Marga Schaap, independent chair of the scheme, said: “Despite extensive economising, costs of increasingly complex regulation and supervision keep on rising.“Against an annual premium income of between €3.5m-4m, we need to spend at least €500,000m in costs,” she said. “This is absurd and not sustainable.”However, extending the contract with Aegon would – as a consequence of the current low interest rates and increasing longevity – require contributions to rise of 30%, Schaap said.Individual DC arrangements are not common with industry-wide schemes, and a DC plan would a first for PGB, which has taken in dozens of smaller pension funds during the past decade.The new individual DC plan must enable the fishermen to convert their accrued capital into pension rights before their retirement, the union documents indicated.However, PGB made clear on its website that was assessing whether and how it could implement the desired DC plan.Meanwhile, Zeevisserij is retaining the option to select another provider if PGB is unable to meet its deadline, Schaap said, who indicated that joining a PPI may be an alternative. She also underlined that the board of the fisheries scheme had not taken a decision yet.That said, another issue is the fact that the fisheries industry lacked a clear link with the printing sector.Earlier, Jetta Klijnsma, state secretary for social affairs, had asked PGB to exercise maximum restraint in further stretching its scope of action as long as the new pensions vehicle APF didn’t have legal status.Recently, she said that the APF needed further elaboration and that, as a consequence, it would come into force no sooner than 1 January 2016.For more on what is driving consolidation in the Dutch pension sector, see IPE’s recent coverage of the matterPGB could not be contacted for further comment.” The social partners of the €100m industry-wide scheme for the offshore fisheries, Zeevisserij, have said they wish to join the €19bn mandatory industry-wide pension fund for the printing industry, PGB.Employers and unions said they intended to set up an individual defined contribution (DC) plan with PGB, while leaving its current assets with insurer Aegon, which has guaranteed life-long benefits for the pension fund’s participants.Documents sent to union members revealed that the reason for changing pension arrangements was the end of its contract with Aegon, due to expire at the end of the year.Another issue were the increasing costs at the small scheme, which had less than 900 active participants, approximately 1,000 pensioners and 1,250 deferred members. read more

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Joshua “Austin” Ridener, age 12, of Vevay, Indiana, entered this life on September 11, 2007 in Cincinnati, Ohio. He was raised in Switzerland County, Indiana and was currently in the 6th grade at Jefferson-Craig Elementary School. Austin was active in the 4-H Rockers and Little Swiss Polka Dancing for the Swiss Wine Festival. Austin enjoyed finding bugs, swimming, camping and riding his dirt bike. He also enjoyed playing soccer, baseball and video games and spending time with his family and friends. Austin passed away on Saturday, March 28, 2020, at his residence due to a house fire in Vevay, Indiana.Austin will be deeply missed by his parents, Darwin Harold “Dobbie” and Lisa M. (Phelps) Ridener of Vevay, IN; his paternal-grandparents, Darwin and Jeanette Ridener of Vevay, IN; his siblings, Carly Archer and her husband, Adam of Vevay, IN, Casie Jesop and her husband, Ryan of Vevay, IN, Courtney Dayadharum and her husband, Nathaniel of Vevay, IN, Joe Spilman and his wife, Shellie of Vevay, IN, David Campbell of Vevay, IN and Jason Campbell of East Enterprise, IN; his cousins, Halle Archer, Adalyn Archer, Beckham Archer, Jett Archer, Ashlyn Jesop, Easton Jesop, Isaiah Dayadharum, Micah Dayadharum, Madison Spilman, Michael Spilman, Mason Campbell and Rayson Campbell and his numerous aunts and uncles.He was preceded in death by his maternal-grandparents, Bill and Del Phelps; his aunts, Amy Childress and Chrissy Ridener. Austin was joined in death by his siblings, Paige Allison Marie Ridener, James Samuel “Sam” Ridener, Jordan Thomas Ridener, Emilee Alyssa Ridener and Elizabeth “Grace” Ridener.Private family services are being held at the convenience of the family.A Celebration of Austin’s Life will be held at a later date.Interment will be held in the Vevay Cemetery, Vevay, Indiana.Memorial contributions may be made to the Joshua “Austin” Ridener Memorial Fund c/o Haskell & Morrison Funeral Home. Cards are available at the funeral home or online at www.haskellandmorrison.com read more

… Barnwell, Reifer, Foo among local starsBy Clifton RossIT will be a clash of two star-studded teams this Friday when the Golden Republic T20 Bash bowls off at the Guyana National Stadium, Providence as the Hetmyer Hurricanes and Rutherford Renegades lock horns under lights. In addition to captains Sherfane Rutherford and Shimron Hetmyer, a number of players with international experience who have also been top performers in the Caribbean Premier League (CPL), were named yesterday as part of the anniversary celebrations event.The Hurricanes will have as their overseas player, Trinidad and Tobago/West Indies dynamic opener Lendl Simmons, along with former West Indies T20 all-rounder Christopher Barnwell, current West Indies U-19 World Cup 2020 players Kevlon Anderson and Ashmead Nedd, breakout rookie pacer Nial Smith and others.Kevlon AndersonRutherford, a brilliant T20 player, will have the services of West Indies opener Chandrapaul Hemraj, West Indies B captain Anthony Bramble, Guyana Jaguars captain Leon Johnson, Jags all-rounder and Barbados Tridents Raymon Reifer. Their overseas players will be the veteran all-rounder Rayad Emrit who has represented West Indies in T20s and Guyana Amazon Warriors in the CPL.On February 23, 1970 Guyana became a Co-operative Republic and the match is part of a doubleheader to observe the nation’s golden jubilee.To observe the landmark, action at Providence will bowl off at 14:00hrs when national champions Regal All-Stars battle archrivals Ariel Speed Boat in a softball match to get things going, with the feature T20 affair set to bowl off under lights from 18:00hrs.The day’s event is organised by the Ministry of the Presidency Department of Social Cohesion with responsibility for Culture, Youth and Sport, in collaboration with the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB).Tickets are on sale at the GCB office, Regent Road Bourda for $2 000 for any stand and vehicle parking passes are $1 000.Hetmyer Hurricanes; Shimron Hetmyer (captain), Trevon Griffith, Lendl Simmons, Raymond Perez, Kevlon Anderson, Kemol Savory, Christopher Barnwell, Ronaldo Ali-mohamed, Ashmead Nedd, Gudakesh Motie, Nial Smith, Qumar Torrington, Richie Looknauth, Vishal Singh, Shivnarine Chanderpaul (technical director), Steven Jacobs (coach), Akshaya Persaud (manager) and Neil Barry Jr (physiotherapist).Rutherford Renegades; Sherfane Rutherford (captain), Chandrapaul Hemraj, Jonathan Foo, Anthony Bramble, Leon Johnson, Raymon Reifer, Tevin Imlach, Kevin Sinclair, Rayad Emrit, Quintin Sampson, Joshua Jones, Ramaal Lewis, Keon Joseph, Ricardo Adams, Esaun Crandon (technical director), Veerasammy Permaul (coach), Devendra Bishoo (manager) and Ernest Campo Gonzalez (physiotherapist). read more

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Newsroom GuidelinesNews TipsContact UsReport an Error Jacob deGrom (6-6) started for the Mets after recently coming off the disabled list with a sore pitching shoulder. The 6-foot-4, 185-pound drink of water threw hard, as high as 97 miles per hour. But he gave up five earned runs on five hits in six innings. He struck out seven and walked two on 86 pitches.Leading 5-4, the Dodgers got two insurance runs in the seventh inning on an RBI infield single by Scott Van Slyke and sacrifice fly to right by Gonzalez, whose five RBIs tied a season-high.“I thought Zack was good tonight,” Dodgers manager Don Mattingly said. “He was throwing the ball where he wanted. You know, Lagares looked like he hit a little changeup that came back to him, it seemed like. And then Duda got him for one, so I thought he was sharp, really. I thought his breaking ball was good.”It was just Lagares’ third home run of the season. For Duda, it was his 24th.Saturday’s performance was good enough. But Mattingly wants to see how Greinke feels when he shows up to the park today.“I think tomorrow’s a bigger day,” Mattingly said. “I don’t think we had any doubt that he was going to feel good tonight. Hopefully, tomorrow he wakes up, comes in here and feels good. And so I think that is probably going to tell us a little bit more than what tonight does.”Greinke, who had this start pushed back two days, said his slider was his best pitch and that it probably took him too long to realize that. He intimated he used that to strike out Wright with runners on first and third and two outs in the top of the seventh.“Just make good pitches, really,” he said of his approach there. “Because you try too hard to make him chase, he’s patient enough that he won’t really do that, so just try to make as good of pitches as possible.“He was having a little trouble with the slider today and just I guess didn’t want to make a mistake and luckily I didn’t throw any over the middle.”Greinke said that the extra two days helped him, but he noted that his elbow soreness was no big deal and that it didn’t bother him during the game. He also talked about the terrific 5-4-3 double play turned by Miguel Rojas, Dee Gordon and Gonzalez in the fifth to end that inning.The Mets had runners at the corners with one out. Wright hit one to Rojas, who threw to Gordon at second. Gordon was kind of off-balance when he threw to Gonzalez at first, so Gonzalez really had to stretch to try and keep his foot on the bag.“I mean, I think everyone realized it, but it was a great play. … Adrian made probably his most athletic play of the year. Saved a run, too, so it was huge.”To say Gonzalez stretched for the ball would be an understatement. He stretched, all right, all the way to the ground and once the play was completed, he was on his back.“I mean, I just reacted to the throw,” Gonzalez said. “I was trying to stay on the bag as long as I could and then when the ball landed in my glove I was on the bag, so it was good to get it done there. If I don’t stay on the bag, it scores a run. So it was big at the time.”So was Gonzalez’s three-run home run off deGrom.“First pitch curveball, second pitch fastball,” said Gonzalez, who has 18 home runs and 88 RBIs – both team highs. “I was just trying to cover his fastball, and I was able to.”deGrom was chagrined.“I felt good,” he said. “But a lot of outings come down to a few pitches, and I didn’t make the big pitches when I needed to. The pitch to Gonzalez was up and away, and I was trying to go down and away.”The Dodgers will try to sweep the Mets when they send Kevin Correia (7-13) to the mound against Bartolo Colon (11-10). First pitch is slated for 1:10 p.m. By Robert Moralesrobert.morales@langnews.com @RMoralesPT on TwitterSaturday was an important night for Zack Greinke. The Dodgers’ all-star right-hander had not been pitching as such his past three starts. Not that he’s been horrible, just not real good in losing two and getting a no-decision.Knowing that he has had a bit of a sore pitching elbow, and that he had not won a game since July 25, there might have been some anxiousness in the organization because Greinke will be counted on to be in the rotation once the playoffs arrive, assuming the Dodgers make them. Well, the reviews on Greinke were mixed as he gave up a three-run home run to Juan Lagares in the fourth inning and a home run to Lucas Duda in the sixth. But he gutted it out through seven innings and thanks in large part to five RBIs by Adrian Gonzalez ‑ three of them on a home run to give his team the lead for good in the fifth inning ‑ the Dodgers defeated the Mets 7-4 before 51,215 at Dodger Stadium. That pushed their attendance over the 3 million mark for the season. The Dodgers (74-57) have won three in a row and increased their lead in the NL West to 4 1/2 games over the Giants. The Mets (60-70) dropped 10 games under .500. Greinke (13-9) gave up four runs ‑ three earned ‑ on nine hits. He struck out four ‑ including Curtis Granderson and David Wright with a runner in scoring position in the seventh ‑ and walked one on 105 pitches. He picked up the victory.J.P. Howell got the first out of the eighth, and Brian Wilson the last two. But Wilson also gave up a single to Lagares and double to Matt den Dekker before getting Wilmer Flores to ground out to third.Kenley Jansen pitched the ninth for his 37th save. read more

The Cowboys are denying claims wide receiver Cole Beasley made about the team’s front office. Dallas executive vice president Stephen Jones denied Beasley’s comments earlier this week that implied the Cowboys’ front office meddles in playcalling decisions. Beasley wrote Tuesday on Twitter, in part, “The front office pushes who they want to get the ball to.” Cole Beasley says Cowboys’ ‘front office pushes who they want to get the ball’ Jones said Thursday on “The Rich Eisen Show” that’s “certainly not at all the case” and he hopes Beasley’s comments are just out of frustration.”I would hope that’s just his frustration but not at all the case.” -#DallasCowboys EVP Stephen Jones reacted to @Bease11 tweets yesterday about the offensive scheme: pic.twitter.com/ReGUQeB7SI— Rich Eisen Show (@RichEisenShow) January 23, 2019″We don’t get involved in that. The only thing we ever do is decide if we’re going to pay players a lot of money,” Jones explained Wednesday. “Or if we’re going to trade for players and give up big picks. We certainly hope that they would be involved if we’re going to do things like that. Related News “But we would never dictate where balls go or things of that nature, in terms of the game plan and getting involved with what our coaching does to get ready to play the ballgame. And certainly of all people, Cole is always involved in getting balls and getting catches. He’s been just an integral part of what we’re about. Certainly, he’s made a lot of big catches and key catches in games that we’ve won.”Beasley appeared to backtrack his comments Wednesday as he said he didn’t intend to criticize the Cowboys, but rather he believes every professional team’s game plan is dictated by the front office. “EVERY team’s game plan in pro sports is dictated by the front office,” Beasley wrote Wednesday on Twitter. “Big free-agent additions, high draft picks, etc. are going to get the most (opportunities). And I’m not mad at that!”Beasley tallied 65 catches for 672 yards and three touchdowns in 16 games in 2018.The Cowboys finished 2018 with a 10-6 record and advanced to the NFC divisional round, where they fell to the Rams. read more

And in Seville itself they feel a little guinea pig of the matter. Lopetegui, Nervión club coach, hoped he would never have to regret again for a strange use of video arbitration, in this case for being novices. “All that is not under our control … if you have to do a job that does well, what concerns us and worries is to do it well,” said the Basque coach at the press conference prior to the meeting. A few weeks after facing a controversial decision at the Bernabéu with a goal from De Jong and days later that almost nobody agreed with what Cordero Vega said in 1-1 of Espanyol in Sánchez Pizjuán, Sevilla shivers again with the application of the VAR, this time in Europa League. And all, a priori, because it will be the first time that the Cluj faces the tool of video arbitration, that the Romanian club itself and UEFA have hurriedly installed for this round of sixteenths. It did not exist, because in the Romanian League there is no VAR and because in the first phase of this Europa League it has not been used.Journalists and specialists of the Cluj, also within the entity itself, have doubts about the proper functioning of the tool, of the distribution of the cameras and that everything will be correct in an application that in reality, against Sevilla, will be something experimental. The VAR has never worked at Constantin Radulescu Stadium before, so it is a mystery. read more

Several lawmakers over the weekend rejected and condemned Executive Order No. 65 as issued by President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, describing it as a “return to junta rule in Liberia.”On December 4, 2014 President Sirleaf issued an Executive Order placing a ban on political rallies, parades, and demonstrations in Monrovia for about 42 days.The President’s temporary legislation undermines existing legislation requiring that persons desiring to march or demonstrate be made to obtain prior permits from the Ministry of Justice. Madam Sirleaf further noted that said legal framework has “proven ineffective to address rallies, parades and concerted mass movements on the streets of Monrovia and its environs.”Addressing a news conference at the Capitol Building in Monrovia, 14 of Montserrado County’s 19 legislative caucus members emphatically denounced and condemned the Executive Order, describing it as “draconian.” Delivering the statement on behalf of the 14 Representatives, Montserrado County Representative Henry Farhnbulleh said while cognizant of the fact that the Liberian Constitution guarantees democratically cherished inalienable rights, “we categorically reject any semblance of the return to junta rule and despotism.”“We, therefore, unanimously caution the President to immediately rescind and retract such a tyrannical order which has the proclivity to thwart our nascent democracy.“There shall be no reversal of the democratic gains we have made through the blood and sweat of our compatriots.  We want to assure you, our fellow citizens, that we will do everything within the ambiance of the law to protect the Constitution, which we are under oath to uphold,” the lawmakers said.The Montserrado County lawmakers expressed suspicion over the President’s declaration, terming it as “deliberate and with a sinister motive to antagonize only Montserrado County, where her son Robert is contesting and flagrantly violating the mandate of the Supreme Court and the National Elections Commission (NEC) with impunity.Meanwhile, Representative Edward Forh of the opposition Congress for Democratic Change (CDC) called on the International Criminal Court (ICC) to focus their attention on Liberia during the closing stages of the regime of Madam Johnson Sirleaf.Using state security to clamp down on political rivals is an abuse of power and contravenes fundamental human rights, Rep. Forh declared.The caucus believed that allowing such a law to take effect in Liberia means that Liberians are facing a creeping threat to their fledgling democratic governance.Share this:Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) read more

The United Nations and international and local medical agencies have cautioned Liberians against complacency about the Ebola virus spread.Liberians, especially those in Montserrado County and some other parts of the country reporting new Ebola cases, have been strongly warned to avoid traditional burial practices and harmful religious beliefs that promote the spread of the deadly virus.Furthermore Liberians are urged by authorities leading the Ebola fight to desist from all acts that are counterproductive to the eradication of the virus and to remain in strict compliance with preventive measures such as frequently washing hands, avoiding crowdedness, handshakes and hugging.These warnings come against the backdrop of Liberians gathering in large numbers and going back to the entrenched practices driven by traditional and religious beliefs, which include washing and touching suspected Ebola dead bodies.Moreover, during the Christmas celebrations, many Liberians and businesspeople were seen crowded into commercial and private vehicles owing to the acute transportation shortage, especially in the nation’s capital, Monrovia.Reasons cited for the Ebola spread in Montserrado County are the defiant behavior of residents in overcrowding at entertainment centers and in transport vehicles, ignoring the health measures. Commercial and public service transport providers were seen crowding passengers and relatives into their vehicles.  Some motorcyclists are now carrying three to four passengers on one motorbike, whereas they had been instructed to carry only one person per ride.The UN and medical aid agencies have warned about the consequences of the resurgence of the deadly Ebola virus on the entire population, cautioning that despite the enormous gains by the Liberian Government and its support partners, complacency and return to old habits must be sternly discouraged in every corner and hamlet of Liberia.Some of Monrovia’s health commentators told the Daily Observer during the weekend that it should not be surprising that the Ebola virus continues to spread in Montserrado County, especially over the past few months.Regrettably, in spite of enormous medical assistance that has been infused in Montserrado County, the virus continues to spread in some areas.The Incident Management Team leader of the Ebola virus at the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare (MOHSW), Assistant Minister Tolbert Nyeswah, disclosed recently that 47 new cases of the deadly virus have surfaced in Grand Cape Mount County.Share this:Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) read more