New Yorkers this week will have to start carrying their COVID-19 vaccine card or a digital copy to get into restaurants, bars, nightclubs and outdoor music festivals. The new requirement, now set to begin Tuesday, is the most aggressive step the city has taken yet to curb a surge in cases caused by the delta variant. As the first major U.S. city to require anyone partaking in certain indoor activities or large outdoor gatherings to prove they’ve been inoculated, all eyes are on the five boroughs. People will have to show proof that they have had at least one vaccine…
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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Aug 15 (Reuters) – Haiti’s hospitals were swamped on Sunday by thousands of injured residents after a devastating earthquake the day before killed at least 1,297 people as authorities raced to bring doctors to the worst-hit areas before a major storm hits. The 7.2 magnitude quake on Saturday destroyed thousands of homes and buildings in a Caribbean nation which is still clawing its way back from another major temblor 11 years ago and is reeling from the assassination of its president last month. Southwestern Haiti bore the brunt of the blow, especially in the region in and around the…
Graduate teacher, Adriana King, along with suspended prison officer Kenson King of Belmont and Park Hill respectively were finally informed of the police’s continued interest in the affairs mid-Sunday afternoon. The two Kings, said to share some familial relationship, were taken into custody last Friday by separate police squads at different locations. Kay Bacchus-Baptiste, one of the Kings’ lawyers, reported to Asbert News Network that both activists share 2 charges, each, which amount to being “minor Public Order Act offences.” Bacchus-Baptiste further detailed: “that on July 29, 2021 at Kingstown did organize or was concerned in organizing a public procession…
St Johns- Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda, Gaston Browne has warned those issuing death threats against him and his family that he is prepared to protect himself and those closest to him. Speaking on a local radio show PM Browne said he is not afraid.“Stop the foolish rhetoric….If you come close to me talking about you are threatening me, you will get hurt….Don’t test me!” the Prime Minister said. “I’m not promoting any violence here but I want y’all to understand that I’m very spontaneous when it comes to people who bring violence to me. I’m going to defend…
Six (6) new COVID-19 positive cases were reported from three hundred and twenty-nine (329) samples processed on Thursday August 12th, 2021, resulting in a positivity rate of 1.8%. All six (6) cases are imported cases from the United Kingdom. No new COVID-19 positive cases werereported from three hundred and four (304) samples processed on Friday August 13th, 2021. Two (2) new recoveries were noted over the reporting period. Forty-eight (48) cases are currently active and twelve (12) persons with COVID-19 have died. Two thousand three hundred and fourteen (2314) cases of COVID-19 and two thousand, two hundred and fifty-four (2254)recoveries…
CMC – A magistrate has sentenced a mother of seven children to four years in jail after she failed to report the abuse of two of her young children. Senior Magistrate Carolyn Vogt-Evans, Friday sentenced the 38-year-old woman, whose name has been withheld to protect the identity of her children, after she failed to notify officers of the abuse of her five-year-old son in July. She appeared in court with a man who was accused of assaulting the woman’s five-year-old and four-year-old sons in a manner causing them unnecessary suffering and injury. The man denied two counts of cruelty to…
In terms of SVG’s economic and financial development, establishing formal ties with Taiwan has been our greatest mistake. Taiwan’s exploitation of SVG’s Atlantic Ocean tuna fishing licence has held back SVG’s economic development. We should have used our Atlantic Ocean tuna fishing licence ourselves, and used that billion-dollar income to build a strong economy and create prosperity for all. There has been no net benefit to having economic relationships with Taiwan. We should urgently cut ties with Taiwan and deport the Taiwanese Ambassador. In September 2019, the Solomon Islands cut ties with Taiwan after a 36-year relationship and made ties…
It has been brought to the attention of The National Executive of the St. Vincent and the Grenadines Teachers’ Union (SVGTU) that a member of our union, Sis. Adriana King, was arrested yesterday Friday 13th August, 2021. While we are unclear of thedetails surrounding her unfortunate detainment, we offer our support to her and her family in this difficult situation.We call for fair due process as it is her constitutional right. The National Executive promises to monitor the situation as it progresses. At a General Meeting held on Wednesday 11th August, 2021, our membership voted tocontinue our protest against the…
Chateaubelair born Calville ‘Oney’ Creese – also lovingly known as Dexroy – along with his swim coach Ricky Deane left Vincentian soil on Thursday August 12, 2021 in pursuit of gold medals at the Tokyo 2020 Summer Paralympic Games.These multi-sport events are hosted at least once every four years and features athletes with a range of disabilities.As part of the preparations for this outing, the Tokyo 2020 Playbook required multiple COVID-19 PCR tests, spaced at specified intervals, prior to the team’s departure. This criterion, like all others, were met.Yet the team faced a momentary delay in their itinerary when time…
“Something sinister is going on in this justice system and I want you to share this story,” lawyer Kay Bacchus-Baptiste told Asbert News Network mid-Saturday morning. The former New Democratic Party senator, and current West St. George constituency caretaker, expressed her concern over what she described as a concerted effort to keep her in a communication blackhole. Bacchus-Baptiste said all her efforts of late to reach the local police hierarchy are being stymied. “Even the Commissioner of Police [Colin John] and now the head of CID (Criminal Investigations Department) [Superintendent] Clauston Francis, they are refusing to take my calls. “Knowing…