The ULP regime has failed to put forward a coherent strategy to create mass employment for our people, probably because they don’t have one. Since 2001, they have been begging and borrowing and all they have achieved is high unemployment, high crime and high poverty. The SVG economy continues to get weaker, and more and more families are being pushed into poverty. Tourism is the sword of death for SVG. Tourism is being used as an excuse to sell-off hundreds of acres of our crown lands to super-rich foreigners, in the hope that tourism might bring prosperity to the people…
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Twenty years ago, when the Unity Labour Party government embarked on the education revolution, it was under no delusion about the gravity of the task ahead and the challenges that had to be overcome. The goal was to pave the way for a society that was trained, certified and necessary for the creation of the modern, competitive, many-sided, post-colonial economy that is was once local, regional and global. To achieve this, the government had to bring an end to the undesirable situation of having only 38% of the country’s 12-year-olds getting a secondary education, train more teachers, increase the number…
In order to sustain its wildlife population following the eruption of the La Soufriere volcano, a moratorium has been placed on the hunting season for 2021 to 2022 in St Vincent and the Grenadines. The moratorium extends from October 1, 2021 to January 31, 2022 for reptiles and mammals and October 1, 2021 to February 28, 2022 for Birds. The Forestry Department says the recent explosive eruption of the La Soufriere volcano had a devastating impact on the forest in the Northern one-third of the island. This impacted the ecosystem services provided by the forest. One of these services is…
New protocols implemented in the House of Assembly in St Vincent and the Grenadines in light of the COVID-19 pandemic created a stir for some members as they came into effect today. A back and forth over the use of a speaking booth in the Chamber due to the current state of the pandemic ensued between House Speaker Rochelle Forde and member for East Kingstown Fitzgerald Bramble who responded: “There is nobody in this House safer than me. I came in here with a negative PCR test. Why do you want me to go to a booth I am not selling the lotto.” The speaking booth installed in the House of Assembly in St…
Eighty-five(85) new COVID-19 positive cases were reported from threehundred and ninety-seven (397) samples processed on Tuesday September 28th, 2021, resulting in a positivity rate of 21.4%. All cases are contacts of known positive cases and persons seeking care. Forty-nine (49) rapid antigen positive results were reported for Tuesday September 28th, 2021. Two persons died on September 29th, 2021, of COVID-19 pneumonia. One is a 62-year-old male who tested positive forCOVID-19 on September 14th, was admitted to the Argyle Isolation Facilityon September 20th, and later transferred to the COVID-19 ward at the Milton Cato MemorialHospital. The second patient is a 60-year-old…
(NEW YORK POST) – Bill Cosby feels R. Kelly “got railroaded” in his sex-trafficking trial that ended Monday with convictions on all nine counts against him, according to the newly freed comedian’s rep. Cosby believes the pervy singer “was screwed” and that “he wasn’t going to catch a break” during the month-long trial, according to his spokesman, Andrew Wyatt. Wyatt shared Cosby’s thoughts in a Tuesday night interview with The Post, where the rep said Kelly never stood a chance and railed against the ’90s R&B superstar’s defense team. “The deck was stacked against Robert,” said Wyatt. “His constitutional rights…
(BBC) Nearly 600 United Airlines employees face being fired after failing to comply with the firm’s Covid-19 vaccination policy. The vast majority of its 67,000 US staff have supplied proof of vaccination, which was required by Monday. “This was an incredibly difficult decision,” its bosses said in a memo to employees. The Chicago-based airline set out its Covid requirements for staff in August. Its US employees had to upload proof of vaccination, or the first of two jabs, by the deadline on Monday. The 593 workers who have refused a coronavirus vaccine and have not applied for an exemption on…
(URBAN ISLANDZ) – Tanya Stephens revealed a prominent dancehall artist sexually assaulted her when she was a teenager. In a recent IG Live session with Shannon Mack, reggae singer Tanya Stephens took to Instagram to reveal descriptions of her sexual attacker. The descriptions sent fans into speculation mode as they searched the reggae scene looking for the perpetrator, which she disclosed. The topic at hand was brought up as Tanya expressed how much of a “strange” place Jamaica was, she then went on to say that even though she loved her country, many horrible people roam the streets. The concern…
New York (CNN Business)YouTube will remove videos spreading misinformation about any approved vaccine, not only those aimed at preventing Covid-19, the company announced in a blog post Wednesday. In a statement provided to CNN Business, YouTube also confirmed it would remove the channels of “several well-known vaccine misinformation spreaders” under the new policy, including one belonging to the Children’s Health Defense Fund, a group affiliated with controversial anti-vaccine activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (The Children’s Health Defense Fund did not immediately respond to a request for comment.)Users who post misinformation about any “currently administered vaccines that are approved and confirmed…
BVI: Some male residents who have been given the COVID-19 jab have registered what may be seen as moderate but unusual side effects, including uncontrolled penile erections and extra energy. This is according to National Epidemiologist, Harmonie Massiah, who shared those reports during a live COVID-19 update on Facebook yesterday, September 27. At the time, she discussing some of the adverse reactions or side effects disclosed by persons who had received COVID-19 vaccinations. Massiah said more than 570 persons had so far responded to a portal hosted by the Public Health Unit about their side effects. She said the most…