The Chicago Fire will fly three candidates to Chicago for in-person interviews as they continue their search for the club’s next head coach. LAFC assistant coach Ante Razov, Sporting Kansas City II head coach Paulo Nagamura and Columbus Crew assistant coach Ezra Hendrickson will all travel to Chicago in the near future for second interviews with the team, according to multiple sources with knowledge of the search. One source cautioned that this does not necessarily mean these are the Fire’s three finalists for the job; the team could bring in more candidates for in-person interviews. The trio of candidates show…
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The SVGFF wishes to inform our affiliates and the general public, that members of the National Under-20 Men’s team have been exposed to Covid- 19, resulting in some players returning positive test results for the virus. The players who were tested positive, were immediately isolated in separated locations at the Brighton Technical Centre, where the team has been in camp for the past two weeks, in preparation for the Concacaf Qualifiers in the Dominican Republic next month. Furthermore, the entire facility has been fully sanitized to prevent further spread. Additionally, medical personnel are looking after the isolated players, ensuring…
Thanks for allowing me space in your publication so that I could get something off my chest. I want to first of all to ask all your readers whether they feel we are in a crisis with this COVID-19 pandemic. If they say yes, then they all must join in trying to beat back this crisis that is causing confusion and death in our country. I know some of those people who have died from COVID and most of them were not vaccinated. They did not believe, after listening to a whole set of preaching by people who are against…
Chief Magistrate Rechanne Browne spoke of the effects that excessive consumption of alcohol by a family member can have on that family. Chief Magistrate Rechanne Browne has warned a 40-year-old Belair resident that his drinking problem was hurting those close to him, and could have serious repercussions for him and his love ones. Hollie Shortte had appeared before the Serious Offences Court, after being charged with assaulting his common-law wife – Rochelle John of Belair, with intent to commit an offence. He was also charged with, that without lawful excuse, he damaged one 3×3 glass and aluminum window valued at…
In April 2020, a Taiwanese fishing boat caught a 254.5kg Bluefin tuna that fetched EC$807 (US$299) per kilogram when sold. This one tuna fish sold for EC$205,381. Just think of how many poor families this amount, from one tuna fish, could have supported in SVG. The Labour Party Government made a terrible mistake in 1979 when they invited Taiwan into SVG. Today, in 2021, SVG has become one of the poorest countries in the world, while Taiwan makes billions of dollars with our SVG tuna fishing licence. They don’t even employ Vincentians on their boats, even though they know there…
St. Vincent and the Grenadines celebrated its 42nd year of Independence on Wednesday 27th October. Over the past twenty years, we have experienced a significant decline in the socio-economic development of the country. We have not had a strong economy in all the years the Unity Labour Party (ULP) has been in power. In terms of economic performance, we have been at the bottom when compared to the other OECS countries. The New Democratic Party (NDP) performed better in government. For the 17 years, the NDP administration carried a recurrent surplus of 5.28% of GDP which allowed for a counterpart…
St Vincent and the Grenadines’ human rights record will be examined by the UN Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Working Group for the third time on Wednesday November 3, 2021, in a meeting that will be webcast live. St Vincent and the Grenadines is one of the 14 States to be reviewed by the UPR Working Group during its upcoming session taking place from November 1 to 12. St Vincent and the Grenadines’ first and second UPR reviews took place in May 2011 and May 2016, respectively. The documents on which the reviews are based are: national report – information provided by…
28 children were seen in Sunday clinic at Sion Hill Clinic and seven are scheduled for surgery throughout this week World Pe diatric Project’s (WPP) urology team traveled from St. Louis, Missouri, USA and successfully completed clinic in St. Vincent and the Grenadines on Sunday, October 24th. After evaluating 28 children in clinic, seven were scheduled for surgery throughout this week.WPP volunteer and Pediatric Urologist Dr. Douglas Coplen expressed delight to be back after almost two years to see how things have progressed despite COVID-19 restrictions. Local capacity for care has grown and Dr. Coplen encouraged parents of children with…
The UK’s Royal Fleet Auxiliary Ship, Wave Knight has arrived in St Vincent and the Grenadines for a short visit to demonstrate Humanitarian Aid and Disaster Relief (HADR) capabilities. The ship is part of the UK’s Caribbean Task Group, which is formed during the hurricane season, and held at immediate readiness to respond to hurricanes or other natural disasters. On Friday 29 October the Ship hosted The Prime Minister, Hon. Dr. Ralph E. Gonsalves, Director of Foreign Policy and Research, Mr Mozart Carr, Deputy Director of National Emergency Management Organisation (NEMO), Mr Kenson Stoddard and other distinguished guests, in order…
Ten (10) new COVID-19 positive cases were reported from three hundred and eleven (311) samples collected on Wednesday October 27th, 2021, resulting in a positivity of 17.8%. Six (6) new rapid antigen positive results were reported from flu clinics on October 27th, 2021. HOSPITAL ADMISSIONSThere are currently two (2) patients admitted for COVID-19 at the Argyle Isolation Facility. All are unvaccinated. Thirty-three (33) patients are admitted to the COVID-19 wards at the Milton Cato Memorial Hospital. Thirty (30) patients are unvaccinated, one (1) is partially vaccinated and two (2) patients are fully vaccinated. COVID-19 DEATHSA 55-year-old female who tested positive…