Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, January 25, 2022. Caribbean Airlines is delighted to advise that the 737-8 aircraft has been introduced into its commercial operations between the United States and Trinidad and Tobago. The first flight to the USA on 9Y-CAL , operating BW 520, departed Piarco International Airport on Monday, January 24. It arrived into John F. Kennedy, International, New York at 4.00 a.m. (EST). The return service BW 521, left JFK at 6.30 a.m. and passengers were given special tokens to commemorate the occasion. Commenting on the start of operations into the USA, CEO Garvin Medera stated: “The entry…
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The Judicial and Legal Services Commission of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court has appointed His Lordship the Hon. Justice Colin Williams as a judge to the Territory of the Virgin Islands. According to the Court’s website, the appointment is for the period 1st February to 31st March 2022. Mr. Colin Williams, who is Vincentian born, served as Director of Public Prosecutions – DPP in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines from 2003 until 2018. Justice Williams previously served in Antigua and Barbuda as well as in Belize after he left his DPP post in 2018. He was appointed to serve in…
The St. Vincent & the Grenadines Community College (SVGCC) is extending an opportunity to the public to learn Mandarin. The introductory course, which cost $100XCD, runs for four months (February 8th – 16th June, 2022) with classes scheduled for Tuesdays and Thursday 5:00pm to 7:00pm at the college’s Villa campus. Application forms can be downloaded from www.svgcc.vc or accessed physically from the college’s reception at the Villa campus. The deadline for submission of applications is Friday January 28th, 2022.
On Wednesday 19th January 2022, thirty-seven (37) students departed Saint Vincent and the Grenadines to pursue studies at the University of Wales Trinity St. David, in the United Kingdom. These students are a part of the first group selected for this scholarship program that is in its first year, making Wednesday’s departure a historic moment for the students and for education in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. This great opportunity was made possible following intense negotiations between the Government of St. Vincent and the Grenadines and officials from the University of Wales. At the conclusion of negotiations, the Government of St.…
A Texas woman has been arrested last week after allegedly attempting to buy a woman’s child at a Walmart store, police say. Rebecca Lanette Taylor, 49, was arrested Tuesday and charged with sale or purchase of a child, a third-degree felony, according to jail records. Taylor allegedly approached a woman who had her baby in a car seat and one-year-old son in a shopping cart at the self-checkout section of a Walmart in Crockett, about 120 miles north of Houston, on Jan. 13. Taylor allegedly commented on the woman’s son’s blonde hair and blue eyes and asked “how much she…
A 5.3-magnitude earthquake and a series of smaller tremors have struck southwest Haiti, killing at least two people, sending panicked residents into the streets and forcing authorities to close schools. The US Geological Survey said the first earthquake on Monday morning struck near the city of Les Cayes, about 200km (124 miles) west of the capital, Port-au-Prince, followed by tremors of 4.4 and 5.1 magnitudes. Two people were killed, The Associated Press and AFP news agencies reported, citing Haiti’s civil protection agency. AFP said a man died when a wall collapsed in Anse-a-Veau, a small coastal town 130 kilometres (80…
Eight (8) new PCR COVID-19 positive cases were reported from thirty-six (36) samples collectedon Friday January 21st, 2022, resulting in a positivity of 22.2%. Nineteen (19) new rapid antigenpositive results were reported from flu clinics on January 21st, 2022.Four (4) new PCR COVID-19 positive cases were reported from eleven (11) samples collected onSaturday January 22nd, 2022, resulting in a positivity of 36.4%. Twenty (20) new rapid antigenpositive results were reported from flu clinics on January 22nd, 2022.The COVID-19 testing algorithm, based on the WHO recommendations appropriate for this phaseon the current outbreak, reduces the number of RT-PCR tests conducted, relying…
Kingstown, St. Vincent and the Grenadines – Windward Islands Female Under 19 will host USA female Under 19 for 4 T20 matches. The tour is scheduled in St. Vincent and the Grenadines from January 24 – 28, 2022. The historic tour represents the first USA Under 19 female team to tour the West Indies. It is also the first opportunity for the Windward Islands Under 19 females to come together as a unit since the pandemic. Both teams will be using the tour for development and exposure. Windwards’ Coach, Cleton Burnett, is quite upbeat about the series. “As a squad,…
From today Monday, January 24, Vincentians will get a slight relief when they go to the pump for gasoline, diesel and low sulphur diesel. Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves stated this yesterday while speaking on WEFM 99.9, noting he was announcing in advance of the official announcement on January 24. “Finally we see a drop in the rolling three-month average of the petroleum products and therefore persons will get a slight relief as of tomorrow (January 24) in gasoline and diesel and low-sulphur diesel. Not significant numbers but it is good to see after the three-month rolling…
The Guardian – Omicron has breached New Zealand’s borders and started spreading in the community, Jacinda Ardern has said, meaning the entire country will be placed on the highest level of restrictions. The outbreak has also forced the prime minister to cancel her wedding to Clarke Gayford, which was due to take place in the coming weeks at Gisborne on the North Island’s eastern coast. Ardern said on Sunday the country would try to slow the spread of Omicron but it was expected New Zealand would reach 1,000 cases a day in the coming weeks and thousands a day after…