Government to keep AML ‘consent’ defence
The Law Society has welcomed a government decision not to scrap a statutory defence available to solicitors who report suspected money laundering.As the Gazette reported in April the ‘consent’ defence, available to solicitors who report suspicious activity, looked set to be removed as part of government plans to overhaul the UK’s anti-money laundering regime.The proposal has now been withdrawn, a decision which Chancery Lane hailed as an example of how ‘working constructively with professional bodies can produce better legislation’.In a consultation response to its ‘action plan for anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist finance’, the government said it ‘does not intend to remove the consent regime at this time, but will continue to explore what actions could be taken to prevent the misuse of the consent regime’.Chancery Lane said the decision to retain the consent regime will be a relief to solicitors who were ‘potentially facing an unjustified removal of legal cover for meeting their obligations to report suspicious activity’.Robert Bourns, president of the Society, said it remains committed to working alongside government to maintain the role of solicitors as a ‘key ally in the fight against money laundering’.‘In our response to the government’s consultation we raised a number of concerns, and it is gratifying to see the government taking these concerns seriously, making positive changes to their proposals to account for them,’ he said.The defence, available under the Proceeds of Crime Act, can see a ‘reporter’ avail themselves of a defence against committing a money laundering offence provided they seek the consent of the UK Financial Intelligence Unit to conduct a transaction or activity about which they have suspicions.The Law Society also raised concerns over proposals for a new unexplained wealth order, which would force an individual to prove that assets had been lawfully obtained.Chancery Lane said these breached the presumption of innocence and required proper judicial scrutiny.The government has said it will now implement these plans using existing powers that have proper judicial oversight, ensuring the rights of individuals are protected.Bourns added: ‘Although there is still work to be done to ensure solicitors’ frontline role in combating money laundering is properly recognised and supported, we thank the government for listening to the concerns we raised and making positive changes to respond to those concerns.’Risk and Compliance annual conference 2017In this popular one-day event, speakers will provide invaluable advice for shaping the future of compliance in your firm and will offer practical guidance to help you cultivate a best practice culture throughout your firm or department.Register early to benefit from the early bird booking discount.
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Tweet Yvette D. ClarkeNEW YORK, CMC – As Haiti marks the third anniversary of the devastating January 12, 2010 earthquake, Caribbean American Congresswoman Yvette D. Clarke has renewed calls for heightened action to help the improved, French-speaking Caribbean country recover quickly.“Despite the many years that have since passed, the people of Haiti are still struggling to rebuild their infrastructure,” Clarke, the daughter of Jamaican immigrants, who represents the 9th Congressional District in Brooklyn, New York, told the Caribbean Media Corporation.“After the 7.0 magnitude earthquake devastated the nation, thousands of people died and millions became homeless,” added Clarke, co-chair of the Congressional Caribbean Caucus. In the coming weeks of the 113th US Congress, Clarke said she will re-introduce the Haitian Emergency Life Protection (HELP) Act, which will allow applicants with family-sponsored petitions that were approved on or before January 12, 2010 to work in the United States and send remittances back home, as they await their green cards.Caribbean Media Corporation Share
Author: Baibhav Mishra (Image Courtesy: VesselFinder) On 3 January, a fire broke out in one container on the deck of the Yantian Express and spread to additional containers. Due to bad weather conditions, the fire has not been successfully contained yet and has significantly increased in intensity at times. Despite the ongoing firefighting support from the salvage tug “Smit Nicobar”, the fire has not been extinguished yet.For this reason, a decision was made to evacuate the crew. The complete crew is unharmed and was safely transferred to the “Smit Nicobar” on 5 and 6 January. Further developments of the situation on the Yantian Express are being monitored closely, and the firefighting efforts with the salvage tug are ongoing.At this time, it is not possible to make a precise estimate of any damage to Yantian Express or its cargo. Hapag-Lloyd is in close cooperation with all relevant authorities.The 7,510 TEU Yantian Express, which is 320 meters long and sails under German flag in the East Coast Loop 5 (EC5) service, was built in 2002 and was on its way from Colombo to Halifax via the Suez Canal. At present, the ship is approximately 800 nautical miles off the coast of Canada (Nova Scotia).Sea News, January 7
Anritsu has announced an upgrade to the MT8852B Bluetooth Test Set to support Bluetooth version 5. The MT8852B is a RF measuring instrument for design prototyping and production test of a wide range of products that integrate Bluetooth technology. It supports Basic Rate (BR), Enhanced Data Rate (EDR) and Bluetooth low energy (BLE) measurement of transmit power, frequency, modulation, and receiver sensitivity required by Bluetooth RF test specifications.In December 2016, Bluetooth SIG (Special Interest Group) announced the launch of Bluetooth 5, designed to meet the needs of an evolving industry that demands a global wireless standard to provide simple, secure connectivity. This latest version of Bluetooth focuses on new communications technologies for implementing longer range communications at faster speeds while maintaining low power consumption to support smartphones and IoT applications. And with this comes the requirement for measurement solutions that support these new specifications. The upgraded MT8852B, supports the full range of PHY layer (RF) tests required by the new Bluetooth 5 specifications for designing and manufacturing Bluetooth devices and SoC, especially tests for 2-Mbps Low Energy PHY (2LE), which greatly improves battery life, and for Bluetooth Long Range (BLR), which extends communications over longer ranges of several hundred meters.Although the MT8852B has supported the earlier Bluetooth Low Energy specification, this upgrade adds new measurement options for the 2LE and BLR specifications. New test cases can run as part of test scripts to simplify test-case creation and cut test times. The MT8852B implements 2LE and BLR measurements by direct connection and can control the device under test (DUT) either via USB, 2-wire RS-232 HCI Direct Test Mode (DTM), or USB–Serial conversion adapter interfaces.
[av_one_full first min_height=” vertical_alignment=” space=” custom_margin=” margin=’0px’ padding=’0px’ border=” border_color=” radius=’0px’ background_color=” src=” background_position=’top left’ background_repeat=’no-repeat’ animation=”][av_heading heading=’Tighter security for Iloilo, Negros football matches’ tag=’h3′ style=’blockquote modern-quote’ size=’30’ subheading_active=’subheading_below’ subheading_size=’18’ padding=’10’ color=” custom_font=” av-medium-font-size-title=” av-small-font-size-title=” av-mini-font-size-title=” av-medium-font-size=” av-small-font-size=” av-mini-font-size=” admin_preview_bg=”]BY ADRIAN STEWART CO[/av_heading][av_textblock size=” font_color=” color=” av-medium-font-size=” av-small-font-size=” av-mini-font-size=” admin_preview_bg=”]Sunday, March 4, 2018[/av_textblock][av_textblock size=’18’ font_color=” color=” av-medium-font-size=” av-small-font-size=” av-mini-font-size=” admin_preview_bg=”]THE brawl during the 2018 WVRAA Meet secondary boys football finals between Iloilo and Negros Occidental should compel match organizers to set up tighter security every time the two teams face off. I was talking to a friend, Watchmen Daily Journal sports editor Jerome Galunan, and he said the Philippine Football League (PFL) should seriously consider the incident when Kaya Iloilo FC meets Ceres Negros FC in a match.“As we all know naman, mainit talaga kapag naglalaban sa football ang Iloilo at Negros Occidental. Whatever league – mapa-professional, elementary, high school, or college,” Galunan said.“Kaya iyong nangyari should be a warning sa PFL,” he said. “We don’t expect the players from Kaya or Ceres [to fight] dahil magkakaibigan naman ang mga iyan, and most of them parehas ng pinanggalingan, but the fans, siyempre may bragging rights diyan.”Galunan said that while he was not blaming the Department of Education Region 6, the regional office “should have known better … lalo pa at championship iyong sa WVRAA Meet.”“Akalain mo, ang bilis na nakalapit ni (Negros coach) Ian (Combate) kay referee (Steve) Supresencia?”Galunan also agreed with me that there should be a “neutral” referee. In the WVRAA Meet, Supresencia – an Ilonggo and sometimes team manager of Team Iloilo – was assigned to officiate.“Siyempre mas makakabuti kung neutral referee,” said Galunan. “’Di ba mas maiiwasan sana ang doubts?”Galunan added: “Football is a good sport, and Iloilo and Negros Occidental love that sport. It would be better if their games are well-officiated para naman ma-enjoy ng mga Ilonggo at Negrense iyong laban whatever the outcome.”***Members of a religious sect in the country want to kick out one of its popular members – an upstart Filipino-foreign PBA player – for violating one of the group’s rules.It is not the frequent absence of the PBA player to the sect’s twice-a-week mass that irks the members but his having a relationship with a girl from the outside.“Mahigpit kasi ang panuntunan ng relihiyon na bawal kang makipagrelasyon sa hindi taga-loob,” a source said. “Si PBA player ipinangalandakan pa sa social media iyong karelasyon niya at iyong anak nila.”“Hindi isyu sa mga kapatid niya sa relihiyon kung hindi siya nakaka-attend sa samba kasi understood naman sa trabaho niya at saka minsan representative pa siya ng bansa sa international tournaments.“Siyempre napaka-unfair naman sa ibang miyembro ng relihiyon na nagtitiis na hindi makipagrelasyon sa hindi nila kasamahan tapos si PBA player lumabag na, hindi pa nasisipa.“Pinapayuhan nga siya ng ilang kaibigan niya sa relihiyon na tumalikod na lang kasi hindi naman puwedeng iwan niya na lang si girl dahil may anak na sila. Iyon ang pinakatama niyang gawin. Ika nga, right move.”/PN[/av_textblock][/av_one_full]
By: Constancio Martinez, Jr.Special to the PRESSThe Boys soccer team is off to a good start, as they opened up the new year with a 2-0 record. Last year, the team didn’t get their first win till their 13th game of the 2018-2019 season. The Tarpons first win of the 2019-2020 season was a 6-1 game over Kingsville King. Their second game was this past Tuesday, January 7, when the Tarpons beat visiting IDEA Quest, also 6-1. Offensively, the team is looking solid, having already scored 12 points in just two games. For comparison’s sake, the 2018-2019 team didn’t score their first point till their 6th game of the season and didn’t score their 12th point till the 15th game of the season. Defensively, goalie Juan Martinez has only given up 1 goal in 65 game-time minutes. Offensively, senior Josue Avila leads the team with 4 goals (Avila’s had six total goals in 2018-2019) followed by senior Mariano Romero 3 goals (Romero had one goal in the 2018-2019 season). Their next game is this Friday, January 10, when the Tarpons host the Progreso Red Ants at 7:30 p.m. Last year, the Red Ants beat the Tarpons, 4-1,during the regular season. In the 2018-2019 playoffs, the Red Ants reached the State Regional Finals, where they lost to Canyon Lake, 1-0. Port Isabel finished last season with a 9-14-2 overall record, but the team finished strong, going 8-3 in their last 11 regular season games, winning the district championship. The team fell to La Grulla, 2-1, in the Bi-District round of the playoffs. On the two wins, Port Isabel Varsity Boys soccer coach Joshua Kirton said, “The boys worked hard and continue to work hard!” Share RelatedTarpon basketball playoff season ends in 3rd roundBy Larry Gage Special to the PRESS The Port Isabel Tarpons were eliminated from the 2020 Texas high school basketball playoffs, 77-47, at the hands of the Pleasanton Eagles Tuesday night, March 3, in Kingsville. The Eagles came in with 33 wins. They controlled the opening tip and scored first…March 6, 2020In “News”PERFECT WIN: Tarpons too much for feisty Cats; score 10-0 seasonBy ARMANDO GARZA Special to the PRESS It may have felt like another night at the office for the Port Isabel Tarpons, but this one had so much more meaning. The Tarpons got big plays offensively, played hard-hitting defense and were simply too much for a gritty Rio Hondo team…November 2, 2013In “News”Tarpons vs. Tigers a soccer epicBy CARLOS GONZALES Special to the PRESS The Port Isabel Tarpon varsity boys’ soccer squad traveled to Mercedes Thursday where the two teams faced off in a Class 4A Bi-District playoff game. Both teams relied heavily on their defensive efforts the entire game, but it did eventually lead to a…March 25, 2011In “News”
PI Varsity boys soccer team. Photo courtesy of Joshua Kirton.
FacebookTwitterEmailPrintFriendly分享Central Peninsula Hospital will host its annual free Adult Drive Thru Flu Vaccination on Wednesday, October 3, but this year attendees will enter via a new street. This event is for adults 18 and older, it is free to the public on a first come-first serve basis while supplies last, and will be held at Central Peninsula Hospital on October 3 from 3:00-5:30 pm. Von Kanel: “As well as, we want to do things such as good hand hygiene, good hand-washing, cover your mouth when you cough, if you or your children are sick make sure you stay home to try not to spread it to your coworkers and your family, if you’re out shopping in our community make sure you wipe the carts down with the provided Purell wipes that the stores provide and if the physicians prescribe medications make sure that you take them.” Von Kanel says by getting as many people immunized as possible, it decreases the public’s chances of getting the flu.
Von Kanel: “We’ll have signs up and security will be there to help direct you. You’re going to go double lane into the hospital, we’ll have that set up specifically for you to enter. You’re going to come through the parking garage backwards, we’ll give the flu-shots in the garage and then you’re going to exit into Fireweed [Street].” CPH’s Infection Prevention and Sepsis Coordinator Julie Von Kanel says the entrance will be on Vine Street, near the Pharmacy and doctors’ offices located on North Binkley Street.
Harrell finished with 21 points and 14 rebounds, and made three pivotal free throws in the final minute.The Hurricanes took a ton of punches from Louisville, especially in the second half, and kept fighting. They didn’t get much from their second-leading scorer, Angel Rodriguez, who has struggled immensely in two games against U of L, but like they did in the first matchup, the ‘Canes got double-digit scoring from one of its 6-foot-5 wings. Sheldon McClellan (17 points, 7-of-13 shooting) hit several big shots and helped Miami keep Louisville at arm’s length. 
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Miami came to the KFC Yum! Center and gave the University of Louisville basketball team everything it had, but Louisville finally found a way to break through after a frustrating run of three losses in four games.How did they do it?Defense, big games from Montrezl Harrell and Chris Jones and a spot of luck.Yes, that Chris Jones, the formerly suspended point guard who missed Wednesday’s game because of an unspecified violation of team rules. On Saturday, he came to play, and he made a huge difference on both ends of the floor, squashing the belief held by some that Louisville is better off with the 5-foot-10 senior.Jones penetrated, hit big shots and, most of all, absolutely harried every ball handler he covered. He finished with 17 points, five rebounds, two steals and two assists in 36 minutes.Louisville (21-6, 9-5 in the ACC) needed him, and he came through in a big way. After racking up two steals in three of their last four games, the Cardinals had five steals by halftime on Saturday and finished with eight. They also blocked eight shots and looked far scrappier on the defensive end, though they still had a few early-game miscommunications that led to easy Miami baskets. The return of Jones, who has to be one of the top on-ball defenders in the country, certainly helped.Another big issue on Wednesday was Blackshear’s apprehension. He recorded zero points and zero rebounds, and he was credited with zero assists, though Pitino said Friday that Blackshear should have received an assist in the stat book. Either way, he fouled out in a critical game without contributing anything. Pitino keeps saying the 6-foot-5 Blackshear plays well in practice, but the performances don’t reflect that. Saturday’s, however, did.Three days after Pitino benched and slammed freshman wing Shaqquan Aaron for not being “a Louisville Man,” the 6-foot-7 Seattle native came off the bench in the first half and played well. He didn’t compile a ton of stats by any stretch, but he grabbed a rebound in the middle of a scrum and also dished out what should’ve been an beautiful assist, but Rozier missed the layup.Jeff Greer covers University of Louisville athletics for the Louisville Courier-Journal.
FOR THE WINLouisville’s Montrezl Harrell gets technical for throwing ball off opponent’s face
NORTH SOUND, Antigua, (CMC):Captain Jason Holder has urged his batting group to undertake deep introspection in the wake of West Indies’ chastening 318-run defeat to India in the opening Test here Sunday.Set an improbable 419 runs for victory on the penultimate day at the Vivian Richards Cricket Ground, West Indies crumbled in quick time on a flat pitch for exactly 100 – their sixth lowest total against India.Only number nine Kemar Roach, with a cavalier 31-ball 38, showed any resistance and he was just one of three batsmen in double figures.“Each batter has got to look at themselves seriously in the mirror,” Holder told media following the loss. Gifting wickets “We’ve just got to find solutions. I think more often than not we’ve been gifting our wickets, not letting the opposition work for our wickets and I think that’s one area we can definitely [focus] on. “If we are going to get out, we’ve got to make the opposition work hard for our wickets. I think we can go through the dismissals in this Test match and there were quite a few soft dismissals.”He continued: “Our batters definitely did not come to the party in this game. We fell short by quite few runs. I felt the wicket has been a very good wicket. “The initial phase with the new ball was probably the hardest point that a batsman should fear, I think after that it gets pretty easy. We just didn’t get enough runs in this game.”West Indies were ripped to shreds by the superb Jasprit Bumrah, who produced an exhibition of high class swing bowling to finish with five wickets for seven runs from eight overs.His new-ball partner Ishant Sharma picked up three for 31 while fellow pacer Mohammed Shami claimed two for 13.In a torrid 45-ball period before tea, Bumrah sent back openers Kraigg Brathwaite (1) and John Campbell (7), before adding Darren Bravo (2) to his list of casualties, as West Indies slumped to 15 for five at the interval. Bumrah magic “On a day like today, he proved difficult. He bowled some magic balls and he got quite a few of our batsmen out with some very good balls,” Holder said of Bumrah.“Having said that we’ve just got to find ways to negate it. He’s a quality bowler, yes, but there are definitely solutions out there.”The defeat for West Indies was their 13th to India in their last 22 meetings, during which time they have failed to notch a single win.And with a short turnaround before the second Test bowls off at Sabina Park in Kingston on Friday, Holder said it was important the team put the loss behind them quickly.“It (defeat) definitely doesn’t dent my confidence and I think the group should be uplifting themselves,” he stressed.“We’ve got a lot to be disappointed about. Obviously we didn’t perform as well as we would like. But there’s no point dropping our heads – that’s not the solution. We’ve got to find a way to bring ourselves out of this defeat, try to rally around one another and try to come back a lot better in Jamaica.”
RUGBY LEAGUE BY FRANKIY KAPIN As a minor sponsor of the Lae Biscuit sponsored Snax Tigers, the Seeto Kui company, is proud of the achievement of the Tigers winning the Minor Premiership and booking this Sunday’s Grand Final. Being a proud Morobean company, Seeto Kui is motivated to back the Tigers representing Morobe province and have been a minor sponsor for the last nine years now. “The greatest achievement for Seeto Kui would have to be seeing Lae Snax Tigers boys now playing for the SP Hunters and also seeing a former Lae Snax Tigers Player Justin Olam achieving his dreams in the NRL with the Melbourne Storm team this year and also scoring his first NRL hat trick last week against Manly. “And by being the minor sponsors we hope we are also helping with the players achieving their dreams of playing in the Hunters and the NRL. With saying that all praise and accolades has to be given to Ian Chow and the Chow family for helping these players behind the scene and during the off season for them to achieve their dreams.” Jeff Lung of Seeto Kui remarked adding that it was devastating losing in the first round of the knockouts last year. “We were lucky this year as we still had battle hardened senior players to gel with the new group of players for us to start the season winning both Home and away games but the coaching staff of Stan Tepend and Oscar Tonga did very well to mould the team to how they wanted them to perform this year and now we are reaping the rewards.”Mr Lung said. He said its always a team sport believing every player on the field will play his game and they know what they will have to do while on the field. Lung acknowledged the Lae Biscuit Company through its Snax Biscuit having done a fantastic Job for Rugby League in Morobe. “Lae Biscuit Company have a Lae Snax Tigers academy for school boys which they also sponsor kids thru school. Lae Snax Tigers is now a team which other teams now take notice of in PNG as they are a very professional team also Snax Tigers Team has a following around PNG and some of the pacific Island Countries as to build the sport of Rugby League. Ian Chow has also looked towards Fiji to import players to play for the team,” Lung said. Having been part and partial of the Tigers success, Lung predicts a 28-12 win to Tigers against Hela Wigmen in the grand final. Lung added that Tigers will have the upper hand led by fullback and scoring machine Joe Joshua, rake Noel Joel and halfback Charlie Simon to be playing the leading roles. “But we need the forwards to fire up and give the go forward with Ismael Balkawa, Junior Rop, John Andy and the Fijian Terminator Tikiko Noke to fire up this weekend,” Lung said.