choices are going to be for Bailey and Ember Moon. Those are my final predictions Bailey because for right now Sasha Banks her status with WWE is unknown I think if they give Bailey an opportunity for the Smackdown women's championship by winning the money in the bank I think that'd be great for her solo career now that she's on Smackdown and Ember Moon because in my opinion Whenever she was on Ross, she didn't really give much of a push So winning the money in the bank briefcase would be epic for her career and really prove herself for Smackdown now that she's on Smackdown. So this is my final predictions for that match. Next is the men's money in the bank ladder match We have Ricochet, Braun Strowman, Baron Corbin, Drew McIntyre, the intercontinental champion Finn Balor, Ali, Randy Orton and Andrei Ed. Again the same with the women's match The ones who've won it in the past are Randy Orton, Braun Strowman and Baron Corbin So I honestly don't see a repeat happening with those three right now and the reason for that is there's so many talented guys on the main roster right now Guys that are just coming up from NXT guys that are dominating. So I don't see they're gonna have a repeat this year Finn Balor is the intercontinental champion and it would be epic for him to have the money in the bank briefcase as well and to possibly cash it in and hold both the intercontinental and universal championships having both titles because money in the bank would be epic and that'd be a great addition to his already awesome resume with WWE But I just don't see WWE having a money in the bank and intercontinental champion As the money in the bank winner I just don't see it happening. All leads have a cruiseway when it would be epic Especially since he got taken out of the elimination chamber match due to injury I just don't see it happening if it does I'm on board with it But if it doesn't that's what I predict Andre I don't think it's his time yet I think if anything the intercontinental championship in his future, but not the money in the bank briefcase So that leaves my predictions drew McTire who's been dominating I'm a fan of him now more than ever and I can't wait to see what he does Especially if he wins the money in the bank briefcase I think that will say a lot for him right there And of course ricochet who I honestly felt he should have done more in NXT And they should have pushed him more the fact that he's on the main roster I can't wait to see what he's going to do and I'm honestly really excited to see that So my prediction is either ricochet or drew McTire to win the money in the bank briefcase That'd be pretty epic if drew McTire wins my prediction is that he's going to cash it in relatively soon If ricochet wins, I think he's going to hold on to it a couple months At least after SummerSlam, maybe going into Survivor Series That's my prediction right there But those are my two predictions for money in the bank ladder match and the last two matches the first one WWE Championship match Kofi Kingston versus Kevin Owens. This is one that I Honestly wanted to see at WrestleMania. I wanted to see a triple threat match Kofi Kingston Kevin Owens and Daniel Bryan That did not happen, but Kofi Kingston versus Kevin Owens. That's gonna be pretty epic I'm a fan of Kofi Kingston, especially that he actually got an opportunity for the WWE Championship and actually won it I'm really proud of him and that's awesome Somebody that's watched him since he started in WWE to see that finally happen for him was amazing Kevin Owens I've been a fan of him and now that he has returned. I'm really excited to see what he does But I don't think Kofi Kingston is going to lose yet I think if anything if a money in the bank if a SmackDown superstar wins money in the bank That's gonna be how Kofi Kingston loses the match or loses the championship Sorry, but Kevin Owens is definitely gonna get an opportunity in the future. This isn't gonna be the last time He gets a WWE Championship match. I think he might be the reason that Kofi Kingston loses But I don't think it's gonna happen at money in the bank My final prediction is Kofi Kingston is going to retain, but I also feel that Kevin Owens is going to help in the future and Possibly get a shot in the future and win the championship and beat Kofi Kingston in the future for the championship That would be pretty epic and the last match is Seth Rollins versus AJ Styles This is one that I assumed was going to happen whenever Seth Rollins won the Universal Championship and AJ Styles got drafted from SmackDown to RAW This match here, Seth Rollins won it, beat Brock Lesnar at WrestleMania. I honestly don't think it's time for him to drop the title Against AJ Styles, if AJ Styles were to win it, that would be awesome for him in my opinion I just don't see it happening yet. My prediction for AJ Styles is closer to SummerSlam He might get an opportunity and closer to SummerSlam. He might win the Universal Championship I would be on board with that 100% But now that Seth Rollins is the champion I don't want him to lose yet. If it was Brock Lesnar who is the Universal Champion Going into this match and was facing AJ Styles for it. I would pick AJ Styles all day long But the fact that Seth Rollins beat Brock Lesnar, it's Seth Rollins versus AJ Styles I don't see Seth Rollins losing anytime soon. I'm a huge fan of both these guys I think that AJ Styles is going to win closer to SummerSlam But I think Seth Rollins is going to be retaining for this match and is going to walk out of Money in the Bank with the Universal Championship However, the last two matches whoever wins the men's Money in the Bank briefcase match In my opinion, it'd be very interesting to see if they were to cash in the same night because we haven't seen that I don't think since Kane won the Money in the Bank years ago so that'd be pretty awesome if it was to happen and Possibly if it was on Kofi Kingston Kofi Kingston could win the championship back and be a two-time WWE champion Or Seth Rollins could be a two-time Universal Champion if it happens. I don't know That's just a theory of mind that I think could happen But these are my predictions for the WWE Money in the Bank 2019 pay-per-view comment down below what your predictions are for the pay-per-view I really want to see what you guys think but I also want to mention the reason I do videos for my predictions is Typing it out and just saying who my prediction is that's one thing you guys get to see on paper or typed out who I think's gonna win But by me making a video I get to explain that and share it with you. So it's more in-depth and it's not just Rey Mysterio is gonna beat Samoa Joe It's me explaining why I feel like it's going to happen and how I see it happening So hope you guys do enjoy my video predictions for the pay-per-views, but I'm gonna leave this video here Please take care peace


We're at Kamosan College's Interurban campus and we just did the SOD turning ceremony for the new trades campus. It's a 30 million dollar investment in trades that first of all is going to create 200 jobs during construction and then in the next decades to come tens of thousands of students will learn a trade that's going to put a really good check in their back pocket. It's hugely significant. It's really going to provide us with now a state-of-the-art facilities with state-of-the-art equipment that our students will be learning on and and be job-ready and it will also increase our capacity we'll be able to take in an additional 370 full-time equivalent students. We're going to be moving ahead in a way that we've never been able to before. Our facilities right now are adequate but they are getting older so for us to be able to have a state-of-the-art facility here at the Interurban campus is going to make a significant difference for our learners and for our school. What this will enable us to do is to use industry standard equipment which means that we'll be using the same equipment at school go right into a job and we'll be used to that equipment and we'll have the training that we need we won't need to upgrade once we're on the job site. So as far as I'm concerned it's that seamless transition that allows an easier transition for the student.


What's up everybody, welcome back to Tennis Talk. My name's Cam Williams and the Olympics are starting in 24 hours and we're gonna go through the road to the gold medal for the world number one. He's playing for history at this tournament. He's trying to get the Golden Grand Slam. Trying to get his first gold medal in the singles at the Olympics. And he's playing for history. A lot of pressure on the world number one. So let's see who has to beat to get that Golden Grand Slam. So Djokovic's first round opponent will be against the Bolivian, Dillion, who is the current world number 135. So they've never actually played before. They've never crossed paths. It'll be a first time meeting, but you can expect Djokovic should get that win pretty easily. In the second round matchup, he's probably gonna play against one landed struff, the big German. Now these two have played a lot of times or four, five times in fact, with Djokovic winning all five matches and he leads their head to head on hard courts for zero as well. So Djokovic just got the confidence and he has the record against struff. Last time they played on hard courts was actually the 2020 US Open with Djokovic getting an easy three set wins. So if Djokovic does play struff in the second round, you'd expect that Djokovic gets through. In his third round matchup, based on the seedings, you'd expect that Djokovic is gonna play the number 16 seed for Kena. Now these two have played the one time before that was on the clay courts of Rome, only a couple of months ago and Djokovic got the straight sets win there. It was actually a pretty easy straight sets win. And for Kena being more of a clay quarter, if Djokovic can get an easy win on clay against a clay quarter, a hard court shouldn't be a worry for Djokovic. So you can expect that Djokovic is probably gonna get through this one pretty easily. His quarter final matchup, now this is where things get really tough because going by the seedings, it's gonna be the number five seed Rubelev, who has never actually played Djokovic, which is kind of crazy to think both Djokovic and Rubelev have been around for the last couple of years in that top 10. They've never crossed paths, not even at the ATB finals last year. They haven't crossed paths, which makes it a very dangerous matchup for Djokovic. These are two of the best hard court players of the year as well with Rubelev holding a 20 win, four loss record on hard courts in 2021, including a title in Rotterdam. And don't forget he won the ATB cup with Team Russia as well at the start of the year. And for somebody like Djokovic, who hasn't played this guy before, he won't know what to expect. Could be a dangerous matchup. And of course, Rubelev has beaten Nadal on clay this year, which is a huge match and a huge win. He was also a beaten Federer on hard court before as well. So Djokovic has got to watch out because Rubelev is a very, very dangerous opponent. Heading into the semifinals now and the most likely player he's gonna play is number four seed Zverev. Now Zverev does have a very tough draw with a lot of good players. So Zverev does make it to the semifinals. He'll be in some form. And that'll be a tough match there for Djokovic. However, Djokovic does lead the head-to-head 6-2. So has a commanding lead against Sasha Zverev. But the last two times they've played have actually been on hard courts, both of those this year. Djokovic winning both of them, but both of them have been very close matches. One at the ATB cup, which was a three-set win to Djokovic. And the other one being at the Australian Open with Zverev having chances to get to a fifth set there. He eventually lost in four to Djokovic, but he had chances there Zverev. In the final, most likely he's gonna play the world number two, Daniel Medvedev. Now he does have a good record over Medvedev. Five wins, three losses. So has got the advantage there and probably has the confidence over someone like Medvedev. The last time they played was actually at the Australian Open this year. In the final, and Djokovic destroyed Medvedev. Everyone thought that Djokovic was gonna lose.  But this is the best-of-three set match and that's always a question mark. Because the last time they actually played in a best-of-three match, Medvedev got the win. That was at the A2B finals last year. Not only did he get the win, it was a straight set to win for Medvedev. So Medvedev has beaten Djokovic in best-of-three set matches in the past on hard courts. So it's gonna be a very interesting gold medal match if it is Djokovic versus Medvedev. Because this year it's best-of-three. So there it is, the road to glory, the road to the gold medal for Novak Djokovic. It doesn't look easy. First couple of matches look pretty simple. But after that, Rubelev's Varev Medvedev to win the gold medal, keep that gold and grand slam alive. It's gonna be tough for Djokovic. Only best-of-three set matches all the way through as well. And that is always gonna be tricky for someone like Djokovic because in best-of-three sets, anybody can win it. So very interested to see how Djokovic can beat some of those big names towards the end of the week. Let me know down in the comments below how far could Djokovic go. Now, I think he's gonna win the gold medal. But I think at the very least, he's gonna make the final. He'll at least make it to the semifinals and get maybe a silver medal. He doesn't want the bronze medal. He's already got one of those. But I reckon he's gonna either get a silver or gold medal this year. I'm thinking he's gonna get the gold because he's just playing for legacy. He's playing for something bigger than himself. He's playing for Serbia.  So Novak Djokovic is playing for the golden grand slam, playing for history, but he's got some tough opponents to get there.


Welcome to issues and answers. I am your host for today general novel joining me is Carrie come secretariat deputy secretary general Dr. Manoma soup Nandan and the director for strategic management of mr. Craig Burris Ford welcome Thank you very much and a pleasant greetings to all the listeners and the viewers on behalf of the Carrie come secretariat So let's start with you doctors who Nandan if you could go ahead and tell us a little bit about Carrie come and your role within the entity Okay. Well, Carrie come is the Caribbean community. It's you and me. It's all of us and It's based on the device treaty of Chaco Ramas. Of course, it has a long history and My role in well, I'm based at the Carrie come secretariat in Georgetown Diana and The word says it's already the deputy secretary general the highest authorities secretary general and then Besides Deputizing if I may say so for the secretary general, you have all the corporate functions that fall under the deputy secretary general And you also have like global fund, you know, Pemcab resource mobilization and so on all those things also fall under the Deputy secretary general including the strategic management director of which the director is mr. Craig Burris Ford and Within that context, I'm we are here right now to deal with results this management Mr. Ferris Ford go ahead and give us some insight into your role. Okay Again, good day to your viewers and thank you very much for having us my role is essentially Ensuring that we are guided by a bar meter not only the care come secretariat, but also the community as a whole and This instrument is our community strategic plan and internally we have what we call Strategic business plan. So we are responsible essentially for articulating the vision view of not only the community but the secretariat and Distilling it in specific objectives and targets and goals that we want to achieve as a community and how the Secretariat contributes to these goals and objectives We are also responsible for monitoring evaluation because you know, if you have a plan how do you determine success and how you're progressing in terms of implementation? So we're also responsible for monitoring implementation and evaluating to determine whether or not our beneficiaries the stakeholders get their benefits that they They I Would want to say they would have paid for because it's a regional public good And each and every system contribute to care come and care come secretariat And also the risk assessment that the strategic management unit is responsible for and whatever we do Whether it's project or within the secretariat We have to assess the risks that lie ahead so that on a timely basis you can deal with those that also falls on the strategic management unit Okay, now that we're well acquainted. Let's get into the meat of the matter your purpose for your visit here today Tell us more about that. Well, we are here in Saint Lucia, and we are actually visiting all carry come member states To sensitize people make them aware all the stakeholders in the respective member states about results based management Results based management the word says it already It's results based a tool that we want to use to achieve our results to measure our results To achieve our results in a timely manner because when we're talking about results based management It means you will be looking at achieving your results Using a certain tool in that tool. We have the time the actors We have the indicators against what you're measuring what's your baseline and all those kinds of things Let me put it very simple let's say the government you have a community a village and Towards the end of 2019 The result should be that in that village You want to provide 50 families with a house? Which means you are elevating their social economic status to a certain level. That's what you're doing Now results based management. It gives you the tool. What are you going to do? First you should be You should know if the resources are available Currently what we're doing we're just utilizing it without knowing how much do I have so upfront? You need to know how much do I have and that's a change in what how we used to do our business before before we would say okay, we're gonna build houses, right and You bring nails you bring the doors your responsible so only activities and sometimes you get lost in it and You are not able to really track down Who is accountable for what who is responsible for what? What's the timeline if you don't meet timelines? Who is responsible for not meeting timelines though? Do we have risks lying ahead? How do we deal with it in a timely manner so that at the end? We can't provide the village with indeed having the 50 houses there Currently the way we're working is okay if you have a year one year we're going to one and a half year Right, and you know what happens often our resources. It's not coming from ourselves It's coming from the donor community and our donor community the taxpayers. They also want to results and Even for the government's being politicians your electorate want to see results, right? So results-based management is a tool so that when you don't meet the time Those responsible for bringing the doors or the paint or whatever They don't know what they're supposed to do You're gonna be held accountable for not achieving the result and that's what results-based management is about It's for all the stakeholders is for the parliamentarians because they can see what is being done it's for us The daily man and woman on the road they can know what is going on the private sector the public sector Name it whether it's the health sector. It's the agriculture sector. It's the fishery sector Because I gave you an example for what how you can use it at the national level But if you know LFA this you can do this at the regional level also Which means each member state will be able to see what is being done at the regional level which regional institution is Responsible to achieve a certain result for example in fisheries or in agriculture or on I was coming upstairs online registry for example, right? Do member states use online registry? Who is held accountable in a member state if it's not being used, right? Do we achieve the results those types of things so? it's for everybody everybody is supposed to benefit from results-based management and Which your permission may be mr. Beres for can give you some more technical details about the rbm system All right The rbm system as the issue said is In you know in a very simplified way is how do you track the progress of implementation? But first before you can start to track the progress you have to know where you want to go in the end and In rbm language, that is what we call our ultimate outcome ultimate goal where we want to reach as a community So what we have done with the community strategic plan is that we would have articulated clearly What are the short medium and long-term results that we want to achieve so that we can show the community on an incremental basis Exactly how we are progressing Because as you can appreciate a lot of persons are impatient in terms of care come and the progress it has made over the years and We want to be able to show the community on an annual basis Every three years exactly how we are progressing But you have some very basic things that needs to be done before we can start to see results Let me give you an example At the regional level we develop what we call a regional public good So we may develop for instance harmonize customs legislation But once we complete that it has to go through what we call a decision-making process decision-making process would consist Firstly of senior technocrats in member states in various ministries Then it goes to the ministerial level to a body say for instance Quoted which is a council of trade and economic development But it doesn't end there Once that is done. It has to go to member states to go through the respective parliaments Once that is done it goes on now to the customs department for them to operationalize that piece of legislation so you can see it takes a Long time first to agree on a harmonized piece of legislation take it through a decision-making process Take it through a respective parliaments and then operationalize that piece of legislation So you can see where member states become extremely important We cannot achieve any result on our own and I say we because I'm pulling myself in the Caricom construct, but Caricom as DSG said it's not just us alone who work with Caricom But each and every man on the street. We are all Caricom But it shows clearly the importance of all the implementing partners along the implementation pathway In terms of us getting to that desired result that we want so we have a strategic plan with six pillars and Two cross-cutting before we get to the piece just hold that thought I sure sure we're due for break when we come back more issues and answers Tutmune say counseling counseling counseling Molleglasia just yesterday you asked me advice about your husband and we spent over an hour on the cell Just think about the glass When you have a difficulty with someone you ask your friends advice to help you to deal with your problems But wouldn't you prefer getting advice from a professional counselor? I hope we know one of those who think counseling is for crazy people When your situation keep being way at my wisdom Professional counseling me money lage and share a condition doctors visit II Don't you know the Ministry of the Public Service has an employee assistance program They call it EAP which is offering six free counseling sessions for government employees Iglesia, why don't you take advantage of it? Really?  Did you say free? Free counseling boy glass hour who who is the consul into Call the unit at four six eight two two six nine EAP works let it work for you Welcome back to issues and answers before the break. We're speaking with mr. Berry spot who has given us some insight into the strategic plan. Yes Thank you very much The strategic plan has six pillars Six specific areas of focus for the community and we have two cross-cutting areas The first is building economic resilience the second building social resilience third building environmental resilience and fort building Technological resilient then we have what we call two drivers. There are also pillars one which is community governance How do we strengthen how we operate at the community level? How do we improve our decision-making process? How do we reorganize the regional institutions? To ensure that they are very efficient so that you can get the best bang for the buck Also, we have care community which is very important When you Leave st. Lucia and go to another Caribbean country You should feel like you're at home still It is how we relate with each other. How do you integrate into the community overall? So those are the six pillars and we have two cross-cutting which is how we coordinate our foreign policy and research innovation and technology now Under each pillar we have a body of work that we undertake and the heads of government in 2014 identify 11 priority areas Three focusing on economic which is ensure that we can create a single market one We can also create a single economic space and then we can unleash what we call Key economic drivers so that we can transition to growth and these look at the sectors agricultural sector services sector tourism And it also focusing on something that is very important that the treaty speaks to which is production integration Then we also focus on areas such as human development Um Technology I mentioned that that's a pillar also And we also look at crime and security, which is also very important because you know our member countries have serious issues with Crime and security. So that's it in a snapshot But I urge your viewers to go on to our website www.caricom.org And you will be able to Get a copy of the community strategic plan But it's very important that everyone Have an understanding of the direction that the community is going so that when we Release our first report And this is about coming from the rbm system that we have developed that you'll be able to see the progress We have made over the last couple of years Okay, so dr. Supernanda and if you could tell us about the rbm system Basically, how would this benefit the various member states? The member states can hold the carry-come secretariat themselves The stakeholders in their respective member states parliament ministers permanent secretaries A third is general because they play an important role when it comes to approving legislation at the regional level accountable for not achieving results or for not achieving results in a timely manner or For having to give back monies to our funding partners because the monies become ineligible because we have not used them one or Member states are not operationalizing not implementing decisions and regional goods that have been developed And they are not using it in member states. It means the money spent is ineligible And we have to give it back Okay, so those are the things that you will be able to see and track it down from the rbm system And as mr. Beresford mentioned the first quarter next year We will have our first report based on the strategic plan 2015 2019 and You it will be the access is free everybody will be able to access it and you will be able to see the progress The reach the community has made not the carry-come secretariat But the community includes the secretariat and the member states and the regional institutions We haven't just talked about the regional institutions, but the regional institutions like car far the fisheries mechanism Competition commission climate change center all cardy all of them are part of the carry-come construct Right, so they're also carry-come institutions So you will then able to see first quarter next year what progress we have made together And where we have not made progress Who is to be held accountable? And then people will see Talking about implementation deficit. We often talk about implementation deficit And often people look at this carry-come secretariat that it is not really the carry-come secretariat But a lot needs to be done in member states And often our member states Complain that they don't see the benefits of carry-come, but I can tell you Due to carry-come because of carry-come our people are benefiting a lot, but unfortunately And this is something that came out also in our sessions with other member states where we have already been There is a tremendous need for communication in our member states about carry-come What is being done and what are the benefits? And when you put all those benefits in a matrix you will see that each carry-come member state Each of the 15 Have benefited tremendously because of carry-come Be it In agriculture be it in fisheries be it single market. We're not talking about economy Be it competition customs legislation Training people having workshops all kinds of things simple things like Small ruminants projects a black sheep or black belly sheep projects all these kinds of things right in each member states we have been doing these things and It's been a lot and I really hope that through rbm using rbm out of the strategic plan First quarter next year The community will be able to see What and how they have benefited from the carry-come construct Okay, if you could just Summarize some of the feedback that you have received and then share your final thoughts Uh, the feedback that we have received in all the countries. I must say from I think all the stakeholders if I may say so even from The state actors Is that there is not enough communication? information sharing right and People want to have regular information regular updates so Yes, the secretariat we have twitter we are on facebook and then There is something else. I don't know anyway, but it seems like it's not enough And there is something else that is very important You know when we talk At a certain level we use these thermal knowledges and and we use words that are really Strange to the average man and woman on the street So what we have to do is when we communicate with people We really have to break it into sense and five cents so that everybody Understands the language Right and that everybody can work with it Otherwise it will be hanging out there and people really and truly will see carry-come as a balloon up in the air And the people themselves are somewhere else and we're looking at the balloon and the balloon has to do some wonders But that's not what's going to be happening all of us You me everyone in our community. We are carry come right and if We fail carry come will fail But if we say that carry come is failing And carry come is not doing what it's supposed to do. It means we are failing we We all of us we are failing. We're not doing what we are supposed to do Right, so that's why we are heading towards this direction a change a tool that should bring a change and We really hope that we will have all member states on board. That's why we have awareness sensitization So that member states will also use the rbm at the national level to also Work towards achieving results Okay Thank you so much for joining us here today I've really appreciated the the information given and I'm sure everybody will put that into good use and hopefully the various member states will make use of the the system Yeah, okay You you welcome You've been watching issues and answers with the major novel. Thank you for staying tuned until next time


Happy Easter! This weekend, our family will join millions of Christians in Canada and around the world to celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ. Easter is about joy, hope, and coming together. Whether we're helping kids hunt for Easter eggs, going to church with our neighbors, or sitting down to a special meal with loved ones. And as we reflect on Jesus's message of compassion, we ask ourselves what more we can do to spread kindness and make our world a better one. Here in Canada, Easter is also a chance to celebrate the major contributions Christians make to our communities each day. This spring and throughout the year, let's appreciate everything that brings us together and put into practice what it means to love our neighbors as ourselves. On behalf of our family, Sophie and I wish everyone celebrating a joyful and blessed Easter.


Alabama State Supreme Court ruling on IVF has already proven to be a complete and utter disaster with multiple clinics in the state now pausing IVF treatments entirely out of fear that they'll be prosecuted in the likely event that the process doesn't actually result in pregnancy. Let me show you what I mean by that. So this data released by SART in 2020 gives you a sense of how often the transfer of an embryo to a uterus actually results in live birth. There's a number of factors here, but age is a pretty strong determinant and if you're under 35 then the chance of IVF resulting in live birth is greater than 50%. But as you age, the odds of success decrease substantially with people over 42 having a less than 5% chance of IVF resulting in live birth. But because of this ruling in Alabama, the question is whether or not an IVF failure is now tantamount to murder or manslaughter at a minimum and if the doctor or patient is going to be liable for said manslaughter because if an embryo is legally a human being with the same constitutional protections as the rest of us then it logically follows that someone is responsible if said human ceases to exist for whatever reason. So there's now a legal risk associated with the procedure in Alabama and since there's a lot of gray area and unanswered questions, the easiest thing for clinics to do is to just stop offering the procedure to patients altogether and that's what we're seeing now. Now if you're struggling to follow the rationale behind this insane decision, let me help you out. In his concurring opinion, Chief Justice Tom Parker of Alabama Supreme Court explained, quote, the theologically based view of the sanctity of life adopted by the people of Alabama encompasses the following. One, God made every person in his image. Two, each person therefore has a value that far exceeds the ability of human beings to calculate. And three, human life cannot be wrongfully destroyed without incurring the wrath of a holy God who views the destruction of his image as an affront to himself. In other words, this wasn't a legal decision. It was a religious decision and it creates quite the conundrum for forced birthers because on one hand they wanna force as many people as possible to have babies obviously but thanks to this decision, the people who actually want to have the babies but can't conceive without IVF won't be able to have the babies that forced birthers want them to have thanks to this decision. But I mean, if you genuinely believe that life begins at conception then this is what logically follows from that. But this decision isn't just extreme, it's also untenable. And the Republican Party has already shot themselves in the feet with their position on abortion but this makes matters exponentially worse because guess who also gets IVF treatments? Republicans including pro-life Republicans. And as a result, many Republicans have quickly come out to distance themselves from this ruling. That includes Donald Trump who has said he supports IVF and it also includes the National Republican Senatorial Committee who has encouraged candidates to not be against IVF. Now at the individual level in the House, a lot of Republicans have also made great strides to distance themselves from this ruling. Politico reports Representative Byron Donalds would broadly support federal protections for in vitro fertilization. The Florida Republican said Sunday in the wake of an Alabama Supreme Court decision that threatened the future of the procedure in the state. Also Republican lawmaker Michelle Steele tweeted, as someone who struggled to get pregnant I believe all life is a gift. IVF allowed me as it has so many others to start my family. I believe there is nothing more pro-life than helping families have children and I do not support federal restrictions on IVF. Nancy Mace also chimed in saying, I will stop any and all efforts to ban IVF. Now you're gonna notice something peculiar about this tweet. There's a blur there that provides us with some pretty crucial context. So let's go ahead and reveal what that blur is hiding. Oh, look at that. It's a community node pointing out that Nancy Mace would cosponsor the Life at Conception Act which would actually ban in vitro fertilization. But let's go ahead and see who also supports this. Byron Donalds and even Michelle Steele who literally got pregnant because of IVF but they're not alone because a total of 166 House Republicans all cosponsored the 2022 version of the Life at Conception Act which would effectively ban IVF treatments across the board in every single state. But to be fair only 124 Republicans have cosponsored the latest version and even though Michelle Steele is still among those names Byron Donalds and Nancy Mace are not. But that doesn't necessarily mean that they've had a change of hearts since then. They could just be apprehensive about cosponsoring it again due to blowback that the party received over Roe v. Wade getting overturned or they might have just not gotten around to it. But the fact remains that in 2022 they put their names on that legislation which would ban IVF effectively across the country which makes them untrustworthy at the very minimum. Now Toria Auden of the New Republic explains like the Alabama ruling, the Life at Conception Act would have severely restricted if not effectively banned IVF treatments as well because it grants equal protection to pre-born humans including embryos since it's common for fertilized eggs to not survive the IVF process the act would put doctors at risk of being charged for wrongful death of embryos. That risk would be enough to scupper the IVF industry. So there's two possibilities here.  Well, of course not because why would we expect lawmakers who make laws to do their due diligence? But I mean it's entirely possible that they're just lying and I say this because Speaker Mike Johnson for example cosponsored the latest version of the Life at Conception Act on January 20th of 2023 but in November he vocalized support for IVF. The Washington Post reports in November Johnson told Fox News that he does not oppose access to fertility treatments. Quote that's something that's blessed a lot of families who have problems with fertility he said. Of course that's a great thing I would support that. So they're saying one thing but doing something completely different. So the question is how exactly do we explain this discrepancy?  And my argument is that it doesn't really matter. It's a distinction without a difference as far as I'm concerned but I think it depends on the Republican. I think that Nancy Mace is probably lying. I think that she knows what IVF is and she knows that the Life at Conception Act would negatively impact the IVF industry but when it comes to some of these Republican men I just think that they probably don't know what IVF is. Texas Governor Greg Abbott for example called it a complex issue when it's actually not and Alabama Senator Tommy Tuberville just seemed confused when he was asked about Alabama's decision. Take a look. Do you have a reaction to the Alabama Supreme Court ruling on the fact that embryos are children? Yeah, I was all for it. We need to have more kids. We need to have an opportunity to do that. And I thought this was the right thing to do but. IVF is used to have more children and right now IVF services are paused at some of the clinics in Alabama. Aren't you concerned that this could impact the people who are trying to have kids? Well, that's for another conversation. People need to have that. We need more kids. We need the people to have the opportunity to have kids. Senator, what do you say to the women right now in Alabama who no longer have access to IVF who will not as a result of this ruling? What do you say to them? Well, that's a hard one. It really is. It's really hard.  We need more kids. Embarrassing. He was seemingly learning in real time that IVF wasn't actually a form of contraception and that it's actually a procedure that allows people to have children. But I think that that video is a perfect illustration as to why things are the way they are. We have a bunch of clueless imbeciles basing their policies off of a set of amorphous contradictory biblical values in a society that is supposed to be secular. Now, as Republican politicians scramble to convince people that they're not gonna take away another civil right from folks, we have some Republican ideologs like Michael Knowles actually saying, no, we actually do wanna do that. The reason surrogacy and IVF are immoral is because they interfere into the family. They break up the nucleus, the very building block of political society. They separate the reproductive from the conjugal act they establish the domination of technology over the origin and destiny of human life. And they can have all sorts of unintended consequences. Let me remind you that Michael Knowles is somebody with a lot of influence in the GOP. He co-hosted a podcast with the United States Senator, Ted Cruz. So when he says something like this, I think that we shouldn't pretend as if that's not gonna have any influence on the GOP party.   It's genuinely an idiotic position to take because how can they think that embryos have constitutional protections when they don't even respect the civil rights and civil liberties that actual human beings now have who are alive, like who were born? They don't care about our civil rights, but they care about the civil rights and civil liberties of people who aren't born yet. It's just, it's nonsensical, right? We're the ones who are supposed to have constitutional protections, not embryos, and those protections grant us freedom from religion that they're trying to impose on all of us.  CHILDREN LAUGHING VEGETTAINER LAUGHING


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