Introduction The week of Monday, November 1, 2021 was an especially exciting week for our nation’s children at all levels of the education system. Still in a celebratory mood from the release of some very excellent results obtained by schools across the country that sat the Caribbean Secondary Examination Certificate (CSEC), our students were after months, returning to face to face learning. The announcement by the Ministry of Education that schools across the country would reopen with full face-to-face learning in some instances and a blended/hybrid format in others, was welcomed news for our students. The COVID-19 pandemic had caused…
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Minibus operator Julian Richards of Diamond was this week freed on charges of rape and indecent assault, after the complainants in the matter refused to testify against him.The complainants are said to be twin sisters, who were both 15-year-old students at the time of the report. Richards was charged with raping one of the girls, and indecently assaulting the other. The incidents were alleged to have occurred in 2017 but the report was made the following year.The trial commenced at the High Court Criminal Assizes last week, and the young ladies were slated to testify on Thursday, November 4. They…
You can tell the condition of a nation by looking at the status of its women. – Jawaharlal Nehru, First Prime Minister of India The status of women in our society is not equal to men. SVG Green Party has previously called for women to be equally represented on statutory boards and other positions of authority and stature. Although some women have higher status jobs, SVG needs more. It is positive role models that give young women and girls inspiration and hope. When they see what other women have achieved, they realise that they can achieve too. Women are the…
When you think of the Caribbean, there are a few things that come to mind; white sandy beaches, blue skies, lush green vegetation and the beautiful ocean. While these physical attributes are indeed reflective of the Caribbean, they ignore the harsh reality that we face in the region. Caribbean nations, like other Small Island Developing States (SIDS) are uniquely challenged by economic hardship, food insecurity, health insecurity and the implications of climate change. As the 26th Conference of the Parties (COP26) concludes, we as Caribbean Youth implore that the plights of the Caribbean and other Small Island Developing States are…
The Cruise Season in St. Vincent and the Grenadines is now in full swing, as the destination welcomed the return of its second cruise line to its shores. Britannia, with a capacity of over four thousand, is the first cruise call to return to Port Kingstown since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. Passengers and crew members of Britannia received a warm welcome to the destination, as many of the tourism sites and attractions were enhanced with electrifying cultural entertainment. Passengers who disembarked Britannia operated in an organized “bubble tour”. Britannia is one of over two hundred calls expected…
Thirty-seven (37) new COVID-19 positive cases were reported from 178 samples collected on Tuesday November 9, 2021, resulting in a positivity of 20.8 per cent. Fifteen (15) new rapid antigen positive results were reported from flu clinics on November 9th, 2021. HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS There are currently 12 patients admitted for COVID-19 at the Argyle Isolation Facility. Eleven patients are unvaccinated, and one patient is partially vaccinated. Seventeen patients are admitted to the COVID-19 wards at the Milton Cato Memorial Hospital. Fifteen patients are unvaccinated and two are partially vaccinated. COVID-19 DEATHS A 59-year-old male who tested positive for COVID-19 on…
SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES,November 5, 2021 –The deepening of bilateral relations between St. Vincent and the Grenadines and the Republic of Indonesia has taken an important step, with the official signing of a Grant Agreement to Support Students’ Mobility in St. Vincent and the Grenadines. His Excellency Mr. Andreas Wickham, Ambassador of St. Vincent and the Grenadines in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela signed the Agreement on behalf of the Government of St. Vincent and the Grenadines, in the presence of His Excellency Mr. Imam EdyMulyono, Ambassador-designate of Indonesia to St. Vincent and the Grenadines. Mr. LukyAlfirman, Director General…
Vincentian interior designer, Pamisha Wright will visit her native St Vincent and the Grenadines to showcase her INŇERE brand on November 21. The CEO is eager to interface with the Vincentian public and has expressed a desire for persons to familiarise themselves with ‘the person they see on social media.’ A media release says she aims to conduct interactions with persons across the country desirous of transforming spaces. Wright will partner with one of St Vincent and the Grenadines’ talented top designers Kimon Baptiste-St Rose of Kimmysticclo, giving persons that pivotal chance of engaging with creatives within two different spheres…
Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves continues to monitor the pace of vaccination against COVID-19 in St Vincent and the Grenadines as the November 19 deadline for specific frontline workers approaches. By November 19, 2021, a scheduled list of Central government employees and some in State entities will be required to take the vaccine as a standard or qualification to work. During his Face-to-Face programme on Wednesday, Gonsalves assured his seriousness about the issuance of the regulations stating that unless Vincentians take the vaccine the country will not go back to normalcy. The prime minister said he is confident good sense will be shown by all persons being asked to take…
A Jamaica lawmaker has declared his intention to push for a law that will require the mandatory testing of babies at birth to ensure that women do not given men ‘jackets’. Paternity fraud, as the act of ‘jacket giving’ is called, is said to be high in Jamaica. In 2019, a company that offers DNA testing in Jamaica has disclosed that in 70 per cent of their tests, the men who were named as fathers had nothing to do with the paternity of the children. In other words, seven in every 10 paternity tests conducted by the lab showed that…