On 8.01.22, police arrested and charged Olanzo Bailey 35 years old Labourer of Old Montrose with the offence of Burglary. According to investigations, the Accused allegedly enter the dwelling house of a 43 years old Landscaper of Old Montrose as a trespasser and stole one (1) black and white Air Rifle valued at $2,500.00 ECC, one (1) Alcatel Phone Charger valued at $60.00 and one (1) yellow hairbrush valued $15.00ECC, total value $2,575.00. ECC, the property of the landscaper. He was also charged with the theft of one (1) Samsung Galaxy Tablet valued at $900.00 ECC and one (1) Black…
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Ninety-one (91) new COVID-19 positive cases were reported from three hundred and seventy- seven (377) samples collected on Thursday January 6th, 2022, resulting in a positivity of 24.1%. Eighty-four (84) new rapid antigen positive results were reported from flu clinics on January 6th, Sixty-one (61) new COVID-19 positive cases were reported from three hundred and forty-four(344) samples collected on Friday January 7th, 2022, resulting in a positivity of 17.7%. Eighty-Eight (88) new rapid antigen positive results were reported from flu clinics on January 7th, 2022.Forty-eight (48) new COVID-19 positive cases were reported from two hundred and forty-five(245) samples collected on…
Via the Newsday Newspaper The Tobago House of Assembly (THA) will abolish the “ridiculous” dress code at public buildings in Tobago. Chief Secretary Farley Augustine made the announcement on Sunday during a post-Executive Council media briefing after a five-day retreat at Rovanel’s Resort and Conference Centre in Bon Accord. Augustine said, “Effective immediately, we will be asking the Chief Administrator to send out a circular notifying a change in policy with regard to seeking services in a THA office. This is not for workers, this is for the public.” The Progressive Democratic Patriots (PDP) deputy leader said no longer will…
Teachers, who participate in today’s Isolation Day organised by the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU), will not be compensated for their absence from either physical or virtual school. The warning came from Labour Minister Joseph Hamilton on Sunday morning in response to a call from GTU President Mark Lyte as coronavirus (COVID-19) cases in schools are rising. Just last week, the Ministry of Education confirmed that one student at the Anna Regina Multilateral School tested positive for COVID-19 after rumours circulated that there was an outbreak among the school’s population of over 600 students. “Teachers in Guyana ought to be properly…
(AP)Tennis world No.1 Novak Djokovic has been freed from immigration detention after the government conceded the cancellation of his visa was unreasonable. But Immigration Minister Alex Hawke still has a personal power to remove Djokovic from Australia. Federal Court Judge Anthony Kelly ordered on Monday afternoon that the original decision to cancel his visa should be quashed and he be paid costs. The order was made after lawyers for Home Affairs Minister Karen Andrews conceded the decision to proceed with the interview and cancel his visa last week was unreasonable in the circumstances. Djokovic was told at 5.20am on Thursday…
Loop Caribbean – Health officials in the British Virgin Islands believe that the omicron variant of COVID-19 has taken over delta to become the dominant strain. Acting Chief Medical Officer Ronald Georges said almost half of the samples sent for genomic sequencing over the last few weeks were identified as omicron. “This is how omicron functions. It comes in and slowly out-competes all other variants to become the dominant variant. We are going to see quite an increase in cases. The doubling time for omicron is considered between two and three days. So omicron is much more efficient in spreading…
The holidays are over, and many of us would have made all kinds of resolutions. Now is a good time as any to take stock of our lives and recommit to take better care of our health. The covid ‘plandemic’ has taken its toll, and most of those who died were either elderly, obese or suffered from diabetes and hypertension. Vincentians have experienced a chronic increase in weight and a deadly upward spiral in lifestyle diseases such as diabetes and hypertension, lung and heart ailments, as well as young persons who were forced to remove legs to preserve their lives.…
Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves, who is also Parliamentary Representative for the North Central Windward constituency which includes Georgetown, has made it clear that absolutely no squatting will be allowed to take place on lands which have been reclaimed as part of the Sea Defence work taking place in Georgetown.Speaking on NBC’s Face to Face programme last Wednesday, the Prime Minister said any structures erected on the reclaimed land between the properties already located in the area and the shore line where the Sea Defences have been put in, will be removed. “We reclaimed some lands when we did the sea defenses,…
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 for the week beginning of Monday January 10th to Friday January 14th 2022 has been postponed due to the continued rise in the COVID19 numbers across the country. This is in an effort of ensure the protection and safety of the…
A researcher in Cyprus has discovered a strain of the coronavirus that combines the delta and omicron variant, Bloomberg News Reported on Saturday. Leondios Kostrikis, professor of biological sciences at the University of Cyprus, called the strain “deltacron,” because of its omicron-like genetic signatures within the delta genomes, Bloomberg said. So far, Kostrikis and his team have found 25 cases of the virus, according to the report. It’s still too early to tell whether there are more cases of the strain or what impacts it could have. “We will see in the future if this strain is more pathological or…