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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…

(CNN) A Florida woman died after being shot by her toddler while she was on a Zoom conference call, police say. Shamaya Lynn, 21, was on a work-related call Wednesday when she was shot, Altamonte Springs Police said in a statement Thursday night on Facebook. A person on the call dialed 911 when Lynn fell backward after a child appeared in the background and participants on the call heard a noise, the statement said. Officers and paramedics responded, and the statement said they “did their best in rendering aid,” but Lynn had a fatal gunshot wound to the head.

A California surf instructor allegedly killed his two young children with a spearfishing gun in Mexico Monday, claiming they had inherited “serpent DNA” and “were going to grow into monsters,” according to federal prosecutors in the Golden State. Matthew Taylor Coleman, 40, was reported missing by his wife after he left his family’s Santa Barbara home with his two kids, a 10-month-old girl and 2-year-old boy, and brought them to Rosarito, in Baja California. There, he allegedly shot them through their chests with the spear gun, according to an FBI affidavit – before Customs and Border Protection agents arrested him…

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — A 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Haiti on Saturday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The epicenter of the quake was 12 kilometers (7.5 miles) northeast of Saint-Louis du Sud, according to the survey. People in the capital of Port-au-Prince felt the tremor and many rushed into the streets in fear. Naomi Verneus, a 34-year-old resident of Port-au-Prince, said she was jolted awake by the earthquake and that her bed was shaking. “I woke up and didn’t have time to put my shoes on. We lived the 2010 earthquake and all I could do…