Morning Bites: 5 things to know for Friday: RGD data recovery; Robert Chin; Labour Day; G-7 leaders meet; Clovis Toon; Breaking News and more

Morning Bites: 5 things to know for Friday, May 19, 2023 RGD to add secondary data site The Registrar General’s Department, in an effort to [reduce the risk of loss of data]( will be creating a secondary data site for disaster recovery. Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister, Floyd Green, says this will not only prevent loss of data during a disaster, it will also ensure that there is business continuity in the event of such event. Green told the Parliament this week that so far, servers have been acquired via the Office of the Prime Minister, through the NIDS project. Robert Chin returns to court in cocaine case Robert Chin, the [man implicated in January’s multimillion-dollar cocaine seizure]( at the Norman Manley International Airport in Kingston, is to return to the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court today. Chin, 56, of Mona in St Andrew, was nabbed on January 2 and charged with possession of cocaine, dealing in cocaine, attempting to export cocaine, and conspiracy to export cocaine following the seizure of 12 kilogrammes of cocaine. He is the [brother of Member of Parliament Mikael Phillips](. St James man to be sentenced for stabbing baby A St James man accused of assaulting a mother before [stabbing her two-year-old baby with a pair of scissors]( is to be sentenced today. Seymour Williams, 22, who is without legal representation, appeared in the St James Parish Court in March to face wounding and possession of an offensive weapon charges. According to the prosecution's case file, about 2:00 pm on December 22, 2022, the complainant was standing on St James Street with her child when she felt someone hit her. She turned around and saw the accused man, who stabbed the infant with a pair of scissors and remarked, "It naah go so." A psychiatric evaluation was ordered for Williams ahead of today’s sentencing. Advertisement Labour Day activities continue The Labour Relations Awards Banquet will take place tonight at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel as part of Workers’ Week activities ahead of [Labour Day which will be observed on May 23](. The Workers’ Week Church Service will be held on Sunday, May 21, at the Church of the Open Bible, Washington Boulevard, St Andrew, starting at 10:00 am. Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Olivia Grange, says Labour Day activities will commence with the laying of floral tributes in a small civic ceremony at the shrine of National Hero Sam Sharpe (Heroes Park) and at his statue in Sam Sharpe Square, Montego Bay. G-7 leaders meet in Japan with Russia-Ukraine war top of agenda Leaders of the world’s most powerful democracies will [begin Group of Seven meetings in Hiroshima today]( with Russia’s invasion of Ukraine high on the agenda for a summit convened in the shadow of the world’s first atomic bomb attack. The G7 nations, which officials said have reached new levels of cooperation more than a year into Russia’s brutal war, are set to unveil a new round of sanctions against Moscow when the summit officially opens today, as well as announce that they would redouble their efforts to enforce existing sanctions meant to stifle Russia’s war effort and punish those behind it, a US official said. ICYMI: WHILE YOU WERE SLEEPING ‘Ungracious and inequitable!’ JCC urges Gov't to roll back massive salary hike for politicians The Jamaica Council of Churches (JCC) is [describing as “ungracious and inequitable” the huge salary increases for politicians]( that were announced in Parliament on Tuesday by Finance Minister Dr Nigel Clarke. Salary adjustments will generate greater interest in political field – Holness Prime Minister Andrew Holness says with the salary adjustments announced for the political directorate under the new public sector compensation regime,[there will be greater interest in the political field](. 88-year-old Australian doctor free 7 years after kidnapping in West Africa An 88-year-old Australian doctor held captive in West Africa for more than seven years [has been released]( the Australian government said Friday. CLOVIS TOON TODAY IN HISTORY Anne Boleyn beheaded On this day in 1536, Anne Boleyn, the second wife of England's King Henry VIII, was beheaded after being convicted of adultery. For more stories, visit our website at www.jamaicaobserver.com or [sign up for our e-paper](. [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Website]( Copyright © 2023 Jamaica Observer, All rights reserved. Our mailing address is: 40 - 42 1/2 Beechwood Avenue Kingston 5 Want to change how you receive these emails? You can [update your preferences]( or [unsubscribe from this list](.