Air Canada is suspending its service to several Caribbean destinations. This was confirmed in a release posted on the company’s website earlier today, January 5. These suspensions will take effect on January 24 until April 30, 2022. The affected Caribbean destinations include: Antigua and BarbudaCuracaoArubaExumaGrenadaBermudaGrand CaymanSanto DomingoCubaSaint Vincent and the GrenadinesSaint MaartenSt Kitts and NevisThe service to Samana and Puerto Plata have also been suspended. “To help ensure that Canadians are not stranded abroad, Air Canada plans to operate a number of one-way commercial flights from affected destinations in order to return customers at the suspended destinations to Canada,” the…
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Vincentian student, Ari Shaw, will host a Cross-Culture Concert exhibiting Caribbean, African and Taiwan culture through the performing arts. The concert, ‘A Night In Xinyi’ will be held on January 29 in one of Taipei’s popular districts with a clear view of the city’s Taipei 101 landmark. Speaking with ANN, Shaw disclosed that the event, hosted by his event planning group, is in collaboration with another group called “The Firm”, – a creative team of young black professionals. “Historically, Afro-Caribbean music was influenced by the transatlantic slave trade, and later, by the resistance and emancipation of slaves. Stylistically, Afro-Caribbean music…
The Ministry of Health, Wellness and the Environment wishes to advise the general public that as part of the its mosquito control programme for the adult Aedes aegypti mosquito, the Insect Vector Control Unit will be conducting fogging operations in the following areas commencing at 5:00 pm daily on the island of St. Vincent. Monday, 3rd January 2022 – Francois, Retreat, Three Rivers, Long Piece & Coulls Hill Tuesday, 4th January 2022 – Queensbury, South Rivers, New Grounds & Cumberland Wednesday, 5th January 2022 – Dubois, Park Hill, New Grounds & Spring Village Thursday, 6th January 2022 – Penniston, Park Hill, Diamonds, Gordon Yard &…
The Ministry of National Mobilisation, Social Development et al. wishes to inform the persons living in the North Leeward, North Windward and North Central Windward zones, who did not receive any assistance through the Volcano support grant which was run by World Food Programme (WFP) and wishes to do so, are asked to take not of the following: Registration will take place in the following venues between January 5th to January 14th 2022. In North Leeward at the Town Board Office behind the Troumaca Government School from 9am to 3pm daily. For North Windward and North Central Windward at the Georgetown Community…
Forty-eight (48) new COVID-19 positive cases were reported from two hundred and twenty-two(222) samples collected on Sunday January 2nd, 2022, resulting in a positivity 21.6%. Eleven (11) new rapid antigen positive results were reported from flu clinics on January 2nd, 2022. HOSPITAL ADMISSIONSThere are currently no patients admitted for COVID-19 at the Argyle Isolation Facility. Sixteen (16) patients are admitted to the COVID-19 ward at the Milton Cato Memorial Hospital, two (2) of whom are vaccinated, fourteen (14) patients are unvaccinated. COVID-19 DEATHSNo new deaths were recorded over the reporting period. COVID-19 SUMMARYTwenty-seven (27) recoveries were noted over the reporting…
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Hundreds of motorists waited desperately for help Tuesday after being stranded all night in freezing temperatures along a 50-mile stretch of highway south of the nation’s capital that became impassable when tractor-trailers jackknifed in a winter storm, state police said. The disabled trucks triggered a chain reaction Monday as other vehicles lost control and blocked lanes in both directions of Interstate 95, the main north-south highway along the East Coast. As hours passed and night fell, motorists posted messages on social media about running out of fuel, food and water. Meera Rao and her husband, Raghavendra,…
Scientists and experts in France have reportedly identified a new variant of COVID-19 termed ‘IHU’. The new variant is said to be a more mutated strain than Omicron.Nearly 12 cases of this new variant have been reported near Marseilles and has been linked to the African country Cameroon.The B.1.640.2 or IHU variant was first identified by the academics at institute IHU Mediterranee Infection and contains 46 mutations, which is more than Omicron. While the world is grappling with the outburst of the Omicron virus with a very high transmissibility rate, scientists and experts in France have reportedly identified a new variant of…
BBC : Gunmen tried to kill Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry during an event on Saturday to mark the anniversary of the country’s independence, officials say. The incident happened as Mr Henry took part in the ceremony at a church in the northern city of Gonaïves. Video posted online showed the prime minister and his entourage scrambling toward their cars amid intense gunfire. The security situation has deteriorated significantly since the assassination of President Jovenel Moïse last July. Mr Henry has pledged to crack down on powerful gangs that are blamed for a wave of kidnappings and for seizing control…
USA Cricket are incredibly pleased to announce a historic inaugural international tour for the USA Women’s Under 19s team as they are set to travel to the Caribbean next month to play against Windward Islands U19 Women’s team in a series of four Twenty20 matches. The Windward Islands comprise the islands of St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Grenada, St. Lucia and Dominica. In partnership with both the Windward Islands Cricket Board and the St. Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) Cricket Association, this tour is part of the wider long-term strategic partnership that USA Cricket has with Cricket West Indies (CWI),…
Thirty-eight (39) new COVID-19 positive cases were reported from one hundred and ninety(254) samples collected on Friday December 31st, 2021, resulting in a positivity of 15.4%.Nineteen (19) new rapid antigen positive results were reported from flu clinics on December 31st, HOSPITAL ADMISSIONSThere are currently no patients admitted for COVID-19 at the Argyle Isolation Facility. Ten (10)patients are admitted to the COVID-19 ward at the Milton Cato Memorial Hospital, two (2) ofwhom are vaccinated, eight (8) patients are unvaccinated. COVID-19 DEATHSNo new deaths were recorded over the reporting period. COVID-19 SUMMARYTwenty-one (21) recoveries were noted over the reporting period. Five hundred…