August 10, 2021, Kingstown – Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding a fatal accident that occurred along the Belair Public Road on 09.08.2021 that claimed the life of one adolescent. According to investigations, on 09.08.2021 about 2:30 p.m. Motor Vehicle (M/V) TB622, a white Hino truck owned and driven by Edwart Joseph, a Landscaper of Belair was travelling along the Belair Public Road heading towards the Spa when he struck Mark McDonald, 15 years old student and Delron Morgan, 12 years old student, both of Belair who were travelling along the Belair Public road towards Fountain on bicycles. Mark McDowald was…
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Two (2) new COVID-19 positive cases were reported from one hundred and twelve (112) samplesprocessed on Sunday August 8th, 2021, resulting in a positivity rate of 1.8%. The two (2) cases areimported cases from St. Lucia and the United States of America. Five (5) new COVID-19 positivecases were reported from one hundred and twenty (125) samples processed on Monday August9 th, 2021, resulting in a positivity rate of 4%. Two (2) new recoveries were noted over the reporting period. Fifty (50) cases are currently activeand twelve (12) persons with COVID-19 have died. Two thousand three hundred and six (2306)cases of…
The 2021-2022 Rotary year has begun with much excitement. On 4th-8th August 2021,the Rotary family throughout St. Vincent and the Grenadines had the honor to welcome District Governor Sonya Alleyne on her inaugural official country visits as District Governor throughout District 7030.The 2021-2022 District Governor (DG) is a national of Barbados, and currently serves as Chief Financial Officer and Operations Manager at The Barbados Family Planning Association. DG Sonya was accompanied by Past District Governor David Edwards, who is the disaster Chair for Rotary International in the Caribbean. DG Sonya was also joined by Immediate Past District Governor Lisle Chase,…
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), in collaboration with the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and Global Affairs Canada,recently hosted a webinar aimed at sensitizing practitioners in the Caribbean ongender mainstreaming methodologies and good practices thatcan be used to strengthen the region’s response to the effects of climate change on agri-food systems. The seminar attracted nearly 500 participantscomprising of government representatives and practitioners from CARICOM member states who are involved inprogramme and project development and implementation, as well as individuals from the private sector and civil society. Across the globe we have witnessed the impacts caused by climate…
Minister of National Mobilization the Hon. Dr. Orando Brewster has said that his ministry is in the process of implementing the La Soufriere Relief Grant phase two which will focus on family life education and client empowerment for five hundred (500) households from the red and orange zones. Addressing a press conference hosted by his ministry on Tuesday, August 3rd, 2021 to update Vincentians on the relief and recovery effort post the volcanic eruptions: Minister Brewster said the supplementary budget of 2021 allocated $2 million to assist the ministry with the La Soufriere Relief Grant phase two to displaced families…
The United Kingdom (UK) Government has donated fourteen thousand (14,000) doses of the Oxford Astra Zeneca Vaccines to the Government of St. Vincent and the Grenadines to assist in the fight against Covid-19. The vaccines arrived in the state on Friday, August 6, 2021 at the Argyle International Airport.Political and Projects Officer of the British High Commission Seon Samuel said the UK Government is delighted to donate the vaccines to St. Vincent and the Grenadines. “This marks the end of a relay of donations which started in Antigua down to Dominica and finally to St.Vincent and the Grenadines with fourteen…
Since the establishment of diplomatic ties on August 15, 1981, the Republic of China (Taiwan) and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines have steadily expanded exchanges across all facets of our relationship. To celebrate the 40th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the two countries, the Embassy of the Republic of China (Taiwan) in St. Vincent and the Grenadines embarked on a visual journey through a Photo Exhibition held from August 9 to 16, 2021, at the National Public Library, highlighting those memorable moments of the shared diplomatic history for both countries. Display at the exhibition On August 9, the opening ceremony…
“I wish to register my utter disappointment and dismay on hearing of the injury sustained by Prime Minister, Dr. The Honorable Ralph Gonsalves while returning to Parliament on Thursday, 5th August, 2021. While peaceful protests are expected and even welcome manifestations of a mature democracy, when a protest descends into anarchy and violence, that is when, as an enlightened society, we have to pause and take stock as to the direction we are heading. We cannot on one hand say that it is our democratic and constitutional right to protest, and at the same time condone any action which puts…
(CNN) A patient with the rare, but highly infectious Marburg virus disease has died in Guinea, according to a World Health Organization (WHO) statement on Monday. It’s the first case of the Ebola-like virus in West Africa. Samples of the virus, which causes hemorrhagic fever, were taken from the patient in Gueckedou. The statement added that the detection comes less than two months after Guinea declared an end to its most recent Ebola outbreak. “Gueckedou, where Marburg has been confirmed, is also the same region where cases of the 2021 Ebola outbreak in Guinea as well as the 2014–2016 West…
Anna May Lewis, the Layou woman, charged with wounding Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves was arraigned at the Kingstown Magistrate’s Court today. She pleaded not guilty to the single charge and was granted bail – $3000 with one surety. Businessman Foster Saunders stood as surety. Appearing on her behalf are Israel Bruce and Kay Bacchus-Baptiste. Sejilia McDowall, the Director of Public Prosecutions, appears for the Crown. Lewis is expected to appear before magistrate Rickie Burnett again on September 15, 2021, when the trial is expected to begin in earnest. Before that date, on or by August 31, the prosecution is…